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We can no longer afford to be soft in this matter. We will get him alive if possible, but we must get him!

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

You can hear this line at 00:37:16 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- It knocked unconscious the two soldiers guarding the entrance to the shed the Army Engineers had built around the spaceship...

- Indicating that someone, presumably the space man, had wanted to get into the ship for one reason or another.

- In all likelihood to signal for this demonstration of his planet's power.

- Go on, Colonel.

- Well, that's all, sir.

- Now, gentleman... Until now we've agreed on the desirability of capturing this 'man' alive.

- We can no longer afford to be soft in this matter. We will get him alive if possible, but we must get him!

- Is that clear, gentlemen? Dead or alive. Get him.

- I want to say hello again to a very pretty, very young lady who still attends high school on the Twentieth Century-Fox lot, when she's not making pictures, that is: Gloria Gordon.

- Good evening, Mr. Cummings.

- Gloria, I want to congratulate you on your splendid performance in Twentieth Century-Fox's CinemaScope thriller 'Beneath the Twelve-Mile Reef.'

- It was a break for me, getting to work with Terry Moore, Robert Wagner, and Gilbert Roland.

[...]

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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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