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SIMON: A famous American poet once said,

"Into each life, some rain must fall."

Some is too much for me, so I'm off to sunnier climes.

Will passengers for Flight 621 to Nassau...

Here I come.

..please collect their hand luggage

and proceed along the airside corridor to gate number 25?

Please have your boarding cards ready.

Passengers are requested not to smoke outside the building.

You're wanted.

So, don't make a scene.

Or any noise.

Please come quietly.

You won't be needing that.

Are we going to a party?

All we were told was "get Simon Templar".

I've got it, you're recruiting officers for the Navy.

You need a fourth for bridge?

Cheer up, it's stopped raining.

(DOORBELL BUZZING)

Are you ready for us?

I've got it! You want me to write my life story.

(MECHANICAL WHIRRING)

Please go in, Mr Templar.

Thank you.

I might've known.

Simon, how nice to see you. Iwish it were mutual.

Well, I must say your operators are improving.

Oh, you think so?

Oh, yes, Iwould never have guessed they were British Intelligence.

Oh, I'll tell them. They'll be so pleased,

especially coming from you.

Oh, and may I present Mr Simon Templar, Ms Fran Roeding.

Mr Templar.

Under any other circumstances, I'd be delighted, Ms Roeding.

Iwas on my way to Nassau.

I know, that's why I adopted such forceful methods.

Simon, this is just really important. It better be.

Perhaps you've heard of Ms Roeding's father Professor Ernst Roeding.

The scientist? Lasers, isn't it?

His work is of immense importance to Her Majesty's government.

Well? Well, he's... he's disappeared.

He went to Hamburg for the weekend on the 10th.

And this is now the 20th.

He just seems to have vanished into thin air.

Or possibly, forgive me, defected.

No, Iwon't believe that! It's a possibility.

You've heard nothing from him since he left?

He telephoned. And?

Well, he said he was fine.

He went over there to look for antiques.

You know those German Roemer We chatted for a moment,

and then he said something very strange.

He said, "Fran, and I mean a fortune."

"I think I'm on to a fortune, and I mean a fortune." Yes.

Did he explain? No, he was very mysterious.

Anyway, he said he'd be back on the 15th.

and they just didn't know where he was, they hadn't seen him.

Which hotel? The Neuezeiten.

And here's a photograph of Professor Roeding.

Simon, this is absolutely vital. Will you help?

May I ask you a question?

Mm-hm. How many operators do you have?

That's classified information.

All right then, why pick on me?

You have unique talents.

(SCOFFS) Iwon't dispute that.

What's the real reason?

At the moment, I have no other operator free.

Mm.

Simon, Iwant you to do this. Will you?

All right. Where do I start?

I suggest you try to retrace Professor Roeding's footsteps

on the night of the 15th, when he disappeared.

Anything else?

Yes, I have a bag on a plane bound for Nassau.

Well, you haven't actually. I had it offloaded onto the Hamburg plane,

which leaves with you on it in... 51 minutes. You better hurry.

Guten morgen.

My office called from London, If you will register, Mr Templar.

And your passport, thank you.

I believe a friend of mine is staying here -

Ernst Roeding.

Oh, Professor Roeding is away on a trip, sir.

Did he leave a forwarding address? No, sir, he didn't.

Well, it doesn't matter.

(SPEAKING GERMAN)

374.

Dankeschon. Sehr freudig. Bitte schon.

Ernst Roeding. Try to remember, here.

Ah, that one, the professor.

He was in room 712.

I'd like to take a look.

Thank you.

Thank you, and don't worry, I won't quote you.

Packing? You'll be needing these.

Herr Templar, What are you doing here?

Ah, it's a fair question. I might ask you the same.

The... Herr Professor, he telephoned.

Oh, from where? He did not say. Too bad.

Well, he asked me to pick up his things and erm...

somebody would call for his bag and pay the bill.

Meaning he is not coming back? No, he's definitely not. Good.

Then I'll have this room.

But you're in 374.

Not now. Out. Raus.

Herr Templar, I will have to call the manager.

Fine, when you're finished, I'll call the police.

Instead, you call the maid. Tell her to make up this room

and bring me a jug of ice water.

Auf wiedersehen.

(WHISTLES)

(PHONE RINGING)

Yeah?

Franz, a man named Templar broke into Roeding's room.

You stupid jerk, I told you to get rid of Roeding's clothes.

Iwas right, he is a British agent.

No, no, don't do anything. just shut up and wait.

Any problems? He wants medicine from the hotel.

What's all this about you wanting some medicine, professor?

My asthma pills, from my hotel.

You'll get 'em. Anything else? Tea? Coffee? A drink, maybe?

Iwant nothing... except to get out of here.

Well, now, I'm meeting someone in half an hour.

You're wasting your time.

You're a fool. You think so, huh?

I will not work for the Russians. Ever.

Who said anything about you working for them?

But...

(STAMMERS) ..I thought you were... That's got nothing to do with it.

I'm no recruiting sergeant.

All I'm doing is selling you to the highest bidder.

Now, the British will pay to get you back alive.

The Russians will pay to prevent that.

Well, so long, pal. It won't be long now.

I got your message. And?

Your price is too high.

For the world's greatest expert on lasers, my price is rock-bottom.

You're very...confident.

A British agent has arrived.

I don't believe it.

Why don't you check on it?

The Neuezeiten Hotel, the name is Templar, Simon Templar.

Have you contacted...

Have you contacted him? Not yet.

You delay it. How long?

24 hours. I must get approval of the price.

There's one problem. What's that? OK, 24 hours.

How do we know Roeding will work for us?

Oh, we can make a man confess, say this, admit that,

but we cannot make a scientist

do constructive work against his will.

Iwas always under the impression you guys could be most persuasive.

24 hours.

Hello? Suchet? Yeah. Suchet?

Templar.

Yes . Yes .

In approximately eight minutes.

Right.

Over and out.

The subject's name is Templar, Simon Templar.

Staying at Neuezeiten Hotel.

And thought to be a British agent.

He may be bidding against us in the Roeding affair. And my orders?

He is to be observed for a possible elimination.

well, like an inverted ice-cream cone.

Yeah, Roemer glasses.

That's it. Do you have any?

I am sorry, they are quite rare and expensive.

That's exactly why Iwant them.

But I'll be only glad to look around for you if you leave your name.

Templar. T-E-M-P-L-A-R. Templar.

Initials?

"S"_ "S"_

And where are you staying?

The Neuezeiten Hotel. Neuezeiten Hotel.

Well, if I find any, I'll let you know. Thank you.

Your first time in Hamburg?

Yes. Then please have this, with my compliments.

It may help you to find your way around our beautiful city.

Thank you, you're very kind. Oh, please, please, it's a pleasure.

Auf wiedersehen. Auf wiedersehen.

Eva?

Have you heard? Every word.

"Templar".

(CHUCKLES)

And "S" for sucker. (LAUGHS)

Lager.

Here, sir. Thank you.

Oh, bartender. Yes, sir.

Have you heard of Klaus Stortebeker? He is a guest?

No, a pirate.

Sir? Listen to this.

"Pirates controlled the River Elbe until 1402,

when Klaus Stortebeker, the greatest of them all, was beheaded.

What happened to his vast treasure is still a mystery.

He is said, however, to have left a map

of its whereabouts hidden in the stem of a pewter goblet..."

"On which he carved his initials suspended from a gallows".

"The goblet has never been found".

snap-

Iwonder if it's true.

Dreaming of buried treasure?

Doesn't everybody dream of getting something for nothing?

Well, may I offer you a drink?

(SCOFFS) Thank you.

A scotch and soda, please.

Mit ice? Yes, please.

Are you from Hamburg?

No, no, no, no. First time I'm here.

Enjoying it? (SCOFFS) No.

I am sorry.

Are you a...

Are you on your own?

Completely.

I, too.

What a coincidence.

(CHUCKLES) That's why I'm not enjoying myself.

It is embarrassing to say, but...

..I want someone to go out with.

Well, let me be the first to volunteer.

Only on one condition. Name it.

I don't want you to pay for everything.

That would give you the wrong idea.

And if I offer to pay, you'd be insulted. Mm, correct.

So would you agree to a Dutch treat?

Bitte. Thank you. Cheers.

To our evening out.

You agree?

Where do you want to go?

I have heard about a street in Hamburg

much wilder than anything in Greenwich Village or Montmartre.

The Reeperbahn? Yes.

Is it very bad?

You want me to chaperone you through the dens of iniquity?

Could you stand it? I'm terribly curious about it.

You know, a woman alone is terribly handicapped...

..if she's respectable.

Well, I shall treasure the implied compliment.

Report.

Yes . Yes .

What time?

Yes, hold on.

Alexi reporting from the Neuezeiten Hotel.

Kolben's girl has made contact with the British agent.

Ah.

Then he wasn't bluffing.

Well, there's no point in going to the Reeperbahn too early.

Suppose I call for you at 9:00?

It would be far more convenient to meet you here.

All right. Till 9:00, then.

Looking forward to seeing you.

Bartender? Yes, sir. The bill, please.

Six marks, bitte. Keep the change.

Thank you very much, sir.

Mr Templar. What are you doing here?

I couldn't just stay in London doing nothing, I had to come.

Come on, we can't talk here.

Does Major Carter know you're here? I don't think so.

Well, don't bet on it.

Have you found anything out yet? A little.

He didn't check out of the hotel. Well, then where is he?

I have no idea.

I do know he went to an antiques store owned by a johann Uhrmeister

where he was given a brochure of Hamburg.

I know, Iwent there, I got the same treatment.

Well, what does it mean? I haven't a clue.

What I'm trying to do is retrace your father's footsteps the night he disappeared.

As far as I can make out, he was picked up by a girl.

Father? A girl?

No, not romance, a confidence trick.

A confidence trick?

Yes, I'll know the details later.

I have a date with the same girl. When? Tonight.

I'm afraid you're going to have to stay in this room.

You don't answer the door or the telephone, understand?

Do you think I'm in danger?

Well, let's put it this way...

..you would have been safer to stay in London.

It would be lovely to be rich.

Drink champagne all the time, travel, buy beautiful clothes.

You're still dreaming about the pirate's treasure?

Why not? These things happen.

Not often.

No, I'm being silly.

For you, gnadiges Fraulein.

Thank you very much. How nice to see you again.

I'm afraid you're making a mistake.

Very clever. Thank you, sir.

Well, it's been a wonderful evening. You've been more than kind,

and I'll never forget it. Oh, I've enjoyed it, too.

Simon! Simon, look.

What at? The goblet.

The goblet from the brochure. It couldn't be.

But it is!

Let's read it again.

Come on, you read it.

Mm, where was it? All right. "Klaus Stortebeker... beheaded..."

"What happened to his vast treasure is still a mystery.

He is said to have hidden a map of its whereabouts

in the stem of a pewter goblet,

on which he carved his initials suspended from a gallows".

Mm.

"But the goblet has never been found".

But why? I mean, why hasn't someone else seen it and bought it...

and bought it before this?

Or why hasn't the pawnbroker recognised it?

Maybe he's never heard the story.

Mm. Not very likely.

Why should a side-street pawnbroker know everything?

You do have a point.

Why should anybody know?

If we hadn't read it, we wouldn't know.

(KNOCKING)

Good evening.

Oh, this goblet in the window, how much is it?

Which one, Fraulein?

How much? Ah, this one, this is very old.

15th century.

How much?

300 marks. I'll take it.

I'm sorry if we awakened you.

Oh, it's business.

Don't bother to wrap it. Thank you.

Gute nacht. Gute nacht.

Open it.

What, you mean break it? Why not?

Well, you just paid 300 marks for it.

I didn't buy it for an ornament. Break it.

(GASPS) It's written in Old German...

more than 500 years ago.

Can you read it? Uh-huh.

In modern German, this would be...

"This is the platz..." This place?

"..wo ich meinen schatz vergrabe."

"..where I hid my treasure".

Well, what do you make of the map?

Oh, I'll look at it later.

What do you mean later? You've seen enough.

Are you frightened I might take off with your share?

My share is all of it. Why should you have any?

For breaking open the goblet? (SCOFFS) I paid for it.

But I thought the evening was supposed to be 50-50.

Funfzig-funfzig.

For foods and drinks, yes.

You would have walked right past and never seen it

if it wasn't for me.

My dear girl, be my guest.

Thank you for taking me out.

Thank you...for taking me. Mm.

Are you free? ja.

Neuezeiten Hotel.

(SPEAKS GERMAN) (SPEAKS GERMAN)

just keep going, don't stop.

(GASP5)

Ach, Fraulein...

Oh, it's all right, you startled me.

Aber ist doch 712...

Surely this is the room of Herr Templar, isn't it?

Erm...yes, it is. I'm a friend of his.

Oh...

No, really, I am, it's all right.

It's nothing to do with me, Fraulein, nothing at all.

Herr Helmut, there's a young lady in Mr Templar's room, number 712.

(KNOCKING)

Who is it? The management.

This is most irregular, gnadiges Fraulein.

Where's Mr Templar? Out.

I can see that, but where? I've no idea.

I must ask you, Fraulein, for identification.

Look, I'm a friend of Mr Templar's.

Ms Frances G Roeding.

(PHONE RINGING)

Hello? Franz? Yes.

I've got Roeding's daughter.

Argh!

Come on.

Who are you? What do you want?

Where are you taking me?

You came to Hamburg to find your old man, didn't you?

Well, I'm doing you a favour.

(GROANS) Don't be stupid, Ms Roeding.

Well, go on, say hello to your daddy.

How did they get you?

I've been frantic with worry, I came to look for you.

Father, what's happened? What are you doing here?

Who are these people?

I've been a greedy, dishonest fool.

What do you mean?

Pirate's treasure. What?

Iwas looking for antiques.

Iwent in to a shop, Uhrmeister's, Engestrasse 23.

Iwas given a travel brochure...

about Hamburg.

Stupidly, I assumed that anything printed in the guidebook must be true.

At any rate, there was an item in it about treasure...

..pirate's treasure.

Eva. Hello, darling.

You aren't glad to see me.

Well, it's...just late, that's all.

I know, I've been working.

Frankie, this one is terribly rich.

A wad of money like... No.

What?

just lay off, huh? For a few days anyway.

But he's a tourist. In a few days, he'll be gone.

Well, let him go. But we need the money.

You said the professor had no money. I said no!

Isaid no! N-O. Can't you understand English?

Why do you shout at me? What's going on?

I'm sorry. Nothing, nothing at all.

Come on, baby, don't be like that.

You can trust old Frankie.

(FOOTSTEPS APROACHING)

I make you some coffee.

Where do you think you're going?

Get her back downstairs. Ow!

Who is that girl?

Don't get excited, baby. Who is she?

What are you doing to her? Take it easy, will you?

Her name is Roeding.

Now, look... Roeding?

The professor's daughter?

Yeah, now will you... Why is she here?

You told me the professor has gone. Well, he hasn't.

You mean...

..you have him downstairs, too?

Frankie, what for?

Look, Eva, this deal means a lot of money.

I'll cut you in for 5,000 bucks.

Right now, Iwant you to go home and relax.

But I... At least for the time being.

I mean, who is he anyway? His name is Templar.

Templar? What's wrong?

Oh, you stupid...

You think you've been playing him for a sucker, do you?

That guy's a British agent after Roeding.

Did you talk about the map?

No. And he has no idea where this house is?

No, none. Keep your mouth shut, Eva.

Iwill, I swear it.

Templar tries to get to you, you run, understand?

You get out of town. Yes.

You louse this up for me, baby, and you'll wish you were never born.

Now beat it.

Erich!

Erich!

Eva's just left. Follow her.

If she meets a man called Templar, stop them both...

..permanently.

Ah.

And this seems genuine enough.

Ifigured you'd be interested.

Oh, very interested.

Mr Kolben, your talents are wasted on petty crime.

So, we have a deal then, huh?

50,000 US dollars for Roeding and the girl.

Right.

Where do you want them delivered? Ah.

Before I tell you that...

..there's one flaw. And what's that?

This girl of yours - Eva.

Ex-girl, but what about her?

She spent the entire evening with the British agent.

You think that's news?

You knew it? Sure.

You mean your usual confidence trick?

That's right.

A British agent fell for this pirate lunacy?

Comrade, they all fall.

People all over the world go crazy when they smell an easy buck.

They won't bother anybody, you take my word for it.

(GASPS) Guten Abend, Fraulein.

Surprised to see me?

Oh, I'm not quibbling, I enjoyed every minute of it.

It's just that I have an irresistible urge to talk to you.

They er...say you're a British agent.

Who says? Eva, is that you?

Yes. Oh, I'm sorry.

What's the matter? Confused?

Well, I... Yes, I can see that you are.

So, I'll skip the preliminaries

about how this sweet, innocent child picked me up,

leading us to find old Klaus Stortebeker's goblet.

And lo and behold, in the stem there was a map.

What do you use to age the maps, darling?

Tea?

I admit it, Iwas going to swindle you. Eva.

And then tomorrow morning, you would have turned up at my hotel

filled with abject apologies.

Yes .

Saying you'd found the treasure but you'd need money to dig it up.

It's absolutely classic.

And you pulled the same stroke on Professor Roeding.

Yes. But that is all.

We had nothing to do with holding him prisoner.

That is true. Iwould never hurt anybody.

Mm. Never!

So somebody else figures that the professor is more valuable in captivity.

(GLASS SHATTERS)

Keep down.

You'd better call the doctor. No, no, wait.

Now, Eva, you see...

..this is the type of people we're mixed up with.

Fake goblets and treasures, well...

..it is bad, but...

..at the worst, it's dishonest.

It cheats the greedy people who want something for nothing.

But surely you can see the difference

between this and dealing with the Russians...

..for the life of a famous man. He's right.

The professor is in a house, Stephanstrasse 7.

Right off St Pauli Haufenstrasse.

He's there now? Yes.

And his daughter? She's with him.

And you, you're my child, you stay with me.

Oh, be quiet, father. (COUGHS)

Now, where are they?

(GRUNT5)

Where are they?

Where are they? Arbeitshafen.

Where in Arbeitshafen? Pier 54, the warehouse.

They're late.

Are you criticising my arrangements, captain?

I'm only saying that my ship sails in 22 minutes.

Your ship sails when I tell it to.

Let's keep our relative positions straight.

Suppose the British will outbid us?

The British are no longer part of the negotiations...

..and Kolben will be here.

You're very confident, comrade. I know my man.

Kolben is completely a creature of greed.

Money is the key to his whole life.

(CAR APPROACHING)

You see?

All right, you two, out.

And no tricks.

Why are you so depressed, Professor Roeding?

You're worth a great deal of money. Where is it?

just a minute. I'll count it, if you don't mind.

Oh, really, Mr Kolben, do you think...

Look, I don't trust anybody, not even myself.

Psst, komm her.

Satisfied?

They're all yours, comrade.

Well, you sail on time, captain.

(SPEAKS GERMAN)

Come.

I suggest you do exactly what you are told.

Run.

Round the back.

(SCREAMS)

Thank you, Mr Templar, my daughter has told me everything.

Think nothing of it, I do it all the time.

The Neuezeiten Hotel.

Thank you, Eva, for calling the police.

I couldn't have done anything else.

How is your father? Oh, he'll be all right.

I'm glad. So am I...

..and more that you speak to me.

(SCOFFS) Why shouldn't I?

After all, you introduced me to Klaus Stortebeker and he turned out to be a very helpful pirate.

I'll give you a lift in my new car. Oh, is this yours?

The villains won't be needing it any more.

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