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You missionaries come out here and expect to convert 500 million people overnight.

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

You can hear this line at 00:56:43 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- Besides, the General's gone to bed.

- If you think I am going to let that child...

- Now, Miss Davis, maybe you think I acted pretty rotten tonight, but I know what I'm talking about.

- She's not your kind. She's just a conniving little dame who deserves every bit that's coming to her.

- Including murder, I suppose.

- You let the General be the judge of that. He runs his own show out here with about 50 centuries of authority back of him.

- You missionaries come out here and expect to convert 500 million people overnight.

- Why, changing a leopard's spots is duck soup compared to changing China. You are lucky to be alive out here yourself.

- Now, you go back to your room, go to bed and behave.

- Not until I've seen the General. I'd like to see the General.

- Please, Miss Davis, have a little common sense.

- You've no right to go to his room in that getup.

[...]

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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