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I, Leiningen, would meet the ants and defeat them... or be defeated by them. Leiningen versus the ants!

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

You can hear this line at 00:23:12 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- I watched him as he calmly pulled on high leather boots, drew gauntlets over his hands, and stuffed the spaces between breeches and boots, and gauntlets and arms, with petrol-soaked rags.

- He shielded his eyes with close-fitting mosquito goggles and plugged his nostrils and ears with cotton.

- Then the natives drenched his clothes with petrol.

- Blath, who acted as doctor to the men, smeared a salve over him and, finally, Leiningen was ready.

- And as he stood calmly surveying the course... Ready for the run, I realized that this as should be.

- I, Leiningen, would meet the ants and defeat them... or be defeated by them. Leiningen versus the ants!

- Yes, it was right that it should be like this. But now there was no more time for thought... only action.

- I took a deep breath and then bounded across the ditch in among the ants.

- I ran. I ran in long, equal strides, and with one thought, one sensation, in my being... I must get through.

- I dodged the trees and shrubs. Except for the split seconds my soles touched the ground, the ants would have no opportunity to alight on me.

- I ran on. I was halfway to the dam before I felt ants under my clothes, and a few on my face.

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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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