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Too Many Crooks
The Lives of Harry Lime · August 3, 1951 · 28 min · 4,709 words
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presenting Orson Welles as the third man. Bives of Harry Lime. The fabulous stories of the immortal character originally created in the motion picture the third man with Zoother Music by Anton Karras. That was the shot that killed Harry Lime.
He died in a sewer beneath the end. As those of you who saw the movie The Third Man. Yes, that was the end of Harry Lime. But it was not the beginning. Herr I can recount all of them.
How do I know? Tristan? It was my name. First. Gungulash's and Shardash's. Shardash is being something you dance, and gulash being something you eat if you go for all that paprika.
Me, I love it so. When I got that telegram, I took the first train to Hungary. Maybe I better tell you about the telegram. First, dear Mr. Line, it said, my bank is going to be robbed and I need your help.
It was signed feckety, Heavitt of your man's name, nobody I knew. I knew all about bank robberies over and I was dying to help. Besides, as I say, I love paprika. So I started packing right away.
Oh, Orson Welles, as Harry Lime, the third man in today's story, too many crooks.
Before calling out the bank, I started to shoot at a flower shop. I happened to notice across the way. Good morning. Would you give me something for my buttonhole? Well, Lily. Lily, what are you doing here?
We have some very pretty pink gardenia. Oh, come on, Lily. Don't tell me you don't remember me. An hour all the Corellis. So who? And I'll give me that, Lily. My name is Lulu. Well, it used to be Lily, and you used to be a blonde.
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