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I've done some crazy things in my life,

but I guess all of us have.

But have you ever packed for a journey

when you didn't know where you were going?

When you didn't even have a ticket?

Maybe I should explain a little more.

Last night I received a wire. It said simply,

"I'll meet you in the Pan American building at ldlewild at 0700 hours.

"Have your passport and your bags.

"Signed, John Hamilton."

John Hamilton works in the Special Investigation Branch,

Smuggling Division, of US Customs.

For some people, the word "smuggling" would fill them with fear.

- But my conscience is as clear as... - (Man) Simon!

- Hello, John. - I knew I could rely on you.

One moment. Would you tell me what this is all about?

I'd like you to go to Hamburg for me, as a favour.

Don't you have any men in your department? Why me?

Three days ago Hans Boorman, a German sailor,

was killed in a traffic accident.

He was working for a big art smuggling ring.

This picture...was found in his pocket.

"To Hans. Love, Lili."

It's Lili Klausner.

- You knew her once. - Three years ago in New York.

Did you know her well?

- We thought so. - Where is she now?

- Singing in Hamburg. - Lilt's mixed up in smuggling?

It's more than that. This has big ramifications.

- What can I do? - Maybe everything, maybe nothing.

But if any man can get information from Lili Klausner,

that man is Simon Templar.

- We can talk in here. - Thanks.

Simon, what do you know about the Raphael miniatures?

- They've quite a history. - And I suppose you know it?

Yes. I think it was...1509.

Pope Leo X commissioned Raphael to do 12 miniatures of the Apostles.

After the Pope died they disappeared

and turned up in the Peking collection of Emperor Kao Tsung.

Then they turned up in the Russian imperial treasures under the tsars.

Two months ago those paintings were stolen from the Kremlin.

All 12 of them?

- A very neat job. - Quite a haul.

What else do you have to go on?

One turned up in a luggage locker in Grand Central two days ago.

The key was found on Hans Boorman.

So far we think only one picture has been brought here.

The other 11 may be anywhere.

- But you think Hamburg? - Possibly.

There's been an official request from Moscow - right to the president.

Those pictures must be returned to the Kremlin, with very little fuss.

No publicity, in a diplomatic pouch.

- What else? - The gang's operated a long time.

Mostly they recruit sailors who are broke and not too scrupulous.

- First they're wined and dined... - That's Lili?

(Sighing) Maybe.

Then, "Would you like to take a small package through US Customs for cash?"

That simple.

Thousands of merchant seamen go out of New York every day.

The miniatures fit into a man's pocket.

- Is there a contact in Hamburg? - Yes, an agent named Fritz Kapel.

He'll phone you at your hotel. I cabled him you were coming.

(Horns honking)

(Telephone)

- Hello? - Templar? This is Fritz Kapel.

Now, listen, I'm in a hurry and I can't talk long.

Meet me tonight at 8:30 in the Reeperbahn

across from a nightclub called Tante Ada's.

- 'Got it?' - Yeah, I've got it.

8:30, Reeperbahn. OK.

Got a light?

' Templar? ' Kapel?

They operate from Tante Ada's nightclub.

- Does she run the ring? - Maybe.

She's very friendly with Dr Zellerman.

- Zellerman? - I've posed as a sailor for months.

Today I signed on as a third mate on the Hadenburg,

a German freighter sailing for New York tomorrow.

If - this is a big if- I get a picture tonight, we know for sure.

- And if you don't? - I've wasted weeks of my time.

- Can you meet me later? - Sure, where?

Come to my place, about two o'clock.

- 22 Koenigstrasse. - I'll be there. Oh, Kapel...

- What about Lili Klausner? - Is that why you're here?

♪ I'll never stop

♪ Loving you

♪ Whatever else I may do

♪ My heart will beat

♪ The way it does each time we meet

♪ The night

♪ Doesn't question the stars

♪ That appear

♪ In the skies

♪ So why

♪ Should I question the stars

♪ That appear

♪ In my eyes?

♪ Of this I'm more than just sure

♪ My love will last and endure

♪ I'll never

♪ No, I'll never

♪ Stop loving

IYou ♪

Hello, Lili.

Hello, Simon. You remember that song?

- Of course. - Let's sit down. Over there.

- Ernst, please, no more. - I'm all right.

(sighs)

- It's been how long? - Three years.

Three years. Hmm.

Sometimes I relive that spring in New York.

I remember every day, every night, every second.

It's good to see you again, Lili.

Is it, Simon? Is it really?

Mm-hm. There's only one thing I'd like to know.

- What? - Why did you walk out on me?

- I had to. - Pretty evasive.

I'm an evasive woman. What are you doing in Hamburg?

- Sightseeing. - In Tante Ada's?

In Tante Ada's I'm slumming.

Tante Ada's...so am I.

- Lili, I'm leaving. - Good night, Ernst.

What do you mean? We have a dinner engagement.

I've met an old friend. Please excuse me.

- But we have an engagement! - I've broken it.

- Don't be ridiculous. - Please...

- You heard the lady. - It is no affair of yours. Get your wrap.

- Ernst, please go away. - Before you get hurt.

Don't be childish. Come.

You heard the lady, she's having dinner with me.

- Let go! You're breaking my arm! - Certainly.

- Are you mad? - Are you hurt, Dr Zellerman?

- He pushed me! He pushed me! - What is going on here?

(Punching)

- Was ist? - He attacked me, for no reason at all!

- You were annoying the lady. - Lili, have you been drinking?

Tante Ada, please! You know what Ernst is like.

I know what you are like! An alley cat with no manners.

- Get out! - All right. That suits me fine.

I'm sick of you and your rotten job - I quit!

- Good girl. - I'll get my wrap.

- I'll wait. - Lili...

- I wouldn't. - Who are you?

A dissatisfied customer, Tante Ada.

It's been a pleasure, Dr Zellerman. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need fresh air.

Ernst! Come.

- Danke. - Danke schén. Gute Nacht.

- Ready? - For anything.

- Lili! You're leaving early. - I'm leaving permanently.

Excuse us, please.

Pardon, pardon.

- I have found someone. - Come into the office.

I'm afraid I loused things up for you.

I hate the place. There are other jobs.

In that case, where can I buy you a drink?

Take me home and I'll buy you one.

Bitte, Miillerstrasse 28.

He's third mate on the Hadenburg. Sails for New York tomorrow.

- Trustworthy? - I think so.

Anyway, he needs the money badly.

- His name? - Kapel. Fritz Kapel.

Tante! I remember. I knew I had seen him somewhere.

- Who? - That man with Lili.

He's the one they call the Saint.

- Simon Templar. - Yes. How does he know her?

What's he doing here?

Ernst, Lili will be back. You know that.

Tante Ada, you will look to that personally. Understand?

Right away. Tonight!

(I Gentle jazz)

No. No!

Lili, what's wrong?

(Sighs) Nothing.

Why did you take off in New York without saying goodbye?

Simon, l...l had to.

That's not an answer, is it?

Let's talk about something else.

- Like what? - Like... I'll make you a drink.

- Whisky and soda, isn't it? - Mm-hm.

- You remembered? - Mm.

What's with this Zellerman?

- He's a psychiatrist. - You're kidding.

- No, he has a large practice. - I'll bet.

"Come to me with your troubles

"and I will soothe you with my beautiful baritone voice."

Aren't psychiatrist jokes out of date?

He's a Freudian analyst and a very good one.

Oh...

Well, Simon...

Simon, let's not talk about Zellerman.

It's so marvellous to see you.

(Door buzzer)

- Treat it like a toothache. - Pardon?

Ignore it, it'll go away.

(Buzzer)

Lili, darling, I had to come to apologise.

I'm so sorry that...

Oh. I thought you would be alone.

Well, it's better. Now I can apologise to you both.

Ernst told me the truth, that it was he who began it.

- He's deeply ashamed. - I'm sure he is.

- Tante Ada, it doesn't matter. - It does matter.

I only want to beg you to forgive a silly, temperamental old woman.

Forgive...and to come back.

Lili, you will come back?

I'll think about it. I'll call you tomorrow.

And you do forgive me?

Yes, yes. I forgive you.

- Good night, Liebchen. - Good night.

Good night.

- Are you going back? - It's a job.

I thought you said there were others?

I was getting you a drink.

Did you see Lili?

- She will be back. - Oh, good.

- You are Fritz Kapel? - Yes, Tante Ada.

His passport and papers are in order.

You signed on the Hadenburg this morning.

- Yes. Third mate. - If you agree, we will trust him.

As you wish.

You can rely on me, I promise.

What you are to do is simple.

Karl Eberhard will deliver to your room a small parcel.

Sew it into your jacket.

In New York, leave it in a luggage locker at Grand Central Station.

- You will be contacted for the key. - That is all?

And for this, what you will admit is a most trifling service,

we will pay you 2,000 marks.

- I'm most grateful, Herr Doktor. - Oh, no.

1,000 now, the rest when you get to New York.

Eberhard will contact you about 2am.

Herr Doktor, could it not be a little earlier?

- Why? - l...

I'm tired. I've got to be aboard ship at six.

You will be disturbed for only a few minutes.

- OK, Herr Doktor. - You have questions?

Thank you, no, Tante Ada. Everything is most clear.

- Then you may go. - Thank you.

Now, what are you really doing in Hamburg?

- Finding you. - Oh, Simon.

If you knew me for what I am... You wouldn't like me.

I brush my teeth like anybody else. I can stand seeing you without make-up.

- I'm serious. - Then be honest with me.

No, l...l can't be honest.

- Not with any man. Not any more. - Why not?

I've...I've met so...many men who...

- hurt me. - Have I ever hurt you?

No, Simon, you haven't hurt me. I've hurt myself.

Then trust me. Tell me what's worrying you.

I can't. It's no use.

- I must be going. - Oh, Simon...

It's late.

Are you... Are you meeting somebody?

- What makes you think that? - Our meeting tonight was unexpected.

- You could have another date. - At this hour?

Pleasure in Hamburg is going on all night.

But not for me.

Simon, will I see you again?

- Do you want to? - Yes.

Then you will.

I'll call you tomorrow.

- Good night. - Good night.

(Knock at door)

- Who is it? - Karl Eberhard.

- You're early. - Does it matter?

No.

Not at all.

- You've, er, got the package? - No.

- There has been a change of plan. - Why? What's wrong?

Tonight I follow you from Tante Ada's, you go to a café, eh?

You have dinner, you leave the café.

And I said to myself, "Perhaps I'm wrong,

"perhaps that twinge of suspicion that I feel is baseless."

But then, Fritz, then you go into a telegraph office.

Yeah, I cable my wife.

- Uh-huh. - To inform her I'm sailing today.

- You said your wife lives in Brooklyn. - She does.

- So why send a cable to Washington? - I didn't.

For 50 marks the telegraph clerk was cooperative.

Why is the third mate on the Hadenburg sending coded cables?

Wouldn't you, er, like to know what was, er, in it?

Kapel! I'll get you a doctor.

No, wait. Wait.

Get Zellerman...and...Tante Ada.

They operate the ring?

And...Karl Eber...hard.

Kapel, who shot you?

(Telephone)

- Ja? - Hello, Ernst? This is Karl.

Kapel was a mistake, but I have taken care of him.

'Ernst? Ernst, do you hear me?

'Ernst? Ernst?'

(Door buzzer)

(Buzzing persists)

- Who is it? - Simon.

Thank you, Lili.

Simon! Simon, you came back! I'm glad.

Lili, I want to talk to you.

No more kidding around, just plain, cold facts.

Facts?

What do you know about Karl Eberhard?

Simon... Simon, what's the matter? What's wrong?

Plenty. A friend of mine has been killed.

Killed?

But...but what's that got to do with me?

Will you answer me? What do you know about Karl Eberhard?

Well...Karl Eberhard, he's...a friend of Dr Zellerman's.

- He has a business in Berlin. - Does he live there?

- No, he lives here. - Where?

- I don't know! Try the directory! - What does he look like?

You saw him! The fat man who spoke to me when we were leaving Tante Ada's.

Simon. What is this all about?

There's a file on you in Zellerman's office. Why?

- The file card? - Cut out the act! I broke in and found it!

- Simon! - What's with you and Zellerman?

He...he...

He's my... He's my psychiatrist!

Psychiatrist? Why?

- Because I'm not well! - Oh, Lili.

I falsify the past, I distort the future...

- I live in a world of fears. - Who says so? Zellerman?

Yes! He told me everything about me!

Hey.

You're no more mentally ill than I am.

Oh, Simon. I know how I am.

Lili, all this hokum about living in a world of fears

is something put into your mind by Zellerman in order to use you.

Not true. It's not true!

No, Simon, it's not true! Go! Go out!

- Go out! - Lili, I want to help you.

Only Zellerman can help me, not you!

Go now! Go out!

(Sobbing)

You're certain about this? There's no mistake?

Ernst, someone answered your phone!

- But it's impossible. - I knew it wasn't you.

Someone must have broken in.

As I was leaving Kapel's I saw the man who was with Lili earlier.

- Templar? In this? - Yes.

But how? How could he know?

Tante Ada, why is Lili seeing this man?

I don't know.

Ernst, this is risky - I'm frightened.

But do you realise what those Raphael miniatures will sell for in America?

$5 million!

- We can retire in splendour. - But this man Templar is dangerous.

I will take care of you, I always have.

Now, please, it's late. Go home, go to bed.

All right.

Good night.

(Knock at door)

- Is that you, Ernst? - Ja.

Eberhard, I want a few words with you.

- Remember me? - Yes. You're Templar.

- We met this evening. - As you left Tante Ada's, with Lili.

Later than that - when you were leaving Fritz Kapel's.

- Kapel? - Don't tell me you don't know him.

- I never heard of him. - And the Raphael miniatures?

I don't know what you're talking about.

You ought to, you smuggled them from Berlin.

You also killed Fritz Kapel.

You can't just come into my house and...and question me!

You have no legal authority!

No, but the Hamburg police are busting to cooperate with me.

- Well, let them. - Eberhard, I want those miniatures.

And I'm going to get them.

I'm also going to get you.

My dear Lili, without me, an infinite anguish will absorb your life.

But with me, you don't have to be afraid.

- Yes, Ernst. - But you must do as I tell you.

You must think.

Think as I tell you, and you will have peace.

Yes, Ernst.

You feel better now?

- Yes. Yes, much. - Good.

(Telephone)

Answer the telephone.

Hello? Oh, good morning, Karl. One moment.

- It's for you. - Yes?

When did I permit you to call me here?

Templar was here last night.

I tried to phone you, but... I didn't sleep all night.

Ernst, he knows I killed Kapel.

Look, I want out. I want my money.

I want to leave Hamburg right away. Today!

All right, Karl, if that is what you want.

Yes, I will make arrangements.

Come to my office in an hour and I will have your money.

Thank you, Ernst, thank you.

Goodbye.

You are leaving?

I must.

Thank you for coming so quickly.

Lili, whenever you need me, you only have to call.

I'm so grateful.

And you will sing at Tante Ada's tonight as usual?

Yes. Yes, of course.

You know, it's so much easier when you decide for me.

Ernst, I'm sorry to be afraid... I'm very tired.

- You understand? - Karl, I do understand.

Your money's ready.

- It's quite in order. - I'm very grateful.

- What else did you expect? - I thought you might be angry.

Not at all. I'm surprised a man would want to withdraw

from an operation that's been successful for six years,

and is now on the verge of its greatest coup.

Still, it's up to you.

- Where are you going? - I fly to Paris at six o'clock.

- Mm-hm. Your bags? - At the flat.

Otto is bringing my car, he will drive you.

- That's very kind. - All right.

What else did you tell Templar?

I told him nothing. But he knows about the miniatures.

- Does he know I have them? - He didn't say.

Hmm.

Ernst, aren't you ever afraid?

Hmm. I discipline my mind.

I'm learning gradually to discipline others.

With you, I failed. But it doesn't matter.

Well, I hope you will enjoy yourself in Paris, and write to me.

- Of course! - (Knocking)

Come in.

- Ah, Otto, you are right on time. - Dr Zellerman. Hello, Karl.

Carl is going to Paris. Drive him to his flat for the bags

and take him to the airport.

- Ja, Dr Zellerman. - Good luck, Carl.

Goodbye, Ernst. And thank you.

- Not at all. We will work together again. - I hope so.

- Otto, I will see you later at Tante Ada's. - Ja, Herr Doktor.

Get me Simon Templar at the Altona Hotel.

(Telephone)

- Hello? - 'Mr Templar?'

- Speaking. - This is Dr Ernst Zellerman.

- Yes. - 'l owe you an apology.'

My behaviour last night was inexcusable.

I wonder, could we meet under more pleasant circumstances?

What did you have in mind?

Would you have lunch with me today?

Lunch?

'I know it's short notice, but will you be free?'

Yes, I'll be free.

Splendid. Suppose you come to my office for a drink? Say 1:30?

- Suppose I do just that. - Very good. Goodbye.

- These are the bags, Otto. - Only two?

Yes, I believe in travelling light.

I'll just pick up my passport and my tickets...

A passport is the most valuable document a man owns.

Yet he invariably treats it as carelessly as a letter from a friend.

It doesn't matter, Karl.

Otto... No, Otto...

Of course, Mr Templar, all our great leaders, or great artists,

fall into the psychotic group of paranoiacs.

Julius Caesar, Napoleon, Beethoven, an endless list.

All men with a dedicated sense of personal mission.

Do you fall into that group, Dr Zellerman?

- Perhaps. - And what is your mission?

Someday I will have a patient

whose post-hypnotic amnesia can be prolonged indefinitely,

and I will descend into the unconscious at will.

But surely the essence of the unconscious mind is condition?

- Of course. - In other words, brainwashing.

- That's a newspaper word. - It takes time, doesn't it?

Sometimes years, but of course the patients vary.

Dr Zellerman, one more question.

What do you know about the Raphael miniatures?

You are talking in riddles.

As a psychiatrist, you should be used to riddles.

Ah, my dear Lili. How very nice.

- I'm late, I'm sorry. - Not at all.

- Hello, Simon. - Lili. Life is full of surprises.

I convinced Lili to join us.

Did he ask you or order you?

He invited me. Ernst never orders people.

Tell me, Mr Templar, how did you know Lili was a patient of mine?

I saw her name on a file card in your cabinet.

You admit to breaking into my office?

(Simon) Why not, between the three of us?

Are you in the habit of burglary?

Let's not call it a habit- that has connotations of dullness.

- Thank you. - But you admit to a serious crime.

Of course, but I won't admit it in public.

It'd just be your word against mine, because I think Lili is on my side.

What side Lilt's on is of no importance.

- You heard? - Ja, Herr Doktor.

You understand that this man is the notorious Simon Templar?

We understand.

You are under arrest, Herr Templar. Come quietly.

Just one moment.

Don't tell me you figured this out by yourself. Did Lili tell you?

Simon! Simon, I swear I didn't!

I knew because somebody answered the telephone in my absence.

I merely suspected that somebody was you.

So...

I arranged for you to incriminate yourself.

My esteem for you has raised itself by its mouldy bootstraps.

Come, gentlemen, at least the air in jail will be cleaner.

Simon. Simon, I didn't.

You be a good girl, Lili, and do what you're told.

- You're making a mistake. - Mr Templar, listen to me.

Nothing was stolen and I'm working in an official capacity...

Mr Templar, I know.

Will you please ask Mr Hamilton to step in?

- Hamilton? - We're not such fools as you think.

John.

- Hello, Simon. - How did you get here?

Kapel sent me a cable and I chartered a jet.

- You know Kapel's dead? - Yeah, I heard.

With Kapel dead and you presumably in prison Dr Zellerman will feel safe.

Have you made any progress?

They do have the miniatures.

In Tante Ada's nightclub?

It is easy enough to make sure.

It's too big a gamble.

If you go there with a search warrant and don't find them, you never will.

No, we must locate exactly where they are before we move in.

Thank you, Captain. Goodbye.

- Well? - Templar is under arrest.

Just the same, Ernst, I'm frightened.

For heaven's sake! Everywhere I turn people are frightened!

We'll be millionaires! Do you know what those paintings will bring?

Yes, you've told me a thousand times.

Then, think about it!

All that money. We are safe now!

Hamburg teems with sailors who would kill their mothers for 2,000 marks.

A small package, four inches by six inches.

It's so ridiculously simple, and all I get are arguments.

- Lili must find a carrier tonight. - All right.

If she turns up.

Lili will do anything I ask her to. Anything!

Simon, I don't like it.

Hamilton, I know the ways of the ungodly and I know how they'll react.

- It's tonight or never. - It's too risky.

- Let's use somebody else. - Who?

- Me, for instance. - You don't know the place or people.

Besides, you have Louise and three kids. Me, I travel light.

Anyway, Tante Ada's is darker than a coal mine.

And they think I'm in jail.

OK, we'll try it.

The moment you're ready for me to move in, call Reeperbahn 3069.

- Reeperbahn 3069. - It's a telephone booth outside.

- The police are ready? - All set.

I'll use the name of that sailor you picked up.

Boorman? They don't know he's dead?

It's a chance we'll have to take.

- Only one thing worries me. - What's that?

Lili.

And Lili, tonight you will find us a sailor.

Someone completely trustworthy.

You understand?

Yes, Ernst.

It's after eight now. You must go and dress.

Yes, Ernst.

Ernst, don't you ever feel sorry for her?

Often. Often, Tante Ada.

But if I cured her, I would never see her again.

U' Slow jazz)

Can a sailor buy you a drink?

Thanks. Cognac and water, please.

- You're new here. - (Swedish accent} Ja. Pin Svensson.

(Normal accent) Lili, don't you recognise me?

Simon? Simon, please go out of here.

Can't, Lili. Not yet.

I need your help.

What are you doing? Tante Ada and Zellerman are dangerous, please go.

Ja, I come from Malmé, that is, if you know the greatest country in the world.

- Lili, you are on in ten minutes. - Yes, Tante Ada.

Aren't you going to introduce me?

Oh, er, Tante Ada...

- this is Pél Svensson. - How do you do?

Gut, danke, gnéidige Frau.

The Seamen's Mission sent me over.

They said there was fun and free drink for the asking.

- Oh? - And a friend from New York...

was telling me there was a spot of cash to be picked up

just by rushing a little package past the boys in blue in America.

- Who was your friend? - Boorman. Hans Boorman.

But I don't know who to contact, and my ship sails in the morning.

- Will you be here all evening? - I have no plans.

We'll talk later. Enjoy yourself. Order whatever you like on the house.

- Lili has found someone. - Mm-hm.

A sailor called Pél Svensson. He sails in the morning.

- Can we trust him? - He's a friend of Hans Boorman.

Is he? Boorman's the best man we've got. We'll talk to him later.

- They're closing. It won't be long. - I hope it works.

- Lili, help me. - How?

If anything goes wrong make a telephone call for me,

call Reeperbahn 3069, let it ring once, then hang up.

No, I can't. Ernst won't let me.

This kind of mental domination can be broken,

but you have to have the will.

I have no will, not any more.

Yes, you have. Now, please use it.

You're choosing between sanity and madness.

Simon...Simon, I can't, l...l don't dare.

Mr Svensson.

Simon, please be careful.

(Coughs)

Get me a drink, please, Otto.

- How well do you know Hans? - We were shipmates.

- What boat? - The Westphalia.

He, er, gave me this.

"To Hans. Love, Lili."

- Very good, Mr... - Svensson.

All you have to do when you disembark in New York

is take a package to a luggage locker in Grand Central Station.

It's very simple. Very easy.

As easy as breathing.

And, Svensson, you will talk to no one. Understand?

Ja.

And if you are discreet... you'll get the job again.

- I'll take the gun. - Are you mad?

- Svensson! Simon Templar! - Over there.

- It's not possible. - One of the miniatures?

Open it.

Well, well, well. Now we'll take a little walk and see the police.

Tante Ada, you are a fool.

You, get in line with the others.

(Grunts)

Simon!

Die Baden.

Lili... Lili, please!

They're in the office safe. Call a doctor, will you?

Simon...

Simon...l made the call. (Gasps)

I know, Lili.

Simon...

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