"Erik, are you alright?" "I'm alright .. wait until you see what I've found." "Are you alright?" "What happened?" "Look!" "Look at this." "─ Maybe it's a gun." "And what if it's real?" "─ My brother's got a real gun." "It's only half a gun." "It's broken." "It's not broken." "The rest is stuck inside." "Let me have it." "─ No." "I'm the inspector." "I'll break it out." "─ No, it's mine." "We were all playing together weren't we?" "Then it belongs to all of us." "─ No, it's mine." "I found it." "Anyway, I don't want to play anymore." "Listen, if you let me have the gun for a little while, you can be the Inspector." "No." "I'm going home." "Then we'll play war." "Come on men." "We're the allies and you're the enemy!" "I'm not the enemy." "Your mother's a foreigner, and so are you." "I am not!" "He's .. he's dead." "What's happened, lad?" "Come in." "Hello Johnson." "─ Good afternoon, sir." "Comparison report on the bullet in the shooting case." "I was on the way, so I thought I'd drop it over. ─ Thanks." "It's uh .." "It's rather unusual, sir." "─ What is?" "Ballistics say a .27 calibre bullet." "I've never heard of that calibre before." "Twenty-seven calibre?" "─ Yes, it's odd isn't it?" "Where did this accident take place?" "─ On the Aldersgate bomb-site." "Aldersgate?" "My old district." "─ So I understand." "Well, it is odd." "─ Sir?" "Bring me the dossier on Mark Norton." "─ Yes, sir." "Twenty-seven calibre." "Is it a foreign gun?" "─ Yes, German." "Have we still got a man posted at the Jenner flat?" "─ Yes, sir." "Make it 24-hour duty." "─ Right." "Don't go, Johnson." "─ The Norton dossier, sir." "You double-checked the ballistic report?" "─ Yes, sir." "This is incredible." "These bullets were both fired from the same weapon." "I've been waiting ten years for this." "Identical." "Get me the United States Army, London Headquarters." "Criminal Investigation Division." "Rifle range." "Yes." "Speak up will you, I can't hear a word." "Sure .." "I'll try sir .. yes sir." "Captain Mark Andrews?" "At once, sir." "Sir, are you Captain Mark Andrews?" "Sir, are you Captain Mark Andrews?" "That's right." "What is it?" "There was a phone call for you sir." "It was from Colonel .." "It just came through on the field telephone, sir." "Who?" "I don't think I got his name, sir, with all the noise." "But it was a Colonel sir, and I think he said it was important." "Sergeant." "─ Sir." "How long you been here from the States?" "Three and a half months, sir." "I'm sorry sir." "Yes, sir." "Who's point-man on this detail?" "─ Why he is, sir." "Prefer charges against him for inefficiency." "Send the papers to my office and I'll sign them." "Yes, sir." "Well .." "This is not a pleasure tour for you men." "It's a tour of duty." "And that means exactly what it says." "You heard him." "Make it up and start firing." "Gee Mack, don't take it out on me." "Come in." "At ease, Andrews." "Whenever I can't seem find you anywhere else, the range is a sure bet." "I like it there, Colonel." "You play soldier-boy 24 hours a day, don't you?" "This being a one-man army is awfully hard on the rest of us." "Why don't you relax?" "Did you call me in from the field to tell me this, Colonel?" "Sorry .. read this." "Then contact Mr Mackenzie, Divisional Superintendent of Police B division." "Yes, sir." "─ And another thing." "This time I don't want you to forget that we are only guests in this country." "We abide by their institutions and their methods." "Is there anything else, sir?" "─ Yes." "Yes, there is." "Mark .." "Sometimes when a person wears a uniform or a badge for too long a time." "They imagine themselves to be some sort of Tin God." "Don't fall for it." "Will that be all, sir?" "That will be all." "That's her .. that's Elsa Jenner." "What's happened?" "─ Your boy." "There's been an accident." "Accident?" "─ Yes." "Kids playing on the bombsite." "─ Erik!" "Let me through please." "Oh .." "Mrs Jenner?" "Yes .." "Do you mind if I come in?" "─ Of course not." "Erik!" "Erik!" "He's not here." "Officer, what's happened?" "It seems your son found a gun in the bomb ruins and shot another boy, ma'am." "Shot another ..?" "You must be wrong." "Why would Erik .." "It happened this morning." "When does he get back?" "Well, he should be home now." "He .." "He's usually here when I get back from work." "Has he got a key?" "Yes, but there must be some mistake." "Excuse me ma'am, but I've got my report to make, so I'll wait til he gets back." "Well, he'll be home soon for his supper." "He's never late for that." "I understand that, madam." "I've got one myself, aged six." "He eats me out of house and home." "The little boy that was shot?" "He's in hospital, ma'am." "Is he .. will he be alright?" "I wouldn't know that, ma'am." "Evening, Bill." "─ Evening, Fred." "Anything new?" "─ Nothing." "See you in the morning." "─ Yes." "How long will we to have to keep this detail going?" "Until we find the boy, I heard." "Oh .. well, see you in the morning." "Goodnight." "─ Goodnight." "I can't understand why he's so late." "He never stays out after dark." "He's afraid of the dark." "I've tried to tell him that there's nothing to be afraid of but .." "If you'd like it better, ma'am, I could wait outside." "I'm sorry, won't you sit down." "Thank you." "If you don't mind." "He isn't even properly dressed for the night." "His supper will get cold." "I'll put it in the oven." "Can I help?" "Would you care for some supper?" "Thank you ma'am, but I had mine before I came on duty." "Not that it doesn't smell good." "I'm going out to look for him." "Maybe he's still in the ruins." "─ They've been searched very thoroughly." "He wouldn't be there now." "I've got to do something." "Erik!" "Erik." "Erik .. it's mother." "Erik!" "Erik!" "Erik!" "Mrs Jenner?" "Mrs Jenner." "─ Please." "Erik!" "Mrs Jenner." "I thought I heard something." "─ I'm Superintendent Mackenzie." "This is Captain Andrews." "Criminal Investigation Division U.S. Army." "Criminal?" "Why are you hunting a ten-year old boy as if he were a criminal?" "I wouldn't put it quite like that, Mrs Jenner." "Shall we go to the car?" "What does the American Army have to do with my son?" "There is some connection, Mrs Jenner." "Perhaps we could talk more comfortably at your place." "You still haven't told me what the American Army has to do with my son." "We're not directly concerned with your son." "Mrs Jenner, it is the duty of the Metropolitan Police to find your son." "All Captain Andrews is interested in is retrieving the gun your son found." "So .." "If you'd be good enough to answer a few questions he's going to put to you." "Of course." "Your son's playmates stated that he, your son, Erik .." "Found the gun at the Aldersgate bomb-site." "They also stated that none of them actually saw him find the gun." "In other words, you think it is mine." "I think what the Captain means." "─ I know exactly what the Captain means." "Fine." "Then we should have no difficulties." "Could this gun have belonged to your husband?" "My husband is dead." "─ Yes, but he could have owned a gun." "You know .. brought it as a souvenir." "─ A souvenir of what .. a war?" "Mrs Jenner, to your best knowledge, did your husband possess a gun?" "Yes he did!" "And he died with it in his hands as a member of the British Army." "When was this?" "─ 1945." "How long have you been in England?" "What has all this go to do with it?" "I'm not interested in your wretched gun." "All I want is my son back, safe and sound." "Yes, Mrs Jenner." "We all do." "I think we'd better continue this in the morning." "If we find the lad tonight, or if he should come home on his own .." "We'll phone you." "Whatever you say, Superintendent." "If your son doesn't return tonight, can you drop by my office in the morning?" "This is my address." "About 9 o'clock?" "If you have no objections?" "─ It's up to Mrs Jenner." "I'll be there." "You don't mind if the officer remains?" "The lad is naturally frightened." "And he might take off if he comes home and finds a Policeman outside." "Of course." "─ Good .. goodnight." "Goodnight." "Well, what do you think?" "─ I think you were a bit blunt." "Superintendent, I'm a soldier, not a diplomat." "So I noticed." "But the war's been over a long time, you know." "Has it?" "Come in." "Ah, Mrs Jenner." "Good morning." "You're .. you're on time." "One of my virtues." "Won't you sit down?" "What is it you want of me, Captain?" "I've not much time." "I've to be at work." "I'll be as brief as possible Mrs Jenner." "Do you have a photograph of your son?" "Oh yes." "Yes, of course." "You can put it in the papers." "Someone is bound to see him." "There has already been an item in the papers." "As far as I'm concerned, it's one item too many." "Too many?" "I don't understand." "Mrs Jenner, ten years ago, an American Army officer was murdered." "It's my job to help find that murderer." "Anything else is up to the police." "Do I make myself understood?" "All I understand is that my child is somewhere, cold, hungry and afraid." "And you won't even try to help." "I'm terribly sorry, but I have a job to do." "Part of that job, as I see it .." "Is to keep this thing out of the newspapers as long as possible." "A little boy's life should be more important than some stupid facts .." "You can uncover about a man who died long before my baby was even born." "Yes." "Yes, she's here." "What was that name again?" "Joshua Henry." "Yes .." "I'll see you there." "I'm afraid you must come with me, Mrs Jenner." "What is it?" "That was Superintendent Mackenzie." "Someone telephoned." "They have information." "Please Mrs Jenner, we've got to hurry." "Mr Henry?" "─ Yes." "I'm Captain Andrews, United States Army." "Mrs Jenner." "Hello." "The Police have asked us to meet them here." "Do you mind if we wait?" "Not at all." "Come in." "─ Thank you." "May I take your coats?" "─ I don't believe we'll be staying long." "Just as you say." "Well, make yourselves comfortable." "Thank you." "I know it's rather early, but can I offer you a drink?" "Perhaps Mrs Jenner." "I wouldn't care for one, thanks." "Oh no thank you." "I believe you telephoned the Police that you saw a little boy in this area?" "You saw my Erik?" "I don't know if it was little boy but just after I got up this morning .." "Is that the boy you saw?" "I'm his mother." "Yes, that's him." "─ Was he alright?" "As near as I could tell, yes." "─ He can't have gone very far." "Mrs Jenner, the Police will be here in a moment." "If Mr Henry's not mistaken, they'll have your little boy back." "But he's sure." "Aren't you Mr Henry?" "Oh yes, that's him." "No chance of a mistake." "We're wasting time." "Mrs Jenner, we will have to wait for the Police." "There is nothing else to do." "Are you sure this is the boy you saw?" "─ Oh, I'd bet on it." "Would you care for a cup of coffee?" "Mr Henry, would you tell me just how you happened to see Erik?" "When I went to the door, this morning, about 7 o'clock I suppose." "Just as I opened the door, a little boy ─ Erik." "His name is Erik." "Yes, Erik, was about to reach for my bottle of milk." "He must have been very hungry to steal." "He did look hungry." "He looked up at me as he grabbed the bottle and .." "His little face was .. sort of desperate, you know." "If only you had stopped him." "I don't mean to sound ungrateful but if only you had stopped him." "I suppose I could, but the little lad looked as if he needed it more than I." "So I just let him take it." "So you went without your milk." "─ After all, what's a pint of milk?" "Why do we stay here?" "We should be out looking for him .." "Mrs Jenner." "It wouldn't help anybody." "The Police are out doing that now." "Please don't think I'm complaining about the milk." "I wanted to help find the boy." "After all, that's the only reason I called the Police." "We appreciate it very much, Mr Henry." "Oh .. permit me." "[ Door knocks ]" "That's the Police now." "─ Oh yeah." "The Police." "Mr Henry?" "─ Yes." "I'm Superintendent Mackenzie." "─ Come in Superintendent." "Sorry to be so late, but traffic at this time of day is abominable." "It was Erik." "Mr Henry recognized the photograph." "Send out a district call, Johnson." "─ Right sir." "If the boy's anywhere in the area, we'll have him back for you in no time at all." "And thanks for your assistance, Mr Henry." "Not at all." "May I see that photograph again?" "I might still be of help in finding the lad if he's in the neighbourhood" "He's a fine looking little chap." "Mr Henry, if we should need you again, we can call on you?" "Of course." "You'll let me know if anything turns up." "I do hope you find him." "─ Thank you." "Shall we go by my office, Mrs Jenner?" "Oh couldn't we go later?" "I'd like to help look for .." "The London Police are very well trained." "I'm sure they will do the job better without the aid of a frantic mother." "Oh Mr Henry .." "I'm very grateful." "Goodbye." "─ Goodbye." "I'd like to stop by the restaurant where I work to let them know." "I don't want to lose my job." "─ Where is it?" "Sullivan's Restaurant, Bridge Road." "Bridge Road, Blackfriars." "It won't be a moment." "Erik." "You are Erik Jenner, aren't you?" "You remember me?" "Audrey Thompson." "I was at your house only last week." "Is my mother in there?" "She should have been here ages ago." "I don't know what's keeping her." "Why don't you come inside and wait, where it's warm and cosy?" "No thank you." "─ Now listen to me, Erik." "There's a nice ham sandwich inside, waiting for a little boy I know." "And a nice hot cup of chocolate that goes with it." "Now you just sit here." "It won't be a moment." "Here we are." "One ham sandwich." "Now you just wade into that." "And there's cake to follow." "I'll go and call your mother." "Oh, what a lovely gun." "May I see it?" "Excuse me, sir." "The little boy that was here ..?" "A strange child." "He didn't want any caps for his gun." "Elsa .. he was here five seconds ago." "Well, why didn't you keep him?" "─ I tried." "I took him in for some food." "Where's your telephone?" "─ In there." "Erik!" "Captain, he'll be killed." "Erik!" "Stop that boy!" "Captain!" "Captain!" "A lady says she saw a boy running down the street." "Hello." "Are you the friends of Erik?" "Erik Jenner?" "Are you from Scotland Yard?" "Ah, there's a bright lad." "Can't keep any secrets from you." "Have you a gun?" "A gun?" "No .. no." "Not on this case." "Look, tell you what." "How would you boys like to work for Scotland Yard?" "You mean, be detectives?" "Wow .. that sounds good." "No." "On second thoughts, I don't think it would work." "To be a detective you have to be silent, secret." "You mustn't give anything away." "I don't think you boys could stick to that." "Alright, alright." "But remember .. you're working for Scotland Yard." "We'll pay .. we'll pay a penny a day to each of you." "And to the one who finds him - the whole reward." "Here's your first penny." "What must we do?" "Search for Erik in all the places you used to play together." "I'll be in daily contact with you chaps." "Now remember: you're detectives." "Silent .. secret." "What make of dog do you call him?" "─ A bit of everything." "Have you got a license for him?" "─ A license?" "Yeah, I thought you would have." "Good morning, Mrs Jenner." "─ Good morning, Officer." "Hello, Mrs Jenner." "─ Hello, David." "Mrs Jenner." "─ Yes, David?" "Do you have any stale cake you want eating?" "Well .. alright." "Come on up." "Would you like a cup of tea, Officer?" "─ Well, I wouldn't say no mum." "I'm going to get the cake first." "If you're feeling tired ma'am, I'm pretty good at making tea." "Alright, we'll compromise." "You put on the kettle, and I'll fix the cups." "Very good, ma'am." "You wait here." "─ Yes, ma'am." "Benny, Take a good sniff." "─ Come on." "Come on." "Sniff it." "Go on." "Boys .. what in the world are you doing?" "─ Nothing." "David .. what are you hiding?" "─ Nothing, Mrs Jenner." "I wasn't taking it .. honestly." "We're only letting Benny sniff it." "─ Why?" "She's his mother." "I guess we can tell her." "Well, we're helping to look for Erik." "Oh David." "It's true." "And we're going to get paid." "A penny a day." "A whole penny." "Who was it who made you this magnificent offer?" "A man from Scotland Yard." "Down at the bombed ruins." "─ The bombed ruins, eh?" "Was he a Bobby?" "No, nothing as low as that." "He was a detective." "Maybe an Inspector." "Maybe the Commissioner himself." "Is this a real penny?" "Yes, it's a real penny alright." "─ You had me worried." "Any developments?" "No .. what's your theory about Mrs Jenner's "penny-man"?" "I think he's after information." "Did the kids give you any description of him?" "Hmm." "A dozen different ones." "The man could either be a midget or 9 feet tall." "He might also be a crank." "Yes, and he might also be the murderer." "With a pocket full of pennies?" "Suppose he's trying to get the gun, before you get to the boy." "Or the boy gets to you." "If I thought that, I'd put it in the newspapers." "And get that boy back as quickly as possible." "Great." "Before we trace the weapon, the murderer would be out the country." "Like that." "That's a chance I'll have to take." "If you'd taken chances ten years ago, we wouldn't even be discussing this now." "Or am I being too personal?" "─ You are, but go on." "Look." "You were the investigating officer on this case originally." "Now wouldn't it be worth a chance to have it cleared up once and for all?" "Only for me ego." "And that's not worth the gamble with a child's life." "I'm afraid we're very different Captain." "You are interested only in that gun." "We're also interested in the boy's safety." "But I think I have a plan where we can get them both." "Superintendent." "The murderer can't possibly cover this territory as well as you can." "You have 16,000 policemen on your side." "So?" "Well, if you're having troubles finding the boy .." "The murderer must be having his problems too." "That doesn't help us." "─ Look." "Give me 48 hours to work out my plan, without interference from newspapers." "At the end of that time, if I can't deliver .." "You can plaster it all over every newspaper in the country." "They told me you were a one-man Army." "They didn't tell me you were a one-man Police Force, too." "Well .." "So, the answer is no, huh?" "I'll give you 24 hours." "─ 24 hours?" "Captain, I'm sticking my neck out too far as it is." "You have 24 hours and don't overdo it." "I should hate to have to run you in on a charge." "And good luck." ""Yes?"" "Mackenzie speaking, sir." "I've given that American Captain 24 hours carte blanche." ""Going to set the world on fire, is he?"" "Well, probably he'll go over the old list of suspects." "Smithson the butcher, that chorus girl Eunice Reed, Vivienne Pasquale." "Probably the lot." ""He's wasting his time." "We've been over that road before."" "It's a well-travelled one, I grant you." "But maybe a new pair of eyes will see something I've missed." ""Let's give him 24 hours." "Can't do any harm."" "That's what I thought." "Thank you sir." "─ "Right."" "Come in." "How can I help you, friend?" "How can I help you, Captain?" "─ By answering a few questions." "What can I know that would interest you?" "─ Suppose we start with William Norton." "Norton .." "Norton?" "Can't say I ever .." "Oh come on, don't be coy with me, Smithson." "I know all about you." "You've got a Police file this thick." "─ Now wait a minute, young man!" "I don't have time." "You were in the black market with Norton up to your ears." "I was cleared." "My hands are clean." "I'm as honest as the next one." "You'd better get out of here." "I don't like your tone." "I don't like yours." "Maybe I can give you something to help you remember." "Anything!" "It's the truth." "I don't know anything." "You'd better start remembering." "That was just a sample." "Good afternoon, Mrs Jenner." "Why hello Mister .." "Henry." "You look tired." "Let me buy you that coffee." "Sit down." "Sit down?" "Why, I'd be fired on the spot." "Besides, this coffee is his." "And he looks to be getting impatient." "─ Have you found your son?" "Oh I thought you had." "I hadn't seen anything further in the newspapers." "It's not very important news I suppose." "─ Well, it is to me." "I really have to go." "Captain Andrews?" "That was his name, wasn't it?" "─ Yes." "I was wondering about his connection with you." "He didn't act like a friend." "No, he's not." "He's not anybody's friend." "You'll have to excuse me." "─ I'm sorry to have bothered you." "Oh that's alright." "Thank you for your concern." "Well after all, I am one of the interested parties." "Hello again." "Why, hello." "I wondered where you had disappeared to." "─ Oh, I'm flattered." "What I mean is, I turned around and you were gone." "I was jilted." "I didn't mean to be rude." "─ I am deeply hurt." "As you refused to have coffee with me, I refuse to let you go home on the bus." "In you get." "─ I am tired." "Not too tired I hope, to show me the way." "You know, I admire you for going back to work." "I suppose it does seem peculiar." "It's just that Erik stopped by the shop this morning." "I wasn't there." "I thought he might try again." "─ I wish I could do something to help." "Thank you." "But I suppose everyone is doing all that can be done." "There's a thing they can't do, I can." "─ What?" "Take you to dinner." "─ I can't." "Come on, you need cheering up." "Thank you, but maybe some other time." "Erik might come home tonight." "Oh, of course." "I'm being inconsiderate .." "I'm sorry." "You've been very kind." "─ Something else I can do for you?" "Slay a dragon?" "Take the rubbish can out?" "Run an errand?" "You've given me enough of your time already." "A lonely bachelor has plenty of time to do things for a lovely woman." "I'm also very partial to a home-cooked meal." "Oh, I'm a terrible cook, Mr Henry." "But if you want to take a desperate chance .." "I'm a desperate man, and since you insist." "Sure, I was quite close when the buzz-bomb hit." "Nearly got done in myself." "I'm none the worse for it." "─ I can see that." "Did you know Captain Norton well?" "─ We were neighbours." "Then one day, he started giving me this hands-across-the-sea stuff, and .." "Let's just say I knew him." "Did he ever tell you anything about himself?" "Such as what?" "Such as anything." "Listen mister, this was over ten years ago." "Besides, he was a nice fellow." "Always giving parties." "Lots of cigarettes." "American whiskey." "So why should I ask questions?" "If a girl starts asking questions, soon she's not invited to the party any more." "Did you know his fiancée Vivienne Pasquale?" "Fiancée?" "I could use another word." "Did she come to these parties too?" "Come to them?" "She moved in like a Chicago gangster." "She got all her nightclub crowd in and pretty soon the old bunch were out." "Can you remember anything about this "crowd" of hers?" "Sure." "They were a bunch of black-marketers and no-goods." "How about Norton?" "Hardly ever saw him again." "Until he was found dead." "You must excuse me." "I'm wanted." "Wait a minute honey, I'm not finished yet." "Then talk to Vivienne Pasquale." "That's what I wanted to ask you." "Where can I find her?" "Buy yourself a match." "Please sir, not in the line-up." "Really .." "Got a match?" "Only lonely men drink by themselves." "I'm waiting for somebody else, honey .. sorry." "You got a match?" "This is three packages tonight." "In that case, you are well supplied." "I save them for souvenirs." "I don't smoke." "If I know anyone that keeps old matches, I'll tell them to send them to you." "I think you'd like to burn a couple with me." "I am Vivienne Pasquale." "I'm Mark Andrews." "Won't you sit down?" "You a Policeman?" "─ No." "U.S, Army." "Oh waiter!" "─ Nothing for me." "Now." "What's your pleasure?" "Information." "I am not in that business." "I am a dance-hall hostess." "I bet you are very good at it." "─ Hmm." "That and an airplane ticket will take you to Paris." "What do you know about Captain Norton?" "Who is that?" "Captain William Norton of the United States Army Quartermaster Corps." "Now deceased." "Oh yeah .." "A lot can happen to a girl in ten years to make her memory a little fuzzy." "According to my information, you were engaged to him." "If you are going to be insulting, I will have to leave." "I shouldn't have come here in the first place." "You testified to that at the investigation." "Look mister, they told me I was." "And I let them think so." "That's all I'm going to say about it." "Now, what about my taxi fare?" "You wouldn't want me to lose money on this deal, would you?" "Five .. it's a long trip you know." "No." "I wouldn't know." "─ Well, you do now." "Exactly what was your relationship with Norton?" "Nothing." "He was too dull." "─ Then why won't you talk about him?" "Look, you are wasting my time." "─ I'll make it up to you." "Why do you drag all this up?" "I've told all I am going to." "Anyway, I don't remember." "I might have a couple of good reasons why you should remember." "Remembering costs plenty." "I've got an expense account." "Alright." "But not here." "─ Where?" "I am a working girl." "I have a living to make." "So meet me at my place after two. 25 Bell Street." "25 Bell Street." "And don't look so happy." "The night is young." "You should knock before entering a lady's bedroom." "Should I?" "Joshua!" "Oh, you remembered .." "I'm flattered." "What do you want?" "Well, don't we have time for small-talk?" "You know, such things as "long-time no see" or .." ""The passing years have treated .." ─ We don't!" "Of course, I forgot." "You have a date." "That's none of your business." "Now, get out!" "I thought we might talk over old times." "Start talking." "That's better." "I hate a scene." "You should have remembered that also." "You don't frighten me any more." "─ Oh but I should you know." "You should be very, very frightened." "What more could you do to me?" "I believed you when I loved you, and it was all lies." "Why should I believe your threats?" "You've grown older, Vivienne." "But not any wiser." "That's where you're wrong." "You'd be surprised how much wiser I've become since you came into this room." "For instance I see you now exactly as you are." "A silly little man with big ideas." "Nothing else." "You should never have come back, Joshua." "You silly little man .." "I think you're underestimating the situation." "Be smart." "Don't." "Goodbye, Vivienne." "Take care of yourself." "[ Door knocks ]" "I thought you lost my address." "No no." "You can't lose me." "I'm a bloodhound." "Come in." "It's getting late so I won't bore you with details." "Everything is in here." "The old story and the new." "So?" "So I need some help." "─ Who doesn't?" "Why don't you stop working so hard at being tough?" "I don't want to disappoint my father." "I need straight answers from you and I'm going to get them." "Stay where you are." "Don't try getting rough with me or my price goes up." "You helped in a murder." "Why?" "Why should I help you?" "To save a kid's life, that's why." "─ Kids are dying all over." "But you could save this one." "Maybe I won't be doing him such a favour." "In this stinking world, being dead and buried, sometimes it's a lucky break." "You aren't making any sense." "No?" "Look at me." "Take a good look." "What do you see?" "Honey, nobody forced you into this life." "Life ..?" "But you've got it all wrong." "I am dead." "But I won't fall down." "Do you hear me?" "I am dead." "And they bury me in this world!" "What good will be the testimony of a dead woman?" "It won't stand up in court." "I'll take a chance on that." "I know what it's like to .." "Be dead and not fall down." "Believe me, I know." "Believe you!" "How could you know?" "You want something from me so you will say anything." "Promise anything to get out of me what you want." "But after that you won't care, like all the others." "You are all alike." "All of you!" "Oh .. please leave me." "Leave me alone." "Leave .. me .." "Alright." "Alright, I'll go." "No." "No, don't go." "It's been a long time since I cried for anybody." "Even myself." "I sometimes look at the sky this way." "Hoping that maybe some day .. a star will fall down." "And hit me on the face." "And I wouldn't have to be me anymore." "That will be a real break." "I don't think so." "I think .." "I think you're nice." "It's been a long, long time since I've been called that." "Maybe you never gave anyone a chance." "Kiss me." "Kiss me on the lips." "Please .. kiss me." "You know something?" "You are nice." "Real nice." "You know something .." "I haven't been called that lately either." "Maybe you never gave anyone a .." "[ Gunshot!" "]" "[ Gunshot!" "]" "[ Gunshot!" "]" "[ Gunshot!" "]" "[ Gunshot!" "]" "[ Gunshot!" "]" "[ Gunshot!" "]" "[ Gunshot!" "]" "[ Gunshot!" "]" "[ Gunshot!" "]" "[ Gunshot!" "]" "How's he doing?" "He's alright." "Just a touch of concussion." "The girl?" "Vivienne Pasquale." "─ She's dead." "I know." "Her star has fallen down." "─ Huh?" "Nothing." "What time is it?" "3.30." "Am." "I wouldn't run around too much." "You're not as strong as you think." "Would you be able to identify the fellow?" "No, it was too dark." "Superintendent .. this just came through on the car radio." "I can give you something to make you sleep." "I haven't got time." "Well, looks like it's all over." "What?" "What .. what do you mean?" "A lad answering the general description of the Jenner boy .." "Was fished out of the Thames half an hour ago." "We shall need a positive identification." "I'll have an Officer fetch Mrs Jenner." "Oh no, please." "I'll go for her." "[ Door kñocks ]" "[ Door kñocks ]" "Yes?" "One moment." "What is it?" "─ May I come in?" "Yes." "What is it?" "What do you want?" "─ I'm .." "I'm terribly sorry." "Erik's hurt?" "They've .. taken a boy from the river." "So .. you'll have to come with me to .." "Identify .." "It's not Erik." "Too many tears tonight." "There will always be tears like mine." "So will the mother of the poor little boy lying in there." "And all the others whose hearts are full of pain tonight." "But you won't understand." "People like you never cry." "Sometimes, it's harder not to cry." "Come on." "I'll take you home." "Thank you very much, Captain." "You've been through quite a bit tonight." "I thought .." "Maybe you'd like to have a cigarette and relax for a few minutes." "Come in." "Aren't there any relatives of your husband's here in London?" "That might stay with you for a while?" "So you won't be .. so by yourself." "He was alone too." "He had no-one before I came along." "So, you married him." "He was kind." "Is that enough?" "I didn't need anything more." "I was sick of selfishness and inhumanity." "I need kindness then." "And he gave it to me." "And now?" "Now ..?" "Look." "I don't know." "Quite how to say this .. but .." "A person can .. can be wrong." "So wrong that, after a while .." "There is no right in anything, anywhere." "Why are you telling me this?" "I don't know .. except that .." "I want you to understand." "Give me that picture of Erik." "I'm going to bring the boy back to you." "If I have to turn this town upside down." "I'll bring your boy back to you." "Here, what are you doing there?" "Hey!" "Paper, mister?" "Here you are, Guv." "─ Thank you." "Late night final." "Read all about it." "Jenner boy still missing." "Jenner boy still missing." "Late night final." "Hello." "─ Hello, Elsa?" "Just a minute." "Mrs Jenner." "Mrs Jenner .. telephone." "Hello." "─ Hello, Elsa?" "Oh Mark, is there any news?" "Nothing specific, but don't be discouraged." "I had the picture printed up and they're plastering it all over town." "I'm breaking every law there is, and I'll probably end up in jail but .." "I told you I'd turn this town upside down." "Yes, yes you did." "Thank you, Mark." ""It will work Elsa." "And Elsa .."" "You let me know the moment you hear anything." "Good evening." "─ Oh hello." "Wine, steaks, caviar." "Elsa?" "Elsa .. hello?" "Hello!" "Oh Mark .." "I'm terribly sorry, someone just came in." "What were you saying?" "Not important." "Nothing that won't keep til later." "[ Door knocks ]" "Stay by the phone, will you .. bye." "Come in." "You wanted me, sir?" "─ That's right." "I want you to call up the Signal Corps." "Have them send over a fleet of loudspeaker trucks." "I want this announcement broadcast from every street corner in town." "You wanted ..?" "─ I don't care how many rules you break." "I want that kid back." "Tonight." "Yes, sir." "Oh, this is the duty citation on Corporal Bryant." "The incident on the rifle-range." "You have to fill it out and sign it." "─ Oh yes, yes." "Sir, I'll get busy on these trucks." "Okay, Bill." "What do you think you're doing?" "─ Helping." "Oh you want a job, is that it?" "Suppose they report me to the authorities for hiring you?" "You don't care, eh?" "What price do you put on your services?" "Come on .. what do you think you're worth?" "A penny?" "Well .. we can't call you unskilled labour." "Suppose we say six pennies?" "Well, you pick up anything I drop behind me." "Ta." "Here's your money." "That bit of effort must have given you an appetite." "Come on .. move." "Come on." "Look." "A couple of sandwiches Joe." "And give the boy one." "And a glass of milk, please." "Thanks." "Goodnight, Joe." "─ Goodnight." "When's your train, son?" "How much are those?" "─ They're free." "Goodwill builders." "[ Radio: ] "We interrupt this program to bring you a Police message."" ""Will anyone knowing the whereabouts of Erik Jenner."" ""Please report to the nearest Police Station."" ""Erik is the boy who ran away .."" ""After he accidentally shot and wounded his playmate, Johnny Ashton."" ""Tonight, the Ashton boy is completely out of danger."" ""The Police are doing everything to let Erik knows that he has nothing to fear."" "Here there!" "What about your milk?" "[ Telephone ]" "Telephone." "Hello?" "Oh Erik .. thank heavens." "Mr Henry .. it's Erik!" "I heard the man on the radio." "Can I .. can I come home now, mummy?" ""Of course you can come home."" "No." "Tell him to stay where he is, we'll come and get him." "My car's outside." "Erik." "─ "Yes"." "Stay where you are." "Do you understand darling?" "Don't move from where you are." "I'm coming for you." "─ Wait." "Find out where he is." "I'm so excited, I almost forgot." "Erik .. where are you?" ""I'm in a telephone booth, but I don't know where."" "Now look darling, go to the corner and look at the street sign." "Then come right back to the telephone and tell me." "Come out, please." "Come out." "─ Oh, is this your call?" "Yes." "─ Sorry." "I'm at the corner of Wyndham Street and Jason Road." "Alright my darling." "You stay right there and wait for us." "Where are you going?" "─ I've got to call Captain Andrews." "I'll call him, you get the coats." "─ Oh, thank you." ""Number please."" "Right." "Thank you, Captain." "You called him?" "─ He'll be here when we get back." "Oh wonderful." "Mummy!" "Mummy!" "My darling, I'm taking you home." "Why didn't you come back?" "I was afraid." "You don't have to be afraid anymore." "Oh no, never." "You'll be home soon with a nice hot dinner and a warm bed and bath." "You won't have to go to school tomorrow." "How's that, eh?" "Where the uh .. where's the gun?" "Oh let's not worry about the gun." "Don't you think we ought to clear this business up right now?" "It's my gun, and I'm going to keep it forever." "Mr Henry's right, Erik." "Where is the gun?" "Tell you what Erik, I'll buy you a new one." "A big one." "That one is awfully small for a big boy like you." "It was awfully little." "Can I have a six-shooter?" "You can have a seven-shooter if you want it." "Yes, anything you say." "Now, where is it?" "I hid it in the ruins." "─ Right." "You've just missed Mrs Jenner." "They went away in a car." "They?" "She was with another gentleman." "Oh ..?" "What did he look like?" "─ A dark-haired man with a moustache." "Has he ever been here before?" "─ Several times." "Do you blame him?" "I guess not." "Well, I'll stick around." "Cigarette?" "Not on duty sir." "I'm up for retirement next year and I'm taking no chances." "[ Radio: ] "Erik Jenner, please report to the nearest Police Station."" ""His description is as follows .."" "Who's he?" "He's the nice man whose milk you took that first morning." "I never took his milk." "That's stealing." "You said, never to steal." "You didn't see him, but he saw you when you took it from his front door." "But I didn't take his milk." "Cross my heart." "Erik, Mr Henry told us that he saw you .." "Take it." "How did you know it was a little gun?" "Unfortunately, it was my gun Mrs Jenner." "This is one of the circumstances I couldn't control." "No Erik, don't show him where the gun is." "Erik is going to be a sensible boy, aren't you Erik." "Yes, Mrs Jenner .." "I'm sorry." "Well Erik, here's the bombsite." "Now, where did you hide that gun?" "Don't tell him." "Run away Erik, run!" "Come back!" "Come back here!" "Another one." "I tell you Captain, it takes a daring man to step off the kerb these days." "You think you ought to go there?" "Shouldn't leave my post." "A man on the beat will be there." "Still .." "─ Go ahead." "I'll stay here." "I can square with the Inspector." "You're sure it will be alright?" "─ Sure." "First bit of action I've seen in days." "I've called for an ambulance." "Is she alive?" "─ Just about." "Captain .." "Captain Andrews!" "It's Mrs Jenner." "No .. no .. no!" "Now, no more nonsense." "Where's that gun?" "It's .." "─ Yes?" "It's at the house." "Show me." "Her pulse is good." "She'll be alright." "Stand back will you." "─ Come on." "Stand back everyone, please." "Come along, please." "Please, everyone." "How you doing Elsa?" "─ Mark." "He's after Erik." "He wants the gun." "Now take it easy." "─ He'll kill him." "He's your murderer." "It's Joshua Henry." "In the ruins." "Erik ran in the ruins, and he ran after him." "Don't worry about me." "Just help Erik." "Just help Erik." "Take care of her." "Come on, hurry up!" "T-G"