00:01:56 4 |
HORSE & CARRIAGE RIDING THROUGH SMALL TOWN
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00:02:07 15 |
TWO OLD MEN MEETING IN STREET, WALKING TOGETHER
ACCOSTED BY PRETEEN BOYS "CAN WE HAVE SOME GUM?" OLD MEN GIVING BOYS GUM, THEY RUN AWAY EXCITED |
00:02:25 33 |
OLD MEN TRYING TO MOVE COW OUT OF THEIR PATH
WALK AROUND COW. WALKING THROUGH SMALL TOWN SAYING GOOD MORNING TO RESIDENTS BEHIND FENCES |
00:03:02 70 |
TWO OLD MEN WALKING PAST BARBER SHOP, TWO GIRLS
SITTING ON FENCE, BARBER PUTTING ON WHITE JACKET WALK PAST LODGE HALL, TO THEIR GENERAL STORE HUGE BANNERS SAYING "CLEAN SWEEP SALE, FALL CLEARANCE SALE". TAKE OFF WOODEN SIGN "BACK IN A FEW MINUTES", GO INSIDE |
00:03:55 123 |
INTERIOR 1940s SMALL TOWN GENERAL STORE, MAN
COMES IN & SITS DOWN. PROPRIETORS GETTING READY FOR THE DAY, SWEEPING STORE, OLD MAN BENDS OVER & PICKS UP MOUSE TRAP |
00:05:33 221 |
"BIG CITY" TRAVELING SALESMAN WALKS IN, TRYING TO
SELL SMALL TOWN STORE OWNERS BATH SALTS |
00:07:13 321 |
CU HAND IN BARREL OF SALTINE CRACKERS WITH MOUSE
TRAP IN MIDDLE, ALMOST GETS HAND CAUGHT IN MOUSE TRAP |
00:09:35 463 |
CU OLD MAN ON TELEPHONE, YOUNG WOMAN INTERRUPTS
HIM, GRABS PHONE, TALKING TO HER BEAU |
00:10:18 506 |
CU PAN MOBILE FIRST AID UNIT VAN
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00:10:46 534 |
TWO YOUNG BOYS DELIVERING MAIL IN SMALL WOODEN
WAGON, U.S. MAIL ON SIDE OF IT. STORE OWNER ASKS BOY TO MAKE DELIVERY |
00:12:18 626 |
COUNTRY DOCTOR WALKS IN ANNOUNCING BIRTH OF
A CHILD. WALKS UP TO POST OFFICE WINDOW TO GET HIS MAIL |
00:12:55 663 |
BIG 1940s CAR PULLING UP TO SMALL TOWN GENERAL
STORE. RICH WOMAN GETS OUT, COMES IN GENERAL STORE BOSSY WOMAN |
00:13:40 708 |
CU MAN AT POST OFFICE WINDOW, TAKES OFF HAT,
FLIRTS WITH WOMAN BEHIND WINDOW |
00:14:17 745 |
RICH WOMAN FILLING PAPER BAG WITH FOOD
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00:14:35 763 |
CU STORE OWNER HAND GRINDING COFFEE BEANS,
MACHINE GETS JAMMED, OPENS, FINDS HIS MISSING KEYS, RICH WOMAN NOT IMPRESSED, FROWNS AT HIM CU MAN CUTTING LENGTH OF STICKY TAPE FROM ROLL |
00:15:31 819 |
TAPE GETS CAUGHT UP ON CRABBY WOMAN, STICKS TO
SIGN "BACK IN A FEW MINUTES" WHICH ENDS UP ON HER BACK. MAN IN STORE LAUGHS |
00:16:27 875 |
TWO OLD MEN SITTING AT TABLE WITH CHECKER BOARD
OLD MEN PLAYING CHECKERS IN GENERAL STORE |
00:17:23 931 |
CU MAN SLEEPING NEXT TO WOOD BURNING STOVE
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00:17:27 935 |
OLD MEN PLAYING CHECKERS
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00:18:55 1023 |
OLD MAN ANSWERING TELEPHONE, TAKING GROCERY
ORDER WHILE MAN PLAYS CHECKERS BY HIMSELF, MOVING MAN ON TELEPHONE'S CHECKERS |
00:20:56 1144 |
OLD MAN WALKS PAST SLEEPING MAN, POKES HIM ON
THE SHOULDER WAKING HIM UP |
00:21:19 1167 |
DRUNK MAN WALKS IN TO GENERAL STORE
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00:21:22 1170 |
CU WOMAN BEHIND POST OFFICE WINDOW GOSSIPING
WITH MAN ON OTHER SIDE, TALKING IN LOW VOICES "HE JUST LIVES & DRINKS FROM CHECK TO CHECK" |
00:21:29 1177 |
DRUNK COMES UP TO POST OFFICE WINDOW, PICKS UP
HIS PENSION CHECK, TURNS FROM WINDOW, OPENS HIS LETTER, TRIES TO CASH HIS CHECK AT STORE, OWNERS WON'T CASH IT. DRUNK'S YOUNG DAUGHTER COMES IN WITH OPEN HAND, "GIVE ME THAT CHECK" EMBARRASSING SMALL TOWN MOMENT |
00:22:33 1241 |
DRUNK SIGNS CHECK, DAUGHTER BUYS FOOD WITH IT
CU OLD MAN FILLING BAG WITH CRACKERS GETS HAND CAUGHT IN MOUSE TRAP. DRUNK HOLDS OUT HAND, ALL HE GETS BACK IS CHANGE |
00:23:48 1316 |
CU STORE CLERK WRAPPING PACKAGE WITH TAPE
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00:24:15 1343 |
PRETEEN GIRL PICKING OUT HANDKERCHIEF WITH
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD STITCHED ON IT. |
00:25:21 1409 |
EXT/NIGHT: TWO BOYS RIDE UP IN WAGON, WITNESS
HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT, SOUND OF HORN, BRAKES, CRASH, WOMAN SCREAMING. PEOPLE RUN OUTSIDE, LOOKING THROUGH CURTAINS. LITTLE BOY RECOGNIZES HIS AUNT'S CAR. |
00:25:46 1434 |
PEOPLE SURROUNDING YOUNG GIRL HIT BY CAR, GIRL
SPEAKS A FEW WORDS TO HER FATHER, |
00:26:34 1482 |
LITTLE BOY ASKS HIS FRIEND IF HE'S GOING TO TELL
LITTLE BOY CRYING CONFUSED DOESN'T KNOW IF HE SHOULD TELL ON HIS AUNT, DECIDES NOT TO TELL, MAKES A PACT WITH HIS FRIEND |
00:26:56 1504 |
COUNTRY DOCTOR BRINGS IN INJURED GIRL, LAYS HER
ON COUCH |
00:27:05 1513 |
DRIVER OF HIT-AND-RUN CAR PULLS INTO REMOTE AREA,
LOOKS AT FRONT OF CAR FOR SIGNS OF ACCIDENT, GETS BACK IN CAR, DRIVES AWAY |
00:27:22 1530 |
DOCTOR EXAMINING INJURED GIRL, CONCERNED PEOPLE
STANDING BEHIND HIM |
00:27:28 1536 |
CU DRIVER OF HIT-AND-RUN CAR SPEEDING AWAY
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00:27:34 1542 |
DOCTOR SHAKES HIS HEAD, GIRL DIED FROM INJURIES,
FATHER WITH HEAD IN HANDS. MEN TRYING TO COMFORT DEAD GIRL'S FATHER, BLAMES HIMSELF FOR HER DEATH |
00:28:09 1577 |
EXT/NIGHT: TWO OLD MEN WALKING HOME, SPLIT, GO
SEPARATE WAYS, "GOODNIGHT" |
00:29:12 1640 |
POV LOOKING DOWN SMALL TOWN UNPAVED, DIRT ROAD
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00:29:17 1645 |
INTERIOR OF GENERAL STORE, LOCAL BUM SITS IN
FRONT OF WOOD STOVE, KICKS HIS FEET UP |
00:29:23 1651 |
MEN CHATTING ON FRONT PORCH OF GENERAL STORE
OLD MAN WHITTLING, ANOTHER USING LEATHER HOLE PUNCH, DOCTOR SMOKING PIPE |
00:30:27 1715 |
CU HAND ON BIBLE, DEPUTY CONSTABLE TAKING OATH
CONSTABLE PINS BADGE ON HIS JACKET, BRINGS HIM OUTSIDE TO SHOW HIM HIS NEW CAR. MEN LOOKING OVER NEW CAR |
00:31:33 1781 |
CU LITTLE BOY PULLS UP IN HIS WAGON WATCHING
LITTLE BOY NERVOUS "I DON'T KNOW NOTHIN" RIDES OFF |
00:32:11 1819 |
LITTLE BOY LISTENING IN ON ADULT'S CONVERSATION
ABOUT HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT HE WITNESSED |
00:32:59 1867 |
MEN TRYING OUT NEW POLICE CAR, TURN ON SIREN
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00:33:14 1882 |
MAN SLEEPING IN GENERAL STORE AWAKENED SUDDENLY
BY SOUND OF SIREN |
00:33:22 1890 |
LATE 1930s CAR STOPS ON DIRT ROAD, LOCAL LAW,
CONSTABLE LOOKING FOR CLUES WITH MAGNIFYING GLASS OLD MAN YELLING HELP, LOOKING AT SMALL BUG ON HIS HAND UNDER MAGNIFYING GLASS THINKS IT'S HUGE FUNNY. |
00:34:59 1987 |
CU FOOT PRINTS IN DIRT, HEELS HAVE SHAMROCK
FOUR LEAF CLOVER STAMPED ON IT |
00:35:03 1991 |
MEN SHAKING HANDS, THINK THEY FIGURED OUT CRIME,
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00:35:26 2014 |
CU TARANTULA ON MAN'S HAND, MAN BRUSHES IT AWAY,
STAMPS ON IT, STAMPING ON OTHER MAN'S FOOT |
00:35:35 2023 |
SMALL TOWN CONSTABLES DISCUSSING CRIME SCENE,
CONSTABLE'S FEET UP ON DESK, OTHERS NOTICE SHAMROCKS ON HIS HEELS FROM CRIME SCENE |
00:36:04 2052 |
WOMAN SETTING UP PICNIC LUNCH BESIDE POND, LAKE
PIPE SMOKING OLDER MAN SITTING ON TREE BRANCH FISHING. MEN FISHING |
00:37:17 2125 |
MAN BRINGS CATCH OF FISH TO CAMP FIRE, WOMAN,
FRANCES LANGFORD SINGS "DREAMING OUT LOUD" MAN PINNING WOMAN TO TREE WITH ARM, FATHER CATCHES COUPLE IN PRIVATE MOMENT |
00:40:50 2338 |
DAUGHTER DOTING ON OLDER FATHER WEARING HIS
ROBE, WOMAN CARING FOR OLD DOCTOR |
00:41:33 2381 |
SMALL TOWN GENERAL STORE, CU OLD MAN CHECKING
INSIDE HIS BOOT, PULLING OUT TACKING NAILS. CU STORE CLERK COUNTING EGGS AS HE PUTS IN WOODEN BASKET. OLD MEN SHOOTING THE BREEZE IN GENERAL STORE |
00:43:50 2518 |
MEN HEAR LOUD RAPPING ON CEILING, LOOK UP
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00:43:58 2526 |
WOMAN ENTERS STORE, THEY HEAR LOUD NOISE AGAIN,
RUN OUT OF STORE, UP STAIRS, ENTER ROOM, OLD MAN DOCTOR ON THE FLOOR, HEART ATTACK. PEOPLE MAKING HIM COMFORTABLE WITH PILLOW UNDER HIS HEAD |
00:45:02 2590 |
HEAVY RAIN STORM, RAINING CATS & DOGS
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00:45:06 2594 |
POV LOOKING IN HOUSE WINDOW, TWO MEN TALKING
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00:45:11 2599 |
YOUNG WOMAN CIRCA 1940 WALKING UP STAIRS
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00:45:13 2601 |
YOUNG MAN PUSHING OLD MAN IN WHEEL CHAIR
SHUTS THE DOOR BEHIND THEM |
00:45:22 2610 |
YOUNG WOMAN ENTERS ROOM, CLOSES WINDOW, TALKS
TO YOUNG MAN ABOUT DOCTOR, CONCERNED, GRABS HIS ARMS, PUTS HER HEAD IN HIS CHEST, SAD |
00:46:06 2654 |
TWO OLD MEN PLAYING CHECKERS, ONE ASLEEP SITTING
IN CHAIR, ARM HOLDING HIM UP, WAKES UP TO MOVE CHECKER |
00:46:25 2673 |
MAN SLEEPING IN CHAIR BESIDE WOOD STOVE HAVING
NIGHTMARE, GETS UP BANGING HIS FEET ON THE FLOOR WAKES UP, SITS BACK DOWN, GOES BACK TO SLEEP |
00:46:53 2701 |
WOMAN BREAKS DOWN CRYING, MEN COMFORT HER
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00:48:19 2787 |
STORE OWNER LOOKS AT POCKET WATCH "IT'S ABOUT
TIME WE'S LOCKIN' UP", STORE OWNERS CLOSING SHOP FOR THE NIGHT, MAN SLEEPING BESIDE FIRE GETS UP |
00:49:17 2845 |
EXTERIOR ESTATE, UPPER CLASS RESIDENCE
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00:49:21 2849 |
INTERIOR ESTATE, GRUMPY RICH WOMAN'S HOUSE,
LITTLE BOY EAVESDROPPING AT OPEN DOOR RUNS WHEN MAN WALKS OVER TO CLOSE DOOR, MEN TRYING TO GET MONEY FROM RICH WOMAN FOR MEDICAL MOBILE UNIT |
00:51:24 2972 |
GENERAL STORE OWNERS ENTER OPEN STORE, CU SIGN
"HELP YOURSELF, JOT-EM-DOWN" TRUSTWORTHY STORE OWNERS. CU GROCERY LIST. READ NOTE ON POST OFFICE WINDOW, CUTS TO YOUNG BOY HIDING IN STORE, TRIES TO ESCAPE, GETS CAUGHT, MEN MAKE HIM SIT DOWN & TALK TO HIM, HE CONFESSES THAT HE SAW HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT |
00:53:51 3119 |
MEN AT GRUMPY RICH WOMAN'S HOUSE CONFRONTING HER
ABOUT HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT. GRUMPY OLD LADY THREATENS THEM WITH LAW SUIT "SLANDER & CRIMINAL LIBEL" "I THINK YOU BETTER GET OUT NOW" |
00:55:26 3214 |
CU MEN LOOKING AT PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
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00:56:55 3303 |
CU OLD PRINTING PRESS PROBABLY CIRCA 1930s
PRINTING OUT FLYERS TO DOC WALT'S BABIES FOR "HELP DOC WALT GET A MOBILE HOSPITAL UNIT" |
00:57:41 3349 |
CU OLD BABY PICTURES DATED 1904
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00:57:43 3351 |
LOW ANGLE MAN GOING TO HIS MAILBOX, MAILING
A LETTER |
00:57:53 3361 |
CU OLD PHOTOGRAPH IN ALBUM DATED 1907
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00:58:01 3369 |
CU VICE PRESIDENT PLAQUE ON OFFICE DESK, CU
HANDS OPENING LETTER, READING, CRUMPLING IT UP & THROWING IT OUT |
00:58:18 3386 |
CU PHOTOGRAPH YOUNG BABY IN CRIB
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00:58:24 3392 |
MS PRISONER IN JAIL BEHIND BARS IN PRISON UNIFORM
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00:58:26 3394 |
CU PHOTOGRAPH NAKED BABY POSING ON SKIN RUG
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00:58:29 3397 |
FADES TO BOXER IN SAME POSE IN BOXING RING, BELL
RINGS TO START ROUND, BOXER SHAKES HIS HEAD, NOT ABLE TO GET BACK UP |
00:58:33 3401 |
CU PHOTOGRAPH OF YOUNG BABY GIRL
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00:58:37 3405 |
CU SINGER SINGING, MOS
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00:58:43 3411 |
CU FLYERS BEING TOSSED ONTO PILE WITH PHOTOGRAPHS
SUPERIMPOSED OVER |
00:58:57 3425 |
MONTAGE: CU BABY IN CRIB. FADES TO HAND MAILING
LETTER IN POST BOX, FADES TO PILE OF LETTERS, BABY IN CRIB, PILES OF LETTERS BECOMES PILES OF MONEY, COINS |
00:59:11 3439 |
YOUNG BLACK PRETEEN & OLD MAN AT POST OFFICE
WINDOW, MAN HANDS BOY PAPER SACK |
00:59:32 3460 |
CU SICK BOY IN BED WITH THERMOMETER IN HIS MOUTH
MOANING, WOMAN TENDING HIM. GRUMPY RICH WOMAN ENTERS ROOM, GROUCHY OLD BIDDY WON'T CALL FOR DOCTOR. YOUNG WOMAN YELLS AT OLD BIDDY |
01:01:32 3580 |
TWO MEN OPENING MONEY ENVELOPES COUNTING UP
MONEY SENT BY MAIL, CONTRIBUTIONS |
01:01:47 3595 |
LATE 1930s EARLY 1940s CAR PULLING UP TO
SMALL TOWN GENERAL STORE IN POURING RAIN, MAN OPENS BEDROOM WINDOW CURTAIN, LOOKS OUT, MEN COME OUT FROM STORE & HELP WOMAN BRING IN SICK CHILD TO DOCTOR'S OFFICE |
01:02:24 3632 |
INVALID DOCTOR DOCTOR IN WHEELCHAIR TENDING SICK
MOANING BOY. CU DOCTOR MAKING PAINED FACE. |
01:05:08 3796 |
GRUMPY OLD BIDDY COMES IN STORE PRETENDING TO
WANT TO MAKE PURCHASE, BUT REALLY IS CONCERNED ABOUT SICK BOY |
01:05:30 3818 |
PEOPLE HELPING INVALID DOCTOR CARE FOR BOY
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01:05:47 3835 |
MEN IN RAIN COATS TOWING OXYGEN TANK IN CHILD'S
WAGON IN POURING RAIN, LIFT IT OUT & BRING IT IN DOCTOR'S ROOM |
01:06:05 3853 |
TOWN FOLKS HELPING DOCTOR CARE FOR SICK BOY,
USING ORDINARY EVERYDAY THINGS TO MAKE MAKESHIFT OXYGEN MASK, OLD BIDDY SNEAKS IN ROOM |
01:07:19 3927 |
MEN OPENING CAR HOOD DISCOVER LITTLE RED RIDING
HOOD HANDKERCHIEF THEY GAVE TO GIRL KILLED IN HIT-AND-RUN ACCIDENT PLACING THE CAR AT THE SCENE-OF-THE-CRIME |
01:07:43 3951 |
DOCTOR WITH HELP OF TOWN FOLK CREATING MAKESHIFT
OXYGEN MASK FOR SICK CHILD |
01:09:18 4046 |
EXT/NIGHT: WILD HEAVY RAINS POURING DOWN ON SMALL
TOWN. STORM BREAKS MOON SEEN THROUGH STORM CLOUDS |
01:09:38 4066 |
CONCERNED TOWNSPEOPLE WAITING IN FRONT OF DOCTOR'S
OFFICE FOR NEWS OF LITTLE BOY |
01:09:51 4079 |
LITTLE BOY BREATHING NORMALLY NOW, OUT OF DANGER
TAKE OFF OXYGEN MASK, BREATHES ON HIS OWN, WOMAN GIVES DOCTOR A KISS "WHY THAT'S THE NICEST FEE I EVER RECEIVED" THANKING DOCTOR FOR SAVING BOY'S LIFE |
01:11:07 4155 |
TWO MEN ROLL DOCTOR'S WHEELCHAIR TO WINDOW,
COVER HIM WITH A BLANKET, HE FALLS ASLEEP AT WINDOW |
01:11:24 4172 |
MEN COME OUT & TELL TOWNSPEOPLE BOY IS OUT OF
DANGER. CONFRONT MAN WHO WAS DRIVING VEHICLE THAT KILLED GIRL, HE ADMITS FAULT, GIRL'S FATHER GOES TO ATTACK DRIVER. DRIVER GOES TO RUN AWAY, TOWN MEN GRAB HIM |
01:12:32 4240 |
YOUNG DOCTOR LOOKING OVER SICK BOY, GOES TO
WINDOW TO CHECK ON HIS SLEEPING FATHER, CHECKS HIS PULSE, FATHER / DOCTOR DIED IN HIS SLEEP WOMAN COMES TO COMFORT HIM, OTHERS COME IN AS WELL EVEN GRUMPY BIDDY RESTS HER HEAD ON HIS LAP CRYING |
01:14:18 4346 |
SMALL TOWN FUNERAL, MEN PULL OUT DR. WALTER
BARNES OFFICE UPSTAIRS SIGN FROM BUILDING, MEN USE IT AS HEADSTONE GRAVESTONE |
01:15:29 4417 |
TWO OLD MEN WALKING DOWN SMALL TOWN STREET
ATTACKED BY CHILDREN, BOYS WANT COINS, MEN THROW COINS ON GRASS, BOYS RUN FOR COINS, MEN TRY TO MOVE COW OUT OF THE WAY, WALK AROUND COW |
01:16:22 4470 |
SMALL TOWN PEOPLE LOOKING AT NEW MOBILE MEDICAL
UNIT HAPPY LITTLE TOWN |
01:17:04 4512 |
CU PAN INSIDE MOBILE VAN, LUMP UNDER BLANKET,
MEN LIFT UP BLANKET TOWN DRUNK SLEEPING IN VAN |
01:17:32 4539.33 |
TAPE ENDS
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Description: LUM & ABNER COMEDY. FILM DEBUT. CHESTER LAUCK, NORRIS GOFF, FRANCIS LANGFORD, FRANK CRAVEN, BOB WATSON, IRVING BACON, CLARA BLANDICK, ROBERT WILCOX, DONALD BRIGGS, PHIL HARRIS, ROBERT MCKENZIE, SHELIA SHELDON, TROY BROWN, JR. LUM & ABNER AS STORE OWNERS IN TOWN OF PINE RIDGE, ARKANSAS. THEY ACT AS FUNDRAISERS, MATCHMAKERS, AND DETECTIVES HUNTING DOWN A HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER.
Keywords: 1940
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