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Rub Down And Out · Suspense

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Speaker 1: And the producer of radio's outstanding theater of thrills, the
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Speaker 1: master of mystery and adventure, William N.
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Speaker 2: Robson.
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Speaker 3: A person with murder on his mind and a reasonable
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Speaker 3: amount of do-it-yourself resourcefulness should never lack for the means
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Speaker 3: of mayhem. There are always knives in the kitchen, blunt
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Speaker 3: instruments in the workshop, and of course the.
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Speaker 2: Family car in the garage.
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Speaker 4: Although it has never been the avowed.
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Speaker 3: Intention of suspense to teach the fundamentals of homicide, we
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Speaker 3: are not above a delicious chill of discovery.
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Speaker 2: When we come upon a new and unique murder.
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Speaker 3: Weapon, and we feel an obsessive compulsion to share it
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Speaker 3: with our listeners. Around such a modus operandi, our story revolves. Listen,
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Speaker 3: listen then as Lloyd Bridges stars in Rub Down and Out,
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Speaker 3: which begins in.
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Speaker 2: Just a moment.
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Speaker 1: In what form can an act of military heroism be acknowledged?
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Speaker 1: In one example, the form is a rectangular blue ribbon
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Speaker 1: set in a gold-colored metal frame of laurel leaves, worn
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Speaker 1: centered over the right breast pocket of the uniform. A
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Speaker 1: bronze oak leaf cluster may be affixed to the ribbon
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Speaker 1: for each subsequent award of the same decoration. This is
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Speaker 1: the emblem of the Distinguished Unit Citation. awarded to units
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Speaker 1: of our armed forces and those of our allies for
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Speaker 1: extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy. One of
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Speaker 1: America's newer military decorations, it is designated to recognize activity
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Speaker 1: on or after December 7, 1941. The Distinguished Unit Campaign
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Speaker 1: Streamer is blue, with the name of the cited action
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Speaker 1: embroidered in white. To be eligible for this citation, the
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Speaker 1: degree of heroism required is the same as that which,
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Speaker 1: in an individual, would warrant the presentation of our second
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Speaker 1: highest award for valor, the Distinguished Service Cross. The Distinguished
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Speaker 1: Unit emblem may be worn permanently by all those involved
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Speaker 1: in the cited action, but for those individuals joining the
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Speaker 1: unit later, the emblem may be worn only for the
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Speaker 1: duration of their assignment. Both as individuals and as members
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Speaker 1: of military units, America's servicemen have proved themselves worthy of
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Speaker 1: medals and worthy of admiration by their countrymen.
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Speaker 5: And now, Rub Down and Out, starring Lloyd Bridges. A
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Speaker 5: well-calculated to keep you in suspense.
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Speaker 2: You'd think that Southern California would be the last place
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Speaker 2: where a health club would pay off. With all that
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Speaker 2: fresh air and sunshine. There's always guys who want to
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Speaker 2: put on muscles and dames who want to put on pounds.
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Speaker 2: My little enterprise on the Sunset Strip was paying off
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Speaker 2: real good. Zach's son set out to the other corner.
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Speaker 2: Of course, you get all kinds of trade in the strip.
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Speaker 2: Legitimate and the other kind. Big Willie Spang was one
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Speaker 2: of the other kind. A log tug, but loaded. Big
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Speaker 2: Willie was known around town as a promoter. But nobody
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Speaker 2: seemed to know what he promoted. He used to come
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Speaker 2: in every Friday night around 7 for a sweat in
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Speaker 2: the steam room and a rubdown just before he left
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Speaker 2: for the fights. That's how I found out at least
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Speaker 2: one thing that big Willie had promoted. A beautiful wife.
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Speaker 1: Pardon me.
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Speaker 6: Yeah?
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Speaker 2: What can I do for you? Is Mr. Spang through yet?
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Speaker 2: I think he is. He ought to be out any
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Speaker 2: minute now, Miss... Mrs. Spang. Oh, Mrs. Spang. My name
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Speaker 2: is Zach Weston. It's nice meeting you. Well, thank you.
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Speaker 4: Oh, here he is now.
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Speaker 2: Ah, Josie.
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Speaker 7: There you are. Hey, Zach, this is my wife, Josie.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, we just met.
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Speaker 7: This is Zach's partner, Josie. This is Frankie Schatz.
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Speaker 2: Hello. Hello, Mrs.
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Speaker 7: Frank. Glad to know you.
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Speaker 4: Hey, Zach, I gave.
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Speaker 7: Frankie some tips, boy. You bet him, I say. You
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Speaker 7: make a few bucks, huh? Make yourselves a million. We
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Speaker 7: appreciate it, Big Willie.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, you ought to.
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Speaker 7: That's good advice.
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Speaker 4: Well, let's go, Josie.
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Speaker 7: I don't want to be late. Good car tonight. Got
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Speaker 7: a kid in the second spot.
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Speaker 5: Gonna win it.
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Speaker 7: You bet on him, boys. You bet like a turd
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Speaker 7: and you'll make a buck.
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Speaker 4: Come on, Josie.
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Speaker 7: See you guys.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, good night.
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Speaker 7: Good night, folks.
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Speaker 2: Am I seeing things? Oh, you got 20-20 vision, kid.
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Speaker 2: That was for real.
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Speaker 7: Ooh, Papa, buy me something like that.
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Speaker 2: Class, Frankie. Class. What does it take?
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Speaker 7: I'm 5'10, with an electric personality.
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Speaker 2: And a thin wallet.
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Speaker 4: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Look, Zack, let's get rich, huh? Let's make a buck
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Speaker 2: like Big Willie says.
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Speaker 1: Let's make a billion and get something like that, one
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Speaker 1: for each of us, just like Big Willie.
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Speaker 2: I didn't tell Frankie, but I didn't think it would
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Speaker 2: take a million. It wasn't what she said. She hadn't
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Speaker 2: said anything, really. It was just the way she looked
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Speaker 2: at me. The kind of a look that tells you
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Speaker 2: this is a beginning. Kind of a look to tell
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Speaker 2: you the phone will be ringing soon. Tomorrow, next day,
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Speaker 2: as soon as possible. Hello?
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Speaker 7: Is this Zach? Uh-huh. This is Mrs.
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Speaker 2: Spang, Zach. Yeah. Yeah, I know Mrs. Spang. Big Willie
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Speaker 2: talks about you all the time.
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Speaker 4: You've done wonders for him.
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Speaker 2: Oh? Well, I'm glad he thinks so.
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Speaker 7: Zach?
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Speaker 2: Zach? How about doing something for my muscles? Well, I'd
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Speaker 2: say your muscles are fine, just the way they are, Mrs. Spang.
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Speaker 5: Well, you do advertise for men and women, don't you?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's right. Well, then, can I make an appointment? Well,
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Speaker 2: when would it be convenient for you, Mrs. Spang? Wednesday afternoon,
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Speaker 2: about three. All right. That'll be fine, Mrs. Spang. Oh, Zach,
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Speaker 2: why not forget the missus? I feel I've known you.
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Speaker 5: A long time.
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Speaker 2: To my husband. Wednesday afternoon at three. For your workout, Mrs. Spang. Wednesday,
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Speaker 2: she showed up at three. Frankie had taken the afternoon
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Speaker 2: off and the place was empty except for Benny, the
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Speaker 2: lunch-drunk fighter who helped out around the joint. Hey, Benny.
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Speaker 7: Benny?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, Zach, yeah. Hey, she.
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Speaker 7: You see that, Zach? I'm getting good, aren't you?
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Speaker 2: Hey, maybe one of these days, huh, Zach? Yeah, yeah, yeah, Benny.
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Speaker 2: One of these days, you'll be back in the ring. Hey,
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Speaker 2: who are you on, Zach? Uh, Jim. I want to
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Speaker 2: use the gym. You go back and rinse out the
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Speaker 2: steam room. Five, Benny. Take five. Oh, sure, Zach. Hey,
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Speaker 2: you bet. I'll take five.
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Speaker 7: Rinse it out.
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Speaker 2: You bet. Yeah.
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Speaker 1: Well, Zach, you all ready for me?
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Speaker 2: All set.
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Speaker 4: How do we begin?
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Speaker 2: Well, I think we'll start off your first day kind
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Speaker 2: of light. It's not good to exert yourself too much
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Speaker 2: the first day. Let's try this horse first, huh? Can
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Speaker 2: you get up on it? Oh, sure, little Harold. Here,
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Speaker 2: use my hands for a step.
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Speaker 4: Okay.
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Speaker 2: Oh, I'm falling. The kiss wasn't soft. It was hard
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Speaker 2: and demanding. It was a kiss that yelled hunger. She
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Speaker 2: held on to me like she was fighting for her life. Finally,
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Speaker 2: I broke away from her and she looked up at
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Speaker 2: me as if she were really surprised. Is that a
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Speaker 2: regular part of the course? That's a part of it
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Speaker 2: you bought, isn't it? What else can you teach me? Mrs. Spang,
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Speaker 2: I've suddenly noticed that your muscles are in good condition.
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Speaker 2: They're fine. We can't do a thing for you. All right.
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Speaker 2: Send me a bill. No, you're not satisfied. My clients
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Speaker 2: never pay when they're not satisfied. Thursday went by, then Friday. Finally,
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Speaker 2: Saturday afternoon, she called. Big Willie was out of town
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Speaker 2: for a few days, she said. At seven, she picked
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Speaker 2: me up at the joint in their red convertible, and
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Speaker 2: a little after eight, we were eating lobster in a
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Speaker 2: quiet place on the beach near Malibu. What is it, Zach?
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Speaker 7: What's what?
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Speaker 4: What is it about you?
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Speaker 2: What is it with the way you look at me
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Speaker 2: and the way I look at you? It's a fire, Joyce.
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Speaker 2: A fire that never should have been started. Well, how
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Speaker 2: do we put it out? I don't think we do. Oh,
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Speaker 2: say nice things to me, Zach. You're another man's wife?
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Speaker 2: He's not a man, he's a... Oh, I hate him, Zach.
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Speaker 2: You know it's possible for a woman to hate a
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Speaker 2: man she's married to? You made a promise, Melinda. People
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Speaker 2: who are desperate make all kinds of promises. Oh, I've
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Speaker 2: honored him and I've obeyed him. But I broke my
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Speaker 2: promise to love him.
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Speaker 4: Zach, tell me what you want to hear, please.
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Speaker 2: You want me to say I love you? I love you. Wrong?
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Speaker 2: Of course it was wrong. But a thing like this
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Speaker 2: doesn't end in just one night. There were other nights
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Speaker 2: when Willie had to leave town because of the boys
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Speaker 2: from back east. We found ourselves taking long drives along
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Speaker 2: the coast. Then when the heat was off and he
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Speaker 2: came back... we couldn't see each other. I was like
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Speaker 2: a caged animal waiting. I couldn't call her when he
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Speaker 2: was in town. She had to call me. Hello? Oh, Zach. Listen, Zach,
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Speaker 2: I've got to talk to you. What's the matter? Well,
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Speaker 2: I can't tell you over the phone.
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Speaker 7: I think he knows, Zach.
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Speaker 2: I think he knows about us, and I've got to talk.
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Speaker 2: All right, where? I'll pick you up in front of the.
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Speaker 4: Signboard at Sunset and Doheny.
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Speaker 2: Eight o'clock.
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Speaker 5: Okay.
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Speaker 2: I'll drive the sedan. All right, I'll be there. Eight
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Speaker 2: o'clock came fast. I planted myself in front of the
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Speaker 2: signboard and waited. A little after eight, the big sedan
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Speaker 2: pulled up next to the curb. I walked over.
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Speaker 7: Hey, Weston.
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Speaker 2: What is this? Get in the car before I blow
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Speaker 2: your head off.
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Speaker 5: In a moment, we continue with the second act of.
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Speaker 4: Suspense.
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Speaker 6: I have never read a collection of American folklore which
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Speaker 6: had a section devoted solely to the downtrodden commuter.
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Speaker 2: But there should be.
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Speaker 6: There are legends galore about the miseries of these poor folk.
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Speaker 6: For example, there was this train in Idaho that was
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Speaker 6: a mite slow. Once an impatient passenger asked the conductor
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Speaker 6: why the train had stopped.
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Speaker 2: There's a cow on the track, he said. We have
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Speaker 2: to chase her away. A little later, when the train
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Speaker 2: stopped again, the passenger roared, Now what's wrong?
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Speaker 7: Oh, said the conductor serenely.
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Speaker 2: We just caught up with that cow again.
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Speaker 6: Folklore belongs to every nation's legendary past. And I guess
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Speaker 6: we Americans have our share of some good ones.
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Speaker 4: Like the one about.
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Speaker 6: Oh, but we'll have to save that one for the
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Speaker 6: next time we travel your way.
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Speaker 2: See you then.
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Speaker 5: And now.
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Speaker 4: Starring Lloyd Bridges.
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Speaker 5: Act Two of Rub Down and Out.
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Speaker 2: Nobody said anything. This big moose in the back held
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Speaker 2: a gun on me, and the little guy in the
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Speaker 2: front seat drove out sunset, then up Beverly Drive and
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Speaker 2: on into the hill near Franklin Reservoir, where there aren't
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Speaker 2: any houses, and there aren't any lights, and no traffic.
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Speaker 7: All right, get out.
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Speaker 2: Go on, get out. Will you tell me what this
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Speaker 2: is all about? Some advice, Mr. Weston. We've been asked
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Speaker 2: by a friend to pass on some friendly advice.
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Speaker 7: What friend?
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Speaker 2: Don't you know, Mr. Weston? A friend who thinks you're
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Speaker 2: a homewrecker. A homewrecker? Oh, you have very bad manners, Mr. Weston.
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Speaker 2: But you know it's impolite to interrupt while I'm giving
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Speaker 2: you such important advice, Mr. Weston. Oh, no, wait a minute.
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Speaker 2: Just a second. My friend Henry, he hates homewreckers too,
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Speaker 2: don't you, Henry? Yeah, I sure do. What's the matter, Mr.
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Speaker 2: Muscle Man? Can't you take it? Double-cross me, double-cross me. Oh,
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Speaker 2: that's a very bad thing to say about my friend's wife.
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Speaker 2: Very bad. Oh, please. Ah, you wanting to go around
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Speaker 2: wrecking homes, Mr. Weston? You can get into a lot
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Speaker 2: of trouble. All right, hold it, Henry. Oh, I hate
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Speaker 2: home wreckers, Opal. Well, sure you do.
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Speaker 5: Just once more.
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Speaker 4: All right, Henry.
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Speaker 2: That's enough, I said. I think Mr. Weston gets the point.
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Speaker 4: You can get.
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Speaker 2: Over cuts and bruises and internal injuries... But can you
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Speaker 2: get over a double-cross in a day? Well, you can
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Speaker 2: bet that I was going to try. The next night
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Speaker 2: was Friday, and Big Willie came in on a dot
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Speaker 2: of seven. He got his steam and his rubdown and left,
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Speaker 2: acting just the same as he always did. I thought
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Speaker 2: that I'd dreamt it all up, except for my split
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Speaker 2: lip and the mouse under my eye. Then the phone rang,
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Speaker 2: and I was sure that it had happened.
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Speaker 3: Hello?
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Speaker 2: Hello? Well, what do you care? Oh, Zach, honey, baby, darling,
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Speaker 2: listen to me. He made me do it. Yeah? You
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Speaker 2: think it was me, don't you? Well, what am I
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Speaker 2: supposed to think? No, it was him, Zach. He made
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Speaker 2: me call you. There was nothing I could do.
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Speaker 7: He was acting so crazy.
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Speaker 2: Well, I can't say that. Blame him. This whole thing
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Speaker 2: was wrong from the beginning. Never should have happened. Oh, Zach, darling,
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Speaker 2: that isn't true.
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Speaker 5: We've done nothing wrong.
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Speaker 2: We haven't. Oh, no, no, darling, because... Because I love you.
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Speaker 2: Did you hear me, Zach? Yeah. Yeah, I heard you.
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Speaker 2: I've got to see you, darling. I've got to see
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Speaker 2: you tonight. Yeah, what happens tonight? Do I get the
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Speaker 2: rest of my teeth kicked in? Oh, Zach, darling, you've
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Speaker 2: got to believe me. I just can't go on living.
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Speaker 7: With him any longer.
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Speaker 2: All right, all right, Joyce. Pick me up at sunset
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Speaker 2: and I'll see you again. There was no use. I
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Speaker 2: couldn't get away from her. Just the sound of her voice,
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Speaker 2: and I was a goner. I told her that. Parked
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Speaker 2: on the Palisades, looking out over the moonlit ocean. I
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Speaker 2: just can't stand him, Zach. I can't stand him a
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Speaker 2: minute longer. He was in the night, same as usual. Sure.
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Speaker 2: He'll keep coming back.
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Speaker 7: Why?
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Speaker 2: He hates my guts. He gets his kicks that way.
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Speaker 5: He's making fun of you, Zach.
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Speaker 2: He scared you and he wants to keep on scaring you. No,
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Speaker 2: I don't scare easy. He hates you. Do you hate him? Honey,
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Speaker 2: you know I do. Enough to kill him? What?
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Speaker 4: For me?
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Speaker 2: For us? Yeah. Yeah. When? When will you kill him? Oh, Joyce. Oh. Look,
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Speaker 2: I do a thing like that.
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Speaker 1: Make it look like an accident.
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Speaker 2: Like an accident? Uh-huh. Oh, baby.
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Speaker 6: Look, I.
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Speaker 2: I don't know. Let me think about it. Maybe I
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Speaker 2: can figure out something. Oh, Zach.
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Speaker 4: Oh, baby.
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Speaker 2: What would have happened to me if I hadn't found you?
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Speaker 3: Oh.
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Speaker 5: In a moment, we continue with the third act of Suspense.
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Speaker 4: Memo on Medals.
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Speaker 6: Information about our military awards and decorations. Service medals are
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Speaker 6: given for honorable performance by military personnel in specified geographical
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Speaker 6: areas between specified dates. Unit decorations are those awarded.
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Speaker 1: To sighted units of the armed forces for exceptional performance
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Speaker 1: in armed conflict. In most cases, they are worn centered
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Speaker 1: immediately above the right breast pocket, while individual decorations and
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Speaker 1: service medals are worn over the left breast pocket. Many
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Speaker 1: American awards and decorations may be presented to people of
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Speaker 1: other countries, but not the Purple Heart. This distinguished and
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Speaker 1: cherished medal was first conceived by George Washington during the
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Speaker 1: Revolutionary War, the purpose being to demonstrate, in his own words,
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Speaker 1: that the road to glory in a patriot army and
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Speaker 1: free country is open to all. Awarding of the Purple
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Speaker 1: Heart was discontinued after the Revolutionary War until it was
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Speaker 1: revived in 1932 as a memorial to our first president
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Speaker 1: on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of his birth.
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Speaker 1: As recognition for special acts of public service, medals are
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Speaker 1: among the most coveted of all awards.
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Speaker 4: And now, starring Lloyd Bridges, Act Three of Rub down
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Speaker 4: and out. What are you going to do? Well, abroad
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Speaker 4: like that, you do anything.
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Speaker 2: Only murder is something that you don't commit every.
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Speaker 5: Day of the week.
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Speaker 2: Takes a little thought, a little planning. I was an amateur.
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Speaker 2: And one night, I got the answer in a hot flash.
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Speaker 2: I was sitting all alone in the steam room after
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Speaker 2: hours trying to figure out a way to kill Big
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Speaker 2: Willie when I suddenly realized that it was hot. Too hot.
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Speaker 2: The steam burned my nostrils, and I was so weak
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Speaker 2: that I hardly made the door.
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Speaker 7: Benny.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, Benny.
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Speaker 7: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Hey, were you monkeying with that steam valve?
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Speaker 7: Oh, yeah.
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Speaker 2: I turned out full.
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Speaker 7: The room's down.
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Speaker 2: Oh, boy. You nearly cooked me. Cooked me.
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Speaker 7: Yeah.
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Speaker 2: Sure. There was only one door to the steam room.
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Speaker 2: It was big, heavy. And it locked from the outside.
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Speaker 2: And tomorrow was Friday. Big Willie's night for a steamboat. bath.
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Speaker 2: The next morning, Joyce called. I knew she would. She
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Speaker 2: called every day now with the same question. You got
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Speaker 2: an idea yet? Yes, I have, honey. At last. What
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Speaker 2: is it? I'll tell you when I see you after
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Speaker 2: the inquest. Are you sure it'll work? It can't miss.
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Speaker 2: Are you scared? Not with you in my corner, baby.
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Speaker 2: That's where I'm going to be, honey, from now on. Scared? Yeah,
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Speaker 2: sure I was scared. I wasn't going to let on.
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Speaker 2: There are a lot of things that can louse it up.
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Speaker 2: But as the day dragged on, everything worked out my way.
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Speaker 2: Frankie had a date, so he was leaving early. Benny
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Speaker 2: wanted to go to the fights. Finally, I had only
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Speaker 2: one last worry. Maybe Big Willie wouldn't show up at all.
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Speaker 2: But he did. right on the dot of seven. I
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Speaker 2: told him that Benny had taken care of him. He
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Speaker 2: grunted at me and showed me his cigar-stained teeth. Twenty
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Speaker 2: minutes passed, and I heard Benny in the locker room.
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Speaker 2: Big Willie was taking a steam bath.
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Speaker 7: Benny?
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Speaker 2: Yeah?
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Speaker 4: Uh, I'll go take care of Big Willie.
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Speaker 2: You take off, kid, huh? Go to the fights?
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Speaker 7: Yeah.
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Speaker 4: Hey, hey, tyke, tyke, tyke.
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Speaker 2: Then I walked across the gym and stepped up into
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Speaker 2: the steam room. Big Willie was sitting on the tile ramp.
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Speaker 2: A big towel wrapped around his middle. How you doing, Willie? Oh,
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Speaker 2: we're not speaking, huh?
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Speaker 7: I got nothing to say.
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Speaker 2: No, I got plenty to say to you. Now sit down.
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Speaker 7: Who do you think you're pushing around? Shut up and listen.
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Speaker 7: Maybe you've got a short memory. Maybe you forgot what
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Speaker 7: happened to you the other night.
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Speaker 2: I remember.
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Speaker 7: Maybe you're sucking around for some more of the same.
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Speaker 2: You know, Big Willie, you don't look so hot. All
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Speaker 2: wrapped up in a wet towel. No wonder she hates
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Speaker 2: your guts. I'm getting out of here.
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Speaker 5: I don't have to listen to this.
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Speaker 2: You ain't going anywhere, Big Willie, ever again. This is
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Speaker 2: your last stop. Benny!
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Speaker 7: Benny! Don't do any good, Willie.
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Speaker 2: There's nobody out there. Just you and me. You got
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Speaker 2: nobody to back you up now. And I don't need anybody.
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Speaker 2: How you like that, Willie, huh?
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Speaker 7: Why, you... Uh-uh, Willie!
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Speaker 2: You're out of condition, fat man.
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Speaker 6: Yes.
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Speaker 7: Oh, whatever. Now, whatever it's like. Let me tell you something.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, well, make it fast.
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Speaker 4: You ain't the first.
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Speaker 2: What do you mean?
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Speaker 7: With her. And you won't be the last either. With that,
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Speaker 7: you'll get another one. Now, listen. Listen, I tell you,
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Speaker 7: she ain't worth it. But if you want her, you
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Speaker 7: can have her.
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Speaker 2: Well, that's really generous of you, Willie.
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Speaker 7: But you won't keep her long.
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Speaker 2: You are a rat, aren't you?
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Speaker 7: A dirty, miserable rat.
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Speaker 2: No.
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Speaker 7: No, please.
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Speaker 2: No more. No more. You can take your steam bath now,
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Speaker 2: will you? A nice long one. In private. Hey, what the... Hello? Zach. Zach,
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Speaker 2: don't do it. What? Don't do it, Zach.
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Speaker 7: It's done.
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Speaker 2: He's in the steam room now. You can hear him screaming.
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Speaker 5: Oh, let him out, Zach.
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Speaker 2: The police.
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Speaker 3: Police?
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Speaker 2: Yes, they were here looking for him. Why? I don't know,
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Speaker 2: but they wanted to know where he was, and I
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Speaker 2: told them. You told them? Well, I had to. Zach,
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Speaker 2: I just think you do it so soon. I didn't
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Speaker 2: want you to get in trouble. Oh, Zach, don't do
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Speaker 2: it so soon.
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Speaker 7: I'll talk to you later. Yeah, Willie. Yeah, just a minute,
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Speaker 7: Willie boy.
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Speaker 2: Oh, no.
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Speaker 7: It's stuck.
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Speaker 2: The valve's stuck. Just a minute, Willie.
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Speaker 7: Just a minute.
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Speaker 2: I'll open the door, Willie. It's locked. It's locked. The
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Speaker 2: lock sprung when I closed it.
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Speaker 7: Put him in, Big Willie. Now, wait. The key must
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Speaker 7: be here somewhere.
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Speaker 2: Oh, no, the key, the key.
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Speaker 7: I've got to find that key. Is this the key
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Speaker 7: you're looking for, Weston?
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Speaker 2: What?
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Speaker 7: Police Lieutenant Arnold.
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Speaker 4: Here, Sergeant.
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Speaker 7: Unlock the door. Willie was still alive.
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Speaker 2: When they got him out of the steeple.
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Speaker 4: So they put him away for a long, long time.
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Speaker 2: Pawn, of all things, income tax evasion. After the judge
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Speaker 2: heard my story, I ended up with one to two
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Speaker 2: years for assault with a deadly weapon. Sentence suspended. I
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Speaker 2: bet it's the first time that a steam room was
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Speaker 2: ever called a deadly weapon. Joyce? Well, Big Willie was
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Speaker 2: right about her. I hear she's in Chicago now with
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Speaker 2: one of the boys from back east. I guess they
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Speaker 2: had more than one reason for wanting to get rid
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Speaker 2: of Big Willie. When I stop to think of it,
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Speaker 2: in a way, I can't blame them. Suspense.
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Speaker 4: In which Lloyd Bridges starred in William N. Robeson's production
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Speaker 4: of Rub Down and Out by Richard George Pettichini. Supporting
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Speaker 4: Lloyd Bridges in Rub Down and Out were Tracy Roberts,
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Speaker 4: William Conrad, Ed Marr, and Jack Crucian.
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Speaker 2: Listen.
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Speaker 5: Listen again next week when we return with another tale
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Speaker 5: well calculated to keep you in suspense.