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It was your life you put up as a forfeit for Mah-Li's loyalty.

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

You can hear this line at 01:15:55 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I'm afraid you misunderstood my purpose in sending for you.

- I'm not altogether a fool.

- You didn't think I meant the conventional thing, did you?

- Didn't you?

- Do you think that General Yen could accept anything that the heart did not freely give?

- No. That opportunity has been open to me ever since you came here.

- It was your life you put up as a forfeit for Mah-Li's loyalty.

- My life?

- Yes. What else do you think it meant?

- I see. You're afraid of death as you are afraid of life.

- You want me to send you back to your Dr. Strike.

- He speaks the same meaningless words as you do. He has everything you want.

- You would like to be able to boast to him that the great General Yen, whom everybody feared, was destroyed because he was fool enough to hope.

[...]

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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