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00:03:33 Morning.
00:03:35 45 seconds.
00:03:37 We've been shopping.
00:03:40 Is Lordship in?
00:03:41 It's all right, Sally?
00:03:49 Smashing.
00:03:50 And two crackers each.
00:03:51 [LAUGHS]
00:03:55 Get me a Queen of Sheba.
00:03:56 Good morning, Mr. Pearson.
00:04:02 Good morning, Sally.
00:04:04 Morning, Peter.
00:04:13 Morning.
00:04:14 Oh.
00:04:19 What's the matter with you?
00:04:20 Got a cold?
00:04:21 Hangover.
00:04:22 You shouldn't be wasting your time.
00:04:23 You've got an exam in three months.
00:04:25 Ugh, don't remind me.
00:04:26 Not before Christmas, anyway.
00:04:29 Don't mind my mentioning it, but you, uh,
00:04:31 don't look too good yourself today.
00:04:33 Hurrah with the missus?
00:04:35 Something like that.
00:04:36 That'll be two pounds, Peter.
00:04:43 Two pounds?
00:04:44 What for?
00:04:45 Tonight's party.
00:04:46 What are we having, then?
00:04:47 Champagne?
00:04:48 And dancing girls.
00:04:49 Well, they better be good.
00:04:50 Anyway, I'll get my money's worth.
00:04:55 Thank you.
00:04:58 Roll on, New Year.
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00:05:45 Morning, Arthur.
00:05:46 Morning, sir.
00:05:50 Miss Pringle, do you feel it really necessary to make
00:05:52 such a display of your popularity?
00:05:54 I thought they'd liven the desk up a little.
00:05:57 Banking is one of the few dignified businesses
00:05:59 left in the world, Miss Pringle.
00:06:00 Do you mind terribly if we keep it that way?
00:06:02 I'm sorry, sir.
00:06:04 Morning, Pearson.
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00:06:06 Carol, Sanderson.
00:06:07 Morning, sir.
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00:06:16 I noticed you didn't mention the party.
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00:07:07 Miss Pringle?
00:07:08 Sanderson and Pearson to come in, please.
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00:07:33 Come in.
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00:08:14 [PAPER RUSTLING]
00:08:17 You get it?
00:08:18 Get what?
00:08:19 Who wants to know if you're a hepcat or a square?
00:08:23 Do you mind?
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00:09:08 Pearson.
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00:09:36 Yes, Mr. Fordoff?
00:09:42 Pearson, do you expect people to write with a pen like that?
00:09:44 What's wrong with it, Mr. Fordoff?
00:09:54 Wrong?
00:09:55 The nib's completely corroded.
00:09:57 It obviously hasn't been cleaned or examined for weeks.
00:10:00 This isn't a post office, you know.
00:10:02 A customer coming into this bank has a right to expect efficiency.
00:10:04 I'll speak to Miss Pringle.
00:10:05 She, uh--
00:10:06 Who you speak to is a matter of complete indifference to me, Pearson.
00:10:09 What concerns me is the fact that it is always I who have to discover
00:10:12 every fiddling little misdemeanor in this branch.
00:10:16 A general doesn't inspect every button of every soldier every day, you know.
00:10:19 That is supposed to be what his subordinates are for.
00:10:22 I'll see to it immediately.
00:10:23 Perhaps you don't agree with me.
00:10:25 Perhaps you think because the combined assets of the City and Colonial Bank
00:10:28 total more than 371 million pounds,
00:10:30 a tupled pen nib is of no account.
00:10:33 I'll see to it right away, Mr. Fordoff.
00:10:35 Do that.
00:10:36 And send Harville to me, will you?
00:10:38 Fordoff, I see you, Harville.
00:10:48 [doorbell rings]
00:10:50 Come in.
00:11:01 Mr. Pearson said you wanted to see me, sir.
00:11:16 Obviously, you know what we have to discuss.
00:11:19 I'm not sure, sir.
00:11:20 Perhaps you don't think it worth discussing.
00:11:22 Perhaps you think that odd pounds, shillings and pence
00:11:24 can be missing from the books from time to time without further comment.
00:11:26 Sir, if you mean last Wednesday's balance...
00:11:29 Well, was it last Wednesday's balance, sir?
00:11:33 Why? Have there been other days when the balance has been irregular?
00:11:36 Sir, I thought as Mr. Burnaby'd returned the ten pounds,
00:11:39 the matter was more or less closed.
00:11:41 We were very busy that day, and I thought,
00:11:43 "Well, Burnaby's an old customer. He was accidentally overpaid."
00:11:46 Very interesting attitude, Harville.
00:11:48 And what would have happened if the money hadn't been returned?
00:11:51 Would the mistake have been discovered then?
00:11:53 And if not, what method would have been used to conceal it?
00:11:56 Look, Mr. Ford, I give you my word.
00:11:58 Nobody was trying to conceal anything.
00:11:59 It was... well, it was just a mistake, that's all.
00:12:02 I suggest to you that it's a lie,
00:12:04 and that the money was only put back in the till
00:12:06 after you knew that Burnaby had returned the ten pounds to me personally.
00:12:09 - No, sir. - I also suggest that there was an actual conspiracy.
00:12:12 That someone else on the staff was involved with you in the whole plot.
00:12:15 But that's ridiculous.
00:12:17 Why should I try to conceal something
00:12:19 that the auditors would have been bound to discover anyway?
00:12:22 Who initialed your balance last Wednesday night?
00:12:25 Well, that's nothing to do with it,
00:12:26 because I'd already put the money back by then.
00:12:28 When my balance was initialed on Wednesday, it was a correct balance.
00:12:31 Who initialed it?
00:12:33 I don't see how it makes any difference who initialed it.
00:12:35 I do.
00:12:37 Was it Sanderson?
00:12:40 No, he would...
00:12:42 No, it wasn't, sir.
00:12:44 Apart from myself and Sanderson,
00:12:46 only one other person is authorized to check your balance.
00:12:48 Who is that other person?
00:12:50 You know perfectly well who initialed it, sir.
00:12:52 I am only trying to be fair,
00:12:54 trying not to jump to any conclusions.
00:12:57 But it does seem conclusive that these initials are Mr. Pearson's.
00:13:00 Are those Pearson's initials, or are they not?
00:13:04 Yes, they are.
00:13:06 Come in.
00:13:10 Oh, Pearson, I was just going to send for you.
00:13:12 So be all havel.
00:13:14 Thank you.
00:13:25 You wanted to see me, Mr. Fodor?
00:13:32 It's about this business of falsifying the books
00:13:36 which you and Harvard have been mixed up in.
00:13:38 Falsifying?
00:13:39 It's a question of Burnaby's ten pounds.
00:13:41 You initialed Harvale's balance last Wednesday, did you not?
00:13:44 It wasn't falsifying.
00:13:46 We were checking each item, and a day or two
00:13:47 we would have discovered the mistake.
00:13:49 It's very easy to say after the event.
00:13:51 We're not exactly amateurs in the business, sir.
00:13:53 That's certainly true.
00:13:56 Amateurs wouldn't be clever enough to create a fund
00:13:58 specifically to cover up mistakes made by the staff.
00:14:01 You do see where such abuse could lead, don't you?
00:14:04 Well, do you see the point?
00:14:07 This fund operates only for mistakes which are discovered,
00:14:11 which means that other mistakes, or rather falsifications,
00:14:14 could be occurring which are not discovered.
00:14:17 You're entitled to put your own construction on what has happened.
00:14:20 Thank you.
00:14:23 Then you would agree that I have a duty to protect this bank
00:14:25 and its clients against embezzlement.
00:14:28 I must ask you to withdraw that allegation.
00:14:33 What's that saying?
00:14:36 It's no good, Fordyce, is it?
00:14:38 What's no good?
00:14:40 This whole business.
00:14:42 It doesn't involve Burnaby's ten pounds.
00:14:44 It's a question of temperaments.
00:14:46 Yours and mine.
00:14:47 I realise that it's largely my fault
00:14:49 that we haven't anything in common.
00:14:51 Really, Pearson?
00:14:53 Can't we straighten this ridiculous business out once and for all?
00:14:55 I know we disagree about almost everything.
00:14:58 My way of looking at things irritates you,
00:15:00 and I'm afraid it's time to get to the bottom of this.
00:15:03 My way of looking at things irritates you?
00:15:05 I am not in the least interested in your way of looking at things.
00:15:08 You are here to concern yourself with banking, not personalities.
00:15:11 Mr Fordyce, I'm asking you to recommend me
00:15:14 for a transfer to one of our branches in London.
00:15:17 Do you really think that I could recommend you to another branch?
00:15:22 Your signature on a balance sheet is apparently worthless.
00:15:26 If I were to recommend you, I'd be as guilty of dishonesty as you are.
00:15:29 I'm not dishonest.
00:15:30 Then explain these initials.
00:15:31 I have.
00:15:32 To my satisfaction.
00:15:33 Apparently you haven't grasped the full significance of what I've just been saying.
00:15:40 It isn't only that I couldn't in all honesty forward your transfer.
00:15:43 There is also a strong doubt in my mind as to whether I can keep you on here.
00:15:47 You dismiss me?
00:15:50 After 11 years?
00:15:53 From the one business I know?
00:15:56 You make it impossible for me to get another job as Chief Clerk at any bank in the country.
00:16:02 You do that?
00:16:04 It is time to open for business, Pearson.
00:16:10 Morning, Jim.
00:16:18 Morning.
00:16:30 Excuse me.
00:16:31 How long have I parked over there?
00:16:33 Only 20 minutes, sir.
00:16:34 Oh.
00:16:35 Merry Christmas, sir.
00:16:44 The same to you.
00:16:45 I'll ask Mr. Fordyce if he'll see me for a few moments, will you, Pearson?
00:16:57 Just a moment, sir.
00:16:59 (typing)
00:17:01 Excuse me, sir.
00:17:09 Mm-hmm?
00:17:10 What's the personal or a business matter, sir?
00:17:12 Business, of course.
00:17:14 Come in.
00:17:21 Yes, Pearson, what is it?
00:17:25 Someone to see you, sir.
00:17:27 You know I don't see anyone in the mornings without an appointment.
00:17:30 Gore Hepburn?
00:17:34 What sort of person is he?
00:17:36 I should say someone of consequence, sir.
00:17:38 I better go and show him in.
00:17:40 You might interrupt us after 10 minutes.
00:17:42 Don't want the fellow here all morning.
00:17:44 Would you come this way, sir?
00:17:51 Mm-hmm.
00:17:52 Oh, thank you.
00:17:55 Colonel Gore Hepburn, sir.
00:17:57 Morning, Ford.
00:17:58 Morning, Colonel.
00:17:59 Won't you sit down?
00:18:01 Thank you.
00:18:02 Oh, come.
00:18:08 Will you need me any more, sir?
00:18:17 No, that's all, Pearson.
00:18:18 Just a moment.
00:18:19 Come in, Pearson, and close the door.
00:18:22 I'm afraid I don't understand. This is only...
00:18:24 You will.
00:18:25 Close it, Pearson.
00:18:27 I sent in my personal card...
00:18:34 because I did not wish to disclose the interests I represent.
00:18:38 In fact, I am from the head office of the Home and Mercantile Bankers Insurance.
00:18:43 The Home and Mercantile?
00:18:45 They insure this branch and look after our security.
00:18:47 Exactly.
00:18:48 I'm on a tour of all your branches in the southwest.
00:18:51 I'm sorry to spring myself on you in this way...
00:18:54 but it's part of my job to see that people are on their toes...
00:18:58 and that the safeguard clauses in our policy are being complied with.
00:19:02 I hope you find everything in order, sir.
00:19:04 Well, frankly, Pearson, I think I've caught you flat-footed.
00:19:07 I don't understand.
00:19:09 Oh, now, look, Pearson.
00:19:11 I walk into this bank this morning, hand a card over the counter...
00:19:15 and immediately I'm shown in here and left alone with Fordyce.
00:19:18 I could have stuck a gun in his ribs as soon as the door closed.
00:19:22 If I may say so, sir, you don't look much like a gunman.
00:19:25 Really? You people in the provinces must stop thinking in this way.
00:19:29 How do you know what a gunman looks like these days? Agreed, Fordyce?
00:19:32 Yes, yes, of course.
00:19:34 Pearson, you should have inquired more thoroughly into Colonel Gore-Hedman's business.
00:19:37 I naturally assumed that you had.
00:19:39 I'm sorry, Mr. Fordyce.
00:19:41 But you couldn't have gone into the strongroom, Colonel.
00:19:43 It requires two keys to open it.
00:19:45 Mr. Fordyce only has one of them.
00:19:47 I have the other.
00:19:48 That only makes matters worse, Pearson.
00:19:50 It's precisely when the bank robber is up against something he didn't know...
00:19:53 that people begin to get hurt.
00:19:55 By the way, I shall want to have a look at the layout of the strongroom later on.
00:19:58 Of course, whenever you say.
00:20:00 You see what I'm getting at, Pearson?
00:20:02 Yes, sir, I see now, sir.
00:20:04 We won't let you in again without a careful check, sir.
00:20:06 Good man.
00:20:08 That will be all, Pearson.
00:20:16 I hope you won't think that Pearson's standards of security...
00:20:19 represent the efficiency of this branch as a whole.
00:20:21 If he's negligent...
00:20:23 Presumably, you asked him to show me in, Fordyce.
00:20:25 Of course, I accept full responsibility for any shortcomings in my staff.
00:20:29 However, I assure you it won't happen again.
00:20:33 In fact, I've been thinking of replacing Pearson.
00:20:36 Oh?
00:20:37 He's been with you 11 years, hasn't he?
00:20:40 How do you know that?
00:20:42 I make it my business to know every small detail of the branches I visit.
00:20:46 Oh, naturally.
00:20:48 You would, naturally.
00:20:50 Excuse me, please.
00:20:52 Fordyce speaking.
00:20:55 Hello?
00:20:58 Hello, is anyone there?
00:21:00 Mommy!
00:21:01 Harry, is that you? Harry?
00:21:03 Yes, my dear, what is it?
00:21:05 Do whatever he says.
00:21:08 Do whatever he says, for the love of God, I beseech you.
00:21:12 Harry, can you hear...
00:21:14 Don't do anything, Fordyce.
00:21:19 They'll die if you move or say a word.
00:21:21 What are you talking about? Let me speak to them.
00:21:23 Shut up!
00:21:25 Now, listen to me, Fordyce.
00:21:29 Nothing will happen if you sit quite still until I finish speaking.
00:21:33 What have my wife and child to do with this?
00:21:35 There are two men at your house.
00:21:38 At this moment, your wife has an electrode attached to each side of her head.
00:21:43 If you fail to cooperate with us in any way, whatever,
00:21:47 they will pass a charge through the circuit.
00:21:50 It is extremely painful,
00:21:54 and I'm afraid the effects of it are permanent.
00:21:58 She would never recover her wits.
00:22:02 What?
00:22:04 What is it you want?
00:22:12 Oh, just some money.
00:22:30 Going hunting, Pearson?
00:22:32 I beg your pardon, sir.
00:22:34 I thought you might have asked for it during your inspection.
00:22:37 We seem to have mislaid the ammunition.
00:22:39 Oh, that's not very sensible, is it?
00:22:41 You can't shoot desperados with an empty gun, you know.
00:22:45 I thought we had some round somewhere.
00:22:48 I shouldn't worry, Pearson.
00:22:50 They're not very accurate things at the best of times.
00:22:53 By the way, I just wanted to tell you that Mr. Fordyce and I are not to be disturbed on any account.
00:22:57 No one is to come in unless we send for them. Is that clear?
00:23:00 Yes, sir.
00:23:01 Good, ma'am.
00:23:03 Cigarette?
00:23:16 I'm always telling myself that I ought to give it up,
00:23:22 but now I suppose I never shall.
00:23:26 Oh.
00:23:28 It's snowing.
00:23:31 The paper said that it was going to get warmer today, and now look at it.
00:23:35 Do you mind if I light this by the window?
00:23:39 It has a certain significance for someone watching out there.
00:23:44 We have several prearranged signals.
00:23:54 And, uh...
00:23:56 a special one in case anything goes wrong.
00:24:00 This is mine.
00:24:04 This is mine.
00:24:06 Do you mind if we get down to business?
00:24:08 I've allowed a short while for your mind to adjust itself to the idea.
00:24:12 Do you think my mind can adjust itself to the idea that my...
00:24:16 that my wife and my child might be...
00:24:18 Oh, Rennie Fordyce, you're being very unappreciative.
00:24:21 It's rather a good plan, don't you think?
00:24:24 No noisy guns or bleeding cashiers.
00:24:28 No rushing off in stolen cars.
00:24:31 None of that working through the night with the do-it-yourself tools and the unstable explosives.
00:24:36 I detest brutality.
00:24:38 I want bank robberies to be smoother, more sociable.
00:24:42 Well, now, how about it? Beginning to feel adjusted?
00:24:49 You'll never get away with it.
00:24:51 How unfortunate for your family if I don't.
00:24:54 Fordyce, I can't impress upon you enough that you must behave with absolute naturalness during the next 50 minutes.
00:25:03 Remember every single second that the lives of your wife and child depend on it.
00:25:08 Now...
00:25:12 in a few moments you will call Pearson back in.
00:25:15 Listen carefully to what you have to do.
00:25:18 It is imperative that the luggage from my car is brought in here, but at your suggestion.
00:25:25 Is that clear?
00:25:27 I'm parked in a 20-minute zone.
00:25:32 I'm going to tell Pearson to drive the car into the car park.
00:25:36 You will inquire whether I have any luggage.
00:25:38 I'm not very concerned about it, but you are.
00:25:41 And you insist that the luggage is brought in here.
00:25:45 Now, do you understand that?
00:25:47 Yes.
00:25:49 I think so.
00:25:50 I'm not telling you exactly what to say, because I want you to express yourself in your usual manner.
00:25:58 I believe you attended a staff dinner last February, where you were introduced to Desmond Hyde, one of the C&C board of directors.
00:26:10 Is that correct?
00:26:11 How did you know?
00:26:12 Well, never mind. It will give us something to be talking about when Pearson comes in.
00:26:18 Now...
00:26:20 ring for him.
00:26:22 Miss Pringle speaking.
00:26:32 Ask Mr Pearson to come in, please.
00:26:34 Yes, sir.
00:26:36 (door opens)
00:26:38 You'd have been most amused if you could have seen him at the house party.
00:26:48 He's a most delightful fellow.
00:26:50 And a first-class shot, too.
00:26:52 You know...
00:26:53 Come in.
00:26:56 Oh, come in, Pearson.
00:26:58 I'm sorry, Colonel, you were saying?
00:27:01 Oh, I was only going to say that all the most charming people seem to end up on the board of the C&C.
00:27:07 Oh, by the way, Desmond Hyde was there with his wife, Anna. I think he said he'd met you.
00:27:11 Yes, sir.
00:27:13 Yes, I dined with him last year at the staff dinner.
00:27:17 I should... I should like to meet him again.
00:27:20 Oh, uh...
00:27:21 By the way, Pearson, would you mind moving my car into the car park?
00:27:25 It's in the 20-minute zone at the moment, and I hate breaking the law.
00:27:28 I'm afraid I don't drive, sir.
00:27:30 Oh. Well, uh...
00:27:32 Perhaps somebody else?
00:27:33 Yes, of course, uh, Harville. Yes.
00:27:36 Uh, just a moment, Pearson.
00:27:40 Uh...
00:27:42 I suppose you left nothing of value in your car, Colonel?
00:27:45 Oh, no, no, no, no. Only my baggage.
00:27:47 I wonder if it would be safe leaving it in the car park. It's unattended to now.
00:27:51 Hmm. I suppose it is a bit tempting.
00:27:54 Yes, you'd better bring the luggage in here, Pearson. It's no good taking chances these days.
00:27:59 Well, if it'll set your mind at rest, Fortyce.
00:28:01 I'll see to it, sir.
00:28:02 Yes.
00:28:03 Just a shade more deference, Fortyce.
00:28:12 A little more eagerness to please me.
00:28:15 Otherwise, I shall be obliged to arrange a small scream to refresh your memory.
00:28:21 You can't...
00:28:40 By rights, this stuff should be melting now, not falling.
00:28:43 Do you expect me to worry if it snows or not?
00:28:46 My worries have automatically become your worries now, Fortyce.
00:28:52 If anything should go wrong, the slightest hitch...
00:28:55 I can't stop the snow.
00:28:57 No. I suppose that would be asking too much, wouldn't it?
00:29:02 Ah! Good.
00:29:09 Thank you, Pearson.
00:29:11 Thank you very much.
00:29:18 Thank you. Thank you.
00:29:31 Now, let me see. You must be Miss Pringle.
00:29:34 Yes, sir.
00:29:35 Now, tell me, Miss Pringle, are you looking forward to Christmas?
00:29:38 Yes, sir.
00:29:39 You going to have a Christmas party here?
00:29:41 Well, I... Somebody did mention it, but I don't really know.
00:29:45 Yeah.
00:29:46 Well, perhaps you'd allow me to make a small contribution to the party fund, eh?
00:29:52 Oh! Oh, thank you. Thank you very much, sir.
00:29:56 Oh, please don't thank me.
00:29:58 It allays the feelings of guilt I sometimes get about the way I misuse my expense allowance.
00:30:03 Oh, thank you, sir.
00:30:05 You're very fortunate in your staff, Fordyce.
00:30:11 That is not my opinion.
00:30:13 Oh, really?
00:30:16 Have you ever contributed to the Christmas fund?
00:30:20 I am not in the habit of ingratiating myself with my subordinates.
00:30:24 I have news for you, Fordyce. You have just done that.
00:30:28 I've done what?
00:30:29 Ingratiated yourself.
00:30:31 Give me five pounds.
00:30:34 Five pounds? What for?
00:30:35 Your contribution to the fund.
00:30:38 And a slight token of regret for the ungenerous thoughts you've just expressed.
00:30:42 (FORDYCE CLICKS HIS FINGERS)
00:30:44 That is only four.
00:31:02 That is all I have. I don't carry much cash.
00:31:04 Hmm. Very wise.
00:31:06 It, uh, it protects you in case of robbery, doesn't it?
00:31:09 Ah, well, never mind.
00:31:11 You can owe me the other pound.
00:31:14 Tell me, Fordyce.
00:31:18 Have you ever read Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire?
00:31:23 No, I haven't.
00:31:25 I'm lucky for you. You'll be able to start as soon as I've gone.
00:31:28 It's in these cases.
00:31:30 Uh, all 12 volumes.
00:31:33 The rest, I'm afraid, uh, rather old blankets.
00:31:36 You'll get the idea, of course.
00:31:39 I'm not a fool.
00:31:41 You'll be interested to know that we've got plenty of time.
00:31:45 The whole operation is scheduled to end in exactly 45 minutes.
00:31:50 We'll unpack the cases in the strongroom and refill them with the money.
00:31:55 Not a very fair exchange, I'm afraid.
00:31:59 I don't expect the exchange to be permanent.
00:32:01 Don't you?
00:32:03 I'll explain the way I want them refilled when we get down there.
00:32:08 You know, I think banks are rather fun.
00:32:11 I've got to make a pass to myself, I'm afraid.
00:32:34 Uh...
00:32:35 Secret plans, perhaps?
00:32:41 Now, now, let's have a look at the alarm system, shall we?
00:32:46 This way, Colonel.
00:32:48 Harville, this is Colonel Gore-Hedburn,
00:32:52 who's inspecting our security arrangements for the insurance company.
00:32:55 - Oh, Harville. - Morning, sir.
00:32:57 - Ah, where's your alarm button? - There, sir.
00:32:59 Oh, there, yeah?
00:33:03 Well, you've never had occasion to use it, I suppose.
00:33:05 We're lucky, sir. Very law-abiding community.
00:33:07 Yes, well, you know, it's not the local people we're worried about.
00:33:10 It's these smart characters down from London.
00:33:12 I don't mind telling them. It's got us worried. That's why I'm here.
00:33:15 Havisham is the centre of a large agricultural area, Colonel.
00:33:19 London is a long way away. There'd be plenty of time to put up roadblocks.
00:33:23 You'd be surprised how these fellows can think their way around roadblocks.
00:33:27 Well, you, uh, you carry the minimum amount of stock in the tills, I suppose?
00:33:31 Oh, yes, yes. Any withdrawal over 500 pounds has to come from the strongroom...
00:33:35 unless, of course, we've had prior warning.
00:33:37 Uh-huh. Well, let's have a look at the next one.
00:33:40 Here.
00:33:42 This is Mr Sanderson, Colonel.
00:33:45 Sanderson, Sanderson. Where have I...
00:33:48 Oh, yes. Didn't I see your name in the Banker's World Monthly a little while ago?
00:33:53 - Uh, yes, sir, it was. - Yes, yes, of course.
00:33:55 You were runner-up in the regional chess competition.
00:33:58 You never told me you had a potential chess champion on the staff ford.
00:34:02 I'm more concerned with what Sanderson does in his office hours.
00:34:06 Yes, well, I suppose chess is a failing of mine, too, Sanderson.
00:34:10 Robbing banks is a game of wits, after all, isn't it?
00:34:13 - Now, most real arms switch. Same place as Harvilles? - Oh, yes, sir.
00:34:17 - Oh, yes, sure. - Any complaints?
00:34:19 Well, sir, since you asked me, the central heating here...
00:34:23 Colonel Gore Hepburn is concerned with security, Sanderson.
00:34:26 Well, I'll try to breathe a word higher up, Sanderson, but I can't make them promises.
00:34:31 Now, I'd like to have a look at the code book you use for your currency orders...
00:34:34 and then we'll go down to the strong room.
00:34:37 Colonel Gore Hepburn is concerned with security, Sanderson.
00:34:41 Oh, snap out of it, George. He's not the end of the world.
00:34:47 That's the third black I put up today.
00:34:49 First I didn't check up on him, then there was the empty gun...
00:34:52 and now he's just caught me daydreaming.
00:34:54 I suppose that's why he's not so bad for a colonel.
00:34:57 You really should have checked up on him, I suppose.
00:35:00 He'll probably ask you if you have.
00:35:02 - Why don't you put in a call to his office? - It's a bit late.
00:35:05 It's better late than never. I'll book a call for you.
00:35:08 It's Pringle. Got Holman Mercantile's number.
00:35:15 You don't know what this is costing me.
00:35:23 It's costing you 90,000 pounds, Fortnite.
00:35:26 I'm afraid you're going to be greatly disappointed, Colonel.
00:35:29 The stocks of a bank in a small community like this...
00:35:32 do not add up to anything like that amount.
00:35:49 Take off your glasses, Fortnite.
00:35:52 - For what purpose? - What do you want?
00:35:55 Just take them off.
00:35:57 I can't see you now.
00:35:59 There are two components factories...
00:36:03 and a Birmingham Chemicals subsidiary on the bypass...
00:36:06 all of which draw their wages here tomorrow.
00:36:08 Tomorrow is also Christmas Eve.
00:36:10 Your average withdrawals on Christmas Eve...
00:36:12 have never been less than 7,000 pounds.
00:36:14 Your current stocks shown in head office return last week...
00:36:17 were 89,000 pounds.
00:36:19 We've been a year setting up this operation.
00:36:27 There isn't the smallest detail of your branch...
00:36:30 which is not known to me.
00:36:32 Put on your glasses. You look ridiculous.
00:36:36 Don't misread my character, Fortnite.
00:36:47 I may be unable to suppress my natural charm...
00:36:50 but try to remember I've only to make one of several...
00:36:53 prearranged gestures at that window...
00:36:55 and your wife would be subjected to the most unbearable torture.
00:37:00 You would probably find that she would never...
00:37:04 Don't.
00:37:06 There's about 97,000 pounds there.
00:37:11 The stock lists are kept just inside the safety doors.
00:37:14 Thank you.
00:37:16 Now, I want you to listen to the next stage carefully.
00:37:19 You and I, with Pearson, will go to the strong room.
00:37:22 That's through there, isn't it?
00:37:24 - There's a delay. - What?
00:37:30 A London calls.
00:37:32 I suppose everybody's trying to phone their Aunt Nellie for Christmas.
00:37:34 Oh, I don't say.
00:37:35 - We'll phone back as soon as they've got a line. - Oh, thanks.
00:37:37 You let Pearson get halfway up the stairs...
00:37:39 and then you call him back.
00:37:41 You tell him that if anyone comes in for a large withdrawal...
00:37:45 they're to be asked to wait a short while until you become available.
00:37:49 I'll leave you a few thousand pounds...
00:37:51 to meet any emergencies for the next hour or so.
00:37:54 Pearson goes.
00:37:56 Then we come back up here, take the cases down to the strong room...
00:38:00 and repack them in a way I'll describe to you as we go along.
00:38:03 Now, is all that absolutely clear?
00:38:06 I think I understand.
00:38:09 Very well. In a few moments, I shall ask you to repeat your instructions.
00:38:13 We'd better not send for Pearson for another five minutes.
00:38:18 We mustn't rush things, you know.
00:38:20 After all, we are supposed to be in conference.
00:38:22 By the way, do you have any drink here...
00:38:25 with which to entertain your more influential customers?
00:38:29 It's over there.
00:38:34 (SIGHS)
00:38:36 You fool for life!
00:38:52 What have you done?
00:38:54 Stop! Stop! It's only a fire engine.
00:38:58 The station's in Market Street, just round the corner.
00:39:02 Phew!
00:39:04 Ha!
00:39:06 Ha!
00:39:08 I can do with that drink. You'd better have one too.
00:39:10 If I may say so.
00:39:12 You're not in need, are you?
00:39:14 I don't drink during office hours.
00:39:16 Oh. I think this occasion might be an exception.
00:39:20 Very well.
00:39:26 Thank you.
00:39:30 I'm afraid I can't wish you good luck.
00:39:33 No, I agree, Fortyce. It would be out of character.
00:39:36 You're hardly in a position to know anything about my character.
00:39:42 I think I am.
00:39:44 You're not a very charitable man, let alone a sporting one.
00:39:49 The opinion of a common thief is of no interest to me.
00:39:53 I flatter myself. I'm a rather uncommon thief.
00:39:57 A common one would just make off with the money.
00:40:00 But I can't help interesting myself in people.
00:40:03 It's a failing you ought to cultivate, Fortyce.
00:40:06 Thank you.
00:40:08 You ought to encourage Samson in his chess, for instance.
00:40:12 You know, I'm interested in every single person who works for me.
00:40:16 Their families, what happens to them.
00:40:19 You ought to take them out for a drink occasionally,
00:40:22 join their Christmas party, or just listen to them.
00:40:25 I believe it to be enough if my staff respect me for my efficiency.
00:40:30 And your family, do they respect you too?
00:40:34 Must you keep reminding me of what they're going through?
00:40:37 Can't you stop gloating?
00:40:39 I'm not gloating.
00:40:41 I ask because I noticed that when the telephone rang this morning,
00:40:45 your child was calling for his mother, not his father.
00:40:49 And when your wife spoke to you, she used the word "beseech,"
00:40:53 as if you were not often given to mercy.
00:40:56 Shut up, will you!
00:40:58 Don't raise your voice, Fortyce, if you really want to show them mercy.
00:41:02 I will not stand here having judgment passed on me by a criminal!
00:41:06 I'm only trying to show you the error of your ways, Fortyce.
00:41:09 For you to moralize.
00:41:21 Sitting there like some damned saint.
00:41:24 The saints love their fellow men, but when you're called to account,
00:41:28 how many of your fellow creatures will give evidence for you?
00:41:31 Those people out there, for instance, what will they say?
00:41:34 I am not particularly interested in the opinions of my...
00:41:38 Now! Repeat your instructions. What happens when Pearson comes in?
00:41:42 We go through the door to the staircase,
00:41:47 and Pearson or I switch off the electric eye.
00:41:50 Then we go down and open the safety doors for you.
00:41:55 Then I tell... No, then you tell Pearson to go.
00:41:59 But I say that there should be two members of the staff in the strongroom at all times.
00:42:05 In the end, you tell Pearson to lock us in,
00:42:10 that is, by locking these two doors here.
00:42:13 Then he goes.
00:42:15 Then he goes.
00:42:17 Then he goes.
00:42:21 Yes, but I stop him to say that there are to be no large withdrawals until...
00:42:28 until we're finished.
00:42:30 Right.
00:42:32 And above all, speak naturally.
00:42:36 If it goes differently or you forget anything,
00:42:39 for heaven's sake, don't panic, I'll be there.
00:42:42 Just behave as if it were, in fact, a normal security check.
00:42:46 Now, are you absolutely certain that everything's been taken into account?
00:42:52 Because if we should fail, you know what it means.
00:42:55 The orders are already given. They will be ruthlessly carried out.
00:42:59 Is it likely I should let you make a mistake?
00:43:03 Up to now, you've made all the threats.
00:43:10 I'll make only one.
00:43:13 If anything happens to my family, I'll kill you.
00:43:17 I swear I will.
00:43:20 Call Pearson.
00:43:24 Miss Pringle speaking.
00:43:33 - Ask Mr Pearson to come in, please. - Yes, sir.
00:43:37 (knocking)
00:43:39 Come in.
00:43:51 Well, Pearson, we're ready to go down.
00:43:55 - Got your keys? - Yes, sir.
00:43:57 - Things still quite out there, are they? - Nothing doing at all, sir.
00:44:00 You couldn't have chosen a better time if you'd planned it.
00:44:03 Oh, right.
00:44:06 This way.
00:44:08 - Is your electri-guise system in order? - Yes, sir.
00:44:13 - Well, we'd better switch it off, then. - Yes, sir.
00:44:16 Right. Lead the way, Pearson.
00:44:32 I sometimes feel I never want to see the inside of another bank as long as I live.
00:44:36 - Do you ever get like that, Foddite? - No, I can't say I do.
00:44:39 I must be in need of a holiday.
00:44:42 When did you last check your alarm system?
00:44:50 It's always checked every Saturday morning before we open it.
00:44:53 - What's that light for? - It's a red blinker light.
00:44:57 It flashes to warn us that the inner grill door hasn't been properly closed.
00:45:01 If it isn't attended to after 30 seconds, the general alarm is set off.
00:45:05 I see. That's a good idea.
00:45:07 30 seconds should give them time to open up and reset the grill door.
00:45:12 - We've never had occasion to need the reminder. - I'm sure of that.
00:45:16 I suppose it's all in the day's work for us, the moment before a strongroom door opens.
00:45:30 Yet I suppose it's also the moment a thousand thieves have dreamt of as the highlight of their lives.
00:45:39 Let's hope their dreams don't come true, sir.
00:45:42 The stuff you fellows collect in these places.
00:45:50 Well, let's have a look at your current holdings, Foddite.
00:45:57 Yes, sir.
00:45:58 Here you go.
00:46:03 - You always carry as much as this? - Except the two months just after Christmas.
00:46:10 Pearson, will you turn on the vent later? We may be down here some time.
00:46:15 Pearson, I don't think we need keep you any longer.
00:46:21 Let's have your key to the safety doors, will you?
00:46:24 - My key, sir? - This is somewhat irregular.
00:46:28 Strictly speaking, Colonel, Pearson should only give that key up to his deputy.
00:46:32 And besides, there should be two members of the staff down here all the time the strongroom is open.
00:46:36 Quite right. In fact, if he hadn't come out with it, it would have meant a black mark in my report.
00:46:40 However, Pearson, the usual form on my inspections is for the Chief Clerk to lock all the doors to this part of the bank...
00:46:47 ... and then to let us have his key to the safety doors in case we have to leave the strongroom unattended for any length of time.
00:46:54 Well, what about it? Think you can trust me to keep an eye on Mr. Fordite, Pearson?
00:47:00 - Yes, I think so, sir. - Good.
00:47:03 Just lock the outer door to my office, will you, Pearson?
00:47:07 So that the Colonel and I can get in there from here if we perhaps are referred to anything.
00:47:11 Very good, sir. I shan't open them again until I hear from you.
00:47:13 Correct.
00:47:15 Oh, Pearson, should anyone come in for a large withdrawal, tell the clerks to ask them to come back in an hour.
00:47:22 Say we're having an audit or something.
00:47:24 Oh, it's all right.
00:47:26 Right. Right.
00:47:28 - Good morning, sir. - Good morning.
00:47:30 - How are you? - Good.
00:47:32 - How are you? - Good.
00:47:34 - What's the matter? - I'm fine.
00:47:36 - I'm fine. - Good.
00:47:38 - What's the matter? - I'm fine.
00:47:40 - What's the matter? - I'm fine.
00:47:42 - What's the matter? - I'm fine.
00:47:44 - What's the matter? - I'm fine.
00:47:46 - What's the matter? - I'm fine.
00:47:48 - What's the matter? - I'm fine.
00:47:50 - What's the matter? - I'm fine.
00:47:52 - What's the matter? - I'm fine.
00:47:54 - What's the matter? - I'm fine.
00:47:56 - What's the matter? - I'm fine.
00:47:58 - What's the matter? - I'm fine.
00:48:00 - What's the matter? - I'm fine.
00:48:02 - What's the matter? - I'm fine.
00:48:04 - What's the matter? - I'm fine.
00:48:06 - What's the matter? - I'm fine.
00:48:08 - What's the matter? - I'm fine.
00:48:10 - What's the matter? - I'm fine.
00:48:12 - What's the matter? - I'm fine.
00:48:14 - What's the matter? - I'm fine.
00:48:16 - What's the matter? - I'm fine.
00:48:18 - What's the matter? - I'm fine.
00:48:20 - What's the matter? - I'm fine.
00:48:22 - Why didn't you tell him, Fordyce?
00:48:24 - I didn't remember.
00:48:26 He cleans the windows once a month.
00:48:28 - He cleans the windows once a month.
00:48:30 - Even when it's snowing? - We have a contract.
00:48:32 - Even when it's snowing? - We have a contract.
00:48:34 - Does he come inside later? - No, that's done by the office staff.
00:48:36 - Does he come inside later? - No, that's done by the office staff.
00:48:38 (music)
00:48:52 - Right.
00:48:54 (music)
00:49:10 - Open safe.
00:49:12 - I hate packing and unpacking.
00:49:18 - I can't wait to get settled in one place.
00:49:20 - The air on Dartmoor is very bracing, I believe.
00:49:22 - The air on Dartmoor is very bracing, I believe.
00:49:24 - With no doubt.
00:49:26 - Our rise will be far beyond the reach of our extradition laws.
00:49:28 - Our rise will be far beyond the reach of our extradition laws.
00:49:30 (music)
00:49:42 - What's the matter?
00:49:44 - Nothing, nothing, nothing.
00:49:46 (alarm)
00:49:48 - Right to 25.
00:49:50 - Right to 25.
00:49:52 - Twice to 16.
00:49:54 - Twice to 16.
00:49:56 - Ten.
00:49:58 (music)
00:50:08 - I can't do it.
00:50:10 - I can't do it.
00:50:12 - I can't do it.
00:50:14 - All right, Amanda, don't panic.
00:50:16 - All right, Amanda, don't panic.
00:50:18 - Yes.
00:50:20 (music)
00:50:28 - Left to 25.
00:50:30 (music)
00:50:58 (music)
00:51:12 - Right.
00:51:14 - We'll take part notes first.
00:51:16 - 20,000 in each of the big cases, 10,000 in the small.
00:51:20 (no audio)
00:51:48 (no audio)
00:51:52 - I'll send your postcard for that.
00:51:54 (no audio)
00:51:56 - You'll be able to come and stay with me in my villa.
00:51:58 (no audio)
00:52:04 - With your family, of course.
00:52:06 (no audio)
00:52:34 (no audio)
00:52:38 - That's the pounds done.
00:52:40 - Right.
00:52:42 (no audio)
00:52:44 - Now for the fibers.
00:52:46 (no audio)
00:52:48 - We haven't much time, just fill up each case as far as we can go.
00:52:50 (no audio)
00:53:02 - Fibers are a damn nuisance.
00:53:04 - It'll take years to farm away this.
00:53:06 - Around the race courses, this is a usual practice, isn't it?
00:53:10 - I'm afraid professional ethics prevents me from disclosing that information here, don't you think?
00:53:14 (no audio)
00:53:32 - Right, I'll do that.
00:53:34 (no audio)
00:53:42 (no audio)
00:53:58 - Deal the door!
00:54:00 (no audio)
00:54:28 (no audio)
00:54:52 - Electric eye.
00:54:54 (no audio)
00:55:00 - The door, lock it.
00:55:02 (no audio)
00:55:30 (no audio)
00:55:36 - Here, drink this.
00:55:38 (no audio)
00:55:40 - I don't want it.
00:55:42 (no audio)
00:55:58 - You'll have to listen to me much longer.
00:56:00 - Thank heaven.
00:56:02 - That last little exhibition was to tell my friend that the first stage of the operation is completed.
00:56:06 - It is the last signal he will get from me, the next will come from you.
00:56:08 - I can't take any more of this.
00:56:10 - Look, I've had enough.
00:56:12 - You've got what you came for, now why don't you go?
00:56:14 - That is exactly what I intend to do.
00:56:16 - But first we must discuss the most important stage of this operation, my getaway.
00:56:20 - They'll catch you, they'll catch all of you.
00:56:22 - I hope not, Fordyce, for your sake.
00:56:24 - What do you mean?
00:56:26 - I have a rendezvous with my friends in about an hour's time.
00:56:28 - If I fail to turn up, they're likely to become irritable, restless and generally unpleasant.
00:56:32 - I am not interested or concerned.
00:56:34 - Oh, but you are, Fordyce, you've missed the point again.
00:56:36 - You are most concerned.
00:56:38 - But you don't... you haven't...
00:56:40 - You don't mean you're taking them with you?
00:56:42 - Not taking, Fordyce, borrowing, to use a banker's term, as good as taking.
00:56:46 - I'm not taking them.
00:56:48 - You're not taking them?
00:56:50 - I'm not taking them.
00:56:52 - You're not taking them?
00:56:54 - I'm not borrowing, to use a banker's term, as collateral.
00:56:58 - You... you cannot subject them to any more.
00:57:00 - My wife is very highly strong.
00:57:02 - For pity's sake, leave them.
00:57:04 - Look, I'll go with you willingly.
00:57:06 - I'll do anything you say.
00:57:08 - Sit down.
00:57:12 - Now listen carefully, Fordyce.
00:57:19 - No one need die if you do as I say.
00:57:22 - I want one hour, that's all.
00:57:24 - City and Colonial, can I help you?
00:57:30 - How would you like it, Mrs. Tate? In fivers?
00:57:32 - In ones, please, that is, if it's not too much trouble.
00:57:34 - No trouble at all.
00:57:36 - Your call's through.
00:57:38 - I'll hang on for you.
00:57:40 - Look, Arthur, I'll do it if you're busy.
00:57:42 - OK, it's Holman Mercantile on the line.
00:57:44 - Get through to their bank insurance department.
00:57:46 - OK.
00:57:48 - And look slippy or he'll be gone.
00:57:50 - Hello?
00:57:52 - What time do you make it?
00:57:56 - It's about 22. - Exactly, man.
00:58:00 - 19 minutes to 11.
00:58:04 - Right.
00:58:06 - Now,
00:58:08 - as soon as I drive away, you come back in here,
00:58:10 - go to that window,
00:58:12 - mop your brow with your handkerchief,
00:58:14 - twice, very distinctly.
00:58:16 - After that,
00:58:18 - you have one hour, 60 minutes.
00:58:20 - What does that mean?
00:58:22 - We're leaving a man behind in Havisham.
00:58:24 - I will be in touch with him by telephone
00:58:26 - every 15 minutes.
00:58:28 - If he reports that a police alarm has been given
00:58:30 - or that we're being followed,
00:58:32 - your wife and child will be killed immediately
00:58:34 - and we will switch to another escape plan
00:58:36 - already prepared.
00:58:38 - But if all goes well, your wife and child will be released
00:58:40 - exactly one hour after I leave here.
00:58:42 - Is that absolutely clear?
00:58:46 - Yes, it's quite clear.
00:58:48 - Time for Pearson.
00:58:50 - Just a moment.
00:58:54 - Don't, for heaven's sake, deceive yourself
00:58:56 - into thinking that this couldn't happen.
00:58:58 - After I leave, you're on your own
00:59:00 - and only you know what is at stake.
00:59:02 - If suspicions are aroused,
00:59:04 - you must prevent the alarm being given
00:59:06 - at all costs.
00:59:08 - I don't have to tell you any more, do I?
00:59:10 - No.
00:59:12 - I'm afraid
00:59:14 - I understand only too well.
00:59:16 - Right.
00:59:18 - Miss Pringle speaking.
00:59:22 - Is Mr Pearson there?
00:59:24 - One moment, sir. Mr Pearson.
00:59:26 - Just coming, sir.
00:59:28 - Yes, I'm still on.
00:59:30 - Pearson?
00:59:32 - Colonel Gore Headphones ready to leave.
00:59:34 - Get his car round immediately, please.
00:59:36 - Very good, sir.
00:59:38 - And he'd like to see you before he goes.
00:59:40 - See me?
00:59:42 - They're finishing now.
00:59:44 - What about her? She's been hanging out for two minutes.
00:59:46 - Who is it?
00:59:48 - The home in La Houses.
00:59:50 - Oh, I'll take that. You go and get the colonel's car.
00:59:52 - And don't smash it up.
00:59:54 - Roger, Dodger.
00:59:56 - Hello? Hello?
00:59:58 - Hello? Hello?
01:00:00 - Don't cut off.
01:00:10 - Come in.
01:00:12 - You wanted to see me, sir?
01:00:14 - Oh, just a moment, Pearson.
01:00:16 - Now, Fordyce, I'll just get you to sign this clearance certificate, if you will.
01:00:20 - Don't want my fellow directors to think I've been spending the time of the popsy in Brighton.
01:00:28 - Thank you.
01:00:32 - Well, Pearson, I just wanted to tell you that I intend giving an excellent report on this branch.
01:00:36 - Thank you, sir.
01:00:38 - About that ammunition...
01:00:40 - Ammunition? What ammunition? My memory gets a bit rusty at Christmas time.
01:00:44 - Oh, there is just one thing, Pearson.
01:00:46 - The next time a home and mercantile man calls, telephone his office and check up on him. It's a rule.
01:00:52 - I realise that, sir. As a matter of fact...
01:00:54 - Oh, no, harm done. Fordyce had the good sense to check himself.
01:00:58 - Well, thank you very much, Fordyce. You've been most cooperative.
01:01:01 - Thank you.
01:01:03 - Oh, Pearson, say goodbye to the staff for me, will you?
01:01:05 - Wish them a merry Christmas.
01:01:07 - And in my opinion, it'd take a very clever fellow to rob this bank.
01:01:10 - And I'm an expert.
01:01:12 - I'll give you a hand with the bags, sir.
01:01:14 - That's all right, Pearson.
01:01:16 - I'll help the fellow out.
01:01:18 - Thank you very much.
01:01:22 - Can I help you, sir?
01:01:32 - No, it's all right. Thank you, Harvey. Have a good Christmas.
01:01:34 - Thank you, sir. And the same to you.
01:01:36 - Oh, I'll do my best.
01:01:38 - That's what I call a car. Better than that old tin can you run around in, Arthur.
01:01:54 - I wasn't a colonel. I was a corporal.
01:01:56 - Better go in, Fordyce. Don't want you catching cold.
01:02:04 - Well, goodbye. Keep your chin up.
01:02:07 - Good morning, Mr. Fordyce.
01:02:24 - Good morning, sir.
01:02:26 - Sit down, Colonel.
01:02:53 - Mr. Fordyce.
01:02:55 - What the...
01:02:57 - What's going on, Mr. Fordyce?
01:02:59 - What are you talking about? How dare you come into my room without knocking?
01:03:02 - I've just had Holman Mercantile on the phone.
01:03:04 - Who?
01:03:05 - You didn't ring them, did you?
01:03:07 - What do you mean? Of course I rang them. You heard what Colonel Gore Hepburn said?
01:03:12 - It wasn't him. The real Gore Hepburn's in Manchester.
01:03:14 - Are you out of your mind, Pearson?
01:03:16 - Why did you lie? What were you doing at the window just now?
01:03:21 - That's enough, Pearson.
01:03:23 - I've had enough of your impertinence. I'll ring the Holman Mercantile myself.
01:03:28 - Either some stupid typhist has made an error, or you received some garbled message.
01:03:33 - Now, you get back to your work at once.
01:03:35 - Come off it, Fordyce.
01:03:37 - Do as I say.
01:03:39 - He's robbed the bank, hasn't he?
01:03:50 - How much did he get away with?
01:03:52 - Ninety-three thousand.
01:03:57 - Ninety-three thousand?
01:03:59 - And you helped him?
01:04:01 - I had to, Pearson. I still have to.
01:04:05 - I don't understand.
01:04:06 - They've got my wife, Pearson. And the boy.
01:04:10 - How now?
01:04:11 - There mustn't be any alarm. The police mustn't know.
01:04:14 - Not for an hour. There's one of the gang out there keeping watch.
01:04:17 - But the police are...
01:04:18 - I daren't tell them, Pearson. I can't. I can't take the risk.
01:04:21 - I've already rung them.
01:04:23 - What? You've called them?
01:04:26 - I rang them immediately.
01:04:28 - You must stop them.
01:04:29 - They're on their way.
01:04:30 - You've got to stop them. Tell them it was a mistake.
01:04:32 - Mistake?
01:04:33 - You rang them in error. You must think of something.
01:04:35 - But the others. Sanderson, Harville.
01:04:37 - They know.
01:04:39 - They heard me ring.
01:04:41 - Look, they...
01:04:43 - They mustn't say anything.
01:04:45 - They mustn't.
01:04:47 - Explain to them what's happened. They'll understand.
01:04:50 - Pearson, promise me you'll do that.
01:04:52 - Promise, please.
01:04:54 - You know what you're asking.
01:04:56 - They've got to help me. Pearson, they must.
01:05:00 - The money must afford us. The bank's money.
01:05:02 - Forget the money, Pearson. Pearson, listen.
01:05:06 - Now listen to me.
01:05:08 - My family are all I've got. I have no friends. Nobody.
01:05:12 - Only my wife and my son. That's all I've got.
01:05:16 - You've got to understand, Pearson.
01:05:18 - They're all I've got.
01:05:45 - Good morning, sir. I'm Detective Sergeant Collins.
01:05:48 - Good morning, Sergeant.
01:05:50 - Well, I'm afraid there's been a rather unfortunate mistake.
01:05:53 - A mistake?
01:05:55 - Detective Constable Karen, he took the call.
01:05:57 - No, Mr. Pearson made the call.
01:05:59 - He gave a description of a man in a car the inspector sent out to General Long.
01:06:03 - You must cancel it. Immediately.
01:06:05 - Well, I mean, it's very important.
01:06:08 - It's my fault, I'm afraid. I'm Pearson.
01:06:11 - The man I described is a senior official.
01:06:13 - An official?
01:06:14 - From head office. He's a very important man and if he stopped...
01:06:18 - I made a bit of a fool of myself.
01:06:20 - You see, I thought he was described in our banker's journal as a thief.
01:06:24 - But I found a rather large sum of money missing.
01:06:26 - Money missing?
01:06:27 - Well, it wasn't exactly missing.
01:06:29 - I had it, Sergeant. I'd taken it to check without telling Mr. Pearson.
01:06:34 - And you panicked?
01:06:36 - I'm afraid so.
01:06:38 - You'd better cancel the alarm right away.
01:06:42 - I'll just take details.
01:06:44 - There's really no time.
01:06:46 - It is rather urgent. You see, he's a fairly big shot.
01:06:49 - Well, if he stopped... you understand.
01:06:52 - You'll all be in for a rocket.
01:06:54 - That's right.
01:06:56 - Okay. Use the car radio.
01:07:09 - Sergeant.
01:07:11 - Here.
01:07:12 - May I offer you a drink, Sergeant?
01:07:17 - Well, er...
01:07:18 - Well, it's Christmas time.
01:07:20 - Thank you, sir.
01:07:21 - This way.
01:07:22 [footsteps]
01:07:24 - Would you like water or soda, Sergeant?
01:07:49 - As it comes, please, sir.
01:07:52 - You're in very good health.
01:07:54 - Not joining me, sir?
01:07:56 - Oh, yes, of course.
01:07:58 - Did, er...
01:08:02 - Did anyone see you arrive?
01:08:04 - How do you mean, sir?
01:08:06 - Was there a crowd when your car drew up?
01:08:10 - No, not particularly.
01:08:12 - Usual shoppers? Why, sir?
01:08:14 - Oh, nothing, Sergeant. Nothing special.
01:08:17 - It was just that I wouldn't like people to get the wrong impression.
01:08:20 - You know how quickly rumours start in this town.
01:08:23 - Why shouldn't we, sir? We didn't have any bells or sirens going.
01:08:27 - Oh, then you might just have been clients.
01:08:30 - As a matter of fact, I am a client, sir.
01:08:32 - I keep my ill-gotten gains in this bag.
01:08:35 - Yes, of course.
01:08:37 - Yes.
01:08:38 - I had forgotten that.
01:08:41 - I hope you won't think I'm making too much of this, Sergeant.
01:08:54 - It's just that I do have the good name of the bank to think of.
01:08:57 - You take your job very much to heart, don't you, Mr. Forrest?
01:09:00 - It's a heavy responsibility, Sergeant.
01:09:02 - I understand, sir.
01:09:04 - Well, it was very nice.
01:09:08 - Have you time for another?
01:09:10 - No, better be getting back to the station.
01:09:12 - I do hope there won't be any trouble.
01:09:14 - Well, between you and me, sir, it's the Inspector I'm worried about.
01:09:17 - Inspector Datterman?
01:09:18 - No, he's gone.
01:09:19 - Well, a new man, Mason from London, dead keen.
01:09:22 - Got this call, was off like a greyhound.
01:09:25 - Mistakes do happen.
01:09:26 - Oh, sure. But he's not going to like being sent on a wild goose chase.
01:09:30 - No. I suppose not.
01:09:33 - Well, don't worry, sir. I'll explain.
01:09:38 - Thank you, Sergeant. Thank you very much indeed.
01:09:41 - Nothing wrong, sir, is there?
01:09:45 - How do you mean?
01:09:47 - I hope you don't mind me mentioning it, sir, but you look a bit under the weather.
01:09:51 - No, there's nothing wrong. Nothing at all.
01:09:54 - It's been a hard day so far.
01:09:56 - I understand, sir. I bet you'll be glad when it's over.
01:09:59 - Yes, I will, Sergeant.
01:10:01 - Well, Merry Christmas, sir.
01:10:03 - And to you.
01:10:05 (door creaks)
01:10:06 (glass shatters)
01:10:11 - Hello, Fordyce. Nice to see you again.
01:10:17 - Meet a friend of mine, Bill Mason.
01:10:19 - Mason, this is Fordyce, the manager.
01:10:23 - Do you know this gentleman, Mr. Fordyce?
01:10:26 - Know him?
01:10:27 - Well, of course I know him.
01:10:30 - He's from head office.
01:10:32 - That's funny.
01:10:34 - We heard he was from an insurance company.
01:10:37 - That's right. That's what I meant.
01:10:39 - Head office of the Holman Mercantile. They... they insure this bank.
01:10:43 - Excuse me, Inspector. We sent out a message about this business.
01:10:45 - Message, Sergeant?
01:10:46 - Yes, there's been a bloomer. One of the clerks here sent out a false alarm.
01:10:49 - Apparently...
01:10:50 - There you are, Mason. I told you there'd been a mess-up.
01:10:53 - Inspector, I'm afraid you've made a terrible error.
01:10:55 - This is Colonel Gore Hepburn. I know him well.
01:10:58 - You do?
01:10:59 - He's from the Holman Mercantile. One of their principal directors.
01:11:03 - I see.
01:11:04 - I admit the mistake was ours originally, but...
01:11:06 - I really feel that you've made matters considerably worse.
01:11:09 - I think the best thing you can do is to release the Colonel forthwith...
01:11:13 - ... and apologize.
01:11:15 - That's exactly what I suggested to Mason myself, Fordyce.
01:11:18 - You'd be prepared to vouch for him, would you, sir?
01:11:20 - Of course I would.
01:11:21 - You say you've known him for several years?
01:11:24 - Yes, Inspector. Yes. Now, for goodness sake...
01:11:26 - Then what about this, Mr. Fordyce?
01:11:29 - You're prepared to vouch for this, too?
01:11:37 - They're all the same.
01:11:41 - Good Lord, there must be 50,000 quid in this lot.
01:11:45 - 93,000 to be exact, son.
01:11:47 - Mr. Fordyce and I were planning a little last-minute Christmas shopping, as I explained to Mason.
01:11:55 - I'm waiting for your answer, Mr. Fordyce.
01:11:57 - You knew about this.
01:11:59 - It might help if I tell you that I also combat for Colonel Gore Hepburn.
01:12:07 - Except that last time we met, he was a rear admiral on a jewellery job.
01:12:12 - My immediate interest is in his accomplices.
01:12:16 - Accomplices?
01:12:20 - Well, he could hardly have got into your strongroom...
01:12:22 - ... and packed four heavy cases without help, could he?
01:12:25 - Well, sir?
01:12:31 - He made me do it! They got my wife and child.
01:12:37 - Oh, really, Fordyce.
01:12:39 - He threatened to kill them if I didn't do as he said.
01:12:42 - You've got to hurry, Inspector. We can still save them.
01:12:45 - There's no good, Fordyce. It won't work.
01:12:47 - Keep quiet!
01:12:50 - When did you last see your wife?
01:12:52 - When I left home this morning, and then she rang about an hour ago.
01:12:56 - There's no time. He has to ring someone every 15 minutes.
01:12:59 - What's your number?
01:13:00 - She's not there. They took her away, and my son.
01:13:03 - For all I know, they may already be...
01:13:04 - Your number, please.
01:13:05 - It's... it's... have us from 2153.
01:13:08 - We're wasting time, Inspector.
01:13:10 - If your family's in danger, we'll save them.
01:13:12 - If? Of course they're in danger!
01:13:14 - They threatened to electrocute my wife!
01:13:17 - For pity's sake, Inspector, you don't think I robbed the bank voluntarily, do you?
01:13:21 - I was forced and threatened!
01:13:23 - Percy, you're talking about Fordyce.
01:13:25 - Now, listen, Apern. I've taken about enough...
01:13:27 - Now, now, Mr. Fordyce. Calm down. We'll soon see.
01:13:31 (phone rings)
01:13:57 - Have us from 2153.
01:13:59 - Who's that speaking?
01:14:00 - Tommy Fordyce.
01:14:01 - Tommy!
01:14:02 - Is your mother there, Tommy? This is Inspector Mason.
01:14:05 - Hold on. I'll call her.
01:14:07 - But I... I don't understand. They must have released her.
01:14:12 - Anybody mind if I smoke?
01:14:14 - Mrs. Fordyce speaking.
01:14:18 - Hello, Mrs. Fordyce. I wonder if you could tell me, has anyone called on you this morning? Any strangers?
01:14:23 - Strangers? What do you mean?
01:14:25 - You've been alone all morning?
01:14:27 - Hello, Mary. Mary, this is Harry. Are you all right, dear?
01:14:31 - All right? Of course I'm all right.
01:14:34 - They... they let you go?
01:14:36 - Let... let me go? Who let me go?
01:14:38 - When you rang before, there were two men with you.
01:14:42 - Two men with me? What are you talking about, Harry?
01:14:45 - I didn't ring you. You know I never ring you at the office. You told me not to.
01:14:49 - But it was your voice. Yours and Tommy's. You said, "Do what they want. I beseech you."
01:14:55 - No.
01:14:56 - This is Inspector Mason again, Mrs. Fordyce. I'd be most obliged if you could come down to the station right away.
01:15:02 - But what is it? What's happened?
01:15:04 - Nothing serious, ma'am. Just routine.
01:15:07 - But...
01:15:08 - But it was her.
01:15:14 - She was desperate.
01:15:17 - I'm afraid I must ask you to accompany me to the station.
01:15:22 - You don't understand.
01:15:25 - They're going to pin a medal on you, Fordyce, for gallantry.
01:15:28 - Inspector, you don't really believe I'm lying, do you?
01:15:31 - I tell you it was her voice. And Hepburn, he... he kept signalling to someone outside.
01:15:36 - There are just some questions I must ask you.
01:15:38 - Inspector, I'm telling the truth. I am not a criminal. I am the manager of this branch. I've been here 15 years.
01:15:45 - You've got to believe me. Look, he... he made me stand by this window and... and mop my brow with my handkerchief as a signal.
01:15:53 - As a signal.
01:15:55 - I believe you.
01:16:17 - You are making a mistake.
01:16:19 - Call in a statement, Mr Fordyce. Get your hat and coat.
01:16:23 - Okay, in the car.
01:16:43 - Just a moment, Mason. There's something you ought to know.
01:16:48 - I know it's a two-handed job.
01:16:50 - No, three-handed, actually. Me, a man, and a tick recorder.
01:16:54 - Took us a bit of time to get the voices right, but we managed. Anyway, it worked, didn't it, Fordyce?
01:17:00 - The man?
01:17:04 - Don't be silly, Mason. I use better men than him.
01:17:07 - Who was the man?
01:17:10 - Father Christmas.
01:17:12 - Someone Fordyce ought to believe in.
01:17:15 (footsteps)
01:17:17 - You fit, Mr Fordyce?
01:17:36 - Excuse me.
01:17:39 (sneezes)
01:17:45 - May I just have a word with my chief clerk, Inspector?
01:17:49 - Of course.
01:17:51 - Thank you.
01:17:53 - Pearson.
01:18:00 - Yes, sir?
01:18:09 - Oh, Pearson, I have to go out for a little while. I'm sure you'll be able to run things in my absence.
01:18:15 - Yes, I think so, sir. How long do you expect to be away?
01:18:19 - You had better ask the inspector that. What is the usual sentence?
01:18:24 - For what?
01:18:25 - For completely failing in my duty towards my staff.
01:18:28 - That's not against the law, sir.
01:18:30 - Oh, and there's one other point, Pearson. I owe Colonel Gore Hepburn a pound.
01:18:36 - Could you possibly lend me one?
01:18:39 - Yes, of course.
01:18:41 - Thank you. I'll return it tonight at the staff party.
01:18:49 - Thank you, Pearson.
01:18:53 - All right, Inspector?
01:19:04 - Shall I give you a hand with the evidence?
01:19:07 - Thank you, sir.
01:19:10 - Thank you, sir.
01:19:12 - Thank you.
01:19:14 - Thank you.
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