We were ready for the light fantastic.

4 seconds sound clip from the The High and the Mighty (1954) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:50:19 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Another couple named Joseph from Milwaukee.

- So we figure maybe they've had a dream, too. So we don't start any arguments.

- We finally wind up at a hotel which is way beyond our budget. So we have to cut our trip short.

- Okay? Comes evening, the wife gets into the one evening dress she could bring along, and I get into a tux I haven't had on in ten years.

- Mommy!

- We were ready for the light fantastic.

- The wife was wearing new shoes with heels much higher than she was used to and...

- Oh, my back!

- The house doctor says the wife has twisted her sacroiliac which ends the dancing for the trip.

- So, everything passes.

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