Ashes! The electricity destroyed the leg in less than a second.
4 seconds sound clip from the Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:45:18.311 in the DVD version of the movie.
Quote context
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- Doctor, you're not going to suggest that we save it for science. That would be suicide.
- No thank you, Martha. I have no ambition toward becoming a mad scientist.
- But I do think we ought to try and capture the thing. Would you not like to examine a live specimen?
- Certainly, I would. But I had a chance to see how the specimen examined the lab wall last night.
- You said something about the crab being afraid of electricity, doctor. Let's find out.
- Ashes! The electricity destroyed the leg in less than a second.
- That proves that the crab is negatively charged.
- Yes. Then, Hank, you must create a trap of positive energy.
- Well, sure it does, doctor. Easier to build than a model airplane.
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