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That'll put all them Germans between them and us.

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

You can hear this line at 00:06:52 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- We got heaps o' grub aboard, two thousand cigarettes, and two cases o' gin. Why, we could sit out the war here if we wanted to.

- All the comforts of home, Miss, includin' runnin' water. Ha ha ha!

- We simply cannot remain off a backwater island until the war is over.

- Oh, can't we now, Miss?

- Well, you've got the map there. Show me a way out and I'll take it.

- The British will certainly launch an attack. Now, the only question is, which way will they come?

- From the sea, maybe. Up the railway to Limbasi.

- That'll put all them Germans between them and us.

- Might not our troops come up from the Congo?

- Miss, look, you see this lake on the map? That's a hundred miles o' lake. And there ain't nothin' gonna cross it while the Louisa is there.

- The Louisa?

- She's a hundred ton steamer, Miss, and German.

- She's boss of the lake 'cause she's got six pounders, the biggest guns in Central Africa.

- Ohh.

- Ah, we're in a bit of a fix, Miss, whichever way you look at it.

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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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