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Thank you.

Thank you.

Down in Graydon.

Thank you, madam. Would you like to take a seat?

It is a little warm here.

They keep the temperature of this place the same all year round.

Are you a regular customer?

365 nights a year.

And every night the clock seems to move on leaden hands.

Till midnight?

Until midnight.

I'm a very patient man. I don't mind how long I wait.

How did you guess?

Well, it isn't very difficult.

At midnight you collect your prescription for the following day,

right? You seem well informed.

Are you one of the coterie, one of us, as they say?

What makes you think that?

People do call it all night chemists for other kinds of prescriptions.

That's true, but I wouldn't say you suffer from insomnia.

I'm sure you're not a diabetic, and I imagine your heart is quite sound.

You haven't come in for an asthma kettle?

Is that your professional diagnosis?

So you know I was a doctor.

You're Schroeder, aren't you?

And you, madame?

Diane Graydon.

I read your case in the papers when you were struck off.

Tell me, what makes you think I might be one of the coterie?

Perhaps it's the dark glasses.

But nowadays so many women wear them to conceal the tell-tale condition of

pupils. Of course it could be a simple case of conjunctivitis.

I didn't come in for a bottle of eye lotion.

Neither did I.

Why come so early?

Why don't you wait till just before midnight before you come and collect

your prescription?

Waiting is half the pleasure.

I'm a very lonely man these days.

I like to watch people, don't you?

No.

I find myself doing it.

Fancy you should remember my case.

Your memory must be excellent.

It's my business, Mr. Schroeder.

I have to know who I'm talking to.

Very lucrative business by the looks of it. Very smart, very nice.

Don't let this fool you. Last year's model.

I would have saved your prescription.

Miss Miller, you know him?

Good evening, Doctor. Good evening.

You're wrong.

That's Dr. Leischner, his West End specialist.

I'm not wrong. This is Müller.

Well, it's not every doctor who'll interrupt an evening out just to drop in

a prescription for a patient.

This is for a very special patient.

Doctor indeed.

I knew him in Vienna when he couldn't pass an examination.

How's Mrs. Leischner?

Dining extremely well at the Willow Tree. Thank you.

Leischner was a much older man. He died in a concentration camp.

I... Take the wind out of his sails.

Well, well.

What a surprise after all these years.

I'm Schroeder.

You remember me?

No, I'm afraid you have the advantage.

I don't know you.

But you must remember me.

Billy Schroeder.

And you are Muller, aren't you?

Eric Muller. No, my name isn't Muller. And I do not know any Schroeders.

Thank you.

Now, you must remember Vivienne's, the patisserie where all the students played

chess, and her lovely daughter also called Vivienne.

I really don't know what you're talking about.

Excuse me, please.

Right, well, I'll do the best I can.

Okay, see you.

Your husband must be a very conscientious doctor, Mrs. Leuschner.

Mr. Warren, I'll let you into a secret.

Why don't you call me Vince?

All right, Vince.

I'll let you into a secret.

That urgent prescription was for me.

Seasick pills.

Going anywhere fascinating?

Whatever fancy takes us, fancy being a yacht.

Sounds pretty grand.

Not really.

Eric sold his practice and bought the yacht on the proceeds.

Well, you're very fortunate.

I wonder what's happened to that husband of mine.

He said it'd be no more than 15 minutes.

Eric, what happened? Where have you been?

Darling, I got here as soon as I could.

But I expected you hours ago.

I've been phoning you all evening. I've been so worried about you. Well, I

haven't been exactly easy in my mind myself.

Did anyone phone you?

How did they?

Yes, they got the consignment.

They were on their way to the station when they rang from the call box.

Everything's fine.

Darling, you're rich.

Rich.

Beautifully, gorgeously rich.

Don't you realize what this means?

Eric. Yes.

Just what does it mean in pound, shillings and pence?

It means, my love, that in a few days' time, I will be a millionaire.

Now, what about me?

Darling, I love you. Anything you wish is yours.

You just name it.

And Vivian?

Have you told her?

About the money?

Well, I... No, not about the money. About you and I. Oh, really, Vanessa? Of

course I have. Then why not?

But I've told you a hundred times, Vivienne is a very jealous woman.

Do you know any woman who isn't?

What do you think I'm made of, for instance?

Sawdust?

Darling, you're like stardust in a midsummer garden.

Oh, Eric, please.

Don't talk like a corny songwriter.

That line doesn't suit you at all.

It's not a line, Vanessa.

I mean it.

I love you.

But not enough to divorce Vivienne. I have no grounds for divorcing Vivienne.

Then let her divorce you.

She would never do that.

Then why not just leave her?

It's not as simple as all that.

What you mean is she knows too much.

She knows nothing about you and I.

Then it's about time her general knowledge was improved a little.

And I think I'm just the one to do it.

Is there a threat?

No.

Just a passing thought.

Then I suggest you let it pass, Vanessa, darling.

Now listen. Oh, no, I won't listen. I've listened to you long enough.

You and your smooth talk. What do you take me for, a pick-up or something?

I should have known better than to waste a whole evening waiting for you.

I've wasted more than just an evening.

I've wasted years.

Now look, I got away as soon as I could.

Oh, so you got away as soon as you could.

I suppose I should be honored or grateful or something when you slip away

to see me. If you could only be a little more patient, then we'll be together all

the time, you and I. Oh, how many times have I heard that? It's like a cracked

record. It's the truth, Vanessa.

I'm sorry about tonight, but I really was busy.

Yes, busy making plans to leave the country.

But you know it is a business trip.

As if I didn't know what kind of business.

For what guarantee do I have that you'll ever come back?

Or that I'll ever see you again?

Oh, you have my word.

Isn't that good enough?

No, Eric, I'm afraid it isn't.

I think I'd like something a little more substantial, if you don't mind.

Such as?

Money.

All right.

All right, so you want money.

How much do you want?

100,000.

Oh, come on, Vanessa.

Whose telephone number is that?

Mine, Vanessa Palmer.

Cash, no checks.

Do you really think I carry that kind of money around with me?

I'm paying your friends very handsomely for their night's work.

In fact, almost every penny I've got.

You're not paying them anything.

You're buying from them, remember?

All right.

So I'm buying from them.

And it's a seller's market.

Anyway, it's up to them to look after you.

Oh, no, Eric.

You're going to look after me.

And you're going to look after me good.

I will not be blackmailed.

Good night.

Oh, no.

Don't think you're going to walk out on me as easily as that.

Now get out of my way. You'll lay a finger on me and I'll scream so loud

I'll be heard in Harley Street.

So it is blackmail.

Call it what you like.

All right, Vanessa.

I look after you.

Oh, I'm so sorry. It's quite all right.

Don't worry.

I beg your pardon.

Oh, it's you.

So you have deserted my wife?

No, she deserted me.

I've seen that girl somewhere before.

Who is she?

Thanks to you, I'll never know.

He didn't seem to have much success taking the wind out of his sails. Ah,

you mean Muller.

No, I mean Leischner.

One cannot blame such an upstart for not wishing to recognize me. After all, I

know too much about his past.

Perhaps in his own way, he thinks I brought more disgrace on the profession

than he.

Well, you're not the only one.

Unfortunately.

It wasn't I?

Dump him over there.

Come on. You'll kill yourself a bit.

There they are.

Hey, you.

Come here.

I want you to help my friend.

He's had a bit of an accident.

I think the best thing I can do is phone for an ambulance. Hey!

There's going to be no phone calls and no ambulances on hospital, see?

Foster, pull that phone out.

Now shut the door.

We don't want no interruptions while Dr Kildare's helping old Wilkie, do we?

I'm not a doctor. I'm not qualified to help your friend. So you're not a

doctor. What's the matter with you? Ain't you got no ambition? Go on, patch

him up.

But it's not a question of patching him up.

I mean, your friend is seriously wounded.

If he doesn't have skilled assistants, he'll die.

Isn't that so, Mr. Schroeder?

What's he got to do with the old man?

Well, he happens to be a surgeon.

Well, isn't that lucky?

So you're a surgeon, are you, Dad?

I said, so you're a surgeon, are you?

Yes. But not allowed by law to practice as such. I don't suppose that will worry

you. What happened?

Never mind what happened. Just patch him up.

If you cannot tell me what happened, I cannot help.

Your gun doesn't frighten me.

Unless, of course, you want two corpses on your hands.

Mine as well as your friend's. All right.

A security guard pulled a gun on him.

I shouldn't be allowed to have guns there now, them security guards.

Nobody should be allowed to carry a gun.

When did it happen?

What's the difference?

Difference between life and death.

How long ago did it happen?

About half an hour ago. Maybe more, maybe less.

Half an hour?

You drove for half an hour with a man in this condition?

We had an important call to make. More important than a man's life.

Did you notice what sort of gun the security guard was carrying?

It was a bigger.

Could have been a 4.5.

Good killer. An ox.

I'll do my best.

Try to get that bullet out.

Good for you.

Take the hand off.

Please stand over there.

Okay, Dad, okay.

Don't get the needle with me.

Did you fix that door?

Yeah, I've done the other phone, too.

Where could I scrub my hands?

Through the dispensary, Mr. Sheridan. Thank you. Perhaps you could bring in

one of those mobile surgical units from the showroom. Yes, sir.

Miss Graydon, have you had any nursing experience?

A little. Oh, good, then you can assist me.

Eric, what happened to your face?

How did you get those scratches?

It's nothing.

Well, there.

There was a woman at the chemist's.

An epileptic.

She suddenly had a fit.

I tried to calm her. Well, this is what happened.

Now, where is that waiter?

Eric, tell me the truth.

When you left here, you were full of confidence.

Suddenly, you are all nerves.

What has gone wrong?

Nothing's gone wrong.

But...

I met the last person in the world I wanted to meet.

Who was that?

Schroeder.

Willi Schroeder?

Yes, sitting there, large as life, waiting for his prescription.

I didn't know he was in London.

When his case was reported in the papers, he was living in Liverpool.

Poor Willi.

Well, I have no sympathy.

Of course, I had to pretend I didn't know him. What else could I do?

Was that wise?

It was not a question of being wise. It was a question of getting out of an

embarrassing situation.

All right.

So I was caught off my guard.

I hope you were tactful.

It's not very clever to offend a man who is down on his luck.

Perhaps he needs help.

Well, maybe he does.

But I'm the last person to provide it.

Anyway, I have no sympathy for these people.

Sometimes I wonder whether you have sympathy for anybody.

It was wrong to ignore him.

If not wrong, ill-advised.

Ill-advised?

You know what an old inquisitive washerwoman is.

Why did I change my name? When did I qualify?

If he's really sure there is anything like he was 20 years ago, he'll still

ask questions.

Eric, I have an idea.

All right, again.

But let's have your ideas in the car. I want to get started.

Calm down. What's the hurry?

For one thing, you've got a prescription to pick up.

It'll be just about ready now.

All right, what is your brilliant idea?

Why don't we take sure there is us on the yacht?

You're mad.

I'm not mad.

It will be a very nice gesture on our part, and it will do him the world of

good.

I do believe you're right.

We'll do him good.

And we could keep an eye on him.

And his questions wouldn't matter.

The only snag is, having ignored him, how can I possibly go back and say, my

dear Willy, how very nice to see you. Come, please, and join us on our yacht

for a long, long sea voyage.

You leave Willy Schroeder to me.

I apologize to him handsomely for your shocking behavior.

The only thing is, will he still be there?

Don't worry, he'll be there until midnight.

When you pick him up, why not drive straight down to the coast tonight?

Tonight? Yes, why not?

We're already packed. There's only that parcel to pick up. The bills are paid.

The surgery telephone has been discontinued. Not exactly, dear.

What do you mean, not exactly?

I arranged for the cancellation myself.

Yes, my dear.

But all calls on that number are automatically transferred to Dr.

Townfield's number.

After all, you did sell the practice to him.

So there you are.

You made a 999 call, sir? Yes, I'm Dr. Tanfield. I've just taken over Dr.

Leishner's practice.

I have an automatic message recording device attached to my telephone.

When I arrived home late tonight, I found six messages, all from the same

woman, one of Dr. Leishner's patients, all saying she wanted to see Dr.

Leishner urgently tonight.

I hurried on over... Is this the place, sir? Yes.

It's no use doing that. I rang for several minutes.

Well, the lady could be in a very deep sleep, sir.

Take a look through there.

She's been strangled. Not much doubt about that.

Two in one manner in the same night.

Well, what was the other one?

No connection, sir, I shouldn't think. A security guard in a warehouse shot.

He isn't expected to live.

I'd better try to contact Dr. Leischner. He'll know something of this woman's

history. What did you say the doctor's name was, sir?

Leischner.

Poor girl obviously put up quite a fight.

Traces of skin under her fingernails.

Look, I haven't taken it again. We haven't got all night.

No, I'm sorry.

Is the car here? No, we have to walk to it.

I'm not walking around the block in these shoes.

There are your shoes.

All right, I'll bring it around.

Are you leaving so soon, Mrs. Leischner?

Very soon.

My husband has rather a lot to do.

And he's in a bad mood.

Oh, pity. I was hoping to buy you another drink.

Young man, don't fool me.

My husband said he saw you making up to an attractive blonde.

Oh, yes, yes. But she didn't want to know.

So I've been drowning my troubles in the bar.

You don't look all that sorry for yourself.

Goodbye, Mr. Warren. It was nice meeting you. Goodbye, Mrs. Leishner. Have a nice

trip. I hope you don't need those anti-seasickness pills.

Personally, I could do with a nice long sea voyage myself.

I suppose you don't need a deckhand.

The idea appeals to me.

But I don't think it would appeal to Eric.

Oh, pity.

You know, if I was such a bad traveler, I don't think I'd be so keen on a

yachting trip.

Nor am I, but my husband, like most men, wants everything his own way.

Hear what I mean? Here he is now.

Goodbye. Mama, I hope you don't run into any rough weather.

God's sake, will somebody stop that bell ringing?

Will one of you please stop that bell ringing?

Where do you think you're going?

Well, you heard what Mr. Schroeder said.

I thought I'd better open the door.

Nobody answers that door.

The bell's worrying the old man. Foster will disconnect the battery, won't you,

Foster? Eh?

Oh, yeah, yeah.

That's his speciality, bells, you know.

There isn't a bell made that he can't put out of action, even them invisible

ray ones.

Now, I'll go and see if our caller's gone, shall I?

You wouldn't think old Buster had talents, would you?

All right, Buster.

Do your stuff.

You can relax, Dad.

Everything's under control.

Put that cigarette out.

You know your trouble.

You're a bundle of nerves.

You make a lovely couple, you two do.

Okay? Let's get out of here.

Why? I don't like it, that's all.

And there's no sense in our sticking around. Wilkie's going to be okay.

I'm not so sure about that.

It's not going to be so easy.

It looks as if the bullet is lodged in the upper part of the lung and there are

bone splinters.

But we've done our best for him. What more can we do?

Besides, it's odds on somebody's gonna scream to the law about this place being

shut. Stupid!

There's 50,000 quid on this job.

Do you think we're gonna leave before we get it? Yeah, well, I don't see how

we're gonna get it hanging around here.

Why do you think we come here?

You don't think it was on account of Wilkie's health, do you?

It just so happens it was lucky for Wilkie we arranged to have the meeting

here, that's all.

What are they going to pay us in? Pills?

Anyway, I thought some dame was supposed to slip you a key to her left luggage

locker with the cash in it.

Yes, and I give her the key to the stuff.

And we're meeting her here?

Yes, stupid, here.

Right here.

What do you want to pick a place like this for?

Because that's where the buyer wanted it to be.

All right, genius.

Where would you pick it this time of night?

An all-night caf, I suppose.

There's some so-o club full of tearaways. Yeah.

Well, at least I know where I was.

Oh, ah.

And the Lord would know where you was, wouldn't he?

You're not nicking old ladies' handbags now, Foster.

This is the big time, son.

If murder's big time, I don't want to know.

What's the use of 50,000 if we take the 9 o'clock walk? If you hadn't pulled

that flaming gun, the security guard wouldn't have fired and Wilkie wouldn't

be where he is.

104.

What they think they're doing over there?

Playing cricket.

Oh, I don't know why I put you on this job.

I must have wanted me brains tested.

I know why you put me on it.

Because Whitehead didn't like the sound of it, that's why.

He's got to be a good boy, is Whitehead.

Whitehead's unremanned, isn't he?

You're Whitehead, are you?

That's right.

Say so when you answer the Chief Inspector.

Answer the questions properly.

You're John Paul Whitehead? That's right.

Sir Chief Inspector.

So, we're going to have bravado, are we? Answer the question like I was asked.

You answer a good deal more before I'm through with you.

I told West End Central all I know.

You gave us certain information too late for us to act on it and put his scrappy

information at that. Well, what do you want? Me to do your job for you?

Sir Inspector?

You were doing life, if I have any say in the matter.

Just a minute.

I'm on remand for one job only.

I'm breaking and entering.

That's West End Central's pigeon.

When they've finished with you, I'm going to have you.

What for?

What for?

For that little job your pals pulled tonight.

I wasn't in on that.

I gave West End Central a tip about it. You know that.

You gave certain vague information.

Nothing tangible. No names and addresses.

Just making a show of being helpful so they wouldn't throw the book at you on

the other job.

But I'm going to throw the book at you on tonight's little effort.

If that security guard dies.

Security guard?

What security guard?

The one your pal shot at the warehouse tonight.

You're kidding.

You're just trying to give me a fright, man.

I've just been on to the hospital.

They tell me it's touch and go whether he lives.

I'm not a murder man. I'm narcotics.

But if that guard does die, I'll see you on the murder app along with your pals.

But I wasn't even there. You know that. You were an accessory before the fact.

You helped to plan an armed robbery. I never planned nothing. It was Boy... It

was Boy who?

Little Boy Blue.

All right, so it was Little Boy Blue.

And where was Little Boy Blue planning to hand over the stuff he pinched

tonight and to whom?

He wasn't planning to hand over any of the stuff.

He was to exchange keys with some woman I don't know. Look, I told West End

Central all this.

You told them enough to be practically no use at all.

Jim, get on to records.

Tell them to check up on all the Bs. It's a suitable initial.

And find out if there's one nicknamed Boy.

Look out.

Yes.

I'll save you the trouble if you'll put in a good word for me on that other job.

The other job isn't my pigeon, but I'll talk to my colleagues.

All right, who was it?

Brennan.

Boy Brennan.

Get Brennan's description, send a photograph to all newspapers, and I want

it to all stations.

Right, sir.

All right, on your way.

You mean I can go? Well, you're on bail, aren't you?

Go on before I change my mind.

And make sure you go straight home.

This dame who's going to hand over the key, are you going to recognize her?

We arranged she'd be wearing a mink coat.

And you're going to meet her here? That's what I said. You're clever. You

are dead clever. Look, I don't need no references from you. What's on your

mind?

How's she going to get in? She can't even ring the bell.

In case you don't know, you're leaning on a mink coat.

Plenty of women wear minks.

Not in chemist shops, they don't.

And she's the pay packet?

Well, I don't see any other women about. It's got to be her, hasn't it?

You want to know something?

What? This don't belong to her.

All right, so she nicked it. That makes her one of us, doesn't it?

No, she didn't.

She hired it. Look at the label. All right, so she hired it. What does that

prove? We hired a car, didn't we?

Except we didn't pay no deposit.

All I want to know is when did we collect?

Look, the key to the cache, it must be in here.

So?

Why don't we just take it and go?

Then we don't have to hand over the other key. We just shoot along to the

station, pick up the cache and the stuff.

You're dishonest, you are.

It ain't there, I've already looked.

Yes, thank you.

Yes?

I've tried the Westbury, the Washington, and the Carlton Towers. No luck, I'm

afraid, sir. Well, I'm not surprised.

You wouldn't stay anywhere so conspicuous. If I know Vince Warren,

he's probably staying in some quiet little place in Bayswater.

Bayswater isn't all that quiet these days, sir.

Well, keep trying. Yes, sir. Oh, you might try the Soho Clubs and

Restaurants. You never know.

Right. Incidentally, I just need on to the hospital again.

That security guard has died.

Hmm. That makes two in one night.

Oh? Where was the other one?

Bayswater. A woman called Vanessa Palmer.

I think he'll live.

Whether that is a matter for congratulation is another question.

Thank you. You were a great help.

You did all right, Doc. Thank you.

You think he's going to be okay, do you?

I'm afraid so.

On the other hand, if he dies as a result of my effort, I could be tried

for manslaughter.

Hey, what's all this about you not being allowed to practice?

It's no concern of yours.

It is a concern of mine.

You've just saved my pal's life.

I mean, if he's being victimized, we ought to do something about it, haven't

we, darling?

If he is being victimized.

We've got to have a little chat, haven't we?

Later.

Don't make it too late today.

Come on, Dad.

What's the big secret?

Go on. Tell us what the law's got against you, then.

Well, if you must know, I was struck off by a council of my colleagues

because I'm addicted to drugs.

Oh, no.

Faster! Faster, come here.

Faster, come here.

You know the old man, eh? Yeah, what band?

You know what he is.

He's struck off or something, eh? Yeah, but you don't know what for.

He's a drug addict.

What, in with you?

To think we've just knocked off a load of the stuff.

Can you beat that, eh?

Can you beat it?

You go up there to Leicester Square, see, and get a few samples of the stuff

out of that luggage locker, you know, for the dog.

Go on.

He's earned a bit of wages, hasn't he?

What's the matter?

Why don't you go in?

They are closed.

It's not possible.

Never mind, Dad. You did a great job.

You see, you don't really need it, do you?

I've done you a favour, you know.

You can spare me your congratulations.

That man is not out of danger yet.

Oh, Wilkie.

He'll be all right. You're all right, aren't you, Wilk?

That's for you.

You are wonderful, darling.

You've got something for me, haven't you?

That's right.

You've got something for me.

Well, there it is.

I reckon everything's turned out all right, don't you?

I hope your friend reckoned it worked out all right.

What, old Wilkie?

Yeah, it'll be all right.

Hey, I just thought...

Wouldn't it be funny if we was exchanging keys to empty boxes, eh?

Might be funny, but there wouldn't be much point, would there?

It's just a thought.

Have you got a car?

Yeah. Well, let's go down the station together, just you and me.

You mean you want to check on the money before you let me out of your sight?

I'll tell you something, darling.

I never want to let you out of my sight.

I'm sure we'll see a lot more of each other.

Good, then we'll go down the station together, eh?

You in your car, me in mine.

I mean, you might want to check up what I left there, mightn't you?

I might have left a packet of bath salts.

I'd hardly think your friend would get shut stealing a packet of bath salts.

But I'll follow if you like.

What about him?

He's a no-fit state to be moved, except by an ambulance.

I'll soon fix Wilkie.

Okay, go and wash my hands.

Hey, Foster!

The lines are out of order.

I don't get it.

An all-night chemist shop closed before midnight, the place in darkness.

The doorbell not working.

And the telephone out of order.

What are we going to do?

We're going back there.

Come on.

He's not going to be able to walk to the car for a start.

Right, Foster, out in the shop there's some wheelchairs. Bring me one.

Yeah, but no buts. Bring me one in here. If you think you'll find to move that

man, you must be out of your mind. Dad, I'm very grateful for all you've done,

but please don't interfere.

Okay, I can see who that is.

And bring us a chair back.

This is ridiculous.

There must be somebody in there.

Look, I told you, you must... Who

is it making all that noise? It's a fella in a dinner jacket. Well, go and

shut him up. I can't stand much more of it.

He's got a woman with him.

Well, that's probably Dr. Leishner.

He told me his wife would be in about midnight to pick up a prescription.

All right, go and let him in.

And if you're clever, you'll think up a good excuse for him.

You go with him.

In case he gets any ideas about running to the nudist phone.

Foxtrot 15 to MP.

I have received information that suspect Brennan is at All Night Chemist,

Wellborn Street. Armed and dangerous.

I'll proceed in there immediately.

Please inform Chief Inspector McCready. And I'll... Right.

I really do apologise, Mr Dash, and I'll get your prescription right away.

Give us that chair.

Eric?

Eric? Yes, what is it?

I can't find that key.

It must be there. I put it in your bag myself.

But it isn't here now.

I tell you, I put it in the bag myself.

You couldn't have.

I'm not mad.

Hey, where's that blonde?

Never mind about the blonde. Let's get out of here quick.

All right, go and get the card and bring it round the front door.

I've got the car key.

Just a minute.

Where did you get this key?

It's our car key. What's it to you? Not the car key. This one. Put the tag on

it. What's all this then?

He wants to know where we got this key.

Ah, does he?

Get the car started.

Any questions?

Are you Brennan? That's right.

Boy Brennan.

Then where's the other key?

I handed it over, just like it was arranged.

Get the car started!

Got any more questions?

That other key, to whom did you give it?

To the lady, just like it was arranged. This is the lady!

That woman, where is she?

She went to wash her hands.

I don't believe a word of it.

You're lying.

Come on, you haven't got a chance, Brennan.

Come on out, son, you're in enough trouble.

Now he's in trouble, I... Please, do something.

Isn't there anything you can do?

Sorry, my dear.

I do not believe your story.

Not a word of it.

Come in.

No, no, come in, come in.

This is Detective Sergeant Diane Graydon, narcotics squad.

Captain Vince Warren of the New York Narcotics Bureau. We've all remote.

I was just telling Captain Warren I don't believe his story about being over

here on vacation.

It was his department that gave us the tip 12 months ago that a certain Mueller

was operating illicit drugs in this country. They seemed to think we weren't

acting on the information, so they sent the captain over here to hustle us up.

Right, Vince?

Not quite right, Mac.

It was a suggestion made at a party at the DA's office.

We've had a call from the mobiles. Apparently the party of the all-night

chemists is warming up.

Hadn't got going when I left.

I ruined a new pair of nylons getting out of a window.

I'll put in a claim on your expenses.

As long as you didn't ruin the mink, that's got to go back to the hire

company in the morning.

Oh.

What's this?

It's the key to the luggage locker at Leicester Square.

Full of the proceeds of the warehouse robbery.

Is it indeed?

Oh, we can collect that after we've picked up Brennan.

Well done, Diane.

Send the car over, will you?

You know, somewhere along the line, a policeman's got to have a little luck.

In this case, we've had two pieces of luck.

Otherwise, we'd never have cracked this case.

How many Mullers did we check up on, Diane?

Hundreds, sir. And every one was in the clear.

Then I personally interviewed every registered addict in the book and drew a

blank until I got to the Esses and Schroeder, who said he'd once known a

Muller 25 years ago in Vienna.

Well, it didn't seem much use until one night Schroeder phoned and said he'd

seen Muller.

But Muller says he's Leichner.

Ah, so you know that, do you?

Captain Warren is almost a friend of the family, sir.

Oh, come on now, just because I dined with the lady. Anyway, Schroeder says

that the real Dr. Leichner died in a concentration camp and Muller assumed

his identity.

Where's that damn driver?

The canteen.

Well, get him out of the canteen.

Some of these old-timers think they can do what they like.

He's probably playing poker.

They tell me he's lucky.

What was your other bit of luck, Mac?

Ah, yes. Well, West End Central had a young villain named Whitehead on remand

for a breaking and entering job.

In order not to have the books thrown at him, he was prepared to trade a little

information. Not much, of course, because it would be obvious what he'd

done. And the boys would calm him up, as they say, eh?

Exactly. So he gives us these craps of information, their names, of course, but

he did tell us this business of the exchange of keys.

And then tonight, for the first time, he mentioned Brennan.

Come on, then. Let's go.

There you are. I told you not to turn the lights on.

Why don't you go out for some more bulbs, then?

These don't seem to be lasting any time at all, do they?

You murderer.

What do you think your old man was if he wasn't a murderer?

At least I'd kill him quick. He killed him slow and he got rich doing it.

How do you think he bought this mink coat?

He thought he was dead clever, didn't he?

Now look where he's got him.

Where do you think it will get you?

This will get me as far as I want to go.

Now then, where did that blonde in the mink go and who was she?

I don't know what you're talking about. Who was she?

I'm coming in, Brennan.

The gun, lad.

One more step and she goes the same way as her old man. You can't win, Brennan.

I'll give you ten seconds to drop that gun. And I'll give you five to get out

of here.

One. Double it.

Two. Clever kid.

Three. I'll raise you.

Four. I'll see you.

Five.

It's a full house.

Hold it, Brennan. Yeah, I thought you'd change your mind. Give me your hand.

Sorry, but I have to ask you a few questions.

I think you'd better send for an ambulance.

We'll get the driver to send for you.

Well, Shredder... We're going to do our best to catch up with Foster.

I should just like to thank you for all your help.

It was nothing.

It was everything.

Come on, Vince.

And you too, Diane. We need you for identification.

Mr. Schroeder.

Mr. Schroeder, are you leaving?

Yeah.

What about your hat and coat?

Oh.

You've forgotten to pick up your prescription.

I don't think I shall need it tonight.

Surely. Surely not.

In fact, a short while after I was struck off, I broke the addiction.

I haven't used that stuff for years.

Well, then why?

I don't understand.

Perhaps not.

But then you never were in a concentration camp as I was when that

man killed my friend Leichner and later assumed his identity.

I was determined to bring him to justice, no matter how long it took.

Although I did not expect it to be such.

That's our main start. Say, do something. No, no, no. It's all right.

I can manage.

It'll be heroin.

Yes, that's heroin, all right.

And a hell of a lot of it, too.

Yeah, and they were aiming to get rich quick.

It's a good night's work.

Look, man over there.

That's Foster.

You go back to the car. We'll be right in a moment.

You're a proper old butterfingers, aren't you?

What do you want? Don't ask silly questions.

You can't be trusted with money dropping it all over the place.

Come on, let's have it.

All of it? Yeah, all of it. I'll give you half.

You give me the lot or I'll give you the lot. I thought I told you to go

straight.