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- Only there ain't nothin' to torpedo.
- Oh, but there is.
- Is what?
- The Louisa.

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

You can hear this line at 00:09:04 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- 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.

- Oh, now, don't talk silly, Miss. You can't do that. Honest, you can't.

- I told you before, we can't get down the river.

- Spengler did.

- In a canoe.

- If a German did it, we can do it.

- Not in a launch we can't.

- Well, how do you know? You've never tried.

- Well, I never tried shootin' myself in the head neither.

- In other words., you're refusing to help your country in her hour of need.

[...]

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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