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Suspense - "Death at Live Oak" (Old Time Radio, 1947) · Suspense | Old Time Radio

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  Speaker 1: Financially ruined, David Sutherland meets Diana Blake, whose estranged husband
• 0:05
  Speaker 1: has unexpectedly returned to her life. Then David discovers he
• 0:09
  Speaker 1: is Rex Melville's exact double. This is Suspense, Death at
• 0:14
  Speaker 1: Live Oak, Episode 5, from May 1st, 1947. Robert Mitchum
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  Speaker 1: stars as David with Mary Jane Croft as Diana in
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  Speaker 1: a CBS presentation sponsored by Roma Wines. The script is
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  Speaker 1: by Robert E.
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  Speaker 2: Lee and E. Jack Newman.
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  Speaker 1: Their chance meeting leads toward an identity switching plan and
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  Speaker 1: a secluded mountain cottage. Now back to the golden age
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  Speaker 1: of radio.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, Roma Wines tastes better. because only Roma selects from
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  Speaker 3: the world's greatest wine reserves for your pleasure. And now,
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  Speaker 3: Roma Wines, R-O-M-A, Roma Wines present... Suspense!
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  Speaker 4: Tonight, Roma Wines bring you Mr.
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  Speaker 5: Robert Mitchum in Death at Live Oak, a suspense play produced, edited,
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  Speaker 5: and directed for Roma Wines by William Spear.
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  Speaker 2: Suspense!
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  Speaker 3: Suspense, radio's outstanding theater of thrills, is presented for your
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  Speaker 3: enjoyment by Roma Wines.
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  Speaker 2: That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines.
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  Speaker 3: Those better tasting California wines enjoyed by more Americans than
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  Speaker 3: any other wine. For friendly entertaining, for delightful dining. Yes,
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  Speaker 3: right now a glass full would be very pleasant. As
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  Speaker 3: Roma Wines bring you Robert Mitchum in a remarkable tale
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  Speaker 3: of Suspense.
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  Speaker 2: Do you know what death is?
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  Speaker 6: It's a simple surgical process whereby a man's name is
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  Speaker 6: cut off from his body. If a man's name is dead,
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  Speaker 6: the man is dead. Even though his breathing may be normal,
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  Speaker 6: his pulse beat regular and strong.
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  Speaker 2: My name is dead.
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  Speaker 6: So I've become a ghost, a very much alive ghost
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  Speaker 6: with hemoglobin in my bloodstream and thoughts in my brain.
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  Speaker 6: And yet, as a ghost, I am accused of a
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  Speaker 6: crime which I swear to you I did not commit.
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  Speaker 2: Going up.
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  Speaker 5: Name your floors, please.
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  Speaker 2: It just finished a rather harrowing day with my attorney.
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  Speaker 6: And I wanted a few moments relaxation at the Sky
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  Speaker 6: Room before driving home to Palo Alto.
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  Speaker 2: As I stood in the elevator, I was conscious of
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  Speaker 2: someone staring at me. A girl.
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  Speaker 6: Wearing an orchid which had been completely crushed against the
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  Speaker 6: shoulder of a mink coat. She was young, early 20s,
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  Speaker 6: I'd say, a sort of face which I find peculiarly attractive.
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  Speaker 2: Lean, tan.
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  Speaker 6: She stood perhaps three feet away from me in the elevator.
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  Speaker 6: Her eyes stared steadily into mine. I glanced away and
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  Speaker 6: looked back again. She was still staring at me. Then
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  Speaker 6: she stepped over close to me.
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  Speaker 7: What are you doing here?
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  Speaker 2: I beg your pardon?
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  Speaker 7: Why did you follow me? You know I didn't want
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  Speaker 7: to see you.
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  Speaker 2: I think you've mistaken me for someone else. 21st floor.
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  Speaker 7: You're Rex Melville.
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  Speaker 2: No, my name is Sutherland.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, I'm so sorry. You look exactly like... Oh, please,
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  Speaker 7: forgive me.
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  Speaker 4: This is your floor, ma'am.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, thank you. Good night, Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Sutherland. Good night.
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  Speaker 4: Sky room, sir?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, yes, the sky room. Thank you, sir.
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  Speaker 6: I'm a flyer, and I like to look down on
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  Speaker 6: the lights of cities from high places. Usually, it makes
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  Speaker 6: me feel important and warm inside, but not on this night.
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  Speaker 6: I found myself looking down, computing how many miles an
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  Speaker 6: hour a human body would be falling by the time
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  Speaker 6: it hit the sidewalk. Then I noticed, leaning over the
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  Speaker 6: parapet a few feet away from me, the girl from
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  Speaker 6: the elevator.
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  Speaker 2: Good evening.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, good evening.
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  Speaker 2: It looks as if I am following you.
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  Speaker 7: It doesn't seem possible.
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  Speaker 2: What, the resemblance?
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  Speaker 7: Yes, it's almost perfect. You're a little taller, I think. Oh,
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  Speaker 7: my chin comes just below his shoulder, too. You're exactly
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  Speaker 7: the same height as Rex.
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  Speaker 2: And who is Rex?
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  Speaker 7: A friend. You told me your name on the elevator.
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  Speaker 7: I've forgotten it.
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  Speaker 2: David Sutherland.
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  Speaker 7: I'm Diana Blake.
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  Speaker 2: Miss Blake? Yes. Well, would you care for something to eat,
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  Speaker 2: Miss Blake?
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  Speaker 7: Yes, I would.
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  Speaker 6: We had a rare bit, I think, and we talked
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  Speaker 6: about the customary subjects with the expected frivolity.
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  Speaker 2: She was beautiful, by every.
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  Speaker 6: Standard except the Flemish. There was a thrilling compactness about her.
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  Speaker 6: My mind floated through all sorts of conjectures. But Miss
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  Speaker 6: Blake bolted me back to reality.
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  Speaker 7: I lied to you.
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  Speaker 2: What?
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  Speaker 7: My name isn't Diana Blake.
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  Speaker 2: It's Mrs.
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  Speaker 7: Melville. Rex is not a friend. He's my husband.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, somewhat more than a friend.
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  Speaker 7: In this case, somewhat less. It's so incredible. So utterly
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  Speaker 7: incredible to sit across the table from someone who looks
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  Speaker 7: exactly like my husband and have a good time.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, I'd.
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  Speaker 7: Better leave. He might find us here.
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  Speaker 2: Of course. Philippe? Yes, Monsieur Sutherland? Check, please. May I
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  Speaker 2: see you home?
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  Speaker 7: Oh, it's not necessary. I have a suite here in
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  Speaker 7: the hotel.
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  Speaker 2: Here is the check, sir. I'll sign it. May I
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  Speaker 2: borrow your pencil, Philippe? I'm deeply sorry, Monsieur Sutherland.
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  Speaker 1: What?
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  Speaker 4: I've been asked to tell you that.
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  Speaker 6: Now, look, I've been signing checks at the Sky Room
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  Speaker 6: for five years.
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  Speaker 7: Please, don't hate me if I pay it.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, no, I couldn't possibly allow.
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  Speaker 7: You will find, David, that I am a woman of extremes.
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  Speaker 7: I've either a great deal or nothing. Right now, the
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  Speaker 7: only thing I have a great deal of is money.
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  Speaker 2: Philippe. Thank you, madame.
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  Speaker 7: Don't be angry, please. It's a small price for saving
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  Speaker 7: my life.
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  Speaker 2: Saving your.
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  Speaker 7: When you spoke to me out there on the parapet,
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  Speaker 7: I was getting ready to commit suicide.
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  Speaker 2: I saw her to the.
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  Speaker 6: Door of her hotel suite, kissed her mentally, and bade
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  Speaker 6: her a formal good night.
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  Speaker 2: It's been pleasant meeting you, Mrs. Melville, etc., But inside,
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  Speaker 2: I knew what had happened to me.
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  Speaker 8: And by four in the morning, I knew I'd have
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  Speaker 8: to do something about it.
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  Speaker 2: Market 0500. I'd like to speak with Mrs. Melville. One moment, please.
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  Speaker 7: I'm sorry, sir.
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  Speaker 2: There is no Mrs.
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  Speaker 7: Melville registered here.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, uh, oh, operator, how about a Miss Blake? Diana Blake?
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  Speaker 7: I'm ringing Miss Blake's apartment.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you. Hello? Forgive me for calling this late. David Sutherland.
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  Speaker 2: I wasn't asleep.
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  Speaker 7: I thought you'd call.
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  Speaker 2: I've got to see you.
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  Speaker 7: I know. As soon as possible.
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  Speaker 2: You see, it's 4.15.
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  Speaker 6: I'll meet you in the hotel lobby at... Oh, better
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  Speaker 6: make it an hour from now.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, no, not the lobby. There's a little coffee shop, Radnick's,
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  Speaker 7: around the corner on Post Street.
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  Speaker 2: I'll be there. 5.15.
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  Speaker 6: It was just growing light as I drove up the
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  Speaker 6: bay shore. Practically no traffic. I got to Radnick's in about, oh,
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  Speaker 6: 40 minutes. She was there waiting for me. We ordered coffee.
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  Speaker 2: Anything else?
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  Speaker 5: Eggs?
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  Speaker 2: Toast?
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  Speaker 7: No, I'm not hungry.
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  Speaker 2: Do you know what I want to talk with you about?
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  Speaker 7: I think I know.
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  Speaker 2: There are a few things we have to get clear.
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  Speaker 2: Are you married?
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  Speaker 9: Yes.
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  Speaker 7: The hotel has you registered as Miss Blake. I've been
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  Speaker 7: separated from Rex for three years. I met him in
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  Speaker 7: Buenos Aires. We were married. Didn't work. So I left him.
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  Speaker 2: A divorce?
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  Speaker 7: I hate scandal. Nobody knew I'd been married. It was foolish,
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  Speaker 7: but I came back here and became Diana Blake again.
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  Speaker 2: And he dropped out of your life?
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  Speaker 7: Until last week. Just showed up out of nowhere.
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  Speaker 2: Where?
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  Speaker 7: Seems he suddenly needs money. And a wealthy wife's a
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  Speaker 7: handy thing to have.
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  Speaker 2: And you buy him off?
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  Speaker 7: It doesn't stop there.
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  Speaker 9: He, uh.
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  Speaker 7: He wants to live with me. I can't stand being
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  Speaker 7: in the same room with him.
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  Speaker 2: And he looks exactly like me.
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  Speaker 7: That's why I married him. He's very attractive. His appearance.
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  Speaker 2: But.
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  Speaker 7: He's not a human being.
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  Speaker 2: You'd rather kill yourself than live with him. Yes. Now
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  Speaker 2: listen to me. Raise your head and listen to me. Yes.
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  Speaker 6: I'd rather die than go through what I have to
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  Speaker 6: do this week.
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  Speaker 2: You know the firm of Sutherland and Sons?
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  Speaker 7: The importers?
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  Speaker 2: I used to have a third interest in the company.
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  Speaker 6: But there have been some cagey stock manipulations by my
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  Speaker 6: dear cousins. I wound up with a safe deposit box
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  Speaker 6: full of waste paper. I may have to go through bankruptcy.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 2: Now look, we've both considered suicide. That's no good. But
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  Speaker 2: what would happen if we both became... Husband and wife? Yes.
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  Speaker 7: What will happen to Rex?
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  Speaker 2: Rex is going to become the late David Sutherland. Oh, no. Now, look,
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  Speaker 2: I've thought it all out.
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  Speaker 6: I have some property up in the High Sierra, a
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  Speaker 6: summer house called Live Oak. The only way to get
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  Speaker 6: there is by air. The place has been advertised for sale. Now,
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  Speaker 6: suppose you told Rex you were interested in buying Live Oak.
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  Speaker 6: Could you ask him to fly up with me in
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  Speaker 6: my plane?
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  Speaker 7: Well, he likes to fly, but he might be suspicious.
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  Speaker 6: You can make it sound logical. Tell him you want
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  Speaker 6: to try to make a go of your marriage. Live
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  Speaker 6: Oak seems to be an ideal place for a second honeymoon.
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  Speaker 7: Yes, I'll try.
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  Speaker 2: Does he have any friends in San Francisco?
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  Speaker 7: None that I know of. He's lived in Argentina for years. Oh,
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  Speaker 7: one thing, his voice. It's a little higher pitch than yours,
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  Speaker 7: and he speaks more precisely.
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  Speaker 2: I can get by. What accounts does he have here?
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  Speaker 2: Bank accounts?
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  Speaker 7: He doesn't have any. Using traveler's checks and the money
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  Speaker 7: I've had.
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  Speaker 2: To give him. Will he stay with you tonight?
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  Speaker 7: If I let him.
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  Speaker 2: Good.
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  Speaker 6: That'll give me a chance to go through his hotel room.
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  Speaker 2: Where's he staying?
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  Speaker 7: The park row.
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  Speaker 2: Room?
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  Speaker 7: I don't... Oh, yes. 518.
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  Speaker 2: 518. Now, tonight, Diana, you tell him about Livo. Say
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  Speaker 2: I'm a real estate broker and make some remark about
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  Speaker 2: the resemblance. All right.
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  Speaker 6: Tell him that tomorrow night is the only time I
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  Speaker 6: can fly him up to the summer house. I'll meet
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  Speaker 6: him at the Palo Alto airport at nine o'clock.
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  Speaker 2: In the evening? The air is smoother at night.
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  Speaker 7: Can you land at Live Oak after dark?
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  Speaker 2: No, Diana. But Mr. Melville will never land anywhere alive.
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  Speaker 5: For Suspense, Roma Wines are bringing you Robert Mitchum in
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  Speaker 5: Death at Live Oak. Roma Wines' presentation tonight in radio's
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  Speaker 5: outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense.
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  Speaker 3: Between the acts of Suspense, this is Truman Bradley for
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  Speaker 3: you enjoy fuller bouquet, richer body, and better taste. Yes,
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  Speaker 3: unhurriedly to tempting taste perfection. These choice wines are placed
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  Speaker 3: with mellow Roma wines of years before. And from these reserves,
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  Speaker 3: the world's greatest reserves of fine wines, Roma later selects
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  Speaker 3: for your pleasure. Tomorrow night with dinner, enjoy the superiority,
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  Speaker 5: And now Roma Wines bring back to our Hollywood soundstage
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  Speaker 5: Robert Mitchum as David Sutherland with Mary Jane Croft as
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  Speaker 5: Diana Blake in Death at Live Oak. A tale well
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  Speaker 5: calculated to keep you in suspense. I left Diana and
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  Speaker 5: went directly out to the airport. I loosened the screws
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  Speaker 5: around the cowling of the instrument panel of my airplane.
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  Speaker 6: Then I took my parachute home and soaked it thoroughly
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  Speaker 6: in a wash tub full of black dye. The shrouds
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  Speaker 6: and the silk came out dull black.
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  Speaker 2: Just right. As it began to grow dark, I felt
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  Speaker 2: a tremendous desire to be with Diana.
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  Speaker 6: At least to talk with her. I realized how much
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  Speaker 6: she was coming to mean to me. But I stifled
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  Speaker 6: my urge to call her. If I could be apart
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  Speaker 6: from Diana this one night, I could be with her
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  Speaker 6: the rest of my life. I drove back into San
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  Speaker 6: Francisco to the Park Row Hotel. As I walked in,
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  Speaker 6: I turned my hat brim down in the way Diana
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  Speaker 6: had told me Rex Melville wore his. I prepared to
• 14:18
  Speaker 6: speak more precisely to try out my impersonation of the
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  Speaker 6: man I was about to murder.
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  Speaker 2: Good evening, Mr.
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  Speaker 9: Melville.
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  Speaker 2: Good evening. May I have the key to 518, please? Certainly, Mr. Melville.
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  Speaker 2: You weren't gone very long, sir. No, not long. Is
• 14:35
  Speaker 2: there any mail in my box? Well, I just gave
• 14:39
  Speaker 2: you your mail, sir, when you went out.
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  Speaker 9: Oh, of course.
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  Speaker 2: I'd forgotten. Thank you. I went on up and unlocked
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  Speaker 2: the door to Rex Melville's room. Empty. Empty. and in
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  Speaker 2: a rather slovenly state of disorder.
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  Speaker 6: I made it a point to touch everything in the room,
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  Speaker 6: the light switches, the water faucets, the drawer handles. I
• 15:01
  Speaker 6: wanted to leave plenty of my fingerprints in case I
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  Speaker 6: should need to prove later on that I, the future
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  Speaker 6: Rex Melville, had occupied this room.
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  Speaker 2: And I left.
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  Speaker 6: But I didn't go back to Palo Alto. I just
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  Speaker 6: walked the streets of San Francisco until dawn.
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  Speaker 10: Who is it?
• 15:25
  Speaker 2: David. Just a moment. Diana.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, David. I thought the morning would never come. Rex
• 15:37
  Speaker 7: just left a few seconds ago.
• 15:38
  Speaker 2: I know. I've been watching for him outside.
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  Speaker 7: He didn't see you?
• 15:41
  Speaker 2: No. How is it? About tonight?
• 15:43
  Speaker 7: We're all set. It wasn't easy, but I convinced him.
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  Speaker 7: He'll meet you at the Palo Alto Airport at nine.
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  Speaker 2: Perfect.
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  Speaker 7: I took his billfold out of his coat pocket.
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  Speaker 2: Here.
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  Speaker 7: His signature's on the traveler's check.
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  Speaker 2: Good. This is just what I needed.
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  Speaker 7: Oh, David. When will it be over?
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  Speaker 2: Before midnight. I'll be back with you by this time
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  Speaker 2: tomorrow morning. Be careful. Do you know something? I've never
• 16:07
  Speaker 2: kissed you.
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  Speaker 7: All my time.
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  Speaker 2: Forgive me.
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  Speaker 7: I didn't blot my lips.
• 16:18
  Speaker 2: Who could that be? Rex. I'd be billful.
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  Speaker 9: Yes?
• 16:25
  Speaker 4: Who is it?
• 16:26
  Speaker 2: Let me in, will you? I forgot something.
• 16:28
  Speaker 7: Just a moment.
• 16:32
  Speaker 2: I left my wallet. Well, hello.
• 16:35
  Speaker 7: This is the real estate man I told you about.
• 16:37
  Speaker 2: My name is Sutherland. You're right, honey. He's a dead
• 16:40
  Speaker 2: ringer for me.
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  Speaker 5: Yes.
• 16:42
  Speaker 2: I understand we're taking a little trip tonight. Yes. Say,
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: you make your business calls pretty early in the morning,
• 16:48
  Speaker 2: don't you, Mr. Sutherland?
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  Speaker 7: He stopped in to find out about tonight.
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: I was just leaving. Good. Good. Now, what about the wallet, honey?
• 16:55
  Speaker 7: It's not here.
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  Speaker 2: You sure?
• 16:56
  Speaker 7: If I find it, I'll call you.
• 16:58
  Speaker 2: All right. Say, why don't we ride down to the
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: elevator together, Mr. Sutherland? You can tell me something about
• 17:02
  Speaker 2: this place at Live Oak. Oh, but, Rex... I'll be
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: glad to. Goodbye, Mrs. Melville. I'll see you later, honey. Goodbye.
• 17:10
  Speaker 4: Down car.
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  Speaker 2: Go right ahead, Mr. Sutherland. No, after you.
• 17:23
  Speaker 9: All the way down?
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: Yes, the lobby, please. Hey, I hope you're a good pilot, Sutherland.
• 17:29
  Speaker 6: I've been flying ten years. What kind of plane do
• 17:32
  Speaker 6: you have? Metal monoplane, a high wing. It seats two
• 17:35
  Speaker 6: people side by side.
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: Say! What's the matter?
• 17:39
  Speaker 4: Are you fellas twins?
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: No. I thought for a minute I was seeing double.
• 17:44
  Speaker 7: Have to go see an eye doctor or something.
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: No, no, we're not twins.
• 17:48
  Speaker 4: You sure do look alike, though. I'm glad I don't
• 17:50
  Speaker 4: have to see an eye doctor.
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: Oh, here's the main floor.
• 17:53
  Speaker 4: Watch your step, please.
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: Hello? Hello, Diana? Yes. Listen, we're in bad trouble.
• 18:11
  Speaker 7: What's wrong?
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: The elevator boy. He noticed how much we look alike.
• 18:14
  Speaker 7: Which car was it?
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: The end elevator, the one nearest your door.
• 18:18
  Speaker 7: I can take care of it, David.
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: Don't worry. It was a ghastly day of waiting.
• 18:33
  Speaker 6: I wired the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles to reserve
• 18:36
  Speaker 6: a room in the name of David Sutherland. I remarked
• 18:39
  Speaker 6: casually to one of my neighbors that I was flying
• 18:41
  Speaker 6: down to Los Angeles in the evening. Promptly at 9 o'clock,
• 18:44
  Speaker 6: I drove to the airfield.
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: It was dark and deserted. I dumped my black parachute
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: in the pilot's seat and waited.
• 18:50
  Speaker 7: 9.15.
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: No melter. 9.30. Still no sign of him.
• 18:56
  Speaker 6: About 20 minutes of 10, I saw some headlights turn
• 18:58
  Speaker 6: down the dirt road that leads to the hangar line.
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: Is that you, Sutherland? I've been waiting for you.
• 19:13
  Speaker 6: Well, I'm sorry to be late. I was delayed in town.
• 19:17
  Speaker 6: You all set to go?
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: All set.
• 19:37
  Speaker 6: No one saw him get into the plane. The airport
• 19:40
  Speaker 6: isn't normally equipped for night operations. I didn't waste much
• 19:43
  Speaker 6: time warming up the engine. This would be the last
• 19:45
  Speaker 6: takeoff for my ship, so it didn't make much difference.
• 19:48
  Speaker 6: I gave her full throttle, roared down the asphalt runway
• 19:51
  Speaker 6: and banked sharply out over the bay.
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: Sort of pretty up here. Yes, very. How long will
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: it take us to get to Live Oak? Not long.
• 20:15
  Speaker 6: Excuse me, I have to make a radio call. NC-35013
• 20:21
  Speaker 6: calling San Francisco Radio. I wish to file a flight plan.
• 20:25
  Speaker 5: Over.
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: NC-35013, this is San Francisco Radio. Go ahead with flight plan.
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: This is NC-35013 over Mountain View at 1500.
• 20:35
  Speaker 6: Pilot Sutherland, airspeed 145, fuel.
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: Supply 3 hours. CFR, destination Los Angeles Municipal. Los Angeles?
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: Shut up. ETA in Los Angeles 2345, over. Roger, 013.
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: We hold file. San Francisco Radio out. But why are
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: we going all the way to Los Angeles? You're taking
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: a longer trip than that, Mr. Melville.
• 21:04
  Speaker 6: I grasped the loose cowling from my instrument panel and
• 21:07
  Speaker 6: swung it squarely against his head.
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: He fell forward against the seat belt. There was no blood.
• 21:12
  Speaker 6: The bruise on his face was exactly where the cowling
• 21:14
  Speaker 6: might strike him if an accident threw him forward against it. Quickly,
• 21:17
  Speaker 6: I screwed the cowling back in place and then I
• 21:19
  Speaker 6: set about exchanging clothes with my unconscious passenger.
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: It was difficult in the cramped cabin and I had
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: to watch my flight controls.
• 21:26
  Speaker 6: I propped Melville into the pilot's seat and buckled his
• 21:28
  Speaker 6: safety belt, then I strapped on my own parachute and
• 21:31
  Speaker 6: trimmed the ship nose down.
• 21:32
  Speaker 2: As it started to pick up speed in a steep.
• 21:35
  Speaker 6: Dive, I shoved open the.
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: Cabin door and leaked.
• 22:06
  Speaker 6: Parachute, black against black, dropped me quietly into the meadow
• 22:10
  Speaker 6: a few hundred yards from my burning ship. The wreckage
• 22:13
  Speaker 6: was complete. I pulled in the chute, wadded it up,
• 22:16
  Speaker 6: and tossed it onto my funeral pyre. Sleep well, Mr.
• 22:23
  Speaker 6: David Sutherland. My plane had rammed the wild wilderness on
• 22:46
  Speaker 6: the lower slope of Mount Hamilton. I struck out on
• 22:48
  Speaker 6: foot for the road which I knew from my maps,
• 22:50
  Speaker 6: ran down the mountain from Lick Observatory to San Jose.
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: As I walked along in the moonless night, I felt free.
• 22:57
  Speaker 6: For the first time in many months, no more debts,
• 22:59
  Speaker 6: no more threats of bankruptcy, no more scavenging attorneys. From
• 23:03
  Speaker 6: San Jose, I took the bus back to Palo Alto,
• 23:06
  Speaker 6: keeping as inconspicuous as possible. At the airport, I got
• 23:09
  Speaker 6: into Rex Melville's car. No, it was my car. I
• 23:13
  Speaker 6: was Rex Melville now. It was just getting light as
• 23:17
  Speaker 6: I drove up Bayshore Boulevard. I went into a pay
• 23:20
  Speaker 6: phone booth to call her and tell her everything was
• 23:22
  Speaker 6: all right.
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: Market 0500. Miss Blake's apartment, please. Miss Blake? Diana Blake.
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: One moment, sir. I'm ringing Miss Blake's apartment. Hello? Hello?
• 23:56
  Speaker 6: Why should a man's voice answer in Diana's room? I
• 23:59
  Speaker 6: went straight to the park road. The same clerk was
• 24:01
  Speaker 6: on duty who had called me Mr. Melville the night before.
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: Good morning, sir. Good morning. The key to 518, please.
• 24:11
  Speaker 10: Yes.
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: Yes, Mr. Melville.
• 24:22
  Speaker 6: Why should he stare at me that way? Everything had
• 24:24
  Speaker 6: gone according to plan. What had I done wrong?
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: Hello. I must have the wrong room. No, no, no.
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: This is the right room. 518.
• 24:36
  Speaker 4: Come in, come in. I've been waiting for you. Although
• 24:41
  Speaker 4: we really didn't expect you to come back here.
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: What do you want to see me about?
• 24:46
  Speaker 6: Well, there's a little matter of murder. Will you You
• 24:50
  Speaker 6: must have the wrong person. My name is Melville.
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: Rex Melville. Yes.
• 24:53
  Speaker 6: Is this your billfold? Yes, yes, that's mine. There's my
• 24:57
  Speaker 6: name on it, Rex Melville. You ought to be more
• 24:59
  Speaker 6: careful where you leave it. Where did you find this wallet?
• 25:02
  Speaker 6: Now we want to get a few things straight. Harry,
• 25:04
  Speaker 6: find the elevator boy and have him come in. Now,
• 25:06
  Speaker 6: about this Miss Blake. What was your relationship with her girlfriend? No,
• 25:11
  Speaker 6: she was my wife.
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: Oh? We were married in Argentina three years ago. Well, Mr.
• 25:15
  Speaker 4: Melville, if this woman was your wife, why did she
• 25:17
  Speaker 4: use the name of Miss Blake?
• 25:19
  Speaker 2: We'd, uh... Well, we'd been separated. Oh, I see. Did
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: you want to see me, sir? Yeah, yes.
• 25:25
  Speaker 10: I want you to take a good look at this
• 25:26
  Speaker 10: gentleman and tell me if he's ever ridden on your elevator.
• 25:29
  Speaker 5: I took him down last night from the 21st floor.
• 25:32
  Speaker 4: He was in an awful hurry and sort of nervous.
• 25:34
  Speaker 3: But just before 9 o'clock, I remember because I called
• 25:37
  Speaker 3: go off duty at 9.
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: No, no, no. It was someone else. I was in
• 25:40
  Speaker 2: Palo Alto at 9 last night. What is this, anyway?
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: Look at him very carefully, son.
• 25:45
  Speaker 4: You're sure this is the man you took down from
• 25:46
  Speaker 4: the 21st floor?
• 25:47
  Speaker 2: He's even wearing the same suit. I demand to know
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: what right you have.
• 25:50
  Speaker 4: Don't you remember, Melville?
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: No.
• 25:52
  Speaker 10: Last night, sometime between 8.15 and five.
• 25:55
  Speaker 4: Minutes of nine, you murdered Diana Blake.
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: I don't remember the next hour at all. But I
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: heard myself saying, there's another man, he looks exactly like me.
• 26:12
  Speaker 2: He must have killed her.
• 26:13
  Speaker 4: Oh, a sort of Mr.
• 26:14
  Speaker 10: High character?
• 26:15
  Speaker 2: No, no, another person. Elevator boy, you saw us together
• 26:18
  Speaker 2: in your car yesterday morning. I... I don't remember. Now, think. Think.
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: You asked if we were twins, and you said something
• 26:23
  Speaker 2: about going to an eye doctor. Remember? No, I don't remember.
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: He's lying. He's lying. Diana bribed him not to tell.
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: Why should she have bribed him?
• 26:30
  Speaker 5: Because.
• 26:32
  Speaker 6: Because I'm not Rex Melville. My name is David Sutherland.
• 26:36
  Speaker 6: I live at 18016 Willow Road, Palo Alto. I didn't
• 26:41
  Speaker 6: kill her, I tell you.
• 26:42
  Speaker 2: I loved her.
• 26:43
  Speaker 10: David Sutherland was killed last night in an airplane crash
• 26:45
  Speaker 10: on Mount Hamilton.
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: No, it was Melville who died.
• 26:47
  Speaker 10: Sutherland radioed a flight planned at 9.55 for Los Angeles.
• 26:51
  Speaker 10: He had a reservation at a Los Angeles hotel for
• 26:53
  Speaker 10: last night. He never got there.
• 26:54
  Speaker 2: I'm Sutherland. I jumped in a black parachute. Melville, the murderer,
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: he's the one who died.
• 26:59
  Speaker 10: Why are your fingerprints on every doorknob and every water
• 27:01
  Speaker 10: faucet of Rex Melville's room and the hotel here?
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: I didn't kill Diana Blake. I loved her.
• 27:06
  Speaker 4: You've been separated from her for three years?
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: You're the murderer.
• 27:09
  Speaker 6: I'm a murderer, yes. I killed Rex Melville. But not Diana.
• 27:13
  Speaker 6: I didn't kill Diana. So, there it is. Now you
• 27:32
  Speaker 6: know what can happen when a man's name is severed
• 27:34
  Speaker 6: from his body. And in a few more moments, I
• 27:43
  Speaker 6: shall know what happens when a man's body is severed
• 27:47
  Speaker 6: from his soul.
• 28:01
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• 29:02
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• 29:05
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• 29:06
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• 29:19
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• 29:22
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• 29:29
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• 29:32
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