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Quiet, please. Quiet, please. Mutual Broadcasting System presents Quiet, Please, which is written and directed by Willis Cooper, and which features Ernest Chappell. Quiet, Please for tonight is called It Is Later Than You Think. And so I venture to say that the Germans and the Japs are trembling in their boots at this moment for the word that Lindsay Bradley is on their trail. Lindsay, our loss is Uncle Sam's gain. Your fellow employees wish you success, adventure, and a bus…

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Cast›

A

Abby Lewis

A

Albert Buhrman

D

Don Briggs

E

Ed Latimer

E

Ernest Chappell

Network›

M

Mutual net

Network

A draftee's strange watch acts like a time travel machine, but isn't much help with Sergeant Kilroy! A possible back-of-the-hand to Arch Oboler, who used, "It is later than you think" to open his "Lights Out" program.

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It's Later Then You Think

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