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In the third place, we can always get a reprieve from the governor. Listen, with all the dirt I've got on every big shot...

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

You can hear this line at 01:36:13 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- Don't give me that unseen power crap!

- You're making a big mistake, officer. The Mayor is a personal friend of mine.

- Sure he is.

- He's even let me use his chopsticks.

- It was my one chance to get out of this rat race and lead a normal life.

- By this time tomorrow, I could've been a gentleman. Now, instead of Philadelphia, I'm going to Joliet.

- What Joliet? In the first place, they'll never indict us. In the second place, no jury'll ever convict us.

- In the third place, we can always get a reprieve from the governor. Listen, with all the dirt I've got on every big shot...

- Funny you should mention that.

- Mention what?

- A reprieve from the governor. I just happen to have one on me.

- Get out of here, you're drunk.

- Oh, I'll say. I was at this Chinese place. The Mayor sent me there.

- You know the Mayor, too?

- Oh, sure. And the sheriff. Of course, I don't know them as well as I know the governor.

- Wait a minute. If you've got a reprieve, how come you're in jail?

- Oh, it's not for me.

- It isn't?

[...]

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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