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The Shadow - "The Killers Rendezvous" (Old Time Radio) · The Shadow | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: On December 15th, 1940, Mutual Broadcasting System carried episode 206
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  Speaker 1: of The Shadow, sponsored by Blue Coal. In The Killer's Rendezvous,
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  Speaker 1: Lamont Cranston and Margot Lane are passengers aboard a commercial
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  Speaker 1: flight forced down by a storm. Their unplanned stop at
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  Speaker 1: a roadside inn brings them among stranded travelers, a gunshot,
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  Speaker 1: a dead man, and a stolen case of jewels. Cranston
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  Speaker 1: begins following the clues behind the affair. William Johnstone stars
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  Speaker 1: as Lamont Cranston and the Shadow, with Marjorie Anderson as
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  Speaker 1: Margot Lane, in a script by Jerry Devine. And now,
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  Speaker 1: we return to the original broadcast.
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  Speaker 2: Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
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  Speaker 2: The Shadow knows.
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  Speaker 3: .
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  Speaker 2: .
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  Speaker 4: The shadow, a mysterious character who aids the forces
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  Speaker 4: of law and order, is in reality Lamont Cranston, a
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  Speaker 4: wealthy young man about town. As the shadow, Cranston is
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  Speaker 4: gifted with hypnotic power to cloud men's minds so that
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  Speaker 4: they cannot see. Cranston's friend and companion, the lovely Margot Lane,
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  Speaker 4: is the only person who knows to whom the voice
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  Speaker 4: of the invisible shadow belongs.
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  Speaker 5: Today's story, The Killer's Rendezvous.
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  Speaker 6: The Killer's Rendezvous.
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  Speaker 4: We find Margo and Lamont flying westward high above the
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  Speaker 4: clouds in a silver-winged passenger plane.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, dear.
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  Speaker 5: Bored, Margo?
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  Speaker 6: Oh, no. No, not at all, Lamont.
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  Speaker 5: Perhaps you'd like to play a little game.
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  Speaker 7: You mean cards? No, just the pastime that I've been
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  Speaker 7: indulging in for the last 15 minutes. Well, what is it, Lamont? Well,
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  Speaker 7: it has to do with our fellow passengers.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, good.
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  Speaker 8: Sounds interesting.
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  Speaker 7: I've been watching their mannerisms and behavior, trying to guess
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  Speaker 7: just what sort of persons they are and what they do.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, that sounds like fun.
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  Speaker 6: Well, what have you discovered so far?
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  Speaker 7: Well, my number one exhibit is that tall, heavyset chap
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  Speaker 7: sitting just across the aisle. How would you classify him, Margo?
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  Speaker 9: Oh, now, that's not fair, Lamont.
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  Speaker 4: You've got a head start.
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  Speaker 6: Well, tell me your deduction.
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  Speaker 7: All right. He's a graduate of State University, class of 32.
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  Speaker 5: He's married, has.
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  Speaker 7: Two children, and he sells jewelry, precious gems.
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  Speaker 4: Now, just a minute, Mr.
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  Speaker 9: Holmes.
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  Speaker 6: How did you find all that out?
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  Speaker 5: Oh, very simple, my dear Watson.
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  Speaker 7: In fact, elementary. Oh, please, Lamont.
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  Speaker 6: Tell me, how did you learn all that?
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  Speaker 10: Why should I divulge my secrets of the trade?
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  Speaker 8: Oh, now, stop it.
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  Speaker 7: Come on, Lamont, tell me. Well, I shouldn't do this.
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  Speaker 4: Well, how did you know about the university?
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  Speaker 5: The class ring on his finger. I noticed it when
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  Speaker 5: he reached back for his wallet.
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  Speaker 4: And the family?
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  Speaker 5: Their picture fell out of the wallet when.
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  Speaker 3: He opened it.
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  Speaker 10: And his profession?
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  Speaker 7: That tiny leather case that he's holding so nervously under
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  Speaker 7: his arm. That type of case is carried.
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  Speaker 5: By jewel salesmen.
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  Speaker 6: Lamont, you're very good.
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  Speaker 7: Well, let's hear about some of the others now. Well, uh,
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  Speaker 7: that man sitting directly in front of our jewel salesman is, uh.
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  Speaker 5: He's a bit more difficult.
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  Speaker 10: Why's that?
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  Speaker 7: He's a fussy old gent.
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  Speaker 5: Bit of a hypochondriac, I'd say.
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  Speaker 7: He's been constantly having the stewardess fetch him glasses of water,
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  Speaker 7: which he uses to down the endless succession of pills.
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  Speaker 6: Well, maybe he's an invalid.
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  Speaker 7: I don't think so. Something puzzling about him.
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  Speaker 5: That old man appears to be constantly.
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  Speaker 7: Watching for something. Waiting for something to happen.
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  Speaker 6: Ah, intrigue. Well, what do you suppose is going to happen?
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  Speaker 7: You really want to know? Mm-hmm. Nothing. Oh, now, might
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  Speaker 7: you spoil everything. Now, wait a minute.
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  Speaker 6: That leaves only two more passengers.
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  Speaker 4: What about those two up in the front seat?
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  Speaker 5: Ah, now you've come to something. I've been saving them
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  Speaker 5: for my climax.
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  Speaker 6: What do you mean?
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  Speaker 7: If you'd noticed them more closely, Margo, when they boarded
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  Speaker 7: the plane, you'd have seen that they were handcuffed to
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  Speaker 7: each other. What? Evidently, they're detective and his prisoner on
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  Speaker 7: their way to the state penitentiary.
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  Speaker 6: Well, of all things, I'd never have suspected.
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  Speaker 10: Say.
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  Speaker 7: Why? Look, the stewardess is coming through the plane giving
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  Speaker 7: instructions to the other passengers.
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  Speaker 5: I wonder what's up.
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  Speaker 6: I'll know in a second.
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  Speaker 1: Here she comes.
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  Speaker 7: Pretty thing, isn't she?
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  Speaker 8: Eyes front, Oscar.
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  Speaker 6: I wonder if you would mind adjusting your safety belt, please.
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  Speaker 6: We're going to land soon.
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  Speaker 5: Are we nearing the city?
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  Speaker 6: No, but we've gotten word of a severe storm ahead,
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  Speaker 6: so we're landing at another field until it blows over.
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  Speaker 8: Just a precaution.
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  Speaker 3: Very well.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, Lamont, I hope we're not delayed too long.
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  Speaker 7: That seems to be the feeling that you share with
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  Speaker 7: our fellow passengers. Judging by their appearance.
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  Speaker 5: They're not pleased with it either.
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  Speaker 9: I noticed that.
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  Speaker 5: Well, one thing, Margo.
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  Speaker 7: If we are grounded for long, we'll be with some
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  Speaker 7: very interesting companions.
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  Speaker 6: I'm very sorry to have to tell all of you
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  Speaker 6: that word has just come through that we'll probably be
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  Speaker 6: grounded for the night.
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  Speaker 7: Now, what's this?
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  Speaker 3: What's this?
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  Speaker 10: Grounded for the night? Why, that's an outrage. An outrage. Stewardess,
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  Speaker 10: fetch me some water. Let's take a pill at once.
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  Speaker 4: Your fussy old man is running true to type, Lamont.
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  Speaker 7: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: We can't stay in this little hangar all night.
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  Speaker 7: My jewel salesman is provoked too, Margo.
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  Speaker 9: Yes, you know, the only ones who seem unpopular... That's
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  Speaker 9: for the detective and his prisoners.
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  Speaker 7: Yes. Please, gentlemen.
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  Speaker 10: Oh, wait. The stewardess wants to talk. We might as
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  Speaker 10: well hear what she's got to say.
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  Speaker 6: Thank you. We've arranged for a car to come here.
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  Speaker 6: It's outside now. I don't suppose it can get very
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  Speaker 6: far in this storm, but it can take you all
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  Speaker 6: to a small inn up the road.
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  Speaker 10: Take us to an inn? You mean we're spending the
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  Speaker 10: night around here, is that it?
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  Speaker 3: Is that what I understand?
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  Speaker 8: I'm afraid you'll have to.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, no, I.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, we've gotten word that all roads leading to any
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  Speaker 6: of the towns are flooded.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I've got to get through.
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  Speaker 7: I can't spend the night here. Well, it doesn't look
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  Speaker 7: as if we have much choice. No, I think we
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  Speaker 7: should all make the best of it. Perhaps we'd better
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  Speaker 7: introduce ourselves. I'm Lamont Cranston, and this is Miss Lane.
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  Speaker 10: How do you do? Cranston and Lane. Cranston and Lane.
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  Speaker 10: My name's Carson. It's almost the same. I made a poem,
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  Speaker 10: didn't I?
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  Speaker 8: That's a hard one.
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  Speaker 10: Where's that girl with my water?
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  Speaker 7: I've got to take my pill.
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  Speaker 10: It's nice to have met both of you.
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  Speaker 3: Well, my name is Waterman. I'm happy to meet all
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  Speaker 3: of you.
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  Speaker 10: Same here, same here.
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  Speaker 5: I'm sorry that you're not able to get through, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Waterman.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, yes, it's quite upsetting.
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  Speaker 3: I have a delivery to make, you see, a most
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  Speaker 3: important one.
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  Speaker 5: I have it here with me in this case.
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  Speaker 3: Oh.
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  Speaker 7: Well, if it's something of value, Mr. Waterman, perhaps you
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  Speaker 7: could leave it here in the place. Oh, no, no, no, no.
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  Speaker 3: I'll carry it with me. Thank you.
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  Speaker 8: What about the detective and the prisoner, Lamont?
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  Speaker 7: Oh, yes. I didn't get your name, gentlemen.
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  Speaker 3: Our names? Yes. We're just two guys named Smith.
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  Speaker 6: Here's your glass of water, Mr. Carson.
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  Speaker 3: Now, what kept you? What kept you?
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  Speaker 10: Oh, I don't feel like a pill now. And don't
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  Speaker 10: tell me I look like one.
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  Speaker 6: Well, then, the car's waiting, folks.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, thank you. I guess we'd better get it going.
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  Speaker 5: Come on, Margo.
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  Speaker 8: Right-o.
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  Speaker 5: Do you know something, Margo?
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  Speaker 6: What?
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  Speaker 7: I have a feeling that this is not going to
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  Speaker 7: be a dull evening.
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  Speaker 5: Well, I guess we've.
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  Speaker 7: Reached our destination.
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  Speaker 10: Is that where we're spending the night, that place?
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  Speaker 5: I guess so.
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  Speaker 6: Cheerful looking spot. What there is left of it.
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  Speaker 10: Yeah, the woman's right.
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  Speaker 3: Cheerful.
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  Speaker 10: I hope she was being sarcastic.
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  Speaker 5: It appears to be some sort of a roadhouse.
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  Speaker 3: You see the sign above the door?
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  Speaker 7: The rendezvous?
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  Speaker 10: Rendezvous. Rendezvous. Sounds like a nightclub.
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  Speaker 5: I imagine it was at one time.
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  Speaker 7: Judging by its broken-down appearance, that time has long since passed.
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  Speaker 9: Well, are we going in?
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  Speaker 5: Oh, might as well. You take my coat, Margo. It's
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  Speaker 5: raining pretty hard.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, thank you, Lamont.
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  Speaker 7: Come on, everybody. You run ahead, Margo.
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  Speaker 10: All right, Lamont.
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  Speaker 2: What an experience.
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  Speaker 3: What an experience.
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  Speaker 10: Where are my pills?
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  Speaker 5: Can't you forget those fool pills, Carson?
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  Speaker 7: No. How about the two Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Smiths?
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  Speaker 7: You getting out, gentlemen?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 10: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Come on.
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  Speaker 5: You'll return for us in the morning, driver?
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  Speaker 8: Right.
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  Speaker 7: Fine.
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  Speaker 3: Good night. Good night. Well, what's the matter?
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  Speaker 7: Why are you all standing outside?
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  Speaker 10: Very funny, that question of his.
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  Speaker 6: Lamont, the door is locked.
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  Speaker 10: No one seems to answer.
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  Speaker 7: Oh.
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  Speaker 5: Open up in there.
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  Speaker 10: I'm getting soaked. I'm getting soaked. Why doesn't someone answer?
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  Speaker 7: Well, someone in there... Oh.
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  Speaker 3: What is it?
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  Speaker 10: What do you want?
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  Speaker 5: I want to get in out of the rain.
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  Speaker 8: Why?
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  Speaker 3: Why do you wish to come in here?
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  Speaker 5: Good heavens, man, we're getting drenched.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 10: The inn is closed.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, no, you don't close that door.
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  Speaker 3: Come on, folks.
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  Speaker 10: Pay no attention to him. Come on. You can't do this.
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  Speaker 10: You can't come in. Yeah, but we are in.
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  Speaker 7: Somebody close that door. Who are you?
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  Speaker 10: Why did you come here?
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  Speaker 7: Our plane was grounded, sir. We understood that you could
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  Speaker 7: put us up for the night. Oh.
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  Speaker 3: Stupid of me, I....
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  Speaker 8: I remember now.
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  Speaker 10: They called about you.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, then you have rooms for us?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, yes.
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  Speaker 8: Yes, I have.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, good.
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  Speaker 5: This is Miss Lane.
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  Speaker 6: How do you do?
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  Speaker 7: Mr. Waterman.
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  Speaker 5: How do you do?
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  Speaker 4: Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Carson. And two gentlemen named Smith.
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  Speaker 10: Lane, Carson, Waterman, and two.
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  Speaker 7: gentlemen named.
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  Speaker 7: Why, it's... Yes?
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  Speaker 8: Two gentlemen named Smith.
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  Speaker 10: Where are the rooms? Where are the rooms in this place?
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  Speaker 3: They're upstairs.
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  Speaker 10: The rooms are upstairs.
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  Speaker 8: I'll get some wood and start a fire. You must
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  Speaker 8: be uncomfortable from the rain. I.
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  Speaker 7: Hey, I'll be back.
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  Speaker 10: Give you the creeps, wouldn't he? Wouldn't he give you
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  Speaker 10: the creeps?
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  Speaker 6: Look, Lamont, our friends the Smith brothers are going upstairs.
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  Speaker 7: Yes.
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  Speaker 5: They haven't much liking for our company.
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  Speaker 7: I imagine, though, that the detective prefers to put his
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  Speaker 7: prisoner in a room where he can keep a close
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  Speaker 7: watch on him.
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  Speaker 11: I don't know how the rest of you feel, but
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  Speaker 11: I don't like this place. Something about the atmosphere.
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  Speaker 3: And that old man.
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  Speaker 7: I wouldn't worry.
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  Speaker 5: About it, Mr.
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  Speaker 6: Waterman.
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  Speaker 5: After all, we're all in the same... Oh!
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  Speaker 3: Did you hear that?
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  Speaker 7: What was that?
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  Speaker 3: Those were shots.
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  Speaker 10: I may be a nervous wreck, but I know shots
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  Speaker 10: when I hear them.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, and they came from upstairs.
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  Speaker 3: Did he come down here? Did you see him? Who?
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  Speaker 5: Who are you talking about?
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  Speaker 3: My prisoner. Did he escape? Did you see him?
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  Speaker 7: No. He didn't come down the stairs.
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  Speaker 3: Well, he's gotten away. Now, listen, all of you. You've
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  Speaker 3: got to help me.
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  Speaker 7: Well, what happened?
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  Speaker 3: I was taking that man to the state prison. He
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  Speaker 3: was a dangerous criminal.
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  Speaker 7: Yes, but how did he escape?
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  Speaker 3: Just slipped out of the cuffs when I got up
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  Speaker 3: the head of the stairs. I fired at him, but
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  Speaker 3: it was too dark up there to see anything.
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  Speaker 5: Then he must still be up there.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, yes, that's right.
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  Speaker 5: We'd better go look for him.
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  Speaker 3: Will you fellas help me?
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  Speaker 5: Why, certainly I will.
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  Speaker 3: And you, Water. Oh, just a minute.
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  Speaker 5: I don't think you'd better include me in that.
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  Speaker 3: Well, why not, Water? I prefer to remain down here,
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  Speaker 3: that's all.
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  Speaker 10: Well, if he stays, I stay. That's all there is
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  Speaker 10: to it.
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  Speaker 5: Very well, Carson. Do you want to stay here tomorrow?
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  Speaker 6: No, I should say not. I'm coming with you.
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  Speaker 3: Good.
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  Speaker 5: Let's go, then.
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  Speaker 3: I have a flashlight here. I have one, too.
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  Speaker 5: Fine.
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  Speaker 7: Now, why don't you search that corridor, and we'll go
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  Speaker 7: down this way.
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  Speaker 3: Okay. If you see anything, holler.
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  Speaker 9: Right.
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  Speaker 5: Come on, Margo.
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  Speaker 8: All right.
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  Speaker 3: Come on.
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  Speaker 4: Do you think the man is still in the house?
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  Speaker 5: I don't know.
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  Speaker 4: Why do you suppose that Mr.
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  Speaker 8: Waterman refused to.
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  Speaker 6: Join in the search?
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  Speaker 5: Well, he might be concerned about his jewels.
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  Speaker 6: Did you notice how quickly old Carson volunteered to stay
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  Speaker 6: with him?
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  Speaker 3: Yes.
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  Speaker 7: Yes, I did notice that. But there was something else
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  Speaker 7: that happened downstairs that was more important than either of
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  Speaker 7: those things. What was that, Lamont?
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  Speaker 5: The behavior of the old innkeeper.
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  Speaker 7: Did you notice his startled expression of recognition when he saw.
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  Speaker 5: The detective and the criminal?
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  Speaker 8: Yes, yes, I did notice that.
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  Speaker 5: He knew that criminal. I'm sure of it.
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  Speaker 7: There's a look about that old man in his roadhouse
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  Speaker 7: that has the familiar ring of a criminal background.
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  Speaker 6: Lamont, do you think that this is a gang hangout?
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  Speaker 7: Well, not anymore, no. But it could have been a
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  Speaker 7: few years back, in Prohibition days. You know, Margo, it's
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  Speaker 7: fairly possible that the old man not only knew the criminal,
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  Speaker 7: but he might even have helped him escape.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, Margo, you really think that?
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  Speaker 7: Yes. But there's only one way to prove it. That
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  Speaker 7: old man is going to receive a visit right now
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  Speaker 7: from the shadows.
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  Speaker 9: Out here in the rain, chopping wood. There's really no
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  Speaker 9: need for a fire. It'll all be warm enough tonight. Yes,
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  Speaker 9: with that killer loose.
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  Speaker 7: Huh?
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  Speaker 3: What was that?
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  Speaker 7: I've come to pay a call on you, old man.
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  Speaker 7: Who speaks to me? I am called the Shadow.
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  Speaker 2: Where are you?
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  Speaker 10: I see no one.
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  Speaker 7: That's true. By my hypnotic power, I have made myself
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  Speaker 7: quite invisible to your eyes.
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  Speaker 9: What do you want of me?
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  Speaker 7: I want you to answer some questions.
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  Speaker 10: What about?
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  Speaker 7: Did you know any of the people who came here tonight?
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  Speaker 8: No.
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  Speaker 7: You're lying to me. You knew one of the men
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  Speaker 7: who was introduced to you as Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Smith.
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  Speaker 7: I don't know what you're talking about. He wouldn't have
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  Speaker 7: been an old criminal acquaintance of yours, would he?
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  Speaker 10: What do you mean?
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  Speaker 7: Someone that you might have known in the old days...
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  Speaker 7: when this inn was a criminal hideout.
• 14:06
  Speaker 3: Who told you that?
• 14:07
  Speaker 7: It's true, then. This was a gang hideout.
• 14:09
  Speaker 8: That was a long time ago.
• 14:13
  Speaker 7: But not so long ago that you wouldn't remember an
• 14:15
  Speaker 7: old companion. Am I right?
• 14:18
  Speaker 10: What are you driving at?
• 14:20
  Speaker 7: That criminal that you recognized... was being taken to the
• 14:23
  Speaker 7: state prison. A few minutes ago, he escaped from the
• 14:27
  Speaker 7: detective that was guarding him. He escaped?
• 14:28
  Speaker 5: Yes.
• 14:29
  Speaker 7: He's at large in this roadhouse. And I think you
• 14:33
  Speaker 7: helped him get away.
• 14:34
  Speaker 3: No, no, you're all wrong.
• 14:35
  Speaker 7: But you knew him, didn't you?
• 14:36
  Speaker 10: Hey, yes.
• 14:38
  Speaker 8: Yes, I knew him all right, but I didn't help him.
• 14:41
  Speaker 7: How can you prove that?
• 14:42
  Speaker 8: I'll show you how.
• 14:44
  Speaker 3: I'll go with you.
• 14:45
  Speaker 9: I'll go with you to the detective that was guarding
• 14:47
  Speaker 9: him and tell him all I know about it.
• 14:48
  Speaker 7: Go fire those shots.
• 14:51
  Speaker 10: Come back here.
• 14:53
  Speaker 7: Come back. Old man. Old man.
• 14:57
  Speaker 4: Why?
• 14:59
  Speaker 5: He's dead.
• 15:06
  Speaker 7: I can't stand it anymore.
• 15:08
  Speaker 3: After all.
• 15:10
  Speaker 7: What were those shots?
• 15:11
  Speaker 3: The old man. The old innkeeper was shot and killed.
• 15:13
  Speaker 10: It was the criminal. The escaped criminal.
• 15:15
  Speaker 5: He did it.
• 15:15
  Speaker 3: Did anyone see the killer?
• 15:16
  Speaker 6: No, we just heard the shots outside. When we got
• 15:18
  Speaker 6: out there, the.
• 15:19
  Speaker 7: Murder was gone.
• 15:19
  Speaker 10: What a night. What a night. Get me some water, somebody.
• 15:23
  Speaker 10: I need a pill.
• 15:25
  Speaker 3: What are we going to do? All of us are
• 15:27
  Speaker 3: in danger.
• 15:27
  Speaker 7: Well, I'd better phone.
• 15:29
  Speaker 3: For the police. Your phone is dead.
• 15:31
  Speaker 5: The wire's been cut.
• 15:32
  Speaker 6: No one can go out in a storm, either.
• 15:34
  Speaker 7: Lamont, what can we do? Well, Margo, we'll just have
• 15:37
  Speaker 7: to stay here till morning, I guess. Wait till the
• 15:39
  Speaker 7: car comes for us.
• 15:40
  Speaker 3: Look, gentlemen, there's something I must tell you.
• 15:42
  Speaker 7: Yes?
• 15:43
  Speaker 5: What is it, Mr.
• 15:43
  Speaker 7: Waterman?
• 15:44
  Speaker 11: In this leather case, I have some very valuable merchandise.
• 15:47
  Speaker 11: It's something that the killer would be very anxious to
• 15:50
  Speaker 11: get his hands on.
• 15:51
  Speaker 3: I must ask all of you to help me protect him.
• 15:54
  Speaker 3: Don't you worry, Waterman. We'll take care of you. My
• 15:57
  Speaker 3: only real concern now is to capture that man. I
• 15:59
  Speaker 3: am responsible for him.
• 16:01
  Speaker 7: Well, tell me, did you see any trace of him upstairs?
• 16:03
  Speaker 3: No, not a sign of him.
• 16:05
  Speaker 7: I see. Well, I have a suggestion to make, and
• 16:08
  Speaker 7: I think that you all should follow it.
• 16:10
  Speaker 3: Yes?
• 16:10
  Speaker 7: What?
• 16:11
  Speaker 3: What is it?
• 16:12
  Speaker 7: All of us should go to our room.
• 16:13
  Speaker 5: That is, all of us except you, Detective.
• 16:17
  Speaker 3: Hawkins is the name.
• 16:18
  Speaker 7: Thank you. I think that Detective Hawkins should stand guard
• 16:21
  Speaker 7: and the rest of us should try to get some sleep.
• 16:23
  Speaker 10: Ah, get sleep. Get sleep? With a killer running loose?
• 16:27
  Speaker 10: Are you crazy?
• 16:27
  Speaker 3: Ah, he's right, Carson. If my escaped prisoner thinks we've
• 16:30
  Speaker 3: all turned in, he might come out of hiding. But, Mr. Cranston,
• 16:34
  Speaker 3: would we be safe in our room?
• 16:35
  Speaker 5: I think so, Mr.
• 16:36
  Speaker 3: Waterman.
• 16:37
  Speaker 7: At the first sign of anything suspicious, I suggest that
• 16:40
  Speaker 7: we call out. Well, I... Come along.
• 16:42
  Speaker 5: It's the best thing to do.
• 16:43
  Speaker 3: Really?
• 16:43
  Speaker 10: We'll do it under protest.
• 16:44
  Speaker 3: Only under protest.
• 16:45
  Speaker 5: I understand, Mr.
• 16:46
  Speaker 3: Carson. Come along.
• 16:47
  Speaker 10: This night better end soon. I'm running out of pills.
• 17:00
  Speaker 6: Come on.
• 17:01
  Speaker 4: Why did you want everyone to go to their rooms?
• 17:03
  Speaker 5: Isn't it dangerous? Perhaps.
• 17:06
  Speaker 7: The danger would be just as great downstairs. Besides, Margo,
• 17:10
  Speaker 7: I wanted to talk to you alone. What about? Were
• 17:12
  Speaker 7: you downstairs when the old man was shot right outside
• 17:15
  Speaker 7: the door?
• 17:15
  Speaker 9: Yes.
• 17:16
  Speaker 5: Who was missing from the room?
• 17:18
  Speaker 8: Well, the detective, of course, and.
• 17:22
  Speaker 6: Oh, yes, Mr. Carson.
• 17:23
  Speaker 7: Carson, eh?
• 17:25
  Speaker 5: I wondered about him.
• 17:26
  Speaker 3: What do you mean?
• 17:27
  Speaker 7: That old boy is doing his act too well. His
• 17:30
  Speaker 7: pills and his nervousness are too conspicuous to be genuine.
• 17:33
  Speaker 6: Why, do you think that he's in league with the
• 17:35
  Speaker 6: man who escaped?
• 17:36
  Speaker 3: I don't know.
• 17:36
  Speaker 7: There's something mighty strange about his behavior.
• 17:40
  Speaker 6: Lamont, did you learn anything from that old man Baxter
• 17:42
  Speaker 6: before he was killed?
• 17:43
  Speaker 7: Not anything that really counted. He knew the criminal all right.
• 17:47
  Speaker 7: He seemed just on the verge of revealing something important
• 17:49
  Speaker 7: about him when he was shot. Why do you suppose Mr.
• 17:51
  Speaker 8: Waterman wanted to tell us about his case of jewels?
• 17:54
  Speaker 7: I can't figure that either.
• 17:55
  Speaker 5: Unless he really did want protection. Oh, I must say,
• 17:59
  Speaker 5: I don't trust him either.
• 18:01
  Speaker 8: What was that?
• 18:02
  Speaker 7: I don't know. Come on, Margo. Yeah, it's coming from
• 18:05
  Speaker 7: this room here.
• 18:06
  Speaker 6: Oh, Lamont, it's Waterman.
• 18:08
  Speaker 7: Yes, he's been hit on the head. Margo, help me
• 18:10
  Speaker 7: lift him up, please.
• 18:11
  Speaker 10: All right.
• 18:12
  Speaker 7: There you are, ma'am.
• 18:14
  Speaker 3: Robbed my jewels.
• 18:15
  Speaker 4: Did you hear that, Lamont?
• 18:16
  Speaker 3: Yes. Hey, what's wrong?
• 18:18
  Speaker 10: What's wrong?
• 18:18
  Speaker 6: Mr. Waterman, he was attacked.
• 18:20
  Speaker 3: Good heaven.
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: Good heaven.
• 18:22
  Speaker 3: Waterman was hit on the head.
• 18:23
  Speaker 7: He seems to be coming to. Give him a little air. Now,
• 18:27
  Speaker 7: just take it easy, old man. That's easy.
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: Robbed.
• 18:30
  Speaker 5: Robbed.
• 18:30
  Speaker 7: I was robbed.
• 18:31
  Speaker 3: Well, tell us who did it.
• 18:32
  Speaker 7: Did you see anyone? No.
• 18:34
  Speaker 8: No, my back was turned.
• 18:35
  Speaker 3: I was hit.
• 18:37
  Speaker 10: My case was taken. My case of jewels. This is terrible.
• 18:39
  Speaker 10: This is terrible.
• 18:40
  Speaker 7: Wait a minute. Who said that? Why, that was Mr.
• 18:43
  Speaker 3: Carson.
• 18:44
  Speaker 7: Carson.
• 18:45
  Speaker 3: Carson, I have some questions that I'd like you to answer.
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: What do you mean?
• 18:48
  Speaker 10: What do you mean?
• 18:49
  Speaker 3: You've got my jewels.
• 18:50
  Speaker 7: What?
• 18:51
  Speaker 6: Yes, he has, I tell you.
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: He's crazy. He's crazy.
• 18:53
  Speaker 10: He doesn't know what he's saying.
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: Oh, yes, I do.
• 18:55
  Speaker 3: I know that you've been following me ever since I
• 18:57
  Speaker 3: left New York. You can't deny that, can you? Well, now, I.
• 19:02
  Speaker 10: That blow has affected his head.
• 19:04
  Speaker 3: You see, he doesn't answer my questions. Why don't you
• 19:06
  Speaker 3: answer him, Carson?
• 19:08
  Speaker 10: You keep out of this. None of your business.
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: No, forgetting that I am a detective, Carson. And it
• 19:13
  Speaker 3: is my business.
• 19:13
  Speaker 7: Let me get up.
• 19:14
  Speaker 5: Just let me get up.
• 19:15
  Speaker 7: I'll make him admit he stole my jewels.
• 19:16
  Speaker 3: Let me out of here.
• 19:18
  Speaker 5: You'd better go to your room. There may be some
• 19:20
  Speaker 5: trouble here.
• 19:20
  Speaker 6: All right, but you be careful.
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: Just let me get up, and I'll give him the
• 19:23
  Speaker 3: same treatment he gave me.
• 19:24
  Speaker 10: This is an outrage. An outrage. You don't believe him.
• 19:28
  Speaker 5: Do you, gentlemen?
• 19:29
  Speaker 3: Never mind your innocent talk, Carson.
• 19:31
  Speaker 10: This is no innocent talk. It's the truth. I can
• 19:33
  Speaker 10: prove that I.
• 19:34
  Speaker 3: That's Margo.
• 19:35
  Speaker 7: Something's happened to her.
• 19:36
  Speaker 10: Margo!
• 19:38
  Speaker 3: Margo!
• 19:38
  Speaker 6: I'm right here, Lamont.
• 19:39
  Speaker 7: Are you all right? Yes. Yes, but look at this.
• 19:43
  Speaker 10: A body. A dead body.
• 19:46
  Speaker 3: Yes.
• 19:47
  Speaker 8: I opened this door.
• 19:48
  Speaker 9: I thought it was my room.
• 19:49
  Speaker 6: It was a closet. His body fell out.
• 19:52
  Speaker 3: What's the matter?
• 19:53
  Speaker 7: Miss Lane just discovered this body.
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: Holy smoke.
• 19:58
  Speaker 7: Is it your missing criminal?
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 20:01
  Speaker 3: Yeah, it's him.
• 20:02
  Speaker 5: He's dead.
• 20:03
  Speaker 3: Carson again. That Carson is behind this whole thing. I
• 20:07
  Speaker 3: don't get it yet, but I'm going to soon enough.
• 20:09
  Speaker 3: I am taking that guy downstairs and giving him a
• 20:12
  Speaker 3: good going over.
• 20:13
  Speaker 6: Are you going with him, Lamont?
• 20:14
  Speaker 7: No, not just yet, Margot. I'd like to examine this
• 20:17
  Speaker 7: body more thoroughly. Why?
• 20:20
  Speaker 6: What do you expect to find out?
• 20:21
  Speaker 7: I'll let you know in a minute. Let me see.
• 20:23
  Speaker 5: Oh, this is interesting. Do you see the marks of
• 20:28
  Speaker 5: the handcuff on this man's wrist?
• 20:30
  Speaker 7: Yes. I just want you to remember that these marks
• 20:33
  Speaker 7: are on his left wrist, Margot.
• 20:35
  Speaker 6: Well, I don't understand.
• 20:36
  Speaker 3: You will presently.
• 20:37
  Speaker 7: Now, let's have a look under the coat. Ah, just
• 20:41
  Speaker 7: as I suspected. Look here. A very clear imprint of
• 20:45
  Speaker 7: a shoulder holster under the left armpit.
• 20:47
  Speaker 6: Well, what does that prove?
• 20:49
  Speaker 5: Just come with me, Margo, and you'll find out.
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: Where are we going?
• 20:51
  Speaker 5: Downstairs.
• 20:52
  Speaker 4: Oh, I wish I knew what you were talking about.
• 20:54
  Speaker 7: Just be patient, Margo.
• 20:55
  Speaker 5: Just be patient.
• 20:56
  Speaker 3: What did you do with those jewels? I didn't take them,
• 20:58
  Speaker 3: I tell you. He's lying, Hawkins.
• 21:00
  Speaker 7: Yeah, I know, I know.
• 21:01
  Speaker 3: Oh, we've got some news for you, Mr. Ransom. Oh,
• 21:03
  Speaker 3: what's that? We found this gun on the Carson jet.
• 21:06
  Speaker 3: So he tells us that he's a private investigator who
• 21:09
  Speaker 3: was hired by Waterman's company to protect you.
• 21:11
  Speaker 10: That's the truth. I can show you my credentials. I
• 21:13
  Speaker 10: can prove it.
• 21:14
  Speaker 3: You never heard of any investigator who was hired to
• 21:16
  Speaker 3: protect you, did you, Waterman? No, of course not.
• 21:18
  Speaker 10: You've got to believe me.
• 21:20
  Speaker 5: I do believe you, Mr.
• 21:21
  Speaker 7: Carson.
• 21:21
  Speaker 5: Huh?
• 21:22
  Speaker 3: What'd you say?
• 21:23
  Speaker 7: I said that I believe Mr. Carson's story. Are you crazy?
• 21:26
  Speaker 5: I don't think so.
• 21:28
  Speaker 7: I even believe that I know who really stole Mr.
• 21:30
  Speaker 7: Waterman's jewels.
• 21:31
  Speaker 5: Who?
• 21:32
  Speaker 3: Who was it?
• 21:34
  Speaker 7: You, Mr.
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: Hawkins?
• 21:35
  Speaker 9: Me?
• 21:36
  Speaker 5: But he's a detective, Mr.
• 21:37
  Speaker 7: Hawkins. I'm not so sure that he is.
• 21:39
  Speaker 3: What do you mean?
• 21:40
  Speaker 7: I've just finished examining that body upstairs, Mr.
• 21:43
  Speaker 3: Hawkins.
• 21:43
  Speaker 7: The body of your supposed escaped criminal. I learned several
• 21:48
  Speaker 7: very revealing facts.
• 21:49
  Speaker 3: Is that so?
• 21:51
  Speaker 7: What? First of all, I discovered handcuff marks on his
• 21:54
  Speaker 7: left wrist. That means that he was linked to your
• 21:58
  Speaker 7: right wrist. Don't you think it unusual that you, a detective,
• 22:01
  Speaker 7: should have changed your right hand, the hand you hold
• 22:04
  Speaker 7: that gun in now?
• 22:05
  Speaker 3: You don't know what you're talking about.
• 22:06
  Speaker 7: Oh, yes, I do. Another thing I found on that
• 22:09
  Speaker 7: body was the imprint of a shoulder holster. I've never
• 22:13
  Speaker 7: known criminals on their way to jail to carry guns.
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: Well, what are you trying to say? Simply this.
• 22:18
  Speaker 7: That dead man upstairs was the real detective, Mr. Hawkins,
• 22:21
  Speaker 7: and you, you are the criminal.
• 22:23
  Speaker 3: Why, you.
• 22:24
  Speaker 7: I'll thank you to give me that gun. Okay.
• 22:27
  Speaker 3: Okay.
• 22:28
  Speaker 8: Now, stand where you are, all of you. You see
• 22:32
  Speaker 8: what happened to one guy who got smart.
• 22:35
  Speaker 7: Too smart.
• 22:36
  Speaker 4: You can't do this.
• 22:37
  Speaker 3: Shut up.
• 22:38
  Speaker 8: I've killed two guys tonight, sister. And the night ain't
• 22:42
  Speaker 8: over yet.
• 22:43
  Speaker 11: Why, what do you mean by that?
• 22:45
  Speaker 8: This place we're in now is an old hangout of mine.
• 22:50
  Speaker 8: We had a lot of excitement here one night a
• 22:52
  Speaker 8: few years back. Five guys knocked off. Yeah, right in
• 22:58
  Speaker 8: this room, too. Lined up right at that bar over there. Oh,
• 23:02
  Speaker 8: please stop. Yeah, that's why I had to kill that
• 23:05
  Speaker 8: old man Baxter. He remembered me.
• 23:08
  Speaker 6: Lamont!
• 23:09
  Speaker 3: Get away from him, sister.
• 23:10
  Speaker 6: Oh.
• 23:11
  Speaker 3: Are you Waterman?
• 23:12
  Speaker 7: Pull him into that room over there.
• 23:14
  Speaker 3: No, you don't. I said pull him into that room. Oh,
• 23:17
  Speaker 3: you're pretty brave with that gun in my.
• 23:19
  Speaker 7: Ribs, aren't you?
• 23:19
  Speaker 3: Get going, punk.
• 23:21
  Speaker 8: I'm gonna use him later on for a little scene
• 23:24
  Speaker 8: I'm staging.
• 23:25
  Speaker 10: You're mad, Hawkins.
• 23:27
  Speaker 7: Maybe you're right.
• 23:29
  Speaker 3: But you're gonna enjoy this scene. Yeah.
• 23:33
  Speaker 8: You all play important parts in it. The parts of
• 23:37
  Speaker 8: the ones who was shot in that old gang killing.
• 23:40
  Speaker 7: You mean.
• 23:42
  Speaker 6: You mean you're killing us, too?
• 23:43
  Speaker 7: Yeah, you get the idea.
• 23:45
  Speaker 8: But first, we gotta be authentic. It was all done
• 23:48
  Speaker 8: with music. That nickel in the slot piano was playing.
• 23:54
  Speaker 8: We'll start that up first. Oh, you're all gonna like this.
• 23:59
  Speaker 6: Oh, please don't. Yeah.
• 24:04
  Speaker 8: Same funny old tune. Yeah, I can remember.
• 24:09
  Speaker 7: It like it was yesterday.
• 24:12
  Speaker 6: They don't like your humor, Mr.
• 24:13
  Speaker 7: Hawkins.
• 24:14
  Speaker 3: Now, ain't that too bad. Now, line up at the bar.
• 24:18
  Speaker 3: All of you.
• 24:19
  Speaker 7: No.
• 24:20
  Speaker 3: No, you can't do this.
• 24:21
  Speaker 7: No? Get over there.
• 24:23
  Speaker 3: Larry.
• 24:23
  Speaker 7: Go on.
• 24:24
  Speaker 8: Now, just turn your back.
• 24:29
  Speaker 7: You too, sister. It'll all be over in just one minute.
• 24:35
  Speaker 10: What happened?
• 24:38
  Speaker 7: Sorry to spoil your little scene, Mr.
• 24:40
  Speaker 3: Hawkins.
• 24:40
  Speaker 5: Who was that?
• 24:41
  Speaker 7: Who spoke? You might know me, Mr. Hawkins, as the Shadow.
• 24:45
  Speaker 7: You again.
• 24:46
  Speaker 3: Well, where are you?
• 24:46
  Speaker 7: Come out where I can see you. I prefer to
• 24:48
  Speaker 7: remain invisible. I can deal with you better that way.
• 24:50
  Speaker 3: You ain't dealing with me. Not till I take care
• 24:52
  Speaker 3: of them first.
• 24:52
  Speaker 7: Put down that gun.
• 24:54
  Speaker 3: Try and make me. Very well, I will. Grab his
• 24:57
  Speaker 3: gun quickly.
• 24:57
  Speaker 7: I got it. That's it. I give him to you now, gentlemen.
• 25:00
  Speaker 7: He's your prisoner.
• 25:01
  Speaker 10: I've got him. I've got him covered.
• 25:02
  Speaker 3: See if he has my jewels.
• 25:03
  Speaker 10: Yeah, wait a minute. Yeah, here they are. Right in
• 25:06
  Speaker 10: his coat pocket. Good work, Shadow.
• 25:10
  Speaker 3: You hear me, Shadow?
• 25:11
  Speaker 8: Shadow's gone.
• 25:12
  Speaker 7: Oh, where?
• 25:13
  Speaker 6: Oh, Lamont.
• 25:14
  Speaker 3: Where am I?
• 25:15
  Speaker 7: Oh, Lamont, let me help you.
• 25:17
  Speaker 3: We got him.
• 25:18
  Speaker 10: We got him, Cransy.
• 25:18
  Speaker 7: Oh, good work.
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: Oh, dear, oh, dear.
• 25:21
  Speaker 8: This is awful.
• 25:22
  Speaker 7: What's the matter?
• 25:24
  Speaker 10: Something terrible has happened.
• 25:25
  Speaker 7: What is it, Carson?
• 25:27
  Speaker 10: I've run out of pills.
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay.
• 25:44
  Speaker 2: The shadow knows.
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: We close with The Shadow and The Killer's Rendezvous. Follow
• 25:58
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