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From time to time, I'd strike a match to see the clock... And when I did, it lit up the million red eyes about us. All about. Watching. Waiting.

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

You can hear this line at 00:24:11 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- That night, I tended the light, but its flame was devouring our oxygen.

- The following day, we lay thirst-tormented, starving, waiting, waiting.

- The following night, I again tended the light, but the small supply of spare wicking we kept in the gallery had become exhausted...

- Quite suddenly, about midnight, the light went out.

- Nothing I could do. The wicks were stored three levels below. Nothing I could do. Nothing.

- From time to time, I'd strike a match to see the clock... And when I did, it lit up the million red eyes about us. All about. Watching. Waiting.

- Below, it had grown quiet. They'd cleaned us out and now they too were waiting. All waiting.

- And then the rats... quite suddenly... were silent.

- And then, I heard it...

- And then I saw the sky and the stars. The rats were gone.

- I went to the glass. Out there in the water, a small freighter... a banana boat... showing a few lights, came softly and innocently at us.

[...]

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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