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I had you across my knee and I said: Annie, I won't allow you to marry a man that's just rich or that has his secretary send you flowers.

14 seconds sound clip from the Meet John Doe (1941) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:15:18 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Yes, I was your father then, but the real me, John Doe, that is... Long John Willoughby, was the fella with a book.

- You know what I mean?

- I guess so.

- Then what happened?

- Well, I took you across my knee and started spankin' ya.

- That is, I didn't do it... I mean I did do it. But it wasn't me, see, I was your father then.

- I had you across my knee and I said: Annie, I won't allow you to marry a man that's just rich or that has his secretary send you flowers.

- The man you marry has got to swim rivers for you, climb mountains for you, slay dragons for you. He's got to perform wonderful deeds for you!

- All the time, the guy up there with the book, me, stood there noddin' his head and he said:

- Go to it, whack her for me. That's the way I feel too.

- He says: Come down and whack her yourself. So I came down and whacked you a good one.

- See? He whacked and I whacked. We both started whacking you...

[...]

Meet John Doe (1941) Sound Clip

Meet John Doe (1941)

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Actors: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan, Edward Arnold, James Gleason

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