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00:00:05 - Send me through to Hardacre.
00:00:24 - Yes, Mr. Cameron.
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00:00:29 - Mr. Keller wants this passed to London.
00:00:43 - Okay.
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00:00:49 - Here you are, sir.
00:01:01 Careful, the coffee is very hot.
00:01:04 - Thank you.
00:01:06 - Uh-huh.
00:01:07 Excuse me.
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00:02:12 - This is Edmund, Captain.
00:02:28 Mr. Keller would like to fly as low as possible
00:02:30 over the island.
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00:03:56 ♪ She whispers oh such pretty lies ♪
00:04:04 ♪ Don't believe her ♪
00:04:08 ♪ For when you look into her eyes ♪
00:04:13 ♪ Love just isn't there ♪
00:04:16 ♪ Brother beware ♪
00:04:19 ♪ Take care my brother take care ♪
00:04:23 ♪ For the female of the species ♪
00:04:26 ♪ Is deadlier than the male ♪
00:04:31 ♪ The smile that made a dream begin ♪
00:04:38 ♪ Clouds your vision ♪
00:04:42 ♪ It's just the shadow of a dream ♪
00:04:47 ♪ That you're living in ♪
00:04:50 ♪ She never cares ♪
00:04:53 ♪ Beware my brother beware ♪
00:04:57 ♪ For the female of the species ♪
00:05:00 ♪ Is deadlier than the male ♪
00:05:05 ♪ By walking streets you never know ♪
00:05:12 ♪ When the night comes ♪
00:05:16 ♪ Sitting in places that you go ♪
00:05:21 ♪ Hoping she'll be there ♪
00:05:24 ♪ Brother beware ♪
00:05:27 ♪ Take care my brother take care ♪
00:05:31 ♪ For the female of the species ♪
00:05:34 ♪ Is deadlier than the male ♪
00:05:37 - Far reaching effects,
00:05:44 both for your own interests and international.
00:05:48 This tape contains all the information
00:05:49 I have on the subject.
00:05:51 I know you'll recognize the urgency
00:05:53 and act on it immediately.
00:05:55 I'd like to have seen you myself,
00:05:56 but it's imperative that I stay here.
00:05:59 Good luck Hugh.
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00:06:07 - Good morning.
00:06:24 - Good morning.
00:06:25 Lovely day, isn't it?
00:06:26 Are you Mr. Wingard?
00:06:29 - Yes.
00:06:30 - Great.
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00:06:37 Silly Mr. Wingard, very silly.
00:06:40 Okay.
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00:06:43 (Mr. Wingard grunting)
00:06:45 Oh, poor Mr. Wingard.
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00:08:00 - Mr. Drummond?
00:08:01 You wanted on the phone.
00:08:04 - Excuse me.
00:08:07 - Hugh Drummond here, you have a call for me.
00:08:16 Hello John, don't you ever take a day off?
00:08:20 About half an hour?
00:08:24 Yeah, all right, bye now.
00:08:28 I say Drummond, doesn't your group at Lloyd's
00:08:31 insure most of the Keller organization?
00:08:33 - It's nasty business,
00:08:37 and it's gonna cost us a great deal of money.
00:08:39 - Well, it may sound ghoulish, but as it happens,
00:08:45 it's gonna make us a great deal of money.
00:08:47 - Huh.
00:08:48 - Venetian oil is almost certain
00:08:49 to pick up Keller's concessions now.
00:08:52 We've been after them for months,
00:08:53 but Keller's always stood in our way.
00:08:56 What is it Peggy?
00:08:57 - Time for your medicine.
00:08:58 - Oh Lord.
00:08:59 - Can I get you a drink, Mr. Drummond?
00:09:02 - Yes, have a drink.
00:09:03 Filthy muck, I think I'll have one too.
00:09:06 - No, Mr. John.
00:09:06 - No? - No.
00:09:07 Mr. Drummond?
00:09:10 - Later perhaps.
00:09:14 - Very well.
00:09:15 - You're wasting your time.
00:09:18 Peggy's a very well brought up girl,
00:09:19 father's a bishop, but in spite of her,
00:09:21 I'm going to have a drink.
00:09:23 They tell me you knew a fellow named David Wingard.
00:09:28 - Yes, I still do.
00:09:28 - Not anymore, he's dead.
00:09:31 - What happens?
00:09:33 - How?
00:09:34 Killed in a shooting accident.
00:09:35 - That doesn't sound like Wingard.
00:09:38 He was a particularly careful man, especially about guns.
00:09:42 - This was a harpoon gun, he was skin diving.
00:09:46 - Oh, now I know there's something fishy.
00:09:48 He couldn't swim.
00:09:49 - What you've just told me confirms my own suspicions.
00:09:54 Wingard worked for me, you know,
00:09:56 exploratory work on oil fields.
00:09:58 Two days ago, I got this cable from him.
00:10:01 Imperative contact Henry Keller
00:10:04 immediately matter life and death,
00:10:06 cable whereabouts, Wingard.
00:10:08 - Did you contact him?
00:10:11 - Ever tried to contact a man like Keller?
00:10:13 Ran his whole damn shooting match from that plane.
00:10:15 I tried, but couldn't.
00:10:17 Next thing I hear is this.
00:10:20 - And you think that Wingard knew?
00:10:23 - Well, he must have known something.
00:10:25 - And what do you want me to do about it?
00:10:27 - Well, you're involved in two ways.
00:10:28 First, the insurance on Keller's plane.
00:10:31 Second, your friendship with Wingard.
00:10:33 I'd appreciate it if you could find out what happened.
00:10:37 - Well, I'll try.
00:10:39 Can I keep this?
00:10:40 - It's time for the Phoenician board meeting, Sir John.
00:10:42 - Right.
00:10:44 It's a sick world, Hugh.
00:10:45 Keller's dead.
00:10:47 And because of it, do you know what I'll find
00:10:50 around the Phoenician board table this morning?
00:10:52 Nothing but a lot of happy, smiling faces.
00:10:55 (all chattering)
00:10:58 - Please, gentlemen.
00:11:00 Sir John?
00:11:02 - I say it's an obligation.
00:11:05 No matter what has happened, Phoenician is committed to pay
00:11:09 and we shall have to do so.
00:11:11 - A million pounds?
00:11:13 You'd seriously pay out a million pounds
00:11:15 of the shareholders' money when you don't have to?
00:11:18 They'd boot you out of the next meeting if you did.
00:11:20 And quite right to.
00:11:21 - A million pounds was the figure agreed, Bridge North.
00:11:25 And anyway, why all the fuss?
00:11:27 You know what the Samarkand oil concession means to us.
00:11:30 - Exactly.
00:11:31 If we don't clear six million net profit
00:11:32 in the first 18 months, I'll resign.
00:11:35 - And about time, too.
00:11:36 Now, let's look at this situation realistically, shall we?
00:11:39 Three months ago, we, Phoenician Oil,
00:11:44 were approached by the representative
00:11:45 of an unknown private party who suggested
00:11:48 that Keller's objection to merging his oil fields with ours
00:11:52 could be overcome inside six months
00:11:54 in exchange for a fee of one million pounds.
00:11:57 Now, Keller's dead, the merger will go through,
00:12:00 and it needn't cost us a cent.
00:12:01 And yet, two of our directors
00:12:03 still wanna pay out this million, why?
00:12:05 - Because we have a contract.
00:12:07 And when I make a contract, I stick to it.
00:12:10 - Rubbish.
00:12:10 - Yes?
00:12:14 - The young lady's here to see you now, sir.
00:12:15 - Thank you.
00:12:17 - Gentlemen, the other party's representative is here.
00:12:19 - Good, let's get on with it.
00:12:20 - Good morning, Miss Aikman.
00:12:24 - Good morning.
00:12:25 - We have just been discussing
00:12:26 what could be done about your proposition.
00:12:29 - But there's nothing to discuss, I'm sure.
00:12:31 Mr. Keller no longer opposes the merger.
00:12:33 Now, you merely have to pay our fee.
00:12:36 Thank you.
00:12:38 - We don't have to pay a cent.
00:12:40 He didn't do anything.
00:12:42 Keller's death was an act of God.
00:12:45 - Our contract did not call on us to do anything, gentlemen,
00:12:49 except prove that Mr. Keller's opposition
00:12:51 would be withdrawn before a specified date.
00:12:54 Well, it has been withdrawn.
00:12:58 - She is absolutely right, you know.
00:13:00 (all chattering)
00:13:03 - Gentlemen, I think we should take a vote.
00:13:06 Those who feel that we are obligated to pay this fee
00:13:08 should signify in the usual way.
00:13:10 Those in favor of payment.
00:13:12 Thank you.
00:13:14 And those against.
00:13:15 Aye.
00:13:18 I also am in favor of paying.
00:13:22 You see, Miss Aikman, we're deadlocked.
00:13:25 - Very well, then.
00:13:28 I shall convey a decision to my principal.
00:13:30 And perhaps we can meet again tomorrow.
00:13:33 - Yes, as a good lass.
00:13:35 And why not have him come up here himself?
00:13:37 We'd all like to meet him.
00:13:39 - I'm afraid that would be impossible.
00:13:41 Good day.
00:13:44 - Thank you, Miss Aikman.
00:13:44 - Thank you.
00:13:45 (laughing)
00:13:49 - She's a real little cracker, that one.
00:13:51 Why can't we employ agents like her?
00:13:53 - Item five, gentlemen.
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00:13:57 (train whistling)
00:14:00 - Hi, Uncle Hugh.
00:14:17 - You're supposed to be in America.
00:14:18 - Yeah, well, something came up.
00:14:20 - How was she like?
00:14:21 - Angry, so was her father.
00:14:23 - You're not thinking of staying, are you?
00:14:26 - Well, I live here.
00:14:27 - Remember?
00:14:28 - Only when you're in London.
00:14:29 - So, I'm in London.
00:14:31 And it's good to be home.
00:14:34 You are pleased to see me.
00:14:38 - I'm overwhelmed.
00:14:38 - I mean, you haven't rented my room or anything, have you?
00:14:43 - That's a damn good idea.
00:14:44 I wish I'd thought of it.
00:14:45 - It's good to see you again, Uncle Hugh.
00:14:50 What have you been up to?
00:14:51 - Oh, this and that.
00:14:57 - That?
00:14:58 - Miss Ashenden, my nephew, Robert.
00:15:00 - How do you do?
00:15:02 - Hello, Miss Ashenden.
00:15:03 Or may I call you--
00:15:04 - Miss Ashenden will be fine.
00:15:06 - Hey, look, if this is business or something--
00:15:13 - We've finished.
00:15:14 - We have?
00:15:16 - Well, then, maybe I should take the lady home.
00:15:23 - That won't be necessary.
00:15:24 - Well, we can't have you walking the streets alone.
00:15:26 - I never do.
00:15:27 - Hugh is driving me, aren't you, darling?
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00:15:37 - Good evening, sir.
00:15:42 (dramatic music)
00:15:45 - Welcome home and good evening, Mr. Bridgenorth.
00:16:06 (dramatic music)
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00:16:12 - How did you get in?
00:16:15 Who gave you this?
00:16:20 What do you want?
00:16:29 Think you can get round me, eh?
00:16:33 - Can't I?
00:16:36 - No.
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00:16:41 - How very disappointing.
00:16:44 And I thought I'd...
00:16:47 Found a real man in you, Mr. Bridgenorth.
00:16:54 - Wait a minute.
00:17:01 There's no need to be hasty.
00:17:04 (dramatic music)
00:17:08 - You could always try persuading me.
00:17:11 - Do you think I...
00:17:14 Could succeed?
00:17:19 - Try.
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00:17:26 (dramatic music)
00:17:28 - Nails are sharp.
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00:17:54 Penelope.
00:18:01 Mr. Bridgenorth?
00:18:06 - Could have been very nice, Mr. Bridgenorth.
00:18:10 But now you're paralyzed.
00:18:11 You can see and you can hear and you can feel.
00:18:15 But you can't move and you can't talk.
00:18:19 - Oh, poor Mr. Bridgenorth.
00:18:22 You see, it is a nasty old drug she carries in her ring.
00:18:25 It only lasts just a few minutes.
00:18:27 And doesn't leave any traces at all.
00:18:30 Isn't that clever?
00:18:32 The police will think you've committed suicide.
00:18:36 - Penelope, take his feet.
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00:18:45 (horns honking)
00:19:11 - Bye-bye, Mr. Bridgenorth.
00:19:13 (dramatic music)
00:19:16 - Well, I have had men fall for me before,
00:19:18 but never like this.
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00:19:28 - Good morning, Miss Eggman.
00:19:36 - Good morning.
00:19:38 Well, now, I have conveyed the news of your deadlock
00:19:40 to my principal, but unfortunately, he does insist
00:19:43 that the contract must be honored and his fee paid.
00:19:46 Oh, I see that our main objector is not here today.
00:19:52 Well, in that case, perhaps, gentlemen,
00:19:54 you would care to vote again?
00:19:56 - I really don't think it's as simple as that.
00:19:59 - Pay the girl.
00:20:00 - Am I to take that as a proposal?
00:20:02 - Sir John's right.
00:20:03 Do pay her before someone else falls
00:20:05 from a 15-story building.
00:20:10 - I think we might strike Mr. Weston's last remark
00:20:12 from the record.
00:20:13 Those in favor of paying?
00:20:16 You may tell your principal the money will be paid
00:20:24 as per contract.
00:20:26 - Thank you very much, gentlemen.
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00:21:01 - Senor Drummond, sir.
00:21:03 You are Senor Drummond?
00:21:08 - Yes, who are you?
00:21:09 - Carloggio, sir.
00:21:11 I was Senor Wingard's servant.
00:21:13 - You may come inside.
00:21:16 - Would you like a drink?
00:21:18 I was sorry to hear about Senor Wingard.
00:21:23 - Who, you know?
00:21:25 Who tell you?
00:21:26 - Sir John Bledlow had a cable
00:21:28 from the police at Castellumale.
00:21:30 - The police, they are no good.
00:21:32 When I tell them about the tape recording,
00:21:34 they just laugh.
00:21:36 - What tape recording?
00:21:38 - All that morning, Senor Wingard
00:21:40 talked into his tape machine.
00:21:41 "It's very important," he says.
00:21:43 "I come back from the market and find him dead,
00:21:46 "but there is no tape.
00:21:47 "There is only this."
00:21:50 - Nothing else?
00:21:53 - When the tape was pulled from the machine,
00:21:57 this little piece was torn off.
00:22:00 - And you brought these things to me
00:22:01 because of this address?
00:22:02 - Si, Senor.
00:22:04 The whole tape was to come to you.
00:22:06 It was arranged by Senor Wingard before he died.
00:22:08 "Carloggio," he said to me,
00:22:10 "I want you to go to London
00:22:11 "with a very important package for Senor Drummond.
00:22:14 "You make sure you give it to him and nobody else."
00:22:17 - Now he's murdered,
00:22:18 and the tape that was the package is gone.
00:22:20 - But still I come.
00:22:28 - The ruler and the act.
00:22:29 The ruler and the act.
00:22:35 - There's not enough here to make any sense.
00:22:40 I may want to fly back with you,
00:22:44 see if I can find out what's going on.
00:22:47 - Where are you staying?
00:22:48 - I stay with my cousin.
00:22:50 Here is his address in Camden Town.
00:22:52 - You want me to drive you?
00:22:53 - Grazie, it's no need.
00:22:54 I'll meet him.
00:22:55 Goodbye, sir.
00:22:56 - Goodbye, Carloggio.
00:22:57 - The ruler and the act.
00:23:04 The ruler and the act.
00:23:09 - Oh, excuse me, please.
00:23:20 Could you direct me to Montpelier Square?
00:23:23 - I'm sorry, I'm a stranger.
00:23:25 (slapping)
00:23:27 - Funny little man, to come all this way.
00:23:41 - Yeah, and our job is to find out why.
00:23:45 - We'll find out.
00:23:47 Won't we, little man?
00:23:50 - Do you have to play around with everything?
00:23:54 - Really, no.
00:23:55 - The ruler and the act.
00:24:06 The ruler and the act.
00:24:11 - What's an act?
00:24:14 - I don't know.
00:24:15 - Ruler sounds indigestible enough, but an act?
00:24:18 Who ate them?
00:24:19 - Shut up, will you?
00:24:20 - The ruler and the act.
00:24:21 - Uncle Hugh.
00:24:24 - For goodness sake, stop calling me uncle.
00:24:26 - Hugh, old man.
00:24:28 - Hugh is sufficient.
00:24:29 - Hey, I was just wondering, are you gonna be in tonight?
00:24:32 - Why?
00:24:33 - Just wondering.
00:24:34 - Entertaining?
00:24:35 - Kind of.
00:24:36 - What kind of?
00:24:37 - You know.
00:24:39 - I'm simply trying to find out
00:24:40 whether I should put the breakables away or not.
00:24:43 Last time you had a party,
00:24:45 it cost me a great deal of money.
00:24:47 - Hey, no, nothing like that.
00:24:48 - No large young men panting hotly all over the furniture?
00:24:51 - Just me.
00:24:53 - Well, try and get her out before daylight.
00:24:57 I don't want the place to get a bad name.
00:24:59 - Who taught you to play?
00:25:05 - Chess.
00:25:07 Sir John,
00:25:10 a jack.
00:25:12 - Well, he's a good teacher.
00:25:15 - He's too careful.
00:25:16 - Not bold enough in attack?
00:25:20 - My boldness is a refinement of my own.
00:25:24 - Well, it's your chance.
00:25:26 Check.
00:25:27 - Ah, a bad move.
00:25:31 Good evening, Mr. Drummond and Miss Ashenden.
00:25:33 - Good evening, Mr. Weston.
00:25:35 - Does Sir John know that you're playing games
00:25:37 with Mr. Drummond?
00:25:38 - I'm sure he will in the morning.
00:25:40 - Ah, not for me, dear lady.
00:25:42 Not for me.
00:25:43 Check.
00:25:45 - I'm sorry to hear about Bridge North.
00:25:50 - Yes, it was most unfortunate.
00:25:52 May I?
00:25:53 - Do.
00:25:54 - Did you know him well?
00:25:58 - Only by reputation.
00:26:00 - Excuse me, sir.
00:26:01 Your guest is here.
00:26:02 - Perhaps we can finish at another time.
00:26:04 Excuse me.
00:26:05 Now, my dear,
00:26:07 shall we play another game?
00:26:10 - Chess.
00:26:13 - I'll take it, huh?
00:26:14 - Yours or mine?
00:26:16 - Yours.
00:26:17 Robert's got company.
00:26:19 (dramatic music)
00:26:22 - You lay a finger on me, Robert Drummond,
00:26:27 and I'll bite it off.
00:26:28 - Now, Brenda, stop playing hard to get.
00:26:31 - I am hard to get,
00:26:32 but it's worth the effort.
00:26:35 I'd like another drink, please.
00:26:43 I do all sorts of things when I'm tired.
00:26:48 (dramatic music)
00:26:50 - Specially bottled for Hugh Drummond, Esquire.
00:26:55 I'd like to meet your uncle.
00:26:58 - No, you wouldn't.
00:26:59 He's old.
00:27:00 - But I like older men.
00:27:02 - Not that old.
00:27:03 - I bet your uncle doesn't behave like this.
00:27:09 - Oh, yes, he does.
00:27:10 - Really?
00:27:14 Him being so old, too.
00:27:16 - He's got a good memory.
00:27:18 (dramatic music)
00:27:20 - Now, Brenda.
00:27:21 (doorbell buzzing)
00:27:32 - The door.
00:27:32 - I know.
00:27:35 - Aren't you going to answer it?
00:27:36 - They'll go away.
00:27:38 (doorbell buzzing)
00:27:41 - I'll go.
00:27:42 Might be someone fascinating.
00:27:44 We could have a party.
00:27:45 (doorbell buzzing)
00:27:48 - Good evening.
00:27:58 Does Mr. Drummond live here?
00:28:01 - He does.
00:28:02 - I have a package for him.
00:28:05 Perhaps you'd be kind enough to see he gets it.
00:28:10 - Oh, of course.
00:28:11 - Thank you.
00:28:15 - Good night.
00:28:16 - Good night.
00:28:16 - Satisfied?
00:28:21 - It's for you.
00:28:22 - Who's sending me cigars?
00:28:31 It's for my uncle.
00:28:37 - Can I have one?
00:28:40 - What?
00:28:41 - A cigar.
00:28:42 - Of course not.
00:28:45 - Why shouldn't women smoke cigars?
00:28:47 - It's not ladylike.
00:28:49 - They make me feel sexy.
00:28:51 (door creaking)
00:28:54 - You look like a fallen woman.
00:29:15 - I haven't fallen yet.
00:29:17 - Yet.
00:29:18 - Let me give you a push.
00:29:24 (cigar shattering)
00:29:31 - Oh, no, I promised to stay out this evening,
00:29:34 but you didn't need to shoot at me.
00:29:37 - It was her cigar.
00:29:38 - Catch your girlfriend, Robert.
00:29:44 I think she's gonna faint.
00:29:46 (footsteps)
00:29:49 - Hey, Brent.
00:29:50 Brent.
00:29:51 - What shall I do with her?
00:29:54 - Put her on the bed and loosen her.
00:29:56 - Put her on the bed.
00:29:58 - Your bed.
00:29:59 - Smoke too much, these young girls.
00:30:01 - Hello?
00:30:05 This is Hugh Drummond.
00:30:07 I'd like to see Mr. Boxer.
00:30:08 Mm, tonight.
00:30:10 All right, I'm on my way.
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00:30:58 (upbeat music)
00:31:15 (upbeat music)
00:31:18 - Oh, to the back.
00:31:25 (clears throat)
00:31:27 Just a little more.
00:31:29 Yes, more.
00:31:30 (alarm buzzing)
00:31:33 - Yeah?
00:31:39 - Mr. Drummond is here.
00:31:41 - Oh, send him in.
00:31:42 Shoot, shoot.
00:31:44 (upbeat music)
00:31:47 - How are you, Hugh?
00:31:54 - Sit down, nice to see you.
00:31:56 - Hello, Boxer.
00:31:57 I never did like those tourist beaches.
00:31:59 - Oh.
00:32:00 There.
00:32:04 Is that better?
00:32:06 - Instant vacations, eh?
00:32:07 Only sort I can get.
00:32:12 I've been officially dead for three years.
00:32:14 Want a drink?
00:32:15 - You're a dead man, you're making an awful lot of money.
00:32:17 - Well, even dead men have to live.
00:32:19 Getting old, though.
00:32:20 Only the clean trade interests me these days.
00:32:23 Well, no more drugs or girls.
00:32:25 A bank here, train there.
00:32:27 All good, clean fun, and who misses it?
00:32:29 - The insurance companies.
00:32:31 - Not yours, though, never yours.
00:32:34 What's on your mind?
00:32:35 - Old-fashioned murder.
00:32:37 - Who, when?
00:32:38 - Relax, I don't want anybody killed.
00:32:41 I want to find a killer.
00:32:42 - Oh.
00:32:43 Who's been killed?
00:32:44 - Keller, chap called Henry Bridgenorth,
00:32:47 and David Wingard.
00:32:50 - David?
00:32:51 What, the David we knew in the army?
00:32:52 - Mm.
00:32:54 And tonight, I received a box of cigars.
00:32:59 A two-two slug inside each one of them,
00:33:01 and a very neat firing mechanism.
00:33:04 - Yeah.
00:33:05 Doesn't ring a bell.
00:33:08 I'll have to check.
00:33:09 - I've got Hugh Drummond with me.
00:33:12 We're old buddies.
00:33:13 Anything I have is his.
00:33:14 He wants to know who killed a mutual friend,
00:33:17 David Wingard, old Henry Keller,
00:33:20 and a Mr. who?
00:33:21 - Bridgenorth.
00:33:22 - Bridgenorth.
00:33:23 Yeah, also, who sent him a box of cigars, loaded ones?
00:33:27 - Yes, sir.
00:33:28 - We keep up-to-date records and everything.
00:33:30 - We have to.
00:33:31 - Chicago, New York, Beirut, Hong Kong.
00:33:34 Yeah, I've even got my own private hot wire to Moscow.
00:33:37 And what we haven't got on file,
00:33:38 we can get by teletype the same day.
00:33:40 - Korea?
00:33:42 You're a sentimentalist, Boxer.
00:33:44 - Yeah, digging that tunnel was the only honest work
00:33:46 I ever did in my life.
00:33:47 - You were a lousy escaper.
00:33:50 - We escaped, didn't we?
00:33:51 (phone ringing)
00:33:54 Yeah?
00:33:55 - We have records of Keller and Bridgenorth.
00:33:56 Both accidents, it says here.
00:33:58 Nothing on Wingard at all.
00:34:00 The cigars were bought from the old gate bomb specialist
00:34:02 by a bird.
00:34:03 No information on the bird, except she was a looker.
00:34:06 - That's it, Huey boy.
00:34:09 I'll call you if I hear any more.
00:34:11 - Yeah, it sounds to me as if you're up against a lone wolf,
00:34:14 and that can be rough.
00:34:15 - Well, thanks a lot.
00:34:17 And, uh,
00:34:17 stay alive, huh?
00:34:21 - You too, Huey boy.
00:34:22 Oh, ask the young lady to come down again, will you?
00:34:27 (upbeat music)
00:34:30 The young lady.
00:34:31 - I think we're up to the back, darling.
00:34:38 That's it.
00:34:40 (dramatic music)
00:34:43 (tires screeching)
00:34:57 (thudding)
00:35:10 (crashing)
00:35:12 (tires screeching)
00:35:16 (grunting)
00:35:32 (thudding)
00:35:34 (grunting)
00:35:49 (crashing)
00:35:57 (grunting)
00:36:00 - What's the matter?
00:36:12 Aren't the odds good enough for you anymore?
00:36:14 (clanging)
00:36:17 (zapping)
00:36:26 (tires screeching)
00:36:29 (tires screeching)
00:36:42 - I want a word with you, my friend.
00:36:46 - You're breaking me legs.
00:36:47 - Yeah, that's exactly what I intend to do.
00:36:49 - Now, let me out, let me out!
00:36:52 - Who sent you?
00:36:56 - A woman, some woman, she paid us.
00:36:58 She told us to kill you and make you look like a mugging.
00:37:00 - What woman?
00:37:02 - I never saw her before.
00:37:04 She contacted me and I got hold of the others.
00:37:06 She never told us nothing about it.
00:37:07 She just paid us and told us what to do.
00:37:10 - I think I'll break your legs anyway.
00:37:12 - At least give us all I know.
00:37:14 I never saw her before.
00:37:15 (tires screeching)
00:37:26 - You better look after your friend.
00:37:27 I think his feet are killing him.
00:37:28 - Ah, what are you doing there?
00:37:40 - Ah.
00:37:40 She decided she didn't want to go home.
00:37:45 And she didn't want to, well, I like sleeping on the couch.
00:37:51 - Well, how is she?
00:37:52 - Oh, she's fine.
00:37:53 Asleep.
00:37:56 No, I'm not.
00:37:57 Is this your uncle, Robert?
00:38:01 - Uncle Hugh, this is Brenda.
00:38:04 - Hello, Brenda.
00:38:05 - Hello, Uncle Hugh.
00:38:06 - How are you feeling?
00:38:07 - I feel fine now.
00:38:08 Can I have a drink?
00:38:10 - Here, I'll get it.
00:38:11 Well, night, Uncle.
00:38:19 - Night, Robert.
00:38:20 (door slams)
00:38:22 - She's upset.
00:38:28 - Well, that makes two of you.
00:38:30 Night.
00:38:32 - Hey.
00:38:43 I forgot a glass.
00:38:46 - I'll get you one.
00:38:48 (footsteps)
00:38:51 - Thank you.
00:38:52 - Good night.
00:38:55 - Good night.
00:38:59 (door slams)
00:39:03 I'm terribly sorry,
00:39:10 but there doesn't seem to be a key to this door.
00:39:13 I think I ought to-
00:39:14 - Well, why don't you try putting the chair
00:39:16 under the handle?
00:39:17 - Oh, all right.
00:39:18 Good night.
00:39:20 I can't seem to fix this chair.
00:39:31 - Would you like me to do it for you?
00:39:34 - Would you?
00:39:35 - With pleasure.
00:39:37 (footsteps)
00:39:40 (door slams)
00:39:49 - Good morning.
00:40:05 - Mm.
00:40:06 Pretty sneaky of her creeping off like that
00:40:11 in the middle of the night.
00:40:13 - Well, it's understandable.
00:40:14 She had a rough night, you know.
00:40:17 - Yeah.
00:40:17 Uh, Hugh, old man.
00:40:22 Hugh.
00:40:24 I, uh-
00:40:26 - No, I'm not going out tonight.
00:40:27 You'll have to let your urges run wild somewhere else.
00:40:31 - No, it's not that.
00:40:33 You couldn't loan me a hundred quid, could you?
00:40:35 - No.
00:40:36 What for?
00:40:38 - Well, I wanted to buy some warm weather clothes.
00:40:40 I've got an invitation.
00:40:41 - Why tell?
00:40:42 - Well, this friend of mine has got a yacht
00:40:44 and he's cruising all around the Mediterranean.
00:40:46 - You mean you might be leaving?
00:40:47 - I'm afraid so.
00:40:48 I'm sorry.
00:40:49 - I'm gonna leave this blank.
00:40:52 Just fill it in for whatever you want.
00:40:54 - Oh, thank you.
00:40:56 I'll pay you back, of course.
00:40:57 - Anytime.
00:40:58 - Where's the best place to go?
00:41:00 - Well, I always go to Spindles in Knightsbridge.
00:41:03 - Oh, is Pogo gonna be proud of me?
00:41:06 - Who's Pogo?
00:41:07 - He's the guy with the yacht.
00:41:08 See ya.
00:41:09 (phone ringing)
00:41:14 - Drummond?
00:41:17 Hello, John.
00:41:19 Where, the Pan-Arabian oil building?
00:41:22 All right, I'll be there.
00:41:25 Bye.
00:41:26 (car engine roaring)
00:41:29 (glass shattering)
00:41:37 - Hey, why don't you look where you're...
00:41:39 (dramatic music)
00:41:42 Well, excuse me.
00:41:45 Let me give you a hand.
00:41:47 - I'm terribly sorry.
00:41:49 - Oh, it's my fault, my fault.
00:41:51 - Thank you.
00:41:51 - Hey, is that yours or mine?
00:41:55 - It's mine.
00:41:56 Oh, no, no, it's not.
00:41:57 - Hey, I got a great idea.
00:42:00 My car's right here.
00:42:01 Why don't we just lump everything in the back
00:42:03 and go someplace where we can sort it out properly?
00:42:06 - What a lovely idea.
00:42:07 - My principal's proposal is a very simple one, gentlemen.
00:42:18 Your company would like to acquire the oil rights
00:42:21 in Akmata on a royalty basis.
00:42:23 - That is right.
00:42:24 - The new king, however, proposes to develop them himself,
00:42:28 actually in competition with your interest in that area.
00:42:31 My principal believes he can arrange for you
00:42:35 to be granted the rights within three months,
00:42:38 providing you pay him a fee of one million pounds.
00:42:42 (crowd murmuring)
00:42:44 (knocking)
00:42:46 - Miss Eggman?
00:42:47 - Thank you.
00:42:48 My principal estimates the main Akmata field
00:42:51 will yield a minimum of 90,000,
00:42:55 and I repeat, 90,000 barrels a day.
00:42:58 - The first year's profits will not be less
00:43:00 than 12 million pounds,
00:43:02 with an expansion to adjacent fields.
00:43:04 As I said before, gentlemen-
00:43:06 - Is it as hard as that to get a concession in Akmata?
00:43:08 - I would have said impossible.
00:43:10 Every major company's after it,
00:43:12 but the king is determined to work the fields himself.
00:43:14 - Well, how's her boss think he's gonna get him
00:43:16 to change his mind?
00:43:17 - Heaven knows.
00:43:19 Short of bloodshed.
00:43:20 - Of course, if someone should assassinate the king.
00:43:23 - What'd you say?
00:43:25 - I said if someone should assassinate the king.
00:43:27 - Assassinate the ruler,
00:43:29 and the Akmata concession is yours.
00:43:32 Assassinate the ruler and the Akmata concession.
00:43:37 Eat the ruler and the Ak.
00:43:40 - What are you raving about?
00:43:41 - Sorry, John, I think I just solved a problem.
00:43:46 - Mr. Weston?
00:43:47 - Miss Ekman, may I ask what guarantee we have
00:43:51 that your principal-
00:43:52 - Is that the Weston on your board?
00:43:54 - He sits on half a dozen boards.
00:43:55 He's a very good man.
00:43:57 - Well, he could soon be a very dead one.
00:43:59 Tell me, how can I have a look at this Ekman character?
00:44:02 - Well, I should think the best way
00:44:03 is to look through the door.
00:44:05 - As I've said before, gentlemen,
00:44:10 the million pounds will only be payable
00:44:12 if my principal is successful in getting you what you want.
00:44:16 If he isn't, no fee.
00:44:18 Thank you, that is all I have to say today.
00:44:21 - When does the meeting break up?
00:44:22 - Oh, any time now.
00:44:24 - You get Weston in here?
00:44:25 - Well, I can try.
00:44:26 - It only remains for me to thank Miss Ekman
00:44:28 for coming to us with this very interesting proposition,
00:44:32 and to say that it'll get all our attention
00:44:34 and we'll communicate with her
00:44:36 when we have reached a decision.
00:44:38 - Will you excuse me?
00:44:40 (people chattering)
00:44:43 - Well, John, what's it all about?
00:44:50 - Look, Weston, a little friendly advice.
00:44:52 Stay clear of Ekman.
00:44:54 - What?
00:44:55 - If I were you, I'd choose my dinner companions
00:44:57 rather more carefully.
00:44:58 Eh, that is, unless you want to wind up
00:45:00 with something more painful than indigestion.
00:45:03 - What the devil's he talking about?
00:45:08 (dramatic music)
00:45:11 - Taxi!
00:45:21 (dramatic music)
00:45:24 (dramatic music)
00:45:26 (dramatic music)
00:45:29 (dramatic music)
00:45:49 (dramatic music)
00:45:52 - Oh, darling, it's me.
00:46:03 You mustn't go to sleep, you know.
00:46:07 We've so much to talk about, and to.
00:46:11 (dramatic music)
00:46:15 (dramatic music)
00:46:18 Oh, I like you, you know,
00:46:24 and I would much rather be nice to you,
00:46:28 but Ekman will be back soon,
00:46:30 and she would be absolutely livid if you haven't talked.
00:46:35 So be a good boy, please.
00:46:38 Tell me all about Carlo, Joe, and your uncle, hmm?
00:46:44 Huh?
00:46:45 (dramatic music)
00:46:50 - That is a very untidy job, Penelope, very untidy.
00:47:14 Has he talked yet?
00:47:15 - He won't tell me anything.
00:47:17 - Of course not.
00:47:18 Now get dressed, we have to leave.
00:47:20 - Oh, what a shame.
00:47:21 Just as we were getting to know each other.
00:47:23 - Get dressed, I said, Penelope.
00:47:25 And I told you before not to wear my negligee.
00:47:29 - Oh, I didn't think you'd mind.
00:47:31 - I do mind.
00:47:33 (dramatic music)
00:47:35 (dramatic music)
00:47:38 - Hey, look, I don't mind.
00:47:48 (dramatic music)
00:47:50 - Hello.
00:47:53 (dramatic music)
00:47:57 Now you have to hurry it up.
00:48:04 We have one more job to do before we catch the plane.
00:48:07 And that is mine too.
00:48:11 - Oh, sorry.
00:48:12 - Penelope, one of these days,
00:48:14 your light-fingered habits are going to get you
00:48:15 into deep trouble.
00:48:17 (dramatic music)
00:48:19 (dramatic music)
00:48:22 Come on now, quick.
00:48:41 (dramatic music)
00:48:44 (dramatic music)
00:48:46 (Penelope grunting)
00:49:11 I didn't know you went into this kind of thing, Robert.
00:49:13 (Penelope grunting)
00:49:16 Don't struggle, you'll choke yourself.
00:49:22 (Penelope grunting)
00:49:25 That's a nasty burn.
00:49:26 You really ought to learn how to control
00:49:27 your girlfriends, you know?
00:49:29 (dramatic music)
00:49:32 That was my foot, you know.
00:49:36 (Penelope grunting)
00:49:40 That's interesting.
00:49:42 (Penelope grunting)
00:49:43 That's a time clock, you know.
00:49:45 (Penelope grunting)
00:49:48 Bit of a night, huh?
00:49:51 (Penelope grunting)
00:49:54 - Here, let's have this off you.
00:49:56 - Huh?
00:49:57 That's better.
00:50:00 - I don't think I'll ever forgive you for that.
00:50:03 - I'm asking gratitude for you.
00:50:05 After I saved your life.
00:50:07 - You didn't.
00:50:08 I died back there at five seconds to zero.
00:50:11 - You don't look too good.
00:50:13 I'll drop you at the hospital
00:50:14 and pick you up in half an hour.
00:50:16 - Where are you going?
00:50:17 - To see a chap called Weston.
00:50:19 When he gets himself killed.
00:50:21 Mr. Weston, please, it's very urgent.
00:50:30 - I'm sorry, Mr. Weston's engaged.
00:50:33 I say, that's very rude.
00:50:34 - Let them.
00:50:35 (explosion booms)
00:50:38 - No, no, stay there.
00:50:46 Is this a warehouse?
00:50:47 You better call the police.
00:50:50 (Penelope crying)
00:50:53 (bell ringing)
00:50:55 - By the time I got downstairs, they'd disappeared, of course.
00:51:12 - Well, they're pretty smooth operators, that's for sure.
00:51:15 What happens now?
00:51:17 - I'll bet for you.
00:51:18 Then you better tell me how to get in touch
00:51:19 with that friend of yours.
00:51:20 - Which friend?
00:51:21 - Banjo, or whatever you call him.
00:51:23 - Pogo.
00:51:24 What for?
00:51:25 - Well, he can't have you gallivanting
00:51:26 around the Mediterranean looking like that.
00:51:29 It'll scare the girls to death.
00:51:31 - Well, you can get in touch with him through the embassy.
00:51:33 - Which embassy?
00:51:34 - Acmata.
00:51:35 Just say you have a message for King Fedra.
00:51:38 - Pogo?
00:51:39 - Well, that's what we called him at Princeton.
00:51:41 - Tell me, where were you gonna pick this yacht up?
00:51:45 - A place called Castellumale.
00:51:47 - That's where Wingard was killed.
00:51:51 - All right, my boy.
00:51:52 Castellumale it is.
00:51:53 (dramatic music)
00:51:56 - Would you enter, please?
00:51:58 You are fortunate, sir.
00:52:02 Very, very, very fortunate.
00:52:04 - We are very fortunate.
00:52:07 - It was rented for three months,
00:52:11 but the tenant had the slightly fatal accident.
00:52:14 Most unfortunate for him, but most fortunate for you,
00:52:17 because this desirable residence is now empty.
00:52:21 - What about that desirable residence?
00:52:23 - Ah, the castello.
00:52:26 Magnifico.
00:52:27 It belonged to Mr. Peterson.
00:52:30 Yes, Carl Peterson.
00:52:32 A very rich gentleman with many beautiful things.
00:52:36 And the ladies, mamma mia.
00:52:40 The ladies up there in the castello
00:52:43 are the most beautiful ladies I have ever seen.
00:52:47 - But on to business.
00:52:49 - You will see, we are furnished in the grand style.
00:52:57 Everything of the best and almost new.
00:53:00 Now.
00:53:04 Oh.
00:53:06 Who did such a thing?
00:53:10 And why?
00:53:10 No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:53:12 You can't stay here.
00:53:13 I will find something anywhere.
00:53:15 - I like it here.
00:53:17 I want to stay here.
00:53:18 (speaking in foreign language)
00:53:22 Now you find somebody to bring the bags up
00:53:24 and somebody to clean up.
00:53:25 And don't worry, I'm eminently satisfied.
00:53:27 (upbeat music)
00:53:30 - Charming, charming.
00:53:37 I'm glad we're eminently satisfied.
00:53:41 (gentle music)
00:53:43 - You recognize that?
00:53:48 - Ooh, vividly.
00:53:50 Penelope was here.
00:53:54 What were they looking for?
00:53:58 - Well, if you'd stolen a very valuable tape recording,
00:54:02 when you played it, there was a piece missing.
00:54:04 You want to find that piece, wouldn't you?
00:54:05 - Ah, "Ain't the Ruler in the Act."
00:54:07 - Right.
00:54:08 (birds chirping)
00:54:11 - It's a grim looking place, isn't it?
00:54:14 - Hmm, but interesting.
00:54:16 - Well, you bet.
00:54:17 All those beautiful girls?
00:54:19 - No, but whoever lives up there
00:54:21 has been watching us through a telescope
00:54:22 ever since we got here.
00:54:37 (dramatic music)
00:54:40 (dramatic music)
00:54:43 (dramatic music)
00:54:45 (dramatic music)
00:54:48 (dramatic music)
00:54:51 - Hey, brother!
00:55:12 (men grunting)
00:55:16 (speaking in foreign language)
00:55:18 - On your feet, man!
00:55:19 Salams are out of date!
00:55:20 (speaking in foreign language)
00:55:24 - Ah, you remembered.
00:55:32 - Well, welcome aboard, my brooker.
00:55:37 - Boy, this king business has really gone to your head.
00:55:40 Where's the harem?
00:55:41 - Oh, I didn't think there was a need for that.
00:55:43 - You didn't think what?
00:55:45 - Well, we managed all right without a harem in America,
00:55:47 didn't we?
00:55:48 (men laughing)
00:55:49 - Yes, we did, Pogo.
00:55:51 Oh, excuse me, Pogo, this is my uncle, Hugh Drummond.
00:55:55 Hugh, Pogo.
00:55:57 - How do you do, Mr. Drummond?
00:56:00 Roberts told me a great deal about you.
00:56:03 Your company insures our new airline, doesn't it?
00:56:05 - That's right, sir.
00:56:06 - We've struck oil, Mr. Drummond, a big field,
00:56:10 and all the oil companies in the world
00:56:11 are chasing after me for a deal.
00:56:14 But they're not going to get it.
00:56:15 Over my dead body.
00:56:18 - Some people seem to be taking that last remark
00:56:20 literally, sir.
00:56:21 - You mean it, don't you, Mr. Drummond?
00:56:24 - Yes, I do.
00:56:25 - I suppose it's possible.
00:56:27 We Middle Eastern monarchs seem to have
00:56:29 a pretty precarious existence.
00:56:30 - No point in shortening the odds there.
00:56:33 - No, there isn't.
00:56:34 Are you talking generally or in particular?
00:56:38 - In particular.
00:56:39 - I see.
00:56:40 When and where?
00:56:40 - I don't know that.
00:56:42 - Or how?
00:56:42 - That I don't know either.
00:56:44 But if past experience is anything to go by,
00:56:46 it'll be a well-contrived accident.
00:56:48 (dramatic music)
00:56:50 (car engine rumbling)
00:56:54 - Good afternoon.
00:57:17 Mr. Drummond?
00:57:18 - Yes.
00:57:19 - Mr. Carl Peterson would be honored
00:57:21 if you'd have dinner with him at the castle this evening.
00:57:23 7.30?
00:57:24 - Tell Mr. Peterson I've been delighted.
00:57:28 - What about Popo's party?
00:57:37 - Well, I'll have to give it a miss.
00:57:41 But you go and stick close to him, huh?
00:57:44 - With his traveling companions, that'll be a pleasure.
00:57:46 (car engine rumbling)
00:57:49 (dramatic music)
00:57:52 - You're Robert Drummond, aren't you?
00:58:19 - I am.
00:58:20 - We're friends of Popo's.
00:58:21 He's giving a party.
00:58:22 He sent us both to fetch you.
00:58:24 - Did he now?
00:58:25 Hey, you, I'm going to the party.
00:58:27 - Hey, come on.
00:58:31 Aren't you coming?
00:58:32 - No, I'm afraid not.
00:58:34 - Oh, please.
00:58:35 - No, I get my clothes wet.
00:58:37 - Let's go.
00:58:40 (dramatic music)
00:58:42 (car engine rumbling)
00:58:48 (dramatic music)
00:58:51 (birds chirping)
00:59:06 (car engine rumbling)
00:59:10 (dramatic music)
00:59:15 (water splashing)
00:59:18 (dogs barking)
00:59:21 (metal clanging)
00:59:48 (footsteps thudding)
00:59:51 - Welcome, Mr. Drummond.
01:00:01 (speaking in foreign language)
01:00:05 (speaking in foreign language)
01:00:11 (footsteps thudding)
01:00:14 Mr. Drummond is here.
01:00:29 (speaking in foreign language)
01:00:35 - Hello, Drummond.
01:00:40 I thought you'd never get here.
01:00:42 - I would have been here sooner,
01:00:44 but I stayed in London for your cremation.
01:00:46 - I'll return the compliment.
01:00:48 I'll make a point of going to yours.
01:00:49 Mitsuko says that you speak very good Japanese.
01:00:54 You're a man of wide accomplishments, Drummond.
01:00:56 - And so are you, it seems, Weston.
01:00:58 Peterson.
01:01:00 - Which is it?
01:01:01 - Peterson.
01:01:03 Carl Peterson.
01:01:08 Weston's dead, long live Peterson.
01:01:10 By the way, who is dead?
01:01:14 That little man who worked for Wingard, Carlaggio.
01:01:18 - Your health, Drummond.
01:01:22 It had occurred to me that I might not be able
01:01:29 to persuade you up here.
01:01:32 And then I reasoned that your curiosity
01:01:34 would probably get the better of your judgment.
01:01:36 - Well, you were right.
01:01:37 I usually am.
01:01:38 - Doesn't it worry you that I might whip out a gun
01:01:41 and blow your block off?
01:01:43 - No.
01:01:44 In the first place, there's too much you want to know.
01:01:47 And in the second, you don't have a gun.
01:01:49 There's a metal detector just inside the front door,
01:01:52 which would have sounded an alarm if you'd been armed.
01:01:55 And anyway, our sort don't carry guns.
01:01:59 We use this to get what we want.
01:02:03 - And I assume you have got what you want.
01:02:07 It is rather charming, isn't it?
01:02:09 - Oh, so cozy.
01:02:11 - You must allow me to show you the rest of it.
01:02:13 You will stay for the weekend, of course.
01:02:15 - No, I haven't brought my pajamas.
01:02:18 - My dear fellow, everything in this house
01:02:20 is yours for the asking, isn't it, Anna?
01:02:23 Yours for the asking, Drummond.
01:02:30 - Well, thanks a lot, but I prefer to roll my own.
01:02:32 (laughing)
01:02:35 (fire crackling)
01:02:38 - This is what I like to call my operations room.
01:02:58 It's the nerve center of my organization.
01:03:02 I have others, of course,
01:03:05 but this is the one I choose to use at present.
01:03:07 - Mr. Peterson?
01:03:09 - Yes, Magda?
01:03:10 - The American stock has fallen two points.
01:03:14 Should we start buying soon?
01:03:17 - No, it'll drop another 10 tonight.
01:03:19 The president of the company
01:03:20 is due to commit suicide about now.
01:03:22 There's no better way of devaluing stock
01:03:26 than to have the president of the company
01:03:27 blow his brains out.
01:03:28 - Or crash his private aircraft.
01:03:31 - Ah, Keller.
01:03:33 Phoenician wanted an oil concession.
01:03:34 I got it for them, that's all.
01:03:36 Would you like to lead the way?
01:03:38 (hitting)
01:03:47 Beauty and the beast, huh?
01:03:52 Ooh!
01:03:54 (yelping)
01:03:56 You've met Grace, of course.
01:03:58 She's one of our new girls.
01:04:00 There are certain things they have to learn
01:04:02 before I send them out to work.
01:04:04 Chang there teaches them self-defense.
01:04:07 Chang, come and shake hands with Mr. Drummond.
01:04:11 (grunting)
01:04:31 (grunting)
01:04:33 - Sorry if I upset the hired hand.
01:04:41 Even bad help is hard to come by these days.
01:04:44 - Dinner in half an hour, Chang.
01:04:48 You'll join us, my dear.
01:04:49 We must arrange a proper match
01:04:52 between you and Chang someday.
01:04:54 He's a black belt, you know.
01:04:56 - Hmm.
01:04:56 Well, you better tell him to use it
01:04:58 to keep his pants up with, then.
01:05:00 (laughing)
01:05:02 - Interestingly lethal collection.
01:05:11 Like the young women you seem to have around here.
01:05:15 (laughing)
01:05:15 - My operations cover a wide sphere.
01:05:18 In Japan, I use Mitsuko.
01:05:20 Tanya and Remy are in Brazil just now.
01:05:23 Gerd is in Germany, and Anna here looks after India.
01:05:27 It really becomes quite difficult
01:05:28 to keep track of them all sometimes.
01:05:30 - But you'll manage.
01:05:31 (laughing)
01:05:33 - I can't tell you what a pleasure it is
01:05:35 to have someone to talk to again.
01:05:37 Someone outside my own circle, that is.
01:05:39 Your friend Wingard was the last.
01:05:42 Capital chess player.
01:05:43 Very intelligent man.
01:05:45 - Not intelligent enough, sir.
01:05:47 - On the contrary, like yourself, too intelligent.
01:05:51 He became inquisitive.
01:05:52 - Irritating.
01:05:53 - Well, it was a nuisance, you know.
01:05:56 But then it brought you here, so it has its compensations.
01:06:00 - Oh, my dears.
01:06:01 Mr. Drummond, Miss Eckman.
01:06:06 - How do you do?
01:06:11 - And our little Penelope.
01:06:13 - Hello.
01:06:14 - Mm, our little Penelope has already made contact
01:06:17 with my nephew.
01:06:19 - Such a handsome young man.
01:06:21 - Yes, you made quite an impression on him, too.
01:06:23 - Really?
01:06:25 (clearing throat)
01:06:29 (laughing)
01:06:31 - You see, Drummond, in big business,
01:06:33 huge sums of money depend on the ability of one man.
01:06:36 Competitors fight in every way they know
01:06:38 to bring that man down.
01:06:40 They employ complicated and expensive methods.
01:06:44 Stock deals, market rigging, price cutting.
01:06:48 It never entered anyone's head
01:06:50 that there was a far simpler way
01:06:52 of getting what one wanted.
01:06:54 - Until you came along.
01:06:56 - My method is simplicity itself.
01:06:58 If a man stands in your way, dispose of that man.
01:07:03 - And how do you propose to dispose of King Vedra?
01:07:05 - An accident, of course.
01:07:08 Shipboard explosion, all hands lost at sea,
01:07:11 splendid obituaries in the times.
01:07:13 And I shall be a million pounds the richer.
01:07:16 Eckman?
01:07:19 - Yes, Carl.
01:07:20 Now, Mr. Drummond, we must make sure
01:07:22 that nobody expects you home this evening.
01:07:25 - Magda.
01:07:26 - Yes, Miss Eckman?
01:07:29 - Mr. Drummond would like to speak to his nephew
01:07:31 aboard the Royal Yacht.
01:07:33 - Yes, Miss Eckman.
01:07:35 - Make the call as simple as possible.
01:07:36 We can cut it off from here.
01:07:37 - Mr. Robert Drummond is waiting.
01:07:41 - Hello, Robert.
01:07:42 - Hi.
01:07:43 - Enjoying yourself?
01:07:44 - Oh, yes, swinging.
01:07:45 Where are you speaking from?
01:07:47 - I'm up at the castle.
01:07:48 I've been invited to spend the weekend.
01:07:51 - Oh?
01:07:52 Is everything all right then?
01:07:54 - Oh, fine.
01:07:55 - Well, I think Pogo will probably be upset.
01:07:57 He took quite a shine to you.
01:07:59 - Well, people sometimes do.
01:08:00 Take care of yourself.
01:08:02 - Hello?
01:08:05 You?
01:08:06 - Trying.
01:08:13 Offer Mr. Drummond a cigar.
01:08:15 - Oh, let me.
01:08:16 - Hmm.
01:08:21 Corona, corona.
01:08:22 Corona, corona.
01:08:23 Now, I don't think I will.
01:08:26 My friends told me they're not very good for your health.
01:08:30 (laughing)
01:08:32 - I do like a man who can retain his sense of humor.
01:08:36 - This is rather comical, isn't it?
01:08:37 - What is?
01:08:39 - I mean, the whole thing.
01:08:40 The girls, the castle, Fu Manchu over there.
01:08:44 Even you, I suppose.
01:08:47 - My dears.
01:08:51 Mr. Drummond is trying to provoke me.
01:08:54 - He can provoke me.
01:08:56 Anytime.
01:08:58 - You always did have the morals of an alley cat, Penelope.
01:09:03 - Yes, because I like mine.
01:09:04 - No, dear.
01:09:05 You like anything.
01:09:06 Just as long as it isn't yours.
01:09:08 - I like when--
01:09:09 (glass shattering)
01:09:12 - What exactly is it that you find so amusing?
01:09:19 - Oh, the whole thing's so theatrical, isn't it?
01:09:22 I mean, I grant the girls have got some conceivable purpose,
01:09:26 but what about old Fatso over there, Tifo?
01:09:30 - I advise you to be careful, Drummond.
01:09:32 Chang's English is very good.
01:09:34 - It's more than I can say about his buttling.
01:09:36 He slops coffee in the saucer, he's ugly as sin,
01:09:41 and his breath smells like the bottom of a parrot cage.
01:09:44 - No, Chang!
01:09:45 - What?
01:09:45 I don't know what you hope to achieve with him,
01:09:48 I don't know what you hope to achieve by this, Drummond,
01:09:50 but I advise you to stop it.
01:09:52 - No, Carl, dear.
01:09:54 Let him go on.
01:09:56 It should be rather amusing.
01:09:59 - And what about that ridiculous sword thing?
01:10:02 What's that for?
01:10:03 Picking those rotting teeth with?
01:10:05 (grunting)
01:10:07 (glass shattering)
01:10:10 - Round one to you.
01:10:37 Next is mine, I think.
01:10:39 - If they start letting fly with those things,
01:10:45 we'll all end up spattered over the furniture, Peterson.
01:10:48 - Now, you don't honestly think that you can fight your way
01:10:51 out of here armed with just that?
01:10:53 - I can make an impressive dent in your skull trying.
01:10:57 - I don't advise it.
01:11:05 - I'm always ready to take advice.
01:11:07 A sensible decision.
01:11:09 And now, before tempers get frayed,
01:11:13 I think we all should be thinking of bed.
01:11:16 - I know someone who already is.
01:11:18 - Miss Eckman.
01:11:19 We'll see you to your room.
01:11:23 - Good night, Carl.
01:11:25 - Good night!
01:11:26 - Next time you're in London,
01:11:27 allow me to recommend you to a good dentist, huh?
01:11:31 (door opening)
01:11:34 (sighing)
01:11:48 Bit warm for you, is it?
01:11:49 Shall I open the window?
01:11:51 - Oh, I wouldn't do that.
01:11:52 It's electrified.
01:11:53 - Really?
01:11:54 (electricity buzzing)
01:11:59 Good heavens.
01:12:00 You're absolutely right.
01:12:01 I'm most kind of you to have mentioned it, Miss Eckman.
01:12:03 - Well, I didn't want you to get killed.
01:12:05 At least, not yet.
01:12:07 - You're saving me for some wild little torture
01:12:10 of your own, huh?
01:12:12 - Not torture.
01:12:13 I'm just rather soft-hearted.
01:12:15 And I want you to die happy.
01:12:17 Huh?
01:12:18 Do you mind?
01:12:21 - No, not at all.
01:12:22 The condemned man's going to have a hearty breakfast,
01:12:27 is he?
01:12:28 - Well, I doubt very much whether you'll be with us
01:12:30 by breakfast.
01:12:31 But could you pour me a glass of champagne, please?
01:12:35 - All right.
01:12:38 - Thank you.
01:12:39 - Hmm.
01:12:46 That nasty boyfriend of yours has got expensive tastes.
01:12:49 - Why not?
01:12:51 He's not short of other people's money.
01:12:53 And besides, this nasty boyfriend of mine
01:12:59 likes only the best.
01:13:00 - Don't you?
01:13:03 Do you find me attractive?
01:13:10 Do you like my body?
01:13:14 - Well, it's not bad.
01:13:18 A little bit muscular, perhaps,
01:13:21 but then you've got to expect that
01:13:23 with the violent sort of exercise you take.
01:13:25 - To your health.
01:13:29 - Well, I don't know that's quite the appropriate toast
01:13:32 under the circumstances.
01:13:33 Unless...
01:13:36 Miss...
01:13:42 Ekman.
01:13:44 - Yes?
01:13:46 - Come and sit on the bed.
01:13:48 Let's have a friendly chat.
01:13:57 Can you help me to get out of here?
01:13:59 - But I couldn't possibly.
01:14:03 A car would kill me.
01:14:04 - No.
01:14:06 What if I was here to protect you?
01:14:07 Think of the wonderful times we could have together,
01:14:12 Miss Ekman.
01:14:13 Darling, by the way, what is your first name?
01:14:19 - Emma.
01:14:21 - That's an absolutely super name.
01:14:27 And would you really take care of me?
01:14:30 - Day and night, especially at night.
01:14:34 After all, you'd have saved my life.
01:14:42 - Can you promise that everything will work out all right?
01:14:48 - Well, we can't but try.
01:14:51 Now, do you think we can do it?
01:14:55 (Ekman sighs)
01:14:58 I'll tell you that later.
01:14:59 Now, don't talk anymore and kiss me.
01:15:03 - You know, this is ridiculous.
01:15:16 - What are you talking about?
01:15:17 - Well, with you, I'd never know whether I was gonna fall
01:15:24 from a high building or be beaten up by six or seven thugs
01:15:29 or have my head blown off by a corona corona.
01:15:32 - You don't trust me, huh?
01:15:35 - Sweetheart, I trust you
01:15:38 about as much as a bad-tempered scorpion.
01:15:42 - So you better run and tell your boyfriend
01:15:51 that though I enjoyed his dinner,
01:15:53 I really couldn't face the dessert.
01:15:55 (Ekman slaps)
01:16:06 - You are unnatural.
01:16:08 - Hey, you forgot your pants.
01:16:14 (door opens)
01:16:16 - Karl!
01:16:32 - Hello, dear, didn't you come?
01:16:34 - I want to kill him, Karl, please.
01:16:36 - So you shall, dear, when I say so.
01:16:38 - This man is utterly and completely-
01:16:41 - Hello.
01:16:43 Anything good on the telly?
01:16:45 You've got to admit, he's a dish.
01:16:50 (slap)
01:16:57 - This is my lighter.
01:16:59 - Is it?
01:17:00 - Karl, I'm sick and tired of having her pick up
01:17:02 everything that takes her fancy.
01:17:04 Now, would you please tell this little-
01:17:05 - Now, just look at that.
01:17:07 (door opens)
01:17:10 (footsteps)
01:17:20 - I've got to talk to you.
01:17:21 Please, you must listen to me.
01:17:22 - All right.
01:17:24 - I can't take any more of this.
01:17:26 - Well, you should have thought of that
01:17:27 before you came here.
01:17:28 - I didn't volunteer.
01:17:29 My father was a chemist.
01:17:31 Peterson tricked him, used him in a dope deal.
01:17:34 - And if you hadn't come here,
01:17:37 Peterson would have had him sent to prison, is that it?
01:17:39 - Not anymore.
01:17:40 - Why?
01:17:42 - My father died two weeks ago.
01:17:44 He killed himself.
01:17:45 - Can you phone out of here to my nephew?
01:17:52 - No, only Eggman and Peterson can use the phone.
01:17:55 - Better leave it with me.
01:17:59 And you better get out of here before they miss you.
01:18:04 - Our problem has always been to get close enough
01:18:07 to the King so that the bomb we use is 100% effective.
01:18:11 With this new plastic explosive,
01:18:16 a few ounces of which could blow up this whole building,
01:18:18 and with grace, we have a solution.
01:18:22 (gasps)
01:18:26 I don't like changing plans, but this.
01:18:33 - Meet me in the laboratory in half an hour.
01:18:36 This needs a woman's touch.
01:18:38 - All right.
01:18:39 Me too.
01:18:42 - You make sure that Mr. Drummond gets a good night's sleep.
01:18:47 - The treatment.
01:18:48 - The treatment.
01:18:51 (dramatic music)
01:18:54 (dramatic music)
01:18:57 (dramatic music)
01:18:59 (dramatic music)
01:19:02 (dramatic music)
01:19:05 (dramatic music)
01:19:08 (dramatic music)
01:19:10 (dramatic music)
01:19:13 (dramatic music)
01:19:18 (dramatic music)
01:19:23 (dramatic music)
01:19:27 (dramatic music)
01:19:32 (dramatic music)
01:19:38 (dramatic music)
01:19:41 - Poor you.
01:20:08 (dramatic music)
01:20:11 (dramatic music)
01:20:29 (dramatic music)
01:20:32 - Good morning, Drummond.
01:20:46 Have a good night?
01:20:47 - It was a knockout.
01:20:49 - I debated whether I should allow you to awake at all,
01:20:53 but like all artists, I work better
01:20:55 when there's someone to appreciate what I'm doing.
01:20:58 - May I?
01:20:59 - Of course.
01:21:00 Your nephew seems to be enjoying himself.
01:21:06 - He has a great capacity for self-indulgence.
01:21:11 Unlike you, he'll grow out of it.
01:21:13 - I doubt if he'll have the time.
01:21:15 Now, how about a game of chess while we're waiting?
01:21:19 - What are we waiting for?
01:21:21 - 12 o'clock.
01:21:23 That's when, for the want of a better expression,
01:21:27 the balloon goes up.
01:21:28 One for me, one for you.
01:21:32 I'll set the board.
01:21:36 Black and white to opening positions.
01:21:41 (dramatic music)
01:21:45 The age of computers, Drummond.
01:21:52 (dramatic music)
01:21:55 (eerie music)
01:21:57 (dramatic music)
01:22:00 (gavel banging)
01:22:23 - Congratulations.
01:22:27 Courtesy of a shipping company
01:22:29 that failed when its chairman died.
01:22:31 - Lost at sea, I doubt.
01:22:34 - Precisely.
01:22:35 Now, if you'd like to take white and open again,
01:22:38 just tell the computer the move you want to make
01:22:40 and it will do the rest.
01:22:41 King's pawn to king four.
01:22:46 (dramatic music)
01:22:49 (whistle blowing)
01:22:51 King's pawn gambit.
01:22:53 Orthodox reply.
01:22:55 King's pawn to king four.
01:22:57 (bell ringing)
01:22:59 King's knight to king's bishop three.
01:23:07 Where are your two little charmers this morning?
01:23:15 - In the village.
01:23:16 Queen's knight to queen's bishop three.
01:23:19 (dramatic music)
01:23:23 (bell ringing)
01:23:25 - Queen's knight to queen's bishop three.
01:23:32 (whistle blowing)
01:23:40 Grace is with them.
01:23:42 She has the place of honor in this morning's business.
01:23:45 That surprises you after last night's cozy little scene
01:23:49 in the bathroom?
01:23:50 If it's any consolation to you, she meant what she said.
01:23:54 She's taking part in today's events without her knowledge.
01:23:57 King's knight to king's bishop three.
01:24:00 - Doesn't it worry you that she might object
01:24:03 when she finds out?
01:24:04 - When she finds out, it'll be too late.
01:24:08 She won't be there anymore.
01:24:10 Neither will King Ferdra nor the yacht,
01:24:13 nor I'm sorry to say your beloved nephew.
01:24:15 Just a great big hole in the water.
01:24:20 - I gather that Grace is carrying the bomb then.
01:24:23 - My dear Drummond, Grace is the bomb.
01:24:28 (people chattering)
01:24:31 - Hmm, I've always wanted a yacht like that.
01:24:34 Seems a pity to blow it up, doesn't it?
01:24:38 - If we don't get moving soon, it won't people on her.
01:24:42 - That's right.
01:24:43 Now Grace, you're a very lucky girl, you know.
01:24:48 Mr. Peterson doesn't usually give anyone a second chance,
01:24:51 so try to earn it.
01:24:54 Penelope and I are going to arrange about the explosives
01:25:00 and you stay here and watch the yacht, all right?
01:25:03 That's mine.
01:25:07 I meant what I said, darling,
01:25:10 so don't get any ideas about taking a walk, huh?
01:25:14 Is that clear?
01:25:16 - Yeah.
01:25:17 - All right, come on.
01:25:20 - How can you be sure she will run?
01:25:32 - She'll run just as soon as she thinks
01:25:34 we're far enough away, don't you worry.
01:25:36 - Oh, beautiful.
01:25:37 - Yes, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
01:25:39 (people chattering)
01:25:42 - I'm sorry, miss, you cannot go aboard.
01:25:55 - I must.
01:25:56 - I'm sorry, but--
01:25:57 - I've got to see King Pedro or Robert Drummond.
01:25:59 - It's impossible.
01:26:00 - Mr. Dunn, friend of yours?
01:26:07 - Well, not yet, but I'm sure we can work out something.
01:26:10 - I've got to speak to you both.
01:26:12 It's about your uncle.
01:26:13 - Hello?
01:26:25 (horn honking)
01:26:28 Everybody safely aboard.
01:26:31 - Drummond, come here a minute, will you?
01:26:36 - Fuse has been successfully lit.
01:26:38 - Interesting to speculate just where on her person
01:26:47 you could possibly have hidden the bomb.
01:26:50 - Now isn't it just?
01:26:51 Your move, I think.
01:26:55 - Sounds a bit far-fetched to me.
01:26:57 - Of course it's true, every word of it.
01:26:59 Ekman and Penelope are arranging about the bomb right now.
01:27:01 - You've no idea what sort of a bomb?
01:27:03 - They wouldn't tell me.
01:27:05 - Let's assume for a moment what she says is true.
01:27:07 The question is, what do we do?
01:27:10 - Get the hell out of here before they come back.
01:27:12 - Right.
01:27:13 Captain!
01:27:14 - See you around, I hope.
01:27:15 - Hey, where are you going?
01:27:18 - Well, as long as we're believing her,
01:27:19 I'd better get up the castle and lend a hand.
01:27:21 - It strikes me as being extremely capable.
01:27:23 - Helpless as a babe without me around.
01:27:25 (chuckling)
01:27:28 (speaking in foreign language)
01:27:35 - They'll keep you from being lonely.
01:27:37 - Well, what about you?
01:27:38 - You must be joking.
01:27:41 - Tell me, how are you planning to dispose of me?
01:27:48 - Oh, an underwater swim.
01:27:51 Ekman, Penelope, and you.
01:27:53 The only trouble is that you've forgotten
01:27:55 to check your air tanks.
01:27:57 King's Bishop Paul to King's Bishop Three.
01:28:03 (dramatic music)
01:28:05 - Come on, Drummond.
01:28:13 It's your move.
01:28:14 - Hmm?
01:28:16 - I said it was your move.
01:28:17 - Then I better make it.
01:28:20 (gun firing)
01:28:23 (alarm beeping)
01:28:30 (dramatic music)
01:28:32 (alarm beeping)
01:28:35 (dramatic music)
01:28:39 (gun firing)
01:28:41 (dramatic music)
01:28:44 (dramatic music)
01:28:47 (dramatic music)
01:28:49 (screaming)
01:29:16 (screaming)
01:29:19 - Standard gambit.
01:29:20 Eliminate your opponent's knight.
01:29:22 Your move, Peterson.
01:29:23 Black Queen's Knight is taken.
01:29:28 (dramatic music)
01:29:32 (gun firing)
01:29:41 (dramatic music)
01:29:44 (gun firing)
01:29:52 (gun firing)
01:29:59 White Queen's Bishop to Queen Two.
01:30:08 (gun firing)
01:30:10 (gun firing)
01:30:13 White King's Bishop's Pawn to King's Bishop Three.
01:30:17 (gun firing)
01:30:19 That's six, Peterson.
01:30:21 You only get seven with a Beretta.
01:30:22 (gun firing)
01:30:24 Black King's Bishop's Pawn to King's Bishop Four.
01:30:27 (gun firing)
01:30:29 (gun firing)
01:30:33 (dramatic music)
01:30:35 (dramatic music)
01:30:38 (gun firing)
01:30:43 (gun firing)
01:30:52 (dramatic music)
01:30:54 (gun firing)
01:31:00 (dramatic music)
01:31:03 (dramatic music)
01:31:06 Black Queen's Pawn to Queen Six.
01:31:31 (dramatic music)
01:31:34 Black Queen to King Four.
01:31:37 (dramatic music)
01:31:40 White Castle to King Four.
01:31:42 (gun firing)
01:31:43 (dramatic music)
01:31:44 Black King to King Four.
01:31:46 (dramatic music)
01:31:49 (screaming)
01:31:57 (dramatic music)
01:32:01 (dramatic music)
01:32:04 - Checkmate.
01:32:05 (gun firing)
01:32:15 (dramatic music)
01:32:18 - Is this a private party or can anyone join in?
01:32:27 - Be my guest.
01:32:29 (dramatic music)
01:32:31 - What shall I do with her?
01:32:40 - Nasty little girl.
01:32:42 Down the black hole.
01:32:43 (screaming)
01:32:48 Give me a hand with this, Bishop.
01:32:51 - It's heavy.
01:32:54 - Well, that ought to keep the little darlings
01:32:56 quiet for a while.
01:32:58 (dramatic music)
01:33:00 - Well, I'm glad to see that Grace and the King
01:33:15 are hitting it off.
01:33:17 - It must be her explosive personality.
01:33:20 (dramatic music)
01:33:23 - What's the time?
01:33:26 - It's ten to 12.
01:33:28 - We've got five minutes.
01:33:30 (growling)
01:33:32 (dramatic music)
01:33:35 (tires screeching)
01:33:49 (screaming)
01:33:51 (groaning)
01:33:59 - Hey, hey.
01:34:03 (dramatic music)
01:34:09 - Where is he?
01:34:19 - Come on.
01:34:20 Come on, get going.
01:34:31 Cover them.
01:34:37 (dramatic music)
01:34:40 - What's all this about, Mr. Drummond?
01:34:59 - This girl is due to blow up in about two minutes.
01:35:04 - So where is it?
01:35:08 - I don't know.
01:35:09 Honestly, I do love her.
01:35:11 - You won't get anything out of her.
01:35:15 Here, catch this.
01:35:17 Give me the other one.
01:35:19 No time for modesty.
01:35:25 (dramatic music)
01:35:28 (dramatic music)
01:35:31 - The women, they've got away.
01:35:51 - We'll worry about them later.
01:35:55 - Don't worry about this, hope you can swim.
01:35:59 - One, two, three, and up she goes.
01:36:04 - And up she goes.
01:36:06 - Incidentally, where was it?
01:36:10 - In her chignon.
01:36:11 - Chignon?
01:36:13 - Well, you know, her false hair piece up there.
01:36:15 - Never, wasn't it?
01:36:16 - It couldn't be.
01:36:18 It was nicer than mine, so I changed them over.
01:36:22 - Where is it now?
01:36:24 - I'm wearing it.
01:36:25 - You're what?
01:36:26 (explosion)
01:36:28 - That's what comes of letting success go to your head.
01:36:36 - Help.
01:36:39 Help, help.
01:36:41 - I'll go.
01:36:43 - No, I'll go.
01:36:44 - Help.
01:36:45 (splashing)
01:36:53 ♪ She whispers oh such pretty lies
01:36:57 ♪ Don't believe her
01:37:01 ♪ Or when you look into her eyes
01:37:06 ♪ Love just isn't there
01:37:10 ♪ Brother beware
01:37:13 ♪ Take care my brother take care
01:37:17 ♪ For the female of the species
01:37:19 ♪ Is dead the other man
01:37:22 (dramatic music)
01:37:25 (roaring)
01:37:27 (dramatic music)
01:37:30 (dramatic music)
01:37:33 (upbeat music)