Took a fifth of a second off the track record, kid.
Well, I'll do even better if I ever get it out of second.
We can't lose on Saturday. We're going to do really great.
I sincerely hope so. We spent a lot of time and money on this machine.
How does the new ignition system strike you?
Fine, fine. Floors clean, gives another 400 revs.
Why don't you try it yourself? Yeah. Ok.
Here.
Reverse is back here.
What?
Oh!
Engine revs
Tyres squealing
Engine revs
Did you see him? He tried to kill me.
Tried to run me down in the pits.
You're kidding.
Listen to this.
"That was to show you how easy it is.
"Enjoy what's left of your life.
"It ends before Saturday."
Music: 'The persuaders theme'
Do you know, i'd...
I'd like to lower the gear ratio a little.
Yeah. All right.
I tell you what, it's early, I'm gonna stick around a while
and give you a hand.
Righto, I'll join you later when I've put it on the ramp.
I'm gonna hang around and be your bodyguard.
Oh, Daniel, I don't think they will play any more games today.
That was no game. They tried to kill you.
Yes, well, they won't get another chance,
because as soon as I finish here, I'm going back to the apartment,
see the closing prices on television, and go to bed.
I'm gonna prowl around myself and see if I can turn up something.
You just don't worry about a thing.
You know your problem, Daniel? What is it?
You think you are Sherlock Holmes. I am Sherlock, dumdum.
See you later.
Don't get nervous, I'll move in a minute. Just...
Hi. I'm Danny wilde.
Live at 49, Grosvenor square, right in the middle of London.
Apartment 5b. You're following me.
I thought maybe you would stop by for a drink.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Now will you please leave me alone? Of course.
Your wish is my command. Goodbye.
Car horn honks
continued honking
Argh! No more, old darling.
I think if we go on with this,
one of us is going to get hurt.
And I've got a nasty feeling it's going to be me.
You have been already, your nose is running.
Thanks. Right, who are you?
I'm morley lyndon.
I say, old darling, do you think I could have a drink?
I could do with one after all that.
Yes, old darling.
I am all out of cooking Sherry.
Would you settle for a Napoleon Brandy?
Fine, thanks.
Incidentally, I didn't make a sound when I came up behind you
and yet I felt that you knew I was there.
Cheap aftershave. They don't remove enough of the alcohol.
I'm still getting terrible whiffs.
Thanks. All right, why?
About the beating up?
Or at least that was what it was supposed to be.
It was nothing personal.
It was just a job of work.
For whom, old boy?
I haven't the faintest.
I got a note in the mail with instructions to work you over.
I was to hurt you badly.
To break your arm or something like that, not kill,
they were very specific about that.
That's nice. How much were you paid?
£10.
£10?
That accounts for your aftershave.
You work cheaply.
Well, look, old darling, the fact is I'm not very good.
You can say that again.
As a matter of fact, the only thing that I can do superbly well
is fail.
You think I could have another tot?
Oh, forgive my manners.
What am I thinking of?
Thanks.
The note also said that there would be
another tenner for me when the job was done.
But I don't suppose I shall get that now.
50.
50? How would you like to make £50?
My dear chap, for £50,
I would break my own arm and smile while I was doing it.
Well, 25 now, and 25 when you deliver.
I want to know who is employing you.
Consider the job done.
Give me a couple of hours and I will ferret around
and I will be back to you. Don't dawdle.
Oh, and would you put the fuse back on the way downstairs?
And remember in future, when you wish to black out an apartment,
you remove all the fuses. They are at the master switch.
I never have been very handy about the house.
Jazz piano
come on, Jerry.
That's the way. There you go.
There.
Come on.
Now...
I want you to tell my buddy on the phone
what you just told me, ok?
Yeah, mr wilde.
Come over here and sit right down.
There you go.
Yeah.
Do you mind sitting up for a minute while I...
Dial this number, please?
Phone rings
Who is it?
Phone keeps ringing
Brett sinclair.
Daniel?
Do you know what time it is?
I know it's late, but I think I'm really onto something.
Will you... will you sit up?
What are you talking about? No, no, not you.
This guy. Listen, I'm at Sam's.
Get down here in five minutes, hurry.
Sit up.
Speaks Italian
I'd like a bucket of coffee.
Come on, Jerry. Let's go.
Up and at 'em.
Come on, rise and shine.
That's it. That's it.
Mellow jazz piano
that's it. Great, just keep...
Walking around.
He's going to be ok, girls.
There you go.
Hello, sir, this is Mario speaking here.
There is someone here at the place, making trouble.
Yawns
fresh coffee, sir.
Grazie. Grazie.
Ok, let's go.
Brett clears his throat
you know, that's what I dislike about you, Daniel.
Quarter past four in the morning
and you invite me to a stag dinner and dance.
Please, play it again, Sam.
No, man, why does everybody want to be Humphrey bogart?
Please, introduce me to your date, Daniel.
Right.
It's sandford, Jerry sandford. That's him, all right.
He was gonna be in the race, Saturday.
Not any more, he ain't. Can I have that chair, please?
He's getting heavy. Thanks.
Thanks a lot. Thank you very much.
Phew.
Would you please explain, Daniel? Well...
I figured it would be a good idea
if I talked to all the drivers, right,
and find out if they had been threatened.
The first couple of guys I speak to say nothing.
Then I run across Jerry here.
Throwing his money away like there was nothing to it.
He's got 3,000 bucks in his pocket.
He's been got at? A pay-off?
Well, that's what it looks like to me.
Here.
Jerry.
Now, Jerry, Jerry!
Jerry, do you hear me?
Come on, man, wake up.
Make it look good.
Very, very good.
The race? Is that what you mean, the race?
20 laps.
Then a nice, spectacular spin off.
Look very, very good.
Shh.
Big secret.
Jerry! Come on!
Jerry! Jerry, who paid you?
Come on, speak. Come on.
He doesn't know. Get him out of here.
Clicks fingers
come on outside.
You sure know how to clear a room.
Yes. Classic.
He also knows how to be bad-mannered and boorish.
We were having a conversation with mr sandford.
He was about to tell us who paid him to throw the race.
Oh, I actually handed over the cash.
Acting on behalf of my principal,
who, of course, must remain anonymous.
Now let me ask something.
What's your price for being a non-starter?
That's nice, isn't it, Daniel?
They try to run me down, send somebody to beat me up...
What are you talking about?
And now he offers me money to throw the race.
Shall I tell him? Tell him. Tell him.
I will tell you, I will be racing on Saturday.
I'm sorry you're taking that attitude.
However, we will be able to convince you
before Saturday.
There is one other thing.
You've been questioning the other drivers. That's right.
Neither of you is to make any more enquiries.
Well, shall we get started? Started?
Well, this is where you go to beat us up. It's traditional.
Well, I wouldn't dream of breaking with tradition.
Alarm
frantic music
Argh!
They are good, aren't they? Oh, excellent.
I wish they were on our side. Come on.
Final piano flourish
finished?
That's not fair.
Well, it's certainly not the act of a gentleman, Daniel.
There will be another time, depend on it.
Now get out. Come on, kid.
Good night.
Ow.
He whistles
come on, Daniel.
Breakfast is served.
Were you expecting anybody?
No, just the two of us.
It's a traditional English breakfast
for the aristocracy. Oh, for the aristocracy?
Porridge?
Sorry, stewed fruits porridge.
Devilled kidneys.
Haddock. Grilled sausages.
Bacon.
Oh, and, of course, toast, marmalade, tea. Help yourself.
I'm not hungry. But, Daniel, you must eat something.
You sound like my mother. I don't want to eat anything.
Leave me alone. Food is good for you.
Did I ever tell you about my great-great-great...
Maternal grandfather? Always.
The seventh Duke of wendleshire. Also the sixth.
Well, he would eat a breakfast like this,
then go down to the stables, make life absolute hell
for the stable maids and then back for an early lunch.
Half a dozen pheasant, few roasted chicken.
Half a side of pork washed down with liberal doses of claret and port.
And he didn't look a day over 60 when he died.
Fantastic. How old was he?
102? Oh. Come down a little.
96 and a half. Nope. 24.
24. He was the youngest Duke in the family vaults.
I'm gonna go down and talk to some of these drivers.
Do you want to come along? No, i'm going to wait for the phone call.
You'll sit here all day long and he's not gonna call.
I'll give him an hour or so. Come on down.
No, come on, eat. Leave me alone. I'm going down.
I'll see you later.
We will have an early lunch.
Lunch?
I feel like a regular English.
See you later, your lordship.
Door closes
phone rings
Yes, Brett sinclair. Morning, old darling.
Oh, hold on one minute, will you?
Daniel!
Sorry about that. Did you get it?
Yes. I didn't get the name,
but I got the address.
Jot it down. It's 20, park way.
Got it.
You can collect the rest of your fee whenever you want.
Thanks, old darling.
I'll be round.
He'll be here.
You can count on it.
He'll be here.
Door clicks open
Whirring
Dial tone
Toy music plays and stops
He's dead?
Stabbed, I would say.
Did you know him? No.
No, I've never seen him before.
Right, let's try something else.
Who are you and what are you doing here?
My name is Carrie bowman.
I have been assigned to keep a check on you.
Assigned by whom?
Oh, I...
I get it, you think I killed him?
Well, I didn't. Then who did?
I don't know. Someone who has been playing games with me.
Games?
Warnings that I didn't take seriously.
Until now.
There's a phone upstairs. We'll call the police.
Now it's your turn to do a little explaining.
I followed you here. Why?
Cos my editor wants to know where you go and who you see.
You work for a newspaper? Uh-hmm.
About a month ago, we got a tip
that somebody was paying out a lot of money
to fix next Saturday's race.
Do you know who?
Not yet. But if we get the evidence we need,
we are planning on doing a big expose.
And what have you dug up?
Only that you and wilde have invested
a small fortune on the sinclair special.
That is no secret.
We know that last night wilde was seen out with one of the drivers
who was paid off.
And he's been out with others this morning.
And so? Police, please.
So? All this information points to one thing.
That the man who is trying to fix the race
must be Danny wilde.
Jimmy, baby. You've been around these circuits for a long time.
Did you ever hear of anybody trying to fix a race?
Are you kidding? Well, I wanted to know.
If I had, I would report it to the authorities. I know that.
I tell you, Danny, it doesn't happen. Not in motor racing.
Well, that's what they said about college basketball.
I don't believe it.
You don't? Well, I'm telling you the truth.
Jerry... Sandford? Yeah, sandford.
He's been got to. He's going to quit after the 20th lap.
Who's paid him? I don't know.
That's what I'm trying to find out. If you hear anything
or know anything or anyone tells you anything, call me.
Let me know, will you? If I do, I'll scream police so loud,
they'll hear me in Scotland.
Good luck on Saturday, big Jim. Thanks. See you later, kid.
Oh, mr wilde.
Yeah, that's me, pal, that's me.
Did your heavies give you my message?
My heavies? I don't know what you're talking about.
Well, they made me your offer.
Oh, my offer? What was my offer?
£1,000. Oh, £1,000? No kidding.
Just for loosening a couple of suspension bolts on the car.
It's a lot of money.
That certainly is a lot of money for loosening bolts, £1,000, yeah.
I told them and now I will tell you,
anyone comes near me, that car or Johnny,
there's gonna be a lot of busted heads...
Mr wilde.
I'll remember that advice.
Goodbye, curly.
Shouldn't you have turned those over to the police?
Uh-hmm. I have a feeling they were left there for me to see.
Was it a race that you were in sometime?
That's hard to say. At 120mph,
one burning car looks much like another.
There's something that doesn't quite fit.
Oh? Fixing a race is one thing,
you bribe or intimidate,
there's nothing new in it.
Yes, but I've never come across it in motor racing.
Hold on. That's one of them.
Huh?
Italian grand prix.
The Jenkins special in flames after hitting an oil slick on the track.
I was in that race.
Jenkins, I was passing him when he came off the track.
Believe it or not, he wasn't killed.
He was badly burned, spent a long time in hospital.
I'll have our research department dig up what they can on him.
What doesn't add up is, what does a car smash that happened
four or five years ago have to do with fixing a race now?
I don't know.
There must be a marvellous story in it
and I'm not going to let you out of my sight.
That will be nice for you.
If you get killed,
I want to be around when it happens.
Miss bowman, you really know the right things to say to a man.
Ok, so somebody wants to fix a race.
But why pick on me?
See, I don't understand that. Why me?
Because they can't get at you any other way.
Daniel, you are scowling. What do you mean, "get at me"?
And I am not scowling.
We happen to be co-owners of the car, right? Ok, right.
Now, if the authorities... Buzzer
..get even a hint that you are mixed up in something crooked,
we will be suspended. Listen, Peter Pan, I'm clean.
Yes, Wendy, you know that and I know it.
But it will take weeks to prove.
Carrie, come in. Hello.
I dug up a few things about Jennings.
Oh, good. I don't think you two have been formally introduced.
Daniel wilde, Carrie bowman.
I waited at my apartment and you never showed up.
I made rather a mess of that, didn't I?
Well, a little bit of a mess.
You must forgive him. His early life was influenced
rather heavily by Rudolph Valentino.
Step into the office and let's see what you've dug up about Jennings.
Well, he's had nothing to do with racing since the crash.
Spent most of his time in and out of hospitals.
Apparently, he's a very sick man.
Well, where does he live?
His last known address is in the south of France,
but he moved from there about three months ago.
We haven't been able to locate where he is now.
What are you wasting your time with stuff like that for?
It's got nothing to do with what's happening now.
It's a shot in the dark, Daniel.
Haven't noticed you come up with any better ideas.
I'd like to get a hold of those guys that drubbed us up last night.
Our people are trying to get a lead on them.
Well, one thing for sure, they can't bribe us.
They can't scare us either.
And it's not 100% sure they can get us suspended.
So...
We'll just have to wait for them to make another move.
Something to make certain that we don't start.
The car.
The car. Come on, Carrie.
Man whistling simple tune, hammering
Gas hissing
Tyres screeching
what are you doing?
Argh!
Now, who told you?
Who told you to do it? Who?
Vine!
You all right?
Why, where are you going? I'm gonna see a man about a fire.
Is he all right? I think so.
He's got a bad gash on the back of his head.
Where's Danny gone?
Oh, he can't stand smoke.
Mellow classical piano
Doorbell
No. No! Who pays you? Who pays you?
I can't tell you. It's more than my life's worth.
Who pays you?
No. Do what you like. I'm not telling you anything.
Woman: Try not to look like a whipped dog.
Get up.
I'm Louise Cornell. Hello, Louise.
I'm Daniel wilde. It's a pleasure to meet you.
Wouldn't you like to mix yourself a drink?
Thank you very much.
You know, you're...
Not exactly what I expected.
Oh, everyone always says that.
Oh, yes? Sorry I couldn't be more original.
Does he work for you?
Yes, unfortunately. Get out.
I couldn't help it. He made me bring him here.
You're a fool, get out.
Want me to mix you something? No, thanks.
Do you like this dress?
It's a little young for you.
Sit down, mr wilde.
Would you... would you tell me why you're trying to fix this race?
Profit.
It's an experiment.
My associates felt that motor racing had never been truly exploited
and could be very lucrative.
We can influence
almost any competitive games to our advantage.
So why should motor racing be excluded?
Don't you find being a woman a disadvantage in this line of work?
On the contrary.
If I was a man,
you would have beaten me up by now.
He laughs
why are you...
Telling people that I'm fixing this race?
Protective camouflage. Oh.
At the very least, it could confuse enquiries.
And at the best,
it could get you banned from the race.
But as your name has been used,
why don't you make the most of it?
And why not work with me?
Instead of against me.
Well, I see that we have nothing else to talk about.
Pity.
Oh. Louise...
My friend, Brett sinclair,
would you lay off him?
I have given no orders for anything to happen to him.
Not yet anyway.
Well, that's nice of you. Why don't you pack?
Pack? That guy that works for you,
he told me everything. He wrote it down as well.
Now, it's not enough to put you in jail,
but it's certainly enough to get you kicked out of the country
as an undesirable. Not me, but the government would do that.
Hey! Psst! Hmm?
He is still there. Who?
That guy pretending to sell newspapers.
That is old Arthur.
He's been selling papers on that spot for 25 years.
Oh, yeah? Well, he looks dangerous to me, dangerous.
Dangerous? He's over 85 years old.
Well, what about baby face Nelson?
He was only 20. You see, see what I...?
Daniel, I wish you would stop doing that.
You've given the postman a heart attack.
The milkman will have nervous dyspepsia for the rest of his days.
Why don't you just relax?
You know something, I really admire you, your lordship.
I mean, you're so calm. So at ease.
Somebody is trying to kill you and you're calm.
What do you want me to do, have hysterics?
Well, I expect you to be a little nervous. Something.
Daniel, if somebody wants to kill me,
I wait for them to make the next move.
Then I start to worry. Not me.
Me, I like to be one jump ahead of the posse.
Take this guy, Jennings.
Right?
Now, you may have forced him off some track once a long time ago,
you know, and you don't even remember it.
And he's got a kind of a crazy idea for revenge now, huh?
Yes. Well, Carrie is trying to locate him.
If she does, then I certainly think we should speak with him.
Well, I'm not going to let you out of my sight.
I'm going to be with you for 24 hours.
If anybody wants to get to you,
they're gonna have to get to me first.
He toasts
I'm going to become a wall of iron for you. Impregnable.
No-one, not anyone.
That guy is still out there.
Daniel, do you have a 50-penny piece?
Hey!
How did you get in here? Through the door, sir.
You did leave it open. Well, that was all part of my plan.
Don't you see what my plan was?
Suppose you're the murderer, right? Well, I got you.
I got you, I lured you in here and I got you.
Now get out of here, kid.
Shh.
You will find everything on the bed.
Now, what is she going to find on the bed?
Well, my shirts and suits.
Oh. It's my new valet, Magda.
Oh. Presses shirts like a dream.
You think she'd do mine if I was still wearing it?
Would you like to know who the telegram is from?
It's from Carrie. She has located Jennings.
He is at a place called edgerley in Kent,
and she wants us to meet her there as soon as possible.
Ok, come on.
Now, how long do you think it's gonna take us to get there?
Oh, a couple of hours.
Unless, of course, I take notice of your navigation,
in which case it will be sometime next week.
Don't be a wise guy.
Because when I find the guy that is trying to kill you,
I'm gonna team up with him.
Ho-ho, I believe you.
Instrumental pop
Buzzer
Can I help you?
I'd like to see lord sinclair.
Is he here?
Sorry, he and his friend left about an hour ago.
Do you know where they went?
They were in a hurry.
This telegram, perhaps it was that.
I never sent this.
Did you ever see a movie called the old dark house?
No. I haven't.
Everybody died.
I don't wish to hear about it.
Don't just stand there. Try the door.
It'll be locked. Try the door.
No such luck.
Anybody home?
Jenkins.
Now, listen to me.
Someone sent a telegram
asking us to come here.
Who sent it?
Door unlatched
he doesn't even hear you.
Well, there must be some way of getting at him.
I'm checking outside.
Jenkins.
Who lives here with you?
Who looks after you?
Jenkins.
Can you hear me?
Jenkins.
We raced on the same circuits.
I was there when you came off.
Sinclair.
Brett sinclair.
Sinclair?
He's behind me now.
You do remember? Sinclair.
On a special.
Behind me. Staying close.
Staying up close.
Must keep him back.
He can't pass me on this straight. Memories of engines revving
one more left-hander.
Yeah, easy into it.
Right. Right.
Now!
Engines roar louder
yeah.
Oh, pile it on, into fifth.
Give it everything.
He's still behind me.
I'm ready for this right-hander.
There is... There's oil on the track!
Tyres screeching I can't hold it.
It's going, I can't hold it!
Crash
argh!
Flames roaring
fire!
It's burning.
I can't move. I can't move.
He sobs
I can't move.
Danny?
Danny.
What happened?
Door latched
Danny.
Danny, come on, wake up. Danny!
Man: Well, sinclair.
Jenkins? That's right.
But not the one you know.
His brother.
Over there. Quickly.
People could never tell us apart,
you know.
That is until half his face was burned away,
but, of course, you know all about that, don't you?
Is that what all this has been about?
An accident that happened four years ago?
It was no accident.
It was an accident.
Your brother's car hit an oil slick. He went out of control.
You forced him off the track.
But make up any excuse you like,
you see, I know what happened.
You made it happen.
I promised my brother that I would find you one day,
that I would make you suffer
as he suffers.
I've already killed one man.
Because he was going to spoil it all.
Oh, the fact that the race was a fix, it was pure chance.
Yes, it worked for me, though.
You know, it confused things beautifully.
And now you're going to kill me?
Oh, no.
Oh, no, no, you mustn't die.
No, you've got to live.
As he has to live.
No.
You mustn't die.
You've got to know what it felt like for him!
Acid burn!
That won't help you. There's no way out.
Daniel! Hup!
Argh!
Grunting
argh!
Do you need a hand?
Not really. I could do with a clothes brush, though.
Let me give you a hand.
Oh, good. A little nest of sparrows.
He did it!
Come on.
This... champagne!
Pop!
Flat champagne, I love it.
Love it. Thank you, Daniel.
You're welcome.
Mmm.
Sorry about that.
Hey.
What do you think you're doing? I'm Joe.
You're Joe?
Lord sinclair hired me as a mechanic.
Do you know anything about cars? No.
Nothing, huh? Take my arm.
Come with me.
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