The Weak and the Wicked. (1954 film)

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Female prisoners talk about the events that brought them there and each of their stories is detailed in a series of flashbacks.

Glynis Johns ... Jean Raymond
Diana Dors ... Betty Brown
John Gregson ... Dr. Michael Hale
Olive Sloane ... Nellie Baden, inmate
Rachel Roberts ... Pat, pregnant inmate
Jane Hylton ... Babs Peters, inmate
Athene Seyler ... Millie Williams, inmate
Jean Taylor Smith ... Prison Governor (Grange)
Cecil Trouncer ... Presiding Judge
Ursula Howells ... Pam Vickers
Edwin Styles ... Seymour
Sidney James ... Syd Baden
Eliot Makeham ... Grandad Baden
Joan Haythorne ... Prison Governor (Blackdown)
Joyce Heron ... Prison Matron Arnold
Anthony Nicholls ... Prison Chaplain
Josephine Stuart ... Andy, pregnant inmate
Paul Carpenter ... Joe, Bab's boyfriend
Sybil Thorndike ... Mabel Wicks, Millie's friend
A.E. Matthews ... Harry Wicks, Mabel's beau
Barbara Couper ... Prison Doctor
Mary Merrall ... Mrs. Skinner
Marjorie Rhodes ... Suzie, bigamist inmate
Josephine Griffin ... Miriam
Simone Silva ... Tina
Thea Gregory ... Nancy
Tom Gill ... Shop Assistant
Herbert C. Walton ... Blue Eyes, the gardener
Irene Handl ... Waitress
Sandra Dorne ... Stella
Bessie Love ... Prisoner
Marjorie Stewart ... Prisoner
Hannah Watt ... Prison Matron
Margaret Diamond ... Prison Matron
Maureen Pryor ... Prison Matron
Ruth Dunning ... Prison Matron
Kathleen Michael ... Prison Matron
Jean Anderson ... Policewoman in Court
Alan Beaton ... Cafe Patron
Ballard Berkeley ... Police Detective
Martin Boddey ... Police sergeant
Gay Emma ... Jenny
Aidan Harrington ... Man at Funfair
Victor Harrington ... Shopper Who Bumps into Nellie
Frank Hawkins ... 2nd Store Detective
Martin Lyder ... Dancer / Man at Funfair
Anthony Newley ... Bob
Dido Plumb ... Man at Fair
Charles Saynor ... Poilceman in Town Square
George Spence ... Man at Funfair
Marianne Stone ... Prisoner
Rita Tobin-Weske ... Prisoner

Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Transcript
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00:01:30Jean Raymond.
00:01:32Jean Raymond, bring her up.
00:01:36Take it, whatever it is.
00:01:51Members of the jury, are you agreed upon your verdict?
00:01:55We are.
00:01:56Do you find the prisoner guilty or not guilty?
00:02:00Guilty.
00:02:03Prisoner Arthur Barr,
00:02:04have you anything to say before sentence is passed on you?
00:02:11Jean Raymond.
00:02:13You have been found guilty of the crime with which you have been charged.
00:02:18And I'm bound to say that I take the very gravest view of the offence committed by you.
00:02:23You have had advantages in life denied to many.
00:02:27The benefits of a good home,
00:02:29and an education which should have taught you the difference between right and wrong.
00:02:34It is impossible for me to deal less than strictly with you.
00:02:38I'm going to send you to prison for 12 months.
00:02:49If it went against you, I thought it would be a long time or a very short one.
00:02:53But if you behave, you'll get commission and only do eight months.
00:02:57What are you doing tonight? Gorgeous!
00:03:03Let me have your handbag, please.
00:03:08A friend of yours is waiting to see you.
00:03:11Who?
00:03:12Doctor Hale.
00:03:14I should ask him to send you in a pot of face cream and some powder.
00:03:18You can take it in if you've got it with you.
00:03:20Otherwise, it'll be a long time before you can get any more.
00:03:22You want to smoke, I expect.
00:03:24It'll be rather a long wait.
00:03:25All right.
00:03:42Hello, Michael.
00:03:44I only heard yesterday. I came as soon as I could.
00:03:48Jean, if there's anything I can do, anything at all...
00:03:50There isn't.
00:03:52I feel to blame for all this.
00:03:54I feel to blame for all this. That night I walked out on you...
00:03:57You said a lot of home truths.
00:03:58Maybe, but I shouldn't have left you.
00:04:01At least, not until I'd knocked some sense into you.
00:04:05Don't let's talk about me. Tell me about yourself.
00:04:09Have you got a job yet?
00:04:10Yes, in Guildford. They've opened a temporary health centre there.
00:04:14Oh, good for you. Are you a big success?
00:04:16I don't know about that. The patients seem to like me.
00:04:19Of course, I shall only be there a short while, so I'm looking for something more permanent.
00:04:24Michael, will you do something for me?
00:04:26We're allowed to take cream and powder in with us.
00:04:30Could you run out and get me some?
00:04:32Of course. What kind do you like?
00:04:35Anything.
00:04:36Your time is up.
00:04:39I... I hope you'll be all right.
00:04:42I'll come and see you whenever I can and I'll write.
00:04:47Jean, I'm so sorry for everything.
00:04:51Goodbye, Michael.
00:04:54Goodbye.
00:05:05Here's a companion for you.
00:05:14Give us a fag, there's a pal.
00:05:17What's your name?
00:05:18Jean Raymond.
00:05:19Oh, mine's Betty. Betty Brown.
00:05:24You don't look like the sort of person that goes to prison. How long have you got?
00:05:28A year.
00:05:30That's tough.
00:05:31I've got two years, but then I was covering up for Norman, you see.
00:05:34He's my boyfriend.
00:05:36It was his stuff, really. He only kept it at my place.
00:05:39And do you know when I saw him in court, he didn't even say good morning to me?
00:05:43And me, lying my guts out for him.
00:05:45Of course, he's ever such a moody boy.
00:05:47Doesn't say much, you know, the quiet type.
00:05:50But he'll stick by me, all right.
00:05:52He's promised to visit me whenever he can.
00:05:55Norman's a good boy, really.
00:05:57Though Mum's not struck on him. But then, she doesn't know him like I do.
00:06:01No, I suppose not.
00:06:05What are you in for?
00:06:08Fraud.
00:06:10Gotta be pretty smart for that.
00:06:12I wasn't smart.
00:06:14I was just weak.
00:06:17Come in.
00:06:19Darling, the results just came through. I've qualified, I've got my money.
00:06:21I've qualified, I've got my degree.
00:06:23Oh, Michael, how wonderful. Congratulations.
00:06:25Bless you, Jean.
00:06:26Let me look at you, Dr. Hale.
00:06:28Let's go and celebrate.
00:06:29I can't, I've got to go out.
00:06:30Where to?
00:06:31Just a small party, nobody you know.
00:06:34What are you going to do now?
00:06:35Sleep for a month, then find myself a job.
00:06:37Harley Street?
00:06:38Stoke-on-Trent, more like.
00:06:40Jean, would you come with me?
00:06:42To Stoke-on-Trent?
00:06:43Wherever it is. Would you, Jean?
00:06:46Or am I asking you to give up too much?
00:06:48That's it, isn't it? You're gambling again.
00:06:50Here we go.
00:06:52You want me to go back to Cambridge and finish my studies.
00:06:54All right, so you've had it all before.
00:06:56But there's one thing you're going to understand.
00:06:57If you go to this gambling party tonight, we're through.
00:07:00I mean that, Jean.
00:07:02Then that's that, isn't it?
00:07:05I'm sorry.
00:07:06There's no hope for us, Jean.
00:07:07If you had any guts, any guts at all, you'd do as I ask.
00:07:09But you're just a miserable, self-centered little weakling.
00:07:12Well, I'm fed up trying to lead you by the hand.
00:07:14From now on, you can go your own sweet way.
00:07:20Faites vos jeux, messieurs-dames.
00:07:22Make your bets, please.
00:07:23Faites vos jeux.
00:07:27Les jeux sont faits.
00:07:28Rien ne va plus.
00:07:29No more bets on the table. Thank you.
00:07:32Seven. Rouge. Imperément.
00:07:35Seven. Red. Odd numbers. Numbers.
00:07:39Another couple of hundred, Harry. I'll have to give him a check.
00:07:42Faites vos jeux, messieurs-dames.
00:07:43Make your bets, please.
00:07:45Make your bets, please.
00:07:50Faites vos jeux, messieurs-dames.
00:07:52Faites vos jeux.
00:07:53Make your bets, please.
00:07:57Make your bets, please.
00:07:59Faites vos jeux, messieurs-dames.
00:08:00Faites vos jeux.
00:08:02Les jeux sont faits.
00:08:03Rien ne va plus.
00:08:19Dix. Noir. Vert. Aimant.
00:08:24What a terrible line of luck.
00:08:25Even.
00:08:26Numbers. One to eighteen.
00:08:30Faites vos jeux, messieurs-dames.
00:08:32Make your bets, please.
00:08:33Faites vos jeux, messieurs-dames.
00:08:35Les jeux sont faits.
00:08:36Rien ne va plus.
00:08:39I'll have to be absolutely honest with you, Mr. Seymour.
00:08:41I haven't the funds to meet the check.
00:08:43Then you haven't been absolutely honest with me, have you, Miss Raven?
00:08:46I haven't the funds to meet the check.
00:08:47Then you haven't been absolutely honest with me, have you, Miss Raven?
00:08:50I shall pay you as soon as I can.
00:08:52And when will that be?
00:08:54I'm not sure, but I always pay my gambling debts.
00:08:56What is that worth?
00:08:58I don't know.
00:08:59Insured? Yes.
00:09:00How much for?
00:09:01A hundred pounds.
00:09:02Perhaps you'd like to leave that with me as security.
00:09:06I'd rather not.
00:09:07It was the last thing my father gave me.
00:09:10You feel safe, don't you, Miss Raven?
00:09:12You come here to gamble and then refuse to honor your debts
00:09:14because you think that the law will protect you.
00:09:16I don't think that.
00:09:18I've met your kind before and I've learned to take care of myself.
00:09:21You will find that I have my own method of exacting payment.
00:09:24Now, get out.
00:09:35With my money gone and no job, I found it difficult to live.
00:09:39Michael, I thought, had walked out of my life.
00:09:42And all my so-called friends dropped me when they heard I was broke.
00:09:47Pam! I've been hunting high and low for you.
00:09:49You've no idea the trouble I've had finding you a new address.
00:09:51It was sweet of you to bother.
00:09:53Nobody saw you around for such a long time, I began to worry.
00:09:55I imagine things have been pretty difficult, haven't they?
00:09:57Difficult isn't the word.
00:09:59No one wants to give a girl with no talent a job.
00:10:01How would you feel about working in a dress shop?
00:10:03I'd jump at the idea.
00:10:05I have a friend who might take you on. I think you'd like her.
00:10:07Like her?
00:10:08She'd be an angel from heaven.
00:10:10Not heaven, dear, Knightsbridge.
00:10:12Pam was as good as her word and I got the job at the dress shop.
00:10:15Soon we were the closest of friends.
00:10:17And sometimes we used to dine at a restaurant round the corner.
00:10:20A telephone call for you, Miss Raymond.
00:10:22Excuse me.
00:10:27Hello?
00:10:29Sheila, is that you?
00:10:30Who did you say?
00:10:31I am speaking to Miss Rayburn, aren't I?
00:10:33No, my name's Raymond. The waiter must have made a mistake.
00:10:36Hold on.
00:10:41They wanted a Miss Rayburn.
00:10:42I'm sorry, madam.
00:10:44Shall we go?
00:10:45Just a minute. I haven't finished my coffee.
00:10:46Pam, I've lost my cigarette case.
00:10:48You sure?
00:10:49I wouldn't mind so much, but it's the last good thing I possess.
00:10:52Don't panic. We'll find it.
00:10:53But we didn't.
00:10:54Although we searched everywhere.
00:10:57So in the end, I had to claim the insurance.
00:11:02Pam, we're in the money from the insurance company.
00:11:05We'll just have a drink on this. Here, run round to the pub.
00:11:07The insurance money was very welcome. It meant a few little extras.
00:11:11And life ran on smoothly enough.
00:11:13Until one day, while I was waiting for Pam...
00:11:16Miss Rayburn?
00:11:17We're police officers. There are a few questions we'd like to ask you.
00:11:32But I still don't understand.
00:11:34The Hanson Insurance Company has reason to believe
00:11:36that you did not in fact lose your cigarette case.
00:11:38But what reason do you have for believing such a thing?
00:11:40Certain information was laid.
00:11:42Have you any objection to our looking around?
00:11:44Turn the place inside out, if you like.
00:12:02What is that?
00:12:03A pawn ticket for a gold cigarette case.
00:12:05You've never seen this before?
00:12:07Of course not.
00:12:08Can you suggest how it came to be here?
00:12:09I've no idea.
00:12:10I'm afraid we must ask you to accompany us to the station.
00:12:12But I can't tell you a thing about it.
00:12:14You'd be wise not to say any more just now, Miss Rayburn.
00:12:19Next witness, Mrs. Vickers.
00:12:21I felt sure Pam would help me to prove my innocence.
00:12:28No, she never told me she'd lost her cigarette case.
00:12:34No, I can't say she was a particularly truthful person.
00:12:40Yes, she was a heavy gambler.
00:12:42And then I knew.
00:12:44Suddenly, all the odd unexplained incidents of the past weeks
00:12:47became clear.
00:12:48Of course, Pam was working for Seymour.
00:12:51You will find that I have my own method of exacting payment.
00:12:54Now, get out.
00:12:56No wonder Pam was so eager to find me
00:12:58after I'd broken away from my old life.
00:13:01Pam!
00:13:02I've been hunting high and low for you.
00:13:03You've no idea the trouble I've had finding your new address.
00:13:05It was sweet of you to bother.
00:13:07And that night at the restaurant, when I was called to the telephone,
00:13:10that was her opportunity.
00:13:14No, my name's Raymond.
00:13:15The waiter must have made a mistake. Hold on.
00:13:17Thanks.
00:13:20After that, it was easy for her to pawn the case
00:13:22and plant the ticket on me.
00:13:25She must have done that the day the check arrived
00:13:27from the insurance company.
00:13:29And so Seymour exacted payment, as he said he would.
00:13:34You mean you were framed.
00:13:35Why didn't you go for him?
00:13:37I couldn't prove anything.
00:13:39Besides, in a way, I was guilty of fraud.
00:13:42I cheated.
00:13:45Come with me.
00:13:48Oh, well.
00:13:49Ta-ta, home sweet home.
00:13:51This way.
00:14:06Come along.
00:14:10Get in the line.
00:14:13What price Balmoral, Jeannie?
00:14:16Follow me. This way.
00:14:24Come along.
00:14:29Get in the line.
00:14:32What price Balmoral, Jeannie?
00:14:41Follow me. This way.
00:14:46In here, take off all your clothes and put this on.
00:15:02Here.
00:15:04Don't be long.
00:15:10In here.
00:15:14Here.
00:15:17Here.
00:15:26Follow me.
00:15:27I'm to be Queen of the May.
00:15:28Be quiet.
00:15:31Occupation?
00:15:33I was a saleswoman.
00:15:34Religion?
00:15:35Church of England.
00:15:36Next of kin?
00:15:38I haven't any.
00:15:39Whom do you wish to be notified in case of emergency?
00:15:43Dr. Hale.
00:15:45Ten half at Terrace W1.
00:15:47Here's your cream and powder.
00:15:50Can I have my puff?
00:15:52No.
00:15:53What do I use?
00:15:55You'll find something.
00:15:56Come on, this way.
00:16:01Name?
00:16:02Betty Brown.
00:16:03Any operations?
00:16:04Appendix.
00:16:05Sit down.
00:16:06What illnesses have you had?
00:16:07Whooping cough when I was ten.
00:16:09Apart from childish ailments?
00:16:10Nothing.
00:16:12Good.
00:16:27Don't be all day.
00:16:28Get dressed quickly.
00:16:29You've got to collect your shoes.
00:16:33Enjoy your bubble bath.
00:16:34Hurry up there.
00:16:35Stop chattering and get a move on.
00:16:36Anyone would think we were going to play for Tottenham Hotspur.
00:16:38Stop talking there.
00:16:39Where do you think you are, Lillian Skinners?
00:16:46Come along, receptions.
00:16:47Line up here.
00:16:54Get into single file, over there.
00:16:58Six receptions, Miss Brown.
00:16:59Come along, this way.
00:17:01You're allowed to write one letter every two weeks,
00:17:03and you may receive two in return.
00:17:05You may see a visitor for 30 minutes once a month.
00:17:08You have a bath once a week,
00:17:09but you're expected to keep yourself clean.
00:17:11Ask the officer who unlocks your cell in the morning
00:17:13for a reception letter.
00:17:15How long do we spend locked up?
00:17:17From four o'clock in the afternoon
00:17:18till 6.45 in the morning.
00:17:20Later, you may be permitted to attend lectures
00:17:22and classes in the evening.
00:17:24Here.
00:17:26Make up your bed.
00:17:27The lights will be going out shortly.
00:17:39I am going to send you to prison for 12 months.
00:17:43To prison for 12 months.
00:17:46For 12 months.
00:17:4812 months.
00:17:4912 months.
00:18:08Forced, that's what I call it.
00:18:24That old so-and-so, the judge,
00:18:25never gave me a chance to say nothing,
00:18:27and they say it's a free country.
00:18:28Maybe I did borrow some money off him,
00:18:30but he could afford it.
00:18:31Anyway, I was going to pay it back.
00:18:33Be quiet.
00:18:34Sit along there and wait till your name's called.
00:18:36James called. No talking.
00:18:38If you have anything to say, tell it to the Governor.
00:18:43Proper home for a loan, isn't it? How long have you got?
00:18:46A year.
00:18:47A year? I thought three months was long.
00:18:50Ha! You're just an amateur.
00:18:52I got two years and me council reckoned I got off light.
00:18:55Don't appeal against it, Ducks,
00:18:57cos if you lose, you'll have to start your time all over again.
00:18:59There's nothing much they can teach Lily Bain about their little dodges.
00:19:0213 years a shoplifter, that's me.
00:19:04My daughter Winnie, she's here too.
00:19:06And my son, Bob, he's in Pentonville with his father.
00:19:09Nice for them to be together, isn't it?
00:19:12What, the whole family? Oh, yes, all but Grandad.
00:19:14I don't mind telling you, Ducks,
00:19:16we Bains are what you might call the royal family of the profession.
00:19:21Oh, well. One more shopping day to Christmas.
00:19:24Peace on earth and goodwill to all men, except the Chief Customer.
00:19:27I think I'll go to Gammage's this morning. Where are you two going?
00:19:30Winnie wants some scent. We're going to see what they've got at Swan and Eggers.
00:19:33Very handy. It's on the ground floor.
00:19:35What are you whispering about?
00:19:37You needn't think I don't know when you're up to something.
00:19:39We're not up to anything, Grandad.
00:19:42Oh, you are all superstitious.
00:19:44I wasn't born yesterday.
00:19:46Think I don't notice when Winnie goes off for a six-month rest cure
00:19:49and young Bob suddenly runs away to sea for a year?
00:19:52Oh, switch him off, Winnie.
00:19:54And I ain't seen much of you lately.
00:19:55Oh, I've been very busy, Grandad.
00:19:57So, in mailbags? Oh, get off it.
00:19:59Just a minute. What do you think you're doing? Practising?
00:20:02Too busy to decorate the Christmas tree, eh?
00:20:04Look at it, naked as the day it was born.
00:20:06It's all right. Don't worry.
00:20:07There'll be a present on it for you, you grasping old gargoyle.
00:20:10I wouldn't take nothing from you lot,
00:20:12not without you show me the receipts first.
00:20:14Receipts? Would you believe it?
00:20:17Proper lots of family, Danny does.
00:20:19Oh, blister the blasted thing.
00:20:21You must want charging again, Grandad.
00:20:23Charging? I ain't the only one.
00:20:26Come on, girl. Time we got started.
00:20:30Grat the wretched thing.
00:20:32Ah.
00:20:36Putting on a bit of weight, ain't you, girl?
00:20:38Oh, Sid, I'm not. Am I?
00:20:40This would have gone round you twice when we was first married.
00:20:42Proper silk like you was then.
00:20:43Oh, get on with you. Here.
00:20:45Stop kidding.
00:20:49Don't take any rubbish.
00:20:50I shall say not.
00:20:53Come on, Bob.
00:20:54Only the best.
00:20:56Come on, girl.
00:20:58Oh, Bob, come on.
00:21:08I don't know. Seems to fit where it touches.
00:21:10Drags across the shoulders for a start.
00:21:11I must admit, sir, you are deceptive.
00:21:13You don't know the half of it, boy.
00:21:15Besides, it doesn't go with me peckum.
00:21:16Sir?
00:21:17Peckum, rye, tie. Don't you talk English?
00:21:19Oh, yes, sir, certainly. Very quaint.
00:21:21I'm taking it off.
00:21:23Oh. Well, I don't think we've any more to show you, sir.
00:21:25We've tried on 27 jackets, that it is, sir.
00:21:27We've got a lot more yet. Go and get them.
00:21:29Yes, sir.
00:21:42Now, this might have been made for you, sir.
00:21:43Let's have a look.
00:21:46It's a bit tight, isn't it?
00:21:48Let go with the mitts.
00:21:50Oh, look at that. It hangs round me like the missus on payday.
00:21:52Oh, I wouldn't really say so, sir.
00:21:54You don't know my missus?
00:21:54No, sir.
00:21:55Oh, come on, come on, boy.
00:21:57Surely you can fit a blunt cup in a bus shop like this
00:21:59without all this carry-on.
00:22:00Well, I'll see if we've any more in the window, sir.
00:22:02But I'm making no promises.
00:22:04This makes number 28.
00:22:0529.
00:22:08Don't rush. There's no hurry.
00:22:2029th time lucky, sir.
00:22:22Blimey, take it away.
00:22:23You shouldn't show that to anybody on an empty stomach.
00:22:25You don't seem to understand that I'm used to being dressed
00:22:27by the bloke who works for the armed secretaries.
00:22:28Oh, I'm really very sorry, sir, but I can't...
00:22:30All right. Here.
00:22:32How long will it take you to make me a set of tails?
00:22:34Two months, sir.
00:22:35Two months?
00:22:36I wouldn't have a thing out of this cheesy shop
00:22:37not if you'd give it to me.
00:22:39I hope your rabbits die.
00:22:44Could I see a set of ready-made tails?
00:22:47They're not too expensive.
00:22:48Tails, sir? Just over here.
00:22:50This type of thing is quite reasonable.
00:22:52Everyone's wearing it.
00:22:54Oh! Oh-ho! Oh-ho! Oh-ho-ho!
00:22:59Well, here's a good bargain, sir.
00:23:00Switches itself on when you open the lid.
00:23:02He's beaten this man. Mitchell's come in.
00:23:03He's beaten another man. He's gonna shoot.
00:23:05No, I'd like something larger.
00:23:08Well, sir, come this way.
00:23:25Harvey, Harvey to Walker. Walker through now to George Robledo.
00:23:29He loses the ball to Ray Daniel,
00:23:30and Daniel puts the ball away upfield.
00:23:33Roper's hurt in a tackle there,
00:23:35and Newcastle are going on. Mitchell's got the ball.
00:23:37First of all, across the arse from Pelletieri.
00:23:39And it's a goal!
00:23:41It's a goal scored by George Robledo!
00:23:43Goal scored by George Robledo!
00:23:45Get out of it, child.
00:23:46With Lionel Smith and John Roper lying on the floor.
00:23:51From the cross, George Robledo headed in...
00:23:54Stop playing with that, grandpa.
00:23:56A lot of rubbish.
00:23:57This ought to kill the moths.
00:23:59Looks a treat, doesn't it? Let's see what you've got.
00:24:02Blimey. Father Christmas in person.
00:24:05So they named the lot of us, all except Granddad.
00:24:08Oh, look out. Here comes Big Heart in person.
00:24:12You there. I said no talking.
00:24:14What's your number?
00:24:15Mayfair, double-eight, double-five.
00:24:17Your prison number?
00:24:19I honestly can't remember it.
00:24:21I'm an absolute idiot about figures.
00:24:23Go to your cell and fetch your card.
00:24:25And you'd better know your number next time.
00:24:276425 Raymond.
00:24:33Stand in front of the governor's desk.
00:24:37Give your name and number to the governor.
00:24:39Raymond 6425.
00:24:41Say madam when you address the governor.
00:24:43Raymond 6425, madam.
00:24:47Raymond 6425, madam.
00:24:49Let me see your card.
00:24:52You'll find it possible to make a reasonable life for yourself here
00:24:55if you're prepared to cooperate with the officers and observe the regulations.
00:24:58Disobedience or insubordination in any form
00:25:00will only result in punishment and loss of remission.
00:25:03I advise you to accept your circumstances
00:25:05bearing in mind that if you conduct yourself satisfactorily
00:25:08you may be transferred to a prison without bars.
00:25:10Finally, I have to warn you
00:25:12against giving your private address to other prisoners.
00:25:14That is all.
00:25:15Come along. This way.
00:25:19What did the governor mean about not giving away our home addresses?
00:25:22Blackmails, honest ducks.
00:25:24It's awful the people you have to mix with in here.
00:25:26See those two?
00:25:28Ask an old lace, we call them.
00:25:30They look rather sweet.
00:25:31Sweet as vinegar.
00:25:33Confidence tricksters, the pair of them.
00:25:36Get into line there.
00:25:38For five years we've lived together.
00:25:40Then he meets this other girl.
00:25:42I've got a terrible temper, Miriam.
00:25:44I say things before I think.
00:25:46They say I'm lucky they made it in manslaughter.
00:25:49Don't get so close together.
00:25:52Do you know that screw?
00:25:53Keep out of her way.
00:25:54She got me three days in the punishment cells.
00:25:57And I won't ever forget it.
00:26:00All in.
00:26:01All in.
00:26:02All in? You'd think they were wrestling or something.
00:26:05Oh, look, there's Susie.
00:26:07She's in again, then.
00:26:09Six times she's been in already for bigamy.
00:26:11Henry VIII, we call her.
00:26:13It's a miracle she ever got one husband, let alone six.
00:26:16Susie! Susie!
00:26:18How are you, love?
00:26:19I'm fine, Susie. What's it this time?
00:26:21Same old charge.
00:26:22But I've got to smash her now.
00:26:24Move along.
00:26:28Lane, I want to speak to you.
00:26:30Get a move on.
00:26:33I wouldn't have anything to do with that woman.
00:26:35She's a born mischief-maker.
00:26:37She'll only lead you into trouble.
00:26:39You take my advice.
00:26:40Get yourself another friend.
00:26:42All right.
00:27:12Susie!
00:27:14Susie!
00:27:42Susie!
00:28:04Stop that.
00:28:05I'm sorry, Miss Arnold.
00:28:06Have we kept you from your beauty sleep?
00:28:08I'm warning you, woman.
00:28:09Any more of your insolence and you'll be up for the governor.
00:28:12Nijo de puta.
00:28:13Speak in English, or not at all.
00:28:15And if I catch you trying to communicate with Lane just once more,
00:28:18you'll regret it.
00:28:35Chaplain visiting.
00:28:42How are things?
00:28:44All right, thank you, Chaplain.
00:28:46Are you fond of reading?
00:28:48Yes, I am.
00:28:49There's a catalogue in the library that you can borrow.
00:28:51Make a list from it and ask for the books that you want.
00:28:54Well, I expect you're wondering why I'm here.
00:28:56Michael has asked me to see you.
00:28:58He has?
00:28:59Yes.
00:29:00As you know, you can only receive one letter a week,
00:29:02and Michael has already written to you.
00:29:04So he asked me to give you a message.
00:29:06Mark you, I don't make a habit of turning myself into a carrier pigeon.
00:29:09There has to be a very good reason before I do.
00:29:12Now, I'm afraid you're in for a bit of a disappointment.
00:29:15Michael can't see you next Saturday.
00:29:17He's got to go to Middlesbrough for an interview.
00:29:20My dear, I haven't been a prison chaplain all these years
00:29:23without knowing what this means to you.
00:29:25But try and keep things in proportion.
00:29:27This job is important to Michael, important to you too,
00:29:30so don't start imagining a lot of nonsense.
00:29:33Besides, he's not likely to get up to much mischief in Middlesbrough, is he?
00:29:38Just remember the things that really matter.
00:29:40Michael loves you.
00:29:42Michael is waiting for you.
00:29:45Did he ask you to tell me that too?
00:29:47Yes, he did.
00:29:48I like him. He's down to earth.
00:29:50You're lucky. I shouldn't wait too long.
00:29:52Before marrying him, I mean.
00:29:54I won't.
00:29:56If he still wants me.
00:29:57He will.
00:30:00Oh, chaplain.
00:30:03Suddenly, I...
00:30:05Go on. Talk.
00:30:08When I first came here,
00:30:10I wanted to die. Was that very wrong?
00:30:13Very natural.
00:30:15And then I knew
00:30:17that to live for somebody else
00:30:20was the finest thing in the world.
00:30:23And there isn't a single wretched person in the whole of this wretched place
00:30:26that hasn't helped me to understand that.
00:30:30I want to help Michael to forget all the unhappiness I've caused him.
00:30:35I want to make him a good wife.
00:30:38Hold on to that, my dear.
00:30:40Well, I must be going.
00:30:42I've got a rehearsal in the chapel. Do you sing?
00:30:45No.
00:30:46Nor do my choir, but it does them good to let off steam.
00:30:49And they get an extra ration of chocolate.
00:30:51Can't I tempt you?
00:30:52No, chaplain, but thank you.
00:30:54Goodbye.
00:30:59Do you believe in God?
00:31:01I think I could.
00:31:03I'd like to.
00:31:05We'll talk about that another time.
00:31:21They ought to be here any minute now, wouldn't they?
00:31:23Yes.
00:31:24Oh, Jean, the thought of seeing Norman again
00:31:26is about the only thing that's kept me going.
00:31:28And I know when I do, I shan't think of a blessed thing to say.
00:31:31I'm sorry. I shouldn't go on like this,
00:31:33but will you be seeing Michael next week for sure?
00:31:36Hadn't you better tidy up? They don't give you much warning.
00:31:41Do you think I've changed much?
00:31:43You look fine.
00:31:44Ever such a fussy boy Norman is.
00:31:46Likes you to be done up to the nines at all times of the day and night.
00:31:50I don't want him to think I've let myself go in here.
00:31:55There are visitors for the following.
00:31:578-7-5-0 Williams, 6-5-9-3 Phillips,
00:32:004-0-8-7 Turner, 7-4-2-8 Roberts, 6-4-2-5 Raymond.
00:32:04That's all.
00:32:05Excuse me, miss.
00:32:07Isn't there someone for me?
00:32:09You heard the names, Brown. No, I'm sorry, there isn't.
00:32:13But there'll be more visitors coming later on, won't there?
00:32:15Not today, Brown. Now get on with your work.
00:32:20I'm sorry about him.
00:32:21Maybe he couldn't get away. Or perhaps he's ill.
00:32:24I mean, he couldn't let me know, could he?
00:32:26No, of course not.
00:32:27Anyway, you're in luck.
00:32:29So go on, hurry up. Don't waste any time.
00:32:40Always had my suspicions. Now, didn't I say so?
00:32:43Oh, never mind about your suspicions, Granddad. How's Sidney?
00:32:46Oh, not too bad. I've been getting some treatment for him down at the General.
00:32:50Treatment for what?
00:32:52My kidneys. You going deaf now?
00:32:54Oh, it's gone again. It's gone, I tell you.
00:32:57Look at the dash thing. Just look at it.
00:32:59Where on earth did you pick it out?
00:33:01Shut up. But it's gone, I tell you.
00:33:03Have you lost something? Only his hearing.
00:33:05You keep turning yourself off, you silly old silly.
00:33:08Sit over there.
00:33:09Don't you call me names, Nellie Baden.
00:33:11It's up to me to pass the remarks, not you.
00:33:13Dragging the family honour in the mud.
00:33:15Oh, Granddad, I never.
00:33:18Let me tell you, when you come out, I'm doing the shopping, not you.
00:33:25You're looking well.
00:33:27Michael, I know exactly how I look.
00:33:32But you look wonderful. You smell so nice.
00:33:35It must be your hair cream or something.
00:33:38You get a very highly developed nose in here.
00:33:41It comes from only spraying your nose.
00:33:44It's a very good nose.
00:33:46It's a very good nose.
00:33:48It's a very good nose.
00:33:50It's a very good nose.
00:33:52It comes from only smelling yellow soap and floor polish.
00:33:58Michael, it can't be very pleasant for you to come here.
00:34:03I'd understand if you'd rather not.
00:34:05Telling me to push off?
00:34:08Darling, we've got all the time in the world.
00:34:10This is only a very little bit of our lives.
00:34:14Oh, Michael.
00:34:18What happened about your interview today?
00:34:21Did they put it off?
00:34:22No, I did.
00:34:24You shouldn't have done that. Have you any other offers?
00:34:26Plenty. Hull, Cardiff, Tranmere.
00:34:29Oh, and Northern Rhodesia.
00:34:31Rhodesia?
00:34:32It's the Fallows Research Institute, but it's out of the question.
00:34:35Why?
00:34:36I should have to stay out there for three years.
00:34:38What's wrong with that?
00:34:40Nothing, if you could join me.
00:34:42Couldn't I?
00:34:43The post's only open to unmarried men.
00:34:46Is it a good offer?
00:34:48Very good.
00:34:50Then you must take it.
00:34:51Not on your life.
00:34:54Oh, be sensible, Michael.
00:34:56How do you think I'd feel knowing you'd given up a chance like this because of me?
00:35:02Besides, I'm not sure about anything at the moment, least of all us.
00:35:07What do you mean?
00:35:08Do you really believe that an ex-jailbird would make you the right wife?
00:35:12It won't make any difference at all.
00:35:15I believe it does.
00:35:17It stamps you, Michael.
00:35:18And sooner or later, people will always find out about me.
00:35:21Look, it's no use, darling.
00:35:23Whatever you say, my mind's made up.
00:35:25I'm not going to Rhodesia, and that's an end to it.
00:35:32Time's up.
00:35:39I'm sorry you must go now.
00:35:43Goodbye, Jane.
00:35:44Goodbye, darling.
00:35:47Goodbye.
00:36:17Goodbye, Jane.
00:36:48Well, this won't do, woman. Look at it.
00:36:50I thought you were supposed to be a dressmaker.
00:36:52I'm not used to this kind of sewing.
00:36:53Well, you'd better get used to it and pretty quickly.
00:36:55Are you not going to make your quota?
00:36:57No quota, no pay.
00:36:59No pay, no cigarettes.
00:37:01You've got to work for your living in here, you know.
00:37:05You're a fucking girl, you fucking nigger!
00:37:14Sit down, all of you.
00:37:16Get back to work.
00:37:17Get back to work at once.
00:37:19Do you hear me?
00:37:20Get back to work.
00:37:31That's your bed.
00:37:33That's your bed.
00:37:45What happened?
00:37:46Just an accident, that's all.
00:37:48What's your name?
00:37:49Raymond.
00:37:50No, I mean your first name.
00:37:51Jean.
00:37:52Oh, I'm Pat.
00:37:54Expecting my first in three weeks.
00:37:56That'll make a ruddy break.
00:37:58You shouldn't talk like that. It's no joke having a baby.
00:38:00And you shouldn't be calling it names before it's here.
00:38:02You're a fine one to talk.
00:38:04What do you mean, calling it names?
00:38:06I wasn't calling the brat any names.
00:38:08I only said it made a break in this stinking hole.
00:38:10And doesn't it give me extra milk and an egg once a week?
00:38:13Bless his little heart.
00:38:16Don't you have anything to do with that, Ravel?
00:38:18I can see you're a woman of education like myself.
00:38:22Of course, you know, I oughtn't to be here at all, really.
00:38:25I, a British subject born in Salisbury,
00:38:29a quite ridiculous error on the part of the Lord Chief Justice.
00:38:34They would have it. The will was forged.
00:38:39I didn't know there were any babies in prison.
00:38:42Oh, yes.
00:38:44But when they're nine months old, they take them away.
00:38:46Sad, isn't it?
00:38:48Just when the poor soul's getting used to having it around.
00:38:51What happens to them?
00:38:53Most of them are adopted.
00:38:55My baby mustn't be born in prison.
00:38:57It mustn't.
00:39:01It won't be, Andy.
00:39:03When your time comes, they'll send you out to an ordinary hospital for 24 hours.
00:39:07And they'll lend you a pretty nightie and a dressing gown
00:39:10so as the others won't know you.
00:39:12Any different.
00:39:14But I keep telling you, Babs, none of us go the full time in our family.
00:39:18All of us kids were premature and Mum was the same.
00:39:21My sister Connie lost her first like it.
00:39:24Suppose they don't get me out in time.
00:39:26Oh, put a sock in it. We've got troubles of our own.
00:39:33Exercise.
00:39:37Come along. Get in a line.
00:39:39Hurry up. Down here.
00:39:41Come along. Turn around. Face the wall.
00:39:44Come along. Hurry up. Hurry up.
00:39:55Come along.
00:40:03It's a sad day. Losing one of our little family, we are.
00:40:06It's always hard, but he's nine months and Nancy's got to hand him over.
00:40:09Stop talking.
00:40:11Pauline. Pauline. Pass along.
00:40:20You must come along now.
00:40:24Mum.
00:40:26Mummy.
00:40:53Tommy.
00:40:56Mum.
00:41:07So you see, my dears, what an outrage it is that I should be here at all.
00:41:10I, a British subject born in Salisbury,
00:41:13and just because I didn't know precisely how to fill in my income tax return.
00:41:17Pass.
00:41:19Abundance.
00:41:21A royal abundance.
00:41:23Let me see. Where was I, dear?
00:41:25Oh, yes. Well, as I was saying, I may be a British subject born in Salisbury,
00:41:29but I've had the advantage of an excellent education.
00:41:32Oh, yes. I can speak German fluently. Also, commercial Japanese.
00:41:36Fancy.
00:41:38Yes. Jean, dear, you're speaking to a scholar.
00:41:45Andy. Andy, what is it?
00:41:47Baby. My baby.
00:41:49It's all right. I'll ring the bell.
00:41:51Who's on tonight? I think it's Sister Wilkinson.
00:41:53I told them, but they wouldn't listen.
00:41:55Now my baby will be born in prison. I know it will.
00:41:58I'll wrap up. We're all in the same boat, aren't we?
00:42:01Get the trolley, Pam.
00:42:03Grip onto my hands and yell if you want to.
00:42:08It's Anniston's sister. I think she's started the baby.
00:42:11You'll have to go down to the labour ward.
00:42:24Perhaps now we can get some sleep.
00:42:26You don't always know sympathy in a place like this.
00:42:30Poor Andy. She doesn't know what it's like.
00:42:35If they don't let me have my Jenny when I come out, I'll kill myself.
00:42:40Jenny?
00:42:42My little girl.
00:42:46I'm no good, really, Jean.
00:42:48I like men too much.
00:42:50I really loved Jim.
00:42:52I'd have been all right if he'd been good to me.
00:42:56I think I was out of my mind when he went off with that woman.
00:43:01I couldn't stand being alone night after night.
00:43:05Then Joe came along.
00:43:07He was good to me and kind.
00:43:11Babs? Where are you, girl?
00:43:13Joe?
00:43:15Just put the kids to bed.
00:43:17Coming in?
00:43:18Joe, I shouldn't. Chris isn't too bright.
00:43:20He's got a nasty little cough and keeps sort of sniffing.
00:43:23All kids do. He'll be all right as soon as he drops out.
00:43:26You like this?
00:43:28Oh, it's lovely.
00:43:32Wear it tonight. We'll grab a bite to eat, have a couple of drinks.
00:43:35You'll be back before you know where you are.
00:43:38You're only young once, you know.
00:43:40He seems to have gone off all right.
00:43:47He'll be back.
00:44:18What's the time?
00:44:19Isn't late.
00:44:20Mustn't be long.
00:44:21We won't.
00:44:47¶¶
00:45:18¶¶
00:45:29Chris?
00:45:38Chris, come on. Play.
00:45:40Please.
00:45:42Chris, wake up.
00:45:44Please.
00:45:46Mommy, Chris won't play.
00:45:49Mommy, Mommy, where are you?
00:45:52Mommy, Mommy.
00:45:54Mommy.
00:45:56Mommy, where are you?
00:45:58Mommy, Mommy.
00:46:00Mommy, where are you?
00:46:03¶¶
00:46:11Jenny?
00:46:13Jenny!
00:46:15Mummy!
00:46:25What is it, dear? What's the matter?
00:46:27Mummy, I want mummy.
00:46:30Mummy's coming soon. Jenny mustn't cry.
00:46:45Choked himself to death. Poor little dear.
00:46:55Women like her deserve to be hanged.
00:46:57And she is.
00:46:59Mrs. Beaton, it's happened. My baby.
00:47:14If you see him, you must let me see him.
00:47:23Oh, no.
00:47:26Oh, my baby. My baby.
00:47:31Oh, no.
00:47:34I was arrested. The judge said terrible things about me.
00:47:40Now they say I may not be allowed to have my Jenny again.
00:47:44If you're really sorry for what you've done, and I know you are, I'm sure they'll let you have Jenny.
00:47:49I could bear anything if I knew I was going to get her back.
00:47:53Do you think I'm dreadfully wicked? I know the others do.
00:47:57No, of course I don't.
00:48:00Now go to sleep.
00:48:03Good night, Babs.
00:48:05Good night, Jean.
00:48:14Stewed dishcloths again.
00:48:16The Arabs, I'm told, consider boiled sheep's eyes quite a delicacy.
00:48:19Well, there's no accounting for tastes.
00:48:22Well, whose turn is it to do the bathroom today?
00:48:25I had no fancy upbringing, but I always thought it was manners to wait at the table till everyone's finished.
00:48:29And who are you to talk about other people's manners? You eat like a pig.
00:48:32I bet Jean eats in places where you wouldn't even be allowed.
00:48:35So what?
00:48:36Well, I, for one, would be pleased if you stopped your foul-mouthed talk while I'm eating.
00:48:39As I said before, so what?
00:48:41I talk and I eat as I was brought up to do.
00:48:43But none of your la-di-da ways.
00:48:45All right, I was ruddy well dragged up, like half of us in this stinking hole.
00:48:48Well, you're nothing but a...
00:48:50I bet you don't even know who is the father of the kid you're carrying.
00:48:53You.
00:48:54You to talk of children.
00:48:56You murderous...
00:48:57Stop it.
00:48:58Stop it at once.
00:49:02Why do you have to hate each other?
00:49:04Haven't we got enough to put up with in here without making it worse for ourselves?
00:49:08That.
00:49:09You shouldn't have said that.
00:49:11She's got no right to pick at other people.
00:49:13My granny says you should think first and speak afterwards.
00:49:15I can't say I've noticed you doing that.
00:49:17I'm sorry, Jean.
00:49:21Raymond, the governor wants to see you.
00:49:31You've done quite well here, Raymond,
00:49:33and it has been decided that you're a suitable person for transfer to the Grange,
00:49:36the prison without bars.
00:49:38You'll find it very different, much freer in many ways.
00:49:41I hope you'll get on well.
00:49:43Thank you, madam.
00:49:44All right, Raymond.
00:49:48And another thing I said, Doctor, I said,
00:49:51I know you've had me under observation these last few months.
00:49:54Well, there's something I'd like to tell you.
00:49:56I have been observing you too,
00:49:58and I'm not sure whether you'd be gratified
00:50:00if you knew the conclusion I have drawn from my observations.
00:50:03You should see his face, dear.
00:50:05It was a study.
00:50:14I'm going to the Grange in the morning.
00:50:17Oh, Jean, how lovely.
00:50:19I do wish I was going with you.
00:50:21Of course, they only send women ladies to the Grange.
00:50:23Mind you, I think you talk lovely,
00:50:25but it don't get you far, do it? Not if you end up here.
00:50:28No, it don't.
00:50:30You know something?
00:50:34I think I'll have to do you.
00:50:48Jean.
00:50:50You're all ready.
00:50:52I do wish you weren't going.
00:50:54So do I.
00:50:56But the time will pass.
00:51:01Come with me, Raymond.
00:51:03Goodbye, Jean.
00:51:05Goodbye, Jean.
00:51:07Goodbye, Jean.
00:51:08Goodbye, Jean.
00:51:09Goodbye, Jean.
00:51:10Goodbye, Jean.
00:51:11Goodbye, Jean.
00:51:12Goodbye, Jean.
00:51:13Goodbye, Jean.
00:51:14Goodbye, Jean.
00:51:15Goodbye, Jean.
00:51:16Goodbye, Jean.
00:51:18Goodbye, Babs.
00:51:27Goodbye, Pat.
00:51:28Goodbye.
00:51:33Goodbye, Vera.
00:51:37Goodbye, dear.
00:51:39And good luck.
00:51:40Goodbye.
00:51:47Pat.
00:51:50I'm sorry for what I said yesterday.
00:51:53About your baby.
00:51:56That's all right.
00:51:58Forget it.
00:52:08Jean.
00:52:10Hello.
00:52:11Don't tell me you're going to the Grange.
00:52:13Yes, I am.
00:52:14Are you?
00:52:15Yes.
00:52:16Well, that's wonderful.
00:52:17Here.
00:52:18Let's have a fag to celebrate.
00:52:20A pal of mine who works in reception gave it to me.
00:52:22And the match.
00:52:24Betty, how are you?
00:52:25I'm all right.
00:52:27Still haven't heard from Norman, though.
00:52:29I've got to see him somehow, Jean.
00:52:31Even if it's only for a minute.
00:52:33It's the not knowing that gets me down.
00:52:39Raymond, visitor for you.
00:52:40You won't have long, though.
00:52:41Mustn't miss your train.
00:52:42Come with me.
00:52:44You wait here.
00:52:51Hello, Michael.
00:52:52No embracing.
00:52:53Go and sit down.
00:52:56How are you, Jean?
00:52:58I'm fine.
00:53:04Darling, why are you here today?
00:53:07Jean, there's something I've got to tell you.
00:53:09I won't be able to come and see you anymore.
00:53:14Why not?
00:53:15Because I've changed my mind.
00:53:19By Rhodesia?
00:53:20Yes.
00:53:21I have booked my passage yesterday.
00:53:25When are you leaving?
00:53:26In two days' time.
00:53:27From Southampton.
00:53:30What made you change your mind?
00:53:33Dr. Wright came to see me at Guy's.
00:53:35He said I was mad not to leap at the chance.
00:53:37That most young doctors would give their right arm
00:53:39to work with the Fellows Institute.
00:53:41That's what I told you.
00:53:43And as you know, I've always wanted to specialize,
00:53:45so I accepted the job.
00:53:48Came along to say goodbye.
00:53:53I'm sorry that you must come along now.
00:54:00Jean, please believe me,
00:54:02it wasn't an easy thing to decide.
00:54:05Goodbye, Michael.
00:54:08Goodbye, my darling.
00:54:13Michael, just one thing.
00:54:17Don't write to me.
00:54:19Please don't write to me.
00:54:32What's the matter?
00:54:33Nothing, nothing at all.
00:54:34Come along, both of you.
00:54:43Women sent here
00:54:45are taking part in an experiment
00:54:47which may alter the whole character
00:54:49of prisons throughout the country.
00:54:51Unlike the old system,
00:54:53in which prisoners spend most of the day
00:54:55locked in their cells
00:54:57with nothing to occupy their time
00:54:59but their own thoughts,
00:55:01here, prisoners are given a chance
00:55:03to make their own choices.
00:55:05They are free to choose
00:55:07what they want to do
00:55:09and what they don't want to do.
00:55:10They have no time
00:55:12but their own thoughts.
00:55:14Here, every minute is devoted
00:55:16to work of some kind
00:55:18and the work is hard.
00:55:20But women are fitted
00:55:22for the return to the world.
00:55:24They learn trades, acquire skill
00:55:26and with it, self-respect.
00:55:28A normal working day begins at six
00:55:30and before breakfast,
00:55:32every woman has some household task
00:55:34to perform.
00:55:36Then, with breaks of meals,
00:55:38she spends eight hours
00:55:40dressmaking,
00:55:42rug making,
00:55:44leather work
00:55:46and knitting.
00:55:50Lights go out at ten
00:55:52and by that time,
00:55:54everyone is ready for sleep.
00:55:57It's an experiment
00:55:59which depends on mutual trust.
00:56:01There are no locked doors,
00:56:03no barred windows and no cells.
00:56:05However, many people don't believe
00:56:07that justice can be tempered
00:56:08so it's up to you
00:56:10to prove you can be trusted.
00:56:12If you fail us,
00:56:14you fail yourselves.
00:56:16We've had to overcome
00:56:18a great deal of opposition
00:56:20but we're still fighting.
00:56:22You see that church over there?
00:56:24When we first came here,
00:56:26the good people of the village
00:56:28didn't want us to worship with them
00:56:30but we earned their respect
00:56:32and soon we were welcomed in
00:56:34as fellow human beings.
00:56:36There are three ways
00:56:38but I don't think you'll let me down by trying.
00:56:40No one has.
00:56:43Well, it's nearly exercise time
00:56:45so you'll have an opportunity
00:56:47of meeting some of the others.
00:56:49That'll be all for the present.
00:56:51I hope you will cooperate
00:56:53and make good use of your time here.
00:56:55Thank you, madam.
00:57:03They'll do
00:57:05an ill-assorted pair on the face of it
00:57:06but they're probably valuable to each other.
00:57:12Mmm, these roses.
00:57:14If you ask me,
00:57:16I'd sooner have a whiff
00:57:18of my auntie's fish and chip shop.
00:57:20It's wonderful after black down, isn't it?
00:57:22It's all right for you.
00:57:24You're going out in four months
00:57:26and you've got someone waiting for you.
00:57:28There isn't anyone waiting.
00:57:30What about Michael?
00:57:32He's gone to Rhodesia.
00:57:34But you'll still marry him?
00:57:36Marrying him for a wife
00:57:38wouldn't be good for his career.
00:57:40Did he say that?
00:57:42No, I did.
00:57:47Well, dears, you're new here, aren't you?
00:57:49Yes, we are.
00:57:51What's it like here?
00:57:53Oh, it could be a lot worse.
00:57:55Better than black down anyway.
00:57:57We've even got some men here.
00:57:59Really?
00:58:01Well, one, the gardener.
00:58:03We girls call him Blue Eyes.
00:58:04It's good to know him.
00:58:06Oh, Blue Eyes!
00:58:09Good morning, miss.
00:58:11And how's your chick?
00:58:13Splendid, thank you.
00:58:15And how are the sweet bees?
00:58:17Oh, climbing up to heaven, the beauties.
00:58:19Now, you be a good girl and I'll bring you a bunch.
00:58:21These little masculine attentions
00:58:23do make a break, you know.
00:58:25Now, Caroline,
00:58:27you're not to pick Emily, naughty girl.
00:58:29How long have you got?
00:58:31Three years.
00:58:32My best friend.
00:58:34My best friend that was, that is.
00:58:36We were inseparable ever since we were girls.
00:58:38And then suddenly,
00:58:40she lost her head over old Harry Wicks.
00:58:42What she saw in the miserable old scarecrow
00:58:44was a mystery to me.
00:58:46But he did have a nice little bit of money
00:58:48which always adds to a man's charm, I suppose.
00:58:50I thought pale mauve crepe
00:58:52and a sort of toque with violets.
00:58:54How does it strike you, Millie, dear?
00:58:56Very dainty, love.
00:58:58Perfect picture, you look.
00:59:00It's with you in your blue
00:59:02and Watson in your straw hat.
00:59:04Should be a very pretty wedding altogether.
00:59:06Don't you think so, Harry?
00:59:08Whatever you say, my love.
00:59:10These things are a bit beyond an old bachelor, you know.
00:59:12So I leave you ladies
00:59:14to discuss the charming details between you.
00:59:16May I accompany you
00:59:18to the whisk drive tomorrow, Mabel?
00:59:20Now, you know that's all arranged, Harry.
00:59:22We're going to call for Millie first, aren't we, dear?
00:59:24If Harry doesn't mind.
00:59:26Not at all.
00:59:28Good afternoon, Mabel, dear.
00:59:30Good afternoon.
00:59:33Well, I hope you know what you're doing there, dear.
00:59:36I shouldn't like to see you make a mistake.
00:59:38I know what I'm doing all right, old love.
00:59:40Doctor says he won't last long.
00:59:42His heart may be in the right place
00:59:44but that's about all you can say for it.
00:59:46Very weak it is.
00:59:48Poor old soul.
00:59:56I couldn't enjoy the wedding.
00:59:58So certain was I that my poor friend
01:00:00had married a millstone.
01:00:02And I was right.
01:00:04For a week after the ceremony, Harry took to his bed
01:00:07and there he stayed for the next 10 years
01:00:10enjoying the best of bad health.
01:00:13Here's your soup, Harry, dear.
01:00:23Take it away.
01:00:25Take it away, smuck, I tell you.
01:00:27Give it to the pigs up there, Lisa.
01:00:29Oh, Harry, dear.
01:00:30Give it to me, you useless slummock.
01:00:32And where's my Paris magazine?
01:00:34You know I like to read it directly in guns
01:00:36and my hot water bottle.
01:00:38Why, you...
01:00:46Well, Mabel, you're quite a stranger, aren't you?
01:00:50I do hope you're taking care of yourself, dear.
01:00:53You know, you look quite peaky.
01:00:55It's Harry.
01:00:57You were right, old love.
01:00:58He's a bit smarter than how he does linger on.
01:01:01You know, I sometimes wonder
01:01:04how to dare say it,
01:01:06but I sometimes think,
01:01:08well, it might be a kind thing to...
01:01:15And it isn't as if he enjoys life.
01:01:17And when you think of all that money,
01:01:19though I never see it,
01:01:21Stingy old skinflint.
01:01:25Well, I suppose there is a way out.
01:01:26You know, old love,
01:01:28it'd be a kindness when you come to think of it.
01:01:30Well, of course it would.
01:01:32And then you could settle down in peace
01:01:34and enjoy your little nest, eh?
01:01:36I tell you what, Millie,
01:01:38you could come and live with me,
01:01:40just like old times,
01:01:42and whatever he leaves me, you can have half of.
01:01:44Oh, no, love, that's too generous.
01:01:46Oh, no, we used to share everything
01:01:48before I made my big mistake, didn't we?
01:01:50And we'll share everything from now on, old dear.
01:01:53Any particular kind of weed killer?
01:01:54Well, I suppose one's as good as another.
01:01:56Well, goodbye, love.
01:01:58See you at the social.
01:02:08Kettle's boiling.
01:02:10I'll just warm the pot.
01:02:12I always say there's nothing like
01:02:14a nice brew of tea to cheer one up.
01:02:16Shall I get the best china?
01:02:18If you please, dear.
01:02:20I feel Harriet prefers to use it just for once.
01:02:21Two small ones.
01:02:23He doesn't like it strong.
01:02:25It won't be painful, dear.
01:02:27He'll just fall asleep.
01:02:29One,
01:02:31two,
01:02:33and one for the pot.
01:02:37Will that be enough, do you think, dear?
01:02:39Oh, yes.
01:02:41We don't want it to taste nasty, do we?
01:02:43You'll stay for a cup, dear, won't you?
01:02:45Oh, a fish pot, of course.
01:02:47Well, I think I ought to be running along now, dear.
01:02:49I promised to look in at the jumble.
01:02:51We'll see.
01:02:53Goodbye, dear.
01:02:55Bye-bye, love.
01:03:21Wake up, Harry.
01:03:23Here's your nightcap.
01:03:25Harry.
01:03:27Wake up, your tea's ready.
01:03:29Do you hear me, Harry?
01:03:31You don't want it to get cold, do you?
01:03:36Harry.
01:03:39Wake up.
01:03:43Harry.
01:03:52Now, I thought all would go swimmingly,
01:03:54but would you believe me,
01:03:56a few days after the funeral,
01:03:58Mabel actually went up to London.
01:04:00Very much the gay widow she was,
01:04:02and spending our money like water.
01:04:04So I felt that the time had come to speak my mind.
01:04:07Dear Mabel,
01:04:09unless I get my share of the money
01:04:11by the end of the day,
01:04:13I'm going to be a widow.
01:04:15I'm going to be a widow.
01:04:17I'm going to be a widow.
01:04:19I'm going to be a widow.
01:04:21And by next Tuesday,
01:04:23I shall go to the police
01:04:25and tell them how you put weed killer in Harry's tea,
01:04:31and that's what caused his death.
01:04:35As ever, your friend, Millie.
01:04:41Well.
01:04:48Dear Millie,
01:04:49drop in and see me this afternoon at three.
01:04:55Yours always, Mabel.
01:05:06Quickly, Inspector. Here she comes.
01:05:09Go on.
01:05:11Quick, quick.
01:05:20You'll have some tea, won't you, dear?
01:05:30Come and sit down, dear.
01:05:33Now, Millie, what is all this about?
01:05:35It's about that money you were supposed to give me.
01:05:38I'm sure I don't know what you're talking about, Millie.
01:05:40What money was this I was supposed to give you?
01:05:43The money Harry left you.
01:05:45We were to share it after you'd done away with him.
01:05:46Now, don't tell me you've forgotten it, old dear.
01:05:48Oh, you wicked lying creature, Millie Williams.
01:05:52How dare you come here and try and make out
01:05:54I killed my poor Harry.
01:05:56Heaven rest his loving soul.
01:05:58I wouldn't have harmed a hair of his head, let alone...
01:06:00Oh, it's too horrible to think of.
01:06:02Now, Mabel, you know as well as I do what you promised.
01:06:05Once he was gone, I was to come here and live with you,
01:06:08and you were to give me half of whatever he left.
01:06:11I don't think it's very nice of you, dear,
01:06:13to cry him back out now.
01:06:14Not like you at all.
01:06:16Well, I don't know what the police would think of this,
01:06:18I'm sure.
01:06:28It's Harry back.
01:06:32Oh!
01:06:34Well, Mabel, I've heard of skeletons in the cupboard,
01:06:37but who are these gentlemen?
01:06:39We're police officers.
01:06:41Is this your handwriting, Miss Williams?
01:06:42Yes.
01:06:44Would you mind telling me what it means?
01:06:46Just what it says, no more, no less.
01:06:48Mabel here put weed killer in Harry's tea
01:06:50and we were to share the money.
01:06:52But now I'm very surprised to see
01:06:54she doesn't seem to remember anything about it.
01:06:56Are you aware that you're accusing Mrs. Wicks of murder?
01:06:58Oh, that's not a nice word.
01:07:01We must also tell her that a post-mortem has been held.
01:07:03I beg your pardon, a post what?
01:07:05It means they dug poor Harry up.
01:07:08We were able to ascertain that Mr. Wicks
01:07:10died from natural causes, Miss Williams.
01:07:12There was nothing whatsoever to bear
01:07:14at your story of death by poisoning.
01:07:16I'm afraid we shall have to ask you
01:07:18some further questions.
01:07:24You could have knocked me down with a feather, dears,
01:07:26but it was true right enough.
01:07:28Not a drop of arsenic in old Harry
01:07:30and I get three years for blackmail.
01:07:32All in, all in.
01:07:34Goodbye, dears, see you later.
01:07:36Goodbye, cheerio.
01:07:37There you are, dear.
01:08:08Then you wind the wool through
01:08:10and pull it like that, you see.
01:08:12It's quite simple.
01:08:14Ah, letters.
01:08:164382, Turner.
01:08:202874, Morris.
01:08:233197, Jenkins.
01:08:2823445, Markham.
01:08:339531, King.
01:08:344478, Brown.
01:08:387456, Clayton.
01:08:42And 39987.
01:08:54Betty, what is it?
01:08:56It's all over.
01:08:58What now?
01:08:59It is, Jean.
01:09:01He's gone off with somebody else.
01:09:02Is the letter from him?
01:09:04No, it's from a girl I know.
01:09:06Oh, Jean, what am I going to do?
01:09:08I'll lose him for good if I don't see him.
01:09:10He's played around before,
01:09:12but I've always got him back.
01:09:14I must see him, Jean, I've got to.
01:09:16You're only making it more difficult for yourself.
01:09:18I don't care.
01:09:20I'm going to see him.
01:09:22Jean, the governor wants to see you
01:09:24in her study right away.
01:09:27That's what we bet.
01:09:29She's had bad news.
01:09:30Stay with her for a bit.
01:09:32Beth, what's the matter?
01:09:39Oh, come in, Raymond.
01:09:44Sit down.
01:09:47It's all right, child, there's no trouble.
01:09:49You're nearly due to leave us, aren't you?
01:09:51Yes, madam.
01:09:53Yes, now, when the prisoner
01:09:55is nearing the end of her sentence,
01:09:57we like her to get used to the idea
01:09:58of freedom before she's discharged.
01:10:00So, in some cases,
01:10:02we allow her to go into town for the day,
01:10:04either with an officer or by herself.
01:10:06I thought you might like to do this tomorrow.
01:10:09Tomorrow?
01:10:11I think it's very necessary.
01:10:13You see, traffic and the everyday bustle
01:10:15of life outside will seem very strange
01:10:17to you at first.
01:10:19Probably quite frightening.
01:10:21Now, I'm going to trust you to go on your own,
01:10:23and I want you to take Betty Brown with you.
01:10:25She still has some time to settle.
01:10:26But you've been a good friend to her,
01:10:28and I feel quite safe in placing her in your charge.
01:10:30Thank you, madam.
01:10:32You'll need some money to spend.
01:10:34Miss Davis tells me you saved 15 shillings between you,
01:10:36but I don't suppose you'll need all that.
01:10:38Oh, yes, we shall.
01:10:53It's no use.
01:10:55It's no use, Betty.
01:10:57That's not the answer.
01:10:59What isn't?
01:11:01Running away.
01:11:03Who said anything about running away?
01:11:05You did. Besides, it's in your face we've all been through it.
01:11:07Have you?
01:11:09How do you think I felt when I knew I'd lost Michael?
01:11:11You never loved Michael like I loved Norman.
01:11:13All right, so he's rotten through and through,
01:11:15but he's mine, and I'm not giving him up without a fight.
01:11:17And you and 50 governors aren't going to stop me.
01:11:20The governor is letting me go into town tomorrow on my own.
01:11:22She wants me to take you.
01:11:24I suppose you said you wouldn't.
01:11:26No, I said I would.
01:11:28You're crazy. You know I'll run for it the first chance I get.
01:11:30No, you won't.
01:11:32What's to stop me?
01:11:34Well, put on our honor.
01:11:36Honor doesn't mean anything to me.
01:11:38What does?
01:11:40Only Norman and...
01:11:42You know you do.
01:11:44Well, if you want to come with me, I must be sure I can trust you.
01:11:46Of course I want to come.
01:11:48Then don't let me down.
01:11:50All right.
01:11:52I promise I won't.
01:11:55Now be careful of the traffic,
01:11:57and don't miss the half-past-nine bus from here.
01:11:59You must report to the governor punctually at ten.
01:12:01I hope you'll have a nice day.
01:12:03Well, thank you, Miss Stevens.
01:12:07We're out, Betty. We're out on the loose.
01:12:09Oh, careful.
01:12:11There's a cop looking at us.
01:12:13Oh, don't worry.
01:12:15I'll get him.
01:12:17I'll get him.
01:12:19I'll get him.
01:12:21I'll get him.
01:12:22Oh, careful.
01:12:24There's a cop looking at us.
01:12:26Let's ask him something.
01:12:28Oh, no.
01:12:30We haven't got arrows stamped all over us.
01:12:33Excuse me, officer.
01:12:35Could you tell me the time, please?
01:12:37It's half-past one, madam.
01:12:39Oh, thank you so much.
01:12:41If only he knew we were a couple of jailbirds.
01:12:47Oh, Jean, isn't that nice?
01:12:49We're not exactly the height of fashion, are we?
01:12:50Well, what do we do now?
01:12:52Lunch. How about over there?
01:12:54It's quite cosy and cheap.
01:12:56Better be. We've got 15 bob for the day.
01:12:58Mmm.
01:13:00I'd forgotten what it was like to really enjoy my grub.
01:13:02Choosing what you like makes all the difference.
01:13:04I've put them together. You both had the same, didn't you?
01:13:06Yes.
01:13:08I hope you enjoyed it. You're not on a diet, I see.
01:13:10Well, what do we do now? Don't let's waste any time.
01:13:12Well, we've got seven shillings once we've paid this.
01:13:14Shall we see what's on at the cinema?
01:13:16Suits me. And then we can go to the fun fair.
01:13:18What do we do about fags?
01:13:20Gee, not here. You can't.
01:13:22Can't I?
01:13:24Well, I don't know.
01:13:26You seem to have picked up some very nasty habits
01:13:28from somewhere, Miss Raymond.
01:13:30Are you surprised, Miss Brown?
01:13:32You must leave a tip.
01:13:34Why? That girl does all right.
01:13:36And she's free.
01:13:38A done thing.
01:13:40Like knocking off dog ends in public, I suppose.
01:13:46I say, you've forgotten something.
01:13:47Might just do for the meter.
01:13:50So large made.
01:14:05What's that remind you of?
01:14:11Shall we?
01:14:13Let's be satisfied with the fair.
01:14:14Oh, I'd love a go on that.
01:14:16Well, we've only got a shilling left.
01:14:18You take it.
01:14:20No, I'll toss you a dollar.
01:14:22Just go on.
01:14:24Oh, I'd that.
01:14:26Oh, I'd love that.
01:14:28Well, you can have it.
01:14:30Oh, I'd love that.
01:14:32Oh, I'd love that.
01:14:34Oh, I'd love that.
01:14:36Oh, I'd love that.
01:14:38Oh, I'd love that.
01:14:40Oh, I'd love that.
01:14:42Oh, I'd love that.
01:14:44All right.
01:14:45Heads.
01:14:46Tails.
01:14:47But I honestly don't care a bit.
01:14:49You won, didn't you?
01:14:50Let's have a little honor among thieves.
01:14:51I hope I'm not sick.
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01:19:06At least you've learned how to make a shirt properly.
01:19:09You're nearly ready.
01:19:36Good-bye, Betty.
01:19:51Good-bye, Gene.
01:19:59I'll send you postcards and things, it won't be long.
01:20:08Oh, don't.
01:20:14I must go now.
01:20:16Come to the window if you can.
01:20:22Oh, I nearly forgot my home address.
01:20:25Now, wherever I am, or wherever you are, we'll keep in touch, won't we?
01:20:53Well, Gene, what are you going to do now?
01:20:55I have to find a job to keep the wolf from the door.
01:20:57Haven't you anyone waiting for you?
01:20:59No. No, I haven't.
01:21:03Well, you're in for a very pleasant surprise, and it's not one that's given to everybody.
01:21:08Good-bye, Gene. Let me know how you get on.
01:21:11Good-bye, madam, and thank you.
01:21:14In some ways, I think I'm quite sorry to say that I'm afraid I shan't see you again.
01:21:20Good-bye, my child. Good luck, and God bless you.
01:21:23Good-bye, madam.
01:21:43Come along now. Get on with your work.
01:22:10It's wonderful to see you again. You should have let me know.
01:22:24I only knew myself at the last moment.
01:22:27I flew over.
01:22:28What made you?
01:22:29Because I'm a sentimental ass, now jump in and stop asking questions.
01:22:31How did you manage it?
01:22:32I chucked my job.
01:22:34Oh, my good, you didn't. Why?
01:22:35Because I love you.
01:22:36But you didn't write.
01:22:37You told me not to.
01:22:39Michael, seriously, I hope you haven't made a mistake.
01:22:43I haven't. I'm very nearly dead, but I haven't.
01:23:09I'm very nearly dead, but I haven't.
01:23:38I'm very nearly dead, but I haven't.