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Don't try to be a heroine because in those last few moments there isn't anything in the world you can do to help anybody.

7 seconds sound clip from the The High and the Mighty (1954) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 02:03:25 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Well, they're as ready now as they'll ever be.

- Look, can you take something else in your stride?

- I can try. (2)

- Good. I want you to do me a favor.

- Look, when I tell you, sit down there with your back against that seat stay there, no matter what else is going on.

- Don't try to be a heroine because in those last few moments there isn't anything in the world you can do to help anybody.

- Now, you know, your face can improve any landscape. I want you to keep it that way.

- So the favor for me is this pillow. Hold it tightly over your face, for yourself and for me.

- With the wind and the sea neither God nor Sullivan can set this thing down tonight like an egg crate.

- We might just as well slam into a mountain.

- Dan knows it. I know it. And so does Sullivan.

[...]

The High and the Mighty (1954) Sound Clip

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Actors: John Wayne (Dan Roman), Claire Trevor (May Holst), Robert Stack (John Sullivan), Jan Sterling (Sally McKee), Robert Newton (Gustave Pardee), Paul Fix (Frank Briscoe)

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