- A child can't have a father who lives your life.
- Except on visiting days.
- Not even on visiting days, but that's the law.
11 seconds sound clip from the Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:49:50.708 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Maybe you want to take Eadie for a drive or something.
- No, no.
- How did all this happen to us?
- You know, Johnny... I didn't mind what you did to me. I mean, I minded, but I would've gone on.
- Are you saying I can come back?
- The door's never been locked against you, not for my sake. But I couldn't do it to Eadie.
- A child can't have a father who lives your life.
- Not even on visiting days, but that's the law.
- Not tough enough to change you.
- For what? To hold hands with those ofay friends of yours?
- I'm trying to make a world fit for Eadie to live in.
- It's a cinch you're not gonna do it with a deck of cards and a racing form.
[...]