The bankers never got any higher than 150,000 dollars.

4 seconds sound clip from the The Sin of Harold Diddlebock movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:25:11 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

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- They certainly didn't buy it for peanuts.

- But I thought there were some bankers. Weren't there some bankers who wanted it or something?

- Oh yes, but they didn't want it as much as Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey wanted it.

- They just wanted it for the free circus idea which Mr. Sargent already had which made you a member of the firm.

- But Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey really wanted it.

- The bankers never got any higher than 150,000 dollars.

- 150,000 dollars?

- That's right.

- But when Ringling Brothers don't like something, they really don't like it.

- They don't like free circuses.

- 175,000 dollars worth they don't like them. Here's your check.

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