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They were after me with searchlights, but I fooled them.

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

You can hear this line at 01:01:03 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- There's nothing you can do about it here. Why don't you just go home and wait.

- Wait for what? The morning papers, so I can read how they shot him down like a dog, the yellow murderers?

- And who's gonna give a damn? Not you guys. 'Cause all you care about is a stinking headline.

- Hello, Mollie. Thank you for the roses.

- Earl, what have they done to you?

- They were after me with searchlights, but I fooled them.

- We gotta get him to a doctor.

- A doctor? He'd just turn him over to the cops. And we don't want that, do we?

- So I'll fool them again. I'll bleed to death before they can hang me.

- No, Earl. You mustn't talk like that.

- Hold the towel, stick your arm out.

- Hey, hey, this isn't my suit, you know. It's government property. They'll be very sore.

[...]

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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