Movie-Sounds.org > Old-Time Radio Quotes > The 39 Steps (1937)

May I ask what earthquake caused your mind to work at last?

— Richard Hannay (Robert Montgomery)

mindrobert montgomery

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

You can hear this line at 00:45:32 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Say, what's wrong with you?

- Oh, nothing that I know of.

- Oh, you mean my shoes? Yes, they're rather large, aren't they? I borrowed them from the innkeeper's wife.

- Oh, no, no, no, it's not the shoes. Why are you being so nice? You don't feel ill or anything, do you?

- No. Why should I?

- Why didn't you leave? You were very anxious to, if I remember correctly.

- Well, something happened last night that convinced me you've been telling the truth.

- May I ask what earthquake caused your mind to work at last?

- When I got free, I went downstairs. That car you said I imagined belonged to our pursuers. It was sitting downstairs when I got there.

- Did they see you?

- No, I hid behind the counter.

- They asked the innkeeper about us.

- What did he say?

- Said he hadn't seen us.

- Then they ordered something to eat, and while they were eating, they talked a lot about, er... Oh, about the Thirty-Nine Steps.

- Thirty-Nine Steps?

- Oh, don't ask me what it means, because I don't know.

[...]

Top rated lines from this movie

One of the truest utterances of the great French general, Marshal Foch, was his statement to a group of his espionage agents. 'You will die a thousand deaths, before oblivion comes, while the man in the trenches dies but once.'
(ANNABELLA BLOODCURDLING SCREAM)
There is no sting in the very gentle, soothing Lux suds.
May I ask what earthquake caused your mind to work at last?
Hey! Where's my old man been since last Tuesday? -Madam, he's been where you can't ask him silly questions.
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),

[Amazon link] #ad

Latest Movie Sound Bites

Thumb Knight Rider (1982)
1294 Sounds / Quotes
Thumb Garfield's Halloween Adventure (1985)
162 Sounds / Quotes
Thumb Toy Story 3
830 Sounds / Quotes
Thumb Jetsons: The Movie (1990)
533 Sounds / Quotes
Thumb Reservoir Dogs (1992)
723 Sounds / Quotes

Poll

You are using film sounds:







 Results

MOVIE-SOUNDS.ORG - Download and listen to lines and quotes from movies which can be used as ringtones. A movie phrases and sayings search engine.

 

All the movie sound clips on this site are just short samples from the original sources, in mp3, wav or other popular audio formats. The copyrighted, unlicensed movie samples are shorter in comparison to the original movie. Samples do not exceed 10 seconds or less than 1% of the length of the original movie, which is shorter. All the sounds retain their original copyright as owned by their respective movie production companies (read the full disclaimer and disclosures)

Contact | Privacy policy