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Episode 1[edit]
A United States government satellite crash lands near Piedmont, Utah, and two teenagers find it and bring it back to town. The town's inhabitants open it and release a deadly microorganism, which is later codenamed Andromeda by the Army. A team is sent from the Army's bio-defense department to retrieve the satellite, only to die from the disease themselves. The video footage recorded by the retrieval team and their strange deaths capture the attention of General George Mancheck, the head of the bio-defense department, who activates "Wildfire," a team of five scientists who are called upon when high-level bioterror threats occur in the United States. The team, headed by its creator, Dr. Jeremy Stone, investigates Piedmont. They retrieve the satellite and rescue a hysterical 60-year-old man and a colicky baby who have survived the Andromeda outbreak.
In an isolated underground laboratory, the Wildfire team begins their examination of the downed satellite and the two survivors. The laboratory is powered by a small water-cooled nuclear reactor. In the event of a contamination breach, a 15-minute self-destruct sequence would be automatically initiated; however if the activated sequence is deemed unnecessary, Major Bill Keane, designated by the Odd-Man Hypothesis (which states that unmarried men are capable of carrying out the best, most dispassionate decisions during crisis), is the only person able to deactivate the sequence, using his pass key and right thumbprint.
The scientists begin their analysis of the Andromeda strain by recovering a sample from inside the satellite. They initially discover that the microorganism is contained within a delivery system of buckyballs, a technology more advanced than anything known at present. The team theorizes that Andromeda may have an extraterrestrial origin, as it has no DNA or amino acids. The team discovers Andromeda is an airborne microorganism that kills its host by entering the bloodstream through the lungs and coagulating the blood in the body, causing death within 10 seconds via a blood clot in the brain. Those who manage to survive the blood clot become insane, extremely violent and suicidal. It is revealed that the two survivors from Piedmont had not been affected by Andromeda because of their acidotic blood. However, all initial tests with antibiotics and chemical agents regularly used to kill other microorganisms show no effect on Andromeda.
Cable news reporter Jack Nash becomes aware of some of the events related to the fallen satellite and Andromeda. As he investigates further, Chuck Beeter, the Director of the NSA, uses General Mancheck's aide, Colonel Ferrus, to perform assassinations to prevent knowledge of Andromeda from reaching the civilian population. Nash travels to one of the temporary Army outposts performing quarantine procedures, and witnesses the effects of Andromeda spreading through various modes of transportation. He becomes a target of assassination due to his presence at the outpost, but manages to escape Ferrus and his subordinates.
Meanwhile, there is part of a government's conspiracy who aims to contain the microorganism for further uses, probably bio-weapon related. To handle the situation, General Mancheck deliberately isolated the Wildfire team and cut their contact with the lab's exterior. However, Jack Nash managed to report to Dr. Stone about Project Scoop, a secret program that was hidden by the government and General Mancheck. Mancheck, being forcefully questioned by Wildfire and fearing for the whole world's safety being threatened by Andromeda, reveals the truth about the satellite. Project Scoop was one of several attempts to investigate a singularity, or a worm hole, that has mysteriously appeared in the Solar System. Sent specifically to collect biological samples, the satellite malfunctioned upon approaching the worm hole and fell back to Earth. It was picked up and released the deadly agent.
In an attempt to neutralize the problem, the President of the United States authorizes a small tactical nuclear strike on the quarantine area in hopes of completely irradiating and destroying Andromeda. When the Wildfire team is informed, they realize that they have not reviewed the test results for irradiating Andromeda. They find that the microorganism grows at an exponential rate when irradiated. The Wildfire team alerts the President, and the air-strike is called off before the pilot launches the nuclear missile. However, as the jet continues to fly over the quarantine area, the pilot reports a malfunction of the aircraft's controls. Through video feed, the Wildfire team and President watch in shock and horror as all plastic components of the aircraft, including the pilot's visor, disintegrate.
Episode 2[edit]
The nuclear missile is re-armed, the jet and missile crash into the ground, and the missile detonates, irradiating the quarantine area. The team examine the footage of the crash, and realize that Andromeda has mutated again and now becomes a plastic-eating variant.
As Andromeda grows and mutates into more virulent forms and takes host in anything from mammals and reptiles to the bird population, the Wildfire team continue their tests to find a way to stop Andromeda before it reaches Las Vegas, the closest city to the quarantine zone with an international airport. Further studies reveal Andromeda is actually a sulfur-based compound. A set of tests with phages reveals that one phage has the ability to kill Andromeda. However, repeated tests with this phage prove unsuccessful, causing the Wildfire team to theorize that Andromeda can communicate through an unknown mechanism among its separate parts. By the time they discover a binary code encoded on buckyball casings with potassium and rubidium atoms, the team suspects Andromeda to be a message according to the Messenger Theory. The information included the six-digit number "739528" and the words "Bacillus infernus" encoded in ASCII plus a bitmap image of a symbol with interlocking triangles. Bacillus infernus is the name of an archaebacterium found only at the thermal vents on the ocean floors. At this time, President Scott was championing the new and controversial industry of thermal vent mining, and it was likely that the mining would eradicate the bacteria. Wildfire requests samples of the bacteria to begin testing its effects on Andromeda.
Tests with Bacillus infernus reveal that the bacterium easily consumes and destroys Andromeda because of Andromeda's sulfur structure. The Wildfire team begins to grow large amounts of the bacterium in culture vats, intending to release the cultures over the quarantined area once a sufficient quantity is grown.
As the team watches the footage video of the crashed fighter jet, Dr. Stone suspects and considers the possibility that Andromeda did not attack until the launching sequence of the nuclear warhead has been halted, which means that it could probably think and so attack the jet to force the warhead to be detonated, hence accelerating its own growth. The team therefore begins to destroy the remaining samples of Andromeda in the lab in an attempt to prevent Andromeda from communicating the nature of the tests with its other parts.
As part of a government conspiracy to preserve Andromeda for future use, Colonel Ferrus blackmails Dr. Barton to keep a sample. The sample mutates and disintegrates the sample casing, setting off the lab's contamination breach sensor and initiating the self-destruct sequence. The self-destruct sequence also causes the flashing emergency lights to turn on, triggering Chou's photosensitive epilepsy, which causes him to inadvertently destroy the self-destruct control panel on the lab level of the complex.
With the elevators deactivated due to the self-destruct sequence, Keane decides to climb to the control panel on the level above through the lab's main exhaust vent. However, the pipes and other components in the vent have begun to deteriorate due to the mutation in the Andromeda sample. The pipe Keane climbs suddenly bends, dangling Keane above the radioactive water at the base of the vent. Before falling, Keane manages to throw his badge to Stone. Realizing Keane's right thumb is also required to shutdown the self-destruct sequence, Chou sacrifices his life to enter the radioactive water to cut off Keane's thumb for Stone. With Keane's thumb and badge, Stone reaches the control panel and deactivates the sequences; albeit with only seconds to spare.
Eventually, the bacteria being dropped eradicate all traces of Andromeda.
As the remaining Wildfire team attends the funerals of their fallen colleagues, both General Mancheck and Colonel Ferrus are secretly assassinated. Dr. Stone reveals some of the events to the public in an interview with Jack Nash. In the final scene, the saved sample of the Andromeda is inserted into a containment compartment with the access code "739528", held in a vessel marked with a symbol with interlocking triangles. Director Beeter watches over the operation on the computer in his office. The camera then zooms out, revealing Andromeda has been stored within a space station orbiting Earth. The ending implies that the sample saved on the space station is the cause of the outbreak in the future that necessitated sending the virus back to the present via the wormhole, creating an ontological paradox as to the virus's origin. The ending also implies that Andromeda could really think, since the future outbreak of Andromeda has happened after the bacteria Bacillus infernus, the only thing capable of exterminating Andromeda, was completely destroyed, and so Andromeda avoided unnecessary risks by waiting for its right opportunity.

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text: Nash

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text: some

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text: the

text: events

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text: civilian

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text: now

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text: plastic

text: eating

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text: Andromeda

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text: and

text: mutates

text: into

text: more

text: virulent

text: forms

text: and

text: takes

text: host

text: in

text: anything

text: from

text: mammals

text: and

text: reptiles

text: to

text: the

text: bird

text: population

text: the

text: Wildfire

text: team

text: continue

text: their

text: tests

text: to

text: find

text: a

text: way

text: to

text: stop

text: Andromeda

text: before

text: it

text: reaches

text: Las

text: Vegas

text: the

text: closest

text: city

text: to

text: the

text: quarantine

text: zone

text: with

text: an

text: international

text: airport

text: Further

text: studies

text: reveal

text: Andromeda

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text: actually

text: a

text: sulfur

text: based

text: compound

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text: of

text: tests

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text: one

text: phage

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text: the

text: ability

text: to

text: kill

text: Andromeda

text: However

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text: tests

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text: phage

text: prove

text: unsuccessful

text: causing

text: the

text: Wildfire

text: team

text: to

text: theorize

text: that

text: Andromeda

text: can

text: communicate

text: through

text: an

text: unknown

text: mechanism

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text: separate

text: parts

text: By

text: the

text: time

text: they

text: discover

text: a

text: binary

text: code

text: encoded

text: on

text: buckyball

text: casings

text: with

text: potassium

text: and

text: rubidium

text: atoms

text: the

text: team

text: suspects

text: Andromeda

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text: be

text: a

text: message

text: according

text: to

text: the

text: Messenger

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text: The

text: information

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text: the

text: six

text: digit

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text: and

text: the

text: words

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text: bacterium

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text: destroys

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text: of

text: Andromeda

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text: sulfur

text: structure

text: The

text: Wildfire

text: team

text: begins

text: to

text: grow

text: large

text: amounts

text: of

text: the

text: bacterium

text: in

text: culture

text: vats

text: intending

text: to

text: release

text: the

text: cultures

text: over

text: the

text: quarantined

text: area

text: once

text: a

text: sufficient

text: quantity

text: is

text: grown

text: As

text: the

text: team

text: watches

text: the

text: footage

text: video

text: of

text: the

text: crashed

text: fighter

text: jet

text: Dr.

text: Stone

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text: and

text: considers

text: the

text: possibility

text: that

text: Andromeda

text: did

text: not

text: attack

text: until

text: the

text: launching

text: sequence

text: of

text: the

text: nuclear

text: warhead

text: has

text: been

text: halted

text: which

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text: that

text: it

text: could

text: probably

text: think

text: and

text: so

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text: the

text: jet

text: to

text: force

text: the

text: warhead

text: to

text: be

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text: its

text: own

text: growth

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text: team

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text: destroy

text: the

text: remaining

text: samples

text: of

text: Andromeda

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text: the

text: lab

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text: an

text: attempt

text: to

text: prevent

text: Andromeda

text: from

text: communicating

text: the

text: nature

text: of

text: the

text: tests

text: with

text: its

text: other

text: parts

text: As

text: part

text: of

text: a

text: government

text: conspiracy

text: to

text: preserve

text: Andromeda

text: for

text: future

text: use

text: Colonel

text: Ferrus

text: blackmails

text: Dr.

text: Barton

text: to

text: keep

text: a

text: sample

text: The

text: sample

text: mutates

text: and

text: disintegrates

text: the

text: sample

text: casing

text: setting

text: off

text: the

text: lab

text: 's

text: contamination

text: breach

text: sensor

text: and

text: initiating

text: the

text: self

text: destruct

text: sequence

text: The

text: self

text: destruct

text: sequence

text: also

text: causes

text: the

text: flashing

text: emergency

text: lights

text: to

text: turn

text: on

text: triggering

text: Chou

text: 's

text: photosensitive

text: epilepsy

text: which

text: causes

text: him

text: to

text: inadvertently

text: destroy

text: the

text: self

text: destruct

text: control

text: panel

text: on

text: the

text: lab

text: level

text: of

text: the

text: complex

text: With

text: the

text: elevators

text: deactivated

text: due

text: to

text: the

text: self

text: destruct

text: sequence

text: Keane

text: decides

text: to

text: climb

text: to

text: the

text: control

text: panel

text: on

text: the

text: level

text: above

text: through

text: the

text: lab

text: 's

text: main

text: exhaust

text: vent

text: However

text: the

text: pipes

text: and

text: other

text: components

text: in

text: the

text: vent

text: have

text: begun

text: to

text: deteriorate

text: due

text: to

text: the

text: mutation

text: in

text: the

text: Andromeda

text: sample

text: The

text: pipe

text: Keane

text: climbs

text: suddenly

text: bends

text: dangling

text: Keane

text: above

text: the

text: radioactive

text: water

text: at

text: the

text: base

text: of

text: the

text: vent

text: Before

text: falling

text: Keane

text: manages

text: to

text: throw

text: his

text: badge

text: to

text: Stone

text: Realizing

text: Keane

text: 's

text: right

text: thumb

text: is

text: also

text: required

text: to

text: shutdown

text: the

text: self

text: destruct

text: sequence

text: Chou

text: sacrifices

text: his

text: life

text: to

text: enter

text: the

text: radioactive

text: water

text: to

text: cut

text: off

text: Keane

text: 's

text: thumb

text: for

text: Stone

text: With

text: Keane

text: 's

text: thumb

text: and

text: badge

text: Stone

text: reaches

text: the

text: control

text: panel

text: and

text: deactivates

text: the

text: sequences

text: albeit

text: with

text: only

text: seconds

text: to

text: spare

text: Eventually

text: the

text: bacteria

text: being

text: dropped

text: eradicate

text: all

text: traces

text: of

text: Andromeda

text: As

text: the

text: remaining

text: Wildfire

text: team

text: attends

text: the

text: funerals

text: of

text: their

text: fallen

text: colleagues

text: both

text: General

text: Mancheck

text: and

text: Colonel

text: Ferrus

text: are

text: secretly

text: assassinated

text: Dr.

text: Stone

text: reveals

text: some

text: of

text: the

text: events

text: to

text: the

text: public

text: in

text: an

text: interview

text: with

text: Jack

text: Nash

text: In

text: the

text: final

text: scene

text: the

text: saved

text: sample

text: of

text: the

text: Andromeda

text: is

text: inserted

text: into

text: a

text: containment

text: compartment

text: with

text: the

text: access

text: code

text: held

text: in

text: a

text: vessel

text: marked

text: with

text: a

text: symbol

text: with

text: interlocking

text: triangles

text: Director

text: Beeter

text: watches

text: over

text: the

text: operation

text: on

text: the

text: computer

text: in

text: his

text: office

text: The

text: camera

text: then

text: zooms

text: out

text: revealing

text: Andromeda

text: has

text: been

text: stored

text: within

text: a

text: space

text: station

text: orbiting

text: Earth

text: The

text: ending

text: implies

text: that

text: the

text: sample

text: saved

text: on

text: the

text: space

text: station

text: is

text: the

text: cause

text: of

text: the

text: outbreak

text: in

text: the

text: future

text: that

text: necessitated

text: sending

text: the

text: virus

text: back

text: to

text: the

text: present

text: via

text: the

text: wormhole

text: creating

text: an

text: ontological

text: paradox

text: as

text: to

text: the

text: virus

text: 's

text: origin

text: The

text: ending

text: also

text: implies

text: that

text: Andromeda

text: could

text: really

text: think

text: since

text: the

text: future

text: outbreak

text: of

text: Andromeda

text: has

text: happened

text: after

text: the

text: bacteria

text: Bacillus

text: infernus

text: the

text: only

text: thing

text: capable

text: of

text: exterminating

text: Andromeda

text: was

text: completely

text: destroyed

text: and

text: so

text: Andromeda

text: avoided

text: unnecessary

text: risks

text: by

text: waiting

text: for

text: its

text: right

text: opportunity

question: Where was the high-tech underground labratory?

answer: Piedmont, Utah

text: Piedmont, Utah

question: How was the pilot's flesh found?

answer: desinagrated

question: What does the meteroite  lack?

answer: antibiotics and chemical agents

text: antibiotics and chemical agents

question: What is Jackson's blood suffering from?

answer: Acidity due to ulcers

question: What caused Peter Jackson to have abnormally acidic blood?

answer: Sterno-addicted

question: What's seeded in the clouds to cause precipitation?

answer: microbe

question: How does Hall advise Dutton to breathe?

question: How many survivors are found in scoop 7 ?

answer: 2

question: What does Hall race against?

answer: Countdown to detonation

question: what the satellite name?

question: what scientific team it had previously recruited for just this type of emergency?

answer: Wildfire

text: Wildfire

text: Wildfire

text: Wildfire

text: Wildfire

text: Wildfire

text: Wildfire

text: Wildfire

text: Wildfire

text: Wildfire

text: Wildfire

text: Wildfire

text: Wildfire

question: How many research scientists were there in the team?

answer: 5 scientists

question: What is the name of the movie?

answer: The Andromeda Strain

text: The Andromeda Strain

text: The Andromeda Strain

question: Who asks about the possibility of this reoccuring?

answer: Reporter

text: Reporter

question: Whose research is imparied by absence epilepsy?

answer: Chou

text: Chou

text: Chou

question: How much time did it take for the bomb to go off when there was a containment breach?

answer: 15 minutes

question: How many anomalies were found in the baby?

question: What type of aircraft did the pilot fly?

answer: Fighter Jet

text: Fighter Jet

text: Jet

text: Jet

text: Jet

text: Jet

question: Where is Andromeda?

answer: Earth

text: Earth

text: Earth

text: Piedmont, Utah

question: When the film ends, does the virus mutate again, causing the computer to overload?

answer: yes

aliases: no, virus "watches" from a space station

question: What does Hall rescue Leavitt from ?

question: What does the team come across during analysis ?

answer: Andromeda can think

question: What is the meteorite made of?

answer: An airborne microorganism

text: An airborne microorganism

text: Sulfur-based compound

question: Who is the team surgeon ?

question: What is Andromeda?

answer: a deadly microorganism

text: a deadly microorganism

question: What did they discover has not yet been bombed?

answer: The launching of a nuclear warhead

text: A small water-cooled nuclear reactor.


text: The film opens with long lines of tired and grim soldiers and civilians moving through a congested town away from the advancing Japanese (who are not shown but the hopelessness of the situation hangs heavy). Sergeant Bill Dane (Robert Taylor) of the 31st Infantry and his companion Corporal Jake Feingold (Thomas Mitchell) are seen manning a defensive position. They casually discuss the possibility that they will be ordered to retreat again back toward the presumed safety of Bataan.Their commander orders them to report to a Captain Lassister for a special assignment. The town then suffers a violent Japanese air attack with civilians and soldiers caught in the open and killed. Dane and Feingold reach Lassiter. A pretty American nurse boards the last ambulance out while casting a long, soulful look back at Lassier (Lee Bowman). Lassiter puts Dane in charge of a group of 13 men, all of whom had been separated from their commands, with orders to hold a a strategic bridge after the last refugees cross. Lassiter makes it clear they are to demolish the bridge, stop the "Japs", and hold until MacArthur can consolidate in Bataan. They are given such equipment and supplies as is available and left alone.After the army and some civilians cross the bridge, Dane, Feingold, and a group of eleven hastily assembled soldiers from different units is assigned to blow it up and delay Japanese rebuilding efforts as long as possible. In addition to Sgt. Dane, Cpl. Feingold and Captain Lassier, the rear guard is a mixed lot, making up of:Corporal Barney Todd (Lloyd Nolan), who claims to be a signalman;Private Felix Ramirez (Desi Arnaz), a Mexican American California National Guardsman;Private Wesley Epps (Kenneth Lee Spencer), a black demolitions expert;Private Matthew Hardy (Phillip Terry), a conscientious objector in the Medical Corps;Private Francis X. Matowski (Barry Nelson), an engineer;Private "Yankee" Salazar (Alex Havier), a Philippine Scout;Private Sam Molloy (Tom Dugan), a cook;Seaman Leonard Purckett (Robert Walker), a naive young navy musician;Army Air Corps Lt. Steve Bentley (George Marshall), a pilot;Corporal Juan Katigbak (Roque Espiritu), Bentley's Philippine mechanic.The group sets up camp and firing positions on a cliff overlooking the bridge, blow the bridge, and settle down to wait for the Japanese. Following is several minutes of exposition which set the tone for the rest of the film. Quinine, food and ammo are in short supply. Dane establishes his credibility and toughness as Sgt. of the group. Bentley reveals that he is an Army AF pilot repairing his damaged plane, Todd is soon revealed to be a prickly bully who clashes with everyone. Dane suspects Todd is using an alias and may be the man who seven years earlier murdered a young private in a barracks card fight and ruined Dane's army officer career in the process. Todd is evasive and Dane elects not to push the issue.The Japanese move up and work at night on the bridge. The Americans talk, eat, sit by their weapons, and wait. The calm is interrupted when an unseen sniper catches Capt Lassiter in the open and shoots him dead with a bullet through his head. Purckett wants to play taps at the burial but Dane angrily orders him not to - explaining that the Japs know taps and will start counting the dead. At the burial it is sadly revealed that Lassiter had recently married the nurse seen on the ambulance.That night, Ramirez finds a battery powered radio and tunes in the Tommy Dorsey band live from Hollywood. The aching contrast between these familiar sounds of home and their own isolation and mortal peril is not lost on the men or the viewer. Dane orders Matowski to climb a tree and report on enemy movement. He carelessly shows himself, is shot by a sniper, and falls with a blood curdling scream to his death.The next day Dane and Todd go out alone, hurl grenades at the bridge, and blow it up one more time. Dane notes that Todd throws left handed like the murderer of seven years ago but again doesn't push the issue. Alone with Feingold afterwards, Dane begins to question whether he and the men will break from the strain and run, but the brave Feingold calmly assures him they will do their duty to the end.In succession, more men die as the Japanese pressure increases. Their Phillipino guide tries to break through the Japanese lines and get to Bataan for help, is captured, tortured and strung up for the Americans to see. Ramirez dies of malaria, Malloy is killed in a strafing air attack.Bentley repairs his plane and attempts to fly out under cover of night. They succeed, but Katigbak is killed (with a samurai sword one night) and Bentley is mortally wounded when he tries to lift off in his airplane. He asks Dane to load two boxes of dynamite on the plane. Dane refuses until Bentley pulls rank and orders him to do it. In a last dying act, Bentley flies into the bridge and demolishes it in a tremendous explosion.The remaining soldiers repel a massive frontal assault, inflicting grievous losses on the attacking Japanese troops, ultimately fighting hand-to-hand with bayonets fixed on their M1903 Springfield rifles. Epps and Feingold are killed. Only Dane, Todd and a wounded Purckett are left.Purckett is shot by an another unseen Japanese sniper, and Todd stabbed in the back by a Japanese soldier who had only feigned being dead. Before he dies, Todd admits to Dane that he is Burns.Now alone, Dane stoically digs his own marked grave beside those of his fallen comrades and waits in it. The Japanese troops crawl close to his position before opening fire and charging at Dane. Dane fires back, yelling, "We're still here.....we'll always be here, why don't you come and get us!" When his Tommy gun runs out of ammunition, he continues firing with the heavy machine gun as the Japanese close in on him.... the machine gun points to the audience as the final credits roll (rather then showing his death at the hands of the Japanese).The end story board states that the sacrifice of the defenders of Bataan helped slow the Japanese down, making possible America's later victories in the Pacific War.

title: Bataan

title: Bataan

text: The

text: film

text: opens

text: with

text: long

text: lines

text: of

text: tired

text: and

text: grim

text: soldiers

text: and

text: civilians

text: moving

text: through

text: a

text: congested

text: town

text: away

text: from

text: the

text: advancing

text: Japanese

text: who

text: are

text: not

text: shown

text: but

text: the

text: hopelessness

text: of

text: the

text: situation

text: hangs

text: heavy

text: Sergeant

text: Bill

text: Dane

text: Robert

text: Taylor

text: of

text: the

text: Infantry

text: and

text: his

text: companion

text: Corporal

text: Jake

text: Feingold

text: Thomas

text: Mitchell

text: are

text: seen

text: manning

text: a

text: defensive

text: position

text: They

text: casually

text: discuss

text: the

text: possibility

text: that

text: they

text: will

text: be

text: ordered

text: to

text: retreat

text: again

text: back

text: toward

text: the

text: presumed

text: safety

text: of

text: Bataan

text: Their

text: commander

text: orders

text: them

text: to

text: report

text: to

text: a

text: Captain

text: Lassister

text: for

text: a

text: special

text: assignment

text: The

text: town

text: then

text: suffers

text: a

text: violent

text: Japanese

text: air

text: attack

text: with

text: civilians

text: and

text: soldiers

text: caught

text: in

text: the

text: open

text: and

text: killed

text: Dane

text: and

text: Feingold

text: reach

text: Lassiter

text: A

text: pretty

text: American

text: nurse

text: boards

text: the

text: last

text: ambulance

text: out

text: while

text: casting

text: a

text: long

text: soulful

text: look

text: back

text: at

text: Lassier

text: Lee

text: Bowman

text: Lassiter

text: puts

text: Dane

text: in

text: charge

text: of

text: a

text: group

text: of

text: men

text: all

text: of

text: whom

text: had

text: been

text: separated

text: from

text: their

text: commands

text: with

text: orders

text: to

text: hold

text: a

text: a

text: strategic

text: bridge

text: after

text: the

text: last

text: refugees

text: cross

text: Lassiter

text: makes

text: it

text: clear

text: they

text: are

text: to

text: demolish

text: the

text: bridge

text: stop

text: the

text: Japs

text: and

text: hold

text: until

text: MacArthur

text: can

text: consolidate

text: in

text: Bataan

text: They

text: are

text: given

text: such

text: equipment

text: and

text: supplies

text: as

text: is

text: available

text: and

text: left

text: alone

text: After

text: the

text: army

text: and

text: some

text: civilians

text: cross

text: the

text: bridge

text: Dane

text: Feingold

text: and

text: a

text: group

text: of

text: eleven

text: hastily

text: assembled

text: soldiers

text: from

text: different

text: units

text: is

text: assigned

text: to

text: blow

text: it

text: up

text: and

text: delay

text: Japanese

text: rebuilding

text: efforts

text: as

text: long

text: as

text: possible

text: In

text: addition

text: to

text: Sgt

text: Dane

text: Cpl

text: Feingold

text: and

text: Captain

text: Lassier

text: the

text: rear

text: guard

text: is

text: a

text: mixed

text: lot

text: making

text: up

text: of

text: Corporal

text: Barney

text: Todd

text: Lloyd

text: Nolan

text: who

text: claims

text: to

text: be

text: a

text: signalman;Private

text: Felix

text: Ramirez

text: Desi

text: Arnaz

text: a

text: Mexican

text: American

text: California

text: National

text: Guardsman;Private

text: Wesley

text: Epps

text: Kenneth

text: Lee

text: Spencer

text: a

text: black

text: demolitions

text: expert;Private

text: Matthew

text: Hardy

text: Phillip

text: Terry

text: a

text: conscientious

text: objector

text: in

text: the

text: Medical

text: Corps;Private

text: Francis

text: X.

text: Matowski

text: Barry

text: Nelson

text: an

text: engineer;Private

text: Yankee

text: Salazar

text: Alex

text: Havier

text: a

text: Philippine

text: Scout;Private

text: Sam

text: Molloy

text: Tom

text: Dugan

text: a

text: cook;Seaman

text: Leonard

text: Purckett

text: Robert

text: Walker

text: a

text: naive

text: young

text: navy

text: musician;Army

text: Air

text: Corps

text: Lt

text: Steve

text: Bentley

text: George

text: Marshall

text: a

text: pilot;Corporal

text: Juan

text: Katigbak

text: Roque

text: Espiritu

text: Bentley

text: 's

text: Philippine

text: mechanic

text: The

text: group

text: sets

text: up

text: camp

text: and

text: firing

text: positions

text: on

text: a

text: cliff

text: overlooking

text: the

text: bridge

text: blow

text: the

text: bridge

text: and

text: settle

text: down

text: to

text: wait

text: for

text: the

text: Japanese

text: Following

text: is

text: several

text: minutes

text: of

text: exposition

text: which

text: set

text: the

text: tone

text: for

text: the

text: rest

text: of

text: the

text: film

text: Quinine

text: food

text: and

text: ammo

text: are

text: in

text: short

text: supply

text: Dane

text: establishes

text: his

text: credibility

text: and

text: toughness

text: as

text: Sgt

text: of

text: the

text: group

text: Bentley

text: reveals

text: that

text: he

text: is

text: an

text: Army

text: AF

text: pilot

text: repairing

text: his

text: damaged

text: plane

text: Todd

text: is

text: soon

text: revealed

text: to

text: be

text: a

text: prickly

text: bully

text: who

text: clashes

text: with

text: everyone

text: Dane

text: suspects

text: Todd

text: is

text: using

text: an

text: alias

text: and

text: may

text: be

text: the

text: man

text: who

text: seven

text: years

text: earlier

text: murdered

text: a

text: young

text: private

text: in

text: a

text: barracks

text: card

text: fight

text: and

text: ruined

text: Dane

text: 's

text: army

text: officer

text: career

text: in

text: the

text: process

text: Todd

text: is

text: evasive

text: and

text: Dane

text: elects

text: not

text: to

text: push

text: the

text: issue

text: The

text: Japanese

text: move

text: up

text: and

text: work

text: at

text: night

text: on

text: the

text: bridge

text: The

text: Americans

text: talk

text: eat

text: sit

text: by

text: their

text: weapons

text: and

text: wait

text: The

text: calm

text: is

text: interrupted

text: when

text: an

text: unseen

text: sniper

text: catches

text: Capt

text: Lassiter

text: in

text: the

text: open

text: and

text: shoots

text: him

text: dead

text: with

text: a

text: bullet

text: through

text: his

text: head

text: Purckett

text: wants

text: to

text: play

text: taps

text: at

text: the

text: burial

text: but

text: Dane

text: angrily

text: orders

text: him

text: not

text: to

text: explaining

text: that

text: the

text: Japs

text: know

text: taps

text: and

text: will

text: start

text: counting

text: the

text: dead

text: At

text: the

text: burial

text: it

text: is

text: sadly

text: revealed

text: that

text: Lassiter

text: had

text: recently

text: married

text: the

text: nurse

text: seen

text: on

text: the

text: ambulance

text: That

text: night

text: Ramirez

text: finds

text: a

text: battery

text: powered

text: radio

text: and

text: tunes

text: in

text: the

text: Tommy

text: Dorsey

text: band

text: live

text: from

text: Hollywood

text: The

text: aching

text: contrast

text: between

text: these

text: familiar

text: sounds

text: of

text: home

text: and

text: their

text: own

text: isolation

text: and

text: mortal

text: peril

text: is

text: not

text: lost

text: on

text: the

text: men

text: or

text: the

text: viewer

text: Dane

text: orders

text: Matowski

text: to

text: climb

text: a

text: tree

text: and

text: report

text: on

text: enemy

text: movement

text: He

text: carelessly

text: shows

text: himself

text: is

text: shot

text: by

text: a

text: sniper

text: and

text: falls

text: with

text: a

text: blood

text: curdling

text: scream

text: to

text: his

text: death

text: The

text: next

text: day

text: Dane

text: and

text: Todd

text: go

text: out

text: alone

text: hurl

text: grenades

text: at

text: the

text: bridge

text: and

text: blow

text: it

text: up

text: one

text: more

text: time

text: Dane

text: notes

text: that

text: Todd

text: throws

text: left

text: handed

text: like

text: the

text: murderer

text: of

text: seven

text: years

text: ago

text: but

text: again

text: does

text: n't

text: push

text: the

text: issue

text: Alone

text: with

text: Feingold

text: afterwards

text: Dane

text: begins

text: to

text: question

text: whether

text: he

text: and

text: the

text: men

text: will

text: break

text: from

text: the

text: strain

text: and

text: run

text: but

text: the

text: brave

text: Feingold

text: calmly

text: assures

text: him

text: they

text: will

text: do

text: their

text: duty

text: to

text: the

text: end

text: In

text: succession

text: more

text: men

text: die

text: as

text: the

text: Japanese

text: pressure

text: increases

text: Their

text: Phillipino

text: guide

text: tries

text: to

text: break

text: through

text: the

text: Japanese

text: lines

text: and

text: get

text: to

text: Bataan

text: for

text: help

text: is

text: captured

text: tortured

text: and

text: strung

text: up

text: for

text: the

text: Americans

text: to

text: see

text: Ramirez

text: dies

text: of

text: malaria

text: Malloy

text: is

text: killed

text: in

text: a

text: strafing

text: air

text: attack

text: Bentley

text: repairs

text: his

text: plane

text: and

text: attempts

text: to

text: fly

text: out

text: under

text: cover

text: of

text: night

text: They

text: succeed

text: but

text: Katigbak

text: is

text: killed

text: with

text: a

text: samurai

text: sword

text: one

text: night

text: and

text: Bentley

text: is

text: mortally

text: wounded

text: when

text: he

text: tries

text: to

text: lift

text: off

text: in

text: his

text: airplane

text: He

text: asks

text: Dane

text: to

text: load

text: two

text: boxes

text: of

text: dynamite

text: on

text: the

text: plane

text: Dane

text: refuses

text: until

text: Bentley

text: pulls

text: rank

text: and

text: orders

text: him

text: to

text: do

text: it

text: In

text: a

text: last

text: dying

text: act

text: Bentley

text: flies

text: into

text: the

text: bridge

text: and

text: demolishes

text: it

text: in

text: a

text: tremendous

text: explosion

text: The

text: remaining

text: soldiers

text: repel

text: a

text: massive

text: frontal

text: assault

text: inflicting

text: grievous

text: losses

text: on

text: the

text: attacking

text: Japanese

text: troops

text: ultimately

text: fighting

text: hand

text: to

text: hand

text: with

text: bayonets

text: fixed

text: on

text: their

text: Springfield

text: rifles

text: Epps

text: and

text: Feingold

text: are

text: killed

text: Only

text: Dane

text: Todd

text: and

text: a

text: wounded

text: Purckett

text: are

text: left

text: Purckett

text: is

text: shot

text: by

text: an

text: another

text: unseen

text: Japanese

text: sniper

text: and

text: Todd

text: stabbed

text: in

text: the

text: back

text: by

text: a

text: Japanese

text: soldier

text: who

text: had

text: only

text: feigned

text: being

text: dead

text: Before

text: he

text: dies

text: Todd

text: admits

text: to

text: Dane

text: that

text: he

text: is

text: Burns

text: Now

text: alone

text: Dane

text: stoically

text: digs

text: his

text: own

text: marked

text: grave

text: beside

text: those

text: of

text: his

text: fallen

text: comrades

text: and

text: waits

text: in

text: it

text: The

text: Japanese

text: troops

text: crawl

text: close

text: to

text: his

text: position

text: before

text: opening

text: fire

text: and

text: charging

text: at

text: Dane

text: Dane

text: fires

text: back

text: yelling

text: We

text: 're

text: still

text: here

text: we'll

text: always

text: be

text: here

text: why

text: do

text: n't

text: you

text: come

text: and

text: get

text: us

text: When

text: his

text: Tommy

text: gun

text: runs

text: out

text: of

text: ammunition

text: he

text: continues

text: firing

text: with

text: the

text: heavy

text: machine

text: gun

text: as

text: the

text: Japanese

text: close

text: in

text: on

text: him

text: the

text: machine

text: gun

text: points

text: to

text: the

text: audience

text: as

text: the

text: final

text: credits

text: roll

text: rather

text: then

text: showing

text: his

text: death

text: at

text: the

text: hands

text: of

text: the

text: Japanese).The

text: end

text: story

text: board

text: states

text: that

text: the

text: sacrifice

text: of

text: the

text: defenders

text: of

text: Bataan

text: helped

text: slow

text: the

text: Japanese

text: down

text: making

text: possible

text: America

text: 's

text: later

text: victories

text: in

text: the

text: Pacific

text: War

question: Who gets killed?

answer: Lassiter, Matowski, the Philipino guide, Ramirez, and Malloy

text: Katigbak

text: Katigbak

question: Who is shot?

answer: Purckett

text: Purckett

text: Purckett

text: Purckett

text: Purckett

text: Matowski

text: Matowski

question: What branch of the military does Private Felix Ramirez belong to?

answer: a Mexican American California National Guardsman

text: Rear Guard

question: Who does Dane suspect Barney Todd of being?

answer: The man who murdered a young private seven years earlier.

question: What task is assigned to the soldiers?

answer: to blow it up and delay Japanese rebuilding efforts as long as possible

text: to blow it up and delay Japanese rebuilding efforts as long as possible

question: Who plays Matthew?

answer: Phillip Terry

text: Phillip Terry

question: Who plays Leonard?

answer: Robert Walker

text: Robert Walker

question: Who  is conducting a fighting retreat?

answer: The US Army

question: What is the commander's name?

answer: Henry Lassiter

question: Who shoots down a Japanese airplane?

answer: Malloy

text: Malloy

question: Who dug their own marked grave?

answer: Dane

text: Dane

text: Dane

text: Dane

text: Dane

text: Dane

text: Dane

text: Dane

text: Dane

text: Dane

text: Dane

text: Dane

text: Dane

text: Dane

text: Dane

text: Dane

text: Dane

text: Dane

text: Dane

text: Dane

text: Dane

text: Dane

question: Is Dane the only one alive from among his falling comrades?

answer: Yes

question: What is Private Epps an expert doing?

answer: Black Demolitions

text: Black Demolitions

question: What did the sacrifice of the defenders of Bataan do?

answer: Stop the "Japs", and hold until MacArthur can consolidate in Bataan

aliases: It slowed the Japanese down so the America could later have victories in the Pacific

text: Stop the "Japs", and hold until MacArthur can consolidate in Bataan

question: Who is steve Bentley?

answer: A pilot

text: A pilot

question: Who succumbs to malaria?

answer: Ramirez

text: Ramirez

text: Ramirez

text: Ramirez

question: Who are killed?

answer: Dane, Epps, Bently, Feingold, Todd, and Purckett

aliases: Capt Lassiter, Matowski, Phillipino guide, Malloy

question: Do Dane and Todd immediately admit  that they recognize each other?

answer: Yes, Todd states that he is Burns

question: Where is Sergeant Bill Dane from?

answer: United States of America


text: One week before her next society dinner, Millicent Jordan receives word that Lord and Lady Ferncliffe, whom she and her husband Oliver, a New York shipping magnate, had met in England the previous year, have accepted her invitation. Overjoyed by this social coup, Millicent is oblivious to Oliver's lack of enthusiasm about the dinner and her daughter Paula's preoccupation about the impending return of her fiancé, Ernest DeGraff, from Europe. While Millicent fusses about finding an "extra man" for her single female guest, former stage star Carlotta Vance, Oliver faces distressing news about his shipping business, which has been struck hard by the Depression. After Carlotta, a former lover of Oliver who resides in Europe, confesses to Oliver in his office that she is nearly broke and is interested in selling her stock in the Jordan Shipping Line, Oliver is visited by Dan Packard, a rough-talking, nouveau-riche mining magnate. Oliver confides in Dan about his financial struggles and asks him to take over some of his stocks until his business improves. With blustering hesitation, Dan agrees only to consider Oliver's proposition, then goes home to brag to his brassy, gold digger wife Kitty that the Jordan Line is a valuable asset that he is going to devour through crooked stock purchases. Unknown to Dan, however, Oliver has convinced Millicent to invite the Packards to her dinner, and the ill-mannered but socially ambitious Kitty eagerly has accepted. Although he at first refuses to go, Dan, who believes that he will soon be appointed to a Cabinet post, changes his mind about the dinner when he finds out that the Ferncliffes, the richest couple in England, are also invited. Also unknown to Dan, one of Millicent's other guests, Dr. Wayne Talbot, has been having an affair with Kitty while pretending to be tending to her feigned illnesses. On the eve of her dinner, Millicent, still short an extra man, telephones Larry Renault, a washed-up silent movie star, and extends him a last-minute invitation, completely unaware that Paula is having a clandestine love affair with him. At Paula's urging, Larry, a three-time divorcé and hardened alcoholic, accepts the invitation, but advises the much younger Paula to forget about him and return to Ernest. After Paula stubbornly refuses to take Larry's admonitions seriously, she is seen leaving his room by Carlotta, who is residing at the same hotel. Later that evening, Larry is visited by his agent, Max Kane, who tells him that the stage play he was planning to star in has lost its orginal producer. Max breaks the news to Larry that the play's new producer, Jo Stengel, wants another actor in the lead but is willing to consider him in a bit part. Although crushed, Larry agrees to think about the offer, then desperately sends a bellboy to pawn a few of his possessions and buy a fresh bottle of alcohol. The next day, Talbot is discovered by his wife Lucy in a compromising telephone call with Kitty and confesses that, in spite of his love for her, he is addicted to women and needs help to overcome his weakness. Talbot then is rushed to see Oliver, who has come to the doctor's office with severe chest pains. Although Talbot tries to hide his prognosis of terminal thrombosis of the heart, Oliver wisely deduces the seriousness of his illness. When he returns home, the weakened Oliver tries to explain to Millicent his need for rest, but she is too hysterical to hear because, among other minor disasters, the Ferncliffes have cancelled and are on their way to Florida. Although anxious to tell Millicent about Larry, Paula, too, is turned away by her upset mother and faces the prospect of facing Ernest alone. At the Packards, meanwhile, Kitty reveals to Dan in a fit of anger that she is having an affair. When threatened with divorce, however, Kitty tells her husband that, if he wants his Cabinet appointment instead of a career-stopping revelation from her about his crooked dealings, he must back down from his takeover of Oliver's line and treat her with more respect. Just before he is to leave for the dinner, Larry is visited by Max and Stengel and drunkenly berates Stengel for insulting him with his paltry offer. After a frustrated Max denounces him for ruining his last career chance and the hotel management asks him to leave, Larry quietly turns on his gas fireplace and commits suicide. At the ill-fated dinner, Carlotta confides in private with Paula, who is just about to break her engagement with Ernest, about Larry's demise and counsels the young woman to stay with her fiancé. At the same time, Millicent learns from Talbot about Oliver's illness. Finally awakened to her selfishness, Millicent announces to Oliver that she is ready to make sacrifices for the family and be a more attentive wife. Then, as the beleagured guests are about to go in to dinner, Dan, with prodding from Kitty, tells Oliver that he has put a stop to the "secret" takeover of the Jordan shipping line.

title: Dinner at Eight

title: Dinner

title: at

title: Eight

text: One

text: week

text: before

text: her

text: next

text: society

text: dinner

text: Millicent

text: Jordan

text: receives

text: word

text: that

text: Lord

text: and

text: Lady

text: Ferncliffe

text: whom

text: she

text: and

text: her

text: husband

text: Oliver

text: a

text: New

text: York

text: shipping

text: magnate

text: had

text: met

text: in

text: England

text: the

text: previous

text: year

text: have

text: accepted

text: her

text: invitation

text: Overjoyed

text: by

text: this

text: social

text: coup

text: Millicent

text: is

text: oblivious

text: to

text: Oliver

text: 's

text: lack

text: of

text: enthusiasm

text: about

text: the

text: dinner

text: and

text: her

text: daughter

text: Paula

text: 's

text: preoccupation

text: about

text: the

text: impending

text: return

text: of

text: her

text: fiancé

text: Ernest

text: DeGraff

text: from

text: Europe

text: While

text: Millicent

text: fusses

text: about

text: finding

text: an

text: extra

text: man

text: for

text: her

text: single

text: female

text: guest

text: former

text: stage

text: star

text: Carlotta

text: Vance

text: Oliver

text: faces

text: distressing

text: news

text: about

text: his

text: shipping

text: business

text: which

text: has

text: been

text: struck

text: hard

text: by

text: the

text: Depression

text: After

text: Carlotta

text: a

text: former

text: lover

text: of

text: Oliver

text: who

text: resides

text: in

text: Europe

text: confesses

text: to

text: Oliver

text: in

text: his

text: office

text: that

text: she

text: is

text: nearly

text: broke

text: and

text: is

text: interested

text: in

text: selling

text: her

text: stock

text: in

text: the

text: Jordan

text: Shipping

text: Line

text: Oliver

text: is

text: visited

text: by

text: Dan

text: Packard

text: a

text: rough

text: talking

text: nouveau

text: riche

text: mining

text: magnate

text: Oliver

text: confides

text: in

text: Dan

text: about

text: his

text: financial

text: struggles

text: and

text: asks

text: him

text: to

text: take

text: over

text: some

text: of

text: his

text: stocks

text: until

text: his

text: business

text: improves

text: With

text: blustering

text: hesitation

text: Dan

text: agrees

text: only

text: to

text: consider

text: Oliver

text: 's

text: proposition

text: then

text: goes

text: home

text: to

text: brag

text: to

text: his

text: brassy

text: gold

text: digger

text: wife

text: Kitty

text: that

text: the

text: Jordan

text: Line

text: is

text: a

text: valuable

text: asset

text: that

text: he

text: is

text: going

text: to

text: devour

text: through

text: crooked

text: stock

text: purchases

text: Unknown

text: to

text: Dan

text: however

text: Oliver

text: has

text: convinced

text: Millicent

text: to

text: invite

text: the

text: Packards

text: to

text: her

text: dinner

text: and

text: the

text: ill

text: mannered

text: but

text: socially

text: ambitious

text: Kitty

text: eagerly

text: has

text: accepted

text: Although

text: he

text: at

text: first

text: refuses

text: to

text: go

text: Dan

text: who

text: believes

text: that

text: he

text: will

text: soon

text: be

text: appointed

text: to

text: a

text: Cabinet

text: post

text: changes

text: his

text: mind

text: about

text: the

text: dinner

text: when

text: he

text: finds

text: out

text: that

text: the

text: Ferncliffes

text: the

text: richest

text: couple

text: in

text: England

text: are

text: also

text: invited

text: Also

text: unknown

text: to

text: Dan

text: one

text: of

text: Millicent

text: 's

text: other

text: guests

text: Dr.

text: Wayne

text: Talbot

text: has

text: been

text: having

text: an

text: affair

text: with

text: Kitty

text: while

text: pretending

text: to

text: be

text: tending

text: to

text: her

text: feigned

text: illnesses

text: On

text: the

text: eve

text: of

text: her

text: dinner

text: Millicent

text: still

text: short

text: an

text: extra

text: man

text: telephones

text: Larry

text: Renault

text: a

text: washed

text: up

text: silent

text: movie

text: star

text: and

text: extends

text: him

text: a

text: last

text: minute

text: invitation

text: completely

text: unaware

text: that

text: Paula

text: is

text: having

text: a

text: clandestine

text: love

text: affair

text: with

text: him

text: At

text: Paula

text: 's

text: urging

text: Larry

text: a

text: three

text: time

text: divorcé

text: and

text: hardened

text: alcoholic

text: accepts

text: the

text: invitation

text: but

text: advises

text: the

text: much

text: younger

text: Paula

text: to

text: forget

text: about

text: him

text: and

text: return

text: to

text: Ernest

text: After

text: Paula

text: stubbornly

text: refuses

text: to

text: take

text: Larry

text: 's

text: admonitions

text: seriously

text: she

text: is

text: seen

text: leaving

text: his

text: room

text: by

text: Carlotta

text: who

text: is

text: residing

text: at

text: the

text: same

text: hotel

text: Later

text: that

text: evening

text: Larry

text: is

text: visited

text: by

text: his

text: agent

text: Max

text: Kane

text: who

text: tells

text: him

text: that

text: the

text: stage

text: play

text: he

text: was

text: planning

text: to

text: star

text: in

text: has

text: lost

text: its

text: orginal

text: producer

text: Max

text: breaks

text: the

text: news

text: to

text: Larry

text: that

text: the

text: play

text: 's

text: new

text: producer

text: Jo

text: Stengel

text: wants

text: another

text: actor

text: in

text: the

text: lead

text: but

text: is

text: willing

text: to

text: consider

text: him

text: in

text: a

text: bit

text: part

text: Although

text: crushed

text: Larry

text: agrees

text: to

text: think

text: about

text: the

text: offer

text: then

text: desperately

text: sends

text: a

text: bellboy

text: to

text: pawn

text: a

text: few

text: of

text: his

text: possessions

text: and

text: buy

text: a

text: fresh

text: bottle

text: of

text: alcohol

text: The

text: next

text: day

text: Talbot

text: is

text: discovered

text: by

text: his

text: wife

text: Lucy

text: in

text: a

text: compromising

text: telephone

text: call

text: with

text: Kitty

text: and

text: confesses

text: that

text: in

text: spite

text: of

text: his

text: love

text: for

text: her

text: he

text: is

text: addicted

text: to

text: women

text: and

text: needs

text: help

text: to

text: overcome

text: his

text: weakness

text: Talbot

text: then

text: is

text: rushed

text: to

text: see

text: Oliver

text: who

text: has

text: come

text: to

text: the

text: doctor

text: 's

text: office

text: with

text: severe

text: chest

text: pains

text: Although

text: Talbot

text: tries

text: to

text: hide

text: his

text: prognosis

text: of

text: terminal

text: thrombosis

text: of

text: the

text: heart

text: Oliver

text: wisely

text: deduces

text: the

text: seriousness

text: of

text: his

text: illness

text: When

text: he

text: returns

text: home

text: the

text: weakened

text: Oliver

text: tries

text: to

text: explain

text: to

text: Millicent

text: his

text: need

text: for

text: rest

text: but

text: she

text: is

text: too

text: hysterical

text: to

text: hear

text: because

text: among

text: other

text: minor

text: disasters

text: the

text: Ferncliffes

text: have

text: cancelled

text: and

text: are

text: on

text: their

text: way

text: to

text: Florida

text: Although

text: anxious

text: to

text: tell

text: Millicent

text: about

text: Larry

text: Paula

text: too

text: is

text: turned

text: away

text: by

text: her

text: upset

text: mother

text: and

text: faces

text: the

text: prospect

text: of

text: facing

text: Ernest

text: alone

text: At

text: the

text: Packards

text: meanwhile

text: Kitty

text: reveals

text: to

text: Dan

text: in

text: a

text: fit

text: of

text: anger

text: that

text: she

text: is

text: having

text: an

text: affair

text: When

text: threatened

text: with

text: divorce

text: however

text: Kitty

text: tells

text: her

text: husband

text: that

text: if

text: he

text: wants

text: his

text: Cabinet

text: appointment

text: instead

text: of

text: a

text: career

text: stopping

text: revelation

text: from

text: her

text: about

text: his

text: crooked

text: dealings

text: he

text: must

text: back

text: down

text: from

text: his

text: takeover

text: of

text: Oliver

text: 's

text: line

text: and

text: treat

text: her

text: with

text: more

text: respect

text: Just

text: before

text: he

text: is

text: to

text: leave

text: for

text: the

text: dinner

text: Larry

text: is

text: visited

text: by

text: Max

text: and

text: Stengel

text: and

text: drunkenly

text: berates

text: Stengel

text: for

text: insulting

text: him

text: with

text: his

text: paltry

text: offer

text: After

text: a

text: frustrated

text: Max

text: denounces

text: him

text: for

text: ruining

text: his

text: last

text: career

text: chance

text: and

text: the

text: hotel

text: management

text: asks

text: him

text: to

text: leave

text: Larry

text: quietly

text: turns

text: on

text: his

text: gas

text: fireplace

text: and

text: commits

text: suicide

text: At

text: the

text: ill

text: fated

text: dinner

text: Carlotta

text: confides

text: in

text: private

text: with

text: Paula

text: who

text: is

text: just

text: about

text: to

text: break

text: her

text: engagement

text: with

text: Ernest

text: about

text: Larry

text: 's

text: demise

text: and

text: counsels

text: the

text: young

text: woman

text: to

text: stay

text: with

text: her

text: fiancé

text: At

text: the

text: same

text: time

text: Millicent

text: learns

text: from

text: Talbot

text: about

text: Oliver

text: 's

text: illness

text: Finally

text: awakened

text: to

text: her

text: selfishness

text: Millicent

text: announces

text: to

text: Oliver

text: that

text: she

text: is

text: ready

text: to

text: make

text: sacrifices

text: for

text: the

text: family

text: and

text: be

text: a

text: more

text: attentive

text: wife

text: Then

text: as

text: the

text: beleagured

text: guests

text: are

text: about

text: to

text: go

text: in

text: to

text: dinner

text: Dan

text: with

text: prodding

text: from

text: Kitty

text: tells

text: Oliver

text: that

text: he

text: has

text: put

text: a

text: stop

text: to

text: the

text: secret

text: takeover

text: of

text: the

text: Jordan

text: shipping

text: line

question: What is Dan's wife's name?

answer: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

question: Does Kitty always mind her manners?

answer: No

question: How many times has Larry been divorced?

answer: Three

text: Three

question: What does Dan tell Oliver?

answer: That he's put a stop to the secret takeover of the Jordan shipping lne

question: Who is discovered on a telephone call with Kitty?

answer: Lucy

text: Lucy

question: Who tells Millicent about Oliver's illness?

answer: Talbot

text: Talbot

text: Talbot

text: Talbot

text: Talbot

text: Talbot

question: What kind of job does Oliver have?

answer: New York shipping magnate

text: New York shipping magnate

question: Who prods Dan to tell Oliver?

answer: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

question: What does Oliver need?

answer: shipping magnate

text: shipping magnate

question: Does Dan wish to sell or buy stock?

answer: yes

question: What is the name of Dan's wife?

answer: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

question: What state is Larry in when he talks to Stengel?

answer: A DRUNKEN STATE

question: What is the name of the richest couple in England?

answer: Lord and Lady Ferncliffe

text: Lord and Lady Ferncliffe

question: What is Millicent hosting in one week?

answer: Society dinner

text: Society dinner

question: What is the name of Paula's fiancee?

answer: ERNEST DEGRAFF

text: ERNEST DEGRAFF

question: Where does Kitty reveal to Dan she is having an affair?

answer: AT THEIR HOME

question: Who is Millicent's daughter?

answer: Paula's

text: Paula's

text: Paula's

question: who visited in evening?

answer: Larry's agent Max Kane

question: What kind of business does Oliver own?

answer: Shipping

text: Shipping

text: Shipping

text: Shipping

text: Shipping

question: Where does Carlotta confide in Paula?

answer: Europe

text: Europe

text: Europe

question: Who is Larry visited by before he commits suicide?

answer: MAX AND STENGEL

text: MAX AND STENGEL

question: What is Larry Renault's profession?

answer: Movie star

text: Movie star

question: Is Kitty an old woman?

answer: yes

question: Who tells Oliver that he has to stop the takeover of the Jordan shipping line?

answer: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

text: Kitty

question: Who is Kitty having an affair with?

answer: Dr. Wayne Talbot

text: Dr. Wayne Talbot

question: Who is Millicent's husband?

answer: Oliver

text: Oliver

text: Oliver

text: Oliver

text: Oliver

text: Oliver

text: Oliver

text: Oliver

text: Oliver

text: Oliver

text: Oliver

text: Oliver

text: Oliver

text: Oliver

text: Oliver

text: Oliver

text: Oliver

question: Where did the two couples meet at?

answer: England

text: England

text: England

question: Why does Talbot rush to the doctor's office for?

answer: Addiction to women

question: What does Millicent tell Oliver she is ready to do?

answer: Make sacrifices for the family and be more attentive.

text: Make sacrifices for the family and be more attentive.

question: What is Oliver?

answer: A New York shipping magnate

text: A New York shipping magnate

question: Is Kitty socially shy?

answer: No

question: What country do the Ferncliffes live in?

answer: England

text: England

text: England

question: Where are the Ferncliffes headed?

answer: Florida

text: Florida

question: Oliver's business is struck by what?

answer: Depression

text: Depression

question: who breaks the news?

answer: Max

text: Max

text: Max

text: Max

text: Max

question: What is Millicent's daughter's name?

answer: Paula

text: Paula

text: Paula

text: Paula

text: Paula

text: Paula

text: Paula

text: Paula

question: Who does Carlotta confide in?

answer: Paula

text: Paula

text: Paula

text: Paula

text: Paula

text: Paula

text: Paula

text: Paula

question: What type of appointment does Dan want that could be threatened by the revelation regarding his crooked dealings?

answer: A CABINET APPOINTMENT

text: A CABINET APPOINTMENT

question: How does Millicent learn about Oliver's illness?

answer: from Talbot

text: from Talbot

question: How does Millicent feel about Oliver's lack of enthusiasm?

answer: is oblivious

text: is oblivious

question: What happened one week before Millicent's society dinner?