Probation officer? What's this all about?

6 seconds sound clip from the The Front Page (1974) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:16:44 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- On his return from the South Pole, Cdr. Richard E. Byrd gets a tumultuous welcome in New York Harbor.

- Party boss Joseph Stalin reviews Russia's military might marching past Lenin's tomb in Red Square.

- Can I have a word with you? My name is Fishbein, Otto Fishbein.

- Oh, if you're a booking agent, don't bother. I am getting out of show business.

- Well, nothing like that. I'm a probation officer.

- Probation officer? What's this all about?

- Well, it's come to our attention that you're planning to marry one Hildebrand Johnson also known as Hildy Johnson.

- So?

- Well, that's okay. But we understand you're planning to move to Philadelphia.

- Is there anything wrong with that?

- Plenty.

- He can't leave Chicago. He has to report to us every week.

- Why?

- Because he's on probation.

[...]

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