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Movie-Sounds.org › Old-Time Radio Quotes › The African Queen (1952)

On Sunday afternoons, I was always sleeping' one off.

— Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart)

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6 seconds sound clip from the The African Queen (1952) classic radio play.

You can hear this line at 00:13:08 in the radio play.

Quote context

[...]

- Thank you. Don't mention it.

- Well, now, you just sit and relax and, after a bit, I'll start thinkin' about supper.

- How long you been out here, Miss?

- In Africa? Oh, almost ten years.

- You ever get homesick?

- Well, I'm afraid I have been homesick many times. It's Sunday afternoons that I think of most. The peace and the quiet of home.

- On Sunday afternoons, I was always sleeping' one off.

- Sleeping one ...? Oh.

- What brought you to Africa?

- Ah, the Zambesi Bridge, Miss. A whole boatload of us Canucks came over to work on it.

- Don't know yet what they wanted a bridge for, but then, why did the chicken cross the road?

- I beg your pardon?

- Uh, nothing, Miss.

[...]

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The African Queen (1952) Sound Clip

The African Queen (1952)Quotes with sound clips from The African Queen - Lux Radio Theatre play originally broadcast on 15 December 1952.

Actors: Greer Garson (Rose), Humphrey Bogart (Charlie Allnut)

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