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A radio station in a large eastern city.

5 seconds sound clip from the Bullets or Ballots (1939) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:03:50 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- This fast-talking, fist-swinging favorite is from Warner brothers studio, and will soon appear in confessions of a Nazi spy.

- In Bullets or Ballots, you saw another brilliant performance by one of the screen's best bad men: Humphrey Bogart, who likes playing villains, and tonight resumes the part of Bugs Brenner.

- In our glamor division, there's Mary Astor, who brings her loveliness and talent to the role of Lee Morgan.

- Otto Kruger displays his genius for the sinister and changes only his first name in playing Al Kruger.

- We raise the curtain now and the Lux Radio Theater presents Edward G. Robinson in Bullets or Ballots, with Mary Astor, Humphrey Bogart and Otto Kruger.

- A radio station in a large eastern city.

- At a table, in one of the smaller studios, a man reads earnestly from a typewritten page.

- Behind the glass enclosure, the radio engineer sends the speaker's voice out across the city into the homes of listening millions.

- The man nears the end of his speech.

- So, ladies and gentlemen of the radio audience, there are a thousand rackets.

- Rackets which are forcing prices beyond the reach of the poor, looting business, food, laundry, poultry, dry cleaning.

[...]

Top rated lines from this movie

Around this town, the only reason friends pat you on the back is to find an easy place to break it.
You're a friend, aren't you? -I guess you're dumb enough to think so.
Yeah, that sounds good... Too good.
Never fails, does it? When mugs get in the jam, they always start off by knighting each other.
Now... sit down, Johnny. You know, you're a pretty smart guy. -Yeah, my mother used to say I was going to be president.
Bullets or Ballots (1939) Sound Clip

Bullets or Ballots (1939)Quotes with sound clips from Bullets or Ballots - Lux Radio Theatre play originally aired on April 17, 1939.

Actors: Edward G. Robinson (Detective Johnny Blake), Mary Astor (Lee Morgan), Humphrey Bogart (Bugs Brenner), Otto Kruger (Al Kruger)

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