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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho.

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<v Speaker 1>nine one three, Boise, Idaho eight three seven one five.

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<v Speaker 1>Now it's time for today's episode of the Adventures of

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<v Speaker 1>Philip Marlow. The original aired eighth February twenty eighth, nineteen

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<v Speaker 1>fifty and the title The Big Step.

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<v Speaker 2>Get This and get it straight. Crime is a sucker's road.

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<v Speaker 2>Those who travel had wind up in the gut of

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<v Speaker 2>the prison of the grave, this time a friend with

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<v Speaker 2>millions and my epic chemist and a long head piano player,

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<v Speaker 2>but thrown in a panic because a brilliant young lady

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<v Speaker 2>with a gun was taking a big step in the

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<v Speaker 2>wrong direction. It happened like this.

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<v Speaker 3>From the pan of Raymond transfer outstanding all through crime

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<v Speaker 3>fiction comes his most famous character in the Adventures.

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<v Speaker 2>Of Philip Marlowe.

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<v Speaker 3>Now with Gerald Moore starred as Philip Marlowe. We bring

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<v Speaker 3>you tonight's exciting story, The big Step.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, mister Mallow, I always figure shoes just like faces.

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<v Speaker 2>How's that, Champ?

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<v Speaker 5>They make it old and they make it wrinkle, but

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<v Speaker 5>they're still okay as long as they gotta.

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<v Speaker 2>Shine on it keeps that writing condition, that champ. Yes, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>let me just spank up this one again. Sure. Oh

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<v Speaker 2>come in, miss Mona.

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, Oh excuse me, I didn't know you was busy.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all right, okay, Champ, I guess that does it?

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<v Speaker 7>Oh, thank you, mister Mallow.

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<v Speaker 2>I see tomorrow right. Well, one of my shoes have

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<v Speaker 2>a new lis on life. Won't you sit down, Miss.

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<v Speaker 6>Missus, Betty can't. I'm a waitress at the Shelton Cafe.

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<v Speaker 6>I need your help, mister Mallow. There's something you could

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<v Speaker 6>do for me. You free to take a case.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm free depending on the case. What is it.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, today this friend of mine, Shirley Battella, comes into

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<v Speaker 6>the restaurant, wife work.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 6>She takes her usual table, and while she's waiting for

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<v Speaker 6>her order, she starts reading the paper.

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<v Speaker 2>It's all quiet so far, Betty.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, But just when.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm bringing in the tomato juice, it happens she sees

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<v Speaker 6>something in the paper that scares it scares are bad?

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<v Speaker 2>Well was it, Betty?

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<v Speaker 6>Then I don't know. She muttered something and then she

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<v Speaker 6>runs out of the place. Her face was gray like ashes.

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<v Speaker 6>Later I got to worry him. I called her at home,

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<v Speaker 6>then at the lab where she works, even her husband's studio.

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<v Speaker 6>No locke.

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<v Speaker 2>I wait a minute, Betty, I don't quite get the

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<v Speaker 2>connection you and Shirley Vitello.

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<v Speaker 6>I mean, oh, I.

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<v Speaker 8>Don't know where social we're only tell me at the restaurant.

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<v Speaker 8>She's been eating there for years.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the basis for friendship.

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<v Speaker 6>Well, about six months ago, I was in bad trouble

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<v Speaker 6>and Shirley came through with two hundred bucks when it

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<v Speaker 6>seemed like more money than I'd ever seen. It kept

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<v Speaker 6>me and my husband together. So you see she means

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<v Speaker 6>a lot to me.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I see what you mean. Well, look, bet what

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<v Speaker 2>was this about a lab?

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<v Speaker 8>Well, Shirley's a technician.

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<v Speaker 6>She works as an assistant to a chemist named Softman,

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<v Speaker 6>Abraham Softman out on Melrowe someplaces.

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<v Speaker 2>What about Hurley's husband?

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<v Speaker 8>Do you know him Gilbert? Oh?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, he comes in with her of a lot. He's

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<v Speaker 6>a piano composer and a real nice guy.

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<v Speaker 8>He lives for his work. He's unknown now, but he's

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<v Speaker 8>a real genius. Churli says. She do anything to keep

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<v Speaker 8>him and his music going.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Well, tell me this friend of yours saw something

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<v Speaker 2>in a paper. He said, it's scared now, that's all

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<v Speaker 2>you know?

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<v Speaker 8>Uh yeah, and I want you to find out why

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<v Speaker 8>and help her.

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<v Speaker 6>He's fifty bucks, mister Mala, that's what you chay, it's

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<v Speaker 6>more or less.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. By the way, missus Kanada, where's your ring? Oh?

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<v Speaker 8>I sometimes take it off when I'm working.

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<v Speaker 2>You do?

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, perhaps when your hocket to raise fifty bucks. Look, Betty,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a careless guy. You you better hold the money.

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<v Speaker 2>But mister manor hurry Betty. Remember where's the address.

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<v Speaker 6>Well it's thirty one forty Veteran Avenue, and in case

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<v Speaker 6>you wanted, Gilbert Studio is Benedict Canyon, five tens. Thanks

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<v Speaker 6>mister Mala, you called me an empire of one seven

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<v Speaker 6>A wait, seven huts.

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<v Speaker 2>Betty Catna was gone. I got my car and drove

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<v Speaker 2>out the Veteran Avenue. You know, she was a pathetic

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<v Speaker 2>little creature and with a little effort she could have

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<v Speaker 2>that touch and glow look, no whir. Thirty one forty

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<v Speaker 2>was one of those small but neat houses that grow

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<v Speaker 2>like mushrooms overnight on a post war California landscape, and

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<v Speaker 2>it was locked, dark and quiet. I went around to

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<v Speaker 2>the back and started on the windows. I turned one open.

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<v Speaker 2>When I tried it, I climbed it and turned onto

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<v Speaker 2>lights and made the grand tour. Then ended in the den.

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<v Speaker 2>The only indication that anyone had been there all day

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<v Speaker 2>was a current issue of the La Star, crumpled in

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<v Speaker 2>the waste basket. I pulled it out and started through it.

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<v Speaker 2>On page five, I found the hole where a two

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<v Speaker 2>column story had been clipped out, and then somebody was

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<v Speaker 2>at the front door. I started toward it to change

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<v Speaker 2>my mind at the sound of the key in the lock.

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<v Speaker 2>Instead moved back into the den and watched I hea

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<v Speaker 2>that belonged on a gopher wearing a battet fedor and

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<v Speaker 2>instinct glasses above a fur colored coat, peeked in, gave

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<v Speaker 2>the place of my epic once over, and headed straight

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<v Speaker 2>for the den. So I stepped out. What he could

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<v Speaker 2>see me.

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<v Speaker 9>I've never seen you before. What are you doing here?

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<v Speaker 2>You tell me first, Pop, I'm bigger than you are.

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<v Speaker 2>And doctor Abraham Softman Softman, Oh, the chemist Shirley Vittello

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<v Speaker 2>works for? Is that why you? And the key?

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<v Speaker 9>Yes, she leaves unfinished. She leaves work here for me

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<v Speaker 9>to pick up. It's a convenience for both of us.

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<v Speaker 9>But now you you can also explain.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe well, a friend, thanks to your assistance in trouble,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to find out the name is mallow Ah.

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<v Speaker 9>I suspected now I am right. Sureley came to the

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<v Speaker 9>laboratory late from lunch today and very much upset. She

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<v Speaker 9>left again soon right in the middle of our most

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<v Speaker 9>important crimson test, our crimson test without one word to

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<v Speaker 9>me she left. Never does this happen before? And all

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<v Speaker 9>the five years she has been my loyal right heat.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, tell me what's the nature of your Researchuth one?

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<v Speaker 9>And we are developing new commercial dyes of such a

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<v Speaker 9>beautiful crimson we have now really surely knows as much

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<v Speaker 9>as I do about.

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<v Speaker 2>All of it.

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<v Speaker 9>With the marlow Was it you who opened the desk door?

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<v Speaker 2>There? No, as I didn't notice it till now. Two

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<v Speaker 2>boxes of thirty two caliber ammunition, nine shells guns on

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<v Speaker 2>the top.

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<v Speaker 9>One she kept a gun there. I've seen it before.

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<v Speaker 9>That's gone too. What kind of trouble needs a gun,

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<v Speaker 9>mister Marlowe?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, I could think of a few, and they all

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<v Speaker 2>say we better locate Shirley and soon. Now, look, Doc,

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<v Speaker 2>I want to ask you.

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<v Speaker 9>One moment, please, maybe you will know if this means anything.

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<v Speaker 9>I found this under her work table after she left

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<v Speaker 9>this afternoon. Is it maybe something.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know? Let me see And the reservation I've

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<v Speaker 2>a love from Federal Airlines LA New York Departure eleven

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<v Speaker 2>thirty five s and its made after Ruth Brinton. Ruth

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<v Speaker 2>Who's that?

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<v Speaker 9>Or I don't know how, but she must be something

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<v Speaker 9>to surey. Perhaps this Ruse Burton is the Traubo.

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<v Speaker 2>Early airline numbers. Here? Where's the phone? It's out there? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I got it. M that's in two six one off.

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<v Speaker 8>Good evening.

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<v Speaker 3>Federal Airlines Agent Frederick Stone speaking Frederick.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you have a roof Britain listed on your eleven

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<v Speaker 2>thirty five flights in New York? Oh?

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<v Speaker 3>Just one moment now, so I'll check.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh no, yes, yes we do. Yeah, well, I I've

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<v Speaker 2>got a located Do you have an address or a

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<v Speaker 2>phone number there? Oh?

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<v Speaker 4>No, sir, I do not, And even if I did.

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<v Speaker 2>A boy, Freddie, boy, this is important. I need that information.

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<v Speaker 2>I describe it to me. What does she look like? Oh, dear,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm afraid I can. I must have sold the ticket.

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<v Speaker 5>I'm the only agent on duty, but I just can't

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<v Speaker 5>seem to think we're right?

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<v Speaker 2>Will you think I am? How do you expect me

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<v Speaker 2>to remember seventy five or eighty faces every day? Listen, heaven?

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<v Speaker 2>Don't you think I get confused? Yes?

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<v Speaker 3>Come in here at all?

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<v Speaker 2>Wanting tickets to the guy Fredericks A lock, doc, now, lock,

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<v Speaker 2>do me a favor, stay right here and wait for

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<v Speaker 2>Shirley if she comes back holder. I'm going to look

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<v Speaker 2>up her husband, Gilbert. The first stop was a news

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<v Speaker 2>tan I bought a last turned to page five and

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<v Speaker 2>found that the missing story was on a man identified

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<v Speaker 2>only as Dennik, who'd been hit by a taxi on

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<v Speaker 2>Temple Street to the eight am. The only reason that

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<v Speaker 2>rated two columns was that before he lapsed into unconsciousness,

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<v Speaker 2>he told the ambulance group from the Citizen's emergency hospital.

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<v Speaker 2>But he knew he was going to die and wanted

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<v Speaker 2>to clear his conscience by confessing a crime he'd committed.

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<v Speaker 2>It ended with police as standing by. I drove on

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<v Speaker 2>into Benett Canyon, wondering what kind of a bridget was

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<v Speaker 2>going to take to span the gap between a female

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<v Speaker 2>chemist and a downtown traffic accident. I was still wondering

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<v Speaker 2>when I got the number five. I have ten. All

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<v Speaker 2>I could see if Gilbert Vitello's studio over the brush

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<v Speaker 2>around it was something pseudo Spanish that had been stuck

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<v Speaker 2>under a pizez of vertical real estate by an Optimist

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<v Speaker 2>in the early twenties. The path had been opened from

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<v Speaker 2>the driveway to the house. Since I walked to the door,

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<v Speaker 2>piano music minside got louder, but not better even in

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<v Speaker 2>the long haired circle. That stuff needed a haircut. Hey,

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<v Speaker 2>Heytello backing up them and I we're there.

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<v Speaker 4>What's the meaning of this outburst?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm working and I won't be interrupted. Who are you?

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<v Speaker 2>What do you want? Anyway? It is he mister is mollow.

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<v Speaker 2>Betty Cant has sent me here because she's worried about

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<v Speaker 9>The waitress worried about Cherlie.

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<v Speaker 2>Why she's in some kind of trouble? Have you seen

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<v Speaker 2>it night?

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<v Speaker 4>No? No, no, not since this morning. But that's not unusual.

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<v Speaker 4>I often work late. My music is very demanding. Now

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<v Speaker 4>what gives that waitress the idea that Charlie's in trouble?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh? Wife's reaction to a newspaper story? It's the WIT's

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<v Speaker 2>out of her by a taxi hitting a man named Denneka?

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<v Speaker 4>Anything to you, Denny Shirley worked for the fellow by

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<v Speaker 4>that name once, I believe, But why would that sorry

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<v Speaker 2>And I was hoping you'd tell me. Do you have

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<v Speaker 2>a gun?

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<v Speaker 4>A little thirty two pistolits at home?

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<v Speaker 2>Why it's gone?

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<v Speaker 7>See here?

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<v Speaker 9>What's this all about?

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<v Speaker 2>Tell me?

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<v Speaker 9>Tell me the truth and be quick.

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<v Speaker 2>About Oh shut up, answer my question.

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<v Speaker 2>My wife was shocked by that, Adam and Denneker. She

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<v Speaker 2>isn't it home, she isn't at Seffman's lab, and has

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<v Speaker 2>n't been all afternoon. And what's more, she's got a gun.

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<v Speaker 2>All I know except for one thing. Who's Ruth Brittany.

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<v Speaker 4>She's a friend of Shirley's from the She's been visiting

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<v Speaker 4>relatives out here.

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<v Speaker 2>Why nothing, Maybe Shirley's got a plane reservation for her,

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<v Speaker 2>that's all, Miss Samlo.

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<v Speaker 4>If that's all you have to offer, Why don't you

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<v Speaker 4>get out of here so I can go to work.

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<v Speaker 4>I'm quite certain if Shelley were actually in trouble, she'd

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<v Speaker 4>come to me if I help, And incidental he tell

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<v Speaker 4>Benny Kazad to take some vitamins or something.

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<v Speaker 9>She's becoming a meddlesome busy buddy.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, there was a quality about Gilbert Vittello that

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<v Speaker 2>made me want to suck him on the temperament with

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<v Speaker 2>the heavy end of his grand piano. And I started

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<v Speaker 2>down the path to the driveway. I forgot about it

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<v Speaker 2>because a pair of headlights slashed through the foliage like

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<v Speaker 2>a giant sid rand away. I could see and watch

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<v Speaker 2>the girl in a brown suit get out of a

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<v Speaker 2>sleek New Hudson and start toward the house, and she

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<v Speaker 2>saw me. She backed the way, then threw me one

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<v Speaker 2>scared look and darted into a side path like a

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<v Speaker 2>jittery coppontail. I followed as fast as I could, but

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<v Speaker 2>it was home ground. A heard in twenty yards. I

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<v Speaker 2>was outclassed. I lost her at the corner of a

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<v Speaker 2>sagging shed and stopped to listen for a footsteps. I

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<v Speaker 2>heard something else, but not in time. The duck.

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<v Speaker 10>Oh oh, oh, moll is that mallow?

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<v Speaker 2>What happened?

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<v Speaker 7>Mala?

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<v Speaker 2>A cock up? Surely, she slugged me.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't believe that you're lying.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I'm lying. What it's worth to you? Die hard?

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<v Speaker 2>Your wife isn't kidding, she told me personally with a

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<v Speaker 2>blunt instrument. Lay that knee, flat jack, Mister Marlow, did

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<v Speaker 2>you get something? Lumps? How about you? Doctorsftman?

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<v Speaker 9>No nothing come here? Come here? Yeah, no, no one

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<v Speaker 9>has come here. You found out something?

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<v Speaker 2>Have they hear of a guy named Deneka?

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<v Speaker 9>Dok me here, Marris Dennik. Five times in the past

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<v Speaker 9>three years, Marris Denneka in Chicago has beaten me by

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<v Speaker 9>introducing a new die substance or a new process just

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<v Speaker 9>days ahead of me. Five times this happened.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a die chemist too, really good one.

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<v Speaker 9>I admire you.

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<v Speaker 2>Listen, this is beginning to fit like a rubber glove.

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<v Speaker 2>Dennika is in a hospital right here in LA You

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<v Speaker 2>may not live, and he wants to confess to a

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<v Speaker 2>crime here. Look, I'll read it yourself. When Shirley saw

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<v Speaker 2>that story, I throw her into a panic and now

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<v Speaker 2>and only figures one way. Your assistant has been selling

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<v Speaker 2>your new developments for Denneka before you release them. No,

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<v Speaker 2>it is not true.

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<v Speaker 9>Sureley would not do this thing, not to me.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, Doc, we'll see now. Look, why don't you go

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<v Speaker 2>back to your lab and wait, I'm going to the

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<v Speaker 2>hospital now and do some more fast editions. If it

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<v Speaker 2>comes right. Just don't forget your scientist, will you? I

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<v Speaker 2>would not forget? Now.

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<v Speaker 9>You remember something, mister Marlowe, Two plus two does not

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<v Speaker 9>always make four, especially when you are adding up human.

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<v Speaker 2>Hearts in just a moment.

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<v Speaker 3>The second act of Philip Marlowe, but first Wednesday's Wonderful

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<v Speaker 3>on CBS with Doctor Christian Groucho, Marx Ming Crosby and

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<v Speaker 3>Burns and Allen all coming your way over most of

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<v Speaker 3>these same CBS stations This Wednesday. Brother Bob Crosby visits

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<v Speaker 3>bing Gracie, Allen stumps the income tax experts, Groucho will

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<v Speaker 3>be on hand with his ad libs and teams of opposition,

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<v Speaker 3>and Doctor Christian makes a wily grandmother stick to the

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<v Speaker 3>truth for once.

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<v Speaker 2>So be listing this Wednesday, won't you Now?

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<v Speaker 3>With our star Gerald Moore, we returned to the second

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<v Speaker 3>act of Philip Marlowe and Tonight's story, The Big Step.

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<v Speaker 2>It was twenty stop and go minutes through the snarled

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<v Speaker 2>early evening traffic over to the Citizens Emergency Hospital. All

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<v Speaker 2>the way, I kept hoping that Denica's confession wasn't gonna

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<v Speaker 2>have anything to do with Shirley Vittello. But when I

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<v Speaker 2>was there, standing next to Detective Lieutenant Matthews and filling

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<v Speaker 2>him into date, wrecked that hope up under wishful thinking.

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<v Speaker 2>Our asthenic had already come too.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, I'm a little about a half hour ago. He

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<v Speaker 5>didn't say too much much, only something about this woman

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<v Speaker 5>you mentioned is Shirley Vittello and the formula for some

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<v Speaker 5>kind of a bleaching agent. Then he went out again.

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<v Speaker 5>He look this this Fottello girl who currently adds up

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<v Speaker 5>to something very just.

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<v Speaker 2>What does she look like? Oh, blonde, about five four,

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<v Speaker 2>maybe thirty, wearing a dark brown suit nor hat. That's right,

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<v Speaker 2>she's been around ye.

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<v Speaker 5>I spotted her here in the hall about forty five

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<v Speaker 5>minutes ago. I claimed she was a reporter, but she

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<v Speaker 5>didn't make any small talk with the other news hands.

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<v Speaker 5>I got a little suspicious. Just then Deneka came too,

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<v Speaker 5>So I went in there and I came back out.

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<v Speaker 5>She was gone, hey, Malo, you know we can pick

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<v Speaker 5>her up.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I don't, Lieutenant doesn't look so good for her.

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<v Speaker 2>She could be pretty desperate right now, like a quick

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<v Speaker 2>trip to the country, or like words, she's got a gun, Matthews.

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<v Speaker 2>And now with Denika's starting to talk, very little hope left.

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<v Speaker 2>I better be going where, just going, just going, mat

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<v Speaker 2>won't keep in touch. Wait a minute, Look, we have

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<v Speaker 2>a big organization, miss the Mala. We're equipped to handle

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<v Speaker 2>all kinds. We could do almost as good a job

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<v Speaker 2>as you. Just keep that in mind. Where yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm glad you said almost. It's a long I

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<v Speaker 2>got back into my car and pointed it toward the

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<v Speaker 2>Botello Place on vedroand Avenue again, because I didn't know

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<v Speaker 2>where else I got possibly pick up Shirley's trail. I

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<v Speaker 2>felt like an uncomfortable emptiness was in the pit of

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<v Speaker 2>my stomach. You know, like the guy who stands in

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<v Speaker 2>a street corner and watches an ambulance and turns scrape

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<v Speaker 2>up a traffic victim. He knows he didn't have anything

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<v Speaker 2>to do with it, but that knowledge doesn't make him

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<v Speaker 2>feel any better. Shirley Battello is hit it for troubled,

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<v Speaker 2>bad trouble, and the pathetic little kid that he can't

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<v Speaker 2>who came into my office and started the whole thing

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<v Speaker 2>could get hurt in the process. And I parked in

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<v Speaker 2>front of the place, which, from inside a death lamp

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<v Speaker 2>showed a circle of light the size and color of

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<v Speaker 2>a lemon lifesaver, and the front door was open inches,

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<v Speaker 2>as though somebody had left in a big hurry. I

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<v Speaker 2>walked on ages as far as the door and nudged it,

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<v Speaker 2>and I saw it on the table in the far

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<v Speaker 2>corner of the room, a note propped up against the

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<v Speaker 2>lamp and nothing else. I started toording, I'm behind you,

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<v Speaker 2>no fine thirty two caliber out of the desk drawer,

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<v Speaker 2>no doubt, no doubt.

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<v Speaker 7>I don't know why you're mixing the something that's no

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<v Speaker 7>business of yours.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm a private detective working for your friend. Betty can't

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<v Speaker 2>as she's worried about you, Shirley Mallow.

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<v Speaker 7>What's done is done. Betty can't help me. You can't

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<v Speaker 7>help me. Nobody can help me. I stole Softman's work

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<v Speaker 7>and I sold it to Morrows Dennaker. I didn't count

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<v Speaker 7>on a deathbed confession.

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<v Speaker 2>Why'd you do it?

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<v Speaker 7>I love my husband and he he needs money to

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<v Speaker 7>go on with his work.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh Gil puts in on this with you.

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<v Speaker 7>Oh no, no, he isn't. He thought my wages were high.

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<v Speaker 7>That's all. The note I left there on the table

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<v Speaker 7>makes that clear.

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<v Speaker 2>Also, also what said goodbye?

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<v Speaker 7>I love him, Marlow. When I'm gone, you'll have enough

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<v Speaker 7>money to carry on keep the studio that means so

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<v Speaker 7>much to him, and nothing can be taken away from him.

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<v Speaker 7>I've seen to that legal like, just what.

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<v Speaker 2>Do you mean gone, Shirley? How far is gone?

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<v Speaker 7>A long way?

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<v Speaker 2>Marlow? All the way Sue is ha.

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<v Speaker 7>Oh, let's not talk anymore, and don't bother about that phone.

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<v Speaker 7>It's only Gilbert when I pulled up outside here. After

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<v Speaker 7>I came to the mouth and he was home. I

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<v Speaker 7>didn't want to speak to him, so I drove on

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<v Speaker 7>until I came to a phone booth, and then I

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<v Speaker 7>called here and told him to meet me at the

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<v Speaker 7>Saffron Bar. It's no hangout of us.

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<v Speaker 2>Wanted to leave a note for him, but didn't want

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<v Speaker 2>to face him. Is that it?

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, he'll keep calling on and off for quite a

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<v Speaker 7>while before he comes back here. I figured it would

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<v Speaker 7>be better that way. I didn't want him chasing me.

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<v Speaker 7>See air might give the big lug a cold. It

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<v Speaker 7>always did.

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<v Speaker 10>For mom.

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<v Speaker 7>It looks like it's about time to put you away

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<v Speaker 7>for safe keeping.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think so, Shirley. I think a phone is a.

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<v Speaker 8>Next time mollow.

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<v Speaker 7>It'll be more than a base. But justice, Fred No.

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<v Speaker 7>The closet set a line and strong. It should hold

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<v Speaker 7>you long enough. Get in, Go on?

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, and it is, baby, But first, what the step

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<v Speaker 2>you're about to take?

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<v Speaker 7>You know all about it. It's a big step in

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<v Speaker 7>the mallow, will save your breath. That wouldn't be any

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<v Speaker 7>happier in prisoner running away, Believe me, not a bit.

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<v Speaker 2>Happier it's so long, Mallow, nobody's home. Surely Vittello was

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<v Speaker 2>mixed up about a lot of things in life, but

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<v Speaker 2>that doesn't include closets, because the one she put me

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<v Speaker 2>in was strong. The lining she called Sita must have

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<v Speaker 2>been hand me down on my plate from a retired

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<v Speaker 2>battle wagon. So all in all, I was forty five minutes,

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<v Speaker 2>ultimately kicking and resting, while the insistent telephone marked the

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<v Speaker 2>five minute intervals for me. But finally it was the

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<v Speaker 2>wood around the lock that gave way. I was out. Hello, Hello,

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<v Speaker 2>what is it all over? Tello? And save your questions?

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<v Speaker 2>Do you hear what I have to say?

428
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<v Speaker 3>Marlow?

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<v Speaker 2>Where's my wife? She was supposed to meet me here

430
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<v Speaker 2>at a tip front box said save it now listen,

431
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<v Speaker 2>my wife's out to kill herself. No, no, yes, tell

432
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<v Speaker 2>me did you two have a favorite spot out near

433
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<v Speaker 2>the ocean. I don't care whether you see or not.

434
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<v Speaker 2>Did you or didn't you?

435
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<v Speaker 7>Yes?

436
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<v Speaker 2>Yes, the Rodondo fishing right now. Keep listening to Tello

437
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<v Speaker 2>and do as I say, come straight home. But do

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<v Speaker 2>as I say, Betello back here and sit tight with

439
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<v Speaker 2>fingers crossed. I worry about the pier. Goodbye. Second connection

440
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<v Speaker 2>was broken. I picked up the phone again and dialed

441
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<v Speaker 2>one one six, got through the police emergency operator, and

442
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<v Speaker 2>from there to Matthews, who was still at the Citizens Hospital.

443
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<v Speaker 2>I told him to pick me up in a squad

444
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<v Speaker 2>con You're ready for a fast ten mile drive to

445
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<v Speaker 2>the Redondo Fishing Pier. Surely Brittillo was going to kill herself.

446
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<v Speaker 2>And I got outside and waited the fall longest minute

447
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<v Speaker 2>of my life, until finally Matthews screeched up to a

448
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<v Speaker 2>halt and I piled in. We took off siren wide open.

449
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<v Speaker 2>I'll be less than a minute now. Mollo appears only

450
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<v Speaker 2>a couple of blocks away. Good. Better have Mooney kill

451
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<v Speaker 2>that siren, Lieutenant. We want to come in quiet money, okay, lieutenant,

452
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<v Speaker 2>Well this is a power down on the pier.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, Money, pull up here. What do we don't want

454
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<v Speaker 5>to scare her into something, Matthews.

455
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<v Speaker 2>That crowd there halfway out on the pier, so there

456
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<v Speaker 2>is you better drive right up, Mooney.

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<v Speaker 9>Looks like we're too late.

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<v Speaker 2>To We were too late. At the center of a

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<v Speaker 2>circle of the morbidly curious who always stand and gape,

460
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<v Speaker 2>we found a lying face down and the greasy planks

461
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<v Speaker 2>of the pier dead she shot herself through the heart

462
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<v Speaker 2>and the gun and the same thirty two she'd used

463
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<v Speaker 2>on me was lying next to her. Two bullets gone,

464
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<v Speaker 2>I explained the easter shot the Matthews huh okay.

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<v Speaker 5>One bullet fired up at her place and the other

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<v Speaker 5>one here. Well, I hope you're satisfied, mollow.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you mean satisfying?

468
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<v Speaker 5>I mean single handed. You had to leave the cops

469
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<v Speaker 5>out of it, didn't you. You want to go up

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<v Speaker 5>to veteran af You all buy your lansome.

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<v Speaker 2>Didn't you? You wait a minute, Matthews, I was only

472
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<v Speaker 2>tiving nuts.

473
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<v Speaker 5>Only where's an error phone across the streets, the Triple

474
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<v Speaker 5>Egle cafe, the Troman here's already called.

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<v Speaker 9>A a All right, tell him she can be moved.

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<v Speaker 5>Come on, well, I want to turn in a first

477
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<v Speaker 5>report on this.

478
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<v Speaker 2>Only pick us up in the cafe, right little ten okay.

479
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<v Speaker 5>Shirley Vittello was stealing formulas for those guys from her

480
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<v Speaker 5>boss and selling him to this Morris Dennecker.

481
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I was Rosie until Denneka walked out in front

482
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<v Speaker 2>of a taxi earlier this morning. I put him close

483
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<v Speaker 2>to death and in the mood to talk. Also put

484
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<v Speaker 2>Shirley Vittello on the spot. Hey, is that the place

485
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<v Speaker 2>you want the phone from? Yeah? Yeah, but one thing more, Mollo.

486
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<v Speaker 2>The girl's motive all the way through. She loved her husband.

487
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<v Speaker 2>He loved his work her too, Yeah, after his work,

488
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<v Speaker 2>so since he didn't make any dough, she still to

489
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<v Speaker 2>keep him going and close to her. There's the phone.

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<v Speaker 2>Fill Come on, William may need you to fill in

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<v Speaker 2>the blanks for me. I said, I heard you, I

492
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<v Speaker 2>heard you. The phone can wait, Lieutenant, come on over here.

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<v Speaker 2>What I want to talk to that piano player? Player?

494
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<v Speaker 2>What about it? Tricky Way has a playing Blue Skies? What? Hey?

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<v Speaker 2>But that's all right? You gotta mean leftan there.

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<v Speaker 9>Yeah, I opened a Connegie Hall next week. Don't miss man.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll try not to. It's just terrific what you do

498
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<v Speaker 2>with that tune.

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<v Speaker 9>You know my own particular arrangement.

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<v Speaker 2>Nobody else's huh oh nobody.

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<v Speaker 9>I've been working on this arrangement for a week.

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<v Speaker 2>That's all I wanted to know. Hey, Mallow, what are

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<v Speaker 2>you getting at the phone? I've heard enough what you said?

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<v Speaker 2>It was Matthews the left of the bar. But what

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<v Speaker 2>time is it? Lieutenant?

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<v Speaker 9>Five after twelve?

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<v Speaker 2>Mallow won witch is switch Matthews. Switch, Yeah, one that'll

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<v Speaker 2>not get bad. Job. You get a load of this.

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<v Speaker 3>Listen, good evening, Federal agent Ed Stowe.

510
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<v Speaker 2>Listen, Frederick, I'm the party who called before about the

511
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<v Speaker 2>reservations for Ruth Britain on the eleven thirty five in

512
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<v Speaker 2>New York. Oh, yes, I remember you. I'll probably never mind.

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<v Speaker 2>It's police business, Freddy. The plain leants drew. Of course

514
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<v Speaker 2>it did.

515
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<v Speaker 3>But Miss Britain didn't make it, and she didn't bother

516
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<v Speaker 3>the call and cancel her reservation.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks. I've heard enough so far, so good, Matthew. Which

518
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<v Speaker 2>means what a saffron bar in Hollywood, which means what

519
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<v Speaker 2>Charlie Rattello didn't commit suicide, Matthew, she was murdered.

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<v Speaker 9>Okay, Phil, where's your man.

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<v Speaker 2>Right there that table against the wall? Come on, Matthews.

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<v Speaker 4>Hawaiian music sentiment of rock degrandation no pollination.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think it's as bad as all that. Gilbert,

524
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<v Speaker 2>old boy, Mallow, you.

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<v Speaker 4>Were cop, the most insensitive of all people.

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<v Speaker 2>What would you know about music? Just for the record,

527
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<v Speaker 2>he's not a cop. My question still stands, what do

528
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<v Speaker 2>you know about music? As a matter of fact? Not much?

529
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<v Speaker 2>But you know, I'm fascinated by what they're doing with

530
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<v Speaker 2>instruments these days. Really, what are they doing that might

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<v Speaker 2>fascinate you? Well, for example, take that picture where the

532
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<v Speaker 2>score is done by only one instrument, a zither. What's more,

533
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<v Speaker 2>it doesn't sound like a zip to a trained here,

534
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<v Speaker 2>it's a You mean you can't make one instrument sound

535
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<v Speaker 2>like another. Well, for example, a guitar like a piano.

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<v Speaker 9>Don't be ridiculous.

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<v Speaker 2>Wait a minute, wait a minute, not so ridiculous. My

538
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<v Speaker 2>only the night I heard a guitar that sounded just

539
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<v Speaker 2>like a piano. Real tricky arrangement. It was due sounded joking. No, no,

540
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<v Speaker 2>you must have heard it too. It was why we

541
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<v Speaker 2>were talking on the telephone.

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<v Speaker 3>Telephone, I talk to you?

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<v Speaker 2>Sure you did? You remember you said you were calling

544
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<v Speaker 2>from here the Saffron Bob. The conversation was being scored

545
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<v Speaker 2>by the pianist at the Triple Ego Cafe at Rodondo Beach.

546
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<v Speaker 2>A real tricky arrangement in more way than why I

547
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<v Speaker 2>didn't need it.

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<v Speaker 9>Alright, watched the rest of it.

549
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<v Speaker 2>Phil He didn't want to quit his work and spend

550
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<v Speaker 2>the rest of his life hiding in some forgotten corner

551
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<v Speaker 2>of the globe, which was her plan. Yeah, as I

552
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<v Speaker 2>figured it. Once Shirley knew she was finished, she decided

553
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<v Speaker 2>they should both run for him. He was in on

554
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<v Speaker 2>what she was doing all along, and the suicideal was

555
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<v Speaker 2>part of a plan o lead puppy here and innocent

556
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<v Speaker 2>with the money she got for Shenanigans and framerer own suicide.

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<v Speaker 2>A trailer would lead us to the Redondo Pier, her

558
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<v Speaker 2>hat and coat floating in the drink, and.

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<v Speaker 5>After a couple of days of searching, we say the

560
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<v Speaker 5>tide probably carried a body office so close case.

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<v Speaker 2>That's right. In the meantime, she's phone in New Yorker's

562
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<v Speaker 2>Ruth Brittain and is heading on from there, pubby here

563
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<v Speaker 2>to join her at a later day.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 5>Finally, Hubby double cross and shut us so he can

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<v Speaker 5>sit tight with the money right here.

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<v Speaker 2>That's it, Matthew, Oh, shut out, wipe and try Matthews

568
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<v Speaker 2>and take him away. I didn't go along with Matthews.

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't even bother about my car, which i'd left

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<v Speaker 2>in front of the Botello place. I'd had enough for

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<v Speaker 2>one n not the kind of person who hitches wag

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<v Speaker 2>into a star. Only a twink. He saw on the

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<v Speaker 2>horizon was the reflection of a dollar sign. Oh yeah,

574
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<v Speaker 2>they were a pair, all right. The battellos Pero finally

575
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<v Speaker 2>canceled each other up. You know what, I'm glad of it.

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<v Speaker 3>The Adventures of Philip Marlowe bringing you Raymond Chandler's most

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<v Speaker 3>famous Carol, star Gerald Moore, are produced and directed by

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<v Speaker 3>Norman McDonald and are written for radio by Robert Mitchell

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<v Speaker 3>and Gen Leffett. Featured in the cast were Gene Bates,

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<v Speaker 3>Paul Dubob, Billy Janice.

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<v Speaker 2>Edgar Berrier, and Peter Leed.

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<v Speaker 3>The technical Lieutenant Matthews is played by Larry Dubkin. The

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<v Speaker 3>special music is composed and conducted by Richard Urrant. Be

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<v Speaker 3>sureten me with us again next week, when Philip Marlowe say.

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<v Speaker 2>It's time I tangled with a mad scotchman, a phony

586
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<v Speaker 2>English lord, and a beautiful blonde copse in a freight house,

587
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<v Speaker 2>all because of a butler who walked on his knuckled.

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<v Speaker 3>How about tying a metal spring around your finger today

589
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<v Speaker 3>to remind yourself to file your nineteen forty nine income

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<v Speaker 3>tax return as soon as possible. The fifteenth of March

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<v Speaker 3>isn't several miles down the road the way it used

592
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<v Speaker 3>to be. It's almost at your front door, and you'd

593
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<v Speaker 3>certainly get us scare if you came home one evening

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<v Speaker 3>to find it sitting right smack in your living room

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<v Speaker 3>saying smugly, well, you forgot to file.

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<v Speaker 2>Your income tax return? What now, little man?

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<v Speaker 3>So why not set aside tonight his income tax night

598
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<v Speaker 3>and file your nineteen forty nine return. This is Roy

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<v Speaker 3>Rowan speaking. This is CBS, where Burns and Allen are

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<v Speaker 3>heard every Wednesday night, the Columbia Broadcasting SUST. This is

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<v Speaker 3>Andrew J.

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<v Speaker 2>Graham, author of the web surface series Oh and a

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<v Speaker 2>Man In's Wife. You're listening to the Great Detectives of

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<v Speaker 2>Old Time Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back. Well, we once again hear a naming scheme

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<v Speaker 1>for an episode similar to Dragnet. And I think that

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<v Speaker 1>we heard that on The Saint and I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>fair to say that this is not just a Dragnet thing,

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<v Speaker 1>though it really became associated with them. This is an

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<v Speaker 1>episode also features a kind of interesting reversal of a

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<v Speaker 1>key trope of the hard boiled detective story. It's one

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<v Speaker 1>of those points what will often happen is you will

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<v Speaker 1>see a hard working man let us stray and into

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<v Speaker 1>crime by the demand of a spoiled wife. That's the

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<v Speaker 1>typical trope, and here they turned that sort of trope

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<v Speaker 1>on its head, and it makes for a pretty interesting case.

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<v Speaker 1>And this definitely does continue to be a strong series.

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<v Speaker 1>I definitely appreciated Lieutenant Matthews getting on marlow for getting

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<v Speaker 1>into the police's business. That's realistic, and I think I

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<v Speaker 1>do prefer that over Lieutenant Ibarra's sort of nonchalance about

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<v Speaker 1>the whole thing. All right, Well, onto listener comments and feedback.

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<v Speaker 1>Francis rites in. This is an excellent show from a

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<v Speaker 1>great series. Gerald Moore was such a good actor, and

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<v Speaker 1>playing Marlowe was I think some of his best work. Indeed,

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<v Speaker 1>it was and certainly his most memorable. He often did

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<v Speaker 1>a good work in other series, but I didn't stand

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<v Speaker 1>out necessarily, which I think is part of the nature

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<v Speaker 1>of good character work. All right, Well, we also do

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<v Speaker 1>have a letter from Ronn and Nancy who right, regarding

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<v Speaker 1>their donation. This is a small token of appreciation for

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<v Speaker 1>your broadcast. My husband has them on his iPhone and

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<v Speaker 1>we listen to them as we drive. They make the

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<v Speaker 1>trips between home and our boat or wherever we're going

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<v Speaker 1>past quickly. Recently we listen as we cruised Alaska's inside

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<v Speaker 1>passage from Vancouver to Juno Love Dragnette, Philip Marlowe and

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<v Speaker 1>Johnny Dollar. Each year when Johnny gives a concussion instead

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<v Speaker 1>of getting one, that's definitely a good moment. We enjoy

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<v Speaker 1>all the hard work you do researching too. Has anyone

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<v Speaker 1>counted the roles Virginia Greg did so versatile and believable?

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks so much, Ron and Nancy. In answer to the

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<v Speaker 1>Virginia a great question, no one has done a comprehensive

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<v Speaker 1>survey to discover how many appearances she made. Some of

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<v Speaker 1>that is complicated by poor record keeping of the time.

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<v Speaker 1>There are so many shows for which the record is lost,

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<v Speaker 1>and we don't really know who appeared in all of

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<v Speaker 1>these programs. But from what we do know, it is

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<v Speaker 1>a prodigious record of radio productivity. The radiogoldindex dot com,

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<v Speaker 1>whose catalog is by no means complete, tracks fourteen hundred

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<v Speaker 1>appearances by Virginia Greg from nineteen forty two and then

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<v Speaker 1>even into some of the radio revival programs like the

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<v Speaker 1>Sears Radio Theater. Again, that's not a comprehensive database. Dennis

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<v Speaker 1>of the Digital deli FTEP estimates that he has three

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<v Speaker 1>thousand programs featuring Virginia Greg and that certainly seems believable.

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<v Speaker 1>But at any rate, thanks so much for the question.

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<v Speaker 1>And yes, Virginia Greg really was so vital to the

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<v Speaker 1>success of the Golden Age of radio into so many programs.

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<v Speaker 1>When I did my list of Radio's most essential people,

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<v Speaker 1>she was number five on the list. She mostly did

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<v Speaker 1>character roles, but she did so many, and she did

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<v Speaker 1>them so memorably. She was just incredibly vital. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think the Golden Age of radio would have been the

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<v Speaker 1>same without her. All Right, well, that will do it

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<v Speaker 1>for today. We'll be back tomorrow with an episode of

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<v Speaker 1>Nick Carter, and then join us again next Wednesday for

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<v Speaker 1>another adventure with Philip Marlow. In the meantime, sendra comments

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