Our Man in Havana Page #5

- Muslin.

- Muslin, yes.

And I used to say to myself,

"Ah, you're very grand, very proud now.

"But one day I shall marry someone

just like you."

But you didn't.

But I shall.

- Has Dr. Hasselbacher been in?

- No, sir.

Good-bye.

Montez has agreed to take a private plane

to get the photographs.

Oh, he's a wonderful man!

The odds are 50-to-1 against him.

Of course, if he doesn't get back...

the Prime Minister won't hear

any more about the constructions.

- Rudy, is the radio ready yet?

- They broke a rectifier tube.

- I can't do anything till that's fixed.

- We'll have to use the book then.

Take down this cable to London.

Copy to 59200 in Jamaica from 59200l5.

Montez, only agent who knows location...

has agreed pilot private plane

over mountains...

to obtain photographs.

- Here, this will help.

- Thank you.

Of the constructions.

Must leave here midnight

to arrive location...

at dawn.

Owing to extreme danger...

This will be better.

Owing to extreme danger...

of being shot down by government planes...

patrolling what is rebel areas,

suggest bonus of...

$1,700.

Well, why not make it $2,000?

They like round figures.

I don't want to seem extravagant.

Cable approval immediately. Message ends.

Well, that's that.

Yes, but we may be sending a man

to his death.

Oh, I'm sorry.

This is my first job in the field.

I wish you weren't one of them.

- Us, I mean.

- It's a living.

Not a very real one.

There are lots of other jobs that aren't real.

There you are. I'm home now, Father.

Why did your marriage break up?

He was acting all the time. The great lover.

You can't love

and be as confident as he was.

If you love, you're afraid of losing it,

aren't you?

But you have every reason to be confident.

You've pulled a big scoop.

You're our man in Havana.

The best agent in the western hemisphere.

Do I give that impression?

But that's your cleverness.

Don't you have a room without a bed?

Beds always make one talk.

- What's next door?

- Milly's room.

But that's got a bed in it, too.

- I never knew you'd been in the Army.

- Who has not been?

It is nice for Mr. Wormold

to have a secretary.

A short time ago you were worried,

I remember.

Things change for no particular reason.

Excuse me. I'm expecting a telephone call.

- Do you have this one, Mr. Wormold?

- How very kind of you.

I think I've discovered

where to find you a Vat 69.

Know what I'd do with your collection?

Use them for chequers.

Such a dull game.

What if when you take a man, you drink it?

What handicapping. What finesse.

A game to make us

forget the world we live in.

Don't you read anything but medical books,

Dr. Hasselbacher?

I have little time for any other reading.

- Where was your home?

- My father was a schoolmaster in Munich.

- When did you leave Germany?

- 1934.

So I can plead not guilty, young lady,

to what you suspect.

- I didn't mean...

- Then I'm sorry.

Ask Mr. Wormold. There was a time

when I was not so suspicious.

I suppose

you want to report that to London?

- Well, it is an odd coincidence, isn't it?

- Life is full of coincidences.

Why shouldn't he read Lamb?

He's a good old man.

I've known him for 15 years.

The best friend I ever had.

Will you please excuse me?

I do not feel well.

Perhaps you will come some other evening?

- Can I help?

- You? No, you cannot help.

A doctor is always supposed

to get used to death.

But I am not a good doctor.

Who has died? A patient?

It was an accident. Just an accident.

A car crashed.

There are always accidents everywhere,

aren't there?

It must have been an accident.

He was a pilot.

They always make reckless drivers.

Was his name Montez?

Yes, that was his name.

Oh, Father, it's you.

You look as though you'd seen a ghost.

We've had bad news. Somebody killed.

Oh! I am sorry. Who?

Nobody you know. Capt. Montez.

Capt. Montez? The Cubana pilot?

- Father, I don't like unhappy endings.

- Milly, please.

Why have him killed?

I was just getting fond of him.

You don't want me here, do you?

Either of you.

All right.

Did Milly know him?

- In a way.

- She sounded so heartless.

No, that's just her way of talking.

We must warn our other agents.

Don't be silly. I mean, it was an accident.

Hasselbacher said so.

You don't believe that, do you?

They're getting tough.

- Who are "they"?

- The other side, whoever they are.

Spying is a dangerous profession.

I wonder why they let

you and me get back here safely.

Perhaps they're using us as bait.

Of course, if the bait's no good,

you throw it away.

Excuse me, sir.

There's a man in the gutter outside.

Thank you.

Relax.

You again!

Who the devil are you?

Trouble, seor?

I was walking peacefully along the sea front

when I was attacked.

- He ought to be in hospital.

- Why should I be in a hospital?

And who is this man?

They go and throw me on his doorstep

like a parcel.

- You don't know this man?

- I don't want to know him.

But he keeps on cropping up.

Perhaps you'd like to explain

at police headquarters?

With pleasure.

He was very convincing, wasn't he?

To think there was a moment when

I doubted whether you had any agents.

- I wonder why they did that.

- It looks as if I'm dangerous to work for.

- We'd better get to the others. Teresa first.

- No, I'll go alone.

I know it's not exactly fun at the Shanghai.

- Which one is Teresa?

- They all look the same without their...

Like Japanese.

- Is Teresa here?

- Teresa!

You want me to come with you?

I speak good English.

Smart of her not to recognise me.

Yes, we want you to come with us.

Oh, no. You want Daisy.

But that is too much money.

I'm a good girl, not a hustler.

Since receiving certain information,

I have been having you followed.

But I had no idea that Milly's father

would be found at the Shanghai.

Or you, seorita.

I have received a complaint

from the engineer Cifuentes...

who was attacked

and dumped on your doorstep.

Earlier this evening,

a Capt. Montez was killed.

Because of this, there are certain questions

I would like to ask you.

- What are you going to do with her?

- Just have her papers checked.

Don't worry. She has many friends

in the police department.

And now to you, Mr. Wormold.

Why did you go to Hasselbacher's tonight?

Why does one go to see a friend?

He spoke of this?

Or this?

- You knew him?

- No.

We've had your friend Hasselbacher's phone

tapped for a long time.

- Hello.

- Did you get hold of Wormold?

- Yes, he's here.

- Tell him that Montez is dead.

Dead? But you promised

you'd only frighten him.

Cars are tricky things.

You can't always control an accident.

You said it would be just a warning.

It's still a warning, Hasselbacher.

Go in and tell him Montez is dead.

Do you still say

you know nothing of Montez?

I give you my word, I didn't even

know of his existence until tonight.

And the man speaking with Hasselbacher,

you do not recognise the voice?

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