Tight Spot (1955)
Edward G. Robinson: Lloyd Hallett
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[last lines]
[Sherry has just been sworn in on the witness stand with Hallett beginning his questioning]
Lloyd Hallett : Your name please.
Sherry Conley : Sherry Conley.
Lloyd Hallett : What is your present address?
Sherry Conley : Upstate Women's Prison.
Lloyd Hallett : Occupation?
Sherry Conley : [defiantly] At present, gang buster.
[the courtroom erupts to Sherry's answer]
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Lloyd Hallett : What's she like, Vince?
Vince Striker : Oh, just like the rest of 'em that come through the line-up. Smart-talkin'. Brassy. Third-class citizen.
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Lloyd Hallett : I thought newspaper reporters were supposed to be drunk by this time on Saturday night.
Jim Hornsby : Just the one's with money.
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Lloyd Hallett : What possible difference could it make to you whether you move there or to the city jail?
Sherry Conley : Because movin' to the city jail is closer to the witness stand which is exactly the last place in the world I've decided I'm gonna be.
Lloyd Hallett : So that's really it then, isn't it?
Sherry Conley : Yeah.
Lloyd Hallett : Doesn't make any difference about the city jail. You've simply decided that as far as you're concerned everybody else can go hang.
Sherry Conley : You mean I've been keepin' this a secret from ya?
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Sherry Conley : Well, here's to the boys in the friendly trenches!
Lloyd Hallett : Skal!
