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I was just a kid. But I got hooked up with one of those big-time evangelists, and if I'd stuck to it, I could've hit the big time myself.

9 seconds sound clip from the Love's Lovely Counterfeit classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:12:30 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Did I ever tell you how I started, Ben?

- No.

- I was a preacher.

- Yep, a preacher. So help me. By rights, I still am. Look here, I've got the license right here in my wallet.

- It was one of those hillbilly outfits, and the Bishop, as he called himself, was so far away from me that he never ever heard about me, I guess. Anyway, he never canceled the license.

- 'The Reverend Richard José Gauss.'

- Yeah, that's one for the books, Lefty.

- I was just a kid. But I got hooked up with one of those big-time evangelists, and if I'd stuck to it, I could've hit the big time myself.

- But you know what I did? The first time we made a really big take, I tied a handkerchief over my face, got me a rod, and sticked up the cash box!

- And they caught me. That's how I know I haven't got brains.

- I wouldn't let it worry you, Lefty.

- That's not what's worrying me now.

- Oh? What is?

- What's gonna be happening in here in a couple of minutes.

- You ever sat in on a divvy before, Ben?

- No.

[...]

Love's Lovely Counterfeit Sound Clip

Love's Lovely CounterfeitQuotes with audio samples from the old-time radio play "Love's Lovely Counterfeit" by James M. Cain, first aired on Friday August 03, 1945 on CBS.

Actors: Humphrey Bogart (Ben), Lurene Tuttle (June)

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