No One Believes Her... Until It's Too Late | Fear in the Night (1972) Thriller Movie

[00:00:40]Quiet, please. Everybody, quiet.

[00:00:44]We will now sing the beginning of term hymn, "Lord, receive us with thy blessing, once again assembled here."

[00:03:21]I don't really need you any more, do I?

[00:03:25]I'm sorry I didn't tell you before.

[00:03:27]It's just I was afraid, really, you might not approve.

[00:03:31]I'd made up my mind that was what I wanted to do.

[00:03:35]- When did you get married? - Last week.

[00:03:38]He's away at the moment. We haven't even had our honeymoon yet.

[00:03:42]He had to leave the day after the wedding.

[00:03:44]Tell me about him. What does he do?

[00:03:48]He's a schoolteacher. He works in the country.

[00:03:52]So I'll have to leave Mrs Beamish.

[00:03:55]You'll soon find someone else, Mrs Beamish.

[00:03:58]Ah, but not like you, dear.

[00:04:00]Quiet as a mouse. The place always spotless.

[00:04:04]There aren't many around like you these days.

[00:04:08]It's all parties, friends popping in at all hours.

[00:04:13]- You were never like that. - No, I wasn't.

[00:04:17]I think they're very lucky to be getting you. The school, I mean.

[00:04:22]Think of it, living among all those happy little boys.

[00:04:27]Quite a family you'll have.

[00:04:30]A hundred and fifty of them.

[00:04:33]- You'll make a fine wife for a teacher. - I hope so.

[00:04:37]Is Mr Robert coming to collect you?

[00:04:40]- Yes, he's driving up in the morning. - Ah. That'll be nice.

[00:04:44]It'll be a sort of honeymoon for you, won't it?

[00:04:47]Yeah. At least we've got the holidays to look forward to.

[00:04:51]- Will you be living near the school? - I think so.

[00:04:53]Robert says we've got a cottage on the grounds.

[00:04:55]Oh. That's nice.

[00:04:57]They sound very nice, the headmaster and his wife.

[00:05:00]They do. I haven't met them yet.

[00:05:03]Plenty of time for that.

[00:05:09]I'll see you in the morning before you go, then.

[00:05:12]Goodbye, dear.

[00:05:13]- Night-night. - Good night and pleasant dreams.

[00:05:59]Hello, Robert.

[00:06:01]Where are you?

[00:06:03]The school, of course. Where did you think I'd be?

[00:06:06]We've just had the end of term feast.

[00:06:08]A hundred and fifty of the little monsters stuffing themselves into insensibility.

[00:06:12]Now they've all gone to bed with the wind.

[00:06:14]You should have been here. Like pigs at a swill.

[00:06:18]Oh, Michael and Molly send their love, they're longing to meet you.

[00:06:22]Okay, I'll see you about 11:00 in the morning.

[00:07:23]How do you feel?

[00:07:29]Relax, young lady. You got a nasty bump on the head.

[00:07:38]- Did you catch him? - Catch who?

[00:07:41]He was in the bathroom. He was waiting for me.

[00:07:43]There was no one here, dear.

[00:07:45]I heard this thump on the floor. I came upstairs to see if you were all right.

[00:07:50]And I found you stretched out on the bathroom floor.

[00:07:53]He tried to strangle me.

[00:07:55]We'd better ring the police.

[00:07:57]Could I have a word with you, Doctor?

[00:08:30]How do you feel now?

[00:08:34]Have you called the police?

[00:08:37]Later.

[00:08:39]Mrs Beamish tells me you haven't been very well lately.

[00:08:44]I don't understand.

[00:08:45]You had a nervous breakdown.

[00:08:49]That was about six months ago.

[00:08:51]That's not very long.

[00:08:54]These things take a long time to sort out.

[00:08:56]A very long time.

[00:08:58]I didn't just imagine that.

[00:09:02]Tell me what happened, from the beginning.

[00:09:07]It was after you went. Robert phoned.

[00:09:11]And after I had spoken to him, I went and put the chain on the door, and then... The chain wasn't on, dear. I let myself in.

[00:09:19]I used my pass key.

[00:09:21]The chain wasn't on.

[00:09:24]He must have gone out that way, then.

[00:09:30]I'll call the police if you're not going to.

[00:09:33]No. We'll do it.

[00:09:44]How long do you think it'll be before I'm really better?

[00:09:47]You're much better now.

[00:09:50]When I was in the hospital, there was a girl called Gillian.

[00:09:54]Do you remember her? I used to share a room with her.

[00:09:59]She kept imagining that there was someone following her and watching her.

[00:10:04]Of course, we knew there wasn't, but she really believed there was.

[00:10:10]She'd had a breakdown, too, but I think hers must have been much worse than mine.

[00:10:16]That was the second time she'd been back.

[00:10:20]She thought she was really better.

[00:10:23]They must have thought she was, too, or they wouldn't have let her go, would they?

[00:10:27]But it was afterwards, though, when she'd left, when she was on her own, that she started imagining those things.

[00:11:13]Are you sure you're feeling all right?

[00:11:17]- I'm sorry. - It's okay.

[00:11:21]I am sorry.

[00:11:23]I was looking forward to the drive and everything.

[00:11:26]And now it's spoiled?

[00:11:29]- No. It's not spoiled, it's just... - What?

[00:11:33]I don't know.

[00:11:39]These things take time to mend.

[00:11:42]You'll see, once they catch him.

[00:11:44]- They will catch him, won't they? - Of course they will. You're safe now.

[00:12:10]I'm sorry. I was miles away.

[00:12:13]- Where were you? - I was thinking, because of you, I'm gonna be the butt of countless schoolboy jokes.

[00:12:19]- Why? - 'Cause they'll fancy you.

[00:12:21]At least the older ones will.

[00:12:23]"Old Heller's found himself a smashing bird, you should see her."

[00:12:25]And they'll make up wildly erotic stories about what you and I get up to.

[00:12:33]I shall invite the attractive ones over for tea.

[00:12:36]Attractive what? - Boys.

[00:12:38]There aren't any.

[00:12:40]I shall listen to all their problems. I'll tell them to wash behind their ears, and I'll tell them to be especially nice to you.

[00:12:47]That'll go down a bomb.

[00:12:50]- I know I'm gonna love it. - Monstrous little brutes.

[00:12:54]Our cottage will be placed out of bounds on the first day of term.

[00:13:00]- Oh, I can't wait to see it. - I hope you like it.

[00:13:04]I'm sure I will. Is it near the school?

[00:13:17]- What's it like? - What's what like?

[00:13:19]- The school. - Big.

[00:13:21]Big... - Is it old? - It's not old at all, actually, it just looks old.

[00:13:27]Old and decrepit.

[00:13:30]It was only built about 60 years ago, as a matter of fact.

[00:13:33]Stockbroker Tudor, they used to call it.

[00:13:36]It's been neglected recently.

[00:13:39]It could do with a good coat of paint.

[00:13:42]Needs re-plastering in places. Full of dry rot, too, probably.

[00:13:47]I think it's marvellous. Can we go inside?

[00:13:56]This is the main hall, the assembly hall, the great hall.

[00:13:59]Chapel on Sundays. Gathering point on speech days.

[00:14:03]What you might call the hub of the establishment.

[00:14:08]The Carmichaels live in a private wing at the back of the house.

[00:14:10]Do you want to pay your respects now or later?

[00:14:11]Oh, no. Later.

[00:14:13]- They won't eat you. - I know, but I'd rather leave it till tomorrow.

[00:14:16]You'll like him. She can be a bit odd at times, though.

[00:14:19]- I'm sure they're both very nice. - Mmm.

[00:14:22]This place must have cost a fortune.

[00:14:25]- Does Mr Carmichael own it? - Yes, he does.

[00:14:27]- He must be very rich. - He would be if he sold it.

[00:14:30]Do you know a property developer offered him a quarter of a million for it, and he turned them down?

[00:14:34]- The school must mean a lotto him. - Yes, it does.

[00:14:38]Welcome to the lower fourth, known among the staff as the Snake Pit.

[00:14:41]- Why is it called the Snake Pit? - You should be here in term time.

[00:14:45]It's all so clean, Bob. Are the desks new?

[00:14:49]- It's not like our school. - Why not?

[00:14:51]Oh, everything there was chaos.

[00:14:53]Teachers always complaining about being overworked.

[00:14:56]We got lots more to see.

[00:14:58]You must have an enormous staff to run this place.

[00:15:00]- Not really. - Where are we going now?

[00:15:02]- I'll show you. - Where?

[00:15:03]- You'll see. - Oh, what's that?

[00:15:08]- It's not very pretty, is it? - It's horrible.

[00:15:11]It's one of Molly Carmichael's. She's a sculptress.

[00:15:15]- I don't like it. - Mmm. It is a bit savage.

[00:15:18]Have the boys seen it?

[00:15:22]What a strange thing to have in a boys' school.

[00:15:24]- Why? - Just having to look at that every day.

[00:15:30]I suppose you're right. Come on.

[00:15:40]What do you think?

[00:15:43]- It's lovely. - Do you like it?

[00:15:48]- I love it. - What were you expecting?

[00:15:53]I don't know.

[00:15:55]Something smaller and darker, and lots of old books.

[00:16:00]It's nice, Bob. Who had it before you?

[00:16:03]Oh. Maths master. He retired at the end of last term. Ooh!

[00:16:08]Went to live in Brighton.

[00:16:12]It's not so bad, I suppose. All mod cons.

[00:16:16]Even champagne.

[00:16:22]To us, then.

[00:16:31]- Do you think you're gonna be happy here? - Of course I am.

[00:16:34]- I shall be out most of the time during term. - Don't worry, it's your work.

[00:16:38]- Don't you like it? - I don't like work of any sort.

[00:16:43]I'd rather spend most of my time with you.

[00:16:46]I thought all teachers were supposed to be dedicated.

[00:16:48]I'm not.

[00:16:51]- I wish I had just half Carmichael's money. - Oh, don't be silly.

[00:16:55]- He probably envies you. - Do you think so?

[00:16:59]You're probably right.

[00:17:01]The trouble with him is... Oh.

[00:17:03]See what I mean? Not a moment's peace.

[00:17:11]Oh. Hello, Michael. It's the headmaster. Sorry, what?

[00:17:18]Yes, of course.

[00:17:20]Yes, I'll pick them up for you.

[00:17:23]At what time?

[00:17:26]The 11:45 from London.

[00:17:30]Fine.

[00:17:34]What?

[00:17:37]Oh. She's fine. We moved in this afternoon, yes.

[00:17:43]Tomorrow night.

[00:17:45]Yes, we'd love to.

[00:17:47]Dinner tomorrow.

[00:17:49]No, I'm sorry. I was just telling Peggy.

[00:17:52]Yes, 8:30 will be fine. All right.

[00:17:56]Yes. See you then. Bye.

[00:18:02]They've invited us for dinner.

[00:18:08]- It's okay, isn't it? - Yes, of course.

[00:18:11]Good. Remind me that I've gotta go to the station tomorrow morning.

[00:18:16]What was that you were gonna say about Michael before he phoned?

[00:18:19]Nothing.

[00:18:20]You were just about to say something about... You all right?

[00:18:44]You're still worried about that man, aren't you?

[00:18:48]I just can't believe it happened.

[00:18:51]But you're safe now.

[00:18:55]I shall feel better when I know they've caught him.

[00:18:58]Even if they don't, you're miles away from London. You're safe.

[00:20:07]- What are you doing out of bed? - I couldn't sleep.

[00:20:12]Must be the champagne.

[00:20:15]I keep thinking I can see someone.

[00:20:18]- Where? - Over there by the window.

[00:20:22]Can you see anyone?

[00:20:27]I can't see a thing.

[00:20:30]- You're right about one thing, though. - What?

[00:20:33]The champagne. It's upset you.

[00:20:37]Now come on back to bed.

[00:20:58]There's no one there.

[00:21:01]I did see someone.

[00:21:04]Come back to bed.

[00:21:09]There was someone there.

[00:21:12]Perhaps there was.

[00:21:17]Maybe it was Michael.

[00:21:20]He often walks about the school at night.

[00:21:23]- Why? - I don't know.

[00:21:29]Get some sleep. You've had a long day.

[00:22:03]- You forgot to kiss me. - No, I didn't. That's why I stopped.

[00:22:06]- I don't think I like this. - What?

[00:22:07]- You're going off to work. - I'll be back this afternoon.

[00:22:09]I know.

[00:22:14]You do that every time I go off to work and I shan't go off to work.

[00:22:19]What are you gonna do today?

[00:22:21]Would it be all right if I go and look at the big house?

[00:22:24]Why?

[00:22:25]I just thought I'd walk around it a bit, make friends with it.

[00:22:29]- I promise I won't touch anything. - All right. I'll see you later.

[00:22:32]Take care.

[00:26:02]Quiet, please. Everybody, quiet.

[00:26:15]Please, sir, is a mountain masculine?

[00:26:18]Boy, what is a mountain?

[00:26:22]Mons, sir. Mons montis.

[00:26:28]Masculine are fons and mons, chalybs, hydrops, gryps and pons.

[00:26:39]All together, then.

[00:26:42]Masculine are fons and mons, chalybs, hydrops, gryps and pons.

[00:27:14]Sorry if I frightened you. Please sit down.

[00:27:19]Oh. No, I'm sorry. I didn't realise you were... Please. Sit down.

[00:27:25]Have a desk.

[00:27:30]You must be Mrs Heller, Robert's wife.

[00:27:33]Allow me to introduce myself. I'm the headmaster.

[00:27:36]- Michael Carmichael. - How do you do?

[00:27:39]- I expect you... - You must think... - I'm sorry. - No, my dear.

[00:27:43]What were you going to say?

[00:27:45]You must think me very rude. I didn't mean to come in like that.

[00:27:49]I didn't realise you were working.

[00:27:52]I've never thought of it as work.

[00:27:55]To me, teaching has always been a sort of hobby.

[00:27:59]I like it. Do you see? I like to see my boys get a good start in life.

[00:28:06]They have to work, poor chaps.

[00:28:09]Our job is really to teach them how to learn.

[00:28:12]Do you know that is the most difficult part, to make them want to learn?

[00:28:22]How much of the school have you seen?

[00:28:26]I've seen the main hall and the dining room, and one of the dormitories.

[00:28:32]Robert said it would be all right as long as I didn't touch anything.

[00:28:38]Did he?

[00:28:41]Then you must see some more.

[00:28:49]Please.

[00:28:59]- And how long have you known Robert? - Oh, about four months.

[00:29:03]A quick courtship.

[00:29:06]- How did you meet? - Oh, just through friends.

[00:29:11]Would that all of life's associations were so simply forged.

[00:29:15]We're very pleased to have you with us.

[00:29:18]You're so pretty. You've already done me a power of good.

[00:29:23]You are a most welcome addition to our large family.

[00:29:26]The boys will be impressed, mightily impressed.

[00:29:29]Ah. This is their locker room.

[00:29:33]Everything's so clean and tidy.

[00:29:35]I expect it's very different when the boys are here.

[00:29:38]Of course, the academic standards of today are much the same as they've always been.

[00:29:42]But there is a very much higher degree of competition these days.

[00:29:45]More boys trying for places in the best schools and universities.

[00:29:51]Oh, dear me, you must think me a very dry old stick.

[00:29:56]The call me Old Gig Lamps, behind my back, of course.

[00:30:00]Come, I must show you the gymnasium.

[00:30:07]Here it is.

[00:30:09]Now, we have the usual parallel bars, various vaulting horses, and that is where we hold the annual school play.

[00:30:21]But I've always taken a very special interest in knots.

[00:30:25]I find them not only excellent therapy, but most rewarding in the study of character formation.

[00:30:33]Do you like tying knots in things, Mrs Heller?

[00:30:36]I don't know. I've never really tried.

[00:30:39]Did anyone ever tell you you have the most beautiful hair?

[00:30:47]No, I don't think so.

[00:30:50]- I never know what to do with it. - It looks charming as it is.

[00:30:54]But perhaps... If you removed the scarf, let it hang free.

[00:31:02]Oh, it would look a mess.

[00:31:04]- It needs washing. - Oh, I don't think so.

[00:31:08]- Will you? - What now?

[00:31:12]As a favour to an old man?

[00:31:20]Please, allow me.

[00:31:40]Ooh!

[00:31:43]Caught in the knot of your scarf.

[00:31:47]Ooh!

[00:31:48]- I'm so sorry. - It's all right.

[00:31:50]Nearly done.

[00:31:53]Before I met you I thought I heard a class going on.

[00:31:58]Sounded like a Latin class.

[00:32:03]They seemed to be enjoying it. They must like their work.

[00:32:08]All that laughter.

[00:32:10]Boys will be boys.

[00:32:14]Do you keep recordings of the classes to study?

[00:32:21]This must be a wonderful house to live in.

[00:32:24]Don't you sometimes wish that it wasn't a school and you had it to yourselves?

[00:32:30]Ooh.

[00:32:36]- Finished. - Thank you.

[00:32:44]Now, I must leave you.

[00:32:47]We have a conference to attend tomorrow in London.

[00:32:50]I'm afraid I shall have to take your Robert away from you for a short time.

[00:32:54]It is only during the school holidays that we are able to attend the numerous extracurricular activities that make up a schoolmaster's lot.

[00:33:03]You have seen our display of cups.

[00:33:07]No? Ah. They are something I'm particularly proud of, as a matter of fact.

[00:33:11]I've always believed in the awarding of trophies for athletic prowess.

[00:33:15]It stimulates effort, puts the keen edge into competitive sport.

[00:33:20]We had a boy here once, many years ago now, he won six cups in one year.

[00:33:28]Practically a clean sweep, a fine boy.

[00:33:41]Thank you very much for showing me around.

[00:33:45]Robert says we're having dinner with you tonight.

[00:33:48]See you then. Goodbye.

[00:34:24]Bob, is that you?

[00:35:02]Bob, it was him. I was attacked by the same man.

[00:35:07]- It couldn't happen again, Peg. - Bob... But it was! He must have followed me here.

[00:35:14]- Why? - I don't know why.

[00:35:18]Didn't you see him?

[00:35:20]I didn't see anyone, Peg.

[00:35:23]I came in and found you stretched out on the living room floor.

[00:35:25]That was where he attacked me, Bob.

[00:35:28]I thought I saw you from the house and I came over to find you.

[00:35:32]He was waiting for me, Bob, like he was before.

[00:35:36]- I'll fetch the doctor. - No. Call the police.

[00:35:40]- Oh. Peg, be reasonable. - Please, Bob, please. Call the police.

[00:35:43]I'm all right, please.

[00:35:49]Bob, I was attacked!

[00:35:52]Bob, I was attacked. I was.

[00:36:00]You don't believe me, do you?

[00:36:04]I believe you think you were attacked.

[00:36:08]What I really think happened is that you either fainted or fell... Your imagination did the rest.

[00:36:15]My imagination.

[00:36:20]Last Tuesday I went out to dinner.

[00:36:24]It was with a friend of Mrs Beamish's.

[00:36:28]I supposed she thought I was lonely so she asked this man to take me out.

[00:36:35]We went out to have something to eat... I don't know why, but I thought he put something in my drink.

[00:36:46]I suppose I lost control.

[00:36:53]He had to phone Mrs Beamish and ask her to come and get me.

[00:36:56]And she kept trying to convince me that he was a friend of hers and he wouldn't do anything like that, but... I didn't believe her.

[00:37:09]I'm afraid I didn't like him.

[00:37:11]He kept saying it must have been my imagination.

[00:37:16]It couldn't have been my imagination.

[00:37:22]- Could it? - Yeah.

[00:37:27]I'll tell you what, sleep on it.

[00:37:30]If you feel the same way in the morning, then we'll call the police.

[00:37:37]Now, try and get some rest.

[00:37:39]I'll call the Carmichaels and tell them you're not well.

[00:38:02]- Want some more coffee? - Mmm.

[00:38:17]What's it to be? Do we call the police or don't we?

[00:38:24]You don't want me to, do you?

[00:38:27]I want to do what's best for you.

[00:38:29]No, you don't. You think I might make a fool of myself, don't you?

[00:38:35]No, I don't.

[00:38:40]Tell me one thing.

[00:38:43]Now, in the cold light of morning, do you still say you were attacked?

[00:38:47]I was attacked, I was.

[00:38:52]It must have been the same man, mustn't it?

[00:38:58]I'll call them.

[00:39:03]What's happening to me?

[00:39:08]Nothing.

[00:39:29]Do you want me to call them?

[00:39:41]Do you want to come outwith me today?

[00:39:44]I've got some work to do. You won't be bored?

[00:39:49]Go upstairs and get dressed. Hmm?

[00:39:53]Do you want your coffee?

[00:39:59]You realise I've got to go to London this afternoon?

[00:40:03]Yes, Mr Carmichael told me.

[00:40:06]Michael?

[00:40:08]Yes, I met him yesterday. He showed me around the school.

[00:40:12]You didn't tell me.

[00:40:16]Go on, up YOU 9°- - Have you finished? - Finished here.

[00:40:38]- Got to go over to the woods now. - Oh.

[00:40:40]I could drop you off at home first, if you like.

[00:40:42]No, it's all right. I've come this far.

[00:40:44]Jump in.

[00:40:58]Jim says part of the boundary fence has collapsed.

[00:41:01]- You cold? - Yes, I am a bit.

[00:41:03]Hang on. Here.

[00:41:06]- Bob, is that yours? - Hmm? No, it's Michael's.

[00:41:10]Like the Land Rover. Let's face it, everything around here belongs to Michael.

[00:41:13]- Is it loaded? - Of course it is.

[00:41:15]- What does he use it for? - Rabbits, foxes, you know.

[00:41:24]I hate guns.

[00:42:02]It's beautiful. Does he own all this?

[00:42:05]Twelve hundred acres in all. I won't be long.

[00:43:03]What the hell are you doing here?

[00:43:17]You could get your head blown off creeping around like that.

[00:43:19]Don't you know this is private property?

[00:43:24]Well?

[00:43:27]I said this is private property. Didn't you see the signs?

[00:43:30]God knows we put enough of them up.

[00:43:33]No, I didn't. I'm sorry.

[00:43:35]Well, then I suggest that... - Oh. Hello, Robert. - I see you two have met then.

[00:43:45]- Oh. Is this the bride? - Yes, this is Peggy.

[00:43:49]Peggy. Molly Carmichael. Peggy, my wife.

[00:43:52]Why didn't you say so, my dear?

[00:43:54]I nearly made a widower out of you, Robert.

[00:43:57]- How do you mean? - I didn't know she was there.

[00:44:00]Another couple of yards, and... Darling, you must be more careful.

[00:44:07]It was my fault, really. I just assumed there was nobody around. I'm sorry.

[00:44:15]How very pretty you are.

[00:44:17]- You did well for yourself, Robert. - Yes, I did.

[00:44:22]About last night, I'm very sorry, - it was just at the last minute... - A headache.

[00:44:28]Trying to do too much on her first day at school.

[00:44:31]You must take better care of her, Robert.

[00:44:34]I'm sure he hasn't the remotest idea of how to be a good husband.

[00:44:36]I've always thought of him as the perennial bachelor.

[00:44:41]Oh. By the way, Robert, Michael wants you to go up to London by yourself this afternoon.

[00:44:45]- But the conference? - I think he wants you to represent him.

[00:44:50]All right, as long as he gives me his report and tells me what to say.

[00:44:54]Oh. You must come and have tea with us soon.

[00:44:57]As soon as I get the cottage sorted out.

[00:44:59]Oh. Thank you, I'd like that.

[00:45:02]Will you drop by the house later on then? I'm sure Michael would like to talk to you.

[00:45:06]- Yes, indeed. - Good.

[00:45:20]- Damn it. - What?

[00:45:22]I was looking forward to spending an evening at home.

[00:45:27]I wonder why Michael's changed his mind about going to London.

[00:45:31]- When does the conference finish? - Late.

[00:45:34]When Michael goes, he stays the night in town.

[00:45:37]- Does he? - Hmm.

[00:45:58]- She's very beautiful, isn't she? - I suppose she is.

[00:46:03]Do you find her attractive?

[00:46:05]- No, I don't. - Good.

[00:46:10]Do they get on?

[00:46:12]Who? Michael and Molly? Yeah, I think so.

[00:46:16]Why?

[00:46:18]I don't know, just a feeling.

[00:46:43]- Peg? I'm going over to see Michael. - Yeah?

[00:46:47]- I've just made the coffee. - I won't be long.

[00:46:50]Try and arrange it so you don't have to stay overnight.

[00:46:52]Yeah, I'll try.

[00:47:07]Oh, bugger.

[00:47:11]- Hi. - Oh.

[00:47:14]- I'm sorry I didn't hear you. - The door was open.

[00:47:18]I thought that you might like to have this.

[00:47:28]I'd put it in the fridge if I were you.

[00:47:33]Yes, of course.

[00:47:42]- Would you like some coffee? - Oh. Yes, please. But I'm not gonna stay.

[00:47:46]I just came by to see if Robert could pick something up for me while he's in London.

[00:47:50]I'm sure he will. He's just popped over to see your husband.

[00:47:54]He'll be back in a minute.

[00:47:58]Do you miss London, Mrs Heller?

[00:48:02]Doesn't it get a bit lonely for you up here?

[00:48:07]I've always wanted to live in the country.

[00:48:09]Thank you.

[00:48:11]I imagine this life is a bit different from what you're used to.

[00:48:14]I don't think so.

[00:48:17]Running a house and all that housework.

[00:48:21]It's all a matter of what you're used to.

[00:48:26]If you ever get tired of us here, you can always go back to London.

[00:48:29]I don't think I will.

[00:48:33]Forgive me for being personal, but you do seem terribly young, - almost like a child bride. - I'm 22.

[00:48:43]I'm sure that Robert needs you as much as we need Robert.

[00:48:47]My husband's been terribly overworked and the mental strain has been very hard on him.

[00:48:53]Of course, he's physically all right, but, um... I think you understand.

[00:49:04]Thank you for the coffee.

[00:49:07]If you get lonely during the night, give me a call. I'll be home all evening.

[00:49:28]It's just that I don't want to stay here on my own, that's all.

[00:49:31]I know that.

[00:49:33]That's why I suggested you come up with me and you stay the night at Mrs Beamish's.

[00:49:38]Why do you have to stay at this club?

[00:49:40]I've told you, darling. Michael booked me in there. I can't change it now.

[00:49:45]Why don't you stay the night at the pub in the village here?

[00:49:49]Why not?

[00:49:51]Look, Bob, if I can't stay with you, I might just as well stay here.

[00:49:57]Would you like to spend the evening with Molly and Michael?

[00:50:01]- I'm afraid I don't get on with Molly. - But you've hardly met her.

[00:50:06]She came over here this afternoon.

[00:50:08]She managed to spend the whole time telling me she didn't think I belonged here.

[00:50:12]She thought I'd get bored and want to go back to London.

[00:50:14]She can be a terrible bitch.

[00:50:21]Don't let's worry about it any more.

[00:50:25]- I'll stay here. - You sure?

[00:50:28]- Yes, I'm sure. - Okay.

[00:50:31]Now, come and see me off.

[00:50:48]You've got the number of the police station, right? And you've got Molly's number?

[00:50:53]- I shan't need that. - No, but you've got it.

[00:50:57]Is there anything else?

[00:51:00]Well, that's it then.

[00:51:05]Look, darling, if it makes you feel any safer, take the gun with you into the cottage.

[00:51:09]It's in the Land Rover, but be careful, it's loaded.

[00:51:14]- I'll see you tomorrow. - Take care. Goodbye.

[00:58:29]Silence!

[00:59:35]Mrs Heller, I must... Peg? I'm home.

[01:02:29]Peg? Where are you?

[01:02:35]Darling?

[01:02:43]What on Earth are you doing here?

[01:02:45]- I like it here. - Are you all right?

[01:02:51]- What's the matter? - Nothing.

[01:02:56]- Where are you going? - Going back to the cottage to get your lunch.

[01:03:11]It's been smashed.

[01:03:14]Do you know anything about it?

[01:03:20]Look. Here. What's this?

[01:03:29]I don't know.

[01:03:41]Are you sure you don't know what it is?

[01:03:45]And you heard nothing from the cottage?

[01:03:52]- What's this? - I don't know.

[01:03:56]- Did you spill something? - I must have done.

[01:04:00]- There's your lunch. - Hmm?

[01:04:05]Aren't you eating?

[01:04:09]Oh, you did bring the gun into the house.

[01:04:17]- You've used it. - No, I haven't.

[01:04:23]Both these cartridges have been fired. Look!

[01:04:27]Have they?

[01:04:30]Peg, what the hell is going on here?

[01:04:33]You haven't given me a straight answer since I came home.

[01:04:36]- Haven't I? - No, you haven't.

[01:04:39]There was what happened in the dormitory and that.

[01:04:43]I spilled something.

[01:04:45]- But what? - I've forgotten.

[01:04:50]But the gun? It's been fired.

[01:04:57]I was practising how to use it.

[01:05:01]- Practising? - Yes. By the boathouse.

[01:05:06]And you'd forgotten.

[01:05:13]Look, I love you.

[01:05:16]If anything has happened, anything at all, tell me whatever it is.

[01:05:20]We'll sort it out together, but just tell me.

[01:05:26]Aren't you going to eat your lunch?

[01:09:19]Yes, down by the boathouse.

[01:09:38]Have you found what you're looking for?

[01:09:42]I don't know what you're talking about.

[01:09:44]You're looking for something.

[01:09:50]All right, I am.

[01:09:53]I'm looking for something to explain what happened to you.

[01:09:56]- Nothing happened. - Don't keep telling me that.

[01:09:59]Your behavioufls enough to tell me, somethings wrong.

[01:10:02]- My behaviour? - Yes, you've changed.

[01:10:07]You won't tell me why, so I've got to find out for myself.

[01:10:11]By checking the lake?

[01:10:14]- What did you expect to find, Robert? - I don't know.

[01:10:18]Why don't you ask Michael?

[01:11:03]Peg, I want to talk to you.

[01:11:09]There are a lot of things I should have explained to you a long time ago.

[01:11:13]Are there?

[01:11:17]You already know about some of them.

[01:11:21]Do I?

[01:11:26]- About Michael, for instance. - What about him?

[01:11:33]That's what I was going to tell you about. I was terrified of losing you.

[01:11:39]Go on.

[01:11:44]Well, this place isn't really a school at all.

[01:11:51]It hasn't been since 1963.

[01:11:54]It used to be a school, a very good one.

[01:11:59]Then in the summer time of '63 there was a terrible accident.

[01:12:03]One night, Michael discovered a small fire in the carpentry shop, under the east wing.

[01:12:10]There was a fire bucket standing nearby.

[01:12:13]He threw the contents on the flames and it turned out to be some sort of inflammable spirit.

[01:12:20]The whole place went up in a tremendous explosion and a lot of people were hurt.

[01:12:27]The police were called in. The boys were sent home.

[01:12:33]The school closed down.

[01:12:40]Michael was very badly burned.

[01:12:45]And for weeks they thought he was going to die.

[01:12:49]To start with, he just lay there moaning.

[01:12:53]Calling out the names of the boys who slept in the dormitory over the fire.

[01:13:02]Those who had died.

[01:13:09]That's how I met Michael.

[01:13:13]At the hospital, you see. I worked there.

[01:13:18]- Did you? - Yes, I was a medical student then.

[01:13:23]I used to take holiday jobs in various hospitals.

[01:13:28]Anyway, we became friendly and he grew to rely on me more and more.

[01:13:33]So much so, in fact, that when it was time for him to go home, his wife asked me if I'd go along with them and look after him.

[01:13:40]Permanently.

[01:13:43]I accepted.

[01:13:45]Not just because the money was so good, but... I really thought that I could help him.

[01:14:00]So, when he came back here, he had all traces of the fire removed.

[01:14:06]He started to run the place as if it was still a school.

[01:14:10]And now, everything is exactly as it used to be.

[01:14:14]Except no one ever comes here.

[01:14:17]No boys, no masters, no parents. Nothing.

[01:14:24]He's even fixed up recordings in every room, so that at least things will sound the same.

[01:14:30]But he just walks about.

[01:14:34]Playing at being headmaster.

[01:14:51]And I play his game with him.

[01:15:01]You see, he relies on me totally.

[01:15:04]That's why it was so stupid of me not to understand. You see... When I first mentioned you to him, he asked me questions about you like, where you lived in London.

[01:15:15]What you did. What you looked like. When you were coming down here.

[01:15:19]I dismissed the possibility that perhaps he resented you.

[01:15:23]Perhaps because I needed you so much.

[01:15:26]You can see now why I was so anxious to find out what happened here last night.

[01:15:31]He still needs my help.

[01:15:38]Is that all you have to tell me?

[01:15:41]Yes. Except that your safety means more to me than anything.

[01:15:47]I hate myself for not taking you seriously when you told me you'd been attacked.

[01:15:50]But I just couldn't believe that he was the one who tried to strangle you in London.

[01:15:57]So you see, Peg, if anything's happened here, anything at all, you must tell me.

[01:16:05]Do you understand?

[01:16:09]Did he attack you?

[01:16:13]Did you shoot him?

[01:16:21]- Then where is he? - I don't know.

[01:16:40]- Maybe, she didn't kill him. - Of course, she did.

[01:16:42]The gun's been fired and there's blood all over the place. That part worked perfectly.

[01:16:46]It's what happened afterwards that's gone wrong.

[01:16:48]She should've called the police this time.

[01:16:53]Perhaps she thought that they wouldn't believe her.

[01:16:56]Hasn't she asked you why you haven't called them?

[01:17:01]That would look pretty stupid, wouldn't it?

[01:17:03]You calling the police and telling them that you think your wife killed my husband.

[01:17:09]Let's face it, Robert. We're back where we started.

[01:17:13]Not quite. I've got a wife now.

[01:17:18]Well, that was your idea. Why do you have to be so devious?

[01:17:22]Why couldn't you just have taken him out into the woods and shot him yourself?

[01:17:26]I've told you before! If there's a killing, we must have a killer.

[01:17:30]If we made it look like an accident, they'd come round asking a lot of questions.

[01:17:33]Our way, we provide the killer. The real killer.

[01:17:36]Then we're in the clear.

[01:17:38]Our Way's beginning to look a little sick now, don't you think?

[01:17:41]- It'll still work once we find the body. - If we find the body.

[01:17:47]- What are you going to do if we don't? - We've got to.

[01:17:51]Either we find it or we get her to tell us what she's done with it.

[01:18:00]Is she normal? This cute little wife of yours.

[01:18:05]Of course, she's normal. She's the most normal person I've ever met.

[01:18:10]The trouble with you is you have been seeing too much of your husband.

[01:18:15]She certainly is behaving in a most peculiar way for such a normal human being.

[01:18:21]What's she going to do and say when you find Michael's body and hand her over to the police?

[01:18:26]It doesn't matter what she says. Nobody will believe her.

[01:18:29]Any more than they'll believe that she was attacked by a man with an artificial arm on two other occasions.

[01:18:33]Did you enjoy that bit, Robert? I did.

[01:18:38]Oh, I did.

[01:18:40]When I heard her talking to you on the phone, "I love you too, darling."

[01:18:48]Yes, Mrs Beamish has just gone.

[01:18:52]I love you too, darling.

[01:18:55]Your pretty little brand-new wife. All innocence and purity.

[01:19:01]I couldn't wait to get my hands on her.

[01:19:08]When I did it, I hated every minute of it. I did it for you.

[01:19:12]Even when I was struggling with her, I was thinking of you.

[01:19:15]You and your husband and his damn money. I wish now we'd left things as they were.

[01:19:21]I love you.

[01:19:24]- Where are you going? - To make her tell the truth.

[01:19:43]You like it? It's not quite right yet.

[01:19:48]I don't seem to be able to get the right simpering expression.

[01:19:55]Next time I'll use the hand with the knife.

[01:20:02]Don't look to your tender loving husband for help.

[01:20:09]Tell us what happened. I don't want you to get hurt.

[01:20:13]Oh, I do.

[01:20:16]Robert's a little bit squeamish, my dear. But I assure you that I have no such scruples.

[01:20:21]Now, I shall ask you one more time. Where is he?

[01:20:25]I don't know.

[01:20:27]No marks.

[01:20:50]"I have done a terrible thing. I have killed Michael."

[01:20:54]"I won't try to explain or justify it except to say we were lovers" "and we quarrelled. I see no other way out now."

[01:21:02]Hmm. Very dramatic. Full ofjust the right clichés.

[01:21:07]- Copy her signature from that. - Oh, no, darling. I'm no forger.

[01:21:13]Neither am I, but you're a woman. A woman can do it better than a man.

[01:21:18]- Is that the reason? - What other reason could there be?

[01:21:24]Couldn't it be that you just wanted me a little more involved, as a sort of insurance policy?

[01:21:30]You're involved up to here already, my pet.

[01:21:36]Since you haven't been able to find Michael, what makes you think that the police are going to be able to?

[01:21:41]They're experts. Michael's here somewhere, either dead or dying.

[01:21:47]- I'll make a deal with you, Robert. - What?

[01:21:53]I'll find Michael. And if he's still alive, I'll kill him.

[01:21:59]If you sign this.

[01:22:03]- How do you think you'll find him? - She knows something.

[01:22:08]And I intend to find out what it is.

[01:22:13]- All right, but she mustn't be marked. - Leave that to me.

[01:22:18]I'm a woman, remember?

[01:22:20]I'm gonna find something that will mark her a little, but hurt her a lot.

[01:23:03]I suppose you'd have left this on a mantelpiece somewhere.

[01:23:07]They'll just have to find it on you.

[01:23:12]Peggy, you've got one last chance.

[01:23:16]If you tell us everything. If you tell us where Michael is now, you'll be all right.

[01:23:21]We'll simply phone the police and they'll put you back in hospital somewhere.

[01:23:25]For the future, who knows? Maybe they'll let you out.

[01:23:31]Do you want to tell me?

[01:23:36]You're a fool, Peggy.

[01:23:39]I promise you something, when Molly gets back here, you'll tell us.

[01:23:45]You'll tell us everything you know.

[01:23:47]And when you've done that, you'll start making things up.

[01:23:49]You'll say anything to stop her from hurting you.

[01:24:01]Come on. Up. Outside. Move!

[01:25:24]Good evening, Robert. I've been waiting here to welcome you.

[01:25:31]I hope that gun isn't loaded. If it went off, it would waken the boys.

[01:25:37]You know I couldn't allow that. They need their sleep, you see.

[01:25:42]The pressure of exams.

[01:25:47]Where are you, Michael?

[01:25:50]You know perfectly well I wouldn't carry a loaded gun in the school.

[01:25:55]How stupid of me. I'd forgotten. You've always had the boys' welfare at heart.

[01:26:00]I think, Robert, that given time, you might have made a very good schoolmaster.

[01:26:06]The boys liked you. And I believe you liked them.

[01:26:23]Are you here? Speak to him.

[01:26:30]Tell him to come down and talk to us.

[01:26:34]Are you looking for my wife?

[01:26:38]You've been seeing far too much of each other lately.

[01:26:42]I'm always afraid the parents will get to hear about it.

[01:26:46]It's surprising what boys write about in their letters home.

[01:26:50]The boys, Headmaster, can hear every word you say.

[01:26:54]Can they?

[01:26:57]Why not come down into the hall? We can talk things over quietly.

[01:27:01]But I am in the hall.

[01:27:05]Ah, that's better. Now, we can see where we are.

[01:27:13]Where's Molly?

[01:27:15]She's right beside me.

[01:27:17]Where all good wives should be. In their husband's hour of need.

[01:27:22]Or is this your hour of need, Robert?

[01:27:26]I've been watching you two for a long time.

[01:27:29]Did you think I didn't notice on the occasions when you stole away into the woods together?

[01:27:34]I heard you talking. Planning everything. And you very nearly succeeded, didn't you?

[01:27:41]Yes. We did.

[01:27:44]Yes, you nearly succeeded.

[01:27:47]But I must tell you, Robert, all the best murderers check their weapons.

[01:27:50]The gun you so cunningly persuaded poor Peggy to keep with her was loaded with blanks. I'd removed the shot, you see.

[01:27:59]Not this time.

[01:28:02]And she tried to shoot me just as you wanted her to.

[01:28:07]I only wanted to talk to her. You know that now, don't you, my dear?

[01:28:13]There was a rabbit in the larder.

[01:28:15]I spilt some of its blood on the floor and made it look as if she had shot me.

[01:28:20]When you saw it, I knew you would do something foolish and you did.

[01:28:29]And now, you've done it again.

[01:28:34]You want to be very careful.

[01:28:45]But not a third time, Michael.

[01:28:48]I might have known you'd use your ridiculous electric gadget to speak through.

[01:28:55]Say goodbye to the boys, Headmaster.

[01:28:58]It's the end of term.

[01:29:44]Bastard! Where are you?

[01:29:48]Show your face, you mad bastard!

[01:30:02]I'll find you!

[01:31:02]Someone up ahead, sir.

[01:31:09]Are you all right, miss?

[01:31:11]We got a call, miss. There's been some trouble.

[01:31:14]Is Mr Carmichael there, miss. I think it was him who called us.

[01:31:18]Yes, he's there. It's the start of a new term.

[01:31:23]It can't be that, miss. This place has been closed for years.

[01:31:25]We understood Mr Carmichael was running it as a private house.