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I'm from California. I came to New York yesterday to see Branch Rickey.

4 seconds sound clip from the The Jackie Robinson Story movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:27:38.978 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- My name's Robinson. Jackie Robinson.

- Glad to know you, Mr. Robinson.

- I need some advice. Important advice.

- There, suppose we sit down and talk this thing over.

- You are new to this part of the city, Mr. Robinson?

- I'm from California. I came to New York yesterday to see Branch Rickey.

- Rickey? Do you mean... Mr. Rickey, the baseball man?

- Yes. I'm a ballplayer, Reverend.

- I've just learned that the Brooklyn Dodgers have been scouting Negro ballplayers, for a couple of years.

- And Mr. Rickey thinks I'm good enough to...

- Well, Reverend, it just means that a colored man will be able to play in the same field with a white man, for the first time.

[...]

The Jackie Robinson Story Sound Clip

The Jackie Robinson Story Poster

Memorable voice quotes from the biographical film The Jackie Robinson Story (1950), starring Jackie Robinson as himself.

Actors: Jackie Robinson (Himself), Ruby Dee (Rae Robinson), Minor Watson (Branch Rickey), Louise Beavers (Jackie's mother)

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