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- Traveling southeast?
- Yes. Directly toward Leiningen.
- Toward whom, sir?

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

You can hear this line at 00:06:03 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Would he still think I was insane?

- One man who calmly evaluated his chances against a deadly menace, coolly decided he could win, and was willing to stake his life on it, to risk a horrible death for it.

- It was terrifying. And yet, it was fascinating.

- The next morning, I sent for my assistant. Together we went to the huge map of the district which hung from a wall of my office and checked the last reported position of the ants.

- Last night, they had reached here. About seventy miles above this fork in the river.

- Traveling southeast?

- Yes. Directly toward Leiningen.

- Toward whom, sir?

- That plantation at the bend in the river belongs to a man named Leiningen.

- When would you say the ants will reach there?

- Why, I don't know. I imagine about tomorrow noon.

- Tomorrow noon? Still time.

- Still time?

- What do you mean, sir?

- Why, nothing.

- But what did I mean? Still time for what? For Leiningen to flee or still time for me to...?

[...]

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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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