02x36 - Father and Son

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Good evening.

Have you seen a small boy
with an apple on his head?

I know he's here somewhere,

but my eyes aren't
what they used to be.

Oh, oh, there he is.

I missed again.

I think I'd better quit.

I even missed the boy
that time.

Tonight, the flickering
shadows on our
magic lantern screen

tell a story of life
in the big city.

It is called,
"Father And Son."

What's this supposed
to be for?

Well, you said you had
to have some more money.

I said a couple of quid.

Well, you ain't going
to get it.

I shouldn't even give you
this much.

Oh, now look, Dad.

Sam, I told you
the last time,

there ain't going to be
no more money.

I know what you told me,
Dad, but if you'd
just listen a minute.

I don't want to listen!
I've heard it all before.

You, a grown man. It's time
you stood on your own feet!

What's the matter?
You afraid
if you give it to me,

there won't be enough left
for you to get drunk on?

Now, don't you talk
to me like that!

All right, all right,
I didn't mean anything.

Never mind what you meant.
You just listen to me.

I may be no great shakes.
Maybe I'm not.

I never claimed that I was.

But let me tell you,
the worst thing I ever did

was let you go on
the way you've been doing.

You'd get a job quick enough
and hold it

if you didn't have me
to turn to
every time you run short.

What are you talking about?
I got a job!

All I asked you to do
was lend me a couple of quid
until payday!

Payday. What pay...

You haven't been to work
all the week.

You didn't even bother
to quit this time,
just didn't show up yesterday.

Who told you that?

They telephoned for you here
yesterday,

so it's no good
trying to lie about it.

I wasn't lying.
I just didn't want to worry
you till I got another one.

But there wasn't any use
of my staying in that job.

It wasn't right for me.

Well, what is, eh?
What is?

You, a grown man of .

You've never held a job
for more than two weeks
in all your life.

Well, you're a great one
to talk.

What did you ever do
but stay half drunk
most of the time.

Well, if I take
a drink or two,
it's to help me arthritis.

Some days I can hardly move,
it hurts so bad.

Don't give me that,
you're an old lush.

If you wanted me to be
so much, why didn't you try
being something yourself?

I did try.

But somehow,
I don't seem to have made
a very good job of it.

You can say that again.

Why, you never even
ran the shop until mum d*ed.

Spent most of your time
down at the pub,
getting yourself soused.

Now, all of a sudden,
butter wouldn't melt
in your mouth.

Well, you don't fool me none.

Well, whatever I have
or haven't done,

you're not going to turn out
the same way.

Don't worry, I won't.

No, you're so right you won't,
'cause I ain't letting you.

No. I'm gonna make you
do something with your life.

Will you stop acting
like I didn't want to?
I got plans, see.

Yeah, and you're
going to need 'em,
'cause you ain't got me. No.

No, I've given in to you
for the last time.

Yeah, well,
must close up now.
It's past : .

What about the money?

No, Sam, no more money.

Look, Dad, tomorrow
I'll do whatever you want,

but tonight I've got to
have a couple of quid.

I have to have it.
Do you understand that?

Look, Dad, if I don't get it
from you, I'll have to get it
from someone else.

And you may not like
what I have to do to get it.

Well, I haven't liked
anything you've done
for a long time now,

so why should this
be different?

No. At least
if you do get it,

you'll be getting it
on your own,

and that'll be something.

Now, leave me alone.

I'll leave you alone,
all right.

Because if you wanna know,
you make me sick
to my stomach!

We're closed for the night.
Joe, wait!

Gus, where did you
come from?
Let me in.

Gus.

Oh, I better just...

Here.

Now, no more now.

Give a girl a chance
to get her breath, will you?

I'll be back later.
Don't go away.

Hello, Mae.

Oh, it's you.
What do you want?

Sit down a minute,
will you?

I told you to stop
bothering me, Sam.
It's no go.

I have to talk to you.

Oh, all right.

Now, what are you
gonna say
you haven't said before?

Don't talk like that.
You know how
I feel about you.

I ought to.
You told me enough times.

Is it my fault
if I'm a little short
of money just now?

You've been short of money
ever since I knew you.

Anyway, it doesn't
much matter.

I won't be here
after tonight.

What do you mean?

I'm going away tomorrow.

Who with?

What kind of a way
is that to talk?

I'm going
on a little holiday.

Going down to Brighton
for a week or so.

Not alone.
I know you, Mae.

I ought to have
my head examined, wanting you,
knowing what you are.

But I do and there's nothing
I can do about it.

You want to hear
something, Sam?

If you was worth it,
I'd open your face
with me nails, but you ain't.

All you're good for is whining
about not having any money.

And you haven't
the guts to do anything
about getting some.

If I get the money,
will you go with me?

I'll even marry you.

Oh, don't do me no favors.

Answer me. What happens
if I get the money?

Tell you what,
come back and ask me
when you've got some.

That should mean I won't have
to see you for a long time.

Goodbye, Sam.

Fifty pounds?
Go away.

Look, Mr. Schiller,
you know me.

That I do, all right.
And I wouldn't lend you
a shilling, let alone L .

I'll put up the shop
as security.

What shop?
My father's.

Can't put up
what you haven't got.

Oh, he's an old man.
He can't live much longer.

When he dies,
it'll be mine.

You know something, Sam,
if anybody else had made
that remark, I'd worry.

I'd think maybe they meant
to hurry up things a bit.

But even an old man
doesn't have to be afraid
of you.

Now clear out of here,
I don't even like
to look at you.

I thought I told you
to get out of here.
What are you waiting for?

Feel better, Gus?
Yeah.

Good.

How long is it since
you had anything to eat?

Too long.
Oh.

One doesn't get to eat regular
when you're trying to keep
one jump ahead of the police.

No.

Now, I heard
they were looking for you,

but I thought by now
you would've skipped
the country.

Oh, not a chance.
No?

Too tight to move.

It's a laugh, ain't it?

After all the things
I've done,

they're after me
for something I didn't do.

And k*lling at that.

I couldn't k*ll anyone
if I tried.

No. But if they
can't prove it...

Well, what difference
does that make?

With my record,
they wouldn't have to.

No. I wouldn't have
a chance.

Well, what do you think
you'll do now?

Well, stay here,
if you'll let me.

How long have we
been friends, Gus?

Well, about years.

Don't ask silly questions.

Thanks, Joe.

Forty years,
it don't seem possible.

I don't feel as old
as that would make us,
do you?

Well, I didn't, until tonight.

Well, you're all right.

I'm the one in trouble.

All right?

My son just called me
a drunk, a failure.

Said it made him sick
to look at me.

Sam always had a nasty tongue
even when he was a kid.

What made him say a thing
like that?

Just because I wouldn't
give him any more money.

Good for you.

It's about time he stopped
sponging on you.

Let him make it for himself
for a change.

You're right.

No, I ain't giving in to him
this time. No.

No. No matter
whatever happens, I ain't.

Well, now...
Now we must find
a place for you to hide.

I wish there was somewhere
safer than the cellar.

I couldn't take the chance
of going out again,
even if there was.

Not with quid at stake.

Fifty quid?

Yes, reward for information
leading to my arrest.

Plenty of people
in this neighborhood

would sell anyone out
for that much.

Yeah.

You'll be quite comfortable
down there.

There's a bed,
and I'll bring you down
a couple of blankets.

What's the matter?

Nothing.

I was thinking,
of all the people I've known,

you're the only one
I can trust not to turn me in
for that reward.

I guess I haven't always
kept the best of company.

Oh, now stop worrying.

No one's going to turn you in
'cause no one knows
you're going to be here.

How about Sam?
He lives here,
he'll have to know.

No, not even Sam.
There's no reason why
he should find out.

He never goes down
in the cellar.

Says it's too dirty.

You never told him you kept
the beer down there, did you?

No, no, no,
you go on down.
I'll get the things together.

Right-o.
Right-o.

Who is it?

It's me, Dad.
I've forgotten my key.

Oh, all right,
half a mo.

You're back early.

Yes, I have to talk to you.
Something came up.

Let's go in the back, eh.

All right.

So that's the story.
If I can put up my share,
I'll own half the business.

It'll mean a whole new start
for me.

Hmm.

What kind of a business is it
that your friend has, Sam?

Well, it's something
in the export-import line.

I don't know much
about the details yet.

You can't go putting money
into something you don't know
anything about.

Oh, well, naturally,
I'll find out all about it
before I give him the money.

The main thing is
I have to have it tonight,
you see.

I can't take a chance
on losing out
to someone else.

How much money
would you need, Sam?

A hundred pound.

What?

Hundred pound...
Have you gone crazy?

Where would I get L ?

All right, all right,
don't get so excited.

I don't have to have it
all at once.

If I could have half of it,
that'd do it. Say, .

I don't keep L in the shop,
let alone .

But you can get it.

Schiller would lend it to you,
if you put up
the shop as security.

He wouldn't lend it to me.

You tried to borrow it
from Schiller?

Well, I didn't want to come
back here unless I had to,

after what happened earlier.

But you did come back to me,
same as always.

Well, I had no one else
to go to.

If I wouldn't give you L ,

what makes you think
I'd give you this sum, ?

Well, I thought you might
change your mind

when you knew
what I wanted it for.

You always said you wanted me
to make something of my life.

Well, this is my chance.

I don't believe it.
I don't believe a word of it.

It's just another trick
to get more money out of me,

and you're not going
to get it.

All right.

I was just giving you
your chance.

Oh? For what?

To help me.

Now, what are you up to,
really?

What's this all about?

I told you.

Lies. Not a word of truth
in it.

Still doesn't matter.
I won't give it to you,
anyway. No.

I mean what I said
earlier in the evening.

Look, Dad, if you're angry
about that,

I didn't mean anything.

I just lost my temper.

I know.

And it doesn't matter
what you said.

It only matters what I said.

No more money, Sam.

Is that your last word?

Yes.

Dad, I want you to be sure
and understand one thing.

Getting this money
means more to me
than anything in the world

I'll do anything
rather than lose out on it.

And I know how
to get the money.

Oh? How?

It doesn't matter.
But there are ways.

Then I think you should find
one of them for yourself.

Right-o!

I'll do that little thing.

Well, no one can say
I didn't give him a chance.

That was nice of you.

Well, what's that
supposed to mean?

Nothing.

So you're going to spill
it on this chap
for the reward?

Well, why shouldn't I?
He's a m*rder*r, isn't he?

How do you know?

Well, that's what they
want him for.
He belongs In jail.

Where do you belong
for doing it, Sam?

I don't know what you mean.
I just want the money for us.

Don't you realize
what this means?

We can go a long way on L .

Not as far as you think.

You're acting very funny.
What's the matter with you?

Let's just say I don't like
any dealings with the police.

Oh, that's what's
bothering you, is it?

For a moment I thought
you were backing out on me

because you didn't
like the way
I was getting the money.

I never minded before
where anyone got money
they spent on me.

I'll say you didn't.

Listen, ducks, we make
a great team, you and me.

This is just the beginning.

When are you
going to do it?
Right now.

I would have gone before,
only I was afraid

you mightn't be here
by the time I'd finished.

I wanted to be sure
you'd wait.

I'll wait. You go on.

I'm on my way.

You won't be sorry.
We're right for each other.

Two of a kind,
that's us.

I'll see you in an hour.

How long does it take them
to pick someone up?
They've been gone an hour.

Lots of things
could have delayed them.

You might as well sit down
and take it easy.

I don't want to sit down
and take it easy.

I just want to get
the reward money,

and then I'm getting
out of here.

Now, is that reasonable?

How can you collect a reward
before we even know
your information was accurate?

I saw him
with my own two eyes,
I told you.

Oh, I don't doubt it
for a minute,

but we sort of prefer
to see him with our own eyes.

Now, if you'll just sign
this statement,

when they do bring him in,
we'll be all set.

What does it say?

Just what you told us.

That you saw a man you believe
to be Gus Harrison,

who's wanted
in connection with a m*rder,
enter a shop and not come out.

Subsequently, you saw
somebody inside the shop
lock up for the night.

As a result, you concluded
that he's hiding out there.

That's true. I'll sign it.

They want you
in the other room, Sarge.

Right-o.

You wait here,
Mr. Saunders.

I'll have to ask you
not to do that.

I wasn't doing anything.
I just wanted to find out
what's going on.

Have they picked him up
or haven't they?

I wouldn't know about that.

Well, I want to know.

Well? What happened?

You got to identify him.

Well, why do I have
to do that? I told you.

You still got to identify him.

Bring him in.

Is this the man
you saw letting Harrison
into his shop?

That's the man.

Where's Harrison?

He wasn't there.

What are you talking about?

Gus Harrison.

My men searched
the whole of the building
including the shop.

They didn't even find a trace
of his having been there.

But that's not possible!
I saw him myself!

You saw him go in, possibly.
That doesn't mean
to say that he stayed.

He did stay.

I waited to make sure
he didn't come out.

What have you got
to say to that?

Nothing.

Nothing at all.

But this man claims
that he saw you

let Harrison into your shop
and then lock up.

Do you deny that?

Now, see here...
What's your name?

Saunders. Joe Saunders.

Well, Saunders... Saunders?

That's your name, too,
isn't it?

That's right.

Any relation?

He's my father.

Your father!

What are you looking at me
like that for?

I'm doing my duty, aren't I?

He was harboring a criminal,
wasn't he?

This is what you wanted,
isn't it?

You wanted me to lead
the right kind of life.

Well, that's what I'm doing!

Where's the reward money?

You said for any information,
so I should still get it!

We're not handing out
rewards for misinformation.

As a matter of fact,
I could hold you
for making false statements.

And I, for one, wouldn't mind
clapping you into a cell.

I wouldn't mind it at all.
I'd enjoy it.

No, no, no, don't hold him.
He was telling the truth.

I was hiding Gus
in my cellar,

and I got a telephone call
from a girl.

Said her name was Mae.

Well, she tipped me off
the police were coming,

and Gus got away.

Well, what do you say to that?

You'll get your reward.

We have to hold you.

There you are.
Take it and get out of here.

Did you hurt yourself, son?

Did you hurt yourself?

Unfortunately, he wasn't.

Sam was one of those persons
for whom all things
seem to work out well.

No matter what happens
to him, he always manages
to land on his head.

That's all for tonight.

Next time,
we plan a similar foray
into your parlor.

I hope you'll be home.
Good night.