But everybody forgets about the girls who never quite managed to make things legal.

9 seconds sound clip from the The High and the Mighty (1954) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 02:02:32 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You know, I haven't been whistled at in years.

- And the idea of growing roses for the rest of my life was really beginning to haunt me.

- There ought to be a home for dames like me. Yup. We should have organized. You know, a house somewhere with with no mirror in it.

- Far away, where we'd never have to look at a young girl.

- They have homes for unmarried mothers.

- But everybody forgets about the girls who never quite managed to make things legal.

- I think I could start one.

- Yeah. I can call it The May Holst Home for Broken-Down Broads.

- I kind of like that, don't you?

- Well, they're as ready now as they'll ever be.

- Look, can you take something else in your stride?

[...]

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Actors: John Wayne (Dan Roman), Claire Trevor (May Holst), Robert Stack (John Sullivan), Jan Sterling (Sally McKee), Robert Newton (Gustave Pardee), Paul Fix (Frank Briscoe)

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