It says here the Governor is appointing a special commission to consider last-minute appeals for clemency.
6 seconds sound clip from the The Front Page (1974) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:52:40 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- 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?
- Is this a joke or something?
- Oh, there was a stack of mail this high and a telegram this long with 4,000 signatures.
- How do we know this is not fake?
- Yeah. Could be some sort of a Communist trick.
- Oh, no. I was right there with the Governor when he signed it.
- Get the Governor on the phone.
- He's gone fishing. Just him, an Indian guide, and a canoe. No phone, no nothin'.
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