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Summer Night

Suspense · July 15, 1948 · 29 min · 4,607 words

The transcript of “Summer Night”, an episode of Suspense first broadcast July 15, 1948. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Suspense plays Suspense free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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In just a moment, suspense with Ida Lupino. Phew, what a night. Yeah, it's a scorcher, Dad. You're lucky we thought of coming to the firehouse. We had to sit around at that hen party of whom I was giving.

Hello, Mike. Hello, Ab. Say, yeah, you fellas want to put out a fire tonight. All you've got to do is turn the hoses on and squirt them anywhere. Yeah, it's hot and hitties. We're all sitting here listening to the radio.

Dad, I wonder if they're listening to the auto light show. What are you hearing, Mike? We're just switching to auto light. Besides, we like their batteries, spark plugs and ignition systems around here. Everyone does.

And everyone likes their show suspense. Oh, here's the show. Suspense. Auto-light and its 60,000 dealers and service stations bring you radios outstanding theatre of thrills.

Starring tonight, Miss Ida Lupino in a tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. Today everybody is switching to AutoLite. And tonight, AutoLite takes pleasure in presenting Anton Leader's production of Ray Bradbury's remarkable story, Summer Night, starring Miss Ida Lupino.

Is the line still busy? I just don't see how it's still busy. Oh, it isn't the line, Miss McCauley. It's the circuit. I've been simply swamped all afternoon. I haven't been able to get a call through to the police station for over an hour.

And the mayor's office has been busy. Yes, I know. I'm sorry to trouble you, but it's terribly important. Well, if you want to hang on, Miss McCauley, I'll try again in a minute. Oh, right.

It's been this way ever since the news got out about Pining Pool of India. You heard about it, I suppose. Yes. Oh, just a minute, Miss McCauley, I got another call. Yes, this is the operator.

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