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You hedged, Captain. You didn't answer my question.

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

You can hear this line at 00:30:53 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- I want to find a shepherd in the hills or a mountain in the mist, and paint their picture before it's too late.

- So, you'll please forgive me another question, Captain.

- Aren't you sometimes a little afraid?

- I've made almost 200 flights across here and I feel a lot safer than if I were driving my car.

- I've got a lovely wife and two kids, another on the way. I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't think it was safe.

- You hedged, Captain. You didn't answer my question.

- Come now, be a good honest fellow and tell me exactly what frightened you?

- Well, well, they were technical incidents.

- I don't think you'd understand, Mr. Pardee.

- I understand perfectly.

- For some reason, you were afraid you wouldn't reach your biblical span of life.

[...]

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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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