You know as well as I do that this whole thing is being engineered by a vicious man with a vicious purpose.

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

You can hear this line at 00:27:55 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Grab it, Eddy. Grab it.

- I don't care who's picture they're publishing,

- I still say this John Doe person is a myth.

- And you can quote me on that.

- I'm going to insist on his being produced for questioning.

- You know as well as I do that this whole thing is being engineered by a vicious man with a vicious purpose.

- Mr. D.B. Norton.

- Mr. Connell and Miss Mitchell are at the house, sir.

- Oh, they are? All right. Come on.

- Personally, I think it's just plain stupidity to drop it now.

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