Shock and grief restrained me from more adequate communication.
9 seconds sound clip from the The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:07:22 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- 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.
- I told him it would be all right, Nicholas.
- Now perhaps you'll be good enough to tell me how my sister died.
[...]
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Memorable quotes from The Pit and the Pendulum (1961 film inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's 1842 short story of the same name).
Actors: Vincent Price (Nicholas Medina, Sebastian Medina), John Kerr (Francis Barnard), Barbara Steele (Elizabeth), Luana Anders (Catherine Medina), Antony Carbone (Doctor Leon)
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