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Defend it? So he can become a soldier and go out and be murdered, like his father was?

8 seconds sound clip from the Suddenly (1954) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:15:07 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- I read about an experiment once. Kept germs away from a kid. Raised him pure and scientifically. First time he got out in the rough, he caught cold and died of pneumonia.

- What does that have to do with Pidge?

- The kid hadn't been exposed. He had no immunity.

- There's cruelty and hatred and tyranny in the world. You can't make believe they aren't there.

- And Pidge has got to learn what is the law and what isn't the law, so's he can defend it.

- Defend it? So he can become a soldier and go out and be murdered, like his father was?

- My son was killed in the performance of his duty, Ellen.

- Duty! Being blown to bits on some godforsaken battlefield, thousands of miles from where he was born. You call that duty?

- Yes, Ellen.

- Well, is that what you'd like for Pidge? Would that make you happy?

- If Pete could hear you now, I think he'd be ashamed of you.

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Actors: Frank Sinatra (John Baron), Sterling Hayden (Sheriff Tod Shaw), James Gleason (Peter "Pop" Benson)

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