I didn't go in there to outbox him. I went there to beat his brains out. To drive him into the canvas, to murder him. That's what I did.

— Sean Thornton (John Wayne)

11 seconds sound clip from the The Quiet Man (1952) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:40:52 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- It's a very understandable reaction.

- Still, the papers all say it was an accident. Just one of those things.

- It's just one of those things in a scrapbook, but when you carry it around in here...

- Tony Gardello was a good egg.

- Nice little wife and a home, a couple of kids. A clean fighter.

- I didn't go in there to outbox him. I went there to beat his brains out. To drive him into the canvas, to murder him. That's what I did.

- For what? Purse, a piece of the gate. Lousy money.

- And now money is behind your trouble with Danaher.

- They think I'm afraid of fighting. All the friends I've made, even my wife.

- Well, aren't you in a way?

- Did you ever kill a man? Well, I have...

[...]

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Actors: John Wayne (Sean Thornton), Maureen O'Hara (Mary Kate Danaher), Barry Fitzgerald (Michaeleen Flynn), Victor McLaglen ("Red" Will Danaher), Ward Bond (Father Peter Lonergan)

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