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

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

You can hear this line at 00:12:29 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- 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.

- Up to now I've been thinking I'm just lucky, but slowly I realize I've been playing with marked oysters.

- I figure them pearls must be hot as a tin roof in August.

- Rocky, what happens if we don't find them? They might kill you.

- Yeah. I was thinking that was a possibility too.

- Oh. Where else could you have dropped them? Was there anything on the floor of a garbage can or something?

[...]

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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