Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)

Abernathy: Things have been awfully dead around here.
Freddie Phillips: Much deader than you think.

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[the Swami tries to get a hypnotized Freddie to kill himself]
Swami Talpur: Perhaps you should choose the manner of your death. How would you like to die?
Freddie Phillips: Old age.

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Swami Talpur: [to Freddie in a hypnotic voice] You didn't see me... you didn't see me... you didn't see me... I wasn't here
[leaves]
Casey Edwards: [to Freddy] Ready to go?
Freddie Phillips: I didn't see him.
Casey Edwards: You didn't see who?
Freddie Phillips: The man who wasn't here.
Casey Edwards: What man?
Freddie Phillips: All I did was open up the door, see if the coast was clear, my mind went blank.
Casey Edwards: Your mind's been a blank all your life.

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