- Goodbye.
- Tell Mollie not to cry. Those 13 steps, they don't lead up to the gallows. They lead up to the stars.
— Earl Williams (Austin Pendleton)
10 seconds sound clip from the The Front Page (1974) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:32:42 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Williams put up a desperate struggle, but sheriff's deputies overpowered him.
- Williams tried to shoot it out with the cops, but his gun jammed.
- Williams was betrayed by an old sweetheart, who then attempted suicide.
- Now then, the hanging will go on as scheduled, 7:00 a.m. Sharp. Take him away, boys.
- Goodbye.
- That's it! Not to the gallows, but up to the stars. There's your last words.
- Just dandy. Put the handcuffs on them.
- Operator, get me Clarence Darrow.
[...]
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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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