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00:00:30Sweetheart, come here. You have to see this.
00:00:51Look, London. Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament,
00:00:58and down there, traffic on the left. Looks different by day, doesn't it?
00:01:02Oh, different, and yet exactly how I imagined it.
00:01:05It's going to be a wonderful vacation, I just know it is.
00:01:07I keep telling you not to say vacation. Honeymoon. Our second honeymoon.
00:01:13Now go on and get dressed, because I want to get out there in that city.
00:01:28Yes? Trasker. Martin Trasker.
00:01:54Oh, yes, Mr Trasker. Come in, please.
00:01:57You got my cable? Yes.
00:02:00As a matter of fact, I was going to call you later this afternoon.
00:02:03I'm what you Americans call an eager beaver, Mr Hunter.
00:02:05Your company has a manufacturing interest that my company wants to acquire.
00:02:09And I mean to get it. I warn you.
00:02:11I'll pull every dirty trick in the book to get it.
00:02:14But meanwhile, welcome to England. Thank you.
00:02:16These are for Mrs Hunter. I always say if you get to the woman,
00:02:19you get to the man. Thank you, that's very nice.
00:02:23Excuse me, please. Sweetheart, make sure you're decent.
00:02:31We have company. Coffee, Trasker?
00:02:33Oh, I don't want to intrude so early. It's okay.
00:02:36We can talk business meanwhile. Right away.
00:02:37Well, you said you were an eager beaver. So am I.
00:02:40Besides, this is my first trip to London.
00:02:44I want to get you off my neck as soon as I can,
00:02:46so I can start enjoying my vacation. It's a deal.
00:02:48Oh, sweetheart, this is Martin Trasker.
00:02:52Remember I told you by name? Oh, yes. Hello. Very nice to meet you.
00:02:54This is my wife, Teresa. Something wrong?
00:02:58Brad, my name isn't Teresa.
00:03:23Well, I've heard of Freudian slips, but that one,
00:03:26in front of a complete stranger to come up with someone else's name.
00:03:29I said I'm sorry. I can't imagine what he must think.
00:03:31I said I was sorry. Sorry? How could you make a mistake like that anyway?
00:03:34And who is Teresa? I told you, I don't know.
00:03:37Oh, come on, Brad. I don't know any one named Teresa.
00:03:41I promise you. Must have been a name I read somewhere.
00:03:45In the papers, maybe. I don't...
00:03:47In the paper. Of course, that's it.
00:03:50I just read it in the morning paper.
00:03:52Do you swear that's true? Yes, I swear it is true.
00:03:55And I'm very sorry.
00:03:57Now, look, you finish getting dressed,
00:03:59because I have to get back out there to Mr. Trasker.
00:04:10Women. Well, that was certainly quite a mistake.
00:04:14Women. Well, that was certainly quite a mistake to make.
00:04:17Yes, it was.
00:04:19Well, Mr. Trasker, let's hear your thoughts, shall we?
00:04:23Well, we're both in the same line of business,
00:04:25manufacturing machine tools we even buy and sell from each other.
00:04:29And that doesn't make sense.
00:04:35So, in other words, you want to manufacture under license? Yes.
00:04:39Well, why don't I just open a plant here in Europe?
00:04:41Why should I cut you, fellow?
00:04:42If that's the answer, why haven't you done it before?
00:04:44Come on, Mr. Hunter, level with me.
00:04:46It's an attractive idea, isn't it?
00:04:48But before we go ahead,
00:04:49we have to know more about this gear-cutting device.
00:04:52Does it really cut down work as much as they say?
00:04:54And what are its limitations?
00:04:56Can it cut any kind of steel?
00:04:58And what about the soft metals?
00:05:00No more questions.
00:05:01These are things I've got to know.
00:05:03What kind of set-up do you have?
00:05:05How many can you turn out, and at what time?
00:05:07And what are your manufacturing costs?
00:05:09I said no more questions!
00:05:10Do you hear me?
00:05:12You won't get anything from me.
00:05:13Whatever you try, you won't get anything.
00:05:15Do you know why?
00:05:16Because you can't crack me.
00:05:17Do you understand?
00:05:18You can't crack me!
00:05:39Susie?
00:05:54Ralph, what is it?
00:05:56What's the matter with you?
00:05:57I don't know.
00:06:02I'm tired.
00:06:04A time change, a trip from New York, that's it, that must be it.
00:06:16Where to?
00:06:17Anywhere you say, we're strangers, it doesn't matter.
00:06:20Tower of London?
00:06:23No, no.
00:06:31Take me to...
00:06:38Go along Oxford Street.
00:06:43About halfway.
00:06:46Make a turn.
00:06:48There's a square.
00:06:50Grosvenor Square, sir.
00:06:51Where the American Embassy is.
00:06:54No.
00:06:57The other side of Oxford Street.
00:07:01Travelling west.
00:07:04You turn right.
00:07:07There's a small square.
00:07:09It could be Manchester Square.
00:07:12Yes, yes, that's it.
00:07:14Manchester Square.
00:07:18Take me to Manchester Square.
00:07:48Well, here we are.
00:08:01What part of the square do you want?
00:08:04The west side.
00:08:06That's where we are.
00:08:11But where is it?
00:08:14The big red brick apartment block.
00:08:17I thought you said you were strangers.
00:08:19We are.
00:08:21Funny then.
00:08:22It used to be a block there.
00:08:24Red brick, just like you said.
00:08:26Stood just there.
00:08:38I'd rather know the truth, Pratt.
00:08:41It was in 67, wasn't it, just before I had Tommy?
00:08:44You did that whistle-stop business tour of the east coast.
00:08:47Only you didn't stop there, did you?
00:08:49You went on to Europe and met this girl, Teresa, what's-her-name, and...
00:08:54I'd rather know.
00:08:56There never was any Teresa.
00:08:58And I've never been to Europe before.
00:09:01How did you know about the apartment block that wasn't there then?
00:09:04I don't know.
00:09:06Susie, I wish I knew the answer.
00:09:09Look.
00:09:11I meet hundreds of people who come to London every day.
00:09:13Maybe one of them mentioned it.
00:09:15For some reason, it just stuck in my mind.
00:09:18Just stuck in my mind.
00:09:21You really think that's true?
00:09:24That's the only possible explanation.
00:09:29Pratt.
00:09:34A fond second honeymoon?
00:09:36Yeah.
00:09:39Well, there will be.
00:09:40I promise you.
00:09:41Look, I have to go down and make my apologies to Trasca.
00:09:44But when I'm through, I'm going to order us two tickets for a show.
00:09:47Make it a very English show.
00:09:49The accents will be so English, you won't be able to understand a word.
00:09:53And then, dinner under the stars.
00:09:55The weather forecast is rain.
00:09:57So, dinner under the rain.
00:09:59It can't be more English than that.
00:10:01I'll be right back.
00:10:04Oh, darling, drop a piece to Tommy and Julie, will you?
00:10:07I didn't expect it.
00:10:08Oh, yes.
00:10:17Would you give my apologies to Mr. Trasca, too, please?
00:10:21You don't have anything to apologize for.
00:10:23But I certainly do.
00:10:33I really have no explanation at all.
00:10:36But I guess I needed this vacation a lot more than I realized.
00:10:41All I can say to you, Mr. Trasca, is that I'm sorry.
00:10:43Think nothing more of it.
00:10:46Perhaps you did me a favor.
00:10:48Because now you're under an obligation.
00:10:51Yes, I guess I am.
00:10:53Waiter.
00:10:56Scotch on the rocks, please.
00:10:57Trasca?
00:10:58Same for me.
00:11:01You know, Mr. Trasca, you're pretty cool.
00:11:04I'm a good company man, Mr. Hunter.
00:11:07I'd go through fire and water and insults if that's the way to clinch a deal with you.
00:11:16Come in.
00:11:18Oh, would you mind mailing this for me, please?
00:11:20Certainly, madam.
00:11:27You see, the advantages of granting us a license to manufacture are manifold.
00:11:31This is the prospectus I've drawn up.
00:11:33Now, you don't have to carry any expenses in Europe at all.
00:11:35But at the same time, you draw a percentage on everything we make and sell.
00:11:40I'm not going to push, but not too hard, anyway.
00:11:43Take them. Study them.
00:11:45Any comments you may have, jot them down, and we can thrash them out later.
00:11:48I asked you for a Scotch.
00:11:50That's right, sir. It is Scotch.
00:11:52With ice?
00:11:53On the rocks, yes, sir.
00:11:54Take it away.
00:11:55Sir?
00:11:56I said take it away.
00:11:57Mr. Hunter, I distinctly heard you ask...
00:11:59A gentleman never corrupts good Scotch whisky with ice, does he?
00:12:02But, sir, you...
00:12:03What do you think I am, a foreigner?
00:12:05I'm an Englishman, an English gentleman!
00:13:01Where have you been?
00:13:21Been?
00:13:22Do you know what time it is?
00:13:24Late, I guess.
00:13:25You've been gone nearly eight hours without a word.
00:13:27I was worried sick about you.
00:13:29I was walking.
00:13:31Just walking.
00:13:34Who were you going to phone?
00:13:38You were getting ready to make a call.
00:13:39To whom? To Teresa?
00:13:41I don't know any Teresa.
00:13:45I'm tired.
00:13:47I'm very tired.
00:13:49I'm sorry, girl.
00:13:51I know I promised I wouldn't mention it again.
00:13:53It's just that you need help.
00:13:56Help?
00:13:58Darling, you're not well.
00:13:59Look, maybe you're under stress or...
00:14:01Or overworked or...
00:14:04Why don't we just pack up all our things and go home?
00:14:11Trasker called today.
00:14:15He told me what happened in the lounge.
00:14:18He said to call him when you're feeling better.
00:14:24Come to bed, darling.
00:14:27Please.
00:14:29I will.
00:14:32I will.
00:14:57Susie, you were right.
00:14:59Overwork, too much stress.
00:15:01It has to be that.
00:15:05Will you forgive me?
00:15:07There's nothing to forgive, is there?
00:15:10I love you, Susie.
00:15:13Come to bed.
00:15:28There's something I haven't told you.
00:15:31I wasn't going to, but I can't seem to keep to myself any longer.
00:15:35I saw what you wrote on the card.
00:15:38To the children, Brad.
00:15:41To our children.
00:15:43That's what makes it so awful.
00:15:44That's why I have to tell you.
00:15:47Do you know what you wrote?
00:15:50To the children.
00:15:54Do you know what you wrote?
00:15:57To Tommy and Julie.
00:16:00You wrote her name.
00:16:03Teresa.
00:16:06That's why I can't let it alone.
00:16:08That's why the name keeps going round and round in my head.
00:16:11I have to know who she is.
00:16:12Who is Teresa?
00:16:15Too much curiosity.
00:16:17Curious people have to be liberated.
00:16:20Oh, sweetheart.
00:16:22Sweetheart.
00:16:24Oh, Teresa.
00:16:26Teresa.
00:16:27No.
00:16:28No.
00:16:29Teresa.
00:16:30No.
00:16:41I want you to relax, Mr. Hunter.
00:16:43Think of my voice as a breeze.
00:16:45A cool breeze.
00:16:47Think of my voice as a breeze.
00:16:49A cool, cleansing breeze blowing through your mind.
00:16:52Taking away all the cobwebs.
00:16:54All the dark shadows.
00:16:57And there will be nothing that you wish to hide, Mr. Hunter.
00:17:06Nor will there be any hidden aggressions towards your wife.
00:17:10Towards anyone.
00:17:13Tell me about Teresa.
00:17:17Teresa.
00:17:18Who is she?
00:17:19A figment of your imagination?
00:17:21Or does she really exist?
00:17:24Yes.
00:17:26Exists.
00:17:28Teresa.
00:17:33Someone you once heard of.
00:17:35Through a friend, perhaps.
00:17:37Or someone you know and have met.
00:17:40I don't know.
00:17:42Please don't fight my questions, Mr. Hunter.
00:17:45I don't know!
00:17:50I don't know.
00:17:52Then let us assume that you do know her.
00:17:56Where did you first meet her?
00:18:00In Vienna.
00:18:03We met in Vienna.
00:18:06In Vienna.
00:18:09In Vienna.
00:18:11And when was this?
00:18:13When were you last in Vienna?
00:18:17Never was in Vienna.
00:18:21But you met Teresa there.
00:18:25Yes.
00:18:27We met in Vienna.
00:18:31In Vienna.
00:18:33Then when were you there?
00:18:38I told you.
00:18:40I was never in Vienna.
00:18:43Europe, then.
00:18:46This is my first trip to Europe.
00:18:53You have been abroad before?
00:18:55Away from the United States?
00:18:59Yes.
00:19:01When?
00:19:03A long time ago.
00:19:05Where, then?
00:19:09Korea.
00:19:11He was in the army in Korea.
00:19:14Is that where you met Teresa?
00:19:16In Korea?
00:19:19I never met Teresa.
00:19:21But you do know her?
00:19:24Yes.
00:19:26No.
00:19:28Which is it, Mr. Hunter?
00:19:30I don't know!
00:19:32Oh, come on now. You're holding back on me.
00:19:34You do know Teresa.
00:19:36I insist that you do.
00:19:38No!
00:19:39Then why this?
00:19:45Mr. Hunter, look at it.
00:19:49It says here quite clearly, does it not,
00:19:51I love Teresa.
00:19:55Doesn't it?
00:19:57Does it not say that?
00:20:01Yes.
00:20:02And you wrote this?
00:20:04Yes.
00:20:06Then why?
00:20:08Why write this about a woman you do not know?
00:20:14Because I do know her.
00:20:17Of course I do.
00:20:21She's my wife.
00:20:24Teresa is my wife.
00:20:35The sedative I gave him will ensure a good night's sleep tonight.
00:20:38And this should keep him for the week.
00:20:40You still haven't given me an opinion.
00:20:42That's because I feel you've had enough tonight.
00:20:44Please, Doctor.
00:20:46Very well.
00:20:48Your husband is undeniably mentally disturbed.
00:20:51Not certifiable.
00:20:53Not yet, anyway.
00:20:55Unless you request it.
00:20:57You said he attacked you.
00:20:59Yes.
00:21:01Unless you request it.
00:21:03You said he attacked you.
00:21:05I can see the marks on your throat.
00:21:06He didn't know what he was doing.
00:21:08Mentally unstable never do.
00:21:11That's your diagnosis of Brad?
00:21:14Mentally unstable?
00:21:16I'm afraid so.
00:21:20You noticed he seemed reluctant to speak about his war experiences.
00:21:24I wonder, could there be a connection?
00:21:28How? That was nearly 20 years ago.
00:21:30And it was in Korea, not Europe.
00:21:32How could there be a connection?
00:21:34Yes, as you say.
00:21:37Mrs. Hunter, there's nothing you have not told me.
00:21:39A domestic crisis?
00:21:41Another woman?
00:21:43No, Brad and I have always been very happy.
00:21:46Well, I can only drug him into a state of calm for so long.
00:21:49Your first instincts were quite right.
00:21:51Get him to go home.
00:21:53Be with the family. Familiar surroundings.
00:21:55And then get him to cut down on work.
00:21:57What if I can't make him go?
00:21:59I don't know.
00:22:01I honestly don't know.
00:22:03Let me give it some thought, eh?
00:22:05At least he'll get some rest tonight.
00:22:07Good night, Mrs. Hunter.
00:22:18Teresa.
00:22:20Teresa.
00:22:29Teresa.
00:22:47Well, good morning.
00:22:49About time, Lizzie Bones.
00:22:51Hey, I don't know what that doctor gave me,
00:22:53but whatever it was, it sure did the trick.
00:22:55I feel 100% better.
00:22:57Hey, you'd better wear something very plain
00:22:59and not too sexy today,
00:23:01or I won't let you out of the suite.
00:23:04Hold it.
00:23:06Thank you, madam. That was lovely.
00:23:28Morning, sir. Lovely day.
00:23:30Morning. Yes, it is. Lovely day.
00:23:41Your paper, sir.
00:23:43Oh, thank you.
00:23:45Mr. Trasker?
00:23:47Good morning. Brad Hunter.
00:23:49Yes, much better. Thank you.
00:23:51That's why I'm calling, to apologize for yesterday.
00:23:54Yes.
00:23:56Well, I'm afraid I was very much under the weather.
00:23:58I...
00:24:00Mr. Hunter?
00:24:02Mr. Hunter?
00:24:24Brad, I thought maybe the two of us could...
00:24:28Brad.
00:24:47Can I help you?
00:24:49American Embassy, please.
00:25:06There you are, sir.
00:25:08St. Pellier Towers.
00:25:10Wait for me.
00:25:25But, Jerry, you're the only one I know here to call,
00:25:27and I really need help.
00:25:29Now, hold on.
00:25:31You had a doctor, you say?
00:25:33Yes, but he can't help, Brad, or me, and we need help.
00:25:35Okay. Okay.
00:25:37There is someone that might be of use, sir.
00:25:39Don't be put off by appearances. He's a darn good man.
00:25:41His name is Earp.
00:25:43Earp?
00:25:45Yeah, that's what everybody says. Why, I don't know.
00:25:47But this guy is Matthew Earp, and a darn good man.
00:25:49I'll have him drop by to see you.
00:25:5542.
00:25:57Apartment 42.
00:26:24Yes?
00:26:40Yes?
00:26:42Teresa.
00:26:44I want to speak to Teresa.
00:26:48We met in Vienna.
00:26:50You must be mistaken.
00:26:52I don't know that name here.
00:27:00Mero. Charles Mero.
00:27:02You have the wrong address.
00:27:04I'm sorry.
00:27:22Mrs. Hunter?
00:27:24Yes?
00:27:26Matthew Earp.
00:27:28Yes, I'm not quite what you expected, am I?
00:27:30May I come in?
00:27:32Oh, yes.
00:27:42Mr. Earp, do you know why you're here?
00:27:44Mm-hmm.
00:27:46I'm here to see Mr. Earp.
00:27:48Mr. Earp?
00:27:50Do you know why you're here?
00:27:52Mm-hmm. Primarily because Colonel Jeremy...
00:27:54Jerry Pilston recommended me.
00:27:56He and I once worked together
00:27:58before he joined the embassy here.
00:28:00It was quite dangerous work.
00:28:02Does that give you more to lean on?
00:28:04Oh.
00:28:06I'm sorry.
00:28:08Sit down.
00:28:10It's probably the name, Earp.
00:28:12It conjures up one thing,
00:28:14then you get me, the other thing.
00:28:16Mr. Earp, I'm sure you're very good at your job.
00:28:18I'm not very good.
00:28:20I'm magnificent.
00:28:22The best.
00:28:24But I came here to talk about your husband.
00:28:26Brad, isn't it?
00:28:28Yes.
00:28:30Now, I take it he's in trouble.
00:28:38Bannerheim.
00:28:40He has still not returned.
00:28:42You will ask him to call me the moment he gets back.
00:28:44Yes, very urgent.
00:28:48Brad, darling, we've been waiting for you.
00:28:50Waiting for me?
00:28:52This is Mr. Earp. He's here to help us.
00:28:54No more doctor, Susie.
00:28:56No, I'm not a doctor, Mr. Hunter.
00:28:58I'm a private detective.
00:29:00Detective? Earp?
00:29:02You see, I told you.
00:29:04It's always the same.
00:29:06I ought to change the name, I suppose,
00:29:08but it is a fine old one.
00:29:10He's a friend of Jerry's.
00:29:12Jerry? Jerry Pilston?
00:29:14Yes.
00:29:16I'm telling you, I had to talk to someone.
00:29:18That's just great. What did you tell him?
00:29:20I'm sure your wife just acted out of love and concern for you, Mr. Hunter.
00:29:22I'm sure she did. Thank you, Mr. Earp.
00:29:24I hope you'll be able to thank me for more.
00:29:26Now, your wife has been telling me the whole story.
00:29:28It's interesting.
00:29:30Interesting?
00:29:32Well, I've heard that you Englishmen had a gift for understatement.
00:29:34But interesting?
00:29:36You don't think this is the ramblings
00:29:38of a demented mind?
00:29:40Do you?
00:29:42No.
00:29:44Let's make the assumption, shall we,
00:29:46that you are quite sane, that I know my job,
00:29:48and together we might come up with a logical answer.
00:29:52Would you like a drink, Mr. Earp?
00:29:54Mm, thank you.
00:29:56Bourbon.
00:29:58Bourbon?
00:30:00I've spent an awfully long time with the Americans,
00:30:02and my palate has been educated or corrupted,
00:30:04according to your viewpoint.
00:30:06Well, an Englishman who appreciates bourbon, that's something.
00:30:10Before I drink your liquor, Mr. Hunter,
00:30:12I must point out
00:30:14that all three of my assumptions could be wrong.
00:30:16That's fair enough.
00:30:18You do understand my meaning.
00:30:20You might be as nutty as a fruitcake.
00:30:22Oh, you must be related to O. Wyatt.
00:30:24Well, if I am, I keep quiet about it.
00:30:26There's a terrible bungler you know Wyatt Earp.
00:30:28That fiasco at the O.K. Corral,
00:30:30all that shooting face to face,
00:30:32when a good scattergun from ambush
00:30:34would have done the job much more efficiently.
00:30:36Is that your code?
00:30:38Never give a sucker an even break?
00:30:40I have his left forearm.
00:30:42Your health.
00:30:44Cheers.
00:30:46Excuse me.
00:30:48So, where have you been?
00:30:50You left here in a hurry.
00:30:52To go where?
00:30:54I went to an apartment block.
00:30:56St. Pellier Towers, apartment 42.
00:30:58To look for Teresa?
00:31:00Yes.
00:31:02She wasn't there, I hope.
00:31:04What?
00:31:06Well, if she were there, then the case would be closed.
00:31:08I would be unable to charge you my excessive fee.
00:31:10And I warn you, it will be excessive.
00:31:12Now, why St. Pellier Towers?
00:31:14I'm not really sure.
00:31:16But this morning,
00:31:18just before breakfast,
00:31:20I glanced at the newspaper
00:31:22and suddenly it flashed in my head.
00:31:24You see, I think the newspaper
00:31:26might have something to do with it.
00:31:28What newspaper?
00:31:30The London Times.
00:31:32And it isn't here now?
00:31:34No, it isn't.
00:31:36I don't know.
00:31:38What does Teresa look like?
00:31:40I don't know. I've never seen her.
00:31:42You seem very sure of that.
00:31:44Sure? I'm not sure of anything.
00:31:46Except there isn't any Teresa.
00:31:48There can't be.
00:31:50Teresa, Mero...
00:31:52Mero?
00:31:54Charles Mero.
00:31:56Did you say Mero?
00:31:58Yes. Just now, when I went to the apartment block,
00:32:00I asked for Charles Mero.
00:32:02But that's crazy. Why would I go there and ask for me?
00:32:04What?
00:32:06Charles Mero. I'm Charles Mero.
00:32:08I went to Ferngate College.
00:32:10The headmaster's name is Leslie Cromer.
00:32:14You were right.
00:32:16We should have packed and gone home.
00:32:18But I can't run out.
00:32:20I have to stay here and find out what this is all about.
00:32:22If I'm sane enough.
00:32:24Earp will come up with something.
00:32:26Confirmation that I should be put away.
00:32:28Darling, there's got to be an answer to all this.
00:32:30I tried to kill you, didn't I?
00:32:32I love you, Susie, and yet I tried to kill you.
00:32:34Waiter.
00:32:36Bring me some cigars, will you?
00:32:38Yes, sir.
00:32:40The best you have.
00:32:42Right away, sir.
00:32:44Brad.
00:32:46Cigars.
00:32:48I ran out.
00:32:50Brad, you don't smoke. You never have.
00:32:54Let's get out of here, Susie.
00:32:56Get some air.
00:32:58And take a walk.
00:33:02Come on.
00:33:32Come on.
00:33:54Well, I heard what happened.
00:33:56How is he?
00:33:58Oh, cuts, abrasions, badly bruised.
00:34:00I understand they haven't found the driver yet.
00:34:02No.
00:34:04But you were there?
00:34:06Yes.
00:34:08And you saw the driver?
00:34:10I don't know. I don't think so.
00:34:12It happened so quickly.
00:34:14And conveniently.
00:34:16Are you suggesting it could have been deliberate?
00:34:18Mrs. Hunter, I exist on suspicions.
00:34:20Most of them are unfindings.
00:34:22Why would anyone want to run us down?
00:34:24May I see your husband?
00:34:26I have some news for him.
00:34:29Darling, it's Mr. Earp.
00:34:31Well, howdy, partner.
00:34:33Good evening, Mr. Hunter.
00:34:35Well, I am sorry to hear you fell foul of our London traffic.
00:34:38Well, lousy drivers are the same all over, I guess.
00:34:41Your reflexes must have been awfully good.
00:34:43Yes, you know, I've been lying here thinking the same thing.
00:34:46That car was coming straight at us.
00:34:48Darling, Mr. Earp thinks it just might have...
00:34:50It might have been much worse, Mr. Hunter.
00:34:52Meanwhile, I have some information.
00:34:54Oh?
00:34:56I did some checking up on apartment 42, St. Pallier Towers.
00:35:00No Teresa or Charles Merrow, I'm afraid.
00:35:03The apartment is owned by Jay Bannerheim.
00:35:06And he's been in residence there for nearly 20 years.
00:35:09Yes, but one interesting fact.
00:35:11Mr. Bannerheim is an Austrian national.
00:35:13He was born in Vienna.
00:35:15Vienna? That's where you were supposed to have met Teresa.
00:35:18I mean, he's a tiny poet. He doesn't lead anywhere yet.
00:35:20But do you think it will?
00:35:22Mr. Hunter, you must have tossed a pebble in a pool at some time
00:35:25and watched the tiny ripples spread.
00:35:27Did you know that it's those tiny, tiny ripples
00:35:30that eventually erode the whole bank?
00:35:34Well, I've made some more fruitful inquiries.
00:35:36The Ferngate College.
00:35:38You've located such a place?
00:35:39Oh, yes. Oh, yes, in the county of Hampshire.
00:35:41And?
00:35:42Well, unfortunately, it was burned to the ground some 20 years ago.
00:35:45Most of the records with it.
00:35:47Therefore, there is no way of knowing if a Charles Merrow was educated there.
00:35:51But...
00:35:53Well, fasten your seatbelts.
00:35:55The headmaster's name was Leslie Cramer.
00:36:01You're a fool, Bannerheim.
00:36:03Both of you. Fools.
00:36:05I tried to reach you. All day I tried.
00:36:07But you were out riding. Always riding.
00:36:10It's the major pastime of an English gentleman, didn't you know?
00:36:13I had to act on my own initiative.
00:36:15I sent Sager here to follow,
00:36:17find out who he was, where he was staying.
00:36:19And then attempt to run him down in the most clumsy fashion.
00:36:22Well, this time your oaf-like inefficiency has proved fortunate for all of us.
00:36:26What do we know about this man?
00:36:28His name is Bradley Hunter, an American citizen.
00:36:31That's all?
00:36:32Yes.
00:36:33I suppose you have checked to see if he's known to us?
00:36:36I only tend to it at once, Sager.
00:36:40Of course, it didn't occur to you to ask why he came to this apartment.
00:36:43Why he asked for Theresa, or what else he might know.
00:36:46You're worse than a fool, Bannerheim.
00:36:49You're dangerous.
00:36:50Please, when I saw this, I didn't know what to do.
00:36:53Why send him away?
00:36:55Why not ask him in, find out what he wanted?
00:36:57I panicked, yes, I confess it, I panicked.
00:37:00I'm rusty. Well, we all are.
00:37:02Very, very well, no, we haven't had an assignment in years.
00:37:04Nobody has asked for Theresa in years.
00:37:06Nobody since you, in fact. Almost 20 years.
00:37:09Yes, I was the last.
00:37:16There will be no more incidents, though.
00:37:20This must be handled with kid gloves.
00:37:23So curb Sager's homicidal tendencies for the moment.
00:37:28At least till we know more about Hunter.
00:37:31Get me a drink.
00:37:45We may eventually get some action, though, Bannerheim.
00:37:48Like the old days, eh?
00:37:50I was young in the old days. I don't want them anymore.
00:37:56All these years, and you still forget.
00:37:59No ice. Never corrupt.
00:38:01Good scotch with ice betrays your breeding.
00:38:08Mr. E, that's everything I can remember.
00:38:10Every crackpot remark I've made since I arrived here.
00:38:13And now I think I'm going to go out.
00:38:15Out?
00:38:16Yes, honey, take a walk.
00:38:17Do you think you should?
00:38:18Yes.
00:38:19Mr. Hunter, you saw service in Korea?
00:38:21Some.
00:38:22Night patrols, that kind of thing.
00:38:24Enough to make me feel like an owl. Why?
00:38:26Well, it's just that a man who's had that experience never forgets.
00:38:29He's always noticing things.
00:38:31If you were being stalked, for instance, even in a big city, he'd sense it.
00:38:35He'd know.
00:38:36Well, if I'm being followed, I'll call Theresa.
00:38:42That's very familiar.
00:38:44If I'm being followed or in trouble of any kind, call Theresa.
00:38:47Call her where?
00:38:49I don't know. Just call her.
00:38:51Well, maybe the walk will clear my head.
00:38:54Maybe I'll come up with something.
00:39:06We have just received an answer.
00:39:08There is nothing known on Bradley Hunter.
00:39:10And?
00:39:12Well, they didn't leave it there, did they?
00:39:14They are deeply interested, of course. We are to keep them informed.
00:39:17They're sending someone over?
00:39:19No, we are to handle it ourselves.
00:39:21I see.
00:39:23If you were to speak to them, you could persuade them to send someone.
00:39:26This game is not for us anymore. It's been too long.
00:39:29We are all of us out of practice.
00:39:31Some of us, Bannerheim, not all of us.
00:39:34We'll have to bring Hunter in.
00:39:35Bring him in.
00:39:36And talk to him, my dear chap. Ask him a few pertinent questions.
00:39:39And perhaps a few impertinent ones, too.
00:39:42Sometime tomorrow, I'd say.
00:39:44Doubt we'll be ready for him before then.
00:39:47I suppose you can handle it.
00:39:49Call me when you've made the arrangements.
00:39:54How do you want this job done? Rough or smooth?
00:39:56What's the difference?
00:39:58Smooth if you want me to take him back after you've finished with him.
00:40:00Smooth, then.
00:40:02But you won't be taking Mr. Hunter back.
00:40:10Excuse me.
00:40:11What is it?
00:40:12I thought so. I hoped so.
00:40:15I was halfway down the street when it hit me.
00:40:17What?
00:40:18Teresa.
00:40:19Call Teresa.
00:40:20Forgive me, I've already explained.
00:40:22Please do.
00:40:23The phone.
00:40:24You see, it's only recently that the London Exchange has gone over to all figure numbers.
00:40:27Before that, you dialed letters and figures.
00:40:30If you wanted Graveler, for instance, you dialed G-R-O.
00:40:33Then the number Waterloo.
00:40:35If you wanted Graveler, for instance, you dialed G-R-O.
00:40:38Then the number Waterloo was W-A-T.
00:40:40It's very, very recent.
00:40:42You see, even this hotel hasn't got around to changing its phones yet.
00:40:45Do you see?
00:40:46I don't see.
00:40:47Well, spell Teresa for me.
00:40:49Come along, spell it.
00:40:51T-H-E-R-E-S-A.
00:40:53Seven letters.
00:40:54And the London call has seven digits.
00:40:58Call Teresa.
00:41:00T-H-E-R-E-S-A.
00:41:11Hello?
00:41:12Oh, hello.
00:41:13I'd like to speak to Teresa, please.
00:41:15I beg your pardon?
00:41:17I'd like to speak to Teresa, please.
00:41:20I'm sorry, sir, but Mrs Merrow is not here at the moment.
00:41:25Merrow?
00:41:26Did you say Mrs Merrow?
00:41:27Yes, sir.
00:41:28Who is this, please?
00:41:29Um, Charles.
00:41:30Is Charles there, please?
00:41:32I'm sorry, but Mr Merrow is not here either.
00:41:34Who shall I say call?
00:41:37Well, I got nowhere.
00:42:00I walked.
00:42:01I thought.
00:42:02I came up with nothing.
00:42:03How did you get that?
00:42:06I don't know.
00:42:08I...
00:42:11I don't remember.
00:42:23Do ride, Mr Hunter.
00:42:25Yes, but not in clothes like these.
00:42:27Paid for with your credit card.
00:42:30Plumwoods.
00:42:31We recommended that you go there.
00:42:33Go where?
00:42:34Plumwoods.
00:42:35It's the most exclusive sporting tailor's in the city.
00:42:38You made a long trek indeed to buy a set of clothes you'd never wear.
00:42:43I must be losing my mind.
00:42:45I doubt that, Mr Hunter.
00:42:47We've found Teresa.
00:43:02Well?
00:43:04No.
00:43:05I've never seen her before.
00:43:08Well, you're looking at the home of Charles and Teresa Merrow.
00:43:11Apparently, she's a tall, elegant woman with fine features.
00:43:14Has a habit of exercising her dog.
00:43:16And about...
00:43:17About this time of day.
00:43:19So, would you go out now and stand over there?
00:43:21What?
00:43:22One that she can't avoid seeing you.
00:43:25Oh, um, don't forget the camera.
00:43:28Oh, um, don't forget the camera.
00:43:45It's a kind of joke.
00:43:47I'll tell you when to laugh.
00:43:57Come on.
00:44:20Teresa!
00:44:28Come on.
00:44:36The woman meant nothing to me.
00:44:38But the man on the door, I've seen him before.
00:44:41Where?
00:44:43I don't know.
00:44:45But I recognized him right away.
00:44:48Recognized him?
00:44:51That man is Charles Merrow.
00:44:54That man is me.
00:44:58Take us back to the hotel, darling.
00:45:16Ah, Sega.
00:45:17Yes, you take him down to the car.
00:45:19We will leave him at the pet shop.
00:45:21They will look after him.
00:45:24Oh, I almost forgot.
00:45:25His favorite food.
00:45:26He would pine without it.
00:45:28Wouldn't you, Sigmund?
00:45:29Oh, Sigmund.
00:45:31You will come to learn.
00:45:32Put your trust only in animals.
00:45:34Only dumb animals.
00:45:36They will never betray you.
00:45:38All right, I'll be down there.
00:45:43I'm too old for this.
00:45:44Too old.
00:45:56Oh.
00:46:13Is Mr. Masgard in?
00:46:15Masgard.
00:46:16Oh, I'm sorry.
00:46:17They must have given me the wrong room number.
00:46:19It's most unlike them.
00:46:20Please, excuse me.
00:46:21No, sir.
00:46:22I wonder to save me going all the way down.
00:46:24Would it be possible for me to telephone reception from here?
00:46:27Oh, of course.
00:46:28Come on in.
00:46:30It's right over there.
00:46:54This drug will not put you out, Mrs. Hunter.
00:47:09It will just numb you, make you more acquiescent.
00:47:13Now, Mrs. Hunter, you and I are just going to walk out of here, just the two of us.
00:47:29But look, you still haven't...
00:47:30You still haven't answered my question.
00:47:32Why can't I go straight to Merrow and ask him what this is all about?
00:47:35Because you were nearly killed, Mr. Hunter.
00:47:37I was involved in an accident.
00:47:38Perhaps, perhaps not, Mr. Hunter.
00:47:40The fact that we now know where Charles and Teresa Merrow are is our only ace.
00:47:45Now, don't discard it too easily.
00:47:47You don't play bridge?
00:47:49No.
00:47:50Poker, then?
00:47:51Some.
00:47:52Why?
00:47:53Well, let's keep our ace in the hole for the moment.
00:47:54Do you understand that?
00:47:56Yes.
00:47:57Good.
00:47:58Right.
00:47:59I'll ask you if I can find out some more.
00:48:02Where?
00:48:03From our Austrian gentleman, J. Bannerheim.
00:48:07And I suggest you, Mr. Hunter, get a very, very good night's sleep.
00:48:24Susie?
00:48:37Susie?
00:48:49A sign.
00:48:52A sign.
00:48:54A signal.
00:48:56That's what triggered me.
00:49:00Susie!
00:49:02Susie?
00:49:04Susie?
00:49:06Your wife is in good hands, Mr. Hunter, and will remain so as long as you cooperate.
00:49:11Who are you? Now ask him quietly, Mr. Hunter, please.
00:49:14Where is my wife? What? You know the situation, Mr. Hunter.
00:49:18I want to see my wife. I'll take you to her immediately.
00:49:21We'll go down by the back stairs.
00:49:37BELL RINGS
00:49:50They've gone away.
00:49:53Where to?
00:49:55Just away. Must have been an emergency.
00:49:58An emergency? Well, he took his bag.
00:50:01Mr. Bannerheim took his doctor's bag.
00:50:04I didn't know Mr. Bannerheim was a doctor.
00:50:07He must be. What kind of doctor, anyway, the things he keeps in that bag?
00:50:22It's a fine day, Bannerheim.
00:50:28A fine day.
00:50:31Just like the old days.
00:50:35Are you sure you're a policeman?
00:50:38Madam, you only have to look at my feet, the world weariness in my eyes,
00:50:43and the ten-pound note clutched in your hands.
00:50:46It doesn't seem right. Yes, I agree.
00:50:49The hairs on the back of my head tell me the same thing.
00:50:53There's something about this place that isn't right.
00:51:01Excuse me.
00:51:18I have a feeling that this is going to cost me another ten pounds.
00:51:24Eh?
00:51:26All right? Twenty.
00:51:41You shouldn't have done that.
00:51:44But I should.
00:51:48Definitely. I'll stand back.
00:51:59BANG!
00:52:03Now, look.
00:52:06I bet you didn't have a radio behind there, did you?
00:52:17Bring them in.
00:52:23Stay guard.
00:52:29Please sit down, Mrs Hunter. And you, Mr Hunter. Here, sir, please.
00:52:36Now, I'm afraid you're both still suffering from the effects of sedation.
00:52:40But just sit quietly, and I hope this won't take long.
00:52:46Indeed, it mustn't take long.
00:52:53Why are you doing this? What is he to you?
00:52:56That is what I mean to find out.
00:53:26Mr Hunter? Mr Hunter?
00:53:30Open your eyes, please.
00:53:35He's yours.
00:53:57Mr Hunter?
00:54:00Mr Hunter?
00:54:02Sooner already, I'd like a word with you.
00:54:27Brad.
00:54:29Brad!
00:54:32You don't mind if I call you Brad? That is your name, isn't it?
00:54:37Yes.
00:54:39Bradley Hunter.
00:54:41Good. Good.
00:54:43Now, I'm a good friend.
00:54:46You understand that? A good friend.
00:54:49Good friend.
00:54:51And I want you to tell me about yourself. I want to know all about you.
00:55:21Matthew? You're going to pieces.
00:55:51I was raised in Minnesota.
00:55:54But you're a big boy now, Brad.
00:55:57What is your connection with the FBI?
00:56:01FBI?
00:56:03The CIA, then.
00:56:05You're a member of the CIA, aren't you, Brad?
00:56:10I was in the army,
00:56:13drafted in 1949.
00:56:18He's fighting it.
00:56:20No.
00:56:23No.
00:56:26Brad,
00:56:28you remember calling on me at my apartment in St. Pellier Towers?
00:56:33You remember that, don't you?
00:56:36St. Pellier Towers.
00:56:38Apartment 42.
00:56:41Now, why did you call there, Brad?
00:56:45Teresa.
00:56:47To see my wife, Teresa.
00:57:18Hello?
00:57:24Ah, Plumwoods.
00:57:26Is Mr. Edwards still with you?
00:57:29Good. Yes, I'd like a word with him, please.
00:57:32Yes, I'll hold on. Thank you.
00:57:39I am Teresa.
00:57:42I am Teresa.
00:57:45Teresa.
00:57:47You have something to tell me?
00:57:49They sent me.
00:57:51Who?
00:57:53We met in Vienna.
00:57:55Who are you?
00:57:57I am Charles Merrow.
00:58:00I was born in Oxford, educated at Ferngate College.
00:58:04I have been well taught what to drink, smoke, where to buy my clothes.
00:58:09How do I know this is true?
00:58:11The newspaper. The London Times.
00:58:14I am to bring a copy torn in a certain way.
00:58:17This is the first sign.
00:58:19I am to go to an apartment in Manchester Square
00:58:23or to St. Pellier Towers, apartment 42.
00:58:26I am to ask for Teresa.
00:58:28If there is danger, I will be turned away.
00:58:31I must then go to a phone and dial Teresa.
00:58:36New instructions will be issued.
00:58:39What are your orders?
00:58:41What are your orders?
00:58:43We are to be married, you and I.
00:58:45It is the best possible cover.
00:58:48Then I will take control of the whole spy cell.
00:58:56It's possible.
00:58:58That was my briefing.
00:59:00My exact briefing before I was sent to this country nearly 20 years ago.
00:59:06Oh, hello, Mr. Edwards.
00:59:09Yes, sir.
00:59:10Matthew Earp.
00:59:11Oh, how are you?
00:59:12Yes, I'm fine, thank you. And you?
00:59:13Good. Very well.
00:59:14I'm glad to hear it. Excellent.
00:59:16Mr. Edwards, teeny tiny problem.
00:59:19Charles Merrow.
00:59:21Mr. Merrow, sir.
00:59:22Now, is he a customer of yours?
00:59:23Oh, indeed he is, sir. Yes.
00:59:25Yes, of course he is.
00:59:26Yes, I've heard him mention you many times.
00:59:28Oh, Plumwood, sir.
00:59:29What? No, no, no. You personally.
00:59:31Oh, I see.
00:59:32Look, the fact is, Mr. Edwards,
00:59:34I'm supposed to be having dinner with him tonight.
00:59:36Yes.
00:59:37And it's terribly difficult, you see.
00:59:38I've mislaid his address.
00:59:39Oh, it's Kensington, sir.
00:59:41No, no, no.
00:59:42Not his address in town.
00:59:43Oh.
00:59:44The other one.
00:59:45Oh, yes, his country residence.
00:59:46Yes, out of town.
00:59:47Yes, that one.
00:59:48Look, I know you don't normally divulge info about your customers,
00:59:53but I wondered if you could...
00:59:54Would his address be of some use to you, sir?
00:59:56Yes, indeed it would be.
00:59:57Yes, I don't see your...
00:59:58What?
00:59:59Yes, exactly.
01:00:01What?
01:00:02Yes, extremely embarrassing, yes.
01:00:07Yes, that's it.
01:00:09Yes, fine, thank you.
01:00:11Yes.
01:00:12Yes, indeed.
01:00:13Yes, yes, we must.
01:00:14Yes, bye.
01:00:21It's incredible.
01:00:23How could he know the briefing so thoroughly?
01:00:26And why wait so many years to use the information?
01:00:30We have to know, Bannerheim.
01:00:32No.
01:00:33We have to get on with it.
01:00:34Another shot could kill him.
01:00:36And then you would learn nothing.
01:00:38We're learning nothing anyhow.
01:00:40I'm ordering you, Bannerheim.
01:00:44No, no.
01:00:45He was in Korea and he knows your face.
01:00:47Does that mean anything?
01:00:48No, thanks.
01:00:49Korea?
01:00:53Tell me about Korea, Brad.
01:00:56I was there.
01:00:59Infantry division.
01:01:02Captured.
01:01:04And you know my face?
01:01:06Yes.
01:01:08But how?
01:01:10Where?
01:01:12I'm interested, Brad, dear chap, deeply interested.
01:01:16You were captured.
01:01:18Tell me about that.
01:01:21I was selected for special operations.
01:01:23I was selected for special treatment.
01:01:28Officer.
01:01:30Decorated.
01:01:32Important.
01:01:35Important they break me.
01:01:38They flew me out of Korea.
01:01:40Where, Brad?
01:01:41Where did they fly you to?
01:01:45Long way.
01:01:48To Europe.
01:01:51A special camp.
01:01:54A center.
01:01:56A psychological intelligence center.
01:01:59Where?
01:02:01They tried to brainwash me.
01:02:04But I held out.
01:02:07I held out.
01:02:08What center?
01:02:12Center...
01:02:14PI Center 79.
01:02:18Center 79, but that's where we were trained.
01:02:24My name is Charles Merrill.
01:02:25I am a typical English gentleman.
01:02:27I was born in Oxford, educated at Ferngate College.
01:02:31I have been well taught what to drink, smoke, where to buy my clothes.
01:02:34No danger, Bannerheim, no need for panic.
01:02:37It's a mistake.
01:02:38What do you mean?
01:02:39What possible link can there exist between us and an American brainwashed in Korea?
01:02:43But he wasn't brainwashed in Korea.
01:02:45You heard him say he was taken on a long journey to Center 79.
01:02:50Don't you see?
01:02:51I was briefed at Center 79.
01:02:54Over and over they burnt those words into my mind.
01:02:56I am Charles Merrill, a typical English gentleman.
01:02:59And in the next room was a man they thought they couldn't brainwash.
01:03:02But they did.
01:03:04Unconsciously, they did.
01:03:06His poor addled mind stored my briefing away.
01:03:09Stored it for nearly 20 years.
01:03:11Until he made a trip to Europe and for the first time probably
01:03:14held a copy of the London Times in his hand.
01:03:17Word in the clear, Bannerheim?
01:03:19And we can let them go?
01:03:21Unfortunately, no.
01:03:24Teresa and I will go back to town.
01:03:26Always you leave the dirt to me.
01:03:28And Sagar.
01:03:30He enjoys it.
01:03:32Come, my dear.
01:03:36Brad.
01:03:40It will be quick, I promise.
01:03:42No, please, for God's sake.
01:03:44What is it?
01:03:46Why are you standing there like that?
01:03:51He is standing there like that.
01:03:54Because I have a .38 revolver pointed at his kidneys.
01:03:58And a .38 through the kidneys, if not invariably fatal,
01:04:02can be excruciatingly painful.
01:04:04Now, I can't promise to hit a kidney at this range.
01:04:07The handgun is notoriously inaccurate.
01:04:10But I can promise to hit some part of your anatomy.
01:04:18Now, you don't know how ridiculous I feel saying this, sir.
01:04:21But if you would please place your handgun above my head.
01:04:25I can't promise to hit a kidney at this range.
01:04:28But I can promise to hit some part of your anatomy.
01:04:34Come to the table.
01:04:40And the rest of you,
01:04:42with the exception of Mr. and Mrs. Hunter,
01:04:45if you would line up against that wall.
01:04:51I have a deceptively soft voice.
01:04:55But I did win a military cross for disposing of 23 of the enemy single-handed.
01:05:00A rather inferior enemy, I must confess.
01:05:04But 23 of them just the same.
01:05:20Splendid.
01:05:26Now, I'm not a stupid hero.
01:05:30I telephoned the police
01:05:33and the special branch before barging in,
01:05:36so doubtless many carloads of them are on their way now.
01:05:41Meanwhile,
01:05:43we face one another but...
01:05:50It's experience that counts, I always say.
01:05:53That, a certain light-footedness
01:05:57and a degree of optimism.
01:06:00Ah, the cavalry.
01:06:03Late, as usual.
01:06:09It's Matthew.
01:06:11And I try to keep the spirit of Wyatt alive.
01:06:14Mrs. Hunter,
01:06:16I'd ask you to do me a favor.
01:06:18Whatever, anything.
01:06:20Please don't mention the gun.
01:06:22It's a war souvenir.
01:06:24And I have no license for it.
01:06:26Or bullets.
01:06:27Or bullets.
01:06:57To be continued...