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The stolen car led Nick Romano and Jimmy to reform school.

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

You can hear this line at 00:27:41.852 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Now wait.

- Have an orange slice.

- 7 bucks for the two.

- Hey, your shirttail's hanging.

- 7 bucks? Gee.

(Police siren wails, tires screech )

- The stolen car led Nick Romano and Jimmy to reform school.

- The word reform... means to remove doubt, to reclaim, to improve. It can also mean degrade and brutalize.

- There are reformatories with modern methods, where delinquents are looked upon as individuals with individual problems. And then there are others, like the one Nick was sent to, where life is based on one law: fear.

- An island of outrage. Work and sleep and eat by command. Pray by command.

- Talk to your neighbor while you're eating, you're whipped until you bleed.

- Show up a minute late for an assembly, solitary confinement.

[...]

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Knock on any door... And you may find Nick Romano.
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No! Nothing's gonna slow me down. From here on in, I travel in a hurry. What I used to say still goes. Live fast, die young... And have a good-looking corpse.
Want to talk to you back there. -Why not? Talk is cheap. -And he's got plenty of cheap talk.
Boy, what a life. You and your friends sure know how to live. -Yeah. -Maybe I don't, huh?
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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