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Where are the matches? Where the devil did I put them?

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

You can hear this line at 00:06:19 in the DVD version of the movie.

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- After all, while it hung there, upside down in mid-air, still burning, with a flame pointing downwards, I felt somehow that it depended on me to keep it there, without falling.

- Perhaps it was my willpower that did it, after all. Well, I wonder if I can do it again.

- That candle on the dressing table. I wonder...

- Candle, rise up in the air.

- Oh! Good Lord, it did happen. Rose right up in the air and hung there, till I got scared and stopped concentrating.

- Where are the matches? Where the devil did I put them?

- Oh, wait a minute. If I can work medicals, let there be a match in my hand.

- But there is a match in my hand.

- Where's the box? Where did I put it? Oh, never mind.

- Match, be lit! Oh, this is fantastic.

- Let me be in bed... Not with my clothes on. I mean in bed undressed... I mean in my pyjamas. That's better.

[...]

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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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