Warrior minstrel with the forlorn hope.
4 seconds sound clip from the The Big Knife (1955) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:03:45 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- For a minute there, I thought...
- Charlie, you're a fanciful type.
- In my end of the business, you have to know types. Take your type.
- The warrior minstrel with a forlorn hope. That's you, doll.
- That's Dixie. I'll slide out the back way.
- Warrior minstrel with the forlorn hope.
- It's a phrase the Irish used to understand. You know me, I'm from those cynical Celts.
- Ideals, kitty? Nowadays? A lost crusade.
- Don't study life, Charlie. Get used to it.
- Hey, you changed the subject.
[...]