Shadows Of Fear (1970) Episode 7 The Lesser of Two
Shadows Of Fear (1970) Episode 7 The Lesser of Two
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03:00Daddy, is that you?
03:29Daddy?
03:59It's heavy.
04:20Hello Maggie.
04:21I told you not to come here.
04:29I wrote to you, Harry.
04:31That was a long time ago.
04:40I said please don't come here.
04:45There was nowhere else.
04:52What's that for?
04:54Put the light on.
04:56What?
04:57Put the light on if you're stopping.
04:59Well, of course I'm stopping.
05:00Well, put it on then.
05:05What's that for?
05:07I mean, why do you want...
05:08I don't want the whole street seeing you.
05:12What's he going in the front room?
05:18You come out this morning?
05:20Just now.
05:25I thought you'd be miles away.
05:28That drawer on the sideboard still sticks.
05:33I'll go and get a cup of tea.
05:40Harry, I asked you not to come back.
05:44Why?
05:45Why? Well, your own common sense.
05:47Well, this is my home too, Maggie.
05:50Not now.
05:56When I found the door locked, I thought you were all out.
05:58I keep it locked nowadays.
06:02You're no business coming back.
06:04Well, what do I do then?
06:05I don't care what you do.
06:06Go to one of them hostels.
06:07I don't care.
06:08You can go where you like, Harry.
06:09Salvation Army places.
06:10You're no business coming back here like that.
06:13You can go where you like, Harry.
06:15So long as it's a million miles away from me and Terry.
06:19Is he still here?
06:22He's out at work.
06:24He still lives here then?
06:26Well, yes.
06:28I thought he'd be married.
06:30Oh?
06:31Yeah.
06:32Not much chance of that, is there?
06:34He's old enough.
06:35You didn't exactly give him a good start.
06:37He's 25.
06:38Girls don't throw themselves at lads with his background.
06:41Background?
06:45You've been in prison, Harry.
06:47That's his background.
06:48That's got nothing to do with him.
07:06You don't understand, do you?
07:08You never did.
07:10People round here.
07:11People?
07:13People are stupid.
07:15No, they're not.
07:16They're ordinary.
07:17They're just simple people.
07:20Well, what's he doing then?
07:22I told you, he's working.
07:24I know that.
07:25I mean, what at?
07:26He's a clerk.
07:27A clerk?
07:29Well, he was lucky to get anything.
07:34Can I have some tea?
07:37Stay in here and I'll bring it to you.
07:39It's all right.
07:40No, no.
07:41Stay in here.
08:07Maggie.
08:08Oh.
08:09Maggie?
08:10Hello, buddy love.
08:11Hello, Maggie.
08:12I just popped round to say I wouldn't be around later.
08:13Oh.
08:14Oh.
08:15Oh.
08:16Oh.
08:17Oh.
08:18Oh.
08:19Oh.
08:20Oh.
08:21Oh.
08:22Oh.
08:23Oh.
08:24Oh.
08:25Oh.
08:26Oh.
08:27Oh.
08:28Oh.
08:29Oh.
08:30Oh.
08:31Oh.
08:32Oh.
08:33Oh.
08:34Oh.
08:35Oh.
08:36Oh, that's all right.
08:42There's a sale.
08:43Yes, it doesn't matter, Betty.
08:45Uptown?
08:46Oh, yes.
08:47I wondered if you might be coming.
08:49No, I've got Terry.
08:51You could leave him a note.
08:53He likes a proper meal midday.
08:55Oh, come on.
08:56Just for once.
08:57You told me yesterday.
08:58Well, I only saw it in last night's paper.
09:00Look.
09:02Oh, yes.
09:07Are you all right, love?
09:08What?
09:09Well, are you?
09:10Well, of course I am.
09:11Yes.
09:12Well, you seem a bit pale.
09:13No, no, I'm all right.
09:14I'm a bit tired, that's all.
09:16Terry was out late.
09:18You should ask him to be quiet when he comes in.
09:20Oh, well, I always wait up for him anyway.
09:22Oh, Maggie, at his age.
09:24Oh, I like to know.
09:25Anyway, he might want something.
09:27You know, he likes a hot drink.
09:29You ought to think of yourself a bit more.
09:31Do you want anything?
09:32What?
09:33At the sale.
09:34Oh, no, thanks.
09:35Sheets and stuff.
09:36No, no, no, thanks.
09:37I'm fine.
09:38I know, Betty.
09:44Oh.
09:45Well, how's Jim, then?
09:46He's...
09:47Jim died.
09:48Oh, I'm sorry.
09:49Three years ago.
09:50I didn't know.
09:53I'd better go.
09:54Not on my account, Betty.
09:56I must.
10:02It'll be all round the street now.
10:05Well, I had to come home sometime.
10:07No, you didn't, Harry.
10:09No, you didn't.
10:27Oh.
10:45The place could do with a bit of painting.
10:47I'll get on till the job turns up.
10:49Fix that sideboard.
10:50You can't stay.
10:52Can't?
10:53Oh, think of Terry.
10:55You've done him enough harm already.
10:57But what's happened to me has got nothing to do with him.
10:59Like father, like son.
11:01What are you talking about?
11:02That's what they all say.
11:03Well, let them say.
11:04That doesn't change things.
11:06It doesn't matter.
11:08You don't care, do you?
11:11What do you think?
11:12Of course I care.
11:13Then leave us alone.
11:17Maggie.
11:18No, I don't want to talk about it.
11:19Now, listen.
11:20All I want is for you to go away.
11:22I can't.
11:25Harry.
11:27What do you think it's been like for us these last nine years?
11:30Oh, I suppose I've had a great time.
11:32Oh, no more than you deserve.
11:34You should have...
11:36Deserved?
11:39Do you really think that I killed that girl?
11:47Do you?
11:51Well, everybody else does.
11:52I'm not asking everybody else.
11:54I'm asking you.
11:58I'm asking you, Maggie.
12:03I don't know.
12:14Have you thought about it?
12:17Thought?
12:18Well, I mean, have you?
12:19Thought? I've done nothing else.
12:20You really thought about it?
12:21Day and night, I've thought of nothing else.
12:22Then you must have known that I couldn't have done it.
12:25Well, I...
12:27I said they saw you.
12:28I said you were there.
12:29Who saw?
12:30Well, it was conclusive.
12:32Children saw.
12:34You know, a bunch of kids said that they saw me.
12:39Well, I don't know what to think.
12:41Everybody...
12:42Everybody.
12:45I wouldn't hurt anyone.
12:48I'm not that...
12:50Sometimes I'm a bit straight, maybe.
12:53Straight? Oh, yes.
12:54Well, blunt, you know.
12:55Well, you're downright rude at times.
12:57It's no wonder people...
12:58What?
13:03Go into the front room, and I'll bring it through to you there.
13:06Go into the front room, and I'll bring it through to you there.
13:28I'll get you something to eat.
13:31Don't bother.
13:33eat. don't bother. you can stay till it's dark. dark? well I don't want everybody
13:41seeing you. I'm not on the run. there's no need to advertise yourself. if they
13:45don't want to speak. I just want you to go away quietly. I'm not going. I've got
13:53to live here. look Maggie I don't care who sees. I'm home. I've come home.
14:03does he come in lunchtime? good. now look Harry. no I've made up my mind. you're
14:19not gonna see him. I don't want you to talk to him. I just I just want you to go
14:24away. like hell. please. no. please Harry.
14:34no.
14:54hello Maggie. he hates you. hates? well you let him down. it's a long time for a
15:17boy. he was 16.
15:25no don't touch that. I'd rather you didn't. you never stopped me before. I
15:30didn't know about you before. you didn't know?
15:43didn't know about me? don't sit there Harry. you wouldn't think the two people...
15:48for heaven's sake I'm trying to make the bed. I thought I knew you pretty well. well I
15:51didn't know you. you're not the man I married. I haven't changed. haven't you?
15:55when we got married. I don't want to talk about that. you've got to talk about it.
16:00it's all finished. it's all in the past. not for me. no. no I'm sorry Harry. I'm not
16:07gonna start again. I told you not to come back here. well where the hell... you came.
16:11well of course I came. I've wasted nine years and you've ruined Terry's chances.
16:21I told you what I'll do. you can stay and have a meal. but as soon as it's dark...
16:41you stay in here.
16:50good morning madam. oh yes good morning. mrs. Poole isn't it? yes yes sorry to
16:55trouble you but we've had a report. report? yes we've had a report about a man we've seen.
17:00oh a man? someone saw him hanging about. oh no I haven't seen anybody no. no one behaving in a
17:06suspicious manner? no. oh well thanks very much. you've no other reason to... no no I've
17:12told you. right then mrs. Poole thank you. you'll let us know. yes yes I will.
17:20coffers? yes. you see what happens. you haven't been home five minutes. oh look Maggie. go away. just go away. Terry'll be home soon.
17:48I used to think about you. we still don't understand do you? I thought about you.
18:01doing what? memories. cleaning scrubbing making ends meet? no the old days. you ever wonder how we were
18:13managing? of course. we had to take the assistance. I was told you were all right.
18:20remember the motorbike? Harry please. I don't care about the past anymore. I
18:31don't want to know. every day I remembered. every single day I remembered
18:38something. but every single day we forgot a little bit more. now do you
18:46understand? go into the front room and stay there until Terry's gone. will you
18:56tell him? I'll talk to him tonight. you'll be gone by then. I'm not having what we've
19:04got ruined a second time. I shan't ruin it. I'm telling you. one word, one little
19:10sound out of you while Terry's here and I'll have those coffers round. believe me
19:16Harry. I mean it. says a lot for a good marriage doesn't it?
19:25a good marriage was a long time ago.
19:34hello love. now get your jacket off. it's already. I've just seen Betty.
19:54he's not stopping Terry. he's not. I'll kill him.
20:04he's not there.
20:31good. I said he's not there. and I said I'm glad. look he can't stay. no it's all
20:43right Terry. I've told him. he shouldn't have come back in the first place. sit down.
20:50he shouldn't have come back. how was I to stop him? you should have told him. I did
20:56tell him. not for years. I told him Terry. in writing. now what more do you want?
21:04it's not fair. fair? it's not. well who to? well to me. you. and your father. what about him?
21:17who cares? I'm not sorry for him. well he's got to have somewhere. has he?
21:26of course he has. he can't just disappear. why not? not out of your mind he can't.
21:34not out of yours you mean. it must have been very tough for him. what's the
21:41matter with you mum? have you gone soft? no. eat your dinner. mum we agreed. I know.
21:48I'm not going back on it. right. doesn't stop me feeling. but we agreed. I know. just felt a bit sorry.
22:01where is he? in the bedroom? I suppose so. I'm here Terry.
22:09ah how's it going then? oh come on. oh Terry.
22:19well you've really grown up then haven't you? Terry.
22:39all right love. come on. eat your dinner. so how's the job then? why have you come back here?
22:51I've come back because I live here. not now. this is my home. no. I wanted to see your mother.
22:58go as soon as you like. I wanted to see you. right. seen enough? no. because I'm
23:11telling you. threatening you mean? I'm telling you if you're here tonight when
23:14I get back. yes. but go on. I'm just warning you that's all. thanks. I mean it dad. dad?
23:28I'm still dad then. I can't help that can I? I can't help you being my father. but I'd do
23:35anything to get rid of you. thanks. he's trying to tell you that I make him feel sick. no. not
23:52sick. why don't you go back in the front room? you don't make me feel sick father. oh do I
23:57smell then? do I actually smell? yeah yeah you smell all right. you smell rotten because you
24:04are rotten. don't shout. I don't mind shouting. I want the whole street round. I'll be round here
24:09whatever I do. Terry I'd appreciate it if you just listen. I won't listen. you've got nothing
24:19worth saying. give him a chance. for God's sake mum that's the... he's the man that... you've
24:28you've wrecked everything for us. for me. wrecked it? every step of the way.
24:35well it has been very hard. I've wrecked nothing for him. we couldn't get him a job. job? you know
24:47why? you know why you couldn't get him a job? no tell me dad. tell me I'd like to see how you
24:52get out of it. you couldn't hold down most jobs because you're too thick. I'm going back.
25:01what about your dinner? I'll get a sandwich. I'm all right. sit down. I'm going. Terry don't. it
25:09wouldn't matter being late for once. told you.
25:12look Maggie he'll be all right. he'll get over it. just give him a day
25:42or two.
27:13he said he'd kill you. Terry? people say things they don't mean. he meant it. means it. he'll be all right.
27:29I seem to feel the cold more now. I said it's cold. yeah.
27:45do they? hmm? they look after you? I've been warm enough if that's what you mean. sometimes too warm.
28:04I'm not keen on... well central heating isn't... oh I wish we could have it. yeah. Betty's got it. it's expensive isn't it? I meant what I
28:22said you know about remembering. they were good the old days. a long time. 27 years.
28:38was the war. I wrote you. the anniversary. the silver wedding. I wrote. we wouldn't have got married if it hadn't been for the war.
29:00suppose not. I don't suppose I'd have stayed at home and probably married a
29:08milkmaid.
29:19it's
29:23oh I'm not having this. don't go out there. what? no don't. there's no point. you can't be
29:35throwing bricks around. you might kill somebody.
29:52I'll get the dustpan and brush.
30:09I'll do it. it's all right. I said I'll do it.
30:23where you going? out. I know that but where? I'm not having this. look that's just some
30:31tear away. don't bother. you told me to go around if there was any trouble. go around?
30:34that policeman. policeman? told me to go straight round. police? yes. look Maggie leave it. I don't
30:44want to get mixed up. you didn't think of that? I'd sooner stay away you know just to begin with.
30:51yes you'd rather they smash the place up again. don't fuss. if you fuss there'll be more
30:55bricks. it's like with the papers. you know people get ideas from a story. it stopped them last time.
31:00last time? the anonymous letters and that. here? dozens of them. to you.
31:14what's it got to do with you? the butchers they didn't want to serve me.
31:19you what? I didn't want to serve me. because of me? you don't know do you? stuck away there.
31:26butchers, milkman, paper round, neighbors. went away for a fortnight to get out of it and they
31:34smashed every window in the place. you don't know. they should have left you here. I nearly went potty
31:40with it. it's Betty. hello Betty Long. well how was the sale? I haven't been. oh you know mrs.
31:59Baxter. yes I do. hello hi. there's been a meeting. a meeting? well come in. no no thanks. no we're not
32:07come in. what sort of meeting? a few of us from the street. all around down the crescent and
32:13everywhere. they said that as I know you I should be the one. what one? to tell you. spokesman.
32:24what's this? petition. it's a petition. there's about 200 names. and that's just this morning.
32:36200? just round here. they want him out.
32:44look you can tell your friends all 200 of them. you can tell them that this is my home. this is
32:52where I am. and if they've got anything to say about that they're welcome to come and say it to
32:57my face. all right? they want you out. do you? well do you? this is nothing against you Maggie.
33:12believe me no one said anything against you. against her? I should bloody well hope not.
33:16but we can't all move. we don't want to live in the same place. you wouldn't like to walk down
33:20the street at night in case I might jump in you huh? we wouldn't be the first. you wouldn't feel
33:23safe in your beds would you? no you must know. no no we wouldn't.
33:30sorry Maggie. haven't you got anything else to say? truly. well there must be more.
33:53they mean it don't they?
34:23mom?
34:53she'll be down there in one of the bedrooms. that's the kitchen. that's the bathroom. that's the living room. okay?
35:06what about your mother? don't worry I'll get her out. it's a pity you can't do it now. huh?
35:11she's not here at the moment. not without the rest of the lads. oh where's the main switch? in the kitchen.
35:18I'll see you.
35:40is that you mom? yes. I've got some friends coming.
35:48What did you say? I've got some friends coming round. Tonight? Oh no Terry, you can't. No, not tonight.
36:02Have you seen them? What? The coppers. Oh, yes. Not going to do anything. He asked me
36:28if it was serious. Well, you might have been killed. He said if it was serious of course
36:32they'd send a man round but they're very shorthanded at the moment. Shorthanded? That's what he
36:38said, exact words. And he said if we had any names or anything to go on. And he said maybe
36:46we should take a holiday or move. Yeah, he seemed to think it'd be a good idea if we
36:52moved. Make a fresh start. He has a lot of ideas, hasn't he? I told him I'm not moving.
37:02See. Maggie. I didn't realise. You get well just to think about yourself in there. That's
37:21all. You get sorry for yourself. I didn't know all you'd been through, you know, the
37:28butcher and all that. You should have told me. You should have come and seen me. Then
37:37I... What's that? What's that? No, leave it. No. No. Put the light on. Put the light
37:58on, Harry. I'll go. No, not yet. Well, not yet. You'd better wait.
38:28I thought that... I thought if we could just talk about... Oh, yes. I know you did, Harry.
38:44No, it's no good. Yeah.
39:09Don't go.
39:14We maybe won't get another chance. Look, there's only one thing I want to hear from you. All right. I know. I'm going. Don't worry.
39:23So there's nothing to say then? Hang on. Look, Dad, we've been through all this. Let me do the talking.
39:29Now, I know how you feel, but I'm still interested. I'm still keen, you know. I thought you might
39:38have gone engineering. I'd have liked that. It's in the blood. Go round the twist. I was...
39:48I thought you might be... Well, that you might be married. I used to think about it. Wondered
39:56what sort of girl you'd... Your mother often said that she'd like grandchildren. We were
40:04happy, you know, your mother and I, in the old days. I remember. But it was good. I remember
40:09you standing there rowing. Well, everybody... She was glad to be rid of you. That was just
40:14after the war. After the war, you were rowing ten years ago. But we were hard up. Everybody
40:20finds it hard at times. All of us. I mean, if you're unlucky. Like me, you mean. You
40:25always talk about me. What about us? It's your mother as well, you know. All of us.
40:31Her, me, you. Not you. Put down that bloody paper for a moment. Put it down!
40:42Now, look, Terry. I'm part of it too. We're a family. There's nothing you can do about that.
40:49Oh, really? Well, we'll just have to see, won't we? Flesh and blood. We're alike. I gave you your
40:56start, your brawn, your temper. Now, I know you've had a rotten time, lad. But what I
41:05want to say is... Who cares what you want to say? Listen! What I want to say is, I'm
41:13going away. That's what you want. But you mustn't make what's happened into an excuse.
41:19Excuse? I don't need any excuses. It's clear enough what's on my back. I don't mean that.
41:27You mustn't give your mother... You mustn't make what's happened into an excuse for giving
41:32your mother a bad time. All right? Look, don't tell me how to look after Mum. I've been doing
41:38it for the last nine years. All right? Oh, you two talk it.
41:50Terry, what have you been saying?
42:11What are you doing?
42:19What are you doing?
42:49Well, can't you put them off? Well, you could tell them, couldn't you? You could ask them
43:03not to come tonight. Why should I? Well, not tonight, Terry. Not with your father and everything.
43:12I don't want people round here. Go out then.
43:30No, I don't want people in the flat. They're coming.
43:41Why tonight? I mean, why choose tonight? You don't usually have people round at all. Why choose...
43:47We'll have a few drinks, that's all. Well, you could go out for that. Mum, if I want a few friends in,
43:51I'll have a few friends in. I pay the rent, don't I?
43:54Your father won't be here long. How long? A day or two. Yeah. Well, give him a chance
44:14to sort himself out. I don't trust you, Mum.
44:34Well, he's got to find a place to stay. Look, you said you wouldn't have him in the house now,
44:38you say it'll be a day or two. Well, I... I just don't trust you.
44:55Why don't you go out? No. Go and see Betty. I don't want to see Betty, thank you.
45:02I'm not after the way she's behaved. Do you blame her?
45:16Go and have a drink then. Drink? Well, go the bingo. Oh, don't be silly.
45:21Oh, for God's sake, Mum, I don't get you. As long as your father's here, I'm staying in.
45:28Well, it's up to you then.
45:34Who are they anyway, these people? I've told your friends.
45:37You never told me about them before. What do you mean tell you? What is there to tell?
45:41Well, do they live round here? Yeah. And what about your father? What about him?
45:48What do they know? He's here. Of course they do. Well then. Well then what?
45:55What if they... What if they bump into him? Too bad.
46:05Oh... Oh, no. Oh, no, Terry, you wouldn't do...
46:13Terry, you've got to stop them. Mum, you've seen for yourself, nobody wants him here!
46:26I'm not going up. Mum, you've got to!
46:41Terry, what's happened? What? Harry? Mum? What? Stay here, please. What do you mean? Just stay...
46:56Oh, there are you. Mum, there's nothing to do. Harry! Mum! Don't be so...
47:06Come on, boy, let me go! Mum, it's all right, it's all right. Harry!
47:12Oh, God. Oh, God, oh, God.
47:19Oi, stay there! I don't know what...
47:27Come on, boy, let me go! Mum, it's all right, it's all right.
47:33Oi, stay there! I don't know what...
47:47Mum? Mum? Harry?
48:03Harry? Oh, God. Oh... Mum? Get out. Go on. Go with your friends. We don't want you here.
48:17It's all right.
48:26Get out. We don't want you.
48:32Get out.
48:48It's all right, Harry. Everything's all right.
49:02It's all right.
49:32It's all right, Harry.
49:41It's all right, Harry.
49:47It's all right, Harry.
50:02THE END