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Speaker 5: Tie.
Speaker 6: You didn't want to tax you, mister templar. I got
a car right here?
Speaker 5: What we Augie coffled. Wait when did you leave Alcatraz? Oh?
Speaker 6: I got my diploma a couple of months ago. Now
I'm back on the apple. Oh hop in?
Speaker 5: Are you going my way? Yeah?
Speaker 6: I'm going your way?
Speaker 5: All right? Thanks, you're sure it's no trouble.
Speaker 6: It's no trouble. Move into the driver's seat.
Speaker 5: You want me to drive?
Speaker 6: That's right?
Speaker 5: Why? Oh, don't tell me. This is a hot car
and you don't want to be found at the wheel.
Speaker 6: How did you guess?
Speaker 5: Argie? Didn't you learn anything in prison?
Speaker 6: Yeah? I learned crime does not pay. Besides which it
is against the law.
Speaker 5: Well, I'm glad to hear it, didn't you know? I mean,
I'm glad to find out you know.
Speaker 6: Oh sure, mister Templar. I learned my lessons. I'm off
crime for keep.
Speaker 5: But then this car, ain't it a beute?
Speaker 6: And the keys was in it? With a setup like that,
it'll be a crime not.
Speaker 5: To take it.
Speaker 6: And like I said, yes.
Speaker 5: You're off crime for Keith.
Speaker 6: Yeah, now let's go. Sholley shot her apple.
Speaker 5: But Augie, you like I tell you, Oh, certainly.
Speaker 6: Agie, that's right now put her in the face.
Speaker 5: Oh, Augie, why didn't you swipe a car with automatic drive?
While you're at it?
Speaker 6: I just was thinking, Age, why the gun? So you'll
do like I tell you? Oh, that's how come you're driving.
I want to keep my eye on you.
Speaker 5: The eye. I don't mind. It's the gun. I resent
put it away and I'll be grateful as long as
I live.
Speaker 6: Trouble is, you ain't gonna live very long.
Speaker 5: Oh so that's how we stand.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm sorry, mister Templar, But what can I do?
Speaker 5: The job's a job. Chuck the job, you know, the
saying all work and no play.
Speaker 6: Oh, I'll play after I knock off.
Speaker 5: You mean after you knock me off, that's right. But Argie,
you know if you kill me, you'll hate yourself in
the morning.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I know, But if I don't know, hate myself tonight.
Speaker 5: It's a cash deal. And if I top whatever you're getting.
Speaker 6: No dice. I got my reputation to think of.
Speaker 5: Oh pardon me for being crewed.
Speaker 6: Oh that's all right, mister Templer.
Speaker 5: Well, as long as you're determined to get rid of me,
at least tell me who's getting the orders.
Speaker 6: Oh sorry, that's confidential.
Speaker 5: Oh, I won't breathe it to a living soul, believe me.
Speaker 6: Huh. Oh, I guess you won'ted that, so there's no harm.
I guess you're right under the circumstances. Well, then it's
a guy named Ronald Stanton.
Speaker 5: Ronald Stanton? Who's he?
Speaker 6: In my business? You don't ask questions, all right?
Speaker 5: A guy named Ronald Stanton? But what he got against me?
Speaker 7: Look?
Speaker 6: In my business?
Speaker 5: Yes, But in my business you do well?
Speaker 6: All I know. Stanton calls me in, gives me the assignment,
gives me a down payment, and I get the rest
on delivery of my court.
Speaker 8: Right.
Speaker 5: Well, it's nice work. If you can get it.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm sorry about this, mister Templar, but times are tough.
You've got to take what comes along. Opportunity only knocks once.
Speaker 5: The guy's gotta live my sentiments exactly.
Speaker 6: Hey, wait a minute, what are you doing?
Speaker 5: I'm just having got the cat put out?
Speaker 9: I said, slot on a plugget I think.
Speaker 5: We can find a coffin.
Speaker 10: Built for two. Quote you're trying to do.
Speaker 2: Scare me to say?
Speaker 10: If I thought, if you don't stop, yes, if you
don't stop, you said that.
Speaker 6: Before, please, mister Templar, Oh you want me to stop?
Speaker 3: No?
Speaker 5: Oh?
Speaker 6: Well what what hit mean?
Speaker 5: The windshield? And now I'll take that gun? Come on,
ag you snap out of.
Speaker 6: It, Templar. What was the idea? Don't you realize we
might have been killed?
Speaker 10: Never mind, join, I'll get it. I'm expecting that it
is very good, sir.
Speaker 5: Yes are you Ronald Stanton? Yes? And you Simon Templar, right.
Speaker 10: Simon Templar, as I live and breathe.
Speaker 5: No, as I do. Surprise, isn't it? Where's Augie nosing
a headache?
Speaker 10: Dear me? I should have known me.
Speaker 5: I come in. I want to talk to you, certainly,
certainly said the spider to the fly. But before you
get any ideas, mister Stanton, I've left word. I was
coming here so for your.
Speaker 10: Thing, I quite understand. Come in right. Oh, you have
nothing to worry about, mister Templer. I am constitutionally incapable
of violence. That's why I'm forced to depend upon dullud's
like ogi. As a matter of fact, I'm really in
every way unsuited for the sort of work I've engaged in.
I should have been an artist. I have the soul
of an artist, the temperament of an artist, the intellect
of an artist.
Speaker 5: And why aren't you an artist?
Speaker 10: My paintings stink? Oh, so you'll find me a swindler
instead degrading. But a man must live, though, I've heard,
And at least it does involve the intelligence matching one's
wits as it were.
Speaker 5: Oh, dear me, what's the matter?
Speaker 10: I just remembered I must make a note to call
the florist in the morning and cancel the flowers for
your funeral. You won't be needing them, will you not?
Speaker 5: If I can help it.
Speaker 10: Pity, they were gorgeous. You'd have loved them.
Speaker 5: While I'll try to be up.
Speaker 10: Well now to business. I suppose you've come here for
your money, have I? Since I'm afraid i'd have to pay.
By the way, you're not going to hold this unpleasantness
with Aggie against me I or.
Speaker 5: A little thing like that. Don't be said.
Speaker 10: I knew you'd understand. It was a natural move on
my part. Anyone would have done the same rather than pay.
You would have yourself.
Speaker 5: I wouldn't have used doggy, neither shall I next time.
Speaker 10: But since you and I understand each other, it won't
affect our daring. Not only good then it's still just
the agreed upon amount.
Speaker 5: Yes, yes, the agreed upon amount.
Speaker 10: Excellent. I may not have it all here through. We'll
see how much is in the safe. Just a moment,
afraid this isn't quite enough. Let me count it.
Speaker 5: Don't you ever keep that safe blocked?
Speaker 10: I never can remember the combination. No, no, this is
only twelve thousand, only twelve thousand. Yes, you see, I
really didn't expect you. If you come to the office
in the morning, I'll give you the other three. Will
you be there?
Speaker 5: And as I wake up in the meantime, Good night, mister.
Speaker 9: Stanton, Yes, may I help you?
Speaker 5: Well? Well, mister Stanton has a well equipped office and
me yes, and a well equipped receptionist.
Speaker 10: What do you want?
Speaker 5: What do I want? We'll get around to that later.
Right now, I want to see mister Stanton, who, shall
I say, is called Simon? Templar Simon not the same,
all right, not the same.
Speaker 10: But you must be all right I am.
Speaker 7: I wish you'd make up your mind.
Speaker 5: Well, I'm really bulldog Drummond, but I'm traveling incognito. Now
may I see mister Stamton.
Speaker 11: Just a moment.
Speaker 7: This is mister Briggs, mister Stanton secretary.
Speaker 5: Hello, Ah, yes, ah, yes, sir templar. What is it, sir?
What is it? I'd like to see mister Stanton.
Speaker 10: Mister Stanton is a very busy man, sir, very busy.
Speaker 5: Here'll see me. Well, now, I don't know, I don't know,
but I do know.
Speaker 9: I do know.
Speaker 10: As a matter of fact, I don't believe he's in yet.
Don't believe he is Allah.
Speaker 5: Wait, I'll wait. Can't I help you? Have you got
three thousand dollars? The three thousand dollars, three thousand dollars
to go with twelve? I don't understand. I didn't think
you would I'll wait for mister Stanton.
Speaker 10: Very well if you insist, very well. Now come inside.
Speaker 5: You can wait there. Thanks.
Speaker 9: Oh the name is Linda.
Speaker 5: Oh well, I hope you'll be here when I get back.
Speaker 7: I'll make a point of it.
Speaker 5: Nda, and mister Briggs, you can wait in my office.
This door right here, Go on in and thanks? Do you?
Speaker 8: Oh?
Speaker 7: Yes, mister Stanton were breaks? Isn't he in his office?
Speaker 10: I've been bunning no answer. I'll find him, will you?
Speaker 7: Yes, mister Standon, he was here a little while of them.
Speaker 12: What's the matter?
Speaker 5: I've just been put to sleep with you in my dreams.
I don't want to wake up. What happened? You took
the words right out of my mouth where I wouldn't know?
Speaker 7: Is he the one who knocked you?
Speaker 9: Are?
Speaker 5: I wouldn't be surprised. But what that is, they say,
is the question?
Speaker 7: And why did he tell you that? Mister Stanton?
Speaker 5: Wasn't he? That is? They say? Say? How many questions
are they? And as long as questions seem to be
in order allow me? Is mister Stanton in?
Speaker 7: Yes, he's been in all morning, so I couldn't understand it.
Speaker 5: What helped me up? William Oh of course, thanks, what
nice leaning on you. I must remember to get knocked
out more often.
Speaker 9: Do you think you can walk?
Speaker 5: Probably? But I don't feel inclined to find out.
Speaker 7: Well, we can't just stand here with our arms around
each other.
Speaker 5: You can't.
Speaker 11: Second thought, perhaps we can.
Speaker 7: And thought we can't?
Speaker 10: It comes miss well, Well, well, isn't this jumpy?
Speaker 7: This is mister temperam at. He's just had a frightful experience.
Speaker 10: And I'm rightful quite the countrary, i'd say. I mean
he was knocked out naturally. One look at you and any.
Speaker 5: I mean literally with a sap of blackjack? What oh no?
Speaker 10: Oh, yes, but that's incredible.
Speaker 5: Why I'm afraid you'll have to ask your secretary.
Speaker 10: Oh, yes, Briggs? Where is he?
Speaker 7: I can't find him, mister Stanton. He seems to have
left the office.
Speaker 5: Could he have left without your thing?
Speaker 9: Yes, mister Temple.
Speaker 10: But are you Are you trying to say that Briggs
knocked you out?
Speaker 5: Mister Temple, it's so hard to believe.
Speaker 10: He just don't understand it.
Speaker 5: Well, I came here for sugar, so I suppose he
decided to give me my love?
Speaker 10: Quite good, quite good? Ah, yes, sugar, you want the
three thousands. I'll get it for you, mister Templer, all right,
and we're agreed. This settles my account anyway.
Speaker 5: Yes, Dan, it does, but I still have an account
to settle with mister Briggs.
Speaker 10: Hello, Linda, Oh, mister, I didn't expect to see you.
Speaker 5: I invited you for dinner. Did you think I understand
you on?
Speaker 7: I mean, under the circumstance?
Speaker 5: What circumstances?
Speaker 7: Haven't you heard?
Speaker 10: They've son good?
Speaker 5: I'll settle with him later right now?
Speaker 7: An't you afraid you'll be seen?
Speaker 5: Now? Don't tell me you have a jealous husband.
Speaker 7: I don't have a husband.
Speaker 5: Life can be beautiful, but the police are a very
dull topic of conversation. I prefer they're looking for you
for me. Yes, i'll buy a dog license.
Speaker 7: It's not about a dog license. I told you they've bound.
Speaker 5: Break so you did. What's he been saying about me?
Speaker 10: Nothing? Dead men never do well?
Speaker 5: Dead men? Yes?
Speaker 7: Didn't you know he's been murdered?
Speaker 10: I beg your pardon, monsieur. Would you can't do our sir?
Speaker 5: I'd be very honest with you, Captain. I I'm not
a bit hungry, but monsieur mess no, no, thank you,
but fair faces on the black tells the chef to
have one on me. Now, Linda, what were we talking about, Oh, Simon,
So I'm suspect number one?
Speaker 7: Yes, did you do it?
Speaker 5: Kill Briggs? I hardly knew him. I only killed old friend.
Speaker 7: You don't seem to realize how serious this is.
Speaker 5: My conscience is clear, and I've got a good lawyer.
Tell me something about Stanton, Linda, what about what's his racket?
Speaker 7: Why he's in the real estate business, so.
Speaker 5: It says on his door. But what's his racket? I
don't understand, I wondered.
Speaker 7: All I know is mister Stanton has some big projects
on the way. He's been selling.
Speaker 5: Stock in it, so that's it. What the racket?
Speaker 7: I don't know about it being a racket.
Speaker 11: It's a business deal.
Speaker 10: I thought it was legitimate.
Speaker 5: Look, you don't pay off somebody to the un a
fifteen thousand to shut him up about a legitimate business deal.
Speaker 7: Did mister Stanton do that? Mm hm, Well, I don't
know much about it.
Speaker 10: I've only worked for him a short while.
Speaker 7: Who did he pay off you? But you said you
didn't know.
Speaker 5: I didn't, But then we all make mistakes.
Speaker 7: You mean, mister Stanton is a swindler, and he thought
you found out, so he paid you to shut up.
M that's right, and you accepted his money.
Speaker 5: Well, it seemed a shame to spoil his fun, but
I'll contribute it to a worthy cause. Do you feel
like a worthy car?
Speaker 7: But what made mister Stanton think that you knew Briggs?
Speaker 5: Obviously he must have been blackmailing Stanton? In my name?
Speaker 7: Why your name?
Speaker 5: If I say so myself, Linda and I do. It's
a name that carries weight with the underworld.
Speaker 7: But why didn't he use his own name?
Speaker 5: He anticipated Augie ru blackmail is a hazardous occupation. Briggs
wanted to avoid the hazards, so he used my name,
probably intending to send a messenger for the money. But
Stanton jumped the gun by sending Augie after me. Who
is Augie one of Nature's.
Speaker 10: Mister, that's not very specific.
Speaker 5: If I were any more specific about Augie, i'd spoil
your appetite. And it's time for dinner, So let's forget
about Augie in order, shall.
Speaker 12: We actually tacky?
Speaker 6: You don't want to tax you, mister templar, I got
a car ride here.
Speaker 5: So speak of the devil.
Speaker 6: Were you speaking of the devil.
Speaker 5: Mister Templar figuratively argame, Oh, Linda, this is Augae.
Speaker 10: I see.
Speaker 6: Likewise, I am charming to have met you. It is
a pleasure. Now scram what scram?
Speaker 5: I'm afraid you'd better scram, Linda.
Speaker 7: Will you be all right?
Speaker 5: Yes, I'm sure Augie will take care of me, won't you? Argue?
Speaker 8: Yeah?
Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, Now, look, sister, you don't scram so good?
You want I should show you how?
Speaker 5: No, she don't want you should show her how? Go
on and call you later.
Speaker 6: All right, you wait, and you, mister Templar, get in
the car. But argue you've heard me?
Speaker 5: Uh me a gun again? Argue this is where I
came in.
Speaker 6: I mean, this is where you get in. Go ahead,
all right, argue this time I drive.
Speaker 5: Oh I'm hurt. You didn't like my driving, so your height.
Speaker 6: I let you driver, both behading. My left hand stays
him my lap with the gun. So just sit quiet.
Speaker 5: I see Baton changed his mind about what firing you?
Speaker 6: Why should he fire me?
Speaker 5: He was very upset by last night fiasco.
Speaker 6: Well, mister Stampton is not a man to hold a grudge.
Speaker 5: Oh I see.
Speaker 6: Besides, which I know too much about what things.
Speaker 5: Well, I'm glad you've kept your job. I'd hate to
be taken for a ride by a really efficient hoodlum.
Speaker 6: That's no way to talk, mister Templar. I'll have you know,
I ain't no hoodlum.
Speaker 5: I'm sorry. I stand correct.
Speaker 6: You'll sit right where you are yet argue and no
tricks this time, No, ugy, we ain't going to have
another Forabasco.
Speaker 5: No argue.
Speaker 6: I am a careful driver, so I see.
Speaker 5: But now let's see how you do with my foot
on yours.
Speaker 6: What were you going?
Speaker 5: August? All right, August, hey, engratulations, Augie, you're really a
late When you grabbed that wheel, of course, when you
grab the wheel, I grabbed the gun.
Speaker 6: Oh this is getting monotonous.
Speaker 5: Well, I'm willing to quit if you are.
Speaker 6: Believe me, mister Templar. I am giving it serious consideration.
Speaker 10: Mister Templar, as you live and breathe quite But where's Aggie?
Speaker 5: He met with another Forabasco.
Speaker 10: I beg your pardon.
Speaker 5: You are too stanton, and you can cancel the flowers again.
I'm still alive.
Speaker 10: Why, of course you are. Why shouldn't you? Oh, oh,
dear me, did you think that Augie was trying to
kill you again, wasn't he dear me?
Speaker 11: No?
Speaker 10: I simply asked him to bring you here.
Speaker 5: He doesn't extend a very cordial invitation.
Speaker 10: No, I'm afraid not.
Speaker 5: But here I am anyway, Stanton. So what do you want?
Speaker 10: It's rather difficult to ask.
Speaker 5: Without Augie, you shouldn't be hard to ask. It might
be hard to get yes.
Speaker 10: But since Augie failed again, why did.
Speaker 5: You come to find out? Why you sticked him on
knee again? I understood that when you paid me off
this morning, we were quit.
Speaker 10: Ah, but that was before the murder.
Speaker 5: That also matters.
Speaker 10: Oh, you have fifteen thousand dollars of mine you're I
don't wish to discuss ethics, mister Templar. Let's just view
this pragmatically as simply a bit of tit for tat
says it.
Speaker 5: Were very well pragmatic tit for tat? What does it mean?
Speaker 10: I paid you fifteen thousand dollars for silence? I thought
you might care.
Speaker 5: To repay me the fifteen for same? What would I
want you to be silent about?
Speaker 10: You're whereabouts? The police are looking for the man who
was in Stanton's office this morning. I think if you
were here in Augie's custody, I could offer you the
choice of freedom or arrest. But since Augie once again
failed me, the whole matter becomes an academic question.
Speaker 9: Mm hmm.
Speaker 10: But you can't blame me for trying. After all, you
would have done the same. In fact, h did the same. Eh.
Every man for himself and no hard feelings.
Speaker 5: Right, quite, good night, mister Stanton. Hello, Hello, Linda Simon.
Speaker 13: Are you all right?
Speaker 5: It is a bull fiddle? Linda. Do you have a
key to the office.
Speaker 8: Yes?
Speaker 5: Good, I'll meet you there in twenty minutes, because I
don't have a key. I mean, why do you want
to get into the office to find something? What a clue?
Speaker 12: What clue?
Speaker 5: How should I know? I haven't found it yet? What
you expect with your help?
Speaker 7: All right, I'll be there.
Speaker 5: Look out for Stanton.
Speaker 8: Why.
Speaker 5: I have an idea he'll be coming too.
Speaker 10: Oh did you ask?
Speaker 5: No? But I don't think he needs an invitation.
Speaker 7: And you don't want him to see me.
Speaker 5: Not until we're in the office. I don't want to
scare him away.
Speaker 7: Oh it begins to sound office.
Speaker 5: You're afraid not as long as you order. I wonder
how I ought to take that as a co all Right,
I'll be waiting, Linda, hurry right on the note. Well,
let's go in, all right, don't turn on the light.
I don't want Stanton to know we're here. What have
you seen?
Speaker 7: What makes you so sure?
Speaker 13: He's color just.
Speaker 5: Paid him a visit. I could see who was packing.
He's preventing to leave town, and he'll probably want to
clean out the office first.
Speaker 10: He's running away, it would seem.
Speaker 11: Well, now what do we do.
Speaker 5: I'm going in back to see what I can find.
You stay here at your desk. If Stanton comes.
Speaker 7: Buzz me, you mean I stay alone in the dark.
Speaker 5: I'll only be a minute and then we'll stay together
in the dark.
Speaker 11: All right.
Speaker 7: Can you find your way to the door?
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, I found it.
Speaker 13: I'll be right back, all right, Yes, Simon, you.
Speaker 5: Want something, shoulder, Well, i'll be right out.
Speaker 13: Yes, already already.
Speaker 5: You don't know the thing. I'll be right out and
give you a chance to learn. Fine, Yes, Linda's do
you see what I see?
Speaker 11: I don't see anything.
Speaker 5: It's so dark at the door, silhouette. Oh hello, Stanton, dear,
let me turn the light on for you.
Speaker 10: Oh oh, Templar and Linda.
Speaker 5: Yes, we've been waiting for you, Stanton. How did you
know Elementary, My dear Stanton.
Speaker 10: Seems you've beaten me Templar to everything except it's the draw.
Put up your hand.
Speaker 5: I thought gunplay with out of your line, mister Stanton.
Speaker 10: Sometimes one is forced to take matters into one's own hands.
But I assure you I don't relish it. So please
do as I say, both of you, because if I'm
forced to shoot you, I know I shall be quite ill.
Speaker 7: What are you going to do?
Speaker 10: If you will just stand quietly with.
Speaker 5: Your hands raised, I have a better idea. He's between us, Linda.
He can't watch us both at the same time.
Speaker 10: Get over next to your templates.
Speaker 5: But nearly There's nothing I'd rather do, but under the circumstance.
Speaker 10: If you don't obey me, much as I hate the
sight of blood, I shall be fast to shoot you.
Speaker 5: In other words, that and there comes a time when
even you are willing to commit.
Speaker 10: Murder only when absolutely necessary.
Speaker 5: It's a nice distinction.
Speaker 10: I don't care to discuss it. Now, will you get
over next to Linda?
Speaker 5: On the contrary, Linda, while he's watching me, now's your
chance cloud him with that standing ash.
Speaker 10: Now, now you don't, all right, stat.
Speaker 5: Now that you've turned to her, I've got your cover.
Speaker 10: Drop your gun, all right, all right, don't shoot, And
I've told you I can't stand the sight of blood,
especially my own.
Speaker 5: Pick up his gun, Linda, good, yeah, me.
Speaker 10: Perhaps Oggie isn't so incompetent. After all, gun play can
be quite complicated.
Speaker 5: Well, we'll send you where you can learn the art
from experts. Let me have his gun, Linda, and then
you can call it police.
Speaker 10: All right, the police. But but you can't.
Speaker 5: Can't wear you.
Speaker 10: You promised if I paid you there.
Speaker 5: I didn't promise the things that that was Briggs. What besides,
there's more more than just a swindle to settle. Let's
not overlook the.
Speaker 10: Murder quite right, sir. You put the police onto me,
you'll have to face them for the murder charge.
Speaker 5: I wouldn't try to pin the murder on me, Stanton.
You see, I could point out that Briggs was blackmailing
you in my name. You found out about it.
Speaker 10: And are you trying to say that I killed Brie.
Speaker 5: This is as good as story as that I did.
Speaker 10: Like you, you have no proof, Templar we'll see.
Speaker 5: I came here this morning at your invitation. Briggs was terrified.
He didn't know you and I had met before. He
thought if I talked to you, you'd find out I
wasn't the one who was blackmailing you, and it might
give Briggs this game away, so he knocked me out
to keep me from meeting you.
Speaker 10: That still doesn't prove anything.
Speaker 5: Ah, Yes, proof, The proof of the pudding is in
the eating. And you can't eat your proof and have
it too.
Speaker 10: What on earth does that mean?
Speaker 5: Nothing at all? God? Then to call the police, Yes, Templar, please,
the lady's phoning.
Speaker 14: Hello operator, I want the police, please, hello, Please, Can
you send a car to the Stanton real estate It's
on Hudson Street. We have a swindler and a murderer.
That's right, Yes, that's right, Athen goodbye, Templar.
Speaker 5: You are making a big mistake, I know, but I
wanted to give Linda a chance to complete the Car
of Stanton. Naturally, she wouldn't have if I had said
she is the one who killed Brake. Why what Linda
looks like we never will get that chance to sit
in the dark together.
Speaker 6: This is absurd.
Speaker 10: Why would I want to kill.
Speaker 5: Break because you were in on his scheme with him,
and you were afraid if he were caught at it
and talked, he'd imprecate you. So you killed him while
I was unconscious. Why you're crazy is the usual line
at this point.
Speaker 7: Where you are. I had nothing to do with Bride.
Speaker 5: Yet when I came here and asked to see Stanton,
you left your desk and went in to get Briggs
instead of talking to him on the intercom. Well, I
wanted to talk to him behind my back in case
he wanted to cook up a story. No, and why
didn't you use the intercom? It's connected with his office
and it works. I checked, So that's.
Speaker 11: What you were looking for.
Speaker 7: You think you're so clever, Well you can just.
Speaker 5: Start Linda, Linda, careful, remember I'm a saint. A taxi.
Speaker 6: You don't want to tax you, mister Templar.
Speaker 5: I got a car here, No argue, not again.
Speaker 6: What's the matter, mister Templar. Don't you like my company?
Speaker 5: It's not that argy. But I'm warning you if you
keep driving a hot car around town some night, police
and it's going to speak.
Speaker 6: Harshly to you and pull you in mister Templar. Yes, Argie,
to tell you the truth, it ain't.
Speaker 5: A hot car, not even slightly warm.
Speaker 6: Nope, I bought it paid cash. But yeah, I wouldn't
like it to go.
Speaker 5: No further, I understand, Argie. Don't worry. I won't say
a word. I realized what it would do to your reputation.
Speaker 4: You have been listening to another adventure of the Saint,
the robin Hoods of Modern Crime, and now here is
our starve and some priest.
Speaker 5: This year, the Forest Service of the United States Department
of Agriculture prevails on the vacationing and motoring public to
exercise extreme care with fire while living, working, or visiting
in or near forest and woodland areas. Remember, friends, it
only takes a moment carelessness or thoughtlessness to set fire
loose in the forest, So let's all be careful. This
is Vincent Price inviting you to join us again next
week at the same time for another exciting adventure of
the Saint. Good Night.
Speaker 4: To Night's script of the Saints. It was written by
Jerome Epstein. Our cast to Night included Francis.
Speaker 5: Robinson, Arthur H.
Speaker 4: Bryant, Had von ELTs, and Donald Woods. The music was
composed and conducted by Von Dexter. The Saint Transcribed based
on characters created by Leslie Charters, is a James L.
Sapier production and is directed by Helen Mack. Vincent Price
can now be seen in the Universal International Picture Curtain
Call at Cactus Creek and All Use Saints Fan? Will
they glad to know that the Saint comic book ron sale.
Speaker 6: At All us SAMs?
Speaker 4: You're an Answer is Don Sammer, Night be and Top Secret,
two suspense field action packed shows come to you tomorrow
night on NBC. Take a Date Here, Top Secret with
Lona Massey as.
Speaker 10: A counter espionage agent, and Night Beat The.
Speaker 4: Story of Chicago After Dark. Both top shows tomorrow.
Speaker 5: Nights on NBC.
Speaker 4: Next at sam Spay, then Summer Symphony with Benny Goodman.
Speaker 6: On NBC.
Speaker 1: Welcome Back. Well, where else are you going to hear?
The voice of Vincent Price and the voice of Elmer
Fudd in the same production.
Speaker 12: Now, while there are.
Speaker 1: Some radio stars whose voice I struggle to recognize, having
grown up on watching Looney Tunes, I can pretty well
catch Arthur Q. Bryant's voice in all of its guises.
But as a performer he always made interesting choices and
tried to make his characters distinct, But he wasn't one
of those actors who had like an entirely different sounding
voice he could go to. But if you're not looking
for it, you're not going to catch it on things
like him playing Floyd the Barber on The Great Guilder Sleeve,
or his time as Levinson on Richard Diamond or Doc
Pettybone on Fivver, McGee and Molly. But here he's blamed
much more of a bumbler. And one thing that Augie
should realize it might want to take as a note
if he continues in crime despite his protestations to the contrary,
if he is sent to kill someone and fails, and
then is sent to get them for a non homicidal outing,
he should at least make it clear that homicide is
not on the agenda for this particular occurrence. It would
have saved him a second car accident. Now it's time
to thank our Patreon supporter of the day, and I
want to thank Jacqueline, Patreon supporter since August of twenty eighteen,
currently supporting the podcast at the Shawmus level of four
dollars or more per month. Thanks so much, for your support, Jacqueline,
and that will do it for today. If you're enjoying
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another episode of The Saint, but join us back here
tomorrow for the Big Story.
Speaker 15: Where then you find yourself in the living room. The
altar hits you first, a red lacquered vase, bright of
a fire action, rising three feet above the oriental ride
in the center of the large wall, candles in profusion burning.
Speaker 16: I have some hundreds at the foot of the altar,
and at the apex, and an idol, a fantastic idol.
Three hideous monkeys, half life, side grin, smirky, claring their eyes,
fantastically real, as if there were life inside these grotesque nonstates.
Speaker 2: And the sweet almost sickeningly sweeter Wrangma. And then that's sauce,
two blue incense burners, the odor of must, and a
sandal work. A fantastic horror in this ordinary hours.
Speaker 11: Most people didn't know about that about Harold, but Harold
was a cultist. You see, Harold was a disciple student
of metaphysics, a believer in the inner life, the pure light,
the sanctified light.
Speaker 6: I see something in the bedroom.
Speaker 5: I didn't mean to look in.
Speaker 11: Another altar, the main one. This one here was for
the ordinary days, the one in the bedroom for cult days.
Here's your tea, cream, lemon sugar.
Speaker 1: I hope you'll be with us then in the meantime,
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