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- So I took him up to my place, like any human being would.
- That was a very charitable thing to do.

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

You can hear this line at 00:24:53 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- That's a lie. He never even laid a hand on me.

- You had that red in your bed for three days and nights.

- Did he have that kind of money?

- Or did you make him a special price?

- The poor guy didn't have enough for a cup of coffee. He used to hang around Division Street every night, handin' out leaflets. Tellin' us how we were being exploited by capitalism and that we should organize.

- So the pimps came around and beat him up. And there he was, lyin' on the sidewalk, bleedin'. With his glasses broken.

- So I took him up to my place, like any human being would.

- That was a very charitable thing to do.

- Yeah. Meet Florence Nightingale.

- Sure, I took care of him. And for three days and three nights he just talked to me. Treated me decent. Not like an animal.

- Now, you guys are trying to make a fool out of me.

- Why didn't you adopt him instead of letting him run around shooting policemen?

- I told him to stay away from that corner, but when they sent a cop around to chase him away, he said it was his constitutional right.

[...]

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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