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- Ever feel a pain here at night when you're getting into bed? A sort of cramp?
- Yes, sometimes.

7 seconds sound clip from the Dr Knock (Theatre Royal 1954) classic radio drama series episode.

You can hear this line at 00:16:19.478 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- So many? Hmm... But it doesn't leave you much time to look after yourself, and you feel ill.

- No, no, not ill exactly, but I get blown.

- Blown? Oh, yes, of course, blown.

- Show me your tongue. Oh, dear. Not much appetite?

- No, not really.

- Bend over, will you please? Breathe. Breathe. Cough. Cough again.

- Did you ever fall off a ladder when you were young?

- I don't remember.

- Ever feel a pain here at night when you're getting into bed? A sort of cramp?

- Yes, sometimes.

- Of course, you realise what's wrong with you.

- No.

- That's just as well, perhaps.

- Now, you want to be cured, or you don't want to be cured?

- Oh, but I do.

- Let me warn you at once, this will be a very long and a very costly business.

- Oh, my gracious. Why?

- Because the trouble that's been going on for 40 years can't be cured in five minutes.

- Forty years?

- Ever since you fell off that ladder. It must have been quite a big ladder, placed against a wall, and you fell backwards. Plump. That's where it caught you. On the left one, luckily.

- But what's it going to cost me?

- What's a yearling calf worth now, and a pig for killing? Two of them.

- 300,000 francs.

[...]

Dr Knock (1954) Sound Clip

Dr KnockEnjoy Robert Morley's performance in the 1954 Theatre Royal radio play of Jules Romain's 'Dr Knock', and explore standout quotes on our website.

Actors: Robert Morley (Dr Knock), Sir Ralph Richardson (Host)

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