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Lights Out was an adaptation of the radio series of the same name. The series was preceded by four Lights Out TV specials in 1946.
Jack LaRue was the initial host for the program. Frank Gallop, who replaced him in 1950 was described as "the hollow-voiced man with the ectoplasmic eyebrows." Episodes in the first season featured actors who were relatively unknown. The last two seasons had better-known actors, including Eddie Albert, Billie Burke, Yvonne DeCarlo, Boris Karloff, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Leslie Nielsen, and Basil Rathbone.
Jack LaRue was the initial host for the program. Frank Gallop, who replaced him in 1950 was described as "the hollow-voiced man with the ectoplasmic eyebrows." Episodes in the first season featured actors who were relatively unknown. The last two seasons had better-known actors, including Eddie Albert, Billie Burke, Yvonne DeCarlo, Boris Karloff, Raymond Massey, Burgess Meredith, Leslie Nielsen, and Basil Rathbone.
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00:20If a man would be invisible, let him go into a graveyard at the quarter hour before midnight.
00:30And dig up from a grave a newly buried corpse, then let him remove the coat from the corpse and
00:40put it on.
00:42And if he shall finish his dreadful work ere the hour of midnight striketh, then hath he gained the power
00:52to be invisible.
00:54But let him who doeth this...
00:57Turn it off, Gregory.
00:59A lot of silly nonsense.
01:03I said it was a lot of silly nonsense.
01:05Yes, sir, I suppose it is, sir.
01:06I suppose you believe it.
01:08You're a fool, Gregory.
01:10Yes, sir.
01:13It's impossible, you know that.
01:16May I go now, sir?
01:17No, you may not go.
01:19What are you hinting at?
01:21I'm not hinting, sir, at anything.
01:24You've heard of this superstition before, haven't you?
01:26I'm not quite sure that it is a superstition, sir.
01:32Get out of here!
01:33Yes, sir.
01:37Invisible.
01:38Put on a dead man's coat.
01:42That fool, Gregory.
01:47Wouldn't be bad, though, if...
01:51Invisible.
01:53The things you could do to people.
02:02Wouldn't be bad, would it?
02:07Gregory!
02:09Yes, sir?
02:10Bring me another drink.
02:11Yes, sir.
02:16What I could do to people.
02:24Your drink, sir.
02:25Evening paper just came, sir.
02:29All right, get out.
02:30Yes, sir.
02:34Here's Mr. Ingram's funeral is in the paper tonight, sir.
02:39He was buried today, sir.
02:40And why not?
02:41He was dead.
02:42Yes, sir.
02:43I was sorry to hear that.
02:45I wasn't.
02:45I hated him.
02:47The man's dead, sir.
02:49And good riddance.
02:50Now get out of here.
02:53Yes, sir.
02:55Archibald Ingram, age 44, who died recently at his country home in Northport, was buried this afternoon at 3 p
03:06.m. in Lakeside Cemetery.
03:13Gregory.
03:18Gregory.
03:19Yes, sir?
03:20Gregory, do you really think there's anything in...
03:28In what, sir?
03:29In what the fellow was saying on the television, you fool.
03:31You mean about the dead man's grave, sir?
03:33Yes.
03:34Coat?
03:37No, sir.
03:38I think it's absolute nonsense.
03:50Give me a light, Gregory.
03:52Yes, sir.
04:02Come on.
04:03Come on.
04:03Come on, Gregory.
04:04We've got to be finished by midnight.
04:07Oh, let me in that grave.
04:10Here, give me that shovel.
04:15What time is it?
04:19Eleven minutes before midnight, Mr. Francis.
04:21Don't mention my name, you fool.
04:23I'm sorry, sir.
04:24There's...
04:25There's nowhere around.
04:26And if it won't help, at least shut up.
04:29I'm sorry, sir.
04:31I'm...
04:31I can't help it.
04:32I'm afraid.
04:34Everybody here is dead.
04:36Except you and me.
04:38Oh, I wish you wouldn't do it, sir.
04:45What time is it now?
04:48Nine minutes before midnight, sir.
04:53Aha!
04:54I found it.
04:56Gregory.
04:57Yes, sir.
04:58Hand me down that heavy screwdriver.
05:00Yes, sir.
05:01No, no, no.
05:02Give me that axe.
05:02There isn't enough time.
05:04No, sir.
05:05You wouldn't do that.
05:05The axe.
05:21Oh, no, Mr. Francis.
05:23Will you shut up?
05:27No, Mr. Francis.
05:32Come on, come on, Ingram.
05:36Let go of it.
05:39Come on, Ingram.
05:40Gregory, take this axe.
05:42Gregory!
05:47There.
05:49There, I've got it.
05:52Now we'll see, Ingram, old boy.
05:56Or rather, we won't see, will we, Ingram?
06:01Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
06:04Nobody will see.
06:15Gregory!
06:21Want to put it on, Gregory?
06:24Where are you going?
06:25Thought you'd run away.
06:28Thought you'd run away, did you?
06:30Thought you'd run away and pass the word to the police.
06:33My boss is a grave robber, you're going to tell them.
06:36Well, you just listen to me, my lad.
06:40You'll try anything like that, and you know what I'll do?
06:43No, no, sir.
06:44Do you think the police will take the word of an ex-convict against mine?
06:49Why, I've got enough on you to hang you, Gregory, and you know it.
06:53So if you try anything...
06:56No, sir, I won't tell, sir, I won't tell.
06:59You know you won't.
07:00Yeah, because if I don't turn you over to the police, I'll...
07:03Ha, ha, ha.
07:04Why, I'm going to be invisible, Gregory.
07:07You won't be able to see me.
07:10Nobody will be able to see me when I tell you you're lying thrown out with my bare hands.
07:14I'll be invisible, and I'll murder you or anybody else that I want to.
07:18Now, get to work.
07:20And fill in that grave.
07:23Where some grave robber tore it up.
07:26Ha, ha, ha, ha.
07:27Well, what are you waiting for?
07:29Get down in that grave.
07:31No, sir, I won't.
07:32Don't.
07:33Please don't make me get down in that grave, sir.
07:41And hurry up.
07:55Mr. Francis?
08:00Mr. Francis?
08:06Mr. Francis?
08:07Mr. Francis?
08:08Don't go away and leave me here.
08:12Mr. Francis?
08:13Where are you, Mr. Francis?
08:15Keep quiet, you fool.
08:18Can't you see I'm wearing the dead man's coat, Gregory?
08:24Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
08:40Big pothons, sir.
08:41All right, give it to me.
08:45No, over here.
08:51Still not used to it, eh, Gregory?
08:56Can I get you anything else, sir?
08:58Get your hat.
08:59My hat, sir?
09:00We're going out.
09:04Did you...
09:08Did you say going out, sir?
09:09We're going to call on my friend, Hamilton.
09:13Oh, no, sir.
09:14Mr. Hamilton is going to die a most untimely death, Gregory.
09:18A most regrettable occurrence, Gregory.
09:20But my friend, Hamilton, made the serious error of treating me very badly.
09:24And I promised him that one day I'd get even with him.
09:30But you wouldn't murder Mr. Hamilton, sir?
09:33Oh, yes, I would, my lad.
09:35I'd have done it long ago if I thought I could get away with it.
09:38But now...
09:39But he won't even let you interseem, sir.
09:41Oh, yes, he will, Gregory, because you, my dear boy, are going to take me there.
09:47No, sir, I...
09:48No.
09:50And you're going to telephone my dear friend, Mr. Hamilton, and tell him that you must see him at once.
09:54You're going to tell him that you're in constant fear of your life.
09:58Which you are, Gregory Orange.
09:59And you're going to make an appointment with him.
10:02No, sir!
10:04I won't be a party to murder.
10:08Ha ha!
10:10Fooled you, eh?
10:11Now, you'll do precisely as I tell you.
10:13And you know why you will, don't you?
10:15You'll be a party to murder or anything else I want you to.
10:18And if anything happens during our little session with friend Hamilton,
10:21if anybody interrupts us,
10:22why then, my dear fellow, you'll be found alone with a murdered man.
10:27Because I'm wearing the dead man's coat.
10:30So win, lose, or draw, you're it.
10:33Now, take this phone.
10:46Therefore, gentlemen,
10:48we should very much like a response to our letter of the, uh, 18th, I believe it was,
10:53in which we informed you that we were about to send to you a shipment of the late...
10:57Excuse me, Mr. Hamilton.
10:58Right ahead.
10:59Yes?
11:00Hold on, please.
11:01What is it, Miss Pomerley?
11:02There's a gentleman outside to see you.
11:04A Mr. Gregory.
11:06Oh, yes.
11:08Yes, Miss Pomerley.
11:09Ask him to come in.
11:10Have him wait, please.
11:11And you may go to lunch.
11:13Yes, sir.
11:15We do not wish to be disturbed.
11:17Yes, sir.
11:20You may come in now, I can please, sir.
11:26Ah, Gregory.
11:28Come in, sit down.
11:33Sit down, sit down.
11:39Well, I must say you are in a state.
11:41What's that scoundrel Francis been up to now?
11:44He's going to...
11:46Hi.
11:47Hi, me.
11:48I mean, Mr. Francis.
11:51Oh, there's a draft from the window.
11:52Not too much for you, is it?
11:53No, no, sir.
11:54Well, now, what's happened?
11:56Oh, I feel sorry for you, Gregory.
11:59I'm sure it's no secret to you how much he hates me, so...
12:02I suppose we're both in the same boat, aren't we?
12:07Gregory.
12:08What can I do to help you?
12:09You sounded most upset when you called him a phone.
12:14Don't tell me he's been threatening you.
12:16Lock the door, Gregory.
12:19What did you say, Gregory?
12:20Lock the door.
12:25No, no.
12:27What's the matter with you, Gregory?
12:33There's nothing the matter with Gregory.
12:34Hamilton!
12:40Lock the door, I said, or I'll kill you, too.
12:43There, there, that's better.
12:45Help!
12:46Gregory!
12:47I told you I'd get you.
12:48You sneered at me, and you mocked me, and you...
12:51Gregory!
12:51Gregory can't help you, Hamilton.
12:53Don't you recognize my voice?
12:57It's Francis, the man who hates you.
13:00The man who swore he'd murder you.
13:01The man that you wouldn't see because you're afraid.
13:05No, sir!
13:05Stay where you are, Gregory, or...
13:07Remember, you're the one that's alone here with Hamilton.
13:12You're weepening, Hamilton.
13:19Can't get your breath, can you?
13:21Can't see me.
13:22I'm looking right in your face, Hamilton.
13:24Enjoying every second of your death scene.
13:27And you can't see me because I'm wearing the dead man's coat, Hamilton.
13:33Then...
13:36Gregory!
13:37Come here, Gregory.
13:46Yes, sir?
13:48They're burying good old Hamilton this afternoon.
13:51Died of a heart attack, paper says.
13:56Oh, don't worry, Gregory.
13:58You weren't suspected in the slightest.
14:02Aye, sir.
14:03You conducted yourself very well indeed at the coroner's inquest.
14:06With me standing beside you, you were extremely convincing.
14:11Mr. Hamilton was an excellent help, gentlemen, when I let myself out of his office.
14:19One of the most interesting things about this dead man's coat.
14:22You never know where I am, Gregory.
14:27Nobody knows where I am.
14:33Can I get you a drink, sir?
14:35No.
14:39You and I are going out.
14:45We're going to a funeral, Gregory.
14:49If I mistake not, the first of a good many funerals you and I will be attending.
14:59Hmm.
15:01Now, let me see.
15:03We check off Hamilton.
15:04Then there's Mackenzie.
15:08Beverage.
15:10Carteret.
15:11Get your hat.
15:12I said we're late.
15:16Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
15:19Dead man's coat.
15:21Very, very useful.
15:26Well, very touching.
15:29Come on, Gregory.
15:31Where are you going, sir?
15:32Why, I'm going to watch them lay away my good old friend Hamilton.
15:36You said you wouldn't do that, sir.
15:38You said you wouldn't do that, sir.
15:58What's the matter, Ben?
16:00I thought I bumped into somebody.
16:02Nobody in there but him.
16:03Well, it sure felt just like somebody standing in my way.
16:07Well, if he is, he sure was invisible.
16:18Gregory!
16:20Gregory!
16:21Sir?
16:22Huh?
16:22Speaking of me?
16:23Sounded like you came from inside.
16:25No, just me, sir.
16:26Gregory, you said.
16:26Yes, my name's Gregory.
16:28I was the last person to see poor Mr. Hamilton alive, sir.
16:31I see.
16:32I'm sorry.
16:37Excuse me.
16:40You locked the door?
16:42Oh, sure.
16:43Just put a new lock on just before the funeral.
16:45Good, strong lock.
16:46Nobody will ever get in there.
16:48Or out, either.
16:49Ben.
16:50I'm sorry.
16:58Mr. Francis.
17:00Mr. Francis, it's Gregory.
17:01Get that door open, Gregory.
17:03I can't, sir.
17:03It's locked.
17:04I heard him, you fool.
17:05Are we out of sight yet?
17:08Yes?
17:09Well, hammer on the lock.
17:10You hear me?
17:12You hear me?
17:38Try that door.
17:39There's nothing in here to get hold of.
17:44Go to the car and get some tools.
17:46Try them.
17:47Hurry up.
17:47There's nothing in the car, sir.
17:49Well, get something and try.
17:50Very well, sir.
17:51And hurry up.
17:52It's cold in here.
17:53Yes, sir.
17:54I'm sure it is.
17:56Let me take a last look at you, old friend.
18:07What did you bring?
18:09What did you bring?
18:11File, sir.
18:12A file?
18:12You can't break the lock with a file.
18:14Well, I thought perhaps the bar, sir.
18:15Well, get started.
18:17Get started, I tell you.
18:23No, sir.
18:24What?
18:25What did you say?
18:26I said no, sir.
18:28Gregory?
18:29I'm not going to try and file through those bars, sir.
18:32Well, you're fooling Gregory.
18:34No, I'm not, sir.
18:35But Gregory, you're not going to leave me in here.
18:41No, sir.
18:43Oh, I knew you were only fooling Gregory.
18:45Come on in.
18:47No, sir.
18:48Gregory!
18:49Now, you listen to me, sir.
18:51I must to hear now, sir.
18:52Gregory, listen.
18:54I brought this file just to ease my own conscience.
18:56No!
18:56I don't suppose you know what that means, sir.
18:59I'm sorry, Gregory.
19:01Good old Gregory.
19:02I am sorry.
19:02It's a bit too late for that now, sir.
19:05You're a murderer, Mr. Francis.
19:07And you're already planning other murders.
19:08I was joking, Gregory.
19:10And you're a grave robber, too.
19:12And you've treated me very badly.
19:15You had me sent to prison.
19:17You knew I wasn't guilty.
19:19I'll make it up to you, Gregory.
19:21Oh, Gregory, old friend.
19:22Think of how many years we've been together.
19:24And you've mistreated me, sir.
19:26You've struck me.
19:29And you've threatened my life.
19:30Oh, no.
19:31You can't leave me here, Gregory.
19:33So I've made up my mind that you've got to be punished, sir.
19:37It's your own misdeeds after all.
19:39You've nobody to blame but yourself.
19:41Oh, Gregory, please.
19:42I'm sorry.
19:43I'll make it up to you.
19:46But you won't be making it up to Mr. Ingham, sir.
19:50Whose body you robbed.
19:52Nor Mr. Hamilton.
19:54Who's lying inside with you there now, sir.
19:56No, no.
19:57No, sir.
20:05No, sir.
20:07No, sir.
20:15It says in the Bible
20:19that you wouldn't have read the Bible much, would you, sir?
20:22It says judge not that she be not judged.
20:27Well, I'm not judging you, Mr. Francis.
20:33I'm going to give you a chance.
20:35Oh, Gregory.
20:36I know you was.
20:37Good old Gregory.
20:38Don't go crying out, sir.
20:41There's been nobody here.
20:44There's nobody around for miles.
20:46And if and when they do finally come, sir,
20:50and they open this door,
20:52you won't be dead.
20:53No, no, no.
20:55No, no.
20:59You're probably reaching out through the bars now, sir.
21:03Give it to me.
21:04Give it to me, Gregory.
21:09You might be able to reach it, sir.
21:12I...
21:21And then again, you might not, sir.
21:23But if you can reach it,
21:27and it doesn't break before you file through the bars,
21:30very well then, sir, I was wrong.
21:36I'm not judging you, Mr. Francis.
21:40You judged yourself.
21:42When you put on that dead man's coat.
21:45When you put on that dead man's coat.
22:12When you put on that dead man's coat.
22:12So I justْ see,
22:13Why did he do something
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