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A young man... The smartest one of the crowd, mind you.

5 seconds sound clip from the It's a Wonderful Life (1946) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:09:53 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Now, if this young man of 28 was a common, ordinary yokel, I'd say he was doing fine.

- But George Bailey is not a common, ordinary yokel.

- He is an intelligent, smart, ambitious young man, who hates his job...

- Who hates the Building and Loan almost as much as I do.

- A young man who's been dying to get out on his own ever since he was born.

- A young man... The smartest one of the crowd, mind you.

- A young man who has to sit by and watch his friends go places because he's trapped. Yes, sir, trapped into frittering his life away, playing nursemaid to a lot of garlic eaters.

- Do I paint a correct picture, or do I exaggerate?

- Now, what's your point, Mr. Potter?

- My point? My point is I want to hire you.

- Hire me?

- Yeah, I want you to manage my affairs, run my properties.

[...]

It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Sound Clip

It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Blu-Ray cover

Download or listen to quotes with audio clips and sound effects from the movie It's a Wonderful Life (1946) by Frank Capra, based on the short story "The Greatest Gift" by Philip Van Doren Stern. All wave sound files are in wav and mp3 format.

Actors: James Stewart, Donna Reed, Henry Travers, Lionel Barrymore, Gloria Grahame

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