This is an absolutely adorable comic play in which Michael Bryant's stuffy executive Boris Axelford gains a new and clumsy secretary called Angel Roper, played by a delightfully dotty Julia Foster.
There are some real laugh out loud moments in this play, including the revelation that Angel's mother died 'tripping over a bus'. There's good value from Lally Bowers as the office manager and Bryant and Foster are a lovely mismatched pair, who enter into an unlikely romance simply because she is so sweet and he is so taken aback.
I won't give away any more. This is a play which is a real pleasure to watch (and it has other hidden pleasures, such as a very young Donald Sumpter in a small role years before he was a corrupt policeman in 'Our Friends in the North'), and one I highly recommend.
Source: Letterboxd.com - Review by loureviews
There are some real laugh out loud moments in this play, including the revelation that Angel's mother died 'tripping over a bus'. There's good value from Lally Bowers as the office manager and Bryant and Foster are a lovely mismatched pair, who enter into an unlikely romance simply because she is so sweet and he is so taken aback.
I won't give away any more. This is a play which is a real pleasure to watch (and it has other hidden pleasures, such as a very young Donald Sumpter in a small role years before he was a corrupt policeman in 'Our Friends in the North'), and one I highly recommend.
Source: Letterboxd.com - Review by loureviews
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00:30Angel?
00:31Angel?
00:32Hmm?
00:33Phone.
00:34Who is it?
00:35The agency.
00:36Sounded urgent.
00:37It must be.
00:38Wasn't it this time of the morning?
00:39Come on, love.
00:40I'm late.
00:41OK.
00:42Thanks, Elsie.
00:43Hello?
00:44Hello?
00:45Hello?
00:46Hello?
00:47Hello?
00:48Hello?
00:49Hello?
00:50Hello?
00:51Hello?
00:52Hello?
00:53Hello?
00:54Hello?
00:55Hello?
00:56Hello?
00:57Hello?
00:58Hello?
00:59Hello?
01:00Yes.
01:01Oh, well, er, yeah.
01:02Hold on a minute.
01:03Right.
01:04Oh.
01:05Ready.
01:06Axelrod.
01:07Oh, well, you'd better spell it then.
01:08A-X-E-L-F-O-R-D.
01:09Oh, forward.
01:10Yeah.
01:11All right.
01:12Well, yes, well, I'll try, won't I?
01:13I'll try.
01:14I'll try.
01:15I'll try.
01:16I'll try.
01:17I'll try.
01:18I'll try.
01:19I'll try.
01:20I'll try.
01:21I'll try.
01:22I'll try.
01:23I'll try.
01:24I'll try.
01:25I'll try.
01:26I'll try.
01:27I'll try.
01:28Well, I'll try, won't I?
01:29It's rather a long way out.
01:31Well, what time is it now?
01:39Breakfast, sir.
01:59Miss Watkins to see you.
02:06Very well.
02:21It's very short notice, surely?
02:23I just came to say goodbye.
02:24It is customary.
02:25No doubt Miss Ellis will have the customary waiting for you.
02:29Not me.
02:30I've not been here long enough.
02:31No, I suppose not.
02:32How long have I been here?
02:34I've no idea.
02:35My secretary would know.
02:37I am your secretary.
02:39Was.
02:40Shorthand typist.
02:41You don't know my first name, do you?
02:45Yours is Boris.
02:47Mine is Pinky.
02:49Miss Ellis hasn't decided on my replacement yet.
02:52There's a temp on her way to do the typing.
02:54Her name is Miss Roper.
02:56Oh, and in case you should forget to ask,
02:59her first name is Angel.
03:02Yes.
03:03Well, goodbye.
03:08Well, don't you want to know why I'm going?
03:11No doubt you have your reasons.
03:13You are totally disinterested.
03:16No humour and no warmth.
03:19I'd rather make love to a computer.
03:22I don't think that was in your contract.
03:26Mind you, I was warned.
03:28All life is a risk, Miss Watkins.
03:32Officer, can you tell me where, um...
03:34Oh, hold on, I'll have to find it.
03:37Axel...
03:39Uh, there it is.
03:40Look, Axel Ford and son.
03:42Yes, Miss.
03:43A hundred yards down here.
03:44Yeah.
03:45Large, wrought-iron gates.
03:46Right.
03:47You can't miss it.
03:48Right, yes.
03:50Lovely.
03:51Thank you very much.
03:54What sort of trouble?
03:55The steel distributing foreman
03:57misplaced the key again this morning.
03:59Then replace him.
04:00Oops.
04:01Hello, sorry I'm later than expected.
04:03Only I had to wait for the bus and then I lost my way.
04:06To Axel Ford and son?
04:07Oh, you must be Angel Roper.
04:09Your new boss is through there.
04:11Oh, thanks.
04:12And the best of British...
04:14Secret of strike-free success, Hartley.
04:16Simply to pay them more than they ask before they ask for it.
04:19Oh, your new temp just walked through.
04:21Why didn't you stop her?
04:22I don't work here anymore.
04:25We don't want clumsy troublemakers.
04:26Replace him.
04:32Oh.
04:33Oh.
04:35Well, I backed in and I sort of caught it with the umbrella.
04:38Miss Ellis, who is this young woman?
04:40Miss Roper, your temporary secretary.
04:43Oh, yes.
04:44Angel.
04:46I think you'd better come with me, I suppose so.
04:48Oh, pity.
04:49No, wait.
04:50That glass model will cost £160 to replace.
04:53If she goes now, we can't stop 10% of it out of her salary.
04:56Oh, how much do you pay? The agency were a bit vague.
04:58That's no concern of Mr Axel Ford.
05:00£2 an hour, excluding lunch break,
05:02so you'll be here till 7.30 tonight for nothing.
05:05Oh, I can see why you're a millionaire.
05:08Thank you, Miss Ellis.
05:09We'd better start working for that model right away.
05:12I'll phone facilities and have them organise a replacement.
05:18Sit there.
05:20Right.
05:29What's your speed?
05:30Um, oh, 120 and 70 typing.
05:41Oh.
05:45Oh!
05:48Oh!
05:49I had to wait ten minutes for the bus.
05:51Evidently.
05:52It rained.
05:54The bottom of the bag got wet.
05:58Where's the paper bin?
06:01All right?
06:02Those bins cost £5 apiece if you're thinking of taking it home.
06:06Oh! Oh, I'll bring it back.
06:10What's the higher charge?
06:15Right.
06:17All right.
06:28We'll start, shall we?
06:30Yeah.
06:31I'll find my coat, I think.
06:33Oh!
06:36Your take-home pay is going to be negligible at this rate.
06:39Well, it's a bit hard, isn't it?
06:42Look, in this day and age...
06:47Oh!
06:52Still, we all have our little eccentricities.
06:57Are you ready?
07:02Thank you, Bob.
07:05Mind the broken glass as you go through.
07:08What happened?
07:09A new temp.
07:10And she's still here?
07:11Over an hour now, so I suppose she must be giving satisfaction.
07:16And if our order cannot be met by this deadline,
07:19we shall naturally regard your contract as broken and proceed accordingly.
07:23Oh, good. I was wondering when coffee was.
07:26Aren't you going to have some?
07:33Um, you'd, uh... You'd better bring another one.
07:36Oh, it's all right. I can carry.
07:38I know I've got some change in here.
07:41I don't think we can afford the time.
07:43I'll add it to your outstanding commitments.
07:45I didn't think.
07:47Mr Edwards, my last boss, he always broke at 11, only he didn't have any.
07:51How long did Mr Edwards retain your services?
07:54Seven weeks.
07:55Then I was redundant. It was my longest so far.
08:02Your coffee will get cold.
08:11Oh, thank you.
08:13I think I'd better pay as I go along.
08:16Ow!
08:17Hell and damnation!
08:19Oh, I'm sorry.
08:20It's hot!
08:21Can I get you another one?
08:22No, get out!
08:23Shall I...?
08:24And you!
08:25Am I fired?
08:26No. It'll cost you a pound to have these cleaned.
08:28God knows how much for the carpet.
08:30Get those letters typed. I'll buzz for you.
08:32And take all this clutter with you.
08:34Don't bring it back.
08:38Just a pad and pencil.
08:40And don't move about.
08:42Yes. Thank you, Mr Axelrod.
08:44Ford.
08:46Ford?
08:47B.J. Axel Ford.
08:49Oh, I...
08:51You can have my coffee.
09:06I'm going to lunch now.
09:08Do you want me to show you the staff canteen?
09:10When does he bring...?
09:11He has his lunch in the office.
09:13I'm sorry I made such a mess of the morning.
09:15I'm just naturally clumsy.
09:17Unnaturally clumsy?
09:19How long was the last crisis here?
09:21Three months.
09:22The longest was six.
09:23I don't get it.
09:24It's very well paid.
09:26They find it too cold to work.
09:28Most secretaries leave their bosses because they're too hot.
09:33What's the B for?
09:35What?
09:36B.J. Axelford.
09:37Boris.
09:38No-one knows about the J.
09:40Quite honestly, Miss Roper,
09:42it's never been a matter of life and death to any of us.
09:45You don't want lunch?
09:47No. I brought a sandwich. I'm going out to dinner.
09:54Excuse me, Mr Axelford.
09:56You've given me 4P too much.
09:58I raised the price of lemon pudding yesterday.
10:00Ah.
10:11Not going to the canteen, then?
10:13No.
10:14He's raised the price of lemon pudding 4P.
10:16That's almost a shilling.
10:18I wonder what else he's raised.
10:20He's not married.
10:22And waste his time on frivolities.
10:24What does he do for fun?
10:26Work.
10:27I reckon he's a monk.
10:29And this is his bleeding monastery.
10:31A very well-paid one.
10:33Only reason we stay.
10:41Whoops.
10:44No-one comes in here until I've buzzed.
10:51I'm sorry.
10:53It was the stripe...
10:56Well?
10:58Oh.
10:59In your last letter, the one to Mr Esterton in Zurich,
11:02I can't read a word in the second paragraph referring to the energy crisis.
11:06It will only something the situation.
11:17Exacerbate.
11:20Oh, yes.
11:25Where's Angel?
11:26Oh, hello, David.
11:27Angel.
11:28Got a job.
11:29She didn't say.
11:30Only happened this morning.
11:31Away in a whirl, you can imagine.
11:33Have you got a phone number?
11:34No.
11:35Damn.
11:36David, you can't be that desperate.
11:38After all, you're seeing her tonight, aren't you?
11:40No, no, that's the point.
11:41John's got an evening planning meeting.
11:43No bloody consideration, but I've got to go.
11:45Watch it, Harry.
11:46Hi, Dave.
11:48David, it's all hot and bothered because of Angel, isn't it?
11:51How can I get hold of her?
11:52Oh, in the agency.
11:53They'll probably know.
11:57I gather you're no longer going out to dinner tonight.
12:00No.
12:01David's...
12:02Oh, he's the one that was taking me.
12:03He's a floor manager in television and his director's called a meeting or something.
12:06In the evening?
12:07Oh, his hours aren't regular.
12:10You'll find yours are or you won't last.
12:12Oh, at this pay, I'll last.
12:15Might not be worth it for you, depending on the cost of the accidents.
12:37It was a bit stuffy in here, wasn't it?
13:08Those will all have to be retyped.
13:10You're the boss.
13:11Yes.
13:18Is it all yours?
13:19What?
13:20All that.
13:22All that out there.
13:24A thousand acres, 40 million square feet,
13:26worth approximately two pounds a square foot.
13:31Yes.
13:32And what have you been doing with it?
13:34A square foot, yes.
13:36And what have you been to do with it all?
13:38I mean, 18 million?
13:40I notice it says on the letterhead,
13:42Axel Ford and son.
13:44It is not an infrequent accident to have a father.
13:48Is this the lot?
13:49No, but I want all those redone if I give you any more.
13:52On this desk, ready to sign at five o'clock.
13:54Uncrumpled.
13:55I don't know why you don't use a dictating machine.
13:57I've never relished committing myself verbally to an inanimate object.
14:01Would you like to commit yourself verbally to having dinner with me tonight?
14:06I beg your pardon?
14:08There's a very good and not very expensive Indian restaurant
14:11just round the corner from me.
14:13I always dine at my club.
14:16With the financial times as a serviette.
14:20Oh, do you like curry?
14:22They do Bangalore pho beautifully.
14:24Bangalore what?
14:25Pho. Bangalore pho.
14:28I'll pay.
14:29At your present rate of progress, I doubt if you'll be able to afford it.
14:34You'd better get on with those letters.
14:38OK.
14:48Yes?
14:49You'll never get those finished in time.
14:51Oh, you wanted that.
14:53Can I help?
14:54No, it's all right. I can manage.
14:56Miss Ellis, what do you do here?
14:58Do?
14:59Well, you know, apart from engaging in competent tents.
15:02Oh, certainly not incompetent.
15:04Just clumsy.
15:05Oh, it runs in the family.
15:07Age, and she gave you top grade.
15:09My mother was killed tripping over a bus.
15:11I am sorry.
15:13Tripping?
15:14Yes.
15:15It was a long time ago, and it was stationary.
15:17Then it moved.
15:19I see.
15:21My father's in hospital at the moment.
15:23He pulled a whole shelf of books over himself at the library.
15:26What a shame.
15:28I seem to have had a charmed life so far.
15:32It's the rest of us I'm worried about.
15:35Seriously, what do you do here?
15:37Well, mainly I keep troubles away from Mr Axelford.
15:40You let me through.
15:42We're all human.
15:48Being a cold fish has its advantages.
15:51He doesn't get angry either.
15:53I'll go and tell him I'm the last one.
15:59Letter's ready?
16:00One to go, I'm afraid.
16:01It's five o'clock.
16:02Maybe your watch is fast.
16:05It'll only take me a minute.
16:07Miss Roper, you've not made a good start here.
16:10You have broken a valuable glass model, ruined my carpet,
16:13spoiled my trousers and wasted considerable time.
16:16However, you do seem moderately efficient in your work.
16:19Rather than stay in tonight, you may come again tomorrow.
16:25What was this...
16:28restaurant you were thinking of going to this evening?
16:31Why?
16:32Have you changed your mind?
16:34I've not yet made a final decision on the matter,
16:37particularly regarding the Bangalore thing.
16:40Oh.
16:41Yes.
16:42Bring those letters in as soon as they're ready
16:44and then I'll see if I'm prepared to take any more risks for today.
16:49Good for you, Mr Axelrod.
16:54Good evening, miss.
16:55Sir, I've got two nice seats for you.
17:07Would you like to order?
17:08Well, since this is your treat
17:10and Bangalore Fowl is new territory for me, perhaps you'd like to...
17:13Got it.
17:14Now, would you like me to order?
17:16Got it.
17:17Now, would you like a lager?
17:19Right. We'll have one mutton vindaloo...
17:22Yes.
17:23...one chicken malay and one dal taka.
17:25Yes.
17:26Pilau rice for two.
17:28Poppadoms, chapati and a Bombay duck.
17:30Right.
17:31Oh, and can we have two lagers now?
17:33Right away, ma'am.
17:34Right.
17:35Oh, I hope you like it.
17:37I have every confidence in you.
17:40Oh, what's the J for?
17:42What?
17:43Well, Boris J Axelrod.
17:45J Axelrod.
17:48Jocelyn.
17:49And how many people know that, I wonder?
17:52My father, the government and you.
17:58Oh, are you happy?
17:59Yes.
18:00Very.
18:02You didn't order the Bangalore Fowl?
18:05No.
18:06Well, you're obviously not a currier,
18:08and I didn't want to put you off by ordering something too hot to start with,
18:11so I ordered a fairly hot one and a sweet one,
18:13and you can try them both.
18:14Two lagers, very cold.
18:17Cheers.
18:20So, anyway, tell me about your flat.
18:26I've been there a year now.
18:27I heard this funny story the other day.
18:30Well, I like funny stories.
18:32How many rooms?
18:33There were two men working on the road.
18:35One had a crane and the other had a shovel.
18:37I mean, one was in a crane.
18:39And the one with the shovel...
18:41Oh, I forgot.
18:42The one in the crane was Irish.
18:45No.
18:46No, they were both Irish.
18:48Mike and Pat.
18:49Pat was the one with the shovel.
18:51And Pat was digging away furiously,
18:54earth flying everywhere.
18:55And Mike said to him,
18:57why are you digging so fast?
18:58Only I can't do the accent.
19:02No.
19:03No.
19:05No, he wasn't digging.
19:06He was painting.
19:07White lines on the road.
19:09And dotted ones, you know, where the cat's eyes are.
19:13That's it, yes.
19:14Yes, he's painting.
19:16And Mike said to him,
19:18why are you painting so fast?
19:20And Pat said,
19:21Irish, you see, only I can't do the accent.
19:24Sure, now, I want to finish the lines
19:26before the paint runs out.
19:30Yes, I thought it was rather good.
19:32There you are, sir.
19:36Thank you very much.
19:37Shall I serve you?
19:38Rosemary de Lune.
19:40Chicken Molaise.
19:42Dal Tarka.
19:46Some chapatis here for you.
19:48Thank you very much.
19:49Some apple dunce.
19:53Do you know...
19:54Do you know any more funny stories?
19:58Well, there was this man in a car.
20:00Would you like to have some chutney, sir?
20:01Oh, yes.
20:04Watch that one, won't you?
20:06It's very hot.
20:07Yes, that'll do, thank you.
20:09Miss?
20:13Where was I?
20:14Oh, yes.
20:15This man in a car in Spain.
20:18He was a commercial traveller.
20:20I don't...
20:26I don't know which firm he represented.
20:33I think I must have got hold of some of that hot stuff and went.
20:36Yeah, you have.
20:37Had some fun in Vindaloo.
20:42It's very good, though.
20:44Um, where was I?
20:45Oh, yes.
20:46Um, no.
20:48I've just remembered.
20:50What?
20:51The end of the story.
20:52It's not for mixed company.
20:54Oh, we're not all that mixed.
20:57Actually, I think I've heard it.
21:00Yes.
21:01Now, your father, is he still alive?
21:04Um, yes.
21:05He was handed over to me eight years ago.
21:07And do you see him about?
21:09Once a year, board meetings.
21:11We were never very close.
21:13And your mother?
21:15Cyril.
21:16Dad, of course.
21:18Why, of course.
21:19Do you know her at college?
21:21I don't know.
21:23So has my father.
21:25Have a seat.
21:29Listen, I want to...
21:30No, it's all right.
21:31There wasn't too much left.
21:32Don't worry, sir, I'll take care of it.
21:34Would you like one?
21:35Two.
21:37This is on me.
21:38You won't forget, will you?
21:39Don't be ridiculous.
21:40Come on, an invitation's an invitation.
21:42Now, look here.
21:43You don't like scenes, do you?
21:45No.
21:46Well, I shall make one if you don't let me sit here.
21:49All right, I'll...
21:51I'll forget about the glass model in the car.
21:53I think so.
21:55But he was...
21:56He was wearing it.
21:59What were you going to say?
22:04When you knocked over the lager.
22:09Um...
22:10I was going to say...
22:12I realise that tycoons aren't any less vulnerable than ordinary mortals.
22:17So?
22:19I didn't want you to think that by inviting you out I was leading you on or anything.
22:25I find your frankness most engaging.
22:28I would like to be equally as frank.
22:34I think it would be a very good thing if you married me.
22:42Married him?
22:43Yes.
22:44Yes, will you marry me?
22:49No.
22:52No, I don't think so.
22:54But you must.
22:56I've never suggested marrying anyone before.
23:01Mr Axel.
23:04You don't really expect me to...
23:12I mean, you don't really think that I'm going to take you on?
23:20No.
23:21No.
23:23No, I won't marry you.
23:52Thank you for bringing me home.
23:54Thank you for dinner.
23:57Oh, I won't ask you in. It's very untidy.
23:59Perhaps next time you'll be my guest.
24:02That would be nice.
24:05No marriage jokes.
24:06Tomorrow?
24:07No, I have a date tomorrow.
24:08A date?
24:09With friends.
24:11Yes.
24:15Good night.
24:17Please think it over.
24:19Please think it over.
24:21What?
24:22I said think it over.
24:25Oh, dear.
24:27I am serious.
24:32Good night.
24:36Where's my staff? It's gone nine o'clock.
24:38Perhaps I can help.
24:39No.
24:41I can get another temp within the hour.
24:43I don't want another temp.
24:44It's not good not to have any breakfast.
24:48I'm afraid the papers were late this morning.
24:53Perhaps an Alka-Seltzer?
24:54I'm perfectly certain it isn't the curry.
24:57Pardon?
24:59That's all.
25:15Miss Ellis, this isn't my bin, is it?
25:17Wastepaper basket? Bin?
25:19Oh, I know.
25:21It doesn't matter.
25:24What the hell is one supposed to do?
25:30When Miss Roper comes in, tell her she's fired.
25:34Cancel that.
25:36Sorry I'm late.
25:37No buses.
25:38I've left everything outside.
25:40I'm sorry.
25:41Sorry I'm late.
25:42No buses.
25:43I've left everything outside except this.
25:47Now, I've got two bins.
25:50I'll take it out.
25:51No, no, leave it, leave it.
25:56Letters?
25:57What letters?
25:59Haven't you any letters?
26:00Will you marry me?
26:02Please.
26:03Sit down!
26:04Won't you please sit down?
26:11I need this job and I need the money.
26:14But if you're going to go on like this, I'll have to go.
26:16Why can't you?
26:18I've a boyfriend.
26:20Why did you ask me out last evening?
26:23I don't like eating on my own and I didn't like to think of you eating on your own either.
26:29I see.
26:31Good.
26:34I did enjoy it.
26:37I promise I'll never mention marriage again.
26:42It's all right then.
26:44Will you have dinner with me tonight?
26:45I told you I have a date.
26:46Can't you break it?
26:47I don't want to.
26:48You don't have to prove you're not after my money, you know.
26:51No.
26:53No, I don't.
26:56That didn't take long.
26:58No, one rather garbled and irrelevant note to the Prime Minister.
27:02I think he's sickening for something.
27:04Broke his habits this morning.
27:06No breakfast.
27:07I'm zealous.
27:09Do you like him?
27:13One doesn't either like or dislike someone without emotions.
27:20He's offered to marry me.
27:29Yes?
27:31Yes?
27:32Miss Roper there.
27:33Yes, she is.
27:34Send her in.
27:35Very good, sir.
27:38He wants you in there.
27:42It's very difficult.
27:44How?
27:45Well, I'd have liked a good job, and this is a good job,
27:48but under these conditions...
27:50Make the most of it.
27:51He can't eat you.
27:57Circumstances.
27:59Under the circumstances, take the rest of the day off.
28:04I can't afford it.
28:05Take it, take it.
28:07It's paid.
28:10Back again tomorrow, nine o'clock prompt.
28:13Yes, sir.
28:25Now listen, I know it's my turn for the coffee tonight,
28:27but don't stay all night, will you?
28:29I am sick.
28:30And David can't wait to get his hands on you.
28:32You should have seen him the other day.
28:37I'm sorry.
28:43Nice to meet you.
28:44Keep the change.
28:48How's the new job, Angel?
28:49I'm very well paid, thanks.
28:50Good, and you can pay for the tickets.
28:52Yes, and we mustn't miss the start.
28:55I'm sorry about last night, love, but I really couldn't help it.
28:58It's all right, it didn't matter.
28:59You're not indispensable.
29:01Angel didn't exactly stay at home and we...
29:03Two, three.
29:04I went out to dinner with Mr Axel Ford.
29:06For a three.
29:09The Mr Axel Ford?
29:10Yes.
29:11You're joking.
29:13How come?
29:14What do you mean, how come?
29:17I've got you. For three.
29:18We went out to dinner at the curry shop.
29:19That's all on the corner.
29:21Mean old bastard.
29:22He's not mean old or as far as I know a bastard.
29:25Well, he could have afforded something a bit more expensive
29:27than a cheap Indian nosh, couldn't he?
29:29What was he after, a cheap lay?
29:31Oh, as a matter of fact, he asked me to marry him.
29:33What?
29:36Come on, drink up, Darius.
29:37We'll be late for the cinema.
29:52Well, my turn for coffee tonight?
29:55No, thanks, Elsie.
29:57Not tonight, I'm a bit tired.
29:58Very discreet.
29:59Oh, come on, sexy, and take that hat off.
30:02Night!
30:04You're so mad, it's killing us all.
30:08Do you want a coffee?
30:10Just coffee?
30:11Just coffee.
30:14I think I'll say goodnight, then.
30:34How about that coffee?
30:37No.
30:39You want me?
30:42Yes.
30:44That's not to say you're a virgin, is it?
30:46No.
30:47Well, then.
30:51I'm going.
30:54Goodnight.
31:03Goodnight.
31:15Who is it?
31:16Mr Axford, Boris.
31:18Go away!
31:19I want to speak to you.
31:28I'm sorry, I had to see you.
31:30Well, you're seeing me.
31:31Don't be frightened.
31:32I'm not frightened.
31:35You'd better come in.
31:45Well?
31:46I just wanted to ask...
31:49It's very late.
31:51Yes.
31:56I can't go on working for you like this.
32:00No.
32:01I see.
32:03No.
32:06I'll go.
32:08Now.
32:09Right away.
32:12I just wanted to ask you if you'd...
32:14Don't.
32:16No, I won't say anything.
32:18Just friends.
32:22Truly, though.
32:23Truly.
32:26You'll come tomorrow?
32:28Yes, please.
32:33Will you have dinner with me tomorrow night?
32:36I don't think...
32:37Lunch? Yes, lunch.
32:41Yes.
32:43All right.
32:47Good night.
32:49Yes, yes, exactly.
32:53Good night.
32:57Good night.
33:07I'm a bloody fool.
33:21Never known him be late before.
33:23Not since he took over from his dad.
33:24Now, there was a gentleman.
33:27What's happened to little Miss Fraker-Upper?
33:29She's late, too.
33:31Hey!
33:32You don't think they've been up to a bit of nookie?
33:35The world works in a fine state already.
33:37Like a lot of children without a father.
33:40No delegation.
33:41That's the trouble.
33:42We had it in the Corps once.
33:43No delegation of authority.
33:45C.O. cops it?
33:46No.
33:47No.
33:48No.
33:49No.
33:50No.
33:51No.
33:52No.
33:53No.
33:54No.
33:55No.
33:56No.
33:57No.
33:58No.
33:59No.
34:00No.
34:01No.
34:02No.
34:03C.O. cops it?
34:04Chaos.
34:10I overslept.
34:17Five calls waiting, sir.
34:19Assessment officer, African Holdings, New York office,
34:22Mr. Chance and gentlemen, sir.
34:28Roses?
34:30Next.
34:33Yes?
34:35No.
34:36No truth in it at all.
34:37Up 13% in the last quarter.
34:40Last three days, just a flash in the pan,
34:42one of the ills that flesh is heir to.
34:45One of the...
34:47...ills that flesh is heir to.
34:51Forget it.
34:52Just don't worry about it.
34:55No more calls, I'm in conference.
35:04I'm late again. I am sorry.
35:06I overslept.
35:07How did you guess?
35:08No, I did.
35:10Oh.
35:11And after a day or two, that's awful.
35:13I am sorry.
35:16I hope...
35:17I hope you don't think I think you're taking advantage
35:20of our special relationship.
35:22We haven't won.
35:24No.
35:25No.
35:26No.
35:27No.
35:28No.
35:29No.
35:30No.
35:31No.
35:33And you know that I wouldn't.
35:37I...
35:38I bought some flowers for you.
35:44They're roses.
35:46Yes, but they're beautiful.
35:48I'll put them in water.
35:49No, no, please don't. Don't go.
35:52What did you do yesterday?
35:54Aren't we going to work?
35:55Miss Ellis says there's a lot to be done.
35:57I'm done, Miss Ellis.
36:00You were laughing at me.
36:01What?
36:02In the pub.
36:08I don't think this is going to work.
36:11Work.
36:12Yes, you're right.
36:13We must work.
36:15Now, would you sort out the immediates and the urgents
36:18while I go through the markets?
36:27You've only done one side.
36:29What?
36:31The other side.
36:36Oh.
36:39Yes, I know.
36:40It has been a long conference.
36:43Perhaps after lunch.
36:45Yes, I will, Sir Robert.
36:47Goodbye.
36:52I'm taking Miss Roper tonight.
36:54The calls are piling up, sir.
36:56I think it was Florence Nightingale.
36:58Or was it Heath Carell?
37:00No, Florence Nightingale.
37:02Or her father.
37:04Anyway, somebody's father.
37:06Used to take to their beds whenever troubles piled up.
37:08And when he got up, they'd all gone.
37:10I'm not going to bed, I'm going to lunch.
37:12Yes, sir, of course, sir.
37:15How long have you been here, Miss Ellis?
37:1723 years, sir.
37:18I know you're discreet.
37:20There's nothing to be discreet about.
37:23Quite.
37:24Have a car come round, will you?
37:26Waste and service.
37:31Arthur?
37:32Yes?
37:33Get it round to waste and service.
37:35What?
37:36You heard. Waste and service exit.
37:42I'm glad you enjoy your food.
37:44Oh, it's marvellous.
37:45You haven't eaten much.
37:47I thought most girls were worried about getting fat.
37:50It doesn't happen to me.
37:52And anyway, I don't get a chance to eat like this very often.
38:01Mmm.
38:02I didn't like the thought of exit much.
38:05Well, that wasn't for my sake.
38:07I thought you would.
38:13Are you going to tell me another funny story?
38:15I don't think I know any.
38:17It's, um...
38:18It's not a very big repertoire.
38:22Here's to you.
38:24And a successful career in big business.
38:26And, um...
38:27Your next million.
38:31Mmm.
38:32Oh.
38:33I hate to waste the gravy.
38:37It's the best part, almost.
38:39Would you like pudding?
38:41Oh, honestly, I couldn't. I'm up to you.
38:43Cheese?
38:44No, thank you.
38:45Coffee, then?
38:46Yes, I will.
38:47Coffee and brandy. Too large for an antique.
38:49Oh, I'm going to get slaves.
38:51I'll keep you company.
38:52All right.
38:54Oh.
38:55Thank you very much.
38:57It isn't over yet.
38:59Tell me.
39:01Is there...
39:03Is there something you've ever had a dream about?
39:06You know, something you've always wanted,
39:09never believed you could have?
39:11Solvency.
39:12What?
39:13Enough money to get by on,
39:15plus a thousand in the bank.
39:17No, that's not all you want.
39:19Listen, I've got 17 pounds in the post office,
39:22so a thousand seems a lot.
39:24I don't want a particularly exotic life.
39:26Just maybe somewhere in the country,
39:28with a lot of books and a bit of garden.
39:31Walled garden.
39:33And kind, funny neighbours.
39:35I could buy you that.
39:37Yes.
39:38I dare say you'd even put in a bid
39:41for the kind, funny neighbours.
39:43I'm not sure I'd be able to do that.
39:46Kind, funny neighbours.
39:50Green.
39:51Please tell me something about yourself.
39:53Well, there isn't much.
39:55Primary school.
39:57Comprehensive uni levels.
39:59Secretary of college,
40:01and then boring, uninteresting jobs
40:03until Axel Ford and son.
40:05What about your parents?
40:07I've a brother, Johnny.
40:10He's in the Navy, the Mediterranean.
40:12Lucky boy.
40:13I've often thought that maybe I could join the Navy,
40:16see the world.
40:17And Dad lives in Fulham.
40:19He's a senior librarian, and I see him Sundays.
40:22I don't suppose that sounds very exciting.
40:25But it hasn't stopped me being happy.
40:27No.
40:30Angel.
40:34I never... I never knew it could hurt, actually.
40:39Physically hurt, to be in love.
40:44Does it ever hurt between you and David?
40:49No.
40:54No.
41:06Coffee?
41:14Ah, Miss Ellis.
41:16Yes, Mr Axelford.
41:17I've sent Miss Roper home in the car.
41:19Yes, Mr Axelford.
41:21Would you please inform security
41:23that when the car returns, they are to inform me?
41:26Yes, Mr Axelford.
41:40I'm just off.
41:42Thank you, Miss Ellis.
41:45I'm very sorry.
41:47I wish there was something I could do.
41:49Yes.
41:51Good night, Mr Axelford.
41:53Oh, Miss Ellis.
41:54There are some flowers on the desk.
41:56Would you please take them home with you?
41:58They'll only die.
42:05Good night, Miss Ellis.
42:07Good night, Mr Axelford.
42:13Well, are you ill?
42:15No, I'm fine.
42:17I told you, I just didn't want to go on drinking all evening, that's all.
42:30Coffee tonight?
42:31Oh, Dave, you know I'm not in the mood.
42:33You never are.
42:34Don't get sarky.
42:38Do you want to go to the studios tomorrow?
42:40I'm looking forward to it.
42:44Good.
42:46I'll say good night, then.
42:47Good night.
42:49Good night, love.
42:50And be at the studio at 7.45 sharp, right?
42:53And please, don't be late.
42:56But...
42:58Aren't you going to...?
43:00Yes.
43:01Won't you heat the coffee up a bit?
43:03Yes.
43:04Won't you heat the coffee up a bit?
43:33One time for once.
43:45I hope he doesn't think it's because it's Ferry Day.
43:52Hello, Bob.
43:53Nice day, you're considering?
43:55My last.
43:57Oh.
43:58I told Mr Axelford at lunch yesterday.
44:02I think it's best.
44:04Maybe.
44:06You know, you're the first really good girl I've met in a long time.
44:10Oh, don't tell. I'll never live it down.
44:13He's eaten his breakfast.
44:14Well, that's a good sign.
44:16I'll do the morning and then leave at lunchtime, if that's all right with you.
44:20I don't want to prolong the agony.
44:22I'll have your wage packet waiting.
44:25Ah, Miss Roper.
44:27Ah, Mr Axelford.
44:29In spite of what people say about me, I never could get used to computers.
44:35You know what they say about you.
44:37Oh.
44:38One can't help hearing sometimes.
44:41It's Japanese.
44:43My father gave it to me when I was little.
44:46Instead of a teddy bear.
44:50You ate your breakfast?
44:52Yes, sir. Found my appetite.
44:55I'm glad.
44:57What's on this morning?
44:59What?
45:00What shall we do this morning?
45:06Come here.
45:1128,480 pounds.
45:16There are 28,484 people working out there.
45:21A few of them were here with my grandfather.
45:25I don't know one of them.
45:27You couldn't know them all.
45:29I might have got to know a few of them with you about.
45:32And that would make the world a happier place.
45:39I'm helplessly in love with you.
45:42Odd, isn't it?
45:45Love is like an illness.
45:48I'm sick at heart for you, Angel.
45:51I'd give up all that for you.
45:55I don't understand it.
45:59I mean it.
46:06Feels...
46:08Feels like emptiness, doesn't it?
46:12Nothing to fill it.
46:16I have been in love, too.
46:18Oh, he was a super fellow.
46:20Understanding, enjoyed my company.
46:23He didn't give a damn about love as far as I was concerned.
46:26I mean, my kind of love.
46:28And it dragged on for a year.
46:30He didn't have the sense or the experience or the instinct to break it off.
46:35And then?
46:37He went away.
46:39Birmingham.
46:41And I went on loving him for a bit.
46:43Six months, a year.
46:46Maybe I still do a bit.
46:48It's confusing.
46:51All I know is that...
46:54there isn't anything you can do.
46:56I mean, no-one you can turn to and no advice that anyone can give.
46:59No. Nothing?
47:03Nothing.
47:09Boris, please.
47:11Boris, this is crazy.
47:13Please!
47:20That wasn't my fault.
47:26There's no dignity in being in love.
47:34What will you do when I'm gone?
47:36I don't know.
47:39I couldn't have known this would happen.
47:42No.
47:44The day that the agency rang, I couldn't have known this would happen.
47:49My offer stands.
47:53Offer?
47:55To marry you.
47:57To marry you.
48:28Get me Herr Hoffman in Zurich.
48:32Right.
48:34I'll go and put the coffee on.
48:37Did you enjoy it?
48:39Yes.
48:41What do you mean, yes?
48:43Well, you know, seeing how you do it takes the mystery out of it.
48:46Oh, come on. Everybody knows how telly works nowadays.
48:49No, but it's actually going to the studio.
48:52I mean, next time I see something on the telly,
48:54I'm not going to believe it so easily.
48:56If you believed Axel, you'd believe anything.
48:59What?
49:01Believing that a man like that, a millionaire, could want to marry you.
49:04I mean, it's nonsense.
49:06I think we'd better leave that.
49:10Hey, come here.
49:13Come on.
49:15Look, I think you're marvellous.
49:17Knockout. Sexy.
49:19Now, I've known you for over a decade.
49:22Sexy.
49:24Now, I've known you for over a month.
49:26I've seen you every day and I've wanted you every night.
49:30Now, don't interrupt.
49:32And it's not impossible that if you push me, we could get married.
49:36Why not?
49:38But I don't know. And you don't know.
49:40So how could you expect a man who's old enough to be your father?
49:42He's not.
49:44Nearly old enough to be your father.
49:46Believe he wants to marry you after a quick burp over a hot curry.
49:48It wasn't like that.
49:50You're a millionaire and you're just little you.
49:52Very desirable little you.
49:54But you're not the stuff that millionaires make wives from.
49:57He was just after an easy lay.
50:03Do you think you want coffee?
50:06What have I said?
50:08I think you just said goodbye.
50:10Darling!
50:14I just don't believe that you're the stuff that millionaires make wives from.
50:18What's there to get angry about?
50:22That's the thing I like about you, David.
50:26You can't hurt me.
50:30What's that supposed to mean?
50:33Um...
50:35Goodbye.
50:42The new temp, Mr Axelford.
50:45Mrs Frost, Mr Axelford.
50:48Please sit down.
50:53Well done, Miss Ellis.
51:00Have a letter.
51:02To Sir John Coleman, Universal Containers.
51:05Dear Sir John,
51:08thank you for your kind invitation.
51:10I accept.
51:13It would be easier if you could defer it until 8pm.
51:16I accept your offer.
51:19And I shall be grateful if I may bring someone with me.
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