Ah, that may be all very well for America, sir, but it would never do with us.

— Ruggles (Charles Laughton)

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7 seconds sound clip from the Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:19:44 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Well, don't let it throw you, Colonel. Come on.

- Excuse me, sir, but you must remember to address me as Ruggles, sir, and not as Colonel or as Bill or as Mr Ruggles, as you've been doing, sir.

- Now, why? Why can't I call you Colonel?

- If we were overheard, sir, people might take us to be equals.

- Well, listen. Where I come from, everybody is equal, see?

- Ah, that may be all very well for America, sir, but it would never do with us.

- Well, let's not get into no more argument about it. We got work to do.

- And then we can settle down to some real drinking.

- Where was we in that book there?

- Here is displayed in its full flower, sir, that ruthless realism happily alternated by a superbly subtle delicacy...

[...]

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