- I can't believe he actually swore on a Bible.
- Well, not really. If that judge had looked any closer, he'd have seen it was really a copy of Moby Dick.

— Idgie Threadgoode (Mary Stuart Masterson), Ruth Jamison (Mary-Louise Parker)

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11 seconds sound clip from the Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:37:20.753 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Percy, it don't look like you got a case at all. In the first place, there's no body. Second, we got us a preacher nobody's gonna dispute.

- I'm telling you. What you got is a whole lot of nothing.

- I say Frank Bennett got himself drunk, drove into the river and was long ago eaten up, and I don't give a good goddamn!

- What we got here is a case of accidental death. Case dismissed.

- See you in church, sister?

- Reverend.

- I can't believe he actually swore on a Bible.

- Well, not really. If that judge had looked any closer, he'd have seen it was really a copy of Moby Dick.

- But why did he do it?

- For the sheer joy of seeing you in church again, which I suggested to him might be your penance.

- You didn't promise him, did you?

- Yes, ma'am, I did. And I never break my word.

- If I live 1000 years, I will never forgive you for this.

- I don't know what's worse, church or jail.

[...]

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