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- You mean you aim to put a stop to card playing in Poker Flat?
- That's right.

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

You can hear this line at 00:03:45.302 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- It was experiencing a spasm of virtuous reaction, quite as lawless and ungovernable as any of the acts that had provoked it.

- The secret committee had determined to rid the town of all improper persons.

- This was done permanently next day in regard to two men who were hanged from the bows of a sycamore in the gulch.

- 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.

[...]

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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