- Everyone in the trolley was mad.
- Mad about what?
- Did it go off the track?
- No. But the cable came off when the motorman put on the brakes so fast.
7 seconds sound clip from the Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:03:47.157 in the DVD version of the movie.
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- Oh, that must have happened while he was trying to hold me off.
- When I got loose from John, I ran back.
- There was a policeman and a great big crowd, and he was mad, let me tell you.
- Everyone in the trolley was mad.
- No. But the cable came off when the motorman put on the brakes so fast.
- What have you two been up to?
- Nothing.
- It was that old dress we found. We stuffed it.
- It looked just like a body. A live body, too.
- We put it on the track. We thought when the motorman put on the brakes, the streetcar would go off.
- You're nothing less than a murderer. You might have killed dozens of people.
- Oh, Rose, you're so stuck-up.
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