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00:02:36dubbed by the popular press the Carnation Killer,
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00:02:43Arthur Stephen Page, you have heard the verdict of the court.
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00:04:33Sure I can get the money today in cash.
00:04:36Yes, cash, pounds sterling.
00:04:38Of course, English pounds. Do you know any other kind?
00:04:42There's nothing wrong with the money. It's mine, quite legal.
00:04:48OK, so I've changed. We still have a deal, don't we?
00:04:51Look, will you stop going on about the money?
00:04:53I tell you it's mine, quite legal. Couldn't be more so.
00:04:55I'm getting it from a solicitor.
00:04:57An attorney.
00:05:03The cab's here. What time is it?
00:05:06Just 9.45.
00:05:08It can take more than ten minutes to get to the station.
00:05:11Less than that. Depends on the traffic, though.
00:05:13Even depending on that, ten minutes at the most.
00:05:15What time is it? Still 9.45.
00:05:18Oh, well, um, 9.45 and 40 seconds.
00:05:22I don't want to be late. I know.
00:05:24Funny, going to meet someone you've never seen before.
00:05:27A blind date. Well, not quite.
00:05:29No. After all, you know quite a bit about Mr Graham.
00:05:32Listen, sweetheart, I have to leave town for a day or two, and I thought...
00:05:36Hmm? Graham.
00:05:38Yeah, Michael Graham. Yes, that one.
00:05:41Well, I didn't want you trying to reach me and I wasn't here.
00:05:44Get the picture?
00:05:46Yes. Yes, indeed.
00:05:49And you, too.
00:05:51If I miss Graham or miss the train...
00:05:54You won't. There's plenty of time.
00:05:57There we are. And here's the receipt.
00:06:00You must get his signature, remember? Yes.
00:06:02And the key to the house.
00:06:04Do you have the train tickets? Yes, Mr Babastock.
00:06:06I got them yesterday. Excellent.
00:06:08Strange way of doing business. The man couldn't come here.
00:06:11He's busy. That's what he said, sir. A flying visit.
00:06:14Yes, I suppose so, but I'm sorry to put you to all this trouble, my dear.
00:06:17Actually, I'm looking forward to it. Oh?
00:06:19Well, a day away from the office.
00:06:21Oh, that's good.
00:06:24That's right.
00:06:26I don't like giving you all this responsibility,
00:06:28but after all, it is the safest way, sir.
00:06:30Nobody knows who he's carrying that much cash except us.
00:06:33And Mr Graham, of course. You'll recognise him, I hope.
00:06:35I should hope so. Well, you'd better be going, then.
00:06:38Yes. I'll see you later, then.
00:06:40It's such a corny idea. How could I fail to recognise him?
00:06:43Graham, 208. I want to catch up with you.
00:06:45Yes, of course.
00:06:47I'll see you later, then. It's such a corny idea.
00:06:49How could I fail to recognise him?
00:06:51Graham, 208. I want to cab right away.
00:06:53Oh, yes, and tell the florist to stand by the red carnation.
00:06:56Yes, that's right. Single red carnation.
00:07:18BELL RINGS
00:07:20What?
00:07:23Right, right, get right.
00:07:26Operations room. What's that?
00:07:28Page is on the loose. Page.
00:07:30The carnation killer. He's got away.
00:07:48TRAFFIC RUMBLES
00:08:07Good morning.
00:08:09Morning.
00:08:13Thank you, sir. Thank you kindly.
00:08:18TRAFFIC RUMBLES
00:08:22Hey! Hey, you!
00:08:40BELL RINGS
00:08:42Mr Graham, I'm Julie Marsh from Mr Bavastock's office.
00:08:46I recognised you straight away, but I must say I think it's a corny idea.
00:08:49Are you ready? Ready?
00:08:51Our train leaves in about two minutes.
00:08:53Train?
00:08:55Yes, of course. Whatever you say.
00:08:57We'll have to hurry.
00:09:06And for pity's sake, be careful. Remember, he's dangerous. Very dangerous.
00:09:09Dangerous? He's killed nine times.
00:09:11Always women.
00:09:13You weren't there when he was picked up, were you?
00:09:15Well, I was. It took four of us to hold him down.
00:09:17Page is a killer. Man or woman, he's a killer.
00:09:25That's lucky.
00:09:28A compartment to ourselves.
00:09:31Very lucky.
00:09:33Where do you like to sit, Mr Graham? Facing front or back?
00:09:35Facing you.
00:09:37If that's what you want. Oh, yes.
00:09:39Definitely.
00:09:46My pleasure, Miss Marsh.
00:09:55Sorry to disturb you, sir.
00:09:57No, don't be. There's a good chair.
00:09:59Well, I wouldn't, sir, but these do need your signature.
00:10:02It's there.
00:10:06If you remember, sir, you did say I could have some time off today.
00:10:09Oh, yes. So I did, Peter.
00:10:22Oh, yes. Put him through.
00:10:24Hello, George. How are you?
00:10:26Good.
00:10:28It's fine.
00:10:30And Emily?
00:10:32Good.
00:10:34What can I do for you?
00:10:36Oh.
00:10:38Hmm?
00:10:40Well, give me the...
00:10:42Give me the details.
00:10:45I see.
00:10:47The van crashed here.
00:10:49We put units into this surrounding area here within a few minutes.
00:10:52No sign of him, sir. He could be anywhere in this area.
00:10:54Suppose he took this route. All right, suppose he did.
00:10:56Where's it leading? Right to the mainline station.
00:10:58Waterloo. That's my point. Caldwell.
00:11:00Use any authority you like, but no train leaves the station until it's been searched.
00:11:03Forbes, get over there. Yes, sir.
00:11:05And see they're thoroughly searched.
00:11:09DOOR CREAKS
00:11:15Dead on time.
00:11:17Dead on time.
00:11:20Do you believe in coincidence, Miss Marsh?
00:11:22What?
00:11:24You remind me of a girl I once knew.
00:11:29She's gone now.
00:11:33They all are.
00:11:38DOOR CREAKS
00:12:03Thank you, sir.
00:12:06Peter!
00:12:08Sir?
00:12:10Whoever she is, good luck.
00:12:13Thank you, sir.
00:12:21Well, I suppose I'd better start behaving like the personal assistant to a London solicitor.
00:12:31You're Michael Charles Graham?
00:12:33Michael Charles Graham.
00:12:35Well, Mr Graham, your great-uncle, Edward Francis Graham,
00:12:38has died and left you £40,422.
00:12:42At your request, I now hand over to you in cash,
00:12:45which, no doubt, you will count, check and verify later.
00:12:48And together with that cash sum,
00:12:50he also bequeathed you his house, Westerling, in the county of Hampshire,
00:12:53together with the contents thereof.
00:12:55I now hand you the key to the said property.
00:12:58And I'm empowered by G.P. Bavistock,
00:13:00attorney to the aforesaid Edward Francis Graham,
00:13:02to escort you to the property and remain while you take inventory
00:13:05of all the goods and chattel therein.
00:13:07Your kind...
00:13:09HE LAUGHS
00:13:11You seem to be taking your great-uncle's death very badly.
00:13:14Oh, yes, poor great-uncle Edward Francis.
00:13:19This house, Westerling, in Hampshire?
00:13:21That's right.
00:13:22Have you been to inspect the property before?
00:13:24No.
00:13:25Do you know exactly where it is?
00:13:27Outside a village about 15 miles from Winchester.
00:13:30Far from the village? Afraid so.
00:13:32Your nearest neighbour is, well, a long way away.
00:13:37Sounds like a lonely place. It is.
00:13:39But you're going to take me there? Of course.
00:13:42That's what you wanted, wasn't it?
00:13:44That's exactly what I wanted.
00:13:46Money, a lonely place,
00:13:49you.
00:13:57BELL TOLLS
00:14:28TRAFFIC RUMBLES
00:14:39Just a moment. I was here first.
00:14:41I'm sorry, sir. Emergency.
00:14:47I'm at the station now, sir. And?
00:14:49We've slapped a delay on all trains.
00:14:51How many left before you got there?
00:14:53About five, sir. I've got the details here.
00:15:13I'm sorry. I was miles away.
00:15:15So must I be. All that cash, and I forgot to get you to sign for it.
00:15:19Here.
00:15:26TRAFFIC RUMBLES
00:15:31Now I'm covered for every eventuality legally.
00:15:34The money is all yours, Mr Graham.
00:15:37Your responsibility.
00:15:39I'm surprised your boss didn't trust you with it.
00:15:42I don't mean to say you're not to be trusted, but a girl like you...
00:15:45Fair game for anyone who wanted to wrap me over the head, grab the case and run.
00:15:49Mr Bavistock thought it was the best security.
00:15:51After all, who'd suspect I was carrying over 40,000 in cash?
00:15:55Anyway, it was your idea.
00:15:57I must say, I was a bit puzzled when you wrote and insisted on ready cash.
00:16:01It's a business deal.
00:16:03That's what I said to Mr Bavistock.
00:16:05A deal that's only just legitimate, Mr Graham.
00:16:08Cash, a quick turnover and no questions asked.
00:16:11Something like that. I thought that was what you must have in mind.
00:16:15Oh, I've lots of things in mind, Miss Marsh.
00:16:22I'm sorry, sir. Couldn't be helped.
00:16:29Just a moment, sir. Outside.
00:16:31What on earth do you think you're doing?
00:16:33I'm arresting you on suspicion.
00:16:34Of what?
00:16:35That you are Anthony Stephen Page.
00:16:37What are you saying? My name is Graham. Michael Graham.
00:16:39Yeah, I can prove it.
00:16:40I'm still taking you in, sir. You can prove it when we get down to the station.
00:16:42Take your hands off me.
00:16:44They say you never see what's under your nose. Come on.
00:16:46Let go of me, do you hear?
00:16:52It's fate. It has to be fate.
00:16:55This house, Westerling. Lonely, out of town.
00:16:58A perfect hideaway.
00:17:08There's no scent on earth like a carnation.
00:17:10Try.
00:17:13It's heavy, not too heavy, not too clean.
00:17:16It's a bit of a mess.
00:17:18It's heavy, not too heavy, not too cloying.
00:17:21Perfect.
00:17:28And the colour.
00:17:30So red.
00:17:40So very red.
00:17:44I tell you, this is utterly ridiculous.
00:17:46You can explain it all to the superintendent.
00:17:48He'll be through in a minute.
00:17:50Found it at the station, sir.
00:17:52Page, sir.
00:17:54It is Page.
00:17:56You tell me.
00:17:59Do you know, I feel curious at ease with you.
00:18:02Maybe it's just trains.
00:18:04Rattling along.
00:18:06Taking one far, far away to somewhere secret.
00:18:09Somewhere safe.
00:18:11Safe?
00:18:12From the madding crowd.
00:18:16I bet you're very efficient at what you do.
00:18:18Well, I try to be.
00:18:20Never make mistakes.
00:18:21I try not to.
00:18:23Well, there's always a first time for everything.
00:18:26I'm sure you understand, Mr Brennan.
00:18:28I do not understand.
00:18:30We have an emergency, a panic.
00:18:32Will the police rush around arresting everyone inside?
00:18:34As I explained, sir, this man, Page, is very dangerous.
00:18:36Do I look like him in the slightest way?
00:18:38Well, no, sir.
00:18:39Well, then.
00:18:40You were wearing a red carnation, sir.
00:18:42So you're arresting everyone with a carnation now, are you?
00:18:44Page has a liking, a reputation for wearing red carnations.
00:18:47Naturally, a young officer with a little too much zeal
00:18:50and perhaps not quite enough sense.
00:18:52I hope you'll accept our apologies, sir.
00:18:54I have no alternative.
00:18:56You could bring a charge of false arrest.
00:18:58Just let me get to a phone.
00:18:59Of course.
00:19:00Sir.
00:19:05Sir, Page has been sighted in 15 different places so far.
00:19:10Well, check them all out and keep looking.
00:19:13Sir.
00:19:15Babasock, it's Graham, Michael Graham.
00:19:17I'm not at the railway station, I'm at the police station.
00:19:19I can't explain now.
00:19:20It's that darn carnation.
00:19:21I wish I'd never thought of the idea.
00:19:23Mr Graham, I'm confused.
00:19:24The train left a good 25 minutes ago.
00:19:26Why aren't you on it with Miss Marsh?
00:19:28Marsh?
00:19:30The young lady I sent to meet you exactly as you requested.
00:19:33Just the point, I was delayed at a business meeting.
00:19:35I thought she'd have enough sense to wait.
00:19:37After all, there is another train.
00:19:38No, of course she wasn't there, but I was.
00:19:40Red carnation and all outside the third phone booth.
00:19:42No, no sign of her.
00:19:43Of course she couldn't have missed me.
00:19:45Two Duncan speakers.
00:19:46Well, the police didn't miss me.
00:19:48Oh, no, I'll explain later.
00:19:50Well, I can only assume that when you didn't turn up on time,
00:19:52she decided to make her way back here.
00:19:54Be the only sensible thing.
00:19:56No, no, she isn't here yet.
00:19:58But she should be any moment.
00:20:00Oh, look, Babasock, I think the best thing I can do is come over there too
00:20:02and wait for her with you.
00:20:05Yes.
00:20:06I shall feel safer if you have this.
00:20:12They think Paige may have jumped a boat to France.
00:20:42Scott.
00:20:43Scott.
00:21:09Scott.
00:21:12What's holding us up?
00:21:13This train was due to leave ten minutes ago.
00:21:15The police are on the trains.
00:21:17The police? What for?
00:21:19Oh, didn't you know?
00:21:21There's a killer on the loose.
00:22:12How much longer is this going to take?
00:22:14Not long, sir.
00:22:15What does that mean?
00:22:17Not long, sir.
00:22:18As soon as we finish searching the train.
00:22:20It could take a quarter of an hour or more.
00:22:22We'll never make it up.
00:22:23It'll take even longer if I stay here chatting, sir.
00:22:25I say, well, I know my rides.
00:22:27I want to protest at this delay.
00:22:28I'm already late for a very important appointment.
00:22:30Well, if you must, you must.
00:22:32My intern must make a note of it.
00:22:34Could I have your name, sir?
00:22:36My name?
00:22:38My name?
00:22:40To put on the official complaint.
00:22:42Forget it.
00:22:46Just get a move on, will you?
00:22:51Won't be long now, sir.
00:22:53They haven't found a single murderer yet.
00:23:01Are you going to phone them or shall I?
00:23:03Look, your girl's been gone nearly an hour.
00:23:05If she were coming back, she'd be here by now, wouldn't she?
00:23:07Yes, but you don't know Julie.
00:23:09She's... she's a good girl.
00:23:11There must be some mistake, an accident perhaps.
00:23:13A good girl with a briefcase full of money.
00:23:15This is your fault, you know.
00:23:17Mine?
00:23:18Yes, yours.
00:23:19If you conducted your business in the normal manner,
00:23:21come here to collect it.
00:23:22Look, I'm a busy man.
00:23:23All I wanted was the money.
00:23:24Quick look at the house, see what was saleable,
00:23:26and I'm off again.
00:23:27Do you realise they had me on a plane for Canada at 7.30?
00:23:30Your girl's run off, Bavistock.
00:23:32Taken off with 40,000 in cash.
00:23:35Your girl, Julie, is having herself an easy ride, Bavistock.
00:23:38An easy ride on my money.
00:23:49Count and verify it. That's what she said, wasn't it?
00:23:51Yes.
00:23:52After all, it's mine now.
00:23:55You dozed off?
00:23:57Late night?
00:23:58No. It was just the train, I suppose.
00:24:00Or perhaps I bore you.
00:24:01No, no, of course not.
00:24:03It might be neither of those things.
00:24:05Psychologically, sleep can be a suppressant,
00:24:07a manifestation of inattentions.
00:24:08At the moment of supreme excitement, the mind just switches off.
00:24:11Do you know much about psychology?
00:24:13I've had dealings with psychiatrists. They're amusing fellows.
00:24:18A suppressant to curb the anticipation of things to come.
00:24:25Anticipation can be much better than the event, Miss Marsh.
00:24:30Much better.
00:24:32Well, it isn't pretty what he does to them, is it?
00:24:36That's why we have to find him very quickly.
00:24:39There's no pattern to him either.
00:24:41Not once a year, half a year, or even once a month.
00:24:43Age kills when he wants to.
00:24:45Killed twice in one day.
00:24:50Yes?
00:24:51Yes, sir.
00:24:52What was that name again?
00:24:53Well, we've cordoned off the immediate area, sir.
00:24:56And there's a general alert.
00:24:58And the gentleman's name is...
00:24:59No, sir, I...
00:25:00Michael Graham.
00:25:02No, sir.
00:25:03I see. Can I have a description of Miss Marsh?
00:25:05Miss Julie Marsh.
00:25:09Yes, sir, I have that.
00:25:10But I still feel...
00:25:12Well, I hope there's been some dreadful mistake.
00:25:15Look, has a Miss Marsh been involved in any accident?
00:25:19Well, it may take a while to check, Mr. Bavistock.
00:25:21In the meantime, we'll send someone over to take a statement.
00:25:24Yes, sir. Goodbye.
00:25:27What was that about?
00:25:28Oh, nothing to do with Paige.
00:25:30Suspected theft.
00:25:32That'd be nice.
00:25:33To get this Paige business off my back
00:25:35and get back to simple theft.
00:25:37Who was it?
00:25:38Oh, a solicitor.
00:25:39Name of Bavistock.
00:25:46Well, it's in the hands of the police now.
00:25:48They'll be sending someone over to take a statement.
00:25:51Don't involve me.
00:25:53Mr. Graham, as you keep pointing out, it is your money.
00:25:56How can I not involve you?
00:26:00My surmise was right then.
00:26:02This need for the money right away in cash is odd.
00:26:06What do you mean, odd?
00:26:07Just odd, odd.
00:26:09Look, I'm a businessman.
00:26:10I make a lot of deals, a lot of deals.
00:26:11Some of them require immediate cash.
00:26:13And they're all perfectly legal?
00:26:15Of course.
00:26:17Well, all the same, you said you didn't want to be involved.
00:26:20I don't like too many questions.
00:26:21They're the wrong kind of questions.
00:26:23The police are bound to want to...
00:26:24Look, you're a solicitor. I'm a client.
00:26:25Just steer them away from the wrong kind of questions, that's all.
00:26:30It'll be worth your while.
00:26:34Money isn't always the paramount consideration, Mr. Graham.
00:26:37Not to us all.
00:26:41Forbes, got for you.
00:26:44Go to this address.
00:26:46Hello?
00:26:47Get the fax.
00:26:48Yes.
00:26:49Yes, madam.
00:26:50Just get the fax, lad.
00:26:52Yes, but where do you think you saw him?
00:26:56Handle press, okay?
00:26:58Yes, sir, they've got the full store in.
00:27:00Pictures, big pictures.
00:27:02Big pictures, sir.
00:27:03The public are the best police we have now.
00:27:05If one of them spots him.
00:27:18Not too bad, sir.
00:27:20Only half an hour late.
00:27:21Will we make it up?
00:27:23Oh, some.
00:27:25Not all of it.
00:27:27Well, don't blame me.
00:27:32Blame him.
00:27:47Oh, no.
00:27:48Mr. Battlestock.
00:27:49Yes, you two met before.
00:27:51This is the idiot who arrested me.
00:27:53Detective Constable Forbes, sir.
00:27:55You called a little while ago.
00:27:56That's right.
00:27:57It's about my assistant, Julie, Miss Julie Marsh.
00:27:59Do you mind if I take some notes, sir?
00:28:01There's been no one of that name involved in any accident, sir.
00:28:04I told you, Battlestock, she's run off with the money.
00:28:07How much money, sir?
00:28:08More than 40,000 in cash.
00:28:10Cash?
00:28:11Yes, and unfortunately in used notes of low denomination.
00:28:15It's sort of unusual, isn't it, sir, to carry that sort of money about.
00:28:18May I ask why?
00:28:19No, I'm afraid you may not.
00:28:21Sir, I...
00:28:22You should know better, officer, than to ask someone in my position to betray a client's confidence.
00:28:26Suffice to say, the money, the whole transaction was perfectly legal.
00:28:31Miss Marsh was carrying the money?
00:28:33To hand over to my client, yes.
00:28:35Fine. Well, I better have a description of her, sir.
00:28:37We'll put it out right away.
00:28:38Yes, of course.
00:28:39Well, Julie is 27, tall, blonde.
00:28:44Now you'll go out and arrest every tall blonde.
00:28:46What kind of girl is she, sir?
00:28:48She's worked for me for five years.
00:28:50Completely trustworthy.
00:28:52Nice, gentle girl.
00:28:54Vulnerable.
00:28:57The next stop's ours.
00:28:59Oh, we're going to have company.
00:29:07My pleasure.
00:29:45Your coat.
00:30:07Well, thank you very much indeed, sir. We'll put this on the air right away.
00:30:10We'll find her.
00:30:11Never mind her. Find the money.
00:30:13What do you suggest I do, sir? Broadcast a description of 40,000 banknotes?
00:30:17You impudent...
00:30:18Mr. Graham, please.
00:30:20This way, officer.
00:30:26You'll be in touch.
00:30:27As soon as we hear something, sir.
00:30:29You don't want to think she's taken the money, do you?
00:30:31I can't bring myself to believe it.
00:30:33Well, maybe she hasn't. A lone girl with 40,000.
00:30:36She's a fair target for anyone.
00:30:45We're there. Are you ready?
00:30:58Wait a minute. I've left something behind.
00:31:09You recognise me, don't you?
00:31:19You don't need that now. I recognised you, remember?
00:31:22I always wear one. It's a kind of trade...
00:31:25The train will be moving soon. I don't want to be carried on another 50 miles.
00:31:39Something important?
00:31:41Oh, it doesn't matter now. I'll go in the morning, I suppose.
00:31:43No, no. Where?
00:31:45In Uncle Edward's place.
00:31:48I never knew him.
00:31:49Well, he was a good man.
00:31:51He was a fool. Sitting on all that money, putting it to no use.
00:31:54If he'd built it up, he could have been rich.
00:31:56I mean really rich.
00:31:58Are you rich? Really rich?
00:32:00I will be.
00:32:03I will be.
00:32:08It's very nice, I believe.
00:32:10Quiet.
00:32:11The kind of place where a man could take time.
00:32:14Reassess himself.
00:32:18The house you've inherited.
00:32:20Westerly.
00:32:30At last, this is it.
00:33:14Well, here we are, Mr. Graham.
00:33:38It's a bit dusty.
00:33:40No matter.
00:34:00I didn't mind walking.
00:34:01What? Oh, well, I promise you, I did arrange for a car to meet us.
00:34:04I did it myself over a week ago.
00:34:06I told you I didn't mind.
00:34:07I enjoyed it, as a matter of fact.
00:34:09To be out in the open with such charming company.
00:34:15This is magnificent.
00:34:16Splendid.
00:34:17Splendid?
00:34:18For my purposes.
00:34:20It's a very, very quiet.
00:34:37Nice room.
00:34:38Oh, you are on edge.
00:34:39On edge?
00:34:40As if you were expecting someone to jump out on you at any moment.
00:34:45Have you any idea where the kitchen might be?
00:34:48Down beyond the stairs, I should think.
00:34:50Well, there won't be any milk, but there might be coffee and sugar.
00:34:53Coffee and sugar?
00:34:54Yes.
00:34:55I'm afraid so.
00:34:56I'm afraid so.
00:34:57I'm afraid so.
00:34:58I'm afraid so.
00:34:59I'm afraid so.
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00:35:04I'm afraid so.
00:35:05Coffee and sugar?
00:35:06Will that do?
00:35:07Yes.
00:35:08Yes, thank you.
00:36:05I'm afraid so.
00:36:06I'm afraid so.
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00:37:02I'm afraid so.
00:37:03It won't take long John.
00:37:04You may have to stay the night.
00:37:06Well I can't do that.
00:37:07Besides aren't you supposed to be rushing on somewhere from here?
00:37:11I've changed my mind.
00:37:15I am a creature of sudden impulses.
00:37:18Well we'll talk about that later.
00:37:22Do you wanna show me the rest of the house?
00:37:25Alright.
00:37:26Where shall we start?
00:37:30In the kitchen?
00:37:31No, I've seen it.
00:37:33Upstairs, the bedroom.
00:37:35Best place to judge the character of whoever occupied the house before.
00:37:38But you know who occupied the house before.
00:37:40Your great-uncle. Besides, we're supposed to be taking an infantry, not judging characters.
00:37:44Indulge me. I hardly knew the old boy, you know.
00:37:47And in a bedroom, everything is laid bare.
00:37:53After you.
00:38:02An impasse.
00:38:04You know what an impasse is, Sergeant?
00:38:06It's French for getting nowhere fast.
00:38:08Page your turn up.
00:38:10No. Oh, I don't mean we won't find him.
00:38:13Not ever.
00:38:15It's how we'll find him.
00:38:17When he kills again. That'll lead us to him.
00:38:20Fine thing. Copper stone.
00:38:23We'll find him.
00:38:25We'll find him.
00:38:27We'll find him.
00:38:29Fine thing. Copper standing here waiting.
00:38:32Hoping, yes. Hoping for a corpse to turn up.
00:38:45It was ridiculous. Quite ridiculous.
00:38:47I can't bear them. Such a tiny rodent.
00:38:49Rats. They sicken me. One rat and a small one. You'll agree it was a small one.
00:38:52I don't know. I didn't stop to see.
00:38:54It was a very tiny one. That's what's so peculiar.
00:38:56You run from a creature probably more frightened of you.
00:38:59A creature too small to present any threat to you.
00:39:01And yet you don't run from me.
00:39:03You? Why should I?
00:39:05Well, I'm bigger than a rat.
00:39:13It was nice upstairs.
00:39:15I liked it.
00:39:17Especially the bedroom.
00:39:19Big and sombre.
00:39:21And damp.
00:39:23Only needs to be slept in, Julie.
00:39:25With rats running over you.
00:39:27It'll be quite easy to dispose of them.
00:39:29To kill them.
00:39:31Quite humanely, of course, I shall insist upon that.
00:39:34I shall probably do it myself.
00:39:36It sounds as though you're intending to stay on here, then.
00:39:39I think I might. For a while.
00:39:41After all, why not?
00:39:43I have everything I need here.
00:39:46Everything I want.
00:39:55Coffee.
00:40:14It's as though he fell off the edge of the world.
00:40:16Don't understand it.
00:40:18After all, Page is a loner.
00:40:20No friends, no contacts.
00:40:22Anyway, it'd be a fool who took Page under his roof.
00:40:24A dead fool.
00:40:26It's a woman.
00:40:28You don't know Page. Most of the time, he's as calm and sane as you are.
00:40:31Handsome, too. A big hunk with a charm to match.
00:40:34He's conned some woman who doesn't know yet.
00:40:36That tomorrow, she may be dead.
00:40:40How did you get on?
00:40:42I don't know whether to file it under larceny or missing persons.
00:40:44Well, who's missing?
00:40:46This girl that works for Bavistock.
00:40:48I mean, the damn fool trusted her with £40,000 in cash.
00:40:50Supposed to hand it over to a chap at Waterloo Station.
00:40:52Coincidence. This chap.
00:40:54The one I pulled in today. The chap with the carnation.
00:40:56That was how they were going to meet, you see.
00:40:58Who was going to meet?
00:41:00The girl. The one with the money. It's all in the report.
00:41:02Graham.
00:41:04Yes, sir. The chap who raised hell with me today. I pulled him into the station.
00:41:06Give it to me again. This girl carrying £40,000
00:41:08was going to meet Graham at Waterloo Station?
00:41:10Yes.
00:41:12The station we were covering for Page?
00:41:14Yes, sir. That's why I pulled Graham in by mistake.
00:41:16He was there at Waterloo Station wearing this.
00:41:18That's how the girl would know him?
00:41:20Yes, sir.
00:41:30It gets dark early this time of year.
00:41:32Yes.
00:41:34Now, don't draw them.
00:41:36Close them.
00:41:38Don't you want to start taking that inventory now?
00:41:40Later.
00:41:44Will I finish my coffee?
00:41:46Bum, bum, bum, bum.
00:41:48Bum, bum, bum, bum.
00:41:50Bum, bum, bum, bum.
00:41:52Bum, bum, bum, bum.
00:41:54Much cosier.
00:41:56Oh, do sit down, Julie.
00:41:58Take your coat off.
00:42:10I do wish you'd relax.
00:42:12I can be very good company if you relax.
00:42:20Sit down.
00:42:28You're very accurate about this place.
00:42:30It is very lonely.
00:42:32When I stood and looked outside the window just now,
00:42:34I couldn't see another place or a building.
00:42:36Not another person within miles.
00:42:38I think I may plant carnations
00:42:42all around the house.
00:42:44Red carnations.
00:42:46A sea of them.
00:42:50Like the Red Sea.
00:42:54I'm afraid we can't do that.
00:42:56I'm afraid we can't do that.
00:43:00What?
00:43:02Oh, I can't remember.
00:43:04I'm afraid I can't do it.
00:43:06Like the Red Sea.
00:43:11A blood-red sea.
00:43:15But I don't understand.
00:43:17It's quite simple, Mr. Battlestock.
00:43:19Simple enough for us to overlook even though it was staring us in the face.
00:43:22Miss Marsh was going to meet Mr. Graham here wearing a red carnation.
00:43:25Paige likes to wear a red carnation.
00:43:27Coincidence like that? No, it's impossible.
00:43:29The stupid things in life are all possible, believe me.
00:43:31What were the exact arrangements?
00:43:32Mr. Graham was to stand outside the third phone booth wearing a carnation.
00:43:36Then it is possible.
00:43:37Paige escaped less than a mile from the station.
00:43:39He might easily have made his way there.
00:43:40And your girl picked him up by mistake?
00:43:42No, it's true. She'd never seen Mr. Graham before.
00:43:44I was worried about it. None of us in the office had.
00:43:46So the carnation could be the clincher.
00:43:48She'd go up to the man wearing it and say Mr. Graham.
00:43:50And Paige is smooth enough to say yes?
00:43:51And she was to hand over 40,000 in notes.
00:43:53Yes.
00:43:54And the house?
00:43:55Eh?
00:43:56Well, Miss Marsh left here with train tickets and keys to a house Mr. Graham had inherited.
00:44:00She was to take him there.
00:44:01Money?
00:44:02An escape route?
00:44:03A house to hide in?
00:44:04And a pretty girl to go along.
00:44:05What else could Paige ask for?
00:44:06Where is this house, Mr. Batterstone?
00:44:08It's called Westerling.
00:44:09That's the full address.
00:44:12Then I must say, in one respect, this is encouraging.
00:44:16Encouraging?
00:44:17Well, the idea of Julie being a thief's been killing me.
00:44:20Well, I wouldn't get too encouraged.
00:44:21Paige may be killing her.
00:44:23Get through to the Hampshire County Police. Hurry.
00:44:32Do you know we know nothing about each other, you and I?
00:44:36We've been together for some time now yet I know nothing about you.
00:44:38I'd like to.
00:44:39I'm just a girl who works in an office.
00:44:41Incorrect.
00:44:42You are a pretty girl who works in an office and now you're here with me.
00:44:45Makes a difference.
00:44:49Why do you keep staring like that?
00:44:51I like to look at you.
00:44:53I'm sorry I'm disturbing you.
00:44:55I didn't mean to.
00:44:57I spend too much time alone.
00:44:59Alone?
00:45:00I thought you told Mr. Baverstock you run nine companies, always on the move.
00:45:03Yes, that's why I'm alone, I suppose.
00:45:05Too much time for business and not enough for personal relationships.
00:45:09But now we're talking about me and I wanted to talk about you.
00:45:12You're not married, no engagement ring,
00:45:14but you must have boyfriends or a boyfriend.
00:45:17A boyfriend, yes.
00:45:19We really ought to make a start on that infantry.
00:45:21All right.
00:45:22You do upstairs and I'll stay down here.
00:45:24We'll do it together.
00:45:25All right.
00:45:26After we've eaten.
00:45:27Eaten?
00:45:28Dine with me and then we'll get right down to it.
00:45:31All right. Agreed.
00:45:33I'll go and see...
00:45:34No, no. The meal's my idea, my responsibility.
00:45:37You stay here and relax.
00:45:39I'll go and prepare it.
00:45:41Whatever you say.
00:45:43And then we'll get to know each other better.
00:45:47Perhaps you need a drink, Mr Bastock?
00:45:49No, no, no, thanks.
00:45:51Oh, but perhaps you'd like one.
00:45:53That's very kind of you, sir, but I'm on duty.
00:45:56My superior officer's standing nearby too, unless...
00:45:59Scotch, if you have it.
00:46:00So don't.
00:46:01Please.
00:46:03Mr Graham?
00:46:04Yes, I'll have one.
00:46:08One glass of Scotch.
00:46:10Report return of £40,000.
00:46:12Why don't you shut up!
00:46:13Yes, you, Mr Graham.
00:46:14There's a girl out there somewhere, perhaps with a homicidal mind.
00:46:16I'm sure she'll be quiet.
00:46:18I'm sure she'll be quiet.
00:46:19I'm sure she'll be quiet.
00:46:20I don't care if you're a wimp or not.
00:46:22I'm sure she'll be quiet.
00:46:23I don't care if you're a wimp or not.
00:46:25I'm sure she'll be quiet.
00:46:26I'm sure she'll be quiet.
00:46:27Look, I've got it.
00:46:28You're a wimp, and you're a rat.
00:46:30There's a girl out there somewhere, perhaps with a homicidal maniac,
00:46:32perhaps fighting for her very life, and all you can think about is a case for a paltry money.
00:46:36Paltry? I said shut up and I meant it. Either keep quiet or leave this office.
00:46:43I think perhaps I will.
00:46:44Your health, Mr. Battlestar.
00:46:47I have Sergeant Farrell here, sir. Hampshire Police.
00:46:49Let me speak to him. Make it loud and clear.
00:46:51Yes, sir.
00:46:53He might as well hear this too. She's your girl.
00:46:56Superintendent?
00:46:58Yes?
00:46:59Sergeant Farrell, Hampshire Police, sir.
00:47:01Have you checked the house?
00:47:03Westerling? You did say Westerling, sir?
00:47:05Yes. What have you found?
00:47:06Well, I'm here now, sir, and I've been over the place from top to bottom, grounds and all.
00:47:11There's no one here, sir.
00:47:12In fact, it looks as though there hasn't been anybody here for months.
00:47:17Superintendent?
00:47:18Yes, I'm here.
00:47:19Any further instructions, sir?
00:47:22No, thank you, Sergeant.
00:47:58So
00:48:06so
00:48:26Tin beans or peas?
00:48:28Any preference?
00:48:29Right.
00:48:31Anything happening out there?
00:48:33Big parade passing by?
00:48:35Circus?
00:48:36There's no one.
00:48:37Right.
00:48:37No one at all.
00:48:41Sorry I didn't lead anywhere.
00:48:48Superintendent, no one at the house means...
00:48:51There's no point in jumping to conclusions.
00:48:53We already did that, and where did it get us?
00:48:55Probably she didn't meet Paige after all.
00:48:58Then she did run off with the money.
00:48:59Perhaps not that either.
00:49:01She may turn up with the money and a reasonable explanation.
00:49:04Stranger things happen all the time.
00:49:06The minute I hear anything, I'll let you know.
00:49:14There's no point in your staying any longer, Mr Graham.
00:49:18Will you return to the hotel?
00:49:19I suppose so.
00:49:20I still have to see the house.
00:49:23If there's anything further, I'll let you know.
00:49:29Place for a man to reassess, right?
00:49:30Westerly.
00:49:34That's not relaxing.
00:49:51I thought I told you to relax.
00:49:55We agreed, didn't we?
00:50:04I'll tell you what.
00:50:12Why don't you hunt around in there and see if you can come up with some wine for us?
00:50:15All right.
00:50:16You're not going back on your agreement, are you?
00:50:18No.
00:50:18No, of course not.
00:50:19Good.
00:50:20A deal's a deal.
00:50:22Off you go then.
00:51:04Peter!
00:51:19For God's sake, what kept you?
00:51:23Where is he?
00:51:24In the kitchen.
00:51:25You should have been here nearly an hour ago.
00:51:26I would have been.
00:51:27The train was delayed.
00:51:28Some madman on the loose.
00:51:33What's he doing in there?
00:51:34Preparing a meal.
00:51:35When I got here and you weren't here, I thought you'd gone back.
00:51:38It was my idea.
00:51:39But you should have been here.
00:51:40We worked it out together down to the last minute.
00:51:42Me on the slow train.
00:51:43You on the express with a taxi to make up the difference.
00:51:45You should have been here.
00:51:46I told you the train was held up.
00:51:47It didn't go to work.
00:51:48I knew it wasn't going to work.
00:51:49It is going to work perfectly.
00:51:50You'd better hold yourself.
00:51:53Julie.
00:51:55You've got to keep going.
00:51:57You must be brave.
00:51:58He's much bigger than we imagined.
00:52:01Stronger.
00:52:02Ideally in boot strength.
00:52:04Did anybody see you on the train?
00:52:05There was a woman but she won't remember us.
00:52:07And when we left the station?
00:52:08I pretended the car hadn't turned up and persuaded him to walk just as we'd planned.
00:52:11Meet anybody on the way?
00:52:12No one.
00:52:13Perfect.
00:52:16You've got his signature on the receipt.
00:52:19Yes.
00:52:21It isn't going to work.
00:52:23I keep telling you it is.
00:52:24You trust me don't you?
00:52:25Yes but...
00:52:26What could go wrong?
00:52:27But it's already started to go wrong.
00:52:28Don't you see that?
00:52:29The train was late.
00:52:30That was something we hadn't thought of wasn't it?
00:52:31What's going to go wrong next?
00:52:33Right.
00:52:34Let's just look at this with a legal incisive mind.
00:52:37Take it step by step and if you can find one loophole just one we'll call it off.
00:52:42Step by step.
00:52:43You met Michael Graham as arranged and he signed for it as arranged.
00:52:47You gave him his money as arranged right?
00:52:49Then you took him on a train.
00:52:51You brought him to this house to Westerling.
00:52:53You let him into the house.
00:52:54You gave him his store key and you left him.
00:52:57You never saw him again.
00:53:01Wait.
00:53:09All right.
00:53:10All right.
00:53:12Now you go back to Mr. Bavistock.
00:53:14You hand him the receipt signed by Graham and you're clear.
00:53:17We're both clear.
00:53:17There'll be an inquiry.
00:53:19Eventually yes bound to be and you'll tell exactly that story.
00:53:22The police will check out the rail Westerling from top to bottom and find nothing.
00:53:26It'll become one of those unsolved puzzles.
00:53:28Graham is a mysterious man.
00:53:30I mean why else did he want all this money in cash anyway?
00:53:33Now the police will check and check and eventually come to a dead end
00:53:36and you and I will have 40,000 pounds to play with my darling.
00:53:43But this house.
00:53:44This house was the possession of a man who died without heirs interstate.
00:53:48Now you know we've been trying to trace his relatives for months.
00:53:51Well not anymore Julie.
00:53:52That's something I haven't told you.
00:53:54You see I put the file among the closed cases in the vault
00:53:59and it may never come to light again.
00:54:00But if it does...
00:54:01It does.
00:54:01I made a regrettable mistake but not a criminal one.
00:54:04So you see Julie legally this house doesn't exist anymore.
00:54:07It'll likely remain locked up forgotten for years
00:54:10until maybe vandals break in or the local authority gets curious
00:54:13and what will they find?
00:54:15An unexplained skeleton.
00:54:16The rats will have taken care of everything else.
00:54:18Rats?
00:54:19You probably scared them away.
00:54:20I saw one upstairs in the bedroom.
00:54:22Only one.
00:54:23I told you I checked this place thoroughly.
00:54:24It's alive with rats.
00:54:26Just a few bones Julie.
00:54:27There'll be nothing left to connect with Graham or us.
00:54:32You just have to be brave just a little longer.
00:54:34Just a little.
00:54:35Julie!
00:54:41It's supposed to be lucky.
00:54:42Try it.
00:54:44All of it.
00:54:47How is it?
00:54:49It's fine.
00:54:49Not too salty?
00:54:50No.
00:54:54A little sherry improves everything don't you think?
00:54:58Well.
00:55:04I'll surprise you in a little while.
00:55:06I really will surprise you.
00:55:09And the feast will soon commence.
00:55:11But Peter he looks so strong.
00:55:13I told you we're not dealing in brute strength.
00:55:17He'll be back in a minute with the meal.
00:55:19You make sure you give him a drink with it.
00:55:22And just two of these.
00:55:25Tasteless, painless and quick.
00:55:27Humane.
00:55:29Huh?
00:55:29Something he said.
00:55:41Julie.
00:55:46Julie.
00:55:55I'll be outside.
00:55:57I'll give you 10 minutes.
00:56:07Hello, yes.
00:56:08Where?
00:56:09Right, keep me posted.
00:56:11You might have been right about Paige taking a train anyway.
00:56:13Winchester.
00:56:13Police there have just found a woman dead in a train.
00:56:15Strangled.
00:56:26Cuisine à la grève.
00:56:35It looks marvellous.
00:56:36Merci mademoiselle, tu es très gentille.
00:56:38If mademoiselle would care to take her seat.
00:56:39It probably needs a good red wine to compliment it.
00:56:45But all we seem to have is a bottle of white.
00:56:48That's better.
00:56:49You're much more relaxed.
00:56:51It couldn't be that you're coming to like me at last could it?
00:56:54No, no I'll do that.
00:56:56I'm much stronger.
00:56:59One drives it in.
00:57:03A moment.
00:57:04Glasses.
00:57:12It should breathe first.
00:57:16Everything should be allowed to breathe for a little while.
00:57:26Come in.
00:57:34I'm just on my way down to Winchester.
00:57:36Oh what for?
00:57:37To look at a corpse.
00:57:38Not a very pleasant task.
00:57:39It's not Julie is it?
00:57:40No Mr. Botherstock.
00:57:41A woman in her late 30s.
00:57:42She's been positively identified and it isn't Miss Marshall.
00:57:46We're taking Miss Marshall off the missing persons list sir.
00:57:48Putting her back under wanted.
00:57:50Surely there's some connection.
00:57:52This murder.
00:57:53Winchester you said.
00:57:53It's the same general direction as Westerling.
00:57:55Yes and it is even possible that your Miss Marsh and Paige traveled on the same train.
00:57:59Well then.
00:57:59But that's where the connection begins and ends I think.
00:58:02After all sir if Paige had picked her up he wouldn't have missed a trick like that would he?
00:58:06Pretty girl.
00:58:07Empty house.
00:58:09Now I think Paige and Miss Marsh are two separate issues now.
00:58:23You're not going to send your compliments to the chef then?
00:58:29You've hardly touched a thing.
00:58:31It's delicious.
00:58:32It's it's just that I'm not very hungry that's all.
00:58:35Got your mind set on other things eh?
00:58:37I don't blame you.
00:58:38I've known it before.
00:58:40I am very attractive to women.
00:58:43I suppose that's why I hate them so much.
00:58:45Well love hate.
00:58:47Always putting on a style to snare a man and then
00:58:50draw him back at the last moment.
00:58:51It's frustrating.
00:58:53But you're not like that are you Julie?
00:58:56You mean it.
00:58:57I sensed it right away.
00:58:59The wine must be ready by now.
00:59:23It's soft.
00:59:40I knew it would be.
00:59:43I imagined it to be soft.
00:59:49I imagine lots of things.
00:59:54But somehow the reality never measures up to the imagination.
01:00:00It's the women.
01:00:03It's the women who let you down.
01:00:05Always should.
01:00:12Julie?
01:00:13The wine.
01:00:17I can wait.
01:00:21Time for that later Julie.
01:00:24Later?
01:00:28You're not going to disappoint me are you?
01:01:23What happened?
01:01:37You feel groggy.
01:01:38Go upstairs to lie down.
01:01:41I told you those pills act fast.
01:01:48We're clear now Julie.
01:01:50Nothing but pleasures ahead.
01:01:53Julie come on.
01:01:56Darling I know what you have to do.
01:01:58It's a shock.
01:01:59Come on Julie.
01:03:23So
01:03:45Pardon me.
01:03:46Do you believe in coincidences?
01:03:48You remind me of a girl I used to...
01:03:53Hey.
01:04:09Hey.
01:04:23Hello Paige.
01:04:31Hello.
01:04:33Waiting for someone at the station were you?
01:04:35Yes a girl.
01:04:37Any girl.
01:04:39You've been a bad boy haven't you?
01:04:41Have I?
01:04:42I don't suppose you remember do you?
01:04:45Remember what?
01:04:46No that's what I thought.
01:04:49Shall we go and talk now?
01:04:51Somewhere quiet.
01:04:53No I don't suppose he'll ever be able to tell us just what he did.