Down in the horse latitudes, on a dull day, I might have keel-hauled a wife or two, or else walked one off the end of a plank, yes. But I never did it for spite.

Captain Blackbeard (Peter Ustinov)

12 seconds sound clip from the Blackbeard's Ghost (1968) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:24:06 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Aldetha's writing. No! Aldetha... Aldetha done it.

- Beware, cried me shipmates. Sheer off. That girl, she be a true witch. And I paid no heed.

- Oh, Aldetha. To do that to your legal spoke husband... Oh!

- The story is Blackbeard had her burned.

- Burned? I never put a taper to her. Never!

- Down in the horse latitudes, on a dull day, I might have keel-hauled a wife or two, or else walked one off the end of a plank, yes. But I never did it for spite.

- Funny thing about me, never did it for spite. I might have done it out of jest to keep the spirits of me shipmates up.

- Now, to real business. Where'd you stow it?

- What?

- Your rum!

- I don't drink.

- Don't DRINK?

- Ship's stores. Have to seek succor there. Tsk, tsk, tsk.

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