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The poem? That's what made it.

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

You can hear this line at 01:22:18 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Oh, Mr. Burns. It's quite an honor having you here.

- You know my name?

- Do I know his name? Hildy and I were just talking about you.

- That was one swell story you had in the Tribune this morning.

- Oh, thank you, Mr. Burns. Did you care for the poem?

- The poem? That's what made it.

- I'm rather proud of the ending: And all is well outside his cell, but in his heart he hears the hangman calling and the gallows falling, and his white-haired mother's tears.

- A classic.

- How would you like to work for me?

- You mean that?

- I'm not just whistling Dixie.

- I'm sending Bensinger over to see you. Marvin, isn't it?

- Oh, no, no. Roy. Roy V.

- You sure?

- Roy Bensinger, the poet. Put him right on the staff.

[...]

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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