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The guy who just slugged me gave me 12 hours to cough up the pearls or else. A particularly nasty else.

8 seconds sound clip from the Rocky Fortune - Oyster Shucker (Ep. 1) classic radio drama series episode.

You can hear this line at 00:11:57 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- You found some pearls?

- Yes.

- Where?

- Where else? In an oyster.

- 12 of them.

- You found 12 pearls in one oyster?

- No, no. One each in a dozen.

- How's that for luck?

- Nobody's that lucky.

- But now I can't find them. I got a hole in my pocket. I must have dropped them.

- Oh, that's terrible.

- You don't know the half of it.

- The guy who just slugged me gave me 12 hours to cough up the pearls or else. A particularly nasty else.

- Oh. Oh, then we've gotta start looking for them. Right now.

- Right now I've gotta look for some shoes. A guy can get half of each foot this way.

- We head back into the 50 Fathoms Clam House and try to find the pearls.

- I'm cutting my bare feet to ribbons on broken clam shells.

- We go through the sawdust in the pantry a spoonful at a time, but we draw a blank. No pearls.

[...]

Rocky Fortune Sound Clip

Rocky FortuneExplore memorable Rocky Fortune quotes & audio clips! Revisit Sinatra's captivating role in this vintage radio drama from the early 50s.

Actors: Frank Sinatra (Rocky Fortune)

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