You strike me as a particularly icy and remorseless man, Mr. Dufresne. It chills my blood to look at you.

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Line delivered by the presiding judge during Andy Dufresne's sentencing in The Shawshank Redemption (1994). It appears in the courtroom scene and reads like a formal, cold appraisal from someone with legal authority. The phrasing is blunt and the calm tone makes the moment stick in the viewer's mind, raising the emotional stakes of the scene.