Original subtitles

Back at three, Beach.

Very good, sir.

And don't do anything I wouldn't do to

be proud.

Stinker!

What shall we do with him, Jack?

What do you say?

We won't do anything.

Why not?

I don't know.

Jack's wife wrote on him.

He'll be back again if we do anything,

won't he?

We can't just let him get away with

it.

We won't.

We'll call him something.

That way no one will know.

Nor will he.

We'll call him the Stinker.

Jack Cutler.

Stinker.

Remember that.

Remember me?

Remember me?

Remember me?

Remember me?

Remember me?

Remember me?

Remember me?

Remember me?

Remember me?

Remember me?

Remember me?

You've got to recognise.

I am a Stinker.

Say it!

Say it!

I am a Stinker.

STINKER!

HOLY MOSES!

TOSS IT TOMORROW!

STINKER!

HOLY MOSES!

Yes, I remember.

I should hope so.

What are you doing for lunch?

Well, I hadn't decided.

You have now.

Far away, my own Stinker.

far away.

I have a glass of port with you,

Stilton, won't you?

oh no no no thank you.

if you ask me Stilton without port is

like marriage without a bit on the side.

yes well all the same.

ah suit yourself.

I'll have a large vintage port anyway.

you married?

yes yes.

well it happens to the best of us.

mind you I can't complain.

married to my business in a way.

the old boy left everything.

chance of a lifetime for yours truly.

I'm not saying we don't have our problems,

shirkers, unions, council cutbacks.

the money's there no two ways about it.

you just got to go out and hustle

for it these days.

about time too.

coffee?

what?

coffee.

yes yes please.

two coffees and I'll have another one of

these.

it passes seven will you?

what was I saying?

I was talking about myself too much.

I always do when I eat.

I can't tell you how good it is

to see you again.

what are you doing with yourself my old

stinker?

I'm a contract estimator for a firm of

paint manufacturers.

fixed prices make sure nobody's cheating.

that sort of thing yeah.

everybody cheats nowadays.

as far as the sweeping generalisation isn't it?

I'm damn sure some of my boys are

robbing me.

quite possibly.

reckon there's any way of stopping that kind

of thing?

well if the estimates are properly checked certainly.

how much do they pay you at your

paint shop?

4,550 pounds a year.

skim flints aren't they?

come and work for me and I'll double

it.

you think it's a drink talking don't you?

ah thank you Stuart.

never affects me in the way of business.

what do you say?

oh absolutely not.

why?

I don't like cutler.

school used to call me the stinker.

what?

tinker the stinker.

a joke on your name?

it wasn't a joke.

it caught on.

people used to hold their noses if I

got near them or pretend not to see

me and walk about saying pooh what's that

stinker?

made my life a misery.

well now he's giving you a chance to

change it and not just your life our

lives.

you don't know cutler.

I know the rut we're in though don't

I?

it's been ten years Harold.

the same house same firm same job.

it's a chance.

a chance at last to change move do

things and you because of some stupid joke

someone played on you.

what 30 years ago more.

you expect me to stand quietly by and

watch you chuck it away?

it wasn't a joke don't you understand?

that was what was so diabolical about it.

but the finishing touches to the feeling of

inadequacy that my father drilled into me.

he thought I was wet to be told

every day by my peers that I was

also offensive.

Jack Cutler meant to destroy me and he

very nearly succeeded.

I think you're making a bit much of

it.

it sounds like a typical bit of adolescent

boys beastliness to me.

in any way it's history.

I tried to explain.

I know your father was a monster.

I met him and I've had to live

with your woeful insecurity.

this is really being childish.

I'm your wife.

you say you love me.

well you know I do.

then take the job.

at least see if your old school pal

means it.

please.

for my sake I want a bit of

life before I die.

well we'll see.

well we all know what that means don't

we?

don't go off like that.

my revolver was empty.

I was surrounded.

what to do?

surrender.

I don't mind telling you Harold.

I thought about it.

I wouldn't have been human if I hadn't

in the circumstances.

I thought about it and I rejected it.

unworthy.

yeah put my head down.

I charged them.

laid about me.

startled the life out of them and got

cleaned through in a way.

well I couldn't go blabbing home could I?

David couldn't go blabbing home could he?

I stood there and he slew Goliath and

that's what you're gonna do.

I'm gonna go back there and I'm gonna

stand up for yourself.

oh my god you'll have to reckon with

me boy.

I decided I'm gonna take that job.

oh darling.

if he means it.

it'll make all the difference.

let's hope so.

I feel quite differently about you already.

quite quite differently.

what's all this then?

I thought I made that quite clear.

haven't got time for all that rubbish.

I've got to get in the game of

golf this afternoon.

just got back from lunch.

work and no play makes jack it old

boy.

isn't that what they say?

they also say that when the cat's away

the mice will play.

I see.

all right give it to me in a

nutshell.

well um one of the foremen has been

um he's been working with one of the

sales managers to inflate the cost of job.

hand-pocketing the difference.

I can't prove that.

don't give me all that claptrap.

I can only tell you what the figures

show.

that's the beauty of them.

they're absolutes like music.

you can fit theories round them.

I mean there they just are.

never mind the poetry.

I'm paying you to find out if I'm

being swindled.

oh I'm questioning a bit.

they're putting in false invoices.

how do you know they're false?

the firms don't exist.

you can't get much falser than that can

you?

how much have they been getting away with?

well in the current financial year it amounts

to about ten thousand pounds.

does it by god.

names?

the foreman is Gould.

Len Gould?

well that's nice.

that's really nice.

I should have pensioned him off years ago

and he begged me to keep him on.

said he'd get bored and all the time

he's...

which sales manager?

Arlenshaw.

you sure about that?

positive.

thank god you changed your mind about coming

to work for me.

the event you keep already.

what will you do?

sack the pair of them so fast I'll

never know what hit them.

well done my old stinker.

still at it?

won't be long now.

what is it anyway?

order books.

just making sure they tell you where the

delivery dock is.

oh yes?

what do you think of them?

oh very nice.

you mean you haven't noticed?

not until you mention them.

you're hopeless.

still it's going to take a while.

it's good to see you interested in your

work.

well it is interesting and I've got plenty

of scope and I'm more or less my

own boss.

see?

matter of fact I uncovered a fraud the

other day.

I hope mr.

Cutler was properly impressed.

I think he was rather.

you ask me.

I think he's trying to make amends for

being so beastly to you at school.

still calls me stinker.

who cares?

I do.

supper's ready when you are.

I still don't like him.

good lord.

anybody would think we didn't know each other.

I'm an employee.

just because I use a Rose and have

young meats drive me in every morning doesn't

mean that I'm standoffish.

the Rose is good publicity.

the best there is.

and I get driven in every day so

I can get ahead with the mail.

most of the rest of the time I

drive myself.

you don't have to justify yourself to me.

I don't want you making out that I

forget old friends.

look.

I'll tell you what.

why don't you and your wife come and

have dinner one evening?

well.

and we'll use the Rose.

my wife Phineas mr.

Cutler.

Jack Jack Jack for heaven's sake.

most of my friends call me Phil.

all the comforts of home.

what'll it be?

a gin and tonic.

gin gin makes you sin.

you better have one too old boy.

can't have you being left out in the

cold.

I love that dress.

was it just the first thing I laid

my hands on?

don't think I've seen it before.

you've given the game away there haven't you?

I'll tell you the truth.

it is you.

it's lovely.

leaves a little bit to the imagination but

not too much.

cheers.

cheers and cheers.

I was looking forward to meeting you I

must say but I had no idea I'd

got such a treat in store.

you're a dark horse aren't you my old

stinker?

I don't say that's what you call me.

just a hang out from the school days.

best years of our lives isn't that what

they say?

hey!

thank god it isn't true.

stinker!

stinker!

stinker!

stinker!

I want you to run mr.

and mrs.

Tinker home.

very good sir.

we could get a taxi couldn't we Harold?

of course.

what on earth for?

if it's any trouble.

it's what he's here for isn't it?

yes indeed sir.

unless of course my poor old car isn't

good enough.

I'm sure my wife is.

he's only teasing Harold.

you're awful.

not half what I would be if it

weren't for the beady eye of your spouse.

ha ha ha ha ha ha Blanche!

I must say that dress is really grrrr

we're here!

and you behave yourself.

ah Blanche.

this is Phil and Harold.

Blanche my blushing bride.

I didn't realise you were newly married.

we're not.

it's just Jack's incorrigible sense of humour.

hello.

do come and have a drink.

well to tell the truth we're one or

two ahead.

you usually are.

who's for another glass of vino?

I wouldn't say no.

attagirl.

right?

no thank you.

no point in asking you is there?

no thank you.

all the more for us.

Jack tells me you and he were great

friends at school.

oh yes?

well you know what Jack christened him at

school?

the stinker.

charming.

what a joke.

tinker stinker tinker.

play on words that's all.

I think there was more to it than

that.

are you sure it wasn't a comment on

his performance?

you know with girls.

ha ha ha of course not.

I bet it wasn't a bunch of yours.

ha ha ha we'll have coffee by the

fire shall we?

all right.

ha ha ha aye.

thank you.

my pleasure.

bye.

thanks.

oh what a lovely evening.

glad you enjoyed it.

oh what a lovely man your friend Jack

is.

my friend is my employer.

he's a lovely man anyway.

very sexy.

he's a bit old for you isn't he?

I seem to remember young door-to-door

salesmen being more your style.

I thought we'd agreed to forgive and forget.

well we did and I've tried but after

your behaviour yes.

don't dance with me.

don't be such a party pooper.

you bastard you pushed me over.

you're drunk.

that's a stinking thing to say.

no wonder Jack called you the stinker.

it's the right name for you.

tinker stinker tinker stinker tinker stinker tinker

stinker hang about.

I hope you enjoyed yourselves last night.

well my wife did.

I got my knuckles wrapped too as a

matter of fact.

attractive lady.

still I did overstep the mark.

six of one and half a dozen of

the other.

that's decent of you.

I'd hate there to be any misunderstanding.

I mean after all the years we've known

each other.

but look here I'm afraid Phil got hold

of the wrong end of the stick about

that nickname.

stinker?

yes well she seemed to think I mean

damn it it was only meant affectionately.

but if people do get the wrong idea

from now on perhaps you better drop it.

no more stinker agreed?

agreed.

good splendid.

right well I must go off and get

a game of golf.

it's amazing how much business you can get

done at the 19th hole.

mind how you go my own.

Harold.

Jack.

I don't feel very well miss Marston.

I haven't got all day.

all right sir.

hello.

hello.

it's me Harold.

what's the matter?

I'm not feeling very well.

I'm on my way home.

where are you?

I'm at the office.

but you're on a pay phone.

it's in the entrance hall.

so you'll be a while.

I'm on my way now.

just look at you.

pop into bed and I'll fix an aspirin

and a hot water bottle.

come on love.

into bed with you.

yes?

yes.

sorry.

overslept.

yes yes.

the coffee's on the stove.

are you sure you should go to work

today?

oh yes yes I'm fine now.

bye.

I understand that at this time a takeover

bid might be favourably received.

why the hell don't you not?

oh it's you old boy.

as a matter of fact you're the one

person who might be helpful.

this blasted budget.

what do you think you're doing my old

stick?

a stinker fails in everything he tries.

what was that all about?

god knows.

well I'm off I know that.

a stinker.

a stinker.

a stinker.

a stinker.

a stinker.

a stinker.

a stinker.

a stinker.