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Suspense - "Death Went Along for the Ride" (Old Time Radio, 1944) · Suspense | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: On a cross-country drive from California to New York, a
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  Speaker 1: motorist picks up a young female hitchhiker. Tonight, Suspense presents
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  Speaker 1: Death Went Along for the Ride, Episode 7, originally broadcast
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  Speaker 1: April 2nd, 1944. Along isolated highways, the journey takes an
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  Speaker 1: alarming turn when the driver realizes that someone appears to
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  Speaker 1: be following them and that he and his passenger may
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  Speaker 1: be the targets. Gene Kelly and Walter Tetley are featured
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  Speaker 1: in a play by Henry Denker and Ralph Berkey. From
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  Speaker 1: the CBS radio network, here is Suspense. And now, our
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  Speaker 1: story begins.
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  Speaker 2: Roma Wines presents Suspense. Roma Wines, made in California for
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  Speaker 2: enjoyment throughout the world.
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  Speaker 3: Salud.
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  Speaker 2: Your health, senor. Roma Wines toast the world. The wine
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  Speaker 2: for your table is Roma Wines, made in.
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  Speaker 3: California for enjoyment throughout the world. This is the man
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  Speaker 3: in black, here for the Roma Wine.
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  Speaker 4: Company of Fresno, California, to introduce this weekly half hour
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  Speaker 4: of suspense. Tonight from Hollywood, Roma Wines bring you a star, Mr.
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  Speaker 4: Gene Kelly, in a suspense play that tells of fear
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  Speaker 4: and suspicion and dangerous adventure on the long highway from
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  Speaker 4: California to New York. And so, with death went along
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  Speaker 4: for the ride, and with the performance of Gene Kelly
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  Speaker 4: as a man named George Javery, we again hope to
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  Speaker 4: keep you in suspense.
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  Speaker 3: Run, boy. Run. Take Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Brown to 314.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, sir? I want a room. The name, sir? George Javery,
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  Speaker 3: but I haven't got reservations.
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  Speaker 4: Oh?
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  Speaker 3: Well, I think we can fix you up, Mr. Javery,
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  Speaker 3: if you'll sign, please. Sure. Excuse me, friend. Yes? I
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  Speaker 3: couldn't help hearing your name, Javery, hmm? That's right. In
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  Speaker 3: relation to Frank Javery of Cincinnati? Well, not that I
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  Speaker 3: know of. Oh. Kind of a funny name. No offense,
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  Speaker 3: you understand, but I just thought... You know? Sure, I know.
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  Speaker 3: Been doing quite a lot of traveling, haven't you, Mr.
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  Speaker 6: Javery?
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  Speaker 3: Huh? I see all them stickers on your bags.
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  Speaker 7: Oh.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, yes. I've been out of the country. Room 610,
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  Speaker 3: 450 a day. Will that be all right, Mr. Javery?
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  Speaker 6: Sure.
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  Speaker 3: You going to stay in Reno very long? Just overnight.
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  Speaker 3: Going east? Uh-huh. You driving?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Say, what do you want to know? Thought I'd tip
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  Speaker 3: you off to a good place to eat, see? You
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  Speaker 3: like steaks? When I get them. Better stop at Harry's place, then.
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  Speaker 3: Best steaks between here and Chicago. Here's the address. I
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  Speaker 3: wrote it down for another fellow this morning, but he
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  Speaker 3: left before I could give it to him. Oh, well, thanks.
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  Speaker 3: You driving back east alone? Yes. Say, what did you
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  Speaker 3: say your name was, sir? I didn't, but it's Brown.
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  Speaker 3: Steve Brown. Well, look, Mr. Brown, if you want a
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  Speaker 3: free ride east, why don't you just... No, no, no.
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  Speaker 3: I'm heading up to Portland, see. Oh, well, have a
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  Speaker 3: good trip, Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Brown.
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  Speaker 3: Same to you, Mr.
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  Speaker 6: Javers.
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  Speaker 5: Thanks.
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  Speaker 3: Don't forget to stop at Harry's place, Mr.
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  Speaker 4: Javers.
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  Speaker 3: I think you'll find it a very interesting spot. Very interesting. Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Javery.
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  Speaker 3: What is it?
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  Speaker 5: Did you notice a fellow with only one arm?
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  Speaker 3: No, where?
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  Speaker 5: I didn't think you did. He said he was a
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  Speaker 5: friend of yours. But don't have nothing to do with him, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Javery.
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  Speaker 5: He's no friend of yours. He's no friend of anybody.
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  Speaker 5: Don't have nothing to do with him.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, here's your drink, Mr.
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  Speaker 6: Javery.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, did your friend find you, Mr. Javery? What friend?
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  Speaker 3: A one-armed fellow. He was looking for you. He said
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  Speaker 3: I should keep my eye.
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  Speaker 1: Out for you.
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  Speaker 3: A one-armed man, Mr. Javery? I know. There's no guest
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  Speaker 3: at the hotel that answers that description.
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  Speaker 1: I tell you.
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  Speaker 5: I seen him coming out of your room, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Javery. I don't know how he got in there, but
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  Speaker 3: I seen him coming out. You heard me. I'm checking out.
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  Speaker 3: If there's anything wrong... No, there's nothing wrong. I'm just
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  Speaker 3: checking out, that's all. But at 3 o'clock in the morning.
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  Speaker 7: Look, I said I'm checking out. Now, please get my
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  Speaker 7: bags out to the car. Just put him in the
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  Speaker 7: back of the car.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, sir.
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  Speaker 7: Now, look, kid, for the last time, do you know.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know nothing, Mr. Javery, honest. I don't know nothing.
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  Speaker 6: Okay, okay, here.
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  Speaker 5: Gee, look, here he comes now.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, hey, wait a minute.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Javery.
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  Speaker 6: You, uh, going east, mister?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, oh, it's you, huh? Say, what's the big idea?
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  Speaker 6: What big idea?
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  Speaker 3: Now, listen to me, my one-armed friend.
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  Speaker 6: I can't help having one arm, mister.
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  Speaker 3: All right, all right. But what's the idea of following
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  Speaker 3: me around? You've been following me ever since I got here.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, well, I'm sorry about that, mister.
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  Speaker 3: So am I. Now, what about it?
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  Speaker 1: Well, you see, I'm kind of down on my luck,
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  Speaker 1: so I'm hitchhiking.
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  Speaker 6: I got to get east, and I heard you were
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  Speaker 6: going east, so... Ah. You are going east, ain't you, mister?
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  Speaker 3: Well, yes. Yes, I am.
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  Speaker 6: Do you mind if I come along a piece? Oh,
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  Speaker 6: all right.
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  Speaker 3: Hop in. Say, there's one thing you haven't explained to
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  Speaker 3: me yet.
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  Speaker 6: What's that?
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  Speaker 3: What were you doing in my room? Hitchhiking?
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  Speaker 6: I was never in your room.
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  Speaker 3: The bellboy said he saw you come out.
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  Speaker 6: I don't know what he said, but I was never
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  Speaker 6: in your room. Oh.
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  Speaker 3: Ah, it's kind of late to start driving, I guess.
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  Speaker 6: I don't mind. I am used to night work.
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  Speaker 3: Oh. Say, uh, I don't think I got your name.
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  Speaker 6: Jones. One-armed Jones, they call me mostly.
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  Speaker 3: You traveling far, Mr. Jones?
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  Speaker 6: As far as St. Louis.
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  Speaker 3: Uh-huh.
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  Speaker 7: Have you been in San Francisco lately?
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 6: No, I came by way of San Diego. Why do
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  Speaker 6: you ask, Mr. Javery?
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  Speaker 5: Oh, nothing.
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  Speaker 3: I thought I might have seen....
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  Speaker 6: What's the matter?
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  Speaker 3: How did you know my name?
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  Speaker 6: Your name? That's an old hitchhiker's gag.
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  Speaker 1: Hang around a hotel lobby and find out who's who
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  Speaker 1: and maybe where he's heading, see?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. See?
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  Speaker 6: There doesn't seem to be much traffic tonight, does there? No.
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  Speaker 3: Are you looking for something?
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  Speaker 6: Oh, just reaching for a cigar.
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  Speaker 3: Get your hand out of your pocket!
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  Speaker 6: I was only.
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  Speaker 3: Get it out, I said.
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  Speaker 6: You don't have to pull a gun on me.
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  Speaker 3: No.
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  Speaker 6: All right, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Jones. Come on, let's have it. What's your game?
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  Speaker 6: Game?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, your game. Come on, spill it.
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  Speaker 6: I don't get it.
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  Speaker 3: Neither do I. I suppose you haven't been tailing me
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  Speaker 3: ever since I checked into that hotel.
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  Speaker 6: Well, I explained about the hitchhiker.
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  Speaker 3: Get out. Out of the car.
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  Speaker 6: You heard me. Okay. But, Mr. Javery.
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  Speaker 3: What? Don't be too surprised if you see.
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  Speaker 6: Me again sometime. Good night, Mr. Javery.
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  Speaker 8: Good night.
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  Speaker 4: Tonight for Suspense, Roma Wines bring you a star, Mr.
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  Speaker 4: Gene Kelly, whom you have heard in the prologue to
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  Speaker 4: Death Went Along for the Ride by Henry Denker and
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  Speaker 4: Ralph Berkey.
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  Speaker 3: Tonight's adventure in Suspense.
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  Speaker 2: In this brief intermission in the play, let's imagine we're
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  Speaker 2: listening to a conversation taking place at the Smart Coral
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  Speaker 2: Beach and Tennis Club in Bermuda. An American about to
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  Speaker 2: depart for the States thanks his Bermudian friend for the
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  Speaker 2: gracious hospitality shown him. In particular, for the especially enjoyable
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  Speaker 2: wine his friend served. He remarks how much he'd like
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  Speaker 2: to be able to get some of that same wine
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  Speaker 2: at home. The Bermudian chuckles as he says, but my friend,
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  Speaker 2: that wine you enjoyed so much, it comes from the
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  Speaker 2: great wine districts of your own California.
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  Speaker 3: It is Roma wine.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, friends, many Americans are still not aware that Roma
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  Speaker 2: wines are so highly rated in many foreign lands that
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  Speaker 2: they are imported to be enjoyed as rare luxuries. But
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  Speaker 2: here in America, we can still enjoy these superb Roma
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  Speaker 2: wines as a daily pleasure, well within reach of the
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  Speaker 2: most modest purse, with no high import duty, no expensive
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  Speaker 2: shipping costs included. That's why Roma wines cost.
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  Speaker 3: You so little.
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  Speaker 2: Have you been overlooking the enjoyment these richly satisfying Roma
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  Speaker 2: wines offer? As a delectable beverage at any time? As
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  Speaker 2: the addition that can make any meal an occasion? As
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  Speaker 2: a sure-to-be-appreciated offering to your guests when you entertain? You
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  Speaker 2: get some idea of the great worth of these fine
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  Speaker 2: Roma wines when you learn Roma wines are America's largest
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  Speaker 2: selling wines.
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  Speaker 3: I'll spell the name for you. R-O-M-A.
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  Speaker 2: Roma Wines. Made in California for enjoyment throughout the world.
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  Speaker 4: And now it is with pleasure that we bring back
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  Speaker 4: to our soundstage our star Gene Kelly as George Javery
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  Speaker 4: in Death Went Along for the Ride.
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  Speaker 3: A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. All right,
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  Speaker 3: put him up. Come on, get up. him up and
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  Speaker 3: step out in front of those headlights where I can
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  Speaker 3: see you. Come on, before I let you.
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  Speaker 6: Don't shoot, mister. Well, uh.
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  Speaker 3: What do you want?
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  Speaker 5: Not to get shot right now.
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  Speaker 3: Oh. I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 5: Kind of jumpy, aren't you?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, maybe. Were you going into this joint here? Well,
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  Speaker 3: I was. Well, come on, I'll buy you a cup
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  Speaker 3: of coffee.
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  Speaker 5: I think I earned it at that.
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  Speaker 3: Well, howdy, folks.
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  Speaker 4: Good to see somebody out kind of late.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Black coffee, huh? How about you?
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  Speaker 5: The same, I guess.
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  Speaker 3: Look, I'm sorry I frightened you. Say, what's your name?
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  Speaker 6: Eileen.
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  Speaker 5: Eileen Harrison. What's yours?
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  Speaker 3: George Javery.
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  Speaker 7: Say, what are you doing walking along a million miles
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  Speaker 7: from no place at this time of night?
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  Speaker 8: I started driving east in a $ 50 jalopy yesterday like
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  Speaker 8: a fool.
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  Speaker 5: It just fell apart on me. I was coming in
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  Speaker 5: here to phone or something.
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  Speaker 3: How far east are you going?
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  Speaker 5: Greenwich, Connecticut.
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to New York myself. You're welcome. I mean it. Well, I.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, look, if you don't like me, you can always
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  Speaker 7: get out and start to walk again. What have you
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  Speaker 7: got to lose?
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  Speaker 5: Well, all right. Thanks.
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  Speaker 3: And I could use a little company right now. Here
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  Speaker 3: you are. A piece of pie? Piece of pie, bud? Huh?
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  Speaker 5: Oh, oh, no.
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  Speaker 3: How about a hamburger? We got good hamburgers, you know.
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  Speaker 3: We got... No, no, no. Just be quiet a minute,
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  Speaker 3: will you? Be quiet? Yeah.
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  Speaker 5: What's the matter?
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  Speaker 3: Shh. Shut up, now, the two of you. Sure, anything
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  Speaker 3: you say.
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  Speaker 5: Say, what's the matter with you?
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  Speaker 3: I'm listening for something, that's all.
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  Speaker 5: What?
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  Speaker 3: There he comes. Hey, where are you going? That wasn't it.
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  Speaker 6: Now, what's going on, bud?
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  Speaker 3: You hot or something?
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  Speaker 7: No, there's a car out there. It's been following me
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  Speaker 7: for the last 200 miles.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah?
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  Speaker 3: How'd you know? I know it. I took a side road.
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  Speaker 3: He did, too. I tried to duck him, and he
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  Speaker 3: hung on. He kept following me. I'm sure that... Listen. Listen,
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  Speaker 3: that must be it now. He's not coming in.
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  Speaker 6: He's waiting.
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  Speaker 5: For what?
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  Speaker 7: Me.
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  Speaker 3: Look.
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  Speaker 7: Look, Eileen, here are the keys to the car. Go
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  Speaker 7: out and drive it up the side entrance. I'll be
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  Speaker 7: waiting at the door.
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  Speaker 3: All right, but.
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  Speaker 6: No, no.
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  Speaker 3: Go ahead. He won't hurt you.
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  Speaker 5: Hurry.
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  Speaker 6: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, mister, you ain't in trouble, are you? I don't
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  Speaker 3: want no trouble in my career. I'll keep your shirt on.
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  Speaker 3: You'll be all right. Here. Don't you want your change? No,
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  Speaker 3: I'll keep it.
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  Speaker 5: Hop in. I'll slide over.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks. Look back now. It seems that other car follows.
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  Speaker 8: I don't think so. Say, look, pal, I don't want
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  Speaker 8: to be nosy, but.
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  Speaker 3: Eileen, I wouldn't kid you. I don't know what it is.
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  Speaker 3: Is anyone following us?
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  Speaker 5: No, I don't think so. Uh-oh.
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  Speaker 6: Lights.
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  Speaker 5: Well, that doesn't necessarily mean it's someone following us.
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  Speaker 6: No?
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  Speaker 3: How fast are we going now?
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  Speaker 5: About 60.
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  Speaker 3: All right, watch.
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  Speaker 5: Hey, please be careful, George.
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  Speaker 3: I'll be careful. Is he coming?
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  Speaker 9: Uh-huh.
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  Speaker 5: I think he's gaining on us.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I thought so. Well, we'll see how much this
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  Speaker 3: guy wants to play.
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  Speaker 5: He had a pretty big car, you know.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I know. Is he still gaining?
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  Speaker 5: Closing up pretty fast.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, I can't stand this much longer, and I'm going
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  Speaker 3: to do something about it.
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  Speaker 5: What are you going to do?
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to pull to one side, slam on the brakes,
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  Speaker 3: and see what happens. George! I'll force him into the
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  Speaker 3: ditch if I have to. It's what he's trying to
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  Speaker 3: do to us. Hang on! George! What's happened? Come on,
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  Speaker 3: let's get out of here.
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  Speaker 1: He....
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  Speaker 5: He must have been killed.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. Did you see him as we hit?
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  Speaker 5: Just for a second.
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  Speaker 3: Did you notice anything about him?
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  Speaker 6: Not much.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I did.
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  Speaker 7: He was a man with only one arm. Well, this
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  Speaker 7: is that Harry's place that guy told me about. You
• 14:16
  Speaker 7: sure you like steak?
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  Speaker 6: Who doesn't?
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  Speaker 7: Well, this is the place for you, then. Finest steaks
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  Speaker 7: aside of Chicago, they tell me. Come on.
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  Speaker 3: Table for two, sir? Yeah, please. Right this way. Right here.
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  Speaker 3: Here's a nice table right by the window. That's fine, thanks. And, madame?
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  Speaker 5: Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: Two steaks, please. Both medium rare. All right? Yes, sir.
• 14:46
  Speaker 3: Thank you, sir.
• 14:48
  Speaker 5: George, to get back to our little problem.
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  Speaker 3: Our little problem?
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  Speaker 8: All right, so it's your problem and I'm stuck with it.
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  Speaker 8: Are you sure you don't have any enemies?
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  Speaker 3: How could I? I've been out of the country for
• 15:02
  Speaker 3: over a year. I didn't have any when I left.
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  Speaker 5: Well, could there be any connection with that work you
• 15:06
  Speaker 5: were doing with the Chinese government?
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  Speaker 7: Oh, not a chance. I, uh... Well, look, I don't
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  Speaker 7: know any secret plans, and I have no agent X-9.
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  Speaker 3: Well, all that's out.
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  Speaker 5: Maybe it's all just a coincidence.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, sure.
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  Speaker 7: A one-armed guy tags me all over Reno, then says
• 15:21
  Speaker 7: he's a poor hitchhiker. Then he acts like he's trying
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  Speaker 7: to pull a stick up, and then a hundred miles
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  Speaker 7: beyond where I've dropped him, he shows up in a
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  Speaker 7: big Cadillac.
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  Speaker 3: Just a coincidence. Call for Mr. Javery. George... Telephone for Mr.
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  Speaker 6: Javery.
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  Speaker 3: Call for George Javery.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Another coincidence.
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  Speaker 5: What do you suppose?
• 15:39
  Speaker 3: I don't know, but I'm going to find out.
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  Speaker 5: George, don't.
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  Speaker 3: Come on, we'll both go answer it. Are you Mr. Javery?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Well, that's good. They've been trying to reach you all day.
• 15:49
  Speaker 3: All day? Yes, this is about the tenth call we've
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  Speaker 3: had for you. The phone booth is right this way.
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  Speaker 3: One little coincidence after another. Calling me all day at
• 15:58
  Speaker 3: a joint I've never been in before in my life.
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  Speaker 5: George, don't answer it.
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  Speaker 3: Now, look, you just keep an eye out while I'm
• 16:03
  Speaker 3: in the booth. All right. Oh, pardon me. Why, of course.
• 16:09
  Speaker 6: Hello?
• 16:11
  Speaker 3: Hello? Hello? Can I help you, sir? Why, yes, I
• 16:18
  Speaker 3: had a call on this wire.
• 16:19
  Speaker 5: I'm sorry, but your party seems to have disconnected. Did
• 16:21
  Speaker 5: you call them?
• 16:22
  Speaker 7: No, no, no, forget it. George come on let's go
• 16:30
  Speaker 7: out to the car well what was it I don't
• 16:34
  Speaker 7: know whoever it was as soon as I answered they
• 16:36
  Speaker 7: hung up come on come on there's a guy following
• 16:39
  Speaker 7: us the guy I bumped into at the phone booth.
• 16:44
  Speaker 3: Oh that's what that phone call was for get in
• 16:48
  Speaker 3: the car quick here.
• 16:49
  Speaker 5: He comes.
• 16:52
  Speaker 3: Uh-oh, Mr. Jeffery.
• 16:53
  Speaker 5: George, he's pointing something at the camera.
• 16:55
  Speaker 3: Thanks, Mr. Jeffery. Hey, what's the idea of taking pictures
• 16:58
  Speaker 3: of me? It's a hobby. I'll send you a print.
• 17:00
  Speaker 3: At the morgue.
• 17:17
  Speaker 5: Come on, George, have fun. This is one of the
• 17:20
  Speaker 5: really bright spots of old Chicago.
• 17:22
  Speaker 3: Yeah, a little too bright. Ladies and gentlemen. Ladies and gentlemen.
• 17:32
  Speaker 4: Ladies and gentlemen, we present, direct from 10 weeks run
• 17:35
  Speaker 4: in New York, the world-famed sharpshooter, Professor Glittenheimer.
• 17:39
  Speaker 3: This is going to be all right, George. He's good.
• 17:43
  Speaker 5: I saw his act in Hollywood.
• 17:44
  Speaker 3: He's quite a comedian. That's swell. A little comedy had
• 17:47
  Speaker 3: come in handy now.
• 17:48
  Speaker 5: Oh, George, you promised me. Come on, relax. Okay.
• 17:52
  Speaker 3: He shoots with.
• 17:54
  Speaker 5: The light bulbs, and whether he hits them or not,
• 17:56
  Speaker 5: they always break.
• 17:58
  Speaker 3: And now, ladies and gentlemen, blindfolded. He didn't even aim
• 18:07
  Speaker 3: at it.
• 18:07
  Speaker 5: Sure, that's the point.
• 18:09
  Speaker 8: The lady who's going to shoot straight up.
• 18:10
  Speaker 3: In the bulb in the back of him will break.
• 18:11
  Speaker 4: Oh!
• 18:14
  Speaker 3: And now over my shoulder, the left shoulder. No, no,
• 18:17
  Speaker 3: the right shoulder. That's harder, yeah.
• 18:19
  Speaker 5: Funny, isn't it?
• 18:21
  Speaker 3: George, your glass, it's shattered. Come on, Eileen, we're leaving. Please,
• 18:27
  Speaker 3: ladies and gentlemen, please. The performance will continue.
• 18:30
  Speaker 5: Give him a seat, please.
• 18:31
  Speaker 3: Oh, please, please, wait, sir. Don't leave. I'm terribly sorry.
• 18:34
  Speaker 3: Won't you stay and finish your dinner? Please, sir, our apologies.
• 18:37
  Speaker 3: A most regrettable accident. Yeah? Yeah. Only it wasn't. Wasn't?
• 18:40
  Speaker 3: Wasn't an accident.
• 18:41
  Speaker 7: That comic up there shoots blank cartridges.
• 18:43
  Speaker 3: Well, of course, but... Yes, and what broke my glass
• 18:45
  Speaker 3: was a bullet. And it didn't come from the stage.
• 18:49
  Speaker 3: One dollar. Thank you.
• 19:07
  Speaker 5: Good old Bear Mountain Bridge. We're almost there.
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: Yep. With any luck, we ought to be in New
• 19:12
  Speaker 3: York by 10 o'clock.
• 19:14
  Speaker 5: And the way you've been driving, I don't see how
• 19:16
  Speaker 5: anyone could have followed us.
• 19:17
  Speaker 3: Why do you think I was driving that way?
• 19:21
  Speaker 5: Gee, it's a beautiful night. Look at that moon.
• 19:25
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Let's stop a minute. Why? Oh, I don't know.
• 19:30
  Speaker 3: Just to look down at the water.
• 19:33
  Speaker 5: All right.
• 19:35
  Speaker 7: It's been a long time since I've seen the old
• 19:37
  Speaker 7: Hudson River. I guess I'd better turn off the lights.
• 19:40
  Speaker 7: I'm not sure I'm allowed to stop in the middle
• 19:42
  Speaker 7: of the bridge.
• 19:43
  Speaker 5: Come over here by the rail, George. Gosh, isn't it lovely?
• 19:48
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 19:49
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 19:50
  Speaker 3: Really is.
• 19:51
  Speaker 7: Oh, look at that boat down there. It looks a little...
• 19:53
  Speaker 7: I wonder how far it is down to that water
• 19:56
  Speaker 7: from here. I guess about 150 feet or so.
• 19:59
  Speaker 5: I'm awfully glad you decided to come this way.
• 20:03
  Speaker 3: Why didn't you?
• 20:05
  Speaker 7: Oh, it's less traffic and Not as many cars as
• 20:08
  Speaker 7: on the George Washington Bridge or the tunnel, and.
• 20:11
  Speaker 3: Well, there's less chance of being spotted.
• 20:13
  Speaker 5: You still thinking of that?
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: That's kind of hard to forget, isn't it?
• 20:18
  Speaker 5: Just the same I wish you would. It's not doing me.
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: Uh, well... What? It's a car, and it looks like
• 20:23
  Speaker 3: he's going to pull up behind us. George, you don't think.
• 20:26
  Speaker 7: I don't know, but if some monkey's looking for trouble,
• 20:28
  Speaker 7: he's going to get it because I've had enough.
• 20:29
  Speaker 5: What are you going to do?
• 20:30
  Speaker 7: Now, look, I'll crouch down in front of the car
• 20:31
  Speaker 7: here where he can't see me. He'll pull up behind
• 20:33
  Speaker 7: us to his headlights, to be honest, if he's up
• 20:34
  Speaker 7: to anything funny.
• 20:35
  Speaker 5: He's beginning to pull over now.
• 20:36
  Speaker 6: Now, look, okay. Okay, you talk to him.
• 20:38
  Speaker 3: Stall him, and then we'll see.
• 20:39
  Speaker 5: All right.
• 20:40
  Speaker 3: But, George....
• 20:45
  Speaker 7: Hey.
• 20:45
  Speaker 4: Don't you know you're not allowed to stop in the
• 20:48
  Speaker 4: middle of the bridge?
• 20:49
  Speaker 5: Why? I just stopped a minute to look at the water.
• 20:52
  Speaker 3: You alone?
• 20:54
  Speaker 5: Why, yes.
• 20:55
  Speaker 3: I thought I saw a man standing here with you
• 20:57
  Speaker 3: just now. No. The California plates on your car, ain't they?
• 21:02
  Speaker 5: Yes, I just drove through from the coast.
• 21:05
  Speaker 3: Pick up any hitchhikers on the way? Anybody that looks
• 21:08
  Speaker 3: like this?
• 21:09
  Speaker 5: Like what?
• 21:09
  Speaker 3: Like the guy in this picture.
• 21:11
  Speaker 5: That's the picture someone took at the.
• 21:14
  Speaker 3: I thought so. All right, sister, where is he? Right here, bud. George,
• 21:18
  Speaker 3: look out, he's got a gun. Why, you... Now let's
• 21:21
  Speaker 3: see how good you are without a gun. George, the
• 21:23
  Speaker 3: railing is trying to throw you over. He's dead. Come on, kid,
• 21:30
  Speaker 3: let's go. Oh, Mr. Spears. Well, we made it. Home
• 21:49
  Speaker 3: at last.
• 21:50
  Speaker 5: Home? This is a bankrupt hotel.
• 21:52
  Speaker 3: The only home I ever had in New York. Boy,
• 21:54
  Speaker 3: take these bags. Now, sir, if you leave the key,
• 21:57
  Speaker 3: I'll have your car garage for you. Yeah, sure. Here
• 21:59
  Speaker 3: you are. Thank you.
• 22:01
  Speaker 5: George, I could go home, you know.
• 22:03
  Speaker 3: What? Travel out to Connecticut this time of night?
• 22:07
  Speaker 5: It isn't that far.
• 22:07
  Speaker 7: Come on, you get a good night's rest right here.
• 22:09
  Speaker 7: Then you can catch an early train in the morning.
• 22:11
  Speaker 5: Well, all right.
• 22:13
  Speaker 3: Yes, sir. You'll wish a room then, sir? Two rooms, please. Yes, sir.
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: Will you sign here, please?
• 22:18
  Speaker 5: Mm-hmm.
• 22:19
  Speaker 3: Thank you, Mr. J... Oh, Mr. George Javery. What about it? Nothing, sir.
• 22:24
  Speaker 3: Only we have your reservations. Reservation?
• 22:27
  Speaker 6: But I....
• 22:31
  Speaker 3: Oh, I get it. Another coincidence. Sir? Skip it. George. Eileen, look,
• 22:38
  Speaker 3: maybe you're right. You better go on home.
• 22:39
  Speaker 5: George, you're coming home with me.
• 22:41
  Speaker 3: I'm sorry, Eileen, but this is journey's end and I'm
• 22:44
  Speaker 3: going to see it through.
• 22:46
  Speaker 5: Well, then, so am I. Eileen... Please, George.
• 22:53
  Speaker 3: Okay. Okay, come on. Well. What do you know?
• 23:00
  Speaker 5: What?
• 23:01
  Speaker 3: Our friend sitting over there by that post.
• 23:04
  Speaker 5: The man who took the picture?
• 23:05
  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah. Last act coming up. Oh, Clark. Yes, sir?
• 23:10
  Speaker 3: What room do I have? 706, sir. That's fine. The lady? Yes, sir.
• 23:14
  Speaker 3: Room 614 for her. Front floor. This way, Mr.
• 23:18
  Speaker 6: Javery.
• 23:23
  Speaker 3: Going up.
• 23:25
  Speaker 5: Six, please. George, shouldn't you call the police or something?
• 23:29
  Speaker 3: And tell them what? Oh, I.
• 23:32
  Speaker 5: I don't know.
• 23:33
  Speaker 7: Now, look, honey, you get a good night's sleep, I'll
• 23:35
  Speaker 7: be okay. I mean, after all, this is New York.
• 23:37
  Speaker 3: Six out. Good night, darling.
• 23:44
  Speaker 5: Good night.
• 23:50
  Speaker 3: Seven. Eight.
• 23:52
  Speaker 5: It's right this way, sir, to the left. Here we are, sir.
• 24:02
  Speaker 3: Just put the bags over there, son.
• 24:04
  Speaker 5: Will that be all, sir?
• 24:05
  Speaker 3: Yeah, here you are.
• 24:06
  Speaker 5: Thank you, sir.
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: Hello, George Javery. Hello. Took you longer than I expected. Brown.
• 24:24
  Speaker 3: The man I met in Reno. What are you doing here?
• 24:27
  Speaker 3: Waiting for you. And the name ain't Brown. That's Javery. Javery? Yeah,
• 24:32
  Speaker 3: George Javery. Javery, I can't think you're thank you enough
• 24:36
  Speaker 3: for what you've done for me. What I've done for you? Sure.
• 24:39
  Speaker 3: You've been a great help. All right, let's have it.
• 24:42
  Speaker 9: Look, Javery, you've come to the end of the road.
• 24:44
  Speaker 9: But I think you're entitled to know why. You don't
• 24:48
  Speaker 9: know me, do you?
• 24:50
  Speaker 3: I'm Bill Malone. Oh. Scarface Malone. Yeah. Only I don't
• 24:55
  Speaker 3: have scars anymore, see? That's the point. Took me two
• 24:59
  Speaker 3: years and a lot of pain to get a new face.
• 25:01
  Speaker 3: And I didn't get it just to look good in
• 25:02
  Speaker 3: a coffin. Know what I mean? No, I'm afraid I don't.
• 25:05
  Speaker 9: After a guy in my business has been away for
• 25:07
  Speaker 9: a year or two, he's not always welcome back, see?
• 25:10
  Speaker 3: And he generally finds out about it with a bullet
• 25:13
  Speaker 3: in the back. That's why you struck me as a
• 25:15
  Speaker 3: good idea. Oh, I did, did I?
• 25:17
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 25:18
  Speaker 9: I don't believe in taking chances, see? The boys thought
• 25:22
  Speaker 9: I was coming east under the name of George Javery.
• 25:25
  Speaker 3: Oh, so the one-armed guy and all the rest... No,
• 25:28
  Speaker 3: he was one of my boys. You were kind of
• 25:30
  Speaker 3: rough with him, Mr. Javery. Well, he wasn't exactly playing
• 25:33
  Speaker 3: beanbag himself.
• 25:34
  Speaker 9: Jerry, he wouldn't hurt you. I just sent him to
• 25:37
  Speaker 9: tell you so I'd have a line on where you were.
• 25:40
  Speaker 9: After you dusted him off, it was just a break
• 25:42
  Speaker 9: for me that you went to that steakhouse.
• 25:44
  Speaker 3: Otherwise, I might have lost you. Candid cameraman, too, I suppose. Yeah.
• 25:49
  Speaker 9: After I lost Jerry, I figured I wouldn't take any chances.
• 25:52
  Speaker 9: Sent a picture around to the boys. Like the guy
• 25:55
  Speaker 9: that took a pot at you in Chicago. And the
• 25:57
  Speaker 9: guy you tossed over the bridge. The boys that were
• 25:59
  Speaker 9: out to get me, see? Only they didn't know all
• 26:02
  Speaker 9: the time it was you. No chances, know what I mean?
• 26:05
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 26:06
  Speaker 7: Only I can't exactly say I'm glad to have been
• 26:08
  Speaker 7: of service. So if you drop that gun, I'll go.
• 26:11
  Speaker 3: Not yet, Jaybury. There's just one thing more you can do. Yeah?
• 26:15
  Speaker 3: Stand over by that window. What for? Stand over there
• 26:18
  Speaker 3: and drop your hands. The boys wouldn't quite understand it
• 26:21
  Speaker 3: if you had your hands up. The boys? Yeah. The
• 26:24
  Speaker 3: ones I've been telling you about.
• 26:25
  Speaker 9: When I pull up that shade, they're going to take
• 26:28
  Speaker 9: a pot shot at me through that window.
• 26:30
  Speaker 3: When they do, they'll get me. Only it'll be you.
• 26:32
  Speaker 3: They'll never know the difference. Now, over to that window.
• 26:36
  Speaker 3: They know you're already here, so move.
• 26:38
  Speaker 7: You don't mind if I sort of stroll, do you?
• 26:42
  Speaker 7: After all, this is a surprise.
• 26:44
  Speaker 3: Come on. Over to that window. And if I don't?
• 26:46
  Speaker 3: I'll plug you. And if I do? You see, Malone,
• 26:51
  Speaker 3: that's a trouble with your system. No incentive. You know
• 26:54
  Speaker 3: what I... Don't make a move.
• 26:56
  Speaker 5: George, is anything wrong?
• 26:58
  Speaker 6: George!
• 26:58
  Speaker 3: Get over there in that corner. Don't hurt her, Malone.
• 27:01
  Speaker 3: He's going to lock the door, that's all. Taking no chances, see?
• 27:08
  Speaker 3: Then here's some light so you can see what you're doing.
• 27:10
  Speaker 3: What do you think? George! Oh, George! Oh, it's all right, Eileen.
• 27:21
  Speaker 7: It's all right, darling. Well, there lies our nemesis, the
• 27:28
  Speaker 7: late Mr. Scarface Malone, otherwise known as the guy who
• 27:33
  Speaker 7: never took chances.
• 27:35
  Speaker 3: But he's dead. Yeah, yeah, smart guy. But he made
• 27:39
  Speaker 3: just one mistake. He forgot that the door is right
• 27:43
  Speaker 3: in line of fire with a window.
• 27:45
  Speaker 5: George, what are you going to do?
• 27:48
  Speaker 7: I'm going to call the police and explain this little
• 27:50
  Speaker 7: drama to them. After all, I think it's about time
• 27:54
  Speaker 7: people stopped taking pot shots at your future husband.
• 28:11
  Speaker 4: And so closes Death Went Along for the Ride, starring
• 28:14
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• 28:15
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• 28:19
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• 28:19
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• 28:23
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• 28:24
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• 29:24
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• 29:27
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• 30:02
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