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- Look at that right-hand box nearest the stage. You see that small man sitting in front?
- Why, yes, it's...
- It's the Professor. The Professor himself.

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

You can hear this line at 00:49:00 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Here are your seats, sir. First two on the aisle.

- Thank you. Sit down, Pamela.

- This is silly. In the first place, the show's almost over.

- If anyone sees you here... What are you looking for?

- Be quiet. I'm just playing a hunch, that's all.

- Well, you're playing a fool if you ask me.

- Ladies and gentlemen. With your kind permission and attention, I now have the honor to present to you one of the most remarkable men in the world. I present... Mr. Memory!

- Look at that right-hand box nearest the stage. You see that small man sitting in front?

- Why, yes, it's...

- It's the Professor. The Professor himself.

- We'd better get out of here before they see you.

- No, no, sit down. Listen!

- Every day he commits to memory fifty new facts. And he remembers every one of them! Facts from history, from geography, from newspapers, from scientific textbooks.

- Pamela. I've got it. I've got it. What?

- Don't you see? The details of this Air Ministry secret have been borrowed, memorised by Mr. Memory, and then put back again before anyone could know.

- Why, that's it! Of course it is.

- Pardon me, sir, but there's a gentleman who would like to speak to you.

- Who, me?

[...]

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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