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Oh, my father was never home. He was a conductor on the Chicago-Northwestern.

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

You can hear this line at 00:37:33 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- If he's gonna talk dirty...

- When you were in grammar school, did you practice self-abuse?

- No, sir. I don't believe in it.

- I would never abuse myself or anybody else. I love people, I love all people.

- I suppose that cop committed suicide.

- Let us get back to masturbation. Did your father ever catch you in the act?

- Oh, my father was never home. He was a conductor on the Chicago-Northwestern.

- Very significant. Your father wore a uniform just like that policeman. And when he pulled out the gun, an obvious phallic symbol, you thought he was your father, and was going to use it to hurt your mother.

- He's crazy.

- Let us then try to reconstruct your thought process at the time of the crime.

- May I borrow your gun, please?

- Oh, sure thing.

- Get up, Mr. Williams.

[...]

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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