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  Cadillac ATS Vs. The Wind

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  By metaops

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The clip confronting the mayor in jail from The Front Page (1974)

Proud of you, Pete. You did a terrific job.
All in a night's work, Your Honor.
You can call me Herbie, again.
Hey, look who's here.
The Green Hornet.
Hi, Horny.
What are those girls doing here?
The Chink broads? We just raided them.
On whose orders?
We always knock over a few cathouses before election.
You know that. To get the family vote.
Nice work.
Thank you, Herbie.
Here they are. Look kinda natural, don't they, behind bars?
A sight for sore eyes.
I reckon you boys are gonna be
away from Chicago for a long time.
Yeah. Making brooms and license plates.
Maybe I can fix it for you to work on a prison paper as copyboys.
Hot in here, isn't it, Hildy?
Yeah. Why don't you put in some fans or ventilators?
How about an air-conditioning system?
Scented with pine needles.
Suit yourself.
Because tomorrow, you guys are gonna be in this cell.
Big joke.
Yeah. We were just laughing about it,
with our friend, Mr. Plunkett.
Plunkett?
Hiya, Mayor. Hiya, Sheriff.
Who is this man?
Never saw him before in my life.
I suppose you never saw this before, either?
What is it?
A reprieve for Earl Williams.
Hangin' a man just to win an election, huh?
Why, that's absurd.
I don't know what you're talking about. Do we, Herbie?
Oh, such big liars.
Let me see that.
If Williams has been reprieved,
I personally am tickled to death.
Go on. You'd hang your own mother for a couple of lousy votes.
That's a terrible thing to say, Burns, about anybody.
Sheriff, this document is authentic.
Earl Williams, thank God, has been reprieved.
The commonwealth of Chicago has been spared
the necessity of taking a human life.
Save that for the Tribune.
Pete, I want you to release my friends,
Walter Burns and Hildy Johnson.
I was about to. They're my friends, too.
Jacobi.