"(music)" "(theme music)" "(bell rings)" "(shutter clicks)" "(soft tick)" "(alarm ringing)" "(theme music)" "I think I'll have a little more milk this time." "That's Hyderabad green tip tea." " Do you like it?" " Yes, I do." "There's not too much in the larder." "This is fine, thanks." "Anyway, it's my fault for coming uninvited." "You're always welcome, Mrs. Gale, you know that." "You know, it's an ironic theory of yours, Steed, that arming for World War III is the sole security against it." "So long as the arms race goes neck and neck." "I don't think anyone would dare start another war and risk the reprisal." "Annihilation by return of post." "Someone will certainly try." "History is full of people who've tried to get away with it." "We can't go on arming forever." " Biscuit?" " No, thanks." "(phone rings)" "Excuse me." "(ring ring)" "Steed." "Go ahead, 238." "64035?" "I'll be right there." "Here's your tea." " I'm sorry, I've got to go." " Nation calls, huh?" "Will you get on with the tea and chocolate biscuits?" "Thank you very much." "I'll give you a lift if you like." "Well, all right, but we must hurry." "You haven't got time to put that on." " Yes, I have." " I'll take a taxi." "It's Sunday, you'll have to walk to the corner of Horse Guards." "This really is very urgent." "Now, will you please get a move on?" "Thank you." "All right." "Now, Phoenix Square." "I'll take a quick cut through Buckingham Gate." "I didn't say where we were going." "No, you didn't, did you?" " But you knew?" " Yes." " Is that why you came to tea?" " Mm-hmm." "You knew about that phone call." "Yes." "And you sat there eating my chocolate biscuits?" "The boot's on the other foot for a change, Steed." "How does it feel?" "We better go." "One other thing." "They asked me to give you a lift." "That's all I know." "I wonder why they want me." "So do I." "Man:" "The war minister will make the decision for the use of retaliatory weapon, code word Brutus." "He will, at the same time, state if the weapon will be used to its first, second or third impulse." "Paragraph." "As the third impulse is comprehensive, it will be used in conjunction with Operation code word Wish Make." "Paragraph." "Of course the decision for the use of retaliatory weapon code word Brutus will continue to be automatically governed by the functioning of Plan code word Immortal." "Excuse me, Gale and Steed are at reception zone." "Good evening." "Good evening, Mr. Steed, Mrs. Gale." "Good evening." "May I have your passes, please?" "Thank you, sir." "110262." "Yes, that's the one, Mrs. Gale." "Will you go to identification, please?" "I think you know the drill, Mr. Steed." "(machinery clatter)" "Remarkable." " Thank you, Mr. Steed." " Thank you." " Mrs. Gale." " Thank you." "Now we take the lift." "It's just over a quarter of a mile." " To walk?" " Down." "The amendment to Operation code word Wish Make will immediately negative the 3rd and 27th paragraph." "Excuse me, Gale and Steed have just cleared reception." "What's at the bottom of here?" "Nutshell." "Thermo nuclear, underground, target zone, shelter." "The seat of government for World War III." "This is where everyone hides when the push comes?" "No, not everyone, I'm afraid." "Only the top people." "The deeper you go, the safer it gets." "The bottom floor is reserved for the best people." "The civil servants get off at the, heh, 43rd floor." "Ladies underwear, boots and shoes, toy soldiers." "Well, where are we?" "I don't know." "I haven't been this low before." "I usually get off at the 18th floor." "Woman:" "Will you turn left, please, and walk to Command Central." "Command Central?" "How did she know we were here?" "Big Brother is watching you wherever you go." "Come on." "And, also, in view of the imminent NATO meeting, we must consider this development a matter of gravest national urgency." "Man:" "Yes, that covers it." "Grade it personal for the minister, and top secret cryptics." "What now?" "I think you better go and meet Steed and Mrs. Gale." "Where the devil are we now?" "I vote we sit down and shout for help." "This place is like a rabbit warren." "You can do as you please." "Ah, here comes one of the bunnies." "Would you come this way, please?" "It'll be a pleasure with you." "What's happened?" "Something we thought never could." "Disco's waiting to give you the details himself." " Disco?" "What's he doing here?" " Who is Disco?" "Director of Intelligence, Security, and Combined Operations." "The man we never meet." "I don't understand." "What's going on?" "I think you'd better wait and hear the whole story from Disco." " Ready?" " Lead us in." "Steed and Mrs. Gale, sir." "Good evening, Steed." "Good evening, Gale." "Good evening." "We're handling an emergency." "You've been brought here because I'm borrowing you both for a major assignment." "Mrs. Gale, we don't usually allow members of the public in here, but since this is an emergency, we've had to waive all protocol." "What happened?" "Someone has stolen Big Ben." "And before either of you is tempted to say anything funny," "I don't mean that overgrown piece of clockwork in Parliament Square." "(bell rings)" "Well, do you know what this is?" "The National Security Archives." "I didn't know they were built here." "It was built here because this was thought to be the most secure place in Britain." " Was?" " Yes." "This is Security Officer Venner, who's in charge of internal." "Nutshell security and operations." "How do you do?" "You'll have a chance to discuss the matter in a few minutes." "Steed, tell me, what do you think of the security here?" "I thought it was just about impenetrable." "Yes, you would think so, wouldn't you?" "Nevertheless, it's just been penetrated." "Come here." "This machine is a sort of filing cabinet where top secret data is stored on microfilm." "Early this morning, someone got in here without authority, used the correct sequence pattern on these, and copied Big Ben." "What is it?" "The name means Bilateral Infiltration," "Great Britain, Europe and North America." "It is a document which lists all known double agents on both sides in the Cold War." "In hostile hands it can deal a death blow to every allied agent operating on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain." "Needless to say, if we fail to get it back, we face a large-scale national disaster." "That's only half the problem." "The other half is worse." "Who are they?" "Called Steed and Mrs. Gale, Cloak and Dagger Department." "We've got to give them all the help we can." "This crime wasn't the direct result of foreign espionage." " It was an inside job." " Treason?" "Big Ben's existence was known to less than 30 people." "They're all senior members of National Security." "One of them must be a traitor." "Any suspects?" "30 of them." "That's why we need you, Steed." "As undercover man, you stand the best chance of nailing the culprit." "While the document's recovery by you is still consistent with the needs of security." "Sounds like a tall order." "It is." "You'll be working inside the National Security machine with an absolute deadline of 1100 hours tomorrow." " Any more questions?" " Yes." "If Nutshell's only entrance wasn't used, how did the thief get in?" "That's one of the things you'll have to find out." "Where do we start?" "Is that photograph through from the lab yet?" " Man:" "Yes, sir." " All right." "Bring it in." "We may be able to start you off on a good lead." "We've got several infrared photographs taken by the automatic alarm system." "This is the first half dozen, sir." "The rest will be through in about half an hour." "See that copies get to Venner, Central Security, will you?" "Yes, sir." "What's the result?" "Any good?" "Rather unexpected." "Even you might be surprised." "Three." "One." "She's right." "Two." "Three." "Steed:" "Well, well, well." "Disco:" "Anyone recognize her?" "Mrs. Gale:" "I've never met her." "Steed?" "No, I haven't met her." "Not the sort of face you'd forget." "Well, she's obviously not one of our people, only someone employed by the traitor." "You tackle Special Branch, Steed." "Mrs. Gale can check with Venner, Central Security." "Both get back here as soon as you can." "Right." "By then we may have a lead on how she got in here." "Well, what do you think?" "Of our chances?" "No, this place." "Fascinating... and frightening." "Reality and daylight seem a very long way away." "Yes, yes, yes." "Now, you get back to Venner and I'll go to Special Branch." "Hey, Steed, how do I get out of here?" "You pick up the phone on the wall, you dial 9, and you ask where you are." "It's awfully simple." "Thank you." "Oh, by the way." "If you are free by 9:00, come and have a drink, okay?" "You're too kind." "(elevator bell dings)" "Trouble is, Mrs. Gale, all we've got is a photograph instead of a name." "Our system works better the other way around." "On Sunday evenings Miss Campbell and I are the only two people on duty here." "It's going to take time, Mike." "No joy from features index?" "No." "How urgent is this?" "It's not." "It's emergency." "We'll just have to do it the hard way." "Would you like to start on B21?" " Would you like to help?" " All right." "If nothing comes of it, we'll just have to hope my colleague's doing better at Special Branch." "Hmm." "Well, I think we'll start about here." "All right." "Bet she's out of there in two minutes." "I thought that you would be here half an hour ago." "I'm very sorry, got tied up." "I was unavoidably detained." "Did everything go all right?" "Just." "You didn't warn me about those bells." "Do you want to make a bet?" "5 pounds." "All right." " How do you feel?" " Fine." "My back is covered in bruises." "Oh, look." "Mm, yes." "Now you're the talk of Nutshell." "So I should be." "I practiced crawling in and out of drainpipes for hours." "It's the best I've ever done." "Especially the escape." "Yes." "40 seconds." "They've got your photograph." "Yes, I thought so." "That spooky camera scared me for a moment." "(clucks tongue)" "You've got one minute, Steed." "He's not doing too well, is he?" "No." "It's the criss-cross behind the knees that always gets him." "That's a tough one, you know." " When are you leaving?" " Do I really have to?" "That was the bargain." "Now, they'll looking for you in half an hour." "And you're going to tell them?" "That was the plan." "Flight's booked and I'm all packed." "Good." "I want the microfilm." "Jason says that he wants more money." "Are you quite sure it's not you that wants more money?" "No, of course not." "I don't mean to be mean, Elin, but your Swiss bank manager's little heart has already been sufficiently gladdened." "Look, Steed, Jason told me to pass the message on to you." "It has nothing more to do with me." "I'm extremely glad." "You did pretty well for an entrance and an exit." " Yes." " 40%?" "Pretty good cut." "(gasps)" "What did Jason tell you, 30%, 25?" "Maybe even 20?" "Oh, it's very charming that you're still taken in by a man." "I can give a word of warning." "Jason's not gonna change." "Well, how's my fiver getting on, eh?" "(muffled grunts)" " One minute, 40." " Oh, yes, quite right." "It's the criss-cross behind the knees." "I should have known." "You tied him up." "Your time is up, Steed, two minutes." " You're not even trying." " (groaning)" "He's not gonna get out of there, is he?" "No, Steed." "Look, how long has he been doing this escape business?" "Oh, about six months." "He's a student and wants to earn some pocket money busking." "Busking?" "My dear old fellow, you won't do no good on Leicester Square on a Saturday night." "Huh, the dusk guard will get you." "All right, I'll get you, come on." "(chuckles) There you are." "And you can add it to the rest." "Thank you." "Was only joking, have a drink for me on the Switzerland flight." " I will." " Good luck." "Thank you." " When do you see Jason again?" " Tonight." " Then I wish you the good luck." " Thank you very much." " Where's the microfilm?" " I don't have it." "Come on, now." "Jason took it." "Mm-hmm, put you onto asking more money, eh?" "Yes, that's right." "Hiding behind a woman's skirts." "Just like Jason." " Where is that microfilm?" " I told you, Jason took it." "You're my favorite escapologist." "The best in the business." "I've just learned that you've also got the cutest little face." "Where's that film?" "Do you want me to find it for myself?" "All right." "Thank you." "Two toothbrushes?" "Oh." "Yes, I brought some things for the flight." "There you are, Steed." "Thank you very much." "You did put it in a safe place, didn't you?" "You better be going." "I'll give you 25 minutes." "That's enough." "Goodbye, Steed." "Goodbye, my dear." "Don't spend it all in one shot, will you?" "Ooh." "I've drawn a blank with the girl." "What about you?" "Nothing." "Uh-huh." "That's the lot, then." "Well, I could have sworn I've seen this girl before." "Well, if you did, it must have been somewhere else." "Yes, we'll try the other sections and let you know if they come up with a lead." "Sorry we haven't been more help." "I'm afraid it was rather a waste of your time." "That's all right." "It's not your fault." " Thanks anyway." " To your right, Mrs. Gale." "Well, thanks for the coffee." "What's the big panic?" "The girl broke into here." "What?" "Copied one of our secret operations files." "How'd she get in?" "That's the trouble." "We don't know." "Bill?" "What can I do for you, as if I didn't know?" "The usual." "Why is it always so urgent?" "You'll kill yourself running up here every time you want to make an outside phone call." "I hope he's worth it." "So do I." " Oh, hello, Alex?" " Alex?" " Whatever happened to old..." " Shh." "Yes, it's Susan." "Look, I'm sorry, I can't make it tonight." "Something's happened." "Well, you know the girl who was going to sell me that flat?" "She's given it to someone else." "Patience, my dear Mrs. Gale." "That's the secret of all good security and intelligence." "It's just like fishing." "You've got to contain your excitement to achieve maximum security." "For your information, Steed, my patience is running out." "The fact that I'm helping you at all throws a doubtful light on my intelligence." "That last little bit made sense, though." "You've been up to something fishy all day." "I think it's time you explain what." "What's the matter, don't you trust me?" "Any reason why I should?" "Yeah, you might be doing a great service to the nation." "I might be helping to sell the nation down the river, for all I know." "How did you suddenly get that idea?" "How would I know if you were working for a foreign power and not the government?" "(chuckles) You wouldn't, would you?" "Now, that's a very interesting question." "And for the moment, it'll have to remain academic." "(chuckles)" "No luck with the girl, I'm afraid." "Same here." " Anything else to go on?" " Not yet." "I'm waiting to hear from Steed." "(phone rings)" "Probably him now." "Hello, Steed?" "I'm just leaving Special Branch." "I found the girl." "Yes." "She's got a work permit at the Aliens Department." "Her name is Elin Strindberg." "Swedish cabaret artist." "Lives at Marquisette Street off Tottenham Court Road." "Top floor, number 5." "You better get someone round there right away." "All right, Steed." "We can handle it now." "But you get back here as fast as you can, Disco wants you." "Steed's made a breakthrough." "He's found the girl." "She's Elin Strindberg, a Swedish cabaret artist working on the top floor of Number 5." "Marquisette Street, West 1." "Hmm." "Well, I'll call my office and tell them to stop..." "I'll do that." "You concentrate on getting hold of the girl." "Once she is roped in, this thing is good as finished." "Go on." "Get round there as fast as you can." "Huh, Marquisette Street." "Number 5." "Central Security, please." "Message for Susan Campbell." "We've found the girl, so you can stop looking." "Thank you." "Bill." "Don't tell me." "She's here again." " May I?" " Yes." "Hello." "Yes, it's me again." "Look, you've got to do something." "We must have it." "Well, why should somebody else?" "She's at Number 5 Marquisette Street on the top floor." "Yes, West 1." "Now, won't you do something?" "Please?" "All right." "All right, darling, listen, I'll see..." "All right." "Bye." "(theme music)" "(sighs)" "Nationality could be almost anything." "No maker's name." "No serial numbers." "Nothing to indicate its origin at all." "How did you find it?" "Well, when I learned the girl was an escapologist," "I started thinking about the Nutshell's air supply." "There must be a bottled supply of air here for use in wartime." "Disco:" "That's right." "There is." "Of course, in peacetime there's no reason to use it." "So, I guessed that somewhere in the system there must be an ordinary ventilator shaft leading up to the outside air." "And when I got back I asked Anderson here to follow it up, and he found this." "Whereabouts, Anderson?" "One of the old cellars under the War Office, sir." "You can reach it through one of the underground flue escapes." "It comes out beneath the Victoria Embankment." "All right, Anderson." "What about the girl's death?" "Well, she was killed by a bullet from a .38" "Richard  Carr revolver, which is standard issue for general security." "I know that." "Go on." "The revolver was fired from a distance of about seven feet." "The bullet chipped the sternum, entered the right ventricle, and came out between the fourth and fifth ribs." "Unconsciousness must have been immediate." "She'd have died between one and two and half minutes later." "Oh, I searched the girl's changing room afterwards, but whoever killed her must have got there first." "No sign of the microfilm and no material leads." "Well, the only thing we have to go on is this." "Apparently the girl had a visitor earlier this week." "Publicity photographer saw her talking to a boyfriend when he took this picture." "You can't see much from this." "No, you can't see it yet." "We're having this corner blown up in the lab." "The enlargement should be here in a few minutes." "Good." "Now, what about Steed?" "Where is he?" "That's a good question." "If you already knew who the girl was, don't you think you should have told Disco?" "Or at least me." "I had to be sure about what had happened." "What will they do to her when they catch her?" "They won't." "Why not?" "Because she's on her way to Switzerland." "Helped, no doubt, by you." "Yes, as a matter of fact." "Steed, what is going on?" "What do you mean?" "Even for you, aren't you behaving rather oddly?" "What do you mean by odd?" "You've been working very hard lately." "Could you be overdoing it?" "Nothing like overdoing it for making one feel younger." "Well, you don't look any younger." "Thank you very much." "Does it bother you?" "In your kind of work you have to live on your nerves." "You get energy, all right, but it's paper thin." "There's nothing beyond it." "I appreciate your concern, but I'm afraid I have an appointment." "With Big Ben?" "Stick around and you'll find out." "Excuse me." "Oh, clumsy me." "I think she's all right." "Let's check." "Hold on." "Yeah." "Now, in about 15 seconds, you'll have some jolly news." "Yeah, that's how they're disciplined." "In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1." "(beeping)" "Oh, good old Sir James." "After all that, dead on time." "Have you seen Anderson?" "Yes, he's gone down to Security Office, I think." "Well, if anybody wants me, I'm just going upstairs." "I want to take a look at the ventilating shaft." "Right." "Here's a complete list of suspects." "Everyone who knew of the document's existence." "I don't relish the idea of questioning some of these people." "Half of them are public figures." "And I think we better cross off this name at the top." "If we can't trust him, we can't trust anyone." "(intercom buzzes)" "Command Center?" "Security here." "The enlargements are ready." "Will you put them up, please?" "Now the question is, have we really got a photograph of the man who killed her?" "Laura:" "We'll soon know if we have." "It should be someone we recognize." "Disco:" "Where's Venner?" "Venner, get down here!" "Alert memorandum." "Yes, sir." "To zones 12, 19, 18, and 60." "Secret supremest, priority Zenith, 1-836-20-46-0-5-8-2." "That should do it." "Get that piped to Command Center," "Operation code word Bismarck." "Yes, sir." "Mrs. Gale:" "Even if I knew where Steed had gone," "I don't think I'd tell you." "As it happens, I just don't know." "So, that's where it is, hmm?" "I don't think you quite understand the position, so let me make it clear." "The fact that you are a colleague of Steed's means nothing to me." "I wouldn't discuss his affairs with anyone." "Well, for Steed's sake, Mrs. Gale, if you know what he's up to, you'd better tell us fast." "He's in trouble." "The longer you put it off, the worse it's going to get." "What kind of trouble?" "Espionage." "He's up to his neck in it." "He's been up to his neck in that little game for years." "Oh, this time it's different." "Espionage isn't a game, Mrs. Gale." "It's a war, even in peacetime." "There are too many lives lost in too many dark places for anybody to call it a game." "What's he supposed to have done?" "Defected." "Defected?" "Steed?" "He wouldn't do that." "He would never do it in a million years." "I know exactly how you feel." "Those are famous last words." "But why?" "Why should he do it?" "Who knows?" "He might have been blackmailed or brainwashed." "Simply cracked up under the strain from overwork." "He was acting very strangely this evening." "We already know about this evening." "It's what happened earlier today." " What led up to it." " What do you mean?" "Has anybody been to see him today?" "Anybody you didn't know?" "A man called this afternoon called Jason." "Steed spent a couple of hours talking to him." "About what?" "I don't know." "I didn't hear what they said." "They were in the study." "Can you describe this fellow?" "Yes, he was quite short, dark." "He had an accent." "Slav, maybe." "If you heard his accent, you must have heard him say something." "Yes, well, just as Steed was showing him out he said something about his winter coat." "Then he said, "I'll meet you at the airport."" "No, he said M Field, 2:00 A.M." "Wintercut Airfield." "Here it is." "Used to be a Battle of Britain fighter station." "Hasn't been used for years." "Huh." "Whatever happens, we've got to stop that microfilm leaving the country." "I suppose that's the object of the exercise." "Why else would they be meeting at an airfield?" "Anyway, there's no doubt about it, I'm afraid." "I've spoken to Special Branch and Steed never even went there." "He must have known about that girl all the time." " Steed, of all people." " It seems unbelievable, but the facts are all adding up, aren't they?" "Well, they'll have to add up a bit faster." "The under secretary is raising hell and the..." "Steed's rendezvous with Jason is at 2:00 A.M." "What about Jason?" "Is he known?" "Venner's in records now checking on that." " Sorry to keep you so long." " Have you found him?" "Didn't take long to discover his real identity." "But we had to get on to some of the overseas stations." "That took a little time." "Who is he?" "Jason's a double agent." "Big Ben Number 235..." "To be exact." "He was on the list that was photographed?" "And if he's in league with Steed, between them, they control a great deal of very powerful information." "I don't accept that Steed is implicated in the way you suggest." "How long have you known Steed?" "You know as well as I do." "Can you really say you know him?" "It's a necessary instinct for a man in Steed's job, Mrs. Gale, to conceal, even to deceive." "I think you know that." "Of course, in certain circumstances." "It's quite an impressive record, isn't it?" "Jean-Pierre Avalon, known as Jason." "Age 48 years and 2 months." "Born, Berlin." "One time or another he seems to have worked for almost every country there is." "Sometimes two at a time." "There's more here." "It's all in the same vein." "How do you know so much about him?" "Well, for the past 18 months he's been pretending to double for one of our military outfits in Berlin." "Now, they've been stringing him along for their own purposes." "Now it looks as though the time has come to rope him in, along with your friend John Steed." "There's more stuff coming through, Mike." " You want it?" " No." "I think we've seen enough." "Right." "Convinced?" "(motor whirring)" "Steed?" "Is that you?" "Man:" "Get him." "He's alone." "Hey." "All right." "This is the fellow, Jason, eh?" "Let's have a look at him." "Anything to say for yourself, Jason?" "No, he's not gonna talk." "We'd better search him." "He's a regular." "Wallet with..." "about 300 pounds." "Going abroad without a passport, eh?" "That's a criminal offense, me lad." "No sign of the document, eh?" "Steed must be bringing it himself." "I wonder where they were going to take it." "Well, whatever it was, it looks as though they were planning on traveling light." "(aircraft approaching)" "Listen." "Hear that?" "I can see him." "He's touching down over there." "I can't tell what it is." "It looks like a seaplane." "Yes, it's an amphibian." "He'll start to panic." "Sit out there and wait, huh?" "What do we do now?" "Steed:" "Just raise your hands, please." "Do exactly as you are told." "Here." "Thanks, Steed." "My wallet?" "Throw it." " Thank you." " Get going." "Go on, what are you waiting for?" "Get going." "For you, of course." "Look, you can't stay here." "Your life wouldn't be worthwhile." "We arranged for you to leave alone." "Go on, get going." "Have you gone out of your mind, Steed?" "I don't think so." "Why do you ask?" "I don't think you quite know what you're doing." "I do, perfectly." "You're going to be very lucky indeed to get away with this." "I don't intend to try." "(plane takes off)" "You realize the charge against you is high treason?" "Is it really?" "I hadn't really thought about it." "Well, shall we go?" "You met Jason in Paris in 1961." "No." "We've got it on record, Steed." "There's no point in denying it." "No point in asking." "It's all right, Anderson." "Cigarette?" "No, I don't smoke." "Well, what about something to eat?" "I'm sure you're feeling a bit peckish." "That's unexpectedly civilized." "Oh, we have a very good canteen here." "We can send out, if you like." "That's right." "Anderson, get the menu." " And a wine list." " Yes." "A very promising fellow, there." "He doesn't even leave a mark." "Good." "Very good." "Steed, you and I are in the same line of business more or less." "I don't like to see you like this." "Why don't you make things easier for us?" "You realize, of course, that Jason's aircraft was intercepted and searched." "Now, as soon as you decide to tell us exactly what really did happen to the Big Ben microfilm, we can forget all this." "Now, what about it?" " Oh, come along, old man." " Sorry." "You're making my job very hard." "I know." "Oh, we'll get some food in you." "Bring the wine list?" "On the back." "My goodness me, so it is." "What shall I have?" "Well, you've got quite a cellar here at the Civil Service." "I'll have the Pouilly Fuisse there, and I'll have the roast chicken, mushrooms, new potatoes, and I'll have all the vegetables," "I think maybe a small salad, and possibly a brandy later." "I'll get that for you." "Now, where's that microfilm?" "What microfilm?" " You paid the Strindberg girl." " No." "You deny that she microfilmed Big Ben for you?" "Yes, I do deny it." "I'm not very well up in Nutshell morality." "Do you use the same needle system as up there?" "Only for humanitarian offenses." "And for crimes against Nutshell?" "There's only one, endanging security." "There are different degrees, of course." "Is the guard shed unique to Nutshell?" "Yes." "Mrs. Gale, if you want to know what's going to happen to John Steed, that depends entirely on how cooperative he is." "And if he's not cooperative?" "That's not for me to decide." "You better start searching over there." "We don't even know if it's here." "Steed planted a dummy roll on Jason." "It could be anywhere." "Get on and search." "Hey." "Hey, look at this." "Huh." ""RKJ to V. Steed."" ""Presented by the Bengal and Whintle Hunt 1892."" "I better break the frame." "He might have put the film inside." "Oh, come off, Steed wouldn't pull an old trick like that." "Do as you're told." "It seems a shame." "Such a nice-looking old boy." "Ah, well." "Ah." "Well, that's absolutely marvelous." "That looks terrific." "Hey, you don't get this sort of thing every day, do you?" "No..." "Well, I must congratulate you." "Your canteen must be the rage of Whitehall." " Now, if I can find the..." " Salt?" " Oh, there we are." " Anything else?" "Well, I think that my glass is empty." "Hmm?" "Oh, of course." "I'm sorry." "Wine." " How's that?" " That's fine." "This is a real little banquet after a hard day's work." "Got everything you want now, have you?" "I'll just take one final check." "Yes, it is delicious." "Right." "Now, when you're ready to talk, we'll let you eat it." "Take it away." "All right." "I agree the evidence indicates that Steed is the traitor." "But how could he know enough about the security arrangements to brief Elin Strindberg on her break-in?" "You said yourself he was an outsider to Nutshell." "I said Steed had never had security of access information authorized to him." "Well?" "But he has visited Nutshell three times in the last year." "Steed is a highly trained man, trained to observe and deduce." "I believe him capable of discovering enough security detail to brief the Strindberg girl." "I grant you Steed knows his job." "But why should he turn traitor?" "Politics, ideology, money." "Perhaps something more insidious." "You could call it an occupational hazard." "Steed could be too good at his job." "So that he might look for other risks, other chances to take?" "Certainly." "Vanity is a weakness of Steed's." "Yes." "So much so that he might not be able to resist the challenge to try and outwit both sides." "The challenge might appeal to him, but I don't think he'd accept it." "He's too professional." "That's my other point." "He's a professional." "Among other jobs, he's had to catch spies and he's good." "Mrs. Gale, a good policeman must think like a good criminal if he's going to catch him." "The thought processes of the hunter and the hunted can be so related, almost interchangeable." "Only their motives distinguish them." "Steed has had to think like a spy." "Many times." "His behavior recently has been untypical." "Yes." "He could be sick." "I mean, he carries great responsibility." "You take my point." "He's certainly under strain." "What I mean is medically it might be wrong to assess his motives so categorically." "Possibly." "It's not my concern." "Well, it should be." "It's not my concern for the moment, Mrs. Gale." "I want the Big Ben film, and I believe Steed knows where it is." "Don't you?" "Yes, I suppose he must know." "Our time is short." "Steed will have to talk." "Seventh room is all metal." "The floor, the chair, the walls, the ceiling." "The prisoner's body will always be in contact." "The metal carries an electric current, which can be controlled to an exceptional degree of sensitivity." "For example, that was 95 volts." "Of course, in time, the body will develop greater powers of resistance." "In order to obtain the same effect, a larger number of volts will have to be used." "That's right." "You'll never be quite sure what you can touch for safety." "You'll never know when, at what hour of the day or night." "You'll never know how many volts you'll be in contact with next." " Like a cigarette?" " I don't smoke." "Oh, of course." "I forgot." "Yes." " Then, coffee?" " No, thank you." " Where's the Big Ben microfilm?" " Sorry." "Where is it, Steed?" "All right." "The principle is disorientation, isn't it?" " Just as in brainwashing." " Yes." "The subject's mind can't prepare him for the shocks, and therefore can't protect him." "He loses faith in his senses." "And learns to unlearn." "And in the process, he talks." "Yes, I'm sure he does." "He'll ransack his brain for every single memory in the hope of finding one he can cling to." "But it takes time." "It can take weeks, even months, depending on the subject." "Yes." "We know Steed is a professional." "He's trained to withstand pain." "I'm sure he's trained to undergo this sort of treatment." "You're quite right, Mrs. Gale." "The only hope is that Steed will crack." "Oh, you know he won't." "At least not in time for us to recover the Big Ben film." "Venner is a professional, too." "How long have we got, four hours?" "Rather less." "I think I might be able to get Steed to tell us." "I mean, I think he might trust me." "Of course, it would help if I could promise him leniency." "You can promise him anything you like, Mrs. Gale." "Coming after that, a sympathetic approach from someone he knows might work." "We've nothing to lose." " Venner?" " Sir." "Mrs. Gale is going to talk to the prisoner." "Yes, sir." "Oh, Mrs. Gale." "You've come to bring me some reading matter?" "How are you, Steed?" "I'm losing weight." "Would you like to sit down?" "I hardly think that Venner will give you the hot seat." "(laughs)" "I've come to try and help you, Steed." "Helping me to help myself, huh?" "You know, I know this." "It's an old dodge, mixing cruelty with kindness." "Mrs. Gale:" "Then let's try common sense." "Tell me what's happened to the Big Ben film." "Steed:" "No." "Look, you're a prisoner." "You can't escape, and you're going to be tried as a traitor." " You know what that means." " I know indeed." "You can't have any loyalty to these other people." "Oh, I don't know." "Well, even if you do, they can't help you now, can they?" "I suppose not." "If you tell us what's happened to the film," "I can promise you leniency." " Promises?" " Disco would agree." "Disco is the last person I'd believe." "What do you want then, money?" "And a chance to spend it." " I think it could be arranged." " Oh, Mrs. Gale." "Your faith in human beings even now delights me." "Steed, please tell me what's happened to the Big Ben film." "Sorry." " Well, that's that then." " Yep." "Venner?" "(muffled cries)" "Are you all right, Mrs. Gale?" "Yes, thanks." "I think you'd better go back to the Command Center." "Put your hands up." "All right, close the door and wait outside." "Sit down." "You're not hurt, are you, Mrs. Gale?" "No, I'm all right." "I'm sorry I wasn't successful." "I'm sorry you were subjected to that." "Is there anything else you'd like me to do?" "No, thank you." "You'd like to go home, I think." "Yes, I would." "Then Laura will see you to Access then." "There'll be no need for the checkout process for Mrs. Gale." "Very good, sir." "You will be informed if we get Steed to talk." "Thanks." "No, sorry." "We're being very patient with you, Steed." "I don't think you have any conception of what can be done to you." "I've got a pretty good idea." "I guarantee I'll be able to surprise you." "(static)" "Short circuit." " These newfangled gadgets." " No." "It's all been arranged." "Our whole system's knocked out for 30 seconds." "We can talk freely for that time only." "30,000 pounds." "50." " Done." " Get me out of here?" "Three minutes after 2100 hours." "You know the way to 50 sector?" " Yeah." " I'll keep the corridors clear." "You'll have to dodge the cameras." " Yes, I can manage that." " I'll meet you at 50 sector." "What do we do then?" "I know the way to Mews." "The airport will expect you." " Fair enough." " Where's the Big Ben microfilm?" "(clock chimes)" "(phone rings)" "Yes?" "Is it?" "Right." "Well, I'll find it." "I'll see you at the usual place." "Right." "Bye." "If you'll tell me what it is you're looking for..." "Perhaps I can help." "Could I have a cross check on this straight away, please?" "Yes, of course." "Get upstairs." "Contact Alex." "Not until the agreed time." "I remember it coming through." "I think it's in here." "It's just that we've almost done it." "You've almost done it." "Such a long time before I could trust Steed." "He could have been playing a double game." "But when Mrs. Gale passed him that gun," "I knew I had to take the risk." "Do you know he asked for 50,000 pounds just like that?" "Make me sick." "I never expected him to sell his soul to the highest bidder, betray Nutshell just for the money." "I'll go contact Alex." "Let's hope he's got the film." "Yes, it's here." "Do you want me to put it through?" "If you would, please." "What happens to Steed?" "It's all arranged." "(bell rings)" "Alex isn't there." "He's here." "I wouldn't if I were you." "Disco:" "Okay." "Mrs. Gale:" "Disco?" "Disco?" "Go on, Alex, speak up." "Alex?" "Alex:" "It's bad." "All right, guards, I'll take over now." "Thank you very much." "Right." "Disco:" "Arrest now." "Arrest now!" "What did Steed tell you about Jason?" "Jason had heard of a plan hatched inside Nutshell to steal Big Ben." "Being a double agent himself, he was concerned and told Steed, for a price." "Steed reported this to security?" "Yes, and nothing happened." "Elin Strindberg had been engaged to do the robbery, so Steed paid her a bit more." "And got possession of the film, which he used as bait to force Venner to show his hand." "Which he finally did." "Certainly took his time, of course." "Steed, you haven't handed over the microfilm." "I haven't got it." "Ring 306, will you?" "There isn't any microfilm of Big Ben." " What?" " Never was." "Couldn't trust Elin Strindberg any more than Jason." "So I put exposed negative in their little camera." "Well, what did Jason get, then?" "Oh, look at that, one of me at Deauville." "Quite delicious." "Heavy day at the casino." "I think the rest were of you, my dear." "Astride a donkey on the beach at Bognor Regis." "(theme music)"