"Why is an SS Officer coming here?" "You'll be working closely with Dr. Huth." "So his supports will not be a mystery" "We're going to be busy." "You and I." "New York Times." "American." "A journalist." "And a liar." "I need you to check on someone." "Draw a pistol and keep your wits about you." " What are they going to do?" " I don't know." "not collaborators like you lot!" " He's called John Spode." " He's after Douggie." "sir?" "John Spode is Resistance." "They want to control me and get to me through my son." "♪ The service of my love. ♪ my country ♪" "♪ All earthly things above ♪" "♪ Entire and whole and perfect ♪" "♪ The service of my love ♪" "♪ The love that asks no questions... ♪" "Superintendent Archer." "Headmaster." "So vital we keep up our standards." " Yes." " (DOOR OPENS)" "(Door opens)" "Enjoying the show?" "A hymn about a patriotic sacrifice." "How quaint." "Where's the man in charge?" "What's the meaning of this outrage?" "Outrage?" "Please." "Don't talk to me like that." "It sets such a bad example." "Who are you?" "I'm the headmaster." "Where is he?" "Speak up!" "A man called John Spode." "With one arm." "He's working with the choir." "The new fellow?" "He..." "I don't know." "he might be somewhere." "Then we must find him." "The man is a suspected Resistance fighter." "I hope you find him." "_" "The area is being secured." "the SS is not needed here." "I must insist that his civil liberties are not infringed." "I will be the one to take him into custody." "Superintendent." "You'll have scared him away." "But we'll have a thorough check all the same." "We are here to help... if that's what you fear." "I don't know him." "Tell them!" "I know you are." "Tell them I'm innocent!" "are you going to just stand there and watch?" "Sir." "Douggie." "Douggie come here." "Sylvia?" "I know about the Trafalgar Square business." "of course." "Of course." "But surely she was followed too?" "The man assigned to her was not experienced enough." "Not for an agent like her." "You did not realise?" "A man like you?" "We should have put her in the bag when we had the chance." "She smelled trouble and got out." "Or perhaps someone warned her." "Stay here." "Sergeant." "You can take Inspector Archer's son home for him." "We have work to do." "Where's Mrs. Sheenan?" "She's gone to collect Bob." "I hear." "Can I go to Tim's?" "you're going nowhere." " But why?" " Because I said." "(Door closes)" "Harry." "Glad you could trust me for something." "Why didn't you tell me you were onto this Spode?" "You know damn well why." "You trust that bloody kid Dunn more than you trust me." "And I've known you for 15 years. without those Nazis terrorising kids for God's sake!" "Do you think that was the last thing I wanted? and I wasn't sure you wouldn't put your country above a friendship." "I wouldn't blame you." "One thing I will tell you..." "Dunn... he doesn't have the experience to handle a case like this." "It's too dangerous." "(Front door opens)" "Move." "It's fine." "Don't think about it." "(Door closes)" "Mrs. Sheenan." "The children were held back." "Processed." "Some older ones taken away." "I'm sorry to hear that." "Take off your coat." "Mrs. Sheenan?" "I'm going to The Two Brewers with Sergeant Woods." "Don't answer the door to anyone." "What is it you want?" "Hmm?" "No Resistance?" "No hope?" "Huh?" "What I want is PC Dunn as well as you working on this case." "Young blood." "All right?" "did you see the way Mrs. Sheenan looked at me?" "And she likes me." "you're in a pickle all right." "resign?" "your ration book taken away?" " You've got a son." " Don't I know it. aren't you?" "Harry." "I nearly forgot." "You got an invitation." "Do you remember someone called Sydney Garin?" "little Armenian art dealer." "Graf Von Garin now." "Famous expert on Aryan art." "art treasures to the Germans... sell for them." "he phoned and invited you to some big do tomorrow night." "Black tie." "that's new." "I wonder what he's got planned for me." "maybe you shouldn't go." "An antique dealer might know something about the Shepherd Market murder. just like he is." "Doug." "You walk around with your eyes half-shut. and it's only going to get worse." "And you don't trust me." "And you can't trust yourself." "Harry." "being Huth's man... doesn't look good to some people." "on the streets." "Thanks for the beer." "So good of you to come and see me." "fantastic." "Standartenfuhrer Huth?" "Enigmatic." "Yes." "the Shepherd Market murder seems to have piqued his interest." "I understand that he's trying to piece together some charred remains of some documents you found." "You expect him to find anything?" "It would be easier to put Humpty Dumpty back together." "Humpty Dumpty!" "What is that?" "yes?" "Perhaps the celebrated policeman can explain to his confused superior the niceties of property law under military occupation." "General." "Military intelligence." "Old Von Ruff is disconsolate that control of Britain will soon be passed from the Commander-in-Chief of his beloved Army to a Reichskommissar from our own SS ranks." "Then we'll see who has the King's horses." "Curiously named... they call it Rotten Row." "Blame the French." "Rue De Roi." "Rue De Roi." "Rotten Row." "They must have known something." "(Door opens)" "(Footsteps)" "Scientific formulae." "and he burned it." "They steal the papers and destroy them." "These Resistance are playing a funny game." "My guess is they'll try to contact you again soon." "could be anyone." "Say yes to whatever they want." "Get their proposition." "Their proposition was to kidnap my son." "To blackmail you." "Show them they can trust you." "They'd do better by negotiation than by terror attacks." "I want to control this situation." "And will the Resistance really do better by negotiating?" "that's what I want you to tell them." "I'm a reasonable man." "Let me hear their demands." "Whoever gives me Spode can expect favours." "if I intercede." " (PHONE RINGS)" " They should know that." "Yeah?" "(He hangs up phone)" "We have a tip-off about your secretary." "Is this her?" "Yes." "(Footsteps on stairs)" "I'll check the roof." "Can't get away this time." "I suppose you've brought your friends to catch me?" "Did you help John Spode go after my son?" "didn't I?" " I told you." " What were you thinking?" "Douggie would have been safe with me." "John wouldn't have harmed him." "How the hell would you know?" "Sie bleiben hier." "Anything?" "The door was damned hard to open." "So she wouldn't have been able to?" "No." "Did you know she was modelling for this decadent?" "She's full of surprises." "this Sylvia." "1600 hours." "A routine check uncovered a Resistance vehicle." "A film can was hidden inside the spare wheel." "Have a seat." "bitte." "(Triumphal music plays)" "As the citizens of benighted Europe are drafted en masse" "Uncle Sam considers which way to turn." "Great Britain is pinning its hopes on this gentleman." ""I'm your man!" says Rear Admiral Connolly." "confirmed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill before his rumoured execution." "But lawyers for Herr Hitler are denying his claims." "They want to take control of the British Embassy in Washington." "Admiral..." "you're going to need it." "Such even-handed reporting." "This is two weeks old." "The only way it could have been smuggled into the country was on board the inaugural flight from New York." "So there was a sympathiser on board the plane?" "not police business. has been asking questions about you of our press attache." "I suppose I make an interesting story for outsiders." "All encounters with her I will expect to be reported." "Understood?" "any hunches?" "sir." "then." "(Jazz music plays)" "Superintendent." "Mr. Garin." "Good of you to invite me." "Superintendent." "Quite a melange tonight." "Everyone here except the Prime Minister." "I've seen this before." "what a memory you have." "It once belonged to the Tate." "And now it's for sale?" "all the museums have to get rid of things. can't expect the German administration can we?" "no." "We find it cleaner and more business-like to buy from museums then re-sell to our clients in our own time." "I should imagine." "The mind of a policeman." "Something a little more specialist?" "Some of our German friends can't get enough of the occult stuff." "We had half a notion that Herr Himmler himself was going to grace us with his presence this evening." " Himmler's in London?" " So they say." "I hope the Resistance don't hear that." "They'd probably launch a mortar attack." "good evening." "you know Bernard Staines from Oxford days." " Hello." " Bernard." "I was coach of the eight when Douglas got his blue." "Douglas." "these days people like to go to their clubs and let their hair down without worrying a policeman might be listening." "good." "if anyone thinks he can relax anywhere in this town he's a fool." "Bernard." "And don't you forget it." "Things will get better." "But only if we make them better." "And how would we do that?" "Do you really want to know?" "I do." "maybe we should have a chat later." "There's someone here I'd like you to meet." "Of course." "Splendid." "I'll catch you." "Miss Barga." "What a nice surprise." "You may compliment me on the dress." "cost me three months' salary." "It left me speechless." "Superintendent." "Are you buying tonight?" "I've no more space on my walls." "Though I do like the Turners." "Apparently it's being shipped off to Goering tomorrow." "And he's getting eight or nine decadent surrealist pieces confiscated from non-Aryan owners." "does Garin." "Smooth as silk and twice as slippery." "But he sure knows how to throw a party." "Takes me back to my days in high school." "In the Midwest?" "Wisconsin." "My boyfriend was on the football team and I was a cheerleader." "then." "We could give it a try." "♪ Never stray ♪" "♪ From my side ♪" "♪ If you love me... ♪" "Superintendent!" "you mustn't believe everything you read about policeman and their feet." "I used to dance quite a lot at one time." "Superintendent." "That's a terrible thing." "And you have a little boy too." "I'm not alone in misfortune." "I like that you still wear the ring." "So you've been making enquiries about me?" "It's a part of the job." "Though I should have caught your name and realised you were Archer of the Yard." "Do you mind not being recognised?" "Not being recognised is part of my job." "So what happened to the football player in Wisconsin?" "I married him." "Any progress on that murder case?" "did you?" "I... mister." "Are you still married?" "that's more like it." "you know that?" "SHE SINGS QUIETLY:" "♪ Never stray from my side ♪" "♪ If you love me ♪" "♪ Do not hasten to bid me adieu. ♪" "will you?" "Excuse me." "Thank you for tearing yourself away from Miss Barga." "You know her?" "er... she's a popular girl." "And you seem popular with her." "Married woman." "Divorcee." "Archer." "Good to see you." "Colonel Mayhew." "How's your friend Harry Woods?" "back when I used to play." "Grumpy." "He's finding it difficult." "Difficult for us all." "have the family factories been taken by the Germans?" "my boy." "A question of time." "It's bridge." "Penny a point." "Never thought I'd see the day when I'd have to start an evening like this with a pack of used cards." "Archer." "We met at a counterintelligence briefing before the war." "Mayhew here reminded me." "There's no man I'd rather have with us this evening." "Sir Robert." "But I'm afraid bridge isn't my strong suit." "then." "Wonderful." "Haven't played whist since the trenches." "Thank you." "I have the character flaw of only enjoying cards if it's for money." "if it came out... hence the secrecy." "our host seems to be nicely in with the Germans." "It may be that Mr. Garin's closeness with the Germans isn't entirely selfish." "I had wondered." "In light of present company." "you can understand the rankings." "With the Germans I find it quite mystifying." "sd..." "Wehrmacht." "You're probably the best-placed Briton in the country" "Archer." "What a thing to be." "I'm guessing that the SS are trumps." "Would you agree?" "Not exactly. but the same is true of the German armed forces." "The SS can't touch them." "we're playing cards." "I'm glad that you confirm that." "Some of the army chaps have been most helpful to us." "they might have to be more circumspect." "Some of the army are anti-Hitler?" "mostly." "Old-school." "Can't abide the SS and their bully-boy ways." "what about these fellows with honorary SS ranks?" "Himmler uses those to muzzle and bribe his opponents." "Some of those men are his most bitter enemies." "I've made a trick." "So the SS is divided within itself and at war with the German Army?" "And yet they managed to beat us." "Rear Admiral Connolly?" "he's a cool customer." "To walk off an aircraft carrier in Nova Scotia and declare yourself the leader of Free Britain... and yet he's only a Commander on the Naval List." "I think." "Oh." "Mm." "Thank you." "De Gaulle?" "He escaped to England when France fell." "as I remember... promoted himself to General and declared himself the voice of France." "But it never really came to anything." "This is different." "Connolly was acting on the instructions of the War Cabinet. when he himself refused to go on one of the flying boats that left for Iceland at the very end." "So I heard." "But no-one on this side of the Atlantic really knows anything about it." "That's less important than shoring Connolly up for now." "His position in Washington is tenuous. and that would be a bad blow for Connolly's prestige over there." "So you're in touch with him?" "Have you heard the rumours that the King is unwell?" "Some people are saying he's been moved from the Tower of London to St. George's." "I know there's an SS Special Security Battalion that's been quartered beside it at Hyde Park Corner." "It's quite a force." "You can't be thinking of trying to free him?" "Of course not." "Why was I invited here this evening?" "Is there some connection with the Shepherd Market murder?" "shall we?" "We need nothing of you." "Except loyalty to your country." "We're at the knife's edge." "What about this fellow Huth?" "Could he be of value to us?" "In what venture? but how can that help you? as we have with the German Army." "That's what he wants." "Though it could easily be a trap." "He wanted me to be "open to offers"." "do you trust him?" "Could he be... useful to us?" "but unpredictable." "And Kellermann?" "Predictable and not so clever?" "I think that's the way he'd like to be seen." "Harry Woods calls them Laurel and Hardy." "and we're occupied by them." "I'll be the go-between." "Tell me what I have to do." "wait a minute." "Bernard..." "Let's..." "I need to get to know him better." "This is a massive risk to take." "we..." "Douglas." "We've taken one by telling you as much as we have." "You have nothing to fear." "I think that's enough for tonight." "I have to get going." "just a moment." "These gentlemen owe us money." "Staines." "Sir Robert." "Thank you." "(She sighs)" "All those terrible people there tonight." "I've seen the same sort of greedy-eyed politicians from Chaco to Addis Ababa." "black shirts..." "They're all after the same thing." " Coloured shirts?" " (SHE LAUGHS)" "That... and grabbing as much of the world as possible." "Sounds like you've been in a lot of wars." "I was 18 when my paper sent me down to Paraguay to cover the fighting in Chaco." "Spain." "I was in Abbeville when the German Panzer Divisions arrived." " It's a strange job for a woman." " Oh!" "Don't be such an English stuffed shirt!" "So you were 18 when you saw your first war?" "What did your father say?" "He owned the newspaper." "Ah." "And you..." "You went into the police force?" "Is this off the record?" "You can trust me." "I wanted to set the world to rights." "(SARCASTICALLY) Hold the front page." "I know." "This isn't the way to The Dorchester." "Who said I was still there?" "I'm renting now." "My lady. but they need the cars back for the other guests." "That's all right." "I can phone the Yard for a car." "Your own car." "You must be important." "That's what people keep telling me." "You know they've had 14 break-ins along here in the last three months." "I can stand by the window if you like." "this looks like a suite at the Dorchester." "But a lot more private." "Only problem is it's cold." "(Lighter clicking)" "Let me." "Superintendent?" "please." "People are calling me Douglas now." "It's all part of the new mood of informality that the newspapers say that war brought." "eh?" "I think I like that better than Superintendent." "So would you?" "Would I what?" "Like coffee?" "I have real grinds." "They're hard to come by." "How real is your Brandy?" "Plenty real." "Bring it over." "Winter in this town is going to kill me if I don't find some way of keeping warm." "Maybe there I can help?" " Cheers." " Cheers." "See how freezing I am?" "Maybe you're cold blooded." "I must be." "that's cosy." "Don't tear anything." "I might not get another Paris gown as long as I live." "You're not going?" " I must." " To go home?" "it's a bit early for the office." "Don't be irritable." "I'm just trying to discover if there's someone else." "Not that I know of." "I have to get back for my son." "(WHISPERS) Kiss me." "Those people you spoke with tonight..." "Colonel Mayhew and Staines." "Don't tell them "no." "Tell them "yes. or tell them "maybe." "But don't tell them "no." "Was it them who told you to go along to the antiques shop that day?" "No." "Then what were you doing there..." "Doug?" "Any other advice for me? says that Bernard Staines met with Roosevelt three times in the last month." "One of those meetings took place on the Presidential yacht and lasted nearly two hours." "Douglas." "don't go back there and say "no deal." "What if I did?" "Then they'd kill you." "You know too much now to be allowed to stay uncommitted." "I've seen a thousand guys like this all over the world." "If it came to choosing between your life do you think they would hesitate for one moment?" "Can I use your phone?" "CID duty officer." "Archer!" "Why do you think we authorise a car service for these big parties?" "So we know where everyone goes." "Are you still with the girl?" "sir." "Stay there." "I'm sending someone to bring you to me." "(Aeroplanes overhead)" "Herr Archer." "(Footsteps)" "If you are as clever as I am told... you will have deduced how important this case is to us." "And why would that be?" "Spode was an atomic physicist." "It looks like the Resistance killed him because he was continuing his work under the Germans." "But not under the SS." "Or Dr. Huth wouldn't need to bring in his own expert to determine what caused those burns on his corneas." "Hmm." "Go on." "Well... the Army being in control of a secret atomic programme doesn't it?" "Only if an atom bomb really is within their grasp." "It would have the ability to wipe out perhaps even an entire city." "That is why it is imperative that we find the brother alive." "Schlussene." "The final act." "Your operation to take control of the atomic bomb." "Precisely." "Then the Reich will be truly invincible." "I was under the impression you thought you already were." "(He chuckles)" "Archer." "it will be an end to all war... prosperity and order." "We'll bring our industries here." "Bosch." "Siemens." "Your people will be fully employed." "This country will be transformed." "Into what?" "Superintendent. day and night." "Yes." "Come on." "I'm going to give you a lesson you will never forget." "Just wait." "You will see what your friends are like." "This is the area where I used to live." "Why are you bringing me here?" "What's going on?" "This was my home." "(Generator starting)" "Jimmy!" "working for the German huntsmen." "The gallant British patriots." "Are you proud of them?" "man." "This is your doing!" "(He laughs)" "So at last a flicker of emotion." "I thought I would never see it." "Jimmy was just doing his job." "The gallant patriots of the Resistance murder him." "And you punch me." "My wife died here!" "They were the ones who chose to put the body here." " When did they find him?" " 22:47 hours." "every two hours." "Not exactly making things difficult for The Partisans." "This is an announcement that they intend to kill you don't you?" "No feelers yet?" "Nobody asked you any subtle questions about how you like working for the Huns?" "No." "Curious." "Since your reputation has grown" "I would have expected some whining and sniffing around you by now." "well I'll go home and wait for a carrier pigeon!" "Save your humour for Harry Woods." "Sergeants have to laugh at their superiors' jokes." "the American journalist?" "She just wanted a story." "it seems." "These are dangerous people." "Don't try and play both ends against the middle." "the axe never mourns the tree it fells." "Mr. Archer?" "Go to bed." "Is it your wife you're thinking of?" " I know how you must feel." " How can you possibly know... how I must feel?" "I..." " Leave me in peace." "Please." "Yeah." "(He sobs)" "Jimmy was our last boy left." "Doug." "You did this." "These people will turn on anyone they start to doubt." "Let him go!" "What the hell are you doing here with German Army Intelligence?" "Captain." "Listen to me!" "Listen to me!" "We don't have much time." "Douglas." "I hear people lie to me all the time."