0:00:26 > 0:00:30Last night, I dreamed a deadly dream.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33Beyond the Isle of Skye,
0:00:33 > 0:00:36I saw a dead man win a fight,
0:00:36 > 0:00:39and I think that man was I.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10CHURCHILL: This we may say.
0:02:10 > 0:02:15The sun of victory has begun to touch our soldiers' helmets.
0:02:15 > 0:02:22I have this day received the following communication from General Alexander:
0:02:22 > 0:02:30"Sir, the orders you gave me on August the 15th, 1942, have been fulfilled.
0:02:30 > 0:02:35"His Majesty's enemies, together with their impedimenta,
0:02:35 > 0:02:42"have been completely eliminated from Egypt, Cyrenaica, Libya and Tripolitania.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46"I now await your further instructions."
0:02:46 > 0:02:51Well, we shall now have to think of something else.
0:02:51 > 0:02:59I'm sure the House will bear with me if I do not publicly proclaim what that something else will be.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03Sicily. It's the obvious choice.
0:03:03 > 0:03:10Too obvious. We're all along the African coast, except for Tunisia, and here's Jerry opposite.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14He knows we're almost certain to come through here.
0:03:14 > 0:03:18All he's got to do is sit and wait for us.
0:03:18 > 0:03:25- As a member of the bar, Montagu, you've defended a man in peril of his life?- Yes, sir.
0:03:25 > 0:03:29Well, here's your chance to defend thousands of men.
0:03:29 > 0:03:34If we land in Sicily we'll have 30% casualties.
0:03:34 > 0:03:39We talk about casualties as though they were just figures on paper.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43I take it we've to think up a cover plan?
0:03:43 > 0:03:50To make Jerry think we're going somewhere else. Greece, Sardinia, the south of France.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53I'm told Corsica is very pleasant,
0:03:53 > 0:03:58but the Germans know we need Sicily. They must go on defending it.
0:03:58 > 0:04:04But they may thin their defences if they think we're attacking elsewhere.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Your outfit must drop everything for it.
0:04:07 > 0:04:14If we can get Jerry to move one single battalion, a battery, or even a gun,
0:04:14 > 0:04:17it's going to save a lot of lives.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21LOUD-HAILER: 'To your left, you'll see a further wave of aircraft.
0:04:21 > 0:04:26'You see the multicoloured chutes dropping before you.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29'There's one taking a short cut.
0:04:29 > 0:04:34'We call that jumping to a conclusion, gentlemen.'
0:04:34 > 0:04:40- I thought someone had had it.- It's not as safe as it's made out to be.
0:04:40 > 0:04:47There's nothing for us here, George. Troops would take too long to set up.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50"Next phase, use of natural cover."
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Let's slide out.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Monty. That parachute that didn't open.
0:05:00 > 0:05:06Suppose we dropped someone with papers saying we were going to invade Greece,
0:05:06 > 0:05:09and his parachute didn't open.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13The Germans would find the papers and say, "Look at this.
0:05:13 > 0:05:18"Officer with secret papers. They're going to invade Greece."
0:05:18 > 0:05:24Do we tell the man who jumps, or does he find out on the way down?
0:05:24 > 0:05:30- It'd have to be someone we didn't mind about.- Are you volunteering? It wouldn't work.
0:05:30 > 0:05:36- What about using a dead man?- The autopsy would show he died before.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Let's get back and think again.
0:05:45 > 0:05:50If your boys drink any more coffee they won't sleep.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53They gave up sleep two days ago.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Will you get it while it's hot, sir?
0:06:11 > 0:06:16We want something simple. The simpler the better.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Good boy, George. You're right.
0:06:19 > 0:06:25Suppose we issue Greek dictionaries to the troops. That'd fool them.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Eskimo dictionaries would really fool them.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33Pam, I want you to get me full details
0:06:33 > 0:06:39of the tides and currents between Gibraltar and the Portuguese border.
0:06:39 > 0:06:43- Where?- Gibraltar and the Portuguese border.- Yes, sir.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46- Going for a swim?- Sardine fishing.
0:06:46 > 0:06:51- Pam, you'd better get home. - You don't want some sandwiches?
0:06:51 > 0:06:55My dear child, you think of nothing but my stomach(!)
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Go on, hop it.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Leave the coffee.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Poor Pam. How she fusses over you.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Close the door, George.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Come here.
0:07:15 > 0:07:20- That idea about the dead man in the parachute.- Yes.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23It won't work your way, but...
0:07:23 > 0:07:26I know something that might work.
0:07:26 > 0:07:31- AIR-RAID SIREN Good night, Miss.- Good night.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52PIANO PLAYS >
0:08:26 > 0:08:30- You there, Lucy?- Come on in, Pam.
0:08:31 > 0:08:36Joe, this is Pam, who runs this war single-handedly till midnight.
0:08:36 > 0:08:41- Pam, this is Joe.- Hello, Pam. - I'm just passing through.
0:08:41 > 0:08:48- Before you pop off, shall I fetch you a drink? Joe brought gin.- Later.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52So that's Pam? She looks all right.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57But Lu...why don't you have a place on your own?
0:08:57 > 0:09:01This place is rent-free from her parents.
0:09:01 > 0:09:06Besides, I need someone sensible around. Somebody to protect me.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09- From me?- I hope so.
0:09:11 > 0:09:15- Come on. You've got to go.- I know.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18- You flying tomorrow?- Maybe.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22- Does it scare you, Joe? - I get used to it.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26- You'll ring me?- As soon as I can. - Never forget to ring.
0:09:26 > 0:09:32- If you didn't, I'd go mad.- I will, or if anything stops me, Larry will.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36- What do you mean, if anything stops you?- Oh, just anything.
0:09:47 > 0:09:53- Home long?- About seven. They get their money's worth out of you.
0:09:54 > 0:09:58I always thought Joe was an American.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02I don't know how you keep away from these boys.
0:10:02 > 0:10:07I know me. If I started that I'd probably fall in love.
0:10:07 > 0:10:11I'd only want one, and then where would we be?
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Let's get the war over, first.
0:10:14 > 0:10:19I'm afraid you'll fall in love with someone you can't have.
0:10:19 > 0:10:24- You'll only get hurt.- Who, me? Lucy the languishing librarian?
0:10:24 > 0:10:31If I fall in love it'll be with a guy who goes out at nine and comes back at six.
0:10:31 > 0:10:37Not one of these flyers. Here today and...gone tomorrow.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- KNOCK AT DOOR - Come in.
0:11:00 > 0:11:05Commander Montagu and Lieutenant Ackers, sir.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08- Sir Bernard.- How are you?- Well.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12My assistant, George Ackers. Sir Bernard Spillsby.
0:11:12 > 0:11:20- I've wanted to meet you since you gave evidence in the shotgun murders. You were masterly.- Thank you.
0:11:20 > 0:11:25- Mind you...- George, I'm sure Sir Bernard will give you an autograph.
0:11:25 > 0:11:31- May we get on?- Yes, sir.- Thank you. - Sit down.- Thank you.
0:11:31 > 0:11:35Sir Bernard, may I ask some odd questions
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- without explaining why I'm asking them?- You may.
0:11:38 > 0:11:46Suppose I wanted to put a body in the sea, let it float ashore and make those who find it
0:11:46 > 0:11:53think it was the victim of an air crash at sea. What sort of body would I need?
0:11:55 > 0:12:00- Do you want the body to show any physical damage?- No.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05- But to look as though he died by drowning.- Yes.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09- Could he be wearing a Mae West?- Yes.
0:12:09 > 0:12:15- How long in the water?- That depends on the information I get from you.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20You want someone who's died of pneumonia.
0:12:20 > 0:12:29Pneumonia causes fluid in the lungs. After a few days in the water you couldn't say that he hadn't drowned.
0:12:29 > 0:12:35- Unless one had reason to be suspicious. - You mean you could spot it?
0:12:35 > 0:12:40I would if it came here. But I don't suppose it would.
0:12:43 > 0:12:48I won't ask awkward questions, but where might this body be found?
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Shall we say, Spain?
0:12:50 > 0:12:57I doubt if anyone there would examine the body closely enough to spot what I have in mind.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00One other thing, Sir Bernard.
0:13:00 > 0:13:05If we had to keep the body, how would we stop it decomposing?
0:13:05 > 0:13:09- Refrigeration. - And while it was being transported?
0:13:09 > 0:13:15- I'd suggest an airtight canister packed with dry ice.- Why dry ice?
0:13:15 > 0:13:22It melts, giving off carbon dioxide which dispels the air which causes decomposition.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26You could store a body for quite a while.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Thank you. That gives me a start.
0:13:29 > 0:13:34- You won't mind if we come back to you on these points?- By all means.
0:13:34 > 0:13:41You should ask my man Adams about refrigeration. The fellow who brought you in.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46- He has all the facilities here. - That would help a great deal.
0:13:46 > 0:13:51If I were you, I'd want to know what the blazes this is about.
0:13:51 > 0:13:56If you were, you'd remember what we were told in the nursery.
0:13:56 > 0:14:02- "Ask me no questions, I'll tell you no lies." Go on, George.- Goodbye.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Thank you very much.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13So far, so good. That part seems to be practical.
0:14:13 > 0:14:21- Provided we can get a body. - Any undertaker will fix us up with a body. That's no problem.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26So, in essence, the idea is this.
0:14:26 > 0:14:30The body of a dead man, dressed as an officer,
0:14:30 > 0:14:36will be put in the sea by submarine off the coast of Spain, near Huelva.
0:14:36 > 0:14:45On the body will be secret documents suggesting our main attack will be Greece, not Sicily.
0:14:45 > 0:14:50The body will drift ashore, will be picked up and the papers found.
0:14:50 > 0:14:58The impression will be that the officer drowned when his plane crashed into the sea.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05- Why Huelva?- Two reasons, sir.
0:15:05 > 0:15:13First, there are strong currents and a prevailing wind which will carry the body inshore.
0:15:13 > 0:15:18Second, one of the sharpest German agents in Spain operates there.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22But the beauty is, it involves only one man,
0:15:22 > 0:15:27and therefore might be possible in the short time allowed us.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31May I have your views, sir?
0:15:31 > 0:15:38- In 30 years of intelligence work I've heard of nothing like it. - Neither have the Germans.
0:15:38 > 0:15:44It's the most outrageous, disgusting, not to say barbaric idea.
0:15:44 > 0:15:49- But work out details for the war Cabinet Office tomorrow.- Thank you.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52You'll need a codename.
0:15:52 > 0:15:57You can have Jumbo, Trader, Wigwam,
0:15:57 > 0:16:02- Mincemeat, Jubilee...- With your permission, sir, Mincemeat.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07Operation Mincemeat. Comments and criticisms. Admiral?
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Well, it's an ingenious idea.
0:16:10 > 0:16:15- There are four major flaws. - More like 40.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19First, your body may not drift ashore.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22Next, it may be handed to the British consul.
0:16:22 > 0:16:27Next, the papers may not leak to the Germans.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30And finally, they may guess they're fake.
0:16:30 > 0:16:35That's true. There are ways in which it can go wrong.
0:16:35 > 0:16:39But that's true of any deception plan. Dickie?
0:16:39 > 0:16:43Why not the south of France?
0:16:43 > 0:16:47Then you'd be sure the Germans would get the documents.
0:16:47 > 0:16:54- Sir, perhaps you would allow Commander Montagu to answer this? - Well, Montagu?
0:16:54 > 0:17:01We chose Spain as we don't want the Germans to get the body and examine it closely.
0:17:01 > 0:17:07Even without these snags, surely we're being far too ambitious.
0:17:07 > 0:17:13You can't expect the Germans to swallow fake letters from the Vice-Chief to General Alexander.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16It'd be too good to be true.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21Montagu, surely the first question German intelligence will ask
0:17:21 > 0:17:26is why the letter wasn't sent by the normal channels.
0:17:26 > 0:17:34It was my intention to ask for a personal letter from you to General Alexander.
0:17:34 > 0:17:39It might contain certain references to other people.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43- Saying someone important is a nitwit?- Yes, sir.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47There are already suitable jokes in circulation.
0:17:47 > 0:17:52Where is this officer going? What's his job?
0:17:52 > 0:17:58We'd like him to be a major in the Royal Marines, sir, on your staff.
0:17:58 > 0:18:04You're lending him to General Eisenhower, to whom he also carries a letter.
0:18:04 > 0:18:11- I write a letter as well?- Yes, sir. - He has jobs for all of us. Can I be rude about somebody, too?
0:18:11 > 0:18:17If the Germans see through this then you'll pinpoint Sicily.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19- Quite right.- We must get on.
0:18:19 > 0:18:24It's an imaginative plan, but it needs careful consideration.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27We'd better leave it for now.
0:18:27 > 0:18:32Time is short, sir. We must get going soon.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36I'll put it on the agenda for the next meeting.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43It'd be easier to convince the Germans than our masters.
0:18:43 > 0:18:47They've got a lot to think about.
0:18:47 > 0:18:52- Why can't they give us a plain yes or no?- They want to mull it over.
0:18:52 > 0:18:58The moment they agree, you go ahead. Till then you'll just have to wait.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Sticky?
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Like trying to swim in syrup.
0:19:11 > 0:19:16They just want to chew their cud and gaze into the distance.
0:19:16 > 0:19:22- While we get on with our knitting(!) - I'll wager they won't turn it down.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25I'll take a chance and jump the gun.
0:19:25 > 0:19:30You get a body, I'll work on drawings for a canister.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33AEROPLANES PASS
0:19:33 > 0:19:38- Mosquitos.- One engine. He'll be lucky if he makes it.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41BELL RINGS
0:19:54 > 0:19:58- Harry.- You all right? - Steve's had it.
0:19:58 > 0:20:04- Steve.- Light flak. He went down fast. No time to bail out.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13PHONE RINGS
0:20:19 > 0:20:23Hello? Hello? Joe?
0:20:25 > 0:20:30I saw them come in. Are you all right, Joey?
0:20:30 > 0:20:34I'm all right, baby. I'm fine. It was easy.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38I'm glad.
0:20:38 > 0:20:41PHONE BUZZES
0:20:44 > 0:20:49- 439.- Is Commander Montagu there? - Yes, he's here now, sir.
0:20:49 > 0:20:55- Hello?- Montagu?- Yes.- General Nye wants a word.- Thank you.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58- Montagu?- Good evening, sir.
0:20:58 > 0:21:03I want you to be at 10 Downing Street tomorrow morning at 10.30.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07Of course, sir. Tomorrow at 10.30. I'll be there.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12It's going to the Prime Minister.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46- CHURCHILL: And Nye.- Sir?
0:21:46 > 0:21:54They know we'll go through Sicily, anyway, so we've got everything to gain and nothing to lose.
0:21:54 > 0:21:58- Let the plan be implemented. - Thank you, sir.
0:21:58 > 0:22:04- You've got the all clear. - And your submarine's fixed. Jewel is sailing for Malta on Friday.
0:22:04 > 0:22:09- Jewel?- The man who put Mark Clark ashore in Africa.
0:22:09 > 0:22:15- Can you make it?- I assure you, we shall make it.- Good, carry on.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Yes, I'll hold on.
0:22:20 > 0:22:27George, we've got right of way from the old man himself. "Let the plan be implemented."
0:22:27 > 0:22:30I knew he wouldn't shoot it down.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33What are you up to?
0:22:33 > 0:22:38I've got a blister. I've walked more than 50 miles.
0:22:38 > 0:22:44- It doesn't matter if he shoots it down. The whole thing's impracticable.- What?
0:22:44 > 0:22:47- Won't go. Not on.- Why not?
0:22:47 > 0:22:50There's no way of getting a body.
0:22:50 > 0:22:55You say, "George, go get a body." Well, you try.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59- There are hospitals, mortuaries... - I've tried them. Not a hope.
0:22:59 > 0:23:05Every body belongs to somebody, and people don't want it messed about.
0:23:05 > 0:23:11- What about the fellow in St Lukes? - He recovered. Very unreliable type.
0:23:12 > 0:23:18- Have you tried Spielsberg?- Yes, but he wants his bodies for himself.
0:23:18 > 0:23:27- I think I'm on to something.- Where? - A small hospital in St John's Wood. I said you'd come to see the father.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34- When did he die?- This morning.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36- Pneumonia?- Bronchial pneumonia.
0:23:36 > 0:23:41- Any other relatives?- I don't think so. I gather the wife's dead.
0:23:41 > 0:23:46- Is the father with him? - He's waiting for you.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50Wait here. I'll deal with this by myself.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Perhaps you'd like to sit down. Thank you.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08I'll be back soon. Right.
0:24:17 > 0:24:24It has been explained that we cannot tell you why we are asking you this?
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Yes, that has been explained.
0:24:27 > 0:24:34If there is any question you wish to ask, sir, I will answer if I can.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37I'll try not to embarrass you.
0:24:41 > 0:24:47Can you assure me, Commander Montagu, as an officer and a gentleman,
0:24:47 > 0:24:53that if I agree to your request, my son's body will be treated with respect?
0:24:53 > 0:24:56I give you my word.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59His name will never be revealed?
0:25:00 > 0:25:02Never.
0:25:02 > 0:25:08And finally, his body will have Christian burial?
0:25:08 > 0:25:11I cannot absolutely promise that,
0:25:11 > 0:25:14but I am fairly certain of it.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21I was never the one...nor was he...
0:25:21 > 0:25:26to mind very much about the last resting place of the body...
0:25:28 > 0:25:32..being more concerned with the repose of the spirit.
0:25:33 > 0:25:39But still, I would like to be sure that this thing you're going to do
0:25:39 > 0:25:44is good...and worthy of him.
0:25:45 > 0:25:53I can assure you that this is an opportunity for your son to do a great thing for England.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58My son, sir, was a Scotsman, and very proud of it.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02I beg your pardon.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05Never mind. We're used to that.
0:26:05 > 0:26:10You English always talk about England when you mean Britain.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Goodbye, son.
0:26:24 > 0:26:29I don't know what they want with you. It doesn't matter now.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35Because, you're not here any more.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40You're somewhere else, in peace.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Good day to you.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00I have no son now, but you have a body.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21I think William Martin is a good name.
0:27:21 > 0:27:28One naval identity card in the name of Captain, acting Major, William Martin, Royal Marines.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Born in Cardiff, 1907.
0:27:31 > 0:27:35I thought of Glasgow, but I don't want to say he's a Scot.
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Also a Combined Operations pass.
0:27:38 > 0:27:42You'll need a photograph for the identity card.
0:27:42 > 0:27:47- So we shall.- It's only a passport photograph. It needn't look like him.
0:27:47 > 0:27:51We need things for his pockets. Cigarettes, keys...
0:27:51 > 0:27:58- How's he carrying the documents? - Briefcase.- But he's in the water. Is it in his hand, or what?
0:27:58 > 0:28:04What about those things that go round the waist and clip onto the case?
0:28:04 > 0:28:07Get one and we'll see.
0:28:07 > 0:28:12- He'll need a wallet, money, watch... - George.- Hmm?
0:28:12 > 0:28:14I think we're tackling this wrong.
0:28:14 > 0:28:21Wallet, money, watch. They're all right, but he must have had some private life.
0:28:21 > 0:28:28There ought to be something more intimate on him, like photographs. Maybe some private letters.
0:28:28 > 0:28:36- He'd better have a love letter from a girlfriend.- You'll have to make it convincing.- Hmm.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41Pam can do it. You wouldn't mind, would you?
0:28:41 > 0:28:46- Will you, Pam? - Anything to help with the work, sir.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58- Hang on, I'll be back.- OK, sir.
0:29:09 > 0:29:13- I won't come up, Lu. There isn't time.- All right.
0:29:14 > 0:29:19- Goodbye, Joey.- Remember, you're my girl, now. Official.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22I won't ever forget.
0:29:26 > 0:29:29Victoria station.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01- Hi, Pam. How goes it? - I'm a bit tired.
0:30:01 > 0:30:05I've got some news that might make you angry.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08- Tell me later, Lucy.- OK.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12- I'll make coffee.- It's already done.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15You're SO inefficient(!)
0:30:15 > 0:30:18- You want some?- No, thanks.
0:30:22 > 0:30:27"Dearest Willy"? That's the greatest opening I've ever heard.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30It's just something I've got to do.
0:30:30 > 0:30:34Love letters always are. What's it for?
0:30:34 > 0:30:37It's a story I've got to make up.
0:30:37 > 0:30:42Let me help. I'm cheap. My work, I mean. What's the story?
0:30:42 > 0:30:49They've just got engaged, he's going on a dangerous job and she's writing to him.
0:30:49 > 0:30:53- Oh, that one. - It's the start that's sticking me.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57"Dearest Willy." His name's Willy Martin,
0:30:57 > 0:31:02- "It was lovely seeing you." - Willy Martin. What a name.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05"Dearest Willy."
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Take dictation.
0:31:16 > 0:31:23"Darling, when you went away tonight, something went with you.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26"I think it must have been my heart,
0:31:26 > 0:31:30"because now I'm cold and empty.
0:31:31 > 0:31:39"It's always bad when you go away, but it was worse tonight, because the day was so good.
0:31:42 > 0:31:47"You shouldn't have bought the ring, and I knew you shouldn't,
0:31:47 > 0:31:52"and you did because you love me, and I let you because I love you.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56"There's not much more to be had from a day.
0:31:56 > 0:31:59"I won't wear it, darling.
0:31:59 > 0:32:06"I told you I wouldn't. Because if I did, that would mean that you are real,
0:32:06 > 0:32:12"that you belong to me, and that they couldn't take you away.
0:32:12 > 0:32:19"Whereas, now they can send you away and leave me to wonder if I'll ever see you again,
0:32:19 > 0:32:24"whether I may wake up and find I've dreamed you.
0:32:25 > 0:32:30"Maybe there'll be a time when it's all over,
0:32:30 > 0:32:34"and you're still there, and real, and love me,
0:32:34 > 0:32:38"and then I'll wear your ring until I die.
0:32:40 > 0:32:45"Oh, God, darling, take care of yourself.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48"As if you ever could or would.
0:32:48 > 0:32:53"I suppose I mean, oh, God take care of you.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58"I love you. I love you."
0:33:35 > 0:33:39I had no idea you were a writer, Pam.
0:33:39 > 0:33:41- I didn't do it, sir.- Oh?
0:33:41 > 0:33:46A friend of mine did it. That's why I've signed it "Lucy".
0:33:46 > 0:33:51- You didn't tell her anything? - No, sir.- She did it just for fun?
0:33:51 > 0:33:57- Just for fun.- Have you seen this? - I told you there were hidden depths.
0:33:57 > 0:34:01- Mr Ackers... - It happens to the nicest people.
0:34:01 > 0:34:06Monty, I got the letter about Willy's bank overdraft.
0:34:06 > 0:34:09- I told the manager just enough. - Fine.
0:34:09 > 0:34:14- Does this alleged girlfriend of yours wear thick spectacles?- No.
0:34:14 > 0:34:19- Good to look at?- Very. - Then we want a photograph for Willy.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23- It needn't be her.- Don't spoil it.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27I want to see this passionate Lucy creature.
0:34:27 > 0:34:34- What are you doing? - It's got to look like it's been in his pocket for a while.
0:34:34 > 0:34:38- Can we get a snap of this girl? - I think so.- Good.
0:34:38 > 0:34:44Now about dates. He's got to have something to show when he left.
0:34:44 > 0:34:49A bill from the Naval and Military Club. He stayed there for a night.
0:34:49 > 0:34:54And he went to the theatre. He has the ticket stubs.
0:34:54 > 0:35:00Item: two theatre tickets for the night of April 22nd. Dress circle.
0:35:00 > 0:35:05- Make it four.- And what's going on in that bright little mind?
0:35:05 > 0:35:09Well, Willy can't use them, we might as well.
0:35:09 > 0:35:14- There's three of us, and with Pam's alleged girlfriend...- I understand.
0:35:14 > 0:35:17Make it four.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24I've hacked it about, as agreed.
0:35:24 > 0:35:28It now reads, "General Sir Harold Alexander.
0:35:28 > 0:35:34"My dear Alex, I am taking this opportunity to send a personal letter
0:35:34 > 0:35:38regarding our intention in the Mediterranean.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40- Good.- Then the personal stuff,
0:35:40 > 0:35:45then, "The 5th and 56th divisions will be reinforced,
0:35:45 > 0:35:50"and form the main force for the attack on Greece."
0:35:50 > 0:35:54Then, "The heavy bombardment of Sicily will continue
0:35:54 > 0:36:00"to make the enemy think that it is still our main objective."
0:36:00 > 0:36:04- Exactly right, sir. - And the rest as before.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09- Let's hope it foxes 'em. - I won't touch it, sir.- Why?
0:36:09 > 0:36:13I want only you and your secretary's fingerprints on it.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16- What should I do?- Fold it, sir.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25As sharp folds as you can.
0:36:30 > 0:36:33Now, put it in the envelope.
0:36:35 > 0:36:42If you'll wrap a piece of paper round it, I'll get your secretary to seal it.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48- Thank you, sir.- Any more chores?
0:36:48 > 0:36:52No, thank you, sir. And thank you very much.
0:37:09 > 0:37:11Thank you.
0:37:11 > 0:37:17- Sorry I'm late. Got his clothes? - There.- Where's Adams?- Downstairs.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44MUFFLED AIR-RAID SIREN
0:37:47 > 0:37:50- All ready, Mr Adams?- Yes, sir.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27Identity discs.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Underwear.
0:38:34 > 0:38:38- Laundry marks fixed? - Yes.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43MUFFLED EXPLOSIONS
0:38:53 > 0:38:56Socks and shirt.
0:38:58 > 0:39:03- It's new.- He just bought it from Gieves. The bill's in his pocket.
0:39:21 > 0:39:24Collar and tie.
0:39:37 > 0:39:41- Awkward, this.- Let me, sir.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44Now the uniform. Trousers.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47- Things in the pockets first?- After.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02Blouse.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06Shoes.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16BOMBING GROWS LOUDER
0:40:16 > 0:40:19WOMAN SCREAMS
0:40:32 > 0:40:37Not bad. The shoulder crowns look a bit new.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40He's just been promoted.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44Right. Get the Mae West and the trench coat.
0:41:00 > 0:41:02Now, the personal effects.
0:41:05 > 0:41:08- One wristwatch.- Right.
0:41:08 > 0:41:13Wallet containing one five-pound note, three one-pound notes,
0:41:13 > 0:41:19- letter from bank, book of stamps, photograph of fiancee.- Correct.
0:41:19 > 0:41:24- Ten shillings in change to go in trouser pocket.- Correct.
0:41:25 > 0:41:30- Letter from fiancee to go next to wallet.- Correct.
0:41:30 > 0:41:36- Bill for shirt and receipt for room at the Naval and Military.- Correct.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40- Two ticket stubs to theatre.- Correct.
0:41:40 > 0:41:45- Cigarettes, matches, bunch of keys.- Correct.
0:41:45 > 0:41:50- Combined Operations pass and naval identity card.- Correct.
0:41:50 > 0:41:54- Briefcase. - I'll fasten the trench coat, sir.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Thank you, Adams.
0:41:58 > 0:42:05- Apart from the cover stuff, letter from General Nye to General Alexander.- Right.
0:42:05 > 0:42:10- Letter to General Eisenhower from Admiral Mountbatten.- Right.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21Shouldn't he have the key? He has, on his key ring.
0:43:02 > 0:43:07Well...I think Major Martin is ready to go to war.
0:43:37 > 0:43:43Ten o'clock. We'll have to keep up a steady average. Thank you, Adams.
0:43:43 > 0:43:46Thank you.
0:44:58 > 0:45:00Attention!
0:45:48 > 0:45:52Try to launch the body with only officers on deck.
0:45:52 > 0:45:57- The fewer who know, the better. - Sailors are a superstitious lot.
0:46:00 > 0:46:03What are you telling the crew?
0:46:03 > 0:46:07That it's a secret weather buoy.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14Well, I think that's the lot.
0:46:14 > 0:46:19- Best of luck.- Thank you. We'll try and do a good job for you.
0:46:30 > 0:46:33Carry on, McGuire.
0:47:47 > 0:47:51- There we are.- No sherry or whisky. - What's this?- Egg flip.
0:47:51 > 0:47:58- My alleged friend wants a light. - Why your alleged friend? - George isn't sure you exist.
0:47:58 > 0:48:02That's all I do. No doubt about that.
0:48:02 > 0:48:07I never suspected that George was such a fast worker.
0:48:07 > 0:48:09You should see him with the typists.
0:48:09 > 0:48:16- I think we should drink to the Major.- We must.- He got us the seats.
0:48:16 > 0:48:21I don't know him, but I'm sure he won't mind me drinking his health.
0:48:21 > 0:48:26Let's drink the health of all the majors...and all the lieutenants.
0:48:26 > 0:48:29The Major. May he have a successful journey.
0:48:29 > 0:48:31ALL: The Major.
0:48:34 > 0:48:38DEPTH CHARGE EXPLODES
0:48:47 > 0:48:49EXPLOSION
0:48:57 > 0:48:59EXPLOSION
0:49:07 > 0:49:10EXPLOSION
0:49:18 > 0:49:21EXPLOSION
0:49:31 > 0:49:36- Steady as you go. - Steady, sir. Course 272, sir.
0:49:38 > 0:49:39PIGEONS COO
0:49:39 > 0:49:44All right, my beauties. Not long now.
0:49:51 > 0:49:5360 feet.
0:49:54 > 0:49:5655 feet, sir.
0:49:58 > 0:50:0050 feet, sir.
0:50:01 > 0:50:0345 feet.
0:50:03 > 0:50:0540 feet.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08- OK, get going.- Aye, aye, sir.
0:50:08 > 0:50:11- Up periscope.- 30 feet.
0:50:13 > 0:50:1525 feet, sir.
0:50:31 > 0:50:35Blast those fishermen. Haven't they got homes?
0:50:35 > 0:50:38Down periscope. Stand by to surface.
0:50:38 > 0:50:41Check main vents. Open master blowers.
0:50:41 > 0:50:44'Check main vents. Open master blowers.'
0:51:12 > 0:51:14Canister party on casing.
0:51:14 > 0:51:17Take hook!
0:51:18 > 0:51:22Hooked up. Take the weight.
0:51:22 > 0:51:25Steady. Steady does it.
0:51:31 > 0:51:33Back down.
0:51:33 > 0:51:35Right up.
0:51:59 > 0:52:02Boats. ..Dinghy first.
0:53:03 > 0:53:10Unto God we commend the soul of our departed brother, and we commit his body to the deep.
0:53:10 > 0:53:16The Lord gave and hath taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.
0:53:34 > 0:53:36All right, chaps. Come on.
0:53:42 > 0:53:47- Canister party back on casing. - 'Canister party on casing.'
0:53:59 > 0:54:01All right. Down below.
0:55:19 > 0:55:21Dame la cartera. >
0:56:50 > 0:56:58- Es Ingles?- Si, senor.- Puede hacerme cambio de aquello?- Imposible, tiene que ser reconocido oficialmente.
0:57:01 > 0:57:06Sollte ich sehen was der los ist? Ja. Gute idee. Gehen sie mit.
0:57:27 > 0:57:30PHONE BUZZES
0:57:32 > 0:57:36- 907.- Yes.- Montagu?- Yes.
0:57:36 > 0:57:40This is DNI. Scramble, will you?
0:57:43 > 0:57:47I've got some news. The Major's arrived.
0:57:47 > 0:57:52I've just received a signal. The Vice-Consul at Huelva is worried.
0:57:52 > 0:58:01- He says the body had an official case, and he's pulling strings to retrieve it.- Not too hard, I hope.
0:58:01 > 0:58:07I think it'll help if I signal telling him to get hold of it.
0:58:07 > 0:58:10That'd be the natural thing to do.
0:58:10 > 0:58:16Good. Meantime, I'll put Major Martin in the casualty lists.
0:58:16 > 0:58:20- That's the first thing they'll check.- Right.
0:58:30 > 0:58:34PRIEST CONDUCTS SERVICE IN SPANISH
0:58:41 > 0:58:45< SPANISH SOLDIER SHOUTS ORDERS
0:58:47 > 0:58:50RIFLES SALUTE
0:59:01 > 0:59:07I called on the magistrate. All Major Martin's belongings have been returned.
0:59:07 > 0:59:12And the briefcase, senor? Yes, AND the briefcase.
0:59:15 > 0:59:18Well, that's a bit of a blow.
0:59:18 > 0:59:21Maybe the Nazis are too dumb.
0:59:21 > 0:59:27Lazy beggars. Doesn't anything ever penetrate those Prussian skulls?
0:59:27 > 0:59:32The net result of operation Mincemeat is losing two bob.
0:59:32 > 0:59:35Everything else is horribly intact.
0:59:35 > 0:59:40You can open letters without using a knife with marmalade on it.
0:59:40 > 0:59:43And close them again.
0:59:45 > 0:59:50- I'd like to hear what the scientific boys have to say. - Agreed.
0:59:59 > 1:00:03- Well?- Of course, this has been in water.- Yes.
1:00:38 > 1:00:40- Sea water.- Yes.
1:00:40 > 1:00:46- It's difficult when it's been in sea water.- What can you tell us?
1:00:46 > 1:00:51I'm afraid, very little. Sea water obscures so much.
1:00:51 > 1:00:55- But has it been opened? - Opened? Oh, yes.
1:00:55 > 1:00:59- It HAS been opened? - By somebody who knows his business.
1:00:59 > 1:01:05It's been stretched out and held at the corners to be photographed.
1:01:05 > 1:01:09- I wish I could be more helpful. - You've done splendidly.
1:01:09 > 1:01:14- Well?- Mincemeat swallowed whole. - Mincemeat?!
1:01:32 > 1:01:36- Well?- Nothing new from Madrid, Admiral.
1:01:36 > 1:01:40The Fuhrer believes the documents are genuine.
1:01:40 > 1:01:43- He doesn't doubt them?- He's sure.
1:01:43 > 1:01:49The Fuhrer has certain advantages over mere intelligence officers.
1:01:49 > 1:01:54He has his intuition, whereas we have to rely on our brains.
1:01:54 > 1:02:00- And he's sure God is on his side. - But you are not?
1:02:00 > 1:02:04Not to the extent of handing me the enemy's plans.
1:02:05 > 1:02:11There's no way of checking the genuineness of these papers.
1:02:13 > 1:02:18They appear to be Nye's and Mountbatten's signatures.
1:02:21 > 1:02:25The question is whether what is in the letters is true...
1:02:26 > 1:02:30..and only those who wrote them could tell us.
1:02:30 > 1:02:37- But we can check the genuineness of the bearer.- In what sense, Admiral?
1:02:37 > 1:02:41We know a great deal about Major Martin.
1:02:41 > 1:02:48We know the address of his club, of his bank, we even know about his debts.
1:02:48 > 1:02:55I think someone had better ask a few questions in London, to make sure there was such a man.
1:03:09 > 1:03:14- From Dublin, Mr Reilly?- Right. - Staying long?- Three days.
1:03:14 > 1:03:18- London?- Yeah.- Business?- Yes.
1:03:18 > 1:03:21- All right, thank you.- Thank you.
1:03:30 > 1:03:34- Is this all your luggage?- Yes. - Read this, please.
1:03:34 > 1:03:39- Any articles subject to duty?- No. - I'll open this one up.
1:03:43 > 1:03:46Thank you. Shut it up again.
1:03:48 > 1:03:52Is this all your luggage, madam? Read this, please.
1:03:52 > 1:03:55Any articles subject to duty?
1:04:16 > 1:04:20Will you drive me to 57 Landsmere Gardens?
1:04:20 > 1:04:2457 Landsmere Gardens? All right, step in.
1:04:36 > 1:04:38I trust you had a pleasant journey.
1:04:38 > 1:04:43- I am here with thee and thy goat. - Where from?- Dublin.
1:04:43 > 1:04:49Above your head there's a plate with a telephone number. Memorise it.
1:04:50 > 1:04:58If it's absolutely necessary, ring that number for a cab to pick you up at Hyde Park Corner tube station.
1:04:58 > 1:05:03Go there and wait for me. Don't ring unless it's important.
1:05:03 > 1:05:06I'm not responsible for you.
1:05:06 > 1:05:11- I'm to deliver you and your luggage, that's all.- I won't bother you much.
1:05:11 > 1:05:17It's nothing to do with me, but why were you chosen for this job?
1:05:17 > 1:05:21Because I'm so fond of the English.
1:05:21 > 1:05:24Yes, they are a lovable people.
1:05:38 > 1:05:41Your other bag, sir.
1:05:42 > 1:05:46- Thank you.- Three and sixpence on the clock, sir.
1:05:46 > 1:05:49Thank you, sir. Good luck, sir.
1:06:02 > 1:06:06- Yes?- I'm O'Reilly. You have a room for me?
1:06:06 > 1:06:11- The gentleman from Dublin? - That's right.- Come in.- Thank you.
1:06:14 > 1:06:17I'll take you up. Give me a case.
1:06:17 > 1:06:23- Never let it be said I let a lady carry for me.- You're all the same.
1:06:23 > 1:06:28There's nobody like the Irish for manners. My grandad was Irish.
1:06:28 > 1:06:33He used to say all the Irish are kings' sons.
1:06:34 > 1:06:39You're on the first floor. That's the bathroom and this is your room.
1:06:41 > 1:06:44I do hope you'll be comfortable.
1:06:46 > 1:06:49I expect you'd like a cup of tea?
1:06:49 > 1:06:53No, thank you. I'll just unpack me things.
1:06:53 > 1:07:00You will be careful about the blackout, won't you? I had the police round three times last week.
1:07:00 > 1:07:03Don't worry. I'll be very careful.
1:07:03 > 1:07:06Well, I'll leave you to yourself.
1:07:06 > 1:07:12In case you want to stay out late, I'll put the key on the hall table.
1:07:12 > 1:07:18- If you want anything else, just call "cooee" and I'll pop up.- Thank you.
1:08:37 > 1:08:40HE SIGNALS IN MORSE CODE
1:08:40 > 1:08:43'Polar...bear...
1:08:43 > 1:08:46'Polar...bear.
1:08:46 > 1:08:49'Stand...by...tonight.'
1:09:13 > 1:09:16Thank you, sir. Good morning.
1:09:18 > 1:09:23- Good morning, sir. - I'd like some khaki shirts, please.
1:09:23 > 1:09:25- Made to measure?- Ready-made.
1:09:25 > 1:09:28- Collar size?- 16.
1:09:31 > 1:09:35I think you'll like these. A very fine poplin.
1:09:35 > 1:09:40- They're very nice, but they're not the ones I had in mind.- No, sir?
1:09:40 > 1:09:47You sold some to a friend of mine recently. Major William Martin of the Royal Marines.
1:09:47 > 1:09:52- They were cotton with separate collars.- I know the one you mean.
1:09:54 > 1:09:58Take a look at those, sir. Separate collars, cotton.
1:09:59 > 1:10:04Oh, good morning, sir. Won't keep you a moment.
1:10:06 > 1:10:09- These look like the ones.- Good, sir.
1:10:09 > 1:10:15But I'm not sure. Could you look up Major Martin's account and see...?
1:10:15 > 1:10:22- Sir, if your friend got his cotton shirts from us, those are certainly the ones.- Oh.
1:10:23 > 1:10:29- I won't doubt the word of an honest man. I'll take two.- Thank you, sir.
1:10:31 > 1:10:34- So, I said to the chap... > - Excuse me.
1:10:34 > 1:10:38- Is this the Naval and Military Club?- Yes.- Thank you.
1:10:54 > 1:10:56I wonder if you could help me.
1:11:01 > 1:11:04- Could you help me? - I'll do my best, sir.
1:11:04 > 1:11:10I'm looking for a friend. Major William Martin of the Royal Marines.
1:11:10 > 1:11:16I believe he's a member here. Have you seen him lately?
1:11:16 > 1:11:20There's a Major Martin who's a Gunner, sir.
1:11:20 > 1:11:25- No, he's in the Royal Marines. - Eh?- The Royal Marines!
1:11:25 > 1:11:30I don't know him personally. Is he a regular officer?
1:11:30 > 1:11:33There I couldn't be sure.
1:11:33 > 1:11:37If he's a temporary I shouldn't know him, sir.
1:11:37 > 1:11:41Martin, Brigadeer, AT.
1:11:41 > 1:11:44Martin, Captain, L.
1:11:44 > 1:11:47Martin, Major, W, RA.
1:11:47 > 1:11:51No Major Martin what's a Marine here, sir.
1:11:51 > 1:11:54- Surely that's odd if he's a member?- Eh?
1:11:54 > 1:11:58- Surely that's odd! - Not necessarily, sir.
1:11:58 > 1:12:03What with the bomb damage, we're a bit behind.
1:12:03 > 1:12:06He may not be on the file yet.
1:12:06 > 1:12:11- You can leave a message, then if he comes in...- No, thanks. It can wait.
1:12:11 > 1:12:14- I'm grateful, all the same.- Eh?
1:12:14 > 1:12:19- I'm grateful, all the same! - Oh, thank you, sir.
1:12:32 > 1:12:36This is the manager's secretary. Who is it? ..Thank you.
1:12:38 > 1:12:41Hold on a moment, please.
1:12:49 > 1:12:51Here's the contract you asked for.
1:12:51 > 1:12:56- And there's a Mr Phillips on the phone.- What does he want?
1:12:56 > 1:12:59He's enquiring about a Major Martin.
1:12:59 > 1:13:02- About who?- A Major Martin.
1:13:06 > 1:13:12- Put him through, and get a note of what we say.- Yes, Mr Emberton.
1:13:14 > 1:13:19- Switchboard.- There's a call on my outside line.- Yes, sir.
1:13:19 > 1:13:23- Contact the exchange and have it traced.- Yes, sir.
1:13:23 > 1:13:26PHONE RINGS
1:13:27 > 1:13:31- Hello?- Is that the manager? - Speaking.
1:13:32 > 1:13:39I wonder if you can help me? My name is Phillips, and I'm enquiring about Major William Martin.
1:13:39 > 1:13:44- Yes.- I believe he was a customer of yours?
1:13:44 > 1:13:49Only, he's dead, and I'm trying to help clear up his affairs.
1:13:49 > 1:13:54I see. I'm sure you'll understand it's a rule of the bank
1:13:54 > 1:13:59not to discuss a client's affairs with anyone.
1:13:59 > 1:14:03- Certainly not on the telephone. - I am on to the right branch?
1:14:03 > 1:14:07It would be best if you could drop in.
1:14:07 > 1:14:16I'm pretty full up this morning, but if you'd like to come in at quarter past two and ask for me.
1:14:16 > 1:14:22- Yes, I suppose that would be a good idea. A quarter past two.- Yes.
1:14:22 > 1:14:24All right.
1:14:41 > 1:14:47- You were very smart to get this. - My secretary often notes calls.
1:14:47 > 1:14:52- You say he had a slight accent? - Yes, but not a foreign accent.
1:14:52 > 1:14:55Possibly from the West Country.
1:14:55 > 1:15:00- Did you trace the call?- It came from a public telephone.- Obviously.
1:15:00 > 1:15:06- And he agreed to an appointment? - Yes, but he wasn't enthusiastic.
1:15:06 > 1:15:12Could this be a coincidence? It's a common name. He may have mistaken the bank.
1:15:12 > 1:15:18- It's possible...- But not probable. You've handled this beautifully.
1:15:18 > 1:15:23Frankly, I don't think he'll turn up, but we'll both be back at two.
1:15:23 > 1:15:26- I'll be waiting for you.- Thank you.
1:15:28 > 1:15:30- He's a good chap.- Very good.
1:15:30 > 1:15:38If someone's ringing Willy Martin's bank it means Jerry's putting the whole thing under a microscope.
1:15:38 > 1:15:42Now, where, if anywhere, is there a weak link?
1:15:44 > 1:15:49I'm going to talk to General Cockburn of the Special Branch.
1:15:50 > 1:15:55- A voice from a telephone isn't much of a start.- I realise that, sir.
1:15:55 > 1:15:59I wondered if you'd had any reports that might help.
1:15:59 > 1:16:06A gentleman's just arrived from Sweden, but he's nothing to do with Major Martin.
1:16:06 > 1:16:10I'd like to have a couple of your men at the bank.
1:16:10 > 1:16:15Of course. We must be in on it. Always like to make a new friend.
1:16:15 > 1:16:22Besides, he may turn up. I guess he's only here for this job. He knows we haven't got tabs on him.
1:16:22 > 1:16:26He's the sort who might take chances.
1:17:10 > 1:17:12- Wash-out.- Yes, sir.
1:17:12 > 1:17:16- We'll stand by, sir.- Right.
1:17:16 > 1:17:20- Pity. D'you think he suspected Emberton?- I don't know.
1:17:20 > 1:17:23He obviously can't show himself.
1:18:40 > 1:18:43TELEPHONE RINGS
1:18:49 > 1:18:52Hello? 'The American library?' Yes.
1:18:52 > 1:18:55'Miss Sherwood, please.' Just a moment.
1:18:55 > 1:19:00Lucy, tell him not to ring here. I'm sorry.
1:19:00 > 1:19:02Hello, Joe?
1:19:02 > 1:19:05Lucy...this is Larry.
1:19:06 > 1:19:11Hello, Larry. 'You know why I'm phoning?'
1:19:11 > 1:19:14Sure...sure.
1:19:18 > 1:19:22Oh, no, he's gone. I knew it would come.
1:19:23 > 1:19:26Thank you, Larry. You all right?
1:19:28 > 1:19:31Yes, he was a good flyer.
1:19:31 > 1:19:34Thank you for ringing, Larry.
1:19:34 > 1:19:37Would you check this book out?
1:20:25 > 1:20:26Lucy?
1:20:27 > 1:20:30Lucy?
1:21:00 > 1:21:05Good evening. Sorry to disturb you. The door was open.
1:21:05 > 1:21:08Yes, what do you want?
1:21:08 > 1:21:12I'm enquiring after my friend, Willy Martin.
1:21:13 > 1:21:15- Willy Martin?- Yes.
1:21:17 > 1:21:20- He's... Will you come in?- Thank you.
1:21:26 > 1:21:29Won't you sit down?
1:21:29 > 1:21:34- Willy's death was a great shock to me.- Yes, it was a great pity.
1:21:37 > 1:21:40I take it you're not his fiancee?
1:21:40 > 1:21:43No, I hardly knew him.
1:21:43 > 1:21:50I understood he'd recently become engaged and his fiancee lived here. That's why I came.
1:21:50 > 1:21:54That's the girl who lives with me, Lucy Sherwood.
1:21:54 > 1:21:57Will you have a cigarette?
1:22:02 > 1:22:04Thank you.
1:22:06 > 1:22:10Lucy Sherwood. That's right, I remember.
1:22:10 > 1:22:12I'll get you a light.
1:22:14 > 1:22:18- I'd like to see her. - She's out tonight.
1:22:18 > 1:22:21- When will she be back?- Late.
1:22:21 > 1:22:26- But if you could come tomorrow, I'd say that you'd called.- Yes.
1:22:31 > 1:22:36I knew Willy from when he was a boy in Cardiff.
1:22:36 > 1:22:41- Did he come from Cardiff? - Is his fiancee very upset?
1:22:41 > 1:22:43Well, naturally.
1:22:43 > 1:22:49I won't take up your time, but I'll do everything I can to help.
1:22:49 > 1:22:55- So, if you'd give his fiancee my address...- Your address?- Yes.
1:22:55 > 1:22:58Perhaps you'd care to take it down?
1:23:10 > 1:23:15My name is Patrick O'Reilly, R-E-I-L-L-Y,
1:23:15 > 1:23:22and my address is 57 Landsmere Gardens, North West One.
1:23:25 > 1:23:30- I am to be found there...any time. - Right.
1:23:35 > 1:23:38DOOR CLOSES
1:23:39 > 1:23:44Oh, sorry. Don't mind me, I'm just passing through.
1:23:44 > 1:23:47You are Miss Lucy Sherwood?
1:23:47 > 1:23:53That's right. Where's your manners, Pam? Introduce your handsome friend.
1:23:53 > 1:23:57- This is Mr Patrick O'Reilly.- Hello.
1:23:57 > 1:24:03- Mr O'Reilly is making enquiries about Willy Martin.- Willy Martin?
1:24:03 > 1:24:06Willy Martin! Dearest Willy?
1:24:06 > 1:24:10It's no good enquiring about him, Mister,
1:24:10 > 1:24:13Willy Martin doesn't exist.
1:24:18 > 1:24:24At least, he's dead, which is the same thing. That's right, isn't it?
1:24:24 > 1:24:27He's dead, so he doesn't exist.
1:24:28 > 1:24:35It's the same with all these boys. Here today and gone tomorrow. What's real about that?
1:24:35 > 1:24:41- I was sorry to hear of his death. - Why should you be?
1:24:41 > 1:24:47You didn't love him. He didn't give you a ring. I never wore it.
1:24:47 > 1:24:51Now I never will. Ever, ever!
1:24:53 > 1:24:57- Lucy...- I knew him in the old days in Cardiff.
1:24:57 > 1:25:05Did you? I bet you knew his old man, too, and his Ma and his sister, and the whole shooting match.
1:25:05 > 1:25:09Well, I didn't. They were just photographs.
1:25:09 > 1:25:14Photographs with folks looking the way folks do.
1:25:14 > 1:25:19But I never knew 'em. In the time I barely knew him.
1:25:19 > 1:25:22Three months. What sort of time is that?
1:25:28 > 1:25:31And yet, I knew him well enough.
1:25:33 > 1:25:38Then they took him away from me, and killed him...in the sea.
1:25:38 > 1:25:44"Down, down into the sea To be lost evermore in the Main."
1:25:44 > 1:25:47Tennyson. Do you know Tennyson?
1:25:48 > 1:25:53Why should you? Why should I know Tennyson?!
1:25:54 > 1:25:57He almost made it.
1:25:57 > 1:26:02"Darling, I dreamed you." I was always afraid I had. Always afraid.
1:26:02 > 1:26:05Lucy, you ought to go to bed.
1:26:05 > 1:26:08There's plenty of time to go to bed.
1:26:08 > 1:26:14Years and years with nothing else to do, and everything cold, and then...
1:26:14 > 1:26:17Why can't you all let me alone?
1:26:25 > 1:26:28- Is she all right?- Yes, I think so.
1:26:28 > 1:26:31But I must get her to bed.
1:26:31 > 1:26:36- I'm sorry I've intruded. You have my address?- Yes.
1:26:42 > 1:26:46- Lucy? Lucy? - DOOR SLAMS
1:27:16 > 1:27:18'Polar...bear...
1:27:18 > 1:27:21'Polar...bear.
1:27:22 > 1:27:26'Martin...probably...genuine.
1:27:27 > 1:27:31'But...to be...certain...
1:27:31 > 1:27:39'have...deliberately...revealed... my...identity...to enemy.
1:27:40 > 1:27:45'Stand by...for...confirmation...
1:27:45 > 1:27:47'in...one...hour...
1:27:47 > 1:27:51'but...if...no...message...
1:27:51 > 1:27:55'at...that...time...
1:27:55 > 1:27:59'have...been...arrested.
1:27:59 > 1:28:03'Therefore...Martin...false.'
1:28:51 > 1:28:56- He had it all pat, eh? - Yes. Here's the address.
1:28:56 > 1:29:00- What's he like?- Tall, dark, Irish-sounding, good-looking.
1:29:00 > 1:29:04- I'll tell General Cockburn. May I use the phone?- In there.
1:29:04 > 1:29:10- What chance he believed you? - I don't know, but he believed Lucy.
1:29:10 > 1:29:14- You really think so? - Yes, I saw his face.
1:29:14 > 1:29:19- It was true! - Don't start blubbering, girl.
1:29:19 > 1:29:22- How long did he stay? - About ten minutes.
1:29:22 > 1:29:25And you didn't even get us a lead?!
1:29:25 > 1:29:29Steady, Monty. She got his name and address.
1:29:29 > 1:29:31I didn't. He gave it to me.
1:29:31 > 1:29:37- He wants us to check this address. - Is there such an address?- Yes.
1:29:37 > 1:29:40I don't see what else we can do.
1:29:41 > 1:29:43Don't worry. It's all right.
1:29:45 > 1:29:49Leave a man to cover the apartment. You lead.
1:30:24 > 1:30:27CAR PULLS UP
1:30:41 > 1:30:47- Good night, George. - Cheerio, old boy. ..Beg pardon.
1:30:55 > 1:31:00Why should he give Pam a phoney address? Why?
1:31:00 > 1:31:05Unless... George, I'm off my head. Stop the car.
1:31:05 > 1:31:09- No, stop French. - Make up your mind.- Hurry!
1:31:16 > 1:31:20Blow your horn, you idiot.
1:31:25 > 1:31:29For Pete's sake, let's use our brain.
1:31:29 > 1:31:32Monty, what is all this?
1:31:32 > 1:31:36- What's the matter? - We're making fools of ourselves.
1:31:36 > 1:31:41- But General Cockburn thinks he might be there.- He is. I'm certain of it.
1:31:41 > 1:31:47- Shouldn't we get on?- Go and cover the house, but don't be spotted.
1:31:47 > 1:31:51- And if he comes out? - He won't. I'm sure he won't.
1:31:51 > 1:31:54And no action without orders.
1:31:54 > 1:31:57- We're not to scoop him up?- No.
1:31:57 > 1:32:03- But my orders...- I don't give a damn. Do as I say. I'll talk to Cockburn.
1:32:03 > 1:32:06Thank you very much, Commander.
1:32:07 > 1:32:10- French, carry out my orders. - Yes, sir.
1:32:10 > 1:32:14Sir, will you listen to me for one moment?
1:32:14 > 1:32:20Montagu, he almost certainly isn't there. If he is, every moment...
1:32:20 > 1:32:25- Sir, he is there. - Then why countermand my orders?
1:32:25 > 1:32:31If you send your men to the house, you will arrest one spy and we may lose 30,000 men.
1:32:31 > 1:32:35You must cover the house and let me explain.
1:32:35 > 1:32:40- You're very sure of yourself. - I'm sure of nothing,
1:32:40 > 1:32:45but I've used my brains and I must stand by what they tell me.
1:32:45 > 1:32:48Your decision, sir.
1:32:48 > 1:32:51French, cover the house and wait for orders.
1:32:51 > 1:32:54Yes, sir.
1:32:54 > 1:32:58- Well?- I prefer not to talk about it in the street.
1:33:42 > 1:33:48- Assume the address is genuine. If so, what happens?- We pick him up.
1:33:48 > 1:33:52- Suppose he doesn't mind. - He'll mind being shot.
1:33:52 > 1:33:56Suppose he's prepared to risk his life to be sure?
1:33:56 > 1:34:03If we turn up, it'll mean we've been tipped off, and that the whole story is a plant.
1:34:03 > 1:34:07He'll have committed suicide, but Jerry will know,
1:34:07 > 1:34:10and our operation will be blown.
1:34:10 > 1:34:16- I'm sorry. We mustn't touch him. - Till after he's sent a message?
1:34:16 > 1:34:22No, right up till the landings. No further messages from him might give the game away.
1:34:22 > 1:34:30- He'll get out of the country. - And we must let him go. He's done us no harm.
1:34:30 > 1:34:36- Masterly inactivity.- They also serve, who only stand and wait.
1:35:45 > 1:35:47'Polar...bear...
1:35:47 > 1:35:50'Polar...bear...
1:35:50 > 1:35:53'Martin...genuine.'
1:35:55 > 1:36:00Martin genuine. Three batteries will leave Sicily for Sardinia.
1:36:00 > 1:36:05The first Panzer division will proceed to Greece.
1:36:05 > 1:36:10Six flotillas of R-boats will leave Sicily for the Aegean.
1:36:10 > 1:36:14Martin genuine. Martin genuine!
1:36:33 > 1:36:38Lieutenant Commander Ewen Montagu, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.
1:36:52 > 1:36:57Lieutenant Commander John Adams, Royal Navy.
1:36:59 > 1:37:04Lieutenant Commander David Hebdon, Royal Navy.
1:37:05 > 1:37:12"MARTIN'S" FATHER: 'Can you assure me, Commander, as an officer and a gentleman,
1:37:12 > 1:37:18'that this thing you are going to do is good and worthy of him?
1:37:18 > 1:37:21'That, if I agree to your request,
1:37:21 > 1:37:27'my son's body will be treated decently and with respect,
1:37:27 > 1:37:31'and that, finally, he will have Christian burial?'
1:38:25 > 1:38:30Last night, I dreamed a deadly dream.
1:38:30 > 1:38:33Beyond the Isle of Skye,
1:38:33 > 1:38:36I saw a dead man win a fight,
1:38:36 > 1:38:38and I think that man was I.