Let him put *that* in his paper, if he has need of news
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District Commissioner:
I have your records before me. There's everything in them, from smuggling to swindling to receiving stolen goods to bare-faced blackmail. Peachy Carnehan:
Sir, I resent the accusation of blackmail. It is blackmail to obtain money by threats of publishing information *in* a newspaper. But what blackmail is there in accepting a small retainer for keeping it *out* of a newspaper? District Commissioner:
And how did you propose to keep it out? Peachy Carnehan:
By telling the editor what I know about his sister, and a certain government official in these parts. Daniel Dravot:
[Referring to Kipling, the journalist present]
Let him put *that* in his paper, if he has need of news
I have your records before me. There's everything in them, from smuggling to swindling to receiving stolen goods to bare-faced blackmail. Peachy Carnehan:
Sir, I resent the accusation of blackmail. It is blackmail to obtain money by threats of publishing information *in* a newspaper. But what blackmail is there in accepting a small retainer for keeping it *out* of a newspaper? District Commissioner:
And how did you propose to keep it out? Peachy Carnehan:
By telling the editor what I know about his sister, and a certain government official in these parts. Daniel Dravot:
[Referring to Kipling, the journalist present]
Let him put *that* in his paper, if he has need of news
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I have your records before me
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There's everything in them
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from smuggling to swindling to receiving stolen goods
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to bare faced blackmail
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Sir I resent the accusation of blackmail
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It is blackmail to obtain money by threats of publishing information in a newspaper
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But what blackmail is there in accepting a small retainer
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for keeping it out of a newspaper
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And how did you propose to keep it out
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By telling the editor what I know about his sister
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and a certain government official in these parts
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Let him put that in his paper if he has need of news
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Movie Summary
A robust adventure about two British adventurers who take over primitive Kafiristan as "godlike" rulers, meeting a tragic end through their desire for a native girl. Based on a short story by Rudyard Kipling.
