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Movie-Sounds.org › Horror Movie Quotes › Isle of the Dead (1945)

So tell him why we have to clear the field.

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3 seconds sound clip from the Isle of the Dead (1945) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:05:17.084 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- 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.

- 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.

- So tell him why we have to clear the field.

- In the sixth division, we have two cases of septicemic plague.

- 35 miles away, the Athens Brigade reports every other man sick with typhus.

- If it isn't stopped, our victories will mean nothing.

- The horseman on the pale horse is pestilence. He follows the wars.

[...]

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Isle of the Dead (1945) Sound Clip

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Hear the most memorable quotes from the classic 1945 horror film Isle of the Dead, with sound bites!

Actors: Boris Karloff (General Pherides), Ellen Drew (Thea), Marc Cramer (Oliver Davis), Katherine Emery (Mrs. Mary St. Aubyn), Jason Robards Sr. (Aubrecht), Ernst Deutsch (Dr. Drossos), Helene Thimig (Madame Kyra)

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