If my friend were looking for an excuse, he'd find a better one in the morning papers.
8 seconds sound clip from the Beat the Devil (1953) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:13:13 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Can't you get it through your head that the population down there has trained noses?
- They can smell a uranium deal like a cat smells fish.
- But aren't you afraid, Billy...
- When our little party doesn't show up on the date you said...
- If my friend were looking for an excuse, he'd find a better one in the morning papers.
- I'm talking about the untimely demise of Paul Vanmere.
- What an unwholesome opinion you must have of your colleagues to imagine that we...
- Look here, Peterson, you don't have to convince me of anything.
[...]