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'What I like about getting back to dear old London

is the English scenery.

Always beautiful. Always fascinating.

Makes you want to see more.

Now, is she happy? Vivacious?

Well, at least she's charitable.'

Thank you, miss.

Hold it! Go!

Is the lady ill? Where's the first-aid room? I'll show you. Can you manage? Yes, thanks.

Of course. You're the famous Simon Templar.

Hassani is going to be very angry.

That is just too bad.

We'll have to try again.

Can you tell me your name now, miss?

Diana Gregory.

And your address.

23 Avenue Marsoud, Paris.

You're just visiting London?

Yes... What happened?

For some reason, you were given a hypo.

Drink this, my dear.Thank you. It'll help clear your head.

I remember a nun.

She had a collection box.

I-I gave her...

A hypo? You mean hypodermic injection? Yes, miss.

Mr Templar saw it happen.

The nun? A fake.

But...Ever seen her before?

Never.

Mr Templar, have you anything to add?

I'm afraid not.

The taxi. You didn't notice the driver? The registration number?

I was more interested in Miss Gregory.

Well, miss, I'll report this.

We may want to ask you some more questions.

Where can we get in touch with you? I shall be at my brother's,

in Chelsea.

Michael Gregory, 19 Belleville Place.

There we are.

I don't know why he didn't meet me at the station.

Unless of course he's on duty. Duty? Yes, he's a pilot in the RAF.

Do you have a key? No.

Well, if he is on duty, then he won't be here to let you in.

Oh. Is Mr Gregory in?

I'm sorry, there's no person of that name here.

But that's ridiculous. He's my brother. He lives here!

I'm sorry, but you make a mistake.

She has the same man with her.

Come quickly.

Come!

This is crazy. He wrote to me from here two weeks ago.

Sure you've got the right number? Positive. It was on his letterhead, printed.

In fact...

Wait a minute.

This was in his last letter.

Well, it's number 19 all right.

And there's the light fitting.

He MUST live here!

Unless he's moved in the last couple of weeks.

You wait here.

Come on in. It's all right. The place is empty.

Look. What does it mean?

That someone smokes cigars. Do you recognise anything?

I've never been here before, but I'm positive it's Mike's house.

Look at the mail. Mike Gregory.

Flight Lieutenant Mike Gregory.

Bills. Letters.

And this is his picture when he got his commission!

You mean my sister's in London?

Didn't you send her a telegram, telling her not to come? Of course I SENT her one,.

Obviously she didn't receive it.

Call her.

Please be very careful what you say. No details.

I'm not that stupid.

Hello? Hello, Di, it's Mike.

Mike! Where are you? Look, I can't talk now,

but I'm involved in something rather confidential and won't be seeing you for a couple of days.

Yes. Make yourself comfortable. I'll be home as soon as I can.

I beg your pardon?

Don't treat me like a child! Don't be so touchy.

If you'll excuse us...

Before I could ask him anything, we got cut off.

I expect he'll ring again.

At least I know he's all right.

Involved in something very confidential?

Well, that's what he said. Probably some Air Force project.

Do you know where he's stationed? Mm. Blakewell.

Now, are you sure you wouldn't rather stay in a hotel?

No, I'll be fine here, really.

Here's my number.

If you need anything,

call me.

OK? I will.

You've been marvellous. I can't thank you enough.

Well, you could have dinner with me tonight.

I'd love to.

I'll call for you at eight.

Yes, sir. Second building on the left, sir.

Come in.

Me Templar? Yes. Flight Lieutenant Wills is expecting you.

Come in.

Mr Templar, sir.

Thank you. Simon! How are you?

It's been a long time. Nice to see you.

What can I do for you? I'd like some information.

Sit down.Thank you.

What would you like some information about?

Flight Lieutenant Michael Gregory.

Is er, is he a friend of yours?

No, sir. As a matter of fact, I don't even know him.

In that case, I can be perfectly frank.

He was court-martialled three months ago.

Cashiered? Flung out on his ear.

What for?

Passing dud cheques.

Slung one of our mess for 25 quid,

bounced high on a trainee pilot hitting the runway at 400 knots.

The CO warned him about it a dozen times.

You've seen the Osprey, haven't you?

Vertical take-off jobs.

Fantastic.

A nozzle on either side directs the thrust, either back or down.

Result, a supersonic aircraft that'll dance a ballet!

Take off and land anywhere? Absolutely anywhere.

Have you any idea what young Gregory's up to now?

I haven't the foggiest.

Probably with a crummy charter company

flying an old Dakota tied up with string.

Bit of a comedown after Ospreys.

Why all this interest in young Gregory? I know his sister.

But... Who are you? What do you want?

I might ask the same question.

I'm Diana Gregory. This is my brother's house.

Congratulations.

Look... I'm a friend.

At least, let's say I WAS a friend.

Oh, I see.

I had the deep misfortune, and I'm not kidding,

to be in love with your brother,

but he's forgotten I'm alive.

I'm sorry.

I don't even know where he is. Neither do I, I'm afraid.

Then we're both in the same boat.

All alone.

Do you have any friends in London? Yes, a few.

Have you been in touch with them? No, not yet. I've just arrived.

Look,

I know I shouldn't ask this,

but I'm desperate.

Could you have dinner with me tonight? I'm sorry, I can't.

Oh, please!

I simply don't know what I'm doing wrong.

I am sorry, really, but I have a dinner engagement.

Have a nice evening. Honestly. With someone called Simon Templar.

He's picking me up here at eight.

Oh... Are you in a hurry?

Cos if that tea's still hot, I'd love some.

Oh, yes, of course. I'll get you a cup.

No problems? One. She has a dinner engagement with a Simon Templar.

Where? He's calling for her here.

Then someone should meet him.

Get her into the taxi.

Ahmed, you know what's involved in what we're trying to do? Yes.

Nothing must stop us. Do you understand?

I understand, Hassani.

This Templar is a danger we couldn't have foreseen.

He could ruin everything. He must be stopped.

Yes, I understand.

Good.

Gregory is here. And drinking.

He's dangerous and he's not reliable.

You be reliable. Now...

Take her in there.

You're in my chair.

A chair? Is this just a chair?

I thought it was a throne!

Er, do sit down, your Highness.

You'd better go. Oh, I intend to.

But not back to that crummy cell room.

I'm going home to see my sister.

Is that so?

Yes, your high and mighty Majesty. That is so.

I'm quitting. I've decided I won't play.

A decision you've been pondering for some days now.

See-all, know-all Hassani.

What about our �3,000 deposit?

I'll give it back, every penny.

And that'll fix everything, will it?

It'll have to, won't it?

You make me sick!

I can't do it.

Get up!

No wonder they chucked you out!

A weak, snivelling coward.

Well, you don't make a bargain with me and just change your mind.

You'll do what you agreed to do,

and to be absolutely sure of you co-operation,

I've made some special arrangements.

You want to see your sister?

Open it.

Go ahead. Look.

Diana?

Di?

It's me, Mike.

What have you done to her? Chloroform.

She'll be all right. You...

No harm will be done to her, as long as you carry out your task.

When you've finished, she'll be turned loose in Hyde Park.

Hassani, please, let her go.

When you've done what you agreed to do.

Well, I'll go through with it, on my word of honour.

Honour...

We're wasting time.

I won't mention the drinking again. It's to stop. Do you understand?

Yes.

Go back to your hotel. Have a good night's sleep.

Be at the boathouse on the Serpentine at 11 tomorrow morning.

And be on time. 11 sharp.

Come on! On your feet!

Wake up!

Well, come in. I'm glad to see your clock's still running.

Where is she?

I-I don't understand.

Do you...want me to explain?

Well, I tell you. I explain.

How long are you going to keep me here?

That depends on your brother.

I trust we're taking the short route?

Do you have a key?

Well, the truth...Open it.

Ahmed, is that you?

Yes, it's me.

Obviously you have taken care of Mr Templar?

Yes, thanks.

Now, I had a dinner date with Miss Gregory

and I'm getting hungry. Where is she?

Gentlemen, it's only fair to warn you that I have a pretty foul temper

when I'm famished.

Well?

Diana? Simon!

Gentlemen, please, where are your manners? Let the lady through.

Please, I don't want any unnecessary violence.

Is that clock right?

Yeah, it's two minutes to eleven.

See anything? Not yet.

Are you sure you got it straight?

I think so. I was still pretty groggy.

But I heard the man say to Mike, Be at the boathouse on the Serpentine at 11 tomorrow.

There he is! Where?

The rowing boat!

Over there, to the right.

It's a pretty foolproof way of not being overheard.

'The something at Mary Vic

in cash. Course.

OK. Tonight...'

Lip reading isn't as simple as some people think.

You're doing fine.

Read the first sentence back again.

'You will...' Then a blank.

'..in the aspirin tonight.'

It's a rounder vowel.

Aspirin's wrong. Osprey. Hm?

It's a vertical take-off jet.

Never heard of it. Run the film again.

Right.

I think I've got it this time.

'You will take off in the Osprey tonight.

Refuel at Mary Vic...the necessary max.

What about my money?

30,000 US dollars

in cash, of course.

OK. Tonight at 11.'

Do you know what that means? I don't believe it! Not Mike!

He couldn't!

I'm afraid he could.

We've got just over an hour.

Operator, give me the number of the RAF station at Blakewell.

You're nervous.

Why not? I've got to fly the flamin' thing.

There's a dance on at the camp.

Security will be relaxed

and the weather forecast is clear.

Flight Lieutenant Wills, please?

I'm sorry, sir, he's not available at the moment.

There's a mess dance tonight.

I'm sorry, sir, it's impossible. I can give him a message.

See that he gets it at once! It's most urgent.

My name is Simon Templar.

Tell him there's an attempt being made tonight to steal an Osprey.

Of course I'm serious.

See that he gets the message, will you? Yes, right away.

Mike's been forced into this.

I know I could talk some sense into him.

We've nearly an hour. Please, Simon! Let's stop him before it's too late!

What about my sister?

She'll be released the moment you reach your destination.

My word means something.

There it is.

Are you sure it's serviced? Everything's been arranged.

The job's off! What?

Templar's on to what we're doing. He just called.

I must tell Wills, or they'll finger me.

I'm not carrying the can for this flamin' lark.

When did Templar phone?

But the job's off! Mission aborted.

Now clear out, I've got to sound the alarm.

Hassani, no!

You killed him! Yes. But you killed him!

Yes. Now say something about cold blood.

Get on with it.

You should know by now, Lieutenant, that we're not playing games.

He's always been a bit wild and irresponsible.

But he's not bad. He's not!

All right, off you go. And good luck.

I'll need it.

We're nearly there now.

Do you hear that?

It's too late.

Come on!

This is absolutely incredible. Read that first bit again.

'You... You will take off in the Osprey tonight,

refuel at Mary Vic...' We're not sure of the place.

'Blank. We'll provide the necessary map.'

Adjutant.

What? Where? What direction?

Get that to Air Ministry Intelligence right away.

It was spotted over Dungeness headed southeast,

flying at nought feet to avoid NATO radar.

Southeast...

Could be making for the Middle East. That figures.

Adjutant.

What's the guard's condition?

All right, keep me informed.

They've shot Corporal Bullen and coshed a patrol guard.

There won't half be a row after this little lark.

Charlie, what's the range of the Osprey? About a thousand miles.

So, if he's eventually flying to the Middle East,

he'll have to refuel somewhere.

A thousand miles would put him down somewhere in Romania,

Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece.

He wouldn't dare use a regular airfield.Not in a friendly country.

But he won't have to. Not in an Osprey, will he?

That's true. He could land in some remote place,

a clearing in a forest,

a field, without the authorities knowing. Charlie, look!

Marovec! Not Mary Vic.

I know the country well. I want to fly after him.

You're mad! How long does it take to refuel an Osprey?

If it's done in a field somewhere, without proper equipment,

anything up to four or five hours. Then there is time, isn't there?

For what? To get to Marovec, find the Osprey

and blow it up before it can take off for its final destination.

They'd skin me alive. I couldn't let you.I haven't got the authority.

I'll tell you how to get it.

You call this number.

Ask for a Major Carter.

Explain the situation.

I'm telling you, if you wait for the Foreign Office and Interpol

to pull the plug out by going through the proper channels,

your �3 million aircraft is going to belong to somebody else.

All that secret equipment on the other side.

Alert tower and duty ground crew for take-off.

Then I want to speak to Major Carter at Whitehall 897896.

I'll hold on.

Oh, Charlie, one other thing.

Diana can fill you in on the details. Call the police.

Have them raid the offices of the Ajax Warehouse Company.

You must be Kovicek.And you must be Templar, no?That's right.

I scare you plenty, huh? Oh, plenty!

Always I say to myself, even during the war,

Kovicek always take time for a little joke! Ha!

I'm glad London got in touch with you.

Yes. Major Carter. The plane, she land already. Where?

About ten kilometre north. Soon I find out.

How? Ha! I'm a very crafty fella!

So am I. That makes two of us.

I've got a car. I take you to the village inn.

The English pilot is there already.

Also with him is this Landek, the fixer, the arranger.

A little man? Yeah, he's an agent who deal in armament for certain government.

He's got plenty of influence. But not with the innkeeper!

Ha! He's my brother! All in the family, eh?

Sure, it's safer that way.

This Landek, he's instructed my brother to order taxi for four o'clock,

for himself and the English pilot.

But now for you, I've got a big surprise.

You're the taxi driver! Oh, you guess already!

I'm a crafty fella too! Ha! Come on!

Dragisha?

Where are they? In the English pilot's home.

This the man from London. Is welcome.

My brother. Don't you feed him?

Please.

I have put you in the room next to English pilot, so come.

If you need me, I'll be in the kitchen.I go feed my face.

Hey, if there's a fight,don't forget to save one for Kovicek, uh?

What's keeping him?

Colonel Zaglia will be here.

He'd better be. Do not worry.

After all, he's flying the plane to its final destination.

And just as a matter of curiosity,

what is the, er, final destination?

That is not your affair. Well, the money's my affair!

My sister's my affair! Your sister will be released in London

the moment Colonel Zaglia is airborne in the Osprey.

And he's bringing the money.

I wish I'd never got into this filthy business.

But you did, because you have two very common faults.

You are weak and you are greedy.

Spare me the lecture.

Your visitor has arrived, gentlemen.

Colonel Zaglia.

This is Flight Lieutenant Gregory of the English Royal Air Force. Retired.

Excuse me? Skip it.

And this is Colonel Zaglia, who will take over the plane.

Good evening.

I hope you fly it into the Mediterranean.

I shall go at once to the landing site

to ensure everything is in order.

No doubt you will like some food and a little rest after your journey.

You can follow with Gregory in half an hour. I've got to go back there?

It is so arranged. What for? You've got the flamin' aircraft!

What else do you want? Flying lessons?

I have no experience on vertical on take-off jets.

A briefing is most necessary.

Now, look, I want my money. I have the money here.

�30,000.

Which you will get when Colonel Zaglia is safely in the air.

At the same time I'll send a signal to London

and your sister is released.

The landlord has a meal for you.

You will excuse me, please? Any time.

You are being played for the biggest sucker of all time.

Landek, I am concerned. So am I.

The English pilot, he is unreliable.

He's a threat to all of us.

If it is a problem, you must work it out any way you wish.

Bon appetit.

They had no intention of letting Diana go free.

They were going to kill her. I had to get her out at gunpoint.

And believe me, they are going to kill you.

I don't believe it. They brought the money.

And they are going to keep it. No, they wouldn't do that.

Mike, I was sent here to blow that plane up.

Instead, why don't you fly it back? Me? Go back to England?

I'd get 20 years. Stay here, you're dead.

I won't stay here. I'll go to France or Italy.

Can't you get it through your thick head

that no matter where you are, you are a threat to their organisation?

You can talk.

The minute they are through with you here,

you will get a bullet in your back.

We ARE through with him. Now.

I'll see them rot before they get that plane.

Oh, there's been a slight change in plans.

We're going to fly the Osprey back to England.

How are you feeling? Terrible.

We'll never make it, Templar. I've lost a lot of blood.

We're going to get that plane out of here and you're going to fly it.

I hope your brother can handle Zaglia.

My brother only little. But plenty smart fella.

How much further? We're almost there.

Are you all right? Yeah.

Guards ahead.

The two pilot.

I can't make it. You've got to. Now, watch it.

I'm ready to check out the procedure with Colonel Zaglia.

Of course.

Are you ill? No. I'm all right.

You're bleeding.

Yes, I cut myself on a flamin' whisky bottle.

Follow me.

I'm going to pass out.

Not until we get this thing off the ground, you're not.

Tell everyone to stand well clear. I want to run her up to full power.

All right.

What do I do? Just a moment.

Your pilot wants a practice run-up. Tell everyone to stand well clear.

Colonel.

Right...

Switch on.

Throw that switch forward. Not that one. That one.

Fine. Now, pull this green knob slowly back.

Slowly.

Right.

Press the button.

Stop them! Stop them!

It's no good, Simon. I keep blacking out.

I can't keep it up. You've got to, Mike!

We're approaching the coast. Find your 'nozzle select' lever.

Mike! Wake up! Mike!

We're crossing the coast now, Mike. Right...

I think I'll make it.You've got to help me land this plane.

Adjutant.

Yes.

Right. And lay on an ambulance.

Tower's had a signal.

The Osprey crossed the coast three minutes ago, Templar and your brother.

He's wounded, but not seriously.

You mean...

Mike's back? Yes.

Oh, thank God!

There it is!

Nozzle selector forward.

Easy does it.

Increase thrust. Not so fast.

There. Steady.

I can't face them.

I think they'll take into account that you brought the plane back.

Oh, I didn't.

It didn't fly on its own.