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Those men are acting quickly. You don't know how clever their chief is. Clever, and ruthless.

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

You can hear this line at 00:10:05 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- I'm going to tell you something that's not very healthy to know.

- But now that they've followed me here, you're in it as much as I am.

- Yeah, so it seems.

- Have you ever heard of... the Thirty-Nine Steps?

- Thirty-Nine Steps? No. What are they?

- Never mind, but this much you must know. If those men are not stopped, it's only a matter of days, perhaps hours, before the secret is out of the country.

- Why not call the police?

- Because they wouldn't believe me any more than you did. And if they did believe me, how long do you think it would take them to get going?

- Those men are acting quickly. You don't know how clever their chief is. Clever, and ruthless.

- What's his name?

- He has a dozen names, and he can look like a hundred people. But there's one thing he can't disguise. The top of the little finger on his right hand is missing.

- Come on now, you're trembling.

- I'm frightened.

- Well, you needn't be. You're safe here, you know.

- What you need is a good night's rest.

- Oh, yes, I do.

- You can have my bedroom. I'll sleep on the couch here in the living room.

[...]

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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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