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Auto Light and its 98,000 dealers bring you Mr. Herbert Marshall.

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In tonight's presentation of Suspense.

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Tonight Auto Light presents a new radio adaptation of one of the most famous suspense stories

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ever written.

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Mary Godwin Shelley's Frankenstein, our star Mr. Herbert Marshall.

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Hello there, hello.

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Well mend my fences if it's not the senator.

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How's it look for you senator?

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Uh, uh, going to cast your ballot tomorrow, hello.

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Why senator, I'd no more forget to vote than forget to winterize my car.

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And now's the time to do it.

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Let the oil and grease change, put in antifreeze, inspect the battery cable.

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And check the spark plugs too.

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Right Johnny plug check, the spark plugs are the very heart of your car's ignition system.

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And when they're right, your chances of starting even in coldest weather are better than ever.

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Well I'll visit my Auto Light spark plug dealer Harlow.

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Do that senator, because he's the expert on cleaning and adjustment.

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And if replacements are needed, he'll recommend those world famous ignition engineered Auto

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Light spark plugs, either standard or resistor type.

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To quickly learn the location of your nearest Auto Light spark plug dealer, phone Western

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Union by number and ask for operator 25.

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And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light.

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And now, Auto Light presents transcribed Frankenstein, starring Mr. Herbert Marshall.

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And hoping once again to keep you in suspense.

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Oh hello Victor.

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Hello Mary, the reverend in?

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Out in the garden as usual.

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Do you want me to call him?

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No thanks I'll go out.

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Well all right.

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Tell him not to get too dirty.

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We're supposed to play croquet with the McDonald's at five.

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I'll tell him.

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When's Elizabeth coming home?

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Tomorrow or Tuesday I think.

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You both have to come over for dinner.

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Love to Mary.

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See you later.

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Hi.

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Oh you're just in time to give me a hand.

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Now these Indian summers hot, too sticky.

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James, I've got to talk to you.

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Well of course.

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What, anything wrong?

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You know you haven't looked too good for the past month or so.

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Something on your mind?

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Yes.

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Oh well then.

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Let's go in the house.

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I'll get you a beer we can talk.

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No, no, not in the house.

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Do you mind if we walk?

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Oh of course not.

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Oh wait a moment, I put my pipe over there.

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There we are.

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Might get some rain.

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Hope so.

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I won't have to play croquet.

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Asinine game.

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James.

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Oh look now we're friends.

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You know you can speak to me.

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What's the matter?

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One of your patients die?

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You made a mistake perhaps?

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No, nothing like that.

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Perhaps it's worse.

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I'm not sure.

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Has it anything to do with Elizabeth going away?

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In a way, yes.

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Oh.

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My favorite place.

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You know Victor, I think of most of my sermons standing here looking across the valley.

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Lovely isn't it?

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Got a match?

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Thanks.

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Listen, I've been doing an experiment.

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It's very complicated.

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And I've almost finished.

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Well that's wonderful.

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I think I'm a little afraid of it.

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I don't know.

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I've tried to think it out myself.

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I can't find the answer.

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Go on.

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You believe in God don't you?

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I mean because I don't go to church you don't think that I don't believe do you?

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I don't think that at all.

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You're a good man.

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I want you to promise me something.

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You've got to promise that you'll never breathe a word of what I'm about to tell you.

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You have my word.

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You swear?

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I don't usually break my word.

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Oh I'm sorry.

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Look, I've made something.

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It's tremendous.

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It's impossible.

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But I think I've done it.

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And it goes against everything you believe James.

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What?

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What have you done?

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I've made a thing.

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I don't understand.

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I put it together.

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Heart, brain, nerves, muscle, everything.

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I've done it.

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Now do you understand?

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A complete body.

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And you're upset because of that?

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You think that you've done something wrong?

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But you're a surgeon.

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What you've done will help to save a life.

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If you've learned more about the human body, this experiment can't be wrong.

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It can only do good.

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Oh I shouldn't worry.

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Last night I made it move.

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I'm not certain but I think I can give it life.

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Absolute life.

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Now do you see why I'm afraid?

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I've created a man.

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I'd better call Mary.

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She'll be worried.

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All right.

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But...

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I won't say anything.

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Hello.

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Mary?

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No, I'm with Victor.

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Now listen dear, I'm afraid we'll have to put off the McDonald's.

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Yes I know.

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Well Mary, I have something very important to discuss with Victor.

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It can't wait.

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Yes dear.

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No, no, don't wait, supper.

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I'll have something over here.

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Yes I will.

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Goodbye.

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You don't have to see this thing if you don't want to, James.

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Where is it?

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In my lab.

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I have an addition built on.

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I'm the only one who has a key.

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I don't say I believe what you've told me but how do you know you can make it live?

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I mean is it anything more than galvanic action?

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You'll see.

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I lock it.

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I always do.

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Is that the addition over there?

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Yes.

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Dark.

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There aren't any windows.

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It's better that way.

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Before I show you, I want to explain.

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This is what started it.

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It was mostly an accident.

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One of the kids brought in his dog.

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It had been run over, killed.

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He wouldn't believe it was dead.

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He expected me to bring it back.

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I gave it a shot in the heart and then another with this stuff, a compound I've fooled with

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for a long time.

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Yes?

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The dog came back to life.

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Just for a moment.

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How do you know the dog was dead?

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No it was.

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It had been for two hours.

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All that happened three years ago.

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You've been experimenting on things ever since?

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Yes.

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It's wrong.

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I don't know.

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No it's wrong.

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You run with the stage, James.

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What are you going to do?

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Try to bring it to life.

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I've got to.

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I've got to try.

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Then why did you come to me?

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I wanted to tell you.

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I had to tell someone.

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You're my friend.

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I'm a minister.

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I preach and believe in the word of God.

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Do you want to see it?

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No.

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No I don't but I must.

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It's not terrible to look at.

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I've done a pretty good job on it.

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But it isn't quite finished.

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I'm not quite done with the face.

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Oh my.

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Well?

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No.

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No Victor.

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Bury it.

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Let it be at peace.

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Don't do it.

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Even if you can and I can't imagine it possible.

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Don't.

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Don't even try.

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Do you realise what it would mean to me?

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To the world?

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Standing here.

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I'm not quite done with the face.

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Oh my.

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Well?

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No.

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No Victor.

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Bury it.

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Standing here with you, looking at that.

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It's easy to imagine anything.

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I don't want to.

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Put it to rest Victor.

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Forget it.

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That's just it.

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I can't.

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Not until I find out one way or the other.

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Watch.

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What are you going to do?

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I'm going to show you what happened last night.

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I don't want to see.

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I don't care.

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I knew better.

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Well listen to me Victor.

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This... this mustn't go on.

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You've got to stop it.

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Not until I find out.

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Does Elizabeth know what you're doing?

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No.

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Why did you send her away?

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I didn't want her here when I made the last test.

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Because you're ashamed.

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You know it's wrong.

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You know what she'd think.

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I'm not ashamed.

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I think I'm a little frightened at the incredible greatness

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of what I've done.

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It's bigger than anything since the world began.

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If it moves, if you prove your point to me,

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will you stop then?

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Will you destroy it?

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The formulas, whatever papers you have,

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destroy all of it, will you?

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I don't know.

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Hand me that hypodermic, will you?

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No.

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All right.

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There.

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If I say I believe you, Victor, if I...

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You don't have to be afraid of it.

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It couldn't hurt you, you know.

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There's only enough of this stuff to stimulate

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a small portion of its brain.

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I'm not afraid of it.

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I'm afraid for us all.

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I've never preached to you, Victor.

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It moved its left foot last night, then the right.

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I'm going to try the arm now.

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Move the light over, please.

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Thanks.

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Watch carefully.

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Only takes a few seconds.

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Now.

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Look.

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Look.

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It's hand.

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I know.

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That's the way it was yesterday.

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The movement only lasts for a moment, though.

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That's all.

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I...

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I don't know what to say.

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I don't even think I understand what I've seen,

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except that it's terrible.

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Because you don't understand or because of what it means.

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I'm afraid, if you like.

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I'm afraid for you, for what you've done.

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That thing lying there, you've...

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You've got no right.

282
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I won't allow...

283
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What's that?

284
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What?

285
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Listen.

286
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Stethoscope.

287
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It's impossible.

288
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There wasn't enough.

289
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It's breathing, Victor.

290
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What have you done?

291
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The thing's alive.

292
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Auto Light is bringing you Mr. Herbert Marshall in Frankenstein.

293
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Tonight's presentation in radio's outstanding theater of thrills,

294
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suspense.

295
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Hello, who's this Johnny Plug Check

296
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who's always electioneering about spark plugs?

297
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Why, Senator, Johnny is a helpful hinter fighting old man winter.

298
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He's the blithe reminder to wise motorists

299
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that now's the time to visit your auto light spark plug dealer

300
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to get ready for the cold driving days ahead.

301
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Change the oil and grease, put in antifreeze, inspect the battery cable.

302
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And check those important spark plugs, too.

303
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Because when your spark plugs are right,

304
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your chances of starting even in coldest weather are better than ever.

305
00:13:17,540 --> 00:13:22,540
And if my auto light spark plug dealer finds my spark plugs need replacing, Harlow...

306
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Why, if they're worn out, he'll recommend a set of the world famous

307
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ignition engineered auto light spark plugs, Senator,

308
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like the amazing auto light resistor spark plug.

309
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It's one of the greatest advancements in spark plugs

310
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for automotive use in the past 20 years.

311
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When you have a set installed in your car,

312
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you'll get double spark plug life, smoother engine performance,

313
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and quick starts, as compared to spark plugs without a built-in resistor.

314
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So, friends, visit your auto light spark plug dealer soon.

315
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And remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with auto light.

316
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And now, auto light brings back to our Hollywood soundstage

317
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Mr. Herbert Marshall in Elliot Lewis's production of Frankenstein,

318
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a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense.

319
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It didn't have enough. It couldn't help.

320
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10 cc came yesterday, unless the drug was accumulative.

321
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Maybe that's it. His eyes are open.

322
00:14:41,540 --> 00:14:46,540
What are you going to do? Now? Listen to his heart again.

323
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It's got to be destroyed. You've got to put an end to it.

324
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It's inhuman. Don't you see what you're doing?

325
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You can't give it a soul. You can't give it...

326
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How do you know what I can give it?

327
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I've given it life, haven't I?

328
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It sees, it breathes, moves.

329
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Perhaps hears. Yes. Does it hear?

330
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Look. Did you see that? It blinked. The head jerked.

331
00:15:13,540 --> 00:15:18,540
It hears. It's aware of sound. Does it feel pain?

332
00:15:18,540 --> 00:15:22,540
Don't, Victor. It's not an animal. You've formed it like a man.

333
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Give it the dignity of one. I won't let you do that to it.

334
00:15:26,540 --> 00:15:30,540
I've gone this far, James. Put down the scalpel.

335
00:15:30,540 --> 00:15:33,540
What are you going to prove by that? I think you must be mad.

336
00:15:33,540 --> 00:15:37,540
I don't interfere with your work, James. Why?

337
00:15:37,540 --> 00:15:40,540
There's someone at the door. Yes.

338
00:15:40,540 --> 00:15:44,540
I think I'd better strap it down on the table.

339
00:15:48,540 --> 00:15:50,540
You won't forget your promise, will you?

340
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I'm sorry I gave my word. I'm sorry you ever told me about this.

341
00:15:54,540 --> 00:16:08,540
I feel I'm as guilty as you are now.

342
00:16:08,540 --> 00:16:13,540
Well, whatever took you so long. Hello, James.

343
00:16:13,540 --> 00:16:18,540
Hello, Elizabeth. Darling, I tried to call from the station, but the line's out of order.

344
00:16:18,540 --> 00:16:20,540
Oh, I'm sorry, dear. Did you have a nice time?

345
00:16:20,540 --> 00:16:24,540
Lovely. Everybody sends their love. That's good.

346
00:16:24,540 --> 00:16:27,540
What have you two been up to? How's Mary, James?

347
00:16:27,540 --> 00:16:30,540
Oh, very well, thank you.

348
00:16:30,540 --> 00:16:33,540
What a fine pair of sober sides you are.

349
00:16:33,540 --> 00:16:36,540
What did you do, darling? Break one of my good dishes?

350
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I knew I shouldn't have left you alone.

351
00:16:38,540 --> 00:16:42,540
Well, what are we standing in the hall for? Let's go in the living...

352
00:16:42,540 --> 00:16:44,540
Elizabeth, I must be going.

353
00:16:44,540 --> 00:16:47,540
Mary will be wondering, particularly if the phone's out of order.

354
00:16:47,540 --> 00:16:49,540
It's raining very hard. No, no, I'll be all right.

355
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You'll take an umbrella. There's one in the kitchen.

356
00:16:52,540 --> 00:16:54,540
Are you going to tell her? No.

357
00:16:54,540 --> 00:16:57,540
If you want, unstrap it from the table, will you? Not yet.

358
00:16:57,540 --> 00:17:00,540
All right, I'll try to come back later. I want to think.

359
00:17:00,540 --> 00:17:01,540
About what?

360
00:17:01,540 --> 00:17:04,540
You've changed since you came to see me this afternoon.

361
00:17:04,540 --> 00:17:06,540
You really don't care what I think now, do you?

362
00:17:06,540 --> 00:17:09,540
I suppose not. Thanks anyway, James.

363
00:17:09,540 --> 00:17:11,540
Are you going to let it live?

364
00:17:11,540 --> 00:17:14,540
That's funny from you. Have I the right to kill it?

365
00:17:14,540 --> 00:17:17,540
You've already done something you had no right to do.

366
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Something that you don't even understand.

367
00:17:19,540 --> 00:17:22,540
The creation of man isn't your job, it isn't mine.

368
00:17:22,540 --> 00:17:24,540
I know your bright scientific mind's laughing at me.

369
00:17:24,540 --> 00:17:26,540
Here's the umbrella, James.

370
00:17:26,540 --> 00:17:28,540
But I wish you'd wait until the storm blows over.

371
00:17:28,540 --> 00:17:31,540
No, I really must get back. Thank you, Elizabeth.

372
00:17:31,540 --> 00:17:34,540
I'll return it tomorrow. Good-bye.

373
00:17:36,540 --> 00:17:38,540
Well, what's the matter with him?

374
00:17:38,540 --> 00:17:41,540
Have you been arguing religion again, Victor?

375
00:17:41,540 --> 00:17:45,540
No, dear. Look, I'm doing a little work in the lab.

376
00:17:45,540 --> 00:17:47,540
It's rather important, do you mind?

377
00:17:47,540 --> 00:17:49,540
What is going on, Victor? There's something.

378
00:17:49,540 --> 00:17:51,540
No, dear, nothing at all. There is...

379
00:17:51,540 --> 00:17:53,540
I know there is. What's the matter?

380
00:17:53,540 --> 00:18:16,540
Nothing, dear, really. I've got to get back to work now.

381
00:18:23,540 --> 00:18:26,540
It broke the straps. It got off the table.

382
00:18:26,540 --> 00:18:28,540
It broke the straps.

383
00:18:28,540 --> 00:18:32,540
It's just standing there, looking at me.

384
00:18:32,540 --> 00:18:38,540
What do I do? Talk to it? What do I say?

385
00:18:38,540 --> 00:18:42,540
Can it understand I've done it? I've done it?

386
00:18:42,540 --> 00:18:44,540
I've done it.

387
00:18:44,540 --> 00:18:46,540
I've done it.

388
00:18:46,540 --> 00:18:48,540
I've done it.

389
00:18:48,540 --> 00:18:50,540
I've done it.

390
00:18:50,540 --> 00:18:54,540
Can it understand I've done it? I've done it?

391
00:18:54,540 --> 00:18:56,540
It's almost perfect.

392
00:18:56,540 --> 00:18:58,540
Muscular control.

393
00:18:58,540 --> 00:19:00,540
Coordination.

394
00:19:00,540 --> 00:19:03,540
I wish I'd finished the face, though.

395
00:19:03,540 --> 00:19:05,540
It must be terribly strong.

396
00:19:05,540 --> 00:19:07,540
That's odd.

397
00:19:07,540 --> 00:19:10,540
It's not over average size.

398
00:19:10,540 --> 00:19:12,540
Now what?

399
00:19:12,540 --> 00:19:15,540
Can you understand what I say?

400
00:19:15,540 --> 00:19:19,540
Do you feel any pain? Are you hungry?

401
00:19:19,540 --> 00:19:22,540
I'm a man like you. You are a man.

402
00:19:22,540 --> 00:19:25,540
Do you understand?

403
00:19:25,540 --> 00:19:28,540
Here.

404
00:19:28,540 --> 00:19:30,540
This is a mirror.

405
00:19:30,540 --> 00:19:33,540
You can see yourself in it. Look.

406
00:19:33,540 --> 00:19:42,540
It's all right. It's all right.

407
00:19:42,540 --> 00:19:44,540
It's angry.

408
00:19:44,540 --> 00:19:47,540
But it doesn't show anger in its face.

409
00:19:47,540 --> 00:19:49,540
There's emotion, though.

410
00:19:49,540 --> 00:19:52,540
It sees ugliness and is afraid.

411
00:19:52,540 --> 00:19:55,540
I'll have to get it back on the table, put it to sleep.

412
00:19:55,540 --> 00:19:57,540
That's the best I can do.

413
00:19:57,540 --> 00:19:59,540
I'm afraid of it.

414
00:19:59,540 --> 00:20:01,540
I'm afraid of it.

415
00:20:01,540 --> 00:20:03,540
I'll have to get it back on the table, put it to sleep.

416
00:20:03,540 --> 00:20:05,540
That's the best way.

417
00:20:05,540 --> 00:20:09,540
Then use a stronger strap or chain.

418
00:20:09,540 --> 00:20:17,540
The eyes, just staring, they seem watery.

419
00:20:17,540 --> 00:20:22,540
What a marvel it is, though.

420
00:20:22,540 --> 00:20:24,540
I want you to come over here and sit down.

421
00:20:24,540 --> 00:20:26,540
Do you hear me?

422
00:20:26,540 --> 00:20:29,540
Come here and sit down.

423
00:20:29,540 --> 00:20:31,540
Come here.

424
00:20:31,540 --> 00:20:34,540
No, don't touch that. No, stop it.

425
00:20:34,540 --> 00:21:03,540
Stop it, put it down.

426
00:21:03,540 --> 00:21:17,540
Victor.

427
00:21:17,540 --> 00:21:19,540
Victor.

428
00:21:19,540 --> 00:21:21,540
Victor.

429
00:21:21,540 --> 00:21:23,540
Victor.

430
00:21:23,540 --> 00:21:34,540
Victor.

431
00:21:34,540 --> 00:21:37,540
Victor, I heard some noise upstairs.

432
00:21:37,540 --> 00:21:39,540
What's happened to you?

433
00:21:39,540 --> 00:21:41,540
Who broke the window?

434
00:21:41,540 --> 00:21:42,540
The window.

435
00:21:42,540 --> 00:21:43,540
Oh, Victor.

436
00:21:43,540 --> 00:21:45,540
What's the matter, dear? What's happened?

437
00:21:45,540 --> 00:21:47,540
Did you see anyone?

438
00:21:47,540 --> 00:21:49,540
No. Did someone break in?

439
00:21:49,540 --> 00:21:52,540
Elizabeth, don't ask me any questions.

440
00:21:52,540 --> 00:21:54,540
Just do what I ask.

441
00:21:54,540 --> 00:21:55,540
Put your coat on.

442
00:21:55,540 --> 00:21:56,540
Why?

443
00:21:56,540 --> 00:21:57,540
I'm taking you over to the Gibsons.

444
00:21:57,540 --> 00:21:58,540
I want you to stay there.

445
00:21:58,540 --> 00:22:00,540
Oh, why? Why? What is it?

446
00:22:00,540 --> 00:22:01,540
Oh, Victor, please.

447
00:22:01,540 --> 00:22:04,540
I can't... I can't tell you about it now.

448
00:22:04,540 --> 00:22:06,540
You may have to stay there all night.

449
00:22:06,540 --> 00:22:16,540
Hurry, please.

450
00:22:16,540 --> 00:22:18,540
We've got to call the police.

451
00:22:18,540 --> 00:22:20,540
No, they'll shoot it. I don't want that.

452
00:22:20,540 --> 00:22:21,540
It's just frightened, that's all.

453
00:22:21,540 --> 00:22:22,540
Stop being a fool, Victor.

454
00:22:22,540 --> 00:22:23,540
Do you realize what it means?

455
00:22:23,540 --> 00:22:25,540
That thing roaming about the country?

456
00:22:25,540 --> 00:22:27,540
What about the children? Everybody in the village?

457
00:22:27,540 --> 00:22:28,540
I'm going to get the police.

458
00:22:28,540 --> 00:22:30,540
No, please, James.

459
00:22:30,540 --> 00:22:32,540
Give me a chance to find it first.

460
00:22:32,540 --> 00:22:33,540
Then what?

461
00:22:33,540 --> 00:22:36,540
You do a few more experiments, give it speech, perhaps,

462
00:22:36,540 --> 00:22:37,540
and it happens again?

463
00:22:37,540 --> 00:22:39,540
It's mine. I made it.

464
00:22:39,540 --> 00:22:40,540
I'm not thinking of that now.

465
00:22:40,540 --> 00:22:41,540
It's Mary and your wife.

466
00:22:41,540 --> 00:22:43,540
We don't even know where it is.

467
00:22:43,540 --> 00:22:46,540
If it wants to kill, how do you know where it will start?

468
00:22:46,540 --> 00:22:48,540
All right. Just give me an hour.

469
00:22:48,540 --> 00:22:50,540
Let me try to find it before we call the police.

470
00:22:50,540 --> 00:22:54,540
If I do, I'll take it back and destroy it myself.

471
00:22:54,540 --> 00:22:55,540
Do you give me your word?

472
00:22:55,540 --> 00:22:57,540
Yes.

473
00:22:57,540 --> 00:22:59,540
All right. I'll go with you.

474
00:22:59,540 --> 00:23:00,540
Thanks, James.

475
00:23:00,540 --> 00:23:02,540
I'll get my rifle. Do you have a gun?

476
00:23:02,540 --> 00:23:05,540
Yes. But I'm not going to use it unless it...

477
00:23:05,540 --> 00:23:09,540
Yes, unless. That's why I'll take mine, Chambimont.

478
00:23:17,540 --> 00:23:19,540
It's getting dark.

479
00:23:19,540 --> 00:23:21,540
Where do you think it might have gone?

480
00:23:21,540 --> 00:23:22,540
It's hard to tell.

481
00:23:22,540 --> 00:23:24,540
It's afraid of thunder.

482
00:23:24,540 --> 00:23:25,540
It might be hiding in the barn.

483
00:23:25,540 --> 00:23:26,540
The old Hamilton place?

484
00:23:26,540 --> 00:23:27,540
Yes.

485
00:23:27,540 --> 00:23:29,540
How are you going to capture it, if you thought of that?

486
00:23:29,540 --> 00:23:31,540
I brought along a hypodermic.

487
00:23:31,540 --> 00:23:33,540
You're not afraid anymore, are you?

488
00:23:33,540 --> 00:23:34,540
No.

489
00:23:34,540 --> 00:23:36,540
That's strange, because I am.

490
00:23:36,540 --> 00:23:38,540
Not of what it might do to me,

491
00:23:38,540 --> 00:23:40,540
but because of the fact that I've seen it.

492
00:23:40,540 --> 00:23:42,540
I know it exists.

493
00:23:44,540 --> 00:23:45,540
There's the barn.

494
00:23:45,540 --> 00:23:48,540
If it's in there, there's no way out the back way.

495
00:23:48,540 --> 00:23:49,540
It was boarded up, wasn't it?

496
00:23:49,540 --> 00:23:50,540
Yes.

497
00:23:50,540 --> 00:23:51,540
I'll go in.

498
00:23:51,540 --> 00:23:52,540
Wait out here, will you?

499
00:23:52,540 --> 00:23:53,540
No, I'm coming with you.

500
00:23:53,540 --> 00:23:56,540
No. If it's in there, if it tries to escape,

501
00:23:56,540 --> 00:23:58,540
shoot it as it comes out.

502
00:23:58,540 --> 00:24:00,540
Don't take the chance. It won't let you get near.

503
00:24:00,540 --> 00:24:02,540
I'm going to try.

504
00:24:02,540 --> 00:24:04,540
Thanks, James.

505
00:24:04,540 --> 00:24:07,540
I lied. I am afraid.

506
00:24:07,540 --> 00:24:11,540
And if it's in here, hiding, waiting for me,

507
00:24:11,540 --> 00:24:13,540
I am afraid.

508
00:24:13,540 --> 00:24:16,540
I should have destroyed it.

509
00:24:16,540 --> 00:24:19,540
James was right.

510
00:24:19,540 --> 00:24:22,540
What's the matter with this flashlight?

511
00:24:22,540 --> 00:24:24,540
It's not working.

512
00:24:24,540 --> 00:24:26,540
It's not working.

513
00:24:26,540 --> 00:24:28,540
It's not working.

514
00:24:28,540 --> 00:24:30,540
It's not working.

515
00:24:30,540 --> 00:24:32,540
It's not working.

516
00:24:32,540 --> 00:24:34,540
What's the matter with this flashlight?

517
00:24:34,540 --> 00:24:35,540
It's wet.

518
00:24:35,540 --> 00:24:37,540
Ah, that's better.

519
00:24:38,540 --> 00:24:40,540
What's that?

520
00:24:40,540 --> 00:24:42,540
In the corner.

521
00:24:56,540 --> 00:24:59,540
I won't hurt you. It's all right.

522
00:24:59,540 --> 00:25:01,540
I understand.

523
00:25:01,540 --> 00:25:03,540
I won't hurt you.

524
00:25:03,540 --> 00:25:05,540
Don't be frightened.

525
00:25:05,540 --> 00:25:07,540
It's going to be all right.

526
00:25:08,540 --> 00:25:10,540
You'll hardly feel this.

527
00:25:10,540 --> 00:25:32,540
It won't hurt.

528
00:25:32,540 --> 00:25:34,540
Victor! Victor!

529
00:25:34,540 --> 00:25:36,540
Did you shoot it?

530
00:25:36,540 --> 00:25:39,540
I'm not sure. I might have hit it. I don't know.

531
00:25:39,540 --> 00:25:40,540
It's gone.

532
00:25:40,540 --> 00:25:42,540
Yes, are you?

533
00:25:42,540 --> 00:25:44,540
Victor.

534
00:25:44,540 --> 00:25:46,540
Victor.

535
00:25:48,540 --> 00:25:50,540
Oh, Victor.

536
00:25:59,540 --> 00:26:01,540
He never recovered consciousness again.

537
00:26:01,540 --> 00:26:05,540
Outside I looked for the thing I'd shot at.

538
00:26:05,540 --> 00:26:07,540
But there was no sign of it.

539
00:26:07,540 --> 00:26:09,540
I returned to the lab and burnt every paper,

540
00:26:09,540 --> 00:26:14,540
destroyed every single evidence of Victor Frankenstein's terrible experiment.

541
00:26:14,540 --> 00:26:18,540
But the result of that experiment has never been found.

542
00:26:18,540 --> 00:26:47,540
Nor have I been able yet to convince the authorities that such a thing ever existed.

543
00:26:48,540 --> 00:26:50,540
Suspense.

544
00:26:50,540 --> 00:26:55,540
Presented by Auto Light. Tonight's star, Mr. Herbert Marshall.

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This is Harlow Wilcox speaking for Auto Light,

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world's largest independent manufacturer of automotive electrical equipment.

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Auto Light is proud to serve the greatest names in the industry.

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They are members of the Auto Light family,

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as well as at the 98,000 Auto Light distributors and dealers in the United States,

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and thousands more in Canada and throughout the world.

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Our family also includes the nearly 30,000 men and women in 28 great Auto Light plants from coast to coast,

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and Auto Light plants in many foreign countries,

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as well as the 18,000 people who have invested a portion of their savings in Auto Light.

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Every Auto Light product is backed by constant research

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and precision built to the highest standards of quality and performance.

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So remember, from bumper to tail light, you're always right with Auto Light.

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Next week, a story based on fact, terrifying in its truth.

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The dramatic report of a man returning home to find he now lives in a frightened city.

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Our star, Mr. Frank Lovejoy.

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The program will be heard on Suspense.

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Tonight's story was adapted for Suspense by Anthony Ellis.

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Suspense is transcribed and directed by Elliot Lewis.

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Music was written by Lucian Morawick and conducted by Lud Gluskin.

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In tonight's cast, Joseph Kearns was heard as James Gibson,

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Paula Winslow was Elizabeth, and Paul Frese, the monster.

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Herbert Marshall is soon to be seen in the RKO radio picture, The Bystander.

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Remember next week, Mr. Frank Lovejoy in The Frightened City.

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You can buy Auto Light resistor or standard type spark plugs,

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Auto Light staple batteries, and Auto Light electrical parts

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at your neighborhood Auto Light dealers.

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Switch to Auto Light.

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Your vote is important to you and your country.

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If you are eligible, don't forget or neglect to vote tomorrow.

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Remember, one vote can make the difference.

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This is the CBS Radio Network.