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Suspense - "Allen in Wonderland" (Old Time Radio, 1952) · Suspense | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: On October 2, 1952, Suspense presented Episode 7, Alan in Wonderland.
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  Speaker 1: In New York's Pennsylvania station, South Carolina attorney Mr. Stone
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  Speaker 1: is stranded when a young woman mistakes him for someone
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  Speaker 1: else and gives him an Alice in Wonderland quotation as
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  Speaker 1: an instruction. Stone follows the message to a West 15th
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  Speaker 1: Street address, encountering a series of unsettling coincidences. When he
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  Speaker 1: turns to the police, he has little evidence to support
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  Speaker 1: his suspicions. Cornell Wilde stars as Mr. Stone, with Richard
• 0:38
  Speaker 1: Chandley credited for the script from a story by Kurt Singer.
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  Speaker 1: Elliot Lewis directs this CBS broadcast, sponsored by Autolite. Here
• 0:48
  Speaker 1: is the original broadcast.
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  Speaker 2: Autolite and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. Cornell Wilde
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  Speaker 2: in tonight's presentation of Suspense. Tonight, Autolite presents a true
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  Speaker 2: story with only names changed about a man who inadvertently
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  Speaker 2: became involved in a murder plot. Our story, Alan in Wonderland.
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  Speaker 2: Our star, Mr. Cornell Wilde. Say, Harlow, our team looks
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  Speaker 2: great out there.
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  Speaker 3: Ah, you bet, Hap.
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  Speaker 2: And it's their teamwork that counts. Oh, by the way,
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  Speaker 2: that's why you can count on the Autolite electrical system
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  Speaker 2: in your Autolite-equipped car. Every unit and component part is
• 1:44
  Speaker 2: related by Autolite engineering design and manufacturing skill to give
• 1:48
  Speaker 2: you the finest teamwork and the smoothest performance money can buy.
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  Speaker 2: We were talking about the game, Harlow. And that Autolite
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  Speaker 2: electrical system is game as they come, Hap. It includes
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  Speaker 2: the starting motor, distributor, generator, battery, coil, wire, spark plugs...
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  Speaker 2: and all the other parts of the complete Autolite electrical
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  Speaker 2: system installed as original equipment on so many leading makes
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  Speaker 2: of our finest cars, trucks, and tractors. Top performers, eh, Harlow? Ah,
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  Speaker 2: you can be sure of that, Hap. So, friends, insist
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  Speaker 2: on Autolite original factory parts for your Autolite-equipped car. Be
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  Speaker 2: sure of top performance. And remember, from bumper to tail light,
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  Speaker 2: you're always right with Autolite.
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  Speaker 4: And now, Autolite presents... Alan in Wonderland. A true story
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  Speaker 4: starring Mr. Cornel Wilde. Hoping once again to keep you in.
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  Speaker 5: Suspense.
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  Speaker 3: To Judge Gordon Hall, Jr. Judge of the Superior Court,
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  Speaker 3: Office 62, County Building, Greenville, South Carolina. Your Honor... As
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  Speaker 3: attorney for the plaintiff in the case now before you,
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  Speaker 3: I fully realize my absence from court this morning ipso
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  Speaker 3: facto places me in contempt. However, due to the fact
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  Speaker 3: that I almost had my throat cut, I hope the
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  Speaker 3: court will accept this explanation, but will keep it in
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  Speaker 3: the strictest confidence. When your honor adjourned court last Wednesday...
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  Speaker 3: I left by train for New York, planning to spend
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  Speaker 3: the weekend with friends, return on the 3.50 Sunday afternoon.
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  Speaker 3: My stay was pleasantly uneventful until approximately train time, when
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  Speaker 3: due to extremely heavy traffic, I arrived at the station
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  Speaker 3: later than expected. I missed by about five seconds. The
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  Speaker 3: next train wasn't until 11.50. I looked at the station
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  Speaker 3: clock to see how much time I had to kill...
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  Speaker 3: I took out my wallet to see what I could
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  Speaker 3: afford in the way of killing time. Almost immediately, I
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  Speaker 3: was aware of a rather attractive young lady coming directly
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  Speaker 3: toward me. I told you butter wouldn't suit the works.
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  Speaker 3: If the court is familiar with Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland,
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  Speaker 3: your honor may recall, as I did, that this is
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  Speaker 3: a line from the Mad Hatter's Tea Party. Feeling certain
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  Speaker 3: that the lady was inebriated, I gave her the Marge
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  Speaker 3: Hare's classic reply. It was the best butter.
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  Speaker 6: All right, now listen. Seven o'clock sharp.
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  Speaker 7: Be at 624 West 15th.
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  Speaker 3: You'll get your money and instructions there. Make sure you're
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  Speaker 3: not followed.
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  Speaker 7: Understand?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, yes, ma'am.
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  Speaker 5: No buts.
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  Speaker 6: And you were five minutes early.
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  Speaker 3: You know that's dangerous. Oh, now look, honey, there's... Next time,
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  Speaker 3: you better be on time. Obviously, I had received information
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  Speaker 3: of importance to someone. Thinking it over, I got a
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  Speaker 3: strong feeling it was something unlawful. The next thing was
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  Speaker 3: to make sure. I wrote down the address on the
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  Speaker 3: back of an envelope and moved a few yards away
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  Speaker 3: from where I'd been standing, just under the station clock.
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  Speaker 3: At exactly four o'clock, a man in a dark suit
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  Speaker 3: took up my exact same position. He glanced at the clock,
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  Speaker 3: took out his wallet, started to count his money. I
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  Speaker 3: walked toward him casually. I told you butter wouldn't suit
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  Speaker 3: the works.
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  Speaker 6: It was the best butter.
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  Speaker 3: Get out of town fast. They're wise to us.
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  Speaker 5: Wise to us?
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  Speaker 3: But no buts. The boss says get out of town. Apparently,
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  Speaker 3: my choice of words was effective because the man immediately
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  Speaker 3: followed my instructions with amazing speed and professional finesse. If
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  Speaker 3: I had any doubts, the crime was in the making.
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  Speaker 3: They were now completely erased. Consequently, I reported my evidence
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  Speaker 3: to the police. Certainly an interesting story, Mr. Stone, but...
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  Speaker 3: You don't believe me, Lieutenant? I didn't say that. But
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  Speaker 3: that's what you mean, isn't it?
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  Speaker 4: What I mean is there's no law against quoting Alice
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  Speaker 4: in Wonderland in Pennsylvania Station or anywhere else for that matter.
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  Speaker 3: You're a lawyer. You ought to know that. All right, sure,
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  Speaker 3: but they were using it as a code. Isn't that plain?
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  Speaker 3: You'd like to know why. It's not just a question
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  Speaker 3: of curiosity, Lieutenant.
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  Speaker 5: Look, Mr. Stone.
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  Speaker 4: New York is a city of over eight and one
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  Speaker 4: half million. A certain percentage are screwballs. Oh, this wasn't
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  Speaker 4: a screwball. These people are deadly serious. They're up to something, Lieutenant,
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  Speaker 4: I assure you. I've got to have something to go on, Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Stone.
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  Speaker 4: Even if we could find these people, what do I
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  Speaker 4: charge them with? I've got to have something concrete. Well, now,
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  Speaker 4: the address on 15th Street. Can't you investigate it?
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  Speaker 5: Okay. All right, wait a minute.
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  Speaker 6: Healy?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, Lieutenant? You want me? Yeah, Healy.
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  Speaker 3: This is Mr. Stone.
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  Speaker 4: I want you to drive him to an address on
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  Speaker 4: 15th Street. He'll explain all about it on the way.
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  Speaker 3: Of course, I couldn't blame the lieutenant for being skeptical.
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  Speaker 3: It sounded crazy telling it that way, but it was
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  Speaker 3: the truth, and I couldn't help resenting his attitude, as
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  Speaker 3: if I'd dreamed up the whole thing, merely to get
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  Speaker 3: myself a ride in a squad car. As we drove downtown,
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  Speaker 3: I recounted the events to Officer Healy, who fortunately showed
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  Speaker 3: serious interest. He explained that this part of New York
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  Speaker 3: was not known as a crime center, which further increased
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  Speaker 3: my belief that I had stumbled onto no ordinary criminal undertaking.
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  Speaker 3: The traffic thinned as we approached the neighborhood of 15th Street.
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  Speaker 3: Everything looked Ordinary enough, but typical Sunday afternoon street scene.
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  Speaker 3: Children at play, strolling couples in their Sunday best, baby carriages,
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  Speaker 3: drugstore open on the corner, a blind man selling pencils.
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  Speaker 5: What was that number again, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Stone? 624 West.
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  Speaker 5: Now, that'll be the north side. Now, let's see.
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  Speaker 8: 618, 620, 622.
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  Speaker 5: That's funny.
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  Speaker 3: What? What's funny?
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  Speaker 5: Well, they're tearing down the building. That's 624. Got to be.
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  Speaker 3: It can be.
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  Speaker 5: You sure 624 is the number?
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  Speaker 3: I'm positive. I wrote it down right away.
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  Speaker 8: Well, maybe I'm wrong, but let's go over and check.
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  Speaker 3: Hey.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, you.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah?
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  Speaker 6: What do you want?
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  Speaker 5: Come here a minute. Keep your eyes open, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Stone.
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  Speaker 5: Let me know if you see anybody you recognize.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 5: What's the matter, officer? Something wrong? Want some information. Who's
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  Speaker 5: the boss of this job?
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  Speaker 7: Me.
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  Speaker 5: Me, I'm the boss. What's the trouble? What's the number here? What?
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  Speaker 3: We want to know the number of this building.
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  Speaker 7: What?
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  Speaker 6: Oh.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, this was 624. You sure? Sure, I'm sure.
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  Speaker 9: 624.
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  Speaker 8: I'm tearing down the right building. Don't think I'd make
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  Speaker 8: a mistake like that, do you? How long you been
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  Speaker 8: working here?
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  Speaker 3: Two weeks.
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  Speaker 5: Gonna tear down the ones on both sides, too. I
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  Speaker 5: know what I'm doing. You want to see the papers?
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  Speaker 5: We believe you. How come you're working on Sunday? Rush job.
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  Speaker 5: Anything wrong with that? I guess not.
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  Speaker 3: Why are you tearing the buildings down?
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  Speaker 5: To clear the lot. You kidding? What are you guys
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  Speaker 5: looking for?
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  Speaker 3: It's all right. Forget it.
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  Speaker 5: You're welcome to watch, but I gotta get back to work. Okay,
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  Speaker 5: that's all.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks.
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  Speaker 5: See anything, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Stone? No. No, nothing at all.
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  Speaker 5: That all looked legit to me, too.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, I guess the lieutenant was right. I got all
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  Speaker 3: hopped up over nothing.
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  Speaker 5: Well, that's the way it goes sometimes.
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  Speaker 3: Can't get over it. I was so sure from.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, you did right anyway. Take it from me.
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  Speaker 3: I feel kind of foolish now, but.
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  Speaker 5: Don't feel that way. You had cause.
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  Speaker 3: Ah, well, let's just forget the whole thing. I'm sorry
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  Speaker 3: I troubled you.
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  Speaker 5: Oh, no trouble at all. That's what we're here for.
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  Speaker 5: Where would you like me to drop you off?
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  Speaker 3: My train doesn't leave till 11.50, huh?
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  Speaker 5: Well, you got plenty of time. Why don't you take
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  Speaker 5: in a movie or something?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I might as well, I guess. Just drop me
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  Speaker 3: off around Times Square, please.
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  Speaker 2: Sure thing.
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  Speaker 5: Next time you're up from Greenville, drop in and see
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  Speaker 5: us again.
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  Speaker 3: Officer Healy dropped me at one of the Broadway theaters.
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  Speaker 3: I bought a ticket and went in. There had to
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  Speaker 3: be something to it. Somewhere along the line, I'd made
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  Speaker 3: a mistake. I took out the envelope on which I
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  Speaker 3: had written the address. By the light of the screen,
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  Speaker 3: I re-read it again. No, the mistake wasn't there. Then
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  Speaker 3: my mind went back over the Mad Hatter's tea party. No,
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  Speaker 3: there was nothing there. Then it suddenly hit me. The
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  Speaker 3: girl had said to be at 624 West 15th Street
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  Speaker 3: at 7 o'clock. Nothing about being inside. That was it.
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  Speaker 3: It had to be. I glanced at my watch. It
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  Speaker 3: was just 641 when I left the theater.
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  Speaker 5: Taxi!
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  Speaker 3: Hey, taxi! Taxi! 624 West 15th and step on it.
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  Speaker 3: It was exactly three minutes to seven when I reached
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  Speaker 3: the corner of West 15th. The street was deserted now.
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  Speaker 3: I walked slowly toward all that was left of 624.
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  Speaker 3: I could see no one, but I was certain I
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  Speaker 3: was being watched. I reached the front of the building
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  Speaker 3: and stopped. It was exactly seven o'clock. The sound came
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  Speaker 3: from the opposite end of the street. Fortunately, whoever it
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  Speaker 3: was would have to pass under the only street light.
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  Speaker 3: When he reached the cone of light, I saw a man, well-dressed,
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  Speaker 3: wearing dark glasses, feeling his way toward me with a cane.
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  Speaker 3: It didn't look real.
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  Speaker 6: Seven maids?
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  Speaker 3: Seven mops?
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  Speaker 1: Good.
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  Speaker 3: Follow me. And I remembered the rest of it from
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  Speaker 3: Alice in Wonderland. If seven maids with seven mops swept
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  Speaker 3: for half a year, you suppose the walrus said that
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  Speaker 3: they could get it clear? I doubt it, said the carpenter,
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  Speaker 3: and shed a bitter tear.
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  Speaker 4: Autolite is bringing you Mr. Cornel Wilde in Alan in Wonderland.
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  Speaker 4: Tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense.
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  Speaker 5: Suspense. Well, Harlow, we won.
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  Speaker 2: And, Hap, you always win with an Autolite electrical system.
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  Speaker 2: That's why it's used as original equipment on so many
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  Speaker 2: leading makes of our finest cars, trucks, and tractors.
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  Speaker 5: Yes, sir.
• 13:29
  Speaker 3: The boys really went all out today.
• 13:31
  Speaker 2: And so does your Autolite electrical system, Hap. It goes
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  Speaker 2: to work the instant you start the ignition and keeps
• 13:38
  Speaker 2: on working every second your engine runs. as well as
• 13:40
  Speaker 2: when you sound your horn, play your radio, turn on
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  Speaker 2: your lights, use your electric windshield.
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  Speaker 3: Wiper or lighter.
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  Speaker 2: That electrical system is mighty important to every car owner, eh, Harlow?
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  Speaker 3: Right you are, Hap.
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  Speaker 2: So, friends, treat your car's electrical system to a periodic
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  Speaker 2: checkup at your car dealers or at your nearest authorized
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  Speaker 2: auto light service station. You can easily locate your nearest
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  Speaker 2: authorized auto light service station in the classified section of
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  Speaker 2: your phone book under automobile electrical service. Or call Western
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  Speaker 2: Union by number and ask for Operator 25. You'll find
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  Speaker 2: it pays. And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're
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  Speaker 2: always right with Autolite.
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  Speaker 4: And now, Autolite brings back to our Hollywood soundstage Mr.
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  Speaker 4: Cornel Wilde in Elliot Lewis' production of Alan in Wonderland.
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  Speaker 4: A true story, well calculated to keep you in suspense.
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  Speaker 3: The blind man led me east along 15th Street. To
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  Speaker 3: assure myself, I passed my hand in front of his face.
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  Speaker 3: He was blind, all right, if that was any comfort.
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  Speaker 3: I had no choice except to follow him, but I
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  Speaker 3: still couldn't help wishing there'd been time to phone the police.
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  Speaker 3: You were right on time.
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  Speaker 6: That's what we like.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, sure. Business is business, ain't it?
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  Speaker 6: Exactly, young man, exactly.
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  Speaker 3: The dame told me I'd get my money here, is
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  Speaker 3: that right?
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  Speaker 6: As agreed. 1,000 before, 2,000 after.
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  Speaker 3: If all goes well.
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  Speaker 6: We were informed you're the best.
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  Speaker 3: The best? Why, sure. What else? You pay for something.
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  Speaker 3: You should get the best.
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  Speaker 6: Wait a minute. Is there anyone watching?
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  Speaker 3: I don't see anybody. It's too dark.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, good.
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  Speaker 3: Then we go in here, the cellar.
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  Speaker 5: Now, my key.
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  Speaker 6: Ah.
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  Speaker 3: Follow me. I can't see anything.
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  Speaker 7: Don't worry.
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  Speaker 6: I'll be your eyes.
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  Speaker 3: I held on to the blind man's arm as he
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  Speaker 3: led the way down a narrow corridor. It was black
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  Speaker 3: as pitch. As he walked, my nostrils filled with countless smells,
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  Speaker 3: all musty and old. The corridor made a turn, and
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  Speaker 3: up ahead a faint light appeared. As we approached, I
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  Speaker 3: could see the outline of a door. We stopped in
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  Speaker 3: front of it and the blind man knocked.
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  Speaker 6: Who is it?
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  Speaker 7: Pig and Pepper.
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  Speaker 3: The sudden light from the naked bulb was blinding. As
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  Speaker 3: my eyes adjusted, a row of iron sinks came into
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  Speaker 3: view along one wall. The room evidently had been the
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  Speaker 3: building's laundry. Casually shifting my gaze, I observed three men.
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  Speaker 3: One was big, all over hair like a gorilla. The
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  Speaker 3: second was small, rat-faced. The blind man went over to
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  Speaker 3: the third. Obviously, the boss, whose strange glowing eyes studied
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  Speaker 3: me carefully from behind a battered table.
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  Speaker 6: He doesn't look what I expected.
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  Speaker 5: What did you expect?
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  Speaker 6: A countryman. He doesn't look like a countryman.
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  Speaker 7: What difference does it make? They guaranteed he could.
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  Speaker 6: Do the job. They promised me a countryman. They told
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  Speaker 6: us we'd have to take what they sent. You're sure
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  Speaker 6: he's the one? No mistake?
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  Speaker 2: Positive.
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  Speaker 5: The appointed place, the appointed time, the password.
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  Speaker 6: Even a blind man could see. Let us get on
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  Speaker 6: with it, Alex.
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  Speaker 3: Give him the instructions.
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  Speaker 5: All right, all right. You.
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  Speaker 3: Huh?
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  Speaker 5: Yeah?
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  Speaker 6: Listen carefully. It is now 7-5. They will leave their
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  Speaker 6: hotel at 7.30 and they are very punctual. This is Nicholas.
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  Speaker 5: Nicholas.
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  Speaker 6: Nicholas will be your driver.
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  Speaker 3: My driver?
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  Speaker 6: You will sit in front with him. Did you bring
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  Speaker 6: a weapon?
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  Speaker 3: Well, no, I.
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  Speaker 5: Good.
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  Speaker 6: Extremely clever of you. In case you were caught coming here.
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  Speaker 6: We have a weapon for you in the car.
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  Speaker 3: Carlo.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 7: A beautiful mechanism.
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  Speaker 3: Accurate.
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  Speaker 7: You will enjoy using it.
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  Speaker 6: Carlo will be sitting directly behind you in case anything
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  Speaker 6: goes wrong. Understand?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, sure. Just as you say.
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  Speaker 6: They will probably come out together.
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  Speaker 5: Pray for it.
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  Speaker 6: If Locke does not smile and Santusian comes out alone,
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  Speaker 6: let him go. Being only foreign minister, he is less important.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I understand.
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  Speaker 6: This is the premier, Massini, that we want. I.
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  Speaker 3: yeah, of course.
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  Speaker 6: You must get Massini. If he comes out first, empty
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  Speaker 6: your gun in him and forget Santusian. If they come
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  Speaker 6: out together, kill them both.
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  Speaker 3: Kill? I was being hired to kill. Massini, premier of
• 18:49
  Speaker 3: one of the Balkan republics, and Santusian, the foreign minister.
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  Speaker 3: Their pictures have been in the papers constantly since they'd
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  Speaker 3: arrived for an important UN meeting. Their deaths in the
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  Speaker 3: United States would throw the Balkans into an uproar, and
• 19:02
  Speaker 3: I was to be the assassin. It seemed like part
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  Speaker 3: of some terrible nightmare. No one knew where I was.
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  Speaker 3: If I gave myself away, they'd kill me on the spot.
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  Speaker 3: I was in it alone, up to my neck. I
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  Speaker 3: needed help. I had to think of something. Stole. Anything.
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  Speaker 6: You listening?
• 19:21
  Speaker 3: Yeah, sure I'm listening.
• 19:23
  Speaker 6: Your car will develop engine trouble directly in front of
• 19:26
  Speaker 6: the Park Avenue entrance. This will give you a clear
• 19:28
  Speaker 6: line of fire.
• 19:29
  Speaker 7: We were given to understand you never miss.
• 19:32
  Speaker 3: Oh, that's right. I never miss.
• 19:33
  Speaker 6: Nicholas will be outside the car pretending to examine the engine.
• 19:37
  Speaker 6: You will be alone in the front seat. The moment
• 19:39
  Speaker 6: will be yours.
• 19:41
  Speaker 3: Yeah, then there's nothing to worry about, is there?
• 19:44
  Speaker 6: Just one thing more. If you fail us, lose your nerve,
• 19:47
  Speaker 6: or decide to change your mind once the plan is over...
• 19:50
  Speaker 6: is in motion, Carlo has orders to kill you instantly.
• 19:54
  Speaker 7: I will be right behind you.
• 19:56
  Speaker 3: Well, okay, sure. You guys got a right to protect
• 19:59
  Speaker 3: your investment.
• 20:00
  Speaker 6: All right. It is now 7.10. You will leave in
• 20:03
  Speaker 6: five minutes.
• 20:04
  Speaker 7: Nicholas, you finish card game, huh?
• 20:06
  Speaker 6: Yeah. Hey.
• 20:19
  Speaker 5: What?
• 20:20
  Speaker 6: What is it?
• 20:21
  Speaker 3: My money. Yeah, what about my dough?
• 20:24
  Speaker 9: I have it right here.
• 20:26
  Speaker 3: One thousand.
• 20:28
  Speaker 5: Oh, yeah.
• 20:30
  Speaker 3: Thanks.
• 20:30
  Speaker 9: Play, Nicholas.
• 20:42
  Speaker 5: A cigarette, young man?
• 20:44
  Speaker 3: No, no, no, no thanks.
• 20:46
  Speaker 6: I seem to sense a nervousness about you.
• 20:50
  Speaker 3: A nervous one? No, I just want to get my
• 20:52
  Speaker 3: hands on that rod. Of course you do.
• 20:54
  Speaker 5: That's the spirit.
• 20:55
  Speaker 6: All right. It's 7.15.
• 21:02
  Speaker 5: Wait.
• 21:04
  Speaker 3: Wait a minute.
• 21:04
  Speaker 6: What?
• 21:06
  Speaker 3: The rest of the money. What about the other two grand?
• 21:09
  Speaker 6: Carlo has it with him. You'll get it the moment
• 21:11
  Speaker 6: you complete the job. All set?
• 21:13
  Speaker 3: Now wait. Now let's see if Carlo's got it. I
• 21:15
  Speaker 3: have it.
• 21:15
  Speaker 7: It is getting late. We have to.
• 21:17
  Speaker 3: I want to see it.
• 21:18
  Speaker 7: I have it.
• 21:19
  Speaker 3: Come on, come on.
• 21:20
  Speaker 6: Show it to him.
• 21:21
  Speaker 7: But Alex... Show it.
• 21:25
  Speaker 3: There.
• 21:26
  Speaker 7: Satisfied?
• 21:28
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 21:29
  Speaker 3: I'm satisfied.
• 21:30
  Speaker 6: All set? Now go. And may luck be with you.
• 21:34
  Speaker 3: Good hunting, young man.
• 21:36
  Speaker 5: Good hunting.
• 21:38
  Speaker 3: We left. Carlo leading now and Nicholas right behind me.
• 21:44
  Speaker 3: I could only sense that we were headed for the
• 21:47
  Speaker 3: back of the building this time. But even if I'd
• 21:49
  Speaker 3: been able to see in that inky black, the narrow
• 21:52
  Speaker 3: corridor offered no chance of escape.
• 21:55
  Speaker 7: Stairs now.
• 21:56
  Speaker 3: I'd tried to make myself think of something, but I couldn't.
• 22:01
  Speaker 3: Only that I was dreaming it all like Alice and
• 22:03
  Speaker 3: pretty soon I'd wake up.
• 22:07
  Speaker 6: We.
• 22:08
  Speaker 3: came out of the back of the building into a
• 22:10
  Speaker 3: deserted alley. The big ape was still behind me and
• 22:13
  Speaker 3: Carlo in front. He led the way to a large
• 22:17
  Speaker 3: black car.
• 22:18
  Speaker 7: You ride in front with Nicholas. It is now 7.19.
• 22:29
  Speaker 7: All right, Nicholas.
• 22:33
  Speaker 3: Hey, Carlo.
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: Huh?
• 22:36
  Speaker 3: The gun. Let's have it.
• 22:38
  Speaker 7: You will have it in plenty of time.
• 22:40
  Speaker 3: But I feel funny without one. If anything goes wrong before.
• 22:43
  Speaker 7: Nothing will go wrong.
• 22:45
  Speaker 10: Nicholas is an excellent driver and the plan is perfect.
• 22:48
  Speaker 3: Perfect? A gun.
• 22:53
  Speaker 10: He's too quick for Massini. If it had been left
• 22:56
  Speaker 10: to me, it would have been a knife. Pay attention
• 22:59
  Speaker 10: to the traffic, Nicholas.
• 23:01
  Speaker 3: Thank you. We turned uptown, and the traffic began to
• 23:08
  Speaker 3: get heavier. I looked at my watch. It was 7.23.
• 23:13
  Speaker 3: I thought about jumping Nicholas, wrecking the car. But not
• 23:17
  Speaker 3: with Carlo in the back seat. I could feel his
• 23:19
  Speaker 3: little rat's eyes burning into the back of my neck.
• 23:22
  Speaker 3: Any sudden move, he'd be right on top of me.
• 23:25
  Speaker 3: My only chance was a policeman, a squad car, someone
• 23:28
  Speaker 3: I could signal.
• 23:29
  Speaker 9: 7.25.
• 23:37
  Speaker 7: One more block.
• 23:39
  Speaker 3: You better give me that gun.
• 23:41
  Speaker 9: In time. We are here, Nicholas.
• 23:53
  Speaker 7: Perfect. 727. Get out and look at the engine, Nicholas.
• 24:05
  Speaker 3: Hey, Carlo.
• 24:06
  Speaker 10: Pay attention to me. Look across at the entrance to
• 24:10
  Speaker 10: the hotel. They will come out the left-hand door. The
• 24:13
  Speaker 10: doorman will signal for their official car. It is right
• 24:16
  Speaker 10: back there, you see? They will step to the curb
• 24:19
  Speaker 10: before the car arrives. That is when you fire.
• 24:22
  Speaker 3: Okay, now give me the gun.
• 24:24
  Speaker 7: First, the knife.
• 24:26
  Speaker 3: Knife?
• 24:26
  Speaker 7: At the side of your neck, you feel it?
• 24:28
  Speaker 3: Hey.
• 24:29
  Speaker 7: Insurance for a good job. Sharp as a razor, my friend.
• 24:35
  Speaker 7: Here is the gun. Head trigger. Careful, you know.
• 24:39
  Speaker 3: Hey, that knife, you don't want me to miss.
• 24:42
  Speaker 5: Do you?
• 24:42
  Speaker 7: You will not miss. It is your business not to miss.
• 24:48
  Speaker 7: Now keep your eye on the door.
• 24:52
  Speaker 3: I could feel the point of that knife just barely
• 24:55
  Speaker 3: scratch the back of my neck. I looked across at
• 24:58
  Speaker 3: the hotel. It was 7.29. Everything was normal. People passed...
• 25:05
  Speaker 3: The doorman nodded and smiled, but no one looked our way.
• 25:10
  Speaker 3: I felt the gun go slippery as my hand began
• 25:12
  Speaker 3: to sweat. They wouldn't come out. They just couldn't. They'd
• 25:17
  Speaker 3: go out another door. The meeting was canceled. They'd see us.
• 25:21
  Speaker 3: Knew I had a gun. Nothing to worry about. They
• 25:23
  Speaker 3: weren't coming out.
• 25:24
  Speaker 9: 7.30.
• 25:25
  Speaker 6: There.
• 25:27
  Speaker 9: There they come.
• 25:29
  Speaker 3: Both of them. Move the knife, will you?
• 25:32
  Speaker 7: They're walking to the car.
• 25:34
  Speaker 6: Take aim.
• 25:35
  Speaker 3: Move the knife.
• 25:36
  Speaker 7: Take aim. I am now.
• 25:39
  Speaker 6: Shoot.
• 25:40
  Speaker 5: Shoot straight. Shoot.
• 25:42
  Speaker 7: Pull the trigger.
• 25:43
  Speaker 5: Shoot.
• 26:00
  Speaker 3: It all happened at once.
• 26:03
  Speaker 2: It all.
• 26:04
  Speaker 3: Happened at once.
• 26:05
  Speaker 5: Just relax.
• 26:06
  Speaker 3: You're all right. What?
• 26:09
  Speaker 6: You've been under a sedative.
• 26:12
  Speaker 3: Nurse?
• 26:14
  Speaker 6: Hospital?
• 26:15
  Speaker 3: My throat?
• 26:16
  Speaker 6: Oh, you're going to be all right. The doctor even
• 26:18
  Speaker 6: said you could have visitors. You can come in now.
• 26:21
  Speaker 9: No, no.
• 26:22
  Speaker 3: You mustn't let them in.
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: Wow, Mr.
• 26:24
  Speaker 6: Stone. How are you feeling? Well, I.
• 26:30
  Speaker 3: You, I... I feel fine, Lieutenant, but... Head's buzzing a little.
• 26:35
  Speaker 3: It should. You got a pretty nasty bump.
• 26:37
  Speaker 4: Doctor says you should get over it.
• 26:39
  Speaker 3: You're a lucky guy. What happened? What hit me? I did.
• 26:42
  Speaker 4: When I saw you aim the gun, I didn't know
• 26:45
  Speaker 4: what you'd do. There wasn't time, so I just ran
• 26:47
  Speaker 4: the squad car into the one you were in trying
• 26:49
  Speaker 4: to spoil your aim.
• 26:50
  Speaker 3: You were around all the time?
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
• 26:53
  Speaker 3: The big one's dead.
• 26:54
  Speaker 4: They don't hold out much chance for the other one either.
• 26:58
  Speaker 3: What did I... I did kill them. Oh, no.
• 27:01
  Speaker 4: No, I mean the guys you were with. We had
• 27:03
  Speaker 4: a tale on you every minute after you left the precinct.
• 27:06
  Speaker 4: He went to the movies, six of us.
• 27:08
  Speaker 3: And the blind man, Lieutenant, what about him?
• 27:10
  Speaker 4: I picked him and that other character up right after
• 27:12
  Speaker 4: you walked out.
• 27:13
  Speaker 3: Got the girl, too. Yeah, well, that's fine.
• 27:17
  Speaker 4: Just one more thing. None of this is going to
• 27:20
  Speaker 4: be made public. It might create some sort of incident.
• 27:24
  Speaker 4: I'm sorry, but that goes for you, too.
• 27:26
  Speaker 3: Oh, of course. I understand.
• 27:27
  Speaker 9: Sorry.
• 27:28
  Speaker 6: Time's up.
• 27:30
  Speaker 3: So long, Mr.
• 27:30
  Speaker 6: Stone.
• 27:31
  Speaker 3: Long.
• 27:32
  Speaker 4: If I need a good lawyer, I'll look you up.
• 27:35
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• 29:27
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• 29:30
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• 30:44
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