Episode 10. The Crackler.

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First broadcast 14th January 1984.  Inspector Marriott asks the Beresfords to track down a gang of currency counterfeiters.  Francesca Annis as Tuppence Beresford James Warwick as Tommy Beresford Reece Dinsdale as Albert Batt Carolle Rousseau as Marguerite Laidlaw David Quilter as Major Laidlaw Shane Rimmer as Hank Ryder Arthur Cox as Detective Inspector Marriott Christopher Scoular as Captain James "Fruity" Faulkener Peter Godfrey as Maybrick Lawrence Davidson as Monsieur Héroulade Terence Hillyer as Chauffeur Stan Pretty as Harry the Barman

Transcript

00:30There. What on earth do we need more bookshelves for?

00:50A collection of detective classics of course. Got our Sherlock Holmes, Rex Stites, Ellery

00:55Queens, Bulldog Drummonds. So who's next? Edgar Wallace. Need yards and yards for him.

01:02We haven't even had an Edgar Wallace case yet. Just looked out the window and seen something

01:07beginning with M. Motorcycle? Nope. Monkey? Nope. Mussolini? Don't be daft. Getting warm?

01:15Nope. Anybody home? Married, right. Well good morning Mr and Mrs Beresford. Morning. Hope

01:24I'm not interrupting you. No we were just discussing bookshelves. Ah yes. Very interesting.

01:29May I ask you what context for our Edgar Wallace books? I've heard tell that he writes two

01:36books at a time holding a pen in each hand as well as dictating a third to his secretary.

01:42Really? Well as Tuppence points out we haven't had an Edgar Wallace case yet. Well now there's

01:47a coincidence for you. Where? Because I've come to ask the brilliant Beresfords for their

01:53help in a very sort of Edgar Wallace case. Wait till I put on my brilliant expression.

01:58Well there's no need to get swollen headed about it just because you've solved a couple

02:02of cases with amazing luck. Amazing skill. Amazing luck. In my experience one is as useful

02:09as the other. You should have been a diplomat inspector. That's part of the job too. Now

02:14what would you two say to helping me round up a big gang? Is there such a thing? What

02:20do you mean is there such a thing? Well I always thought that gangs were a figment of

02:24the writer's imagination. Like super crooks and master criminals. Well true master crooks

02:29and super criminals aren't that thick on the ground but there's any amount of gangs hanging

02:34about. Well inspector are you telling me that you can't catch them? Well it's like this

02:42Albert.

02:51Albert. We at the yard believe this gang is a bit la-dee-da. No blue blooded. Nobs. Upper

03:02class? That sort of thing. Now it's a well-known fact that my chaps at the yard are fearless

03:09and strong as oxen and make first-class husbands. But they find it a bit difficult to mix believably

03:15with the augment so to speak. With the... yes you might put it like that sir. Might

03:24flatfoot it. That's near the mark miss. What crime is this gang mixed up in? Forgery. Bank

03:31notes. Hundreds of them floating about. Without being spotted? Exactly. Most artistic bit

03:38of work it is too. You did happen to have one on you do you? Well as a matter of fact

03:45just by chance I did happen to bring one along. Do you have a magnifying glass? Do we have

03:52a magnifying glass? What sort of detective agency do you think this is? Albert. Magnifying

04:01glass. Magnifying glass. Behave yourself Albert. Sorry sir. That young man. Well he's useless

04:10most of the time and then suddenly he's completely expendable. By Jove. That looks perfectly

04:21all right to me. Yes have a look. Could have fooled me. That's exactly what it's doing

04:30all over London. But after all the trouble the gang take over the overlaying of the water

04:36mark they go and make a very silly mistake. Where? Look at the forgery first. How does

04:42that line of writing read? The Bank of England promised to pay the bearer on demand the sum

04:48of one pound. And a genuine note? Bank of England promised to pay the bearer on demand

04:56the sum. Well it's the same. Try again sir. Look carefully. Bank of England. Oh gosh yes

05:08I see. What what? I promised to pay the bearer. Let me have a look. I promised to pay the

05:15bearer. Oh yes of course. Etc etc signed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Right. That

05:21I and the promise are so close that it could easily be missed. Exactly. And who's going

05:27to read a bank note? Well I hope you are mrs. Beresford. So where do we fit in inspector?

05:34I'm sorry. Oh yes well. I think that's my note sir. Oh sorry. What exactly do you want

05:43us to do? Well keep an eye out for these things. Oh no a lot more than that my dear. You see

05:49all the yard has found out so far is that these dud notes are being circulated from

06:00the West End. But you don't know who by? By whom? Neither. But I'm sure it's somebody

06:07pretty high up in the social scale. Oh I see. So you want us to infiltrate nightclubs, gambling,

06:14dancing the night away. Examining bank notes and getting hit over the head. No no the danger

06:19will be minimal. Society folk are not violent. Really? Well what about mrs. Barney and madam

06:26Fanny? Well two rotten apples don't spoil the harvest. Nor make a summer. Quite so madam.

06:37And then there's the other side of this business. The other side? No the other side of the channel.

06:43Some of these notes have been passed in France and Germany. Belgium and Holland too.

06:48Oh well isn't there anyone that you suspect? Well this is where we have to tread carefully as you

06:56can well understand. But between ourselves there is one person who's interesting us a good deal.

07:02A major Laidlaw. Ever heard of him? Something to do with racing isn't he? Right. Runs a stud farm?

07:09Right again. My cousin Fruity Faulkner knows him. Fruity Faulkner? Would that be Captain

07:17James Faulkner? That's the one. Mind you we've nothing against Laidlaw of the yard but there's a

07:23suspicion that he's been involved in a couple of rather shady transactions. Rigged races,

07:29stewards inquiries, that sort of thing. Exactly. And then there's his wife. What about her?

07:38She's French. Other side of the channel. She has a train of admirers. She's very fond of the tables.

07:47Gambling. The Laidlaws certainly spend a lot of money and I'd like to know where it comes from.

07:55But I think I met her once with Fruity. Yes. Marguerite.

08:05Ah. Before we were engaged. Yes. Very beautiful. Very French. Well I never met her.

08:12Well here's your opportunity Mrs Beresford. Do you know the Python Club in Upper Brook Street?

08:20No. Yes I do. Ah well that's where I met Marguerite Laidlaw. Mind you I'm sure it's a coincidence but a

08:29lot of these dud notes have been circulated at the Python Club. Now I've heard that that place is not

08:35all it seems. Oh? Hmm. There are small casino in the back room for members who feel like a flutter.

08:44That would be illegal. Precisely. I'm sure it's only a rumor. The place is run impeccably.

08:54They have a very high-class clientele and that's where the Laidlaws spend most of their evenings.

09:02Ah. So where do we come in? Get Fruity Faulkner, Captain James Faulkner, to put you both up for

09:11membership of the club. There's no danger of the Laidlaws or whoever the Forgers are spotting you as detectives.

09:18Oh right. You're on. We've got to know where the stuff comes from. You mean Major Laidlaw goes out of a

09:25morning with an empty suitcase and comes back of an evening with it crammed to the gills full of forged banknotes.

09:30Now having trailed him hither and yon, I catch him in the act. I don't think it'll be that easy sir.

09:37I think my husband's talking allegorically. Ah. Or metaphorically. Oh. And don't forget the lady.

09:46No, my husband's not likely to forget a lady. Or her father. Oh, she has a father. Oh yes. Even French ladies have fathers.

09:54Ah, Monsieur Heroullard. He might easily be the contact across the channel. You leave him to us. I will.

10:02I'll put some money into your bank account this afternoon. Oh, I see. For expenses. Of course.

10:09So that you'll have some hard cash to gamble with. And so that I can dress suitably. Oh, quite so.

10:15Mrs. Beresford must equip herself with suitable outfits for the Python Club. What about 100 pounds?

10:23Are you sure you can print it in time?

10:29Ha ha.

10:37Shake well, but not too long.

10:49Tuffets. I say.

10:55Gosh. Do you like it? Do I like it? Well. Well, it's absolutely flabbergasting.

11:13And the shadow? Deep as the night. And the cherry lipstick? I bet it glows in the dark.

11:23Oh, darling, you do say the most divine thing to boost a chap's ego. And hardly a motive in sight.

11:33Oh, what about this one? Oh, no. What you've got on is the cat's whiskers. And I'll wear this another night.

11:44You're quite a rake at heart, aren't you, darling? It's a good thing you're married to a steady, sober, sensible sort of chap like me.

11:52Well, you're going to look after the Python Club. You might not be as sober as you think.

11:57Now, what's that you're mixing? A horse's neck. At last we have an Edgar Wallace case. Slush.

12:04What? That's what they're called. Forged notes. Slush. Oh, at last we're proper busies.

12:11And we're out to get the crackler. What exactly is a crackler when he's at home?

12:16He isn't very often. It's a word I've just invented. He's a chap who forges banknotes and puts them into circulation.

12:22They crackle, so he's a crackler. Simple. I think I prefer rustler. More sinister.

12:31No, crackler's more Edgar Wallace. Oh, OK. Crackler it is, then. And we're out to get you.

13:16Ah, there they are. Come and eat them, Marguerite.

13:47Tommy, you managed to get her. Jimmy, splendid to see you again. Yes, good to hear from you.

13:52May I introduce you to my wife, Nona's Tuppence? Delighted to meet you.

13:58And this lady is Mrs Laidlaw, my friend's Mr and Mrs Beresford. Hello. How do you do?

14:04How do you do? Hello again. Now, what to drink? A horse's neck, please. Marguerite?

14:11Well, now, you, Tommy, yes? What is your wish? Oh, I think I'll have a horse's neck, too.

14:19Good. Then I, too, will have a neck of a horse. Splendid. Take a pew.

14:29Three GGs, Harry, and a whiskey soda. Yes, Captain.

14:34What's the other side of King Kong standing there? Oh, that is the tables.

14:39The chemin de fer, the poker, the roulette. Can anyone go in? Well, only if you know.

14:45The habitué, as they say. Oh, can't we go in and have a bit of a flutter?

14:50Nothing easier, don't we? Here we are. One little GG, two GGs, and a third past the bottom.

14:58One little GG, two GGs, and a third past the post.

15:05Ah, bung-ho, skin off your nose.

15:09What about a bit of a whirl, Mrs Beresford? On the dance floor, the old hot fox.

15:14Oh, yes, say I. I do love to dance, don't I, Tommy? Don't I, Tommy?

15:19Sorry, darling, what was that? I love to dance.

15:29But we will take our lack of horses and invade the Holy of Holies. Right you are.

15:44It's very sad. It's very sad. I'll take another half a dozen blue points.

15:49These are whistables, sir.

15:51You know what? I thought I was back in the States. I'll have a half a dozen whistables.

15:56Very good, Mr Ryder.

16:01That is my husband. It's Shammy. Card, please.

16:07He could be told I was dead and he would not stop playing.

16:22Papa, this is Tommy.

16:25Tommy Beresford. How do you do?

16:27How do you do, Mr Beresford? This is Major Lady Laurel.

16:32Excuse us, Papa, we will try roulette.

16:35Chemin Fleur is no fun and this one is terribly, terribly rich.

16:40Zero.

16:4950.

16:53And ten pounds for me, monsieur.

17:29By Jove, that was absolutely spiffing. You danced divinely.

17:33Oh, you're no slouch yourself.

17:37I say, may I call you Tuppence?

17:41Oh, yes, please do.

17:43And I'm Jimmy.

17:47Let's have another drink. Same again?

17:50Oh, yes. A horse's neck, please.

17:53One G.G. Harry and a whiskey soda.

17:56Come on, Captain Faulkner.

17:58My word, your husband's a lucky fellow.

18:02I've always thought so.

18:04With you dancing the way you do.

18:06Alas, he doesn't enjoy it very much.

18:09What? Doesn't cotton on to the odd spot of Terpsichore?

18:13Not really.

18:14We must put that right.

18:16I command you to come here night after night just to dance with me.

18:20That's a date.

18:23Dates.

18:28What's the damage, Harry? To you, Captain, 30 shillings.

18:31And to anybody else, a quid.

18:35Here we are.

18:37Oh, I say, they look nice.

18:39These? I suppose they do.

18:41And crackling. Where did you get them from?

18:43Hot off the press.

18:45More likely gambling here, in my case, or the races.

18:48Thank you, madam.

18:52Keep the change, Harry.

18:54Thank you, Captain.

18:56Bonheur.

18:57Cheers.

18:59Oh.

19:03Cut.

19:11Well, I think that's enough for me for one night.

19:13Oh, Jimmy, too sad.

19:15But I must have another throw.

19:17Two or three.

19:19And look at my husband.

19:24I'll see you later, perhaps.

19:26I insist.

19:28I will winkle you out.

19:35I think the part of the young man

19:37who promptly fell over in the paddock.

19:40He really did.

19:42Did you win?

19:44Not exactly.

19:45Did you have a nice dance?

19:47He was a divine piece of ten-sickery.

19:50That's me. What?

19:52Oh, my word.

19:54You're a lucky dog, Tommy.

19:56Thanks.

19:57I say, Tubbins, what about a flutter in the old holy of holies?

19:59Oh, rather.

20:00I'll stake you to a couple of tenors.

20:02Oh, no. A tenor's much too heady for me.

20:04A quid's more my pace.

20:06Just as you say. Come on, then.

20:08Have fun.

20:11Yes, sir.

20:12Horses' neck, please.

20:13Yes, sir.

20:16Good evening.

20:17Good evening.

20:20You can't beat the French, can you?

20:22I beg your pardon?

20:24The French, you can't beat them.

20:27I refer to Mrs. Laidlaw, Marguerite.

20:30She is the most beautiful woman I've ever set eyes on.

20:33Yes, she's very lovely.

20:35I'm from America, sir.

20:37I thought you might be.

20:39Hank Ryder, New Jersey.

20:41Tommy Beresford.

20:43St. John's Wood.

20:45I am pretty new to this kind of high life.

20:47I only made my pile a little while ago.

20:49Really?

20:50Yes, right.

20:51I've come to Europe to see life.

20:53Where else have you been, may I ask?

20:55Yeah, um...

20:56France?

20:57Gay Paris?

20:58Berlin?

20:59Vienna?

21:00Belgium?

21:01Uh, no, not yet.

21:03Your horse's neck, sir.

21:04Oh, thanks.

21:05Would you like a drink?

21:06Mmm.

21:07I'm still going.

21:09I'm afraid that's the smallest I've got.

21:11That's quite all right, sir.

21:13Well, cheers.

21:16Cheers.

21:21Oh.

21:22He's in terrible shape.

21:25Such a lovely creature's got to have money worries.

21:39Jimmy, darling, do me a big favor.

21:41Of course, Margaret.

21:42Anything within my feeble power.

21:44Tomorrow at Ascot.

21:45I fancy very much Penning Prince for the four o'clock.

21:48I'm told he cannot lose.

21:50In his raw backing, he wouldn't dare to, my dear.

21:54Twenty pounds on the nose.

21:56Might I help?

21:58Oh, let me have those for a couple of tenners, Jimmy.

22:01I can't get my life away with tenners.

22:05Pleasure.

22:11Well?

22:13Difficult to tell.

22:14Well, I caught a twenty from Madame Laidlaw via Jimmy.

22:17A minor change from the bar.

22:20What's that?

22:21Coke.

22:22Whatever for?

22:23Sober you up.

22:24I beg your pardon?

22:26Sober us both up.

22:27I'm absolutely swimming in horse's neckness.

22:31In what?

22:32In horse's neckness.

22:34Horse's necks.

22:35That's what I said.

22:37Horse's neckness.

22:40Good grief.

22:42What's that apparition you're wearing?

22:44Do you like it?

22:45It's my new negligee.

22:47Like it or not, you didn't.

22:49Oh, Tuppence, you did.

22:51You bought it out of the money that Marriott gave us.

22:53Well, you said I should dress the part.

22:55Yes, in working or even working hours.

22:57But at this time of night?

22:59It gives me a feel of the thing.

23:01An obituary of an illegal gambling club.

23:03Long cigarette holders.

23:05Hangovers.

23:06Why, don't you like it?

23:08Yes.

23:09But will you stop being so damned feminine

23:11while I'm trying to examine these damned banknotes?

23:14Well, just pretend that I'm not here.

23:16Right. Thanks very much.

23:18Now...

23:21Out of the four I got as change from the bar,

23:25only one is a dud.

23:27That could be anybody's.

23:29Exactly.

23:30And out of your 20, four are forgeries.

23:32Madam Lalo got those from her husband.

23:35Who was playing chemie.

23:37So he could have gotten them from the cashier

23:40or from anywhere.

23:42So that doesn't help much.

23:44Well, never mind.

23:46That means we'll have to go back to the Python Club

23:48and I can wear another dress.

23:51Tuppence.

23:52Hmm?

23:53Concentrate on this bit.

23:55These dud notes are all new and crisp,

23:58so they can't have been fondled...

24:01handled...

24:03by very many people.

24:06Drink your chocolate, darling.

24:09While it's hot.

24:25Bastard.

24:36Stinger.

24:37Yes, ma'am.

24:40A horse's neck.

24:41Yes, ma'am.

24:42Hello.

24:46Were you racing today?

24:48Yes.

24:51Ascot?

24:52Yes.

24:54Successful?

24:56Yes.

24:59Did Benign Prince win?

25:01No.

25:02I only asked because I didn't think your wife acted.

25:06Oh?

25:11You obviously enjoy gambling.

25:13Yes.

25:14Me too.

25:15Oh.

25:16But I don't have much luck.

25:18No?

25:19And then I usually run out of cash.

25:23Yes.

25:26I often wonder why I don't make my own.

25:29I often wonder why I don't make my own.

25:31Then I could gamble all day long.

25:33Yes?

25:38I suppose, like most good gamblers,

25:40you keep your cards pretty close to your stomach.

25:44Yes.

25:46Don't give much away?

25:49No.

25:54I hate to ask, but could you change a ten-pound note?

25:58I can change that for you, madam.

26:09Cheers.

26:15One hundred.

26:17One hundred and ten.

26:19Twenty.

26:20Thirty.

26:21Forty.

26:22Fifty.

26:23Sixty.

26:24Seventy.

26:29Eighty.

26:31Ninety.

26:33Two hundred.

26:34Thank you, Jimmy.

26:36I'm jolly rotten luck.

26:41Why, she's a little witch, that one, huh?

26:43Talk about a poker face.

26:45I'll win it back tomorrow night.

26:47Drink?

26:54Mr. Ryder, I think you should go back to your hotel.

26:57My hotel?

26:58I don't fancy that.

27:05Well, I know what he looks like.

27:07What?

27:08Photos in the Sporting and Dramatic.

27:10Major Laidlaw and friends at the Derby, that sort of tribe.

27:13So, what have I got to do then, sir?

27:15You get on your motorcycle and follow him to Ascot.

27:19Now, if he heads for the Royal Enclosure,

27:21you won't be able to get in there.

27:23Why not?

27:24Because you'll need a topper or a large picture hat with flowers on it.

27:27Can't you lend me one?

27:29Anyhow, the important thing is to watch if he stops anywhere.

27:32And if he does, make a note of everything he says.

27:35Or does.

27:36And if he's carrying anything.

27:38Like what?

27:39A briefcase, satchel, anything that could hold bank notes.

27:42Right, leave it to me.

27:44Now, wait a minute.

27:46He lives in, uh, earthly mansions off Baker Street.

27:49And drives a Rolls.

27:51I'm on my way, partner.

27:54I don't think all those gangster films are a good influence on our Albert.

28:24I'm on my way.

28:54I'm on my way.

29:24I'm on my way.

29:51What seems to be the trouble?

29:54Oh, I used to see a toggle.

29:57Where?

29:58Here.

30:00I don't see nothing.

30:02Well, driving, what you do, you'll always don't have no toggles.

30:10Oh, fixed it.

30:23Right.

30:42All right, so what's the game?

30:44Game? What you on about?

30:46You've been following us all day.

30:48I ain't.

30:50I saw you outside my gentleman's house this morning.

30:53Who, me?

30:54Yes, you.

30:56Why are you following us?

30:57I ain't. I've been to the races and all.

31:00You best buzz off.

31:02I was just going.

31:04And if I ever set eyes on you again, my lad, it'll be the worst for you.

31:20Who the devil do you think you are, I said?

31:31Have as much right to be standing here as what you have.

31:34And did he threaten you?

31:36Threaten me? No, sir, I'll threaten them.

31:38Anyway, he comes over, right, thrown his weight about...

31:40Did you see money change hands?

31:42Yeah. Have you seen a posh pub?

31:44First he takes out a wad of notes, strips one off for the waiter and hands the rest to the other bloke.

31:48And then after that bit, where you threatened them?

31:51They went straight to the python club.

31:53You're sure?

31:54Yep, straight there.

31:56Oh, thanks, Albert. You've done just swell.

31:58Ah, shucks, missus, it weren't nothing.

32:04Thank you, Albert.

32:07Well, what do you think, darling?

32:09I don't know.

32:10Could it just be Monsieur Errol I paying Major Laidlaw back a debt?

32:14Yes.

32:15But it'd hardly bring out four's notes in the full light of day.

32:19Of course, you know Major Laidlaw's blind.

32:22Blind?

32:23As a bat.

32:24I don't believe you.

32:25That's why that frog always stays so close to him, leading him about.

32:28Albert, why didn't you tell us before?

32:31I only saw him today for the first time.

32:42That's Jim.

32:44Oh, la, la, I lose.

32:46I'm afraid you all lose, folks.

32:48That'll be, uh, what, 50 pounds, ain't you, homie?

32:55May I join you at the next game?

32:57No, no, I shall see if I can do better at roulette.

33:01Will you join me?

33:03Ah, Mr. Farrisbrook, why don't I buy you a drink?

33:05If you'll excuse me, I'll join you later.

33:14Well, what's your portion, young man?

33:33I would like to tell you just at the moment.

33:35Dix, noix.

33:44Madame.

33:45Madame.

33:46Merci bien.

33:47Madame.

33:48Merci.

33:49Bonsoir.

33:51Merci.

33:52Bonsoir.

34:07Ah, my Tommy, here you are.

34:10Look, I've won and won.

34:12Yes, you certainly have.

34:14Is it safe showing off all that money?

34:16Oh, let's just hope we don't lose it all before the evening is out.

34:19Look, why don't I change that for you?

34:21Two bigger notes.

34:23Oh, you English, OK?

34:25So wise and so charming.

34:34They're all forgeries.

34:36But where did she get them from?

34:38She won them.

34:39At roulette, I think.

34:40Very smart.

34:41Well, you spent most of your evening dancing with Jimmy.

34:44What's that got to do with anything?

34:46For all we know, he could be the chap forging the notes.

34:49Oh, no.

34:50Very Edgar Wallace.

34:51Not Jimmy.

34:52Anyway, I think it's fun mixing business with pleasure.

34:56Matter of fact, I haven't enjoyed myself so much for years.

34:59We're not supposed to be enjoying ourselves.

35:01We're supposed to be running a gang of forgers to earth.

35:04And what about you and that French phony?

35:06Purely business.

35:08And no pleasure?

35:10Purely minimal.

35:14I see it as a process of elimination.

35:18What's that mean?

35:19It means if you and I were accused of forgery and it wasn't me,

35:22then I'm eliminated and it must be you.

35:24I might have known.

35:26You see, it could be any one of the habitués of the Python Club.

35:29Habitué are the people who go there.

35:31For I know that.

35:32Or if it's a gang, as Inspector Merritt thinks,

35:35then it could be all of them.

35:37Yes, that makes sense.

35:39Major Laidlaw, even though blind.

35:41Her father, Monsieur Everlard.

35:43That American chap, Jimmy Faulkner.

35:45Even Harry the barman.

35:47But what if it isn't a gang?

35:49Ah, well, then it could be any one of them.

35:52Mind you, one of them might be the leader of the gang,

35:55but the other members might not be the habitués.

35:58Habitués. Yes, that's an idea.

36:00Like in jailbait. There was this little old woman, right, and she was...

36:03We saw that, Albert.

36:04Oh, yeah. That's right.

36:06Now, if this were an Edgar Wallace case,

36:08the criminal could be somebody pretending to be somebody else.

36:12The ringer. There's a detective that turns out not to be a detective.

36:15Yes, we saw that too, Albert.

36:17Sorry.

36:18Mind you, if the major isn't really a major...

36:23Or even blind...

36:24Marguerite Laidlaw isn't really French.

36:26Her father isn't her father.

36:28And Jimmy...

36:29Hang on, hang on.

36:31Just because these people are handling the counterfeit money

36:34doesn't necessarily mean that they're printing it.

36:37No, of course not, but...

36:41What is it, darling?

36:42Are you all right, Mrs B?

36:44Shh, shh.

36:45She's having one of her hunches.

36:56Whitehall.

36:571212.

37:02Inspector Merritt.

37:05She's on to something.

37:06Do you remember the case of the frightened lady?

37:08Shh, shh, shh.

37:11Inspector Merritt. Mrs Beresford.

37:14No, no, not yet.

37:16But there's something I want you to do for me.

37:19Phone all the big hotels

37:21and find out if a large number of forged notes

37:25have been used to pay big bills.

37:28Hotel?

37:29Yes. We'll wait here till you ring.

37:33Whitehall.

37:34Yeah, come on, Mrs B, spill the beans.

37:37If I'm right,

37:39it's too dangerous for us.

38:05I'll only be a minute, darling.

38:06See you in the gaming room.

38:07Right-o.

38:16Mr Ryder.

38:19What are you doing?

38:20That goddamn hat stand.

38:22Never saw anything like that in New Jersey.

38:26Holy smoke, Beresford.

38:28You know what, you've got two heads.

38:30Holy smoke, Beresford.

38:32You know what, you've got two heads.

38:34Ah, but I've only got one hat.

38:36Wow, what do you know, Shreve.

38:39That is remarkable.

38:40Why don't you try that one?

38:42Boy, am I used.

38:46Missed all my drinks earlier on.

38:48Wish I'd been a beer tagger.

38:50If it weren't me, I wouldn't.

38:51Oh?

38:52Who did?

38:53Oh, who do you think?

38:55I agree.

38:57Just for fun.

38:58Look, old chap.

38:59Why don't you go home?

39:01Ain't got no home to go to.

39:03What about your hotel?

39:04Well, hotel's not a home.

39:06Anyway, I promised Marjorie I'm gonna join her

39:09after the treasure hunt.

39:11What treasure hunt?

39:13I'm telling you, young man, the treasure hunt.

39:15The British acrostography, they do it all the time.

39:18Anyway, she took me there in her car.

39:20Where?

39:21I don't know.

39:22There were cobblestones, and it was 500 pounds.

39:26Oh, you're pulling my leg.

39:28I'm telling you, it was white something.

39:31White hole?

39:32No.

39:33White chapel.

39:34That's it.

39:36And you found 500 pounds there?

39:39I didn't.

39:40She did.

39:41She left me outside.

39:43She was always leaving me outside.

39:45It's very sad.

39:46Do you think you'll find your way back again?

39:48Well, of course.

39:49A tank rider doesn't lose his bearings that easy.

39:52Come on, then.

39:55Here we go.

40:09Careful, now.

40:15There we go.

40:18Oh!

40:22Mind your head.

40:29Hey, is this a Rolls Royce?

40:31No, it's a Bentley, actually.

40:33How's it going?

40:36Mind your piece of shit.

40:47See you.

40:48See you.

40:49Hey, Ali.

40:50Bonsoir, chéri.

40:51Tu t'en vas, papa?

40:52Oui.

40:53Malheureusement.

40:54Et demain matin, on sera à Paris.

40:56You better have your...

40:57Yes?

40:58To earn the money to play here, madame.

41:01Of course.

41:02Bon voyage.

41:03Merci.

41:04Au revoir.

41:05Au revoir.

41:06Toodle-oo-peep.

41:07Toodle-oo-peep.

41:08Toodle-oo-peep.

41:09Toodle-oo-peep.

41:10Toodle-oo-peep.

41:11Toodle-oo-peep.

41:12Toodle-oo-peep.

41:13Toodle-oo-peep.

41:14Toodle-oo-peep.

41:15Toodle-oo-peep.

41:32Where are we?

41:34White Chong.

41:35Oh, yeah.

41:37It looks familiar.

41:39I think that we turn to the right somewhere down there.

41:43There's a phone box.

41:55What do you want a phone for? The Python Club at Tubman's, near where I am.

42:01Well, you think she'll be worried? I hope so.

42:21No sign of your errant husband? Apparently not. A dance while waiting? No thank you, Jimmy, I'm

42:28Drinking a little champagne would be reviving

42:45See that pub yes, it's down there down that street there

42:52You want to drop in for a quick one?

42:58All right, turn down there

43:08Why are we doing all this? Some of that moolah is still buried down here or what? Could be.

43:15We'd put you on over on somebody. Possibly.

43:24That's it pull over down there

43:27All right, Jimmy, let's do this.

43:57Where are we going? Whitechapel. Why? All he said was cats.

44:27It's the one. She went in there. You sure? I'm sure. She left me down at the end of the alley.

44:46But how can you tell? They all look the same. Like the story of the princess and the soldier.

44:51I don't know that one. Michael, he's a real princess, but there's certainly no soldier.

44:56Yes, well, they put a cross on the door to show which one it was.

45:00I'll be darned. I think I'll do the same. Why? In case we're in danger.

45:17A lot of cats about. What do we do now? We step inside?

45:22Be careful. We do.

45:26Hey, someone's coming down the alley.

45:52Good evening, Mr. Beresford.

46:22Willie the Oyster Opener. Turn out the gas.

46:28Ah, the headquarters. Shut your trap. Put your hands up.

46:32Got him, boys.

46:36So, Mr. Busy-Busy. Reached the end of the trail, eh?

46:40Mr. Hank Ryder. What a surprise. I have been laughing fit to bust these past few days.

46:48Really? You know, I was on to you right from the start.

46:51I knew you weren't really in with that crowd of the Python.

46:54I let you play about for a bit until I got you suspicious of the lovely Marguerite.

46:58And then I said to myself, now's the time to lead him to it.

47:03And now I'm on the spot. Well, it looks like it.

47:07I mean, I'm not giving up this business for the sake of two amateur peepers.

47:10So what are you going to do? Bump me off?

47:15Well, have you got any other suggestions?

47:18I wouldn't bank on that cross that you put on that door.

47:21Why not? Well, I know that cockeyed fairy story.

47:25I went back and I put a cross on all the other doors.

47:28By the time they find the right door in your body, me and the boys will be out of the country.

47:33With Major Laidlaw and his wife? Them?

47:36God, they're only interested in horses. They're not in our league, Sonny.

47:40Really?

47:43Well, let's get it over with.

47:47I thought you were so clever, didn't you? We were a step ahead of you all the way.

48:06Well done, Sonny. Just in time, Inspector.

48:12Excuse me.

48:15Are you all right? Never better.

48:17Well, Inspector, you were right about the Python Club.

48:20May I introduce you to Mr. Hank Ryder, his henchman and equipment?

48:25I said I'd get you, Crackler, and I have.

48:29Crackler? What the hell are you talking about?

48:32You'll find it in the next criminal dictionary. Etymology doubtful.

48:35Take him away.

48:43Well done, Albert.

48:45But how did you get those cats to lead us here?

48:47I not only equipped myself with chalk, but with a file of valerian.

48:51We're on earth, valerian.

48:53Stinks to our heaven, but cats love it. I'll keep them.

48:56Cats is what he said and cats is what I look for. They was outside the door when I arrived.

49:00There was no need to pick up Mrs. Beresford. It could have been dangerous.

49:03I knew she were. I won't miss all the fun. No, quite right.

49:06Well, thank you very much for your help.

49:09Always a pleasure, Inspector.

49:11Though I have to admit it was my clever wife who first suspected the Yankee.

49:15The hotel where he was staying had hundreds of pounds worth of forged banknotes palmed off.

49:20Mind you, I wouldn't trust those others at the Python Club further than I could throw them.

49:24Fiddles, perhaps, but no forgeries.

49:28I'm afraid it turned out more dangerous than I'd anticipated.

49:32What with Jimmy Faulkner dancing too, too divinely.

49:37Marguerite fluttering her eyelids at her knees.

49:40Yes, well, goodnight, Miss.

49:43See you in the morning.

49:47Not to mention all those cocktails.

49:50Hanging on her everywhere.

49:58So, it was quite a dangerous charge.

50:02A very dangerous charge.

50:36A very dangerous charge.

51:06A very dangerous charge.

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