I bought on the understanding I'd get some more land from the dukes.

5 seconds sound clip from the The Skin Game (1931) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:12:38 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- And now I must have those cottages for my workmen. I've got important works, you know.

- The Jackmans have their importance, too, sir. Their heart's in that cottage.

- Well, if you think so much of these Jackmans, why not build them a cottage yourselves? You've got the space.

- That's beside the point.

- You promised me, and I sold on that understanding.

- I bought on the understanding I'd get some more land from the dukes.

- That's nothing to do with me.

- Ah, you'll find that it has...

- 'Cause I'm going to have those cottages.

- Well, I call it simply...

- Now, look here, you've not had occasion to understand men like me. I've got the guts, and I've got the money and I don't sit still on it. I'm going ahead because I believe in meself. I've no use for sentiment and that sort of thing.

- Why, 40 of your Jackmans aren't worth me little finger.

[...]

The Skin Game (1931) Sound Clip

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The best quotes from The Skin Game (1931 film by Alfred Hitchcock), with soundbites.

Actors: Edmund Gwenn (Mr Hornblower), Edward Chapman (Dawker), Helen Haye (Ivy Hillcrist), C. V. France (Jack Hillcrist)

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