And I got it, all right, why Johnny had taken a powder. He'd faked a birth certificate to enlist. 'John Joseph Preston', eh? The Yale pin said so.

10 seconds sound clip from the Dead Reckoning (1947) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:08:59.506 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I'm all for love, son.

- Come on, hero. And that's an order.

- Say, Washington hasn't released a story yet. Can you tell me what gives?

- Well, Sergeant Drake's the story, I'm not.

- You see, Johnny here... Johnny? Johnny? Sergeant Drake!

- I didn't like that salute. There was something final about it.

- And I got it, all right, why Johnny had taken a powder. He'd faked a birth certificate to enlist. 'John Joseph Preston', eh? The Yale pin said so.

- All I needed was a telephone.

- Oh, sorry, gorgeous. I didn't see what you looked like.

- I'd let you have it, only it's long distance.

- Yale University.

- Oh, hello, Yale? Give me your top man there, whatever you call him.

- What college? Yale, of course. Okay, so it's a university. How would I know? I just run a fleet of taxicabs.

[...]

Dead Reckoning (1947) Sound Clip

Dead Reckoning posterListen to memorable quotes from the classic 1947 film noir Dead Reckoning, accompanied by short sound clips in MP3 and WAV formats.

Actors: Humphrey Bogart (Capt. Warren "Rip" Murdock), Lizabeth Scott (Coral Chandler)

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