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And then the tide began to rise... If only it'd drown some of them.

10 seconds sound clip from the Three Skeleton Key (Escape) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:13:47 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- They won't go away. Not until...

- Not until what?

- Not until they've been... fed. You can take just so much horror and then you get used to it.

- You can take just so much horror and then you get used to it.

- And they were interesting to watch, you know.

- They couldn't understand the glass. They could see us and they could rush at us, but that thin invisible barrier held them off, stopped them.

- From time to time, we caught a glimpse of the rocks below. More rats down there. Swarming brown velvet in the bright tropical sunlight.

- And then the tide began to rise... If only it'd drown some of them.

- Ship's rats don't drown. No, sir. You cannot drown one of them. They're all climbing up the tower.

- This bunch around us is getting thicker.

- Yeah.

- Say, what's the time?

- Quarter of six.

- You've got first watch, Jean.

- Right.

- Wake me at ten.

- I will.

- Come along, Auguste.

[...]

Three Skeleton Key (Escape) Sound Clip

Three Skeleton Key (Escape)Memorable quotes with voice samples from Three Skeleton Key - Escape Radio Show episode aired on March 17, 1950, based on a story by George G. Toudouze.

Actors: Vincent Price (Jean), Jeff Corey (Louis), Harry Bartell (Auguste)

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