I couldn't tell you. Nor even you, Father. I was afraid that if you saw Messala...
8 seconds sound clip from the Ben-Hur (1959) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 02:20:07.299 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- You saw them? Where? When did you see them?
- They were dead. They were dead.
- When I was waiting for news of my father.
- I couldn't tell you. Nor even you, Father. I was afraid that if you saw Messala...
- Oh, Judah, you have come to the end of your search. It's over now. Over?
- Judah.
- Over?
- Judah, forget, forget, forget Messala. Go back to Rome.
- Gentlemen. Officers. Defenders of great Rome's imperium, may I enter?
- Certainly, sheik. You do us an unexpected honor.
[...]
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Sound bites of the best quotes from the 1959 film Ben-Hur.
Actors: Charlton Heston (Judah Ben-Hur), Jack Hawkins (Quintus Arrius), Haya Harareet (Esther), Stephen Boyd (Messala), Hugh Griffith (Sheik Ilderim)
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