I'm beat. I'll make a swell-looking bride. A beat bride.
10 seconds sound clip from the The High and the Mighty (1954) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:50:20 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Telling him is... It's going to be one of the hardest things I've ever done in my life.
- Because in my heart I'll always see him. And even when he turns his back and walks away.
- Look at my face. Wouldn't you walk away?
- I'm so much older than my years have made me.
- Look at my face carefully, as he'll do. You'll see how very old I am.
- I'm beat. I'll make a swell-looking bride. A beat bride.
- But I'm not afraid anymore. Now that I know what's going to happen, I'm almost happy.
- So, I wasn't making up my face a few minutes ago. I was looking in the mirror, at me.
- Does that answer your question, mister?
- I was mistaken. You aren't a fatalist. You're a very courageous young lady.
- Maybe some of it will brush off on me if I keep sitting here.
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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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