I received a report of her untimely death, a report which was utterly devoid of details.
7 seconds sound clip from the The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:07:11 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- I told Mr. Barnard that you were resting, Nicholas. I thought that you were.
- It is an apparatus, sir, that must be kept in constant repair.
- Elizabeth was my sister, Don Medina.
- I received a report of her untimely death, a report which was utterly devoid of details.
- What should I have done, remained in England?
- Yes, you are quite right. My apology, sir.
- Shock and grief restrained me from more adequate communication.
- You have every right to be provoked.
- Perhaps you will show me my sister's place of interment now.
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