That's Baxter, all right!
Hello, old chap. Sorry if I'm late.
Gunfire
So...
Good, good. Get aboard.
Alarm clock
Morning, Daniel. Good morning, Brett. How are you?
Well, it's quite a pleasant morning. Yeah.
A little on the chilly side. Yes, on the chilly side.
How did you sleep? Oh, like a tot.
I watched television to about 11.
Then I turned on the electric blanket
and dropped off into noddy land.
Good for you, pal.
What about you? Did you sleep well?
Yeah, pretty good. There was a small plane
that woke me up early in the morning.
Just for a few minutes, then I went back to bed.
I must admit, I rather like roughing it.
But I miss the morning papers.
The morning...? Come here.
Come here, come here.
Take a deep breath.
Yes, it's air.
It's air, no pollution.
No smog.
Quiet, beautiful.
Beautiful...
Might I ask what you're doing?
Yes.
Well then, what are you doing?
Well, I'm making a fishing pole.
Then I'm going down that there lake
and I'm gonna catch us a couple of catfish.
Daniel, why go to all that trouble
when we have a deep-freeze full of fine Canadian rainbow?
Oh, your worshipful lordship,
when I said a back-to-nature holiday, this is what I had in mind.
Not this hotel of yours.
You could hardly call it living in the lap of luxury.
I clean my own shoes, make my own bed, even prepare my own breakfast.
Well, that's tough. That's real tough.
I bet up to now you used to think
the balcony in your London apartment was the great outdoors?
Well, out here, at least you have to fend for yourself.
Yes, well, I think I'm fending rather well.
Yeah, well, I don't want any part of the way you're fending.
For me, coming out here is like cleansing the soul.
I want to scratch my food out of the ground.
And if I can't get any food from there,
then I'm gonna go hungry.
Would you care for a cup?
Um, no.
No.
You could have said so before.
Why don't you go and fish?
All right, I'm going.
I'm gonna catch us a couple of two-pounders
before you can even perk your tea.
Brew, brew. Perk!
Sings to himself
good morning, mr Baxter. Good morning.
My name is schubert, Franz schubert.
Welcome back to england. Thank you. It's nice being here.
Excuse me, but my name isn't Baxter. Not Baxter?
No.
Forgive me, I've made a mistake. Oh, that's all right. Good morning.
Goodbye.
Toodle-doo!
Woman's voice: Baxter?
Baxter... Baxter!
Would you believe it?
Baxter?
Baxter.
Baxter!
Hums to himself
♪ bom, bom, bom...
♪ da-da, bom, bom, bom...
Who's that?
Take it easy.
Can't you...? Take it easy.
Mutters
Baxter.
Baxter, Baxter...
Hey, what are you...? Vital.
Please!
What are you doing?
Hey! Make sure it gets to...
What? ..To...
What?
You gotta have a key.
Mr Baxter?
No. I didn't think you would be.
Pity.
"Come in. Over."
I've found him. He's dead.
No sign of the case. Over.
"Then they must have it.
"Now we have no alternative. Condition seven."
Seven? "That's right.
"Recovery at all costs. All operatives are authorised to kill.
"Over and out."
Don't you worry.
I don't think this is going to work. No?
It's as solid as a rock.
Rock, right. It feels like a rock, too.
Hey, you could file your way through the chain.
File...? It's be quicker to rust my way through the chain.
If only we had some acid. That's it!
Acety... what's the torch?
Acetylene. Acetylene torch. You have one?
No, I forgot to pack it. Very remiss of me.
Blacksmith! That's what I'll do. I'll go to the village and...
Daniel, I would love to know what's in this case.
I don't care what's in the case.
I wanna go to the police, let them take this off,
and tell them about the guy in the parachute.
That's all I wanna do. See you later.
I wouldn't do that, Daniel. Do what?
Go in that direction. Why not?
Because the village is that way.
Now, if you keep going through the woods for eight miles,
you'll hit a road.
Turn left, six miles down the road brings you right into the village.
Six miles... would you like to come along?
No, it's not my case.
See you later.
Oh, Daniel... Yes?
See if you can pick me up a copy of the times, will you?
Door opens sorry to disturb you, sir.
We've just had word from our people up in the forest landing zone.
They've got the case? I'm afraid not, sir.
But somebody's picked it up. Who?
We don't know yet, sir.
Our government has paid £250,000 for this key and the case it will open
and I intend we shall have value for our money.
Of course, sir. I'm sure our chaps are doing their best.
They've instituted condition seven.
Not enough.
Get onto the county police up there.
Invent some cock and bull story
about an armed murderer or something.
Have them institute a massive manhunt,
house-to-house searches, everything. Sir.
Offer rewards for the recovery of the case.
Make sure whoever has it has no-one to turn to for help.
Make him the loneliest, most friendless man in the world.
Of course, sir.
Good morning. Good morning.
Hi.
I found him!
Gunshots
All right, what do you want? Don't come that innocent stuff!
What do you want? Who is it? What is it? What do you want?
Who is it? What do you want? You'll never get out alive!
Who are you? You haven't got a chance!
What do you mean by a chance?
Britten? Britten!
Are you all right? I'll live.
He's good.
He's very good.
Who is he? American accent.
Could be CIA. They like to dress the part.
More likely freelance.
Schubert. Or one of his men.
Schubert? I didn't reckon on him.
He's probably the best independent in the business.
Now, he could give us trouble. Could?
He is.
This is the situation I hate most.
Kill or be killed. I'll call our people into the section.
No sign of him here. Let's get back. Ok.
I'm not talking to you.
Evening, sir. Oh, good evening, constable.
It's young lord sinclair, isn't it?
Well, that's the nicest thing that's been said to me in a long time.
Must be years since I saw you, sir.
You were only a little lad.
And if you don't mind me saying so, sir, quite a handful.
What with the girls... Yes, well, as you say,
that was a long time ago.
You wouldn't care for a glass of cooking Sherry, would you?
Thank you very much, sir, but not on duty.
Yes, I rather expected you would say that.
It's a little off your beat, this part of the forest, isn't it?
Aye. Well, we've got trouble, you see.
I'm afraid I'm gonna have to ask you to pack up and move out.
Oh?
Why?
Ah, well, I can't ask you to move off your uncle's land exactly, sir.
But it'd be best for you.
What sort of trouble? Escaped murderer at large, sir.
Very violent, they say.
We're mounting the biggest manhunt in this district for years.
Violent?
Well, in that case, I'll take a room at the pub in the village.
Would you send a truck up to collect my things?
Very good, sir.
Do you have a description of this man?
Bit vague.
About six foot,
American, dark,
and carrying a black attache case.
Cheerio, your lordship.
Drone of car approaching
Did you get them?
Your orders are carried out as always, sir.
Good, good.
Get dressed. You'll be able to move around much more freely.
Police are coming in from miles around.
Now...
You have only one object.
Find the man with the case,
kill him and bring it to me.
Good luck.
One little incentive.
£5,000 for the man who gets the case.
Dogs whimper
What have you gotta hang around with me for?
Nothing personal either.
Five to four you're behind the door waiting to jump on me?
How did you find me? Elementary, my dear Daniel.
This is the only building for miles around
so obviously the police searched it first.
After that, it's a logical place to hide out.
You've got a devious mind. I try to think like you.
All right, why are they shooting at me?
What are they trying to jump me for?
Did I insult anyone? What's up?
Well, according to the police, you're a wanted, violent murderer.
What are you talking about? Well, that's what they say.
I don't care what they say. They're using that as a cover.
What they're after is this case.
Why? Why?
All I know is, they keep trying to shoot at me to get at this case.
Must be a slight misunderstanding.
Misunderstanding? Oh, that's great.
Know what it's gonna say on my tombstone? "Here lies Danny wilde,
an honest man and good, who died of several gunshot wounds,
"because he was misunderstood."
Laughs
that's terrible. I don't know...
There is a simple solution to this, Daniel.
We just go along to the police,
tell them the whole story and they remove the case.
Oh, thanks a lot. Excuse me, but there's one little flaw.
Oh, I missed something?
There's a lot of guys dressed up as policemen.
They've been offered £5,000 if they kill me to get to this case.
Dressed up as policemen? Right.
It's a serious offence in this country
to impersonate a police officer.
Oh, really? What do they give you for murder? A parking ticket?
Daniel?
There's a truck outside.
Do you think you could start it without a key?
Sure I can.
The case is as good as off! You think so?
Come on, Daniel.
Oh, I think I see.
Good. Yeah.
Right, into the back of the truck.
I get it. I think I get what you've got in mind.
Put your arm down as far as you can.
Ah, put this round here.
So, have you ever done this before?
Have faith.
Have I ever failed you? Yes.
Don't you trust me? No.
Well, I'm touched, truly touched!
You could say that again.
I mean, I'm touched by your confidence.
I see. Ok.
I mean, do you really know what you're doing?
Engine revs
Steady revving
Oh, wonderful!
Dear, oh, dear. We might as well pack up and go home.
I've got buyers waiting for that case.
I've got to deliver, got to!
Look, we don't have a chance, not against this many people.
If only I could reduce the opposition, end the search.
It can be done.
I'm going to the car. You'll meet me here at dawn.
What are you gonna do? Out-think them.
Simply out-think them.
And don't waste your time after I've gone. Keep searching!
If only your benefactor had told you where to take this.
Unfortunately, he died before he could tell me.
Very inconsiderate of him.
Oh, you're not gonna open it that way.
You're just gonna hurt your manicure.
You know, whoever this case belongs to has got the key.
Right? Admirable logic.
But where does it get us? Nowhere.
Well now, if we get the case open, we'll have some clue, an address.
You're not gonna get it open.
You need to be Superman with the X-ray eyes to look inside.
That's what you have to do. X-rays.
X-rays, that's it! You got it, huh?
There's a nursing home ten miles from here run by dr Rogers.
I knew him when I was a child. He must be an old doctor.
Ho, ho, ho. Now I won't tell you what he's got.
He has X-ray equipment.
Can we go there with the truck? Of course.
Now, what are we gonna do? I have a better idea.
Yeah, what? We'll walk.
Ok, good. Fortunately, I know these woodlands
like the back of my hand.
So we'll be able to take evading tactics. All right. Oh, capitan...
Dr Rogers?
Anybody about?
God bless my soul! Young Brett!
Nice to see you. It must be years.
Doctor, this... If you don't mind, I'll take that.
Put it away somewhere safe.
I remember I treated you for measles when you were a lad. Measles, yes.
That's right. Funny thing was,
within a week of you getting it,
every young woman in the district had got it.
Yes, well, that was a long time ago. Sneezes
gesundheit.
The friend gesundheiting you is Danny wilde.
How do you do, sir? Pleasure to meet you.
I understand you've got an X-ray machine.
X-ray? Oh, yes, yes!
We're here to consult you about a case.
Oh, no, I don't see cases any more. I'm not practising now.
Doctor, I don't mean that kind of a case. I mean this kind.
Are you selling something? No, I just want you to X-ray it.
But I'm not practising any more!
Doctor, we're aware of that but we'd like you to do us a favour.
Just remember all those cases of measles I put your way.
Oh, yes, well, it sounds very odd to me, but if it's what you want.
Come along!
Hey, you! Get that uniform off.
What for? Come on.
Come on, get it off!
There are too many people searching for that case, too much competition.
I have a way to get rid of them.
How?
By giving them what they want.
And what they want...
Is a black case...
..Attached to a man.
Hey! What are you doing?
I should start running.
Hey, look, now wait...
If I was found with this, they'd shoot me on sight.
Start running.
Of course, this place hasn't been used as a nursing home for years.
Really? Yeah.
I live here all alone now.
Research is my main interest.
I'm trying to find a cure for the common col... sneezes
Daniel.
If the place is empty, it might be a good idea
if you were to hole up here until the heat's off.
Good thinking. Go ahead.
Dr Rogers, we were wondering, as you have no patients,
whether we might not stay here for a few days.
Well, I don't see why not.
There's dozens of empty rooms upstairs.
I've got my niece staying with me for a few days' holiday.
But I'm sure she won't mind.
You'll be very welcome.
She'll probably be glad of a bit of company.
I'll develop this and see what we've got. Thank you, doctor.
What's his niece like?
No idea.
With your luck, could be seven and collects toads.
Which would make it lucky for her.
This is not the man I saw. I don't imagine he was in it alone.
Probably passed it on. It's not important, anyway.
We've got this. That's all that matters.
Could you take that off his wrist? Sir.
I hope it's been worth all the trouble it's taken.
It's the biggest break we've ever had.
Thank you for your assistance, gentlemen. The hunt is over.
It's like I always say,
give the people what they want and they go away happy.
Laughs
could this be hi-fi equipment?
It could be a tape recorder of some kind.
You mean, I've been carrying around Sinatra in stereo?
I rather like him. What is this stuff?
Do you have any idea? Yes, yes. It's obviously electronic equipment.
This shaded area is probably documents.
And the blacked-out part will be lead shielding.
The rays won't go through that.
The leading exponent of the electronic field
is a gentleman by the name of William wilton.
He happens to be a friend of mine.
I'm going to find my car and take this off to him.
Can I come along with you? They are still looking for you
and your appendage, remember?
There are bound to be road blocks. You come along with me, mr wilde.
Sneezes gesundheit.
Here we are then, mr wilde. Towels.
Thank you. Plenty of hot water over there.
If there's anything else you want, just give me a shout.
How about a whisky and soda?
Wonderful. Thanks a lot. See you later.
I'm gonna tell you something.
If you think I'm gonna tear this jacket, you're crazy.
I'm gonna take a shower. I don't care what you do.
Yes? What is it?
I've covered most of the district.
The road blocks have gone. The search parties are dispersed.
Now we can move with complete freedom.
There must be over 100 men
searching this forest and they couldn't find it.
How do you expect four of us to do better?
Because now I am doing the thinking.
Because I know how a man's mind works when he is being hunted.
Because I can put myself in his place and think like him.
He knows the search is off. He's confident that he has won.
Would you put that gun away, please? I'll kill you, if I have to.
I know you will. Just put it away.
All right. Now, who are you?
My name is Danny wilde. Who are you working for?
I'm self-employed.
You're lying. You're one of schubert's men.
I never heard of schubert in my life. Would you put that away?
You've got the case. No, you've got the case.
Yes, but it's attached to your arm. You can have the case.
I'll give you a kiss for it. There, it's your case.
Are you working for American intelligence?
I'm not working for anybody. Would you please put the gun away?
We've got people who are experts at getting answers.
We'll leave the talking to them. We're getting out of here.
Where are we going? And remember,
I'm covering you all the time.
Water gurgles in plughole
argh!
Now, will you relax? Stop. Stop or you'll get hurt.
Now...
I was just beginning to think you weren't involved in this.
What's your name? Emily major.
Emily major? Lovely name.
Nice name for a girl.
Now, Emily major, can I ask you something?
Do you know what's in the case? Of course I do.
Do you know where it's going? The head of my department.
Ok.
I tell you what I'm gonna do, I'll give you back your gun.
Go on, take it. It's all right, you can have it, it's yours.
Do anything you want with it. I don't care, go ahead.
I don't understand. I'll tell you.
Will you let me have a minute of your time? All right.
I'm here on holiday with a friend of mine, Brett sinclair.
We were camping outside of town. Lord Brett sinclair?
Yeah, right, that's him. Do you know him?
I should do. He gave me measles when I was a teenager.
Don't be disappointed.
I thought this might never happen. However, all's well that ends well.
We had some bad moments getting it.
Well, let's see what we've paid £250,000 for, shall we?
Doesn't fit.
The key doesn't fit. Let me try it, sir.
Right.
Here, give it to me.
Oh, thank you.
It's not the case we bought, gentlemen. We've been duped.
The man who had it was killed.
A very convincing way to make you call off the hunt.
Clever, clever.
Clinched by schubert, I should imagine.
It has all his trademarks.
And his rather bizarre sense of humour.
All the James Bond books.
And so our government bought the information
off an agent called Baxter.
He was the parachutist. I didn't get a chance...
A special key came over in the diplomatic pouch.
Baxter didn't trust anybody else to bring the case.
This case, there must be a lot of secret information...
Priceless. Missile site plans,
spy networks, codes.
They won't have a secret left after all this stuff is processed.
You know all about it, don't you? Imagine that.
Listen, when you get your bureau chief
or whatever you call him on the phone,
why don't you tell him that the case is in safe hands
and that we'll go down to the blacksmith and have some tea
and he can try to take this lock off?
That's a g7 security case.
Tamper with the locks or the chain
and the contents automatically ignite.
They blow right up in your face? But don't worry.
They'll be here with the key. I know I'm in good hands.
London number, please. 55-5 9400. Please hurry.
I think we must assume that schubert has the case.
Our only hope is that he'll offer it to us first.
Though I'm certain the price he'll ask will be phenomenal.
Phone rings
beecham-Bennett.
It's Emily. She's got the case.
Where are you now?
Then stay there. We'll be up by helicopter within the hour.
And Emily...
"Well done." Thank you, sir.
They're on their way. Oh, wonderful.
Electric guitar music
Music stops oh, beautiful, bill.
Now, would you like to take a look at these?
It's not finished. I can't hear anything.
It's the silent movement.
Enchanting, isn't it?
Well, how do you know when it's finished?
The orchestra gets up and goes home.
I wish I hadn't asked.
Well, while we're listening,
do you think you could take a look at this?
It is rather urgent. Please.
Oh, this is interesting!
Fascinating!
Security case, isn't it? It's attached to a friend of mine.
You must be famished. Oh, no, i'm...
Oh, don't move, I'll get you a cloth.
It's all right, Emily. Believe me, it doesn't make any difference.
My dear, come back. It's ok, I don't really mind. Listen...
You know something? I can't take you any place.
You're getting to be nothing but a pain in the wrist to me!
Stay out of my way!
Knock on door
mutters
yes?
Well...
It's been a long, hard chase.
Well... and I congratulate you. You've shown considerable skill.
Thank you very much. Leave him.
I guess you're after the case? No.
I've got the case.
Check the rest of the house.
Substantial little piece, isn't it?
If you haven't got the key, you're a little in trouble.
It's liable to go off and blow in your face.
I know. I also know the key is on its way.
So, we'll just have to sit and wait.
I don't think they'll be very long.
Whistles
When the key is inserted in the handle,
it sets off a number of relays.
But it's this component here that fascinates me.
What's that? It's a timing mechanism.
Not part of the lock at all. For what purpose?
Well, it activates this part.
That's a trembler mechanism.
That, in turn, triggers this bit.
Well, what is a trembler mechanism?
Briefly, a very finely balanced switch.
The tiniest movement of the case will switch it on.
It's so delicate that the touch of a butterfly's wing will set it off.
Butterfly wing?
Well, then what?
Well, it's obvious, isn't it?
It will detonate this bit.
That is a charge of high explosive.
The entire case is one big bomb.
Er, excuse me.
Do you know how long we're gonna be?
You're a very impatient man.
No, I'm not impatient. I'm just tired, a little angry...
All right.
Anger is a futile and exhausting emotion.
But if you really feel compelled to take some sort of action...
..Like trying to jump us to get away,
feel at Liberty to do so.
I'd be just as happy to take the case off a dead man's wrist
as a live one.
Now, where is Archie? Whir of helicopter
wait.
Listen.
Get him out of sight.
Here we go.
They'll be here in a few minutes.
Cover the door.
'The tiniest movement of the case will switch it on."
Hold it! Stick 'em up!
Not you!
"The touch of a butterfly's wing will set it off."
Excellent.
That's all. Stay where you are.
I'll say this once. You will open the door.
You will do nothing or say nothing to alert them.
If you move an eyebrow, I'll kill her.
Emily, my dear, you'll get a medal for this.
I'm sorry, sir. I couldn't warn you.
Beecham-Bennett, isn't it?
It's a rare pleasure to come face-to-face
with the supremo of British intelligence.
Schubert.
Let's get this over. The key.
I shan't ask you again.
Come along now, bring it to me.
Sneezes
sneezes
this is rather an important moment.
Yes, it's quite important getting this thing off my wrist.
Do you know anything about keys?
This has happened before. Excuse me. Do you know, Emily?
I think you got it. Probably...
Come on! Will you wait a minute?
It's a bomb! Wait a second!
Get it off! Go ahead!
A bomb, huh? It's what the man said.
High explosives?
He said the trembler mechanism was so sensitive,
it would go off if touched by a butterfly's wing.
You wouldn't believe what I've been doing to that case.
Maybe the rain has upset it. It's upset me.
Our forensic people have been checking it out.
That trembler mechanism was arranged to operate
just 30 seconds after the wrist cuff was unlocked.
No kidding?
I imagine it was intended to blow up your mr beecham-Bennett.
The other side must have intercepted the real case
and substituted a bomb.
Can I have this for a souvenir? I don't see any reason why not.
You know what I'm gonna do? I'm gonna get a ring made out of it.
You like the other one? Yeah.
I don't believe it. Yeah, your lordship.
Two grown people.
Would you be so kind as to... ..Go and fetch a blacksmith?
I thought you'd say that. I should have let you blow yourselves up.
Goodbye.
I thought he would never leave. I don't feel guilty.
The only thing he ever gave me was measles.
No kidding? Mmm.
I've got something in mind. Have you?
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