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Update on the Williams hanging. Sheriff Hartman's just put 200 more relatives on the payroll to protect the city against the Red Army, which is leaving Moscow in a couple of minutes.

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

You can hear this line at 00:06:15 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- Oh, Marty, is that you?

- New lead on the Earl Williams hanging. Yes, the execution is still set for 7:00 in the morning.

- The authorities are prepared for a general uprising of radicals at that time.

- Murphy here. Get me rewrite.

- Extra guards have just been thrown around the jail, the municipal building, railroad terminals, elevated stations.

- Update on the Williams hanging. Sheriff Hartman's just put 200 more relatives on the payroll to protect the city against the Red Army, which is leaving Moscow in a couple of minutes.

- Bet a dime.

- Now, this is what the condemned man ordered for his final meal: Shrimp cocktail with Thousand Island dressing, rare roast beef, Brussels sprouts, apple pie a la mode, Ovaltine.

- For his last meal Williams is getting a 95-cent blue plate special from the greasy spoon across the street.

- At 9:00 tonight, Williams will be examined by still another psychologist, Dr. Max J. Eggelhofer, at the request of the Friends of American Liberty.

- Yes, he's from Vienna. It's in my story this morning. He wrote that book Self Abuse and Antisocial Behavior.

[...]

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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