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Horrified as I was, my curiosity impelled me to glance at my watch. I had to know how long the ants would take.

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

You can hear this line at 00:12:41 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Suddenly, a sound so unearthly as to freeze our blood jerked our heads in the direction of the jungle on the far side of the ditch.

- Coming toward the ditch at a stumbling gallop was a singular being...

- A writhing, animal-like blackened statue with a shapeless head and four quivering feet.

- It was a stag, covered over and over with ants.

- Leiningen threw up his rifle... and the stag fell lifeless to the ground, it's agonies at an end.

- Horrified as I was, my curiosity impelled me to glance at my watch. I had to know how long the ants would take.

- After six long minutes, only the white polished bones of the stag remained.

- Now I could see a change in him. Gone was the sporting zest of the novel contest. In its place was a cold violent purpose.

- He had to beat the ants because now he knew how long it would take them once they got to us.

- Around four in the afternoon, the ants' scouts, having found no crossing, there was a stirring among the main army.

- And then an immense flood of ants, about a hundred yards in width, commenced pouring in a glimmering-black cataract down the far slope of the ditch.

[...]

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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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