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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.

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

You can hear this line at 00:25:00 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- 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.

- So the cop pulled a gun on him and he panicked. He just grabbed for the gun and it went off. He didn't mean to kill him.

- Aw, put it on a Victrola record.

[...]

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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