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First broadcast 3rd May 1985.
Investigating the mysterious death of a man found floating in the river, Pru finds that an official 'block' has been put on the case.
David Garlick - Gonzo
Leslie Ash - Fred Smith
David Baxt - Lyman
Bob Sherman - Vic
Leonard Trolley - Dr. Chalmers
Anthony Milner - Inspector Phelps
Jill Gascoine - Maggie Forbes
James Cosmo - McNeill
Rosalyn Landor - Pru Standfast
Richard Beale - Prinley
Peter Dennis - Desmond Proudfoot
John Arthur - Mike
John Ringham - Sir Patrick Swinnerton
Ed Devereaux - Gerry Sanders
Don Warrington - Nigel Beaumont
Ron Berglas - Gino
Linda Lou Allen - Abby
Jake Anthony - Sam
Terry Duran - Tony
Investigating the mysterious death of a man found floating in the river, Pru finds that an official 'block' has been put on the case.
David Garlick - Gonzo
Leslie Ash - Fred Smith
David Baxt - Lyman
Bob Sherman - Vic
Leonard Trolley - Dr. Chalmers
Anthony Milner - Inspector Phelps
Jill Gascoine - Maggie Forbes
James Cosmo - McNeill
Rosalyn Landor - Pru Standfast
Richard Beale - Prinley
Peter Dennis - Desmond Proudfoot
John Arthur - Mike
John Ringham - Sir Patrick Swinnerton
Ed Devereaux - Gerry Sanders
Don Warrington - Nigel Beaumont
Ron Berglas - Gino
Linda Lou Allen - Abby
Jake Anthony - Sam
Terry Duran - Tony
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01:45Hello?
01:47You a detective?
01:49What can I do for you?
01:50Lost your wife, have you?
01:58You don't look like a detective.
02:00That's because I'm in disguise.
02:02Disguise?
02:03Well, if I looked like a detective, people wouldn't tell me anything, would they? Secrets and that.
02:08Oh.
02:10Here, you want a bit of chocolate?
02:12So.
02:16There's a body in a river.
02:18What?
02:19I thought it was a log at first, but it's not. It's a body.
02:22Hey, what's your name?
02:24Pete, only my mates call me Gonzo on account of my nose.
02:28I think you've been watching that Hill Street Blues, Gonzo.
02:31They have bodies in rivers.
02:34No, honest.
02:35It's a bearded geezer in a mech.
02:39Show me.
02:41You know something, Lyman?
02:42If they'd started Danny White against the Redskins, it would have been a totally different ballgame.
02:47Danny White would have been sacked more times than Huggable.
02:54Hey, what are you doing?
02:55What does it look like I'm doing? I'm opening a window.
02:57Hey, come on, it's British weather out there.
03:00Yeah, well, I can't breathe in here.
03:02Look, if you want to commit suicide, that's terrific, but you're not going to take me with you.
03:06I'm freezing my butt off.
03:07What's up?
03:12Yeah?
03:14Hang on, hang on.
03:16Yeah, go ahead.
03:20Uh-huh.
03:25Yeah.
03:27Right.
03:30Yeah, we've got a problem.
03:34Double or nothing on the next one.
03:44Down on the mask.
03:45Yeah, right down on the mask.
03:46Before I meet you, Dickie, Dickie.
03:49Nice.
03:50Yeah, really.
04:01He was a client, Miss Standfast.
04:03I'd been acting for him in some of his, how shall I put it, fellow unfortunates for over three years.
04:09But if they're investors, their means can't be that limited.
04:11They'd lost their life savings.
04:13I felt so sorry for them.
04:15Why?
04:16A bird had flown back to America, leaving a bankrupt company and a trail of misery behind him.
04:22But that's all academic now.
04:24He's back.
04:25What's his name?
04:26Sanders.
04:27Jerry Sanders.
04:29He's leading a consortium of American businessmen.
04:32They've applied for a government grant to build an office block in the Isle of Dogs.
04:37At least you'll be able to take him to court.
04:39Well, I was about to start the wheels in motion.
04:41But it seems that poor Harry Davenport couldn't wait.
04:44He'd often said that if Saunders ever came back, he'd wring his neck.
04:47I'm very much afraid that two days ago, that's exactly what he tried to do.
04:52Which is how he came to end up in the river.
04:54And Harry Davenport was not a potential suicide, Miss Standfast.
04:58But you only handle society divorces.
05:01Oh, it's a slow week.
05:03They seem to be sleeping in their own beds for a check.
05:05So you're scratching for work?
05:06No, you've got a client.
05:07No use asking who, I suppose.
05:10You suppose right.
05:11Well, there's nothing dodgy about Davenport's death.
05:14It was obviously suicide.
05:15Why obviously?
05:16Because he drowned.
05:17He probably jumped off a bridge somewhere upstream.
05:22Okay, so maybe he didn't jump.
05:24Maybe he swam out there and got cramp or something.
05:27Coffee?
05:29Luck.
05:31Did you know he had a heart condition?
05:33No, but it doesn't change anything.
05:35He didn't die of heart failure.
05:37He had no reason to kill himself.
05:40If you'd talk to his widows, you'd have told you that.
05:42Do I detect a hint of criticism?
05:46Why didn't you talk to her, Jim?
05:49There's no point.
05:50I'm satisfied.
05:51Chalmers is satisfied.
05:52As far as we're concerned, it's a wrap.
05:55I'd like to see the body.
05:57Why?
05:59I'd like our client to be satisfied.
06:02I'm sorry, Maggie.
06:03Can't do it.
06:04You're not a relation and you're not on the strength anymore.
06:08Jim, I don't want to have to get heavy.
06:11We can either do this under the old powers act or else I can go over your head.
06:20Come on, then.
06:21Where'd you find him, Sonny?
06:22About there, wasn't it, Gunsak?
06:24Yeah.
06:26A couple of days ago.
06:27That'll be the 19th.
06:29What time?
06:30About half nine in the morning.
06:32The end of the ebb.
06:33Do you know how long you've been in the water?
06:35Eight hours a proper sip.
06:36Eight hours.
06:37Six hours of ebb.
06:38Average one and a half knots.
06:39One and a half hours flood at one knot.
06:42If the tide sets in around that point, that could put him straight on those flats where
06:46you found him.
06:47He could slosh around there for days.
06:49Right, work him backwards.
06:54That would make his point of entry.
06:57Round about there.
06:59How do you know this, Phil, Gonzo?
07:00Why?
07:01Should be twitching.
07:07What's that?
07:09What?
07:10The abrasion on the back of his head.
07:11Flotsam, according to Chalmers.
07:14Flotsam?
07:15Must have been travelling a hundred miles an hour.
07:18Listen, Maggie, if it's an insurance claim, you can stop worrying.
07:21It'll go down on the report as accidental death, although I still think he OD'd.
07:26No, you don't.
07:27What?
07:28You're too good a copper to think that.
07:30How could you assume he'd OD'd with a bloody great hate woman staring you in the face?
07:34What the hell is going on?
07:36Stay out of it, Maggie.
07:37Stick to your society divorces.
07:39Save yourself a lot of grief.
07:40No.
07:44So, we went down the marina, chatted up the boss man bloke, and guess what happened?
07:54There's a yacht moored there, chartered by Jerry Sanders.
07:58My God, Gonzo, she's psychic.
08:01What's that?
08:01It's like a witch.
08:03She knows what she couldn't possibly know.
08:06Are you really a witch?
08:07No, Gonzo.
08:08Come sailing in here like a couple of cats who swallowed a bucket full of cream.
08:12When you told me you'd been to a marina, I put two and two together.
08:15So, where do we go from here?
08:17You stay in mind the shop.
08:18Gonzo goes home to his mother.
08:19I get myself invited out to dinner.
08:21Goodbye.
08:22Desmond Proudfoot.
08:23Oh, not that puns.
08:25What do you want to go to dinner with him for?
08:28Because he's a mine of information.
08:29Because I'm hungry.
08:51You stay in mind.
09:02Sorry.
09:03Yes?
09:04Dr. Chalmers.
09:05Oh, yes.
09:07Is that you, doctor?
09:08Well, of course it's me.
09:09What do you want?
09:11Maggie.
09:11Maggie Forbes.
09:12The Creswell case.
09:13Do you remember?
09:14Maggie.
09:15Ah, yes.
09:17Inspector Forbes.
09:18Well, it's just plain Maggie these days.
09:20Can I come in?
09:21Well, I wouldn't advise it.
09:22My grandson's having a birthday party.
09:25It's absolutely hell.
09:26I won't give you very long.
09:27It's just a couple of questions.
09:28Well, if it really is just a couple of questions, come on.
09:53Harry Davenport.
09:55The old man they pulled out of the river.
09:57You did the PM on him yesterday.
09:59Yes.
09:59What about it?
10:00What was the cause of death?
10:01Well, as you might expect, drowning.
10:03So it was either accident or suicide?
10:06No, most certainly not.
10:07Don't you read my report?
10:09Oh, Jim Phelps wouldn't show it to me.
10:12Why not?
10:13I'm no longer on the force.
10:15Then why the interest?
10:16I'm a private investigator now.
10:19I've got a client who's interested.
10:20But you should know.
10:21I can't review my findings to anybody but the investigating officer.
10:25If your client wants a special report, well, you'll have to find another pathologist.
10:33Doctor, was the abrasion on the back of his head really caused by Flotsam?
10:39Oh, and I've told you that.
10:40Jim Phelps.
10:42Oh, very odd.
10:44Why would he mean something so ludicrous?
10:46So it's not true?
10:47Well, of course not.
10:48Flotsam, indeed.
10:50If that's the tale he's telling, he'll make me look an incompetent fool.
10:55Do you want to put the record straight?
10:58Yes, perhaps I'd better.
11:00The abrasion was caused by a blow on the head before the deceased entered the water.
11:06A blow?
11:08From what, do you know?
11:09A weapon.
11:09A weapon in a rather distinctive shape.
11:13I'll stop the guys with a son.
11:17Jerry Sanders is just your type, Prudy Arling.
11:20Like fast cars, fast horses, and fast women.
11:23I don't like fast women.
11:25Neither do I.
11:26Slow women are better.
11:28Let's face it, Desmond.
11:29The only women you're interested in are the ones caught implacantly with cabinet ministers.
11:33Preferably with big boobs.
11:34Don't be coarse prudence.
11:36The size of her boobs is immaterial.
11:38What my readers want to know is how many hyphens she has, and how many racing drives she's brought champagne
11:44over.
11:44You realize you've finished that sentence with a preposition?
11:47Yeah, it's dreadful, isn't it?
11:49Fleet Street's gradually dragging me down.
11:51Next thing you know, I'll be typing impute.
11:54When I mean impugn.
11:56Isn't it time you resigned and wrote the great novel?
11:58Mm.
11:59Definitely not.
12:00I've grown too fond of La Dolce Vita to give it all up now.
12:04Tell you what.
12:07You write it.
12:08I'll put my name to it.
12:09And we'll go 50-50.
12:11How's that?
12:12Too generous.
12:14I really would like to hear more about Sanders.
12:18Tell me, Prudy.
12:19Why is a nice girl like you interested in a chap like Sanders?
12:24Because he's an embezzler.
12:27Because he may also be a murderer.
12:30Agreed.
12:31Sounds like what they call a scoop.
12:34I'll give you a pass.
13:05I'll give you a pass.
13:05Hi, there.
13:09Hello.
13:11Who's the lucky fella?
13:12Lucky fella?
13:13The guy you're waiting for.
13:16I'm not waiting for anyone.
13:19I didn't think ladies did that over here.
13:22Did what?
13:23Drink on the roll.
13:25Maybe I'm not a lady.
13:27You sure are.
13:29I know class when I see it.
13:32Are you trying to pick me up?
13:35Any objection?
13:39Just don't push too hard, okay?
13:54It was the old classic, Maggie.
13:56You offer fantastically high rates of interest.
13:58Pay off the original investors with money from the new ones.
14:01Sooner or later you're about to collapse.
14:03But by then you've made a killing and you get the hell out.
14:05So what are you going to do about it?
14:07Nothing.
14:08Nothing?
14:10When we heard Sanders was coming back, we sent the papers to the DPP.
14:14He told us to drop it.
14:16What, insufficient evidence?
14:17Do me a favor.
14:18We had him by the Short and Curleys.
14:20Why?
14:21Political decision, if you ask me.
14:24The almighty dollar rules.
14:26So, three years of investigation goes down the tube.
14:30Let me get this straight, Mike.
14:32You reckon that pressure was put on the DPP because Sanders was bringing in a lot of hard currency.
14:39Makes sense, doesn't it?
14:40From the government's point of view.
14:42So they're just going to be swept under the car?
14:45They stand about as much chance of getting the result as Tranmere Rovers at Anfield.
14:51Makes you sick, doesn't it?
14:52Makes me bloody angry.
14:55What happened to Sanders' fire?
14:57We'd play noughts and crosses on you.
14:59Can you get me a copy?
15:01I don't know about that.
15:03I'm only five years from a pension.
15:05Is there any way all your hard work is going to pay off?
15:09Okay, so long as you keep me out of it.
15:12Eat your sausage.
15:18Just one question, Jerry.
15:20I think we'd better get this out of the way, up front as you colonists have it.
15:24Are you married?
15:26No.
15:27Ever been?
15:28Sure, three times.
15:30Sometimes it feels like I'm supporting half the population of Connecticut.
15:34Is that where you're from, Connecticut?
15:35Are you kidding?
15:37I come from a cold-water tenement in the Bronx.
15:40But I had one thing going for me.
15:42Brains.
15:44It shows, huh?
15:45Why did you think I allowed you to pick me up?
15:48I wondered.
15:50I mean, it's not as if I'm God's gift to women, right?
15:54Especially a classy dame like you.
15:56Man's looks aren't important.
15:58It's what's upstairs that interests me.
16:00Do you mean that if he's got it upstairs, he's got it downstairs?
16:08I wouldn't have put it quite as crudely, but, um...
16:11Sorry, I, um...
16:13I was never too hot in the good-taste department.
16:15That is one thing that you do not learn in the Bronx.
16:18I think you've got extremely good taste.
16:21You do?
16:22You pick me up, didn't you?
16:27Take a pill, Nigel.
16:29Thank you, sir.
16:33Now, what was it I wanted to talk to you about?
16:37Oh, yes.
16:38Those three varietals of yours.
16:40The eyes, people.
16:42They're not mine, sir.
16:43All I do is process their expenses.
16:46Which, incidentally, are far too high.
16:48I mean, is it really necessary for them to order those reams of embossed notepaper?
16:52Writing paper.
16:54Sorry?
16:55Nothing.
16:56You were saying.
16:58I was saying that no woman is an island, Nigel.
17:02That poet chap was absolutely right.
17:04What they need is a firm hand on their tillers.
17:08My brief's liaison, sir.
17:10I wasn't told anything about, um, strong hands on tillers.
17:14Well, I suggest the time has come when you should take a more active role.
17:18Can't always let the eyes have it, eh?
17:25Joke, Nigel.
17:27The double meaning hadn't escaped me, sir.
17:31Thing is, one of them has started fishing in a no-go area.
17:35So just gently push her back to where she belongs, would you?
17:40Which one?
17:41Forbes.
17:43That woman can't seem to stop making a damn nuisance of herself.
17:46I'm sure she didn't realize.
17:48Well, she must be made to realize.
17:49Do I make myself clear?
17:54Perfectly.
18:18Good God, Jerry.
18:19You said a yacht, not an ocean-goer liner.
18:22Not bad, eh?
18:22For a kid from the Bronx.
18:24The state is simple.
18:25Yeah, well, got a wine and dine a lot of break sacks, so we thought we'd do it in style.
18:31Come over with my partners.
18:33Okay, Skipper.
18:34Cut the string or whatever the hell you gotta do.
18:36Very good, sir.
18:37Call us off for it.
18:40Hey, everybody.
18:42This is Georgie.
18:44Tony, Sam, and Gina.
18:54Glad to know you, Georgie.
18:56Welcome aboard.
19:01And this is Abby, my secretary.
19:05Hi.
19:06Let me get you a drink.
19:08Gin?
19:08Scotch?
19:10I think I'd better go easy on the hard stuff.
19:12I only have to look at the sea and I throw up.
19:14We're not going as far as the sea.
19:16Just a gentle trip downriver.
19:18There is no such thing as a gentle trip on water.
19:20Not for me.
19:21So why'd you come?
19:22Because Jerry asked me.
19:24Yeah, he's a great guy, isn't he?
19:26Well, how y'all doing?
19:29Right on, big boy.
19:38Yes, Nigel.
19:41No, Nigel.
19:44What do you mean, certain parties?
19:47Oh, stop being so white-haulish, for God's sake.
19:51All right, all right.
19:53Message received and understood.
19:55I'm probably ignored.
19:57This is bigger than we thought.
19:59Why?
20:00Nigel.
20:01Warning us off.
20:02What's it got to do with him?
20:04Good question.
20:05Who's Nigel?
20:07Backstabber.
20:09Gin?
20:24Having a good time, Georgie?
20:26Yes.
20:28It looks good kill.
20:30I'd have been dead as soon as I came aboard.
20:32How come?
20:33Abby, she seems to think she has a prior claim.
20:36Don't worry about her.
20:38She's yesterday's name.
20:39Does she know that?
20:40She knows it was no big deal.
20:41No strings, no guarantees.
20:46I have to get some air.
20:47Would you excuse me, please?
20:48You want me to come?
20:49No, no, you stay and finish with me.
20:51Can I...?
20:55I'll come back.
20:59Can I get some air?
21:09Can I introduce?
21:11Can I make some air?
21:14I'll be inokay.
21:15Come on, maybe.
21:44Got your sea legs yet?
21:49Me, I'm lucky. I've never had that kind of trouble.
21:52Every one of my ancestors was a fish.
21:55I'm afraid I come from a long line of land lovers.
21:58Not to be ashamed of. To each his own, right?
22:02Bet you're a wizard hunting and shooting.
22:05My father is. Personally, I find the persecution of our fellow creatures somewhat degrading.
22:10You do? It just shows how wrong you can be.
22:14I thought all you British upper crust types spend all your time chasing after foxes and birds.
22:19Nowadays, we spend all our time saving our stately homes from the tax man.
22:23What England are you from?
22:26Actually, I was born in India, but my parents live in Hampshire now.
22:30Do you commute?
22:34No. I have a flat in town.
22:38Where?
22:40What is this, the Inquisition?
22:42Sorry, no offence.
22:44It's just that back home we're more curious about strangers than you are.
22:47That's why we ask all these damn food questions.
23:16What is this love affair you got with windows?
23:18Yeah, what love affair is that?
23:20Every time you see one, you gotta open it.
23:22What are you trying to do, give me pneumonia?
23:23Look, I'll stop opening windows when you stop trying to give me lung cancer.
23:27You know that's the second pack you've been through already today?
23:29A pack and a half maximum.
23:30No, no, no. Come on, you had ten before we even left this morning.
23:32You just sound like my old lady.
23:33Look, will you read that? Huh? Look at it.
23:36What?
23:36There, there. What's it say?
23:38Richly rewarding, uncommonly smooth.
23:40Will you skip the commercial? There, there, there. Low tar. Right? Low tar.
23:44It's not the tar that bothers me. It's the smoke. I can't stand smoke.
23:49Save you.
23:50Sorry, I went a bit queasy on you, Jared.
23:52Okay, now?
23:54So when are we gonna see you again?
23:56I don't know. I'll call you.
23:59Well, can I call you?
24:00Not yet. I don't like to be crowded.
24:03Crowded? Come on.
24:04I really did enjoy myself.
24:07Oh, may I have some of those to take home?
24:09Sure.
24:10Be my guest.
24:17Dad!
24:18No problem.
24:21Waste not, want not, as my father used to say.
24:32Lovely.
24:34Boy.
24:36Sanders can really pick them.
24:38Yeah, she's a looker all right.
24:41But what else is she?
24:50Well, there you go.
24:52Whoops.
24:58Here.
25:03Chocolates.
25:05Bye, Georgie.
25:07Bye, Jerry.
25:09Bye, Jerry.
25:12Bye, Jerry.
25:21Bye.
25:23Bye, Jerry.
25:24Bye.
25:24Bye.
25:24Bye.
25:25Bye.
25:58Hey, man, she's a private investigator.
26:01So what do we got here, Philip and Marlon?
26:04That's all we need.
26:07Listen, if she's a Seamus, we're going to have to lose her.
26:19Now this is a real detective, Gonzo.
26:22She doesn't go around asking questions in the rain.
26:25Oh, no, that's for us minions.
26:27She gets to lay on yachts, being offered dry martinis by nice-looking blokes.
26:32Then she gets them all in the cabin and says,
26:35someone on this boat is a murderer.
26:38You're right.
26:40Someone on that boat is a murderer.
26:43Blimey.
26:45What is it?
26:46Murder weapon.
26:49I'll take it a chance.
26:51Oh, three things, Brooke.
26:54Message on the machine.
26:56Your friend, Desmond.
26:59Copy of Sanders' Fraud Squad file on your desk.
27:02My friend, Mike.
27:04Oh, I got a call telling us to lay off the case.
27:07Fred's friend, Nigel.
27:10Nigel, don't look at us, miss.
27:13We don't know anyone called Nigel, do we?
27:16Nah.
27:24Hello, Brooke, darling.
27:26Desmond here.
27:26Your ever-loving swain.
27:28Our city editor's been making some inquiries about your friend's friends.
27:33He confirms they're definitely persona non grata in American legal circles.
27:37One little exception.
27:39Sanders' secretary, Miss Abigail Walker,
27:42used to have a highly classified job in the Puzzle Palace.
27:46Yes.
27:47The National Security Agency.
27:50Take the bones out of that one, Brooke, darling.
27:52Bye for now.
27:56Well.
27:58It's been a long day.
28:00Gonzo and me, we're clocking off for the night.
28:02Okay?
28:03Okay.
28:04Goodbye, Gonzo.
28:05Thanks for your help.
28:06Did you really find a murderer?
28:08No.
28:09She didn't.
28:10We did.
28:10We found the yacht, didn't we?
28:13Yeah.
28:14We're a pretty good scene, right?
28:17Right.
28:30I have to talk to you.
28:32I'm pushed, Abby.
28:34Can't wait till morning.
28:35No.
28:37Your friend with the cut glass accent?
28:41She's a detective.
28:42You are kidding.
28:44Her name's Stan Fast.
28:46She runs an agency near where they found Davenport.
28:49And she's traced him to the boat.
28:53How?
28:54God knows.
28:55But she's obviously pretty smart.
28:57Because the boat hook's missing.
29:00Jesus.
29:04You're a liability, Jerry.
29:07You've been a walking disaster area since day one.
29:11God knows why we didn't run a check on you.
29:14What do you want me to do?
29:16Nothing.
29:17Luckily, she has government connections, so we can use a bit of leverage.
29:23Suppose it doesn't work.
29:29You better pray it does.
29:39It is the murder, weapon prove.
29:41No questions.
29:42Traces of blood and a couple of good prints.
29:44Okay, Maggie.
29:45Look, ask him to keep it under wraps for 24 hours, will you?
29:47Right.
29:48That's all right.
29:48I have to go.
29:48Bye.
30:04Nigel.
30:05Evening, Prudence.
30:07Spare a G&T, can you?
30:19I take it this is an official visit.
30:21Yes.
30:22What makes you think that?
30:25I'm getting bad vibes.
30:27I can't imagine why.
30:30It's just that you've inadvertently strayed into another department's territory,
30:35and there's a conflict of interests.
30:38I see.
30:39So, if you'd be good enough to give them a clear field from now on.
30:42Lay off, you mean?
30:45Well, yes.
30:49You know what a bore interdepartmental rivalry can be.
30:54I also know what happens when one leaves things to Whitehall.
30:58Frantic inactivity followed by a deafening silence.
31:02Sorry, Prudence.
31:03It's an order.
31:06I suppose you realize we have evidence.
31:08Irrefutable evidence that Sanders is an embezzler,
31:10and the circumstantial evidence that he's also a murderer.
31:13It doesn't matter what he is.
31:15He's out of bounds.
31:17Why?
31:18I can't answer that.
31:20Then I can't drop the investigation.
31:22Oh, dear.
31:24I was afraid you'd be difficult.
31:28Difficult?
31:29You really expect me to let a man like Sanders off the hook
31:32just because some faceless pinstripe in the corridors of power
31:35puts a block on the case?
31:36No, Nigel, you will have to do better than that.
31:38I will see you next time.
31:41Have a great day.
31:41Welcome to three minutes.
31:49Woo- עם!
31:50...
31:50...
32:04...
32:07...
32:08...
32:18What sort of milking is that, Jerry?
32:21I thought we'd established a meaningful relationship.
32:23I know who you are.
32:25You're a goddamn snooper.
32:36You should have kept out of it.
32:38You don't know what you're into.
32:39Well, I know what I'm into, all right.
32:42Embezzlement.
32:44A murder.
33:00You think you're so goddamn smart, don't you?
33:03You think you've got it all figured out?
33:05Not all.
33:06But enough to have you put away for the rest of this century.
33:09No, you haven't.
33:11I got protection.
33:13Protection?
33:14From the top.
33:15You must know that or you wouldn't be here.
33:17The cops don't want to know, right?
33:19They will, after I give the story to the press.
33:22You're bluffing.
33:23No, Jerry.
33:25I have a copy of the Fraud Squad's file on you.
33:28And the pathologist's report, which confirms Davenport was killed on your boat.
33:34Wasn't me.
33:35Who, then?
33:43Gino.
33:46Gino.
33:49I invited Davenport for dinner on the yacht because I thought I could buy him off.
33:54But I was wrong.
33:56He'd lost his temper and started shouting and swearing.
33:59Gino told him to shut up, but he just went on and on, threatening to tell the world what a
34:03son of a bitch I was.
34:05So Gino hit him on the head with a boat hook?
34:08I may be a no-good son of a bitch, Miss, whatever your name is, but I'm no killer.
34:18There may be a way you can get out from under.
34:22What's that?
34:24By turning Queen's evidence.
34:26If you give me a signed statement implicating Gino, and if you agree to reimburse my clients in full, maybe
34:32we can make a deal.
34:34I already got a deal.
34:36Not with me.
34:37And I'm the one with the proof.
34:40Suppose I tell you what you can do with it.
34:43I'll blow you right out of the water.
34:49Okay.
34:51Give me 24 hours to find the money, and you can have your statement.
34:57Well, that's it.
34:59We've got to take out Sanders.
35:00Mm-hmm.
35:03So, what about Goldilocks?
35:06Well, when we take care of Sanders, that'll take care of her.
35:08Hey, they said low profile.
35:16Do you mean the D-notice covers the entire consortium?
35:21Yes.
35:25I don't believe this.
35:28Whose side are you on, for God's sake?
35:31The countries.
35:33And the countries quite prepared to let a murderer get away scot-free?
35:36I don't like it any more than you do.
35:39But I have to obey orders.
35:41Well, I don't.
35:43Stop the car.
35:45But we're miles away from anywhere.
35:47Let me out.
35:49Pull in, Horace.
35:52Bury it, Prudence.
35:54Please.
35:56As a favour to me.
35:59I only do favours for friends, Nigel.
36:11Keep the change.
36:18Quick, shut the door.
36:19What the hell's going on?
36:20I'm in trouble, Abby.
36:22Big trouble.
36:23You've got to get me out of here.
36:25Out of where?
36:26Out of this goddamn country.
36:28I've got to lie low until you can get me on a plane.
36:30But you can't leave now.
36:31If I stick around, my life won't be worth a plugged nickel.
36:34Why?
36:36Well, that detective came to see me.
36:37She wants a sworn statement it was Gino knocked off that Davenport guy.
36:41And she's got some kind of a file on me.
36:44If I don't do what she wants, she'll give it to the papers.
36:47A lot of people aren't going to be too happy about that.
36:49I know.
36:51But for old times' sake, you've got to help me.
36:56Not for old times' sake, Jerry.
37:00Because we need to get you out of our hair.
37:16I'd like to make a reservation for Mr. Sanders
37:20on the next available flight to New York.
38:59We'll be right back together.
39:00Relax, Jerry.
39:02Fix yourself another drink.
39:04Maybe I should take a cab.
39:07They said they'd send for a car.
39:10You better wait for it.
39:16That's got to be it.
39:39That's got to be it.
39:41No, they called Gino.
39:42Double-crossing bitch!
39:52Come inside!
41:30Who is it?
41:31It's Jerry Sanders.
41:32I've got to see you.
41:50Come in.
41:52Just don't make any sudden movements.
41:54I haven't had much sleep and I'm feeling distinctly edgy.
41:57You won't need that.
42:02It looks like you had quite a night.
42:04It was just a short visit.
42:05I couldn't persuade them to stay.
42:07Who were they?
42:08They didn't leave their names, but as they took your file, I imagine they were your friends
42:12from the CIA.
42:14You worked it out then?
42:16Some of it.
42:18Why would you choose a secretary who used to work for the National Security Agency?
42:21I didn't choose her.
42:22She was assigned to me.
42:25I gather she was more than a secretary.
42:29I thought that she cared for me.
42:31She turned out to be nothing but a spy.
42:34Hell hath no fury like a con man conned.
42:38She called Gina.
42:39Can you believe that?
42:41The dirtiest trick of all.
42:43They all want me at the bottom of the river.
42:47Why wouldn't I want you at the bottom of a river?
42:49Because with me dead, your clients would never get their money.
42:53And you'd never be able to pin Davenport's murder on Gina.
42:59They've tracked you down, Jerry.
43:02Well, just call the police.
43:05No, they might hand you over to those sharks out there.
43:11I do hope you're enjoying yourself, Nigel.
43:14What?
43:14It's tapped.
43:17Fire service, please.
43:20Fire service, please.
43:45Fire service, please.
43:47Fire service, please.
43:59Fire service, please.
43:59Gonzo, come here.
44:05What?
44:06Gonzo, there's something very important I want you to do for me.
44:09Call a man called Desmond Proudfoot.
44:10His numbers 0190.
44:13What?
44:16I'm on my way to Fleet Street.
44:17I've got a great story for him.
44:27It's them.
44:32I've got to be the only one.
44:33Oh, my God.
44:37Oh, my God.
44:52Oh, my God.
44:55Oh, my God.
44:57I don't know.
45:36Let's get out of here.
46:12Let's get out of here.
46:28Certain parties can take a running jump.
46:30I warned you.
46:31You were trespassing.
46:33You won't get away with this.
46:35I'll give the whole thing to the press.
46:37No, you won't.
46:39Why not?
46:40Because you signed the official secret, sir.
46:46God, you are a bastard.
46:49You've made your view of my parentage perfectly clear.
46:52But you realize you've set back Anglo-American relations at least ten years.
46:57You've even put my job in jeopardy.
46:58Good.
46:59I hope you spend the rest of your life on the dole.
47:02However, despite all the trouble you've caused, I think I can use my influence on your behalf.
47:07To do what?
47:09Buy us an extra box of paperclips.
47:10I believe I can persuade the British and American governments to reimburse all Sanders investors in full.
47:17Oh, I see.
47:21Thirty pieces of silver.
47:23I'd have thought you'd be pleased.
47:27What happens to Sanders?
47:28Hand him over to our transatlantic cousins.
47:31Do you care what happens to him?
47:33Do you?
47:41Thank you, Mr. McNeil.
47:43Yes, I'll certainly convey your congratulations to Miss Standfast.
47:49Goodbye.
47:50That's a very satisfied client.
47:52Makes a change.
47:53He says he's sure he'll be calling on our services again before long.
47:58Makes me feel like a high-class tart.
48:02Why high-class?
48:04Watch it, PC plod.
48:06Well, you'll be the next thing that falls off of the back of my brother's lorry.
48:15Hello, Gonzo.
48:16What are you up to?
48:17I've just seen another body.
48:19Where?
48:20In the river.
48:21Are you sure?
48:22Well, could be a log, I suppose.
48:25For heaven's sake, Gonzo, leave us alone.
48:26Go and fish the other bank.
48:33All right.
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