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Cash On Demand 1961
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00:04:00Good morning, Mr. Pearson
00:04:02Good morning, Sally
00:04:12Good morning, Peter.
00:04:13Morning.
00:04:17Oh.
00:04:19How are you? Got a cold?
00:04:21A hangover.
00:04:22You shouldn't be wasting your time. You've got an exam in three months.
00:04:25Ugh, don't remind me. Not before Christmas, anyway.
00:04:29Don't mind my mentioning it, but you don't look too good yourself today.
00:04:33Had a row with a missus?
00:04:35Something like that.
00:04:41That'll be two pounds, Peter.
00:04:43Two pounds? What for?
00:04:45Tonight's party.
00:04:46What are we having, then? Champagne?
00:04:47And dancing girls.
00:04:49Well, they'd better be good.
00:04:50Anyway.
00:04:51I'll get my money's worth.
00:04:58Roll on, New Year.
00:05:11Hey.
00:05:14Shh.
00:05:16Oh.
00:05:19Oh.
00:05:45Good morning, Arthur.
00:05:46Good morning, sir.
00:05:49Miss Pringle, do you feel it really necessary
00:05:51to make such a display of your popularity?
00:05:54I thought they'd liven the desk up a little.
00:05:56Banking is one of the few dignified businesses
00:05:58left in the world, Miss Pringle.
00:06:00Do you mind terribly if we keep it that way?
00:06:02I'm sorry, sir.
00:06:03Morning, Pearson.
00:06:04Good morning.
00:06:05So,
00:06:05Gerald, Sanderson, morning, sir.
00:06:15I noticed he didn't mention the party.
00:07:01All right, wong.
00:07:02Here we go.
00:07:03Here we go.
00:07:03Oh, my, sir.
00:07:04I ain't got a bus.
00:07:04You're on this side.
00:07:04Oh, dear.
00:07:07Miss Pringle?
00:07:08Sanderson and Pearson to come in, please.
00:07:33Come in.
00:08:10Come in.
00:08:11Psst. Psst.
00:08:17You get it?
00:08:18Get what?
00:08:19Who wants to know if you're a hepcat or a square?
00:08:22Do you mind?
00:08:23Come in.
00:08:24Come in.
00:08:25Come in.
00:08:42Come in.
00:08:51Come in.
00:08:54Come in.
00:08:55Come in.
00:09:40Yes, Mr. Follower?
00:09:42Pearson, do you expect people to write with a pen like that?
00:09:53What's wrong with it, Mr. Follower?
00:09:54Wrong? The nymph's completely corroded.
00:09:57It obviously hasn't been cleaned or examined for weeks.
00:10:00This isn't a post office, you know.
00:10:01A customer coming into this bank has a right to expect efficiency.
00:10:04I'll speak to Miss Pringle. She, uh...
00:10:06Who you speak to is a matter of complete indifference to me, Pearson.
00:10:09What concerns me is the fact that it is always I
00:10:11who have to discover every fiddling little misdemeanor in this branch.
00:10:16A general doesn't inspect every button of every soldier every day, you know.
00:10:19That is supposed to be what his subordinates are for.
00:10:21I'll see to it immediately.
00:10:23Perhaps you don't agree with me.
00:10:25Perhaps you think because the combined assets of the city and colonial bank
00:10:28total more than 371 million pounds
00:10:30are top dependent as of no account.
00:10:33I'll see to it right away, Mr. Follower.
00:10:35Do that.
00:10:36And send Harville to me, will you?
00:10:45I thought I'd watch to see you, Harville.
00:10:59Come in.
00:11:02Mr. Pearson said you wanted to see me, sir.
00:11:17Obviously, you know what we have to discuss.
00:11:19I'm not sure, sir.
00:11:20Perhaps you don't think it worth discussing.
00:11:21Perhaps you think that odd pounds, shillings and pence
00:11:23can be missing from the books from time to time without further comment.
00:11:26Sir, if you mean last Wednesday's balance...
00:11:30Well, was it last Wednesday's balance, sir?
00:11:33Why?
00:11:33Have there been other days when the balance has been irregular?
00:11:36Sir, I thought as Mr. Burnaby had returned the 10 pounds,
00:11:39the matter was more or less closed.
00:11:41We were very busy that day, and I thought,
00:11:43well, Burnaby's an old customer.
00:11:44He was accidentally overpaid, and what...
00:11:46Very interesting attitude, Harville.
00:11:49And what would have happened if the money hadn't been returned?
00:11:51Would the mistake have been discovered then?
00:11:53And if not, what method would have been used to conceal it?
00:11:56Look, Mr. Ford, I give you my word.
00:11:58Nobody was trying to conceal anything.
00:11:59It was...
00:12:00Well, it was just a mistake, that's all.
00:12:03I suggest to you that it's a lie,
00:12:04and then, in fact, the money was only put back in the till
00:12:06after you knew that Burnaby had returned the 10 pounds to me personally.
00:12:09No, sir.
00:12:10I also suggest that there was an actual conspiracy,
00:12:12that someone else on the staff was involved with you in the whole plot.
00:12:15But that's ridiculous.
00:12:17Why should I try to conceal something that the auditors
00:12:19would have been bound to discover anyway?
00:12:22Who initiated your balance last Wednesday night?
00:12:25Well, that's nothing to do with it,
00:12:26because I'd already put the money back by then.
00:12:27When my balance was initialed on Wednesday,
00:12:29it was a correct balance.
00:12:31Who initialed it?
00:12:32I don't see how it makes any difference who initialed it.
00:12:35I do.
00:12:39Was it Sanderson?
00:12:40No, he would...
00:12:42No, it wasn't, sir.
00:12:44Apart from myself and Sanderson,
00:12:45only one other person is authorized to check your balance.
00:12:48Who is that other person?
00:12:50You know perfectly well who initialed it, sir.
00:12:52I am only trying to be fair,
00:12:54trying not to jump to any conclusions.
00:12:56But it does seem conclusive
00:12:58that these initials are Mr. Pearson's.
00:13:01Are those Pearson's initials, or are they not?
00:13:04Yes, they are.
00:13:07Come in.
00:13:09Our Pearson I was just going to send for you.
00:13:12It's not the old Havel.
00:13:14Well...
00:13:30You wanted to see me, Mr. Fodder?
00:13:33It's about this business of falsifying the books
00:13:36which you and Havel have been mixed up in.
00:13:38Falsified?
00:13:39This question of Burnaby's ten pounds.
00:13:41You and I should have a balance last Wednesday, did you, Naz?
00:13:44It wasn't falsifying.
00:13:45We were checking each item
00:13:46and in a day or two we would have discovered the mistake.
00:13:49It's very easy to say after the event.
00:13:51Not exactly amateurs in the business, sir.
00:13:54That's certainly true.
00:13:56Amateurs wouldn't be clever enough
00:13:57to create a fund specifically
00:13:58to cover up mistakes made by the staff.
00:14:01You do see where such abuse could lead, don't you?
00:14:05Well, do you see the point?
00:14:07This fund operates
00:14:08only for mistakes which are discovered.
00:14:11Which means that other mistakes
00:14:12or rather, falsifications
00:14:14could be occurring which are not discovered.
00:14:17You're entitled to put your own construction
00:14:19on what has happened?
00:14:23Then you would agree that I have a duty
00:14:24to protect this bank and its clients
00:14:27against embezzlement.
00:14:31I must ask you to withdraw that allegation.
00:14:33It's insane.
00:14:41It's no good, Fordyce, is it?
00:14:44What's no good?
00:14:46This whole business.
00:14:47It doesn't involve Burnaby's ten pounds.
00:14:49It's a question of temperaments.
00:14:51Yours and mine.
00:14:52I realise that it's largely my fault
00:14:54that we haven't anything in common.
00:14:56Really, Pearson?
00:14:57Can't we straighten this ridiculous business out
00:14:59once and for all?
00:15:00I know we disagree about almost everything.
00:15:02My way of looking at things irritates you.
00:15:05I am not in the least interested
00:15:06in your way of looking at things.
00:15:08You are here to concern yourself with banking,
00:15:10not personalities.
00:15:12Mr. Fordyce,
00:15:13I'm asking you to recommend me
00:15:14for a transfer to one of our branches in London.
00:15:19Do you really think
00:15:20that I could recommend you to another branch?
00:15:23Your signature on a balance sheet
00:15:24is apparently worthless.
00:15:26If I were to recommend you,
00:15:27I'd be as guilty of dishonesty as you are.
00:15:28I'm not dishonest.
00:15:29Then explain these initials.
00:15:31I have.
00:15:31Not to my satisfaction.
00:15:36Apparently, you haven't grasped
00:15:37the full significance
00:15:37of what I've just been saying.
00:15:40It isn't only that I couldn't,
00:15:41in all honesty,
00:15:42forward your transfer.
00:15:43There is also a strong doubt in my mind
00:15:45as to whether I can keep you on here.
00:15:49You dismiss me
00:15:51after 11 years
00:15:53from the one business I know.
00:15:57You'll make it impossible for me
00:15:58to get another job
00:15:58as chief clerk
00:15:59at any bank in the country.
00:16:02You do that.
00:16:07It is time to open
00:16:08for business, Pearson.
00:16:17Good morning, Jim.
00:16:18Good morning.
00:16:29Good morning.
00:16:31It's all right if I park it up with us.
00:16:33Only 20 minutes, sir.
00:16:34Good.
00:16:43Merry Christmas, sir.
00:16:44The same for you.
00:16:46Good morning.
00:16:48Good morning.
00:16:52I'll ask Mr. Fordyce
00:16:54if you'll see me
00:16:54for a few moments,
00:16:55will you please?
00:16:57Just a moment, sir.
00:17:07Excuse me, sir.
00:17:09What's the personal
00:17:10or a business matter, sir?
00:17:12Business, of course.
00:17:20Come in.
00:17:23Yes, Pearson.
00:17:24What is it?
00:17:25Someone to see you, sir.
00:17:27No, I don't see anyone
00:17:28in the mornings
00:17:28without an appointment.
00:17:33Gore Hepburn.
00:17:34What sort of person is he?
00:17:35I should say
00:17:36someone of consequence, sir.
00:17:38I'll very well show him in.
00:17:40You might interrupt us
00:17:41after 10 minutes.
00:17:41Don't want the fellow here
00:17:42all morning.
00:17:43Very good, sir.
00:17:49Would you come this way, sir?
00:17:51Hmm?
00:17:52Oh, thank God.
00:17:55Colonel Gore Hepburn, sir.
00:17:57Morning, Forrest.
00:17:58Morning, Colonel.
00:17:59Won't you sit down?
00:18:01Thank God.
00:18:06Oh, come.
00:18:15Well, do you need me any more, sir?
00:18:17No, that's all, Pearson.
00:18:18Just a moment.
00:18:19Come in, Pearson,
00:18:20and close the door.
00:18:22I'm afraid I don't understand.
00:18:24This is only...
00:18:24You will.
00:18:25Close it, Pearson.
00:18:32I sent in my personal card
00:18:34because I did not wish to disclose
00:18:36the interests I represent.
00:18:38In fact, I am from the head office
00:18:40of the Home and Mercantile
00:18:42Banker's Insurance.
00:18:43The Home and Mercantile?
00:18:45They insure this branch
00:18:46and look after our security.
00:18:47Exactly.
00:18:49I'm on a tour of all your branches
00:18:50in the southwest.
00:18:52I'm sorry to spring myself on you
00:18:54in this way,
00:18:54but it's part of my job
00:18:56to see that people are on their toes
00:18:58and that the safeguard clauses
00:19:00in our policy are being complied with.
00:19:02I hope you find everything in order, sir.
00:19:05Well, frankly, Pearson,
00:19:06I think I've caught you flat-footed.
00:19:08I don't understand.
00:19:09Oh, now, look, Pearson.
00:19:12I walk into this bank this morning,
00:19:14hand a card over the counter,
00:19:16and immediately I'm shown in here
00:19:18and left alone with Fordyce.
00:19:19I could have stuck a gun in his ribs
00:19:21as soon as the door closed.
00:19:23If I may say so, sir,
00:19:24you don't look much like a gunman.
00:19:25Really?
00:19:26You people in the provinces
00:19:27must stop thinking in this way.
00:19:30How do you know
00:19:30what a gunman looks like these days?
00:19:32Agreed, Fordyce?
00:19:32Yes, yes, of course.
00:19:34Pearson, you should have inquired
00:19:35more thoroughly
00:19:36into Colonel Gore-Hetman's business.
00:19:37I naturally assume that you had.
00:19:39I'm sorry, Mr. Fordyce.
00:19:41But you couldn't have gone
00:19:42into the strongroom, Colonel.
00:19:43It requires two keys to open it.
00:19:45Mr. Fordyce only has one of them.
00:19:47I have the other.
00:19:48Well, that only makes matters worse, Pearson.
00:19:49It's precisely when the bank robber
00:19:51is up against something
00:19:52he didn't know
00:19:52that people begin to get hurt.
00:19:55And by the way,
00:19:56I shall want to have a look
00:19:56at the layout of the strongroom later on.
00:19:58Of course, whenever you say.
00:19:59You see what I'm getting at, Pearson?
00:20:01Yes, sir, I see now, sir.
00:20:03We won't let you in again
00:20:04without a careful check, sir.
00:20:06Good, ma'am.
00:20:07That will be all, Pearson.
00:20:16I hope you won't think
00:20:17that Pearson's standards of security
00:20:19represent the efficiency
00:20:20of this branch as a whole.
00:20:22If his negligence...
00:20:22Presumably, you asked him
00:20:24to show me in, Fordyce.
00:20:26Of course, I accept full responsibility
00:20:28for any shortcomings in my staff.
00:20:31However, I assure you
00:20:32it won't happen again.
00:20:33In fact, I've been thinking
00:20:34of replacing Pearson.
00:20:36Oh?
00:20:37He's been with you 11 years, hasn't he?
00:20:39How do you know that?
00:20:42I make it my business
00:20:43to know every small detail
00:20:44of the branches I visit.
00:20:46Oh, naturally.
00:20:48You would, naturally.
00:20:50Excuse me, please.
00:20:53Fordy speaking.
00:20:56Hello.
00:20:58Hello, is anyone there?
00:20:59Mummy!
00:21:01Harry, is that you?
00:21:02Harry?
00:21:03Yes, my dear, what is it?
00:21:05Do whatever he says.
00:21:08Do whatever he says.
00:21:10For the love of God,
00:21:11I beseech you.
00:21:12Harry, can you hear me?
00:21:17Don't do anything, Fordyce.
00:21:19They'll die if you move
00:21:20or say a word.
00:21:21What are you talking about?
00:21:23Let me speak to them.
00:21:23Shut up!
00:21:27Now, listen to me, Fordyce.
00:21:29Nothing will happen
00:21:30if you sit quite still
00:21:31until I finish speaking.
00:21:34What have my wife
00:21:35been trying to do with this?
00:21:36There are two men
00:21:37at your house.
00:21:38At this moment,
00:21:39your wife has an electrode
00:21:41attached to each side
00:21:42of her head.
00:21:44If you fail to cooperate
00:21:45with us in any way
00:21:47whatever,
00:21:47they will pass a charge
00:21:49through the circuit.
00:21:51It is extremely painful
00:21:55and I'm afraid
00:21:56the effects of it
00:21:57are permanent.
00:21:59She would never
00:22:00recover her wits.
00:22:09what is it you want?
00:22:12No.
00:22:13Just some money.
00:22:29going hunting, Pearson?
00:22:32I beg your pardon, sir.
00:22:33I thought you might have
00:22:34asked for it
00:22:35during your inspection.
00:22:36We seem to have
00:22:37mislaid the ammunition.
00:22:38Oh, that's not very
00:22:39sensible, is it?
00:22:40You can't shoot
00:22:42desperados
00:22:42with an empty gun,
00:22:43you know.
00:22:44I, uh,
00:22:45I thought we had
00:22:46some rounds somewhere.
00:22:47No, I shouldn't worry, Pearson.
00:22:50They're not very
00:22:50accurate things
00:22:51at the best of times.
00:22:53By the way,
00:22:53I just wanted to tell you
00:22:54that Mr. Fordyce and I
00:22:55are not to be
00:22:55disturbed on any account.
00:22:57No one is to come in
00:22:58unless we send for them.
00:22:59Is that clear?
00:23:00Yes, sir.
00:23:01Good man.
00:23:14Cigarette?
00:23:19I'm always telling myself
00:23:20that I ought to give it up,
00:23:22but now I suppose
00:23:23I never shall.
00:23:27Oh.
00:23:30Snowing.
00:23:32The paper said
00:23:32that it was going
00:23:33to get warmer today.
00:23:34Now look at it.
00:23:37Do you mind
00:23:37if I light this
00:23:38by the window?
00:23:40It has a certain
00:23:41significance
00:23:42for someone
00:23:42watching out there.
00:23:51We have several
00:23:52pre-arranged signals
00:23:54and, uh,
00:23:57a special one
00:23:58in case
00:23:58anything goes wrong.
00:24:02This is mine.
00:24:04This is mine.
00:24:06Do you mind
00:24:06if we get down
00:24:07to business?
00:24:08I've allowed
00:24:09a short while
00:24:09for your mind
00:24:10to adjust itself
00:24:11to the idea.
00:24:13Do you think
00:24:14my mind can adjust
00:24:15itself to the idea
00:24:15that my wife
00:24:17and my child
00:24:18might be...
00:24:18Really, Fordyce,
00:24:19you're being
00:24:19very unappreciative.
00:24:21It's rather a good plan,
00:24:23don't you think?
00:24:24No noisy guns
00:24:26or bleeding cashiers.
00:24:28No rushing off
00:24:29in stolen cars.
00:24:31None of that
00:24:31working through the night
00:24:32with the do-it-yourself tools
00:24:33and the unstable explosives.
00:24:36I detest brutality.
00:24:38I want bank robberies
00:24:40to be smoother,
00:24:41more sociable.
00:24:44Well, now,
00:24:44how about it?
00:24:45Beginning to feel adjusted?
00:24:49You'll never get away with it.
00:24:51How unfortunate
00:24:52for your family
00:24:53if I don't.
00:24:55Fordyce,
00:24:56I can't impress upon you
00:24:57enough that you must behave
00:24:58with absolute naturalness
00:25:00during the next 50 minutes.
00:25:03Remember every single second
00:25:05that the lives
00:25:06of your wife and child
00:25:07depend on it.
00:25:10Now,
00:25:12in a few moments
00:25:13you will call Pearson
00:25:14back in.
00:25:15Listen carefully
00:25:16to what you have to do.
00:25:18It is imperative
00:25:19that the luggage
00:25:20from my car
00:25:21is brought in here
00:25:22but
00:25:23at your suggestion.
00:25:25Is that clear?
00:25:30I'm parked
00:25:30in a 20-minute zone.
00:25:32I'm going to tell Pearson
00:25:33to drive the car
00:25:34into the car park.
00:25:35You will inquire
00:25:36whether I have any luggage.
00:25:38I'm not very concerned about it
00:25:40but you are.
00:25:41And you insist
00:25:42that the luggage
00:25:42is brought in here.
00:25:44Do you understand that?
00:25:47Yes.
00:25:48I think so.
00:25:50I'm not telling you
00:25:51exactly what to say
00:25:52because I want you
00:25:53to express yourself
00:25:55in your usual manner.
00:26:01I believe you attended
00:26:03a staff dinner
00:26:04last February
00:26:05where you were introduced
00:26:06to Desmond Hyde,
00:26:07one of the C&C
00:26:08board of directors.
00:26:09Is that correct?
00:26:11How did you know?
00:26:12Never mind.
00:26:13It'll give us something
00:26:14to be talking about
00:26:15when Pearson comes in.
00:26:18Now,
00:26:19ring for him.
00:26:31Miss Pringall speaking.
00:26:32Ask Mr Pearson
00:26:33to come in, please.
00:26:33Yes, sir.
00:26:44You'd have been most amused
00:26:46if you could have seen him
00:26:47at the house party.
00:26:48He's a most delightful fellow.
00:26:49Ah, a first-class shop, too.
00:26:51You know.
00:26:54Come in.
00:26:56Oh, come in, Pearson.
00:26:58I'm sorry, Colonel,
00:26:59you were saying.
00:27:01Oh, I was only going to say
00:27:02that all the most charming people
00:27:04seem to end up
00:27:04on the board of the C&C.
00:27:06Oh, by the way,
00:27:07Desmond Hyde was there
00:27:08with his wife, Anna.
00:27:09I think he said he'd met you.
00:27:11Yes, sir.
00:27:13Yes, I dined with him
00:27:14last year at the staff dinner.
00:27:16I should...
00:27:17I should like to meet him again.
00:27:20Oh, uh,
00:27:21by the way, Pearson,
00:27:22would you mind moving my car
00:27:24into the car park?
00:27:25It's in the 20-minute zone
00:27:26at the moment,
00:27:26and I hate breaking the law.
00:27:28I'm afraid I don't drive, sir.
00:27:30Oh.
00:27:30Well, uh,
00:27:31perhaps somebody else.
00:27:33Yes, of course,
00:27:34Harville.
00:27:34Yes.
00:27:37Uh, just a moment, Pearson.
00:27:41Uh,
00:27:42I suppose you left nothing
00:27:43of value in your car, Colonel?
00:27:45Oh, no, no, no.
00:27:46Don't worry, my baggage.
00:27:47I wonder if it'll be safe
00:27:49leaving it in the car park.
00:27:50It's unattended, you know.
00:27:51Hmm.
00:27:51Well, I suppose it is
00:27:52a bit tempting.
00:27:54Yes, you'd better bring
00:27:55the luggage in here, Pearson.
00:27:56It's no good
00:27:57taking chances these days.
00:27:59Well, if it'll set your mind
00:28:00at rest, Fortyce.
00:28:01I'll sit to it, sir.
00:28:02Yes.
00:28:08Just a shade more
00:28:10deference, Fortyce.
00:28:11A little more eagerness
00:28:13to please me.
00:28:15Otherwise,
00:28:15I shall be obliged
00:28:16to arrange a small screen
00:28:18to refresh your memory.
00:28:21You can't.
00:28:40By rights,
00:28:41this stuff should be
00:28:41melting now,
00:28:42not falling.
00:28:43Do you expect me to worry
00:28:44if it snows or not?
00:28:47My worries
00:28:48have automatically
00:28:48become your worries
00:28:50now, Fortyce.
00:28:52If anything should go wrong,
00:28:53the slightest hitch...
00:28:54I can't stop the snow.
00:28:57No.
00:28:58I suppose that would be
00:28:59asking too much,
00:29:00wouldn't it?
00:29:06Fine.
00:29:07Good.
00:29:08Thank you, Pearson.
00:29:16Thank you very much.
00:29:31Now, let me see.
00:29:33You must be Miss Pringle.
00:29:34Yes, sir.
00:29:35Now, tell me,
00:29:36Miss Pringle,
00:29:37are you looking forward
00:29:37to Christmas?
00:29:38Yes, sir.
00:29:39You're going to have
00:29:40a Christmas party here?
00:29:41Well, I...
00:29:42Somebody did mention it,
00:29:44but I don't really know.
00:29:45Ah.
00:29:46Well, perhaps you'd allow me
00:29:48to make a small contribution
00:29:50to the party fund, eh?
00:29:52Oh.
00:29:53Oh, thank you.
00:29:55Thank you very much.
00:29:56No, please don't thank me.
00:29:58It allays the feelings of guilt
00:29:59I sometimes get
00:30:00about the way
00:30:01I misuse my expense allowance.
00:30:03Thank you, sir.
00:30:08You're very fortunate
00:30:10in your staff, Fordyce.
00:30:11That is not my opinion.
00:30:14Oh, really?
00:30:17Have you ever contributed
00:30:18to their Christmas fund?
00:30:20I am not in the habit
00:30:21of ingratiating myself
00:30:22with my subordinates.
00:30:23I have news for you, Fordyce.
00:30:26You have just done that.
00:30:28I have done what?
00:30:29Ingratiated yourself.
00:30:32Give me five pounds.
00:30:34Five pounds?
00:30:35What for?
00:30:35Your contribution to the fund
00:30:37and a slight token of regret
00:30:39for the ungenerous thoughts
00:30:41you've just expressed.
00:31:01That is only four.
00:31:02That is all I have.
00:31:03I don't carry much cash.
00:31:05Very wise.
00:31:06It protects you
00:31:07in case of robbery, doesn't it?
00:31:10Ah, well, never mind.
00:31:11You can owe me the other pound.
00:31:16Tell me, Fordyce,
00:31:19have you ever read
00:31:19Gibbon's Decline and Fall
00:31:21of the Roman Empire?
00:31:24No, I haven't.
00:31:25How lucky for you.
00:31:26You'll be able to start
00:31:27as soon as I've gone.
00:31:28It's in these cases.
00:31:31All 12 volumes.
00:31:33The rest, I'm afraid,
00:31:35rather old blankets.
00:31:36You get the idea, of course.
00:31:39I'm not a fool.
00:31:42You'll be interested to know
00:31:43that we've got plenty of time.
00:31:45The whole operation
00:31:46is scheduled to end
00:31:47in exactly 45 minutes.
00:31:50We'll unpack the cases
00:31:52in the strongroom
00:31:52and refill them with
00:31:54the money.
00:31:56not a very fair exchange,
00:31:58I'm afraid.
00:31:59I don't expect the exchange
00:32:00to be permanent.
00:32:01Don't you?
00:32:03I'll explain the way
00:32:04I want them refilled
00:32:05when we get down there.
00:32:09Well, you know,
00:32:09I think banks
00:32:10are rather fun.
00:32:32I've got to make a pest
00:32:32of myself, I'm afraid.
00:32:39secret plans, person.
00:32:42Well, now,
00:32:44let's have a look
00:32:44at the alarm system,
00:32:45shall I?
00:32:46This way, Colonel.
00:32:49Harville.
00:32:50This is Colonel
00:32:51Gore Hepburn,
00:32:52who's inspecting
00:32:52our security arrangements
00:32:53for the insurance company.
00:32:55Oh, Harville.
00:32:56Morning, sir.
00:32:57Ah, where's your alarm button?
00:32:58There, sir.
00:32:59Oh, there, yeah.
00:33:01Hmm.
00:33:03Well, you've never had
00:33:03occasion to use it,
00:33:04I suppose.
00:33:04Well, we're lucky, sir.
00:33:05Very law-abiding community.
00:33:07Yes, well, you know,
00:33:08it's not the local people
00:33:09we're worried about.
00:33:10It's these smart characters
00:33:11down from London.
00:33:12I don't mind telling you
00:33:13it's got us worried.
00:33:14That's why I'm here.
00:33:15Havisham is the centre
00:33:16of a large agricultural area,
00:33:18Colonel.
00:33:19London is a long way away.
00:33:20There'd be plenty of time
00:33:22to put up roadblocks.
00:33:23Yeah.
00:33:23You'd be surprised
00:33:24how these fellows
00:33:25can think their way
00:33:25around roadblocks.
00:33:27Well, you, uh,
00:33:28you carry the minimum amount
00:33:29of stock in the tills,
00:33:31I suppose.
00:33:31Oh, yes, yes.
00:33:32Any withdrawal over 500 pounds
00:33:34has to come from the strongroom,
00:33:35unless, of course,
00:33:36we had prior warning.
00:33:37Uh-huh.
00:33:38Well, let's have a look
00:33:39at the next one.
00:33:40Yeah.
00:33:43This is Mr. Sardison.
00:33:47Sanderson, Sanderson.
00:33:48Where have I?
00:33:49Oh, yes.
00:33:50Didn't I see your name
00:33:51in the bankers' world
00:33:52monthly a little while ago?
00:33:53Uh, yes, sir.
00:33:54It was, of course.
00:33:55You were runner-up
00:33:56in the regional chess competition.
00:33:59Well, you never told me
00:33:59you had a potential chess champion
00:34:01on the staff, Fordhouse?
00:34:03I'm more concerned
00:34:04with what Sanderson
00:34:05does in his office hours.
00:34:06Yes, well,
00:34:07I suppose chess
00:34:08is a failing of mine, too, Sanderson.
00:34:10Robbing banks
00:34:11is a game of wits,
00:34:11after all, isn't it?
00:34:13Well, now,
00:34:14where's the alarm switch?
00:34:15Same place as Harville's?
00:34:15Oh, yes, sir.
00:34:17Oh, yes.
00:34:17Well, any complaint?
00:34:20Well, sir,
00:34:21since you asked me,
00:34:22the central heating here...
00:34:23Colonel Gore Hepburn
00:34:24is concerned
00:34:25with security, Sanderson.
00:34:27Well, I'll try to breathe
00:34:28the word higher-ups, Sanderson.
00:34:29I can't make them promises.
00:34:31Now, I'd like to have a look
00:34:32at the code book
00:34:33you use for your currency orders,
00:34:34and then we'll go down
00:34:35to the stronghold.
00:34:38Colonel Gore Hepburn
00:34:39is concerned with security, Sanderson.
00:34:44Oh, snap out of it.
00:34:45George is not the end of the world.
00:34:47That's the third black
00:34:48I put up today.
00:34:49First, I didn't check up on him.
00:34:50Then there was the empty gun,
00:34:51and now he's just
00:34:52caught me daydreaming.
00:34:53Oh, he's not so bad
00:34:55for Colonel.
00:34:56You really should have
00:34:57checked up on him, I suppose.
00:34:59He'll probably ask you
00:35:00if you have.
00:35:01Why don't you put in
00:35:02a call to his office?
00:35:03It's a bit late.
00:35:04It's better late than never.
00:35:06I'll book a call for you.
00:35:11Mr. Sprinkle,
00:35:12got Heldman Mercantile's number.
00:35:18You don't know
00:35:19what this is costing me.
00:35:23It's costing you
00:35:2490,000 pounds, Fordham.
00:35:27I'm afraid you're going
00:35:28to be greatly disappointed,
00:35:29Colonel.
00:35:30The stocks of a bank
00:35:31in a small community
00:35:32like this
00:35:32do not add up
00:35:34to anything like that amount.
00:35:50take off your glasses,
00:35:51for all right?
00:35:53For what purpose?
00:35:54What do you want?
00:35:55Just take them off.
00:35:58I can't see you now.
00:36:02There are two components
00:36:03factories and a Birmingham
00:36:04chemical subsidiary
00:36:05on the bypass,
00:36:06all of which draw
00:36:07their wages here tomorrow.
00:36:09Tomorrow is also
00:36:10Christmas Eve.
00:36:11Your average withdrawals
00:36:12on Christmas Eve
00:36:13have never been
00:36:13less than 7,000 pounds.
00:36:15Your current stock
00:36:16shown in head office
00:36:17return last week
00:36:18were 89,000 pounds.
00:36:25We've been a year
00:36:26setting up this operation.
00:36:27there isn't the smallest
00:36:28detail of your branch
00:36:30which is not known to me.
00:36:34But on your glasses
00:36:35you look ridiculous.
00:36:44Don't misread my character,
00:36:46Fordyce.
00:36:47I may be unable
00:36:48to suppress my natural charm,
00:36:50but try to remember
00:36:51I've only to make one
00:36:52of several prearranged
00:36:53gestures at that window,
00:36:55and your wife
00:36:56would be subjected
00:36:57to the most
00:36:58unbearable torture.
00:37:01You would probably find
00:37:02that she would never...
00:37:04Don't.
00:37:08There's about
00:37:0897,000 pounds there.
00:37:10The stock lists are kept
00:37:12just inside the safety doors.
00:37:15Now,
00:37:16I want you to listen
00:37:17to the next stage carefully.
00:37:19You and I,
00:37:19with Pearson,
00:37:20will go to the strongroom.
00:37:21That's through there,
00:37:22isn't it?
00:37:28There's delay.
00:37:29What?
00:37:29A London calls.
00:37:31I suppose everybody's
00:37:31trying to phone their
00:37:32Aunt Nellie for Christmas.
00:37:33Oh, I don't say.
00:37:34We'll phone back
00:37:34as soon as they've got a line.
00:37:35Oh, thanks.
00:37:37You let Pearson
00:37:38get halfway up the stairs,
00:37:39and then you call him back.
00:37:41You tell him
00:37:42that if anyone comes in
00:37:43for a large withdrawal,
00:37:45they're to be asked
00:37:46to wait a short while
00:37:47until you become available.
00:37:49I'll leave you
00:37:50a few thousand pounds
00:37:51to meet any emergencies
00:37:52for the next hour or so.
00:37:54Pearson goes.
00:37:56Then we come back up here,
00:37:58take the cases
00:37:58down to the strongroom,
00:38:00and repack them
00:38:01in a way I'll describe to you
00:38:02as we go along.
00:38:03Now, is all that
00:38:04absolutely clear?
00:38:07I think I understand.
00:38:09Very well.
00:38:10In a few moments,
00:38:10I shall ask you
00:38:11to repeat your instructions.
00:38:15Well, we'd better not
00:38:16send for Pearson
00:38:17for another five minutes.
00:38:19Mustn't rush things, you know.
00:38:20After all,
00:38:20we are supposed
00:38:21to be in conference.
00:38:23By the way,
00:38:24do you have any drink here
00:38:25with which to entertain
00:38:26your more influential customers?
00:38:31It's over there.
00:38:50You fool for us!
00:38:52What have you done?
00:38:54Stop!
00:38:56Stop!
00:38:56It's only a fire engine.
00:38:58The station's in Market Street
00:38:59just round the corner.
00:39:02Phew!
00:39:04Ha!
00:39:06Ha!
00:39:07I could do with that drink.
00:39:09You'd better have one, too.
00:39:10If I may say so.
00:39:11You look in need, Amin.
00:39:14I don't drink
00:39:15during office hours.
00:39:16Oh.
00:39:17I think this occasion
00:39:19might be an exception.
00:39:23Very well.
00:39:30I'm afraid I can't
00:39:31wish you good luck.
00:39:33No, I agree, Vodice.
00:39:34It would be out of character.
00:39:39You're hardly in a position
00:39:40to know anything
00:39:41about my character.
00:39:42I think I am.
00:39:44You're not a very charitable man,
00:39:47let alone a sporting one.
00:39:49The opinion of a common thief
00:39:51is of no interest to me.
00:39:53I flatter myself.
00:39:54I'm a rather uncommon thief.
00:39:57A common one
00:39:58would just make off
00:39:59with the money.
00:40:00But I can't help
00:40:01interesting myself
00:40:02in people.
00:40:04It's a failing
00:40:05you ought to cultivate for us.
00:40:09You ought to encourage
00:40:10Samson in his chest,
00:40:11for instance.
00:40:12You know,
00:40:13I'm interested
00:40:14in every single person
00:40:15who works for me,
00:40:16their families,
00:40:17what happens to them.
00:40:19You ought to take them
00:40:20out for a drink occasionally,
00:40:21join their Christmas party,
00:40:23or just listen to them.
00:40:26I believe it to be enough
00:40:27if my staff respect me
00:40:28for my efficiency.
00:40:30And your family,
00:40:32do they respect you too?
00:40:35Must you keep reminding me
00:40:36of what they're going through?
00:40:37Can't you stop gloating?
00:40:40I'm not gloating.
00:40:42I ask because I noticed
00:40:44that when the telephone
00:40:45rang this morning,
00:40:46your child was calling
00:40:47for his mother
00:40:48and not his father.
00:40:50And when your wife
00:40:51spoke to you,
00:40:51she used the word beseech,
00:40:54as if you were not
00:40:55often given to mercy.
00:40:56Shut up, will you?
00:40:58Don't raise your voice,
00:40:59Fordyce,
00:41:00if you really want
00:41:01to show them mercy.
00:41:02I will not stand here
00:41:04having judgment
00:41:04passed on me
00:41:05by a criminal.
00:41:06I'm only trying to show you
00:41:07the error of your ways,
00:41:08Fordyce.
00:41:18Who are you to moralize?
00:41:21Sitting there
00:41:22like some damned saint?
00:41:24The saints love
00:41:25their fellow men,
00:41:26but when you're called
00:41:27to account,
00:41:27how many of your fellow
00:41:28creatures will give
00:41:29evidence for you?
00:41:31Those people out there,
00:41:32for instance,
00:41:33what will they say?
00:41:35I am not particularly
00:41:36interested in the
00:41:37opinions of...
00:41:38Now!
00:41:38Repeat your instructions.
00:41:40What happens
00:41:40when Pearson comes in?
00:41:44We go through
00:41:45the door to the staircase
00:41:46and Pearson or I
00:41:48switch off
00:41:49the electric eye.
00:41:51Then we go down
00:41:53and open the safety
00:41:54doors for you.
00:41:56Then I tell...
00:41:57No, then you tell
00:41:58Pearson to go.
00:42:00But I say that
00:42:01there should be
00:42:02two members
00:42:02of the staff
00:42:03in the strongroom
00:42:04at all times.
00:42:07In the end,
00:42:08you tell Pearson
00:42:09to lock us in.
00:42:10That is,
00:42:11by locking
00:42:11these two doors here.
00:42:14Then he goes.
00:42:19Then he goes.
00:42:24Yes, but I stop him
00:42:25to say that there
00:42:26to be no large
00:42:27withdrawals until...
00:42:29until we've finished.
00:42:31Right.
00:42:34And above all,
00:42:35speak naturally.
00:42:37If it goes differently
00:42:39or you forget anything,
00:42:40for heaven's sake,
00:42:40don't panic.
00:42:41I'll be there.
00:42:42Just behave as if it
00:42:43were, in fact,
00:42:44a normal security check.
00:42:47Now,
00:42:48are you absolutely
00:42:49certain that everything's
00:42:50been taken into account?
00:42:52Because if we should fail,
00:42:53you know what it means.
00:42:55The orders are already given.
00:42:57They will be ruthlessly
00:42:58carried out.
00:43:00Is it likely
00:43:01I should let you
00:43:01make a mistake?
00:43:07Up to now,
00:43:08you've made all the threats.
00:43:11I'll make only one.
00:43:13If anything happens
00:43:14to my family,
00:43:16I'll kill you.
00:43:18I swear I will.
00:43:22call Pearson.
00:43:31Miss Pringle speaking.
00:43:32Ask Mr. Pearson
00:43:33to come in, please.
00:43:34Yes, sir.
00:43:49Come in.
00:43:52Well, Pearson,
00:43:54we're ready to go down.
00:43:55Dr. Keyes?
00:43:56Yes, sir.
00:43:57Thinks still quiet out there?
00:43:59Nothing doing at all, sir.
00:44:00You couldn't have chosen
00:44:01a better time
00:44:01if you'd planned it.
00:44:02Oh, really?
00:44:06This way?
00:44:09Ah, is your electric eye
00:44:11system in order?
00:44:12Yes, sir.
00:44:13Well, we'd better
00:44:14switch it off then.
00:44:15Yes, sir.
00:44:23Right.
00:44:24Lead the way, Pearson.
00:44:32I sometimes feel
00:44:33I never want to see
00:44:34the inside of another bank
00:44:35as long as I live.
00:44:36Did you ever get like that,
00:44:37Fordyce?
00:44:38No, I can't say I do.
00:44:40I must be in need
00:44:41of a holiday.
00:44:47When did you last
00:44:48check your alarm system?
00:44:50It's always checked
00:44:51every Saturday morning
00:44:51before we open it.
00:44:54What's that like, Ford?
00:44:56It's a red blinker light.
00:44:57It flashes to warn us
00:44:59that the inner grill door
00:45:00hasn't been properly closed.
00:45:01If it isn't attended to,
00:45:03after 30 seconds,
00:45:03the general alarm is set off.
00:45:05Ah, I see.
00:45:06That's a good idea.
00:45:0830 seconds are given time
00:45:09to open up
00:45:10and reset the grill door, eh?
00:45:12We've never had occasion
00:45:13to need the reminder.
00:45:14I'm sure of that.
00:45:26Ah, I suppose it's all
00:45:27in the day's work for us,
00:45:28the moment before
00:45:29a strongroom door opened.
00:45:33Yet I suppose
00:45:34it's also the moment
00:45:35a thousand thieves
00:45:36have dreamt of
00:45:37as the highlight
00:45:38of their lives.
00:45:40Let's hope their dreams
00:45:41don't come true, sir.
00:45:42Hmm.
00:45:47The stuff you fellas
00:45:48collect in these places.
00:45:54Well, let's have a look
00:45:55at your kind holdings,
00:45:56all right?
00:46:01There you go.
00:46:04Hmm.
00:46:05You always carry as much as those?
00:46:06Except for the two months
00:46:08just after Christmas.
00:46:10Pearson, will you turn on the vent later?
00:46:12We may be down here sometime.
00:46:18Pearson, I don't think
00:46:19we need keep you any longer.
00:46:21Let's have your key
00:46:22to the safety doors, will you?
00:46:24My key, sir?
00:46:26Uh, this is somewhat irregular.
00:46:28Strictly speaking, Colonel,
00:46:30Pearson should only give
00:46:31that key up to his deputy.
00:46:32And besides,
00:46:33there should be two members
00:46:34of the staff down here
00:46:35all the time the strongroom is open.
00:46:36Quite right.
00:46:37In fact, if you hadn't come out with it,
00:46:38it would have meant
00:46:39a black mark in my report.
00:46:41However, Pearson,
00:46:42the usual form on my inspections
00:46:43is for the chief clerk
00:46:45to lock all the doors
00:46:46to this part of the bank
00:46:48and then to let us have
00:46:49his key to the safety doors
00:46:50in case we have to leave
00:46:51the strongroom unattended
00:46:53for any length of time.
00:46:56Well, what about it?
00:46:57Think you can trust me
00:46:58to keep an eye
00:46:59on Mr. Fordyce, Pearson?
00:47:01Yes, I think so, sir.
00:47:03Go ahead.
00:47:04Just lock the outer door
00:47:06to my office, will you, Pearson?
00:47:07So that the Colonel and I
00:47:08can get in there from here
00:47:09if we have to refer to anything.
00:47:11Very good, sir.
00:47:12I shan't open them again
00:47:12until I hear from you.
00:47:14Correct.
00:47:20Oh, Pearson.
00:47:22Should anyone come in
00:47:23for a large withdrawal,
00:47:24tell the clerks
00:47:25to ask them
00:47:25to come back in an hour.
00:47:26Say we're having an audit
00:47:27or something.
00:47:28Oh, it's all right.
00:48:04Go to your desk for now.
00:48:07Don't hurry.
00:48:17Sit down.
00:48:22Why didn't you tell him, Fordyce?
00:48:24I didn't remember.
00:48:26He cleans the windows
00:48:27once a month.
00:48:29Even when it's snowing?
00:48:31We have a contract.
00:48:33Does he come inside later?
00:48:34No.
00:48:35No, that's done
00:48:35by the office staff.
00:48:50Right.
00:49:15I hate packing and unpacking.
00:49:18Can't wait to get settled
00:49:19in one place.
00:49:20The air on Dartmoor
00:49:22is very bracing, I believe.
00:49:24There's no doubt.
00:49:26Our right will be far beyond
00:49:27the reach of our extradition laws.
00:49:42What's the matter?
00:49:44Nothing, nothing, nothing.
00:49:49Right to 25.
00:49:50Twice to 16.
00:50:07I can't do it.
00:50:10I can't do it.
00:50:12All right, I'm in.
00:50:13Don't panic.
00:50:15I'll come back.
00:50:16Yes.
00:50:22Yes.
00:50:27Left 25.
00:50:31One.
00:50:33Four.
00:50:35One.
00:50:37Four.
00:50:38Four.
00:50:40Four.
00:51:14Right. We'll take part notes first.
00:51:1720,000 in each of the big cases, 10,000 on the storm.
00:51:51I'll send you a postcard all night.
00:51:55You'll be able to come and stay with me in my villa.
00:52:03And your family, of course.
00:52:35I'll send you a postcard.
00:52:38Thanks. The pound's done.
00:52:44Now for the fibres.
00:52:47If you haven't much time, just fill up each case as far as you can go.
00:53:02The fibres are a damn nuisance.
00:53:04It would take years to farm our way this way.
00:53:07Around the race courses, this is a usual practice, isn't it?
00:53:10I'm afraid professional ethics prevents me from disclosing that information.
00:53:13Here, let me.
00:53:32All right, part of that.
00:53:33Shut the safe door.
00:53:41Shut the safe door.
00:53:45Shut the safe door.
00:54:00Shut the safe door.
00:54:52Electric eye.
00:55:00The door. Lock it.
00:55:02The door.
00:55:04The door.
00:55:36Here, drink this.
00:55:39I don't want it.
00:55:57You won't have to listen to me much longer.
00:56:00Thank heaven.
00:56:00That last little exhibition was to tell my friend
00:56:02that the first stage of the operation is completed.
00:56:05It is the last signal he will get from me.
00:56:06The next will come from you.
00:56:08I can't take any more of this.
00:56:10Look, I've had enough.
00:56:11You've got what you came for.
00:56:13Now why don't you go?
00:56:14That is exactly what I intend to do.
00:56:16But first we must discuss the most important stage
00:56:18of this operation, my getaway.
00:56:20They'll catch you.
00:56:21They'll catch all of you.
00:56:23I hope not, Four Eyes, for your sake.
00:56:26What do you mean?
00:56:27I have a rendezvous with my friends in about an hour's time.
00:56:30If I fail to turn up,
00:56:31they're likely to become irritable,
00:56:33restless, and generally unpleasant.
00:56:35I am not interested or concerned.
00:56:37Oh, but you are, Fordyce.
00:56:38You've missed the point again.
00:56:39You are most concerned.
00:56:46Don't you dare.
00:56:47You haven't.
00:56:50You don't mean you're taking them with you.
00:56:52Not taking, Fordyce.
00:56:54Borrowing, to use a banker's term, as collateral.
00:56:58You cannot subject them to any more.
00:57:00My wife is very highly strung.
00:57:02For pity's sake, leave them.
00:57:04I'll go with you willingly.
00:57:06I'll do anything you say.
00:57:09Sit down.
00:57:17Now, listen carefully, Fordyce.
00:57:18No one need die if you do as I say.
00:57:22I want one hour, that's all.
00:57:27City and Colonial, can I help you?
00:57:29How would you like it, Mr. Tate?
00:57:30In fivers?
00:57:31In ones, please.
00:57:32That is, if it's not too much trouble.
00:57:34No trouble at all.
00:57:35Your call's through.
00:57:36Oh, I'll be with you in a minute.
00:57:37I'll hang on for you.
00:57:38Look, Arthur.
00:57:39I'll do it if you're busy.
00:57:41Okay, it's home and mercantile on the line.
00:57:43Get through to their bank insurance department.
00:57:45Okay.
00:57:45And look slippy or he'll be gone.
00:57:46Roger.
00:57:51Hello?
00:57:54What time do you make it?
00:57:58It's about 22.
00:57:59Exactly, man.
00:58:0219 minutes to 11.
00:58:04Right.
00:58:06Now, as soon as I drive away, you come back in here, go to that window, mop your brow with
00:58:13your handkerchief, twice, very distinctly.
00:58:16After that, you have one hour, 60 minutes.
00:58:20What does that mean?
00:58:22We're leaving a man behind in Havisham.
00:58:24I will be in touch with him by telephone every 15 minutes.
00:58:27If he reports that a police alarm has been given or that we're being followed, your wife and
00:58:32child will be killed immediately and we will switch to another escape plan already prepared.
00:58:37But if all goes well, your wife and child will be released exactly one hour after I leave
00:58:43here.
00:58:43Is that absolutely clear?
00:58:46Yes, it's quite clear.
00:58:48Time for Pearson.
00:58:53Just a moment.
00:58:54Don't, for heaven's sake, deceive yourself into thinking that this couldn't happen.
00:58:58After I leave, you're on your own and only you know what is at stake.
00:59:02If suspicions are aroused, you must prevent the alarm being given at all costs.
00:59:07I don't have to tell you any more, do I?
00:59:10No.
00:59:11Well, I'm afraid I understand only too well.
00:59:16Right.
00:59:19Miss Pringle speaking.
00:59:21Is Mr. Pearson there?
00:59:22One moment, sir.
00:59:23Mr. Pearson.
00:59:26Just coming, sir.
00:59:27Yes, I'm still arming on.
00:59:30Pearson.
00:59:31Colonel Gore headphones ready to leave.
00:59:32Get his car round immediately, please.
00:59:34That would be very good, sir.
00:59:35And he'd like to see you before he goes.
00:59:37See me?
00:59:38That's right, Pearson.
00:59:40Yes, sir.
00:59:43They're finished in there.
00:59:45What about her?
00:59:45She's been hanging out for two minutes.
00:59:47Who is it?
00:59:48The home in the hoosies.
00:59:49Oh, well, I'll take that.
00:59:51You go and get the colonel's car.
00:59:52Right.
00:59:52And don't smash it up.
00:59:54Roger, Dodger.
00:59:55Hello?
00:59:57Hello?
00:59:59Hello?
01:00:02Don't cut off.
01:00:10Come in.
01:00:12You wanted to see me, sir.
01:00:14Oh, just a moment, Pearson.
01:00:16Now, Fordyce.
01:00:16I'll just get you to sign this clearance certificate, if you will.
01:00:19Oh, well.
01:00:23Don't want my fellow directors to think I've been spending the time with a popsy in Brighton.
01:00:31Well, Pearson, I just wanted to tell you that I intend giving an excellent report on this branch.
01:00:36Thank you, sir.
01:00:38About that ammunition.
01:00:39Ammunition?
01:00:40What ammunition?
01:00:41My memory gets a bit rusty at Christmas time.
01:00:43Well, there is just one thing, Pearson.
01:00:45The next time a home and mercantile man calls, telephone his office and check up on him.
01:00:50It's a rule.
01:00:51I realize that, sir.
01:00:52As a matter of fact, no harm done.
01:00:55Fordyce had the good sense to check himself.
01:00:58Well, thank you very much, Fordyce.
01:00:59You've been most cooperative.
01:01:02Oh, Pearson, say goodbye to the staff for me.
01:01:04Well, you wish them a Merry Christmas.
01:01:06And you might say that, in my opinion, it'd take a very clever fellow to rob this bank.
01:01:10And I'm an expert.
01:01:12I'll give you a hand with a bag, sir.
01:01:14That's all right, Pearson.
01:01:16I'll help the panel out.
01:01:20Thank you very much.
01:01:30Come on, sir.
01:01:31Oh, it's all right.
01:01:32Thank you, Harvey.
01:01:33Have a good Christmas.
01:01:34Thank you, sir.
01:01:35The same to you.
01:01:36Well, I'll do my best.
01:01:50That's what I call a car.
01:01:52Better than that old tin can you run around in, Arthur.
01:01:54I wasn't a colonel.
01:01:55I was a corporal.
01:02:00Better go in, Fordyce.
01:02:01Don't want to catch him cold.
01:02:04Well, goodbye.
01:02:06Keep your chin up.
01:02:22Good morning, Mr. Fordyce.
01:02:25Good morning, Mr. Fordyce.
01:02:37Good morning, sir.
01:02:53Mr. Fordyce.
01:02:56What the?
01:02:57What's going on, Mr. Fordyce?
01:02:58What are you talking about?
01:03:00How dare you come into my room without knocking it?
01:03:02I've just had Holman Mercantile on the phone.
01:03:04Who?
01:03:05You didn't ring them, did you?
01:03:07What do you mean?
01:03:09Of course I rang them.
01:03:10You heard what Colonel Gore Hepburn said?
01:03:12It wasn't him.
01:03:12The real Gore Hepburn's in Manchester.
01:03:14Are you out of your mind, Pearson?
01:03:16Why did you lie?
01:03:17What were you doing at the window just now?
01:03:21That's enough, Pearson.
01:03:24I've had enough of your impertinence.
01:03:26I'll ring the Homer Mercantile myself.
01:03:28Either some stupid typhist has made an error,
01:03:30or you received some garbled message.
01:03:33Now, you'll get back to your work at once.
01:03:35Come off it, Fordyce.
01:03:37Do as I say.
01:03:45He's robbed the bank, hasn't he?
01:03:50How much did he get away with?
01:03:55Ninety-three thousand.
01:03:57Ninety-three thousand?
01:03:59And you helped him?
01:04:01I had to, Pearson.
01:04:03I still have to.
01:04:05I don't understand.
01:04:06They've got my wife, Pearson.
01:04:08And the boy.
01:04:10Oh, no.
01:04:11There mustn't be any alarm.
01:04:13The police mustn't know.
01:04:14Not for an hour.
01:04:15There's one of the gang out there keeping watch.
01:04:17But the police are...
01:04:18I daren't tell them, Pearson.
01:04:19I can't.
01:04:20I can't take the risk.
01:04:21I've already rung them.
01:04:23What?
01:04:25You've called them?
01:04:26I rang them immediately.
01:04:28You must stop them.
01:04:29They're on their way.
01:04:30You've got to stop them.
01:04:31Tell them it was a mistake.
01:04:32A mistake?
01:04:33You rang them in error.
01:04:34You must think of something.
01:04:35But the others, Sanderson, Harville.
01:04:38They know.
01:04:39They heard me ring.
01:04:42Look, they...
01:04:44They mustn't say anything.
01:04:46They mustn't.
01:04:47Explain to them what's happened.
01:04:49They'll understand, Pearson.
01:04:51Promise me you'll do that.
01:04:52Promise, please.
01:04:54You know what you're asking.
01:04:57They've got to help me.
01:04:59Pearson, they must.
01:05:01The money must afford us.
01:05:02The bank's money.
01:05:03Forget the money, Pearson.
01:05:05Pearson, Pearson, listen.
01:05:06Now, listen to me.
01:05:08My family are all I've got.
01:05:10I have no friends.
01:05:11Nobody.
01:05:12Only my wife and my son.
01:05:14That's all I've got.
01:05:16You've got to understand, Pearson.
01:05:18They're all I've got.
01:05:45Good morning, sir.
01:05:46I'm Detective Sergeant Collins.
01:05:47Good morning, Sergeant.
01:05:50Well, I'm afraid there's been a rather unfortunate mistake.
01:05:53A mistake?
01:05:54Detective Constable Cairn.
01:05:56He took the call.
01:05:57Mr. Pearson made the call.
01:05:58Gave a description of a man and a car.
01:06:00The inspector sent out a general alarm.
01:06:02You must cancel it immediately.
01:06:05Well, I mean, it's very important.
01:06:07It's my fault, I'm afraid.
01:06:09I'm Pearson.
01:06:10The man I described is a senior official.
01:06:13An official?
01:06:14From head office.
01:06:15He's a very important man.
01:06:16And if he stopped, I made a bit of a fool of myself.
01:06:19You see, I thought he was described in our banker's journal as a thief.
01:06:23And then I found a rather large sum of money missing.
01:06:26Money missing?
01:06:27Well, it wasn't exactly missing.
01:06:29I had it, Sergeant.
01:06:30I'd taken it to check without telling Mr. Pearson.
01:06:34And you panicked?
01:06:36I'm afraid so.
01:06:37You'd better cancel the alarm right away.
01:06:42I'll just take details.
01:06:44There's really no time.
01:06:45It is rather urgent.
01:06:46You see, he's a fairly big shot.
01:06:48Well, if he's stopped, you understand.
01:06:52You'd all be in for a rocket.
01:06:53That's right.
01:07:06Okay.
01:07:07Use the car radio, Sergeant.
01:07:13May I offer you a drink, Sergeant?
01:07:17Well, uh...
01:07:18Well, it's Christmas time.
01:07:19Thank you, sir.
01:07:21This way.
01:07:45Do you like water or soda, Sergeant?
01:07:48As it comes, please, sir.
01:07:52You're very good health.
01:07:54Not joining me, sir?
01:07:56Hmm?
01:07:56Oh, yes, of course.
01:08:01Do...
01:08:02Do anyone see you arrive?
01:08:04How do you mean, sir?
01:08:07Was there a crowd when your car drove up?
01:08:10No, not particularly.
01:08:12No, not particularly.
01:08:12Usual shoppers.
01:08:13Why, sir?
01:08:14Oh, nothing, Sergeant.
01:08:16Nothing special.
01:08:17It was just that I wouldn't like people to get the wrong impression.
01:08:20You know how quickly rumors start in this town.
01:08:23Well, I shouldn't worry, sir.
01:08:24We didn't have any bells or sirens going.
01:08:27Oh, then you might just have been clients.
01:08:30As a matter of fact, I am a client, sir.
01:08:32I keep my ill-gotten gains in this bank.
01:08:34Yes, of course.
01:08:37Yes.
01:08:39I had forgotten that.
01:08:52I hope you won't think I'm making too much of this, Sergeant.
01:08:54It's just that I do have the good name of the bank to think of.
01:08:57You take your job very much to heart, don't you, Mr. Forreys?
01:09:00It's a heavy responsibility, Sergeant.
01:09:02I understand, sir.
01:09:06Well, it was very nice.
01:09:08Have you time for another?
01:09:09No.
01:09:10Better be getting back to the station.
01:09:12I do hope there won't be any trouble.
01:09:14Well, between you and me, sir, it's the inspector I'm worried about.
01:09:17Inspector Latimer?
01:09:18No, he's gone.
01:09:19But a new man, Mason from London, dead keen.
01:09:22Got this call.
01:09:23Was off like a greyhound.
01:09:25Mistakes do happen.
01:09:26Oh, sure.
01:09:27But he's not going to like being sent on a wild goose chase.
01:09:30No.
01:09:31I suppose not.
01:09:33Don't worry, sir.
01:09:35I'll explain.
01:09:37Thank you, Sergeant.
01:09:39Thank you very much indeed.
01:09:43Nothing wrong, sir, is there?
01:09:46How do you mean?
01:09:47I hope you don't mind me mentioning it, sir, but you look a bit under the weather.
01:09:50No, there's nothing wrong.
01:09:52Nothing at all.
01:09:54It's been a hard day so far.
01:09:55I understand, sir.
01:09:57I bet you'll be glad when it's over.
01:09:59Yes, I will, Sergeant.
01:10:01Royal Merry Christmas, sir.
01:10:13Hello, Fordyce.
01:10:15Nice to see you again.
01:10:16Meet a friend of mine, Bill Mason.
01:10:19Mason, this is Fordyce, the manager.
01:10:22Do you know this gentleman, Mr. Fordyce?
01:10:25Know him?
01:10:27Well, of course I know him.
01:10:30He's from head office.
01:10:32That's funny.
01:10:34We heard he was from an insurance company.
01:10:37That's right.
01:10:38That's what I meant.
01:10:39Head office of the Homer Mercantile.
01:10:41They insure this bank.
01:10:43Excuse me, Inspector.
01:10:44We sent out a message about this business.
01:10:45Message, Sergeant?
01:10:46Yes, there's been a bloomer.
01:10:47One of the clerks here sent out a false alarm.
01:10:49Apparently...
01:10:50Well, there you are, Mason.
01:10:51I told you there'd been a mess up.
01:10:53Inspector, I'm afraid you've made a terrible error.
01:10:55This is Colonel Gore Hepburn.
01:10:56I know him well.
01:10:58You do?
01:10:59He's from the Homer Mercantile.
01:11:01One of their principal directors.
01:11:03I see.
01:11:04I admit the mistake was ours originally,
01:11:05but I really feel that you've made matters considerably worse.
01:11:09I think the best thing you can do
01:11:11is to release the Colonel forthwith and apologize.
01:11:15That's exactly what I suggested to Mason myself, Fordyce.
01:11:18You'd be prepared to vouch for him, would you, sir?
01:11:20Of course I would.
01:11:21You say you've known him for several years?
01:11:24Yes, Inspector, yes.
01:11:25Now, for goodness sake...
01:11:27Then what about this, Mr. Fordyce?
01:11:34You're prepared to vouch for this, too?
01:11:39They're all the same.
01:11:43Good Lord, there must be 50,000 quid in this lot.
01:11:4593,000 to be exact, son.
01:11:47Mr. Fordyce and I were planning a little last-minute Christmas shopping,
01:11:51as I explained to Mason.
01:11:54I'm waiting for your answer, Mr. Fordyce.
01:11:57You knew about this.
01:12:00No.
01:12:02It might help if I tell you,
01:12:04but I also can vouch for Colonel Gore Hepburn.
01:12:08Except that last time we met,
01:12:09he was a rear admiral on a jewellery job.
01:12:13My immediate interest is in his accomplices.
01:12:19Accomplices?
01:12:19Well, he could hardly have got into your strong room
01:12:22and packed four heavy cases without help, could he?
01:12:30Well, sir?
01:12:34He made me do it.
01:12:36They got my wife and child.
01:12:38Oh, really, Fordyce.
01:12:39He threatened to kill them if I didn't do as he said.
01:12:43You've got to hurry, Inspector.
01:12:44We can still save them.
01:12:45There's no good, Fordyce.
01:12:46It won't work.
01:12:47Keep quiet.
01:12:50When did you last see your wife?
01:12:53When I left home this morning,
01:12:54and then she rang about an hour ago.
01:12:56There's no time.
01:12:57He has to ring someone every 15 minutes.
01:12:59What's your number?
01:13:00She's not there.
01:13:01They took her away, and my son.
01:13:03For all I know, they may already be...
01:13:04Your number, please.
01:13:06It's Haversham 2153.
01:13:08We're wasting time, Inspector.
01:13:10If your family's in danger, we'll save them.
01:13:13Of course they're in danger.
01:13:14They threatened to electrocute my wife.
01:13:18For pity's sake, Inspector,
01:13:19you don't think I robbed the bank voluntarily, do you?
01:13:21I was forced and threatened.
01:13:23Percy, you're talking about Fordyce.
01:13:25Now, listen, Eppard.
01:13:27I've taken about enough to...
01:13:28Now, Mr. Fordyce, calm down.
01:13:30We'll soon see.
01:13:58Who's that speaking?
01:13:59Tommy Fordyce.
01:14:01Tommy?
01:14:02Is your mother there, Tommy?
01:14:04This is Inspector Mason.
01:14:05Hold on.
01:14:06I'll call.
01:14:08I don't understand.
01:14:10They must have released her.
01:14:12Anybody mind if I smoke?
01:14:16Mrs. Fordyce speaking.
01:14:18Hello, Mrs. Fordyce.
01:14:19I wonder if you could tell me.
01:14:20Has anyone called on you this morning?
01:14:22Any strangers?
01:14:23Strangers?
01:14:24What do you mean?
01:14:25You've been alone all morning.
01:14:27Yes.
01:14:27Hello.
01:14:28Oh, Mary.
01:14:29Mary, this is Harry.
01:14:30Are you all right, dear?
01:14:31All right?
01:14:32Of course I'm all right.
01:14:34They let you go?
01:14:36Let me go?
01:14:37Who let me go?
01:14:39When you rang before, there were two men with you.
01:14:42Two men with me?
01:14:43What are you talking about, Harry?
01:14:45I didn't ring you.
01:14:46You know, I never ring you at the office.
01:14:48You told me not to.
01:14:49But it was your voice.
01:14:51Yours and Tommy's.
01:14:52You said, do what they want.
01:14:54Won't I beseech you?
01:14:55I don't know.
01:14:55No, no, no.
01:14:56This is Inspector Mason again, Mrs. Fordyce.
01:14:59I'd be most obliged if you would come down to the station right away.
01:15:02But what is it?
01:15:03What's happened?
01:15:04Nothing serious, ma'am.
01:15:06Just routine.
01:15:12But it was her.
01:15:15She was desperate.
01:15:18I'm afraid I must ask you to accompany me to the station.
01:15:23You don't understand.
01:15:25They're going to pin a medal on your Fordyce for gallantry.
01:15:29Inspector, you don't really believe I'm lying, do you?
01:15:31I tell you, it was her voice.
01:15:33And Hepburn, he kept signalling to someone outside.
01:15:36There are just some questions I must ask you.
01:15:38Inspector, I'm telling the truth.
01:15:41I am not a criminal.
01:15:42I am the manager of this branch.
01:15:44I've been here 15 years.
01:15:46You've got to believe me.
01:15:48Look, he made me stand by this window
01:15:50and mop my brow with my handkerchief as a signal.
01:16:14I believe you.
01:16:16You are making a mistake.
01:16:18You can put it all in a statement, Mr. Fordyce.
01:16:20Get your hat and coat.
01:16:40Okay, in the car.
01:16:44Just a moment, Mason.
01:16:46There's something you ought to know.
01:16:47I know it's a two-handed job.
01:16:49No, three-handed, actually.
01:16:51Me, a man, and a tick recorder.
01:16:55Took us a bit of time to get the voices right,
01:16:57but we managed.
01:16:58Anyway, it worked, didn't it, Fordyce?
01:17:02The man?
01:17:03Don't be silly, Mason.
01:17:05I use better men than him.
01:17:07Who was the man?
01:17:09Father Christmas.
01:17:12Someone Fordyce ought to believe it.
01:17:33You fit, Mr. Fordyce?
01:17:46May I just have a word with my chief clerk, Inspector?
01:17:50Of course.
01:18:08Yes, sir.
01:18:10Oh, Pearson.
01:18:10I have to go out for a little while.
01:18:13I'm sure you'll be able to run things in my absence.
01:18:16Yes, I think so, sir.
01:18:18How long do you expect to be away?
01:18:21You had better ask the inspector that.
01:18:23What is the usual sentence?
01:18:25For what?
01:18:26For completely failing in my duty towards my staff.
01:18:29That's not against the law, sir.
01:18:33Oh, and there's one other point, Pearson.
01:18:34I owe Colonel Gore Hepburn a pound.
01:18:37Could you possibly lend me one?
01:18:39Oh, yes, of course.
01:18:45I'll return it tonight at the staff party.
01:18:52Thank you, Pearson.
01:19:02All right, Inspector.
01:19:06Shall I give you a hand with the evidence?
01:19:09Thank you, sir.
01:19:52Thank you, sir.
01:19:54Amen.
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