It was a question of science, doctor.
4 seconds sound clip from the Forbidden Planet (1956) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:57:32 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Our Belerephon skipper tried it and it was instantly fatal to him.
- Oh, I see. So you're immune to this too?
- Afterwards, I lay unconscious for a day and a night.
- And yet you came back for a second go at it.
- It was a question of science, doctor.
- Otherwise, my researches here would've come to nothing... poor as they have been.
- A civilization without instrumentalities?
[...]
Forbidden Planet (1956) Sound Clip
Actors: Walter Pidgeon (Dr. Edward Morbius), Anne Francis (Altaira "Alta" Morbius), Leslie Nielsen (Commander John J. Adams), Robby the Robot (Marvin Miller)
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