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Tom, I've been trying to get you all afternoon.

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

You can hear this line at 00:42:12 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Yes! Yes, it's very important! To you, too!

- Margaret, this is Mr. Stevens. I just got in. Now, listen, call the Pentagon...

- Who? Mrs. Benson? When? Yeah, well, never mind. This is more important. Listen.

- Now, call the Pentagon and find out who's in charge of this space man business. Whoever it is, I want to talk to him.

- Call me back right away and don't take any other calls. Brush 'em off fast!

- Tom, I've been trying to get you all afternoon.

- I have got some pretty terrific news about your good friend, Mr. Carpenter.

- What about him?

- He's the man from the spaceship!

- I had that diamond, or whatever it is, checked at three different places. Nobody on earth's ever seen a stone like that!

- And after what Bobby's told us, that's enough for me!

- Why is it nobody knows about this Mr. Carpenter? Why hasn't he got any money?

- All right, Tom... it's true.

- How do you know?

[...]

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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