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The Million Pound Note 1954 ‧ Comedy⧸Romance - Gregory Peck [Full Movie] [Official Release]Full EP - Full
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00:00:05The End
00:01:18Once upon a time, when Britain was very rich, deep in the vaults of the Bank of England there was
00:01:24more gold than anywhere else in the world.
00:01:28Safe, people used to say. Safe as the Bank of England.
00:01:32Here it is, Mr. Montpelier. I trust you will not be disappointed with its prosaic design.
00:01:38On the contrary. It seems to me a thing of beauty.
00:01:41If not a joy forever. Allow me, Oliver.
00:01:46It looks good. It feels good. It is good.
00:01:51And there's only one other like it. Issued in connection with a foreign loan.
00:01:55Yes, we read about it. That's what gave us the idea.
00:01:58The idea?
00:01:59I suppose it does seem a little curious that we should need such a large sum in the form of
00:02:04one note.
00:02:05It certainly is an unusual request. I imagine it's for a business transaction.
00:02:10Very important business, isn't it, Roger?
00:02:11Shall we tell Mr. Garrett?
00:02:13You leave me no alternative.
00:02:14You see, Mr. Garrett, my brother and I require this pretty, exquisite, unique little scrap of paper for a bet.
00:02:22A bet? Did you say a bet?
00:02:26A very important bet.
00:02:28Gentlemen, you astound me. I'm astounded at the purpose for which you require this, Newt.
00:02:33I'm astounded that you should call it a scrap of paper.
00:02:36Allow me to draw your attention to the text.
00:02:40I promise to pay the bearer on demand.
00:02:43The sum of one million pounds.
00:03:22The sum of one million pounds.
00:03:23This consulate is not provided with funds by the United States government
00:03:28for the assistance of needy Americans in London.
00:03:32Now, that's too bad.
00:03:34I'd have thought this would be just the place.
00:03:36Well, that doesn't mean we're not anxious to help.
00:03:38Might find your berth in a cargo ship and you could work your passage home.
00:03:42Would there be any chance that I could find work here?
00:03:44Well, if you'd like to call back in a week or two, we'll make inquiries.
00:03:47A week? That's a long time.
00:03:49If I could just get a little money to last me through the next few days, I can find work
00:03:53for myself.
00:03:54We can give you a small loan if you can guarantee repayment.
00:03:57Can you offer us any kind of security?
00:04:00Well, I've got a head on my shoulders and a good pair of hands.
00:04:04Unless you don't trust me, that's security, isn't it?
00:04:06It's no security at all.
00:04:08Many people pass through this office making similar requests.
00:04:11If we made an exception, we wouldn't know where to stop.
00:04:13Well, if you like, I'll report back to you every day.
00:04:16Sorry, it can't be done.
00:04:17Now, for the price of one shilling, you can join the Anglo-American Society.
00:04:21That'll put you in touch with people in a position to help you.
00:04:24Well, I think on the whole, I'd better try to help myself.
00:04:26Well, that's up to you, sir.
00:04:28Come back if you have no luck.
00:04:31I'll do that.
00:04:32Uh, could I have one of those?
00:04:35Of course!
00:04:38Sorry.
00:04:39All gone.
00:04:57All gone.
00:05:00Thanks.
00:05:00Lovely muffins.
00:05:02Muffins.
00:05:03Fresh muffins.
00:05:06Lovely muffins.
00:05:08Muffins.
00:05:33Lovely muffins.
00:05:41Young man.
00:05:44Would you step inside a moment, please?
00:05:48Who, me, sir?
00:05:50Yes, you.
00:05:50Through the front door on your left.
00:05:55Thanks.
00:06:04Good morning, sir.
00:06:06Will you please come in?
00:06:13Permit me to read the ways.
00:06:35The young gentleman, sir.
00:06:36Thank you, James.
00:06:37That'll be all.
00:06:38How do you do, Mr.
00:06:40Adams.
00:06:42Henry Adams.
00:06:43Come and sit down, Mr. Adams.
00:06:48You're an American, Mr. Adams.
00:06:51That's right, from New England.
00:06:52How well do you know London?
00:06:54Well, not at all, sir.
00:06:55It's my first trip here.
00:06:57I wonder, Mr. Adams, if you'd mind us asking you a few questions.
00:07:01Go right ahead.
00:07:02May we ask what you're doing in this country?
00:07:04And what your plans are?
00:07:05One thing at a time, Oliver.
00:07:06Well, I can't say that I have any plans.
00:07:08I'm hoping to find work.
00:07:10As a matter of fact, I landed in Britain by accident.
00:07:13How is that possible?
00:07:14Well, you see, back home, I have my own little cutter.
00:07:16Well, she's just a 14-footer, but I get a lot of fun out of her.
00:07:18Well, four weeks ago, last Saturday, I was sailing out of the bay.
00:07:26Well, go on.
00:07:28What was I?
00:07:29You were sailing out of the bay.
00:07:32Oh, yes.
00:07:34Well, towards dusk, I found myself in the thick of a westerly gale.
00:07:38I did the only thing I could and ran before it all night.
00:07:41Next morning, I'd just about given myself up for lost when I was spotted by a brig.
00:07:46And it was the brig that brought you to England.
00:07:48That's right.
00:07:49I earned my passage by working as an unpaid hand,
00:07:51which accounts for my somewhat disreputable appearance.
00:07:55You mustn't worry about that.
00:07:57It's a positive advantage.
00:08:00I'm afraid I don't quite follow you, sir.
00:08:02Tell us, Mr. Adams, what sort of work were you engaged in?
00:08:06I had a job with a shipbuilding firm.
00:08:08Would I be right in thinking that you two might be able to offer me some kind of work?
00:08:12Patience, Mr. Adams, patience.
00:08:14If it's not an indelicate question, have you any money?
00:08:18Well, to tell you the truth, my bankroll is zero.
00:08:22What luck!
00:08:23Roderick, what luck!
00:08:26Well, it may seem lucky to you, gentlemen, but it's not very lucky to me.
00:08:31This is your idea of some kind of a joke.
00:08:33I don't think it's very funny.
00:08:35Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll be on my way.
00:08:37Please don't go, Mr. Adams.
00:08:38You mustn't think we're insensitive, even though my brother is a little tactless.
00:08:44Oliver, give him the letter.
00:08:45I was about to say the same thing myself.
00:08:48The letter.
00:09:01The letter.
00:09:04For me?
00:09:04For you.
00:09:08Oh, no, you mustn't open it.
00:09:09Not yet.
00:09:10You may open it at, um, two o'clock.
00:09:12Not a moment before.
00:09:14This is ridiculous.
00:09:15It's not ridiculous.
00:09:16There's money in it.
00:09:19Oh, well, now, listen to me.
00:09:21I don't need your charity.
00:09:22All I want is an honest job of work.
00:09:24If you can't do it...
00:09:25We appreciate your honesty, Mr. Adams.
00:09:26That's why we've given you the letter.
00:09:29Jane, show Mr. Adams out.
00:09:31Good luck, Mr. Adams.
00:09:33Well, why don't you explain what this is all about?
00:09:35You'll soon know.
00:09:36At two o'clock, Mr. Adams.
00:09:38In exactly one hour and ten minutes.
00:09:42One hour and ten minutes?
00:09:44This way, sir.
00:09:48Mr. Adams.
00:09:51Not until two o'clock.
00:09:53Promise?
00:09:57Promise.
00:09:59Goodbye.
00:10:07Ah, honest, intelligent, a stranger to London.
00:10:11And not a penny with which to bless himself.
00:10:13Perfect.
00:10:13Have a great night.
00:10:14Ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:10:25Ho, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:10:28.
00:10:49That one's reserved, and this way, please.
00:10:58Take this into Mazora, Horace.
00:11:21Have some ham and eggs, and a nice, big, juicy steak with all the trimmings, and make it
00:11:26extra thick.
00:11:27Cost a tidy bit.
00:11:28That's understood.
00:11:29And a long, cool tankard of ale.
00:12:02And a long, cool tankard of ale.
00:12:21Uh, waiter.
00:12:23Same thing again, please.
00:12:25Again?
00:12:26That's right.
00:12:27And fill letter.
00:12:30Anything wrong?
00:12:32No.
00:12:32No, sir.
00:12:36He's asked for another portion.
00:12:38Hail and all.
00:12:39Do you think he can pay?
00:12:42We have to chance it.
00:12:44Serve him, Horace.
00:12:45But don't spare the gristle.
00:12:54Ham, eggs, steak, potatoes, beans, carrots, twice.
00:12:57Trifle cheese, coffee, two quarts of ale.
00:13:00Three and tenpence.
00:13:04Would you mind waiting just a few minutes?
00:13:06What's it to wait for?
00:13:07All right, Horace.
00:13:10That was a wonderful meal.
00:13:14You know, uh, it's amazing how much pleasure you get out of the simple things if you have
00:13:19to get along without them for a while.
00:13:21Very interesting.
00:13:22And now perhaps if you pay the bill, I could attend to the other customers.
00:13:26That clock of yours, is it correct?
00:13:28If anything, it's fast.
00:13:30Well, it's fast.
00:13:32How fast?
00:13:33Two minutes.
00:13:35Oh, thank you.
00:13:36Now, I don't wish to be unpleasant.
00:13:38But would you please settle the bill?
00:13:41I want to.
00:13:41But you see...
00:13:43The bill, please.
00:13:45Yes, I know the bill.
00:13:47Exactly.
00:13:50Well, I don't suppose a couple of minutes will make any difference.
00:14:23I'm awfully sorry, but...
00:14:27I don't have anything smaller.
00:14:31Well...
00:14:32Uh...
00:14:34Uh...
00:14:37Just one moment.
00:14:39Maggie!
00:14:40Look!
00:14:46Do you think it's real?
00:14:54Ask Mr. Clements.
00:14:55Mr. Clements!
00:14:56Mr. Clements!
00:14:56What is it?
00:14:57Would you mind just looking at this?
00:15:12Do you think it's genuine?
00:15:17Two notes of this denomination have been issued.
00:15:19But in any case, it's hardly likely to be a forgery.
00:15:21Why not?
00:15:22It would draw too much attention to the owner.
00:15:24No forger would want that.
00:15:26But look at the owner, Mr. Clements.
00:15:27He's in rags.
00:15:33I can only assume he's an eccentric millionaire.
00:15:37An eccentric millionaire!
00:15:39And you put him at the back of the roof.
00:15:41Go and attempt him at once.
00:15:44I'm sorry, sir, but I cannot change the note.
00:15:47But it's all I have on me.
00:15:49Oh!
00:15:49Oh, please, don't worry, sir.
00:15:51It's of no consequence.
00:15:51No consequence at all.
00:15:53We're most gratified that you should so much as step foot inside our little establishment.
00:15:57Indeed, sir, I trust you will come here whenever you're seeking peace and quiet.
00:16:00Oh, that's very good of you.
00:16:01Good, sir.
00:16:02It's good of you, sir.
00:16:03You must come whenever you want and have whatever you like.
00:16:06The mere honour of your presence is a reward in itself.
00:16:10I may not be passing this way for quite a while.
00:16:12It would be a very poor thing, sir, if I couldn't trust a gentleman as rich as yourself, sir.
00:16:16Even if you do play larks upon the public in the matter of dress.
00:16:20As for the bill, sir, please forget it.
00:16:22It's of no consequence.
00:16:24No consequence at all.
00:16:26Thank you very much, sir.
00:16:27That's very nice of you.
00:16:28Oh, it's for us to thank you, sir.
00:16:30And I do, sir.
00:16:31From the bottom of my heart.
00:16:39Thank you, sir.
00:17:32Did you want something, sir?
00:17:33You remember me?
00:17:34Yes, sir.
00:17:35Well, I've got to see your employers again immediately.
00:17:37They've gone, sir.
00:17:38Is that God who can help you, sir?
00:17:39I'm gone abroad but they were here just an hour ago they will be back in a
00:17:43month a month from today but I can't believe that
00:18:18the enclosed banknote is lent to you for one month if you return it intact at the end of that
00:18:25time
00:18:26you shall have any job that it is within our power to give you may interest you to know we
00:18:32have a
00:18:33bet on you
00:19:04the
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00:19:44Well, that's a week, then. Goodbye.
00:19:47Goodbye.
00:19:49Oh, did the dirty piece of paper fall on baby's face, Dad.
00:19:53Hold it.
00:19:55Hang on.
00:20:10Prepare ye for the Day of Judgment.
00:20:12Prepare ye for the Day of Judgment.
00:20:14Prepare ye for the Day of Judgment.
00:20:18Prepare ye for...
00:20:56What a funny man.
00:20:58Behave yourself.
00:21:12What a funny man.
00:21:50I'd like to have a suit.
00:21:51I thought you might have something ready-made.
00:21:53He'll attend to you.
00:22:00I want a suit, please.
00:22:03Something I can walk out in.
00:22:05Ready-made suits.
00:22:06Down the stairs.
00:22:19I hate to interrupt, but would you like to show me some ready-made suits?
00:22:24Yes, I dare say.
00:22:24We can put you up, sir.
00:22:25This way, please.
00:22:27I thought you might have something that was made up for another customer in that collective.
00:22:30We don't go in for that sort of thing here, sir.
00:22:32Here we are, the very thing.
00:22:35Tell Todd to serve him quickly and get him out of the side door.
00:22:37Yes, sir.
00:22:41The sort of thing that's worn in England nowadays?
00:22:43Oh, yes, that's all the fashion.
00:22:44Try the trousers.
00:22:50Mr. Reid says you've got to get him out of the side entrance, and quick.
00:22:53I know what I'm doing.
00:22:54I've got eyes, haven't I?
00:23:00It's a little noisy, isn't it?
00:23:03Well, you won't do better, sir, all things considered.
00:23:06You're a little difficult for size, you know.
00:23:08Yes, so I am.
00:23:09Well, it'll do for the time being.
00:23:10I'll take it.
00:23:11Good.
00:23:11Shall I wrap it?
00:23:12No, I'll wear it.
00:23:13Oh, I'd rather not pay you now, if you don't mind.
00:23:16I'd like to open an account and settle with you in a month.
00:23:19You see, I don't happen to have any small change.
00:23:24Here we go.
00:23:25I suppose a gentleman like you can only be expected to carry large change.
00:23:29Now, look here, Sonny.
00:23:30If I were you, I wouldn't judge strangers by the clothes they wear.
00:23:32I just don't want to embarrass you with a large note.
00:23:35Well, I meant no offense, but while rebukes are in there,
00:23:37what makes you think we can't change a large note?
00:23:39As a matter of fact, we can.
00:23:43In that case, there's no problem.
00:24:17Well, what's up?
00:24:18What's the trouble?
00:24:18What's wanting?
00:24:19I'm just waiting for my change.
00:24:21Come, come.
00:24:21Get him his change, Todd.
00:24:22Get going.
00:24:24Change, sir.
00:24:26Change.
00:24:33Could it, is it, is it, would it be the one I saw in the papers on Wednesday?
00:24:37Or was it Thursday?
00:24:38I remember thinking that never would I be blessed with the feel of such a note as this.
00:24:43Yet a fool, Todd, a born fool, bringing the gentleman into this part of the shop.
00:24:47You'd think we never had dealings with millionaires.
00:24:50And take off this jacket, sir.
00:24:52It's only fit for the dustbin.
00:24:53Get Jack after them, william.
00:24:55Allow me, sir.
00:24:57This way, sir.
00:24:59The balance is perfect.
00:25:01We were making it for the Hospidar of Halifax.
00:25:03He was very much of the same build.
00:25:05One inch off the sleeves.
00:25:07One inch off the sleeves.
00:25:08The cravats, Mr. Reid.
00:25:09I said the new ones from Macclesfield.
00:25:10Yes, yes.
00:25:11This thing in the morning, we shall start to make for you.
00:25:14You'll be needing a morning suit, a dress suit, something for the opera.
00:25:17Oh, now, wait a minute.
00:25:17I don't need all those suits.
00:25:18I only came in here for one suit.
00:25:20The waistcoats, Mr. Reid.
00:25:21Hanko, 35.
00:25:2235.
00:25:23You'll never get through the season without them.
00:25:2630 suits is the very minimum.
00:25:28Lord Reddington favors 48.
00:25:30Square up the neck of the back.
00:25:31Oh, I can't give you all those odors.
00:25:33Why, you'd have to wait indefinitely for payments.
00:25:36Indefinitely.
00:25:37A weak word.
00:25:39Eternally, Mr. Adams.
00:25:40Dressing gowns, Mr. Reid.
00:25:41Hanko.
00:25:42Shrink the front edge a little.
00:25:44Shrink the front edge a little.
00:25:45Now, what about a cycling suit, Mr. Adams?
00:25:47Cycling is all the rage nowadays.
00:25:48And then, of course, there's ascot.
00:25:49I'm not going to be doing any cycling.
00:25:51I'm not going to be doing any ascotting.
00:25:53Sailing's my hobby.
00:25:54Ah, the sport of kings.
00:25:56Very right and proper for a person such as yourself.
00:25:58I thought racing was the sport of kings.
00:26:00Then it ought to be sailing.
00:26:02Nip in the waist of it.
00:26:03Nip in the waist of it.
00:26:04And make a note, Arthur, a nautical suit.
00:26:05A nautical suit.
00:26:06The spats, Mr. Reid.
00:26:08And just a fraction more skirt.
00:26:11Just a fraction more skirt.
00:26:13It's our pride and glory to see a man of your eminence
00:26:15properly attired for the season.
00:26:17To skip it, Mr. Adams, would be inconvenient to you
00:26:19and harmful to me.
00:26:21The other cravats, Mr. Reid.
00:26:22That will be ready for you in the morning.
00:26:24That's fine.
00:26:25I'll just get back into these now.
00:26:26Oh, dear, oh, dear.
00:26:27The humiliation.
00:26:28Still, I suppose, there's no alternative.
00:26:30Your address, Mr. Adams?
00:26:31Well, I don't have an address.
00:26:33I'm changing quarters.
00:26:35Take my advice and stay at Bumble's.
00:26:37What's Bumble's?
00:26:38The very place.
00:26:38Quiet, modest, and discretion itself.
00:26:41Luckily for you, I have a relative on the management.
00:26:43Leave it to me.
00:26:45Really?
00:26:48Really?
00:26:51Really?
00:26:55Really?
00:26:57Thank you very much, Reid.
00:26:59I'm most indebted to you.
00:27:15Which of the suites on the first floor is vacant?
00:27:18None, sir.
00:27:19Williams, sir.
00:27:20Fetch all the reception staff and the commissionaires from both entrances.
00:27:23Yes, sir.
00:27:25Ah, the bridal suite.
00:27:27How long is it since the Duke of Frognell settled his account?
00:27:30Six months, Mr. Lloyd.
00:27:31I'll move him up.
00:27:32Yes, sir.
00:27:33Prepare the suite immediately.
00:27:34Send up fresh flowers, roses, carnations.
00:28:03Go back to the doors and look out for him.
00:28:12Never been disturbed at night since I came here.
00:28:16Sometimes I wish I was.
00:28:18The room was previously occupied by me, Lord Howard of Howard.
00:28:21Never heard of it.
00:28:22This is where I am, and this is where I stand.
00:28:28What's the meaning of this?
00:28:31Get out, all of you.
00:28:33Shoo, shoo, shoo.
00:28:34Carry on.
00:28:35I assure you, your grace is merely temporary.
00:28:37Temporary be damp.
00:28:38Naturally, I wouldn't put you to the inconvenience of packing your bags.
00:28:41This is intolerable.
00:28:43Come on out with it.
00:28:44What's the meaning of it?
00:28:45If your grace will consider the move in all its aspects, I feel sure you'll appreciate its beneficial nature.
00:28:50Naturally, there will be a slight reduction.
00:28:53Oh, there will, will there?
00:28:54Sure, there ought to be.
00:29:00Will she be there too?
00:29:02That, your grace, is a matter for the housekeeper.
00:29:05Incidentally, as the new room is below the servants' quarters, you will be far more free to indulge your musical
00:29:11inclinations.
00:29:12Shall I?
00:29:12Now, let's have the truth, Lloyd.
00:29:14Who have you got coming here?
00:29:16Come on, out with it.
00:29:18You can't bamboozle me.
00:29:19Mr. Henry Adams, your grace, an American.
00:29:22An American?
00:29:24An American millionaire, your grace.
00:29:26Are you trying to tell me American money means more than an Englishman's name?
00:29:31I won't stand for it.
00:29:33This country is going to the dogs.
00:29:43Wait, Cabba.
00:30:03Good afternoon, sir.
00:30:05Allow me.
00:30:07This way, sir.
00:30:08You're expected.
00:30:15Good afternoon, sir.
00:30:24Allow me.
00:30:25This way, sir.
00:30:25You're expected.
00:30:33If you please, sir.
00:30:38Quite the most comfortable room I've had.
00:30:41I'm so glad.
00:30:44Excuse me.
00:30:47Good afternoon, sir.
00:30:49Good afternoon.
00:30:49Welcome to Bumble's.
00:30:51Parsons, whatever's come over you.
00:30:53Carry the gentleman's case.
00:30:54Yes, sir.
00:30:55Certainly, sir.
00:31:01Parsons!
00:31:01Get up at once!
00:31:03This way, sir, if you please.
00:31:13We are most honoured that you are staying with us, sir.
00:31:16And we can assure you of every comfort.
00:31:18Good afternoon, sir.
00:31:19And welcome.
00:31:20Wilcox, the register.
00:31:21Yes, sir.
00:31:31If you'll kindly sign, sir.
00:31:35Just here, sir.
00:31:42Thank you very much, sir.
00:31:43And now, if you will step this way,
00:31:45we have reserved for you the bridal suite.
00:31:53Excuse me, sir.
00:32:03Now, what do you suppose he uses that for?
00:32:08Pick it up, boss.
00:32:09Pick it up!
00:32:17There's nothing we of the old country like so much as a good sense of humour.
00:32:20This way, sir, please.
00:32:21I apologize, sir.
00:32:22I trust there's no damage.
00:32:24If you care to replace it from the case, we'll have it taken up to your suite.
00:32:27So this is Bumble's.
00:32:29Yes, sir.
00:32:30The manager's expecting them.
00:32:33Excuse me, sir.
00:32:36This is Mr. Henry Adams.
00:32:38Adams?
00:32:40Did you say Adams?
00:32:41That's right.
00:32:42I understand I'm expected here.
00:32:46Oh, Mr. Adams, I apologize profusely.
00:32:49There's been the most unfortunate misunderstanding.
00:32:51You're an imposter.
00:32:54Parsons, I'm surprised at you.
00:32:56Perhaps you'll have the goodness to leave.
00:32:58I said, would you mind leaving?
00:33:02If you would just sign the register.
00:33:04What's going on here?
00:33:05It's just a mistake of the commissionaire.
00:33:07Get rid of him.
00:33:08The foolish fellow mistook him for you, Mr. Adams.
00:33:10Quite unforgivable.
00:33:11Excuse me.
00:33:13Hop it.
00:33:14This way, please.
00:33:27Fetch the police, Williams.
00:33:28The police.
00:33:29Now, now, just a minute.
00:33:29I don't think we need the police.
00:33:31I'd like to have a talk with this gentleman.
00:33:35Oh, can't talk?
00:33:36Well, that doesn't affect your drinking habits, does it?
00:33:40Good.
00:33:41Perhaps you'll be kind enough to lead the way for us.
00:33:44Certainly, Mr. Adams.
00:33:45Attend to the bodies instantly.
00:33:47This way, sir.
00:33:49Laryngitis?
00:33:51Oh, you're a boxer.
00:33:56Strong man.
00:33:57Well, vaudeville?
00:33:59Oh, the circus.
00:34:02Well, what do you know about that?
00:34:16Oh, you see, Rock.
00:34:18Whichever way you look at it, I'm in this thing up to the neck.
00:34:21All I was doing was walking around looking for a job.
00:34:24And now, look what's happened.
00:34:26I didn't ask for this.
00:34:27And now that I'm in it, I may as well enjoy it.
00:34:30And that's where you could come in.
00:34:34Are you very busy these days?
00:34:37Well, that's great.
00:34:39Why don't you string along with me for the next four weeks.
00:34:41Help me to keep the bank note intact.
00:34:43And I'll settle with you as soon as I get the job from the two old boys.
00:34:46What do you say?
00:34:51That's the stuff.
00:34:52It ought to be a pretty good job.
00:34:53Worth 500 pounds a year anyway.
00:34:56Six.
00:34:58You know, Rock, you've got the right idea.
00:35:01In the meantime, we'll just have to put up with all of this.
00:35:06For the next month, I'm Henry Adams, the American millionaire.
00:35:45Oh, thank you.
00:35:53That's a great.
00:35:55Hey, thank you.
00:36:00Well, let's be on our way.
00:36:11Good morning.
00:36:12Good morning!
00:36:13Good morning, sir.
00:36:15Good morning.
00:36:16Good morning!
00:36:17Good morning, sir.
00:36:32We set up our consulate entirely for the assistance of our people.
00:36:35And you don't give us the opportunity of rendering service.
00:36:38But for these newspapers, I wouldn't have known of your arrival.
00:36:41How long are you staying?
00:36:43Well, that all depends.
00:36:46Indefinitely.
00:36:46Oh, good.
00:36:48You're in time for the season.
00:36:49Who do you know, Mr. Adam?
00:36:51I don't know anyone.
00:36:52Except two brothers in Belgrave Square.
00:36:55Oliver and Roderick, something.
00:36:57Oh, the Montpeliers, most worthy gentlemen.
00:37:00No, thanks.
00:37:01Oh, I insist.
00:37:01It's one of my personal Havana selections.
00:37:07Now that you're here, we must see what we can do for you.
00:37:10Though, as Ambassador, I think I should admonish you for not coming before.
00:37:14Uh, well, uh, that isn't strictly true, Your Excellency.
00:37:18I was here once before.
00:37:20Then why wasn't I told?
00:37:22Well, it was, uh, well, I was in difficulties over currency.
00:37:28Matter of fact, I still am.
00:37:30You see, this note of mine...
00:37:32Say no more, Mr. Adams.
00:37:34What a hundred pounds tied you over?
00:37:37Oh, well, that's awfully good of you, but I, I can't...
00:37:40Nonsense.
00:37:41Bring in a hundred pounds immediately for Mr. Henry Adams.
00:37:43In five-pound notes.
00:37:45Oh, thanks very much.
00:37:46I told you before, we're here to help our nationals.
00:37:49Now to get down to more serious matters.
00:37:53I must open a few doors for you.
00:38:09Mr. Henry Adams.
00:38:15How good of you to come, Mr. Adams.
00:38:18This is my husband.
00:38:19How do you do?
00:38:20Now, this is a very informal occasion, so I do hope you're going to enjoy it.
00:38:23Lord and Lady Crockington.
00:38:25And if I see you in difficulties with any of my mortars and friends,
00:38:28I shall fly over and rescue you as well.
00:38:31Oh, Lord and Lady Hurlingham.
00:38:32Mr. Henry Adams, Lord and Lady Hurlingham, and Lady Jane.
00:38:36Lady Jane is so fond of horses.
00:38:38Are you interested in horses, Mr. Adams?
00:38:41Oh, yes, indeed.
00:38:42As a matter of fact...
00:38:42Mr. Adams, I want you to meet the Waldron's, the Gloucestershire branch.
00:38:45Not batting in, am I?
00:38:46Not at all.
00:38:47Sir William Strychnine.
00:38:50Charming.
00:38:50If you really wish to understand the British, I suggest a visit to the House of Lords.
00:38:55Would you care to come with me?
00:38:56Oh, yes, indeed.
00:38:58As a matter of fact...
00:38:58Oh, Mr. Adams, I'm most anxious to introduce you to Mrs. Hooker-Or.
00:39:02Will you forgive me?
00:39:04La Comtesse d'Avignon.
00:39:07Such breeding.
00:39:08Doris likes to play lawn tennis, Mr. Adams.
00:39:10We just can't keep her away from the Wimbledon Club.
00:39:12Do the ladies play lawn tennis in your country, Mr. Adams?
00:39:14Oh, yes, indeed.
00:39:15Now, Mr. Adams, I want you to make the acquaintance of Sir William Gorridge.
00:39:19He's an expert on genealogy.
00:39:20Might dig you up some ancestors, excuse me.
00:39:24A man of character.
00:39:25Intelligent.
00:39:26You must ask him to come to London.
00:39:27There have been several cases of Americans who've discovered a peerage in their family.
00:39:31There you are.
00:39:31What did I tell you?
00:39:32With a name like yours, the West Country might prove fruitful.
00:39:35After all, Adams is quite an old name.
00:39:37Oh, yes, indeed.
00:39:37Now, what are you two men talking about?
00:39:39I'm going to take you away and give you some tea.
00:39:41I've neglected you quite disgracefully.
00:39:43Well, if this is neglect, that is, what is it like when you really take care of a fellow?
00:39:48You must come to one of my little dinners.
00:39:55Uncle.
00:39:57What is it, my dear?
00:39:59Doctor and Mrs. Carmichael.
00:40:02Mr. Henry Adams.
00:40:04I'd like to meet him.
00:40:05Well, go ahead into the scrimmage.
00:40:06I mean on the balcony, alone.
00:40:09Have you succumbed to?
00:40:10I merely thought it might be useful to get him interested in Aunt Grace's charity.
00:40:14A millionaire behind us is just what we need.
00:40:17Oh, if that's your intention, my dear, I'm with you.
00:40:20I'll do my best.
00:40:23Ascot, lords, riding, bicycling.
00:40:25Poor Mr. Adams is going to be quite overworked.
00:40:28My dear, Japonica wants a word with you.
00:40:29She's in a state of acute distress.
00:40:31Her son's joined up with those dreadful liberals.
00:40:33Oh, how foolhardy.
00:40:36You see what it is to be a hostess.
00:40:38She's the only one who isn't allowed to pick her company.
00:40:41Now, I fear I must drag Mr. Adams away from him.
00:40:43Oh, what?
00:40:44Now, I have a relation that will make my life quite intolerable unless she meets him.
00:40:48This way, Mr. Adams.
00:40:50General Blunt.
00:40:51Now, where can she be?
00:40:52I left her beside this window.
00:40:53Oh, never mind, sir.
00:40:54I've met so many delightful people.
00:40:56There's no getting out of it, Mr. Adams.
00:40:57My niece can be very determined.
00:40:59Perhaps she's gone out for a breath of fresh air.
00:41:04Ah, there you are.
00:41:07How do you do?
00:41:09Mr. Henry Adams, my niece, Portia Lansdowne.
00:41:12How do you do?
00:41:14I'm afraid you're being rather overworked, Mr. Adams.
00:41:17Yes, indeed.
00:41:19I mean, no.
00:41:20If you'll excuse me, my dear, I must go once more into the breach.
00:41:25Won't you sit down?
00:41:32Poor Uncle.
00:41:34He hates my aunt's parties almost as much as I do.
00:41:36Nothing but talk, talk, talk.
00:41:38And nobody says anything, do they?
00:41:41Well, nothing very serious.
00:41:43Serious talk at English receptions just isn't cricket, Mr. Adams.
00:41:46Cricket?
00:41:47Bad form.
00:41:48The only way is to get well out of range of the hostess.
00:41:53Oh, it's raining.
00:41:57Too bad.
00:41:59It is much nicer out here.
00:42:05Come this way.
00:42:16I've taken you at your word.
00:42:18Do you still think it's nice right here?
00:42:20It's nicer than ever.
00:42:22I used to hide here when I was a little girl.
00:42:26It must be pleasant to be brought up in a place like this.
00:42:28I dare say your own surroundings are far more impressive.
00:42:31Well, uh, different.
00:42:34It's raining.
00:42:40When we get back in, won't there be some raised eyebrows?
00:42:43Of course.
00:42:44We'll invent a reason as to why we're here.
00:42:46Why invent a reason?
00:42:48Couldn't I just say that it's been wonderful to spend a few moments with the most charming girl at the
00:42:52party?
00:42:53They can't possibly be out here.
00:42:54Ah, it's raining.
00:42:59You're trapped, aren't you?
00:43:01Suits me.
00:43:02What about you?
00:43:03I'll tell you what we'll do.
00:43:05We'll say we were discussing the comedy home for motherless babies.
00:43:08The what?
00:43:09The comedy home for motherless babies.
00:43:11Oh, they'd hardly swallow that.
00:43:14Oh, but they would.
00:43:15It's my aunt's pet charity.
00:43:17And being a millionaire, they'd expect you to take an interest in charities.
00:43:21You do, don't you?
00:43:22Oh, well, yes, I do, but...
00:43:25And to prove it, you could say you're coming to the opening of our new premises.
00:43:28It's next Wednesday.
00:43:30That is, if you'd like to.
00:43:34Uh, will you be there?
00:43:37Of course.
00:43:38I'll be there.
00:43:47Will you please look this way, Mr. Adams?
00:43:50Will you please look this way?
00:43:53I'll prove it.
00:43:56Thank you very much.
00:43:59Charmed.
00:44:00Absolutely charmed.
00:44:04Coming, Leitra.
00:44:14They're adorable, aren't they?
00:44:18Adorable.
00:44:33Now, ladies and gentlemen, we come to the last part of our proceedings.
00:44:37Thanks to the generosity of our many friends,
00:44:40we have paid off the mortgage on the home
00:44:42and the running costs for one whole year.
00:44:48But the Cromarty home must go on
00:44:52and we must lose no opportunity to make a great deal of money.
00:44:55I therefore propose putting up for auction
00:44:58this magnificent contemporary vase
00:45:00most kindly presented by Mrs. Landon-Smith.
00:45:07And to set the ball rolling,
00:45:09my husband has offered the first bid of £20.
00:45:12Now, then, I wonder who would like to top that?
00:45:14£20 we are bid.
00:45:16£30.
00:45:17£30.
00:45:17That's a lovely stop.
00:45:18Now then, £30.
00:45:20£40.
00:45:21That's very fine.
00:45:22Who will you prove on £40?
00:45:24£70.
00:45:25Oh, Mr. Henry Adams, thank you so much.
00:45:28Now, we really are, Ruben.
00:45:29And seven is my lucky number.
00:45:31Isn't that lovely?
00:45:33Now, for this very unusual object,
00:45:35I am offered £70.
00:45:37By £80.
00:45:38£80, and well worth it.
00:45:40Now, let's go up in leaps and bounds.
00:45:43£82 and 10 shillings.
00:45:45Oh, £82, 10 shillings, Mr. Henry Adams.
00:45:48What a charmingly whimsical gesture.
00:45:50£100.
00:45:51Oh, thank you so much, the door.
00:45:53£100.
00:45:55That's our first three figures.
00:45:56How about £120?
00:46:03I see.
00:46:04Well, who would like to advance me something over £100?
00:46:08£500.
00:46:08£500, most generally.
00:46:12£1,000.
00:46:13Oh, Mrs. Newford, thank you so much.
00:46:15£1,000.
00:46:17£1,500.
00:46:20£4,000.
00:46:21Very exciting.
00:46:22£4,500.
00:46:24£4,500.
00:46:26Now, I wonder if we couldn't possibly get a wonderful round figure of £5,000.
00:46:30£5,000.
00:46:33£5,000.
00:46:34£5,000.
00:46:35Mr. Adams?
00:46:37Mr. Adams offers £5,000.
00:46:48Now, is there any advance on £5,000?
00:46:54Any advance?
00:46:56Any advance?
00:46:57Then going to Mr. Henry Adams for £5,000.
00:47:00Going.
00:47:01Going.
00:47:02Going.
00:47:03Oh, my God.
00:47:08Oh, it was so clever of him to do it that way.
00:47:10For a moment, I thought you weren't going to bid any more.
00:47:12You're above, Mr. Adams.
00:47:14You're above.
00:47:26Another link between our two great countries.
00:47:29Well done, America.
00:47:41Oh.
00:47:54Leave me alone. Leave me alone.
00:47:59I can't pay. Can't pay.
00:48:01Oh, I can't pay.
00:48:04Oh, I can't pay.
00:48:16Rock.
00:48:19Rock.
00:48:22Rock!
00:48:26I can't go on with this, Rock.
00:48:28Not for another day.
00:48:31We're up to our ears in debt...
00:48:32and we're getting deeper every minute.
00:48:34It's like walking on quicksand.
00:48:36How much of the ambassador's money do we have left?
00:48:38It's all gone?
00:48:39The charities?
00:48:41It costs money to be a millionaire.
00:48:43Well, we've got to clear out of here somehow.
00:48:45We'll go into hiding till the end of the month.
00:48:47We have to go somewhere.
00:48:49I don't care where, just so we go.
00:48:50You fix it.
00:48:53That's a load off my mind.
00:48:56Now on, the masquerade is over.
00:49:02We're going to go somewhere.
00:49:06We'll go to the next one.
00:49:09We'll go to the next one.
00:49:10We'll go to the next one.
00:49:16We'll get back.
00:49:18Rock, look.
00:49:24Bristle.
00:49:28Smell.
00:49:32As I walk along the foire of Boulogne with an independent air,
00:49:37You can hear the girl declare, He must be a millionaire.
00:49:45What?
00:49:47We're not going. Things always look bad at night.
00:49:50But this morning the sun is shining and the birds are singing.
00:49:53We can't throw in the cards when the game is only halfway through.
00:50:02Oh, Hampshire house.
00:50:06Portia.
00:50:16Tonight, Rock, I'm going to tell her the truth.
00:50:20Tell her quite simply that I don't even own the shirt on my back.
00:50:25No, John, no, John, no, John, no.
00:50:31Oh, no, John, no, John, no, John, no.
00:50:37Oh, madam, I will give you jewels.
00:50:42I will make you rich and free.
00:50:45I will give you silver.
00:50:48I've got to see you alone.
00:50:50Wait.
00:50:51Now, I've got something very important to tell you.
00:50:55Oh, no, John, no, John, no, John, no.
00:50:58Oh, keep it stiff, Mr. Adams.
00:51:06Good evening, Your Honor.
00:51:08Charlie.
00:51:09Her race is in the music.
00:51:10Oh, here comes the American ambassador with a friend of Mr. Adams.
00:51:14A friend of mine?
00:51:15Yes, someone called Eastbourne or Worthing or something.
00:51:19His Excellency the American ambassador and Mr. Lloyd Hastings.
00:51:24Excuse me, please.
00:51:26Wallace, how good of you to come.
00:51:27Good evening, my dear.
00:51:28Oh, Mr. Ambassador.
00:51:29Mr. Adams, this is Mr. Lloyd Hastings.
00:51:31How do you do?
00:51:31It's nice of you to ask me over, that's it.
00:51:33He's very anxious to see his old friend again.
00:51:34Well...
00:51:35The same, Henry.
00:51:36Oh, it's wonderful seeing you.
00:51:38The first time in ten years.
00:51:40I used to work with his father.
00:51:42Charming.
00:51:42The minute I saw those pictures of you in the papers,
00:51:44I made up my mind to track you down.
00:51:46We must find a little corner so you can both have a long talk.
00:51:49But first of all, you must meet my family.
00:51:51Well, we'll get together later then.
00:51:52Later.
00:51:53I always knew that boy would make good.
00:51:56He had it in him right from the time he was a nipper.
00:51:58This is my husband.
00:52:01No, don't get up to you.
00:52:03I wouldn't want to disturb a game at chess.
00:52:05No, chess isn't a game, it's a disease.
00:52:07And this is my father, Sir John Lansford.
00:52:10He's a great collector of third position.
00:52:12How do you do?
00:52:13And do come over and meet my sister.
00:52:21You look so lovely out here in the moonlight.
00:52:23It makes it more difficult to tell you than I thought it was going to be.
00:52:29Here in the moonlight it seems that the words are quite unnecessary.
00:52:33But you see, I...
00:52:35Well, I have a confession to make.
00:52:37And it's rather embarrassing.
00:52:39You mustn't worry about that.
00:52:41It's quite customary to be embarrassed.
00:52:43You don't know what it is.
00:52:45When you hear it, you might not like it.
00:52:47My reply shall be all that you hope for.
00:52:50I wish I could count on that.
00:52:52You can.
00:52:54You see, I already know.
00:53:00You know?
00:53:01I suppose I've known all the time, really.
00:53:04I have a confession to make, too.
00:53:08I feel the same.
00:53:13Portia.
00:53:15You...
00:53:15You don't think I'm forward, do you?
00:53:31No.
00:53:32Wait a minute.
00:53:33There are things that I've got to tell you.
00:53:34Now that's more important...
00:53:35Now I've got lots of important things to tell you, too.
00:53:38Don't let's spoil this moment with words.
00:53:41Somehow they seem quite inadequate.
00:53:49Portia, where are you?
00:53:51Where is Mr. Adams?
00:53:53Mr. Hastings wants to talk to him.
00:54:00Now, Henry, you've got to help me.
00:54:02As we're alone, I can tell you the whole story.
00:54:05I'm in trouble.
00:54:06And you'll be able to get me out of it quite easily.
00:54:10I've made a large investment in a gold mine,
00:54:12the good hope of the gold mine.
00:54:14You may have heard of it.
00:54:15It's a sound proposition in every way, but I need more capital.
00:54:19And that's where you come in.
00:54:21Support from you at this stage
00:54:22could take all the difference on your failure and success.
00:54:25I can't accept it.
00:54:28I can't accept it.
00:54:29I can't accept it.
00:54:29I can't accept it.
00:54:30I can't accept it.
00:54:30I can't accept it.
00:54:32Of course, I know that we haven't met for several years,
00:54:37but I was a friend of the family, and you know I wouldn't let you down.
00:54:41Up to now, we haven't wasted a dime.
00:54:44Badly held up by Forbes.
00:54:46We had a close temple, most of us.
00:54:48Now, once we get the cash to go ahead, it's all plain sailing.
00:54:53My idea is to float a new company
00:54:56and give every shareholder a chance to subscribe to the new issue.
00:55:01It's the one thing in the world to gain us time
00:55:04to make the thing 100% successful.
00:55:07Bumble, sir. We're here, sir.
00:55:10Well, here we are. Home already.
00:55:13Come on in. Have a drink.
00:55:16Oh, here we are. Now, unreal your story.
00:55:19Unreal it? What, again?
00:55:21What do you mean, again?
00:55:22Good hopes, Henry. Good hopes.
00:55:25Good hopes.
00:55:26Henry, you've got me worried.
00:55:28What did you take over at Hampshire House?
00:55:31I took the hand of the loveliest girl in the world.
00:55:34You mean the Duchess of Cromarty's niece?
00:55:37That's right.
00:55:38Henry, on top of all this, you're marrying into the period?
00:55:42Congratulations.
00:55:44Now about this mine, Henry.
00:55:46The land's there, the gold's there.
00:55:49Tons and tons of it.
00:55:51We only have to go another 50 feet and we'll strike.
00:55:54It won't take more than a week.
00:55:55Oh, congratulations. You're a made man.
00:55:57I'm a ruined man, Henry. I've sunk everything I have into that mine
00:56:00and I can't hold out. All my own money.
00:56:03If the shares go much lower, I'm out.
00:56:05But there isn't a capitalist in town who'll take a chance.
00:56:08I can understand that. We capitalists get our money tied up.
00:56:11Henry, I'm not asking you for money.
00:56:13What are you asking me for, then?
00:56:15Have you ever had any reason to mistrust me?
00:56:18My father trusted you. That's good enough for me.
00:56:20Then all I ask for, Henry, is the use of your name.
00:56:23That's all I want. Your name for one week.
00:56:25Well, use it, by all means.
00:56:28Only what's my name got to do with your gold mine?
00:56:30It's a millionaire's name. It'll save my life.
00:56:34And you'll benefit too, Henry. Mark my words.
00:56:36Oh, I'm on the rise again.
00:56:40And I'm gonna take you with me higher than you already are.
00:56:43You'll make money too.
00:56:45We're gonna play skyrockets right in the middle of the stock market.
00:56:49And what did you take over at Hampshire House?
00:56:52Mr. John Craddock!
00:56:54Mr. Walter Craddock!
00:56:56Mr. Walter Craddock!
00:56:58Are you calling me?
00:56:59Yes, sir.
00:57:02Telephone call from your office, sir.
00:57:04Mr. Roy Hastings.
00:57:05Oh, thank you.
00:57:09Thanks for coming so quickly, Craddock. Those are good hopes.
00:57:11What are they standing at this morning?
00:57:12Standing? They're on the verge of collapse.
00:57:14Fine. Buy me 20,000 on margin.
00:57:16You had a touch of the sun or something?
00:57:18I don't get your meaning.
00:57:20Oh, one other item.
00:57:22Buy me an additional 20,000 in the name of Adams.
00:57:25Henry Adams.
00:57:27The Henry Adams?
00:57:27Well, who else?
00:57:28He happens to be a very good friend of mine.
00:57:31Thanks, Fanny.
00:57:33I'll give you a call later.
00:57:39Henry Adams.
00:57:45Hello?
00:57:46Hello!
00:57:49Buy 2,000.
00:57:50Buy 3,000.
00:57:52Buy 3,000.
00:57:532,9!
00:57:54Buy Good Hope.
00:57:555,9!
00:57:563,60 buy good hope.
00:57:595,9!
00:57:596,6!
00:58:023,60 buy good hope, 4,9!
00:58:044,0 buy, good hope!
00:58:054,0 buy, good hope!
00:58:08What's behind us?
00:58:09Henry Adams, the American millionaire. He knows the mind.
00:58:22Finally, I've got you all to myself.
00:58:24Yes, Jimmy.
00:58:25Now, any distractions?
00:58:26Yes, Jimmy.
00:58:30So you've got to listen to me.
00:58:31Yes, Jimmy.
00:58:37Of course, yeah.
00:58:41I'm not a millionaire.
00:58:43Of course you aren't.
00:58:45The bank note, it doesn't belong to me.
00:58:47It doesn't even exist.
00:58:49The whole thing's a complete mistake.
00:58:51It's a misunderstanding.
00:58:53In fact, I don't have a single possession that I can call my own.
00:58:57My poor, poor man.
00:59:00No, no, no.
00:59:01I'm serious.
00:59:02So you're living in the bridal suite at Bumble's, free of charge.
00:59:06That's right.
00:59:07And it costs you nothing to eat or drink.
00:59:09That's right.
00:59:10And the tailor, out of the goodness of his heart, has fitted you out with all this finery.
00:59:14Well, I don't know about the goodness of his heart, but he's fitted me out all right.
00:59:18And you really expect me to believe you?
00:59:20Well, when you hear how the whole thing happened, you will.
00:59:22You see...
00:59:23Well, now I think it's time to stop teasing.
00:59:25No, I'm not teasing.
00:59:27I'm not rich.
00:59:29I have no money.
00:59:32I'm not a millionaire.
00:59:34I'm not a millionaire.
00:59:34Aren't you carrying this joke a little fast?
00:59:36It's not a joke.
00:59:38It's true.
00:59:44Henry, you can take me home.
00:59:47Well, don't you want to hear how it happened?
00:59:48I've heard quite enough. Take me home.
00:59:51Well, I fully understand.
00:59:52There's no need to say any more. Do as I ask.
00:59:54Take me home.
00:59:58Just a minute, sir.
00:59:59Send the account to Bumble.
01:00:00But it's only a shilly, Mr. Adams.
01:00:02Never mind. Send it.
01:00:05Portia, I can understand you're not wanting to marry a poor man.
01:00:07You're simply adding insult to injury.
01:00:09Insult? What insult?
01:00:11As though I can't see through your ridiculous story.
01:00:13It's quite obvious you invented the whole thing.
01:00:15Why should I?
01:00:16Obviously, to test the strength of my love.
01:00:19So that's it. Now, you listen to me.
01:00:20As though I care whether you're rich or poor.
01:00:22But I do care if you think it makes any difference.
01:00:24Portia, you're wonderful.
01:00:26And you're horrible.
01:00:26And if you're trying to get out of the 5,000 pounds you promised my aunt,
01:00:29you may as well know now that I shall never marry a man who isn't charitable.
01:00:33You're going to listen to me if I have to bind your hand and foot.
01:00:36Oh, Harry, pull me down!
01:00:38Knock them till we get to Bumble.
01:00:40Harry, you freak! Pull me down!
01:00:42Oh!
01:00:48Oh!
01:00:53The 3.4 is Michaellasse!
01:00:56The 3.4 is Michael gasp.
01:01:12That's right. Good hopes at 20 shillings. Good hopes at one.
01:01:15Is that you, Hastings? Credit, Ken. Those good hopes. They're up to 20 shillings.
01:01:26Buy.
01:01:29Buy.
01:01:31And that's the whole story.
01:01:34When I take the note back to the two old boys on Thursday, it'll be quite a relief.
01:01:38My boy, you've done it again. Cleaned up. Made a fortune.
01:01:4116,000 pounds. It's all gone according to plan.
01:01:44How do you do?
01:01:45Oh, now, look here, Hastings. This is not...
01:01:46Why, with you behind that mine, it doesn't matter if there was gold there or not.
01:01:50I bought you 20,000 shares at two and three.
01:01:52They've gone up to a pound.
01:01:54Take away your original investment and you got 15,750.
01:01:58And it's all yours, my boy, every penny.
01:02:01I said you'd never regret this, Henry, and you never will.
01:02:06What's the matter?
01:02:12You blithering, blundering, bull-nosed, block-headed, pot-bellied, ham-fisted jackass.
01:02:19Henry!
01:02:22Wait a minute! You can't go like that! Henry, wait!
01:02:32Yes, sir?
01:02:33I've come to see Miss Lansdowne.
01:02:34My apologies, sir. Our instructions are Miss Lansdowne is not to be disturbed.
01:02:39Nonsense. Tell her it's Mr. Henry Adams and that it's very urgent.
01:02:42If I may say so, sir, that it would only add fuel, as it were, to the fire.
01:02:46Is that Miss Lansdowne's handbag, sir?
01:02:49Yes, it is. But look, I've got to see...
01:02:51In the event of your being importunate, sir, I was told to say Miss Lansdowne hoped she would never set
01:02:56eyes on you again.
01:02:57I could wish the message had been more delicately phrased.
01:03:00Good day to you, sir.
01:03:04490...
01:03:0695...
01:03:06500.
01:03:07Thank you, Your Grace.
01:03:08Not at all.
01:03:09Now, Lloyd, I want my old sweet bag.
01:03:11Well, it's hardly possible, Your Grace. Mr. Adams is still here.
01:03:17If it arises for an Englishman and a gentleman, why...
01:03:26If we don't stand up to these Yankee upstarts, they'll be treading all over us. It's a question of principle.
01:03:32He's a public figure, Your Grace, of considerable standing.
01:03:34Stuff and nonsense!
01:03:36How...
01:03:53...the man with that sweet, Lloyd!
01:03:55I'll do it, my show.
01:03:59Rayner?
01:04:01Sir?
01:04:02What is Mr. Adams' account at the moment?
01:04:05£136, sir.
01:04:06Up to last Thursday.
01:04:07Is that all?
01:04:08I'm afraid so, sir.
01:04:10Pity him.
01:04:13I couldn't, sir.
01:04:14It wouldn't be right.
01:04:15Come on, Remy.
01:04:16Be a sport.
01:04:17Supposing I was caught.
01:04:18You won't be caught.
01:04:19It's only a bit of fun.
01:04:21I shouldn't.
01:04:22Really, I shouldn't.
01:04:23You can say it was my orders.
01:04:25Come on, Remy.
01:04:26You like a joke, don't you?
01:04:27But, sir...
01:04:28Do it for me.
01:04:32It is a bit of a lark, sir, isn't it?
01:04:34There is a bit of a lark, sir, isn't it?
01:04:36Shh!
01:04:37Shh!
01:04:37Shh!
01:04:38Shh!
01:04:38Shh!
01:04:38Shh!
01:04:39Shh!
01:04:39Shh!
01:04:40Shh!
01:04:41Shh!
01:04:50Oh, shh!
01:04:53Shh!
01:04:54Miss Rock.
01:05:00Come in.
01:05:05Good evening, sir.
01:05:06Good evening.
01:05:29I want you to take this around to Hampshire House in the morning.
01:05:33Be sure that Portia gets it herself.
01:05:35If you don't bring me an answer directly from her,
01:05:37you're not the man I think you are.
01:05:56Let's go.
01:06:26Thank you, sir.
01:06:49I've done it, sir. I've done it.
01:06:50Done what?
01:06:51What you said, sir.
01:06:52What was that?
01:06:53The note, sir.
01:06:55Oh, splendid.
01:06:57Clever little girl.
01:06:59Thank you, sir.
01:07:00Clever little girl.
01:07:04Good evening, milady.
01:07:05Good evening, mother.
01:07:06Good evening, lord.
01:07:07Good evening.
01:07:08The older tools have so much more melody.
01:07:11This modern stuff seems to be quite discordant.
01:07:13It's all gossip.
01:07:14Nothing but gossip.
01:07:15Fellas only got to talk with a Yankee accent
01:07:17and everyone thinks he's a millionaire.
01:07:20They can get away with anything.
01:07:24If you want my opinion,
01:07:26I don't believe he's got a million-pound note.
01:07:29I tell you, my dear, the man is an adventurer.
01:07:33Don't ask me where I got it from.
01:07:34It was told to me in strictest confidence
01:07:37by someone very close to him.
01:07:39He never even had a million-pound note.
01:07:53If Henry Adams is a millionaire,
01:07:55then I'm the king of Arabia.
01:07:58There's no such thing as a million-pound note.
01:08:00You mean, he's a...
01:08:07Of course, we know it's only a rumor,
01:08:09but my editor wondered whether perhaps you'd cash the note.
01:08:12That's it.
01:08:13Then if you'd be so good as to show it to me,
01:08:15we'll give you a front-page denier.
01:08:16What for?
01:08:17I'm getting tired of showing this note to people.
01:08:19Well, your refusal at this moment would only feed the rumor.
01:08:22Rumor, rumor, rumor.
01:08:23What difference does it make whether I'm a millionaire or not?
01:08:25Or not.
01:08:27Just as you like, Mr. Adams, either way, there's a story.
01:08:30You've got earthquakes, shipwrecks, and Lloyd George,
01:08:33and still you have to pick on me for a story.
01:08:39All right, all right.
01:08:40I'll show it to you.
01:09:02Where did you put the note?
01:09:25Would you like me to fetch the police?
01:09:29No, I would not like you to fetch the police.
01:09:32Perhaps you'd like me to contact the bank.
01:09:34What I would like you to do is to stop poking your nose around here and get out.
01:09:39Out!
01:09:39Hold it quite still, Mr. Adams.
01:09:48Million-pound mystery.
01:09:50Following a rumor that Henry Adams no longer possesses the much-talked-of million-pound note...
01:09:55What?
01:09:56Our reporter sought a special interview with him last night.
01:09:59On being asked to produce the note,
01:10:01Henry Adams was reluctant and, when pressed, unable to do so.
01:10:04When it was suggested that he might call the police or get in touch with the bank,
01:10:08he was adamant in refusing to take either of these most obvious remedies.
01:10:11In the interests of Anglo-American relations,
01:10:13Mr. Adams should lose no opportunity of clearing up the mystery.
01:10:17Particularly as it is well known that London society
01:10:19has freely opened its doors to this notorious American visitor.
01:10:22An imposter? Who'd have thought it?
01:10:24Just shows how simple and trusting we are.
01:10:27I've always said you're far too easily imposed upon.
01:10:29Charles, from now on, our doors are closed to Mr. Henry Adams.
01:10:34Very good, Your Grace.
01:10:35And I should think so, too.
01:10:43What extraordinary creatures women are.
01:10:45She told me she wasn't speaking to Henry Adams.
01:10:47And if we're going to avoid a scandal?
01:10:49She mustn't.
01:10:53I'm going straight to Bumble's.
01:10:54No, my dear, you're going to have a good rest.
01:10:56I'll send you down to the country for a complete change of air.
01:10:59It'll make the whole difference.
01:11:00Whatever you may do, I'm going to Henry.
01:11:02If you were an ordinary girl, it wouldn't matter.
01:11:04But alas, we are not an ordinary family.
01:11:07I'm going on, Grace.
01:11:08And you can't stop me.
01:11:09I'm sorry, Portia.
01:11:10It's the one thing I can do.
01:11:22Let me out!
01:11:23I don't wish to press you, Mr. Adams,
01:11:24but if you can see your way to settling the account,
01:11:26it will enable us to bring our books up to date.
01:11:28I thought you said there was no hurry.
01:11:29Well, it is customary to settle weekly at Bumble's,
01:11:31but naturally, in your case,
01:11:32we were happy to let it run for three weeks.
01:11:34I wouldn't press you either,
01:11:35but the appalling rise in the cost of labor makes it imperative.
01:11:38But are two gentlemen waiting in the city?
01:11:40Well, I can't see them now. I'm busy.
01:11:42If you'll kindly settle, Mr. Adams will detain you no longer.
01:11:44But you said that you'd wait eternally.
01:11:46Oh, a figure of speech.
01:11:47Well, I realize that,
01:11:48but to demand immediate payment
01:11:49just because I can't lay my hands on the note,
01:11:51it's unreasonable.
01:11:52Well, £130 is a big sum.
01:11:54Mine's £150.
01:11:56There are three more gentlemen waiting to see you, sir.
01:11:58No, no, I can't see them.
01:11:59Tell them I'm busy.
01:12:00Yes, sir.
01:12:00I'm not trying to dodge payment,
01:12:02but you put me in this suite unconditionally.
01:12:05Possibly, sir.
01:12:06And you hoisted those suits on me
01:12:07with a definite statement that you'd wait as long as I like.
01:12:09It's beyond my powers to extend further credit.
01:12:11Contrary to our policy...
01:12:12I demand a settlement.
01:12:13I insist on a settlement.
01:12:14Excuse me, sir, but...
01:12:15I told you to tell them I was busy.
01:12:17Very good, sir.
01:12:19Very well, gentlemen.
01:12:20You'll get your money.
01:12:22I'll settle my accounts in full.
01:12:24When?
01:12:24This afternoon.
01:12:25You've made the great error
01:12:26of thinking that I depend on that note.
01:12:28So happens that my real fortune
01:12:29is tied up in mining.
01:12:31Gold mining.
01:12:33Rock, I want you to be sure
01:12:34Miss Lansdowne gets that letter without delay.
01:12:35Well, good morning, gentlemen.
01:12:37You're a fascinating species.
01:12:39Sometime you must take a good look at yourselves.
01:12:41Under a microscope.
01:12:50You'll be paid this afternoon, gentlemen, in full.
01:12:52There's no cost for anxiety.
01:13:16You'll be paid this afternoon, gentlemen, in full.
01:13:23That's right.
01:13:24Good hope's down to five shillings.
01:13:25Good hope's at the quarter.
01:13:27Henry Adams.
01:13:28Henry Adams.
01:13:29Henry Adams.
01:13:34Sell.
01:13:36Sell.
01:13:40Sell.
01:13:41No.
01:13:46That's all right, Captain.
01:13:47I'll find him myself.
01:13:49Oh, there you are.
01:13:50Thank the Lord you've come.
01:13:51Have you found the note?
01:13:52Those shares of mine, Hastings.
01:13:53I want to sell them.
01:13:54I have to pay some bills.
01:13:55Sell?
01:13:56Why, nobody would accept those shares as a gift.
01:13:58You've ruined me, my boy.
01:13:59I'm finished.
01:14:00What are you talking about?
01:14:01You told me yourself they were worth 20,000 pounds.
01:14:03That was yesterday.
01:14:05The note, Henry.
01:14:06Where is it?
01:14:07You did have one, didn't you?
01:14:09Well, of course I had one.
01:14:10Isn't there any sanity left around here?
01:14:13Where does all this up and down business go on?
01:14:16Throgmorton Street.
01:14:16The stock exchange.
01:14:17That's where I'm going.
01:14:18No, Henry, you can't.
01:14:19You can't go in there.
01:14:20Henry, Henry, wait for me.
01:14:22Henry.
01:14:23Henry, Henry, you can't go in there.
01:14:25Strangers aren't allowed.
01:14:27And because of all the trouble, I'm entitled to speak for myself.
01:14:29Henry, they'll throw you out.
01:14:44There's gold in that mine.
01:14:45But you don't give me a chance to explain.
01:14:47I tell you it's a part of me.
01:14:50There's gold.
01:14:51One.
01:14:54There's gold in that mine.
01:15:04They call themselves business.
01:15:06I warned you, Henry.
01:15:07It's tradition.
01:15:08They do it to Rockefeller himself.
01:15:22There's gold.
01:15:24What's going on?
01:15:25What are they all here for?
01:15:26You, sir.
01:15:28Me?
01:15:28It's ridiculous.
01:15:29I don't know that much.
01:15:31What about them?
01:15:33It seems they've all come a cropper on good hope, sir.
01:15:36Playing around up here so them reporters will spot you.
01:15:38And they're here, too.
01:15:39Yes, sir.
01:15:40Drow's on.
01:15:41Not that way, sir.
01:15:43Around the back.
01:15:48Excuse me, sir.
01:15:49Would you mind clearing the porch, please?
01:15:54Mr. Adams.
01:15:55Mr. Adams.
01:15:57Have you the wherewithal to settle this unfortunate business?
01:16:00I'm very sorry, Lloyd, but you'll have to wait after all.
01:16:01Wait?
01:16:02But what are you going to do?
01:16:03The Foyer is teeming with your wretched victims.
01:16:05Victims?
01:16:06I don't even know half of them.
01:16:07Tradesmen.
01:16:08Shareholders in your fake mine.
01:16:09And journalists.
01:16:10Bumbles will never survive.
01:16:12Shareholders.
01:16:13Small shareholders.
01:16:14Shareholders.
01:16:15They could save themselves.
01:16:16You, me, and the mine.
01:16:18All I've got to do is persuade them to hang on to their shares.
01:16:21Don't worry, Lloyd.
01:16:22Things may be all right after all.
01:16:23It won't work, Mr. Adams.
01:16:25Don't go.
01:16:26There'll be a riot.
01:16:27Anything might happen.
01:16:28Anything.
01:16:31There he is.
01:16:32That's him.
01:16:33Ladies and gentlemen.
01:16:41Ladies and gentlemen.
01:16:43Ladies and gentlemen.
01:16:44I understand that you've all come here to see me.
01:16:48And that some of you have invested your money in the Good Hope gold mine.
01:16:54Naturally, you all want to know if your money is safe.
01:16:56I can sympathize with those feelings.
01:16:58What about the note?
01:17:01Are you or are you not a millionaire?
01:17:04Whether I'm a millionaire or not is beside the point.
01:17:07A great many people invested in Good Hope's purely on your recommendation.
01:17:11Please, please.
01:17:12Ladies and gentlemen.
01:17:13If you'll just listen to me for a minute, you'll see that far from there being any need for panic,
01:17:18you've all made what will turn out to be a very sound investment.
01:17:20Does that mean, Mr. Adams, you've found the note?
01:17:23Yes, sir.
01:17:23No, no.
01:17:24Where's the note?
01:17:33What the devil is going on?
01:17:35Oh, fine old Allabaloo, sir.
01:17:36The hunt's up.
01:17:37Mark you, he's given them a run for their money.
01:17:38Don't talk in riddles, man.
01:17:40Make yourself clear.
01:17:41Henry Adams, sir.
01:17:42Haven't you read the papers?
01:17:43They say he never had no banknote.
01:17:45Serve him right.
01:17:46Sir, if he don't find it, they'll lynch him.
01:17:48Ah, they wouldn't do that.
01:17:49Not British.
01:17:50Let me in.
01:17:50Excuse me, sir.
01:17:51If I was you, sir, I'd nip round the bank.
01:17:54I do not nip.
01:17:57I do not nip.
01:17:58Now, please, please, please, ladies and gentlemen.
01:18:01Don't you see?
01:18:02If you'll all use a little common sense and hold on to your shares for another week, there's every chance...
01:18:07Yes, that's all very plausible, Mr. Adams.
01:18:09But we're all still in the dark as to whether you're a man of substance or merely have the gift
01:18:13of the gab.
01:18:15But it just isn't reasonable that you'd rather gamble on my reputation
01:18:18than on a good chance of finding gold.
01:18:20You're the gambler, sir.
01:18:21What difference does it make what I am, providing that there's gold in the mine?
01:18:25No, the fellow's coming us off.
01:18:27Oh, please, please, please, ladies and gentlemen.
01:18:29Ladies and gentlemen, let's all face the facts like sane adult human beings.
01:18:34Let's listen to the man.
01:18:36Thank you, madam.
01:18:38We are willing to listen to anybody.
01:18:41Sir.
01:18:42Sir.
01:18:43It's all right, sir.
01:18:45What's all right?
01:18:46The bridal suite.
01:18:47You're getting it back.
01:18:48Change the sheets, Mr. Lloyd said, and dust the room.
01:18:51Lock, sir.
01:18:52They're taking all these clothes, isn't it, Lark?
01:18:55How dare you, sir?
01:18:57How dare you?
01:18:58Dashed impertinence.
01:19:00Take them back at once.
01:19:01A lot of shopkeepers taking the law into your own hands.
01:19:03Who do you think you are?
01:19:06Rennie?
01:19:07This has gone too far.
01:19:09A lark's one thing, but when a fellow's expected to pay his tailor's bill, it's no joke.
01:19:14Come with me.
01:19:15So it seems to me that there's been a great deal of hysteria over what is, after all, nothing more
01:19:20than a scrap of paper.
01:19:22I'm willing to stake my reputation.
01:19:24In fact, I'll give you my word of honor.
01:19:26That if, in addition, you'll all be amply rewarded.
01:19:29That gold mine is genuine.
01:19:31That's right, my boy.
01:19:32And what's more about it?
01:19:33And here, ladies and gentlemen, is the very man who can clear up any lingering doubts you may have about
01:19:37the Good Hope gold shares.
01:19:38Mr. Larkin.
01:19:51They'll be returned, Mr. Adams, when you've settled the account.
01:19:55Mr. Adams talks of honor, but he can't even honor his tailor's bill.
01:19:59It's a case of conspiracy, actionable in law.
01:20:02You've taken my all.
01:20:04Scandal.
01:20:05Avenge the widows.
01:20:07Avenge the widows.
01:20:09The widows.
01:20:10The widows.
01:20:11Right, right.
01:20:13Widows.
01:20:14Widows.
01:20:15Widows.
01:20:16Widows.
01:20:22No fighting.
01:20:23No fighting.
01:20:25No fighting, Mr. Adams.
01:20:26Eye for visit.
01:20:35God.
01:20:49The note.
01:20:54The note.
01:20:57The note.
01:20:59The blasty note.
01:21:03Where was it?
01:21:05Under your carpet.
01:21:06My instructions.
01:21:08Why on earth would you do a thing like that?
01:21:10I don't like Yankees.
01:21:11I don't like what you do with your money.
01:21:13But the things we do for it are a dash sight worth.
01:21:16You're entitled to throw down the glove.
01:21:19Well, if I haven't got a glove, I'll have to accept your apology.
01:21:22You're a sportsman.
01:21:23I'm beginning to like you.
01:21:24Show it to him, Henry.
01:21:25Show him the note.
01:21:26It is the note.
01:21:29It's the note.
01:21:31No, well done.
01:21:33No, no, no.
01:21:35Good heavens.
01:21:36The man's all right.
01:21:37Bless you, Mr. Adams.
01:21:39Bless you.
01:21:40Amen.
01:21:41You've got a half an hour, ladies and gentlemen, in which to buy, buy, buy.
01:21:55Make way, please.
01:21:56Make way, please.
01:21:58Excuse me, sir.
01:21:59Do you mind, sir?
01:21:59Excuse me, please.
01:22:01Henry!
01:22:14Oh, Henry.
01:22:25The whole thing was a misunderstanding, entirely due to the press.
01:22:28Reeds are eternally at your service.
01:22:30Good.
01:22:31Oh, Mr. Adams, there will be champagne in the bridal suite, with the compliments of Bumpers.
01:22:37Good.
01:22:40Hold it quite still, Mr. Adams.
01:22:44One month to the day.
01:22:46In fact, to the very hour.
01:22:48A little the worse for wear, but still intact.
01:22:51Congratulations, Mr. Adams.
01:22:53Now that I've carried out my side of the bargain to your satisfaction, what was the bet?
01:23:00Well, you see, I maintain that such is people's attitude to the symbol of wealth, that by just
01:23:06having that little scrap of paper in your possession, without ever cashing it, you could have everything
01:23:11you wanted.
01:23:11Whereas I maintain that as you were denied the right to cash it, it would be quite useless
01:23:15to you.
01:23:16But I only have to look at you, Mr. Adams, to realize I was mistaken.
01:23:19Never have I won a bet more conclusively.
01:23:22Well, I tell you, Roderick, that note can do anything.
01:23:24It even made him 20,000 pounds on the stock exchange.
01:23:27May I say something?
01:23:28By all means, my dear.
01:23:30I agree that the note is extremely powerful, but it isn't quite true to say that it can
01:23:34do anything.
01:23:35You see, I love Henry because he's Henry.
01:23:39The fact is that she left me when she thought I was rich and came back to me only when
01:23:43she
01:23:43discovered that I was really poor.
01:23:45If anything, the note came between us.
01:23:47Oh, oh, do you hear that, Oliver?
01:23:49Come, come, Mr. Adams, but for the note you'd never have met.
01:23:52How do you know?
01:23:53They might have been fated to meet.
01:23:54We're not discussing what might have been.
01:23:56We're concerned only with the facts.
01:23:57Precisely, and the note came between them.
01:23:59It isn't all powerful.
01:24:00As a matter of fact, my dear Oliver, I'm not so sure you won the bet.
01:24:03You can't get out of it, Roderick.
01:24:04Mr. Adams returned the note intact and now has everything he wants.
01:24:07Really, I think that it was another's dip.
01:24:09It's nothing to do with it.
01:24:10The note almost wrecked them.
01:24:12He brought them to you.
01:24:24Coachman, on your way.
01:24:39Coachman, on your way.
01:24:41Coachman, on your way.
01:24:42Coachman, on your way.
01:24:42Coachman, on your way.
01:24:43Coachman, on your way.
01:24:43Coachman, on your way.
01:24:43Coachman, on your way.
01:24:43Coachman, on your way.
01:24:43Coachman, on your way.
01:24:43Coachman, on your way.
01:24:44Coachman, on your way.
01:24:44Coachman, on your way.
01:24:44You
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