So the cop pulled a gun on him and he panicked. He just grabbed for the gun and it went off. He didn't mean to kill him.

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

You can hear this line at 00:25:22 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Yeah. Meet Florence Nightingale.

- Sure, I took care of him. And for three days and three nights he just talked to me. Treated me decent. Not like an animal.

- Now, you guys are trying to make a fool out of me.

- Why didn't you adopt him instead of letting him run around shooting policemen?

- I told him to stay away from that corner, but when they sent a cop around to chase him away, he said it was his constitutional right.

- So the cop pulled a gun on him and he panicked. He just grabbed for the gun and it went off. He didn't mean to kill him.

- Aw, put it on a Victrola record.

- Suppose that cop had been your own brother?

- I wish to God it had been one of you, you lousy punks.

- What's that?

- Just testing.

- Testing what?

- They're fixing up a pain in the neck for your boyfriend.

- Maybe we ought to put a little talcum on the noose, make it slide easier.

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