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00:07 Foreign Intrigue, an exciting television drama played against the tense background of present-day Europe.
00:15 Produced in Europe especially for television by Sheldon Reynolds.
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00:27 Communications, the transmission of information by messenger, mail, telegraph, cable and wireless, is the bloodstream of international relations.
00:37 The processes of diplomacy and trade have always depended upon its speed, dependability and uninterrupted flow.
00:44 But today with the world in tension, another requirement becomes more important than all the rest.
00:50 Secrecy.
00:51 It is to ensure secrecy that so much information crosses national boundaries in code, that the code books of each nation are marked top secret and guarded with all possible care.
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01:41 The situation in Indochina is very fluid, Mr. Cannon.
01:44 The information I can give you now can be changed by the time it comes into print.
01:48 Well, that's why I want the very latest information, Monsieur Pastine.
01:51 The foreign office should have it if anyone does.
01:53 As a matter of fact, we've just received a rather long communique from General Janvier.
01:57 Can you release any of it?
01:59 I don't know. It hasn't been decoded yet.
02:01 Oh.
02:02 When will it be?
02:04 By four or five, I imagine we should have it back.
02:07 Oh, sooner than that.
02:09 That isn't very long, Mr. Cannon.
02:11 I have a deadline to meet.
02:13 I'll see what I can do for you.
02:17 If the information in this cable can be released, you may have it within half an hour.
02:23 Thanks, I appreciate this.
02:25 And perhaps in your next article you will omit certain references to red tape and bureaucracy.
02:32 Oh, you read that, huh?
02:34 Not that it isn't true sometimes, but such is the way in all official bodies.
02:39 Rules, routine, irritating but necessary.
02:43 Yes?
02:44 You rang for a messenger, sir?
02:48 I did.
02:49 Where is Cassis?
02:51 He's having his lunch. I've been assigned to relieve him.
02:53 You're new here.
02:54 Yes, Monsieur Pastin. My name is Robert Fontaine. I'm a clerk.
02:58 Take this to the code room.
03:00 And tell the code clerk that Mr. Cannon here will be waiting in my office for whatever parts of the message can be released.
03:09 I should like an immediate decoding.
03:11 Yes, Monsieur Pastin.
03:12 Thank you.
03:13 Thanks.
03:16 Yes?
03:17 Yes?
03:29 Fontaine with a message to be decoded for Monsieur Pastin.
03:32 Let me have it.
03:40 Monsieur Pastin asked that this be decoded at once.
03:43 Everything must be done at once. I'm sorry, it will have to wait.
03:46 I'm alone here and my desk is piled high.
03:49 He asked that I bring the decode back to him as soon as it is completed, sir.
03:53 Why the hurry?
03:54 There is a man in his office who I believe is waiting for it.
03:57 All right. Wait a moment.
03:59 All right.
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05:47 Hello, this is Fontaine. Let me speak to Grubel.
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05:52 (suspenseful music)
05:55 - Google, I have it.
05:58 Yes, yes, the master codebook.
05:59 No, not at my apartment, they'll be looking for me.
06:03 Meet me at 15 Rue de Fleur, the apartment on Marie Reuel.
06:06 In half an hour, yes.
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06:17 - Have you invited yourself to lunch?
06:41 - Don't be like that, Marie.
06:43 - Why do you annoy me, Robert?
06:45 You know that I have no interest in you.
06:47 - Because I'm only a third grade clerk, huh?
06:49 But if I were rich?
06:50 - If you ever get any money, then we shall see.
06:53 Until then, out!
06:54 - But I'm going to get money.
06:56 A great deal of money.
06:57 - Have you suddenly acquired a rich aunt who is dying?
07:02 - Nah, something better.
07:03 I have in my pocket a little something
07:05 worth 10 million francs.
07:07 - You have had enough of this.
07:09 - I'm not drunk, except with excitement.
07:13 - Would you help me, Marie, if I had 10 million francs?
07:15 - Tell me more.
07:17 - I will have in about 10 minutes.
07:19 - I always knew you were a fool,
07:21 but I never thought that you were crazy.
07:23 Please leave me and let me finish my lunch in peace.
07:26 - Where have I been working these past few weeks, Marie?
07:30 - I don't know, and I don't care.
07:32 - In the foreign ministry.
07:33 What do they do there?
07:34 - What do I know about government?
07:36 - You see, you are not so smart as you think, my little one.
07:40 For two years, I tried to get an assignment to the Quedo-C.
07:43 Why?
07:44 Because there lay opportunity.
07:46 And today I seized that opportunity.
07:48 I seized it and carried it away.
07:49 And now it rests in my pocket.
07:51 - Opportunity?
07:53 - This.
07:54 - What is it?
07:55 - A code book.
07:56 The master code book.
07:58 - And that is worth 10 million francs?
08:00 To whom?
08:01 - To a gentleman who shall be knocking on your door
08:02 in just eight minutes.
08:04 (knife clatters)
08:05 - You have a lot of nerve making appointments here.
08:08 - What else is doing for me, Marie?
08:09 What else is doing for me what it always does for people?
08:11 Giving me self-confidence and daring.
08:14 - 10 million francs.
08:16 - Do you realize what it will mean to another government
08:18 to be able to translate from code every message
08:21 that we have sent and received in the last two years?
08:24 - I realize that it will make you a traitor.
08:26 - And a very rich man.
08:28 I did it for you, Marie.
08:33 It was so easy.
08:34 An American newspaper man was in the office of Pastin.
08:36 His name was Robert Cannon.
08:39 It required a message decoded quickly at lunchtime.
08:41 I was sent with it.
08:43 In the decoding room, there was only one man.
08:45 That was my opportunity.
08:47 Marie, how should you like to live in South America?
08:51 - I would like it very much.
08:54 But what will you do?
08:55 - I would come with you, of course.
08:58 - You will be glad if you can get outside this flat,
09:01 let alone out of the country.
09:04 Or have you never heard of passports?
09:06 You do me an injustice.
09:08 The passport is part of the transaction.
09:11 A false one for me, but serviceable.
09:13 And plane tickets for two.
09:14 Now what do you think of me?
09:18 (knocking)
09:19 - Is that your 10 million francs?
09:24 - Three minutes early.
09:25 You see how anxious he is.
09:27 Who is she?
09:34 - She's all right.
09:35 She's my fiancée.
09:36 Marie Rouel.
09:37 She knows everything.
09:38 - You have it?
09:39 - I told you on the phone that I have.
09:41 - Let me see it.
09:42 Do you have the money?
09:44 - We will talk about that
09:45 after I have seen what you have.
09:47 I must examine it.
09:51 - I will not let it out of my hands until I have the money.
09:54 Open it.
09:56 Turn the page.
10:00 Who are they?
10:05 - Are you satisfied?
10:06 - I will buy it.
10:08 - For 10 million francs and a passport?
10:10 - The passport can be arranged.
10:13 As for the money,
10:17 the only thing I'm prepared to pay
10:19 is 500 dollars in American money.
10:22 - 500 dollars?
10:23 Oh no.
10:25 - Take it or leave it.
10:26 - You tricked me.
10:28 You knew I wouldn't take the risk for so little.
10:29 You said 10 million francs when you meant only 150,000.
10:32 - You will not refuse it.
10:34 - I do refuse.
10:36 - Where else will you sell this little book?
10:38 - I'll find another buyer.
10:40 - You are an optimist, Monsieur Fontaine.
10:43 Remember, I can arrange for a passport for you.
10:46 Will another buyer be able to do so?
10:49 - I'll make that a condition.
10:51 - The police will catch you first.
10:53 - Get out.
10:55 I do not do business with cheats.
10:57 Get out!
11:00 Get out!
11:01 Robert Cherie,
11:09 you have asked me a while ago what I thought of you.
11:12 Would you like me to tell you?
11:14 (laughing)
11:17 - I have no objection to keeping you informed
11:25 on the steps the police have taken to apprehend Fontaine.
11:28 But it must be understood that it is still confidential information.
11:31 - But why confidential?
11:33 Wouldn't your chances of finding Fontaine be improved
11:35 if we gave this the widest publicity?
11:37 - Fontaine is not, so far as we know, a professional spy.
11:42 It won't be easy for him to make a contact.
11:44 As it is, the authenticity of that codebook will be questioned.
11:48 Any possible buyer will wish to look into it,
11:51 ascertain its validity before making the purchase.
11:55 Whereas if we admit the loss--
11:57 - I understand.
11:58 Do you think he's still in Paris?
12:00 - This I do know.
12:02 He hasn't left France.
12:04 All points of exit are being watched.
12:06 - Well, that means you have the faintest notion
12:08 as to where he's hiding.
12:10 - I won't misrepresent Mr. Cannon.
12:11 As of this moment, we don't have any idea of his whereabouts.
12:14 - Well, thanks very much.
12:16 Do you mind if I come back to see you again, Monsieur Debecque?
12:19 - Not at all.
12:20 I hope next time I'll have more news for you.
12:22 Printable, I hope.
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12:53 - Excuse me.
12:54 The waiting form that you're Mr. Cannon, the newspaper man.
12:57 - Yes, I'm Cannon.
12:59 - I have been reading the papers, Mr. Cannon,
13:01 and yet have not found any story in them.
13:05 - What story?
13:06 - About a certain little black book
13:08 missing from the Foreign Office.
13:10 - How do you know a book was missing?
13:11 - A certain friend of mine took it.
13:13 - Fontaine?
13:14 - That one.
13:16 - Why do you come to me with this?
13:18 - Whom else could I go to to arrange for the return of the book?
13:21 If I went directly to the Foreign Office, or to the police,
13:25 would they offer me money?
13:26 No, Mr. Cannon.
13:27 They would put me behind bars as an accomplice,
13:30 and that is not what I have in mind.
13:33 - What do you have in mind?
13:35 - It must be worth something to the government to regain this book.
13:39 - I'm sure you'll be rewarded for any help you can give.
13:42 - Robert thinks he can sell it for 10 million francs.
13:44 I will sell it back to the careless people in the Foreign Office
13:48 for only 2 million.
13:50 - Oh, that's over $5,000.
13:53 - If I were not so patriotic, I would ask for more.
13:56 - What do you want me to do?
13:57 - You will arrange it, yes.
13:59 You will tell them that for 2 million,
14:01 I shall turn the book over to them.
14:03 And if they will not pay, Robert will sell it elsewhere.
14:07 - All right, I'll see what I can do.
14:09 Where can I get in touch with you?
14:11 - I get in touch with you at your hotel, the Winter.
14:15 Tonight.
14:16 - Tonight.
14:18 And don't try to follow me, Mr. Cannon.
14:21 It will be of no use.
14:23 Au revoir.
14:25 - Well, that's wonderful.
14:34 So this woman who approached you
14:36 said she would return the book for 2 million francs.
14:38 - Now, I can't vouch for her.
14:39 All I know is that she knew that Fontaine had taken the code book.
14:43 - And she said she'd telephone you tonight to arrange for the transport.
14:45 - That's right.
14:48 - You're willing to act as her intermediary?
14:50 - If you want me to.
14:51 - Yes, Mr. Cannon, I think I shall want you to act as intermediary.
14:54 - It's all right with me, but one condition.
14:56 - What condition?
14:57 - Look, I'm not a policeman.
14:59 If this girl should turn the code book over to me,
15:01 don't expect me to arrest her.
15:02 You want me to pay her, I'll do that, but nothing more.
15:04 - That's all that will be necessary, Mr. Cannon.
15:06 - All right, it's a deal.
15:08 - Fine.
15:09 If you don't mind waiting, I shall arrange for the money.
15:12 Please make yourself comfortable.
15:13 - Thank you.
15:15 (door closes)
15:16 - I thought I'd locked the door.
15:30 - You did.
15:31 There's a balcony outside your bedroom which connects with an unoccupied room.
15:35 - I see.
15:38 You got it?
15:40 - Have you?
15:41 - Here it is.
15:44 I knew that you were the proper person to take care of this match for me.
15:47 May I look?
15:48 - When I get the book.
15:49 - Oh, the book.
15:50 Thank you.
15:58 Oh, it's so pretty.
16:03 - What is?
16:05 - What I see here.
16:06 When I look at it, I see beautiful clothes.
16:09 A tritre vier.
16:10 - Is that all?
16:12 - All my life I've dreamed of being able to walk into Peking,
16:16 have them exhibit their most fashionable gowns,
16:19 order without regard to cost,
16:22 cocktail dresses, tailored suits,
16:24 sport clothes, evening gowns.
16:27 And now I can do it, monsieur.
16:29 Do you know what that means to a girl like me?
16:32 - I suppose you get caught.
16:33 It might mean prison.
16:35 - But they will have to catch me first.
16:37 And you will not help them, will you, Mr. Cannon?
16:40 - Oh, I'm neutral in this.
16:41 All I promised to do was exchange the francs for the book.
16:44 Are you going to split this with Fontaine?
16:48 - Do I look like a fool?
16:50 He will never see me again.
16:52 - De Peck.
17:05 What brings you here?
17:08 - Suspicion.
17:10 - Of me?
17:11 - To be quite frank, yes, Mr. Cannon.
17:14 I think it's best that I be with you
17:16 when you arrange for the purchase of the codebook.
17:18 - Well, here it is.
17:19 - You told me you were to be phoned tonight
17:25 by a young woman to arrange the transaction.
17:28 And now you already have the codebook.
17:30 - Well, that's what she told me.
17:31 She was here when I arrived.
17:33 - I'm afraid that explanation does not satisfy me, Mr. Cannon.
17:36 - I'm sorry about that.
17:38 The fact is you have the book.
17:40 What more do you want?
17:41 - Just one thing.
17:42 To place under arrest the person or persons who are guilty.
17:46 - You know who they are now.
17:47 Shouldn't take long to catch them.
17:49 - Perhaps.
17:50 Artem, it was at your insistence
17:54 that the cable was sent with Fontaine
17:56 to the code room at lunchtime.
17:57 - That's right.
17:58 - Artem, Fontaine was thus enabled to steal the codebook.
18:02 Artem, you have shown an unusual interest
18:07 in a story you could not print.
18:09 Artem, you, Mr. Cannon,
18:13 represented that you were approached
18:15 by some unknown young woman
18:16 and asked to arrange the purchase of the codebook.
18:20 Artem, the woman was to have phoned you tonight.
18:24 Obviously, she did not do so.
18:26 And yet, you have the codebook.
18:28 They add up, Mr. Cannon.
18:30 - To what?
18:31 - To one conclusion.
18:32 That you personally are implicated in the plan
18:34 to steal the book and sell it back to the government.
18:37 - Don't be ridiculous.
18:38 - That would be a question for our courts of justice to decide.
18:42 - What you're saying is complete nonsense.
18:44 - I am convinced that this young woman never existed.
18:47 That she's a figment of your imagination.
18:49 That you are the brains behind this act of subversion.
18:52 - We agreed that I was to be kept out of this case.
18:55 But it looks as though I'll have to produce the young lady.
18:57 - If you can, I think that would be the wisest thing to do.
19:06 - I'm afraid you'll have to come out now.
19:08 - She's gone.
19:12 - Such a pity, Mr. Cannon.
19:13 I'll place you under arrest. Hold out your wrists.
19:15 - Now, wait a minute.
19:16 I have an idea where we can find this young lady.
19:18 You come along with me and I'll prove to you that I wasn't lying.
19:20 - No, Mr. Cannon.
19:21 - But we've got to. She may be gone.
19:22 - She'll be gone just as she was gone from your bedroom
19:24 because she doesn't exist.
19:25 Come now, Mr. Cannon. Don't force me to use my gun.
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19:58 - And I will take this one, too.
20:00 - Oui, mademoiselle.
20:01 - I would like to see some sport clothes now, please.
20:04 - At once, mademoiselle.
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20:19 - What do you want?
20:20 - Fontaine.
20:21 - Why?
20:22 - Because the police think I'm in on the stealing of the code book.
20:25 The only way I can clear myself is to produce Fontaine.
20:28 - So give in to them. Why should I care?
20:30 - Because you're coming, too.
20:32 - I'm not. I'm going to the Riviera.
20:35 - If you don't come, I'll tell the police.
20:37 - Very well. I will come.
20:41 - Mademoiselle, the sports dresser will be shown in just a moment.
20:48 - I'm sorry, but I cannot wait.
20:49 - But what shall I do with these, uh, this order?
20:52 - Hold them for me. I will be back.
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21:20 - Fontaine!
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21:25 - We'd better call the police.
21:27 - But I had nothing to do with that.
21:28 - Well, don't tell me. Tell them.
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21:59 - Now then, where is it?
22:01 - Where's what?
22:02 - The code book. It's been returned to the government.
22:05 - Who are you?
22:12 - My name is Robert Cannon. I'm a newspaper man.
22:15 - You lie. Tell them.
22:16 - Yes, it is so.
22:17 - Where did you get this money?
22:27 - From Mr. Cannon.
22:29 - For the book?
22:30 - Yes.
22:31 - That's what I thought.
22:33 - Where is it, Mr. Cannon?
22:34 - I gave it to Inspector De Beke.
22:36 - After you paid this girl 2 million francs for it?
22:39 - A likely story.
22:40 - It wasn't my money. The government provided it.
22:42 - You have to think of a better lie than that if you want to fool me.
22:44 - Where is that book?
22:45 - I told you.
22:46 - I mean to have that book, Mr. Cannon.
22:49 - You saw what happened to Fontaine.
22:51 - Same thing will happen to you and to the girl, unless I get it.
22:53 - I told you I gave it to the police.
22:55 - I don't believe you.
22:56 - You bought it from the girl. You must still have it.
22:58 - I have it.
22:59 - I'm done.
23:15 - The right shoulder first.
23:17 - Wait a minute, wait a minute.
23:19 - It's in the hotel room.
23:21 - What hotel?
23:22 - The Winter Room, 908.
23:23 - Where in the room?
23:24 - Under the mattress of the bed.
23:26 - I will have the room searched.
23:28 - And if it isn't there, Mr. Cannon, it will be too bad for you.
23:32 - Stay with us.
23:33 - Nobody move!
23:34 - And now, Mr. Cannon, I place you and your accomplices under arrest.
23:40 - I never thought I'd be happy to hear anyone say that, but I am.
23:43 - Happy?
23:44 - These men were going to shoot me if I didn't turn up the code book.
23:47 - They're the ones that are working with Fontaine.
23:49 - And as for the girl, here she is, flesh and blood, not a figment of my imagination.
23:54 - So you are the one who arranged with Cannon to return the book.
23:58 - And he is innocent.
24:00 - I approached him because Fontaine mentioned his name.
24:02 - He had nothing to do with taking the book, and neither did I.
24:06 - We are both innocent.
24:08 - And how about the two million francs you demanded for his return?
24:11 - I'm a poor girl. I cannot afford to be patriotic for nothing.
24:15 - Take them away.
24:16 - Me too?
24:17 - You too.
24:18 - But I've committed no crime.
24:20 - I'm afraid you have.
24:21 - Are you going to let them pay for it?
24:23 - Are you going to let them pay for me, Mr. Cannon?
24:25 - I'm sorry. I told you before, I'm neutral.
24:28 - Bitch!
24:29 - Bitch.
24:31 - How on earth did you find us?
24:33 - There was a telephone number on a slip of paper in the code book.
24:36 - We traced it to this address.
24:38 - Oh, I see.
24:39 - I'm sorry I hit you, but I had to get to that girl.
24:43 - Don't apologize, Mr. Cannon.
24:45 - I think now that all is over, perhaps I deserved it.
24:49 - But please don't tell anyone.
24:51 - I'm sorry.
24:52 - I'm sorry.
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