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Thank you.

You going to Brighton tomorrow, Joe?

No, I'm taking the weekend off.

Going to a wedding.

Who's that, then?

My daughter, the oldest one.

Your daughter old enough to get married?

Well, I'm going on 50, you know.

Got a busy day tomorrow, then?

Oh, no, the wife's got all that fixed.

All I got to do is get dressed up.

Best of luck.

You've done pretty well tonight, haven't you, Joe?

Not bad.

What happens if we have to make a run for it?

What about your leg?

No, we ain't running for it.

I've got it all worked out.

Well, I hope you're right.

You know, you ought to watch yourself for that, Joe.

You know what happened to Sid Collins last week, don't you? No, what?

Somebody turned him over, got away with his bag.

How much in it?

Over 700.

Well, they won't get away with mine.

Well, they might chop your arm off.

Well, then I'll become a one-armed bandit, won't I?

Oh, well.

I'll see you Wednesday, Joe. Yeah, good night.

You know, I'm beginning to wish I hadn't got mixed up in this with you.

Yeah, how can I drive a car with me leg in plaster?

This is a fine time to...

Get a chain to him.

We'll break it. I can't break it.

He must have the key in the trunk.

Look out, someone's coming. Let's go. Why don't we leave this lot behind?

Look, he's got the key on him somewhere.

We'll get him in the car, find the key, open the bag, and then we'll dump him.

Come on, make it quick.

Don't forget your lights.

Which way now?

Just keep on moving.

He's got half a police handcuff on his wrist.

He must have the key here somewhere.

Is he still out?

No, we're playing cards.

Look, I'm going to have to stop for these lights down here. Someone's going

to see him.

He must have the key somewhere.

There's some keys here on the ignition ring. Right, let's have a look. Don't be

a fool. You'll stop the engine.

Come on, Tony.

Come on.

The lights are green, Tony. Come on, give them to me. Come on.

Take off the ignition and give me the rest back, will you?

Come on.

Come on.

Oh,

no.

What's the matter? I've dropped it between the seats.

Take it easy. Don't you panic.

That's charming.

I just jumped a red.

No, it doesn't matter.

Look, Tony, I've got to get off this main drag. There's too many lights.

Someone's going to see us.

Well, turn off at the first side road then.

I have so many keys on his key ring and not one of them fits.

Is he all right?

If he's breathing, he's all right.

I know what he's done.

There's a self-locking bag. He's got the key at home.

Can't you split it open or something? No, it's a bank bag. I never get through

it.

I've got to break the chain somehow.

Well, look, I've got a chisel at home. It'll only take a couple of minutes to

get there.

Yeah, all right.

What's that?

What have you done to him?

What are you doing, Tony?

Nothing.

We can't have him coming around, can we?

All right,

Frank, you go and get your chisholm. Now, don't forget, something to eat it

with.

A lot of good that chain done you, mate, chaining yourself to your money.

I'm looking for something.

Yeah, I've been looking for something too.

A pound I left on the mantelpiece.

Look, what did you do with my tools?

A pound I left on the mantelpiece.

You took it when I was out shopping, didn't you? Shut up and get inside.

I'm speaking to you.

Yeah, what is it? That pound. You've been to the dogs, haven't you?

All right, what if I have?

Now, look, leave me alone and go to bed, will you? I've got to find these tools.

Tools? What do you want tools this time of night for?

I don't. Tony wants them. Tony wants tools and I've passed them at night

before.

I don't know. It's a car breakdown.

Whose car?

It's a friend of Tony's.

What are you two up to?

Look, I'll tell you when I get back.

I said, what are you up to?

And I said, I'll tell you when I get back. Well, don't expect to find me

here. Oh, and what's that supposed to mean? What sort of a life do you think I

have? I'm out working all day while you're out running around half the night

with that lazy good-for-nothing. Look, die up and go to bed!

Yeah, what's the matter with you?

Yeah, what's up? What's the matter with you?

Where are you going? I just want to get away from here.

What the hell for?

Never mind. Do you want these tools?

I can't do anything while the car is moving. Now, can I?

Tell you what. Now, you stop at the next quiet alley.

Sit back and do something and relax and let me get on with it.

Is this all right here?

Yeah, it's fine.

Come on, Frank, boy, in five minutes we'll both be rich.

No, it's no good. This place is like a padded cell.

Well, what's wrong now?

I've got to find somewhere hard to put the chain on so I can break it. Oh, use

the floor.

No, it's no good.

There might be something amongst the tools.

Yeah. Hey, look.

There's a building site over there.

See if you can find a stone, but not a brick.

Because they crumble, all right?

I'll see what I can find.

Are you the owner of this car?

I beg your pardon, sir?

I said, are you the owner of this car?

Yeah. Well, can't you read? It says no parking. How do you expect me to get my

car out? I'm absolutely sick to death of this. It happens day after day. Will you

please move it? Yeah, well, I'm very sorry about this, sir.

I'm not the driver of it, though. Well, where is the driver?

Oh, he's over there. He'll only be gone a minute.

But I haven't got a minute. I'm late already.

If he's left the keys in, I'll move it myself. Oh, well, look, sir, he'll only

be gone a second.

Well, will you move it?

I can't do that, sir. I broke my leg. It's in plaster.

Very good. Let the brake off and we'll push it.

Look, it's a very heavy car, sir. Look, are you going to move this car or should

I fetch a policeman?

Yeah, all right, then.

I'll do it.

There's no need to get like that about it, sir.

It's not a mistake anybody can make.

Would you help us push it, then?

What's the matter?

Are you the driver of this car?

Yeah.

Well, move it from in front of my garage.

Hank, I wonder if you'd move the car from the gentleman's garage. We're in

his way.

Would you?

I'm very sorry about this, sir, but, you know, it could happen.

What the hell did he do? What was he doing standing out there?

What was he pushing the car for? Do you know in one minute's time he would have

been in there and seen him?

Now, where's the stone?

It's down there.

I said to you, a brick is no good. Look, I couldn't find anything else, Tony.

It's no good, a brick.

We'll just have to get him on the pavement and break it open there. The

pavement? You must be mad. Well, then you think of something, then.

Well, can't you cut the bag or something?

Oh, yeah, yeah, with a chisel. No, no, I mean with a razor.

I keep razors with me all the time. I mean, we'll go back to your place and

pick one up. My place? You can't go back to my place. What about my mother? You

can't keep anything away from her.

Now, look, we'll go back to your place. We'll get a knife and then we'll cut the

bag open there and everything will be over with. And what am I supposed to do

with Jean?

The trouble with you, Frank, is you don't know how to handle women. And you

do, I suppose.

Now, look, we don't want this bloke coming round, do we, and seeing us.

No, and it would be a laugh if he didn't come round. Well, then, just hurry up

and get on with it. We'll get a knife and get it over with.

Come on.

Oh, hello, Jean.

No, no, no, it's all right.

He's a friend of ours. He had an accident.

There's blood all over his face.

I know.

He's had an accident. He's all right, though.

Whose car is this?

It's his car.

Well, who is he? Hey,

what are you doing out here?

I came to see what was up. There's been a fight, hasn't there? Yeah, yeah,

there's been a fight. But he's all right.

Well, he looks awful. He ought to go to hospital.

Yeah, well, that's where we're taking him. We're taking him to hospital now.

What are you doing in the kitchen?

What were you looking for?

I asked him to go and get some bandages. Now, look here, darling, you know, it's

getting a bit chilly. You know, you really ought to go back to bed. Yeah,

come on, Jean, back to bed. No!

Frank, we are wasting a lot of time here.

Well, he's not going with you.

Look, Jean, this bloke is in a bad way. Yeah, but I don't think you're taking

him to hospital.

Of course we're taking him to hospital. That's why I want Frank to drive us

there. Frank's not driving you anywhere. He's coming indoors with me.

Look, Jean, like Tony says, he's in a bad way.

Well, I'll go and get a doctor or an ambulance.

It ain't like that, you see.

No, I know it ain't like that.

That's why he's not going with you.

Frank, please don't get mixed up in this.

You come in with me now or that door will be closed on you for good.

Come on, let's get going.

How's he doing?

He's doing all right. Come on.

Come on, let's get going. Oh, what have you done to him? He's covered in blood.

He looks bad, that's all.

Where's the bag?

It's under the front seat. Come on. Look, we've got to do something for him,

Tony. He's in a bad way. He's all right. Come on. Yeah, and supposing he dies?

Well, I'll tell you what we'll do then.

Let's get him into your place and we'll stop the bleeding.

Oh, no.

He's not coming into my place. Well, then what do you want to do then?

Look, we'll take him into your place and we'll stop the bleeding, all right?

All right, but make it quick.

We've got him on the bed. I'll put the fire on to keep him warm.

Where do you keep the lint and stuff?

It's up there.

What do you think we ought to use?

Iodine? Disinfectant or what?

I don't know.

You had some cotton wool up here. Where is it?

It got used.

There's a clean cloth there.

Look, Jean, I'm... I'm sorry about all this.

But there was nothing else we could do, was there? You can keep away from them

dog tracks for a start. And him.

I told you I'd pay you that pound back.

It's not just a pound I'm worried about.

It's always the same, week after week.

I just don't understand you.

You've got a good job. What do you want to hang around with that layabout for?

I knew you'd get into trouble.

I knew it'd end like this.

But we're not in trouble.

Well, who done him up then?

Nobody done him up. It was a little fight. It's like Tony says.

It's always like Tony says.

Why didn't you marry him instead of me?

Look, lay off, will you, Jeannie?

He's all right.

Here's your water.

And you can get him out of here as quick as you can. And take Tony with you. I

don't want him in this house.

Where's he scarpered to?

I don't know. He's probably gone outside the car. He'll be back.

Oh, it'd be just like him to leave us lumbered with this bloke.

Is he all right?

Yeah, of course he's all right.

Oh, give it to me.

Do the blokes down the dog track know you're scared of blood?

He can't do nothing for me. I'll have to have a doctor.

No, we don't want no doctors.

Why not?

It ain't none of your business.

You're going to leave him like this?

Well, look, what about Charlie?

Who's Charlie?

He's an old bloke who lives upstairs. He used to be a male nurse in an hospital.

He looked after me when my leg was bad.

Is he safe?

What do you mean?

I mean, is he hard up like?

Yeah, yeah.

Would you like to go and get him, Jean?

Right, I'll see if he's in.

Look, I've been out of the car, got the bag, and put it in your area behind the

dustbins. What for?

Someone might pinch it. And what about him?

As soon as this quack friend of yours gets him sorted out, we'll put him in

the car, take the car off, and then we'll dump him somewhere.

Get back here. By that time, Jean will be asleep.

And then we'll open the bag.

How long do you think it'll be before they miss him?

Well, he lives in Brighton.

Taking a bit of time to get back there, and then he probably stops on the way

for a drink. Oh, no, there's plenty of time.

Yeah, well, I don't like driving that car. It's probably hot by now.

There's a hundred hot cars in London every night of the week.

Yeah, I know, but I happen to be driving that one, and I don't like it.

She's coming back.

It's not newsroom. He can't be home yet.

Oh, well, I'll tell you what we'll do then, Jean.

I've got a friend of mine who's a doctor. You'll look after him.

No, no, it'll be all right.

Look, why can't we take him to hospital? No.

Give us a hand with him, will you?

What's that on his wrist?

Well, what does it look like? It's half a police handcuff, the other half was on

a copper.

You never told me nothing about this.

You told me it was an accident.

You never said you were mixed up with the police.

Look, I wasn't mixed up with the place. Honest, I wasn't, Jane. We found him on

the street, and he told us that these three coppers had done him over.

And then he passed.

Sparked out like that.

Is that true?

Yeah, well, of course it is. Well, then whose car's that?

I told you, it's his car. He told us where it was before he passed out. And

then Frank went back and got it, and I stayed with him.

Now, come on. Give us a hand with him, will you?

All right, where is he?

Hm? Where's what?

Where's the doctor that you said we were going to take him to?

What doctor?

The doctor you told Jean about.

I had to tell her something, didn't I?

Well, what are we going to do with him then?

I'll tell you what we're going to do with him.

He's bad, ain't he?

Well, we can't take a chance on you, mate.

So there's a hospital around the corner where they've done my leg wheel.

We'll drop him there. We can't take him there. They'll recognize you. No, we

ain't going in.

There's a side street.

We'll dump him there. Someone will pick him up. It's all right.

Here, what's happened?

It's a flat.

Well, that's that, then. Come on, let's get out of here. And what about him?

Someone will find him. But we said we were going to... Look, what difference

does it make whether we dump him against a wall or we leave him here?

But we said we were going to take him to hospital. Look, mate, we would have done

if he'd looked after his tyres a bit better.

Well, I don't know about you, but I'm going to change that wheel.

No, no, no, I can manage, thanks. Yeah, it's all right, thanks. I saw you get

the flat when I was parked down the road.

It went off like a gun, didn't it?

Yeah, but there's no need to bother. All right, no bother, sir.

These things have got a built-in hydraulic jack, haven't they?

Handle's under the seat, I think.

Let's get it out, shall we? Just a minute, mate. It's no good. It's clapped

out. Oh, I'll have a look at it for you. No, no, there's no need for that. My

friend works in a garage. He can look after it. Yeah, you see, we're in a bit

of a rush, really. Oh, we'll soon get you on the way, sir.

You got the spare out, then?

That'll need a bit of air in it, won't it?

Yeah. Well, not to worry.

I'll go get my jacket. That's very kind of you.

All right, Tom, that's it. I'm scarpering.

Listen, you hit scarpering anywhere, I can't run with this leg.

What else can we do? Supposing he looks in the car?

Well, that didn't take long, did it, sir? No, no, indeed it didn't.

Now, which of you two gentlemen is the owner of the car?

I am.

I take it you are a member of the AA, sir?

Oh, yeah, yeah. Could I have your membership number, sir?

Uh... No,

I just can't seem to remember it at the moment.

Well, haven't you got your membership card with you?

Oh, yeah, yeah.

Yeah.

Now, where do I put it?

I must have left it at home.

You know how it is.

Well, I take it you are a member, sir?

Oh, yeah, yeah. I've got my badge on the front there.

Oh, yes. Well, a lot of people have that badge that aren't members, you know.

Really? Oh, yes. They buy the car with the badge already on it, you see.

A lot of crooked people are bad, aren't they?

Well, could I have your name, sir? Just for the record, you know.

Baker.

And the initials? J.

And the address?

128 Sanderson Street.

Fulham.

Right, sir. Thank you very much.

That'll be enough service.

Oh, thank you very much.

Let's start.

Do you think he sussed anything?

What? Do you think the AA man suspected anything about the card?

Nah.

How many people do you think carry their cards around with them?

Look, the hospital's on that side of the road.

And what happens if no one finds him?

Ah, someone will find him.

A copper will pick him up.

Always coppers.

Talking to the nurses, drinking the patient's tea.

Our trouble will be if anybody spots us.

Yeah, and there'll be a big screen go up when they find him looking like he is.

And what are we going to do with this motor when we've dumped him?

Not very bright, are you?

Motor stays with him.

You see, he's had this little accident.

So he gets out of his car, and then he collapses against the wall.

Look.

There's the hospital there.

Hey.

Look at this.

He's going to be drunk and all.

Draw a few pictures on the paper and put it out in front of it. You'll make

yourself a bomb.

Yeah, all right. Come on, let's get going. No, no, no, no.

A few finishing touches, yeah.

Here, you better get his hat.

What for?

Make it look a bit better.

Yeah.

It suits him, doesn't it?

I'd better switch this engine off now.

Do you think you'll be able to cut the motor off in this condition?

It's got to look right.

Go on.

So what happened with this fellow tonight?

Which one do you mean?

The one you was talking about.

Oh, the one with the motorbike? Yeah.

Oh.

He wanted me to go to the pally.

Why didn't you go?

I said I'd see you, didn't I?

Well, not really, you didn't.

Yes, I did.

You could have gone off with him.

You tease me. I don't feel like it.

Have another coffee.

Do you want one?

No, not if you don't.

No, I don't want one.

Then I'll vote.

Well, what are we going to do tonight?

I don't know.

We could go to the pally.

What time do you think she'll be asleep?

She goes to her mum's early on a Sunday morning.

Give her ten minutes. It'll probably be all right by then.

You know, I won't half-cop it for all this next week.

Yeah, take her to Brighton or something. That'll cheer her up.

Yeah.

Yeah, I think I'd come along with you. We could work over the Brighton track.

What do you mean?

Tony, what do you mean we could work over the Brighton track?

I'm not doing this again.

No, no.

I mean legal.

We've got money now, ain't we?

Haven't you ever heard? Money makes money.

Look, what are we gonna do tonight?

Shall we go to the paddy?

How long do you think it'll be before they find him?

Oh, I don't know. If they haven't found him now, they soon will.

Yeah, the nurses are probably tucking him up in bed right now.

You girls having a night out, then?

No, we're sitting at home watching the telly.

What's with the foot?

Caught in a mouse trap.

Take no notice of him, Jane.

What about that bloke?

Hmm? What about him?

The bloke who shouted at us for parking in front of his garage.

Well, we moved on, didn't we?

Yeah, but he could identify us to the police, couldn't he?

You listen to me.

You think the police are worried about the bookie. They hate bookies. They're

practically on our side.

Do you think he's going to complain to them?

You won't know what's in them. You'll think it's a track gang or something,

and so will they.

They're no fingerprints.

We wore gloves, didn't we?

So what else are they gonna do? They're gonna check over all the dog track

gangs, and what can they do?

Find nothing at all.

What's the matter with you? What are you staring at?

You didn't put them on.

What are you talking about?

In the car, you took your gloves off to light a cigarette, just like you did

just then.

Then you reached out and you found that whiskey bottle. Your dabs will be all

over that bottle.

No, no, no. I have new gloves on when I sprinkle the bottle over. Oh, no, no,

no. In the car. Before that.

You took your gloves off to light a cigarette. Then you found a bottle of

scotch in the dashboard.

They'll be all over that bottle.

All right, get what are we going to do tonight?

It's a bit late now to do anything.

Maybe we'll get that bottle back.

Well, he's probably in hospital now. You said so yourself.

Look, we can't take that chance. It's all right for you. They haven't got your

prints. But they've got mine down at the station. Now, come on.

I know what we come here for on the first place.

Oh, look, Norm.

You've got 5,200,000.

Heavens, I've won.

He's still there. It's a break.

Good luck for a change.

Why hasn't anyone found him yet?

Blimey, give him a chance. He's only been there ten minutes.

Yeah, well, I don't like the look of him. I've never liked the look of him.

I'm going to get someone.

What's the matter with him?

He's a friend of ours. He's all right. What's he doing there? Has he had too

much to drink?

Yes.

We went to this party, you see, and then he flaked out in the car, so we brought

him out here for a bit of fresh air.

Who's driving this car?

He is.

Got a license?

Yeah. Where was this party, then? At his factory. You know the crossroads where

the gasworks is? You know where they make that detergent stuff? You went to a

party with him?

Yeah. It was a staff party.

Yeah, he's the governor.

A nice bloke, isn't he? Yeah, he's all right. Yeah, everybody was invited to go

there.

You see, he was going to give us a lift home, and then he weren't feeling too

well, you know, too much drink and all the rest of it.

So then he asked my friend here to drive him home.

And we were driving him home, and he flaked out. You remember that when he

did? Yeah.

And we got him out for a bit of fresh air.

You'd better get him home.

Yeah, I will.

Thanks. Come on, then.

Come on, then, Mr. Brown.

You'll soon be open now.

I wonder if you wouldn't mind opening the back door for us, will you? That's

very kind of you.

Come along, then.

Come on. You'll soon be with Mrs. Brown now.

Here you are. I'll get it when it gets back.

Come on, then.

Come on, then.

Fancy getting yourself like this.

There you are.

There you are.

Well, then we'll get him home, then.

Good night.

Well, he must have realized he couldn't have been that thick.

Nah, he believed every word I told him. You see, that's what you got to do.

Face up to them, be sure of yourself, and then you can get away with about

anything.

They see this car... Him in his expensive suit, so they think he's

somebody important, got a solicitor, and they just don't want to know.

It's the way the law works.

Anyway, they don't do nothing unless there's two of them.

We've got to do something. We can't leave him in the back much longer.

All right, so then we'll stop the car and we'll leave him here. No, I mean

we've got to take him to hospital or something.

He's been out a long time now.

What difference does that make? Being unconscious means nothing. I knew a

bloke once who was unconscious for about six months. And when he came to, he was

probably all right. Of course, that's it.

Why didn't we think about it? Look, all we've got to do is to pull up at a call

box and put a call through for an ambulance.

We don't give our names, they don't know who we are. That's what you think.

Do you know that when you call an ambulance, you get the police as well?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, they tap all the phone calls, and then they send a wagon round

before you've got an answer. Oh, do me a favour, Tom. I knew a bloke once who got

nicked before he even got out of the box, and all he was doing was reporting

a fire.

What was that for?

He started it.

Now, now, now, the law's got you all ended up.

Well, of all the bookies, you have to go and pick this one.

Well, we did, and there's nothing we can do about it, and we're stuck with him,

so shut up. Well, I don't know about you, but I'm not driving around in

circles for the rest of the night.

All right, then.

You know that hospital by the canal?

You know it? Yeah, I think so.

All right, then. We'll try him there.

Is this it?

Yeah.

Better turn around the back where it's quiet and we'll drop him.

All right.

Oh, no, a cruiser!

Blimey.

Well,

what

happens now?

We're running out of hospitals.

Drive around the block until he goes.

Can't be there all night.

What's happened now? Now, that's all we need. We're running out of petrol as

well.

Now, that settles that.

Settles what? This is where we get out and we walk.

Oh, no. We said we were going to take him to hospital.

Well, we would have done if he bought more petrol for himself. It's no longer

anything to do with us. Now, I think you'd better remember what you said.

What did I say? If he croaks, we both get topped.

Right then, what am I supposed to do with him? Well, obviously, one of us has

got to go and get a can of paint drop.

I'll go. Mind the cyclist. No.

No, I'll go.

What about your leg?

You have got to stay with the car. Why?

You're the only one who's got a license.

Hey, has a bloke been here tonight for a can of petrol?

I don't know. I'll ask my mate.

Jeff, anyone been up here tonight for a tin of petrol?

Yeah.

Oh, who was it?

Some woman. Her MG ran out the other end of the high street.

No young fellas?

No, not tonight.

Why, you got stuck?

Yeah, yeah. He went to get some.

My mate.

Is this the only place open?

Yeah, you wouldn't find anywhere else open for miles. Not this time of night.

Well, do you want some? I'll see if I've got a can. Yeah, are you sure there's

nowhere else open? I told you, we're the only place open around here this time of

night. He's probably gone on home, left you in the car.

Oh, no, no, he wouldn't do that. Well, what do you want, a couple of gallons?

Yeah, yeah, do fine.

You turned off the ignition or something, didn't you?

You was going to leave me sitting there with that geezer while you bloated back

here for the bag. You're nuts, Frank.

You hand it over or I'll do to you what I done to that bookie.

What are you talking about?

The bag.

Behind that dustbin. Now, you got here before me, now, didn't you?

Frank!

So that's how it is.

Right, now, what have you done with it? Frank, get him out of here.

Look, where is it?

Now, knock it off, Tony. I'll sort this out. All right, now, you sort it out

quick. Because half of what's in that bag belongs to me. Half of what? What's

in that bag? Now, shut up!

And get inside.

What's in that bag? What do you think's in it? I wasn't asking you.

It ain't yours, is it? It belongs to that fella.

What have you done with him?

He's in the car.

Out the back.

What, you brought him back here?

And what else am I supposed to do with him?

What about this doctor?

There was no doctor, was there? Look, what do you want?

Money? There's enough in that bag to split three ways.

Look, if you don't get out of here, I'm going to call the police. Oh, no,

because Frank's in this as much as me. And you remember, Jean, that that

bloke's blood is on your bed now.

What do you want to go and do a thing like that for?

I warned you enough times if you mix with him, you'll get into trouble.

And to go out and hit a bloke to get some money off him.

Well, there were no old ladies with handbags. We had to pick a full-grown

man. Look, Jean, he's only a bookie.

They're all crooked.

This sort of thing happens all the time. Yeah, but you don't have to get mixed up

in it. Yeah, well he is, see?

What's the matter with you?

Half the money's his.

Well, he's not touching it.

Nobody's touching that money.

And when I get you out of here, I'm going to sing it in the canal. Now, look

here, I'm warning you.

You've got to help us.

Now, that fellow out there, he's bad.

We didn't mean to... It wasn't going to be like that, but anyway, he's Eddie at

the ground, see?

Yeah, and if he dies, we get topped.

Look, I'm going to get an ambulance.

Oh, no.

If the ambulance come, the police come as well. Oh, you got yourself into a

fine mess, haven't you?

Look, where's Charlie?

He got back a couple of minutes ago.

Well, look, would you go and get him, please, and bring him down and see if

he'll come and patch him up. Then we can get him home.

If we get him home and he's all right, then he won't go to the police. These

sort of fellas don't go to the police, do they? No, of course not.

Well, what's happened?

Ask them.

Over here, Charlie.

Now, hold a minute, granddad.

We've got to make quite sure that we got the money to pay your fee.

Haven't we, Gene?

What do you mean?

What does he mean?

Now, you don't want that bloke to croak off in your bed now, do you?

Do you want me to ever look at that bloke or not? It's all right, grandpa.

You'll get paid, won't you, Gene?

Now then, you take your eyes off this grandpa.

You go and fix him up.

You stop the bleeding.

And there's a tenner in it for you.

Here's a knife.

Here, what's this?

What does it look like?

I don't want no part of this. I don't want to get mixed up with the police.

It's all right, Charlie. It's not a police handcuff. He put it on himself.

Yeah, he wears it for luck.

I'd like to know what you two blokes are up to. Where did you get him?

We won him at Battersea Fun Fair.

Well, you'd better look after him.

Now, hold it, Grandad.

There's 20 quid in it for you.

What do you want me to do?

Oh, look, just do what you can, Charlie.

And then they're going to take him home.

Thanks, Jane.

Get me a kettle of hot water.

I'd better go and chat her up.

Look, love, I'm... Don't come near me.

Well, I just wanted to thank you anyway for getting Charlie to fix him up. Is

that what Tony told you to say?

No, he didn't.

You know, you got it all wrong about Tony. He's... He's quite a decent

fellow, really.

We've been mates a long time now.

But don't you know that's supposed to stop when you get married?

I don't mind you keeping on your old friends, but surely I come first.

I mean, you're never at home. You're always with him.

Look, doesn't it mean anything to you being married?

Well, doesn't it? Well, of course it does, but what's the use?

How is he?

Well, I've stopped the external bleeding, but I think he's bleeding

internally.

How do you know? I can't be sure.

I would need a stethoscope.

And I've an old one upstairs.

Can I go and get it?

Can you go and get it, Towne? Yeah, of course you can.

Now, look here, you'll be back, won't you, Professor, to get your fee.

I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll give it to you in Guinness. That might make it a

little bit more professional.

Here, Frank.

He had 900 quid on him.

Now, that's 20 for the doc. That leaves...

440 each.

Now, don't you spend yours all at once, then.

He ain't spending a penny of it.

Now, Frank, don't you touch that money. Well, now, that's up to him. I'm

certainly having mine. And this lot, you can do what you like with it.

Here, do you mind if I use your kitchen to clean up in a bit?

A lot of money, Jean.

Yeah, and look what you had to do to get it.

Yeah.

And I did it for you.

You didn't do it for me.

You've got a good job, and I go out to work. We could manage.

You did it because you do every mortal thing that Tony says.

No!

No, I didn't.

I did it because I thought it would make things better here.

You could have given up work and we could have got out of this stinking

basement.

Look, Frank, suppose things were a bit different.

Would you stay at home more?

If we got out of this place, I don't want to see Tony again.

Do you mean that?

Yeah.

Frank, will you promise me something?

You know I will.

What's wrong? Hit him!

Hit him!

He's passed out. He came round.

He's breathing blood.

I think his lungs are punctured.

Somebody must have kicked him.

Can't you do anything for him, Charlie?

You don't understand. This man's nearly dead.

Look,

Tony, we've got to get him to hospital, quick.

Now, this is what we'll do.

We'll take him right in this time.

No messing about. We'll take him right in and we'll bluff it.

We'll take him into the casualty.

Not where the lights are, just where the porter is.

While the porter goes to get someone, we'll scarper.

Then we'll leave the car outside.

They won't suspect anything. They'll think that we just found him and we

didn't want to get tied up with it, so we just drove him there.

And then we'll scarper.

This is going to be all right. Don't worry.

Of course, after that, we'll have to lie low a bit and not spend any of the

money.

I'm just going to buy a new suit still. It doesn't really matter. I can wait for

that.

Of course, when it's all over, I think me and Jean will probably move.

If she wants to move, you know.

Yeah, we'll find somewhere nice.

Once we settle in there, she'll soon forget all about this.

Yeah. Turn off here.

What?

Wait a minute. Where are we?

End of the ride.

What do you mean? This is the dog track. This ain't the hospital.

That's right.

Now listen, Tone. You said that we were going to take him to an hospital.

And we are.

No.

Not now, we ain't.

He's dead.

He can't be...

What did you do to him? Nothing.

He was dead when we left the house.

Oh, no.

No.

We're really at it now.

I should never have listened to you. I should have listened to Gene. You did

this to me. Frank!

Put yourself together.

They won't get us. They won't even know where to look for us.

We're back at the dog track, right?

Now, you work it out for yourself.

They'll think it was a dog track gang that got him.

He probably had it coming to him anyway.

Now, what's the matter with you?

He was only an old man.

It doesn't matter what he was. You killed him. Shut up.

We both got him.

Oh, no.

No, not me. I didn't touch him. That doesn't matter.

Look here, Frank.

Now, let's not lose our heads over this.

There's only one way to get out of it. Now, you stay here.

And I'll dump him.

And then we'll get out in the car.

Okay, start her up.

Hey, start her up.

Come on.

I'll see you out.

Put your... Put your left hand down.

Move. Now turn it back.

Use a bit of power and get on the curb and then stop turning around again.

All right, now go on.

That's it, yeah.

Yeah. This is what we're going to do.

We're going to blow town, flog this in Birmingham. I know a bloke up there will

give us five on a knicker for it.

I'm not... I'm going back to Jean. She'll be worried.

Look, we've got to stay together in this.

When they get him tomorrow, the rocket goes up.

But you said they'd think it was a race gang. You said they weren't worried

about bookies.

That's when we battered them around.

When the law gets a dead body, they never let it alone, like maggots.

Only maggots don't want to know where it come from.

The law does.

Well, I never killed him. It was you that kicked him.

I can just see you if the law gets you.

You'd squeal everything about me within five minutes.

Oil and water all right, sir? Yeah. How much is that?

118.8, sir.

Here you are. Keep the change.

Thank you, sir.

Come on, let's get going.

I said I'm going. Get going.

This is it, Tome. This is where we split up. I agreed to pull a job with you and

drive the car for you.

And that's the most they can cop me with.

You think you can just walk away from a thing like this?

You did it, mate, not me. Did I?

What about when you backed the car over the kerb of the street by the greyhound

track? What kerb? Yeah, what kerb, Frank?

There ain't no kerb there.

You backed over something else.

You... You mean...

You mean you made me back over that man?

Yeah, that's right. But why, Tony? He was dead already.

He wasn't dead.

Not when I dragged him out.

You killed him, Frank.

You killed him. You ran over him.

You mean you... Why, Tony?

What do you want to do a thing like that for? What I want to do a thing? I ain't

driving nearly hit that island. I turn the next mile on the right, we'll be in

the North Circular.

What for?

To protect you.

Don't you remember? He saw you.

He saw you and Gene.

He got up and he looked at you both. He never saw me. He saw you.

What can I do now?

I can't go home. Where can I go?

Look, the A1's up there, and it's a straight road to the north. Now, that's

the only way out of this.

Don't make me do it, Tony.

Please.

What's the matter?

Money? Look, I've got your share with me. I took it off the table.

Look at it.

Look what you can do with all this.

Now, mind your driving. Not too fast.

Mind this roundabout.

Take it easy.

When we get round it, then you can put your foot down, because then we're on

the A1.

You're making good time, boy. We're nearly to that field. You turn off

there.

Probably after us by now.

They'll always be after us.

No.

What's that behind us?

Oh, a tiny truck.

Well, the light's that low on the ground. It's a car, and it's been there

for some time now.

Oh, it's a car. It's one of them little sports jobs.

They're trying to pick up the courage to overtake you, boy.

Talking about cars, this one's probably up by now.

It's ages, isn't it? No, look, no one's missed him yet. And what about that

policeman? Well, what about him, then? The one outside the hospital. He

probably got our number.

No, he never.

I look back, he took nothing down.

Why the hell doesn't he overtake us? Because you're going too fast.

He doesn't have to, does he?

Tony, I'm telling you, that's a police car. It's got a wireless aerial.

So a lot of cars have got wireless aerials. We've got a wireless aerial.

Look, listen to this.

I'm going to slow down and let him pass.

All right, then slow down, but take it easy. You're going mad.

If that is a police car, we're really in trouble.

It is not a police car.

Look, I'm going to give him a run for his money.

I can get a ton out of this machine.

Now, look, don't go too mad now.

He's still with us, Tony. He's still following us.

Well, don't look at the mirror. Watch the road.

Leave that mirror alone. I can't drive without it.

there tony he's in the back seat he's sitting staring at me tony he's still

there what are you talking about he's there he's sitting there he's in the

back seat tony he's staring at me on the road mind you're going off the road he's

in the back seat

the viaduct, new road, section B.

Repeat, send ambulance urgent, out.

We better be quick, Bert. There's petrol everywhere.

This job's had it.

I'll go look at the driver.

He's still alive. Get round here quickly.

This is gonna go up any minute.

Now come on easy with him.

Wait a minute.

Gently.

Gently.

All right.

Take it nice and slow.

There we are, all right.

Well, there's no drink on him. I wonder what happened then.

Could have been the steering jammed.

Look, you better get that body out of the car in case it goes up.

You're going to be all right, old son. We'll soon get you in the hospital.

Hey, Bert!

Look at this lot.

Where's the other man?

What other man, son?

The man in the back seat.