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The Whistler - "Married to Murder" (Old Time Radio, 1944) · The Whistler | Old Time Radio

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Speaker 1: On the fog-bound rocks near San Francisco's Golden Gate, the
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Speaker 1: death of a young woman brings police attention to struggling
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Speaker 1: artist Rick Carlson, who had quarreled with her before her fall.
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Speaker 1: A wealthy woman steps forward with an alibi, and the
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Speaker 1: investigation follows their developing relationship under the shadow of that
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Speaker 1: unanswered death. From CBS Pacific Network, sponsored by Signal Oil,
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Speaker 1: this is The Whistler, Episode 123, Married to Murder, originally
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Speaker 1: broadcast September 25, 1944. Kathy Lewis stars with Elliot Lewis,
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Speaker 1: Robert Libet wrote the script, and George W. Allen produced.
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Speaker 1: And now, we return to the original broadcast.
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Speaker 2: Let every go signal remind you that you do go
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Speaker 2: farther with Signal Gasoline.
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Speaker 3: The Signal Oil Program.
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Speaker 4: I am the whistler.
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Speaker 5: And I know many things, for I walk by night.
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Speaker 5: I know many strange tales, many secrets hidden in the
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Speaker 5: hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows. Yes,
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Speaker 5: I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak.
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Speaker 2: The marketers of Signal's famous Go Farther gasoline and motor
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Speaker 2: oil invite you to hear another strange tale by The Whistler. Tonight,
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Speaker 2: the story of a wild night on foggy seal rocks
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Speaker 2: and the girl who was married to murder. But first,
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Speaker 2: I'd like to take a moment to tell you about
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Speaker 2: Clyde Davis, a signal gasoline dealer in Alameda, California, who's
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Speaker 2: been working on cars since 1910. War or no war,
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Speaker 2: Davis' motto is service, the kind that keeps cars running
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Speaker 2: and customers smiling. The first and 15th of each month
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Speaker 2: are battery days at Davis Signal Station, and the battery
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Speaker 2: of every customer is given a complete free inspection. Another
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Speaker 2: thing Davis has a crank on is clean car windows.
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Speaker 2: If the chamois alone won't do the job, he uses
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Speaker 2: Bon Ami. Davis doesn't run a repair shop, but his
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Speaker 2: long experience as a mechanic has helped many a customer
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Speaker 2: avoid a repair job. Such service surprises many folks these days.
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Speaker 2: But signal gasoline dealers have a reason for going out
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Speaker 2: of their way to please. For them, running a service
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Speaker 2: station isn't just a job. It's their permanent business. And
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Speaker 2: they're interested in making it grow by keeping customers satisfied. Fortunately,
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Speaker 2: the same services that keep drivers smiling are the ones
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Speaker 2: that help cars last out the duration. Wouldn't you say
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Speaker 2: that's a mighty good reason for getting acquainted with your
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Speaker 2: neighborhood signal gasoline dealer soon?
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Speaker 3: And now, The Whistler.
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Speaker 5: In the night, the convoys form, ship by ship, slipping
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Speaker 5: into line, moving out past the golden gate, past the
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Speaker 5: fog-enshrouded seal rocks in a cold dawn. past rocks where
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Speaker 5: the tourists go, where the lovers go. You heard a scream?
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Speaker 3: Yes.
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Speaker 4: But the ships are not disturbed.
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Speaker 5: They move on out into the Pacific, leaving far behind
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Speaker 5: the body of a girl lying face down on the rocks,
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Speaker 5: their wash reaching for her hair. Just a girl who
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Speaker 5: fell off a cliff, fell or was pushed. The finding
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Speaker 5: of a girl's body on rocks creates hardly a stir
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Speaker 5: in the bustle of the city the next day. A
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Speaker 5: brief item in the afternoon papers.
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Speaker 3: A call for the coroner.
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Speaker 5: Another entry in.
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Speaker 4: The police records.
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Speaker 5: There are only a few people who notice. If we
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Speaker 5: were to look for them, we might find them down
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Speaker 5: on Montgomery Street in a dirty little bar where artists
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Speaker 5: and would-be artists and slumbers hang out. Yes, there are
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Speaker 5: a lot of people here who might know something about
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Speaker 5: a body twisted on the rock. For instance, that blonde
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Speaker 5: giant at the end of the bar, sitting with his
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Speaker 5: head in his hands. Or the girl walking up to
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Speaker 5: him now, sliding into the seat beside him.
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Speaker 4: Rick.
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Speaker 6: Rick, I thought I'd better tell you. They're looking for you.
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Speaker 2: Huh?
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Speaker 4: Oh, hello, Cassie. Who's looking for me?
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Speaker 3: You know who.
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Speaker 6: The police. They're asking questions about Maureen. They know you
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Speaker 6: knew her.
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Speaker 4: So what?
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Speaker 7: Why should they ask me questions about her? Women like
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Speaker 7: her have jumped off cliffs before.
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Speaker 8: Don't try to kid me, Rick. Remember, I'm Cassie, Maureen's roommate.
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Speaker 8: I knew her better than even you did.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I guess you did. Maybe I never really knew
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Speaker 4: her very well.
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Speaker 8: Well enough to break her heart. Maybe well enough to
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Speaker 8: want to get rid of her.
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Speaker 4: What are you talking about?
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Speaker 8: You needn't pretend with me, Rick. Maureen had no secrets
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Speaker 8: with me. She told me everything. And I told the police.
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Speaker 6: I had to, Rick.
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Speaker 8: They kept pumping me.
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Speaker 6: I had to.
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Speaker 4: What did you tell them, Cassie?
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Speaker 8: I told them that you loved her once, that... Another
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Speaker 8: woman had taken her place, a society dame gone bohemian.
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Speaker 8: A blonde and beautiful heiress looking for a thrill by
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Speaker 8: flirting with a poor struggling artist in a turtleneck sweater.
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Speaker 4: That's enough, Cassie. Leave Sally out of this.
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Speaker 8: Ah, she's in it up to the neck. Maureen was
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Speaker 8: too good to take a back seat to any Miss Moneybag.
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Speaker 3: I said leave her out of it.
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Speaker 6: Okay.
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Speaker 4: Okay. Only one more thing.
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Speaker 8: I told the police about last night.
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Speaker 4: What do you mean?
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Speaker 8: You and Maureen had a quarrel last.
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Speaker 6: Night, just a few hours before she died.
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Speaker 2: Yeah? Yeah.
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Speaker 7: Okay, so we quarreled. That doesn't mean she had to
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Speaker 7: go jump in the ocean.
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Speaker 4: Does it?
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Speaker 3: No, it doesn't.
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Speaker 6: I'm pretty sure of that. That's what I told the detective.
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Speaker 7: You throw your accusations of murder around pretty freely, don't.
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Speaker 4: You, Cassie?
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Speaker 8: No, not usually, Rick, but I liked Maureen. She was
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Speaker 8: more than a fine sculptress. She was a swell person.
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Speaker 8: She was just about the best of this bohemian melting
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Speaker 8: pot down here, and I don't like to think of
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Speaker 8: her being pushed off that cliff. Just remember that I'll
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Speaker 8: do anything I can to help them get to the.
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Speaker 6: Truth of this.
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Speaker 4: I'll remember, Cassie.
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Speaker 6: Yeah, I guess you will.
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Speaker 4: Okay, Rick.
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Speaker 8: Better get your answers ready, because if I'm not mistaken,
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Speaker 8: that dick who just walked in is looking for you.
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Speaker 2: Yes, Rick.
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Speaker 5: He's looking for you.
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Speaker 3: You know that.
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Speaker 5: You've been expecting it. You've been curious to see what
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Speaker 5: he'll look like, what expression he'll have on his face.
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Speaker 5: In a minute, you'll know, so gulp down that drink... There,
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Speaker 5: that's better. And there he is. You can see his
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Speaker 5: face sliding into the spot in the mirror where Cassie
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Speaker 5: was a minute ago.
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Speaker 4: You're Rick Carlson? That's right. I'd like to ask you
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Speaker 4: a few questions. Yeah, I know. Okay, go ahead. It's
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Speaker 4: about Maureen. That's right. You knew her pretty well? Of course,
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Speaker 4: you know I did. She was in love with me.
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Speaker 4: I didn't love her anymore. I took her to dinner
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Speaker 4: last night. We quarreled. She left. That's all I know.
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Speaker 4: What about Miss Blair? What's she got to do with this?
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Speaker 3: I don't know.
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Speaker 4: Maybe a lot. Sally had nothing to do with it.
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Speaker 4: She didn't even know Maureen. Leave her out of it.
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Speaker 4: I'm not sure we can. This Maureen, they tell me,
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Speaker 4: was a jealous girl. Unpredictable. Well, able to do a
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Speaker 4: lot of things. Say a lot of things. Blairs are
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Speaker 4: a fine family. Good name. They wouldn't like their daughter
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Speaker 4: mixed up with a... Go ahead, say it.
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Speaker 9: A bohemian crowd of artists. Maybe you didn't want Maureen
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Speaker 9: to go to the Blairs with the story. And it'd
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Speaker 9: be so easy to keep her quiet. Just the shove
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Speaker 9: at the right time.
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Speaker 1: Hmm.
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Speaker 4: Simple in the fog out there.
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Speaker 3: Simple and sure. Listen, you, whoever you are.
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Speaker 4: Okay, okay, take it easy.
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Speaker 9: I was only guessing. But it all fits pretty well,
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Speaker 9: doesn't it? It fits, only I wasn't there. Oh, that's right.
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Speaker 9: You said she left you after the quarrel.
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Speaker 4: Where was that? At a little fish restaurant at the beach.
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Speaker 4: Near the rocks? Not very far. I see. But you
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Speaker 4: didn't go with her to the rocks? No. Then you
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Speaker 4: might have to prove that. I suppose you can.
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Speaker 6: Yes, he can. Go on, Rick. Tell him it's all right.
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Speaker 6: You needn't worry about dragging me into it. Tell him
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Speaker 6: you were with me.
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Speaker 4: Sally. Oh, this is Miss Blair, I presume.
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Speaker 6: That's right. And you see, officer, you're on the wrong
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Speaker 6: track if you're suspecting Rick. He couldn't have pushed Maureen
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Speaker 6: off the cliff because he was with me last night
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Speaker 6: from 10 o'clock on. You see, Rick's painting a portrait
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Speaker 6: of me and we worked through most of the night.
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Speaker 6: It was after dawn when we stopped.
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Speaker 4: I see.
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Speaker 9: Okay, I guess I was wrong. Thanks for your time.
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Speaker 9: You're a lucky man, Orson. And I guess you know that.
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Speaker 4: Yes, yes, I know. Goodbye. Goodbye.
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Speaker 6: Well, aren't you going to invite me to have a drink?
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Speaker 6: I'm simply burning with thirst and your glass is empty.
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Speaker 3: Good.
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Speaker 6: Let's have two old-fashioned... What, darling? Don't you want another one?
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Speaker 4: Sally.
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Speaker 3: What, Rick?
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Speaker 6: What is it? You look so upset. Oh, of course,
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Speaker 6: I'll thoughtless of me. Naturally, you're upset about Marines. Wasn't
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Speaker 6: it dreadful? And then you were very friendly with her
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Speaker 6: at one time, weren't you? Before you met me, of course.
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Speaker 3: Sally, why did you do it?
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Speaker 6: What, dear?
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Speaker 3: Tell him you were with me last night. Oh, that.
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Speaker 6: Well, after all, you're the man I love, and naturally
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Speaker 6: I'd hardly want anything to happen to you that would
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Speaker 6: take you away from me. Just because you couldn't prove
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Speaker 6: where you were.
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Speaker 4: Thanks, Sally.
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Speaker 6: It's all right, Rick, darling. Let's just forget it now.
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Speaker 6: It's all over.
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Speaker 7: No, Sally, that's just what I'm afraid of. It's probably
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Speaker 7: not over. They won't give up so easily. Now you'll
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Speaker 7: be dragged into it. I don't want that.
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Speaker 6: It's all right, Rick. I don't mind. It might even
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Speaker 6: be fun. Yes, an investigation right here in our own group.
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Speaker 6: All our secret lives exposed. And nothing can happen to you.
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Speaker 6: You were with me.
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Speaker 4: I mean that much to you?
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Speaker 6: After all, you're the man I'm going to marry.
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Speaker 4: Sally, you mean....
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Speaker 3: You mean you really will?
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Speaker 6: Of course. I intended to all along, didn't you know?
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Speaker 6: And after all, a girl can't say yes too quickly,
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Speaker 6: can she?
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Speaker 4: Oh, Sally! No, but darling, think.
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Speaker 7: This marine business may be messy. A scandal in the papers.
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Speaker 7: What about your family?
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Speaker 6: Oh, never mind about them. I'm determined to marry you, Rick.
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Speaker 6: Especially now. And nothing, nobody can stop me. Don't worry, darling,
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Speaker 6: about me. I think it's going to be thrilling.
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Speaker 4: Thrilling? Everything's thrilling to you, isn't it?
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Speaker 6: Yes, because I live that way. I couldn't stand it
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Speaker 6: just living like most people without any excitement or danger.
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Speaker 6: What's the good of living if you can't have any fun?
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Speaker 7: No, of course not, darling, of course not. And when
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Speaker 7: this mess is over and forgotten, I'll make you happy.
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Speaker 3: Very happy.
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Speaker 6: Oh, yes, Rick, I'm sure you will. When it's over.
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Speaker 5: When it's over. But it's not over yet, Sally. In
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Speaker 5: spite of your loyal attempt to save Rick, he's not
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Speaker 5: quite safe yet. Some people are so suspicious. Some people
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Speaker 5: aren't yet convinced of his innocence. Yes, there's going to
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Speaker 5: be a trial for murder. The murder of Maureen. The
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Speaker 5: date has been set. And as the district attorney prepares
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Speaker 5: his case, he finds that each way he turns, there's
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Speaker 5: a barrier. One barrier between him and conviction.
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Speaker 4: Sally. Oh, good afternoon, Miss Blair. Sit down.
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Speaker 6: Thank you.
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Speaker 4: I called you in because I just wanted just a
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Speaker 4: few words with you before the trial.
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Speaker 6: All right. I'm here. What is it?
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Speaker 4: Miss Blair, I'm going to be very frank with you.
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Speaker 10: All the evidence in the Morrison girls' case points to
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Speaker 10: the guilt of Richard Olsen. The coroner's jury believed him guilty.
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Speaker 10: I believe him guilty. Any jury in the world would
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Speaker 10: convict him on the evidence, except for one thing.
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Speaker 3: Your word.
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Speaker 4: Yes.
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Speaker 6: I know he's innocent because he was with me.
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Speaker 4: That's your story.
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Speaker 6: You don't believe me.
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Speaker 10: That's beside the point. It's my job to convict Richard
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Speaker 10: Olsen if he's guilty. I'll try to do that. But
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Speaker 10: I said I would be frank. I haven't a chance
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Speaker 10: if you testify that you were with him. The jury
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Speaker 10: will take the word of Miss Sally Blair, the daughter
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Speaker 10: of a powerful and famous family.
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Speaker 6: Yes, of course.
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Speaker 10: But it's for that very reason, Miss Blair, that I
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Speaker 10: ask you to stop and think a moment.
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Speaker 6: Think of what?
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Speaker 3: Of yourself, of your family, of your position.
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Speaker 10: If it should turn out later that Richard Olsen was
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Speaker 10: indeed guilty, could you forgive yourself for having aided a murderer?
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Speaker 6: But he's not guilty. He was with me. Perhaps you
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Speaker 6: haven't heard that Richard Orson and I are going to
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Speaker 6: be married.
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Speaker 4: Married? Yes.
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Speaker 6: As soon as this farce is over. So you see, Mr.
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Speaker 6: District Attorney, you're wasting your time.
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Speaker 4: I see.
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Speaker 10: And you think that you, the daughter of one of
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Speaker 10: the best families in San Francisco, will be happy living
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Speaker 10: the rest of your life with a murderer?
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Speaker 6: Crime has to be proved. Rick will be acquitted.
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Speaker 4: Yes, I guess he will.
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Speaker 10: And so, Miss Blair, you will go that far for
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Speaker 10: another thrill.
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Speaker 6: I don't know what you mean. I'm marrying the man
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Speaker 6: I love. He's accused of a crime of which I
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Speaker 6: know he's innocent. I will testify to that effect. Rick
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Speaker 6: was with me.
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Speaker 4: Very well, Miss Blair.
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Speaker 10: May I wish you a very happy married life?
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Speaker 5: And so, Rick, you're going free, thanks to Sally and
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Speaker 5: her testimony. And when the trial is dismissed and you're free,
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Speaker 5: you'll take her to that dirty little bar that was
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Speaker 5: your rendezvous. And you'll tell her about all the things
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Speaker 5: in your heart.
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Speaker 4: You don't know what it is, Sally, to be free.
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Speaker 7: You know, I used to sit in that cell and
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Speaker 7: think about you and your portrait. Wonder if I'd ever
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Speaker 7: see you again. I wondered if I'd ever finish my
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Speaker 7: picture of you so that everybody could see your beauty.
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Speaker 4: Darling, it'll be a great portrait. Really great.
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Speaker 6: Of course it will, darling. After we're married, you'll have
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Speaker 6: all the time in the world to paint it.
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Speaker 3: Yes. Yes, after we're married next week. Darling, let's go
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Speaker 3: down and get the license right now.
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Speaker 5: Wait.
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Speaker 6: Rick, just one thing. You do love me, don't you?
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Speaker 3: You know I do.
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Speaker 6: More than you did Maureen?
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Speaker 4: Much, much more.
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Speaker 6: I just wanted to be sure.
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Speaker 4: Rick.
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Speaker 3: Yes?
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Speaker 6: Rick, why did you do it?
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Speaker 4: What?
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Speaker 6: Why did you kill her?
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Speaker 4: Sally.
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Speaker 6: Oh, don't look so startled. I knew all along. I
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Speaker 6: just wondered why you did it.
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Speaker 7: Let's not talk about it. Let's leave it as dead
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Speaker 7: as Maureen is. Let's be happy and not talk about
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Speaker 7: it ever.
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Speaker 4: Or maybe you'd rather not go through with this now.
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Speaker 6: Of course, darling. I made my choice. You love me,
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Speaker 6: I love you. That's enough. We'll both forget, Maureen. If
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Speaker 6: we can.
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Speaker 3: You are listening to the Signal Oil Program.
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Speaker 2: Let every go signal remind you that you do go
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Speaker 2: farther with signal gasoline.
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Speaker 5: And so Rick, acquitted of murder, and Sally, who saved
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Speaker 5: his life even though she knew he was guilty, were married.
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Speaker 5: Not a very happy start for a marriage, was it, Rick?
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Speaker 5: It somehow changed things to know that Sally knew. But
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Speaker 5: then it was only Sally, charming, beautiful Sally, who got
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Speaker 5: a thrill out of life. After all, she wouldn't have
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Speaker 5: saved you, wouldn't have married you if she hadn't loved you.
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Speaker 4: Would she?
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Speaker 3: Sally, hurry, come see.
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Speaker 6: What, dear?
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Speaker 4: The portrait.
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Speaker 3: I've finished it. It's wonderful. Come and see it.
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Speaker 6: Just a minute. I'm doing my hair.
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Speaker 3: But aren't you excited?
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Speaker 6: Of course, darling. Can't you wait?
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Speaker 4: No.
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Speaker 6: Oh, all right, Rembrandt. Where is it?
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Speaker 3: Don't joke, sweet. This is my masterpiece. Cast not upon
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Speaker 3: it a jaundiced eye.
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Speaker 6: It's very good, Rick. I think it will sell.
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Speaker 7: Sell by Jupiter? The woman's a commercial money grabber. Sell nothing,
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Speaker 7: it'll be famous.
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Speaker 6: You really think so? I'm glad.
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Speaker 3: It's a great painting, Sally, because you're in every line
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Speaker 3: of it.
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Speaker 4: You and my love for you.
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Speaker 6: That's very sweet of you, Rick.
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Speaker 3: You're so cool.
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Speaker 9: Why?
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Speaker 6: Well, I thought you said the portrait was of me.
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Speaker 3: Yes, and so a composite of all the loveliness of
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Speaker 3: the world.
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Speaker 6: Rick, I don't have green eyes.
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Speaker 3: Neither does the.
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Speaker 4: So she does.
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Speaker 3: Do you know I didn't realize it? I meant to
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Speaker 3: make them blue.
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Speaker 6: And my nose doesn't turn up like that. I'm not complaining,
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Speaker 6: you understand. If someone else.
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Speaker 4: Now, don't start that again, please.
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Speaker 6: Rick, are you really happy with me?
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Speaker 4: My gosh, what a question.
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Speaker 6: But you never go out. You just sit here night
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Speaker 6: after night and brood.
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Speaker 4: I like to stay home.
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Speaker 6: Rick, are you in love with a girl with green eyes?
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Speaker 7: Don't be silly. I love only you and you know it. Besides,
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Speaker 7: you yourself say I haven't left this studio in weeks.
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Speaker 7: A fine clandestine love affair, that is.
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Speaker 6: Let me see the picture again, huh?
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Speaker 4: Here.
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Speaker 6: Didn't Maureen's nose turn up that way? And if I remember,
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Speaker 6: her eyes were green. Just that shade of green. Is
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Speaker 6: your conscience bothering.
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Speaker 5: You, Rick?
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Speaker 4: Shut up. We weren't going to talk about it.
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Speaker 6: Why don't you want to talk about her? What are
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Speaker 6: you so afraid of? Does she haunt you?
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Speaker 3: Stop being jealous of a corpse, Sally. Can't you stop
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Speaker 3: hating her now that she's dead?
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Speaker 6: I'm not jealous, Rick. And it was never Maureen I hated.
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Speaker 10: Never.
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Speaker 4: That has a chilling sound.
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Speaker 6: What are you driving at? Or is that what killing
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Speaker 6: someone does? Does it make you fall in love with them?
18:03
Speaker 6: Let go of me, Rick. Don't hurt me. I'm your wife, remember?
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Speaker 3: I'm your wife.
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Speaker 6: You don't have to be afraid of me. You know that,
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Speaker 6: don't you?
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Speaker 4: I'm not sure.
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Speaker 6: You're so afraid. I thought it would be exciting being
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Speaker 6: married to a murderer. That we'd have a deadly secret
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Speaker 6: to share as no one else could. But it's dull.
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Speaker 6: We can't do this and I can't say that because
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Speaker 6: you're afraid. You'd like to hate me, but you don't
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Speaker 6: even dare do that. Loving me is all that keeps
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Speaker 6: you together. It's dull, Rick.
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Speaker 4: I imagine that you'll manage to find some amusement.
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Speaker 6: I imagine I will, sooner or later.
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Speaker 5: Well, Sally, is being married to a murderer beginning to
18:53
Speaker 5: bore you? But as Rick says, I imagine you'll find
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Speaker 5: some amusement. even if it's only with Tommy Melvin.
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Speaker 6: I need a drink. Come on, Tommy, buy me one.
19:04
Speaker 6: Where's Rick? He's at an art dealer's. He'll be along.
19:06
Speaker 6: Sometimes I think he loves that painting better than me.
19:09
Speaker 6: Let's have zombies, huh? That's pretty strong. I like strong things,
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Speaker 6: exciting things. You're bored, aren't you? A little.
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Speaker 2: Not very happy with Rick, are you?
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Speaker 6: Not very.
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Speaker 4: It's none of my business, of course, but why did
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Speaker 4: you marry him?
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Speaker 3: He's hardly your type.
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Speaker 6: Marrying Rick was the biggest thrill I've ever had.
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Speaker 4: You'd do anything for a thrill, wouldn't you?
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Speaker 2: I like that.
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Speaker 6: I bore easily, Tommy, and I don't like being bored.
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Speaker 6: I want to feel everything I can, every emotion, every
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Speaker 6: experience I can crowd into my life, good and evil.
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Speaker 6: You're without conscience, Sally.
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Speaker 3: You could do anything and not look back.
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Speaker 6: I like that, too. Thanks. But I don't quite see
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Speaker 6: your marrying Rick in that light. I didn't think you would.
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Speaker 3: You could leave him, you know. I'm going to New
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Speaker 3: York next week, and you could come along, Sally.
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Speaker 2: I'd like to have you.
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Speaker 6: Thanks, Tommy.
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Speaker 3: You're sweet.
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Speaker 6: It might be fun. Give me some time to think
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Speaker 6: it over. I'll let you know.
20:08
Speaker 3: Tomorrow? All right.
20:10
Speaker 6: Here comes Rick. You'd better leave. Oh, Tommy, here's a nickel.
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Speaker 6: Drop it in the jukebox, will you? Number 17. Sure.
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Speaker 4: You won't forget, Sally.
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Speaker 6: No, no. I'll call you in the morning. Hello, darling.
20:23
Speaker 6: I've been waiting for you.
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Speaker 4: So I see. But not alone.
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Speaker 6: Rick, you're not jealous of Tommy.
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Speaker 4: No, no, I guess not.
20:33
Speaker 6: You have a drink?
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Speaker 4: No.
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Speaker 7: Sally, listen, I've got to talk to you. We've got
20:37
Speaker 7: to come to some understanding. I found my painting on
20:41
Speaker 7: the back porch this morning. The fog might have ruined it.
20:45
Speaker 7: That painting is great. It will hang in the Metropolitan.
20:48
Speaker 7: It's more important than my life, Sally. Remember that.
20:51
Speaker 6: I'm sorry. You're so morose lately, dear. What's wrong?
20:55
Speaker 3: I don't like it, Sally.
20:56
Speaker 6: What?
20:57
Speaker 7: I don't see you anymore. You're never home. You're always
20:59
Speaker 7: here or out with that Tommy Melvin. And when we
21:02
Speaker 7: are together, you ask questions like... How does the tide
21:05
Speaker 7: sound at two in the morning, or you wonder what
21:07
Speaker 7: that murderer in San Mateo feels, and you watch me.
21:10
Speaker 7: When we pass Marine's old apartment house, when I hear
21:13
Speaker 7: a police siren in the street, you watch me.
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Speaker 3: You watch me and watch me. I don't like it.
21:18
Speaker 6: How suspicious you are.
21:19
Speaker 3: I'm not kidding, Sally.
21:21
Speaker 7: I've walked around and around the streets, making up my mind,
21:24
Speaker 7: and now I'm determined to say it out.
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Speaker 3: You married me for the thrill of marrying a murderer,
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Speaker 3: nothing more. Isn't that true?
21:30
Speaker 6: Hold your voice down. Rick, I think you're afraid of me.
21:35
Speaker 3: Maybe I am.
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Speaker 6: You needn't worry. I won't tell the police. I'm your wife, remember?
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Speaker 7: That's not what I'm afraid of.
21:43
Speaker 6: What then? Perhaps you'd like to push me off a
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Speaker 6: cliff too, but you can't do it. You love me
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Speaker 6: far too much to hurt me.
21:52
Speaker 3: You're right.
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Speaker 4: Lord, how I wish I didn't.
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Speaker 6: I don't mind. Let's go to dinner, darling. Down at
22:00
Speaker 6: the beach. I want you to take me to that
22:02
Speaker 6: fish place down on the cliff near the rocks, huh?
22:05
Speaker 3: Sally, you know I don't want to go there.
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Speaker 6: Why not? Because you took Maureen there that last night? Rick,
22:11
Speaker 6: you must get over that silly fear. Besides, I want
22:15
Speaker 6: to go there. We'll have dinner and then I... I
22:19
Speaker 6: want to take a walk along the beach. I love
22:22
Speaker 6: the sound of the surf at night. Don't you, Rick?
22:39
Speaker 5: There's something strange here, Rick. Something very strange. You sense it, too,
22:44
Speaker 5: as you sit opposite her at dinner. Just like you
22:47
Speaker 5: sat opposite Maureen that night. Only there are things you
22:50
Speaker 5: don't notice. Like those pills she slipped into your coffee cup.
22:53
Speaker 5: And when you leave and start walking down the beach,
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Speaker 5: you aren't really aware of where you are.
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Speaker 3: Sally. Sally, slow up. I can't seem to keep up
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Speaker 3: with you.
23:08
Speaker 6: Come on, dear. We're almost there.
23:10
Speaker 3: I feel sort of strained.
23:13
Speaker 4: I don't understand.
23:14
Speaker 3: Sort of sleepy and tired, huh?
23:17
Speaker 6: Come on, Rick.
23:18
Speaker 3: Here.
23:19
Speaker 6: Here, give me your hand. There. Now, sit right over here.
23:23
Speaker 3: Where, Sally? Where are we? I.
23:27
Speaker 3: This place seems familiar, but I can't... Of.
23:29
Speaker 6: Course it's familiar, Rick. Down below there are the rocks.
23:33
Speaker 4: The rocks?
23:35
Speaker 3: Sally, why did you come here?
23:36
Speaker 6: No particular reason. I like the moonlight on the rocks.
23:39
Speaker 3: There's no moonlight. It's foggy.
23:41
Speaker 6: Never mind. I like it here.
23:42
Speaker 4: I don't.
23:44
Speaker 6: What's the matter, dear? Does your conscience bother you? I
23:48
Speaker 6: thought hardened murderers got over that. Are you afraid, Rick?
23:53
Speaker 7: I don't know.
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Speaker 3: I can't seem to think. I'm tired, but I think
23:59
Speaker 3: I'm afraid.
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Speaker 5: Yes.
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Speaker 6: You'd like to push me off, wouldn't you? To see
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Speaker 6: my body on the rocks down there with the tide
24:05
Speaker 6: reaching for my hair as it did for Marines. But
24:07
Speaker 6: it won't work twice, Rick. You know that. And besides,
24:10
Speaker 6: you love me too much.
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Speaker 3: Sally, what are you doing? Let's get away from here.
24:14
Speaker 6: Wait, I want to tell you something.
24:16
Speaker 3: Let go of my elbow.
24:16
Speaker 6: I'll tell you first. I'm going to leave you, Rick.
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Speaker 6: I'm going to New York with Tommy Melvin. What? But
24:22
Speaker 6: you won't care, Rick. Because you see, I'm not going
24:24
Speaker 6: to fall off this cliff tonight, Rick. But you are.
24:28
Speaker 6: You were right. I married you only for the thrill
24:31
Speaker 6: of being married to a murderer.
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Speaker 3: Sally, what are you saying?
24:34
Speaker 6: But that's a thrill that paled very easily. Murder itself
24:37
Speaker 6: will be a much bigger one.
24:38
Speaker 3: Are you crazy? Do you think I'll let you push
24:40
Speaker 3: me over the.
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Speaker 6: You can't stop me, Rick. You see, you can't even
24:42
Speaker 6: stand up without weaving. You won't be able to lift
24:45
Speaker 6: a finger to stop me. I put your own sleeping
24:47
Speaker 6: powders in your coffee. It's nothing a doctor will turn up,
24:50
Speaker 6: but it's enough.
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Speaker 3: Sally, you can't get away with it.
24:52
Speaker 6: Why not, Rick? They'll say your conscience bothered you. that
24:55
Speaker 6: you returned to the scene of your crime and killed yourself.
24:58
Speaker 6: It will be very neat. You weren't a very good killer.
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Speaker 6: I'll be a much better one. No, Sally, in God's name. Goodbye,
25:04
Speaker 6: my darling. You'll be with your green-eyed love in the
25:07
Speaker 6: water and I shall be free of you both.
25:08
Speaker 7: Let go of my arm.
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Speaker 6: It was fun, but you were afraid. You won't be
25:12
Speaker 6: afraid anymore, Rick.
25:13
Speaker 3: Sally, Sally, stop.
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Speaker 7: Sally!
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Speaker 3: Goodbye, Rick.
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Speaker 6: Goodbye.
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Speaker 3: Goodbye.
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Speaker 2: But that's not all of this strange story. In a moment,
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Speaker 4: And now, back to the whistler.
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Speaker 5: Yes, Sally got her biggest thrill at last. She gave
27:15
Speaker 5: Rick sleeping powders and pushed him over the cliff But
27:17
Speaker 5: then something went wrong. For a girl who had committed
27:21
Speaker 5: murder for a thrill, she suddenly lost her nerve. It
27:24
Speaker 5: was only a little light from a Coast Guard boat,
27:26
Speaker 5: but it sent her running along the cliff, slipping, sliding,
27:29
Speaker 5: taking the wrong turns, and finally.
27:34
Speaker 5: Yes, over she went.
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Speaker 4: They found her body next morning.
27:38
Speaker 5: Rick told them where to look.
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Speaker 3: Yes, Rick.
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Speaker 5: He didn't die. He was only injured on the rocks.
27:44
Speaker 5: It was Sally who died, by her own hand, you
27:47
Speaker 5: might say. But the police didn't see it that way.
27:50
Speaker 5: They didn't know Sally was the girl Rick loved too
27:53
Speaker 5: much to kill. So they said she was pushed. Twice
27:56
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27:59
Speaker 5: change of address. Only just before he left, a strange
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Speaker 5: thing happened. The committee from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
28:07
Speaker 5: came to see his paintings.
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Speaker 4: An accident.
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Speaker 5: Someone had been a little careless with some paint remover.
28:17
Speaker 5: The girl in the picture had no nose, and you
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Speaker 5: couldn't tell if her eyes had been blue or green.
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Speaker 5: Sally might have known, but then the rocks don't tell
28:27
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