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Earl on Troubled Waters

The Lives of Harry Lime · February 8, 1952 · 28 min · 4,233 words

The transcript of “Earl on Troubled Waters”, an episode of The Lives of Harry Lime first broadcast February 8, 1952. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Orson Welles on the Air plays The Lives of Harry Lime free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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the immortal character originally created in the motion picture of the third man with the Zilla music by Anthem Carrot. It's a shock-aid in the American cinema as well. To which at one time I would have added a hardy arm in.

Except that I was forced to admit to afterwards that the luckiest thing that ever happened to yours truly, Harry Lime, was the same influence of the American cinema graph on one growing English boy. Both these statements were proven for me in an adventure which if you will forgive me I call the Earl on troubled waters. I was sipping a rather dubious British character

the sort known locally as a Spill. This particular spiv was using the sign the name of Robinson I imagine because he hoped that there was virtue in the number of his compatriots who bore the same moniker. He had no other pretensions to hurt you. Why was I there? Well I was there because he had asked me to be and because I had nothing better to do. He was the sort

a man who managed to sound conspiratorial even when he was asking you something like careful another panel well leaving my own preferences to one side Robinson I have my digestive system to consider the better or worse it's my only digestive system I'd rather not make an enemy of it all right all right nothing to make a speech

I suppose you want me to get down to business huh you need to tell me old man that you have some business which you seriously think would be of interest to me you're interested in making money I don't know stay on friend of my middle years it's all better make you pick up your ears well

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