Well, the only thing that will put the roses back in our cheeks is to get out of these reeds.
9 seconds sound clip from the The African Queen (1952) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:37:20 in the radio play.
Quote context
[...]
- 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!
- 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.
- There must be a main channel, mustn't there? It just... it just can't disappear.
- I'm sick of talking' about it, Rosie. Or searching for it or even...
- Charlie! Ah! Leeches! Blood-suckers! Ahh, you're covered with them!
[...]
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Actors: Greer Garson (Rose), Humphrey Bogart (Charlie Allnut)
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