This man had no intention of jumping off the top of a building. He was paid to say so. Do you deny that?

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

You can hear this line at 01:44:59 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

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- And now I find out it's nothing but a cheap racket, cooked up by him and two of my employees for the sole purpose of collecting dues from John Does all over the country.

- That's a lie!

- It's not a lie! Nickel and dimes to stuff in their pockets.

- You can read about it in the newspapers there.

- That's a lie! Listen, don't believe...

- This man had no intention of jumping off the top of a building. He was paid to say so. Do you deny that?

- That's got nothing to do with it.

- Were you paid or weren't you?

- Yes, I was paid, but...

- And the suicide note. You didn't write that either.

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