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Gamboler Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
Shut border queens
I am trying to transcribe the dialogue of a 1946 U.S. movie never released on DVD. There aren't subtitles available. I have a problem with a sentence whose meaning is unknown for me. It sounds like 'shut border queens'. I'm about 80% sure that these are the words the character says in the scene, but maybe I misheard one of them because the soundtrack is awful.
For context, the complete dialogue is:
- Aren't you the brilliantest intelligence?
- Well, even the brilliantest intelligence has to relax, you know, don't you, Rick?
- Shut border queens. I crossed them with the Queen Elizabeth.
- How many memberships have we sold so far?
- Well, I don't know exactly, but I'd say--
- In money, I mean.
- I think it's about 250,000, isn't it, Rick?
NOTE: Both men are swindlers.
Any help, please about the mysterious sentence?
For context, the complete dialogue is:
- Aren't you the brilliantest intelligence?
- Well, even the brilliantest intelligence has to relax, you know, don't you, Rick?
- Shut border queens. I crossed them with the Queen Elizabeth.
- How many memberships have we sold so far?
- Well, I don't know exactly, but I'd say--
- In money, I mean.
- I think it's about 250,000, isn't it, Rick?
NOTE: Both men are swindlers.
Any help, please about the mysterious sentence?
Top answer
How confident are you about "I crossed them with the Queen Elizabeth", and do you have any idea what this refers to?
- How confident are you about "I crossed them with the Queen Elizabeth", and do you have any idea what this refers to?
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How confident are you about "I crossed them with the Queen Elizabeth", and do you have any idea what this refers to?
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100% sure about "I crossed them with the Queen Elizabeth".
But I misheard one word, sorry. The dialogue is:
- Are you from the British Intelligence?
- Well even the British Intelligence has to relax; you know, don't you, Rick?
- Shut border, queens. I crossed them with the Queen Elizabeth.
I don't have any idea about what the Queen Elizabeth sentence (it means th
But I misheard one word, sorry. The dialogue is:
- Are you from the British Intelligence?
- Well even the British Intelligence has to relax; you know, don't you, Rick?
- Shut border, queens. I crossed them with the Queen Elizabeth.
I don't have any idea about what the Queen Elizabeth sentence (it means th
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I don't think you have the words quite right, but Queens is a borough (district) in New York. It is the home of diverse groups of immigrants: Italian-Americans, Polish-Americans, Greek-Americans, Irish-Americans, Chinese-Americans, Latinos, Jewish immigrants from Israel, Iran and the former Soviet Union, Korean-Americans, Indians and many more. Of course their ancestors did not come across the bor
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Thanks, AlpheccaStars. I know Queens (NY). I went on vacacion to New York City in 1987 and I visited its five boroughs. Maybe the character is trying to make some kind of joke with Queens, NY and the ship Queen Elizabeth, but I don't catch it. Notice that it's a 1948 film.
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Clive, the name of the movie is Larceny (1948).
The stars are John Payne and Dan Duryea. Timing of the sentence 2 minutes 49 seconds from the beginning.
The stars are John Payne and Dan Duryea. Timing of the sentence 2 minutes 49 seconds from the beginning.
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gambolername of the movie is Larceny (1948)One of the reviewers said it was full of one-liners, so this line won't be the first!
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AlpheccaStars:
What do you mean with 'this line won't be the first'?
Who is this reviewer that you mentioned?
What do you mean with 'this line won't be the first'?
Who is this reviewer that you mentioned?
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gambolerWho is this reviewer that you mentioned?Nameless.
"John Payne and Dan Duryea play dandy grifters bent on bilking a wealthy war widow (Joan Caulfield). Both are tangled up with saucy Shelley Winters, who’s more dangerous than a loaded .38. The cast has a field day firing Bowers’s one-liners faster than speeding bullets. We screened this riot
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And, by the way, it seems that they are in Miami Beach, not New York when he says the Queens - Queen Elizabeth sentence. Later they move to Pasadena (California) to go on with his illegal business.
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