0:01:38 > 0:01:41- BOY SINGS SOLO: - # O, for the wings
0:01:41 > 0:01:46# For the wings of a dove
0:01:46 > 0:01:49# Far away
0:01:49 > 0:01:54# Far away would I rove
0:01:54 > 0:01:57ALL: # O, for the wings
0:01:57 > 0:02:01# For the wings of a dove
0:02:01 > 0:02:04# Far away
0:02:04 > 0:02:08# Far away
0:02:08 > 0:02:10# Far away
0:02:10 > 0:02:15# Far away would I rove
0:02:15 > 0:02:21# In the wilderness build me a nest
0:02:21 > 0:02:26# And remain there for ever at rest
0:02:26 > 0:02:30# In the wilderness, build me
0:02:30 > 0:02:34# Build me a nest
0:02:34 > 0:02:41# And remain there forever at rest
0:02:41 > 0:02:44# In the wilderness
0:02:44 > 0:02:46# Build me a nest... #
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Look, there's one!
0:02:49 > 0:02:51HK. It's one I haven't got.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Ain't you tired of that lark yet?
0:03:02 > 0:03:06Enthralling new adventure of Selwyn Pike, master sleuth,
0:03:06 > 0:03:08and his youthful assistant, Smiler.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12- Wotcher, chaps, tea's up. - Did you have any luck today?
0:03:12 > 0:03:15No, I went for a job in undertaker's.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18- And I didn't get it.- They want a fella down at our milk bar.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21- Why don't you come and see the boss? - I might look him up tomorrow.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25- Load of tripe. - Just found it in the road.
0:03:25 > 0:03:30Listen to this, fellas. "It was the work of Smiler to force open the window.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33"He put one leg onto the sill and dropped noiselessly to the floor."
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- Where did he leave the other leg? - THEY LAUGH
0:03:36 > 0:03:39"Two men lay stretched in a pool of blood at his feet."
0:03:39 > 0:03:42- Brr! I'm scared!- He's scared! - THEY LAUGH
0:03:42 > 0:03:45"Pike must be informed at once of this grim new development."
0:03:45 > 0:03:49- Here, that's my comic! - Ah, go on, get out of it!
0:03:49 > 0:03:52THEY SHOUT
0:03:52 > 0:03:54"Smiler stepped back towards the window,
0:03:54 > 0:03:57"but before he could reach it, a garage door swung open
0:03:57 > 0:04:01"and the menacing figure of Larry the Bull loomed up before him.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03"Smiler opened his mouth to shout,
0:04:03 > 0:04:06"but his cry of desperation was instantly smothered
0:04:06 > 0:04:09"as a large, rough hand closed over..."
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- Well, where's the rest of it? - What do you mean?
0:04:16 > 0:04:20- Oh, it must have blowed away. - That's that.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23I'll get you another one in the morning. Tuppence, please.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25You won't catch me reading that kids' stuff.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27HORN BEEPS
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Give us a Trump, please.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42'Selwyn Pike was a fast mover.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45'Eight minutes of break-neck driving brought him to Wilmot Road.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48'Just in time. There was the van.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52'Selwyn Pike was still on its tail when it pulled up in Granville Place.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55'It stopped outside number 813.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58'Two men jumped from it.'
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Great Queen Street!
0:05:04 > 0:05:08'Pike watched through narrowed eyes. Yes, there they were.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12'Three wooden crates and the number that Smiler had impressed upon them.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16'GZ 4216.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19'Pike frowned. Two crates, two dead men.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21'But the third crate. Smiler?
0:05:21 > 0:05:26'"By gad," he ejaculated, "the fiends!" It seemed only too clear.'
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Mind out, you!
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Look where you're going!
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Excuse me, sir! Are you Selwyn Pike?
0:06:08 > 0:06:11No, my name's Higgins. Sorry.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Three bodies, I tell you! In wooden crates!
0:06:36 > 0:06:39- You're crackers!- Scared, are you?
0:06:39 > 0:06:43- Who, me? Get out of it! - OK, let's get on with it.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Oh! Oh, you're hurting me!
0:07:32 > 0:07:36- Oh, yes.- Let go! I'll explain! - You will explain. To the police!
0:07:38 > 0:07:42Lies, lies, lies. All lies. I tell you, Inspector.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44What I want bodies for in my business?
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Mr Jago, please, I'm trying to check up on that number.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Oh, sorry, Inspector. Terribly sorry.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54But what a story! Such lies!
0:07:55 > 0:07:57You're sure it was GZ 4216?
0:07:57 > 0:08:01Sure as I stand here, Inspector. Just like it is in that paper.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05Very interesting. You see, there doesn't happen to be a GZ.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08You see, Inspector? Just as I say. He makes it all in his head!
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Because why? He comes to rob my shop.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13But I knew it. I knew it all the time.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Well, Mr Jago, you got your remedy.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18- I take it you want to charge this boy?- Huh?
0:08:18 > 0:08:21Oh, yes, yes, I charge him. You will send him to prison, yes?
0:08:21 > 0:08:23Right, we'll all take it along to Bow Street.
0:08:23 > 0:08:28- To Bow Street? Me? Now? Why?- You're the one that's bringing the charge.
0:08:28 > 0:08:33Yes, but, Inspector, what else shall I bring? What more should I say?
0:08:33 > 0:08:35I'm sorry, Mr Jago, you've got to come along.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Yes, yes, yes, but I can't come now.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40I'm waiting for a gentleman. A customer of mine.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43He comes at half past nine. It's a very, very big customer.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Look here, Mr Jago. Either you proceed with this case in the proper manner
0:08:47 > 0:08:49or you drop the charge.
0:08:49 > 0:08:53Sorry, I hadn't understood. But it's a very big customer.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56He can't find closed my shop.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58You must understand, Inspector.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01All right, well, I'll let the boy go.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03What else can I do?
0:09:03 > 0:09:06All right, son.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12So sorry, Inspector. I didn't like to waste your time.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16If only it would've been tomorrow, I could've managed, but...
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Sorry.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23That was a bit of luck for you, son.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27- Now, you'd better cut along. Where do you work? - I'm just looking for a job.- I see.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Well, watch your step.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35- It was GZ 4216.- Cut it out, son.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Suppose them number plates was false. Suppose that bloke was a crook.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41He wouldn't have sent for me, would he?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Look, son, you ought to lay off reading those shockers.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47You know, I don't think you're really a bad boy, just a bit imaginative.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- Now, I want to put you in the way of a job.- In the CID?
0:09:50 > 0:09:55There you go. No, Covent Garden.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58- Do you know Nightingale's, the fruit and vegetable place?- No.
0:09:58 > 0:10:03Well, Mr Nightingale's a friend of mine. I happen to know he's on the lookout for a bright boy like you.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Take this along to him. Tell him I sent you.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Detective Inspector Ford.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Send me up some alligators, too. What's that?
0:10:17 > 0:10:19Yeah, I could do with a fisherman's daughter.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Well, that's the lot, unless you've got some ins and outs in. Yeah.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28Oh, Jim? Those tennis balls, a bit of a duff lot, old man. They're frosted.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31How's the missus? Oh, too bad.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Tell her to rub it with turpentine. So long.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40So, you're the young fella that sees visions on the streets of London.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42- HE LAUGHS - What's your name?
0:10:42 > 0:10:46- Joe Kirby, sir.- That's right. Detective Inspector Ford's just been telling me about you.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49- Started young, eh? - Started what, guv'nor?
0:10:49 > 0:10:51The heebie-jeebies.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55HE LAUGHS
0:10:55 > 0:10:58- Now, let me give you a word of advice, Joe.- Yes, sir?
0:10:58 > 0:11:01If ever you see a small jellied eel in striped pyjamas
0:11:01 > 0:11:04riding a tricycle up the wall,
0:11:04 > 0:11:08knock it off, boy. Don't ever touch another drop.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12HE LAUGHS
0:11:16 > 0:11:18- Good strong boy, are you? - I reckon so.
0:11:18 > 0:11:23Come here. Come here, come here, I'm not going to eat you!
0:11:23 > 0:11:25Well, bend it, bend it slowly.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Oh, not a bad bit of muscle there.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31All right, Joe, I'll try you out.
0:11:31 > 0:11:3430 shillings a week. 5am to 1pm.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38- And no daydreams in my time. - I wasn't dreaming.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42HE LAUGHS
0:11:43 > 0:11:47Tom, this is your new assistant, Joe Kirby. Just show him the ropes, will you?
0:11:47 > 0:11:51And if you find any corpses under those spuds, give me a whistle.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54HE LAUGHS
0:12:19 > 0:12:21SHOUTING
0:12:22 > 0:12:24I got you.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31HE WHISTLES
0:12:32 > 0:12:35SHOUTING
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Elastic! Half price!
0:12:52 > 0:12:55HE LAUGHS
0:12:55 > 0:12:57LAUGHTER
0:13:15 > 0:13:19What does he get, that young Johnson? Two quid a week?
0:13:19 > 0:13:23I don't know how he does it. I couldn't afford to play around with girls when I was his age.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29- Now what's his nibs up to? - Just practising, Dad.
0:13:29 > 0:13:34- I've got a job. - Got a job, have you? I hope it's a good steady one this time.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37- Here, that's mine.- I've got to eat the crusts. I'm slimming.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41Haven't I told you not to start a new loaf before you finish the old?
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Well, tell us about your job. How much are you getting?
0:13:44 > 0:13:47- 30 bob a week. - Money isn't everything, my lad.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50- What's the prospects? - Well, I ain't sure, mind you,
0:13:50 > 0:13:53but I wouldn't be surprised if I wasn't given a very important job to do pretty soon.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57- In the government, of course. - Sort of. In the CID if you must know.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Well, never mind about the job you're going to get,
0:14:00 > 0:14:03- what about the job you've got? - Well, it's in Covent Garden, Mum.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06I was specially recommended by a detective inspector
0:14:06 > 0:14:08and I've got to learn to carry ten baskets on my head.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11Well, it's not what I call a real safe job.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14But some of these porters earn good money from all I've heard.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16Dad, you know all about car numbers, don't you?
0:14:16 > 0:14:18I'll have a word with Ted Williams. His son works in the market.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Yes, I know. Dad, why aren't there no cars with GZ?
0:14:21 > 0:14:25I didn't know there wasn't. It's flowers he goes in for mostly, I believe.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Seasonal stuff.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30White carnations would go well with my new dance dress.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33- Joe, try and get us a couple. - White carnations.
0:14:33 > 0:14:37- I've got more important things to worry about!- Like joining the CID?
0:14:37 > 0:14:39Some people ain't got the imagination.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42It so happens I done a bit of good for that detective inspector.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45Kept my eyes open, see? And what with all this crimewave going on,
0:14:45 > 0:14:49- I wouldn't be surprised if...- You've got a bit of sausage on your chin.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55TRAIN HORN BLARES
0:14:59 > 0:15:03HE IMITATES BOMBING
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Joe!
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- Seen any of the others yet?- No. Why?
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Well, Roy hasn't half been spinning a yarn about you.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36- I should worry.- Roy said they fetched a cop along to you.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40- Detective inspector!- Detective inspector? Cor, what happened?
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Nothing much. Except he gave me a job.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46HE IMITATES BOMBINGS
0:15:50 > 0:15:53LAUGHTER AND CLATTERING
0:15:57 > 0:16:00- Wotcher, Dicky?- Ah!
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Look who's walked in.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- Found them bodies yet?- Who's up there, the queen of the fairies?
0:16:06 > 0:16:09THEY SHOUT
0:16:12 > 0:16:16# Three dead corpses rotting in a box... #
0:16:16 > 0:16:18You should go and have your brains tested.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20ALL: # Three dead corpses rotting in a box
0:16:20 > 0:16:23# And if one dead corpse should accidentally rot
0:16:23 > 0:16:27# There'll be two dead corpses rotting in a box
0:16:27 > 0:16:31# Two dead corpses rotting in a box
0:16:31 > 0:16:34# Two dead corpses rotting in a box
0:16:34 > 0:16:37# And if one dead corpse should accidentally rot... #
0:16:37 > 0:16:40I bet you gave those cops the best laugh they've had for years!
0:16:40 > 0:16:42I've got two more sets complete, Joe.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46Don't you talk to him about car numbers. You'll catch a clip on the ear hole.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48I've got all the Ss and all the Gs.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51- You ain't got GZ, Arthur, I know that.- I have.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54You can't have. There ain't one.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56Let's see it. Where?
0:16:56 > 0:17:01There. GZ 4216. I got it this morning.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05GZ 4216!
0:17:05 > 0:17:09- THEY SHOUT - Give me that back!
0:17:11 > 0:17:15Shut up, all of you! Where did you see it? A van, wasn't it?
0:17:15 > 0:17:19That's right. On my way to work. It was coming out of a garage.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22- Why, what's up? - A garage. It all fits.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25It all fits! The van in the story came out of a garage.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28- That's where they transferred the bodies.- Get out of it!
0:17:28 > 0:17:30There wasn't any bodies. You saw that.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- Might've meant something else, though, bodies.- What do you mean?
0:17:33 > 0:17:35That's right. Don't you see? Sort of a code.
0:17:35 > 0:17:38I bet them furs were stolen!
0:17:38 > 0:17:41No, I thought of that. But then it can't be.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44- Else that bloke in the shop wouldn't have dared send for the police. - Why not?
0:17:44 > 0:17:46You pipe down!
0:17:46 > 0:17:50- Pipe down yourself! Go on, Clarry. - I reckon that bloke was smart.
0:17:50 > 0:17:55He took a chance the cops wouldn't believe Joe and if he goes to them again, they'll just laugh.
0:17:55 > 0:17:59- He's a crook, that bloke in the shop! I bet you! - That's right, course he's a crook!
0:17:59 > 0:18:04Crooks with a code in a kids' paper? What do they want to use a code for, anyway?
0:18:04 > 0:18:07To get their orders from the boss, like in the stories.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Well, why don't the boss just tell them?
0:18:09 > 0:18:13Because he doesn't want them to know who he is. That's always the way.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16- Yes.- Who do you reckon he is, then?
0:18:16 > 0:18:18- The fella that owns the paper? - Might be.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21- Or the bloke that writes them stories.- Felix H Wilkinson.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25- Why not Bing Crosby? - Felix H Wilkinson.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Yeah.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32I wonder if he's in the telephone book.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23There he is. F H Wilkinson.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Come on.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34WHIRRING
0:19:58 > 0:20:00CAT MEWS
0:20:09 > 0:20:12CAT MEWS
0:20:13 > 0:20:17Your fate is in my hands.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22MAN LAUGHS
0:20:24 > 0:20:28Nothing can save you now. Nothing.
0:20:28 > 0:20:34You're all alone and I have a silencer on this gun.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42You've only got five seconds to live.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45'The pistol barked. There came a spot of yellow flame.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49'Pipe's nostrils were assailed by the familiar smell...
0:20:49 > 0:20:52'Correction, aroma...'
0:20:54 > 0:20:57Who are you? What are you doing here?
0:20:57 > 0:21:01- We thought we was going to be murdered.- And the door was open.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06- Ohh! - HE LAUGHS
0:21:06 > 0:21:08- What a jape, eh? - HE LAUGHS
0:21:08 > 0:21:12I left the door open for Otto. He's my cat. And that is Dick.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16- Dick the Dictaphone. Do you see? - HE LAUGHS
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- Look, come in, come in, sit down. - HE LAUGHS
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Just one moment. There you are.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Well, now, what can I do for you?
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Erm, well, sir, we've been reading that story of yours
0:21:28 > 0:21:32- about Mr Pike and the Scarlet Death. - Ah! My public.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Him being tied to that circular saw
0:21:35 > 0:21:37and the poison gas seeping in through the ventilator.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40And five more days to wait before we find out if he gets away with it.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44What happens to Smiler when they drop that black widow spider in the crate with him?
0:21:44 > 0:21:47- So we were thinking that... - That you might... - Tell us how the story goes on.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49- HE LAUGHS - Thank you a thousand times.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54This is really the most scrumptious compliment I've ever been paid.
0:21:54 > 0:21:57- You will?- Of course! By all means!
0:21:57 > 0:22:02One moment, though. I think this calls for a little liquid refreshment, eh?
0:22:02 > 0:22:05HE LAUGHS
0:22:08 > 0:22:10What's he going to give us?
0:22:10 > 0:22:13I don't know. Sip it careful and if it's got a funny taste, don't...
0:22:13 > 0:22:16- Hey, Alec!- What?- This book.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18- A Study Of Codes And Ciphers. - Look out!
0:22:21 > 0:22:24- HE LAUGHS - Ginger pop.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29- HE LAUGHS - Come along now, fellas, help yourselves.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32No, no, no, no, not that one.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Mine has, er, gin in it.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- Bung-ho! - HE LAUGHS
0:22:41 > 0:22:46Mmmm-yum-yum-yum-yum. Now for the answer to your touching request.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Selwyn Pike and the Scarlet Death
0:22:48 > 0:22:51instalment number four.
0:22:52 > 0:22:56'Crack! The sound of the pistol shot
0:22:56 > 0:23:01'echoed and reverberated through the darkness of the lonely mill.
0:23:01 > 0:23:06'Selwyn Pike, his neck a bare six inches from the cruel blades
0:23:06 > 0:23:08'of the whirling saw,
0:23:08 > 0:23:12'was aware that something akin to a miracle had occurred.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15'He had told nobody of his plan to visit Zanzibar Street.'
0:23:15 > 0:23:19- Where?- What? What is the matter?
0:23:19 > 0:23:22- The mill where Mr Pike went was on Lambeth Road.- Nonsense.
0:23:22 > 0:23:27- I never use the names of real streets in my stories.- But Alec's right. It says Lambeth Road here.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29What?
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Crumbs. What a frightening picture.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35So that's what Selwyn Pike looks like.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38I say, a bit of a bound, I'm afraid.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Not at all as I imagined him.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45But ain't you never seen this here paper before?
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Good gracious me, no. I create these stories.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Why, bless my soul, you boys are perfectly right. It is Lambeth Road.
0:23:52 > 0:23:56- What on earth induced them to change that?- Wait.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00And here's a split infinitive.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02- Mr Wilkinson. - And all appearing under my name.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Mr Wilkinson, we reckon these stories are being used as a code by a gang of crooks.
0:24:06 > 0:24:09I'll never look... What? A gang of crooks?
0:24:09 > 0:24:13- My stories?- Yeah. That there van, I saw it in Great Queen Street
0:24:13 > 0:24:17- unloading three crates, just like in the story.- And I saw it, too.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Here's the addresses.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22My Lord, do you mean that my stories
0:24:22 > 0:24:27- have been distorted by some, er... - Master criminal.- Exactly.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Some master criminal.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32As a means of sending instructions to his, er...
0:24:32 > 0:24:35- minions? - Without betraying his own identity.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Ah. Stupendous.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42Just like the mysterious Captain X in The Case of Selwyn Pike and the Footprints on the Ceiling.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44He used a column in the Morning Gazette.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47But to think of it. My story.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Let me see that.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Granville Place. Great Queen Street.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Wilmot Road. Woburn Avenue.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00HE MUTTERS
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Ah.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11- A-ha!- Got something, have you?
0:25:14 > 0:25:19- Yes.- What is it?- The key, my friend. The key to your precious code.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21The London Postal Guide. Granville Place.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Turn over ten pages and here, the corresponding position is Great Queen Street.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28Just as I thought, with 234 added to the number.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31- How did you work that out? - Well may you ask.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33The scoundrels, they've purloined one of my codes,
0:25:33 > 0:25:37the very code I invented for The Case of the Limping Skeleton. The child of this brain!
0:25:37 > 0:25:40- Who's going to tell the police? - Police?
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Yeah, the cops.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47- Tell the police?- What's the matter?
0:25:48 > 0:25:52Wait. This is a big, powerful game we've stumbled on.
0:25:52 > 0:25:57They would never show a shred of mercy on anyone who...peached on them.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01- But if they all get arrested... - Some may get away.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05And they'd be sure to avenge their comrades. They always do, ruffians of that breed.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10Like the two survivors of the Men of Doom in The Case of the Crowded Coffins.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13They reappeared literally from the grave
0:26:13 > 0:26:16to cut the throat of poor old Silas Cubbly.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19- See here, Mr Wilkinson... - And remember,
0:26:19 > 0:26:23remember what happened to Nicky the Nark in The Case of the Creeping Death.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Yeah, but those sort of things only happen in stories.
0:26:26 > 0:26:30Are you suggesting that stories can never come to life?
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Look, don't be rash, boys.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Leave me out of it. I implore you, leave me out.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41I want no part of it. No part of it at all!
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Ah. Otto.
0:26:46 > 0:26:48Come, Otto.
0:26:49 > 0:26:54Boys, don't forget Nicky the Nark.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12CHURCH BELLS CHIME Morning, Harry. Nice weather.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Watch out! Mind your backs, please! Oi, oi! Oi, oi!
0:27:16 > 0:27:17Oi, oi!
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Oi, oi!
0:27:21 > 0:27:23Mind your backs, please.
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Oi, oi.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Joe!
0:27:33 > 0:27:36I've just been telling the inspector about your latest findings
0:27:36 > 0:27:39and, er, he'd like to have a little word with you.
0:27:39 > 0:27:43What's the idea, son? I thought I'd done you a good turn getting you this job.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47- You have, too.- Then why do you keep on wasting my time?
0:27:47 > 0:27:50All this nonsense about crooks and codes.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54But it ain't nonsense, Inspector. There's a racket being worked, really there is.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Here's the code they're using. You check that with the London Postal Guide.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00And have a look at this story, too, and you'll see it the same as I did.
0:28:00 > 0:28:05- Did you make this code up? - Me? No, course I didn't.- Who did?
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Who made up this code?
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Well, it was in another story in the Trump.
0:28:12 > 0:28:16I thought as much. Now look here, son, I've just about had enough of this!
0:28:16 > 0:28:18But I ain't sprucing, straight I'm not!
0:28:18 > 0:28:21- That code what was first used in The Case of the Limping Skeleton... - Cut it out!
0:28:22 > 0:28:27I've been very patient with you, my lad, but you'll get into serious trouble if you're not careful.
0:28:27 > 0:28:30The next time I come here, it won't be simply to warn you.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38- You believe me, don't you, guv?- Yeah.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41Sure, Joe, sure.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43I believe you.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47I even believe in Santa Claus.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50HE LAUGHS
0:29:20 > 0:29:24- Can I carry your bag, Miss Davis? - No, thank you, Norman, dear.
0:29:24 > 0:29:26I'm not going your way tonight.
0:29:26 > 0:29:28Do you work on the Trump, mate?
0:29:34 > 0:29:37- Do you work on the Trump, mate? - Yeah. Why?
0:29:38 > 0:29:41- You got a date with her or something? - No.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44Sometimes we go the same way, see?
0:29:44 > 0:29:46Why? What do you want?
0:29:46 > 0:29:48A peek at next week's story in advance.
0:29:48 > 0:29:51- You ain't asking much! - Wait till you've heard what I know.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00I reckon Joe ought to have his head examined, blowing the gaff to some Camberwell kid.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03Yeah, and bringing him along here, an' all.
0:30:03 > 0:30:07- How else could we find out who's been changing them stories? - Yeah, we'd be proper stuck.
0:30:07 > 0:30:12- For all we know, that kid's in the racket himself, working for the paper.- Joe says he's all right.
0:30:12 > 0:30:17- Who asked you to stick your nose in this? We don't want you, anyway. - Who said so?- I said so!
0:30:17 > 0:30:20- HE SQUAWKS - Here they come!
0:30:30 > 0:30:32Blimey, dapper little fella, ain't he?
0:30:32 > 0:30:36I say, old boy, what a shocking place to bring a fellow to.
0:30:36 > 0:30:41Turn it up, Roy! This is him, fellas. Norman Pally.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45Come on, who's the crook on your paper?
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Be nice to know, wouldn't it?
0:30:50 > 0:30:54There's no-one at the office what written them stories. I made sure of that.
0:30:54 > 0:30:58- And I reckon it can't be the comps. In case you don't know, that means the printers.- Ha!
0:30:58 > 0:31:02And Joe said it couldn't be old Wilkinson. Now who are we left with? Boris Karloff?
0:31:02 > 0:31:05It doesn't matter about that now. We've got something else to work on.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08- Next week's paper. He gave it to me. - In code, is it?
0:31:08 > 0:31:10- Yes, and we've worked it out, too. - Is there a job on?
0:31:10 > 0:31:13I'll say there is! Them crooks are going to bust into Ritchie's!
0:31:13 > 0:31:18- Ritchie's in the West End?- What, that big place in Oxford Street?
0:31:18 > 0:31:21That's it, Ritchie's, the big department store in Oxford Circus.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24- Get out of it! - How did the next bit start?
0:31:24 > 0:31:27- Buzz off, this ain't no reading circle.- Get on with it, then.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30Well, there's a bloke called Tattooed Jack and his gang
0:31:30 > 0:31:33and they're going to break into this store, see? Eight o'clock tomorrow night.
0:31:33 > 0:31:37Thanks to Norman here, we've got half a day's start on them crooks to do a bit of planning.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39And they won't get this until tomorrow morning.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52Boxing.
0:32:10 > 0:32:13'It was apparent to Smiler
0:32:13 > 0:32:15'that he had been middled,
0:32:15 > 0:32:20'for the newcomer was Tattooed Jack.'
0:32:20 > 0:32:26Right. That's all we want to know. Tattooed Jack. He's doing the job this week.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30- Working tonight, dear? - No, not me. Tattooed Jack.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32Good. We can go to the pictures.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35OK, boys, we're running tonight.
0:32:35 > 0:32:39- Why, who's doing the job? - Why, Tattooed Jack. Must be something special.
0:32:43 > 0:32:45PHONE RINGS
0:32:47 > 0:32:49Detective Sergeant Fothergill.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51Who?
0:32:51 > 0:32:54I see. Carry on.
0:32:54 > 0:32:55McLean.
0:32:56 > 0:33:01This evening? Do you mean Ritchie's at Oxford Circus?
0:33:01 > 0:33:02Yes.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05Yes, thanks for the tip. We'll follow that up.
0:33:06 > 0:33:10- Wallis, Meadows.- Sergeant?- Anonymous tip-off, for what it's worth.
0:33:10 > 0:33:13- Possible job at Ritchie's tonight. - Do you want us to go there?
0:33:13 > 0:33:15Yes. I'll come with you. Eight o'clock.
0:33:15 > 0:33:19- Any idea who's doing it? - Bunch of kids, so the nark said.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33- Detective Sergeant Fothergill. - OK, sir.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09ALL CLOCKS CHIME
0:35:09 > 0:35:11'Six stone two pounds!'
0:35:16 > 0:35:19'17 stone four pounds!'
0:35:27 > 0:35:29'30 stone five pounds!'
0:35:31 > 0:35:34'40 stone! 40 stone!
0:35:34 > 0:35:38'40 stone! 40 stone!'
0:35:39 > 0:35:42'40 stone...'
0:35:42 > 0:35:45THEY SHOUT
0:35:50 > 0:35:53Oi! Come on!
0:35:53 > 0:35:56THEY SHOUT
0:35:58 > 0:36:01- Get him in here! - THEY SHOUT
0:36:05 > 0:36:08- Get him, Joe! - THEY SHOUT
0:36:08 > 0:36:11BOTH SHOUT
0:36:13 > 0:36:16That net there! Come on!
0:36:16 > 0:36:18SHOUTING
0:36:18 > 0:36:20All right, get him on the floor!
0:36:20 > 0:36:23SHOUTING
0:36:32 > 0:36:35Let me out of here! Please!
0:36:35 > 0:36:37Help! Help!
0:36:37 > 0:36:40- Help! - HE BLOWS WHISTLE
0:36:40 > 0:36:42- What's up?- Kids!
0:36:42 > 0:36:47Big kids, little kids, tough kids, thousands of them, all over the place!
0:36:47 > 0:36:50THEY SHOUT
0:36:55 > 0:36:59- What's going on here?- Here you are.
0:36:59 > 0:37:01We caught the lot.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04- Phillips!- Sergeant Fothergill!
0:37:04 > 0:37:08Don't stand there gaping, man! Get us out of this!
0:37:08 > 0:37:11Beat it! Beat it! Beat it!
0:37:12 > 0:37:15Phillips, come here!
0:37:15 > 0:37:18- Right, Sergeant.- They can't get out, we've got them trapped!
0:37:18 > 0:37:22And for Pete's sake, get me out of this!
0:37:22 > 0:37:25WHISTLE
0:37:27 > 0:37:30- We're done for! - Oi! Come here, quick!
0:37:31 > 0:37:34- Give us help, somebody! Anybody got a torch?- I've got one, Roy.
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Last one put the lid back.
0:37:42 > 0:37:44Get down there, quick, before the cops come!
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Come on!
0:38:16 > 0:38:18Cor, don't it pong?
0:38:18 > 0:38:21What do you expect in a sewer, violets?
0:38:23 > 0:38:25This is where my dad works.
0:38:28 > 0:38:30Where do we go from here?
0:38:30 > 0:38:33Where do you want to go? Piccadilly? Strand? Tottenham Court Road?
0:38:33 > 0:38:37They run just like the streets, see? Well, come on.
0:38:59 > 0:39:03Well, they can't have got out this way. They must be here somewhere.
0:39:03 > 0:39:08- They might have doubled back inside, sir.- Take a look round the basement. I'll try the furnace room.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Ooh, Phillips, get on the blower and warn the patrol car to keep a lookout just in case.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13You come with me.
0:40:05 > 0:40:09- Here it is! - ALL CHEER
0:40:19 > 0:40:21- What's up?- It's stiff.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34It's no use.
0:40:39 > 0:40:41We'd better see if we can't find another one.
0:40:48 > 0:40:50Oh, it's all right, Alec.
0:40:50 > 0:40:53- We'll get out, won't we, Joe?- What?
0:40:53 > 0:40:57Oh, sure. Come on.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11- I can't go on! I can't go on! I can't!- It won't be for long, Alec.
0:41:11 > 0:41:15I can't! I can't go on! I can't! I can't!
0:41:15 > 0:41:18- I can't! I can't! - THEY SHOUT
0:41:18 > 0:41:21Shut up, all of you!
0:41:23 > 0:41:26- Let's have a go at it.- It's no use!
0:41:32 > 0:41:34"SY calling 12A.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38"Oxford Circus. Vicinity of Ritchie's. Number of boys seen."
0:41:48 > 0:41:50Cor, fresh air!
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Cor, my mum didn't half go off the deep end.
0:42:11 > 0:42:16- I told my old man I rescued a kid from the canal.- Did he believe you?
0:42:16 > 0:42:18I don't know. He clouted me.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21Anyway, they can't send me to Borstal. I'm too young.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24Oh, shut up! I'm telling you, nobody's going to Borstal!
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Oh, yeah? You break into a West End store,
0:42:26 > 0:42:30beat up the night watchman and tie down the cops and expect to get away with it?
0:42:30 > 0:42:33- Don't make me laugh!- How they going to know it was us what done it?
0:42:33 > 0:42:35The same way as they knew we were going to do it, mug!
0:42:35 > 0:42:38Don't take any notice. Them coppers wasn't after us, they was after the crooks.
0:42:38 > 0:42:41- Why didn't the crooks turn up, then? - Joe!
0:42:41 > 0:42:43Joe!
0:42:43 > 0:42:46There's a couple of coppers hanging round the ruins.
0:42:46 > 0:42:50- I did! I see 'em! - There you are, what did I tell you?
0:42:50 > 0:42:54Come on, let's get this done. I'm getting out of here quick. Where's that water?
0:42:54 > 0:42:59- Roy, where you going? - Any place would be better than here for a week or two.
0:42:59 > 0:43:02If them coppers was after us, why don't they come here and get us, eh?
0:43:02 > 0:43:05Figure it out for yourself, genius. It's that Camberwell pal of yours. He's the mole.
0:43:05 > 0:43:09- He don't know where we live but he knows about the ruins. - The dirty little rat!
0:43:09 > 0:43:12What are we going to do now, Joe?
0:43:12 > 0:43:14Yes, what are we going to do now, Joe?
0:43:14 > 0:43:16TRAIN WHISTLE
0:43:16 > 0:43:19If we could find them crooks...
0:43:19 > 0:43:21Or maybe we ought to go to the police.
0:43:22 > 0:43:26Shove it down here, Dicky. Out of the way, brainstorm!
0:43:26 > 0:43:29- Who you shoving?- Get out and take your fancy ideas somewhere else!
0:43:33 > 0:43:36THEY SHOUT
0:43:39 > 0:43:41THEY SHOUT
0:43:41 > 0:43:45- Hit him, Joe! - Bring that bowl back! This minute!
0:43:45 > 0:43:50THEY SHOUT
0:43:52 > 0:43:56Blimey, look who's here! Norman the Nark!
0:43:56 > 0:43:58Joe! Joe!
0:43:58 > 0:44:01- THEY SHOUT - Joe!
0:44:02 > 0:44:05- Norman. What's up?- I've got a clue!
0:44:05 > 0:44:08- I've just been to see old Wilkinson. - You have?- Yeah.
0:44:08 > 0:44:12- My boss wanted the story early this week.- Well, did you get it? - That's it, lap it up.- No.
0:44:12 > 0:44:17Old Wilkinson says he posted it off last night. He says he always puts it in the post on Sundays.
0:44:17 > 0:44:19- So what?- Well, we don't ever get it before Tuesday.
0:44:22 > 0:44:25- Are you sure of that, Norman? - Course I'm sure.
0:44:25 > 0:44:29It's my first job Tuesday mornings. Miss Davis opens it and I take it straight in to the old man.
0:44:29 > 0:44:32Miss Davis, eh? Does she open all the letters?
0:44:32 > 0:44:35- Yeah, but she's all right. - Not so fast. She might be... - It can't be her.
0:44:35 > 0:44:38- Is she good-looking? - She's a smasher.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41Here, come off it. What's the idea?
0:44:41 > 0:44:43- I swear... - How do you reckon she works it, Joe?
0:44:43 > 0:44:47Well, supposing she pops the story in her pocket first thing Monday morning, see?
0:44:47 > 0:44:49Then she can take it home, muck it about that evening
0:44:49 > 0:44:53and send it back by last post. I bet you that's it!
0:44:54 > 0:44:57- That dirty, double-crossing... - Now we've got to get some evidence.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00- He's off again. - Look, it's our big chance, Alec.
0:45:00 > 0:45:04If we can find them crooks, we don't have to worry about the coppers.
0:45:04 > 0:45:07- Where does this bird live, Norman? - Hampstead way somewhere. I'll try and find out.
0:45:07 > 0:45:12- No, don't do that. Might make her suspicious. We'll trail her. - Six o'clock tomorrow.- Yeah.
0:45:12 > 0:45:15That's the biggest lot of bull I've ever heard.
0:45:16 > 0:45:20Poor old Roy. He don't finish work until seven.
0:45:23 > 0:45:27- Coming on my bus, Miss Davis? - Yes, Norman, I am tonight.
0:45:38 > 0:45:41Hurry along. Hurry along, please. One more only.
0:45:43 > 0:45:46Oh, no, you go, Norman, you've got further to go than me.
0:45:50 > 0:45:53- What did you want to do that for? - Where's she gone, Norman?
0:45:53 > 0:45:55- Oh, we've lost her now! - I couldn't help it!
0:45:55 > 0:45:58- Why did you let her go? - THEY SHOUT
0:45:58 > 0:46:01There's no use yelping! Get off, quick, hurry up!
0:46:01 > 0:46:05THEY SHOUT
0:46:05 > 0:46:09Off the road, quick! Off the road, fellas, hurry up, quick!
0:46:11 > 0:46:14There she is!
0:47:22 > 0:47:25Taxi! Taxi! Taxi! Oi! Taxi!
0:47:27 > 0:47:29Hey, taxi!
0:47:33 > 0:47:36Hey, taxi! Taxi!
0:47:38 > 0:47:42- Taxi!- Taxi!- Taxi!
0:47:52 > 0:47:55- That's torn it. - No, it hasn't. We'll take a bus.
0:47:55 > 0:47:59- Where to, you silly little shrimp? - Well, number 31 Main Road.
0:47:59 > 0:48:03That's what the lady told the driver. I was holding the taxi door.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07Good old Alec!
0:48:33 > 0:48:35Shh!
0:48:40 > 0:48:43Go on! GATE SQUEAKS
0:48:58 > 0:49:00DOORBELL RINGS
0:49:01 > 0:49:03What do you want here?
0:49:03 > 0:49:07Can you spare something for the choir outing?
0:49:07 > 0:49:11- What choir?- St Mark's, miss.
0:49:11 > 0:49:15- Haven't I seen you somewhere before?- I don't know.
0:49:16 > 0:49:19I expect you've seen me in church.
0:49:19 > 0:49:22TYPEWRITER KEYS CLICK
0:49:23 > 0:49:28Ah, yes, that must be it. Now, come in, dear, I'll get my bag.
0:49:28 > 0:49:30Just a minute, miss, I want to tell you about the outing.
0:49:30 > 0:49:33- Well, so you shall. Come along in. - No, miss, I'll stop here.
0:49:33 > 0:49:35Oh, no, you won't!
0:49:37 > 0:49:39This was the one they used to change them stories.
0:49:39 > 0:49:41- We've got her!- Look out!
0:49:43 > 0:49:47I get it. I thought as much.
0:49:48 > 0:49:50We'll see what the police have to say about this.
0:49:52 > 0:49:55Good old Dicky!
0:49:55 > 0:49:57- THEY SHOUT - I'll break your necks!
0:49:57 > 0:50:00Lay off, will you? Cut it out!
0:50:00 > 0:50:02You'll get five years for this!
0:50:02 > 0:50:05Take your filthy paws off me!
0:50:08 > 0:50:13Well...what happens now?
0:50:17 > 0:50:20Now, Joe.
0:50:27 > 0:50:30Don't you think you're going to get away with this.
0:50:35 > 0:50:37HE WHISTLES
0:50:38 > 0:50:42- What's happened?- We've tied her up.
0:50:44 > 0:50:45What?
0:50:47 > 0:50:49Here, quick, have a look at this.
0:50:50 > 0:50:54- Was them stories done on the same machine?- I don't know.
0:50:56 > 0:51:00Here, supposing she's seen me with you. What am I going to say to her tomorrow?
0:51:00 > 0:51:04- She won't be there tomorrow. - It's all right for you to talk, I've got a job to lose.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07- Here, what's that bird's name? - Her? Rhona Davis.
0:51:07 > 0:51:09Then why is this letter addressed to Miss Rhona Watson?
0:51:09 > 0:51:14Why didn't she use her right name at your office? She's a crook all right!
0:51:14 > 0:51:18I'm going to nip up the road and ring my boss and tell him we're really onto something this time.
0:51:18 > 0:51:22- That's right! Come on!- Dicky, Alec, watch her and make her talk.
0:51:22 > 0:51:24Norman, you get back on guard.
0:51:28 > 0:51:32- Do we go back in there? - You heard what he said.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36We've got to make her talk.
0:51:36 > 0:51:39- Couldn't we tickle her? - Don't talk silly.
0:51:39 > 0:51:42But it worked fine in The Case of the Cross-eyed Chinaman.
0:51:44 > 0:51:46No, Guv, I'm in a callbox.
0:51:46 > 0:51:50Speedwell 9446, it's about two minutes from her place.
0:51:50 > 0:51:52Now, look, I'm going to ring up Inspector Ford right away.
0:51:52 > 0:51:56You stop there and I'll call you back. No, no, no. They'll be OK.
0:51:56 > 0:52:00You stick where you are and don't leave that box. You understand? Good lad.
0:52:01 > 0:52:05Hello? Hello, exchange. Hello?
0:52:05 > 0:52:08You're going to talk if I stay here all night!
0:52:10 > 0:52:12Who's your boss?
0:52:15 > 0:52:17I'll scar you for life!
0:52:17 > 0:52:20Oh, why don't you go home to mother?
0:52:23 > 0:52:26And you, too, you silly little squirt.
0:52:28 > 0:52:32I don't know, it made old Ming Por talk all right.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36Go on, go off to your pals, they knew what was good for them.
0:52:36 > 0:52:39They got out while they could and left you to carry the can.
0:52:39 > 0:52:42I wouldn't like to be in your shoes when my pals turn up.
0:52:43 > 0:52:47- Hey, come here! - They won't be long now.
0:52:47 > 0:52:51- I'm expecting them any minute. - Water torture.
0:52:51 > 0:52:53Then you'll know what it means to be tough.
0:53:01 > 0:53:05SHE SCREAMS
0:53:05 > 0:53:08- Get it away! - Talk then!- Take it away!
0:53:08 > 0:53:12- Do you want to talk!- Yes! Yes! - SHE SCREAMS
0:53:15 > 0:53:18OK, who runs your racket?
0:53:18 > 0:53:20- It's...- Donald Duck.
0:53:27 > 0:53:30- You there, undo those cords. - Yes, sir.
0:53:41 > 0:53:44Get a move on! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Come along.
0:53:47 > 0:53:49Got him!
0:53:57 > 0:54:00- Joe! Joe!- What's happened? - A bloke turned up.
0:54:00 > 0:54:04- One of the crooks.- I knocked him cold. Dicky's tied him up.
0:54:04 > 0:54:08Lovely grub! That'll show old Ford. Nightingale's trying to contact him now.
0:54:08 > 0:54:11- He told me to wait here until he rings me back.- We're not going to wait here now, are we?
0:54:11 > 0:54:15Well, I don't know. He told me not to move, didn't he?
0:54:15 > 0:54:19You gave him the address, Ford will find his way there all right. Oh, come on!
0:54:26 > 0:54:28Look!
0:54:47 > 0:54:49They've got Dicky!
0:54:58 > 0:55:01We'll never see him again, I know we won't.
0:55:01 > 0:55:03He might have run for it and got clear.
0:55:03 > 0:55:06We never all should've left him there alone.
0:55:06 > 0:55:08Aye, we'll find him in the river, that's where.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11Nark it, can't you? Get a move on!
0:55:38 > 0:55:40Who's going to tell her?
0:55:40 > 0:55:43Joe, I suppose.
0:55:43 > 0:55:45You don't think it's a woman's job?
0:55:45 > 0:55:47- She doesn't like me. - Well, she hates me!
0:55:53 > 0:55:56- Hey, Joe!- Dicky!
0:55:56 > 0:56:00- I got in the back of their car! - Where did you go? Where did you go?
0:56:00 > 0:56:03Listen, they're packing up cos of what we found out. Getting all their stuff out of London.
0:56:03 > 0:56:06- We thought you were dead.- Pipe down. - I gave them the slip all right!
0:56:06 > 0:56:11King's Cross they went. I was fair sweating, though. The bloke I tied up has gone to Glasgow.
0:56:11 > 0:56:13Where they got the stuff? Did you find that out?
0:56:13 > 0:56:16I know where they're shifting it, a place called Ballard's Wharf.
0:56:16 > 0:56:18Cor, if you'd seen me crouching beside them.
0:56:18 > 0:56:22Here! What's all this? You again, Joe Kirby? I might have known it!
0:56:22 > 0:56:26You ought to be ashamed of yourself, hanging around the streets at this time of night!
0:56:26 > 0:56:29- Ah! The old mare. - Ah, don't bother about her.
0:56:30 > 0:56:32Ballard's Wharf.
0:56:34 > 0:56:38Alec, Norman, how many of them crooks' names do you remember out of the Trump stories?
0:56:38 > 0:56:40Oh, forget the Trump. What's Ford going to do now?
0:56:40 > 0:56:43He's going to get the shock of his life. I've got a big idea.
0:56:43 > 0:56:45- What, again? - Give him a chance, Norman.
0:56:45 > 0:56:47Larry the Bull and Slimy Sam.
0:56:47 > 0:56:52Holly Knox and Chopper Wilson, the bloke that used to bump off blondes with a meat hook.
0:56:52 > 0:56:55- Come on, Norman.- Bob the Thief.
0:56:55 > 0:56:59He tried to chuck Selwyn Pike into a bath of acid. What is this idea?
0:56:59 > 0:57:03Benjamin Butler, Eddie the Moose and Smokey Andrews.
0:57:03 > 0:57:07He tried to plug Smiler with a poisoned dart in Death Comes At Midnight.
0:57:07 > 0:57:09Smokey Andrews.
0:57:10 > 0:57:14OK. I reckon old Ford will have to believe us if we round up this little lot.
0:57:14 > 0:57:18- Us round them up? - Us and a lot of others.
0:57:18 > 0:57:22Listen, they know the game's up, see, but the other blokes don't.
0:57:22 > 0:57:25They'll be looking in their Trump same as usual next week.
0:57:25 > 0:57:27- For their orders.- That's it.
0:57:27 > 0:57:32Now, listen, can you pinch old Wilkinson's story out in the post tomorrow, same as Rhona used to?
0:57:32 > 0:57:35- Well, I suppose I can, but... - You got nothing to worry about.
0:57:35 > 0:57:38There'll be another story along at your office in next to no time.
0:57:38 > 0:57:43- Are you going to write it?- Me? No.
0:57:43 > 0:57:47No, I won't do it. It's asking too much.
0:57:47 > 0:57:49I won't even consider it.
0:57:49 > 0:57:53OK. Then I'll have to let them crooks know it was you what put us onto their code.
0:57:54 > 0:57:57- This is blackmail.- That's right.
0:57:57 > 0:57:59But if you write the story just the way I've asked,
0:57:59 > 0:58:01no-one won't even know, I promise you.
0:58:03 > 0:58:05Such base ingratitude.
0:58:05 > 0:58:08Larry the Bull, Slimy Sam, Chopper...
0:58:08 > 0:58:12- You want them all included?- Yes. And don't forget the password, Seagull.
0:58:15 > 0:58:17- When do you want this done? - First thing in the morning.
0:58:17 > 0:58:21First thing in the morning? I've never written a story of this length in under two days!
0:58:21 > 0:58:23Well, then, you'll have to bust your record!
0:58:23 > 0:58:25Remember what happened to Nicky the Nark.
0:58:29 > 0:58:32It'll mean missing all my sleep.
0:58:33 > 0:58:35All of it.
0:58:36 > 0:58:42Oh, how I loathe adventurous-minded boys.
0:58:43 > 0:58:51INAUDIBLE
0:58:54 > 0:58:57Guv'nor, what happened? Did he create?
0:58:57 > 0:58:59It wasn't my fault, there was a bloke come and rescued them.
0:58:59 > 0:59:01- If only you'd been... - Hey, hey, give us a chance.
0:59:01 > 0:59:03- Do you mean about last night? - Yeah, Inspector Ford.
0:59:03 > 0:59:07- What did he say when he found them gone? He was pretty wild, I bet.- He was, Joe, pretty wild.
0:59:07 > 0:59:12You wait, he's going to be thanking us soon, cos I think we're onto the boss of the gang.
0:59:12 > 0:59:14You're onto the boss of the gang?
0:59:14 > 0:59:17Yeah, and I reckon he was the one what come and got the others out.
0:59:17 > 0:59:20I don't know his name yet, but I got the number of his car.
0:59:20 > 0:59:24- EMU 2O.- Carry on, this is interesting.
0:59:24 > 0:59:27- I know where he's putting all that stuff what he pinched. - How did you find that out?
0:59:27 > 0:59:32- A pal of mine was earwigging. Not bad, eh, guv? - Very smart. Very smart indeed.
0:59:32 > 0:59:35But I don't know if you'll be able to get hold of Inspector Ford again.
0:59:35 > 0:59:37- Think he won't believe it? - Well, after last night, of course.
0:59:37 > 0:59:42- He'll believe it all right, once we round up the rest of the gang. - Oh, that's the plan now, is it?
0:59:42 > 0:59:46Well, the boss of this gang is moving all his swag to Ballard's Wharf, see,
0:59:46 > 0:59:48so we're having a special story in the Trump this week
0:59:48 > 0:59:50telling all other crooks to go and pinch it.
0:59:50 > 0:59:52You and the boys are going to catch them red-handed?
0:59:52 > 0:59:55That's the idea. Making a real big do of it.
0:59:55 > 0:59:57Saturday afternoon. Reckon it'll work, guv?
0:59:57 > 1:00:00I'm sure it'll work, Joe, I'm sure it'll work a treat.
1:00:00 > 1:00:03- The Battle of Ballard's Wharf.- Yeah.
1:00:03 > 1:00:05THEY LAUGH
1:00:07 > 1:00:09HE LAUGHS
1:00:15 > 1:00:17Guv!
1:00:17 > 1:00:22CAR ENGINE ROARS Guv'nor! Guv'nor! Guv!
1:00:36 > 1:00:40"Never in the annals of crime had there been such an assembly of desperadoes
1:00:40 > 1:00:43- "as met on the Saturday afternoon." - MAN LAUGHS
1:00:43 > 1:00:49"Thieves, kidnappers, stick-up men, blackmailers, bullies, murderers..."
1:00:49 > 1:00:51HE LAUGHS
1:00:51 > 1:00:56"..all listened eagerly, their villainous faces aglow, as Larry the Bull outlined his evil plan."
1:00:56 > 1:00:58HE LAUGHS
1:01:00 > 1:01:05"That kid Smiler," announced Larry with a triumphant grin, "has played right into our hands.
1:01:05 > 1:01:07"He's led us all unwitting to the plunder.
1:01:07 > 1:01:10"Let us hide forthwith to number 401 Crampton Street."
1:01:10 > 1:01:12What? Let me see that!
1:01:12 > 1:01:14- Why? What's the matter, Jim? - Why, those little...
1:01:14 > 1:01:18401 Crampton Street is the code for my place, not Ballard's Wharf. They've found out!
1:01:18 > 1:01:20- Found out what? - For heaven's sake, don't be so dumb.
1:01:20 > 1:01:23They found out I never shifted the stuff to the wharf and changed it.
1:01:23 > 1:01:26They're sending all our chaps down to my warehouse at Covent Garden!
1:01:26 > 1:01:29- Wait, Jim, what are you going to do? What about me?- Oh...
1:03:19 > 1:03:22Working overtime, eh, Joe?
1:03:30 > 1:03:33Where are the others? Your pals?
1:03:43 > 1:03:45It's no use you holding out.
1:03:45 > 1:03:48I've just been reading my Trump.
1:04:00 > 1:04:02Where are they, Joe?
1:04:02 > 1:04:04Ballard's Wharf.
1:04:04 > 1:04:08Now, now. What's the good of you telling me lies?
1:04:10 > 1:04:12I know you've changed the story.
1:04:12 > 1:04:15- They're at Ballard's Wharf. - For the last time, Joe!
1:04:15 > 1:04:17I'm telling you, they are at Ballard's Wharf.
1:04:17 > 1:04:19We wanted to catch some crooks with the stuff on them
1:04:19 > 1:04:22so we told them to fetch it from here and take it there.
1:04:22 > 1:04:25I see. Well, I didn't get that far in the story.
1:04:25 > 1:04:28So you and I are all alone, eh?
1:04:29 > 1:04:31That's fine.
1:04:31 > 1:04:34- You've taken a tip from me, eh? - I have?- Sure.
1:04:34 > 1:04:39I put a phoney story in the Trump to catch you, didn't I? Sent you all to Ritchie's.
1:04:39 > 1:04:43But you were too smart for me, Joe, and now I've been a little too smart to you.
1:04:43 > 1:04:47Wise move of mine, getting you working here.
1:04:47 > 1:04:52You see, Joe, after that business at Jago's, I had to keep a very special eye on you.
1:04:52 > 1:04:54Now pick up them oranges!
1:04:54 > 1:04:57Mustn't have the place looking untidy. We're expecting visitors.
1:04:57 > 1:04:59HE LAUGHS
1:04:59 > 1:05:01It's going to be quite an occasion.
1:05:01 > 1:05:04Their first meeting with the big-shot.
1:05:05 > 1:05:09- What time are they invited for? - They'll be here any minute now.
1:05:09 > 1:05:11I stayed behind to open up the place for them.
1:05:11 > 1:05:14And how were you going to account for your presence here?
1:05:14 > 1:05:16That was the idea of putting a password in the story.
1:05:16 > 1:05:20- I figured they'd wear me all right once I'd give that.- Yeah.
1:05:20 > 1:05:24Yeah, of course, the password. I was forgetting.
1:05:24 > 1:05:27What made you pick on that particular word?
1:05:27 > 1:05:29Seemed like a good sort of signal.
1:05:29 > 1:05:32There's one of our blokes, he can make a noise...
1:05:36 > 1:05:39- What particular word?- The password.
1:05:39 > 1:05:41Cor blimey! I was forgetting!
1:05:41 > 1:05:44You didn't get that far into the story!
1:05:52 > 1:05:54Oh! Let me go! You're hurting me!
1:05:54 > 1:05:57You're hurting! I won't tell! You'll not get it out of me!
1:05:57 > 1:06:02You didn't know the password, did you? You brute, you!
1:06:04 > 1:06:06HE LAUGHS
1:06:17 > 1:06:20- Who are you?- I'm the boss.
1:06:29 > 1:06:32- Who are you?- Seagull.
1:06:33 > 1:06:37- Now, that's more like it. Young Smiler, eh?- That's right, mate.
1:06:38 > 1:06:40- So he's the boss of this place? - Seems like it.
1:06:40 > 1:06:44I was sent here to open the place up for you and he came along and copped me.
1:06:44 > 1:06:47Tie him up and gag him, Larry. You two, get on with the loading.
1:06:47 > 1:06:49I'll keep watch on the corner.
1:06:49 > 1:06:52Any sign of danger and I'll stroll by whistling the Lambeth Walk.
1:06:52 > 1:06:54Pass that on to the others, will you?
1:07:02 > 1:07:05PHONE RINGS
1:07:09 > 1:07:12Operation Seagull.
1:07:17 > 1:07:20HE IMITATES SEAGULL
1:07:26 > 1:07:30HE IMITATES SEAGULL
1:07:38 > 1:07:41Operation Seagull.
1:07:41 > 1:07:44OK. It's worked! Come on!
1:07:50 > 1:07:53Yeah? I just got time.
1:07:53 > 1:07:55Come on, fellas, it's time! Come on!
1:07:57 > 1:07:59Come on! Get going!
1:08:22 > 1:08:25She won't take it, Larry.
1:08:38 > 1:08:40What's that?
1:08:40 > 1:08:43- Kids.- Ah!
1:08:53 > 1:08:56HE SHOUTS WAR CRY
1:09:02 > 1:09:04Come on!
1:09:04 > 1:09:08THEY SHOUT
1:09:21 > 1:09:25..And showery in the north of England and Scotland.
1:09:25 > 1:09:28Now, here is a late item of news which has just come in.
1:09:28 > 1:09:33"Urgent, all boys wanting a big adventure go immediately to Ballard's Wharf..."
1:09:33 > 1:09:35And make it snappy!
1:09:59 > 1:10:01Keep it up!
1:10:06 > 1:10:08HE GRUNTS
1:10:12 > 1:10:14THEY SHOUT
1:10:26 > 1:10:28HE IMITATES BOMBING
1:10:43 > 1:10:47Get them off me! Get them off of me!
1:10:52 > 1:10:56THEY CHEER AND SHOUT
1:10:57 > 1:10:59Come on!
1:11:02 > 1:11:05Bash him! Come on, kids, kick them!
1:11:11 > 1:11:13- Oh, you coward!- Do the lot of them!
1:11:36 > 1:11:38Stop that van!
1:11:41 > 1:11:44THEY CHEER AND SHOUT
1:12:27 > 1:12:29TYRES SCREECH
1:12:37 > 1:12:40TYRES SCREECH
1:13:19 > 1:13:22HE GROANS
1:13:46 > 1:13:48Nightingale!
1:14:25 > 1:14:28DISTANT LAUGHTER
1:15:22 > 1:15:26DISTANT LAUGHTER
1:15:30 > 1:15:32DISTANT LAUGHTER
1:15:35 > 1:15:38TRAIN HORN BLARES
1:16:17 > 1:16:19JOE SCREAMS
1:16:20 > 1:16:23You won't take my money!
1:16:23 > 1:16:25Oh!
1:16:27 > 1:16:28JOE SCREAMS
1:16:40 > 1:16:42Oh!
1:16:42 > 1:16:45DISTANT SHOUTING
1:16:51 > 1:16:54THEY CHEER
1:16:58 > 1:17:01# O, for the wings
1:17:01 > 1:17:04# For the wings of a dove
1:17:04 > 1:17:06# In the wilderness
1:17:06 > 1:17:08# Build me a nest
1:17:08 > 1:17:25# And remain there for ever at rest. #