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Aw, it's no use, Rosie. All the channels we've lost, all the squirming and turning we've done...

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

You can hear this line at 00:37:06 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- We pause now for station identification. This is the CBS radio network.

- For days now, the journey of the African Queen has been halted.

- Across the breadth of the river, like a towering, living wall, is a jungle of grass and reeds...

- An endless morass through which a thousand different channels twist and turn. And, somewhere among them, Rose and Charlie are hopelessly lost.

- Charlie, please. Let me pole for a while.

- Aw, it's no use, Rosie. All the channels we've lost, all the squirming and turning we've done...

- This river's crazy. Crazy as I am!

- Sorry, old girl.

- Well, the only thing that will put the roses back in our cheeks is to get out of these reeds.

- I'll go over the side again. You pole, Rosie, and I'll push.

- Just keep her straight if you can, Rosie. Head her through the grass.

[...]

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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