The commonwealth of Chicago has been spared the painful necessity of taking a human life.
6 seconds sound clip from the The Front Page (1974) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:38:37 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- If this unfortunate man Williams has been reprieved, I personally am tickled to death.
- Go on. You'd hang your own mother for a couple of lousy votes.
- That's a terrible thing to say about anybody.
- Sheriff, this document is authentic.
- Earl Williams, thank God, has been reprieved.
- The commonwealth of Chicago has been spared the painful necessity of taking a human life.
- I want you to release my friends, Walter Burns and Hildy Johnson.
- I was about to. They're my friends, too.
- Don't be too hard on Pete, boys. He gets a little over zealous sometimes.
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