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Auto Light and its 96,000 dealers present Suspense.

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Tonight, Auto Light brings you On a Country Road, a suspense play starring Mr. Cary Grant.

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Relax, David. There's no hurry to get home.

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Who can relax in this mess of traffic? There must be a wreck or something up ahead.

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This keeps up, we'll get caught in the rain.

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Yeah, looks like a big storm building up too.

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Hey, remember that shortcut?

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Which one?

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The little tarred road that goes across through Santa Marcia and comes out on the other highway.

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What we took last summer?

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Yeah, I'll turn off there and duck this pile up. I'd like to get as far as possible before that storm hits.

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Why don't you put out your hand?

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David, don't get mad.

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He cut right in front of me trying to turn into that gas station.

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Maybe he needed gas.

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Turn on the radio, huh?

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Oh, there. Sounds like news. Turn it up, dear.

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My mother-in-law. At least we aren't the only crazy people on Long Island.

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Why did you change it?

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I don't want to listen anymore. Let's get home quickly, David.

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I don't like being out here with that woman running loose.

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Uh-oh, here's the storm. Roll up the windows.

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In just a moment, Mr. Cary Grant in the first act of On a Country Road.

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Amazing, Wilcox, amazing.

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What's so amazing, Senator?

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We were victory in the election.

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My candidate's victory, Senator, the famous Auto Light Stay Full Battery,

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the battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car use.

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Why everybody voted for the Auto Light Stay Full Battery.

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You had plenty on reserve, Wilcox.

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Reserve? Why, the Auto Light Stay Full Battery has over three times the liquid reserve of batteries without Stay Full features.

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Didn't you campaign with fiberglass retaining mats?

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Sure did, Senator, because every positive plate of the Auto Light Stay Full Battery is protected with a fiberglass retaining mat to prevent shedding and flaking and keep the power producing materials in place.

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Why your candidate is in for life, Wilcox.

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A longer life, Senator, because the Auto Light Stay Full Battery gives 70 percent longer life as proved by tests conducted according to SAE minimum life cycle standards.

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So friends, get acquainted with the Auto Light Stay Full Battery, the battery that needs water only three times a year in normal car use.

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See your neighborhood Auto Light Battery dealer now.

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And remember, you're always right with Auto Light.

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And now with On A Country Road and the performance of Mr. Cary Grant, Auto Light hopes once again to keep you in suspense.

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Why don't they put her to sleep instead of just locking her up where she can escape and kill more people?

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Hmm? But who to sleep?

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That woman they were talking about on the radio.

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Oh, she can't help what she does. She's sick.

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What good does that do the people who get chopped up with a meat cleaver?

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I don't know. The laws were made before the doctors knew very much about the human mind.

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I still don't know much.

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Hmm. I can see what it is.

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There's a roadblock up ahead.

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What's happened?

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I don't know. Cops all over the road.

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David, I'll bet they're looking for that crazy woman.

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I guess so.

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I'll hold it a minute.

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What's up, Officer?

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Just a checkup, folks. Anything in the back seat?

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Only the blanket and the lunch box.

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We went on a picnic.

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Yes, ma'am. Seen any hitchhikers?

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No. Just traffic.

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Okay. Move right along, please.

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Are you looking for the crazy woman?

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Moving along. Let's go.

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He didn't answer.

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He's busy.

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What are you doing?

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Listen.

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All residents of motorists on Long Island are warned to be on the alert for the escaped insane woman who is somewhere on the island.

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She is described as tall, broad-shouldered, gray-haired, and rather heavy.

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She may still be armed with the cleaver.

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One hundred men are searching the area, and they're prepared to shoot on sight.

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Here is another bulletin on the case which just came in.

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Just a few minutes ago, the decapitated bodies of an elderly man and woman were found by police near Center Morritches.

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Here's the shotgun.

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They haven't found her yet.

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This will get us out of that traffic.

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I repeat that. The bodies of an elderly couple have just been found in their car near Center Morritches on a lonely, tired road.

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Police are certain they were killed by Nellie Goller, the insane woman now at large.

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Residents of the area are warned not to open their doors to strangers.

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Motorists are cautioned to stay off lonely roads and not to pick up any hitchhikers.

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All persons are asked to be on the lookout for this woman.

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Here is her description again.

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They haven't caught her yet.

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Better turn that off, darling.

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I thought you wanted to hear it.

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That's enough of it.

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All right.

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This shortcut will save us a lot of time.

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You turned off the highway.

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Sure. I told you when I did it.

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We've come over a mile already.

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It'll save us a lot of time.

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David, didn't you hear what the radio said about staying off lonely roads?

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We only have to go across the other highway. It won't take long.

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You sure?

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Of course. We go past Center Marches, then take the left road and come out right by the highway bridge.

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Center Marches is where she just killed those two people.

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Oh, no, no, no. What can happen to us while we're driving?

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Besides, the whole island is full of men looking for this lunatic.

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They'll catch her.

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It's just the dawn.

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Come on, quiet down, you're jumping.

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I guess I'm silly.

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David.

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What?

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The gas gauge says empty.

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There's still a couple of gallons left when it boils to empty.

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How long has it said empty?

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I don't know. I'll get gas when we get across to the other highway.

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David, I'm scared.

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Relax, honey. Rain and wind always make you nervous as a cat.

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I wish we'd stayed on the highway.

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Well, I know you'd act like this. I would have.

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Well, it's not my fault.

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It's not mine either.

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I'm having trouble enough just trying to see through this storm.

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David, let's not fight.

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Driving through these burned out woods in this kind of weather

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is enough to give anyone the willies.

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Oh, goodness, it got dark so fast.

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I can hardly see ahead even in the headlights.

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There's something ahead.

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Don't stop, David.

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That's only a sign.

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David, the crazy woman could be around here.

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I'm not picking up anyone. I just want to know where I am.

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Don't get out of the car.

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I'm not. Now, calm down.

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Let's say...

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Center marches that way.

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Now, we'll take this road.

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Center marches.

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This must be the road where she killed those people.

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Charlie, please.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm so jumpy.

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Turn on the radio.

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Oh, this is a desolate place.

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We haven't even passed a house yet.

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Miles of woods on both sides of this.

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It's so dark.

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We couldn't have seen one if it were there.

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This rain seems to be getting worse.

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David, I'm just sure this is the road where that woman killed those two people.

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Oh, now stop that.

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That's why the police had a roadblock by this road.

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That crazy woman might be any place in these woods.

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But not necessarily where we are.

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David, what's the matter?

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Oh, that's fine.

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What a place to run out of gas.

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Oh, no.

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David, you mean we're stuck here?

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I'm afraid so, for the time being anyway.

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I'm sorry, dear.

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That crazy woman is in the woods.

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She'll kill us.

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She's nowhere near us.

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David, quick.

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Turn off your headlights.

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Why?

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Did you hear something?

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David, I don't know.

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I don't know, but I'm scared.

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I guess I should have got gas.

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Oh, turn off the headlights, please.

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Why?

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She'll see us if you don't.

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We won't see her if I do.

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Please, David, turn them off.

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Oh, now listen, Dorothy.

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Don't let this silly thing get the better of you.

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Oh, just look at the headlights.

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Hoking into darkness, nothing but wet bushes and trees.

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Rain falling.

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Please, David.

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Oh, all right.

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There, now they're off.

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Do you feel better sitting in the dark?

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Only the thunder and lightning would stop.

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And this rain.

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Look, Dorothy, there's no sense sitting here all night.

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It's only a few minutes past 10 o'clock.

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I'm going to walk up the road a bit.

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There might be a house or something there.

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You're not going to leave me here.

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I won't let you go.

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Look, Dorothy, we can't sit here in the middle of nowhere

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for the rest of the night.

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We're safer here than out there.

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David, she's probably hiding in the woods.

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She's just waiting for a chance to kill us.

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Oh, come on, Dorothy.

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Why should she be right where we run out of gas?

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Why can't she be here?

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Please stay in the car.

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All right.

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Lock the doors from the inside.

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Why? What is it?

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Now she can't get in here.

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She's nowhere near us.

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Don't be mad at me, David.

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I'm so scared.

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Well, if she's out there, she can easily smash the windows.

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Oh, don't scare me anymore.

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I know I'm acting silly. I can't help it.

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Come on, don't be a good mom around here.

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There.

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Oh, David.

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Put your head on my shoulder.

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Forgive me, David.

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Go ahead and cry.

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It'll make you feel better.

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Isn't there some popular music?

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We're now in search for the escaped insane woman

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who has killed five persons

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and is fleeing from a Long Island mental hospital.

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Rain and darkness are hampering the search.

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Over 100 police are combing the wooded area

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near center morrages.

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It was near there that an elderly couple

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were butchered on a lonely tarred road.

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In making her escape this morning,

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the madwoman killed a doctor and a nurse.

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The doctor said that the woman had been killed

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and that she was a woman.

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Let's leave it out for a while.

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It's so quiet and lonely here.

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I wish it were morning.

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Look, Dorothy, I'll run up the road.

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There might be a house.

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No, no, David, please.

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David, listen.

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Do you hear that?

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What?

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I don't hear anything.

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Listen.

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There it is.

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No, I can't.

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It's a dog.

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A little dog barking.

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David.

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I guess it's only a lost dog.

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Maybe there's a house nearby.

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Who are the crazy women?

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Oh, David!

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She's out there!

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Something hit the back of the car.

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It's her.

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Is the door locked on your side?

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Yes, yes.

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Well, what if she breaks the windows?

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She's got a cleaver.

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In the face of lightning!

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I saw somebody!

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Is it the crazy woman?

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I can't tell.

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She's lying on the road.

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Can you see her?

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Is she still there?

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It's too dark to see.

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Have to wait for the lightning.

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I saw her!

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She's getting up now!

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She'll kill us!

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She'll kill us!

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Calm down.

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Please.

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What is she doing?

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I don't know.

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She must have been running.

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She didn't see the car.

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I ran right into it.

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She's at the window!

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Right next to you!

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Oh, my Lord!

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Look at her!

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Get away from that window!

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David, she's trying to get in the car.

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Look at her face!

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And her hair!

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Go away!

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Let me in!

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I'm not crazy!

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The crazy woman is after me!

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David, don't let her in.

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Let me in!

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I can't really scare her.

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Go away!

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We've got a gun!

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We'll shoot!

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It worked.

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She's staring at us.

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I'm warning you!

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I'll shoot!

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David, she's coming back!

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Please, don't leave me out here!

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Please!

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That woman will kill me!

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Please!

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David, take your pipe.

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Hold it like a gun.

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It'll look like a gun.

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Where is it?

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It was in the club compartment.

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Here, here it is.

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Look!

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I've got a gun!

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I'm going to shoot!

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She's backing away.

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Keep going!

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Before I start shooting!

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David, she's gone.

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She disappeared.

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We can't get out now.

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All we can do is sit here all night

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and wait for help.

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Can you see her?

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Where did she go?

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I don't know.

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She's out there though.

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Probably planning on how to get in this car.

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David, what are we going to do?

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She's the one I know.

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She didn't have a cleaver?

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She must have dropped it when she ran into the car.

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Her face is all twisted and her hair hanging down.

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She's back there looking for the cleaver now.

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She'll kill us!

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She'll kill us!

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Dorothy, stop it.

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She'll kill us!

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Help!

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David!

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David!

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David!

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Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Cary Grant

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with Kathy Lewis and Jeanette Nolan in

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On Our Country Road.

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Tonight's production in radio's outstanding

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theater thrills, Suspense.

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Hey Wilcox, what was your platform?

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Why, the Auto Light Stay Full Battery.

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The battery that needs water only three times a year

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in normal car use.

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Go on, Wilcox.

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Well, we pointed out that the Auto Light Stay Full

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has over three times the liquid reserve of batteries

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without Stay Full features.

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Amazing.

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that the Auto Light Stay Full gives longer life.

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Seventy percent longer life, in fact,

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as proved by tests conducted according to SAE

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minimum life cycle standards.

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Sensational, Senator.

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We got all but one vote.

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Why, that's positively preposterous.

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Sure is, Senator, because everybody's heard

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of the Auto Light Stay Full Battery,

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the battery that needs water only three times a year

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in normal car use.

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So see your neighborhood Auto Light battery dealer.

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And remember, you're always right with Auto Light.

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And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage

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Mr. Cary Grant in Elliot Lewis's production of

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On a Country Road.

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A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense.

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The window. David, she broke the window.

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Get away from there. Stay out of the car.

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I'm coming in. I can't stand it.

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Stay out of the car, I warn you. I've got a gun.

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You wouldn't shoot me.

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Go away. You're crazy. We know all about you.

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I'm not the crazy woman. Believe me, let me in.

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Don't do it, David. She's trying to trick us.

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Listen to me, please. I've been running in this awful storm.

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My car is stuck in the ditch back there.

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How far back?

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I don't know. It seems like miles.

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I heard about the crazy woman on the radio.

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I was afraid to stay in the car alone. Let me in.

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No, David.

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Go back to your own car.

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No! It's so dark and so lonely in this storm.

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I locked the doors when I was afraid I could see things

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and hear things in the darkness.

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I couldn't stand it anymore. I got out and I ran.

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It's the rain. That's why I look like this.

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I'm not the crazy woman.

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Dorothy, maybe she isn't the crazy woman.

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Maybe she's just scared and exhausted.

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Let me in. Please, let me in.

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No, David, no. She's the one. I know.

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The crazy woman had a cleaver.

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I'm not armed. The three of us will be safer together.

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She makes sense to me, Dorothy.

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We would be safer with one more person.

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David, I don't know.

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Let me in, please. I'm wet to the skin.

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I'm going to unlock the door, Dorothy.

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David.

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All right. Now, get in.

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Make one move and I'll shoot you.

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Oh, Jesus. Oh, Jesus.

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Good. Sit down.

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All right. Now, there's a blanket on the floor back there.

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Try and dry yourself off with it.

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The darkness and the rain.

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There's enough to drive me out of my mind.

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Now, just take it easy, lady.

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I ran and ran.

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All I could hear was feet chasing after me, hunting me.

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Do you live near here?

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Farther out, near Restview.

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I used to live in Brooklyn.

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Restview is the mental hospital.

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I know. I'm used to the crazy people.

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But not a night in a lonely place like this.

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Not the kind you kill people.

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You live at Restview?

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No. Just near there.

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David, we can't sit here not knowing.

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If we could get to a phone.

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A phone. Why?

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To call the police. Get some help.

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No. Don't do that.

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Why not? Why don't you want the police?

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Oh, I do. But you'll be killed.

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What do you mean?

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The woman. She'll kill him if he goes away from this car.

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Oh. There's that dog. You hear it?

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Somebody's out there.

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There must be a house up ahead. Maybe it's barking.

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You'll be let in.

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No. It senses somebody.

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There's somebody out there.

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The crazy woman's creeping around out there.

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Quick. Let's get away.

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Look out, David.

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Go of me. What are you trying to do?

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Start the car. Quick. We'll get away.

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We're out of gas.

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Out of gas?

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You don't think we parked here for the fun of it, do you?

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Oh. Such a desolate place to run out of gas.

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Stop barking.

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What does it mean?

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You can't just sit here. We've got to get away.

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I'm not a magician, lady. I can't make gasoline out of rain.

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Oh, we can't stay here the whole night. You hear me?

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Let go of me. There's nothing I can do.

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Try something. Anything. Don't just sit there.

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She's scaring me. David, stop her.

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Cut it out. Cut it out. You'll have it all in the hysterics.

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All right. All right. I'm sorry.

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Look. I got an idea. Give me your gun.

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What for?

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I'll tell you. I want it. Give it to me.

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David, listen to me.

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I'm all right, but I can't sit here all night. I go crazy.

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Give me the gun. I'll go. I won't be afraid of the dark.

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The noises, the feet following me. I'll go.

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I promise you. But give me the gun.

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No, don't. Sit down.

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Please. I'll go. I promise. I can't stand sitting in the dark like this.

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Can't you stop her, David?

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I told you to shut up. If you don't, you'll have to get out of the car.

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Not into the woods again.

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Oh, you're nice people, aren't you?

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Or do you want me to leave so you can shoot me? Is that it?

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We're not going to shoot you. We don't have a gun. It's only a pipe.

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A pipe? A smoking pipe?

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David, I'm sorry. Then... then you're unarmed.

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I'm sorry, David.

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It's all right.

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Why did you tell me you had a gun?

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What difference would it make to you whether I'm armed or not?

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I don't know you. Maybe you two are more dangerous than the crazy woman.

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I'll tell you what I think. I think you're the crazy woman.

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The way you grabbed David when you wanted him to start the car.

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Dorothy, stop it. Don't excite her.

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Don't excite me? Why?

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Do you think I'm dangerous? An old woman you took into your car?

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Two of you and you're afraid of me?

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We're not afraid of you. Now sit back in the seat and don't try anything.

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David, the storm is stopping. Maybe now is the time.

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The time for what? What are you going to do?

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You two are up to something.

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Oh, shut up! My wife meant now is the time to go for help.

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I did not. I meant now is the time for us to escape.

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David, can't you see it? She's the one. She'll kill us.

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You little...

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Oh, stop it. Sit back in that seat.

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You haven't got a gun.

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No, but I've got a knife.

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David!

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It's my jackknife, but it's sharp and strong, so don't try any tricks.

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All right. Threaten me. Watch me while that woman is out there.

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All you can do is sit and wait for her to make the next move.

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David, she can kill us like that old man and woman.

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It must have been on this same road.

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They were in their car too. They must have let her in.

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We'll leave then. The three of us will walk.

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We'll stay close together. We'll be quiet.

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Anyone hiding in the woods won't hear us.

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Don't get out of the car, David.

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Oh, how will we find our way? It's too dark.

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We'll find our way.

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Look out there. The road's full of shadows.

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Get her out of the car, David. She wants to kill us.

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Kill you!

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Look, if you want to go, why don't you leave?

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We're going to stay here until some help comes.

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Oh, I'd be helpless alone. If I had a gun or something, you're nice.

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Why doesn't somebody come?

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Where are the police? I can't stand this.

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Nobody will come. There's no one in these woods.

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They're burned out and deserted.

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Dorothy, come on, please.

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It was your idea to use this road.

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Why not?

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You wouldn't listen to me and stop again.

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I couldn't help it. I got lost.

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Why don't you do something?

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Not just sit here waiting, waiting.

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Do something before we're murdered.

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Are you so helpless?

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All right. I am going to do something. I'll go for help.

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That's it. Get help.

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David, in her hand.

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I saw it in the moonlight. It glittered.

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What is it?

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Your wife is hysterical.

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She was holding it. A long piece of broken glass, long and pointed.

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See? She doesn't answer.

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She's just watching us.

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What is she waiting for?

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It's from the broken window. That's where she got it.

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So what if I have it?

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I'm not going to sit here defenseless.

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She's going to attack us.

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Don't be silly.

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It's all right for you to have a knife. Why can't I be armed for whatever may come?

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Give me that broken glass.

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Give it to you. You think I'm crazy?

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You couldn't protect us from anything.

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David, what are you doing?

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Why are you climbing over the seat?

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I warn you.

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I'm through letting my wife be terrified.

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Give me that glass.

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Stay away from me.

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If I had the car, you were going to butcher my wife with that broken glass.

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No. No.

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David.

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Give me that glass.

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You're crazy.

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Let me along.

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Hold her, David. Hold her.

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Don't let her free.

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Wrong. I got my arm.

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You killed me?

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Drop that glass.

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Have you both gone crazy trying to kill me?

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Like you were going to murder us?

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No, I wasn't.

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You're not free.

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I can't hold her. She's strong.

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If you have a knife, then I'll have glass.

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David, David, hold her.

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I'm not crazy.

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Please believe me.

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You got my throat. You're choking me.

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Your knife. David, your knife.

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David.

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David, you killed her.

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David, you killed her.

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I couldn't help it. I couldn't.

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You're covered with blood.

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She was going to kill us.

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There's some lights.

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The car is coming. Help's coming.

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Hey there, you in the car.

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Why are you parked here?

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It's the police.

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We ran out of gas.

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The crazy ones.

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What a night to run out of gas.

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You couldn't have picked a better spot.

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What with that woman running around loose.

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Officer, we want to tell you...

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A farmer up the road called and said his dog's been barking at something.

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We caught her.

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Who'd you catch?

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The crazy woman. She's in the back seat dead.

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What?

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No, no, she's alive.

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Hurt bad though.

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She was trying to kill us.

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Well, we'll get her to a hospital.

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You two had better come with me.

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We captured that crazy woman a half hour ago.

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I don't know who this lady is.

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Suspense presented by Auto Light.

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Tonight's star, Mr. Cary Grant.

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Well, God, did your candidacy make you so angry?

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I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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Well, God, did your candidate's entire ticket get into office?

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Yes, sir, Senator.

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Along with the Auto Light stay full battery,

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the voters elected all of the 400 products made by Auto Light

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Next week on Suspense for your Thanksgiving holiday listening,

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Mr. Ozzie Nelson and Miss Harriet Hilliard

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as stars of Going, Going Gone.

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And in the weeks to come, you will hear such famous stars

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as Van Heflin, Alan Ladd, and Cornell Wild

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all appearing in tales well calculated to keep you in...

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Suspense.

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Suspense is produced and directed by Elliot Lewis

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with music composed by Lucian Morrowak

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and conducted by Lut Bluskin.

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On a country road was written for Suspense by Walter Bazaar.

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And remember next week on Suspense, Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard

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in Going, Going Gone.

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