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X Minus One - "To the Future" (Old Time Radio, 1955) · X Minus One | Old Time Radio

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: In 1955, Mexico, William and Susan Travis are tourists carrying
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: an extraordinary secret. They have arrived from the year 2155.
• 0:10
  Speaker 1: Their hope of disappearing into an earlier, more peaceful time
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: is complicated when Sims begins asking questions that cut uncomfortably
• 0:18
  Speaker 1: close to the truth. From NBC Radio's X-1 Comes to
• 0:22
  Speaker 1: the Future, Episode 29, first broadcast December 14th, 1955. Ernest
• 0:29
  Speaker 1: Kenoy adapted Ray Bradbury's story for radio. John Larkin and
• 0:33
  Speaker 1: Jan Miner are featured as William and Susan Travis in
• 0:37
  Speaker 1: a production directed by Daniel Sutter. First heard on Dimension
• 0:41
  Speaker 1: X in 1950, this adaptation returns for X-1. And now,
• 0:46
  Speaker 1: the original broadcast.
• 0:51
  Speaker 2: Countdown for blastoff.
• 0:55
  Speaker 3: X-5 4 3 2 1.
• 0:58
  Speaker 2: X minus one. Fire.
• 1:26
  Speaker 3: From the far horizons of the unknown come transcribed tales
• 1:29
  Speaker 3: of new dimensions in time and space. These are stories
• 1:33
  Speaker 3: of the future, adventures in which you'll live in a
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  Speaker 3: million could-be years on a thousand maybe worlds. The National
• 1:39
  Speaker 3: Broadcasting Company, in cooperation with Street & Smith, publishers of
• 1:43
  Speaker 3: astounding science fiction, presents.
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  Speaker 4: X minus 1.
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  Speaker 2: Tonight's story, To the Future by Ray Bradbury.
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  Speaker 3: Time is an interesting phenomenon. A ticking clock, the running
• 2:16
  Speaker 3: sands of an hourglass. All these have captured the imagination
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  Speaker 3: of men. But time is more. It exists now and
• 2:25
  Speaker 3: then and in the future. Suppose we are in the
• 2:29
  Speaker 3: year 1955. Coexistent in time may be worlds we have
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  Speaker 3: never seen, the worlds of the past and of the future.
• 2:39
  Speaker 2: The year 1955. It was a spring night in Mexico,
• 2:47
  Speaker 2: fiesta time.
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  Speaker 3: The fireworks shot up into the clear dark sky and
• 2:51
  Speaker 3: a paper mache bull ran about the plaza chasing boys
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  Speaker 3: and laughing men.
• 2:55
  Speaker 2: Mr. and Mrs.
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  Speaker 3: William Travis stood on the edge of the yelling crowd, smiling.
• 3:00
  Speaker 5: Bill, what is it? What did they say?
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  Speaker 2: They're cheering for the bull. Here he comes.
• 3:06
  Speaker 6: He's good, isn't he?
• 3:10
  Speaker 2: Look how they rigged that fire breathing.
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  Speaker 6: Oh, Bill, it's wonderful. I've never enjoyed myself so much
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  Speaker 6: in my life.
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  Speaker 2: It's terrific. They caught the bull.
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  Speaker 3: Bravo, Taro!
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  Speaker 6: Phil, Phil, it will go on, won't it? I mean,
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  Speaker 6: our trip.
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  Speaker 2: Sue, don't worry. I've got my traveler's checks for a lifetime. Relax.
• 3:32
  Speaker 6: No, but suppose they find us.
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  Speaker 2: Forget it. They haven't a chance.
• 3:35
  Speaker 6: But suppose they do. Suppose they take us back.
• 3:37
  Speaker 2: They'll never find us. Relax. Enjoy yourself.
• 3:40
  Speaker 6: If it only lasts.
• 3:42
  Speaker 2: Come on. Let's get out of the crowd. You need
• 3:45
  Speaker 2: a drink.
• 3:46
  Speaker 6: Let's try something different this time. I want to try
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  Speaker 6: every drink there is in the world.
• 3:50
  Speaker 2: Don't worry. There's no rush. We've got plenty of time now.
• 3:54
  Speaker 2: In here. There's a table over there. Come on. Bill.
• 4:03
  Speaker 2: What's in there?
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  Speaker 7: Don't.
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  Speaker 6: Don't look right away. Huh? Over your left shoulder, right
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  Speaker 6: by the end of the bar. That man.
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  Speaker 2: What is it?
• 4:13
  Speaker 6: I saw him this morning in the plaza.
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  Speaker 2: Take it easy. The town's full of tourists.
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  Speaker 6: He was at Juarez and at Tesco. Bill, I'm afraid.
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  Speaker 2: Don't stare at him.
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  Speaker 6: I know it's the same man. He was wearing the
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  Speaker 6: same white suit.
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  Speaker 2: Sit down, Susan. Come on, dear, smile. Act natural.
• 4:26
  Speaker 6: Billy's been following us. He's a searcher. I know he is.
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  Speaker 4: Quiet.
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  Speaker 5: Here, boy.
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  Speaker 2: Si, senor. Benedictine and Brandy, too.
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  Speaker 8: Si.
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  Speaker 2: Si, senor.
• 4:37
  Speaker 6: He's been watching us, Bill.
• 4:38
  Speaker 2: Put yourself together, Susan.
• 4:39
  Speaker 6: They can't take us back.
• 4:40
  Speaker 2: Quit worrying. The chances are one in a thousand that
• 4:42
  Speaker 2: they've found us. It's probably just a coincidence.
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  Speaker 6: I want to lie down. I think I'm going to
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  Speaker 6: be sick.
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  Speaker 2: Susan, hang on, will you? If he is looking for us,
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  Speaker 2: we can't run out. It'd attract attention.
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  Speaker 6: He must have slipped up when we checked out in
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  Speaker 6: New York.
• 4:55
  Speaker 2: What's he doing now?
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  Speaker 6: Stopped our waiter. He's asking him something.
• 5:00
  Speaker 2: He may just want a drink.
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  Speaker 6: Bill, I can't stand it. I've got to go upstairs
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  Speaker 6: and lie down.
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  Speaker 2: All right, all right. As soon as we finish our drinks.
• 5:09
  Speaker 2: What's he doing now?
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  Speaker 6: He... He's nodding at me. As if he knows me.
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  Speaker 6: He's smiling. No, he's coming over here.
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  Speaker 2: Watch yourself. We've got to go right on in front
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  Speaker 2: of him so he is what we think he is.
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  Speaker 2: He won't suspect us.
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  Speaker 6: I can't.
• 5:24
  Speaker 2: We've got to. Come on. So I said to David,
• 5:28
  Speaker 2: that's absolutely ridiculous. Mr. Christian, you did not pull up
• 5:32
  Speaker 2: your pants leg when you sat down.
• 5:33
  Speaker 8: What?
• 5:36
  Speaker 2: I'm afraid you've got the wrong person. My name isn't Chrysler. Kristen.
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  Speaker 3: Oh.
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  Speaker 2: I'm William Travis. I don't see what my pants leg
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  Speaker 2: has to do with it. Mind if I sit down? See,
• 5:50
  Speaker 2: everyone nowadays pulls up his pants leg when he sits down.
• 5:54
  Speaker 2: Like this. See, it keeps the trouser from bagging at
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  Speaker 2: the knees. But of course, if you're not used to
• 6:00
  Speaker 2: this style of clothing... Now, see here, we don't know you.
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  Speaker 2: You don't? I'm sorry. I thought I knew you. This
• 6:07
  Speaker 2: is our table, if you don't mind. You see, I'm
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  Speaker 2: looking for two friends of mine. A man and his wife.
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  Speaker 2: Very much like you. The man is an atomic scientist.
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  Speaker 2: The wife, a bacteriologist. Very important people. They work on
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  Speaker 2: government business. What are you talking about? And when I
• 6:25
  Speaker 2: find my friends, I'm going to take them home with me.
• 6:29
  Speaker 2: Look here, Mr... Sims. That will do for now. Look,
• 6:34
  Speaker 2: I understand you thought you knew us, but you see,
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  Speaker 2: you're mistaken. If you'll excuse us, my wife and I
• 6:38
  Speaker 2: were just going up to our room. We have to
• 6:39
  Speaker 2: make an early start in the morning. Oh, going for
• 6:42
  Speaker 2: a trip? A capulco, perhaps? Oh, a lovely spot. Never
• 6:46
  Speaker 2: mind where we're going. Yes, yes, of course. You don't
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  Speaker 2: like crowds, tourists. Probably like to get off the beaten path.
• 6:53
  Speaker 2: You know, I have a vacation folder here that might
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  Speaker 2: interest you.
• 6:57
  Speaker 6: Please, Bill, let's go.
• 7:00
  Speaker 2: It's put out by an outfit that calls itself Travel
• 7:03
  Speaker 2: in Time Incorporated.
• 7:06
  Speaker 6: Travel in Time?
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  Speaker 2: Yes. They've come up with a rather intriguing idea.
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  Speaker 6: Here.
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  Speaker 2: Travel in Time Incorporated can costume you, put you in
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  Speaker 2: the crowd at any place and time in history. We
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  Speaker 2: guarantee to teach you any language you need to move
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  Speaker 2: freely in any year without risk of detection. This summer,
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  Speaker 2: why not escape from the worries of our modern world?
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  Speaker 2: Take your vacation in time. That's impossible, of course. Ah,
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  Speaker 2: but think what it would mean. A chance to escape
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  Speaker 2: all the tensions of an unpleasant life. War, insecurity, fear.
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  Speaker 2: Suppose you were a scientist working on a dangerous bomb project.
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  Speaker 2: Or you, Mrs. Travis. Suppose you were a bacteriologist working
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  Speaker 2: on disease cultures. And you had a chance to escape
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  Speaker 2: all that. To take a vacation 200 years in the past.
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  Speaker 2: It would be wonderful, wouldn't it? To escape to a
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  Speaker 2: more peaceful world. A trip back to 1955. 1955? But
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  Speaker 2: you said a vacation in the past. So I did.
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  Speaker 2: But you see... 1955 is the past. If you come
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  Speaker 2: from the year 2155... 2155?
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  Speaker 6: Yes.
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  Speaker 2: Terrible times. Most unpleasant. A war raging. An atomic, bacteriological war.
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  Speaker 2: Terrible times. With none of the little comforts we enjoy today.
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  Speaker 2: Like this fine Havana cigar.
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  Speaker 6: I want to go upstairs. I want to lie down.
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  Speaker 2: If you were living then... Think of how wonderful it
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  Speaker 2: would be to take a vacation in time. Back to now.
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  Speaker 2: Suppose a young couple like yourselves took a trip to
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  Speaker 2: 1955 and didn't want to come back. Do you know
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  Speaker 2: what would happen? The government sends a searcher back to
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  Speaker 2: look for them. This is all fantastic. The searcher finds
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  Speaker 2: them and brings them back. Back to that miserable, insane, stark,
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  Speaker 2: pleasureless world of 2155. A pity, isn't it? Look here, Sims. Well,
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  Speaker 2: do you think I shall find my two friends, Mr. Travis?
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  Speaker 6: Bill, please take me upstairs. I don't feel well.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, is the lady feeling a bit ill? How unfortunate.
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  Speaker 2: Here are the drinks, senor.
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  Speaker 8: Ah.
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  Speaker 2: Well, shall we drink a toast? To 2155. To the future. Inside. Inside, quick.
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  Speaker 6: What are you doing?
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  Speaker 2: Shutting a chair under the doorknob.
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  Speaker 6: He knows. He's been following us. He's a searcher.
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  Speaker 2: Look, keep quiet, Sue. I want to think.
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  Speaker 6: They're going to take us back.
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  Speaker 2: It isn't over yet. I've got a headache.
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  Speaker 6: I'll get you an aspirin. What will they do to us?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. Something slipped. Something must have slipped.
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  Speaker 6: But we were so careful.
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  Speaker 2: Searchers are trained to watch for details. Things like not
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  Speaker 2: pulling up my trousers. Started him thinking, there's a man
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  Speaker 2: who isn't used to ancient clothes. I could kill myself
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  Speaker 2: for giving it away.
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  Speaker 6: No. No, it was my walk. These high heels.
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  Speaker 2: Here.
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  Speaker 6: Thanks.
• 10:37
  Speaker 2: The nerve of that Sim sitting there looking us up
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  Speaker 2: and down like animals. Smoking those stinking cigarettes.
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  Speaker 6: You know, that's how I first noticed him at Tesco.
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  Speaker 6: He had four bottles of liqueurs and a pile of chocolate.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, he still hasn't gotten over that first greedy hunger.
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  Speaker 2: We've got to look out for that. It's the sure
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  Speaker 2: sign of somebody from the future. Trying to make up
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  Speaker 2: for a lifetime of shortages by stuffing yourself sick. Remember
• 10:57
  Speaker 2: our first night?
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  Speaker 6: Bill, I can't stand it. We've got to get out
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  Speaker 6: of here.
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  Speaker 2: What are you doing?
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  Speaker 6: Packing. Get the suitcases up.
• 11:03
  Speaker 2: It's no use.
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  Speaker 6: What do you mean? We can get to Acapulco by morning.
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  Speaker 2: Don't you think he's watching us?
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  Speaker 6: We could get away.
• 11:08
  Speaker 2: No, no, no. We've got to sit tight. Maybe he
• 11:12
  Speaker 2: isn't sure of us yet. Maybe we can still figure
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  Speaker 2: out some way to escape. Come on now. We'll need
• 11:19
  Speaker 2: our strength. We'd better try to get some sleep. No. No.
• 11:36
  Speaker 6: I won't go back. Security, pull it. The bomb. The bomb.
• 11:44
  Speaker 6: It's falling and killing.
• 11:46
  Speaker 2: Sue, what's happened?
• 11:47
  Speaker 6: Sue, wake up.
• 11:48
  Speaker 2: Sue, wake up, Sue.
• 11:50
  Speaker 6: Bill, Bill, Bill, where are we?
• 11:52
  Speaker 2: It's all right, all right, all right. Calm down, honey.
• 11:54
  Speaker 2: We're still in 1955. It's all right. You must have
• 11:58
  Speaker 2: had a nightmare.
• 11:59
  Speaker 6: Oh, Bill, it was awful. We were back there, 2155. Bill,
• 12:05
  Speaker 6: we won't go back there, will we, ever.
• 12:07
  Speaker 2: Go back to sleep, honey. It's all right. We're in Mexico, 1955,
• 12:11
  Speaker 2: and we're going to stay here. Sue, I've been lying
• 12:14
  Speaker 2: awake here thinking, he's still testing us. He's not absolutely certain.
• 12:19
  Speaker 2: He's got all the time in the world. He can
• 12:21
  Speaker 2: stay here as long as he likes and bring us
• 12:24
  Speaker 2: back to the future 60 seconds after we left it.
• 12:26
  Speaker 6: They can't make a scene, can they? They don't dare
• 12:29
  Speaker 6: come out in the open.
• 12:29
  Speaker 2: No, no, it might change the future. They're afraid of that.
• 12:33
  Speaker 6: Bill, if we could only tell somebody, ask for help.
• 12:36
  Speaker 2: No, we can't. That's why we had to submit to
• 12:40
  Speaker 2: the psychological block treatment. Before they okayed our vacation. We
• 12:44
  Speaker 2: couldn't tell if we tried. The block's too strong.
• 12:47
  Speaker 6: Maybe we can break it, Bill.
• 12:48
  Speaker 2: What's the use, darling? Who'd believe a crazy story like ours?
• 12:53
  Speaker 2: Who'd believe we come from 2155? We can't tell. And
• 12:59
  Speaker 2: they'll have to get us alone to put us in
• 13:01
  Speaker 2: the time machine to send us back.
• 13:03
  Speaker 6: Then that's it, Bill. We'll never be alone. It's still
• 13:08
  Speaker 6: fiesta tomorrow. It'll be easy to stay in the crowd.
• 13:10
  Speaker 8: Yes, yes.
• 13:12
  Speaker 2: Yes, that's the only chance. We can't let him get
• 13:15
  Speaker 2: us alone. He won't get us back to that war
• 13:18
  Speaker 2: and that insane world.
• 13:19
  Speaker 6: Bill.
• 13:22
  Speaker 2: Could be the room clerk.
• 13:24
  Speaker 6: At three in the morning?
• 13:28
  Speaker 2: I'd better answer it.
• 13:28
  Speaker 6: Don't, Bill, don't.
• 13:33
  Speaker 2: I've got to.
• 13:38
  Speaker 6: Hello?
• 13:39
  Speaker 2: Hello? Mr. Travis? What's the idea? It's three in the morning.
• 13:44
  Speaker 4: Yes, yes.
• 13:46
  Speaker 2: I just wanted to remind you, the rabbits may hide
• 13:49
  Speaker 2: in the forest, but a fox can always find them.
• 13:59
  Speaker 6: What was it, Bill?
• 14:01
  Speaker 2: Bill?
• 14:02
  Speaker 6: Never mind.
• 14:04
  Speaker 2: Come on, let's get some sleep while we can.
• 14:08
  Speaker 5: Buenos dias, senora y senora.
• 14:21
  Speaker 2: Morning, senor Gomez.
• 14:22
  Speaker 5: I trust you are spending pleasant days in my hotel.
• 14:26
  Speaker 2: Yes, the time is the best.
• 14:27
  Speaker 6: Yes, it's been lovely.
• 14:29
  Speaker 2: Your special table is all ready for breakfast.
• 14:32
  Speaker 9: Hey, where in blazers is the hotel? You, Buster, where's
• 14:37
  Speaker 9: the hotel in this... God-forsaken sinkhole of a one-horse town.
• 14:41
  Speaker 4: All the blighted.
• 14:41
  Speaker 9: Deserts of the whole stinking country. What's all that racket?
• 14:45
  Speaker 2: Oh, great excitement.
• 14:46
  Speaker 8: Very great. What is it?
• 14:48
  Speaker 6: They come with four trucks.
• 14:49
  Speaker 2: And innumerable automobiles. A motion picture company from Hollywood. What
• 14:54
  Speaker 2: are they doing down here? They make the pictures of
• 14:56
  Speaker 2: our fiesta for the background. That fat man, the one
• 15:00
  Speaker 2: with the most colorful shirt, he is the chief.
• 15:03
  Speaker 8: Manager!
• 15:04
  Speaker 2: Manager!
• 15:05
  Speaker 4: Where's the manager of this Adobe Fleabag? Coming, senor.
• 15:08
  Speaker 2: You will excuse me, senor, senor. I hope the table
• 15:11
  Speaker 2: is satisfactory.
• 15:12
  Speaker 4: Coming, coming, senor.
• 15:13
  Speaker 2: This is a break, sir. That movie company will draw crowds,
• 15:16
  Speaker 2: and that helps us.
• 15:17
  Speaker 6: But when can we leave, Bill?
• 15:18
  Speaker 2: Not today, he be.
• 15:19
  Speaker 4: Okay, kids, end of the line.
• 15:21
  Speaker 8: Ciao.
• 15:22
  Speaker 4: Get up, Maxwell, and lay off the pepper. I got
• 15:24
  Speaker 4: a note, sir.
• 15:25
  Speaker 6: Bill, there's sims across the dining room.
• 15:27
  Speaker 2: I can't do anything. I don't know who these actors
• 15:28
  Speaker 2: are coming in.
• 15:29
  Speaker 4: Gloria, you sit next to Papa. Max, make sure nobody
• 15:32
  Speaker 4: monkeys with the trucks and the gear. Right, Chief.
• 15:34
  Speaker 6: Do we have to eat at this crummy joint, Joe?
• 15:36
  Speaker 4: Cheer up, sweetie.
• 15:38
  Speaker 8: Your mere presence makes this chasins and truck roll into one.
• 15:41
  Speaker 6: No, not this early in the morning, Joe. I couldn't
• 15:44
  Speaker 6: do that.
• 15:45
  Speaker 2: Okay, okay.
• 15:45
  Speaker 4: Anything you want, laddies. It's on the dear old expense account.
• 15:49
  Speaker 6: They look happy, don't they?
• 15:51
  Speaker 2: There's an idea. Maybe I could hire two of them.
• 15:55
  Speaker 2: I could say it was a joke.
• 15:56
  Speaker 6: Why?
• 15:57
  Speaker 2: We could dress him in our clothes, have him drive
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: off in our car sometime when Sims couldn't see their faces.
• 16:00
  Speaker 6: Where would that go?
• 16:01
  Speaker 2: With him off on their trail, we might make it
• 16:03
  Speaker 2: to Mexico City. It'd take years to find us there.
• 16:06
  Speaker 6: Wait, that movie man's coming over.
• 16:08
  Speaker 4: Excuse me, you folks are Americans, aren't you?
• 16:11
  Speaker 2: That's right. Boy, am I glad to see you.
• 16:13
  Speaker 8: I'm so sick of hearing Spanish, I could kiss you.
• 16:15
  Speaker 4: Hey, come on over and eat with us, huh?
• 16:19
  Speaker 2: Well, I, uh... I don't think we should intrude.
• 16:21
  Speaker 4: Oh, come on, come on.
• 16:22
  Speaker 8: Misery loves company. I'm Misery, and that's the company. We're
• 16:27
  Speaker 8: from Hollywood.
• 16:27
  Speaker 2: So I understand. Yeah, yeah. Boy, would I like to
• 16:30
  Speaker 2: be there.
• 16:31
  Speaker 4: Oh, I'm Joe Melton. I'm the director.
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: I'm William Travis. This is my wife, Susan. Mutual. Come
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: on over, kids.
• 16:39
  Speaker 4: Join the party.
• 16:40
  Speaker 8: Cheer us up.
• 16:41
  Speaker 2: Only no tamales.
• 16:42
  Speaker 8: I burned out three kidneys on tamales since I came
• 16:45
  Speaker 8: over the border.
• 16:45
  Speaker 2: Boy, am I funny, huh?
• 16:49
  Speaker 6: Wonderful.
• 16:50
  Speaker 4: Come on over. Hey, kiddies. I got new blood. Brother Yanks.
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: Just a moment, Mr.
• 16:58
  Speaker 4: Travis.
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: I thought you might be breakfasting with me.
• 17:03
  Speaker 3: Alone.
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: Sorry.
• 17:05
  Speaker 8: I got him first, Mac.
• 17:06
  Speaker 4: You want to join us? No, no.
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: I've already ordered. Mr. Travis, I think you'd better talk
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: with me.
• 17:12
  Speaker 8: Say, is this guy giving you trouble?
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: It's all right.
• 17:15
  Speaker 8: Then I'll say the word and I'll have Max pinch
• 17:16
  Speaker 8: him out in his ear.
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: No, no. It's all right. We'll be right over, Mr.
• 17:19
  Speaker 8: Melton.
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: Yeah. We'll talk to Mr. Sims. Mr. Melton, you sort
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: of keep an eye on us, huh? After all, you
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: found us first. Yeah, sure. Well, come on over soon, kids.
• 17:30
  Speaker 3: Uh.
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: Sit down, Mr. Travis. I hope you slept well. Did you? Well,
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: I'm not used to spring mattresses, but there are compensations.
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: I stayed up half the night trying new cigarettes and foods.
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: A whole new spectrum of sensation, these ancient vices. We
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: miss something in our world, don't we? And when we
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: get back here, we try to cram it all in
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: a few short days.
• 17:54
  Speaker 6: We don't know what you're talking about.
• 17:59
  Speaker 2: Still acting, eh? But it's no use. You can't stay
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: in crowds all the time. I'll get you alone soon enough.
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: I'm immensely patient. However, let's come to the point. You
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: know we can't let you get away with this escape.
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: Other people in the year 2155 might get the same
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: idea and do the same thing. And we need people.
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: To fight your wars? Bill. It's all right, Susan. We
• 18:23
  Speaker 2: can talk on his terms now. He's got us. We
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: can't escape. Oh, at last. Really, you know, you've been
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: incredibly romantic. Running away from your responsibilities?
• 18:35
  Speaker 6: Running away from horror.
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: Oh, nonsense. Only a war. Only? With half the world
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: dead and the other half dying? Yes, but we can't
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: have you escaping here while we drop off a cliff.
• 18:46
  Speaker 2: Dying people love to know that others died with them.
• 18:48
  Speaker 4: Hey, kids, break it up. We're waiting on you.
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: The longer you keep me waiting, the harder it will
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: go on you. What do you mean? We need you
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: on that bomb project. Return now and no torture. Torture?
• 19:01
  Speaker 4: Yes.
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: You see, later we'll force you to work. And after
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: you finish the bomb, we'll try a number of complicated
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: new devices on you. Yeah. As you say, you can't escape.
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: We have all the time in the world here. Sims,
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: I'll make a deal with you. I'll come back now.
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: If my wife stays here, alive, safe, away from that war.
• 19:24
  Speaker 3: No, Bill, not.
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: Keep quiet, Sue. Well, Sims, you need me for that bomb.
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: You can duplicate her work. Hmm. It exceeds my authority, but, uh...
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: All right. Meet me in the plaza in ten minutes.
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: All right. I'll pick you up in the car.
• 19:41
  Speaker 8: Good.
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: We'll drive out into the country to some deserted spot,
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: and I'll have the time travel machine pick us up.
• 19:46
  Speaker 6: Bill, I won't let you.
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: Don't argue, dear. It's settled. Sims, there's one thing.
• 19:51
  Speaker 8: Yes?
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: Last night, instead of calling, you could have broken into
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: our room and got us. Why didn't you? Shall we
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: say that I was enjoying myself? Take this new fine cigar,
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: for example. Wonderful. Wonderful. Do you know that I have
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: 12 boxes up in my room? And the curds, crème
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: de menthe, benedictine, crème de coca, and so many others,
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: and the wine. Oh, I've got the closets full of them.
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: And I shall so hate to leave it all. Well,
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: I'll meet you in the plaza in ten minutes. Your
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: wife may stay here as long as she wishes. All right, Sims,
• 20:36
  Speaker 2: it's a deal. Don't try anything now, Travis. I know
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: when I'm beat. We just want a few minutes to
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: say goodbye. I shall be seeing you then.
• 20:48
  Speaker 6: Bill, I won't let you do it. I won't let you.
• 20:50
  Speaker 6: I'm going to tell the truth. I'm going to get help.
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: You can't. The psychological blockage.
• 20:53
  Speaker 6: We've got to try. It's our last chance.
• 20:55
  Speaker 4: Hey, bitch. Hey, aren't you two going to join us?
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: Mr.
• 20:57
  Speaker 6: Melton, I've got something to tell you, and you've got
• 20:58
  Speaker 6: to believe me. It won't work, Sue. I've got to try.
• 21:00
  Speaker 4: Now, go ahead, kid.
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: Spill it.
• 21:01
  Speaker 6: You've got to understand. You see, we really.
• 21:05
  Speaker 3: Bill.
• 21:07
  Speaker 4: My head.
• 21:08
  Speaker 6: Huh? I can't think. My head.
• 21:11
  Speaker 8: Say, you need a bromo, honey.
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: It can't work, Sue. The block's too strong. We'd better
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: get the car. Bill.
• 21:18
  Speaker 6: Help, please.
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: Someone's crying.
• 21:21
  Speaker 6: Somebody, please.
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: Breakfast, no time for people to cry.
• 21:25
  Speaker 8: Now, what in the world could a good-looking kid like
• 21:27
  Speaker 8: you find to cry about?
• 21:38
  Speaker 6: Bill, I won't let you do it.
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: Don't make it hard, Susan.
• 21:40
  Speaker 6: Let me go back with you. We'll get through some way.
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: You think I'd let you go back to that war? Sue,
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: please stop.
• 21:46
  Speaker 6: It was so wonderful here, Bill.
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: Bill, please.
• 21:50
  Speaker 2: There he is, smoking those Turkish cigarettes, waiting for us.
• 21:54
  Speaker 6: There must be some way, some way we can both
• 21:56
  Speaker 6: stay here.
• 21:57
  Speaker 2: Maybe there is.
• 21:58
  Speaker 6: Bill, what are you going to do?
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: Hang on, Sue, and duck when I tell you.
• 22:01
  Speaker 6: No, Bill, you're heading right for him.
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: He's not going to get either of us now. Down, Sue, down.
• 22:21
  Speaker 7: Bill!
• 22:22
  Speaker 5: Bill!
• 22:23
  Speaker 2: Bill! It's all right, darling. It's all right. It's all over. Darling,
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: this is the mayor.
• 22:28
  Speaker 8: Senor, your husband has been officially cleared in this most
• 22:31
  Speaker 8: unfortunate affair.
• 22:33
  Speaker 3: It is obvious this senor seems died of an unavoidable accident.
• 22:37
  Speaker 6: An accident?
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: Oh, yes.
• 22:40
  Speaker 6: Yes, of course.
• 22:41
  Speaker 4: Adios, senor.
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: Senor.
• 22:44
  Speaker 6: Will they want to see you again?
• 22:46
  Speaker 8: No.
• 22:48
  Speaker 2: No, I'm clear. Oh. I lost control of the car.
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: That's the way it stands. Sue, I hated to kill him.
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: I've never wanted to do anything like that in my life.
• 23:01
  Speaker 6: Where shall we go now? Mexico City?
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: The car's in the repair shop. Won't be ready till four.
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: Then we'll get out.
• 23:09
  Speaker 4: Hey there, Travis. Wait up.
• 23:10
  Speaker 6: Oh, it's that movie man, Bill. He was very good
• 23:12
  Speaker 6: to me when they had you in there.
• 23:13
  Speaker 8: Hey, I heard what happened.
• 23:14
  Speaker 2: They sprung you, huh? Great, great.
• 23:16
  Speaker 6: Yes, it was an accident.
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: Well, lucky you didn't get hurt yourselves.
• 23:19
  Speaker 8: Everything okay now?
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: Yes. Yes, I think so.
• 23:22
  Speaker 8: Ah, it's fine, fine. But you both look a little rocky. Say, say,
• 23:26
  Speaker 8: you want to get your mind off your troubles. We're
• 23:28
  Speaker 8: through for the day. Cloud's followed up our shooting schedule.
• 23:30
  Speaker 8: We're going to put a header on it up at
• 23:31
  Speaker 8: the hotel.
• 23:32
  Speaker 4: Gloria's cracking the ice now.
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: Well, maybe we will join you. But first I've got
• 23:36
  Speaker 2: to check up on the car.
• 23:37
  Speaker 4: Well, don't miss the party, kiddies. See you upstairs.
• 23:39
  Speaker 6: Bill, I don't think.
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: Relax, honey. We've got the break now. Sims is dead.
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: Before they can put another searcher on our trail, we'll
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: have time to make a clean getaway.
• 23:47
  Speaker 6: How about the car?
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: It'll be ready till four. We've got a couple of
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: hours to kill.
• 23:52
  Speaker 6: I'm so tired.
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: What you need is a little excitement. We rate a celebration, honey.
• 24:00
  Speaker 6: Well, I guess it would be nice to unwind.
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: Sure. We'll go up to Melton's room, have a couple
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: of drinks, a few laughs... Don't worry, honey. It's all over.
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: We can relax. Well, well, well, kiddies. Well, we thought
• 24:24
  Speaker 2: we'd join you, Mr. Melton.
• 24:26
  Speaker 4: Great, great. Call me Joe. Gloria, you're going to the court.
• 24:29
  Speaker 4: We've got company. I'm way ahead of you. Here you are, kid.
• 24:32
  Speaker 8: You kids are ready to drink. Yeah, that was a
• 24:34
  Speaker 8: pretty messy business, but it's all over now, huh?
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: Yes, it's all over.
• 24:37
  Speaker 4: Time to unlax. Grab a glass, honey.
• 24:39
  Speaker 6: Thank you.
• 24:40
  Speaker 8: Hey, hey, quiet, everybody. Quiet, quiet.
• 24:43
  Speaker 4: How about a toast to our guests? Well, sure.
• 24:47
  Speaker 8: Okay.
• 24:47
  Speaker 4: All right. To a very beautiful lady.
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: Lovely enough for the movie.
• 24:52
  Speaker 6: Thank you.
• 24:53
  Speaker 4: Oh, I'm not kidding. That's why I came over to
• 24:55
  Speaker 4: you in the first place.
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: I might even give you a test.
• 24:58
  Speaker 8: Oh, I mean it, honey.
• 24:59
  Speaker 4: You're pretty nice. I could make you a movie star.
• 25:02
  Speaker 6: And take me to Hollywood?
• 25:03
  Speaker 4: At least to get us out of Mexico.
• 25:07
  Speaker 6: You're not serious.
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: Sure I am.
• 25:09
  Speaker 4: Gloria, how about a refill?
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: Yeah, coming up.
• 25:12
  Speaker 6: That sounds wonderful, doesn't it, Bill?
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: Um... Los Angeles is a pretty crowded city, isn't it?
• 25:17
  Speaker 5: Crowded?
• 25:18
  Speaker 4: Hey, wait till you see the Sunset Bus.
• 25:20
  Speaker 6: You don't really think I could be an actress, do you?
• 25:23
  Speaker 6: You don't have to cheer me up anymore. I'm feeling
• 25:25
  Speaker 6: wonderful now.
• 25:25
  Speaker 2: No, no, I'm serious.
• 25:27
  Speaker 4: Really?
• 25:27
  Speaker 2: Well, what kind of a film do you think my
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: wife would be good for?
• 25:29
  Speaker 8: Well, I want to do a suspense story. Sort of
• 25:33
  Speaker 8: a war story, you know.
• 25:34
  Speaker 4: Gloria, pour Mr. Travis another glass.
• 25:37
  Speaker 8: A story about a man and a wife.
• 25:40
  Speaker 4: Uh, you live in a little house.
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: I'm just ad-libbing this, you understand? Sure, sure, go on.
• 25:44
  Speaker 8: Uh, there's a war on, see? A terrible war, you see?
• 25:47
  Speaker 4: And they live in the.
• 25:48
  Speaker 8: Year, oh, uh, 2155. Now, here's the gimmick. They escape
• 25:55
  Speaker 8: into the past, and they kill a man who follows
• 25:58
  Speaker 8: them to bring them back. Gloria Honeypot, get Mr. Travis
• 26:01
  Speaker 8: another glass. He dropped his. Well, sir, this couple takes
• 26:06
  Speaker 8: refuge with a group of movie people. Safety in numbers,
• 26:09
  Speaker 8: they figure. Ah, but the story goes on. This couple
• 26:14
  Speaker 8: is terribly important for a new bomb. Let's call it
• 26:19
  Speaker 8: the leprosy bomb. So the searchers figure out a way
• 26:25
  Speaker 8: that they can get them alone in a hotel room.
• 26:30
  Speaker 4: Shove a chair under the door now, Max.
• 26:31
  Speaker 8: Yes, sir. You see, the searchers may work alone, or
• 26:39
  Speaker 8: in groups of eight, so that if one of them's killed,
• 26:42
  Speaker 8: the rest carry on. Don't you think that'd make a
• 26:46
  Speaker 8: wonderful picture, huh, Susan? Don't you, Bill?
• 26:49
  Speaker 2: You're not going to get us, Milton. Stand still. Look out!
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: Put that gun down, Travis. Mr.
• 26:54
  Speaker 4: Travis.
• 26:56
  Speaker 2: Mr.
• 26:56
  Speaker 4: Travis.
• 26:56
  Speaker 2: Who is it?
• 26:57
  Speaker 4: The manager. Your car is all ready. Shall I... Grab him!
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: Let go of me.
• 27:02
  Speaker 4: Let's go. Let's not make things worse, Mr.
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: Travis. Let me in.
• 27:07
  Speaker 4: What was the shot?
• 27:08
  Speaker 5: Let me in.
• 27:09
  Speaker 4: The manager. You heard the shots. Let's get going.
• 27:10
  Speaker 8: Let go of me.
• 27:11
  Speaker 4: Let me in there. Let me in. He'll break down
• 27:13
  Speaker 4: the door in a minute. Max, get ready to travel.
• 27:15
  Speaker 4: Get a chair. Take a good look, Mr.
• 27:17
  Speaker 2: Travis.
• 27:18
  Speaker 4: Take a good look at 1955. You won't be seeing
• 27:21
  Speaker 4: it anymore.
• 27:21
  Speaker 2: No.
• 27:21
  Speaker 3: Throw the chair.
• 27:22
  Speaker 2: No. No. All right.
• 27:28
  Speaker 4: Break it down.
• 27:29
  Speaker 2: Who shot that? Look.
• 27:33
  Speaker 7: Where are they?
• 27:34
  Speaker 4: I was at the door.
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: I heard them inside. They're gone.
• 27:37
  Speaker 4: The windows. No, the iron bars are undisturbed. What happened
• 27:42
  Speaker 4: to them? They just disappeared, all of them.
• 27:44
  Speaker 2: Senor, I think you had better send for the priest
• 27:47
  Speaker 2: and the holy water. Later, later. They just disappeared.
• 27:51
  Speaker 6: Look in the closet.
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: Bottles.
• 27:54
  Speaker 4: Hundreds of bottles.
• 27:56
  Speaker 9: And boxes of 20 pesos, pure Havana, few cigars.
• 28:01
  Speaker 4: These crazy Americanos.
• 28:03
  Speaker 8: Why would anyone leave all this behind?
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: Juan, never question providence.
• 28:10
  Speaker 4: Ah, bien.
• 28:11
  Speaker 7: There is enough here to last us both for a month.
• 28:19
  Speaker 7: I think we can look forward to a most happy future.
• 28:33
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• 28:36
  Speaker 3: Company in cooperation with Street and Smith, publishers of astounding
• 28:41
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• 28:45
  Speaker 3: the Future by Ray Bradbury. It was adapted for radio
• 28:48
  Speaker 3: by Ernest Kenoy. Featured in the cast were Terry Keene,
• 28:52
  Speaker 3: Alexander Scorby, Mercer McCloud, Joe DeSantis, Guy Sorrell, Alan Collins,
• 28:57
  Speaker 3: and Stan Early.
• 28:58
  Speaker 2: This is Fred Collins speaking.
• 29:00
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• 29:03
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• 29:25
  Speaker 3: Bradbury's story, Marionettes Incorporated.
• 29:29
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• 29:38
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