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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:30,864 --> 00:00:40,863 [RANK GONG] 2 00:02:03,749 --> 00:02:07,333 They've been part of my life, the ships... 3 00:02:07,377 --> 00:02:09,619 ...and the river and the tides. 4 00:02:09,921 --> 00:02:11,708 As long as I can remember. 5 00:02:12,090 --> 00:02:14,833 It's what you might call inevitable, I suppose... 6 00:02:14,926 --> 00:02:18,385 ...because I was born and brought up in this part of Liverpool. 7 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:22,178 Right on the waterfront. Almost among the docks. 8 00:02:22,267 --> 00:02:29,856 [TRAIN AND SHOUTING CHILDREN] 9 00:02:30,859 --> 00:02:32,942 Some people would call it a slum. 10 00:02:33,487 --> 00:02:35,479 Only I didn't think of it that way... 11 00:02:35,656 --> 00:02:38,399 ...when I was a little girl, in the year 1919. 12 00:02:41,244 --> 00:02:44,078 [KITCHEN NOISES] 13 00:02:44,164 --> 00:02:47,953 It's just on the boil. How is she? Is there anything else I can do? 14 00:02:47,959 --> 00:02:50,872 You're a good girl and your mother is going to be alright. 15 00:02:52,047 --> 00:02:53,083 [DOOR SHUTTING] 16 00:02:57,928 --> 00:03:02,468 It's unnatural to hate your own father, but I just couldn't help it. 17 00:03:03,266 --> 00:03:06,179 I shall never forget the last time I saw him. 18 00:03:06,603 --> 00:03:08,469 He came along to my school. 19 00:03:10,315 --> 00:03:12,022 Hello, Dad. 20 00:03:12,275 --> 00:03:15,063 Yer took your time about it little Nora, didn't ya? 21 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:20,027 You're off to sea again? 22 00:03:20,117 --> 00:03:23,986 Now, look here - listen careful, Nora. I want you to give a message to yer ma. 23 00:03:24,454 --> 00:03:27,913 Tell her I've signed on a ship, only I... I'm sailing right away. 24 00:03:28,041 --> 00:03:29,657 We gotta catch the tide, see? 25 00:03:29,918 --> 00:03:32,661 - Aren't you going home first? - There's no time for that. 26 00:03:33,463 --> 00:03:36,001 - When will you be back? - It's a long trip. 27 00:03:36,383 --> 00:03:39,171 But tell yer ma, if she doesn't hear from me for a few months... 28 00:03:39,219 --> 00:03:41,757 Have you made out your allotment money for ma? 29 00:03:42,597 --> 00:03:44,429 'Ere, you keep your place. 30 00:03:44,933 --> 00:03:48,097 A kid like you talking about allotment money. 31 00:03:48,145 --> 00:03:50,728 We've got to have something to live on while you're away. 32 00:03:50,939 --> 00:03:53,352 Have you arranged for Ma to get her money? 33 00:03:53,442 --> 00:03:58,528 Tell yer ma I'll send her a postcard and give her all the details. 34 00:03:58,572 --> 00:03:59,312 [SHIP'S HORN] 35 00:03:59,364 --> 00:04:01,196 Can't waste any more time now. 36 00:04:03,577 --> 00:04:06,570 And, uh, give my love to yer ma and to little Connie. 37 00:04:06,913 --> 00:04:09,530 - You're not coming back! - Ah, go on with yer! 38 00:04:09,666 --> 00:04:13,876 Peter McCabe's not the sort to be shipwrecked or washed overboard. 39 00:04:14,045 --> 00:04:18,164 [SINGING] My old man's a fireman... 40 00:04:18,216 --> 00:04:20,629 - Suppose you forget to write? - So long, Laura. 41 00:04:20,677 --> 00:04:22,964 You'll be a fine wench, when you grows up. 42 00:04:22,971 --> 00:04:25,054 [SINGING] He wears gawd blimey trousers and... 43 00:04:25,056 --> 00:04:27,139 You're not coming back! 44 00:04:27,726 --> 00:04:29,718 [STILL SINGING] He wears no blasted collar... 45 00:04:29,895 --> 00:04:32,933 Where's Ma to go to? 46 00:04:32,981 --> 00:04:34,563 Where will she get the money? 47 00:04:34,649 --> 00:04:36,641 Where will she get the money?! 48 00:04:37,652 --> 00:04:42,443 He didn't send a postcard, he didn't even send a sixpenny postal order. 49 00:04:42,824 --> 00:04:45,032 And I wondered if he knew when he went away... 50 00:04:45,118 --> 00:04:47,110 ...Ma was going to have a baby. 51 00:04:47,621 --> 00:04:49,237 [CRYING BABY] 52 00:04:50,207 --> 00:04:52,324 You've got a baby brother now. 53 00:04:52,584 --> 00:04:53,665 What about Ma? 54 00:04:53,710 --> 00:04:54,826 Oh, she's fine. 55 00:04:55,086 --> 00:04:56,918 She wanted a boy. 56 00:04:56,963 --> 00:04:57,749 Can I see her? 57 00:04:57,756 --> 00:04:59,839 Not yet - she's going to sleep. 58 00:04:59,925 --> 00:05:02,542 Here, when did you eat last? 59 00:05:02,803 --> 00:05:05,216 Connie and me had some bread and marge this morning... 60 00:05:05,222 --> 00:05:06,222 ...but... 61 00:05:07,933 --> 00:05:09,890 ...we're alright. Both of us. 62 00:05:10,018 --> 00:05:12,806 [KITCHEN NOISES] 63 00:05:14,773 --> 00:05:15,980 We're not hungry. 64 00:05:16,191 --> 00:05:19,400 You both go right away and get yourselves something to eat. 65 00:05:19,402 --> 00:05:22,611 Something hot, nourishing. Understand what I mean? 66 00:05:22,864 --> 00:05:24,981 And I'll see about you two girls... 67 00:05:25,033 --> 00:05:27,241 ...from tomorrow you'll be looked after. 68 00:05:27,285 --> 00:05:29,402 You're not going to take us away from Ma? 69 00:05:29,412 --> 00:05:32,826 Oh, no, she's a good mother, but she needs help just now. 70 00:05:32,999 --> 00:05:37,334 I help all I can, before I go to school in the mornings and when I get back. 71 00:05:37,462 --> 00:05:39,875 I'll look after the baby so Ma can go to work. 72 00:05:39,881 --> 00:05:41,747 She won't be able to do that for a bit. 73 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:43,132 Now, away with you. 74 00:05:47,639 --> 00:05:51,349 If Ma lost her job, I don't know what'd happen to us. 75 00:05:55,814 --> 00:06:00,650 [CRYING BABY AND SHOUTING CHILDREN] 76 00:06:01,528 --> 00:06:04,271 - Has the baby come yet? - It's a boy. 77 00:06:04,823 --> 00:06:06,359 Connie! 78 00:06:11,037 --> 00:06:14,656 Connie! We've got a baby brother, and we're going to eat. 79 00:06:14,708 --> 00:06:16,745 Oooooo! 80 00:06:20,088 --> 00:06:24,833 That better, Ma? What are we going to call him? 81 00:06:25,886 --> 00:06:28,754 Peter, I suppose, same as his father. 82 00:06:29,055 --> 00:06:32,014 Oh, no, Ma, no! I won't let you! 83 00:06:32,267 --> 00:06:37,103 I know how you feel about him, love, but... after all, he is your father. 84 00:06:37,606 --> 00:06:39,598 And he always wanted a son. 85 00:06:39,858 --> 00:06:43,272 Any other name you like? Please, Ma, please! 86 00:06:43,403 --> 00:06:47,397 All right love, we'll think of something else. 87 00:06:48,533 --> 00:06:55,030 I know. We'll call him "George Alexander". 88 00:06:55,540 --> 00:06:57,827 That's a funny sort of name. 89 00:06:58,001 --> 00:06:59,993 I saw him once on the stage... 90 00:07:00,211 --> 00:07:02,077 ...The Royal Court, it was. 91 00:07:02,714 --> 00:07:05,252 Sir George Alexander. 92 00:07:05,842 --> 00:07:07,834 He was a wonderful actor. 93 00:07:08,053 --> 00:07:09,385 And such a handsome man. 94 00:07:09,554 --> 00:07:12,092 Handsome man! Handsome man! 95 00:07:12,432 --> 00:07:16,096 Be quite, Connie, and get down. You know Ma isn't well yet. 96 00:07:16,436 --> 00:07:20,430 It was the first time your father ever took me to the theatre. 97 00:07:20,941 --> 00:07:23,274 He'd rather have gone to a music hall. 98 00:07:24,027 --> 00:07:26,235 But he let me have my way. 99 00:07:26,738 --> 00:07:29,355 He wasn't sure I was going to marry him then. 100 00:07:30,116 --> 00:07:31,948 I wasn't sure myself. 101 00:07:32,619 --> 00:07:35,407 'Ello there, George Alexander. 102 00:07:35,580 --> 00:07:38,539 When you grow up, you've got to be good to your ma. 103 00:07:38,792 --> 00:07:40,624 She must be proud of you... 104 00:07:40,877 --> 00:07:43,494 ...to make up for what Father did to her. 105 00:07:45,799 --> 00:07:51,761 It was a proud day for Mother and me, twelve years later, when that letter arrived. 106 00:07:54,057 --> 00:07:56,674 [FOOTSTEPS] 107 00:07:59,854 --> 00:08:02,597 Nora, come quick! 108 00:08:04,776 --> 00:08:08,486 Look what's come! It's got a coat of arms on it. 109 00:08:08,655 --> 00:08:10,567 We haven't been doing anything wrong, have we? 110 00:08:10,657 --> 00:08:12,319 How on earth did it get like that? 111 00:08:12,617 --> 00:08:15,109 Well, I wasn't to know the postman was coming, was I? 112 00:08:15,328 --> 00:08:17,194 It isn't as if we get many letters. 113 00:08:17,288 --> 00:08:18,432 There was I scrubbing the floor... 114 00:08:18,456 --> 00:08:20,936 ...and it came straight through the letterbox, into the bucket. 115 00:08:21,501 --> 00:08:23,367 Eee, I wonder what it could be? 116 00:08:23,712 --> 00:08:25,749 You don't think the rent's gone up, do yer? 117 00:08:25,797 --> 00:08:28,210 If it had the collector would tell you himself. 118 00:08:28,550 --> 00:08:29,586 Why not open it? 119 00:08:29,843 --> 00:08:32,711 I'm scared to. I've never seen one like this. 120 00:08:33,179 --> 00:08:35,887 It says here: "Corporation of Liverpool". 121 00:08:42,105 --> 00:08:46,566 "Pleased to inform you that your son, George Alexander McCabe"... 122 00:08:46,735 --> 00:08:49,227 ..."has been awarded a scholarship"... 123 00:08:50,405 --> 00:08:52,442 ..."tenable from September next"... 124 00:08:52,449 --> 00:08:53,985 - ..."at the..." - Eee, let me see! 125 00:08:54,075 --> 00:08:57,113 There's no doubt about it - this is a step up in the world for the McCabes. 126 00:08:57,162 --> 00:09:00,371 Eeee! Fancy our George Alexander wearing a college cap! 127 00:09:00,999 --> 00:09:02,661 I wonder how much they cost? 128 00:09:02,876 --> 00:09:03,992 It says here... 129 00:09:04,127 --> 00:09:06,790 ..."full maintenance grant in cases of proved necessity". 130 00:09:06,838 --> 00:09:08,329 Well that's us, isn't it? 131 00:09:08,381 --> 00:09:11,590 It would happen on a Saturday afternoon, when he's out playing football. 132 00:09:11,634 --> 00:09:15,093 Eee, we must give him a treat for his tea. Something tasty. 133 00:09:15,180 --> 00:09:17,172 I tell you what... 134 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:23,052 George Alexander, what have they done to yer? 135 00:09:23,813 --> 00:09:25,145 Here, sit down. 136 00:09:29,152 --> 00:09:30,484 Who did it? 137 00:09:31,571 --> 00:09:37,693 A chap I know. He said, "there's some who have fathers alive"... 138 00:09:38,119 --> 00:09:40,657 ..."and some who have fathers what's dead"... 139 00:09:41,247 --> 00:09:44,706 ..."but some don't have any fathers at all." 140 00:09:45,418 --> 00:09:49,788 When a chap says things like that, you've got to go for 'em. 141 00:09:51,257 --> 00:09:52,998 I knocked one of his teeth loose. 142 00:09:53,134 --> 00:09:56,377 That's right George Alexander, you stick up for yourself. 143 00:09:56,471 --> 00:09:58,463 If anyone hits you, you hit back. 144 00:09:58,473 --> 00:09:59,839 What are you saying, Nora? 145 00:09:59,933 --> 00:10:02,016 Another beating like that and the boy'll be dead. 146 00:10:02,102 --> 00:10:04,435 Not him. Not our George Alexander. 147 00:10:04,562 --> 00:10:06,975 - Does it hurt love? - A bit. 148 00:10:07,357 --> 00:10:09,064 Look what's come. 149 00:10:11,820 --> 00:10:14,528 - Nora? - Yes, love? 150 00:10:14,614 --> 00:10:17,027 Why does he stay away so long? 151 00:10:18,201 --> 00:10:20,864 I know other chaps whose dads go to sea... 152 00:10:21,496 --> 00:10:23,533 ...but they always come back some time or other. 153 00:10:24,916 --> 00:10:28,705 But only real sailors like your father go on long voyages. 154 00:10:29,087 --> 00:10:31,921 San Francisco... to Shanghai and back. 155 00:10:32,257 --> 00:10:35,466 And then on to South America. Oh, it takes years and years. 156 00:10:36,302 --> 00:10:37,509 Now you read this. 157 00:10:42,475 --> 00:10:44,637 We'll celebrate this in style. 158 00:10:44,686 --> 00:10:47,554 I've got a quid saved up, and we'll blow it all tonight. 159 00:10:47,605 --> 00:10:49,221 Now, Ma - none of that. 160 00:10:49,482 --> 00:10:51,314 We'll go to the Empire, all of us. 161 00:10:51,484 --> 00:10:53,817 It'll be the best evening we've had for years. 162 00:10:54,237 --> 00:11:00,609 [SINGING] "Has anybody here seen Kelly? K.E.L.L.Y..." 163 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:05,530 "Anybody here seen Kelly? Find him if you can." 164 00:11:05,582 --> 00:11:09,826 "He's as bad as old Antonio He's left me on my ownio." 165 00:11:09,919 --> 00:11:15,210 "Anybody here seen Kelly? Kelly from the Isle of Man." 166 00:11:15,258 --> 00:11:17,295 Come on, boys, all together, now! 167 00:11:18,136 --> 00:11:24,098 [AUDIENCE JOINS IN] 168 00:11:31,566 --> 00:11:33,228 [NORA LAUGHS] 169 00:11:40,742 --> 00:11:49,082 [EVERYONE SINGING - REPEATED CHORUS] 170 00:12:01,387 --> 00:12:06,257 [APPLAUSE, CHEERING] 171 00:12:07,185 --> 00:12:11,020 I do declare, George Alexander, nobody'd ever think you'd won the scholarship. 172 00:12:11,314 --> 00:12:13,681 - Say you're sorry to the gentleman - Oh, that's alright. 173 00:12:13,733 --> 00:12:15,770 But say it, George Alexander. 174 00:12:15,860 --> 00:12:19,194 I'm sorry. I'm thirsty as well. 175 00:12:20,406 --> 00:12:24,366 [CROWD NOISES] 176 00:12:24,994 --> 00:12:26,906 Now, what can I get for you? 177 00:12:26,955 --> 00:12:29,475 - We'll wait our turn, thanks. - You'll have to wait a long time. 178 00:12:29,499 --> 00:12:31,161 Oh, come on. I'm not just being fresh. 179 00:12:31,251 --> 00:12:32,458 I'm serious. Honest, I am. 180 00:12:32,502 --> 00:12:34,539 - Serious about what? - About getting you a drink. 181 00:12:34,587 --> 00:12:36,815 Somehow I don't think you'll be able to get one for yourself. 182 00:12:36,839 --> 00:12:38,651 Now, what's it to be? Double scotch for the young man? 183 00:12:38,675 --> 00:12:40,086 Large whiskey and soda please. 184 00:12:40,134 --> 00:12:42,238 Hey, that's enough of that. Don't you dare offer him whisky. 185 00:12:42,262 --> 00:12:44,254 No luck, me lad. It's lemonade for you. 186 00:12:44,597 --> 00:12:45,804 We'll all have lemonade. 187 00:12:45,932 --> 00:12:49,050 - That'll be... - I know. Four and one - five. Miss! 188 00:12:49,185 --> 00:12:54,897 [MUSIC, PEOPLE LAUGHING AND TALKING] 189 00:12:54,941 --> 00:12:56,273 Here you are, Ma. 190 00:12:56,985 --> 00:12:58,317 Shameless little... 191 00:12:58,361 --> 00:13:01,354 - Shameless little what, Ma? - Never you mind. 192 00:13:01,447 --> 00:13:05,817 [PEOPLE TALKING] 193 00:13:06,035 --> 00:13:10,996 - Connie. - Oh, really, Ma. As if I was a child! 194 00:13:10,999 --> 00:13:12,410 It's just what you are. 195 00:13:12,875 --> 00:13:14,491 Well, I never! 196 00:13:16,587 --> 00:13:19,204 And you telling me about making eyes at those boys. 197 00:13:19,549 --> 00:13:21,290 Well, fancy our Nora! 198 00:13:22,010 --> 00:13:23,696 Well, whoever he is, I'm sure he's very nice... 199 00:13:23,720 --> 00:13:25,086 ...or she wouldn't be speaking to him. 200 00:13:25,096 --> 00:13:27,179 Well, why shouldn't I enjoy myself too? 201 00:13:28,224 --> 00:13:30,762 Talking to one gentleman, like Nora there, is one thing... 202 00:13:30,810 --> 00:13:33,247 ...but making eyes at a whole pack of silly, empty headed young louts... 203 00:13:33,271 --> 00:13:34,682 ...is quite different. 204 00:13:35,398 --> 00:13:37,376 You know that feeling when something starts to happen... 205 00:13:37,400 --> 00:13:39,628 ...and you feel sure that you know what you're going to do next... 206 00:13:39,652 --> 00:13:41,314 ...even what you're going to say next? 207 00:13:41,404 --> 00:13:43,111 You mean, it all happened before? 208 00:13:43,114 --> 00:13:44,446 Oh, I don't know about that. 209 00:13:44,657 --> 00:13:47,195 But it's as if you know your destiny. 210 00:13:47,243 --> 00:13:48,609 And you're glad. 211 00:13:49,078 --> 00:13:51,695 Yes, I have felt that sometimes. Not often. 212 00:13:51,873 --> 00:13:53,865 Well, it's never happened to me before. It is now. 213 00:13:54,042 --> 00:13:56,162 It was a real bit of luck for me, coming here tonight. 214 00:13:56,336 --> 00:13:57,167 [BELL RINGING] 215 00:13:57,295 --> 00:13:59,002 Oh, there's the bell. I must go. 216 00:13:59,005 --> 00:14:00,983 - Oh, but there's plenty of time. - Oh no, there isn't. 217 00:14:01,007 --> 00:14:03,340 - Goodbye, Mr Satterthwaite. - I wish you'd call me "Ben". 218 00:14:03,384 --> 00:14:04,841 Alright. Goodbye, Ben. 219 00:14:04,886 --> 00:14:06,322 Well, when am I going to see you again? 220 00:14:06,346 --> 00:14:07,803 Don't suppose ever. 221 00:14:07,847 --> 00:14:10,367 Oh, but please - I'll wait for you. I'll see you after the show? 222 00:14:11,142 --> 00:14:13,245 But, please, I shan't have a chance of seeing you again... 223 00:14:13,269 --> 00:14:15,261 ...for three whole weeks. My ship sails tomorrow. 224 00:14:16,939 --> 00:14:19,682 - What's the matter? - So you're on a ship? 225 00:14:19,817 --> 00:14:21,617 Yes, a fine ship too. I'm the fourth engineer. 226 00:14:21,652 --> 00:14:23,188 Just come back from my first long trip. 227 00:14:23,404 --> 00:14:25,817 - Here today, gone tomorrow. - What do you mean? 228 00:14:26,407 --> 00:14:28,007 It's only that I have no use for sailors. 229 00:14:28,117 --> 00:14:30,109 I suppose some other sea-going chap let you down? 230 00:14:30,286 --> 00:14:32,286 You didn't get married to him, did you? Or engaged? 231 00:14:32,622 --> 00:14:34,830 You got it all back to front, mister. 232 00:14:34,957 --> 00:14:36,414 Well, I'm different. 233 00:14:36,542 --> 00:14:38,499 I'm not like this other chap, whoever he is... 234 00:14:38,586 --> 00:14:42,375 [MUSIC] 235 00:14:42,507 --> 00:14:46,751 He was different. And every time his ship docked... 236 00:14:46,969 --> 00:14:50,929 ...the minute he was off duty, he'd rush to see me. 237 00:14:51,474 --> 00:14:54,638 Well, I never! Ben Satterthwaite! 238 00:14:54,727 --> 00:14:57,219 - Well, you really come and go, don't you? - Just docked. 239 00:14:57,355 --> 00:15:00,314 I didn't expect you 'til next week. That's what you said in your letter. 240 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:01,607 The minute the gang plank was fixed... 241 00:15:01,609 --> 00:15:03,692 ...I pushed everyone aside, including the captain... 242 00:15:03,736 --> 00:15:04,897 ...and came straight along here. 243 00:15:04,904 --> 00:15:05,564 To see me? 244 00:15:05,613 --> 00:15:07,479 Oh, no, just to see that the old Mersey was... 245 00:15:07,532 --> 00:15:09,239 ...still flowing in and out. 246 00:15:09,242 --> 00:15:11,108 Oh, well, I suppose I should be flattered... 247 00:15:11,119 --> 00:15:13,597 - ...the fourth engineer dashing ashore... - Third engineer, now. 248 00:15:13,621 --> 00:15:14,702 I've been promoted. 249 00:15:14,747 --> 00:15:22,336 [MUSIC] 250 00:15:34,058 --> 00:15:35,219 High tide. 251 00:15:35,685 --> 00:15:36,721 Low tide. 252 00:15:37,603 --> 00:15:39,970 And then high tide again. 253 00:15:40,022 --> 00:15:42,730 - Nothing can stop it. - Just as well. 254 00:15:43,025 --> 00:15:46,234 Otherwise there wouldn't be any docks, any ships, any Liverpool. 255 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:50,940 And you and me. Every ship's got to catch the tide, you know? 256 00:15:51,451 --> 00:15:53,033 That's what my father said. 257 00:15:53,786 --> 00:15:56,324 What he meant was, he was going away and never coming back. 258 00:15:56,539 --> 00:15:59,077 You seem to take it out on me because of what your father did. 259 00:15:59,584 --> 00:16:00,825 It isn't fair, you know? 260 00:16:01,002 --> 00:16:02,959 I know, Ben. I know. 261 00:16:03,212 --> 00:16:06,000 Sometimes a thought comes to my mind and... 262 00:16:06,299 --> 00:16:08,086 ...and I just can't help it. 263 00:16:20,021 --> 00:16:22,263 Ma, can I finish the jelly? 264 00:16:22,315 --> 00:16:25,353 Yes, love, 'course you can. 265 00:16:25,443 --> 00:16:27,856 Anyway, you won't be getting married for a bit yet. 266 00:16:27,945 --> 00:16:30,562 It's not as if I was going to lose Nora right away. 267 00:16:30,740 --> 00:16:31,740 Well, um... 268 00:16:31,908 --> 00:16:32,614 ...as a matter of fact... 269 00:16:32,658 --> 00:16:35,378 ...I want us to get married the minute I come back from my next trip. 270 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:38,032 I don't hold with long engagements. 271 00:16:42,126 --> 00:16:48,339 [DRAMATIC MUSIC] 272 00:16:48,508 --> 00:16:51,626 He didn't know. None of us knew then... 273 00:16:51,719 --> 00:16:53,711 ...that the slump was setting in. 274 00:16:54,013 --> 00:16:56,847 And now, the docks are at a standstill. 275 00:16:57,808 --> 00:16:59,390 Ships are idle. 276 00:17:00,102 --> 00:17:04,142 Thousands are out of work. My Ben's amongst them. 277 00:17:05,274 --> 00:17:08,517 It's been going on like this for two years. 278 00:17:11,322 --> 00:17:16,238 [DRAMATIC MUSIC] 279 00:17:35,304 --> 00:17:36,886 Hello, love. 280 00:17:44,063 --> 00:17:46,851 [BELL] 281 00:17:52,029 --> 00:17:54,567 I only saw one ship coming in this morning. 282 00:17:54,782 --> 00:17:56,648 Well, there were eight. 283 00:17:57,618 --> 00:17:58,859 Tried them all. 284 00:17:59,579 --> 00:18:00,865 Nothing doing. 285 00:18:01,539 --> 00:18:02,825 Just think... 286 00:18:02,915 --> 00:18:05,783 ...two whole years, a ship's engineer without a ship. 287 00:18:08,462 --> 00:18:11,079 [SHIP'S HORN] 288 00:18:15,261 --> 00:18:17,298 It's not going to last forever. 289 00:18:20,016 --> 00:18:21,973 There's a timber boat coming in tomorrow. 290 00:18:22,393 --> 00:18:23,600 As old as the ark. 291 00:18:24,604 --> 00:18:27,938 Diverted from Glasgow, so there's a chance others may not have heard about her. 292 00:18:28,983 --> 00:18:30,770 "Benediction", that's her name. 293 00:18:31,485 --> 00:18:32,817 "Benediction". 294 00:18:34,447 --> 00:18:39,033 Ben... Benediction. 295 00:18:39,368 --> 00:18:42,452 Ah, but don't you see? That's an omen. A good omen. 296 00:18:43,205 --> 00:18:45,071 Maybe we'll get married soon. 297 00:18:45,916 --> 00:18:47,123 Nora? 298 00:18:48,127 --> 00:18:49,743 There's something I've got to say. 299 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:53,122 You remember when we first got engaged? 300 00:18:53,299 --> 00:18:54,961 Do you realise how long ago it was? 301 00:18:55,134 --> 00:18:56,134 Of course I do. 302 00:18:56,177 --> 00:18:58,905 All that time I've been out of a job. It's a rotten bad bargain for you. 303 00:18:58,929 --> 00:19:01,421 - Who says so? - I'm using up your life. 304 00:19:02,058 --> 00:19:05,051 Holding you, but can't marry you. 305 00:19:05,353 --> 00:19:06,969 If you feel... if you want... 306 00:19:06,979 --> 00:19:08,659 Ben Satterthwaite, what are you getting at? 307 00:19:08,981 --> 00:19:10,347 What I'm trying to say is this... 308 00:19:10,358 --> 00:19:12,441 Well, I don't and I won't, so there! 309 00:19:17,490 --> 00:19:20,233 I love you, and whatever happens I'm going to stick to you. 310 00:19:22,703 --> 00:19:24,740 [SINGING] 311 00:19:25,498 --> 00:19:27,160 Eee, that Mrs Gibson. 312 00:19:27,625 --> 00:19:28,866 She's at it again. 313 00:19:28,959 --> 00:19:30,951 Oh, well, she's only trying to liven the place up. 314 00:19:31,337 --> 00:19:32,337 It needs it. 315 00:19:32,421 --> 00:19:35,914 If her husband had any idea the way she carries on when he's at sea. 316 00:19:36,509 --> 00:19:38,000 Has Ben got a ship yet? 317 00:19:38,094 --> 00:19:40,461 - No. - Hey, don't worry - he will. 318 00:19:40,721 --> 00:19:42,053 And then you'll get married. 319 00:19:42,139 --> 00:19:43,801 And off he'll go, like the rest of 'em. 320 00:19:44,058 --> 00:19:45,890 Away for months on end. 321 00:19:46,394 --> 00:19:47,976 You won't like it, you know? 322 00:19:48,437 --> 00:19:49,598 You'll be lonesome. 323 00:19:49,814 --> 00:19:50,974 What do you mean, Mrs Duncan? 324 00:19:51,023 --> 00:19:54,482 Mind you, I was just the same meself before I got married. 325 00:19:54,902 --> 00:19:56,689 Always thinking how nice it'd be... 326 00:19:56,696 --> 00:19:58,779 ...to have someone to cuddle up against. 327 00:19:59,532 --> 00:20:01,740 Don't know that I've learnt better since. 328 00:20:01,784 --> 00:20:03,776 I must fly now. Goodnight, Mrs Duncan. 329 00:20:03,911 --> 00:20:07,655 [CHILDREN LAUGHING] 330 00:20:08,541 --> 00:20:15,505 [SINGING] 331 00:20:15,631 --> 00:20:19,250 - Evening, Mrs Simon. - Disgusting - that's what it is. 332 00:20:19,385 --> 00:20:20,171 Boozing. 333 00:20:20,344 --> 00:20:23,132 - And always with some man or other. - Noise. 334 00:20:23,848 --> 00:20:28,138 - We'll have to complain to landlord. - No, no - I don't want to see t'landlord. 335 00:20:37,236 --> 00:20:39,944 [DOOR OPENING AND SHUTTING] 336 00:20:40,573 --> 00:20:41,573 What's up? 337 00:20:41,866 --> 00:20:43,232 You gone off your rocker, Ma? 338 00:20:43,367 --> 00:20:45,324 There's a gentleman coming to see Connie. 339 00:20:45,411 --> 00:20:48,279 At least, he's going to take her out tonight. 340 00:20:49,457 --> 00:20:51,995 It's that Mr Bruno we've heard so much about. 341 00:20:52,126 --> 00:20:53,412 Oh, him. 342 00:20:54,253 --> 00:20:55,494 Where is Connie, anyway? 343 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:57,291 Getting herself ready. 344 00:20:57,506 --> 00:20:59,463 So we've all got to turn the place upside down... 345 00:20:59,508 --> 00:21:02,842 ...just because Mr Morris Bruno is honouring us with his company. 346 00:21:03,846 --> 00:21:07,260 - You don't behave like this when Ben comes. - Don't be so daft. 347 00:21:07,600 --> 00:21:09,341 Ben's different. 348 00:21:09,477 --> 00:21:10,342 He certainly is. 349 00:21:10,436 --> 00:21:12,678 I mean, he's more like one of the family. 350 00:21:12,980 --> 00:21:16,473 It'll be the first time Mr Bruno's been inside the place. 351 00:21:16,567 --> 00:21:18,559 We must make a good impression. 352 00:21:19,487 --> 00:21:20,648 Eee, do you know, Nora... 353 00:21:20,738 --> 00:21:23,572 ...he even sent a telegram to say what time he was coming. 354 00:21:23,699 --> 00:21:25,156 It's up there on the mantlepiece. 355 00:21:25,534 --> 00:21:27,901 My heart nearly stopped beating when I opened the door... 356 00:21:27,953 --> 00:21:29,990 ...and saw telegraph boy staring at me. 357 00:21:30,122 --> 00:21:34,332 I knew it was too early for the Irish sweep. I thought somebody must be dead. 358 00:21:35,544 --> 00:21:38,457 - I wondered if... - If it might be Father. 359 00:21:38,798 --> 00:21:41,506 Isn't it about time you gave up hope of ever hearing from him again? 360 00:21:42,635 --> 00:21:44,592 Eee, I've never dusted that mirror. 361 00:21:45,095 --> 00:21:46,095 I'll do it. 362 00:21:47,264 --> 00:21:49,756 Right love, well, I'll go and tidy up a bit. 363 00:21:50,476 --> 00:21:51,842 You know... 364 00:21:51,936 --> 00:21:54,644 ...I think Mr Bruno's serious about Connie. 365 00:21:54,814 --> 00:21:58,649 Otherwise he wouldn't call on her at her home and send a telegram. 366 00:21:58,859 --> 00:22:00,725 He's the sort who makes use of mirrors. 367 00:22:00,945 --> 00:22:02,811 You make me sick, Nora. 368 00:22:03,030 --> 00:22:04,521 Jealous, that's what you are! 369 00:22:04,573 --> 00:22:07,065 Just because my boyfriends are smart and make money. 370 00:22:07,201 --> 00:22:08,817 - Not like... - Oh, give over. 371 00:22:09,203 --> 00:22:11,035 Tell you what, Nora, you've got no taste. 372 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:12,662 Got no savvy, either. 373 00:22:12,790 --> 00:22:15,407 What do you want to hitch yourself up to a ship's engineer for? 374 00:22:15,543 --> 00:22:18,251 - With all this unemployment, too. - You leave my Ben alone! 375 00:22:18,420 --> 00:22:20,440 Oh, I wouldn't have him if he was offered me on a plate. 376 00:22:20,464 --> 00:22:21,750 Stop it, you two. 377 00:22:21,841 --> 00:22:23,833 [KNOCKING AT THE DOOR] 378 00:22:23,968 --> 00:22:30,716 [FOOTSTEPS] 379 00:22:32,518 --> 00:22:35,602 - Hello. - Oh, none of that now! 380 00:22:40,150 --> 00:22:43,314 - Oh, give over! - What's biting you, eh? 381 00:22:43,404 --> 00:22:46,192 Remember we're in my home now, Morris Bruno. 382 00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:48,277 This is my mother. 383 00:22:48,784 --> 00:22:50,366 Delighted, I'm sure. 384 00:22:50,411 --> 00:22:51,411 How do. 385 00:22:51,745 --> 00:22:53,987 That's my other daughter, Nora. 386 00:22:54,415 --> 00:22:55,781 Oh, hello. 387 00:22:55,916 --> 00:22:56,952 We've already met. 388 00:23:01,380 --> 00:23:03,793 Oh, that's the old man, isn't it? 389 00:23:04,258 --> 00:23:05,874 Yes, that's my husband. 390 00:23:06,510 --> 00:23:09,423 Perhaps Mr Bruno would like a cup of tea? 391 00:23:09,555 --> 00:23:10,555 No, thanks. 392 00:23:10,681 --> 00:23:13,469 - It's just ready. - All the more for you, then. 393 00:23:14,685 --> 00:23:16,221 Connie told me about him. 394 00:23:16,979 --> 00:23:18,891 Very sad for you, but... 395 00:23:19,189 --> 00:23:21,476 ...after all, a hero's death. 396 00:23:21,817 --> 00:23:24,025 A captain must go down with his ship. 397 00:23:24,695 --> 00:23:26,687 That's the tradition of the sea, as they say. 398 00:23:27,323 --> 00:23:28,609 Time we got a move on, isn't it? 399 00:23:28,699 --> 00:23:31,908 That's right, you'd better be powdering your nose, sweetheart. 400 00:23:31,911 --> 00:23:32,947 I won't be a sec. 401 00:23:33,037 --> 00:23:38,624 [SINGING] 402 00:23:39,209 --> 00:23:40,700 Nice bit of cloth, isn't it? 403 00:23:41,045 --> 00:23:42,252 Smart cut, too. 404 00:23:42,546 --> 00:23:45,004 You might almost say I designed the suit myself. 405 00:23:45,174 --> 00:23:47,174 Oh, you've got to dress well in business, you know. 406 00:23:47,384 --> 00:23:49,626 What business are you in, Mr Bruno? 407 00:23:49,929 --> 00:23:51,591 Marine insurance, that's my line. 408 00:23:51,639 --> 00:23:53,096 Oh, fancy. 409 00:23:53,223 --> 00:23:56,682 - Nora's young man, he's a ship's engineer. - Oh. 410 00:23:57,603 --> 00:24:00,346 Oh, I uh, I don't have anything to do with that side of it. 411 00:24:00,439 --> 00:24:01,850 Freight, that's what I deal in. 412 00:24:02,107 --> 00:24:03,223 Got a nice little agency. 413 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:06,602 Seems to me the only people who get on these days are loud-mouthed swankpots. 414 00:24:06,695 --> 00:24:09,608 Are you trying to pass any nasty insinuations, Nora McCabe? 415 00:24:09,657 --> 00:24:11,899 'Course she isn't, Connie. What an idea! 416 00:24:11,951 --> 00:24:13,988 Nora never meant anything at all. 417 00:24:14,036 --> 00:24:16,403 You see, Ben's one of the unemployed... 418 00:24:16,455 --> 00:24:19,323 ...and all this time Nora and Ben have been waiting... 419 00:24:19,375 --> 00:24:22,743 ...to get married. Well it gets on the nerves, you know? 420 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:26,129 "Other people's troubles are no concern of Morris Bruno." 421 00:24:26,382 --> 00:24:27,498 That's my motto. 422 00:24:28,550 --> 00:24:29,961 Here, I've got something for you. 423 00:24:30,511 --> 00:24:32,423 Present for a good little girl. 424 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,763 Couple of tickets for the Empire, tomorrow night. 425 00:24:34,807 --> 00:24:36,207 Best seats in the house, these are. 426 00:24:36,266 --> 00:24:39,054 - Oh, I thought you and me was going? - I changed me mind. 427 00:24:39,228 --> 00:24:41,595 I'll take you for a real drive instead, eh? 428 00:24:42,481 --> 00:24:44,393 Take your fiance - give him a treat. 429 00:24:44,650 --> 00:24:46,687 - No, thank you. - Nora. 430 00:24:46,819 --> 00:24:49,687 - It's very kind of Mr Bruno. - I don't want them. 431 00:24:52,032 --> 00:24:54,365 Take 'em or leave 'em, it's all the same to me. 432 00:24:54,910 --> 00:24:55,910 Right, Connie? 433 00:24:56,036 --> 00:24:57,527 Then it's time we stepped on the gas. 434 00:24:57,663 --> 00:24:58,824 So long, folks. 435 00:25:01,542 --> 00:25:04,956 [DOOR OPENING AND SHUTTING] 436 00:25:05,087 --> 00:25:07,670 And that is good shuttance to bad rubbish. 437 00:25:08,298 --> 00:25:12,167 Well, since he's not staying to tea, we'll take the best cloth off. 438 00:25:14,054 --> 00:25:17,513 Our George Alexander's very late tonight. 439 00:25:17,975 --> 00:25:19,511 [CHILDREN SHOUTING] 440 00:25:19,852 --> 00:25:23,345 Hey, clear off! Come on, get out of it! Come on, push off! 441 00:25:23,355 --> 00:25:25,017 Eee, what a wreck. 442 00:25:25,441 --> 00:25:27,728 What's it supposed to be? 443 00:25:27,776 --> 00:25:29,483 Bet it don't go! 444 00:25:29,987 --> 00:25:31,979 An old boneshaker. 445 00:25:33,115 --> 00:25:34,856 [WOLF WHISTLE] 446 00:25:35,117 --> 00:25:36,949 Making a mess of my car! 447 00:25:37,161 --> 00:25:38,368 Go on, clear off. 448 00:25:38,495 --> 00:25:39,952 Clear off yerself. 449 00:25:40,873 --> 00:25:41,989 You call that a car? 450 00:25:42,082 --> 00:25:47,077 [NOISE OF CAR DRIVING AWAY] 451 00:25:53,469 --> 00:25:55,552 [WOLF-WHISTLING, SHOUTING] 452 00:26:03,687 --> 00:26:07,021 - Hello, Ma. - Whatever's kept you so late? 453 00:26:07,191 --> 00:26:08,191 Oh, nothing. 454 00:26:08,275 --> 00:26:10,232 Well, hurry up and get your supper. 455 00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:13,357 I've got some swotting to do, this evening. 456 00:26:13,614 --> 00:26:15,446 It's Latin first period tomorrow. 457 00:26:15,699 --> 00:26:17,531 And if I don't know these irregular verbs... 458 00:26:17,618 --> 00:26:19,029 ...I shall be kept in. 459 00:26:19,536 --> 00:26:21,698 And I shan't be able to play for second team. 460 00:26:21,830 --> 00:26:24,117 And, so I suppose they'd lose the match? 461 00:26:25,709 --> 00:26:28,042 Women make me wild! 462 00:26:29,963 --> 00:26:35,129 [BIG BAND MUSIC] 463 00:26:44,561 --> 00:26:46,723 [MUSIC CONTINUES] 464 00:26:51,568 --> 00:26:53,981 Calm down, calm down. 465 00:26:55,114 --> 00:26:57,948 Don't come that on me. I know you're no iceberg. 466 00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,032 I'm not your property, either. 467 00:27:01,161 --> 00:27:03,278 I bring you out and I give you a good time... 468 00:27:03,455 --> 00:27:05,037 ...and what do I get in return? 469 00:27:05,290 --> 00:27:06,747 The pleasure of my company. 470 00:27:06,834 --> 00:27:08,575 And that's more than you deserve. 471 00:27:09,795 --> 00:27:14,381 [BAND MUSIC CONTINUES] 472 00:27:17,886 --> 00:27:20,128 [SEAGULLS CRY] 473 00:27:21,807 --> 00:27:26,768 [ALARM BELL RINGING] 474 00:27:45,581 --> 00:27:48,540 Oh, for the love of Mike - shut that blasted window! 475 00:27:51,503 --> 00:27:53,460 [WINDOW SHUTTING] 476 00:27:54,464 --> 00:27:57,704 Come on, up with you. You'll be getting the sack if you're late again at the shop. 477 00:27:58,260 --> 00:27:59,671 Oh, shut up. 478 00:28:01,805 --> 00:28:05,640 Get out of it. You're bone lazy - that what's you are. 479 00:28:07,561 --> 00:28:08,677 Who said I wasn't? 480 00:28:10,105 --> 00:28:13,689 Well, I'm not half so lazy as I'm going to be when I'm married. 481 00:28:13,734 --> 00:28:16,147 I shall lie in bed every morning. 482 00:28:16,403 --> 00:28:18,986 The ladies' maid to bring me a cup of tea. 483 00:28:19,072 --> 00:28:20,813 And breakfast in bed. 484 00:28:20,908 --> 00:28:23,400 No scrubbing floors and looking after dirty kids for me. 485 00:28:23,577 --> 00:28:25,489 Not when I marry Morris. 486 00:28:26,163 --> 00:28:27,574 Well, why not? 487 00:28:28,165 --> 00:28:30,031 He's not the marrying sort. 488 00:28:30,209 --> 00:28:31,825 You're not in love with him. 489 00:28:32,252 --> 00:28:34,164 Depends what you mean by being in love. 490 00:28:34,213 --> 00:28:35,732 You'd know - if it ever happened to you. 491 00:28:35,756 --> 00:28:37,650 Well I hope it never does if it means hitching myself up... 492 00:28:37,674 --> 00:28:38,585 ...to an out-of-work sailor. 493 00:28:38,634 --> 00:28:41,672 Oh, shut up. I'm sick of your beastly remarks. 494 00:28:41,970 --> 00:28:44,804 Oh, well. You'll always be poor, Nora. 495 00:28:44,973 --> 00:28:48,387 And as for him not being the marrying sort - you just leave that to me. 496 00:28:48,644 --> 00:28:49,851 I know how to handle him. 497 00:28:49,937 --> 00:28:52,054 Ooh, cold as ice! 498 00:28:53,065 --> 00:28:56,558 When you've got money you can afford thick carpets on the floor. 499 00:28:56,693 --> 00:28:58,229 Soft and warm. 500 00:28:58,445 --> 00:29:00,653 You know, the kind your feet sink into. 501 00:29:00,697 --> 00:29:02,279 Like they have in big hotels. 502 00:29:02,407 --> 00:29:04,774 I wouldn't know. I don't go to big hotels. 503 00:29:04,910 --> 00:29:06,867 No, of course you don't. 504 00:29:06,912 --> 00:29:08,494 You don't get asked out, do you? 505 00:29:08,664 --> 00:29:18,540 [DRAMATIC MUSIC] 506 00:29:24,596 --> 00:29:27,464 [SHIPS HORN] 507 00:29:30,227 --> 00:29:31,343 Hey, mister! 508 00:29:33,063 --> 00:29:35,100 - What do you want? - A job! 509 00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,433 - Nothing doing. - Any sort of a job! 510 00:29:43,615 --> 00:29:47,529 [SHIP'S HORN] 511 00:29:53,750 --> 00:29:54,991 Hey, you! 512 00:29:59,381 --> 00:30:01,418 The Captain wants to see you. 513 00:30:04,761 --> 00:30:06,002 Hey, McCabe. 514 00:30:07,139 --> 00:30:09,005 Look slippy about it. 515 00:30:13,895 --> 00:30:18,435 [FOOTSTEPS] 516 00:30:18,692 --> 00:30:20,524 - Peter McCabe? - Yes, sir. 517 00:30:20,569 --> 00:30:24,028 The Second Engineer is pressing the case, so I had to bring it up to you. 518 00:30:25,407 --> 00:30:31,654 Cappadocio. Skiros. Well, that must have been when Ned Rimmell was the master. 519 00:30:32,414 --> 00:30:34,576 Alice Hayes. Balkans. 520 00:30:34,833 --> 00:30:36,665 Been on the China run, too. 521 00:30:36,668 --> 00:30:39,411 Bangalore. Maid of Orleans. 522 00:30:40,422 --> 00:30:42,664 The man's got a good, long record. 523 00:30:44,092 --> 00:30:45,333 A few drunks. 524 00:30:45,469 --> 00:30:46,926 Well, hang it all, Chief... 525 00:30:47,012 --> 00:30:50,292 ...if the poor devils don't have a booze now and again they'd never stick the life. 526 00:30:51,433 --> 00:30:53,675 I think we ought to give him another chance. 527 00:30:54,811 --> 00:30:57,019 Put him back on firing the boilers for a bit. 528 00:30:57,189 --> 00:31:00,273 He won't like it, but it'll sweat some of the rebelly Irish out of him. 529 00:31:00,317 --> 00:31:02,058 - What do you say? - It's an idea, sir. 530 00:31:02,235 --> 00:31:04,047 I hate to part with a man when he's getting a bit... 531 00:31:04,071 --> 00:31:05,858 ...too old to find another ship easily. 532 00:31:09,910 --> 00:31:11,321 Come in, McCabe. 533 00:31:11,370 --> 00:31:13,407 [SHIP'S HORN] 534 00:31:15,374 --> 00:31:17,866 There you are, McCabe. There's your pay for the trip. 535 00:31:18,585 --> 00:31:19,951 Sign your name. 536 00:31:23,048 --> 00:31:25,415 Now listen to me, McCabe - we sail again tonight. 537 00:31:26,009 --> 00:31:27,500 That's okay by me, sir. 538 00:31:27,886 --> 00:31:30,173 But, er, I'd like to go ashore though. 539 00:31:30,597 --> 00:31:32,839 But I'll be back on board in good time - fit and sober. 540 00:31:32,849 --> 00:31:33,929 Come back and listen to me. 541 00:31:34,768 --> 00:31:36,851 I've had some bad reports about you, McCabe. 542 00:31:37,145 --> 00:31:38,261 You're insubordinate. 543 00:31:38,522 --> 00:31:39,979 You make trouble with the other men. 544 00:31:40,273 --> 00:31:42,502 You're a thoroughgoing "sea lawyer", that's what you are. 545 00:31:42,526 --> 00:31:43,562 I knows my job. 546 00:31:43,693 --> 00:31:44,979 I'll give you one more chance. 547 00:31:45,237 --> 00:31:46,819 Only one - understand? 548 00:31:46,988 --> 00:31:48,229 'Ere, what are you getting at? 549 00:31:48,490 --> 00:31:51,028 When we sail tonight, you're no longer a greaser. 550 00:31:51,451 --> 00:31:52,737 You work in the stoke hold. 551 00:31:52,869 --> 00:31:54,155 It'll teach you a lesson. 552 00:31:54,454 --> 00:31:56,696 You behave sensibly this trip, I'll consider it again. 553 00:31:56,748 --> 00:31:58,990 Back to the furnaces, me? With my record! 554 00:31:59,084 --> 00:32:01,918 - I'll see... - Steady. There are plenty of younger men. 555 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:03,081 Younger men? I've shot 'em. 556 00:32:03,255 --> 00:32:07,249 'Ere, sign me book an' I'll get off your blasted hook as fast as ever I can. 557 00:32:08,885 --> 00:32:10,467 Trimming furnaces! 558 00:32:11,763 --> 00:32:14,972 Not that I've got nothing against you, Chief - or you, sir. 559 00:32:15,851 --> 00:32:18,685 I know you've only said what you're duty-bound to say. 560 00:32:19,855 --> 00:32:21,892 But I know who's got this in for me... 561 00:32:22,107 --> 00:32:25,316 ...yeah, 'an he'd better watch out for himself. 562 00:32:26,069 --> 00:32:29,403 [MUTTERING AND DOOR SLAMMING] 563 00:32:33,076 --> 00:32:37,867 [SOUND OF TRAINS] 564 00:32:54,181 --> 00:32:56,343 My own special little pet. 565 00:32:56,892 --> 00:32:59,305 Finished. Worn out. 566 00:33:00,061 --> 00:33:02,428 Only fit for the scrap heap. [HE SPITS] 567 00:33:10,030 --> 00:33:16,743 [CAR AND CROWD NOISES] 568 00:33:30,467 --> 00:33:34,381 - We'll have supper in Chester. - Oh! So we're going over the water? 569 00:33:34,804 --> 00:33:37,512 I'll take you the best place I know. 570 00:33:37,849 --> 00:33:43,811 [MUSIC] 571 00:33:54,616 --> 00:33:57,074 I'm not asking you in. You don't mind? 572 00:33:57,285 --> 00:33:59,151 - No. - It's only that I'm tired. 573 00:33:59,246 --> 00:34:01,238 You don't have to explain anything. 574 00:34:05,460 --> 00:34:09,704 [FOOTSTEPS] 575 00:34:13,385 --> 00:34:19,848 [MUSIC] 576 00:34:20,475 --> 00:34:21,475 Ma? 577 00:34:21,643 --> 00:34:25,683 [DRAMATIC MUSIC] 578 00:34:26,898 --> 00:34:27,898 Nora. 579 00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:31,483 Why, I'd hardly have known yer. 580 00:34:32,862 --> 00:34:34,524 You go away an' leave a bit of a girl... 581 00:34:34,573 --> 00:34:37,031 ...an' yer come back and find a grown woman, eh? 582 00:34:38,243 --> 00:34:39,279 What's the matter? 583 00:34:40,912 --> 00:34:46,829 - Have you forgotten yer dad? - No. I haven't forgotten. 584 00:34:55,135 --> 00:34:57,718 If you're looking for yer ma, she's not here. 585 00:34:58,221 --> 00:35:00,588 I found the door open, so I just walked in. 586 00:35:01,099 --> 00:35:02,681 How is the old girl? 587 00:35:04,936 --> 00:35:08,350 - She's alright. - And er, and little Connie? 588 00:35:09,399 --> 00:35:10,435 You both working? 589 00:35:11,484 --> 00:35:12,099 Yes. 590 00:35:12,319 --> 00:35:13,651 Well, that's fine, isn't it? 591 00:35:13,695 --> 00:35:16,028 Why did you have to come back, after all this time? 592 00:35:16,698 --> 00:35:20,988 Well, you don't think I'd desert my wife and children, do yer? 593 00:35:21,328 --> 00:35:22,328 Of course not. 594 00:35:23,121 --> 00:35:25,283 You just forgot to write and send us your address. 595 00:35:26,124 --> 00:35:28,411 You just forgot to send any money to Ma. 596 00:35:29,294 --> 00:35:32,458 You just forgot, for fourteen years. 597 00:35:32,839 --> 00:35:35,456 Honest, I never thought it was as long as that. 598 00:35:37,177 --> 00:35:41,091 I know I've done you wrong, but I never meant to. 599 00:35:41,222 --> 00:35:43,009 Do you know, time and time again I... 600 00:35:43,141 --> 00:35:45,884 ...I saved up a bit of money to send to your ma but... 601 00:35:45,977 --> 00:35:48,435 ...oooh, I've had cruel bad luck, I have. 602 00:35:48,521 --> 00:35:49,853 I've been robbed, too. 603 00:35:50,899 --> 00:35:52,731 They put me in prison once. 604 00:35:52,901 --> 00:35:54,187 In Chile, that was. 605 00:35:54,694 --> 00:35:56,276 No fault of mine, either. 606 00:35:56,446 --> 00:35:58,358 I suppose you think it's been easy for Ma? 607 00:35:58,406 --> 00:36:00,648 Bringing up your kids on memories and promises. 608 00:36:00,825 --> 00:36:02,862 You're 'ard, Nora - that's what you are. 609 00:36:02,952 --> 00:36:03,952 Hard. 610 00:36:04,871 --> 00:36:07,284 But I didn't come home here to make a row. 611 00:36:07,624 --> 00:36:09,240 All I'm trying to tell you is... 612 00:36:09,292 --> 00:36:12,410 ...that I... I was born under a wandering star. 613 00:36:12,754 --> 00:36:15,121 I can't seem to settle nowhere. 614 00:36:15,590 --> 00:36:17,673 But now that you and little Connie are grown up... 615 00:36:17,676 --> 00:36:19,212 ...and earning your own living. 616 00:36:19,678 --> 00:36:22,512 Well, maybe you won't be needing me quite so much. 617 00:36:25,100 --> 00:36:27,217 But that's alright, don't worry. 618 00:36:27,519 --> 00:36:29,886 This is just a little, friendly visit. 619 00:36:30,355 --> 00:36:32,392 Well aren't yer going to give me a cup of tea? 620 00:36:37,404 --> 00:36:39,236 There's no place like home! 621 00:36:39,531 --> 00:36:41,818 I'm glad you kept this old armchair. 622 00:36:43,618 --> 00:36:47,862 Uh, this is the one my Aunt Kate gave your ma an' me when we was married. 623 00:36:48,915 --> 00:36:51,658 She was a funny old hag, she was. 624 00:36:52,043 --> 00:36:54,126 Do you know, I don't think she ever liked me much. 625 00:36:54,295 --> 00:36:55,627 I can't think why. 626 00:36:56,506 --> 00:37:01,001 Well, I never. 'Ere, you've collected quite a lot of new furniture. 627 00:37:06,725 --> 00:37:11,060 Well, I never did. My old razor case. 628 00:37:11,730 --> 00:37:13,813 And me razor in it, too. 629 00:37:16,067 --> 00:37:18,810 And not a speck of rust on it, either. 630 00:37:19,988 --> 00:37:23,356 Your old mum. Sentimental old girl, your ma is. 631 00:37:23,450 --> 00:37:26,363 Fancy her a-keeping this for me all them years. 632 00:37:26,786 --> 00:37:28,448 When do you expect her home? 633 00:37:30,915 --> 00:37:32,872 Not before you've gone, I hope. 634 00:37:33,334 --> 00:37:35,451 You won't get round her this time. 635 00:37:35,795 --> 00:37:38,788 I still remember the way you used to come home drunk and make Ma cry. 636 00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:40,877 'Ere - you shut your trap! 637 00:37:40,884 --> 00:37:42,091 You may think yer grown up... 638 00:37:42,093 --> 00:37:44,653 ...but I'm still your dad and I'll have you treat me respectful. 639 00:37:45,847 --> 00:37:47,804 Too much lip, altogether. 640 00:37:53,438 --> 00:37:56,226 That was a terrible thing to say to yer own father. 641 00:37:57,525 --> 00:38:00,484 What?! I haven't had a drink all day. 642 00:38:00,862 --> 00:38:03,104 'Ere, smell my breath. 643 00:38:03,698 --> 00:38:05,189 A reformed character. 644 00:38:05,867 --> 00:38:06,653 Ah, c'mon. 645 00:38:06,743 --> 00:38:11,408 Why not let bygones be bygones and let's enjoy ourselves while we can? 646 00:38:12,665 --> 00:38:13,665 I tell you what. 647 00:38:14,209 --> 00:38:15,825 I'm feeling a bit tired, so... 648 00:38:16,002 --> 00:38:18,915 ...I'll pop in there an' have a lie down on your mum's bed, an'... 649 00:38:19,130 --> 00:38:20,996 ...when the old girl comes home... 650 00:38:21,090 --> 00:38:25,004 ...then we'll all pop down to the pub and have one before we turns in. Heh, heh! 651 00:38:27,180 --> 00:38:29,718 You don't think you're going to sleep in there! 652 00:38:31,434 --> 00:38:33,596 'Ere! What's that got to do with you? 653 00:38:33,770 --> 00:38:34,806 Well, you won't! 654 00:38:34,854 --> 00:38:36,220 She's forgotten you! 655 00:38:36,272 --> 00:38:37,934 You're nothing to her now! 656 00:38:38,024 --> 00:38:39,765 You're not even to touch her! 657 00:38:39,901 --> 00:38:41,858 You beastly swine! 658 00:38:42,445 --> 00:38:45,483 Call your father a swine, would yer? 659 00:38:46,157 --> 00:38:47,989 [CRYING] 660 00:38:47,992 --> 00:38:50,405 That's gratitude for the good home I've given yer. 661 00:38:51,538 --> 00:38:52,745 Swine, am I?! 662 00:38:53,957 --> 00:38:56,950 I'd rather die than stay in this cold-hearted hole! 663 00:38:58,002 --> 00:38:59,493 Swine, am I? 664 00:38:59,712 --> 00:39:05,709 If there's any justice, my curse'll blast the light out of your eyes. 665 00:39:08,221 --> 00:39:11,464 [CRYING AND SLAMMING OF DOOR] 666 00:39:24,028 --> 00:39:26,395 Oh, it isn't right - is it now? 667 00:39:26,531 --> 00:39:29,569 For a lady to be drinking - all on her lonesome? 668 00:39:31,744 --> 00:39:33,736 That's soon put right. 669 00:39:39,210 --> 00:39:41,702 [MUSIC] 670 00:39:41,713 --> 00:39:44,171 I see yer got, er, two glasses there. 671 00:39:44,507 --> 00:39:46,874 I must have known you were coming. [STOPS GRAMOPHONE] 672 00:39:46,968 --> 00:39:49,836 Them's the first kind words I've had said to me today. 673 00:39:49,888 --> 00:39:51,971 [DRINKS BEING POURED] 674 00:39:53,391 --> 00:39:55,257 Your very good health, ma'am. 675 00:39:55,351 --> 00:39:57,343 And to you, sailor. 676 00:39:58,730 --> 00:40:01,017 Oh, that's a lovely drop of scotch. 677 00:40:04,736 --> 00:40:07,319 - "A Broken Doll". - Would you like me to play it for you? 678 00:40:07,322 --> 00:40:11,737 Many's the time I've heard Karen Smain take the roof off with that one at the Empire. 679 00:40:12,201 --> 00:40:13,612 [SINGING] 680 00:40:13,661 --> 00:40:18,781 "You called me 'baby doll' a year ago." 681 00:40:19,083 --> 00:40:24,374 "You told me I was very nice to know." 682 00:40:24,797 --> 00:40:28,882 "I soon learnt what love meant, I thought"... 683 00:40:29,469 --> 00:40:31,426 Well thanks, Mrs Duncan! 684 00:40:31,471 --> 00:40:33,490 - It was nice of you to ask me in. - You're welcome. 685 00:40:33,514 --> 00:40:35,551 I do enjoy a cup of tea. 686 00:40:35,683 --> 00:40:37,970 I daresay Nora will be home by now. 687 00:40:38,061 --> 00:40:41,270 [SONG HEARD FAINTLY] 688 00:40:41,314 --> 00:40:43,601 [SINGING] "...'Cos when you go away" 689 00:40:43,608 --> 00:40:47,101 "You'll be sorry some day..." 690 00:40:47,153 --> 00:40:50,897 "You left behind a broken doll." 691 00:40:50,949 --> 00:40:54,442 [LAUGHTER AND SINGING] 692 00:40:55,620 --> 00:41:01,036 [SINGING] ..."after all. 'Cos when she's gone away"... 693 00:41:01,084 --> 00:41:04,168 ..."you'll be sorry some day." 694 00:41:04,212 --> 00:41:09,207 "You left behind a broken heart." 695 00:41:09,968 --> 00:41:11,925 [LAUGHTER] 696 00:41:12,011 --> 00:41:15,254 You know my dear, you've got a remarkably fine voice. 697 00:41:15,264 --> 00:41:19,133 Have I, love? Have I? 698 00:41:20,353 --> 00:41:22,345 To turn your own father out. 699 00:41:22,438 --> 00:41:23,724 Nora, how could you? 700 00:41:23,773 --> 00:41:26,106 It's no use, Ma. I can't pretend. 701 00:41:26,192 --> 00:41:28,058 As soon as I saw him standing there, I... 702 00:41:28,111 --> 00:41:30,524 All the same, blood's thicker than water. 703 00:41:30,655 --> 00:41:33,773 Look, Ma. You've got to be firm about this. 704 00:41:33,950 --> 00:41:35,657 As like as not he's in the pub by now. 705 00:41:35,702 --> 00:41:37,221 But he might land back here any minute. 706 00:41:37,245 --> 00:41:39,737 And if you're soft with him, if you let him get round you. 707 00:41:40,331 --> 00:41:41,822 Well, I'm scared for you. 708 00:41:41,916 --> 00:41:44,704 He never really had a chance, poor Peter. 709 00:41:45,878 --> 00:41:48,746 Taken away from school, and sent to sea... 710 00:41:48,798 --> 00:41:51,461 ...before he was George Alexander's age. 711 00:41:51,843 --> 00:41:53,880 But you wouldn't understand about that. 712 00:41:53,886 --> 00:41:55,969 Now, don't you go changing your mind again. 713 00:41:57,849 --> 00:41:58,885 Come on, Ma. 714 00:42:01,519 --> 00:42:03,055 But where'll we go? 715 00:42:03,438 --> 00:42:05,020 We'll find somewhere. 716 00:42:05,356 --> 00:42:07,814 Oh, I wish Ben wasn't down at the docks. 717 00:42:09,152 --> 00:42:11,940 Looks as if we'll have to use these tickets, after all. 718 00:42:12,155 --> 00:42:14,647 First house. We'll be in time if we get a move on. 719 00:42:14,741 --> 00:42:18,781 It's a blessing George Alexander's out at that school debate tonight. 720 00:42:18,911 --> 00:42:20,493 We'll collect him on the way back. 721 00:42:28,546 --> 00:42:30,583 [OPENING AND SHUTTING DOOR] 722 00:42:32,300 --> 00:42:36,214 You know, I knew you was a good sort the second I set eyes on yer. 723 00:42:36,220 --> 00:42:37,506 Yer did? Oh! 724 00:42:38,014 --> 00:42:39,596 And handsome, too. 725 00:42:41,267 --> 00:42:44,601 You know, you don't often see a figure like that these days. 726 00:42:45,104 --> 00:42:46,845 Skin and bone, most of 'em. 727 00:42:47,023 --> 00:42:48,980 Like hairpins. 728 00:42:49,025 --> 00:42:51,392 Oh, well, here's to my figure, then. 729 00:42:54,238 --> 00:42:56,981 This drop of whisky's doing me a power of good. 730 00:42:57,950 --> 00:43:00,909 You know, if I'd had just a couple of minutes... 731 00:43:00,953 --> 00:43:04,071 ...with that stuck-up stink of a second engineer... 732 00:43:04,207 --> 00:43:06,164 ...I'd have made a proper mess of him. 733 00:43:07,043 --> 00:43:09,000 He had it in for me from the start. 734 00:43:09,420 --> 00:43:10,911 Chucks me on the shore... 735 00:43:10,922 --> 00:43:14,290 ...just when every man in the dockyards is looking for a ship. 736 00:43:14,467 --> 00:43:17,926 Mind you, I'm just as good a man as ever I was. 737 00:43:18,137 --> 00:43:21,096 You don't see muscles like that every day of the week. 738 00:43:21,516 --> 00:43:23,803 'Ere, you feel them biceps. 739 00:43:23,976 --> 00:43:24,932 [GIGGLING] 740 00:43:24,936 --> 00:43:26,973 Don't you giggle, woman. 741 00:43:27,688 --> 00:43:30,396 Them muscles means hard work. 742 00:43:30,525 --> 00:43:33,313 I bet you're a terrible man when your temper's up. 743 00:43:33,361 --> 00:43:37,401 But never with a lady, I've never raised me hand to a woman in me life. 744 00:43:37,907 --> 00:43:40,820 Not that I haven't had provocation, mind you. 745 00:43:41,119 --> 00:43:42,906 Now take my daughter, Nora. 746 00:43:42,954 --> 00:43:44,991 Oh, never mind. 747 00:43:47,083 --> 00:43:49,541 You know your onions, don't you? 748 00:43:49,627 --> 00:43:52,085 I bet you don't get kisses like that... 749 00:43:52,130 --> 00:43:54,213 ...from a pen-pushing landlubber. 750 00:43:54,257 --> 00:43:56,920 - Fond of me, sailor? - 'Course I'm fond of yer. 751 00:43:57,218 --> 00:43:59,756 I tell you what the trouble is with Nora. 752 00:43:59,804 --> 00:44:01,841 She's a bit above herself. 753 00:44:02,056 --> 00:44:05,094 Never gave me a chance to make friends, she didn't. 754 00:44:06,227 --> 00:44:08,310 I'm a rough diamond, but... 755 00:44:08,479 --> 00:44:10,937 ...I've got a soft heart underneath. 756 00:44:11,315 --> 00:44:15,935 Do you know I was almost in tears when you started to sing that song. 757 00:44:16,070 --> 00:44:18,027 Were you, love? Were you? 758 00:44:19,949 --> 00:44:23,909 It might all have been different if the old girl had been at home. 759 00:44:24,370 --> 00:44:26,737 Or Connie, instead of Nora. 760 00:44:27,331 --> 00:44:29,744 Connie was just a nipper when I went away. 761 00:44:30,168 --> 00:44:33,286 But I could see then that she took after her dad. 762 00:44:33,838 --> 00:44:36,046 We'd get along together fine. 763 00:44:36,465 --> 00:44:37,797 Well, what about your son? 764 00:44:37,842 --> 00:44:39,879 You haven't said anything about him yet. 765 00:44:41,470 --> 00:44:45,305 Don't you try to be funny or I'll fetch you a fourpenny one! 766 00:44:45,474 --> 00:44:46,840 I've got no son. 767 00:44:47,018 --> 00:44:49,385 Hoo! I must be off my head then. 768 00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:52,729 Why, all day long I see him running up and down the stairs out there. 769 00:44:52,773 --> 00:44:56,062 Only this afternoon he was going off to play in a football match, he was. 770 00:44:56,277 --> 00:44:58,143 'Ere, what are you getting at? 771 00:44:58,404 --> 00:45:00,646 My name's Peter McCabe 'an... 772 00:45:00,781 --> 00:45:03,774 ...that's my wife and daughters what live upstairs. 773 00:45:03,868 --> 00:45:05,860 I know nothing about no boy. 774 00:45:08,956 --> 00:45:12,666 'Ere. How old would he be..? 775 00:45:13,211 --> 00:45:15,203 Fourteen, or thereabouts. 776 00:45:16,047 --> 00:45:17,288 What's his name? 777 00:45:17,465 --> 00:45:19,377 George Alexander. 778 00:45:23,346 --> 00:45:26,714 By the livin' hokey, it's true, then! 779 00:45:27,308 --> 00:45:29,265 George Alexander. 780 00:45:29,769 --> 00:45:32,853 I remember she always said that if she had a boy... 781 00:45:33,064 --> 00:45:35,932 ...she'd call him after that actor chap. 782 00:45:37,818 --> 00:45:39,059 I've got a son. 783 00:45:39,111 --> 00:45:41,945 It's funny that Nora didn't tell you herself, isn't it? 784 00:45:42,823 --> 00:45:44,030 I've got a son. 785 00:45:44,116 --> 00:45:46,108 Maybe she had a reason! 786 00:45:48,955 --> 00:45:49,991 What reason? 787 00:45:50,039 --> 00:45:53,203 Well... you know how long you've been away. 788 00:45:53,251 --> 00:45:55,664 I only gave you the boy's age approximate. 789 00:45:55,836 --> 00:45:58,078 Maybe he isn't fourteen? 790 00:45:58,130 --> 00:45:59,130 'Ere! 791 00:45:59,715 --> 00:46:02,583 I'll have you know my wife's a respectable woman. 792 00:46:03,135 --> 00:46:06,378 I wouldn't have her mentioned, not in the same breath as you! 793 00:46:09,725 --> 00:46:12,889 Bilker! Dirty, rotten bilker! 794 00:46:12,937 --> 00:46:17,602 [FOOTSTEPS AND DOOR SLAMMING] 795 00:46:21,153 --> 00:46:22,360 [BANGING ON THE DOOR] 796 00:46:22,405 --> 00:46:23,405 Let me in! 797 00:46:23,990 --> 00:46:25,447 Let me in, will yer? 798 00:46:26,909 --> 00:46:29,993 I... I only want to see my boy. 799 00:46:30,454 --> 00:46:32,411 I don't mean no harm to no one. 800 00:46:34,583 --> 00:46:37,291 If you're there, son, let me in. 801 00:46:38,087 --> 00:46:40,500 It's only yer dad, home from sea. 802 00:46:41,090 --> 00:46:43,047 Only yer old dad. 803 00:46:43,759 --> 00:46:44,499 [BANGING ON THE DOOR] 804 00:46:44,552 --> 00:46:45,552 Let me in! 805 00:46:50,349 --> 00:46:57,768 [PIANO PLAYING AND CROWD NOISES] 806 00:47:03,738 --> 00:47:05,821 A double whisky, quick. 807 00:47:08,326 --> 00:47:10,158 Haven't you had enough, mate? 808 00:47:10,453 --> 00:47:14,288 Enough? I don't know the meaning of the word. 809 00:47:17,001 --> 00:47:19,493 Come on! Get a move on, will yer? 810 00:47:20,254 --> 00:47:21,870 I'm not asking for credit. 811 00:47:22,506 --> 00:47:26,125 There you are. Help yerself. 812 00:47:29,096 --> 00:47:31,930 This is to drink the health of my son. 813 00:47:32,350 --> 00:47:35,684 Hmm. You'd be wiser to go home, cool off and see your wife. 814 00:47:35,728 --> 00:47:38,311 'E's got no wife! [PIANO STOPS PLAYING] 815 00:47:41,359 --> 00:47:43,100 I've seen his papers. 816 00:47:43,569 --> 00:47:46,357 He makes no family allotment out of his pay. 817 00:47:46,697 --> 00:47:49,986 What do you say to that, my own special little pet, eh? 818 00:47:50,076 --> 00:47:54,116 Hey! It's his son's birthday. He must have a missus somewhere? 819 00:47:54,163 --> 00:47:56,325 Sure he has. One in every port. 820 00:47:57,208 --> 00:47:58,415 What'll yer have? 821 00:47:58,918 --> 00:48:00,705 'Ere, 'ere! Come outside. 822 00:48:00,753 --> 00:48:03,746 You think I'd fight a worn-out old runabout like you? 823 00:48:03,923 --> 00:48:05,835 Boozed up to the eyes into the bargain? 824 00:48:06,217 --> 00:48:08,709 I'm gonna give you a bashin'. 825 00:48:09,345 --> 00:48:12,338 You're not simply drunk - you're paralytic! 826 00:48:12,431 --> 00:48:14,844 The ship's well rid of you! 827 00:48:15,017 --> 00:48:19,307 [CROWD NOISES] 828 00:48:19,730 --> 00:48:27,274 [MORE CROWD NOISES AND SHIP'S HORN] 829 00:48:33,244 --> 00:48:36,533 [SOUND OF RUNNING] 830 00:48:40,000 --> 00:48:45,120 [LAUGHTER] 831 00:48:55,599 --> 00:48:58,137 You've asked for it. Now you're gonna get it! 832 00:48:58,185 --> 00:49:03,397 [SOUND OF FIGHTING] 833 00:49:04,150 --> 00:49:06,233 [LAUGHTER] 834 00:49:14,160 --> 00:49:17,904 [SOUND OF PUNCHES] 835 00:49:29,425 --> 00:49:31,712 [CAR HORN] 836 00:49:39,268 --> 00:49:40,554 [BUS BELL] 837 00:49:43,397 --> 00:49:46,140 Pretty wasn't it, that ballet dancing? 838 00:49:46,734 --> 00:49:48,646 Mind you, I've seen better. 839 00:49:48,903 --> 00:49:53,364 That foreign dancer. What's her name, er, Pavlova - doing the swan dance. 840 00:49:53,699 --> 00:49:55,861 You know, the one where the swan dies. 841 00:49:55,951 --> 00:49:59,740 And she flutters her arms. And falls down all in a heap. 842 00:50:00,122 --> 00:50:02,865 And the music gets quieter and quieter. 843 00:50:03,209 --> 00:50:06,543 And then her 'ead falls. And you know she's dead. 844 00:50:07,421 --> 00:50:09,879 Fairly used to make me cry, that did. 845 00:50:10,090 --> 00:50:13,174 I saw it at the old Empire, with your father. 846 00:50:13,302 --> 00:50:15,919 'E didn't care for it, I remember. 847 00:50:17,389 --> 00:50:19,597 'Eee! My goodness - I've just remembered! 848 00:50:19,850 --> 00:50:21,887 Connie! She doesn't even know he's back. 849 00:50:22,228 --> 00:50:25,141 She's too full of that greasy Morris Bruno to bother about anything else. 850 00:50:25,439 --> 00:50:27,772 Sometimes, Nora, I don't understand you. 851 00:50:27,858 --> 00:50:30,396 After all, it was Morris gave us the tickets. 852 00:50:30,736 --> 00:50:32,477 Ought to be ashamed of yourself. 853 00:50:32,530 --> 00:50:33,771 I didn't want to take them. 854 00:50:33,822 --> 00:50:35,438 Nothing would have made me, but for... 855 00:50:39,662 --> 00:50:44,908 [DANCE MUSIC] 856 00:51:03,435 --> 00:51:09,807 Champagne! I am having some new experiences tonight, aren't I? 857 00:51:09,900 --> 00:51:11,892 That's right, sweetheart - you are. 858 00:51:12,528 --> 00:51:13,985 Now, drink it up. 859 00:51:15,239 --> 00:51:17,026 What's the hurry, anyway? 860 00:51:17,283 --> 00:51:19,115 That's the only way to get the taste of it. 861 00:51:25,124 --> 00:51:28,617 I was... keeping it as a special surprise. 862 00:51:28,836 --> 00:51:30,873 We're going to look in on some friends of mine. 863 00:51:30,963 --> 00:51:32,955 They've got a nice, little house. 864 00:51:33,090 --> 00:51:35,047 They know we're coming, I suppose? 865 00:51:36,343 --> 00:51:38,960 As a matter of fact, they may be away. 866 00:51:39,305 --> 00:51:42,298 They gave me the key. Told me to use the place as if it was my own. 867 00:51:42,474 --> 00:51:45,433 I'll, um... I'll mix you a special kind of cocktail. 868 00:51:46,937 --> 00:51:50,305 Perhaps not. It, um, might be too strong for you. 869 00:51:50,357 --> 00:51:53,646 Oh? I can drink any cocktail that ever was made. 870 00:51:53,736 --> 00:51:55,022 "Try anything once." 871 00:51:55,321 --> 00:51:58,234 - That's my motto. - Are you sure you're not scared? 872 00:51:59,742 --> 00:52:03,326 Scared? I can keep you in your place, Morris Bruno! 873 00:52:03,412 --> 00:52:05,028 Well, perhaps you won't always want to? 874 00:52:05,164 --> 00:52:10,580 [PIANO PLAYING] 875 00:52:15,633 --> 00:52:16,123 Night, Joe. 876 00:52:16,175 --> 00:52:18,508 Night. And it's going to get worse, I tell you. 877 00:52:18,594 --> 00:52:20,586 Ah, what are you grousing about? 878 00:52:20,679 --> 00:52:24,798 You're cushy with your back stuck up against yon boiler thing. 879 00:52:24,975 --> 00:52:27,638 That patent tea urn cost a lot of money, I tell yer. 880 00:52:27,686 --> 00:52:29,143 Aye, but you've got a job. 881 00:52:29,146 --> 00:52:31,513 Oh, aye! I'm making me fortune, I am. 882 00:52:31,815 --> 00:52:33,602 Dishin' out tea 'ere at a penny a cup. 883 00:52:33,692 --> 00:52:35,558 Can't even sell a rock cake these days. 884 00:52:35,653 --> 00:52:38,111 Well, what can you expect with two million unemployed? 885 00:52:38,155 --> 00:52:39,835 Well, there's one more from this afternoon. 886 00:52:39,907 --> 00:52:41,819 I signed on at the Exchange today. 887 00:52:41,909 --> 00:52:43,400 Is that what put that smile on your face? 888 00:52:43,410 --> 00:52:46,369 And what's more, I'd do it again. What's life without freedom? 889 00:52:46,830 --> 00:52:49,573 Anything's better than serving under the worst slave-driving... 890 00:52:49,625 --> 00:52:52,459 ...bucko of a shipmaster that ever sailed the seven seas. 891 00:52:53,045 --> 00:52:56,209 You wouldn't mean Hargest, would yer? Old platter-faced Hargest? 892 00:52:56,256 --> 00:52:56,962 You know him? 893 00:52:57,132 --> 00:53:00,421 Know him! He had me out once with the holy-stone... 894 00:53:00,552 --> 00:53:03,615 ...in the middle of a bay, in a gale that would blow the teeth out of your head! 895 00:53:03,639 --> 00:53:05,801 - Hargest, I've heard of him. - Aye, he's a blackguard. 896 00:53:05,849 --> 00:53:07,886 I cannae blame ye for getting out of his clutches. 897 00:53:08,060 --> 00:53:10,427 'Ere, come on, I've drawn me back pay - I'll stand you. 898 00:53:10,562 --> 00:53:12,202 - Tea and a slab of scoff, twice. - Right. 899 00:53:12,314 --> 00:53:14,727 - What about you, chum? - Er, no, thanks. 900 00:53:15,317 --> 00:53:18,060 Oh, I might have noticed you was wearing a posh hat. 901 00:53:18,278 --> 00:53:20,144 What might you be? Ship's officer? 902 00:53:20,614 --> 00:53:22,731 - Used to be. - Well I used to be a deckhand, see! 903 00:53:22,825 --> 00:53:24,886 - And now we're both on shore... - What ship are you talking about? 904 00:53:24,910 --> 00:53:26,242 - Why? - I want that job. 905 00:53:26,370 --> 00:53:29,238 Don't talk wet, mister! You heard me say it was a deckhand's job. 906 00:53:29,289 --> 00:53:31,997 Och, if you sign on with Hargest he'll flay the skin off your back. 907 00:53:32,084 --> 00:53:33,575 I'll take anything he can hand out. 908 00:53:33,836 --> 00:53:35,668 Come on. Where is she? Where's she docked? 909 00:53:36,296 --> 00:53:39,136 - I've got to get work, I tell yer! - She's not docked anywhere, mister. 910 00:53:39,216 --> 00:53:41,629 She sailed this morning, for China. 911 00:53:42,094 --> 00:53:45,508 [LAUGHTER] 912 00:53:56,984 --> 00:54:06,280 [ENGINE NOISES, AMBULANCE BELL] 913 00:54:07,077 --> 00:54:09,490 - Accident? - No, murder! 914 00:54:09,621 --> 00:54:12,489 You're a bit late. They've just taken the corpse away. 915 00:54:12,624 --> 00:54:14,581 Look, you can see the blood on the road. 916 00:54:15,502 --> 00:54:18,586 Had his throat cut, poor devil. With a razor. 917 00:54:18,714 --> 00:54:20,296 Ship's engineer, he were. 918 00:54:20,716 --> 00:54:22,708 Ship's engineer? How'd you know? 919 00:54:22,968 --> 00:54:26,086 We had some of the officers here from the ship, identifying the corpse. 920 00:54:26,346 --> 00:54:28,178 That ship over there, it were. 921 00:54:28,807 --> 00:54:32,016 Oh, thanks! Thanks very much! 922 00:54:32,644 --> 00:54:36,638 Funny sort of chap. Doesn't seem to be interested in murder. 923 00:54:44,239 --> 00:54:47,277 I saw McCabe with my own eyes, going off in a black maria. 924 00:54:47,409 --> 00:54:48,991 He had handcuffs on him, too. 925 00:54:49,119 --> 00:54:51,827 Chief Engineer anywhere about? Or was he the one who, er... 926 00:54:51,872 --> 00:54:54,058 - No, that was the Second. - Well, it's the Chief I want to see. 927 00:54:54,082 --> 00:54:56,074 - Down there. - Right, thanks. 928 00:54:59,463 --> 00:55:02,126 - Want me? - I'm looking for a ship. 929 00:55:02,257 --> 00:55:03,839 You need an engineer. Your Second is... 930 00:55:03,884 --> 00:55:05,750 Alright, you don't need to tell me - I know. 931 00:55:05,969 --> 00:55:07,835 - Horrible business. - Yeah. 932 00:55:08,138 --> 00:55:08,924 Were you there? 933 00:55:09,014 --> 00:55:11,006 No, I saw the ambulance driving away, that's all. 934 00:55:11,058 --> 00:55:12,594 You're pretty smart on the job. 935 00:55:12,643 --> 00:55:14,683 The chap hasn't been dead more than fifteen minutes. 936 00:55:14,728 --> 00:55:17,128 Well there it is - you need an engineer, and I'm on the spot. 937 00:55:18,315 --> 00:55:19,431 Can't be done. 938 00:55:19,691 --> 00:55:20,852 I know nothing about you. 939 00:55:20,943 --> 00:55:22,650 And I haven't got time to find out. 940 00:55:23,111 --> 00:55:24,818 Ship's due to sail at midnight. 941 00:55:24,947 --> 00:55:26,813 We don't, we may miss the tide. 942 00:55:26,865 --> 00:55:29,824 Then the police may delay us with all sorts of inquiries. 943 00:55:30,285 --> 00:55:32,823 Look. Here are my papers. 944 00:55:33,163 --> 00:55:36,372 If I'm a dud, you can put me ashore at the next port of call. 945 00:55:36,667 --> 00:55:40,126 - But I'm not a dud. - I don't believe you are. 946 00:55:40,629 --> 00:55:42,469 Can you give me half an hour to collect my kit? 947 00:55:43,632 --> 00:55:45,874 You're mighty keen, aren't you? 948 00:55:45,968 --> 00:55:49,461 Keen... you don't know how keen I am. 949 00:56:00,858 --> 00:56:03,225 Nora, what can this be? 950 00:56:06,572 --> 00:56:10,566 - It's from Ben. - 'Eee. It gave me quite a turn. 951 00:56:13,620 --> 00:56:16,328 Oh! Ben's got a ship! 952 00:56:16,498 --> 00:56:19,832 He's just signed on. Third Engineer. He'll be sailing tonight. 953 00:56:23,046 --> 00:56:27,381 He'll be gone by now. And I wasn't there to say goodbye to him. 954 00:56:27,885 --> 00:56:30,468 Does he say how long he'll be away? 955 00:56:31,305 --> 00:56:34,469 No, but he says he'll write as soon as he can. 956 00:56:34,516 --> 00:56:37,554 That's the best bit of news we've had for I don't know how long. 957 00:56:37,686 --> 00:56:40,099 Ben'll have money now and you'll be able to get married soon. 958 00:56:40,188 --> 00:56:42,180 Goodnight, Ma. Goodnight Nora. 959 00:56:42,274 --> 00:56:43,390 Goodnight, love. 960 00:56:43,692 --> 00:56:46,150 Nora, see to the fire for me. I'm going to make some cocoa. 961 00:56:46,194 --> 00:56:47,730 I feel quite chilly, all of a sudden. 962 00:56:48,697 --> 00:56:51,735 It just shows you never know when your luck's going to turn. 963 00:56:52,993 --> 00:56:56,486 [MUSIC] 964 00:56:56,788 --> 00:57:03,581 Ben... Benediction. It was a good omen. 965 00:57:07,132 --> 00:57:08,998 [SOFT MUSIC] Go on - pour it out. 966 00:57:11,887 --> 00:57:14,345 I'm taking only one, remember. 967 00:57:14,848 --> 00:57:17,386 I daresay one will be enough. 968 00:57:21,855 --> 00:57:24,518 Oh, that's nothing. Not a bad cocktail at all. 969 00:57:24,942 --> 00:57:26,604 Happy days! 970 00:57:26,818 --> 00:57:27,478 [SOFT SINGING] 971 00:57:27,569 --> 00:57:33,156 "When evening lights were low, when stars began to glow." 972 00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:38,195 "I'd go around to see my lovin' baby." 973 00:57:39,498 --> 00:57:45,495 "He was my only thing. He was my life, my dream." 974 00:57:45,545 --> 00:57:47,582 Here, that's enough of that! 975 00:57:51,343 --> 00:57:57,385 [SINGING CONTINUES] "...But he broke my heart..." 976 00:57:57,557 --> 00:57:58,557 What's the matter? 977 00:57:58,767 --> 00:58:01,680 N... n... nothing. Nothing's the matter. 978 00:58:02,062 --> 00:58:03,724 Everything's fine. 979 00:58:04,606 --> 00:58:07,565 Oh, it's so close in here. 980 00:58:10,278 --> 00:58:13,942 Oh. Why don't you go upstairs and lie down a bit, eh? 981 00:58:14,658 --> 00:58:16,024 Till you feel better. 982 00:58:17,911 --> 00:58:19,152 Alright. 983 00:58:19,579 --> 00:58:21,241 You stay here. 984 00:58:21,540 --> 00:58:28,037 [SINGING CONTINUES] 985 00:58:29,423 --> 00:58:31,961 You thought you'd been having me on, smart boy. 986 00:58:32,718 --> 00:58:34,505 But I knew what you were up to. 987 00:58:34,803 --> 00:58:36,590 I knew all the time. 988 00:58:38,473 --> 00:58:39,473 [SINGING] 989 00:58:40,726 --> 00:58:47,098 "Hear my heart a callin'. While my tears are fallin'." 990 00:58:47,149 --> 00:58:52,190 "Won't you listen to my plea?" 991 00:58:52,237 --> 00:58:55,526 "There's no if, no maybe." 992 00:58:55,615 --> 00:59:03,955 "I'm your one and only baby. Come..." 993 00:59:09,379 --> 00:59:14,465 [CONNIE - UPSTAIRS] Switch it on again. But not so loud. 994 00:59:16,636 --> 00:59:26,635 [SOFT SONG REPLAYS] 995 00:59:45,916 --> 00:59:48,533 [MUSIC] 996 00:59:51,505 --> 00:59:52,746 [KNOCKING ON DOOR] 997 00:59:59,179 --> 01:00:00,636 Is that you, Connie? 998 01:00:00,806 --> 01:00:03,298 Does Mrs Peter McCabe live here? 999 01:00:07,229 --> 01:00:10,347 I'm sorry to disturb you, miss - at this time of night. 1000 01:00:10,690 --> 01:00:12,101 Come in. 1001 01:00:14,778 --> 01:00:17,646 What is it, Nora? What does he want? 1002 01:00:17,906 --> 01:00:19,738 Are you Mrs Peter McCabe, ma'am? 1003 01:00:19,866 --> 01:00:20,866 Yes. 1004 01:00:21,034 --> 01:00:25,074 Was your husband employed on a ship called... The Benediction? 1005 01:00:25,956 --> 01:00:27,743 I've no idea what he was on. 1006 01:00:28,041 --> 01:00:32,661 - What did you say? What name? - Benediction, miss. 1007 01:00:36,591 --> 01:00:40,460 I'm, er, afraid I shall have to ask you a few questions, madam. 1008 01:00:41,096 --> 01:00:43,463 Your husband has been arrested. 1009 01:00:44,641 --> 01:00:46,132 On a charge of murder. 1010 01:00:46,726 --> 01:00:51,391 [SOUND OF COAL BEING SHOVELLED] 1011 01:00:51,565 --> 01:00:53,352 I never did speak ill of the dead... 1012 01:00:53,400 --> 01:00:55,437 ...but that engineer... 1013 01:00:55,485 --> 01:00:57,192 ...I hated his guts. 1014 01:00:57,237 --> 01:00:59,103 The same as everyone else did on this old hooker. 1015 01:00:59,114 --> 01:01:02,198 Aye, maybe we ought to send a vote of thanks to old McCabe? 1016 01:01:02,325 --> 01:01:05,318 [LAUGHTER] 1017 01:01:05,745 --> 01:01:07,031 Hey, what's the matter with him? 1018 01:01:07,205 --> 01:01:10,073 Looks as though he's going to heave his stomach up any minute now. 1019 01:01:11,626 --> 01:01:14,960 Hey, mister - what's up? What's biting yer? 1020 01:01:15,505 --> 01:01:16,545 You get on with your work. 1021 01:01:16,673 --> 01:01:20,257 There's no harm is there? Talkin' about an old pal who's down on his luck? 1022 01:01:20,427 --> 01:01:22,339 He might have been a shipmate of yours, once! 1023 01:01:22,929 --> 01:01:24,420 Never set eyes on him. 1024 01:01:27,726 --> 01:01:30,309 - Well, how're you getting on? - Alright. 1025 01:01:30,729 --> 01:01:33,392 Isn't it time we got more speed on? We must be out at sea by now. 1026 01:01:33,607 --> 01:01:35,724 Nah, we're heading the other way. 1027 01:01:36,234 --> 01:01:37,350 What do you mean? 1028 01:01:37,611 --> 01:01:39,273 Up the river - towards Manchester. 1029 01:01:39,446 --> 01:01:40,687 Change of plan. 1030 01:01:41,865 --> 01:01:47,862 [NOISE OF SHOVELLING COAL] 1031 01:01:49,915 --> 01:01:57,129 [PUB PIANO MUSIC] Waterfront murder! Waterfront murder! 1032 01:01:59,758 --> 01:02:01,670 And what's the good of hiding from plain facts? 1033 01:02:02,135 --> 01:02:03,751 A drunken murderer. 1034 01:02:04,137 --> 01:02:07,426 Well, that's all he is. A nice man to have for a father. 1035 01:02:08,600 --> 01:02:11,454 You think I don't know what all the girls at the store will be saying about me? 1036 01:02:11,478 --> 01:02:12,478 [KNOCKING ON THE DOOR] 1037 01:02:12,646 --> 01:02:14,353 I'll be lucky if I don't get the sack. 1038 01:02:16,650 --> 01:02:18,892 Mrs McCabe? Good morning. 1039 01:02:18,985 --> 01:02:22,228 The Sunday Messenger will pay fifty pounds for an article. 1040 01:02:22,280 --> 01:02:23,441 Er... We'll write it for you. 1041 01:02:24,032 --> 01:02:26,695 Fifty quid just for talking to a man for half an hour? 1042 01:02:26,785 --> 01:02:28,367 Go on, Ma - you take it. 1043 01:02:29,162 --> 01:02:31,122 But Ma, you'll never get another chance like this. 1044 01:02:31,164 --> 01:02:34,284 All you got to do, Mrs McCabe, is just sign that form and leave the rest to us. 1045 01:02:34,334 --> 01:02:35,324 No, thank you. 1046 01:02:35,335 --> 01:02:36,938 Will you please go and leave my mother alone? 1047 01:02:36,962 --> 01:02:38,078 Go, I tell you! Please go. 1048 01:02:38,213 --> 01:02:40,213 All right, all right. There's no need to get upset. 1049 01:02:40,799 --> 01:02:42,360 In case you change your mind, Mrs McCabe... 1050 01:02:42,384 --> 01:02:45,673 ...that address will always find me. Thank you, good luck. 1051 01:02:53,019 --> 01:02:54,019 See you later, Ma. 1052 01:02:57,148 --> 01:03:00,391 [PIANO MUSIC] 1053 01:03:01,403 --> 01:03:05,943 There y'are, what did I tell yer? Lets the whole neighbourhood down. 1054 01:03:06,157 --> 01:03:09,150 Poor Mrs McCabe. It's terrible hard on her. 1055 01:03:11,162 --> 01:03:13,279 Nora's the one who'll feel it most. 1056 01:03:13,623 --> 01:03:16,787 After all, who'd want to marry the daughter of a murderer? 1057 01:03:16,876 --> 01:03:20,040 Always had a feeling something like this was going to happen. 1058 01:03:23,300 --> 01:03:24,461 Well, all I say is... 1059 01:03:24,634 --> 01:03:27,780 ...if they've got fifty quid to chuck away we're as much entitled to it as anyone. 1060 01:03:27,804 --> 01:03:30,842 After all, all kinds of people write about themselves in the papers. 1061 01:03:30,974 --> 01:03:32,590 Countesses and them baronets. 1062 01:03:32,809 --> 01:03:35,722 And no one thinks any the worse of them for it. And it won't hurt him. 1063 01:03:36,146 --> 01:03:37,682 And he certainly owes us a bit. 1064 01:03:37,981 --> 01:03:41,725 The number of times I've thought of throwing that 'orrible razor away. 1065 01:03:41,985 --> 01:03:45,194 - Or selling it for a few shillings. - Bye, Ma. 1066 01:03:45,363 --> 01:03:48,231 I've got a date with Morris tonight so I shan't be home till late. 1067 01:03:48,491 --> 01:03:51,279 Only I didn't like to part with everything of his. 1068 01:03:51,369 --> 01:03:54,828 And he'd taken all the rest with him when he'd cleared out. 1069 01:03:55,373 --> 01:03:57,410 Even his dirty shirts. 1070 01:03:58,168 --> 01:03:59,500 Bye, Ma. 1071 01:04:06,885 --> 01:04:11,676 [SOUND OF TRAINS AND CARS] 1072 01:04:46,007 --> 01:04:47,007 Yes? 1073 01:04:47,425 --> 01:04:50,008 It's about my husband. I want to see him, please. 1074 01:04:50,053 --> 01:04:51,794 Been taken up has he? What name? 1075 01:04:51,888 --> 01:04:55,256 - McCabe. Peter McCabe. - Oh! 1076 01:04:56,351 --> 01:04:59,935 I've brought my marriage lines, to show who I am. 1077 01:05:00,146 --> 01:05:01,762 And my son's birth certificate. 1078 01:05:01,815 --> 01:05:03,477 You won't need those, ma'am. 1079 01:05:04,317 --> 01:05:05,558 Well, you will let me see him? 1080 01:05:05,652 --> 01:05:09,646 It's out of our hands. The magistrate put him on remand first thing this morning. 1081 01:05:09,739 --> 01:05:12,652 - What does that mean? - He's at Walton Jail now. 1082 01:05:12,742 --> 01:05:13,742 Already? 1083 01:05:13,910 --> 01:05:17,494 He won't come up for trial till the next assizes - plenty of time, yet. 1084 01:05:17,580 --> 01:05:20,163 No, there isn't. I must see him. I've got to see him. 1085 01:05:20,250 --> 01:05:21,866 I can't help you about that, ma'am. 1086 01:05:21,918 --> 01:05:24,831 You've to go to Walton Jail and apply there. 1087 01:05:24,879 --> 01:05:26,791 - But they will let me see him? - Yes. 1088 01:05:26,881 --> 01:05:27,246 When? 1089 01:05:27,549 --> 01:05:30,758 The sooner you get your application in, ma'am, the sooner you're likely to. 1090 01:05:30,885 --> 01:05:32,171 Thank you 1091 01:05:33,346 --> 01:05:39,968 [CAR AND CROWD NOISES] 1092 01:06:01,082 --> 01:06:05,122 - Nora! - Ben! 1093 01:06:07,422 --> 01:06:10,290 But I thought you were at sea. Miles away. 1094 01:06:11,509 --> 01:06:12,862 You haven't lost your job, have you? 1095 01:06:12,886 --> 01:06:16,470 Not on your life. Ship was diverted upriver to Manchester. We'll be there three days. 1096 01:06:16,598 --> 01:06:18,598 The minute I was off duty I caught the first train. 1097 01:06:18,808 --> 01:06:20,674 And there's so much I've got to tell yer. 1098 01:06:35,825 --> 01:06:39,284 [CAR HORN] 1099 01:06:49,923 --> 01:06:52,131 Keeping me waiting all this time! 1100 01:06:52,300 --> 01:06:54,212 You're lucky I've turned up at all. 1101 01:06:54,469 --> 01:06:57,086 I hope you're not getting any wrong ideas about me! 1102 01:06:57,096 --> 01:06:58,462 Oh, of course not. 1103 01:06:58,765 --> 01:07:00,552 But I've been reading the papers. 1104 01:07:00,892 --> 01:07:05,262 "Captain McCabe" seems to have made a dramatic reappearance all of a sudden. 1105 01:07:08,191 --> 01:07:09,557 Where are we going? 1106 01:07:10,527 --> 01:07:12,735 Maybe we'll just drive round for a bit. 1107 01:07:13,655 --> 01:07:16,944 OK. Petrol's cheap enough, I suppose. 1108 01:07:17,116 --> 01:07:19,654 I've got a certain position to keep up, you know? 1109 01:07:20,078 --> 01:07:23,071 It might do me a lot of harm if I was seen about with you. 1110 01:07:23,206 --> 01:07:25,163 Perhaps you'd like me to wear a thick veil? 1111 01:07:25,166 --> 01:07:28,204 Ah, that's the girl - always a snappy comeback. 1112 01:07:29,045 --> 01:07:30,081 I tell you what... 1113 01:07:30,421 --> 01:07:32,162 ...there's one place we can always go to. 1114 01:07:32,340 --> 01:07:34,252 Where we went last night? 1115 01:07:36,386 --> 01:07:38,924 You think you can do just what you like with me?! 1116 01:07:39,430 --> 01:07:42,173 Now, have I ever done anything you didn't want me to? 1117 01:07:42,475 --> 01:07:43,807 All I'm saying is... 1118 01:07:44,060 --> 01:07:47,144 ...till it blows over, we've got to be very discreet. 1119 01:07:48,606 --> 01:07:50,142 Very discreet. 1120 01:07:52,569 --> 01:07:54,151 All right, Morris Bruno. 1121 01:07:54,612 --> 01:07:55,773 Drive on. 1122 01:07:56,573 --> 01:07:58,735 I knew you'd come round. 1123 01:08:01,911 --> 01:08:04,824 The whole way up the river the crew talked about your father. 1124 01:08:05,665 --> 01:08:07,873 And all I did was to keep my mouth shut. 1125 01:08:08,835 --> 01:08:10,827 I wanted to tell every man-jack of them... 1126 01:08:11,045 --> 01:08:13,315 ...that I was going to marry his daughter and I was proud of it. 1127 01:08:13,339 --> 01:08:16,457 But the words simply wouldn't come. I just couldn't help it. 1128 01:08:17,010 --> 01:08:20,174 My job was not yet secure. And... I was afraid. 1129 01:08:21,097 --> 01:08:23,180 It was cowardly, that's what it was, but... 1130 01:08:23,683 --> 01:08:27,097 ...if I'd lost this job, I'd lost my chance of marrying you. 1131 01:08:30,106 --> 01:08:33,315 Yes. I see your point. 1132 01:08:35,320 --> 01:08:38,279 Would be very convenient for you to change your name... 1133 01:08:39,032 --> 01:08:40,364 ...just now. 1134 01:08:40,700 --> 01:08:43,158 Well, that's not quite what I mean. 1135 01:08:43,703 --> 01:08:45,239 Oh, it isn't? 1136 01:08:45,705 --> 01:08:49,619 You haven't, by any chance, been seeing yourself as "Mrs Morris Bruno"? 1137 01:08:50,376 --> 01:08:51,708 Well, why not? 1138 01:08:52,462 --> 01:08:56,126 After all, every girl wants to get married - sooner or later. 1139 01:08:56,215 --> 01:08:59,299 Don't come that stuff on me. You're not a homegirl! 1140 01:09:02,055 --> 01:09:04,138 I wasn't born yesterday, you know? 1141 01:09:04,349 --> 01:09:07,558 I never so much as dropped a hint about marrying you. 1142 01:09:07,769 --> 01:09:10,102 Now, did I? Come on - have another drink. 1143 01:09:12,190 --> 01:09:13,726 What do you take me for? 1144 01:09:13,775 --> 01:09:16,017 Never mind. One thing you can be sure of... 1145 01:09:16,069 --> 01:09:18,607 ...the girl I marry's got to be nice... - Like you?! 1146 01:09:18,655 --> 01:09:20,612 That's the way to talk - now you are grown up! 1147 01:09:20,657 --> 01:09:24,025 - Come on, the fun's only just started. - Leave me alone! 1148 01:09:26,329 --> 01:09:27,991 Take your rotten hands off me! 1149 01:09:28,414 --> 01:09:29,746 [SLAP] 1150 01:09:30,625 --> 01:09:31,832 Get out of here! 1151 01:09:33,461 --> 01:09:34,702 Get out, I tell yer! 1152 01:09:34,962 --> 01:09:37,921 And you can go back to your slummy home on yer own two feet. 1153 01:09:41,469 --> 01:09:44,712 I hated it not being with you when you needed me most. 1154 01:09:45,807 --> 01:09:47,844 I want us to get married - right away. 1155 01:09:48,434 --> 01:09:50,221 I'll get a Special Licence. 1156 01:09:50,603 --> 01:09:53,892 We've waited so long, and this is our chance, now that I'm working. 1157 01:09:54,232 --> 01:09:57,725 Oh, darling, with all this hanging over us - how can I? 1158 01:09:57,777 --> 01:09:59,484 We must. We simply must. 1159 01:10:00,571 --> 01:10:03,860 If you want to know, I'm... I'm scared. 1160 01:10:04,367 --> 01:10:06,825 Suppose something else crops up to put it off again? 1161 01:10:07,453 --> 01:10:09,490 And from now on I shall be away on long voyages. 1162 01:10:09,497 --> 01:10:11,897 I shan't be able to be with you when things get even tougher. 1163 01:10:13,084 --> 01:10:14,620 It's knowing I've got you, Ben. 1164 01:10:15,044 --> 01:10:16,285 But that's not enough! 1165 01:10:16,462 --> 01:10:17,669 As soon as you're my wife... 1166 01:10:17,880 --> 01:10:20,247 ...everyone will know that I'm sticking by you. 1167 01:10:20,675 --> 01:10:22,337 For better or for worse. 1168 01:10:32,854 --> 01:10:34,436 Visitors for McCabe. 1169 01:10:34,564 --> 01:10:39,104 [SOUND OF KEYS IN LOCK] 1170 01:10:39,402 --> 01:10:41,735 This is where those awaiting trial are detained. 1171 01:10:41,821 --> 01:10:43,608 You'll find your husband quite comfortable. 1172 01:10:43,698 --> 01:10:45,860 He'll be wearing his ordinary clothes, too. 1173 01:10:46,117 --> 01:10:47,324 That's something. 1174 01:10:49,036 --> 01:10:50,777 This way. 1175 01:11:03,801 --> 01:11:06,509 There you are, madam. They'll give you a knock when your time's up. 1176 01:11:06,971 --> 01:11:10,806 You wait 'ere, George Alexander. I'll call you in a bit. 1177 01:11:20,735 --> 01:11:23,193 - He's very quiet. - They most are, afterwards. 1178 01:11:23,529 --> 01:11:24,861 It's a funny thing. 1179 01:11:25,031 --> 01:11:26,943 I've had all sorts in my care. 1180 01:11:27,450 --> 01:11:30,318 Frauds, thieves and poisoners. 1181 01:11:30,578 --> 01:11:34,663 It's never the ones that get copped for murder with violence that cause trouble. 1182 01:11:34,749 --> 01:11:36,035 Not by a long way. 1183 01:11:36,834 --> 01:11:39,121 They lose their heads - that's what it is. 1184 01:11:39,170 --> 01:11:41,412 And ever afterwards they get brooding over it. 1185 01:11:41,672 --> 01:11:43,504 Over and over again. 1186 01:11:43,674 --> 01:11:45,586 Makes you feel sorry for them. 1187 01:11:45,927 --> 01:11:48,795 I, uh... I suppose he'll get the rope? 1188 01:11:48,888 --> 01:11:50,550 Perhaps, perhaps not. 1189 01:11:50,640 --> 01:11:52,677 Strictly speaking, according to the law... 1190 01:11:52,725 --> 01:11:53,911 ...there's no argument to say... 1191 01:11:53,935 --> 01:11:56,295 ...that he was mad drunk and didn't know what he was doing. 1192 01:11:57,480 --> 01:11:59,688 I expect he'll be a lifer. 1193 01:12:06,906 --> 01:12:09,944 This seems an awful cold sort of place, Peter. 1194 01:12:11,661 --> 01:12:16,122 Here. You'd better sit down. 1195 01:12:18,626 --> 01:12:20,913 Have you got some good, warm underwear? 1196 01:12:21,003 --> 01:12:22,494 'Course I have. 1197 01:12:23,339 --> 01:12:25,456 I could do your washing for you? 1198 01:12:25,508 --> 01:12:28,296 Ah, they're cracked about washing, 'ere. 1199 01:12:29,095 --> 01:12:33,931 They took away one lot and brought me another before they was even dirty. 1200 01:12:35,434 --> 01:12:37,596 I'm not doing any work 'ere. 1201 01:12:38,187 --> 01:12:41,396 What do I want with clean clothes every week? 1202 01:12:41,732 --> 01:12:43,849 Ah, but they won't see that. 1203 01:12:45,862 --> 01:12:48,650 I'll bring you some pies next time I come. 1204 01:12:50,616 --> 01:12:53,108 You used to love my pies. 1205 01:12:55,997 --> 01:12:58,489 The best I ever tasted. 1206 01:12:58,708 --> 01:13:02,418 [SOBS AND CRIES] 1207 01:13:02,503 --> 01:13:07,123 Eh, eh, now. Steady, old girl. 1208 01:13:07,884 --> 01:13:12,219 It's this waiting and waiting and nothing to do that I can't stand. 1209 01:13:12,513 --> 01:13:15,176 It's putting me off my sleep. 1210 01:13:16,058 --> 01:13:18,516 Imagine! Me not being able to sleep! 1211 01:13:18,769 --> 01:13:23,139 Suffering from nerves like a... like a white-faced clerk. 1212 01:13:23,649 --> 01:13:25,231 Peter, how could you? 1213 01:13:25,443 --> 01:13:27,480 How could you do a thing like that? 1214 01:13:27,486 --> 01:13:30,445 I don't know. I don't properly remember what happened. 1215 01:13:30,781 --> 01:13:32,943 I saw him lying there and... 1216 01:13:33,576 --> 01:13:36,489 ...I knew he'd said something that'd made me wild. 1217 01:13:38,581 --> 01:13:40,618 But I... I didn't mean... 1218 01:13:42,585 --> 01:13:44,542 Ah, what's the use? 1219 01:13:45,922 --> 01:13:51,168 I've done it, that's what they say, and... and now I've got to pay for it. 1220 01:13:53,387 --> 01:13:58,178 But you know the... there's just one thing I'd like to find out. 1221 01:13:58,684 --> 01:14:03,395 Somebody said... but I expect they were having me on... 1222 01:14:04,857 --> 01:14:06,393 What did they say? 1223 01:14:07,193 --> 01:14:12,609 It was... somethin' about... about you an me havin'... 1224 01:14:12,907 --> 01:14:14,694 ...havin' another child. 1225 01:14:17,578 --> 01:14:20,867 - A boy. - So we have. 1226 01:14:21,958 --> 01:14:22,958 We have? 1227 01:14:23,250 --> 01:14:25,162 Born after you went away. 1228 01:14:26,462 --> 01:14:28,294 Then why didn't you tell me? 1229 01:14:28,631 --> 01:14:30,714 I didn't know where to write to. 1230 01:14:30,967 --> 01:14:32,424 You can't blame me for that? 1231 01:14:32,426 --> 01:14:35,339 - But before I went away? - I didn't know then. 1232 01:14:35,930 --> 01:14:37,421 I wasn't sure. 1233 01:14:39,141 --> 01:14:42,259 He's a clever boy. He won a scholarship. 1234 01:14:43,938 --> 01:14:45,679 - No! - He did. 1235 01:14:48,818 --> 01:14:52,186 If... If I could just see him once? 1236 01:14:52,655 --> 01:14:54,271 I'd be satisfied. 1237 01:14:54,865 --> 01:14:56,356 You can, if you like? 1238 01:14:56,534 --> 01:14:58,150 I brought him along with me. 1239 01:14:58,661 --> 01:15:00,243 He's in the corridor now. 1240 01:15:03,499 --> 01:15:05,411 Come on in, George Alexander. 1241 01:15:16,971 --> 01:15:19,133 Hello... Dad. 1242 01:15:19,306 --> 01:15:24,267 It seems funny us... not knowing each other and... 1243 01:15:25,396 --> 01:15:28,764 ...yet bein'... father and son. 1244 01:15:33,696 --> 01:15:35,187 But that's my fault. 1245 01:15:37,783 --> 01:15:41,902 I've nothing... to be proud of, but... 1246 01:15:43,789 --> 01:15:47,248 ...cor, I... I'm proud of you. 1247 01:15:48,878 --> 01:15:53,873 Peter McCabe, with a boy going to college. 1248 01:15:54,633 --> 01:15:56,625 Here. Sit down, son. 1249 01:15:58,888 --> 01:16:00,720 Come on, sit down. 1250 01:16:00,723 --> 01:16:02,806 I got all night and day to rest there. 1251 01:16:02,850 --> 01:16:05,684 Show your father your college cap, George Alexander. 1252 01:16:05,770 --> 01:16:06,770 Put it on. 1253 01:16:07,605 --> 01:16:10,598 Cor. That's smart, that is. 1254 01:16:12,401 --> 01:16:14,233 And a gold badge, too. 1255 01:16:15,029 --> 01:16:19,490 'Ere. There's a motto 'ere. What does it say? 1256 01:16:19,909 --> 01:16:22,026 "Experientia docet". 1257 01:16:22,161 --> 01:16:23,242 French, eh? 1258 01:16:23,871 --> 01:16:25,783 I expect you know what it means? 1259 01:16:26,707 --> 01:16:31,998 It's Latin. It means "experience teaches". 1260 01:16:33,422 --> 01:16:34,663 Does it, now? 1261 01:16:36,050 --> 01:16:38,042 "Experience teaches". 1262 01:16:39,095 --> 01:16:40,961 Well, that's true enough. 1263 01:16:41,263 --> 01:16:43,755 Look 'ere, lad. Would you do me a little favour? 1264 01:16:44,058 --> 01:16:46,391 Would you talk a bit of Latin to me? 1265 01:16:47,061 --> 01:16:51,146 Oh, I know I'm ignorant and, I shan't understand a word, but... 1266 01:16:51,565 --> 01:16:58,938 ...I can say to myself... I've seen my son, and I've heard him talk in Latin. 1267 01:16:59,448 --> 01:17:05,160 And then... somehow... I shouldn't feel such a no-good, after all. 1268 01:17:05,538 --> 01:17:08,576 Would... would you do that for me? 1269 01:17:09,166 --> 01:17:11,453 You can't talk Latin much. 1270 01:17:12,586 --> 01:17:14,327 It's not like French. 1271 01:17:16,423 --> 01:17:19,382 I could recite some poetry, if you like? 1272 01:17:20,052 --> 01:17:22,590 - Latin poetry? - Yes. 1273 01:17:22,847 --> 01:17:26,591 Now look here... you put on your cap and... 1274 01:17:26,767 --> 01:17:28,679 ...and stand over there. 1275 01:17:28,811 --> 01:17:30,723 So as me an' your mother can see yer. 1276 01:17:40,197 --> 01:17:45,693 [RECITES IN LATIN] 1277 01:17:49,540 --> 01:17:51,907 I think the man wants us to go. 1278 01:17:55,546 --> 01:17:56,753 Go first, love. 1279 01:18:00,968 --> 01:18:02,880 Will yer shake hands with me, son? 1280 01:18:06,265 --> 01:18:08,678 It was nice of yer to come an' see me 'ere 1281 01:18:10,394 --> 01:18:11,680 Oh! 1282 01:18:13,564 --> 01:18:16,307 Ere, you 'ave that. 1283 01:18:17,735 --> 01:18:20,443 That used to belong to my Dad. 1284 01:18:20,571 --> 01:18:22,312 And when you grow up... 1285 01:18:22,615 --> 01:18:24,698 ...you can keep your baccy in it. 1286 01:18:25,075 --> 01:18:26,282 Thanks, Dad. 1287 01:18:26,702 --> 01:18:31,663 - In the meantime, what do you collect? - Foreign stamps. 1288 01:18:32,166 --> 01:18:35,580 He's got all sorts, Peter. You wouldn't believe. 1289 01:18:36,128 --> 01:18:38,370 He can keep his swaps in it. 1290 01:18:40,966 --> 01:18:42,958 And now you'd better be going, son. 1291 01:18:44,094 --> 01:18:45,960 And try and forget that you... 1292 01:18:46,639 --> 01:18:48,050 ...you ever had an old man. 1293 01:18:51,185 --> 01:18:53,347 God bless yer. 1294 01:18:55,981 --> 01:18:57,847 I'll come in a minute. 1295 01:19:05,157 --> 01:19:06,523 Peter? 1296 01:19:07,117 --> 01:19:09,985 Nora got married yesterday. 1297 01:19:12,414 --> 01:19:13,950 Good luck to 'er. 1298 01:19:16,126 --> 01:19:19,540 [SHIP'S HORN] 1299 01:19:28,430 --> 01:19:30,717 - It's got to be a quick goodbye. - I know. 1300 01:19:32,017 --> 01:19:38,230 [ROMANTIC MUSIC] 1301 01:19:42,569 --> 01:19:48,406 [SHIP'S HORN AND SEAGULLS] 1302 01:19:49,034 --> 01:19:56,407 [END THEME] 100424

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