1 00:00:01,277 --> 00:00:03,486 [Herbert] Stephen Ward is no ponce, sir. 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:05,384 There's no money involved with these girls. 3 00:00:05,419 --> 00:00:07,248 I find that hard to believe. 4 00:00:09,561 --> 00:00:12,702 [Astor] I presume Mandy will be following Christine's lead? 5 00:00:12,736 --> 00:00:15,084 Keeping quiet about our, err, friendship. 6 00:00:15,118 --> 00:00:16,430 [men shouting] 7 00:00:16,464 --> 00:00:17,741 I want you to get him this time. 8 00:00:17,776 --> 00:00:19,191 Is there anyone else there with you? 9 00:00:19,226 --> 00:00:21,504 No, no, it is just Paula and me here. 10 00:00:21,538 --> 00:00:23,885 I sentence you to three years at her Majesty's pleasure. 11 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:25,128 Christine! 12 00:00:25,163 --> 00:00:27,613 You're the liar. You're the liar. 13 00:00:27,648 --> 00:00:30,375 [Burrows] Stephen Ward, I'm arresting you for living wholly or in part 14 00:00:30,409 --> 00:00:32,204 on the immoral earnings of prostitution. 15 00:00:32,239 --> 00:00:34,724 You do realise no one will come forward to say it's true. 16 00:00:37,485 --> 00:00:40,281 [journalists shouting] 17 00:00:45,907 --> 00:00:48,151 [crowd yelling] 18 00:00:53,432 --> 00:00:56,470 [Christine] They say you should make the punishment fit the crime. 19 00:00:58,196 --> 00:01:00,198 That's not true, is it? 20 00:01:00,232 --> 00:01:03,822 Not for Stephen, or for me. 21 00:01:03,856 --> 00:01:09,241 [crowd shouting] 22 00:01:11,174 --> 00:01:15,385 [crowd shouting] 23 00:01:15,420 --> 00:01:19,389 Come on, give me your hand. 24 00:01:22,358 --> 00:01:26,845 [crowd yelling] 25 00:01:31,712 --> 00:01:32,851 Slut! 26 00:01:34,094 --> 00:01:37,131 [Christine] First, they decided to punish us. 27 00:01:39,582 --> 00:01:43,379 [water splash] 28 00:01:48,901 --> 00:01:51,145 Life is good, little baby. 29 00:01:52,664 --> 00:01:55,805 [Christine] And then, they decided on the crime. 30 00:02:16,308 --> 00:02:21,175 I swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. 31 00:02:24,282 --> 00:02:26,249 [Christine] So help me God. 32 00:02:27,630 --> 00:02:32,773 [theme song] 33 00:02:58,971 --> 00:03:05,288 [journalist talking] 34 00:03:05,323 --> 00:03:08,981 [journalist] Any comment on Mr. Profumo's resignation, sir? 35 00:03:22,374 --> 00:03:24,445 [door opening] 36 00:03:24,480 --> 00:03:28,000 [journalist shouting] Mr. Profumo! 37 00:03:37,941 --> 00:03:40,254 [door opening] 38 00:03:40,875 --> 00:03:41,876 Ah. 39 00:03:42,946 --> 00:03:46,743 Well, that's that then, a civilian once more. 40 00:03:48,435 --> 00:03:51,472 My resignation is officially complete. 41 00:03:52,956 --> 00:03:54,406 [Profumo] Val? 42 00:03:54,441 --> 00:03:55,856 [Valerie] How could you? 43 00:03:56,995 --> 00:04:02,552 [sighs] How could you give that common little tart the same scent? 44 00:04:02,587 --> 00:04:06,556 I mean, the failure of imagination, apart from anything else. 45 00:04:06,591 --> 00:04:09,387 Was it a job lot? I hope they gave you a discount! 46 00:04:09,421 --> 00:04:11,389 [glass smashing] 47 00:04:11,423 --> 00:04:14,288 [Valerie sobbing] 48 00:04:18,499 --> 00:04:20,329 [Mandy] I don't get it, though. 49 00:04:20,363 --> 00:04:23,504 How can they let Lucky Gordon out of jail after all he did to you? 50 00:04:23,539 --> 00:04:24,885 It's not come to that yet. 51 00:04:24,919 --> 00:04:26,956 Mr. Burrows says he's being allowed to appeal 52 00:04:26,990 --> 00:04:29,959 because there's things that didn't come out in his trial. 53 00:04:29,993 --> 00:04:32,133 What things? 54 00:04:32,168 --> 00:04:34,929 Just Lucky saying I lied about him hitting me the night I called the police. 55 00:04:34,964 --> 00:04:37,518 I suppose you gave yourself a black eye! 56 00:04:41,039 --> 00:04:43,731 It says there keeping Stephen in solitary. 57 00:04:47,183 --> 00:04:49,012 He'll hate that. 58 00:04:51,118 --> 00:04:53,431 Have you moved the tape recorder, doll? 59 00:04:53,465 --> 00:04:55,709 Paul took a load of his gear, didn't he? 60 00:04:55,743 --> 00:04:58,988 -Said since you've fired him he was clearing it all out. -The tapes and all? 61 00:05:00,058 --> 00:05:02,923 Oh, come on. There's all sorts on them, Paula! Hours of it. 62 00:05:02,957 --> 00:05:05,339 You know, about that night. 63 00:05:05,374 --> 00:05:07,997 Oh, Christ, can't we just have a day off? 64 00:05:08,031 --> 00:05:12,139 [Mandy] Saying we're prostitutes, it's disgusting. 65 00:05:12,173 --> 00:05:13,692 "Call girl". That's the other one. 66 00:05:13,727 --> 00:05:15,625 Stephen and his ring of "call girls". 67 00:05:17,869 --> 00:05:22,183 I didn't say anything to the police about Stephen that wasn't true, 68 00:05:22,218 --> 00:05:23,909 did you? 69 00:05:24,669 --> 00:05:28,017 No. Of course, not. 70 00:05:30,157 --> 00:05:31,745 What else could we do? 71 00:05:49,418 --> 00:05:52,144 The prosecution barely has a case against you. 72 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:55,769 [sighs] Oh, thank God. 73 00:05:55,803 --> 00:06:00,049 It's frankly outrageous they're even pressing for trial in the criminal court. 74 00:06:00,083 --> 00:06:04,778 And to be refused bail, let alone kept in solitary confinement... 75 00:06:04,812 --> 00:06:08,471 I've lived a bohemian life, Mr. Burge, 76 00:06:08,506 --> 00:06:12,233 that must be clear to you, but I have committed no crimes. 77 00:06:12,268 --> 00:06:14,546 The Crown certainly begs to differ. 78 00:06:14,581 --> 00:06:17,549 Eight wafer thin charges lumped together 79 00:06:17,584 --> 00:06:20,207 to present as damaging an impression as possible. 80 00:06:20,241 --> 00:06:22,036 Ah! 81 00:06:24,280 --> 00:06:25,971 May I take a look? 82 00:06:27,766 --> 00:06:31,632 I'll argue strongly in favour of bail, but on current form, 83 00:06:31,667 --> 00:06:34,117 it's likely to be set high. 84 00:06:34,152 --> 00:06:36,534 Let me take the weight. 85 00:06:36,568 --> 00:06:38,915 Do you have money in the bank, Doctor Ward? 86 00:06:38,950 --> 00:06:41,608 I've never been a rich man, Mr. Burge. 87 00:06:42,712 --> 00:06:44,852 Apart from in my friendships. 88 00:06:44,887 --> 00:06:48,856 Then let's hope it's possible to cash a few of those in, eh? 89 00:06:52,757 --> 00:06:55,484 Just... quite remarkable. 90 00:06:56,968 --> 00:06:59,453 Bail aside, if it comes to trial, 91 00:06:59,488 --> 00:07:01,628 you'll need people to speak up for you. 92 00:07:01,662 --> 00:07:04,803 People of the best possible character. 93 00:07:06,115 --> 00:07:09,118 I have no worries on that score. [chuckles] 94 00:07:10,602 --> 00:07:12,190 Another one for you, thank you. 95 00:07:18,092 --> 00:07:19,991 You've got the passports? 96 00:07:20,025 --> 00:07:23,270 They're in my bag. Just as they were the last time you asked. 97 00:07:40,287 --> 00:07:42,979 This business over Ward. 98 00:07:43,014 --> 00:07:47,190 places us all in the same quite frankly revolting dilemma. 99 00:07:47,225 --> 00:07:51,712 Id est: how to respond to his solicitor's request 100 00:07:51,747 --> 00:07:54,094 to appear as character witnesses? 101 00:07:54,128 --> 00:07:58,512 We've all been treated by the good doctor. 102 00:07:58,547 --> 00:08:02,551 Many of us have been beneficiaries 103 00:08:02,585 --> 00:08:06,589 of his... hospitality, 104 00:08:06,624 --> 00:08:08,867 over the years... 105 00:08:10,075 --> 00:08:12,906 Well, surely everyone should take their cue from Viscount Astor? 106 00:08:12,940 --> 00:08:15,564 He's one of Ward's oldest friends. 107 00:08:15,598 --> 00:08:17,531 If he steps forward, 108 00:08:17,566 --> 00:08:20,707 it suggests those of us less intimate are right to follow. 109 00:08:20,741 --> 00:08:24,814 I believe Bill's out of the country for a spell. 110 00:08:24,849 --> 00:08:27,265 [murmuring] 111 00:08:38,069 --> 00:08:40,243 [Eddowes] "I'm Spartacus." 112 00:08:40,278 --> 00:08:42,142 [Rees-Davies] What? 113 00:08:42,176 --> 00:08:47,181 That film, Kirk Douglas, was it? Awfully good. 114 00:08:47,216 --> 00:08:50,219 "I'm Spartacus, I'm Spartacus." 115 00:08:51,116 --> 00:08:55,535 You sure you're not thinking of Exodus, old chap? 116 00:09:07,270 --> 00:09:11,033 [guard] Ward! Get up. You've been bailed. 117 00:09:15,140 --> 00:09:17,867 They papers will write any old rubbish, you know that. 118 00:09:17,902 --> 00:09:21,215 All I know is that they're offering me a thousand, 119 00:09:21,250 --> 00:09:24,287 so that's what it's costing you for me to stay out of it. 120 00:09:24,322 --> 00:09:26,842 The coppers already know that me and Pete Camacchio was there. 121 00:09:26,876 --> 00:09:29,603 I was only trying to keep you and Pete out of trouble, you know I was. 122 00:09:29,638 --> 00:09:31,778 if Lucky can prove I've lied, they'll let him out! 123 00:09:36,783 --> 00:09:39,268 I can give you more another time. 124 00:09:40,338 --> 00:09:41,822 Please. 125 00:09:42,478 --> 00:09:44,653 [softer] Please, Watt. 126 00:09:48,070 --> 00:09:50,831 Thanks, Chris. You're a good girl. 127 00:09:54,317 --> 00:09:56,181 See you again soon! 128 00:10:06,295 --> 00:10:09,298 Honestly, Chris, you and men. 129 00:10:09,332 --> 00:10:13,405 Could have been worse, he could have gone straight to the papers. 130 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:14,993 He's a prince. 131 00:10:18,238 --> 00:10:20,689 -What? -You did lie about Lucky. 132 00:10:21,966 --> 00:10:25,659 Only about Pete and Watt being there the night he came after me. 133 00:10:27,903 --> 00:10:30,871 And the black eye... that was Paula's brother. 134 00:10:30,906 --> 00:10:33,322 Lucky's hit me enough for real! You know he has. 135 00:10:33,356 --> 00:10:35,738 Even managed to get a kick in that night. 136 00:10:35,773 --> 00:10:37,913 Only if I went on about the black eye not being from him 137 00:10:37,947 --> 00:10:39,846 he'd manage to get off, again. 138 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:41,848 The police backed me up, Mandy. 139 00:10:41,882 --> 00:10:43,332 Course they did, 140 00:10:43,366 --> 00:10:45,161 'cos they knew they could hold it over you 141 00:10:45,196 --> 00:10:47,267 to get what they wanted on Stephen! 142 00:10:58,727 --> 00:11:00,867 [doorbell ringing] 143 00:11:06,044 --> 00:11:09,254 Little baby, we're not meant to speak to one another, 144 00:11:09,289 --> 00:11:11,809 you're a witness for the prosecution. 145 00:11:11,843 --> 00:11:13,327 Please, Stephen. 146 00:11:15,088 --> 00:11:16,468 Please. 147 00:11:17,435 --> 00:11:19,368 [sighs] 148 00:11:23,821 --> 00:11:27,410 [Christine] I can't do it. The police... 149 00:11:27,445 --> 00:11:31,138 The reporters, everyone twisting what you say. 150 00:11:31,173 --> 00:11:35,418 All the rotten lies, it's all wrong! 151 00:11:35,453 --> 00:11:37,869 You hardly need to tell me that. 152 00:11:39,112 --> 00:11:41,873 It's a show trial, pure and simple. 153 00:11:43,254 --> 00:11:47,154 They needed a scapegoat and it seems I fit the bill. 154 00:11:48,397 --> 00:11:49,847 Do you hate me? 155 00:11:52,919 --> 00:11:54,852 I don't hate anyone. 156 00:11:56,094 --> 00:11:58,959 It's not in my nature, you know that. 157 00:12:03,930 --> 00:12:05,310 They're broken. 158 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:11,247 [sighs] 159 00:12:13,146 --> 00:12:15,079 It's not the end of the world. 160 00:12:18,461 --> 00:12:20,809 They're letting Lucky appeal. 161 00:12:20,843 --> 00:12:23,018 Don't know if you heard, 162 00:12:23,052 --> 00:12:25,399 but if he can get off, maybe you will too. 163 00:12:25,434 --> 00:12:27,781 Doesn't work like that, I'm afraid. 164 00:12:27,816 --> 00:12:30,025 It's all too late, Chris. 165 00:12:31,405 --> 00:12:33,960 I'll be in the dock tomorrow. 166 00:12:33,994 --> 00:12:36,272 And you'll be giving evidence against me. 167 00:12:36,307 --> 00:12:40,345 -But if he can appeal, so could you-- -You don't understand, darling. 168 00:12:40,380 --> 00:12:42,382 The damage would have already been done. 169 00:12:42,416 --> 00:12:45,385 "Use what you've got," that's what you've always said, 170 00:12:45,419 --> 00:12:47,974 "sex makes the world go round." 171 00:12:48,975 --> 00:12:50,528 Look where that's got me! 172 00:12:54,014 --> 00:12:55,429 Both of us. 173 00:12:55,464 --> 00:12:57,362 I was wrong. 174 00:12:58,156 --> 00:13:02,333 -It turns out it isn't sex at all, it's-- -Money. 175 00:13:04,887 --> 00:13:06,440 That's what Mandy always says. 176 00:13:06,475 --> 00:13:08,270 Power. 177 00:13:14,069 --> 00:13:15,449 Power. 178 00:13:18,142 --> 00:13:22,525 And those who have it will fight tooth and claw to hang on to it. 179 00:13:24,044 --> 00:13:26,426 All I've ever wanted was fun. 180 00:13:29,325 --> 00:13:31,638 For other people to have fun. 181 00:13:34,883 --> 00:13:36,919 Where's the harm in that? 182 00:13:44,582 --> 00:13:48,172 But you know, there is always hope. 183 00:13:52,038 --> 00:13:54,281 I don't blame you, little baby. 184 00:13:56,732 --> 00:14:03,359 But, please, Chris, do try and tell the truth. 185 00:14:09,641 --> 00:14:15,233 [crowd talking] 186 00:14:18,478 --> 00:14:20,342 Jane Robinson. 187 00:14:29,765 --> 00:14:31,560 They'll calm you down. 188 00:14:34,321 --> 00:14:35,944 I can't do it. 189 00:14:37,462 --> 00:14:38,912 I can't! 190 00:14:59,277 --> 00:15:02,073 "Yesterday, upon the stair, 191 00:15:03,488 --> 00:15:06,388 I met a man who wasn't there. 192 00:15:09,391 --> 00:15:11,600 He wasn't there again today. 193 00:15:15,259 --> 00:15:17,606 How I wish he'd go away..." 194 00:15:22,300 --> 00:15:23,750 Ah! 195 00:15:23,784 --> 00:15:29,273 [crowd shouting] 196 00:15:30,688 --> 00:15:33,449 [crowd yelling] 197 00:15:33,484 --> 00:15:38,730 [crowd shouting] 198 00:15:56,714 --> 00:15:58,578 [gavel banging] 199 00:15:59,855 --> 00:16:01,753 Will the defendant please stand? 200 00:16:05,826 --> 00:16:08,519 [clerk] Stephen Thomas Ward, 201 00:16:08,553 --> 00:16:12,247 you are hereby charged that you, being a man, 202 00:16:12,281 --> 00:16:14,076 did on diverse dates 203 00:16:14,111 --> 00:16:20,462 between 1 June, 1961 and 31 July, 1962, 204 00:16:20,496 --> 00:16:24,362 live wholly or in part on the earnings of prostitution. 205 00:16:24,397 --> 00:16:26,088 How do you plead? 206 00:16:26,709 --> 00:16:28,401 Not guilty. 207 00:16:28,435 --> 00:16:31,611 On count two, you are charged of a similar offence, 208 00:16:31,645 --> 00:16:35,063 namely, living on the earnings of prostitution... 209 00:16:35,097 --> 00:16:38,100 On count three, you are charged with procuring a girl 210 00:16:38,135 --> 00:16:41,069 under the age of 21 for sexual intercourse... 211 00:16:41,103 --> 00:16:42,208 How do you plead? 212 00:16:42,242 --> 00:16:43,554 Not guilty. 213 00:16:43,588 --> 00:16:47,178 Not guilty. Absolutely not guilty. 214 00:17:22,420 --> 00:17:25,078 Miss Keeler, 215 00:17:25,113 --> 00:17:28,357 whilst you and Marilyn Rice-Davies 216 00:17:28,392 --> 00:17:32,223 were sharing a flat early in 1960, 217 00:17:32,258 --> 00:17:37,504 were you introduced to other people by the defendant Stephen Ward? 218 00:17:37,539 --> 00:17:40,852 Yes, a few of his friends. 219 00:17:40,887 --> 00:17:47,756 Did you have sexual intercourse with any of those persons whilst you were living there? 220 00:17:47,790 --> 00:17:49,240 I can't really remember. 221 00:17:49,275 --> 00:17:51,760 Well, think, Miss Keeler. 222 00:17:55,867 --> 00:17:57,352 Maybe a couple. 223 00:17:57,386 --> 00:18:00,769 Were you paid for the intercourse? 224 00:18:00,803 --> 00:18:02,426 No. 225 00:18:02,460 --> 00:18:06,706 Were you receiving money from any men, at that time? 226 00:18:06,740 --> 00:18:10,399 Mr... Burge. 227 00:18:10,434 --> 00:18:12,125 Your honour, this falls completely outside 228 00:18:12,160 --> 00:18:13,954 the time period covered by the indictment. 229 00:18:13,989 --> 00:18:15,818 I really can't see how it's relevant. 230 00:18:15,853 --> 00:18:19,339 Thank you, Mr. Burge. 231 00:18:19,374 --> 00:18:22,825 The prosecution is seeking to get a sense of all this girl's life, 232 00:18:22,860 --> 00:18:25,587 since it's vital to the immoral earnings charge 233 00:18:25,621 --> 00:18:28,245 whether she should be regarded as a prostitute. 234 00:18:28,279 --> 00:18:29,763 I would like to say... 235 00:18:31,248 --> 00:18:36,184 Well, I'd like to say, I'm not a prostitute, and I never have been. 236 00:18:36,218 --> 00:18:38,841 [audience murmuring] 237 00:18:38,876 --> 00:18:41,810 Thank you. That's enough, Miss Keeler. We'll get to that. 238 00:18:48,610 --> 00:18:52,579 [prosecutor] So turning now, to the period of the first count. 239 00:18:53,925 --> 00:19:00,484 Whilst you were at Wimpole Mews living with Doctor Ward, so-called, 240 00:19:00,518 --> 00:19:04,764 how many men did you have sexual intercourse with? 241 00:19:04,798 --> 00:19:06,973 -I can't remember. -Hmm. 242 00:19:07,007 --> 00:19:10,459 Was it too many to count, Miss Keeler? 243 00:19:10,494 --> 00:19:13,945 No. I'd say a normal amount. 244 00:19:13,980 --> 00:19:16,500 [prosecutor] But you can't remember their names? 245 00:19:16,534 --> 00:19:18,398 [Christine] Well, some of them, obviously. 246 00:19:18,433 --> 00:19:21,470 You seem to struggle with your memory. 247 00:19:21,505 --> 00:19:23,679 The Russian, Ivanov? 248 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,338 -He was one of them. -Did he pay you money? 249 00:19:27,373 --> 00:19:29,375 [Christine] No! 250 00:19:29,409 --> 00:19:32,412 -John Profumo? -Everyone's read about that one. 251 00:19:32,447 --> 00:19:33,793 [audience laugh] 252 00:19:33,827 --> 00:19:35,967 Just answer the question please. 253 00:19:36,002 --> 00:19:41,835 You had sexual intercourse with Mr. Profumo at Wimpole Mews? 254 00:19:41,870 --> 00:19:45,667 Yes. Stephen wasn't there, though. 255 00:19:45,701 --> 00:19:50,534 Did Mr. Profumo give you 20 pounds as a present "for your mother"? 256 00:19:52,501 --> 00:19:53,882 Yes. 257 00:19:53,916 --> 00:19:58,714 And did you give that 20 pounds to your mother? 258 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:02,270 Yes. 259 00:20:02,304 --> 00:20:04,789 I might have given Stephen five of it. 260 00:20:04,824 --> 00:20:07,861 [audience murmuring] 261 00:20:10,726 --> 00:20:14,420 You gave the defendant five pounds 262 00:20:14,454 --> 00:20:16,456 of the money Mr. Profumo gave you 263 00:20:16,491 --> 00:20:18,562 following sexual intercourse? 264 00:20:18,596 --> 00:20:20,943 I think so, yes. 265 00:20:21,599 --> 00:20:24,706 But-but only because I owed Stephen for the telephone, 266 00:20:24,740 --> 00:20:26,466 it-it wasn't as if I was giving him the money for-- 267 00:20:26,501 --> 00:20:27,536 Thank you, Miss Keeler. 268 00:20:37,408 --> 00:20:38,754 Miss Keeler... 269 00:20:40,377 --> 00:20:42,689 it is obvious to anyone who has seen you, 270 00:20:42,724 --> 00:20:46,624 if you wished to earn money by selling your body, 271 00:20:46,659 --> 00:20:49,558 you could have made very large sums of money? 272 00:20:50,525 --> 00:20:53,562 I suppose so, yes. 273 00:20:53,597 --> 00:20:55,461 Yes. 274 00:20:55,495 --> 00:20:58,602 And yet while living with the defendant, Stephen Ward, 275 00:20:58,636 --> 00:21:01,605 you were not earning large sums of money. 276 00:21:01,639 --> 00:21:05,678 Indeed, Doctor Ward gave you spending money, 277 00:21:06,403 --> 00:21:09,095 and you were reliant on him for your lodgings, 278 00:21:09,129 --> 00:21:13,306 use of telephone, lights, hot water and so on. 279 00:21:13,341 --> 00:21:15,895 Stephen was always very mean about the hot water. 280 00:21:15,929 --> 00:21:17,621 [audience laughing] 281 00:21:17,655 --> 00:21:19,933 And the money you have said you paid to Doctor Ward 282 00:21:19,968 --> 00:21:24,490 for the phone bill and so on, how much would that have been? 283 00:21:25,456 --> 00:21:27,286 A couple of pounds, if I had it. 284 00:21:28,148 --> 00:21:30,116 And I bought food, if we'd run out. 285 00:21:31,393 --> 00:21:34,638 I always owed Stephen more than what I was making. 286 00:21:34,672 --> 00:21:40,609 And so, in respect of the defendant living off your earnings, moral or immoral, 287 00:21:40,644 --> 00:21:42,853 you owed him money? 288 00:21:43,509 --> 00:21:45,096 Yes! 289 00:21:45,131 --> 00:21:48,376 All you contribution amounts to is the occasional "fiver" 290 00:21:48,410 --> 00:21:50,895 and a packet of Frosties? 291 00:21:50,930 --> 00:21:52,966 -Yes! -[audience laughing] 292 00:21:55,728 --> 00:21:58,040 Did you take the oath on a previous occasion 293 00:21:58,075 --> 00:22:02,597 when you attended the trial of a man called Aloysius Gordon, Miss Keeler? 294 00:22:02,631 --> 00:22:04,944 Known as Lucky Gordon? 295 00:22:06,704 --> 00:22:07,981 Yes. 296 00:22:08,016 --> 00:22:10,087 Did you tell the whole truth about that? 297 00:22:10,121 --> 00:22:11,640 Yes, I did. 298 00:22:11,675 --> 00:22:13,055 Did you know that the man, Gordon, alleged 299 00:22:13,090 --> 00:22:16,473 all your injuries were not caused by him? 300 00:22:19,545 --> 00:22:21,063 The man's mad. Of course, they were. 301 00:22:21,098 --> 00:22:23,134 And that he wished to call two witnesses, 302 00:22:23,169 --> 00:22:26,172 one called Fenton and a man called Camacchio, 303 00:22:26,206 --> 00:22:29,451 who you said were not present at the time of the incident? 304 00:22:29,486 --> 00:22:32,592 I said they weren't present because they weren't present. 305 00:22:36,078 --> 00:22:41,705 Do you know the difference between telling the truth and telling a lie, Miss Keeler? 306 00:22:46,606 --> 00:22:48,021 Of course, I do. 307 00:22:49,057 --> 00:22:50,610 Everyone does. 308 00:22:54,027 --> 00:22:55,857 Even John Profumo. 309 00:22:55,891 --> 00:23:00,620 [uproar] 310 00:23:00,655 --> 00:23:01,725 Fuck! 311 00:23:03,105 --> 00:23:05,522 Ah! You next. 312 00:23:06,281 --> 00:23:08,179 You don't know what it's like. 313 00:23:08,214 --> 00:23:09,974 I'd rather be shot. 314 00:23:16,187 --> 00:23:17,948 Teeth and tits! 315 00:23:20,606 --> 00:23:21,917 [prosecutor] Miss Davies. 316 00:23:23,678 --> 00:23:26,819 Now, you came to London from Solihull two years ago? 317 00:23:26,853 --> 00:23:28,510 That's right. 318 00:23:28,545 --> 00:23:30,685 The day after my sixteenth birthday. 319 00:23:30,719 --> 00:23:36,138 And at that time, you met the defendant, the so-called Doctor Ward? 320 00:23:36,173 --> 00:23:37,795 I met him with Miss Keeler. 321 00:23:37,830 --> 00:23:40,798 We were both working as dancers at Murray's club. 322 00:23:40,833 --> 00:23:44,423 Did you, a girl of 16, 323 00:23:46,079 --> 00:23:49,738 have sexual intercourse with Dr. Ward? 324 00:23:51,291 --> 00:23:52,534 Just the once. 325 00:23:53,086 --> 00:23:55,848 -[prosecutor] Did he pay you? -[Mandy] No. 326 00:23:55,882 --> 00:23:58,229 Shortly after he had intercourse with you, 327 00:23:58,264 --> 00:24:02,164 did the defendant introduce you to the late Peter Rachman? 328 00:24:02,199 --> 00:24:05,236 No. That was Christine. Miss Keeler. 329 00:24:05,271 --> 00:24:06,686 She introduced me to Peter. 330 00:24:06,721 --> 00:24:08,101 Be that as it may, 331 00:24:08,136 --> 00:24:12,312 Mr. Rachman paid you for intercourse? 332 00:24:12,347 --> 00:24:14,522 Well, it depends what you mean by "paid". 333 00:24:14,556 --> 00:24:17,697 -[laughter] -Miss Davies, you must answer the questions put to you. 334 00:24:17,732 --> 00:24:19,043 Were you paid? 335 00:24:19,837 --> 00:24:22,046 Peter Rachman kept me, your Honour. 336 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:24,497 We lived together, 337 00:24:24,532 --> 00:24:26,741 I thought he wanted to marry me. 338 00:24:28,639 --> 00:24:30,503 It's every woman's dream, isn't it? 339 00:24:31,366 --> 00:24:33,989 Being looked after by your husband. 340 00:24:35,163 --> 00:24:38,477 I don't know if that counts as "paying for sex". 341 00:24:43,136 --> 00:24:44,655 [clears his throat] 342 00:24:44,690 --> 00:24:47,244 Well, despite the quasi-marital relations 343 00:24:47,278 --> 00:24:49,246 between you and Mr. Rachman, 344 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:51,524 at the time of his death, 345 00:24:51,559 --> 00:24:55,908 you were once again living with Stephen Ward at Wimpole Mews, 346 00:24:55,942 --> 00:24:56,874 is that correct? 347 00:24:56,909 --> 00:24:59,049 And during that time, 348 00:24:59,083 --> 00:25:03,053 you were having sexual intercourse with other men? 349 00:25:03,087 --> 00:25:05,711 Yes. I slept with my boyfriend, 350 00:25:05,745 --> 00:25:08,368 and Douglas Fairbanks Junior and with Lord Astor. 351 00:25:08,403 --> 00:25:12,131 You know that Lord Astor has denied that intercourse took place? 352 00:25:12,165 --> 00:25:13,788 Well, he would, wouldn't he? 353 00:25:13,822 --> 00:25:16,998 [laughter] 354 00:25:17,032 --> 00:25:19,690 [judge] That's enough, thank you. 355 00:25:19,725 --> 00:25:21,934 [laughter] 356 00:25:21,968 --> 00:25:23,832 [judge] I will have order! 357 00:25:24,626 --> 00:25:29,010 [journalists shouting] 358 00:25:30,390 --> 00:25:32,703 [whooping and wolf-whistling] 359 00:25:32,738 --> 00:25:34,843 [cheering and whooping] 360 00:25:38,329 --> 00:25:41,160 [journalists shouting] Mandy! Mandy! 361 00:25:42,368 --> 00:25:44,543 [distant shouting] Mandy! 362 00:25:55,657 --> 00:25:57,970 [sighs] 363 00:26:03,078 --> 00:26:05,253 Shall I make arrangements for our trip to Scotland? 364 00:26:05,287 --> 00:26:08,187 Or are you sure you won't be called to appear at this ghastly trial? 365 00:26:08,221 --> 00:26:09,568 I'm quite sure. 366 00:26:10,051 --> 00:26:11,880 The relevant parties have been made aware 367 00:26:11,915 --> 00:26:14,883 it would serve no useful purpose to have me called as a witness. 368 00:26:23,098 --> 00:26:24,928 It wasn't lack of imagination, was it? 369 00:26:24,962 --> 00:26:26,826 Giving her the same scent. 370 00:26:27,931 --> 00:26:30,761 It was so you wouldn't come home smelling of another woman. 371 00:26:33,453 --> 00:26:36,940 [chuckles] Good God, you could write a book. 372 00:26:36,974 --> 00:26:39,390 Now, you'll have all this time on your hands, why not? 373 00:26:39,425 --> 00:26:42,186 "The Adulterer's Handbook", by John Profumo. 374 00:26:42,221 --> 00:26:44,430 Everyone else seems to be making money from it. 375 00:26:44,464 --> 00:26:46,466 Perhaps Bill Astor will collaborate with you. 376 00:26:46,501 --> 00:26:48,399 Please, Val. If we're to get beyond this-- 377 00:26:48,434 --> 00:26:51,126 If we're to get beyond it, we need to get through it. 378 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:56,407 I know it's not your way of doing things, 379 00:26:56,442 --> 00:26:58,824 but your way of doing things has got us to this point. 380 00:26:58,858 --> 00:27:01,654 So I'm not terribly interested in taking advice from you at the moment, Jack. 381 00:27:07,108 --> 00:27:09,973 You know what the Party calls you behind your back? 382 00:27:10,007 --> 00:27:11,940 The Italian Waiter. 383 00:27:12,872 --> 00:27:14,805 [door closing] 384 00:27:17,808 --> 00:27:21,674 [prosecutor] The prosecution calls Miss Ronna Ricardo. 385 00:27:23,193 --> 00:27:26,334 [prosecutor] Miss Ricardo, just after Christmas of last year, 386 00:27:26,368 --> 00:27:29,475 you visited the accused at his flat, did you not? 387 00:27:29,509 --> 00:27:30,890 [Ronna] Yes. 388 00:27:30,925 --> 00:27:32,409 [prosecutor] Were you alone? 389 00:27:32,443 --> 00:27:34,100 [Ronna] No. 390 00:27:34,135 --> 00:27:38,415 It was me and my boyfriend, and a girlfriend of mine. 391 00:27:38,449 --> 00:27:42,937 [prosecutor] Did you have intercourse with anybody on that occasion? 392 00:27:42,971 --> 00:27:45,387 Yes, with my boyfriend. 393 00:27:45,422 --> 00:27:48,287 What did your girlfriend do? 394 00:27:48,321 --> 00:27:50,220 She was with Stephen. 395 00:27:51,808 --> 00:27:53,430 In the other bedroom? 396 00:27:55,743 --> 00:27:56,502 No. 397 00:27:56,536 --> 00:27:58,124 [murmuring] 398 00:27:58,159 --> 00:28:00,402 [prosecutor] In the same room? 399 00:28:02,439 --> 00:28:04,096 All four of you together? 400 00:28:05,235 --> 00:28:06,270 Yes. 401 00:28:07,306 --> 00:28:13,174 You were all taking part in intercourse together? 402 00:28:15,003 --> 00:28:15,935 [Ronna] Yes. 403 00:28:17,972 --> 00:28:20,353 Upon how many occasions, 404 00:28:20,388 --> 00:28:23,184 Miss Ricardo, did you go to Stephen Ward's flat 405 00:28:23,218 --> 00:28:26,221 for the purpose of having sexual intercourse? 406 00:28:27,775 --> 00:28:28,707 Once. 407 00:28:30,122 --> 00:28:31,295 How many times? 408 00:28:32,607 --> 00:28:34,298 Never more than once. 409 00:28:35,921 --> 00:28:40,201 [prosecutor] Miss Ricardo, I refer you to your statement made to the police 410 00:28:40,235 --> 00:28:42,893 signed as true. 411 00:28:43,445 --> 00:28:47,449 In January, did you go to Dr. Ward's flat, 412 00:28:47,484 --> 00:28:50,176 where Dr. Ward introduced you to a man? 413 00:28:52,869 --> 00:28:53,870 No. 414 00:28:55,423 --> 00:28:58,184 Did you have intercourse with that man, 415 00:28:58,219 --> 00:29:01,256 while Dr. Ward waited in the other room? 416 00:29:02,637 --> 00:29:03,534 No. 417 00:29:10,369 --> 00:29:15,857 [prosecutor reading] "I had sex with this man in Stephen's flat. 418 00:29:17,065 --> 00:29:18,929 He gave me a pony." 419 00:29:19,550 --> 00:29:24,279 That's the sum of 25 pounds, not the, ah, diminutive horse. 420 00:29:24,314 --> 00:29:26,419 Did you say that to the police? 421 00:29:28,076 --> 00:29:29,250 No, sir. 422 00:29:29,664 --> 00:29:31,424 Then will you tell the jury 423 00:29:31,459 --> 00:29:34,151 why on earth it's in your statement to the police, 424 00:29:34,186 --> 00:29:35,912 read and signed by you? 425 00:29:37,223 --> 00:29:38,328 I think... 426 00:29:44,058 --> 00:29:48,200 I was kept so long at the police station, I was ready to sign anything. 427 00:29:48,234 --> 00:29:51,617 [uproar] 428 00:29:57,105 --> 00:29:58,589 [sighs] 429 00:29:58,624 --> 00:30:00,384 [Burge] Miss Ricardo, 430 00:30:01,316 --> 00:30:05,010 you have convictions for prostitution on your record, 431 00:30:05,044 --> 00:30:06,321 is that correct? 432 00:30:07,046 --> 00:30:08,910 Yes. 433 00:30:08,945 --> 00:30:10,153 [Burge] And you have a young sister who lives with you, 434 00:30:10,187 --> 00:30:12,603 as well as your own child? 435 00:30:14,053 --> 00:30:15,158 That's right. 436 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:19,438 Was it put to you by Mr. Herbert and Sergeant Burrows, 437 00:30:19,472 --> 00:30:23,442 that if you didn't provide evidence against the accused, Doctor Ward, 438 00:30:23,476 --> 00:30:28,585 both your sister and your baby would be taken away from you and placed in care? 439 00:30:29,517 --> 00:30:32,209 [sobbing] They said it would never come to court! 440 00:30:32,244 --> 00:30:35,385 -[audience gasping] -[Ronna crying] 441 00:30:41,460 --> 00:30:45,429 [chatting and laughing] 442 00:30:53,230 --> 00:30:54,956 They reckon Stephen's getting off at this rate! 443 00:30:56,613 --> 00:30:59,547 [Mandy] Oh, and Len told me the latest doing the rounds. 444 00:30:59,581 --> 00:31:02,930 You go to the Doctor, and he says, 445 00:31:02,964 --> 00:31:07,210 "Don't worry, Miss Keeler, we'll have you back in bed in a couple of days." 446 00:31:08,107 --> 00:31:09,384 Pathetic! 447 00:31:12,732 --> 00:31:15,356 Do you think he will get off? 448 00:31:15,390 --> 00:31:17,047 Oh, I hope he does. 449 00:31:17,530 --> 00:31:21,914 I've been in stir, Christine, I wouldn't wish that on anybody. 450 00:31:21,949 --> 00:31:26,091 -[man] Do you want a drink? -[woman] Thank you. 451 00:31:26,125 --> 00:31:28,507 Mata bloody Hari's up next. 452 00:31:29,301 --> 00:31:32,131 Never seen her at Stephen's, have you? 453 00:31:32,166 --> 00:31:33,339 Never. 454 00:31:33,961 --> 00:31:36,239 And they call us prozzies! 455 00:31:36,273 --> 00:31:39,656 Poor cow looks like a ten bob knock on the Brompton Road. 456 00:31:39,690 --> 00:31:41,106 [giggles] 457 00:31:45,973 --> 00:31:48,354 Stephen Ward drove me to his flat. 458 00:31:49,286 --> 00:31:52,255 He said there was a man in the flat who wanted to go with a girl, 459 00:31:52,289 --> 00:31:54,084 and he said the man would pay him the money. 460 00:31:54,119 --> 00:31:55,741 Who was to be paid the money? 461 00:31:56,604 --> 00:31:58,157 Stephen Ward. 462 00:31:58,813 --> 00:32:01,989 He said if I visited him two or three times a week, 463 00:32:02,023 --> 00:32:03,611 and went with men, 464 00:32:03,645 --> 00:32:06,648 he'd save the money for me, so I could get a flat. 465 00:32:07,684 --> 00:32:10,514 Then he said he would introduce me to the best clients. 466 00:32:10,549 --> 00:32:12,620 -No! -Mr. Ward. 467 00:32:13,724 --> 00:32:17,349 [prosecutor] Now, on arrival at the flat, 468 00:32:17,383 --> 00:32:18,729 what happened? 469 00:32:18,764 --> 00:32:20,973 There was a man waiting in the bedroom. 470 00:32:22,112 --> 00:32:27,221 [Vickie] Stephen Ward gave me a-a contraceptive 471 00:32:27,255 --> 00:32:29,637 and told me to go into the room and strip 472 00:32:29,671 --> 00:32:33,434 and said he would make coffee while we did business. 473 00:32:34,262 --> 00:32:37,127 [prosecutor] Did you have sexual intercourse with the man? 474 00:32:37,162 --> 00:32:38,404 Yes. 475 00:32:39,750 --> 00:32:43,306 [prosecutor] Did you see Stephen Ward again after that evening? 476 00:32:43,340 --> 00:32:46,033 Yes, the following week. 477 00:32:46,067 --> 00:32:49,760 Stephen Ward picked me up and took me to his flat, 478 00:32:49,795 --> 00:32:52,073 and there was a man waiting in the bedroom. 479 00:32:52,108 --> 00:32:53,695 But a-a different man. 480 00:32:54,765 --> 00:32:57,044 And this time, there was a cane on the bed. 481 00:32:57,078 --> 00:32:59,460 [murmuring] 482 00:33:00,426 --> 00:33:03,153 [prosecutor] Did you use it on the man? 483 00:33:03,188 --> 00:33:04,465 [Vickie] Yes. 484 00:33:04,499 --> 00:33:06,398 How were you dressed, Miss Barrett? 485 00:33:06,432 --> 00:33:07,744 [chuckles] 486 00:33:07,778 --> 00:33:10,781 In underwear and high-heeled shoes. 487 00:33:10,816 --> 00:33:15,372 How much were you paid for whipping the man? 488 00:33:16,442 --> 00:33:17,581 Erm... 489 00:33:19,135 --> 00:33:21,102 I don't know. Stephen Ward took the money. 490 00:33:21,137 --> 00:33:22,621 He told me he was saving it for me. 491 00:33:22,655 --> 00:33:25,658 -This is preposterous! -That's enough, Mr. Ward! 492 00:33:25,693 --> 00:33:29,352 [Stephen] I am sorry, sir, but this is the absolute bottom of the bucket, 493 00:33:29,386 --> 00:33:31,526 to hear lie after lie being told in this way. 494 00:33:31,561 --> 00:33:33,459 You will have to control yourself 495 00:33:33,494 --> 00:33:35,496 or I will have to have you removed from the court! 496 00:33:37,256 --> 00:33:40,604 [murmuring] 497 00:33:59,761 --> 00:34:02,799 Everything what that scrubber said was a pack of lies. 498 00:34:04,111 --> 00:34:08,115 Even if it was, the other things Stephen's admitted to, 499 00:34:08,149 --> 00:34:10,117 he's worse than an animal. 500 00:34:10,738 --> 00:34:13,741 Four people at a time, orgies, whips... 501 00:34:13,775 --> 00:34:15,812 Man's a pervert. Only word for it. 502 00:34:15,846 --> 00:34:16,744 He's a monster. 503 00:34:16,778 --> 00:34:18,746 Sitting in that chair, 504 00:34:18,780 --> 00:34:21,266 "I want to take care of Christine, Mrs. Huish, she's very young." 505 00:34:21,300 --> 00:34:24,441 Makes me sick to think of it. 506 00:34:24,476 --> 00:34:27,513 The perfect gentleman. I thought you'd landed on your feet. 507 00:34:30,516 --> 00:34:32,794 Aren't you gonna ask me if I did any of it? 508 00:34:34,382 --> 00:34:37,523 Threesomes, foursomes... 509 00:34:37,558 --> 00:34:40,181 sado-masochism, they call it SandM, 510 00:34:40,216 --> 00:34:41,389 but you probably know all about that-- 511 00:34:41,424 --> 00:34:42,735 I don't want to hear it, Christine! 512 00:34:42,770 --> 00:34:44,392 Some men need the vibro to get it up. 513 00:34:44,427 --> 00:34:46,256 Shut it, you! You're upsetting your mother! 514 00:34:46,291 --> 00:34:48,189 -Like being weed on, or shat on-- -You're disgusting! 515 00:34:48,224 --> 00:34:49,811 You was happy enough to take my money! 516 00:34:50,467 --> 00:34:53,884 Sixteen, standing at Murray's in a pair knickers with my tits out! 517 00:34:53,919 --> 00:34:55,541 what did you think was going to happen? 518 00:34:55,576 --> 00:34:57,819 You wanted to go to London! I couldn't stop you! 519 00:34:57,854 --> 00:34:59,959 You couldn't get rid of me quick enough after the baby! 520 00:34:59,994 --> 00:35:02,479 Yes! Shame you've brought to this household, 521 00:35:02,514 --> 00:35:03,929 nothing but a common prostitute! 522 00:35:03,963 --> 00:35:05,965 I am not a prostitute! 523 00:35:06,000 --> 00:35:07,588 I'm not! 524 00:35:08,623 --> 00:35:09,866 No more than you are, 525 00:35:09,900 --> 00:35:11,937 staying with him, 526 00:35:11,971 --> 00:35:14,181 letting him give you a good poke 527 00:35:14,215 --> 00:35:16,252 when he rolls in from the pub, just because he gives you housekeeping! 528 00:35:16,286 --> 00:35:19,876 God. At least, I only have it away with blokes I actually fancy-- 529 00:35:31,474 --> 00:35:36,134 [sobbing] I am not a prostitute... 530 00:35:51,942 --> 00:35:53,323 Good morning. 531 00:36:02,677 --> 00:36:03,678 Bin it. 532 00:36:04,645 --> 00:36:06,612 Paul Mann's not stupid, sir, it's a copy. 533 00:36:06,647 --> 00:36:07,924 And he wants it back. 534 00:36:07,958 --> 00:36:09,788 Has he given a copy to anyone else? 535 00:36:09,822 --> 00:36:11,997 Politician, he says. George Wigg. 536 00:36:12,031 --> 00:36:14,033 Something about wanting the truth to come out. 537 00:36:14,068 --> 00:36:16,243 [sighs] Little shit. 538 00:36:17,727 --> 00:36:20,661 If Christine's on tape saying she lied in court about Gordon. 539 00:36:20,695 --> 00:36:23,008 I've listened to it. She says she lied in court. 540 00:36:23,042 --> 00:36:25,700 Black eye, Fenton and Camacchio, the lot. 541 00:36:26,701 --> 00:36:28,255 Lucky Lucky Gordon, eh? 542 00:36:28,289 --> 00:36:30,326 They might let him out after all. 543 00:36:30,947 --> 00:36:32,569 [Burrows] It's worrying though. 544 00:36:32,604 --> 00:36:34,019 What happens when they find out Christine lied? 545 00:36:34,053 --> 00:36:36,711 That's the difference between you and me John. 546 00:36:36,746 --> 00:36:40,301 You're a worrier. Stephen Ward is a ponce, end of. 547 00:36:40,853 --> 00:36:44,995 If it comes out later that Christine told a few porkies about Lucky, 548 00:36:45,996 --> 00:36:47,274 so what? 549 00:36:47,308 --> 00:36:49,414 She'll have served her purpose. 550 00:36:50,932 --> 00:36:53,280 There's no honour among slappers! 551 00:36:56,662 --> 00:36:58,423 [Burge] Good morning, Doctor Ward. 552 00:36:58,457 --> 00:37:00,908 Full of pep and go, I hope, ready to get in the witness box. 553 00:37:00,942 --> 00:37:03,566 Do you think the jury believe Vickie Barrett? 554 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:06,327 There is a strong belief in this country 555 00:37:06,362 --> 00:37:08,916 in the honesty and integrity of the police force. 556 00:37:08,950 --> 00:37:11,643 It would do you no good to push the matter too far. 557 00:37:11,677 --> 00:37:13,679 Not that the judge would allow me to. 558 00:37:13,714 --> 00:37:15,716 Well, Christine, then? 559 00:37:15,750 --> 00:37:18,063 If you put more stress on her lying about Ivanov, and over Lucky... 560 00:37:18,097 --> 00:37:21,998 Every one of that jury has told a lie, Doctor Ward, many lies through their lives. 561 00:37:22,032 --> 00:37:24,621 But they haven't indulged in foursomes 562 00:37:24,656 --> 00:37:27,452 or lived with a teenage whore who smokes reefers 563 00:37:27,486 --> 00:37:29,281 and takes a succession of... 564 00:37:30,834 --> 00:37:32,698 negroes as her lovers, 565 00:37:32,733 --> 00:37:35,045 even if they have wanted to do such things. 566 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:38,808 Indeed, the fact you've had experiences these people can scarcely admit they envy 567 00:37:38,842 --> 00:37:42,501 only pours fuel on the roaring bonfire of your depravity, 568 00:37:42,536 --> 00:37:44,710 as far as they're concerned. 569 00:37:44,745 --> 00:37:46,056 Which is surely why the News of the World has increased its circulation 570 00:37:46,091 --> 00:37:48,783 by half a million since your case began. 571 00:37:52,718 --> 00:37:54,548 If it comes out in Gordon's appeal 572 00:37:54,582 --> 00:37:56,584 that Miss Keeler has committed perjury, 573 00:37:56,619 --> 00:37:58,448 that will be another matter. 574 00:37:58,483 --> 00:38:01,002 If she were to be exposed as an unreliable witness, 575 00:38:01,037 --> 00:38:03,764 Justice Marshall may have to dismiss her evidence against you. 576 00:38:03,798 --> 00:38:05,973 So long as it happens before the jury has to reach a verdict. 577 00:38:06,007 --> 00:38:08,078 That is out of our hands. 578 00:38:08,113 --> 00:38:11,944 Today you must concentrate on making the best possible impression. 579 00:38:12,704 --> 00:38:15,293 And what about my list of character witnesses? 580 00:38:16,190 --> 00:38:18,399 Has Bill sent word? 581 00:38:19,089 --> 00:38:20,367 Lord Astor? 582 00:38:24,198 --> 00:38:26,718 Shoulders back, there's a good chap 583 00:38:54,608 --> 00:38:56,713 What were your intentions 584 00:38:56,748 --> 00:39:03,375 arranging for two teenage girls to live with you in your flat, Mr. Ward? 585 00:39:04,411 --> 00:39:07,586 I found them both very attractive girls. 586 00:39:07,621 --> 00:39:10,209 Lively, fun. 587 00:39:10,244 --> 00:39:12,902 There was nothing sinister about it. 588 00:39:12,936 --> 00:39:14,973 They were both working at Murray's, 589 00:39:15,007 --> 00:39:18,632 a great number of men, as well as me, appreciated their charms. 590 00:39:18,666 --> 00:39:21,738 On various occasions, they needed somewhere to live, 591 00:39:21,773 --> 00:39:23,809 I had a spare room. 592 00:39:26,571 --> 00:39:28,469 I became fond of them. 593 00:39:28,504 --> 00:39:32,473 You were aware that they were promiscuous? 594 00:39:32,508 --> 00:39:34,820 [Stephen] Ah, yes. 595 00:39:34,855 --> 00:39:37,582 I did speak to Mandy's parents about it, and Christine's. 596 00:39:37,616 --> 00:39:39,687 Reassuring for them, I'm sure, 597 00:39:39,722 --> 00:39:45,831 particularly after you'd already had intercourse with Miss Rice-Davies. 598 00:39:45,866 --> 00:39:49,697 While you were claiming to act in loco parentis, 599 00:39:49,732 --> 00:39:52,769 you were also introducing them to your friends? 600 00:39:52,804 --> 00:39:56,497 You are completely misrepresenting the atmosphere at Wimpole Mews. 601 00:39:56,532 --> 00:39:58,810 I never set myself up as a father figure. 602 00:39:58,844 --> 00:40:00,915 And most of the time, I was busy with my practice, 603 00:40:00,950 --> 00:40:02,917 or drawing or playing bridge. 604 00:40:02,952 --> 00:40:05,126 Oh! A scene from an Austen novel! 605 00:40:05,161 --> 00:40:07,232 [laughter] 606 00:40:07,266 --> 00:40:10,822 Yet, Miss Keeler and Miss Rice-Davies have both said 607 00:40:10,856 --> 00:40:14,653 they had intercourse with some of your friends, 608 00:40:14,688 --> 00:40:15,965 is that the case? 609 00:40:15,999 --> 00:40:17,138 If they say so. 610 00:40:20,935 --> 00:40:21,902 Yes. 611 00:40:21,936 --> 00:40:24,145 What did you think 612 00:40:24,180 --> 00:40:29,565 these promiscuous little girls were having sexual intercourse with men for? 613 00:40:29,599 --> 00:40:33,914 I imagine it was for enjoyment of the sexual act. 614 00:40:33,948 --> 00:40:36,572 -[laughter] -[undertone] If only. 615 00:40:36,606 --> 00:40:38,608 [prosecutor] Miss Keeler has told this court 616 00:40:38,643 --> 00:40:41,093 that while she was living with you at Wimpole Mews, 617 00:40:41,128 --> 00:40:45,719 Mr. Profumo paid her for intercourse, is that true? 618 00:40:45,753 --> 00:40:47,859 I had no idea that was the case. 619 00:40:47,893 --> 00:40:49,723 No idea about the payment 620 00:40:49,757 --> 00:40:52,035 or no idea about the intercourse? 621 00:40:52,070 --> 00:40:54,521 No idea of the payment, certainly. 622 00:40:54,555 --> 00:40:57,316 I could see an association was developing, 623 00:40:57,351 --> 00:41:01,251 but I had no direct evidence the two of them were sleeping together. 624 00:41:01,286 --> 00:41:05,670 As a matter of fact, I later reported my concerns to the security services, 625 00:41:05,704 --> 00:41:07,879 who will have the meeting on record. 626 00:41:07,913 --> 00:41:10,847 Now, that would be... 627 00:41:12,193 --> 00:41:15,542 "Mr. Woods" of the security service? 628 00:41:15,576 --> 00:41:17,544 Yes. 629 00:41:17,578 --> 00:41:20,857 But both the police and your solicitor were unable to trace him, 630 00:41:20,892 --> 00:41:23,204 despite the most strenuous efforts. 631 00:41:24,585 --> 00:41:25,966 I am telling you the truth. 632 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:29,107 But Miss Keeler, you say, has lied? 633 00:41:32,179 --> 00:41:33,594 I think... 634 00:41:36,908 --> 00:41:39,497 I think, like a lot of people, 635 00:41:40,359 --> 00:41:42,327 she convinces herself 636 00:41:42,361 --> 00:41:46,849 that a story she's told over a period of time becomes true. 637 00:41:46,883 --> 00:41:51,957 This is the case with the supposed liaison with Captain Ivanov. 638 00:41:51,992 --> 00:41:54,719 Christine is not a bad girl. 639 00:41:56,790 --> 00:42:00,207 The newspapers are paying her a great deal for her stories. 640 00:42:00,241 --> 00:42:02,209 [prosecutor] But what about the police, Mr. Ward? 641 00:42:02,243 --> 00:42:05,177 Are you suggesting that they are being paid by the newspapers? 642 00:42:05,212 --> 00:42:06,869 [Stephen] I have never made that suggestion. 643 00:42:06,903 --> 00:42:08,042 But you said they lied. 644 00:42:08,077 --> 00:42:10,217 About Miss Barrett. Yes. 645 00:42:10,251 --> 00:42:13,703 Miss Barrett has lied, Miss Rice-Davies has lied, Miss Keeler has lied, 646 00:42:13,738 --> 00:42:17,604 if were to believe you, every single person in this case has lied, 647 00:42:17,638 --> 00:42:19,364 except for you-- 648 00:42:19,398 --> 00:42:21,849 Even with the somewhat disreputable pattern of my life, 649 00:42:21,884 --> 00:42:23,748 do you think it probable 650 00:42:23,782 --> 00:42:25,922 that I would invite a string of anonymous men to my flat, 651 00:42:25,957 --> 00:42:27,959 to be flogged by a streetwalker 652 00:42:27,993 --> 00:42:31,756 when since January I have been constantly watched by the police, 653 00:42:31,790 --> 00:42:34,068 had my phone tapped, been besieged by newspapermen 654 00:42:34,103 --> 00:42:36,277 at every waking moment? 655 00:42:36,312 --> 00:42:38,279 Ask the press if they saw Vickie Barrett 656 00:42:38,314 --> 00:42:40,937 turning up three times a week to Wimpole Mews! 657 00:42:40,972 --> 00:42:44,734 [judge] Mr. Ward, you are doing your case no good 658 00:42:44,769 --> 00:42:49,049 by not straightforwardly answering the questions put to you. 659 00:42:53,363 --> 00:42:54,848 I'm sorry, sir. 660 00:42:57,782 --> 00:42:59,197 It's a... 661 00:42:59,231 --> 00:43:01,199 it's a great strain. 662 00:43:01,233 --> 00:43:03,857 [prosecutor] Of course, it's a great strain, Mr. Ward. 663 00:43:03,891 --> 00:43:05,617 It's a very great strain indeed, 664 00:43:05,652 --> 00:43:09,483 when a guilty man hears the truth. 665 00:43:13,211 --> 00:43:16,145 [music and laughter] 666 00:43:50,973 --> 00:43:54,873 [whispering and murmuring] 667 00:43:59,257 --> 00:44:02,778 Princess Marina and the Duke of Edinburgh. 668 00:44:05,712 --> 00:44:08,369 Princess Margaret, what's happened to her? 669 00:44:08,404 --> 00:44:10,199 All the royal drawings were bought directly 670 00:44:10,233 --> 00:44:12,235 after the gallery opened this morning. 671 00:44:12,270 --> 00:44:14,755 On the condition they were removed immediately. 672 00:44:15,929 --> 00:44:16,861 By whom? 673 00:44:17,827 --> 00:44:20,761 The buyer insisted on complete anonymity. 674 00:44:25,317 --> 00:44:26,940 [sighs] 675 00:44:26,974 --> 00:44:30,840 I've, err, never had a show like it. 676 00:44:40,747 --> 00:44:41,920 Chin chin! 677 00:44:46,511 --> 00:44:48,202 Cheers, little baby! 678 00:44:50,791 --> 00:44:52,828 [man] Excuse me, Miss Davies? 679 00:44:54,174 --> 00:44:55,313 [Mandy] Yes. 680 00:45:44,086 --> 00:45:47,572 [Burge] If this trial was concerned with establishing 681 00:45:47,606 --> 00:45:52,922 that Stephen Ward led a thoroughly immoral life, 682 00:45:52,957 --> 00:45:55,476 your task would be a simple one. 683 00:45:55,511 --> 00:45:58,479 No one has thought to disguise his character from you. 684 00:45:59,273 --> 00:46:03,933 Indeed, my learned could make a honeymoon sound obscene, 685 00:46:03,968 --> 00:46:10,284 let alone the demoralized and undisciplined life of Stephen Thomas Ward. 686 00:46:12,908 --> 00:46:17,878 If you felt the conscience of the nation had been shamed by a major scandal, 687 00:46:17,913 --> 00:46:20,916 and then wished to find a scapegoat for that shame, 688 00:46:20,950 --> 00:46:25,023 you would hardly find a more suitable man than Doctor Ward. 689 00:46:26,093 --> 00:46:29,890 His conduct is such as to deprive him of any sympathy 690 00:46:29,925 --> 00:46:32,306 from any quarter. 691 00:46:33,135 --> 00:46:37,104 [Burge] But that is not why you are here. 692 00:46:37,139 --> 00:46:40,245 You are here to determine, purely on the evidence, 693 00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:43,455 if Doctor Ward lived wholly or in part 694 00:46:43,490 --> 00:46:45,941 on the earnings of prostitution. 695 00:46:48,288 --> 00:46:50,014 In the course of their investigation, 696 00:46:50,048 --> 00:46:52,637 Chief Inspector Herbert and Detective Sergeant Burrows 697 00:46:52,671 --> 00:46:56,468 have interviewed over 140 witnesses. 698 00:46:56,503 --> 00:46:58,919 Their pursuit of a conviction 699 00:46:58,954 --> 00:47:01,680 has coloured the interpretation of many facts 700 00:47:01,715 --> 00:47:03,648 connected with the accused. 701 00:47:05,650 --> 00:47:07,479 As a convicted prostitute, 702 00:47:07,514 --> 00:47:11,552 Miss Barrett was vulnerable to pressure from the police. 703 00:47:11,587 --> 00:47:15,660 Miss Rice-Davies also had pressure put on her 704 00:47:15,694 --> 00:47:18,870 in giving evidence against Doctor Ward. 705 00:47:19,940 --> 00:47:23,668 Even so, it amounts to very little. 706 00:47:26,291 --> 00:47:28,638 Miss Keeler's evidence is more troubling. 707 00:47:28,673 --> 00:47:32,435 After 24 police interviews, along with any number with the press, 708 00:47:32,470 --> 00:47:35,714 she might quite genuinely be unable to distinguish 709 00:47:35,749 --> 00:47:38,510 between truth and fiction. 710 00:47:39,615 --> 00:47:42,514 If the conviction of Aloysius Gordon is quashed, 711 00:47:42,549 --> 00:47:47,416 and the allegation is correct that Miss Keeler gave perjured evidence at his trial, 712 00:47:47,450 --> 00:47:50,902 then she has repeated that perjured evidence here 713 00:47:50,937 --> 00:47:52,870 in the Central Criminal Court. 714 00:47:54,526 --> 00:47:56,597 How reliable is she? 715 00:47:57,115 --> 00:47:59,152 -[gasps] -[whispering] Christine. 716 00:48:00,636 --> 00:48:03,156 [Burge] What the matter before you comes down to is this: 717 00:48:03,190 --> 00:48:07,125 is Doctor Ward a dissolute man 718 00:48:07,160 --> 00:48:10,646 with an artistic temperament and high sexual proclivities, 719 00:48:10,680 --> 00:48:13,407 or a common or garden pimp? 720 00:48:14,684 --> 00:48:21,070 Was this lamentable life of his led for fun, or profit? 721 00:48:21,691 --> 00:48:25,074 On any fair and impartial view, 722 00:48:26,489 --> 00:48:31,253 you must find Doctor Ward not guilty. 723 00:48:31,287 --> 00:48:34,532 [audience murmuring] 724 00:48:40,055 --> 00:48:41,435 Thank you. 725 00:48:47,683 --> 00:48:49,650 Members of the jury, 726 00:48:50,789 --> 00:48:55,035 it will no doubt be a relief 727 00:48:55,070 --> 00:48:59,246 to get away from the squalid atmosphere 728 00:48:59,281 --> 00:49:02,318 of promiscuity and perversion 729 00:49:02,353 --> 00:49:07,185 that has permeated the evidence of Stephen Thomas Ward. 730 00:49:07,220 --> 00:49:09,394 His own counsel agrees. 731 00:49:09,429 --> 00:49:12,087 The defendant is a filthy fellow, 732 00:49:12,121 --> 00:49:15,573 yet Mr. Burge would have you think 733 00:49:15,607 --> 00:49:19,094 this is somehow irrelevant 734 00:49:19,128 --> 00:49:22,097 to the charges brought against him. 735 00:49:22,131 --> 00:49:25,203 [murmuring] 736 00:49:25,238 --> 00:49:26,549 [prosecutor] You may think differently. 737 00:49:27,550 --> 00:49:32,072 Those two penniless, promiscuous little girls 738 00:49:32,107 --> 00:49:36,766 and this West End osteopath, Dr. Stephen Ward, 739 00:49:36,801 --> 00:49:40,391 setting them up with his influential friends. 740 00:49:40,425 --> 00:49:43,290 What was the motive 741 00:49:43,325 --> 00:49:46,328 of this thoroughly immoral man 742 00:49:46,362 --> 00:49:50,539 if not to enrich himself in some way? 743 00:49:50,573 --> 00:49:51,471 Thank you. 744 00:49:57,822 --> 00:50:01,550 We have received word from the Appeal Court 745 00:50:02,344 --> 00:50:05,588 that Aloysius Gordon has been freed on appeal. 746 00:50:05,623 --> 00:50:06,520 [gasps] 747 00:50:24,780 --> 00:50:26,161 [journalist] Mr. Gordon, is there anything you might like to say 748 00:50:26,195 --> 00:50:28,266 to the general public, sir? 749 00:50:28,301 --> 00:50:30,786 I didn't think there'd be the right thing done. 750 00:50:30,820 --> 00:50:32,753 I'm pleased! Relieved. 751 00:50:32,788 --> 00:50:35,135 Just want to get on with my life now. 752 00:50:35,170 --> 00:50:37,344 Christine, if you're listening, 753 00:50:37,379 --> 00:50:39,105 I forgive you. 754 00:50:40,623 --> 00:50:42,453 Same in my heart as it ever was. 755 00:50:42,487 --> 00:50:43,833 Thank you. 756 00:50:43,868 --> 00:50:45,042 [journalist] Mr. Gordon, any other comments? 757 00:50:47,147 --> 00:50:48,528 Members of the jury. 758 00:50:50,495 --> 00:50:53,360 [judge] You have heard the Court of Criminal Appeal 759 00:50:53,395 --> 00:50:57,054 has today dismissed Mr. Gordon's conviction. 760 00:50:57,882 --> 00:51:00,919 The fact that Gordon's appeal has been allowed 761 00:51:00,954 --> 00:51:03,198 does not of course mean 762 00:51:03,232 --> 00:51:06,132 that the Court of Appeal found that Miss Keeler is lying. 763 00:51:08,651 --> 00:51:10,412 As I understand it, 764 00:51:10,446 --> 00:51:14,623 since the witnesses Fenton and Camacchio have been found, 765 00:51:14,657 --> 00:51:18,351 it was simply felt the court couldn't assume 766 00:51:18,385 --> 00:51:22,286 the jury would have returned the same verdict in Mr. Gordon's case. 767 00:51:23,390 --> 00:51:25,772 That is all there is to make of the appeal. 768 00:51:26,566 --> 00:51:29,500 The Lord Chief Justice has said it might be 769 00:51:29,534 --> 00:51:33,435 that Miss Keeler's evidence was completely truthful. 770 00:51:36,265 --> 00:51:38,716 [judge] As we all cannot help but be aware, 771 00:51:38,750 --> 00:51:40,649 in the eyes of the world, 772 00:51:40,683 --> 00:51:44,860 our national life appears to have become a sink of iniquity. 773 00:51:45,792 --> 00:51:49,416 Common decency tells us this cannot be true. 774 00:51:50,452 --> 00:51:52,730 Common decency. 775 00:51:53,489 --> 00:51:57,562 It is for you and you alone to decide Ward's role 776 00:51:57,597 --> 00:52:00,634 in the many insalubrious matters you have been subjected to 777 00:52:00,669 --> 00:52:02,843 as evidence during this trial. 778 00:52:04,190 --> 00:52:06,744 If Ward was telling the truth in the witness box, 779 00:52:06,778 --> 00:52:10,161 there are in this city many witnesses of high estate 780 00:52:10,196 --> 00:52:13,406 who could have come and testified support of his evidence. 781 00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:16,961 But the defence has called no such witnesses. 782 00:52:16,995 --> 00:52:18,342 Not one. 783 00:52:19,998 --> 00:52:25,349 There may be many reasons why Stephen Ward has been abandoned in his extremity. 784 00:52:25,383 --> 00:52:27,903 You must not guess at them, 785 00:52:29,042 --> 00:52:33,874 but the fact remains he has been left, quite tellingly, 786 00:52:33,909 --> 00:52:36,256 to face the music alone. 787 00:52:38,362 --> 00:52:40,536 Entirely alone. 788 00:52:45,610 --> 00:52:47,612 Absolutely outrageous. 789 00:52:47,647 --> 00:52:49,614 Bad enough for Gordon's appeal to be rushed through in this way, 790 00:52:49,649 --> 00:52:52,928 but for Justice Marshall to lead the jury over Miss Keeler's perjury. 791 00:52:52,962 --> 00:52:56,828 I have never seen the like in all my years at the bar. 792 00:52:56,863 --> 00:52:57,864 Stephen! 793 00:52:59,486 --> 00:53:01,730 Are you going to see Lucky, now he's been released, Chris? 794 00:53:01,764 --> 00:53:02,972 Stephen! 795 00:53:03,007 --> 00:53:05,699 So that's it then? All hope is gone. 796 00:53:05,734 --> 00:53:07,356 You must never say that! 797 00:53:07,391 --> 00:53:09,703 [Burge] Not until the jury come back with a verdict. 798 00:53:09,738 --> 00:53:11,671 -Stephen! -And I can assure you, if it's the wrong one, 799 00:53:11,705 --> 00:53:14,225 we have very secure grounds for an appeal. 800 00:53:19,403 --> 00:53:20,369 Stephen! 801 00:53:24,442 --> 00:53:26,203 Wishing you luck, baby! 802 00:54:07,865 --> 00:54:11,834 [sobbing] 803 00:54:21,396 --> 00:54:24,709 [sobbing] 804 00:54:30,715 --> 00:54:34,374 [sobbing] 805 00:54:47,042 --> 00:54:50,770 [deep breath and sigh] 806 00:55:06,993 --> 00:55:08,443 [sighs] 807 00:55:17,935 --> 00:55:19,039 "Yesterday... 808 00:55:22,180 --> 00:55:23,837 upon the stair, 809 00:55:26,633 --> 00:55:28,808 I met a man who wasn't there. 810 00:55:40,475 --> 00:55:42,477 He wasn't there again today. 811 00:56:05,672 --> 00:56:09,020 -[Christine] Ta-da! -[Stephen laughing] 812 00:56:09,055 --> 00:56:12,886 [chatting and laughing] 813 00:56:12,921 --> 00:56:14,578 [Stephen] I think that... 814 00:56:14,612 --> 00:56:17,684 And then... Ta-da! 815 00:56:17,719 --> 00:56:18,996 Bravo! 816 00:56:19,030 --> 00:56:21,481 [chatting and laughing] 817 00:56:22,586 --> 00:56:24,001 Okay. Wait. 818 00:56:25,727 --> 00:56:32,112 [both laughing] 819 00:56:44,228 --> 00:56:46,057 [Stephen] I'm sorry I had to do this, 820 00:56:47,956 --> 00:56:50,890 but it's really more than I can stand. 821 00:56:52,201 --> 00:56:55,722 The horror day after day, 822 00:56:55,757 --> 00:56:58,518 in the court and on the street. 823 00:57:00,244 --> 00:57:06,940 [singing and laughing] 824 00:57:08,908 --> 00:57:10,530 [Stephen] It's not only fear. 825 00:57:12,705 --> 00:57:15,017 It's a wish not to let them get me. 826 00:57:16,294 --> 00:57:18,193 I'd rather get myself. 827 00:57:27,823 --> 00:57:29,238 [Stephen] Be happy. 828 00:57:32,138 --> 00:57:33,829 I tried to do my stuff.