Edgar Wallace

          
          
          
          
          
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          EXT. CENTRAL PARK - DAY
          
          CLOSE ON: A scrawny MONKEY scratches.
          
          ANGLES ON: Defeated, listless ANIMALS, in the bleak environs of a
          dilapidated ZOO.

          WIDER: It is CENTRAL PARK ZOO in depression era NEW YORK. The PARK
          itself is like a GARBAGE DUMP, dotted with squali