I ran on, my heart pounding as if it would burst, blood roaring in my ears, a giant's fist battering my lungs.

— Leiningen (William Conrad)

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

You can hear this line at 00:25:18 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- 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.

- I saw now through circles of fire into a milky mist. I was almost blinded, but I knew that if I tripped and fell...

- I ran on, my heart pounding as if it would burst, blood roaring in my ears, a giant's fist battering my lungs.

- Then, I could see dimly that wall of flame at the ditch. But it was too far away. I could not last half that distance.

- I stumbled and fell. I felt myself being swarmed over... devoured!

- Tried to rise... A great weight... Then suddenly the vision of the half-devoured stag in my brain.

- Six minutes, then nothing but bones. I couldn't let it happen to me! I couldn't die like that!

- To my feet. To my feet. Dragged myself forward, toward the flame.

[...]

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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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