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And the help they got from organized charity wasn't enough.

3 seconds sound clip from the Knock on Any Door movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:21:33.470 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- That was how I first met Nick Romano. That was the push I gave him.

- Sure, I tried to help the family. I sent them some money.

- Perhaps if I'd been able to see them through a little longer, but...

- Then I was called to Washington. Two weeks later, I was in the army. I was overseas for three years.

- War and men being what they are, I forgot the Romanos.

- And the help they got from organized charity wasn't enough.

- So with Nick at his most impressionable age, they were forced to move into one of the worst districts in the city, perhaps the worst in any American city!

- And that can do it. A year or so of that can take what was once a family and finish it... can take a fine, sensitive, friendly kid... and twist him and turn him.

- Hey, what's that?

- He's the new kid. He just moved in. He's been to the store for his ma.

- Let's make him feel at home.

- Yeah. Hey, you! Hey, pretty boy!

- Hi, fellas.

- Hi, fellas, he says. You hear that, Jimmy?

- Sure, Vito, I heard him.

[...]

Knock on Any Door (1949) Sound Clip

Knock on Any Door posterListen to memorable quotes from the classic 1949 film noir Knock on Any Door, accompanied by short sound clips in MP3 and WAV formats.

Actors: Humphrey Bogart (Andrew Morton), John Derek (Nick Romano)

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