May 14, 2024 • 51 mins
Sears Radio Theater was a radio drama anthology series which ran weeknights on CBS Radio in 1979, sponsored by the Sears chain. Often paired with The CBS Radio Mystery Theater during its first season, the program offered a different genre of drama for each evening's broadcast.In January 1980, the program moved from CBS to the Mutual Broadcasting System and was renamed Mutual Radio Theater. The Mutual series broadcast repeats from the CBS run until September 1980, when a short season of new dramas was presented. Sears continued as a sponsor during the Mutual run.
The program turned out to be Mutual's final radio drama series. Mutual continued to broadcast repeats of the program (along with a few previously unaired episodes) until December 1981.Monday was "Western Night" and was hosted by Lorne Greene. Tuesday was "Comedy Night", hosted by Andy Griffith. Wednesday was "Mystery Night" with Vincent Price as host. Thursday was "Love and Hate Night" with Cicely Tyson doing honors as host. Finally, Friday brought "Adventure Night", first hosted by Richard Widmark and later by Howard Duff and finally by Leonard Nimoy.Several actors from the Golden Age of Radio were featured on the series.
Among the actors heard were Jim Jordan, Henry Morgan, Daws Butler, June Foray, Parley Baer, Mary Jane Croft, Howard Culver, John Dehner, Joan McCall, Don Diamond, Virginia Gregg, Janet Waldo, Vic Perrin, Hans Conried, Marvin Miller, Elliott Lewis, Jeff Corey, Lesley Woods, Robert Rockwell, Lurene Tuttle, Eve Arden, Keith Andes, Harriet Nelson, Alan Young, Tom Bosley, Marion Ross, Lloyd Bochner, Rick Jason, Frank Campanella, Toni Tennille, Arthur Hill, Dan O'Herlihy, Jesse White and Frank Nelson.[1] Veteran radio actress Peggy Webber was heard on 52 episodes.The program was produced and directed by Fletcher Markle and Elliott Lewis. The theme music was composed and conducted by Nelson Riddle
The program turned out to be Mutual's final radio drama series. Mutual continued to broadcast repeats of the program (along with a few previously unaired episodes) until December 1981.Monday was "Western Night" and was hosted by Lorne Greene. Tuesday was "Comedy Night", hosted by Andy Griffith. Wednesday was "Mystery Night" with Vincent Price as host. Thursday was "Love and Hate Night" with Cicely Tyson doing honors as host. Finally, Friday brought "Adventure Night", first hosted by Richard Widmark and later by Howard Duff and finally by Leonard Nimoy.Several actors from the Golden Age of Radio were featured on the series.
Among the actors heard were Jim Jordan, Henry Morgan, Daws Butler, June Foray, Parley Baer, Mary Jane Croft, Howard Culver, John Dehner, Joan McCall, Don Diamond, Virginia Gregg, Janet Waldo, Vic Perrin, Hans Conried, Marvin Miller, Elliott Lewis, Jeff Corey, Lesley Woods, Robert Rockwell, Lurene Tuttle, Eve Arden, Keith Andes, Harriet Nelson, Alan Young, Tom Bosley, Marion Ross, Lloyd Bochner, Rick Jason, Frank Campanella, Toni Tennille, Arthur Hill, Dan O'Herlihy, Jesse White and Frank Nelson.[1] Veteran radio actress Peggy Webber was heard on 52 episodes.The program was produced and directed by Fletcher Markle and Elliott Lewis. The theme music was composed and conducted by Nelson Riddle
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And on Thursday, sisterly Tyson willenthrall you with tales of love and hate
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program. This is Richard Widmark.You're flying over a small tropical country in
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of civil war or political upheaval.Once occupied by the Belgians, in the
French and the British, it isnow in the hands of its native people,
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or perhaps I should say, inthe hands of Mandu Ranana, the
self appointed president. The name ofthe country isn't important. What is important
is the sound of those engines,A sound that has pilot Dell Hall dripping
in sweat, his knuckles bone whiteas he fights to keep his DC three
cargo transport in the air for justa few more miles, a precious few
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seconds longer. Sambali toower Douglas oneone six niner tango over simballytower Douglas one
one six nin tango over Tion zerosix zero altitude speed nine or five nights.
I have engine malfunctioning. Request emergencylanding instructions. Acknowledge over Roger,
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Commission to land denied, Proceed toMarpura Airport. What say again over themission
to land denied? Proceed negative negative. I've got five passages on board here.
I can't make it to another SIMBALIpower, I have engine failure ready
or not. I'm coming in mayday, may day. And that's only
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the pilot fought to hold the craftin the glide, which would bring
him to the air strip. Hecould see from the thick jungle growth below.
He was nearly clear almost three ofthe tree tops reaching for him,
when one last limb caught his rightwing. A plane spun to the right,
and a minute the wheels touched thelanding strip. The crafts skidded to
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a stop against an ancient storage filleft there a generation ago by soldiers no
longer living. The side and frontof the plane were crushed. The passengers
survived. I'm losing her. I'mlosing her. I can't control I'm losing
your. Captain, Hall, wakeup, wake up. You're dreaming.
Huh, captain, you were dreaminga nightmare. You're all right now.
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We landed. I thought we wereall going to end up like Chris Bacon.
I I must be a better pilotthan I thought. Oh oh,
oh my head. Don't touch it. It wouldn't be hard to get an
infection in a place like this.I must have corrected against the overhead.
Well, I've managed to stop thebleeding. Now if you could just stop
the throbbing. How are the others? Few cuts and bruises, Mister Rosen
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got the worst of it. Sprainto risk. How are you feeling,
mister Rosen, I'm fine, justa little tired if a tired tailor is
not used to such excitement. Butyou should help the captain. He needs
medical attention. I'm just a littlegroggy. Say where are we This doesn't
look much like a hospital. It'sa prison, that's what it is.
And I'll tell you one thing.I am not going to let them get
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away with locking me up in thisfilthy stink hole. Imagine a man in
my position in prison when the embassypeople find out on her house. I
don't want to rein on your parade. Mister Franklin P. Butler, Trent's
allied industry. Well, I'm sorryto disappoint you, Butler, but the
United States broke off diplomatic relations withthis country six months ago. What it's
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incredible. Do you mean there's noembassy here, no one to look after
our rights. I mean we're inone hell of a fix. Well,
I'm holding you responsible for this,captain, and you'd better start thinking of
a way. I guess. Oh, quiet, can't you see he's hurt.
Let the poor man rest. Thankshere, you are sticking up for
me, and I don't even knowyour name. Elizabeth, Elizabeth saw me.
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You know he's right though you peopleshouldn't be here. I fly cargo
and not people. If I hadn'tbeen so greedy to pick up a few
extra bucks. Nonsense, We missedour connection and we would have been stranded
in pretory if it hadn't been foryou. Well, I just wish I
knew why they threw us in prison. Well, I'm afraid they didn't give
us a clue. None of uswanted to argue with the armed guards.
We just did as they ordered.I'm Jeff Tanner, Captain. The guard
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told me to collect all the passports. They've already confiscated my camera equipment.
What do they want with our passport? Better do as he says. Here's
mine Tanner. Here's mine. I'llsee if I can get mister Rosen's without
waking. I couldn't help overhearing you, captain. Look, will you call
me Dell. I think our imprisonmentmight be political. Well it's not a
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very sure, he thought, especiallywith Mando Ranana running things. I'd like
to pump that guard when he comes. See if you can tell us anything
good idea. I'll let you knowwhen he shows up. House the view
Oh, oh, sorry, Ididn't mean to startle yet. Oh I'm
just a little edgy. I guessthe view isn't very good, just a
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green jungle as far as you cansee. My name's Jeff Tanner, Ann
Fraser. I'll need your passport forthe guard. Anne. Of course,
there you are. Thanks. I'venever been in prison before. This isn't
much as prisons go. A coupleof wooden benches for coal, walls and
some straw on the floor, probablybuilt by the British. It has a
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dungeony feel to it. You soundlike an expert. No, just an
ex anthropology major. I was injail a couple of times back in the
States. Don't worry, I'm nota hard and criminal. It was for
protesting the war. At least itwas for something you believed in. Then
you stood up for your convictions.Well, actually it was for something I
didn't believe in, killing people.That's why I joined the Peace Corps.
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Funny how it worked out. How'sthat? Well? I thought of it
just as a draft dodge, butI found I liked it In Africa,
I felt needed. I guess thePeace Corps was what I was looking for
all along. Anyway, I've beenhere for about eight years now, what
about you? Nothing as altruistic asthe Peace Corps. I'm doing field work
for my master's degree in political science. Strange place to do research, not
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really. My thesis is on thefuture role of the Third World nations in
the modern political structure. As amatter of fact, this is one of
the countries I wanted to visit,but they wouldn't let me across the border.
Well you got your wish after all. Unfortunately, I'm researching ideologies,
not penal systems. Well, theGuard's coming to see here. What's your
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name, Turima? Do you haveany idea who you got locked in here?
I'm an important man and I've donea great deal of business with your
president Ranana. He's not going tobe very happy when he finds out I'm
in here. What kind of businessdid you say you were in? Butler?
Well, I import certain products?What kind of products, Jerema,
I demand that you release us immediately. You have all the fast sports?
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Yes, here they are. I'mCaptain Hall, the pilot. I'd like
to know why my passages and Iare being held prisoner. I'm told you
landed without permission, but we brokeno law. If anything, you people
are guilty of the NIAMI landing permissionin an emergency. That is not my
decision for now. You will allcome with me. A lot's more like
it. What are we doing outhere? Looks like some kind of exercise
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yards. Yes, now you willhave exercise. You may walk about for
a little while. Swell, nothinglike a brisk walk around, a hot,
dusty chrism. At least we cantake advantage of the fresh A good
idea. No telling when they mightlet us out again. You're not going
to walk down, No, Ithink I'll just sit here in the shade.
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Mind if I join you. Idon't feel much like walking myself,
Oh not at all? Tied yourhead? Oh better? Thanks yet?
You know, I get the feelingI've met you somewhere, but I can't
remember. Do you spend much timein Pretoria? Oh? This is my
first visit to Africa. I'm ona photography assignment for a magazine, photography,
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photography. That's it. You're amodel, aren't you. I was
at one time. Yeah, andyou used to do those use those those
car layouts, the ones would beYet that was ten years ago, at
least I was just starting out tenyears Yeah, that'd be about right.
My parents sent me all kinds ofmagazines when I was in Vietnam. You
know that ad you did was taperight over my bunk. I used to
dream about going home and buying oneof those sports jobs and driving off with
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the girl I'm glad of. Doyou remember me after all this time?
How come if you get someone asbeautiful as you? Well, what I
mean is well, dreaming about youused to keep me from going crazy.
And then so did you get thecar? No? I never did,
just couldn't stay putting the job longenough to make any money too. Restless.
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Must have been a tough readjustment afterVietnam. Well, they say war
is like a narcotic for some guys, they can't get used to no longer
making life and death decisions. Afterthey turned the vision, they missed the
high, the living on the edge. You know, Is that what happened
to you? Yeah? Yeah,I felt like a fool. So I
came to Africa with some wild ideaof finding adventure. So what do I
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end up doing? Houlding machine partsback and forth and no crate that should
have been on the junk heap yearsago. That sounds like it is.
Hey, hey, hol did youhear that? Panic? Butler? Those
shots are about a half a mileaway, but they could get closer,
couldn't they? I think for youare safe here, Miss Salmon's hope.
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So that doesn't seem to be disturbingthat DREAMA fellow he and that other guard
he's talking too hardly seemed to havenoticed. They're probably used to it by
now. I could never get usedto that sound. Well, my guess
is Rahmana's boys are flushing out rebelsin my life. I have to say,
I don't know much about this countryin Israel. They have enough our
own problems to worry about. Butthis name Ranana, I have a Oh,
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everybody's heard about Mando Ranana. He'spracticing to become another hitler. What
you don't seem to understand, Tanner, is that since Rnanda took power,
then said it than he took power. That's what all the shooting is about.
Out there. Renana wasn't elected bythe people. He named himself president
after he assassinated his own uncle.Great leaders have to seize power. So
to the dangerous fans, I neversaid I can done his methods. Now,
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what do you really know about it. You haven't seen the refugees fleeing
out of this country like I havebeaten and maimed. You haven't heard the
horror stories about the mass executions andthe brutal torturings. So don't try to
sell me better keep quiet about Rhana'scheerful personality. Here comes the guard.
All right, you have enough exercise. Back now, home, sweet home.
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I promise you there's going to behell to pay when we get out
of here. If we get outof here, I will come back later
with food. For now, Ileave you alone, so you can prepare,
prepare, prepare for one to die. You will all be executed today,
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your heart and your hear love?Seems to me I had to remind her
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter DaySaints. They stood stunned, staring in
disbelief at the empassive guard. Theylook toward one another, hoping they're not
hurt. The guard must have beenused to such a reaction. He repeated
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what he'd said. By President Ranana'sorders, an example is to be made.
You will all be executed. Executed. My god, that guard wasn't
serious. It is not an ideaof a joke. Right must be a
can't this can't be tool can tellus this is a nightmare? Yeah,
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just a nightmare. We're all goingto be killed. We're all going to
die. Sanana can't just tell uswe haven't done anything. We're American citizens.
Doesn't he realize what will happened whenour government finds out If they find
out? What do you mean?Communications to the outside world is non existent
unless we're no are approved. Noone even knows we're here, but side
someone will realized they're missing. Imean, don't arrive in our destination.
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Help may be on the way already, is that true, Captain? Captain,
We're just an overdue cargo transport.As far as anyone knows, we
may have crashed into jungle. They'llbe usual searchings. Old. If you
weren't such an incompetent pilot, wewouldn't be here. I suppose you would
rather be dead in the jungle.No, sure, what are you doing?
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He's oh, Dale, are youall right? Stupid fool like he's
out cold, just as well customerslike him. There is our diet from
the clothing business. I'm sorry,miss Fraser. I can says something to
cheer you up, but under thecircumstances, I feel like crying char Why
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we're not doing this? Why doeshe want to kill six innocent people?
Insane? It's as simple as that. You heard what the guard said.
Our execution is an example, butto whom, not to the people of
this country. We're obviously part ofsome political maneuvering with the US. Watson
is Ranana Delano gave refuge to thoseterrorists to hijacking Israeli airline a few years
back. That's right. He heldthem all hostage until a settlement was negotiated
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for his benefits. Well, maybehe has no intention of killing us,
then maybe he's buffing No Ranana campback down. He has to kill us
now. I aproach you food.I don't think anyone has much of an
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appetite now. But I also havegood news. My president has decided not
to execute all of you. Didyou hear that? An? Thank God?
Indeed this is his doing. It'sa miracle. I can't believe it.
I knew Rhnana what back down?He knows better than that. Haangled
with American citizens. Instead, mypresident has decided that his purpose will be
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served if only one of you isshot. Which which one of us is
it going to be? Oh?That is for you to decide. What
do you mean? You yourselves willdo the choosing of the person that is
to be executed. Do you notwant to eat now? I will leave
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the food. When I return,it will be time to take the one
you choose. Dreama, Listen tome. I am a very rich man.
Here's my card. Tell your presidentmy company wants to do business with
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him again. I have ten thousandunits I can deliver to him by Hey,
what are you doing? I mustgo? What's the big idea?
Butler? He's selling us out?That stabbing curists You know how you want
to bust your face white open?No, please let him go because you
didn't think of it. Shut upthe fault of your bit quiet. Your
fighting isn't going to solve our problem. And we do have a difficult problem
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to solve. And why don't youtry to eat something. I don't think
I can. Come on, trysome of this. You'll feel better.
No, I can't eat, notuntil I know who it's going to be.
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And I want to apologize for thethings that I said to out in
the exercise yard. I was outof line. No, it's my fault.
I must have sounded pretty stupid tryingto defend someone like Ranana. I
guess I just wanted to show offmy intellectual prowess. I think we can
be friends. I'd like that good. Say, were you planning to go
right back to the States after this? I don't know. Well, I
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thought I could show you around abit. I'd like to take you out
to some of the villages so youcould get to know the people like I
do, see what they're up against. Well, that sounds a really nice,
Jeff, if we ever get outof here, you mean when I
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don't know why, But I'm evenmore scared now than I was when I
thought we were all going to die. Well, the difference is that now
there's a faint glimmer of hope.You know you'll reach out for desperately wanting
it, and you know there's fiveother people that want it religious as badly
as you do. I just wishit was all over. Well, the
longer we wait, the harder it'sgoing to be on all of us.
Oh, come on, let's getit over with. How do we decide?
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We could draw straws. Yes,that's the only fair way to decide.
Fair you think there is a fairway to decide who's going to die?
All right, we draw straws.But I think we should leave the
women out of it. I agree. Wait minute, Eliminating the women lowers
the odds for the rest of us. I'm not picking a less say why
you got this, son of Look, all I care about is staying alive.
And if that means a woman hasto die to let me off the
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hook, well then that's just toodamn Back. He's right there. There's
no reason why Anne and I shouldn'thave to take the same risk as the
men. I'll pick. I willtoo, I guess. Oh, come
on, this is a hell ofa time to be a woman's lip advocate.
We are all in this together.Here are six stores. I'll put
my hand behind my back so Ican't see which stores which short stores to
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loser will pick feist, I'll pickfirst. Well, here goes, not
too long, not too short?I hope this, Fraser. Somehow I
don't feel very lucky. Go onan wait, I am not going through
with it. We all agree it'sthe only fair. It is not fair,
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and I'm not risking my life onsome stupid lottery. I won't pick
all right, then I'll pick foryou. Oh don't you understand? This
isn't a bingo game. This isfor keeps. Do you think the rest
of us like this anymore than youdo? Butler? There's no other where
is away. Look, you're notgonna buy your way out of this.
Now, let's see what he hasto say. Captain, What do you
propose? I think I deserve tolive more than anyone else in this cell?
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Oh yeah, well I think Ideserve to live too, so do
I. I'll do my point exactly. But one of us has to die,
and it should be the one leastworthy of living. That's all well
and good, Butler. But sinceGod is near to tell us who that
person is, how do we decide? We'll have a trial. Where the
hell do you think we are inthe chambers of the Supreme Court. Each
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choosing any objections to my suggestion abouthaving a trial. Yeah, I don't
trust you, Butler. I thinkyou've got an angle. I just haven't
figured out what it is yet.What happens after we've all stated our cases
majority rules, we'll vote to choosethe unlucky person, so it will be
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advice to stand trial. I will. I mean, I'd like to get
it over with it. Oh,I don't know what to say. I
just know I don't want to die. I know that, but I can't
help feeling cheated, and to chooseme would be would be cruel. It'll
seem that way to whomever we choose, but it's diff with me. My
life is just beginning. I'm noteven out of school yet, and there's
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so much for me to do,so much for me to see my child.
We all have things we want todo. Yes, but at least
all of you had a chance.You're all older than I am. You've
had time to stretch your wings,to feel, to experience. You just
can't cheat me out of my future. I know you can't. What about
my future? Maybe it isn't asambitious as yours, and but I know
it won't be It won't be wastedeither. I intend to keep working here
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in Africa with a peace Corps.Don't cry and make it sound so noble,
kid. I overheard what you toldthe girl you joined to stay out
of Vietnam. I admit that Ididn't feel like killing people. All right.
Oh it isn't all right, becausewhile you were out on Safari,
I was slugging it out in therice patties with the VCS. I'm sorry,
Dell. You did what you hadtoo, and I did what I
had to. I'm proud I didn'tgo, and nothing's gonna change my mind.
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Any man who helps another man bringsmeaning to his life, no matter
how the world changes. This imagethe same, very, Jean Rosen.
But you're gonna have to come upwith something more than sentimental dribble to convince
me that a tired old man likeyou isn't the answer to our problem.
So because I'm old, you thinkI'm ready to die. I'm mister big
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shot executive. Way I see it, You're the logical choice, Rosen.
You could let us all of these. I am old, My life is
nearly over. I had no familybesides my brother and diber who maybe would
not miss me so much if Idie. But I'll tell you something that
I would miss, and that isliving. We all have that in common,
Rosin. Age has nothing to dowith wanting to live, but it
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does you. People will never understandlife until you're old and face death every
day. You miss Fraser. Youspeak of accomplishments. I'm a tailor.
I'm too busy working for these thingsat my age. Just to wake up
every morning, that is an accomplishment. You are young, and life seems
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fairly long. But to me,life does not seem long enough. My
taste for it is never filled.Never scientist, fot look, old man.
The fact is you've had a longerlife than any of us. You're
gonna die soon anyway, so whynot just volunteer? What's wrong with your
buttler? You don't hear so well. I'm not ready to die. I'm
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not gonna be one of these oldpeople. Will just kick the side and
step down by the young You youare what's wrong with people today. You
can't from no one but yourself.You use every of them for your own
pipeoss. And if I was ayounger man, I would teach you look
like its giving guards. Come many, mister, hits some water playing down
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here on the straw? Down?Where's that damn guard? It's no use.
Dey won't answer. How are youdoing? Mister? Just let me
ask? Well, I guess thatsolves our problem. We might as well
choose the old man. Now thatwe know he's gonna set up, we'll
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be doing him a favor. He'llbe quicker, less painful. You don't
know for sure if he's gonna die, well it should be fairly obvious.
Look, the trial is over yet, Butler. This was your idea,
and we're going to see it throughto the end. I look back on
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the frivolous life of pleasure I've led, and it hardly seems to have any
reality. Now. It all seemsa dream rather self settledment. I suppose
I've done nothing that would benefit mankind, only myself. Sounds pretty selfish.
It never seem so at the time. I was always interested in living every
day to the fullest, had verylittle concern for how others lived, been
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all over the world and everything Iwanted, well almost everything I've experienced more
then most people do that are twicemy age. Why shouldn't we pick you
then? Why shouldn't I have achance to live the way you have?
Because for all that I've done,I still find my life lacking, empty
of the one thing that would havemade me happy. Love. But you
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must have been in love at onetime or another. It's a terrible thing
to realize. But I've been inlove only with myself. So what are
we supposed to do? Feel sorryfor you just because Prince Charming hasn't galloped
into your life. Now, I'mnot asking for sympathy, only understanding,
Well, they won't get it fromme. Somehow that doesn't surprise me now,
Butler understands nothing that isn't related tohimself or his business or whatever that
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might be. And what do youunderstand? Captain? I understand death?
I should after all the killing I'veseen and done. Yes, yes,
I was a perfect soldier, aperfect killer. You know, it's amazing
how easy it is. The guiltdoesn't last very long. You know,
you can't that have lasts or yougo crazy. You can. You can
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wipe out everything except the nightmares.What kind of nightmares? Nothing like what
you'd expect. No dreams of battle, no dead vcs coming back to haunt
you. What then, well,dreams of solving your problems in the real
world the way you did in Vietnamwith the pull of a trigger. Pretty
Soon you get anxious, you getparanoid, and before you know it,
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you're back a Nam. Only it'stotally all in your mind for twenty four
hours a day. That's sick.Yes, it's sick. And there's a
lot of sick guys walking around becausepeople were too stupid to realize what a
war like that did to a man, how it changes his life, how
it ruins it like I did mine. You see, the terror of death
for me is that I've done nothingto make my life worth living. But
you can change all that. You'vegot the rest of your life to make
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something of yourself, do I Whydoes one guy in a fox hole get
blown away by shrapnel and yet hisbuddy walks away clean? How do I
know that fate or God or whateverhasn't put me in this cell because it's
my time? What about the restof us? Why are we here?
It's a coincidence. Had missed ourconnection, we wouldn't be here at all.
Captain Hall would have flown this routeno matter what, and the plane
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would have developed engine trouble, whetheryou were on board or not. Well,
I don't believe in coincidence. Ido because I know I deserve to
live. I doubt that, Butler, I doubt that anyone will even miss
you when you die. Well,that's where you're wrong, kid, I'm
not like the rest of you.I'm an important man, an executive vice
president trans Allied Industries. You've toldus all about it. Far be it
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from me to suggest that you're justlike any other employee of a large company
expendable. Hardly one fifth of thecountries in Africa depend on products supplied by
my company, all due to contractsthat I put together. And I'm the
only one who knows all the details, all the unwritten arrangements involved. If
I die, some very tenuused politicalrelationships are going to collapse, relationships that
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could upset the balance of power onthis continent. Just what is this product
that trans Allied supplies? I can'ttalk about that. Wait a minute,
now, I remember Transallied. TransAllied Industries is a munitions firm. Now,
wonder you were so secretive about whatyour company does and the products they
supply. You know you're a damngun runner. A gun runner is someone
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who sells weapons illegally. We areperfectly legitimate. I bet you supplied weapons
for every brush war in Africa forthe last ten years, and probably to
both sides. When I think ofall the innocent women and children that have
been slaughtered just so you could makea buttlied, I have nothing to do
with all that. All I dois supply a product. I don't pull
the trigger, you fool. Ifit weren't for you, they wouldn't have
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a trigger to pull. It's acompetitive business. Even the United States government
sells arms to these people. Thatdoesn't make it morally right. There are
no morals in this world. Haven'tyou found that out yet? Because of
unprincipled butchers like you. All Right, we've all had our say. Let's
vote now. I demanded Butler bethe one to be executed. I agree.
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He deserves to die. Can't dothat. That's not the way I
find it. Why? Why?What your tempo's cool? You are still
talking about sending a man to die? Do you hear that rebels? Maybe?
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Maybe it's the firing squad practicing,Dell. Do you think we'll get
out of here? You w Elizabeth? I'm sure of it. We both
will, won't we they'll look atme. You can't be thinking they'll choose
you. No, no, no, they won't choose me because I want
us to be together when this isOverdale. But we barely know each other,
Liz. But there'll be time forthat. Let's not kid each other.
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We're just two people who met briefly. That's all. Oh, there's
something more, is there? Howdo I know you're not trying to buy
my vote with the promise that's somethingmy happened between us. You can't believe
that. I do. You can't. It'll be easy if you this way,
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Lizabeth, you'll forget. Believe me, you'll forget. Oh it's you,
Butler. What do you want?I have a proposition for you.
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Nothing you have to say. Goodinterest me dying? Perhaps? Perhaps whatever
happens, I'm in God's ends nowthe others. They're gonna choose me.
I know it. And you wantme to volunteer for the executioners. Yes,
I'll make it with you. Ifyou pay me to kill myself.
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How will I spend the money?That's not what I need. Your brother
in Durban, I can see thathe's taken care of. He wouldn't take
your blood, my name. I'llpay anything, you ask anything, anything
if you just do this for me? Leave me alone? By what's wrong
with Jude? Talk about compassion andhelping others? How can you let me
die? It is time? Whohave you chosen? No one yet?
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Then do so? Now, Joima, did you take my message to Renana?
Does he remember me? Is ita deal? He remembers you,
but you are not to be released. But he has to let me go.
He can't do this to me.Forget it, Butler, let's vote,
mister Rosen, who do you choose? The man who should die should
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be me. You won't regret this, Rose. Just give me your brother's
name and address. And I don'tunderstand. I'm not for you, but
for the other. Suit yourself,Oh man, as long as it isn't
me. We agreed to a vote. It's right, but we don't have
to. Now you all heard fuddy, I say, we go through with
it, so do I? Allright? I choose the old man.
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Also, that's two votes, andI say that I'm the one who should
be executed two to one. Well, no, I'm sorry, Elizabeth,
but I got us into dismiss I'mresponsible for the lives of my passengers.
You can't do that. Now it'sdone. Now look, the rest of
you. Listen to me. I'llpay any one of you fifty thousand dollars
if you vote for Rosen. You'rewasting your breath. Butler, I choose
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you, No, so do IOne vote for the captain, two for
mister Rosan, and two for Butler. It's up to you, Lizabeth.
I'll pay you seventy five thousand.No, no, a hundred thousand dollars
if you choose the old man.Did He's dying anyway, for God's sake.
Don't be a fool. Choose Elizabeth. Butler. No, No,
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you can't do this to me.It isn't fair take him. I'm an
important man. You can't let medie. It isn't fair. You're not
theving the lion. You're all murderers. You're heavy, your murderers, and
a second your plane is being madeready. My god, what have we
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done? M I'm sorry for myself. I had to give the others a
way out. Doesn't matter. Nowwe'll be together. Yes, yes,
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listeneth, we will captain. It'sit's mister Rose, and he's dead.
You knew he wasn't gonna make it. Well, did I make the wrong
choice? No, you couldn't haveknown. Yours was only one of three
votes. Elizabeth, listen. I'mashamed to say I don't feel very guilty
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if it was any any one otherthan Butler. Branana is a killer,
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a stop against an ancient storage filleft there a generation ago by soldiers no
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your. Captain, Hall, wakeup, wake up. You're dreaming.
Huh, captain, you were dreaminga nightmare. You're all right now.
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We landed. I thought we wereall going to end up like Chris Bacon.
I I must be a better pilotthan I thought. Oh oh,
oh my head. Don't touch it. It wouldn't be hard to get an
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got the worst of it. Sprainto risk. How are you feeling,
mister Rosen, I'm fine, justa little tired if a tired tailor is
not used to such excitement. Butyou should help the captain. He needs
medical attention. I'm just a littlegroggy. Say where are we This doesn't
look much like a hospital. It'sa prison, that's what it is.
And I'll tell you one thing.I am not going to let them get
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away with locking me up in thisfilthy stink hole. Imagine a man in
my position in prison when the embassypeople find out on her house. I
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incredible. Do you mean there's noembassy here, no one to look after
our rights. I mean we're inone hell of a fix. Well,
I'm holding you responsible for this,captain, and you'd better start thinking of
a way. I guess. Oh, quiet, can't you see he's hurt.
Let the poor man rest. Thankshere, you are sticking up for
me, and I don't even knowyour name. Elizabeth, Elizabeth saw me.
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You know he's right though you peopleshouldn't be here. I fly cargo
and not people. If I hadn'tbeen so greedy to pick up a few
extra bucks. Nonsense, We missedour connection and we would have been stranded
in pretory if it hadn't been foryou. Well, I just wish I
knew why they threw us in prison. Well, I'm afraid they didn't give
us a clue. None of uswanted to argue with the armed guards.
We just did as they ordered.I'm Jeff Tanner, Captain. The guard
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told me to collect all the passports. They've already confiscated my camera equipment.
What do they want with our passport? Better do as he says. Here's
mine Tanner. Here's mine. I'llsee if I can get mister Rosen's without
waking. I couldn't help overhearing you, captain. Look, will you call
me Dell. I think our imprisonmentmight be political. Well it's not a
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very sure, he thought, especiallywith Mando Ranana running things. I'd like
to pump that guard when he comes. See if you can tell us anything
good idea. I'll let you knowwhen he shows up. House the view
Oh, oh, sorry, Ididn't mean to startle yet. Oh I'm
just a little edgy. I guessthe view isn't very good, just a
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green jungle as far as you cansee. My name's Jeff Tanner, Ann
Fraser. I'll need your passport forthe guard. Anne. Of course,
there you are. Thanks. I'venever been in prison before. This isn't
much as prisons go. A coupleof wooden benches for coal, walls and
some straw on the floor, probablybuilt by the British. It has a
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dungeony feel to it. You soundlike an expert. No, just an
ex anthropology major. I was injail a couple of times back in the
States. Don't worry, I'm nota hard and criminal. It was for
protesting the war. At least itwas for something you believed in. Then
you stood up for your convictions.Well, actually it was for something I
didn't believe in, killing people.That's why I joined the Peace Corps.
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Funny how it worked out. How'sthat? Well? I thought of it
just as a draft dodge, butI found I liked it In Africa,
I felt needed. I guess thePeace Corps was what I was looking for
all along. Anyway, I've beenhere for about eight years now, what
about you? Nothing as altruistic asthe Peace Corps. I'm doing field work
for my master's degree in political science. Strange place to do research, not
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really. My thesis is on thefuture role of the Third World nations in
the modern political structure. As amatter of fact, this is one of
the countries I wanted to visit,but they wouldn't let me across the border.
Well you got your wish after all. Unfortunately, I'm researching ideologies,
not penal systems. Well, theGuard's coming to see here. What's your
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name, Turima? Do you haveany idea who you got locked in here?
I'm an important man and I've donea great deal of business with your
president Ranana. He's not going tobe very happy when he finds out I'm
in here. What kind of businessdid you say you were in? Butler?
Well, I import certain products?What kind of products, Jerema,
I demand that you release us immediately. You have all the fast sports?
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Yes, here they are. I'mCaptain Hall, the pilot. I'd like
to know why my passages and Iare being held prisoner. I'm told you
landed without permission, but we brokeno law. If anything, you people
are guilty of the NIAMI landing permissionin an emergency. That is not my
decision for now. You will allcome with me. A lot's more like
it. What are we doing outhere? Looks like some kind of exercise
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yards. Yes, now you willhave exercise. You may walk about for
a little while. Swell, nothinglike a brisk walk around, a hot,
dusty chrism. At least we cantake advantage of the fresh A good
idea. No telling when they mightlet us out again. You're not going
to walk down, No, Ithink I'll just sit here in the shade.
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Mind if I join you. Idon't feel much like walking myself,
Oh not at all? Tied yourhead? Oh better? Thanks yet?
You know, I get the feelingI've met you somewhere, but I can't
remember. Do you spend much timein Pretoria? Oh? This is my
first visit to Africa. I'm ona photography assignment for a magazine, photography,
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photography. That's it. You're amodel, aren't you. I was
at one time. Yeah, andyou used to do those use those those
car layouts, the ones would beYet that was ten years ago, at
least I was just starting out tenyears Yeah, that'd be about right.
My parents sent me all kinds ofmagazines when I was in Vietnam. You
know that ad you did was taperight over my bunk. I used to
dream about going home and buying oneof those sports jobs and driving off with
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the girl I'm glad of. Doyou remember me after all this time?
How come if you get someone asbeautiful as you? Well, what I
mean is well, dreaming about youused to keep me from going crazy.
And then so did you get thecar? No? I never did,
just couldn't stay putting the job longenough to make any money too. Restless.
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Must have been a tough readjustment afterVietnam. Well, they say war
is like a narcotic for some guys, they can't get used to no longer
making life and death decisions. Afterthey turned the vision, they missed the
high, the living on the edge. You know, Is that what happened
to you? Yeah? Yeah,I felt like a fool. So I
came to Africa with some wild ideaof finding adventure. So what do I
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end up doing? Houlding machine partsback and forth and no crate that should
have been on the junk heap yearsago. That sounds like it is.
Hey, hey, hol did youhear that? Panic? Butler? Those
shots are about a half a mileaway, but they could get closer,
couldn't they? I think for youare safe here, Miss Salmon's hope.
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So that doesn't seem to be disturbingthat DREAMA fellow he and that other guard
he's talking too hardly seemed to havenoticed. They're probably used to it by
now. I could never get usedto that sound. Well, my guess
is Rahmana's boys are flushing out rebelsin my life. I have to say,
I don't know much about this countryin Israel. They have enough our
own problems to worry about. Butthis name Ranana, I have a Oh,
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everybody's heard about Mando Ranana. He'spracticing to become another hitler. What
you don't seem to understand, Tanner, is that since Rnanda took power,
then said it than he took power. That's what all the shooting is about.
Out there. Renana wasn't elected bythe people. He named himself president
after he assassinated his own uncle.Great leaders have to seize power. So
to the dangerous fans, I neversaid I can done his methods. Now,
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what do you really know about it. You haven't seen the refugees fleeing
out of this country like I havebeaten and maimed. You haven't heard the
horror stories about the mass executions andthe brutal torturings. So don't try to
sell me better keep quiet about Rhana'scheerful personality. Here comes the guard.
All right, you have enough exercise. Back now, home, sweet home.
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I promise you there's going to behell to pay when we get out
of here. If we get outof here, I will come back later
with food. For now, Ileave you alone, so you can prepare,
prepare, prepare for one to die. You will all be executed today,
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anything bad? Well? What doyou mean? Did you couldn't listen with
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your heart and your hear love?Seems to me I had to remind her
to clean up her room on occasion. Sometimes I forget too well, everyone
forgets once. No, mo withyour heart and start to love your little
grandma. Does my mom love Jimmymore than me? No? You know
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your mother used to ask me thatabout her brother. Really, Listen with
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter DaySaints. They stood stunned, staring in
disbelief at the empassive guard. Theylook toward one another, hoping they're not
hurt. The guard must have beenused to such a reaction. He repeated
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what he'd said. By President Ranana'sorders, an example is to be made.
You will all be executed. Executed. My god, that guard wasn't
serious. It is not an ideaof a joke. Right must be a
can't this can't be tool can tellus this is a nightmare? Yeah,
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just a nightmare. We're all goingto be killed. We're all going to
die. Sanana can't just tell uswe haven't done anything. We're American citizens.
Doesn't he realize what will happened whenour government finds out If they find
out? What do you mean?Communications to the outside world is non existent
unless we're no are approved. Noone even knows we're here, but side
someone will realized they're missing. Imean, don't arrive in our destination.
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Help may be on the way already, is that true, Captain? Captain,
We're just an overdue cargo transport.As far as anyone knows, we
may have crashed into jungle. They'llbe usual searchings. Old. If you
weren't such an incompetent pilot, wewouldn't be here. I suppose you would
rather be dead in the jungle.No, sure, what are you doing?
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He's oh, Dale, are youall right? Stupid fool like he's
out cold, just as well customerslike him. There is our diet from
the clothing business. I'm sorry,miss Fraser. I can says something to
cheer you up, but under thecircumstances, I feel like crying char Why
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we're not doing this? Why doeshe want to kill six innocent people?
Insane? It's as simple as that. You heard what the guard said.
Our execution is an example, butto whom, not to the people of
this country. We're obviously part ofsome political maneuvering with the US. Watson
is Ranana Delano gave refuge to thoseterrorists to hijacking Israeli airline a few years
back. That's right. He heldthem all hostage until a settlement was negotiated
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for his benefits. Well, maybehe has no intention of killing us,
then maybe he's buffing No Ranana campback down. He has to kill us
now. I aproach you food.I don't think anyone has much of an
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appetite now. But I also havegood news. My president has decided not
to execute all of you. Didyou hear that? An? Thank God?
Indeed this is his doing. It'sa miracle. I can't believe it.
I knew Rhnana what back down?He knows better than that. Haangled
with American citizens. Instead, mypresident has decided that his purpose will be
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served if only one of you isshot. Which which one of us is
it going to be? Oh?That is for you to decide. What
do you mean? You yourselves willdo the choosing of the person that is
to be executed. Do you notwant to eat now? I will leave
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the food. When I return,it will be time to take the one
you choose. Dreama, Listen tome. I am a very rich man.
Here's my card. Tell your presidentmy company wants to do business with
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him again. I have ten thousandunits I can deliver to him by Hey,
what are you doing? I mustgo? What's the big idea?
Butler? He's selling us out?That stabbing curists You know how you want
to bust your face white open?No, please let him go because you
didn't think of it. Shut upthe fault of your bit quiet. Your
fighting isn't going to solve our problem. And we do have a difficult problem
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to solve. And why don't youtry to eat something. I don't think
I can. Come on, trysome of this. You'll feel better.
No, I can't eat, notuntil I know who it's going to be.
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And I want to apologize for thethings that I said to out in
the exercise yard. I was outof line. No, it's my fault.
I must have sounded pretty stupid tryingto defend someone like Ranana. I
guess I just wanted to show offmy intellectual prowess. I think we can
be friends. I'd like that good. Say, were you planning to go
right back to the States after this? I don't know. Well, I
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thought I could show you around abit. I'd like to take you out
to some of the villages so youcould get to know the people like I
do, see what they're up against. Well, that sounds a really nice,
Jeff, if we ever get outof here, you mean when I
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don't know why, But I'm evenmore scared now than I was when I
thought we were all going to die. Well, the difference is that now
there's a faint glimmer of hope.You know you'll reach out for desperately wanting
it, and you know there's fiveother people that want it religious as badly
as you do. I just wishit was all over. Well, the
longer we wait, the harder it'sgoing to be on all of us.
Oh, come on, let's getit over with. How do we decide?
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We could draw straws. Yes,that's the only fair way to decide.
Fair you think there is a fairway to decide who's going to die?
All right, we draw straws.But I think we should leave the
women out of it. I agree. Wait minute, Eliminating the women lowers
the odds for the rest of us. I'm not picking a less say why
you got this, son of Look, all I care about is staying alive.
And if that means a woman hasto die to let me off the
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hook, well then that's just toodamn Back. He's right there. There's
no reason why Anne and I shouldn'thave to take the same risk as the
men. I'll pick. I willtoo, I guess. Oh, come
on, this is a hell ofa time to be a woman's lip advocate.
We are all in this together.Here are six stores. I'll put
my hand behind my back so Ican't see which stores which short stores to
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loser will pick feist, I'll pickfirst. Well, here goes, not
too long, not too short?I hope this, Fraser. Somehow I
don't feel very lucky. Go onan wait, I am not going through
with it. We all agree it'sthe only fair. It is not fair,
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and I'm not risking my life onsome stupid lottery. I won't pick
all right, then I'll pick foryou. Oh don't you understand? This
isn't a bingo game. This isfor keeps. Do you think the rest
of us like this anymore than youdo? Butler? There's no other where
is away. Look, you're notgonna buy your way out of this.
Now, let's see what he hasto say. Captain, What do you
propose? I think I deserve tolive more than anyone else in this cell?
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Oh yeah, well I think Ideserve to live too, so do
I. I'll do my point exactly. But one of us has to die,
and it should be the one leastworthy of living. That's all well
and good, Butler. But sinceGod is near to tell us who that
person is, how do we decide? We'll have a trial. Where the
hell do you think we are inthe chambers of the Supreme Court. Each
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choosing any objections to my suggestion abouthaving a trial. Yeah, I don't
trust you, Butler. I thinkyou've got an angle. I just haven't
figured out what it is yet.What happens after we've all stated our cases
majority rules, we'll vote to choosethe unlucky person, so it will be
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advice to stand trial. I will. I mean, I'd like to get
it over with it. Oh,I don't know what to say. I
just know I don't want to die. I know that, but I can't
help feeling cheated, and to chooseme would be would be cruel. It'll
seem that way to whomever we choose, but it's diff with me. My
life is just beginning. I'm noteven out of school yet, and there's
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so much for me to do,so much for me to see my child.
We all have things we want todo. Yes, but at least
all of you had a chance.You're all older than I am. You've
had time to stretch your wings,to feel, to experience. You just
can't cheat me out of my future. I know you can't. What about
my future? Maybe it isn't asambitious as yours, and but I know
it won't be It won't be wastedeither. I intend to keep working here
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in Africa with a peace Corps.Don't cry and make it sound so noble,
kid. I overheard what you toldthe girl you joined to stay out
of Vietnam. I admit that Ididn't feel like killing people. All right.
Oh it isn't all right, becausewhile you were out on Safari,
I was slugging it out in therice patties with the VCS. I'm sorry,
Dell. You did what you hadtoo, and I did what I
had to. I'm proud I didn'tgo, and nothing's gonna change my mind.
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Any man who helps another man bringsmeaning to his life, no matter
how the world changes. This imagethe same, very, Jean Rosen.
But you're gonna have to come upwith something more than sentimental dribble to convince
me that a tired old man likeyou isn't the answer to our problem.
So because I'm old, you thinkI'm ready to die. I'm mister big
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shot executive. Way I see it, You're the logical choice, Rosen.
You could let us all of these. I am old, My life is
nearly over. I had no familybesides my brother and diber who maybe would
not miss me so much if Idie. But I'll tell you something that
I would miss, and that isliving. We all have that in common,
Rosin. Age has nothing to dowith wanting to live, but it
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does you. People will never understandlife until you're old and face death every
day. You miss Fraser. Youspeak of accomplishments. I'm a tailor.
I'm too busy working for these thingsat my age. Just to wake up
every morning, that is an accomplishment. You are young, and life seems
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fairly long. But to me,life does not seem long enough. My
taste for it is never filled.Never scientist, fot look, old man.
The fact is you've had a longerlife than any of us. You're
gonna die soon anyway, so whynot just volunteer? What's wrong with your
buttler? You don't hear so well. I'm not ready to die. I'm
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not gonna be one of these oldpeople. Will just kick the side and
step down by the young You youare what's wrong with people today. You
can't from no one but yourself.You use every of them for your own
pipeoss. And if I was ayounger man, I would teach you look
like its giving guards. Come many, mister, hits some water playing down
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here on the straw? Down?Where's that damn guard? It's no use.
Dey won't answer. How are youdoing? Mister? Just let me
ask? Well, I guess thatsolves our problem. We might as well
choose the old man. Now thatwe know he's gonna set up, we'll
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be doing him a favor. He'llbe quicker, less painful. You don't
know for sure if he's gonna die, well it should be fairly obvious.
Look, the trial is over yet, Butler. This was your idea,
and we're going to see it throughto the end. I look back on
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the frivolous life of pleasure I've led, and it hardly seems to have any
reality. Now. It all seemsa dream rather self settledment. I suppose
I've done nothing that would benefit mankind, only myself. Sounds pretty selfish.
It never seem so at the time. I was always interested in living every
day to the fullest, had verylittle concern for how others lived, been
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all over the world and everything Iwanted, well almost everything I've experienced more
then most people do that are twicemy age. Why shouldn't we pick you
then? Why shouldn't I have achance to live the way you have?
Because for all that I've done,I still find my life lacking, empty
of the one thing that would havemade me happy. Love. But you
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must have been in love at onetime or another. It's a terrible thing
to realize. But I've been inlove only with myself. So what are
we supposed to do? Feel sorryfor you just because Prince Charming hasn't galloped
into your life. Now, I'mnot asking for sympathy, only understanding,
Well, they won't get it fromme. Somehow that doesn't surprise me now,
Butler understands nothing that isn't related tohimself or his business or whatever that
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might be. And what do youunderstand? Captain? I understand death?
I should after all the killing I'veseen and done. Yes, yes,
I was a perfect soldier, aperfect killer. You know, it's amazing
how easy it is. The guiltdoesn't last very long. You know,
you can't that have lasts or yougo crazy. You can. You can
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wipe out everything except the nightmares.What kind of nightmares? Nothing like what
you'd expect. No dreams of battle, no dead vcs coming back to haunt
you. What then, well,dreams of solving your problems in the real
world the way you did in Vietnamwith the pull of a trigger. Pretty
Soon you get anxious, you getparanoid, and before you know it,
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you're back a Nam. Only it'stotally all in your mind for twenty four
hours a day. That's sick.Yes, it's sick. And there's a
lot of sick guys walking around becausepeople were too stupid to realize what a
war like that did to a man, how it changes his life, how
it ruins it like I did mine. You see, the terror of death
for me is that I've done nothingto make my life worth living. But
you can change all that. You'vegot the rest of your life to make
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something of yourself, do I Whydoes one guy in a fox hole get
blown away by shrapnel and yet hisbuddy walks away clean? How do I
know that fate or God or whateverhasn't put me in this cell because it's
my time? What about the restof us? Why are we here?
It's a coincidence. Had missed ourconnection, we wouldn't be here at all.
Captain Hall would have flown this routeno matter what, and the plane
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would have developed engine trouble, whetheryou were on board or not. Well,
I don't believe in coincidence. Ido because I know I deserve to
live. I doubt that, Butler, I doubt that anyone will even miss
you when you die. Well,that's where you're wrong, kid, I'm
not like the rest of you.I'm an important man, an executive vice
president trans Allied Industries. You've toldus all about it. Far be it
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from me to suggest that you're justlike any other employee of a large company
expendable. Hardly one fifth of thecountries in Africa depend on products supplied by
my company, all due to contractsthat I put together. And I'm the
only one who knows all the details, all the unwritten arrangements involved. If
I die, some very tenuused politicalrelationships are going to collapse, relationships that
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could upset the balance of power onthis continent. Just what is this product
that trans Allied supplies? I can'ttalk about that. Wait a minute,
now, I remember Transallied. TransAllied Industries is a munitions firm. Now,
wonder you were so secretive about whatyour company does and the products they
supply. You know you're a damngun runner. A gun runner is someone
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who sells weapons illegally. We areperfectly legitimate. I bet you supplied weapons
for every brush war in Africa forthe last ten years, and probably to
both sides. When I think ofall the innocent women and children that have
been slaughtered just so you could makea buttlied, I have nothing to do
with all that. All I dois supply a product. I don't pull
the trigger, you fool. Ifit weren't for you, they wouldn't have
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a trigger to pull. It's acompetitive business. Even the United States government
sells arms to these people. Thatdoesn't make it morally right. There are
no morals in this world. Haven'tyou found that out yet? Because of
unprincipled butchers like you. All Right, we've all had our say. Let's
vote now. I demanded Butler bethe one to be executed. I agree.
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He deserves to die. Can't dothat. That's not the way I
find it. Why? Why?What your tempo's cool? You are still
talking about sending a man to die? Do you hear that rebels? Maybe?
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Maybe it's the firing squad practicing,Dell. Do you think we'll get
out of here? You w Elizabeth? I'm sure of it. We both
will, won't we they'll look atme. You can't be thinking they'll choose
you. No, no, no, they won't choose me because I want
us to be together when this isOverdale. But we barely know each other,
Liz. But there'll be time forthat. Let's not kid each other.
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We're just two people who met briefly. That's all. Oh, there's
something more, is there? Howdo I know you're not trying to buy
my vote with the promise that's somethingmy happened between us. You can't believe
that. I do. You can't. It'll be easy if you this way,
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Lizabeth, you'll forget. Believe me, you'll forget. Oh it's you,
Butler. What do you want?I have a proposition for you.
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Nothing you have to say. Goodinterest me dying? Perhaps? Perhaps whatever
happens, I'm in God's ends nowthe others. They're gonna choose me.
I know it. And you wantme to volunteer for the executioners. Yes,
I'll make it with you. Ifyou pay me to kill myself.
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How will I spend the money?That's not what I need. Your brother
in Durban, I can see thathe's taken care of. He wouldn't take
your blood, my name. I'llpay anything, you ask anything, anything
if you just do this for me? Leave me alone? By what's wrong
with Jude? Talk about compassion andhelping others? How can you let me
die? It is time? Whohave you chosen? No one yet?
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Then do so? Now, Joima, did you take my message to Renana?
Does he remember me? Is ita deal? He remembers you,
but you are not to be released. But he has to let me go.
He can't do this to me.Forget it, Butler, let's vote,
mister Rosen, who do you choose? The man who should die should
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be me. You won't regret this, Rose. Just give me your brother's
name and address. And I don'tunderstand. I'm not for you, but
for the other. Suit yourself,Oh man, as long as it isn't
me. We agreed to a vote. It's right, but we don't have
to. Now you all heard fuddy, I say, we go through with
it, so do I? Allright? I choose the old man.
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Also, that's two votes, andI say that I'm the one who should
be executed two to one. Well, no, I'm sorry, Elizabeth,
but I got us into dismiss I'mresponsible for the lives of my passengers.
You can't do that. Now it'sdone. Now look, the rest of
you. Listen to me. I'llpay any one of you fifty thousand dollars
if you vote for Rosen. You'rewasting your breath. Butler, I choose
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you, No, so do IOne vote for the captain, two for
mister Rosan, and two for Butler. It's up to you, Lizabeth.
I'll pay you seventy five thousand.No, no, a hundred thousand dollars
if you choose the old man.Did He's dying anyway, for God's sake.
Don't be a fool. Choose Elizabeth. Butler. No, No,
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you can't do this to me.It isn't fair take him. I'm an
important man. You can't let medie. It isn't fair. You're not
theving the lion. You're all murderers. You're heavy, your murderers, and
a second your plane is being madeready. My god, what have we
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done? M I'm sorry for myself. I had to give the others a
way out. Doesn't matter. Nowwe'll be together. Yes, yes,
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listeneth, we will captain. It'sit's mister Rose, and he's dead.
You knew he wasn't gonna make it. Well, did I make the wrong
choice? No, you couldn't haveknown. Yours was only one of three
votes. Elizabeth, listen. I'mashamed to say I don't feel very guilty
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if it was any any one otherthan Butler. Branana is a killer,
not us, Yes, but hemade us his accomplices. We have to
live with that, you know.I was just thinking, what well Butler
said he'd done business with Banana,And I can't help think how ironic it
would be if the firing squad wasusing the guns he sold them a waste
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on the These genes fit fine,but the hips are too tight. My
hips look sleek in these genes,but I'm swimming in the waist. We
need genes that fit at the waistand hips. We need genes that fit
from sears for every size wist ingenes that fit. There are three hip
sizes to choose from and two lengthstapered contoured, fitting as if they were
tailor made, whether a little skinny, a bit hippie, or in between.
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It's genes that fit from the fashionplace at most larger Sears retail stores.
Oh here I go again. It'stime to rent one of those steam
type carpet cleaners. Why rent now? Sears puts power in a carpet cleaner
you can own yourself. The PowersSpray from Sears for easy home carpet cleaning.
Power Spray sprays hot water into yourcarpet, then sucks up the dirty
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water. You can see the dirtyou get out, dirt you didn't even
know was there. The Powers BreakCarpet Cleaner, a convenient carpet cleaner you
can own yourself, available at mostSears retail stores. Ken more solid as
Sears h My walls couldn't look worse. So I'm gonna give them a new
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lease on life with Sears Fashion Flatand Semi gloss paint. Right now.
I'll save four dollars on every gallonand choose from twenty five snappy colors as
well as bright white ceiling paint.They all cover with one smooth coat when
applied is directed, plus easy soapand water clean up is a snap.
Good looks for the walls, bigsavings for me at most Sears retail stores.
Hey walls, you'll look terrific.Sale ends February twenty fourth. When
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I need advice, I go tomy mom. Why not It's free.
Now that I'm married and moving intoa new house, I want all the
advice I can get. So whenMom says shop Sears, I listen.
You should. Sears is a greathelp on those big items you'll need for
your new home. Major appliance islike washers, dryers, and refrigerators.
They'll deliver in stall and service.I always depend on Sears. You should
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too. Sears there a shop you'vebeen listening to. Sears Radio Theater brought
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to you five nights a week bySears, Roebuck and Company Sears where America's
shops. The Choosing was written bySteve Sharon, produced and directed by Elliott
Lewis. Your host was Richard Whitbock. Our stars were Dane Clark and Hans
Conry. Also heard were Shepherd Lincoln, Mary Jane Croft, Carley Verair,
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Norman Alden, and Patricia and Joyce. The music for SEARS Radio Theater was
composed and conducted by Nelson Riddle,Art Gilmore speaking. The Elliott Lewis production
of ARS Radio Theater is a presentationof CBI. When George had his heart
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attack, the doctor told me thatwe had to reduce the animal fat in
his diet. His cholesterol count wastoo high. What did you do?
George gets only lean meats and Ialways cut off extra fat before cooking.
He gets low fat dairy products,grains and cereals, fish, poultry with
no skin, fresh fruits and vegetables. And you know what, Our food
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bill is lower than before George hadhis heart attack, But doesn't he miss
all? What's to miss? Heeats better than ever before and has more
variety in his meals too. Andyou know what what I do too?
Enjoy. The American Heart Association wantsyou to eat foods that not only taste
good, but are healthy for yourheart. It's not as complicated as you
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might think. Ask your Heart Associationfor their free booklet and heart healthy diets.
The American Heart Association We're fighting foryour life. You are a world
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traveler, and you know there arecertain foods, plants, and animal products
you can't bring back to the US. You can't because they're prohibited. They're
prohibited because even one of these foods, plants, or animal products might carry
a disease or pest that could spreadto our crops and gardens and animals with
devastating results. You haven't been everywhereon the globe yet, but there's always
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tomorrow, and before you go again. Right for the free book that explains
the law right my camel is toTraveler's Tips. US Department of Agriculture,
Washington, d C. Two twofive zero. It's free. Be sure
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and tune in next Monday when SearsRadio Theatre presents Leaving Cheyenne, a night
of Western drama with your host LorneGreen. The boot turns to Comedy Tuesday
with Andy Griffith as your host forShould Old Acquaintance Be Forgot? On Wednesday,
Vincent Price as your host for TheThirteenth Governess, a story of mystery
and suspense. Love and hate isthe subject of this Home is Dissolved,
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and Cicily Tyson will tell you aboutit next Thursday, and Richard Widmark will
round out the week with a taleof adventure called Cataclysm at Carbon River.
So be sure and tune in Mondayto the Sears Radio Theatre. I'm Stan
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Martin. This Sunday night, myfeature year will be nineteen seventy four.
Relive it with me and my special
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