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The Strange Case of Dr. Manning (1957) (aka Morning Call) (original title)
1h 15min | Crime, Thriller | 21 March 1958 (USA)
In this mystery, the wife of the recently kidnapped Dr. Manning enlists the assistance of a Scotland Yard detective and a private eye to find him.
Director: Arthur Crabtree
Writers: Bill Luckwell, Paul Tabori
Stars: Greta Gynt, Ron Randell, Garard Green
1h 15min | Crime, Thriller | 21 March 1958 (USA)
In this mystery, the wife of the recently kidnapped Dr. Manning enlists the assistance of a Scotland Yard detective and a private eye to find him.
Director: Arthur Crabtree
Writers: Bill Luckwell, Paul Tabori
Stars: Greta Gynt, Ron Randell, Garard Green
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00:00:57Yes, this is Dr. Manning.
00:01:00Who?
00:01:02Didn't you try to get your own doctor?
00:01:06I see.
00:01:07When was her last attack?
00:01:11Very well, you'd better give me your address.
00:01:17Yes.
00:01:19Yes.
00:01:21No, just keep her quiet.
00:01:23I'll be right over.
00:01:41Darling, do you have to?
00:01:42A cardiac case.
00:01:43Some poor fellow's wife.
00:01:45Said he couldn't get his own doctor.
00:01:47You're too good-natured.
00:01:49Oh, I don't know.
00:01:51All in a day's work, you know.
00:01:54Sometimes I wish I wasn't in the phone book, though.
00:01:56She's got an operation at 8 o'clock.
00:01:58You won't get any sleep.
00:02:01I'm used to that, is it?
00:02:02You ought to know by now.
00:02:05How can you be so cheerful at this ungodly hour?
00:02:09If I didn't love you so much, I'd hate you for it.
00:02:13Nice to know how lucky I am.
00:02:16Good night, Mrs. Manning.
00:02:18Go back to sleep.
00:02:20Good night, darling.
00:02:22And don't use up too much bedside manner.
00:02:26Good night.
00:02:56Oh!
00:03:26Trunks.
00:03:56George?
00:03:57George?
00:03:58Can you put me through to Dr. Manning, Mary?
00:04:03This is Mrs. Manning.
00:04:07There's nobody there yet, Mrs. Manning.
00:04:14The doctor hasn't come in.
00:04:19Oh?
00:04:20Well, will you ask him to ring me as soon as he does?
00:04:21Certainly, Mrs. Manning.
00:04:22I don't think he's at the hospital this morning.
00:04:23Of course, I...
00:04:24I forgot.
00:04:25Thank you, Mary.
00:04:26George?
00:04:27George?
00:04:28George?
00:04:29George?
00:04:30George?
00:04:31George?
00:04:32George?
00:04:33George?
00:04:34George?
00:04:35George?
00:04:36George?
00:04:37George?
00:04:38George?
00:04:39George?
00:04:40George?
00:04:41George?
00:04:42Hello?
00:04:43Is that the hospital?
00:04:44Is Dr. Manning there?
00:04:45What?
00:04:46Well, nurse?
00:04:47Mrs. Manning just phoned.
00:04:48She said he had a night call and he hasn't come back yet.
00:04:49I see.
00:04:50Call Dr. Turnbull.
00:04:51We can't wait any longer.
00:04:52Mrs Manning just phoned. She said he had a night call and he hasn't come back yet.
00:05:08I see. Call Dr Turnbull. We can't wait any longer.
00:05:14I do wish you could, Gil. You'll be along right away then. Five minutes? Thank you,
00:05:21I'm getting rather worried about him.
00:05:34Look, why don't we call the police? Do you think we should?
00:05:38Well, if there's been an accident, they can easily check.
00:05:41No. No, let's wait a little while. George always hates a fuss, maybe.
00:05:46But I am worried. He's never been away as long as this without calling me first.
00:05:52Never missed an operation before. Maybe he had to stay with the patient a long
00:05:57time and there was no phone. All the same, I wish he'd called.
00:06:01Look, try to stop worrying, dear. George is the most dependable man in the world
00:06:06and the most considerate. I ought to know. I'm his lawyer. Tell you what we'll do.
00:06:13Hello? No, Mrs Fletcher, the doctor isn't in.
00:06:18No, he's not at his surgery either. Yes, I'll tell him. Goodbye.
00:06:26The patient. You know, I'm being a very bad hostess.
00:06:30Wouldn't you like some coffee? No, thank you. You just sit down and relax.
00:06:35We'll wait another half hour and then I'll call the police.
00:06:38I've just found it, sir. Lying there. Thank you. That's all. It's addressed to you.
00:06:52Whoever left it, he must have gone by now. There's a stamp delivered by hand.
00:06:58Oh, Gil. I'll call the police at once.
00:07:04No, Gil. Gil, you mustn't. Vanessa said we mustn't.
00:07:10Gil, Gil, what can we do?
00:07:14I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.
00:07:18I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.
00:07:22I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.
00:07:26Gil, Gil, what can we do? Just help me.
00:07:30I can't, my dear. I'm not alone. This is a matter for Scotland Yard.
00:07:34But if they go to the police, they might kill him. Surely there must be some other way.
00:07:42There's just a chance I might be able to catch him. Catch whom?
00:07:46His name's Nick Logan. He's an American detective. Just finished a case over here for an American company.
00:07:51Insurance fraud. Oh, hello. Mr. Logan, please. Urgent.
00:07:57What?
00:07:59He's already left for the airport. Thank you.
00:08:03But how can an insurance detective...
00:08:05Logan was with the MSS during the war, and he's worked with the FBI.
00:08:09I got to know him pretty well. Maybe I'll be able to persuade him.
00:08:13Calling Mr. Logan.
00:08:17Will Mr. Logan please come to the information desk?
00:08:21Thank you. Thank you.
00:08:25My name is Logan. Somebody want me?
00:08:27Urgent phone call for you, Mr. Logan. Right here.
00:08:33Nick Logan speaking.
00:08:35Who?
00:08:37Oh, hello, Gil. How are you?
00:08:42What?
00:08:45Well, I'm taking off in ten minutes.
00:08:51Well, no. No, I couldn't. I'm doing New York tomorrow.
00:08:55Look, perhaps Mrs. Manning would like to speak to you herself. Maybe she can persuade you.
00:08:59I'll talk to her, but that's all.
00:09:01Mr. Logan, I know it's a great deal to ask, but I'm desperate.
00:09:06Couldn't you postpone your trip for just a day?
00:09:10Please help me. Just 24 hours.
00:09:14You will?
00:09:17Oh, thank you, Mr. Logan.
00:09:19Yes, I'll give you the address.
00:09:23You know, honey, England is a very lovely country.
00:09:28It's kind of hard to leave with pretty girls like you around.
00:09:31Will you give my regards to the pilot and tell him not to wait for me?
00:09:38Yes, it's a kidnap note, all right.
00:09:41But it looks like an amateur.
00:09:43What makes you think that?
00:09:45A professional would have kept you on the hook longer.
00:09:48Mr. Logan, what can we do?
00:09:52Mrs. Manning, there are two things we've got to get straight.
00:09:56Won't you sit down?
00:09:58I'm the pacer type, you know.
00:10:01I'd like to ask you a few questions, if you don't mind.
00:10:04No, not at all.
00:10:05How long have you been married?
00:10:07Five years.
00:10:09The doc, does he take trips? Is he often out of town?
00:10:12Not particularly.
00:10:14We go on a holiday to the continent or attend a medical congress.
00:10:18Most together?
00:10:19Mostly.
00:10:21Did you notice any strain?
00:10:24Any overwork or anything like that?
00:10:27No, he was joking when he left the house this morning.
00:10:30His patients are mostly wealthy, aren't they?
00:10:32Yes, mostly.
00:10:34But he does a lot of free work, too.
00:10:37These patients, the rich ones?
00:10:41Women do get sick, too.
00:10:44Did he receive many late-night calls?
00:10:47Oh, please, Nick. Mrs. Manning's under enough strain.
00:10:51It's all right, Gil.
00:10:53Your hunch about rich women patients is quite correct.
00:10:56But I never asked my husband anything about them.
00:10:59We were very happy together.
00:11:01There was never any other woman or any other man.
00:11:05I know one thing about your husband, Mrs. Manning.
00:11:09He's a very lucky guy.
00:11:13Well, that cleans that up.
00:11:16Now, the second thing.
00:11:19We must go to the police.
00:11:21But you read the letter. It said we mustn't.
00:11:24Mrs. Manning, that's exactly what the kidnappers want you to do.
00:11:27Not to go to the police.
00:11:29The only chance to get your husband back alive
00:11:31is to use the facilities of Scotland Yard.
00:11:34But what if...
00:11:35I can't run this as a one-man show.
00:11:37I need help.
00:11:39I have a friend at the yard, Inspector Brown.
00:11:41With your permission, I'd like to contact him.
00:11:44Thank you, Mr. Brown.
00:11:47Well, Nick, you're quite satisfied
00:11:49that this is a straightforward case of kidnapping, huh?
00:11:52Looks like it.
00:11:54All right, we have put the car on a 48-hour list.
00:11:57Then if it's left anywhere in the open, it'll be found.
00:12:00By the way, what's the doctor look like?
00:12:02Oh, he's...
00:12:04I've got a description here.
00:12:07I promised Mrs. Manning we'd try and keep the thing quiet
00:12:10for the time being.
00:12:12Yes, I agree with Mrs. Manning.
00:12:14It's okay if I stick around?
00:12:16Oh, sure.
00:12:18All for a little bit of Anglo-American cooperation.
00:12:20Nice to have you again.
00:12:21Thanks.
00:12:23That Humber car's already been reported, sir.
00:12:26Looks like Dr. Manning's all right.
00:12:30You heard?
00:12:31Yeah.
00:12:43Interesting?
00:12:45Not good, sir.
00:12:46Who found it?
00:12:47A man on the beach about half an hour ago.
00:12:49He saw it first about 8 o'clock in the morning.
00:12:51Thought it was just another parked car.
00:12:53All right, keep at it with him.
00:12:55Well, there's nothing more for us to do
00:12:57until they're through with the job.
00:12:59I'd better get back to Mrs. Manning.
00:13:01Do you want to come along?
00:13:03No, it'll only make her feel worse.
00:13:05You find me from there if there's anything new, will you?
00:13:07Okay.
00:13:08I'll put on a couple of men down there.
00:13:10Not in uniform, Inspector.
00:13:12You leave that to me.
00:13:18Hello, Fred, I'm terribly sorry.
00:13:20You're a little late for a lunch date, aren't you?
00:13:22It's 3 o'clock.
00:13:23I couldn't help it.
00:13:24We started at 10 instead of 8.
00:13:25What happened?
00:13:26Patient gone on a strike?
00:13:27No, but there's been a lot of excitement here this morning.
00:13:29Dr. Manning didn't turn up.
00:13:31It's the first time it's ever happened.
00:13:33Nobody knows where he is.
00:13:34Manning?
00:13:35George Manning?
00:13:36The surgeon who married all that money with a Mayfair accent?
00:13:39Well, don't tell me he's taken a powder on her.
00:13:41Spoken like a true reporter.
00:13:43What a...
00:13:44No, that's what makes me so attractive to women.
00:13:46Come on, Ann.
00:13:47Let's get a bite to eat.
00:13:48I want to know more about that, Doctor.
00:13:51Hello?
00:13:52Oh, Missing Persons Bureau?
00:13:55Can I speak to Sergeant O'Hara, please?
00:13:59Oh, uh, Mike?
00:14:01It's Fred Barnes.
00:14:03Look, have you got a Dr. Manning on your list?
00:14:06Okay, I'll hold on.
00:14:10Hello?
00:14:11You haven't?
00:14:12Look, are you sure?
00:14:15No, no, just a hunch, that's all.
00:14:18Okay, Mike.
00:14:19Thanks.
00:14:40There's nothing here except bills and letters.
00:14:44We'd better go through the stuff in the office.
00:14:49Uh, Gilbert Stevens speaking.
00:14:51Mr. Stevens, how much ransom do they want for Dr. Manning?
00:14:54How do you know?
00:14:56Who are you?
00:15:00Thank you, Mr. Stevens.
00:15:10I'm sorry, Manning.
00:15:12I tried.
00:15:14Kidnapping is not a very private affair.
00:15:17But it might spoil everything.
00:15:18It's been more than 24 hours since I got that note and nothing since.
00:15:22This won't stop the kidnappers.
00:15:25It'll only make them greedier.
00:15:27And a greedy man is usually careless, too eager.
00:15:31Besides, it may bring forward some witnesses.
00:15:34Make it so.
00:15:35Besides, it may bring forward some witnesses.
00:15:38Make it sound so ordinary, so reasonable.
00:15:41When I think of George, he might...
00:15:42Try and be calm, Mrs. Manning.
00:15:45We're doing our best.
00:15:47I'm so sorry. I'm so tired, so confused.
00:15:50I understand.
00:15:57Hey, just a minute!
00:16:01Where do you think you're going?
00:16:02I have a message for Mrs. Manning.
00:16:05Who from?
00:16:06I must see her immediately.
00:16:08It is vital.
00:16:09Is it about Dr. Manning?
00:16:11My message is for her alone.
00:16:14All right. Come in.
00:16:20Man says he's got a message for Mrs. Manning.
00:16:24What sort of message? A note?
00:16:25No, it is a personal message for Mrs. Manning.
00:16:29Hand it to him.
00:16:30Uh-huh.
00:16:32All right, I'll tell Mr. Logan.
00:16:35Wait here.
00:16:37Are you sure, Mrs. Manning,
00:16:38your husband didn't know the person who phoned?
00:16:40No.
00:16:41I heard George ask him why he didn't call his own doctor.
00:16:43And what did he say to that, Mrs. Manning?
00:16:45Would any of Dr. Manning's patients
00:16:46have any reason to harm him?
00:16:47An unsuccessful operation, maybe.
00:16:49Or a relative looking for revenge.
00:16:51Has he had any threatening letters?
00:16:52Who handed him on some money, Mrs. Manning?
00:16:54Look, gentlemen, I don't think all that.
00:16:56Well, give it to me.
00:17:01There's a story, you'll get it. I told you that.
00:17:03Now, count it, sir.
00:17:06Is it about my husband?
00:17:08I am here to speak to Mrs. Manning.
00:17:10Oh, Mr. Stevens is her lawyer.
00:17:12I'm a friend of the family.
00:17:14Whatever you have to say, they can hear.
00:17:15Only say it, whatever it is.
00:17:17Now, come on, fellas, give it a break.
00:17:19Please.
00:17:20Now, sir.
00:17:21Pitiless in anger and embarrassing wrath.
00:17:23Come on.
00:17:25Get him out of here.
00:17:30I'm sorry, Mrs. Manning, I should have warned you.
00:17:32And I'm afraid this is only the beginning.
00:17:36Crazy people.
00:17:37Well, yes, Mrs. Manning is here, but can't you tell me?
00:17:42I'm her lawyer.
00:17:44Just a moment.
00:17:45A woman.
00:17:46Say she has some information, but won't talk to me.
00:17:48Hello?
00:17:49This is Mrs. Manning.
00:17:50Do you want to know where your husband's got to?
00:17:52Oh, yes, please.
00:17:53Well, I can tell you, dearie.
00:17:55They're all the same.
00:17:56He's gone off with a bit of skirt, half your age, like my husband did.
00:17:59And he won't come back, either.
00:18:04How cruel.
00:18:06If they only knew what they were doing.
00:18:09Mrs. Manning.
00:18:11I think you ought to have the police in the house.
00:18:13It'd save you a lot of trouble.
00:18:15But how can they do that?
00:18:16I'd set up a post here, open up the mail, answer the telephone,
00:18:20keep this sort of thing away from you.
00:18:23Well, it's up to you to decide.
00:18:25I want my husband back, Mr. Logan.
00:18:42Here's someone who claims that they saw him in Brighton on the day he was kidnapped.
00:18:46Everybody wants to get in on the act.
00:18:49Everybody wants to get in on the act.
00:18:57Here's someone we'd better follow up, Nick.
00:18:59Says that he saw the doctor getting out of his car.
00:19:03Here's the one we've been waiting for.
00:19:07For my money, the doctor's already dead.
00:19:10And we're tracking down a murderer.
00:19:13Well, let's keep that theory from Mrs. Manning.
00:19:15What have you got there?
00:19:16Brackle.
00:19:19It is.
00:19:21I'll get it down to the labs right away.
00:19:25I better show this to Mrs. Manning.
00:19:30Yes?
00:19:31Got another note from your friend.
00:19:36Oh, Gil, this means he's safe.
00:19:39Five thousand pounds.
00:19:41Can we get it today?
00:19:42A minute, Gil.
00:19:44When you're ready to get that cash, we want to be in on it.
00:19:47Oh, it's no good handing over marked money.
00:19:49It's too obvious.
00:19:50Not marked.
00:19:51We can do things with the serial numbers.
00:19:53But we've got to keep track of those notes.
00:19:56I'm against any tricks, Mr. Logan.
00:19:58These men are probably desperate.
00:20:00But how can we...
00:20:01I understand, Mrs. Manning.
00:20:03But after you get your husband back, we want the kidnapper.
00:20:06But the letter asked me to send the police away.
00:20:09That's standard form in ransom notes.
00:20:12But if you play ball with them, you're bound to lose.
00:20:16He's right, Annette.
00:20:17I'd better get going.
00:20:23There's one thing more, Mrs. Manning.
00:20:27Five thousand's a lot of money.
00:20:29Not for my husband's life.
00:20:31I didn't mean that.
00:20:32There's always the possibility of a trick.
00:20:34If that happens, they may ask for a second five thousand or even more.
00:20:38I'll have to take that chance.
00:20:40There's no other way.
00:20:41There is one.
00:20:42Put in that ad.
00:20:44Say the money is ready.
00:20:45But ask to see the goods before you pay off.
00:20:48Yes, I...
00:20:50I suppose you're right.
00:20:52There's a girl out here, Mr. Logan, who says she saw Dr. Manning that night he disappeared.
00:20:56She may be another of those crazy people, but you never know.
00:21:00We'll soon find out.
00:21:02Sure.
00:21:04Could you come this way, please, miss?
00:21:09Hello.
00:21:10How do you do?
00:21:11I'm Mrs. Manning.
00:21:12This is Mr. Logan.
00:21:13Hi.
00:21:14Vera is my name.
00:21:15That's what everybody calls me.
00:21:17Just Vera.
00:21:18You say you saw my husband?
00:21:19That's right.
00:21:21Oh, but it wasn't anything like what you're thinking.
00:21:23If that is what you're thinking.
00:21:25I only saw him.
00:21:26I mean, I'm pretty sure.
00:21:27How long ago was that?
00:21:29The first night.
00:21:30The night the paper said it happened.
00:21:31It took long enough getting here, didn't you?
00:21:33Cops.
00:21:34They're all alike.
00:21:35You are a cop, aren't you?
00:21:37Always questions.
00:21:38Did you ever see one that didn't want to know everything?
00:21:40Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt.
00:21:42Please go on.
00:21:44Well, first of all, I didn't think too much about it.
00:21:47Then I said to myself, what if it happened to my husband?
00:21:50If I had one, that is.
00:21:52I'm still single.
00:21:53But just the same, a girl's got her dreams.
00:21:55If you could just tell us what you saw.
00:21:57Look, I came here to help.
00:22:00Then I'll tell it in her own way.
00:22:01Thanks, dearie.
00:22:03Well, so after I thought it over for a while,
00:22:05I figured I'd better come down here.
00:22:07All those cops outside, they give a person the willies.
00:22:10And when you want one, they're never around, am I right?
00:22:12Only who wants one?
00:22:14Mind if I smoke?
00:22:18Well, it's about 3.30 a.m., and I'm walking down the street.
00:22:21How long?
00:22:23I said I was single, didn't I?
00:22:25Gets kind of lonesome that late, and I was hurrying home.
00:22:28I've got this little dog.
00:22:29Oh, he's just a little Pekingese.
00:22:31Huddles, that's his name.
00:22:32Then all of a sudden I hear a yell.
00:22:34Just a quick one, then it stops.
00:22:36Oh, I'm scared, so I duck around a corner,
00:22:39and I see these two guys, I mean these two gentlemen,
00:22:42coming out of a door down the alleyway.
00:22:44One was kind of pushing the other,
00:22:46and a couple of seconds later they get in a car,
00:22:48and they're whizzing past me.
00:22:49Did you get a good look at them?
00:22:50They were men, weren't they?
00:22:52I mean, sure.
00:22:53I got a look at the one that wasn't driving.
00:22:55His head was kind of nodding,
00:22:57like he was half asleep or something.
00:22:59Just a couple of drunks, I thought then.
00:23:01You know how it is that time of night.
00:23:03And then I see the doctor's picture in the paper next day,
00:23:05and it's him all right.
00:23:06The one that wasn't driving, I mean.
00:23:08Could you find this alleyway again?
00:23:10Do you remember exactly where it is?
00:23:13I do.
00:23:14It's where I always take puzzles to.
00:23:16Oh, I beg your pardon.
00:23:18Sure, I remember it.
00:23:19Just a moment, girl.
00:23:21We're going over there.
00:23:25Sergeant.
00:23:28Get a couple of boys in the car and meet me out back.
00:23:30Tell Inspector Brown I'll pick him up.
00:23:32Oh, and say, take it easy.
00:23:36You don't want the papers in our mess, huh?
00:24:07That's where they came out.
00:24:09Right there.
00:24:10Oh, thank you, Vera.
00:24:12We appreciate that.
00:24:13You want me to stick around?
00:24:14No, that's all.
00:24:15Thanks.
00:24:16Maybe you'd better take my phone number,
00:24:17just in case any of you boys might need me again.
00:24:19If we need you, Vera, we know where to find you.
00:24:28Hey, sweetheart.
00:24:29What's the matter?
00:24:30I don't know.
00:24:31I don't know.
00:24:33Hey, sweetheart.
00:24:35Hello.
00:24:36How's about a cup of coffee, eh?
00:24:38Can I, dear?
00:24:39Well, that's all we've got to share for the moment.
00:24:41Not much, is it?
00:24:46G-E-M.
00:24:49Well, that's his word.
00:24:51If he sat there, he could have got slugged from behind.
00:24:55Well done, Nick.
00:24:56This may be something.
00:24:58Oh, look at this.
00:25:00It's like the fellow was having a smoke while waiting for Manny.
00:25:03Sure.
00:25:04Well, the lab boys can have a go at this.
00:25:07Maybe it matches up to the tobacco we got out of the ransom note.
00:25:13Hey.
00:25:14Here's something.
00:25:15What's that?
00:25:16You jimmied his way in here and unlocked the door.
00:25:20Yeah.
00:25:21Left the doctor at the street door,
00:25:23brought him in here, stunned him,
00:25:25and dragged him out of the car.
00:25:27Yeah.
00:25:28There it is.
00:25:29It was a jimmy.
00:25:30Yeah, that's it, all right.
00:25:31Maybe it's got some fingerprints on it.
00:25:33Maybe it's a break.
00:25:34We got one coming.
00:25:36Let's go around and pick it up, huh?
00:25:59I'm afraid we're out of luck, Inspector.
00:26:01Not a thing on it.
00:26:02He must have worn gloves.
00:26:04This guy took no chances.
00:26:06We find a lot of perspiration in the handle.
00:26:09Unless he stole it.
00:26:10Your man's obviously a building worker of some kind.
00:26:13That narrows it down a lot, doesn't it?
00:26:15Let's come over there.
00:26:16A few things which might help you.
00:26:18Of course, you mustn't expect miracles.
00:26:20Oh, these are the tobacco samples, are they?
00:26:22Yes.
00:26:23You'll find they're matching all right.
00:26:25What sort?
00:26:26Pipe tobacco.
00:26:27Pipe tobacco?
00:26:28Not a regular commercial brand.
00:26:30Just a cheap mixture which has been specially made up.
00:26:32Well, give me a report prior, shall we?
00:26:34And I'll check with the shops.
00:26:35Right.
00:26:36Oh, just one more thing.
00:26:37Judging by the strength of it,
00:26:39this man must do a lot of smoking out of doors.
00:26:41Nobody, at least nobody's wife, would stand for it inside.
00:26:44Oh, we're really moving along, aren't we?
00:26:46So far, we have a pipe smoker who does construction work.
00:26:50Maybe a constructive smoker fools around with pipes.
00:26:54Call for you, Mr. Logan.
00:26:56Excuse me.
00:26:59Hello?
00:27:01Yes, Gil.
00:27:04Which bank?
00:27:07Okay, we'll be right over.
00:27:27Here's one.
00:27:28You better take it, Inspector.
00:27:30Thanks.
00:27:32Second letter J, fourth number three.
00:27:34Right.
00:27:39Well, there's another couple of hundred.
00:27:41Well, that's 3,500 in matching notes so far.
00:27:46You take your time with that money, Gil.
00:27:48We're not going to be hearing from our friend for a while,
00:27:50not until this cools off.
00:27:51Take a look at that.
00:27:57I've done all I could,
00:27:59and I haven't the papers every day for a week and nothing.
00:28:03Newspaper story must have scared him off.
00:28:065,000 pounds can cure a man of it.
00:28:09Hasn't so far.
00:28:12An express letter, Mrs. Manning.
00:28:16This is the one.
00:28:18This is the one.
00:28:41I hope you won't let this upset you, Mrs. Manning.
00:28:44You can't play it their way.
00:28:45No.
00:28:47I'll play it my own way.
00:28:53I've just had a letter from the kidnappers.
00:28:55Unless I handle everything from now on alone,
00:28:57my husband's life's in danger.
00:28:59I must ask you all to leave immediately.
00:29:01Oh, but Mrs. Manning...
00:29:02That's all I have to say.
00:29:03Please go.
00:29:05Come along now, please.
00:29:06You heard what the lady said.
00:29:11You heard that, I suppose.
00:29:13You heard that, I suppose.
00:29:15Then I don't have to repeat myself, Inspector.
00:29:18Look, Mrs. Manning,
00:29:20we've just begun to build a picture of a man.
00:29:23Right now, it's pretty fuzzy, I admit that.
00:29:26But unless we go through with it...
00:29:28I'm not interested in that man, Inspector.
00:29:30I'm interested in my husband.
00:29:32If we let these men get away with it,
00:29:33it could start a whole flurry of kidnapping.
00:29:35Other people would become involved, other lives.
00:29:38Now, you could do a lot to prevent that.
00:29:40I want my husband back.
00:29:42Someone else can save the country.
00:29:49Yes?
00:29:52Hello, Nick. Be right with you.
00:29:54Monitor room.
00:29:55They're listening in to Mrs. Manning's phone calls.
00:29:58Hmm?
00:29:59Yes, I got all that.
00:30:01All right, thank you.
00:30:03Well, there's not many calls down there tonight.
00:30:05She put one through to her lawyer.
00:30:07He's on his way there now.
00:30:08Not a word from the kidnapper.
00:30:10Grant sure has the first list on the tobacco shops
00:30:12that make up that blend.
00:30:13The 20 in all.
00:30:15About 12 of them are in the one area, Camden Town.
00:30:18Hmm.
00:30:20Might give us a lead as to where our man lives.
00:30:24Brown here.
00:30:26Oh, yes, Slattery.
00:30:27Hmm?
00:30:29Yes.
00:30:30All right, call me the moment that anything happens, will you?
00:30:35Slattery's at the post office.
00:30:37No luck, huh?
00:30:38You know, Nick,
00:30:40I think we'd better get down to the Manning household.
00:30:43I don't think there's gonna be any welcome mat out there for us.
00:30:46Oh, we won't try to get into the house.
00:30:48We'll be in the truck.
00:30:50All right.
00:31:08Sergeant, any activity?
00:31:10Not much tonight, sir.
00:31:11A lawyer called about 20 minutes ago.
00:31:13That's all.
00:31:15You know, Nick,
00:31:16I used to read that detectives' lives are exciting.
00:31:19Ah, that's private eyes.
00:31:21And only in books.
00:31:26Hey, look, sir.
00:31:34It's picking up.
00:31:39I was told to give you this, and I've got a wife.
00:31:43All right, you'd better come in, then.
00:31:53Who is it?
00:31:54It's for you, Adam.
00:31:55He says he's to wait.
00:32:02Is it?
00:32:08Yes.
00:32:17I must hurry.
00:32:18I'm coming with you.
00:32:20Get on.
00:32:38That side.
00:32:54I wonder which direction they mean.
00:32:56Look on the Manning.
00:33:08Now, leave cab down street.
00:33:10Bring money to main entrance gates.
00:33:12Come alone.
00:33:13Husband's safe, but no tricks, I warn you.
00:33:17Annette, why don't we call the police?
00:33:18No, no, let's go. Come on.
00:33:20All right.
00:33:25Rockland Center, please.
00:33:39I have to go in alone.
00:33:41Well, if you must.
00:33:43Well, there's no other way.
00:33:44Let me hang on to the Manning meanwhile,
00:33:46till you make sure it isn't a trick.
00:33:47All right.
00:33:48Remember, if there's the slightest sign of trouble,
00:33:50you must call me.
00:33:51I will.
00:34:09Calling Car X-234. Come in.
00:34:12Car X-234, reporting.
00:34:15Go to Rockland Cemetery, east entrance.
00:34:18Over.
00:34:19Car X-234, moving into position.
00:34:22Right.
00:34:34We'll have the place surrounded in ten minutes.
00:34:38All right.
00:34:53Where are you?
00:34:58I came as you said.
00:35:09I've done as you asked me.
00:35:23Go over to that bench.
00:35:30Sit down.
00:35:32Don't turn around.
00:35:39The money.
00:35:40You have the money?
00:35:42Yes, I've got the money.
00:35:44But I can't give it to you until I'm sure about my husband.
00:35:47It's in the cab.
00:35:48Is this a trick?
00:35:50You're trying to cheat me?
00:35:52No, I'm not trying to cheat you.
00:35:54But I've got to have evidence, some proof.
00:35:56I'll give you proof.
00:35:59Come over here.
00:36:06My husband.
00:36:08Don't turn around.
00:36:10Is he here?
00:36:11First, the money.
00:36:14May I see him or talk to him?
00:36:16Later, but no tricks, or you'll not see him again.
00:36:21May I see him or talk to him?
00:36:23Later, but no tricks, or you'll not see him again.
00:36:28I'll go and get the money.
00:36:38She's been gone five minutes.
00:36:47She's coming back.
00:36:51You have to make contact.
00:36:54I want the money now, Bjorn.
00:36:55Have you seen him?
00:36:56Are you sure you don't want me?
00:36:57Just wait.
00:36:58Just wait.
00:37:02Where are your squad cars?
00:37:04They ought to be here any minute.
00:37:06RX-234, in position.
00:37:08RX-531, in position.
00:37:11That's two of them.
00:37:15Hey, look.
00:37:18Pleased to meet you, baby.
00:37:19Hey, Mr. Mayor, don't go.
00:37:21Playing hard to get, eh?
00:37:22That's what I like.
00:37:23Oh, please let me go.
00:37:24Sure is lucky we two get along.
00:37:26Sure is, Bjorn.
00:37:30She wants to go with the boyfriend.
00:37:32The other cars will be too late.
00:37:34I'm going after her.
00:37:43Bjorn!
00:37:46You can't...
00:38:04I'm back.
00:38:05I got the money.
00:38:16Oh, Bjorn.
00:38:20It's okay, Mrs. Mayor.
00:38:23Let me take you home.
00:38:39Come on, buddy.
00:38:40What's up?
00:38:41All I want is to be fair.
00:38:44I'm all right now, thanks.
00:38:46I'll just go and lie down for a little while.
00:38:47Well, shall I get Jane to make her a cup of tea?
00:38:49That would be nice.
00:39:06Mrs. Manning?
00:39:08Yes?
00:39:09Now, listen.
00:39:10No more tricks, understand?
00:39:12I couldn't help it.
00:39:13I've got the money.
00:39:14I'll do anything.
00:39:15All right.
00:39:16Go to Freddy's Cafe in the high street, now.
00:39:18But alone.
00:39:19Alone if you want the doctor to live.
00:39:21You understand?
00:39:22Yes.
00:39:24Yes.
00:39:25There'll be a letter there telling you what to do.
00:39:28Look, can't you...
00:39:36What did he look like?
00:39:37He got fat, mate.
00:39:38About five foot nine.
00:39:40Had his hat pulled over his face.
00:39:41Couldn't see much.
00:39:42He was smoking a pipe.
00:39:43Didn't you see his face?
00:39:45Well, it was dark.
00:39:46And a slow night.
00:39:47I was more interested in his money.
00:39:49If I'd have known you was after him.
00:39:52Okay.
00:39:53You give me your name and address.
00:39:57And you can have this.
00:39:59You see, Governor?
00:40:00It was really dark.
00:40:02Yes, yes, I know.
00:40:03A slow night.
00:40:04You'd better get going.
00:40:11Who's that?
00:40:12A cab driver brought the note.
00:40:14You let him go?
00:40:16I got his name, address and license number.
00:40:19He can't help as much.
00:40:21So where have you been?
00:40:23Sitting in the truck.
00:40:24Listening in to a telephone conversation.
00:40:27I'll find again.
00:40:28He phoned Mrs. Manning from a public call box.
00:40:31Oh, he's getting real hungry.
00:40:33You know the place?
00:40:34You'll soon find out.
00:40:35It's called Freddy's Cafe.
00:40:38I've got to go out again.
00:40:40Why, what's happened?
00:40:41I'll tell you on the way.
00:40:46Gazelle Post!
00:40:47Yes, son.
00:40:48What do you want, Gazelle Post?
00:40:49There's a half a crown for you.
00:40:51What for, Governor?
00:40:52Just take this letter across to Freddy's Cafe.
00:40:54Say a lady will pick it up.
00:40:56That's all.
00:40:57Half a crown?
00:40:58Easy money.
00:41:01Hey, Freddy.
00:41:02Hey, Freddy.
00:41:06A man asked me to leave this here.
00:41:07Can't you see the sausage roll, Freddy?
00:41:12Hey, that ain't for you.
00:41:13Some woman's coming for it.
00:41:16Where did you get this letter, Charlie?
00:41:18A man down the street.
00:41:19I got my sausage roll.
00:41:21Listen, this Dr. Manning will be out.
00:41:24It's the kidnapper.
00:41:25Where was he?
00:41:26Just down the street.
00:41:29I've got to tell the wife.
00:41:32Marie, there's a letter come from the kidnapper.
00:41:35The Manning kidnapper.
00:41:37I tell you it's true.
00:41:38I've got the letter here in my hands.
00:41:41If you don't believe me, come down.
00:41:44Here, read it.
00:41:47Manning kidnapping?
00:41:48Is it really the kidnapper?
00:41:49It says right here, 5,000.
00:41:52A letter like this comes to Freddy's,
00:41:54and Marie doesn't believe it when I tell her.
00:41:56I'm Mrs. Manning.
00:41:57I believe you have a letter for me.
00:41:59Look, ma'am.
00:42:00Charlie comes in here with this letter,
00:42:01only he don't say who it's for.
00:42:03So I read it and tell a couple of people.
00:42:05You're very shy in reading other people's letters.
00:42:09Here's your letter.
00:42:17Will you please listen to me?
00:42:19You all know what's in this letter.
00:42:20I can't help that now.
00:42:22But you must also know that this has placed
00:42:24my husband's life in great danger.
00:42:26If anything happens to him,
00:42:28you will all share the responsibility.
00:42:31Therefore, I must ask you all to stay away
00:42:33from Avondale Park tonight.
00:42:35You heard what the lady said.
00:42:37Now let's all break it up, shall we?
00:42:59Five thousand quid.
00:43:01You can almost touch it.
00:43:03You hate to think of all that dough just lying there.
00:43:05Here.
00:43:06What if that bloke don't show up?
00:43:08I wonder.
00:43:09You'll get your head shot off.
00:43:10He may be watching.
00:43:11Yeah, I suppose you're right.
00:43:13But just lie in there.
00:43:29What can we do, Gil? What can we do?
00:43:31Everything seems against me.
00:43:33First those horrible drunks and that awful café.
00:43:36And that man reading my letter in front of all those people.
00:43:38Yes.
00:43:39That scared him away.
00:43:40It's a terrible thing.
00:43:42When you think of all the millions of people in this country,
00:43:45how can we appeal directly to him?
00:43:47No.
00:43:48No.
00:43:49No.
00:43:50No.
00:43:51No.
00:43:52No.
00:43:53No.
00:43:54No.
00:43:55No.
00:43:56No.
00:43:58Millions of people.
00:44:00That gives me an idea.
00:44:02Maybe it'll work.
00:44:09Hello, television service?
00:44:11Extension 126, please.
00:44:14Hello, Bob?
00:44:15Gil Stevens here.
00:44:17Yeah, fine, thanks.
00:44:18But, Bob, I want a favour.
00:44:20A great favour.
00:44:21And you're the one man who can do it for me.
00:44:27Ladies and gentlemen, the Manning case.
00:44:29Now, the kidnapping of Dr. George Manning has shocked the whole country.
00:44:33Tonight, in the studio, we have Mrs. Manning.
00:44:36Now, Mrs. Manning, I want you to know that all our sympathy and that of the viewers is with you.
00:44:41But please tell me, when did you first realise that your husband had been kidnapped?
00:44:45It was the day that the note was delivered to the house.
00:44:48Now, this note, did it have any indication as to who brought it?
00:44:51No.
00:44:52Only a mark in the bottom corner like this.
00:44:55I see.
00:44:56Mrs. Manning, do you remember what was in the note?
00:44:59I shall never forget it.
00:45:02Whoever you are, please send my husband back to me.
00:45:06I don't mind what I pay.
00:45:09I'll pay.
00:45:11I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that.
00:45:13It's quite all right, Mrs. Manning.
00:45:14Don't worry about it at all.
00:45:15Please don't worry about it at all.
00:45:18Nick, have a look at that.
00:45:19Mrs. Manning is on television tonight.
00:45:24She must be crazy.
00:45:25Sure she is.
00:45:27I bet this was Gil's idea.
00:45:43Keep quiet, Mrs. Manning.
00:45:44Don't turn around.
00:45:49Now drive.
00:45:56What are you two doing here?
00:45:58Oh, we might ask the same thing of you.
00:46:00Where's Mrs. Manning?
00:46:01She's getting the car out.
00:46:02Oh?
00:46:03What make of car is she driving?
00:46:05A blue Renault.
00:46:08Wasn't that a Renault that just raced out of here?
00:46:10It can't be.
00:46:11She's picking me up.
00:46:12It's a Renault, all right.
00:46:13Come on.
00:46:15Keep driving.
00:46:16Don't turn around.
00:46:18Now, from now on,
00:46:20no more phone calls,
00:46:22no more letters.
00:46:23This is your last chance.
00:46:26Saturday morning, 11 o'clock,
00:46:28train to Harryford.
00:46:30You get a window seat.
00:46:32When you see a white sheet waving three times
00:46:35through the window,
00:46:36that's when you turn around.
00:46:38And when you turn around,
00:46:39that's when you turn around.
00:46:41When you see a white sheet waving three times,
00:46:43throw out the case with the money in it
00:46:45and no police.
00:46:47If you tell them,
00:46:48I'll kill your husband and then you.
00:46:51Now, turn right here.
00:46:54No, right.
00:46:55Right.
00:47:11You all right, Mrs. Manning?
00:47:15Yes, thank you.
00:47:17Just a little daze, that's all.
00:47:20What happened?
00:47:22It was him.
00:47:23The man I met in the cemetery.
00:47:25You saw his face?
00:47:26No.
00:47:27He had the gun stuck in my back.
00:47:28I couldn't turn around.
00:47:29What did he say?
00:47:31I can't tell you.
00:47:35Mrs. Manning,
00:47:36if we are to help you...
00:47:37Help me?
00:47:38Help you?
00:47:39Help me.
00:47:40All you've done up to now is to hinder me.
00:47:41Oh, will you please let me handle it my own way?
00:47:44That way you won't get your husband back now.
00:47:48You've agreed to another place for paying over the ransom.
00:47:51Yes, what if we did?
00:47:52I can't tell you.
00:47:53But, Mrs. Manning,
00:47:54if you agreed to his terms,
00:47:56why did you crash the car?
00:47:57I got panicky.
00:47:58He threatened to kill me.
00:47:59I couldn't stand it any longer.
00:48:01Okay, okay.
00:48:03We'll play it your way.
00:48:06Maybe it'll work out.
00:48:08All you want to do is to catch another criminal.
00:48:14Just a moment.
00:48:16Maybe you have caught him already.
00:48:23Yes, it's mine, all right.
00:48:24How much do you sell?
00:48:25A couple of pounds a day.
00:48:26Maybe more.
00:48:27Mostly to the same people?
00:48:28More or less.
00:48:30Since it's my own blend,
00:48:31I push it to the casuals, too.
00:48:32That's kind of a rough question.
00:48:35Do you have any bricklayers
00:48:36or construction workers
00:48:37among your regulars?
00:48:38Well, they don't tell me
00:48:39their life stories, you know.
00:48:41So you can't remember anybody
00:48:42coming in here with rough hands
00:48:43like a bricklayer or a nabby?
00:48:46Honestly, I can't.
00:48:48I look at the money, not at their hands.
00:48:50Okay.
00:48:51Thanks, Wally.
00:48:52What for?
00:48:53Nothing, really.
00:48:54But if anybody does come in here
00:48:55and asks for your blend,
00:48:57just keep him talking, will you?
00:48:58If he's a laboring type.
00:49:00And then call this number.
00:49:03What are you looking for, a spy?
00:49:05No, he's not a spy,
00:49:07but he's plenty dangerous.
00:49:32Oh, dear.
00:50:02Oh, dear.
00:50:33Do you want a drink?
00:50:59Give me that.
00:51:01Oh, uh, the inductor.
00:51:02Yes, sir.
00:51:04Listen, sometime before we get to Hereford,
00:51:07I'm going to be pulling the communication cord.
00:51:09Well, that'll gut you five pounds.
00:51:11Besides, it's illegal.
00:51:14In the last carriage but one, you'll
00:51:16find Inspector Brown of Scotland Yard
00:51:18who'll make it quite legal.
00:51:20Do you say it, sir, sir?
00:51:21I say, sir, now keep this to yourself.
00:51:23About the police, I mean.
00:51:25Yes, sir.
00:51:26A man's life may depend upon it.
00:51:27Well, sir.
00:51:31I say, sir, now keep this to yourself.
00:51:33About the police, I mean.
00:51:34Yes, sir.
00:51:34A man's life may depend upon it.
00:51:36Well, sir.
00:51:37A man's life may depend upon it.
00:51:38Well, sir.
00:51:39A man's life may depend upon it.
00:51:41Well, sir.
00:51:42A man's life may depend upon it.
00:51:43Well, sir.
00:51:44A man's life may depend upon it.
00:51:45Well, sir.
00:51:46A man's life may depend upon it.
00:51:48Well, sir.
00:51:48A man's life may depend upon it.
00:51:50Well, sir.
00:51:51A man's life may depend upon it.
00:51:52Well, sir.
00:51:53A man's life may depend upon it.
00:51:55Well, sir.
00:51:56A man's life may depend upon it.
00:51:57Well, sir.
00:51:58A man's life may depend upon it.
00:52:00Well, sir.
00:52:01A man's life may depend upon it.
00:52:03Well, sir.
00:52:04A man's life may depend upon it.
00:52:06Well, sir.
00:52:07A man's life may depend upon it.
00:52:09Well, sir.
00:52:10A man's life may depend upon it.
00:52:12Well, sir.
00:52:13A man's life may depend upon it.
00:52:15Well, sir.
00:52:16A man's life may depend upon it.
00:52:18Well, sir.
00:52:19A man's life may depend upon it.
00:52:21Well, sir.
00:52:22A man's life may depend upon it.
00:52:24Well, sir.
00:52:25A man's life may depend upon it.
00:52:27Well, sir.
00:52:28A man's life may depend upon it.
00:52:30Well, sir.
00:52:36What's happening, Doctor?
00:52:37Oh, nothing, madam.
00:52:38Just a couple of kinds playing about at the communication cord.
00:52:41He'll be underway in a minute.
00:53:00I don't see any strangers around here.
00:53:12Nobody around here, mate.
00:53:13A chap carrying a briefcase?
00:53:14No, I ain't seen a soul.
00:53:15Mind if I take a look inside?
00:53:16Have a look in the van if you want.
00:53:17Come on, Masters.
00:53:18Have a look in there.
00:53:20Caught anything?
00:53:23Well, that looks pretty good.
00:53:27Can't speak, Mister.
00:53:32He's dumb.
00:53:34Oh.
00:53:35Well, have you seen any strangers around here?
00:53:45No.
00:53:46A lot. Nothing in here so how about those guys around the fire they're all right
00:53:55there don't briefcase there. But we better be moving to the dock so we'll never
00:54:00find them.
00:54:09You did fine.
00:54:16Hey Mike. What do you want come over here.
00:54:27I am not catch anything here you should have gone further up there up by the
00:54:31bridge you talking about it but one already took two pounds of it weighs
00:54:35an ounce. That's
00:54:37a two pounder then I'm a macro all right if you don't believe me go back to the
00:54:42car get the scales I will.
00:54:46I'm.
00:54:55You know. What.
00:55:10When did it happen. The doctor was killed just a few hours after the kidnapping.
00:55:16And all those messages notes just for the money.
00:55:23Yes. The world is full of cruelty. Perhaps you'll think me
00:55:29cruel to. But I want you to go on.
00:55:37What's there to go on for. Kill them and still at large. The only chance we have
00:55:43of getting him is through you. Through me. You met him twice
00:55:51in the cemetery and in the car. Now we have a lot more evidence at the start
00:55:57but build a pretty close picture of what he's like.
00:56:02About you. We can't do it. But I didn't see his face.
00:56:08I wouldn't know him again if I saw it what no of course I'd know him I could pick
00:56:13him out from a thousand that's
00:56:14a tall order sweet out Fred when you've seen a man once and that's how often I see
00:56:19most of them I never forget him so you know how do you like to have your picture
00:56:24in the papers Oh I'd like that front page well I can't promise but it'll be quite
00:56:29a splash.
00:56:36That's right inspector girl's name is Vera Clark. Yes she lives in your division
00:56:43Copeland Street. Now look I want to take it into protective custody. Or at once
00:56:48please the girl's life may depend on it. Thank you inspector.
00:56:55Thank you I was just asking for trouble let's hope the trouble doesn't get to
00:56:59a first. You've got a cheek saying you could pick him out of a thousand could
00:57:06you don't be silly of course I couldn't they got the picture in the paper didn't
00:57:11it maybe somebody will discover me yeah I'm not glad.
00:57:39Hello dairy.
00:57:41.
00:57:52Got
00:57:53a knife. Thank you.
00:58:00About coming up for
00:58:01a drink.
00:58:11.
00:58:21Thank you so much oh well I think that's something that's formal.
00:58:29You'll find the bottle and glasses over there help yourself have
00:58:32a drink.
00:58:40Much of a talker are you.
00:58:44You like me. Maybe you can have a good.
00:59:02.
00:59:20She was so full of life. She most did she could recognize him I was
00:59:26the quickest way of committing suicide I don't know who's going to be only hasn't
00:59:31started spending that money he's playing it cagey maybe he's left the country.
00:59:37Inspector seemed to that every airport harbors covered. If you just like you know it
00:59:43may take ages. I don't think so. Maybe there's somebody else on his list.
00:59:51On his list with two people who've been real close to him. One of them is dead.
00:59:57I'm sorry but I've asked the inspector to put the guards back on the house you
01:00:01mustn't go out alone I will you promise but how can I it may take weeks or months
01:00:08it won't you see. Dr Manning was struck by two blows.
01:00:13This one would have stunned him it was probably struck in the room to which he was
01:00:16lured that night this one the one that killed him at the spot where the body was
01:00:21found. On the slant of the blows in their positions on the sky.
01:00:27I'd say the matter was about five to ten.
01:00:31He hit him with something pretty heavy. A rock maybe a hammer or a short handed
01:00:36pick I'd say that's more than a guess we found some evidence. Those are some
01:00:41particles of mortar dust to be found in the wounds they must have come from the
01:00:45murder weapon. That widens the field a bit maybe in demolition that's what we
01:00:51thought perhaps the demolition workers Emma could be anything else yes one or two
01:00:55more bits over here. With regard to the other victim those are some hairs found
01:01:00clutched in the girl's hand. The murderer has sandy hair with specks of gray.
01:01:07There are some more of the same hairs in the solution of caustic potash. From the
01:01:10length of time it takes the hair roots to dissolve we can tell a person's age.
01:01:14The murder is about 46. And here's something else. Fibers from a jacket found
01:01:21in Dr. Manning's clothing. At the time of the murder your men wore a cheap rather
01:01:26old blue surf suit. Chances are he's still wearing it. He hasn't been splashing that
01:01:33money around. A call just came in sir. They think he's passed on the notes. Where?
01:01:38Same place the news boy took the letter to. Freddy's. Thanks Groucho.
01:01:42I'll tell you how it happened. Last night when I closed I'm counting the money in the
01:01:53till. A good day I count. Bad day I lock up and go upstairs. But last night. Like you
01:01:59said it was a good day. Wish I had a hundred of them. I put the notes in a pile and I see
01:02:04the list the police send around. I check it and what do you think? This. Do you know who
01:02:10gave it to you? Well I remember at about this time of day. What about the guy? Do you
01:02:15know him? First time he's been in here. A second time. Day before last. About the same
01:02:21time. Would this description fit him? Aged 46. About five foot ten. Sandy hair. Strong
01:02:28build. Nah. A little fellow with glasses. He had a sharp nose and a. Talk about the
01:02:34devil. Look over there. You certainly had me worried inspector. For a moment you had
01:02:46me thinking things. Not that I answered the description do I? Perhaps it just as well.
01:02:51I don't want to run foul of the law. How do you figure you got hold of this note? I can't
01:02:57say. But if that's the one I gave to Freddy last night it must have come from me last
01:03:01customer before closing up. Drove up on a blue Austin he did. Fought five gallon. Would
01:03:08you know him again if you saw him? Nah I can't say I would governor. You see I left me glasses
01:03:12in the office. Nah I can't say I'd know him again. Except for his rough tongue. Well what
01:03:18did he say? I told him one of these tyres wanted a retread. He just snarled at me. Mind
01:03:22your own business he says. Oh he was a surly one all right. Well thank you very much Mr
01:03:29Simmons. Let us know at once if he comes in again will you? We want his license number.
01:03:34Yes I'll do that sir. And I'll tell the boss as well. Well good day gentlemen.
01:03:40Well first lead Burton's garage Camden Town. Let's see where he goes from there.
01:03:49Well he's beginning to travel a bit. Two beers and a sandwich there last Sunday. Sunday huh?
01:04:13Yet for the rest of the working week he's stuck pretty close to Camden Town.
01:04:17Where he obviously lives or works. It's been ten days now since I've been cooped up here
01:04:23and I can't stand it any longer. There's no objection to you taking a walk. Yes I know
01:04:27if nurse comes about. It won't be long now Annette. That's what you said last week. Yes
01:04:31but none of the bank notes have turned up in the last three days. How does that help you?
01:04:36Well the last one we picked up was at the seminar. The cashier was a bright girl. Now
01:04:40that he knows the money is hot we figure he may try and leave the country so please Annette just
01:04:45a little more patience please. Let's go Inspector.
01:04:54Give me an ounce of your special. Three and eleven.
01:04:59Found that. I'm sorry I haven't got any change. I shall have to keep you waiting a minute
01:05:07while I get some more from the safe. Don't be all day.
01:05:14Nice weather we're having. Reminds me of France in 1915.
01:05:26Is that Scotland Yard? Inspector Brown's office. Quickly it's urgent.
01:05:33Is that Inspector Brown? Not there. Is that Mr Lowen speaking? Now listen.
01:05:40Okay keep him there if you can. If you can't try and get his address. We'll be right over.
01:05:47What? Well tell him anything but try and keep him there. That was the tobacco list.
01:05:53Our man has just cashed one of the notes. A car's outside. Come on.
01:06:02Where is he? Sorry Mr Lowen. He left here about ten minutes ago. I couldn't hold him.
01:06:07Would you get his address? I didn't get the chance. I asked Herbert to keep him talking
01:06:11while I got you on the phone. When I came back he'd gone. So had Herbert. Do you think he may
01:06:14have followed him? I should think it's highly probable. Especially as Herbert fancies himself
01:06:18as a split. Split? What's that? Detective. Herbert any luck?
01:06:27Well give her to his man quick. He's there now. Where man? Where?
01:06:31Up in Mendota Street. He has a room at number 12.
01:06:34Mendota Street. Come on. You'll catch him if you hurry. Number 12.
01:07:31Well there's nothing there. Just got to be.
01:07:35It's got to be. Well maybe he took it with him.
01:07:40Five thousand pounds in notes. Oh he could have. Let's get some air.
01:07:51Ouch. Watch it Brown. No bridge.
01:08:02You see that?
01:08:09Why is it so much lower here than there?
01:08:31What's this?
01:08:48It could be the motive. Knocked down by a car driven by Dr. George Manning,
01:08:53the Harley Street doctor. I remember this case Nick. Six years ago.
01:08:58Woman walked straight into the car. Could be the motive all right.
01:09:03Now all we need is the guy. Grab that paper. We'll wrap this stuff up.
01:09:13Hey Nick.
01:09:16This could be useful.
01:09:18Hobson Demolition Company.
01:09:22Like one of the letters are missing here. Yeah. Easily taken that. Robson. Hobson. Dobson. Yeah.
01:09:35What's that? I was just thinking. When we catch up with this guy,
01:09:39we may need a net for a positive identification. I'll get one of the boys to put it over.
01:09:49What did Mr. Logan say sergeant? He wants you to meet him and the inspector straight away.
01:10:03Where? He doesn't know that yet. There's a patrol car waiting outside and they'll hear by radio.
01:10:07Come on let's go.
01:10:10So you want to talk to one of my men do you inspector? What about?
01:10:39Well just one or two questions he might answer for us. Does the name Carver mean anything to you?
01:10:44Nobody on my gang by that name. This fellow lost his wife in an auto accident a few years back.
01:10:50Oh did he? One of my chaps lost his sister that way. Pretty cut up about it too. Yeah.
01:10:56Do you recognize this wage packet? Yeah 216. That's him. Dad no. You're wanted.
01:11:08Get out of the way.
01:11:38So
01:11:52so
01:12:07okay fella this is the end of the line come and get me
01:12:22so
01:12:35so
01:12:56we take you home
01:13:05you
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