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I saw their faces go ashen with terror as I told them the ants were coming, watched them as they milled around, muttering.

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

You can hear this line at 00:04:12 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- And I could not help wondering about the strange look in the Commissioner's eyes as he boarded his launch and cast off.

- Undoubtedly, he thought me insane. Well, he would have not been the first to think so.

- But I knew my own powers. I was sure of myself.

- I knew that intelligence, directed aright, always makes man the master of his fate.

- That night, I called my Indian workers together in front of the plantation house.

- I saw their faces go ashen with terror as I told them the ants were coming, watched them as they milled around, muttering.

- I said nothing more to them.

- Finally, one of the men stepped forward... Blath, the foreman.

- But, patron, we have worked hard here for these three years. All of us.

- We have built the finest plantation in this district. We all share in it.

- It has been a home for all of us and our families. Now, the ants come.

- So?

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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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