The Walking Dead (1936)
Boris Karloff: John Ellman
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Quotes
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[looking up to Heaven while being led to the electric chair]
John Ellman : *He'll* believe me.
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John Ellman : Last night I thought you were my friend. You took my life!
'Trigger' Smith : [contemptuously] I'm gonna take it again unless you got cat blood in ya. No one's gonna bring you back this time.
John Ellman : You can't kill me again!
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John Ellman : [responding to Beaumont's questions while dying] Leave the dead to their makers. The Lord thy God is a jealous God.
Dr. Evan Beaumont : [feeling a sense of urgency] But John, what is death? Can't you put it into words? Tell me! Tell me! You must! What is death?
John Ellman : I think I can...
[after a pause]
John Ellman : After the shock...
Dr. Evan Beaumont : Yes?
John Ellman : I seemed to feel...
Dr. Evan Beaumont : Yes?
John Ellman : ...peace and a...
[dies]
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John Ellman : Why did you have me killed?
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John Ellman : [in the prison as he awaits execution, hoping for a reprieve] But you can't kill me for something that I didn't do! You can't, I tell you, you can't! I don't want to die! I want to live!
Prison Warden : Well, Ellman, it's within my power to grant any last request you care to make.
John Ellman : [sounding slightly bitter] You take away my life and offer me a favor in return. That's what I call a "bargain."