1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,797 I most emphatically am not married, 2 00:00:01,869 --> 00:00:04,030 which, at the moment, happens to be the heart of my problem. 3 00:00:04,104 --> 00:00:05,696 I'm not Mrs. Reardon. 4 00:00:05,773 --> 00:00:07,673 FEMALE NARRATOR: Tonight on Murder, She Wrote. 5 00:00:07,741 --> 00:00:10,005 They'll kill him, after torturing him. 6 00:00:10,077 --> 00:00:14,275 What is money when the life of a loved one hangs in the balance? 7 00:00:14,348 --> 00:00:16,509 Get out. Now! 8 00:00:16,583 --> 00:00:18,346 The exchange is set for tomorrow. 1300 hours. 9 00:00:18,419 --> 00:00:20,944 ...to a marriage that's clearly in deep trouble. 10 00:00:21,021 --> 00:00:23,990 You mean to say he's brought an American civilian in on the operation? 11 00:00:24,058 --> 00:00:27,050 I have been tricked, lied to, pumped for information. 12 00:00:28,128 --> 00:00:29,322 Freeze! 13 00:01:43,704 --> 00:01:44,693 (GUNS BEING COCKED) 14 00:01:44,771 --> 00:01:46,102 (MAN SPEAKING IN GREEK) 15 00:01:54,381 --> 00:01:56,042 (COMMANDING IN GREEK) 16 00:01:58,352 --> 00:02:02,755 MICHAEL: Oh, that's marvelous, Pamela. That's ruddy marvelous. 17 00:02:02,823 --> 00:02:07,089 You've totally mucked things up. Yes, of course I'm sympathetic, 18 00:02:07,628 --> 00:02:10,597 assuming that it really is your appendix and not some... 19 00:02:10,664 --> 00:02:12,495 Liar? Did I call you a liar? 20 00:02:14,134 --> 00:02:15,226 Fine. 21 00:02:16,570 --> 00:02:19,733 You needn't shout. There's nothing wrong with the damn connection! 22 00:02:21,742 --> 00:02:23,505 Pamela, I'm sorry. 23 00:02:25,746 --> 00:02:27,543 I said, I'm sorry. 24 00:02:28,148 --> 00:02:30,412 I apologize for having misjudged you. 25 00:02:31,151 --> 00:02:33,813 I hope it all goes well. Give my best to your surgeon, 26 00:02:33,887 --> 00:02:35,855 whoever he may be. Ciao. 27 00:02:39,026 --> 00:02:40,391 (SIGHS) 28 00:02:43,530 --> 00:02:44,963 (RINGING) 29 00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:48,260 Yes? 30 00:02:49,236 --> 00:02:50,669 Oh, London? Put him through. 31 00:02:52,673 --> 00:02:54,607 Alfie, boyo, what've you got? 32 00:02:57,010 --> 00:02:58,272 Nothing yet? 33 00:03:01,148 --> 00:03:03,673 No, no. No problem. Tomorrow'll be fine. 34 00:03:05,052 --> 00:03:08,852 Yeah, cable me in Athens at the Hotel Grande Bretagne, 35 00:03:09,623 --> 00:03:12,421 in the name of Mr. And Mrs. Michael Reardon. 36 00:03:13,026 --> 00:03:14,755 R-E-A... 37 00:03:15,495 --> 00:03:17,360 No, no, no, you silly twit, 38 00:03:17,431 --> 00:03:19,296 I most emphatically am not married, 39 00:03:19,366 --> 00:03:21,732 which, at the moment, happens to be the heart of my problem. 40 00:03:23,003 --> 00:03:24,527 It was delightful having you with us 41 00:03:24,638 --> 00:03:25,662 once again, Madame Fletcher. 42 00:03:25,739 --> 00:03:28,207 Thank you, Monsieur Le Bon. I wish it were more often. 43 00:03:28,275 --> 00:03:29,503 Jessica? 44 00:03:30,544 --> 00:03:34,173 Jessica! I can't believe it. Michael, for heaven sakes! 45 00:03:34,815 --> 00:03:36,373 Are you... Are you just arriving? 46 00:03:36,450 --> 00:03:37,542 I'm just leaving. 47 00:03:37,618 --> 00:03:40,678 You mean to tell me that you've been staying right here in this hotel? 48 00:03:40,754 --> 00:03:42,813 For the past 24 hours. Just a short stopover. 49 00:03:42,889 --> 00:03:43,878 I'm here on 50 00:03:43,957 --> 00:03:44,946 (CLEARS THROAT) 51 00:03:45,058 --> 00:03:46,047 Business. 52 00:03:46,393 --> 00:03:48,384 Don't tell me. I don't want to know. 53 00:03:48,462 --> 00:03:49,793 Well, I couldn't if I wanted to. 54 00:03:49,863 --> 00:03:51,455 It's very hush-hush. 55 00:03:51,531 --> 00:03:52,623 And you? You're on vacation? 56 00:03:52,699 --> 00:03:53,723 Well, not exactly. 57 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:55,131 It's an international book tour. 58 00:03:55,202 --> 00:03:57,170 I don't know how I got talked into it. 59 00:03:57,237 --> 00:03:59,364 Well, I know how. Because you're a soft touch. 60 00:03:59,439 --> 00:04:01,066 People take advantage of you. 61 00:04:01,141 --> 00:04:03,006 Well, you should know. 62 00:04:03,277 --> 00:04:06,542 Madame Fletcher, pardon. I have just heard from the airport. 63 00:04:06,613 --> 00:04:09,741 Your flight to Cairo is delayed at least eight hours. 64 00:04:09,816 --> 00:04:11,283 Oh, dear. 65 00:04:11,485 --> 00:04:13,953 Not to worry. You're coming with me. What? 66 00:04:14,021 --> 00:04:15,716 Yeah, I have a flight to Athens that leaves in an hour. 67 00:04:15,789 --> 00:04:17,654 You can take a connecting flight to Cairo from there. 68 00:04:17,724 --> 00:04:20,215 Oh, Michael, I don't know. It can't be that simple. 69 00:04:20,294 --> 00:04:22,762 But of course it is. Our luggage. 70 00:04:25,299 --> 00:04:26,664 This is really wonderful, you know. 71 00:04:26,733 --> 00:04:28,360 It'll give us a couple of hours to catch up on things. 72 00:04:28,435 --> 00:04:30,266 Michael... Oh, come on now. 73 00:04:30,437 --> 00:04:33,338 Where's that adventurous Jessica Fletcher I know and adore? 74 00:04:33,407 --> 00:04:35,807 Well, she was last seen in a San Francisco jail, 75 00:04:35,876 --> 00:04:39,835 the gullible victim of a certain Ml6 agent's flimflam. 76 00:04:39,913 --> 00:04:41,437 Ah, Jessica darling, 77 00:04:41,515 --> 00:04:44,348 if you only knew how often I've regretted that little episode. 78 00:04:44,418 --> 00:04:45,544 Now you tell me! 79 00:04:45,619 --> 00:04:46,608 (LAUGHING) 80 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,554 ...and on Friday, I'll catch up with you in Cairo, 81 00:04:56,630 --> 00:04:58,291 and we'll drive south to the Valley of the Kings. 82 00:04:58,365 --> 00:05:01,198 Oh, that sounds like fun. But if you're too busy, please don't feel... 83 00:05:01,268 --> 00:05:04,066 No, nonsense. By the weekend, I'll be as free as a bird, I promise. 84 00:05:04,137 --> 00:05:07,470 WOMAN ON PA: Air Macedonia flight 14 to Salonika now boarding... 85 00:05:07,541 --> 00:05:11,637 A reservation for Mrs. J.B. Fletcher on your 3:30 flight to Cairo. 86 00:05:12,245 --> 00:05:14,236 Oh, Jess, you're in for a wonderful treat. 87 00:05:14,314 --> 00:05:18,045 I'm sorry, but we have no reservation for a Mrs. Fletcher. 88 00:05:18,418 --> 00:05:20,477 Oh, dear. That can't be. 89 00:05:20,554 --> 00:05:23,318 CLERK: And the flight is fully booked. JESSICA: Yes, but... 90 00:05:23,390 --> 00:05:26,359 However, we do have another flight tomorrow afternoon. 91 00:05:26,426 --> 00:05:28,656 Well, I'm afraid that doesn't help very much. 92 00:05:28,729 --> 00:05:32,426 Is there another airline that has a flight to Cairo this afternoon? 93 00:05:33,900 --> 00:05:36,334 CLERK: I'm sorry. They, too, are booked. 94 00:05:36,503 --> 00:05:39,233 Oh, dear. Michael... 95 00:05:40,173 --> 00:05:42,607 Michael? Excuse me, aren't you J.B. Fletcher? 96 00:05:42,676 --> 00:05:44,576 Well, yes, I... Oh, how delightful. 97 00:05:44,644 --> 00:05:47,238 Yeah, I thought I recognized you from your dust jacket. 98 00:05:47,314 --> 00:05:49,782 I'm so sorry. What seems to be the trouble, Mrs. Fletcher? 99 00:05:49,850 --> 00:05:52,546 Well, I seem to have lost someone. 100 00:05:53,620 --> 00:05:57,613 Someone who has a habit of getting himself lost at the oddest times. 101 00:05:57,691 --> 00:06:00,057 Oh, do forgive my manners. 102 00:06:00,427 --> 00:06:02,088 Harold Baines. Oh. 103 00:06:03,196 --> 00:06:05,756 "Global Omnionics Limited"? 104 00:06:05,832 --> 00:06:09,529 Yes, it's just one of those boring multinational conglomerates 105 00:06:09,603 --> 00:06:11,730 in which nobody's quite certain what the company actually does. 106 00:06:11,805 --> 00:06:13,898 I see. So, what can I do to help? 107 00:06:13,974 --> 00:06:17,068 Well, I'm not really sure. You see, my friend has vanished, 108 00:06:17,144 --> 00:06:18,907 along with my airline reservation, 109 00:06:18,979 --> 00:06:22,540 and it looks as if I'm stranded here in Athens for the next 24 hours. 110 00:06:22,616 --> 00:06:24,311 Oh, how dreadful. 111 00:06:24,384 --> 00:06:26,944 Listen, my car's just outside. Why don't you let me drive you to your hotel? 112 00:06:27,020 --> 00:06:29,284 I don't have one. Oh, dear. 113 00:06:29,356 --> 00:06:31,847 Yes, and I'm afraid there isn't a single first-class room 114 00:06:31,925 --> 00:06:33,586 available in all of Athens just now. 115 00:06:33,660 --> 00:06:35,184 International Trade Fair, you know. 116 00:06:35,262 --> 00:06:37,127 "Oh, dear" is right! 117 00:06:37,931 --> 00:06:39,762 Oh, I know! Got it. Of course. 118 00:06:39,833 --> 00:06:43,735 Yes, our corporation maintains a very lovely two-bedroom, a sort of courtesy suite, 119 00:06:43,804 --> 00:06:45,237 at the Hotel Grande Bretagne. 120 00:06:45,305 --> 00:06:48,968 Now, please, Mrs. Fletcher, do me the honor of accepting our hospitality. 121 00:06:49,042 --> 00:06:52,170 Oh, well, that is terribly kind of you, Mr. Baines, but I... 122 00:06:52,245 --> 00:06:53,735 No, no, no, dear lady, not to worry. 123 00:06:53,814 --> 00:06:56,510 I will tell the airline people where you can be reached, 124 00:06:56,583 --> 00:06:58,517 and the moment we arrive at the hotel, 125 00:06:58,585 --> 00:07:00,746 I'll notify the police of your friend's disappearance. 126 00:07:00,821 --> 00:07:01,947 Done and done? 127 00:07:02,022 --> 00:07:03,922 Yes? Yes? Marvelous. 128 00:07:14,935 --> 00:07:16,596 Well, here we are. 129 00:07:41,862 --> 00:07:44,854 I don't know Cabot Cove. I don't even know Maine, actually. 130 00:07:44,931 --> 00:07:47,229 It's quite north, isn't it? Lots of snow? 131 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:48,824 Now and then. 132 00:07:52,906 --> 00:07:54,771 Oh, let me have your passport, Jessica. Oh. 133 00:07:54,841 --> 00:07:56,365 I'll take care of your registration. 134 00:07:56,443 --> 00:07:58,434 Well, thank you, Harold. You're really very kind. 135 00:07:58,512 --> 00:07:59,501 Oh, rubbish. 136 00:08:03,283 --> 00:08:04,511 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 137 00:08:08,221 --> 00:08:09,552 Yes? Oh. 138 00:08:09,856 --> 00:08:11,380 I do hope everything's satisfactory. 139 00:08:11,458 --> 00:08:13,426 Oh, yes, it's lovely, Harold. 140 00:08:13,493 --> 00:08:15,188 Have you... Have you spoken to the police? 141 00:08:15,262 --> 00:08:18,322 Beg pardon. Compliments of the management, Mrs. Reardon. 142 00:08:18,398 --> 00:08:20,298 Mrs. Reardon? Oh, there must be some mistake. 143 00:08:20,367 --> 00:08:22,597 Thank you very much. Oh, thank you, sir. 144 00:08:22,669 --> 00:08:24,796 Do let me take that for you. 145 00:08:25,972 --> 00:08:27,803 Mrs. Reardon? 146 00:08:28,375 --> 00:08:32,072 Would that by any chance be Mrs. Michael Reardon, would it? 147 00:08:32,145 --> 00:08:34,375 Is that the name that he's using this week? 148 00:08:34,447 --> 00:08:36,108 Well, actually, yes. 149 00:08:36,550 --> 00:08:38,484 Ah. Which means that you, Mr. Baines, 150 00:08:38,552 --> 00:08:42,386 must be an Ml6 agent in sheep's clothing? 151 00:08:42,455 --> 00:08:43,922 Michael said you might be upset. 152 00:08:43,990 --> 00:08:45,582 Yes, Michael was right. 153 00:08:45,659 --> 00:08:48,822 And, the reservation to Cairo. Never made? 154 00:08:48,895 --> 00:08:50,260 I'm afraid not, no. 155 00:08:50,330 --> 00:08:53,527 But it is true to say that there are no rooms available here in Athens. 156 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:57,730 Well, isn't it nice that you don't have to lie about everything? 157 00:08:57,804 --> 00:08:59,203 Where is he? 158 00:08:59,673 --> 00:09:00,833 I haven't the foggiest. 159 00:09:00,907 --> 00:09:02,602 As I was approaching you at the airport, 160 00:09:02,676 --> 00:09:04,337 two men were converging on him. 161 00:09:04,411 --> 00:09:05,935 Men who clearly meant him harm. 162 00:09:06,012 --> 00:09:07,775 I suspect Michael thought so, too, 163 00:09:07,847 --> 00:09:09,974 which explains why he left rather quickly. 164 00:09:10,050 --> 00:09:11,483 But I really shouldn't worry. 165 00:09:11,551 --> 00:09:13,951 Michael is quite adept at looking after himself. 166 00:09:14,020 --> 00:09:15,544 Oh, he is that. 167 00:09:15,989 --> 00:09:19,447 Mrs. Fletcher, I admit that Michael does have a penchant for highhandedness, 168 00:09:19,526 --> 00:09:21,858 but I do hope you'll continue to pose as Mrs. Reardon, 169 00:09:21,928 --> 00:09:24,453 at least until Michael's out of harm's way. 170 00:09:24,864 --> 00:09:26,764 Be assured, Mr. Baines, 171 00:09:26,833 --> 00:09:29,996 that I will do everything in my power 172 00:09:30,203 --> 00:09:32,501 to help ensure his safe return. 173 00:09:34,641 --> 00:09:37,371 So that I can get my hands on him. 174 00:09:37,577 --> 00:09:38,566 Good day. 175 00:09:43,483 --> 00:09:45,713 POPADOPALOUS: Of course I know it's confidential. 176 00:09:45,785 --> 00:09:47,616 Why else would I be here? 177 00:09:48,121 --> 00:09:50,453 Now, tell me, Dutchman, 178 00:09:51,057 --> 00:09:53,491 what exactly am I paying for? 179 00:09:53,793 --> 00:09:57,160 Patience, Mr. Popadopalous, patience. 180 00:09:57,297 --> 00:10:00,095 I have the information you have been waiting for. 181 00:10:00,233 --> 00:10:01,996 Mr. And Mrs. Reardon arrived in Athens 182 00:10:02,068 --> 00:10:03,797 on the 2:00 flight from Paris. 183 00:10:04,571 --> 00:10:09,201 They are occupying Suite 324 at the Hotel Grande Bretagne. 184 00:10:09,275 --> 00:10:10,708 And is that all of it? 185 00:10:10,810 --> 00:10:13,779 When I know more, I will tell you more. 186 00:10:15,081 --> 00:10:17,914 And when you tell me more, 187 00:10:19,019 --> 00:10:20,953 I will pay you more. 188 00:10:21,688 --> 00:10:23,519 Now, listen to me carefully. 189 00:10:24,424 --> 00:10:26,688 I want to know all of their movements. 190 00:10:27,927 --> 00:10:28,916 Understand? 191 00:10:29,396 --> 00:10:32,388 I am here to serve, my friend. 192 00:10:46,446 --> 00:10:49,279 Olympus Gems. Alec Scofield here. 193 00:10:49,349 --> 00:10:52,284 Ah, Mr. Stuyvesant. What a pleasant surprise. 194 00:10:52,719 --> 00:10:54,846 I haven't heard from you for at least 48 hours. 195 00:10:55,188 --> 00:10:58,089 I assume you are aware, Colonel, 196 00:10:58,158 --> 00:11:00,126 that a Mr. And Mrs. Reardon 197 00:11:00,193 --> 00:11:03,094 are occupying a certain suite at the Hotel Grande Bretagne. 198 00:11:03,663 --> 00:11:05,290 Perhaps I am mistaken. 199 00:11:05,432 --> 00:11:07,195 It was my impression your organization 200 00:11:07,267 --> 00:11:10,031 was taking no part in this particular transaction. 201 00:11:10,103 --> 00:11:11,229 Get to the point. 202 00:11:11,304 --> 00:11:13,329 What you may not know 203 00:11:13,406 --> 00:11:17,206 is that the Reardons are expected to attend a party this evening, 204 00:11:17,644 --> 00:11:21,375 at the home of one Dimitri Popadopalous. 205 00:11:21,448 --> 00:11:24,747 Really? Tell me, Dutchman, how much might it cost 206 00:11:24,818 --> 00:11:28,379 to secure an invitation to Mr. Popadopalous' party? 207 00:11:28,722 --> 00:11:31,987 Very well. Come by later and pick up your money. 208 00:11:35,929 --> 00:11:39,660 Well, at least the old thief didn't try to sell me the news of Michael's arrival. 209 00:11:39,733 --> 00:11:40,927 What about the woman with him? 210 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,366 An American author. Potboilers. 211 00:11:43,436 --> 00:11:46,098 People being murdered in locked rooms. All that sort of thing. 212 00:11:46,172 --> 00:11:47,799 I can't believe it. 213 00:11:47,874 --> 00:11:51,173 He's running an independent show on my patch. 214 00:11:51,244 --> 00:11:53,474 Damn it, he knows full well the Prime Minister's position 215 00:11:53,546 --> 00:11:54,843 on dealing with terrorists. 216 00:11:54,914 --> 00:11:56,882 Yes. Colonel, when Michael asked me to pitch in, 217 00:11:56,950 --> 00:11:58,713 I rather suspected it might have something to do 218 00:11:58,785 --> 00:12:00,082 with Laddie Fairchild's kidnapping, 219 00:12:00,153 --> 00:12:02,383 but I swear I never believed for a moment 220 00:12:02,455 --> 00:12:04,423 that he'd do anything outside of regulations. 221 00:12:04,491 --> 00:12:05,583 Rubbish. 222 00:12:05,892 --> 00:12:08,087 That's the only way that Michael Haggarty operates. 223 00:12:08,428 --> 00:12:10,396 Now, what's his plan? 224 00:12:10,864 --> 00:12:15,426 Well, I... I am not privy to his entire scheme, sir. Not as yet. 225 00:12:15,502 --> 00:12:17,629 But it would appear to require 226 00:12:17,704 --> 00:12:19,262 that he have a bogus wife. 227 00:12:19,339 --> 00:12:23,469 You mean to say he's brought an American civilian in on the operation? 228 00:12:23,543 --> 00:12:24,976 My God, the man must have gone mad. 229 00:12:25,445 --> 00:12:26,639 Yes. 230 00:12:26,713 --> 00:12:30,513 In... In his defense, Colonel, Michael does seem convinced 231 00:12:30,583 --> 00:12:33,814 that the kidnappers are just that, garden-variety hoodlums 232 00:12:33,887 --> 00:12:36,720 rather than terrorists or gunrunners. 233 00:12:37,090 --> 00:12:41,254 Baines, I want you to stay on this like fog on Tower Bridge. 234 00:12:41,327 --> 00:12:44,763 I expect to be informed of every breath the man takes. 235 00:12:49,235 --> 00:12:50,600 Mrs. Reardon? 236 00:12:50,770 --> 00:12:51,794 Oh. 237 00:12:51,871 --> 00:12:55,602 Excuse me. Henryk Stuyvesant at your service, madam. 238 00:12:55,742 --> 00:12:57,869 Please forgive me. I did not wish to startle you. 239 00:12:57,944 --> 00:12:59,605 Oh, no. No, I... 240 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:03,877 I just didn't realize that anyone knew that I was here. 241 00:13:05,051 --> 00:13:07,178 May I? Oh, please. 242 00:13:09,322 --> 00:13:12,883 A great pity about Mr. Fairchild. 243 00:13:13,092 --> 00:13:14,081 Fairchild? 244 00:13:14,961 --> 00:13:16,053 Oh, yes. 245 00:13:16,129 --> 00:13:17,687 Yes, it is. 246 00:13:17,831 --> 00:13:19,890 I am curious, Mrs. Reardon. 247 00:13:19,966 --> 00:13:24,198 Would you know when the transaction will be taking place? 248 00:13:24,737 --> 00:13:26,170 Transaction? 249 00:13:28,842 --> 00:13:30,241 I... 250 00:13:31,077 --> 00:13:35,571 I really can't tell you about that, Mr. Stuyvesant. 251 00:13:36,182 --> 00:13:39,845 Perhaps you could at least inform me of the location. 252 00:13:39,919 --> 00:13:43,980 No. No, no, I... I really can't say. 253 00:13:45,291 --> 00:13:46,451 I see. 254 00:13:49,429 --> 00:13:52,523 The other party in the transaction... 255 00:13:52,599 --> 00:13:54,726 Oh, dear. The name's on the tip of my tongue. 256 00:13:54,801 --> 00:13:55,995 Madam, 257 00:13:57,637 --> 00:14:00,538 people pay me for information. 258 00:14:01,274 --> 00:14:03,139 Oh, yes. Yes, of course. 259 00:14:03,576 --> 00:14:05,373 I came here, Mrs. Reardon, 260 00:14:05,445 --> 00:14:08,608 because of my great compassion for Laddie Fairchild. 261 00:14:08,982 --> 00:14:12,509 I am only sorry that you cannot share my trust. 262 00:14:39,879 --> 00:14:42,211 Jessica, be a dear and give me a hand. 263 00:14:42,282 --> 00:14:43,943 And you'd better get a move on, 264 00:14:44,017 --> 00:14:45,644 or we'll be late for the party. 265 00:14:45,718 --> 00:14:47,879 Party? What party? 266 00:14:48,755 --> 00:14:50,416 Michael, what happened? Where have you been? 267 00:14:50,490 --> 00:14:51,957 Who is Henryk Stuyvesant? 268 00:14:52,025 --> 00:14:53,959 Who is Laddie Fairchild? And... And... And all the... 269 00:14:54,027 --> 00:14:57,087 Easy, girl. Easy, girl. Those are all fine questions, and I'm gonna answer them all, 270 00:14:57,163 --> 00:14:59,757 but at the moment, time is running short. 271 00:14:59,832 --> 00:15:01,732 Yes, along with my patience. 272 00:15:01,801 --> 00:15:04,167 And if you think that I am going out with you this evening, 273 00:15:04,237 --> 00:15:05,704 you are very much mistaken. 274 00:15:06,372 --> 00:15:10,638 Never mind that I have been tricked, lied to, pumped for information. 275 00:15:11,377 --> 00:15:13,504 I have been worried sick about you. 276 00:15:13,579 --> 00:15:15,342 Ah, that's my girl. 277 00:15:15,415 --> 00:15:17,178 Although, I can't imagine why, 278 00:15:17,383 --> 00:15:19,317 since you systematically deceived me 279 00:15:19,385 --> 00:15:22,479 from the moment that we bumped into each other in Paris. 280 00:15:22,555 --> 00:15:25,251 For the record, Paris was an accident. 281 00:15:25,792 --> 00:15:29,159 Wonderful. And those men at the Athens airport? 282 00:15:29,228 --> 00:15:31,389 Well, I didn't want them to see us together, 283 00:15:31,464 --> 00:15:33,830 for fear of putting your life at risk. 284 00:15:34,100 --> 00:15:35,124 Oh. 285 00:15:35,201 --> 00:15:38,193 Well, that was considerate of you, I must say. 286 00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:39,465 It certainly was. 287 00:15:39,539 --> 00:15:40,836 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 288 00:15:41,307 --> 00:15:42,831 It's probably Baines. 289 00:15:46,346 --> 00:15:47,370 Yes? 290 00:15:47,447 --> 00:15:48,436 Hello. 291 00:15:48,548 --> 00:15:52,382 Is Michael about? I'm Pamela Reardon, his wife. 292 00:16:01,728 --> 00:16:03,753 Darling, I felt absolutely horrid 293 00:16:03,830 --> 00:16:05,422 about winkling out on you. 294 00:16:05,598 --> 00:16:06,587 Really, I did. 295 00:16:07,100 --> 00:16:08,863 How's your appendix? 296 00:16:09,569 --> 00:16:14,006 Oh, thank God it was nothing more than a touch of gastritis. 297 00:16:14,073 --> 00:16:16,007 Nothing more than a bloody audition, you mean. 298 00:16:17,076 --> 00:16:19,977 Michael, be a dear and try to understand. 299 00:16:20,346 --> 00:16:21,973 Obviously, you didn't get the job. 300 00:16:22,048 --> 00:16:24,573 Anyhow, I caught the very first flight out of Heathrow, 301 00:16:24,650 --> 00:16:25,639 and here I am. 302 00:16:27,053 --> 00:16:30,819 Seems my timing's a bit off, though. 303 00:16:31,891 --> 00:16:33,222 Mrs. Reardon? 304 00:16:33,826 --> 00:16:35,225 Not if I can help it. 305 00:16:36,195 --> 00:16:39,096 Pam Drake. You sound American. 306 00:16:39,165 --> 00:16:40,792 Is that real, or are you putting it on? 307 00:16:40,867 --> 00:16:43,927 Oh, it's real, all right. And I'm not an actress. 308 00:16:44,003 --> 00:16:46,062 Now, Michael... Jessica, you and I are due at a party. 309 00:16:46,139 --> 00:16:48,630 Miss Drake and I will take this up when we return. 310 00:16:48,708 --> 00:16:52,576 Oh, now, just a moment. If Miss Drake is here, you certainly don't need me. 311 00:16:52,645 --> 00:16:54,909 Ah, that's where you're wrong, my girl. 312 00:16:54,981 --> 00:16:57,950 There's Stuyvesant and some of the hotel staff. 313 00:16:58,017 --> 00:17:00,815 Too many people already know you as Mrs. Reardon. 314 00:17:01,187 --> 00:17:04,350 Look, I don't blame you for feeling the way you do. 315 00:17:04,624 --> 00:17:07,024 But please consider that a man's life is at stake. 316 00:17:07,527 --> 00:17:08,619 A very good man. 317 00:17:08,961 --> 00:17:12,590 Laddie Fairchild? Yes, Mr. Stuyvesant mentioned his name. 318 00:17:12,999 --> 00:17:14,432 But, Michael, why didn't... 319 00:17:14,500 --> 00:17:16,900 Maintain our little act for a few more hours, 320 00:17:16,969 --> 00:17:19,529 until I make the final arrangements for his release. 321 00:17:19,605 --> 00:17:21,869 I'll explain in full on the way. 322 00:17:24,377 --> 00:17:25,674 I'll go and get dressed. 323 00:17:26,412 --> 00:17:27,902 Good girl. 324 00:17:28,981 --> 00:17:31,472 And as for you, Pamela, darling... 325 00:17:31,651 --> 00:17:34,518 Save it, Michael. I've been up for 36 hours, 326 00:17:35,888 --> 00:17:37,583 so while you and your "missus" 327 00:17:37,657 --> 00:17:39,488 are off kicking up your heels, 328 00:17:39,659 --> 00:17:42,127 I'll be having a little sleep on your sofa. 329 00:17:42,195 --> 00:17:43,787 We'll chat when you get back. 330 00:17:47,100 --> 00:17:49,034 HAGGARTY: And so Laddie Fairchild 331 00:17:49,102 --> 00:17:51,627 was operating this travel agency as a front, 332 00:17:51,704 --> 00:17:53,672 to enable him to catch these weapons importers. 333 00:17:53,739 --> 00:17:56,333 You mean arms smugglers? Exactly. 334 00:17:56,876 --> 00:17:58,707 But before he could close the trap, 335 00:17:58,778 --> 00:18:00,837 he was grabbed by a band of kidnappers, 336 00:18:00,913 --> 00:18:03,313 who have no idea that he's Ml6. 337 00:18:03,916 --> 00:18:07,443 They've asked for one million pounds ransom by tomorrow. 338 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,086 No police involvement. I see. 339 00:18:10,156 --> 00:18:12,420 If the gunrunners learn that Laddie's a hostage 340 00:18:12,492 --> 00:18:14,255 and grab him from the kidnappers, 341 00:18:14,327 --> 00:18:15,555 which is only a matter of time, 342 00:18:15,728 --> 00:18:16,752 they'll kill him, 343 00:18:16,829 --> 00:18:18,626 after torturing him for what he knows. 344 00:18:18,698 --> 00:18:22,794 And except for Mr. Baines, you're doing this entirely on your own? 345 00:18:23,102 --> 00:18:26,162 When Colonel Scofield, our Athens Station Chief, refused to help, 346 00:18:26,239 --> 00:18:28,639 I took it all the way up to Number 10, Downing Street. 347 00:18:28,708 --> 00:18:29,800 And? 348 00:18:29,876 --> 00:18:31,776 (IMITATING MARGARET THATCHER) "I'm terribly sorry, Mr. Haggarty, 349 00:18:31,844 --> 00:18:34,506 "truly I am, but we here in the British Empire 350 00:18:34,580 --> 00:18:37,481 "do not bargain with thugs and terrorists." 351 00:18:39,118 --> 00:18:42,815 Well, I was desperate. I met with the kidnappers in Paris, 352 00:18:43,055 --> 00:18:46,115 passed myself off as Michael Reardon, Laddie's brother-in-law. 353 00:18:46,192 --> 00:18:49,389 I told them Laddie's a disinherited playboy ne'er-do-well, 354 00:18:49,462 --> 00:18:51,396 and I insisted I had no money, either. 355 00:18:51,831 --> 00:18:53,128 You know what they said? 356 00:18:53,733 --> 00:18:56,327 "Find it by morning, or we kill him." 357 00:18:57,036 --> 00:18:58,526 And what did you tell them? 358 00:18:58,604 --> 00:19:02,165 I tried to stall them, to buy time. I told them I could get the money, 359 00:19:02,241 --> 00:19:04,641 but it was all in my wife's name. 360 00:19:05,011 --> 00:19:09,380 Oh, of course. And enter the wealthy Mrs. Reardon. 361 00:19:09,448 --> 00:19:13,407 They gave me 72 hours. That's 1:00 p.m. Tomorrow. 362 00:19:18,124 --> 00:19:19,751 (ATTENDANT WELCOMING IN GREEK) 363 00:19:25,498 --> 00:19:27,056 Now, what about our host? 364 00:19:27,133 --> 00:19:31,126 Yes. Dimitri Popadopalous. He's the middleman. 365 00:19:31,871 --> 00:19:33,168 He simply wants to meet you, 366 00:19:33,239 --> 00:19:35,969 so he can vouch for our credibility to the kidnappers. 367 00:19:36,042 --> 00:19:38,875 All you have to do is be your charming self. 368 00:19:50,823 --> 00:19:52,484 Yes, it's very lovely, my dear, 369 00:19:52,558 --> 00:19:55,118 but obscenely and unnecessarily expensive. 370 00:19:55,194 --> 00:19:57,788 Oh, for God sake, drop it, Alec. 371 00:19:57,863 --> 00:20:00,354 I think I deserve a few rewards 372 00:20:00,433 --> 00:20:03,231 for being forced to live this far from Harrods. 373 00:20:03,302 --> 00:20:06,237 Alec. What the hell are you doing here? 374 00:20:06,305 --> 00:20:08,034 Keeping track of you, dear boy. 375 00:20:08,107 --> 00:20:11,099 We are, after all, ostensibly on the same side. 376 00:20:11,177 --> 00:20:13,304 You must be Mrs. Fletcher, the author. 377 00:20:13,379 --> 00:20:15,404 Alec Scofield. My wife, Madge. 378 00:20:15,481 --> 00:20:16,505 Oh, how do you do? 379 00:20:16,582 --> 00:20:18,413 How nice to see you on top of things, Alec. 380 00:20:18,484 --> 00:20:19,542 For a change. 381 00:20:19,619 --> 00:20:21,018 Your activities, my dear Michael, 382 00:20:21,087 --> 00:20:23,783 always rate my highest priority. 383 00:20:23,856 --> 00:20:25,050 (CLEARS THROAT) 384 00:20:26,158 --> 00:20:28,626 I hope you'll have the decency of playing along, 385 00:20:28,794 --> 00:20:29,886 for Laddie's sake. 386 00:20:32,064 --> 00:20:36,228 Mr. Reardon, I doubt I shall ever forgive you 387 00:20:38,971 --> 00:20:41,997 for failing to tell me how lovely your wife is. 388 00:20:43,476 --> 00:20:44,500 Oh! Well, I... 389 00:20:44,910 --> 00:20:46,070 Come, my dear. 390 00:20:46,879 --> 00:20:49,211 You must tell me about yourself. 391 00:20:49,448 --> 00:20:53,111 And I shall settle for nothing less than everything. 392 00:21:00,293 --> 00:21:02,818 My... My father was in lumber. 393 00:21:02,895 --> 00:21:04,487 And your mother? 394 00:21:04,864 --> 00:21:07,458 Descended from an English baronet. 395 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:09,326 Lovely. 396 00:21:10,369 --> 00:21:11,358 Lovely. 397 00:21:15,107 --> 00:21:19,669 I warn you, Michael, if you persist in this little adventure, 398 00:21:19,812 --> 00:21:23,543 regardless of the results, I shall personally, and with immense pleasure, 399 00:21:23,616 --> 00:21:27,552 preside over your long-deserved demise as an agent of the Crown. 400 00:21:27,620 --> 00:21:31,750 Age hasn't done much to improve your sense of humanity, has it, Alec? 401 00:21:31,824 --> 00:21:35,282 In our profession, that often proves to be a liability. 402 00:21:36,829 --> 00:21:38,296 Mrs. Scofield. 403 00:21:42,668 --> 00:21:44,533 Damn it, Madge, you know my hands are tied. 404 00:21:44,603 --> 00:21:46,264 They usually are. 405 00:21:47,039 --> 00:21:48,404 Forgive me if I'm less than touched 406 00:21:48,474 --> 00:21:51,307 by your concern for Mr. Fairchild. 407 00:21:51,377 --> 00:21:54,312 Pity. I'd assumed that we'd closed the door 408 00:21:54,380 --> 00:21:56,314 on that little episode ages ago. 409 00:22:01,554 --> 00:22:03,954 You must forgive my impulsiveness, 410 00:22:04,056 --> 00:22:08,720 but since your stay in Athens is to be a short one... 411 00:22:08,794 --> 00:22:12,127 Mr. Popadopalous, I am a married woman. 412 00:22:12,198 --> 00:22:17,067 That, my dear, is one of your more sparkling assets. 413 00:22:18,204 --> 00:22:20,798 One can easily observe 414 00:22:20,873 --> 00:22:23,239 your marriage is in serious trouble. 415 00:22:23,909 --> 00:22:26,742 Oh? Whatever gave you that impression? 416 00:22:26,812 --> 00:22:32,182 I couldn't help notice a certain lack of intimacy between you and your husband. 417 00:22:32,318 --> 00:22:35,481 I have trained myself to 418 00:22:35,821 --> 00:22:37,652 spot these things. 419 00:22:37,990 --> 00:22:40,652 (STAMMERING) Well, yes, well, 420 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,126 we have been squabbling lately. 421 00:22:43,195 --> 00:22:44,594 Yes. 422 00:22:45,598 --> 00:22:48,192 I have a keen instinct for a woman's longings, 423 00:22:48,901 --> 00:22:50,994 her Ioneliness, her hungers. 424 00:22:51,203 --> 00:22:53,797 MICHAEL: There you are, darling! 425 00:22:55,574 --> 00:23:00,273 I was afraid you might have spirited my bride off on a cruise to Mykonos. 426 00:23:00,679 --> 00:23:02,544 Would that it were so. 427 00:23:04,049 --> 00:23:07,143 Dimitri, I presume that you've made the final arrangements 428 00:23:07,219 --> 00:23:08,481 with the kidnappers. 429 00:23:08,554 --> 00:23:10,522 Not quite yet, Mr. Reardon. 430 00:23:10,589 --> 00:23:15,185 I have been waiting until I was satisfied about certain details. 431 00:23:15,895 --> 00:23:16,919 And? 432 00:23:16,996 --> 00:23:19,965 I shall be communicating with them shortly. 433 00:23:20,633 --> 00:23:24,091 What I will tell them is that at exactly 1200 hours tomorrow, 434 00:23:24,170 --> 00:23:25,967 you and your wife 435 00:23:26,038 --> 00:23:28,973 will arrive at the pay telephone at the Arch of Hadrian. 436 00:23:29,642 --> 00:23:33,078 A caller will instruct you about your subsequent move. 437 00:23:35,014 --> 00:23:38,575 You have my sincere admiration, Mrs. Reardon, 438 00:23:39,952 --> 00:23:42,716 for the sacrifices you are making for your brother. 439 00:23:42,788 --> 00:23:45,655 Oh, I'm quite sure that he will be equally grateful 440 00:23:45,724 --> 00:23:48,454 for your generosity, Mr. Popadopalous. 441 00:23:48,527 --> 00:23:53,089 Madame, for L50,000, my generosity knows no limits. 442 00:23:55,034 --> 00:23:58,333 Jessica, you were superb. He bought your entire act. 443 00:23:58,537 --> 00:24:00,437 Why didn't you warn me? 444 00:24:01,607 --> 00:24:03,336 Oh, well, he is rather harmless. 445 00:24:03,409 --> 00:24:04,398 (SCOFFS) 446 00:24:04,477 --> 00:24:07,537 Come on, now, girl. Let's grab a bite. I'm famished. 447 00:24:09,181 --> 00:24:10,705 I'll give Dimitri this much, 448 00:24:10,783 --> 00:24:12,717 he's living up to his notices for shrewdness, 449 00:24:12,785 --> 00:24:14,810 keeping the time and the place of the exchange confidential 450 00:24:14,887 --> 00:24:16,980 until the last moment. Will that be a problem? 451 00:24:17,056 --> 00:24:18,546 Michael, you leaving already? 452 00:24:22,394 --> 00:24:23,861 What the hell is going on, Baines? 453 00:24:23,929 --> 00:24:25,328 I thought you were on my side. 454 00:24:25,397 --> 00:24:26,489 I am. 455 00:24:26,565 --> 00:24:29,398 Well, then why is it that Alec Scofield knows every move I make 456 00:24:29,468 --> 00:24:30,730 before I've made it? 457 00:24:30,803 --> 00:24:33,067 Michael, I swear I didn't tell him you'd be here tonight. 458 00:24:33,138 --> 00:24:35,265 But you must appreciate my position. 459 00:24:35,341 --> 00:24:37,400 If I weren't keeping him at least partially informed, 460 00:24:37,476 --> 00:24:39,671 he'd surely suspect me, wouldn't he? 461 00:24:40,312 --> 00:24:42,371 Yeah, you're right. Sorry, boyo. 462 00:24:42,548 --> 00:24:44,106 Now, has there been any signal? 463 00:24:44,183 --> 00:24:45,275 Not thus far, no. 464 00:24:45,351 --> 00:24:47,819 But I'm monitoring the taps on Dimitri's telephones. 465 00:24:47,887 --> 00:24:50,082 The moment they make contact, I'll inform you, all right? 466 00:24:52,725 --> 00:24:56,923 Now I understand why Mr. Popadopalous' secrecy won't be a problem. 467 00:24:58,163 --> 00:25:01,792 Mother Reardon always said her little boy would marry a woman of intelligence. 468 00:25:01,867 --> 00:25:04,597 And a rich one, too, as I recall. 469 00:25:08,507 --> 00:25:12,409 One of these days, Jessica, you and I are going to go on a proper holiday together. 470 00:25:12,478 --> 00:25:15,413 No company business for me, no writing for... 471 00:25:25,591 --> 00:25:26,888 (WHISPERING) Pamela. 472 00:25:31,830 --> 00:25:33,195 (OFFICER SPEAKING IN GREEK) 473 00:25:35,134 --> 00:25:36,226 (SPEAKING GREEK) 474 00:25:36,302 --> 00:25:38,463 This is quite clearly the work of a jewel thief 475 00:25:38,537 --> 00:25:41,335 who has been working in the Piraeus-Athens area for the past 18 months. 476 00:25:41,407 --> 00:25:42,431 Pardon me, Sergeant... 477 00:25:42,508 --> 00:25:43,941 Mr. Reardon, there's one thing I'm very curious about. 478 00:25:44,009 --> 00:25:45,670 Sergeant Petrakis. Yes? 479 00:25:45,744 --> 00:25:50,044 You know, I'm not at all sure that theft was involved here. 480 00:25:50,749 --> 00:25:53,183 Jewelry was taken. In Greece, we regard this as theft. 481 00:25:53,252 --> 00:25:56,278 Yes, but the jewelry that the victim was wearing was fake. 482 00:25:56,355 --> 00:25:58,414 I mean, a professional jewel thief 483 00:25:58,490 --> 00:26:00,481 would have recognized that immediately. 484 00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:01,617 Really? 485 00:26:01,694 --> 00:26:06,256 Your perpetrator may have wanted you to think that he was your jewel thief. 486 00:26:06,398 --> 00:26:07,956 Very well, Madame. 487 00:26:08,033 --> 00:26:11,264 Suppose we examine where such a theory, questionable though it may be, 488 00:26:11,337 --> 00:26:12,497 will lead us? 489 00:26:12,571 --> 00:26:14,402 Suppose we begin with you, 490 00:26:14,473 --> 00:26:16,941 and your relationship with the other Mrs. Reardon? 491 00:26:17,009 --> 00:26:19,876 Oh, she wasn't my wife. But I'm not Mrs. Reardon. 492 00:26:21,046 --> 00:26:25,346 Am I to understand that neither of you were or are Mrs. Reardon? 493 00:26:25,417 --> 00:26:27,282 No, no, no, no. What I'm trying to say is 494 00:26:27,353 --> 00:26:31,687 that the victim was the ex-Mrs. Reardon. 495 00:26:33,659 --> 00:26:35,286 You see, we were divorced many years ago, 496 00:26:35,394 --> 00:26:36,952 but the poor woman could never 497 00:26:37,329 --> 00:26:40,059 give up the fantasy that we might one day remarry. 498 00:26:40,132 --> 00:26:42,225 Oh, really? I'll take this. 499 00:26:45,771 --> 00:26:47,500 It would appear from your statement, Mr. Reardon, 500 00:26:47,573 --> 00:26:50,201 that you and the present Mrs. Reardon, 501 00:26:50,643 --> 00:26:52,270 the live Mrs. Reardon, 502 00:26:53,278 --> 00:26:56,008 would have more than a sufficient motive for murder. 503 00:27:00,085 --> 00:27:03,748 (SPEAKING IN GREEK) 504 00:27:04,089 --> 00:27:06,421 I want you to fingerprint both of them 505 00:27:06,492 --> 00:27:08,483 and take hair and fiber samples. 506 00:27:08,694 --> 00:27:12,721 And please, do not attempt to leave Athens in the next few days. 507 00:27:17,036 --> 00:27:19,834 ALEC: Pity. She was such a lovely woman. 508 00:27:20,439 --> 00:27:24,102 How unfortunate she allowed herself to be gulled by Michael. 509 00:27:24,176 --> 00:27:26,144 The Colonel does not understand. 510 00:27:26,211 --> 00:27:28,008 It was not the woman you met. 511 00:27:28,147 --> 00:27:30,411 It was the second Mrs. Reardon 512 00:27:30,482 --> 00:27:32,416 who fell victim to strangulation. 513 00:27:32,484 --> 00:27:35,009 Haggarty has another one? Who was she? 514 00:27:35,087 --> 00:27:36,714 Her passport was British. 515 00:27:36,789 --> 00:27:39,587 It identified her as Mrs. Pamela Reardon. 516 00:27:40,059 --> 00:27:42,027 I wonder how many others will turn up. 517 00:27:42,094 --> 00:27:43,891 If one does, 518 00:27:43,962 --> 00:27:45,327 I assure you, my friend, 519 00:27:45,664 --> 00:27:47,325 you will be the first to know. 520 00:27:51,303 --> 00:27:53,066 Make sure that I am. 521 00:27:53,405 --> 00:27:55,896 The Colonel is most generous. 522 00:28:04,249 --> 00:28:07,878 By God, I do believe that Michael's about to hang himself. 523 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,546 In a day or two, I shall have enough to pass over to Whitehall. 524 00:28:11,623 --> 00:28:14,114 How terribly righteous of you, Alec. 525 00:28:14,193 --> 00:28:16,252 Of course, for Michael, doing the decent thing 526 00:28:16,328 --> 00:28:20,492 has only required the courage to place himself squarely on the cutting edge. 527 00:28:20,566 --> 00:28:24,400 Rescuing Laddie isn't a threat to his bloody manhood. 528 00:28:47,593 --> 00:28:48,753 Jessica? 529 00:28:48,827 --> 00:28:49,816 In here. 530 00:28:51,497 --> 00:28:53,431 I couldn't find a Herald Tribune. 531 00:28:53,499 --> 00:28:54,557 I know you can't read Greek, 532 00:28:54,633 --> 00:28:57,625 so the best I could do was a week-old Wall Street Journal. 533 00:28:59,571 --> 00:29:00,731 Toothpaste, 534 00:29:01,406 --> 00:29:02,532 shampoo, 535 00:29:03,909 --> 00:29:05,240 aspirin... 536 00:29:07,846 --> 00:29:09,313 Bloody hell. 537 00:29:10,783 --> 00:29:12,648 She was just an actress, that's all. 538 00:29:12,718 --> 00:29:14,879 Not one of us. She didn't deserve that. 539 00:29:15,053 --> 00:29:18,147 Michael, you can't blame yourself. 540 00:29:18,223 --> 00:29:22,455 No? That could very easily have been you lying on the floor in there. 541 00:29:26,398 --> 00:29:27,456 (SIGHS) 542 00:29:27,533 --> 00:29:30,832 Maybe I should pack it in, put you on a plane. 543 00:29:30,903 --> 00:29:33,463 Oh, it's too late for that, and you know it. 544 00:29:33,539 --> 00:29:35,336 I'll be fine. Don't worry. 545 00:29:35,741 --> 00:29:37,368 That's easier said than done. 546 00:29:39,745 --> 00:29:41,804 Oh, by the way, where's my cablegram? 547 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:43,472 What cablegram? 548 00:29:43,549 --> 00:29:45,949 The one the clerk said he gave to you. 549 00:29:46,018 --> 00:29:47,280 He must be mistaken. 550 00:29:47,352 --> 00:29:49,752 No, he said he gave a cablegram earlier this afternoon 551 00:29:49,822 --> 00:29:51,483 to Mrs. Reardon. 552 00:29:54,059 --> 00:29:55,253 Pamela. 553 00:29:56,028 --> 00:29:57,825 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) She must... 554 00:30:01,700 --> 00:30:05,602 Michael, Mrs. Fletcher, I've just heard about Miss Drake. It's dreadful. 555 00:30:05,671 --> 00:30:07,195 Dreadful. Anything I can do? Yes. 556 00:30:07,272 --> 00:30:10,139 You can give me some good news about Dimitri and those bloody kidnappers. 557 00:30:10,209 --> 00:30:12,734 They finalized the arrangements 20 minutes ago. 558 00:30:12,811 --> 00:30:14,506 The exchange is set for tomorrow, 1300 hours, 559 00:30:14,580 --> 00:30:16,445 in the gardens of the old palace. 560 00:30:17,282 --> 00:30:19,011 Well, Mrs. Reardon, 561 00:30:19,084 --> 00:30:23,111 all that remains is for us is to get our hands on that million pounds, 562 00:30:23,188 --> 00:30:25,179 and Laddie Fairchild is a free man. 563 00:30:25,257 --> 00:30:27,487 Oh, Michael, that's wonderful. 564 00:30:29,761 --> 00:30:32,321 JESSICA: I just hope there'll be no more surprises. 565 00:30:32,397 --> 00:30:33,955 Actually, Jessica, 566 00:30:35,367 --> 00:30:39,167 there is one more surprise. 567 00:30:40,439 --> 00:30:41,599 Empty? 568 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:45,071 Come now, Jessica. Where was I going to be getting that kind of money? 569 00:30:45,143 --> 00:30:46,201 Anyway, 570 00:30:46,278 --> 00:30:49,475 I don't believe in buying off bad guys any more than Mrs. Thatcher does. 571 00:30:50,616 --> 00:30:51,947 Start crumpling. 572 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:03,050 MICHAEL: Not to worry, Jessica. 573 00:31:03,128 --> 00:31:05,062 This phone call will merely tell us what we already know, 574 00:31:05,130 --> 00:31:06,893 the time and place of the meeting. 575 00:31:12,271 --> 00:31:13,295 (SIGHS) 576 00:31:13,372 --> 00:31:14,703 Meanwhile, even as we speak, 577 00:31:14,773 --> 00:31:17,264 my men are positioning themselves near the old palace, 578 00:31:17,342 --> 00:31:20,072 to insure we get Laddie out of there, money or no money. 579 00:31:21,113 --> 00:31:22,603 (RINGING) 580 00:31:29,321 --> 00:31:30,549 Reardon. 581 00:31:31,623 --> 00:31:32,988 What? Where? 582 00:31:34,293 --> 00:31:35,783 I'm sorry, that's unaccep... 583 00:31:35,861 --> 00:31:37,726 Michael, what is it? 584 00:31:37,796 --> 00:31:39,263 The buggers. 585 00:31:39,765 --> 00:31:42,791 They pulled a switch on us. They've moved the time up. 586 00:31:43,101 --> 00:31:46,070 Now it's to take place at the Roman Market in 30 minutes. 587 00:31:46,138 --> 00:31:48,231 Shouldn't you notify your people? No time. 588 00:31:48,307 --> 00:31:50,639 We'll be lucky if we can get there in half an hour. 589 00:31:53,278 --> 00:31:55,178 Roman Market, driver, and step on it. 590 00:32:11,096 --> 00:32:12,654 It's almost 4:00. 591 00:32:12,831 --> 00:32:14,560 This is a ruddy test, that's what it is. 592 00:32:14,766 --> 00:32:16,791 (TIRES SCREECHING) They're checking us out. 593 00:32:17,235 --> 00:32:18,566 Michael, look. 594 00:32:32,250 --> 00:32:34,081 Dimitri, what are you doing here? 595 00:32:34,152 --> 00:32:35,744 The briefcase, Mr. Reardon. 596 00:32:35,821 --> 00:32:38,221 I demand to see its contents now. 597 00:32:38,290 --> 00:32:40,315 Where the hell are Laddie Fairchild and the kidnappers? 598 00:32:40,392 --> 00:32:41,916 They should have been here three hours ago. 599 00:32:41,994 --> 00:32:44,155 Enough, Mr. Reardon. 600 00:32:44,262 --> 00:32:46,822 I was foolish enough to believe 601 00:32:46,898 --> 00:32:49,196 you and your wife could be trusted. 602 00:32:53,572 --> 00:32:55,130 Clearly, I was mistaken. 603 00:32:56,775 --> 00:32:58,402 You have compromised me, Mr. Reardon. 604 00:32:59,378 --> 00:33:02,040 (SIRENS APPROACHING) Just a damn minute, friend. I want to know who... 605 00:33:13,592 --> 00:33:15,583 DIMITRl: (TITTERING) Sergeant Petrakis... 606 00:33:15,660 --> 00:33:17,457 Mr. Popadopalous, I suggest you say nothing 607 00:33:17,529 --> 00:33:18,894 until you have an attorney by your side. 608 00:33:18,964 --> 00:33:20,261 An attorney? 609 00:33:20,332 --> 00:33:21,856 Since when is it illegal 610 00:33:21,933 --> 00:33:24,527 to show one's friends the wonders of his country? 611 00:33:24,603 --> 00:33:28,334 We already have evidence that you've been conspiring with known criminals, 612 00:33:29,674 --> 00:33:33,906 along with murder suspects who travel under false passports. 613 00:33:33,979 --> 00:33:35,207 Look, there's a simple explanation... 614 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:36,440 (SPEAKING IN GREEK) 615 00:33:37,449 --> 00:33:39,417 An alert associate of mine 616 00:33:39,484 --> 00:33:42,385 found this in a bookstore near the police headquarters, 617 00:33:44,322 --> 00:33:45,789 Mrs. Reardon. 618 00:33:51,029 --> 00:33:53,657 (ORDERING IN GREEK) 619 00:33:58,203 --> 00:34:01,195 But why didn't the kidnappers show up? 620 00:34:01,273 --> 00:34:04,174 And did they know that there was no money in the bag? 621 00:34:04,242 --> 00:34:06,403 And were they watching us? Because if they were, 622 00:34:06,478 --> 00:34:09,504 and they saw the police arrive, Laddie Fairchild is... 623 00:34:14,619 --> 00:34:15,881 Your passports. 624 00:34:18,523 --> 00:34:19,854 I must tell you, Mrs. Fletcher, 625 00:34:19,925 --> 00:34:21,358 I'm extremely disappointed 626 00:34:21,893 --> 00:34:25,056 that such an otherwise intelligent woman would permit herself 627 00:34:25,130 --> 00:34:27,860 to be involved with a man who sheds identities like a snake. 628 00:34:27,933 --> 00:34:28,991 Now, just a minute... 629 00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:32,935 I followed your movements because I believe you're implicated in murder. 630 00:34:33,405 --> 00:34:36,806 And frankly, I've heard nothing to convince me otherwise. 631 00:34:36,875 --> 00:34:39,435 Sergeant, I told you... You told me nothing! 632 00:34:39,511 --> 00:34:41,604 Mr. Popadopalous told me nothing. 633 00:34:43,181 --> 00:34:45,615 One thing has become very clear, though. 634 00:34:45,684 --> 00:34:48,346 There is a lot more to this affair 635 00:34:48,420 --> 00:34:50,183 than the death of one woman. 636 00:34:51,957 --> 00:34:55,154 Excuse me, Sergeant, but are you going to file charges? 637 00:34:55,227 --> 00:34:58,822 Because if you are, I would like to contact the American Embassy. 638 00:34:58,897 --> 00:34:59,989 It won't be necessary. 639 00:35:01,199 --> 00:35:03,064 For the moment, 640 00:35:03,135 --> 00:35:05,797 I have insufficient evidence to hold either of you. 641 00:35:07,372 --> 00:35:08,634 But I'm warning you. 642 00:35:09,307 --> 00:35:10,638 When I get to the bottom of this, 643 00:35:10,709 --> 00:35:12,973 and I assure you that I will, 644 00:35:13,044 --> 00:35:15,911 I intend to see that all of you are prosecuted 645 00:35:16,681 --> 00:35:18,876 to the fullest extent of the Greek law. 646 00:35:24,422 --> 00:35:27,619 And that's all you got? All right. Thanks, boyo. 647 00:35:28,627 --> 00:35:29,924 (SLAMS PHONE DOWN) Damn. 648 00:35:30,829 --> 00:35:31,955 That was London. 649 00:35:32,697 --> 00:35:34,460 They've traced the paper trail for the past month, 650 00:35:34,533 --> 00:35:37,195 and it looks like we're on to Pamela's killer, 651 00:35:37,769 --> 00:35:39,634 but it's just not conclusive. 652 00:35:41,473 --> 00:35:43,668 Well, Jess, maybe we were both wrong. 653 00:35:44,643 --> 00:35:46,008 Anyway, I'd best get myself in gear 654 00:35:46,077 --> 00:35:48,409 if I want to get over to the old quarter before closing time. 655 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:51,176 Michael, I don't believe that we are mistaken, 656 00:35:51,449 --> 00:35:53,314 and I think I know a way to prove it. 657 00:35:53,385 --> 00:35:55,546 While you're trying to free Laddie Fairchild, 658 00:35:55,620 --> 00:35:58,145 let me put a plan of my own into action. 659 00:36:03,261 --> 00:36:05,786 MICHAEL: Right from the start, my wife said no tricks. 660 00:36:05,864 --> 00:36:07,092 I should have listened to her. 661 00:36:07,165 --> 00:36:10,532 One finds that difficult to quarrel with, Mr. Reardon. 662 00:36:10,602 --> 00:36:12,194 Now, I can get the money first thing in the morning, 663 00:36:12,270 --> 00:36:13,294 as soon as the banks open. 664 00:36:13,371 --> 00:36:16,033 But in the meantime, 665 00:36:16,107 --> 00:36:18,200 Mrs. Reardon and I are terrified that... 666 00:36:19,177 --> 00:36:21,771 Well, that the kidnappers might just go ahead and... 667 00:36:22,881 --> 00:36:24,610 And kill Mr. Fairchild. 668 00:36:24,683 --> 00:36:27,117 A distinct possibility. 669 00:36:27,185 --> 00:36:29,745 But why unburden yourself to me? 670 00:36:30,121 --> 00:36:32,112 That was my wife's idea. 671 00:36:32,624 --> 00:36:36,151 She said, "Mr. Stuyvesant may have a suggestion. 672 00:36:36,228 --> 00:36:39,527 "He's a man of great influence and knowledge." 673 00:36:40,932 --> 00:36:44,095 Mrs. Reardon is a wise woman. 674 00:36:44,169 --> 00:36:48,401 It is possible I might be able to get a word to the kidnappers. 675 00:36:48,473 --> 00:36:52,068 Such a task, however, would require great delicacy. 676 00:36:52,143 --> 00:36:53,167 Oh, yes. Yes, of course. 677 00:36:53,278 --> 00:36:54,302 It would entail 678 00:36:54,379 --> 00:36:58,543 the fullest use of the trust I have cultivated over the years. 679 00:36:58,617 --> 00:37:03,316 And, naturally, that service would cost a great deal of money. 680 00:37:03,388 --> 00:37:07,757 What is money when the life of a loved one hangs in the balance? 681 00:37:17,035 --> 00:37:19,663 (VENDORS BECKONING IN GREEK) 682 00:38:05,917 --> 00:38:09,375 Yes, and it's to be delivered to Mr. Michael Reardon, 683 00:38:10,055 --> 00:38:13,115 Hotel Grande Bretagne, Athens, 684 00:38:13,892 --> 00:38:16,690 and at Suite 326. 685 00:38:18,096 --> 00:38:19,461 Thank you. 686 00:38:27,372 --> 00:38:28,737 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 687 00:38:38,717 --> 00:38:39,775 Yes? 688 00:38:40,051 --> 00:38:42,747 Stuyvesant. I have valuable information. 689 00:38:56,568 --> 00:38:58,729 Freeze, you bloody bastards! 690 00:38:59,938 --> 00:39:01,303 Mr. Reardon. 691 00:39:04,109 --> 00:39:06,270 Laddie, boyo, are you all right? 692 00:39:06,344 --> 00:39:07,538 I am now, mate. 693 00:39:08,179 --> 00:39:09,942 Sorry it took so long. 694 00:39:10,014 --> 00:39:12,482 If I'd known the Dutchman's contacts were that good, 695 00:39:12,550 --> 00:39:14,040 I'd have been here days ago. 696 00:39:22,494 --> 00:39:25,054 There you are, Mr. Baines. Thank you, Niko. 697 00:39:37,275 --> 00:39:38,708 I say, Niko, you wouldn't happen to know 698 00:39:38,777 --> 00:39:40,870 if Mr. And Mrs. Reardon are in, would you? 699 00:39:40,945 --> 00:39:43,209 They went out a short time ago, Mr. Baines. 700 00:39:43,748 --> 00:39:45,079 Ah. Thank you. 701 00:39:59,564 --> 00:40:02,465 Yes, hello. This is Michael Reardon in 326. 702 00:40:02,767 --> 00:40:05,600 Could you please send the mail up to my room? 703 00:40:05,670 --> 00:40:08,639 Oh, wait a minute. I'm going to be taking a short nap 704 00:40:08,706 --> 00:40:11,470 so just have the boy slip it under the door, would you? 705 00:40:11,543 --> 00:40:12,874 Thank you very much. 706 00:40:38,837 --> 00:40:41,169 PETRAKIS: Kalo sithikis, Mr. Baines. 707 00:40:44,943 --> 00:40:47,377 Please place your hands behind your head. 708 00:40:47,712 --> 00:40:51,204 Excuse me? I think you must be making some kind of mistake. 709 00:40:51,282 --> 00:40:53,375 Put your hands behind your head now. 710 00:41:04,796 --> 00:41:06,058 I'm placing you under arrest 711 00:41:06,130 --> 00:41:07,927 for the murder of Pamela Drake. 712 00:41:12,637 --> 00:41:13,899 BAINES: You're wrong. All of you. 713 00:41:13,972 --> 00:41:15,940 I was simply going to read that cablegram 714 00:41:16,007 --> 00:41:18,271 in order to pass the information on to Colonel Scofield. 715 00:41:18,343 --> 00:41:20,368 That is my job, after all. 716 00:41:20,678 --> 00:41:23,875 Then why didn't you report the contents of the first cablegram? 717 00:41:23,948 --> 00:41:25,575 First cable? What first cable? What are you talking about? 718 00:41:25,650 --> 00:41:27,675 The one that arrived yesterday, Mr. Baines. 719 00:41:27,752 --> 00:41:29,117 You remember, Harold. 720 00:41:29,187 --> 00:41:33,385 It's the one that contained the information I requested from Whitehall, 721 00:41:33,458 --> 00:41:35,221 linking you to the kidnappers. 722 00:41:36,361 --> 00:41:37,851 The one you killed Pamela for. 723 00:41:38,162 --> 00:41:39,186 This is insane. 724 00:41:39,264 --> 00:41:40,925 She was murdered by a jewel thief. 725 00:41:40,999 --> 00:41:43,263 So you'd have us believe. 726 00:41:43,334 --> 00:41:45,894 But she was murdered for the cablegram. 727 00:41:46,938 --> 00:41:48,735 You had to make sure that what was in it never got to me, 728 00:41:48,806 --> 00:41:50,831 and certainly not to Alec Scofield. 729 00:41:50,909 --> 00:41:53,639 This is preposterous. I've got nothing to hide. 730 00:41:53,711 --> 00:41:55,906 No, in the case of this cablegram, 731 00:41:55,980 --> 00:41:57,447 you're quite correct, Mr. Baines. 732 00:41:57,515 --> 00:41:59,574 There's absolutely nothing in it. 733 00:41:59,651 --> 00:42:01,676 I talked to London today, Baines. 734 00:42:03,288 --> 00:42:07,850 The first cable documented your travel over the past four weeks, 735 00:42:07,926 --> 00:42:11,692 and placed you where you could have been dealing with the kidnappers. 736 00:42:12,230 --> 00:42:14,790 But there was no clear evidence against you. 737 00:42:14,866 --> 00:42:18,063 There you are, Sergeant, he admits it contains no proof of anything. 738 00:42:18,136 --> 00:42:21,037 But, Mr. Baines, you tried to intercept the second cable. 739 00:42:21,105 --> 00:42:22,402 I explained that! 740 00:42:22,473 --> 00:42:23,531 Not to my satisfaction. 741 00:42:23,608 --> 00:42:24,905 (PHONE RINGING) 742 00:42:25,510 --> 00:42:26,807 Petrakis. 743 00:42:27,412 --> 00:42:29,277 Then there's the matter of the gunrunners 744 00:42:29,347 --> 00:42:32,316 that greeted me in the Athens airport. 745 00:42:32,383 --> 00:42:33,975 I managed to convince one of them 746 00:42:34,052 --> 00:42:37,021 to tell me how they knew when I was arriving. 747 00:42:37,488 --> 00:42:39,479 It seems they had an informer, 748 00:42:39,557 --> 00:42:41,923 who told them about everyone's movements. 749 00:42:41,993 --> 00:42:43,756 Laddie's, mine... 750 00:42:44,862 --> 00:42:46,295 In any case, boyo, 751 00:42:46,364 --> 00:42:49,299 not too many people knew about my comings and goings. 752 00:42:51,035 --> 00:42:53,128 Except you, of course. 753 00:42:53,471 --> 00:42:54,904 (SPEAKING IN GREEK) 754 00:42:56,441 --> 00:42:59,103 It was the scientific lab, Mrs. Fletcher. 755 00:42:59,177 --> 00:43:00,701 They checked the jacket. 756 00:43:01,746 --> 00:43:02,872 You were correct. 757 00:43:02,947 --> 00:43:04,642 Correct? Correct about what? 758 00:43:04,716 --> 00:43:07,981 Mr. Baines, you told us that you had never met Pamela Drake, 759 00:43:08,052 --> 00:43:09,485 that you didn't know who she was. 760 00:43:09,554 --> 00:43:10,919 I didn't. How could I? 761 00:43:10,989 --> 00:43:12,479 But you had met her. 762 00:43:12,557 --> 00:43:15,117 You struggled with her when you killed her. 763 00:43:16,094 --> 00:43:18,756 Remember when we were leaving Mr. Popadopalous' house? 764 00:43:18,830 --> 00:43:20,764 It must have been around 10:00. 765 00:43:20,832 --> 00:43:21,821 It didn't register at the time. 766 00:43:21,899 --> 00:43:23,958 I thought it was probably cigarette ash, 767 00:43:24,035 --> 00:43:26,970 but I noticed a smudge on your dinner jacket. 768 00:43:27,138 --> 00:43:31,768 Only later I realized it had to have been lipstick smudge, 769 00:43:32,443 --> 00:43:34,968 that distinctive color that Pamela Drake wore 770 00:43:35,046 --> 00:43:36,877 when she arrived in Athens. 771 00:43:36,948 --> 00:43:39,883 Mr. Baines, the laboratory confirms this. 772 00:43:40,618 --> 00:43:41,642 What do you have to say? 773 00:43:48,393 --> 00:43:50,520 I knew you suspected me, Michael. 774 00:43:50,595 --> 00:43:52,358 I could read it in your eyes. 775 00:43:56,834 --> 00:43:58,961 When you returned from your confrontation with those gunrunners, 776 00:43:59,037 --> 00:44:00,595 I was downstairs in the lobby. 777 00:44:02,173 --> 00:44:04,698 Just as you were getting into the elevator, 778 00:44:04,876 --> 00:44:08,312 a delivery man arrived with a cablegram for Michael Reardon. 779 00:44:10,214 --> 00:44:12,808 I knew its contents concerned me. 780 00:44:14,318 --> 00:44:15,842 I was about to retrieve it, when... 781 00:44:15,987 --> 00:44:16,976 (DINGING) 782 00:44:18,756 --> 00:44:21,987 I'm Mrs. Reardon. I believe my husband has already checked in. 783 00:44:28,766 --> 00:44:31,428 I watched as he gave her the cablegram. 784 00:44:36,708 --> 00:44:37,732 Thank you. 785 00:44:38,443 --> 00:44:41,469 I was panicky. I didn't know what to do next. 786 00:44:42,680 --> 00:44:47,208 And then, a little later, I saw you both leave for Dimitri's party. 787 00:44:48,219 --> 00:44:51,279 I thought, well, maybe my luck had held. 788 00:44:51,355 --> 00:44:53,448 Maybe the cable hadn't been read. 789 00:44:55,259 --> 00:44:57,989 So I let myself into your suite. 790 00:45:11,075 --> 00:45:12,201 Hey! 791 00:45:14,145 --> 00:45:15,635 Who are you? 792 00:45:17,882 --> 00:45:20,282 Get out. Now! 793 00:45:40,872 --> 00:45:42,772 I really had no choice. 794 00:45:44,809 --> 00:45:46,436 And after all, Michael, 795 00:45:47,111 --> 00:45:48,976 that is what they train us for, 796 00:45:50,181 --> 00:45:51,170 isn't it? 797 00:45:58,356 --> 00:46:00,790 It was jealousy, plain and simple. 798 00:46:00,858 --> 00:46:02,348 Baines had seniority, 799 00:46:02,426 --> 00:46:04,621 but Laddie was about to be made Station Chief 800 00:46:04,695 --> 00:46:06,458 when Scofield retired. 801 00:46:06,531 --> 00:46:08,829 Now, Baines set up Laddie for the kidnapping, 802 00:46:08,900 --> 00:46:12,336 knowing the Crown would never negotiate for his release. 803 00:46:12,670 --> 00:46:13,967 A tragic situation. 804 00:46:14,038 --> 00:46:15,767 WOMAN ON PA: Attention, please. 805 00:46:15,840 --> 00:46:18,809 Royal British flight 17 to London and New York 806 00:46:18,876 --> 00:46:20,605 now boarding at Gate 4. 807 00:46:20,678 --> 00:46:22,669 Well, that's my song they're playing. 808 00:46:23,681 --> 00:46:26,844 I wish that you were coming back to London with me. 809 00:46:26,918 --> 00:46:28,476 I wish I was, too. 810 00:46:28,553 --> 00:46:32,455 But I promised Cairo I'll be there, and be there I will. 811 00:46:32,790 --> 00:46:35,759 Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention? 812 00:46:35,827 --> 00:46:37,351 Due to mechanical difficulties, 813 00:46:37,428 --> 00:46:39,453 Air Levant flight 3 to Cairo 814 00:46:39,530 --> 00:46:41,395 will be delayed indefinitely. 815 00:46:42,099 --> 00:46:44,795 (REPEATING IN FRENCH) 816 00:46:44,845 --> 00:46:49,395 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0