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Time. Time. What is time? Swiss manufacture it. French hoard it. Italians squander it. Americans say it is money. Hindus say it does not exist.

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

You can hear this line at 00:11:56 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

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- Time. Twenty-four hours in a day. 1440 minutes for somebody else to get busy on the same idea as ours.

- We ought to have got a plane and flown out, as I said from the start.

- Do you remember I said it, O'Horror?

- My name is not O'Horror. It is O'Hara. Do you hear? Mr. O'Hara. Yes, Mr. O'Horror.

- But do you remember I said it? I said we ought to take a plane.

- Time. Time. What is time? Swiss manufacture it. French hoard it. Italians squander it. Americans say it is money. Hindus say it does not exist.

- You know what I say? I say time is a crook.

- If we took a plane, we'd be there inside of 15 hours, instead of who knows when.

- I don't want any more talk about flying. The sky is for the birds. My feet are on the ground. Both of them.

- Come in, Billy boy.

- What's all the fuss about?

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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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