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- They'll not make it! The man at the dam will have opened the gates by now.
- To flood the ants?
- Right.

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

You can hear this line at 00:17:33 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Don't worry! As long as you keep spraying them and shoveling dirt on their rafts, they can't land!

- But there will be too many!

- It's true! Look, more leaves in the ditch all the time. Why, they'll have a solid carpet to walk across in a minute.

- Not so fast, Commissioner. I've still got a trick up my sleeve for them.

- The ditch is drying up!

- Yes! Yes, of course, it's drying up. That's the plan. Those are the orders I sent to the dam.

- Are you mad? As soon as it's empty, what's to prevent the ants...? Look! The water's way down! It's almost dry! They'll be able to come across the bottom!

- They'll not make it! The man at the dam will have opened the gates by now.

- To flood the ants?

- Right.

- But what a chance to take! If anything should happen...!

- Aha! Here it comes! Here comes the water!

- Yes, we'll give the crawlers a ditch to ride in... right out the river! There! Look at 'em go!

- Leiningen's tactics were successful... at first.

- The violent flow of water at the original depth raced through the ditch, overwhelming leaves and ants, and sweeping them along.

[...]

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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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