All language subtitles for Comme les six doigts de la main.eng

¶¶¶

- Hi, Johnny!
- Hi, Alain!

Groceries!

- Will you stop playing
with that catapult?
It's not for kids!

- I'm just looking, that's all.
- So? Don't put your hands
on it!

- I'm tired of waiting.

It's taking hours.
- Then just stop pestering us.

It'll go must faster.

Heh! He's really nervous
out there.

"I'm tired of waiting.
It's taking hours."
(kids laughing)

- We'd better make up our minds
right now, eh?

There's still a few
who don't want that boy.

- That's not the point. I just
said he was a bit too young.

I was wondering whether
he'd be able to follow us.

- There might be a way
to check that out.

We could give him
a little test.

(police siren in the distance)

- (boy): What if he refuses
to go through the test?

- (girl): We'll tell him that if
he doesn't go through the test,

he just can't become a member
of the gang, that's all.

- (girl): It depends what we
ask him to do. He's only
10 years old, you know.

- (boy): What could we
ask him to do?

- (boy): Nothing too easy;
nothing too hard either.

(all talking)
- I've never tried,

but I've seen it done.
- Right, and if he misses

on the first try,
we could give him a new test.

- You're right, it's something
else rolling down the hill.

- Sure, why not?
- Just one chance;

that'll be OK.
- It's just gotta be wild.

(ball hitting wall)
(kids laughing)

- Bunch of stupid idiots!

- Stop spying on us!

- That's dangerous,
you know!

- You sure didn't miss the mark.
(kids laughing)

- OK, cut it out now.
We'd better

start looking for a test.
- Hey, I think I've got
a really good one.

(kids all talking)
- Hey, hold on a minute!

We could give him five tests
instead of just one.

- Hey, that's a perfectly bright
idea! Each of us can choose
what he prefers.

(sigh)

- (girl): He's gonna cross
the whole yard?

- (boy): Sure.
- Just like in the war movies.

Tum-ta-ta-tum, ta-ta-tum!
- (girl): Hey, what's that?

- (boy): I betcha
anything it's him again.
- (boy): Aw, never mind.

- Hey! Alain!
You'd better cut that out

before I come down there
and break your neck!

- All right, let's go!
We're waiting for you.

Hey! You'd better cut that out!
Come on!

What are you doing there?
- Well?

- Well nothing!
That's my place!

- If you want to join our gang,
we want to see some sort
of proof.

- Proof of what?
- You've got to prove to us
all that you're capable of doing

what we ask you to do.
- Oh! You people want me

to do something, and I've gotta
show I'm capable of doing it.

- That's it. There'll
be five tests in all.
- That'll be the proof.

- You gotta prove to us you're
capable of doing four out of

five tests to join the gang.
- Oh, I know I'll be able.
What do I have to do?

- We each chose one for you.
- We've got easy ones and
more difficult ones.

- Like what?
- You know the cable that runs

from the shed to the big hangar?
Well, we want you to cross

the yard just hanging on to it.
- Oh, right,

the cable that's in the yard
just by the blue house.
- Yeah, that's it.

- Oh, sure I'll be able.
What else is there?

- Mine's more difficult.
You've gotta go search
for the trophy

the gang down the block stole
from us last night.

We know they hid it
somewhere in their clubhouse.

- The gang down the block?
They're all huge guys!

I'm sure they'll never
give me the trophy!

- Well, don't ask them anything,
just bring it back here,
that's all.

- That's all? Oh, sure. Why
don't you go if you're
so clever?

- YOU'VE got to prove yourself.
Remember, you're the one

on trial here.
- The gang down the block...

They'll break my neck
or something.

- Look, you just gotta make sure
they're somewhere else.

- Yeah...

Well, what else
have you got?

- Oh, mine's very simple.
All you have to do is shoot
with the slingshot.

- Oh, that's real easy.
- Have you ever tried?

- Well... yeah!

I'm not bad with a slingshot.
What else have you got?

- How about espionage?
- What are you trying to say?

- Are you capable
of spying on someone?

- Spying? To follow a guy
and not let him know it?

That's pretty easy.
Who do you want me to spy on?

- The old man who just moved
into my neighbourhood.

- The old Pollock?
- He's not a Pollock.

- He doesn't speak English;
he's a Pollock.

- Come on, now, he's Portuguese.
- Yeah, my mother heard him
speaking at the store.

He's either Spanish
or Portuguese.

- Portuguese, Spanish, Pollock -
it's all the same, you know.

- You don't know the meaning
of the word "Pollock."

- So? What does it mean?
- A Pollock is a Pole,
that's all.

- That's right.
- Yeah, I knew that.

- So you want me to spy on him?
- You're gonna spy on him,

but I want you to
bring back some pictures.
- What sort of pictures?

My name's not James Bond.
- What's the big deal?
- What do you mean,

what's the big deal? I've never
taken any pictures, you know.

- I'm gonna teach you with my
brother's old camera, all right?

- I don't mind spying,
but pictures are out.

- Well, that's the type of test
I've chosen.

- OK. You and your stupid
espionage...

- Well, you know,
it's up to you.

- What sort of thing you got?
- I just told you earlier.
It's the slingshot.

- There's just my bit left.

- So what's your request?
Please go jump off the roof?

- Heh, well, it's much easier
than that. You've gotta go

on a tire tumble.
- A tire tumble?

- You climb aboard,
and we all push.
- But where to?

- Oh, just now I'm not sure,
but we'll find a good hill.
- That's dangerous, guys.

- Not a bit. It's great fun,
a tumble ride.

- Well, it depends
where you're sitting.

- You understood
what's expected of you?

- I don't remember all of them,
but, uh, I'm willing to try.

Tell me which one I should
begin with.

Why do you put those on?

- Well, you try
without gloves on.

All right,
you watch me now.

- Tummmm, ta-ta-ta-tummmm.

Tummmm, ta-tummmm.

Tummm, ta-ta-tummm,
ta-ta-tummm.

- Here, put these on.
- No, no.

- Put them on!
You'll burn your hands.

- I won't.
- You'll burn your hands, Alain.

- I won't, I'm telling you!
I won't.

¶ Dum da-dum da-dum,
dum da-dum da-dum da-dum ¶

¶ Da-dum dum dum
dum da-dum da-dum da-dum ¶

¶ Dum dum da-dum
dum da-dum dum da-dum dum ¶

- What are you doing?

- ¶ Dum dum da-dum dum ¶
Ugh!

Ah! There's nothing to it.
- Where did you find that?

- Oh, in my brother's things.
Hey, it doesn't come off that
way. You gotta press on it.

- That makes it
one out of five, kid.

- Hey, I've gotta try
that thing.

It looks like a lot of fun.
(yelling like Tarzan)

- ...with guards all over.
- Yeah, there was one on TV

last night.
- Hey, look at Albert.

- (Albert): OK, guys,
watch Tarzan!

(yelling like Tarzan)

Ahhhh!

Hey, wow!

That thing really
travels, man.

(whistling)

- What are you doing there?
- What? What do you want?

- What are you doing there?
- I'm taking some pictures.

- Will you take one
of us too?

- All right, uh,
that's just fine.

Don't move, now.

Hold still.

- (Albert): See this thing here?
- (boy): Yeah.

- That's for the ammunition.
You can put all sorts
of things in there.

- How do you fire it?
You pull here?

- It's ready, Alain.
- Here, let me show you.

See? You pull on the rope
like this...

When it's down,
you put the hook on.

- Where's that?
- Right here. After that,

you just shoot.
The hook slides out.

(Albert mimics artillery fire)
- Normand! Normand, I'm ready.

- Luc's not here yet.
- Where is he?

- He just left.
He said he'd be right back.

- (Alain): Well, too bad
for him. I'm not waiting.

- All right,
watch me carefully.

(ping!)
You see? It's really quite easy.

You try now.
I know you can make it.

- ¶ I know you can make it,
I know you can make it-- ¶

- Cut that out!

(ping!)
- Beautiful, Alain!
That's just great.

- ¶ You're really great,
chicka-ch, chicka-ch ¶

¶ You're really great ¶
- You're getting on my nerves.

- OK, OK.

- Give him a chance
to concentrate!

(ping!)
- That makes it two out of two!

That's great!
- I told you I could do it.

- Bravo!
- It's OK, you passed the test.

- What do you mean?
- Well, you had to hit
the target at least twice

with three marbles. If you want
to quit right now, you can.

- Even if you missed,
it wouldn't matter.
- Oh, might as well

try the last shot.
- It's up to you.

Try it for luck.

- What are you doing there?

- Hi there, Luc!

- OK, get down here!

- Oh, it was just
to play a joke on you.
Come on, out of the way.

- Forget it, it's all over.
- What do you mean it's over?

- (Normand): It's all over.
You just failed the test.

- Hey, whoa, hold it.
I've got a right to prove I--

- You got one marble left and
you're expected to score twice.

- I've got three marbles left,
all right? Because I haven't
even started.

- You already shot twice.
- Look, I said it was
for laughs.

- Listen here, I'm not sure
you would have come out and said

it was for laughs.
Look, it's OK, Alain.

You still got
two more tests left.

- It's not fair, you know.
- Can I have

my slingshot?
- Your slingshot, huh?
You're gonna have to run

after your stupid slingshot.
- Hey, I only leant it to you

for the test. Give it back.
- Your slingshot?

Pbbt! your slingshot.

- I want it now, OK?
- Don't worry, he'll calm down.

- That's for sure I'm gonna
calm down. I'm gonna calm down

so well,
you'll never see me again.

I don't need
your gang!

- Well, just let him pout.
He won't go far.

- Hey, want to try it out?
- Is that thingamajig
really gonna work?

- This? It'll work.
Just you watch.

Out of the way, Luc.

How about that?
- Great!

- What do you use
for ammunition?

- We should try it with marbles.
- We've gotta use
something soft.

We don't want to break a window.
- Hey, will this do?

- Wow, that's perfect.
Let's try.
- Alain!

Come and see this, Alain!
It works! Come on!

- Just leave me alone, OK?
- Come see! It works!

- (Albert): OK, I'll hold it
alone now.

- Ta-ta-tummm...
Hurry up, will you?

Ta-tummm, ta-tummm,

ta-tummm...

ta-tummm, ta-ta-ta-tummm,
ta-ta-tummm,

ta-ta-tummm...
ta-TUM!

(pop!)
- Wow, that's great!

Got any more?
- No, that was my last one.

- Hey, we ought to
shoot this.

- Where'd you find that?
- We'll aim someplace else.

- How about there?
- OK, we'll aim there.

Come on, Luc.

(Albert mimicking race car
and screeching tires)

This time I'll pull it
all the way down.

- Come on! Come on!
Put the hook on!

- (Albert): Lift it a bit. OK.
- (Luc): Go ahead, Alain!

- (girl): You forgot the sauce.
- (Alain): Come on, come on.

- Everyone,
man your stations!

Stand by,
ready to fire!

Five! Four!

Three! Two!

One! Fire!

Where'd they go?

(crickets chirping)

(frustrated grunt)

(dog barking)

(dog barking)

- Hey, cut that out,
will ya?

- Come on, you guys,
stop fiddling around.

- Well, he started it.
- Come on.

(guys playing guitar
and bongos in clubhouse)

- Darn it.

- Hey! What's going on here?
- Hey! Hey!

- Come on!
Hey, that's our door!

Bring it back! Come on!

- So the guy opens the skylight
and looks down,

and then he jumps - plop!
- Uh-huh.

- There's no one on the roof.
But then he notices

this funny little thing
hanging from the ceiling.

It was an alarm system, see?
Well, then all of a sudden

he sees this huge door,
and thick like this.

Well, he walks right up to it
and points his laser gun -

boom! The door falls down,
he walks right in,

but there was a fire in there!
It was all over!

He walks right up
to the fire...

and he blows it out
just like that!

Then suddenly the alarm...
- The other one.

- (Luc): Beep, beep-beep,
beep-beep!
- Whoa!

Right here is OK.

- Let's go, fellas.
- Come on.

- But then all of a sudden,
the fire burst out

all over the place again,
and that was really fun,

because you could hear
the alarm system: beep-beep!

- I prefer that other
hill we saw before.
- The other hill

was just for beginners;
this is a real hill.

- How about rolling the tire
first to check how it works?

- It won't be a real
test if you're not in it.
- I'm gonna run someone over.

- We'll just push you
in that direction.

- If you try it first,
I'll follow right up.

- You're the one who's gotta
prove he's brave. Look, we'll be

right behind you.
Don't be afraid.

- OK, come on,
let's go.

- (Albert): OK, in you go.

That's it.

Lower your head.

Hold still, now.

- I'm gonna break
every single bone.

- Oh, come on. You're gonna
have a lot of fun. Ready?

(Alain yelling)

(yelling)

- Ah!

Hey! Hey!

- I want you to hear
my latest song.

- (all): Alain!
- Stop him!

- Stop him! Alain!
- Alain!

- Alain!

(Alain yelling)
- Alain!

- Alain!
- Stop him!

(yelling)
- (boy): Alain!

- Alain! Alain!
- Stop him!

- (others): Alain! Stop him!

(Alain yelling)

- Wah-ow! Ah!

- (all): Alain!

Alain!

(woman screaming)

- (Luc): Stop him!

- I got through!

Hey! I got through!

Can I join the gang?
I did it!

- Are you OK, Alain?
- Hey, that was some
ride, Alain!

- Were you afraid
when you started?

- Sure was.
- Hey you were pretty good.

- For a while there,
I thought you'd never stop!

- It's like flying,
it really is!

- Hey, were you afraid?
- How about you try now?

- Well, sure, but maybe we
should change hills.
- Yeah, we should.

- Anyway, you're
in the gang from now on.
- Yeah, you're in the gang now.

- That's right,
you're one of us.
- You proved yourself already.

- I thought you got hurt
on the rock.

- That was funny
when you hit that guy's guitar.

Crash!

(voices fading out)

- Now hold your breath,
don't move...

Don't move at all.
Come on!

Now you aim just a bit higher
than the can.

- I got it!

Four out of seven. Not bad, huh?
- Well, you're improving.

Keep up practicing.

- Hey! Why don't we try it
with bottles?

- Sure. Who's gonna pick up
the glass afterwards?
You, I suppose?

- Here we go again.
Luc's preparing another

karate show out there.

- Beep-beep!
- Hey!

You want one of these
right between the eyes?

- Of course,
go right ahead.

- Huh, five out of nine.
Did you see that?
- Bravo! Bravo!

- Hello.
- Hi, Luc.

(whistling)

- Hey, come and see.
I'm gonna do my karate show.

- (girl): What, again?
- What are you doing there?

- That's a birdhouse.
- (Luc): We should nail it

to the telephone pole,
and put peanuts in it.

It would attract the squirrel.
It'd be fun.

- (girl): It's a birdhouse,
not a squirrel house,

you dumb-dumb!
- Bet ya anything if we put
peanuts in it, the squirrels

would show up.
- You missed, Alain.

- Go jump in the lake,
for crying out loud.

- Watch this.

- Oh, wow, great shot.
- Watch this one. Ah! Hey!

(Luc): Are you
gonna come see my show?
- (girl): Yeah, maybe.

- What did I tell you?
- It doesn't count!

You hit the post, you know.
- I made it fall anyway!

- You're a darned cheater.
- Come watch Bruce Lee, guys,
the world's karate champion--

- Champion. We know.
- I got it with one shot.

- Two shots, Albert.
- The first one doesn't count.

- You're a darned cheater!
- Hey, Bruce, you did it

with a board last week.
You should try a brick now.

- We'll begin with this board.
After we'll try a brick.

- Isn't that board
already split, Luc?

- Why don't you go fly a kite?
- OK, you don't have to

bawl me out.
I just wanted to help.

- Go on, hit it.

- Are you OK?
- Aw, keep quiet, will ya?

I gotta concentrate.

- (whispering): All right,
let's go, Luc!

- Shh! He's gotta concentrate.
- Hee-yah!

- WAH-CHKAHH! CHOP!

YAAAA!

(Albert yelling)
(Alain laughing)

- You just wait till I get you.
- What's wrong?

- What's wrong? You know
darn well what's wrong.

- One board or another
couldn't be that different.

- Are you hurt badly?
- Let's see you try with

the right hand.
- I'm gonna clobber you

right in the face!
- Wow! Bruce Lee's having a fit!

- You're just
a big blabbermouth.

- Yeah? Well, let's see you
try and split that board.

- Ah, well, not today -
I'm out of shape.

- Never mind, Alain.
All he ever does is talk.

- Hey, Bruce,
don't forget your board now!

- Wait for me, Luc!

(kids yelling nearby)

Are you hurt bad?

You should put
some cold water on it.

- I don't wanna play
with those guys anymore.

- We should start our own gang,
and we should build
our own clubhouse.

- Hey...

- How about spying on them?
- There's really no point.

- How about spying
on the old Portuguese?

Well, he sure is slow
coming out.

- A good spy is supposed
to spend hours on the lookout.

- A good spy...
- Yep.

- Hey, how about a disguise?
We'd be able to move right
up to the house.

- We don't really need
a disguise. Here!

There's nothing to it.
Just take a newspaper,

and pretend you're reading.
- Oh, yeah! I saw that

in a film, right.
Let me have it.
- Aw...

- All you gotta do is
make two holes, right?

You make two holes
in the paper.

The agent was in a building
spying on a guy,

but he pretended he was reading:
Blah, blah, blah.

And then when he thought
something was going on,

he'd lift the paper like...

The holes are
in the wrong place!

- Well, wait a minute.
I'll fix 'em for ya.

- Hey! You almost put
my eye out!

- I just wanted to make a hole.
- Well...

What do we do now?

Let's move right in.

- Come on.

How about that, huh?

Did you see
that big suitcase?

That's what I call
suspicious.

Come on, quick!

- The bikes!

Luc!

Luc? Wait for me.

(whispering): He's there, Luc.

- (whispering): I'm not blind.
I know he's there, you jerk!

- Then why'd you run?

- We're gonna lose him,
darn it!

We lost him, of course.
By the time we got to our bikes,

the guy was gone.
Then we went to check

the building
he'd gone into.

We just looked around.
It was kinda huge.

- There were
a lot of people.

The suitcase was black.

It seemed like
it weighed a lot.

Well... not all that much,
I guess. It looked heavy,
didn't it, though?

- (Albert): Counterfeit money?
- Could be, you know.

- Counterfeit $20 bills.

- Ten counterfeit $20 bills is
200 bucks!

- One thousand $20 bills.

- That's, uh...
- Twenty thousand bucks.

- Twenty thousand bucks?

Wow! Twenty thousand bucks!

- Twenty thousand bucks!

- So, what do you propose?
- Well, I propose we go and--

- We'll go and
search the man's home!
- Aw, cut it out, you nut.

- You just told me
the man was a suspect.
- Let's listen to Luc's plan.

- They're all nutty, his plans.
- Second-rate James Bond.

- You don't like my plan,
I'll go alone with Alain.
- Now wait a minute, 007,

we're all in this.
- So what's your plan?

(sigh)

(sigh)

- Well, if that man isn't here
in 10 minutes, I'm going
back home.

- He'll show up, don't worry.
- You've been saying that
for an hour.

- It's not my fault
if the guy's late.

- We shoulda brought our bikes.
- Yeah.

- Take cover!

- We'd better split into
two groups: Normand, Alice,

and myself will look down here;
you guys look upstairs.

- He's not around here.
(man shouting nearby)

(man shouting)

(man shouting angrily)

(shouting)

(shouting)

(sternly): What do you want?

- It's just a guy in a kimono
like Bruce Lee.

- (woman): Oh, the auditions are
on the next floor up, dear.

- Thanks, miss.
We'd better get the others.

(piano being played nearby)

(applause nearby)
- You're pretty late. It's

already started, children.
What's your name?
- Alain Duncan.

- And yours?
- Debbie Batchelor.

- What's yours?
- Albert Sander. But we
just wanted to take a look--

- That's quite all right.
Now, just go right in, but don't

make any noise, OK?
- There are three missing.

- They just got here, Frank.
- (Frank): Uh, these three?

- (woman): Yes.
- (Frank): OK.

OK, come on, children.
Let's go. Be quiet now.

(young girl singing)

(piano accompaniment)

(singing in French)

- (whispering): Gotta
get outta here.

- (whispering): Keep quiet.

- I'm fed up
with your espionage.

(man shouting)

(man shouting)

(door creaking)

- (man): Damn it, can't a guy
work in peace? Close the door!

- Hey!

This time...

you won't get away. Come on!

(piano accompaniment)

(tap dancing)

- Bet you could do better.
- I suppose.

- Psst! Would you mind holding
this for a while?
- Sure.

Hey, Albert. Hey.

It's beautiful.

- Thanks very much.

(song ending)

(applause)

(man speaking Portuguese)

(speaking Portuguese)

- He's got an accomplice.

Ah, if only we could hear
what he's saying.

- We'll go around that way.
- OK.

- (woman): Jeffrey Briggs.

- Good luck to you.

¶¶¶

(playing out of tune)

(playing out of tune)

- He's out of tune.
- Could be a lot worse.

(playing out of tune)

(men speaking Portuguese)

(men speaking Portuguese)

- Look out!

- Have you thought of an act?
- I wouldn't know what to do.

- I think
you should sing.

Well, you know that song
you were singing this morning?

(violin piece ending)
(applause)

You kept humming it:
¶ Na na-na na na-na ¶

¶ Na na-na
na na-na ¶

¶ Na na-na na-na na-na ¶

That was pretty good, friend.

- I just can't
make a word out.

(men speaking Portuguese)

(thud!)

- What is it?
- He just busted my ear.

- He's taking off, Luc.

(man whistling)

- "Ryonu...suke Akutagawa."

- Well, that's just great.

You had us follow a bill
sticker, for crying out loud.

- Hey, that's the Japanese
we saw back there. See?

- You're a rotten James Bond,
you know?

- All right, I blew it.
So sue me.

- Alain Duncan.

- This is the house that Jack
built. This is the house that

Jack built. This is the moat
that lay in the house
that Jack built.

This is the rat, uh...
- (whispering): Come on.

- ...the rat that ate the mole
that lay in the house
that Jack built.

This is the rat...

The malt ate the malt
in the house that Jack built.

This, uh... is just the dog
that worried the farmer

sowing his corn
that waked the priest

that married the cat
with the malt...

that kissed the maiden
all forlorn that milked
the cow with the crumpled horn

that tossed the dog that worried
the cat that killed the rat
that ate the malt

that lay in the house
that Jack built!

- Hurry up! Come on!

- (Normand): Where were
you guys?

- There was a contest!
- You and your crazy ideas.

- What's the matter?
- OK, cut that out.

- Did you find the old guy?
- Yeah, and he's no gangster.

We found him all right.
- OK, we're going home.

- Hey, I didn't do too badly
in that contest.

I should go back
some other time.

Maybe I'll win and they'll
put me on TV or something.

You know,
on one of those shows.

Did you go very far?
- Not really.

That's the last time
I'll listen to you, boy.

- The important thing in life
is to take risks.

- You like
taking risks, huh?

Wanna risk
getting punched in the face?

(Luc whistling)

- I had to go up there
and do some sort of an act.

- You really think
you're funny, huh?

- You know the things that goes
like, uh, "This is the house
that Jack built,

this is the malt that lay
in the house that Jack built"?

You know, and it goes on and on?

Anyway, that's what I decided
to do for an act, see?

- So what happened?
- What do you mean
what happened?

I got right up there on stage
and I recited

the whole darn thing,
that's what.

And you know something?
I was pretty darn good,

if I may say so myself.

(church bells chiming)

- (woman): You little
good-for-nothing!

I know it was you!
You're always up to no good.

Next time, I'm going to call
the police. You'll see.

Just you try that again!
You're gonna be in a lot
of trouble!

(church bells chiming)

- (Alain): Hi there, Albert!
Gotcha!

(sigh)
- What a baby.

- You know where Alain is?

- Just saw him on
Mr. Black's garage.

Be careful, though -
he's playing fireman.

- You got the rope?

- It's all there.

(kids yelling)

(man speaking French rapidly)

- Are you crazy?
Listen, you little boy,

you want me to go up there
and get you some manners, eh?

What's the matter with you,
you stupid?

And you, what are you trying
to do, run me down?

You'd better watch it, huh?
(speaking French rapidly)

- Alain! Alain!

I know you're there!

- He's pretty funny,
that guy.

- Are you sure Luc will
go for it?

- What if he catches you
in his house?

- There's really no danger.
We watched him

for almost a week. He doesn't
come back before 7 o'clock.

- Boy, I can't wait to see
Luc - "I was right, wasn't I?
The old Portuguese is a spy."

- What time are you coming back?
- I should be here, uh,
around 5:30 I suppose.

- Try to keep serious, huh?
- OK, we'll wait right here.

- (muffled speaking): Ah, help!
Help!

(all laughing)

(church bells tolling faintly)

Ball!

Another ball!

- Hey, you mean a strike!

- Steeee-rike!

Ball!

Strike!

That was a ball.

(bicycle motor running)

Come on...

Come on!

There. You put it back on
when you leave.

- Don't worry, I will.

Albert?

Albert.
- Nah!

- Cut out that nonsense,
will ya?

- Gotcha, huh?

This is just perfect.

- Hurry up.

Come here.

Keep your legs together.
- OK, OK.

Try to work things out
so that Luc comes up first.

- OK, turn.
- I can just see Luc's face,

and Alain's,
when they find me.

The rest of you gotta pretend
you're really scared.

- OK. Give me your hands.

- Not too tight, huh?
Otherwise it'll hurt.

Not too tight, I said!

You're doing it too tight.
- Stop complaining.

I'm almost through.

- Just remember
to put the hook on.

You ought to tell Luc
I could be dead by now.

Don't make it too tight!
My hands are all numb.

- Don't make such a fuss!
Stop it now!

It won't be long.

- (muffled): Hurry up!
- What?

- Hurry up! I don't feel like
spending the whole day here.

- Don't move now.
We won't be long.

- Don't forget the hook!

(motor bicycle approaching)

Oh, no!

(motor bicycle stopping)

(dogs barking nearby)

- (whispering): It won't
be long!

I'll just be a minute.
Don't worry!

- "I've waited too much.

"I fear this poor fellow will
die because of me.

"If only,
if only I could fly...

"But I'm flying.
What does it mean?

"Maybe it's the...
the short,

"maybe it's the short circuit
that pulverized my watch

"which has given me
my superpowers like Superman.

I suppose I now control
the powers of mind--"

- Be quiet!
You're a pain, you know.

- "This armoured plate will
prove whether it's so.

"Will it resist my powers,
or not?

We'll soon see if I'm endowed--"
- "A small transmitter was

"concealed in the dashboard,
and therefore John could

tell the men where our friend
would go. He found out."

- "Now I'll be able
to destroy these spies...

(Alain sighs.)
"...and all their weapons.

Beep! Beep! Beep!"
- "Then Sam went in and saw

the old woman's body. It was
a murder, and a well-planned
murder at that--"

- Hey!
- Hello.
- Would you like a soft drink?

- Quick! Albert's
in real bad trouble!

Come on!
He's risking his life!

- What's going on?
- Albert was caught
in the old guy's house!

We'd better warn the others!
- OK!

- Is there a fire somewhere?
- Albert's just been caught!
- By the old man, you know!

- Is that so?
- Yeah, it looks like
the old guy just grabbed him

and took him into his house!
- Alice saw it all!

- So where is Alice?
- She's on the way!

- I'd better warn the police!
- No point getting nervous.
He's probably OK.

- But he may not be OK!
- I suppose we could
look around first.

- We'll all go, the whole gang.
- You think he could
be dangerous?

- Listen, you'd better wait here
if you're scared.

- Come on!
What if it's just a trap?

- Let's hurry up. Once we know
what's happened, we'll
decide on a plan.

- OK!

- We'll wait for you over there.
Hurry up!

- OK!

- Come quick, guys!
Albert's been caught!

- That's perfect, my dear Alice!
- You should have seen the way
you bit the hook.

- I'm not kidding.
The old guy came back.

- What?

- He's in the kitchen.
- Albert?

- Not Albert, the old guy.
Come on.

(railroad crossing bell)

(gasp)

- We'd better
call the police!

- I'll get him. You stay here.
- No, we'll go together.
- OK.

- He's tied up!
- He's... he's up in the roof!

- Yeah, we'd better
fetch the police.

- Take it easy, will ya?
Where is he?

- Come see.
Keep your heads down.

He's there!

(muffled grunting)

- (muffled): Hurry up, will ya?
Do something, for Pete's sake!

- OK, get me a ladder.
- What ladder?

- Just look for one! Go on!
- They don't grow on trees,
you know.

- Just go look around. Go on.
- Let's ask Mr. Bennett.

- It's too far.
- Just bring a ladder back.

Hurry up, will ya?
- Yeah, because if
you don't find one soon,

I'm gonna go get the police, OK?
- Oh, shut it, will ya?

- (whispering): Normand! There's
a board that might be useful.

- We'll try, but I'm not that
sure we'll find one, you know.

- What's your plan?
- To go in through the window.

- That's dangerous.
- I'll be right back.

- Where are you going?
- Well, I'm going to get

my baseball bat.
- Are you out of your mind?

(singing in Portuguese)

- Shh!

- OK, go ahead.
- (Alain): Normand!

- Shh!
- Normand!

- What's going on?
- I thought you might want it.

- Oh, I don't!

Just a minute.
- (muffled): Hurry up!

- Psst! Alice!
Go get a crowbar, fast!

- You want a crowbar?
- You want my bat?
- No!

- What are you doing?
Go with the others.

(singing in Portuguese)

- I got one!

- Give it to me!
I'll take it up to him!

- Out of the way!

Here.

- (whispering): The bat!
Get me the bat, quick!

- (whispering): Alain! Your bat!

(snap!)

- (muffled): No! No!

(singing in Portuguese)

- Don't move.
We'll find a way to get you out.

- OK.
- OK?

All right, get down.
- Come on, get down, Alain.

- I can't open the window.
- Hey, we could find a way

to get the old man
out in the street.

You would get in through
the back and free Albert.

- How do you plan
to force the guy out?
- We'll ring the doorbell

and we'll ask him if he's
missing something or other.
- I suppose, but missing what?

- I'm quite sure
we'll find something.

- We could ask him if
he lost a baseball bat.
- Not the baseball bat!

- Hey, we should look for a cat
and ask him if it belongs
to him.

- Oh, sure, a cat.
- I know where to look.

- OK, you gotta hurry though.
You go with Alain.

- OK, we'll keep the man
as busy as we can.

- Try not to lose it.

- Give me a hand, Luc.

- Careful.

- You stay here and let us know
when they're back.

- (whispering): They're back!

- (Albert muffled): What are
they doing?

- We'll say the cat was
in front of the door.

- Let me do
the talking, OK?

- It won't open.

- It was mewing in front
of the door. Is it yours?

- A cat. You got? You got?
- The cat, we want to know

if the cat's yours.
- (man): Nice cat.

- OK.

- Nice cat.
- Nice pussy cat, that's right.

- Nice little cat.
- Just a baby, a little baby.

He's cute, isn't he?
- (man): Yes, nice cat.

- (Alain): Is it yours?
- (man): Yes, very nice cat.

- (Alain): It's not yours?
- (man): But not my cat.

- (Debbie): It was right here
in front of the door.

- Momento. Wait here.

- Hey, what's going on?
Where's Albert?

- In the old man's house.
Normand's there too.

- What's he doing there?
- He got stuck.

His soup boiled over, see.
And...

- (muffled): What are
they doing?

What's taking them
so darned long?

(muffled grunting)

- I suppose we could get
another cat, Debbie,

and knock
on the door again.

- It won't work,
not twice in a row.

- I'll be right back!

Hey, Rod!

Rod!

Rod!

Rod!
- Sounds like
you're in trouble again.

- Have you got a pizza left?
- A pizza?

- A pizza or whatever you have
left in there will be all right.

- What sorta stupid joke
you preparing now?

- It's not a joke!
I'll explain later.

- I don't trust you one bit,
Luc. I was caught one time.
That's all.

- I swear it's not a joke!
All you gotta do is pretend
you're delivering a pizza.

- Ah, sure, once more!
- It'll only take a minute!

- I just don't trust you,
I said.

- Listen, Rod, if it's a joke,
you can knock my head off!

It's gonna work.
You just go back out front
and it'll ring in a few minutes.

- Did you find another cat?
- You can tell Normand to
get out of the house.

- (Albert muffled): A pizza?
Who's got time for a pizza now?

(doorbell)

- Here's your pizza.
- What?

- Your pizza.
You just ordered a pizza.

- What? No, no.
- Didn't you just
call us and order a pizza?

- (whispering): Hey, Normand.
Normand!

- You didn't order a pizza?
- No.

- Well, this is
644 Lake Street, right?

- Yes, yes, but--
- But you didn't order a pizza?

- (man): No!

- (whispering): Albert!
- Later, later! Hurry up!

- Not to order the pizza.
Must be mistake.

- You ordered it. You did.
- No, mister. No!

- Oh, darn it!

(muffled grunting)

(questioning in Portuguese)

- (whispering): What's going on?
- (whispering): Keep quiet!

- Did it work?
- Shh!

- Push!

Run, Alain!
- He's coming! He's coming!

- Go away!
(man speaking Portuguese)

Go away!
- The old man's coming after us!

We gotta get out of here!
- Normand, he's right here!

- Hey! You got to open the door!
This is my house!

- Go away!
- Let's get out of here!
- Hold it, Alain! Listen,

mister, I think
I can explain.

- Go on, you're doing fine.
A bit more.

Atta boy.

- (Luc): Now you got it!
- (Albert): Go ahead,
you can do it!

- That's great, José!
Go on, you're doing fine.

(ping!)

(kids cheering)

- That was beautiful, José!
- Oh, yeah, I was just about to.

- (Alain): Ah, there it is!
- (Normand): That's right.
- Yeah, that's the one.

- This is it, all right.
- This is the one, José!

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