The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1954) Quotes with Sound Clips

Listen to Laurence Olivier bring the characters of Bret Harte's story 'The Outcasts of Poker Flat' to life in this rare 1954 Theatre Royal radio play, featuring sound clips on our page.

Actors: Laurence Olivier (Narrator / John Oakhurst), Margot Stevenson, Bessie Love, Lionel Murton

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1 He was too much of a gambler not to accept his fate. With him, life was at best an uncertain game, and he recognized the usual percentage in favour of the dealer.

— Narrator / John Oakhurst (Laurence Olivier)

2 He stopped in some alarm, thinking of the whiskey that he prudently hidden. And if this didn't somehow sound like whiskey.

— Narrator / John Oakhurst (Laurence Olivier)

3 Thank you, ma'am. I never drink. I find it interferes with my profession.

— Narrator / John Oakhurst (Laurence Olivier)

4 I can detect a touch of frost in the air. Or is that merely my imagination? -Maybe.

— Narrator / John Oakhurst (Laurence Olivier)

5 Do you know what? He won $40 off me at poker, all the money I had. Then he takes me aside and gives them back to me, just so long as I never played poker again.

6 We got liquor, ain't we? What more provision do you need than a bottle of rye?

7 I'll give you another tune to help your appetite.

8 The wind blowed as if it feared to waken them.

— Narrator / John Oakhurst (Laurence Olivier)

9 Poker Flat! May it burn in all the fires of hell!

10 We're running you out of town. -May I ask why, gentlemen? -You're a no-good gambler, and this town's got no use for you or the likes of you.

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