'The police are hot on the trail and watching with careful eyes all points of departure from London.'
8 seconds sound clip from the The 39 Steps (1937) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:14:17 in the radio play.
Quote context
[...]
- Excuse me. Is this seat taken?
- Not by us, it ain't. Sit down, young fella.
- I say, Jess, who won the two o'clock at Epsom?
- Here it is! Batchelor Button... odds, seven to four.
- Hello, look at this! Another woman murdered in a West End flat.
- Blimey. If that ain't the blasted limit. Missing, eh?
- Oh, so that was what they was a-doing, eh?
- Who?
- Two plain clothes bobbies. I seen 'em get on this train. Asking plenty of questions they was, too.
- Look here. Here's a picture of that Hannay chap. Let's have a squint at it.
- Here, young fella, where you going? Don't you like that seat?
- Oh, thank you, I just remembered something.
[...]