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Classy movie, love the people and the dialogue! (may contain spoilers)


I often find myself saying favorite lines from this lines from this movie.

"without his signature,,,,the judge would surely close us down" (Hutcheson)

"You made a mess of it! I told you I didn't want no violence, not yet anyway. There's a time & place for this sort of thing. This is stupid!" (Rienzi)

"yes dear" (Mrs Hutcheson, several times)

"Capone was in the insurance business" (Hutcheson)

"but I did not know it was going to be rubbed out of existence" (Mrs Garrison)

"I've given it the best 14 years of my life. Two dead husbands and two or three kids that I wanted but never had" (Mrs Willibrant)

"I do not know police. I know newspaper. This newspaper. For 31 years. It teaches me to read & write" (Mrs Schmidt)

"I am dead. I've been dead for 11 years. By tomorrow this newspaper may be dead" (Hutcheson)

"that's the press baby, the press! There's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!" (Hutcheson)





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