1. The Four of Us Are Dying
First Aired: 1 January 1960
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2. There is a fifth dimension.
Beyond that which is known to man.
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3. It is a dimension as vast as space.
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4. And as timeless as infinity.
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5. It is the middle ground
between light and shadow...
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6. between science and superstition.
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7. And it lies between
the pit of man's fears...
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8. and the summit of his knowledge.
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9. This is the dimension
of imagination.
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10. It is an area which we call:
The Twilight Zone.
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11. His name is Arch Hammer.
He's 36 years old.
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12. He's been a salesman, a con man,
a bookie and a part-time bartender.
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13. This is a cheap man, with a
cheapness that goes past the suit.
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14. A cheapness of mind,
a cheapness of taste.
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15. A tawdry little shine on
the seat of his conscience.
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16. And a dark, groomed squint in a world
whose sunlight hasn't reached him.
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17. But Mr Hammer has a talent
discovered at a very early age.
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18. This much he does have.
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19. He can make his face change.
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20. He can twitch a muscle.
Move a jaw.
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21. Concentrate on the cast
of his eyes...
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22. and he can change his face.
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23. He can change it into
anything he wants.
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24. Mr Archie Hammer, jack of all
trades, has just checked in...
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25. with two bags, some newspaper
clippings, a most odd talent...
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26. and a master plan to
destroy some lives.
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27. Hey, Maggie.
- Hey, sport, unravel the flesh.
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28. Come, have a little drink.
- I'd love one.
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29. Very, very solitary. All by my
lonesome if you don't mind.
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30. If you don't drink well,
don't drink.
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31. Johnny.
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32. Johnny, are you a ghost?
- Sure, a ghost.
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33. I just came down to check the
mourners, read the obituaries.
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34. How did they feel about the
deceased? What kind of tears?
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35. You came to the right place, Johnny.
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36. I have a roomful of buckets.
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37. I heard it on the radio one night.
Just like that.
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38. 'Death as it must come to all men...
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39. 'came to talented
musician Johnny Foster.
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40. Tragic accident, train hitting car.'
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41. I just sat there and I cried.
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42. And the...
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43. I washed my face and...
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44. put on some makeup and went to work.
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45. But everything had changed for me.
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46. My repertoire became very limited.
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47. Only booze.
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48. Only sad songs for piano or bourbon.
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49. Oh, Johnny.
I don't care if you are a ghost.
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50. Nah. It was another guy.
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51. My car, my suit.
Maybe we even had the same dentist.
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52. Why didn't you tell people that?
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53. I wanted to get way from the world.
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54. From that.
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55. I decided to trade in the old name.
Turn it in for something different.
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56. You were always a funny guy.
Way-out Johnny Foster.
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57. Well...
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58. are you satisfied with the reaction?
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59. Mourning becomes you, Mag.
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60. Me and Electra.
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61. So how long you with us?
Is this a stop between trains?
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62. In a way, for me, it is. For you,
it's get-out-of-town night.
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63. You've got time for six
choruses and a check-out?
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64. You're going with me, Mag.
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65. We'll go to Chicago or Detroit.
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66. We'll go to San Francisco, huh?
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67. We'll have a ball. Everything
by ear. But great, Maggie,
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68. Just the two of us.
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69. Oh, hey, Johnny, I love you.
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70. You name it, you've got it.
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71. Hey, Johnny.
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72. You put me back together gain.
And I love you.
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73. You finish up here.
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74. You tell him you're cutting out.
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75. I'll meet you at the railroad
station. I'll get the tickets.
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76. 12:06, Maggie.
Westbound for Chicago.
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77. Be there.
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78. I'll be there, Johnny.
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79. Johnny.
Hey, Johnny.
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80. Didn't you tangle with a train?
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81. Man, I thought you was
out of the world.
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82. We all got the wrong word.
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83. They said you were removed by a
locomotive. It's so great to see you.
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84. Let me light you a cigarette.
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85. I'll take the light but
you got the wrong guy.
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86. I'm really sorry, buddy, I...
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87. I thought you were the guy
I'd just seen in the bar.
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88. I'm really sorry.
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89. Why not a beautiful dame?
Why not?
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90. I never had a dish like that.
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91. I've never been loved like that.
Why shouldn't I?
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92. Yeah, Maggie.
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93. Why not?
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94. How was the water, Baby?
Was it cold?
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95. When did it hurt?
When you laughed?
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96. Excuse me, sir. Mr Penell is
not at home this evening.
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97. Who is it, Ramon?
- It's me, Mr Penell.
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98. Picture tubes are expensive.
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99. You can always get yourself
another beer. Imported, isn't it?
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100. I always liked your taste.
The taste of a very rich man.
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101. Neat but not gaudy.
Please. Don't.
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102. Just sit down there and we'll talk.
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103. We'll have a business meeting,
you and me.
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104. Virgil, this is the
happiest day of my life.
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105. Then why do you look like somebody
with lemon juice in your beer?
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106. No, you're not so happy.
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107. You got no reason to be happy.
Believe me, Mr Penell, I know.
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108. You've got no reason to be happy.
No reason at all.
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109. If you could have kept me in the
river, a cold item without a voice...
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110. then you could have been happy. But
this dead body came back to bite you.
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111. Virg, you got me wrong, Virg.
- I held up my end of the bargain.
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112. And instead of the payoff,
all I got was the river.
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113. And that river was cold. Far too
cold for this time of the year.
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114. Lousy swimming. Especially when
you're almost out of blood.
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115. I brought back a satchel for you.
There was a lot of money in it.
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116. It was a real risky job. I figure
my cut is more than a cold swim.
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117. Virg, listen. I got your cut, kid.
It's right over there in the desk.
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118. I'll take care of my own cut,
Mr Penell. What drawer?
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119. The center drawer.
There's an envelope full of money.
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120. Why don't you let me get it for you?
- Why don't you shut up?
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121. You said this was for me?
- Twenty percent of it, Virg.
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122. The cut is still the same.
I always live up to my contracts.
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123. Only now there's interest. For
floating face down I charge interest.
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124. For getting three bullets in
my belly I charge interest.
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125. I'll take it all.
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126. Virg.
- Yeah?
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127. Did somebody fish you out before...?
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128. Did somebody fish me out before I'd
had it? Is that the question?
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129. No, Mr Penell. That's not
the way it happened at all.
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130. I'm a ghost.
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131. Get that guy, he's a fake.
Get him.
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132. I've got to make it.
Change my face.
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133. Gotta look different.
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134. Think of a face.
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135. What the...
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136. What did I do?
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137. Why are you guys trying to
finger me? I mean, what goes?
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138. I didn't do nothing to you guys.
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139. Nothing, buddy.
We thought you were somebody else.
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140. Andy.
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141. Andy.
- Who?
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142. Andy, what's the matter with you?
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143. Oh, Andy. Yeah, I get it.
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144. What's new with you?
How's the journalism business?
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145. What's the matter with you?
Something wrong with your mind?
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146. You punchy, Andy?
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147. Yeah, I'm punchy.
Why, am I supposed to recognize you?
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148. Yeah. I guess you would.
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149. We met someplace before, huh?
- That's right.
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150. It was a long time ago, though.
I don't remember you, old man.
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151. How do I know you?
- How do you know me?
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152. As a son should know his father.
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153. What kind of a game are
you playing, Andy?
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154. I'm your son?
- You were.
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155. Before you ran out. Before you
broke your mother's heart.
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156. Before you did dirt to a sweet,
decent little girl...
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157. who would have cut off
an arm for you.
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158. But now you ain't my son.
Now you ain't nothing to me.
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159. I hate your guts.
Do you hear me?
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160. I hate your guts.
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161. If things go down hard,
you just walk away, huh, Andy?
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162. People get in your way
you just kick them away, huh?
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163. Hey, everybody,
look what we got here.
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164. Andy Marshak. A dirty little punk.
Look at the dirty little punk.
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165. Everybody, look.
Spit in his mother's eye, this one.
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166. Ruined a girl's life, this one.
Hurt people all the time.
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167. Hey, everybody, look.
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168. Look at him.
Look at the punk.
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169. Look at Andy Marshak.
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170. Look at the monster.
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171. Look at my son.
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172. That where you generally stand,
behind the door?
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173. When somebody I don't know
unlocks my door, yeah.
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174. Arch Hammer, huh? Detroit, Michigan.
- I never been there.
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175. Neither was Henry Ford.
You're down for a bunco rap, Hammer.
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176. I gotta put you on the book. You can
make two calls on the station.
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177. Can I get my coat?
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178. Be my guest.
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179. Where is it, Hammer? Up on the roof?
- In the closet.
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180. Let's go.
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181. Hey, wait a minute.
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182. What do you... I'm sorry. Did you
see a guy come out of there?
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183. No.
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184. Hey, old man.
- You've got such a debt, Andy.
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185. You owe her for so many years.
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186. You owe her for so many things.
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187. And now, you pay off, son.
- Hey, now. Wait a minute.
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188. I swear to you,
you got the wrong guy.
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189. I got the right guy.
- No, please, wait.
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190. Put the gun down now.
I'll show you, honest.
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191. But I gotta think.
I gotta concentrate.
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192. Just put the gun down. You'll see.
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193. I gotta concentrate.
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194. It was Arch Hammer, a cheap little
man, who had just checked in.
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195. He was Johnny Foster, who played a
trumpet and was loved beyond words.
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196. He was Virgil Sterig,
with money in his pocket.
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197. He was Andy Marshak...
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198. who got some of his agony back on a
sidewalk in front of a cheap hotel.
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199. Hammer, Foster, Sterig, Marshak.
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200. And all four of them were dying.
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