Isle of the Dead (1945) Quotes with Sound Clips - page 2

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)

4 more actors

, Katherine Emery (Mrs. Mary St. Aubyn), Jason Robards Sr. (Aubrecht), Ernst Deutsch (Dr. Drossos), Helene Thimig (Madame Kyra)

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11 It's better to have no General than one carrying the plague.

— General Pherides (Boris Karloff)

12 No one may leave the island. -But you must have observed that my wife is an invalid.

— General Pherides (Boris Karloff)

13 The General is putting all his hopes on you, Doctor. -Yes, I know. That frightens me more than the plague.

— Oliver Davis (Marc Cramer), Dr. Drossos (Ernst Deutsch)

14 What difference does it make? Uncovered or covered, the eyes see no more.

— General Pherides (Boris Karloff)

15 What is there to say? I'll meet my old familiar enemy, death. I have fought him before. I've won often. Now he wins. Let him come for me.

— Dr. Drossos (Ernst Deutsch)

16 I've learned to live without comfort. I can stand a hard bed and a hard thought without worrying too much.

— General Pherides (Boris Karloff)

17 It was my way of saying amen, and my surrender. -To the gods? -To the gods. They are more powerful than my science.

— Dr. Drossos (Ernst Deutsch)

18 Never mind that. It does no good. It will serve our purpose a great deal more if we were to join in prayer. -To Hermes?

— Oliver Davis (Marc Cramer), Aubrecht (Jason Robards Sr.)

19 All my life, I've had a dreadful fear of premature burial. I awaken sometimes screaming with nightmares in which I see myself buried alive, waking to find myself entombed, without air stifling, and no escape.

— Mrs. Mary St. Aubyn (Katherine Emery)

20 I ask you to think on the hours when one sleeps. Do you know what happens then? The body may lie still in bed, but what happens to the thoughts, the spirit? With what ancient demons does it spend its time, and in what deeds?

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