- The soldiers are exhausted. Why don't you use horses?
- Horses cannot understand why they have to work beyond endurance for their country. But the men understand.
— General Pherides (Boris Karloff), Oliver Davis (Marc Cramer)
8 seconds sound clip from the Isle of the Dead (1945) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:04:51.801 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- She's buried near here. You saw that island off the shore? It's a cemetery, her burial place.
- I will give you that chance. I had planned to go there tonight. I will take you with me.
- Across the battlefield? Out there?
- You mean, it's dangerous for an old man? You forget, I am also an old soldier. You take the lantern.
- The soldiers are exhausted. Why don't you use horses?
- But these men have been fighting all day, sir.
- The dead have to be buried immediately.
- Do you want to know why? He will tell you why.
- Dr. Drossos, our American friend, would like to know why we use the men as draft animals.
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