The symptoms are wavering gait, convulsions, weakness, sometimes blindness, and then death, always death. Always death, and very quickly.

— Dr. Drossos (Ernst Deutsch)

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

You can hear this line at 00:20:48.996 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- He complained of not feeling well. He staggered.

- That staggering, his dying so quickly... In your campaigns, have you never seen men who staggered before they died, who talked incoherently, walked blindly?

- I've seen men die drunk, and I've seen men die of the plague.

- There's no possibility of that here, is there?

- I'll send for Dr. Drossos. He'll know. And until he comes, everyone must stay on the island.

- We are faced with a very serious form of the plague, septicemic plague.

- The symptoms are wavering gait, convulsions, weakness, sometimes blindness, and then death, always death. Always death, and very quickly.

- The illness is highly infectious. Because there is a grave danger of it spreading to the army crippling our efforts against the enemy, it has been decided that we all remain here until the disease has run its course.

- I have to cross over to the village. Today is market day.

- No one may leave the island.

- I must safeguard the health of my troops.

- I'm afraid you'll have to make an exception in my case, General. In my case and my wife's. I'm traveling on urgent business for my government.

[...]

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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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