Part 3 of 6 of the period thriller. Having swindled Joan Plumleigh-Bruce of her money, but lost Clarice Mannors when he was late for their meeting, Ralph is reducded to staying in a luxury hotel with an old girlfriend but increasingly running out of money. But a chance incident in a nightclub sees Ralph blackmail his former employer Harold Bennett into giving him his old job back as a car salesman. And he wastes little time in seducing old flame and Bennett's daughter Pamela as he seeks a new opportunity to find money. But little does he realize the persistence of old adversity Donald Stimpson, who has no intention of letting Gorse get away with fleecing his friend and relentlessly tracks Gorse down...
Starring Nigel Havers, Bernard Hepton, Rosemary Leach, Fiona Fullerton, George Baker, Gillian Raine, Abigail McKern, Tony Steedman, Chrissie Cotterill, Grace Kinirons, Brian Poyser, Terence Lodge, Howard Lew Lewis, Nicholas Amer, Stephen Gordon, Roz Freeman-Atwood and Jason James. This period thriller takes a change in scenery as Gorse flees his surroundings and sets himself up in a hotel before latching himself on his old employer and his daughter. As well as the regular cast, this benefits also from performances from a pre-Wexford George Baker and a delightfully witty Gillian Raine, though it is Leo McKern's daughter Abigail you really feel for as the lovelorn but used daughter Pamela. And all the while there is secret enjoyment of seeing the relentless and unlikely avenging angel Donald Stimpson (a superb Bernard Hepton) pursuing Gorse, leading up to Gorse's past catching up with him at the climax of this episode. However, with there being 6 episodes and this being Part 3, there is more to come from the ever charming Ralph Gorse, with deadly effect.
Starring Nigel Havers, Bernard Hepton, Rosemary Leach, Fiona Fullerton, George Baker, Gillian Raine, Abigail McKern, Tony Steedman, Chrissie Cotterill, Grace Kinirons, Brian Poyser, Terence Lodge, Howard Lew Lewis, Nicholas Amer, Stephen Gordon, Roz Freeman-Atwood and Jason James. This period thriller takes a change in scenery as Gorse flees his surroundings and sets himself up in a hotel before latching himself on his old employer and his daughter. As well as the regular cast, this benefits also from performances from a pre-Wexford George Baker and a delightfully witty Gillian Raine, though it is Leo McKern's daughter Abigail you really feel for as the lovelorn but used daughter Pamela. And all the while there is secret enjoyment of seeing the relentless and unlikely avenging angel Donald Stimpson (a superb Bernard Hepton) pursuing Gorse, leading up to Gorse's past catching up with him at the climax of this episode. However, with there being 6 episodes and this being Part 3, there is more to come from the ever charming Ralph Gorse, with deadly effect.
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00:00You're the top, you're the Colosseum, you're the top, you're the Louvre Museum,
00:21you're a melody from a symphony by Strauss, you're an ascot bonnet, a Shakespeare sonnet, you're Mickey Mouse,
00:31you're the night, you're the Tower of Pisa, you're the smile on the Mona Lisa,
00:43I'm a worthless check, a total wreck, a flop, but if baby I'm the bottom, you're the top.
01:13Oh!
01:32Oh!
01:33Oh!
01:34Oh!
01:39Oh!
01:57Good morning Mr Stimson!
01:59You're kötü, really!
02:01I'd like to see Mr Larry's please!
02:02By all means!
02:03Come along you!
02:05Yes!
02:08you're a bastard Ralph Gorse. I thought you were gonna kill me for a minute. you do it
02:22again I might. I would have only taken a fiver. honestly you keep me so short of
02:27money. you always make some more your usual way. oh and how is that? on your back. you say
02:35such lovely things. if I had the train fare I'd go back to London. don't suppose
02:42you'd let me have it would you Ralph and call it a day darling? if you try and leave
02:45this hotel they're gonna present you with a bill for quite a lot of money.
02:49don't say you haven't paid them. so you can't leave any more than I can. you're actually broke.
02:55but I thought you were rolling in it. I was.
03:02so what now? we're gonna have to put on our thinking caps aren't we my dear?
03:07a cheque for a hundred pounds has been presented to a branch of the Wessex Provincial Bank of Brighton and referred to drawer.
03:22what does that mean? no funds. the drawer, the person who signs the cheque, was one Ralph
03:28Ernest Gorse. he's had the account only four weeks and he's overdrawn 63 pounds in
03:34that time.
03:37if his cheques are being refused what can it mean except... it means my dear silly
03:45woman he spent your thousand pounds. he's getting into the reddities bank
03:50bouncing rubber cheques. Donald I wish you would try not to speak to me in that way.
03:54it is extremely rude and I will not stand for it. oh. I'm sorry.
04:06so he's in Brighton. so it seems. I shall know more when I get there. oh Donald it's
04:17been almost six months since Ralph and what good will it do? chase him down there.
04:23a lot. well even if you find him what will it accomplish? to give me a great deal of
04:29satisfaction. you won't you won't attack him. I mean God don't do anything silly
04:36like that will you? can you see me throwing him up Brighton pier? not really
04:40he's very fit and strong. yes well you know all about that I suppose.
04:45you will ring Donald. at some point. I don't suppose it's any good me saying don't go.
04:54none whatever I'm catching the early evening train. goodbye my dear. goodbye Donald.
05:02I must say the last thing I expected was to hear your voice on the phone this afternoon.
05:09Ralph please. I'm not working for you these days Harold.
05:25Ralph. that's Ralph always there with a sharp answer. I don't know. I think you're pretty
05:32sharp yourself Mr. Bennet. good card player I bet. not bad. I hear there's a good school
05:39going tonight. yes my room. you me Vinnie the bookie and a friend of his. I was surprised to
05:45hear that you were living at the uh hotel royal. things must be looking up. yes things are going
05:50very well thank you Harold. oh glad to hear it. how do you know this fella? eh? young lady?
05:58bunty. call me bunty please Harold. delighted to bunty. haven't I uh seen you here before?
06:07I was hostessing for a bit then I met Ralph and you know how it is. you'll be uh coming back to the
06:15hotel with us? of course. lovely one that sir. what's that? oh that's all right Harold. I'll source for that.
06:23yeah. my friend is having a nice quiet night out on the town away from the pressures of business and
06:30it doesn't want any publicity. do you understand me? now look. give me your card. and I'll take the
06:35photographs tomorrow. just a precaution. we don't want them falling into the wrong
06:39hands now do we? eh? got it sir. ready first thing in the morning. off you go. here's a good note.
06:45you ready then? I'm rigging to let you know where I am. it's a boarding house. briny view. now there's no
06:51need to write it down. I'll be home in a couple of days I expect. have have you found him?
06:55but I'm going to his bank tomorrow morning and I shall demand his address on your behalf.
07:04will they give it to his address? well I think so. I've got Norris's backing.
07:11but if Rafe has no money what do you expect to get from him?
07:17Donald I really think. I know what you think. you think I should forget all about it and come home.
07:21what? well I think that I should find out exactly where Gorse is and get the police on to him for false pretenses.
07:30well I'm clear. now the dealer takes one. two. now I'll see. yeah I'll see you then.
07:45well you never could play poker could you? you don't even know about these things do you?
07:56I know nobody can afford to lose 20 quid on one hand of cars even if they are living at the royal hotel at the moment.
08:03he's a young fellow used to work for me you know didn't he? oh yeah.
08:07you're doing what? selling cars rather than not selling them. that's why I had to sack him.
08:11I don't know about motorcars Ralph. shut up and turn that racket off.
08:15you're charming. club's young dream over is it buddy? looks like it doesn't it Mr. Bennett?
08:20Harold. Harold Bennett. Bennett's motors you can see my name all over this part of the world right Vinnie?
08:25yeah it's a good thing you're never saying about motorcars Harold. you play poker about as well as young Ralph here.
08:32I don't have to have a bookie to teach me how to play a hand of cards. you fellas aren't even legal.
08:38it's getting a bit late. I'll call it a day.
08:44give us a call Ralph. any time. you and all Mr. Bennett. it's been a pleasure.
08:53well that's it. no not quite. you owe me 26 pounds. do I? do I really? well then.
08:59oh no sorry sorry Ralph. no checks. well they'd have to wait won't you? no can do.
09:03oh you're broke are you? Ralph Gorse. gentleman of leisure. good school. well he went to one.
09:11but I believe they expelled him. what was that for Ralph? sleeping with a matron. you just shut your
09:17bloody mouth! nothing you can tell me Ralph. just a joke. no offense.
09:23where are you going Ralph? fresh air up your wife. i would serve you right if i was gone when you came back.
09:32oh my darling that would be a relief.
09:34i think i'd better be uh going. it's getting rather late. well it's only one o'clock.
09:47looks like a black side to him but uh you know that. i can see that by your face. i'm fine.
09:54tell you what let's go to your room for one last drink shall we? i don't know. i shouldn't be breathing.
10:04good evening. good evenings. mr bennett would like to change his booking to a double.
10:13mrs bennett's joined him. very good mr bors. shall i alter the register? why not?
10:34so
10:43so
11:45Good morning, sir.
11:50You looking for somebody?
11:52No.
11:55Hey, mate.
11:57You a hotel feeble just jumping your hotel bill?
12:01What, sir?
12:01You heard.
12:03Neither.
12:05Look, I came with a lady.
12:06And I'm leaving without her.
12:08Understand?
12:09Well, I ain't seen you.
12:11On your way.
12:13Be lucky.
12:21Ralph?
12:22I'll be right back.
12:52Hotel Royal, please.
13:22Hotel Royal, please.
13:52Hotel Royal, please.
14:22What are you doing here?
14:25Well, then.
14:26Looking for my own job back, actually.
14:29You're not.
14:30Afraid so.
14:33Time's back.
14:35But I have...
14:38Well...
14:39Daddy said you were staying at the Royal.
14:42Well, I was, but let's not talk about that, Pam.
14:46Left under a bit of a cloud, actually.
14:48Money?
14:49Oh, no, nothing serious like that.
14:52Just a lady.
14:54And a bit of a...
14:55I had heard you've got some girl with you.
14:57Now, please, don't you be angry with me, Pam.
14:59It's none of my business what you do, Ralph, is it?
15:02No, sometimes I wish it was.
15:05Do you know that?
15:05You don't mean that, do you?
15:09How do you know what I mean?
15:11Lovely bus.
15:13Where's yours?
15:15In the garage.
15:16Twenty quid to get it out.
15:17You're broke?
15:18For twenty pounds?
15:20Three half-crans.
15:22In the world?
15:22In the world.
15:24Ralph, what am I going to do with you?
15:46Daddy, you look terrible.
15:48Where have you been?
15:48Oh, I was, er...
15:50Important business-making.
15:51Out of town.
15:56Went on rather late.
15:58You remember Ralph, Daddy?
15:59Hmm.
16:03He's looking for his old job back.
16:06And you've no idea where he can be?
16:08Wish I did, the rotten bastard.
16:11Leaving me to face all that.
16:13Yes, yes, it was rather nasty in there.
16:14They took my address.
16:16Still, can't get blood out of the stone.
16:19When I think of what I did for him,
16:21he never even left me at a cab fare.
16:24Gorse never mentioned, er, anybody he might go to,
16:28if things were bad, huh?
16:29Ralph Gorse never tells anybody anything.
16:31No.
16:31Oh, well, good luck.
16:35I'm going to need you.
16:36Hey, I say,
16:37you couldn't spare us a quid, could you?
16:39I've got to get to London somehow.
16:43I can manage five shillings
16:44if you'll help me.
16:46Oh.
16:49If you ever hear of Ralph Gorse
16:50or any of his whereabouts,
16:52telephone that number.
16:53Oh, I will, I will.
16:54Thanks, mister.
17:05Thanks.
17:13I've sacked you, remember?
17:14Yes, I want five quid basic
17:16plus commission on top.
17:18Are you mad?
17:19You're on commission only.
17:20This is different, isn't it?
17:22Very different.
17:23Oh.
17:24I need this job.
17:26And if I have to be unpleasant,
17:27believe you me, I will be.
17:29In what way, may I ask?
17:32You spent last night
17:33at the Hotel Royal
17:34with your wife, Mr. Bennett.
17:37It's in the hotel register.
17:39Mr. and Mrs.
17:40Oh, well, I've got some
17:42very nice snaps of Mrs. Bennett.
17:45Yes.
17:45I'm sure she'd like to see them.
17:50I told you.
17:51I need the job.
18:01I'm glad your firm
18:02got the contract
18:03for the new estate.
18:05I'm glad you're glad, Joan.
18:06Oh, I've worked so hard for it.
18:09Hmm.
18:10Oh, Donald,
18:13don't sit there
18:14like a bear with a sore head,
18:15please.
18:17Mary, would you give Mr. Stimpson
18:18some more coffee?
18:19I don't want any more coffee.
18:21I can't sleep
18:21if I drink the stuff.
18:23No, I said no, gal.
18:24Sorry, sir, I'm sure...
18:25Mary, take the dishes
18:26into the kitchen.
18:27I'll ring if I need anything.
18:28Yes, ma'am.
18:29Oh, really, that girl.
18:48if she wasn't so cheap you'd fire her well I would as you know I'm in somewhat
18:56reduced circumstances you let Ralph Gorse go the whole hog what a thing to say
19:06why not it's true it is not true Donald Stimson and you know it isn't true I'd
19:14never do a thing like that Ralph is years and years younger than me
19:20Joan Joan you're a silly woman I don't know whatever I saw in you Donald please not so loud
19:25oh it's all right if I say it softies that stops it being true does it it is not true you know it
19:32isn't true I swear it you do yes I do hmm let me get your brandy thank you
19:44oh it'll make me sleep not like some people with no consciences
19:58what is it that's keeping you awake dear the thought of having Ralph Ernest Gorse at my
20:09mercy in the palm of my hand like that oh Lord you've cut yourself so I have so I have
20:21so much of a place to ask a girl to but it's all I've got I'm afraid I don't mind I just wish we
20:38had something a bit nicer that's all really I don't mind the only thing that worries me is your land lady I have a feeling she knows who I am I have been here pretty often well that'd be a big worry
20:49if she talks well it would be if daddy found out well he won't will he I mean I won't tell him if you don't
20:56Ralph you scare me sometimes you don't seem to care about anything or anybody
21:03maybe I don't maybe I don't not even me
21:10sometimes when we make love I you can be very violent Ralph sometimes can I
21:21I love you Ralph I always have ever since the first day I saw you
21:29I died when you left I never thought I'd see you again well here I am so stop worrying
21:34daddy might sack you Ralph no no you won't well how can you be so sure
21:46Ralph how are you for money how do you think
21:55here you can at least get your car out of the garage
22:09I'll pay you back I don't care
22:14do anything for you Ralph
22:19I'll pay you back
22:49oh hello mommy I thought you'd be in bed well it is half past eleven sit down a
23:00minute dear well I rather wanted a word Pamela oh what about I think you know
23:07well I'm a bit tired can't it wait and I expect dad you'll come bursting in any
23:12minute no he won't he's at the club and it's poker night tonight so he'd be
23:16two o'clockish if I know him I'm with a bad head in the morning oh sit down darling
23:22please oh well all right would you like a cigarette or drink no thanks I'm fine
23:32Ralph Gorse you're seeing him aren't you that's my business mommy oh I'm not
23:40criticizing well not exactly he is very attractive I can see that but so what's
23:45the problem then the problem darling is that he has no money no probability of
23:52ever having any and you are the daughter of a comparatively rich man I don't want
23:57daddy's money you won't get it not if you tie yourself up in any way with Ralph
24:02Gorse mommy I'd rather you didn't say anymore you've seen Ralph tonight haven't
24:11you you've been spying on me oh darling anyone with eyes in their head can see that your lipstick
24:18is fresh your clothes are rather crumpled need I go on oh my dear I was a girl
24:25myself once I'm not a girl I'm 24 yes I know how old you are the point is whether you like it or not
24:33your father dislikes Ralph very much indeed and sooner or later for one reason or
24:38another he'll sack him take my word for it
24:41I don't know why daddy dislikes Ralph so much he works hard he sells cars well
24:47anyway as often as anyone else does including daddy yes well that might not
24:50endear him to your father I don't see why not
24:53darling don't you know anything about men I know that when I meet someone I
24:59like and who likes me and I haven't met many who do have I I'm going to do
25:04nothing to drive them away not for you not for daddy and particularly not for
25:10daddy's money bravely said
25:15but I have a feeling that Ralph Gorse might not be quite so interested in you if you had
25:27absolutely no money at all that's a foul thing to say absolutely foul darling it's fact when I
25:39married your father he had a lot of ideas but no capital I lent him that capital well perhaps I
25:45should lend Ralph some money if I had any which I don't all I'm saying is if you
25:50can't resist Ralph Gorse at least don't go into deep water with him are you
25:58following what I'm saying no and I'm not trying to either I don't want to talk about
26:03this your father will find out sooner or later he won't if you don't tell him one
26:11thing I do know Ralph loves me nobody else ever has not you daddy nobody just think
26:19Pamela it's all I'm saying think about what Ralph loves me I trust him and he
26:28trusts me there's nothing more to say good night mummy
26:33oh Ralph you scared me to death you know how I hate your silly games do you not here daddy'll see us
27:00always try to help but I stick with the old daimler you know oh for business naturally I say what's this
27:23you know this model first on the coast really yes the ultimate sports car sir yeah wonderful
27:36machine do you realize this car is capable of 97 miles an hour ah yes well it's a young
27:40man's car but I agree with you it's very fine looking machine yeah I think a young
27:43man would like to drive sir but only a mature man could drive oh yes you have a very
27:49persuasive salesman here Bennett yes very well if I were if I were 15 years younger mr Gorse sir not
28:00first not Bracken Gorse Gorse yes well I agree with you she's a lovely looking instrument I hope you
28:07sell her soon well whoever has the first model will be a celebrity there's no doubt about that
28:10really oh no doubt about that at all sir a talking point I should say whoever has this car well all eyes
28:18would be on him ah tell me that uh that tie it is the frontier scouts isn't it yes sir matter of fact it
28:27it is well I miss girl business yes of course sir Robert
28:40of course they're not only an unprincipled rotter but an idiot to boot if you say so mr. Bennett sir
28:47Robert Sims would never buy a car like that I don't know who would buy it
28:55don't know why I stopped the bloody thing in the first place
29:02we'll never shift it never
29:17stay dressed like that mr. Gorse it's captain Gorse you know sorry army sir oh yes for a while
29:29nothing special yes he was he was on the northwest frontier with the scouts he was ever so brave you
29:33are pamela bennett uh-huh bennett motors oh i see mister i mean captain gorse works for your father is
29:40that right in what capacity well manager actually oh marvellous now all right margie it's the car
29:46we're here for dear um get some more pictures will you charlie um this is the first model of its
29:52kind on the south coast isn't that the case mr. captain yes there's only a dozen in the country so
29:57far it's going to be at the motor show of course what was the price again 800 guineas and worth every
30:01penny miss bennett are you and captain gorse friendly yes of course we are may we expect an
30:11announcement not really no but possibly one day captain gorse who knows captain gorse said modestly
30:20that he was willing to return to the colors in the event of an emergency captain gorse whatever was
30:25he captain of that doesn't matter harold the bloody man's taken my car what matters is the last paragraph
30:31what was pamela thinking about going off with him like that have you spoken to her about this no
30:36not yet and i'm not going to you are if anybody is me well you employ her here presumably she went in
30:42office hours well it says here wednesday wednesday i was up in london at the motor show of course he's
30:47going he's going and that's that i never knew why you gave him the job in the first place well he's a
30:53good salesman but he might have crashed it anything might have happened it's not insured harold read the
30:59last paragraph the handsome gallant captain gorse would not deny that i don't believe this you know
31:08that there's a romantic association between himself and his charming companion miss pamela bennett
31:12daughter of local businessman harold w bennett proprietor of bennett motors where the captain is a manager
31:20manager romantic association i'm not saying that i think she's been seeing him seeing him
31:26what does that mean for god's sake you don't mean she's going to bed with him no no of course not but
31:37well he is attractive and she well she doesn't have a lot of luck in that department does she
31:44you sound as if you like the fellow i don't like or dislike him i simply want to know what we do
31:52about that newspaper report i mean what do we say to our friends oh we deny it of course we say the
31:56paper got it wrong i suppose we'll have to finish go downstairs and ask pamela to step up here with you
32:04harold be careful just do as i say
32:13handsome gallant my aunt fanny
32:24an evening paper would you please thank you
32:27mrs bennett it's not often we get the pleasure of seeing you here now my husband is absolutely
32:33blazing out about this car business about that that was just a nice little publicity stunt that's
32:38all have you seen the article in the paper no as a matter of fact i've just sent bob out to get one
32:42you are in the doghouse pamela too i'm afraid i'm sorry about that i must say you're looking
32:49very pretty today phyllis all this excitement must agree with you ralph don't try it on with me
32:55oh all i'm saying is how lovely you look is that a crime no but i'm sure you'll be able to cool your
33:01husband down of course that's not the effect you have another man ralph you are the absolute end
33:10oh good afternoon sir robert sir robert can i help you i've just read that bit in the august
33:17i've come over to buy it so accept my check let me drive it away before i change my mind delighted
33:25will that be all ma'am yes i'll call you if i need you yes ma'am i'll do the dishes now ma'am
33:41is there anything in the paper dear property prices are going up
33:46if you sold this place you'd get a good price for it where would i live dear if i did that with me
33:59is that a proposal oh perhaps it is perhaps it isn't if it is why don't you come and live here
34:06now your gloomy old place depresses me i must say well your answer isn't exactly yes is it it's not
34:11exactly no arbories not exactly yes either now what you have to realize is that your only liquid
34:17asset is this house since your capital was stolen by gorse not all of it i still have a few hundreds
34:27and poor dear jeffrey's pension well that'll get less and less as time goes by i mean if there's a war
34:33oh come on donald let's go down to the fnh and have a few drinks and cheer ourselves up all we seem
34:44ever to do these days is sit in the house and listen to the wireless in case gorse or somebody
34:49like him comes in you'd like that wouldn't you donald you are unutterably tiresome am i am i really
34:54and shall i tell you what you are oh come on you old silly boots let's go down to the fnh have a few
34:58drinks and forget about hitler and mr chamberlain and mussolini you go if you must i think i'll go
35:08home have an early night well then good night joe good night dear
35:28stimpson and snell
35:32if you hold on he's just coming
35:36it's for you mr stimpson oh right thanks
35:43uh stimpson here
35:48yes yes i do remember you
35:52where and when
35:53right i'll be there
36:06hello miss burrows i wasn't sure you'd turn up
36:25may i ask what is your tipple
36:28oh gin and orange please
36:30do you have some news for me
36:34yes sent to me by a friend at the club she thought i'd be interested
36:38i'm gonna cost you a five sight unseen dear
36:41oh
36:43thank you
36:46sit down please
36:47very well
37:12oh yeah
37:17oh mrs rawlings is mr gorse in his room please
37:29oh
37:36oh i see thank you
37:43i wish you'd come to france ralph it would have been great fun
37:44i'm sorry to miss out on that i was expecting to hear from you you know i believe you
38:02what happened didn't your money come through
38:04actually it did
38:05well what happened to it
38:07what usually happens to money my darling
38:09it got spent
38:11i had no address for you no telephone number
38:14i was furious
38:15you stood me up i was terribly upset
38:17not for long though
38:18what
38:19who was he that tall handsome friend the one you went to france with
38:23who
38:24oh archie you mean
38:25was that his name
38:27archie as i suppose it would be
38:28oh archie's an old friend
38:30he wants to marry me actually
38:31does he now
38:32don't worry darling
38:35whoever i marry it won't be him
38:36he's too
38:38unenterprising
38:39you like that don't you enterprise
38:42yes i do rather
38:43i thought you did
38:45ralph
38:47you've never gone too far have you
38:50i can't imagine what you can mean
38:51yes you can
38:56four o'clock good god is that the time
38:58you're not going are you
38:59afraid so
39:00i thought we were going out for the evening dinner or the theater or something
39:03oh
39:03relax
39:04oh well there it is
39:06ralph you aren't married or something absolutely stupid like that are you
39:09no
39:09if you are i say so it probably won't make any difference to us but i'd rather like to know
39:13i could marry you if you like
39:16and what would we live on
39:18i told you i'm broke until my father fixes some kind of marriage settlement with some eminently suitable bloke
39:24which i'm not
39:26which however much i wish you were you're not darling
39:31but we're two of a kind
39:34i don't think i'll ever meet anybody else like you
39:37anybody i'd want to do all this with as much as i want to do it with you
39:41anybody who's just right for me in this way
39:44i mean for an afternoon quickie
39:47yes that but not just that
39:52whatever it is it isn't the stuff marriages are made of
39:55anyway not the marriages i've seen
39:58so can't we leave it just as it is and enjoy it for what it is
40:02yes of course we can
40:05ralph make love to me again now please
40:11i'll telephone you later perhaps
40:21hello
40:24what are you doing here waiting for you remember where have you been
40:27oh lord yes my fault uh had a prospect of a sale
40:31turned out mbg your landlady let me in she wasn't very pleased about it
40:36shame well i could use a drink well don't get too comfortable mommy's waiting for us
40:41she wants to talk what about i don't know well no idea at all none
40:47except she knows about us well yes i know i guess you knew you'd better get home
40:53right we're going to charm the old girl in a minute
40:58it's not nice to have the car again isn't it
41:05it's not nice to have the car again is it
41:09it's not nice to have the car again is it
41:10yes thank you for that darling
41:13so
41:21well
41:26Well, come along, you two. Your father will be home in 30 minutes.
41:47Coming, Mummy. What's it all about, anyway?
41:53Come along.
41:56Rave? Hello, Joan. Donald.
42:16Well, I see you do know one another. This is my daughter Pamela, Mr. Stimson, Mrs. Bruce.
42:23Plumley, Bruce, in fact. I'm so sorry. Won't you sit down? May I offer anybody a drink?
42:29Well, not for me, thank you. Mr. Stimson? Thank you, no.
42:33Well, I'm going to have a very large sherry, and I suggest you have one too, Pamela.
42:38I think you're going to need it.
42:40Well, I don't understand.
42:42Well, there's all been a terrible misunderstanding.
42:44These two people used to be friends of mine, and one of them, if she will allow me to say so, a very, very dear friend.
42:52And the other, a willing accomplice on at least one occasion that we both of us enjoy, but over which I will draw a veil.
42:59Sufficient to say that it was naughty, but nice.
43:02What are you talking about, Rave? Really?
43:04Mr. Stimson, do you know what Mr. Gorse is talking about?
43:06Yes, I do, but it's not relevant, Mrs.
43:08Oh, I would have thought it was, Donald.
43:10No, and my name's Stimson, and you can't blackmail me.
43:14Do you really mean to use that word, Mr. Stimson?
43:17I mean, seriously.
43:19Unfortunately, madam, I do.
43:20Donald, please. There isn't any need for unpleasantness.
43:23Yes, there is, my dear. There's a very great need for it.
43:25Will you please get to the point if there is one?
43:28Oh, there is one, my dear young lady.
43:31Very much so.
43:34Allow me to give to you this passbook.
43:37Look, it's issued by the bank.
43:39I do know what a passbook is.
43:41Look at the signature in the withdrawal column.
43:45Against the sum of £1,000.
43:47Do you recognise the signature?
43:51A 12th?
43:52I can explain that.
43:53Total misunderstanding.
43:55Total fraud would have been my description of it.
43:59Now look at the names at the front of the book.
44:04Mrs. Joan Plumley Bruce.
44:07And Mr. Ralph Ernest Gorse.
44:11A joint account.
44:13Both names.
44:14Either to sign.
44:15Do you understand?
44:17Go on.
44:19Gorse took that money
44:21and ran away with it.
44:22It's as simple as that.
44:24Mrs. Joan Plumley Bruce's money.
44:27That was six months ago.
44:28And we haven't seen him from that day to this.
44:33Joan?
44:35Oh, Ralph, why?
44:36Well, I had an opportunity to double it.
44:39And it went wrong.
44:41And I couldn't face you.
44:42I'm terribly sorry.
44:43Was that it?
44:44Was it really?
44:44He's spent your money.
44:47And since it went,
44:49he's been bouncing checks all over the coast.
44:51If it hadn't been for certain information laid as to his whereabouts,
44:56we'd still be looking for him.
44:59There'd be a lot of creditors coming after you.
45:02We just happened to be the first.
45:03Joan,
45:04there was no intent to deceive.
45:05That's why he sent you the passport back.
45:08You do believe that, don't you?
45:09Ralph, I'd like to.
45:11But why do you see how it looks?
45:13Just so.
45:14Exactly so.
45:17Well, Mrs. Bennet.
45:19I've aimed to see how this concerns my family.
45:22I understand from the local newspaper
45:24that your daughter is engaged to Gorse.
45:26You understand wrong.
45:28Then I must talk to your husband about this matter.
45:31I thought you wished to avoid that.
45:32I didn't know the amount involved, then.
45:35But is there no accommodation possible, Mrs. Bennet?
45:39If people are silly with their money,
45:42for whatever reason,
45:43it's really no business of ours, is it?
45:46And I imagine Mr. Gorse is free of prosecution.
45:49Legal prosecution.
45:50Not when his creditors find out where he is.
45:53You can go to prison for debt, Mrs. Bennet.
45:55Oh, thank you for telling me,
45:56but shouldn't you be telling Mr. Gorse?
45:58I imagine he'll be leaving my husband's employee anyway.
46:00Oh, stop it! Stop it! Stop it!
46:02Oh, Pamela.
46:04I'm pregnant.
46:09Oh, my God.
46:11Oh, hey.
46:13Naturally, I will stand by her.
46:16Naturally.
46:16I'll marry her.
46:27But I'll have to ask a price, I'm afraid.
46:31You pay those people in there.
46:35And all my debts.
46:37I'd have to insist on that.
46:38I'm sorry.
46:40That'll be at least another thousand pounds.
46:41You wouldn't want me going to prison for debt, now, would you?
46:46Not as your new son-in-law, eh?
46:48Did you know about Pamela?
46:51Absolutely not.
46:52It just happened.
46:53How do I make out the check?
47:11Joan Plumley Bruce.
47:15That's L-E-I-G-H.
47:21Well, I'll say good evening.
47:51You think you're oh so bloody clever.
48:12One of these days, you'll go too far.
48:17And when you do, I'll be there.
48:20Waiting.
48:21Waiting.
48:21You're the top.
48:36You're Mahatma Gandhi.
48:39You're the top.
48:42You're Napoleon Brandy.
48:44You're the purple light of a summer night in Spain.
48:49You're the national gallery.
48:51You're garbled salary.
48:52You're cellophane.
48:55You're sublime.
48:58You're a turkey dinner.
49:01You're the time of a Derby winner.
49:05I'm a toy balloon that's faded soon to pop.
49:10But if, baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top.
49:14I'm a worthless check, a total wreck of flop.
49:29But if, baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top.
49:32And if, baby, I'm the bottom, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you're the top, you