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It may be an ill omen to sing in a cemetery, but there's no law against it.

4 seconds sound clip from the Isle of the Dead (1945) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:07:44.598 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Someone has broken into the coffin. It's empty.

- Maybe you've got the wrong crypt. After all, it's a long time since you were last here.

- No, I'm sure this was the place.

- Well, let's get back.

- Why should anyone be here and singing?

- It's a nice moonlit night. Someone might have crossed over.

- But to a cemetery?

- It may be an ill omen to sing in a cemetery, but there's no law against it.

- There is a law against despoiling graves. Perhaps the singer can tell us who broke that law.

- Come in. Come in.

- General Pherides. I am honored, sir. Please, won't you come in?

- I came here to visit the last resting place of my wife.

- I found the coffins broken, empty, all of them.

[...]

Isle of the Dead (1945) Sound Clip

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Hear the most memorable quotes from the classic 1945 horror film Isle of the Dead, with sound bites!

Actors: Boris Karloff (General Pherides), Ellen Drew (Thea), Marc Cramer (Oliver Davis), Katherine Emery (Mrs. Mary St. Aubyn), Jason Robards Sr. (Aubrecht), Ernst Deutsch (Dr. Drossos), Helene Thimig (Madame Kyra)

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