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00:02:24 I shall never forget that day.
00:02:27 Matt was only halfway through the novel, and our funds were running low.
00:02:31 Then the letter arrived, which was to change everything.
00:02:35 Jean?
00:02:37 Darling?
00:02:38 When did this come?
00:02:39 What?
00:02:40 Oh, just now. I didn't want to distract you.
00:02:42 Why, what is it?
00:02:46 Matt.
00:02:47 Great Uncle Simon?
00:02:49 I didn't know you had a Great Uncle Simon.
00:02:50 I didn't have a Great Uncle Simon.
00:02:52 So there...
00:02:53 The whole estate.
00:02:55 Sloughborough, Wartsworth...
00:02:57 Some mistake.
00:02:59 I never had any Great Uncle Simon.
00:03:00 But you must have had a Great Uncle Simon.
00:03:01 I tell you, I didn't. Surely if I'd had a Great Uncle Simon, I'd at least have heard of a Great Uncle Simon.
00:03:06 Simpson, Carter, and son.
00:03:08 They must be out of their minds.
00:03:09 It says, "Will you get in touch with them?"
00:03:11 Sloughborough. What's that, trunks?
00:03:13 Must be. I've never even heard of Sloughborough.
00:03:15 Neither have I.
00:03:17 Great Uncle Simon.
00:03:20 Great Uncle Simon.
00:03:22 Oh, operator. This is Northway 0267. I want Sloughborough, Wartsworth, 2-9.
00:03:31 Oh, how is it?
00:03:33 It's Sloughborough.
00:03:34 Matt, you couldn't be...
00:03:37 Couldn't be what?
00:03:38 You couldn't be inheriting a fortune, could you?
00:03:40 Because if you are, let me say right now, I love you more than ever.
00:03:44 Darling, don't be so silly.
00:03:47 No, no, no, not you, operator.
00:03:49 You know, I had a Great Uncle Hugh and a Great Uncle Edward, I think, but...
00:03:53 Hello? Hello? Oh, Simpson, Carter, and son.
00:03:56 Oh, my name's Spencer. Matthew Spencer.
00:03:59 Yes, I think the point is that there's been some idiotic mistake, because I can tell you quite definitely, I never had a...
00:04:06 What? I beg your pardon?
00:04:08 Oh.
00:04:10 Oh! I did have a Great Uncle Simon.
00:04:13 Oh!
00:04:14 Yes, just hold the line one moment, will you?
00:04:16 The secretary wants to know when we can come down.
00:04:18 Well, I think we can come right away. Yes, today.
00:04:22 Yes, Paddington, 11.10.
00:04:25 Matt, we'll never do it.
00:04:27 Yes, yes, I think we can manage that.
00:04:30 Oh, do you by any chance happen to know anything about the estate?
00:04:35 We'll never get that trade. What is it?
00:04:37 A cinema. He owned a cinema.
00:04:40 What? Oh, just one other thing.
00:04:42 Did you by any chance happen to know my Great Uncle?
00:04:45 Was he a huge, fat man with a reddish beard who wore a sort of cape, a...
00:04:49 Oh.
00:04:51 Oh, well, that must have been my Great Uncle Edward.
00:04:53 Look, darling, if we don't hurry... Oh, well, it doesn't matter.
00:04:55 Yes, tell Mr. Carter we'll be there, will you?
00:04:57 Yes, goodbye.
00:04:58 Matt, we've only got 40 minutes.
00:05:00 What am I going to wear?
00:05:02 Imagine not even knowing.
00:05:04 And what's more, Great Uncle Simon seems to have been rich.
00:05:07 Did she say how...
00:05:08 Oh, she said she couldn't talk on the phone.
00:05:10 But if apart from anything else he owned a cinema...
00:05:13 He must have been wealthy.
00:05:15 And you really inherit everything?
00:05:18 The solicitor said so.
00:05:20 It's incredible. It's absolutely incredible.
00:05:24 Thank you.
00:05:28 Oh, dear, I'll pass out before we get to Sloughborough.
00:05:31 Just think what it'll be like to have...
00:05:33 No more money worries, no more stupid, petty problems.
00:05:37 To be able to do all the things one wants to do.
00:05:40 To travel, for example.
00:05:42 Yes, you know, that's just the one thing that would be heavenly.
00:05:45 Think of all the fabulous places that are just names to us now.
00:05:50 We can see.
00:05:52 Samarkand.
00:05:54 Samarkand.
00:05:56 Doesn't that do something to you?
00:05:58 Doesn't the very name...
00:05:59 Oh, it's a beautiful name.
00:06:01 Samarkand.
00:06:03 San Francisco, Seville.
00:06:05 Samoa, Samara.
00:06:07 Tell me some more about Samara.
00:06:09 Oh, darling.
00:06:11 Oh, I'm sorry. It's the brandy.
00:06:14 Well, here's to Samarkand.
00:06:16 Oh, darling, I can't drink anymore.
00:06:18 To Samarkand.
00:06:21 The train now standing at platform three...
00:06:29 is the train for Stone, Blagby, Roussely, Wiccan Falls,
00:06:34 Everscreech, Moodbury and Bristol Square.
00:06:38 What is that ghastly smell?
00:06:44 There's something dead around here.
00:06:46 What do you mean besides, great-uncle Simon?
00:06:48 Oh, sorry, darling.
00:06:50 Tell me, what's that curious smell?
00:06:53 That smell, what is it?
00:06:55 I don't smell anything.
00:06:57 Oh, you mean the glue factory.
00:06:59 That's it, the glue factory over there.
00:07:01 Pungent, isn't it?
00:07:03 Pungent's hardly the word.
00:07:04 Doctor, sir?
00:07:05 Yes, please.
00:07:06 Will you take us to Simpson Carter and sound the solicitors?
00:07:08 Right, doctor.
00:07:10 Now, listen, darling.
00:07:25 Why, you're with the solicitors, a little dignity, eh?
00:07:28 I mean, say if a man dies and leaves you his entire inheritance,
00:07:31 the least you can do is to observe the propriet...
00:07:34 Proprietary...
00:07:35 Propertary...
00:07:36 Proprieties.
00:07:38 Darling, you can talk.
00:07:39 You can't even say "proprietries."
00:07:41 Proprieties.
00:07:43 Now, darling, really, try and be sensible.
00:07:47 Matt, look!
00:07:49 Driver, stop a minute.
00:07:51 Driver.
00:07:54 How many cinemas are there in Sloughborough?
00:07:56 Just this one, sir.
00:07:58 Matt, it's simply magnificent.
00:08:02 It must be worth a fortune.
00:08:04 Driver, just wait here a minute, will you?
00:08:07 How's business?
00:08:17 What?
00:08:18 I said, how's business? How's business these days?
00:08:20 I wouldn't know. I mind me own.
00:08:24 What a rude man.
00:08:26 Do you know something?
00:08:27 I think that chap's got a little surprise in store for him.
00:08:29 What do you mean?
00:08:30 There's no excuse whatsoever for incivility.
00:08:32 The very first thing I'm going to do is to boot him right out of the place.
00:08:35 Oh, darling, I'm sure he didn't mean to be...
00:08:36 Nonsense. It's his job to be polite, not to...
00:08:39 Wait till he finds out who he was being rude to.
00:08:45 Come on. Let's get to the solicitors.
00:08:50 My father asked me to handle this matter for you, Mr. Spencer.
00:08:53 I told him you were calling, but he said he had an urgent appointment.
00:08:57 I don't think he'd be gone long, though.
00:08:59 But you know something about it, don't you?
00:09:01 Oh, yes. I know all about it.
00:09:03 As a matter of fact, I've had the job of establishing your existence.
00:09:06 You've no idea the fun and games I had.
00:09:08 Thought I'd never catch up with you.
00:09:10 Glad you did.
00:09:12 My secretary said that she told you on the telephone that the estate includes a cinema.
00:09:16 Yes. Yes, she did.
00:09:18 Apart from a few personal effects and furniture and such like,
00:09:21 I'm afraid that the cinema itself is all there is to your great-uncle's estate.
00:09:26 Oh. Still, that's quite enough, isn't it?
00:09:29 He had everything he owned tied up in it, had he?
00:09:32 Incidentally, we've, uh... we've seen the cinema, Mr. Carter.
00:09:36 Oh, you have?
00:09:38 The question is, really, how much is the place worth as it stands, lock, stock and barrel?
00:09:43 Well, that's, um...
00:09:45 It's rather difficult to, um... say.
00:09:50 But even approximately, in round figures, is it worth 100,000 pounds?
00:09:56 100,000?
00:09:59 You see, I haven't a clue about these values,
00:10:02 but as cinemas go, this one surely is quite magnificent.
00:10:06 Well, we were almost overwhelmed.
00:10:11 I mean, it's quite as splendid as all those in Leicester Square.
00:10:15 - Mrs. Spencer. - What is it? What's...
00:10:17 - My dear chap, I... - Mr. Carter, what is it?
00:10:19 I'm afraid. I'm... I'm very much afraid.
00:10:22 Uh... I wonder if my father's back.
00:10:26 Dad?
00:10:30 - He's not back. - Mr. Carter.
00:10:34 I'm most terribly sorry, Mr. Spencer.
00:10:36 - Um, Mrs. Spencer. - Sorry?
00:10:38 Mr. Carter, what's the matter?
00:10:40 You see, I... I hardly know how to tell you.
00:10:42 If you could find a way, Mr. Carter.
00:10:44 Well, may I ask which cinema have you been looking at?
00:10:47 - Which cinema? - You mean, there's more than one?
00:10:49 Yes.
00:10:50 It's not the Grand? But why did that taxi driver say...
00:10:52 He must have meant it was the only one open.
00:10:54 You see, we had to close the Flea Pit the day after...
00:10:57 - The Flea Pit? - I'm most terribly sorry.
00:10:59 - The Flea Pit? - I... I... I...
00:11:01 Please forgive me. I... You see, it's always referred to locally as the Flea Pit.
00:11:06 I should have said... The...
00:11:10 Well, I'm sure there is a business like show business,
00:11:27 but somehow I don't think this is it.
00:11:29 Look at it.
00:11:31 You mean to tell me my uncle actually charged people to go in there?
00:11:34 - The people actually paid? - Yes. Some.
00:11:38 Seems impossible.
00:11:50 - Did he run it himself? - With a staff of sorts.
00:11:53 Three of them, actually. They're all under notice, of course.
00:11:56 Well, shall we take a look inside?
00:11:58 Couldn't we just go away and forget it ever happened?
00:12:01 (HORN HONKING)
00:12:03 - Tangents? - Isn't it?
00:12:22 Isn't it?
00:12:24 - Lucatia? - Mrs. Fezacoli.
00:12:35 I'll lead the way, shall I?
00:12:50 The old place has been everything in its day.
00:12:53 It was a theatre way back, before they built the railway.
00:12:56 - Then it was a music hall. - Wonder how my great-uncle got mixed up in all this.
00:13:00 Well, it was before the First War, apparently.
00:13:02 The young Simon must have had quite a way with him.
00:13:05 He even managed to get some of the local people to put their money into it.
00:13:09 My dad did, as a matter of fact.
00:13:11 Spencer's Electric Theatre it was called in those days.
00:13:14 The first in this part of the country.
00:13:16 (MEOWING)
00:13:18 Pussy, here. Does anyone look after her?
00:13:21 - Yes, old Tom. - Oh.
00:13:23 Come on.
00:13:26 Come on. Come on, darling.
00:13:30 - What's that? - What's that?
00:13:44 Well, that'll be the 415 to Stoke.
00:13:48 - Do these things work? - Oh, yes. I think so.
00:14:01 - The projectionist? - Mr. Quill.
00:14:11 Your great-uncle's private apartments.
00:14:14 - I say, is one of these... - That's your great-uncle on the left.
00:14:26 Taken some years ago in the railway arms.
00:14:28 Wait a minute. It's all coming back to me now. I do remember him.
00:14:32 We were all staying at my grandmother's, I think.
00:14:36 Of course, I was only a kid at the time, but I...
00:14:39 I remember there was some trouble about a chambermaid.
00:14:42 - That'd be Simon. - Is the... This where...
00:14:45 - Did he... - No.
00:14:47 As a matter of fact, it was in the railway arms that your great-uncle...
00:14:51 - He died in a pub. - Rather sad, really.
00:14:54 For many years, Simon was champion beer drinker of this county.
00:14:57 Used to down a whole gallon of brown ale at a single draft.
00:15:00 - Eight pints? - On the evening of the 19th in the railway arms,
00:15:03 somebody bet him.
00:15:05 He shouldn't have tried it, you know.
00:15:07 - Not at 77. - Would it be irreverent to ask if he...
00:15:12 Oh, yes. He did it all right.
00:15:14 The tensionings was paid to me as executor right after the funeral.
00:15:18 Sad. Somehow not unfitting, you know.
00:15:21 Well, what in heaven's name are we going to do with it?
00:15:25 - Could we sell it? - Astonishing as it may seem, Mr Spencer,
00:15:28 your great-uncle had an offer for it only a few weeks ago,
00:15:31 from Mr Hardcastle, the man who owns the Grand Cinema.
00:15:33 - What on earth would he want with this place? - I'll show you.
00:15:37 You see the grand there? Hardcastle's idea is to use that land as a car park.
00:15:41 Now, the only way he can do that is to buy the bijou and pull it down to make an entrance.
00:15:45 No, it's Simon will never sell.
00:15:47 - Any idea what Hardcastle was offering? - Oh, the last offer was 5,000 pounds.
00:15:51 5,000 pounds? When the old man turned it down?
00:15:55 Well, it was his home, you know, as well as his living.
00:15:57 5,000 pounds? That's not bad. Not bad at all, is it, darling?
00:16:01 - When can we see Mr Hardcastle? Now? Today? - Well...
00:16:04 I'll see if I can arrange a meeting this afternoon.
00:16:07 You'll have to excuse me, Mr Spencer, but I'm rather a sentimental man.
00:16:14 And old Simon's death came as a great shock to me.
00:16:17 A great shock indeed.
00:16:19 Mind you, I never got to know him awfully well, but we were business rivals,
00:16:22 and the manner of speaking, and I liked him.
00:16:24 He was a very likeable man. You had to like him.
00:16:27 I did, anyway. Still, as I say, Mr Spencer, I'm a very sentimental man.
00:16:31 Yes, Mr Hardcastle, we quite understand how you feel.
00:16:34 The point is, now that Mr Spencer here has come into his great-uncle's estate,
00:16:37 we have to consider the whole question of the bijou.
00:16:40 The bijou? Oh, yes, the bijou.
00:16:43 Now, I've explained to Mr Spencer that you made an offer to the late Mr Spencer.
00:16:49 That's right, lad. I made him a very fair offer.
00:16:52 But the old rascal... You'll pardon the use of the expression, ma'am?
00:16:55 - Please. - The old rascal turned it down flat?
00:16:58 Well, I dare say he had his reasons, Mr Hardcastle,
00:17:01 but I'm prepared to consider your offer very seriously.
00:17:04 Here, old fuster minute, lad. What offer are you talking about?
00:17:09 Well, your offer of 5,000 pounds.
00:17:14 5,000 pounds?
00:17:17 5,000 pounds!
00:17:25 Oh, he's a great one, your husband, just like his great-uncle.
00:17:29 5,000 pounds!
00:17:32 Oh, that's a good one!
00:17:37 Oh, that's a great one, that is!
00:17:40 I've wanted to be more like it.
00:17:45 But I don't understand. You offered my great-uncle...
00:17:48 Oh, I know, lad, but that was a long time ago, before television it is.
00:17:53 The bijou was a going concern then. Have you seen it now, lad?
00:17:57 No, I'm only offering you 500 pounds,
00:18:00 and that's a good deal more than the old flea-pits worth.
00:18:03 If I may interrupt, Mr Hardcastle, an offer of 500 pounds is quite out of the question for my client.
00:18:08 - There are debts of at least 750. - 750?
00:18:11 Well, all right. Everyone knows I'm a sentimental man, and I liked old Simon.
00:18:17 750 then, but not a penny more.
00:18:20 I'm sorry, Mr Hardcastle, I didn't mean that figure to be taken as one which my client would be prepared to accept.
00:18:25 No, but that's the figure I'm prepared to offer. 750, and no more.
00:18:30 Well, I'd like to have a word with Mr Carter before I...
00:18:33 Take your time, lad. Take all the time you want.
00:18:36 I'm not going to be done out of my inheritance by Mr Albert "Sentimental" Hardcastle.
00:18:43 - What about your father? - My father?
00:18:46 Well, couldn't we drag him in, ask his advice?
00:18:49 I'll do it confidentially. My dad's always managed to steer a bit clear of old Simon's affairs.
00:18:54 He said he wouldn't touch us with a barge pole.
00:18:57 You know, I think my dad's right.
00:19:00 - Unless... - Unless what?
00:19:03 Unless you made Hardcastle believe that you didn't want to sell the old flea-pit.
00:19:08 Well, you could tell him you were going to reopen it and manage it yourself.
00:19:12 You're not actually suggesting that we start up the...
00:19:16 No, no, of course not. But you've got to make him think you're going to.
00:19:19 - As soon as he sees you cleaning the place up... - Yes, you've hit on something.
00:19:23 - As soon as he sees we're... - Exactly.
00:19:25 If he thinks the old flea-pit's going to open up again...
00:19:27 - Bound to pay us what he was going to pay my great... - Quite, quite. That's precisely my point.
00:19:32 Yes, it's a wonderful idea. I'll do it. That's it. It's a wonderful idea. I'll do it.
00:19:37 But, Matt, it'll cost money, taking on the staff and doing the place up.
00:19:41 We'll get it all back. We'll have to be convincing. Don't you see that?
00:19:46 If Hardcastle thinks we're bluffing you, you just laugh. You know.
00:19:50 But if, on the other hand, the bluff works...
00:19:56 - It could mean 5,000 pounds. - Oh, do let me do that for you.
00:20:03 Darling, I can do it.
00:20:05 Well...
00:20:08 (Somber music)
00:20:10 (Giggling)
00:20:19 What's so funny?
00:20:23 Samara. Samara. Samarkand.
00:20:28 Smurf breath.
00:20:31 (Giggling)
00:20:34 (Train whistle)
00:20:36 Before we go in, there's something I think I should tell you about Mrs. Visackley.
00:20:46 You see, Mrs. Visackley and your great-uncle were...
00:20:50 Well, that is to say, their relationship wasn't entirely...
00:20:55 - How shall I put it? - You've already put it very eloquently.
00:21:00 Your family.
00:21:03 Oh, and one other thing.
00:21:06 If I were you, I shouldn't say anything to these three about wanting to sell the place.
00:21:10 They must think you mean to open. Small town like this, you know, things get about.
00:21:14 Quite.
00:21:27 Good morning, Mrs. Visackley, Mr. Quill, Tom.
00:21:32 May I introduce Mr. and Mrs. Spencer, the new owners of the Bijou.
00:21:36 - Mrs. Visackley, the cashier. - How do you do?
00:21:39 How do you do, Mrs. Visackley?
00:21:41 - Mr. Quill, the projectionist. - How do you do?
00:21:45 - How do you do? - How do you do?
00:21:46 - How do you do? - How do you do?
00:21:48 - How do you do? - And old... Oh, where's he gone?
00:21:51 It's all right, Tom. Mr. and Mrs. Spencer just want to meet you.
00:21:54 There's nothing to be nervous about.
00:21:56 - Oh, Tom, the janitor. - Oh, I guess so.
00:21:59 Oh, yes.
00:22:01 Well, I've asked you all here because Mr. Spencer would like to say a few words to you.
00:22:06 Mr. Spencer.
00:22:08 It's all right, Tom. Mr. Spencer just wants to talk to you.
00:22:13 What's he going to say?
00:22:15 Well, er, I'd like to say that...
00:22:19 I know who you are. You're Mr. Carter.
00:22:22 That's right, Tom.
00:22:23 He thought I didn't know him. Mr. Carter, I'd known him since he were a lad.
00:22:27 Well, first I'd like to say that...
00:22:30 although I hadn't seen my great-uncle for many years...
00:22:34 I was very sorry to hear of his...
00:22:38 - I understand... - You're not Mr. Carter.
00:22:42 He's Mr. Carter.
00:22:44 Yes.
00:22:46 Well, what I wanted to say this morning was that...
00:22:52 we, that is, my wife and I...
00:22:57 we intend to reopen the bijou...
00:23:01 to reopen it as quickly as possible.
00:23:04 Any questions?
00:23:13 Mrs. Fisachely.
00:23:20 The late Mr. Spencer...
00:23:22 was going to make a number of improvements before he...
00:23:26 Yes, Mrs. Fisachely?
00:23:29 One thing. He was going to do something about the rats.
00:23:35 Rats?
00:23:37 Yes, you see...
00:23:38 Tell him about my equipment.
00:23:40 I'm explaining to him about the rats.
00:23:43 My equipment's more important than your rats.
00:23:45 Tell him about my uniform.
00:23:47 If you'll kindly permit me to speak.
00:23:49 Well, I can see that we all have a lot to talk about.
00:23:52 We must discuss it all later.
00:23:55 Well, I'll be off and leave you to it. You must all have a lot to do.
00:23:58 - I'll see you out. - I'll come with you.
00:24:00 - You and your equipment. - Hmm?
00:24:05 If you'd spent your time looking after it...
00:24:07 instead of boozing away up there.
00:24:09 - Boozing? - Yes.
00:24:10 - You stand there and accuse me of boozing? - Yes, I do.
00:24:14 Well, I'll let old Harcastle know you're proposing to put him out of business, right?
00:24:18 And don't let those three in there upset you.
00:24:21 It's just that they've been in the old flea pit a bit too long. Bye.
00:24:24 Bye.
00:24:25 Flea pit? More like the snake pit.
00:24:29 - You kept it running! - I did?
00:24:31 - You kept it running! - I did?
00:24:33 Why, if it wasn't for me, poor Mr. Spencer would have gone out of business years ago.
00:24:37 You and Mr. Spencer?
00:24:39 Oh, yes. We know all about you and Mr. Spencer.
00:24:43 How dare you! You unspeakable, duncan beggar!
00:24:47 - Mr. Spencer... - Now I've said it!
00:24:49 He promised me a uniform, like the man at the Grand House.
00:24:52 Well, I can't do that. I've got my troubles too, haven't I?
00:24:55 Is, uh... Is anything wrong?
00:24:59 Mr. Spencer promised me a uniform, like the man at the...
00:25:03 Who are you?
00:25:05 - He's Mr. Spencer. - Is he?
00:25:07 Yes, I'm Mr. Spencer, Tom.
00:25:10 Mr. Carter just introduced us.
00:25:12 He promised me a uniform, just like the man at the Grand House.
00:25:16 - He promised me! - Well, I'm sure we'll get round to all your problems in time.
00:25:20 Right? But, uh, first, well...
00:25:23 I'd better see if I can learn how my great-uncle ran his business.
00:25:27 - Is that all right with you, Mrs. Fizakaly? - If those are your wishes, certainly.
00:25:32 - See you two later. - He's going to see us later.
00:25:35 Yeah, yeah.
00:25:37 - This is fantastic. - What?
00:25:41 Who are you?
00:25:45 Well, Mrs. Fizakaly, I don't know very much about bookkeeping,
00:25:49 but it seems to me these figures don't make any sense at all.
00:25:53 I beg your pardon?
00:25:55 Didn't my great-uncle keep any proper accounts?
00:25:58 Your great-uncle never kept anything, Mr. Spencer, that wasn't perfectly proper.
00:26:03 Of course, of course.
00:26:05 But, well, what are these, for instance?
00:26:08 Groceries, farm produce, miscellaneous donations?
00:26:12 You see, the late Mr. Spencer always found
00:26:15 that the only way to run the Kinnamaya successfully
00:26:18 was by having a great many private understandings.
00:26:22 What sort of understandings?
00:26:24 Complimentary seats were always granted to anyone who made any contribution.
00:26:28 If a farmer gave my great-uncle a chicken, his family got him for nothing?
00:26:32 - That's it, exactly. - But what about the entertainment tax?
00:26:36 Surely by not selling tickets, he was defrauding the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
00:26:41 It only seems like that, Mr. Spencer.
00:26:44 But as the late Mr. Spencer always pointed out,
00:26:47 you could hardly send, well, a third of a chicken
00:26:51 to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
00:26:53 Now, could you?
00:26:55 Oh, just before you go, I think I ought to tell you, Mr. Spencer,
00:27:00 that unless something is done about Mr. Quill,
00:27:03 I am not prepared to continue in my present position.
00:27:06 Oh?
00:27:07 I can no longer tolerate his insulting and unseemly behaviour.
00:27:11 Well, what are you suggesting, Mrs. Fizakley?
00:27:14 That I should give him the sack?
00:27:16 Sack, Mr. Quill?
00:27:18 Sack, Mr. Quill?
00:27:20 Oh, I'm afraid that would be quite out of the question,
00:27:23 on account of the projection equipment, you know.
00:27:26 Nobody else could possibly understand it.
00:27:29 In fact, in 1937, when Mr. Quill had to go and have his appendix out
00:27:33 and the late Mr. Spencer called in another projectionist to take over,
00:27:37 it was only three days before he had to have his appendix out.
00:27:41 Oh.
00:27:42 No, no. No, I merely wondered whether you would say something rude
00:27:46 or unpleasant to him.
00:27:48 Well, Mrs. Fizakley, I'll try and think of something to say.
00:27:52 Thank you. Excuse me.
00:27:54 Ah, well, well, well.
00:27:59 I wonder whether I could have a word with you, Mr. Spencer.
00:28:03 Well, if it's about your equipment, Mr. Quill, I...
00:28:06 No, it's... What equipment?
00:28:08 Whether the equipment... No, no, no.
00:28:10 It's, er...
00:28:12 It's about...
00:28:14 It's about that woman, sir.
00:28:16 That Mrs. Fizakley.
00:28:18 She's a troublemaker, sir.
00:28:20 She does nothing else but make trouble.
00:28:22 Make trouble here, make trouble there.
00:28:24 Oh. Yes, well...
00:28:26 Now that the old scoundrel's dead...
00:28:29 Oh, I beg your pardon, sir.
00:28:31 No offence intended, I assure you,
00:28:33 but now that the old gentleman's gone to his dear rest,
00:28:36 do we have to have that awful old hag hanging round this place?
00:28:39 What do you suggest I do? Sack her?
00:28:42 Sack Mrs. Fizakley?
00:28:44 I don't think you properly appreciate the position, Mr. Spencer.
00:28:49 Mrs. Fizakley's been here since the silent days.
00:28:52 She used to play the piano.
00:28:54 She's the only one that knows how this place runs.
00:28:57 Sack Mrs. Fizakley?
00:29:00 She'll be wanting a sack of old tongue next.
00:29:02 I see.
00:29:04 What you really mean is you just want me to say something rude and unpleasant to her.
00:29:11 Yes. Yes.
00:29:13 Yes.
00:29:15 Yes.
00:29:17 Well, I'll try to think of something to say.
00:29:20 Yes.
00:29:23 (Doorbell rings)
00:29:25 Good morning.
00:29:27 Bijou Kinnamar, at your service.
00:29:29 Who?
00:29:32 What? What? Haven't you heard?
00:29:34 Oh, yes.
00:29:37 Yes, this Mr. Spencer.
00:29:39 Of course.
00:29:41 Just hold on a moment, please, while I hand him the telephone.
00:29:45 Thank you, Mrs. Fizakley.
00:29:47 Hello?
00:29:49 Well, Hogcastle seems to be falling for it, all right.
00:29:51 Yes, fine.
00:29:53 The old wot'sit may not move until he's absolutely convinced you're not bluffing.
00:29:56 What?
00:29:58 Well, he must be convincing.
00:30:00 Spend a few pounds, as ostentatiously as possible, of course.
00:30:02 In my judgment, you'll get it all back.
00:30:04 (Groans)
00:30:18 (Horn honking)
00:30:21 (Horn honking)
00:30:24 (Horn honking)
00:30:27 (Horn honking)
00:30:29 (Horn honking)
00:30:31 (Horn honking)
00:30:33 (Horn honking)
00:30:35 (Horn honking)
00:30:37 (Groaning)
00:31:04 Mr. Quill!
00:31:06 They're going ahead, all right.
00:31:14 No doubt about that, Albert.
00:31:16 Aye.
00:31:18 "Eleven o'clock," you said, he said.
00:31:22 It's ten past now.
00:31:24 Perhaps he's changed his mind.
00:31:26 Look here, if you two carry on like this when he shows up,
00:31:28 he'll offer you a fiver for the place.
00:31:30 For goodness' sake, remember, you're the reluctant sellers.
00:31:32 He's the anxious.
00:31:34 That's our boy.
00:31:36 Good morning to you.
00:31:39 Good morning.
00:31:41 Good morning, Mr. Harcastle.
00:31:43 I see you cleaned the whole place up a bit.
00:31:45 Well, mate needed it.
00:31:47 I'll give you a capital "E" for effort, lad.
00:31:49 Both of you.
00:31:51 Well, we haven't really started yet, have we, darling?
00:31:53 We'll need a good deal of time...
00:31:55 Hold on a minute, that's what I wanted to say about...
00:31:57 Mr. Harcastle?
00:31:59 Oh, thank you.
00:32:01 Nice young couple like yourselves.
00:32:03 You've no business in this business.
00:32:05 If you'd seen your great-uncle, what he did for him in the end,
00:32:07 that old buttle-axe for Zuckerley,
00:32:09 I remember when she was a wee slip of a thing.
00:32:11 Pretty as a picture.
00:32:13 A pea picture, mark you.
00:32:15 No, I'd have been round here sooner,
00:32:17 only it took me some time to convince my partners
00:32:19 that we should raise our offer.
00:32:21 Oh, darling, you're not going to sell now after...
00:32:23 Oh, it's all right, darling.
00:32:25 There's no harm in hearing what Mr. Harcastle has to say.
00:32:27 Oh, what I have to say, lad, is this.
00:32:29 I'm prepared to offer you
00:32:31 1,500 pounds.
00:32:33 1,500 pounds.
00:32:35 I'm afraid we're all wasting time, Mr. Harcastle.
00:32:39 A few weeks ago, my clients were more than willing
00:32:41 to negotiate a sale.
00:32:43 Then, of course, they had no intention of opening up the Bijoux.
00:32:45 And making it our home.
00:32:47 Yes, they've already invested a lot of capital in this place, you know.
00:32:49 Oh, I know, I know.
00:32:51 But you didn't expect me to make me best offers
00:32:53 straight out like that, did you?
00:32:55 What is your best offer?
00:32:57 Well, I'm authorized to go to the sum of 2,000 pounds.
00:32:59 In cash.
00:33:05 Mr. Harcastle, what you and your partners are overlooking
00:33:07 is the wonderful challenge
00:33:09 the Bijoux presents to my clients.
00:33:11 Why, in six months' time,
00:33:13 well, we'll say a year, in a year's time,
00:33:15 we hope to have...
00:33:17 Well, goodbye, lad.
00:33:19 Are you going?
00:33:21 Goodbye, Mr. Spencer.
00:33:23 Goodbye, Mr. Harcastle.
00:33:25 Yes, I think you should install a cinemascope.
00:33:27 Full stereophonic sound, the lot.
00:33:29 No expense spared.
00:33:31 I agree.
00:33:33 We've got to make the Bijoux the best little cinema
00:33:35 in this part of the country.
00:33:37 By the time we've finished with it,
00:33:39 people will be coming from miles around.
00:33:41 It's all right. It's all right. It's gone.
00:33:43 I say, you...
00:33:45 We overdid things, do you?
00:33:47 Not a bit. Mark my words, within 24 hours,
00:33:49 he'll be back with a bigger offer.
00:33:51 All he's got to do now is sit down and wait.
00:33:53 What do we do if he doesn't?
00:33:55 He will, don't worry. Harcastle needs that car park badly,
00:33:57 and he's got to buy the Bijoux to get it.
00:33:59 One thing seems pretty certain.
00:34:01 He thinks we intend running the place.
00:34:03 The moment we've cashed his check, I tell him,
00:34:05 nothing on earth would have induced us to open this dump.
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00:34:55 Cup of tea, please, miss.
00:34:57 All right, all right.
00:35:01 Not worth talking to, I know that.
00:35:04 Got no proper uniform.
00:35:06 I haven't even got a proper hat.
00:35:08 They promised me, and then you had to go and die.
00:35:11 Why don't you get your new bosses to buy your uniform?
00:35:13 They won't buy me nothing.
00:35:15 Why not? There seem to be a couple of mugs.
00:35:17 Must be you're throwing out the old flea pit, eh, Dolly?
00:35:19 They're not opening it.
00:35:21 What?
00:35:23 Didn't tell us nothing about it.
00:35:25 Us who've been there 30 years.
00:35:28 Except me, I've been there 40 years.
00:35:30 What haven't they told you, Tom?
00:35:32 They're only doing it so as Mr. Hardcastle will buy it.
00:35:36 They don't want to run the old bar, Joe.
00:35:39 Never meant to run it.
00:35:41 Never meant to get me no uniform, neither.
00:35:44 If they really mean business,
00:35:48 there's only one thing to do, Albert, and that's stump up.
00:35:51 Aye, but it's given best to a couple of youngsters that I don't like, Fred.
00:35:54 You mustn't let your personal feelings interfere with business, Albert.
00:35:58 That car park's worth more to us than the 5,000.
00:36:02 I know.
00:36:04 Oh, well, if we must, we must, I suppose.
00:36:07 Get Mother Bejo. Come in.
00:36:12 Can I have a word with you, sir?
00:36:15 Shouldn't waste too much time on this place, Dolly.
00:36:17 I thought we ought to get into something cleaner for his 5,000.
00:36:20 You know, I've been thinking.
00:36:22 There's one thing about this situation that worries me.
00:36:24 What?
00:36:25 I bet if the old man had made a proper will,
00:36:27 he'd have left this place to those three old goons.
00:36:29 I mean, why shouldn't he?
00:36:31 He didn't even know I existed.
00:36:33 Well?
00:36:34 Well, sir, I haven't really come into my inheritance, have I?
00:36:36 I've come into theirs.
00:36:38 When we get that 5,000 pounds out of old Hardcastle,
00:36:40 we ought to give them a fair share.
00:36:42 Oh, Matt, you've no idea how pleased I am to hear you say that.
00:36:45 You know, I've really begun to quite like him.
00:36:47 Matt, you're sweet.
00:36:48 Hello?
00:36:50 Really, you're the sweetest man I know.
00:36:51 But how could he have found out?
00:36:53 I just don't know.
00:36:54 But he knows you're bluffing.
00:36:56 Look, I'd better come round.
00:36:58 He says he's still willing to give you the 750
00:37:01 when you decide you've had enough.
00:37:02 Well, that tears it.
00:37:04 It certainly does.
00:37:05 I must say, I feel very largely to blame for this situation.
00:37:09 If I had urged you to hold out...
00:37:10 Of course you're not to blame.
00:37:11 Oh, Robin, you mustn't even think of it.
00:37:13 The point is, what do we do now?
00:37:15 You know, when you think about it,
00:37:17 the situation hasn't really changed.
00:37:19 The fact that Harcass has found out and reduced his offer
00:37:21 doesn't alter the basic fact that he still wants to buy the Beasle.
00:37:24 He thinks you'll panic and accept the 750.
00:37:26 Well, I'm in a panic.
00:37:28 Have we any alternative?
00:37:29 You have one.
00:37:30 What's that?
00:37:31 Well, I... I hesitate to mention it.
00:37:34 Oh, don't. Please, Robin.
00:37:36 Well, open the cinema.
00:37:40 Run the place.
00:37:41 Run the place?
00:37:43 Why not?
00:37:44 Why not?
00:37:45 You mean, actually show pictures?
00:37:51 Yes. Sooner or later, he'll have to raise his offer again.
00:37:53 Stay here?
00:37:54 You mean, stay here and... and really try to...
00:37:58 No. No, no, no, no.
00:38:00 Now, wait a minute.
00:38:01 You want us to live here?
00:38:04 To be stuck in this place?
00:38:06 Do you mind telling me what single aspect of this situation
00:38:10 strikes you as being even remotely amusing?
00:38:13 I'm sorry, darling.
00:38:14 It's just that there's something so terribly logical
00:38:16 about being stuck in a place that makes glue.
00:38:19 And that was our plan.
00:38:23 It's true we didn't intend to open the Bijou again,
00:38:26 but just to sell it for as much as we could get.
00:38:28 But because we feel that this place is as much yours as it is ours,
00:38:32 we were going to see that you were all well looked after.
00:38:35 Somehow or other, we don't know how,
00:38:37 Mr. Hardcastle found out.
00:38:39 Now all he'll give us is 750 pounds,
00:38:41 which will hardly cover the debts.
00:38:43 Wait a minute, Tom. I haven't finished yet.
00:38:46 - Robin, go and explain to him, will you? - Right.
00:38:48 Well, we decided, my wife and I,
00:38:52 to really open the Bijou,
00:38:54 and what's more, to make a success of it.
00:38:56 We've got to.
00:38:57 If ever Hardcastle changes his mind and we make a sale,
00:39:00 we'll see you all get a fair share.
00:39:02 Well, I... I hardly know what to say, I'm sure.
00:39:05 It's very good of you to think of us all.
00:39:09 We'll do the very best we can, I'm sure, Mr. Spencer,
00:39:13 just as we did in Mr. Spencer's day.
00:39:15 Thank you.
00:39:17 Thank you, Mrs. Dizacli.
00:39:19 Well, um, Mr. Spencer, it's like this here.
00:39:33 I would like you to know
00:39:36 that I... well, I appreciate what you said
00:39:39 and what you're trying to do.
00:39:41 And, believe me, I don't say this lightly,
00:39:45 I am absolutely determined
00:39:48 that I won't touch another drop.
00:39:51 Not another drop I won't touch, I won't.
00:39:54 Mr. Quill.
00:39:56 I don't think you may realise, Mr. Spencer,
00:39:59 what a big sacrifice this may mean for Mr. Quill.
00:40:03 Well, uh, thank you, Mr. Quill.
00:40:07 Thank you, Mrs. Dizacli.
00:40:09 We shall really have to do something about your equipment now, Mr. Quill.
00:40:13 Well, that's very nice of you to think of my problems, Mrs. Dizacli.
00:40:16 I'll, uh... I'll get you some poison.
00:40:19 What?
00:40:20 - For your rats, you know. - Oh, yes, I see.
00:40:22 It was old Tom who gave the game away.
00:40:24 Oh, no.
00:40:26 Apparently he overheard something.
00:40:27 Hardcastle's commissioner got hold of him.
00:40:29 The old chap's in terrible shape.
00:40:31 Oh, darling, you must go and say something to him.
00:40:34 Well, all right.
00:40:36 Everything's perfectly clear to me now.
00:40:41 We're going to be here for the rest of our lives.
00:40:44 Matt'll end up like... like great Uncle Simon.
00:40:47 I'll be Mrs. Dizacli, and you'll be old Tom.
00:40:50 Isn't that what's going to happen?
00:40:51 Tom?
00:40:53 No, sweetheart.
00:40:54 It were all my fault, certainly.
00:40:56 I'll go away. There's no place for me here.
00:40:59 Now look here, Tom.
00:41:02 Tell you what we'd better do.
00:41:04 I think it's time we bought you that uniform.
00:41:24 Grand reopening. Grand reopening.
00:41:27 Seats at all prices, sir. Seats at all prices.
00:41:31 Seats at all prices. Seats at all prices.
00:41:35 Any customers yet, Tom?
00:41:36 Not yet, sir, but it's an happy day, sir.
00:41:38 A very happy day, sir. The old by-jewel reopened.
00:41:42 Yes. We're happy too, Tom.
00:41:44 Especially now I've got me uniform, sir.
00:41:47 Very smart, Tom.
00:41:48 Seats at all prices.
00:41:50 Seats at all prices.
00:41:52 Seats at all prices, sir.
00:42:18 Grand reopening.
00:42:19 Mr. Spencer.
00:42:21 Aren't you going to press the button?
00:42:24 Button?
00:42:25 Yes, the one inside for Mr. Quill to start.
00:42:28 Oh, yes.
00:42:30 Hold your hat. Here goes.
00:42:37 Is there any point in starting it? There's no one here.
00:42:40 Well, I suppose we should show the pictures at the advertised times.
00:42:44 Otherwise...
00:42:46 Well, of course we should.
00:42:49 Oh, oh.
00:42:52 Oh.
00:42:54 Oh.
00:42:57 Oh.
00:43:00 Oh.
00:43:03 Oh.
00:43:05 Oh.
00:43:08 Oh.
00:43:10 Oh.
00:43:12 Oh.
00:43:14 Oh.
00:43:16 Oh.
00:43:19 [typing]
00:43:22 [typing]
00:43:27 [typing]
00:43:36 [music]
00:43:39 [music]
00:43:42 Shall we watch for a bit?
00:43:51 It's free.
00:43:52 I wouldn't miss it for anything.
00:43:55 Oh.
00:44:00 Oh.
00:44:01 [speaking in a foreign language]
00:44:05 [speaking in a foreign language]
00:44:08 Out.
00:44:20 How?
00:44:21 The customer's upstairs, Mrs. Brackley.
00:44:23 Well, it's only 25 past five as yet, you know.
00:44:27 [music]
00:44:30 [gunshots]
00:44:39 Get down.
00:44:40 Find some guns.
00:44:41 We're in for a fight.
00:44:42 Keep down.
00:44:43 All right, but you...
00:44:44 Sure.
00:44:45 [gunshots]
00:44:46 [music]
00:44:49 There you are, my boy.
00:44:55 [music]
00:44:58 Well, don't be a dare, buddy.
00:45:03 I'm the chief of me.
00:45:05 [music]
00:45:08 [gunshots]
00:45:23 [howling]
00:45:26 [howling]
00:45:29 [howling]
00:45:37 [howling]
00:45:40 [music]
00:45:50 [howling]
00:45:53 [howling]
00:45:59 [howling]
00:46:18 [train whistle]
00:46:21 The train now standing at number three platform
00:46:29 is the train for Flagford, Littleford, and Northampton.
00:46:33 [train whistle]
00:46:34 [gunshots]
00:46:37 [train whistle]
00:46:42 [gunshots]
00:46:45 [gunshots]
00:47:02 It's the sheriff and his posse.
00:47:07 [gunshots]
00:47:11 [train whistle]
00:47:14 [crowd cheering]
00:47:17 [crowd cheering]
00:47:25 [train whistle]
00:47:28 Mr. Quill!
00:47:31 Nothing to worry about, Mr. Spencer.
00:47:33 The film broke.
00:47:34 I'll have it fixed in a minute.
00:47:35 Didn't say the police are bright.
00:47:36 Well, can't you say something to them?
00:47:38 Say the old man always did.
00:47:40 What do I say?
00:47:41 Can't-- can't have a mind for it.
00:47:43 We're doing our best.
00:47:46 Oh, a line.
00:47:49 Quill?
00:47:50 Quill says I should speak to him.
00:47:52 Well, somebody better do something.
00:47:54 [crowd cheering]
00:47:57 Ladies and gentlemen.
00:48:10 If-- if you will be--
00:48:12 [crowd cheering]
00:48:15 You down there.
00:48:16 I'll-- I'll come amongst you.
00:48:18 [crowd cheering]
00:48:21 [train whistle]
00:48:24 You're wonderful.
00:48:29 You handle the whole thing beautifully.
00:48:31 Healthy little brutes.
00:48:32 I'd like to take a mother's scruff of their necks.
00:48:37 [crowd cheering]
00:48:40 What on earth?
00:48:43 Oh, Matt, you can't allow that sort of thing.
00:48:45 Spread the word around, Mrs. Zachary.
00:48:47 We're under new management, but no change in policy.
00:48:49 -But Matt-- -Yeah, cook it.
00:48:51 [gunshots]
00:48:54 Take her in, boys.
00:49:00 Come on.
00:49:01 You see the idea?
00:49:02 He's bluffing.
00:49:03 He hasn't got a gun at all.
00:49:05 I'll see you through.
00:49:07 Oh!
00:49:08 Oh?
00:49:11 Well, I guess that pays you off.
00:49:15 You cannot arrest him, Sheriff.
00:49:17 He has saved our lives.
00:49:18 Mind, he'll be coming out any minute now.
00:49:20 Say, Miss Tonya, let me introduce you to Driftin' Slim Stanley,
00:49:24 Deputy US Marshal.
00:49:26 [music playing]
00:49:33 [crowd cheering]
00:49:36 What is this?
00:49:40 What's happening?
00:49:42 [music playing]
00:49:46 [train whistle]
00:50:13 Oh, Mr. Spencer, here are the takings for the day.
00:50:16 Oh.
00:50:17 3 pounds, 8 and 9 pence.
00:50:19 Oh.
00:50:20 Well, that's not very good, is it?
00:50:21 It's always 3 pounds and something on a Monday, you know.
00:50:26 Well, good night, Mrs. Spencer.
00:50:27 Good night, Mrs. Zachary.
00:50:28 Good night, Mr. Spencer.
00:50:29 Good night.
00:50:30 Oh, and there's a half of lard and two pork chops in the drawer there.
00:50:35 Complimentaries.
00:50:36 Good night once more.
00:50:38 Complimentaries.
00:50:40 Do you think if we issued a few season tickets,
00:50:42 we'd require a radiogram or a refrigerator?
00:50:45 By the look of half the takings, we should need a refrigerator.
00:50:48 Oh, good night, Mrs. Spencer.
00:50:51 Oh, good night, Mr. Quill.
00:50:52 Good night, Mrs. Spencer.
00:50:53 Good night.
00:50:54 Good night.
00:50:55 Good night, Mrs. Spencer.
00:50:56 Yes.
00:50:57 Well, only one breakdown tonight.
00:50:59 Only one.
00:51:00 Yes.
00:51:01 Good night.
00:51:04 Good night.
00:51:05 Good night.
00:51:06 [music playing]
00:51:09 [footsteps]
00:51:12 At the end of the first week, we simply couldn't believe it.
00:51:28 We were making a profit.
00:51:30 But we were.
00:51:32 One pound, 17 and 6.
00:51:35 One chicken, two pork chops, half a lard, and tin of cocoa.
00:51:38 What are we going to do?
00:51:41 Well, perhaps we could find out how a real cinema is run.
00:51:46 How?
00:51:47 How?
00:51:48 Oh, darling, for heaven's sake.
00:51:51 Two singles at 3 and 6.
00:51:53 Two single seats.
00:51:55 Two at 3 and 6.
00:51:56 Two single-- two single seats.
00:51:59 Why, lad.
00:52:04 Oh, and Mrs. Spencer.
00:52:06 You don't have to queue, you know.
00:52:08 You're always welcome as my guest.
00:52:09 Thank you very much, Mr. Hardcastle.
00:52:11 We just thought we'd take a sort of busman's holiday.
00:52:15 [laughter]
00:52:17 That's right, lad.
00:52:18 Come on in.
00:52:19 Thank you very much.
00:52:20 How's business?
00:52:21 Oh, looking up, you know.
00:52:23 Looking up.
00:52:24 Flatten its back, looking up.
00:52:26 [music playing]
00:52:33 Quite something, isn't it?
00:52:36 Mm.
00:52:37 [music playing]
00:53:01 Chocolates, sweets, ices, sweets, ices.
00:53:07 Thank you.
00:53:08 Ices.
00:53:09 I got this, Hannah.
00:53:11 An idea.
00:53:12 You'd better install a word, it's a Mrs. Fusakane to play.
00:53:16 [music playing]
00:53:20 [music playing]
00:53:23 [whistling]
00:53:36 Ices.
00:53:37 [laughter]
00:53:39 Oh, what is that?
00:53:41 Oh, what is that?
00:53:42 [interposing voices]
00:53:44 Oh, stop it.
00:53:45 What are you doing?
00:53:47 I'm not taking the things off the table.
00:53:49 And the chocolates.
00:53:50 Can I play with those chocolates?
00:53:51 [interposing voices]
00:53:54 Oh, sir, who was that?
00:53:55 May I please help?
00:53:57 [laughter]
00:54:00 [music playing]
00:54:03 One and two, please, miss.
00:54:10 Thank you.
00:54:11 [music playing]
00:54:15 [gunshots]
00:54:17 I saw what you did.
00:54:18 Is that your property, is she?
00:54:19 God, swear.
00:54:20 I want to see you try.
00:54:21 [interposing voices]
00:54:22 I'm not going to have any rowdyism.
00:54:24 [interposing voices]
00:54:26 You heard what I said.
00:54:27 [interposing voices]
00:54:29 Come on, Marley.
00:54:30 [music playing]
00:54:33 [interposing voices]
00:54:35 You won't see us here again, now, will you?
00:54:37 No hurry, son.
00:54:38 [interposing voices]
00:54:40 Yeah.
00:54:41 [music playing]
00:54:44 Were you the cause of their disturbance?
00:54:53 Nothing to do with me if they fight, is it?
00:54:57 That's a matter of opinion.
00:54:59 I say, wait a minute.
00:55:01 You wouldn't be looking for a good job, by any chance,
00:55:03 would you?
00:55:04 What as?
00:55:05 An ice cream girl, for instance.
00:55:07 What, here?
00:55:08 I'd pay well for someone who could attract
00:55:10 the customers.
00:55:11 Really?
00:55:12 And stand up to the pressure of the work.
00:55:15 Interested?
00:55:16 Well, I don't know.
00:55:17 I'm doing a bit of modeling for a photographer at the moment.
00:55:20 He's got no eating, of course.
00:55:23 What's the money?
00:55:24 Well, let's discuss that in the office, shall we?
00:55:27 What's your name?
00:55:28 Hogg.
00:55:29 Marlene Hogg.
00:55:30 You know, I think you may be just the girl we need, Miss Hogg.
00:55:34 Missed.
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01:01:30 (dramatic music)
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01:01:36 (groaning)
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01:02:46 (dramatic music)
01:03:12 (dramatic music)
01:03:15 (screaming)
01:03:24 (applauding)
01:03:28 ♪ I know I love you ♪
01:03:32 - Mr. Corbyn, Percy, what's the matter?
01:03:37 - Come here, baby.
01:03:39 - Oh, Matt, Matt, Matt.
01:03:41 Matt, Matt.
01:03:42 (groaning)
01:03:46 - 10 to five, where has Quill got to?
01:03:59 What are we going to do?
01:04:00 - We can't not open, can we?
01:04:02 Do you know enough about his equipment
01:04:03 to run it by yourself?
01:04:04 - I?
01:04:05 Well, he doesn't know enough about it to.
01:04:08 Very well, I'll have a go.
01:04:10 - Oh, that stupid idiotic situation.
01:04:12 - I'll send Mrs. Bersackery to find out
01:04:13 what's happened to him.
01:04:15 (door buzzes)
01:04:25 - I'm ready to start now.
01:04:27 Anybody there yet?
01:04:29 - About 20.
01:04:30 - Well, here goes.
01:04:32 (drilling)
01:04:40 (whistling)
01:04:43 (footsteps)
01:04:46 (clattering)
01:04:49 (dramatic music)
01:05:15 (dramatic music)
01:05:18 - Is it all right?
01:05:25 - Ah, it's going like one o'clock.
01:05:27 - I'm telling you, Culpepper, this territory
01:05:29 ain't big enough for you and me both.
01:05:32 You better be out by sun now.
01:05:34 - Well, Sheriff, if that's the way you want it.
01:05:43 (dramatic music)
01:05:46 (siren wailing)
01:05:48 (thunder rumbling)
01:05:51 (woman screaming)
01:05:56 - Darling, are you all right?
01:06:03 - Yeah.
01:06:04 - Mrs. Bersackery says Quill's locked himself in his room
01:06:07 and refuses to come out.
01:06:08 - How many people are there down there?
01:06:10 - Just about 100 now.
01:06:11 I thought you might like something to eat.
01:06:13 - I haven't even thought about it.
01:06:15 (crowd cheering)
01:06:18 - They've run out.
01:06:21 (dramatic music)
01:06:24 (crowd cheering)
01:06:27 - Eight, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two.
01:06:33 - Hoorah!
01:06:34 - Well, as I was saying, honey,
01:06:37 I reckon that you're just about the prettiest gal
01:06:39 this side of Rainbow Gulch.
01:06:41 - I guess I'd better ride on back to the mine.
01:06:44 - One thing's crystal clear.
01:06:45 We can't go on like this.
01:06:47 - Well, what else can we do?
01:06:48 - I don't know.
01:06:49 All I know is we can't go on like this.
01:06:52 - Do you want to accept Hardcastle 750?
01:06:55 - Of course I don't want to accept it.
01:06:57 I can't stick at this job all my life.
01:06:59 I'm a novelist.
01:07:00 - Yes, I know, darling, but it seems such a shame
01:07:03 after all the trouble we've taken
01:07:05 and there won't be anything at all in it for them.
01:07:07 - We're not responsible.
01:07:09 It's Quill, drunk all the time.
01:07:11 Always complaining about his equipment.
01:07:13 If I can run the blasted thing without any trouble,
01:07:15 why can't he run...
01:07:16 Oh, no!
01:07:18 - Darling, what's happened?
01:07:20 - The film's broken.
01:07:21 - No!
01:07:22 - All right, don't panic, don't panic.
01:07:24 Don't worry.
01:07:28 I've seen how filled you are for this.
01:07:30 - And what about all this film?
01:07:32 - Quill can sort all that out tomorrow.
01:07:35 (train horn blaring)
01:07:37 - You fix it?
01:07:38 - I think so.
01:07:39 All you do is that.
01:07:42 (train horn blaring)
01:07:44 - Oh, shut up.
01:07:46 - I think that's right.
01:07:47 - Darling, do something!
01:07:59 - Well, there's a knob here somewhere blasted.
01:08:01 Ah!
01:08:03 (crowd cheering)
01:08:05 - All right.
01:08:08 - Whoa!
01:08:09 There's a focus control gadget.
01:08:12 - Who killed Art Lake?
01:08:14 (train horn blaring)
01:08:16 (train horn blaring)
01:08:18 (train horn blaring)
01:08:20 - I have only one feeling.
01:08:22 - Honey, with my brains and your looks...
01:08:25 - That's it! That's it!
01:08:27 Quill, Ma!
01:08:30 I want you!
01:08:31 Ma!
01:08:33 - I'd work for you, honey.
01:08:34 I'd even work out there on the railroad.
01:08:36 Stripped to the waist.
01:08:37 There's nothing I wouldn't do for you.
01:08:39 - It's not right!
01:08:40 - It's all right.
01:08:41 Don't panic.
01:08:42 (crowd cheering)
01:08:43 - I don't think I can.
01:08:44 - What are you gonna do?
01:08:45 - Well, we can scrap the rest of this
01:08:47 and switch on to the next reel.
01:08:48 - Calm down, Cheryl.
01:08:49 - Do you think they notice?
01:08:50 - I don't know.
01:08:51 (glass shattering)
01:08:53 (crowd cheering)
01:08:55 (glass shattering)
01:08:57 (glass shattering)
01:08:59 (glass shattering)
01:09:01 (film reel clicking)
01:09:05 (crowd chattering)
01:09:08 - If we go out, it'll be in a blaze of glory.
01:09:10 (film reel clicking)
01:09:12 (train rumbling)
01:09:19 ♪ (triumphant music)
01:09:28 - I have to re-weight!
01:09:29 - It's time to pick up a bottle of stout
01:09:30 at the Crown Mavis, if we catch the 9.25.
01:09:33 - I think that's right now.
01:09:34 I hope.
01:09:36 (film reel clicking)
01:09:38 (film reel clicking)
01:09:41 ♪ (dramatic music)
01:09:43 (yelping)
01:09:45 (train rumbling)
01:09:48 (yelping)
01:09:49 ♪ (dramatic music)
01:09:52 (train rumbling)
01:09:54 (yelping)
01:09:56 (train rumbling)
01:09:58 (yelping)
01:10:00 (train rumbling)
01:10:02 (yelping)
01:10:04 (train rumbling)
01:10:06 (yelping)
01:10:07 ♪ (dramatic music)
01:10:17 (train rumbling)
01:10:18 (yelping)
01:10:19 ♪ (dramatic music)
01:10:41 - That's it.
01:10:42 (train rumbling)
01:10:44 (film reel clicking)
01:10:55 (men chattering)
01:11:00 (men chattering)
01:11:01 (men chattering)
01:11:02 (men chattering)
01:11:03 (men chattering)
01:11:04 - Okay...come and get it!
01:11:07 (men chattering)
01:11:08 (men chattering)
01:11:09 (men chattering)
01:11:10 - One and two.
01:11:12 ♪ (dramatic music)
01:11:14 - Ninepence.
01:11:15 ♪ (dramatic music)
01:11:22 - Oh, we've got more money back tonight!
01:11:24 (laughing)
01:11:30 (car horn honking)
01:11:32 - After that evening, it seemed that there was nothing else that could happen...
01:11:36 but there was.
01:11:40 (car horn honking)
01:11:42 - Yes, quite definitely.
01:11:49 Second week in February, I should say.
01:11:51 ♪ (dramatic music)
01:12:04 (door creaking)
01:12:08 - Where on earth have you been?
01:12:09 - Oh, I had an appointment to see--
01:12:10 - Well, never mind about that now.
01:12:11 Something terrible's happened. It's Mr. Hogg.
01:12:13 - How do you do? What do you mean, something terrible?
01:12:15 - Marlene.
01:12:16 - What about Marlene?
01:12:17 - She's going to have a baby.
01:12:18 - Oh, is that all?
01:12:21 - All? All?
01:12:23 I don't know whether you appreciate it, madam, but my little girl's not wed.
01:12:26 - Oh...oh, of course. I should have thought. I'm sorry.
01:12:30 - I should think so too.
01:12:31 No father to put her name to it.
01:12:33 It's an outrage!
01:12:34 - Well, it may have been.
01:12:35 But haven't you any idea who the father is?
01:12:37 - I may have...and I may not have.
01:12:38 - What do you mean?
01:12:39 - I'll say no more.
01:12:40 - Why not?
01:12:41 - Never you mind.
01:12:42 When she gets over her shock and makes her allegations, I shall act.
01:12:45 I'm warning you, Mr. Spencer, I shall act!
01:12:48 - Warning me?
01:12:50 What's he getting at?
01:12:51 Look here, I'm not having--
01:12:53 - That's the man. Don't be silly. Let him go.
01:12:56 Darling, I've got something to tell you.
01:12:58 - Mr. Spencer!
01:12:59 - Mr. Spencer!
01:13:00 The cats and kittens in the circle!
01:13:02 - What? - Six of 'em.
01:13:03 What shall I do with them?
01:13:04 - Oh, not now, Tom. I'm busy.
01:13:05 - The lovely little fairy will--
01:13:07 - Now, Tom, four little girls and one little boy.
01:13:11 I've looked.
01:13:12 - Well, it's just crept in.
01:13:22 - I'm going to have a baby.
01:13:24 The second week in February.
01:13:26 - You'll go and speak to him.
01:13:27 You'll have to sort out all that mess.
01:13:29 One thing after another.
01:13:32 (door opens)
01:13:33 - What?
01:13:39 You're going to have what the second week in February?
01:13:46 - A rabbit.
01:13:49 - I've gone through all the bills, Robin.
01:13:56 At 7.50, I'll just about cover it.
01:13:59 - You'll see Hardcastle in the morning, then.
01:14:01 - A fair thing.
01:14:02 - By the way, have you told the three of them?
01:14:04 - Not yet.
01:14:05 It's not going to be easy, you know.
01:14:08 - Poor Mrs. Fizakerley.
01:14:09 Poor Mr. Quill. Poor old Tom.
01:14:11 - Darling, we've done everything we could for them.
01:14:14 From now on, you're all I care about.
01:14:17 - Pity. You almost made a go of it.
01:14:19 - Well, we never could have, really.
01:14:21 Not with a cinema like the Grands standing at our back door.
01:14:24 But mind you, there have been times that I felt like
01:14:27 burning that blasted place to the ground.
01:14:29 Well, here's to the Bejews' last program.
01:14:35 - So that evening, Robin, Matt and I
01:14:41 watched the very last redskin
01:14:44 bite the very last bit of dust.
01:14:47 (explosion)
01:14:49 (explosion)
01:14:51 (explosion)
01:14:54 (dramatic music)
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01:14:58 (dramatic music)
01:15:05 (footsteps)
01:15:17 (dramatic music)
01:15:24 (footsteps)
01:15:26 (dramatic music)
01:15:29 (tires screeching)
01:15:35 (knocking)
01:15:52 (car horn honking)
01:15:54 - Jean! Jean! Jean!
01:16:09 Hello? Robin?
01:16:12 The Grand isn't there anymore.
01:16:14 What? Well, I'll be...
01:16:16 No, we didn't hear a thing.
01:16:17 Wait a minute.
01:16:18 I thought the alarm went off.
01:16:19 Must have been the fire bell.
01:16:21 I know, a leak.
01:16:22 Yes.
01:16:23 I see...
01:16:24 What?
01:16:25 He said what?
01:16:26 I don't believe it!
01:16:28 - Well, it's obvious.
01:16:29 Harkaster has to stay in business until he can rebuild.
01:16:32 And the Bejews, the only other theater in town.
01:16:35 And for the whole establishment,
01:16:37 lock, stock, barrel, and debts,
01:16:39 my clients are prepared to accept the sum of 10,000 pounds.
01:16:42 - Impossible!
01:16:44 - With two conditioners.
01:16:45 First, that Mr. Percy Quill, Mrs. Visackley, and old Tom,
01:16:48 that's the only name we know for him,
01:16:51 are to be allowed to carry on in their present positions
01:16:53 as long as they may wish.
01:16:54 - But this is unheard of! It's a risk!
01:16:56 - And secondly, that the name of the fee bit,
01:16:58 I beg your pardon, the Bejew,
01:17:00 is not to be changed.
01:17:01 - So?
01:17:02 - In honor of the memory of my client's
01:17:04 late, lamented great uncle.
01:17:05 - I won't have it!
01:17:06 - Don't settle this morning, Mr. Harkaster.
01:17:08 The price goes up this afternoon.
01:17:10 - But even the name of the place,
01:17:12 at least let me call it the new Bejew.
01:17:15 - Yes, that's the name.
01:17:17 - Yes, that seems to be all right.
01:17:19 Dole!
01:17:20 - Bye, Robin.
01:17:27 See you in London.
01:17:28 - Next week.
01:17:29 By the way, Dad's very pleased.
01:17:31 - Goodbye, my dear.
01:17:32 - Goodbye, Mrs. Visackley.
01:17:34 - And I can't thank you enough, Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher.
01:17:37 I shall, uh, I shall invest my enrollment
01:17:40 in some small pension
01:17:42 before I spend it in other ways.
01:17:44 - I think that's very wise, Percy.
01:17:46 - Goodbye, everyone.
01:17:48 - Bye.
01:17:49 - Goodbye, sir.
01:17:50 Goodbye.
01:17:51 God bless you.
01:17:52 - Bye-bye, Clarence.
01:17:53 Take care of yourself.
01:17:54 - I like you, Mr. Spencer,
01:17:56 and I like you, Mrs.
01:17:58 It was the only way, weren't it?
01:18:00 - Yes.
01:18:01 - Goodbye.
01:18:03 - Goodbye, see you next week.
01:18:04 Bye-bye, darling.
01:18:05 - Bye.
01:18:06 - Bye-bye.
01:18:07 - Goodbye.
01:18:08 - Goodbye, Robin.
01:18:09 - Oh, what a scramble.
01:18:15 - Did you hear what he said?
01:18:18 - Who?
01:18:19 - Oh, Tom.
01:18:20 Did you hear what he said?
01:18:23 - No, what did he say?
01:18:24 But, darling, what's the matter?
01:18:27 Why are you looking like that?
01:18:28 What did he say?
01:18:29 - He said, "I like you, Mr. Spencer,
01:18:33 and I like you, Mrs."
01:18:35 It were the only way, weren't it?
01:18:39 - What were the only way?
01:18:41 - I don't know.
01:18:42 That's all he said.
01:18:44 - Matt.
01:18:45 - No, now, don't get excited.
01:18:47 - Matt.
01:18:48 - Don't get excited.
01:18:49 There's probably nothing in it.
01:18:51 He was always saying things that didn't mean anything.
01:18:54 - Well, if he did do it.
01:18:56 - We'll have to go back.
01:18:58 Tell them.
01:18:59 I mean, we can't just go off with Hardcastle's money
01:19:02 and not even--
01:19:03 - What shall we do?
01:19:04 - Well, I have to ring him.
01:19:06 As soon as we get to--
01:19:08 - Hardcastle?
01:19:09 - No, Tom.
01:19:10 I'll ring him and--
01:19:12 I'll ring him and ask him in plain language.
01:19:15 No, I'll do that.
01:19:18 It's not the sort of thing one can talk about on the phone.
01:19:22 I'd better write him.
01:19:24 That's it.
01:19:25 I'll write him.
01:19:26 - Yes.
01:19:27 Yes, you must.
01:19:28 - Yes, I will.
01:19:29 - Yes.
01:19:30 - I'll write to him.
01:19:31 That's what I'll do.
01:19:32 I'll write to him.
01:19:34 - And we did.
01:19:38 We did write to him.
01:19:40 We sent him a postcard
01:19:43 from Samarkand.
01:19:45 (gunshots)
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