- A very obsessed man wants to expose evil in the world, investigating people he sees as murderers, subversives, perverts and communists, then attempting to ruin their lives.
- Oliver Crangle seems to like making other people miserable. He phones a young man's employer to say that the man is a communist. He phone a school board to tell them a teacher is acting inappropriately with his students. He has a long list of people that he wants to tell on. He even arranges a meeting with an FBI agent and tells him that at 4 p.m. all of the nasty people in the world will undergo a transformation. The agent suggests he seek psychiatric treatment but it turns out he's right.—garykmcd
- Oliver Crangle is a wicked man, obsessed to eliminate the evil from the mankind. He investigates several people, and then he tries to ruin their lives, telling to their employers that they are pervert, or communist, or murderer or incompetent. The insane Crangle says that at four o'clock, all the scums in the society will have 60 cm height and will be easily identified by the authorities.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Oliver Krangle is a man obsessed with one thing: evil and exposing it. In his self-contained little world, Oliver tracks down all sorts of information on these 'evil people,' harasses them, and even calls their employers to tell of their subversive behaviors.
One day as Oliver goes about his work, his landlady drops off mail, and when she questions his work, Oliver pulls out a file card with information on her. As she looks at him like he was a man both crazy and obsessed, Oliver then proclaims that come 4 o'clock, he is going to do something about all the evil people in the world.
As his land lady leaves, Oliver is then visited upon by a woman calling herself Mrs Lucas. Oliver has been sending reams of letters to the hospital that Mrs Lucas' husband works at, with the letters proclaiming her husband to be a murderer. This stems from the death of a woman in the hospital's care, and while Mrs Lucas claims it was due to too many patients and too few doctors, Oliver refuses to listen to her reasons while his mind falls back on his vow to do something about the evil people of the world at 4 o'clock. Thinking aloud, Oliver explains that by 'willing' it, he intends to make all the evil people of the world 2 feet tall by the appointed time. Naturally, his jovial nature and talk sound like lunacy to Mrs Lucas, and she beats a hasty retreat.
Some time afterward, a man from the FBI arrives at the request of OIiver. Oliver quickly explains that he does not trust the United States Government, feeling that Communists and subversives have infiltrated it. Oliver explains his grand plan to the FBI agent, but when the agent requests that Oliver should seek psychiatric help, Oliver's eyes narrow, his deluded mind thinking that the man has also been compromised. As the man takes leave, OIiver shouts after him that this 'subversive man' will soon be 2 ft tall like all the other evil people of the world.
As the seconds tick down to 4 o'clock, Oliver looks out his apartment window, confident that soon evil will be exposed. When his parrot speaks for a peanut, Oliver turns to look at his pet, and then returns to look to the windowsill...only now realizing that he is 2 ft tall, and unable to reach the bag of peanuts!
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