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persuaders71Transcript 7
The Old, the New and the Deadly
Cast:
Suzy Wagner - Anna Gael
Grosky - Derren Nesbitt
Verner - Kenneth J. Warren
Prue - Juliet Harmer
Marceau (Comte de) - Patrick Troughton
Frank Wagner - Gary Cockrell
Serena - Jasmina Hilton
Luther - Frederick Jaeger
Denton (bird-dealer) - Michael Segal
Concierge - Michael Anthony
Mysteries:
* The bird-dealer is not once called by the name "Denton". We can only assume that M.Segal plays the part, because we can not find any information on the actor (like a picture).
Comte Marceau
An inspiration, Verner. A glowing inspiration.
Verner
Yes, Monsieur Le Comte.
More of the hateful speech in the background
Comte Marceau
We must never forget, Verner, never.
Verner
No, Sir. We are ready for the appointment.
Comte Marceau
The appointment, yes, thank you, Verner. We must never ever forget.
Comte Marceau
Now, Verner.
They shoot at the car that is turned and driven away
We lost him. Did you see his face?
Verner
No, Sir.
Comte Marceau
We are getting rusty, Verner. Our reflexces are slowing down. I want what that man has, Verner and I will have it.
Danny
Bonjour.
puts binoculars on the bar
Concierge
Bonjour, bonjour Monsieur Wilde, attendez s'il vous plait, votre correspondance voilà.
Danny
Merci, votre key.
gives his key to the Concierge and, puts on his glasses and open letters
Concierge
Ah, tres biens, qu'ils font des progrès. (Very well, you are making progress)
Picks up a packet from under the counter and holds it up on the packet cord.
You don't think it impertinent, Monsieur, ähm, but what is it?
Danny
The ... Oh, that ...
Sniffs the parcel
…that's chopped liver going around and chicken soup ...
Concierge
Sans blanc.
Danny
…And pickled herring. It's from my aunt Olga.
Concierge
Ah, votre aunt.
Danny
If I’m not in a kitchen, she thinks I am starving to death. She doesn’t know that this food can kill you.
Concierge
But not in this hotel.
Danny
We hope not.
Crowd at the entrance
What's there, what's going on?
Concierge
Ce qui se passe ? (what’s going on?)
A couple enters the hotel and is greeted by the hotel employees and paparazzi
Suzy
Hello.
Doorman
Welcome.
Danny
Here, put these in my box.
gives the letters to the Concierge and picks up his binoculars
Concierge
Oui, Monsieur.
The couple answers questions from reporters and Danny recognize the lady.
Danny
Suzy.
he collides with the bird-dealer, who drops the suitcase
Oh, I'm sorry, excuse me, I'm terribly sorry. Here, that's yours.
Daniel bends down and lifts the open briefcase.
Photographer
Mrs. Wagner!
Someone takes a picture of Mrs. Wagner, when behind her, Daniel holds the statue of an eagle.
Danny
What? You're welcome.
shakes his left hand
Hmm.
jostles through the crowd to Suzy Wagner
Oh, excuse me, please, would you… thank you. Suzy! Hi.
Suzy
Danny. Danny Wilde, how nice to see you.
Danny
Nice to see you. What are you doing here.
Suzy
Guess what.
Danny
You got engaged.
Suzy
I got married.
Danny
That's wonderful.
Suzy
Darling, come and meet an old friend of mine, Danny Wilde. This is my husband Frank Wagner.
Danny
Hello Frank, it's a pleasure to meet you. Congratulations to the both of you.
Frank Wagner
Suzy told me a lot about you, Danny.
Danny
All bad, I’m sure. Hold on.
Daniel gives Frank the binoculars and kisses Suzy
You don't mind me kissing the bride, I'm sure.
Frank Wagner
We are going to stay here a couple of weeks, why don't we…
Danny
Oh, yes, we could have drinks, dinner or something…
Suzy
Super.
Frank Wagner
Yes ... let’s get away from the crowd ...
Suzy
Goodbye, Danny.
Danny
Goodbye, goodbye… Frank.
to the Concierge
Why are am I not invited to weddings? You know why?
Brett
With any luck, they invite you to the honeymoon.
Danny
Look at him. Thank you, I'll take that.
comes with the package to Brett, who sits on his folding chair in the middle of the lobby
How are you doing, pal?
Brett
Ah, well, well.
Danny
Is that your new suit?
Brett
Does it meet with your approval?
Danny
Oh, my compliments to your butcher.
He circles around Brett
Brett
As a matter of fact it is made from the tail hair of a midget rare mongolian lama.
Danny
Oh, wonderful, but when that lama is finished making the coat, maybe he’ll make you a shoulder purse.
Both laugh
Brett
Your tailor has a sense of humor too.
sniffs
Daniel did you bathe this morning?
Danny
Oh no that's, that's an Hungarian salami.
Brett
Aunt Sadie?
Danny
That's who it is.
Brett
Yes, you finished with the insult jokes?
Danny
Yes, I am, as a matter of fact.
Brett
Shall we go?
Danny
Throws the package to the Concierge
Yeah sure, would you send it up to my room.
May I take your wand?
Takes the merged chair
Brett
Be careful, it may turn you into a human being.
Both leave the hotel
++
Oh, ohhh, you like to see this one. Oh, is the one great. Oh, look at him go.
Brett
Did we win?
Danny
He lost.
Brett
Oh you…
Danny
That's four losers in a row. I don’t believe it.
Brett
You are getting better.
Danny
Oh, I tell you, we better pick out an omen. Sit down, just sit down here.
He shoves Brett on a bench next to a man who reads a newspaper and sits down beside him
Brett
Pardon, Monsieur.
Danny
I say we have to find an omen.
Brett
So Daniel…
Danny
Here we go: I found an omen: Bimbam.
Brett
Why is that an omen?
Danny
Bimbam.
When I was eighteen years old I knew a girl named Gretchen.
Brett
When you were eighteen, oh, you have a remarkable memory.
Danny
She was big and she looked a little like a horse. I'm sure it can be a winner… Yeah, bimbam.
Brett
What’s that got to do with Bimbam?
Danny
Don’t you know anything? What did you learned in those fancy schools? Nothing at all.
Viewer next to Brett is leaving
Pardon. Excusez moi.
Leaves his newspaper and squeezes past the two, Brett picks up the paper.
Danny
Bimbam. How do you doing.
Looks the lady next to him on the bank under the brim of her hat.
Brett
Looks in the abandoned newspaper
Daniel! I see, you got the bird again.
Danny
He?
Brett
Reads the headline and translates from French
Suzanne de Villeigne est mariee. Suzanne de Villeigne, daughter of the infamous Marquis de Villeigne, honeymooning in Paris with American millionaire husband Frank Wagner.
Danny
Suzy is a nice girl.
Brett
Oh, I say she's an improvement of her father.
Danny
Well, what her father did was, what he did. She has nothing to do with it.
Brett
Haha, I merely quote from the history books.
Danny
Listen, he did a bad thing, or supposedly did a bad thing. Why should those crime be visited on the girl? She's a nice girl. Oh, by the way, I think I have figured out a new system.
Brett
That's that?
Danny
We gone bet losers.
Brett
That's what we been doing since we got here.
Danny
Let’s go down and have a drink first.
Both leave the grandstand
++
I want this man killed.
Gives Luther a newspaper
Luther
All right.
Comte Marceau
Look at it, man, look at it. In the background. The man holding the bird. His name is Wilde, Daniel Wilde. Verner has established that much. He is staying at the hotel Plaza Athene posing as an american Playboy. I want him death. And I want the bird he is holding.
Luther
Simplicity itself.
Comte Marceau
I hope so. But Luther, we want nothing lead back here.
Luther
I'm not an amateur. You may depend upon me.
clicks his heels
Comte Marceau
We want none of that heel clicking nonsense here. Just results, Luther. It was too much heel clicking that lost us the war. Luther! You show great confidence, Luther, perhaps you look at me and you see an old man. Because Verner is not as young as he was. Show him we are still dangerous, Verner.
Verner hits Luther in the stomach and he falls down.
Luther
Ohhahh.
Bend over he goes out the door.
Comte Marceau
A fool, Verner.
Verner
Yes, Sir.
Comte Marceau
Follow him. Let him accomplish his work, then… end the contract.
Verner
Very good, Sir.
+++
Frank Wagner
Hello?
Bird-dealer hangs up.
Suzy
Who was it, Darling?
Frank Wagner
I don't know, they hung up as soon as I answered. Hey, you couldn't be two-timing me already, could you? Like: the man answers, hang up.
Suzy
Frank, you're the most jealous man I ever met.
Frank Wagner
You better believe it.
Suzy
Right.
++
Prue
Sin!
Sin!
Sin!
Brett
Hello, Prue.
They hug and kiss on the cheeks.
Prue
Oh, Sin!
Brett to the waiter
Don’t worry, it’s not an invitation, just an abbreviation of Sinclair.
Come on, sit down.
Prue
Sin's it's lovely that you're in Paris. I didn’t know. But it's lovely that you are. I'd been so bored, I can't tell you. Been fantastic collections, but the ups are awful, but it's lovely to see you.
Brett
Well, you got yourself a nice hat.
Prue
Oh yes.
In the next szene you can hear her talking nonstop in the background.
+
Waiter to Luther
Sir?
Luther
Nothing for the moment, I'm waiting for a friend. I see, you were having an excitement here in the hotel. I saw the photograph.
He shows the waiter the newspaper photo
Waiter
Oh yes, sir, that's Mr. and Mrs. Wagner.
Luther
And Danny was there too? Well, I am not mistaken, am I? That is Danny Wilde?
Waiter
Oh yes, sir, that's Mr.Wilde.
Luther
As I thought so. Would you bring me a telephone, please?
Waiter
Yes.
+++
Prue
…than anything.
Brett
Promise, Prue, my suite has one of the most exciting views of all Paris. I’ll have that one drink, we go up and I show you, hm?
Waiter takes the telephone from Brett's table and brings it to Luther.
Prue
The view is not just an excuse to get me up to your room, is it Sin?
Brett
Prue…
Luther
Suite two, eleven. That is Mr.Wilde's suite, isn't it?
Brett is listening to Luther talking because he has heard Danny's name.
It's not? 405, how did I come to make a mistake like that. Operator, don't bother, Mr. Wilde has just come into the lobby.
Brett looks out, but sees no Danny. Luther leaves the lobby.
Prue
Then, darling, you do understand that I am only coming up to your room to look at the view, don't you?
Brett
I'm sorry, what were you saying?
Prue
Is the view an excuse, Sin? Hm?
Distracted Brett
Yes.
Prue
Oh, Sin, you know I'm not that sort of a girl.
Brett
I tell you what, I take a picture for you and send you one.
Brett goes after Luther from the Hotel Lobby
Prue
I may not be that sort of a girl, but the least you could do is try and persuade me.
+
Danny
Just a minute, just a minute.
Shouts to the door and picks up the telephone
Hello? … Yes, long distance… No, this is not Mr. Schwarz, you got the wrong room.
hangs up, there's again a knock at the door
Coming, one second, one second.
Wraps a towel around his hips and opens the door
Yeah, right, what is it?
Luther
Mr. Wilde?
Danny
That’s me.
Luther points the pistol at him
Danny
Oh.
takes up his hands and lets the towel fall. Luther looks petrified at him.
Oh, excuse me.
bends down for the towel and watches amazed as Brett rushes on Luther. They both fell down.
Brett
Haaa!
Luther kicks Brett and runs away. Brett jumps up and runs after Luther
Danny
Uh.
Stands only clothed with towel in the hall, hotel guests looking at him in astonishment
How are you doing? Excuse me? Tarzan, haaahuiii!
He hops in his room
++
Street behind the hotel
Brett runs after Luther onto the street. When he catches up with him, Luther hits him down, but is shot out from the RR before he can kick him. Brett sees the car drive away.
++
Street outside the police station
Brett leaves the police station and drives in his Aston Martin with Danny on the Champs Elysee.
Danny
Okay, come on, now tell me what happened.
Brett
Ahm, very little. I simply explained to the police how I happened to be dancing in the street with a dead man.
Danny
Oh, I see. Now will you explain to me who is the guy?
Brett
His name is Siegfried Luther and the chances are there was… nothing personal in him wanting to kill you.
Danny
Listen to me, you English Dumdum, what is more personal than a bullet between the eyes? My eyes? Ha?
Brett
Will you listen?
Danny
I'm listening.
Brett
The Police believed he is a hired gun.
Danny
Oh. And what do you believe?
Brett
I believe having tried once and failed, they could very well try again with somebody else.
Danny
Eu. But I take up more insurance.
+++
Suzy
Hello? Yes, speaking. Speak up, please... What? But no, no, I can not now. Who is it? Hello?
Frank Wagner
Who was that?
Suzy
Oh, ahm ... wrong room. Nothing.
Frank Wagner
Oh, I see.
Suzy
Oh, dear, I ... I don’t have anymore postcards. I better go and get some ...
Frank Wagner
Call room service and have them sent.
Suzy
Oh, don't bother, darling, I'll go down to the lobby. It won't take a minute, really.
Frank Wagner
Suzy
Suzy
Yes?
Frank Wagner
Are you all right?
Suzy
Yes. I've never been happier.
Suzy leaves and her husband discovers blank postcards in their writing case.
++
Bird-dealer
You are expecting to meet me in the lobby. In my line of business, the unexpected is safer.
Suzy
Who are you?
Bird-dealer
Never mind me, it is you that matters. The daughter of the infamous Marquis de Villeigne, the great traitor. Isn’t that what they call him, the man that sold France to the Germans.
Suzy
That is not true.
Bird-dealer
The world believes it.
Suzy
I don't care.
Bird-dealer
Do you care enough to prove that he was not a traitor? Of course it will cost a lot of money, but then, you have a very rich husband.
Suzy
I wouldn't ask my husband for money. I couldn't.
Bird-dealer
Think about it. I'll be in touch.
He leaves the elevator
Do not follow me, I'm an old hand.
++
Danny
Thanks.
Suzy goes to Danny's door, but does not knock. Her husband watch her leaving.
+++
Brett
Oop.
Brett closes the elevator door. They walk arm in arm down the corridor.
Prue
I've never been to a man's room alone before. You do believe me, don't you?
Brett
Yes, if you believe that I have never asked a woman to my room before.
Prue
Touche.
Danny opens his door 405
Brett
Oh, okay?
Danny
Okay.
Brett and Prue walk on
Danny stage whispering
Okay.
Brett
Okay, haha.
Prue
Okay?
Brett to Prue
What are you talking about?
+++
+++
+++
Prue extinguishes a light and lies down on the sofa
I hope it's really cool, Sin, 'cause I am feeling very warm.
Brett pinches his eyes and shakes himself
+++
+++
Prue
Easy, Sin!
… runs accidentally into the bedroom, and finally out the door.
+++
Brett
Don’t worry, Daniel, I'm here…
Verner escapes through the balcony door.
Daniel? Where is he gone?
Danny from behind the door
Do you mind?
Brett
What are you doing behind there?
Danny
Hiding.
Sits down on the back of the sofa
Brett
Is that all the thanks that I get for saving your life.
Danny
Thanks, thanks a lot.
Brett
Oh, Daniel, someone is awfully determined, it's twice in one day.
Danny
Yes, twice. Why? Who? Why are they trying to kill me?
Brett
You haven't been doing something without me, have you?
Danny
Not at all. Who could it be? Why? But I'll tell you one thing: I'm not leaving and neither are you…
He pulls Brett on his suit-lapels to his side on the back of the sofa
... Until we found out who these people are. If it kills me.
Danny falls backwards from the sofa.
Brett
Daniel…
He groans.
+++
Bird-dealer
Sorry, if I wake you, Mrs. Wagner. Then you have had time to think about it. Are you interested? Good. I thought you maybe. Then you will get your instructions.
Suzy
Can't you tell me anymore now?
Hello? Hello?
She leaves her suite. Her husband observes and follows her.
+++
Well, I shouldn't imagine they try anything again tonight.
Danny
No not.
Brett
So I suggest you curl up with a good book tonight.
Danny
Ah, yes ...
Brett
Something else I should rather curl up.
Danny
Ah, alright.
Brett
By the way, should they try and kill you, please do it quietly, because you're playing absolute havoc with my love life.
Danny
I didn't mean to.
Brett
Good night, Daniel.
Danny
Good night and thank you very much.
Brett leaves and Danny closes the door. There is a knock and when he opens Suzy comes in.
Suzy
Danny, you've got to help me, please shut the door.
Danny
What?
Suzy
There's that ...
Danny hugs her
What's up?
Suzy
... Horrible, little man ...
Danny
Shh, alright, alright…Tell me ..
Suzy
… He keeps calling on the phone…
Danny
Now you just… shhh
Suzy
... He wants a lot of money ...
Danny
... Calm down ...
Suzy
… I can't tell Frank, he will not understand.
Danny
... Calm down ...
The door opens and Frank hits Daniel who falls back on the sofa.
Suzy
Ahhh !!
++
I've heard a lot about your reputation, Wilde, and till now I just thought it hearsay, I don’t gossip, but now stay away from my wife.
Suzy
But Frank, you do not understand ...
Frank pulls Suzy out of the room. Brett comes in.
Brett
Not again. What was that all about or you let my erotic, little mind run wild?
He helps Danny to his feet and holds on to him
Danny
That one was a little more social than the last, they're good friends.
Brett
Oh, you should keep out of people's honeymoons.
Danny
Well, it wasn't that, you see we had…
Prue
I hate you.
Prue storms in. She wants to slap Brett, but hits Danny, who falls back again over the sofa.
Danny
Aoh.
Brett
Prue? Prue?
Danny
Brett wants to help him up again, but he refuses.
I’m not moving.
Brett
Daniel, this is… not been one of our better days.
+++
It was stupid and ill planned. Fortunately, the ... the situation is not irredeemable. I brought in the help we need..
Verner
May I ask who?
Comte Marceau
Grosky
Verner
That snake ...
Comte Marceau
He is good. Extremely good.
Verner
He is a savage.
Comte Marceau
But good. He has pride in his work.
Verner
When does he arrive?
Comte Marceau
He's here already.
Grosky
You call me a snake? You says that I am a savage, and yet you, both of you bellow and wallow like a couple of cattle in the field.
Comte Marceau
Yes, yes, yes, yes, we know all your views, Grosky, but how you intend to deal with this man Wilde?
Grosky
Now let me see if I have got the situation clearly in my mind, first. Now then, this Mr. Wilde has an object, that… that you want desperately, right?
Comte Marceau
Yes, you have seen the newspaper photograph.
Grosky
And the merely possessing of this object gives him some knowledge which is dangerous to you. Therefore he has to be silenced.
Comte Marceau
Precisely.
Grosky
Well I don't see what the problem is, it seems quite simple to me. Get him on the phone. I will issue him with an invitation that he can not refuse. Now meanwhile, some of my employees will offer him an irresistible sum of money and then, when I have the bird in my hands …
Verner on the phone
Yes, Monsieur Danny Wilde's suite, please. Thank you.
Grosky
… I will...
He makes a trigger-pulling motion with his hand.
Verner
They are ringing his room now.
Grosky
Ah, Mr. Wilde, please listen very carefully to what I have to say to you.
Danny
He waves Brett and lets him listen on the second receiver.
Okay.
Grosky
Now the attempts on your life… they have not ended. They will try again.
Danny
Umm.
Grosky
Now, if you do business with me, your worries about your life will be ended. You will find that my terms are… most generous. Would you like to discuss it with me? Oh, I would say about a hundred thousand Franc, it's a very nice, round figure.
Danny
Oh, it's round about as you can get. Yeah, I like it. Oh, where, you just tell me where and when and I'll be there….. Right, and in how long?… In an hour. Okay, I'll find you.
Grosky
Good-bye. Now I want the purchase to be ...
Comte Marceau
Did he agree?
Grosky
Naturally he agreed. Now, I want that this purchase to looks as genuine as possible, so… so I need some money. Don't, don't worry about it. It will be returned when it's all over.
Comte Marceau
Arrange it, Verner.
Grosky
I must brief my associates.
+++
The Old, the New and the Deadly
Cast:
Suzy Wagner - Anna Gael
Grosky - Derren Nesbitt
Verner - Kenneth J. Warren
Prue - Juliet Harmer
Marceau (Comte de) - Patrick Troughton
Frank Wagner - Gary Cockrell
Serena - Jasmina Hilton
Luther - Frederick Jaeger
Denton (bird-dealer) - Michael Segal
Concierge - Michael Anthony
Mysteries:
* The bird-dealer is not once called by the name "Denton". We can only assume that M.Segal plays the part, because we can not find any information on the actor (like a picture).
Castle of the Comte de Marceau, Living room
Speech of A.Hitler from a Gramophone plateComte Marceau
An inspiration, Verner. A glowing inspiration.
Verner
Yes, Monsieur Le Comte.
More of the hateful speech in the background
Comte Marceau
We must never forget, Verner, never.
Verner
No, Sir. We are ready for the appointment.
Comte Marceau
The appointment, yes, thank you, Verner. We must never ever forget.
Country road
A RollsRoyce leaves the castle, parks on the roadside, car with bird-dealer approachesComte Marceau
Now, Verner.
They shoot at the car that is turned and driven away
We lost him. Did you see his face?
Verner
No, Sir.
Comte Marceau
We are getting rusty, Verner. Our reflexces are slowing down. I want what that man has, Verner and I will have it.
Credits
Paris, Plaza Athene Hotel, lobby
Some waiting photographers, paparazzis, Daniel comes out of the elevator and gratefully shakes the hand of the lift boy! Then he goes to the Concierge.Danny
Bonjour.
puts binoculars on the bar
Concierge
Bonjour, bonjour Monsieur Wilde, attendez s'il vous plait, votre correspondance voilà.
Danny
Merci, votre key.
gives his key to the Concierge and, puts on his glasses and open letters
Concierge
Ah, tres biens, qu'ils font des progrès. (Very well, you are making progress)
Picks up a packet from under the counter and holds it up on the packet cord.
You don't think it impertinent, Monsieur, ähm, but what is it?
Danny
The ... Oh, that ...
Sniffs the parcel
…that's chopped liver going around and chicken soup ...
Concierge
Sans blanc.
Danny
…And pickled herring. It's from my aunt Olga.
Concierge
Ah, votre aunt.
Danny
If I’m not in a kitchen, she thinks I am starving to death. She doesn’t know that this food can kill you.
Concierge
But not in this hotel.
Danny
We hope not.
Crowd at the entrance
What's there, what's going on?
Concierge
Ce qui se passe ? (what’s going on?)
A couple enters the hotel and is greeted by the hotel employees and paparazzi
Suzy
Hello.
Doorman
Welcome.
Danny
Here, put these in my box.
gives the letters to the Concierge and picks up his binoculars
Concierge
Oui, Monsieur.
The couple answers questions from reporters and Danny recognize the lady.
Danny
Suzy.
he collides with the bird-dealer, who drops the suitcase
Oh, I'm sorry, excuse me, I'm terribly sorry. Here, that's yours.
Daniel bends down and lifts the open briefcase.
Photographer
Mrs. Wagner!
Someone takes a picture of Mrs. Wagner, when behind her, Daniel holds the statue of an eagle.
Danny
What? You're welcome.
shakes his left hand
Hmm.
jostles through the crowd to Suzy Wagner
Oh, excuse me, please, would you… thank you. Suzy! Hi.
Suzy
Danny. Danny Wilde, how nice to see you.
Danny
Nice to see you. What are you doing here.
Suzy
Guess what.
Danny
You got engaged.
Suzy
I got married.
Danny
That's wonderful.
Suzy
Darling, come and meet an old friend of mine, Danny Wilde. This is my husband Frank Wagner.
Danny
Hello Frank, it's a pleasure to meet you. Congratulations to the both of you.
Frank Wagner
Suzy told me a lot about you, Danny.
Danny
All bad, I’m sure. Hold on.
Daniel gives Frank the binoculars and kisses Suzy
You don't mind me kissing the bride, I'm sure.
Frank Wagner
We are going to stay here a couple of weeks, why don't we…
Danny
Oh, yes, we could have drinks, dinner or something…
Suzy
Super.
Frank Wagner
Yes ... let’s get away from the crowd ...
Suzy
Goodbye, Danny.
Danny
Goodbye, goodbye… Frank.
to the Concierge
Why are am I not invited to weddings? You know why?
Brett
With any luck, they invite you to the honeymoon.
Danny
Look at him. Thank you, I'll take that.
comes with the package to Brett, who sits on his folding chair in the middle of the lobby
How are you doing, pal?
Brett
Ah, well, well.
Danny
Is that your new suit?
Brett
Does it meet with your approval?
Danny
Oh, my compliments to your butcher.
He circles around Brett
Brett
As a matter of fact it is made from the tail hair of a midget rare mongolian lama.
Danny
Oh, wonderful, but when that lama is finished making the coat, maybe he’ll make you a shoulder purse.
Both laugh
Brett
Your tailor has a sense of humor too.
sniffs
Daniel did you bathe this morning?
Danny
Oh no that's, that's an Hungarian salami.
Brett
Aunt Sadie?
Danny
That's who it is.
Brett
Yes, you finished with the insult jokes?
Danny
Yes, I am, as a matter of fact.
Brett
Shall we go?
Danny
Throws the package to the Concierge
Yeah sure, would you send it up to my room.
May I take your wand?
Takes the merged chair
Brett
Be careful, it may turn you into a human being.
Both leave the hotel
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Paris, racecourse grandstand
DannyOh, ohhh, you like to see this one. Oh, is the one great. Oh, look at him go.
Brett
Did we win?
Danny
He lost.
Brett
Oh you…
Danny
That's four losers in a row. I don’t believe it.
Brett
You are getting better.
Danny
Oh, I tell you, we better pick out an omen. Sit down, just sit down here.
He shoves Brett on a bench next to a man who reads a newspaper and sits down beside him
Brett
Pardon, Monsieur.
Danny
I say we have to find an omen.
Brett
So Daniel…
Danny
Here we go: I found an omen: Bimbam.
Brett
Why is that an omen?
Danny
Bimbam.
When I was eighteen years old I knew a girl named Gretchen.
Brett
When you were eighteen, oh, you have a remarkable memory.
Danny
She was big and she looked a little like a horse. I'm sure it can be a winner… Yeah, bimbam.
Brett
What’s that got to do with Bimbam?
Danny
Don’t you know anything? What did you learned in those fancy schools? Nothing at all.
Viewer next to Brett is leaving
Pardon. Excusez moi.
Leaves his newspaper and squeezes past the two, Brett picks up the paper.
Danny
Bimbam. How do you doing.
Looks the lady next to him on the bank under the brim of her hat.
Brett
Looks in the abandoned newspaper
Daniel! I see, you got the bird again.
Danny
He?
Brett
Reads the headline and translates from French
Suzanne de Villeigne est mariee. Suzanne de Villeigne, daughter of the infamous Marquis de Villeigne, honeymooning in Paris with American millionaire husband Frank Wagner.
Danny
Suzy is a nice girl.
Brett
Oh, I say she's an improvement of her father.
Danny
Well, what her father did was, what he did. She has nothing to do with it.
Brett
Haha, I merely quote from the history books.
Danny
Listen, he did a bad thing, or supposedly did a bad thing. Why should those crime be visited on the girl? She's a nice girl. Oh, by the way, I think I have figured out a new system.
Brett
That's that?
Danny
We gone bet losers.
Brett
That's what we been doing since we got here.
Danny
Let’s go down and have a drink first.
Both leave the grandstand
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Castle of the Comte de Marceau, Living room
Comte MarceauI want this man killed.
Gives Luther a newspaper
Luther
All right.
Comte Marceau
Look at it, man, look at it. In the background. The man holding the bird. His name is Wilde, Daniel Wilde. Verner has established that much. He is staying at the hotel Plaza Athene posing as an american Playboy. I want him death. And I want the bird he is holding.
Luther
Simplicity itself.
Comte Marceau
I hope so. But Luther, we want nothing lead back here.
Luther
I'm not an amateur. You may depend upon me.
clicks his heels
Comte Marceau
We want none of that heel clicking nonsense here. Just results, Luther. It was too much heel clicking that lost us the war. Luther! You show great confidence, Luther, perhaps you look at me and you see an old man. Because Verner is not as young as he was. Show him we are still dangerous, Verner.
Verner hits Luther in the stomach and he falls down.
Luther
Ohhahh.
Bend over he goes out the door.
Comte Marceau
A fool, Verner.
Verner
Yes, Sir.
Comte Marceau
Follow him. Let him accomplish his work, then… end the contract.
Verner
Very good, Sir.
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Lobby of the hotel Plaza Athene
Bird-dealer telephones the Wagner suite. Mr.Wagner picks up the phone.Frank Wagner
Hello?
Bird-dealer hangs up.
Suzy
Who was it, Darling?
Frank Wagner
I don't know, they hung up as soon as I answered. Hey, you couldn't be two-timing me already, could you? Like: the man answers, hang up.
Suzy
Frank, you're the most jealous man I ever met.
Frank Wagner
You better believe it.
Suzy
Right.
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Lobby of the hotel Plaza Athene
Bird-dealer leaves, Luther comes in. In the background Prue passes by. Luther sits down at a table next to Brett. Waiter serves Brett a drink.Prue
Sin!
Sin!
Sin!
Brett
Hello, Prue.
They hug and kiss on the cheeks.
Prue
Oh, Sin!
Brett to the waiter
Don’t worry, it’s not an invitation, just an abbreviation of Sinclair.
Come on, sit down.
Prue
Sin's it's lovely that you're in Paris. I didn’t know. But it's lovely that you are. I'd been so bored, I can't tell you. Been fantastic collections, but the ups are awful, but it's lovely to see you.
Brett
Well, you got yourself a nice hat.
Prue
Oh yes.
In the next szene you can hear her talking nonstop in the background.
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Waiter to Luther
Sir?
Luther
Nothing for the moment, I'm waiting for a friend. I see, you were having an excitement here in the hotel. I saw the photograph.
He shows the waiter the newspaper photo
Waiter
Oh yes, sir, that's Mr. and Mrs. Wagner.
Luther
And Danny was there too? Well, I am not mistaken, am I? That is Danny Wilde?
Waiter
Oh yes, sir, that's Mr.Wilde.
Luther
As I thought so. Would you bring me a telephone, please?
Waiter
Yes.
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Prue
…than anything.
Brett
Promise, Prue, my suite has one of the most exciting views of all Paris. I’ll have that one drink, we go up and I show you, hm?
Waiter takes the telephone from Brett's table and brings it to Luther.
Prue
The view is not just an excuse to get me up to your room, is it Sin?
Brett
Prue…
Luther
Suite two, eleven. That is Mr.Wilde's suite, isn't it?
Brett is listening to Luther talking because he has heard Danny's name.
It's not? 405, how did I come to make a mistake like that. Operator, don't bother, Mr. Wilde has just come into the lobby.
Brett looks out, but sees no Danny. Luther leaves the lobby.
Prue
Then, darling, you do understand that I am only coming up to your room to look at the view, don't you?
Brett
I'm sorry, what were you saying?
Prue
Is the view an excuse, Sin? Hm?
Distracted Brett
Yes.
Prue
Oh, Sin, you know I'm not that sort of a girl.
Brett
I tell you what, I take a picture for you and send you one.
Brett goes after Luther from the Hotel Lobby
Prue
I may not be that sort of a girl, but the least you could do is try and persuade me.
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Hotel Plaza Athene, 4th Floor Hallway
Luther goes to Suite 405 and knocks, gun drawn. The phone rings and Danny runs very wet and naked out of the shower.Danny
Just a minute, just a minute.
Shouts to the door and picks up the telephone
Hello? … Yes, long distance… No, this is not Mr. Schwarz, you got the wrong room.
hangs up, there's again a knock at the door
Coming, one second, one second.
Wraps a towel around his hips and opens the door
Yeah, right, what is it?
Luther
Mr. Wilde?
Danny
That’s me.
Luther points the pistol at him
Danny
Oh.
takes up his hands and lets the towel fall. Luther looks petrified at him.
Oh, excuse me.
bends down for the towel and watches amazed as Brett rushes on Luther. They both fell down.
Brett
Haaa!
Luther kicks Brett and runs away. Brett jumps up and runs after Luther
Danny
Uh.
Stands only clothed with towel in the hall, hotel guests looking at him in astonishment
How are you doing? Excuse me? Tarzan, haaahuiii!
He hops in his room
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Street behind the hotel
Brett runs after Luther onto the street. When he catches up with him, Luther hits him down, but is shot out from the RR before he can kick him. Brett sees the car drive away.
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Street outside the police station
Brett leaves the police station and drives in his Aston Martin with Danny on the Champs Elysee.
Danny
Okay, come on, now tell me what happened.
Brett
Ahm, very little. I simply explained to the police how I happened to be dancing in the street with a dead man.
Danny
Oh, I see. Now will you explain to me who is the guy?
Brett
His name is Siegfried Luther and the chances are there was… nothing personal in him wanting to kill you.
Danny
Listen to me, you English Dumdum, what is more personal than a bullet between the eyes? My eyes? Ha?
Brett
Will you listen?
Danny
I'm listening.
Brett
The Police believed he is a hired gun.
Danny
Oh. And what do you believe?
Brett
I believe having tried once and failed, they could very well try again with somebody else.
Danny
Eu. But I take up more insurance.
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Hotel Plaza Athene, Wagner's suite.
The phone rings, the bird-dealer callsSuzy
Hello? Yes, speaking. Speak up, please... What? But no, no, I can not now. Who is it? Hello?
Frank Wagner
Who was that?
Suzy
Oh, ahm ... wrong room. Nothing.
Frank Wagner
Oh, I see.
Suzy
Oh, dear, I ... I don’t have anymore postcards. I better go and get some ...
Frank Wagner
Call room service and have them sent.
Suzy
Oh, don't bother, darling, I'll go down to the lobby. It won't take a minute, really.
Frank Wagner
Suzy
Suzy
Yes?
Frank Wagner
Are you all right?
Suzy
Yes. I've never been happier.
Suzy leaves and her husband discovers blank postcards in their writing case.
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Hotel elevator
Suzy goes into the elevatorBird-dealer
You are expecting to meet me in the lobby. In my line of business, the unexpected is safer.
Suzy
Who are you?
Bird-dealer
Never mind me, it is you that matters. The daughter of the infamous Marquis de Villeigne, the great traitor. Isn’t that what they call him, the man that sold France to the Germans.
Suzy
That is not true.
Bird-dealer
The world believes it.
Suzy
I don't care.
Bird-dealer
Do you care enough to prove that he was not a traitor? Of course it will cost a lot of money, but then, you have a very rich husband.
Suzy
I wouldn't ask my husband for money. I couldn't.
Bird-dealer
Think about it. I'll be in touch.
He leaves the elevator
Do not follow me, I'm an old hand.
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Hotel Plaza Athene, 4th Floor, corridor outside Danny's Suite 405
A waiter brings a bottle of water, Danny gives him a tipDanny
Thanks.
Suzy goes to Danny's door, but does not knock. Her husband watch her leaving.
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Hotel Plaza Athene 4th Floor, Corridor
Brett and Prue leave the elevatorBrett
Oop.
Brett closes the elevator door. They walk arm in arm down the corridor.
Prue
I've never been to a man's room alone before. You do believe me, don't you?
Brett
Yes, if you believe that I have never asked a woman to my room before.
Prue
Touche.
Danny opens his door 405
Brett
Oh, okay?
Danny
Okay.
Brett and Prue walk on
Danny stage whispering
Okay.
Brett
Okay, haha.
Prue
Okay?
Brett to Prue
What are you talking about?
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Hotel fire stairs
Verner sneaks up the fire escape to Danny's balcony+++
Hotel Plaza Athene, Danny's Suite 405
Daniel is in a headstand. Verner opens the balcony door+++
Hotel Plaza Athene, Brett's Suite 407
Brett opens a bottle of champagnePrue extinguishes a light and lies down on the sofa
I hope it's really cool, Sin, 'cause I am feeling very warm.
Brett pinches his eyes and shakes himself
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Hotel Plaza Athene, Danny's Suite 405
Danny sits in yoga lotus position on the sofa. Verner shoots at Danny's mirror image. Danny fights with him over the gun. He bites, kicks and throws a bottle.+++
Hotel Plaza Athene, Brett's Suite 407
Brett hears the noise from the next room and let go of the two full Champagne glasses. He jumps over the sofa and Prue…Prue
Easy, Sin!
… runs accidentally into the bedroom, and finally out the door.
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Hotel Plaza Athene, Danny's Suite 405
Brett runs through the door, stumbles and falls on a chair.Brett
Don’t worry, Daniel, I'm here…
Verner escapes through the balcony door.
Daniel? Where is he gone?
Danny from behind the door
Do you mind?
Brett
What are you doing behind there?
Danny
Hiding.
Sits down on the back of the sofa
Brett
Is that all the thanks that I get for saving your life.
Danny
Thanks, thanks a lot.
Brett
Oh, Daniel, someone is awfully determined, it's twice in one day.
Danny
Yes, twice. Why? Who? Why are they trying to kill me?
Brett
You haven't been doing something without me, have you?
Danny
Not at all. Who could it be? Why? But I'll tell you one thing: I'm not leaving and neither are you…
He pulls Brett on his suit-lapels to his side on the back of the sofa
... Until we found out who these people are. If it kills me.
Danny falls backwards from the sofa.
Brett
Daniel…
He groans.
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Lobby of the hotel Plaza Athene
The bird-dealer is on a telephone.Bird-dealer
Sorry, if I wake you, Mrs. Wagner. Then you have had time to think about it. Are you interested? Good. I thought you maybe. Then you will get your instructions.
Suzy
Can't you tell me anymore now?
Hello? Hello?
She leaves her suite. Her husband observes and follows her.
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Hotel Plaza Athene, Danny's Suite 405
BrettWell, I shouldn't imagine they try anything again tonight.
Danny
No not.
Brett
So I suggest you curl up with a good book tonight.
Danny
Ah, yes ...
Brett
Something else I should rather curl up.
Danny
Ah, alright.
Brett
By the way, should they try and kill you, please do it quietly, because you're playing absolute havoc with my love life.
Danny
I didn't mean to.
Brett
Good night, Daniel.
Danny
Good night and thank you very much.
Brett leaves and Danny closes the door. There is a knock and when he opens Suzy comes in.
Suzy
Danny, you've got to help me, please shut the door.
Danny
What?
Suzy
There's that ...
Danny hugs her
What's up?
Suzy
... Horrible, little man ...
Danny
Shh, alright, alright…Tell me ..
Suzy
… He keeps calling on the phone…
Danny
Now you just… shhh
Suzy
... He wants a lot of money ...
Danny
... Calm down ...
Suzy
… I can't tell Frank, he will not understand.
Danny
... Calm down ...
The door opens and Frank hits Daniel who falls back on the sofa.
Suzy
Ahhh !!
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Hotel Plaza Athene, Brett's Suite 407
Brett hears Suzy screaming, winds out from under Prues near-kiss, jumps over the sofa again and runs out the door.
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Hotel Plaza Athene, Danny's Suite 405
Frank WagnerI've heard a lot about your reputation, Wilde, and till now I just thought it hearsay, I don’t gossip, but now stay away from my wife.
Suzy
But Frank, you do not understand ...
Frank pulls Suzy out of the room. Brett comes in.
Brett
Not again. What was that all about or you let my erotic, little mind run wild?
He helps Danny to his feet and holds on to him
Danny
That one was a little more social than the last, they're good friends.
Brett
Oh, you should keep out of people's honeymoons.
Danny
Well, it wasn't that, you see we had…
Prue
I hate you.
Prue storms in. She wants to slap Brett, but hits Danny, who falls back again over the sofa.
Danny
Aoh.
Brett
Prue? Prue?
Danny
Brett wants to help him up again, but he refuses.
I’m not moving.
Brett
Daniel, this is… not been one of our better days.
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Castle of the Comte de Marceau, Living room
Comte MarceauIt was stupid and ill planned. Fortunately, the ... the situation is not irredeemable. I brought in the help we need..
Verner
May I ask who?
Comte Marceau
Grosky
Verner
That snake ...
Comte Marceau
He is good. Extremely good.
Verner
He is a savage.
Comte Marceau
But good. He has pride in his work.
Verner
When does he arrive?
Comte Marceau
He's here already.
Grosky
You call me a snake? You says that I am a savage, and yet you, both of you bellow and wallow like a couple of cattle in the field.
Comte Marceau
Yes, yes, yes, yes, we know all your views, Grosky, but how you intend to deal with this man Wilde?
Grosky
Now let me see if I have got the situation clearly in my mind, first. Now then, this Mr. Wilde has an object, that… that you want desperately, right?
Comte Marceau
Yes, you have seen the newspaper photograph.
Grosky
And the merely possessing of this object gives him some knowledge which is dangerous to you. Therefore he has to be silenced.
Comte Marceau
Precisely.
Grosky
Well I don't see what the problem is, it seems quite simple to me. Get him on the phone. I will issue him with an invitation that he can not refuse. Now meanwhile, some of my employees will offer him an irresistible sum of money and then, when I have the bird in my hands …
Verner on the phone
Yes, Monsieur Danny Wilde's suite, please. Thank you.
Grosky
… I will...
He makes a trigger-pulling motion with his hand.
Verner
They are ringing his room now.
Grosky
Ah, Mr. Wilde, please listen very carefully to what I have to say to you.
Danny
He waves Brett and lets him listen on the second receiver.
Okay.
Grosky
Now the attempts on your life… they have not ended. They will try again.
Danny
Umm.
Grosky
Now, if you do business with me, your worries about your life will be ended. You will find that my terms are… most generous. Would you like to discuss it with me? Oh, I would say about a hundred thousand Franc, it's a very nice, round figure.
Danny
Oh, it's round about as you can get. Yeah, I like it. Oh, where, you just tell me where and when and I'll be there….. Right, and in how long?… In an hour. Okay, I'll find you.
Grosky
Good-bye. Now I want the purchase to be ...
Comte Marceau
Did he agree?
Grosky
Naturally he agreed. Now, I want that this purchase to looks as genuine as possible, so… so I need some money. Don't, don't worry about it. It will be returned when it's all over.
Comte Marceau
Arrange it, Verner.
Grosky
I must brief my associates.
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