- I've seen men die drunk, and I've seen men die of the plague.
- There's no possibility of that here, is there?

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

You can hear this line at 00:20:32.164 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- What's wrong?

- Mr. Robbins. We thought him drunk.

- Well?

- I'd like the General to see him.

- He was going back to hear the sound of Bow Bells. I'm afraid he'll never hear them again.

- He complained of not feeling well. He staggered.

- That staggering, his dying so quickly... In your campaigns, have you never seen men who staggered before they died, who talked incoherently, walked blindly?

- I've seen men die drunk, and I've seen men die of the plague.

- There's no possibility of that here, is there?

- I'll send for Dr. Drossos. He'll know. And until he comes, everyone must stay on the island.

- We are faced with a very serious form of the plague, septicemic plague.

- The symptoms are wavering gait, convulsions, weakness, sometimes blindness, and then death, always death. Always death, and very quickly.

- The illness is highly infectious. Because there is a grave danger of it spreading to the army crippling our efforts against the enemy, it has been decided that we all remain here until the disease has run its course.

[...]

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