1 00:00:03,186 --> 00:00:05,044 You wanna know my secret, do you? 2 00:00:06,639 --> 00:00:09,798 How I'm gonna pull off a job like this. 3 00:00:11,864 --> 00:00:13,862 Well... 4 00:00:13,864 --> 00:00:15,942 There's three points you gotta consider 5 00:00:15,944 --> 00:00:18,742 to take on this sort of... enterprise. 6 00:00:18,743 --> 00:00:22,224 First, you need to pick your crew. 7 00:00:23,384 --> 00:00:28,222 They gotta have a range of skills and do as they're told. 8 00:00:28,224 --> 00:00:31,303 Second, timing. 9 00:00:31,303 --> 00:00:33,783 They gotta be where you want them 10 00:00:33,783 --> 00:00:35,902 at precisely the moment you want them there. 11 00:00:35,904 --> 00:00:39,343 They get there too soon and they stick out like dog's balls. 12 00:00:39,344 --> 00:00:41,783 Get there too late and, well, 13 00:00:41,783 --> 00:00:43,904 the whole thing's down the dunny, isn't it? 14 00:00:45,463 --> 00:00:48,183 Then there's the all-important third element. 15 00:00:50,064 --> 00:00:52,223 Someone's gotta be in control. 16 00:00:54,064 --> 00:00:57,622 Someone's gotta see the whole enterprise playing out 17 00:00:57,624 --> 00:01:01,222 like a general, directing his troops. 18 00:01:01,223 --> 00:01:03,783 But, ladies and gentlemen... 19 00:01:05,584 --> 00:01:07,503 the most important thing you need 20 00:01:07,504 --> 00:01:09,503 to pull off a job like this, 21 00:01:09,504 --> 00:01:12,944 the thing that I have by the bucketload... 22 00:01:15,664 --> 00:01:17,183 is confidence. 23 00:01:19,704 --> 00:01:21,183 Confidence. 24 00:01:24,623 --> 00:01:26,862 We're gonna turn over a jewellery store, 25 00:01:26,864 --> 00:01:28,582 but not any old jewellery store. 26 00:01:28,584 --> 00:01:30,343 We're going top end of town. 27 00:01:30,343 --> 00:01:33,862 We're gonna turn over Drumm's emporium in Collins Street. 28 00:01:33,864 --> 00:01:36,222 Right. Tank, Snowy, you're guarding the door. 29 00:01:36,223 --> 00:01:39,983 Don't let anybody else in. And keep your eyes peeled. 30 00:01:39,984 --> 00:01:41,703 There's at least two jacks 31 00:01:41,704 --> 00:01:43,462 patrolling the arcade at all times, 32 00:01:43,463 --> 00:01:44,942 and they'll be armed. 33 00:01:44,944 --> 00:01:49,063 Gus, you're on the inside. You gotta keep up the chat. 34 00:01:49,063 --> 00:01:52,264 Wait till I give you the signal, then move fast. 35 00:01:53,343 --> 00:01:56,783 Oh, by the way, I'm gonna wear a disguise. 36 00:01:56,783 --> 00:01:59,742 Doll, you're the decoy. 37 00:01:59,743 --> 00:02:02,182 Just imagine you're a respectable lady. 38 00:02:02,183 --> 00:02:05,504 - Don't drop your 'H's. - I can't 'elp it. 39 00:02:09,704 --> 00:02:11,582 Doll, come on. 40 00:02:11,584 --> 00:02:13,182 Don't get distracted. You'll give the game away. 41 00:02:13,183 --> 00:02:14,663 Sorry. 42 00:02:24,663 --> 00:02:27,462 - And just one guinea, sir. - Right. 43 00:02:27,463 --> 00:02:29,263 It's of the best quality, is it? 44 00:02:29,264 --> 00:02:31,663 The finest quality, sir. Just one moment. 45 00:02:33,743 --> 00:02:36,302 May I help you ladies? 46 00:02:36,304 --> 00:02:38,944 The muffineer in your cabinet. 47 00:02:42,063 --> 00:02:43,902 Beautiful quality. 48 00:02:43,903 --> 00:02:45,502 Best out of Birmingham. 49 00:02:45,503 --> 00:02:47,223 Hm. Do you have any larger? 50 00:02:47,223 --> 00:02:48,944 Uh, larger? 51 00:02:53,584 --> 00:02:56,503 Also very fine. 52 00:03:04,864 --> 00:03:06,384 The jacks. 53 00:03:09,223 --> 00:03:10,704 Put it away! 54 00:03:11,864 --> 00:03:13,783 He hasn't noticed anything. 55 00:03:24,623 --> 00:03:26,742 - Come on. - Excuse me! 56 00:03:26,743 --> 00:03:28,862 Uh, one moment. 57 00:03:28,864 --> 00:03:31,462 This one here - a guinea, you said? 58 00:03:31,463 --> 00:03:33,462 - Uh, yes, sir. That's correct. - A guinea? 59 00:03:33,463 --> 00:03:36,423 - Yes. - I'm gonna need some change. 60 00:03:36,424 --> 00:03:38,343 - I can supply you with change. - Do you mind? 61 00:03:38,343 --> 00:03:40,942 I have a cold in my head, and I haven't got all day. 62 00:03:40,944 --> 00:03:43,182 Yes, madam. I'll just be with this gentleman first. 63 00:03:43,183 --> 00:03:45,263 - This is most unsatisfactory. - Apologies, madam. 64 00:03:45,264 --> 00:03:49,264 - It's a busy spell. - The cruets behind you. 65 00:03:52,063 --> 00:03:56,304 Uh... Yes, madam, they are a very fine article. 66 00:03:58,144 --> 00:04:00,143 From whence did they originate? 67 00:04:00,144 --> 00:04:02,223 - Venetian. - Venice! 68 00:04:02,223 --> 00:04:05,143 Marvellous. Love the canals. 69 00:04:05,144 --> 00:04:07,304 I shall enjoy perusing them. 70 00:04:10,424 --> 00:04:11,743 The finest... 71 00:04:16,384 --> 00:04:18,023 Wait! 72 00:04:18,024 --> 00:04:19,863 Wait! Wait! 73 00:04:21,423 --> 00:04:23,343 Somebody! Help! 74 00:04:23,343 --> 00:04:25,584 Help! 75 00:04:48,463 --> 00:04:51,103 How good was that? 76 00:04:51,103 --> 00:04:52,983 How much do you reckon we got? 77 00:04:52,983 --> 00:04:55,382 Thousands. Doll, millions. 78 00:04:55,384 --> 00:04:57,783 Pitch bloody perfect. 79 00:04:57,783 --> 00:05:01,942 The salesman had no idea. It was perfect. 80 00:05:01,944 --> 00:05:04,423 I was perfect. I told ya. 81 00:05:04,423 --> 00:05:06,543 I told ya. I can do anything. 82 00:05:06,543 --> 00:05:08,463 What are you gonna do with your share? 83 00:05:08,463 --> 00:05:12,064 Don't know. I can do whatever we want. 84 00:05:18,504 --> 00:05:21,423 Room for three at this party? 85 00:05:21,423 --> 00:05:23,702 - No. - Snowy. Mate. 86 00:05:23,704 --> 00:05:26,262 - I could kiss you. Come here. - Hey. 87 00:05:26,264 --> 00:05:28,062 How come Gus is carrying the loot? 88 00:05:28,064 --> 00:05:30,423 Oh, come on, you square. We've been through this. 89 00:05:30,423 --> 00:05:33,262 Tankbuster! 90 00:05:33,264 --> 00:05:35,822 That was clockwork, mate. You were clockwork! 91 00:05:35,824 --> 00:05:37,983 It was great, wasn't it, eh? 92 00:05:37,983 --> 00:05:39,742 Smart. And no rough stuff. 93 00:05:39,744 --> 00:05:42,103 Doll, get us a drink. Come on, let's celebrate. 94 00:05:42,103 --> 00:05:44,103 How come Gus is carrying the loot? 95 00:05:44,103 --> 00:05:46,223 I told you, mate, he doesn't attract attention. 96 00:05:46,223 --> 00:05:48,903 Suppose someone rolled him? One of Long Harry Slater's boys? 97 00:05:48,903 --> 00:05:51,262 - No, Gus can look after himself. - Oh, yeah, what? 98 00:05:51,264 --> 00:05:52,942 Wallop 'em with a book of poems? 99 00:05:52,944 --> 00:05:54,423 I should have gone with him. 100 00:05:54,423 --> 00:05:56,302 Right, so you can shoot up Collins Street, huh? 101 00:05:56,303 --> 00:05:59,343 And didn't I particularly tell you not to bring a gun? 102 00:05:59,343 --> 00:06:01,862 - I just want my fucking haul! - Put the gun away, Snowy. 103 00:06:01,863 --> 00:06:06,142 Ask and ye shall receive! 104 00:06:06,144 --> 00:06:08,223 Oh, ye of little faith! 105 00:06:08,223 --> 00:06:13,583 Ah, Les, I do believe you have found us the riches of Solomon. 106 00:06:13,584 --> 00:06:16,144 Show us what we risked our necks in broad daylight for. 107 00:06:28,384 --> 00:06:30,463 Deadset bloody legend. 108 00:06:30,463 --> 00:06:33,423 To Les, the bloody little legend, hey? 109 00:06:33,423 --> 00:06:34,702 Legend! 110 00:06:34,704 --> 00:06:36,262 A legend. 111 00:06:36,264 --> 00:06:38,744 Yeah, I don't mind the sound of that at all. 112 00:07:16,863 --> 00:07:20,502 Jewellery robbery! Police baffled! Jewellery robbery! 113 00:07:20,504 --> 00:07:21,983 Police baffled! 114 00:07:28,663 --> 00:07:31,023 Drumm's jeweller's has just been turned over. 115 00:07:31,024 --> 00:07:34,622 - Do we know by whom? - No, we do not. 116 00:07:34,624 --> 00:07:36,423 Word is they got away with thousands. 117 00:07:36,423 --> 00:07:37,624 Cheeky. 118 00:07:42,264 --> 00:07:44,384 We don't mind a bit of cheek, do we? 119 00:07:50,824 --> 00:07:53,504 Who the bloody hell was it? 120 00:07:56,024 --> 00:07:57,783 Dunno. You know? 121 00:07:57,783 --> 00:07:59,543 I dunno. 122 00:08:00,543 --> 00:08:02,663 Henry Stokes? 123 00:08:02,663 --> 00:08:04,382 Someone new, then. 124 00:08:04,384 --> 00:08:06,583 New crew? 125 00:08:06,584 --> 00:08:09,343 It's lucky it wasn't on our patch. 126 00:08:09,343 --> 00:08:11,343 Otherwise I'd have to hunt them down 127 00:08:11,343 --> 00:08:13,903 and cut their fuckin' nuts off. 128 00:08:31,223 --> 00:08:34,263 Oh! Thank you, Raymond. 129 00:08:34,264 --> 00:08:36,102 That's good. Here. 130 00:08:36,104 --> 00:08:37,743 Bad business, that 'Galla-polli'. 131 00:08:37,744 --> 00:08:40,663 - Gally-what? - You know, over in Turkey. 132 00:08:41,864 --> 00:08:44,023 - Our boys, done over. - Yeah, well, bloody Poms. 133 00:08:44,024 --> 00:08:46,263 Don't know how to stick by their mates. 134 00:08:46,264 --> 00:08:49,342 Speaking of mates, what the dickens was Snowy doing 135 00:08:49,344 --> 00:08:51,102 bringing that shooter to a job? 136 00:08:51,104 --> 00:08:53,903 Just showing willing. Snowy's alright. 137 00:08:53,903 --> 00:08:57,263 Showing that he's bloody loopy. He'll be the death of ya. 138 00:08:57,264 --> 00:09:01,423 Mate, you just worry about keeping the swag safe. 139 00:09:10,224 --> 00:09:13,144 I'll do the talking. 140 00:09:24,823 --> 00:09:27,342 Leslie Taylor for Mr Stokes. 141 00:09:27,344 --> 00:09:28,903 He's busy. 142 00:09:30,423 --> 00:09:31,663 He'll want to see me. 143 00:09:31,663 --> 00:09:33,543 Might have trouble spotting you in a crowd. 144 00:09:33,543 --> 00:09:35,143 I just thought, you know... 145 00:09:35,144 --> 00:09:37,024 I thought he'd want to decide for himself. 146 00:09:39,864 --> 00:09:42,063 Wait here. 147 00:09:43,463 --> 00:09:45,302 I could play baccarat, you know. 148 00:09:45,303 --> 00:09:48,062 - With these toffs? - Yeah, if I wanted to. 149 00:09:48,063 --> 00:09:50,504 Yeah, well, I prefer a game of two-up myself. 150 00:09:58,744 --> 00:10:01,303 G'day, Mr Stokes. Have I got a treat for you. 151 00:10:11,264 --> 00:10:13,182 Thought you were a pickpocket. 152 00:10:13,183 --> 00:10:15,143 Must have very deep pockets. 153 00:10:15,144 --> 00:10:17,023 Oh, we do what we must. 154 00:10:17,024 --> 00:10:18,582 I actually regard myself 155 00:10:18,583 --> 00:10:20,582 as cut from your cloth, Mr Stokes. 156 00:10:20,583 --> 00:10:22,344 Pig's arse. 157 00:10:24,543 --> 00:10:28,224 Well, like you, I see further than from me hand to me mouth. 158 00:10:29,744 --> 00:10:31,663 So, what can you do me? 159 00:10:31,663 --> 00:10:34,102 300 the lot. 160 00:10:34,104 --> 00:10:36,423 - 300? - Quality merchandise. 161 00:10:36,423 --> 00:10:38,302 - I'm not denying. - Oh, you bet it is. 162 00:10:38,303 --> 00:10:40,982 There's more carats here than South Melbourne Market. 163 00:10:40,984 --> 00:10:42,982 This stuff would fetch more like 3,000 in the shop. 164 00:10:42,984 --> 00:10:44,623 You reckon we should go back to Drumm's, 165 00:10:44,624 --> 00:10:46,102 see if they'll sell 'em for us? 166 00:10:46,104 --> 00:10:48,023 No, no, but... Well, you know. 167 00:10:48,024 --> 00:10:49,822 Blokes who melt 'em down, recut 'em. 168 00:10:49,823 --> 00:10:52,182 And you clearly don't know that items as hot as these 169 00:10:52,183 --> 00:10:54,942 would make them nervous, and that costs. 170 00:10:54,943 --> 00:10:56,864 300. 171 00:10:58,063 --> 00:11:00,102 Well, seeing as we can't do business, 172 00:11:00,104 --> 00:11:02,583 I'll be taking my merchandise elsewhere. 173 00:11:06,063 --> 00:11:08,823 Suppose I could see my way to 320. 174 00:11:18,264 --> 00:11:20,702 - 400. - 340. 175 00:11:20,703 --> 00:11:22,903 - 375. - 350. 176 00:11:24,903 --> 00:11:27,783 Pleasure doing trade with you, Mr Stokes. 177 00:11:27,783 --> 00:11:31,344 - Or can I call you Henry? - You can whistle 'Dixie'. 178 00:11:55,864 --> 00:11:57,783 I want to go through this all again. 179 00:11:57,783 --> 00:12:00,183 Where's Detective Brophy? 180 00:12:01,464 --> 00:12:03,024 John? 181 00:12:05,744 --> 00:12:08,423 Freddy! You've come to slum with us, have you? 182 00:12:08,423 --> 00:12:10,543 Another pot, please, Clem, 183 00:12:10,543 --> 00:12:13,063 and a glass of milk for my lady friend here. 184 00:12:14,384 --> 00:12:17,543 The Drumm jewel robbery. What have you heard? 185 00:12:17,543 --> 00:12:19,423 Come, now, John. 186 00:12:19,423 --> 00:12:20,982 Don't you have more fizgigs 187 00:12:20,984 --> 00:12:23,423 than any other officer south of Victoria Street? 188 00:12:23,423 --> 00:12:25,783 They've all been afflicted with a terrible case of the shrugs. 189 00:12:25,783 --> 00:12:27,783 What about your habitual jewel thieves? 190 00:12:27,783 --> 00:12:29,383 One's doing three to five in Geelong, 191 00:12:29,384 --> 00:12:32,182 the other one was last heard of in Hobart, 192 00:12:32,183 --> 00:12:34,822 trying to pass off marcasite watches as diamond. 193 00:12:34,823 --> 00:12:37,423 A heist like that doesn't happen out of thin air. 194 00:12:37,423 --> 00:12:40,342 - Needed planning. - Inside job? 195 00:12:40,344 --> 00:12:42,342 The staff all check out. 196 00:12:42,344 --> 00:12:44,104 Someone new in town, maybe? 197 00:12:49,504 --> 00:12:51,182 I'm thinking a blue. 198 00:12:51,183 --> 00:12:53,462 Oh, blue is good. Navy? 199 00:12:53,463 --> 00:12:56,942 Navy is a hue that would set off your piercing eyes. 200 00:12:56,943 --> 00:12:59,263 - In a pinstripe. - A blue pinstripe. 201 00:12:59,264 --> 00:13:02,743 - A blue-and-red pinstripe. - Blue-and-red. 202 00:13:02,744 --> 00:13:04,943 How audacious! 203 00:13:44,783 --> 00:13:47,344 Now, pay attention, class. 204 00:13:53,703 --> 00:13:56,222 What the hell was that? Huh? 205 00:13:56,224 --> 00:13:58,463 You bloody little sook. Watch this. 206 00:14:08,323 --> 00:14:10,202 Huh? 207 00:14:10,203 --> 00:14:12,442 Mate, when I was your age, I could pick the ring 208 00:14:12,443 --> 00:14:14,322 off a bloke's finger - he wouldn't feel a thing. 209 00:14:14,323 --> 00:14:17,442 Smarten up. Go work the arcade and work those doors, alright? 210 00:14:17,443 --> 00:14:20,003 And do it like you mean it. Go on. 211 00:14:20,004 --> 00:14:22,482 And here's me favourite bad penny. 212 00:14:22,484 --> 00:14:24,643 Took the words right out of me mouth, Mr Brophy. 213 00:14:24,644 --> 00:14:26,763 - How's tricks? - Can't complain. 214 00:14:26,764 --> 00:14:29,722 Good, 'cause I wouldn't listen. Now, those boys of yours. 215 00:14:29,724 --> 00:14:32,803 They been flat out like lizards drinking, I hope. 216 00:14:34,644 --> 00:14:39,123 That job up in the arcade, that robbery at Drumm's jeweller's. 217 00:14:39,124 --> 00:14:41,243 - What about it? - You heard anything? 218 00:14:41,244 --> 00:14:44,523 Uh, no, just... just, uh, what I read in the paper. 219 00:14:44,524 --> 00:14:46,682 It was, um, done in broad daylight, 220 00:14:46,683 --> 00:14:48,243 and they got away with thousands. 221 00:14:48,244 --> 00:14:51,123 And a smart enterprise. 222 00:14:51,124 --> 00:14:53,722 Pulled off by a couple of sheilas, if you can credit it. 223 00:14:53,724 --> 00:14:56,363 But it's got a funny smell about it, that job. 224 00:14:56,364 --> 00:14:58,283 Smell of what? 225 00:14:58,283 --> 00:15:01,123 Well, for a start, it took real brains to pull it off. 226 00:15:01,124 --> 00:15:04,442 Now, that rules out all the crooks in this city. 227 00:15:04,443 --> 00:15:07,243 Bunch of gutless wonders and bantam roosters, you lot. 228 00:15:07,244 --> 00:15:09,602 But never mind. I still love ya. 229 00:15:10,104 --> 00:15:12,222 The most important thing you need 230 00:15:12,224 --> 00:15:15,462 to pull off a job like this, 231 00:15:15,464 --> 00:15:17,743 the thing that I have by the bucketload, 232 00:15:17,744 --> 00:15:19,743 is confidence. 233 00:15:19,744 --> 00:15:22,583 Now, that's just another word for balls. 234 00:15:40,703 --> 00:15:42,183 You got clean hands, Bert? 235 00:15:45,744 --> 00:15:47,663 Pass us that ribbon? 236 00:15:49,463 --> 00:15:51,503 Dumb prick. 237 00:15:51,504 --> 00:15:53,503 He's a thick-arsed, big-bellied bastard, isn't he? 238 00:15:53,504 --> 00:15:54,982 - Who? - Bloody Brophy. 239 00:15:54,984 --> 00:15:57,822 Always taking me dosh, looking down on me. 240 00:15:57,823 --> 00:16:00,863 Think your mum'll like yellow? 241 00:16:00,864 --> 00:16:02,942 Doll. 242 00:16:02,943 --> 00:16:05,582 I thought roses, on account of... 243 00:16:05,583 --> 00:16:07,383 And then I thought... 244 00:16:07,384 --> 00:16:09,582 you know, I could maybe give 'em to her. 245 00:16:09,583 --> 00:16:11,344 I might just, um... 246 00:16:13,903 --> 00:16:15,822 Dolly. 247 00:16:15,823 --> 00:16:18,342 Well, we've been together for three years, Les. 248 00:16:18,344 --> 00:16:20,982 - She's gotta meet me sometime. - Oh, of course. 249 00:16:20,984 --> 00:16:23,743 But today's not a good idea. You know, she's an old busybody. 250 00:16:23,744 --> 00:16:25,822 She'll give you the third degree, ask a hundred questions. 251 00:16:25,823 --> 00:16:27,783 Well, I wouldn't drop me haitches. 252 00:16:27,783 --> 00:16:29,623 Or me daks. 253 00:16:29,624 --> 00:16:32,303 You can drop your daks for me any time. 254 00:16:37,423 --> 00:16:40,104 That tickles. 255 00:16:51,144 --> 00:16:55,102 Oh, roses! Oh, Leslie. 256 00:16:55,104 --> 00:16:58,263 But you always were so poetic. 257 00:16:58,264 --> 00:16:59,943 I got you this too. 258 00:17:03,504 --> 00:17:07,423 A muffineer! 259 00:17:07,423 --> 00:17:09,343 It's pure silver. 260 00:17:09,344 --> 00:17:12,303 Have you been spending all your wages on me again? 261 00:17:12,304 --> 00:17:15,383 - You know me, Ma. Lucky punter. - No, Leslie. 262 00:17:15,384 --> 00:17:18,143 You're not lucky. You're clever. 263 00:17:18,144 --> 00:17:20,423 And you make the most of your chances. Isn't that right? 264 00:17:20,423 --> 00:17:22,782 - Absolutely. - Well, that's my boy. 265 00:17:22,784 --> 00:17:25,063 Well, this is lovely, 266 00:17:25,064 --> 00:17:27,383 though you know all I really want from you, don't you? 267 00:17:27,384 --> 00:17:29,182 - Oh, Ma! - Now, Leslie. 268 00:17:29,183 --> 00:17:31,702 I just want to see my son married to a nice girl 269 00:17:31,703 --> 00:17:33,502 who'll give me grandchildren to spoil. 270 00:17:33,503 --> 00:17:35,583 I don't have time for that. I'm a busy man. 271 00:17:35,584 --> 00:17:38,462 Oh, I know I don't know all the ins and outs of your job, 272 00:17:38,463 --> 00:17:40,462 and I'm sure it's very, very important, 273 00:17:40,463 --> 00:17:44,863 and you know I couldn't be prouder of my clever boy. 274 00:17:44,864 --> 00:17:46,823 But you're never gonna make your mark in this world 275 00:17:46,824 --> 00:17:48,663 as a bookie's clerk, now, are you? 276 00:18:31,223 --> 00:18:33,942 I don't usually patronise the Crystal Cafe, 277 00:18:33,943 --> 00:18:36,103 but I was feeling kind of lonesome. 278 00:18:36,104 --> 00:18:38,103 What a coincidence. Miss, uh... 279 00:18:38,104 --> 00:18:40,503 - Call me Lottie. - Miss Lottie. 280 00:18:41,584 --> 00:18:43,343 - I'm all alone too. - Oh. 281 00:18:43,344 --> 00:18:44,982 Well, let's see if 282 00:18:44,983 --> 00:18:47,502 we can't be of some comfort to each other. 283 00:18:47,503 --> 00:18:49,103 Squizzy was christened 284 00:18:49,104 --> 00:18:50,903 Joseph Theodore Leslie Taylor. 285 00:18:50,903 --> 00:18:52,823 The nickname referred to the fact he was short. 286 00:18:52,824 --> 00:18:54,942 And if that wasn't bad enough, 287 00:18:54,943 --> 00:18:57,663 "squiz" was also slang for a bowel motion. 288 00:18:57,663 --> 00:19:00,222 Nobody likes to be called "a little shit", 289 00:19:00,223 --> 00:19:02,982 but the moniker would stick for the rest of his life. 290 00:19:02,983 --> 00:19:05,863 You do have the most developed leg muscles 291 00:19:05,864 --> 00:19:07,542 I have ever seen. 292 00:19:07,544 --> 00:19:09,343 Well, that'd be my bicycling. 293 00:19:09,344 --> 00:19:10,982 Wouldn't have taken a handsome bloke like you 294 00:19:10,983 --> 00:19:12,782 for a delivery boy. 295 00:19:12,784 --> 00:19:14,262 I'm a bank manager. 296 00:19:14,263 --> 00:19:16,742 I manage two branches. 297 00:19:16,743 --> 00:19:19,583 Doncaster and up at Templestowe. 298 00:19:19,584 --> 00:19:23,143 Let me get that. Doncaster? That's bloody miles away, love. 299 00:19:23,144 --> 00:19:25,383 Nice orchards, but. 300 00:19:25,384 --> 00:19:27,863 Well, fruit-picking season's my busiest time of the year. 301 00:19:27,864 --> 00:19:31,623 These days, I'm cycling 20 miles twice a week, 302 00:19:31,624 --> 00:19:33,343 delivering the pays to the Templestowe agency. 303 00:19:33,344 --> 00:19:35,623 Oh, really, love? 304 00:19:35,624 --> 00:19:38,542 And all that exercise gives me a fearful appetite. 305 00:19:38,544 --> 00:19:40,824 Oh! Oh, well. 306 00:19:43,104 --> 00:19:45,144 You seem to be in a big hurry. 307 00:19:46,183 --> 00:19:51,103 A big, big, big hurry. 308 00:19:51,104 --> 00:19:54,703 Oh! Oh! 309 00:20:03,743 --> 00:20:06,863 That was a waste of me time and expertise, Les. 310 00:20:06,864 --> 00:20:08,462 You are so... 311 00:20:08,463 --> 00:20:09,942 We didn't make any money off him. 312 00:20:09,943 --> 00:20:11,462 I know we didn't. 313 00:20:11,463 --> 00:20:13,423 - I know. - But... 314 00:20:13,423 --> 00:20:15,503 But we will. 315 00:20:25,023 --> 00:20:26,824 Because we're gonna rob a bank. 316 00:21:18,463 --> 00:21:19,943 Morning! 317 00:21:39,306 --> 00:21:41,506 So, he leaves the Doncaster branch at 10:00 318 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:44,961 and he cycles down Doncaster Road to Williamsons, right, 319 00:21:44,988 --> 00:21:47,547 and then he turns left into Manningham Road, 320 00:21:47,548 --> 00:21:49,947 and he follows that all the way down to the crossroads 321 00:21:49,948 --> 00:21:51,507 at Templestowe Road - is that right, Gus? 322 00:21:51,508 --> 00:21:53,307 Yeah. 323 00:21:53,307 --> 00:21:55,307 All along here, the paddocks are filled with fruit pickers, 324 00:21:55,307 --> 00:21:58,826 so I reckon we take him out here, right at the crossroads. 325 00:21:58,827 --> 00:22:01,666 There's nothing there but bloody Jersey cows and sparrows. 326 00:22:01,667 --> 00:22:04,227 And there's bushes up here, for cover. 327 00:22:04,228 --> 00:22:05,866 Where we knock him. 328 00:22:05,867 --> 00:22:07,547 No, only if we have to. 329 00:22:07,548 --> 00:22:09,866 Course we have to. He's going to see our faces. 330 00:22:09,867 --> 00:22:11,386 No, he won't. 331 00:22:11,387 --> 00:22:14,067 We'll be wearing disguises. 332 00:22:15,067 --> 00:22:17,146 Hang on. I'm not wearing a frock. 333 00:22:17,147 --> 00:22:19,307 But you look so good in one, Snow. 334 00:22:19,307 --> 00:22:23,106 Les, how exactly do you plan on getting us to Doncaster 335 00:22:23,107 --> 00:22:24,906 and back again? 336 00:22:24,907 --> 00:22:26,626 Yeah. It's the back of bloody beyond. 337 00:22:26,627 --> 00:22:28,346 Took hours to walk. 338 00:22:28,347 --> 00:22:30,866 - We use a car. - But none of us drive. 339 00:22:30,867 --> 00:22:33,067 Burns Motor Taxis. 340 00:22:33,067 --> 00:22:35,666 How much to hire a good car tomorrow morning? 341 00:22:35,667 --> 00:22:38,146 And I'd like to travel to Eltham and back. 342 00:22:38,147 --> 00:22:40,426 The usual charge is a shilling a mile 343 00:22:40,427 --> 00:22:42,186 and 5-shilling detention fee. 344 00:22:42,188 --> 00:22:44,547 And you're sure it's a good car, a good driver? 345 00:22:44,548 --> 00:22:46,386 All our chauffeurs are excellent. 346 00:22:46,387 --> 00:22:49,186 And the driver - how do we, uh, manage him? 347 00:22:49,188 --> 00:22:51,866 We knock him once we're back in town, right? 348 00:22:51,867 --> 00:22:54,947 - Wrong. We cut him in. - But he's a squarehead. 349 00:22:54,948 --> 00:22:57,227 Tank, he's a chauffeur. 350 00:22:57,228 --> 00:22:59,307 Mate, we drop him a couple of quid, 351 00:22:59,307 --> 00:23:01,346 he'll drive us to Darwin if we want. 352 00:23:01,347 --> 00:23:03,067 I'm not working with some outsider. 353 00:23:03,067 --> 00:23:04,666 No, I'll sort the taxidriver out. 354 00:23:04,667 --> 00:23:07,426 Jeez, if... if we want to do this caper, 355 00:23:07,428 --> 00:23:09,707 we need a car and someone to drive it. 356 00:23:09,708 --> 00:23:15,186 Les, I admire your plan, but it's rather... Byzantine. 357 00:23:15,188 --> 00:23:18,027 Now, perhaps it's just better if we don't bother. 358 00:23:18,028 --> 00:23:19,707 - Don't bother? - Mmm. 359 00:23:19,708 --> 00:23:22,666 This bank manager carries 500 quid in that bag. 360 00:23:22,667 --> 00:23:25,106 500 quid, right? 361 00:23:25,107 --> 00:23:28,866 Even split four ways, that's more than a year's wage each. 362 00:23:28,867 --> 00:23:31,346 So we can make a year's wage in a single morning. 363 00:23:31,347 --> 00:23:34,947 And, Gus, you're right. It is a tricky caper. 364 00:23:34,948 --> 00:23:39,948 And no-one's done it before. But that is why it's going to work. 365 00:23:45,988 --> 00:23:47,707 Cold, hard cash? 366 00:23:47,708 --> 00:23:49,426 It's me favourite kind. 367 00:23:49,427 --> 00:23:52,906 The taxi company isn't gonna like 368 00:23:52,907 --> 00:23:55,386 taking its fancy little motor up Little Lon to collect us. 369 00:23:55,387 --> 00:23:58,067 Tank, that is why you're with the smart party. 370 00:23:58,067 --> 00:24:02,586 Cliveden Mansions, East Melbourne, 8am. You got that? 371 00:24:02,587 --> 00:24:05,188 Yes, sir. And the name of the booking party? 372 00:24:07,988 --> 00:24:10,667 Uh, Mr L'Estrange. 373 00:24:12,067 --> 00:24:13,747 Thank you. 374 00:24:13,748 --> 00:24:15,626 Right, and there's one more thing. 375 00:24:15,627 --> 00:24:18,467 There's not enough room in the taxi for all of us. 376 00:24:18,468 --> 00:24:20,307 We're all gonna get a share of the coin, 377 00:24:20,307 --> 00:24:22,468 but I'm only gonna use one of you on the day. 378 00:24:25,307 --> 00:24:26,788 Who? 379 00:24:34,708 --> 00:24:37,947 Sure Snowy's the right choice for this? 380 00:24:37,948 --> 00:24:42,027 I mean, Gus is smarter, and Bert's bigger. 381 00:24:42,028 --> 00:24:43,987 No, Gus is too soft. 382 00:24:43,988 --> 00:24:46,067 Tank's too slow. 383 00:24:47,587 --> 00:24:49,188 Snowy... 384 00:24:50,827 --> 00:24:52,467 scares people. 385 00:24:52,468 --> 00:24:55,667 - Thought it all out, ain't ya? - Yeah, of course I have. 386 00:25:01,268 --> 00:25:03,347 I'm on top of it all. 387 00:25:13,708 --> 00:25:15,547 - Just leave it be. - It tickles. 388 00:25:15,548 --> 00:25:17,387 Leave it be, I said. 389 00:25:22,867 --> 00:25:25,067 - Mr L'Estrange? - That's me. 390 00:25:25,067 --> 00:25:28,748 To the countryside, I hear. Lovely day for it. 391 00:25:33,508 --> 00:25:36,587 Better for taking in the sights. 392 00:26:05,028 --> 00:26:07,307 - What's your name, mate? - Uh, Bill. 393 00:26:07,307 --> 00:26:09,227 You been driving cabs long, Bill? 394 00:26:09,228 --> 00:26:11,586 Yeah, no, couple of years. Won't be much longer, but. 395 00:26:11,587 --> 00:26:14,227 - I'm joining up. - Is that so? Good on ya. 396 00:26:14,228 --> 00:26:17,346 All me mates are over there. Figure I shouldn't miss out. 397 00:26:17,347 --> 00:26:19,787 Actually, take Templestowe Road, would you, Bill? 398 00:26:19,788 --> 00:26:21,346 You know, it's quicker if we... 399 00:26:21,347 --> 00:26:23,347 He said take bloody Templestowe Road. 400 00:26:27,907 --> 00:26:30,146 You having a shindig before you head to France, Bill? 401 00:26:30,147 --> 00:26:32,027 Oh, I ain't got the moola. 402 00:26:32,028 --> 00:26:34,307 Oh, well, you can't go to war without a party, hey? 403 00:26:34,307 --> 00:26:35,787 That's not right. It's not Australian. 404 00:26:35,788 --> 00:26:37,547 Yeah, I know. Well... 405 00:26:37,548 --> 00:26:39,987 Maybe if I kill the Kaiser, the King'll give me a prize 406 00:26:39,988 --> 00:26:41,787 and I can have one when I get home. 407 00:26:41,788 --> 00:26:43,747 See, I can't serve meself on account of flat feet, 408 00:26:43,748 --> 00:26:45,666 so... oh, the least I can do is... 409 00:26:45,667 --> 00:26:47,947 is make sure you have a decent send-off, Bill. 410 00:26:47,948 --> 00:26:49,947 Hey, fair dinkum? 411 00:26:49,948 --> 00:26:52,507 Well, that'd be real bonzer of you, sir. 412 00:26:52,508 --> 00:26:54,826 All you need to do is, uh... 413 00:26:54,827 --> 00:26:56,587 is help us out with a little something. 414 00:27:16,307 --> 00:27:18,346 No-one gets hurt, no-one loses out, 415 00:27:18,347 --> 00:27:20,346 and you get your big shivoo. 416 00:27:20,347 --> 00:27:23,227 I knew there was something off about you the second I saw you. 417 00:27:23,228 --> 00:27:24,707 There's nothing off about the chance 418 00:27:24,708 --> 00:27:26,186 to make an easy quid, Bill. 419 00:27:26,188 --> 00:27:28,987 - Please get out. - Beg your pardon? 420 00:27:28,988 --> 00:27:34,307 I won't do what you're asking, so... get out. Please. 421 00:27:34,307 --> 00:27:38,186 Mate, there'll be nothing to link you into this. 422 00:27:38,188 --> 00:27:40,386 It's not right. It's stealing. 423 00:27:40,387 --> 00:27:42,507 Don't turn your nose up at the chance of a lifetime. 424 00:27:42,508 --> 00:27:44,707 Shut the fuck up and do as he says. 425 00:27:44,708 --> 00:27:46,787 Or I'll give you a new hole to whinge through. 426 00:27:46,788 --> 00:27:49,227 Doesn't have to go this way, alright? You hop back in. 427 00:27:49,228 --> 00:27:50,947 You drive us to Doncaster, we spot our bloke, 428 00:27:50,948 --> 00:27:52,747 we do our thing, and in half a jiffy, 429 00:27:52,748 --> 00:27:54,947 we're all that much richer and you're off to the front. 430 00:27:54,948 --> 00:27:57,386 Or I can blow your fuckin' scone to kingdom come right now. 431 00:27:57,387 --> 00:27:59,307 Come on, mate. It's not that hard. 432 00:27:59,307 --> 00:28:01,027 Look the other way for 10 minutes tops. 433 00:28:01,028 --> 00:28:02,627 Bugger this. 434 00:28:06,907 --> 00:28:08,626 What did you do that for? 435 00:28:08,627 --> 00:28:11,346 Well, you told me to bring out my shooter if he didn't agree. 436 00:28:11,347 --> 00:28:13,547 To scare him, not to blow his fucking brains out. 437 00:28:13,548 --> 00:28:15,027 Jesus, Snowy! 438 00:28:15,028 --> 00:28:16,707 Well, he wouldn't do what you said. 439 00:28:16,708 --> 00:28:19,547 - He wasn't gonna drive us. - He's certainly not now, is he? 440 00:28:19,548 --> 00:28:22,507 Huh? I was talking him round and you shot him. 441 00:28:22,508 --> 00:28:24,946 Snowy. What a moron! 442 00:28:24,948 --> 00:28:27,146 Who you calling a fucking moron? 443 00:28:27,147 --> 00:28:29,626 You, you moron. What, you learned how to drive, have ya? 444 00:28:29,627 --> 00:28:31,307 Huh? So we can roll our bank bloke? 445 00:28:31,307 --> 00:28:33,148 Gonna drive us back to Melbourne after, are ya? 446 00:28:40,028 --> 00:28:43,346 Go on, get his body off the road before someone comes along. 447 00:28:43,347 --> 00:28:45,346 Well... Why do I have to do it? 448 00:28:45,347 --> 00:28:46,827 'Cause you shot him. 449 00:29:00,788 --> 00:29:02,907 So, what do we do now? 450 00:29:04,587 --> 00:29:06,067 Where you going? 451 00:29:06,067 --> 00:29:07,467 I'm taking a constitutional 452 00:29:07,468 --> 00:29:08,866 back to Melbourne, thanks to you. 453 00:29:08,867 --> 00:29:10,146 Why don't we hitch? 454 00:29:10,147 --> 00:29:11,826 What, so someone can put 455 00:29:11,827 --> 00:29:13,826 two and two together between King and Country here? 456 00:29:13,827 --> 00:29:15,268 Jeez, you're a nit. 457 00:29:25,195 --> 00:29:26,605 Les? 458 00:29:27,028 --> 00:29:28,788 What? 459 00:29:30,065 --> 00:29:31,864 - Can I have me gun back? - No. 460 00:29:31,865 --> 00:29:33,943 Fuck me, Les. 461 00:29:33,944 --> 00:29:36,025 Not if you were the last bloke on the planet. 462 00:29:51,984 --> 00:29:53,545 Fuck! 463 00:29:57,384 --> 00:30:00,384 - Come on, you. - Fuckin' new suit. 464 00:30:02,505 --> 00:30:04,423 I didn't hear shots or nothing. 465 00:30:04,424 --> 00:30:06,344 I was just coming to see to the fence 466 00:30:06,345 --> 00:30:07,825 and I heard voices - two blokes. 467 00:30:10,025 --> 00:30:11,463 You hear what they were saying? 468 00:30:11,464 --> 00:30:13,864 They was angry, but. 469 00:30:13,865 --> 00:30:16,263 And then I saw 'em heading across the bottom paddock. 470 00:30:16,265 --> 00:30:18,743 - Towards town? - By way of the weir, yeah. 471 00:30:18,744 --> 00:30:20,903 - Did you get a gander at 'em? - Not their faces. 472 00:30:20,904 --> 00:30:24,064 The tall one, he had one of them straw Panama affairs. 473 00:30:24,065 --> 00:30:26,903 - And the other bloke? - Bit of a titch. 474 00:30:26,904 --> 00:30:29,344 Wore a black bowler. 475 00:30:29,345 --> 00:30:32,105 Well... Good on you for dropping in. 476 00:30:33,744 --> 00:30:36,423 Oh, um, one of 'em, the short bloke, 477 00:30:36,424 --> 00:30:38,183 he was carrying something. 478 00:30:38,184 --> 00:30:41,624 - What? - A suitcase. 479 00:30:41,625 --> 00:30:44,304 But when they come out of the trees round the weir, 480 00:30:44,305 --> 00:30:45,824 he didn't have it no more. 481 00:30:45,825 --> 00:30:48,704 Right. Well, thanks for dropping in. 482 00:30:50,424 --> 00:30:55,104 One short, one tall. Not exactly Mr Observant, is he? 483 00:30:55,105 --> 00:30:57,304 Detective Bruce, do you know how to swim? 484 00:30:57,305 --> 00:30:59,663 - I can manage the 50 yards. - That should be plenty. 485 00:30:59,664 --> 00:31:01,663 What do you want to do that for? 486 00:31:01,664 --> 00:31:05,824 Evidence, Jack. The key to modern policing. 487 00:31:05,825 --> 00:31:09,624 The key to modern policing is locking up crooks, Fred! 488 00:31:09,625 --> 00:31:11,424 Always has been. 489 00:31:31,904 --> 00:31:34,624 The shorter one was in the front. 490 00:31:34,625 --> 00:31:36,463 - How tall was the tall one? - Taller than me. 491 00:31:36,464 --> 00:31:38,144 -5'10"? -5'10". -5'10". 492 00:31:38,144 --> 00:31:40,544 - Short one? How high? - Well, he was shorter than me. 493 00:31:40,545 --> 00:31:42,584 - 5'6". - 5... No, no. 494 00:31:42,585 --> 00:31:45,065 -5'2". -5'2". -5'2". 495 00:31:56,305 --> 00:31:57,865 Fred! 496 00:32:05,265 --> 00:32:06,265 Moustache. 497 00:32:07,265 --> 00:32:09,943 Spectacles. 498 00:32:09,944 --> 00:32:12,023 - And gloves. - Dress-ups. 499 00:32:12,025 --> 00:32:14,503 Frederick Piggott was ahead of his time. 500 00:32:14,505 --> 00:32:18,144 He believed good police work was purely a matter of science. 501 00:32:18,144 --> 00:32:21,463 John Brophy, on the other hand, was an old-school cop 502 00:32:21,464 --> 00:32:25,463 with a nose for character, especially bad character. 503 00:32:25,464 --> 00:32:29,943 Both men would play significant roles in Squizzy's downfall. 504 00:32:29,944 --> 00:32:32,183 "Police have formed the suspicion that taxidriver Haines 505 00:32:32,184 --> 00:32:34,584 "was an innocent victim in a cunning plan to rob 506 00:32:34,585 --> 00:32:37,544 "either the Doncaster or Upper Templestowe bank 507 00:32:37,545 --> 00:32:40,463 "or waylay the bank officer carrying Treasury notes. 508 00:32:40,464 --> 00:32:42,503 "Police say it was a foul scheme 509 00:32:42,505 --> 00:32:45,584 "but one requiring great ingenuity." 510 00:32:45,585 --> 00:32:47,544 I mean, black and white. 511 00:32:47,545 --> 00:32:50,663 - I'm a genius. - Genius, my arse. 512 00:32:50,664 --> 00:32:53,064 Which is hanging out of me trousers since we didn't make any dosh. 513 00:32:53,065 --> 00:32:54,463 And whose fault was that? 514 00:32:54,464 --> 00:32:56,105 Says here he was gonna join up. 515 00:32:57,545 --> 00:33:00,463 He was gonna fight the Fritz. 516 00:33:00,464 --> 00:33:03,304 I need a real drink. 517 00:33:03,305 --> 00:33:06,785 I might sup from the font of the Bard. 518 00:33:13,224 --> 00:33:15,423 I gave the kid a choice, Tank. 519 00:33:15,424 --> 00:33:17,784 If he'd... if he had have listened to me, 520 00:33:17,785 --> 00:33:19,304 he wouldn't have come to any harm. 521 00:33:19,305 --> 00:33:22,903 He was just a foot soldier, you know? 522 00:33:22,904 --> 00:33:24,544 I'm a general. 523 00:33:24,545 --> 00:33:27,263 Tactician. Planner. 524 00:33:27,265 --> 00:33:31,663 If he'd obeyed my rules, he'd be halfway to France right now 525 00:33:31,664 --> 00:33:33,384 and we'd be rolling in it, 526 00:33:33,384 --> 00:33:34,986 but he missed his opportunity, didn't he? 527 00:33:38,865 --> 00:33:40,744 They don't really kill kittens, do they? 528 00:33:43,345 --> 00:33:45,505 Oh, yeah, they stab their frickin' eyes out. 529 00:34:10,425 --> 00:34:14,304 The pubs have to shut at 6pm from now on, right? 530 00:34:14,304 --> 00:34:16,864 Hip, hip hooray for the new licensing laws, I say. 531 00:34:16,864 --> 00:34:19,304 'Cause if I know the Aussie male's capacity 532 00:34:19,304 --> 00:34:21,664 for consuming fermented vegetable products, 533 00:34:21,664 --> 00:34:24,784 then I know that your excellent establishment 534 00:34:24,784 --> 00:34:27,864 will be getting a lot more new customers come Monday 6pm. 535 00:34:27,864 --> 00:34:31,463 That is, of course, unless they wander down to your competitors. 536 00:34:31,465 --> 00:34:34,543 But why would they? Right? When I happen to know 537 00:34:34,545 --> 00:34:37,023 a young, enterprising businessman 538 00:34:37,025 --> 00:34:39,103 who can supply you with plenty of amber fluid 539 00:34:39,105 --> 00:34:40,985 for the right price. 540 00:34:55,184 --> 00:34:56,384 How much? 541 00:34:56,385 --> 00:34:59,105 I'm sure we can come to an arrangement. 542 00:35:15,744 --> 00:35:17,903 The pure genius of my scheme 543 00:35:17,905 --> 00:35:19,704 is that nobody gets hurt. 544 00:35:19,704 --> 00:35:21,983 The trick's getting our hands on a regular supply of grog. 545 00:35:21,985 --> 00:35:24,423 Well, that requires a long-term arrangement, 546 00:35:24,425 --> 00:35:26,503 and the best way to do it 547 00:35:26,505 --> 00:35:29,103 is to make sure every bloke along the way gets a handshake. 548 00:35:29,105 --> 00:35:32,384 Wagon driver, foreman, depot manager. 549 00:35:32,385 --> 00:35:34,664 Yep. Pure genius. 550 00:35:43,224 --> 00:35:45,143 There really is more to you than just a... 551 00:35:45,144 --> 00:35:47,463 a pickpocket, isn't there? 552 00:35:47,465 --> 00:35:50,224 Oh, more strings to me bow than Paganini, Mr Stokes. 553 00:35:50,224 --> 00:35:53,264 Call me Henry. You're Squizzy, aren't you? 554 00:35:54,344 --> 00:35:56,864 Oh, I prefer Leslie. Me mates call me Les. 555 00:35:56,864 --> 00:35:59,824 Put it there, Les. 556 00:36:05,744 --> 00:36:07,903 Busy. 557 00:36:07,905 --> 00:36:09,583 The new restricted trading hours for pubs, 558 00:36:09,585 --> 00:36:11,423 I imagine people will be drinking more coffee. 559 00:36:11,425 --> 00:36:13,103 I thought you'd be applauding 6:00 closing 560 00:36:13,105 --> 00:36:14,983 all the way down to the Temperance Union, Fred. 561 00:36:14,985 --> 00:36:16,784 It's a futile law, 562 00:36:16,784 --> 00:36:18,384 destined to make the solving of real crime 563 00:36:18,385 --> 00:36:19,864 all the more difficult. 564 00:36:19,864 --> 00:36:22,503 Now, to this matter of the Haines taxidriver murder. 565 00:36:22,505 --> 00:36:26,784 This fellow calling himself L'Estrange has booked a cab 566 00:36:26,784 --> 00:36:29,304 to pick up from Cliveden Mansions, East Melbourne. 567 00:36:29,304 --> 00:36:32,304 - Who is he? - Who indeed? 568 00:36:32,304 --> 00:36:33,943 Surely, he's got to be known to us. 569 00:36:33,945 --> 00:36:36,423 I don't know about you blokes, but all the crims I know 570 00:36:36,425 --> 00:36:38,264 haven't got the patience for this sort of job. 571 00:36:38,264 --> 00:36:39,744 Surely it's an out-of-town mob. 572 00:36:39,744 --> 00:36:41,623 Can I have an oolong tea, please, a scone? 573 00:36:41,625 --> 00:36:44,184 Can I get a black coffee and a finger bun, thanks? 574 00:36:44,184 --> 00:36:45,784 Look, this description you took 575 00:36:45,784 --> 00:36:47,625 from the residents of Cliveden Mansions. 576 00:36:48,704 --> 00:36:50,704 "The second man I observed getting into the taxi 577 00:36:50,704 --> 00:36:53,903 "was short, no more than 5'2" in my reckoning." 578 00:36:53,905 --> 00:36:57,704 And our farmer witness insists that one of the two men he saw 579 00:36:57,704 --> 00:36:59,423 was quite the shrimp. 580 00:36:59,425 --> 00:37:01,864 Look, there is this titch of a bloke. 581 00:37:01,864 --> 00:37:04,903 Leslie Taylor is his name. They call him Squizzy. 582 00:37:04,905 --> 00:37:07,465 - But... - But what? 583 00:37:08,505 --> 00:37:10,543 He's a petty crim. He lifts wallets. 584 00:37:10,545 --> 00:37:12,423 Runs bets down the track. 585 00:37:12,425 --> 00:37:14,143 He's not a murderer or a bank robber. 586 00:37:14,144 --> 00:37:16,423 He hasn't got this sort of fancy gig in him. 587 00:37:16,425 --> 00:37:18,304 There's nothing fancy about shooting an unarmed man 588 00:37:18,304 --> 00:37:19,983 in the side of the head. 589 00:37:19,985 --> 00:37:22,224 No, but the other stuff - using a phone and false name 590 00:37:22,224 --> 00:37:23,704 to book the taxi. 591 00:37:23,704 --> 00:37:27,744 Planning the robbery down in the boondocks. Disguises. 592 00:37:27,744 --> 00:37:30,824 I mean, this bloke is a... is a pickpocket in Little Lon. 593 00:37:30,824 --> 00:37:33,543 - He's not Professor Moriarty. - What's your connection to him? 594 00:37:33,545 --> 00:37:35,583 He's a fiz. 595 00:37:35,585 --> 00:37:38,943 Slips me a bit of information from time to time. 596 00:37:38,945 --> 00:37:40,744 Information? 597 00:37:40,744 --> 00:37:43,903 So even though this criminal fellow Taylor 598 00:37:43,905 --> 00:37:46,143 fits the description, you don't believe he's our man? 599 00:37:46,144 --> 00:37:49,224 He's a short-arse with a big head full of piss and wind. 600 00:37:49,224 --> 00:37:51,103 He comes into this place, 601 00:37:51,105 --> 00:37:52,945 he swans around like he owns the joint. 602 00:38:07,465 --> 00:38:08,983 Hang on, gentlemen. 603 00:38:08,985 --> 00:38:10,583 Now, the bloke who booked the taxi 604 00:38:10,585 --> 00:38:12,103 used a telephone, correct? 605 00:38:12,105 --> 00:38:13,784 - That's right. - What was the name he used? 606 00:38:13,784 --> 00:38:15,545 L'Estrange. 607 00:38:28,465 --> 00:38:30,983 Doll... You should have seen it. 608 00:38:30,985 --> 00:38:32,824 I had him eating out of me hand. 609 00:38:32,824 --> 00:38:35,224 He asked me to call him Henry. He even called me Les. 610 00:38:36,304 --> 00:38:38,784 Les, there's someone to see you. 611 00:38:38,784 --> 00:38:40,425 Who? 612 00:38:49,304 --> 00:38:51,143 Sorry, Les. 613 00:38:51,644 --> 00:38:53,003 Mate. 614 00:38:53,605 --> 00:38:55,204 Why? 615 00:38:56,905 --> 00:38:58,505 For that young bloke. 616 00:39:00,144 --> 00:39:01,625 ...and for the kittens. 617 00:39:19,902 --> 00:39:21,222 Here's to Tank. 618 00:39:21,222 --> 00:39:23,981 May he shoot every Hun he meets. 619 00:39:23,983 --> 00:39:26,262 And show those French sheilas how an Aussie bloke does it. 620 00:39:26,262 --> 00:39:28,143 Tankbuster! 621 00:39:38,603 --> 00:39:39,722 Harry. 622 00:39:44,563 --> 00:39:45,842 Fuckin' dickhead. 623 00:39:48,483 --> 00:39:52,121 Did you say something, Taylor? 624 00:39:52,123 --> 00:39:53,722 I was just asking how's tricks? 625 00:39:56,043 --> 00:39:58,722 I hear that you've been getting chummy 626 00:39:58,722 --> 00:40:01,641 with no less than Henry Stokes himself. 627 00:40:01,643 --> 00:40:04,722 I might have done a bit of work for him here and there, yeah. 628 00:40:04,722 --> 00:40:09,523 A pickpocket from Little Lon, playing with a big boy. 629 00:40:11,043 --> 00:40:15,641 I hope you ain't overstretching your reach, hmm? 630 00:40:15,643 --> 00:40:17,802 Boxing in the wrong div. 631 00:40:17,802 --> 00:40:21,523 I do alright. But thanks for your concern. 632 00:40:31,202 --> 00:40:33,722 Fuckin' string bean. Overstretching me reach. 633 00:40:33,722 --> 00:40:35,601 If he knew what I'm capable of, huh? 634 00:40:35,603 --> 00:40:37,081 You know, what I've done. 635 00:40:37,083 --> 00:40:39,061 Fuck, everyone here should know who I am. 636 00:40:39,063 --> 00:40:40,541 They should all know, every single... 637 00:40:40,543 --> 00:40:42,181 Don't think that's such a good idea, Les. 638 00:40:42,182 --> 00:40:43,822 - Just calm down. - Get him. 639 00:40:43,822 --> 00:40:45,501 - Hey, hey. - And him. 640 00:40:45,503 --> 00:40:47,342 What's going on here? 641 00:40:47,342 --> 00:40:50,302 Brophy, what the fuck? What is this? 642 00:40:50,302 --> 00:40:52,902 "One tall and fair, the other short and dark". 643 00:40:52,902 --> 00:40:55,061 - You're under arrest. - Under arrest? 644 00:40:55,063 --> 00:40:56,942 What for? Brophy! 645 00:40:56,943 --> 00:40:59,581 If this is about the booze, I can cut you in, you know that. 646 00:40:59,583 --> 00:41:01,981 This is a lot more than a bit of slap and tickle. 647 00:41:01,983 --> 00:41:03,782 You've gone a lot further than that. 648 00:41:03,782 --> 00:41:05,742 Leslie Taylor, you are charged with the murder 649 00:41:05,742 --> 00:41:08,943 of taxidriver William Haines. 650 00:41:15,583 --> 00:41:17,621 There's a difference between confidence 651 00:41:17,623 --> 00:41:19,262 and overconfidence. 652 00:41:19,262 --> 00:41:21,541 Squizzy's greatest enemy wasn't the police, 653 00:41:21,543 --> 00:41:23,822 and it wasn't Long Harry Slater. 654 00:41:23,822 --> 00:41:25,543 It was much closer to home.