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They Can't Hang Me (1955)  75 min  |  Crime, Drama  |  October 1955 (UK)    A senior civil servant is condemned to hang for murder but he claims to have top secret security information...    Director: Val Guest    Writers: Val Guest, Leonard Mosley (novel)    Stars: Terence Morgan, Yolande Donlan, Anthony Oliver

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00:00Ah, come in, gentlemen. Sorry to rope you in on this, Brown.

00:03Always happy to help the murder squad, sir.

00:05Robert Pitt. His appeal's been dismissed and he's down to be hanged on the fourth.

00:09Yes, I know, sir.

00:10Did you follow the case at all?

00:11Avidly, sir.

00:13We've had rather an unusual request from the governor at Pentonville.

00:16Pitt is insisting that he has important information to impart.

00:18They always do, sir. Anything to spin out time.

00:21Maybe. But Pitt's taking a new line.

00:23He says his information is vital to the security of this country.

00:26Do they believe him?

00:27Well, either way he has to be heard.

00:29I've told the governor you're on the way down.

00:30Me?

00:31Pitt has specifically requested to see Inspector Brown of the Special Branch.

00:34How does he know about me?

00:35Must be fame at last.

00:36Send me a report when you get back.

00:38You better stand by, but leave Pentonville to Brown.

00:40Yes, sir.

00:44Well, that successfully takes care of my poker for tonight.

00:46I don't see why you heard what the man said.

00:48You're here to relax and let Special Branch take care of everything.

00:51Get my home, please.

00:52All right, but just remember that in your fine, strong, capable hands rests my evening...

00:57Hello.

00:58What? There must be a reply. Keep ringing.

01:19Inspector Brown is not at home.

01:20No, Harold. Inspector Brown is at his office trying to get through to you.

01:23I'm sorry if I disturbed you.

01:25Oh, that's quite all right, sir, but I'm afraid I've some bad news for you.

01:28The set of Russian matchbox tops, the one from the Imperial Hotel Petrograd, is beginning to peel.

01:33Now, I hesitate to stick it back with paste because the paper they used in Russia before the Revolution...

01:37Harold, later you can give me a complete resume of the whole history of Russian wood pulp.

01:41Now I want you to ring Miss Jill and tell her I'll be an hour late.

01:44Yes, sir.

01:45To go direct to Pitt's house and wait for you.

01:47Very good, sir.

01:48Mind you, if your French set started to peel, it wouldn't be nearly so serious because you...

01:56He's out.

01:57Does that mean I have to wait on the match?

01:59Sorry, miss. I'm very sorry.

02:03I wasn't expecting you.

02:05Was anybody?

02:06Oh, yes. He's just been on.

02:08He wanted to talk to you.

02:09Oh, no, not again.

02:11Delayed for about an hour. He said to wait for you at Pitt's.

02:14I don't know if I could face him at Pitt's again. It was four hours last time.

02:17The head waiter offered to drive me home.

02:19Oh, I'm sorry, miss. I'm afraid I can't.

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