I wrote out a will and I gave it to the warden. I'm leaving everything to you. A pile of books. Maybe you can get something for them second hand. And a picture of my mother, in a silver frame. And a souvenir pillow from Atlantic City.

— Earl Williams (Austin Pendleton)

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

You can hear this line at 01:03:00 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Well, if it's in the papers, it must be true. They wouldn't print a lie.

- The funny thing is, the last night in your place, I was gonna propose to you but I couldn't go through with it.

- Of course you couldn't. Because you know how I earn my living.

- No. It's not you. You're the best person I know. It's me. I just had nothing to offer you.

- Earl, hold still.

- I wrote out a will and I gave it to the warden. I'm leaving everything to you. A pile of books. Maybe you can get something for them second hand. And a picture of my mother, in a silver frame. And a souvenir pillow from Atlantic City.

- Hey, who locked the door? Anybody in there?

- Uh, just a minute.

- Open up, will you?

- In here. No, that's no good. You better climb out on... No, not with that arm.

- What the hell's going on?

- Oh, my God! (2)

[...]

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