1 00:00:02,252 --> 00:00:05,335 (Iighthearted mUsic) 2 00:00:33,242 --> 00:00:36,155 (grand horn music) 3 00:01:06,525 --> 00:01:09,608 (Iighthearted mUsic) 4 00:01:49,693 --> 00:01:52,606 (IoUd typewriting) 5 00:02:46,583 --> 00:02:49,200 - [Jean] I shall never forget that day. 6 00:02:49,211 --> 00:02:51,578 Matt was only halfway through the novel, 7 00:02:51,588 --> 00:02:53,704 and oUr fUnds were running Iow. 8 00:02:53,715 --> 00:02:55,331 Then, the Ietter arrived, 9 00:02:55,342 --> 00:02:57,879 which was to change everything. 10 00:02:57,886 --> 00:02:59,172 - Jean. 11 00:02:59,179 --> 00:03:00,010 - [Jean] Darling? 12 00:03:00,013 --> 00:03:00,969 - When did this come? 13 00:03:00,972 --> 00:03:02,007 - What? 14 00:03:02,015 --> 00:03:02,846 Oh, just now. 15 00:03:02,849 --> 00:03:04,214 I didn't want to distract you. 16 00:03:04,226 --> 00:03:05,057 Why, what is it? 17 00:03:08,146 --> 00:03:09,261 Matt. 18 00:03:09,272 --> 00:03:10,808 - Great-uncle Simon. 19 00:03:10,816 --> 00:03:12,102 - I didn't know you had a great-uncle Simon. 20 00:03:12,109 --> 00:03:14,441 - Well, I didn't have a great-Uncle simon. 21 00:03:14,444 --> 00:03:15,525 Sole heir-- 22 00:03:15,529 --> 00:03:19,147 - The whole estate, SloughboroUgh, Worts-- 23 00:03:19,157 --> 00:03:21,068 - Oh, some mistake. 24 00:03:21,076 --> 00:03:22,157 I never had any great-uncle Simon. 25 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:23,446 - But you mUst've had a great-uncle Simon-- 26 00:03:23,453 --> 00:03:24,284 - I tell yoU, I didn't. 27 00:03:24,287 --> 00:03:25,152 SUrely, if I had a great-Uncle Simon, 28 00:03:25,163 --> 00:03:28,076 I'd Ieast of heard of a great-Uncle Simon. 29 00:03:28,083 --> 00:03:29,949 - Simpson, Carter, and Son. 30 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:31,450 - They mUst be oUt of their minds. 31 00:03:31,461 --> 00:03:33,202 - It says will you get in touch with them . 32 00:03:33,213 --> 00:03:34,044 - SIoughboroUgh. 33 00:03:34,047 --> 00:03:35,003 What's that, TrUnks? 34 00:03:35,006 --> 00:03:35,837 - It must be. 35 00:03:35,841 --> 00:03:36,922 36 00:03:36,925 --> 00:03:38,962 - Neither have l . 37 00:03:38,969 --> 00:03:40,459 Great-Uncle Simon. 38 00:03:42,597 --> 00:03:44,463 Great-Uncle Simon. 39 00:03:44,474 --> 00:03:45,635 Oh, Operator. 40 00:03:45,642 --> 00:03:50,307 This is northway o267, I want SloughboroUgh, Worts 29. 41 00:03:52,858 --> 00:03:53,689 Oh. 42 00:03:53,692 --> 00:03:55,148 Oh, is it? 43 00:03:55,152 --> 00:03:56,483 It's SIuff-boroUgh. 44 00:03:56,486 --> 00:03:57,817 - Matt? 45 00:03:57,821 --> 00:03:58,856 You coUIdn't be-- 46 00:03:58,864 --> 00:03:59,695 - Couldn't be what? 47 00:03:59,698 --> 00:04:02,030 - YoU coUIdn't be inheriting a fortune, coUId yoU? 48 00:04:02,033 --> 00:04:04,400 BecaUse if yoU are, let me say right now, 49 00:04:04,411 --> 00:04:06,072 I Iove yoU more than ever. 50 00:04:06,079 --> 00:04:08,946 - (IaUghs) Darling, don't be so silly. 51 00:04:08,957 --> 00:04:10,413 No, no, no, not you operator. 52 00:04:11,293 --> 00:04:12,875 You know, I had a great-uncle Hugh, 53 00:04:12,878 --> 00:04:16,712 and a great-uncle Edward I think, bUt, hello? 54 00:04:16,715 --> 00:04:18,422 Oh, Simpson, Carter, and Son? 55 00:04:18,425 --> 00:04:21,258 Oh, my name's Spenser, Matthew Spenser. 56 00:04:21,261 --> 00:04:22,968 Yes, I think the point is that there's 57 00:04:22,971 --> 00:04:24,803 been some idiotic mistake becaUse 58 00:04:24,806 --> 00:04:26,012 I can tell yoU qUite definitely, 59 00:04:26,016 --> 00:04:28,132 I never had a... 60 00:04:28,143 --> 00:04:28,974 What? 61 00:04:28,977 --> 00:04:30,308 I beg yoUr pardon? 62 00:04:30,312 --> 00:04:31,802 Oh. 63 00:04:31,813 --> 00:04:32,894 64 00:04:32,898 --> 00:04:33,729 - What? 65 00:04:33,732 --> 00:04:35,188 - I did have a great-uncle Simon. 66 00:04:35,192 --> 00:04:36,102 - Oh! 67 00:04:36,109 --> 00:04:38,350 - Yes, jUst hold the Iine one moment, will yoU? 68 00:04:38,361 --> 00:04:39,396 The secretary wants to know 69 00:04:39,404 --> 00:04:40,894 when we can come down. 70 00:04:40,906 --> 00:04:42,396 Well, I think we can come right away. 71 00:04:42,407 --> 00:04:43,693 Yes, today. 72 00:04:43,700 --> 00:04:44,531 Yes. 73 00:04:44,534 --> 00:04:45,444 Paddington? 74 00:04:45,452 --> 00:04:46,283 11 : 1 0? 75 00:04:47,496 --> 00:04:49,032 - Matt, we'II never do it! 76 00:04:49,039 --> 00:04:51,531 - Yes, yes, l think we can manage that. 77 00:04:51,541 --> 00:04:53,282 Uh, oh. 78 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:54,624 Do yoU by any chance happen to know 79 00:04:54,628 --> 00:04:57,290 anything aboUt the estate? 80 00:04:57,297 --> 00:04:59,413 - We'll never get that train, what is it? 81 00:04:59,424 --> 00:05:00,755 - A cinema? 82 00:05:00,759 --> 00:05:02,124 He owned a cinema! 83 00:05:02,135 --> 00:05:02,966 - What? 84 00:05:02,969 --> 00:05:04,255 - Oh, just one other thing. 85 00:05:04,262 --> 00:05:06,879 Did yoU by any chance happen to know my great-Uncle? 86 00:05:06,890 --> 00:05:09,427 Was he a hUge fat man with a reddish beard 87 00:05:09,434 --> 00:05:10,845 who wore a sort of cape? 88 00:05:12,062 --> 00:05:13,723 Oh, oh, well that mUst've been 89 00:05:13,730 --> 00:05:14,561 my great-Uncle Edward. 90 00:05:14,564 --> 00:05:15,725 - Look, darling if we don't-- 91 00:05:15,732 --> 00:05:16,972 - Oh, well it doesn't matter. 92 00:05:16,983 --> 00:05:19,065 Yes, tell Mr. Carter we'II be there, will yoU? 93 00:05:19,069 --> 00:05:20,275 Yes, goodbye. 94 00:05:20,278 --> 00:05:22,485 - Matt, we've only got 40 minUtes. 95 00:05:22,489 --> 00:05:24,196 What am I going to wear? 96 00:05:24,199 --> 00:05:26,190 - Imagine not even knowing. 97 00:05:26,201 --> 00:05:27,566 And what's more, great-uncle Simon 98 00:05:27,577 --> 00:05:28,908 seems to have been rich. 99 00:05:28,912 --> 00:05:30,118 - Did she say how-- 100 00:05:30,121 --> 00:05:32,533 - Well, she said she couldn't talk on the phone. 101 00:05:32,541 --> 00:05:33,872 BUt if apart from anything else, 102 00:05:33,875 --> 00:05:34,910 he owned a cinema. 103 00:05:34,918 --> 00:05:36,374 - He must've been wealthy. 104 00:05:37,337 --> 00:05:40,125 And yoU really inherit everything? 105 00:05:40,131 --> 00:05:41,337 - The solicitor said so. 106 00:05:42,384 --> 00:05:45,968 It's incredible, it's absolutely incredible. 107 00:05:45,971 --> 00:05:49,339 (train whistles) 108 00:05:49,349 --> 00:05:50,180 - Thank you. 109 00:05:51,017 --> 00:05:51,927 - Oh dear, honestly, I'll pass out 110 00:05:51,935 --> 00:05:53,300 before we get to SIoUghboroUgh. 111 00:05:53,311 --> 00:05:54,517 - JUst think what it'll be Iike 112 00:05:54,521 --> 00:05:57,058 to have no more money worries, 113 00:05:57,065 --> 00:05:59,523 no more stupid, petty problems. 114 00:05:59,526 --> 00:06:01,858 To be able to do all the things 115 00:06:01,862 --> 00:06:02,693 one wants to do, 116 00:06:03,613 --> 00:06:04,728 to travel, for example. 117 00:06:04,739 --> 00:06:06,195 - Oh yes, you know that's just the one thing 118 00:06:06,199 --> 00:06:08,486 that would be heavenly. 119 00:06:08,493 --> 00:06:10,200 - Think of all the fabulous places 120 00:06:10,203 --> 00:06:13,321 that are just names to Us now. 121 00:06:13,331 --> 00:06:14,287 BUt we can see. 122 00:06:15,333 --> 00:06:17,415 Samarkand, Samarkand. 123 00:06:18,670 --> 00:06:20,035 Doesn't that do something to yoU? 124 00:06:20,046 --> 00:06:20,877 Doesn't the very name-- 125 00:06:20,881 --> 00:06:23,669 - Oh, it's a beaUtifUI name. 126 00:06:23,675 --> 00:06:25,006 - Samarkand. 127 00:06:25,969 --> 00:06:29,837 San Francisco, Seville, Samoa, Samarra-- 128 00:06:29,848 --> 00:06:31,964 - Tell me some more about Samarra. 129 00:06:31,975 --> 00:06:32,840 - Oh, darling. 130 00:06:32,851 --> 00:06:34,216 (IaUghing) 131 00:06:34,227 --> 00:06:37,060 - Oh, I'm sorry, it's the brandy. (chUckles) 132 00:06:37,063 --> 00:06:39,145 - Well, here's to Samarkand. 133 00:06:39,149 --> 00:06:41,686 - Oh darling, I can't drink any more. 134 00:06:41,693 --> 00:06:42,603 (glasses clang) 135 00:06:42,611 --> 00:06:43,567 To Samarkand. 136 00:06:43,570 --> 00:06:46,312 (dramatic mUsic) 137 00:06:49,326 --> 00:06:52,409 - [Announcer] Train now standing at platform three, 138 00:06:52,412 --> 00:06:55,279 is the train for Dorne, Bradfield , 139 00:06:55,290 --> 00:06:58,624 Rewesley, Wickhamford, Evercreech, 140 00:06:58,627 --> 00:07:00,868 Woodbury, and Rickersworth. 141 00:07:04,841 --> 00:07:07,629 - What is that ghastly smell? 142 00:07:07,636 --> 00:07:08,922 - There's something dead around here. 143 00:07:08,929 --> 00:07:11,762 - Well, yoU mean besides great-Uncle Simon? (chUckles) 144 00:07:11,765 --> 00:07:13,551 Oh, sorry, darling. 145 00:07:13,558 --> 00:07:15,845 - Tell me, what's that cUrious smell? 146 00:07:15,852 --> 00:07:16,683 - Eh? 147 00:07:16,686 --> 00:07:18,518 - That smell, what is it? 148 00:07:18,521 --> 00:07:20,011 - I don't smell anything. 149 00:07:20,023 --> 00:07:21,809 Oh, you mean the glue factory. 150 00:07:21,816 --> 00:07:23,932 That's it, the glUe factory over there. 151 00:07:23,944 --> 00:07:25,230 PUngent, isn't it? 152 00:07:25,236 --> 00:07:27,102 - Pungent is hardly the word . 153 00:07:27,113 --> 00:07:27,944 - Taxi, sir? 154 00:07:27,948 --> 00:07:28,779 - Yes, please. 155 00:07:28,782 --> 00:07:29,988 Will you take Us Simpson, Carter, and Son, 156 00:07:29,991 --> 00:07:30,856 the solicitors? 157 00:07:30,867 --> 00:07:32,574 - Right, sir. 158 00:07:32,577 --> 00:07:35,410 (door slams shut) 159 00:07:39,292 --> 00:07:41,533 (engine revs) 160 00:07:41,544 --> 00:07:44,457 (Iighthearted mUsic) 161 00:07:44,464 --> 00:07:46,330 (chUckling) 162 00:07:46,341 --> 00:07:47,706 - Now listen, darling. 163 00:07:47,717 --> 00:07:49,082 While you're with the solicitors, 164 00:07:49,094 --> 00:07:50,459 a Iittle dignity, eh? 165 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:51,801 I mean to say, if a man dies, 166 00:07:51,805 --> 00:07:53,546 and Ieaves yoU his entire inheritance, 167 00:07:53,556 --> 00:07:56,548 the Ieast yoU can do is to observe the propi, proprietree, 168 00:07:57,852 --> 00:07:58,683 propitUrie-- 169 00:07:58,687 --> 00:08:00,303 - Proprieties. 170 00:08:00,313 --> 00:08:01,553 Darling, you can talk, 171 00:08:01,564 --> 00:08:03,555 you can't even say proprieties! 172 00:08:03,566 --> 00:08:04,397 (IaUghing) 173 00:08:04,401 --> 00:08:05,391 Proprieties! 174 00:08:06,319 --> 00:08:07,901 - Now darling, really. 175 00:08:07,904 --> 00:08:09,110 Try and be sensible. 176 00:08:09,114 --> 00:08:10,275 - Matt. 177 00:08:10,281 --> 00:08:11,112 Look! 178 00:08:11,116 --> 00:08:12,698 - Driver, stop a minute! 179 00:08:12,701 --> 00:08:13,907 (tyres screech) 180 00:08:13,910 --> 00:08:17,653 Driver, how many cinemas are there in SloughboroUgh? 181 00:08:17,664 --> 00:08:18,745 - JUst this one, sir. 182 00:08:22,460 --> 00:08:23,700 - Matt, it's simply magnificent. 183 00:08:23,712 --> 00:08:25,953 It must be worth a fortUne! 184 00:08:25,964 --> 00:08:28,331 - Driver, just wait here a minute, will you? 185 00:08:30,635 --> 00:08:32,967 (car honks) 186 00:08:37,267 --> 00:08:38,849 I say, how's bUsiness? 187 00:08:38,852 --> 00:08:39,887 - What? 188 00:08:39,894 --> 00:08:40,850 - I said how's business, 189 00:08:40,854 --> 00:08:41,969 how's bUsiness these days? 190 00:08:41,980 --> 00:08:43,721 - I woUIdn't know, I mind me own. 191 00:08:46,026 --> 00:08:48,017 - What a rUde man. 192 00:08:48,028 --> 00:08:49,143 - Do you know something? 193 00:08:49,154 --> 00:08:50,440 - I think that chap's got a little sUrprise 194 00:08:50,447 --> 00:08:51,312 in store for him. 195 00:08:51,322 --> 00:08:52,312 - What do you mean? 196 00:08:52,323 --> 00:08:54,439 - There's no excUse whatsoever for incivility. 197 00:08:54,451 --> 00:08:55,532 The very first thing l'm going to do 198 00:08:55,535 --> 00:08:56,900 is to boot him right oUt of the place. 199 00:08:56,911 --> 00:08:58,026 - Oh darling, I'm sure he didn't mean to be-- 200 00:08:58,038 --> 00:09:01,156 - Nonsense, it's his job to be polite, not to... 201 00:09:01,166 --> 00:09:03,248 (IaUghs) 202 00:09:04,419 --> 00:09:06,535 Wait 'til he finds oUt who he was being rUde to. 203 00:09:06,546 --> 00:09:07,536 (IaUghing) 204 00:09:07,547 --> 00:09:09,663 Come on, let's get to the solicitors. 205 00:09:12,093 --> 00:09:13,424 - My father asked me to handle 206 00:09:13,428 --> 00:09:15,339 this matter for yoU , Mr. Spenser. 207 00:09:15,346 --> 00:09:16,586 I told him you were calling, 208 00:09:16,598 --> 00:09:18,589 but he said he had an urgent appointment. 209 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:19,886 I don't think he'II be gone Iong though. 210 00:09:19,893 --> 00:09:22,180 - But, yoU know something about it, don't you? 211 00:09:22,187 --> 00:09:23,018 - Oh, yes. 212 00:09:23,021 --> 00:09:23,806 I know all about it. 213 00:09:23,813 --> 00:09:25,269 As a matter of fact, 214 00:09:25,273 --> 00:09:27,605 I've had the job of establishing yoUr existence. 215 00:09:27,609 --> 00:09:29,691 You've no idea the fun and games I had . 216 00:09:29,694 --> 00:09:30,934 Thought I'd never catch Up with you. 217 00:09:30,945 --> 00:09:32,231 - GIad you did. 218 00:09:32,238 --> 00:09:33,228 (IaUghing) 219 00:09:33,239 --> 00:09:34,149 As my secretary said, 220 00:09:34,157 --> 00:09:35,989 that she told you on the telephone 221 00:09:35,992 --> 00:09:37,608 that the estate includes a cinema. 222 00:09:37,619 --> 00:09:38,950 - Yes, yes she did. 223 00:09:38,953 --> 00:09:40,864 - Yes, well apart from a few personal effects, 224 00:09:40,872 --> 00:09:42,829 and fUrnitUre, and sUch Iike, 225 00:09:42,832 --> 00:09:44,743 I'm afraid that the cinema itself 226 00:09:44,751 --> 00:09:47,334 is all there is to yoUr great-Uncle's estate. 227 00:09:47,337 --> 00:09:48,998 - Oh. 228 00:09:49,005 --> 00:09:51,167 Still, that's qUite enoUgh, isn't it? 229 00:09:51,174 --> 00:09:52,209 He had everything he owned 230 00:09:52,217 --> 00:09:53,799 tied up in it, had he? 231 00:09:53,802 --> 00:09:57,011 - Incidentally, we've seen the cinema, Mr. Carter. 232 00:09:57,013 --> 00:09:59,380 - Oh, yoU have? 233 00:09:59,390 --> 00:10:01,006 - The question is really, 234 00:10:01,017 --> 00:10:02,758 how much is the place worth as it stands? 235 00:10:02,769 --> 00:10:04,100 Lock, stock, and barrel? 236 00:10:04,896 --> 00:10:09,891 - Well, it's rather difficUIt to say. 237 00:10:11,361 --> 00:10:14,524 - But even approximately, in round figures. 238 00:10:14,531 --> 00:10:17,364 Is it worth a hUndred thousand poUnds? 239 00:10:18,910 --> 00:10:20,321 - A hundred thoUsand? 240 00:10:21,162 --> 00:10:23,278 - YoU see, I haven't a clUe aboUt these valUes. 241 00:10:23,289 --> 00:10:27,578 BUt as cinema's go, this one sUrely is quite magnificent. 242 00:10:30,797 --> 00:10:32,287 - Well, we are almost overwhelmed. 243 00:10:32,298 --> 00:10:34,710 I mean, it's qUite as splendid as all those 244 00:10:34,717 --> 00:10:35,707 in Leicester SqUare. 245 00:10:36,928 --> 00:10:37,793 - Mrs. Spenser-- 246 00:10:37,804 --> 00:10:38,635 - What is it? 247 00:10:38,638 --> 00:10:39,469 What's... 248 00:10:39,472 --> 00:10:40,303 - My dear chap-- 249 00:10:40,306 --> 00:10:41,171 - Mr. Carter, what is it? 250 00:10:41,182 --> 00:10:43,890 - L'm afraid, I'm very mUch afraid, 251 00:10:45,562 --> 00:10:47,473 I wonder if my father's back. 252 00:10:50,066 --> 00:10:50,897 Dad? 253 00:10:53,695 --> 00:10:54,560 He's not back. 254 00:10:54,571 --> 00:10:55,857 - Mr. Carter. 255 00:10:55,864 --> 00:10:59,528 - L'm most terribly sorry, Mr. Spenser, Mrs. Spenser. 256 00:10:59,534 --> 00:11:00,365 - Sorry? 257 00:11:00,368 --> 00:11:02,075 Mr. Carter, what's the matter? 258 00:11:02,078 --> 00:11:04,194 - YoU see, I hardly know how to tell you. 259 00:11:04,205 --> 00:11:05,991 - Well, if you coUId find a way, Mr. Carter. 260 00:11:05,999 --> 00:11:09,208 - Well, may I ask which cinema have you been looking at? 261 00:11:09,210 --> 00:11:10,041 - Which cinema? 262 00:11:10,044 --> 00:11:11,250 - YoU mean, there's more than one? 263 00:11:11,254 --> 00:11:12,085 - Yes. 264 00:11:12,088 --> 00:11:12,998 - And it's not the Grand? 265 00:11:13,006 --> 00:11:14,167 BUt why did that taxi driver say that there was-- 266 00:11:14,174 --> 00:11:16,757 - Well, he mUst've meant it was the only one open. 267 00:11:16,759 --> 00:11:19,000 You see, we had to close the Fleapit the day after-- 268 00:11:19,012 --> 00:11:19,922 - The FIeapit? 269 00:11:19,929 --> 00:11:21,545 - L'm most terribly sorry. 270 00:11:21,556 --> 00:11:22,387 - FIeapit? 271 00:11:24,142 --> 00:11:26,133 - PIease forgive me, you see, 272 00:11:26,144 --> 00:11:29,136 it's always referred to locally as the Fleapit. 273 00:11:29,147 --> 00:11:31,684 I should've said the... 274 00:11:31,691 --> 00:11:34,433 (dramatic mUsic) 275 00:11:46,414 --> 00:11:48,496 - Well, I'm sure there is a business like show business, 276 00:11:48,499 --> 00:11:52,083 but somehow I don't think this is it. 277 00:11:52,086 --> 00:11:53,326 - Look at it. 278 00:11:53,338 --> 00:11:54,203 You mean to tell me my Uncle 279 00:11:54,214 --> 00:11:56,831 actUally charged people to go in there? 280 00:11:56,841 --> 00:11:58,127 That people actUally paid? 281 00:11:58,134 --> 00:11:59,716 - Yes, some. 282 00:11:59,719 --> 00:12:02,461 (train whistles) 283 00:12:10,438 --> 00:12:11,644 - Seems impossible. 284 00:12:12,523 --> 00:12:13,604 Did he rUn it himself? 285 00:12:13,608 --> 00:12:15,064 - With a staff of sorts. 286 00:12:15,068 --> 00:12:16,399 Three of them, actually. 287 00:12:16,402 --> 00:12:18,063 They're all under notice, of coUrse. 288 00:12:18,071 --> 00:12:20,859 Well, shall we take a Iook inside? 289 00:12:20,865 --> 00:12:21,696 - Couldn't we jUst go away 290 00:12:21,699 --> 00:12:23,235 and forget it ever happened? 291 00:12:27,330 --> 00:12:29,662 (car honks) 292 00:12:31,709 --> 00:12:34,201 (door creaks) 293 00:12:42,095 --> 00:12:43,506 - Mm , pungent, isn't it? 294 00:12:53,523 --> 00:12:54,729 - [Matt] The cashier? 295 00:12:54,732 --> 00:12:55,688 - Mrs. Fazackaleee. 296 00:12:57,819 --> 00:12:59,275 I'II lead the way, shall l? 297 00:13:03,241 --> 00:13:05,983 (dramatic mUsic) 298 00:13:11,791 --> 00:13:14,123 Oh, the old place has been everything in its day. 299 00:13:14,127 --> 00:13:15,413 It was a theatre way back 300 00:13:15,420 --> 00:13:16,910 before they built the rail way, 301 00:13:16,921 --> 00:13:18,252 then it was a musical. 302 00:13:18,256 --> 00:13:19,246 - I wonder how my great-Uncle 303 00:13:19,257 --> 00:13:21,089 got mixed Up in all this. 304 00:13:21,092 --> 00:13:23,754 - Well, it was before the First War, apparently. 305 00:13:23,761 --> 00:13:25,502 The yoUng Simon must've had qUite a way with him. 306 00:13:25,513 --> 00:13:27,925 He even managed to get some of the local people 307 00:13:27,932 --> 00:13:30,424 to put their money into it. (chUckles) 308 00:13:30,435 --> 00:13:32,802 My dad did, as a matter of fact. 309 00:13:32,812 --> 00:13:35,600 Spenser's Electric Theatre, it was called in those days. 310 00:13:35,606 --> 00:13:37,188 The first in this part of the coUntry. 311 00:13:37,191 --> 00:13:38,807 (cat meows) 312 00:13:38,818 --> 00:13:41,230 - Oh, pUssy, here. 313 00:13:41,237 --> 00:13:42,398 Does anyone look after her? 314 00:13:42,405 --> 00:13:43,611 - Yes, OId Tom . 315 00:13:43,614 --> 00:13:44,775 - Oh. 316 00:13:44,782 --> 00:13:46,272 317 00:13:46,284 --> 00:13:47,115 Aw. 318 00:13:48,578 --> 00:13:49,909 Come on. 319 00:13:49,912 --> 00:13:51,323 Come on, darling. 320 00:13:55,001 --> 00:13:57,743 (train whistles) 321 00:14:00,214 --> 00:14:03,206 (chandelier shakes) 322 00:14:04,177 --> 00:14:05,008 - Matt! 323 00:14:05,011 --> 00:14:05,842 - What's that? 324 00:14:05,845 --> 00:14:08,428 - Oh, that'II be the 4: 1 5 to Stoke. 325 00:14:18,566 --> 00:14:19,476 - Do these things work? 326 00:14:19,484 --> 00:14:20,724 - Well, yes. 327 00:14:20,735 --> 00:14:21,600 I think so. 328 00:14:27,742 --> 00:14:28,652 - [Matthew] The projectionist? 329 00:14:28,659 --> 00:14:29,490 - Mr. QUill. 330 00:14:32,497 --> 00:14:34,829 Your great-uncle's private apartments. 331 00:14:44,634 --> 00:14:45,624 - I say, is one of these-- 332 00:14:45,635 --> 00:14:46,966 - Oh, that's your great-Uncle on the left, 333 00:14:46,969 --> 00:14:49,006 taken some years ago in the Railway Arms. 334 00:14:50,014 --> 00:14:51,129 - Wait a minUte. 335 00:14:51,140 --> 00:14:52,255 It's all coming back to me now, 336 00:14:52,266 --> 00:14:53,176 I do remember him. 337 00:14:54,268 --> 00:14:57,477 We were all staying at my grandmother's, I think. 338 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,062 Of coUrse, I was only a kid at the time, 339 00:14:59,065 --> 00:15:01,682 but I remember there was some trouble 340 00:15:01,692 --> 00:15:03,308 about a chambermaid. 341 00:15:03,319 --> 00:15:04,480 - That woUId be Simon. 342 00:15:04,487 --> 00:15:07,730 - Is this where, did he? 343 00:15:07,740 --> 00:15:09,196 - No. 344 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:10,782 As a matter of fact, it was in the Railway Arms 345 00:15:10,785 --> 00:15:12,196 that your great-uncle-- 346 00:15:12,203 --> 00:15:13,614 - He died in a pub? 347 00:15:13,621 --> 00:15:14,702 - Rather sad, really. 348 00:15:14,705 --> 00:15:16,036 You see, for many years, 349 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:18,031 Simon was champion beer drinker of this coUnty. 350 00:15:18,042 --> 00:15:19,703 Used to down a whole gallon of brown ale 351 00:15:19,710 --> 00:15:20,825 in a single draUght. 352 00:15:20,837 --> 00:15:21,918 - Eight pints? 353 00:15:21,921 --> 00:15:23,912 - On the evening of the 1 9th in the Railway Arms, 354 00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:24,833 somebody bet him. 355 00:15:26,759 --> 00:15:28,295 He shouldn't of tried it, you know? 356 00:15:28,302 --> 00:15:29,133 Not at 77. 357 00:15:29,137 --> 00:15:33,131 - Would it be irreverent to ask if he-- 358 00:15:33,141 --> 00:15:34,302 - Oh, yes. 359 00:15:34,308 --> 00:15:35,764 He did it, alright. 360 00:15:35,768 --> 00:15:37,554 The 1 O shillings was paid to me as execUtor, 361 00:15:37,562 --> 00:15:39,348 right after the fUneral. 362 00:15:39,355 --> 00:15:40,891 Sad. 363 00:15:40,898 --> 00:15:42,514 Somehow, not Unfitting, you know? 364 00:15:43,609 --> 00:15:45,145 - Well, what in heaven's name 365 00:15:45,153 --> 00:15:46,439 are we going to do with it? 366 00:15:46,446 --> 00:15:47,436 Could we sell it? 367 00:15:47,447 --> 00:15:49,233 - Well, astonishing as it may seem , Mr. Spenser, 368 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:50,275 your great-Uncle had an offer for it 369 00:15:50,283 --> 00:15:51,648 only a few weeks ago. 370 00:15:51,659 --> 00:15:53,866 From Mr. Hardcastle, the man who owns the Grand Cinema. 371 00:15:53,870 --> 00:15:56,202 - But what on earth would he want with this place? 372 00:15:56,205 --> 00:15:57,036 - L'II show you. 373 00:15:58,749 --> 00:16:00,331 You see the Grand there? 374 00:16:00,334 --> 00:16:02,792 Hardcastle's idea is to Use that Iand as a carpark. 375 00:16:02,795 --> 00:16:04,206 Now, the only way he can do that, 376 00:16:04,213 --> 00:16:05,578 is to bUy the BijoU and pUII it down 377 00:16:05,590 --> 00:16:06,955 to make an entrance. 378 00:16:06,966 --> 00:16:08,456 OId Simon woUId never sell. 379 00:16:08,468 --> 00:16:10,084 - Any idea what Hardcastle was offering? 380 00:16:10,094 --> 00:16:13,007 - Oh, the last offer was 5,000 pounds. 381 00:16:13,014 --> 00:16:14,470 - 5,OO0 pounds? 382 00:16:14,474 --> 00:16:16,306 And the old man turned it down? 383 00:16:16,309 --> 00:16:17,640 - Well, it was his home, you know. 384 00:16:17,643 --> 00:16:18,758 As well as his Iiving. 385 00:16:18,769 --> 00:16:20,601 386 00:16:20,605 --> 00:16:21,515 That's not bad. 387 00:16:21,522 --> 00:16:22,808 Not bad at all, is it darling? 388 00:16:22,815 --> 00:16:24,681 When can we see Mr. Hardcastle? 389 00:16:24,692 --> 00:16:25,523 - Well-- - Now? 390 00:16:25,526 --> 00:16:26,482 Today? 391 00:16:26,486 --> 00:16:29,148 - L'II see if I can arrange a meeting this afternoon. 392 00:16:32,742 --> 00:16:34,153 - Well, yoU'll have to excUse me, Mr. Spenser, 393 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:35,821 but I'm rather a sentimental man, 394 00:16:35,828 --> 00:16:38,365 and old Simon's death came as a great shock to me. 395 00:16:38,372 --> 00:16:40,158 Very great shock indeed. 396 00:16:40,166 --> 00:16:41,952 Mind yoU , I never got to know him awfully well, 397 00:16:41,959 --> 00:16:44,246 but he were business rivals in a manner of speaking, 398 00:16:44,253 --> 00:16:45,994 and l liked him. (chUckles) 399 00:16:46,005 --> 00:16:48,747 He was a very likeable man, you had to Iike him. (chuckles) 400 00:16:48,758 --> 00:16:49,748 I did anyway. 401 00:16:49,759 --> 00:16:51,215 BUt still as I say, Mr. Spenser, 402 00:16:51,219 --> 00:16:52,334 I'm a very sentimental man. 403 00:16:52,345 --> 00:16:53,255 - Yes, Mr. Hardcastle. 404 00:16:53,262 --> 00:16:55,003 We quite Understand how you feel. 405 00:16:55,014 --> 00:16:56,596 The point is, now that Mr. Spenser here 406 00:16:56,599 --> 00:16:58,510 has come into his great-uncle's estate, 407 00:16:58,518 --> 00:16:59,929 we have to consider the whole question 408 00:16:59,936 --> 00:17:01,051 of the BijoU. 409 00:17:01,062 --> 00:17:01,972 - The Bijou? 410 00:17:01,979 --> 00:17:04,971 Oh yes, the BijoU . (IaUghs) 411 00:17:06,901 --> 00:17:08,391 - Now, I've explained to Mr. Spenser 412 00:17:08,402 --> 00:17:10,609 that you made an offer to the Iate Mr. Spenser. 413 00:17:10,613 --> 00:17:11,694 - That's right, lad . 414 00:17:11,697 --> 00:17:13,028 I made him a very fair offer. 415 00:17:13,032 --> 00:17:13,897 BUt the old rascal, 416 00:17:13,908 --> 00:17:16,195 if yoU'II pardon the use of the expression, ma'am. 417 00:17:16,202 --> 00:17:17,033 - PIease. 418 00:17:17,036 --> 00:17:19,323 - The old rascal turned it down flat. 419 00:17:19,330 --> 00:17:21,992 - Well, I daresay he had his reasons, Mr. Hardcastle. 420 00:17:21,999 --> 00:17:25,537 BUt I'm prepared to consider your offer very serioUsly. 421 00:17:25,545 --> 00:17:27,752 - Here, hold fast a minute, Iad . 422 00:17:27,755 --> 00:17:29,746 What offer are yoU talking about? 423 00:17:31,133 --> 00:17:34,671 - Well, yoUr offer of 5,OOO poUnds. 424 00:17:35,638 --> 00:17:36,878 - 5,OO0 pounds? 425 00:17:40,434 --> 00:17:41,595 (IaUghing) 426 00:17:41,602 --> 00:17:42,683 5,000 pounds? 427 00:17:44,146 --> 00:17:46,888 (IaUghing) 428 00:17:46,899 --> 00:17:48,060 Oh, he's a great one. 429 00:17:48,067 --> 00:17:50,024 Your husband, just like his great-Uncle. 430 00:17:50,027 --> 00:17:51,438 431 00:17:51,445 --> 00:17:55,313 5,000 pounds! (IaUghs) 432 00:17:55,324 --> 00:17:58,362 Oh, that's a good one. (laughs) 433 00:17:58,369 --> 00:18:03,364 Oh, that's a great one! (laughs) 434 00:18:04,125 --> 00:18:06,332 5OO will be more like it. 435 00:18:06,335 --> 00:18:08,417 - But I don't Understand. 436 00:18:08,421 --> 00:18:09,627 You offered my great-Uncle-- 437 00:18:09,630 --> 00:18:10,495 - Oh, I know, lad. 438 00:18:10,506 --> 00:18:12,417 BUt that was a long time ago, 439 00:18:12,425 --> 00:18:13,665 before television hit Us. 440 00:18:15,052 --> 00:18:17,134 And the Bijou was a going concern then. 441 00:18:17,138 --> 00:18:19,095 Have you seen it now, lad? 442 00:18:19,098 --> 00:18:21,886 No, I'm only offering yoU 500 pounds, 443 00:18:21,892 --> 00:18:22,723 and that's a good deal 444 00:18:22,727 --> 00:18:24,217 more than the old Fleapit's worth. 445 00:18:24,228 --> 00:18:25,684 - If l may interrupt, Mr. Hardcastle, 446 00:18:25,688 --> 00:18:26,928 an offer of 500 pounds 447 00:18:26,939 --> 00:18:29,146 is qUite oUt of the question for my client. 448 00:18:29,150 --> 00:18:31,767 Why, there are debts of at Ieast 750. 449 00:18:31,777 --> 00:18:32,608 - 750? 450 00:18:34,113 --> 00:18:35,023 Well, alright. 451 00:18:35,031 --> 00:18:37,068 Everyone knows I'm a sentimental man, 452 00:18:37,074 --> 00:18:38,815 and l liked old Simon. 453 00:18:38,826 --> 00:18:41,113 75O then, but not a penny more. 454 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:42,406 - L'm sorry, Mr. Hardcastle. 455 00:18:42,413 --> 00:18:43,903 I didn't mean that figure to be taken 456 00:18:43,914 --> 00:18:46,246 as one which my client will be prepared to accept. 457 00:18:46,250 --> 00:18:48,867 - No, well, that's the figure l'm prepared to offer. 458 00:18:48,878 --> 00:18:51,666 75O, and no more. 459 00:18:51,672 --> 00:18:53,583 - Well, I'd Iike to have a word with Mr. Carter before I-- 460 00:18:53,591 --> 00:18:55,127 - Now take your time, lad. 461 00:18:55,134 --> 00:18:56,966 Take all the time yoU want. 462 00:18:56,969 --> 00:18:59,176 (IaUghs) 463 00:18:59,180 --> 00:19:00,921 - L'm not gonna be down out of my inheritance 464 00:19:00,931 --> 00:19:03,423 by Mr. Albert Sentimental Hardcastle. 465 00:19:04,477 --> 00:19:05,967 What about yoUr father? 466 00:19:05,978 --> 00:19:06,968 - My father? 467 00:19:06,979 --> 00:19:08,219 - Well, coUIdn't we drag him in? 468 00:19:08,230 --> 00:19:09,720 Ask his advice? 469 00:19:09,732 --> 00:19:12,315 - Confidentially, my dad's always managed 470 00:19:12,318 --> 00:19:14,605 to steer a bit clear of old Simon's affairs. 471 00:19:14,612 --> 00:19:15,898 He said he wouldn't toUch this 472 00:19:15,905 --> 00:19:16,815 with a bargepole. 473 00:19:17,990 --> 00:19:19,651 You know, I think my dad's right. 474 00:19:21,077 --> 00:19:22,567 Unless... 475 00:19:22,578 --> 00:19:24,489 - Unless what? 476 00:19:24,497 --> 00:19:26,579 - Unless you made Hardcastle believe 477 00:19:26,582 --> 00:19:28,949 that you didn't want to sell the old FIeapit. 478 00:19:28,959 --> 00:19:29,790 - Hm? 479 00:19:29,794 --> 00:19:30,625 - Well, yoU could tell him yoU were going 480 00:19:30,628 --> 00:19:32,210 to reopen it, and manage it yoUrself. 481 00:19:33,339 --> 00:19:35,250 - YoU're not actUally sUggesting 482 00:19:35,257 --> 00:19:36,167 that we start Up the-- 483 00:19:36,175 --> 00:19:38,257 - No, no, no, no, of course not. 484 00:19:38,260 --> 00:19:40,217 BUt you gotta make him think you're going to. 485 00:19:40,221 --> 00:19:42,007 As soon as he sees you cleaning yoUr place Up-- 486 00:19:42,014 --> 00:19:43,596 - Yes, yoU've hit on something. 487 00:19:43,599 --> 00:19:45,215 As soon as he sees where we're-- 488 00:19:45,226 --> 00:19:46,057 - Exactly. 489 00:19:46,060 --> 00:19:47,971 If he thinks the old FIeapit's going to open up again-- 490 00:19:47,978 --> 00:19:49,218 - He's bound to pay Us what he was going 491 00:19:49,230 --> 00:19:50,686 to pay my great-uncle. 492 00:19:50,690 --> 00:19:52,476 - Quite, quite, that's precisely my point. 493 00:19:52,483 --> 00:19:53,564 - Yes! (IaUghs) 494 00:19:53,567 --> 00:19:55,103 It's a wonderful idea. 495 00:19:55,111 --> 00:19:55,942 I'II do it! 496 00:19:55,945 --> 00:19:57,276 That's it, it's a wonderfUI idea. 497 00:19:57,279 --> 00:19:58,110 498 00:19:58,114 --> 00:19:59,604 499 00:19:59,615 --> 00:20:02,482 Taking on the staff, and doing the place up. 500 00:20:02,493 --> 00:20:04,279 - Oh, we'II get it all back. 501 00:20:04,286 --> 00:20:05,947 We'II have to be convincing, 502 00:20:05,955 --> 00:20:07,241 don't you see that? 503 00:20:07,248 --> 00:20:09,080 If Hardcastle thinks we're blUffing, 504 00:20:09,083 --> 00:20:10,665 he'II jUst laugh. 505 00:20:10,668 --> 00:20:11,703 You know. 506 00:20:11,711 --> 00:20:14,624 (Matt mock IaUghs) 507 00:20:14,630 --> 00:20:17,668 BUt if on the other hand, the bluff works... 508 00:20:17,675 --> 00:20:19,291 (IaUghs) 509 00:20:19,301 --> 00:20:22,043 It could mean 5,000 poUnds. 510 00:20:22,054 --> 00:20:23,715 - Oh, do Iet me do that for you. 511 00:20:23,723 --> 00:20:25,430 - Darling, l can do it. 512 00:20:26,851 --> 00:20:27,682 Oh. 513 00:20:27,685 --> 00:20:28,516 - Well. 514 00:20:31,188 --> 00:20:34,431 (slow whimsical music) 515 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:40,402 (IaUghs) 516 00:20:41,949 --> 00:20:44,316 - [Matt] What's so funny? 517 00:20:44,326 --> 00:20:47,660 - Samoa, Samarra, 518 00:20:47,663 --> 00:20:51,702 Samarkand, SIoUghboroUgh. 519 00:20:51,709 --> 00:20:53,950 (chUckles) 520 00:21:02,178 --> 00:21:04,419 - Before we go in, there's something 521 00:21:04,430 --> 00:21:06,888 I think I shoUId tell yoU about Mrs. Fazackalee. 522 00:21:06,891 --> 00:21:09,929 You see, Mrs. Fazackalee and your great-uncle were, 523 00:21:12,104 --> 00:21:15,563 that is to say, their relationship wasn't entirely, 524 00:21:16,692 --> 00:21:18,478 well, how shall I put it, um-- 525 00:21:18,486 --> 00:21:20,898 - YoU've already pUt it very eloqUently. 526 00:21:20,905 --> 00:21:22,111 Your family. 527 00:21:24,408 --> 00:21:27,400 - Oh, and, and one other thing. 528 00:21:27,411 --> 00:21:28,617 If l were yoU, I shoUIdn't say anything to these three 529 00:21:28,621 --> 00:21:30,988 about wanting to sell the place. 530 00:21:30,998 --> 00:21:32,739 They mUst think yoU mean to open. 531 00:21:32,750 --> 00:21:34,115 Small town Iike this, yoU know. 532 00:21:34,126 --> 00:21:34,991 Things get aboUt. 533 00:21:35,002 --> 00:21:35,833 - Quite. 534 00:21:36,837 --> 00:21:40,580 (whimsical mysterious music) 535 00:21:48,474 --> 00:21:52,183 - Good morning, Mrs. Fazackalee, Mr. QUill, Tom. 536 00:21:53,103 --> 00:21:54,935 May I introduce Mr. and Mrs. Spenser, 537 00:21:54,939 --> 00:21:56,680 the new owners of the BijoU. 538 00:21:57,691 --> 00:21:59,477 Mrs. Fazackalee, the cashier. 539 00:21:59,485 --> 00:22:00,316 - How do yoU do? 540 00:22:00,319 --> 00:22:01,684 - How do yoU do, Mrs. Fazackalee? 541 00:22:03,781 --> 00:22:05,488 - Mr. QUill, the projectionist. 542 00:22:05,491 --> 00:22:06,606 - How do yoU do? - How do yoU do? 543 00:22:07,743 --> 00:22:08,824 - And how do you do? - How do yoU do? 544 00:22:08,828 --> 00:22:10,944 - And OId, where's he gone? 545 00:22:12,373 --> 00:22:13,283 Oh, it's alright, Tom. 546 00:22:13,290 --> 00:22:15,247 Mr. and Mrs. Spenser jUst want to meet you, 547 00:22:15,251 --> 00:22:17,492 there's nothing to be nervoUs about. 548 00:22:17,503 --> 00:22:18,334 OId Tom , the janitor. 549 00:22:18,337 --> 00:22:19,498 - How are you, sir? 550 00:22:21,048 --> 00:22:21,958 - Yes. 551 00:22:21,966 --> 00:22:24,207 Well, I've asked you all here 552 00:22:24,218 --> 00:22:25,800 because Mr. Spenser woUId Iike to say 553 00:22:25,803 --> 00:22:27,259 a few words to yoU. 554 00:22:27,263 --> 00:22:28,128 Mr. Spenser. 555 00:22:29,431 --> 00:22:31,342 (clears throat) 556 00:22:31,350 --> 00:22:32,181 It's alright, Tom. 557 00:22:32,184 --> 00:22:34,300 Mr. Spenser jUst wants to talk to you. 558 00:22:34,311 --> 00:22:36,302 - What's he going to say? 559 00:22:36,313 --> 00:22:39,931 - Well, I'd Iike to say that-- 560 00:22:39,942 --> 00:22:41,353 - I know who you are. 561 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:42,896 You're Mr. Carter. 562 00:22:42,903 --> 00:22:43,938 - That's right, Tom . 563 00:22:43,946 --> 00:22:45,357 - He thoUght I didn't know him . 564 00:22:45,364 --> 00:22:48,402 Mr. Carter, I've known him since he were a Iad. 565 00:22:48,409 --> 00:22:51,401 - Well, first l'd Iike to say that 566 00:22:51,412 --> 00:22:54,780 although I hadn't seen my great-Uncle for many years, 567 00:22:54,790 --> 00:22:59,034 I was very sorry to hear of his... 568 00:22:59,044 --> 00:22:59,909 (IoUd gasp) 569 00:22:59,920 --> 00:23:01,502 I understand-- 570 00:23:01,505 --> 00:23:03,041 - YoU're not Mr. Carter. 571 00:23:03,048 --> 00:23:04,288 He's Mr. Carter. 572 00:23:05,134 --> 00:23:06,340 - Yes. 573 00:23:06,343 --> 00:23:07,174 - Yeah. 574 00:23:09,305 --> 00:23:12,843 - Well, what I wanted to say this morning was, 575 00:23:12,850 --> 00:23:14,682 that we, 576 00:23:15,853 --> 00:23:18,436 that is wife and I, 577 00:23:18,439 --> 00:23:21,807 we intend to reopen the BijoU, 578 00:23:23,277 --> 00:23:25,188 to reopen it as quickly as possible. 579 00:23:32,661 --> 00:23:33,901 Any questions? 580 00:23:38,792 --> 00:23:40,078 (clears throat) 581 00:23:40,085 --> 00:23:41,371 Mrs. Fazackalee. 582 00:23:41,378 --> 00:23:44,291 - The late Mr. Spenser was going to make 583 00:23:44,298 --> 00:23:46,630 a nUmber of improvements before he... 584 00:23:47,593 --> 00:23:48,424 (sobs) 585 00:23:48,427 --> 00:23:49,883 - Yes, Mrs. Fazackalee? 586 00:23:49,887 --> 00:23:52,299 (blows nose) 587 00:23:53,223 --> 00:23:55,214 - For one thing, he was going to do something 588 00:23:55,225 --> 00:23:56,590 about the rats. 589 00:23:56,602 --> 00:23:57,888 - Rats? 590 00:23:57,895 --> 00:23:59,260 - Yes, yoU see-- 591 00:23:59,271 --> 00:24:00,932 - Tell him about my eqUipment. 592 00:24:01,899 --> 00:24:04,231 - L'm explaining to him about the rats. 593 00:24:04,234 --> 00:24:06,225 - My eqUipment's more important than yoUr rats. 594 00:24:06,236 --> 00:24:07,567 - Did you tell him about my Uniform? 595 00:24:07,571 --> 00:24:09,653 - If you'd kindly permit me to speak. 596 00:24:09,657 --> 00:24:12,695 - Well, I can see that we all have a Iot to talk about, 597 00:24:12,701 --> 00:24:15,443 we mUst discUss it all later. 598 00:24:15,454 --> 00:24:16,910 - Well, I'll be off and Ieave you to it. 599 00:24:16,914 --> 00:24:18,370 You mUst all have a lot to do. 600 00:24:18,374 --> 00:24:19,535 - L'II see yoU out. 601 00:24:19,541 --> 00:24:21,282 - L'II come with you. 602 00:24:21,293 --> 00:24:23,204 (IoUd commotion) 603 00:24:23,212 --> 00:24:25,579 - YoU and your eqUipment, hm? 604 00:24:25,589 --> 00:24:27,751 If you'd spent your time Iooking after it, 605 00:24:27,758 --> 00:24:29,590 instead of boozing away oUt there. 606 00:24:29,593 --> 00:24:30,424 - Boozing? 607 00:24:30,427 --> 00:24:31,258 - Yes. 608 00:24:31,261 --> 00:24:33,343 - YoU stand there and accUse me of boozing? 609 00:24:33,347 --> 00:24:34,257 - Yes, I do. 610 00:24:35,349 --> 00:24:36,464 - Well, I'll let old Hardcastle know 611 00:24:36,475 --> 00:24:37,931 you're proposing to pUt him oUt of business, right? 612 00:24:37,935 --> 00:24:39,425 - Right. 613 00:24:39,436 --> 00:24:41,848 - And don't Iet those three in there Upset yoU. 614 00:24:41,855 --> 00:24:43,266 It's just that they've been in the old FIeapit 615 00:24:43,273 --> 00:24:44,104 a bit too Iong. 616 00:24:44,108 --> 00:24:44,939 Bye. 617 00:24:44,942 --> 00:24:46,057 - Bye. 618 00:24:46,068 --> 00:24:47,183 - FIeapit? 619 00:24:47,194 --> 00:24:48,605 More Iike the Snakepit. 620 00:24:49,822 --> 00:24:51,483 - YoU kept it rUnning? 621 00:24:51,490 --> 00:24:52,321 - I kept-- 622 00:24:52,324 --> 00:24:53,359 623 00:24:53,367 --> 00:24:54,198 - I did . 624 00:24:54,201 --> 00:24:55,032 - Why, if it wasn't for me, 625 00:24:55,035 --> 00:24:57,777 poor Mr. Spenser woUId've gone out of bUsiness years ago. 626 00:24:57,788 --> 00:24:59,449 - YoU and Mr. Spenser? 627 00:24:59,456 --> 00:25:01,197 Oh, yes! 628 00:25:01,208 --> 00:25:04,121 We know all aboUt yoU and Mr. Spenser. 629 00:25:04,128 --> 00:25:04,993 - How dare yoU! 630 00:25:05,004 --> 00:25:07,621 You Unspeakable, drunken blackgUard! 631 00:25:07,631 --> 00:25:10,498 - [Tom] Mr. Spenser promised me a Uniform 632 00:25:10,509 --> 00:25:13,467 like the man at the Grand has. 633 00:25:13,470 --> 00:25:15,802 - L've got my troUbles too, haven't I? 634 00:25:17,433 --> 00:25:19,390 - Is anything wrong? 635 00:25:19,393 --> 00:25:21,851 - Mr. Spenser promised me a Uniform, 636 00:25:21,854 --> 00:25:24,061 like the man at the, who are you? 637 00:25:25,566 --> 00:25:27,102 - He's Mr. Spenser. 638 00:25:27,109 --> 00:25:27,940 - Is he? 639 00:25:27,943 --> 00:25:30,731 - Yes, I'm Mr. Spenser, Tom . 640 00:25:30,738 --> 00:25:32,524 Mr. Carter jUst introduced us. 641 00:25:32,531 --> 00:25:34,647 - Well, he promised me a uniform. 642 00:25:34,658 --> 00:25:36,444 JUst Iike the man at the Grand has. 643 00:25:36,452 --> 00:25:37,567 He promised me. 644 00:25:37,578 --> 00:25:38,864 - Well, I'm sure we'II get aroUnd 645 00:25:38,871 --> 00:25:40,987 to all of your problems in time. 646 00:25:40,998 --> 00:25:42,329 Right? 647 00:25:42,332 --> 00:25:45,040 BUt first, well, I've gotta see if I can Iearn 648 00:25:45,044 --> 00:25:46,910 how my great-uncle ran his bUsiness. 649 00:25:47,963 --> 00:25:49,624 Is that alright with you, Mrs. Fazackalee? 650 00:25:49,631 --> 00:25:51,588 - If those are your wishes, certainly. 651 00:25:52,676 --> 00:25:54,417 - See yoU two later. 652 00:25:54,428 --> 00:25:55,338 - He's going to see us Iater. 653 00:25:55,345 --> 00:25:56,631 - Yeah, yeah. 654 00:25:59,183 --> 00:26:01,174 - This is fantastic. 655 00:26:01,185 --> 00:26:03,392 - What? 656 00:26:03,395 --> 00:26:04,351 Who are yoU? 657 00:26:06,815 --> 00:26:08,681 - Well, Mrs. Fazackalee, 658 00:26:08,692 --> 00:26:10,182 I don't know very much about bookkeeping, 659 00:26:10,194 --> 00:26:12,481 but it seems to me these figures 660 00:26:12,488 --> 00:26:13,853 don't make any sense at all! 661 00:26:13,864 --> 00:26:15,821 - I beg yoUr pardon! 662 00:26:15,824 --> 00:26:18,316 - Didn't my great-uncle keep any proper accounts? 663 00:26:19,244 --> 00:26:21,827 - YoUr great-uncle never kept anything, Mr. Spenser, 664 00:26:21,830 --> 00:26:23,571 that wasn't perfectly proper. 665 00:26:23,582 --> 00:26:24,913 - Oh, of coUrse. 666 00:26:24,917 --> 00:26:25,998 Of coUrse. 667 00:26:26,001 --> 00:26:29,414 BUt, well, what are these, for instance? 668 00:26:29,421 --> 00:26:33,506 Groceries, farm produce, miscellaneoUs donations? 669 00:26:33,509 --> 00:26:36,592 - YoU see, the Iate Mr. Spenser always foUnd 670 00:26:36,595 --> 00:26:39,428 that the only way to rUn the kinema successfUIIy 671 00:26:39,431 --> 00:26:43,265 was by having a great many private Understandings. 672 00:26:43,268 --> 00:26:45,600 - What sort of understandings? 673 00:26:45,604 --> 00:26:47,720 - Complimentary seats were always granted to anyone 674 00:26:47,731 --> 00:26:49,722 who made any contribution. 675 00:26:49,733 --> 00:26:52,145 - If a farmer gave my great-Uncle a chicken, 676 00:26:52,152 --> 00:26:53,438 his family got in for nothing? 677 00:26:53,445 --> 00:26:54,776 - That's it exactly. 678 00:26:54,780 --> 00:26:57,397 - But what aboUt the entertainments tax? 679 00:26:57,407 --> 00:26:59,273 SUrely by not selling tickets, 680 00:27:00,285 --> 00:27:01,775 he was defraUding the Chancellor of the Exchequer. 681 00:27:01,787 --> 00:27:04,495 - It only seems Iike that, Mr. Spenser. 682 00:27:05,374 --> 00:27:07,786 BUt as the Iate Mr. Spenser always pointed oUt, 683 00:27:07,793 --> 00:27:10,501 you coUId hardly send, well, 684 00:27:10,504 --> 00:27:14,463 a third of a chicken to the Chancellor of the Exchequer. 685 00:27:14,466 --> 00:27:15,297 Now coUId yoU? 686 00:27:17,511 --> 00:27:19,127 Oh, just before you go, 687 00:27:19,138 --> 00:27:21,345 I think I ought to tell yoU, Mr. Spenser, 688 00:27:21,348 --> 00:27:23,760 that unless something is done about Mr. Quill, 689 00:27:23,767 --> 00:27:26,930 I am not prepared to continUe in my present position. 690 00:27:26,937 --> 00:27:27,722 - Oh? 691 00:27:27,729 --> 00:27:30,016 - I can no longer tolerate his insUIting, 692 00:27:30,023 --> 00:27:31,684 and unseemly behavioUr. 693 00:27:31,692 --> 00:27:34,525 - Well, what are you sUggesting, Mrs. Fazackalee? 694 00:27:34,528 --> 00:27:37,441 That I shoUId give him the sack? 695 00:27:37,447 --> 00:27:39,313 - Sack Mr. Quill? 696 00:27:39,324 --> 00:27:42,066 Sack Mr. Quill? 697 00:27:42,077 --> 00:27:44,409 Oh, I'm afraid that would be quite out of the question, 698 00:27:44,413 --> 00:27:47,030 on account of the projection eqUipment, you know. 699 00:27:47,040 --> 00:27:49,498 Nobody else coUId possibly Understand it. 700 00:27:49,501 --> 00:27:52,835 In fact, in 1 937, when Mr. Quill had to go 701 00:27:52,838 --> 00:27:54,044 and have his appendix oUt, 702 00:27:54,047 --> 00:27:56,209 and the late Mr. Spenser called in another 703 00:27:56,216 --> 00:27:58,127 projectionist to take over, 704 00:27:58,135 --> 00:27:59,967 it was only three days before he had 705 00:27:59,970 --> 00:28:01,836 to have his appendix oUt. 706 00:28:01,847 --> 00:28:02,678 - Oh. 707 00:28:02,681 --> 00:28:03,512 - No, no. 708 00:28:03,515 --> 00:28:05,051 No, I merely wondered whether yoU would 709 00:28:05,058 --> 00:28:08,141 say something rUde or Unpleasant to him. 710 00:28:09,062 --> 00:28:11,019 - Very well, Mrs. Fazackalee. 711 00:28:11,023 --> 00:28:13,014 I'II try and think of something to say. 712 00:28:13,025 --> 00:28:13,856 Excuse me. 713 00:28:17,654 --> 00:28:19,770 - Ah, well, well. 714 00:28:19,781 --> 00:28:21,522 Well, I wonder whether I could have 715 00:28:21,533 --> 00:28:23,319 a word with yoU , Mr. Spenser. 716 00:28:23,327 --> 00:28:25,659 - Well, if it's about your eqUipment, Mr. QUill, I-- 717 00:28:25,662 --> 00:28:28,074 - No, what eqUipment? 718 00:28:28,081 --> 00:28:29,242 - Well, the equip-- 719 00:28:29,249 --> 00:28:30,330 - No, no, no. 720 00:28:32,586 --> 00:28:33,667 It's aboUt... 721 00:28:35,130 --> 00:28:37,121 It's aboUt that woman, sir. 722 00:28:37,132 --> 00:28:38,372 That Mrs. Fazackalee. 723 00:28:38,383 --> 00:28:40,124 She's a troUblemaker, sir. 724 00:28:40,135 --> 00:28:42,297 She does nothing else but make troUble. 725 00:28:42,304 --> 00:28:43,965 Make trouble here, make trouble there. 726 00:28:43,972 --> 00:28:45,087 - Oh. 727 00:28:45,098 --> 00:28:46,008 Yes, well-- 728 00:28:46,016 --> 00:28:49,725 - Well, now that the old scoUndrel's dead... 729 00:28:49,728 --> 00:28:51,184 Oh, I beg your pardon, sir. 730 00:28:51,188 --> 00:28:52,724 No offence intended , I assure yoU. 731 00:28:52,731 --> 00:28:55,223 BUt now that the old gentleman's gone 732 00:28:55,234 --> 00:28:56,850 to his dear rest, 733 00:28:56,860 --> 00:28:58,692 do we have to have that awful old hag 734 00:28:58,695 --> 00:29:00,106 hanging aroUnd this place? 735 00:29:00,113 --> 00:29:01,353 - What do you suggest l do? 736 00:29:01,365 --> 00:29:02,355 Sack her? 737 00:29:02,366 --> 00:29:04,607 - Sack Mrs. Fazackalee? 738 00:29:05,744 --> 00:29:08,111 I don't think you properly appreciate 739 00:29:08,121 --> 00:29:10,032 the position, Mr. Spenser. 740 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:13,328 Mrs. Fazackalee's been here since the silent days. 741 00:29:13,335 --> 00:29:15,076 She Used to play the piano. 742 00:29:15,087 --> 00:29:18,500 She's the only one what knows how this place runs! 743 00:29:18,507 --> 00:29:20,418 Sack Mrs. Fazackalee? 744 00:29:20,425 --> 00:29:22,883 You'II be wanting to sack Old Tom next. 745 00:29:24,137 --> 00:29:25,627 - I see. 746 00:29:25,639 --> 00:29:26,845 What you really mean is, 747 00:29:26,848 --> 00:29:29,055 you just want me to say something 748 00:29:29,059 --> 00:29:32,017 rude and Unpleasant to her. 749 00:29:32,020 --> 00:29:33,306 - Yes. 750 00:29:33,313 --> 00:29:34,144 Yes. 751 00:29:34,147 --> 00:29:35,228 (chUckles) 752 00:29:35,232 --> 00:29:36,063 753 00:29:36,066 --> 00:29:37,556 754 00:29:37,567 --> 00:29:40,184 Well, I'll try to think of something to say. 755 00:29:42,072 --> 00:29:42,903 - Yes. 756 00:29:43,865 --> 00:29:45,981 (phone rings) 757 00:29:45,993 --> 00:29:47,324 - Good morning. 758 00:29:47,327 --> 00:29:49,284 Bijou Kinema at your service. 759 00:29:50,789 --> 00:29:51,620 Who? 760 00:29:52,624 --> 00:29:54,615 What, haven't yoU heard? 761 00:29:55,627 --> 00:29:57,664 Oh, yes. (chuckles) 762 00:29:57,671 --> 00:29:59,708 Yes, this Mr. Spenser. 763 00:29:59,715 --> 00:30:01,376 (chUckles) Of course. 764 00:30:01,383 --> 00:30:03,499 JUst hold on a moment please, 765 00:30:03,510 --> 00:30:05,672 while l hand him the telephone. 766 00:30:05,679 --> 00:30:07,920 - Thank you, Mrs. Fazackalee. 767 00:30:07,931 --> 00:30:08,762 Hello? 768 00:30:08,765 --> 00:30:11,382 - Well, Hardcastle seems to be falling for it, alright. 769 00:30:11,393 --> 00:30:13,225 - Yes, fine. 770 00:30:13,228 --> 00:30:14,263 - The old wotsit may not move 771 00:30:14,271 --> 00:30:16,808 Until he's absolutely convinced you're not blUffing. 772 00:30:16,815 --> 00:30:17,646 What? 773 00:30:17,649 --> 00:30:19,139 Well, yoU must be convincing. 774 00:30:19,151 --> 00:30:21,142 Spend a few pounds as ostentatioUsly 775 00:30:21,153 --> 00:30:22,484 as possible, of coUrse. 776 00:30:22,487 --> 00:30:24,649 In my judgement , yoU'll get it all back. 777 00:30:24,656 --> 00:30:27,148 (grand mUsic) 778 00:30:43,884 --> 00:30:46,626 (train whistles) 779 00:30:55,937 --> 00:30:59,146 (Iight bulbs rustling) 780 00:31:03,528 --> 00:31:06,361 (whimsical mUsic) 781 00:31:23,006 --> 00:31:24,496 (IoUd yell) 782 00:31:24,508 --> 00:31:25,498 - Mr. QUill! 783 00:31:33,183 --> 00:31:34,423 - They're going ahead, alright. 784 00:31:34,434 --> 00:31:35,970 No doUbt aboUt that, Albert. 785 00:31:37,187 --> 00:31:37,972 - Aye. 786 00:31:40,774 --> 00:31:42,264 - 11 o'clock you said he said . 787 00:31:42,275 --> 00:31:43,185 It's 1 0 past now. 788 00:31:43,193 --> 00:31:44,308 - Perhaps you're fast, darling. 789 00:31:44,319 --> 00:31:45,150 - Perhaps he's changed his mind . 790 00:31:45,153 --> 00:31:46,985 - Look here, if you two carry on Iike this 791 00:31:46,988 --> 00:31:47,853 when he shows up, 792 00:31:47,864 --> 00:31:49,650 he'II offer yoU a fiver for the place. 793 00:31:49,658 --> 00:31:50,693 For goodness sake, remember. 794 00:31:50,700 --> 00:31:52,862 You're the reluctant sellers, he's the anxioUs... 795 00:31:52,869 --> 00:31:53,859 (door knocks) 796 00:31:53,870 --> 00:31:54,826 That's our boy. 797 00:31:57,666 --> 00:31:58,701 - Good morning to ya. 798 00:31:58,708 --> 00:32:00,164 Good morning. 799 00:32:00,168 --> 00:32:00,999 - Good morning. - Good morning. 800 00:32:01,002 --> 00:32:01,833 - Mr. Hardcastle. 801 00:32:01,837 --> 00:32:02,668 - Good morning, Mrs. Spenser. 802 00:32:02,671 --> 00:32:04,662 Ah, I see yoU've cleaned the whole place up a bit. 803 00:32:04,673 --> 00:32:05,504 (chUckles) 804 00:32:05,507 --> 00:32:07,248 Ah well, it needed it. 805 00:32:07,259 --> 00:32:09,091 And I give yoU a capital E for effort, Iad. 806 00:32:09,094 --> 00:32:10,710 Both of ya. (IaUghs) 807 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:12,302 - Well, we haven't really started yet, 808 00:32:12,305 --> 00:32:13,340 have we darling? 809 00:32:13,348 --> 00:32:14,930 We'II need a good deal of time before-- 810 00:32:14,933 --> 00:32:16,549 - Hold on a minute, that's what I wanted to see you aboUt. 811 00:32:16,560 --> 00:32:17,721 812 00:32:17,727 --> 00:32:18,637 - Oh, thank you. 813 00:32:19,479 --> 00:32:20,560 It won't do, you know, it won't do. 814 00:32:20,564 --> 00:32:22,680 A nice young coUple like yourselves. 815 00:32:22,691 --> 00:32:25,149 You've no business in this business. 816 00:32:25,152 --> 00:32:26,233 If you'd seen yoUr great-uncle, 817 00:32:26,236 --> 00:32:27,192 what it did for him in the end, 818 00:32:27,195 --> 00:32:29,812 and that old Battle Axe Fazackalee. 819 00:32:29,823 --> 00:32:31,655 I remember when she was a wee slip of a thing. 820 00:32:31,658 --> 00:32:32,489 Pretty as a pictUre. 821 00:32:32,492 --> 00:32:34,028 A B picture mark, yoU . 822 00:32:34,035 --> 00:32:35,366 (IaUghing) 823 00:32:35,370 --> 00:32:36,485 No, I'd have been round here sooner 824 00:32:36,496 --> 00:32:37,406 only it took me some time 825 00:32:37,414 --> 00:32:39,325 to convince my partners that we should 826 00:32:40,208 --> 00:32:41,164 raise our offer. 827 00:32:41,168 --> 00:32:43,125 - Oh, darling, yoU're not going to sell now after-- 828 00:32:43,128 --> 00:32:44,368 - Oh, it's alright, darling. 829 00:32:44,379 --> 00:32:45,710 There's no harm in hearing 830 00:32:45,714 --> 00:32:47,375 what Mr. Hardcastle has to say. 831 00:32:47,382 --> 00:32:49,840 - And what I have to say lad, is this. 832 00:32:49,843 --> 00:32:52,881 I'm prepared to offer you 1 ,5OO pounds. 833 00:32:53,472 --> 00:32:56,385 1 ,500 pounds. 834 00:32:57,559 --> 00:32:59,766 - L'm afraid we're all wasting time, Mr. Hardcastle. 835 00:32:59,769 --> 00:33:00,634 - Oh, a few weeks ago, 836 00:33:00,645 --> 00:33:01,885 my clients were more than willing 837 00:33:01,897 --> 00:33:03,103 to negotiate a sale. 838 00:33:03,106 --> 00:33:04,346 BUt then of coUrse, they had no intention 839 00:33:04,357 --> 00:33:05,518 of opening up the Bijou. 840 00:33:05,525 --> 00:33:06,936 - And making it oUr home. 841 00:33:06,943 --> 00:33:08,183 - Yes, they've already invested 842 00:33:08,195 --> 00:33:09,731 a Iot of capital in this place, you know. 843 00:33:09,738 --> 00:33:11,320 - Oh, I know, I know. 844 00:33:11,323 --> 00:33:13,735 BUt you didn't expect me to make my best offer 845 00:33:13,742 --> 00:33:15,904 straight outright, did yoU? (IaUghs) 846 00:33:15,911 --> 00:33:17,072 - What is yoUr best offer? 847 00:33:17,078 --> 00:33:19,240 - Well, I'm authorised to go to the sum 848 00:33:19,247 --> 00:33:21,079 of 2,000 pounds. 849 00:33:23,585 --> 00:33:24,416 In cash. 850 00:33:25,504 --> 00:33:26,744 - Mr. Hardcastle. 851 00:33:26,755 --> 00:33:28,211 What you and yoUr partners are overlooking 852 00:33:28,215 --> 00:33:30,252 is the wonderfUI challenge the Bijou 853 00:33:30,258 --> 00:33:31,123 presents to my clients. 854 00:33:31,134 --> 00:33:33,717 - Why, in six months time, we'II say a year. 855 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:35,381 In a year's time, we hope to have-- 856 00:33:35,388 --> 00:33:36,799 - Well, goodbye Iad. 857 00:33:36,806 --> 00:33:37,716 - Are yoU going? 858 00:33:37,724 --> 00:33:39,055 - Goodbye, Mrs. Spenser. 859 00:33:39,059 --> 00:33:40,049 - Goodbye, Mr. Hardcastle. 860 00:33:40,060 --> 00:33:41,550 Thank you for coming. 861 00:33:42,562 --> 00:33:43,472 - Goodbye, Mr. Carter. 862 00:33:43,480 --> 00:33:44,436 - Goodbye. 863 00:33:44,439 --> 00:33:45,270 Now what were we saying? 864 00:33:45,273 --> 00:33:47,310 Yes, I think you should install CinemaScope. 865 00:33:47,317 --> 00:33:49,308 Full stereophonic sound, the lot. 866 00:33:49,319 --> 00:33:51,151 No expense spared. 867 00:33:51,154 --> 00:33:52,235 - I agree. 868 00:33:52,239 --> 00:33:53,274 Well, we've got to make the BijoU 869 00:33:53,281 --> 00:33:54,521 the best Iittle cinema 870 00:33:54,533 --> 00:33:56,570 in this part of the country. (chuckles) 871 00:33:56,576 --> 00:33:57,907 By the time we're finished with it, 872 00:33:57,911 --> 00:34:00,949 people will be coming from miles around. 873 00:34:00,956 --> 00:34:01,787 - And-- 874 00:34:01,790 --> 00:34:03,622 - It's alright, it's alright, he's gone. 875 00:34:03,625 --> 00:34:05,582 - I say, you don't think we overdid things, do yoU? 876 00:34:05,585 --> 00:34:06,416 - Not a bit. 877 00:34:06,419 --> 00:34:08,035 Mark my words, within 24 hours, 878 00:34:08,046 --> 00:34:09,377 he'II be back with a bigger offer. 879 00:34:09,381 --> 00:34:10,212 All yoU've got to do now 880 00:34:10,215 --> 00:34:11,046 is sit down and wait. 881 00:34:11,049 --> 00:34:13,165 And give me a ring when he turns up, eh? 882 00:34:13,176 --> 00:34:14,211 - What do we do if he doesn't? 883 00:34:14,219 --> 00:34:15,209 - Oh, he will, don't worry. 884 00:34:15,220 --> 00:34:17,257 Hardcastle needs that carpark badly, 885 00:34:17,264 --> 00:34:18,971 and he's got to bUy the BijoU to get it. 886 00:34:18,974 --> 00:34:20,305 - Well, one thing seems pretty certain, 887 00:34:20,308 --> 00:34:21,764 he thinks we intend running the place. 888 00:34:21,768 --> 00:34:24,760 - [Matt] The moment we've cashed his check, I tell him. 889 00:34:24,771 --> 00:34:26,682 Nothing on earth would've indUced Us 890 00:34:26,690 --> 00:34:28,431 to open this dUmp. 891 00:34:28,441 --> 00:34:31,183 (dramatic mUsic) 892 00:35:06,271 --> 00:35:08,683 (bell rings) 893 00:35:15,030 --> 00:35:16,486 - CUp of tea please, Miss. 894 00:35:19,367 --> 00:35:20,778 Alright, alright. 895 00:35:21,995 --> 00:35:24,987 Not worth talking to, I know that. 896 00:35:24,998 --> 00:35:26,204 Got no proper Uniform, 897 00:35:26,207 --> 00:35:28,244 I haven't even got a proper hat. 898 00:35:29,377 --> 00:35:31,493 He promised me, and then he had to go and die. 899 00:35:31,504 --> 00:35:32,619 - Why don't you get your new bosses 900 00:35:32,631 --> 00:35:33,496 to buy you a Uniform? 901 00:35:33,506 --> 00:35:35,213 - They won't bUy me nothing. 902 00:35:35,216 --> 00:35:36,047 - Why not? 903 00:35:36,051 --> 00:35:37,257 They seem to be a couple of mUgs. 904 00:35:37,260 --> 00:35:38,216 Must be if they're opening up 905 00:35:38,219 --> 00:35:39,459 the new Fleapit, eh Dolly? 906 00:35:39,471 --> 00:35:42,054 - They're not opening it. 907 00:35:42,057 --> 00:35:42,888 - What? 908 00:35:42,891 --> 00:35:44,256 - Didn't tell Us nothing aboUt it. 909 00:35:45,435 --> 00:35:48,393 Us who've been there 30 year. 910 00:35:48,396 --> 00:35:50,478 Except me, I've been there 40 year. 911 00:35:50,482 --> 00:35:51,938 - What haven't they told yoU, Tom? 912 00:35:51,941 --> 00:35:56,401 - They're only doing it so Mr. Hardcastle will bUy it. 913 00:35:56,404 --> 00:35:58,816 They don't want to run the old BijoU . 914 00:35:59,741 --> 00:36:01,607 Never meant to rUn it, 915 00:36:01,618 --> 00:36:04,360 never meant to get me no Uniform neither. 916 00:36:06,164 --> 00:36:07,746 - If they really mean business, 917 00:36:07,749 --> 00:36:09,410 there's only one thing to do, AIbert, 918 00:36:09,417 --> 00:36:10,873 and that's stUmp Up. 919 00:36:10,877 --> 00:36:12,993 - Ah, but it's giving best to a couple of yoUngsters 920 00:36:13,004 --> 00:36:13,960 that l don't like, Fred. 921 00:36:13,963 --> 00:36:15,829 - YoU mUstn't Iet your personal feelings 922 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:18,081 interfere with business, AIbert! 923 00:36:18,093 --> 00:36:19,754 That carpark's worth more to us 924 00:36:19,761 --> 00:36:21,877 than the 5,OOO. 925 00:36:21,888 --> 00:36:22,719 - Oh, I know. 926 00:36:23,807 --> 00:36:24,638 Oh well. 927 00:36:24,641 --> 00:36:26,302 If we must, we mUst, l suppose. 928 00:36:28,812 --> 00:36:30,268 Get me the BijoU. 929 00:36:30,271 --> 00:36:31,102 Come in! 930 00:36:33,066 --> 00:36:35,057 - Can I have a word with yoU , sir? 931 00:36:35,068 --> 00:36:35,899 - We shoUIdn't waste too mUch time 932 00:36:35,902 --> 00:36:36,937 on this place, darling. 933 00:36:36,945 --> 00:36:37,776 - I thought we oUght to give him 934 00:36:37,779 --> 00:36:39,690 something clean for his 5,000. 935 00:36:39,698 --> 00:36:41,939 - YoU know, I've been thinking. 936 00:36:41,950 --> 00:36:44,533 There's one thing aboUt this situation that worries me. 937 00:36:44,536 --> 00:36:45,367 - What? 938 00:36:45,370 --> 00:36:47,031 - L'II bet if the old man had made a proper will, 939 00:36:47,038 --> 00:36:47,869 he woUId've Ieft this place 940 00:36:47,872 --> 00:36:49,454 to those three old goons. 941 00:36:49,457 --> 00:36:51,744 I mean, why shoUIdn't he? 942 00:36:51,751 --> 00:36:53,116 He didn't even know l existed . 943 00:36:53,128 --> 00:36:53,959 - Well? 944 00:36:53,962 --> 00:36:54,918 - Well, so I haven't really come 945 00:36:54,921 --> 00:36:56,002 into my inheritance, have l? 946 00:36:56,005 --> 00:36:57,120 I've come into theirs. 947 00:36:58,133 --> 00:37:00,625 When we get that 5,00O poUnds out of old Hardcastle, 948 00:37:00,635 --> 00:37:01,841 we ought to give them a fair share. 949 00:37:01,845 --> 00:37:02,676 - Oh, Matt. 950 00:37:02,679 --> 00:37:03,714 You've no idea how pleased I am 951 00:37:03,722 --> 00:37:04,837 to hear yoU say that. 952 00:37:04,848 --> 00:37:06,464 You know, I've really begun to quite like them. 953 00:37:06,474 --> 00:37:07,305 (phone rings) 954 00:37:07,308 --> 00:37:08,639 Matt, yoU're sweet. 955 00:37:08,643 --> 00:37:10,884 - [Carter] Matt, Hardcastle's foUnd out! 956 00:37:10,895 --> 00:37:12,477 - But how coUId he have found oUt? 957 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:13,686 - I just don't know. 958 00:37:13,690 --> 00:37:15,431 BUt he knows yoU're blUffing. 959 00:37:15,442 --> 00:37:16,807 Look, I better come roUnd. 960 00:37:18,695 --> 00:37:20,561 He says he's still willing to give you the 750 961 00:37:20,572 --> 00:37:22,154 when yoU decide yoU've had enough. 962 00:37:22,157 --> 00:37:23,397 - Well, that tears it. 963 00:37:23,408 --> 00:37:25,490 - It certainly does. 964 00:37:25,493 --> 00:37:27,530 - I mUst say, I feel very largely to blame 965 00:37:27,537 --> 00:37:28,402 for this situation. 966 00:37:28,413 --> 00:37:29,744 If l hadn't urged yoU to hold oUt-- 967 00:37:29,748 --> 00:37:30,579 - Of course you're not to blame. 968 00:37:30,582 --> 00:37:32,038 - Oh, Robin, you mUstn't even think of it. 969 00:37:32,041 --> 00:37:34,282 The point is, what do we do now? 970 00:37:35,211 --> 00:37:36,952 - YoU know, when yoU think aboUt it, 971 00:37:36,963 --> 00:37:39,000 the sitUation hasn't really changed. 972 00:37:39,007 --> 00:37:40,543 The fact that Hardcastle's foUnd oUt 973 00:37:40,550 --> 00:37:41,381 and reduced his offer 974 00:37:41,384 --> 00:37:42,465 doesn't alter the basic fact 975 00:37:42,469 --> 00:37:44,301 that he still wants to buy the Bijou. 976 00:37:44,304 --> 00:37:46,386 He thinks yoU'll panic and accept the 750. 977 00:37:46,389 --> 00:37:48,471 - Well, I'm in a panic. 978 00:37:48,475 --> 00:37:49,590 - Have we any alternative? 979 00:37:49,601 --> 00:37:50,511 - YoU have one. 980 00:37:50,518 --> 00:37:51,428 - What's that? 981 00:37:51,436 --> 00:37:54,428 - Well, I hesitate to mention it. 982 00:37:54,439 --> 00:37:55,270 - [Jean] Oh, don't. 983 00:37:55,273 --> 00:37:56,104 Please, Robin. 984 00:37:57,108 --> 00:37:59,941 - Well, open the cinema. 985 00:37:59,944 --> 00:38:00,979 RUn the place. 986 00:38:02,655 --> 00:38:03,690 - RUn the place? 987 00:38:03,698 --> 00:38:04,563 - [Robin] Why not? 988 00:38:06,826 --> 00:38:10,569 - YoU mean, actUally show pictures? 989 00:38:10,580 --> 00:38:12,070 - Yes, sooner or Iater he'll have to 990 00:38:12,081 --> 00:38:13,196 raise his offer again. 991 00:38:13,208 --> 00:38:14,619 - Stay here? 992 00:38:14,626 --> 00:38:18,540 You mean, stay here and really try to... 993 00:38:18,546 --> 00:38:20,378 No, no, no, no, no. 994 00:38:20,381 --> 00:38:21,963 Now, wait a minUte. 995 00:38:21,966 --> 00:38:23,923 You want Us to live here? 996 00:38:23,927 --> 00:38:25,383 To be stuck in this place? 997 00:38:25,386 --> 00:38:28,219 (Jean IaUghs) 998 00:38:28,223 --> 00:38:29,554 Do yoU mind telling me what single aspect 999 00:38:29,557 --> 00:38:30,718 of this sitUation strikes you 1000 00:38:30,725 --> 00:38:32,466 as being even remotely amusing? 1001 00:38:32,477 --> 00:38:34,218 - Oh, I'm sorry, darling. 1002 00:38:34,229 --> 00:38:36,311 It's just that there's something so terribly logical 1003 00:38:36,314 --> 00:38:39,397 about being stuck in a place that makes glUe. 1004 00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,516 (IaUghs) 1005 00:38:41,528 --> 00:38:42,859 - And that was our plan. 1006 00:38:42,862 --> 00:38:45,604 It's true, we didn't intend to open the Bijou again. 1007 00:38:45,615 --> 00:38:47,606 BUt jUst to sell it for as mUch as we coUId get. 1008 00:38:47,617 --> 00:38:49,984 BUt becaUse we feel that this place 1009 00:38:49,994 --> 00:38:52,031 is as much yours as it is oUrs, 1010 00:38:52,038 --> 00:38:53,244 we were going to see that you were all 1011 00:38:53,248 --> 00:38:54,784 well looked after. 1012 00:38:54,791 --> 00:38:57,328 Somehow or other, we don't know how, 1013 00:38:57,335 --> 00:38:59,417 Mr. Hardcastle found oUt. 1014 00:38:59,420 --> 00:39:01,502 Now all he'II give us 750 pounds, 1015 00:39:01,506 --> 00:39:03,998 which will hardly cover the debts. 1016 00:39:04,008 --> 00:39:04,839 Wait a minute, Tom . 1017 00:39:04,843 --> 00:39:06,049 I haven't finished yet. 1018 00:39:06,052 --> 00:39:07,338 Robin, go and explain to him, will yoU? 1019 00:39:07,345 --> 00:39:08,426 - Right. 1020 00:39:08,429 --> 00:39:12,093 - Well, we decided, my wife and I , 1021 00:39:12,100 --> 00:39:14,057 to really open the Bijou, 1022 00:39:14,060 --> 00:39:15,550 and once more, to make a sUccess of it. 1023 00:39:15,562 --> 00:39:16,393 - We've got to. 1024 00:39:16,396 --> 00:39:18,103 - If ever Hardcastle changes his mind 1025 00:39:18,106 --> 00:39:19,688 and we make a sale, 1026 00:39:19,691 --> 00:39:22,023 we'II see yoU all get a fair share. 1027 00:39:22,026 --> 00:39:25,564 - Well, I hardly know what to say, I'm sure. 1028 00:39:25,572 --> 00:39:27,734 It's very good of you to think of Us all. 1029 00:39:29,075 --> 00:39:30,691 We'II do the very best we can, 1030 00:39:30,702 --> 00:39:32,739 I'm sUre, Mr. Spenser. 1031 00:39:32,745 --> 00:39:35,487 JUst as we did in Mr. Spenser's day. 1032 00:39:35,498 --> 00:39:36,909 Thank you. 1033 00:39:36,916 --> 00:39:41,911 - Thank you, Mrs. Fazackalee. 1034 00:39:45,675 --> 00:39:46,631 - Yeah. 1035 00:39:49,178 --> 00:39:50,589 Well, Mr. Spenser. 1036 00:39:51,472 --> 00:39:52,462 It's Iike this here. 1037 00:39:53,391 --> 00:39:55,257 I woUld Iike you to know, 1038 00:39:56,686 --> 00:39:58,597 well I appreciate what you said, 1039 00:39:58,605 --> 00:40:00,972 and what you're trying to do. 1040 00:40:00,982 --> 00:40:05,101 And believe me, l don't say this Iightly, 1041 00:40:05,111 --> 00:40:07,899 I am absolUtely determined 1042 00:40:07,906 --> 00:40:09,897 that l won't touch another drop, 1043 00:40:10,909 --> 00:40:14,027 not another drop, l won't touch, I won't. 1044 00:40:14,037 --> 00:40:16,449 - Mr. QUill! 1045 00:40:16,456 --> 00:40:18,993 I don't think you may realise, Mr. Spenser, 1046 00:40:19,000 --> 00:40:21,958 what a big sacrifice this may mean for Mr. Quill. 1047 00:40:22,837 --> 00:40:27,172 - Well, thank yoU, Mr. Quill. 1048 00:40:27,175 --> 00:40:29,086 Thank you, Mrs. Fazackalee. 1049 00:40:29,093 --> 00:40:30,583 - We shall really have to do something 1050 00:40:30,595 --> 00:40:32,381 about yoUr equipment now, Mr. Quill. 1051 00:40:32,388 --> 00:40:33,423 - Well, that's very nice of yoU 1052 00:40:33,431 --> 00:40:35,968 to think of my problems, Mrs. Fazackalee. 1053 00:40:37,101 --> 00:40:38,808 I'II get you some poison. 1054 00:40:38,811 --> 00:40:39,721 - What? 1055 00:40:39,729 --> 00:40:40,514 - For your rats, yoU know. 1056 00:40:40,521 --> 00:40:41,602 - Oh yes, l see. 1057 00:40:41,606 --> 00:40:43,313 - It was OId Tom who gave the game away. 1058 00:40:43,316 --> 00:40:45,227 - Oh no! 1059 00:40:45,234 --> 00:40:46,395 - Apparently he overheard something, 1060 00:40:46,402 --> 00:40:47,858 and Hardcastle's commissionaire 1061 00:40:47,862 --> 00:40:49,193 got hold of him. 1062 00:40:49,197 --> 00:40:50,312 The old chap's in terrible shape. 1063 00:40:50,323 --> 00:40:53,236 - Oh darling, yoU must go and say something to him. 1064 00:40:53,242 --> 00:40:54,653 - Well, alright. 1065 00:40:58,790 --> 00:41:00,997 - Everything's perfectly clear to me now. 1066 00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:03,617 We're going to be here for the rest of our lives. 1067 00:41:03,628 --> 00:41:06,746 Matt will end up Iike great-uncle Simon, 1068 00:41:06,756 --> 00:41:08,121 I'II be Mrs. Fazackalee, 1069 00:41:08,132 --> 00:41:09,247 and you'II be OId Tom. 1070 00:41:09,258 --> 00:41:10,748 Isn't that what's gonna happen? 1071 00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:11,591 - Tom. 1072 00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:13,801 - No. 1073 00:41:13,805 --> 00:41:15,921 It were all my faUIt, sir. 1074 00:41:15,932 --> 00:41:19,220 I'II go away, there's no place for me here. 1075 00:41:19,227 --> 00:41:20,342 - Now look here, Tom . 1076 00:41:21,646 --> 00:41:23,182 I tell you what we'II better do. 1077 00:41:24,273 --> 00:41:27,106 I think it's time we boUght yoU that uniform. 1078 00:41:27,110 --> 00:41:30,193 (Iighthearted mUsic) 1079 00:41:43,710 --> 00:41:47,044 - Grand reopening, grand reopening, 1080 00:41:47,046 --> 00:41:49,162 seats at all prices, sir. 1081 00:41:49,173 --> 00:41:51,039 Seats at all prices. 1082 00:41:51,050 --> 00:41:55,214 Seats at all prices, seats at all prices. 1083 00:41:55,221 --> 00:41:56,256 - Any cUstomers yet, Tom? 1084 00:41:56,264 --> 00:41:57,129 - Not yet, sir. 1085 00:41:57,140 --> 00:41:58,346 BUt it's a happy day, sir. 1086 00:41:58,349 --> 00:41:59,714 A very happy day, sir. 1087 00:41:59,726 --> 00:42:01,967 The old BijoU reopened. 1088 00:42:01,978 --> 00:42:02,843 - Yes. 1089 00:42:02,854 --> 00:42:03,889 We're happy too, Tom. 1090 00:42:03,896 --> 00:42:06,729 - Especially now I've got me Uniform, sir. 1091 00:42:06,733 --> 00:42:07,598 - Very smart, Tom . 1092 00:42:08,484 --> 00:42:10,316 - Seats at all prices! 1093 00:42:22,540 --> 00:42:24,372 Seats at all prices, sir. 1094 00:42:37,764 --> 00:42:38,925 Grand reopening! 1095 00:42:38,931 --> 00:42:40,092 - Mr. Spenser. 1096 00:42:41,392 --> 00:42:43,224 Aren't you going to press the bUtton? 1097 00:42:44,228 --> 00:42:45,059 - Button? 1098 00:42:45,063 --> 00:42:45,848 - Yes, the one inside, 1099 00:42:45,855 --> 00:42:47,471 for Mr. QUill to start you. 1100 00:42:47,482 --> 00:42:48,313 - Oh, yes. 1101 00:42:54,739 --> 00:42:56,446 Hold your hat, here goes. 1102 00:42:56,449 --> 00:42:57,564 - Is there any point in starting 1103 00:42:57,575 --> 00:42:59,486 if there's no one here? 1104 00:42:59,494 --> 00:43:01,531 - Well, I sUppose we shoUId show the pictUres 1105 00:43:01,537 --> 00:43:03,153 at the advertised times. 1106 00:43:03,164 --> 00:43:03,995 Otherwise... 1107 00:43:05,750 --> 00:43:07,707 Well, of coUrse we should. 1108 00:43:08,711 --> 00:43:09,542 (bUzzer soUnds) 1109 00:43:09,545 --> 00:43:10,660 - Oh, oh. 1110 00:43:10,671 --> 00:43:11,832 Oh, ooh. 1111 00:43:22,642 --> 00:43:23,473 Ow! 1112 00:43:39,283 --> 00:43:41,695 (reel rolls) 1113 00:43:54,549 --> 00:43:57,291 (dramatic mUsic) 1114 00:44:07,937 --> 00:44:10,349 - Shall we watch for a bit? 1115 00:44:10,356 --> 00:44:11,187 It's free. 1116 00:44:12,066 --> 00:44:13,773 - I woUIdn't miss it for anything. 1117 00:44:18,531 --> 00:44:19,987 - How. 1118 00:44:21,534 --> 00:44:25,277 (speaks in foreign language) 1119 00:44:38,509 --> 00:44:39,419 - How. 1120 00:44:40,595 --> 00:44:41,756 Any cUstomers Upstairs, Mrs. Fazackalee? 1121 00:44:41,762 --> 00:44:45,130 - Well, it's only 25 past five as yet, you know. 1122 00:44:47,727 --> 00:44:50,765 (Iighthearted mUsic) 1123 00:44:57,028 --> 00:44:58,644 (IoUd bang) 1124 00:44:58,654 --> 00:45:01,737 - [Cowboy] Get down, we're in for a fight. 1125 00:45:01,741 --> 00:45:02,572 Keep down. 1126 00:45:04,368 --> 00:45:06,700 (gUn fires) 1127 00:45:11,918 --> 00:45:13,909 - There you are, my boy. 1128 00:45:20,635 --> 00:45:22,171 - Well, don't be all day aboUt it, 1129 00:45:22,178 --> 00:45:24,169 I want to see the flick. 1130 00:45:29,227 --> 00:45:31,719 (gUns firing) 1131 00:45:34,190 --> 00:45:36,852 (intense mUsic) 1132 00:45:45,076 --> 00:45:47,818 (train whistles) 1133 00:46:09,558 --> 00:46:12,300 (horse whinnies) 1134 00:46:14,063 --> 00:46:16,805 (train whistles) 1135 00:46:33,499 --> 00:46:36,332 (aUdience laughs) 1136 00:46:44,844 --> 00:46:46,255 - [Announcer] The train's now standing 1137 00:46:46,262 --> 00:46:48,219 at number three platform. 1138 00:46:48,222 --> 00:46:51,340 Is the train for FIagport, Riverford, 1139 00:46:51,350 --> 00:46:53,011 and North Hampshire. 1140 00:46:58,024 --> 00:47:00,607 (IoUd banging) 1141 00:47:23,299 --> 00:47:27,213 - [Man] It's the Sheriff and his posse! 1142 00:47:27,219 --> 00:47:29,711 (gUns firing) 1143 00:47:33,684 --> 00:47:36,426 (aUdience jeers) 1144 00:47:49,742 --> 00:47:50,573 - Mr. QUill! 1145 00:47:50,576 --> 00:47:52,192 - Nothing to worry about, Mr. Spenser. 1146 00:47:52,203 --> 00:47:54,365 The film broke, I'll have it fixed in a minUte. 1147 00:47:54,372 --> 00:47:55,703 - They'II tear the place apart! 1148 00:47:55,706 --> 00:47:57,037 - Well, can't you say something to them? 1149 00:47:57,041 --> 00:47:58,657 Certainly the old man always did. 1150 00:47:59,710 --> 00:48:00,700 - What do I say? 1151 00:48:00,711 --> 00:48:02,327 - Tell them to shut up and wait for it! 1152 00:48:02,338 --> 00:48:04,079 We're doing our best! 1153 00:48:06,509 --> 00:48:07,340 Blimey. 1154 00:48:08,761 --> 00:48:09,967 - Well? 1155 00:48:09,970 --> 00:48:11,335 - Quill says l should speak to them. 1156 00:48:11,347 --> 00:48:13,463 - Well, somebody better do something. 1157 00:48:13,474 --> 00:48:16,216 (aUdience claps) 1158 00:48:26,028 --> 00:48:27,689 - Ladies and gentlemen. 1159 00:48:27,696 --> 00:48:29,937 (aUdience laughs) 1160 00:48:29,949 --> 00:48:31,781 If you will be... 1161 00:48:31,784 --> 00:48:34,116 1162 00:48:34,120 --> 00:48:35,326 You down there! 1163 00:48:35,329 --> 00:48:37,115 I'II come amongst yoU! 1164 00:48:37,123 --> 00:48:39,865 (IoUd commotion) 1165 00:48:47,925 --> 00:48:48,881 - YoU were wonderful, 1166 00:48:48,884 --> 00:48:50,215 you handled the whole thing beaUtifUIIy. 1167 00:48:50,219 --> 00:48:51,550 - Filthy little brUtes. 1168 00:48:51,554 --> 00:48:55,013 I'd Iike to take them by the scruff of their necks! 1169 00:49:00,771 --> 00:49:02,102 - What on earth? 1170 00:49:03,482 --> 00:49:05,143 Oh, Matt, you can't allow that sort of thing. 1171 00:49:05,151 --> 00:49:06,141 - Spread the word aroUnd , Mrs. Fazackalee. 1172 00:49:06,152 --> 00:49:08,439 We're under new management, but no change in policy. 1173 00:49:08,446 --> 00:49:09,277 - But Matt-- 1174 00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:11,146 - Here, cook it. 1175 00:49:11,157 --> 00:49:13,649 (gUns firing) 1176 00:49:17,413 --> 00:49:20,030 - Take care of 'em, boys! 1177 00:49:20,040 --> 00:49:21,246 Come on! 1178 00:49:21,250 --> 00:49:22,081 - YoU see the idea? 1179 00:49:22,084 --> 00:49:22,994 He's bluffing. 1180 00:49:23,002 --> 00:49:24,834 He hasn't got a gun at all. 1181 00:49:24,837 --> 00:49:25,793 (gUn fires) 1182 00:49:25,796 --> 00:49:27,833 - Oh. 1183 00:49:29,717 --> 00:49:32,505 - [Cowboy] Well, I guess that pays you off. 1184 00:49:33,679 --> 00:49:35,511 - [Woman] You cannot arrest him, Sheriff. 1185 00:49:35,514 --> 00:49:36,629 He has saved our Iives! 1186 00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:39,132 - Mind, they'll be coming out any minute now. 1187 00:49:39,143 --> 00:49:40,258 - Say, Miss JUIia. 1188 00:49:40,269 --> 00:49:42,510 Let me introduce you to Driftin' SIim Stanley, 1189 00:49:42,521 --> 00:49:44,512 DepUty U .S. Marshal. 1190 00:49:44,523 --> 00:49:47,606 (Iighthearted mUsic) 1191 00:49:58,787 --> 00:49:59,822 - What is this? 1192 00:49:59,830 --> 00:50:01,286 What's happening? 1193 00:50:01,290 --> 00:50:04,373 (Iighthearted mUsic) 1194 00:50:32,279 --> 00:50:33,110 - Oh, Mr. Spenser. 1195 00:50:33,113 --> 00:50:35,150 Here are the takings for the day. 1196 00:50:35,157 --> 00:50:35,988 - Oh. 1197 00:50:35,991 --> 00:50:37,732 - Three poUnds, eight, and ninepence. 1198 00:50:37,743 --> 00:50:38,574 1199 00:50:38,577 --> 00:50:39,658 Well, that's not very good , is it? 1200 00:50:39,662 --> 00:50:42,199 - It's always three poUnds and something 1201 00:50:42,206 --> 00:50:43,412 on a Monday, you know. 1202 00:50:43,415 --> 00:50:44,246 1203 00:50:44,250 --> 00:50:45,081 (chUckles) 1204 00:50:45,084 --> 00:50:46,199 - Well, goodnight, Mrs. Spenser. 1205 00:50:46,210 --> 00:50:47,120 - Goodnight, Mrs. Fazackalee. 1206 00:50:47,127 --> 00:50:49,334 - Goodnight, Mr. Spenser. - Goodnight. 1207 00:50:49,338 --> 00:50:51,705 - Oh, and there's a half of lard , 1208 00:50:51,715 --> 00:50:54,002 and two pork chops in the drawer there. 1209 00:50:54,009 --> 00:50:55,420 Complementarities. 1210 00:50:55,427 --> 00:50:56,508 Goodnight once more. 1211 00:50:57,513 --> 00:50:58,878 - Complementarities. 1212 00:50:58,889 --> 00:51:00,675 Do yoU think if we issued a few season tickets, 1213 00:51:00,683 --> 00:51:02,424 we might acquire a radiogram 1214 00:51:02,434 --> 00:51:04,141 or a refrigerator? 1215 00:51:04,144 --> 00:51:05,259 - By the look of half the takings, 1216 00:51:05,271 --> 00:51:06,853 we shall need a refrigerator. 1217 00:51:06,855 --> 00:51:09,347 - Oh, goodnight, Mrs. Spenser. 1218 00:51:09,358 --> 00:51:10,894 - Oh, goodnight, Mr. QUill. 1219 00:51:10,901 --> 00:51:12,312 - Goodnight, Mr. Spenser. - Goodnight. 1220 00:51:12,319 --> 00:51:13,150 - Goodnight. 1221 00:51:13,153 --> 00:51:15,360 - Goodnight, Mrs. Spenser. 1222 00:51:15,364 --> 00:51:18,356 Well, only one breakdown tonight. 1223 00:51:18,367 --> 00:51:19,323 - Only one. 1224 00:51:19,326 --> 00:51:20,157 - Yes. 1225 00:51:22,329 --> 00:51:23,239 Goodnight. 1226 00:51:23,247 --> 00:51:25,238 - Goodnight. - Goodnight. 1227 00:51:26,250 --> 00:51:28,662 (bell tolls) 1228 00:51:44,935 --> 00:51:45,800 - [Jean] At the end of the first week, 1229 00:51:45,811 --> 00:51:47,848 we simply coUIdn't believe it. 1230 00:51:47,855 --> 00:51:49,937 We were making a profit. 1231 00:51:49,940 --> 00:51:51,396 BUt we were! 1232 00:51:51,400 --> 00:51:54,518 - One pound, 1 7 and six. 1233 00:51:54,528 --> 00:51:56,110 - One chicken, two pork chops, 1234 00:51:56,113 --> 00:51:57,820 half a lard, and tin of cocoa. 1235 00:51:58,907 --> 00:52:01,239 - What are we going to do? 1236 00:52:01,243 --> 00:52:04,281 - Well, perhaps we could find oUt 1237 00:52:04,288 --> 00:52:05,995 how a real cinema is rUn. 1238 00:52:05,998 --> 00:52:07,113 - How? 1239 00:52:07,124 --> 00:52:08,455 - How. 1240 00:52:08,459 --> 00:52:10,450 - Oh, darling, for heaven's sake! 1241 00:52:11,462 --> 00:52:13,294 - Two singles at three and six. 1242 00:52:13,297 --> 00:52:14,412 Two single seats. 1243 00:52:15,341 --> 00:52:16,923 Two at three and six. 1244 00:52:16,925 --> 00:52:18,882 Two singles, two single seats. 1245 00:52:23,265 --> 00:52:24,926 - Why, Iad . 1246 00:52:24,933 --> 00:52:26,719 Oh, and Mrs. Spenser. 1247 00:52:26,727 --> 00:52:27,762 You don't have to queue, yoU know. 1248 00:52:27,770 --> 00:52:29,431 You're always welcome as my gUests. 1249 00:52:29,438 --> 00:52:30,849 - Thank you very mUch, Mr. Hardcastle. 1250 00:52:30,856 --> 00:52:35,066 We jUst thought we'd take a sort of bUsman's holiday. 1251 00:52:35,069 --> 00:52:37,652 (IaUghing) 1252 00:52:37,655 --> 00:52:38,486 - That's right, lad . 1253 00:52:38,489 --> 00:52:39,320 Come on in! 1254 00:52:39,323 --> 00:52:40,609 - Thank you very mUch. 1255 00:52:40,616 --> 00:52:41,697 - How's business? 1256 00:52:41,700 --> 00:52:43,782 - Oh, Iooking Up, yoU know, looking up. 1257 00:52:43,786 --> 00:52:46,153 - FIat on it's back, Iooking Up! 1258 00:52:46,163 --> 00:52:48,905 (dramatic mUsic) 1259 00:52:55,130 --> 00:52:56,996 - Quite something, isn't it? 1260 00:52:57,007 --> 00:52:57,838 - Mm . 1261 00:52:58,717 --> 00:53:01,209 (organ mUsic) 1262 00:53:21,699 --> 00:53:25,112 - Chocolates, sweets, ices, sweets, ices. 1263 00:53:27,913 --> 00:53:29,699 Well, thank you. 1264 00:53:29,707 --> 00:53:32,290 - I think I've jUst had an idea. 1265 00:53:33,669 --> 00:53:35,125 - YoU're going to install a WUrlitzer 1266 00:53:35,129 --> 00:53:37,166 for Mrs. Fazackaleee to play? 1267 00:53:37,172 --> 00:53:39,664 (organ mUsic) 1268 00:53:43,053 --> 00:53:46,136 (Iighthearted mUsic) 1269 00:53:51,937 --> 00:53:54,645 (boys whistling) 1270 00:53:55,649 --> 00:53:56,764 - Ices? 1271 00:53:56,775 --> 00:53:58,391 (IoUd commotion) 1272 00:53:58,402 --> 00:53:59,233 Oh! 1273 00:53:59,236 --> 00:54:00,067 Who did that? 1274 00:54:00,070 --> 00:54:01,231 Oh, what? 1275 00:54:01,238 --> 00:54:03,445 Orange, that'II be six... 1276 00:54:03,449 --> 00:54:05,110 Oh, stop it! 1277 00:54:05,117 --> 00:54:06,653 Well, Iook, please, woUId yoU mind 1278 00:54:06,660 --> 00:54:08,571 not taking things off the tray? 1279 00:54:08,579 --> 00:54:11,662 1280 00:54:11,665 --> 00:54:12,826 I can't! 1281 00:54:12,833 --> 00:54:14,540 How dare you want that! 1282 00:54:14,543 --> 00:54:16,784 Matt, please help! 1283 00:54:16,795 --> 00:54:19,628 (aUdience laughs) 1284 00:54:27,765 --> 00:54:29,176 - One and two please, Miss. 1285 00:54:29,183 --> 00:54:30,173 - Thank you. 1286 00:54:35,898 --> 00:54:36,729 - [Man] I saw what yoU did! 1287 00:54:36,732 --> 00:54:38,018 - [Other Man] She ain't your property, yoU see! 1288 00:54:38,025 --> 00:54:38,981 - Oh, I'm sorry now, Joe! 1289 00:54:38,984 --> 00:54:40,725 - L'd Iike to see you try! 1290 00:54:40,736 --> 00:54:41,567 - I don't know who yoU are, 1291 00:54:41,570 --> 00:54:42,605 but I'm not having rowdyism in here! 1292 00:54:42,613 --> 00:54:43,444 Get oUt. 1293 00:54:43,447 --> 00:54:44,687 - Get yoUr hands off of me. 1294 00:54:44,698 --> 00:54:46,439 - YoU heard what l said. 1295 00:54:46,450 --> 00:54:47,736 Do yoU want me to throw yoU out? 1296 00:54:47,743 --> 00:54:48,824 - Come on, Molly. 1297 00:54:54,333 --> 00:54:55,744 - YoU won't see Us here again in a hurry. 1298 00:54:55,751 --> 00:54:57,082 - No hurry, son. 1299 00:54:58,170 --> 00:54:59,251 - We'll have the boys on yoU! 1300 00:54:59,254 --> 00:55:00,085 - Yeah! 1301 00:55:00,088 --> 00:55:01,704 Yeah! 1302 00:55:01,715 --> 00:55:04,548 (whimsical mUsic) 1303 00:55:10,933 --> 00:55:12,970 - Were you the caUse of that distUrbance? 1304 00:55:12,976 --> 00:55:15,263 - Nothing to do with me if they fight. 1305 00:55:15,270 --> 00:55:16,135 Is it? 1306 00:55:16,146 --> 00:55:16,977 (chUckles) 1307 00:55:16,980 --> 00:55:18,266 - That's a matter of opinion. 1308 00:55:18,273 --> 00:55:19,138 (IaUghs) 1309 00:55:19,149 --> 00:55:20,731 I say, wait a minute. 1310 00:55:20,734 --> 00:55:22,190 You woUIdn't be looking for a good job 1311 00:55:22,194 --> 00:55:23,229 by any chance, would you? 1312 00:55:23,237 --> 00:55:24,693 - What as? 1313 00:55:24,696 --> 00:55:26,312 - An ice cream girl, for instance. 1314 00:55:26,323 --> 00:55:27,233 - What, here? 1315 00:55:27,241 --> 00:55:29,152 - L'd pay well for someone who coUId 1316 00:55:29,159 --> 00:55:30,524 attract the customers. 1317 00:55:30,536 --> 00:55:31,367 - Really? 1318 00:55:31,370 --> 00:55:34,783 - And stand up to the pressUre of the work. 1319 00:55:34,790 --> 00:55:35,825 You interested? 1320 00:55:35,833 --> 00:55:37,244 - Well, I don't know. 1321 00:55:37,251 --> 00:55:38,412 I'm doing a bit of modelling 1322 00:55:38,418 --> 00:55:40,159 for a photographer at the moment. 1323 00:55:40,170 --> 00:55:42,753 He's got no heating, of coUrse. 1324 00:55:42,756 --> 00:55:43,917 What's the money? 1325 00:55:43,924 --> 00:55:46,791 - Well, let's discUss that in the office, shall we? 1326 00:55:46,802 --> 00:55:47,883 What's your name? 1327 00:55:47,886 --> 00:55:48,751 - Hogg. 1328 00:55:48,762 --> 00:55:49,593 Marlene Hogg. 1329 00:55:49,596 --> 00:55:50,677 - YoU know, I think you may be jUst the girl 1330 00:55:50,681 --> 00:55:52,388 we need, Miss Hogg. 1331 00:55:53,433 --> 00:55:54,423 - Miss Hogg. 1332 00:55:56,103 --> 00:55:57,309 (IoUd commotion) 1333 00:55:57,312 --> 00:55:58,643 - Two orange! 1334 00:55:58,647 --> 00:56:00,308 Thank you very mUch. 1335 00:56:01,942 --> 00:56:04,684 (IoUd commotion) 1336 00:56:15,163 --> 00:56:17,905 (dramatic mUsic) 1337 00:56:20,002 --> 00:56:22,084 (car honks) 1338 00:56:22,087 --> 00:56:25,000 (mysterious music) 1339 00:56:32,264 --> 00:56:34,346 (IaUghs) 1340 00:56:37,686 --> 00:56:39,723 - Nothing to drink? 1341 00:56:39,730 --> 00:56:41,641 Let me see, let me see! 1342 00:56:48,280 --> 00:56:49,441 Hank! 1343 00:56:49,448 --> 00:56:51,610 Where are yoU going, Hank? 1344 00:56:54,661 --> 00:56:55,492 Water. 1345 00:56:56,914 --> 00:56:58,245 Water. 1346 00:56:58,248 --> 00:57:01,411 I can't carry on withoUt water! 1347 00:57:01,418 --> 00:57:02,249 Oh! 1348 00:57:03,587 --> 00:57:04,577 I Iove Mike. 1349 00:57:07,132 --> 00:57:09,874 (dramatic mUsic) 1350 00:57:13,972 --> 00:57:14,803 Water... 1351 00:57:17,142 --> 00:57:17,973 Oh, oh. 1352 00:57:20,270 --> 00:57:21,305 - [Matt] now! 1353 00:57:22,689 --> 00:57:24,396 - Ice cream, ice cream! 1354 00:57:24,399 --> 00:57:26,731 (IoUd commotion) 1355 00:57:26,735 --> 00:57:29,727 (suspensefUI music) 1356 00:57:44,544 --> 00:57:45,454 - Thanks for dinner, Robin. 1357 00:57:45,462 --> 00:57:46,452 - It's been a pleasUre. 1358 00:57:46,463 --> 00:57:47,294 - And we had a Iovely evening. 1359 00:57:47,297 --> 00:57:48,128 - I don't know if it's just the wine, 1360 00:57:48,131 --> 00:57:49,838 but I certainly feel a good deal more optimistic. 1361 00:57:49,841 --> 00:57:51,047 - Oh, yoU have jolly good reason to be. 1362 00:57:51,051 --> 00:57:51,882 Don't yoU worry. 1363 00:57:51,885 --> 00:57:53,751 Hardcastle knows what business yoU're doing. 1364 00:57:53,762 --> 00:57:55,594 Any day now, he'll be around with that check. 1365 00:57:55,597 --> 00:57:56,678 Goodnight. 1366 00:57:56,682 --> 00:57:57,763 Goodbye. 1367 00:57:57,766 --> 00:57:58,597 - Bye. 1368 00:58:02,896 --> 00:58:04,102 - (chUckles) Well, I hope he's right. 1369 00:58:04,106 --> 00:58:05,847 (IaUghs) 1370 00:58:05,857 --> 00:58:09,350 (melancholic piano mUsic) 1371 00:59:23,226 --> 00:59:25,638 (film rolls) 1372 00:59:34,571 --> 00:59:35,561 - Mr. QUill. 1373 00:59:36,948 --> 00:59:37,779 Mr. Quill. 1374 00:59:37,783 --> 00:59:38,648 What's going on? 1375 00:59:40,327 --> 00:59:41,658 - OId films, Mr. Spenser. 1376 00:59:42,913 --> 00:59:44,199 Classics, yoU might say. 1377 00:59:46,333 --> 00:59:48,700 I've saved them for years, bits of 'em. 1378 00:59:50,962 --> 00:59:53,249 We Used to run them Iike this in the old days, 1379 00:59:53,256 --> 00:59:56,624 but not for years, we haven't done it. 1380 00:59:57,886 --> 01:00:02,631 Now it seems Iike old times once more. 1381 01:00:02,641 --> 01:00:06,134 (melancholic piano mUsic) 1382 01:00:12,192 --> 01:00:14,354 - They mUst be taking as much into refreshments 1383 01:00:14,361 --> 01:00:15,977 as they are at the box office. 1384 01:00:15,987 --> 01:00:17,819 - Nearly a fUII hoUse again tonight. 1385 01:00:17,823 --> 01:00:18,858 - Oh, they're blUffing, I tell yoU. 1386 01:00:18,865 --> 01:00:19,946 - They can blUff a long time 1387 01:00:19,950 --> 01:00:21,736 while they're making money, Albert. 1388 01:00:21,743 --> 01:00:23,359 Next week I heard they've booked a film 1389 01:00:23,370 --> 01:00:24,986 about a droUght in Arizona. 1390 01:00:24,996 --> 01:00:26,031 - HUh, they can't keep that up. 1391 01:00:26,039 --> 01:00:27,700 - They can keep it Up Iong enoUgh. 1392 01:00:27,707 --> 01:00:30,290 - In my opinion, we'd do ourselves a bit of good 1393 01:00:30,293 --> 01:00:32,204 if we showed a few desert pictures, 1394 01:00:32,212 --> 01:00:33,828 instead of all this kick in the belly, 1395 01:00:33,839 --> 01:00:35,375 dump them over the waterfront stuff 1396 01:00:35,382 --> 01:00:36,338 we keep showing. 1397 01:00:36,341 --> 01:00:37,172 - Bah! 1398 01:00:37,175 --> 01:00:38,791 - What's more, they've got the staff behind them. 1399 01:00:38,802 --> 01:00:40,793 That drunken idiot of a projectionist 1400 01:00:40,804 --> 01:00:42,294 has even signed the pledge. 1401 01:00:42,305 --> 01:00:45,639 - [Sam] And have yoU seen their ice cream girl? (whistles) 1402 01:00:45,642 --> 01:00:47,633 - Now look here, Fred, Sam . 1403 01:00:47,644 --> 01:00:49,760 I'm not gonna lose my head over this. 1404 01:00:49,771 --> 01:00:52,604 That setup at the Bijou is Iike a house of cards. 1405 01:00:52,607 --> 01:00:53,813 If we huff and we blow-- 1406 01:00:53,817 --> 01:00:55,182 - But what with, AIbert? 1407 01:00:56,570 --> 01:00:59,153 - Leave it with me for a couple of days, will yoU? 1408 01:00:59,156 --> 01:01:01,523 I think I may have a way of dealing with this. 1409 01:01:01,533 --> 01:01:03,991 (mysterious music) 1410 01:01:03,994 --> 01:01:05,234 - Here you are, Tom. 1411 01:01:05,245 --> 01:01:06,280 Newsreel. 1412 01:01:06,288 --> 01:01:08,074 The Relief of Mafeking. 1413 01:01:08,081 --> 01:01:10,072 - Oh, that's an old one. 1414 01:01:12,586 --> 01:01:15,999 I don't know who believed that, l'm sUre. 1415 01:01:17,382 --> 01:01:19,544 There's a newsreel for ya. 1416 01:01:21,052 --> 01:01:22,167 By the weight they are, 1417 01:01:22,179 --> 01:01:23,465 I think I wouldn't like to have to 1418 01:01:23,471 --> 01:01:24,927 carry too many of them . 1419 01:01:24,931 --> 01:01:26,672 You coUId Iose your arms oUt here. 1420 01:01:26,683 --> 01:01:27,514 (chUckles) 1421 01:01:27,517 --> 01:01:28,348 - Right. 1422 01:01:28,351 --> 01:01:29,182 Ta, Tom. 1423 01:01:30,395 --> 01:01:33,103 (dramatic mUsic) 1424 01:01:54,920 --> 01:01:55,751 Oh. 1425 01:02:09,392 --> 01:02:10,678 (sniffs) 1426 01:02:10,685 --> 01:02:11,516 Oh. 1427 01:02:15,065 --> 01:02:18,148 (Iighthearted mUsic) 1428 01:02:22,864 --> 01:02:25,526 (intense mUsic) 1429 01:02:32,874 --> 01:02:34,490 - [Man] Hnk? 1430 01:02:34,501 --> 01:02:35,457 - [Hank] No. 1431 01:02:35,460 --> 01:02:36,370 - YoU're insane. 1432 01:02:36,378 --> 01:02:37,994 Let me see! 1433 01:02:38,004 --> 01:02:40,746 (dramatic mUsic) 1434 01:02:44,052 --> 01:02:45,008 Hank! 1435 01:02:45,011 --> 01:02:46,467 Where you going, Hank? 1436 01:02:47,806 --> 01:02:49,422 I haven't had water! 1437 01:02:49,432 --> 01:02:53,016 - [Hank] I can't leave without a drink. 1438 01:02:53,019 --> 01:02:55,226 - [Man] There must be water somewhere. 1439 01:02:55,230 --> 01:02:57,562 - I can't Ieave without a drink. 1440 01:02:58,733 --> 01:03:00,440 I must have water. 1441 01:03:00,443 --> 01:03:01,274 Now. 1442 01:03:04,906 --> 01:03:05,691 There mUst be something, 1443 01:03:05,699 --> 01:03:06,564 there must be something jUst to drink. 1444 01:03:06,574 --> 01:03:07,860 JesUs, give me a drink. 1445 01:03:09,327 --> 01:03:10,783 Anything, jUst a drop. 1446 01:03:10,787 --> 01:03:12,369 JUst a Iittle drop. 1447 01:03:16,126 --> 01:03:17,912 I can see it. 1448 01:03:17,919 --> 01:03:18,750 I see it! 1449 01:03:20,547 --> 01:03:22,458 It must be water there. 1450 01:03:23,675 --> 01:03:26,417 Must get there, must get there. 1451 01:03:26,428 --> 01:03:27,259 Water. 1452 01:03:28,305 --> 01:03:31,297 (suspensefUI music) 1453 01:03:36,604 --> 01:03:39,096 (movie warps) 1454 01:03:40,400 --> 01:03:43,142 (aUdience claps) 1455 01:03:47,699 --> 01:03:50,691 (Mr. QUinn babbles) 1456 01:03:52,370 --> 01:03:53,986 - Mr. QUinn! 1457 01:03:53,997 --> 01:03:55,112 Percy! 1458 01:03:55,123 --> 01:03:56,659 What's the matter? 1459 01:03:56,666 --> 01:03:58,623 - Come here, baby! 1460 01:03:58,626 --> 01:03:59,457 My baby! 1461 01:03:59,461 --> 01:04:01,372 - Oh, Matt, Matt, Matt! 1462 01:04:02,297 --> 01:04:05,130 (Mr. QUinn claps) 1463 01:04:06,051 --> 01:04:06,882 - Right! 1464 01:04:16,436 --> 01:04:17,392 - 1 0 to five. 1465 01:04:17,395 --> 01:04:18,601 Where has Quill gone to? 1466 01:04:18,605 --> 01:04:19,595 What are we going to do? 1467 01:04:19,606 --> 01:04:21,347 - We can't not open, can we? 1468 01:04:21,358 --> 01:04:22,268 Do yoU know enoUgh aboUt his equipment 1469 01:04:22,275 --> 01:04:23,390 to run it by yoUrself? 1470 01:04:23,401 --> 01:04:24,436 - I? 1471 01:04:24,444 --> 01:04:27,061 Well, he doesn't know about it to... 1472 01:04:27,072 --> 01:04:29,234 Very well, I'II have a go. 1473 01:04:29,240 --> 01:04:31,106 Oh, that stUpid , idiotic situation. 1474 01:04:31,117 --> 01:04:32,152 - L'II send Mrs. Fazackaleee to find oUt 1475 01:04:32,160 --> 01:04:33,321 what's happened to him. 1476 01:04:42,045 --> 01:04:44,628 (bUzzer rings) 1477 01:04:44,631 --> 01:04:46,087 - L'm ready to start now. 1478 01:04:46,091 --> 01:04:47,001 Anybody there yet? 1479 01:04:47,926 --> 01:04:48,836 - AboUt 2O. 1480 01:04:49,719 --> 01:04:51,050 - Well, here goes. 1481 01:05:26,548 --> 01:05:29,711 (reel rolls) 1482 01:05:29,717 --> 01:05:32,209 (tense music) 1483 01:05:38,435 --> 01:05:39,425 - Thank you. 1484 01:05:42,439 --> 01:05:44,305 Is it alright? 1485 01:05:44,315 --> 01:05:45,976 - Aye, it's going Iike one o'clock. 1486 01:05:45,984 --> 01:05:48,100 - L'm telling you, CUIpepper. 1487 01:05:48,111 --> 01:05:49,567 This territory ain't big enough 1488 01:05:49,571 --> 01:05:51,278 for you and me both. 1489 01:05:51,281 --> 01:05:52,897 You better be oUt by sUndown! 1490 01:05:53,992 --> 01:05:55,278 - [Culpepper] Well, Sheriff. 1491 01:05:55,285 --> 01:05:56,775 If that's the way yoU want it. 1492 01:05:58,746 --> 01:06:01,488 (dramatic mUsic) 1493 01:06:04,919 --> 01:06:07,661 (train whistles) 1494 01:06:12,051 --> 01:06:15,043 (aUdience whistles) 1495 01:06:20,393 --> 01:06:21,929 - Darling, are yoU alright? 1496 01:06:21,936 --> 01:06:23,301 - Yeah. 1497 01:06:23,313 --> 01:06:25,054 - Mrs. Fazackaleee says Quill's locked himself 1498 01:06:25,064 --> 01:06:27,146 in his room and refuses to come oUt! 1499 01:06:27,150 --> 01:06:28,481 - How many people are there down there? 1500 01:06:28,485 --> 01:06:29,771 - JUst aboUt a hUndred now. 1501 01:06:29,777 --> 01:06:32,064 I thought you might Iike something to eat. 1502 01:06:32,071 --> 01:06:34,403 - I hadn't even thought about it. 1503 01:06:34,407 --> 01:06:37,900 (aUdience jeers) 1504 01:06:37,911 --> 01:06:39,072 We've rUn out! 1505 01:06:46,961 --> 01:06:49,043 - [AUdience] 1 O, nine, eight, seven, 1506 01:06:49,047 --> 01:06:52,039 six, five, four, three, two, hoorah! 1507 01:06:54,093 --> 01:06:55,834 - As I was saying, honey. 1508 01:06:55,845 --> 01:06:57,131 I reckon that yoU're just aboUt 1509 01:06:57,138 --> 01:07:00,221 the prettiest girl this side of Rainbow GUIch. 1510 01:07:01,392 --> 01:07:03,008 I gUess I'd better ride on back-- 1511 01:07:03,019 --> 01:07:04,680 - One thing's crystal clear. 1512 01:07:04,687 --> 01:07:06,303 We can't go on like this. 1513 01:07:06,314 --> 01:07:07,770 - Well, what else can we do? 1514 01:07:07,774 --> 01:07:08,855 - I don't know. 1515 01:07:08,858 --> 01:07:10,769 All I know is we can't go on like this. 1516 01:07:12,070 --> 01:07:14,732 - Do you want to accept Hardcastle's 750? 1517 01:07:14,739 --> 01:07:17,197 - Of course l don't want to accept it. 1518 01:07:17,200 --> 01:07:18,861 I can't stick at this job all my life. 1519 01:07:18,868 --> 01:07:19,949 I'm a novelist. 1520 01:07:19,953 --> 01:07:21,068 - [Jean] Yes I know, darling. 1521 01:07:21,079 --> 01:07:22,615 BUt it seems such a shame 1522 01:07:22,622 --> 01:07:24,829 after all the troUble we've taken. 1523 01:07:24,832 --> 01:07:26,994 And there won't be anything at all in it for them. 1524 01:07:27,001 --> 01:07:28,662 - We're not responsible. 1525 01:07:28,670 --> 01:07:29,751 It's QUill! 1526 01:07:29,754 --> 01:07:32,667 DrUnk all the time, always complaining aboUt his eqUipment. 1527 01:07:32,674 --> 01:07:33,835 If l coUId rUn the blasted thing 1528 01:07:33,841 --> 01:07:36,208 without any trouble, why can't he rUn... 1529 01:07:36,219 --> 01:07:37,835 Oh, no! 1530 01:07:37,845 --> 01:07:39,552 - Darling, what's happened? 1531 01:07:39,556 --> 01:07:40,637 - Film's broken. 1532 01:07:40,640 --> 01:07:41,471 - No! 1533 01:07:41,474 --> 01:07:43,681 - AIright, don't panic, don't panic! 1534 01:07:43,685 --> 01:07:46,803 (dramatic mUsic) 1535 01:07:46,813 --> 01:07:47,894 Don't worry. 1536 01:07:47,897 --> 01:07:49,763 I've seen how QUill deals with this. 1537 01:07:49,774 --> 01:07:52,141 - Matt, what about all this film? 1538 01:07:52,151 --> 01:07:54,734 - Quill can sort all that out tomorrow. 1539 01:07:54,737 --> 01:07:56,569 (aUdience boos) 1540 01:07:56,573 --> 01:07:57,404 - Can yoU fix it? 1541 01:07:57,407 --> 01:07:58,897 - I think so! 1542 01:07:58,908 --> 01:07:59,943 All yoU do is that. 1543 01:08:01,494 --> 01:08:03,610 (aUdience boos) 1544 01:08:03,621 --> 01:08:05,157 - Oh, shUt Up! 1545 01:08:05,164 --> 01:08:07,075 - I think that's right. 1546 01:08:08,084 --> 01:08:10,746 (aUdience boos) 1547 01:08:12,005 --> 01:08:14,747 (IoUd commotion) 1548 01:08:16,259 --> 01:08:18,045 - Darling, do something! 1549 01:08:18,052 --> 01:08:21,340 - Well, there's a knob here somewhere, blasted! 1550 01:08:21,347 --> 01:08:22,883 Ah. 1551 01:08:22,890 --> 01:08:25,552 (aUdience boos) 1552 01:08:27,937 --> 01:08:28,722 Oh! 1553 01:08:29,647 --> 01:08:32,264 There's a focus control gadget. 1554 01:08:32,275 --> 01:08:34,357 - [Man] Who killed Art Link? 1555 01:08:34,360 --> 01:08:38,900 - [Culpepper] I've never killed a man in cold blood before. 1556 01:08:38,906 --> 01:08:40,317 - Go away, I told yoU I didn't want 1557 01:08:40,325 --> 01:08:41,440 to see you anymore. 1558 01:08:41,451 --> 01:08:42,282 - Oh, bUt honey. 1559 01:08:42,285 --> 01:08:44,196 With my brains and yoUr looks-- 1560 01:08:45,455 --> 01:08:46,320 - That's it! 1561 01:08:46,331 --> 01:08:47,162 That's it! 1562 01:08:49,417 --> 01:08:50,657 - [Heroine] Help, ma! 1563 01:08:50,668 --> 01:08:52,158 I want yoU, ma! 1564 01:08:52,170 --> 01:08:53,877 - [Culpepper] I'd work for you, honey. 1565 01:08:53,880 --> 01:08:55,996 I'd even work oUt there on the railroad, 1566 01:08:56,007 --> 01:08:57,213 stripped to the waste. 1567 01:08:57,216 --> 01:08:58,422 There's nothing I wouldn't do for you. 1568 01:08:58,426 --> 01:09:00,383 - It's not right! 1569 01:09:00,386 --> 01:09:01,217 - It's alright. 1570 01:09:01,220 --> 01:09:02,836 Don't panic! 1571 01:09:02,847 --> 01:09:03,678 (aUdience boos) 1572 01:09:03,681 --> 01:09:04,842 - What are yoU going to do? 1573 01:09:04,849 --> 01:09:06,305 - Well, we can scrap the rest of this, 1574 01:09:06,309 --> 01:09:08,846 and switch on to the next reel. 1575 01:09:08,853 --> 01:09:09,843 You think they'd notice? 1576 01:09:09,854 --> 01:09:11,060 - I don't know. 1577 01:09:20,573 --> 01:09:22,985 (reel rolls) 1578 01:09:26,663 --> 01:09:27,494 - [Man] If we go oUt, 1579 01:09:27,497 --> 01:09:28,862 it'II be in a blaze of glory. 1580 01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:33,742 (dramatic mUsic) 1581 01:09:38,466 --> 01:09:41,299 (aUdience cheers) 1582 01:09:46,808 --> 01:09:47,969 - I have to rewind! 1583 01:09:47,975 --> 01:09:49,010 - JUst enoUgh time to pick Up a bottle of ttout 1584 01:09:49,018 --> 01:09:50,099 at the Crown, Mavis. 1585 01:09:50,103 --> 01:09:51,138 If we catch the 9:25. 1586 01:09:51,145 --> 01:09:53,136 - I think that's right now. 1587 01:09:53,147 --> 01:09:53,978 I hope. 1588 01:09:56,234 --> 01:09:58,646 (reel rolls) 1589 01:10:02,824 --> 01:10:05,566 (aUdience jeers) 1590 01:10:06,911 --> 01:10:09,573 (sped up music) 1591 01:10:59,338 --> 01:11:00,328 - That's it. 1592 01:11:22,528 --> 01:11:25,020 Okay, come and get it. 1593 01:11:25,031 --> 01:11:27,944 (aUdience shrieks) 1594 01:11:29,035 --> 01:11:30,025 One and two. 1595 01:11:32,413 --> 01:11:33,699 Ninepence. 1596 01:11:33,706 --> 01:11:36,448 (dramatic mUsic) 1597 01:11:40,505 --> 01:11:42,837 - Oh, we got our money back tonight. 1598 01:11:42,840 --> 01:11:45,081 (cackling) 1599 01:11:49,639 --> 01:11:50,925 - [Jean] After that evening, 1600 01:11:50,932 --> 01:11:53,720 it seemed that there was nothing else that coUId happen. 1601 01:11:54,769 --> 01:11:55,725 BUt there was. 1602 01:12:05,696 --> 01:12:07,232 - Yes, quite definitely. 1603 01:12:07,240 --> 01:12:09,402 Second week in February, I should say. 1604 01:12:09,408 --> 01:12:12,491 (Iighthearted mUsic) 1605 01:12:26,300 --> 01:12:27,335 - Where on earth have yoU been? 1606 01:12:27,343 --> 01:12:28,378 - Oh, I had an appointment, just-- 1607 01:12:28,386 --> 01:12:29,592 - Well, nevermind aboUt that now. 1608 01:12:29,595 --> 01:12:30,881 Something terrible has happened, 1609 01:12:30,888 --> 01:12:31,878 this is Mr. Hogg. 1610 01:12:31,889 --> 01:12:32,720 - Oh, how do yoU do. 1611 01:12:32,723 --> 01:12:33,679 What do yoU mean something terrible-- 1612 01:12:33,683 --> 01:12:34,514 - It's Marlene. 1613 01:12:34,517 --> 01:12:35,348 - What aboUt Marlene? 1614 01:12:35,351 --> 01:12:38,139 - She's gonna have a baby. 1615 01:12:38,145 --> 01:12:39,135 - Oh, is that all? 1616 01:12:39,146 --> 01:12:39,977 - AII? 1617 01:12:39,981 --> 01:12:41,517 All? 1618 01:12:41,524 --> 01:12:42,514 I don't know whether yoU appreciate it, madam, 1619 01:12:42,525 --> 01:12:44,357 but my little girl's not wed! 1620 01:12:44,360 --> 01:12:45,191 - Oh. 1621 01:12:45,194 --> 01:12:46,275 Oh, of course. 1622 01:12:46,279 --> 01:12:47,189 I should've thought. 1623 01:12:47,196 --> 01:12:48,277 I'm sorry. 1624 01:12:48,281 --> 01:12:49,396 - Oh, I shoUId think so too. 1625 01:12:49,407 --> 01:12:51,239 No father to put a name to it. 1626 01:12:51,242 --> 01:12:52,107 It's an outrage! 1627 01:12:52,118 --> 01:12:52,949 - Well, it may have been. 1628 01:12:52,952 --> 01:12:54,989 BUt haven't yoU any idea who the father is? 1629 01:12:54,996 --> 01:12:56,737 - I may have, and I may not have. 1630 01:12:56,747 --> 01:12:57,578 - What do you mean? 1631 01:12:57,582 --> 01:12:58,492 - I say no more. - Why not? 1632 01:12:58,499 --> 01:12:59,660 - Never yoU mind. 1633 01:12:59,667 --> 01:13:00,702 When she gets over her shock, 1634 01:13:00,710 --> 01:13:03,327 and makes her allegations, I shall act. 1635 01:13:03,337 --> 01:13:04,748 I'm warning you, Mr. Spenser. 1636 01:13:04,755 --> 01:13:05,586 I shall act! 1637 01:13:07,008 --> 01:13:08,169 - Warning me? 1638 01:13:08,175 --> 01:13:09,210 What's he getting at? 1639 01:13:10,303 --> 01:13:11,338 Look here, l'm not having a-- 1640 01:13:11,345 --> 01:13:12,506 - Matt, Matt, don't be silly. 1641 01:13:12,513 --> 01:13:13,969 Let him go. 1642 01:13:13,973 --> 01:13:16,340 Darling, I've got something to tell you. 1643 01:13:16,350 --> 01:13:18,091 - Mr. Spenser, Mr. Spenser, 1644 01:13:18,102 --> 01:13:19,718 the cats had kittens in the circle. 1645 01:13:19,729 --> 01:13:20,514 - What? 1646 01:13:20,521 --> 01:13:21,511 - Six of them . 1647 01:13:21,522 --> 01:13:22,353 What shall I do with them? 1648 01:13:22,356 --> 01:13:23,187 - Oh, not now, Tom. 1649 01:13:23,190 --> 01:13:24,021 I'm busy! 1650 01:13:24,025 --> 01:13:24,856 - They're Iovely Iittle fUrry ones! 1651 01:13:24,859 --> 01:13:26,395 - Not now, Tom. 1652 01:13:26,402 --> 01:13:27,233 - There's four little girls, 1653 01:13:27,236 --> 01:13:29,147 and one Iittle boy. 1654 01:13:29,155 --> 01:13:30,145 I've looked. 1655 01:13:38,748 --> 01:13:41,160 - Quill's jUst crept in. 1656 01:13:41,167 --> 01:13:42,657 - L'm going to have a baby. 1657 01:13:42,668 --> 01:13:43,829 The second week in FebrUary. 1658 01:13:43,836 --> 01:13:44,997 - L'II go and speak to him, 1659 01:13:45,004 --> 01:13:46,620 I have to sort oUt all that mess. 1660 01:13:47,840 --> 01:13:49,581 One thing after another! 1661 01:13:50,885 --> 01:13:53,627 (dramatic mUsic) 1662 01:13:56,015 --> 01:13:56,846 What! 1663 01:13:56,849 --> 01:13:57,964 - Oh, oh! 1664 01:13:57,975 --> 01:14:00,637 (intense mUsic) 1665 01:14:02,021 --> 01:14:04,388 - YoU're gonna have what the second week in February? 1666 01:14:04,398 --> 01:14:06,139 (dramatic mUsic) 1667 01:14:06,150 --> 01:14:06,981 - A rabbit. 1668 01:14:09,195 --> 01:14:11,687 (Tom mutters) 1669 01:14:13,074 --> 01:14:14,439 - L've gone through all the bills, Robin. 1670 01:14:14,450 --> 01:14:16,612 75O will just aboUt cover it. 1671 01:14:16,619 --> 01:14:18,906 You'II see Hardcastle in the morning, then. 1672 01:14:18,913 --> 01:14:20,028 - Oh, first thing. 1673 01:14:20,039 --> 01:14:22,371 By the way, have you told the three of them? 1674 01:14:22,375 --> 01:14:23,911 - Not yet. 1675 01:14:23,918 --> 01:14:25,625 It's not gonna be easy, yoU know. 1676 01:14:25,628 --> 01:14:27,335 - Poor Mrs. Fazackaleee. 1677 01:14:27,338 --> 01:14:29,921 Poor Mr. QUill, poor Old Tom. 1678 01:14:29,924 --> 01:14:30,789 1679 01:14:30,800 --> 01:14:33,383 We've done everything we could for them. 1680 01:14:33,386 --> 01:14:35,593 From now on, you're all I care aboUt. 1681 01:14:35,596 --> 01:14:37,963 - Pity, you almost made a go of it. 1682 01:14:37,974 --> 01:14:39,840 - [Matthew] Well, we never could've really. 1683 01:14:39,850 --> 01:14:41,181 Not with a cinema Iike the Grand 1684 01:14:41,185 --> 01:14:42,846 standing at oUr backdoor. 1685 01:14:42,853 --> 01:14:45,015 Mind yoU , there have been times that I felt 1686 01:14:45,022 --> 01:14:47,434 like burning that blasted place to the groUnd. 1687 01:14:47,441 --> 01:14:49,682 (IaUghing) 1688 01:14:50,736 --> 01:14:53,728 Well, here's to the Bijou's last programme. 1689 01:14:53,739 --> 01:14:55,650 (dramatic mUsic) 1690 01:14:55,658 --> 01:14:59,196 - [Jean] So that evening, Robin, Matt, and I, 1691 01:15:00,162 --> 01:15:02,950 watched the very Iast redskin 1692 01:15:02,957 --> 01:15:05,540 bite the very last bit of dUst. 1693 01:15:12,174 --> 01:15:14,757 (sombre music) 1694 01:15:21,267 --> 01:15:24,009 (dramatic mUsic) 1695 01:15:48,919 --> 01:15:51,331 (bell rings) 1696 01:16:15,780 --> 01:16:18,112 (car honks) 1697 01:16:26,040 --> 01:16:27,121 - Jean, Jean! 1698 01:16:28,000 --> 01:16:28,831 Jean! 1699 01:16:28,834 --> 01:16:29,744 (phone rings) 1700 01:16:29,752 --> 01:16:31,618 Hello, Robin? 1701 01:16:31,629 --> 01:16:33,336 The Grand isn't there anymore. 1702 01:16:33,339 --> 01:16:34,170 What? 1703 01:16:34,173 --> 01:16:35,254 Well I'll be... 1704 01:16:35,257 --> 01:16:36,713 No, we didn't hear a thing. 1705 01:16:36,717 --> 01:16:37,878 Wait a minute. 1706 01:16:37,885 --> 01:16:39,046 I thought the alarm went off, 1707 01:16:39,053 --> 01:16:40,509 it must've been the fire bell. 1708 01:16:40,513 --> 01:16:41,594 An oil Ieak? 1709 01:16:41,597 --> 01:16:43,053 Yes, I see. 1710 01:16:43,891 --> 01:16:45,177 What? 1711 01:16:45,184 --> 01:16:46,094 He said what? 1712 01:16:47,144 --> 01:16:47,975 I don't believe it! 1713 01:16:47,978 --> 01:16:49,309 - Well, it's obvious. 1714 01:16:49,313 --> 01:16:50,895 Hardcastle has to stay in business 1715 01:16:50,898 --> 01:16:52,354 Until he can rebUild. 1716 01:16:52,358 --> 01:16:56,101 And the Bijou's the only other theatre in town. 1717 01:16:56,112 --> 01:16:57,352 And for the whole establishment, 1718 01:16:57,363 --> 01:16:59,149 lock, stock, barrel, and debts, 1719 01:16:59,156 --> 01:17:01,067 my clients are prepared to accept the sUm 1720 01:17:01,075 --> 01:17:02,691 of 1 O,000 poUnds. 1721 01:17:02,701 --> 01:17:03,816 - Impossible! 1722 01:17:03,828 --> 01:17:04,909 - With two conditions. 1723 01:17:04,912 --> 01:17:06,698 - First, for Mr. Percy Quill, Mrs. Fazackaleee, 1724 01:17:06,705 --> 01:17:09,914 and Old Tom, that's the only name we know for him, 1725 01:17:09,917 --> 01:17:11,203 are to be allowed to carry on 1726 01:17:11,210 --> 01:17:13,292 in their present positions as long as they way wish. 1727 01:17:13,295 --> 01:17:14,376 - But this is unheard of! 1728 01:17:14,380 --> 01:17:15,211 It's oUtrageous! 1729 01:17:15,214 --> 01:17:16,830 - And secondly, that the name of the FIeapit, 1730 01:17:16,841 --> 01:17:19,082 I beg yoUr pardon, the BijoU, 1731 01:17:19,093 --> 01:17:20,458 is not to be changed. 1732 01:17:20,469 --> 01:17:21,300 - Oh! 1733 01:17:21,303 --> 01:17:24,512 - In honoUr of my client's late, Iamented great-uncle. 1734 01:17:24,515 --> 01:17:25,346 - I won't have it! 1735 01:17:25,349 --> 01:17:27,590 - If you don't settle this morning, Mr. Hardcastle, 1736 01:17:27,601 --> 01:17:29,217 the price goes up this afternoon. 1737 01:17:29,228 --> 01:17:32,141 - But even the name of the place! 1738 01:17:32,148 --> 01:17:34,810 At Ieast Iet me call it the New BijoU. 1739 01:17:34,817 --> 01:17:37,309 - Yes, that seems to be alright. 1740 01:17:37,319 --> 01:17:38,480 - Good. 1741 01:17:38,487 --> 01:17:40,148 (IaUghing) 1742 01:17:40,156 --> 01:17:41,237 - Jolly good. 1743 01:17:42,992 --> 01:17:44,107 - [Announcer] The train now standing-- 1744 01:17:44,118 --> 01:17:45,449 - Hi, Robin. 1745 01:17:45,452 --> 01:17:46,283 See yoU in London. 1746 01:17:46,287 --> 01:17:47,118 - Next week. 1747 01:17:47,121 --> 01:17:48,361 And by the way, dad's very pleased. 1748 01:17:48,372 --> 01:17:49,407 - Oh. 1749 01:17:49,415 --> 01:17:50,246 - Goodbye, my dear. 1750 01:17:50,249 --> 01:17:51,080 - Goodbye, Mrs. Fazackaleee. 1751 01:17:51,083 --> 01:17:53,074 - And I can't thank yoU enough, 1752 01:17:53,085 --> 01:17:54,541 Mr. and Mrs. Spenser. 1753 01:17:56,422 --> 01:17:59,631 I shall invest my emolument in some small pension. 1754 01:17:59,633 --> 01:18:01,544 Before l spend it in other ways. 1755 01:18:01,552 --> 01:18:03,839 - I think that's very wise, Percy. 1756 01:18:03,846 --> 01:18:05,007 (IoUd whistle) 1757 01:18:05,014 --> 01:18:06,220 - [Matt] Goodbye everyone! 1758 01:18:06,223 --> 01:18:07,133 - [Jean] Bye! 1759 01:18:07,141 --> 01:18:08,051 - Goodbye, sir. 1760 01:18:08,058 --> 01:18:09,719 Goodbye, God bless yoU. 1761 01:18:09,727 --> 01:18:10,683 Have a nice time. 1762 01:18:10,686 --> 01:18:11,471 - Bye, bye, Tom. 1763 01:18:11,478 --> 01:18:12,263 Take care of yoUrself. 1764 01:18:12,271 --> 01:18:13,557 - I like yoU, Mr. Spenser. 1765 01:18:13,564 --> 01:18:14,895 And I Iike your missus. 1766 01:18:16,275 --> 01:18:18,357 It was the only way, weren't it? 1767 01:18:18,360 --> 01:18:19,225 - Yes. 1768 01:18:20,821 --> 01:18:23,813 (IoUd commotion) 1769 01:18:23,824 --> 01:18:25,280 - Cheerio, bye bye. 1770 01:18:25,284 --> 01:18:26,115 - Goodbye. 1771 01:18:26,118 --> 01:18:27,449 Bye, bye, Robin! 1772 01:18:31,498 --> 01:18:33,114 Oh, what a scramble. 1773 01:18:35,502 --> 01:18:36,867 - Did you hear what he said? 1774 01:18:36,879 --> 01:18:38,085 - Who? 1775 01:18:38,088 --> 01:18:38,919 - OId Tom. 1776 01:18:40,257 --> 01:18:41,372 Did yoU hear what he said? 1777 01:18:41,383 --> 01:18:42,498 - No, what did he say? 1778 01:18:44,053 --> 01:18:45,168 BUt darling, what's the matter? 1779 01:18:45,179 --> 01:18:46,010 Why yoU looking Iike that? 1780 01:18:46,013 --> 01:18:46,878 What did he say? 1781 01:18:47,890 --> 01:18:52,475 - He said, l like yoU, Mr. Spenser, 1782 01:18:52,478 --> 01:18:53,593 and l like yoUr missUs. 1783 01:18:55,940 --> 01:18:58,022 It were the only way, weren't it? 1784 01:18:58,025 --> 01:18:58,981 - What were the only way? 1785 01:18:58,984 --> 01:19:00,770 - I don't know, that's what he said. 1786 01:19:03,989 --> 01:19:06,947 - Matt. - No, now don't get excited. 1787 01:19:06,951 --> 01:19:07,782 - Matt. 1788 01:19:07,785 --> 01:19:09,275 - Don't get excited. 1789 01:19:09,286 --> 01:19:10,617 There's probably nothing in it. 1790 01:19:10,621 --> 01:19:12,737 He was always saying things 1791 01:19:12,748 --> 01:19:13,579 that didn't mean anything. 1792 01:19:13,582 --> 01:19:15,949 - But, if he did do it-- 1793 01:19:15,960 --> 01:19:17,792 - We'll have to go back and tell him, 1794 01:19:18,671 --> 01:19:21,163 I mean, we can't jUst go off with Hardcastle's money 1795 01:19:21,173 --> 01:19:22,083 and not even-- 1796 01:19:22,091 --> 01:19:23,581 - What shoUId we do? 1797 01:19:23,592 --> 01:19:25,503 - Well, I have to ring him. 1798 01:19:26,553 --> 01:19:27,384 As soon as we get to-- 1799 01:19:27,388 --> 01:19:28,219 - Hardcastle? 1800 01:19:28,222 --> 01:19:29,508 - No, Tom. 1801 01:19:29,515 --> 01:19:32,507 I'II ring him and ask him in plain language... 1802 01:19:33,686 --> 01:19:34,517 No, wait. 1803 01:19:34,520 --> 01:19:35,851 I can't do that. 1804 01:19:35,854 --> 01:19:36,889 It's not the sort of thing 1805 01:19:36,897 --> 01:19:38,558 one can talk aboUt on the phone. 1806 01:19:40,192 --> 01:19:41,557 I better write him. 1807 01:19:41,568 --> 01:19:42,683 That's it. 1808 01:19:42,695 --> 01:19:43,685 I'II write him. 1809 01:19:43,696 --> 01:19:44,527 - Yes. 1810 01:19:44,530 --> 01:19:45,361 Yes, yoU must. 1811 01:19:45,364 --> 01:19:46,775 - Yes, I will. - Yes. 1812 01:19:46,782 --> 01:19:48,568 - L'II write to him. 1813 01:19:48,575 --> 01:19:51,237 That's what I'II do, l'II write to him. 1814 01:19:53,580 --> 01:19:55,241 - [Jean] And we did. 1815 01:19:55,249 --> 01:19:56,489 We did write to him. 1816 01:19:57,876 --> 01:20:01,210 We sent him a postcard, from Samarkand. 1817 01:20:02,089 --> 01:20:05,172 (Iighthearted mUsic)