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- He controls every racket in town.
- Yeah, not the numbers.

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

You can hear this line at 00:09:02 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Johnny... who killed Bryant?

- Al Kruger.

- You're sure of it it?

- It wasn't Al himself... One of his stooges... Bugs Brenner maybe.

- How do you know?

- Well, Kruger had the most lose by cleaner.

- He controls every racket in town.

- Yeah, not the numbers.

- The numbers? Say, that's small time. If it ever gets big enough, he'll grab it, just like he's grabbed everything else.

- He's got an organization that guy, crime incorporated, protected right down the line.

- They can't lay a finger on him until we find out who's behind him, the higher-ups, you know, who see to it that he gets away with anything he wants, including murder.

- I wish they'd let you take a crack at this job.

- Why? Feeling sorry for me?

- Ah, maybe. Or maybe just because I hate to see a swell guy eating his heart out.

[...]

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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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