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    snbmoore — 12 years ago(December 31, 2013 11:38 AM)

    Ok, folks. I couldn't find out what Willie whispered to Caan right before he died but in reading all the posts of his prison conversation and other hints here it is. Cann was raised by the state. Willie wasn't a father figure. He whispered to Cann that he IS his father!!

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      catch_the_spindrift — 10 years ago(June 05, 2015 07:15 AM)

      He was thanking Frank for getting him out of prison.
      From the script:
      162 INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - THREE SHOT - DAY
      They wait on red leatherette and chrome tube settees
      from 1958. The sonorous-voiced P.A. Is LOW and IN-
      CESSANT. Garner smokes.
      JESSIE
      What did he whisper to you?
      FRANK
      (somewhere else, pause)
      He said thanks
      'Cause I got him out. He don't
      have to die in there.
      (beat)
      That's the big thing Not to
      die in there
      Drifting through lost latitudes with no compass and no chart

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        Noir-It-All — 9 years ago(April 08, 2016 10:54 AM)

        Folks, what did the letter that Frank read at the start of the film. I believe it was written on State of Illinois stationary. Couldn't find it in quotes and trivia.

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          catch_the_spindrift — 9 years ago(December 05, 2016 09:09 AM)

          'Dear Frank, nothing new ever
          happens around here. No, I don't
          need any money or anything. Go
          slow and EZ and keep knocking them
          dead. I could never find the
          words to tell you how proud I am
          'cause you are making your life
          happen like you said and collecting
          your debt back from society. And
          I know you're pretty busy, but
          could you come up 'cause I gotta
          see ya. Your pal, Okla.'
          I hope this helps.
          "No tellin' who's sellin' out, power buildin' the nation so"

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