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- I suppose you're here to dig up some big state secret.
- No. I'm here to save a secret. For England.

9 seconds sound clip from the The 39 Steps (1937) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:08:55 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- I believe you're slightly hysterical.

- If I am, I have good reason.

- I was the one who fired those shots in that theatre tonight. I had to do something to create a disturbance. I had to get away from there!

- There were two men in that theatre - who wanted to kill me. No, you've got to believe me.

- But why should anyone want to kill you?

- Because I'm what you would call a professional spy.

- A spy? Whom do you spy for?

- Anyone who pays me.

- I suppose you're here to dig up some big state secret.

- No. I'm here to save a secret. For England.

- Oh. Go on, please.

- The agent of a certain foreign power is on the point of obtaining a secret vital to your air defence.

- I tracked two of his men to that music hall. Unfortunately, they recognised me. That's why they're after me now!

- You still don't believe me, do you?

- No, frankly, I don't.

- Very well. If you will look out of that window you will see two men standing across the street. Look. Please do.

[...]

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The 39 Steps (1937) Sound Clip

The 39 StepsQuotes with sound clips from the old-time radio play "The 39 Steps" (1937), based on John Buchan's novel, first aired on December 13, 1937 on CBS's Lux Radio Theatre.

Actors: Robert Montgomery (Richard Hannay), Ida Lupino (Pamela Stuart), Isabel Jewel (Annabella Smith), Gene Lockhart (Mr. Memory), Leonard Mudie (Professor Bartlett),

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