Is that so? Then what's a big political boss like Hammett doing in town?

7 seconds sound clip from the Meet John Doe (1941) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:31:07 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- So he could put the screws on. So he could turn out the lights in the lighthouses.

- What would you say about that?

- Nobody's gonna do that.

- They can't use the John Doe Clubs for politics.

- That's the main idea.

- Is that so? Then what's a big political boss like Hammett doing in town?

- And a labor leader like Bennett. And lots of other big shots that are up at D.B.'s house right now.

- Wolves, John. Wolves.

- Waiting to cut up the John Does.

- Wait till you get a gander at the speech you're gonna make tonight.

[...]

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