I should have been there. I could have helped him. He was so all alone...
10 seconds sound clip from the Meet John Doe (1941) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:48:55 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
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- He's friend managed to get him out of the park.
- If that boy isn't hurt, it'll be a miracle.
- Ladies and gentlemen, it certainly looks like the end of the John Doe movement.
- Well, boys, you can chalk up another one to the Pontius Pilates.
- I should have been there. I could have helped him. He was so all alone...
- We ought to be ashamed of ourselves after tonight.
- We certainly didn't give that man much of a chance.
- Fake!
- Liar!
- Cheat!
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