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Then in the depth of the economic despair that has gripped the country...

5 seconds sound clip from the The Roaring Twenties (1939) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:27:29 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- What's the hitch?

- I'm gonna leave you one, just one because you're going to need it, pal.

- First to feel the effects of the economic disaster which sweeps the country are the nightclubs, the speakeasies, and the bootleggers who serve them.

- With the falling off of profits in the illegal liquor industry, the mobsters have difficulty in paying protection.

- And the number of raids, arrests and convictions double and quadruple.

- Then in the depth of the economic despair that has gripped the country...

- Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected president partially on the basis of his promise to end Prohibition.

- In New York City, thousands of jubilant citizens march in a great beer parade and shortly, 3.2 beer becomes legal.

- Finally comes the national referendum on repeal.

- Tired of years of violence, corruption, and loss of personal liberty, Americans go to the polls and overwhelmingly rout the dry forces.

- After 13 years, Prohibition is dead leaving in its wake a criminal element used to wealth and power...

[...]

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The Roaring Twenties (1939) Sound Clip

The Roaring Twenties (1939)

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Actors: James Cagney (Eddie Bartlett), Humphrey Bogart (George Hally), Gladys George (Panama Smith), Priscilla Lane (Jean Sherman)

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