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You mean there wasn't a deck of cards here before I came? Now wait a minute.

4 seconds sound clip from the The Outcasts of Poker Flat classic radio drama series episode.

You can hear this line at 00:03:56.741 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Measures of a more temporary nature were then taken against Mr. Oakhurst.

- 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.

- You mean you aim to put a stop to card playing in Poker Flat?

- That's right.

- Well, as I've had the honour of playing with every one of you these last few months...

- There was no card playing here till you came, Oakhurst.

- You mean there wasn't a deck of cards here before I came? Now wait a minute.

- We mean we ain't going to let no more strangers from Rorin Camp come here and clean us out.

- I thought you were better losers, gentlemen. I apologize.

- We ain't aiming to start no arguments. We're running you out of town tomorrow, you and all your sort.

- Without a trial?

- I see gentlemen in this room that I've lost to more than once. Are they coming with me?

- If it hadn't been for some of us, you wouldn't have been going, Oakhurst. You'd have been swinging back there in the gulch with Red and Cherokee.

[...]

The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1954) Sound Clip

The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1954)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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