Secret Agent (1964–1967): Season 2, Episode 12 - The Man on the Beach - full transcript

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Sir?

I'll have a scotch and
make it a large one, eh?

Yes sir.

You have a phone in here?

Not in here, in the hall, Mr. Callaghan.

Right, I'll have a drink first

and make the call later.
-Yes sir.

Hello?

Yes.

There's not much time to talk.



There's a double agent working here and --

Callaghan?

Callaghan?

Have you fed your fish, Milligan?

Yes, Mr. Wykes, I fed them.

Empty that ashtray.

Yes sir.

Do I see dust on that whisky?

No, sir, I dusted those
bottles this morning.

Colonel Maitland complained

of a lipstick stain on
his glass at lunchtime.

If there was, it was his own.

That's insolence, Milligan.

I've warned you about that before.



Good afternoon, Mr. Drake.

Good evening, Mr. Wykes.

Milligan.

Sir?

The usual.

Yes, sir.

The manager has been trying to contact you

all afternoon, Mr. Drake.

I think he'd appreciate
it if you'd see him

at your earliest convenience.

That'll be in one or possibly
two drinks' time, Mr. Wykes.

I believe it's urgent.

I have the message, Mr. Wykes.

Very well.

In any case, I shall inform the manager

that you are in the hotel.

A daiquiri, please.

And would you make it with lime?

Yes, ma'am.

This morning the Captain's Cave,

yesterday Beach View,
before that, the Carib,

the Bamboo Club, and the Mandeville.

I'm beginning to think it's
more than coincidental.

My Obeah is working at last.

I thought you might never talk to me.

Your Obeah?

Magic.

Do you need magic to
get men to talk to you?

To get such particular
men to talk to me, yes.

What's so particular about me?

You're beautiful.

Have a shrimp.

Why do you laugh?

Why are you trying to make a fool of me?

Oh, is that what you think?

What's the matter, are you bored?

Bored?

Yes.

Yes I am.

I don't find the men on this
island very satisfactory.

They have no complexities.

You look at them and you know
all about them right away.

And I appear to you to have complexities.

You have many layers.

At this moment you're
thinking many things.

That's true enough.

Milligan, put that on my bill.

No, no, I'll pay for it.

If you insist.

And you.

Aren't you bored?

No, not at all.

Then why were alone at
The Cave this morning?

And yesterday, and the
day before yesterday?

I mean, it must mean that you don't find

the women on this island
very satisfactory either.

What if I prefer to be alone?

Now you're trying to make a fool of me.

There are people like that, you know.

But I must confess, I'm not one of them.

Then I'm right, Mr. Drake.

See, you found out my name.

It's not too difficult

when you're interested in someone, is it?

No, it's not too difficult, Cleo.

Is the manager in his office, Mr. Wykes?

No, Mr. Drake.

At this moment, I believe
he's in the cellar.

In the cellar?

The situation must be serious.

So Drake, you deign to come and see me.

Oh um, Wykes said it was urgent.

That was 15 minutes ago.

I've been on to London about you, Drake.

What, again?

They deny giving you
permission to stay here

until the 16th, they were expecting

you back at the end of the month.

Well they can't have
received my signal then.

They've ordered
you to return this weekend.

Have they really?

Then they're going to be disappointed.

What are you up to, Drake?

Investigating CIT.

And you're supposed to be

keeping me informed of your progress.

Yes, but I haven't made any progress yet.

That's hardly surprising, is it?

You've spent the entire
month since you've been here

on the beaches and in the Bamboo Club.

That's just not strictly
true, I spent two or three days

at the Blue Mountain Inn and
a couple of days at Mandeville.

You're insubordinate, Drake.

Aren't you forgetting?

You're managing a hotel, not a guards --

I'm forgetting nothing, Drake.

Is that all, Sir?

No Drake, that is not all.

I'm going to remind you of your position.

I'm H.O.I. Caribbean and South America

and you are an agent sent out
here to work under my command.

My command, Drake.

You will leave this hotel at the weekend

if I have to put you on
a plane under escort.

And I'm gonna make out a report

for London that will burn you.

Will you make the weekend Sunday

and that'll give me four days.

Aren't you going to open up?

Drake.
-Yes?

Cigarette?

I thought the Indians were the

people who did it with tobacco.

I'm not an idiot, Drake, not exactly.

You came out here with one of the biggest

reputations in the
service. You can't change

into an incompetent layabout overnight.

Thank you.

Granleigh tell me what you
did in Paris and Beirut.

You have to be reliable.

Thank you.

Come on now, Drake,
tell me what you're up to.

I'm investigating CIT.

All right Drake, Sunday it is.

Now get out.

Thank you.

In New York, Turner
told me they just missed

taking Croce last month, and that by now

he's almost certain to be back in Havana.

Hello, Sir Alan.

Hello, Drake.

Where he will contact Velez.

Velez we know is working under the

name of Agostino in Spanish Town.

Will continue this after talking to Drake.

Neat, isn't it?

A built-in microphone, very sensitive.

Will pick up a whisper from 15 feet.

Did Callaghan contact you?

He did better than that,
he confirmed your original

suspicions that we have
a double agent in the hotel.

He name him?

No, there were two men
shadowing him at the time.

I took a call in my room,
he got as far as telling me

that there was a double
agent and the line went dead.

Four days ago.

And you haven't heard from him since?

No.

Sounds sinister.

Yeah, it looks really bad.

That's the life, eh?

Sun, a little work, food, and fum-fum.

Fum-fum?

Some say it's the ultimate in pleasure.

What about Howes?

He still thinks I'm
principally concerned with C.I.T.

I'm not in his good books in the moment.

He's ordered me home on Sunday.

Of course, you won't be leaving.

Of course not.

And he's got no idea that I'm about?

None.

Good, because with all
this double agent business,

everybody's under
suspicion now, even Howes.

Yes, anything is possible
in this game, isn't it?

Annato calling Cassia,
Annato calling Cassia.

Are you receiving me,
are you receiving me?

I have to be in New York on Wednesday,

any chance of you
cracking this before then?

I do have a possible lead.

What?

A woman.

Attractive?

Well --

Lucky fellow.

It's just a hunch, of course.

Well, play it.

I will.

I shall want a full report.

When?

I'm flying back on Saturday.

Monday?

Monday morning.

Same place, by the boat?

Good luck, eh?

Thanks.

Oh, Drake?

Yeah.

This girl, does she have a name?

Cleo.

Cleo?

Short for Cleopatra, isn't it?

Yeah.

Not me, it's the people that say

That the men are leading the women astray

But I say that the women of today

Smarter than the men in every way

That's right, the women are smarter

That's right, that's right

Put men and women together

I know which one is smarter

You say men but I say no

The women had the men beat long ago

Not me, it's the people that say

That the men are leading the women astray.

But I say that the women of today

are smarter than the men in every way.

That's right!

I smiled at you just now.

I saw your smile.

You didn't smile back.

I didn't invite you to sit here, either.

Want me to leave?

If you like.

I don't like.

You're changeable, Cleo.

I made myself available to you

the other day and you walked away from me.

Not from choice.

On vacation, one does as one pleases.

Yes, but you see I'm, I'm not on vacation.

If you're working it
must be very funny work.

Funny work is exactly it.

You mean, you don't have a million pounds?

No.

You behave as if you did.

Are you looking for
a man with a million pounds?

No.

Let's dance.

Am I forgiven?

No.

Is it possible I may be?

I'm turning the possibility
around in my mind.

Do I remain silent until the verdict,

or am I allowed to talk?

No, I'll do the talking.

How long are you staying here?

Oh, days, weeks, months.

You mean you don't know.

No.

I don't believe you are working, are you?

Yes.

What are you doing?

Counting banyan trees.

Do you need money?

Of course.

Does it matter very much to you what I do?

Not if you're going
to see me tomorrow, no.

Am I forgiven?

I take that as an affirmative answer.

Let's drive, take to the beaches.

I'll get them to prepare
a hamper, something special.

Very special.

But I say that the women of today

are smarter than the men in every way

That's right, the women are smarter

That's right, that's right!

When you go, whenever you do go,

where are you going, back to England?

Always questions about me.

Only because you never
give me any answers.

If I were to ask you
questions, would I get answers?

Is the champagne cold yet?

You see? Evasive!

You circle about me as if --
-As if?

As if you don't trust me.

Does it matter whether
I trust you or not, Cleo?

You make me so angry.

Oh, come now, Cleo.

The setting is idyllic,
let's not spoil it.

I don't like you.

Hold out your glass and stop pouting.

When I pout, I'm pretty.

You are, very.

Look how you say that as if
you're a hundred miles away.

I should be prickling
under your skin by now,

you shouldn't be able to treat me

like some absurd little child.

Shouldn't be able to resist
to throw yourself in my arms.

Anticipatory pleasures are keenly felt.

Cleo, if I were to make
a little confession to you

I wonder if you'd display
quite so much interest in me.

Confess?

It might take away your appetite.

Tell.

To truth.

Well, here it is.

I'm penniless, I haven't even enough money

to pay my hotel bill.
What do you say about that?

I think that right at
this moment there are

two people on this island.
You, and me.

What a funny thing to say.

Were you dreaming?
-Yes.

About me?

About rain and clouds, I was flying.

You should have come in the water.

My mother told me never to go in

the water after drinking champagne.

My mouth's dry.

I saw lots of fish.

No sharks?

No, no sharks, but I saw a crab.

There's danger everywhere.

Brought you a present.

A present?

Yes, a shell.

It's pretty.

Can you hear the sea?

The tide must be out.

Put it close.

Yes, you're right, it's in there.

I thought we were going to meet

on the south side of the beach.

No, I said by the trees.

Hmm.

How do you do, Mr. Drake?

Have we met?

No you haven't, this
is Rafael, my husband.

Well may I say, a totally unexpected

pleasure, would you like to join us?

I told Rafael about your problem.

Well he must be a very understanding man.

I am very understanding, Mr. Drake.

And I have got here
a solution to your problem.

Good morning.

I didn't know I joined a silent order.

I have to charge you, Drake,

with the most serious
crime an agent can commit.

Selling out to the other side.

That is serious.

You have evidence, proof?

I'd say irrefutable evidence.

And that is?

Firstly, the file on the Cuban faction

in the West Indies is missing.

You sold it, to Rafael Esquerdo.

Are you behind this accusation, Wykes?

Fell for the charms
of his wife, didn't you?

You ought to be very careful what

you say, you might just go too far.

Hardly seems possible he can go too far,

given the evidence of these photographs.

How do you explain these away, Drake?

Esquerdo's an agent we've been

keeping an eye on for some time.

Do you deny you're taking
money from him there?

Do you deny those are American dollars,

American hundred dollar bills?

It's obviously impossible
to deny that, isn't it?

Well what have you got to say then, Drake?

I'd like to talk to you alone.

Are you going to tell me
you didn't take the file?

Yes.

Nor the money from Esquerdo?
-I will talk to you alone.

I don't see what --
-Yes or no?

What explanation could you possibly --

Get rid of Wykes!

All right, wait outside please, Wykes.

I shall want both of you standing by.

Sir.

Well Drake, what have you got to say?

I'm working directly under
the orders of Sir Alan Grose,

he's discovered you've got a leak here

and he's put me onto finding out who's

responsible, he's given me carte blanche.

Well why didn't he get in touch with me?

I suggest, Drake, you're making this up.

If you think that, why don't

you get in touch with Sir Alan?

I intend to, Drake, I intend to.

If you can tell me where he is.

He's staying on Grand Cayman

at Lord Kilrush's holiday place.

I want to put a call through to

Grand Cayman, Lord Kilrush's house.

The Cuban file, who has access

to it apart from you and Wykes?

You, Drake.

How long has Wykes been with you?

Are you suggesting --
-Yes I am.

I might as well be suspect as Wykes.

Sir Alan put no one above suspicion.

You, Drake, are in absolutely no pos --

Oh, hello.

This is Simon Howes speaking,
manager of the Royal Jamaican.

I wonder, could I have
a few words with Lord Kilrush?

Yes, Lady Kilrush, you could.

I wanted to speak to Sir Alan Grose.

But I understand he's staying with you?

Ah, ah I see, yes, there
must be some mistake.

I'm sorry you've been troubled,
Lady Kilrush, goodbye.

Never heard of him.

But he's there.

She's never heard of him,
Drake, that's clear enough.

I talked to him on the
beach just outside her place,

you know Grand Cayman, you're not --

I'm not going to argue with you, Drake.

I'm putting you under close arrest.

Oh, no you're not.

Open that door.

No use, Drake, Wykes
and Howard are outside.

If you don't open that door, Howes.

Oh, he wants you in there.

Don't let him out.

Hi. I wonder if you can help me, I'm lost.

What place you looking for?

Well I've just come along
the beach from Little Runaway,

I'm looking for the house of Lord Kilrush.

You're nearby.

You go back down it's no more than maybe

half a mile along the beach there.

That's good, I thought
perhaps I'd missed it.

No, you stay along the beach,
you don't miss that place.

Uh-huh.

You certainly have
a great view from up here.

I see plenty.

Do you see the Kilrushes?

When they's here, only two,

maybe three months in one year.

I hope they're here now.

Do you happen to know if they are?

You're asking me a lot of things.

You'll find out for yourself
mister if you walk down there.

Oh, I just thought I might save myself

a little trouble in case they're out.

Well, she was walking there this morning.

Yeah.

Did you see a man, a tall man,
a thin man with a big nose?

No, she was walking there on her own.

Have you seen this man at
all in the past week or two?

She was with no man at all, mister.

Why you giving her that, sir?

She was very helpful.

In what way you was helpful, Mary Ann?

I only tell him how to
find the house on the beach.

You was lost, sir?
-That's right, yeah.

Hey, you wanna glass of rum?

Oh, no no, thank you,
I think I'll be on my way.

Thank you.

Bye bye, sir.
-Bye.

Annato calling Cassia,
Annato calling Cassia.

Are you hearing me, over.

Cassia answering Annato,

receiving you loud and clear, Over.

The oleander has blossomed again,

what shall be done, over.

Cut the bloom.

I repeat, cut the bloom.

I'll be with you as soon as possible.

Is this message understood?

Message understood, over and out.

Don't scream.

I never scream.

Do you mind if I turn the radio down?

Go ahead.

Perhaps you'll introduce yourself.

Yes, I'm terribly sorry,
the name's Drake, John Drake.

Kilrush, Beatrice.

A great pleasure to meet
you at last, Lady Kilrush.

At last?

Yeah, your servant closed the door

in my face when I called earlier.

That explains your unorthodox entrance.

Yes, but it doesn't explain why

she closed the door in my face.

Yes, I can see you're only
used to open doors, Mr. Drake.

Where's Sir Alan Grose, Lady Kilrush?

Sir Alan Grose?

You told the manager of the
Royal Jamaican Hotel that he

wasn't staying here, and that
in fact you'd never met him.

Do you remember?

Yes, of course I remember.

Why'd you lie to him?

You have a way of making an insult

sound like a compliment.

Are you going to tell me the truth?

Is this an interrogation, Mr. Drake?

Because if it is I must ask you to leave.

I have to see Sir Alan, it's urgent.

If he's not staying here, where's he gone?

Well if I knew this gentleman

I'd be delighted to tell you!

I'd like to talk to Lord Kilrush.

Your audacity, Mr. Drake,
of breaking into my house

held a certain fascination for me,

but it's beginning to pall.

Lord Kilrush isn't here, is he?

I've answered all the questions

I'm going to answer, Mr. Drake.

You entered presumably by the window.

Would you care to leave that way,

or should I show you to the door?

You could trust me, you know.

But this is double talk!

You know very well what I'm talking about.

Who are you?

I work with Sir Alan Grose.

Well then we're back to square
one, aren't we, Mr. Drake?

I know no one of that name.

Oh, dear.

This is a very serious business.

Any news of Drake?

No, not yet, sir.

But I've been thinking
about what he told you.

And?

He could have been telling the truth.

In spite of Lady Kilrush?

She could have been lying.

Oh, I know it's most
unlikely, sir, but if she was,

Drake could have gone to Grand
Cayman looking for Sir Alan.

In any case, I'd like to check
up on the situation, sir.

Isn't this rather an
about-face on your part, Wykes?

Yes, indeed it is.

It's just that I feel very
strongly that we should

give Drake every opportunity
to vindicate himself.

Have I your permission
to investigate, Sir?

All right, Wykes, you have my permission.

Thank you, sir.

Why are you following me?

I wanted to tell you something, mister.

Why didn't you come out and speak to me?

I don't know, I saw
you then, I don't know.

You scared?

I don't know, maybe scared a bit.

Still scared?

A bit, maybe.

What do you want to say to me, Mary Ann?

You remember my name.

It's a pretty name, Mary Ann.

There's a lot of girls called that.

Still pretty.

What you want to say to me?

That man's a mean man, you know.

Which man?

Lyle is a mean man.

That money you gave to me, he took it all.

All the time he's like that, that mean.

Oh, you wanted to ask me if I'd

give you more money, is that it?

I don't want you to give
me money for nothing, mister.

What do you suggest, Mary Ann.

I don't know, maybe
it's not worth nothing.

Well you'll have to tell me
what it is first, won't you?

That man.

Your man?

No, the one you's asking
about, the tall man.

But you said you hadn't seen him.

I did see that man, he was on

the beach with that woman every day.

Lady Kilrush?

That woman.

When was the last time?

Two days maybe.

Why didn't you tell me before?

Is that worth something, mister?

If you say why you didn't
tell me last time we met.

That man.
-Your man?

That's right, he say if anyone

ask about the tall man I say nothing.

He's really mean that man Lyle, you know.

He never give me nothing.

Some day soon I'll leave that man.

How long have you been with him?

Five, six months, maybe.

Is that worth money, mister?

You know this?

This belonged to the tall man.

Is that worth money, mister?

Where'd you get that?

Got that yesterday on the
path that leads to Fern Gully.

I did see you with the big man,

I saw you many times with that man.

You was on the beach
with him all the while!

How much did you pay this girl

to tell these lies, Mr. Drake?

It's not a lie, it's the truth!

Recognize this, Lady Kilrush?

I'm sorry about this affair.

He went down to the
beach yesterday morning.

I was going to join him later.

I went down to the place we always

swim from but he wasn't there.

His robe wasn't on the beach so

I knew he couldn't be swimming.

Anyway, he's a really wonderful

swimmer and he wouldn't drown.

So I came back here --

Waited and waited, all day and all night.

What's happened to him?

He's dead, isn't he?

Nothing's certain.

Alan Grose is a very
resourceful character.

Yes, I knew he was mixed up in espionage.

But here, why should anything happen here?

It's a virus, it can turn up anywhere.

And you?

I'm part of the disease.

Are you in danger now?

I imagine so.

That's why I want you to
call The Royal Jamaican

and admit that Alan stayed here.

My husband returns next week.

And that's why you denied it.

My husband's a very jealous man.

He's returning here?

No no, we have a house in
Jamaica, this is my home.

Alan shouldn't really have --

Mixed business with pleasure?

I'm sorry, Lady Kilrush, I realize that

you're in a very delicate situation.

Thank you.

When you fly towards the sun you can

expect to be burnt, can't you?

Yes.

The number is Kingston 2-6-4-7-5,

that's the Royal, ask for the manager.

Now you tell me what you said to that man,

you tell me the truth, you hear?

I only --

You wouldn't want me to
get rough now would you,

Mary Ann, so you'd better tell the truth.

I only, I only tell him about

the big man being on the beach.

Didn't I tell you not to tell him!

Didn't I tell you not to tell him!

Don't hit me again, Lyle, don't!

All right then, why'd he
take to the Kilrush woman?

Just to say that again that
I'd seen the man with her.

Oh I should kill you!

What was wrong with telling,
he was going to give me $10!

Stupid, stupid!

Maybe it's good you so stupid, now,

I'm going to tell you
something, you gonna do

what I tell you, you hear, or I kill you!

Goodbye, Lady Kilrush.

There is no doubt that
he was largely responsible

for the revolutionary situation there in

the late Spring and early summer of '64.

I heard this from De Santana.

De Santana hinted strongly
that he was also in charge

of the assassination
attempt on the life of

President Tamanaco
when he visited New York.

Where's Lyle?

He's gone to Piarco to get some tobacco.

Is that true?

True, he went 20, 30 minutes ago.

Take him three, four hours to get back.

Perhaps he drink rum and
doesn't come back maybe.

Where'd you get that?

That machine?

I don't know, Lyle found it.

I'd like to talk to him.

Long time, three, four hours.

You said you were going to give me $10.

You never gave it to me!

That machine belonged to the tall man,

Lyle has no right to it.

I'm going to take it from you.

Oh no, mister, don't take it from me.

Lyle will be angry, he'll hit me!

Not if you tell him that
I made you give it to me.

Now.

This is for the money
I failed to give you.

This is for handing that over to me.

Put it down there,
Mary Ann, and take up the money.

Put it down.

Here.

This is for showing me where in

Fern Gully you found the cord.

You sure you want to
go down there, mister?

I'm certain, Mary Ann.

You lead the way.

I think that's where
it was caught up, mister.

Mister, I show you where,
you give me the money now.

In a hurry to get away?

Yes, I'm going to leave that man Lyle!

You give me the money and I can

get away before he gets back.

There you are, Mary Ann.

That's more --

That's more than you said.

Listen, mister, you leave this place.

Don't you look for that big man.

Why should I leave this place?

What do you know, Mary Ann?

I don't know nothing!

But I feel this is a bad place for you.

You go away, mister.

Mary Ann!

Mary Ann!

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

Rafael?

Huh?

Have you seen Lyle?

No, I've only just arrived myself.

Any trace of Drake?
-No trace.

He's probably down there
with that Kilrush woman.

I'd better pay them a visit
in my official capacity.

And you'll take him
into custody, of course.

Correct?

Correct.

We'll go by the beach.

With that sight you should be
able to put a bullet in neatly.

No question.
-Good.

May I use your telephone, I've gotta

get through to the Royal Jamaica.

Two men are trying to kill me.

The man who called just before?

That's one of them.

I told him you'd gone
away, I didn't know where,

I said I didn't want you to come back.

Won't make any difference, he'll be back.

This line.
-What's wrong?

It's dead.

If I'm not careful with
Lady Kilrush my cover's gone.

You'll be finished with
the West Indies then, huh?

We have the plane, we'll return to Cuba.

Most important thing now is that

Millie!

I lost a lot of blood.

Millie!

Go into Piarco and get Mr. Jackson.

No, it's too late, I gotta get out.

You can't leave here --
-Must get out.

Please, please don't be stupid.

I have to get out, not stupid.

I'm going to lock the door.

I have to get out.

Well, Drake, you came here after all.

How dare you enter my
house without my permission.

Lady Kilrush, please.

Understand we're dealing
with a very dangerous man,

there's no time for formalities.

However, we'll soon be out of your way.

All right, Drake.

Get up, I'm taking you back.

You have to carry me, Wykes.

This man's hurt, he can't be moved.

Will you leave us, please?

No!

No, I will not.

Lady Kilrush, don't force --

I'm not forcing you to do anything,

I'm asking you to leave my house.

And I'm afraid I must ins --

What are you doing, Wykes?

I, I had a certain amount of

trouble tracking Drake down, Sir.

Well Drake, what happened to you?

I've just got here myself,

I haven't had time to question him.

What happened, Drake?

He's --

He's in a very bad way, sir,

he doesn't quite know what's happening.

I'm waiting, Drake.

He's in no condition to answer, sir.

Have you seen Lyle?

No I've only just arrived myself.

Any trace of Drake?

No trace.

He's probably down
there with that Kilrush woman.

I'd better pay him a visit
in my professional capacity.

And you'll take
him into custody, of course.

Correct?

Correct.

We'll go by the beach.

With that sight, you should be able

to put a bullet in neatly, huh?

No question.