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I had nothin' to do with it. That was the Governor.

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

You can hear this line at 00:32:20 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- What do you mean? Don't we always refer to you as Honest Pete Hartman?

- Oh, yeah. Yeah. And what about those things you always put around Honest? Journal.

- Why can't you move the hanging from 7:00 to 5:00 so we can make the city edition?

- Oh, come on. You can't hang a fella in his sleep just to please the newspapers. It ain't nice.

- No. But you can reprieve him twice, so that the hanging comes just before the election. Huh? With you and the Mayor running on a law and order ticket. That is nice.

- I had nothin' to do with it. That was the Governor.

- How do we know there won't be another reprieve?

- No chance.

- Suppose this Dr. Eggelhofer finds out Williams is insane?

- Come on, boys, you know that's just a formality to shut up those pinko troublemakers.

- He's gonna examine him in my office in a few minutes. But I can tell you right now, Williams is as sane as I am.

- Saner.

- Oh, come on, fellas. He shot that cop as part of a Bolshevik-anarchist conspiracy to subvert our democratic institution.

[...]

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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