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- I think a spoonful would be all right to start with.
- Later?
- I don't know, I don't know...

9 seconds sound clip from the The Shootist movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:30:05.009 in the DVD version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Well, let's see. We'll make it $4.00 for the two visits plus $1.00 for that.

- What's that?

- They call that laudanum, a solution of opium and alcohol.

- Opium, that can get to be a habit.

- Why, absolutely, an addiction.

- How does it taste?

- Just... just awful, terrible, but it's the most potent painkiller we've got.

- How much of it do I take?

- Well, as much as you need when you need it.

- I think a spoonful would be all right to start with.

- Later?

- I don't know, I don't know...

- I think one morning you're just going to wake up and say, Here I am in this bed, and here I'm going to stay.

- I want to know.

- Well, unless you insist, I'd rather not talk about it.

- Well, I want to know.

- All right.

- There'll be an increase in the severity of the pain in your lower spine, your hips, your groin.

- You... Do you... Do you want me to go on?

- The pain will become unbearable. No drug will moderate it. If you're lucky, you'll lose consciousness, and until then, you'll scream.

[...]

The Shootist Sound Clip

The Shootist Movie Poster

Memorable quotes from the movie The Shootist (1976), featuring short wav/mp3 sound bites.

Actors: John Wayne (J.B. Books), Lauren Bacall (Bond Rogers), Ron Howard (Gillom Rogers), James Stewart (Dr. Hostetler), Richard Boone (Mike Sweeney), Harry Morgan (Marshal Thibido), John Carradine (Beckum), Scatman Crothers (Moses)

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