- 4 months ago
First broadcast 16th January 1975.
Regan clashes with an arrogant police superintendent when a crime kingpin is allowed to leave the country and go to France.
John Thaw - Regan
Dennis Waterman - Carter
Garfield Morgan - Haskins
Alfred Marks - Gerald Bishop
Peter Jeffrey - Det. Supt. Pringle
Morris Perry - Det. Chief Supt. Maynon
Brian Glover - Moose
Bill Dean - Charlie Norton
Brian Wilde - Stanley Hedges
John Flanagan - DS Matt Mathews
Maurice O'Connell - Morgan
Martyn Read - DC Jimmy Thorpe (as Martin Read)
Margaret Nolan - Betty
Ivan Beavis - Sergeant
Bridget Brice - Secretary
Robert Gillespie - Steward
Tony Aitken - Shipping Clerk
Tony Allen - Bill the Driver
Jerry Baker - Detective
Barbara Bennett - Char Lady
Harold Coyne - Police Driver
Iris Fry - Passerby
Ken Lacey - Hedges' Man
Regan clashes with an arrogant police superintendent when a crime kingpin is allowed to leave the country and go to France.
John Thaw - Regan
Dennis Waterman - Carter
Garfield Morgan - Haskins
Alfred Marks - Gerald Bishop
Peter Jeffrey - Det. Supt. Pringle
Morris Perry - Det. Chief Supt. Maynon
Brian Glover - Moose
Bill Dean - Charlie Norton
Brian Wilde - Stanley Hedges
John Flanagan - DS Matt Mathews
Maurice O'Connell - Morgan
Martyn Read - DC Jimmy Thorpe (as Martin Read)
Margaret Nolan - Betty
Ivan Beavis - Sergeant
Bridget Brice - Secretary
Robert Gillespie - Steward
Tony Aitken - Shipping Clerk
Tony Allen - Bill the Driver
Jerry Baker - Detective
Barbara Bennett - Char Lady
Harold Coyne - Police Driver
Iris Fry - Passerby
Ken Lacey - Hedges' Man
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00:00To be continued...
00:30And another thing.
00:36I want none of this out of sight, out of mind.
00:39Just because I'm not in England does not mean I cannot be reached.
00:43I want none of this English Channel mentality.
00:45The telephone lines do not stop at Dover.
00:48Furthermore, all executive decisions will be referred to me
00:51and I rely on a new Morgan to make sure they are.
00:53Five minutes for off, Mr Bishop.
00:55Who are you?
00:56Your steward, sir.
00:57Out!
00:57I want you to phone me on the hour, every hour,
01:02just like a weather report.
01:04Understand?
01:05Yes, Mr Bishop.
01:07What about Archimedes?
01:09He's in the dog's home, sir.
01:10Tragic.
01:11Absolutely tragic.
01:13They want to know a poor animal on a lousy boat like this.
01:16I mean, it's not exactly the Queen Mary, is it?
01:19Well, you wanted a guy up this way, sir, and the shipping line...
01:22I know, I know.
01:24Have you inspected it?
01:25The ship?
01:26You fool, that dog's home.
01:28Of course, sir.
01:30It's a good one.
01:31I don't want good.
01:33I want the best.
01:34As far as I'm concerned, the major source of solar radiation shines out of that dog.
01:39The gangway's near off, sir.
01:41Out!
01:41The boys and I, as a token of our respect, just a little goodbye present.
01:50What do I want in the present?
01:53Here, are you trying to bury me?
01:55Now remember, tell the boys...
01:58I'll always be watching them.
02:00At the first sign of disloyalty, the first hint of double-crossing, they can take my...
02:07A doggy bowl!
02:11We had it made up at Ashbury's.
02:13Look, it's got his name on the side.
02:17Archimedes.
02:19Yeah.
02:20Tell the boys, if any of them step out of line, that we send to my punishment people.
02:24That's a very kind thought, Morgan.
02:26Sir, unless you're coming with us.
02:29Goodbye, Mr Bishop.
02:31Au revoir.
02:31Remember, this is only a tactical withdrawal.
02:34He who hits and runs away lives to fight another day.
02:37Yes, sir.
02:39Archimedes, I take this as a tribute to the both of us.
02:43Holtz.
02:47Holtz, shipping.
02:50This is Detective Inspector Regan here, Scotland Yard.
02:53I'm making inquiries about a man named Bishop.
02:56No, not all the phones at Scotland Yard are coin-operated.
02:59The Commissioner, she has a party line with the Queen.
03:03No, I'm afraid I cannot tell you the serial number of my warrant card.
03:08But Bishop may be traveling on the soup ad.
03:10She sailed already.
03:12Yeah.
03:12Yeah.
03:13Yeah, well, thanks for your kind cooperation.
03:19She sailed.
03:21She sailed.
03:25She sailed.
03:25She sailed.
03:25She sailed.
03:25He sailed.
03:26He sailed.
03:26She sailed.
03:27She sailed.
03:28Oh, my God.
03:29She sailed.
03:31guitar solo
04:01guitar solo
04:31Oh, come on, Moose.
04:47Don't waste my time.
04:50I know you know.
04:52You know I know you know.
04:53So tell us where he's gone.
04:55Now, I'm asking you once again, where is Mr. Bishop?
05:04He's gone, boss.
05:05I know he's gone, but where has he gone?
05:08He just left, boss.
05:09Ah, but he didn't just leave, did he?
05:13He paid off the servants.
05:14He put covers on the furniture.
05:15He sold his Rolls Royce.
05:17He even put the dog into a home.
05:19Now, all that takes time.
05:20One minute he was here, the next minute he was gone.
05:24But where, man?
05:26Where?
05:27He left no forwarding address.
05:34All right, take him in.
05:37I'll sort out the charges later.
05:39Charges, boss?
05:40Yes, Moose.
05:42Charges.
05:50Hello, Mr. Regan.
05:52Hello, Moose.
05:56Pringle will get nothing out of him.
05:58Mr. Pringle.
06:00What about Bishop?
06:01Clean away.
06:02Find out where the dog's been parked.
06:03Keep an eye on her.
06:05The dog?
06:12It's over in tendon!
06:17Thank you and good night.
06:20I found this in a milk bottle.
06:21Written in his own hand.
06:24No more milk.
06:27He's right, isn't he?
06:28Where he's going, it'll be all champers and chips.
06:31Birds with no bras and all that.
06:32Find where Pringle's taking the moose.
06:34Use your charm.
06:35Go down in the cells and find out what he knows.
06:38Okay, go.
06:39Play Pringle up as a heavy.
06:41I promise him anything you like,
06:42but try and get some kind of information.
06:44Right.
06:51Don't you ever knock!
06:52Captain's compliments, sir.
06:54I always make a point, steward.
06:55I'm never letting alcohol touch my lips
06:57until we're out of territorial waters.
06:59We are, sir.
07:00We couldn't have opened the bond, could we?
07:02Oh, well, in that case, sir,
07:04why don't you join me?
07:05Nice thing about a cruise ship
07:06is the cheapness of the boones.
07:07The nice thing about this ship
07:08is that it's not British.
07:14I won't talk to you about Bishop Gunn.
07:16It would appear that he's clean away.
07:19Mr Pringle's wary now.
07:20Mr Pringle is fraud squad.
07:23He's been given carte blanche.
07:24He's not a copper, he's an accountant.
07:26Aren't we all?
07:28He didn't join the force.
07:29He fell through a hole in the Inland Revenue.
07:31Well, that's the future, Jack.
07:33It will be if we don't pull our fingers out, Gov.
07:36You're supposed to keep academics like Pringle off my back.
07:40I want you in the canteen
07:41sticking knives between his shoulder blades.
07:43You know, somewhere out there beyond the post office tower,
07:49there's a vast committee called Pringle
07:50constantly regenerating itself.
07:54Yeah, well, let's be practical.
07:57All right.
07:58I'll arrange a meeting between you, Pringle,
08:01and Manon, the commanders away sick.
08:04It wouldn't do you any good.
08:05You'll be eaten alive.
08:17All right, Jack.
08:19What's the grievance?
08:20For the last two years,
08:21members of my squad have been investigating Bishop
08:23with a view to finding something big enough to bury him.
08:26We conducted the inquiries in the usual painstaking manner,
08:30that is, from the ground downwards.
08:31At the same time, we had over 100 other cases on our books,
08:35so our resources were limited.
08:37Nevertheless, we were just about to put something together
08:39when I get the news that Bishop has fled the country,
08:42and I'm informed that the superintendent
08:44is about to take over the inquiry,
08:46and the squad is being told to back off.
08:50As I understand it, over the past five years,
08:53neither your squad nor any other element on the job
08:56has been able to obtain anything
08:57that looked remotely like a conviction against Bishop.
09:01I was brought in because of his activities in the city.
09:04He was buying into companies
09:05where his presence represented a threat.
09:07He has recently obtained interest in the Bantram Group.
09:10This group has interest in small arms manufacture,
09:13security companies,
09:15and Popple Jays, their printers,
09:16are actually under contract with the Bank of England.
09:18This isn't the Open University, sir.
09:20We don't need a lecture.
09:22My brief came from the Assistant Commissioner Crime.
09:26In plain and simple language, it was...
09:28To warm Bishop off.
09:29That was not the brief.
09:31That was the result.
09:33Bishop has done a bunk,
09:34and two years of painstaking inquiries
09:36have gone down the drain
09:37because someone in the city overreacted
09:39when he started making waves.
09:40Oh, I don't know.
09:41The only other conclusion is that you blew it.
09:46It is a fact that now he's left the country,
09:48he's no longer a threat to Bantram.
09:50It is also a fact that now he's left the country,
09:52we have the problem of getting him back.
09:54I don't think we really want him back, do we?
09:58You may not want him back, sir, but I do.
10:01That man has personally sliced people into pieces
10:03and canned them at his plant in Croydon.
10:05You think I'm joking?
10:07That's why I'll talk, Jack.
10:10I want him back.
10:12And how are you going to do that?
10:15Any way I can.
10:16You're on thin ice, Regan.
10:25The Norfolk police have got a lead on the Greenberg killing.
10:28They've arrested Charlie Norton.
10:31Forget, Bishop.
10:33Hand your files and information to the superintendent.
10:36I want you to go out there and interrogate Charlie Norton.
10:43Yes, sir.
10:46Ah, squad office, please, love.
10:57How'd you get on?
10:58They destroyed me.
10:59Well, I did warn you.
11:00They picked up Charlie Norton.
11:02I get stuck right into one case
11:03and another comes up right out of the past.
11:05It's just my luck.
11:07Regan, you're not going to give up as easily as that, are you?
11:11Oh, George?
11:13Alla gov.
11:13I've got the moose.
11:14What happened?
11:15Pringle let him go, didn't he?
11:16Great.
11:18So I nicked him again.
11:20Where are you?
11:21Downstairs.
11:22What do you mean, downstairs?
11:24In the car park.
11:26You're breaking all the rules today, aren't you?
11:28Yeah.
11:29Well, what do you want me to do with him?
11:31We're a bit exposed down here.
11:32Keep him out of sight till six, then bring him up.
11:35We've got to hang on a bit, moose.
11:44Do you mind me asking where we are?
11:47Scotland Yard?
11:48Out of the frying pan into the fire, so to speak.
11:53Oh, I wouldn't say that.
11:55You're in Mr. Regan's hands now.
11:58Getting popular, aren't I?
12:00Well, popular isn't exactly the word I'd use.
12:04You see, we live in a world of supply and demand, and you are in demand.
12:10Like a toilet roll.
12:11Well, if you say so, moose.
12:25You were right, Gov.
12:26Bishop's on the subad heading for the med.
12:29There's been two more calls.
12:30Yeah?
12:31The Norfolk Constabulary called.
12:33They're awaiting your confirmation when you're going up there.
12:35Tomorrow night.
12:36You and Carter will also be coming along.
12:38Me, Gov?
12:39Yeah, that's right.
12:40It takes me night off tomorrow.
12:41Was.
12:42I'm short-handed.
12:42Anything else?
12:45Mr. Pringle's office.
12:47They called to say Sergeant Carter's rearrested moose, and they're not well pleased.
12:53No, I didn't expect they would be.
12:55What is this, may I ask?
12:57It's an electronic surveillance device.
13:00It's been used by Mr. Haskins to chart the approach of the tea trolley for the last week,
13:04which is why we've been getting our tea up for a change.
13:07Oh, I see.
13:07Well, what are you doing?
13:08I know it's a regular, but I'm going to see moose in the office.
13:10When he leaves, I want him tailed.
13:12So get out there quick.
13:17Hello, Mr. Matthews.
13:19Hello, moose.
13:20Nice offices you've got here.
13:22Come on.
13:23First time I've ever seen them.
13:27Come in, moose.
13:29Sit down.
13:34Mr. Pringle's going to put you away for a long time.
13:45Nothing on me.
13:46He practically told me as much.
13:48He'll find something.
13:50Yeah, he's a very persistent man, the superintendent.
13:52Sergeant, canteen's open.
13:54You must be hungry.
13:57Do you want anything, Gav?
14:00Moose?
14:00Moose, bring him up a bacon roll.
14:03You like two?
14:05Two bacon rolls.
14:13Carton's a good fellow.
14:15Yes.
14:16We had a nice chap coming up in the car.
14:18Loyal but thick.
14:21Thick?
14:22Thick.
14:24However, loyalty's a rare thing these days, isn't it?
14:27Well, that's why I appreciate your loyalty to Mr. Bishop.
14:31You do?
14:32I understand it.
14:36You understand what?
14:37Your loyalty.
14:39After all, you've been with him seven years, isn't it?
14:42He told me so himself.
14:44Mr. Bishop?
14:45Yeah.
14:46You know how much he trusted you.
14:49Jack, he said to me,
14:51apart from you, there's only one other person I really trust.
14:55You?
14:55Me?
14:56Me and you?
15:00Of course, that was some time ago,
15:02before all this blew up.
15:06He's had some bad words to say about you, Mr. Regan, of late.
15:09Of course.
15:10Because I'm in the invidious situation, aren't I?
15:12Yeah, I'm conducting the flaming investigation against him, aren't I?
15:17See, all I could do is warn him about Pringle
15:18and tell him when it was essential that he get out.
15:20Of course, where you were concerned,
15:24he didn't think that Pringle would arrest you,
15:26let alone put up these conspiracy charges.
15:28What charges?
15:29He let me go.
15:30Mr. Bishop gave me orders that if Pringle was to take any liberties,
15:34I was to get you out of his clappers.
15:36And I have.
15:47You shouldn't have done that, Mr. Regan.
15:49You'll get into trouble.
15:50Don't you worry, Moose.
15:51But listen, Sergeant Carter will be back in a minute
15:53with those bait and rolls,
15:55so we're going to work out how we can help Mr. Bishop.
15:57We haven't much time.
16:00Now, what about his dog?
16:01Look, is there anything we can do there?
16:29Stamps the reason, doesn't it?
16:30Was Charlie, no.
16:32The deceased was doing Charlie's wife.
16:35The gun was stiff with Charlie's prince.
16:37The suspect drives off in Charlie's car.
16:41It stands to reason, doesn't it?
16:42It was Charlie who rubbed him.
16:45I'd have thought the case was prove, me.
16:47You're a genius, Matt.
16:50These reports connect Bishop with the filling stations.
16:56It seems he was trying to move in on the independents.
17:00Yes, I know that, Inspector.
17:03This one in particular, Shepherds Bush.
17:06One of his companies bought into the service station
17:08through a dummy partner.
17:11A certain amount of violence was used.
17:12But no court proceedings.
17:15The owners didn't have a leg to stand on, literally speaking.
17:20Next.
17:23This is our personal file on Bishop.
17:26Background, habits and associates.
17:28He's very fond of Gilbert and Sullivan.
17:30Gilbert and Sullivan.
17:31And, of course, dogs.
17:34Dogs are his...
17:36Next.
17:41This is the stolen car file.
17:43He was involved in exporting stolen cars to Cyprus.
17:45Well, we're not going to get him on anything like that.
17:47I mean, the director of public prosecutions isn't.
17:49There's enough here to go to the DPP with.
17:52What for?
17:53Extradition.
17:53Next.
18:00Roberts and Leicester.
18:01Theatrical agents.
18:03A funny thing happened to Roberts on his way to the theatre one night.
18:06He fell down a hole.
18:07What would Bishop want with a theatrical agency?
18:11Cash flow.
18:14Next.
18:15Next.
18:16Of course, I can't believe that Charlie did this all on his own.
18:24Why not?
18:25He's got pride, like the rest of us.
18:28But if someone was having it away with your wife and stealing your life savings...
18:31Well, you wouldn't write to the papers about it, would you?
18:34No.
18:34No.
18:36Neither did Charlie.
18:37So he got out his Holland and Holland,
18:39blew the geezer's head off.
18:40It's a classic case of crime passion now.
18:43Did anyone recall Thorpe?
18:45Well, from the dog's home, you mean?
18:47Yeah, you did put Thorpe under the kennels, didn't you?
18:49Well, yeah, but you haven't told me to take him off.
18:51Well, no, I didn't tell you to, but I can't think of everything, can I?
18:54Well, I'm sorry, Gav.
18:55I've just got so carried away with this caper.
18:56Well, what were your last instructions to him?
18:58Well, wait there till he was relieved.
19:01How long ago was that?
19:04Three days.
19:08There are some times, George,
19:09when I believe you're incapable of looking after a pipe plant,
19:13let alone personnel.
19:15Sorry, Gav.
19:17Oscar, two, three.
19:39Inspector Regan's in Norfolk.
19:40Oh, it's you, Thorpe.
19:43Why didn't you say so?
19:44Er, hang on, there's a message for you.
19:47Yes, he says,
19:48Don't worry, help is on the way.
19:50I've been here for three days.
19:52I'm starving.
19:53I need a fresh change of clothes.
19:56I'm dying of exposure, sir.
19:58Yes, well, he says,
19:59If you need any help,
20:00try and contact a D.S. Gallagher
20:02of the local division.
20:03He says he's the only human being round there.
20:06Thank you, sir.
20:07I'm looking for D.S. Gallagher.
20:31Detective Sergeant Gallagher's on sick leave.
20:42Are there any other human beings in the building?
20:46No.
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21:16Hello, Mr Carter. Charlie, where's Mr Regan?
21:23Having dinner. Take a seat.
21:25Am I on the front page?
21:27You're on page three and there's not even a picture.
21:30I've got my hat on specially. They came along and took hundreds.
21:33Well, maybe they're saving you up for the Sundays.
21:38Tell us the secret, Charlie. Did you shoot him?
21:41If you don't mind, sir.
21:43And save me breath until Mr Regan arrives.
22:05You're late. Has the copper gone? Yeah, he's gone.
22:07I thought he'd never go.
22:09Well, he's bound to be back, so we'll have to work fast.
22:12Hey, how will I know which is Archimedes?
22:15By the spikes on his collar.
22:19And how will I calm him down, stop him from barking?
22:22Give him this sweater. It's one of his masters. He loves it.
22:26That'll do the trick. It should do.
22:30Take these. Yeah, what are they?
22:32Tranquilisers. For me? No, for the dog.
22:36These are for you.
22:40What are they?
22:42Reds.
22:44You've got a long drive ahead of you.
22:47It was the night I got out. I came home.
22:49Was that your opening part?
22:51It was the night I got out.
22:53Was that what I said?
22:54Yeah, come on, Charlie. You can do better than that.
22:57Where were you the night you came out?
22:59I was on the town, wasn't I, celebrating.
23:01And I came home and there she was in bed.
23:04Lying there with nothing on but a mink coat.
23:07God, I said, where did you get that?
23:09All right, Charlie, skip that bit. Tell us what happened on the night of the killing.
23:14I'm leading up to it.
23:15Yeah, like a 19th century novelist. 300 boring pages.
23:20When did you shoot him?
23:21On the 13th, but this was only the 10th.
23:23Well, skip the next two days.
23:25I've no intentions of skipping the next two days.
23:28I heard he was living up here in Norfolk, and without thinking about it,
23:32I was driving up here in the old Zephyr with a shooter in the boot.
23:36How he got there, I'll never know.
23:38You put it there, Charlie.
23:40I suppose I must do it, Doug.
23:43Regan.
23:44It just came to me that I had to kill him.
23:46It was crime passion, hell, you might say.
23:49I was calm, but there was this horrible fall squirming up inside me.
23:53There was a four-letter word frothing from me lips.
23:56What do you mean the dog has gone?
23:58Kill, that was the word.
23:59Who?
24:00Kill, kill.
24:01Oh, turn it off, Charles, just for one moment.
24:04I'm giving it to you straight. I had to kill him. Kill.
24:07Are you telling me it clipped its way through a barbed wire fence?
24:11It was a bleeding dog, Thorpe.
24:13Next you'd be saying it was all blacked up with a berry on his head.
24:17Kill.
24:19Yeah, I want you to find it at once.
24:21Where was I?
24:23You said kill, kill, kill, kill.
24:26Now listen, pull in the owner of that home.
24:29He's what?
24:31A major in the what?
24:34Well, you outrank him, son.
24:36Don't take any lip from the army.
24:38I'll be down there tomorrow.
24:39Yeah, now listen, get on to Superintendent Pringle.
24:42This is his pigeon.
24:44No, don't wait till the morning.
24:46Wake him up.
24:49I can't hear myself think.
24:51This is an important moment.
24:53Sorry, Charles.
24:54The dog's got out.
24:56Well, what do you know?
24:57But the best bits have yet to come.
25:00Yes.
25:01Well, I'm sorry, Charlie.
25:03I'll read it in the Sundays.
25:05I'm afraid I've got to go back to London.
25:07But I'm doing you a favour, Mr. Egan.
25:09I'm saving you thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money.
25:12Yeah, well, you'd have made it a lot easier, Charlie,
25:14if you'd have surrendered to the first priest, fireman,
25:16or police constable you came across.
25:19Well, better still,
25:21you could have got a train down to London.
25:23We'd have reimbursed the fare
25:24and you could have worked out the whole story
25:26between you, your brief, and the papers
25:29right there in my office.
25:31Take over, will you, George?
25:33And keep the paragraph short.
25:38It was the night I got out.
25:39It was lashing down with rain.
25:41It's been made to look like an accident.
25:55A dozen escaped.
25:56But it was an outside job.
25:58A lot to the compound's been forced.
26:00Hmm.
26:01And where's the owner?
26:02Rounding the rest of them up.
26:03Evidently, they went for some sheep.
26:05Ah.
26:06Ah.
26:07Well, um, Eddie.
26:09Eddie.
26:10Um, could you, uh, go back to the Transport Cafe
26:12and get us some, I don't know,
26:14egg sandwiches and silver thermops?
26:16You take sugar?
26:17Yes, go.
26:18Sugar is well, Eddie.
26:27This is the local log.
26:29Not very cooperative.
26:32Morning, sir.
26:33Are you the owner of this establishment?
26:35No, I'm Detective Superintendent Pringle, Scotland Yard.
26:38Yes.
26:39I'm the Sergeant from Unstanton.
26:41Oh, good.
26:42Well, look, I want you to get onto your headquarters
26:43and ask them to send a photographer up here as soon as possible.
26:45Oh, and I want whatever strength you've got on your CID.
26:48There hasn't been a murder, has there?
26:51There will be, if you don't get a move on.
26:58Hello, George.
26:59Check out these contacts.
27:00Hello, Gov.
27:02How's it going?
27:03He hasn't said a word, Gov.
27:06No, he keeps going over the same old story,
27:07but then when he gets to the important bit,
27:09he just blanks up.
27:13I feel like giving him a kick in.
27:15Be patient. He needs to be loved.
27:17Regan.
27:20Good morning, Superintendent.
27:22The dog's gone.
27:23Yeah, so my DC tell me.
27:25So what was the idea in staking the place out?
27:27I wanted an eye kept on it.
27:28For what purpose?
27:29You failed to prevent the dog from going.
27:31If we ever get Bishop before the jury,
27:32a little lark like this could jeopardize the whole case.
27:35My intention was simple.
27:37To follow the dog.
27:38Because its destination is where Bishop's gonna be.
27:40So.
27:41That's why you had Moose rearrested.
27:44Yeah.
27:45Did you put a tail on him?
27:46Yes.
27:47And?
27:49We lost him.
27:50For the last time, back off, will you, Regan?
27:52This is my case, remember?
27:57You were saying, George.
27:58Cheers.
27:59The owner's back, sir.
28:00Yeah.
28:01Did my driver say anything about the tracks?
28:02Yeah.
28:03One four fours.
28:04High speed and for a heavy car.
28:05Oh, God.
28:06They could be 200 miles away by now.
28:07Oh, you could put out an all ports call, sir.
28:08For a dog.
28:10They'd never wear it.
28:11Everything cost money these days.
28:12Hmm.
28:13Getting to go over this area again, eh?
28:14Yes, God.
28:15Go ahead.
28:16I had an electronic surveillance device on test.
28:18It's disappeared.
28:19Matthew said you took it.
28:20Yeah, that's right, Go.
28:21I locked it on the bottom of Moose's Range Rover.
28:22Oh, I locked it on the bottom of Moose's Range Rover.
28:24Oh, I locked it on the bottom of Moose's Range Rover.
28:26Oh, I locked it on the bottom of Moose's Range Rover.
28:27Oh, I got it.
28:28I got it.
28:29I got it.
28:30I got it.
28:31I got it.
28:32I got it.
28:33I got it.
28:34I got it.
28:35I got it.
28:36I got it.
28:37I got it.
28:38I got it.
28:39I got it.
28:40I got it.
28:41I got it on the bottom of Moose's Range Rover.
28:43Oh.
28:44All right.
28:45Where's the Range Rover now?
28:46Well, that's the point.
28:47It's disappeared.
28:48Right here.
28:50With my ESD.
28:51That's right, lad.
28:52You've lost my ESD.
28:53Have you any idea how much those things cost?
28:55Wait a minute.
28:56It hadn't lost it, Governor.
28:57It lost itself.
28:58After all, it's supposed to be unlosable.
29:00That's the whole point of the machine, innit?
29:02Gives off these little bleeps so you can tell where it's going.
29:05They cost a fortune.
29:06Look, we were asked to evaluate it.
29:08Well, I've just evaluated it.
29:10In fact, I can give you my considered verdict.
29:12It's useless.
29:13We've lost the Moose and the dog and the machine.
29:16It was working perfectly well on the tea trolley.
29:18Well, that's life.
29:19Back to the drawing board, innit?
29:26See the thing here, Stanley?
29:27What you've got to realize, this is temporary, see?
29:28I'm here only for a short time.
29:29Oh, but, Jared, I've told you it's already too long.
29:33Ah.
29:34Ah.
29:35Ah.
29:36See the thing here, Stanley?
29:37What you've got to realize, this is temporary, see?
29:40I'm here only for a short time.
29:42Oh, but, Jared, I've told you it's already too long.
29:46Ah.
29:47Ah.
30:08The bank are getting nervous.
30:11Ah.
30:12They see this holiday as a sign of weakness.
30:16An admission of guilt, you might say.
30:19Stanley, I just got here.
30:21Look, Jared, you are about to go public.
30:24Ah.
30:25The shares in your company are ready for issue.
30:27Now, merchant banks and brokers of repute
30:31are ready to launch you into a new future.
30:34And you need it.
30:36Agreed, Stanley.
30:37But the moment I decide to go straight,
30:39I'm persecuted by malicious elements
30:41who see me as some threat to their own futures.
30:43Exactly.
30:44So you must come back and fight.
30:46We must come back and fight.
30:47We must come back and fight.
30:48We must come back and fight.
30:51Oh, my God.
31:21If I come back, certain irresponsible men will want to put me in jail.
31:30Such as who?
31:32Inspector Regan, for one.
31:35There's nothing he can hit you with.
31:36Don't underestimate Regan. He can manufacture a case. He's done it before.
31:40No, no, Regan's not in the running.
31:42No, it's Pringle from now on, and he's a nobody.
31:44That, too, is a mistake.
31:45Now, Regan is so bent he cannot be straightened by Pringle.
31:49Pringle is a nobody. He wants to be a somebody.
31:51Now, he's a headhunter, and I don't want my bonce in his trophy room.
31:55What you've got to realise, Stan, is that these guys are paid to destroy people like you and me.
32:01They're in the demolition business. Don't underestimate them.
32:04What comes up must go down.
32:06That's their motto.
32:11Jerry, I beg you, you're fighting shadows.
32:17I'll stay here till everyone's been sweetened.
32:20I have my girl, my flowers, and soon, I hope, my dog.
32:24What more can a man need this side of a million dollars?
32:27Cables for you, Jerry.
32:28Hello.
32:29You fly home, Stanley. Take care of things.
32:33All right, Jerry.
32:34I don't say I haven't warned you.
32:37All right, nice.
32:37Bye-bye.
32:38Bye-bye.
32:38Bye-bye.
32:54Bye-bye.
32:57Bye-bye.
32:59Bye-bye.
33:01Paragraph.
33:14Furthermore, I know nothing about the escape of Bishop's Dog from the Salt House Dog Home
33:19other than what I have read in Detective Constable Thorpe's report.
33:23Paragraph.
33:25It was unfortunate that D.C. Thorpe was not relieved for three days.
33:28This was due to an oversight.
33:31Paragraph.
33:34On the other hand, Superintendent Pringle had at no time indicated any intention
33:38of placing the Dog's Home under observation,
33:41so I do not understand his complaint.
33:44Under his charge, the Dog would have escaped more easily.
33:48And probably sooner, in fact.
33:49Just like his master did.
33:54Mark, one copy for the Commander and one for Mr. Pringle.
33:57Is that all?
33:58Yeah.
34:00Tell me.
34:01I don't suppose you go out with married men?
34:04Only for money.
34:05How many copies for the files?
34:07Two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
34:21That's him!
34:22Are you sure, Jerry?
34:29I know him.
34:34It's him.
34:35Where's the tin opener?
34:52You're not going to give him tinned meat.
34:55I don't trust the steak out here.
34:58Well, we eat it.
34:59And only Evian for the first week.
35:01You can't trust the water either.
35:04Come on, boy.
35:07Come on, boy.
35:09Whoa, whoa, whoa.
35:11Can you hear him?
35:14Listen to him.
35:14A toast.
35:33Hello, boss.
35:34a toast
35:36to weary travelers.
35:38Welcome to France.
35:41Here, have a
35:42champagne.
35:51That's not
35:52my
35:53dog!
36:04Holder. It's all right. I'll take it.
36:25Cheers.
36:27Hello, Moose.
36:29Been to a football match.
36:30What's going on?
36:33Have a nice flight.
36:34Terrible.
36:36Are you nicking me again?
36:38Don't know.
36:40Where have you been?
36:42France.
36:43Delivering a dog?
36:45Not a bloody one, wasn't it?
36:47Oh, dear.
36:51There you go.
36:55What about my luggage?
36:57You haven't got any.
37:01Hello, Moose.
37:02Hello, Mr. Egan.
37:05I gave him my trust.
37:14Treated him like a brother.
37:16It was not a mistake.
37:17How could it be a mistake?
37:20He arrived here with that dog
37:22wearing his collar.
37:24I'm not upset, Henry.
37:26I merely strangle the hound
37:28with my bare hands.
37:30Eh?
37:31No, it's not a felony here.
37:32No, it's not a felony here.
37:32No, no.
37:33No, they eat them here, Henry.
37:35Yeah, they eat them here.
37:36Yes.
37:37Now, look.
37:38I want you to find out
37:39what happened to Archimedes.
37:42Now, I do not recall
37:43what happened to Moose.
37:44Yeah, he...
37:46Yeah, he got away.
37:47Yes, yes.
37:48He caught the plane.
37:50Now, look.
37:50This is very important, Henry.
37:51What?
37:52Hello?
37:52Henry?
37:53Hello?
37:54Hello?
37:54Henry?
37:55Hello?
37:55Henry?
37:56Hello?
37:58I would have thought
37:59someone with your expertise
38:00threw old teeth to me.
38:04Well, how'd you recognise him
38:05in the first place?
38:08By the spikes on his collar.
38:10You mean someone
38:11changed the collar?
38:12Not someone.
38:14You did.
38:15Not me.
38:17It was Mr Pringle.
38:21I told you not to trust him.
38:23I wouldn't put a stunt like that.
38:25Whoever did,
38:26it was evil.
38:30Mr Bishop nearly killed me.
38:34Not to worry.
38:34He had you insured.
38:37Who did?
38:38Mr Pringle.
38:40You put him here.
38:42Don't be damned.
38:44How'd Bishop take it?
38:45Bad.
38:45He attacked me.
38:47And the dog went for him.
38:49And he went berserk.
38:51He got a hold of the dog
38:52in some sort of judo hold.
38:54And the two went rolling
38:55around the floor
38:56biting each other.
38:57Mm-mm!
38:58Oh, it was terrible.
39:00Hello?
39:01Operator?
39:02I want London.
39:04Tetra-er?
39:06Allo, pronto.
39:07This is very urgent.
39:08Come here.
39:09Sit down.
39:10Sit down.
39:12Sit down.
39:14Hold on to this phone.
39:16They admit you get a reply.
39:17Get a hold of Sir Basil, right?
39:18Call him at the golf club if necessary.
39:20Ask him to ring me back here at
39:21six o'clock.
39:22I'm going to the town
39:23to send some cables.
39:23Hello?
39:27Hello?
39:30Hello?
39:36All right, where is he?
39:38Who, sir?
39:38Mr. Regan.
39:39Oh, Special Enquiry, sir.
39:41And the moose?
39:43Well, I don't know, sir.
39:44Inspector Regan picked him up
39:46at the airport, didn't he,
39:47at 10 a.m. this morning.
39:48Did he, sir?
39:49Excuse me.
39:50And where's the dog?
39:52What dog?
39:54Bishop's dog.
39:55I thought he was in France.
39:56Bishop's in France,
39:57but his dog isn't.
39:58Well, what do you mean, sir?
39:59I mean that somebody
40:00switched the dogs.
40:01Now, listen.
40:01I want the moose,
40:02Inspector Regan,
40:03and the right dog
40:03in that order,
40:04I understand?
40:05Well, I'll leave a message
40:05at your call, sir.
40:06It's about the best I can do.
40:07Dr. Medes!
40:17Right!
40:20Come on!
40:23Dr. Medes!
40:30Basil.
40:31Basil, I have a problem.
40:34My dog.
40:35Has Stanley been?
40:38Yes.
40:39Well, look,
40:39the situation is like this.
40:41Yeah, well, look,
40:42never mind the switch
40:43for the moment.
40:44That can wait till later on.
40:46Look, Basil,
40:47what I want from you, Basil,
40:49is a complete rundown
40:50on the law
40:51concerning the Metropolitan Police
40:52and my dog.
40:54How can the police
40:55hold my dog?
40:56What are their powers of arrest
40:58concerning animals?
40:59What has my dog done to...
41:01Of course they've got him.
41:02Who else has?
41:04Of course they'll deny it.
41:06They always deny it,
41:07don't they?
41:08Ah.
41:09Come on, Moose.
41:11Just for me.
41:14I tried so hard.
41:17I know, Moose.
41:19It would have been worse,
41:20but for that dog.
41:22He really loved you,
41:23that dog, didn't he?
41:24Yes.
41:27He saved my life.
41:30Mr. Bishop strangled him
41:31with his bare hands, eh?
41:36Here.
41:43There, but for the grace of God,
41:45I thought,
41:45went the moose.
41:50It's all Mr. Pringle's fault,
41:53isn't it?
41:54That's right, Moose.
41:55Mr. Pringle put you in it
41:56and Mr. Bishop has now gone mad.
41:59You're likely to end up
42:00in a waste disposal
42:01like his girlfriend, Kathy,
42:02if you're not careful.
42:05So, what can you do?
42:07Mr. Pringle wants you
42:08to turn Queen's evidence,
42:09but that's dangerous, isn't it?
42:11You'll have an armed escort
42:12each time you go to the Old Bailey,
42:13but a good chance of being shot
42:15every time a guard bends down
42:16to tie his shoelace.
42:18Whereas all I want from you
42:19is everything you know
42:20about Bishop
42:21on the tape recorder.
42:24No trials,
42:25no porridge,
42:26no statements,
42:27nothing.
42:28Of course,
42:29they've got the dog.
42:31I don't care
42:32if there's no evidence
42:33you're in public relations.
42:34That's what I pay you for.
42:35Get out a story.
42:36Let the press build it up.
42:39Get on to the RSPCA.
42:40Tell them the police
42:41are making war on animals.
42:43That's right,
42:43they're turning on dogs.
42:45I'll have the whole nation
42:45behind me.
42:47I'll take it to the Hague.
42:48There must be something
42:49in the UN Charter about it.
42:51Well,
42:52look it up.
42:54It crumbles.
42:55The whole structure just,
42:57just crumbles.
42:59The whole lot of the structure
43:00just crumbles,
43:01that's all.
43:12Sorry, I'm late, sir.
43:13Last time it was your turn,
43:23Inspector.
43:24This time it's the
43:24superintendent's.
43:27Bishop has briefed
43:28Sir Basil Davids
43:29to take an action
43:30in the High Court
43:31for the recovery
43:32of his dog.
43:33Where is it?
43:34Jack?
43:38Well, obviously the dog
43:38was lost
43:39the night the others
43:40got away.
43:41Are you saying
43:42you haven't got it?
43:44Of course I haven't.
43:46As a matter of fact,
43:47superintendent,
43:48if we're being honest,
43:49I thought you had it.
43:51Yeah, in fact,
43:52I thought what a devastating
43:53detective the superintendent
43:54is becoming
43:54in his old age.
43:56He's obtained possession
43:57of the dog
43:58and he's holding on to it
43:59as an inducement
43:59for Bishop to return
44:00to this country.
44:02Even presuming
44:04I had gained
44:04possession of the dog,
44:06what legal right
44:07would I have
44:07for withholding him
44:08from Bishop?
44:09There's no law
44:10which prevents a dog
44:11from leaving this country,
44:12but there is a law
44:13which says that
44:13no dogs can be imported
44:15into this country
44:15without first undergoing
44:16the usual period
44:17of quarantine.
44:19Archimedes is such a dog.
44:21Bishop illegally imported
44:22him two years ago.
44:23So, what you're suggesting
44:27is that his illegal entry
44:28is sufficient
44:28to have him held
44:29at the metropolitan
44:30dog compound.
44:31Until his owner
44:32claims him.
44:33But Davidge can apply
44:34for possession.
44:34We could oppose it.
44:36You're on thin ice again.
44:38How long do you think
44:38we'd have to argue the case
44:39before Bishop gets on a plane
44:41and comes home?
44:42This is the one thing
44:43he can't handle from France.
44:46All this, of course,
44:47supposes that the dog
44:48can be found.
44:50Oh, I think we can safely
44:51leave that to Inspector Regan.
44:52After all,
44:53he seems to have worked
44:53out everything else.
44:56How's the moose,
44:57by the way?
44:58I released him
44:58after he gave me a statement.
45:00It's one of the great
45:01historic documents
45:02of our time.
45:04Yes, okay,
45:04I'll accept that.
45:05I'll go along with that.
45:06You just find the dog,
45:08Inspector,
45:08and we'll proceed from there.
45:10That's nice.
45:11How many men
45:12will you need, Regan?
45:13To find the dog?
45:14Oh, Sergeant Carter
45:16and me should suffice.
45:18Over 50 square miles
45:19of forest.
45:20We were both
45:21in the Boy Scouts
45:21at one time.
45:23They've picked it up.
45:25It's in the police pound.
45:29Well, it's only a rumour, Jerry.
45:30We've had no official confirmation.
45:32There's no possible identification
45:34unless somebody comes forward
45:35with the proof.
45:37Well, the proof
45:37of its American pedigree, Jerry.
45:39That's what they're looking for.
45:40Well, they say it's an American dog
45:43and they want to see
45:44the import license
45:45and the date of entry, etc.
45:51Well, okay,
45:51it's not called
45:52an import license.
45:53Well,
45:53I am not your lawyer, Jerry.
45:55I'm your accountant.
45:57To me,
45:57a dog is a dog.
45:58Yes, well, I'm on the line, Jerry,
46:02to tell you
46:03that the script issue
46:04is not going forward.
46:07Well, the handlers
46:08don't think
46:09that this is a
46:09propitious moment.
46:11Get out and get up.
46:17Come on.
46:22Morning, Doris.
46:23Morning, Gov.
46:24Morning, son, Carlos.
46:25Your ESD.
46:26Turned up all by itself.
46:27Oh, really?
46:28Cool.
46:30Yes, I think you're right.
46:32Gov.
46:37That saved you
46:38£500 off your wages.
46:40I didn't lose it.
46:41You did.
46:42All electronic surveillance
46:43equipment in the department
46:44is your responsibility, Sergeant.
46:46Yeah, whatever it is,
46:47good as new.
46:48Hello, V?
46:49Get me Irene.
46:51I don't know a second name.
46:53Where'd you find her?
46:54Under the Range Rover.
46:56At the house of one
46:56Stanley Hedge,
46:57chartered accountant.
46:58You checking with records?
47:00Did better than that.
47:00Got a wire tap.
47:02Cheeky.
47:03The dog has not got
47:04an import license.
47:05First of all,
47:06there's no such thing
47:06as an import license.
47:08Second, I brought the dog
47:09in on a fishing boat.
47:10Oh, okay, Jerry.
47:11It's not called an import license.
47:13I'm not your lawyer, Jerry.
47:14I've got an accountant.
47:15To me a dog is a...
47:16Hello.
47:17Look, tell Irene
47:18the one with the big chest
47:19and the ringlets.
47:21Yeah, tell her that
47:21Jack Regan can't take her
47:22to the pictures tonight,
47:23but he'll send a car around
47:25with a ticket
47:25so that she can
47:26take a friend.
47:28How much more of that?
47:29About an hour
47:30before I was warned off.
47:31Irene, eh?
47:33What state is Bishop in?
47:34It's going potty.
47:36Yeah, I saw all the command
47:37and if I don't make
47:37that wire tap official,
47:38you'd better come with me.
47:40What shall I do about that?
47:41Give it back to Askins?
47:42No, I put it back
47:43under the tea trolley.
47:44There, it was performing
47:45a really useful function.
47:46Get dressed.
48:03We're going to the airport.
48:04The plane doesn't leave
48:05till five.
48:06We're going now.
48:07You don't think
48:08they've got that dog
48:09in that pound for nothing,
48:10do you?
48:11They'll get rabies.
48:13Fleas.
48:14There are diseases dogs
48:15get just by smelling
48:16each other.
48:17They'll be waiting for you,
48:18you know that.
48:19He'll be lonely,
48:21confused.
48:23It's been six weeks now.
48:25He'll be out of his mind.
48:27You're out of yours.
48:33What did you say?
48:35Oh, I'm sorry, Gerry.
48:37I didn't mean to argue with you.
48:40Get your bags back.
48:46Don't worry, old boy.
48:50We'll get you out of this.
48:52I'm not without influence,
48:53you know.
48:54Governor.
48:59Governor.
49:05Governor.
49:07Lindair flight 105,
49:09Toulouse, Heathrow.
49:10Passenger list includes
49:11Gerald Fisher.
49:13Alert, Scotland Yard.
49:15Detective Superintendent Pringle.
49:17Detective Inspector Regan.
49:18Please confirm he's broken.
49:23He's coming back.
49:25Thanks.
49:28Game set and match,
49:29don't you think?
49:38Yes, sir?
49:38Will you have my car
49:40sent round to the side door,
49:41please?
49:44Oh, I don't know, Inspector.
49:45I'm more cautious than you.
49:46I'd call it 15 love.
49:48not only...
50:07but...
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