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- Goodbye.
- Tell Mollie not to cry. Those 13 steps, they don't lead up to the gallows. They lead up to the stars.

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.

- Duffy, take this down. The Examiner, guardian and conscience of Chicago having single-handedly captured Earl Williams has just handed him over to Sheriff what's-his-name.

- Now then, the hanging will go on as scheduled, 7:00 a.m. Sharp. Take him away, boys.

- Goodbye.

- Tell Mollie not to cry. Those 13 steps, they don't lead up to the gallows. They lead up to the stars.

- That's it! Not to the gallows, but up to the stars. There's your last words.

- And on the front page, we'll have a composite picture. The stars, the steps, and at the top of the steps, Marx and Lenin waiting for Earl Williams.

- How's that?

- Just dandy. Put the handcuffs on them.

- My pleasure.

- What's the charge?

- Conspiracy to obstruct justice, harboring a fugitive, possession of a stolen weapon. Adds up to about 10 years apiece for you birds.

- Operator, get me Clarence Darrow.

[...]

The Front Page (1974) Sound Clip

The Front Page (1974) poster

Hear classic lines from the 1974 film "The Front Page" featuring sound clips from the movie.

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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