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- What do you propose?
- Retreat and destroy everything before him.

7 seconds sound clip from the Alexander the Great (1956) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:14:57 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I stand opposed to meeting Alexander, now in battle, here at the River Granicus.

- This is Asia, where space is as vast as time, and both are on our side.

- Here to the east mountains, desert, wasteland, 2,000 thirsty miles to Babylon.

- Here, along the shores of Asia Minor, rich cities, good harbors.

- Here Alexander, with neither enough men, money or supplies to do anything now but live off the land. He must move down the coast.

- What do you propose?

- Retreat and destroy everything before him.

- Let him conquer nothing but burned-out crops and land and cities.

- And when his supplies are gone, his lines cut at a time and place of our choosing.

- Retreat before this boy, this adventurer, this pirate?

- This boy brought Greece to its knees in 16 months. It took his father 20 years.

- This is the Persian Empire. If necessary, we can put a million men in the field against him.

[...]

Alexander the Great (1956) Sound Clip

Alexander the Great Poster

Voice quotes from the movie Alexander the Great (1956), in wav/mp3 format.

Actors: Richard Burton (Alexander the Great), Fredric March (Philip II of Macedon), Peter Cushing (Memnon of Rhodes)

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