Are you mad? As soon as it's empty, what's to prevent the ants...? Look! The water's way down! It's almost dry! They'll be able to come across the bottom!
9 seconds sound clip from the Leiningen Versus the Ants (1948) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:17:26 in the radio play.
Quote context
[...]
- The current drew them away from the bank and each leaf carried several ants.
- Don't worry! As long as you keep spraying them and shoveling dirt on their rafts, they can't land!
- Not so fast, Commissioner. I've still got a trick up my sleeve for them.
- Yes! Yes, of course, it's drying up. That's the plan. Those are the orders I sent to the dam.
- They'll not make it! The man at the dam will have opened the gates by now.
- Right.
- But what a chance to take! If anything should happen...!
- Aha! Here it comes! Here comes the water!
- Yes, we'll give the crawlers a ditch to ride in... right out the river! There! Look at 'em go!
- Leiningen's tactics were successful... at first.
[...]
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Actors: William Conrad (Leiningen), Lou Merrill (The Commissioner)
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