My father, poor fellow, was killed by the French. It never should have happened. His horse got bogged in a ploughed field and the brute just gave up. Seven damn lancers had him like a tiger in a pit.
12 seconds sound clip from the Waterloo (1970) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:28:53.253 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- The 72nd will prepare to advance!
- You don't see its like anymore. My father left us a hundredweight, down to the last ounce.
- An old Jew in Alexandria had the blend.
- Blend?
- Yes, particularly bad luck. He had 400 better horses in his stables in Hatton.
- Byland's brigade has broken. Plug the gap, if you please.
- Now is the time for the heavy cavalry, I think.
- Get your bastards up onto the crest. I'll bring up the rest of the brigade.
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Actors: Rod Steiger (Napoleon Bonaparte), Christopher Plummer (Duke of Wellington), Orson Welles (King Louis XVIII)
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