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Tell you what we do. First you cover the hanging, then you can get married.

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

You can hear this line at 00:11:31 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Some marriage that was. I never even got to Niagara Falls 'cause you made me get off the train to cover the torch murder.

- That's what makes you a first-class reporter. You're always in the right place at the right time.

- But never at home. Not for Christmas, not for our anniversary.

- When she was sick in the hospital and nearly died, I was stuck in Tennessee covering that goddamn Monkey Trial.

- It's not gonna happen again, Walter. Not this time.

- Okay, Hildy. You want to take the plunge again, all right.

- Tell you what we do. First you cover the hanging, then you can get married.

- Take the whole weekend off. You don't have to be back at the office until Monday.

- Monday I'll be in Philadelphia. We're taking the midnight train, tomorrow afternoon we get married with her family and everything and everybody.

- Monday I start working for her uncle in the advertising business.

- The advertising business?

- You heard me. I'm goin' straight. I'm quittin' this racket.

- You mean you're going to be writing crap like, I'd walk a mile for a Camel or Quick, Henry, the Flit?

- You bet. For $150 a week.

[...]

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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