The Secret (1955) - full transcript
Diamond smuggling, and the disappearance of the mother of several children, in the seaside resort of Brighton after World War II.
Subtitles by Nostromo
Come on get on our way
Mr Blake,this is Mick Delaney
He's asked Mrs Porter,
found the children alone
and took them into her house,
they live just up the road from them
Friend of the family?
I've seen them around
I knew it is my choice
-Being a staff
-What?
Oh Mickey is one of
our local ventriloquists
Just for keeping it,I'm in show business
I shall want to talk to the gentleman
will you bring him down to the station?
I thought it might be better to
leave Mrs Porter for the moment
and break it to them gently
Well quite, well I see
him over in his Aunt's house
Will you follow my car?
I'll ride with you,doc
Oh,John,quick it is soon
getting into my eyes
All right I'm coming
Oh,hang it,we need to clean
Oh,stop it,it's too cold
Oh you beast
Well,you said it quick
-You mean it cold
-I did it
-You did it
-I did it
Children,what's going on here
Oh,we are flooded,who did this?
Well,Katie was shampooing her hair
So I see
I've only used this once,
it's supposed to last a month
I told you to have a bath,not to
give yourself a beauty treatment
Wrong,my mother always
washed my hair with this
Besides it was John who put the
water on the floor,he's always blaming me
All right,when your mummy comes back
at least we turn you over
to her clean,now what about you?
I've passed already
This is,look at the neck
-I'm back
-Hello,Margaret
I managed to get the sheet and towels
A man made a fuss but I've got them
Margaret,will you please
do my hair up in curls?
There's no biscuits in the
kitchen,come on,off you go,John
You get the curls in your hair
I go ahead and tell them you are here
Patiently
The soap smells so good
Here hold it,somebody is coming
Maybe he's running
-Anybody home?
-I'm in the bathroom with Katie
Doris Nick's home
Margaret bring the kids in here will you?
OK in a minute
Well,there were no signs from
violence except from the fall
Nothing else unusual,why
should anyone want to kill her?
For money
You know,if she had any money she
wouldn't be living in this neighbourhood
-Drink?
-Thank you-Sit down
Well,it seems she married an
Austrian citizen about a year ago
They've been living on the continent
The kids are from her first marriage
When she was identified
Mr Blake contacted the Vienna police,
you know through the Interpol
Then just before she came here
she withdraw a large
sum of Austrian currency
which you wouldn't be allowed
to take out of the country
Mr Blake's theory is she may have changed
to something she could carry more easily
The jewelry or gold something
she could smuggle into England
Oh,Aunt Doris
-Hello,doctor
-Good evening Mrs Porter
This is Mr Blake of the CID
-Pleased to meet you
-This is my Aunt Mrs Porter
You are new to this district,aren't you?
Yes,you heard about Mrs Martin
Yes,poor soul
I always said to look at their
light out there on those kids
Mr Blake wants to talk to the children
You don't have to tell them yet,do you?
Well,I'm afraid it's going
to be difficult to avoid it
You see I've got a
lot of questions for them
I had to let them your pajamas
we could do it like a find
Come in children I want you
to meet some friends of mine
This is Dr Scott who takes
care of you in case you get ill
-Hello,how are you?
-I'm fine,thanks
Mr Blake
You'd better watch yourself,
he's a policeman
And I'm Margaret O'Neil
Margaret lives across the road
she takes care of Katie and John
Now children,Mr Blake
wants to talk to you both
What about?
Your mother
Did you find her?
Well,not exactly
Something happened to her?
Well
We think she maybe lost
I want help how to find her,don't you?
Oh yes
Now can you remember what your mother
was wearing when she went out last night?
She had her new black dress
It was all black and had
a sort of curl of the collar
And glass buttons down the front
You see,that's a help
Was she wearing a hat?
-Oh,no
-Is that right John?
I don't know maybe she was
She wasn't Mummy never wears a hat
-They are going to find her,Auntie
-Sorry,darling
Now I've just one or two more questions
Was she wearing any jewelry?
I don't know,I don't remember
Now,Katie,you must try and help
Mr Blake,you do understand that,don't you?
And afterward Uncle Nick will show
you one of his tricks,won't you Nick?
Yes he will
All right,Mr Blake
Now what else was she wearing?
Any jewelry or rings or
anything else you can think of
She had a wedding ring
She doesn't wear that anymore
I know
She had her new black painted
bag to go with her new dress
It was all black and shiny and
had a sort of gold livery down the front
A handbag? We didn't..
Well,that's fine
That's all for now
Come along kids come to bed
-Oh what about the tricks
-Oh yeah
Nick go on
We saw "where's the magician" quick
And he made an elephant disappear
Yeah,I don't have an elephant
handy but I got a knife here
White,come a bit closer,
it's a white knife,isn't it?
-And that's a brown knife
-Yes
-Are you sure know?
-Oh yes-All right
One is white,and one is dark brown,OK?
Take the white knife,now take that's right
Take it so I can't see it,
that's right,cover it up now
Hold your hand and stand there
you take the brown one
That's right,take it so I can't see it
Now you got what colour?
-White
-Yeah,take your hand over
What colour have you got?
Brown
Turn your hand over,you see
-More
-That's enough,not now
Come along children
Tomorrow morning Uncle Nick will show
you his workshop and hundreds of tricks
Good bye,uncle Nick
Good bye Uncle Nick and I
shall make it to the door key
Bye children
We'll be sending somebody in the morning
-Good night,coming doctor?
-Yes I am coming
Good night Mrs Porter
One moment,doctor
Oh yes of course I'll do my best
Good night,Nick,I'll be seeing you
All right
They are in bed
I'll have to go now or other
mum has the needle
Good night
Good night,darling
Good night and thank
you so much for helping
What did you say to the doctor?
Oh,I asked if we could keep
the children here over Christmas
What for?
It'll be nice
We could have a tree and some presents
Presents? Got the money for all this?
That'll be my worry
Listen,Auntie Dora,if you are
just so anxious to play Mother Christmas
what about your poor little
nephew Nick here?
I'm not going into that again now
Now listen what about
If you think you can do
so much in New York
the first thing to do into earn
the money to get you there
Yeah,I know but I don't
want to wait that long
You know I'll pay you back
What with?
11 shillings you got in the post
office or is that gone on the dogs already
Merry Christmas
I thought if you didn't get some bookings
this Christmas you take a regular job
But I told you million times
I'm not interested in taking..
No,no you are not interested
but you're interested in hanging around
that gym getting a real dash for no money
-What are you anyway?
-Never mind
Ice hockey player,variety
artist,boxer,ventriloquist
that's the trouble
you try everything you think going to
make you rich and famous overnight
I'll tell you,Nick boy,it's doing one
thing steady that's gets a person ahead
Your Uncle Ned he does
steady job all his life
Yeah,and ended up here
Don't you dare to show disrespect
to your own departed flesh
and blood,who brought you up
who crossed the ocean twice
to take you in like an own son
When your own blessed mother passed away
I've done the best for you
So what I own for you here,throw down
the payment a bed for you to sleep in
Look Aunt Doris,not now
Look,I know what you've done for me
I just can't make it here
Oh,Nick,it isn't the way
you are,it's what you do
Yes but I can't do it here,
Aunt Doris,I can do it in New York
You've been grudge at a
couple of motherless children
A happy Christmas and a proper home
Yet you're willing to gamble
whatever little savings I might need
But I am asking a one way ticket third cl..
Now never mind
-Where are you going?
-Out
Knock it off,knock it off,will you?
Now,now,now,now
Not like that just shoulder behind it
All right
Look,come on
All right
That's the idea now another trashing
How do you work here,Nick?
Hey,what are you thinking you're doing?
Well you said we'll comparing the puppets
This ain't a puppet,this is my
new vent doll I haven't used it yet
-You understand?
-Yes
All right what did I say?
Just ask before you touch
Hello everybody
Hello Margaret
He's a real ventriloquist
And he's a really ice hockey player
And he's going to tell me how to box
And he's going to teach me
how to work with the puppets
And this is the time to
join again to do a show
Isn't that right,Nick?
Yeah,yeah,look,why don't
you kids go out in the garden
and play something quiet
like football or something
Oh,no I'll stay here
Look,listen,I got an idea why
don't you run over the green grocer
and take a look at all the Christmas trees
he's got and pick out one we can afford,ah?
Oh that's right
Just fun aren't they?
Yeah,if you like that kind of fun
Did you want me to
keep them over Christmas?
Well,you know how my Aunt is about kids
I think they ought to be looking
for some relatives for them
Send them to one of them institutions
I think you got a soft spot yourself
Me? You're kidding
How fun?
I wouldn't mind a few of my own some day
Yeah
All I want some day
To get out of here right now
Nick
Don't you ever think if
you would like to marrying?
Settle down?
Yes,sure I think about it all the time
Nobody ever ask me
-What do you mean,you?
-Why not?
You're just a kid for one thing
Let's see still got a chance in about two
or three years you will be just my type
I got to tell you what I'll do
I'll send you a telegram
from New York,you see
And if you're still interested,
it's a deal,OK?
What's the matter?
You'll like New York it's a fine old town
If you go away I'll never see you again
Hey,I like to think that worries you
I guess I'm just a kid
No
Listen did you
notice whether that big bunch of policemen
was still hanging around
Mrs Martin's bungalow?
I only saw one
Just one,ah?
Why?
Well,the kids need some more clothes
I think I'll go over and pick them up
I'll do it for you,Nick
No,it's all right,I got to
go by there anyway
look if you so anxious to play mother
why don't you stick around
and start practicing right now
I think those kids are
coming back any minute
-and don't let them touch anything,eh?
-OK
What are you doing here?
Oh,my Aunt asked me to pick
up some of the kids things so I
You shouldn't have come here Mr Delaney
Well,I asked him if it was OK
I see
Look if you didn't want anybody
to come you should have told the cop
I just came to pick up
some more of the kids clothes
Why is this is supposed to be
some kind of big mystery or something?
You know that handbag the
girl was talking about yesterday?
Yeah
We found it this morning
Oh,there you are that proves it doesn't it?
Proves what?
Well,that nobody was trying to
do nothing to her taking anything from her
This handbag has been
searched before it's been thrown away
Well,how could you tell a thing like that?
Well,normally a woman's handbag
will be covered with fingerprints
even if it was only her own
This one had been wiped clean
Oh yeah
I see what you mean
Just because they show,doesn't it?
Show what?
What somebody would do for small change
What makes you think it
was only small change?
Well,I mean she couldn't have very much
Oh,you're talking about that stuff she's
supposed to have smuggled into the country?
Yeah,that's right
That's why I don't want
anything touched here
Not even the kid's stuff
Oh,I see
Well,OK
If this is the way it is
Go out,if you don't mind
I've got some work to do
Yes,sure OK
And what's your name little girl?
Winnie the German
Anna what a trick to do
What are you doing back here?
Didn't I tell you to leave that doll alone?
Now put it back
I would see..
Go on and get out of here
-Did you hurt yourself?
-No
Well,then come and get up
What's wrong?
I want my mother to come back
Yeah,well,come on,get up
You're all right,eh?
Look,I'll give you something
else to play with,come here
Come here
Look at this now
See that
See what else I got for you
Listen,how do you like a little
Little present here,eh?
Can you guess what it is?
No I couldn't
Oh that is lovely
Here,here,put them on
What do you think they are?
They look like diamonds,don't they?
Yeah,they sure do
Have you,have you ever seen real diamonds?
My mother had a diamond necklace
Only the diamonds weren't as big as these
Yeah I'll bet I can tell you
when she bought them
Was it just before you left Vienna?
Yes,how did you know?
Well,I can read minds
Yes you're a ventriloquist will
you please show me how you work?
Hey,hey take it easy
I'll bet she kept them
in a beautiful case too
Oh yes,please show me how you do it
I'm concentrating
And she kept the case in a
special secret hiding place
I think she did
Oh please show me how you work George
Yeah,OK
I got to see if he is in the mood first
Oh he doesn't have to be in the mood,
you talk only it seems like it
What? Me talk for him?
-Are you kidding? Is that true,George?
-No talk for me,what do you think I am?
A dummy?
Oh,yes you did,you said that
Me?
Yeah,not got enough brains to talk for me
Oh,please Uncle Nick show me how to do it?
All right I ain't talking anymore
Now he is sour at you
Go ahead and apologize to him
All right,George,I apologize
OK
-Hey,look at these fancy sparklers
-Uncle Nick gave them to me
He never gives me nothing
Listen,George,why don't you
Talk her a little story
Well
Oh please George tell me a story
Well,well OK
Once upon a time there was a little
English girl who went away for a year
To live in a city a long way away
She couldn't talk their lingo so
she didn't have too many friends
Then one day her new daddy run away
So when her mum told her
she was going back to England
That was all right with her
But that's the same as me
What happened after that,George?
Ah what happened
I don't know your story
What do you mean you don't know?
Didn't you say the
little girl was like you?
Well,that night the mother told her
that she must have to go bed early
Because the next day she said that
they had to go to lots lots of shops
Is that true George?
That's the same story
Now tell me my pal what
they bought in the shops?
Well,they got some nameplates
to sew in the things
and new clothes,and lots
and lots of suitcases
What did they get the loots for all that?
-The bank?
-Yes
That's rapid,go on
Well,the next day they went to
the station and got on the train
-The train?
-Yeah the train
And then it gets there
were no country when the train stops
the men in uniform got on the train
and looked through all their things
But what did the mother hide
so that the men couldn't find it?
Nothing
Are you sure?
-Oh yes I'm quite sure
-Try to remember
Isn't that right George?
I don't think George remember
that part of the story either
Well,ask him
Ah,you ask him
I wish I could make George talk
Try to be careful with him,will you
I didn't mean to knock him over
See,how can a big girl
like you still has a teddy bear?
My mummy gave them to me
But I only have them sometimes
You see,she locks them in the cupboard
But I know where she hides the
key in the chimney in the fire place
And when was it first given to you?
On the train just before we left Vienna
On the train?
On the train,George,I think she didn't
know that part of the story,did you?
Hey give the kiddie a big hug
Oh you're so cute
Oh,that was fun wasn't it Nick?
Yeah,great fun
Uncle Nick,if you won't let me
work George,please my I work Emma?
Hey,you haven't got time,you're
going to be late for lunch
-Please let me
-All right after lunch,OK?
Perhaps Aunt is probably waiting for you
OK
Oh,why don't you leave
him with me for a while,eh?
I tell you why,you see
I want to refresh a little act with Teddy
and George for our Christmas party
-That'll be fun but take good care with him
-OK,now run along
Oh bye George
-Hey thanks Freddie
-Thanks boy
Nick,how are the boys?
OK how are you?
Would you like to give my
boy late a work here?
No thanks I got to see Frank besides
I don't have my gear with me
That's OK,Nick,we got plenty of gear
And Frank won't be back(??)
Come on,then you start another
spot please try some warming up
-Are you sure Frank will be back?
-He'll be back
OK I'll warm you up
Hello son,you got something for me
Yeah can I speak to you about that
-Come on in
-I'll be right back
Go back boys personal matters with Nick
Sit down,Nick
I was waiting for you yesterday
No,she didn't show up yesterday
But I saw her this morning
She gave me the stuff,OK
Did she?
Yeah,right here
Don't look bad to me
Still I sell them low key
They must be great she wants 2000 for them
What's that?
Something on the account of your commission
Frank I can't go back
to her what I've heard,she insisted
What is she going to do
with all this cash right now?
Well,I don't know I didn't ask
I can't understand what a dead
woman is going to do with all that cash
What are you talking about?
That woman they found at the cliffs
You know,Nick,with Frank
Farmer, a deal is a deal,no matter
But if there's a murder involved,frankly
I don't want any part of it
Murder?
Now wait a minute,what do you mean?
I don't mean anything
I just want to ask you one question,Nick
Did you let her fall out of that cliff?
It's not true,Frank,I take an
oath,you got it all wrong
Let me tell you what happened
Do me a favour,who wants to know,
who do you think I am,Father Confessor
Would you let me explain it to you?
Don't just having a panicky,
boy,I ain't the law
Let me tell you
Hey,you didn't mention my name
Oh,no,Frank,I know better than that
Now,but listen,I noted it then
She didn't live far from my house
We went there perhaps a
couple of times together
She was,you know,sort of
friendly,nothing much
Who's afraid and tell me?
Who wants to know?
I'm not interested in that sort of business
Will you listen to me?
So a few days ago she asked me
when I am going back to New York
She knew I wanted to
So I said I am a bit of out
of luck and short of ready
So she says "Don't worry,Nick,I think I
can give you a chance to make some money"
That is enough to get you back to New York
If you can find me a jeweler
who don't ask too many questions
So right away I think of you,Frank
Thanks,you do me a great favour
Oh,will you listen to me,it's not funny
So we arranged to meet the next night
in my workshop at the back of my house
You know,we are on the cliffs over there
And what do you think she pulls on me?
I don't wait to hear
She turns up pickled,she doesn't want
to talk business,she wants to fool around
You know
So I said to her "Cut it out" I
said "Where's the goods?"
And suddenly she don't want to trust me
So I lose my temper a little bit
I told her to where to get off
So right away she gets on
her high horse and walks out
When I come after her she
starts running like a mad one
Only it's pitch black out there
and she's running the wrong way
You know I thought she was tight
So I yelled for her to stop
Only she won't listen
And the next thing you know
She must have tripped on
something and she goes over the top
That's what happened,Frank
So help me I never laid a finger on her
Look,Nick,situation sticky
I don't know whether I can
end with that sort of stuff
What's the matter getting windy?
Who? Me?
Listen,where the stuff is stolen,
there's a different story
But where somebody gets bumped off,
that's playing with fire
All right,give me the stuff
Listen,Nick,I know you
didn't knock the dame off
I mean if you'd made up the story
for my benefit I'd treat it like that
But if the police they start
asking questions I can't get mixed in
I tell you what
When you go to London,see a
pal of mine,might get rid of them
Thanks very much but I
don't do business with strangers
I'll find a way
Look,Nick
I'm trying to help you,I'm
doing my best for you,won't I?
Listen,I'll tell you what you do
Leave it with me we might
get little less but it'll be OK
What do you mean with little less?
And how long will I have to wait?
What? You don't trust me?
Ah,Frank,what kind of a question
Listen I'm staying in town
tonight to catch the hockey game
you know my old team that I get to plan
What if we arrange to meet after,eh?
Look,don't rush me,I'm rushing me already
Relax,may not be tomorrow
and not the next day
Why don't you enjoy the game tonight anyway
Here
Take these to help you
You want it?
Right
Good night George
Uncle Nick
I'm so glad that you're back
here I couldn't get to sleep
I'm so glad you're awake
cause I got something for you
You went out and locked
the workshop and you took the key
I locked them
Sure I always lock the workshop
I can't let valuable things in there
But you locked my teddy in there
and I couldn't get him
-Your teddy?
-Yes
You said it you'd give it to me after lunch
But you went away
Don't you remember?
Oh
Oh yeah
Will you get him for me now?
I am so used to him
I can't get to sleep without him
Yeah
Yes,sure you
You just lie back down and I'll
I'll
Oh,yeah I remember now,funny I forgot
You see I
I got a little paint on your
teddy because I sat him on a
Open tin you see?
And
He got a red bottom
Just like the monkeys in the zoo
So I took him into town
to get him cleaned up
Well,the man said I could
get him back tomorrow
Tomorrow?
Oh,it's only one night
I'm so used to him
Oh this one I forgot
I brought you something
Go and take one
I'm not hungry
What's that,you don't have to
be hungry,they are good
Go ahead take one
Thank you
Be a good girl,look
I'll leave it here
Under your pillow
Just in case you wake up,OK?
-Good night
-Good night
Wait for me I'll be right back
I think that will be all right
Good morning Mrs Hatchet
Yes,Sir?
When I came in you were
taking a Teddy out of the window
I liked one like that
I'm terribly sorry,Sir,I'm
waiting for the last one
But we've got a very good selection
Would you care for this one?
I'm afraid that is a little too big
I want one just exactly
like the one in the window
I'm afraid we haven't got that,Sir
Could I suggest something else?
Yeah, a train set
-I'll put a deposit on a train set
-Yes,what would be the name?
Let me explaining
Yeah,will that do for the deposit?
-Yes now you give me your name
-I'll come back tomorrow for it
I want to look around for something else
Very well,Sir
Hurry
Hey Nick
I'm going to have a penny disappear
Did you?
-Yes,look
-Hey that's great
You're terrific
You want to see how I did it?
Not now I want you to stay
here and practice a little while
-I've got some things to do inside
-OK
-Hey,John
-Yes
Where is your sister?
In the house with others playing cards
-Come here
-Yes?
Listen,will you take the Teddy in,
I just got it back from cleaning
OK
Do you want to see the trick?
-Yeah I'll be in a minute
-All right
Did you tell them we were coming?
Yes I spoke to Mrs Porter
Hello Nick
Hi
This is Miss Lyons from the welfare office
She's here to see the children
How do you do
It was good of you to take them in
Yeah,thanks come on in
This is Katie and John and
Margaret O'Neil, Miss Lyons
Mr Blake like discussing
There's a very nice teddy you
have,where did you get him?
Mummy gave him to me
I'm so glad you got in this morning,
Mummy will be so angry if I lost her
Why would she be so angry?
Well,she said it would be bad luck
And I mustn't let him out of my sight
May I see him?
Thank you
Children
Miss Lyons here is come to take
you to another place to stay for a while
Well,there are lots of
other kids to play with,toys
You see
We don't think your mother is coming back
Mummy isn't going to come back?
What happened to her? Where is she?
Let me handle this
John,you see we rarely not sure,
it's just she's been away quite a long time
I don't want to go away from here
My mother is going to find no relations
Come here Katie
John,we do know what's
happened to your mother
Is it she really coming back?
I'm afraid not
It seems that she had
an accident in the dark
On the cliff
You mean she fell over?
We are terribly sorry,John
But we know you're going
to be very brave about this
Nick
That's all go ahead and cry
Listen
You got to keep this to
yourself for a while
It would be kind of hard for
your sister to take right now
OK?
OK
Now you are not going
to let her see you crying,eh?
-Where are you going?
-Just outside
Do you want me to come?
Why do these things have to happen?
-Wretched accident
-If it was an accident
Your own superintendent thinks it is
You want to drag these
children full inquest and a court trial?
The point is my Aunt would
like to keep them over for Christmas
Will that be OK?
Well,perhaps
Anyhow it is my duty to make certain that
the children are being properly attended to
And they do seem to be
I'll send my report through to the
authorities and then it'll rest with them
That's how I understand
that it we may as well go
I shall want the children at the
station tomorrow in any case
-Will you bring them?
-Yeah I'll get them there
Shall we be going?
-Goodbye Mr Delaney
-Goodbye
-Good bye Nick
-So long,doc
Where's John? Katie wants to talk to him
He's outside
The doc just told him
About his mother
How did he take it?
Could be all right
But I don't think they
want to tell the girl yet
-What's the matter?
-Nothing
What's so funny?
Nothing
Listen
They got any kid shows in Brighton
This Christmas a pantomime or something
Yes,few
-Why?
-Why don't you take them?
I'm boxing there,you know,
take the mile off,my treat
It's a wonderful idea,Nick,
the kids will love it
I'll get four tickets today
Three not for me please
Come on,Nick,you'll like it
I won't like it
You know it will be not nearly so
much fun for the kids if you're not there
Look,do me a favour,take Aunt
Doris and everybody will be happy
Margaret,Margaret
What's the matter?
This isn't my Teddy Bear
-What do you mean?
-This is not my Teddy bear
My name was sewn in,it's not there
What about if it come off?
It didn't,besides it's different
Let's come and sit down and talk about it
I don't want this teddy bear just lay here
Here,where is Frank?
He isn't here
What do you mean he ain't here?
Must he be in here?
Hey,where are you going?
I told you he ain't here
Look out,where is he?
He's gone up to London on business
When is he coming back?
How shall I know? A couple of days
All right,I'm going to wait for him
-Yeah,but not in here
-Look out
This is it,boy,I'm locking up
Katie
-Where are you going?
-Leave me,I want to go away
-You'll wake everybody
-I don't care
But why? Why are you running away?
I don't want to stay here anymore
Why?
I'm going to find my mother in Brighton
Oh,I see
Well,how are you going to get there?
On the bus
By yourself?
Aren't you afraid?
No
You'd better take your teddy
-No
-But why?
He's not my real one,you stole my real one
Look,I've found something
You know what that is?
What is it?
Come into the room,there's more light
Come on
You recognize it?
It's the label of my teddy
Yes,I found it on the floor on my workshop
It must have fallen off like I said
You see,this really is your teddy
But it is different
Look,just because it
seems a little different
is that a very good reason
to run off by yourself?
Leaving John and Aunt Dora
Margaret and everybody?
I mean
you wouldn't like to be in some strange
place by yourself,would you on Christmas?
Come here and sit down
I want to find my mother
And I am going to tell her
that somebody stole my real teddy
And it's not my fault
Listen,I want to tell you something
Look when I was a kid in New York
I found a little black and gray puppy
And I brought her home and I named her Tina
Then my mum didn't like the idea very much
because she said it was
an extra mouth to feed
But anyway we kept it,you see
And she was always scratching
And because of fleas and things you know
One day when I came home from school
Instead of finding my black and gray
puppy I found a brown and white one
And I started to cry
And you know what?
It was really my black and
gray puppy after all you see
My mum had given her a bath
I can still smell the laundry soap
So you see
I made a mistake like this once too
I wish my mummy was here
Well,maybe she will be some day
I'll try to find her for you
Oh,Miss O'Neil,Superintendent
Corrigan will see the children now
Will you wait here?
Come on children,you go
and see this gentleman
It was kind of you to bring
the children along,Miss O'Neil
That's all right
I understand Mrs Porter is in London?
Yes,she went shopping for the children
I did ask your friend Nick Delaney
to come along with the children
He asked me to bring them
because he was so busy
I see
Do you know where he is?
I think he's at the Corn and Anchor,you
know where the gym is
Excuse me a moment
Just about the gym at Corn and
Anchor a fellow there called Nick Delaney
Ask him if he would come over here
Right,Sir
Excuse me
-There's the king of hearts
-Yes
-There's the king of diamond
-Yes
Where is the king of spades?
It's king of cloves
And here is the king of spades
-Oh,you're Mr Delaney?
-Hello,Uncle Nick
-Hi Nick
-Hi
Here these children are
friends of yours,Mr Delaney
Every trick I do they say you do better
Superintendent Corrigan is a
member of the magic circle
That Uncle Nick could put a
lighted cigarette in his mouth
But he's a professional
I'm only an amateur
Mr Delaney
Katie here was telling us how she thought
last night that this was not her teddy bear
But I know he's mine now
Cause Uncle Nick found the name tab for it
Jackson,take the children
outside with Miss O'Neil
-Goodbye John
-Goodbye-Goodbye Katie
Oh,dear children
Why don't you put this
on your Christmas tree?
You got one haven't you?
-We're going to get one
-Yes this afternoon
Uncle Nick promised
-Good,Merry Christmas
-Merry Christmas
Katie,you're forgetting your Teddy
She'll leave it out here for a bit
We'll give it back to her later
Bye
Lovely children aren't they,Mr Delaney?
-They seem very happy at your Aunt's place?
-Yeah
Mr Delaney,we are anxious to close
the books on this Mrs Martin investigation
The verdict will probably
be accidental death
Inspector Blake still has one
or two points he wants to carry on
Mr Delaney
Is this Katie's original teddy bear?
What do you mean?
Is this the bear she brought
with her to the house?
Oh yes,sure,how should I know
I think it is
Frankly,Mr Delaney I don't
And what's more
there's no question in the child's
mind until after she left it with you
Listen,what's the point of all this anyway?
This is the point,Mr Delaney
There only a few shops in Brighton
that a teddy bear of that
quality might have been bought
Inspector Blake wants to
make a few inquires
And since he suggests that you
could have made a replacement
Me?
If you go with him we'll clear
the whole matter up in an hour or two
Listen,what is he trying
to pull on me anyway
a frame up or something,what did I do?
I went to the house to see if I
could pick up some clothes for the kids
So why do we start getting busy with me?
What do I want with a teddy bear anyway?
All right,Delaney,so you
don't want to go with me?
But I don't mind I'll go anyway
but why should I be persecuted?
That's quite reasonable,Mr Delaney
You help us,we help you
If I don't see you later,Merry Christmas
Yeah
Do you sell this make of teddy bear?
Yes,that's ours
Good morning,Sir
You've been here before?
I did some Christmas shopping for the kids
Is there any way of finding
out who bought this?
That would be rather difficult,
Sir,we sold dozens
-Excuse me,can I change this please?
-Wait a second,great,thank you
Would you mind coming back a little later
I'm only interested in those
you sold in the last two days
This is clearly the most awful time,Sir
Oh I see
Now let me think
We sold most of them several weeks
ago when they first came into stock
And then,oh yes, I sold one
from the window yesterday to
Yes?
Well you?
Weren't you here,Sir?
I bought a train set
Oh yes yes,of course would
you like to take it now?
No thanks,I don't have
enough money but I'll be back
I see,yes of course I remember now
That was just after I sold
the bear from the window
Who did you sell it to?
-A Mr and Mrs Hatchet
-Who are they?
Very nice people,Sir,he's the
Master at the Grammar School
Have you sold any others of
those during the last two days?
Oh,no,Sir,
I think I'm wrong I don't think
I don't think this is one of ours
You see this one has push button eyes
These bears are actually
made on the Continent
and the local jobber assembles them
That is actually bow and the eyes here
All our bears have button eyes sewn
on this one was probably bought abroad
You mean you couldn't buy a bow
like that anywhere in this town?
Oh,no,Sir,we all have exclusive
contracts with all our jobbers
But even if we didn't you
wouldn't got that bear in England
-Is that all,Sir?
-Yes,yes,thank you that's all
Well,you'd better give it back to the girl
Yeah,OK
-Thanks for coming along
-That's all right,Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
Katie,John
Look what we got
Where did you get it from?
Nick gave it to us and he's going
to give us lots,lots of things
Where is he now?
He went into town and it
is something with vaccinations
-Will you help us make the kite go?
-Come on,not now
See you later be careful with that cliff
Here all,this is a present
from Frank Farmer for Christmas
-Here boy
-Good luck,mate
-Lewis? here boy
-Thanks Frank
Jolly
Ken
Jock
-Hi,Nick
-Frank
-Listen
-They are all for you-Thanks
Look I want to talk to you
Not now I'm busy,later
Listen,Frank
-Rather important
-Got to have another one
Thanks,listen,I need themselves(?)
Who carries that sort of gold and ????
Come like a father talk of Noah
Frank,let me explain something to you
Are you short?
Well,one just like that,
dear old boy,not to worry
Chin up,have a good chance,Jock?
Go on,don't worry,it's all right I tell you
Don't worry
See you
We are going it too high,
it is caught in the nails
Then you break it
-But you run it short
-I did it much better than you did
You break it yourself
All right you haven't put a lock in it
Oh John be careful
I climbed up a ladder higher
You fake
Hey what's this?
-It's a teddy bear head
-Let me see it
John,this is my teddy
It came from here
Yes,look here all, it is in one piece
I knew that wasn't mine
Wonder how it got there?
I know who try him up,I guess Nick
Katie open the door
He is innocent,you understand me
Hey,open up,I want to get into the room
What's going on?
Thanks heaven you're here
there's nothing but trouble this morning
I thought you were coming back to lunch
I had a drink with some of the boys
Katie is locked up in her bedroom
and won't open the door
-She wouldn't come out to lunch
-What's happened?
First you can tell me
What does this mean?
Where did you get that?
She said it's the real teddy
And then little Johnny told her
about what happened to her mother
Hey,can you open the door,it's me
She said she wanted to see Mr Blake
that's why I told her about mummy
She's run away
I'll bet she's gone to the
police station like she said
-What's you going to do?
-I'm going to find her
All change please
-Is this Brighton?
-Yes,West Pier last stop
You know where the police station is?
Across the road catch another
45 bus,you're not lost are you?
No I have to see Mr Blake
you see,do you know him?
Can't say I do but hurry dear
we turn around now
There is no other girl with
duffel coat unless I see them
How much longer we've got to wait?
I just want two more eh?
Is that her over there?
-Where?
-Over there
Yeah
Hey,stop that where do
you think you are going?
Excuse me please let me through please
Out of the way
Wait for the doctor
we'll take care over her
Put her over here
Better send for an ambulance
Come along children
Oh good morning come in
I'm Mrs Porter this is John
Martin,Katie's brother
Oh yes we're expecting him
How is the little girl?
She seems to be all right
She slept very well last night
Dr Scott is with her now in our infirmary
We brought her a few cases,is it all right?
Oh yes
You see we had a Christmas tree,
looking forward it today
but of course after what happened I
quite understand she had to be brought here
Oh Sister Venira,this is John Martin will
you take him and show the way please
-Good bye Margaret
-Good bye John
Good bye Aunt Doris
-We'll wait here
-OK
Poor children
Don't worry they'll be very
happy here all of our children are
And we're having our own
Christmas party here this afternoon
Thank you,Sister
-Hello,Mrs Porter,you bring John
-Yes
How is she,doctor?
She's not bad at all,she's bruised
and suffering from slight shock
you see the child would be
under a lot of emotional strain
But I've given her a sedative
and she is sleeping now
I'd like to talk to her as
soon as possible,doctor
would you let me know when I can?
Perhaps later this afternoon or tomorrow
Can I give you a lift,Mrs Porter?
No thank you,doctor,we're staying here
Good bye,Sister,are you coming Blake?
Yes
Mrs Porter
Do you know where your
nephew is,I want to talk to him?
No I don't,can I be of any help?
No I'm afraid not
Would he be over in your house?
I've never least idea
I haven't seen him since he
went looking for Katie yesterday
Didn't he come home last night?
-No,but he often stays out
-I see
Thank you
I have John face you in a few moments
I hope Nick hasn't got
himself into any trouble
I think I ought to try and find him,
Doris,to let him know what's been happening
Yes
But where would he be?
I'm not sure but I'll take a chance
See I will be
So I ask him,how much
do you get for the fight?
Is he landing prim?
Leave that to the price of the doctors
-Hey,Frank
-Hello,kid
I thought you'd supposed to be
here yesterday five o'clock
Nick,you know something?
I forgot all about it
Yeah I've been looking for you all night
Kid,you shouldn't have done that
Frank I want that money
Take it easy here you are,it's all yours
-I'll have it sent it for you
-Us?
Your fare money
You can travel like you want to,
get back to the states,it's all yours
I want the lot
It's not mine it belongs
to a couple of kids
Kids?
Be smart,be clever,you got
your money,now beat it
-I want the lot
-Take your hands of him
All right let him run,come on,
let's get out of here
Nick
Oh Nick
Nick
Now all be quiet
This is a surprise
Happy Christmas everybody
We're having a wonderful
party in the play hall
So we decided to bring some of it up to you
Each person has a visitor and a present
And for you Katie
There's some special visitors
Look who is here
-Hello,darling
-Hello Aunt Doris
We brought all the parcels
under thee Christmas tree
You know I think you got more than I did
All right,aren't you going to open it?
Come on I'll help you
Oh,look,handkerchiefs
Do you like them?
Having smashing fun here,
there's lot for children to play with
they will get their own choice
Wait till you see
Oh look at these
That's your perfume set for Margaret
Looking for something
else from a very special
What do you think of that?
A party dress,isn't it beautiful
Nick
-Katie
-Go away
Don't want to listen to you
-Look
-You don't like me
You tore up my teddy
Listen,Katie
I know you got a right to be sore at me
But I didn't mean to hurt your Teddy
I just didn't think about it,I guess
I mean how much it meant to you
Guess I didn't think about you either
But
Well
I just wanted to see that you were OK
I forgot I
I brought you something
Don't you want to open?
Look
Emma
It's for me?
It's looks like George
A mouth that bloom for everything
I hope you teach me how to make it talk
You bet I will
Let's make it this week though
Anything you say
John,Nick is going to make Emma talk
Hey,listen to this kids
Quiet children
That's right you all got to be quiet
because you see,Emma is bashful
she'd never talked before
Now quiet
Emma
Emma would you say
something for all the children?
Now don't be bashful,Emma,you can talk
No I can't
How about singing a
song for all the children
Oh,I couldn't sing
Oh yes you can if you try,
couldn't she children?
Yes
A Christmas song,Jingle bell
That's a good idea,Katie,a Christmas song
Well,if everybody will join in
-Well,will you kids?
-We will
Go ahead and start Emma
One
Two
What comes after two?
Three
Blake did you get him?
He wasn't at the police station,
they gave me his phone number
Now was he there?
He wanted to know why it
couldn't wait until tomorrow
He was having Christmas
dinner with his kids
He has kids?
You never know
Well,what did you say to him?
Told him about Mrs Martin
guess that what happened
You'll only be charged with
taking the diamonds
OK
Better be going
-Nick
-Yeah
I love you Nick
You know something
You don't have to wait 2
or 3 years serving my time
You'll do fine
OK
Subtitles by Nostromo
Come on get on our way
Mr Blake,this is Mick Delaney
He's asked Mrs Porter,
found the children alone
and took them into her house,
they live just up the road from them
Friend of the family?
I've seen them around
I knew it is my choice
-Being a staff
-What?
Oh Mickey is one of
our local ventriloquists
Just for keeping it,I'm in show business
I shall want to talk to the gentleman
will you bring him down to the station?
I thought it might be better to
leave Mrs Porter for the moment
and break it to them gently
Well quite, well I see
him over in his Aunt's house
Will you follow my car?
I'll ride with you,doc
Oh,John,quick it is soon
getting into my eyes
All right I'm coming
Oh,hang it,we need to clean
Oh,stop it,it's too cold
Oh you beast
Well,you said it quick
-You mean it cold
-I did it
-You did it
-I did it
Children,what's going on here
Oh,we are flooded,who did this?
Well,Katie was shampooing her hair
So I see
I've only used this once,
it's supposed to last a month
I told you to have a bath,not to
give yourself a beauty treatment
Wrong,my mother always
washed my hair with this
Besides it was John who put the
water on the floor,he's always blaming me
All right,when your mummy comes back
at least we turn you over
to her clean,now what about you?
I've passed already
This is,look at the neck
-I'm back
-Hello,Margaret
I managed to get the sheet and towels
A man made a fuss but I've got them
Margaret,will you please
do my hair up in curls?
There's no biscuits in the
kitchen,come on,off you go,John
You get the curls in your hair
I go ahead and tell them you are here
Patiently
The soap smells so good
Here hold it,somebody is coming
Maybe he's running
-Anybody home?
-I'm in the bathroom with Katie
Doris Nick's home
Margaret bring the kids in here will you?
OK in a minute
Well,there were no signs from
violence except from the fall
Nothing else unusual,why
should anyone want to kill her?
For money
You know,if she had any money she
wouldn't be living in this neighbourhood
-Drink?
-Thank you-Sit down
Well,it seems she married an
Austrian citizen about a year ago
They've been living on the continent
The kids are from her first marriage
When she was identified
Mr Blake contacted the Vienna police,
you know through the Interpol
Then just before she came here
she withdraw a large
sum of Austrian currency
which you wouldn't be allowed
to take out of the country
Mr Blake's theory is she may have changed
to something she could carry more easily
The jewelry or gold something
she could smuggle into England
Oh,Aunt Doris
-Hello,doctor
-Good evening Mrs Porter
This is Mr Blake of the CID
-Pleased to meet you
-This is my Aunt Mrs Porter
You are new to this district,aren't you?
Yes,you heard about Mrs Martin
Yes,poor soul
I always said to look at their
light out there on those kids
Mr Blake wants to talk to the children
You don't have to tell them yet,do you?
Well,I'm afraid it's going
to be difficult to avoid it
You see I've got a
lot of questions for them
I had to let them your pajamas
we could do it like a find
Come in children I want you
to meet some friends of mine
This is Dr Scott who takes
care of you in case you get ill
-Hello,how are you?
-I'm fine,thanks
Mr Blake
You'd better watch yourself,
he's a policeman
And I'm Margaret O'Neil
Margaret lives across the road
she takes care of Katie and John
Now children,Mr Blake
wants to talk to you both
What about?
Your mother
Did you find her?
Well,not exactly
Something happened to her?
Well
We think she maybe lost
I want help how to find her,don't you?
Oh yes
Now can you remember what your mother
was wearing when she went out last night?
She had her new black dress
It was all black and had
a sort of curl of the collar
And glass buttons down the front
You see,that's a help
Was she wearing a hat?
-Oh,no
-Is that right John?
I don't know maybe she was
She wasn't Mummy never wears a hat
-They are going to find her,Auntie
-Sorry,darling
Now I've just one or two more questions
Was she wearing any jewelry?
I don't know,I don't remember
Now,Katie,you must try and help
Mr Blake,you do understand that,don't you?
And afterward Uncle Nick will show
you one of his tricks,won't you Nick?
Yes he will
All right,Mr Blake
Now what else was she wearing?
Any jewelry or rings or
anything else you can think of
She had a wedding ring
She doesn't wear that anymore
I know
She had her new black painted
bag to go with her new dress
It was all black and shiny and
had a sort of gold livery down the front
A handbag? We didn't..
Well,that's fine
That's all for now
Come along kids come to bed
-Oh what about the tricks
-Oh yeah
Nick go on
We saw "where's the magician" quick
And he made an elephant disappear
Yeah,I don't have an elephant
handy but I got a knife here
White,come a bit closer,
it's a white knife,isn't it?
-And that's a brown knife
-Yes
-Are you sure know?
-Oh yes-All right
One is white,and one is dark brown,OK?
Take the white knife,now take that's right
Take it so I can't see it,
that's right,cover it up now
Hold your hand and stand there
you take the brown one
That's right,take it so I can't see it
Now you got what colour?
-White
-Yeah,take your hand over
What colour have you got?
Brown
Turn your hand over,you see
-More
-That's enough,not now
Come along children
Tomorrow morning Uncle Nick will show
you his workshop and hundreds of tricks
Good bye,uncle Nick
Good bye Uncle Nick and I
shall make it to the door key
Bye children
We'll be sending somebody in the morning
-Good night,coming doctor?
-Yes I am coming
Good night Mrs Porter
One moment,doctor
Oh yes of course I'll do my best
Good night,Nick,I'll be seeing you
All right
They are in bed
I'll have to go now or other
mum has the needle
Good night
Good night,darling
Good night and thank
you so much for helping
What did you say to the doctor?
Oh,I asked if we could keep
the children here over Christmas
What for?
It'll be nice
We could have a tree and some presents
Presents? Got the money for all this?
That'll be my worry
Listen,Auntie Dora,if you are
just so anxious to play Mother Christmas
what about your poor little
nephew Nick here?
I'm not going into that again now
Now listen what about
If you think you can do
so much in New York
the first thing to do into earn
the money to get you there
Yeah,I know but I don't
want to wait that long
You know I'll pay you back
What with?
11 shillings you got in the post
office or is that gone on the dogs already
Merry Christmas
I thought if you didn't get some bookings
this Christmas you take a regular job
But I told you million times
I'm not interested in taking..
No,no you are not interested
but you're interested in hanging around
that gym getting a real dash for no money
-What are you anyway?
-Never mind
Ice hockey player,variety
artist,boxer,ventriloquist
that's the trouble
you try everything you think going to
make you rich and famous overnight
I'll tell you,Nick boy,it's doing one
thing steady that's gets a person ahead
Your Uncle Ned he does
steady job all his life
Yeah,and ended up here
Don't you dare to show disrespect
to your own departed flesh
and blood,who brought you up
who crossed the ocean twice
to take you in like an own son
When your own blessed mother passed away
I've done the best for you
So what I own for you here,throw down
the payment a bed for you to sleep in
Look Aunt Doris,not now
Look,I know what you've done for me
I just can't make it here
Oh,Nick,it isn't the way
you are,it's what you do
Yes but I can't do it here,
Aunt Doris,I can do it in New York
You've been grudge at a
couple of motherless children
A happy Christmas and a proper home
Yet you're willing to gamble
whatever little savings I might need
But I am asking a one way ticket third cl..
Now never mind
-Where are you going?
-Out
Knock it off,knock it off,will you?
Now,now,now,now
Not like that just shoulder behind it
All right
Look,come on
All right
That's the idea now another trashing
How do you work here,Nick?
Hey,what are you thinking you're doing?
Well you said we'll comparing the puppets
This ain't a puppet,this is my
new vent doll I haven't used it yet
-You understand?
-Yes
All right what did I say?
Just ask before you touch
Hello everybody
Hello Margaret
He's a real ventriloquist
And he's a really ice hockey player
And he's going to tell me how to box
And he's going to teach me
how to work with the puppets
And this is the time to
join again to do a show
Isn't that right,Nick?
Yeah,yeah,look,why don't
you kids go out in the garden
and play something quiet
like football or something
Oh,no I'll stay here
Look,listen,I got an idea why
don't you run over the green grocer
and take a look at all the Christmas trees
he's got and pick out one we can afford,ah?
Oh that's right
Just fun aren't they?
Yeah,if you like that kind of fun
Did you want me to
keep them over Christmas?
Well,you know how my Aunt is about kids
I think they ought to be looking
for some relatives for them
Send them to one of them institutions
I think you got a soft spot yourself
Me? You're kidding
How fun?
I wouldn't mind a few of my own some day
Yeah
All I want some day
To get out of here right now
Nick
Don't you ever think if
you would like to marrying?
Settle down?
Yes,sure I think about it all the time
Nobody ever ask me
-What do you mean,you?
-Why not?
You're just a kid for one thing
Let's see still got a chance in about two
or three years you will be just my type
I got to tell you what I'll do
I'll send you a telegram
from New York,you see
And if you're still interested,
it's a deal,OK?
What's the matter?
You'll like New York it's a fine old town
If you go away I'll never see you again
Hey,I like to think that worries you
I guess I'm just a kid
No
Listen did you
notice whether that big bunch of policemen
was still hanging around
Mrs Martin's bungalow?
I only saw one
Just one,ah?
Why?
Well,the kids need some more clothes
I think I'll go over and pick them up
I'll do it for you,Nick
No,it's all right,I got to
go by there anyway
look if you so anxious to play mother
why don't you stick around
and start practicing right now
I think those kids are
coming back any minute
-and don't let them touch anything,eh?
-OK
What are you doing here?
Oh,my Aunt asked me to pick
up some of the kids things so I
You shouldn't have come here Mr Delaney
Well,I asked him if it was OK
I see
Look if you didn't want anybody
to come you should have told the cop
I just came to pick up
some more of the kids clothes
Why is this is supposed to be
some kind of big mystery or something?
You know that handbag the
girl was talking about yesterday?
Yeah
We found it this morning
Oh,there you are that proves it doesn't it?
Proves what?
Well,that nobody was trying to
do nothing to her taking anything from her
This handbag has been
searched before it's been thrown away
Well,how could you tell a thing like that?
Well,normally a woman's handbag
will be covered with fingerprints
even if it was only her own
This one had been wiped clean
Oh yeah
I see what you mean
Just because they show,doesn't it?
Show what?
What somebody would do for small change
What makes you think it
was only small change?
Well,I mean she couldn't have very much
Oh,you're talking about that stuff she's
supposed to have smuggled into the country?
Yeah,that's right
That's why I don't want
anything touched here
Not even the kid's stuff
Oh,I see
Well,OK
If this is the way it is
Go out,if you don't mind
I've got some work to do
Yes,sure OK
And what's your name little girl?
Winnie the German
Anna what a trick to do
What are you doing back here?
Didn't I tell you to leave that doll alone?
Now put it back
I would see..
Go on and get out of here
-Did you hurt yourself?
-No
Well,then come and get up
What's wrong?
I want my mother to come back
Yeah,well,come on,get up
You're all right,eh?
Look,I'll give you something
else to play with,come here
Come here
Look at this now
See that
See what else I got for you
Listen,how do you like a little
Little present here,eh?
Can you guess what it is?
No I couldn't
Oh that is lovely
Here,here,put them on
What do you think they are?
They look like diamonds,don't they?
Yeah,they sure do
Have you,have you ever seen real diamonds?
My mother had a diamond necklace
Only the diamonds weren't as big as these
Yeah I'll bet I can tell you
when she bought them
Was it just before you left Vienna?
Yes,how did you know?
Well,I can read minds
Yes you're a ventriloquist will
you please show me how you work?
Hey,hey take it easy
I'll bet she kept them
in a beautiful case too
Oh yes,please show me how you do it
I'm concentrating
And she kept the case in a
special secret hiding place
I think she did
Oh please show me how you work George
Yeah,OK
I got to see if he is in the mood first
Oh he doesn't have to be in the mood,
you talk only it seems like it
What? Me talk for him?
-Are you kidding? Is that true,George?
-No talk for me,what do you think I am?
A dummy?
Oh,yes you did,you said that
Me?
Yeah,not got enough brains to talk for me
Oh,please Uncle Nick show me how to do it?
All right I ain't talking anymore
Now he is sour at you
Go ahead and apologize to him
All right,George,I apologize
OK
-Hey,look at these fancy sparklers
-Uncle Nick gave them to me
He never gives me nothing
Listen,George,why don't you
Talk her a little story
Well
Oh please George tell me a story
Well,well OK
Once upon a time there was a little
English girl who went away for a year
To live in a city a long way away
She couldn't talk their lingo so
she didn't have too many friends
Then one day her new daddy run away
So when her mum told her
she was going back to England
That was all right with her
But that's the same as me
What happened after that,George?
Ah what happened
I don't know your story
What do you mean you don't know?
Didn't you say the
little girl was like you?
Well,that night the mother told her
that she must have to go bed early
Because the next day she said that
they had to go to lots lots of shops
Is that true George?
That's the same story
Now tell me my pal what
they bought in the shops?
Well,they got some nameplates
to sew in the things
and new clothes,and lots
and lots of suitcases
What did they get the loots for all that?
-The bank?
-Yes
That's rapid,go on
Well,the next day they went to
the station and got on the train
-The train?
-Yeah the train
And then it gets there
were no country when the train stops
the men in uniform got on the train
and looked through all their things
But what did the mother hide
so that the men couldn't find it?
Nothing
Are you sure?
-Oh yes I'm quite sure
-Try to remember
Isn't that right George?
I don't think George remember
that part of the story either
Well,ask him
Ah,you ask him
I wish I could make George talk
Try to be careful with him,will you
I didn't mean to knock him over
See,how can a big girl
like you still has a teddy bear?
My mummy gave them to me
But I only have them sometimes
You see,she locks them in the cupboard
But I know where she hides the
key in the chimney in the fire place
And when was it first given to you?
On the train just before we left Vienna
On the train?
On the train,George,I think she didn't
know that part of the story,did you?
Hey give the kiddie a big hug
Oh you're so cute
Oh,that was fun wasn't it Nick?
Yeah,great fun
Uncle Nick,if you won't let me
work George,please my I work Emma?
Hey,you haven't got time,you're
going to be late for lunch
-Please let me
-All right after lunch,OK?
Perhaps Aunt is probably waiting for you
OK
Oh,why don't you leave
him with me for a while,eh?
I tell you why,you see
I want to refresh a little act with Teddy
and George for our Christmas party
-That'll be fun but take good care with him
-OK,now run along
Oh bye George
-Hey thanks Freddie
-Thanks boy
Nick,how are the boys?
OK how are you?
Would you like to give my
boy late a work here?
No thanks I got to see Frank besides
I don't have my gear with me
That's OK,Nick,we got plenty of gear
And Frank won't be back(??)
Come on,then you start another
spot please try some warming up
-Are you sure Frank will be back?
-He'll be back
OK I'll warm you up
Hello son,you got something for me
Yeah can I speak to you about that
-Come on in
-I'll be right back
Go back boys personal matters with Nick
Sit down,Nick
I was waiting for you yesterday
No,she didn't show up yesterday
But I saw her this morning
She gave me the stuff,OK
Did she?
Yeah,right here
Don't look bad to me
Still I sell them low key
They must be great she wants 2000 for them
What's that?
Something on the account of your commission
Frank I can't go back
to her what I've heard,she insisted
What is she going to do
with all this cash right now?
Well,I don't know I didn't ask
I can't understand what a dead
woman is going to do with all that cash
What are you talking about?
That woman they found at the cliffs
You know,Nick,with Frank
Farmer, a deal is a deal,no matter
But if there's a murder involved,frankly
I don't want any part of it
Murder?
Now wait a minute,what do you mean?
I don't mean anything
I just want to ask you one question,Nick
Did you let her fall out of that cliff?
It's not true,Frank,I take an
oath,you got it all wrong
Let me tell you what happened
Do me a favour,who wants to know,
who do you think I am,Father Confessor
Would you let me explain it to you?
Don't just having a panicky,
boy,I ain't the law
Let me tell you
Hey,you didn't mention my name
Oh,no,Frank,I know better than that
Now,but listen,I noted it then
She didn't live far from my house
We went there perhaps a
couple of times together
She was,you know,sort of
friendly,nothing much
Who's afraid and tell me?
Who wants to know?
I'm not interested in that sort of business
Will you listen to me?
So a few days ago she asked me
when I am going back to New York
She knew I wanted to
So I said I am a bit of out
of luck and short of ready
So she says "Don't worry,Nick,I think I
can give you a chance to make some money"
That is enough to get you back to New York
If you can find me a jeweler
who don't ask too many questions
So right away I think of you,Frank
Thanks,you do me a great favour
Oh,will you listen to me,it's not funny
So we arranged to meet the next night
in my workshop at the back of my house
You know,we are on the cliffs over there
And what do you think she pulls on me?
I don't wait to hear
She turns up pickled,she doesn't want
to talk business,she wants to fool around
You know
So I said to her "Cut it out" I
said "Where's the goods?"
And suddenly she don't want to trust me
So I lose my temper a little bit
I told her to where to get off
So right away she gets on
her high horse and walks out
When I come after her she
starts running like a mad one
Only it's pitch black out there
and she's running the wrong way
You know I thought she was tight
So I yelled for her to stop
Only she won't listen
And the next thing you know
She must have tripped on
something and she goes over the top
That's what happened,Frank
So help me I never laid a finger on her
Look,Nick,situation sticky
I don't know whether I can
end with that sort of stuff
What's the matter getting windy?
Who? Me?
Listen,where the stuff is stolen,
there's a different story
But where somebody gets bumped off,
that's playing with fire
All right,give me the stuff
Listen,Nick,I know you
didn't knock the dame off
I mean if you'd made up the story
for my benefit I'd treat it like that
But if the police they start
asking questions I can't get mixed in
I tell you what
When you go to London,see a
pal of mine,might get rid of them
Thanks very much but I
don't do business with strangers
I'll find a way
Look,Nick
I'm trying to help you,I'm
doing my best for you,won't I?
Listen,I'll tell you what you do
Leave it with me we might
get little less but it'll be OK
What do you mean with little less?
And how long will I have to wait?
What? You don't trust me?
Ah,Frank,what kind of a question
Listen I'm staying in town
tonight to catch the hockey game
you know my old team that I get to plan
What if we arrange to meet after,eh?
Look,don't rush me,I'm rushing me already
Relax,may not be tomorrow
and not the next day
Why don't you enjoy the game tonight anyway
Here
Take these to help you
You want it?
Right
Good night George
Uncle Nick
I'm so glad that you're back
here I couldn't get to sleep
I'm so glad you're awake
cause I got something for you
You went out and locked
the workshop and you took the key
I locked them
Sure I always lock the workshop
I can't let valuable things in there
But you locked my teddy in there
and I couldn't get him
-Your teddy?
-Yes
You said it you'd give it to me after lunch
But you went away
Don't you remember?
Oh
Oh yeah
Will you get him for me now?
I am so used to him
I can't get to sleep without him
Yeah
Yes,sure you
You just lie back down and I'll
I'll
Oh,yeah I remember now,funny I forgot
You see I
I got a little paint on your
teddy because I sat him on a
Open tin you see?
And
He got a red bottom
Just like the monkeys in the zoo
So I took him into town
to get him cleaned up
Well,the man said I could
get him back tomorrow
Tomorrow?
Oh,it's only one night
I'm so used to him
Oh this one I forgot
I brought you something
Go and take one
I'm not hungry
What's that,you don't have to
be hungry,they are good
Go ahead take one
Thank you
Be a good girl,look
I'll leave it here
Under your pillow
Just in case you wake up,OK?
-Good night
-Good night
Wait for me I'll be right back
I think that will be all right
Good morning Mrs Hatchet
Yes,Sir?
When I came in you were
taking a Teddy out of the window
I liked one like that
I'm terribly sorry,Sir,I'm
waiting for the last one
But we've got a very good selection
Would you care for this one?
I'm afraid that is a little too big
I want one just exactly
like the one in the window
I'm afraid we haven't got that,Sir
Could I suggest something else?
Yeah, a train set
-I'll put a deposit on a train set
-Yes,what would be the name?
Let me explaining
Yeah,will that do for the deposit?
-Yes now you give me your name
-I'll come back tomorrow for it
I want to look around for something else
Very well,Sir
Hurry
Hey Nick
I'm going to have a penny disappear
Did you?
-Yes,look
-Hey that's great
You're terrific
You want to see how I did it?
Not now I want you to stay
here and practice a little while
-I've got some things to do inside
-OK
-Hey,John
-Yes
Where is your sister?
In the house with others playing cards
-Come here
-Yes?
Listen,will you take the Teddy in,
I just got it back from cleaning
OK
Do you want to see the trick?
-Yeah I'll be in a minute
-All right
Did you tell them we were coming?
Yes I spoke to Mrs Porter
Hello Nick
Hi
This is Miss Lyons from the welfare office
She's here to see the children
How do you do
It was good of you to take them in
Yeah,thanks come on in
This is Katie and John and
Margaret O'Neil, Miss Lyons
Mr Blake like discussing
There's a very nice teddy you
have,where did you get him?
Mummy gave him to me
I'm so glad you got in this morning,
Mummy will be so angry if I lost her
Why would she be so angry?
Well,she said it would be bad luck
And I mustn't let him out of my sight
May I see him?
Thank you
Children
Miss Lyons here is come to take
you to another place to stay for a while
Well,there are lots of
other kids to play with,toys
You see
We don't think your mother is coming back
Mummy isn't going to come back?
What happened to her? Where is she?
Let me handle this
John,you see we rarely not sure,
it's just she's been away quite a long time
I don't want to go away from here
My mother is going to find no relations
Come here Katie
John,we do know what's
happened to your mother
Is it she really coming back?
I'm afraid not
It seems that she had
an accident in the dark
On the cliff
You mean she fell over?
We are terribly sorry,John
But we know you're going
to be very brave about this
Nick
That's all go ahead and cry
Listen
You got to keep this to
yourself for a while
It would be kind of hard for
your sister to take right now
OK?
OK
Now you are not going
to let her see you crying,eh?
-Where are you going?
-Just outside
Do you want me to come?
Why do these things have to happen?
-Wretched accident
-If it was an accident
Your own superintendent thinks it is
You want to drag these
children full inquest and a court trial?
The point is my Aunt would
like to keep them over for Christmas
Will that be OK?
Well,perhaps
Anyhow it is my duty to make certain that
the children are being properly attended to
And they do seem to be
I'll send my report through to the
authorities and then it'll rest with them
That's how I understand
that it we may as well go
I shall want the children at the
station tomorrow in any case
-Will you bring them?
-Yeah I'll get them there
Shall we be going?
-Goodbye Mr Delaney
-Goodbye
-Good bye Nick
-So long,doc
Where's John? Katie wants to talk to him
He's outside
The doc just told him
About his mother
How did he take it?
Could be all right
But I don't think they
want to tell the girl yet
-What's the matter?
-Nothing
What's so funny?
Nothing
Listen
They got any kid shows in Brighton
This Christmas a pantomime or something
Yes,few
-Why?
-Why don't you take them?
I'm boxing there,you know,
take the mile off,my treat
It's a wonderful idea,Nick,
the kids will love it
I'll get four tickets today
Three not for me please
Come on,Nick,you'll like it
I won't like it
You know it will be not nearly so
much fun for the kids if you're not there
Look,do me a favour,take Aunt
Doris and everybody will be happy
Margaret,Margaret
What's the matter?
This isn't my Teddy Bear
-What do you mean?
-This is not my Teddy bear
My name was sewn in,it's not there
What about if it come off?
It didn't,besides it's different
Let's come and sit down and talk about it
I don't want this teddy bear just lay here
Here,where is Frank?
He isn't here
What do you mean he ain't here?
Must he be in here?
Hey,where are you going?
I told you he ain't here
Look out,where is he?
He's gone up to London on business
When is he coming back?
How shall I know? A couple of days
All right,I'm going to wait for him
-Yeah,but not in here
-Look out
This is it,boy,I'm locking up
Katie
-Where are you going?
-Leave me,I want to go away
-You'll wake everybody
-I don't care
But why? Why are you running away?
I don't want to stay here anymore
Why?
I'm going to find my mother in Brighton
Oh,I see
Well,how are you going to get there?
On the bus
By yourself?
Aren't you afraid?
No
You'd better take your teddy
-No
-But why?
He's not my real one,you stole my real one
Look,I've found something
You know what that is?
What is it?
Come into the room,there's more light
Come on
You recognize it?
It's the label of my teddy
Yes,I found it on the floor on my workshop
It must have fallen off like I said
You see,this really is your teddy
But it is different
Look,just because it
seems a little different
is that a very good reason
to run off by yourself?
Leaving John and Aunt Dora
Margaret and everybody?
I mean
you wouldn't like to be in some strange
place by yourself,would you on Christmas?
Come here and sit down
I want to find my mother
And I am going to tell her
that somebody stole my real teddy
And it's not my fault
Listen,I want to tell you something
Look when I was a kid in New York
I found a little black and gray puppy
And I brought her home and I named her Tina
Then my mum didn't like the idea very much
because she said it was
an extra mouth to feed
But anyway we kept it,you see
And she was always scratching
And because of fleas and things you know
One day when I came home from school
Instead of finding my black and gray
puppy I found a brown and white one
And I started to cry
And you know what?
It was really my black and
gray puppy after all you see
My mum had given her a bath
I can still smell the laundry soap
So you see
I made a mistake like this once too
I wish my mummy was here
Well,maybe she will be some day
I'll try to find her for you
Oh,Miss O'Neil,Superintendent
Corrigan will see the children now
Will you wait here?
Come on children,you go
and see this gentleman
It was kind of you to bring
the children along,Miss O'Neil
That's all right
I understand Mrs Porter is in London?
Yes,she went shopping for the children
I did ask your friend Nick Delaney
to come along with the children
He asked me to bring them
because he was so busy
I see
Do you know where he is?
I think he's at the Corn and Anchor,you
know where the gym is
Excuse me a moment
Just about the gym at Corn and
Anchor a fellow there called Nick Delaney
Ask him if he would come over here
Right,Sir
Excuse me
-There's the king of hearts
-Yes
-There's the king of diamond
-Yes
Where is the king of spades?
It's king of cloves
And here is the king of spades
-Oh,you're Mr Delaney?
-Hello,Uncle Nick
-Hi Nick
-Hi
Here these children are
friends of yours,Mr Delaney
Every trick I do they say you do better
Superintendent Corrigan is a
member of the magic circle
That Uncle Nick could put a
lighted cigarette in his mouth
But he's a professional
I'm only an amateur
Mr Delaney
Katie here was telling us how she thought
last night that this was not her teddy bear
But I know he's mine now
Cause Uncle Nick found the name tab for it
Jackson,take the children
outside with Miss O'Neil
-Goodbye John
-Goodbye-Goodbye Katie
Oh,dear children
Why don't you put this
on your Christmas tree?
You got one haven't you?
-We're going to get one
-Yes this afternoon
Uncle Nick promised
-Good,Merry Christmas
-Merry Christmas
Katie,you're forgetting your Teddy
She'll leave it out here for a bit
We'll give it back to her later
Bye
Lovely children aren't they,Mr Delaney?
-They seem very happy at your Aunt's place?
-Yeah
Mr Delaney,we are anxious to close
the books on this Mrs Martin investigation
The verdict will probably
be accidental death
Inspector Blake still has one
or two points he wants to carry on
Mr Delaney
Is this Katie's original teddy bear?
What do you mean?
Is this the bear she brought
with her to the house?
Oh yes,sure,how should I know
I think it is
Frankly,Mr Delaney I don't
And what's more
there's no question in the child's
mind until after she left it with you
Listen,what's the point of all this anyway?
This is the point,Mr Delaney
There only a few shops in Brighton
that a teddy bear of that
quality might have been bought
Inspector Blake wants to
make a few inquires
And since he suggests that you
could have made a replacement
Me?
If you go with him we'll clear
the whole matter up in an hour or two
Listen,what is he trying
to pull on me anyway
a frame up or something,what did I do?
I went to the house to see if I
could pick up some clothes for the kids
So why do we start getting busy with me?
What do I want with a teddy bear anyway?
All right,Delaney,so you
don't want to go with me?
But I don't mind I'll go anyway
but why should I be persecuted?
That's quite reasonable,Mr Delaney
You help us,we help you
If I don't see you later,Merry Christmas
Yeah
Do you sell this make of teddy bear?
Yes,that's ours
Good morning,Sir
You've been here before?
I did some Christmas shopping for the kids
Is there any way of finding
out who bought this?
That would be rather difficult,
Sir,we sold dozens
-Excuse me,can I change this please?
-Wait a second,great,thank you
Would you mind coming back a little later
I'm only interested in those
you sold in the last two days
This is clearly the most awful time,Sir
Oh I see
Now let me think
We sold most of them several weeks
ago when they first came into stock
And then,oh yes, I sold one
from the window yesterday to
Yes?
Well you?
Weren't you here,Sir?
I bought a train set
Oh yes yes,of course would
you like to take it now?
No thanks,I don't have
enough money but I'll be back
I see,yes of course I remember now
That was just after I sold
the bear from the window
Who did you sell it to?
-A Mr and Mrs Hatchet
-Who are they?
Very nice people,Sir,he's the
Master at the Grammar School
Have you sold any others of
those during the last two days?
Oh,no,Sir,
I think I'm wrong I don't think
I don't think this is one of ours
You see this one has push button eyes
These bears are actually
made on the Continent
and the local jobber assembles them
That is actually bow and the eyes here
All our bears have button eyes sewn
on this one was probably bought abroad
You mean you couldn't buy a bow
like that anywhere in this town?
Oh,no,Sir,we all have exclusive
contracts with all our jobbers
But even if we didn't you
wouldn't got that bear in England
-Is that all,Sir?
-Yes,yes,thank you that's all
Well,you'd better give it back to the girl
Yeah,OK
-Thanks for coming along
-That's all right,Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas
Katie,John
Look what we got
Where did you get it from?
Nick gave it to us and he's going
to give us lots,lots of things
Where is he now?
He went into town and it
is something with vaccinations
-Will you help us make the kite go?
-Come on,not now
See you later be careful with that cliff
Here all,this is a present
from Frank Farmer for Christmas
-Here boy
-Good luck,mate
-Lewis? here boy
-Thanks Frank
Jolly
Ken
Jock
-Hi,Nick
-Frank
-Listen
-They are all for you-Thanks
Look I want to talk to you
Not now I'm busy,later
Listen,Frank
-Rather important
-Got to have another one
Thanks,listen,I need themselves(?)
Who carries that sort of gold and ????
Come like a father talk of Noah
Frank,let me explain something to you
Are you short?
Well,one just like that,
dear old boy,not to worry
Chin up,have a good chance,Jock?
Go on,don't worry,it's all right I tell you
Don't worry
See you
We are going it too high,
it is caught in the nails
Then you break it
-But you run it short
-I did it much better than you did
You break it yourself
All right you haven't put a lock in it
Oh John be careful
I climbed up a ladder higher
You fake
Hey what's this?
-It's a teddy bear head
-Let me see it
John,this is my teddy
It came from here
Yes,look here all, it is in one piece
I knew that wasn't mine
Wonder how it got there?
I know who try him up,I guess Nick
Katie open the door
He is innocent,you understand me
Hey,open up,I want to get into the room
What's going on?
Thanks heaven you're here
there's nothing but trouble this morning
I thought you were coming back to lunch
I had a drink with some of the boys
Katie is locked up in her bedroom
and won't open the door
-She wouldn't come out to lunch
-What's happened?
First you can tell me
What does this mean?
Where did you get that?
She said it's the real teddy
And then little Johnny told her
about what happened to her mother
Hey,can you open the door,it's me
She said she wanted to see Mr Blake
that's why I told her about mummy
She's run away
I'll bet she's gone to the
police station like she said
-What's you going to do?
-I'm going to find her
All change please
-Is this Brighton?
-Yes,West Pier last stop
You know where the police station is?
Across the road catch another
45 bus,you're not lost are you?
No I have to see Mr Blake
you see,do you know him?
Can't say I do but hurry dear
we turn around now
There is no other girl with
duffel coat unless I see them
How much longer we've got to wait?
I just want two more eh?
Is that her over there?
-Where?
-Over there
Yeah
Hey,stop that where do
you think you are going?
Excuse me please let me through please
Out of the way
Wait for the doctor
we'll take care over her
Put her over here
Better send for an ambulance
Come along children
Oh good morning come in
I'm Mrs Porter this is John
Martin,Katie's brother
Oh yes we're expecting him
How is the little girl?
She seems to be all right
She slept very well last night
Dr Scott is with her now in our infirmary
We brought her a few cases,is it all right?
Oh yes
You see we had a Christmas tree,
looking forward it today
but of course after what happened I
quite understand she had to be brought here
Oh Sister Venira,this is John Martin will
you take him and show the way please
-Good bye Margaret
-Good bye John
Good bye Aunt Doris
-We'll wait here
-OK
Poor children
Don't worry they'll be very
happy here all of our children are
And we're having our own
Christmas party here this afternoon
Thank you,Sister
-Hello,Mrs Porter,you bring John
-Yes
How is she,doctor?
She's not bad at all,she's bruised
and suffering from slight shock
you see the child would be
under a lot of emotional strain
But I've given her a sedative
and she is sleeping now
I'd like to talk to her as
soon as possible,doctor
would you let me know when I can?
Perhaps later this afternoon or tomorrow
Can I give you a lift,Mrs Porter?
No thank you,doctor,we're staying here
Good bye,Sister,are you coming Blake?
Yes
Mrs Porter
Do you know where your
nephew is,I want to talk to him?
No I don't,can I be of any help?
No I'm afraid not
Would he be over in your house?
I've never least idea
I haven't seen him since he
went looking for Katie yesterday
Didn't he come home last night?
-No,but he often stays out
-I see
Thank you
I have John face you in a few moments
I hope Nick hasn't got
himself into any trouble
I think I ought to try and find him,
Doris,to let him know what's been happening
Yes
But where would he be?
I'm not sure but I'll take a chance
See I will be
So I ask him,how much
do you get for the fight?
Is he landing prim?
Leave that to the price of the doctors
-Hey,Frank
-Hello,kid
I thought you'd supposed to be
here yesterday five o'clock
Nick,you know something?
I forgot all about it
Yeah I've been looking for you all night
Kid,you shouldn't have done that
Frank I want that money
Take it easy here you are,it's all yours
-I'll have it sent it for you
-Us?
Your fare money
You can travel like you want to,
get back to the states,it's all yours
I want the lot
It's not mine it belongs
to a couple of kids
Kids?
Be smart,be clever,you got
your money,now beat it
-I want the lot
-Take your hands of him
All right let him run,come on,
let's get out of here
Nick
Oh Nick
Nick
Now all be quiet
This is a surprise
Happy Christmas everybody
We're having a wonderful
party in the play hall
So we decided to bring some of it up to you
Each person has a visitor and a present
And for you Katie
There's some special visitors
Look who is here
-Hello,darling
-Hello Aunt Doris
We brought all the parcels
under thee Christmas tree
You know I think you got more than I did
All right,aren't you going to open it?
Come on I'll help you
Oh,look,handkerchiefs
Do you like them?
Having smashing fun here,
there's lot for children to play with
they will get their own choice
Wait till you see
Oh look at these
That's your perfume set for Margaret
Looking for something
else from a very special
What do you think of that?
A party dress,isn't it beautiful
Nick
-Katie
-Go away
Don't want to listen to you
-Look
-You don't like me
You tore up my teddy
Listen,Katie
I know you got a right to be sore at me
But I didn't mean to hurt your Teddy
I just didn't think about it,I guess
I mean how much it meant to you
Guess I didn't think about you either
But
Well
I just wanted to see that you were OK
I forgot I
I brought you something
Don't you want to open?
Look
Emma
It's for me?
It's looks like George
A mouth that bloom for everything
I hope you teach me how to make it talk
You bet I will
Let's make it this week though
Anything you say
John,Nick is going to make Emma talk
Hey,listen to this kids
Quiet children
That's right you all got to be quiet
because you see,Emma is bashful
she'd never talked before
Now quiet
Emma
Emma would you say
something for all the children?
Now don't be bashful,Emma,you can talk
No I can't
How about singing a
song for all the children
Oh,I couldn't sing
Oh yes you can if you try,
couldn't she children?
Yes
A Christmas song,Jingle bell
That's a good idea,Katie,a Christmas song
Well,if everybody will join in
-Well,will you kids?
-We will
Go ahead and start Emma
One
Two
What comes after two?
Three
Blake did you get him?
He wasn't at the police station,
they gave me his phone number
Now was he there?
He wanted to know why it
couldn't wait until tomorrow
He was having Christmas
dinner with his kids
He has kids?
You never know
Well,what did you say to him?
Told him about Mrs Martin
guess that what happened
You'll only be charged with
taking the diamonds
OK
Better be going
-Nick
-Yeah
I love you Nick
You know something
You don't have to wait 2
or 3 years serving my time
You'll do fine
OK
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