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You're all right, Pop. But I know when it's time to bail out. I gotta get going.

6 seconds sound clip from the The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 02:33:27.074 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I'll get the socks I washed for you.

- Think you're doing the right thing, son?

- You mean going? Who's to say in advance whether it's the right thing or the wrong thing? It just means a fresh start in some other place.

- How do you know it'll be different anyplace else?

- There's a need here for fellas like yourself that fought and won the war.

- I know you haven't had the best of breaks since you got back but, well, it seems like you ought to stick here, and slug it out a while longer on your own home ground.

- You're all right, Pop. But I know when it's time to bail out. I gotta get going.

- Here are your clean socks, Fred.

- Oh, just put them in here.

- Take good care of the old man, won't you, Hortense?

- I'll do my best.

- But we'll miss you, Freddy.

- You ought to be used to that by now.

- So long, Pop.

- I'll tell you, captain. We've got two flights going out tonight. One eastbound, one westbound. You'll have to ask the pilot. Which way you going?

- Which one leaves first?

- Eastbound, 8:00.

- That'll be fine. I'll just hang around the field until then.

[...]

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Sound Clip

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Poster

Memorable quotes from the 1946 film The Best Years of Our Lives, with sound clips in WAV and MP3 formats.

Actors: Myrna Loy (Milly Stephenson), Fredric March (Al Stephenson), Dana Andrews (Fred Derry), Teresa Wright (Peggy Stephenson), Virginia Mayo (Marie Derry), Cathy O'Donnell (Wilma Cameron), Harold Russell (Homer Parrish)

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