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He'd been teaching the same rubbish for 30 years and I don't suppose he'd read a new book for 20 of those.

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6 seconds sound clip from the The Curse of Frankenstein movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:05:52.154 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- Unless I can convince you that what I'm about to tell you is the absolute truth, then in one hour from now I shall be dead. And then, perhaps, you'll understand.

- Perhaps you'd better start from the beginning.

- Where did it all begin? I suppose it was when I was a boy at school.

- I always had a brilliant intellect.

- That old fool who used to teach us may have been able to hoodwink the others, but what did he know?

- He'd been teaching the same rubbish for 30 years and I don't suppose he'd read a new book for 20 of those.

- When my mother died, I inherited the Frankenstein fortune. This enabled me to begin the life and the work I had always planned for myself.

- Victor, dear boy you are the sole remaining member of the Frankenstein family.

- Now, I know you will conduct yourself in a manner which would make your poor, dear mother proud of you.

- I shall do my best, Uncle. Thank you.

- Thank you all for coming.

- Goodbye.

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He'd been teaching the same rubbish for 30 years and I don't suppose he'd read a new book for 20 of those.
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Listen to memorable quotes from the 1957 British horror film The Curse of Frankenstein, with sound clips and sfx.

Actors: Peter Cushing (Victor Frankenstein), Robert Urquhart (Paul Krempe), Hazel Court (Elizabeth)

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