- 18 minutes ago
First broadcast 4th November 1986.
Ray Brooks - Robby Box
Sharon Duce - Jan Oliver
Pamela Cundell - Vi Box
James Ottaway - Tommy
Lisa Geoghan - Debby Oliver
Stephen Tate - Dick Mayer
Frank Mills - Gil Roach
Deirdre Costello - Joan
Kenneth Waller - Ferret
Roger Walker - Kipper
Andy Mulligan - Geordie
Alex Tetteh-Lartey - Black George
Mike Reid - Peter Davis
Bob Sherman - Hal Brookman
Geoffrey Bateman - Robby's Solicitor
Janet Key - Defence Counsel
Shaughan Seymour - Prosecution Counsel
Terry Taplin - Detective Inspector
Peter Pacey - Charlie Mayer
Paulina Dare - Christine
Alan Brown - Magistrate
Brian Hawksley - Judge
John Flint - Clerk of Court
David Gregory - Jury Foreman
Christopher Bowen - Remand Prisoner
Richard Earthy - Remand Prisoner
Harry Jones - Danes
Andrew Cuthbert - Prison Officer
Stanley McGeagh - Court PC
David Whitworth - Market PC
Katherine Barry - Garage Attendant
Steve Hudson - Tannoy Voice
Ray Brooks - Robby Box
Sharon Duce - Jan Oliver
Pamela Cundell - Vi Box
James Ottaway - Tommy
Lisa Geoghan - Debby Oliver
Stephen Tate - Dick Mayer
Frank Mills - Gil Roach
Deirdre Costello - Joan
Kenneth Waller - Ferret
Roger Walker - Kipper
Andy Mulligan - Geordie
Alex Tetteh-Lartey - Black George
Mike Reid - Peter Davis
Bob Sherman - Hal Brookman
Geoffrey Bateman - Robby's Solicitor
Janet Key - Defence Counsel
Shaughan Seymour - Prosecution Counsel
Terry Taplin - Detective Inspector
Peter Pacey - Charlie Mayer
Paulina Dare - Christine
Alan Brown - Magistrate
Brian Hawksley - Judge
John Flint - Clerk of Court
David Gregory - Jury Foreman
Christopher Bowen - Remand Prisoner
Richard Earthy - Remand Prisoner
Harry Jones - Danes
Andrew Cuthbert - Prison Officer
Stanley McGeagh - Court PC
David Whitworth - Market PC
Katherine Barry - Garage Attendant
Steve Hudson - Tannoy Voice
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00:10Automatic hold-up alarm operating. Serial cab 1682.
00:17MP over.
00:19MP for Romeo 3. Repetition of the address.
00:23Yeah, thank you Romeo 3. That's 139139 Bourne Vale.
00:28No.
00:47What's it?
01:02I've gone through all my life without going up the depths like these. Oh Tommy, I'm so ashamed.
01:10I don't believe we're doing this.
01:14I don't like these places.
01:16I see one, you've seen them all, ain't ya?
01:17I'd rather go to the dentists.
01:19Yeah, me too.
01:20Oi!
01:20What?
01:22What?
01:23I'm a taxpayer.
01:24Yeah?
01:25What about him?
01:27Look after him for me, will you, and you?
01:29Yeah, okay.
01:29I've got to go inside.
01:31Come on.
01:32Here, here.
01:36Hello!
01:37What?
01:38Are you trying to kill me?
01:39Robbie.
01:40I wonder how he's getting on.
01:42Just look at this milk.
01:44Solid.
01:45He wouldn't harm anyone, that man.
01:48Who?
01:49Robbie?
01:50A gentleman.
01:52He told me he was a painter just looking to stay at that bloody wall.
01:56They won't keep him, will they?
01:58They can do what they like with him, as far as I am concerned.
02:01And what about this milk?
02:02It's bloody solid.
02:04Look!
02:05Concrete!
02:13Well, don't you stand here, get a cloth.
02:16And in view of what the Crown Prosecution Solicitor has said,
02:20I shall remand you in custody for seven days.
02:24For the following reasons.
02:27I believe you will fail to surrender to the court.
02:29The mysterious nature of the offence,
02:32the probable method of disposal,
02:34and that you have no fixed address.
02:40Then I must warn you that you are entitled to apply to a judge in Chambers for bail.
02:54Look at it.
02:55Ruined.
02:56Ruined.
02:56Bloody ruined.
02:58Hey, you don't suppose he's done this thing he's up for, do you?
03:01They've nicked him, didn't they?
03:03Oh, come off it, Gil.
03:05Well, he'd do anything to get out of painting that wall.
03:08Gil?
03:09Gilt...
03:10Is that one?
03:11I'm...
03:12You might not.
03:14You're a small girl?
03:15I'm a little...
03:15I'm running, isn't she?
03:15A car.
03:43He's banged up, poor sod.
03:45Handless dick.
03:46It's alibi.
03:47Living it up all over that continent.
04:00Somebody's got to do something.
04:07Nice here, innit?
04:13What I like about remand is you're doing time in your own place.
04:18The three of us are still not guilty.
04:20Until the jury go one way or the other, you can sit in and you're always in with the charts.
04:25I am guilty.
04:27Shut up, dear.
04:31Just stating a fact?
04:33You'll be the one who gets off most probably.
04:39You're the gambling man.
04:41I'm runnable.
04:44First offence, is it?
04:47Yeah.
04:48You don't bat for the other side, eh?
04:53Leave off, will you?
04:55That's just if you did, you might do all right.
04:59Don't worry.
05:04What makes you so sure he didn't do it?
05:06Because if he'd wanted to get involved in that sort of thing, he would have done it years ago.
05:11He's had plenty of opportunity, believe you me.
05:14He is 44, you know.
05:16That's just when some people begin, Mrs. Oliver.
05:19Begin?
05:20Middle age, in fear of the pensionless sixties.
05:22He's not like that!
05:24Sorry.
05:26As your solicitor, I'm trying to find out how strong your case is.
05:31Yes, I see you, Joyce.
05:34Now, it's my job to brief counsel on Mr. Box's behalf.
05:38Yes, of course he must have a brief, yes, Lassie.
05:41Just you make sure he's a good one.
05:45Keep in line, now.
05:46Keep in line.
05:48Why didn't you use the duty, Solicitor?
05:51I didn't know.
05:52I've been up all night, questions coming from everywhere.
05:54Should have been a brief.
05:55You know, it's like you think you'll phone your solicitor, then you realise you haven't got one.
05:58It's not the same as the pictures, is it?
06:00Well, they've got to get you one.
06:01Well, you try telling them, then.
06:02Right, keep it down, keep it down.
06:09You both.
06:11I hear you're a gambling man.
06:13Yeah.
06:14You don't know me, do you?
06:15I'm the body and the boot merchant, Danes.
06:19Oh, lovely.
06:20There might be a game.
06:22Why not?
06:22Well, I'm not going to let us go out to the pub, are they?
06:25Are you on?
06:28Don't I?
06:31Well, think about it, eh?
06:39Could I see the menu, please?
07:03No, no, no.
07:04But you want this?
07:05No, no, no.
07:07No, no.
07:07You don't need to punch.
07:15You're going to go out of here for that.
07:22Dick!
07:23I shouldn't bother with none of that.
07:25Dick!
07:26He could have come back last night.
07:27Late.
07:28You never know.
07:29No chance.
07:30He's only gone over for a motor.
07:32Look!
07:34Pratt?
07:34Me?
07:35Nah, the Pratt left him there.
07:53Well, it's not looking too good, is it?
07:59Look, mate.
08:01I've just about had it up to here.
08:03Everyone assumes I'm guilty.
08:05You're going to go down.
08:06You're going to get this.
08:07Nothing like a long rest.
08:09I am not guilty.
08:11I'm innocent.
08:12And I'll tell you something.
08:14If what's happening to me is the law, then you can stuff the law.
08:21All right?
08:22I've ducked and dived.
08:23I've wheeled and dilled and all that.
08:24But not this.
08:25This is normal again.
08:27Anyway, I thought you were supposed to be helping me.
08:29Look.
08:30I've got to convince myself, and then a barrister, that your account is a true one.
08:36I always understood.
08:37Briefs or barristers took on cases regardless.
08:40I need a learner.
08:41Well, you thought wrong, Mr. Box.
08:45Now then.
08:48The facts, please.
08:51The facts?
08:52I don't know any facts.
08:54I wasn't there.
08:55I was looking for a game.
08:56The old Bill was looking for something bigger.
08:58They showed me these pictures.
08:59I mean, it's ridiculous.
09:01Fifty thousand pounds is a lot of money.
09:03Do you usually play for those sort of things?
09:07No.
09:07Then why this time?
09:12It's a long story.
09:19Here he wants another tip.
09:20Come on.
09:21Come on.
09:22Come on.
09:22Come on.
09:22Kipper.
09:23Mary, come on.
09:24Let's be having you.
09:25Quick.
09:25What's up?
09:26Everything's up.
09:27And I'm going to talk to you all out.
09:28Go on.
09:28Get out.
09:29Call of you.
09:29Hey.
09:30Hey.
09:32Where are you lot going?
09:34There with me.
09:35There with me.
09:36Oh, come on.
09:37Oi.
09:38What?
09:38What?
09:38That's my dinner you're taking out there.
09:40Why don't you go on a diet then?
09:42Do your house for a power of good.
09:44Come on.
09:45Let's go.
09:46Let me put it out.
09:46Pay that dog.
09:51The stock exchange.
09:55That's where it is.
09:57Buy it a good time.
09:59Sell it a better.
10:01It is a gamble, but the odds are better than the horses.
10:04Is that right?
10:05Absolutely.
10:09You'll move.
10:12Well, if you're so easy, what are you doing here?
10:17Oh.
10:19A slip of the computer.
10:24Hi.
10:27Well, I was playing with someone else's money, and the computer fed out the wrong information.
10:33But to the right people.
10:38Never trust a machine.
10:40Stick to the scratching pen nib and the piece of parchment.
10:51Check.
10:52Mate.
11:01You're not dealing with idiots, you know, Vi.
11:03Those sort of people eat here for breakfast.
11:05What people?
11:06The people he plays cards with.
11:08Hard men.
11:09Yeah, hard men.
11:10But they all had mothers.
11:11Just remember that.
11:13What does that mean?
11:14Well, it means that at the end of the day, they all need their nappies changed.
11:19I wouldn't like to suggest that to Ronnie Deer.
11:21Why don't we just spring him?
11:24Ferret, I thought you were going to be of some use.
11:26We'll never get him out of there.
11:28It's been done before.
11:28Oh, look.
11:30I'm trying to prove that he's innocent, not guilty.
11:34Let's consider the situation.
11:36Yes.
11:37Dick's disappeared.
11:38Dave's done a runner.
11:40And Brookman's left for the States.
11:42So where can we go from here?
11:44It's hopeless.
11:45It isn't hopeless, Jan.
11:48I mean, look.
11:49Hitler tried to bump me off in the war, but you didn't succeed.
11:52I'm not going to let a few photos and a coincidence stand in my way.
11:56Hmm.
11:57Yeah, could be right.
12:05Dines.
12:13Thought about a box.
12:15Yeah.
12:16And?
12:17I'm still thinking.
12:18Don't think too long.
12:19Get on with it, Dines.
12:21Go.
12:22Yeah, go.
12:23Don't think so.
12:42Oh!
12:45Oh!
12:48Oh!
12:52you've got to find dick
12:53I had a witness so I'd catch me
12:55we had a postcard
13:00where from
13:02Germany
13:04hotel in Germany
13:08well
13:10I tried but they've moved on again
13:15I can't stand this place princess
13:25I didn't know what freedom was until I came in here
13:28there's not a minute
13:29of the day or night when you're on your own
13:32you can't even sit in the car
13:34without somebody sitting next to you
13:37the only place
13:38you can be on your own is in here
13:42that goes away soon enough
13:46I've got to get out of here
13:48you've got to get me out of here princess
13:51come on
13:53box that pull yourself together
14:01I'm sorry
14:04you should have put some orange
14:06in his cheek
14:23every human being
14:25needs their own space
14:27their own time
14:28you don't realise it until you
14:31come into a place like this
14:33you don't realise how
14:35enjoyable it is to
14:36be on your own shaving in the morning
14:38until it's taken away from you
14:41god I appreciate it princess
14:42I mean whatever you do
14:44god I appreciate it
14:46finish your visits now please
14:54I love you
14:56don't you wait
14:58oh come on
14:59Debs
15:00you'll be out of your shoe
15:01double
15:08come on now ladies
15:18come on stop it will you
15:20I can't
15:31I can't
15:34go
15:35I can't
15:35go
15:36go
15:36go
15:36go
15:36oh
15:37I can't
15:41I can't
15:43help
15:43from my
15:45friends
15:46oh
15:47I can't
15:48I can't
15:49help
15:50my
15:51friend
15:52I'm
15:53gonna try
15:54with a little help
15:56from my
15:57friends
15:57yes
15:58I get
16:00by
16:00with a little help
16:02from my
16:03friends
16:04with a little help
16:05from my
16:06friends
16:07what
16:13oh
16:14oh
16:20bloody
16:21ferret
16:22I'll bury
16:23bloody dog
16:25well
16:26charlie mayer
16:28he won't entertain me
16:29he won't
16:31he's on account of that VAT business
16:33says he hopes robbie gets life
16:35oh
16:36he does does he
16:37oh
16:38I'm spitting feathers for a cup of tea
16:40right
16:41if he won't entertain you
16:43I shall entertain him
16:47perhaps we could come to some agreement then
16:49how much
16:55where is he
16:57who
16:57your brother
16:59he don't work for me anymore
17:01I didn't ask whether he worked for you
17:02I asked where is he
17:04Germany
17:05Germany
17:06yeah Germany
17:07goes to Germany
17:08buys new BMW cars
17:09he brings the van he flocks him
17:10alright
17:10where in Germany
17:12Germany
17:13I don't know ladies
17:14listen
17:14I might need you as a character witness
17:16you what
17:19dick
17:25when are we going
17:28hey
17:30home
17:34home
17:34what's wrong with the continent
17:36nothing
17:37nothing
17:38well enjoy it then
17:42listen
17:42if Davis wants my year olds for breakfast
17:45oh
17:47let's wait till he's lost his appetite eh
17:53decadent innit
17:55what
17:56tea in the afternoon
18:12dames
18:14what about him
18:16he was asking again
18:20why are you gonna know
18:21with all I've got on my mind
18:22he's gotta be joking
18:23honey
18:23I want to know
18:25oh
18:25I want to know
18:52oh
18:55yeah all right how can i help you well he's got to prove where the money came from
19:00because they say he did this burglary did i well how would you feel if they accused you
19:10look babe robbie is a very clever boy but he's got himself in a bit of trouble now he'd have
19:15to get himself out of it won't he but he can't can he not without witnesses what witnesses they
19:19don't exist so you're telling me the game did not exist what a shrewd lady you are right in one
19:25there was no game they're going to put him away mr davis no justice is there
19:36look love i'd like to work without but i can't you see i've been called as a witness myself
19:40for the prosecution
19:46you're an animal
19:53howl brookman that's right brookman
19:57mr brookman checked out this morning have a nice day well thank you anyway yeah you too have a nice
20:03day
20:06damn i traced him to vegas and he's moved on i don't believe this case neither do i
20:22i'll tell you
20:22and robbo's brief to wish her luck tomorrow
20:26a woman
20:28that's right
20:29what's a woman know about the law
20:32eh
20:34should have had a man
20:37looks better in court
20:39Tommy, a woman knows more about the law, the making and the breaking of it.
20:44It was that they took the rib out of Adam.
20:47A man should have a man to defend him.
20:52Out.
20:53Eh?
20:54Go on, get out.
20:56But, get out.
20:59But why, I was only making an observance.
21:01Well, make your observance somewhere else.
21:04Go on, get out.
21:11Well?
21:12Nearly there.
21:17Anything from Dick?
21:19No, not yet.
21:21Well, if it goes someone away, Jan.
21:23Look, we'll all be having an ease up the day after tomorrow.
21:27You'll see.
21:30Yeah.
21:54Where have you been?
21:56Oh.
21:58Well, yeah.
21:59On the way to get the fags, right?
22:02What, I called in at the casino?
22:04Charming.
22:04Well, I just couldn't resist it.
22:07I think we'd better go home.
22:08I see.
22:10Broke, are we?
22:11Not exactly, no.
22:14What's that?
22:16It's another BMW.
22:18Another cup of tea.
22:38No way, Charles, isn't he?
22:41No?
22:42No.
22:46Were you looking for a particular person, Inspector?
22:48No, sir.
22:49All the photographs your people were taking?
22:51Routine.
22:53All clubs were covered at one time or another.
22:57And did you notice anything significant during your surveillance?
23:01Yes, sir.
23:02We observed one man, the defendant, entering all three places.
23:06And the defendant is a friend of Simon Anscombe, one of Lord Bruton's close circle of gambling friends?
23:11Yes, sir.
23:12Now, I'm sure I have all the facts correctly.
23:15Lord Bruton is an exceedingly wealthy man.
23:18Anscombe, who has incurred heavy gambling debts, some of them to these same clubs, has disappeared.
23:23And the day after the burglary at Lord Bruton's home, in which 50,000 pounds was stolen,
23:28the defendant, Anscombe's friend, is 50,000 pounds richer?
23:34Yes, sir.
23:36Yes.
23:37A truly amazing coincidence.
23:57Don't get lost.
24:07Where did you first meet, Mr. Box?
24:09Oliver's.
24:10Oliver's Club.
24:10That's where Mr. Box still owned it.
24:13Did you buy the club from him, Mr. Davies?
24:15Well, he couldn't afford to keep it running.
24:16Mr. Davies, will you answer the question?
24:19In a manner of speaking, sir, yes.
24:21In a manner of speaking?
24:23I did buy the club from him.
24:25Could you comment on the defendant's financial state?
24:28As it seemed to you at the time.
24:30He was skim.
24:31I'm sorry, you're on a run.
24:32He was short of money.
24:34The other names that we mentioned this morning, Mr. Day, Mr. Ordino, Mr. Brookman.
24:40Are they friends of yours?
24:42I know Mr. Day and Ordino, but I don't know Brookman.
24:45Do you do know of Brookman?
24:46Yes.
24:47Yes.
24:47Would you describe him as a sort of folk hero in the world of poker?
24:51He's the governor.
24:53So, if Mr. Brookman were in town and wanted to play poker at your club, would you have agreed to
24:57that?
24:58Yes.
24:58Even if...
25:00Now, I ask him to consider your reply carefully.
25:02Even if it had meant breaking the law and putting your club license in jeopardy.
25:07Definitely.
25:14Yeah, er, nine and ten, please, love.
25:16Both yours.
25:18What, the pumps?
25:20No, the cars.
25:49Oh, yeah, yeah.
25:51You're a professional gambler on the boats.
25:53If you like.
25:54If you like, Mr. Davis.
25:57Did you know that Mr. Hal Brookman was in town recently?
26:01No.
26:03Mr. Davis, I put it to you that you did.
26:06Would you like to think again?
26:09No.
26:12Are you a friend of Mr. Ronald Day?
26:14He's an acquaintance.
26:16And Mr. Frank Aldino?
26:18With me.
26:19Is it not true that Mr. Aldino, because of other commitments, could not attend the game,
26:24and that his, Mr. Aldino's seat was sold to Mr. Box for 25% of Mr. Box's winnings?
26:31I've told you there wasn't a game.
26:3325% is a lot of money, Mr. Davis.
26:36Depends.
26:3725% of nearly £70,000?
26:40Is this usual?
26:42In a game of that kind, yeah.
26:46In a game of that kind, Mr. Davis?
26:51I put it to you that the card game did take place at your club.
26:55Well, that four of the participants were Mr. Robert Box, Mr. Hal Brookman, Mr. Ronald Day, and yourself.
27:02And that Mr. Box left your premises £50,000 better off than when he arrived.
27:11I'm trying to watch where you're trying.
27:15You're over, Fangio.
27:16No.
27:18Right.
27:20You can take that one back now.
27:23Got it?
27:24Yeah.
27:27Why did you stay with Mr. Mayor that particular night?
27:30The night of the burglary at Lord Bruton's house?
27:34I was, uh, waiting for a phone call from Ronnie Day at Dick's to tell me if the game was
27:38going to be on.
27:39And did he call?
27:41Yes, but it was supposed to be a big secret, and Dick shouldn't have been there.
27:45Did you have much to drink?
27:47Well, there was the bottle that I took, and, uh, whatever Dick had there.
27:54And the next morning, Mr. Mayor left for Germany to buy a car.
27:58Yes, but he should have been back in a couple of days.
28:01Yes.
28:03Could you tell the court about the money you'd saved up over the last few months?
28:08Well, every time that I had a win, I put some of it in a jar.
28:12It's what I called the, uh, the Brookman account.
28:14And why was that?
28:17I was saving up for the day when, uh, Brookman came back to town again, so I'd have enough money
28:21to sit down and play poker with him.
28:23And you knew he would come back?
28:26I knew he would, yeah.
28:38What's up, love?
28:42I can't.
28:43I can't stay in there any longer, Tom.
28:46Yeah.
28:47It just isn't working.
28:49Oh, of course it is.
28:51No, Tom.
28:54They're going to put him away.
28:57I know it.
29:03Immediately afterwards, Mr. Day goes abroad.
29:07Likewise, Mr. Anscombe.
29:10Mr. Mayor goes to Germany.
29:13It would appear, Mr. Box, that your friends are excessively fond of travel.
29:20Mr. Day and Mr. Anscombe are not my friends.
29:23That's for the jury to decide.
29:25But I went looking for them because I wanted to find out where the big game was going to take
29:29place.
29:29The famous game that Mr. Davis denies ever did take place.
29:32I had to play Brookman.
29:34I've been waiting and waiting.
29:35Brookman.
29:36The man you say took 10,000 pounds from you the last time we played together.
29:41That's right.
29:42You're prepared to lose another 10,000 pounds?
29:45That's right.
29:47So, this is a gambler's life, is it?
29:54I don't get you.
29:55Losing money.
29:58I won.
29:59I'm very glad to hear it.
30:01But this money, this entrance fee to this mythical game, was it easy to come by?
30:07I'm kidding.
30:08No, I never stopped grafting.
30:09Grafting?
30:11Working.
30:12Well, how did you do that?
30:15Gambling.
30:16Oh, I see.
30:16As far as you're concerned, gambling is working.
30:19Well, yeah.
30:19And then someone, all right, I don't go to an office, but I go to a girl as a bookmaker
30:23every
30:23day.
30:23I sweat my cobs off when a horse goes behind the starting stalls.
30:26All right.
30:27I mean, I probably expend more mental energy than playing a game of poker than the boss of the
30:31Bank of England.
30:31What's the boss of all?
30:32I've made my own way through life, all right?
30:33I've made my own way through life, all right?
30:34And I'm without hurting or being harmful to anybody.
30:36All right, I play poker and all that kind of things, but that's the only thing I can
30:39do.
30:40I miss a turn of a car, the nose of horse, the speed of a greyhound or something like
30:44that.
30:44But I earn it.
30:45I mean, I suppose if I've done this on the stock exchange, it'd be considered legal.
30:47Whatever you say, I'm not a thief.
30:51Silence!
30:53Silence!
30:55Mr. Box, you must allow counsel to speak.
31:00Sorry.
31:12Can't wait to show Rob.
31:14Come on.
31:15Hello, Barry.
31:16You like the new motors?
31:17Very nice.
31:20Mr. Box, this cigarette lighter, Exhibit 3, Your Honor.
31:27Is it yours?
31:35Is it yours?
31:39Yes.
31:42Then how did it appear at the scene of the crime?
31:45Somebody must have put it there.
31:48Yes.
31:52I'll keep you under my brain.
31:54Leave it.
31:55We ain't got time.
31:56Do the mat reading.
31:59I'll keep you under my brain.
32:10I'll keep you under my brain.
32:10Leave it.
32:11We ain't got time.
32:11Do the mat reading.
32:12Eight years.
32:14Eight years.
32:14To your knowledge, has he ever been involved in any form of criminal activity?
32:17No.
32:19What sort of work has Mr. Box done over the years that you've known him?
32:24Work?
32:25Work?
32:25Yes.
32:29None.
32:31Then how does he make his living?
32:33He's a gambler.
32:35He makes his living on the turn of a card?
32:38Yeah.
32:41Yes.
32:51Yes.
32:52Sir Oliver, as a gambler, Mr. Box would need money to gamble with, would he not?
32:56Yes.
32:57Yes.
32:58But he would never steal any...
32:59Just answer the question, Mrs. Oliver.
33:01So, where would the money come from in the first place?
33:05Well, he would have accumulated it over a period of time.
33:08How long a time?
33:11Well, he had his ups and downs.
33:13Yes, I'm sure he would.
33:15The money that he used for this alleged gain, how long a time did that take him to accumulate?
33:21I don't know.
33:23I know he'd been saving for months.
33:26Mrs. Oliver, didn't he once squander your life savings on a card game?
33:32On the turn of a card?
33:35No.
33:37That was his money, not mine.
33:40But he did squander £10,000, did he not?
33:45Wouldn't you agree that anyone capable of doing that is also capable of getting involved in a burglary
33:48that would line his pockets for £50,000 as they then put on the turn of the next card?
33:53No, no, no!
33:55I could never marry a man like that.
34:06It's all right, it's all right, it's all right, it's all right.
34:09Look, my name is Dick Mayer.
34:13Thank you, Mrs. Oliver.
34:33Your Honour, a witness I consider important to the defence case has returned to this country
34:38and has just arrived.
34:39I would be grateful for the opportunity of taking instructions before I examine him.
34:45I will allow you five minutes.
34:47Thank you, Your Honour.
34:50Is this what you wanted?
34:54Yeah.
34:55Oh, he ain't got a cat in the house, guys.
34:58Goose a jaw.
35:04And so, very drunkenly,
35:06you both decided that the best place for Mr. Box to sleep was in your flat.
35:10That's right.
35:12How much did you drink?
35:14A lot.
35:16Can you be more precise?
35:18Not after that much.
35:21I don't normally drink at home.
35:23I'm a pub man.
35:25But you were together that evening and the whole night.
35:29Yeah.
35:31One final question.
35:32When did you last see Mr. Box?
35:35On the morning I left for Germany.
35:37I dropped him off at his old club.
35:39Thank you, Mr. Mayor.
35:50Bye.
35:52They're doing their final speeches.
35:56Want to come?
35:59No.
36:16Can you believe a man
36:17who in his own words
36:18admits to never having worked in his life?
36:22Ladies and gentlemen,
36:23if it were that easy to accumulate 10,000 pounds,
36:25we'd see a line of bookmakers standing on the dole queue,
36:27not on the race course.
36:30Defendant's story is an out-and-out fabrication.
36:33Complete lie from beginning to end.
36:36Defendant
36:36is a small-time gambler,
36:39a purveyor of untruths,
36:42and a thief.
36:44There should be no doubt in your mind
36:45that the man you see before you
36:46committed the crime
36:47has enriched him by 50,000 pounds.
36:50The evidence has been presented to you
36:52should leave you in no doubt.
36:54Let's look again at the facts.
36:59A cigarette lighter,
37:01which he admits is his,
37:04found at the scene of the crime.
37:21Why,
37:22if the defendant is such a liar,
37:24as my learned friend
37:25has gone to great pains to point out,
37:28why,
37:28if he is such a liar,
37:30did he not lie about the night of the burglary?
37:32Surely it would have been simpler for him
37:34to have claimed that he spent the night
37:35with Mrs. Oliver,
37:36which he did on most other nights.
37:40What have been called untruths
37:42by my learned friend
37:43are the facts.
37:45A strange sequence of events,
37:47no doubt,
37:48but nevertheless,
37:49the facts.
37:50Mr. Box did spend the night
37:52at Mr. Mayer's flat,
37:53and they did consume
37:55a considerable quantity of whiskey.
37:57The next day,
37:59Mr. Mayer did go to Germany,
38:01and that same evening,
38:02Mr. Box did play poker
38:04with Mr. Davis,
38:06Mr. Day,
38:07Mr. Brockman,
38:08and one other.
38:09And Mr. Box did win
38:1250,000 pounds.
38:15Ladies and gentlemen of the jury,
38:17I do not ask you to admire Mr. Box
38:19or his way of life.
38:22I do ask you to accept
38:23that he is a gambler,
38:24not a thief.
38:30Members of the jury,
38:31I don't propose to start
38:32my summing up this afternoon,
38:34so we'll adjourn
38:35until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.
38:39We are standing in court.
39:02I don't know what we're going to do.
39:30I can't.
39:32I can't.
39:33I can't.
39:38Let's kiss her.
40:08Let's kiss her.
40:15It ain't fair, Tommy.
40:19It just ain't fair.
40:29I'll go, love.
40:39Good evening, ma'am.
40:41The name's Brookman.
40:42Hal Brookman.
40:44I sure hope I'm not too late.
40:47Well, I come to London about once a year to take in the sights, play a little poker.
40:54Well, I am known as a high roller, which means that, well, hell, ma'am, I won't even take off
41:02my hat unless there's 20 grand out there on the table.
41:06Well, anyway, at the last minute, another player was required for this particular game.
41:13Oh, Mr. Box, right, right over there.
41:17Who, on a previous occasion, had lost a considerable sum to me.
41:28What about the shop?
41:31I'll go to the shop.
41:35Well, Robbie Box won that entire pot fair and square at a club called Oliver's, owned by this Peter Davis.
41:44Now, when news of this case finally reached me, well, I got over here just as quick as I could,
41:48because I knew it'd be in the fix, and, well, ma'am, one thing I never could do was leave
41:53a long-tailed cat in a room full of mousetraps, if you know what I mean.
41:58Well, I'd also like to say here that, well, this here's the man who beat the man, and, well, I'd
42:05be right proud to sit down and cut a deck of cards with him any day of the week.
42:10And, uh, well, I guess that's about it, ma'am.
42:15Thank you, Mr. Brookman.
42:26Would the jury foreman please stand?
42:31Members of the jury, have you reached a verdict upon which you are all agreed?
42:35Yes.
42:36Do you find the defendant, Robert Box, guilty or not guilty?
42:42Not guilty.
42:59Nice to see you.
43:00Well done, Robert.
43:01Thanks very much, Leslie.
43:02You're off, mate.
43:03This'll make your holidays shorter next year, will ya?
43:05Rob?
43:06What's going to happen to Davis?
43:07They're going to do it for perjury.
43:08And I'll tell you something, if they push them a bit harder, they might find out how my life's got
43:11there.
43:11Oh, thanks.
43:12See ya.
43:14This is your party, sir.
43:16Yeah.
43:17Been a few complaints.
43:18Oh, sorry.
43:19So, perhaps you could, uh, start winding up.
43:21Yeah, certainly, yeah.
43:22Thank you, sir.
43:23Oh, and, uh, congratulations.
43:26Oh.
43:27Would you like a drink?
43:29Well, you never ask.
43:32I never thought this would happen.
43:33I told you it would.
43:35Yeah, but you didn't believe it, though, did you?
43:54Well, you're off now, son.
43:55Oh, not yet.
43:56Yeah.
43:58We've decided we are going to take that place in the country.
44:01You're not.
44:02We've bought it.
44:04Well, you're London.
44:05You're not cowpats and straw, are you?
44:07I know, I know.
44:08But, well, I'm going to give it a try.
44:15Be lucky, son.
44:17See you, Sexpot.
44:19Cheers, Jan.
44:19What's the manacles, Tom?
44:22See you later, Rob.
44:24See you later, Mum.
44:26Keep at it, you two.
44:27You never know.
44:28It just might work out.
44:34Oh!
44:36Well, Robbie.
44:38Now, you finally had it off at Mars, eh?
44:40I hear you tried to earn a few pennies on Royce Hall.
44:43Come on, Sexpot.
44:45Bye, Janie.
44:46See you in the better shop.
44:47Yeah.
44:49Yeah, I'll, er...
44:51I want that wall done.
44:55I'm checking them all for them in the wagon.
44:57Good night, good night, good night, good night.
45:11There's thousands of them.
45:13The shares that are actually issued are combined to form the issued capital.
45:18What is that?
45:19Somebody had a result of a bit like me.
45:22Come on again.
45:23Good night, good night.
45:25Good night, good night.
45:27It's convenient for the ship.
45:30It's convenient for the Mob.
45:32It's convenient for the show.
45:34Yeah.
45:37Deploy Young, Ahh hey.
45:39Oh, he's in the hair cover.
45:43I'll just go, mam next to the machine,
45:43to the niveau Stephanie…
45:46Ah!
45:48Oh!
45:49Of course it is around ...
46:13See ya.
46:14See ya.
46:15Right.
46:16Your place and mine.
46:18Oh, listen, don't forget.
46:20Yeah.
46:21Um, don't go over £50,000.
46:24Oh.
46:25And the other thing was the, um, proposal.
46:29What proposal?
46:30In the court.
46:31Oh, that was the slip of the tongue.
46:33Oh, yeah.
46:34Sure.
46:35Come on, gambling man.
46:37I'm serious about giving it up, you know.
46:39Oh, yes.
46:39I'm thinking of taking up the stock exchange next.
46:41Oh, the stock exchange?
46:43Suited, bootied, bowler-hatted.
46:45What more could you want?
46:46And, uh, this is how serious I am.
46:50Wow.
46:51Oui.
46:52Ha, ha, ha.
46:56Have you still got that ring?
46:57Um, yes.
46:59Yes, I've still got that ring.
47:01Yeah.
47:02Handy things, rings, aren't they?
47:04Yes.
47:04Very, um, very.
47:09Yeah.
47:09Marian, thank you.
47:11Ollie, enjoy.
47:11Oh, love.
47:12Oh, rag, yeah.
47:12I got it in Monday from where we met.
47:12I know that I could go for dinner, but all over the place would you.
47:12I gave up on Monday.
47:12Oh, my God.
47:13hoping.
47:14Hey man.
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