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"[Lecturing to his class] We have lethal gases which are used for a definite purpose... to kill. The poison gas of the natives had a definite purpose, but it not bring death, though, but death in life... or, if you prefer, life in death."
"[Responding to the corpse sitting up and pulling a gun on him] Reports of your death seem to be greatly exaggerated."
"Det. Garrity: Anyone in this town who gets into a cemetery tonight won't get out alive."
"Sgt. Macklin: [to Isabel] Suppose he's two people, the man you love and the ghoul?"
"Egan (mortician): For goodness sake, whatever you do, don't mar the coffin!"
"George Zucco — Dr. Alfred Morris"
"David Bruce — Ted Allison / The Mad Ghoul"
"Evelyn Ankers — Isabel Lewis"
"Robert Armstrong — Ken McClure"
"Turhan Bey — Eric Iversen"
"Milburn Stone — Police Sgt. Macklin"
"Rose Hobart — Della Elliot"
"Charles McGraw — Detective Garrity"
"Andrew Tombes — Mr. Eagan"
"Addison Richards — Gavigan"
"Gus Glassmire — Caretaker"
Young though he was, his radiant energy produced such an impression of absolute reliability that Hedgewar made him the first sarkaryavah, or general secretary, of the RSS.
- Gopal Mukund Huddar
Largely because of the influence of communists in London, Huddar's conversion into an enthusiastic supporter of the fight against fascism was quick and smooth. The ease with which he crossed from one worldview to another betrays the fact that he had not properly understood the world he had grown in.
Huddar would have been 101 now had he been alive. But then centenaries are not celebrated only to register how old so and so would have been and when. They are usually celebrated to explore how much poorer our lives are without them. Maharashtrian public life is poorer without him. It is poorer for not having made the effort to recall an extraordinary life.
I regret I was not there to listen to Balaji Huddar's speech [...] No matter how many times you listen to him, his speeches are so delightful that you feel like listening to them again and again.
By the time he came out of Franco's prison, Huddar had relinquished many of his old ideas. He displayed a worldview completely different from that of the RSS, even though he continued to remain deferential to Hedgewar and maintained a personal relationship with him.