- Tell me. What did you do before?
- Before what?
- Well, before the jewels.
- I wanted them.

— Pepe Le Moko (Charles Boyer), Gaby (Hedy Lamarr)

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12 seconds sound clip from the Algiers (1941, Lux Radio Theatre) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:37:44 in the original recording.

Quote context

[...]

- I don't know what I've been doing all that time, waiting for you without knowing it.

- Do you know what you are to me? You're all the world outside. You're all those lights and music we were speaking of. With you, I escape! See? Heh!

- Do you know what you remind me of? The subway.

- Close your eyes. Listen. Can you hear it?

- That's my heart beating.

- Does it go like a subway train?

- Oh, much faster.

- You're all silk. And you jingle when you walk. And with all that, you make me think of the subway, isn't that funny?

- Tell me. What did you do before?

- Before what?

- Well, before the jewels.

- I wanted them.

- Pepe, it's late. I'll have to go.

- Suppose you don't come tomorrow.

- Suppose I don't.

- Pepe? Can't you ever get away from this Casbah?

- No! I'm caught here! Like a bear in a hole. Dogs barking. Hunters all around. No way out of it.

[...]

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