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Chickens Come Home to Roost

The Green Hornet · March 18, 1947 · 29 min · 4,202 words

The transcript of “Chickens Come Home to Roost”, an episode of The Green Hornet first broadcast March 18, 1947. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). The Green Hornet plays The Green Hornet free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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The Green Hornet! He hunts the biggest of all game! Public Animes who try to destroy our America! With his faithful valedquito, Britt Reid, daring young publisher, matches wits with the underworld, risking his life that criminals and racketeers within the law may feel its weight by the sting of the Green Hornet!

Ride with Britt Reid, in the thrilling adventure, chickens come home to roost but green hornet strikes again known playboy and publisher of the daily satin gradually awakened to the insistent ringing of the phone beside his bed

he yawned turned on the light and noticed it was after 3 a.m. then he reached for the phone hello? after heaven sake axford why aren't you home in bed? that's the idea Look, I can't think of anything that would interest me at 3 o'clock in the morning.

I'm going back to sleep. What's happened to whom? Get to the point. Of course I know, James Hartford. What about him? Well, what? Suicide. James Hartford? That's right. That is news. Are they sure it was suicide?

Well, I am glad you called. Did you get a hold of Gunnegan? Yeah, I... Good, I'll phone him there. I'll be down first thing in the morning. Sorry to wake you up, but it's not...

That's okay, glad you did. I'll see you in the morning. Right. So long, Reed. Goodbye. The following morning, Rit Ried was in his office at the Daily Sentinel, discussing the Hartford death with his secretary, the norcase, and with Mike Axford.

The death of old man Hartford certainly has created a panic on the stock market. You said it, Ried. They say things are really domestic down there this morning. Why should his death affect the stock market to such an extent, Mr. Ried?

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