He was the same as dead even while he stood there.
5 seconds sound clip from the The Westerner (1940) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:39:00 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Let's give the judge the same thing he gave Shad Wilkins.
- Maybe if some of us went down and appealed to Roy Bean for justice...
- Justice. If you'd seen him yesterday, pretending to try that prisoner...
- The man didn't have a chance.
- I wonder if they hanged him.
- He was the same as dead even while he stood there.
- I've kept on seeing his face all day.
- The man I told you about, the one that was hanged. I saw him plain as day, looking in the window.
- You're seeing things, Jane Ellen. There's nobody out there.
[...]