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And if we were to fill those cylinders with that blasting gelatin and then fix them so that they'd stick out over the end of this boat...

11 seconds sound clip from the The African Queen (1952) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:08:34 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Could you make a torpedo?

- How's that, Miss?

- Could you make a torpedo?

- A torpedo? Ask me to make a dreadnought and do it up right, Miss - a torpedo! Ha ha! You... you really don't know what you're asking.

- Why, there just ain't nothin' so complicated as the inside of a torpedo. It's got gyroscopes and compressed air chambers and...

- Oh, but they're only to make it go, aren't they?

- Well, we've got the African Queen...

- How's that, Miss?

- And if we were to fill those cylinders with that blasting gelatin and then fix them so that they'd stick out over the end of this boat...

- And then if we were to run this boat against the side of the ship, well, it'd go off, just like a torpedo would, wouldn't they?

- Yeah. Yeah, that's right, Miss.

- Well, then we could point the launch towards the ship and just before she hit, we could dive off, couldn't we?

- Sure. Sure, Miss. Absolutely.

- Only there ain't nothin' to torpedo.

- Oh, but there is.

- Is what?

- The Louisa.

[...]

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The African Queen (1952) Sound Clip

The African Queen (1952)Quotes with sound clips from The African Queen - Lux Radio Theatre play originally broadcast on 15 December 1952.

Actors: Greer Garson (Rose), Humphrey Bogart (Charlie Allnut)

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