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An English gardener in England was showing some Americans one of those wonderful English lawns and, of course, they wanted to know how to make a lawn like that. And this English gardener said...

14 seconds sound clip from the Beat the Devil (1953) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:24:51 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Well, now you know.

- I don't believe one word.

- You know, if I ever leave you, it will be for someone of the type of Harry Chelm.

- Well, bully for you.

- I suppose that type of Englishman is like a story I once heard.

- An English gardener in England was showing some Americans one of those wonderful English lawns and, of course, they wanted to know how to make a lawn like that. And this English gardener said...

- He said, All you have to do is get some good grass and roll it every day for 600 years.

- I heard that story before you were born.

- Englishmen tell it when they're feeling down in the mouth.

- You just don't understand the Chelm type.

- You're not even listening. You never do. Someday I'll say good-bye and you won't hear that either.

[...]

Beat the Devil (1953) Sound Clip

Beat the Devil (1953) Blu-ray Cover

Quotes with sound clips from the movie Beat the Devil (1953).

Actors: Humphrey Bogart (Billy Dannreuther), Jennifer Jones (Mrs. Gwendolen Chelm), Gina Lollobrigida (Maria Dannreuther), Robert Morley (Peterson)

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