Secret Agent (1964–1967): Season 1, Episode 3 - Colony Three - full transcript

Drake takes the place of a defector and goes behind the iron curtain to find out what is happening when foreign agents reach England. When he gets there he finds a replica English village, ...

Your passport.

Your air tickets and the

all-important visa.

They said they were going to send them.

Ah, yes, but my principals want words

with you before you leave, Mr. Fuller.

Is your luggage ready?

Now, what was this
job they wanted you for?

Advisor, they wanted me to advise them.

What about?
-I don't know.

I was to go straight
to London airport as soon



as I got the passport and tickets.

And who are you to report to?

Nobody, I was supposed to board the plane

like an ordinary passenger.

What about the other end?

Somebody would meet me.

How would he identify himself?

I don't, look, look,
you can't keep me here.

I haven't done anything!

No, it was what you were going to do

that interests us.

Look, I tell you, I don't know any more!

I don't think he does.

He's pretty scared.



You know how many British defectors

have gone out there since the war?

700 perhaps?

With this new batch that Fuller's in,

it'll be 757.

Oh, we're able to keep
tabs on the big ones,

the diplomats and the professionals,

but over 400 have
disappeared without a trace.

Why do they want them?

And why do they disappear?

Why do they disappear?

Now, you're gonna find out.

We've got an agent out
there in Section One

who's switching the
records on Robert Fuller.

You're going out there to take his place.

This way, Mr. Fuller.

But this is not was I was
led to expect in London.

I assure you, you will
be well looked after

on your journey.

Where to?

Mr. Fuller,
you volunteered to work for us.

You must learn to do things our way

and accept that there is always

a good reason for what we do.

I wish you a pleasant journey, Mr. Fuller.

I'm sorry, I don't understand.

Oh, you're one of us, eh?

Do you know what's going on?

No.
-Well, that makes three.

Look, look, come on and sit down.

They don't seem to be in any hurry.

All right.

She's been stuck here more than 12 hours.

Oh, my name's Randall
and this is Janet Wells.

Hello.
-I'm Robert Fuller.

How did you come here?

By air.

Direct?
-From London, yes.

Oh, I had to change planes at Prague.

Did you?

How about you?

By boat from London, then by car.

I kept asking them where we were going,

but they wouldn't tell me.

What are we doing here?

Well, I don't know.

They want me to work in a combat school.

Doing what?

Well, I was with the International Brigade

in Spain, I was with a
Special Air Service in the war,

I also know something
about explosives.

What were you doing in England?

Electrician.

Oh, electrical engineer,
as a matter of fact.

Of course, it'll be a
real job for me, here.

What about her?

Why did she come?

I think she made a mistake.

Here you are, Janet, I hope
you get a good night's sleep.

Thank you.

I've put three for you
in the end compartment.

Thank you.

Goodnight.

He doesn't seem very worried.

Are you?

Well, it's all so confusing.

I don't know what I expected,

but it certainly wasn't this.

Why did you come?
-To see a friend.

How did you get to know him?

Oh, he's English, his name's Alan Bayliss.

We used to work in the same library.

He came out about a year ago.

To work?
-Yes.

And in his last letter,
he asked me if I'd like

to come and work with him.

Why did you accept?

I'm rather fond of Alan.

We've arrived.

How on earth did that get here?

We seem to be right back where we started.

Good morning, sir.

Welcome to Hamden.

My name's Richardson.

I do hope you had a comfortable journey.

Oh, we only speak English,
here, Mr. Randall.

What is this place?

Mr. Donovan will
explain everything to you.

He's waiting for you, now,
so I'll take you to him.

This way please.

We're not back in England, are we?

Geography is a matter
of physical illusion,

lines on a map, words on a signpost.

It's this that gives a place its identity.

After all, you are where you
recognize yourself to be.

Mr. Donovan says that all countries

are countries of the mind.

Who's Mr. Donovan?
-Our director.

He will answer all your questions.

Yeah, he's gonna be busy, isn't he?

Yeah, he's gonna be busy, isn't he?

The layout of the village is quite simple.

You'll soon find your way around.

As you can see, we're still building.

The residential area is behind that,

and that's where you'll be living.

How long are we staying?

Oh, quite a long time, I hope.

The commercial section is over there,

shops with offices behind them,

and that, Miss Wells, is the library.

Is Mr. Bayliss working there?

He was, but you'll be
taking his place, now.

The school is behind the library.

And this is the administrative block

where Mr. Donovan is waiting to see you.

Well, I think the time has
come for some explanations.

It's a little bit overdue, isn't it?

This village is one of
our best-kept secrets.

I regret that you had to be brought here

in the dark, but we couldn't risk

the possibility of a security leak.

Well, you should've given
us some sort of warning.

The agency that recruited you

doesn't even know that we exist.

But I'm sure that you'll find
life here agreeable enough.

Doing what?

Following your normal occupations.

Librarian.

Clerk.

And you, an electrician.

An electrician?

You will be part of our
resident British community.

I didn't come out here
to work as an electrician.

Well then, Mr. Randall, then,
what did you come out for?

Well, I understood I was gonna
hold an important position.

And what could be more important

than working here at Hamden?

Well, what's it doing
in this wilderness, then?

Hamden is an induction center
for our intelligence agents.

They come here to acclimatize themselves

before being sent to work overseas.

In plain English, it's a school for spies.

And you think that there
are no spy schools in Britain?

Of course, there are!

But not so effective.

In this village, we transform
our agents into Englishmen.

When our students arrive here,

they already speak excellent English,

but, here, they learn
to live like Englishmen.

And when they leave,
at the end of three years,

they are Englishme.
Indistinguishable from yourselves.

Yeah, I'll believe that when I see it.

You have seen it.

You?

What about me?

You, Miss Wells?

I think there's been some kind of mistake.

Not at all.

You came to find Mr. Bayliss.

Well, yes, but I didn't realize--

Mr. Richardson will take you there, now.

He had a proper funeral.

In fact, work stopped for the day.

What happened to him?

He wandered out of the village.

We warn everyone of the dangers.

You see, there's nothing
out there for 300 miles.

And in winter, the temperature drops

to 30 degrees below zero.

He was dead when we found him.

Why didn't you tell me?

You wouldn't have believed us.

Why did you let me come out here?

To take his place.

Let me show you to your quarters.

I'd like to stay here for awhile.

Well, just as you please,

you know where to go anyway.

Coming Randall?
-Later.

Fuller?

Yes, I'll come along with you.

You're quite free to go where you like

in the village,
only don't wander outside of it.

We've got the message.

You realize that none of the residents

can leave the village, ever.

Of course, security.

Yes, that doesn't worry you

No, no, I came here to serve.

Ha, I still can't believe
that this is not England,

that you are not English.
-Oh, but I am.

I'd like to know how you did it.

With the new techniques
that Mr. Donovan mentioned.

Ah, you'll be working in the village.

See, all the special training
takes place in the school.

I wonder if I might see
round it, sometime.

Why are you so interested?

Well, I like to know how things work,

where I fit in.

Well, it can't do any harm.

I'll take you there, now.
-Ah, good.

All the technical classes
are on the ground floor.

Photography, they teach us
how to photograph documents,

micro-photography, long-range work.

All of the students?

We have to qualify in all subjects.

Capitalist Economy, now
he's giving them a grounding

in the London stock market.

How does that help?

When our men arrive in England,

they must be able to hold
their own in any conversation.

Oh, the stock market may be dull,

but so reassuring.

Now, how can a man who can talk

about stock market trends,

be anything but a true-blue capitalist?

I see your point.

Chemistry?

Explosives,
industrial sabotage, that sort of thing.

Now, this is where you come in.

Me?
-The residents.

All the rooms in the village are wired.

Our students can sit in here
and study your conversations.

They learn how the English
think and how they behave.

It's very amusing.

And instructive, of course.

It's like being in a zoo.

The animals are very well cared for.

This might interest you.

The interrogation room.

They teach us the techniques
to counter-interrogation.

Then, they teach us how to resist.

Sit down.

You like to know how things work.

Put your hands on the arms.

Comfortable?

Not very.

We have to learn to stick
it out for six, seven,

eight hours at a time.

under the lights.

under the lights.

I, I don't think I could.

It's surprising what the human body

can endure when it has to.

They do much more unpleasant
things to us than that.

Yes, I'll take your word for it.

Why did you come over here?

Well, anything was
better than staying there.

Anything?
-Yes.

How long have you been
a member of the party?

These, uh, these lights,
giving me a headache.

Why are you evading the question?

I'm not.

But if you can stand eight hours of this,

you're tougher than I am.

Are you prepared to carry
out orders without question?

That depends.

On what does it depend?

I like to have reasons
for the things I must do.

I like to have reasons
for the things I must do.

Are you a good party member?

Answer the question!

I can't.

Why?
-Because I'm not a member.

I warn you.

I do not like to be made a fool of.

I wouldn't try.
-I'm glad to hear it.

Why did you join the party?

I keep telling you, I didn't.

I think we'll have to have

some more of those explanations
that you're so fond of.

l can't even think with these lights.

You don't have to think.

Just tell the truth.
- I am.

What more do you want from me.

What - more do you wan from me.

Why are you snooping on us?

Who are you working for?

Make the effort, Mr. Fuller.

Try to remember.

Who are you working for?

Who are you working for?

What is the reason for this?

Mr Fuller expressed
an interest in our training methods.

And you were giving him
a practical demonstration?

Yes, it produced some
very peculiar results.

Indeed?

Mr. Fuller was induced to tell me

that he's not a member of the party.

And I was just about to persuade him

to tell me who he's really working for

when you came in.

Oh, I see.

But I don't understand.

This test is designed to find out

if our agents will break
when they're caught

and cross-questioned
to admit who they are.

Isn't that so, Mr. Donovan?

Well, of course.

Well, I didn't.

I didn't admit that I was a party member.

No, you didn't.

Well, l would've done it
if you'd gone on much longer.

Well, I would've done it
if you'd gone on much longer.

As a general rule, we
don't allow residents

into this school.

As you're so interested, by all means,

let him see everything.

And let me know your
impressions, will you?

What made him come in?

He must've seen
the working light on outside.

I hope I haven't caused you any trouble.

No, but don't try to fool me again.

I have a very restricted sense of humor.

Hi.

Have they given you your stripes?

What do you mean?

Well, you believe in keeping

in with the management, don't you?

I've been looking around the village.

You'll have plenty of time for that.

Who's broken the lock?

They don't believe in locks here.

I asked how we lock the door.

Everyone is honest in Hamden.

Honest people don't need any privacy.

You know they can listen in to us.

That too, eh?

Oh, well, let's give
them their money's worth.

Tell me, Mr. Fuller,
are you disillusioned?

Don't be a fool.

I was giving you a
chance to do your stuff.

If we're going to share a room,

we might at least

try and get on together.

Getting on.

That's your specialty.

The trouble is, I don't like you.

Then, leave me alone.

I like to see you jump.

You're good at jumping.

It wouldn't take you long

to be corporal in anybody's army.

Maybe you like trouble.

Yeah, maybe I do.

Then, find it somewhere else.

You want to keep your nose clean,

don't you, eh?

Look after number one,
to hell with everybody else.

What's got into you?

Did you even think what
it was like for that girl?

How is she?

She needs friends.

It looks as though she's found one.

I don't like you, Fuller.

I really don't like you.

I just wonder how long you're gonna last.

English papers.
-English everything.

Including the weather?

We must absorb your curious customs.

Drive on the left, politics on the right.

Animals in the home, children
safely in boarding school.

Hate privilege, suck up to the privileged.

Love money, despise the rich.

When we leave Hamden,

we are even more English than the English.

Hey, excuse me, sir.

It's nice to see a strange face.

You are new around here?

Wrong first time, eh, Fuller?

Oh, the phrase, nice to see a strange face

was too familiar?

An Englishman never talks to a stranger.

Come along.

Well, what do you think of it?

That's amazing.

I suppose I'll just have to
get used to being surprised.

I think you'll find everything here.

I think you'll find everything here.

Forms, government pamphlets,
our London Embassy,

ordered in bulk from her
Majesty's stationery office.

The students will
expect me to give them advice?

Oh, just routine questions.

Official forms, health, income tax,

that sort of thing.

You must familiarize
them with the machinery

of everyday life in Britain.

I see.

I'll leave you to check everything.

You open to the public in the morning.

Had a hard day at the office?

You'd do better to stay awake.

Oh? Why?

You talk when you're asleep.

Why didn't you wake me?

I'll tell you why.

Since you talk so much,

you must have something on your mind,

and I want to know what it is.

Let me get some sleep,
you'll be able to find out.

As I said before,
I don't like you, Fuller,

but you interest me.

I want to find out what makes you tick.

What do I talk about?

Ask your friend Richardson.

He'll have it all on tape.

What do you think you're doing?

A repair job, as if it
was any of your business.

Got a keen one when they got you.

Would you like to get out of here?

Good morning, Fuller.

Good morning, Mr. Richardson.

May I have the honor of
being your first customer?

Of course, please sit down.

Now, name, please?
-John Richardson.

Address?
-Wessex Hotel W 8.

What can I do for you?

I've just come back to England,

after spending three years in Africa.

Now, I want to know how I set about

getting all of my official
documents renewed.

What sort of documents do you have?

Only my passport.

Well, you need your national
health insurance card,

your medical registration card, of course,

and income tax.

That's too easy.

What happens when they find out

that John Richardson doesn't exist?

Oh, but he does.

He went to Africa in 1961.

What happened to him?

He died.

I inherited his name, his
identity and his passport.

There's a market for
such things, you know.

Well,

I'll be leaving you, now.

You may need this.

Thank you.

Good luck.

Let's have our next interview, shall we
-Good.

Well, who's next?

I have the honor, sir.

That's you, good morning.

And a splendid morning it is.

Wouldn't you say so?

I hadn't really thought
about it very much.

But in England it's right

to make a little conversation
about the weather, first.

Very acceptable.

How can I help you?

My name is Pearce, Michael Pearce.

Address?

l reside at Saint Anthony's Hostel,

Camden Street NW1

Ah.

Ah.

Film.

Film.

So, what have you been up to?

Hard day at the office.

I've never seen this before.

How did it get in your pocket, then?

You planted it there.

Oh, come on, now.

It's your word against mine

and who are they going to believe?

Neither of us.

They'll dig the truth out for themselves.

That could be painful.
-Yes.

For both of us.

You still thinking about others, are you?

You think about yourself.

You're in enough trouble already.

That trick pencil,

it's very professional.

Where did you get it?

From people
who know how to take care of me.

Make sure you don't get in their way.

Now, don't get me wrong, Fuller,

I'm not afraid of you or your friends.

You and your kind disgust me.

If the rats are attacking each other

why should I stop them?

That's right, stay healthy.

And you, Fuller, stay alive.

Working late?

Yes, I'm trying to fix this typewriter.

It's been jamming.

You've met most of the students by now.

Tell me, what's your overall impression?

They, uh, they certainly know their stuff.

You're looking worried.

I'm just tired, that's all.

I'm sleeping badly.
-Oh, why?

Randall keeps me awake.

I haven't heard any reports.

Oh, no, you wouldn't
pick it up on the microphones,

it's just mutterings.

He gets up sometimes, walks around,

looks in drawers.

I think he imagines there's
some kind of plot against him.

He must meet some of the community.

The squire's giving a reception, tonight,

why don't you bring him along?

Who's giving it?
-The squire.

We must accustom our students

to all the old forms and traditions,

all that's best in England.

Nine o'clock, don't be late.

Have you met your host and hostess?

Not yet.

The squire?

Isn't that Donovan?
-No.

Come along, I'll introduce you.

Good evening, Lady Denby,
Sir Anthony.

Good evening, Mr. Richardson.

I'd like to present
some of our new arrivals.

Miss Janet Wells,
Sir Anthony and Lady Denby.

How do you do?

How do you do?

Mr. Robert--
-Hey, hey, you're the Denby

that used to work in the Foreign Office,

the one who went missing.
- Yes.

You were Mr. Denby, then.

I still am.

The title was Donovan's invention.

Yeah, he's got quite

a sense of humor, Mr. Donovan.

Have you settled in comfortably, my dear?

I don't want to settle in.

We must all try to make the
best of our circumstances.

Now, you don't seem
to have done too badly.

Shall we join some of the others?

You'll excuse us, I'm sure

She brought her children
out here with her, didn't she?

Naturally, when she joined her husband.

I'm not the only one who made a mistake.

No, you're not.

I need a drink.

So do you, come on Janet.

Good evening, Miss Wells?

My name is Pearce, Michael Pearce.

You are enjoying yourself, I hope?

Yes, this is Mr. Randall.

How do you do, Mr. Randall?

May I have this dance?

With your kind permission.

I do not understand.

I only speak English, Mr. Randall.

Well, you don't
speak English well enough, do you?

May I have this dance?

Come back in a few years time,

when you've finished your lessons.

I do not wish to argue with you.

Then, scram!

Miss Wells can answer for herself.

Miss Wells
does not want to dance with you.

I am sure that she would find

the change of company most welcome.

You just don't understand English, do you?

You are being very foolish, Mr. Randall.

Do you mind?

Is something the matter?

Yeah, have you got any use

for an agent with a broken neck?

What do you mean?

That's what would have
happened had this been England.

You seem to have annoyed Mr. Randall.

I used the customary form of politeness.

But you misjudged me.

I simply wished to dance with Miss Wells.

Well, if you want to dance

why don't you ask
old Lady Denby over there?

Yes, why don't you?

Excuse me.

You're not enjoying our
little party, Mr. Randall.

It makes me puke.

Sooner or later you'll have

to come to terms with the situation.

I don't accept terms.

You must be realistic.

Like Mr. Fuller.

Yeah, that's the last thing I want to be.

Come on, Janet, let's dance.

Ah, an interesting man, our Mr. Randall.

Yes, he's a troublemaker.

Or he's a man of spirit,

but like many English Communists,

it's shaken him up.

Coming out here, having to conform,

his reaction is to become very English,

very independent.

It's the same thing.

He'll have to become more amenable.

What are you doing about it?

Me?
-You're his roommate.

l wish I wasn't.

Are you still worried about me?

When you cause trouble,

it reflects back on everybody.

But some are more likely
to get hurt than others.

Aren't they?

I was thinking of the girl, as well.

Now, you leave her out of this.

We're all involved in this together.

Whatever you do affects all of us.

You toadying hypocrite.

Don't push your luck too far.

Taken any good photographs lately?

While we're on it,

what's all this about?

What are you storing up for?

You mind your business and I'll mind mine!

And keep right out of my affairs!

Or else you'll be in real trouble!

Have you seen my electric razor?

It doesn't work.
-Where is it?

How did you get it working, then?

You didn't have it plugged in properly.

Well, why don't you
try shaving in the morning?

I want to get some sleep.

We've just received a signal from Drake.

Notify MR58 to get him out at once.

Robert, what is it?

Where is he?

Randall, what's he doing?

I don't know.

He came here to say goodbye, didn't he?

It's got nothing to do with you.

He's trying to make a run
for it, isn't he?

Look, we've got to stop him,
he'll never make it.

Why should we?

You know what happened to Alan Bayliss.

He's got a better chance than Alan.

He speaks the language,
he knows what to do.

In eight hours they'll know he's gone.

And how far he's gonna get in that time?

He's willing to take that risk.

He's making for the track, isn't he?

Where it joins the main line?

I'm only trying to help!

He doesn't want help.

You're fooling yourself, Randall.

You'll never make it.

I told you to keep out of this.

You won't last 24 hours.

They'll send helicopters, they'll get you.

Well, I'm taking a chance on that.

It doesn't suit me for them to catch you.

So, what are you gonna do about it, eh?

Take you back
and we'll both keep our mouths shut.

You should've turned me in,

they'd have given you a medal.

You'd have had it made.

Come on, back to the village.

Ah, you're still dreaming, fool.

It's about time you woke up.

Your behavior's strange.

It's not as though
the two of you were friends.

I didn't stop to think.

As soon as I realized he'd gone

I went after him.

How did you know where to find him?

Well, it seemed obvious.

How did the patrol know where to find him?

They didn't.

The patrol was routine.

You were lucky
not to come worse out of it.

Remember that
cooperation is a frame of mind,

not a course of action.

Think about it, will you?

Yes, yeah, yes, I will.

All right, Fuller, that will be all.

Well, what did you tell them?

I told them the truth.

There's no point in holding anything back.

They'd have got it out of me in time.

I've come to look for pencils, Fuller.

I'm sorry, I don't understand.

I told him about your little hobby.

They were fascinated.

Surely, you didn't believe that story.

If it's not true
you've got nothing to fear.

So why you looking so worried?

You naturally deny these allegations.

Well, he's behaved like a madman

ever since we arrived here.

I mean, have you found any

of these pencils he's talked about?

Well, we didn't expect to.

Well, they don't exist
except in his imagination.

Have you any friends in Section One?

What's Section One?

You've never heard of it?

No.

Can you think of any reason

why you should be recalled to Section One?

No, uh, have I been?

Why you?

Why do they want you?

Didn't they say?

No.

This is the first time any resident

has been withdrawn from the village.

First time ever.

I'll be sorry to go.

Well, it seems
I must comply with this order.

The train leaves
for the city this afternoon.

Goodbye, Mr. Fuller.

Better get your things together.

Bye, Mr. Donovan.

Goodbye.

The order came direct from Section One.

I queried it and they confirmed it.

We've got to let him go.

What do you think?

Well, he has shown
an exceptional interest

in our training methods.

Of course, he could be working
for Washington or London.

Yes, it's possible, but unlikely.

You're not really going
to let him go, are you?

I want him off our hands.

If anything happens to him in the village,

Section One will be down to investigate.

They'd come down in force
and they'd never leave.

They've always resented our independence.

They've been trying to get hold

of this project since it started.

No.

Fuller must go.

We must make quite sure he
doesn't arrive at the other end.

You're leaving us at the right time.

The winter will soon begin

and the winters, here,
are very hard and long.

Well, I'm not sorry I'm going, then.

Did you ask Miss Wells to come here?

No.

Have you had permission
to be absent from the library?

I wanted to say goodbye to Mr. Fuller.

We're friends.

I had to say goodbye.
- Very well.

But return to your work immediately.

Goodbye, Robert.

Look after yourself.

I shall miss you.

All right.

I wish I were going with you.

It won't be the same,
here, once you've gone.

Hold me close, Robert.

Post it for me, please.

Think of me once you've gone.

Bye, Janet.

I hadn't realized you
were on such good terms.

Just good friends.

You never cease to surprise me, Fuller.

Well, we're ready.

Are you coming?

My apprenticeship is finished.

I am being sent on my first assignment.

Oh, congratulations.

So, you're human, Fuller.

Now, that's reassuring, I suppose.

What do you mean?
-The girl.

It was very touching.

You saw her give me the letter?

I was waiting for you to mention it.

Dear Mother,

you must help me.

One would've thought

that she would have realized by now.

Realized what?

That once people enter Colony Three

they cease to exist.

You say there were 86 of these students.

Including Richardson.

Mm-hm.

But there's only 59 photographs.

Oh well, we'll nab these fellows

when they turn up for duty.

There's nothing we can do
about the girl, I suppose?

Oh, of course not.

We've never even heard of her.

As Richardson said,

she no longer exists.