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Simply so happened that a relative of mine, first cousin actually, who died recently happened to be the owner of a coffee plantation.

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

You can hear this line at 00:15:22 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- You know England well?

- Emotionally, I am English. I serve tea every afternoon with crumpets.

- And I've always kept up my subscription to Country Life and the Tatler.

- The trouble with England, it's all pomp and no circumstance. You're very wise to get out of it. Escape while you can.

- I'd hardly describe myself as escaping.

- Simply so happened that a relative of mine, first cousin actually, who died recently happened to be the owner of a coffee plantation.

- Africa's the place now. You talk about the diamond boys, the gold boys, they just skimmed a little off the top.

- Potential mineral wealth of Africa has hardly been scratched.

- Now there is a villa. Mmm. Big.

- That's the Villa Capriccio. Famed in song and story. A three-star attraction in Baedeker.

- Whose is it?

- Well, the banks own it now. Used to be mine.

[...]

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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