They all know he's a phony and insist on seeing him.

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

You can hear this line at 00:28:48 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

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

- You should see his fan mail... thousands. It's going like a house afire.

- What are you afraid of? It's doubled our circulation.

- Yeah, but it's got everybody sore.

- Ads are being pulled. Governor's starting a libel suit.

- They all know he's a phony and insist on seeing him.

- Let them see him? We'll let them hear him.

- You own a radio station. Why not put him on the air?

- Watch out for this dame. She'll drive you batty.

- We can't let them start pumping this bush league pitcher. Good night.

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