Then, why... does he believe it?

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4 seconds sound clip from the The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:36:07 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- Take this. Drink it.

- To be absolutely blunt about it, Nicholas believes that Elizabeth may have been interred prematurely.

- What?

- I hasten to assure you both that such is not the case.

- Elizabeth was quite dead. I would stake my reputation on that fact.

- Then, why... does he believe it?

- Because of what happened to his mother many years ago.

- I'm afraid I don't understand.

- I told Mr. Barnard what Nicholas saw that clay.

- No, my dear. Your mother was not tortured to death as you were told. She was tortured, yes... but not to death.

- Do I make myself clear?

[...]

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We will exhume Elizabeth.

I watched her drawn to one and then another as if the aura of pain and suffering which surrounded them was luring her to sickness and to death.

Is it possible? Is it possible I am doing these things unaware, to punish myself?

Shock and grief restrained me from more adequate communication.

I can never leave. I must accept whatever vengeance Elizabeth chooses to inflict upon me.

The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) Sound Clip

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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Then, why... does he believe it?

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