Look, Manny, you rode in here on the Senator's shirt tails, so shut your mouth! Now, come,...
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J.J. Hunsecker:
Look, Manny, you rode in here on the Senator's shirt tails, so shut your mouth!
Sen. Harvey Walker:
Now, come, J.J., that's a little too harsh. Anyone seems fair game for you tonight.
J.J. Hunsecker:
This man is not for you, Harvey, and you shouldn't be seen with him in public. Because that's another part of a press agent's life - he digs up scandal among prominent men and shovels it thin among columnists who give him space.
Sen. Harvey Walker:
There is some allusion here that escapes me...
J.J. Hunsecker:
We're friends, Harvey - we go as far back as when you were a fresh kid Congressman, don't we?
Sen. Harvey Walker:
Why does everything you say sound like a threat?
J.J. Hunsecker:
Maybe it's a mannerism - because I don't threaten friends, Harvey. But why furnish your enemies with ammunition? You're a family man. Someday, with God willing, you may wanna be President. Now here you are, Harvey, out in the open where any hep person knows that this one...
[points at Manny Davis]
J.J. Hunsecker:
[points at Linda James]
... is toting THAT one...
J.J. Hunsecker:
[points at Senator]
around for you.
Transcript
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Manny you rode in here on the senator's shirttails so shut your mouth
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Now come J J That's a little too harsh
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Anyone seems fair game for you tonight
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This man is not for you Harvey
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and you shouldn't be seen in public with him
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Because that's another part of a press agent's life
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They dig up scandal about prominent people
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and shovel it thin among columnists who give them space
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There seems to be some allusion here that escapes me
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We're friends Harvey
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We go as far back as when you were a fresh kid congressman don't we
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Why is it that everything you say sounds like a threat
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Maybe it's a mannerism because I don't threaten friends
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But why furnish your enemies with ammunition
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You're a family man Harvey and someday God willing you may want to be president
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And here you are out in the open
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where any hep person knows that this one
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is toting that one around for you
Clip duration: 56 seconds
Views: 324
Timestamp in movie: 00h 25m 05s
Uploaded: 29 November, 2022
Genres: drama, film-noir
Summary: Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.
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