While rehearsing a musical play in a theater, the dancer Alicia twists her ankle and the costume designer Betty drives her to a nearby hospital. However, the place is a mental institution but a doctor treats Alicia's ankle. They return to the theater but the dangerous psychopath Irving Wallace escapes hidden in Betty's car. He kills Betty outside the theater and Alicia finds her body. They summon the police and the director Peter decides to promote the play using the press and supported by the producer Ferrari. He rewrites the screenplay and casts six actors and actresses to immediately rehearse to the opening night, promising additional payment. He asks the actress Corinne to lock the theater and hide the keys. But Irving Wallace has sneaked in the theater and starts a crime spree. Will anyone survive the serial-killer?
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00:04:26Oh supposed to be a whore that too much to ask
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00:04:39Frankly Collins, it seems fine to me as it is. I think you push the erotic angle about as far as you can
00:04:46erotic angle
00:04:48You call that erotic
00:04:52Mr. Ferrari
00:04:54Where have you been all these years?
00:04:56When I catch the genius who made this headdress, I'm gonna make him eat it
00:05:00If you ask me you ought to wear it all the time. It does wonders for you and the kiddies
00:05:06Anyway, I don't see what the business about the victim seducing the killer has to do with anything
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00:05:15But can you imagine the effect on the public the victim who rapes her own murderer
00:05:23To be sensational Betty
00:05:28My zipper's gone again
00:05:32I'm here to protect my investors not your precious career
00:05:38Losing battle in any case
00:05:49Yeah, tell that to my landlord
00:05:52In case it slipped your mind. This show opens in just one week from now and as you can see
00:05:58Those people up there literally stink
00:06:01At this point I didn't let me do things my way or you can say goodbye to your I'm sorry
00:06:15Mark damn cat out of here
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00:06:21Call Sibyl on stage
00:06:28Sibyl you on
00:06:41Well, what's it gonna be do I carry on or do we all go home
00:06:48There seems to be some misunderstanding here. I'm not criticizing your work
00:06:51I just want you to keep in mind one thing that there that there are some people
00:06:57Who like to fondle the dancers arses surreptitiously backstage and some people who like to see the aforementioned arses?
00:07:04Displayed in the blaze of the spotlight on the stage. I
00:07:08Swear to God, I'm gonna kill whoever made this costume. I'm gonna stop badging, honey
00:07:12You can always go back to microwaving chili at Mexico Joe's
00:07:16Yeah, and you can go back to selling your ass in the men's room at the bus station
00:07:24Dominique Dominique. All right. Come on back to work. Let's get going with the scene change. Is everything ready mark?
00:07:34Alicia take a break. I don't want to watch anymore that crap
00:07:40Where's Sibyl she's coming
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00:07:44Sure tough on you
00:07:47It's positive Danny
00:07:50Don't worry after it's not the first time
00:07:54Okay, we'll talk later
00:08:01Betty have you seen my purse? No, where'd you leave it? I don't know all my money's in it and my watch
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00:08:21Everything okay, Alicia. Yes. Thanks. Everything's fine. Well, if there's anything I can do to help
00:08:28How about in advance to cover rehearsal time and broke?
00:08:33Okay, that'll be fine finished with that armor
00:08:42All right, okay, let's run through the rapes
00:08:52Miss Lowell miss Lowell
00:09:01Miss Lowell
00:09:12Is our
00:09:14Cinderella
00:09:16Ready to do her scene or does she still need more time to warm up Brett? You're a fucking bastard
00:09:22Rose by any other name
00:09:26Okay, let's do it music
00:09:28Oh
00:09:41You must be crazy to leave it lying around like that you're right if I didn't have this job I'd have to pawn it
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00:10:02Don't worry dear it's only mother
00:10:06What's our bright-eyed Anjanou reading now
00:10:09Stanislavsky Oh Saints Preserve us
00:10:12It's an actor prepares. It's fantastic
00:10:15Let me know when you get to the part about earning enough money to keep body and soul together. That's the information
00:10:22Now look at Laurel. She's a perfect example of the method. She really feels her parts
00:10:28Keep it up, sweetie. Oh
00:10:33Here this is the hospital it's only five minutes from here. Come on, let's go
00:10:36Oh Betty that bastard will never give me permission to go look if your ankle gets any worse
00:10:41You're gonna be out of a job in a flash. Don't be an idiot. We'll go and ask Willie and he'll let us out the side door
00:10:47Come on, let's go
00:10:59Willie
00:11:03Willie do us a favor and let us go out the service entrance. Now, you're new. Mr. Connors doesn't
00:11:11This is an emergency
00:11:16All right
00:11:21Willie let us go first
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00:11:32You'll remember when you come back lock the door and put the key back on the cell phone
00:11:41The cat it crossed my path are you superstitious? Well, I guess
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00:11:49Come Peter so mean to you because he left to shrink in London. Oh, come on. He's not crazy
00:11:55His only problem is he's panting for your body
00:11:59So let him pant a little longer
00:12:03What he wants to repeat
00:12:06But I won't share him with his little child
00:12:08I'm sure he'll be fine. I'm sure he'll be fine
00:12:11I'm sure he'll be fine. I'm sure he'll be fine
00:12:13I'm sure he'll be fine
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00:13:47Hey, this is a mental institution psychiatrists are doctors too, aren't they?
00:14:04Tell Alice to get ready we'll skip it to the next scene. Okay, okay
00:14:17You're the one who doesn't understand this is a psychiatric hospital not a first-aid station
00:14:21So even if your friend over there were Liza Minnelli, she'd still have to be crazy to get in here
00:14:26And if you don't mind, I want that car removed immediately from our entrance blocking the door. Come on. It's no use
00:14:31Let's go. Why you know something you're really mean
00:14:39This is an emergency, it's all right girls, it's all right. It's all right. It's all right
00:14:44This is we have a show on rehearsal. She's a dancer, you know, and she twisted her ankle. Would you please have a look at it?
00:14:50Hmm, what what sort of show is it? It's a kind of intellectual musical
00:15:07I can understand that doing it is magic once your stage struck. That's it. You go up and down
00:15:13Like a roller coaster you have to hang on for your life and keep praying you'll make it
00:15:18Like a disease
00:15:41Sorry miss you can't stand here
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00:15:58Who gave her permission to leave
00:16:00No one leaves this studio without asking me
00:16:03The young lady wasn't feeling too good. So I thought I couldn't care less
00:16:08I guess she got by me
00:16:11Just what the hell do you think you're supposed to be doing here then?
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00:16:26Just saw a metal door with bars
00:16:29Who's in there?
00:16:30Irving Wallace Irving Wallace, you mean that actor who went berserk the same we're keeping him here while the court reviews his case
00:16:37I've never heard about him. What did he do? But it wasn't all the papers gosh, he did horrible things
00:16:42He killed people and chopped them up in little pieces. I think he killed 12 people
00:16:4816 actually why well who can say he doesn't talk a lot
00:16:53That should kill the pain for three or four hours, but try to keep off it as much as you can
00:16:58Thank you so much doctor. Well, the show must go on I suppose
00:17:03Goodbye
00:17:06He's really a handsome guy
00:17:09Sometimes I think I'm in the wrong business
00:17:11Look that must be Irving Wallace in there. Come on Betty. If we don't hurry up Peter will kill us
00:17:42What's the matter does it still hurt oh, no, it's much better I was just thinking what
00:17:49About that guy
00:17:51Wallace, oh listen to this, you know his last victim what it was
00:17:55It was a 16 year old girl and you know what he did
00:17:56He nailed her on the floor and then he cut her into a piece. I don't want to hear that's horrible
00:18:06I'll leave the door open but hurry up
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00:18:28Was I called every name in the book, honey
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00:18:53Let's run through that again without music keep your heads up
00:18:58right one two and one two three four five six seven eight
00:19:07stop
00:19:08We have a visitor
00:19:12Forgotten something
00:19:14I'm really sorry Peter. I
00:19:18Thought you thought but certain rules didn't apply to you
00:19:23right, I
00:19:25Hurt myself. Oh
00:19:27I'm awfully sorry about that
00:19:29You better go home and take care of whatever it is. That's hurting you
00:19:35And before you go, would you clean out your dressing room and give the key to Laurel
00:19:42She's taking over your role
00:19:45All right, come on let's run through that again music. All right music
00:20:11This
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00:21:48I'm very sorry about this
00:21:50Forget it. I think Peter went a little overboard. I could talk to him
00:21:56Let me help you. I
00:21:58Don't need the kind of help you have to offer. Thanks. Get out of my way
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00:22:09Have you seen Betty? No, sorry, not as sorry as I am
00:22:16See you. Bye
00:22:21Take it easy
00:22:28Lucifer
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00:23:02Oh
00:23:13Where are you come here?
00:23:31Richard
00:23:37Where the hell are you Lucifer Lucifer Lucifer
00:23:58Just push it back
00:24:01Oh
00:24:17We've covered the whole area there's no trace of
00:24:31This
00:24:35Studio has only got two
00:24:37Service doors real solid
00:24:40Guard said he's been watching the main entrance all the time. Have you checked inside? We looked everywhere, sir
00:24:45All right, get your men together and move out leave a patrol car here. Get it. Keep an eye on
00:24:50Come on guys
00:25:14We'll be going now there'll be a police car here all night
00:25:18I think you'll catch him. I'm calming the neighborhood. It's just a question of time
00:25:26These are the rehearsal hours of over should I send the kids home
00:25:33Ask Laurel Corrine
00:25:35Brett
00:25:36Sibyl and Danny
00:25:38And Alicia to stay behind for a while. I'll explain it. Okay
00:25:42mark
00:25:45I'm a journalist. I'd like a word
00:25:59What a disaster just a week opening night
00:26:04The disaster for that poor girl, right?
00:26:07But not necessarily for us
00:26:10Anyway, it's not a week till opening night. It's three days
00:26:15We open on Saturday
00:26:17You crazy?
00:26:19Listen Ferrari, you get some extra money together and I promise you three days. This show will open
00:26:25tomorrow
00:26:27When the newspapers hit the streets, there's going to be a line a block long outside our box office
00:26:40Come on let's have a little talk with the journalist
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00:26:58Find mark
00:27:05Who's gonna tell her family please I'll handle it. She wasn't from around here came from Boston. Did did you know her? Well?
00:27:14No, we only hired it two days ago
00:27:17The customs are well, you know, mr. Collins. I'm going now. Here's the key
00:27:23Now you'll just a minute. You'll make sure those fires are out before you leave and lock up good, huh? All right
00:27:30Okay later
00:27:33What's happening Peter can we leave?
00:27:36No, we're going to carry on
00:27:42First can you do me a little favor?
00:27:44Mm-hmm
00:27:46Lock the door and hide the key
00:27:52Do as the director says
00:28:15I just want to say a few words
00:28:19What's happened tonight it's been a horrifying experience for everybody here
00:28:25But we mustn't let it demoralize us we must carry on not least for Betty's sake
00:28:31So let's take ten minutes break. Let's get ready. Let's get concentrated. Let's get back to work, right?
00:28:39Alicia that applies to you, too
00:28:41I
00:28:46Want to make some changes
00:28:48Nobody said anything about overtime
00:28:51You'd be paid immediately
00:28:53At this very moment. Mr. Ferrari is preparing the cash. I
00:28:59Was speaking to a couple of journalists outside and they told me a few things about our psychopathic killer
00:29:06for instance Brett
00:29:07Your character no longer be an anonymous owl. You'll have a real name
00:29:14Irving Wallace how lucky for you Peter
00:29:25Well, good night everybody
00:29:31The changes we've got to make are mostly no big scenes Peter open this door
00:29:37I
00:29:44Open the door
00:29:47And everybody can go home and stay home and we'll forget the whole thing and cancel the show
00:29:53How long did you been out of work before this Alice
00:29:57Laura Brett
00:30:00How about Sibyl and Danny
00:30:03You all accepted this job on a percentage basis because you were in the shit
00:30:08None of you are stars
00:30:10nor am I
00:30:11But this is our big chance. We can fill the theater and get a five or six month run out of this
00:30:17You know that people have a morbid curiosity about murder
00:30:21And they're going to line up for blocks to see a show in which one of the actresses has been murdered by the real-life
00:30:27Maniac in the plot. Can't you understand that?
00:30:30But Betty wasn't an actress I
00:30:35Had told the newspaper she was it wasn't enough to say she was just a little wardrobe mistress
00:30:41You're scum. I'm not
00:30:46I'm honestly shattered about Betty
00:30:51But I need the money and I need a hit
00:30:57Just like all the rest of you
00:31:00I
00:31:17Here's your money
00:31:19I
00:31:27Do you like this weather rain damp humidity, it's all great for my rheumatism
00:31:49Oh
00:32:03Not like last time there will be no abortion this time. I don't want you to but Danny, you know, I know
00:32:12But we'll make it you'll see I'm gonna be rich and famous with our names up and lights ten feet high
00:32:19all three of us
00:32:23What is this the late late show starring Nicky Ruby Judy Garland and Shirley Temple
00:32:31We're getting the costume will ya
00:32:34Gloria novel Peter says to find some accessory in water. There's a new number for you
00:32:40Move it over. Will you we haven't got all night?
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00:34:11Guys no stupid jokes tonight. Okay
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00:35:10Brett Brett you cut it out right now. I'm gonna scream
00:35:19I
00:35:50Cut that out both of you
00:35:52We're quite late enough as it is
00:35:54Brett I
00:35:56Don't want any more of your jokes
00:35:59Is that clear?
00:36:03I can't I can't find my costume. Look for it. You can't find it. Where the spare
00:36:12Brett
00:36:14The truth it was you wasn't it give me a break. I swear it wasn't me
00:36:19I mean tonight of all nights. I wouldn't who was it's been probably that dirty ledge Ferrari
00:36:28Is it
00:36:33Here it is
00:36:42And
00:36:48Now ladies and gentlemen Irving Wallace
00:36:53Thank you, thank you
00:37:03Call him in
00:37:06Would you mind working the music of the lights this is the QC just for the numbers
00:37:12Where you're on
00:37:18That's waiting in the wings Peter, okay
00:37:22We're in ready ready, okay lights and music
00:37:41I
00:37:59Lover reaching
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00:38:42Brett
00:38:47Peter Peter Brett, come on. That's your cue. What are you waiting for?
00:38:55Right, what are you waiting for?
00:39:02Monster
00:39:04Oh
00:39:10Just stand there grab her
00:39:12Listen to me. I think that maniac is hiding. You've gone out of your mind. I want kill her kill her
00:39:21Jesus Christ, what's the knife got to do with anything?
00:39:26That's not a knife
00:39:28It's a knife
00:39:30It's a knife
00:39:32It's a knife
00:39:34It's a knife
00:39:36It's a knife
00:39:38It's a knife
00:39:40It's a knife
00:39:42It's a knife
00:40:05Call an ambulance hurry
00:40:09Don't you understand
00:40:11Where is Brett
00:40:23The telephone's dead somebody's ripped the wires out of the wall the police cars outside
00:40:31The main doors locked Peter give me the key where's the key I
00:40:38Gave it
00:40:41The key the key to the main door, where did you put it?
00:40:46The key where's the key for God's sake? Where's the key leave her alone?
00:40:54Dead we've got to find the key. We've got to find the key
00:40:57It's in her bag, maybe it's in here
00:41:08Not here I took her in to hide it the service entrance
00:41:14We locked in
00:41:17If we yell maybe the police would hear us
00:41:28My
00:41:36Little wife is worried about my health. So what do I get spinach? Can you believe it spinach?
00:41:42They're too fat. Anyway, I'm fat
00:41:45That's muscle boy
00:41:46muscle
00:41:48Fix your papa
00:41:57Oh
00:42:22Got to find the key
00:42:25All right
00:42:27Don't panic
00:42:29Stay close together. We've got to look for a flashlight somewhere. I think I saw some candles and makeup Peter. Yeah
00:42:35All right, let's go stick together
00:42:54So
00:43:03What are we gonna do now
00:43:06We're gonna look for the key
00:43:10All right, let's go
00:43:24I
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00:44:46Ferrari
00:44:50Ferrari
00:44:54I
00:45:25Don't understand. He's got the key. Why doesn't he go?
00:45:31He could try to escape while it's dark, yeah, he'll go all right, but only after he's killed every last one of us
00:45:44We just have to stay in here all night it's 10 now
00:45:54But Peter we can't stay in here
00:46:10Do you realize
00:46:24I
00:46:54I
00:47:03Maybe there's a skeleton key somewhere. It was kept in Willie's office. I saw it in there once. Let's go
00:47:09What are we waiting for?
00:47:10altogether, though
00:47:13For it I
00:47:17Can't my ankle hurts too much I'd never make it
00:47:21Okay, you just stay here then. All right
00:47:24No, no one still left on their own
00:47:32It's still hurting a lot
00:47:41Should have listened to in the first place
00:47:46Maybe Corinne's would still have been alive. He mean they would all still be alive
00:47:51You heard what the police said she brought him back
00:48:00All right
00:48:04Danny and I
00:48:06Go to the office
00:48:09Mark
00:48:12Stay here with the girls. All right, I can't leave Sybil in here
00:48:16Christ's sake you do what I say. Otherwise all of us are gonna get out of here alive
00:48:23We'll be all right, please
00:48:30Right
00:48:45I
00:49:15I
00:49:45Don't stop it
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00:51:46Oh
00:52:04All right, that's enough I'm not gonna sit around here to be slaughtered like a pig
00:52:15I
00:52:20Didn't think of it before in the workshop, we can find everything we need to defend ourselves and to get out of here. All right
00:52:29But this time we stick together
00:52:32Alicia can you make it?
00:52:35Do you look after?
00:52:45I
00:53:12Want to try to force the door
00:53:15Okay
00:53:29Let's go
00:53:45I
00:54:02Had what are you gonna do as I say?
00:54:15Oh
00:54:31Danny that way carry more
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00:55:55He's got in there
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00:56:45Jesus it's over
00:57:15Oh
00:57:45Oh
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00:58:45Eat up
00:59:15Oh
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00:59:56Think it's a short
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01:04:28Laurel where is everybody?
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01:06:02Don't you think I look a little like James Dean I look like Marlon Brando
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