Well, all I can say is we owe an awful lot to General Waverly...
6 seconds sound clip from the White Christmas (1954) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:05:33 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Certainly too bad General Waverly couldn't have been here for this little Yuletide clambake, but...
- 'Cause we really had a slam-bang finish cooked up for him.
- That's not a very nice Christmas present, is it, for a division like us that's moving up?
- The old man's moving toward the rear. That's a direction he's never taken in his entire life.
- Well, all I can say is we owe an awful lot to General Waverly...
- Captain, who's responsible for holding a show in this advanced area?
- Well, sir, as a matter of fact...
- It was me, sir. Me, sir. It was my idea, sir.
- Uh, I mean, when you've got an entertainer, sir, of the caliber of Captain Wallace, sir...
- Uh, I mean, sir, it's Christmas Eve, sir, and...
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