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4 seconds sound clip from the The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1954) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:00:32 in the DVD version of the movie.

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[...]

- The National Broadcasting Company present, transcribed, Sir Ralph Richardson, your host in Theater Royal.

- This is Ralph Richardson.

- From time to time I'm inviting some of my friends from the theater to join me as my guests in this programme.

- And today I'm very happy to welcome an actor whose recent work on the stage, and particularly on the screen, has made him one of the best known and best loved of our stars. I refer to Alec Guinness.

- He has chosen to appear in a role created by the late H.G. Wells, a part which, in my opinion, might very well have been created for Alec himself.

- But here then is Alec Guinness, both as your storyteller and as Fotheringay, in H.G. Wells' The Man Who Could Work Miracles.

- I must admit this is a most unusual story. In some ways perhaps you'll find it rather hard to believe, but I can only retell it to you as the author told it to me.

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The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1954) Sound Clip

The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1954)Discover the power of miracles with quotes and sound bites from Alec Guinness' captivating performance in "The Man Who Could Work Miracles". A classic episode of Theatre Royal from 1954, based on the H.G. Wells novel.

Actors: Alec Guinness (Narrator / George Fotheringay)

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