Counterspy: The Camera-Happy Crook

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Welcome to the Great Adventurers of Old Time Radio from Boyse, Idaho.
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This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're
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going to bring you this week's episode of Counterspot, But
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Patreon dot great Detectives dot net. From May thirtieth of
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nineteen forty eight, Here now is the episode Camera Happy Crook.
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David Hardy counter Spot presented by the makers A Whole
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and Bit of Honey Candy Bars. And today the makers
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of Delicious Old Nick and Bit of Honey Candy Bars
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present a special offer that means money saved for you.
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We homemakers know that slicing knives with blades that are
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hollow ground usually cost two dollars and more.
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But we offer you today a thirteen inch stainless steel
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slicing knife with a special process hollow ground blade for
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only twenty five cents in coin with two rappers from
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either Old Nick or bit of honey candy bars sent
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to Old Nick Box one forty four, New York eight,
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New York. We'll repeat the address and complete details later,
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so have pencil and paper ready.
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Washington calling David Hooding Counterspine. Washington calling David Harding, counter spy.
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Harding counter spy calling Washington.
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David Hardy cheap United States collar spies especially appointed to
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investigate and come back the enemies of our country, both
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at home and abroad, and to secure for every American
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the rights which are his under our constitution.
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Send mister Butler in now, please, mister Tiffin. That's why,
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mister Butler, come right in. Sit down. Thank you. I
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don't mind telling you that your phone call earlier this
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morning aroused a great deal of curiosity. I'm glad to
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hear that, mister Tiffin. It should make things easier for me.
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Tell you, mister Butler, why did you come all the
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way to Kelby, Pennsylvania. Why did you choose the Kelby
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National Bank? Must be a score of other banks closer
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to Hollywood which would serve you a purpose or we
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could have picked any number of banks, mister Tiffin, but
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none would be as authentic for this particular scene we
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wanted to film. There's quite a trend, you know, and
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making the so called documentary type of picture a real
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people in real location. Yes, missus, Tiffan and I have
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seen several pictures like that. Well, then you know the
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realism we're looking for. We're filming the life of pretty
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boy loved and oh yes, I've all his hold ups.
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One of the most spectacular took place right here. I'll
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never forget that day. I was standing near the telescades
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when it happened. That's exactly what we want to show
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you and the regular personalities bank me Asker Tiffin in
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a moving picture, why not could anyone else act the
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parts of realistically? What would this entail on the bank's part?
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And when would you like to do it?
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Not?
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The most to are interruption in your normal routine? Oh
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is that all? That's all? We'll shoot the scene without
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sound so that any extraneous noises wanted to rob the shooting,
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and we'll put the sound on film later. As for
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when we'd like to do it, the sooner the better,
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morning if possible tomorrow. Yes, I've got my crew standing by,
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and time is money in any business, mister Tiffin. Oh yes, sir,
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wish other businesses would learn that. Of course, tomorrow's Friday,
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and I imagine with payrolls and everything. Well, that's not
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a problem, particularly if it will only take two hours.
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Our bank is organized efficiently enough to handle its business
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even with a little interruption, then tomorrow will be all right. Yes,
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mister Butler, if you can finish before eleven thirty, perhaps
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even before that. I see, will there be any stars
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in this scene? No, I'm sorry, we're using doubles. These
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will be long shots. We'll take close ups to the
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stars back in Hollywood. I see just one thing more.
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I want to arrange for a police guard to keep
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curiosity seekers out of camera range. Oh yes, of course, certainly.
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You see the mayor. He'll take care of you. In fact,
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I'll phone him and tell him you're coming. Oh, thank you,
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mister Tiffin. That'll be a big help. Good day, sir,
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glad to do it. Goodbye, I mean, I mean lodgeant Lynn. Yep,
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I'm mister Butler.
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Oh you're the fellow who's gonna turn Kelby Pie into Hollywood.
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Caw, what care little joke and the abbreviation yeah. Well
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side all about it.
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Commissioner called and said, the mayor said to give you
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all the cooperation of the world. Well, I can't do that,
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but I can give you all the cooperation in KELBYPA.
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That will be sufficient. Sergeant, Now what I will got them?
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Give you the best men on the force nine thirty
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tomorrow morning. Commissioner said that right.
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Yes it is. We're gonna need some folks inside the bank,
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aren't you. Well, that'll be.
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My wife, Agar there's a regular depositor there. She'd be
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glad to help you out. Always hankering after movies anyhow,
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be true to life.
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Two sticks every said, I'm making there. I'll be happy
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to have your wife and the picture. Sergeant, what time
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you want her to be there at the same time
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you come with the police? Right, nine thirty it is.
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I'd better call her and tell her all about it.
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Give her a chance to primp up some You know
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how a woman is about those things.
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I understand see you tomorrow morning.
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Then Taja right here, mister butler, A're going to start
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shooting in a few minutes, gotcha, Everything's all set out here.
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Got officers at both ends to the block to Girton traffic.
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These men you will hold back pedestrian.
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Good, good, Now, I'll give you a picture of what's
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going to happen so that none of your men can
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get into a camera range. I'm listening, mister Butler. How's
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haagathare doing? Agatha? Oh bye and excellent, Just the type
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we need for the picture. Yeah. Now, you know we're
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shooting a silent yeah, but there still may be plenty
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of sound made people yelling, gun shooting, and perhaps even
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the burglar alarm will be set off. I want to
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murror the sound of the excitement and the faces of
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the people in the picture. Gotcha, mister Butler. Now, first,
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after the robbery, I'll back out of the door there.
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Then the two camera men will come after me and
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we'll all get in the first car. Right then, mister
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Black and miss Smith will come out with drawn guns
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and get into the second car. Argee. We'll both speed off,
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and as soon as we've turned the corner, you can
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let things go back to normal, unless, of course, we
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need another take. It's all straight. One thing more. Mister
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Tiffan and some of the bank employees will come out
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shouting hell robbery police. Don't get between them and the camera.
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I want some shots of that. You're worried. Now that
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that's straight, I guess we'd better get started, see us sugeant. Well,
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mister Tiffan, you already well, yes, yes, but I haven't
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met oh, of course, mister Black, Mister Oscar Tiffan, president
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of the Kelvin National Bank. Mister Black is our version
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of pretty boy loved. How do you do? And this
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is miss Smith, pretty boy's girlfriend? Hello, how do you do?
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Haven't I seen you someplace before? It's not an original line,
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mister Oh no, no, I didn't mean well that is
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no really, I'm sure I've seen you in the picture
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you perhaps baby she gets around, maybe your head. All right,
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come on, let's get started, right mister Black. Uh, mister Tiffin,
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will you get in back of the teller's enclosure? Certainly?
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All right now, everybody, I'll be talking all through this.
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React the way I want you to. Camera's ready, good,
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all right, let them roll go to work. Mister Black. Okay, everybody,
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this is a stick up a little more frightened. Please
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take your hands at your side, stand still, and nobody
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will get hurt. Ah, that's that's the way. Baby. Yet
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the cages clean out to every son of it? Right, good, good,
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be awestricken, mister Tippins, Come on, baby, step on, don't
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really touch the money. You'll miss shut up, you'll hurt
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the man, mister tif And I'll tell you a secret.
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That gun hasn't got blanks, it's got real bullets. You see,
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this picture is going to be the last word in realism.
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We're rubbing your bank or keep what You'll notice the
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camera man have guns. Also, I'm there loaded too. How
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you doing, baby? You can't do this? Why not call
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for the police then they're expecting it, or you could
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set off the burglar line. They're waiting to hear that.
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All right, big shut you out on the stage. Now
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cut the hamm and I got it all okay, Now listen,
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anybody gets wise, comes running out right after it stops
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running permanently, you get it. Stick to the plan. I
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go out first. Those two hoods follow me, and then
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you come. Okay, okay, but step on that hand bone.
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I'm getting nervous. Come on you tube, how was a going?
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Mister Butler, perfect Gargeant perfick Hanger were all right, wonderful
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in the car YouTube. Hey, remember anyone comes out here
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before the car starts. Get the bullet out of this gun,
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all right, Get in the bus, baby, that's.
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All right.
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Let's get out of here, please, Hungary.
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He export, mister Tiffer, you want to make acting you're Brits.
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Actually let us know acting, you blockhead. They really held
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up the bank, all right. They weren't actors. There were troops.
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They cleaned up the bank. Open a one hundred thousand
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dollars and pay all money. Don't stand there like a lunkhead.
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Get after them, Get after that. Yes, Peter, he's got
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a teletype players. Mister Honeing hadn't returned bank robbery in Kelby, Pennsylvania.
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Any details the amounts of a two hundred thousand dollars
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two hundred thousand? Why are our nearest countress By office?
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Have them send out a mobile laboratory. I'll order a plane.
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You stand by for further details. We'll leave for Kelby
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as soon as we can. Oh, no, guys, did you
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ever see a look to match that banker's face when
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I told him it was a real hold?
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You didn't get a load of that Damian the telewindow, Marty,
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she did pass right out.
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Is agath as the sergeant's wife. I'll bet he's hearing
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from her right Now's Maddy, let's not be so happy
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about this. We're not out of it yet. What are
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you worrying about? Guts, We switched cars, made up the poison,
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still have over one hundred and fifty grand. We're heading
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for New York. I won't be happy until we're there.
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I don't like it at the stick. How much you
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pay those guys money? Ten thousands of feet to the
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highest v any cameraman ever got. Is that's a little work,
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you know I have? We should taken pictures. I'd give
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anything to see how I looked. Ah, that'd be all
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we need, Dolly pictures. Stick to your driving, guys. We
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want to make New York by morning. Dolly? What I did?
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Did?
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What took pictures? What's the matter with you too? Nothing? God? None?
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I didn't run my dog, that's sustain Yeah, camera's load
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of the film. Should have the whole thing in here,
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cause he isn't gonna like that. We'll destroy it after
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we see it. Trouble is, I don't know how to
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get it printed. Answered it to a commercial laboratory. I
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know what guy does that work next? Mone We just okay,
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got enough on him to hang. He'd do it for
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free for me. I'd like to see them. It's what
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I do, not tell us until already. Anyway, what are
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you too whispering A put back here? Anyhow, it's a surprise, Dad,
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I don't like surprises. Why don't you get some sleep.
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I'm not gonna drive this bus all night when you
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will have to take over later, right, Gus, I'll get
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some shut out and take over whenever you say, excuse me? Folks?
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Will I sleep? The sleep for the idle rich.
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We'll continue our David Harding Calder spy case for old Nick.
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In a moment, I wish there were some way you
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could look into your radio there and see what I've
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got in my hand, because if you could actually see
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this stainless deal slicing knife, you'd know what a remarkable
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value it is. It's guaranteed to compare with knives costing
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seventy five cents to one dollar. Because of a new
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secret process, we've been able to have this knife hollow ground,
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and that's a feature usually found only in knives costing
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two dollars or more, but you can have one of
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these knives for only a quarter with two wrappers from
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delicious Old Nake or better honey candy bars. Missus Clarendon,
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will you describe this knife.
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For our listeners, As you homemakers probably know, a slicing
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knife is long and slim adaptable for U. Seither is
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a butcher knife or as a carving knife. Our stain
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of steel slicing knife is nearly thirteen inches long. Because
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it's stain thess steel, it's easy to clean, it keeps
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its silvery luster for a lifetime. Our slicing knife is
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hollow ground, which means it has an extra keen cutting
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edge like a fine carving knife. The handle is polished
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blonde hard wood, designed to fit your hand smoothly and
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comfortably with a non slip grip. I know you'll find
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this is one of the most useful knives you've ever
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had in your home.
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Friends, send today for your stainless steel slicing knife. For
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each knife you want, send twenty five cents in coin
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and two rappers from either Old Nick or bit of Honey.
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Send to Old Nick Box one forty four, New York
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eight New York, Old Nick Box one forty four, New
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York eight, New York. Please use coin, do not use
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stamps or checks. I know you'll enjoy using your stainless
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deel slicing knife because many people have said it in
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a second time. That proves that they like the knife
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and that they think it's a remarkable value. Remember that's
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two rappers from Old Nick or bit of honey candy
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bars with twenty five cents in coin sent to Old
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Nick Box one forty four, New York eight, New York.
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This offer must be withdrawn very soon, so be sure
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of your stainless deal slicing knife.
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Now back to our old Nick.
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David Harding Cowder spy cakes.
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I don't think I'll ever be able to leave this down,
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mister Harding, not heavy now, mister Tiffin, don't be too
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hard on yourself. He'd taken in by such a fantastic
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spell or less fantastic scheme probably wouldn't have been successful.
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You've read our pranksters of open street excavations or imposters
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have posed as foreign diplomats. As a matter of fact,
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we have records telling how moving vans have been backed
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right up to close down homes and the contents just
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taken away, all in broad daylight, with no attempt a secret.
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And I certainly had a bold plan this time. As
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to hiding, we had very boldness. Did half of the
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criminals work for them? I'm not sure that I wouldn't
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have been taken in by this scheme myself. I wired
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to the address this butler gave me and got like
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a very impressive answer, Well, I'm having had address check now,
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probably it's just a mail drop. The whole thing is
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so incredible. I'll try to calm down. Different. See if
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you can describe the people involved. This man Butler, You
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remember what he looked like. I'll never forget. Let's have
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the description then. It was five feet nine or ten,
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blue eyes, bald headed, pale complexion, had little red mustache,
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and very smooth talker. Yes, I can imagine. What about
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the other two were supposed to be actors. They both
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had makeup. Art man, I can't tell you much about it,
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just impressed me as a Hollywood type gangster. No woman,
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now there's some I'm sure I've seen her before you have,
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but I can't for the life of me remember queer
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or when on a trip someplace, perhaps I just don't know,
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mister Harding. Well I'll forget about it for a while.
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Those things can't be forced. Now, anything else you can
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think of, something can happen during or before the robbery. Oh, yes,
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there was one thing that struck me a little queer.
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What was that? The tough the man was supposed to be?
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Pretty boy lufton? He told Butler to stop hamming that
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he wasn't on a stage. Oh, he made it sound
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like Butler was the actor instead of him, and he
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was because he certainly fooled me and a few other people.
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Thank Heaven for that. Take some of the edge off
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my stupidity, or Peter, did you get anything out of
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the sergeant? Nothing but volcanic eruptions? Chief, I've never seen
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a man so angry. You can hardly blame me. State
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troopers just called in. They found two abandoned cars about
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twenty miles out of town, one of them a station wagon.
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Both answered the description of the cars used in the
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whole one. We better get out there. Well I've got it,
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mister Harding. What the girl where I saw before? Huh?
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It was in a picture an actress? Well, yes, we
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had a businessman's dinner about four or five months ago,
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we showed some commercial pictures. She was in one of them.
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Would you know where you got them?
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No?
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I don't, but the secretary of our entertainment committee would know.
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I'll call him and get the address. Then stay here
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and doil you hear from me. I'll get in touch
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with you as soon as we look over those abandoned cars.
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Now they switched cars here, all right. Chief Bronson from
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our laboratory says, there are impressions of three different sets
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of tires. You know, there's this makeup kit that interests me.
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Tiffans said, the two actors wore makeup. I don't know
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much about the theater, but this looks like a professional
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kid to me. New York manufacturer. We can't try tracing it. Well,
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what about the car stall? Yes, the station wagon belongs
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to a New York florist. Bronson scraped off that picture
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Productions label on the door of the florist's name was
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underneath New York. One crook tells another to stop hamming
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a makeup kit. Plenty of theater in this card. The
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whole idea was theatrical and it worked. Is there a
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phone in this laboratory in an institute. You can call Tiffin.
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I want to find out if he's got the address
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of the place where his club got those films. Now, operator,
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this is herding Encountress by Amobile Union. Please connect me
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with mister Tiffin at the Bank of Kelby one. Thank you.
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That's the funny thing. When pretty boy loved and held
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up the bank at Kelby, he got just about the
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same amount of money to kim longer to do the
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job though. Hello, these modern crooks with their new equipment.
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Oh hello, mister Tiffan, this is Harding. Oh yes, sir,
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I got that address? Good? May I have it called
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Genoa fifteen thirty two North Broadway, New York. Everything's in
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New York before it does, will remedy that, mister Tiffan. Yes,
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can you take time off from the bank for a
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trip to New York. David will help solve this, certainly.
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I hope it will pack some clothes. You may be
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a day or two now, mister Peter's now pick you
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up on our way in. We'll go right out to
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the airport. Flight two from Boston arriving on runway three
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Wayne for Chicago will be delayed ten minutes. You counterspies
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word class. Mister Harding. I never dreamed that bit a
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Laguard airport. This evening speeds half a battle against crime.
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Mister Tiffans, Have you got everything straight? Peter, yes, tid
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I checked the manufacture of the makeup kit, and then
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drop in on Geno one and look through his film
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catalog for the girl right, and keep in touch with
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you through Brewster of Theatrical Weekly. Fran Can we're going
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to see him, mister Harding. Yes, he's one of the editors.
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Theatrical Weekly probably has more pictures of actors on file
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in any other place. I've asked Brewster to search through
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those files and pick out every actor's picture that fits
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the description you gave it. You'll have a thousand of
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them to look at. At least I'm willing and able,
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mister Harding. I hope you feel the same way at
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the end of the night. All right, Peter, get going,
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I'll hear from me my phone. Here you are, mister Harning.
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Eight one hundred and twenty seven pictures of actors thirty
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to thirty five years old, five feet eight to five
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feet eleven inches tall, including elevator shoes.
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Or miss Brewster, I said, bald.
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Also, you don't know actors, mister Harding. There are no
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bald ones between thirty and thirty five.
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They all wear two pays.
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Particularly when they have their pictures taken.
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More dear, I know, mister Tiffans. Do you think you
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could detect some resemblance even if he is wearing it
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to pay? It's possible. I'll you what you lay aside.
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Any picture that looks even finger like this man Butler,
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then I'll have all those retouched and you can go
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over them again. Well, I'll try, mister Harding. Mister Brewster,
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if you got any spot where mister Tivan might look
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at these pictures undisturbed.
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Next office, we will carry the pictures.
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Just put them on that desk and pull up a chair.
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Thank you. I'll take all the time you want, mister Tiffan,
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don't overlook a single picture he might fit. I'll do
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my best, mister Harding.
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Tell me, mister Harding, do you really think an actor
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engineered this job?
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Well, the circumstances all point to it. Then you're in luck.
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What do you mean he'll pull some boner trip himself
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up somehow, and he hasn't so far. The whole scheme
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have been pretty clever. He's played his part beautifully. That's
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the trouble with actors. They let a good part blind
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them to a bad play. He'll mess up the end
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some way. Whoever he is, You don't think he'll be
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very fond of actors.
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Me.
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I love them, adore them.
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They're the most charming children in the world. But spare
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me from their thinking.
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Go on, I could use a little insight into the
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psychology of an actor. Well, I have the greatest respect
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in the world for them as actors as anything else.
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No.
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In fact, they should be quick frozen. What yeah, like meat.
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You put them in a pot, let them play it.
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Then when it's over, you put them in a quick
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freezer until another part comes along. This way you don't
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have to.
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Pay them or feed them, and all they have to
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do is act, which is all they want to do. Anyway,
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is screwball. It's a novel idea at least, Yes, sir,
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actors should be quick. Probably the car you were expecting,
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mister Hunting, you.
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Take it all thinking, hello, mister Harding, speaking Peter cheap.
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You got something, yes, but I don't believe it what
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it just doesn't happen this way? Are you talking about it?
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The makeup kid? Turn up anything? Makeup kid? Who cares
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for that?
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Chief?
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I'm calling it from the office of Carl Jenowa. You
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knew the girl. The girl look cheap. Now I have
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not been drinking.
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Get that clear.
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It makes some sense, Peter, I.
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Can't because I just walked in as Genera finished processing
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a moving picture of the whole up.
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What that's right? They really took pictures? Oh now, I
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said the same thing, cheap, and I'm holding the film
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in my hand. How could anybody be so stupid? You
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stay there, I'll be over right away. Don't worry. I
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couldn't move now, goodbye, goodbye. Something happened, mister Hornting. They
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actually took pictures of a hold up. See I knew it.
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I knew he'd pull a Bonne out. So stupid.
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How can anybody's psychology, mister Harting, It's not stupidity, it's vanity.
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There isn't a ham in the world would pass up
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a chance to look.
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At himself acting. Yeah, well, that's one picture I am
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going to see right now. All right, Genera, you're going
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to tell us where the man who brought you this
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picture lives. I don't know where he lives. Me to hobtie.
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You just print films for anyone. He was sent by God,
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I know Dully Norton. Of course you had no idea
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that there was a bank robbery on the film. No, look,
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I got nothing to do with bank robbers. I've got
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my own business. I'm sure you have. What kind is
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it that gives the crook such confidence in you less
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my failure? You want to ask me, You've got to
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prove something at the moment, I am not interested in
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the films you're peddling. I'm interested in this man. Why
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don't you take the picture, make blow ups, you can
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put his face and never pushed off in the country.
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That's the hard way. You're going to help us do
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it the easy way. I don't want to get any
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more mixed up in this than I am already. Think
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you have a choice. You're going to give the picture
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to the man who brought it in, just to make
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sure you don't get cute. Peters is going to stay
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here with you. I'll be outside Peters. If anybody picks
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up that film, we tell him right, But I don't
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know when he's coming. Who knows how long you'll have
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to wait? That's all right, Genna. We've got plenty of time.
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If you don't cooperate with us, you will get plenty
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of time too. All right, Dolly, what is it? What's
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the idea of this meeting? It's a surprise? God, what
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kind of a surprise?
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Wait till Marty.
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Gets to that ham? So did we have finished with
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him the minute the job was over?
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There?
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Now?
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God, she got a ben It was a good idea.
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Look all the dough we mad? I don't care. Ever
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since we tied in with him, I've been unhappy the
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way he thinks it comes at you from left field.
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Nevertheless, we still got a lot of dough.
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Yeah yeah, and I'd rather do a straight stick up
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for less cash. That's where it's gonna be from now on.
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Now what's this surprise? Well, come on, come on, Dolly,
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don't be cute. All right? We got pictures of the job.
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What there was film in the camera? Are you crazy?
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Nobody'll see him? But I, oh no, you can't be
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on the level your kidding, aren't you really? What did
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Marty do? Take him down to the corner drug store
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to be developed? Of course not. I told him about Jenna,
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what he did, the job from him. It's another guy,
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you know, Oh, you.
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Know general he can't see anything to anybody about anything.
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That was what I got on him. Did you know
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that he was gonna do this? Dolly? Oh he told
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me let him in. Hello, Dolly, I got I told
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I thought he'd want to see him too. Come in here,
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you spindle headed bird grain barrymore, No, na, just a minute,
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give me those films before you play the best best
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scene you ever played in your life. Oh look, this
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whole this whole job was my idea. I got some rights,
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and it gives you rights in the head that it's done.
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At least look at the pictures and then we can
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bring him what's he gonna use for eyes when I
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get through with him. You've got a lot of money
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from my idea, Gus, and I'll get a lot of
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time too. You give me those films. They're so help me.
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Gos what you're gonna you had a lady guts, put
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it away on the floor. Yeah, we wouldn't like to shoot.
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Who are you? United States Counors? Fights? Come on, guys,
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droppingness now, Butler, you'll give mister Peters those films right here, Butler,
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but how you don't know? You go ahead, ham boom,
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get an idea for this seat. I figured something all apart.
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You had a bad final act, Butler. We didn't like it,
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so we're rewriting it right now. All right, Peters, bring
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them along.
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Mister Harding will return in just a moment. Here's something interesting.
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We're getting lots of repeat orders for our special offer
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of a stainless steel slicing knife. Yeah, a great many
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people have said in a second time when they received
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their first one, they were so pleased with it that
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they sent in for more. Now I'm not surprised at that,
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because we guarantee this stainless steel slicing knife could be
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the equal of knives selling at seventy five cents to
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one dollar.
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What's more, it has a blade that is hollow ground,
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a feature usually found only in knives costing two dollars
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or more.
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Yet, we offer the stainless steel slicing knife to you
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or only twenty five cents in coin with two wrappers
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from either Old Knick or Bitter Honey candy Bars sent
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to Old Nick Box one forty four, New York eight,
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New York, we can make this offer only by special
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arrangement with a famous cutlery manufacturer. He is the only
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one in the country who has this new secret process
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by which long lasting stainless steel can be successfully hollow ground.
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We guarantee that this stainless steel slicing knife would compare
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favorably with knives costing seventy five cents to one dollar
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even without the special process hollow grinding. But hollow grinding
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gives this knife longer life, a keener edge, and greater usefulness.
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So you're really getting extra value, an outstanding bargain. By
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now remember the address Old Nick, Box one forty four,
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New York, eight, New York. For each stameless steel slicing
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knife you want, send us two rappers from either Old
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Nick or fit of honey candy bars and twenty five
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cents in coin. This offer must be withdrawn very soon,
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so be sure of your quick cut slicing knife. Send
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your Waughder today.
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This is David Harding. In the case you just heard,
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all of parties pleaded guilty. There was nothing else they
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could do, having provided the pictorial evidence themselves. They're serving
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long terms in the federal penitentiary. And I understand Butler
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is quite a hit as a leading man at Leavenworth.
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Tune in next Sunday, same time, same station for the
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case of the Man with the tattooed eye, who successfully
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buried himself until the counter Spies had him fingered by
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a woman in fight the award winning case of the
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Recruited Nurse on David Harding Counter Spy. Tonight's David Harding
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cownder Spy Case was directed by William M. Sweets and
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dramatized by Palmer Thompson, with music by Jesse Crawford and
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featured Don McLaughlan and Mandel Kramer. David Harding Counter Spy
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is a Phillips h Lord production, originating in New York
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for the makers of Old Nick and Better Honey Candy Bars.
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Now a listening reminder, nobody knows for certain what is
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going to happen, but Jill Pearson makes us astounding predictions
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of news events to come here. Pearson Tonight is the ABC,
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the American Broadcasting Company.
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Welcome back, Well. I love the initial plot and the
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idea of effectively getting the bank president and the police
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to be accessories to the crime is a hilarious premise
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and I think though in a way that's not too
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silly to take seriously. The solution may be a bit
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more of an issue for some listeners because essentially the
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way that the case has resolved is the story saying.
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Actors, am I right?
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However, that doesn't ruin the story for me, because well,
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I think there are some stereotypes from the golden age
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of radio that we can push back on the idea
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that there are a lot of actors out there who
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are odd and have self destructive tendencies. Is it something
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you could really dispute when covering actors being odd and
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crashing out is a multi billion dollar industry. Now, of course,
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the irony of this sort of script is that everyone
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performing in it is an actor, and it is written
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by a writer who has extensive contact with the entertainment industry.
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Though I think that can give it some credibility, particularly
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if they don't go into farce. And I love that
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theatrical agent character and that line he had where he
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said that the problem with actors is that they let
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a good part distract them from the fact that it's
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a bad play, or they lack the judgment to be
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able to make that distinction. Now, of course, it is
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a generalization and then as now, you will find actors
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who got a good head on their shoulders, make good
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decisions and take care of their business. But there have
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always also been in the other kind with almost inexplicable
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poor judgment. The only other thing I questioned is that
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Peters was just able to walk in and just catch
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the film being played. That seemed like awful lack of
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security tecularly for someone who the episode strongly implies is
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in the business of producing smart But if they didn't
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tell him what it was, as he said, and I
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don't have any reason to think that they did tell him,
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then he just might have been treating it like any
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other job, and probably just in his back room didn't
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hear Peters come in. He might have taken other precautions
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if he was aware that he was dealing with something
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that was illegal or proof of a crime. Listener comments
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and feedback now and Steven messages in last week he
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wondered why the Counterspies are doing basic law enforcement. If
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the Counterspies are actually a stand in for the FBI,
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then it makes sense. Seems to me that they didn't
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have approval from the FBI as other shows did so
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they made up an agency to tell FBI style stories
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without legal issues. That's an interesting point. I'm not certain
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how much legal issues there would be, because the worst
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series that did true stories about the FBI that weren't sanctioned,
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like I know this is your FBI was one that
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j Edgar Hoover approved of. But the FBI and Peace
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and War didn't have as far as I know, that
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sort of official cooperation still worked off true files and
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was based on a book. Probably one thing with Counterspies
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to stand in is that they're a fictitious agency and
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they're not bound by what's known of the FBI. And
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I have to think in this era that the FBI
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would be concerned about what went out on the radio
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even if it was a fictional story. But if you've
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got a fictional agency, then that doesn't become a problem.
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And this is another case where you could see the
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FBI becoming involved. A bank robbery is usually a case
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that they can get involved in regardless. Thanks for the comment, Steven.
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And then we go to YouTube and this one is
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regarding the stolen car racket. Dan Rat's This and the
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next episode about the housing market are brutal. This podcast
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was a must listen to when dealing with the war.
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The episodes after the war are absolutely brutal. I will
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probably be skipping these going forward. Still love Dragnet and
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Johnny Dollar, but I'll have to look for something else
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to fill for my Saturday, not dog Walk. Well, Dan,
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I'm sorry that Counterspy is in the doghouse. I will
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say that while there were some rough episode that the
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series does have some stronger episodes and also finds a
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bit more of its putting. As Tom goes on, I
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wouldn't have chosen the series if I didn't think it
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was good, and certainly if every episode was like the
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Housing Racket, I think I would probably have passed on
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playing it. So I appreciate people have different tastes and
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interest but I think that for those who give it
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a bit more time, they're going to find some really
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good episodes they'll enjoy. Jeffrey Rise interesting show. And that
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commercial for Old Nick KNDy bars was interesting. Seems it
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stopped being made in nineteen seventy. Good to know, and
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I look into it and Bit of Honey is actually
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still around. So you can't go and get some Old Nick,
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but you can have some bit of honey, and then
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we go back to the housing racket on Spotify and
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Dawn says, at least they could have made it communist developers. Oh,
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that would have been something to make it feel a
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little bit more counterspy, although I think that maybe a
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year or two later, the national mood might have better
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suited that particular plot. But good, no thought. All right, Well,
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now it is time to thank our Patreon supporter of
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the day, and thank you to Larry, Patreon supporter since
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July twenty twenty three, currently supporting the podcasts at the
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secret Agent level of four dollars or more per month.
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Thanks so much for your support, Larry, and that will
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do it for today. If you're enjoying the podcast, please
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follow us using your favorite podcast software and be sure
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We'll be back here next Saturday with another episode of Counterspy.
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On the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio. Join us
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back here on Monday for the Saint and on the
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