It's just a question of now or later.
4 seconds sound clip from the Suddenly (1954) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:37:54 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Your guts are showin' all over the place, brave boy.
- You see, the way I figure it, baron, I'm a dead man anyway. So's the boy, so's Ellen, so's pop.
- It's just a question of now or later.
- And if it gives the president a bit of an edge, why, then, we get it now.
- They won't hurt us. They won't hurt Pidge. He said so.
- Because it's convenient, Ellen.
- You said you wouldn't hurt Pidge.
[...]