Secret Agent (1964–1967): Season 1, Episode 12 - A Date with Doris - full transcript

A glamorous actress is murdered and an M9 agent, whose cover has been discovered, is framed for her murder. Drake task is to get him out of jail and off the island using a submarine code-named Doris. The murdered woman was the mistress of leading general in the revolution who had her murdered. With the help of a local guide from the Ministry of Culture, Drake manages to evade the local authorities.

Maria?

Maria?

Peter.

Excuse me.

Hey, can I have a room, please?

Si, comrade, I can offer
you a suite at $15 a day

if that is satisfactory.

That's fine.

What's going on here?

Our leader's making a speech.

Oh, I see.



Can I see your papers?

Yes.

Occupation?

Journalist.

Everything's in order.

Good.

Can I have an early call
in the morning, please?

Most certainly, what time?

07:30

Uh, si.

Alright.

He makes a clever
escape, your countryman.

He takes the guard, and then
he must have had an accomplice

outside waiting for him.



But we'll get him back.

Doesn't that say that they shot him?

It says they wounded him.

That is his blood.

There was blood on the ground.

That is how they know he was wounded.

So he never stops talking?

Our leader can talk
for six or seven hours.

I think he can go on forever.

Where should I put your case?

By the bed will do.

How do you switch this thing off?

Don't turn off the leader.

You listen.

For you.

Huh.

Is there anything else, comrade?

Everything is fine now.

Thank you.

Hello?

Comrade John White?

Comrade White speaking.

I welcome you on behalf

of the Ministry of Culture.

You must forgive me.

I should have met you on your arrival,

but you understand our
leader was speaking,

and I forget the time.

My name is Juana Romero.

Well, Juana, thank you for welcoming me.

I would like to see you.

Yes, I'd like to see you, too,

but at the moment, I'm--

Meet me at the bar in five minutes.

I'm sorry, Juana, but
just got in, and I'm, uh,

Please, comrade,
it will not be to my credit,

my failure to meet you.

But--

Ten minutes, then.

Alright, ten minutes at the bar.

Comrade White?

Senorita Juana Romero?

Yes.

It is a pleasure to
welcome a fellow member

of the ... state.

It is a pleasure for me to inform you

that you have a rare knowledge

of the English language, senorita.

Thank you.

When I was young, I was
working with an English family,

and I always loved to
read your great writers:

Shakespeare, Dickens, Upton Sinclair.

Yes.

What will you have to drink?

Oh, allow me.

I'll, uh--

Oh, no, no, I am here to entertain you.

Oh.

Well, I'll have a glass of beer.

I'm very thirsty.

Una cerveza comrade.

Well, the Ministry of Culture
ought to be congratulated.

Yes, why?

On having Juana Romero to represent them

and make such a dazzling
impression on visiting journalists.

Now you are flattering me.

But it's very nice.

Here's to culture.

You are here to
interview Joaquin Paratore?

Yes, yes, tomorrow morning at ten o'clock.

He's a very great man.

Without him the revolution
could not have succeeded.

Our leader has given him every honor.

Including a Cadillac, I believe.

You know, sometimes it's
very difficult to tell

if you are being serious or, or

Flippant?

Perhaps that is the word.

It could be fatigue.

The air trip was very rough.

Oh, I am sorry.

It's alright.

But I hope you're not too tired

to let me take you out to dinner tonight.

Is that funny?

No, no, no, it's just, I'm not used to

having pretty girls buy me drinks

and take me out to dinner.

Oh, that's just an
old-fashioned capitalist idea.

Yes.

Now you're being flippant again.

You're a very provoking man.

I'm sorry, Juana, but
must be even more provoking.

As much as I'd like to dine with you,

I'm afraid that I must refuse.

I am absolutely finished for the day.

Oh, no, it won't be to my credit

if I do not entertain you tonight.

Oh, couldn't we make it tomorrow night?

Oh, yes, tomorrow night also,

but tonight is the most important.

But I've got to be fresh for my interview

with Paratore in the morning.

Why not just say that you
entertained me tonight?

I'll go along with any
story you want to make up.

Oh, please, hombre, I'm
only new to the Ministry.

This evening is very important for me.

Now, look, Juana.

Oh, please!

Juana, you are a very
persuasive, attractive young lady.

And I will write a testimony
to that effect if you like

and show it to your minister,

but tonight, no.

Tomorrow, if you like.

I cannot force you.

No, Juana.

For a while, I thought
perhaps that you could.

Now, if you'll excuse me.

I will keep in touch with you, if I may.

Why yes, indeed.

Um, hasta la

Hasta la vista.

Hasta la vista, but not good-bye, eh?

Eduardo?

It's your old friend here.

I have been expecting you to call.

I thought it was time we
split a bottle together.

Only if it's the right brand.

Of course.

There are a lot of flies
about my place tonight.

I'm having a bit of trouble myself.

Your car?

Hired one at the airport.

Good.

Then I suggest you make it number three.

Alright, number three it is.

Do you mind if I join you?

We could split a bottle together.

If it's the right brand.

Uh-huh.

How can I help?

I am here as John White,

a journalist representing Federated Press

to do a feature on your
vanity-ridden revolutionary,

Joaquin Paratore.

And the true purpose of your visit?

To get Miller out.

Getting him away from
our police was one thing.

But taking a man off the island?

Where is he?

Hidden.

You seen him?

I've just left him.

Is he badly wounded?

Left shoulder.

He needs attention.

Is it safe where he is?

Amigo mio, the heat
is on, nowhere is safe.

Do they know that he's one of our agents?

I don't think so.

Gotta get him out tonight.

What's your plan?

Got a submarine standing by.

Code reference Doris, D-O-R-I-S.

As soon as we're ready to move,

I'll want you to radio her
to make an assignation.

Where?

The Bay of Mira Flores.

Doris could send in a boat
to south of the headland.

There are no buildings there, are there?

There are some old beach houses

that used to belong to the Americans.

Deserted, though?

Since the revolution.

Well, that'll give us some cover.

Tell me, do you think that Miller

really shot this actress,
um, um, what's her name?

Conchita Parrondo.

He says he didn't.

You believe that?

The papers say he was her lover.

If that is true, anything is possible.

I don't think he did.

It was just my job to
pass on this information.

I know him very well.

He's a friend of mine.

So much the worse

if they are getting him to talk.

Let's go and get him out.

He says they found some blood in the cell

where he killed a chicken.

They think he's been hiding
a wounded man in there.

Comrade?

He wants you to come over here, too.

Senor.

Do you speak English?

He wants to know why you come in here.

For a drink.

Whisky

He wants to know your nationality.

I think it's time we
were getting out of here.

Yeah, but they've got guns.

He says he wants to know
if that man in the cellar,

he was your friend?

Order two drinks, neat spirit.

Si.

He wants to see your papers.

Oh, yes.

Oh--

l've, uh, I've forgotten them.

Left them at the hotel.

He just sent him for a patrol car.

He says the man in the
cellar, he was your friend,

and if you don't start talking,
he's going to make you.

At the police barracks.

You're in trouble.

Well, I'll tell you what,

take your drink, and, uh,
throw it in their eyes,

and then, uh

Numero five?

Number five, yes.

Ready, comrades?

Steady, go.

Hmm?

Beg your pardon?

Americano?

No. Inglese.

Your papers, comrade.

Oh, certainly.

Do you know this man?

You have not seen him?

No.

Thank you, comrade.

Thank you.

Back again, comrade?

Mm-hmm.

They are searching the hotel now.

Oh?

For the wounded Inglese, Mr. Miller.

Really?

Thank you.

Good evening.

Good evening, John.

Sorry to be such an embarrassment to you.

I had no choice.

I've run out of boltholes.

Nice to see you, Peter.

What happened?

The police came to the taverna

where I was hiding.

I went out the back.

How'd you know I was here?

Eduardo told me.

How'd you get in?

Well, the lock was easy.

They're searching the building, you know.

I shouldn't have come here.

No, you shouldn't,
but we'll try and get you out.

I was at the end of my tether.

I panicked.

It can happen to any of
us when the pressure's on.

How's the shoulder?

It hurts.

I bled like a pig,
but I managed to stop it.

Let's have a look at it.

What have you been up
to with that actress,

you old devil?

It's a rather complicated story.

Did you kill her?

'Course I didn't.

I met her about a year ago

at one of the Ministry
of Culture beanfeasts.

She was rather a dish,
as a matter of fact.

I took her out once or twice,

didn't seem any harm in it.

Then she began to get a bit keen,

ringing me up all the time,
you know the sort of thing.

Yes, I certainly do.

What is it about you, Peter?

They all seem to go for you.

I don't know, maybe I appeal

to their maternal instinct or something.

Anyway, that's when
I should have pulled out.

You certainly should have done.

Then I found out something.

What was that?

She was Joaquin Paratore's mistress.

Paratore?

The great man himself.

So I said, "Stick around a bit, Miller."

"You might pick up the odd bit of gen."

And I did.

Remember that stuff about
the new radar system

I sent through?

Yes, we wondered how
you stumbled across that.

Stumbled is about the right word.

Paratore must have found out about it.

Anyway, why did he kill her?

You sure it was Paratore?

Are you sure?
-Who else?

He's vain, he's jealous,
he's an egomaniac.

It must have been him.

Yes, but the, uh, the newspapers,

you, drunk in her house,
the fingerprints on the gun?

They drugged me.

Do they know you're one of us?

No.

You sure?

Yes, I'm certain.

That's ironical.

l am very angry, Mr. White.

You have lied to me.

Lied to you?

You said I made a dazzling impression.

If I dazzled you so much,

why did you lie to me about not going out?

I didn't lie, I, uh--

You haven't been out?

Yes, yes, I've been out.

Then you have lied to me!

Alright, alright, so I lied.

You said I was pretty, a pretty girl.

I suppose you lied about that, too!

Juana, I--

You said you were flippant.

You're right, you are flippant.

Wait, I didn't, you said I was flippant!

I haven't heard the word before.

You said it before, so you're lying again.

Well, if I'm so rotten,

why do you have anything to do with me?

I have to, it's my job.

You don't realize, Mr. White,

how important it was I made
a good impression with you.

It is my first assignment.

I'm sorry I failed you.

You said you were tired,
that you were staying in,

and you went out again.

Alright, don't start that again!

Am I pretty?

You're very beautiful.

Then why do you leave
me standing out here?

Because you've been so busy being angry

that I haven't had a
chance to say anything.

Come in.

And, uh, let me explain to you.

See, it's now just nine o'clock.

I wanted a walk, a look
at the city, and so I,

I went out.

But I am tired, genuinely tired.

Before I go to bed, I'd like
you to have a drink with me.

I accept your explanation, comrade,

and to show I'm no longer angry with you,

I will have a drink with you.

Cheers.

Here's to our misunderstanding.

Perhaps now we have less
of a misunderstanding, huh?

Right.

Do you ever use that thing?

Oh, yes, I have a medalla,

a proficiency badge, first class.

This is a quiet town.

What's this, a declaration of war?

These men have an order
to search the hotel.

They hunt a murderer,
a fellow countryman of yours.

They have no right to
intrude in this way, no right.

I shall report it in my paper.

It won't be very complimentary
to the new regime.

Yeah, tell 'em I'll raise
hell in the British press.

I'm gonna see Paratore in the morning.

I'll tell him about this.

You can waste your time if you want to.

It's your privilege.

There's no use arguing with these men.

Nada.

Warm night, isn't it?

You haven't looked under the bed yet.

Definitely getting warmer, isn't it?

Um, I apologize for the
interference, comrade.

Goodnight.

Well, Juana, it's, uh

I know, I know, you are
tired, you want to go to bed.

But first, believe me,

I am really sorry about this business.

Alright, it's, um, it's done now.

There's no point in...

I couldn't hang on any longer.

Get a towel.

We've got to get this shoulder seen to.

What about her?

Yes, what about you, Juana?

This is cold.

It will help stop the bleeding.

You're the man, aren't you?

The one they are looking for.

Yeah.

You realize I should call the police?

Why should you do that?

He's a murderer.

He killed La Parronda.

I didn't kill her.

I swear it.

Well, you put me in a terrible position.

What am I going to do?

One of two things.

You're either going to
tell them or you're not.

And if I tell them, it will be...

Exactly.

It will be.

l have seen men wounded.

I've seen them killed.

That was in the fighting.

Everyone was taking his chance.

But this other kind of killing,

this cold kind of killing, is terrible.

Why don't you clear out, Juana?

Pretend you haven't seen any of this.

But how can I?

I have seen!

Why are you risking your
life to help this man?

He's my friend.

But how can you hope to
get him out of the island?

It's not possible.

We have to take a chance on that.

Now, come on, young lady,
the longer you stay here,

the more chance take of
implicating yourself.

You would let me walk out of here?

I want you to go.

You're not afraid I will talk?

You might.

Somehow I don't think you will.

John.

No, your friend is
right, I will say nothing.

Thank you.

You shouldn't have done that.

She'll hand us over on a platter

and get herself a fat promotion.

It's time you, uh, got
yourself another job, Peter.

This life's making you cynical.

Si.

One thing's certain,
we're sitting pigeons here.

I only hope you're right about that girl.

Relax.

I got a hunch about her.

I'm prepared to back it.

So much for your hunch.

How much do you want to bet?

Our lives.

May I come in?

The search is over.

The soldiers have left the hotel.

You must get him away from here now,

while there are still many
people in the streets.

If you leave it any longer,

the streets will be empty,

and you will not get him past the police.

How many people downstairs?

Only the night clerk at the desk

and the porter at the door.

Go down now.

If there's still no one
else about, ring me.

Watch the lift indicator.

Directly we're on our way down,

go to the doorman, order a taxi.

That'll get him out of the way.

Then go to the desk clerk,

and as we're getting out of the lift,

do something to distract his
attention somehow, will you?

Of course.

Quickly.

Did you hear all that?

Yeah.

You lost your bet, you know.

Yeah.

You'll be able to walk alright?

Don't worry.

Hello, Eduardo, it's
your old friend again.

The party is tonight.

Ask Doris to get along as soon as she can.

What time?

I don't know exactly.

It would be nice if she
could stick around all night.

I'll let her know what time to pick us up.

How will you do that?

Well, we better be on the same wavelength,

so, say, number 53.

It's all clear down here.

Fine.

You're wanted.

Yes?

They've just gone up to your bedroom.

Oh, thanks, I'll be right back.

But an army officer, senor.

Tell him I'll be right back.

Stop, senor!

What's the fuss, what's the excitement?

You're coming with me, senor.

I have some important business.

Is there any way I--

You will come with me now, comrade.

Oh, where to?

The castillo.

Eh?

Senor White?

I am Joaquin Paratore.

In that case, I'd like
an explanation, comandante.

Why'd you have me placed under arrest?

Arrest?

But you are not arrested.

Is it usual here to be
dragged off without explanation

by thugs in the middle of the night?

These men, they have
no finnesse, no manners.

I apologize for them.

Have a glass of wine.

Why did you get me here?

Because you wanted to interview me.

I understood that the interview was fixed

for 10 o'clock tomorrow morning.

Yeah, but I couldn't sleep,

and I don't like to waste time,

so you will interview me now.

Sit down.

Some wine and meat will
put you in a better temper.

You know, this dish, it
should be made on a sword.

But they took my sword away.

They hold it in a place of
honor at the Palace Real,

so now I gotta make it on a skewer.

But it tastes the same.

So what do you wanna know about me, huh?

I, uh, I see that I'm dealing with

the last of the eccentrics.

Oh, no, no, no, no.

Not that.

I am, uh, do you speak Spanish?

No.

It's a funny thing they sent a man to me

who speaks no Spanish.

I know, but you have a
reputation for excellent English.

Excellent English.

Come on, eat, drink.

You know, in Europe, everybody thinks

you're the most important
person on this island.

That without you, the revolution
would not have succeeded.

Oh, that's not true.

Our leader is the greatest man.

Yeah, but you did win
the big battle of Navarro.

You can't deny that.

How can I deny the truth?

You want to hear about Navarro, eh?

Well, the key was the bridge.

With the fascists committed to crossing it

in pursuit of us,

but my guerrillas, they blew it up

before he could bring out reinforcements.

There's, uh, yeah, there's a book here.

Comandante.

Here it is.

This is the book, my biography, the truth.

There's nothing in that
book but the truth.

You have not said if you like your meat.

Oh, it's, it's excellent, very tender.

I am an excellent cook.

Comandante.

So you haven't caught Miller yet.

So you do speak Spanish, eh?

Well, a little.

More than a little, perhaps.

Why are you so concerned about this man?

Why is it a job for the
army and not for the police?

The police, they had
him and they let him go.

The assassin, he killed
our leading actress.

She was very beautiful.

She was

my enchantress.

He will not escape from me, senor.

This I promise you.

You take it very personally.

She a friend of yours?

You are a journalist, eh?

Seeking to unearth skeletons?

This business interests you very much, eh?

Miller is a countryman of yours.

Yes, she was a friend of mine.

She was a near friend, if you like.

The newspapers say that he was her lover.

You have a lot of thoughts.

You want to ask me a question?

Did he kill her?

Yes, he killed her.

They caught him at her house.

The gun he shot her with was in his hand.

Why did he kill her?

Why?

Because he was jealous of me.

You know, Senor White, I
get many of my ideas in bed.

I won the defeat of the
fascists at Navarro from my bed.

And tonight, I got another
idea, this time about you.

Me?

Yeah, yeah.

And I got up from my bed,

and I ordered the reprinting
of the morning newspapers.

And just for you, how'd you like that?

I don't know if I like it or not yet.

Here, I show you.

Tomorrow's paper.

You see your photograph.

Oh, a very big photograph.

It tells the story here

of how you have come to talk with me

all the way from England,

just to find out things about me.

And what is it about me
that merits this photograph?

Well, the idea flashed into my mind

when I was lying there in the dark.

What would I do if I was
in the position of Miller?

And you, Senor White, were
the answer to my question.

It's obvious, you see.

It tells here where you are
staying, here by the picture.

And you expect that Miller
will come to me for help?

You are both English, both
journalists, he's desperate.

He will come to you for help.

I'm not sure that I like

being used in this way, comandante.

I will reward you.

A medal, perhaps?

He cannot escape anyway.

It's only a question of time.

I've got half the country looking for him.

They are searching every building,

they are patrolling the beaches,

and looking down from helicopters,

watching the ports,
guarding the airfields.

How can he get away, uh?

They'll also be looking down on me.

Oh, there will be an
eye on you, too, senor.

It's a pity, comandante,

that I'm returning to
England tomorrow, isn't it?

Senor White,

I want Miller quickly.

I don't have to wait for him.

Here's $4,000.

You stay for another three days.

1,333 a day.

That's not a bad retainer.

You take it?

Well, what if I say no?

Oh, well, then you will discover

that you have broken certain regulations.

There will be investigations, inquiries,

and of course you will be held up.

For about three days?

Maybe even for a week.

Why should we inconvenience each other?

It'll help to defray expenses anyway.

It's good to see you
are a sensible man, senor.

Now, you go back to the
hotel, and you stay there.

You stay there quietly in the hotel.

Mr. White.

I would go back and get
some sleep if I were you.

I, uh, see your point.

Yes?

Comrade?

Hello, there.

I must see you.

What?

Not tonight.

I'm staying at home.

I've been told to get some sleep.

But I must see you.

It can't wait till morning.

Well, if it's like that,
you better come over here.

Make it soon, honey, I can hardly wait.

Hello, darling.

He's at my apartment, but he's very sick.

He must have a doctor, or he'll die.

Where is your place?

Uh, it's about two miles north of here.

Don't worry, I'll find it.

Go back and wait.

I'll be there.

Your car is downstairs, by the door.

Good-bye, and thanks once again.

Hasta la vista.

Control.

But where's the doctor?

Didn't you bring him with you?

No.

Come on, Peter.

But you can't take him out like this.

He'll bleed to death.

I'll see that he has treatment.

But where will you go?

That, I'm afraid, I cannot tell you.

Juana, I, I just wanted to
say that, well, how much...

The British sometimes have difficulty

in expressing their feelings.

He's trying to say thank you.

But thanks are totally inadequate.

It was nothing.

It's what you British
always say, isn't it?

Yeah.

Come, Peter.

Take care of him.

Good-bye.

Si.

For what purpose you wish the hypodermic?

To inject penicillin.

Penicillin?

Yes, penicillin, comrade.

I'm in a hurry.

Are you a doctor?

Yes, of course I'm a doctor.

Do you wish for the penicillin

as well as the hypodermic?

Yes, I do.

Do you have anything to
prove you are a doctor?

As a matter of fact, I have.

You are bona fide

Thank you.

You will find this satisfactory, I think.

Thank you.

Goodnight, doctor.

Goodnight.

Control.

Comandante?

Mira Flores.

Where are we?

Bay of Mira Flores, right on the beach.

Should be feeling better now.

What are we doing here?

We have a, a date with the navy.

Doris is late.

It's not like her.

Huh?

Doris.

Codename for the submarine
that's picking us up.

Good.

Sending a boat.

How are you feeling now?

I'll make it.

They'll give us a light signal

as soon as they're on the way, and

Senor Miller.

And so you see my little
plan worked, eh, Senor White?

But I'm disappointed in you.

Your behavior will need to be explained.

No, no, you can't move him.

He needs a doctor.

We have a doctor at the castillo.

He won't make it.

I sent them for an ambulance.

It won't be long.

Oh, don't worry.

We'll take care of you.

You're not really a journalist, are you?

As a matter of fact,

my editor was saying that
to me only the other day.

I'm beginning to think that Miller here

is not a journalist either, eh?

I was a fool not to have seen it.

Oh, we must take good care of you.

And you will have plenty to tell us.

And so will you.

You know, Peter,

this puts me in mind of
that party at Doris's?

When the police came in?

I can see her now.

Twinkling away as bright as a button,

and that's when we decided

Out of here.

Drake?

Hello, Doris.

We were getting anxious.

What held you?

Well, you know what these
diplomatic receptions are like.

You can hardly tear yourself away.