We clean him up, put him in a hotel room under bodyguard. We'll make a mystery out of him.

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

You can hear this line at 00:18:20 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I met him in a boxcar a couple of years ago. I was fooling around with my harmonica and he comes over and joins in. Haven't be able to shaken him since.

- Alright boys, here he is.

- No, you can't take photos of him eating a sandwich and with a beard.

- He's going to jump off a building. Not because he's out of a job. That's not news. He's jumping out of principle.

- Maybe you're right.

- We clean him up, put him in a hotel room under bodyguard. We'll make a mystery out of him.

- Did you speak to Mr. Norton?

- Thinks it's terrific.

- Wants us to build a bonfire under every big shot in the state.

- Swell. Is that the contract?

- Yeah.

[...]

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