Around this town, the only reason friends pat you on the back is to find an easy place to break it.
— Lee Morgan (Mary Astor)
6 seconds sound clip from the Bullets or Ballots (1939) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:16:58 in the radio play.
Quote context
[...]
- Yeah, sit down, make yourself comfortable.
- McLaren.
- Sure
- It's about time you got wise to yourself.
- Around this town, the only reason friends pat you on the back is to find an easy place to break it.
- You're a friend, aren't you?
- I guess you're dumb enough to think so.
- You like me pretty well. Well, that goes both ways.
- You know, women and home life had been in my line, I'd have fallen for you a long time ago.
- That would have been sort of nice, wouldn't it?
- Yeah. It wasn't in the cards, see?
[...]
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Actors: Edward G. Robinson (Detective Johnny Blake), Mary Astor (Lee Morgan), Humphrey Bogart (Bugs Brenner), Otto Kruger (Al Kruger)
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