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The Shadow - "Death Hunt" (Old Time Radio) · The Shadow | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: Brett Morrison and Grace Matthews star as Lamont Cranston and
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  Speaker 1: Margo Lane in a late 1947 Mutual Broadcasting System broadcast
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  Speaker 1: of The Shadow. In episode 419, Death Hunt, first heard
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  Speaker 1: October 26, 1947, Augustus White, a gambler burdened by debt,
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  Speaker 1: accepts a wager from a celebrated big-game hunter. He will
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  Speaker 1: serve as quarry for 24 hours among a block of
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  Speaker 1: condemned city houses. White's wife, Clara, turns to Cranston and
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  Speaker 1: Margo as the terms of that wager bring the gambling
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  Speaker 1: world and its clues into the case. Guy DeVry wrote
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  Speaker 1: this blue coal-sponsored installment with Andre Baruch as announcer. We
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  Speaker 1: now take you back 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 3: The shadow knows.
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  Speaker 4: The shadow knows.
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  Speaker 2: Once again, your neighborhood blue coal dealer brings you the
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  Speaker 2: thrilling adventures of the shadow, the hard and relentless fight
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  Speaker 2: of one man against the forces of evil. These dramatizations
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  Speaker 2: are designed to demonstrate... to be scarce this winter. So
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  Speaker 2: if you heat with coal, you're fortunate. You're able to
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  Speaker 2: store fuel. But get your order in early. Call your
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  Speaker 2: blue coal dealer tomorrow and ask him to schedule your
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  Speaker 2: delivery as soon as he can. And make sure that
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  Speaker 2: you order the right size of coal for your furnace.
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  Speaker 2: If you're not sure what it should be, ask your
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  Speaker 2: blue coal dealer. He'll be glad to inspect your heating
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  Speaker 2: plant and he may be able to make other recommendations
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  Speaker 2: too that will help you to get more heat and
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  Speaker 2: to burn less fuel. So first thing tomorrow, call the
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  Speaker 2: nearest blue coal dealer and ask him about scheduling an.
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  Speaker 3: Early delivery of your blue coal.
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  Speaker 2: The shadow who aids the forces of law and order
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  Speaker 2: is in reality Lamont Cranston, wealthy young man about town.
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  Speaker 2: Years ago in the Orient, Cranston learned a strange and
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  Speaker 2: mysterious secret, the hypnotic power to cloud men's minds so
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  Speaker 2: they cannot see him. Cranston's friend and companion, the lovely
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  Speaker 2: Margot Lane, is the only person who knows to whom
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  Speaker 2: the voice of the invisible shadow belongs.
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  Speaker 3: Today's drama, Death.
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  Speaker 2: Hunt. A slight elderly man steps off the private penthouse
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  Speaker 2: elevator of the town central hotel. He walks toward the
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  Speaker 2: massive carved door.
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  Speaker 3: At the end of the hallway.
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  Speaker 2: He hesitates for a moment as he reads the nameplate,
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  Speaker 2: Randolph Fitz.
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  Speaker 3: Then... Come in. Come in. Come in.
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  Speaker 5: Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Prince, I am a gust of weight. Stand on one side, White. Yes, yes.
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  Speaker 3: See this weapon I'm swinging over my head? Why, yes,
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  Speaker 3: I do.
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  Speaker 6: Three raw high cords with leaden weights at the ends.
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  Speaker 3: Called a bolus. Comes from South America. Keep your eyes
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  Speaker 3: on the head of that store dummy down at the
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  Speaker 3: far end of the room. Yes, yes.
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  Speaker 6: Now, I swing the bolus around my head like this,
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  Speaker 6: and then release it like this.
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  Speaker 2: Oh.
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  Speaker 7: Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
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  Speaker 2: I have a novel way of losing one's head, don't
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  Speaker 2: you think? During my last visit to the South American jungle... Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Prince, my reason for... Oh, yeah, suppose you sit down.
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  Speaker 7: Obviously, you're in trouble.
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  Speaker 2: What is it? I'm 63 years old, and I'm married.
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  Speaker 2: My wife, Clara, doesn't know about my weakness for gambling.
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  Speaker 3: Last night, I had a lucky... Where did you play?
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  Speaker 2: At the Paradise Club.
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  Speaker 3: Maddox, please, eh?
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  Speaker 7: You say you were winning?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, my luck was phenomenal. I was winning game after game.
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  Speaker 2: That's when Maddox asked you to come into his private
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  Speaker 2: office and cut cards? Double or nothing? Well, yes.
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  Speaker 7: How did you know?
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  Speaker 2: I know Mr. Maddox very well.
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  Speaker 3: Go on.
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  Speaker 2: We cut for a very high stake. I lost everything.
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  Speaker 2: Plus getting myself in debt for $ 50, 000. I see. Where
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  Speaker 2: do I come into this? I have a business deal
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  Speaker 2: for you.
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  Speaker 3: I'm an adventurer.
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  Speaker 2: Big game hunter.
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  Speaker 3: Not a businessman. Well, now, this concerns a hunt. What
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  Speaker 3: kind of a hunt?
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  Speaker 2: An animal.
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  Speaker 3: Even you have never hunted before, Mr. Prince. A human being.
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  Speaker 3: Human being?
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  Speaker 2: Who? Me. You? Yes, yes, it's my only chance. I know,
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  Speaker 2: I know you're adventurous and willing to do anything that's different.
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  Speaker 3: So I thought of this plan.
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  Speaker 7: I have it all worked out.
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  Speaker 2: The time limit would be 24 hours. You designate a certain,
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  Speaker 2: let's call it a hunting area, perhaps a single city
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  Speaker 2: block of condemned houses. I'll stay in that block and
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  Speaker 2: then you hunt me. Yes, that's all there is to it.
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  Speaker 2: That's a fast one. Where does money come into this?
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  Speaker 2: If I can elude you for 24 hours, you pay
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  Speaker 2: me $ 50, 000. Otherwise, I kill you? Yes. And have the
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  Speaker 2: police call me for murder?
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  Speaker 3: No, thank you.
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  Speaker 2: No, no, I thought of that, too. Here, it's all
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  Speaker 2: written out. I have a suicide note in my own handwriting.
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  Speaker 6: I think it's, of course, absolutely fantastic.
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  Speaker 3: That's digging. It's a plug. Get some men to watch.
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  Speaker 2: That you stay inside. Please, Mr. Prince, I can't allow
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  Speaker 2: Clara to find out about the gambling. She has a
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  Speaker 2: bad heart. The slightest shock would kill her. I must
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  Speaker 2: have that money. I may use any weapon I wish.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, yes, that's up to you. What? You've made yourself
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  Speaker 3: a deal.
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  Speaker 2: Then you accept? I do. Now suppose we look at
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  Speaker 2: the map of the city and pick out the hunting area.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you.
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  Speaker 7: That's it, Mrs.
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  Speaker 2: White.
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  Speaker 7: Now, just lie back on the couch. Thank you, Margo. Now,
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  Speaker 7: you mustn't get yourself excited. I came as soon as
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  Speaker 7: I could, and I brought Mr. Cranston with me.
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  Speaker 2: I'm glad you did, Margo.
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  Speaker 7: I've been so terribly worried.
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  Speaker 2: It wasn't quite clear to Margo over the phone, Mrs.
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  Speaker 7: White.
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  Speaker 2: Just what is it that's upset you?
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  Speaker 7: It's Augustus, Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Cranston.
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  Speaker 3: My husband.
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  Speaker 7: He left a note saying that he'd be gone for
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  Speaker 7: 24 hours. Nothing else, just not to worry he'd be back.
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  Speaker 2: In 24 hours. Has he ever done anything like this before, Mrs. White?
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  Speaker 4: Never.
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  Speaker 7: But he's been acting strangely lately. For weeks now, he's
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  Speaker 7: seemed worried and upset. The last few days, he hasn't
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  Speaker 7: been himself at all. And he left a strange note
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  Speaker 7: this morning, and you haven't heard from him since. I
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  Speaker 7: awoke about five in the morning, and Augustus was gone.
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  Speaker 7: There was the note on the desk.
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  Speaker 2: Can I see the note, please, Mrs.
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  Speaker 7: White? It's still over there on the desk.
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  Speaker 3: Sure, well, I'll get it.
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  Speaker 2: Mrs.
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  Speaker 7: White, you mustn't worry. You know what the doctor said
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  Speaker 7: about keeping quiet. I know, Margo. But I just have
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  Speaker 7: a feeling that something terrible has happened to Augustus.
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  Speaker 2: I have a feeling I'll never see him alive again.
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  Speaker 4: Now, Mrs.
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  Speaker 7: White.
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  Speaker 2: Mrs. White, would you mind if I keep this note
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  Speaker 2: for a little while? Why, no, Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Crest.
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  Speaker 7: Have you found any of them?
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  Speaker 4: I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: I think we'd better go now, Mrs. White. I'm sure
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  Speaker 2: your husband's going to be all right, and we'll check
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  Speaker 2: back with you.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, thank you for coming.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much.
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  Speaker 7: Goodbye, Mrs.
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  Speaker 3: White, and please don't worry.
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  Speaker 2: Goodbye.
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  Speaker 7: Well, Lamont.
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  Speaker 2: Look at that note, Margo. Here.
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  Speaker 7: Darling Clara, please don't worry. I will be back in
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  Speaker 7: 24 hours. That's it. That's just.
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  Speaker 2: What Mrs.
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  Speaker 7: White told us to say.
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  Speaker 3: Hold it up for the light.
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  Speaker 7: Indentations on the paper.
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  Speaker 4: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: White's been doing some figuring on this same pad of paper, Margo.
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  Speaker 2: Mark of the pencil shows through.
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  Speaker 7: It's a column of large numbers.
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  Speaker 2: The total of which is $ 50, 000. You can see that clearly.
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  Speaker 2: Don't you think Mr.
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  Speaker 7: White may be in some kind of financial difficulty?
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  Speaker 2: It'd be a good guess, I'd say, Don. Especially when
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  Speaker 2: this is stuck inside the back of the pad.
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  Speaker 7: Part of the match holder from the Paradise Company. What's
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  Speaker 7: the Paradise Club, Margo?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's supposed to be an intimate little supper club. Actually,
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  Speaker 2: the club's just a front for a gambling casino. Run
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  Speaker 2: by a racketeer named Maddox.
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  Speaker 3: Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Wesson's been trying to get something out of him for months.
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  Speaker 7: Well, that still doesn't explain why Mr. White mysteriously left
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  Speaker 7: his home for 24 hours.
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  Speaker 2: Well, somebody at the Paradise Club might be able to
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  Speaker 2: help explain that, Margo. Perhaps Mr. Maddox himself.
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  Speaker 6: I know you're at the top of this flight of stairs, White.
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  Speaker 6: And I'm coming up to get you.
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  Speaker 3: Only four hours. And the hunt is almost over, White.
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  Speaker 3: I'm using a bow and arrow.
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  Speaker 6: Shall I put an arrow through that box you're hiding behind,
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  Speaker 6: or will you come out?
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  Speaker 3: All right, White.
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  Speaker 2: Missed me.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, what's.
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  Speaker 6: It's simple for me to tell you to this warehouse.
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  Speaker 2: I'll count you again, Pike. Only ten hours are gone.
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  Speaker 3: You remember this baller, don't you, White?
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  Speaker 6: Remember what it did to this door dummy in my apartment?
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  Speaker 3: It'll do the same thing to you. Come on.
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  Speaker 2: I can dodge around these pillars all.
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  Speaker 3: Night, Vince. We'll see about that.
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  Speaker 2: It won't have to do better than that.
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  Speaker 7: All right.
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  Speaker 2: I'll get another weapon. And this time I won't miss, White.
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  Speaker 3: Next time you'll be looking into the open.
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  Speaker 7: End of a gun. There's somewhere in this basement, White.
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  Speaker 6: I know it.
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  Speaker 3: That's what I thought you were.
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  Speaker 7: Try again, Prince.
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  Speaker 2: I'm over here now, Prince. Vehicles down here are deceptive,
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  Speaker 2: aren't they?
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  Speaker 3: Well, shoot it, White, if it's my last act or not.
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  Speaker 2: Was that your last act, Prince?
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  Speaker 3: White, listen to me a moment.
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  Speaker 2: I'll take my hat off to you. You're a clever man.
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  Speaker 5: You win.
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  Speaker 3: I'm calling the bet off. What did you say?
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  Speaker 2: I said I'm calling it off. Call over. Come to
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  Speaker 2: my house tomorrow to collect your money.
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  Speaker 7: Well, Lamont, I must say the Paradise Club is certainly
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  Speaker 7: a luxurious little spot.
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  Speaker 2: It ought to be with all the revenue Maddox takes
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  Speaker 2: in from the casino.
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  Speaker 7: Thank you, sir.
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  Speaker 2: We'll know in a minute. Now, this is his office.
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  Speaker 3: Come in.
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  Speaker 2: Maddox?
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  Speaker 3: Yes? My name is Cranston. This is Miss Lane. How
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  Speaker 3: do you do? What can I do for you? We've
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  Speaker 3: come about a little gambling debt.
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  Speaker 2: You're in the wrong place, Quincy. This is a supper club.
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  Speaker 2: We know all about the casino, Maddox. We've come about
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  Speaker 2: a gambling debt run up here by one of our friends.
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  Speaker 2: A debt of $ 50, 000.
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  Speaker 3: Fifty!
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  Speaker 2: Why doesn't your friend tell me about it?
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  Speaker 7: That's why we're here, Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Maddox.
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  Speaker 7: Our friend can't.
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  Speaker 3: He's missing.
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  Speaker 2: You'd better go to the cops. No, I think you
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  Speaker 2: can tell us more. I told you this wasn't a
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  Speaker 2: gambling joint. This is not only a gambling joint, but
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  Speaker 2: it's a place where a desperate man with a modest
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  Speaker 2: income can rob a fabulous debt of $ 50, 000. Who are
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  Speaker 2: you talking about? A man named Augustus White. Okay.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, White did gamble here.
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  Speaker 2: But I don't know where he is now, and I
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  Speaker 2: don't care. Because he hasn't got a debt here of $ 50, 000.
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  Speaker 7: I think he has.
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  Speaker 3: And I say he hasn't. Look the record book over.
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  Speaker 2: For yourself, wise guy.
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  Speaker 3: There's the name White. And there's the amount of $ 50, 000.
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  Speaker 2: That's been canceled.
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  Speaker 3: That's right, sister. Canceled.
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  Speaker 2: Crossed out.
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  Speaker 3: Written off the books.
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  Speaker 2: Augustus White doesn't owe me a cent.
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  Speaker 7: Hello?
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  Speaker 2: Clara?
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  Speaker 3: Clara, this is Augustus. Augustus?
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  Speaker 7: Oh, darling, where are you?
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  Speaker 2: I was working on a little business deal, dear.
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  Speaker 3: It's all over now.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, Augustus, I've been so worried about you.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, well, now you're all right, aren't you?
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  Speaker 7: Well, I've been feeling faint. Please come home quickly. Right away, Augustus,
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  Speaker 7: as fast as you can. Yes, I'll be there.
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  Speaker 2: In half an hour.
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  Speaker 3: Nice acting, Mrs.
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  Speaker 4: White.
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  Speaker 3: Toss this gun in.
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  Speaker 2: Your back, help.
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  Speaker 7: What did you make me do that for?
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  Speaker 3: Ah, to set up this room for the trap. Chair
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  Speaker 3: has to go.
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  Speaker 2: Who are you? What are you doing here?
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  Speaker 4: Ah, this desk.
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  Speaker 2: Out of the way.
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  Speaker 3: I'll show Whitey can't best me. I've never failed in
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  Speaker 3: a hunt yet.
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  Speaker 2: What has my husband done? Oh, that's what he's done.
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  Speaker 2: Shouldn't have gambled with Maddox.
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  Speaker 4: That?
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  Speaker 2: He shouldn't have challenged me to a hunt.
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  Speaker 7: I don't understand.
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  Speaker 2: Now, the line of sight of the door is clear.
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  Speaker 4: Everything's perfect.
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  Speaker 2: What are you going to do?
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  Speaker 6: I'm going to trap your husband and kill him.
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  Speaker 3: Kill him?
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  Speaker 5: No.
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  Speaker 7: This is White.
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  Speaker 4: Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: All the better.
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  Speaker 2: There'll be no witness now. Nobody will see me shoot
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  Speaker 2: Augustus White when he comes through that door.
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  Speaker 4: Do you think Mrs. White will still be out?
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  Speaker 2: I doubt if she could sleep much without hearing some
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  Speaker 2: news of her husband.
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  Speaker 7: No. I can't get over how strangely.
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  Speaker 2: Mad it's been.
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  Speaker 5: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Gamblers don't usually cancel $ 50, 000 debts without a very good reason.
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  Speaker 2: Here we are. Stop the jeep.
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  Speaker 7: I'll knock. Maybe she has something to get over.
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  Speaker 4: I don't like him. Try the door.
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  Speaker 7: Maybe she'll have to come out.
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  Speaker 4: All right, Margo.
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  Speaker 2: We'll return to the shadow in just a moment. Friends,
• 16:45
  Speaker 2: you're missing plenty if you don't have a blue coal
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  Speaker 2: temp master heat regulator on your furnace. You are missing
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  Speaker 2: the wonderful work-saving ease that.
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  Speaker 3: Automatic temperature control gives.
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  Speaker 2: You're missing the.
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  Speaker 3: Even, steady, healthy heat that could be yours.
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  Speaker 2: And you're missing the big savings in fuel that a
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  Speaker 2: temp master makes possible. Altogether, you're missing the carefree heating
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  Speaker 2: comfort you should have. But why wait any longer? Call
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  Speaker 2: the nearest blue coal dealer.
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  Speaker 3: Ask him to demonstrate the new blue coal temp master.
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  Speaker 2: They are not expensive. There is no charge or obligation
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  Speaker 2: for the demonstration. The temp master is an entirely new
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  Speaker 2: kind of automatic heat regulator. The electric-eyed thermostat upstairs, a
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  Speaker 2: blue coal development, keeps your home exactly at the temperature
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  Speaker 2: you set on the dial, eliminating all those trips to
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  Speaker 2: the basement to adjust dampers. Furnace controls are operated automatically
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  Speaker 2: as needed. And the electric eye thermostat actually shows you
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  Speaker 2: the exact position of those dampers. This winter, save fuel,
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  Speaker 2: save trouble, and get much better, much more helpful heat
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  Speaker 2: with a Blue Coal Temp Master. Call the nearest Blue
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  Speaker 2: Coal dealer. Ask him for a demonstration of the Temp
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  Speaker 2: Master tomorrow. And now, back to the shadow. Lamont and Margot,
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  Speaker 2: in an effort to discover the whereabouts of Augustus White,
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  Speaker 2: return to his wife to tell her that his gambling
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  Speaker 2: debt of $ 50, 000 has been mysteriously canceled. As they open
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  Speaker 2: the door, two shots ring out from the inside of
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  Speaker 2: the darkened room. Back against the wall, Margot, quickly.
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  Speaker 4: What's that?
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  Speaker 2: A shot has gotten away through another door. Stay behind me, Margot.
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  Speaker 5: I'll see if I can find the light switch.
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  Speaker 2: There we are. It's all right, Margo.
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  Speaker 3: There's no.
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  Speaker 5: Mrs.
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  Speaker 2: White.
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  Speaker 7: Mrs. White.
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  Speaker 2: I can't breathe. She hasn't been hurt. Mrs. White, this
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  Speaker 2: is Lamont Cranston. Tell me, who is in this room
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  Speaker 2: with you?
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  Speaker 7: What happened?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, no.
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  Speaker 2: That.
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  Speaker 7: He was going to give a good... He was reaching
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  Speaker 7: out at me.
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  Speaker 2: Do you know who he was, Mrs.
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  Speaker 5: White?
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  Speaker 6: It's... The same man.
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  Speaker 3: Who shot.
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  Speaker 2: Her. He killed her just as if he'd murdered her
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  Speaker 2: in cold blood. Easy, darling. Who could have done it, Lamont?
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  Speaker 2: Who would want to kill people like the wife? Right now,
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: I don't know. I'm going to find out. Look, I
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: want you to phone Commissioner Weston and stay here to
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: explain this to him.
• 19:43
  Speaker 3: Where are you going, Lamar?
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: I'm going to have another talk with our friend Maddox.
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: Maybe this time he's going to tell me a lot
• 19:49
  Speaker 2: more because he'll be talking to the shadow.
• 20:02
  Speaker 7: Mr.
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: White. Hey.
• 20:04
  Speaker 3: What are you doing here, Miss Lane?
• 20:06
  Speaker 7: Your wife phoned, Mr. White, and asked to come here
• 20:09
  Speaker 7: to your home.
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: She was worried about you. I know the note, but
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: I phoned her just a little while ago.
• 20:16
  Speaker 3: Where is she?
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: Has something happened?
• 20:20
  Speaker 7: Don't get excited, Mr.
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: White. Something has happened, hasn't it?
• 20:25
  Speaker 3: Well.
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: I'm afraid it has, Mr.
• 20:28
  Speaker 7: White.
• 20:29
  Speaker 2: He came here looking for me and his town, Clara. Please, Mr. White.
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: Her heart. She died. He killed her. He came here
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: to kill me, but he killed Clara.
• 20:43
  Speaker 3: You've got to be calm, Mr.
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: White. I am calm, Miss May.
• 20:49
  Speaker 3: Very calm.
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: Now, tell me exactly.
• 20:53
  Speaker 3: What you know.
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: Well, after we talked to Clara, Mr.
• 20:57
  Speaker 7: Cranston guessed the truth about Maddox.
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: We saw Maddox.
• 21:00
  Speaker 7: We were coming back to tell Clara about our talk
• 21:02
  Speaker 7: with him.
• 21:03
  Speaker 3: We walked in here.
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: There was a shot.
• 21:05
  Speaker 3: We turned on the lights. We found Clara.
• 21:09
  Speaker 6: I see.
• 21:09
  Speaker 5: Mr.
• 21:10
  Speaker 7: White, where are you going? Please come back, Mr. White.
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: I'll be back. But first, the hunter is going to
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: know how it feels to be hunted.
• 21:35
  Speaker 3: That's funny.
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: I don't remember locking this door when I.
• 21:39
  Speaker 3: Came into the office. What was that?
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: The key for the door is in your desk, Maddox.
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: Just where I put it.
• 21:49
  Speaker 5: Who's talking?
• 21:51
  Speaker 2: I can't see anyone.
• 21:52
  Speaker 3: This is the shadow.
• 21:53
  Speaker 2: The shadow?
• 21:58
  Speaker 5: Well, well, I always knew you and I would meet
• 22:01
  Speaker 5: up someday.
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: Maddox, why did you cancel White's gambling debt? I don't
• 22:07
  Speaker 2: know what you're talking about.
• 22:08
  Speaker 5: Answer my question.
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: Glass jumped off my desk in the floor. Talk, Maddox,
• 22:14
  Speaker 2: or I'll use means to make you talk.
• 22:17
  Speaker 3: Now, wait a minute, Shadow.
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: Talk quickly or I'll turn this office upside down. All right,
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: all right, I'll talk.
• 22:26
  Speaker 5: The 50,000 bucks White owed me was chicken feed.
• 22:30
  Speaker 3: I got in on the real deal. What deal? Ever
• 22:32
  Speaker 3: hear of Randolph Prince, the famous hunter?
• 22:36
  Speaker 5: He got himself a new animal to hunt.
• 22:39
  Speaker 3: Augustus White.
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: How did you find out about it?
• 22:41
  Speaker 5: One of the guys Prince had spotted around his hunting
• 22:44
  Speaker 5: area tipped me off. I figured the rest out myself.
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: You canceled that debt to be in the clear in
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: case White was killed, eh? First, I'm no sucker.
• 22:52
  Speaker 5: The police have a funny habit of asking questions.
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: Then you intended to blackmail Prince the moment.
• 22:56
  Speaker 3: He killed White.
• 22:57
  Speaker 5: All right, so I did. I was only trying to
• 23:00
  Speaker 5: make a fast buck.
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: Prince is loaded. He's got plenty. Did you tell the
• 23:03
  Speaker 2: police about this death hunt?
• 23:05
  Speaker 5: And spoil my chances for blackmail?
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: Where does Prince live?
• 23:08
  Speaker 5: The town's central hotel penthouse. All right, Maddox.
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: I'll take back the key to the office.
• 23:15
  Speaker 3: You're going to stay right here till the police come. Police?
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: What for? If White is killed, then you're an accomplice
• 23:21
  Speaker 2: to murder. If he isn't, you'll be held for attempted blackmail.
• 23:26
  Speaker 2: The hunting wasn't so good, was it, Maddox?
• 23:49
  Speaker 3: Hey, just a minute, bud. Where do you think you're going?
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: Well, this elevator's the only way of getting up to
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: Randolph Prince's suite, isn't it?
• 23:56
  Speaker 3: Yeah, but you ain't going up there. I got strict orders.
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: This is an emergency. I don't care if the joint's
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: on fire, Mac. Mr. Prince gave me instructions. Nobody goes
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: up unless he says so. Now listen to me. I
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: ain't listening to nobody. I was over at the cigar
• 24:10
  Speaker 2: counter before just for a second, see?
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: Some wise guy took the car up all by himself.
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: Then somebody went up already? Yeah, wait till Prince hears
• 24:18
  Speaker 2: about that.
• 24:19
  Speaker 3: I'll probably get killed.
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: Now, look, it's life or death. I've got to get
• 24:22
  Speaker 2: up to that apartment. Hey, you're a persistent guy, ain't you? Well, listen,
• 24:27
  Speaker 2: you ain't going up.
• 24:28
  Speaker 3: That's all there is to it.
• 24:29
  Speaker 2: You ain't going up. Good evening, please.
• 24:48
  Speaker 3: Why, surprised to see me?
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: Oh, no, no. Stay right where you are behind that desk.
• 24:54
  Speaker 2: I may not be an expert on all weapons, but
• 24:57
  Speaker 2: I certainly know how to shoot this gun.
• 25:00
  Speaker 3: Now, listen, wife.
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: If you came here for your money.
• 25:04
  Speaker 3: You don't have to. Oh, yes, yes, the money. I'd
• 25:06
  Speaker 3: almost forgotten about that.
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: And only a few hours ago it seemed so important.
• 25:11
  Speaker 3: I have it all ready for you. How much money, Prince?
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: How much money was my.
• 25:17
  Speaker 3: Wife's life worth?
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: It was all an accident. I didn't mean for her
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: to die.
• 25:21
  Speaker 3: It was.
• 25:21
  Speaker 2: There's no prince. A lot of weapons on that wall,
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: aren't there? You'd like to get to the moon show.
• 25:29
  Speaker 3: But you won't.
• 25:31
  Speaker 2: Because I'm coming around the room to get to you first.
• 25:35
  Speaker 3: Spears of the Appalachians. You won't get them. Right, listen,
• 25:41
  Speaker 3: give me a chance.
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: We can work something out. Maybe you prefer some of
• 25:44
  Speaker 2: these slugs. I have a plan.
• 25:48
  Speaker 3: You'll like it. Listen.
• 25:49
  Speaker 5: Maybe you'd like this shield to hide behind.
• 25:52
  Speaker 7: Now, wait.
• 25:53
  Speaker 5: How does it feel to be the haunted prince of
• 25:56
  Speaker 5: the field?
• 25:56
  Speaker 4: That's right.
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: Back up against the wall.
• 25:59
  Speaker 4: No, no.
• 26:01
  Speaker 2: Get away from me.
• 26:03
  Speaker 3: Get away, White, please.
• 26:05
  Speaker 2: I'll pay you $ 100, 000.
• 26:06
  Speaker 3: $ 200, 000. Here you go, Prince.
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: To the happy hunting ground.
• 26:12
  Speaker 3: Object!
• 26:13
  Speaker 5: You forgot about the light switch, didn't you?
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: The door.
• 26:17
  Speaker 5: Prince, if you're running away.
• 26:19
  Speaker 2: Oh, White.
• 26:20
  Speaker 3: I'm staying right here.
• 26:23
  Speaker 2: My hand.
• 26:25
  Speaker 3: I've got the gun. And that's the end of Mr.
• 26:30
  Speaker 3: Augustus White.
• 26:32
  Speaker 5: Once more, the hunter has been victorious.
• 26:36
  Speaker 4: Right.
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: Who turned on the lights?
• 26:38
  Speaker 3: Your hunting and killing days are over, Prince.
• 26:40
  Speaker 2: The Shadow will see to that.
• 26:42
  Speaker 3: The Shadow? You couldn't take away my last triumph, Shadow.
• 26:48
  Speaker 3: I had 24 hours to kill him, and I did,
• 26:50
  Speaker 3: I did.
• 26:50
  Speaker 5: Take your place.
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: The Shadow knocked me to the floor.
• 26:54
  Speaker 5: You emptied your gun into space.
• 26:56
  Speaker 2: The hunt's over for both of you, Prince. Justice is
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: the only victor. Justice.
• 27:01
  Speaker 5: Shadow, he killed my wife.
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: Your wife died because of your foolish schemes, White.
• 27:05
  Speaker 3: You've had your justice.
• 27:07
  Speaker 2: As for Prince, he'll get what's coming to him. The
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: law will see to that.
• 27:12
  Speaker 3: Watch your step into the elevator.
• 27:15
  Speaker 4: That's you, darling.
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: Thanks.
• 27:33
  Speaker 3: Don't you see all them cops up there in Prince's place?
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: I wonder what happened.
• 27:37
  Speaker 7: I don't know. Exactly.
• 27:40
  Speaker 3: Accident of some kind.
• 27:41
  Speaker 2: I understand. Well, we haven't had as much excitement as.
• 27:45
  Speaker 2: Hey, wait a minute. Ain't you the same guy who.
• 27:48
  Speaker 3: Wanted to go up before? It's quite possible.
• 27:51
  Speaker 2: Sure, you're the same guy, all right.
• 27:53
  Speaker 7: Why don't you get up there?
• 27:54
  Speaker 3: I didn't take you. Go on, Lamont.
• 27:57
  Speaker 7: Tell him how you did it.
• 27:59
  Speaker 3: I just became invisible.
• 28:01
  Speaker 2: Oh, you just became... What a sense of humor. Here
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: we are. Thanks, Lord.
• 28:07
  Speaker 7: Thank you. Well, bye.
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: See you later. Yeah, yeah, so long.
• 28:13
  Speaker 3: Some guys sure have a peculiar sense of humor.
• 28:16
  Speaker 2: How did I get up there?
• 28:17
  Speaker 7: I suddenly became invisible, he says.
• 28:20
  Speaker 2: Wait a minute.
• 28:23
  Speaker 3: What's the thick of it? How did he get up there?
• 28:40
  Speaker 2: And now, let me present Blue Coal's Distinguished Heating Authority,
• 28:43
  Speaker 2: John Barclay. Thank you, Andre Baruch, and good evening, Fred.
• 28:47
  Speaker 5: If I were asked to name the three most important.
• 28:49
  Speaker 3: Ways to save fuel, I'd.
• 28:51
  Speaker 2: Say first, a clean furnace, second, correct firing, and third,
• 28:56
  Speaker 2: weather stripping. You see, a clean furnace is essential because
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: deposits of soot or fly ash on the heating surfaces
• 29:03
  Speaker 2: acts the same as wrapping.
• 29:04
  Speaker 5: Them in asbestos.
• 29:06
  Speaker 3: It insulates them.
• 29:07
  Speaker 2: So make sure the heating surfaces in your furnace are clean. Next,
• 29:12
  Speaker 2: always maintain a deep firebed. Keep the fire up to
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: the level of the firing door. A deep firebed retards
• 29:19
  Speaker 2: the flow of draft and.
• 29:20
  Speaker 3: Causes the fire to burn slowly and evenly. Third, weather stripping.
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: Little open cracks or loose windows.
• 29:27
  Speaker 3: Can lose a lot of heat. Look around for these leaks.
• 29:31
  Speaker 2: This winter, make sure you get all the heat you're
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: entitled to from the coal you burn. I thank you.
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: This story is copyrighted by Street and Smith Publications, Incorporated.
• 29:57
  Speaker 2: The characters, names, places, and plot are fictitious. Any similarity
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: to persons living or dead is purely coincidental. Again next week,
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: the shadow will demonstrate that the weed of crime bears
• 30:11
  Speaker 2: bitter fruit. Crime does not pay. The shadow knows. Next week,
• 30:30
  Speaker 2: same time, same station, your friendly Blue Coal dealer brings
• 30:34
  Speaker 2: you another strange and thrilling adventure in the Shadow's daring
• 30:38
  Speaker 2: battle against the portals of evil. The Shadow is presented
• 30:41
  Speaker 2: by the D. Allen W. Coal Company, distributors of Blue Coal.
• 30:45
  Speaker 2: The Bounce Cranston is played by Brett Mollison. Margot by
• 30:48
  Speaker 2: Grace Matthews. Your announcer is Andre Barone. Remember, it's blue
• 30:53
  Speaker 2: coal for finest heating service.
• 30:56
  Speaker 3: It's blue coal.
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: For finest modern equipment. It's blue coal for the best
• 31:00
  Speaker 2: home heat money can buy.
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: Our presentation of The Shadow, Death Hunt has now concluded.
• 31:34
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