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- What did you gather was the gist of the general's conversation?
- Coming through pretty scrambled, sir.

5 seconds sound clip from the The Thing from Another World movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:33:34 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Who are you getting pretty for? You'll never look good to me.

- Oh, that's not for you.

- The captain here passes the buck to General Fogarty. Fogarty takes it to Washington. Who will Truman ask when it gets to him?

- Margaret.

- I've got to find some way to get back to civilization.

- How, for instance?

- I don't know. Pogo sticks, kiddie cars, gondolas, dog sleds...

- Hey, any word come through from General Fogarty?

- Plenty. Nothing about you, sir.

- You know, I think the old man's gone crazy. Sorry, sir, I shouldn't have said that, but if he hollers any louder, we won't need a radio.

- What did you gather was the gist of the general's conversation?

- Coming through pretty scrambled, sir.

- I understand there's been a leak, and the newspapers...

- I knew it. I knew it. Like pouring water through a sieve.

- Everybody wants more information... Congress, Secretary of State, and especially, General Fogarty. He's having a fit.

- Isn't Anchorage picking up anything on this?

- Not a crack up, sir. We're picking up them because they have a stronger station.

- A picture just came to me. My editor climbing all over his office, yelling, stamping his feet, breaking windows. He'll probably shoot himself by midnight.

- Take it easy, Scotty.

[...]

The Thing from Another World Sound Clip

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Revisit the sci-fi classic "The Thing from Another World" with our collection of sound clips featuring iconic quotes from the 1951 movie.

Actors: Margaret Sheridan (Nikki Nicholson), Kenneth Tobey (Captain Patrick Hendry), Robert Cornthwaite (Dr. Arthur Carrington), Douglas Spencer (Scotty)

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