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How Awful About Alan – Forgotten 70s Horror Gem
Rediscover a chilling piece of vintage television horror with How Awful About Alan, a forgotten 70s horror gem filled with psychological tension and dark family secrets. This atmospheric thriller follows a troubled man who returns home after a traumatic accident, only to find himself trapped in a web of paranoia, manipulation, and unsettling mystery.
Blending psychological horror with classic suspense storytelling, this 1970s thriller delivers slow-burning tension, dramatic performances, and eerie twists that define retro horror cinema. A must-watch for fans of vintage TV movies, cult thrillers, and old school psychological suspense.
Perfect for lovers of 70s horror films, forgotten cult classics, and dark mystery dramas.
Rediscover a chilling piece of vintage television horror with How Awful About Alan, a forgotten 70s horror gem filled with psychological tension and dark family secrets. This atmospheric thriller follows a troubled man who returns home after a traumatic accident, only to find himself trapped in a web of paranoia, manipulation, and unsettling mystery.
Blending psychological horror with classic suspense storytelling, this 1970s thriller delivers slow-burning tension, dramatic performances, and eerie twists that define retro horror cinema. A must-watch for fans of vintage TV movies, cult thrillers, and old school psychological suspense.
Perfect for lovers of 70s horror films, forgotten cult classics, and dark mystery dramas.
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00:00:06To be continued...
00:00:41Help me! Help me! Help me, please!
00:00:45Help! Help! Help!
00:00:58Uh, the 988 University, uh, Avenue. Uh, uh, Professor Collie's house.
00:01:04Collie, hurry!
00:01:25Alan! Alan! Wait, wait! Mr. Collins! Alan! Are you all right?
00:01:30Father's dead. Collins, it's my fault.
00:01:33Come with me. Where is Catherine? Alan. Alan, are you all right?
00:01:53Oh, my God! I'm in the face!
00:02:06Alan, I can't see. I can't see. I'm blind.
00:02:27I can't see. I'm blind.
00:02:31And I can't see.
00:03:52There is nothing organically wrong with my eyes.
00:03:55The blindness is all in my head.
00:03:57I just wanted to re-emphasize that before you leave us.
00:04:02You know the fire was accidental.
00:04:05You didn't leave the paint cans and thinner next to the heater deliberately that night.
00:04:11You've recognized your resentment of your father and his close relationship with your sister.
00:04:16Which accounts for your partial recovery?
00:04:21A full recovery depends on conquering your guilt feelings about your father's death, your sister's disfigurement.
00:04:32Well, perhaps, perhaps this return home will help.
00:04:37I hope so.
00:04:39I've been here for eight months now.
00:04:42Here.
00:04:44Just in case.
00:04:46Oh, it's the name of a colleague in your town.
00:04:49Dr. Herbert Greeno.
00:04:51I'll forward him a copy of your history.
00:04:54And, um, try using a tape recorder.
00:04:59Verbalize these small problems.
00:05:01Listen to your own words.
00:05:03It may help more than you think.
00:05:05Well, good luck, Alan.
00:05:09Yes?
00:05:11Oh, yes.
00:05:12Very good.
00:05:13He's just leaving.
00:05:15Your sister's waiting for you.
00:05:18Right on time.
00:05:22Someday, somewhere, Catherine will be late and the world will shatter.
00:05:27You're still tense about seeing her.
00:05:29It's not your ordinary family reunion.
00:05:31She doesn't blame you for her disfigurement.
00:05:33Scar is there.
00:05:34But hidden.
00:05:36The plastic device she wears is very successful.
00:05:39It's barely noticeable.
00:05:42You mustn't make it worse than it really is.
00:05:52Thank you, Doctor.
00:05:54You the one getting out today?
00:05:56Yes, that's right.
00:05:57I'm scared.
00:05:58I can smell it on your plane.
00:06:00You'll be back.
00:06:01Oh, yes, you will.
00:06:03Look at you run.
00:06:05You'll be back, all right.
00:06:08Soon.
00:06:10No?
00:06:17Well, here it is.
00:06:18The old street.
00:06:19How does it look?
00:06:21It feels better than the state hospital.
00:06:23What would it?
00:06:47It feels better than the state hospital.
00:06:49What would it?
00:07:05What's that?
00:07:06Oh, it's a stick.
00:07:07The kids must have left it.
00:07:23Oh, Catherine, Catherine, Catherine.
00:07:28Hiya, how is that?
00:07:30Well, he's fine, dear.
00:07:33Olive, why don't you wait and come back tomorrow?
00:07:37Okay, fine, sure.
00:07:40Uh, bye.
00:07:41Say hello for me.
00:07:49She's hurt, Olive.
00:07:51You were nearly engaged.
00:07:53I don't want to see anyone for a while.
00:07:56I'm sorry the house is so cold.
00:07:58But I just can't afford to heat it.
00:08:02There's a heater in your room.
00:08:04I'll show you.
00:08:30It's been boarded over.
00:08:32It's been boarded over.
00:08:55How is Olive?
00:08:57Oh, well enough.
00:08:59She's alone now since her mother died.
00:09:03She does research for Professor Schiller.
00:09:06She, uh, just to keep busy.
00:09:10She works at home.
00:09:13Oh, you asked about your, uh, tape recorder.
00:09:16It's right where you left it.
00:09:23Well, I'll, I'll go change and start dinner, okay?
00:09:29You're standing there, worrying about me being here.
00:09:33It's true, blindness does make you more sensitive to things.
00:09:36I can take care of myself.
00:09:40Catherine.
00:09:43All these months I've been waiting to tell you how sorry I am.
00:09:46Well, I'm, I'm making something festive for dinner.
00:09:50For homecoming.
00:09:54I'll call up when it's ready.
00:09:58All these months we're TIME.
00:10:02Bye-bye.
00:10:05Okay.
00:10:05All these months, I'm hoping.
00:10:58There used to be a lamp over there.
00:11:01I've changed things around.
00:11:03Were you looking for something?
00:11:06No, just trying to get the feel of the house again, I suppose.
00:11:11But dinner's nearly ready.
00:11:14I don't remember that.
00:11:17It's Father's desk.
00:11:20I'm storing his things here for the foundation.
00:11:24The Raymond Colley Foundation.
00:11:26We're raising money for a memorial wing in the new library.
00:11:31Your labors on his behalf are never done, are they?
00:11:39Um, this is Mother.
00:11:43Yes.
00:11:50And, uh, who is that?
00:11:54Oh, that's Eric.
00:11:56I don't know why I keep it.
00:11:57I haven't heard from him in months.
00:12:00He went to Australia just after the fire.
00:12:04To make his fortune, he said.
00:12:08I suppose he married someone over there.
00:12:11Well, I guess it's safe to say it then.
00:12:14And, uh, I never really did like him much.
00:12:18I know.
00:12:20It's warm in the kitchen.
00:12:26I'm going to be all right here.
00:12:30I just want to be by myself for a while.
00:12:34Oh.
00:12:41THE END
00:13:08Good morning
00:13:09Oh
00:13:11What are you doing?
00:13:12Good morning
00:13:13Well
00:13:16I'll tell you all about it at breakfast
00:13:19You go ahead and wash
00:13:21Don't be long
00:13:22I have to be at work early today
00:13:30I've been renting to students ever since you left
00:13:33So we could keep the house
00:13:36My salary at the university
00:13:38Well
00:13:38You know what that is
00:13:41I know your first day home
00:13:43Having someone come
00:13:45I'd have arranged it differently if I could
00:13:48This boy
00:13:49What's he like?
00:13:51Well
00:13:53He's near this semester
00:13:54His name is Harold Dennis
00:13:57And he's quiet
00:13:58Really quiet
00:13:59He's had some sort of injury to his throat
00:14:01He barely speaks above a whisper
00:14:04Then we'll have our afflictions in common, won't we?
00:14:08He's going to be here during the lunch hour
00:14:10I can come home so you won't have to be alone with him
00:14:12No, no
00:14:13He sounds harmless
00:14:15I'll be all right
00:14:16I'm going to be late
00:14:28Perhaps my apprehensions are unfounded
00:14:32What do I care how he looks at me
00:14:33Or what he thinks of me
00:14:35This student
00:14:38This is a house
00:14:39It's not a courtroom
00:14:40I'm not on trial here
00:14:56I'm not on trial here
00:15:11I'm not on trial here
00:15:24I'm not on trial here
00:15:45I came about the room.
00:15:48It's upstairs.
00:16:03First door on the left.
00:16:51I'm sorry.
00:16:53I thought I'd be back in the front hall.
00:16:56It's that way.
00:16:57Thank you very much.
00:17:02Goodbye.
00:17:37What do you want now?
00:17:38It's me, Alan.
00:17:39I decided to come back after all.
00:17:42I'm sorry I didn't get back soon enough.
00:17:44But he's going to take it.
00:17:46I ran into him outside and he's going to take it.
00:17:48He even gave me the first month's arrest.
00:17:51Where's that draft coming from?
00:17:54There's something open.
00:17:56Well, I'll go.
00:18:31Will it bother you so much having him here?
00:18:35Well, I do wish...
00:18:36Wish what?
00:18:39That we could wait just a little bit.
00:18:42It's difficult with strangers.
00:18:45I thought it would be just us.
00:18:53I'm going up.
00:18:57He won't be in the house that much.
00:18:59He has a job in the cafeteria and his classes.
00:19:03He'll only be here to sleep.
00:19:05I'll be all right.
00:19:20Yes.
00:19:22What?
00:19:24Oh, yes, of course.
00:19:26How are you?
00:19:28What?
00:19:30What?
00:19:31Oh.
00:19:33Oh, I'm sorry.
00:19:36Yes.
00:19:39Yes, I know.
00:19:41What?
00:19:42Oh, yes, of course I will.
00:19:45No, no, it won't upset things that much.
00:19:49What?
00:19:51Yes, I will.
00:19:53I'm expecting to hear from you.
00:19:56Yes.
00:19:57Goodbye.
00:20:00Is anything wrong?
00:20:03No.
00:20:05No, it was...
00:20:06It was Harold Dennis.
00:20:12He wants to move in tomorrow instead of Saturday.
00:20:15I said he could.
00:20:17You sounded upset.
00:20:21Yes.
00:20:40Oh.
00:20:45Why, it's just me, Olive.
00:20:46Did I make you do that?
00:20:48I should have phoned first.
00:20:53Why, uh...
00:20:54Catherine gave me a key, you know,
00:20:56to keep an eye on things over here.
00:20:59Didn't she tell you?
00:21:00No.
00:21:04Well,
00:21:06I made a welcome home present for you.
00:21:08Look, it's a coffee cake right out of the oven.
00:21:10I hope it's still hot.
00:21:12I can smell it.
00:21:13It smells good.
00:21:14Well, we'll do the next time then,
00:21:16and we can have a cup of coffee.
00:21:19Actually, I've just, uh...
00:21:20I've just had breakfast, Olive.
00:21:24Oh.
00:21:26Well, then I'll just leave it right there until later.
00:21:32Olive, thank you very much.
00:21:36If you want someone to do things for you,
00:21:38I'd be glad to, uh...
00:21:41type up your lecture notes for you.
00:21:43I'm not lecturing just now.
00:21:46I'm, uh...
00:21:47I'm blind, remember?
00:21:50Yes.
00:21:52Perhaps you'd like me to drive you somewhere.
00:21:55No, no.
00:21:57I don't think so.
00:22:00All right.
00:22:02If you, uh...
00:22:05If you change your mind, though,
00:22:06I'm home almost all the time.
00:22:12Maybe I should wash the dishes.
00:22:14Oh, I can do them.
00:22:15Actually, it's, uh...
00:22:16It's very good for me to...
00:22:18to do things.
00:22:22Oh.
00:22:23All right.
00:22:23But if you need anything, you...
00:22:26You'll call me, okay?
00:22:28All right.
00:22:31Bye.
00:22:32Bye.
00:22:34Bye.
00:22:36Bye.
00:22:55I'm in.
00:22:58Anything you want before I go to bed?
00:23:01No, thank you.
00:23:02You remember, our rumor will be arriving.
00:23:05Don't be alarmed if you hear him.
00:24:00Don't be alarmed if you hear him.
00:24:29Don't be alarmed if you hear him.
00:24:59Don't be alarmed if you hear him.
00:25:04Don't be alarmed if you hear him.
00:25:15Alan?
00:25:16What?
00:25:19What's wrong?
00:25:20What do you know about him?
00:25:22Anything?
00:25:23He must have brought everything he owns under one arm.
00:25:27what did you tell him about me about you just that you can't see too well i didn't elaborate
00:25:36he probably knows it all anyway i doubt it i he has his own problems i doubt he'd be interested
00:25:44why did he sneak down the back stairs and scare me the other day
00:25:48he's quiet all right he's too quiet i don't want him here i can't put him out now he's paid
00:25:54in
00:25:55advance well alan breakfast is almost ready whenever you want to come down
00:26:09you'll get used to him
00:26:31so
00:26:37so
00:26:39so
00:26:41so
00:26:49so
00:26:56so
00:27:00so
00:27:22so
00:27:34so
00:27:35so
00:27:39so
00:27:41so
00:27:49so
00:28:08i was washing my hair or i would have been over sooner
00:28:12oh
00:28:12you're going to make lunch
00:28:13i'm so glad you called me alan
00:28:16i thought maybe you didn't want to see me anymore
00:28:19oh
00:28:19it's chicken noodle okay
00:28:20okay
00:28:22it's not that i didn't want to see you all of it's just
00:28:24well it takes time to
00:28:25to get adjusted you know with everything changed
00:28:27well i'm not changed
00:28:29well i am
00:28:31i'm blind and
00:28:32coming back here living like this
00:28:34taking in rumors as if we were destitute which we are
00:28:40have you uh
00:28:41have you seen this rumor of ours
00:28:43no
00:28:44no i haven't
00:28:45try to get a look at him
00:28:46will you uh
00:28:47talk to him tell me what he's like
00:28:49why
00:28:49i don't like him
00:28:51there's something wrong about it
00:28:53what
00:28:54well what do you mean
00:28:56i don't know
00:28:57i don't know
00:29:00he wants to trick me into something
00:29:01oh well i really
00:29:06you know alan
00:29:07you haven't been out of this old house since you've come home
00:29:10and you really should get out and
00:29:12no
00:29:15look alan i'm i'm uh
00:29:16i'm an interested party around here whether you like it or not
00:29:18and i'm not going to let you get all closed up inside of yourself inside of this house
00:29:22you've got to get out into the world
00:29:23show catherine she's wrong
00:29:26wrong
00:29:26wrong about what
00:29:28you know
00:29:30alan
00:29:31catherine has uh
00:29:32had to make adjustments too
00:29:34she was devoted to your father
00:29:35she really worshipped him
00:29:36and slaved for him
00:29:38and gave up a chance to get married
00:29:40for him
00:29:41yes well
00:29:43he was a great man
00:29:46great in his accomplishments
00:29:49catherine thinks i should have stayed in the hospital doesn't she
00:29:53she thinks um
00:29:56maybe you came home too soon
00:29:57but i don't
00:29:59let's show her that she's wrong all right alan i've got to go downtown and get some things
00:30:03just ride along with me
00:30:06please
00:30:08you've you've really got to you know you must
00:30:11no it's too soon
00:30:12what are you afraid of
00:30:17alan
00:30:17why don't you have
00:30:20some soup
00:30:22and then you can bundle up
00:30:23it's cold outside you know but it's very bright and sunny
00:30:53well it's hard to believe it was freezing
00:30:55last night
00:31:02i have to stop by campus
00:31:04just for a minute to return some books
00:31:29you want to come with me
00:31:30i'll be right back
00:31:45you want to see something crazy
00:31:47unfortunately
00:31:47how to come with me
00:31:50i don't
00:32:15eat
00:32:17Alan!
00:32:22Alan!
00:32:48Alan!
00:32:56Alan!
00:33:01Alan!
00:33:05Alan!
00:33:33Alan, don't crowd around, please.
00:33:34May I get through?
00:33:35Alan, Alan, are you all right?
00:33:40Alan, are you all right?
00:33:46Alan, are you all right?
00:34:10Alan, you've got to eat something.
00:34:19Wouldn't it be better if you told me what happened?
00:34:23Would you feel better?
00:34:36It was him.
00:34:37He saw me in the car.
00:34:39Who?
00:34:41Harold Dennis?
00:34:43He called me by name.
00:34:51I'll have told me you said I shouldn't have come home.
00:34:54Alan, I'm not going to listen to any childish recrimination.
00:34:57I haven't...
00:35:00I'm sorry, but my nerves get a little worn, too, you know.
00:35:05Look, maybe we should talk to that doctor here in town, Dr. Greeno.
00:35:09It can't do any harm to talk to someone professional.
00:35:12Someone who could send me back to the hospital?
00:35:17Oh.
00:35:19Alan, I'm trying to be calm about this, and I warn you.
00:35:25Oh, I'm sorry.
00:35:30I'll clean it up.
00:35:50I brought you a new Beethoven.
00:35:51It's a peace offering, Alan.
00:35:54Would you forgive me for years today?
00:35:55I was stupid to insist.
00:35:56I didn't realize what you were going through.
00:35:58Well, I panicked, that's all.
00:36:01Oh, it was my fault.
00:36:03Don't blame yourself.
00:36:05May I join you for coffee?
00:36:07Sure.
00:36:11I wonder, has Catherine seen Eric Walters yet?
00:36:15Eric's in Australia.
00:36:17No, he's back.
00:36:18I saw him yesterday.
00:36:20At the garage.
00:36:22He was looking for work.
00:36:27Oh, Catherine must have seen him.
00:36:29No.
00:36:30Well, I...
00:36:32Wait a minute.
00:36:34There was a call.
00:36:36Catherine said it was the rumor, but it wasn't.
00:36:40And she sounded upset.
00:36:43And the next day, he moved in.
00:36:49You haven't seen our mysterious guest yet, have you?
00:36:53He leaves before daybreak.
00:36:55Returns after dark.
00:36:57You'd think he didn't want to be seen, wouldn't you?
00:36:59What are you talking about?
00:37:03Maybe a secret living arrangement in a narrow-minded university town.
00:37:12I wonder.
00:37:36Just for the record,
00:37:39in case anybody thinks I'm only imagining things,
00:37:42I believe there is no Harold Dennis,
00:37:45no student rumor.
00:37:47I believe that Eric Walters is living here,
00:37:49pretending to be Harold Dennis.
00:37:51And just in case,
00:37:53I think Eric wants to do me harm.
00:37:56This house and this property are valuable.
00:38:00And they're half mine.
00:38:21Who is it?
00:38:22What's down there?
00:38:23Alan, what's wrong?
00:38:29Uh, nothing.
00:38:30Nothing, John.
00:38:42This, uh,
00:38:44Harold Dennis,
00:38:46what department did you say he was majoring in?
00:38:50I, uh,
00:38:51I think he said
00:38:54biology.
00:38:55I imagine he looks like Eric.
00:38:57Eric?
00:38:58Why should you think that?
00:39:00Well, he's blonde, you said.
00:39:02Like Eric.
00:39:04Why didn't you tell me that
00:39:05Eric's back in town?
00:39:10He's not.
00:39:13Olive must be seeing things again.
00:39:15Olive saw Eric.
00:39:17When?
00:39:17Yesterday.
00:39:18Just for a moment.
00:39:20You mean he hasn't gotten in touch with you?
00:39:24That's hard to believe.
00:39:28This, uh,
00:39:30Harold Dennis,
00:39:33doesn't he mind living in the same house
00:39:36with a crazy blind man?
00:39:39Especially after yesterday's
00:39:41incident on campus.
00:39:44I doubt he knows of it.
00:39:46Maybe I should have a little
00:39:47talk with him.
00:39:49Try to get to know him.
00:39:51What do you think?
00:39:53Uh-huh.
00:39:56The dark way Depois...
00:39:59The dark way
00:40:04Yeah,
00:40:04Nope.
00:40:13Oh,
00:40:15God.
00:40:17Ah.
00:40:18Oh,
00:40:18dear.
00:40:21Oh,
00:40:22Jesus.
00:40:22Jesus.
00:40:23Oh,
00:41:56Alan?
00:41:59Alan, are you awake?
00:42:03Alan?
00:42:07Why is the door locked?
00:42:09Because I locked it.
00:42:11I have to go.
00:42:12Everything's ready for breakfast.
00:42:14You can manage by yourself, all right?
00:42:16I manage best that way.
00:42:19I'll see you this evening.
00:42:47I'll see you this evening.
00:42:47I need proof.
00:42:50I need proof.
00:42:50I need proof.
00:43:20I'll go get Olive.
00:43:28Olive!
00:43:33Olive!
00:43:33Olive, I need proof that he's trying to hurt me.
00:43:36Sometimes it takes a lie to get people to see the truth.
00:43:39He tried to pull me down those stairs last night.
00:43:41He did.
00:43:42I'm not trying to kill myself.
00:43:44Look, Alan.
00:43:45Eric is not staying in this house.
00:43:47Captain would have told me.
00:43:48I would have seen him.
00:43:49There's nobody here but that student.
00:43:51You mean you would have seen Eric, but you haven't seen the student?
00:43:54Isn't that unlikely?
00:43:56Why won't you believe me?
00:44:00Olive, this student, he keeps his door locked and looks after his room himself.
00:44:04He's hiding something there.
00:44:05He's got to be.
00:44:08Olive.
00:44:11There's a spare key in Catherine's room in the chest.
00:44:16Go get it.
00:44:21Olive, you've got to help me.
00:44:22You've got to help me prove that I'm right.
00:44:25You said you'd do anything to help me.
00:44:28Remember?
00:44:41Hold that.
00:44:44Oh, it's just a book.
00:44:52It's one of your father's roots of philosophy.
00:44:55Oh, and it's inscribed.
00:44:58No, no, no, it isn't.
00:44:59It's just a, uh, it's just a signature.
00:45:02Whose name is it?
00:45:05Whose is it, Olive?
00:45:08Harold Dennis.
00:45:10That's all it says, Harold Dennis.
00:45:21I believe there is no Harold Dennis.
00:45:25No student Roman.
00:45:26I believe that Eric Walter...
00:45:29Return to me.
00:45:32You're freezing tonight.
00:45:34I thought you sounded a little stuffy at dinner.
00:45:37They'll want you coming down with the flu.
00:45:40Here.
00:45:40Take this.
00:45:44Aren't you going to tell me about your hand?
00:45:47Hasn't Olive told you about it already?
00:45:50Shouldn't she?
00:45:51Alan.
00:45:52I know.
00:45:52I'm always creating monsters in my mind.
00:45:55Okay.
00:45:56I understand that now, and I'm going to stop.
00:45:59I'm going to get back to my music.
00:46:00Alan, I called Dr. Greenough.
00:46:06Well, there was the accident, and now this.
00:46:08I felt I had to.
00:46:10It does rather fall to me.
00:46:13I didn't want to.
00:46:15Catherine, I didn't force you to go into that room that night.
00:46:18I tried to stop you.
00:46:19If your face got burned...
00:46:23When did I ever blame you?
00:46:26Why didn't you want me to get out of the hospital?
00:46:29Why are you so anxious to get me back?
00:46:31Oh, I'm anxious for you to get well, and you're not getting well here in this house.
00:46:37Look, at least talk to Dr. Greenough.
00:46:40If he says you should go back...
00:46:41I'd rather go to hell.
00:46:42Don't be melodramatic.
00:46:44I can't be here to look after you.
00:46:47And plainly, you can't look after yourself.
00:46:54You're right, Catherine.
00:46:57You're always right.
00:46:58I'm sorry.
00:47:01I can't stay here.
00:47:03That's clear.
00:47:05Then you see Dr. Greenough?
00:47:13We can talk about it in the morning.
00:47:17All right?
00:47:18All right.
00:47:26All right.
00:47:30All right.
00:49:32Alan.
00:49:33He can't hear you.
00:49:35He must have been out there for several hours.
00:49:38The important thing now is rest.
00:49:42I don't think we should try moving him to the hospital in this storm.
00:50:00Alan.
00:50:02Come forward.
00:50:10This is your handiwork, I believe.
00:50:16Show me your hands.
00:50:25Alan.
00:50:27Alan?
00:50:28Alan?
00:50:29Alan?
00:50:32Alan?
00:50:34Alan?
00:50:35Alan?
00:50:38Oh, my God.
00:51:06Oh, my God.
00:51:46Oh, my God.
00:52:27Oh, my God.
00:52:30You're awake.
00:52:33Here.
00:52:34What?
00:52:35The pills.
00:52:36I don't want them.
00:52:37They make me feel so dopey.
00:52:39They also make you better.
00:52:41I want you well as soon as possible.
00:52:44Sooner well, sooner away.
00:53:01Oh, Olive will be over shortly.
00:53:04I'll try to be back early today.
00:53:28I'll try to be back early today.
00:53:57Come in.
00:54:07How's our rumor tonight?
00:54:10Oh, didn't you see him?
00:54:13He just came in.
00:54:14Oh, I missed him.
00:54:17You seem much better tonight.
00:54:21I was just thinking.
00:54:22Um, when I go back to the hospital, oh, I'm resigned to it.
00:54:28Not reconciled, but resigned.
00:54:30Won't it seem a little odd to the neighbors, the two of you living alone here together?
00:54:37Perhaps you won't go back and the problem won't arise.
00:54:43Good night.
00:54:47I'm glad you're better.
00:55:02I'm glad you're better.
00:55:45I'm glad you're better.
00:56:48Alan?
00:56:51Alan?
00:56:55I'm late again.
00:56:56Do you mind waiting for Olive to come get your breakfast?
00:56:59Our Catherine.
00:57:01Last night, did anything happen?
00:57:04Happen? What do you mean?
00:57:08I guess I was just writing my nightmares again.
00:57:10I've got to go.
00:57:12I've got to go.
00:57:35I've got to go.
00:58:30Hello. I want the state hospital in Baker, please.
00:58:35To Dr. Robert Ellens in the psychiatric division.
00:58:39Yes, and hurry, please. It's urgent.
00:58:43Hello?
00:58:46Yes, Mrs. Steele?
00:58:48Dr. Ellens' office, please.
00:58:53Hello? Hello.
00:58:55This is Alan Colley. May I speak to the doctor, please?
00:58:59I have to speak to him. It's very urgent. I mean...
00:59:03Oh, he's not.
00:59:07Well, when do you expect him?
00:59:11Not until then.
00:59:14Uh, well...
00:59:15Well, I could make the trip up there myself.
00:59:18Yes.
00:59:19Yes.
00:59:20Are you sure that he'll be there then?
00:59:25All right. Uh...
00:59:26Thank you. Good... Uh, yes, goodbye.
00:59:34Uh, campus cab company, please.
00:59:37Yes, hello? Uh, will you send a cab to 988 University Avenue, please?
00:59:49I'm here.
00:59:51I'm here.
01:00:09Alan?
01:00:12Alan?
01:00:13Alan, where are you?
01:00:14Alan?
01:00:18Where are you?
01:00:22Alan, answer me.
01:00:25Alan, please answer me.
01:00:28Alan, please answer me.
01:00:46Oh, Ed.
01:01:04Oh, Ed.
01:01:29Oh, Ed.
01:02:06Oh, Ed.
01:02:09Oh, Ed.
01:02:13Oh, Ed.
01:02:18Oh, Ed.
01:02:26Oh, Ed.
01:02:43Why, uh, this piece of wood could have been lying there for months.
01:02:50The room was open.
01:02:52And Eric, why did he lie about leaving town?
01:02:55Well, he explained. He changed his mind.
01:02:58I'm not imagining this, and I'm not dreaming.
01:03:03Olive, you're the only person I have to trust.
01:03:05You've got to believe me.
01:03:07The voice I heard...
01:03:08Was in a dream.
01:03:10Sometimes it was. Not last night. I was in that room.
01:03:17The voice is on tape.
01:03:21It's on the machine.
01:03:23Olive, turn it on.
01:03:26Olive, please turn it on.
01:03:41I'll turn it off.
01:03:42No, no, leave it on.
01:03:44Our mysterious rumor. How do you know it is there?
01:03:46Oh, because I know. Because.
01:03:51How do you know?
01:03:52Because.
01:03:53How do you know? Tell me.
01:03:55Because, um, he isn't, um, anybody.
01:04:02There never was a rumor.
01:04:05You just thought there was a rumor, and I promised Catherine I wouldn't discuss it with you.
01:04:12Alan, you must go back.
01:04:14You know that yourself, don't you?
01:04:16You're lying, Alan.
01:04:18Why are you...
01:04:22He was here.
01:04:23He was in this house.
01:04:24I showed him the room.
01:04:25I talked to him.
01:04:26Yes, Alan, that's true.
01:04:28Somebody did come to the house, but he never came back.
01:04:31He never rented the room.
01:04:32Catherine decided not to rent the room.
01:04:34The book!
01:04:34The book with his name in it.
01:04:36Well, Alan, that was an old, old book that has been lying around this house.
01:04:39You must have seen that name on...
01:04:41Why are you lying to me?
01:04:42What are you trying to do to me?
01:04:43Get out!
01:04:44Get out of this...
01:04:45Get out of this house!
01:04:47Get out!
01:04:47Get out!
01:04:53Get out!
01:04:55Get out!
01:04:57Get out!
01:04:58Get out!
01:05:22Get out!
01:05:28Get out!
01:05:31Get out!
01:06:01It's so quiet.
01:06:03Catherine, you should have seen him.
01:06:05I hope he hasn't heard himself.
01:06:08Alan.
01:06:09Alan, unlock this door.
01:06:14Alan.
01:06:16Alan, please tell us if you're all right.
01:06:19Yes.
01:06:21Well, he's alive.
01:06:27What are we going to do?
01:06:30Leave him alone for now.
01:06:31I've had all I can stand of this.
01:06:35It's too late to call the hospital now,
01:06:37but first thing in the morning,
01:06:38I'm going to have them come for him.
01:06:40It's all I can do, Alan.
01:06:50Thank you, Alan.
01:06:52Amen.
01:06:52I love you.
01:07:11Bye.
01:07:43Where is it?
01:08:23Where is it?
01:08:25I'll be here.
01:08:57THE END
01:09:30THE END
01:10:13No! Don't! Don't!
01:10:16Don't! Don't!
01:10:26You can't see!
01:10:29Yes.
01:10:32You would have killed me.
01:10:34You wanted to kill me.
01:10:35Why?
01:10:36Because of your face?
01:10:43I had the scar taken away.
01:10:47But it was a mistake.
01:10:49The mark of your crown should have been left for you and for everyone to see.
01:10:54Then there was no scar.
01:10:55No rumor.
01:10:57You wanted me back in a terrible place.
01:10:59We're dead.
01:10:59You killed one of the greatest men that ever lived.
01:11:03One of the greatest minds deliberately.
01:11:06You murdered him.
01:11:07You murdered him.
01:11:10You murdered him.
01:11:12You murdered him.
01:11:16Murdered him.
01:11:19Murdered him.
01:11:22Murdered him.
01:11:23Murdered him.
01:11:39Murdered him.
01:11:48Dear Alan, I have made sufficient progress that I can write this to you now.
01:11:53First, I must tell you there really was a Harold Dennis.
01:11:57He did come to the house that day and rented the room,
01:12:00but he called that night to say his mother had died and he wouldn't be moving in after all.
01:12:05It was then that I conceived the idea of impersonating him.
01:12:09I knew you were disturbed at the prospect of having a stranger in the house.
01:12:13Hi.
01:12:14Hi.
01:12:14I thought I heard you coming.
01:12:16How did the new class go?
01:12:18Well, music appreciation isn't the most challenging course in the curriculum, but it's a start.
01:12:24That's a very good one.
01:12:26Can it be ready soon?
01:12:28Just about.
01:12:35I ask you and Olive to forgive me, so that I can begin to forgive myself, and for another selfish
01:12:42reason.
01:12:43If my progress continues at its present rate, I should be able to leave here soon.
01:12:48If, of course, you consent to take the proper steps in my behalf, knowing your generous nature and how unhappy
01:12:58you were here yourself.
01:12:59If, of course, you'll be able to leave here soon.
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