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Trouble is, there's not much you can do with a hanging. Now, if we had the electric chair in this state, that's something you can really sink your teeth into.

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

You can hear this line at 00:08:12 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Any luck?

- I've tried every speakeasy, every gamblin' joint. I've tried the Turkish bath. No Hildy.

- Call the Sanitation Department, maybe they've picked him up in some gutter.

- I guess I better check the hospitals or the morgue.

- Be just like that clown to die on me on the eve of a hanging.

- How about those headlines? Which one do you like?

- They all stink.

- Trouble is, there's not much you can do with a hanging. Now, if we had the electric chair in this state, that's something you can really sink your teeth into.

- Williams gets the hot seat! Williams Fries. Williams Roasted Alive.

- Step right up. Shake my hand. My baby told me that she loves me...

- Mr. Johnson, I'm so glad. Mr. Burns has been looking for you all over.

- Congratulate me, step right up. Shake my hand...

- Is it a holiday or something?

[...]

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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