A fashion model buys a Rolls-Royce. What she doesn't know is that it's haunted.
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00:02:00Magnificent, isn't she?
00:02:03Why are they always she?
00:02:05Beg your pardon?
00:02:06Cars, why are they always she?
00:02:08Oh, don't know.
00:02:10Perhaps because they are so sensuous.
00:02:14She is magnificent.
00:02:16Been haunting me all week.
00:02:19I live just around the corner and I pass by every day.
00:02:22And every day I stop.
00:02:25May I?
00:02:26Please.
00:02:41How much is she?
00:02:44Is this a serious inquiry?
00:02:47Not really.
00:02:48You may be dealing with my entire life savings.
00:02:51Well, we have it priced up at £6,500.
00:02:54Let's see, in dollars that would be...
00:02:56I think I can make the equation.
00:02:59It's an awful lot of money.
00:03:01It's an awful lot of motor car.
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00:03:35Here.
00:03:36Thanks.
00:03:38Peter.
00:03:39Hmm?
00:03:40I really blew my mind today.
00:03:43And my bank balance.
00:03:44That's right.
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00:03:49Here.
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00:03:57I bought myself a new car.
00:03:59Good.
00:04:00Actually, it's an investment though.
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00:04:04That's money.
00:04:06Thanks.
00:04:08Ah.
00:04:11Does it match this year's colour?
00:04:13The car?
00:04:14Well, it isn't new.
00:04:16You'd never know it.
00:04:17It's only had one owner, Peter...
00:04:18Did I tell you about Von...
00:04:20Whatever his name is, the German?
00:04:21Yeah.
00:04:22He's here.
00:04:23Flew in today.
00:04:24Wants to meet you.
00:04:25He runs half the fashion mags in his country
00:04:26and the other half don't matter.
00:04:27All right, all right.
00:04:28I'll meet him.
00:04:29I'll charm him.
00:04:30It's not just for me.
00:04:31I mean, I get a commission.
00:04:32But guess who he wants for the model?
00:04:33All right, all right.
00:04:34I'll meet him.
00:04:35Set it up, okay?
00:04:37Now, don't you want to see it?
00:04:40See what?
00:04:41You.
00:04:42My car.
00:04:43Come on, my new horseless carriage.
00:04:46Oh, and I do mean carriage.
00:04:50I didn't even take a test run.
00:04:51I knew it was for me.
00:04:53How?
00:04:54Did you have your monogram on the door?
00:04:55You'll see why.
00:05:04Well?
00:05:07Isn't it beautiful?
00:05:11Peter, say something.
00:05:14I don't believe it.
00:05:16Oh, it's real.
00:05:18And it is packed with labor-saving devices.
00:05:28Actually, a girl can get fat from a lack of exercise.
00:05:32But what a lack.
00:05:37Peter.
00:05:41Darling.
00:05:42Where did you get it?
00:05:45It was outside with a note from an anonymous admirer.
00:05:51Where do you think I got it?
00:05:53In the showroom around the corner.
00:05:56Helen, it's crazy.
00:05:58What?
00:05:59It's too big.
00:06:01It's too expensive.
00:06:03It's ridiculous.
00:06:05It's my whim of the week.
00:06:07Whim?
00:06:08Darn expensive whim.
00:06:09For pity's sake, how much did it cost you?
00:06:11£6,300.
00:06:14In pounds, it sounds less.
00:06:16£6,300.
00:06:17Actually, I beat him down.
00:06:19Down?
00:06:29Are you jealous?
00:06:32Helen, darling, don't be so darn foolish.
00:06:34Jealous?
00:06:35Why should I be?
00:06:37It's you I'm thinking of, your finances.
00:06:39I can afford it.
00:06:41Just.
00:06:42Just?
00:06:43That's the crux of the matter.
00:06:44Look, let's be logical about this.
00:06:46You live in town, right?
00:06:48You take cabs almost everywhere.
00:06:50Now, what do you want with a wagon like this?
00:06:52What on earth compelled you to buy it?
00:06:54Compelled me?
00:06:56Peter, it's a...
00:06:59Well, it's a status symbol.
00:07:01It'll pay for itself in publicity.
00:07:03Oh, people, I mean, you just don't need a prop to boost you.
00:07:06Just you yourself is enough.
00:07:08It's my money.
00:07:09Yes, and you shouldn't be trusted to handle it.
00:07:11Oh, wow.
00:07:12You sound like my financial advisor or agent or something.
00:07:14Well, aren't I almost?
00:07:16From the moment you arrived here,
00:07:18who set up almost all your assignments?
00:07:19Who's looked after you?
00:07:20You have, Peter, but I...
00:07:21Right, and I'm advising you now.
00:07:23Send it back.
00:07:24Send it back.
00:07:25You just don't need a car like this.
00:07:26How do you know what I need?
00:07:29It's mine.
00:07:31I had to have it.
00:07:33Had to?
00:07:39Look, if you send it back now,
00:07:41tell them you've had second thoughts.
00:07:42They'll understand.
00:07:43You probably won't lose more...
00:07:48Do you realize how much a car like this will cost you to run?
00:07:52Helen?
00:07:54I'll come back when you've recovered your sanity.
00:08:01Okay.
00:08:31Okay.
00:09:02I'm sorry.
00:09:04I'm sorry.
00:09:30Actually, it's for a pianist's car heart.
00:09:32I think von Watz's name is easier, don't you?
00:09:34He wants to meet us for lunch tomorrow.
00:09:36I suggested that new place, Panino's.
00:09:38You've wanted to go there, haven't you?
00:09:39A woman.
00:09:40I guess it had to be a woman.
00:09:42What are you talking about?
00:09:44Oh, thanks.
00:09:46When I was out driving just a little while ago,
00:09:49I was on a country road and there was nothing around,
00:09:52and all of a sudden I heard a scream.
00:09:55Probably somebody noticed the way you drive.
00:09:58No.
00:10:00It was inside the car.
00:10:02Really.
00:10:03Right inside.
00:10:06It was terrible.
00:10:09It was the car.
00:10:11It had to be, didn't it?
00:10:13Probably a brake seizing up, a screech of metal.
00:10:16Is that possible?
00:10:18Well, it happens not often, but it does.
00:10:20I told you, get rid of that car.
00:10:22Peter.
00:10:23All right, keep it if it pleases you so much.
00:10:25You'll be there, won't you?
00:10:26Where?
00:10:27Tomorrow, von Watz's name.
00:10:29Oh, yes, of course.
00:10:31What time?
00:10:32About one o'clock, that all right?
00:10:34Yeah.
00:10:35You can try out your new status symbol on him.
00:10:37It's quite easy to park around there.
00:10:39Is it?
00:10:41Oh, you don't even know where Pedninos is, do you?
00:10:44You go down Hamilton Terrace and turn right into Marlborough Place.
00:10:47Have you got it?
00:10:48Mm-hmm.
00:10:59MUSIC
00:11:20She's bound to be a little bit late.
00:11:23All women are, aren't they?
00:11:25Not in my country.
00:11:27Oh, no, no.
00:11:29Not in your country.
00:11:31Women are always early in your country.
00:11:36Helen won't be that late, so...
00:11:40..meanwhile, if you want to go ahead...
00:11:44MUSIC
00:11:58MUSIC CONTINUES
00:12:00MUSIC CONTINUES
00:12:24We could begin the discussion without her.
00:12:28You are a photographer.
00:12:30Yes.
00:12:31Quite a good one.
00:12:33Not the most brilliant, but a good one.
00:12:35Well, I'll try.
00:12:37Good photographers are...
00:12:39..what is the phrase?
00:12:41Ten a something.
00:12:43Ten a penny.
00:12:45Exactly.
00:12:47Miss Cook, that is different.
00:12:49Personally, she is not my taste at all,
00:12:51but at this moment, her face, her body,
00:12:55they are... the mode?
00:12:57In.
00:12:59They are in demand.
00:13:01I can assure you... No, you cannot assure me.
00:13:04My assurance is damaged.
00:13:06I want Miss Cook. I will tolerate you.
00:13:09And what happens?
00:13:11I get you and no Miss Cook.
00:13:13Now, in my country...
00:13:15Not me.
00:13:17Call for your signore.
00:13:24Hello?
00:13:32In Rygate?
00:13:34That's miles out in the country.
00:13:36It's 40 miles from London.
00:13:38What in the hell are you doing in Rygate?
00:13:40I tried to turn the wheel and it wouldn't.
00:13:42It just kept going.
00:13:44You mean the bar steering jammed?
00:13:46Why didn't you stop? I couldn't.
00:13:48Helen, it just isn't good enough.
00:13:50Peter, the car wouldn't let me.
00:13:52Before I knew what was happening,
00:13:54I was out of town in Rygate.
00:13:56Then I found myself on the road to Hitherton.
00:13:58What do you mean, Hitherton?
00:14:00It's a little village just outside...
00:14:02I know what it is, at least I think I do.
00:14:05I'm sorry.
00:14:09I told you, didn't I? Get rid of that car!
00:14:12What do you think it is?
00:14:14Not being able to turn the wheel.
00:14:16And that scream that I heard yesterday.
00:14:22I don't know.
00:14:52Now where?
00:15:22I don't know.
00:15:52I don't know.
00:16:22I don't know.
00:16:53We interrupt this program
00:16:55to bring you an important news item.
00:16:57A few moments ago,
00:16:59shots were fired from the public gallery
00:17:01of the House of Commons.
00:17:03A man has been arrested.
00:17:05As yet, we have no news
00:17:07as to whether anyone has been injured.
00:17:09There will be a fuller report later at 10 o'clock.
00:17:12We now return you to the Tchaikovsky concert.
00:17:23It's ridiculous. I don't believe a word of it.
00:17:25Well, then I must be lying.
00:17:27No, no, no, no. I didn't say that.
00:17:29Maybe you imagined it. Perhaps you even dreamed it.
00:17:31No, Peter, it happened.
00:17:33That radio played a program that was three months old.
00:17:36Actually, more than three months old.
00:17:38I checked this morning.
00:17:40That shooting took place on April 2nd.
00:17:42Really, Helen?
00:17:44Yes, it did.
00:17:46And it was on April 2nd.
00:17:48It was on April 2nd.
00:17:50It took place on April 2nd.
00:17:52That's not all, Peter.
00:17:54The concert the announcer interrupted,
00:17:56Tchaikovsky,
00:17:58there was a Tchaikovsky concert playing on April 2nd.
00:18:03Well, so what's your explanation?
00:18:05Well, I don't have one.
00:18:07Except that it's got something to do with this car.
00:18:10I told you, the car's jinxed.
00:18:13No, it's not jinxed.
00:18:15Not jinxed.
00:18:17All right, it's not the car.
00:18:19It's you.
00:18:20Me?
00:18:21Maybe April 2nd has a special significance for you.
00:18:24Perhaps you're driving along, daydreaming.
00:18:26I was not daydreaming.
00:18:28Well, the point about daydreaming is that you don't always know that you're doing it.
00:18:32All right, April 2nd.
00:18:38Wait a minute, I remember.
00:18:40I was doing a series of ads for Kenny.
00:18:43You were out of town, you had to go to the country to visit some people or something,
00:18:47and Kenny took over.
00:18:49Now, why would that be significant?
00:18:51I don't know.
00:18:52No, that's not the answer, Peter. I'm sure of it.
00:18:56Peter.
00:18:58Blood.
00:19:18Sprake fluid.
00:19:21They dyed that colour so it won't get mixed up.
00:19:25It shouldn't be leaking like that. That explains the scream.
00:19:28Sprake fluid.
00:19:39I've never opened this.
00:19:41Hmm?
00:19:42I've never opened this.
00:19:44I've never opened this.
00:19:46Hmm?
00:19:47The trunk.
00:19:48Boot, whatever you call it. I've never seen inside of it.
00:19:53It's just the spare wheel tools.
00:19:57Open it, Peter.
00:19:59Helen...
00:20:00I want to see inside.
00:20:02All right.
00:20:08It's locked.
00:20:14It's locked.
00:20:35Seat beserve.
00:20:38Here.
00:20:40Now, what are you expecting to find?
00:20:47What's in there?
00:20:48I told you, it's the spare wheel tools.
00:20:50Open it up.
00:20:52It's very sinister.
00:21:09Treasure trove.
00:21:19Treasure trove.
00:21:28It looks valuable.
00:21:29No, paste.
00:21:31I don't think so.
00:21:33If those are diamonds, then it is valuable.
00:21:35So it's valuable.
00:21:39She lost it.
00:21:41She?
00:21:43Yes, I suppose it is fair to imagine, unless the person was very avant-garde,
00:21:46a woman once did own that.
00:21:48It doesn't have a clip. It's for a woman with pierced ears.
00:21:51And she was left-handed, blonde, and collected pottery.
00:21:54Look at the part that goes through the ear. It's all bent out of shape.
00:21:56Somebody's trodden it.
00:22:00Or it was pulled off.
00:22:04Violently.
00:22:07Maybe during a struggle.
00:22:10What are you driving at?
00:22:12I knew I was going to find something.
00:22:14How could you possibly know?
00:22:16I knew.
00:22:18The car told me.
00:22:19What a breathless whisper.
00:22:21It has a reputation for being pretty quiet, pretty close-minded.
00:22:23Oh, don't laugh at me, dear.
00:22:24Well, what do you expect me to do?
00:22:26For the last two days, you've been behaving like someone with a one-way ticket to a booby hatch.
00:22:31Ever since I bought the car.
00:22:32Well, you must admit, it has gone to your head.
00:22:36That car is haunted.
00:22:37That car is haunted.
00:22:40Oh, wait a minute.
00:22:41It's possessed by a psychic presence.
00:22:43I don't know what those terms are, but I...
00:22:44Now I know you're crazy.
00:22:45Look, do you approve of my selection?
00:22:46Well, look at the facts.
00:22:47Facts? What facts?
00:22:49You imagine streams, radio programs...
00:22:50I didn't imagine them. They happened.
00:22:52All those things happened.
00:22:54You can't explain them away.
00:22:55I can.
00:22:56I can, but one simple fact of my own.
00:23:00Oh, darling, you're on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
00:23:05Peter!
00:23:06It's probably my fault.
00:23:09I've been pushing you too hard.
00:23:11Driving my own ambition at the speed of light and not noticing what it's been doing to you.
00:23:16You're wrong, Peter. You're wrong.
00:23:17No, no, no.
00:23:18I don't care what you say. I'm going to find out.
00:23:22You're going to have the car exorcised?
00:23:23Call in the Witchfinder General, darling?
00:23:25I'm not going to let you make a fool of yourself.
00:23:31One careful owner.
00:23:33Why didn't I think of that before?
00:23:35It's in the registration book, for heaven's sakes.
00:23:38The previous owner.
00:23:40Here it is.
00:23:41John Philip J.C. The High Lodge.
00:23:44Rygate.
00:23:46Rygate, Peter!
00:23:48Peter!
00:24:03I'll tell Mr. J.C. you're here, Miss...
00:24:05Cook. Helen Cook.
00:24:07Yes, Miss Cook.
00:24:09He might be a few minutes, though. I don't like to disturb him while he's shooting.
00:24:13Shooting?
00:24:15Clay pigeons.
00:24:17Mr. J.C. is a very good shot, Miss.
00:24:20If it moves, he rarely misses.
00:24:47Mr. J.C.
00:25:08Good morning.
00:25:09Oh, good morning.
00:25:11Mr. J.C.?
00:25:12Uh, no, I'm afraid not. I'm just the hired helper around here.
00:25:16Freddie Green.
00:25:17Hello.
00:25:18I'm Mr. J.C.'s secretary.
00:25:19Et de camp, you name it.
00:25:22Flattered you should think I was him, though.
00:25:24He's very rich, you see.
00:25:26Helen Cook, isn't it?
00:25:27Mm-hmm.
00:25:29I don't have any reason to be here, except that Hawkins, the butler, you know,
00:25:33said there was an exceptionally pretty girl here to see Mr. J.C.
00:25:37Hawkins is inclined to exaggeration.
00:25:40But not this time.
00:25:42Can I get you a drink?
00:25:43Well, I don't think I'll...
00:25:44Mr. J.C. would want me to, promise.
00:25:47All right.
00:25:48Fine. Sherry?
00:25:49All right.
00:25:53What does Mr. J.C. do?
00:25:56It would be easier to list what he doesn't do.
00:25:59Oil, building, publication, electronics.
00:26:03When somebody bakes a pie, he gets a finger into it.
00:26:07My God.
00:26:08What's wrong?
00:26:09That car outside, I presume it's yours.
00:26:12Looks just like the one we got rid of.
00:26:14It is.
00:26:15What?
00:26:16That is why I'm here to see Mr. J.C.
00:26:19The same one?
00:26:21Back to roost again?
00:26:24Well, not exactly to roost. I'm not staying that long.
00:26:27No? Oh, that's a pity.
00:26:30You, uh, want him to buy it back or something?
00:26:35No.
00:26:36Well, it's silly, actually.
00:26:40Had I known that Mr. J.C. was so busy and important,
00:26:43I wouldn't have bothered him personally, but...
00:26:46Oh, good morning, sir. This is Miss Cook.
00:26:49What?
00:26:51Oh, I'm sorry.
00:26:53To preserve the hearing, you know.
00:26:56I lip-read the cook.
00:26:59The other name?
00:27:00Helen.
00:27:01We haven't met, have we?
00:27:03No.
00:27:04As a matter of fact, I was just saying maybe I shouldn't have bothered you personally.
00:27:08Oh, no bother, no bother.
00:27:09It's about the car, sir.
00:27:11Car?
00:27:19Yes, it's yours, sir. Miss Cook is the proud new owner.
00:27:23That's why I'm here.
00:27:25I'm sorry, I don't understand.
00:27:27Well, you see, I bought the car as an investment.
00:27:31They do go up in value, don't they?
00:27:33If you keep it long enough in original condition.
00:27:36Well, that's it. Original condition.
00:27:39You see, I can't find the handbook.
00:27:41The handbook?
00:27:42Yes.
00:27:43Well, I suppose I could get another one from the manufacturer,
00:27:46but that wouldn't be authentic, it wouldn't be original...
00:27:48The handbook.
00:27:50Well, I dare say, Freddie, where would that be, do you think?
00:27:54Well, if anywhere, sir.
00:27:56In your desk.
00:27:57Well, let's take a look, shall we?
00:27:59Yes, sir.
00:28:04Your wife is very beautiful.
00:28:08I'm sorry, I just assumed it was your wife.
00:28:11Have no wife, Miss Cook, not any more.
00:28:14I'm sorry, she died...
00:28:15Miss Cook, I'm sure Freddie can cope with this, if you'll excuse me.
00:28:18It has been nice meeting you.
00:28:20I'm awfully sorry, if I said anything, that it would...
00:28:27It's not your fault. How could you know?
00:28:33Is that his wife?
00:28:35Yes, that's her, all right. Sheila.
00:28:40What happened to her?
00:28:42She fell in love. At least, that was the conclusion.
00:28:45Seen in town a couple of times with a young man.
00:28:47One day, she'd gone.
00:28:49He pretends she never existed.
00:28:52And he won't get rid of the photograph.
00:28:55That must mean something.
00:28:57Didn't he ever try and persuade her to come back?
00:29:00Didn't know where to contact her, even if he wanted to.
00:29:03But I doubt his pride would have let him.
00:29:05Mind you, I'll never tell him this.
00:29:07But he's better off without her.
00:29:09What do you mean?
00:29:11Ah, a gentleman never tells.
00:29:14But he is better off.
00:29:18Now, I think you're out of luck, Miss Cook.
00:29:21What?
00:29:22The handbook. No sign of it.
00:29:24Oh.
00:29:25Well, it's all right. Thank you, anyway.
00:29:28Look, I tell you what.
00:29:30Scribble your address there.
00:29:32And if it turns up, I'll let you know.
00:29:35All right.
00:29:46When did it happen, his wife?
00:29:49Oh, not long ago.
00:29:51Exactly when?
00:29:53Three months ago.
00:29:56April 2nd?
00:29:58Why, yes, it was. But how did you know?
00:30:00Listen, thanks so much for your help and for the drink.
00:30:03Goodbye, now.
00:30:26BIRDS CHIRP
00:30:46Hawkins?
00:30:47Yes?
00:30:49You helped me check the car over before we sold it, didn't you?
00:30:52That's right.
00:30:55The handbook was in it, wasn't it?
00:30:57Definitely.
00:30:59The glove compartment, I remember distinctly.
00:31:02Yes. So do I.
00:31:12What did she want?
00:31:14Not sure.
00:31:16Asked about Mrs Jacey.
00:31:18You'd tell her?
00:31:19You'd tell her? What do you mean?
00:31:21Well, you'd know more about Mrs Jacey than most, wouldn't you?
00:31:25I suppose you're happy that it's solved now.
00:31:27What's solved?
00:31:29Well, established a link.
00:31:31It's totally inexplicable.
00:31:33You'll never know the whole truth, but at least...
00:31:35That's exactly what I intend to do, to find out the whole truth.
00:31:38But what else is there to know?
00:31:42I heard a woman scream.
00:31:44Mrs Jacey disappeared.
00:31:46Now, something happened to her.
00:31:48Something terrible.
00:31:50Now, you're guessing. You're just embroidering to give it a little extra drama.
00:31:56Now, why didn't you give that back?
00:31:59I'm not sure.
00:32:01That's stealing by finding.
00:32:03That's valuable. If they find out that you...
00:32:05Ah, it's valuable now, is it?
00:32:09I thought you said it was paste.
00:32:11You tell me. Jacey's a rich man.
00:32:13Stands to reason his wife's jewellery would be real.
00:32:15I'll send it back.
00:32:16No, no, no.
00:32:17How come?
00:32:18No.
00:32:19Not yet.
00:32:26Hello again.
00:32:27Hello.
00:32:29You do remember me.
00:32:31Why, it seems like only this morning that we first met.
00:32:34Yeah.
00:32:36Come in.
00:32:37Thanks.
00:32:42Come on upstairs.
00:32:52Can I repay your hospitality?
00:32:54Yes, I'd love a drink.
00:33:03Scotch?
00:33:04Splendid.
00:33:06Actually, this morning's booze belonged to Mr Jacey.
00:33:09He owns everything out there.
00:33:11Even, I sometimes think, my soul.
00:33:15You live here alone?
00:33:17Mm-hm.
00:33:18It's very nice.
00:33:20You have taste.
00:33:25I hope it extends to men.
00:33:28I wondered about giving you my address.
00:33:31You have me all wrong.
00:33:33This is a business call.
00:33:35After all, I promised you, didn't I?
00:33:36Promised me what?
00:33:38This.
00:33:40The handbook you wanted.
00:33:42It was at the back of the drawer.
00:33:55Tommy, when she went out, did she take the car?
00:33:57Helen, what is this?
00:33:59You've done nothing but ask me questions about Mrs Jacey.
00:34:02What is your interest?
00:34:04Hmm.
00:34:06Morbid curiosity, I guess.
00:34:08Don't you know there isn't a woman alive who doesn't like scandal first-hand?
00:34:15I don't know.
00:34:17I don't know.
00:34:19I don't know.
00:34:21I don't know.
00:34:24You never answered my question.
00:34:26The car?
00:34:28Mm-hm.
00:34:29No, I thought she had taken the car,
00:34:31but next morning it was in the garage, so she couldn't have, could she?
00:34:34She might have, and you didn't know it.
00:34:36Then bring it back again.
00:34:38Why?
00:34:40Well, what did the police say?
00:34:42Police?
00:34:44Well, if she didn't leave a note,
00:34:46then Mr Jacey must have called the police.
00:34:48Well, yes, he called them.
00:34:51Well, then it all began to come out.
00:34:53Things I already knew about her, the life she was leading.
00:34:58There were lots of men.
00:35:00I caught a glimpse of one of them once here in town myself.
00:35:03Well, she didn't see me, of course, but I saw them.
00:35:06Well, police made a search, some inquiries,
00:35:09and then came to the bitter truth.
00:35:11She'd run off.
00:35:13Still keeps that photograph, though.
00:35:16Well, did he know about the kind of...
00:35:18No, no, no, we have exhausted the topic.
00:35:20I absolutely refuse to answer any more questions.
00:35:22Hello.
00:35:23Peter.
00:35:25So at long last you got around to visiting Padinos.
00:35:27Yes.
00:35:29Peter, this is Freddie Green.
00:35:31Freddie Peter Tower.
00:35:33Good evening.
00:35:35I called you about an hour ago.
00:35:37We were here.
00:35:39You didn't tell me you had a date.
00:35:41I didn't know.
00:35:43You see, Freddie was kind enough to bring me the handbook.
00:35:46For?
00:35:47For the car.
00:35:48He works for Mr. Jacey.
00:35:50Ah.
00:35:52So she's got you in on it, too, has she?
00:35:57Darling, could you call me tomorrow?
00:35:59We were just about to leave.
00:36:00Eh?
00:36:01Well, you have to get back to Ragate tonight, don't you?
00:36:03Well, yes, yes, that's right.
00:36:06Tomorrow, all right?
00:36:08Ciao.
00:36:09Ciao, babe.
00:36:14MUSIC PLAYS
00:36:31Just one nightcap.
00:36:33Sure you won't?
00:36:34No, no, thank you, I've had enough.
00:36:37You're a fraud, Miss Cook.
00:36:41All that business about the handbook.
00:36:43Just an excuse for...
00:36:45Well, I don't know what.
00:36:47You are a fraud.
00:36:49And you are a liar.
00:36:54This isn't my handbook.
00:36:56Know why?
00:36:58Because my handbook is downstairs in my garage.
00:37:01Then I was right.
00:37:04I, er, took it from our new car.
00:37:07Why?
00:37:09One, it was a good excuse to see you again.
00:37:13And two, you are up to something.
00:37:16Something that affects Mr. Jacey.
00:37:19And if it affects him, it affects me.
00:37:21He's been good to me, trusted me.
00:37:24I haven't always lived up to that.
00:37:26I don't know why.
00:37:28I don't know why.
00:37:30Trusted me.
00:37:32I haven't always lived up to that trust, but...
00:37:35Well...
00:37:37What is all this about?
00:37:41Murder.
00:37:43I'm guessing, but I think that's what it's about.
00:37:47Murder?
00:37:49Who?
00:37:51Mrs. Jacey.
00:38:01Excuse me, sir.
00:38:04Sir?
00:38:07I was just going to bed, sir.
00:38:09I wondered if there was anything else.
00:38:12Er...
00:38:14No, that'll be all. Thank you, Hawkins.
00:38:18Pretty woman.
00:38:22Sir?
00:38:24That girl today.
00:38:26Helen something.
00:38:28Attractive.
00:38:30As you say, sir.
00:38:33Reminded me...
00:38:37Sir?
00:38:42Good night, Hawkins.
00:38:44Good night, Hawkins.
00:38:55Well, I can see you're just like Peter.
00:38:58You don't believe a word of it, do you?
00:39:00Peter?
00:39:02Peter Tower. You met him at the restaurant tonight.
00:39:05He thinks I'm overdue for a new set of brains, too.
00:39:08Oh, yes. Peter.
00:39:11Skeptical, was he?
00:39:13Skeptical is the understatement of the year.
00:39:16And I can see you're just the same.
00:39:19Don't know. Don't know what to make of it.
00:39:22It's a weird story. Unreal.
00:39:25Not to me.
00:39:27Obviously not.
00:39:30Something happened in that car.
00:39:32You can say that again. I used to borrow it sometimes.
00:39:38Well, what's the next move?
00:39:41I intend to find out what happened.
00:39:44How?
00:39:47I'm going to let the car tell me.
00:39:50Now, look, that radio broadcast I heard
00:39:53was originally put out at 9.42.
00:39:56So?
00:39:57So why did I hear that and only that?
00:40:00Because that's when it must have happened.
00:40:02Around 9.42.
00:40:04April the 2nd, three months ago.
00:40:06Somewhere in the Rygate area on the Hitherton Road.
00:40:09Hitherton?
00:40:10That's where the car took me.
00:40:12So, tomorrow night, I am going to take it
00:40:16to that place at that time.
00:40:18And then what?
00:40:20I don't know.
00:40:22But what else is there?
00:40:25You could forget the whole thing.
00:40:27Yes.
00:40:29Yes, that's what Peter says.
00:40:32But I can't forget it.
00:40:35Somehow...
00:40:38Somehow it was all meant.
00:40:41Yes, I was wondering about that.
00:40:43I mean, why you?
00:40:45Why not the car salesman?
00:40:47And there must have been others who took the test run.
00:40:49Why you?
00:40:50I guess because I actually own the car.
00:40:55I've never admitted this to anyone before,
00:40:58but I didn't really want that car.
00:41:01But every time I passed the showroom,
00:41:03I couldn't help myself.
00:41:05I didn't want it.
00:41:07It wanted you.
00:41:10Well, that's how it seemed.
00:41:14I don't know.
00:41:15I really don't.
00:41:16Maybe Peter's right.
00:41:18Maybe I am heading for a breakdown.
00:41:20You seem OK to me.
00:41:21More than OK.
00:41:25I'd better be getting back.
00:41:29You haven't told anyone else apart from Peter?
00:41:32No.
00:41:33He wouldn't if I were you.
00:41:35Invites mockery.
00:41:37And you're much too nice for that.
00:41:43Tomorrow night, eh?
00:41:45Mm-hmm.
00:41:47It'll be a waste of time.
00:41:49It's my time.
00:41:50Can you move back a little bit? I want a low angle.
00:41:59I don't know if it was such a good idea using this car.
00:42:02Well, it cost a fortune.
00:42:03So far, nothing but trouble.
00:42:04Might as well get your money back.
00:42:06Nope.
00:42:07But it's a good background.
00:42:08Well, there are other backgrounds.
00:42:10All right.
00:42:11I've got all I want anyway.
00:42:15What time are you leaving this evening?
00:42:17About 8.
00:42:20I'll be here dead on then.
00:42:22Peter, I don't know.
00:42:23You really didn't think I was going to let you go on your own, did you?
00:42:25It might not work with you alone.
00:42:27It's not going to work anyway.
00:42:29If it's not going to work, why go along?
00:42:33I don't believe in ghosts.
00:42:35But I do believe in trouble.
00:42:37And it's a dark and lonely place you're going to.
00:42:43And you're a pretty girl.
00:42:46See you at 8.
00:42:52Try on chemicals.
00:42:53Start buying as soon as the market opens.
00:42:55Right, sir.
00:42:56And hold on the exploratory oils.
00:42:58I'll be going over to the rigs myself later on this week.
00:43:00I'll make a better judgment then.
00:43:02Right.
00:43:03Oh, and remind me to call feasts, will you?
00:43:06I'm not very happy about those end-of-the-year figures.
00:43:08There may be some hidden explanation.
00:43:10If not, I'll be selling gently over the next week or two.
00:43:14Don't want to start a panic.
00:43:16Bring the price down even lower.
00:43:18Now, these magazine accounts.
00:43:22Mr. Josie, do you think the rest could wait until tomorrow?
00:43:26I was rather hoping to get away by 8.
00:43:29I'd say you could wait till Monday.
00:43:31It's nothing very critical.
00:43:33Yes, all right, you can go now if you want.
00:43:35Thank you, sir.
00:43:38A date. Ready?
00:43:41Sort of.
00:43:43Well, make sure she's someone you can trust.
00:43:46I will, sir.
00:43:57Peter, I... I'm sorry.
00:44:00Miss Cooke?
00:44:01Yes?
00:44:02I am Hans von Pianuskaert.
00:44:04Oh, yes.
00:44:06But you are about to go out. It is inconvenient?
00:44:09Well, I am going out in a few minutes, but please come in, won't you?
00:44:15Please go about your business, Miss Cooke.
00:44:17I shall talk as you do, sir.
00:44:19Mr. Cooke.
00:44:20Mr. Cooke.
00:44:21Mr. Cooke.
00:44:22Mr. Cooke.
00:44:23Mr. Cooke.
00:44:24Please go about your business, Miss Cooke.
00:44:25I shall talk as you do, sir.
00:44:26All right.
00:44:36I... I was just going to take these down to the car in case it gets cold.
00:44:43Of course.
00:44:44Well, if you'd like to come along, please do, Mr. von Pianuskaert.
00:44:48Hans, thank you.
00:44:50Come on.
00:44:52Not in my country.
00:44:55This is my way of a business call, Miss Cooke.
00:44:57And as you know, I am anxious to use you in fashion features throughout my magazines.
00:45:01I had hoped to contact you through Mr. Tower.
00:45:05I understood he wielded some influence over your career, but...
00:45:09I see I am too late.
00:45:11What?
00:45:13Yes.
00:45:14Colour.
00:45:17Same registration.
00:45:21What did he get in return?
00:45:23An exclusive contract to your services?
00:45:26Over a long term, no doubt.
00:45:28What are you talking about?
00:45:30Oh, come now, Miss Cooke.
00:45:31I am the wildest of foxes.
00:45:34It is quite clear to me.
00:45:36I know this car well.
00:45:37I have ridden in it.
00:45:39Both with J.P.J.C. and...
00:45:41and his delicious, if obvious, wife.
00:45:45Mr. J.C.?
00:45:47I know surely you knew that he and I are rivals.
00:45:50In a friendly business sense.
00:45:52We are both involved, amongst other things, in publishing magazines.
00:45:59But he got to you first.
00:46:01Got to me? I...
00:46:04Oh, no, no, no. Wait a minute.
00:46:07I bought this car with my own hard-earned money.
00:46:11Yes.
00:46:13Perhaps in Britain there are some who would accept that.
00:46:16In my country?
00:46:19However, we Germans do not like to be beaten.
00:46:22The last war was enough.
00:46:24What is the value of this car?
00:46:27Six? Seven thousand?
00:46:30Eight would be outrageous, so that is what I shall pay.
00:46:33What?
00:46:34Of course, in return,
00:46:37you will tear up whatever contract you have with J.C.
00:46:41and work for me.
00:46:44Exclusively.
00:46:45Well, it is... it is poor business.
00:46:48But...
00:46:50it would be compensation to outwit J.P.J.C.
00:46:54Besides, this car has memories for me
00:46:57of J.P.J.C. and his...
00:46:59his delicious, but obvious, wife.
00:47:07Eight thousand pounds?
00:47:09That's what he offered. And a contract?
00:47:11And two. And I wasn't looking forward to this evening.
00:47:14Helen! Oh, I love you. I really love you.
00:47:18And who said that women hadn't got any business acumen?
00:47:24You did.
00:47:28You turned him down.
00:47:30I turned him down.
00:47:40A solid profit and a future.
00:47:44What a ghost.
00:47:46I have to see this through, Peter.
00:47:54I brought a torch.
00:48:14I brought a torch.
00:48:45What the hell am I doing here?
00:48:48Helen, this is crazy.
00:48:50I didn't ask you to come along.
00:48:52Let's stop now. Let's turn back before we make complete fools of ourselves.
00:49:14Helen!
00:49:31Are you going out, sir?
00:49:34I saw signs of a fox near the chicken run.
00:49:37They hunt at night. I thought I'd follow their example.
00:49:41There's nothing worse than a Fox Hawkins.
00:49:44Destruction.
00:49:46Wanton.
00:49:48They destroy everything they touch.
00:49:50Yes, sir.
00:50:12Now what?
00:50:15I don't know.
00:50:17I've never been any farther than this.
00:50:24But there's nowhere else to go.
00:50:27No, just some cart tracks.
00:50:34What time is it?
00:50:36It's about 9.40.
00:50:38Exactly.
00:50:409.41.
00:51:04Six grand and the radio doesn't even work.
00:51:07It isn't quite time yet.
00:51:09This has gone far enough.
00:51:12We came here, right?
00:51:14I played your little game.
00:51:16Nothing's happened.
00:51:18Nothing's going to happen.
00:51:20So let's turn this darn thing around and...
00:51:29It's 9.42.
00:51:33Yes?
00:51:34We interrupt this program to bring you an important news item.
00:51:37A few moments ago, shots were fired from the public gallery of the House of Commons.
00:51:41A man has been...
00:51:47Let's get away from here.
00:51:49Now.
00:51:51No!
00:51:55I'm going to see this through.
00:51:58But to where?
00:52:01The car will decide.
00:52:07Let's go.
00:52:30That's enough, Peter!
00:52:37Let's go.
00:53:07Let's go.
00:53:37Let's go.
00:54:04It's stalled.
00:54:08No.
00:54:10It's taken us as far as we need to go.
00:54:13This is the end of the line.
00:54:18But here?
00:54:21There's nothing.
00:54:37Let's go.
00:54:54There's something over there.
00:54:58We're right in line with it.
00:55:01And there's no road in.
00:55:03The car couldn't take us any further.
00:55:07Nothing?
00:55:37Let's go.
00:56:07Let's go.
00:56:30Sterlitz.
00:56:37Let's go.
00:56:59Hey!
00:57:02Well, I want to see everything.
00:57:04There's nothing to see. No one's been here in years.
00:57:15I'll get some... Ow!
00:57:17I'll get some ice.
00:57:32DOORBELL BUZZES
00:57:43That was a shot.
00:57:45Gamekeeper, perhaps.
00:57:47Has it occurred to you that we're probably trespassing?
00:58:02Yes.
00:58:04Yes, I'll tell him as soon as he gets back.
00:58:12Destructive. Wantonly destructive.
00:58:15Good shooting, sir.
00:58:17But I don't think you were the only one prowling around tonight, sir.
00:58:21What?
00:58:22Mrs Vincent just telephoned, sir, from the lodge cottage.
00:58:25She swears she saw a light in the old, ruined house.
00:58:28A light?
00:58:29Someone sleeping rough, I suppose.
00:58:31All the same, I think I'd better take a look.
00:58:33Would you like me to come along with you, sir? I mean, you never know these days.
00:58:37Might be someone dangerous.
00:58:39I can handle it.
00:58:47Are you satisfied?
00:58:49It brought us here.
00:58:51It meant us to come here.
00:58:53And you searched the whole place. Now, come on, Helen.
00:58:55I don't understand it.
00:58:57I don't know why, but one thing I do know. We're going back to town.
00:58:59And tomorrow, you're going to sell that car and forget about the whole thing.
00:59:02It brought us here for a reason.
00:59:04A reason that you can't find, because it doesn't exist.
00:59:06Now, look, Helen, I'm beginning to lose patience.
00:59:14Hey, look.
00:59:19Focus. Right there.
00:59:28It's her.
00:59:32I knew she was here somewhere.
00:59:36All this time, she's been crying out to be found.
00:59:42I was right all along.
00:59:44Yes, I know.
00:59:47That's the pity of it.
00:59:49I'm sorry.
00:59:51I'm sorry.
00:59:53I'm sorry.
00:59:56That's the pity of it.
00:59:59Because I do love you.
01:00:01You know, I really do love you.
01:00:03Peter.
01:00:09She might have stayed there hidden for years and years.
01:00:12Perhaps forever.
01:00:14But now there'll be a hero in cry, and I can't afford that.
01:00:20Oh, Peter.
01:00:23Why?
01:00:25Josie leads a group of magazines.
01:00:27I wanted in.
01:00:29So I thought, get the wife, get the man.
01:00:32But it went wrong.
01:00:34It became serious for her.
01:00:36She was actually going to tell her husband.
01:00:38I couldn't have that.
01:00:40I would have completely ruined my chances.
01:00:42So I... I let her take me for a drive.
01:00:46After...
01:00:49After it was over,
01:00:51I took it back to the house.
01:00:54That car.
01:00:56That damned car.
01:00:58Why did you have to buy it?
01:01:01She made me.
01:01:04To get to you.
01:01:07I was the link.
01:01:09I told you to get rid of it.
01:01:11I told you to sell that car.
01:01:16I do love you.
01:01:19I do love you.
01:01:22But I have to... I have to...
01:01:24No.
01:01:40I recognised him in the restaurant last night.
01:01:42He was the one I saw with Mrs Jacey.
01:01:48Fuck.
01:01:50Fuck.
01:02:16I do love you.
01:02:18I do love you.
01:02:21Please.
01:02:23Please.
01:02:25Please.
01:02:49Please.
01:03:00Please.
01:03:18Please.
01:03:48I do love you.
01:03:50I do love you.
01:04:18I do love you.