Take One False Step (1949) - full transcript

why Andrew gently people well are you

gonna kiss me that's not like the old

days no no not like you old days I've

been reading all about you Andy you're

all over the newspapers leading educator

visits the city how'd you get to be a

little year together so suddenly what's

all this about you starting a new

university are there enough colleges I

can't keep up with all the football

games now and I'm afraid this is going



to be a different time of college we may

not even have a football team sounds

gruesome how about buy me a drink

well cause I think you're looking well

Katherine ravishing as ever

watch your language professor I'm

feeling very susceptible imagine running

into you you know I was thinking about

you yesterday

I don't think about you too that's why

you ran into me I read you were staying

at this hotel

nice strategy Oh martinis very dry it's

still martinis event starter I do better



as the night gets older

Nick mundo one single one dozen that's

right

see uh where's Charlie isn't he here

anymore Charlie yes the bartender used

to take care of us

before my time Oh

your order changes I'm afraid we're just

a couple of memories you're kind of cute

professor you're different but you're

cute oh you know this is the first time

I ever saw you want to for you clothes I

think I like you better in uniform you

were a shinier and more accessible no I

used to feel rather embarrassed about

those Eagles you seem to me like a lot

of nonsense all I ever did was work out

a few equations just say we were very

handsome easy now are you working

you ever see Martha all the time no

mm-hmm setting a party tonight should be

Madison oh not me no parties

I'm out you expect me on business Oh

stuffy when you arrived yesterday I flew

out with a couple of colleagues of mine

we're meeting out here with a just

bundle is going to give us the money we

need for our university we hope did you

arrive come with it

towel she stayed in New York good I like

Liza to stay in New York

Catherine the war's over

remember is she pretty good are you

happy Mary how dull

and I did you know is em oh we met back

east after I was discharged she never

saw me in uniform dr. Jekyll and mr.

Hyde

Colonel gentling professor gently you've

led a double life but I've got a double

life to double triple and quadruple I am

now mrs. Katherine Sykes if you please

well congratulations congratulations

aren't in order oh sorry

skip it let's drink up

to the future hello to the past to the

dear delightful we can pass all right

that finishes the list for the faculty

will it be Resnick and Clark mr. Arne

Spica should be quite pleased

I wouldn't be too hopeful Andrew I'm

little worried about Clark

why what's the matter with him he has a

misfortune to get involved as one of his

students

blonde plum and willing economics major

I believe is the iron spire has the

theory that only the pure in heart are

pure in mind

oh if either of you was contemplating

anything scandalous between now and

tomorrow morning let me know personally

I was planning to run away with this

Tripp teaser from the burlesque by the

name of Laverne la Rose you know she was

time time typically at 63 convolutions a

minute I'm afraid I have to call off the

whole thing she'll be terribly upset I'm

turning in now gentlemen my stomach is

still working on Eastern Time I'm behind

myself I guess we've said everything we

might as well adjourn it's up to iron

Spiker now well one more day I think

I'll say a little prayer tonight say

something nice about Hine Spiker oh yes

blessed mr. iron spider if he comes

across this must be Helen calling from

New York I'll see you in the morning oh

who is this

Oh sight out of mind did I make any

impression on you oh how about you were

my wife Oh when you come into the party

Andy we're all waiting for you

d after all these years you can't deny

me one little party trouble I'm sorry

but uh I tell you what maybe we can

arrange that dinner some night before I

leave sounds horrible if you don't come

Andy I'm gonna come over to the hotel

and get you I'll make a big scene in the

hotel lobby nurse gray sure forever

remember what I did that time in Las

Vegas are you coming or must I come and

get you be reasonable

no no oh wait a minute wait a minute I

tell you what I'll come over but just

for a few minutes one drink and home

right

the address is seven two or three Arroyo

Street that's in Westwood I have a drink

waiting for you and Andy hurry

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operator will you please get me New York

City rhinelander four one five nine

eight

Oh Ellen are you darling did I wake you

Brian you give her a big hug and a kiss

darling I'm not a brainstorm why don't

you hop on a plane and come on out here

a call Tim and tell her what I said for

him to make arrangements for you it's on

the same plane that I took it you know

it makes only one stop I'll see you at

the airport

good I can hardly wait hurry Tony

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Andy the party's this way oh I didn't

see any lights it's a dark party secret

party well isn't anybody else here we're

here

hello everybody need for a bye

let's be grown up and behave ourselves

what do you say the Colonel's not the

man he used to be that's what I say I

think that I'd better go on back to the

hotel gruesome there's one thing I can't

stand it's a gruesome ex gentleman come

on where's the party they're going here

I'm here you're not completely deserted

Martha I am glad to see you

hello Andrus this party's dying the next

10 minutes are crucial I'll get the

drinks you you entertain the guests one

tell him the story of my life don't give

my lap what's going on here Oh

Katherine's had a standard evening it's

a fight with her husband she used to go

home he left and I'm conducting the

mopping-up operation she's changed

doesn't she yes she

you haven't changed Martha

what a shame you look the same

a little more serious perhaps you've

been doing wonderful things Andy I've

followed your career like a bloodhound

that's all this about a new University

break it up Martha the well-known

educators my territory getting blow me

up you might as well stop chasing the

protector to waste your time the male

sex has become cautious he used to be

different in the old days it was the war

changed everybody changed everything

with a state of emergency I'm the only

one left in the whole world is still in

the state of emergency I think I'll go

to bed I've got a new rule about getting

some sleep

one night a week good as any why do

people give parties nice seeing you

Angela I'll be looking for you in the

papers we're your best cap and gown

thanks Martha

lets you and me go someplace and have a

good time well pretend the war still on

her just you and me you and I will do no

such thing

oh don't be a schoolteacher come on what

changed my mind

Oh Katherine there's one thing you've

got to get straight what the war's over

oh not for me it isn't my whole life I

was in love with two men ain't good

either one of them job what job ha you

don't want him accidently don't kick

either one you

you're sweet gentle that's what you

liked me then you wanna win you got

yourself marriage now that's Freddy

Freddy nice but he's a hermit he keeps

himself locked up in his house that he

never goes anywhere intelligent fellow

the only one I'm not in love with it's

my husband

he's not it Thanks

I'm cold

you still use the same motion I always

liked

where are we going you're going home

is it I don't want to go in the house

ah let's say tonight and be born in like

a good girl I don't want I wanna stay

you didn't talk to my ex gentleman the

friend who got married when my back was

turned

Wow look at it we've got a nice little

visit and I'll see you again sometime

soon some some afternoon for lunch let's

say I don't want to go in the house I

want to stay here and talk to you

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shut up

I'm sorry gun are you hurt oh [ __ ]

nice silky scarf and you discover it's

nothing serious

but you better get into the house right

away and put a bandage on it I don't

want to go in the house I can't listen

to me you've got to go home this is all

been a mistake I never should have come

over when you called me I want to go

home oh let's stay here with you you're

always making me do it I don't want to

do well I'll have to do it the hard way

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dr. Horace Willoughby on social history

professor George Resnick on political

history and professor Clarence L Clark

on economics and that about concludes

our present factly list did you say

Clark Clarence L Clark yes one of the

most brilliant men in his field and man

we were talking about why I can't use

him you've got a bad record his

scholastic record mr. aren't spire is

above reproach now a K past we could

talk this over than later we'll talk it

over now man's involved in the scandal

finish

I don't like scandal of any kind hi

thinking clean living keep your name out

of the newspapers that's my motto

Clark gold and anybody else goes who

can't live up to decent standards of

conduct doesn't seem fair to me this one

mistake may not have been his fault I am

NOT interested in being fair I don't

care whose fault it was

I am interested in trying to start a new

type of school on your blueprint Andy on

your blueprint mr. gently

oh yes they never went to college myself

country clubs with libraries attached as

much the fault of the colleges is

anything else the world is going to the

dogs in the caboose these days

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now he can't get out of here gentlemen

please you expect me to hand over two

million dollars to you you're not

interested enough in what I have to say

to listen to me then I don't want you

I'm very sorry mr. Speicher I beg your

pardon

I I'm not quite myself today excuse me

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hello it's Martha I've been trying to

reach you all afternoon I have to see

you star use I'm going to the police and

get it over with

no please please don't do anything until

you see me pick me up on Kenan drives

and Kristen you know what edited father

I can't hide I don't be an idiot

I'll be waiting

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what's this captains Perez

shorts - dropped it there good thing we

found it first

what happened Andrew where did you leave

it well last I saw her she was dragging

my scarf along the sidewalk my way to

her house so help me then it is your

scar do you think they can trace it to

you probably must've had a label I don't

know now I have to wear quickly what

find out what happened to her before the

police do it's your only chance

oh you must wear is to connect you with

it right now is the scarf in the diary

what

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Oh what's this about a diary a nice

juicy a cloud of everything she did and

everything she thought your name is all

over where's the nearest police station

not so fast I don't think anybody will

find it Wyatt

she kept it pretty well hidden where in

the pocket of an old red polo coat

hanging in a bedroom closet what else is

in the diary other names other people

she knew other men did you say anything

to you about anybody else

yes Freddy a man called Freddy yeah

let's see your license

sorry

and they cepat in front of red curds a

New York bud well I'm sorry I didn't see

it as I've been read all this time okay

I'll let you go this time because you

are not a town watch yourself right what

is this strange talent I have for

getting into trouble red curb stomp

not my day my day at all by the way this

is a reddit car yes drive yourself you

better turn it in today and exchange it

for another just in case they got a

description of it that's right

who is this Freddy Freddy Blair he an

Arnold Sikes and mixed up in some sort

of shady business

there's biggest thieves and I mean fees

but she said she was in love with him

how does mr. Sikes feel about that they

maybe we're onto something

jealous husband nah Donald he's just the

side of a weasel he's known about

Katherine and Freddie for some time and

it hasn't seem to make much difference

it's better and better not I ever get

into this anyway I was just minding my

own business only we could lay our hands

on that diary before the police get to

it

wait a minute Katherine's keys why do

they must be at house key here it is

I'll have Arnold meet me somewhere and

you'll have the house all to yourself

what do you know more I can't do that

yes you can

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did you find the body still looking

what makes you so sure there is somebody

there's always a body anything new yeah

neighbor next door said she heard a man

and woman arguing outside of window last

night yeah and another lady down on the

black said she heard a scream

and I know another lady say she was

accosted by a stranger who made improper

advances as she was driving into her

garage clothing hunter Ben defender she

describes him as look-alike Frankenstein

we arrest practicing just the same I

think we got a body on our hands

yeah nice looking buddy - anything on

another Ryan's been tailing them all day

Oh made a phone call this afternoon but

oh boy you bet Tuffy bucks our little

goose girl he ate at Santa Anita on the

nose mr. Sykes doesn't seem to be the

stare to my looking and why could he

think he did it Larry what about the

scar got a New York label with checkable

know more about them are good that'll

help hey tell Lana formally as Tikes

goes out tonight why I want to give that

house a little look-see when Sykes ain't

there you'll be back to you by 7:00

o'clock

we go together you don't trust Sykes do

you I've been a detective at 23 years I

don't trust my own mother you know your

own family his Sykes has got some funny

connections racetracks big-time gambling

all visible means of support and so

we've keep our eye on mr. Sykes what

about the guy who brought a home last

night you know the

mystery man we keep looking for him till

okay

anything else

yeah let's find the body sure

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don't tell me he got the wrong key

see you gotta have faith

hey hey it's a dangerous looking animal

I don't think he cares for us telling

the man his dog's best friend is dog's

best friend take a look around

who's bothering matter wish we could

find a buddy it's not asking too much is

it

one little buddy

I don't like these cases we don't have

nobody give you a real solid foundation

to go on we'll know the name of the man

that's bought the scarf by tomorrow even

I don't play the whole thing up

hey here's something you know to play

the soup can't a green piece won't count

for the beans canned peaches shopping

list

that reminds me wife told me to bring

home some ginger ale so am I forgetting

hey maybe there's a code yeah the secret

of how to make a bad dinner I think if

we're gonna close it

get that Sykes residence

all right a channel

hey boss Ryan he says Sykes in the wig

elegant way to leave that bonnet just

around the corner thanks we better get

out of here

okay he wants to know do you want them

to switch to the girl no no no man they

put somebody on that Amara tell them to

stick with Sykes okay hey Ryan

stick with him come on come on let's go

hey boss come on stop thinking like a

bloodhound within you don't want to be

here when Sykes gets back yeah I guess

you're right

what makes you so sure it's Sykes

because that's a simple I'm a simple man

I like simple solutions I got nervous

headaches when things get complicated

I'm sorry they give me a bump tip little

to screw every I'm looking to buy you

either dog-eaters the pieces nice doggy

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whole case give me the willies

and the dogs act screwy

woman bothered mm-hmm made in Kentucky

yes let's go hey maybe you better get

the door back and lock them up you're

trying to get me killed

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Joe Arnold talking Freddie with here

Breck my place indeed at my dog I'll

have to report it to the police the cops

are on my tail but good just let me

catch up with him that's all I'll keep

in touch with you

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operator connect over the police did you

get it

Andrew don't worry home blood what

happened well it seems there was a dog

oh no I should have warned you all right

I won by a knockout bandage iodine I

stopped on the way come on let's wash it

out worth the trouble don't worry

wait till you read a couple of entries

you really got you didn't he

I don't think they've been feeding him

lately

here we are January 23rd woke up early

this morning had a dream about Andrew

gently you know that ought to be a law

against women keeping Diaries told you

would it be worth it

yeah this is going to hurt at this point

nothing can hurt it incidentally I got a

slight lead from Arnold Sykes he was

questioning me about Freddie

seemed to be more concerned about

Freddie than about Catherine I gather

the Freddie had disappeared and Arnold

would like very much to know where I

think it means anything could be by the

way we can't see each other again

why not the police are after you too I

forgot to mention that I had to hide and

I thought that while two detectives

ransacked the place I heard them say

they'd start trailing you tomorrow

you think you better bow out of it

which hand still well don't you get a

lot of trouble helping me

let me help I've been so far no I don't

think I'd better bow out

I guess an item Freddie got into a fight

over me tonight at the silver club at

the bar

Johnny Marino came over drunk and

started to bother me when Freddie pulled

his hand out of his pocket he had a

glove on

when Johnny wasn't looking he hit him

with something else in the glove besides

his hand because Johnny took an awful

beating

Freddie hit him in the face again and

again nice boy Freddie carries a loaded

glove Catherine never get mixed up with

such people

well here's something else Freddie

called today from SF San Francisco

probably and here's a number Klondike -

six seven one four wait a minute

hello operator would you place a call to

San Francisco please the number is

klondike two six seven one four yes

thank you

what can we lose you can't just ask him

point-blank about it if there's anything

to it you'd be tipping him off yes hello

is it you Freddie

oh this is Martha we're ready yeah but

have a coin

that was ready all right well what do

you think

I think sit Freddy knows what happened

to Kevin and I think Arnold Sikes would

like to know what happened to Freddy

that's what I think and the police would

like to know what happened to me you

know Freddy I think I had better have a

little talk with Freddy don't you over

the phone no personally in San Francisco

oh no the only practical thing left to

do I started now I could be there by

morning hello

of course I can't very well ask for a

police escort but he's dangerous and

rude you don't know about men like him

he's a gangster a gunman model we might

as well face it I mean this thing and I

can't very well get out of it unless I

see it through the truth of the matter

is I should have given myself up this

morning

oh you always take this long to open the

door we got in here with you a woman

well no no no women please we have got

enough trouble with mr. Speicher now I'm

sorry I yes I was on the phone where

have you been all afternoon and evening

we've called you at least a dozen times

what are you doing up reg another

business on the side Oh a little ride

you couldn't have been more damaging if

you had been delivering I know it's

pretty awful little bit Oh Morris I

wanted your mind leaving these clothes I

think I'm coming down with a cold

oh that's why you don't get enough fresh

hair cut it broke the glass what's that

yo you're pecking are you going

somewhere

yes I am but you can't do that not

tonight Andrew yeah tonight

Angela are you in trouble

can't we help you no Morris I don't

think so things just the same I've got

to go to San Francisco San Francisco

this is the end and it's most important

but I go tonight I I'd like to tell you

what this is all about but I can't at

least not now you see Andrew the thing

is like this Henry and I we spent the

whole afternoon and evening miss mr. on

spy girl we talked him into giving us

another chance

yes we told him that perhaps a room

wasn't exactly the right place

Morris what are you driving it we've

arranged you to give a lecture lecture

yes at the college tomorrow night but I

may not be back by tomorrow night so

what's the matter with San Francisco mmm

San Francisco they do just as well they

says Los Angeles we can have the lecture

up at Berkeley and I have a very good

friend there dr. mark hi

he can arrange everything I call him up

tonight how about aunt Spiker maybe he

won't come he of comment bye after

dragging by the heel Horus get on the

phone and make some reservation you send

Francis hotel and Andrew I'll see you

tomorrow maybe all this has turned out

for the best after all give him a good

lecture my boy we can't miss everything

there were cows all right Andrew don't

worry

good night bye Morris

are you alright slight case of frostbite

that door I'm so sorry that I couldn't

get rid of you sure you ought to do this

Andy I'll be a dead duck anyway when

they find out who bought that scarf I

might as well die trying

nothing I can say no I'll just pack a

few things and be off all right then I'm

gonna long we better not be seen leaving

the hotel together take care of yourself

let me know the minute you find out

anything I will mother Thanks in fact

thanks for everything

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Jim captain your jinx why don't you go

home and go to bed

nobody's committing any crimes tonight

till Eagle boy take a little present for

you something nice and fresh on the

Catherine Spike's case you find the man

who bit the dog well not exactly but I

think he'll show up pretty soon well

this is a report on the vet a dog at

rabies under phobia we destroyed him

half hour ago

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hi stranger what are you running away

from what to be at this hour of the

morning you must be running away from

something what do you do rob a bank

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oh just pay the girl inside okay and now

for the early morning news first weather

weatherman promises more rain for this

weekend an approaching storm getting

down no matter what a date we should be

cautious vodka all ocol news in Los

Angeles the weird twist was given to the

Katharine Sykes case last night the home

of the pretty housewife who has been

missing for two days now was broken into

early yesterday evening the intruder

according to police was driven off by

the psychs police dog who was found

unconscious with blood on his jaws by

Arnold Sykes husband of the missing

woman the intruder escaped but not

completely in a routine examination of

the animal the police department made a

startling discovery

the dog was suffering from the most

dreaded of all diseases rabies

hydrophobia if the bitten man is not

treated immediately he is doomed all

doctors in the Southern California area

have been requested by Los Angeles

police to report immediately any chase

of dog bites that should I shut up 20

hit the music

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Hey all fixed up and raring to go mister

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office hours ten-to-one what do you want

doctor budget

I'm dr. Thatcher what's the trouble

doctor I've been bitten by a dog I'm

afraid he had rabies come in name John

Simmons live from Cleveland doctor

couldn't you take my history later I'm

in need of attention easy now

just hold on the important thing in

matters like this is to keep your head

more folks die of the fear of rabies

then the disease itself you don't see my

glasses around anywhere do you you're

wearing them oh yes of course no when

will you bet

two days ago two days ago not so good

where did this happen what difference

does that make

listen easy you want me to treat you or

you don't you're in my office

and I have a certain system a doctor

without a system isn't worth the paper

is diplomas or it not

I've been practicing 45 years I do

things in a certain way I put everything

on paper now then where does it happen

Santa Barbara what kind of dog

well dr. Howell I know it was a large

brown dog

what is pedigree - don't hit me I didn't

bite you let me see the wound did you

report the accident no why should I have

done that because it's the law mr.

Simmons

it's the law every case of dog bite has

to be reported and investigated I was in

a hurry hurry hurry everybody's in a

hurry to get to the cemetery before his

neighbor but doctor I didn't come here

for a lecture I've been bitten by a mad

dog

now I know that there are some

injections that may save me and I want

you to start them immediately everything

in due course first I'm going to put on

some clothes then we'll go down to the

county hospital we'll make some tests

and we'll call Santa Barbara and see if

the police there can't round up that big

brown dog might save you a lot of

trouble if they found him and he turned

out to be healthy after all he had

rabies I'm sure of course you're sure

still we will investigate anyway I

haven't time doctor I have an important

appointment in San Francisco

sit down mr. Simmons nature's don't know

about appointments your bloodstream

don't know anything about your business

in San Francisco disease is very

democratic mr. Simmons

it kills the patient and the impatient

except it kills the impatient a little

faster

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yeah yeah on my tenth birthday

my name is Horace watch here's what your

name what's your name Oh John I have

three uncle's named John we're going to

Oregon by advertised Oregon she has big

house worth pork my father's fat burnt

that doesn't invite us to live with her

he's gonna split her head open with the

baseball bat but I bet he'll put me to

bed before he does it anytime something

happens they make me go to sleep

what's the matter with your hand oh I

cut it yeah harness I think your mother

wants you mad she yells when she wants

me I know what the police are looking

for I heard it over their radio before

yeah what does everything for you give

me a dime I'll tell ya

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hey is it a real dime sure Oh what could

I buy with the dime could I buy a

catcher's mitt no could I buy a rifle

well no not quite what is it the police

are looking for for the guy who got bit

by the dog

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better get going check the kid just

spotted the guy we're looking for in the

back of that truck

we may need room right

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klondike to six seven one four hello

Freddy you don't know me Freddy but I

know you we have mutual friends I've got

to talk with you it's very important to

both of us well talk telephone I've got

to see you first money

the boys send you whoo all right all

right play a dumb do you want to I got

nothing to hide I'm willing to talk will

it be I could come to your place you

don't know how to get to my place you

could tell me wise guy

all right you safe where corner of

Camino and viaduct or that is I can find

it Camino and viaduct what time o'clock

tonight at 11:00 tonight what's the

matter you afraid of the dark I was

hoping you could make it so it's dead or

nothing it come alone

I'll be alone don't try any funny

business eat it I'm not playing for

pennies these days nor am i be seeing

you

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operator I wondered he would get me the

address of this phone number Klondike

two six seven one four I seem to have

misplaced it

I'm sorry sir does a private number

information will not give us the address

are you

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professor gently this is dr. mark I'm

Marcy from yes I'm downstairs in the

lobby

may I come up 8:00 to 4:00 thank you

come in doctor how are you professor I

won't take up too much of your time I

just dropped in to welcome meal for the

committee and see if there's anything

you want oh thank you well sit down

won't you thank you and I order you

anything no thanks I just dropped in for

a minute what's the matter with your

hand oh I cut it huh on earth flat let

me never look at it see if it's all

right

oh thanks it's it's perfectly all right

the lectures scheduled for 8:30 my wife

sent me out with instructions to bring

you back dead or alive for dinner wants

to lionize you a little for the local

society you know how women are well

that's that's very good of mrs. mark

time and I'd be very happy to come but I

am a little tired thought I'd use the

time to sort of collect my thoughts for

the lecture sure sure I know what you

mean whenever I have to make a speech I

can't stand anything on my stomach goes

up and down like a pogo stick till 8:30

then you'll be on time won't you on the

dot allow yourself a good three-quarters

of an hour to get there you're sure

there's nothing I can do for you no I'm

a very influential man in this town get

you anything you want any time you want

it whipped up the arrangements for this

lecture practical you're right out of my

hat oh I'm sorry to put you to all that

trouble no trouble I was happy to do it

it's a great pleasure to have you with

us professor I look forward to tonight

so why oh I say doctor you know there is

something that you might be able to do

for me I've been trying to locate a

friend of mine up here I have his

telephone number but the operator won't

give me his address he says it's a

private number oh one of those there

well why don't you call him and ask him

I bet you never thought of that oh well

it's it's this way doctor it's a it's a

sort of joke and I thought I'd like to

drive over and surprise him we were

together in the army

and this is Mark I'm told me to give you

anything you asked for so let's have a

try at it just watch me and see how a

man of action works operator let me

throw the police headquarters I want to

talk to lieutenant Ed Fogerty emergency

no trouble at all to take a gander at

that hand of yours David scream oh

thanks it's it's quite all right your

party hello ed Mike I'm talking Ben did

you take those pills I gave you now I

wanna ask you a favor I want the address

of this telephone number one by two six

seven one for Klondike two six seven one

for a patient of mine I don't want to

disturb him and they won't give me any

information I'm at the st. Francis

extension eight to four fine

nothing to it he's gotta call me back I

better not tell ed about that bandage

you think everybody's bandaged conscious

today that's all the down in LA was a

dog bite you read about it oh yes a

little say you could be that man they're

looking for you came from LA today and

you're wearing a bandage on your hand

maybe I better just be a good citizen

and turn you over the head oh my phone's

run funny times today asking what the

symptoms of rabies are I haven't seen a

case of hydrophobia since I was in

medical school I had to read up on it

all morning so I wouldn't act like a

darn fool over the phone

beautiful disease shall travel virus

they think you attacks the central

nervous system the first thing that

happens the patient gets a vague sense

of apprehension just a general low down

feeling that something bad is going to

happen they're an adult pain around the

wound but he's only has trouble

following then his voice gets [ __ ]

weird isn't it yes admit Danny gets

thirsty

wants a drink of water in the worst way

and this is the funny part he's afraid

of the water

can't stand the sight of it just the

thought of it produces a spasm in the

truck very painful then paralysis and

when these symptoms display themselves

fini no cure ever 100% mortality hello

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there you are that's fine fine I'm very

grateful to you doctor I don't know

don't mention it look at that oh it's

perfectly all right okay well give away

from strange dogs Oh you later right

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they may help ya

give me a lift into town yeah

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fight could be I know the doctor so do I

just drop me off in town wasn't that

Freddie Blair's house you come on off

what do you know about Freddie Blair

what were you doing there anyway

well I are you a cop no I'm not the

police it's not important Who I am for

the moment what's important is that I

know who you are

Sykes say how do you know my name you

one of the guys nice yeah it's time for

the eat look I had nothing to do with it

it's all Freddie I didn't see a nickel

of that money he held out on me to put

me out of here

stop the car oh wait a minute

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mature and rejecting please hello is mr.

Jopling there

oh I'm Martha we're visiting a friend of

your husband's I'm downstairs

may I come up it's very urgent thank you

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there's no time to be polite mrs.

Channing we've got to find Andrew at

once have you any idea where he is

no it's a matter of fact I haven't seen

him I only just arrived he left word in

Los Angeles for me to meet him here

and something happened is there anything

wrong you'd better prepare yourself for

something of a shock andrew is in great

trouble here

great this

but I don't see what it's Andrew he's

the man they're looking for that's

absurd

you must be mistaken believe me there's

no mistake mrs. gently I know it sounds

like I'm not making any sense but there

is no mistake and every second counts

I've got a doctor to help him a friend

of mine we've got to get Andrew to Los

Angeles at once it is quite impossible

don't you see you must be confusing him

with someone else

my husband is Professor Andrew gentling

he's going to lecture you tonight I just

booked a dr. mark I'm about him he

arranged the lecture he said that he'd

been talking to Andrew just a few he

said that and Ian cut his hand and was

wearing a bandage he was bitten by that

dog Catherine was a friend of his he

took her home from my house never mind

the details you can tell me about it on

the way over to the lecture hall you do

there on three two orders of an hour you

only have time to stop your progress

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they haven't heard from it not a word

ladies and gentlemen but fessor gentling

seems to have been delayed for a few

months but I'm sure he'll be along very

shortly

in the meantime professor Hobart Watson

who is well known to all of you has

kindly consented to speak on a subject

that is of great importance to all of us

soil balance professor professor Watson

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soyal balanced traumatic works

look I just don't like it I don't like

quiet difficult to speak them calmly and

with scientific detachment deep in the

soil down where the earthworm tells

before man came there she assumed it was

a gentleman by giving it over again I

think we're up a blind alley we follow

all the way to San Francisco we wind up

and I think she's just nuts for

education and so I keep it down will ya

yeah she talked to that doctor and

watching just about a guy with a raise

Oh

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by giving back to it more than it took

out then disaster the plow the

irrigation ditch the tractor the bag of

chemical fertilizer

the earthworm of has a juggling is here

jumping

I thank you for listening if any of you

wish to hear the conclusion of my

remarks I shall be most happy to

continue them later on ladies and

gentlemen it gives me pleasure to

introduce Professor Andrew gently

I wished beg your indulgence for being

later well I was unavoidably detained

one of the great ideals of the classic

world was the same mind in the sound

body now by extension that meant the

well-rounded man the man who at the same

time could be a soldier and defend the

state by force of arms and who could be

a poet and philosopher and increased the

well-being and understanding of the

state by force of intellect in ancient

Greece and Rome it was not unusual for a

man to be a farmer and a scholar a

merchant and a statesman a general and a

historian

under their guidance the new University

will help form citizens who will be free

intelligent informed and just I do we

should set a little something about

showing diamond and I'm proud of you and

I couldn't unbend my self well young

fellow supposing you and I go back to

the hotel and have a little talk mister

on spider I'm sorry but I have a very

important appointment

he can't do this to me mr. gently

yes I'm captain Glenn here Los Angeles

police to plot homicide yes I listen to

your speech tonight with a great deal of

interest I was really impressed you see

I'm a kind of a semi-professional

theoretician in my own field of course

crime I see

matter of fact I'm in town right now in

a little business of crime oh yeah what

I wanted to ask you is this you have

stopped to consider it might be a good

idea to have a department of crime and

at new University viewers

oh well yes that's a that's that's a

good idea that's a very actual idea I'll

try to include such a department our

plans thank you thank you very much

excellent

oh no no no nothing really very serious

there's just a little cut if you'll

excuse me I have a rather important

engagement well sure sure sure

well I'll be seeing you brother oh yeah

call me if you need me

hey boss just got loose from New York

they found out who bought that scarf

oh hold on your hat boss professor

Andrew gently oh my aching head pick up

the way girl mr. Jetley mother get their

phone call headquarters

tell her pull out alarm for a green

sedan run it drive yourself bashed in

right front fender one light professor

Andrew gentling driving tall dark

handsome mustache come on I'll give you

a five husband if a police station and

bring some ads for

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just saw that targeting on Camino Street

or two freight yards

over here

Freddie that's right step inside off the

street

I don't know you but I know who sent you

I knew they'd be after me well just in

case you're thinking of trying anything

fast let me tell you this I am I heard

they won't see a penny of the money I

tried to give him a fair shake I tried

to deliver a lot of the money I spent

just the way I said I would it's not my

fault of people double-crossed me

I shouldn't they sent anybody else with

you no I'm alone you're alone all right

I can hang around it's just nine o'clock

I don't know

listen pal we can do business there's

still plenty of that dough left plenty

now why don't you go back and tell him

you couldn't find me I'm leavin tomorrow

anyway out of the country won't be much

of a lie I'll give you ten what do you

say 10 10 grand

no questions asked let's see

I'll make a better bargain with you yeah

what just tell me what happened to

Catherine's sakes

who wants to know I do

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no that is boss

Freddie black why's Freddie blam

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Andy where'd it come from

how'd you get in here never mind the

details I had a fight with your what

Freddie

the police came you where if I was

Freddie where is he he's dead Kevin

there were two trains he ran across the

tracks dead we're going away tonight

Oh

I'm taking the back with me cabin hey

you know I don't want to go back

nobody can make me go anywhere

why don't you be sensible and come along

with uh I don't kill me if he ever gets

his hands on me again he will you want

to see me killed

I won't oh my god you you can't make me

go everybody makes me do things I don't

want to do I won't go

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what are you doing who you think you're

calling the police

oh no I want to be stop them put the

phone down please Danny well

all right I'll go with you just don't

call the police I'll get even with you

don't you see

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just picked up psych slightly damaged

won't talk it birthing out South

seventeen second tier vagrancy nothing

new

yes I've decided to apply for my pension

Police Department putty ah no he's right

here now yeah yes uh-huh

yep he spotted the car outside of hey

what he's got a girl with him they're

heading south toward the Coast Highway

anyway that's right there that gives him

a good half-hour start but you can head

them off by going this way but ten miles

shorter right let's do that

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Andrew good III don't want to sound

callous but what happened to Freddie

I don't feel too badly about that I'm

not gonna lie in pretend I'm heartbroken

cause I'm naughty

there's no good that night when I left

you who's waiting for me in my hallway

beat me up I broke a date with Marian

the day we're supposed to go away

together can beat me up not passed out

and when I woke up I was on my way to

San Francisco

the silly mention have reported it to

the police he knew I wasn't dead he was

just trying to make trouble for us

Freddie autumn part of the money

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Andy there's something I want to tell

you

the money all the money that betty was

holding out

I know where it's hidden Andy it's

almost $100,000

his money that he was collecting for a

syndicate they book races all over the

country

he was holding out on the collection so

we could go away

I'll give it to you Andy

we can go away together you and me you

can do whatever you want to

No

why why not just copy you know better I

don't want to know better

I want the money I want to go away

please breathing

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we're like

I'll show you

I'll show everybody how welcome back to

Arnold Sikes

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with this is it Andy I told you I'd get

even with you it's all or nothing with

me give your labor I just you wouldn't

wanna take another step and say Oh God

all right

I'll go make the keytar walk

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hey yeah boss

so just find a bunny

what's the matter of us weather what's

the hurry

hydrophobia the dog I've got to get to a

doctor oh that all forget it

that dog doesn't have hydrophobia what

oh no I made all that up pretty good

story huh

smart psychology hey boss

hello excuse me when then don't worry

about that dog he's fine he's home

playing with my kids right now nice pup

mr. man spica generosity and

understanding have made this great

project possible and those courageous

men who have joined with me in this

gallon undertaking dr. Horace Willoughby

professor George Resnick professor

Morris Abram dr. Henry frigate

and professor Clarence L Clark

it is my great honor and privilege to

dedicate this project with the laying of

this cornerstone

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you