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Drama - Timeless Radio — Lives Of Harry Lime - The Hard Way. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
может Sounds Sounds Presenting Orson Wells as the Third Man. The lives of Harry Lyme, the fabulous stories of the immortal character originally created in the story, the Third Man, with the Sitter Music by Anton Carrus. You know I've tried everything in my time, just about everything. Conference records, smuggling, bright market. Once, believe it or not, I even tried going straight.
And here's the story of what happened to me then. It's called The Hard Way. Stick around. The Hard Way. The Hard Way.
I figured like this, Harry. The good old days is over in place. Things here in Europe is not what they was, not lighters there for the war. The cops are one thing the border police would like. They're all getting some shopper, fellow muddists as well, be trying to live in back home. So what is this all about? What about the racket, okay? You want to sell me your piece of the party? I don't want to sell you nothing. You know what I'm saying? How do you like to say that? I'm fine if telling you in your character or not, picking up and letting lay is the nearest driver likely to come to the legitimate commercial procedure and picking up the phone. A legitimate that's the word. I mean, that's what we got to get to be. The international cops like to tell you how he is in power to organize. You know, Swift, it's long and English have it used to fly in Ireland. Yeah. Very smart little combination I was, huh? What happened to him? What happened? Ever makes it jump into England last night? The parachute didn't open? You know that place and of course the Cornwall Harry that was you and me placed the fellow flight? What about it? As safe a little drop as you can fly to Harry.
Six miles from a road, no houses, nothing but header. Or what do you think they got in the header? Things that I would ever jump. Birds, cops. That's what they got in the header now, Harry. That's where half a scrap in the outer, spending their evenings. Ever gets out from under the power, it looks like a surprise party. And as for Swift, they got a couple of fast course-god jobs and follows them all the way across the Channel. But yeah, then comes the French planes and even the fellow comes and follows them. And at that time Swift, the US force started looking at the national conference. Yeah, that's seem rather discouraging. That's right. I tell you, the good times is finished. The English was real nice and rough and water was opportunities. But many more. You ever get them down into commercialized? No, I know. What do you think, Joe? I'm going to go back home. To the States, huh? Eventually, yes. Right now, there's maybe still too many people looking for motorists. Well, we've got to live very battle, man. It's the first objection to going straight, but jumps into mine. Well, Harry, we've got to play, and it's a pretty good little play, man. Easy to sell, man.
Well, why is it OK, but it's like you and me. It's been around. It's very much. The times at midnight, we can shop around for a sucker, but what do we do in the interim, man? For grocery. What would you say to this, Harry? How does it swing? The Imperial Safeways Child-Up Light Company Incorporated. Fly for private charter. There would you drive again? It's a business out there. Nice, quiet, stable business. A little trouble with the car. A nice, quiet, steady little business. A little trouble. Little did we know. Well, anyway, that's how Safeways Plane Charger Incorporated was born. I bought myself a cap that said, head pilot over the visor and sat down with Moe and I would farm. Nice certified way it was in the front board, chosen during more adventurous days for its remoteness.
To wait for official permission. With our reputation, I wouldn't do easy to fix, but finally, the phone rang, and sure enough, it was the brass down in the east. Would I fly over for a talk? Well, nice was about a 20-minute run from our private, very private field. Pretty soon, I was twisting my new cabinet, obviously, and trying to look as honest as possible for the benefit of some official or other who didn't. I'll say, look very impressed. Lime? Yes, sir. We have a dossier here in France, covering you suspected that he was in 1946. Oh, yes, sir. I say suspected, Lime, because we never actually caught you. No, sir. Yes, sir. No, sir. We have also reports from Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Holland, and the Republic of Germany. I've never caught me there. As you say. Well, here is how I figure out the situation.
Yes, sir. You are requesting the right to operate the plane chart and cut. That's right, yes. I said that you proposed to carry passengers or even freighting. And you're here then to prepare way to the proper channels. Yes. Why? I beg your pardon? I asked you why. Well, here. It's a business, isn't it? It's a very little business. Not as good as public cigarettes, however. Well, I really wouldn't know about that, sir. Of course not. Not as I say. I figure the situation has two possible explanations. Yes, sir. I, though, you really want to operate an honest chart and service with your little plane. Oh, that's it, sir. That's exactly the... And here I want you to follow me very carefully. Yes, sir. Or... Or you are plotting something so easily. So slice, so plaz- How can you think? Under the circumstances. I have no choice but to comply with your orders. Thank you. We are letting you start this chart and company lines. We are permitting you to begin. Yes, thank you so much. But we are keeping our eye on you, all of us, the police of every country in Western Europe.
We are watching for anti-pankings, you know. And under very first sign of anti-pankings, the very first whistle suspicion of anti-pankings, you will wish that you had knocked over here. That you have never applied for your first commercial license. Indeed, Mr. Light. You will wish that you had never been born. Hello, man. It's... I don't like it. I don't like it. I don't like it. I don't like it. I don't like it. Whatever you've got your papers and all like that. I don't like the official attitude, regardless of the paper, Mo. All we got to do is break one routine, little regulation. And we have these two-chip estimates. It's true, Mo. That's exactly the true one-middle slip. It's all the waiting. Don't forget the annoyance. And we're just waiting, huh? There's a chance to crack down on this. But everything we got away with before. Start reading the fine print, all the rules and regulations, all the front of my youth.
Somewhere there's a little joker about tipping your right wing to matter or an applying south on the first Sunday afternoon. There's something like that. On which the vigilant police of your people managed to fulfill their fondest dreams and to sort the brake stones on that work farm, and so I didn't have any. Right, AIMO. We never should have gone straight. Quitting the racket, that's okay. But we should have retired. Not going into the given business. It's too dangerous. Then there was the problem of getting tested. A tour of season just about over and then we had turned out that almost everybody for first travelling in a big comfortable, fast, stair liners still asked me why they just do. I wasn't anymore tinkering needed on our little cliverm hole. It was essentially the maintenance staff, ground crew, an administrative wing at the Safeways charter flights in corporate. It took a slight powder on me. Went up to the farm.
City had worked to do an elect, wouldn't think what that could be. I also couldn't think of a good reason why I should make him hang around the airport and mean. A week after that, I got my police customer. Your name is live. That's right, yeah. My name is Buddeboy. How do you always support the board? I support the board. Absolutely. I've been waiting for a while. Yeah, it's only a hour and a half. Just tell me, where would you like to go? Is that your theme of that? Right, as a motherfucker. I would say it. I'd say there's a need of paint. Reliable. Well, that's a plan Mr Buddeboy that will definitely get you there. Well, where is it exactly you'd like to get a good swit of it? Maybe I better weak with it, indeed. I will. We'll make a very good breakfast for weeks. It's a very good race, Mr. Butterfly. How many can you take of this? Four easy and five. And if it's how many? When can you leave? Well, now if you like it, I'll tell you. You have to get clear. It's sweet. Oh sure, but that won't take long. It's quite low-fi. You can't even get zero. That gets up the mountain. I've got to tend to.
I'll be trapped out by you playing the half-hour. It's too soon. For safe ways, try to fly. It's Mr. Butterfly. Nothing is too soon. I got my international clearance. It's all fixed up with traffic right on schedule. There was some kind of excitement going on and passing just waiting, but I didn't investigate. It's all in the hand. Well, it's right now. And the attendant came up with a message. Mr. Laez, what is it? You're the famous your butt wall has charter. Butterboy. Yes, this is the plane he chartered, whatever. He wants to go on ahead without him. You mean, go on without him. If he's chartering the plane, I know. I know, but this butterball is very authentic. We've had some meetings with him before. You must just do as he says. So he wants to charter the plane, not to take him to the service. Well, I get paid.
He told me to give you the news back. So I'm going to go on, I get to say, or not take him back. No, you've only a sparse Paris and wait. You need to be at tomorrow. What? What's wrong, Mr. Laez? Well, nothing. You just gave me a thousand bucks. Is it too little? It's almost twice what I expected. Or, Draco, as you'll miss here, this butterball is authentic in the experience. Oh, you have to leave right away. That is a condition. If you leave within the next two minutes, there would be another thousand waiting for you in Paris. One and a half minutes after that, Jorapho Harry was there. I see me clear and still warm. I'd like to look at the weather up ahead. Not for about half an hour, I was alone with my thoughts. For, rather, I thought I was alone with my thoughts. Then gradually began to dawn on me that I wasn't the only one in the plane.
Somebody was sitting behind me. Somebody had been hidden before, but if they had it by duffel, by the parachute, it was kind of spooky. It was... Well, it was among other things. A girl. On a stow away. And a very attractive stow away at that. In a moment, Orson Wells returns as Harry Lyme, the third man.
Now, kiddies, I'll have to admit that all the life found myself in the course of a fairly long and extremely valid career in some of the hard positions. This was by all odds, the artists. 1500 feet over the sea level with a throw away, with the people long gone, a calendar, instead of an arrow. What are you doing here? Well, you don't feel like answering. I'm in front, so I can look at you. Just time off over the sea. I can't even stick to what is going to be buffel with us. You heard me get up here in front. Why should I? Because I say so. Suppose I don't want. Well... Is this the first time you've ever been in a plane? Answer me!
Are you coming up in front or not? I don't see why I should. OK, then start holding on to your head. What do you mean? I'm going to do a little stunting. I think you have enough. I'm going to do that in front of you. I'm going to do that in front of you. I'm going to do that in front of you. I'm going to do that in front of you. OK, here we go again. No, no! No, what? That's not that often done. You get out. You do anything you do. Just time off over the sea and I sit down next to me and I talk to you. I can still wait on the sail. I'd like to see what I'm talking to. Yeah, come. You head for it. OK. I'll just slide down the sea. And that's it. Just a second. What are you doing? Don't worry about it.
I'm going to take it out this time. I'll just take it off my clothes. What's wrong? Oh, fine. I don't just put it around to show it. Just put it on. I'm going to get any warm. I was going to make out with you over there's not. You look a better than me. What do you mean you're bad? Well, as they say, I mean. You're not so bad as they say. I'm not notorious like you. Well, maybe not, honey. But I've never stood away in a private plane and started building up a reputation. It's not worthwhile. It just happened then. Amnesia? What's that? Amnesia, loss of memory. I don't understand. I'm asking you if you lost your memory. Why should I do that? Well, I don't know. It happens people lose things, you know. What kind of a girl you think I am. You want an absolute frank and candid answer to the question? I'm not going to say it. I'm going to say it. I'm going to say it. I'm going to say it. I'm going to say it. I'm going to say it. You want an absolute frank and candid answer to that question? What do you mean? What do you mean? What do I mean? You have a very complicated way of talking. I nearly asked you if you wanted me to answer your question too. You asked it. You asked it.
Yes, but I can't remember what it was. Amnesia, no doubt about it. There you go again with those big words. You asked me what kind of a girl did I think you were. I asked you if you wanted me to give you an answer to that question, which was truthful or merely for life. I haven't formed any definite opinion of it. How long before we go and get into it? Well, you mean the next town, the next country. Where? Couple of hours. I think it's both of the world. What do you mean by that? Well, I don't like to look at the sky up there with the mountains. We're going to be riding some nasty weather. Can you even all be killed? Well, let's hope not, kid. Kind of a strange couple of you and I have never bothered to sit through the wreckage. No, I just mean we might be late. We might have to fly around on the outside of that stone. But by the way, what's your name? Why should I carry you? Why shouldn't you? Why should I? Young lady, this is without any question the most insane, the most in name, the most meaning, the most idiotic conversation. I've ever held with a human being 1500D overseas level or are they worlds? Oh, now you're close. And you get shut up.
Shut up. Why? Because I'm tired of talking. You, that's what I mean. Well, why? That's your attitude. Hmm. One thing I don't understand is... How you ever managed to get into the plane to begin with? Well, it was dull and nobody was looking. Never, never enough. But how did you know that this was my plane? They pointed it out to us when we came to the airport. I said this was the plane of Thailand, the famous Snowblivet. Nobody's ever been able to arrive. Oh, they did, and that's why you picked this plane instead of one of the airlines. If I was a smart boy, you'd take it. I'd give this lovely, smartly new, is that it? Now what do you do? You're not doing anything. You're just trying to find a parking lot to normal flight. Man, give me a thousand bucks not to take him to Paris, not to take him to Zurich or whatever it is. Yeah, but you're doing it in a row. I owe this up, you know? No, like that weather up ahead also, I don't like it. The boys at the airport in Paris are likely to do to me when they find you on the plane. What are they like to do?
I don't know, but it won't be too pleasant for me. I'm trying to fill up a good reputation, trying to prove that I've reformed. What's happening on my first legitimate flight? There's no law against me, you say? Well, maybe not, but there ought to be. So, where are we going instead of Paris? What do you think? Not back where we started. You got some other country in mind? Now, what do you think you don't back where we started? That's no fun. The start? I don't get any change. You get to go to work on me. When you asked me that, didn't you have a place in your own way that you would have kept your own way? I still do it to prom in front of my living. After now, we never paid much attention to the cops. Well, you mean, I'll base you that against cases if you need me, don't you? I'll be. And then what? The body, you know? Then we'll see. Well, you got some ideas here.
I don't want to. What's going on in that girl's school? That's one thing. Sure, I don't belong there. I'm not going. But what goes that? What's the school? I'm coming. You're still young. I'll be going to school. I'm mining, you know? Now, I know I'm going to jail. Not a queer care, please. Now, about this, honey. Of course, you've got a passport and a seal. Then you were only a person. Oh, don't be. Now, about this, honey. Well, if you've got the new idea, right? Now, let's examine some of the old ones. Getting in this plane, for instance. I'm not going to say that I wouldn't have to go to this awful finishing school, but I think French is a good idea. But I don't want to say your name. I want to speak French and German, not me. I want to get mad. Well, kids, make somebody a lovely wife. And that's what he says. I can't say any. Receipt the English because my uncle doesn't speak. You see, my uncle's real passion. Now, about this, honey. You're about to go to the dining somewhere. Maybe find me. I can identify you at least. Tell me about your uncle. Well, nothing to tell. He's just enough. Well, he's about one who wants to take me off of that school. He's about to go under your...
Wait a minute, don't tell me your uncle is that. You don't feel butterbore. The paper cups. But he gave me a thousand dollars to... No, that was really crazy. The thousand dollars. You. I'll keep you playing in the airport to make sure you have that. Now, about five... Well, if you get a thousand dollars... Well, I just bought a while ago. Well, who wasn't looking? Well, if you're about to board a paper cup key. I told you that already is awful rich money, Wolfie. That's why I thought you were to keep that key. What? You didn't ask me. You know on that call, you know? Uncle Wolfie, they almost anything to get me to that girl's school. And you could refuse to hand me over without getting a million dollars or something. You know how that would have turned into rats, and they call it. Then I have fun to know how to do that. Well, what's wrong now? Nothing's nothing. Nothing's gonna go on the show right away. Well, however, it's not the only thing you'll see. Oh. You will learn if I don't have any money. But he isn't a good unreasonable person.
I'm sure you'll let you keep some of the money you're looking for. Sure, I'm the best to see him go. Now, where? Oh, you made it to the ground. That's right. I don't even know where to go. To the far end where I'm going to be some kidnest. I'll... I won't see if we go down. We're going to that ground. What's wrong with you, Uncle? Where is he? As we sat down in front of Mowl's, the sides told a little miss that they had to keep out of sight for them. I knew Mowl. I wanted to break things to him gently. Oh, fine! I was fine, but you are. I must have said it unless I got that you Mowl. Unless Mowl had, yet you did. I believe you, Mom. I promise you was going to stay now. You was going to keep us good dad and trouble. No, look at you. What's your problem? I don't know what you're talking about. You know what I'm talking about. I'm having a surprise that you will, but that's... Yes, Mowl. No, okay, open it, I say.
There. Come on out, Mowl. Little girl. What do you know about a little girl? I went with a snatch at some poor little child back at the end, but I don't know what to do. Oh, it's about a lie about it. They told me. I'm not on the output. I get this question. I... Wait a minute. This is it, Dave. I didn't wait around to make any explanations. I just introduced the... ...hiasons. Her name was Hiasons, but they were there. And left the two of them on the farm to discuss it between themselves. Twenty minutes later, I was back in the airport in Nice with Uncle Warfield. Well, I can see that you have nothing to do with that meat. Of course, yes, she's quite an original young lady. Now, now, now, now that I came back to it, I thought you were me, anything. She gave me the slit, and the attendee had told me about that fully mess. I knew she'd still do it.
You were in for some trouble. Who would have more? You would find back where Parmio... No, whatever now. She pulled the airport in, said she was being up for work. She'd said, they have many private disguise of voice, but it's easy to be proud with us, though they've been. I knew when I said I'd pay a half million a piece day away. But of course, aha, I was just joking. But I was the mother, I'd get a pack of sheet to that village in school, now wheeled too. Even if it finishes me. And then, now, the lift is done. Start it. Well, two Mr. Butler, well, I started to wear. Well, we've got to do a pick of blue eyes until when you do Mr. Butler, well, your uncle, I'm not related to him. And I don't know. What are you okay here? I'll be bold. Sure. Thank you very much, Mr. Butler. Whatever your price is, it isn't enough. That's being legitimate to my brother. Mr. Butler. Oh, my brother. Mr. Butler, boy. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Don't do that. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Take it. Yes. Yes. Yes. What? Okay. Yes. Yes. Yes. Are you okay? Yes. Yes. Here. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Now, battery hind or private time off the work he has done
he has done something My husband's brother boy safely tucked away in that high class reform school in Zurich, Moe, who is just about ready for a mental home. He had to keep her company for us to pay for tough game, game and took her away, oh and by the way, she stole $60,000 from Moe. I mean, that's what he's been doing up there in the farm, printing it. He's very proud about having started making all that money again. I've been doing all that focus, though, it's not a story that I've never wanted to hear. I've got enough troubles as it is.
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