Original subtitles

this is the story of Walter

Nea doing what he likes best fighting

crime in the streets you see Walter's a

policeman unfortunately the chief

doesn't want Walter on the streets

Captain get back to your cage

boy now so Walter must fight crime in

his own way in the computer room that's

where he an expert fortunately for me

Walter's Advanced knowledge of

electronics led him to experiment with

what is called a hologram that's a very

fancy word for a three-dimensional

picture that when perfected can be made

to look real sound real as a matter of

fact given enough power it can even be

made to feel

real that's kind of what got me into

this

world

my name is

utan you must be Walter

Nea how did you know that it's on the

programming you fed into my system I

must say Walter you're very good very

good

indeed I look

wonderful if you do say so yourself well

you programmed me to be honest but tell

me why did you call me Automan it means

that you're the world's first truly

automatic man you can do anything

because you're not real oh but I am I'm

as real as you are just different and

thanks to you perfect nobody's perfect

Automan that's not true Walter you've

programmed me to observe other people

and do whatever they can do as well as

they can do it Jimmy Conor is playing

tennis jravolta dancing in fact on a

scale of 1 to 10 think of me as an

11 I've created a

monster no what Walter really created

was a wonderful Force for

good

Automan that's

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me

wonder shall I get your car Mr Gillette

anything it's a it's a red Porche yes

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sir she a contract to him for about 4

years before came over to the other

Studio well well well what do you know

it's America's sweetheart how how are

you Veronica fine no thanks to

you so how is the Jack the Ripper of

Journalism I gather you read today's

column I did and so did my lawyers I'm

going to sue you into Oblivion it's a

shame you can't be that dramatic on

screen you think you can destroy me is

that a threat one phone call I could put

you in the obituaries and don't think I

wouldn't do it

item Hollywood hasb been Veronica Everly

can't stop trying to throw her weight

around if I hurry I can still make the

Mars colum there you go

son you're a dead man Keith you hear me

sh Veronica you're

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dead

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good

evening

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goodbye come in Jack uh Lieutenant

Curtis I would like you to meet Sheila

Dunham you do Miss Dunham was Keith

gillette's assistant oh hello Lieutenant

how do you do I understand you're in

charge of the case uh yes such as it is

afraid we don't have a lot of good leads

at the moment well I'll give you more

than a lead I'll tell you who was behind

the

murder

really Veronica

Everly Veronica you mean the actress

most people might quibble with that

description well we'll investigate this

woman uh but what we need here is

evidence not Theory well here I brought

everything that Keith was working on all

his notes there are names in there that

I've never heard of you got a computer

jockey for this I'll get this stuff to W

see what Neisha can come up with hi okay

well thank you Miss Dunham for the help

we'll be in touch she is going to pay

for this one way or another she's going

to

pay

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hi Wally hi uh Lieutenant Kur wants to

know how you're coming on those gossip

columnist notes well I'm uh just about

to get some

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answers

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hello Walter hello

roxan I don't think this is what

Lieutenant had in mind he wanted a

computer analysis of those notes nobody

can do that faster than Automan go ahead

utto tell her what you found out okay

Tanya Boer uses biorhythms before she'll

agreed to do a picture guess who's not

really a natural

block yeah as soon as Lieutenant Curtis

finishes interrogating Veronica Everly

I'll give him all this late breaking

news did she say Veronica Everly is here

please Otto you've already made me look

like a perfect fool she's one of my

all-time favorite Stars I I must have

played your tape of Queen of the Nile

100

times do you think you could introduce

me Otto you're supposed to be helping me

not the other way around well if you had

let me finish I would have explained

I've actually learned a great deal you

mean about who a natural blonde and who

isn't Otto no about someone who has a

good reason to see Keith Gillette Dead

who Michael hagon Gillette was involved

in an investigation into the financing

of a movie called The Silver Dawn

apparently it stumbled onto the fact

that hagedon was paying for the film

with ilicit drug profits the notes also

show that a major drug transaction is in

the works okay now that's more like it

wait do you have this man's

address

right

here now do you think I could uh meet

Miss ever forget it Otto I have enough

trouble explaining you to

myself where are you

going well I'd like to have something to

corroborate this reporter's theories

before I go to Lieutenant Curtis would

you like me to come along not this time

Otto I think I can handle this one by

myself well is there anything you'd like

me to do while you're gone yes uh

nothing

well uh I'm sure Walter wouldn't mind if

I ask her for an autograph

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cursor Miss ever I'd like to thank you

for taking the time to come down here

there's anything else I call you all

right good evening Lieutenant oh Asian

man hello what brings our Washington's

finest down to our humble Precinct

officer Nea is running some computer

checks for me when I heard Miss Everly

was here I just had to say

hello Veronica Everly this is federal

agent man why

hello I feel as if we're all friends

I've seen all of your films three and

four times you're even more captivating

in person than you are on the screen oh

well you're not so bad

yourself well if you'll excuse me I have

a murder investigation to run Roan would

you uh finish this for me please sure

thank excuse

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me I uh have a late call at the studio

tonight perhaps if you're not doing

anything later you'd like to drop by the

Set uh I think officer Neer was

expecting you to stick around I'm sure

he wouldn't mind besides I've always

been been fascinated by films some of

the Illusions they create are so

real once you know the tricks you can

spot them a mile away is that

so and uh I could show you a lot

more you mean you mean a private

tour anything for the boys in

blue tell me does that collar require

recharging no but I do

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cursa the auto car please I've decided

to take Miss Everly up on her

invitation of course Walter won't mind

you know how open-minded he

is okay so we won't tell

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him thank you

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CS

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good evening officer

evening

oh you must be in that science fiction

movie they're shooting no actually I'm a

guest of Veronica Everly stage 18 oh

yeah we just follow the green line and

when you get that sounds easy enough

thank

you maybe I ought to go back to the day

shift

weird

C I feel at home

already settle please

and action I've heard it all before Gib

Kitty you think we could lose the

gum back to number one please everybody

still

rolling

settle and

action I've heard it all before Gib you

just tell a woman what she wants to hear

what I want to hear is that you'll leave

with me tomorrow

never you want me as much as I want you

don't do this to

me you Clum the

off cut

cut

kidy you're not giving it to me you

understand it's I just don't believe you

that's all well how do you expect me to

do a love scene with this mey mouth

twerp hey look if your sugar daddy

wasn't bankrolling this picture you

wouldn't even be in it get the hell out

of here come on get out get out

Jason

what do I do

now it's a small part we'll get another

actor we

will when I have three days to wrap the

whole film where where do I find someone

to play Gibb H what about him who that

gorgeous hunk over there now that's

somebody I could do a love scene

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with you're kidding you are I don't even

know who he is well let's go find

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out excuse

me you are uh Mr Man Auto J Man Miss

Hopkins Mr Man Mr Man Miss Hopkins my

pleasure have you ever done any acting

Mr Man oh all the time I think there's a

little Robert Redford in my program how

would you like to do a love scene with

me right here right now love scene you

mean like Rudolph Valentino in the Chic

something like that certainly where's my

horse no horse AO Cynthia can I borrow

your script for a moment thank

you read the part of

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Gibb

I know my

lines I'm a quick

study

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oh

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hey Phil how are you well mik can I get

you anything Mr hagor no that'll be

allas

thanks just cover from the set yes and

go slowly farther behind I I can't tell

you what that's costing is that all you

can say what about Kitty how's she doing

fine she's doing

fine come on come on come on tell me the

truth you've seen her before and what do

you think you know what I think I think

that someday she's going to be a big

star that's what I think yeah your

lawyer have to remind that if they don't

finish shooting this movie by the 14th

of this month the other investors have

the right to pull out which means you'll

get stuck with a whole 20 million look

the words comes the words we'll cut out

the last few scenes unfortunately the

contract is very specific if you don't

deliver every word as written in the

script every scene then they have the

right to walk away without coming up

with a dime you know you wouldn't want

to push me into investing in this movie

best way in the world to plow back my

drug profits that's what you said so

what happens I end up having to kill a

gossip columnist to keep him from

exposing my own operation I checked with

the DA's office the police still can't

buy a clue yeah well I got a bigger

problem because if I have to pay for

this movie I won't be able to pay Casey

for that heroin that's coming in and

he'll kill me before I'll take an i

you

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Mr hag are there uh guy parked across

the street he been there for close to an

hour want me to check it out yeah right

away Oscar there's a problem you know

what to do yes

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sir

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you got some uh business in this

neighborhood or you just like watching

the grass

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gr police

officer sorry officer you know we've

been having a lot of burglaries lately

yeah well that's why I'm

here

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oh

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a

assignment what

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assignment if uh you're looking for

Automan he's probably down at the J Tree

Studio what he introduced himself to

Veronica Everly and somehow got invited

down to the studio to watch them film

that movie she's in he went down there

alone well I'm sure he's keeping keeping

a low profile how

sure not at

all when I look at you the whole world

just melts away to

nothing I've heard it all before Gib you

just tell a woman what she wants to hear

what I want to hear from you is that

you'll leave with me

tomorrow

never you want me just as much as I want

you

don't do this to

me and cut okay that's great Teddy let's

set up for closeup shall we same

positions not too shabby great not too

shabby at all I liked it print

it okay that's a

cut I said that's a

cut how was that terrific Kitty you are

great go relax for me

okay so uh Mr Man you uh you have an

agent what's an agent uh like a vampire

with a telephone then I definitely don't

won have one don't worry you are going

to play Gibb you mean I'm in the movies

just like that they don't call it the

Dream Factory for

nothing

well I could be the next Clint

Eastwood dirty

Auto I like the sound of

that what are you

doing oh hello

Walter

honey that was some of the best acting

I've ever seen you do who was

acting I don't believe this I leave you

alone for an hour and this is where you

wind up I thought you'd be more pleased

Walter I got the part you what the part

I just auditioned for they want me in

their movie oh my

God you certainly are a man of many

talents Agent

Man don't worry your secret is safe with

me but don't forget who invited

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you well what do you have to say for

yourself which do you think is my better

side Walter right or uh

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left

Walter Walter what is going on the

captain said you were following up a

lead on the Gillette case you almost got

your head taken off it was worth it I'm

okay Jack here take a look at

this that first name Michael Hagadorn

he's an underworld figure reputed to be

a drug trafficker Gillette died in the

middle of investigating that movie hagon

was financing you figur that they came

up with something a little bit more than

just gossip it sure looks that way what

about this other name Philip eem I

traced him down from the license of the

car I saw pull up to hegedorn's last

night he's evidently hegedorn's Atty

attorney if you'll notice he must spend

all of his time making large cash

deposits into brokerage houses May 10th

$787,000 29th

644 June 11th

$989,000 it looks suspiciously like this

e character makes his living by doing

other people's laundry we he's far too

wealthy for that I doubt he even does

his own

laundry money laundering I mean yeah I'd

have to agree with you all of this money

came from accounts in the Cayman Islands

that is one of the most notorious

stopping places for illegal profits in

the world

look I wouldn't be interfering with your

investigation if I talked to these men

would I well hagedon is fairly reclusive

one of the few places he's seen is on

the set of that film while you're trying

to get at him through the front door I

can be attacking his flank as it

were all right that sounds good let's

keep in touch with this all

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right Lieutenant Curtis seems pleased

I'm in the movie all right all right

just as long as you put the

investigation first you can take the

part just promise me you won't get

carried away with it carried away

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me look I only know Keith Gillette by uh

reputation I never met the guy well so

then you didn't know that he was

uh that he was uh doing an in-depth

study the financing of your motion

picture then I know he had an in for one

of my stars you know Veronica Everly

Veronica ever well she wouldn't have

anything to do with the financing of

your picture would she no of course

not what can you tell me about Philip E

only that he's my lawyer and uh he over

charges

me that's about all was he the one who

set up the accounts in the Cayman

Islands look I think you better refer

those questions to him I got a $20

million movie I'm trying to keep on his

feet $20

million

that's that's a lot of money where does

a man get $20

million well uh e you born rich you're

smart till you get

lucky I was all

three thank you very much for your time

Mr hego and it all liutenant I'll let

myself

out

yeah yeah no I I've got that like why

don't you just tell

me who was that wouldn't say give me a

hot tip on the Gillette murder you think

it's for real well there's only one way

to find out that's to meet him face to

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face

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[Applause]

all right get

out

I haven't been able to get a thing out

of him why don't I just put him out of

his misery look I don't care how long it

takes he's going to tell you everything

he knows I'll do my best sir yeah you do

that we're going to start all over

again you saw all that reporter's last

notes right now that I did then you can

tell me exactly what was in them as a

matter of fact I can't

I got all the time in the world smart

guy you on the other hand you're running

out of

time hello Phil Phil agor oh how are you

Michael Phil I just had a visit from a

very nosy Lieutenant Curtis hey take it

easy it's routine cooperate Phil listen

that cop knew everything about the

Cayman Island accounts I'm telling you

Phil they know everything if we don't

finish principal photography this turkey

by 6:00 p.m. tomorrow it won't make much

of a difference how's the movie going we

on we on schedule after the no

catastrophes will make it but if we

don't you're going to have a hard time

explaining to Casey why you can't afford

to pay for the goods you ordered

nothing's going to hold up the

completion of that movie

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nothing thanks for your help

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so Jack never told you where he was

going eh only that he was going to meet

someone with a tip on the Gillette case

it's any consolation I know that agent

man is looking for Jack right now well

so is every available man I have that

doesn't mean we're going to find

him no I didn't report a phone problem

you got the wrong office it's

me Agent

Man did you find out where Jack is no

but I did find out he's alive and I also

found out a number of other things for

starters hagador and his attorney are

supposed to take delivery of 20 kilos of

heroin very soon the only problem is if

he can't finish the movie by tomorrow

evening he can't complete the deal what

has drug smuggling got to do with making

movies if the movie's not finished then

hagador is it means he'll have to Shell

out the whole cost of the movie himself

as a result he won't be able to buy the

drugs sounds crazy Agent Man you still

have a couple of scenes left in the

movie don't you yes why then what you've

got to do is make sure that they don't

finish sh stall them throw a tantrum do

anything but don't let them complete the

scenes how is that going to help it'll

buy us time to find that heroin that's

coming in hopefully to find Jack I tried

to trace the call that was placed from

where they have Lieutenant Curtis but

they weren't on long enough this is as

far as I

got first four digits well at least

that's a

start but what are you waiting for

go

he's not here in 5 minutes I'm going to

take him off the film you do that and I

walk I'm not doing this scene without

him

Charming good

morning Mr Man where have you been your

call was 90 minutes ago I guess I

overslept oh well that's different he

over slept would you mind getting into

wardrobe we got to move as soon as I

have

lunch

lunch we don't have time for lunch well

I I can't work on an empty stomach who

do you think you are Frank Frank look

it's going to take longer to fight with

him than to feed

him

fine fine lunch lunch 15 minutes I'll

need 45 I'll start with caviar on toast

points then a nice Lobster bis and maybe

a simple salad with Belgian indiv and

Japanese mushrooms maybe there's a

particular wine you'd like oh any

pre-war Le broth child will do and if

you could send that to my motor home oh

Mr man you don't have a motor home well

make sure by the time lunch gets here

that I do and uh do something about this

blue pych it clashes with my

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collar

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okay you see Veronica you do your first

two lines here you walk right to her

why what do you mean why because that's

where the rest of the scene is

played what's my

motivation why am I walking over there

as opposed to say over here it seems

awfully arbitrary no no it's not

arbitrary at all you see we've spent the

last 90 minutes lighting this entire set

so that you could play your scene over

there I feel a lot better playing it

right here well I don't give a flying FL

Flingo Mr Man what would make you feel

better we're going to do this scene the

way I want to do it or we're not going

to do it at all Temper

Temper you let me know when you've moved

all the lights I'll be in my

Moto move the lights over here we're

going to play the scene over here all

right follow the play

back I like your style but somehow I get

the feeling that what you're doing has

more to do with you being a policeman

than a primadonna you keep that theory

to yourself I'll make you a star I'm

already a star then I'll make you dinner

you're

on I've missed you so won't be long now

we wrapped this movie good old Michael

gives me the 18 million to buy the

heroin with and the only thing I'm

buying with it are two tickets to Rio oh

oh it sounds wonderful but you left out

one part you mean getting rid of Michael

that's right that idear to something you

can leave to

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me sby all right

shoot yeah I've got it yeah we don't

pick up the stuff until uh uh the heard

been paid for

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right come

on I still haven't heard any word from

Curtis what about that high-powered

Federal buddy of yours uh has he come up

with anything Agent Man no uh he's busy

trying to prevent Hagadorn from meeting

that 6:00 dead

well what about

you there's a th phone numbers that

start with these four digits I'm just

going through the phone company records

to see if any of these places seem like

promising hideouts well he's been gone

for 36 hours I just hope he's still

alive that's

all hello Gib that's great Veronica

perfect Norm that's going to be the shot

right where it is don't change anything

ladies and gentlemen listen up for a

minute as you're all aware we have only

three hours to finish this entire

scene I cannot stress enough I need

everyone's

cooperation everyone's

cooperation any questions yes just

one I was just thinking how much more

dramatic this scene would be in the

middle of a raging

snowstorm I'll just pretend I didn't

hear that first positions everybody okay

let's see if we can get a run

through three more hours and we're home

free huh may just be the three longest

hours of your life 21 Denver Take One

Speed

marker

action hello Gib it's been a long

time not long enough

oh sorry do you suppose we could uh get

some Q cards made up

Frank

Great Captain what I think I've got

something what is it this phone number

it's a brand new installation in an

abandoned

building now why would anybody want to

put a brand new phone line in an

abandoned building I think I just

answered my own question have you got a

have you got an stress on that I sure do

all right then let's get going

okay you hear something if you're

hearing things turn it up turn it

up the

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timer

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and as we take a look at it again we see

all right boys TOS your weapons over

here nice and

easy come on in on in boys Captain you

all right

yeah come on you certainly are trigger

happy it wouldn't surprise me if you're

the man who murdered Keith Gillette

you're crazy who knows maybe that gun of

yours will match the bullet that killed

him it was my idea hagor put me up D I

swear Captain I never thought I'd be so

glad to see you well thank you buy Neer

he figured it out if we're not too late

I think I know where we can find a

couple million dollars worth of heroin

command take

over I'll see you later where you going

I'm going to make sure hagor in his ler

don't get the sudden impulse of leave

town Wally thank you let's go Kev you

need some attention no no I'm all right

come on let's

go we've got less than an hour I don't

care what happens just keep keep the

camera rolling don't worry you know what

they call me The Miracle

Worker

action hello

Gib it's been a long time time is a

relative concept Einstein proved that

not the right line keep rolling down as

the velocity of an object approaches the

speed of light he doesn't want Eugene

can't you see that those clouds up there

certainly look threatening

maybe we should go inside what

clouds

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curser turn off the F turn

off keep

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ring turn up the bloody fan for crying

out

loud stop this

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no stop

it be careful cursor don't hurt

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anyone keep R keep

r

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[Applause]

let me out of

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here stop

it stop

it

jno all right stand up with your hands

raised where's that

dope I said where is the

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[Applause]

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dope let's get out of

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here

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Captain boy over here

C

you all

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right

yeah I don't know I think I'm get a

little old for this very funny very

funny let's find the

dop we

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go all

right

here look the other

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way

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Eureka your with

us I don't believe it how could

something like this happen I'm out 20

million it's the least of your

problems what is this F what's going on

very simple you give me the combination

of your safe and I become a very wealthy

man you're not getting your hands on my

money never stay away kitty he lost is

mine I don't think he'll hurt me

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Michael

drop it

now back up back

up all right who wants to talk

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first hold

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it going somewhere Mr reams

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quick

cursor

coming

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down well done Walter very well done

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indeed how was your uh Performance Auto

sorry I missed it I think it'd be fair

to say it was a real

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showstopper well that's the report AO

another case closed I must say the role

of actor was amusing but I infinitely

prefer that of crime fighter well that's

a relief to hear I was afraid you might

have gotten the

bug have uh you two seen this what it's

she denham's gossip column page

three production has stopped abruptly on

the $20 million feature of the silver

Dawn with Federal and local

investigators arresting producer Michael

hegadorn his lawyer Philip eam and

several other persons on charges of drug

smuggling how about that uh keep

reading even a bigger mystery than the

fate of the film is the whereabouts of

Hollywood newcomer OT J man who

according to those who've seen the

footage stole the show here's hoping we

see more of the handsome Mr

man I don't believe this have you ever

heard anything more ridiculous in your

life I couldn't agree with you more oh

by the way I'd like to ask your opinion

about something huh

okay when I answer my fan mail should I

sign Automan or just plain

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