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- But if I die, a world... your world... may die, too.
- Yes, I understand.

9 seconds sound clip from the The Day the Earth Stood Still (1954) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:40:02 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- The curtain rises on Act Three of 'The Day the Earth Stood Still,' starring Michael Rennie as Klaatu and Jean Peters as Helen Benson.

- All over the world, electric power has been neutralized on the stroke of noon...

- As a token of the space man's power and as a warning to the Earth.

- While they've been trapped between floors in an elevator, the space man has told Helen his identity and purpose here.

- I've already told you more than I told Professor Barnhardt, because my life, in a sense, is in your hands.

- But if I die, a world... your world... may die, too.

- Yes, I understand.

- I thought if you knew the facts you'd appreciate the importance of my not being caught before the meeting tonight with the world's scientists.

- Yes, of course. Of course I do.

- You hold great hope for this meeting, don't you?

- I can see no other hope for your planet. If the meeting should fail, then I'm afraid there is no hope.

- Oh! The lights. And we've started again.

- It must be twelve-thirty.

- Yes, exactly!

(ELEVATOR STOPS AND DOORS SLIDE OPEN)

- Where are you going now?

- Back to the boardinghouse. I'll be safe there for the afternoon.

[...]

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The Day the Earth Stood Still (1954) Sound Clip

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1954)Relive the nostalgia of old-time radio with sound bites from Lux Radio Theater's "The Day the Earth Stood Still." Classic sci-fi, vintage sound & dialogue.

Actors: Michael Rennie (Klaatu), Jean Peters (Helen Benson), Paul Frees (Narrator), Lamont Johnson (Tom), Herb Butterfield (Professor Barnhardt), Tudor Owen (Mr. Harley), Billy Gray (Bobby), Edith Evanson (Mrs. Crockett)

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