I Spy (1965–1968): Season 1, Episode 4 - Chrysanthemum - full transcript

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Don't move!

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All right, turn around and jump!



Ready, jump!

[I Spy's theme playing]

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Monsieur.

[Chinese]

[Chinese]

[Chinese]

Don't you speak English?

Yes, of course, but don't
you understand my Chinese?

You speak Mandarin, I only speak Cantonese.

And why do you give me money?

For information.

About what?

I have friends on the mainland
and I must get a package to them.



You can help me.

That will cost you more, sir.

More.

[Chinese]

Where do I find it?

I got it.

Thank you very much.

White set and the whole ball likes.

Kelly Robinson and straight sets.

Hasn't lost his touch.

No, he's a good boy, Commander.

Sharp.

Still a mutual admiration
society has got him.

Well, something like that, Commander.

You should have known we were going
to hit it off big when you first brought

us together.

Good thinking, huh?

Basic Navy know-how.

Though I take pride in you boys, I
keep hearing good things about you.

I grab at the chance to borrow
you from your own department.

Always makes things simple for us.

Thank you.

Commander, it's good to see you, sir.

Good to see you, Kel.

Sorry I couldn't get here for the match.

I just pulled in.

But, Mr. Dandy, the net game was
going a little better today, was it not?

Sorry.

What do you mean all right?

It was great.

It's okay.

Well, it may not
have been great, but I

can't stand a guy
that's right all the time.

Long way from Princeton, eh, Kel?

Yep, long way, sir.

Well, now, you want to catch
your breath or you want to get at it?

Well, whatever you say.

Well, let's get at it, huh?

You hear about that thing
in the harbor this morning?

Yeah.

We want that attache case back.

We want what was in it back.

We're bleeding for it,
and that is putting it mildly.

Complete documentation
of our defensive

set-up on the islands
of Kimoy and Matsu.

They have to get the
papers back to the mainland.

The name of the game is
you don't let that happen.

Any leads?

None.

Yep, that figures.

It's going to be a waterfront operation.

That lets naval intelligence out.

The waterfront bosses
know every one of our agents.

That's why you're assigned to us.

You can play it like you're slumming,
showing some tourist Van the sights.

Who's going to be the tourist?

Frenchman.

Naturalized.

Been with us since World War II.

He'll run the job.

You'll do as he says.

We need him.

He'll be invaluable to you.

He's completely unknown in this area.

Speaks Chinese fluently.

Well, so does Scotty.

So there'll be two
linguists instead of one.

That can't hurt.

Whatever you say.

The Frenchman's done some great things.

He'll be an asset to you.

I know you boys like to work alone,
but this time play it my way and his.

His methods may seem a little
advanced, but he gets the job done.

He'll run the show, okay?

Okay.

He'll be at the Dragon's
Tooth Bar tonight at 6.

Code names, present them.

May I help you?

Oh, no, thank you, my dear.

We're just browsing.

I thought the flower bed
went out with Mata Hari.

Well, listen, don't knock it.

Maybe he's coming back in again.

Looks pretty good on him, yeah.

Well, well, well, look who's here.

Miss Amelie's American.

You are Americans, aren't you?

Oui.

I like Americans.

Would you gentlemen care to join
me, if you have nothing better, that is?

Well, we're just out of town.

We wouldn't like to impose.

Oh, no imposition.

I would be delighted.

It is rather lonely being
alone in a strange city.

Thank you.

You have the look of experienced travelers.

Yes, a little wilted.

What is?

Your chrysanthemum.

I knew it.

I knew it the moment you
stepped through that door.

I have an infallible
instinct about such things.

You are Mr. Robinson and Mr. Scott.

Mr. Scott, Mr. Robinson.

Infallible instinct.

We shall get along famously, we three.

Oh, yes, I'm sure we will, Monsieur.

I'm sorry, what is it?

Maximilien de Beaujeu.

Yes, wonderful.

I think it calls for a drink.

Mr. Robinson, I only have the Mandarin.

Do you perhaps have the Cantonese?

I'm afraid I don't have either one, sir.

Scotty.

(Speaking in Cantonese)

Where did you learn to speak your Chinese?

In bed.

While asleep.

By the hypnopedic subliminal method.

Records, earphones, all that sort of thing.

But unfortunately, I choose
the wrong side of the record.

What about the Cantonese on the flip side?

You may say so.

Shall we get on with it, gentlemen?

You were punctual, precisely at six.

You were casual, admirably.

My compliments, gentlemen.

Thank you.

When we leave here, we will
proceed to the house of Loi Hing.

Who?

You don't know who he is.

No, I'm sorry, sir.

Our intelligence staff
has known for some time

that smuggling material into mainland
China is the specialty of one man.

And I know who that man is.

Loi Hing.

And I know where to find him.

So, shall we say, Operation Loi Hing?

(dramatic music)

(dramatic music)

- My hanks.

- I guess it must be.

- I heard voices.

Voices.

Locked.

Draw your weapons, gentlemen.

I shall have to force an entrance.

- Why?

- Why what?

Why break in?

Why don't we look around?

Maybe we can get in quietly.

- Gentlemen, I'm an
exponent of the direct attack.

Swift, sudden action.

Shock, surprise, that is what
renders any victim helpless.

Frightened by the lightning stroke,

he becomes helpless and cooperative.

(door breaking)

(screaming)

(screaming)

- I don't think this is the place.
-No.

(screaming)

- Make a face.

Come on, Max.

(screaming)

(screaming).

- I need help.

(screaming)

(dramatic music)

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- Now, here is the plan.

(dramatic music)

- Now listen, Max, why don't you go on back
to the hotel, get yourself all dried off,

and let Scotty and me take it from here.

Why not?

- Mr. Scott.

- I'm Robinson.

He's Scott.
- I'm in charge of this mission.

You can't have me expect me to give up.

after one minor setback.

- Maybe it's just one of those nights.

- You don't understand me at all.

I don't put credits in such frippery
that it's just one of those nights.

I'm a man who operates
on the principles of cold logic.

- Max. - Yeah, Max.

- I must remind you that I'm
in charge of this operation.

Bear that in mind.

Bear in mind also that I will
select our course of action

and take full responsibility
for any consequence,

understand?

Good, now. - Yeah, Max.

- The first step is to determine why
that bartender sent us to number 1217

obviously false trade.

It was not 1217.

Perhaps he wanted us to use
up time so he could warn Loi Hing.

(chuckling)

- It was not 1217. - So I propose.

that we return to that bar
and interrogate the bartender

with a view towards clarification.

- It was not 1217.
- Because take me at the same time.

Pardon?

- It was not 1217.

It was a false trade.

- It was not 1217.

It was 1117.

- You're sure?

[CHUCKLING]

Chinese characters.

Written Chinese always confused me.

12 and 11 are very close, you know.

It's only a difference of
a small stroke of the pen.

[CHUCKLING]

Well, then, let's get on with it, shall we?

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[GUNSHOTS]

[DOG BARKING]

[DOG BARKING]

1217?

Yes.

[MUSIC PLAYING], Three
of them with some documents.

Of course, we have picked up the spoor.

And this time, gentlemen, I caution
you to try a more subtle approach.

There's probably a rear door.

Shh.

Cautiously, gentlemen.

Like a cat.

Think like a cat.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

What did you have in mind, sir?

Something emergent to me.

Set up a clamor in front of the
house while one of us crashes in here.

Since there are three of
us, one to set up the clamor,

the other one to crash
in here, and the third one

to make a descent from the roof
right into the center of the operation.

After which-- Very nice.

Very imaginative, Mr. Robinson.

[MUSIC PLAYING].

Max, don't you have a gun?

I have my own weapon.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING].

Listen, you stay here in case
some of them try to slip out past you.

Yes, or if reinforcements come this way.

Shh.

[MUSIC PLAYING].

[MUSIC PLAYING].

[GRUNTING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING].

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

I have one.

Turn on the lights.

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They are most dangerous
when they're jungle.

The jungle of them is Kelly.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

How did you get down there on the floor?

I asked, how did you get
down there on the floor?

I tripped over you.

[MUSIC PLAYING]

Oh.

Well, I'm terribly sorry, Mr. Robinson.

It's just that my reflexes are so quick.

Max.

Yes, what is it?

We are on the same team, weren't we?

Make your point.

My point is I almost had one of them.

Well, believe me,
Mr. Robinson, no one

is more disappointed
than I. But then what

with the entire operation?

So hastily conceived, no time for planning,

no time to develop a smooth,
well-oiled team operation?

Actually, we're more of a gang.

Exactly.

We've each been working as
individuals, without unity or coordination.

Well, we need a new
leader, and I nominate Kelly.

I will not tolerate
insubordination, even in jest.

Well, just give your rest, Max.

And if not in jest, then it is mutiny.

Was that your intention, Mr. Robinson?

Now, Max, hear me out.

It's been a long, punishing
night for everyone,

particularly yourself, because you're not

used to the physical aspects of this.

Yet my reflexes--
Swift, swift, very swift.

More finely honed than yours.

Eds, why would I have a stranglehold
on you, rather than you on me?

Max.

Yeah?

I can't answer that one for you.

Now, listen, Max, just listen to me.

Let's have a Democratic
spirit about this thing.

Consider the fact that you're
outnumbered two to one.

Just think about that.

Max, you don't look like you're thinking.

Ooh.

You found an attaché case, I see.

(footsteps).

Property of U.S. Navy.

- Well, at least it tells us we're
moving in the right direction.

- I hope we are.

- Oh, it may tell us a great deal
more than that, gentlemen, yes, indeed.

A thorough laboratory
examination of this

might reveal some
very interesting facts.

- Like what?

- Where it came from, where it was made.

- It came from the Navy.

- Yes, of course, we
do know that, don't we?

But we might also be able to learn
where it has been the last few hours.

- Max, we don't have time to go crawling

all through the files.

- Honestly, we don't have the time, Max.

- Seems to me, gentlemen,
that you have spent

so much time in the
field that you are unaware

of the technological advances being made

in crime detection.

I, on the other
hand, have spent the

last several months
compiling certain data.

- Max, I'm sure that
you are a veritable wizard

in the laboratory, but it's really true

when we say that we don't
have the time for it now.

- A slight bit of
thread on an article

suggests this smear
of mud, bit of paint.

Properly interpreted,
they can tell so much.

Where an article has been, and
sometimes even where it may be going.

- I would like to open
a new train of thought.

- Suggestions are always welcome.

- I suggest that we split forces.

- What advantage?

- Well, you see, then the team could
be in two places at the same time.

Now, we will begin to look for Loy Hing.

- Poor suggestion.

- Yes, a poor suggestion.

Very poor, I didn't like it.

- The truth is, you are both
bone tired and ready for bed.

I'm sorry about the stranglehold.

Best we do you good, that is an order.

Go to bed.

Tomorrow's another day.

Alertness is what counts here.

- What about you?

- The laboratory.

Tomorrow I shall rouse you with good news.

We are making progress, we will succeed.

- Go to bed.

(suspenseful music).

(suspenseful music).

(suspenseful music)

(suspenseful music)

(suspenseful music)

(suspenseful music)

- I'm sorry.

Somewhere along the line,
you must have been fed.

- You must have tripped an old lady
when your boy scout was sent for us

to search for a man like Max.

- I didn't trip anyway.

- I think so, look at that.

- See that, that whole Max thing is crazy.

(suspenseful music).

(suspenseful music)

(suspenseful music)

(door slams)

- Gary?

It's Gary.

All right, rise and shine.

- Hmm.

Why?

- Uh, we have to police the area.

- What for?

- We lost a skirmish, I think.

- You know what I always say.

- Yeah, what's that?

- Whenever you lose a skirmish,

call for the maid.

- Oh, it'll be wonderful.

Then the news will get out,
Max will be over here like a shot,

going through the place
for fingerprints and smudges.

We'll spend the next 90 years of our life

in the laboratory.

We'll forget that whole idea.

'Cause you know what they
used to teach us in spy school.

- Yeah.

The spy is always neat.

- Ah, yes.

(suspenseful music).

- While you slept, I worked.

And diligent labor, as you must
know, always blooms into fruition.

Commander Riddle's technicians discovered

several sets of fingerprints on the
attache case besides those of Loy Hing.

One pair belonged to a
certain Captain Wong Lu.

Have you heard of Captain Wong Lu?

A Captain Wong Lu
owns a seagoing schooner

operating the coastal
waters of Hong Kong,

the Shanghai Bell.

- The Shanghai Bell, that Captain Wong Lu?

- That one.

- Well, I never known for him.

to be mixed up in anything illicit.

- Prepare for a shock.

There was diesel oil on the case.

- Well, that is a stunner, old man.

- That is a stunner, all right, sir.

No question about it.

- Call me Max.

- I've been calling you, Max.

I hope I'm not out of line.

- Don't give it a second thought.

We end this together,
fellows, up to our necks.

Now let's get back to the diesel oil.

- Yes, I wish we would.

- Did you know that
Captain Wong Lu's schooner.

burns diesel oil?

Well, it does.

Shall we get on the trail of
our quarry, Mr. Robinson?

Scott.

(slow jazz music).

(upbeat jazz music)

(upbeat music).

(dramatic music)

- I think Wang Lu's already
on a sail for the mainland.

- No, no, no, no, no.

Commander Riddle would have had aircraft

circling the island, checking all the
islands and the inlands and the outlets.

Any luck?

- No, no, no, no, no.

No, no, no, no, no.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

- Well, it has to be anchored
somewhere in the harbor.

- Max.

- Yes, Kenny?

- It doesn't have to be anchored
somewhere in the harbor.

It might have sailed during the night,
right after our little fracas at 12.17.

- True, true, true, true,
true, true, true, true.

Nevertheless, let's press on.

- Hold it.

- It's the three guys we tangled with.

- Could be.

Maybe.

Hey, there's one.

- One what?

- A boat.

- A boat?

What are you doing there, stealing a boat?

Don't worry about it.
Commander Redd'll send the owner a voucher.

Good thinking.

Come on, Ben. Come on.

Wait!

Don't worry about it.
I know all about sailing.

I'm gonna kill him.

Save yourselves, gentlemen.

I'm gonna kill him.

That's filthy.

That's right.

I'm gonna figure it out so you can
capture me, so I can be court-martialed,

so I can tell the whole world what a
nuthead we got as a commanding officer.

Max!

Max!

Hey.

You don't... Max!

Max!

Hey. You don't think
you... Kenny! Cut!

Over here!

A little leaky and only one
oar, but it will serve our needs.

Max!

Yes, Scott?

What is that?

We call it make-do.

Kelly!

What?

The rope... Oh, yes!

Sloane's Kelly wins the race.

Look!

The Shanghai Belle!

(upbeat music).

(dramatic music)

(in chinese)

(dramatic music)

- Hey, look, guys, all right?

The one in the sailor garb must be Wang Lo.

He ain't putting the
plans in with the maps.

- So all that remains to do is
overpower them and retry the plans.

- Max, overpowering is out.

- Oh?

(speaking in foreign language)

- Seven against three.

They're happy to work hard.

- All right, let's take 'em.

- No, no, no, no.

- What do you mean, no, Max?

It's gotta be now.

They're getting ready to sail.

They're going to test the gun.

(gun firing)

- Well, we still gotta take 'em.

(gun firing)

Listen, Kelly, I think
there's an easier way.

- What?

- If one of us can sneak aboard.

- That is precisely what I had in mind.

And while Wang Lo is busy getting underway,

I shall sneak forward and
take over the machine gun. (imitates gun firing)

- Max, not you.

- Me?

- I am in charge.

- Max, I think you gotta be told now.

Theory seems to be
one of your strong points,

but execution of theory
seems to be your weakest point.

- Gentlemen, I must admit that
my performance in certain areas

of this mission has been a
little bit less than exemplary.

But let us remember one thing.

I am in charge here.

Now, you return to shore, notify
Commander Riddle, and effect a rendezvous.

Those are your orders.

- Max, Max, what would you?

(music)

- Hey, bongi, boy.

(suspenseful music)

(suspenseful music)

(men speaking in foreign language)

(suspenseful music)

(suspenseful music)

- All right, let's get out of here.

(water bubbling)

(upbeat music)

(water bubbling)

(upbeat music)

(upbeat music)

(water bubbling)

(upbeat music)

(upbeat music)

(upbeat music)

(upbeat music)

(coughing).

(clanging)

- You left him where?

Where?

- On the Shanghai Bell.

- Oh, no, no, no, no.

- I didn't want him to go aboard, sir.

I tried to talk him out of it.

I would have gone myself.

- Send in Lieutenant Master.

No one should have gone
aboard the Shanghai Bell.

No one!

- Well, it makes some sense now.

Stopping that boat will be much easier
having a man working from the inside.

- An inside man wasn't
necessary, gentlemen, because

you see, we never intended
to stop the Shanghai Bell.

(dramatic music)

- What's up, Comander?

- Trouble.

- Sir, this guy is...

He's on...

...on our side?

- Right.

Gentlemen, meet Lieutenant Charlie
Master, U.S. Naval Counterintelligence.

- And this complete
operation may be recorded

as one of the biggest foul-ups
in the annals of espionage.

The absolute biggest.

- This is not one of my
good days, Commander.

Things are coming
through to me a little slowly.

- Take your time, Cal.

It'll penetrate.

- What you're saying is that you
didn't want us to board the ship,

and in effect, you're saying you didn't
want us to recover those defense plans.

- That is right.

- Scotty, get me out of here.

- I'm with you.

- Well, just back off and listen, huh?

Now, the plans are phony.

We wanted them stolen.

Charlie here made it easy
for the other side to steal them,

but Hoi Ling began to
wonder if it wasn't too easy.

You tell him, Charlie.

- Well, we had to make
a real convincing try

at getting them back to give them importance,
to have them seem real to Hoi Ling.

- You mean Loi Hing.

- He means Hoi Ling, that French
character who is here phenomenon.

- You mean the kind you can't
believe in until you've aged considerably.

- That you used him.

- That's right. - And us.

- To neutralize you.

- Break your plan.

- Well, you did your
best to get the plans back.

- Oh.

- You might have done it, but with Frenchy
in charge, you didn't have a chance.

At least, that's the
way it figured on paper.

- Would you like to tell us a few more

of the wonderful things about
Max that you told us before?

- Yeah, you're behind a desk 'cause
that's where he's been the last 10 years.

Look, Cal, once in a while, your country
asked you to accept a little white lie.

Now, you accepted mine.

You've served your country.

Oh, I've got a wife and three screaming
children in Baltimore, what am I doing here?

- Commander. - Yes?

- Max is a good man.

He's a little over-eager,
but he's still a good man.

- You know what his code
name was before we took

him out of the field and
put him behind a desk?

His name was Butterfingers.

Oh, that clown.

- That clown seems to have crossed you up.

He's turned into a brave man.

Right now, he's all alone
on a boat full of killers.

How about that, Commander?

- What are we wonderful puppet
masters gonna do about that?

- We rescue him is what we do.

Good thinking, Commander.

Good, basic Navy thinking.

- You coming?

I'm on their side, remember?

(dramatic music).

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(gun firing)

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(gun firing)

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(speaking in foreign language)

(speaking in foreign language)

(speaking in foreign language)

(dramatic music)

(speaking in foreign language)

(gun firing).

(dramatic music)

- That's my boy.

(dramatic music)

(water splashing)

(dramatic music)

- You are defeated.

Run for your life.

(dramatic music)

(gun firing)

Do you understand English?

It is all over with you.

(dramatic music)

(gun firing)

Fair enough.

(gun firing)

Throw up your hands and surrender.

I want that nut.

(dramatic music)

(gun firing)

(gun firing)

- That's our Max.

(dramatic music)

- You are defeated.

It is all over with you.

(dramatic music)

Drop your guns.

Drop them.

(dramatic music)

Drop Max.

Drop.

Drop.

(dramatic music)

- Hey, Kelly.

- What?

- You think he let go of the machine gun?

- He had to let go of the machine gun.

(dramatic music)

- Max, let go of the machine gun.

(dramatic music)

, (groaning)

(dramatic music)

, (groaning)

(dramatic music)

(dramatic music)

- I'll get you some coffee.

(dramatic music)

(sighing)

(dramatic music)

- Mission accomplished, sir.

- The other plans?

- Max, I am deeply, deeply grateful.

You have performed magnificently.

You are a credit to your country.

You are a man of honor and courage.

I salute you.

(speaking in foreign language).

- Commander, I will repay you
for the holes I made in your boat.

- Max, come on, get some dry clothes on.

- Well, Commander,
after all that's happened,

it must have been a
little difficult for you.

I think you deserve a medal yourself.

- It wasn't difficult at all.

(dramatic music)

It's a map of Hong Kong.

- Max picked up the wrong plans.

- Looks like Wayne Lewis
discovered the mistake too.

- And he's on his way to make delivery.

Butterfingers has done it again.

The finest snafu of his career.

A landmark in the annals of espionage.

(dramatic music)

- Gentlemen at host, the man who
has displayed such superb courage,

the man who has recovered
our precious documents,

to the man who has thus
averted what might have been

a major disaster in the Far East,
here he is, Maximilien de Beaujeu.

(dramatic music)

(applauding)

- I can't tell you what
this moment means to me.

You see, some of my
previous comissions in the

field had not turned
out quite so successfully.

And this chance to, well, perhaps
vindicate myself was most appreciated.

I can return to my desk duties again

with the knowledge that I
have served my country.

The success of this mission
has restored my self-confidence.

And even though I may not
venture into the field again,

I shall perform my humble duties
with the satisfaction of knowing

that the Maximilien de Beaujeu who
emerged from this test is not the same.

Maximilien de Beaujeu, who entered it.

(sniffling)

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(upbeat music)