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00:01:00The game's up, Llewellyn. I arrest you for the murder of John Russell and Mary McClure at 150 Liberal Street, Liverpool, on the night of January the 1st, 1935.
00:01:16I have to warn you that if you say, etc., etc., etc., I've been after you for five years for this, and I may say that this is a moment that has forced me the greatest possible pleasure.
00:01:27Just as I was reaching for the handcuffs.
00:01:28Just a minute, Chief. How many L's are in Llewellyn?
00:01:31Four. But you've determined you've only got as far as Llewellyn.
00:01:35I've only got two fingers.
00:01:36Now, Mr. Pippen, ever fast you out, I'm blowed if I know.
00:01:39Inspector Blow. Inspector Blow, begin.
00:01:41Now, then, throwing caution to the winds, I leapt on him single-handed.
00:01:47Single-handed?
00:01:49Well, go on. You know how to spell single-handed, don't you?
00:01:52Yes, but you weren't single-handed, Chief. I was with you.
00:01:54Well, that's as good as being single-handed.
00:01:56Yes, but it was me that leapt on him from behind.
00:01:59Look here. Whose life story is this?
00:02:01Well, yours, Chief. I mean, fair's fair. After all, I've given you the best years of my life, and the only time you've mentioned me up to page 298 was that time when the bulldog tore a piece out of my trousers.
00:02:13Well, that showed your true advantage, didn't it? Anyway, will this satisfy you?
00:02:16Ten minutes later, help arrived in the shape of Sergeant Bingham, and the Saffron Gang was finally rounded up.
00:02:22Thanks, Chief.
00:02:23Not that you did make any difference.
00:02:26Well, now we come to the last chapter. We'll leave that blank for the moment, but we'll hit it. The fifth column.
00:02:32The fifth column?
00:02:33That's what I said.
00:02:35But you haven't had anything to do with the fifth column?
00:02:37No, but I'm going to. Listen to this.
00:02:40The Minister of Home Security today assured the government that the best brains in Scotland Yard will shortly be engaged to combat the menace of the fifth column in this country.
00:02:49They are my boy, Inspector Hornley's next case.
00:02:52Yes, but it hasn't even mentioned you, Chief.
00:02:54No, but it says the best brains, and that narrows it down. Let's see, there's Jenkins in Yorkshire, Brown in Ireland. That leaves...
00:03:02Good morning, Inspector Bloom.
00:03:04Good morning. Still working on the life story for Tit Bits, I see. I thought of a good title for it yesterday.
00:03:11Oh?
00:03:12Yes. Whopping Tales of the Yard.
00:03:16I'll treat that remark with the contempt it deserves.
00:03:19Anything else, Chief?
00:03:20No. There's an unsympathetic influence in the room.
00:03:22Well, I'll just head up the new fifth column chapter, and then I'll leave it at that, eh?
00:03:26Fifth column? How does fifth column figure in the fairy tales?
00:03:31It hasn't yet, but it's going to, eh?
00:03:35Oh, and who said you were going to be assigned to the fifth column case?
00:03:39A little Dickie Bird.
00:03:40Oh, I should have written that little Dickie Bird's name, if I were you, because he's singing the wrong tune.
00:03:44I suppose you think you're going to get the job, eh?
00:03:46Never mind, Hornly. Anyway, how could they waste a man like you on a job like that?
00:03:52Why not?
00:03:53Well, who's going to take care of the bottle parties?
00:03:55Well, I'll practically clean those up, you know that?
00:03:57Yeah, with the exception of the one where Bingham goes every night.
00:04:00Well, he hasn't found any evidence yet.
00:04:02No, but he's found a nice little fan dancer.
00:04:04Who?
00:04:06Is that right?
00:04:08No, it's not.
00:04:10Inspector Hornly.
00:04:11Yeah?
00:04:12The Commissioner wants you.
00:04:13Oh?
00:04:14He's got half the army high command with him.
00:04:16Has he, though?
00:04:18Oh.
00:04:19Well, I shouldn't worry blow, old man.
00:04:21You'll have plenty of time to spare.
00:04:23I'll hand over that little joint for you to clean up.
00:04:26And if you talk to Bingham nicely, he might give you her phone number.
00:04:30Oh, Bingham.
00:04:31Sir?
00:04:32You can leave in that bit about the fifth column.
00:04:34Righty-ighty.
00:04:38The fact is, this petty scrounging has reached such proportions that it's costing the army thousands a year.
00:04:43What we've got to do is to set an example.
00:04:45If we can catch one or two of the culprits, it'll have a salutary effect on the others.
00:04:49Now.
00:04:52Who's that for me, sir?
00:04:53Brigadier Lloyd, Major Harvey of the War Office.
00:04:55Inspector Hornly.
00:04:56How do you do, gentlemen?
00:04:57I've got a rather unusual case for you, Hornly.
00:04:59The War Office are concerned over certain army activities which are proving rather more widespread than we imagine.
00:05:05Now, what we thought...
00:05:06I think I know what you mean, sir.
00:05:07Oh?
00:05:08Well, one reads the papers.
00:05:10The papers only touch on the fringe of it, I'm afraid.
00:05:12Quite.
00:05:13But a detective can read between the lanes.
00:05:15I'm glad you appreciate this importance.
00:05:17As I was telling the commissioner, this is not just a case of a few tins of strawberry jam.
00:05:21Eh?
00:05:22This sort of thing's going on in camps all over the country, you know.
00:05:24I beg your pardon?
00:05:25These depredations from army stores.
00:05:27Depred...
00:05:28Scrounging, Hornly.
00:05:30Scrounging?
00:05:31But you've been saying this has nothing to do with the fifth column.
00:05:33Fifth column?
00:05:34Whatever put that into your head?
00:05:36Inspector Blow was assigned to that case last week.
00:05:38Blow?
00:05:39As an ex-officer, it shouldn't be difficult for you to get into the run of things again.
00:05:42Are you listening, Hornly?
00:05:45The idea is that you should join the army.
00:05:47What, me?
00:05:48Yes.
00:05:49What, at my age? After all my years of...
00:05:51Temporarily, of course.
00:05:52We'll do our best to see you're comfortable.
00:05:54Well, it's more than I was last time.
00:05:56Still, if you're offering me a commission...
00:05:58I'm afraid that is hardly the idea.
00:06:00By joining the ranks and mixing with the men, you'll have a better chance of contacting the offenders.
00:06:05The ranks?
00:06:07It's true.
00:06:09Come on.
00:06:20Come on, come on, step out. What's the matter with you?
00:06:22I'm tired out.
00:06:23What, we're all tired out?
00:06:25We're not grumbling about it?
00:06:26Yes, but I've been carrying these things for the last six miles.
00:06:30I claim there was a changeover.
00:06:32All right, we'll have a changeover, OK?
00:06:35Put the gun on your right shoulder.
00:06:37You'll be left hand-free to carry the other stuff.
00:06:39I'm going to resign.
00:06:41You're not.
00:06:42You've been put on this job and you're going to stick it out.
00:06:45So, what have we done in the case?
00:06:47We've been ten days here, marching, drilling and dumping.
00:06:50And all we've got to show for it is blistered heels and fallen arches.
00:06:53Well, you'll have to prop up your arches, my lad.
00:06:55It's Kandahar Day tomorrow.
00:06:58It's Kandahar Day.
00:06:59A field day.
00:07:01A twelve-mile march with full pack.
00:07:03Followed by a three-mile attack over open country.
00:07:06Then some bombing and bayonet work.
00:07:08And if we're lucky, a band of players home to bed.
00:07:12I won't do it. I won't do it.
00:07:14British Army or no British Army.
00:07:16I'm going sick.
00:07:17You'll do nothing of the sort.
00:07:19If you start going soft now, you'll give the game away.
00:07:21Yes, but...
00:07:22If I can stick it, you can.
00:07:23And if you go sick, you'll have more than the British Army to answer to.
00:07:26You'll have to answer to me.
00:07:28I'm going sick.
00:07:36A few blokes to the sick parade.
00:07:38Pile in here.
00:08:02Cool. We're well out of that lock, eh?
00:08:05Gold perish tomorrow with full pack.
00:08:19Come along now. On parade, you. Double up.
00:08:22What's the matter?
00:08:25I don't think I feel very well, Sergeant, in fact.
00:08:28I think I'll go sick.
00:08:30You can't go sick now.
00:08:31Seven o'clock in the morning's the time to go sick.
00:08:33Run along now. You heard what the day sergeant said.
00:08:39Private Lee.
00:08:40Coming.
00:08:46Well, what's the matter with you?
00:08:48It's my blistering feet, sir. I've worn the tread off them.
00:08:52And when Lord Roberts made his historic march to Kandahar,
00:08:56it was a proud boast of this regiment that not a man fell out.
00:09:02Today is the anniversary of that great event.
00:09:05And in view of the excellent march you carried out yesterday,
00:09:09I propose to celebrate today
00:09:12by granting leave to the whole regiment till midnight.
00:09:16Hooray!
00:09:19Salute!
00:09:21Halt!
00:09:24Halt!
00:09:26Halt!
00:09:31Halt!
00:09:40Two beers, please.
00:09:41Two beers?
00:09:42Yes, I'm having one for a sick friend.
00:09:50Here's one to be going on with.
00:09:53Ah, you're not doing too bad.
00:09:54A pound note on a Friday.
00:09:56Gentleman's opinion, sir.
00:09:57What do you think?
00:09:58Well, um, bookie perhaps.
00:10:01Certainly not.
00:10:04I suppose now to tell you that I was one of those chaps
00:10:06that scrounged stuff out of army stores and sell it outside.
00:10:08Go on, you're having me on.
00:10:10I said supposing.
00:10:12Have you been many of them in here?
00:10:13Can't say I've met anyone.
00:10:15Just wondering.
00:10:17There's a lot of scrounging going on, you know.
00:10:18So I hear. Why they don't do something about it beats me.
00:10:21Perhaps they are.
00:10:22The military police?
00:10:23Not them.
00:10:25They may catch us drunk.
00:10:26They may catch us drunk.
00:10:28Found this stuff.
00:10:29Did it all over the floor.
00:10:30How much is missing?
00:10:31Can't say yet.
00:10:32But it's all new stuff, though.
00:10:33Only came in yesterday.
00:10:34None of it issued, eh?
00:10:35That should help.
00:10:37Assignment of pants.
00:10:38All sizes.
00:10:40Tinned pilchards.
00:10:41Ever had that brand before?
00:10:42No.
00:10:43What's it got to do with you?
00:10:45Yes, what are you doing here, anyway?
00:10:47The reporter would like you to meet the medical officer.
00:10:49Keep your nose out of things that don't concern you.
00:10:51Count up what's left in those cases.
00:10:52And don't make any mistakes.
00:10:53Very good, sir.
00:10:56Fluent sauce.
00:10:58Right.
00:11:02Did you get any time off?
00:11:03After we close, till we open again.
00:11:05What about taking a punt and having a watercress tea with me up there?
00:11:08You're not backward and coming forward, are you?
00:11:10Oh, what do you say?
00:11:12All right, then.
00:11:13I'll boss two outside.
00:11:14That's a deal.
00:11:15But on one condition.
00:11:16What's that?
00:11:17Would you let me pay my share?
00:11:18Yes?
00:11:19Yes?
00:11:26Come on.
00:11:44What's been to you?
00:11:47I had a marvelous time, chief.
00:11:48I've been out with a wee lassie.
00:11:50Look.
00:11:51Here she is.
00:11:54Not bad, eh?
00:11:55Well, it's six for three.
00:11:58To Baldy.
00:11:59With love from Daisy.
00:12:03I'm taking her to the pictures tomorrow.
00:12:04For half-day.
00:12:06Her father's a Presbyterian, too.
00:12:08Her father keeps an eye out among the shop...
00:12:09Now, listen.
00:12:10I don't want to hear how life is, me.
00:12:11While you've been making yourself ridiculous, I've been getting on with the job.
00:12:14And now you've been helping me.
00:12:15I'm on to something.
00:12:16You are?
00:12:17Yeah.
00:12:18Here's some salvage of stuff that was pinched last night.
00:12:20And if we can find any bit around here, we'll know who knocked it off.
00:12:23Yes, but they might have come by it innocently.
00:12:24Well, the stuff hasn't been issued yet.
00:12:25Now, come on.
00:12:26Step lively before they come back.
00:12:27Now, you know what you're looking for?
00:12:29Gents' underpants, large size.
00:12:30Filtrates and carbolic soap.
00:12:32Now, you take this side.
00:12:33Okay, chief.
00:12:34I've been through the hut next door, but I drew a blank.
00:12:54What if it was understood that we were only pretending to do this?
00:13:07Yes, we understood and the colonel understood.
00:13:09The sergeant made it a bit slow in the uptake.
00:13:11He got what he had to pay, then.
00:13:15Give it a hang, chief.
00:13:16You haven't clumsy flat foot.
00:13:21Come on.
00:13:22There's only eight more.
00:13:24Come on.
00:13:32Morning, Hornly.
00:13:33Still looking for clues, eh?
00:13:39I always said there were no flies on Hornly, but I take all that back now.
00:13:43What are you doing down here?
00:13:45Come away from your clues and I'll tell you.
00:13:47Have you come down here to make trouble?
00:13:49I've come down here to see you two.
00:13:51Us?
00:13:52You mean you want us to help you with your case?
00:13:53I do.
00:13:54Why?
00:13:55Because there are certain things, Hornly, of which you have special knowledge.
00:13:59I never expected you to admit that, Blow.
00:14:01I knew they'd get into a mess as soon as we left the yard.
00:14:04What's your difficulty?
00:14:05We're very busy, you know.
00:14:06I can appreciate that.
00:14:09Well, we've discovered that information is being coded to Germany.
00:14:15Nothing unusual in that, is there?
00:14:17Shortwave transmitter, I suppose.
00:14:19Yes, and what is more, we've discovered the code.
00:14:22And now all that's missing is the shortwave transmitter and the blokes who are running it.
00:14:25That's right, but unfortunately they never broadcast from the same place twice.
00:14:28What do you want us to do? Consult the stars for you?
00:14:31No, I'm not interested in your usual methods of solving crimes.
00:14:35What I want to know is how they got hold of a certain piece of information when there were only half a dozen people in the know.
00:14:40And you were two of them.
00:14:41Us?
00:14:42Yes, listen to this.
00:14:45Among other interesting items broadcast to Germany last night was this tidbit.
00:14:49Two Scotland Yard men named Inspector Hornley and Sergeant Bingham are now carrying out secret investigations at Huplow Camp.
00:14:57What, do you mean to say it's been sent back to Germany?
00:14:59It has, and I want to know who's been doing the unveiling.
00:15:02Now, look here, Blow, let's get this straight.
00:15:04Are you accusing me of a breach of confidence?
00:15:06I'm not accusing you of anything. I'm just making inquiries.
00:15:10Well, it amounts to the same thing.
00:15:12If anybody's been talking, it's certainly not me.
00:15:14Well, I'll take your word for it, Hornley. And what about you, Bingham? Have you been talking in your sleep?
00:15:18Did I take exception to that remark?
00:15:20So do I. And what's more, I object to you coming down here criticizing my staff.
00:15:23I'm not criticizing your staff. It's beyond criticism. I'm asking a simple question.
00:15:28Well, you had the answer. Just because some brass head shoots off his mouth in his club, you try to pin it on Bingham.
00:15:33He's worked for me for 15 years, and I know that he's incapable of doing such a thing.
00:15:37All right, all right. I must explore every avenue.
00:15:40Will you explore some avenue down White Hallway?
00:15:42Yes, and don't leave any stones unturned.
00:15:45Okay. Hello?
00:15:51Come on, now. Who did you tell?
00:15:54Me? Oh, now, here, Chief, you don't think that I...
00:15:56Yes, I do think. Come on, now. Out with it. Who was it?
00:16:00Well, it was that wee lassie, Daisy.
00:16:04I might have guessed it.
00:16:05But she's a nice girl, Chief.
00:16:06They're all nice girls. Mata Hari was a nice girl.
00:16:10Well, what did you tell this bird?
00:16:12Nothing, Chief. She guessed.
00:16:14Don't lie to me.
00:16:15But it's true, Chief. She said that I... I looked like a detective.
00:16:18Well, that's the biggest lie of the lot.
00:16:20I don't mind you laughing at my expense, but I tell you that Daisy's absolutely innocent.
00:16:23What, after going out with you in a punt?
00:16:25Well, supposing she's innocent? She can still talk?
00:16:28No, no, no. Not Daisy.
00:16:29Well, what is she?
00:16:30A barmaid.
00:16:31God, Lummi. Why, they're public information bureaus.
00:16:34Oh, by the way, did I hear you say you were taking her to the pictures this afternoon?
00:16:39I was, until you landed me into this mess.
00:16:41Well, you're still taking her. I'll fix it up with the Colonel.
00:16:44You mean that I can... What do you want me to do?
00:16:47Well, ask her who she passed the glad news on to, of course.
00:16:50Oh, dear. That would be very awkward, Chief.
00:16:52It'll be more awkward if you don't.
00:16:55I've been in a dream for so long. How could I hope to be a success in New York?
00:17:00Can't I teach you, Lalo?
00:17:01The bottle become a bo-bo, and Molly the elephant.
00:17:05Every night at the sunset, I can hear a sweet little lullaby.
00:17:09Let's take it now, Lalo.
00:17:13Daisy?
00:17:15Yes, Percy?
00:17:17Gosh, I was longing for you to call the type gentleman, please, this afternoon.
00:17:21Were you really?
00:17:24Don't she look lovely in her saddle?
00:17:28Not half as lovely as you'd look in one, Daisy.
00:17:31You think so?
00:17:32In this picture, bending over the beer pools.
00:17:36Oh, come on. What would the customers say?
00:17:49Daisy?
00:17:51What?
00:17:52Remember when I told you yesterday about me and another chap who bought a vehicle from Scotland Yard?
00:17:57Well?
00:17:59You didn't kind of mention it to anybody, did you?
00:18:03Of course I didn't.
00:18:05What are you getting at?
00:18:07Nothing, Daisy. I know you're not the sort to chat out of it.
00:18:11Somebody's been talking to me.
00:18:13Are you hinting that I've been speaking out of turn?
00:18:18I didn't say you. I said somebody.
00:18:20Well, you meant me.
00:18:21Eerie, a little order, please.
00:18:23You've got no right to go making suggestions like that.
00:18:25Let me tell you, I've got enough to do in my job without gossiping.
00:18:28Yes, yes, I know that, Daisy.
00:18:31But you better pass it on, innocent lady.
00:18:33I did not.
00:18:34Eerie, tell it up, will you? You're not in the ball of the Rosencrantz now, you know.
00:18:38I don't think not.
00:18:39There you are, you see. This is all your fault.
00:18:41Go in.
00:18:42Why?
00:18:43Now, if you'd just give hands off of me, you insulting beast.
00:18:46Why?
00:18:47Quiet.
00:18:50What's going on along here?
00:18:51Don't blame me. Blame him.
00:18:57Hey, you. Come on out.
00:19:00No, none of that there, here.
00:19:02I assure you, there's been none of...
00:19:06Come on, you heard what he said.
00:19:13Can I help it if my sister becomes hysterical?
00:19:15Oh, come on.
00:19:27Good afternoon, Miss Johnson.
00:19:29Good afternoon.
00:19:33I'd like to see Mr. Wilkinson.
00:19:35You didn't make an appointment, did you?
00:19:36No, but one of my back teeth is aching again. Something awful.
00:19:39I think you'll find that quite all right. I shouldn't bite on it for a couple of hours, though.
00:19:46Miss Johnson, I don't remember...
00:19:48No, Mr. Wilkinson, it's my back tooth again. You must look at it.
00:19:51I see. Would you mind, madam? I won't give you one moment.
00:19:54Quite all right.
00:19:55Very well, please step inside.
00:19:58Charles?
00:20:00I've laid out your dinner jacket.
00:20:02Don't forget, you're dining at the club at eight.
00:20:04Oh, yes.
00:20:05I'm going over to Penrith to have dinner with Mrs. Sherwood.
00:20:07We'll probably pay a bribe, so I may not be back till late.
00:20:09Goodbye, madam.
00:20:10Oh, don't forget to black out. I expect you'll be in first.
00:20:13I won't forget.
00:20:21Why have you come here today? Your next appointment was Tuesday.
00:20:24Do you want that girl to suspect?
00:20:25I had to come. He's rumbled.
00:20:27Who?
00:20:28The guard man, Bingham, that I was telling you about.
00:20:30Did you pass it on?
00:20:31Of course.
00:20:32Well, they found out somehow.
00:20:33He questioned me this afternoon and said someone had been talking.
00:20:36Phew, I'm scared stiff.
00:20:38Where is he now?
00:20:39I left him in the pictures.
00:20:40You sure he didn't follow you?
00:20:41Positive.
00:20:42What am I going to do? Supposing they come and question me?
00:20:44Deny everything. They've no evidence.
00:20:46And don't come here again.
00:20:48I'll contact you as soon as it blows over.
00:20:50Yes, but...
00:20:51Now, look here. Pull yourself together. There's nothing to be afraid of.
00:20:54Come on.
00:20:58It often aches like that after filling, you know.
00:21:00It'll be quite all right tomorrow, believe me.
00:21:02I hope so.
00:21:06Now, madam, if you please.
00:21:08Come along, Yvonne.
00:21:15It's nearly six o'clock. Have I an appointment with this gentleman?
00:21:17No, sir, but he was anxious to wait on the off chance of seeing you.
00:21:20My bridge work needs overhauling, and I wondered if...
00:21:22I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't manage it now.
00:21:24My hours are three to six, and I have an engagement this evening.
00:21:27Perhaps I can come back later.
00:21:28I'm sorry. My engagement is for the whole evening.
00:21:31Besides, I never see patients out of hours.
00:21:33Oh, if that's your attitude, I'll take my business elsewhere.
00:21:36There are plenty of other dentists in the town.
00:21:38We'll be only too glad to do a little bridge work after six o'clock.
00:21:41Good day to you, sir.
00:21:48How do you know there's no one at home?
00:21:50He told me he had an engagement.
00:21:52There's also a Mrs. Dentist, but she's out playing bridge.
00:21:55Any servants?
00:21:56One. Female.
00:21:58I went round the back and checked up.
00:22:00You're not the only one who's a success with women.
00:22:03I made an appointment to meet her at the Pelletier Dolls tonight.
00:22:06Yeah.
00:22:07That's got rid of her.
00:22:09Sounds a very mean trick to me.
00:22:10Well, she was married, and so was her right.
00:22:13Ah, this is it.
00:22:27That's certainly it.
00:22:30Now, let's see what's over here.
00:22:38Oh, that's good.
00:22:56There's the part of the book.
00:22:58We'll have a look at that.
00:23:01Still don't see why you should suspect Daisy,
00:23:03just because you got toothache when she left me.
00:23:05I agree, it'll be a natural emotion.
00:23:07What's her surname?
00:23:09Johnson.
00:23:10Johnson.
00:23:11And you shot your mouth off to her yesterday lunchtime.
00:23:13But she couldn't have seen him yesterday.
00:23:15She was on the river with me until five o'clock.
00:23:18And at five-thirty, she visits the dentist.
00:23:20Look for yourself.
00:23:21Every time she sees you, she rushes straight to the dentist.
00:23:24Any number of ways of explaining that, chief.
00:23:26There's only two I know of.
00:23:28Either she's what I think she is,
00:23:30or the way you kiss her knocks her teeth in.
00:23:32Yeah.
00:23:34She was here twice last week,
00:23:36once the week before,
00:23:38three times the week before that.
00:23:40Yes, a fellow called Wetherby sees the company often, too.
00:23:43And Mrs. Crofter.
00:23:46There's your Daisy again.
00:23:48Supposing you're right.
00:23:50You can't prove anything with that book.
00:23:52Well, we might find something in it safe to tie up with it.
00:23:54What safe?
00:23:55Over there.
00:23:59The Twinlock Hector.
00:24:01Easy.
00:24:05There must be a burglar alarm wire running round the rim.
00:24:09Cut it.
00:24:23There you are.
00:24:24That little fellow wouldn't talk.
00:24:29There it is.
00:24:31There comes the man who cut the wrong wire.
00:24:35It's a doorbell.
00:24:39It's the dentist.
00:24:40Maybe he's forgotten his keys.
00:24:42I don't know.
00:24:43I'm afraid so.
00:24:44I'll go and get them.
00:24:45I'll go and get them.
00:24:46I'll go and get them.
00:24:47I'll go and get them.
00:24:48I'll go and get them.
00:24:49I'll go and get them.
00:24:50I'll go and get them.
00:24:51Maybe he's forgotten his key.
00:24:52Why should he ring?
00:24:53He knows there's nobody at home.
00:24:54Here, go and see who it is.
00:24:56But suppose...
00:24:57Go on, go on, go on.
00:24:58Go on.
00:25:16Is your name Wilkinson?
00:25:17No.
00:25:18Mine's Blankinson.
00:25:19Oh?
00:25:20I want to see Mr. Wilkinson.
00:25:21Why?
00:25:22Why?
00:25:23What do you think I come to dentists for?
00:25:24I have a haircut.
00:25:25Now I want a tooth out.
00:25:26Eh?
00:25:27Oh, I'm afraid that's impossible.
00:25:29Oh, don't talk so dumb.
00:25:30Sorry, but at this time of night...
00:25:31At this time of night, I've been in bed and fast asleep.
00:25:33I'm not raging too big.
00:25:34I said I'm not going until I see a dentist here.
00:25:36Go on, fetch him out.
00:25:42Well, now, if you'll just sit down for a minute, I'll...
00:25:44I'll make some inquiries.
00:25:46All right, but look sharp.
00:25:51Well?
00:25:54It's a patient, chief.
00:25:55Says he wants a tooth out.
00:25:56What, at this time?
00:25:58Perhaps he's one of their agents.
00:26:00Doesn't look like one.
00:26:01Well, how do you know?
00:26:02Take him in the surgery room, numb him.
00:26:04How?
00:26:05Well, say that you're Wilkinson's assistant.
00:26:07That you're in his confidence.
00:26:08Yes, but I think he really does want a tooth out.
00:26:11Well, you never know.
00:26:12Perhaps he's bluffing.
00:26:13Go and find out.
00:26:18Well?
00:26:19Well?
00:26:21Well, I'm sorry, but Mr. Wilkinson's asleep.
00:26:24I can't help it.
00:26:25It's all right, I'm his assistant.
00:26:27And anything you wish to have out, you can have out with me.
00:26:31All right, that suits me.
00:26:32Well, where's surgery?
00:26:34Surgery.
00:26:35Yes.
00:26:36Is this it?
00:26:37Here, come on.
00:26:41Well, come on, don't hang about.
00:26:47Here, take this.
00:26:50Sit in the chair, sir, please, will you?
00:26:54Let me see.
00:27:01Nice evening, isn't it?
00:27:03Fine for getting shortwave broadcasts.
00:27:06I don't want any shortwave broadcasts.
00:27:08I don't care if it's raining cats and dogs.
00:27:10I want this tooth out.
00:27:11Let me say that I enjoy Mr. Wilkinson's full confidence.
00:27:14Well, I'm very glad to hear it.
00:27:16Shall I open my mouth now?
00:27:17Yes, certainly.
00:27:18You can tell me anything you want.
00:27:24You really want it out?
00:27:26Hey, what's the matter with you?
00:27:27Are you an encompassment, as I assume it?
00:27:30You've been here before, haven't you?
00:27:31What's that got to do with it?
00:27:32Well, we just make it a rule only to attend to regular customers after closing time.
00:27:35Oh, dash it all.
00:27:36Do you think I'm going to suffer all night for your silly rules?
00:27:38Here, are you going to take it out, or do I have to take it out of you?
00:27:43Your mind's made up.
00:27:44Oh, it's dawned on you.
00:27:48Just wait there a minute, please.
00:27:50Very often I'm...
00:27:51Oh, what is this, a dentist or a madhouse?
00:27:54Are you going to take this thing out?
00:27:55All right, all right, it's coming out.
00:28:00Just a minute.
00:28:03Which tooth did you say it was again?
00:28:05Uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh.
00:28:11Your top teeth are pretty good.
00:28:13They're false, you fathead.
00:28:16So they are, I see that now.
00:28:18They quite took me in for a minute.
00:28:20Do you want the plate out?
00:28:21No, no, just the tooth.
00:28:32Just open your mouth a little wider, please, will you?
00:28:39Hey, how you doing it?
00:28:40You're not going to take it out in cold blood, are you?
00:28:42Can't have a local anesthetic?
00:28:43Oh, I'm afraid Mr. Wilkinson always locks up everything like that.
00:28:47Hey, what's that over there?
00:28:48Is that a gas apparatus or not?
00:28:50Yes, that's gas.
00:28:52All right, then I'll have gas.
00:28:54Quite sure.
00:28:55This is after effects, you know.
00:28:57Compared to what I'm suffering, the after effects will be a pleasure.
00:29:02Hope you're right.
00:29:14Uh-uh-uh.
00:29:31Now what's to do?
00:29:33Are you going to give me gas or not?
00:29:35I am.
00:29:36If you don't, so too. I'm sick of sitting here waiting.
00:29:43I'm sick of waiting.
00:30:13I'm sick of waiting.
00:30:43I'm sick of waiting.
00:30:44I'm sick of waiting.
00:31:10Must have cracked my jaw.
00:31:13No, no, no. Something went, but I don't think it was that.
00:31:15It must have given me too much gas. I feel very faint.
00:31:19Come on, come on.
00:31:21A fresh air will do you all the good in the world.
00:31:23I'll take you to a taxi that I can see in that car.
00:31:42I'll take you to a taxi that I can see in that car.
00:32:13What's wrong with you?
00:32:15Shh.
00:32:16There's nothing to shout about.
00:32:18Do you want to bring that dentist down here?
00:32:20What's happened to the patient?
00:32:21He's gone.
00:32:22Took his tooth out.
00:32:24In fact, two of them.
00:32:25What, do you want two out?
00:32:26No, but I just gave a hefty pull and they're away.
00:32:29Two of them.
00:32:30There's nothing in this business. It's money for a job.
00:32:32All you have to do is just turn on the gas.
00:32:34What, did you give him gas?
00:32:35Well, he demanded it.
00:32:37Look.
00:32:38Didn't want to pay for the other one, but the poor man was in no condition to argue.
00:32:42I'll bet he wasn't.
00:32:43Have you had any luck, Chief?
00:32:45I have.
00:32:46Here.
00:32:48Look at that.
00:32:51Daisy and me in the punt.
00:32:53Turn it over.
00:32:55Sergeant Bingham, CID.
00:32:57Where did you get this?
00:32:59In the safe.
00:33:01I can't believe it.
00:33:03Where did you get this?
00:33:04In the safe.
00:33:06I can't believe it.
00:33:09You know, Chief, this sort of thing shatters your faith in women.
00:33:12Well, it could do with a bit of shattering. Here, give it to me.
00:33:15Do you remember to put it back in there?
00:33:17I am.
00:33:18But if you find it, that'll make me look like an accessory.
00:33:20Well, you will, won't you?
00:33:22Now then, we're going to leave this place exactly as we found it.
00:33:25Without anyone knowing we've been here.
00:33:29Why, Chief?
00:33:30Aren't you going to arrest Wilkinson?
00:33:32Not yet.
00:33:34You haven't left anything lying around in the surgery, have you?
00:33:37No, no. I've got the teeth in my pocket.
00:33:39I don't want to see them.
00:33:40Talk about a blooming cannibal.
00:33:42Curtains.
00:34:03Oh, I must be dreaming.
00:34:05We've left the light on.
00:34:07That's funny.
00:34:08I swore when I put it out.
00:34:19It's truth.
00:34:20What have we done now?
00:34:21It can't be my impatience, Chief.
00:34:22Oh, it's going to be.
00:34:23Look.
00:34:24It's the dentist.
00:34:25Look, it's him.
00:34:26The gas is still on.
00:34:34He's a gunner.
00:34:35Dead.
00:34:37This is awful.
00:34:39I was here just a few minutes ago.
00:34:41Must have happened when you were seeing your patient off, obviously.
00:34:44He must have found out that we were here.
00:34:46I don't think so.
00:34:47I don't think so.
00:34:48I don't think so.
00:34:49I don't think so.
00:34:50I don't think so.
00:34:51I don't think so.
00:34:52He must have found out that we were here,
00:34:54decided he couldn't face it,
00:34:56and come down and gassed himself.
00:34:59I'd better phone the local police.
00:35:01Wait a minute.
00:35:03Look at these.
00:35:04One shoe is laced across the usual way.
00:35:06On the other shoe, the top three holes are laced criss-cross.
00:35:10You can put your own construction in that, I suppose?
00:35:12Well, no man laces shoes different ways.
00:35:15Someone else put that shoe on his foot.
00:35:17Why?
00:35:18I don't know yet.
00:35:19But whoever did it may be still in the house.
00:35:23Wait here.
00:35:42No sign of anybody.
00:35:44I'm going to make a search of Wilker's bedroom and see if I can find anything.
00:35:47I'll come up with you, Chief.
00:35:48No, you don't.
00:35:49We've got no time to lose.
00:35:50Here, take these.
00:35:53Bring up the yard.
00:35:54Give Blow my kind regards and read that list over to him.
00:35:57What are they?
00:35:58The names, addresses and code numbers of Mr. Wilker's so-called patients.
00:36:02Tell Blow since he wants to know who's been talking, there's 40 of them.
00:36:22Sorry for the delay, Sergeant.
00:36:42Inspector Blow's just gone out.
00:36:44They're expecting him back in 10 minutes.
00:36:45Shall I ask him to ring you back?
00:36:46Yes, please.
00:36:47And it's very urgent.
00:37:23Oh!
00:37:43Hello.
00:37:44Who's that?
00:37:46This is Mrs. Wilkinson speaking.
00:37:47I want to speak to Dr. Kirbyshill at once, please.
00:38:06It's all right, it's all right. No need to be alarmed.
00:38:09Who are you?
00:38:10I'm a police officer.
00:38:12What are you doing in this house?
00:38:14I'm here in connection with your husband.
00:38:18He's dead.
00:38:27That's right. You just sit down quietly for a few minutes.
00:38:31I can imagine how you're feeling.
00:38:33Can you? I wonder.
00:38:35I should be awfully upset, shouldn't I?
00:38:38Aren't you?
00:38:39No.
00:38:41You are Mrs. Wilkinson?
00:38:43Yes.
00:38:44But we weren't what is called a happily married couple.
00:38:48You found out that he was a...
00:38:50that he was a...
00:38:52Yes.
00:38:54I told him he'd get caught sooner or later.
00:38:56It was no use.
00:38:58They had some sort of hold on him.
00:39:01Who were they?
00:39:02I don't know.
00:39:04I shouldn't have known anything except that I...
00:39:06I found a letter of his.
00:39:08What did you do?
00:39:10I text him with it and...
00:39:12he flew into a rage and...
00:39:14and struck me.
00:39:18He did?
00:39:19Yes.
00:39:20Oh, that was nothing unusual.
00:39:22I said I'd go to the police and he threatened to shoot me.
00:39:25What could I do?
00:39:28What would you have done?
00:39:33I don't know.
00:39:35It's very awkward for you.
00:39:38Could I have a cigarette, Inspector, please?
00:39:40Why, certainly, certainly.
00:39:43Now...
00:39:45Now, I'm afraid I've got to ask you just a...
00:39:48just a few questions.
00:39:51You're not going to be brutal to me, are you?
00:39:54No, no, no, no. That will hardly be necessary.
00:39:57But I'll expect a statement and...
00:39:59just as a mere matter of formality.
00:40:01Oh, yes, of course.
00:40:02Well, I shan't attempt to hide anything from you.
00:40:08Well, now...
00:40:11do you know what part your husband had in this organization?
00:40:15None.
00:40:16But I'm sure it couldn't have been a very important one.
00:40:19Oh, I'm afraid you're wrong there, my dear Mrs. Wilkinson.
00:40:23As a matter of fact, I'm quite sure you are.
00:40:25Well, what makes you say that?
00:40:27Well, I have here the names and addresses of 40 of his patients...
00:40:31whom I have every reason to believe supplied him regularly with information.
00:40:34But I can't believe it.
00:40:36Are you positive of that?
00:40:38I found it in a book in his safe.
00:40:40But if he's as important as all that, why did he take his own life?
00:40:45He didn't.
00:40:47Somebody else took it.
00:40:50He was murdered.
00:40:53Oh.
00:40:54Now, here, here, Mrs. Wilkinson.
00:40:56So, what's the matter?
00:40:57Oh, pull yourself together.
00:40:58Here, here.
00:40:59Mrs. Wil...
00:41:00Oh, God, the waters.
00:41:07Oh.
00:41:19Gosh.
00:41:22Here.
00:41:23That's better now, isn't it?
00:41:25Here, drink this.
00:41:29I'm sorry.
00:41:31I'm sorry.
00:41:32It's all right.
00:41:33You'll be feeling better in a minute.
00:41:35I can't stay the night here alone, Inspector.
00:41:37I'm afraid I'm on duty.
00:41:39But I've got a sister who lives just around the corner.
00:41:41Couldn't I spend the night with her?
00:41:43I'm sorry.
00:41:44I can't allow that.
00:41:45I promise I wouldn't move from there.
00:41:47No, you wouldn't.
00:41:48And if it rested with me, I'd let you do it like a shot.
00:41:50But it does rest with you, doesn't it?
00:41:53No, not exactly.
00:41:55You see, I haven't mentioned it before, but...
00:41:57I've got an assistant.
00:41:59An associate.
00:42:00There are two of you?
00:42:02Yes.
00:42:03He's upstairs.
00:42:04He'll want you to come to the police station.
00:42:06Oh.
00:42:07Drink, drink.
00:42:08Oh.
00:42:13I shall be all right.
00:42:16Oh, you answer it, Inspector.
00:42:17Don't worry about me.
00:42:26Hello?
00:42:27Hello, yes.
00:42:29Oh, Inspector Blue.
00:42:32Yes, this is Bingham.
00:42:34What are you ringing up at this hour for?
00:42:36I decided to confess after all.
00:42:38Certainly not.
00:42:40As a matter of fact, it's not unconnected with your inquiries this morning.
00:42:43Hmm?
00:42:45Well, now, Horley and I decided that as you were floundering about, to give you a bit of help.
00:42:49To put you in the right road, as it were.
00:42:53No, no, no, no.
00:42:54No, I must correct you there.
00:42:56My mother and father were married properly at the Kirk of Paisley.
00:42:59And that remark comes very badly from you after all we've done.
00:43:03Hmm?
00:43:04All right.
00:43:05If you'll just keep calm, I'll tell you.
00:43:08Well, I have here the names and addresses of about 40 people who have been passing information.
00:43:14Hmm?
00:43:15Yes, if you'll just get out your little pencil and paper, I'll read them out to you.
00:43:21You ready?
00:43:30Hmm?
00:43:35Just a minute, Blow. I think I've got a hold of the wrong piece of paper or something.
00:43:39Hold on.
00:43:44Oh, God!
00:43:54Mrs. Wilkinson!
00:43:55Oh, oh, oh, oh.
00:43:58Mrs. Wilkinson!
00:44:01Mrs. Wil...
00:44:07Oh, hello, Blow.
00:44:09Sorry, there's been a slight hitch here.
00:44:12I'll ring you back.
00:44:16Mrs. Wilkinson!
00:44:21Mrs. Wilkinson!
00:44:24Maybe she's gone to her sister's.
00:44:27Oh, gosh, the books.
00:44:29Mrs. Wilkinson!
00:44:37Mrs. Wilkinson!
00:44:45Bingham!
00:44:48Bingham!
00:44:50Ah, there you are.
00:44:52There's been some pretty rum going on in this house, I'm telling you.
00:44:55You're telling me.
00:44:56Well, did your phone blow?
00:44:57Yes, I phoned him.
00:44:59What did he say?
00:45:00Well, he didn't say anything, Chief, because...
00:45:03Because what?
00:45:05Look, you're quite sure you gave me that list, aren't you?
00:45:08What are you blathering about?
00:45:16That's all I've got, Chief. There's nothing on it.
00:45:19The gear. What the blazes have you been doing while I've been upstairs?
00:45:22I had it in my hand when I first phoned Blow.
00:45:26Well, go on.
00:45:27Well, he wasn't in, and so I put it back in my pocket.
00:45:30I know it was there when she came in, because...
00:45:32She?
00:45:33Mrs. Wilkinson.
00:45:35So she's here.
00:45:36Well, she was here.
00:45:38Was?
00:45:39Yes. I'm afraid she's gone, too.
00:45:42Gone where?
00:45:43Just through that French window.
00:45:46Look, are you drunk as well as incapable?
00:45:48I told her to stop here, but she must have slipped out when I was on the phone.
00:45:57She's pinched the evidence.
00:45:59But I think I know where we can find her.
00:46:01Where?
00:46:02At her sister's.
00:46:03What's the address?
00:46:06Now, listen to me, you big-domed vacuum.
00:46:08Hasn't it dawned on you yet that that woman was simply playing you for a sucker?
00:46:13Well, what happened then?
00:46:15Well, I had just phoned Blow in the front door.
00:46:19He said he'd be back in a minute.
00:46:21What happened then?
00:46:22Well, I had just phoned Blow when the front door opened and I hid behind the curtains.
00:46:28Yeah?
00:46:29Well, she came in, saw the body, and rushed to the telephone.
00:46:31She dialed the number and asked for the doctor.
00:46:33What doctor?
00:46:34Kerbishley.
00:46:36Maybe Kerbishley.
00:46:40And then?
00:46:41Well, she must have seen me behind the curtains because she screamed.
00:46:44So I stepped out.
00:46:46And what did she tell you?
00:46:47That her husband was a spy and that he used to beat her.
00:46:50And you sympathized with her?
00:46:52Well, in a way.
00:46:53Good.
00:46:54The woman hasn't been a widow five minutes, but she's still a game to you.
00:46:58Then I suppose you told her about that list.
00:47:01I did mention it.
00:47:02I knew it.
00:47:03She fainted.
00:47:04Yeah, then you helped her out of the settee.
00:47:06Yes.
00:47:07And she pinched the list from your pocket.
00:47:08You went to fetch her for some brandy.
00:47:10Water.
00:47:11And she switched the blank sheets back on you.
00:47:13It's as pale as a pike star.
00:47:15And there's no Kerbishley or Corbishley in the book.
00:47:18But I'm sure it was Kerbishley.
00:47:20You've made about as big a hash of this as anything you've done in the whole of your misbegotten career.
00:47:24Here we are, working on a case which has nothing to do with us.
00:47:26You get hold of the star witness and let her go with all the exhibits.
00:47:31Look, couldn't we just slip out like and not tell anybody we were here?
00:47:35Well, after you phoned the yard with the murdered man in the other room?
00:47:38He may not have been murdered.
00:47:40He was murdered.
00:47:41While you were mucking things up down here, I've been busy.
00:47:44Wilkinson was planning to run away to South America.
00:47:47Passports, permits, all in order.
00:47:49But somebody or other didn't want him to go.
00:47:51So they waited for him upstairs.
00:47:53He came in, was just chained to his slippers,
00:47:56and they nipped up behind him, laid him out,
00:47:59slipped his shoe on again,
00:48:00brought him downstairs,
00:48:02bunged him to that chair and tried to make it look like suicide.
00:48:05How does that sound?
00:48:07There doesn't seem to be anything missing.
00:48:08No, except the clue to the murderer,
00:48:10that list of agents,
00:48:12and Mrs. Wilkinson.
00:48:13Apart from that, it's all sewn up.
00:48:15Well, I suppose there's nothing else to do
00:48:17but hand it over to Blow and we go back to the gent's underpants.
00:48:20Allergy, I don't want to hear that defeatist talk.
00:48:22We're going to search this house from cellar to roof.
00:48:24Now go on, you start outside.
00:48:25I'll start in here.
00:48:26And if there's a whiff of a clue, we'll smell it out.
00:48:40Hello, what's this?
00:48:46March the 12th, no address.
00:48:48My dear Wilkinson,
00:48:50I'm sorry to hear you propose taking a holiday.
00:48:53I feel strongly that a journey would not be good for your health at the present moment.
00:48:57I must therefore urge you to cancel it.
00:48:59Yours, A.K.
00:49:01Sounded like a letter from his doctor.
00:49:02Sounds like.
00:49:03Of course it is.
00:49:04A.K.
00:49:05Curbishley.
00:49:06The doctor she rang up.
00:49:08Yeah, and he doesn't exist.
00:49:10At least not in the phone book.
00:49:12He might be in another district, Chief.
00:49:14He might.
00:49:15But this letter was posted at Upper Ellingford.
00:49:18And that's in this phone area.
00:49:19So that doesn't help.
00:49:23Hmm.
00:49:24Continuation sheet.
00:49:26Now who uses continuation sheets?
00:49:28Officers.
00:49:29Yeah, it doesn't look like office paper to me.
00:49:32No, more like hotel stuff.
00:49:35How many printers would there be at Upper Ellingford?
00:49:37There can't be many, it's only a market town.
00:49:39Good, well we're going to knock them up.
00:49:42There may be only half a dozen printers in the town,
00:49:44but a more bad-tempered lot I never saw.
00:49:46You can't expect them to dance for joy
00:49:48when you get them up out of their beds in the middle of the night.
00:49:50Don't feel very happy myself.
00:49:52Dragging a man from his rest at three in the morning
00:49:54to rake through a lot of notepaper?
00:49:56I ought to be compensated for this.
00:49:58Oh, well, it's not your paper.
00:49:59Yes, it is.
00:50:00Oh?
00:50:01Yes, I printed it for the Westgate Manor Hotel.
00:50:03Westgate Manor Hotel, eh?
00:50:05Yeah, I told you it was hotel paper.
00:50:09Yes, it's the same, all right.
00:50:10Of course it's the same.
00:50:11I printed them a brochure at the same time.
00:50:15Now you can clear out and I'll go back to my rest.
00:50:18I sympathise with you.
00:50:19Terms in the season.
00:50:20Hello, it's a fishing hotel.
00:50:22Yeah, pretty posh from the places.
00:50:25Bingham, we're going to get up early in the morning.
00:50:27Eh?
00:50:28We're taking a fishing holiday.
00:50:29It's time we got our hooks into something.
00:50:32Well, thank you very much, sir.
00:50:33You're welcome.
00:50:41Morning, boy.
00:50:42Good morning, sir.
00:50:43You two gentlemen after the same vacancy?
00:50:45Vacancy?
00:50:47What, are you full up?
00:50:48Well, one day we are, the next day we're not.
00:50:50If I had my way, I'd give them mistresses
00:50:52and stop all this chopping and changing.
00:50:56Hey, what about our luggage?
00:50:57We brought your luggage with you.
00:50:59Optimists, aren't you?
00:51:03You don't look very busy.
00:51:04No, we're not now.
00:51:05They're all out on the paper.
00:51:06Well, that's good.
00:51:07You don't look very busy.
00:51:08No, we're not now.
00:51:09They're all out on the paper, Chase.
00:51:14Who did say paper, Chase?
00:51:16Yes, got me up at 6.30 this morning.
00:51:19It's this new Mr. Rolfside here.
00:51:21He started all these capers.
00:51:23Mr. Jenkins was much more sensible,
00:51:25but he joined up three weeks ago
00:51:26along with Mr. Smart, the science master.
00:51:28I tell you, there have been so many changes here
00:51:30since the war started, I can't keep pace with them.
00:51:34You wait in here.
00:51:35Well, I might as well tell you,
00:51:36you're not the only ones after this history master's job.
00:51:39There's another old bloke in there already.
00:51:43So it's not a hotel anymore.
00:51:46They've evacuated a blooming school here.
00:51:52You know, Chief, I didn't like to mention it before,
00:51:55but, well, I never did think much of that crew of yours.
00:51:58For once in a way, you were right.
00:52:01Gable College, Muswell Hill, London.
00:52:04Notice the prefects.
00:52:05All prefects must be responsible
00:52:06for the blackout of the dormitories.
00:52:08Dr. Alfred Kirbishley, headmaster.
00:52:11He came.
00:52:14We thought it was a medical doctor she rang up last night,
00:52:16but it was this fellow, a doctor of literature or something.
00:52:19Hmm.
00:52:20This puts a new face on it,
00:52:21as the doctor said when she had her dial lifted.
00:52:23Yes, but I still don't see anything very sinister in that.
00:52:26Well, it hadn't occurred to you, I suppose,
00:52:27that a woman who just found her husband dead
00:52:29doesn't rush to ring up a schoolmaster?
00:52:32Yes, it is a bit peculiar.
00:52:33Now, this is where you earn your own spell, lad.
00:52:35Put that luggage back into the car and drive down to the town.
00:52:38Put up at the local hotel
00:52:39and find out all you can about the doctor.
00:52:41It's a small place in the Boundary and nobody's business.
00:52:44What about you, Chief?
00:52:45Somebody's bound to ask what you're doing here.
00:52:46Oh, I'll say I'm a new boy who's a bit backward.
00:52:48Now, go on, off you go.
00:52:49And don't forget,
00:52:50if there's a barmaid there when she pours out your beer,
00:52:52don't pour out your soul.
00:52:59Good morning.
00:53:17Good morning.
00:53:18Good morning.
00:53:19Are you an applicant?
00:53:20Yes.
00:53:21So am I.
00:53:23Really?
00:53:24My name's Mackenzie.
00:53:25Professor Alec Mackenzie.
00:53:27How do you do? My name is Nuttall, uh, Porras Nuttall.
00:53:32How do you do? You may have heard of McKenzie's History of Europe for schools.
00:53:36Oh, yes, of course.
00:53:37I wrote it.
00:53:39Really? You haven't actually met Dr. Carvajal yet, I take it?
00:53:43No, but I rather fancy that's just a formality.
00:53:47Ah, well, I suppose there's no objection to my waiting?
00:53:50No, no, not in the least. If it isn't a rude question, what was your last school?
00:53:56Barstow.
00:53:57Barstow. Oh, yes. Barstow. I beg your pardon?
00:54:02Barstow.
00:54:03Yeah, but isn't that a penitentiary?
00:54:05Yes.
00:54:06But surely a qualification for a master at Barstow would hardly be a recommendation to this school.
00:54:11On the contrary, my dear sir, I am just a man for this school.
00:54:14Why?
00:54:15But they mentioned it in the advertisement, didn't they?
00:54:17The school times gave me to understand that this was an establishment for the sons of gentlemen.
00:54:21Was that what they said they were sons of?
00:54:24Well, I hope I'm not here under any misapprehension.
00:54:27Well, it's not as bad as Barstow, if that's what you mean.
00:54:30As a matter of fact, they frequently send their good conduct lads here.
00:54:33But you seriously tell me this is a corrective school?
00:54:36Oh, didn't you know?
00:54:38I certainly did not.
00:54:40Oh, there's nothing to be worried about, my dear professor.
00:54:43You may find it a trifle alarming for the first two years, but you'll get used to it.
00:54:47Well, bless my soul, look who's here. If it isn't John Bingham.
00:54:52Now there's a fine example of the good conduct lads they send here.
00:54:56Oh, but they shouldn't let him have a knife.
00:54:58Why not?
00:54:59Well, he's a nice enough lad, but he has bits of violence.
00:55:01As a matter of fact, I remember once at Barstow, he attacked a carpentry instructor with a chisel.
00:55:06Good heavens.
00:55:08Do you see?
00:55:09Oh, I'm sorry, sir, I didn't know there was anyone in here.
00:55:12That's quite all right, my boy.
00:55:13What do you want?
00:55:14A book, sir.
00:55:15A book?
00:55:16Yes, sir.
00:55:17Help yourself, my son.
00:55:18Thank you, sir.
00:55:19Excuse me, sir.
00:55:20Oh, let me help you.
00:55:21This one?
00:55:22Yes, please, sir.
00:55:23There we are.
00:55:25Thank you, sir.
00:55:26Not at all.
00:55:28You, all this greatly perturbs me.
00:55:30I don't...
00:55:31Hey, hey, you!
00:55:36Hey!
00:55:38Now give me that back.
00:55:39And don't ever get me to do anything like that again.
00:55:44You rascal.
00:55:45What's happened?
00:55:46Have you missed anything?
00:55:47I beg your pardon?
00:55:50This is yours, isn't it?
00:55:51That's my watch.
00:55:52Good gracious me.
00:55:53Ah, well, boys will be boys, you know.
00:55:55Do you mean that he actually...
00:55:57Oh, this is dreadful.
00:55:59Well, you get used to that sort of thing here, you know.
00:56:01Used to it?
00:56:02That's why you're mistaken.
00:56:03I wouldn't teach in this class of school for any consideration whatever.
00:56:07What, you don't mean to say you're going to turn it up?
00:56:09Yes, I am.
00:56:10Oh, my.
00:56:11And I'm very grateful to you for enlightening me.
00:56:13Cerio.
00:56:30Professor McKenzie?
00:56:31Who?
00:56:32Who?
00:56:33At your service.
00:56:34Will you come this way, please, Professor?
00:56:35Dr. Kirbyshley will see you now.
00:56:37With pleasure.
00:56:43We should be very pleased to have you here, Professor.
00:56:45Weston, the last man, was rather old-fashioned in his method.
00:56:48Well, you won't find anything like that about me.
00:56:52Professor McKenzie, sir.
00:56:53Dr. Kirbyshley.
00:56:55How do you do, Professor?
00:56:56Welcome to Gable College.
00:56:57How do you do?
00:56:58You'll find us in strange surroundings, but...
00:57:00tempera mutanta, nos et mutamare nilis.
00:57:03Yes, yes, very apt.
00:57:05Please sit down.
00:57:06Yes.
00:57:08I feel very honoured that a man of your scholastic reputation
00:57:11should consider my little establishment worthy of his services.
00:57:13Not at all, not at all.
00:57:15How long were you at Hartbrown?
00:57:16Well, let me see now.
00:57:17It must be, what?
00:57:19Fifteen years, yippity.
00:57:21Ah, see, it says twenty, huh?
00:57:22Twenty, was it?
00:57:24Oh, tame does claim.
00:57:26Dr. Swan speaks of you in the most glowing terms.
00:57:28Oh, yes.
00:57:29We got on very well together.
00:57:30I was very fond of the old...
00:57:32Swan.
00:57:33Well, I don't think we need discuss it any further.
00:57:35It seems most satisfactory to me.
00:57:37I take it the salary I mentioned in my letter is acceptable to you?
00:57:40Under the circumstances, yes.
00:57:42Oh, there is just one other thing, and it's rather important.
00:57:45Can you start at once?
00:57:46Oh, absolutely.
00:57:47As a matter of fact, I've got my luggage with me.
00:57:50Very.
00:57:51Well, that removes that obstacle.
00:57:52Great.
00:57:54Well, I think you'll find it very pleasant here, Professor.
00:57:56Eh, Mr. Jennings?
00:57:57Oh, yes, indeed, sir.
00:57:58I'm sure I shall.
00:57:59It will be an honour to have you teaching with us, Professor.
00:58:03Hello, yes, Dr. Curbishley speaking.
00:58:06Who?
00:58:10Well, I'm afraid I can't discuss it now.
00:58:12I'm engaged.
00:58:13I'll send you a school prospectus.
00:58:14But I must see you.
00:58:16I've been trying to get you since last night.
00:58:19Just a minute.
00:58:21Well, I think that's all for the moment, Professor.
00:58:23Mr. Jennings will show you to your study.
00:58:25This way, please, Professor.
00:58:34I've told you before not to ring me here.
00:58:36What is it?
00:58:37I had to get in touch with you.
00:58:39Something dreadful has happened.
00:58:41I can't very well tell you on the phone.
00:58:43I'm at the angler's rest in the town.
00:58:45Well, you shouldn't have left Farnsworth without letting me know.
00:58:51Oh, I'm so sorry, Doctor.
00:58:52But I wonder if you would let me have my testimonials back.
00:58:55I know you wouldn't mislead them, but I'd rather treasure them.
00:58:58Yes, of course.
00:59:01You must realize it's impossible to talk now.
00:59:04I'll be down there at nine this evening.
00:59:06Until then, stay in your room.
00:59:08Goodbye.
00:59:19Could I have number eight, please?
00:59:21Yes, of course.
00:59:29Could I have number eight, please?
00:59:46Good morning, sir.
00:59:47Good morning.
00:59:49I want a room, please.
00:59:51Certainly, sir.
00:59:54Good to see the sun again, isn't it?
00:59:56Yes, it is.
00:59:57Will you be staying here long?
00:59:59A few nights, maybe.
01:00:01You'll want a single room, I suppose.
01:00:03That's right.
01:00:04I've got a very nice room facing the river.
01:00:08Yes, but I think I'll have the single room.
01:00:11Very good, sir.
01:00:14Will you read it to me, or shall I read it to you?
01:00:17You read it to us, sir.
01:00:19Oh, very well.
01:00:21Here we are.
01:00:23Evolution of the Corn Laws.
01:00:25The effect of the Industrial Revolution,
01:00:28connected with the mechanical invention and the utilisation of steam,
01:00:32transformed Great Britain from an agricultural to a manufacturing and commercial country.
01:00:38Everybody understand that?
01:00:40Yes, sir.
01:00:44The opposition to the Corn Laws steadily increased.
01:00:50At length, the Conservative Premier, Sir Robert Peel,
01:00:54became a convert to free trade,
01:00:57and in 1846, carried a measure to put a name to the Corn Laws.
01:01:02By this end, the duty on corn was at once greatly reduced.
01:01:10And it ceased altogether in 1849,
01:01:13with the exception of a registration duty of one shilling per quarter,
01:01:17which terminated in 1869.
01:01:20I don't know about you, but I find this a trifle dry.
01:01:23So do we, sir.
01:01:25I thought so.
01:01:27But it does mention one very interesting man, Sir Robert Peel,
01:01:31the founder of our modern police force,
01:01:33and a very good job he made of it, too.
01:01:35As a matter of fact, if it hadn't been for him,
01:01:37we should never have had the highly efficient organisation
01:01:40with its network of detectives, plainclothes men, and cobbers, knarks,
01:01:44I mean informers, that we have today.
01:01:46But still, I dare say that many of you boys, at one time or another,
01:01:50have wanted to be detectives.
01:01:52Yes, I thought so.
01:01:54But let me tell you that it requires more than muscle
01:01:57to make a detective nowadays.
01:01:59Oh, yes. I mean, you have to have powers of observation and deduction.
01:02:02Now, take observation, for instance.
01:02:04I very much doubt if there's a single boy here
01:02:07that could tell me whose car it was that went down the drain just now.
01:02:10It's the head's car, sir.
01:02:12How do you know that?
01:02:13Because he always goes out at this time.
01:02:15That's right.
01:02:17Well, now, if he always goes out at the same time,
01:02:19it's probable that he always returns at a certain hour.
01:02:22Has any boy observed what time that is?
01:02:25Three o'clock, sir.
01:02:27What, every day?
01:02:29Yes, sir, because he takes that in at quarter past three.
01:02:31Hmm. You're more observant than I thought.
01:02:33Well, now, let us see if you're as good at detection.
01:02:35I'll give you a start.
01:02:37Now, if he always goes out at the same time, that is, 2.30,
01:02:40and he's only gone for half an hour,
01:02:41it follows that wherever he goes
01:02:43can only be a quarter of an hour's car ride away.
01:02:46Probably less, since he must spend some time at his destination.
01:02:49Now, can any boy deduce where he goes in that time?
01:02:53The village, sir.
01:02:55What makes you think that?
01:02:57Because I've seen his car there, sir.
01:02:59That's right. Parked outside the post office.
01:03:01I see.
01:03:03Still, that is observation, not deduction.
01:03:06Now, let us try to deduce what he does in the post office.
01:03:09Excuse me, sir, but isn't that the headmaster's business?
01:03:12Hey, big ears.
01:03:14How may you think that is being tantamount to a rebuff?
01:03:17Well, sir, I really meant that...
01:03:19Don't apologize. You're quite right, my boy.
01:03:21It's no concern of us what he does in the post office.
01:03:24So, as a quid pro quo,
01:03:26if I take my nose out of the headmaster's business,
01:03:28perhaps you'll stick yours in that book
01:03:30and read from where we left off.
01:03:32What they're doing is they're butting in on a case
01:03:34that doesn't concern them.
01:03:36My case.
01:03:37If you're right, I shall have something to say
01:03:39to Inspector Hornley and Sergeant Bingham
01:03:42laying down on this job without my permission.
01:03:45They better have a pretty good reason for this.
01:03:47Hello.
01:03:49Oh, is that you, chief?
01:03:51Well, I've stumbled across something very interesting.
01:03:53Ah.
01:03:55No, no, no. It's nothing to do with a scouting case, but...
01:03:58Well, yes, I know, chief, but...
01:04:01Yes, chief.
01:04:02How much would your pension be worth
01:04:04if you retired tomorrow?
01:04:06I don't know.
01:04:08Why?
01:04:10Well, you'd better start working it out.
01:04:12Yes, that's quite true, chief, but...
01:04:14But, chief...
01:04:16That's my last word.
01:04:18And I don't want any arguments.
01:04:20So, you can just take the first train
01:04:22straight back to London.
01:04:24Murdered?
01:04:26Who's been murdered?
01:04:28It's just that dentist didn't commit suicide.
01:04:30Now, have you ever thought about
01:04:32giving any clues to who's the murderer?
01:04:34You know?
01:04:36Then why didn't you arrest him?
01:04:38Now, that's got nothing to do with it.
01:04:40I've told you before, that's Blow's case.
01:04:42And tell him I resent his interference.
01:04:44Who's talking to him, you or me?
01:04:46You, sir.
01:04:48Very well, then. Don't interrupt.
01:04:50Registered letter?
01:04:52What registered letter?
01:04:54A registered letter is posted every day
01:04:56to 121 Wessex Street, London.
01:04:58And I want to find out what is going on there.
01:05:00Tell them we think it's the headquarters
01:05:02what with two of them jabbing at one end of the line
01:05:04and you hissing in my ear.
01:05:06It'll be quicker if I went to London after all.
01:05:08Wessex Street is SW1, you know.
01:05:10Don't you shove your oar in.
01:05:12Four policemen is enough on one line
01:05:14without the help of the post office.
01:05:16No, chief.
01:05:18No, no.
01:05:20Now, all I want you to do
01:05:22is to get somebody competent
01:05:24to watch 121 Wessex Street
01:05:26until the registered letter arrives.
01:05:28And then pounce and catch the lot of them.
01:05:30And afterwards,
01:05:32bring them at Allingford 69
01:05:34and I'll beg the murderer.
01:05:37Fine.
01:05:39Good night, chief.
01:05:45I can do with a drink after that.
01:05:47What about the post office?
01:05:49Well, it's a bit late at night
01:05:51but since it's been such an exciting day
01:05:53I think I'll have a small whiskey and soda.
01:05:55Bingham, order two small whiskeys, will you?
01:05:57I'll have a double.
01:05:59Hello, miss.
01:06:00I'd like the waiter to send up
01:06:02two double whiskeys and one small one.
01:06:05Sam, one whiskey and two doubles
01:06:07for number two.
01:06:09Right.
01:06:11Oh, and find out what they want to eat.
01:06:19Good evening, sir.
01:06:21Good evening.
01:06:23I believe you have a Mrs. Sutton staying here.
01:06:25Would you be good enough to send up my card?
01:06:27Yes, sir.
01:06:28Sam!
01:06:30Take that card to number eight on your way up, will you?
01:06:33Very good, sir.
01:06:47The gentleman downstairs handed that in, miss.
01:06:49Oh, thank you.
01:06:54Emily!
01:06:59You said you'd be here at nine o'clock.
01:07:01It's nearly ten.
01:07:03I know.
01:07:13It's Carlson.
01:07:15He's dead.
01:07:17I know.
01:07:19He was murdered.
01:07:21So it was you who killed him.
01:07:23You reported to me
01:07:25that he was about to clear off to South America.
01:07:26A man like that's not only useless but dangerous.
01:07:28Well, all I can say is
01:07:30you might have been a little more careful about it.
01:07:32In what way?
01:07:34It may interest you to know
01:07:36that whilst you were disposing of Carlson
01:07:38there were two detectives in the house.
01:07:40You're sure?
01:07:42I met one of them.
01:07:44Did you find anything?
01:07:46Only a list of our agents in the safe.
01:07:48You needn't be alarmed.
01:07:50I played the prostrate widow very successfully.
01:07:52Well, I'll be getting along.
01:07:54I should have closed out my cucumber frame
01:07:56hours ago.
01:07:58Well, thank you very much for your assistance, Mr. Tomboy.
01:08:00A pleasure.
01:08:02Good night, Inspector.
01:08:04Good night.
01:08:06Good night, Mr. Tomboy.
01:08:08Hello? Is that you, Hornley?
01:08:10It's Blow here.
01:08:12I say, what sort of game are you playing?
01:08:14Oh, listen, I'm in Wessex Street now
01:08:16and there is no 121.
01:08:18The highest number on the street is 75.
01:08:20You wouldn't talk...
01:08:22Here, hang on a minute, would you?
01:08:24Bring back the post office, will you? Quick.
01:08:26Yes.
01:08:30Ah, here we are.
01:08:32Now, this can't lie.
01:08:34I've got the post office registered letter book here.
01:08:36Now, there's been a registered letter
01:08:38sent to Mr. E. Knight, 121 Wessex Street,
01:08:41practically every day for three months.
01:08:43I suppose you can count up to 121?
01:08:46And I don't want any insults.
01:08:48You asked for someone to check up on this and I've done it.
01:08:50Yes, but I asked for somebody competent.
01:08:52We are competent at the yard since you left
01:08:53and I'm telling you there's no 121 Wessex Street
01:08:55and there won't be till they pull down the houses of Parliament
01:08:57and make the street a bit longer.
01:08:59And why on earth don't you stick your strawberry jam
01:09:01instead of... Hello?
01:09:03Oh.
01:09:05There's no such place as 121 Wessex Street.
01:09:07But he sends a letter there every day.
01:09:09There's no such place, I tell you.
01:09:11But why would he send a letter to a place that isn't there?
01:09:13It doesn't make sense.
01:09:15But look, 121 Wessex Street, written by me own hand.
01:09:17Well, I don't care if you wrote it with your elbow.
01:09:19There are only 75 houses in Wessex Street.
01:09:20And 121 isn't one of them.
01:09:22But if registered letters are not delivered,
01:09:24they come back to me.
01:09:26Have you never had any of them back?
01:09:28Never, that's why I say if it's written there...
01:09:30Oh, take that one away.
01:09:32Now, that letter was handed in your post office this afternoon.
01:09:34Now, where would it be at this moment?
01:09:36In a sealed bag at Northby waiting for the night mail.
01:09:38Where does the bag join the train?
01:09:40Lancaster?
01:09:42No, about 10 miles before that.
01:09:44It's caught up by the automatic arm.
01:09:46And where does the night mail start from?
01:09:48Carlisle.
01:09:50I don't believe it.
01:09:52We're going to Carlisle.
01:09:54Leave it.
01:10:00I'll get you a passport, Helen,
01:10:02and you can go abroad to a neutral country.
01:10:04There must be one left somewhere.
01:10:07Wait a minute.
01:10:09There's a detective who's in the house.
01:10:11Which one?
01:10:13The tall one.
01:10:15The little fellow who they've got in tow
01:10:17is the village postmaster.
01:10:18The man with him was my new history master,
01:10:20and I appear to have made a mistake.
01:10:22Suppose it was just a nominal charge for the room,
01:10:24seeing I haven't slept in it.
01:10:26I'm sorry, sir, but I'm afraid you'll have to pay
01:10:28the full price as you've used the room.
01:10:30You're charging me for bed and breakfast
01:10:32and I haven't had either.
01:10:34Go on, pay up and don't argue.
01:10:36If it was my own money, I'd be adamant.
01:10:38I'm seeing it will go down in expenses
01:10:40or concede the point.
01:10:42They must have found out I was here.
01:10:44If they had, they'd hardly be leaving.
01:10:46No, I fancy they have something else on their minds.
01:10:48I can't leave without counting the change for once.
01:10:50Come on, come on.
01:10:52Good night, Mr. Tomboy.
01:10:54Really, thanks again.
01:10:56Oh, good evening, Mr. Tomboy.
01:10:58I wonder if you'd mind obliging me.
01:11:00I know it's after post office hours and all that,
01:11:02but I should be very grateful if you'd break the rules
01:11:04and cash a money order for me.
01:11:06Well, I...
01:11:08Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get to the bank today.
01:11:10Well, certainly, Dr. Kerbishley,
01:11:12with the greatest of pleasure.
01:11:14Oh, thank you very much.
01:11:16I'll run you down to the post office now, shall I?
01:11:18I've got registered letters for London.
01:11:20I made a mistake about the receipt.
01:11:22Got the addresses mixed up.
01:11:24If I could have it back, I could put it right in a few minutes.
01:11:27It's gone.
01:11:29Oh, oh, very well.
01:11:32The registered letters have already left Northwick
01:11:34for the mail train.
01:11:36It's too late to stop them now, Dr. Kerbishley.
01:11:38There's nothing I can do, can...
01:11:40You've no reason to suspect any of your sorting, have you, Joe?
01:11:43No.
01:11:45Of course, I can't say for certain.
01:11:47We keep getting new ones on as the young'uns are called up.
01:11:49But it wouldn't surprise anybody
01:11:51if somebody new came on tonight.
01:11:53I don't follow you, Inspector.
01:11:55Well, me, for instance.
01:11:57Sorting isn't an easy job, you know.
01:11:59It's years before you're any good at it.
01:12:01Well, you're short-handed, and I'm no good at it.
01:12:03You can keep telling me so.
01:12:05Say you're going to give me the sack in the morning.
01:12:07That'll fool them.
01:12:09It might work, Joe.
01:12:11What do you think?
01:12:13I don't know. It's got to work.
01:12:15Now, come on, you're the placemaster.
01:12:17Who can you substitute me for?
01:12:19When's young Runcorn due for the call-up?
01:12:21Any day.
01:12:23Well, if we can stop him before he gets here,
01:12:25we can tell the rest he's had it.
01:12:27What about me?
01:12:29Can't I be a sorter, too?
01:12:31No, you can't.
01:12:33You're going to be what you've always been, a passenger.
01:12:35Send George in here, will you, please?
01:12:37Runcorn's been called up.
01:12:39He hasn't been on sortie for five years.
01:12:41But he'll be as good as some of you.
01:12:43I hope the train's coming in now.
01:12:45It'll look lively, then.
01:12:47Sorry you're late for dinner, John.
01:13:02Hello.
01:13:04Foster.
01:13:06You wanted on the phone.
01:13:08Better hurry.
01:13:10Hello?
01:13:14Yes?
01:13:16I have to warn you, two detectives will be on the train tonight.
01:13:19No, if you're careful, it'll be all right.
01:13:22One of them's tall, bald, looks intelligent and isn't.
01:13:26The other one's short, with a sour face,
01:13:28doesn't look intelligent, and he is.
01:13:30Has he got a heavy load on him?
01:13:32Oh, I've seen him.
01:13:34He's the new sorter.
01:13:35He's moving fast.
01:13:37Listen, whatever you do, don't let him get hold of that letter.
01:13:40Now, leave that to me.
01:13:42I don't like the sound of it.
01:13:44I've got to go.
01:14:05Here we are.
01:14:36Registered.
01:14:40Beats me what people find to write about.
01:14:43No consideration for others, that's what it is.
01:15:36You?
01:15:38What are you doing here?
01:15:40Good evening, Sergeant.
01:15:42Perhaps I should introduce myself.
01:15:44I'm the principal of your colleague's school.
01:15:46It was smart of you both to discover
01:15:48that I'd posted a registered letter this afternoon
01:15:50and catch the train at Carlisle.
01:15:52But I've an idea.
01:15:54The inspector won't find that letter.
01:15:56Why not?
01:15:58Because you're going to write him a little note
01:16:00and ask him to come along here and see me first.
01:16:02And you think I'd fall for a thing like that, eh?
01:16:03Well, I'm hoping to, sir.
01:16:05John?
01:16:07Suppose you know it's a very serious thing
01:16:09to point a gun at me like that.
01:16:11For you or for us?
01:16:13For you, of course.
01:16:15I know all about you.
01:16:17You've both got to answer a few questions.
01:16:19I'm sorry, Sergeant, but as a schoolmaster,
01:16:21I prefer to put the questions.
01:16:23And at the moment, I'm asking you
01:16:25to write that note to Hornlade.
01:16:27You think I'd do that?
01:16:29I should if I were you.
01:16:31Oh, but my dead body.
01:16:33We can avoid that unpleasantness for the moment.
01:16:35Helen, would you mind
01:16:37relieving the Sergeant of his wallet?
01:16:39Oh.
01:16:41Careful, Sergeant.
01:16:44I'll throw caution to the winds in a minute.
01:16:46That'll be very foolish of you.
01:16:48And his father's pen, please.
01:16:51What are you going to do?
01:16:53I spent a considerable period of my youth
01:16:55practicing the art of forgery
01:16:57or suffering the penalties for it.
01:16:59Helen, would you mind?
01:17:03I imagine we shall find an example
01:17:05of your handwriting on your identity card.
01:17:20Mr. Busby.
01:17:24Got a new sorter on tonight?
01:17:26Well?
01:17:28Look along the train there, says he's his brother.
01:17:30Asked me to give him this note.
01:17:31Well, it's against regulations.
01:17:33Still, we'll let it go this time.
01:17:41You're still on that lot?
01:17:43Well, let me tell you,
01:17:45if everybody here worked at the speed you're going,
01:17:47this post would arrive in about three years' time.
01:17:49Here.
01:17:51Talk about a nagger.
01:17:53I seem to be at home with my wife.
01:18:02I've got to go along and see my sergeant.
01:18:04The letter I am after is in the SWO, number 20.
01:18:06It's addressed to Knight.
01:18:08121 Wessex Street.
01:18:10Keep your eyes glued to it while I'm gone, will you?
01:18:12OK.
01:18:32Look out.
01:18:34I'm a CID man.
01:18:38I wonder if you'd go in that next compartment
01:18:40and examine the tickets.
01:18:42Certainly, sir.
01:18:48Tickets, please.
01:18:55What tickets would you like?
01:18:57I don't think I've got mine on me,
01:18:59Inspector. I think I'll come with you.
01:19:01I've got yours, Edward.
01:19:03Thank you, madam.
01:19:05Thank you, madam.
01:19:07There you are, dear.
01:19:10Who's in there?
01:19:12A tall, bald lady, gentlemen, sir. Looks rather pale.
01:19:14Anybody else?
01:19:16A well-dressed man with a long nose and a red-headed woman.
01:19:18Rather pretty.
01:19:20Thank you very much.
01:19:22Anything else I can do for you, sir?
01:19:24No, not just now, thank you.
01:19:26Very good, sir.
01:19:32Excuse me.
01:19:34What do you think he's doing?
01:19:53The Inspector's rather a long time.
01:19:55I hope the Aussie sergeant's been no hitch.
01:19:57Don't move!
01:20:00Good-bye, sir. Good-bye.
01:20:05Well, Dr. Carbisley,
01:20:07I think you've had my credentials.
01:20:10Go on, watch him, Bingham.
01:20:12I'll be back in a moment.
01:20:14There.
01:20:16And don't let this redhead try any more of our tricks.
01:20:18Yes, sir.
01:20:20It's just an example of the way we work, you know.
01:20:23Now I hope I find some pain back.
01:20:27Here you are, Corporal.
01:20:29Look after those two.
01:20:31It's what is known as a matter of national importance.
01:20:33All right, Inspector.
01:20:35But I, Intercorporal...
01:20:37Well, you will be.
01:20:39Come along, Bingham.
01:20:41I may need your help.
01:20:43So long, Doctor. See you later.
01:20:50Here, where's that registered letter?
01:20:52Which registered letter?
01:20:54The one that was in there.
01:20:56Well, what do you want with it?
01:20:58That's my business. What have you done with it?
01:21:00Are you accusing me of pinching it?
01:21:02I'm asking you what you've done with it.
01:21:04Well, I'm not going to be talked to like that by an extra man.
01:21:06I'm going to have this out with the head-sorter.
01:21:11Well, Mr. Dudley.
01:21:13You've got to be kidding me.
01:21:15You've got to be kidding me.
01:21:17You've got to be kidding me.
01:21:19You've got to be kidding me.
01:21:21Is it better than me accusing you?
01:21:26I should take it easy if I were you.
01:21:32All right, fellas.
01:21:34We're from Scotland Yard.
01:21:36This is Inspector Holman of the CID.
01:21:38Look out for him, he's a fifth columnist.
01:21:40Come on, out of it.
01:21:49There you are.
01:21:51The little fellow that never broadcasts
01:21:53from the same place twice.
01:21:55And within 24 hours of laying my hands
01:21:57on the mystery transmitter,
01:21:59I had the whole organization behind bars.
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