Wait a minute, mother. Unfortunately, the girl's a crook. I'm going to put her in jail when we get back to New York. But, in the meanwhile, she had no place to go for Christmas, so I...

— John Sargent (Fred Macmurray)

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12 seconds sound clip from the Remember the Night (1940) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:32:35 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Oh, John, I think I can guess.

- What? Oh, no. No, not all, mother.

- She isn't even a friend of mine.

- Well, she certainly should be. I think she's charming.

- She is charming, but...

- She reminds me of your father's cousin, Winifred, who died when her second was born, the lovely sweet thing.

- Wait a minute, mother. Unfortunately, the girl's a crook. I'm going to put her in jail when we get back to New York. But, in the meanwhile, she had no place to go for Christmas, so I...

- Oh, the poor lamb. You'll do no such thing. Why, that girl's as honest as all outdoors. I can tell by just looking at her face.

- Well, if she did take some little thing, I'm sure it was entirely by mistake. She's probably, um, a hypochondriac.

- Hypochondriac, huh? Well, she might be at that.

- She hasn't really taken things, has she, dear? You're just making a bad joke, now, aren't you?

- No, I'm afraid this isn't even her first offense. But that doesn't mean she wasn't unhappy, and lonely, and a human being like the rest of us.

[...]

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Remember the Night (1940) Sound Clip

The African Queen (1952)Voice quotes from Remember the Night (1940) - Lux Radio Theatre play originally broadcast on March 25, 1940.

Actors: Barbara Stanwyck (Lee Leander), Fred MacMurray (John Sargent), Beulah Bondi (Mrs. Sargent), Elizabeth Patterson (Aunt Emma), Sterling Holloway (Willy)

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