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Then the natives drenched his clothes with petrol.

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

You can hear this line at 00:22:58 in the radio play.

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[...]

- Then all you have to do is wait for me!

- It's impossible! You can't get to the dam, let alone back.

- That's where you're wrong, Commissioner. I'll get there and I'll get back. Take care of things while I'm gone, huh?

- 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.

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You don't know these ants! I tell you, you don't know these ants!
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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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