WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:05.600 You are about to hear a story suggested by actual events. 00:05.600 --> 00:10.600 So that no innocent person shall suffer, names and places have been changed. 00:10.600 --> 00:21.600 Auto Light and its 96,000 dealers bring you a story from the front pages of our great 00:21.600 --> 00:23.440 metropolitan newspapers. 00:23.440 --> 00:25.760 A story taken from life. 00:25.760 --> 00:30.760 Tonight's presentation of Suspense. 00:30.760 --> 00:40.120 Tonight, Auto Light presents Mr. James Mason as the greatest thief in the world. 00:40.120 --> 00:44.760 An astounding case drawn from the unclosed files of Scotland Yard. 00:44.760 --> 00:49.760 Si, si, come in, sita, si. 00:49.760 --> 00:50.760 Hi, Pepito. 00:50.760 --> 00:51.760 Why the worried look? 00:51.760 --> 00:52.760 Oh, Senor Wilcox, I'm sorry. 00:52.760 --> 00:57.760 Well, my car, she's jerky and my wife come and sita, he's mad. 00:57.760 --> 00:59.760 Oh, maybe it's worn out spark plugs. 00:59.760 --> 01:01.760 Come and sita the spark plug? 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03:31.760 --> 03:32.760 Good shooting, Marriott. 03:32.760 --> 03:33.760 Thank you, sir. 03:33.760 --> 03:35.760 Blessed if I know how you do it. 03:35.760 --> 03:38.760 Every time I get a shot at them, those blinking parties seem to know it's me. 03:38.760 --> 03:39.760 It's just bad luck, sir. 03:39.760 --> 03:40.760 It'll get better. 03:40.760 --> 03:41.760 But they do, you know. 03:41.760 --> 03:43.760 They fly off screaming with laughter. 03:43.760 --> 03:44.760 It's old Bandridge. 03:44.760 --> 03:45.760 Come on, you chaps. 03:45.760 --> 03:46.760 Nothing to worry about. 03:46.760 --> 03:47.760 Really, sir. 03:47.760 --> 03:48.760 Oh, well, perhaps tomorrow. 03:48.760 --> 03:49.760 I'm for a drink. 03:49.760 --> 03:50.760 Right, sure. 03:50.760 --> 03:53.760 By the way, I've been meaning to ask you ever since you got here. 03:53.760 --> 03:54.760 I kept slipping my mind. 03:54.760 --> 03:57.760 Anything new in London about that Squire chap? 03:57.760 --> 04:00.760 I don't think so, sir, not since his last haul. 04:00.760 --> 04:03.760 You've heard about him up here, too, eh? 04:03.760 --> 04:05.760 Who doesn't hear about him? 04:05.760 --> 04:07.760 It's a disgrace, I tell you. 04:07.760 --> 04:09.760 I've written a letter to the Times. 04:09.760 --> 04:10.760 Parliament should do something. 04:10.760 --> 04:12.760 I understand Scotland Yards up a tree. 04:12.760 --> 04:13.760 Duff bunglers. 04:13.760 --> 04:14.760 Not like the old days. 04:14.760 --> 04:16.760 Catch the man, give him a horse-whipping. 04:16.760 --> 04:18.760 Then send him to Dartmoor. 04:18.760 --> 04:19.760 That's what we would have done. 04:19.760 --> 04:21.760 They say he's quite clever. 04:21.760 --> 04:22.760 Clever? 04:22.760 --> 04:23.760 Nonsense. 04:23.760 --> 04:25.760 They were making a hero of the Blighter. 04:25.760 --> 04:26.760 The Squire. 04:26.760 --> 04:27.760 Impudent Squire. 04:27.760 --> 04:28.760 Ha! 04:28.760 --> 04:29.760 Man is not a gentleman. 04:29.760 --> 04:31.760 Just a blasted little jewel thief. 04:31.760 --> 04:35.760 I don't imagine the Honourable Percy Pindell considers him little. 04:35.760 --> 04:37.760 Oh, yes, that was the last one, wasn't it? 04:37.760 --> 04:40.760 According to the paper, 20,000 pounds. 04:40.760 --> 04:42.760 An emerald necklace and two diamond rings. 04:42.760 --> 04:43.760 Percy's a fool. 04:43.760 --> 04:44.760 I always told him so, too. 04:44.760 --> 04:47.760 A child could have opened that safe of his. 04:47.760 --> 04:50.760 I'd like to see this Squire try his game with me. 04:50.760 --> 04:52.760 Be a different story, I can tell you. 04:52.760 --> 04:54.760 I imagine that it would. 04:54.760 --> 04:58.760 By the way, didn't you tell me that you used to dabble in the diamond market? 04:58.760 --> 04:59.760 A few years ago, sir. 04:59.760 --> 05:01.760 Nothing much. 05:01.760 --> 05:05.760 This evening, I must show you one or two nice little things I bought Lady Pamela in Italy. 05:05.760 --> 05:07.760 I'd love to see them, sir. 05:14.760 --> 05:18.760 Two days after the shooting party, Sir Leslie Banbridge reported that jewels, 05:18.760 --> 05:23.760 a magic to the sum of 8,000 pounds, had been stolen from his safe. 05:23.760 --> 05:25.760 It was the Squire's work. 05:25.760 --> 05:28.760 No prints, just the unmistakable. 05:28.760 --> 05:33.760 It's just the unmistakable method that had tantalized us for five years. 05:33.760 --> 05:36.760 At that time, there was no more reason to suspect Peter Marriott 05:36.760 --> 05:40.760 than the other 18 guests, all of whom had seen the jewels in question. 05:40.760 --> 05:45.760 We know now that there was a girl in Peter Marriott's life. 05:45.760 --> 05:59.760 A girl whom we felt to be a rather odd acquaintance for a man in his position. 05:59.760 --> 06:00.760 Hello, Ginny. 06:00.760 --> 06:01.760 Where have you been? 06:01.760 --> 06:03.760 Thought you was coming by last week. 06:03.760 --> 06:04.760 I'm sorry, I was away. 06:04.760 --> 06:05.760 With brass knobs on. 06:05.760 --> 06:10.760 Honestly, I brought you a present. 06:10.760 --> 06:11.760 You have? 06:11.760 --> 06:13.760 You are a duck. 06:13.760 --> 06:15.760 I've missed you. 06:15.760 --> 06:16.760 Forgive me? 06:16.760 --> 06:21.760 Don't I always give us a kiss? 06:21.760 --> 06:25.760 You have missed me, haven't you? 06:25.760 --> 06:26.760 Where's the present? 06:26.760 --> 06:30.760 Here. 06:30.760 --> 06:32.760 Oh, Peter. 06:32.760 --> 06:35.760 Oh, it's lovely. 06:35.760 --> 06:37.760 Thanks ever so. 06:37.760 --> 06:38.760 Is it real? 06:38.760 --> 06:39.760 Absolutely. 06:39.760 --> 06:41.760 You couldn't find a better ruby anywhere. 06:41.760 --> 06:43.760 It doesn't look real. 06:43.760 --> 06:45.760 Take my word for it, it is. 06:45.760 --> 06:47.760 How lovely. 06:47.760 --> 06:48.760 You shouldn't have, though. 06:48.760 --> 06:49.760 Must have cost a packet. 06:49.760 --> 06:52.760 You're my girl, aren't you? 06:52.760 --> 06:55.760 Look, you see this parcel I've got here? 06:55.760 --> 06:57.760 Will you keep this for me, just for a little while? 06:57.760 --> 06:59.760 Oh, what is it? 06:59.760 --> 07:00.760 Nothing important. 07:00.760 --> 07:01.760 You don't have to open it. 07:01.760 --> 07:02.760 I wouldn't. 07:02.760 --> 07:06.760 As a matter of fact, it's like the other parcel I gave you a few months ago. 07:06.760 --> 07:08.760 Go on, pictures. 07:08.760 --> 07:09.760 That's why. 07:09.760 --> 07:17.760 You'll get in trouble one of these days, you will. 07:17.760 --> 07:18.760 I don't believe you. 07:18.760 --> 07:20.760 I bet there's aren't pictures in there. 07:20.760 --> 07:21.760 Oh. 07:21.760 --> 07:23.760 What do you really do? 07:23.760 --> 07:24.760 I mean for a living. 07:24.760 --> 07:26.760 I've told you, nothing very much. 07:26.760 --> 07:27.760 Stock exchange. 07:27.760 --> 07:28.760 I have some money. 07:28.760 --> 07:29.760 Why? 07:29.760 --> 07:30.760 I just wondered. 07:30.760 --> 07:32.760 What made you wonder? 07:32.760 --> 07:35.760 I think maybe you're a bit shady. 07:35.760 --> 07:37.760 What an odd thought. 07:37.760 --> 07:38.760 Is it? 07:38.760 --> 07:39.760 What makes it so odd? 07:39.760 --> 07:41.760 Why don't you ever take me nowhere? 07:41.760 --> 07:44.760 Why do you always have to meet here, never go dancing, no nothing? 07:44.760 --> 07:46.760 Isn't it nicer this way? 07:46.760 --> 07:47.760 No, it ain't. 07:47.760 --> 07:50.760 You're ashamed of me because I'm not swell like you. 07:50.760 --> 07:52.760 Jenny, it isn't that. 07:52.760 --> 07:55.760 It's only that I want to be with you alone. 07:55.760 --> 07:57.760 What do you want me to say, then? 07:57.760 --> 07:58.760 I don't know. 07:58.760 --> 08:00.760 There's something funny about you. 08:00.760 --> 08:01.760 Oh. 08:01.760 --> 08:04.760 A man was here the other day. 08:04.760 --> 08:05.760 A man? 08:05.760 --> 08:06.760 Who? 08:06.760 --> 08:07.760 What do you mean? 08:07.760 --> 08:09.760 Oh, so there is something. 08:09.760 --> 08:12.760 Jenny, tell me about it. 08:12.760 --> 08:15.760 Well, he was just asking about the gent what visited me last time. 08:15.760 --> 08:17.760 That was you, Peter. 08:17.760 --> 08:18.760 What did he say? 08:18.760 --> 08:21.760 I told him I wasn't in the habit of gassing with strangers and off it. 08:21.760 --> 08:22.760 What did he look like? 08:22.760 --> 08:26.760 Look here, I don't like the way you're talking, like a ruddy copper. 08:26.760 --> 08:28.760 I don't think I'm going to tell you anything. 08:28.760 --> 08:29.760 I'm sorry, Jenny. 08:29.760 --> 08:31.760 Please, go on. 08:31.760 --> 08:33.760 No, I don't feel like it. 08:33.760 --> 08:37.760 Now, look, I've got to know. It's important. 08:37.760 --> 08:40.760 Well, 999, after please. 08:42.760 --> 08:44.760 I think you'd better tell me. 08:44.760 --> 08:45.760 You hit me. 08:45.760 --> 08:47.760 What did he look like? 08:49.760 --> 08:51.760 Jenny? 08:51.760 --> 08:56.760 Well, he was your height, maybe a little thinner, with black hair. 08:56.760 --> 08:57.760 How was he dressed? 08:57.760 --> 08:59.760 I don't know. 08:59.760 --> 09:00.760 All right, I suppose. 09:00.760 --> 09:03.760 Grey overcoat, bowler. 09:03.760 --> 09:06.760 He wasn't a copper, I don't think, if that's what you're worrying about. 09:06.760 --> 09:07.760 Too polite. 09:07.760 --> 09:08.760 Any name? 09:08.760 --> 09:09.760 No. 09:09.760 --> 09:12.760 Said he was a friend of yours from abroad. 09:12.760 --> 09:16.760 Said when I saw you to say something about Canada and you'd know what he meant. 09:16.760 --> 09:19.760 It can't be. He's dead. 09:19.760 --> 09:21.760 It can't be. 09:21.760 --> 09:25.760 Immediately following the Banbridge robbery, the Squire was inactive. 09:25.760 --> 09:31.760 We kept an eye out for the stolen jewels, but as in the past, there was no sign of them. 09:31.760 --> 09:39.760 However, we learnt one interesting fact, that Peter Marriott had attended several parties given by victims of the Squire. 09:39.760 --> 09:43.760 Although it was a very slight chance and quite possibly coincidental, 09:43.760 --> 09:48.760 we felt it advisable to wait until the next morning to see if he had been killed. 09:48.760 --> 09:51.760 Although it was a slight possibility and quite possibly coincidental, 09:51.760 --> 09:55.760 we felt it advisable to assign a plainclothesman to watch him. 09:55.760 --> 10:01.760 On September 7th, 1949, the detective made his routine report. 10:01.760 --> 10:05.760 Followed suspect to Larnes Tea Shop, Notting Hill Gate. 10:05.760 --> 10:08.760 He sat at a corner table, alone. 10:08.760 --> 10:11.760 Five minutes later, he was joined by another man. 10:11.760 --> 10:19.760 Hello, Peter Marriott. 10:19.760 --> 10:23.760 Hello. Sit down. 10:23.760 --> 10:29.760 I don't think I'd have recognized you. You've had quite a job done on your face, haven't you? 10:29.760 --> 10:30.760 Yes. 10:30.760 --> 10:33.760 Well, rather like old times, huh? 10:33.760 --> 10:35.760 What happened? I thought you... 10:35.760 --> 10:38.760 No, not now, my dear fellow. It's a long story. Don't worry, you'll hear about it. 10:38.760 --> 10:40.760 How long have you been in London? 10:40.760 --> 10:43.760 Oh, ages. Nearly six years. 10:43.760 --> 10:45.760 Funny you took so long getting in touch. 10:45.760 --> 10:49.760 Isn't it? You look prosperous, I must say. 10:49.760 --> 10:51.760 So do you. 10:51.760 --> 10:54.760 I suppose that girl told you I'd been inquiring. 10:54.760 --> 10:55.760 Yes. 10:55.760 --> 10:59.760 I thought it best to make sure one doesn't want to make mistakes, does one? 10:59.760 --> 11:02.760 Look here, get to the point. What do you want? 11:02.760 --> 11:08.760 Same dear fellow, aren't you? All right. First, what about my name? 11:08.760 --> 11:13.760 I thought you were dead. No harm there. You know, I couldn't use my own name after I left Canada. 11:13.760 --> 11:18.760 Yes, but my dear fellow, Peter Marriott. Well, there can't be two of us, you know. 11:18.760 --> 11:19.760 Why not? 11:19.760 --> 11:25.760 Well, because when I found out five years ago that you were calling yourself that, I had to change my name to something else. 11:25.760 --> 11:26.760 Well? 11:26.760 --> 11:29.760 Well, now I think I want my own back. 11:29.760 --> 11:32.760 You can have it. There must be more than a few Peter Marriott's in the world. 11:32.760 --> 11:38.760 Definitely. But we're special, you and I. Very special. 11:38.760 --> 11:39.760 Go on. 11:39.760 --> 11:45.760 You see, I've been reading a lot about you. You're quite a top. Races, hunt balls and all that. 11:45.760 --> 11:52.760 Oh yes, I followed you very closely. You can be of great help to me, old man. Great help indeed. 11:52.760 --> 11:54.760 What's the game? 11:54.760 --> 11:58.760 We can do business together. Just like old times. 11:58.760 --> 12:00.760 I don't think so. 12:00.760 --> 12:05.760 But I do. You and I. And the squad. 12:12.760 --> 12:18.760 For the next month, well into October, Peter Marriott, as a suspect, became a dud. 12:18.760 --> 12:24.760 He led an exemplary life. And we began to feel that once again we'd made a mistake. 12:24.760 --> 12:28.760 He attended several parties and no robbery attempts followed. 12:28.760 --> 12:36.760 However, it was two days after a ball given by a wealthy sportsman that our detective assigned to Marriott made his report. 12:36.760 --> 12:43.760 October 28th. Suspect left his flat at 5.30 p.m. and walked towards Tube Station. 12:43.760 --> 12:50.760 Followed but lost him. Cannot be certain whether this move was purposeful or not on his part. 12:51.760 --> 12:53.760 Is that the house? 12:53.760 --> 12:54.760 Yes. 12:54.760 --> 12:56.760 Well, you're not going to drive up to it, are you? 12:56.760 --> 12:58.760 Okay. I didn't ask you to come along, you know. 12:58.760 --> 13:01.760 Well, I suppose you know what you're doing. 13:03.760 --> 13:05.760 You can stay here. 13:05.760 --> 13:08.760 There are lights on in there. 13:08.760 --> 13:10.760 Sevens quarter. 13:10.760 --> 13:12.760 What do I say if a bobby comes along? 13:12.760 --> 13:16.760 See that switch under the dash? Flick it. Then step on the starter. 13:16.760 --> 13:19.760 The motor won't catch. You can say you're having motor trouble. 13:19.760 --> 13:26.760 All right. 14:19.760 --> 14:21.760 Come on. Did you get it? 14:21.760 --> 14:23.760 Come on. She won't catch. 14:23.760 --> 14:25.760 The ignition, you bloody fool. 14:25.760 --> 14:28.760 Oh. Did you get it? 14:28.760 --> 14:31.760 You don't think I went in there for a cup of tea, do you? 14:31.760 --> 14:50.760 Of course I got it. 15:01.760 --> 15:11.760 Auto Light is bringing you Mr. James Mason with Pamela Colino in The Greatest Thief in the World. 15:11.760 --> 15:17.760 Tonight's production in radio's outstanding theater of thrills, Suspense. 15:27.760 --> 15:29.760 Hey, Senor Wilcott. 15:29.760 --> 15:38.760 Well, Pepito, from the smooth, salubrious and satisfying sound of that engine, you must have visited your Auto Light spark plug dealer. 15:38.760 --> 15:44.760 Si, si. 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You're always right with Auto Light. 16:37.760 --> 16:43.760 And now, Auto Light brings back to our Hollywood sound stage, Mr. James Mason, 16:43.760 --> 16:48.760 in Elliot Lewis's production of The Greatest Thief in the World. 16:48.760 --> 16:54.760 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 17:07.760 --> 17:15.760 Once again the squire had struck, this time to the tune of 14,000 pounds in Oriental jewels. 17:15.760 --> 17:21.760 Once again the resources of Scotland Yard were unable to discover one shred of evidence. 17:21.760 --> 17:27.760 It was useless to bring Peter Marriott in for questioning because we had no proof of his complicity. 17:27.760 --> 17:33.760 There was nothing to do but intensify our surveillance and hope that a piece of the stolen jewelry would turn up, 17:33.760 --> 17:37.760 or that one of our informers would uncover something. 17:37.760 --> 17:45.760 On November 26, 1949, Marriott drove down to Kent and the estate of Lord Simon Leddington. 17:45.760 --> 17:51.760 Again, we had no knowledge of the conversation that took place during that visit. 17:51.760 --> 17:57.760 I say Joan. Hello. Just running over to Paddock Wood. Want to come? Love to. 17:57.760 --> 17:59.760 Hop in. 17:59.760 --> 18:07.760 Headache? Murderous. Too much for me last night. 18:07.760 --> 18:09.760 Take an aspirin. You'll need it for tonight. 18:09.760 --> 18:12.760 If I have one more hot-buttered rum, I'll die. 18:12.760 --> 18:17.760 Not you, Peter. I say, Daddy was furious with me this morning. 18:17.760 --> 18:19.760 Oh? Why? 18:19.760 --> 18:21.760 Well, for behaving the way I did with you. 18:21.760 --> 18:26.760 He saw us kissing in the playroom. Said I had no right to lead you on, 18:26.760 --> 18:29.760 but you were a very nice young man and deserved a better fate. 18:29.760 --> 18:31.760 His lordship was a discerning man. 18:31.760 --> 18:33.760 Peter? 18:33.760 --> 18:36.760 What were you doing in the library this morning? 18:36.760 --> 18:38.760 Nothing. Why? 18:38.760 --> 18:43.760 Well, I saw you looking at the safe. Just like a burglar. Very suspicious. 18:43.760 --> 18:47.760 Rubbish. Probably nothing in it, anyway. 18:47.760 --> 18:51.760 Besides, no self-respecting cracksman would touch a thing like that. It's too easy to open. 18:51.760 --> 18:53.760 I bet the Squire would. 18:53.760 --> 18:57.760 He was a very frank amateur. He learned everything from me. 18:57.760 --> 18:59.760 Do you want anything in the village? 18:59.760 --> 19:02.760 Drop me at a pillow box. I've got a couple of cards to post. 19:02.760 --> 19:05.760 Right. I'll meet you in half an hour outside the cinema. 19:10.760 --> 19:16.760 Our man followed Marriott when he left Lady Joan Leadington's car in Paddock Wood. 19:16.760 --> 19:21.760 He posted two cards, then strolled down the road to the Hotel Rackham. 19:21.760 --> 19:25.760 When he went into the tavern, our man remained outside. 19:28.760 --> 19:29.760 What'll you have, sir? 19:29.760 --> 19:30.760 Double scotch. 19:30.760 --> 19:31.760 Johnny Walker, sir? 19:31.760 --> 19:32.760 All right. 19:32.760 --> 19:34.760 Right, cheer water. 19:35.760 --> 19:38.760 Bit of pre-Christmas cheer, huh? 19:38.760 --> 19:42.760 I don't like this. Outside. See? In the mirror. 19:42.760 --> 19:44.760 Ah. 19:44.760 --> 19:47.760 I think the man from the yard. I've noticed him hanging about. 19:47.760 --> 19:50.760 That won't do at all. What does it look like in the house? 19:50.760 --> 19:53.760 The devil should I know. Give me time, can't you? 19:53.760 --> 19:55.760 A bit touchy, aren't you? 19:55.760 --> 19:59.760 My dear old boy, in this business one can't get nerdy. You ought to know that. 19:59.760 --> 20:01.760 You should have stayed in London. 20:01.760 --> 20:05.760 No, it's better this way. We can keep an eye on one another. 20:05.760 --> 20:07.760 Oh, that's not a buck you have. 20:07.760 --> 20:09.760 Double scotch, sir. 20:09.760 --> 20:13.760 On November 30th, Marriott returned to London. 20:13.760 --> 20:18.760 We had an idea that he'd contacted someone in Rackham Hotel Tavern. 20:18.760 --> 20:23.760 Possibly the elusive stranger we knew to be meeting Marriott from time to time. 20:23.760 --> 20:26.760 In any event, we kept a man at Paddock Wood. 20:26.760 --> 20:30.760 No attempt was made during the next three weeks upon Lord Lettington's house. 20:30.760 --> 20:33.760 And we kept a man at the house. 20:33.760 --> 20:40.760 On December 21st, it was noted that Peter Marriott visited Virginia Hibbert in Hammersmith at a late hour. 20:40.760 --> 20:44.760 You really have no consideration for me at all, really. 20:44.760 --> 20:46.760 You haven't found time the night to come calling. 20:46.760 --> 20:49.760 I'm sorry, Ginny, but I had to talk to you. 20:49.760 --> 20:51.760 Oh? What's up? 20:51.760 --> 20:55.760 Please listen. I may have to go away. 20:55.760 --> 20:58.760 I'm sorry, Ginny, but I had to talk to you. 20:58.760 --> 21:00.760 Oh? What's up? 21:00.760 --> 21:05.760 I may have to go away. I may not be able to see you again. 21:05.760 --> 21:06.760 Not ever? 21:06.760 --> 21:10.760 Ever. You're a good girl. 21:10.760 --> 21:14.760 Sometimes I haven't been kind, but I've always known that I could trust you. 21:14.760 --> 21:16.760 It hasn't just been making use of you. 21:16.760 --> 21:18.760 I hope not. 21:18.760 --> 21:22.760 Ginny, that man who came to ask you about me... 21:22.760 --> 21:24.760 Has he got something to do with it? 21:24.760 --> 21:27.760 Yes. I knew him a long time ago in Canada. 21:27.760 --> 21:28.760 Oh. 21:28.760 --> 21:30.760 We worked together. 21:30.760 --> 21:32.760 It was in a mining town. 21:32.760 --> 21:35.760 One night there was a game, a poker game. 21:35.760 --> 21:37.760 It ended in a fight. 21:37.760 --> 21:40.760 My face was badly slashed and I... I shot a man. 21:40.760 --> 21:41.760 Lummy. 21:41.760 --> 21:45.760 I ran away and a doctor did a plastic surgery job on my face. 21:45.760 --> 21:47.760 I changed my name too. 21:47.760 --> 21:50.760 The bloke who came back, is he the one you... 21:50.760 --> 21:53.760 No, no, no. The man I shot was a miner. 21:53.760 --> 21:56.760 The fellow who came back was the one I worked with. 21:56.760 --> 21:58.760 I thought he'd been killed in the fight. 21:58.760 --> 21:59.760 Oh. 21:59.760 --> 22:02.760 Now you see why I was afraid when you told me about him. 22:02.760 --> 22:04.760 He knows about that man that I killed. 22:04.760 --> 22:06.760 The dirty rotter blackmailing you, eh? 22:06.760 --> 22:08.760 Yes, that's right, Ginny. 22:08.760 --> 22:10.760 I'm going to have to do something about it. 22:10.760 --> 22:12.760 The police are following me. 22:12.760 --> 22:15.760 So you see, I can't let this thing go on. 22:15.760 --> 22:17.760 There's some money in here. I want you to take it. 22:17.760 --> 22:19.760 You don't have to do that. You've treated me all right. 22:19.760 --> 22:22.760 I don't want your money. I don't want you to go away. 22:22.760 --> 22:25.760 It's for you. There's a thousand pounds here. 22:25.760 --> 22:26.760 No. 22:26.760 --> 22:29.760 Take you, Ginny, and get out of London. 22:29.760 --> 22:31.760 Go to some nice little town and get married. 22:31.760 --> 22:33.760 No. I want to be with you. 22:33.760 --> 22:36.760 Take me with you. I could learn to be a lady. 22:36.760 --> 22:37.760 Honest, I'd try. 22:37.760 --> 22:40.760 You are. Don't worry about that. 22:40.760 --> 22:42.760 Dear Ginny. 22:45.760 --> 22:48.760 Don't go, Peter. Don't go, please. 22:48.760 --> 22:50.760 Maybe I'll come back. 22:50.760 --> 22:52.760 And if I do, I'll look for you. 22:52.760 --> 22:53.760 Truly? 22:53.760 --> 22:55.760 Truly. 22:55.760 --> 22:57.760 Give us a kiss. 23:06.760 --> 23:09.760 On the morning of December 22, 1949, 23:09.760 --> 23:13.760 our file on Peter Marriott was still inconclusive. 23:13.760 --> 23:16.760 He was a strong suspect, 23:16.760 --> 23:20.760 but there was the other man whom we knew he had seen from time to time. 23:20.760 --> 23:25.760 There was now the possibility that he was the squire. 23:25.760 --> 23:28.760 We expected an attempt on Lord Lettington's house 23:28.760 --> 23:31.760 and kept our detective in Parrock Wood. 23:31.760 --> 23:33.760 That same night, on the 22nd, 23:33.760 --> 23:35.760 Lord Lettington's safe was opened 23:35.760 --> 23:39.760 and a large amount of currency, as well as jewelry, was stolen. 23:39.760 --> 23:42.760 The plain clothesman we'd left to guard the estate 23:42.760 --> 23:45.760 was later found unconscious in some bushes. 23:47.760 --> 23:49.760 You were an idiot to come back to the hotel. 23:49.760 --> 23:51.760 They'll be looking for you. 23:51.760 --> 23:52.760 Or you. 23:52.760 --> 23:54.760 Quite a haul. 23:54.760 --> 23:56.760 I like the paper best. 23:56.760 --> 24:00.760 Diamonds are pretty, but there are bloody nuisances to get rid of. 24:00.760 --> 24:02.760 You won't have to worry about that any more. 24:02.760 --> 24:03.760 Oh? 24:03.760 --> 24:05.760 I'm fed up. 24:05.760 --> 24:07.760 Things were all right with me before you showed up. 24:07.760 --> 24:10.760 But think how much nicer it is for me. 24:10.760 --> 24:11.760 You've been such a help. 24:11.760 --> 24:13.760 I can do so much better business with you. 24:13.760 --> 24:14.760 It's finished. 24:14.760 --> 24:17.760 Come on, now. You'll do better after a drink. 24:17.760 --> 24:19.760 Well, I'll have to get away from here. 24:19.760 --> 24:20.760 At least you'll have to. 24:20.760 --> 24:22.760 I imagine half of Scotland Yard will be here soon. 24:22.760 --> 24:24.760 What about that detective? 24:24.760 --> 24:25.760 I put him out. 24:25.760 --> 24:27.760 He'll live. 24:27.760 --> 24:29.760 Not a very nice Christmas present, I'm afraid. 24:30.760 --> 24:32.760 Ah, here we are. 24:32.760 --> 24:34.760 Cheers. 24:35.760 --> 24:37.760 I meant it, you know. 24:37.760 --> 24:38.760 About us. 24:38.760 --> 24:40.760 No. No, you didn't. 24:40.760 --> 24:43.760 Because you wouldn't like people to know, would you? 24:43.760 --> 24:44.760 It doesn't matter. 24:44.760 --> 24:46.760 Oh, but it does. 24:46.760 --> 24:48.760 What do they do to murderers in Canada? 24:48.760 --> 24:50.760 Hang them? 24:50.760 --> 24:52.760 Or that delightful American system? 24:52.760 --> 24:53.760 Electricity? 24:53.760 --> 24:55.760 You're a fool. 24:55.760 --> 24:57.760 Do you think I've spent these years getting where I have 24:57.760 --> 24:59.760 to allow you to come along and mug it up? 24:59.760 --> 25:01.760 You've had it too soft, Peter. 25:01.760 --> 25:02.760 You're spoiled. 25:02.760 --> 25:04.760 You're the one who's had it soft. 25:04.760 --> 25:06.760 I could talk, too. 25:06.760 --> 25:09.760 You know, I have an idea that you're threatening me. 25:09.760 --> 25:11.760 That's not very healthy, is it? 25:11.760 --> 25:13.760 No. 25:13.760 --> 25:14.760 I shouldn't try it, Peter. 25:14.760 --> 25:16.760 Whatever you're thinking. 25:17.760 --> 25:19.760 Turn around. 25:19.760 --> 25:20.760 Why? 25:20.760 --> 25:22.760 I don't want to shoot you in the back. 25:22.760 --> 25:24.760 Is that what you're going to do? 25:24.760 --> 25:26.760 Kill me? 25:26.760 --> 25:28.760 Turn around. 25:28.760 --> 25:30.760 Don't do it, old boy. 25:30.760 --> 25:32.760 I have a gun, too. 25:32.760 --> 25:34.760 I'll count three. 25:34.760 --> 25:36.760 One. 25:36.760 --> 25:38.760 I was always a better shot than you, remember? 25:38.760 --> 25:40.760 Two. 25:40.760 --> 25:42.760 Last chance. 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