I, uh, suppose that most people when they're looking back can see the exact point where...
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John Triton aka 'The Mental Wizard': [to Jean and Elliott] I, uh, suppose that most people when they're looking back can see the exact point where their lives are touched by something... a new job, an unexpected inheritance, a quick decision, but I can't. My destiny came upon me... imperceptibly like
[Indicating with his finger]
John Triton aka 'The Mental Wizard': the first thin drops of rain are noticed on a window pane. It wasn't until the third or fourth or fifth drops that I became aware of this rain that was to engulf my life. I remember the date, August 3, 1928. we were playing a one-night stand in a small town in Louisiana, Glenberry
[Dissolve to flashback]
John Triton aka 'The Mental Wizard': Triton, The Mental Wizard and Company! Three twelve minute shows a day sandwiched with the Toto and His Tumbling Dogs and a troupe of acrobats. The act deserved better billing. It was a phony, of course, like most mind-reading acts, but it was a first class phony
[laughs]
John Triton aka 'The Mental Wizard': if I do say so myself. Nobody knew how we did it. It was the late show - 11:37, and while Jenny was collecting the envelopes with the usual familiar questions: 'Will I take a trip?', 'Is my husband faithful?', 'Should I marry my boyfriend?', I was winding up my spiel
[Indicating with his finger]
John Triton aka 'The Mental Wizard': the first thin drops of rain are noticed on a window pane. It wasn't until the third or fourth or fifth drops that I became aware of this rain that was to engulf my life. I remember the date, August 3, 1928. we were playing a one-night stand in a small town in Louisiana, Glenberry
[Dissolve to flashback]
John Triton aka 'The Mental Wizard': Triton, The Mental Wizard and Company! Three twelve minute shows a day sandwiched with the Toto and His Tumbling Dogs and a troupe of acrobats. The act deserved better billing. It was a phony, of course, like most mind-reading acts, but it was a first class phony
[laughs]
John Triton aka 'The Mental Wizard': if I do say so myself. Nobody knew how we did it. It was the late show - 11:37, and while Jenny was collecting the envelopes with the usual familiar questions: 'Will I take a trip?', 'Is my husband faithful?', 'Should I marry my boyfriend?', I was winding up my spiel
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Well I suppose hypnotism
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suggestion some kind of a trick
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I believe you are an oil geologist I am
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Would you be willing to listen
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with the open mind of a scientist
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given so doing you might help Miss Courtland
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Provided I'm free to go to the police afterwards
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There are no strings attached
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I'm listening
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I um
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I suppose most people are looking back
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and see the exact point
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their lives were touched by destiny
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A new job unexpected inheritance
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a quick decision
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But I can't
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My destiny came upon me imperceptibly
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like the first thin drops of rain
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are noticed on a window pane
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It wasn't until the third or fourth
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or fifth drop
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that I became aware of this rain
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that was to engulf my life
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I remember the date
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August 3rd 1928
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We were playing a one night stand
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in a small town in Louisiana
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Glenberry
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Triton the Mental Wizard and Company
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Three 12 minute shows a day sandwiched between
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Toto and his Stumbling Dogs and a troupe of acrobats
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The act deserved better billing
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It was a phony of course like most mind reading acts
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but it was a first class phony
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if I do say so myself
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Nobody knew how we did it
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It was the late show 11 37
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Jenny was collecting the envelopes
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with the usual familiar questions
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Will I take a trip Is my husband unfaithful
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Should I marry my boyfriend
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I was winding up my spiel
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Movie Summary
After phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live in anonymity.
