Because you might just as well go ahead and hang yourself.
6 seconds sound clip from the The Front Page (1974) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:51:52 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- They've got Williams. He can't get away.
- What do you mean, he can't get away? He got away, didn't he?
- Don't call me Herbie any more. From now on, it's Your Honor.
- I'm warning you, if you don't have Williams on the gallows by 7:00 a.m., then God help you.
- Because you might just as well go ahead and hang yourself.
- Am I awake now? Or am I dreaming? Congratulate me, step right up. Shake my hand.
- Excuse me. Which way is the Sheriff's office?
- In here.
- Oh, my name is Plunkett. I just came up from Springfield. I got somethin' for you. What?
- It's a reprieve for Earl Williams.
- For who?
[...]
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Actors: Jack Lemmon (Hildy Johnson), Walter Matthau (Walter Burns), Austin Pendleton (Earl Williams), Carol Burnett (Mollie Malloy), Susan Sarandon (Peggy Grant), Vincent Gardenia (Sheriff "Honest Pete" Hartman), David Wayne (Roy Bensinger)
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