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Peter Appleton: He says I'm a communist. In fact, this very moment, some grey little FBI guy, in a grey little FBI suit, is hunched over my screenplay, checking it, line by line, for the poisonous Marxist propaganda which surely lurks therein. Hope they check the spelling. I can always use help with that.
Jerry the Bartender: You're babbling, pal.
Peter Appleton: 'Ashes to Ashes', my movie! Could've been good, even with the stupid dog. My 'Grapes of Wrath', my shot at doing something really good, something...
[pause, then in greater anguish]
Peter Appleton: Something!
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Peter Appleton: [semi-drunk, to grinning monkey plush-toy] Sound good? Oh, you're just saying that. I'm talking to monkey.
Ring Lardner Jr.
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