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But isn't it better to shoot them quickly than let them starve to death slowly?

9 seconds sound clip from the The Bitter Tea of General Yen movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:28:59 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- But there is a famine in my province, and I have no rice to feed my prisoners.

- I assure you it won't happen in the future.

- They have taken the rest of them down the road out of earshot.

- Cigarette? I have both Turkish and Virginia tobacco.

- I've never heard anything so cold-blooded in all my life.

- But isn't it better to shoot them quickly than let them starve to death slowly?

- Don't go, please.

- Please sit down and have your breakfast.

- Why did you drug me on the train? I don't remember a thing.

- You were in great pain, and sleep makes a long journey very short.

- You didn't have to bring me here. Why don't you send me back to Shanghai?

[...]

The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) Sound Clip

The Bitter Tea of General Yen Poster

Quotes from "The Bitter Tea of General Yen" (1933 film, directed by Frank Capra), featuring short sound clips with voice.

Actors: Barbara Stanwyck (Megan Davis), Nils Asther (General Yen), Walter Connolly (Jones)

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