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Well, I guess I should have known better than try to hold back anything from men who've operated the way you have back at the enemy lines.

7 seconds sound clip from the Dead Reckoning (1947) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:06:38.788 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Well, what's the matter with your mouth? What's that?

- Top personal secret. Never lets go of it. Six-two and even, he swallows it. His senior sorority pin.

- I was having a peek at your papers, and the sergeant rescued them.

- You mean to say, Captain, you calmly went through my papers?

- Well, now, look, sir, the war's over. We wanna know where we're going and why. We don't like secrets.

- Well, thank you, Sergeant.

- Well, I guess I should have known better than try to hold back anything from men who've operated the way you have back at the enemy lines.

- I just wanted to give General Steele the pleasure of seeing your faces when you heard it.

- Steele? Cold Steele?

- Yeah, it was largely his doing that your recommendation went through.

- For Johnny to get the Congressional?

- The Congressional?

- There were certain errors of omission in your report of the incident, Captain.

- Oh, now don't tell me those guys in Washington refused to okay it?

- Those guys, Captain, finally decided to award the Congressional Medal of Honor to Sergeant Drake, and the Distinguished Service Cross to the officer who was with him.

[...]

Dead Reckoning (1947) Sound Clip

Dead Reckoning posterListen to memorable quotes from the classic 1947 film noir Dead Reckoning, accompanied by short sound clips in MP3 and WAV formats.

Actors: Humphrey Bogart (Capt. Warren "Rip" Murdock), Lizabeth Scott (Coral Chandler)

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