"'Night and the city...'" "'The night is tonight, tomorrow night, or any night.'" "'The city is London.'" "(KNOCK AT DOOR)" "Mary?" "Mary?" "You won't find any money there, Harry." "What do you mean, spying on me?" "!" "I, er,..." "I was just looking for a cigarette." "Hmm." "Would I steal from you?" "What makes you think I..." "Who are you running away from now?" "Running?" "Me?" "You know me better than that." "Three days and nights, and not a word from you." "I've been busy." "For all I knew, you were in the gutter with a knife in your back." "In the gutter?" "!" "Look, sweetheart, I'll tell you what happened." "I was in Birmingham." "Birmingham?" "Yes!" "A fella there is starting a new greyhound track, and he wants me for a partner!" "It's the chance of a lifetime." "I only expected to be gone for a day, but when I saw that layout," "I stayed over." "And when you see..." "Look." "Look." "Here's the plan..." "How much?" "How much?" "!" "Harry, we've been through this a thousand times." "How much?" "Well..." "Alright." "For our share, it's only £300." "£300, and it's a life of ease and plenty!" "No!" "You've got the money right here." "Sure." "Sure, I've got it." "But not for any greyhound track." "Last month" " This is different!" "This can't lose!" "Oh, Harry..." "Why can't you ever grow up?" "Harry, you've got to get hold of yourself." "You can't go on forever, always running, always in a sweat!" "You think I enjoy working night after night at the Silver Fox, getting drunks drunker?" "But I'm sticking it out, waiting for the day we can marry, lead decent, normal lives." "Remember them, Harry?" "Nice people." "Nice to know and be with." "Remember the plans they used to make?" "The kind of life they were going to live?" "I just wanna be somebody." "I've got to hurry, Harry." "You'd better hurry, too." "Nosseross is angry with you." "Let him wait." "Him and his big fat belly..." "I'm not leaving here." "You mean you're afraid to leave." "How much?" "I... paid him everything but five pounds." "He's the one that put up the money for the football pool." "Wait here." "(KNOCKS) Come in!" "Adam!" "Open the windows!" "Don't tell me you tried cooking spaghetti again." "Yes, with the usual disastrous results." "Get that siphon bottle, quickly!" "The soda?" "Yes!" "Hurry, hurry!" "Here!" "Oh!" "Don't just stand there, woman." "Squirt!" "Squirt!" "There." "You're just in time to enjoy the most heavenly spaghetti dinner." "Ah, thanks, but I've just had breakfast, unfortunately." "It does look a little overdone." "Oh, well..." "Try again next week." "I'll probably starve doing it, but I'll master it in the end." "That's the thing that keeps us apart, you know." "Your spaghetti?" "Yes, in a way." "When I'm having my spaghetti, you're looking for your morning toast." "Do you think we might ever arrange our day to meet around teatime?" "Sit down." "Let me get these hideous little monsters out of the way." "Oh, I think he's cute." "She!" "I think she's cute." "The shops tell me she's my best-selling design so far." "Discouraging." "You're pleased as Punch." "Of course." "Sit down and really be comfortable." "Thanks, Adam, but I've come to ask for a favour." "Name it." "Could you let me have three pounds until tomorrow?" "Help yourself." "Punch the night bell." "The old lady of Threadneedle Street is well-stocked." "It does look like the Bank of England." "It should!" "I spent half my youth reproducing it." "It's very good." "Of course!" "(TINKLING, LILTING MUSIC)" "Wonderful!" "You're very clever, Adam." "I am, about unimportant things." "Help yourself!" "Thanks, Adam." "I happen to need this right now for..." "I didn't expect them to deliver the..." "Sure." "Harry's back." "You knew that, didn't you?" "These walls..." "Just one big happy family." "He gets so excited, almost like a child." "One has to fight not to get pulled in by his excitement!" "His ideas always have so much imagination." "I know." "Harry's an artist without an art." "What does that mean?" "Well, that's something that would make a man very unhappy, Mary - looking for the right lever, the means with which to express himself." "Yes, he is, isn't he?" "I like that, Adam." "It's a very nice thought." "Yes, but it can be dangerous." "Oh, no, you don't!" "Not again." "Every time you talk, you mix me up so" "I can't think straight for a week." "Thanks, Adam." "Anything, any time." "Aye-aye, Harry!" "Evening, Maggie!" "Evening, boys!" "(ALL CHATTER AND LAUGH)" "How's Fabian stocks and shares?" "Never mind!" "When you gonna open up your Paris office, Harry?" "Ah..." "Evening, Molly!" "Evening, Molly, my girl!" "Hello, Harry!" "How are you?" "You're sober!" "Trade must be slow." "Slow?" "Disintegrating!" "You need a fresh carnation." "Thanks." "Put it on my account." "That's alright." "I'll trust you." "There you are, Bert!" "Half a crown!" "Don't mention it." "If you girls want to work for my husband, you've got to start right." "Learn what he'll stand for and what he won't." "First, no stealing from the gentlemen while you're in the club." "What you do outside is up to you, but here we take it legitimate, and no complaints later." "Remember, if a gentleman wants to dance, or wants you to sit with him, your time costs anything from a quid up, but don't harp on money." "Be subtle." "Whatever he gives you, take it first, look disappointed afterwards." "If a man offers you a Turkish cigarette, tell him you only smoke Virginian." "If he smokes Virginian, you smoke Turkish." "Chocolate boxes are two pounds." "Isn't two quid a bit steep?" "They're hand-dipped, dearie." "When the night's out, I'll buy 'em back from you, for a third of what the gentlemen paid." "Evening, Phil!" "Well, you need any help with that stuff?" "(LAUGHS) Where have you been, dear boy?" "Well, I..." "Having a pleasant holiday at Cannes, or spending the weekend at Windsor Castle?" "I've been ill." "Oh..." "Poor boy's been ill." "I read all about it in The Times." ""Mr Fabian, it is reported, is suffering from a highly inflamed imagination, coupled by delusions of grandeur." Well?" "Where's he been?" "Now, now." "Mustn't be unkind." "The poor boy's been at death's door." "I'm glad you're recovered." "We were worried about him, weren't we?" "Indeed we were." "It's getting late." "Time for "dear boy" to get dressed and hop it." ""Hop it"...!" "Take care of yourself, dear boy!" "(BIG-BAND JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS)" "(WHISTLES)" "Hey, Harry!" "Three lives ones." "What's it worth to you?" "Depends on how much you know." "Depends on how much you'll go." "From Chicago." "Men's clothing business." "The half-pint kept talking about a friend called Lamont he must write to." "Lamont's in the motor-supply business in something he called the Loop." "(JAZZ MUSIC CONTINUES) Good evening, sir." "Good evening." "The usual?" "If you please." "It's good to have you back in London, sir." "Thank you, Charles." "Uh-oh..." "I beg your pardon." "Does this wallet belong to one of you?" "Why, no!" "Good evening, Mr Fabian." "Oh, good evening, Emile." "Someone must've dropped this." "Soon come running for it, no doubt!" "Thank you, Mr Fabian." "Happened to me once, back in the States, travelling from New York to San Francisco." "Changed trains at Chicago, you know?" "Darned if I don't lose my wallet!" "No!" "Luckily I knew a chap in the Loop - motor supplies." "Fella named Lamont." "Lamont?" "!" "Did you say Lamont?" "!" "You mean Stubby Lamont!" "Well, yes!" "Well, whaddya know?" "!" "We were just talking about him!" "Oh, wait till I tell Stubby!" "Yes, just wait!" "It's like meeting someone from home!" "What a coincidence!" "Yes!" "Have a cigarette." "Yes, have a cigarette." "No, thank you very much." "Been in London long?" "Just two days." "On business?" "Well, you know..." "Yes, I know!" "I'm sure your business will be a great success." "Good night, gentlemen." "Good night." "Good night..." "Say,... you boys surely don't plan to spend the entire evening here?" "Always open to suggestions!" "Yeah!" "As a matter of fact, I do know of a place." "Yeah?" "It's a bit naughty..." "(ALL LAUGH)" "But great fun." "Silver Fox, private club." "Private club?" "Oh, here." "Take my card." "You'll be well taken care of." "Why, thanks!" "It's a pleasure." "Might see you there later." "Yeah!" "Er, when you write to Stubby, give him my best, will you?" "You bet!" "Sure!" "Good night." "Good night, Harry." "Good night, gentlemen." "Good night!" "(CHEERING)" "(CHEERING AND SHOUTING) Come on, Strangler!" "Uh-oh..." "Pardon me." "Does this wallet belong to one of you gentlemen?" "Out!" "I beg your pardon?" "!" "Out!" "What do you mean?" "This is a public place." "So's the morgue!" "Move!" "Well!" "Evidently you don't know who I am!" "Mr Kristo don't like club touts hustling suckers in his arena." "Get out!" "Pigs!" "Pigs!" "Pigs!" "Gregorius!" "Pigs!" "Come on." "Why, that..." "That's Gregorius!" "Who?" "Finest wrestler the world's ever known." "Papa, please!" "Where are you going?" "Is it for this you brought me from Athens?" "This circus?" "What have you done to wrestling?" "Do you think I permit Nikolas to wrestle with such filth?" "Now, now!" "Take it easy, old boy..." "(CRACK!" ")" "You do not talk like that to my father." "Get out!" "For this, I do not thank you, my son." "Please, Papa." "Listen to me." "You must understand that times have changed." "Tastes, people..." "Everything changes." "Tomorrow I'll take you and Nikolas to Liverpool." "Tomorrow I go back to Athens." "I demand my money back!" "How dare you call this exhibition wrestling?" "!" "Pardon?" "I demand my money back!" "Easy on!" "Where's your ticket?" "Here." "Disgusting!" "I've never witnessed such a spectacle!" "No..." "No, it can't be!" "You're not..." "Gregorius?" "!" "Gregorius the great!" "You see, Nikolas?" "There are people who do not forget great wrestling." "Forget the greatest wrestler the world has ever known?" "I was just a kid, but how can one forget your glorious struggle with, er..." "Heiterschmidt?" "Heiterschmidt!" "Yes, of course!" "I thank you, young man." "I thank you, sir." "My name is Harry Fabian." "This is Nikolas." "A fine-looking lad!" "Thanks." "Er, do you suppose you could pin a man like the Strangler, say?" "Yes." "Oh!" "Strangler?" "Nikolas pin ten Stranglers, all in same ring, same time." "Well!" "..." "Well, yes!" "I should think he could!" "I would consider it a great honour, sir, if you'd both have a drink with me." "You fine young man." "I like you." "We'll drink to your great contemporary, Heiterschmidt." "Young man, you are too charming!" "(LAUGHS)" "Very well, young man." "Fine, fine!" "You know, I have a strange feeling that our meeting tonight is..." "Well, we'll talk over our drinks." "Alright." "# Raise your elbow" "(ALL) # Raise your elbow, raise your elbow" "# Down she goes" "# Here's to la France, here's to Champagne" "# Empty your glass, fill it again" "# Here's to the Frenchman who knew" "# What to do with the grapes that he grew" "# Here's to the sun ripening the vine" "# Here's to the bottles holding the wine" "# Drink till the daylight is dawning" "# Here's to tomorrow morning #" "(APPLAUSE)" "(CORK POPS)" "Like it, my love?" "Yes!" "Yes, it's nice." "Thank you, Phil!" "I've long thought it appropriate that the wife of the owner of the Silver Fox should wear silver fox." "Not only generous, but a sense of humour." "Then, you won't mind rewarding my generosity and wit with a kiss?" "Ugh!" "Yes, I..." "I do have need of humour, don't I?" "Phil!" "Phil!" "Phil, I hit it!" "I've hit it, I hit it!" "Hundreds, thousands!" "A fortune!" "Fabian Promotions!" "I've hit it!" "What's all this?" "Wrestling." "All-in wrestling." "Phil, I hold here in the palm of my hand the means to control wrestling in all London!" "Control wrestling?" "In all London!" "You?" "Me!" "(LAUGHS)" "My dear fellow, have you ever heard of Kristo?" "(LAUGHS) Know what I got in here, Phil?" "Kristo!" "(BOTH LAUGH)" "Oh, no." "No, Phil." "You don't understand." "I've got Kristo where I want him." "I've got Gregorius!" "Oh, dear boy..." "You'll be the death of me!" "Listen, Phil!" "Hear me out." "I've got Kristo stopped!" "Gregorius..." "Kristo's his son, don't you see?" "Gregorius will protect me from Kristo." "I only need a few hundred quid." "Listen to me!" "Get me 400, I'll make you a rich man!" "Make me... (LAUGHS)" "Throw him out." "Throw him out!" "Oh, no." "Mustn't be unkind to the dear boy." "I haven't laughed so much in years!" "You, big businessman!" "Mr Financial Wizard!" "Do you know what it means to earn 400 quid?" "Let me see you get it." "Get 300. 200!" "Yes, why don't you get 200 of your own and put it on that desk." "My husband will match it." "Right, Phil?" "That's right." "Put 200 here." "Alright." "I'll get it!" "I'll get twice, three times 400, and I'll fling it in your face!" "(LAUGHS) Go on, laugh!" "Shake yourself to pieces!" "I'll show you!" "I'll show everybody!" "I'll be back with 200, and you match it." "I'll show you!" "(LAUGHS)" "Harry, Harry, Harry..." "Can't you see this is checking-out time?" "I've got a dozen workers waiting." "You don't understand." "Here, strap this on." "You look like a good type for a stump." "Listen to me." "Harry, apart from my beggars," "I'm all alone in the world." "No wife, no kids, no family." "That's right." "All you need now is these specs." "You look lovely." "I've got an angle that can't be beat!" "Tuck your trouser legs in, or you'll give the game away." "Right." "Listen..." "Harry, all I got is my money." "Between me and my money is a kind of understanding, like holy matrimony - till death us do part." "But I can't miss, Figler!" "Will you listen?" "I like you, Harry." "Why don't you settle down?" "Get hold of a few good beggars, and put 'em out on the street." "I'll give you everything you need - legs, eyes, stumps..." "What?" "You can make a nice living out of it." "Hmm?" "I bring you a fortune, you give me beggars!" "And if I had the money, I could help you, couldn't I?" "Right." "And if I could help you, I would, wouldn't I?" "Right." "But if you ain't got socks, you can't pull 'em up, now, can you?" "You're a man of imagination - With the best will in the world," "I'm just plain, sprawling helpless." "But this is a golden opportunity!" "One chance in a thousand!" "Invest your money where it means something!" "I'm just plain, simple sorry, Harry." "But if you want anything else," "I can print you a passport, birth certificate, medical licence..." "Just ask old Googin, and it's yours." "(DOOR SLAMS)" "That's how it is, Harry." "Listen to me, Anna..." "You're wasting your time and mine." "Anna's got only one business." "Balance of the nylons?" "Good." "I could do with another 50,000 cigarettes." "Ah, cigarettes, stockings..." "This is big, Anna!" "One business that don't call for me putting 200 quid into another man's game." "It's the chance of a lifetime!" "I don't take no chances." "I'm a hard-headed businesswoman." "You don't want to spend the rest of your life living like this, do you?" "Shady deals, hiding on the river..." "You come in with me, Anna, it's a life of ease and plenty!" "I'm taking great pleasure in bidding you good night." "Helen?" "Is that you, Helen?" "No." "It's me." "Mary." "Oh." "Mary." "Why don't you go home, Mary?" "I'm just waiting for Harry," "Mr Nosseross." "He'll be along soon." "Oh, yes..." "Helen must have slipped out for a breath of air." "She's got a slight headache." "Harry's probably still working." "(LAUGHS) No stopping Harry once he gets started." "Hello, Molly." "Hello, Mary, honey." "Time for a little nourishment!" "Mr Nosseross?" "Yes, Mary?" "Perhaps it's best if I do go on home." "Would you please tell Harry when he comes?" "Very well." "I'll tell Harry when he comes." "Good night, Mr Nosseross." "Good night, Mary." "Good night, Molly." "Good night, Mary, dear." "We sell drinks here, Harry." "Gin." "How's trade, Bagrag?" "Say, Bagrag..." "No, I don't want a life of ease and plenty." "Now, take your drink and drink it quietly, and don't mess about with my customers." "Look, Bagrag - Now, look here, Harry..." "Thank you, Mrs Nosseross." "Thank you very much for slicing my throat!" "Playing the loving wife looking out for her husband's interests, huh?" "You don't fool Harry Fabian." "I know every twist and turn in your scheming brain!" "Looking out for your husband?" "For the day he'll turn his toes up and leave the bundle to you!" "You count the days, sitting on his grave to keep it warm for him!" "Watching every penny, just like..." "What do you think you're doing?" "How's Mary?" "You leave Mary alone, you hear me?" "She's fine with me." "You married the boss." "You moved on and up." "But I think of you." "Yeah, you showed it tonight." ""Put 200 on that desk." "My husband'll match it."" "Thank you, Mrs Nosseross." "No." "Good night." "Harry?" "200 quid." "Now take it to Phil and get his." "He never lets you have a shilling." "Where'd you get it?" "Just listen, and do as I tell you." "Sure." "Anything you say." "Show that to Phil." "He'll give you the 200 I made him promise you." "Helen, you're a wonder, and no mistake!" "You won't regret this, I promise you." "Yeah, I promise!" "Fabian Promotions!" "Fabian Wrestling will be " "No wrestling." "What?" "I've got a night club." "Yes, my own." "Bought a year ago." "Flamenco's old club." "Flamenco's closed, struck off by the police for two years." "That's why I got it on credit." "In another year," "I pay five shillings for a licence, and I'm in business." "But I can't wait another day." "One more year living with that..." "I've got to get away from him." "I must get away, before I..." "That's what the money's for." "A licence." "You're the only man who can get it." "Bribe, steal, murder " "I don't care what you do." "But with that money, get me a licence for my club now." "The 200 has to be for the wrestling." "That's right, but you just go through the motions till we're ready to open." "Phil's no easy mark." "I know." "I'm gonna give you" " You're crazy." "You don't know what I've got." "I've got Gregorius as shield." "I've got Kristo stopped cold." "I can control wrestling in London." "I'm through hustling for clubs, for you or anybody else!" "For yourself!" "Phil never takes less than 100 quid a night!" "I run the place for him." "I do!" "I know how to make a club spin." "If he can do that, just think, Harry!" "Think!" "We're younger, stronger, healthier than he is." "We've got more life in our little finger than in his whole body!" "We must." "I've got to get away from him." "Please!" "Helen..." "Please!" "Listen!" "You can still get away from Phil." "This wrestling pitch will mean a lot to us." "The whole..." "Alright, Helen..." "You always were a smart girl." "(LAUGHS)" "Maybe you're right." "I'm always right." "Now telephone that wrestler." "Tell him you're set." "You'll string him and Phil along." "But night and day, you're gonna do one thing." "Rip London apart if you have to, but get me that licence." "Alright, Helen." "'Who is it?" "' We're looking for a Mr Harry Fabian." "'He's not here." "Place is closed." "Go away.'" "Mr Kristo sent us." "Oh, sorry." "Forgive me." "It is I who must ask you to forgive this intrusion, sir, but it is imperative that I have a few words with Mr Harry Fabian." "I understand that he is employed by you, sir." "In a manner of speaking." "He works on commission, but..." "Ah, yes." "Quite." "My name is Chilk." "Fergus Chilk." "I am Mr Kristo's personal solicitor." "This is Mr Yosh." "He also is employed by Mr Kristo." "If there's anything I can do for Mr Kristo..." "Yes." "Thank you." "Mr Kristo is disturbed." "Yes, disturbed." "Word has reached him that a certain Harry Fabian is about to engage in the promotion of wrestling!" "It is Mr Kristo's opinion, sir, that Mr Fabian would find such a venture... unprofitable." "I can assure you that Mr Kristo need have no concern." "Tonight Mr Fabian is pleased to regard himself as a great sport promoter." "Tomorrow, he will no doubt own Covent Garden." "He is given to these flights of fancy." "Quite." "Mr Kristo has had to leave for Liverpool on business." "Therefore it might prove fruitful if Mr Fabian called on me for a brief talk." "Would you give him my card, sir?" "I shall be delighted." "Thank you." "Good night." "Good night." "Good night." "How's your headache, dearie?" "I've told you not to eat down here!" "It brings mice." "Clean it up and get out." "Yes, my love." "Still up, pet?" "Come here, Helen." "Oh, I'm just dead beat." "I had a headache." "I walked it off." "I want to talk to you." "Oh, in the morning." "Didn't we do well tonight?" "Now!" "I've been thinking, Helen." "I'm a rich man - richer than you know." "I want to clear out." "Sell this place." "Get rid of everything!" "Just travel." "Enjoy ourselves, see a bit of the world." "Bermuda, Jamaica..." "Mm!" "Sounds exciting, pet." "But somehow I'm not in the mood for a holiday just now." "Phil!" "Count it. 200 quid, Phil." "Right on your desk." "Match it." "(LAUGHS) Didn't think I could do it, did you?" "Didn't think I could raise two bob!" "Well, there it is. 200." "This is it." "Put up the money, you're my partner." "I'll play it fair and square right down the line." "(LAUGHS) And watch our 400 quid grow, Phil!" "Wrestling is just the beginning!" "Later on we'll branch out." "You'll be proud of me." "You'll be proud to say, "Harry Fabian, he's my partner."" "Yes, sir!" "Say the word, Phil." "You in or out?" "So, you really did it, didn't you, Harry?" "There it is!" "Yes, I must admit..." "..I have underestimated you." "That's alright, Phil." "No hard feelings." "Thank you, Harry." "Yes, you have ideas." "Very smart ideas." "There's no telling how far this will take you." "(LAUGHS)" "I shall be happy to back you." "Very happy indeed." "£200." "And two make four." "Honoured to be your partner." "Fine." "You won't regret it, Phil." "I'm sure I shan't, dear boy." "Well, I'll be in touch with you, partner." "Oh, Harry?" "Your silent partner." "For private reasons, I prefer the business to be in your name." "Oh..." "Just my name?" "Yes." "Now, remember,... nobody must know about my connection - for private reasons." "The business is to be in your name." "Well, alright, Phil." "If that's the way you want it." "That's the way I want it." "Hello, Strangler!" "Good?" "Bad." "Bad, bad, bad, Nikolas!" "Like so you will do?" "Here." "Take my wrist like so." "Hold it." "Now try it." "(GRUNTS)" "Oh, ho, ho!" "Oh, ho!" "You go." "I have ticket." "Get out!" "This place is for wrestlers." "I pay half crown and I have ticket." "If I pay my money, I can come in." "(CLINKING OF COINS) There's your money." "Now, please leave." "Go on, go on!" "We're busy." "(SPITS)" "Charlie, don't ever let him in again." "I told you to keep that Kristo gang out of here." "Yes, sir." "Alright, boys!" "Let's get back to work." "Nikolas, better have a rub." "You're getting cool." "Bend your backs, boys." "Mr Fabian?" "Yes." "Right there, son." "There you are, sir." "Thank you." "Boy." "Yes, sir?" "There you are, son." "Thank you, sir!" "Just a moment!" "This is a private gym!" "I've got my orders." "Alright." "Thank you." "Mr Chilk, you will introduce us." "Mr Fabian?" "Mr Kristo." "Yes, I..." "How..." "How do you do?" "I have here a copy of a contract." "I've read it with great interest." "Mr Chilk will read it to you." ""Agreed" " Strand Arena Limited agrees to let to Harry Fabian"..." "That is you, Harry Fabian?" "Yes, that's me." ".."the facilities of its arena for a wrestling match on June 15th of the above-dated year, when said Harry Fabian will present one Nikolas versus Svenson the Viking."" "June the 15th." "That's four days from now." "It would seem I've returned to London without many days to spare." ""It is further agreed that Harry Fabian will make to Strand Arena the final payment of £100 no later than three days before the said exhibition, namely June 12th of the above-dated year."" ""It is"..." "Yes." "Nikolas versus Svenson." "Fine boys, fine boys." "I expect a big crowd." "Oh, it's nothing like your stuff." "It's real Greco-Roman wrestling." "I'd be honoured, Mr Kristo, if you came..." "Go away, Mr Fabian." "Go to Montreal, which is in Canada." "There you can promote wrestling." "In London you cannot." "I say it, Mr Fabian." "Then, I suggest you say it..." "to my partner." "Mr Kristo?" "My partner." "Mr Kristo has made an interesting suggestion - that we go to Montreal, because we can't promote wrestling in London." "What do you say?" "Mr Kristo says there's no room for you in London!" "Papa, you did not go home." "What do you want?" "I..." "I want to talk to you." "Now!" "I have nothing to hear from you." "I beg you to listen." "You must not get mixed up with this club tout." "If you would say something good about Mr Fabian, then I worry!" "Everybody in London knows what he is!" "He'll swindle you." "He'll break your heart." "You have break my heart!" "He is my partner and my friend!" "Stay away from him, my son." "When you lift your hand to him, you strike me." "You're very sharp, Mr Fabian." "You've done a very sharp thing." "Maybe even sharp enough to cut your throat." "You've made my father believe in you, but I know you." "Born a hustler - you will die a hustler." "Alright." "But you promised him clean wrestling." "Give him clean wrestling." "Do not betray that wonderful old man." "Yes, alright." "He's still asleep." "(Are you sure?" "Are you absolutely sure?" "!" ")" "Stroke of luck!" "My connection came through." "You've got your licence!" "Oh, I knew it!" "If anybody could do it, it was you!" "It'll cost you." "It wasn't easy to get." "But it's 18-carat, straight out of court." "I'll bring it " "No." "Stay there." "I'll meet you." "No." "That won't be necessary." "You see, er,..." "I haven't got it yet." "You just said you had it!" "What are you up to, Harry?" "Am I gonna meet you or not?" "Well, alright." "I'll meet you at the court at three o'clock." "No!" "No, Helen." "Make it four o'clock." "Alright." "But please don't keep me waiting, Harry." "I'll be there at four o'clock." "Goodbye." "You did tell me once, but where is the motor-vehicle department?" "Out to the right, down the steps, at the other end of the building." "Thank you very much." "Mr Nosseross,... you puzzle me." "You confuse me." "How is it possible that you want to invest in Kristos Enterprises, and at the same time, you're backing Fabian?" "I don't understand." "I know you are Fabian's backer." "Let's have that clear." "Now, what do you really want?" "Harry Fabian is in my way." "Harry Fabian is in my way, because of you!" "You fed him money..." "I can withdraw that money, then you can deal with him." "You miss the point, Mr Nosseross." "It isn't your money that keeps him alive." "Harry Fabian is not a competitor." "As long as he keeps his promise to promote only Greco-Roman wrestling, his failure is certain." "The public won't buy it." "But the point is, my father would still believe that Fabian is an honourable man, and I can't touch him." "He is unpunished, and I am not satisfied to see him become merely a hustler once again." "Neither am I. Just a minute, Mr Nosseross." "We haven't finished." "I'll deliver Fabian to you." "Your father shall learn that Harry Fabian is not an honourable man." "Hello, Phil." "Sorry to be late." "So many things to take care of!" "Business, business, business." "Why'd you ask me to meet you here?" "I'm afraid of Kristo." "You're not." "You bet I'm not!" "He came to the gym last Monday, and he said, "Go to Montreal, which is in Canada." You know what I did?" "I had the bouncer toss him down the stairs." "He crawled like a sewer rat!" "There's just one more thing to settle - the hundred quid for the final payment on the arena." "Harry, er,..." "I've come here to tell you I'm withdrawing from our partnership." "What?" "Well, I'm advised that your kind of wrestling can't succeed." "This Greco-Roman won't draw flies." "You can't back out now." "You've invested a lot of money!" "I'm sorry." "I'll take the loss." "And that's final." "Phil, wait!" "Phil!" "Phil, why are you backing out?" "Everything's in the palm of my hand!" "I refuse to throw good money after bad." "You know what this means to me!" "This is my last word on the subject." "Get a box-office attraction, a big name." "Then you'll get the money." "What do you mean?" "I know nothing about wrestling, but I'm told there are men who are big draws - men like, for instance, the Strangler." "The Strang-..." "But I can't!" "Gregorius would leave me." "If you don't, I'll leave you." "And then where are you?" "As I see it, your only course is to keep moving right ahead." "Get the Strangler." "That's your first problem." "Then you'll have no difficulty persuading any wrestler to beat him." "Seems to me you have no alternative." "Have you?" "Alright." "I can do it." "I'll do it!" "You'll give me the money to get him?" "Of course!" "I'll back you without limit." "I consider it a sound investment, dear boy." "Alright!" "(JAZZ-DANCE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC)" "Get him another of the same." "Gin for me." "Hello, Beer!" "What's the good word?" "Well, hello to you!" "Word's all over town that you made Kristo turn tail." "How'd you do it?" "Brains, chum." "Brains and guts." "There's no stopping you now, Harry!" "There never was." "Where's the Strangler?" "He's joined Madame La Posh's circus for dinner." "Look at him!" "Ain't he a cute sight?" "Yes, very cute." "Very cute!" "Er, Beer..." "How much do you get for the Strangler when he fights for Kristo?" "That all depends..." "50 quid." "That's what you get." "Alright." "Now that I've shown you managers that Kristo's all bubble and squeak, I'm ready to throw you some business." "Next week the Strangler fights for me - one hundred quid." "Hey, you ain't in such a cushy spot after all, are you, Harry?" "You really need the Strangler, don't you?" "Two hundred quid, Harry." "Alright. 200 it is." "The Strangler fights Nikolas." "Nikolas?" "Hey, that's a good show." "But how you gonna make old Gregorius swallow that?" "Don't look surprised at anything that happens." "Come on." "Keep your mouth shut." "No, no." "I'd do it to oblige you, Beer, but Gregorius wouldn't let the Strangler near him." "You knew what he did to him that morning?" "Threw him out of the gym." "The Strangler, fight Nikolas?" "That clown isn't fit to breathe the same air as Nikolas." "I'll kill Nikolas!" "Break him in pieces!" "Well, hello, Strangler!" "You kill, you break!" "(LAUGHS) You didn't do it that morning." "Your boy is quite a comedian, Beer." "Nikolas took one step toward him - your boy turned white and took two steps back!" "From that dancing boy?" "Next time I see him, I'll kill him!" "You can see him now, brave man!" "He's at the gym." "Why not drop in?" "Oh, yes, I know." "You're having dinner." "Aha!" "Hmm..." "Oh!" "If I move here, you give me wrist-lock." "If you move here, I give you head-lock!" "Move!" "Be a brave boy." "Move." "Hello, boys." "Why don't you both move?" "It's time to go home." "No, no, no." "Just few minutes' rest, but plenty work." "Strangler, stop!" "Are you crazy?" "You, Nikolas!" "I crush you!" "I threw you out of here once..." "Called me a clown!" "We don't want you here." "Get out!" "Come and fight, dancing boy." "Why won't you?" "Afraid?" "Get out!" "Take him away." "Get him out of here." "You old woman!" "Why don't you let him fight me?" "Come!" "Fight!" "Wait!" "Wait!" "Alright!" "Alright!" "Nikolas will fight you." "But a match in public, with a referee." "Gregorius, we've got to show 'em, once and for all." "We've got to!" "We'll let Nikolas break this clown in half." "Yes!" "I let my boy crush you." "Crush me?" "!" "Beer, take your boy in my office!" "I'll be in in a minute." "It's the only way." "We'll let Nikolas finish him and his whole cheap circus, once and for all!" "Once and for all." "Harry, you're..." "Shh!" "Harry, you're sensational." "You're a wonder." "Do you know what you've just done?" "Cooked up the biggest wrestling match London will ever see." "How'd you do it, boy?" "Just brains and guts." "You're clever, Harry, and no mistake." "And you're quick too." "How quick can you pay me that 200 quid?" "Mickey, hold your breath." "Be back by the time you read the contract, with the 200 quid." "Have yourself a drink." "Here, use my pen to sign it." "Harry, boy, I don't know how you do it." "Phil, I've done it." "Beauty versus the beast." "Yesterday versus today." "You'll get 1,000 percent on your money." "I told you never to come here..." "I've got The Strangler." "Is this the truth?" "He's at the gym right now with his manager." "Go ahead." "See for yourself." "Call my office." "Temple-Bar-00-01." "00-01!" "Yes, sir!" "# Strangler and his manager sitting at my desk" "# Sitting at my desk" "# Contract's ready, ready to sign" "# And all he wants is... #" "..two hundred quid." "So you've got The Strangler, hmm?" "And he's in your gymnasium now?" "That's right." "Wonderful, Harry." "You really are a wonder, no mistake." "I knew I could count on you." "Sure." "Hello?" "Mr Nosseross here." "I want to talk to Mr Kristo, please." "Thank you." "I'll hold on." "Kristo?" "Yes, dear boy." "Kristo." "There comes a time when a lad must learn the true facts of life... and death." "Well, dear boy, your time has come." "What are you saying?" "Kristo and I are old friends." "Consequently, I feel it my duty to tell him about The Strangler." "What are you saying?" "That nobody,..." "nobody cuts in on Philip Nosseross." "No, dear boy, I am not giving you 200 quid." "I am giving you the sharp edge of the knife." "Hello?" "I'll wait." "You've been trying to kill me." "I have." "Why?" "Because you're a thief." "You tried to steal something from me, something I bought and paid for." "Well, I..." "Helen?" "Helen?" "!" "Oh, no." "No, no, no." "Phil, listen to me." "Put down that phone." "Put that phone down!" "I don't want Helen." "She means nothing to me." "She gave you the money." "Yes, but I took it because I was desperate." "You wouldn't listen to me, remember?" "But I didn't cross you." "I played it straight with you." "Hello?" "Well, find him, please." "It's very urgent." "Tell him to go at once to Fabian's gymnasium." "He'll find The Strangler there." "Phil!" "Phil..." "Now, please don't make a scene." "You committed a crime against me... but it'll be Kristo who'll punish you for betraying his father." "Leave quietly like the gentleman you've always wanted to be." "(CACKLES)" "So, you think you've done me in, huh?" "(LAUGHS) Well, you're wrong." "I have a little information for you, dear boy." "The old man, Gregorius, he's standing by me." "Yes, he wants Nikolas to fight The Strangler." "I made him want it!" "He wants it!" "You ARE a wonder." "You did it, and now you can get rich." "You've got Kristo stopped." "You've got The Strangler." "And Gregorius is on your side." "It's a wonderful situation because you've got it all." "But you can't put the fight on because you don't have the money... and there isn't a man in all London who'll let you have a shilling." "You've got it all... but you're a dead man, Harry Fabian." "A dead man." "(VOICE MUTED)" "Yes, Harry, I will." "Just stay where you are." "I'll come at once." "Hello, Harry." "Well, still living a life of ease and plenty?" "Oh, yeah." "Taxi!" "Taxi!" "Taxi!" "Taxi..." "Taxi, ma'am?" "Oh, thanks, Adam." "I thought I'd have to stand here all night." "Where can I drop you?" "I've got to go to Harry." "I'm afraid he's in trouble." "Harry?" "You just have to walk back to your flat." "Back to my flat?" "Yes." "He just went by me,..." "like all the devils of Bashan were after him." "Never mind." "What is it, Mary?" "What's happened?" "Is there something I could do?" "Don't come up, not now." "Harry..." "Do you know what you're doing?" "You're killing me." "You're killing me and yourself." "I beg you, I beg you, don't do it to us, Harry." "Harry, don't!" "It's not money you're taking." "I won't let you do it." "I won't let you do it to us!" "Agh!" "(SOBS)" "Harry." "Listen to Papa." "He knows what's good for you." "Dio." "Back." "Treis." "Tessera." "That's your idea for running away?" "Let me..." "Strangler, stop that!" "Me?" "Come away from there." "I only watch to learn from Nikolas good wrestling." "I said come away from there!" "All right, Mickey, all right." "Let him." "It'll make a good grudge fight." "Sign." "Give." "It's a natural, Harry." "A sell-out show." "Maybe I should have a cut of it." "Maybe you need a manager." "(CHUCKLES) Sign." "Nikolas, a fine name for a dancing boy." "Oh, please, Nikolas, please..." "Get out." "Go, teach a woman." "I crush you like..." "Go away!" "I break your arm like chicken bone." "That's enough of that!" "Get behind old man, shoeshine boy." "Gregorius the Great." "Strangler, get out of there!" "Greatest wrestler the world has ever known, he never lose." "Never lose?" "He never wrestles!" "Stop it!" "Stand in ring and make so..." "Wrestling joke!" "(SPITS)" "Stop it, will you, Strangler?" "Let me go." "No!" "Let me go!" "Get out, will you?" "Get out!" "Get out!" "Let me go!" "Nikolas, I told you to get out." "Get out!" "Nikolas, please..." "Nikolas's wrist is broken!" "It's broken, Gregorius!" "His wrist!" "Maniac!" "Fabian!" "Fabian, come out of there!" "Fabian, come out of that ring!" "Beer, we gotta stop 'em!" "We gotta stop 'em!" "Can't." "The only way to stop them now is to shoot them like mad bulls." "Keep out of there." "Keep out of there!" "You'll get killed." "Gregorius, arm lever." "Arm lever!" "Gregorius, arm lever!" "Lever, Gregorius, now!" "Get your arms around him!" "Bear hug, Gregorius!" "Bear hug!" "Bear hug!" "Hold on." "Now!" "Now you've got him!" "Hold it." "Hold it, hold it!" "Stop!" "Stop it!" "Stop!" "Keep it up, Gregorius!" "Keep it up, keep it up, keep it up!" "The bear hug, Gregorius." "The bear hug!" "That's it!" "Don't let him go!" "Hold on!" "Hold on, Gregorius!" "Hold on." "That's it." "You've got him!" "You've got him!" "You've got him." "(GASPS)" "(PANTS)" "Papa..." "That's... what I do to your clowns." "I am all right." "My son, you do wrong." "Greco-Roman, great art, great beauty - must fight to keep." "Please lie down, Papa." "My son..." "Close the window - is cold wind." "A little fight... make me..." "I tired." "My son..." "I ask you to close window." "Please, close window - is cold." "All right, Papa." "It's closed." "Thank you, my son." "Papa!" "Papa!" "I... have... good..." "life." "Hermis,... my son..." "(SOBS)" "Let go of me." "Let go!" "I caught him on the stairs." "Where is Fabian?" "Where is Fabian?" "He got away before I..." "Please, Mr Kristo..." "It was Fabian." "I didn't know what he was up to." "Fabian did it all." "He went to work on Strangler." "He needled him." "He insulted him." "He brought him here." "He gave him whisky." "He pushed The Strangler into it." "Why, he drove him so crazy he didn't know what he was doing." "Please, we had no idea that..." "I want Fabian." "Get the word around the East End," "Soho, the Embankment..." "A thousand pounds for the man who gets Fabian." "I want him." "(VOICES MUTED)" "(VOICES MUTED)" "(VOICES MUTED)" "(VOICES MUTED)" "(VOICES MUTED)" "Here!" "Here!" "Mind my..." "Just a minute." "You can't come in here." "(SCREAMING)" "Fabian!" "I want Fabian!" "Jerry, ring for the police." "He's not here." "Out!" "Kristo find out." "You hide him, you hide murderer!" "What are you talking about?" "Nobody say I kill Gregorius." "Fabian kill him!" "You all right, sir?" "Yes, I'm all right." "Jerry's phoning for the police." "Oh, never mind." "Er, tell him to clear up the mess." "That's a bit of an ape." "On the contrary, he's a friend of mine." "A very particular and dear friend of mine." "What is it, pet?" "I'm leaving you, Phil." "Helen..." "You'll be all right." "A week will go by, a month,..." "you'll be all right." "Helen, how will you live?" "I've been making plans for a long time, Phil." "Now I'm set." "I'm in business with Harry Fabian." "No, Helen, you don't know what you're walking into." "I know what I'm walking out of." "Helen, believe me, believe me, there's no future with Fabian." "I'll make one." "I know Fabian, and I'll control him." "I..." "I've been good to you." "I've done everything for you." "I love you." "For goodness sake, Phil, at least say goodbye like a man!" "Helen, you'll come back." "Oh, no, I won't." "Look!" "Black and white - the licence for MY club, my birth certificate." "Believe me, Helen." "I know." "Why don't you get out of my way?" "Let me go." "Go." "Get out." "But you'll end where you started back on the dives." "Then you'll come crawling back to me." "To you?" "If you had all the money in the world, I couldn't stand you another minute." "I wouldn't come back to you if..." "No, Helen, you'll come back..." "..and I'll want to take you back." "And if he was anywhere near here, we'd have had him long ago." "One thousand quid!" "Good night." "Good night, Constable." "What's up?" "Oh, Constable, there you are." "My name is Reeves." "I'm with that construction crew." "Oh, yeah?" "We're putting up platforms to load lorries with cement from the site." "Got permission of the owner?" "Oh, yes." "The Superintendent's taken care of all that." "I had in mind to take..." "Who are those chaps in the car?" "Not with you?" "They're not with our company." "Might be loiterers." "I'll have a word." "This time of night, you never know." "Quite right, sir." "Can I help you gentlemen?" "We seem to be lost." "We've been driving around." "Tell me how to get to York Road?" "About 40 yards on the other side." "You go that way round!" "(CLATTERING)" "Agh!" "(THUDDING)" "Hey, where are you going?" "Do you belong here?" "Where's Farley?" "Who?" "Farley!" "The engineer from the office." "Oh, I don't know." "Where's the phone?" "Up in the shack, sir." "Up in the shack." "(PHONE RINGS)" "Figler here." "(GASPS / SIGHS) Figler?" "Fabian." "Listen, I need help, a place to hide till I can get away." "Yes." "Yes, I know, Harry." "I heard." "Where are ya?" "It's only a few minutes away." "Please, Figler." "Please, let me come." "Yeah, sure." "Come right away, Harry boy." "You'll be safe here." "Oh, thanks, Figler." "Thanks." "Hello." "Hello." "Figler here." "Let me talk to Mr Kristo." "Find him." "Tell him to phone me at once - urgent." "No, no, no." "I don't trust nobody." "I ain't doing business with nobody but Mr Kristo himself - not for 1,000 quid, I ain't!" "Keep his glass filled." "There'll be a waiter at your elbow all the time." "Oh." "Good evening, Officer." "Good evening, ma'am." "Begging your pardon, but I have this place listed as being struck off for another year." "I've had no word from the station." "You will have." "Here..." "This your regular beat?" "I hope so, ma'am." "Just finished training school last month." "Oh, good for you." "Let's have a drink to celebrate it." "Sorry, ma'am, a constable on duty is not permitted..." "Come on..." "You can't be breaking rules with ginger ale." "We're opening Saturday." "You can't refuse to wish me luck." "Thank you, ma'am." "All the best." "Well, everything seems to be in order." "I'll just make a note of the serial number." "Where did you obtain this licence, ma'am?" "I'm afraid this is not in order." "I shall have to take it up and deliver it to the authorities at Bow Street." "I'm sure you'll be able to explain everything at the police court." "I'm sorry, ma'am." "Good night." "Hello, Phil." "I've come back." "You said I'd come back." "Oh, forgive me, Phil." "I was out of my mind." "I didn't mean those things." "Take me back, Phil." "I'll be good to you." "I'll do everything for you." "I'll look after you." "Let's make that trip, Phil." "Oh, it'll be wonderful." "Phil..." "Take me back." "Please take me back." "Phil, give me another chance..." "He didn't kill himself." "You killed him." "I have a right to this bottle, see?" "I can even throw bits of swill on the floor and bring the mice." "And you can't throw me out, see?" "(CHUCKLES) You don't believe me, eh?" "Just you have a look in this strong box, deary." "It's all here." "All written here in writing, it is." "Black and white." "You're afraid, ain't you, deary?" "You know what he wrote." "Left everything to old Molly, he did." "(JOLLY ACCORDION TUNE)" "Good as new." "Feel all right now." "Think I'll move." "Where?" "Why?" "It's getting light." "I gotta get out of London." "I'll use the back way." "You're crazy, Harry." "Not tonight." "Tonight the whole underworld's after you." "Stay here." "You're safe here." "No, thanks." "One of your beggars will pop in, it'll be all over." "I won't let 'em see ya." "I won't let 'em in." "I'll lock the door." "That's right, I'll lock the door, then no-one will come in." "What I mean, Harry, stay here." "Go upstairs." "I'll nip out and have a look round." "If I see anybody, I'll tip you off." "I'll come and tell ya." "OK, Harry, you're right." "One of my beggars might come in." "I'll nip out and get my lorry." "I'll hide you in the back." "(PHONE RINGS)" "Hello?" "Yes, this is Figler." "Yes." "Yes, I did." "No." "I can't." "I can't." "Yes, of course I do." "Yes, sir." "That would be a bit difficult." "Yes." "Yes." "Right on the premises..." "How much are you selling me for?" "Harry, you..." "Who's there?" "Harry." "Hello, Anna." "It's no good coming to me." "I can't help you." "Nobody can help you." "I don't want any help." "I just want to..." "I just want to sit down and rest." "(PANTS) I can't... run... anymore." "Come on in." "You're a sorry sight." "Come on." "It won't do much good." "I know the riverfront's alive with them, just alive with them." "Hungry?" "No." "Anna?" "Yes, Harry?" "All my life I've been running." "From welfare officers... thugs..." "my father." "See?" "There they are, there on the bridge." "I'm a dead man, Anna." "Nosseross told me that." "He told me." "He said, "You've got it all... ..but you're a dead man, Harry Fabian"." "Mary said it too." "She said it." "She said... "You're killing me, and you're killing yourself."" "Oh, Anna, the things I did." "The things I did." "She loved me." "Such a nice kid." "She loved me." "Oh, the things I did..." "Here, Harry." "Thanks." "But I was so close to being on top, Anna." "You know what I had right here, right here in the palm of my hand?" "Control of wrestling in all London." "Yes." "Yes, I did, Anna." "The newspapermen, they came." ""What is your opinion, Mr Fabian?" (CHUCKLES) To me they came." "Oh, you don't know how close, Anna." "So close." "An accident..." "Just an accident... and then... everything fell apart." "Harry Fabian..." "Stop running." "(FOOTSTEPS)" "(FOOTSTEPS GET LOUDER)" "You better go upstairs, Anna." "I've been looking for you everywhere." "Mary..." "You gotta get out of London, Harry." "I got some money for you." "Don't..." "Don't be kind to me." "Maybe it was all my fault, Harry." "I didn't know how to help you." "No woman could love anybody like I loved you." "But you,... you kept me shut out from so much." "I couldn't keep up with you." "Oh, Harry..." "Harry..." "You could have been anything." "Anything." "You had brains,... ambition." "You worked harder than any ten men." "But the wrong things, always the wrong things." "Mary, listen." "Listen." "I've got an idea." "Harry Fabian's not through yet." "I always promised you a life of ease and plenty, didn't I?" "Oh, Harry..." "I can still make you rich." "The money I took from you, that's chicken feed." "Listen." "Pay attention." "There's a reward for my head, a thousand pounds, a thousand pounds." "Harry, don't." "Kristo's on the bridge there." "He doesn't know where I am." "You tell him where I am and it's a thousand quid." "Somebody's got to collect." "No, Mary, for the first time in my life, it's a foolproof idea." "Don't you see?" "Goodbye, Harry." "Mary!" "You rat!" "You double-crosser!" "You Judas!" "Harry!" "Harry, go back!" "Turn me in!" "Cut my throat for a thousand quid!" "Go back, Harry, I'll get help!" "Goodbye, Mary." "All right, go to Kristo!" "Pay her, Kristo!" "Give her the blood money!" "She cut my throat for you!" "Pay her... (GASPS)" "(GAGS)" "(SPLASHES)" "(TYRES SCREECH)" "IMS Subtitles"