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You know, Bob, you could make something out of yourself if you tried. Yeah. You could run for marshal.

11 seconds sound clip from the Dark Command (1940) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:21:12 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- She don't know her own mind, that female.

- Fella can't expect to win a woman unless he does something worthwhile.

- Bet her old man cheats everybody in town.

- See that poster?

- Yeah. What does it say?

- Says they're looking for a new marshal.

- It does, huh?

- You know, Bob, you could make something out of yourself if you tried. Yeah. You could run for marshal.

- Me be marshal? Are you loco?

- Well, you could try. Better for a young fella like you to be workin' with uncle Sam than agin' him.

- I can't read or write, you know that.

- Listen, you don't read and write a man into jail.

- Marshal's gotta know something. He's gotta have papers on his desk and things.

- Son, there's a school down the other street where they can learn anybody to read and write. They got little kids down there.

[...]

Dark Command (1940) Sound Clip

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Actors: Claire Trevor (Mary McCloud), John Wayne (Bob Seton), Walter Pidgeon (Will Cantrell), George "Gabby" Hayes (Doc), Marjorie Main (Mrs. Cantrell), Roy Rogers (Fletch)

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