A lot of good a college education did Mack.

3 seconds sound clip from the The Jackie Robinson Story movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:08:13.695 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Who're you thinking of marrying, Mr. Robinson?

- Oh, you know who.

- Your mother will take it hard if you quit school now.

- Yes, I know.

- You oughta talk to her before you do anything. And to Mack.

- Yeah. It was Mack I was thinking of.

- Well, if you just wait till June and get your diploma...

- A lot of good a college education did Mack.

- Well, Mack's all right. He's got a job.

- Yeah. A good, steady job.

- Hey, Mack.

- What are you doing here this time of night?

- I fixed you some lunch. Here, catch.

- Man, that's really smart signal calling.

[...]

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