"(PLAYING DRAMATIC OVERTURE)" "(PEOPLE TALKING INDISTINCTLY)" "you're sure I've never been to Africa before?" "It looks familiar." "You saw the same scenery last summer driving to Las Vegas." "sure." "Where Daddy lost all that money at the crap..." "Hey!" "...table." "(LAUGHING)" "(HORN HONKING) look!" "A camel." "Uh-huh." "honey." "It's the French Morocco." "it's northern Africa." "Still seems like Las Vegas." "We're just 100 miles north of the Sahara desert." "son?" "they call this the dark continent." "This is twice as bright as Indianapolis." "you just wait till we get to Marrakech." "Marrakech?" "Sounds like a drink." "Hmm." "It sure does." "(CHUCKLES)" "(HORN HONKING)" "(TIRES SCREECHING)" "(ALL TALKING INDISTINCTLY)" "(SHOUTING IN ARABIC)" "Wait a minute." "Wait a minute." "Hold on here." "What's the matter?" "(BOTH SPEAKING ARABIC)" "(ALL MURMURING)" "I sure want to thank you." "anything might have happened here." "monsieur." "There are moments in life when we all need a little help." "Yeah." "Just what was the trouble?" "Your little boy accidentally pulled off his wife's veil." "yeah." "Hank!" "Mrs. McKenna." "madame?" "My name is Louis Bernard." "Mr. Bernard." "Hank." "Hank." "Hello." "You talk Arab talk." "A few words." "Why was he so angry?" "It was just an accident." "But the Muslim religion allows for few accidents." "I suppose so." "Oh." "May I... sit down right in front of Jo there." "I thought his name was Hank." "J-O." "No "E." "How different." "It's short for Josephine." "I've called her that so long nobody knows her by any other name." "Do they?" "No." "I do." "Mommy." "yeah." "Forgot about that." "about the accident." "a Muslim woman never takes off her veil in public under any circumstances." "I see." "You mean they feed intravenously?" "Hank." "What a big word for such a small boy." "I'm a doctor." "he sounds like one." "(CHUCKLES) yeah." "He can spell hemoglobin." "he has a little trouble with words like dog and cat." "(LAUGHING)" "Doctor?" "Indiana." "Good Samaritan Hospital out there." "What brings you to Marrakech?" "we were attending a medical convention in Paris." "I'd come down and see Morocco again." "Daddy liberated Africa." "I was stationed up in Casablanca at an army field hospital during the war." "Mr. Bernard?" "No." "I suppose you came directly from Paris." "We looked in on Lisbon and Rome." "HANK:" "And Casablanca." "And Casablanca." "I hope you will have time to truly enjoy Marrakech." "let's see." "We'll have at the most about three days." "You will naturally be stopping at the hotels La Mamounia or La Menara." "Why do you ask?" "Because they are hotels for tourists of good taste." "Oh." "Mr. Bernard?" "Sometimes." "Do you eat snails?" "(LAUGHS) When I'm lucky enough to get them." "our garden back home is full of snails." "Thank you for the invitation." "(LAUGHING)" "That's all right." "We tried everything to get rid of them." "We never thought of a Frenchman." "(ALL LAUGHING)" "(BICYCLE BELL RINGING)" "(BUS HORN HONKING)" "(PEOPLE TALKING INDISTINCTLY)" "Here we go." "do you want to share a taxi with us down to the hotel? I have some business first." "I see." "Mr. Bernard?" "I'll be there later." "Perhaps we might have a drink together." "come up to our suite." "We'll have a drink up there." "I will take you to dinner." "that's not fair." "But I know Marrakech." "I can show you an intriguing Arab restaurant where the food is different and the manner of eating exotic." "Jo?" "How about one of those Arabian nights?" "I'd love it." "(LAUGHS) fiacre?" "I don't know." "A wagon!" "I wanna ride in a wagon!" "I guess it's a wagon." "(LAUGHING) See you later." "Au revoir." "I look forward to the cocktails." "Good-bye." "Come on." "Bye." "you sit up with the driver." "How do you like this?" "A horse-drawn convertible." "(MEN TALKING)" "(INDISTINCT)" "(LAUGHING)" "I just saw Louis Bernard talking to that Arab." "What Arab?" "The one that was shouting at Hank for pulling the veil off." "They were talking like they were very dear friends." "he probably knew him before." "What does that mean?" "It means that Mr. Bernard is a very mysterious man." "What?" "He seemed perfectly normal to me." "what do you really know about him?" "What do I know about him?" "I know his name." "We were sitting there." "We were talking. and he knows everything there is to know about you." "wait." "Indiana." "He knows that you're a doctor at the Good Samaritan Hospital. and Lisbon and Casablanca for just a few days." "All right." "And he knows that you served in north Africa in an army field hospital." "it was just a casual conversation." "That's all." "you weren't just talking casually." "and you were answering them." "You might as well have handed him your passport." "what's the difference?" "We just have a conversation." "I've got nothing to hide." "I have a feeling that Mr. Bernard has." "honey. are we?" "I know." "I know what it is." "What?" "you're sore because this fella didn't ask you any questions." "hardy-har-har." "Hardy-har." "(SPEAKING FRENCH) this eases the pain." "Mommy?" "honey." "sir." "Dr. McKenna." "sir." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "Come on." "We're being watched." "come on!" "(JO VOCALIZING) sera will be" "HANK: (SINGING) When I was just a little boy" "I asked my mother what will I be" "He'll make a fine doctor." "HANK:" "Will I be handsome?" "Will I be rich?" "Here's what she said to me darling." "sera will be" "The future's not ours to see sera will be" "Second verse." "BOTH: (SINGING) When I was just a child in school" "I asked my teacher what should I try" "Catch." "Should I paint pictures?" "Should I sing songs?" "This was her wise reply sera will be (WHISTLES ALONG)" "The future's not ours to see sera" "Oops!" "(CHUCKLES) will be" "May I have this next dance?" "Yes." "All right." "(VOCALIZING)" "you're divine." "(KNOCKING ON DOOR)" "Dinner for the boy." "come in." "Right around the corner." "I can't tell you how beautifully your wife sings." "isn't she?" "she's marvelous." "Too bad it was interrupted." "I had that same feeling myself many times." "everything's fine." "The manager has a babysitter for us." "Good." "permit me the pleasure of serving you a drink." "I would love it." "Thank you." "Mrs. McKenna? and the Paris stage." "Oh?" "being French. time is often a luxury." "Mr. Bernard?" "I was born there." "What business are you in?" "I buy and sell." "What?" "Whatever gives the best profit. what are you buying and selling?" "I would much rather talk about the stage." "If you tell me what shows you are in... (KNOCKING ON DOOR)" "Would you excuse me?" "I'll get it." "I got it." "I will." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "I'm inquiring for the room of Monsieur Montgomery." "and I..." "I'm sorry." "There's no Montgomery here." "monsieur." "I regret disturbing you." "BEN:" "Okay." "please?" "sure." "It's right there." "HANK:" "Mommy!" "Yes?" "HANK:" "I can't cut this meat." "dear." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "Hello?" "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "but I cannot go to dinner with you tonight." "Oh?" "Oh!" "I have neglected an important matter which now requires my attention." "I see." "Perhaps another night?" "Sure." "Sure." "We'll get together again." "Good-bye." "Good-bye." "Bye." "Good night." "Good night." "(VIOLIN PLAYING)" "(INDISTINCT CHATTER)" "(GREETING IN FRENCH)" "My name's McKenna." "please." "I think you will find this comfortable." "Thank you very much." "(CHUCKLES) move over here." "Let me sit out there." "You're on my dress." "Whoop!" "(METAL CLATTERING)" "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "Yeah." "(CHUCKLES)" "We always wash the hands before eating." "BOTH:" "Oh!" "Thank you." "Whoop!" "(SOFTLY) Those people are staring at us." "What people?" "Right in back of us." "What?" "Yes." "Here." "They were staring at us in front of the hotel too." "will you please stop imagining things?" "(WHISPERS) I'm not." "Good evening." "You must think me awfully rude." "I've been staring at you ever since I saw you at the hotel." "the Jo Conway?" "I am." "Didn't I tell you?" "I knew I was right." "and this is my husband." "How do you do?" "How do you do?" "We're Dr. And Mrs. McKenna." "My wife tells me Mrs. McKenna appeared at the London Palladium a few years ago." "we hardly ever see a show now." "Edward is such an old stick in the mud." "So I have to console myself with your records." "Oh!" "I must admit I love them." "I'm not one for this terrible bebop or whatever you call it." "(ALL LAUGH)" "Thank you very much." "When are you coming back to London?" "professionally." "Oh!" "Don't say you're giving up the stage." "I am. a doctor's wife never has as much time..." "What my husband is trying to say" "Indiana." "we could live in New York." "I hear that doctors aren't starving there either." "it's not that I have any objection to working in New York." "It's just that it'd be hard for my patients to come from Indianapolis for treatment." "I'm always saying the wrong thing." "I'm sorry." "not in the least." "do you also go... why don't all of you sort of turn around here or something." "It's kind of kind of hard on the neck." "(LUCY LAUGHING)" "EDWARD:" "It's in one of our English counties." "It's not what you'd call a farm." "It's really more of a small holding." "here we are." "Isn't that fascinating?" "Yes." "There we are." "they look good." "Surprise." "They look wonderful." "looks like bread." "are we?" "No." "(ALL LAUGH)" "Is that the way you do it?" "Just break it?" "just break it." "Just break it." "Just like this." "no." "I'm gonna..." "There." "Is that the way you do it?" "(LAUGHING) That's quite all right." "That was a tough one." "Does it chew any better than it tears?" "(LAUGHING)" "Is it fattening?" "I imagine it might be." "hon." "I..." "No plate." "No?" "No." "No knife or forks." "That's right." "I understand you're just supposed to dig in." "will you?" "You use only the first two fingers and thumb of the right hand. and always the left hand in the lap." "I see." "May I show you?" "huh?" "Can I help you?" "I'll hold it for you." "That's it." "There we are." "(GIGGLING)" "Well... could I use this hand now." "I can't... (ALL LAUGHING)" "It's all right." "Nobody minds." "No one minds." "That's good style." "No one minds." "but worth it." "I think I'll practice on an olive." "Oh!" "it's wonderful." "Here." "Take a bite." "Good?" "Yeah." "does this way of eating have to do with religion or something?" "I think it's more social than religious." "I don't know. you ought to be able to use all of them." "isn't it?" "Very good." "I was quite happy farming my bit of land down in Buckinghamshire when these United Nations fellows started worrying me." "Edward was a big noise in the Ministry of Food you know." "United Nations Relief." "Sounds like interesting work." "I'm preparing a report on soil erosion at the moment." "parts of this country are not unlike your Dust Bowl formation." "A thin layer of topsoil and underneath... (SPEAKING FRENCH)" "How do you like that?" "First he promises to take us to dinner... honey." "You can't expect him to change his whole life." "what's the matter with you?" "What's the matter with me?" "There's nothing the matter with me." "What's the matter with you?" "I just don't want to be insulted." "That's all." "you're not being insulted. for turning down an old married couple like us for a girl like that." "We're not an old married couple!" "All right." "All right. but I'm beginning not to like what he's doing to our whole night." "(CLEARS THROAT) I must do some shopping in the market tomorrow." "not too fine." "I think we don't realize when we're lucky. it doesn't seem natural somehow." "I want to get up." "don't." "you start a fight." "forget about him." "Will you come to the market with us tomorrow? was going to take us to the marketplace tomorrow." "I think I'll go over and cancel out." "sit down and eat your dinner." "It's getting cold." "We'd love to go." "good." "We'd be delighted." "I don't know why he gets so worked up over unimportant things." "(MAN EXCLAIMS IN FRENCH)" "Monsieur!" "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "(INDISTINCT CHATTER)" "(LIVELY MUSIC PLAYING)" "(MEN EXCLAIMING)" "(SPEAKING ARABIC)" "Mrs. Drayton?" "Hank." "(SPEAKING ARABIC)" "Isn't this exciting?" "Just like the county fair when I was a kid." "They got everything but the balloon ascension." "(LAUGHING)" "What's so funny about that?" "Did you ever see a balloon ascension?" "you know what I was just thinking?" "You know what's paying for these three days in Marrakech?" "Me." "Mrs. Campbell's gallstones." "Oh!" "(LAUGHING)" "You know the purse I bought in Paris?" "Yeah." "Bill Edward's tonsils." "(BOTH LAUGHING)" "HANK:" "Mommy!" "Daddy!" "come with us!" "We're gonna see the medicine man." "Daddy." "I wouldn't be a bit surprised." "Anytime he starts wearing you out..." "I haven't enjoyed the market so much." "Oh!" "I never thought of it that way before." "What?" "I'm wearing Johnny Matthews' appendix." "dear." "What about the boat trip?" "one girl didn't it?" "And Mrs. Morgan's hives." "(LAUGHS)" "(MUSIC CONTINUES)" "(PEOPLE CHANTING) how are the acrobats today?" "wonderful." "Watch that kid that goes clear to the top there." "He's great." "I'll see you later." "Yes." "we'll be riding on Herbie Taylor's ulcers." "And Allida Markle's asthma." "if we could just get four cases we could retire. couldn't we?" "(LAUGHING)" "What would they say if they heard us?" "one of the reasons I came to a place like Marrakech is so we could say things like that without everybody hearing us." "I'd like to say something where nobody could hear us." "This is the safest place." "When are we going to have another baby?" "You're the doctor." "You have all the answers." "but this is the first time I've ever heard the question." "look!" "Come here!" "Look." "Sewing machines." "Looks like a television commercial." "Hank?" "I guess so." "he's delighted with everything." "(WHISTLE BLOWING) MAN:" "Coming through!" "Coming through!" "(PEOPLE TALKING INDISTINCTLY)" "come back here!" "Hank!" "Hank!" "Hank!" "Hank." "What's going on?" "LUCY:" "Looks like the police are chasing somebody." "(PEOPLE SHOUTING)" "(SHOUTING IN ARABIC)" "(GRUNTS)" "(INDISTINCT) look there." "(CROWD TALKING INDISTINCTLY)" "You better stand back." "Go on." "Stand back." "Monsieur McKenna." "I'm Louis Bernard. in London." "very soon." "Tell them in London." "Ambrose Chappell." "(CROWD MURMURING)" "who is he?" "Louis Bernard." "You got something to write on?" "Louis Bernard?" "He's dead." "(INDISTINCT CHATTER)" "(WHISTLE BLOWING)" "(MAN SPEAKING FRENCH)" "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" ""Do you know this man?" "the..." "Louis Bernard?" "(SPEAKING FRENCH) (SIREN WAILING)" "Monsieur and Madame McKenna." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "He wants you to go to police headquarters to make a statement." "Okay." "Our friends have to go to the police station." "of course." "(SIREN WAILING)" "(BRAKES SQUEALING)" "(CROWD MURMURING) do you?" "(WHISTLE BLOWING)" "(ENGINE REVVING) But I want to go to the police station." "don't you?" "Would you please?" "Certainly." "Hank." "(SPEAKS FRENCH)" "We're to be going now." "Heaven knows when we shall be back." "why do you suppose he turned up in an Arab outfit and wearing make-up?" "why was he killed?" "I'll bet he was a spy or something like that." "What were you writing down?" "What was he telling you?" "I'll tell you later." "(SIREN WAILING)" "What is it?" "I just feel kind of funny." "Why should he pick me out to tell?" "the poor fella." "I'll do my best to cut some of the red tape." "Fine." "Fine." "I'm going to stretch a bit." "I'm afraid the questions will go on till doomsday if you admit you knew this chap Bernard before." "I don't know him at all." "We met yesterday on a bus." "these French." "They might refuse to believe that." "they've got to believe it." "It's the truth." "Look at it from their point of view. and then they saw you write something down." "Are you gonna show them what you wrote?" "(DOOR OPENS)" "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "but a translator will not be necessary." "monsieur?" "Please do me the kindness to wait." "I might have questions for you later." "Very good." "please." "You came to French Morocco four days ago." "That's right." "sir?" "a tourist and American citizen." "Three good reasons why you should have nothing in common with Louis Bernard." "I didn't have." "You were in Paris recently?" "I was attending a medical convention. and you ate at the same restaurant last night." "but at different tables." "So Louis Bernard is a stranger to you?" "I met him for the first time in my life yesterday on a bus. he comes to you when he is about to die." "monsieur?" "I know absolutely nothing about Louis Bernard." "that he was an agent of the Deuxième Bureau?" "(STAMMERS)" "What's that?" "Perhaps you have also never heard of the American FBI?" "wait... if you would cease to pretend." "Look here..." "The dead man found out what he had been sent here to discover." "That's why he was killed." "He told you what he had discovered." "Why?" "Because he placed complete confidence in you." "Not true? don't you?" "Let me ask you a question. would I?" "find it sometimes desirable to betray a confidence." "Wait a minute." "Let's get some things straight here." "I'm a tourist." "I'm traveling for pleasure." "I somehow got involved in this very unfortunate incident." "I came here to make a simple statement of fact and not be subjected to a police grilling." "I would like you... let me finish." "(KNOCKING ON DOOR)" "Entrez!" "(BOTH SPEAKING FRENCH)" "Wait a minute." "Wait a minute." "Did he say I was wanted on the telephone?" "I'll take that call now." "And you just take it easy." "Hello." "MAN ON PHONE:" "Dr. McKenna?" "This is Dr. McKenna." "Who's this?" "If you tell even one word your little boy will be in serious danger." "say nothing." "(LINE CLICKS)" "Hello?" "(CLICKING)" "Drayton?" "Didn't you tell me your wife was going to take Hank right straight back to the hotel?" "yes." "call her up." "Somebody just called me and threatened me about Hank." "Go on." "Call her up." "See if he's all right." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "Hotel Mamounia?" "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "My wife doesn't answer." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "Concierge?" "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "What's your room number?" "Four fourteen." "(SPEAKING FRENCH)" "I can't believe it." "huh?" "At least nobody's seen her." "now you go back to the hotel." "And see if you can find out what's going on." "It's so unlike my wife." "I'll take care of the police and join you as soon as I can." "Look here." "Don't worry." "It's probably some stupid misunderstanding." "I'll telephone you here." "Just don't waste any time." "Good-bye." "Ben?" "It was the concierge at the hotel." "Oh." "He found out we were being held by the police." "He just called up to see if there was anything he could do." "That's very nice of him." "I thought so. for him to call the American Consulate at Casablanca." "if you had only told me in the first place that you wished to consult with your consul." "Jo." "There is just one small formality." "I must request you to sign a statement of the facts." "of course." "But a moment." "I will send for a typist." "(DIALING)" "(HOOFBEATS)" "Ben?" "Yeah?" "aren't you going to let me see the message?" "(STAMMERS) I don't..." "I don't think I should." "I'm not the police inspector." "and I think that I should see it." "why didn't you give this to the police?" "Because I didn't want to." "a man's life..." "I know." "I just..." "I don't know what's the right thing to do. and get out of here as quickly as we can." "Maybe." "think about Hank. seeing a man murdered right before his eyes." "It's a horrible shock to a little boy." "I know." "give it to the American Consulate?" "please." "(INDISTINCT)" "Why don't you get the key?" "I'll take care of the driver." "All right." "you know a Mrs. Drayton?" "English lady." "That's right." "Did you see her coming from the marketplace any time in the last hour or so?" "sir." "wait a minute." "You understand this is very important." "my little boy." "sir." "what about Mr. Drayton?" "Mr. Drayton checked out." "He what?" "Checked out." "But he couldn't have." "he did." "the Englishman with the horn-rimmed glasses." "sir." "He checked out." "but I'm exhausted." "I guess I'll call Mrs. Drayton." "Tell her we're back." "She can bring up Hank." "Jo." "Why?" "Because I asked you to!" "are we about to have our monthly fight?" "I hope not." "then stop acting like that." "I merely said I was going to call Mrs. Drayton." "BEN:" "Just a minute." "Wait a minute." "Just a minute." "Just a minute." "I want you to take these." "They'll relax you." "Relax me?" "I'm so relaxed I'm tired." "I think maybe you need them." "come on." "I'm the doctor." "Here." "Ben." "you know what happens when you get excited and nervous." "here." "Do me a favor." "you told me I took too many pills." "you weren't a witness to a murder." "you've been excited." "You've been talking a blue streak." "You've been walking around in circles." "I haven't!" "I make my living knowing when and how to administer medicine." "Now I know you'll feel better if you take these." "Why fight me on this?" "you don't think you will feel better." "I'll make a deal with you." "We'll make a deal." "What is this? and this whole spy business" "I haven't told you yet." "What?" "Here's the price of curiosity." "What is it?" "Come on." "Come on." "There's one way of finding out." "Dr. McKenna." "I'm now relaxed and listening." "there's been something strange about this whole thing from the very beginning. and started up a conversation." "You were right about him." "You see there?" "I know." "I know." "That's what I said." "You were right about him." "He was strange." "I know all that." "But what were you going to tell me?" "and the reason he started to talk to us was 'cause he was on the lookout for a suspicious married couple." "is there?" "because he was wrong." "It was a different married couple." "Oh." "And he was killed before he found them?" "all right." "It was in the restaurant where we had dinner last night." "And that's one of the reasons he was killed." "You'll be telling me next it's Mr. And Mrs. Drayton." "Jo." "it's not a very funny one." "I think I'll lie down." "listen to me." "Jo." "listen to me very carefully. that wasn't the concierge at the hotel." "and he told me if I mentioned one single word of what that something would happen to Hank." "Hank?" "Why Hank?" "They've taken him away." "But Mrs. Drayton brought him back to the hotel." "and neither did Hank." "Jo." "Mr. Drayton checked out of the hotel 40 minutes ago." "sit down." "I could kill you!" "You gave me sedatives!" "(CRYING) sit down." "(SOBBING) You did!" "Let go!" "Why didn't you tell me?" "I wasn't sure until now." "You did!" "You did!" "please!" "Please!" "(WAILING) Let go of me!" "Let go!" "Ben!" "Jo." "let me find my baby!" "Please." "dear God!" "I want my boy!" "please." "Ben?" "Jo." "Jo." "Forgive me." "(MUEZZIN CALLING)" "Jo." "The Draytons are definitely gone." "The register in the hotel says they came from London." "Drayton told the concierge he was a college professor." "Jo." "I can't bring the police in on this thing." "I'd even thought of taking that chance." "But the minute they connect Hank's disappearance then the first thing they'll do is make me tell them what Louis Bernard whispered to me in the marketplace." "That won't do Hank any good." "I'm going to London." "The Draytons had a private airplane." "I found that out." "That's how they got Hank out of here." "It could land anyplace." "No trouble with passports or anything." "So we're going to London to find him." "now listen to me." "This is what Bernard said. very soon." "Tell them in London to try Ambrose Chappell." "That's the fella we've got to find." "I'm gonna offer him every penny I have to get Hank back." "Jo?" "I've got a car waiting downstairs." "we'll be all set." "Honey?" "We don't have much time." "You'll have to get up and start getting ready." "Jo." "(SOBBING)" "(PEOPLE TALKING EXCITEDLY) for the press photographers?" "madam?" "love from the fan club!" "(FANS SHOUTING)" "Ben?" "It's been four years since I played London." "You're the kind of gal they don't forget." "you didn't." "to get us hotel rooms." "I never figured on anything like this." "(CHEERING)" "(WHISTLING) I'm Inspector Edington of the Criminal Investigation Department." "there's no need for you to go through the Customs." "Come this way." "Jo?" "Jo!" "(CHEERING)" "(WHISTLING) please." "CROWD: (CHANTING) We want Jo!" "We want Jo!" "We want Jo!" "We want Jo!" "We want Jo!" "We want Jo!" "This is Mr. Woburn." "Dr. And Mrs. McKenna." "How do you do?" "How do you do?" "What do you people want with us?" "Mr. Buchanan would like to have a chat with you inside." "Who's Mr. Buchanan?" "Scotland Yard." "(INAUDIBLE)" "This is Mr. Buchanan." "Dr. And Mrs. McKenna." "Woburn." "won't you?" "Let me say at once that we're shocked and deeply sympathetic." "Do you know where he is?" "Have you heard anything about our boy? but we might find him quite soon indeed if we work together." "Bernard the Frenchman was sent to Morocco at our request to check up on an assassination plot here in London." "a good agent keeps on staking his life." "He doesn't always win." "Bernard reckoned you were a man to trust." "He relied on you to come to us." "Those people kidnapped your boy in order to keep your mouth shut." "isn't it?" "I think they took him for money." "Then why didn't you go straight to your consulate in Casablanca?" "Why did you come to London?" "I... no." "You're convinced that these people brought your son to London." "You're convinced that you can find him off your own bat." "You can't." "It's impossible. a really good chance." "But they told us not to say anything." "Anything you tell me will be in the most absolute confidence." "but..." "Your son is the trump card these people hold." "He's perfectly safe for the moment. they'll let him go." "Is that the idea?" "Are we supposed to just sit here and wait?" "Mrs. McKenna." "I'm afraid..." "Mr. Buchanan." "scare you." "I'm trying to prevent a man being murdered here in London. you become an accessory before the fact of murder." "what can we do by ourselves?" "wait just a minute." "You've been working on the wrong McKenna." "you know." "Then you tell me. and I don't understand a single word of the language!" "maybe they could find those people and Hank." "Maybe." "Maybe's not good enough for me." "And I don't think it ought to be good enough for you either." "You act as if you're the only one who's concerned about..." "I didn't mean it that way." "We made up our minds what we're gonna do about this thing." "Now let's try and stick to it. but we just can't." "I've got a son of my own." "I don't know what I'd do." "(KNOCKING ON DOOR)" "Excuse me." "(INAUDIBLE)" "Mrs. McKenna." "please." "Hello." "WOMAN ON PHONE:" "Mrs. McKenna?" "Yes?" "This is Mrs. Drayton." "Do you remember me?" "(WHISPERS) Mrs. Drayton." "Where is our son?" "Where have you got him?" "really." "Where's our son?" "Where have you got him?" "wouldn't you?" "please!" "Please." "Hank!" "Just a minute." "is that you?" "are you really all right?" "I guess." "Mommy." "I miss you so much!" "this is Daddy." "(SOBBING)" "Is Mommy crying?" "listen to me." "Where are you?" "Where are you? and I want to see her." "now listen." "Tell me where you are." "Where are you?" "Welbeck eight..." "Yeah?" "(AIRPLANE ENGINE ROARING)" "Hank." "(LINE CLICKS)" "Hank!" "(ROARING GROWS LOUDER)" "(SOBBING)" "he was so scared." "It was a London telephone exchange." "Public call box." "West One." "dear." "You may change your minds. this number will find me." "MAN ON PA:" "Baggage and airport service for 552 from Paris... yeah." "sir." "Thank you." "uh..." "Here." "sir." "There you are." "Jo." "especially the little one." "from Jan and Cindy." That's very nice." "big as life." "Camden Town." "Gulliver 6198." "What are you going to say?" "I'm gonna tell him I'll keep my mouth shut and offer him all the money we have for Hank." "Operator?" "I want Gulliver 6198." "(KNOCKING ON DOOR)" "I'll get it." "Jo!" "You look wonderful!" "Jo!" "I couldn't believe it." "What were you doing down in Morocco?" "Sightseeing." "Jo." "This week's the dullest thing since my first show." "Ambrose Chappell." "Mr. Ambrose Chappell." "I didn't know you were there." "Doctor." "I am sorry." "I knew you were married." "But a doctor?" "How clever." "Especially in such a psychosomatic business." "will you keep quiet?" "you wouldn't know what psychosomatic means. it does something to it." "CINDY:" "Can't you see the doctor's trying to telephone?" "Not at all." "It's just some business." "It's nothing." "Business is everything." "Shh!" "BEN:" "Hello." "Hello?" "Ambrose Chappell." "is this Mr. Ambrose Chappell?" "my name's McKenna." "Dr. Benjamin McKenna." "I don't think we need to be quiet." "Would you like a drink?" "I was wondering if you'd be at your address for a little while." "I'd like to speak to you for a few minutes." "Yes." "Thank you." "I'll be right over." "I'd like all of you to meet my husband." "Doctor." "It's nice to see you in person." "Helen." "How do you do?" "You look just like those pictures" "Jo had in her dressing room four years ago." "Haven't changed a bit." "JAN:" "Why should he?" "He's a doctor." "Probably gets free hormones." "yes." "I'm Jan Peterson." "I sing almost as well as your wife." "PA." "Harrisburg." "Been back home lately?" "How can I?" "They know me there as Elva McDuff." "It doesn't quite fit me anymore." "(LAUGHING)" "Where's your boy?" "I'd like to see which one of you he looks like." "He's staying with some other people so we could have a little time by ourselves." "JAN:" "What's his name?" "really." "I hope he looks like you and has the doctor's brain." "(CHUCKLES)" "These flowers are really so lovely." "We thank you very much." "I'll order some drinks. a sort of welcome home for Jo." "I wish I could persuade her to stay a month." "but I can't." "but I have an appointment I have to keep." "Mr. Parnell." "please." "please." "please." "It's got to be done." "Take me with you." "no." "I can't." "I won't disappear." "please let me go with you." "two people are easier to follow than one. the other people either." "I'm going out through the service entrance." "(FOOTSTEPS)" "(FOOTSTEPS STOP)" "(FOOTSTEPS CONTINUE)" "(FOOTSTEPS GROW LOUDER)" "(FOOTSTEPS QUICKEN)" "(BELL RINGS)" "sir?" "Ambrose Chappell?" "Come in." "(HAMMERING) sir." "(COUGHING)" "sir." "I am Ambrose Chappell." "What can I do for you?" "I... that might be a start." "of course." "My name is McKenna." "Dr. Benjamin McKenna." "I phoned you." "yes." "You are Ambrose Chappell?" "I've been Ambrose Chappell for nearly 71 years." "But I think I understand your problem." "You do?" "Certainly." "It happens all the time." "You expected someone else." "Just a moment." "Ambrose?" "I think this gentleman wants to talk to us." "why don't you go and have a nice rest?" "Hmm?" "(CHUCKLES) thank you." "sir." "what can I do for you?" "I'm Dr. McKenna." "That name mean anything to you?" "I don't think so." "You've no idea why I'm here?" "I haven't the faintest idea." "But your name was given to me by someone I happened to meet in Marrakech." "Yes?" "Yes." "a Frenchman." "Louis Bernard?" "Come on." "Let's stop fooling around." "Bernard told me to come here just before he died." "This man is dead?" "You know he's dead just as well as I do." "I've come here with a business proposition." "I don't see how you can turn it down." "Exactly what had you in mind?" "You want to talk here?" "Certainly." "We have no secrets from our employees. and I never will." "I'm not interested in political intrigue." "I don't care who you fellows are gonna kill here in London. and I'll take the next airplane back to America." "will you?" "I'll do... call the police quick." "I shall we go into this a little more carefully..." "Wait just a minute." "no." "trying to bluff me?" "there can be no..." "Let me go." "Are you sure you don't know Louis Bernard?" "I've never heard of him." "You've got no idea what happened yesterday in Marrakech or where my boy is?" "Of course not." "Where is he?" "William!" "Edgar!" "Davis!" "Help!" "hold on." "Wait." "Listen." "It's obvious I'm in the wrong place." "let go of me." "Come on." "(BEN SHOUTING)" "Come on." "Listen." "(GRUNTING)" "Wait." "Come on." "(SHOUTING)" "I made a mistake." "Now let me go." "Hold him!" "Hold him!" "The police are coming." "Ow!" "Hold him. that nobody would ever believe that he was an aristocrat. why don't you take William Hickey's column out of the paper?" "what's become of that unpredictable husband of yours?" "He's been gone over an hour now." "He went to see some man." "What was it?" "Church?" "it was Chappell." "It's not a man." "It's a place." "It's Ambrose Chapel!" "do they list chapels in the directory?" "Let's take a look." "Please help me find it." "Let's see." "Here we are." "Ambrose." "Here we have a chap... 17 Ambrose Street West Two." "West Two." "17 Ambrose Street." "I have to go." "I'm very sorry." "and I'll be back as soon as I can." "would you?" "Explain what?" "Explain what?" "(DOOR CLOSES) and I can't quite follow it." "Let's try to figure the whole thing out." "there was a man named..." "Ambrose Chappell." "And Ben dashed off to see him." "and she dashed off." "or I might dash off." "though?" "It's probably some new American gag." "I'll have to ask Danny about it." "(DOOR OPENS) hello again." "Oh! but it was something that had to be done." "I can use this." "I..." "Where's Jo?" "She's gone to Ambrose Chapel." "I just came from there." "not your Ambrose Chappell." "a building." "CINDY:" "She just left 20 minutes ago." "She..." "What?" "What do you mean?" "Where's the address?" "I'll look it up again." "What is this?" "You say it's a building? Bayswater." "(PHONE RINGING) come back!" "It's Jo." "Jo?" "Ben?" "What happened?" "Did you find anything?" "it was a wild goose chase." "it must be the chapel." "I've found it." "It's just a short way from here." "but..." "I know the address." "You wait there." "I'll be right over." "I'll meet you outside." "dear." "What did you say that address was again?" "Bayswater." "I don't know how to thank you." "(DOOR CLOSES)" "(DOOR UNLOCKING)" "do you?" "or you'll be overtired." "Can I finish?" "I'm winning." "finish." "see he has some milk and biscuits." "honey." "I've got to get downstairs." "it's not necessary tonight." "won't you?" "I guess so." "Hurry up if you want to finish this game." "does it?" "Give me a yell when you want me to unlock the door." "Can I come in?" "EDWARD:" "Yes." "I wish it was tomorrow." "That's not a very orthodox sentiment." "Before I forget." "my friend." "Two tickets for the concert at the Albert Hall with my compliments." "Your box is nicely placed." "strategically placed." "for the most important part." "What is it?" "A record of the delightful piece they're going to play this evening." "Music's less in your line than marksmanship." "I'm going to play you the exact moment at which you can shoot." "So listen carefully." "(CHOIR SINGING OPERA)" "(CYMBALS CRASHING)" "(MUSIC STOPS)" "We'll have it once more." "Listen for the crash of the cymbals." "(CHOIR SINGING OPERA)" "(CYMBALS CRASHING)" "(MUSIC STOPS) your shot will never be heard." "Even the listeners will be undisturbed." "don't you?" "No one will know." "No one except one." "my friend." "musical or otherwise?" "No." "There's one comforting thought." "It happens early in the evening." "And I hope I shan't upset you if I tell you you've only time for one shot." "the risk is yours." "I don't take risks." "I'm very glad to hear that." "I should like you to do me credit." "Your distinguished target is already on his way." "There's a car waiting for you downstairs in the back entrance." "You're to pick up a Miss Benson on the way." "She'll be your companion in the box." "She'll lend you an air of respectability if that's possible." "Will you have the money when I return?" "Don't you trust me?" "What is your English proverb?" "A wolf in sheep's clothing." "I must say." "I think you'd better be going." "It's impolite to be late for a concert." "And it would be awkward if they made you wait until the first item was over." "my dear?" "of course. but we must preserve a respectable front." "(CHOIR SINGING OPERA)" "(CYMBALS CRASHING)" "(ENGINE STARTS)" "There it is." "Yeah." "You just may have hit it right on the nose." "And you can't be farther wrong than I was with my Ambrose Chappell." "let's go." "should we get some help from the police?" "please." "Let's take a crack at this alone." "Come on." "(CONGREGATION SINGING)" "(SINGING LOUDLY)" "shh." "(SINGING CONTINUES)" "(SINGING) This is just another wild goose chase" "Let's wait" "And look around" "Look who's coming down the aisle" "(SINGING CONTINUES)" "The subject of my address to you this evening is adversity. is often harassed and perplexed by disappointments and by cruelties beyond our control." "it is often these things beyond our control... (WHISPERS) That's Buchanan's phone number." "tell him to surround this place with police." "What if he asks..." "Tell him anything." "This is the time." "I'm sure Hank's around here someplace." "But I don't want to leave you." "I know." "I know." "honey." "You go on now." "...and therefore the goodness of all mankind." "(DOOR OPENS)" "(DOOR CLOSES)" "Few of us pause to consider how life's adversities work in our behalf to make better men and women of us. to look into our own hearts and lives and see what we find there. remembering how little we have to complain of" "and how much to be grateful for." "I shall discuss the fruits of our meditations." "my blessing upon each and every one of you." "(ALL MURMURING)" "(INAUDIBLE)" "Doctor." "Drayton?" "He's upstairs." "you've come just in time to help my wife with his food." "It seems Hank doesn't care very much for our English cooking." "What do you want?" "I'll give you money." "I'll keep my mouth shut." "All I want is my boy." "And what about your wife?" "Did she go outside just to get a breath of fresh air?" "Come on." "Tell me what you want." "I'll do anything." "you'll see your boy all in good time." "Hank!" "Hank McKenna!" "HANK: (FAINTLY) Daddy?" "Daddy!" "Daddy!" "Daddy!" "Daddy!" "I'm here!" "My husband's in there now watching them." "He sent me out to call you so that you could do something before they get away." "I'm afraid it isn't quite as easy as all that." "my husband is in that chapel waiting for me to bring help." "Now you..." "May I speak to Mr. Buchanan?" "and I need him right now." "I'm awfully sorry." "But I simply can't get in touch with him just now." "He's gone to a rather important diplomatic affair at the Albert Hall." "then call him there!" "Please call him." "He's on his way." "I don't know quite how... it isn't a matter of days." "It's a matter of minutes." "you've got to send some..." "You've got to send the police right away!" "Or do I have to go to Albert Hall myself?" "That won't be necessary." "I'll have the chapel put under immediate observation." "a police car should be there." "Please return to your husband." "Tell him to come straight out of the chapel and let the police take over." "Special Branch." "Hold on." "Mrs. McKenna." "Please believe me." "I'll have everything laid on." "(LINE CLICKS)" "(TIRES SCREECH)" "There's nobody there." "Are you Mrs. McKenna?" "Officer. and now there's nobody." "Our orders are to keep it under observation until the Scotland Yard car arrives." "But my husband is in there." "There were 30 or 40 people..." "When was this?" "It was no more than five minutes ago." "Let's take a look." "I've tried the door." "It's locked." "We'll have to force it open." "madam." "We can't break in." "you see." "can't we get one?" "That all takes time." "shall we?" "take the other end." "All right." "(BANGING ON DOOR)" "There's no one there." "Are you quite certain this place was full of people only a few minutes ago?" "Of course I'm certain." "I was there myself sitting next to my husband." "He sent me out to call Scotland Yard." "I'm afraid it's much too complicated to explain why." "We'll just have to sit tight and wait for the car to arrive from the Yard." "there's no sign of life." "MAN ON RADIO:" "Report back here." "sir." "you stand by till the car arrives from the Yard." "Matthews." "You're not leaving?" "madam." "Can we give you a lift somewhere?" "please." "I'm afraid the Albert Hall's a little bit off our beat." "Suppose we drop you at the nearest taxi rank?" "All right." "(ENGINE STARTS)" "Wait here." "They're here." "Wait till I clear the kitchen." "(INAUDIBLE)" "Everybody out!" "Come on." "Into the corridor." "Five minutes only!" "Come on!" "(ALL PROTESTING)" "Do as he tells you." "Come on." "It'll only take a minute." "Come on." "All of you out." "Why?" "Why?" "(ALL MURMURING)" "All right." "This way." "Always something funny going on at this embassy." "Bringing people in secret." "Give me the Swiss embassy anytime." "There's neutrality for you." "(FOOTSTEPS)" "(CHAPEL BELL RINGING)" "(RINGING CONTINUES)" "may I see the manager?" "madam." "The manager's on duty in the lobby." "So is his assistant." "I must speak with one of them." "Which are they?" "Over there somewhere." "madame." "His safety will depend upon you tonight." "Where is he?" "Where is he?" "Good evening." "Is that the Prime Minister?" "that's only the Ambassador." "His Prime Minister's the one with the bald head." "madam?" "I'm sorry." "I'm looking for someone." "(APPLAUSE)" "(APPLAUSE STOPS)" "(ORCHESTRA PLAYS DRAMATIC MUSIC)" "(SOMBER MUSIC)" "(MELANCHOLIC MUSIC)" "(SINGING OPERA)" "(CHOIR SINGING)" "(TENSE MUSIC)" "(CHOIR SINGING)" "(SINGING)" "(CHOIR SINGING)" "(SINGING FADES)" "(DRAMATIC MUSIC)" "(INAUDIBLE)" "(CHOIR SINGING)" "(INAUDIBLE)" "(DRAMATIC MUSIC)" "(CHOIR SINGING)" "(SINGING STOPS)" "(SINGING RESUMES)" "(SINGING STOPS)" "(SCREAMS)" "(SINGING RESUMES)" "(ALL SCREAMING)" "(INDISTINCT CHATTER)" "(INAUDIBLE)" "I saw the gun." "He was pointing it at the Prime Minister." "and I realized that I had to scream." "then he didn't kill him?" "Your wife saved him." "It's only a small flesh wound." "There they are." "Do please come over would you?" "I'm sure he'd like to." "It won't take very long." "Would you come along with me?" "Don't be nervous." "(INDISTINCT)" "this is the young lady." "I'm forever in your debt." "WOBURN:" "This is her husband." "(INAUDIBLE)" "I trust you'll permit me to wait upon you tomorrow." "And to express to you the depth of my gratitude." "It wasn't... my dear lady." "It was." "Will you excuse us?" "but I have to go." "I think Mr. Buchanan would like a word with you." "Where's our boy?" "Where's Hank?" "We can talk if you'll come in here." "So you both knew the time and the place all along." "Don't be a fool!" "both of you turning up here." "it's a pity you didn't contact your assistant." "He told us both you were here." "I beg your pardon?" "Mr. Buchanan." "we've questioned the woman." "Said she bought a ticket which happened to place her in the same box with the man who did the shooting." "she isn't talking." "I'll see her later." "sir." "Please tell me everything now." "Everything." "Mrs. McKenna." "His Excellency will see you now." "I suppose." "Yes." "All right." "sir." "I have a lot to explain to you." "Something very unusual has happened." "I also have to have the money to pay the marksman." "considering that he's dead?" "His aim wasn't quite as good as you led me to expect." "The target merely received a slight flesh wound in the arm." "Worse than useless. landing on the floor of the Albert Hall." "sir." "He was warmly recommended by our people in Marrakech." "I'm glad that you are able to treat the matter so lightly." "I'm holding a reception here this evening." "I have to welcome our Prime Minister as my guest of honor when I hoped and expected that he would be totally unable to attend." "no doubt." "I don't know what to say." "No." "But I do." "You have muddled everything from the start." "Taking that child with you from Marrakech." "Don't you realize that Americans dislike having their children stolen?" "How else could I make sure that McKenna would keep his mouth shut?" "you get cold feet bringing the wretched child with you." "Don't you see what you've done to the diplomatic status of this embassy?" "I didn't think." "I only thought we could... eh?" "Eh?" "Eh?" "surely." "The car..." "With plainclothes detectives planted right 'round this building?" "You English intellectuals will be the death of us all." "I'll think of something." "Only give me time." "Time. (SCOFFS)" "I want the child removed from this embassy and removed in such a way that he won't be able to say anymore where he has been tonight." "no!" "I'll see to it." "Drayton!" "I trust that nothing will go wrong this time." "It would be very unfortunate for you if... (KNOCKING ON DOOR) come in." "the princess should be arriving at any moment." "I recognized him." "He recognized me." "made a jump for it." "That was all." "Trying to liquidate one of their own big shots." "I wish they'd stick to their usual custom and do it in their own country." "(PHONE RINGS)" "Yes?" "Buchanan speaking." "Right." "Thank you." "The Draytons are at the embassy." "The what?" "How do you know?" "We have means of finding out from the inside. then our boy's there too." "but we can't do anything." "you can't do anything?" "Every embassy in a foreign country has extraterritorial rights." "What's that?" "this embassy stands on foreign soil." "So they can steal kids and get away with it?" "What is this?" "BUCHANAN:" "We could have the Foreign Office serve a writ on the Ambassador." "I'm not responsible for the complications of international law." "If only we had some positive proof that your boy really is in there." "what's the phone number of that embassy?" "You got it?" "What are you thinking about?" "Let me try something." "Grosvenor 0144." "please." "isn't he?" "please." "look." "Just tell him the lady that saved his life would like to speak to him." "It's very important." "Yeah." "what do I say?" "He wanted to visit with us so he could thank you. 'cause we're going to leave London tomorrow." "You see?" "Hello?" "Here you are." "Hello?" "this is a charming surprise." "Uh-huh." "delighted." "The Ambassador too would be delighted." "Any friends of mine are friends of his." "He said all right." "we're all set." "You see?" "But supposing they don't?" "have we ever been to a party where they didn't ask you?" "right?" "Good evening." "It's Dr. And Mrs. McKenna." "How very nice to see you." "The Prime Minister's waiting for you." "please." "madame." "good evening." "Good evening." "This is the charming lady who saved my life at the concert." "you saved the life of the one man who's irreplaceable in our country." "madame." "I'm Jo Conway." "PRIME MINISTER:" "Perhaps we might..." "I'm sure my wife would be delighted to sing for you." "dear?" "it's been quite some time." "madame." "A tranquil coda to conclude a dramatic evening." "I'm very flattered." "please. the famous Jo Conway has gladly consented to sing a few songs for us tonight." "would you see that the Prime Minister gets a very good seat?" "Would you like to come to the piano?" "sir?" "thank you." "I'll just stand over here." "(INDISTINCT CHATTER)" "(PLAYING PIANO)" "(SINGING) When I was just a little girl" "I asked my mother what will I be" "Will I be pretty?" "Will I be rich?" "Here's what she said to me sera will be" "The future's not ours to see sera will be" "When I was just a child in school" "I asked my teacher what should I try" "Should I paint pictures?" "Should I sing songs?" "This was her wise reply sera will be" "The future's not ours to see sera will be" "When I grew up and fell in love" "I asked my sweetheart what lies ahead" "Will we have rainbows day after day?" "Here's what my sweetheart said sera will be" "The future's not ours to see sera" "That's my mother's voice!" "That's my mother singing!" "What?" "Hank?" "Are you quite sure?" "That's her!" "I know it!" "What's she doing here?" "(SINGING CONTINUES)" "can you whistle that song?" "I guess so." "Then go on." "Whistle it." "Whistle it as loud as you can." "(WHISTLES)" "Will we have rainbows day after day?" "Here's what my sweetheart said" "(HANK WHISTLING SONG) will be (WHISTLING CONTINUES)" "The future's not ours to see sera will be" "Now I have children of my own (WHISTLING STOPS)" "They ask their mother what will I be" "Will I be handsome?" "Will I be rich?" "I tell them tenderly sera will be" "The future's not ours to see sera will be" "You two wait in the mail room." "I'll bring him down." "Give me about five minutes." "(SONG ENDS) (APPLAUSE)" "(CRYING)" "(FOOTSTEPS)" "(JO SINGING)" "(FOOTSTEPS GROW LOUDER)" "(FOOTSTEPS STOP)" "(DOOR CLOSES)" "(FOOTSTEPS RESUME)" "No!" "Daddy!" "Take the boy." "Go!" "But be quick." "You must be quick!" "son." "(JO SINGING)" "Go on!" "please." "Don't touch him. not with these people downstairs and the police outside." "you know." "You've got to let the boy go!" "my dear." "Now I'm sure you're going to be sensible and help me out of here." "you miserable..." "Hank?" "Now we're going to walk downstairs together quite casually like three old friends." "Then we're going to take a little stroll as far as the nearest taxi rank." "And I hope there won't be any emotional scenes on the way down." "Hank." "the other way." "Shall we be going?" "son." "Don't say anything." "(JO SINGING)" "(PIANO PLAYING)" "JO: (SINGING) Now it's good-bye" "And we're facing such lonely tomorrows" "So many sunsets" "Till there's a sunset you'll be there" "Then we'll kiss again" "And again" "(GASPS)" "(CROWD MURMURING)" "Hank." "Mother!" "(SNORING) but we had to go over and pick up Hank."