A ruthless crook apparently abducts the wife and child of a bank manager and then masquerades as an insurance company detective while scheming to rob the institution in this crime drama. Unfortunately, some of the manager's employees learn about the plot and the terrified manager must beg them to remain silent. Fortunately, the police have been on the case all along.
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00:03:21Morning.
00:03:23Forty-five seconds.
00:03:25I've been shopping.
00:03:28Is Lordship in?
00:03:35It's all right, Sally?
00:03:36Oh, smashing.
00:03:37And two crackers each.
00:03:43Get me Queen of Sheba.
00:03:48Good morning, Mr Pearson.
00:03:50Good morning, Sally.
00:04:00Morning, Peter.
00:04:01Morning.
00:04:05Oh.
00:04:06What have you got, Cole?
00:04:08A hangover.
00:04:10You shouldn't be wasting your time.
00:04:11You've got an exam in three months.
00:04:12Ugh, don't remind me.
00:04:13Not before Christmas, anyway.
00:04:16Don't mind my mentioning it,
00:04:17but you don't look too good yourself today.
00:04:20A row with the missus?
00:04:23Something like that.
00:04:29That'll be two pounds, Peter.
00:04:31Two pounds? What for?
00:04:32Tonight's party.
00:04:33What are we having, then? Champagne?
00:04:35And dancing girls.
00:04:36Well, they'd better be good.
00:04:37Anyway,
00:04:39when you get my money's worth.
00:04:46Roll on, New Year.
00:04:50Merry Christmas.
00:05:20Merry Christmas.
00:05:36Morning, Harper.
00:05:37Morning, sir.
00:05:40Miss Pringle,
00:05:41do you feel it really necessary
00:05:42to make such a display of your popularity?
00:05:45I thought they'd liven the desk up a little.
00:05:47Banking is one of the few
00:05:48dignified businesses left in the world, Miss Pringle.
00:05:50Do you mind terribly if we keep it that way?
00:05:52I'm sorry, sir.
00:05:54Morning, Pearson.
00:05:55Morning.
00:05:56Carol. Sanderson.
00:05:57Morning, sir.
00:06:07I noticed you didn't mention the party.
00:06:18I didn't.
00:06:49Miss Pringle?
00:06:50Sanderson and Pearson to come in, please.
00:07:18Come in.
00:07:48Come in.
00:08:15Did you get it?
00:08:16Get what?
00:08:17I want to know if you're a hepcat or a square.
00:08:20Do you mind?
00:09:17Come in.
00:09:32Pearson.
00:09:42Yes, Mr. Voldoff?
00:09:43Pearson, do you expect people to write with a pen like that?
00:09:47No.
00:09:55What's wrong with it, Mr. Farrar?
00:09:57Wrong?
00:09:58The nib is completely corroded.
00:10:00It obviously hasn't been cleaned or examined for weeks.
00:10:03This isn't a post office, you know.
00:10:05A customer coming into this bank
00:10:06has a right to expect efficiency.
00:10:08I'll speak to Miss Pringle.
00:10:09She, uh...
00:10:10Who you speak to is a matter
00:10:11of complete indifference to me, Pearson.
00:10:13What concerns me is the fact
00:10:14that it is always I
00:10:15who has to cover every fiddling little misdemeanor
00:10:17in this branch.
00:10:18A general doesn't inspect every button
00:10:20of every soldier every day, you know.
00:10:22That is supposed to be what is subordinate of all.
00:10:25I'll see to it immediately.
00:10:26Perhaps you don't agree with me.
00:10:28Perhaps you think because the combined assets
00:10:30of the City and Colonial Bank
00:10:31total more than 371 million pounds,
00:10:34a tupled pen nib is of no account.
00:10:37I'll see to it right away, Mr. Voldoff.
00:10:39Do that.
00:10:40And send Harville to me, will you?
00:10:46Thought I'd want to see you, Harville.
00:11:02I'm in.
00:11:05Mr. Pearson said you wanted to see me, sir.
00:11:15Come in.
00:11:23Obviously, you know what we have to discuss.
00:11:25I'm not sure, sir.
00:11:26Perhaps you don't think it's worth discussing.
00:11:28Perhaps you think that odd pounds, shillings and pence
00:11:30can be missing from the books from time to time
00:11:32without further comment.
00:11:33Sir, if you mean last Wednesday's balance...
00:11:38Was it last Wednesday's balance, sir?
00:11:40Why, have there been other days
00:11:41when the balance has been irregular?
00:11:44I thought as Mr. Burnaby had returned the ten pounds,
00:11:46the matter was more or less closed.
00:11:48We were very busy that day and I thought,
00:11:50well, Burnaby's an old customer.
00:11:52He was accidentally overpaid and...
00:11:54Very interesting attitude, Harville.
00:11:56And what would have happened
00:11:57if the money hadn't been returned?
00:11:59Would the mistake have been discovered then?
00:12:01And if not, what method would have been used to conceal it?
00:12:03Look, Mr. Ford, I give you my word,
00:12:05nobody was trying to conceal anything.
00:12:07It was...
00:12:08Well, it was just a mistake, that's all.
00:12:11I suggest to you that it's a lie
00:12:12and then defect the money was only put back in the till
00:12:14after you knew that Burnaby
00:12:15had returned the ten pounds to me personally.
00:12:17No, sir.
00:12:18I also suggest that there was an actual conspiracy,
00:12:20that someone else on the staff
00:12:22was involved with you in the whole plot.
00:12:24But that's ridiculous.
00:12:25Why should I try to conceal something
00:12:27that the auditors would have been bound to discover anyway?
00:12:31Who initialed your balance last Wednesday night?
00:12:33Well, that's nothing to do with it
00:12:34because I'd already put the money back by then.
00:12:36When my balance was initialed on Wednesday,
00:12:38it was a correct balance.
00:12:40Who initialed it?
00:12:41I don't see how it makes any difference who initialed it.
00:12:44I do.
00:12:48Was it Sanderson?
00:12:50No, he was...
00:12:52No, it wasn't, sir.
00:12:53Apart from myself and Sanderson,
00:12:55only one other person is authorized to check your balance.
00:12:58Who is that other person?
00:13:00You know perfectly well who initialed it, sir.
00:13:02I am only trying to be fair,
00:13:04trying not to jump to any conclusions.
00:13:06But it does seem conclusive
00:13:08that these initials are Mr. Pearson's.
00:13:11Are those Pearson's initials, or are they not?
00:13:15Yes, they are.
00:13:17Come in.
00:13:20Ah, Pearson, I was just going to send for you.
00:13:23I hope you'll have them.
00:13:41If you wanted to see me, Mr. Fodder,
00:13:45it's about this business of falsifying the books
00:13:48which you and Harvard have been mixed up in.
00:13:50Falsifying?
00:13:51It's a question of Burnaby's ten pounds.
00:13:54You initialed Harvard's balance last Wednesday, did you not?
00:13:57It wasn't falsifying.
00:13:58We were checking each item,
00:13:59and within a day or two, we would have discovered the mistake.
00:14:02It's very easy to say after the event.
00:14:04We're not exactly amateurs in the business, sir.
00:14:07That's certainly true.
00:14:09Amateurs wouldn't be clever enough
00:14:11to create a fund specifically to cover up mistakes made by the staff.
00:14:14You do see where such abuse could lead, don't you?
00:14:19Well, do you see the point?
00:14:21This fund operates only for mistakes which are discovered,
00:14:25which means that other mistakes, or rather falsifications,
00:14:28could be occurring which are not discovered.
00:14:31You're entitled to put your own construction on what has happened.
00:14:36Then you would agree that I have a duty to protect this bank and its clients
00:14:40against embezzlement.
00:14:44I must ask you to withdraw that allegation.
00:14:47That's insane.
00:14:55It's no good for us, is it?
00:14:58What's no good?
00:15:00This whole business.
00:15:02It doesn't involve Burnaby's ten pounds.
00:15:04It's a question of temperaments.
00:15:06Yours are nine.
00:15:07I realise that it's largely my fault
00:15:09that we haven't anything in common.
00:15:11Really, Pearson.
00:15:12Can't we straighten this ridiculous business out once and for all?
00:15:15I know we disagree about almost everything.
00:15:17My way of looking at things irritates you.
00:15:19I am not in the least interested in your way of looking at things.
00:15:22You are here to concern yourself with banking, not personalities.
00:15:27Before I say anything,
00:15:28I'm asking you to recommend me for a transfer
00:15:30to one of our branches in London.
00:15:32Do you really think that I could recommend you to another branch?
00:15:36Your signature on a balance sheet is apparently worthless.
00:15:39If I were to recommend you, I'd be as guilty of dishonesty as you are.
00:15:42I'm not dishonest.
00:15:43Then explain these initials.
00:15:44I have.
00:15:45Not to my satisfaction.
00:15:49Apparently, you haven't grasped the full significance
00:15:51of what I've just been saying.
00:15:53It isn't only that I couldn't, in all honesty,
00:15:55forward your transfer,
00:15:57there is also the possibility
00:15:59that I couldn't, in all honesty, forward your transfer.
00:16:02There is also a strong doubt in my mind
00:16:04as to whether I can keep you on here.
00:16:07You'd dismiss me?
00:16:10After 11 years?
00:16:13From the one business I know?
00:16:16You'd make it impossible for me to get another job
00:16:18as chief clerk at any bank in the country.
00:16:21You'd do that?
00:16:24It is time to open for business, Pearson.
00:16:35Morning, Jim.
00:16:36Morning.
00:16:48Excuse me a minute.
00:16:50Excuse me a minute.
00:16:52How long is my parking over there?
00:16:54Only 20 minutes, sir.
00:16:55Oh.
00:17:04Merry Christmas, sir.
00:17:05The same to you.
00:17:14I'll ask Mr. Fordyce if he'll see me for a few moments, will he, please?
00:17:19Just a moment, sir.
00:17:30Excuse me, sir.
00:17:32What's the personal or a business matter, sir?
00:17:35Business, of course.
00:17:43Come in.
00:17:46Yes, Pearson, what is it?
00:17:48Someone to see you, sir.
00:17:50You know I don't see anyone in the mornings without an appointment.
00:17:55Gore Hepburn?
00:17:57What sort of person is he?
00:17:59I should say someone of consequence, sir.
00:18:01Very well, show him in.
00:18:03You might interrupt us after 10 minutes.
00:18:05Don't want a fellow here all morning.
00:18:07Very good, sir.
00:18:10Would you come this way, sir?
00:18:12Oh, I'll come.
00:18:16Colonel Gore Hepburn, sir.
00:18:18Morning, Fordyce.
00:18:19Morning, Colonel.
00:18:20Won't you sit down?
00:18:22I can't.
00:18:28Oh, come.
00:18:40Will you need me any more, sir?
00:18:42No, that's all, Pearson.
00:18:43Just a moment.
00:18:45Come in, Pearson, and close the door.
00:18:48I'm afraid I don't understand. This is only your will.
00:18:51Close it, Pearson.
00:18:58I sent in my personal card because I did not wish to disclose the interests I represent.
00:19:05In fact, I am from the head office of the Home and Mercantile Bankers Insurance.
00:19:10The Home and Mercantile?
00:19:12They insure this branch and look after our security.
00:19:14Exactly.
00:19:16I'm on a tour of all your branches in the Southwest.
00:19:19I'm sorry to spring myself upon you in this way,
00:19:22but it's part of my job to see that people are on their toes
00:19:26and that the safeguard clauses in our policy are being complied with.
00:19:30I hope you find everything in order, sir.
00:19:33Well, frankly, Pearson, I think I've caught you flat-footed.
00:19:36I don't understand.
00:19:38Now, look, Pearson.
00:19:40I walk into this bank this morning, hand a card over the counter,
00:19:44and immediately I'm shown in here and left alone with Fordyce.
00:19:48I could have stuck a gun in his ribs as soon as the door closed.
00:19:51If I may say, sir, sir, you don't look much like a gunman.
00:19:54Really? You people in the provinces must stop thinking in this way.
00:19:58How do you know what a gunman looks like these days? Agreed, Fordyce?
00:20:02Yes, yes, of course.
00:20:04Pearson, you should have inquired more thoroughly into Colonel Goreheadman's business.
00:20:07I naturally assumed that you had.
00:20:09I'm sorry, Mr. Fordyce.
00:20:11But you couldn't have gone into the strongroom, Colonel.
00:20:13It requires two keys to open it.
00:20:15Mr. Fordyce only has one of them. I have the other.
00:20:18Well, that only makes matters worse, Pearson.
00:20:20It's precisely when the bank robber is up against something he didn't know
00:20:23that people begin to get hurt.
00:20:25By the way, I shall want to have a look at the layout of the strongroom later on.
00:20:28Of course, whatever you say.
00:20:30You see what I'm getting at, Pearson?
00:20:32Yes, sir, I see now, sir.
00:20:34We won't let you in again without a careful check, sir.
00:20:37Good man.
00:20:38That will be all, Pearson.
00:20:48I hope you won't think that Pearson's standards of security
00:20:51represent the efficiency of this branch as a whole.
00:20:53If he's negligent...
00:20:54Presumably, you asked him to show me in, Fordyce.
00:20:58Of course, I accept full responsibility for any shortcomings in my staff.
00:21:03However, I assure you it won't happen again.
00:21:05In fact, I've been thinking of replacing Pearson.
00:21:08Oh?
00:21:10He's been with you 11 years, hasn't he?
00:21:12How do you know that?
00:21:14I make it my business to know every small detail of the branches I visit.
00:21:19Oh, naturally. You would, naturally.
00:21:22Excuse me, please.
00:21:25Fordyce speaking.
00:21:29Hello?
00:21:31Hello, is anyone there?
00:21:33Mummy!
00:21:34Harry, is that you? Harry?
00:21:37Yes, my dear, what is it?
00:21:39Do whatever he says.
00:21:42Do whatever he says, for the love of God, I beseech you.
00:21:46Harry, can you...
00:21:49Don't do anything, Fordyce.
00:21:51They'll die if you move or say a word.
00:21:54What are you talking about? Let me speak to them.
00:21:56Shut up!
00:22:00Now, listen to me, Fordyce.
00:22:02Nothing will happen if you sit quite still until I finish speaking.
00:22:07What have my wife and child to do with this?
00:22:09There are two men at your house.
00:22:12At this moment, your wife has an electrode attached to each side of her body.
00:22:17If you fail to cooperate with us in any way, whatever,
00:22:21they will pass a charge through the circuit.
00:22:25It is extremely painful,
00:22:28and I'm afraid the effects of it are permanent.
00:22:33She would never recover her wits.
00:22:47What is it you want?
00:22:51Just some money.
00:23:07Going hunting, Pearson?
00:23:10I beg your pardon, sir.
00:23:12I thought you might have asked for it during your inspection.
00:23:15I think we've mislaid the ammunition.
00:23:17It's not very sensible, is it?
00:23:19You can't shoot Desperados with an empty gun, you know.
00:23:23I thought we had some round somewhere.
00:23:26I shouldn't worry, Pearson.
00:23:28They're not very accurate things at the best of times.
00:23:31By the way, I just wanted to tell you
00:23:33that Mr. Fordyce and I are not to be disturbed on any account.
00:23:36No one is to come in unless we send for them. Is that clear?
00:23:39Yes, sir.
00:23:40Good, ma'am.
00:23:55Cigarette?
00:24:00I'm always telling myself that I ought to give it up,
00:24:03but now I suppose I never shall.
00:24:11It's snowing.
00:24:13The paper said that it was going to get warmer today,
00:24:15and now look at it.
00:24:18Do you mind if I light this by the window?
00:24:21It has a certain significance for someone watching out there.
00:24:33We have several prearranged signals,
00:24:37and, uh...
00:24:39a special one in case anything goes wrong.
00:24:45This is fine.
00:24:47This is fine.
00:24:49Do you mind if we get down to business?
00:24:51I've allowed a short while for your mind to adjust itself to the idea.
00:24:56You think my mind can adjust itself to the idea
00:24:59that my wife and my child might be...
00:25:01Oh, Rennie Fordyce, you're being very unappreciative.
00:25:05It's rather a good plan, don't you think?
00:25:08No noisy guns or bleeding cashiers,
00:25:11no rushing off in stolen cars,
00:25:14none of that working through the night with the do-it-yourself tools
00:25:17and the unstable explosives.
00:25:19I detest brutality.
00:25:22I want bank robberies to be smoother, more sociable.
00:25:28Well, now, how about it? Beginning to feel adjusted?
00:25:33You'll never get away with it.
00:25:35I'm fortunate for your family if I don't.
00:25:38Fordyce, I can't impress upon you enough
00:25:41that you must behave with absolute naturalness
00:25:44during the next 50 minutes.
00:25:47Remember every single second
00:25:49that the lives of your wife and child depend on it.
00:25:54Now...
00:25:56in a few moments, you will call Pearson back in.
00:26:00Listen carefully to what you have to do.
00:26:03It is imperative that the luggage from my car is brought in here,
00:26:07but at your suggestion.
00:26:10Is that clear?
00:26:15I am parked in a 20-minute zone.
00:26:17I am going to tell Pearson to drive the car into the car park.
00:26:21You will inquire whether I have any luggage.
00:26:23I'm not very concerned about it, but you are.
00:26:26And you insist that the luggage is brought in here.
00:26:31Do you understand that?
00:26:33Yes. I think so.
00:26:36I'm not telling you exactly what to say
00:26:39because I want you to express yourself in your usual manner.
00:26:48I believe you attended a staff dinner last February
00:26:52where you were introduced to Desmond Hyde,
00:26:54one of the C&C board of directors.
00:26:56Is that correct?
00:26:58How did you know?
00:26:59Never mind.
00:27:01It will give us something to be talking about when Pearson comes in.
00:27:05Now...
00:27:07ring for him.
00:27:19Miss Pringle speaking.
00:27:20Ask Mr Pearson to come in, please.
00:27:22Yes, sir.
00:27:29You'd have been most amused
00:27:31if you could have seen him at the house party.
00:27:33He's a most delightful fellow.
00:27:35A first-class shot, too.
00:27:37You know...
00:27:39Come in.
00:27:41Oh, come in, Pearson.
00:27:43I'm sorry, Colonel, you were saying?
00:27:46Oh, I was only going to say
00:27:48that all the most charming people
00:27:50seem to end up on the board of the C&C.
00:27:52Oh, by the way,
00:27:54Desmond Hyde was there with his wife, Anna.
00:27:56I think he said he'd met you.
00:27:58Yes, sir.
00:28:00Yes, I dined with him last year at the staff dinner.
00:28:03I should...
00:28:05I should like to meet him again.
00:28:07Oh, uh...
00:28:09By the way, Pearson,
00:28:11would you mind moving my car into the car park?
00:28:13It's in the 20-minute zone at the moment
00:28:15and I hate breaking the law.
00:28:17I'm afraid I don't drive, sir.
00:28:19Oh. Well, uh...
00:28:21Perhaps somebody else?
00:28:23Yes, of course, sir. Harville.
00:28:25Yes.
00:28:27Uh, just a moment, Pearson.
00:28:31Uh...
00:28:33I suppose you left nothing of value in your car, Colonel?
00:28:36Oh, all in my baggage.
00:28:38I wonder if it would be safe
00:28:40leaving it in the car park.
00:28:42It's unattended, you know.
00:28:44Hmm. I suppose it is a bit tempting.
00:28:46Yes, you'd better bring the luggage in here, Pearson.
00:28:49It's never good taking chances these days.
00:28:51Well, if it'll set your mind at rest, Fortyce.
00:28:54I'll see to it, sir. Yes.
00:29:01Just a shade more deference, Fortyce.
00:29:05A little more eagerness to please me.
00:29:08Otherwise, I shall be obliged to arrange
00:29:11a small scream to refresh your memory.
00:29:14You cowardly...
00:29:16You cowardly...
00:29:35By rights, this stuff should be melting now, not falling.
00:29:39Do you expect me to worry if it snows or not?
00:29:42My worries have automatically become your worries now, Fortyce.
00:29:47If anything should go wrong, the slightest hitch...
00:29:50I can't stop the snow.
00:29:52No.
00:29:54I suppose that would be asking too much, wouldn't it?
00:30:02Ah! Good.
00:30:05Thank you, Pearson.
00:30:13Thank you very much.
00:30:27Thank you. Thank you.
00:30:29Now, let me see. You must be Miss Pringle.
00:30:32Yes, sir.
00:30:34Now, tell me, Miss Pringle, are you looking forward to Christmas?
00:30:36Oh, yes, sir.
00:30:38You going to have a Christmas party here?
00:30:40I... Somebody did mention it, but I don't really know.
00:30:43Yeah.
00:30:45Well, perhaps you'd allow me to make a...
00:30:47a small contribution to the party fund, eh?
00:30:51Oh! Oh, thank you.
00:30:53Thank you very much.
00:30:55No, please don't thank me.
00:30:57It allays the feelings of guilt I sometimes get
00:30:59about the way I misuse my expense allowance.
00:31:02Oh, thank you, sir.
00:31:05You're very fortunate in your staff, Fordyce.
00:31:08That is not my opinion.
00:31:11Oh, really?
00:31:14Have you ever contributed to the Christmas fund?
00:31:17I am not in the habit of ingratiating myself with my subordinates.
00:31:21I have news for you, Fordyce.
00:31:24You have just done that.
00:31:26I've done what?
00:31:28Ingratiated yourself.
00:31:30Give me five pounds.
00:31:32Five pounds? What for?
00:31:34Your contribution to the fund
00:31:36and a slight token of regret
00:31:38for the ungenerous thoughts you've just expressed.
00:32:03That is only four.
00:32:05That is all I have. I don't carry much cash.
00:32:07Very wise.
00:32:09It protects you in case of robbery, doesn't it?
00:32:12Ah, well, never mind.
00:32:14You can owe me the other pound.
00:32:19Tell me, Fordyce,
00:32:21have you ever read Gibbon's
00:32:23Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire?
00:32:27No, I haven't.
00:32:29I'm lucky for you.
00:32:31You'll be able to start as soon as I've gone.
00:32:33It's in these cases.
00:32:35Uh, all 12 volumes.
00:32:38The rest, I'm afraid, are rather old blankets.
00:32:41You get the idea, of course.
00:32:44I'm not a fool.
00:32:47You'll be interested to know that we've got plenty of time.
00:32:50The whole operation is scheduled to end in exactly 45 minutes.
00:32:55We'll unpack the cases in the strongroom
00:32:57and refill them with the money.
00:33:00Not a very fair exchange, I'm afraid.
00:33:03I don't expect the exchange to be permanent.
00:33:06Don't you?
00:33:08I'll explain the way I want them refilled
00:33:11when we get down there.
00:33:14You know, I think banks are rather fun.
00:33:26I've got to make a pass to myself, I'm afraid.
00:33:32Hmm.
00:33:34Secret plans, perhaps?
00:33:38Well, uh, let's have a look at the alarm system, shall we?
00:33:42This way, Colonel.
00:33:44I've got to make a pass to myself, I'm afraid.
00:33:49Hmm.
00:33:51I've got to make a pass to myself, I'm afraid.
00:33:54This way, Colonel.
00:33:56Harville, this is Colonel Gore Hepburn
00:33:59who's inspecting our security arrangements for the insurance company.
00:34:02Oh, Harville.
00:34:03Morning, sir.
00:34:04Ah, where's your alarm button?
00:34:06There, sir.
00:34:07Oh.
00:34:09Hmm.
00:34:10Well, you've never had occasion to use it, I suppose?
00:34:13Oh, we're lucky, sir. Very law-abiding community.
00:34:15Yes, well, you know, it's not the local people we're worried about.
00:34:18It's these smart characters down from London.
00:34:21I don't mind telling you, it's got us worried.
00:34:23That's why I'm here.
00:34:24Havisham is the centre of a large agricultural area, Colonel.
00:34:28London is a long way away.
00:34:29There'd be plenty of time to put up roadblocks.
00:34:32You'd be surprised how these fellows can think their way around roadblocks.
00:34:36Well, you, uh, you carry the minimum amount of stock in the tills, I suppose?
00:34:40Oh, yes, yes.
00:34:41Any withdrawal over 500 pounds has to come from the strongroom
00:34:44unless, of course, we've had prior warning.
00:34:46Uh-huh.
00:34:47Well, let's have a look at the next one.
00:34:50Here.
00:34:53This is Mr Sanderson, Colonel.
00:34:55Sanderson, Sanderson.
00:34:57Where have I...
00:34:59Oh, yes.
00:35:00Didn't I see your name in the Banker's World Monthly a little while ago?
00:35:03Uh, yes, sir, it was.
00:35:05Yes, yes, of course.
00:35:06You were runner-up in the regional chess competition.
00:35:09Well, you never told me you had a potential chess champion on the staff for that.
00:35:13I'm more concerned with what Sanderson does in his office hours.
00:35:17Hmm, yes, well.
00:35:18I suppose chess is a failing of mine, too, Sanderson.
00:35:21Robbing banks is a game of wits, after all, isn't it, eh?
00:35:24Well, now, where's your alarm switch? Same place as Harvey's?
00:35:27Oh, yes, sir.
00:35:28Oh, yes, good.
00:35:29Well, any complaints?
00:35:31Well, sir, since you asked me, the central heating here...
00:35:35Colonel Gore Hepburn is concerned with security, Sanderson.
00:35:38Well, I'll try to breathe a word higher up, Sanderson.
00:35:41I can't make them promises.
00:35:43Now, I'd like to have a look at the codebook you use for your currency orders,
00:35:47and then we'll go down to the problem.
00:35:50Colonel Gore Hepburn is concerned with security, Sanderson.
00:35:57Oh, snap out of it, George. He's not the end of the world.
00:36:00That's the third black I put up today.
00:36:02First I didn't check up on him, then there was the empty gun,
00:36:05and now he's just caught me daydreaming.
00:36:07Oh, he's not so bad for a colonel.
00:36:10You really should have checked up on him, I suppose.
00:36:13I should probably ask you if you have.
00:36:15Why don't you put in a call to his office?
00:36:17It's a bit late.
00:36:18It's better late than never. I'll book a call for you.
00:36:25It's Pringle. Got Holman Mercantile's number.
00:36:33You don't know what this is costing me.
00:36:38It's costing you 90,000 pounds for that.
00:36:41I'm afraid you're going to be greatly disappointed, Colonel.
00:36:45The stocks of a bank in a small community like this
00:36:48do not add up to anything like that amount.
00:37:06Take off your glasses, all right?
00:37:09For what purpose?
00:37:10What do you want?
00:37:11Just take them off.
00:37:14I can't see you now.
00:37:19There are two components factories
00:37:21and a Birmingham Chemicals subsidiary on the bypass,
00:37:23all of which draw their wages here tomorrow.
00:37:26Tomorrow is also Christmas Eve.
00:37:28Your average withdrawals on Christmas Eve
00:37:30have never been less than 7,000 pounds.
00:37:33Your current stocks shown in head office return last week
00:37:35were 89,000 pounds.
00:37:43We've been a year setting up this operation.
00:37:45There isn't the smallest detail of your branch
00:37:48which is not known to me.
00:37:52Put on your glasses. You look ridiculous.
00:38:03Don't misread my character, Fordyce.
00:38:06I may be unable to suppress my natural charm,
00:38:09but try to remember I've only to make one of several
00:38:11prearranged gestures at that window
00:38:14and your wife would be subjected
00:38:16to the most unbearable torture.
00:38:20You would probably find that she would never...
00:38:23Don't.
00:38:27There's about 97,000 pounds there.
00:38:30The stock lists are kept just inside the safety doors.
00:38:35Now, I want you to listen to the next stage carefully.
00:38:39You and I, with Pearson, will go to the strongroom.
00:38:42That's through there, isn't it?
00:38:48There's delay.
00:38:50A London calls.
00:38:52I suppose everybody's trying to phone their Aunt Nellie for Christmas.
00:38:54Oh, I don't say.
00:38:55We'll phone back as soon as they've got a line.
00:38:57Oh, thanks.
00:38:58You let Pearson get halfway up the stairs
00:39:00and then you call him back.
00:39:03You tell him that if anyone comes in for a large withdrawal,
00:39:07you'll be asked to wait a short while
00:39:09until you become available.
00:39:11I'll leave you a few thousand pounds
00:39:13to meet any emergencies for the next hour or so.
00:39:16Pearson goes.
00:39:18Then we come back up here,
00:39:20take the cases down to the strongroom
00:39:22and repack them in a way I'll describe to you as we go along.
00:39:25Now, is all that absolutely clear?
00:39:29I think I understand.
00:39:31Very well.
00:39:33In a few moments, I shall ask you to repeat your instructions.
00:39:38Ah, we'd better not send for Pearson for another five minutes.
00:39:41Mustn't rush things, you know.
00:39:43After all, we are supposed to be in conference.
00:39:46By the way, do you have any drink here
00:39:49with which to entertain your more influential customers?
00:39:54It's over there.
00:40:08Beep!
00:40:14You fool for life!
00:40:16What have you done?
00:40:18Stop!
00:40:20Stop, it's only a fire engine.
00:40:22The station's in Market Street, just round the corner.
00:40:27Phew!
00:40:29Ha!
00:40:31Ah.
00:40:32I could do with that drink.
00:40:34You better have one too.
00:40:36If I may say so.
00:40:38You're not in need, are you?
00:40:40I don't drink during office hours.
00:40:42Oh.
00:40:44I think this occasion might be an exception.
00:40:50Very well.
00:40:57I'm afraid I can't wish you good luck.
00:41:00No, I agree, Fordyce, it would be out of character.
00:41:06You're hardly in a position to know anything about my character.
00:41:09I think I am.
00:41:11You're not a very charitable man,
00:41:14let alone a sporting one.
00:41:17The opinion of a common thief is of no interest to me.
00:41:21I flatter myself, I'm a rather uncommon thief.
00:41:25A common one would just make off with the money.
00:41:28But I can't help interesting myself in people.
00:41:32It's a failing you ought to cultivate, Fordyce.
00:41:37You ought to encourage sounds of them in his chest, for instance.
00:41:41You know, I'm interested in every single person who works for me.
00:41:45Their families, what happens to them.
00:41:48You ought to take them out for a drink occasionally,
00:41:51join their Christmas party,
00:41:53or just listen to them.
00:41:55I believe it to be enough if my staff respect me for my efficiency.
00:42:00And your family, do they respect you too?
00:42:04Must you keep reminding me of what they're going through?
00:42:07Can't you stop gloating?
00:42:09I'm not gloating.
00:42:12I ask because I noticed that when the telephone rang this morning,
00:42:16your child was calling for his mother, not his father.
00:42:20And when your wife spoke to you, she used the word beseech,
00:42:24as if you were not often given to mercy.
00:42:27Shut up, will you?
00:42:29Don't raise your voice, Fordyce, if you really want to show them mercy.
00:42:33I will not stand here having judgment passed upon me by a criminal.
00:42:37I'm only trying to show you the error of your ways, Father.
00:42:49For you to moralize,
00:42:53sitting there like some damned saint.
00:42:56The saints love their fellow men,
00:42:58but when you're called to account,
00:43:00your fellow creatures will give evidence for you.
00:43:03Those people out there, for instance, what will they say?
00:43:07I am not particularly interested in the opinions of...
00:43:10Now, repeat your instructions.
00:43:12What happens when Pearson comes in?
00:43:17We go through the door to the staircase,
00:43:20and Pearson or I switch off the electric eye.
00:43:24Then we go down and open the safety doors for you.
00:43:29Then I tell... No, then you tell Pearson to go.
00:43:33But I say that there should be two members of the staff in the strongroom at all times.
00:43:41In the end, you tell Pearson to lock us in,
00:43:44that is, by locking these two doors here.
00:43:48Then he goes.
00:43:54Then he goes.
00:43:57Yes, but I stop him.
00:43:59Say that there are to be no large withdrawals until...
00:44:03until we've finished.
00:44:05Right.
00:44:08And above all, speak naturally.
00:44:11If it goes differently or you forget anything,
00:44:14for heaven's sake, don't panic. I'll be there.
00:44:17Just behave as if it were, in fact, a normal security check.
00:44:21Now, are you absolutely certain
00:44:24Are you absolutely certain that everything's been taken into account?
00:44:28Because if we should fail, you know what it means.
00:44:31The orders are already given. They will be ruthlessly carried out.
00:44:36Is it likely I should let you make a mistake?
00:44:44Up to now, you've made all the threats.
00:44:47I'll make only one.
00:44:50If anything happens to my family,
00:44:53I'll kill you.
00:44:55I swear I will.
00:45:00Call Pearson.
00:45:09Miss Pringle speaking.
00:45:11Ask Mr Pearson to come in, please.
00:45:13Yes, sir.
00:45:21Come in.
00:45:24Well done, Mr Pearson.
00:45:26We're ready to go down.
00:45:28Dr Keyes? Yes, sir.
00:45:30Things still quiet out there?
00:45:32Nothing doing at all, sir.
00:45:34You couldn't have chosen a better time if you'd planned it.
00:45:40This way.
00:45:43Ah.
00:45:46This way.
00:45:49Ah. Is your electric guy system in order?
00:45:52Yes, sir.
00:45:53Ah. We'd better switch it off, then.
00:45:55Yes, sir.
00:46:03Right. Lead the way, Pearson.
00:46:06Ah.
00:46:13I sometimes feel I never want to see the inside of another bank as long as I live.
00:46:18Do you ever get like that, Forrest?
00:46:20No, I can't say I do.
00:46:22I must be in need of a holiday.
00:46:29When did you last check your alarm system?
00:46:32We always checked every Saturday morning before we opened it.
00:46:36What's that light for?
00:46:38It's a red blinker light.
00:46:40It flashes to warn us that the inner grill door hasn't been properly closed.
00:46:44If it isn't attended to after 30 seconds, the general alarm is set off.
00:46:48Ah, I see. That's a good idea.
00:46:5030 seconds should give them time to open up and reset the grill door.
00:46:55We've never had an occasion to need the reminder.
00:46:58I'm sure of that.
00:47:03Ah.
00:47:09Ah. I suppose it's all in the day's work for us.
00:47:12The moment before a strong room door opens.
00:47:17Yet I suppose it's also the moment a thousand thieves have dreamt of as the highlight of their lives.
00:47:24Let's hope their dreams don't come true, sir.
00:47:26Hmm.
00:47:29Hmm.
00:47:31The stuff you fellows collect in these places.
00:47:38Well, let's have a look at your current holdings for a moment.
00:47:46There you go.
00:47:48Hmm.
00:47:50You always carry as much as this?
00:47:52Except for the two months just after Christmas.
00:47:56Pearson, will you turn on the vent later? We may be down here some time.
00:48:03Oh, Pearson, I don't think we need keep you any longer.
00:48:07Let's have your key to the safety doors, will you?
00:48:10My key, sir?
00:48:12Ah, this is somewhat irregular.
00:48:15Strictly speaking, Colonel, Pearson should only give that key up to his deputy.
00:48:19And besides, there should be two members of the staff down here all the time the strong room is open.
00:48:23Quite right. In fact, if he hadn't come out with it, it would have meant a black mark in my report.
00:48:28However, Pearson, the usual form on my inspections is for the chief clerk to lock all the doors to this part of the bank
00:48:35and then to let us have his key to the safety doors in case we have to leave the strong room unattended for any length of time.
00:48:44Well, what about it? Think you can trust me to keep an eye on Mr. Fordyce, Pearson?
00:48:49Yes, I think so, sir.
00:48:52Just lock the outer door to my office, will you, Pearson,
00:48:55so that the Colonel and I can get in there from here if we perhaps are referred to anything.
00:48:59Very good, sir. I shan't open them again until I hear from you.
00:49:02Correct.
00:49:09Oh, Pearson, should anyone come in for a large withdrawal,
00:49:13tell the clerks to ask them to come back in an hour, say we're having an audit or something.
00:49:17Yes, all right.
00:49:52Go to your desk, Fordyce. Don't holler at me.
00:50:06Sit down.
00:50:11Why didn't you tell him, Fordyce?
00:50:14I didn't remember. He cleans the windows once a month.
00:50:18Even when it's snowing?
00:50:20We have a contract.
00:50:22Does he come inside later?
00:50:24No, that's done by the office staff.
00:50:42Right.
00:51:05Open safe.
00:51:10I hate packing and unpacking.
00:51:13Can't wait to get settled in one place.
00:51:15The air on Dartmoor is very bracing, I believe.
00:51:19With no doubt.
00:51:20Our rise will be far beyond the reach of our extradition laws.
00:51:38What's the matter?
00:51:40Nothing, nothing, nothing.
00:51:45Right to 25.
00:51:46Twice to 16.
00:51:48I have...
00:51:5210.
00:52:04I can't do it.
00:52:08I can't.
00:52:09All right, I won't panic.
00:52:12I'll come back.
00:52:15Yes.
00:52:26Right to 25.
00:52:30One.
00:52:45Two.
00:53:13Right.
00:53:15We'll take part notes first.
00:53:1720,000 in each of the big cases.
00:53:1910,000 in the small.
00:53:45Stop it.
00:53:53I'll send you a postcard for that.
00:53:58You'll be able to come and stay with me in my villa.
00:54:06With your family, of course.
00:54:15Right.
00:54:17Right.
00:54:43That's the pounds done.
00:54:47Now for the fibres.
00:54:51We haven't much time. Just fill up each case as far as you can go.
00:55:07Fibres are a damn nuisance.
00:55:09It'll take years to farm away the fibre.
00:55:12Around the race courses, this is a usual practice, isn't it?
00:55:15I'm afraid professional ethics prevents me from disclosing that information here, doesn't it?
00:55:38Right, I'll do that. Shut the safe door.
00:55:45Right.
00:56:06The other door.
00:56:15Right.
00:56:45Right.
00:57:03Electric eye.
00:57:11The door. Lock it.
00:57:15Right.
00:57:46Here, drink this.
00:57:50I don't want it.
00:58:08You won't have to listen to me much longer.
00:58:11Thank heaven.
00:58:13That last little exhibition was to tell my friend that the first stage of the operation is completed.
00:58:17It is the last signal he will get from me. The next will come from you.
00:58:21I can't take any more of this.
00:58:23Look, I've had enough. You've got what you came for. Now, why don't you go?
00:58:27That is exactly what I intend to do.
00:58:29But first, we must discuss the most important stage of this operation.
00:58:33My getaway.
00:58:34They'll catch you. They'll catch all of you.
00:58:36I hope not for us. For your sake.
00:58:39What do you mean?
00:58:41I have a rendezvous with my friends in about an hour's time.
00:58:44If I fail to turn up, they're likely to become irritable, restless, and generally unpleasant.
00:58:49I am not interested or concerned.
00:58:51Oh, but you are, Fordyce. You've missed the point again. You are most concerned.
00:59:01But you don't... You haven't...
00:59:05You don't mean you're taking them with you?
00:59:07You don't mean you're taking them with you?
00:59:09Not taking, Fordyce. Borrowing, to use a banker's term, as collateral.
00:59:14You... You cannot subject them to any more.
00:59:17My wife is very highly strung.
00:59:19For pity's sake, leave them.
00:59:21I'll go with you willingly. I'll do anything you say.
00:59:26Sit down.
00:59:29Now listen carefully, Fordyce. No-one need die if you do as I say.
00:59:35I want one hour, that's all.
00:59:40City and Colonial. Can I help you?
00:59:42How would you like it, Mrs. Tate? In fivers?
00:59:44In ones, please. That is, if it's not too much trouble.
00:59:47No trouble at all.
00:59:48Your call's through.
00:59:49All right, I'll be within a moment.
00:59:50I'll hang on for you.
00:59:51Look, Arthur.
00:59:52I've got a letter for you.
00:59:54All right, I'll be within a moment.
00:59:55I'll hang on for you.
00:59:56Look, Arthur. I'll do it if you're busy.
00:59:59OK. It's Holman Mercantile on the line.
01:00:01Get through to their bank insurance department.
01:00:03OK.
01:00:04And look slippy or he'll be gone.
01:00:05Roger.
01:00:09Hello?
01:00:13What time do you make it?
01:00:17It's about twenty...
01:00:18Exactly, man.
01:00:21Nineteen minutes to eleven.
01:00:23Right.
01:00:26Now, as soon as I drive away, you come back in here,
01:00:29go to that window,
01:00:31mop your brow with your handkerchief twice very distinctly.
01:00:35After that, you have one hour, sixty minutes.
01:00:40What does that mean?
01:00:42We're leaving a man behind in Havisham.
01:00:44I will be in touch with him by telephone every fifteen minutes.
01:00:48If he reports that a police alarm has been given
01:00:50or that we're being followed,
01:00:52your wife and child will be killed immediately
01:00:54and we will switch to another escape plan already prepared.
01:00:58But if all goes well, your wife and child will be released
01:01:02exactly one hour after I leave here.
01:01:04Is that absolutely clear?
01:01:07Yes, it's quite clear.
01:01:09Time for Pearson.
01:01:14Just a moment.
01:01:15Don't, for heaven's sake, deceive yourself into thinking that this couldn't happen.
01:01:19After I leave, you're on your own and only you know what is at stake.
01:01:23If suspicions are aroused,
01:01:25you must prevent the alarm being given at all costs.
01:01:29I don't have to tell you any more, do I?
01:01:32No.
01:01:35I'm afraid I understand only too well.
01:01:38Right.
01:01:42Miss Pringle speaking.
01:01:43Is Mr. Pearson there?
01:01:45One moment, sir.
01:01:46Mr. Pearson.
01:01:47Mr. Pearson.
01:01:50Just coming, sir.
01:01:51Yes, I'm still on.
01:01:54Pearson.
01:01:55Colonel Vaughan Hepburn's ready to leave.
01:01:56Get his car around immediately, please.
01:01:58Very good, sir.
01:01:59And he'd like to see you before he goes.
01:02:01See me?
01:02:02That's right, Pearson.
01:02:04Yes, sir.
01:02:08They're finishing up now.
01:02:09What about her? She's been hanging out for two minutes.
01:02:11Who is it?
01:02:12The home in the Hoosies.
01:02:14Oh, I'll take that.
01:02:15You go and get the colonel's car.
01:02:16Right.
01:02:17And don't smash it up.
01:02:18Roger, Dodger.
01:02:20Hello?
01:02:22Hello?
01:02:24Hello? Hello?
01:02:27Don't cut off.
01:02:35Come in.
01:02:37You wanted to see me, sir?
01:02:39Oh, just a moment, Pearson.
01:02:41Life all right?
01:02:42I'll just get you to sign this clearance certificate, if you will.
01:02:49Don't want my fellow directors to think
01:02:51I've been spending the time of the popsy in Brighton.
01:02:58Well, Pearson, I just wanted to tell you
01:03:00that I intend giving an excellent report on this branch.
01:03:03Thank you, sir.
01:03:04About that ammunition...
01:03:06Ammunition? What ammunition?
01:03:07My memory gets a bit rusty at Christmas time.
01:03:10Oh, there is just one thing, Pearson.
01:03:12The next time a Hoban mercantile man calls,
01:03:15telephone his office and check up on him.
01:03:17It's a rule.
01:03:18I realise that, sir.
01:03:19As a matter of fact...
01:03:20Oh, no harm done.
01:03:21Fordyce had the good sense to check himself.
01:03:25Well, thank you very much, Fordyce.
01:03:27You've been most cooperative.
01:03:29Oh, Pearson, say goodbye to the staff for me, will you?
01:03:32Wish them a merry Christmas.
01:03:33And you might say that in my opinion
01:03:35it'd take a very clever fellow to rob this bank.
01:03:38And I'm an expert.
01:03:40I'll give you a hand with the bag, sir.
01:03:42That's all right, Pearson.
01:03:45I'll help the fellow out.
01:03:49Thank you very much.
01:03:59What can I help you, sir?
01:04:00Oh, it's all right, thank you, Harvey.
01:04:02Have a good Christmas.
01:04:04Thank you, sir, and the same to you.
01:04:05Oh, I'll do my best.
01:04:22It's what I call a car.
01:04:23Better than that old tin can you run around in, Arthur.
01:04:25Well, I wasn't a colonel.
01:04:26I was a corporal.
01:04:32Better go in, Fordyce.
01:04:33Don't want you catching cold.
01:04:36Well, goodbye.
01:04:38Watch him up.
01:04:54Good morning, Mr. Fordyce.
01:05:09City and Colonial.
01:05:25Mr. Fordyce.
01:05:28What the...
01:05:29What's going on, Mr. Fordyce?
01:05:31What are you talking about?
01:05:33How dare you come into my room without knocking?
01:05:35I've just had Herman Mercantile on the phone.
01:05:37Who?
01:05:38You didn't ring them, did you?
01:05:40What do you mean?
01:05:42Of course I rang them.
01:05:43You heard what Colonel Gore Hepburn said?
01:05:45It wasn't him.
01:05:46The real Gore Hepburn's in Manchester.
01:05:48Are you out of your mind, Pearson?
01:05:50Why did you lie?
01:05:51What were you doing at the window just now?
01:05:54That's enough, Pearson.
01:05:57I've had enough of your impertinence.
01:06:00I'll ring the Herman Mercantile myself.
01:06:02Either some stupid typist has made an error...
01:06:05...or you received some garbled message.
01:06:08Now, you get back to your work at once.
01:06:10Come off it, Fordyce.
01:06:12Do as I say.
01:06:20He's robbed the bank, hasn't he?
01:06:26How much did he get away with?
01:06:31Ninety-three thousand.
01:06:33Ninety-three thousand?
01:06:36You helped him.
01:06:38I had to, Pearson.
01:06:40I still have to.
01:06:41I don't understand.
01:06:43They've got my wife, Pearson.
01:06:45And the boy.
01:06:47How now?
01:06:48There mustn't be any alarm.
01:06:50The police mustn't know.
01:06:51Not for an hour.
01:06:52There's one of the gang out there keeping watch.
01:06:54But the police...
01:06:55I daren't tell them, Pearson.
01:06:57I can't. I can't take the risk.
01:06:59I've already run them.
01:07:01What?
01:07:02You've called them?
01:07:03I rang them immediately.
01:07:06You must stop them.
01:07:07They're on their way.
01:07:08You've got to stop them.
01:07:09Tell them it was a mistake.
01:07:10Mistake?
01:07:11You rang them in error.
01:07:12You must think of something.
01:07:14But the others sound as novel.
01:07:16They know.
01:07:18They heard me ring.
01:07:20Look, they...
01:07:22They mustn't say anything.
01:07:24They mustn't.
01:07:26Explain to them what's happened.
01:07:28They'll understand.
01:07:29Pearson, promise me you'll do that.
01:07:31Promise, please.
01:07:33You know what you're asking.
01:07:37They've got to help me.
01:07:39Pearson, they must.
01:07:40The money must afford us.
01:07:41The bank's money.
01:07:42Forget the money, Pearson.
01:07:44Pearson, listen.
01:07:46Now, listen to me.
01:07:48My family are all I've got.
01:07:50I have no friends.
01:07:51Nobody.
01:07:52Only my wife and my son.
01:07:54That's all I've got.
01:07:56You've got to understand, Pearson.
01:07:59They're all I've got.
01:08:26Morning, sir.
01:08:27I'm Detective Sergeant Collins.
01:08:29Good morning, Sergeant.
01:08:31Well, I'm afraid there's been a rather unfortunate mistake.
01:08:35A mistake?
01:08:36Detective Constable Cairn, he took the call.
01:08:38No, Mr. Pearson made the call.
01:08:40He gave a description of a man in a car
01:08:42the inspector sent out to General Long.
01:08:44You must cancel it immediately.
01:08:47I mean, it's very important.
01:08:50It's my fault, I'm afraid.
01:08:51I'm Pearson.
01:08:53The man I described is a senior official.
01:08:55An official?
01:08:56From head office.
01:08:57He's a very important man and, well, if he stopped...
01:09:00I made a bit of a fool of myself.
01:09:02You see, I thought he was described in our banker's journal as a thief.
01:09:06Then when I found a rather large sum of money missing...
01:09:09Money missing?
01:09:10Well, it wasn't exactly missing.
01:09:12I had it, Sergeant.
01:09:13I'd taken it to check without telling Mr. Pearson.
01:09:17And you panicked?
01:09:19I'm afraid so.
01:09:21You'd better cancel the alarm right away.
01:09:26I'll just take details.
01:09:28There's really no time.
01:09:30It is rather urgent.
01:09:31You see, he's a fairly big shot and, well, if he stopped...
01:09:34You understand.
01:09:36You'll all be in for a rocket.
01:09:38That's right.
01:09:51Okay.
01:09:52Use the car radio.
01:09:54Sergeant.
01:09:57Here.
01:09:59May I offer you a drink, Sergeant?
01:10:02Well, uh...
01:10:03Well, it's Christmas time.
01:10:05Thank you, sir.
01:10:06This way.
01:10:27Would you like water or soda, Sergeant?
01:10:30As it comes, please, sir.
01:10:34You're in very good health.
01:10:36You're not joining me, sir?
01:10:38Oh, yes, of course.
01:10:43Did, uh...
01:10:45Did anyone see you arrive?
01:10:47How do you mean, sir?
01:10:49Was there...
01:10:51Was there a...
01:10:53What do you mean, sir?
01:10:55Was there a crowd when your car drew up?
01:10:59No, not particularly.
01:11:01Usual shoppers.
01:11:02Why, sir?
01:11:03Oh, nothing, Sergeant.
01:11:05Nothing special.
01:11:06It was just that I wouldn't like people to get the wrong impression.
01:11:09You know how quickly rumors start in this town.
01:11:12Why shouldn't worry, sir?
01:11:14We didn't have any bells or sirens going.
01:11:17Then you might just have been clients.
01:11:20As a matter of fact, I am a client, sir.
01:11:22I keep my ill-gotten gains in this bank.
01:11:24Yes, of course.
01:11:26Yes.
01:11:29I had forgotten that.
01:11:42I hope you won't think I'm making too much of this, Sergeant.
01:11:45It's just that I do have the good name of the bank to think of.
01:11:48You take your job very much to heart, don't you, Mr. Forrest?
01:11:50It's a heavy responsibility, Sergeant.
01:11:52I understand, sir.
01:11:57Well, it was a very nice.
01:11:59Have you time for another?
01:12:00No. Better be going to make the station.
01:12:03I do hope there won't be any trouble.
01:12:05Well, between you and me, sir, it's the inspector I'm worried about.
01:12:08Inspector Latimer?
01:12:10No, he's gone.
01:12:11A new man, Mason, from London. Dead keen.
01:12:13Got this call. Was off like a greyhound.
01:12:16Mistakes do happen.
01:12:18Oh, sure. But he's not going to like being sent on a wild goose chase.
01:12:22No. I suppose not.
01:12:25Well, don't worry, sir. I'll explain.
01:12:29Thank you, Sergeant.
01:12:31Thank you very much indeed.
01:12:35Nothing wrong, sir, is there?
01:12:38How do you mean?
01:12:40I hope you don't mind me mentioning it, sir, but you look a bit under the weather.
01:12:43No, there's nothing wrong. Nothing at all.
01:12:46It's been a hard day so far.
01:12:48I understand, sir. I bet you'll be glad when it's over.
01:12:52Yes, I will, Sergeant.
01:12:54Well, Merry Christmas, sir.
01:12:56And to you.
01:13:07Hello, Fordyce. Nice to see you again.
01:13:10Meet a friend of mine, Bill Mason.
01:13:13Mason, this is Fordyce, the manager.
01:13:17Do you know this gentleman, Mr. Fordyce?
01:13:20Know him?
01:13:22Well, of course I know him.
01:13:24He's from head office.
01:13:27That's funny.
01:13:29We heard he was from an insurance company.
01:13:32That's right. That's what I meant.
01:13:34Head office of the Homer Mercantile. They... they insure this bank.
01:13:38Excuse me, Inspector. We sent out a message about this business.
01:13:41Message, Sergeant?
01:13:42Yes, there's been a bloomer. One of the clerks sent out a false alarm.
01:13:45Apparently...
01:13:46There you are, Mason. I told you there'd been a mess-up.
01:13:49Inspector, I'm afraid you've made a terrible error.
01:13:51This is Colonel Gore Hepburn. I know him well.
01:13:54You do?
01:13:56He's from the Homer Mercantile. One of their principal directors.
01:13:59I see.
01:14:00I admit the mistake was ours originally,
01:14:02but I really feel that you've made matters considerably worse.
01:14:06I think the best thing you can do is to release the Colonel forthwith
01:14:10and apologize.
01:14:12That's exactly what I suggested to Mason myself, Fordyce.
01:14:15You'd be prepared to vouch for him, would you, sir?
01:14:17Of course I would.
01:14:19You say you've known him for several years?
01:14:21Yes, Inspector, yes. Now, for goodness sake...
01:14:24Then what about this, Mr. Fordyce?
01:14:32You're prepared to vouch for this, too?
01:14:37They're all the same.
01:14:41Good Lord, there must be 50,000 quid in this lot.
01:14:4493,000, to be exact, son.
01:14:46Mr. Fordyce and I were planning a little last-minute Christmas shopping,
01:14:50as I explained to Mason.
01:14:54I'm waiting for your answer, Mr. Fordyce.
01:14:57You knew about this.
01:15:02It might help if I tell you that I also vouch for Colonel Gore Hepburn.
01:15:07Except that last time we met, he was a rear admiral on a jewellery job.
01:15:13My immediate interest is in his accomplices.
01:15:18Accomplices?
01:15:20Well, he could hardly have got into your strongroom
01:15:22and packed four heavy cases without help, could he?
01:15:30Well, sir?
01:15:33I...
01:15:35He made me do it.
01:15:37They got my wife and child.
01:15:39Oh, really, Fordyce.
01:15:41He threatened to kill them if I didn't do as he said.
01:15:44You've got to hurry, Inspector. We can still save them.
01:15:47There's no good, Fordyce. It won't work.
01:15:49Keep quiet.
01:15:52When did you last see your wife?
01:15:54When I left home this morning.
01:15:56Then she rang about an hour ago.
01:15:58There's no time. He has to ring someone every 15 minutes.
01:16:01What's your number?
01:16:02She's not there. They took her away, and my son.
01:16:05For all I know, they nearly...
01:16:06Your number, please.
01:16:08It's... It's... Have it from 2153.
01:16:11We're wasting time, Inspector.
01:16:13If your family's in danger, we'll save them.
01:16:15Of course they're in danger.
01:16:17They threatened to electrocute my wife.
01:16:20For pity's sake, Inspector,
01:16:22you don't think I robbed the bank voluntarily, do you?
01:16:24I was forced and threatened.
01:16:26Percy, you're talking about Fordyce.
01:16:28Now, listen, Hepburn.
01:16:30I've taken about enough from you.
01:16:32Calm down, Mr Fordyce.
01:16:33Yes, calm down. We'll soon see.
01:17:01How is she, 2153?
01:17:03Who's that speaking?
01:17:05Tommy Fordyce.
01:17:06Tommy.
01:17:07Is your mother there, Tommy?
01:17:09This is Inspector Mason.
01:17:11Hold on. I'll call her.
01:17:13But I... I don't understand.
01:17:16They must have released her.
01:17:18Anybody mind if I smoke?
01:17:22Mrs Fordyce speaking.
01:17:24Hello, Mrs Fordyce.
01:17:25I wonder if you could tell me,
01:17:27has anyone called on you this morning?
01:17:29Strangers.
01:17:30Strangers? What do you mean?
01:17:32You've been alone all morning.
01:17:34Hello, Mary. Mary, this is Harry.
01:17:37Are you all right, dear?
01:17:38All right? Of course I'm all right.
01:17:41They... they let you go?
01:17:43Let me go? Who let me go?
01:17:46When you rang before, there were two men with you.
01:17:49Two men with me?
01:17:51What are you talking about, Harry?
01:17:53I didn't ring you.
01:17:54You know I never ring you at the office.
01:17:56You told me not to.
01:17:57But it was your voice.
01:17:59Yours and Tommy's.
01:18:00You said, do what they want.
01:18:02I beseech you.
01:18:03And now...
01:18:04This is Inspector Mason again, Mrs Fordyce.
01:18:07I'd be most obliged if you could come down to the station right away.
01:18:11But what is it? What's happened?
01:18:13Nothing serious, ma'am.
01:18:14Just routine.
01:18:16But...
01:18:21But it was her.
01:18:24She was desperate.
01:18:27I'm afraid I must ask you to accompany me to the station.
01:18:32You don't understand.
01:18:34They're going to pin a medal on you, Fordyce, for gallantry.
01:18:37Inspector, you don't really believe I'm lying, do you?
01:18:41I tell you, it was her voice.
01:18:43And Hepburn, he... he kept signaling to someone outside.
01:18:46There are just some questions I must ask you.
01:18:48Inspector, I'm telling the truth.
01:18:51I am not a criminal.
01:18:52I am the manager of this branch.
01:18:54I've been here 15 years.
01:18:56You've got to believe me.
01:18:58Look, he made me stand by this window
01:19:01and mark my brow with my handkerchief as a signal.
01:19:26I believe you.
01:19:28You are making a mistake.
01:19:30You can put it all in a statement, Mr. Fordyce.
01:19:32Get your hat and coat.
01:19:53Okay, in the car.
01:19:57Just a moment, Mason.
01:19:59There's something you ought to know.
01:20:01I know it's a two-handed job.
01:20:03No, it's three-handed, actually.
01:20:05Me, a man, and a tape recorder.
01:20:09Took us a bit of time to get the voices right, but we managed.
01:20:12Anyway, it worked, didn't it, Fordyce?
01:20:16The man?
01:20:18Don't be silly, Mason.
01:20:20I use better men than him.
01:20:22Who was the man?
01:20:24It's none of your business.
01:20:26Someone Fordyce ought to believe in.
01:20:49You fit, Mr. Fordyce?
01:20:52Excuse me.
01:21:02May I just have a word with my chief clerk, Inspector?
01:21:06Of course.
01:21:15Pearson?
01:21:22Yes, sir?
01:21:24Oh, Pearson, I have to go out for a little while.
01:21:27I'm sure you'll be able to run things in my absence.
01:21:30Yes, I'll have a look, sir, sir.
01:21:33How long do you expect me to be away?
01:21:35You had better ask the inspector that.
01:21:38What is the usual sentence?
01:21:40For what?
01:21:42For completely failing in my duty towards my staff.
01:21:44That's not against the law, sir.
01:21:46Oh, and there's one other point, Pearson.
01:21:48I owe Colonel Gore Hepburn a pound.
01:21:51Could you possibly lend me one?
01:21:53Oh, yes, of course.
01:22:00I'll return it tonight at the staff party.
01:22:07Thank you, Pearson.
01:22:10Thank you, Pearson.
01:22:21All right, Inspector.
01:22:25Shall I give you a hand with the evidence?
01:22:28Thank you, sir.
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