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He was the presiding steward, the chief handicapper, the starter, the judge, the breeder and his own bookie. He was the whole works. Except that I was the stable boy, for five smokes a day.

11 seconds sound clip from the Stalag 17 movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:36:44.978 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Somebody in our outfit was tipping off the Krauts, sure enough. Only who was it? The Animal, or Harry, or Hoffy, or Price, or Blondie, or goofy Joey, or Duke? It sure wasn't me. Maybe it was Sefton. Sergeant J.J. Sefton.

- I guess it's about time I told you a few more things about that Sefton guy.

- If I was anything of a writer I'd send it in to the Reader's Digest for one of those Most unforgettable characters you've ever met.

- He was a big-time operator, always hustling, always scrounging. Take, for instance, the horse races. Every Saturday and Sunday, he'd put on horse races.

- He was the sole owner and operator of the Stalag 17 turf club.

- He was the presiding steward, the chief handicapper, the starter, the judge, the breeder and his own bookie. He was the whole works. Except that I was the stable boy, for five smokes a day.

- Give me Equipoise. Ten on the nose.

- Ten on the nose.

- Come on, come on.

- Ten on Schnickelfritz.

- Equipoise.

- Schnickelfritz.

- Equipoise.

- Come on, boys, the horses are at the post.

- Equipoise?

- Equipoise.

- Ten on Equipoise.

[...]

Stalag 17 (1953) Sound Clip

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Sound clips of the best quotes from the 1953 movie Stalag 17.

Actors: William Holden (J.J. Sefton), Don Taylor (James Dunbar), Otto Preminger (Colonel von Scherbach), Robert Strauss (Stanislas Animal Kuzawa), Harvey Lembeck (Harry Shapiro), Peter Graves (Frank Price)

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