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I tried to get him in here today to talk some sense into him, but I don't know.

6 seconds sound clip from the You Can't Take It with You (1939) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:05:50 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- How's your mother been?

- Oh, she's fine. Said she'd drop in later.

- Mr. Blakely's on the phone, sir.

- Good, good! Hello? Hello, Blakely? How's it going, Blakely? You got that property yet?

- Well, I'm having a little trouble. I've got all twelve blocks except one house... 25 foot front... and the man won't sell.

- Well, make him sell! Those twelve blocks are useless unless I can buy every inch!

- Well, I'm trying, but the old man's a crank. I offered him fifty thousand yesterday and he turned it down.

- I tried to get him in here today to talk some sense into him, but I don't know.

- You don't know? You listen to me! I don't want any excuses! I want his house!

- And remember this: unless you buy the whole twelve blocks, you don't get a penny commission! Goodbye!

- But, Mr. Kirby...

- That man's got ice-water in his veins.

- I tell you, John, we've got to get that property.

[...]

You Can't Take It with You (1939) Sound Clip

You Can't Take It with You (1939)Quotes from You Can't Take It with You (1939), Lux Radio Theatre play broadcast in 1939, based on the Pulitzer Prize Play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart.

Actors: Fay Wray (Alice), Robert Cummings (Tony), Walter Connolly (Grandpa Vanderhof), Edward Arnold (Mr. Kirby), Lou Merrill (Kolenkhov), Sally Payne (Essie),

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