Why do I have to listen to this miserable boy? A man like myself, who's wined and dined with presidents and kings?

— Stanley Shriner Hoff (Rod Steiger)

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8 seconds sound clip from the The Big Knife (1955) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:29:15 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- A boy like you? Who are you? Who are you? Some kind of special aristocracy because the female public wants to make love with you?

- Who are you, with your dirty, unmanicured fingernails?

- And what are you without Hoff-Federated behind you?

- I built the studio! I, with my brain and my hand! I ripped it out of the world with my brains and my hands! And who are you?

- No, this must stop!

- Why do I have to listen to this miserable boy? A man like myself, who's wined and dined with presidents and kings?

- Oh, my aching back!

- Do I have to cater to this?

- Well, I've had enough of your phony senatorial eloquence.

- I'll chop you down like firewood.

[...]

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