Original subtitles

CHARLIE: Something strange happens

It's as though normal rules of

Madam.

'Obviously,

'When the alcohol's been drunk

'you behave in ways you wouldn't

'Some guests think nothing

'and some staff are only too happy

'Others...

'are not.

'Later, when you're all tucked up

'Hotels can be lonely places.

'And in the bowels of the hotel,

places you'll never see,

MICE SQUEAKING

THUDDING

'You should be scared.

'Statistically, the most common time

GASPS

'Thankfully, as the sun rises,

'..leaving us to clear up the mess

Is he dead?

Phone Rebecca.

Go!

Oh, God.

Rebecca, we'll miss the plane.

If you go in there, you'll get

and we'll never get out of here.

Yeah, and we're going to get it.

Baby, I am taking you to Venice,

and I'm gonna give you

Then let's go.

I'm not doing this again.

Mark...

You decide what you want.

Get the cases and come

We'll be gone by 7:00, I promise.

You just think about what I'm gonna

Can't I leave you in charge

I'm sorry.

Don't just stand there.

Have you called the police?

I thought it'd be better

So, do you want to tell me

While I'm in Venice, I'm relying

Don't worry,

I'm not asking you to keep an eye on

I'll keep a supportive eye on him.

12 hours, 15 minutes and 11 seconds.

Not looking forward to it, then?

Oh, I can't wait. Feels like forever

I need to get changed.

I hate it when you work nights.

Oh, Charlie, I need to see you

Mate, got a great story for you

That was too close.

You know it doesn't actually have

Have you thought maybe it's time

Well, we work together, don't we?

They'll say, "Congratulations.

I can hardly imagine

What? You think Rebecca's gonna

I'm the deputy manager.

Well, I'm kind of fed-up sneaking

I quite like sneaking around,

You need to get changed.

Very nice.

Your famous Duke of Wellington used

Really? Who won?

They deliberately missed each other,

I purchased them this afternoon

Well, it will be a pleasure

Thank you, Miss Mitchell.

CHATTERING

It's a well-known fact

disrupts your menstrual cycle.

Great.

Ready?

Sorry.

It's OK. It's nothing

Jagdeep, you on security tonight?

Worst bloody luck.

I've been in this country ten years.

Make the bloody Poles

Does that man

Who wants to hear

Go on, then.

Remember the cleaner from

Does the nightshift, disappears.

Leaves his wallet, all his

His family never hear from him

He's vanished into thin air,

They found him this morning in

Why was he in a cupboard?

Because somebody had slit his throat

Oh, God.

Do you wanna hear the bad bit?

What? Having your throat slit

isn't the bad bit?

He's been disembowelled.

ALL GROANING

Now, imagine somebody doing that

The police are still searching the

Yuck.

At last, a decent bolognese, eh?

Bloody good.

GROANS

I feel sick.

Thanks, Tony. That's wonderful.

Seeing as how we're now

EXHALES

Come on.

Hello, gorgeous.

Charlie?

Good evening, sir.

Good evening.

Would you like to see our rates?

Just give me the best room

And can you have

Certainly, Mr Lawrence.

Sheikh Abdullah is on the early

so he'll collect these pistols

No problem.

Right.

I've got to go. I promised Mark

Haven't even packed yet.

Monitor the reservations for VIPs.

And don't forget the stock check

And make sure security

Guests are stealing alcohol

I'll tell Jagdeep.

and the number of the place

so call me if there are

You're in charge.

I know.

-Look after my hotel, Charlie.

Rebecca...

have a nice time.

WOMAN: Just listen to me...

WHISPERING

No.

Who are they?

Mr and Mrs Johnson.

Isn't marriage a beautiful thing?

You'll do as I say!

No! You're not going anywhere.

Take your hands off me.

Good evening. Charlie Edwards,

I trust you have everything

Yes, thank you.

Excellent. Well, enjoy the rest

Mrs Johnson.

Oh!

If a man treated me like that,

Great. Keep an eye on them. I don't

Call Jagdeep and get him to do

PHONE RINGING

Jagdeep?

BANGING

Jag?

Jag?

Jagdeep, it's Charlie.

Give me a call

Well, I can't find him anywhere.

No-one's seen him

Well, there was a cup of tea and

Looks like he just got up

Do you want me to rustle up one of

to cover his shift?

Sir, the 1999

I have waited over five years

How is it?

It's bloody spectacular.

CHUCKLING

None of the other security guards

so it looks like we're on our own.

Great. They're finding dead bodies

and our security guard's vanished.

This is not how I want to spend

SHOUTS

You're hilarious.

Go and check the honesty bars.

Do you see this badge here?

-Sad.

What is?

How sexually inadequate males

I think maybe they giving you

If you were seeing someone at work,

Is she a pig?

Because if she a pig, you don't want

No, she-she's not a pig.

OK.

You lucky son of a bitch.

You and Little Miss Snooty Boobs,

No, I'm not shagging Anna.

Who's shagging Anna?

Well, some poor sod somewhere,

I wouldn't shag Anna if...

Once. A long time ago, yeah.

You're shagging Anna

I'm not doing Anna anywhere.

You dirty dog.

SNICKERING

Serve some customers.

THUDDING

MAN GRUNTING

WOMAN GASPING

GLASS SHATTERING

MAN GRUNTING

WOMAN: No, please!

GRUNTING

FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING

What's up with you?

I think I just heard Mr Johnson

WOMAN: No. Please, no.

GASPING

GLASS SHATTERING

It sounded like

You don't know that's what it was.

Well, like what?

GLASS SHATTERING

BOTH GRUNTING

She was begging for her life.

Anna, you probably heard something

Mr Johnson came out of his room

like he was worried

His shirt was torn.

I think Mr Johnson may have just

We have to do something about it.

SIGHS

What room are they in?

Right.

PEOPLE LAUGHING

Just wait until this lot go to bed.

GRUNTING

MEN SNICKERING

Sir, I believe the bar is closing.

It's gonna be a waste of time.

Good evening, sir. Can I help you?

My name is Irwin

Not a problem, sir. I'll just check

Well, you don't seem

You calling me a liar?

No, sir. Is the room

The room is booked under my name.

I-R-W-I-N. Irwin, sire.

Well, I'm sorry, Mr Irwin, but

Well, why would I be here

I always stay at the Dorchester.

Well, in that case,

So, this isn't the Dorchester?

No, sir.

Good. Because this place

Thank you, sir.

WATER RUNNING

Well? It sounded like

What, is that it?

There was definitely

-They look a little bit red

What's up with him?

Right, that's me for the night.

No. Nothing.

What's wrong with her?

She thinks one of the guests

Oh, nice. Maybe I should get him

I'm serious.

PHONE RINGS

Reception.

MAN: Any chance of a blow job?

Yes, sir. We are a five-star hotel,

but that particular service

Good night.

Dirty man.

Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

What if Mrs Johnson's

Oh, well, I'd say

So where's he going at midnight

I've no idea.

What are you doing?

Mrs Johnson might be asleep.

PHONE RINGING

There's no answer.

When? We would have seen her

She's not in those suitcases.

Right, I'm going to look for her,

and then when I don't find her,

Hello?

Mrs Johnson?

GASPS

There's blood in his bath.

Mr Johnson has blood in his bath.

I looked everywhere.

so, yes, I went into their room.

You know you don't go into

unless it is an emergency.

And murder isn't an emergency?

So where's Mrs Johnson, then?

I don't know. Maybe we've

If she went out, why is her handbag,

her wedding ring still in her room?

Mrs Johnson isn't even

Her passport says her real name

Well, lots of people don't use

when they check into hotels.

Yeah. When they're up to

Oh, like having an affair?

You can't go accusing a guest

So what are we gonna do?

Just wait until Mrs Johnson's

Hmm, that's generally the idea.

I think you should call Rebecca.

You're just afraid to phone her

because it's going to look like

HE SIGHS

Close the door on the way out.

Urgh!

He's probably thrown the suitcases

I heard about a guy who killed

He hollow out the mattress,

Guests sleep on her for days

Can we lay off the horror stories,

How would you go about

You do it in the bath.

You strip naked, turn on the shower

then go to work with a hacksaw.

You said the shower was running.

Then he must be a murderer.

If you chop a body

you can flush it down the toilet.

I guessing.

It's him. Oh, my God. He's coming.

Don't you dare say a word.

WHISTLING

Good evening, Mr Johnson.

Good evening.

Will you be requiring

Something to eat, perhaps?

No, I've already eaten. Thank you.

And Mrs Johnson?

What about her?

Will your wife be wanting anything

Oh, no.

JABBING LIFT BUTTON

No, she had an early night.

Thank you.

So, Mrs Johnson has had

You see his face

He look like a murderer.

Well, I'm off.

I go for a drink with Meryl.

The new waitress, Meryl.

There is a murderer upstairs,

and all you can think about

I'm sure your boyfriend

Ciao.

Boyfriend? So, what,

He's half-Spanish, half-Italian.

What have you been saying to him?

I thought you were concerned

Right. Yes. So, are we

No, we're not gonna call the police.

We need to get another look

Well, you said that we can't

so let's get some evidence.

WATER RUNNING

PHONE RINGING

'Hello?'

Mr Johnson?

Charlie Edwards, deputy manager.

I know it's late.

but I'm afraid

'What do you want me

Well, if you wouldn't mind

I can escort you to the car park.

He's leaving.

He's on his way down.

GASPS

LAUGHING RAUCOUSLY

MAN: Get up. Go on.

Anna, he's not here.

CHARLIE: Anna, you need to get out

Anna!

DOOR BEEPS

Anna, are you out of the room?

Shh!

URINATING

Sir. I thought that maybe

I forgot my car keys.

You think someone tried to break

-We're not sure.

GASPS

CAR ALARM BLARING

It doesn't look like

Anything missing?

No, I don't think so.

Hmm. Perhaps someone bumped into it.

Sorry to put you to so much trouble.

No problem.

Good night.

You are not gonna believe this.

He has got rope, masking tape,

and those, you know,

There was a message written on the

The suitcases we saw

have not been

They're in the boot of his car.

Mrs Johnson

I can't believe

What about the message

Probably written by a maid.

The rope? The masking tape?

I've found weirder stuff than that

Now, listen, this is all in your

No more talk

Where are you going?

I'm gonna go make a coffee

I'll have ham and cheese.

DOOR CREAKING

MAN GRUNTING FAINTLY

Hello?

GASPS

Help...

He must have been there all night.

Well, I'm not surprised with

Did you take that from the kitchen?

I thought I might need it

PHONE RINGS

Reception.

And there's no answer

Do you think that maybe

Mmm-hmm. Yes. No, sorry.

Sheikh Abdullah

Well, you better

I'm gonna go and call

let them know what's happened.

SIREN WAILING

PIANO PLAYING

Sorry.

Can't sleep.

Thank you.

Quiet.

Most of the guests are asleep.

Feel like I haven't slept in weeks.

You heard of the futures market?

Something to do with

Call it right, you make a packet.

A few weeks ago, I called it wrong.

Thought I could cover the loss,

If you keep calling it wrong,

you have to gamble larger and larger

because the losses you're trying

So, you keep going,

Has to, right?

So you keep going,

..and you keep going...

..until there's no money left.

How much money are we talking?

Hundreds of millions of pounds.

So, what's gonna happen?

Tokyo opened a couple of hours ago.

My employers will be discovering

They'll trace me.

Police will come to the hotel

they'll arrest me

Isn't there something you can do?

SIRENS WAILING

Can I offer you another drink?

How's my credit?

Your credit's fine, Mr Lawrence.

Good evening.

That is most kind of you.

My pleasure.

MURMURING

DOOR CLOSES

INHALES SHARPLY

(SCREAMS)

I've been looking all over the hotel

I found this on my coffee table.

Thank you.

One of the maids must have

Looks like someone's been in my room

Come up to my room. I'll show you.

No, I really have to get back

Won't take a moment.

After you.

It looked like someone's

Was there anything missing?

We'll look together.

SQUEALING

WHIMPERING

HANDLE RATTLING

Open this door!

GASPING

DOOR OPENS

Where have you been?

You stupid bastard!

I took Sheikh Abdullah his whisky,

and I was in the lift,

and he wanted me to go to his room

It's always the pretty girls who get

Shh.

EXHALES

You're OK now. You're safe.

I found your shoe.

Thanks.

Drink that. It'll make you feel

Would you have a relationship

Who are we talking about?

No-one. Just... You know,

do you think it'd put you in

Well. It depends why

If you're sleeping with someone to

because no-one likes a slutty bitch

who's prepared to put out

If you're sleeping with them

Well, then it doesn't matter

If you like someone, you like them.

Mmm-hmm.

Unless they're poor,

So, are you going to call Rebecca?

What for?

He found my keycard. He knows

What are you doing?

I'm gonna ask Mr Johnson

You can't do that.

Well, because...

Mr Johnson?

We should have a look around.

What the...

SHE GASPS

So now do you believe me?

He killed his wife,

That could have been me!

WOMAN MOANING

Miss?

Miss, can you hear me?

I think she's pissed.

We're gonna have to get her out

DOOR LOCK BEEPING

Damn. Let's go.

DOOR CLOSES

Oh, God.

Who's this woman he had in his

She's sleeping it off in the next

Thank you.

Mr Johnson, I'm Rebecca Mitchell,

We haven't called the police yet.

I thought I'd give you a chance

why you had a woman bound and gagged

My staff are also concerned

You killed her, didn't you?

You chopped her up and you

BEEPING

Richard?

Richard, what happened? Are you OK?

We got caught.

We thought you were dead!

But seeing as you're not, perhaps

All right, Mark?

I thought you'd be on your way

Tell Rebecca that.

We'll probably end up

That's the trouble

You're so busy making sure other

you forget about what you need.

Give that to Roberto.

He's a friend and he'll take care of

Rebecca won't even remember

Let's hope it isn't too late.

My grandfather donated

and they just sold them

They had no right,

We were just taking back

And who was the woman

WOMAN: No! No, please!

She was one of the Sheikh's wives.

I saw my chance and I abducted her.

I switched places with her,

so we could get to the safe

I couldn't find the code.

The pistols are in the hotel safe.

Sheikh Abdullah came back with these

Thank you.

I got out when they left the suite

There was blood in the bath.

I suffer from nose bleeds.

What about the bags you were

In order to make a quick getaway.

You're going to let them off?

The Burlington's bookings

since news got out

The last thing we need is

But Mr Johnson chased me!

And you smashed a vase over

She's the boss.

Ah, Miss Mitchell.

This man and this woman,

GASPS

My husband can't find out

You want us to cover it up?

They don't hurt me. I'm fine.

It will be much worse if my husband

OK, Mark?

I think she's made her choice.

I'll go and find her.

Ready?

Do you want to go for breakfast?

Sure.

You two have a lovely time.

SPEAKING ITALIAN

What does that mean?

She twisted it on one of the

It's the only Italian I know.

Rebecca.

There's something I need to talk

Whatever it is, I'm not interested.

I don't care if the hotel

I am going to Venice

and I don't expect to be disturbed

You're perfectly capable of running

Well, I just wanted to tell you,

that Jackie and I,

Oh.

Congratulations.

No shagging in the rooms.

Aren't you gonna say something?

I am very happy for you.

So, has she got nice boobs?

Come on. Share the joy.

CHARLIE: 'Something strange happens

'Your boundaries shift.

'But no matter how badly

'you turn up at Reception the next

'You may have drunk the bar dry

'but what you shouldn't forget

'We see, hear

'But it can be our little secret.'

Hi. Thanks.

Good morning, sir. Let me take that.

I thought we were

I don't think your girlfriend

Hiya.

What are you doing?

I went public about us.

And what did they say?

Congratulations.

Has she got nice boobs?

And what did you say?

I said, "Yes, she has.

You look tired. Get some sleep.

'When you stay in a hotel,

'You never know who you'll meet

'or what might be going on

Morning.

'And working in hotels,

'you hear so many different stories

'it's sometimes difficult to know

RUMBLING