The wind shifts too late for him to stop and he don't quite make it over a little hill at the end of the field.
7 seconds sound clip from the The High and the Mighty (1954) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:04:38 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Oh, he weren't always a copilot.
- We used to call him Whistling Dan.
- One of the finest men you'd ever know. And the most miserable.
- He was down in Colombia same time I was.
- I remember that one. Right after the war, wasn't it?
- Yeah. Dan hits flap, but the ship breaks in half and there's nothing but fire in 10 seconds.
- Dan gets tossed through the cockpit window and only gets a few scratches plus that game leg of his.
- Which leaves him alive to blame himself.
[...]
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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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