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00:01:07 The game's up, Llewellyn. I arrest you for the murder of John Russell and Mary McClure
00:01:12 at 150 Libra Street, Liverpool, on the night of January the 1st, 1935.
00:01:16 I have to warn you that anything you say, etc., etc., etc.,
00:01:19 um, I've been after you for five years for this,
00:01:22 and I may say that this is a moment that affords me the greatest possible pleasure.
00:01:26 Just as I was waiting for the handcuffs.
00:01:28 Just a minute, Chief. How many L's are in Llewellyn?
00:01:31 Four.
00:01:32 But you've only got as far as Llewellyn.
00:01:34 I've only got two fingers.
00:01:36 Now, Mr. Pitman, ever fast you heard, I'm blowed if I know.
00:01:38 Inspector Blow. Inspector Blow, bring in.
00:01:41 Now.
00:01:42 Then, third caution of the winds, I leapt on him single-handed.
00:01:47 Single-handed?
00:01:49 Oh, go on. You know it's more single-handed, don't you?
00:01:51 Yes, but you weren't single-handed, Chief.
00:01:53 I was with you.
00:01:54 Well, it's as good as being single-handed.
00:01:56 Yes, but it was me that leapt on him from behind.
00:01:59 Look here. Whose life story is this?
00:02:02 Yours, Chief.
00:02:04 I mean, fair's fair. After all, I've given you the best years of my life,
00:02:07 and the only time you've mentioned me up to page 298
00:02:09 was that time when the bulldog tore a piece out of my trousers.
00:02:13 Well, it showed your true advantage, didn't it?
00:02:15 Anyway, will this satisfy you?
00:02:17 Ten minutes later, help arrived in the shape of Sergeant Bingham,
00:02:20 and the Saffron Gang was finally rounded up.
00:02:22 Thanks, Chief.
00:02:23 Not that you did make any difference.
00:02:26 Well, now we come to the last chapter.
00:02:28 We'll leave that blank for the moment, but we'll hit it.
00:02:30 The fifth column.
00:02:32 The fifth column?
00:02:33 That's what I said.
00:02:35 But you haven't had anything to do with the fifth column?
00:02:37 No, but I'm going to.
00:02:38 Listen to this.
00:02:40 The Minister of Home Security today assured the Government
00:02:43 that the best brains in Scotland Yard
00:02:45 will shortly be engaged to combat the menace of the fifth column in this country.
00:02:49 Here you are, my boy.
00:02:50 Expect to horn the next case.
00:02:52 Yes, but it hasn't even mentioned you, Chief.
00:02:54 No, but it says the best brains, so that narrows it down.
00:02:57 Let's see, there's Jenkins in Yorkshire, Brown in Ireland.
00:03:00 That leaves...
00:03:02 Morning, Inspector Bloom.
00:03:04 Good morning.
00:03:05 Still working on the knife story for Tit Bits, I see.
00:03:09 I thought of a good title for it yesterday.
00:03:11 Oh?
00:03:11 Yes, "Bopping Tales of the Yard".
00:03:15 (LAUGHS)
00:03:16 I'll treat that remark with the contempt it deserves.
00:03:19 Anything else, Chief?
00:03:20 No. There's an unsympathetic influence in the room.
00:03:22 I'll just head up the new fifth column chapter,
00:03:24 and then I'll leave it at that, eh?
00:03:26 Fifth column?
00:03:27 How does fifth column figure in the fairy tales?
00:03:31 It hasn't yet, but it's going to, eh?
00:03:32 (LAUGHS)
00:03:33 Oh, and who said you were going to be assigned to the fifth column case?
00:03:39 A little dicky bird.
00:03:40 I should bring that little dicky bird's neck if I were you,
00:03:42 because he's singing the wrong tune.
00:03:44 I suppose you think you're going to get the job, eh?
00:03:46 Never mind, Hornley.
00:03:47 Anyway, how could they waste a man like you on a job like that?
00:03:51 Why not?
00:03:52 Well, who's going to take care of the bottle parties?
00:03:54 I'll practically clean those up, you know that?
00:03:56 Yeah, with the exception of the one where Bingham goes every night.
00:04:00 Well, he hasn't found any evidence yet.
00:04:01 No, but he's found a nice little fan to answer.
00:04:04 Who?
00:04:06 Is that right?
00:04:08 No, it's not.
00:04:09 Inspector Hornley.
00:04:10 Yeah?
00:04:11 The commissioner wants you.
00:04:12 Oh?
00:04:13 He's got half the army high command with him.
00:04:16 Has he, though?
00:04:17 Oh.
00:04:19 Well, I shouldn't worry blow, old man.
00:04:21 You'll have plenty of time to spare.
00:04:23 I'll hand over that little joint for you to clean up.
00:04:25 And if you talk to Bingham nicely, he might give you her phone number.
00:04:30 Oh, Bingham?
00:04:31 Yes?
00:04:31 You can leave in that bit about the fifth column.
00:04:33 Righty-arty.
00:04:35 The fact is, this petty scrounging has reached such proportions
00:04:40 that it's costing the army thousands a year.
00:04:42 What we've got to do is to set an example.
00:04:44 If we can catch one or two of the culprits, it'll have a salutary effect on the others.
00:04:47 (KNOCK AT DOOR)
00:04:49 Ah.
00:04:51 Who's that for me, sir?
00:04:52 Brigadier Lloyd, Major Harvey of the War Office, Inspector Hornley.
00:04:55 How do you do, gentlemen?
00:04:56 I've got a rather unusual case for you, Hornley.
00:04:59 The War Office are concerned over certain army activities
00:05:02 which are proving rather more widespread than we imagined.
00:05:04 Now, what we thought...
00:05:05 I think I know what you mean, sir.
00:05:07 Oh?
00:05:08 Well, one reads the papers.
00:05:09 Well, the papers only touch on the fringe of it, I'm afraid.
00:05:11 Quite.
00:05:12 But a detective can read between the lanes.
00:05:14 I'm glad you appreciate this importance.
00:05:16 As I was telling the Commissioner,
00:05:17 this is not just a case of a few tins of strawberry jam.
00:05:20 Eh?
00:05:21 This sort of thing's going on in camps all over the country, you know.
00:05:23 I beg your pardon?
00:05:24 These depredations from army stores.
00:05:26 Depred...
00:05:28 scrounging, Hornley.
00:05:29 Scrounging?
00:05:31 But you've been saying it's nothing to do with the fifth column.
00:05:33 Fifth column?
00:05:34 Whatever put that into your head?
00:05:36 Inspector Blow was assigned to that case last week.
00:05:38 Blow?
00:05:39 As an ex-officer, it shouldn't be difficult for you to get into the run of things again.
00:05:42 Are you listening, Hornley?
00:05:44 The idea is that you should join the army.
00:05:47 What, me?
00:05:48 Yes.
00:05:48 What, at my age? After all my years of...
00:05:50 Temporarily, of course.
00:05:51 We'll do our best to see you're comfortable.
00:05:53 Well, it's more than I was last time.
00:05:55 Still, if you're offering me a commission...
00:05:57 I'm afraid that is hardly the idea.
00:06:00 By joining the ranks and mixing with the men,
00:06:02 you'll have a better chance of contacting the offenders.
00:06:04 The ranks?
00:06:06 It's true.
00:06:08 Come on, come on, step out. What's the matter with you?
00:06:22 Tired out.
00:06:23 What, we're all tired out?
00:06:24 We're not grumbling about it?
00:06:25 I've been carrying these things for the last six miles.
00:06:29 I claim there was a changeover.
00:06:31 All right, we'll have a changeover.
00:06:34 Put the gun in your right shoulder.
00:06:36 That'll leave your left hand free to carry the other stuff.
00:06:39 I'm going to resign.
00:06:40 You're not.
00:06:41 You've been put on this job and you're going to stick it out.
00:06:44 So what have we done in the case?
00:06:46 We've been ten days here, marching, drilling and ducking.
00:06:49 And all good to show for it is blistered heels and fallen arches.
00:06:53 Well, you'll have to prop up your arches, Millett.
00:06:55 It's Kandahar Day tomorrow.
00:06:57 What's Kandahar Day?
00:06:59 A field day.
00:07:00 A 12-mile march with full pack,
00:07:02 followed by a three-mile attack over open country,
00:07:05 then some bombing and bayonet work,
00:07:07 and if we're lucky, a band of players home to bed.
00:07:09 (SOBS)
00:07:11 I won't do it. I won't do it.
00:07:13 British Army or no British Army, I'm going sick.
00:07:16 You'll do nothing of the sort.
00:07:18 If you start going soft now, you'll give the game away.
00:07:20 - Yes, but... - If I can stick it, you can.
00:07:22 If you go sick, you'll have more than the British Army to answer to.
00:07:25 You'll have to answer to me.
00:07:27 I'm going sick.
00:07:29 (TRUMPETS PLAY)
00:07:31 A few blokes to the sick parade.
00:07:37 Pile in here.
00:07:39 (COUGHS)
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00:07:52 (LAUGHS)
00:08:00 Cool.
00:08:02 We were out of luck, eh?
00:08:04 12-mile march with full pack.
00:08:18 Run along now. On parade, you. Double up.
00:08:20 What's the matter?
00:08:22 Oh, I...
00:08:24 I don't think I feel very well, Sergeant, in fact.
00:08:26 I think I'll go sick.
00:08:28 You can't go sick now. Seven o'clock in the morning's the time to go sick.
00:08:31 Get on parade!
00:08:33 Run along now. You heard what the day's sergeant said.
00:08:36 - Private Lee. - Coming.
00:08:40 (MAN SHOUTS)
00:08:46 - What's the matter with you? - It's my blistering feet, sir.
00:08:49 I've worn the tread off them.
00:08:51 And when Lord Roberts made his historic march to Kandahar,
00:08:55 it was a proud boast of this regiment that not a man fell out.
00:09:00 Today is the anniversary of that great event.
00:09:04 And in view of the excellent march you carried out yesterday,
00:09:08 I propose to celebrate today
00:09:11 by granting leave to the whole regiment till midnight.
00:09:15 (ALL CHEER)
00:09:17 (SHOUTING)
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00:09:32 - Two beers, please. - Two beers?
00:09:41 Yes, and I haven't one for a sick friend.
00:09:43 (ALL LAUGH)
00:09:45 Here's one to be going on with.
00:09:51 Ah, you're not noticeably out of town, no, on a Friday.
00:09:55 - Gentleman of beans, eh? - What do you think?
00:09:58 Well, um... hooky, perhaps.
00:10:01 Certainly not.
00:10:03 Suppose now I tell you I was one of those chaps that scrounged stuff out of army stores and sell it outside.
00:10:09 - Go on, you're having me on. - I said supposing.
00:10:12 - Have you been many of them in here? - Can't say I've met any. Why?
00:10:15 Just wondering. There's a lot of scrounging going on, you know.
00:10:18 So I hear. Why they don't do something about it beats me.
00:10:21 - Perhaps they are. - The military police?
00:10:24 Not them. They may catch us drunk.
00:10:27 Found this stuff. Lid it all over the floor.
00:10:29 - How much is missing? - Can't say yet, but it's all new stuff, though.
00:10:32 - Only came in yesterday. - None of it is, should it? That should help.
00:10:36 Assignment of pants, all sizes.
00:10:39 - Tin-Pilchards? - Ever had that brand before? - No.
00:10:42 - What's it got to do with you? - What are you doing here, anyway?
00:10:46 - Reported for life due to the medical officer. - Keep your nose out of things that don't concern you.
00:10:50 Can up what's left in those cases. Don't make any mistakes.
00:10:53 Very good, sir.
00:10:55 Louis Sauce?
00:10:57 Right.
00:10:59 - Did you get any time off? - After we closed, till we open again.
00:11:04 What am I thinking of, having a water-crazed tea with me up there?
00:11:07 - You're not backward and coming forward, are you? - What do you say?
00:11:11 - All right, then. I'll both too, outside. - That's a deal.
00:11:14 - But on one condition. - What's that?
00:11:16 - Would you let me be your machine? - Yes.
00:11:19 Yes.
00:11:21 [laughing]
00:11:23 What's been new?
00:11:45 A marvelous thing, Chief. I've been able to relax.
00:11:49 Look. Here she is.
00:11:51 Not bad, eh? Well, a six for three.
00:11:55 The Baldy. With love from Daisy.
00:11:59 - Take them to the pictures tomorrow. - For half-day.
00:12:04 My father's a Presbyterian, too.
00:12:06 - My father keeps an eye on my shop. - I don't want to hear that.
00:12:10 While you were making yourself ridiculous, I've been getting on with the job.
00:12:13 - Now you can help me. I'm on to something. - Yeah?
00:12:16 Yeah. Here's some salvage of stuff that was pinched last night.
00:12:19 If we can find any of it, we'll know who knocked it off.
00:12:22 - But they might have come back innocently. - The stuff hasn't been issued yet.
00:12:25 Step lively before they come back.
00:12:27 You know what you're looking for?
00:12:29 Gents' underpants, large size, pilchards and car-bollies' soap.
00:12:32 - You take this side. - OK, Chief.
00:12:34 I've been to the hut next door, but I drew a blank.
00:12:37 (SILENCE)
00:13:03 - It was understood we were pretending to do this. - Yes, we understood and the Colonel understood.
00:13:08 The Sergeant made it a bit slow in the uptake.
00:13:10 Don't worry, I'm playing it.
00:13:12 Give it a hang, shall we, you clumsy flatfoot?
00:13:17 Come on. There's only eight more.
00:13:30 Morning, Hornly. Still looking for clues, eh?
00:13:34 Ooh! Ooh!
00:13:36 I always said there were no flies on Hornly, but I take all that back now.
00:13:41 What are you doing down here?
00:13:43 Come away from your clues and I'll tell you.
00:13:46 - Have you come down here to make trouble? - I've come down here to see you two.
00:13:49 - Us? - You mean you want us to help you with your case?
00:13:52 I do. Why?
00:13:54 Because there are certain things, Hornly, of which you have special knowledge.
00:13:58 I never expected you to admit that, Blow.
00:14:00 We knew they'd get into a mess as soon as we left the yard.
00:14:03 - What's your difficulty? We're very busy, you know. - I can appreciate that.
00:14:08 Well, we've discovered that information is being coded to Germany.
00:14:14 Nothing unusual in that, is there? Shortwave transmitter, I suppose.
00:14:18 Yes, and what is more, we've discovered the code.
00:14:21 And all that's missing is the shortwave transmitter and the blokes who are running it.
00:14:24 That's right, but unfortunately they never broadcast from the same place twice.
00:14:27 What do you want us to do? Consult the stars for you?
00:14:30 No, I'm not interested in your usual methods of solving crimes.
00:14:34 What I want to know is how they got hold of a certain piece of information
00:14:37 when there were only half a dozen people in the know.
00:14:39 - Well... - And you were two of them.
00:14:41 - Us? - Yes. Listen to this.
00:14:44 Among other interesting items broadcast to Germany last night was this tidbit.
00:14:48 Two Scotland Yard men named Inspector Hornly and Sergeant Bingham
00:14:52 are now carrying out secret investigations at Huplow Camp.
00:14:56 What do you mean to say that's been sent back to Germany?
00:14:58 It has, and I want to know who's been doing the unveiling.
00:15:01 Now, Dickie, let's get this straight.
00:15:03 Are you accusing me of a breach of confidence?
00:15:05 I'm not accusing you of anything. I'm just making inquiries.
00:15:09 Well, it amounts to the same thing.
00:15:11 If anybody's been talking, it's certainly not me.
00:15:13 Well, I'll take your word for it, Hornly. And what about you, Bingham?
00:15:16 Have you been talking in your sleep?
00:15:18 - I take exception to that remark. - So do I.
00:15:20 And what's more, I object to you coming down here to criticize my staff.
00:15:23 I'm not criticizing your staff. It's beyond criticism.
00:15:26 - I'm asking a simple question. - Well, you had the answer.
00:15:29 Just because some brasshead shoots off his mouth in his club,
00:15:31 you try to pin it on Bingham?
00:15:33 He's worked for me for 15 years, and I know that he's incapable of doing such a thing.
00:15:36 All right, all right. I must explore every avenue.
00:15:39 Will you explore some avenue down White Hallway?
00:15:41 Yes, and don't leave any stones unturned.
00:15:43 OK.
00:15:45 Hello?
00:15:47 Come on, now. Who did you tell?
00:15:53 Me?
00:15:54 - Oh, now, here, Chief, you don't think that I... - Yes, I do think. Come on, now.
00:15:57 Out with it. Who was it?
00:15:59 Well, it was that wee lassie, Daisy.
00:16:03 - I might have guessed it. - But she's a nice girl, Chief.
00:16:05 They're all nice girls. Marta Hardy was a nice girl.
00:16:08 - Well, what did you tell this bird? - Nothing, Chief.
00:16:12 - She guessed. - Don't lie to me.
00:16:14 But it's true, Chief. She said that I... I looked like a detective.
00:16:17 Well, that's the biggest lie of the lot.
00:16:19 I don't mind you laughing at my expense, but I tell you that Daisy's absolutely innocent.
00:16:21 What, after going out with you in a punt?
00:16:23 Well, supposing she's innocent, she can still talk?
00:16:26 No, no, no, no. Not Daisy.
00:16:28 - What is she? - A barmaid.
00:16:30 God, let me... What, a public information bureaus?
00:16:32 Oh, by the way, did I hear you say you were taking her to the pictures this afternoon?
00:16:37 I was, until you landed me into this mess.
00:16:40 Well, you're still taking her. I'll fix it up with the Colonel.
00:16:43 You mean that I can... What do you want me to do?
00:16:46 Well, ask her who she passed the glad news on to, of course.
00:16:49 Oh, dear, that'll be very awkward, Chief.
00:16:51 It'll be more awkward if you don't.
00:16:53 I've lived in the trees for so long.
00:16:56 How could I hope to be a success in New York?
00:16:59 Can't I teach you, Darlow?
00:17:01 The water will become a boho, and Marley will open.
00:17:04 Every night at the sunset, I'll sing you a sweet little lullaby.
00:17:08 It's singing now, Darlow.
00:17:10 - Daisy? - Yes, Percy?
00:17:16 I was longing for you to call the type gentleman, please, this afternoon.
00:17:20 Were you really?
00:17:22 Don't you look lovely in her, sir?
00:17:25 Not half as lovely as you'd look in one, Daisy.
00:17:29 I think so.
00:17:31 This picture, bending over the beer pools.
00:17:35 Oh, come off it. What would the customers say?
00:17:39 Darling.
00:17:41 - Daisy? - What?
00:17:50 Remember when I told you yesterday about me and another chap before me,
00:17:55 - big from Scotland Yard? - Well?
00:17:57 You didn't kind of mention it to anybody, did you?
00:18:01 Of course I didn't.
00:18:03 - What are you getting at? - Nothing, Daisy.
00:18:07 I know you're not the sort to chat out of it.
00:18:10 Somebody's been talking.
00:18:12 Are you hinting that I've been speaking out of turn?
00:18:15 - I said you, I said somebody. - Well, you meant me.
00:18:20 Eerie, a little order, please.
00:18:22 I've got no right to go making suggestions like that.
00:18:24 Let me tell you, I've got enough to do in my job without gossiping.
00:18:27 Yes, yes, I know that, Daisy.
00:18:29 - But you'd better pass it on innocently. - I did not.
00:18:33 Eerie, turn it up, will you? You're not in the ball of the Rosencrantz now, you know.
00:18:36 I don't think so.
00:18:38 There you are, you see. This is all your fault.
00:18:40 - Go in. - Why?
00:18:42 Now, if you'd just give hands off me, you insulting beast.
00:18:44 - I'll see you down in a year. - Why?
00:18:46 I don't know what's going on here.
00:18:49 - What's going on along here? - Don't blame me, blame him.
00:18:52 - This is getting better here. - Hey, you, come on out.
00:18:58 You know what none of that there here?
00:19:01 I assure you there's been none of...
00:19:04 Come on, you heard what he said.
00:19:06 - Oh, you. - You're a perfect nuisance.
00:19:09 - Well, they cut right out. - You monkey tricks.
00:19:12 - Can I help it if my sister becomes hysterical? - Oh, come on now.
00:19:15 - Good afternoon, Miss Johnson. - Good afternoon.
00:19:32 - I'd like to see Mr. Wilkinson. - You didn't make an appointment, did you?
00:19:35 No, but one of my back teeth is aching again. Something awful.
00:19:38 I think you'll find that quite all right. I shouldn't bite on it for a couple of hours, though.
00:19:41 Thank you.
00:19:43 - Miss Johnson, I don't remember... - No, Mr. Wilkinson, it's my back tooth again.
00:19:48 - You must look at it. - I see.
00:19:50 - Would you mind, madam? I won't give you one moment. - Quite all right.
00:19:53 Very well, please step inside.
00:19:55 Charles.
00:19:59 I've laid out your dinner jacket. Don't forget, you're dining at the Club of Aid.
00:20:02 - Oh, yes. - I'm going over to Kenworth to have dinner with Mrs. Sherwood.
00:20:05 We'll probably pay a bridge, so I may not be back till late.
00:20:08 - Goodbye, madam. - Don't forget to black out. I expect you'll be in first.
00:20:11 I won't forget.
00:20:13 Why have you come here today? Your next appointment was Tuesday.
00:20:23 - Do you want that girl to suspect? - I had to come. He's rumbled.
00:20:26 That yard man, Bingham, that I was telling you about. Did you pass it on?
00:20:30 - Of course. - Well, they found out somehow.
00:20:32 He questioned me this afternoon and said someone had been talking.
00:20:35 - Phew, I'm scared stiff. - Where is he now?
00:20:38 - I left him in the pictures. - You sure he didn't follow you?
00:20:40 Positive. What am I going to do? Supposing they come and question me?
00:20:43 Deny everything. They've no evidence. And don't come here again.
00:20:47 - I'll contact you as soon as it blows over. - Yes, but...
00:20:49 Now look here. Pull yourself together. There's nothing to be afraid of.
00:20:52 Come on.
00:20:55 It often aches like that after filling, you know.
00:20:58 - It'll be quite all right tomorrow, believe me. - I hope so.
00:21:01 - Now, madam, if you please. - Thank you. Come along, Yvonne.
00:21:07 It's nearly six o'clock. Have I an appointment with this gentleman?
00:21:15 No, sir, but he was anxious to wait on the off chance of seeing you.
00:21:18 My bridge work needs overhauling. I day one to the plot.
00:21:21 I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't manage it now. My hours are three to six.
00:21:24 - And I have an engagement this evening. - Well, perhaps I could come back later.
00:21:27 I'm sorry. My engagement is for the whole evening.
00:21:30 Besides, I never see patients out of hours.
00:21:32 Oh, if that's your attitude, I take my business elsewhere.
00:21:35 There are plenty of other dentists in the town.
00:21:37 We'll be only too glad to do a little bridge work after six o'clock.
00:21:40 Good day to you, sir.
00:21:47 - How do you know there's no one at home? - He told me he had an engagement.
00:21:51 There's also a Mrs. Dentist, but she's out playing bridge.
00:21:54 - Any servants? - One. Female.
00:21:56 I went round the back and checked up.
00:21:58 You're not the only one who's a success with women.
00:22:01 I made an appointment to meet her at the Palladio Donalds tonight.
00:22:04 Yeah. First got rid of her.
00:22:07 - Sounds a very mean trick to me. - Well, she was married, and so was her right.
00:22:11 Ah, this is it.
00:22:13 [door opens]
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00:22:29 That's certainly it.
00:22:32 Now, let's see what's over here.
00:22:35 [music]
00:22:40 All those dresses.
00:22:43 [music]
00:22:55 There's the part of the book.
00:22:57 Have a look at that.
00:23:00 Still don't see why you should suspect Daisy.
00:23:02 Just because you got toothy when she left me.
00:23:04 I agree, it'll be a natural emotion.
00:23:06 - What's her surname? - Johnston.
00:23:08 Johnston. And you shot your mouth off to her yesterday lunchtime.
00:23:12 But she couldn't have seen him yesterday. She was on the river with me until five o'clock.
00:23:16 And at five thirty she visits the dentist.
00:23:18 Look for yourself. Every time she sees you, she rushes straight to the dentist.
00:23:22 There's any number of ways of explaining that, Chief.
00:23:26 There's only two I know of.
00:23:28 Either she's what I think she is, or the way you kiss her knocks their teeth in.
00:23:31 Yeah.
00:23:33 She was here twice last week.
00:23:35 Once the week before.
00:23:38 Three times the week before that.
00:23:40 There's a fellow called Wetherby. She used to come pretty often too.
00:23:43 And a Mrs. Crofter.
00:23:45 There's your Daisy again.
00:23:47 Supposing you're right.
00:23:49 You can't prove anything with that book.
00:23:51 Well, we might find something in that safe to tie up with it.
00:23:53 - What safe? - Over there.
00:23:55 [music]
00:23:58 - The Twinlock Hector. - Easy.
00:24:01 [music]
00:24:06 - And the Hepburn Alarm Bar running round the rim. - Cut.
00:24:10 [music]
00:24:33 There you are. That little fellow wouldn't talk.
00:24:37 [bell ringing]
00:24:40 There comes him. I took out the wrong wire.
00:24:43 It's a doorbell.
00:24:45 [bell ringing]
00:24:48 It's the dentist. Maybe he's forgotten his key.
00:24:51 Why should he ring? He knows there's nobody at home.
00:24:53 Here, go and see who it is.
00:24:55 - But suppose... - Go on, go on, go on.
00:24:58 [silence]
00:25:15 - Is your name Wilkinson? - No.
00:25:17 - Mine's Blankensop. - Oh?
00:25:19 - I want to see Mr. Wilkinson. - Why?
00:25:21 Why? What do you think I've come to the dentist for?
00:25:23 I have a haircut. I want a tooth out.
00:25:25 - Oh, I'm afraid that's impossible. - Oh, don't talk so dumb.
00:25:29 - Sorry, but at this time of night... - At this time of night I've been in bed and fast asleep.
00:25:32 I'm not raging too big.
00:25:34 I said I'm not going until I see a dentist here. Go on, fetch him out.
00:25:37 [silence]
00:25:41 Well, now, if you'll just sit down for a minute, I'll make some inquiries.
00:25:45 All right, but look sharp.
00:25:47 [silence]
00:25:54 That's a patient, chief. He says he wants a tooth out.
00:25:57 What, at this time? Perhaps he's one of the agents.
00:26:00 - He doesn't look like one. - Well, how do you know?
00:26:02 Take him in the surgery room, numb him.
00:26:04 - How? - Well, say that you're Wilkinson's assistant.
00:26:07 That you're in his confidence.
00:26:09 Yes, but I think he really does want a tooth out.
00:26:11 Well, you never know. Perhaps he's bluffing.
00:26:13 Go and find out.
00:26:15 [silence]
00:26:18 Well...
00:26:20 Well, I'm sorry, but Mr. Wilkinson's asleep.
00:26:23 - My car's over... - It's all right. I'm his assistant.
00:26:26 And anything you wish to have out, you can have out with me.
00:26:30 All right, that suits me. Well, where's surgery?
00:26:33 - Surgery? - Yes. Is this it?
00:26:35 - Here, come on. - Yes.
00:26:37 [silence]
00:26:40 Well, come on. Don't hang about.
00:26:42 [silence]
00:26:46 Here, take this.
00:26:48 [silence]
00:26:51 Sit in the chair, sir, please, will you?
00:26:54 Now, let me see.
00:26:56 [silence]
00:27:01 Nice evening, isn't it?
00:27:03 Fine for getting shortwave broadcasts, eh?
00:27:06 I don't want any shortwave broadcasts.
00:27:08 I don't care if it's raining cats and dogs. I want this tooth out.
00:27:11 Let me say that I enjoy Mr. Wilkinson's full confidence.
00:27:14 Well, I'm very glad to hear it. Shall I open my mouth now?
00:27:17 Yes, certainly. You can tell me anything you want.
00:27:19 [shouting]
00:27:21 [silence]
00:27:24 You really want it out?
00:27:26 What's the matter with you? Are you an encompassment, as I assume it?
00:27:29 - You've been here before, haven't you? - What's that got to do with it?
00:27:32 We just make it a rule only to attend to regular customers after closing time.
00:27:35 Oh, dash it all. Do you think I'm going to suffer all night for your silly rules?
00:27:38 There. Are you going to take it out, or do I have to take it out of you?
00:27:42 Your mind's made up.
00:27:44 Oh, it's dawned on you.
00:27:46 Just wait there a minute, please.
00:27:48 Very often I'm...
00:27:50 Oh, what is this, a dentist or a madhouse?
00:27:52 - Are you going to take this thing out? - All right, all right. It's coming out.
00:27:56 Just a minute.
00:28:00 Which tooth did you say it was again?
00:28:04 Uh-uh. Uh-uh. Uh-uh.
00:28:06 Mm-hmm.
00:28:09 Your top teeth are pretty good.
00:28:12 They're false, you fathead.
00:28:14 Oh, so they are. I see that now. They quite took me in for a minute.
00:28:18 - Do you want the plate out? - No, no. Just the tooth.
00:28:22 That?
00:28:30 Just open your mouth a little wider, please, will you?
00:28:34 Hey, how you doing it?
00:28:39 You're not going to take it out in cold blood, are you? Can't have a local anesthetic?
00:28:42 Oh, I'm afraid Mr. Wilkinson always locks up everything like that.
00:28:46 Hey, what's that over there? Is that a gas apparatus or not?
00:28:49 Yes, that's gas.
00:28:51 All right, then I'll have gas.
00:28:53 Quite sure. This is after effects, you know.
00:28:56 Compared to what I'm suffering, the after effects will be a pleasure.
00:29:00 I hope you're right.
00:29:02 [engine starts]
00:29:04 [engine stops]
00:29:30 Now what's to do? Are you going to give me gas or not?
00:29:34 I am.
00:29:36 If you don't talk to her, I'm sick of sitting here waiting for her.
00:29:40 [engine starts]
00:29:42 [engine stops]
00:29:45 [engine starts]
00:29:48 [engine stops]
00:29:51 [engine starts]
00:29:53 [engine stops]
00:29:55 [engine stops]
00:29:57 [engine starts]
00:30:12 [engine stops]
00:30:14 [engine starts]
00:30:18 [engine stops]
00:30:23 [engine starts]
00:30:27 [engine stops]
00:30:31 [engine starts]
00:30:40 [engine stops]
00:30:42 [moaning]
00:31:09 Well, it must have cracked my jaw.
00:31:12 No, no, no. Something went, but I don't think it was that.
00:31:15 It must have given me too much gas. I feel very faint.
00:31:18 Come on, come on.
00:31:20 A fresh air will do you all the good in the world.
00:31:23 I'll take you to a taxi that I can see in that car.
00:31:26 [moaning]
00:31:29 [moaning]
00:31:32 [moaning]
00:31:35 [moaning]
00:32:03 [footsteps]
00:32:05 [door opens]
00:32:15 [speaking in foreign language]
00:32:17 Shh. There's nothing to shout about.
00:32:19 You want to bring that dentist down here?
00:32:21 What's happened to the patient?
00:32:23 He's gone. Took his tooth out.
00:32:25 In fact, two of them.
00:32:27 What, did he want two out?
00:32:29 No, but I just gave a hefty pull and they're away. Two of them.
00:32:32 There's nothing in this business. It's money for a jam.
00:32:34 All you have to do is just turn on the gas.
00:32:36 What did you give him, gas?
00:32:37 Well, he demanded it.
00:32:39 Five bob. Half a crown of tooth.
00:32:42 Didn't want to pay for the other one, but the poor man was in no condition to argue.
00:32:46 I'll bet he wasn't.
00:32:48 Have you had any luck, Chief?
00:32:49 I have. Here.
00:32:51 Look at that.
00:32:55 Daisy and me in the punt.
00:32:57 No, no. Turn it over.
00:32:59 Sergeant Bingham, CID.
00:33:02 Where did you get this?
00:33:03 In the safe.
00:33:05 I can't believe it.
00:33:07 You know, Chief, this sort of thing shatters your faith in women.
00:33:11 Well, it could do with a bit of shattering. They'd give it to me.
00:33:14 Do you remember to put it back in there?
00:33:16 I am.
00:33:17 But if you find it, that'll make me look like an accessory.
00:33:19 Well, you will, won't you?
00:33:21 Now then, we're going to leave this place exactly as we found it.
00:33:24 Without anyone knowing we've been here.
00:33:28 Why, Chief, aren't you going to arrest Wilkinson?
00:33:31 Not yet.
00:33:32 You haven't left anything lying around in the surgery, have you?
00:33:35 No, no. I've got the teeth in my pocket.
00:33:38 I don't want to see them. Talk about a blooming cannibal.
00:33:41 Curtains.
00:33:44 [Curtains]
00:33:46 Oh, Rosby, Granny, you've left the light on.
00:34:11 That's funny.
00:34:13 I could have sworn I put it out.
00:34:15 It's truth. What have we done now?
00:34:26 It can't be my patient, Chief.
00:34:27 Oh, it's got to be. Look.
00:34:29 It's the dentist.
00:34:32 Look, the gas is still on.
00:34:35 [Gas]
00:34:37 He's a gunner.
00:34:42 Dead.
00:34:43 This is awful.
00:34:45 I was here just a few minutes ago.
00:34:48 Must have happened when you were seeing your patient off, obviously.
00:34:50 Must have found out that we were here, decided he couldn't face it, and come down and gassed himself.
00:34:56 Hmm.
00:34:57 I'd better phone the local police.
00:34:59 Wait a minute.
00:35:01 Look at these.
00:35:03 One shoe is laced across the usual way.
00:35:05 On the other shoe, the top three holes are laced crisscross.
00:35:08 You can put your own construction in that, I suppose?
00:35:11 Well, no man laces shoes different ways.
00:35:13 Someone else put that shoe on his foot.
00:35:16 Why?
00:35:17 I don't know yet.
00:35:18 But whoever did it may be still in the house.
00:35:20 Wait here.
00:35:23 [Music]
00:35:41 No sign of anybody.
00:35:42 I'm going to make a search of Wilton's bedroom and see if I can find anything.
00:35:45 I'll come up with you, Chief.
00:35:47 No, you don't. We've got no time to lose.
00:35:49 Here, take these.
00:35:52 Bring up the yard.
00:35:53 Give Blow my kind regards and read that list over to him.
00:35:56 What are they?
00:35:57 The names, addresses, and code numbers of Mr. Wilkins' so-called patients.
00:36:01 Tell Blow since he wants to know who's been talking, there's 40 of them.
00:36:04 [Music]
00:36:34 [Music]
00:36:40 Sorry for the delay, Sergeant. Inspector Blow's just gone out.
00:36:43 They're expecting him back in 10 minutes. Shall I ask him to bring you back?
00:36:45 Yes, please. And it's very urgent.
00:36:47 [Music]
00:37:16 [Music]
00:37:41 Hello?
00:37:42 Who's that?
00:37:44 This is Mrs. Wilkinson speaking. I want to speak to Dr. Kirbyshlaw at once, please.
00:37:48 It's all right. It's all right. No need to be alarmed.
00:38:08 Who are you?
00:38:09 I'm a police officer.
00:38:11 What are you doing in this house?
00:38:13 I'm here in connection with your husband.
00:38:17 He's dead.
00:38:19 That's right. You just sit down quietly for a few minutes.
00:38:30 I can imagine how you're feeling.
00:38:32 Can you? I wonder.
00:38:34 I should be awfully upset, shouldn't I?
00:38:37 Aren't you?
00:38:38 No.
00:38:39 You... you are Mrs. Wilkinson?
00:38:42 Yes.
00:38:43 But we weren't what is called a happily married couple.
00:38:46 You found out that he was a... that he was a...
00:38:51 Yes.
00:38:52 I told him he'd get caught sooner or later. It was no use.
00:38:57 They had some sort of hold on him.
00:38:59 Who were they?
00:39:01 I don't know. I shouldn't have known anything except that I... I found a letter of his.
00:39:06 What did you do?
00:39:09 I text him with it and he flew into a rage and... and struck me.
00:39:15 He did?
00:39:18 Yes. Oh, that was nothing unusual.
00:39:21 I said I'd go to the police and he threatened to shoot me.
00:39:24 What could I do?
00:39:26 What would you have done?
00:39:29 I really don't know.
00:39:34 It's... it's very awkward for you.
00:39:37 Could I have a cigarette, Inspector, please?
00:39:39 Oh, certainly, certainly.
00:39:41 Now... now I'm afraid I've got to ask you just a... just a few questions.
00:39:48 You're not going to be brutal to me, are you?
00:39:53 Oh, no, no, no. That will hardly be necessary.
00:39:56 But I'll expect a statement and... just as a mere matter of formality.
00:40:00 Oh, yes, of course. Well, I shan't attempt to hide anything from you.
00:40:04 Thank you.
00:40:07 Well, now...
00:40:09 Do you know what part your husband had in this organization?
00:40:14 None. But I'm sure it couldn't have been a very important one.
00:40:18 I'm afraid you're wrong there, my dear Mrs. Wilkinson.
00:40:22 As a matter of fact, I'm quite sure you are.
00:40:25 Well, what makes you say that?
00:40:27 Well, I have here the names and addresses of 40 of his patients,
00:40:30 whom I have every reason to believe supplied him regularly with information.
00:40:34 But I can't believe it. Are you positive of that?
00:40:38 I found it in a book in his safe.
00:40:40 But if he's as important as all that, why did he take his own life?
00:40:44 He didn't.
00:40:47 Somebody else took it.
00:40:49 He was murdered.
00:40:52 Oh!
00:40:54 Now, here, here, Mrs. Wilkinson.
00:40:56 What's the matter? Pull yourself together.
00:40:58 Here, here.
00:40:59 Miss...
00:41:00 Oh, God, the waters.
00:41:02 (footsteps)
00:41:04 (clinking)
00:41:10 (sizzling)
00:41:13 (clink)
00:41:15 Gosh.
00:41:19 Here.
00:41:21 Oh.
00:41:22 That's better now, isn't it?
00:41:24 Here, drink this.
00:41:26 I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
00:41:30 It's all right. You'll be feeling better in a minute.
00:41:33 I can't stay the night here alone, Inspector.
00:41:35 I'm afraid I'm on duty.
00:41:37 But I've got a sister who lives just round the corner.
00:41:39 Couldn't I spend the night with her?
00:41:41 I'm sorry. I can't allow that.
00:41:43 I promise I wouldn't move from there.
00:41:45 No, you wouldn't. And if it rested with me, I'd let you do it like a shot.
00:41:49 But it does rest with you, doesn't it?
00:41:51 No, not exactly. You see, I haven't mentioned it before, but...
00:41:55 I've got an assistant, an associate.
00:41:58 There are two of you?
00:42:00 Yes. He's upstairs. I'm afraid he'll want you to come to the police station.
00:42:04 Oh.
00:42:05 Drink, drink.
00:42:07 Oh.
00:42:08 Oh.
00:42:11 I shall be all right.
00:42:13 (phone rings)
00:42:14 Oh, you answer it, Inspector. Don't worry about me.
00:42:17 (phone rings)
00:42:19 Hello?
00:42:25 Hello, yes.
00:42:27 Oh, Inspector Blue.
00:42:30 Yes, this is Bingham.
00:42:32 What are you ringing up at this hour for?
00:42:34 I decided to confess after all.
00:42:36 Certainly not.
00:42:38 As a matter of fact, it's not unconnected with your inquiries this morning.
00:42:41 Hmm?
00:42:42 Well, now, Horley and I decided that as you were floundering about, to give you a bit of help.
00:42:47 To put you in the right road, as it were.
00:42:49 Hmm.
00:42:50 No, no, no, no.
00:42:52 No, I must correct you there. My mother and father were married properly at the Kirkwood Paisley.
00:42:57 And that remark comes very badly from you, after all we've done.
00:43:01 Hmm?
00:43:02 All right. If you'll just keep calm, I'll tell you.
00:43:05 Well, I have here the names and addresses of about 40 people who have been passing information.
00:43:12 Hmm?
00:43:13 Yes, if you'll just get out your little pencil and paper, I'll read them out to you.
00:43:18 You ready?
00:43:20 You ready?
00:43:22 Just a minute, Blow. I think I've got a hold of the wrong piece of paper or something.
00:43:38 Hold on.
00:43:40 God!
00:43:45 [Music]
00:43:53 Mrs. Wilkinson?
00:43:55 Mrs. Wilkinson?
00:43:59 Mrs. Wil...
00:44:01 Oh, hello, Blow. Sorry, there's been a slight hitch here.
00:44:11 I'll ring you back.
00:44:14 Oh, no, Mrs. Wilkinson.
00:44:16 Mrs. Wilkinson?
00:44:21 Maybe she's gone to her sister's.
00:44:25 Gosh, the books.
00:44:27 Mrs. Wilkinson?
00:44:29 Mrs. Wilkinson?
00:44:37 [Music]
00:44:44 Are you...
00:44:46 Pick up!
00:44:49 Oh, there you are.
00:44:51 There's been some pretty rum going on in this house, I'm telling you.
00:44:54 You're telling me.
00:44:55 What did you find, Blow?
00:44:57 Yes, I phoned him.
00:44:59 What did he say?
00:45:00 Well, he didn't say anything, Chief, because...
00:45:02 Because what?
00:45:04 Look, you're quite sure you gave me that list, aren't you?
00:45:07 What are you blathering about?
00:45:09 That's all I've got, Chief.
00:45:17 There's nothing on it.
00:45:18 Beg your...
00:45:19 What the blazes have you been doing while I've been upstairs?
00:45:21 I had it in my hand when I first phoned Blow.
00:45:24 Well, go on.
00:45:26 Well, he wasn't in, and so I put it back in my pocket.
00:45:29 I know it was there when she came in, because...
00:45:31 She?
00:45:32 Mrs. Wilkinson.
00:45:33 So she's here.
00:45:35 Well, she was here.
00:45:37 Was?
00:45:38 Yes. I'm afraid she's gone to...
00:45:40 Gone where?
00:45:42 Just through that French window.
00:45:44 Look here, are you drunk as well as incapable?
00:45:47 I told her to stop here, but she must have slipped out when I was on the phone.
00:45:52 She's pinched the evidence.
00:45:54 But I think I know where we can find her.
00:45:56 Where?
00:45:57 At her sister's.
00:45:58 What's the address?
00:46:00 Now listen to me, you big dome vacuum.
00:46:03 Hasn't it dawned on you yet that that woman was simply playing you for a sucker?
00:46:07 Well, what happened then?
00:46:10 She's gone.
00:46:12 She's gone?
00:46:13 Yes.
00:46:14 She's gone?
00:46:15 Yes.
00:46:16 She's gone.
00:46:17 She's gone?
00:46:18 Yes.
00:46:19 Well, what happened then?
00:46:21 Well, I had just phoned Blow when the front door opened and I hid behind the curtains.
00:46:27 Yeah?
00:46:28 Well, she came in, saw the body and rushed to the telephone.
00:46:30 She dialed the number and asked for the doctor.
00:46:32 What doctor?
00:46:33 Kerbishley.
00:46:34 Maybe Kerbishley.
00:46:36 And then?
00:46:40 Well, she must have seen me behind the curtains because she screamed.
00:46:43 So I stepped out.
00:46:45 And what did she tell you?
00:46:46 That her husband was a spy and that he used to beat her.
00:46:49 And you sympathised with her?
00:46:51 Well, in a way.
00:46:53 Good, let me...
00:46:54 The woman hasn't been a widow five minutes but she's still a game to you.
00:46:57 Then I suppose you told her about that list.
00:47:00 I did mention it.
00:47:01 I knew it.
00:47:02 She fainted.
00:47:03 Yeah, then you helped her out of the settee.
00:47:05 Yes.
00:47:06 And she pinched the list from your pocket.
00:47:07 You went to fetch her for some brandy.
00:47:09 Water.
00:47:10 And she switched the blank sheets back on you.
00:47:12 It's as pale as a pike's dove.
00:47:14 And there's no Kerbishley or Corbishley in the book.
00:47:16 But I'm sure it was Kerbishley.
00:47:19 You've made about as big a hash of this as anything you've done in the whole of your misbegotten career.
00:47:23 Here we are, working on a case which has nothing to do with us.
00:47:25 You get hold of the star witness and let her go with all the exhibits.
00:47:28 Look, couldn't we just slip out like and not tell anybody we were here?
00:47:34 Well, after you phoned the yard with the murdered man in the other room?
00:47:37 He may not have been murdered.
00:47:39 He was murdered.
00:47:40 While you were mucking things up down here, I've been busy.
00:47:42 Wilkinson was planning to run away to South America.
00:47:45 Passports, permits, all in order.
00:47:48 But somebody or other didn't want him to go.
00:47:50 So they waited for him upstairs.
00:47:52 He came in, was just changing into his slippers,
00:47:55 and they nipped up behind him, laid him out,
00:47:57 slipped his shoe on again,
00:47:59 brought him downstairs,
00:48:00 bunged him to that chair and tried to make it look like suicide.
00:48:03 How does that sound?
00:48:05 There doesn't seem to be anything missing.
00:48:07 No, except the clue to the murderer.
00:48:09 That list of agents and Mrs. Wilkinson.
00:48:12 Apart from that, it's all sewn up.
00:48:14 Well, I suppose there's nothing else to do but hand it over to Blow
00:48:17 and we go back to the gent's underpants.
00:48:19 Now, look here, I don't want to hear that defeated stalk.
00:48:21 We're going to search this house from cellar to roof.
00:48:23 Now, go on, you start outside. I'll start in here.
00:48:25 And if there's a whiff of a clue, we'll smell it out.
00:48:28 [Footsteps]
00:48:30 Hello, what's this?
00:48:41 March the 12th. No address.
00:48:47 My dear Wilkinson, I am sorry to hear you propose taking a holiday.
00:48:51 I feel strongly that a journey would not be good for your health at the present moment.
00:48:55 I must therefore urge you to cancel it.
00:48:58 Yours, A.K.
00:48:59 Sounds like a letter from his doctor.
00:49:01 Sounds like. Of course it is.
00:49:03 A.K.
00:49:04 Kerbishley.
00:49:05 The doctor she rang up.
00:49:06 Yeah, and he doesn't exist.
00:49:08 At least not in the phone book.
00:49:10 He might be in another district, Chief.
00:49:12 He might.
00:49:14 But this letter was posted at Upper Ellingford.
00:49:16 And that's in this phone area.
00:49:18 So that doesn't help.
00:49:19 Hmm.
00:49:22 Continuation sheet.
00:49:24 Now, who uses continuation sheets?
00:49:27 Officers.
00:49:28 Yeah, it doesn't look like office paper to me.
00:49:30 No, more like hotel stuff.
00:49:32 How many printers would there be at Upper Ellingford?
00:49:36 There can't be many. It's only a market town.
00:49:38 Good. Well, we're going to knock them up.
00:49:40 There may be only half a dozen printers in the town, but a more bad-tempered lot I never saw.
00:49:45 You can't expect them to dance for joy when you get them up out of their beds in the middle of the night.
00:49:49 Don't feel very happy myself.
00:49:51 Dragging a man from his rest at three in the morning to rake through a lot of notepaper?
00:49:55 I ought to be compensated for this.
00:49:57 Oh, well, it's not your paper.
00:49:58 Yes, it is.
00:49:59 Oh?
00:50:00 Yes, I printed it for the Westgate Manor Hotel.
00:50:02 Westgate Manor Hotel, eh?
00:50:04 Yeah, I told you it was hotel paper.
00:50:06 Yes, it's the same, all right.
00:50:09 Of course it's the same.
00:50:11 I printed him a brochure at the same time.
00:50:13 Now you can clear out and I'll go back to me rest.
00:50:17 I sympathize with you.
00:50:18 Terms in season.
00:50:20 Well, it's a fishing hotel.
00:50:22 Yeah, pretty posh from the prices.
00:50:24 Bingham, we're going to get up early in the morning.
00:50:27 Eh?
00:50:28 We're taking a fishing holiday.
00:50:29 It's time we got our hooks into something.
00:50:31 Well, thank you very much, sir.
00:50:33 You're welcome.
00:50:34 Morning, boy.
00:50:45 Good morning, sir.
00:50:46 You two gentlemen after the same vacancy?
00:50:48 Vacancy?
00:50:49 What, are you full up?
00:50:50 Well, one day we are, the next day we're not.
00:50:52 If I had my way, I'd give them mistresses and stop all this chopping and changing.
00:50:56 Hey, what about our luggage?
00:51:00 We brought your luggage with you.
00:51:02 Optimists, aren't you?
00:51:03 You don't look very busy.
00:51:07 No, we're not now.
00:51:08 They're all out on a paper chase.
00:51:10 You did say paper chase.
00:51:14 Yes.
00:51:15 Got me up at 6.30 this morning.
00:51:17 It's this new Mr. Rolf's side here.
00:51:19 He started all these capers.
00:51:21 Mr. Jenkins was much more sensible, but he joined up three weeks ago along with Mr. Smart, the science master.
00:51:27 I tell you, there have been so many changes here since the war started, I can't keep pace with them.
00:51:32 You wait in here.
00:51:34 But I might as well tell you, you're not the only ones after this history master's job.
00:51:38 There's another old bloke in there already.
00:51:40 So it's not a hotel anymore.
00:51:45 They've evacuated a blooming school here.
00:51:47 You know, Chief, I didn't like to mention it before, but, well, I never did think much of that crew of yours.
00:51:57 Once in a way, you were right.
00:51:59 Gable College, Muswell Hill, London.
00:52:04 Notice the prefects. All prefects must be responsible for the blackout of the dormitories.
00:52:09 Dr. Alfred Kirbishly, headmaster.
00:52:12 Me, Kay.
00:52:14 We thought it was a medical doctor she rang up last night, but it was this fellow, a doctor of literature or something.
00:52:19 Hmm. This puts a new face on it, that the doctor said when she had her dial lifted.
00:52:24 Yes, but I still don't see anything very sinister in that.
00:52:26 Well, it hadn't occurred to you, I suppose, that a woman who's just found her husband dead doesn't rush to ring up a schoolmaster?
00:52:31 Yes, it is a bit peculiar.
00:52:33 Now, this is where you earn your own spell, lad.
00:52:35 Put that luggage back into the car and drive down to the town.
00:52:37 Put up at the local hotel and find out all you can about the doctor.
00:52:40 It's a small place in the boundary and nobody's business.
00:52:43 What about you, chief? Somebody's bound to ask what you're doing here.
00:52:45 Oh, I'll say I'm a new boy who's a bit backward.
00:52:47 Now, go on, off you go.
00:52:49 And don't forget, if there's a barmaid there, when she pours out your beer, don't pour out your soul.
00:52:53 (The door closes)
00:53:15 Good morning.
00:53:16 Good morning.
00:53:17 Are you an applicant?
00:53:19 Yes.
00:53:20 So am I.
00:53:21 Really?
00:53:22 My name's Mackenzie, Professor Alec Mackenzie.
00:53:26 How do you do?
00:53:27 My name is Nottall, uh, Porras Nottall.
00:53:30 How do you do?
00:53:31 You may have heard of Mackenzie's History of Europe for schools.
00:53:35 Oh, yes, of course.
00:53:36 I wrote it.
00:53:37 Really?
00:53:38 You haven't actually met Dr. Carvagely yet, I take it?
00:53:42 No, but I rather fancy that's just a formality.
00:53:45 Ah, well, I suppose there's no objection to my waiting?
00:53:49 No, no, not in the least.
00:53:51 If it isn't a rude question, what was your last school?
00:53:55 Bostow.
00:53:56 Bostow, oh yes.
00:53:57 Uh, Bostow.
00:53:58 I beg your pardon?
00:54:00 Bostow.
00:54:02 Yeah, but isn't that a penitentiary?
00:54:04 Yes.
00:54:05 But surely a qualification for a master at Bostow would hardly be a recommendation to this school.
00:54:10 I'm a countryman, dear sir.
00:54:12 I'm just a man for this school.
00:54:13 Why?
00:54:14 But they mentioned it in the advertisement, didn't they?
00:54:16 The school times gave me to understand that this was an establishment for the sons of gentlemen.
00:54:20 Is that what they said, the sons of?
00:54:22 Well, I hope I'm not here under any misapprehension.
00:54:26 Well, it's not as bad as Bostow, if that's what you mean.
00:54:28 As a matter of fact, they frequently send their good conduct lads here.
00:54:31 But you seriously tell me this is a corrective school?
00:54:35 Oh, didn't you know?
00:54:36 I certainly did not.
00:54:39 Oh, there's nothing to be worried about, my dear professor.
00:54:41 You may find it a playful alarming for the first two years, but you'll get used to it.
00:54:45 Well, bless my soul, look who's here.
00:54:48 If it isn't young Bigger.
00:54:50 Now there's a fine example of the good conduct lads they send here.
00:54:54 Oh, but they shouldn't let him have a knife.
00:54:56 Why not?
00:54:57 Well, he's a nice enough lad, but he has bits of violence.
00:55:00 As a matter of fact, I remember once at Bostow, he attacked a carpentry instructor with a chisel.
00:55:04 Good heavens.
00:55:05 Do you see?
00:55:07 Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I didn't know there was anyone in here.
00:55:10 That's quite all right, my boy.
00:55:11 What do you want?
00:55:12 A book, sir.
00:55:13 A book?
00:55:14 Yes, sir.
00:55:15 Help yourself, my son.
00:55:16 Thank you, sir.
00:55:17 Oh.
00:55:18 Oh, let me help you.
00:55:20 This one?
00:55:21 Yes, please, sir.
00:55:22 There we are.
00:55:23 Thank you, sir.
00:55:25 Not at all.
00:55:26 You, all this greatly perturbs me.
00:55:29 I don't...
00:55:30 Hey, hey, you!
00:55:31 Hey!
00:55:36 Now give me that back.
00:55:38 And don't ever get me to do anything like that again.
00:55:40 You rascal.
00:55:44 What's happened?
00:55:45 Have you missed anything?
00:55:46 I beg your pardon?
00:55:47 This is yours, isn't it?
00:55:49 That's my watch.
00:55:51 Good gracious me.
00:55:52 Ah, well.
00:55:53 Boys will be boys, you know.
00:55:54 Do you mean that he actually...
00:55:56 Oh, this is dreadful.
00:55:58 Well, you get used to that sort of thing here, you know.
00:55:59 Used to it?
00:56:00 That's why you're mistaken.
00:56:01 I wouldn't teach in this class of school for any consideration whatever.
00:56:06 What, you don't mean to say you're going to turn it up?
00:56:08 Yes, I am.
00:56:09 Oh, my.
00:56:10 And I'm very grateful to you for enlightening me.
00:56:12 Cerio.
00:56:13 Thank you.
00:56:14 Professor McKenzie?
00:56:30 Who?
00:56:31 Who?
00:56:32 At your service.
00:56:33 Will you come this way, please, Professor?
00:56:34 Dr. Kirbyshley will see you now.
00:56:35 With pleasure.
00:56:36 Thank you.
00:56:42 We should be very pleased to have you here, Professor.
00:56:44 Weston, the last man, was rather old-fashioned in his method.
00:56:46 Oh, really?
00:56:47 Well, you won't find anything like that about me.
00:56:49 Professor McKenzie, sir.
00:56:52 Dr. Kirbyshley.
00:56:53 How do you do, Professor?
00:56:55 Welcome to Gable College.
00:56:56 How do you do?
00:56:57 You'll find us in strange surroundings, but...
00:56:59 Temporo mutanta, nos et mutama iniles.
00:57:02 Yes, yes, very apt.
00:57:04 Please sit down.
00:57:05 Yes.
00:57:06 I feel very honored that a man of your scholastic reputation
00:57:10 should consider my little establishment worthy of his services.
00:57:12 Not at all, not at all.
00:57:14 How long were you at Hargrove?
00:57:16 Let me see now, it must be, what?
00:57:18 Fifteen years, yippity.
00:57:20 Ah, see, it says twenty, eh?
00:57:22 Twenty, was it?
00:57:23 Oh, time does play.
00:57:25 Dr. Swan speaks of you in the most glowing terms.
00:57:28 Yes, we got on very well together.
00:57:30 I was very fond of the old...
00:57:31 Swan.
00:57:32 Well, I don't think we need discuss it any further.
00:57:35 It seems most satisfactory to me.
00:57:37 I take it the salary I mentioned in my letter is acceptable to you?
00:57:40 Under the circumstances, yes.
00:57:42 Oh, there is just one other thing, and it's rather important.
00:57:45 Can you start at once?
00:57:46 Oh, absolutely.
00:57:47 As a matter of fact, I've got my luggage with me.
00:57:49 Very.
00:57:50 Well, that removes that obstacle.
00:57:52 Great.
00:57:53 Well, I think you'll find it very pleasant here, Professor.
00:57:55 Eh, Mr. Jennings?
00:57:57 Oh, yes, indeed, sir.
00:57:58 I'm sure I shall.
00:57:59 It will be an honor to have you teaching with us, Professor.
00:58:02 Hello, yes, Dr. Kerbich speaking.
00:58:06 Hello.
00:58:07 Well, I'm afraid I can't discuss it now. I'm engaged.
00:58:12 I'll send you a school prospectus.
00:58:14 But I must see you.
00:58:16 I've been trying to get you since last night.
00:58:18 Just a minute.
00:58:19 Well, I think that's all for the moment, Professor.
00:58:22 Mr. Jennings will show you to your study.
00:58:25 This way, please, Professor.
00:58:34 I've told you before not to ring me here. What is it?
00:58:36 I had to get in touch with you.
00:58:38 Something dreadful has happened.
00:58:40 I can't very well tell you on the phone.
00:58:43 I'm at the Angler's Rest in the town.
00:58:46 Well, you shouldn't have left Farnsworth without letting me know. I...
00:58:48 Oh, I'm so sorry, Doctor.
00:58:53 But I wonder if you would let me have my testimonials back.
00:58:56 I know you wouldn't mislead them, but...
00:58:58 but I'd rather treasure them.
00:58:59 Yes, of course.
00:59:00 Thank you.
00:59:01 Thanks.
00:59:03 Thank you.
00:59:04 You must realize it's impossible to talk now.
00:59:12 I'll be down there at nine this evening.
00:59:14 Until then, stay in your room.
00:59:16 Goodbye.
00:59:17 Could I have number eight, please?
00:59:29 Oh, yes.
00:59:30 Good morning, sir.
00:59:44 Good morning.
00:59:45 I want a room, please.
00:59:47 Certainly, sir.
00:59:49 Good to see the sun again, isn't it?
00:59:53 Yes, it is.
00:59:54 Will you be staying here long?
00:59:56 A few days.
00:59:57 You'll want a single room, I suppose.
00:59:59 That's right.
01:00:00 I've got a very nice room facing the river.
01:00:03 Yes, but I think I'll have the single room.
01:00:07 Very good, sir.
01:00:08 Um, will you read it to me, or shall I read it to you?
01:00:13 You read it to us, sir.
01:00:14 Oh, very well.
01:00:16 Ahem.
01:00:18 Here we are.
01:00:19 Evolution of the Corn Laws.
01:00:21 The effect of the Industrial Revolution
01:00:25 connected with the mechanical invention
01:00:27 and the utilisation of steam
01:00:29 transformed Great Britain from an agricultural
01:00:32 to a manufacturing and commercial country.
01:00:34 Uh, everybody understand that?
01:00:37 Yes, sir.
01:00:38 Oh, well, ahem.
01:00:41 The opposition to the Corn Laws steadily increased.
01:00:44 At length, the Conservative Premier, Sir Robert Peel,
01:00:51 became a convert to free trade.
01:00:54 And in 1846,
01:00:56 carried a measure to put a name to the Corn Laws.
01:00:59 By this end, the duty on corn was at once greatly reduced.
01:01:03 And it ceased altogether in 1849,
01:01:10 with the exception of a registration duty
01:01:13 of one shilling per quarter,
01:01:15 which terminated in 1869.
01:01:17 I don't know about you, but I, uh,
01:01:20 I find this a trifle dry.
01:01:22 So do we, sir.
01:01:24 I thought so.
01:01:25 Well, now, but it does mention one very interesting man,
01:01:28 Sir Robert Peel,
01:01:29 the founder of our modern police force,
01:01:31 and a very good job he made of it, too.
01:01:33 As a matter of fact, if it hadn't been for him,
01:01:35 we should never have had the highly efficient organisation
01:01:38 with its network of detectives,
01:01:40 paid clothesmen, and cobbers, knarks,
01:01:42 I mean informers, that we have today.
01:01:44 But still, I dare say that many of you boys,
01:01:48 at one time or another,
01:01:49 have wanted to be detectives.
01:01:51 Yes, I thought so.
01:01:53 But let me tell you,
01:01:54 that it requires more than muscle to make a detective nowadays.
01:01:57 Oh, yes.
01:01:58 I mean, you have to have powers of observation and deduction.
01:02:01 Now, take observation, for instance.
01:02:03 I very much doubt if there's a single boy here
01:02:06 that could tell me whose car it was
01:02:08 that went down the drain just now.
01:02:10 It's the head's car, sir.
01:02:11 How do you know that?
01:02:12 Because he always goes out at this time.
01:02:14 That's right.
01:02:15 Well, now, if he always goes out at the same time,
01:02:18 it's probable that he always returns at a certain time.
01:02:20 Because he always returns at a certain hour.
01:02:22 Has any boy observed what time that is?
01:02:25 Three o'clock, sir.
01:02:26 What, every day?
01:02:27 Yes, sir, because he takes that in a quarter past three.
01:02:29 Hmm. You're more observant than I thought.
01:02:32 Well, now, let us see if you're as good at deduction.
01:02:34 I'll give you a start.
01:02:36 Now, if he always goes out at the same time,
01:02:38 that is, 2.30,
01:02:40 and he's only gone for half an hour,
01:02:41 it follows that wherever he goes
01:02:43 can only be a quarter of an hour's car ride away.
01:02:46 Probably less, since he must spend some time at his destination.
01:02:50 Now, can any boy deduce where he goes in that time?
01:02:54 The village, sir.
01:02:55 What makes you think that?
01:02:56 Because I've seen his car there, sir.
01:02:58 That's right. Parked outside the post office.
01:03:01 I see.
01:03:02 Still, that is observation, not deduction.
01:03:06 Now, let us try to deduce what he does in the post office.
01:03:10 Excuse me, sir, but isn't that the headmaster's business?
01:03:13 I beg your pardon.
01:03:14 I made you think that was being tantamount to rebut.
01:03:17 Well, sir, I really meant that...
01:03:18 Don't apologize.
01:03:19 You're quite right, my boy.
01:03:21 It's no concern of us what he does in the post office.
01:03:23 So, as a quid pro quo,
01:03:25 if I take my nose out of the headmaster's business,
01:03:27 perhaps you'll stick yours in that book
01:03:29 and read from where we left off.
01:03:31 What they're doing is they're butting in on a case that doesn't concern them.
01:03:36 My case.
01:03:37 If you're right, I shall have something to say
01:03:39 to Inspector Hornley and Sergeant Bingham.
01:03:42 Laying down on this job without my permission.
01:03:45 They better have a pretty good reason for this.
01:03:47 Hello.
01:03:48 Oh, is that you, Chief?
01:03:50 Well, I've stumbled across something very interesting.
01:03:53 No, no, no, it's nothing to do with the Scouting case, but...
01:03:56 Yes, I know, Chief, but...
01:04:00 Yes, Chief.
01:04:02 How much would your pension be worth if you retired tomorrow?
01:04:08 I don't know.
01:04:09 Why?
01:04:10 I'd better start working it out.
01:04:12 Yes, that's quite true, Chief, but...
01:04:15 But, Chief...
01:04:17 That's my last word.
01:04:18 And I don't want any arguments.
01:04:20 So you can just take the first train straight back to London.
01:04:23 Murdered?
01:04:25 Who's been murdered?
01:04:27 It says that dentist didn't commit suicide.
01:04:30 Now, have you any clues to who was the murderer?
01:04:33 You know?
01:04:34 Then why didn't you arrest him?
01:04:36 Now, that's got nothing to do with it.
01:04:37 I've told you before, that's Blow's case.
01:04:39 Tell him I resent his interference.
01:04:41 Who's talking to him, you or me?
01:04:42 You, sir.
01:04:43 Very well, then. Don't interrupt.
01:04:45 Registered letter?
01:04:46 What registered letter?
01:04:49 A registered letter is posted every day to 121 Wessex Street, London.
01:04:55 And I want to find out what is going on there.
01:04:58 Tell them we think it's the headquarters of the whole outfit.
01:05:00 Now, look here.
01:05:01 What with two of them jabbing at one end of the line and you hissing in my ear,
01:05:03 it'll be quicker if I went to London after all.
01:05:05 Wessex Street is SW1, you know.
01:05:07 Don't you shove your oar in.
01:05:08 Four policemen's enough on one line without the help of the post office.
01:05:11 No, chief.
01:05:13 Lord, let me...
01:05:16 Now, all I want you to do is to get somebody competent to watch 121 Wessex Street
01:05:23 until the registered letter arrives.
01:05:25 And then pounce and catch the lot of them.
01:05:28 And afterwards, ask them to ring up Bingham at Allingford 69,
01:05:32 and I'll beg the murderer.
01:05:34 Fine.
01:05:38 Good night, chief.
01:05:39 I can do with a drink after that.
01:05:46 What about the post office?
01:05:47 Well, it's a bit late at night, but since it's been such an exciting day,
01:05:50 I think I'll have a small whiskey and soda.
01:05:52 Bingham, order two small whiskeys, will you?
01:05:54 I'll have a double.
01:05:55 Hello, miss.
01:05:58 Ask the waiter to send up two double whiskeys and one small one.
01:06:01 Sam, one whiskey and two doubles for number two.
01:06:06 Right.
01:06:07 Oh, and find out what they want to eat.
01:06:09 Good evening, sir.
01:06:18 Good evening. I believe you have a Mrs. Sutton staying here.
01:06:21 Would you be good enough to send up my card?
01:06:23 Yes, sir.
01:06:24 Sam!
01:06:28 Take that card to number eight on your way up, will you?
01:06:32 Very good, sir.
01:06:34 Thank you.
01:06:35 Send them downstairs, hand it back to them, miss.
01:06:48 Oh, thank you.
01:06:49 Coming!
01:06:56 (indistinct chatter)
01:06:58 You said you'd be here at nine o'clock. It's nearly ten.
01:07:05 I know.
01:07:06 It's Carlson. He's dead.
01:07:17 I know. He was murdered.
01:07:19 So it was you who killed him.
01:07:22 You reported to me that he was about to clear off to South America.
01:07:25 A man like that's not only useless, but dangerous.
01:07:27 Well, all I can say is you might have been a little more careful about it.
01:07:31 In what way?
01:07:33 It may interest you to know that whilst you were disposing of Carlson,
01:07:36 there were two detectives in the house.
01:07:38 You're sure?
01:07:40 I met one of them.
01:07:41 Did you find anything?
01:07:42 Only a list of our agents in the safe.
01:07:44 You needn't be alarmed.
01:07:46 I played the prostrate widow very successfully.
01:07:51 I'll be getting along.
01:07:52 I should have closed out my cucumber frame a couple of hours ago.
01:07:55 Well, thank you very much for your assistance, Mr. Tomboy.
01:07:58 A pleasure. Good night, Inspector.
01:07:59 Good night.
01:08:00 Good night, sir.
01:08:01 Good night, Mr. Tomboy.
01:08:02 Hello? Is that you, Hornley?
01:08:05 It's Blow here. I say, what sort of game are you playing?
01:08:07 Oh, listen, I'm in Wessex Street now and there is no one-two-one.
01:08:11 The highest number on the street is seventy-five.
01:08:13 You wouldn't talk...
01:08:14 Here, hang on a minute, will you?
01:08:15 Bring back the post office, will you? Quick.
01:08:17 Mr. Tomboy!
01:08:18 Just a minute.
01:08:20 Yes?
01:08:21 He wants it.
01:08:22 Where's your registered letter book?
01:08:23 Here it is.
01:08:24 Oh, you know what I want.
01:08:25 Yes.
01:08:26 Ah, here we are. Now, this can't lie.
01:08:31 I've got the post office registered letter book here.
01:08:34 Now, there's been a registered letter sent to Mr. E. Knight, one-two-one Wessex Street,
01:08:39 practically every day for three months.
01:08:42 I suppose you can count up to a hundred and twenty-one?
01:08:44 And I don't want any insults.
01:08:46 You ask for someone to check up on this and I've done it.
01:08:48 Yes, but I ask for somebody competent.
01:08:50 We are competent at the yard since you left,
01:08:53 and I'm telling you there's no one-two-one Wessex Street,
01:08:55 and there won't be till they pull down the houses of Parliament and make the street a bit longer.
01:08:59 And why on earth don't you stick your strawberry jam instead of...
01:09:02 Hello? Hello?
01:09:03 Oh.
01:09:04 There's no such place as a hundred and twenty-one Wessex Street.
01:09:08 But he sends a letter there every day.
01:09:10 There's no such place, I tell you.
01:09:11 But why would he send a letter to a place that isn't there? It doesn't make sense.
01:09:14 But look, a hundred and twenty-one Wessex Street, written by me own hand.
01:09:18 Well, I don't care if you wrote it with your elbow.
01:09:20 There are only seventy-five houses in Wessex Street, and a hundred and twenty-one isn't one of them.
01:09:24 But if registered letters are not delivered, they come back to me.
01:09:27 Have you never had any of them back?
01:09:28 Never. That's why I say if it's written there...
01:09:30 Oh, take that one away.
01:09:31 Now, that letter was handed in your post office this afternoon.
01:09:35 Now, where would it be at this moment?
01:09:36 In a sealed bag at Northby, waiting for the night mail.
01:09:39 Where does the bag join the train? Lancaster?
01:09:41 No, about ten miles before that. It's caught up by the automatic arm.
01:09:43 And where does the night mail start from?
01:09:44 Carlisle.
01:09:45 What time?
01:09:46 Ten forty-five.
01:09:47 Ten five.
01:09:49 Bingham, we're going to Carlisle.
01:09:50 We don't want to be a luggage chief.
01:09:52 Leave it.
01:09:53 I'll get you a passport, Helen, and you can go abroad to a neutral country.
01:10:01 There must be one left somewhere.
01:10:03 Wait a minute.
01:10:06 There's a detective who's in the house.
01:10:08 Which one?
01:10:09 The tall one.
01:10:12 The little fellow who they've got in tow is the village postmaster.
01:10:15 And I was under the impression that the man with him was my new history master,
01:10:19 and I appear to have made a mistake.
01:10:21 Suppose it was just a nominal charge for the room, seeing as I haven't slept in it.
01:10:24 I'm sorry, sir, but I'm afraid you'll have to pay the full price as you've used the room.
01:10:27 You're charging me for bed and breakfast, and I haven't had either.
01:10:32 Go on, pay up and don't argue.
01:10:33 If it was my own money, I'd be adamant.
01:10:35 I'm seeing it for good and expenses, or can see the point.
01:10:39 They must have found out I was here.
01:10:41 If they had, they'd hardly be leaving.
01:10:43 No, I fancy they've something else on their minds.
01:10:45 Oh, can't you pocket it without counting the change for once?
01:10:48 Come on, come on.
01:10:49 Good night, Mr. Tomboy.
01:10:50 Really, thanks again.
01:10:51 Oh, good evening, Mr. Tomboy.
01:10:56 I wonder if you'd mind obliging me.
01:10:57 I know it's after post office hours and all that,
01:10:59 but I should be very grateful if you'd break the rules and cash a money order for me.
01:11:03 Well, I...
01:11:04 Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get to the bank today.
01:11:07 Well, certainly, Dr. Kerbyshear, with the greatest of pleasure.
01:11:09 Oh, thank you very much. I'll run you down to the post office now, shall I?
01:11:12 Oh, thanks.
01:11:13 Well, it's one of the registered letters for London.
01:11:17 I made a mistake about the receipt.
01:11:19 It got the addresses mixed up.
01:11:21 If I could have it back, I could put it right in a few minutes.
01:11:24 It's gone.
01:11:26 Oh, oh, very well.
01:11:28 The registered letters have already left Northwick for the mail train.
01:11:32 It's too late to stop them now, Dr. Kerbyshear.
01:11:35 There's nothing I can do, can...
01:11:38 (The train leaves)
01:11:40 You've no reason to suspect any of your sorters, have you, Joe?
01:11:47 No.
01:11:48 Of course, I can't say for certain.
01:11:50 We keep getting new ones on as the young'uns are called up.
01:11:52 But it wouldn't surprise anybody if somebody new came on tonight.
01:11:54 I don't follow you, Inspector.
01:11:56 Or me, for instance.
01:11:57 Hmm. Sorting isn't an easy job, you know.
01:11:59 It's years before you're any good at it.
01:12:01 Well, you're short-handed and I'm no good at it.
01:12:03 You can keep telling me so.
01:12:05 Say you're going to give me the second in the morning, that'll fool them.
01:12:07 It might work, Joe.
01:12:09 What do you think?
01:12:10 I don't know. It's got to work.
01:12:12 Now, come on, you're the place master.
01:12:14 Who can you substitute me for?
01:12:15 When's young Runcorn due for the call-up?
01:12:17 Any day.
01:12:18 Well, if we can stop him before he gets here, we can tell the rest he's had it.
01:12:21 What about me?
01:12:24 Can't I be a sorter, too?
01:12:25 No, you can't.
01:12:26 You're going to be what you've always been, a passenger.
01:12:28 Hello. Send George in here, will you, please?
01:12:32 Runcorn's been called up. He'll take his place.
01:12:35 Evening all.
01:12:36 What's the name?
01:12:37 He hasn't been on sorting for five years.
01:12:39 Seven.
01:12:40 He'll do as good as some of you. I hope.
01:12:41 Train's coming in now. Look lively, there.
01:12:43 Sorry you're late for dinner, George.
01:13:00 Hello.
01:13:01 Foster.
01:13:03 You wanted on the phone.
01:13:04 Better hurry.
01:13:08 Hello?
01:13:10 Yes.
01:13:14 I have to warn you, two detectives will be on the train tonight.
01:13:17 No, if you're careful, it'll be all right.
01:13:20 One of them's tall, bald, looks intelligent and isn't.
01:13:24 The other one's short, with a sour face, doesn't look intelligent and is.
01:13:27 Has he got a heavy load?
01:13:29 No, sir.
01:13:30 I've seen him. He's the new sorter.
01:13:33 They're working fast.
01:13:34 Listen, whatever you do, don't let him get hold of that letter.
01:13:37 No, leave that to me.
01:13:40 I don't like the sound of it.
01:13:41 I've got to go.
01:13:44 What?
01:13:56 What?
01:13:58 What?
01:14:00 What?
01:14:02 What?
01:14:03 [Train sounds]
01:14:32 Here we are.
01:14:33 Registered.
01:14:36 Beats me what people find to write about.
01:14:41 No consideration for others, that's what it is.
01:14:45 [Train sounds]
01:14:48 [Train sounds]
01:14:51 [Train sounds]
01:15:18 [Yawns]
01:15:19 You? What are you doing here?
01:15:39 Good evening, Sergeant. Perhaps I should introduce myself.
01:15:42 I'm the principal of your colleague's school.
01:15:45 It would be smart of you both to discover that I posted a registered letter this afternoon and catch the train at Carlisle.
01:15:50 But I've an idea. The inspector won't find that letter.
01:15:53 Why not?
01:15:55 Because you're going to write him a little note and ask him to come along here and see me first.
01:15:59 And you think I'd fall for a thing like that, eh?
01:16:02 Well, I'm hoping to persuade you.
01:16:05 I suppose you know it's a very serious thing to point a gun at me like that.
01:16:09 For you or for us?
01:16:10 For you, of course.
01:16:12 I know all about you.
01:16:14 We've both got to answer a few questions.
01:16:16 I'm sorry, Sergeant, but as a schoolmaster, I prefer to put the questions.
01:16:19 And at the moment, I'm asking you to write that note to Hornlade.
01:16:22 Do you think I'd do that?
01:16:24 I should if I were you.
01:16:26 Oh, but my dead body.
01:16:29 Isn't that rather an unfortunate way of putting it?
01:16:31 I think we can avoid that unpleasantness for the moment.
01:16:33 Helen, would you mind relieving the Sergeant of his wallet?
01:16:37 Careful, Sergeant.
01:16:43 I'll throw caution to the winds in a minute.
01:16:44 That would be very foolish of you.
01:16:46 And his father, then, please.
01:16:48 What are you going to do?
01:16:51 I spent a considerable period of my youth practicing the art of forgery or suffering the penalties for it.
01:16:56 Helen, would you mind?
01:16:58 I imagine we shall find an example of your handwriting on your identity card.
01:17:07 (train whistling)
01:17:09 Mr. Busby.
01:17:20 Got a new sorter on tonight?
01:17:24 Well?
01:17:26 Look along the train there. Says he's his brother. Asked me to give him this note.
01:17:29 Well, it's against regulations.
01:17:31 Still, we'll let it go this time.
01:17:35 (train whistling)
01:17:37 You still on that lot?
01:17:41 Well, let me tell you, if everybody here worked at the speed you're going, this post would arrive in about three years' time.
01:17:46 Here.
01:17:48 Talk about a nagger.
01:17:51 I'll soon be at home with me wife.
01:17:53 (train whistling)
01:17:57 (train whistling)
01:17:59 I've got to go along and see my sergeant.
01:18:09 The letter I am after is in the SWO number 20.
01:18:12 It's addressed to Knight. 121 Wessex Street.
01:18:15 Keep your eyes glued to it while I'm gone, will you?
01:18:16 Okay.
01:18:17 (train whistling)
01:18:21 (train whistling)
01:18:23 Look, I'm a CID man.
01:18:34 I wonder if you'd go in that next compartment and examine the tickets.
01:18:40 Certainly, sir.
01:18:42 Tickets, please.
01:18:48 Tickets, please.
01:18:49 Thank you.
01:18:52 More tickets, please.
01:18:55 I don't think I've got mine on me, Inspector. I think I'll come with you.
01:18:59 I think I've got yours, Edward.
01:19:00 Thank you, madam. Thank you, madam.
01:19:04 There you are, dear.
01:19:06 Who's in there?
01:19:10 Tall, bald-headed gentleman, sir. Looks rather pale.
01:19:12 Anybody else?
01:19:13 A well-dressed man with a long nose and a red-headed woman.
01:19:15 Rather pretty.
01:19:16 Aha. Thank you very much.
01:19:18 Anything else I can do for you, sir?
01:19:19 No, not just that, thank you.
01:19:20 Very good, sir.
01:19:21 Excuse me.
01:19:32 What do you think he's doing?
01:19:35 (engine rumbling)
01:19:37 The Inspector's rather a long time. I hope the Aussie sergeants need no hitch.
01:19:57 Don't move!
01:20:00 Don't move!
01:20:04 Good work, sir. Good work.
01:20:05 Well, Dr. Kerbyshire, I think you've had my credentials.
01:20:12 Go on, watch him, Bingham. I'll be back in a moment.
01:20:16 And don't let this redhead try any more of our tricks.
01:20:20 Yes, sir.
01:20:21 It's just an example of the way we work, you know.
01:20:28 Now I'll have my fountain pen back.
01:20:33 Here you are, Corporal.
01:20:34 Look after those two.
01:20:35 It's what is known as a matter of national importance.
01:20:37 All right, Inspector.
01:20:38 And I'll intercourt, Corporal.
01:20:39 Well, you will be.
01:20:40 Come along, Bingham.
01:20:41 I may need your help.
01:20:42 So long, Doctor. See you later.
01:20:44 Here, where's that registered letter?
01:21:00 Which registered letter?
01:21:01 The one that was in there.
01:21:02 Well, what do you want with it?
01:21:03 That's my business. What have you done with it?
01:21:05 Are you accusing me of pinching it?
01:21:07 I'm asking you what you've done with it.
01:21:09 Well, I'm not going to be talked to like that by an extra man.
01:21:11 I'm going to have this out with the head sorter.
01:21:12 Well, Mr. Dudley, you're daring me and accusing me of...
01:21:19 I should take it easy if I were you.
01:21:30 All right, fellas.
01:21:31 We're from Scotland Yard.
01:21:32 This is Inspector Hornby, the CID.
01:21:34 Look after him, will you? He's a fifth columnist.
01:21:36 Come on, out of it.
01:21:37 (HORN HONKING)
01:22:06 There you are.
01:22:07 The little fella that never broadcasts from the same place twice.
01:22:10 And within 24 hours of laying my hands on the mystery transmitter,
01:22:14 I had the whole organisation behind bars.
01:22:17 Morning, Horley.
01:22:18 Morning, Blo.
01:22:19 Still on the last chapter?
01:22:20 Making the most of it, I suppose.
01:22:22 I am.
01:22:23 Oh, I mentioned that you had some connection with the case.
01:22:25 Oh.
01:22:26 You still haven't mentioned my connection with it.
01:22:28 I haven't finished yet.
01:22:29 In conclusion, I would like to pay tribute to a man
01:22:33 without whose help I could never have achieved this goal.
01:22:36 Mr Dumboy, the postmaster of Upper Alley.
01:22:39 Now, look here, Chief. I've given you the best years of my life.
01:22:41 Hello?
01:22:43 Oh, bonjour.
01:22:44 Commissioner of U-Blo.
01:22:46 Morning, Chief.
01:22:49 But Hornby's on the scrounging case, sir.
01:22:52 Since when?
01:22:53 Oh.
01:22:54 What, me? At my age?
01:22:57 All right, I suppose I'll get a commission.
01:23:00 No, no, private.
01:23:01 Oh, very good, sir.
01:23:03 And don't think this is a penny job, lower men.
01:23:05 This isn't just the case of a few tins of strawberry jam.
01:23:08 No, no, it's costing the country a thousand a year.
01:23:10 And here's a few clues to be going on with.
01:23:12 One pair of gents underpendies, large size.
01:23:15 One tin of pilchards.
01:23:16 And one bar of carbolic soap.
01:23:18 [Music]