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And the water was rising... rising behind the breakwater... closer to the top. Closer!

10 seconds sound clip from the Leiningen Versus the Ants (1948) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:24:31 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- I struck at them mechanically, scarcely conscious of their bites.

- And the dam drew towards me slowly. The distance grew less... less... Finally, only a hundred yards away. Fifty! Then I was there.

- I gripped the ant-covered wheel. But hardly had I seized it when a horde of ants flowed over my hands and arms.

- I strained and slowly, the wheel turned... turned more...

- The floodgates were swinging slowly shut. And then it was shut.

- And the water was rising... rising behind the breakwater... closer to the top. Closer!

- And then it was spilling over. The flooding of the plantation had begun.

- I let go of the wheel and started back through the ants. I was coated from head to foot with the fiends.

- Tongues of fire stabbed at me as they bit into my flesh.

- I almost lost my head with the pain as I ran, knocking ants from my body, brushing them from my bloodied face.

- And then one bit me just below the rim of my goggles. I managed to tear it away, but the agony of the bite and its venom drilled into the eye nerves.

[...]

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Leiningen Versus the Ants (1948) Sound Clip

Leiningen Versus the Ants (Escape)Quotes with voice clips from Leiningen Versus the Ants - Escape Radio Show episode aired on January 14th, 1948, based on a story by Carl Stephenson.

Actors: William Conrad (Leiningen), Lou Merrill (The Commissioner)

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