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Here they come.

Is that the lot?

No, there's still two more.

- Including the manager? - No, two more besides him.

- You coming, Rose? - No. He wants me to work late.

What, on Easter Saturday? That's a bit much, isn't it?

I know. If I miss the 12:30, there isn't another train for three hours.

Of course. You're off to the coast, aren't you?

Trust that old square to ruin somebody else's weekend.

He's not so bad. I don't suppose he wants to work late either.

Don't be so sure. He'd never go home

if he didn't have to have his acid topped up.

At least he isn't afraid of work, not like some people I could mention.

Hello. Are you falling for his fatal fascination?

Musgrove?

Oh, no.

Yes, sir?

If you go to my car, Musgrove,

you'll find a box of cigarettes in the glove compartment.

Would you mind fetching them for me, please?

- Certainly, sir. - Thank you very much.

What's he doing with the manager's car?

Looks like he's getting something.

What the hell's going on in there?

Oh, thank you, Musgrove. Just put them there, will you?

Thank you.

Give me the gun, will you?

Creighton? Oh, Spencer here.

Oh, good morning. Yes. Hold on one moment.

- Mr Spencer for you. - Oh, yes.

Hello.

I'm afraid I'm going to be working a little late,

so I'll go straight round to the club and get a spot of lunch there.

Don't worry. I shall be finished in plenty of time.

Yes, well, why don't I pick you up at the bank around 1:30?

Yeah, and we can all have lunch together.

I'll drive you back and you can pick up your car after the game.

No, no, no. It's on my way.

Right. Well, just ring the bell. 1:30, then.

Miss Taylor?

Where's that blasted girl?

- You sure she went in this morning? - 'Course I'm sure.

"At the close of business today, your account was in debit

to the amount of 48 pounds, 13 and 9 pence."

Paragraph.

"I shall be grateful if you will take immediate steps to rectify this position.

Yours sincerely."

- I think that's the lot, isn't it? - Yes, Mr Spencer.

Good.

Well, then, while you're finishing those off,

I'll just check through the Johnson account.

Well, we'll have to go ahead.

What? What, with the two of them in there?

In ten minutes the bank manager leaves with the keys

and if he does, we've had it. Here we go.

See who it is before you open the door, Miss Taylor.

It's the postman.

Miss Taylor!

Miss Taylor!

Come on.

There's another key, isn't there? Where is it?

Where's the other key?

All right.

Tell him, Miss Taylor!

- In my bag, upstairs. - Go and get it.

- Whereabouts? - On my desk.

Tie 'em up.

- No, not the new stuff. - Well, why not?

Come on.

Piece of cake.

Give me the tape.

- Right, old man. - Ah, come on.

That's all right. You're gonna be perfectly all right, mate.

There you are.

I'll have it.

I'll tell you all about it. It's a marvellous thing.

I don't know where you get your money from, I'm sure.

You two aren't half gonna have a very quiet weekend.

It's all on the never-never, girl.

You and your never-never!

Here, what's that?

- Where's the gun? - In my pocket.

- What did this man say, then? - Well, he said, "Can we have your help?

I represent a Portuguese firm

who are manufacturing a new type of hairdryer.

We are making a survey of the housewives of this area

to find out if there is a market for this type of machine."

It's the cleaners.

The cleaners? What are they doing here? They're not due until Tuesday.

Well, they're here now, at the end of the passage by the back door.

- Come on, let's bring them. - Now, wait.

We can't leave these two here. They'd find them in two minutes.

- What do we do? Go for the charwomen? - Are you mad?

And then he asked if one of his men could bring one round to show me,

so I could tell him what I thought about it.

What are we gonna do, then?

Well, what do you suggest? Lock 'em in the safe?

- Yeah. - Yeah, what's wrong with that?

No one can look in there while we've got the keys.

You can't leave them there until Tuesday.

Look, we'll worry about that later on, lads.

Look, we've gotta get out of here, Griff.

All right, come on.

Go on.

I know. Shut up.

It's only five bob a week for nine months,

and you get full guarantee and free service.

I agree with Norman. You need your brains tested.

You're a fine one to talk. What about that bicycle you bought last year?

- What about it? - Well, you can't ride a bicycle.

- I can learn, can't I? - Yeah, but you've had it six months.

- Well... - Oh, this muck.

Them there commercials give me the creeps.

- It's awful, always the same. - We don't look at the commercials.

My old man picks up a bit of wire with a thing at the end of it.

You press a button and it switches them all off.

All right, then.

Now, I'll do yours.

Can't you turn back?

All right.

Now, if we can get back to back...

...you could try and undo my hands.

Can you manage it?

That's it. That's it. Good girl.

Good. Good girl.

- I can't do it. - Please go on trying.

Please go on trying, Miss Taylor.

We must attract the cleaners' attention before they go.

- I can't do it. - Please go on trying.

I... I can't do it.

- Stop that. - I... I can't.

Pull yourself together!

Miss Taylor...

Miss Taylor, if you can just undo these knots, I can...

bang the door and try and attract the cleaners' attention.

We shall miss the crowds, not coming back till Tuesday afternoon.

That's why I asked old stick-in-the-mud if we could work this afternoon,

so that I could have Tuesday morning off.

- Oh, it was your idea, was it? - Well, I didn't think you'd mind.

Well, I must say, I would like to have been asked...

Well, you can buzz off now, dear, if you like. I don't mind staying.

- I'm sorry, I can't. - All right, leave it.

Leave it, Miss Taylor. Leave it.

I'm going to try and get to that filing cabinet.

- What time's your train? - Not going by train.

Ooh, the roads will be crowded. We're going by train.

Wouldn't catch me on a train a bank holiday. It's murder.

If you're sitting in a car, at least you're sitting down if there's a holdup.

You're in a station, you've gotta stand in a queue.

Ooh, look! Somebody's left their bag.

- What? - Here, I wonder whose it is.

There's nobody in the offices. Do you think someone's still here?

- Have a look in the toilet. - Yeah.

Anyone there?

No, there's no one here.

Now, I'm... going to try and...

prise the... knot open.

Let... Can you let your hand forward?

That... That's it. That's it.

- We've finished, haven't we? - What about the dungeon?

Oh, yes, I suppose we'd better.

- Come on. - OK.

Looks all right to me.

Don't let's mess about here.

No. I'll just give the brass a rub.

Here, I wouldn't mind being stuck in there with a sack for a couple of hours, eh?

Oh, suit me lovely.

- Come on, let's buzz off. - Yeah.

Here, what about that bag?

Do you think we should do anything about it?

No. Put it back where you found it.

If it isn't safe in a bank, where is it safe?

Yeah.

Oh... Oh.

What a bit of luck. They haven't broken.

Here, wait a minute.

No, stop it. Listen.

What?

That noise. What is it?

- I can't hear no noise. - Well, wait a minute. Listen.

- What, that knocking? - Yeah. What is it?

Oh, that's only the bloke next door in the bike shop.

- He's always hammering. - Oh, him.

Come on.

They must have gone.

Perhaps they can't hear.

Still, I cannot bang any louder.

- So, why can't we leave 'em? - Because the vault's airtight.

- So what? - Oh, don't be a fool. They'll suffocate.

I'm worried.

Look, do you wanna get mixed up in a murder?

- That's what it will be, you know. - Leave him be, Griff.

The boy's all right.

Look, we can't leave 'em in there and that's for sure.

Well, how long do you think they'll last?

I don't know.

- Certainly not until Tuesday. - Let's phone the police.

They'll let 'em out. We've left no evidence.

How can we do that? They'd have this area surrounded in five minutes.

Look, we'd get nabbed with all the stuff on us.

- Let's phone on the way home. - What difference does that make?

- They'd still trace the call. - All right, genius.

You tell us. What do we do?

There's only one way.

We split up. The money goes one way and the keys go the other.

What keys?

These. They've gotta have 'em, haven't they, to get 'em out?

Oh, great. I'll run 'em round to the police station.

No. We leave 'em in the telephone box.

Alec, Len and me, we take the van and we go home with the money.

You, Alec, you go that way to the nearest town with a station.

Phone the police. Tell 'em what's happened.

Say they'll find the keys in the telephone box.

Marvellous. How do I get there? Walk?

The manager's car. We've got his keys, haven't we?

Haven't we, huh? Yeah?

So, look, as soon as you finish the call,

dump the car, get into a train and come back home.

Well, it's foolproof, innit? That's it.

- Well, it sounds all right, Alec. - Yeah?

But, look, what about you driving the car

and me and Alec taking the money?

Well, the police took my licence away from me, didn't they?

What do you want me to do? Break the law or something?

Come on, then. What are we waiting for?

At least keep it clean. I'm sorry.

Mr Spencer, what are we going to do?

Hm?

- I mean, this room is airtight. - Oh, no, no, no.

You don't have to worry about that.

You see, even if the cleaners didn't hear us,

a couple of my friends are due to pick me up any minute.

They're bound to do something when they find the bank empty and my car outside.

Take it easy, now. Look, we're not breaking any records.

I know, but I wanna be well clear of this place when Alec phones the law.

Yeah, yeah. Well, we don't wanna smash all this lot up, do we, now?

There's nobody in there and his car seems to have gone.

Well, he must have gone ahead.

Looks like it. What's the time?

- Uh, 25 to. - Well, that's it.

You know what he's like for punctuality. He must have gone on.

Well, let's meet him there.

I'm sure we'll hear soon.

Either my friends or the cleaners must have informed the police by now.

How will we know?

They'll bang on the door or something, I suppose.

- The cleaners didn't. - Give them time, Miss Taylor.

Give them time.

And besides, there's your family. They'll be wondering where you are.

- Oh, no, I'm afraid not. - Why not?

I was going away for the weekend straight from the office.

- Were you travelling with friends? - No, I was going alone.

Oh, dear.

I planned to catch the 12:30.

You should have told me.

- I'd have let you off earlier. - Thank you.

I'll be glad when we get this little lot tucked away.

How much do you reckon there is?

Thirty thousand quid.

'Course, there could have been a lot more if we'd have taken the new stuff.

We'd get lumbered the first time we tried to pass it.

Yeah, well, there's plenty more where this came from.

Well, it's as easy to knock off 30,000 as it is a...

well, a couple of bob.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

We nearly got caught.

Yeah, well, you and Alec slipped up badly over those two charwomen.

- We'll have to be more careful next time. - Next time? Ain't gonna be no next time.

We agreed one job and then we quit.

But we didn't know how easy this job was gonna be.

Easy? We had that bank watched for weeks.

Everything was planned and then look what happened.

The charladies came at a different time.

You can thank your lucky stars

I used my loaf and locked those two up in the safe.

Mr Spencer, supposing no one does come?

Someone will come.

Supposing they don't? How long will the air last in here?

- Oh, no, really, Miss Taylor... - How long, Mr Spencer?

I don't know. I don't know how much air one uses.

I do. 7.6 litres of air per person per minute.

How on earth do you know that?

Oh. Last holidays I joined an underwater club.

I took diving lessons. It was in Corsica.

We had lectures on air consumption.

Incredible.

Yes, but litres.

How do you convert litres into cubic feet?

- I remember that too. - You do? Good gracious.

Unfortunately, I haven't got a foot rule on me.

- We could make one. - With what?

Um...

Foolscap.

- Would that be accurate enough? - It's regulation size, 13 by 8.

Is that so? Well, then... we'll make our own tape measure.

Look, if I divide it like that, there's two inches.

Yes.

Do you think they've got anything to go on?

No. Well, what can they go on?

The van? We're breaking it up tonight.

What's our business? Breaking up cars.

What about the uniform?

Supposing they start checking postmen's uniforms?

Yeah, well, then...

gotta go round all the surplus stores, all the costume shops.

How do they know that my old man, God rest his soul, was a postman?

And there's no one to narc on us.

Yeah, that's another advantage we got.

- Not known in the underworld. - Just you, me and Alec.

Perfect crime, you know.

Well, practically not a crime at all, really.

Banks have been robbing the poor for years.

Practically Robin Hoods.

Twelve eight.

Uh...

Yes, that's the lot. Have you got the total?

Just a minute.

You never told me about your holiday in Corsica, Miss Taylor.

Sounds wonderful.

It was.

You never asked me about it.

What you really mean is that I...

never encourage that sort of conversation.

Well, you don't, do you?

No, I suppose I don't.

Well, near enough I make that 720 minutes.

That's 12 hours.

Well, somebody must realise by then.

Oh, before then.

What are you thinking of doing?

Well, a safe is made to prevent people breaking in from the outside,

not the other way round.

If I can get at these screws,

I might be able to take that back plate off.

You're going to try and get at the lock from the inside?

Yes, that's the idea.

Now, look, you... you sit down quietly.

We don't both want to exert ourselves and use up extra air.

Just sit down and rest. Thank you very much.

I'm going to try and snap off the top of these scissors

and use them as a screwdriver if I... can.

I'll use this.

- Well, that's not his car. - No.

Well, what shall we do? It's getting late.

Yeah. Well, might as well kick off, I suppose.

Something must have delayed him and held him up.

It's unlike him not to let us know.

Do you think it's worthwhile ringing the bank again?

His car wasn't there. No use doing that.

What shall we do? Make a threesome of it?

Yeah, might as well.

Well, you old rogue, you still gonna stick to 13?

- Sure am. Can't seem to improve. - I know.

Well, you kick off, then.

Old Spencer better have a damn good excuse for not turning up.

Why don't you stop for a while, have a rest?

If only I had a...

Yes, I think I will.

Quarter to three.

That's two hours.

God, it seems like days.

Oh, we must be patient.

Yeah.

At least they were together, you see.

She said to him, "Three times, but don't you tell my husband."

I wonder how those two are getting on.

What do you mean? Well, they're out by now.

- You think so? - Yeah.

Alec must have phoned about an hour ago.

Now, those coppers, they don't hang about, you know.

You know, she didn't half struggle going down those stairs, Griff.

I wouldn't mind being locked up with her for a couple of hours.

A lot of good that would do you, mate. With your hands and feet tied?

Oh, wouldn't take 'em long to get out of those.

Let's face it, we didn't have time to do a good job on 'em.

You know, I reckon...

- I reckon we've done 'em a favour. - Well, how's that?

Well, now, look, where do people like that get anything to talk about?

They're gonna be talking about this for about five years.

- Look, let's start spitting the money. - No, wait. Wait until Alec comes.

Let's look at it for a bit.

Capitalists, that's what we are, mate. Capitalists.

Do you know how long it would take us to save this type of money?

- You know, with what we earn. - Yeah, too long.

- You got a fag? - In my jacket.

We'll split this three ways. That'll give us about 10,000 quid each.

Then we do as we planned.

We stash it away for, you know,

maybe two, three years until it all quietens down.

And then, buy a showroom.

An agen... maybe two agencies even. You know something?

With capital behind us, that puts us in a very different position.

Yeah, well, um, I've just been thinking. I've had a better idea.

Instead of splitting it three ways, why don't we split it two ways?

- What are you talking about? - Well, me and Alec, and...

And you get yours like this.

Ow! That hurts.

Yes, very funny.

You know, you ought to be on television.

Yeah, well, I've thought that, actually. I mean, I've got the face for it really.

I mean, watch this.

♪ Da, da, da, da! ♪

Bang, bang!

♪ Da, da, da, da! ♪

Bang, bang!

Yeah, yeah, very funny.

Isn't it marvellous? I mean, what kids can buy today.

Can you wonder there's so much juvenile crime?

What's that?

Mm? Oh, that's Alec.

Look, just let him walk in and see it. Don't tell him.

Good afternoon, sir. Is this Mr Alec Warren's flat?

Yes.

Can we come in?

He's not here at the moment.

- Anything wrong? - Are you related to him, sir?

No. No. But his brother's here.

I wonder if we might see him.

Yeah. Will you wait a second?

- Who is it? - It's the police.

- They wanna speak to you about Alec. - What about?

It's nothing to do with this. Pull yourself together. It's all right.

Good afternoon, sir.

The gentleman says you're a relative of Mr Alec Warren.

Um, yes, that's right. He's, uh... He's my brother.

Uh, I'm Len Warren. We're in business together, Alec and me.

Um... Oh, this is Mr Griffiths. He's a business partner of ours.

You probably know our yard, Griffiths and Warrens.

It's down the road, round the corner, by the zebra crossing.

I'm afraid I have some bad news.

Your brother, Mr Warren, has been involved in a car accident.

Well, is he... is he badly hurt?

I'm afraid he's dead.

Al...

Al... Alec's dead?

Well, there... Well, there must be some mistake.

Are...?

- Are you sure it's Alec? - I'm afraid so.

Letters, his driving licence.

Where?

Near Stanford, on a bend. That stretch coming from Tedham.

- Was he...? - Instantaneous.

I'm sorry to have to ask these questions, but I'm sure you'll understand.

Are there any other relatives?

No, um... It's only Len.

There's the question of formal identification.

Your brother's at Stanford mortuary.

We'll arrange transport for you, of course.

Yeah, um...

I'll see to all that.

- Sorry we had to bring this news. - Yeah.

I haven't been able to budge one of them.

I was a fool ever to have started with this damn useless thing.

All I've done is to use up some precious air.

Why don't you loosen your collar?

Yeah.

What now? Have I made another joke?

No, but you always managed to look so neat and cool,

even in the middle of a heatwave.

Now...

Now I look almost human.

- No, I wasn't going to say that. - Well, that's what you meant, though.

- If you think so, Mr Spencer. - I do see your point, Miss Taylor.

You know what this means?

The sergeant said he was coming from Tedham...

...to Stanford.

He was travelling north.

He couldn't have phoned the police before he...

We're the only ones who know they're in there now.

So?

Well, we're the only ones who know they're there.

Let 'em stay there.

They'll die. They'll suffocate in no time in there.

Well, that's... that's too bad.

If it hadn't have been for those two, none of this would have happened.

- Alec'd still be alive now. - It's not their fault.

No? Well, it's too bad for them.

It'll be too bad for us if they die, Len.

Then we've murdered them.

We've gotta get 'em out.

There's no "we" about it, Griff.

I'm not lending a finger to help 'em.

The keys. They're at the mortuary at Stanford.

- We've gotta go and get 'em. - You gone soft or something?

We gotta get those keys.

You, you're the only one who can do it.

Me? Me? Why me all the time?

If you're so keen to save 'em, you get the flaming keys.

You're his brother, aren't you? His only relative.

You're entitled to them.

Look, you've gotta go to the mortuary sometime, haven't you?

Well, look, I can't go along and ask for them.

So Why should I risk my neck?

Risk? Can't you see that's just what you are risking?

Because if we don't get 'em out, it'll be murder.

They're not getting out, then. They won't be found till Tuesday.

That gives me two days to get away.

You pull yourself together now.

Can't you see? If you scarper, they're gonna wonder why.

They'll find those keys, and on Tuesday they're gonna find the bank.

It'll take 'em two seconds to put two and two together.

Now, don't you see?

We've gotta get those keys back before they find out who they belong to.

It's all your fault. The whole thing was your idea in the first place.

Whose idea was it to throw 'em in the safe?

You agreed pretty quick.

That's why I'm gonna do something about it.

Well, you're on your own, then.

Now, look, I'm not gonna tell you again.

Your brother's dead, right? I'm not gonna let two others die with him.

Len, so help me,

to get those two out I'll blow the whole gaff on the robbery.

Does your head ache?

No, not really.

Just a bit muzzy.

Surely we should have heard something by now.

I'm afraid we must face the fact that the cleaners went away

without realising anything.

There's still your friends.

And the possibility that the thieves may be caught.

But your friends. It's over two hours.

Well, when they find I'm not at the club, they're bound to start making inquiries.

But all this will take time.

- An hour or two perhaps. - Perhaps.

That's all it is, isn't it, Mr Spencer? Perhaps.

Perhaps they won't make inquiries.

Perhaps nobody's doing anything about anything.

Meanwhile we just sit here and wait.

The air in here will last until midnight, probably even longer.

- And by that time... - By that time it won't matter.

Look, Miss Taylor,

I... I've been trying to analyse the construction of this room.

- Trying to find a weakness. - Weakness? In a strongroom?

Well, come over here and have a look.

Come on, sit down.

Now, this is the basement. Here's the strongroom.

- Here... - Are the washrooms.

Exactly. Now, the wash basins are there.

Now, those basins will have a common waste pipe

which must run through there

into the sewer under the manhole in the street.

- Do you see? - Yeah.

Right under this floor.

Now, if I can get through this concrete and get at that pipe,

we'll get some air.

I mean, it won't be very pleasant air, but air.

Can we break through the concrete?

Well, if we can find something heavy enough to give us a start.

A good bash at this, for instance. Now, what?

- Can you use this? - No, no, no. It's far too light.

What about that cheque perforator thing we keep down here?

Where's that?

Oh. You mean this one?

That's it. There we are.

- Oh, careful. The pin's come out. - Oh, that's all right.

Now, it'll be a bit clumsy to use like that.

Yes, that will be just right.

See? Now let's get the table out of the way.

Len... Don't forget the keys.

Uh...

My... My brother...

- The... The stuff he had on him. - Mm. It's all here.

Everything listed and in order.

- Well, I'd like to have them. - Of course.

As soon as I get the OK from the police.

What's that?

As soon as I get the OK from the police.

- Why? Why do you need that? - Well, it's the regulations.

Oh, yeah, well, this is his only relative.

- This is... This is his brother. - Ah, yes, so you say.

Oh, course, personally I believe you, but I've got my instructions.

I can't dispose of any of these things

until I get authority from the coroner's court.

But, look, I'm his brother. I'm entitled to this.

- That's as maybe. - What do you mean by that?

Well, did the departed leave a will?

A will? I don't know. Why should he?

Oh, well, there you are, you see.

Now, supposing he'd left everything to somebody else in a will,

they'd come along and ask me for all this stuff

and then where would I be if I'd given it all to you?

Yeah, but... Look, that... that's ridiculous.

Look, I want this stuff.

- I've gotta have it! - Eh?

Now... Now, my brother and I were in business together.

Now, I... I... I need these things.

Now, look, I don't want all of them. I just want the keys.

We can't get into the yard for work on Tuesday morning if I don't have these.

Now, I'll take these...

and you take this.

Oh, bribery, eh? I'm a civil servant, I'd have you know.

You can't get round me like that.

If it wasn't for your distressing circumstances, I'd report you for that.

No, I'm sorry.

I'm unable to dispose of any of the deceased's effects

until I get the proper authority.

Now, look, don't give me trouble. You've got a choice.

You either give me these keys or I take 'em!

- Now, what's it gonna be? - Um, no, you don't.

- Why, you... - Now, Len...

- Listen, we've gotta... - Take it easy. Let it go. It's all right.

- Well, I'm... - It's all right.

- Going for me like that. - I'm sorry. I'm very sorry about that.

- But, you know, it's his brother. - I know. That's all very well...

Look, uh...

He didn't mean no harm, like... You buy yourself a drink, all right?

- Oh. - I'm very sorry about all that.

Yeah.

Operator? Give me the police.

You made a fine mess of that one, didn't you?

Well, if you're so smart, why didn't you do the talking?

Anyway, that's me finished. I'm through.

I'm not letting them die.

Look, I don't care what you're doing. I'm taking my share and getting out.

Now, listen. I've just about had all the whining I can take from you.

I'm getting them out and you're gonna help me.

Look, we can't get them out, Griff. We can't get the keys.

We've still got the cutting gear.

You mean... You mean burn that door down?

No.

Look, all we've gotta do is burn a little hole in.

Then we put a tube with oxygen through.

I'm not going back there and taking a chance like that.

You wanna take a chance we might get topped?

We can do it, Len.

We've gotta do it.

- It's the dust. - I'm so sorry.

You can't help it.

Let me have another go.

All right. Take it easy this time.

Yeah.

Oh, God.

Miss Taylor, all the time we're digging here,

we're using up air at a far greater rate than I originally allowed for.

Probably twice as fast.

You mean the air won't last as long as we thought?

How long?

Three more hours.

If we stop digging now, it could last for six.

Not much of a choice, is it?

Supposing you didn't have me to think about,

I mean, if you were here alone, what would you do?

Go on digging?

I'd go on digging.

Charlie?

- Oh, hello, Sergeant. - Hello.

- Yes? - Well, what do you mean, yes?

- You phoned me. - Oh, yes.

It was about those two chaps that come here this afternoon.

Which two chaps?

Well, one of them was the brother of a man

who was killed in a car accident this afternoon.

His name was Alec Warren.

The dead one, I mean, not the brother.

- Mm-hm. Well, who was the other chap? - Oh, I don't know.

He was just a friend. I didn't get his name.

Well, go on. What happened?

Well, the brother identified the deceased.

Then he came in here with his friend and asked for the deceased's effects.

Well, of course, I told him he couldn't have 'em.

- Why not? - Well, it's against the regulations.

You ought to know that. Well, when I told him that, he went mad.

He started shouting and screaming

and said he'd got to have his brother's things.

And when I refused to go against the regulations,

he tried to bribe me.

Then he threatened me.

He said that if I didn't hand the things over, he'd kill me.

- And did he? - Uh, no.

- Look, I get all... - Well, where is the stuff?

- Let's have a look at it, shall we? - Yes, all right.

I get people carrying on alarming after they've seen their relations in there.

- Nothing like this chap. Here we are. - Right. Now, then...

It was the keys he was so anxious to get hold of.

- Keys, eh? - Yeah.

I'm sure it must be here.

I don't see there's anything unreasonable in the man's brother wanting the keys.

You say they were in business together, Sergeant?

I think he's entitled to have them.

Yes, sir, but... these are not just ordinary keys.

I mean, that one, it looks to me like the key of a safe.

So he's got a safe.

That's a pretty big safe takes a key like that, sir.

Do you think a small-time car breaker would be likely to have one?

- What do you want to do, then? - The maker's name's stamped on, sir.

Tilston. There's a number as well. The Tilston factory's not far from here.

I could go and check.

Do you think you'll find anyone at this time, on a bank holiday?

Well, I should think there'd be a night service, sir.

- Try if you like. - Yes, sir.

OK, come on. Come on.

OK.

- Where's the hammer? - It's on the stand behind the bottle.

Take these, will you?

This is the full one, innit?

Yeah, it's the fresh one I put on last night.

Look, Griff, do me a favour. What is the point of going back there?

The police might be waiting. They might have traced the car.

- They might be dead already. - Now, listen here, you.

You're going with me. You understand that?

Now, look. As soon as we get that oxygen in there, they'll be all right.

And then we can get out of the country.

- Where's the settling bottle? - It's over there.

Go and get the regulator off, will you?

- There's not much gas left in this one. - There's another one over there.

- This one's empty. - Well, get another one, then.

Where's the new stuff?

Oh, blimey. They phoned up and said they couldn't deliver it until Tuesday.

Oh, well, that's marvellous. Have we got enough in this one?

Well, how do I know? I've never cut a safe door before.

That's all we've got and we can't get any more, so get on with it.

Will you give us a hand with this?

I've got it. I've got the pipe. I've got the pipe.

There. There. Do you see?

- I knew we could do it. - Here. You see?

- See if you can break through. - I don't know.

Oh, what a bit of luck. It's lead.

It's the wrong pipe!

- No! - You've hit the wrong pipe!

Take the hand away. Take the hand away.

Oh, no!

Be quiet. Be quiet.

Oh, no!

Be quiet now. Be quiet.

- Oh, no! We're going to die. - Quiet. I've stopped it.

No, no, I've stopped it. I've stopped it.

- It's all right. It's all right. - We're going to die.

I've stopped it. I plugged it up. I plugged it up.

Don't give in.

Don't give in.

Uh, yes, sir?

Is there any emergency night service or someone on duty?

No, sir, there's only me and the firemen. We're all shut down till Tuesday.

What's the matter? Have you locked yourself out?

No, no, I'm a police officer. CID.

Oh. Uh, what's up?

Well, could we go inside?

- Yes, certainly. - Thank you.

I'm trying to trace the origin of some keys.

Some of yours.

Where'd you get them?

Off a chap who was killed in a car smash.

I'm wondering whether it's possible to trace them by means of the number.

- There's a number stamped on 'em. - I doubt it.

If there was, the records would be in the head office up in London.

There won't be anybody there over the weekend.

I can tell you what sort of keys they are, though.

Oh?

I used to work on the bench before I got this.

These are strongroom keys.

The man was probably a cashier or bank manager?

Hm. Well, that's what I thought they were.

This chap had nothing to do with a bank.

Small-time car breaker.

That's why I want to trace these keys.

I'll ring Mr Snape.

- Who's Mr Snape? - Assistant chief locksmith.

He was the foreman when I was in the tool shop.

If he can't help you, no one can.

Hello? This is the gate at the factory. Is Mr Snape there?

He'll be back in a minute. We're just going out.

Would you ask him to ring me when he comes in?

What, you mean right away? Is it urgent?

Yes, it's... it's important. Thank you.

He's out. But he'll be back in a few minutes.

- Will you wait? - Mm.

What have you been doing? It's nearly seven o'clock already.

The batteries wanted some water in them.

Why'd you have to do it now?

What's the hurry? The main picture won't start till quarter to nine.

When I go to the cinema, I like to see the whole programme.

Well, let's see. Where are we going?

- The Regal? - Yes.

Well, here you are. The Regal. Starts at 7:30, the programme.

So there's plenty of time.

Thanks.

- By the way, the works rang. - What did they want?

I don't know. They want you to ring them.

- What, now? There's no one there. - Well, that's what they said.

Oh, all right.

Excuse me, sir. This is Williams. There's a police officer here.

He's trying to trace the origin of some keys.

I was wondering if you could come over and help him, sir.

Couldn't he wait till Tuesday?

Well, yes, it's most inconvenient.

But if you think so, I'll come.

Yes, right away.

So much in life we take for granted.

What made you say that?

I was looking at the light.

You turn the switch and suddenly the room is full of light.

I think that's wonderful.

I suppose it is.

Just think how many things we take for granted.

The sun, the trees, the light.

And people.

I sit on the bus sometimes, look at the people going by,

and I think...

all those people have their own thoughts,

their own worries, their happinesses.

They're all different.

Do you ever wish you were someone else?

Sometimes, when I'm... when I'm feeling depressed.

I wouldn't mind being quite a lot of other people at this moment.

That was another joke.

- Good evening, sir. - Good evening, Williams.

Evening, Mr Snape. Sorry to put you to this trouble.

- That's all right. Have you got the keys? - Here, sir.

Oh. Yes. These are a pair of strongroom keys.

Quite an old pattern. We only made a few of these locks.

Do you remember the old J type, Williams?

- A bit before my time, sir. - Can you, uh, trace the key, sir?

I suppose you can show me some proof of your identity?

Oh, yes, of course.

Well, I... I think you may be in luck.

As I said, we only made a few of these locks.

Not more than four or five, if I remember correctly.

So if I can put my hands on the working drawings...

Williams, give me the keys of that room

where the drawing office keep the old junk,

where the old records are, please.

Fancy these turning up again.

I was a young man when these were made.

- Here you are, sir. - Thank you.

- Come with me, Inspector. - Uh, Sergeant, sir.

You see, Rose, I was always brought up to believe

that to show emotion in any form is a weakness.

That's very wrong.

Maybe, but I can't alter it now.

As a bachelor, I'm too set in my ways.

You haven't given yourself a chance.

We're all given a chance. The question is whether we take it or not.

I was always interested in printing.

But my parents didn't consider that respectable.

It had to be the bank.

One day, a friend told me that he'd...

bought up a printing business.

He wanted me to leave the bank and... become his partner.

I had my chance then.

I turned it down.

But you've done very well in the bank.

I had to.

I was determined never to have regrets.

I've never told that to anyone before.

Thank you.

You know, I'm sorry about this.

You may not believe it, but someone's had a tidy-up in this office

since I was last in here.

I am sorry.

Just a minute.

Now, these...

Do you know, I think these are they.

Let's have a look.

No.

This is it. Number 45215. Now, let's get the book.

- What number did I say? - 45215.

This'll be it.

45215...

Here you are. Do you want to take this down, Sergeant?

That lock was installed in the strongroom

at the Eastern Counties Bank at Bakers Cross in 1937.

Supposing there's an alarm on the back door?

Well, how can there be?

If there was, the charladies would have set it off.

Supposing it's an electrically operated one?

Look, they're gonna go to all that trouble over the back door of a bank?

- Have we got a spare nozzle anywhere? - It's in the bag.

There's nothing to pinch in the bank, you know.

It's the vault they've gotta be careful of.

What difference does that make? Supposing there's one down there?

All right, then, supposing there is.

How could they switch it on? The bank manager's in the vault.

No, no. Look, it's one of these that switches itself on automatically.

Well, we've just gotta take the chance, haven't we? Come on, Len.

- Find something to close that door. - Such as?

Here, use these steps here.

- Where'd you get that? - Around the corner.

Give me a hand.

Come on.

Here, well, what's wrong with the lift?

- Does it work? - We'll soon find out.

The engine's running.

Come on, then.

What are you doing?

Uh... a note.

For the police.

Uh, in case.

They're dead.

- All this time was for nothing! - Shut up!

- What for? - Listen.

They're alive.

Get the stuff out of the lift.

Rose.

Rose. It's all right.

It's all right.

- How much pressure are you giving me? - We've got 18.

You'd better give me a bit more than that.

OK, you've got 21.

That ought to be fine.

The man's name was Alec Warren.

Yes.

No, nothing.

He was killed instantly.

The keys are already on their way up to you.

And what did you say the number of the car is?

Thank you, sir. Thank you very much, sir.

No, no, not at all.

Our hunch about those keys seems

to have stirred up something rather interesting.

- Cigarette? - Thank you, sir.

Mac.

Oh, Mac, Stanford CID have just been on.

They tell me they've just picked up two sets of keys

belonging to the strongroom of our branch of the Eastern Counties Bank.

Where did they get them?

Found them on a bloke called Warren killed in a car smash.

I don't know anyone at the bank by that name, do you?

Not offhand, but could be.

The manager's number's on our list. We can check.

Yes.

No reply.

What are the keys from one of our banks doing on a dead man at Stanford?

Don't know.

You... You did say there were two sets of keys, did you?

Yes. Why?

Because it's a strict bank regulation

that both sets of keys are never carried by the same person.

What did you say the car number was?

- CNG34. - Local number.

I wonder...

Well, it's been known for bank managers to abscond before this, hasn't it?

We've got through to another layer of asbestos.

Rose. Uh... Uh...

How much pressure we got there, Len?

About 90 pounds.

Rose?

For God's sake, hurry. Hurry.

That's the gas gone.

All right, you two, drop your torch. Take 'em in.

Wait a minute. This is not what it looks like.

Look, there's two people in there. They might suffocate. They might be dead.

- You can't stop us now! - People? What are you talking about?

- What people? - The manager and the girl.

We locked 'em in the safe when we did the job.

- Ah, come on, cut it out. - Look, wait a minute.

We're not burning anywhere near the safe lock, are we?

Will you put the gas on?

Oh, no, you don't.

Sarge, the minute you turn that gas on, they'll squirt the flame at you.

Don't be thick! How can we if you control the valve?

Now, look, will you listen to me? Will you please listen to me for a minute?

Now, look, we're cutting nowhere near the safe lock, are we?

So we did the bank job this morning, but we had to lock two people in there.

Look, they might be dead. We've gotta get air into them.

You don't wanna make us murderers, do you?

- Why can't you unlock 'em now? - Because we haven't got the keys.

- Where are they, then? - They're in the mortuary at Stanford.

Please. Please, sir. Please, you've gotta believe me.

Let them go.

- Call the inspector. - All right.