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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?

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

You can hear this line at 00:37:35 in the original recording.

Quote context

[...]

- For two years I've been lost... like walking in my sleep. Suddenly I wake up... that's you.

- 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.

[...]

Algiers Sound Clip

Algiers PosterAudio quotes from the old-time radio play "Algiers", based on by Henri La Barthe's novel, first aired on July 7, 1941 on CBS's Lux Radio Theatre.

Actors: Charles Boyer (Pepe le Moko), Hedy Lamarr (Gaby), Alan Napier (Inspector Slimane), Bea Benaderet (Ines)

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