Sabotage
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- Year:
- 1936
- 76 min
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(HORN HONKING)
MAN:
What's happened here?(PEOPLE SHOUTING)
(HORNS HONKING)
- Sand.
- Sabotage.
- Wrecking.
- Deliberate.
- What's at the back of it?
- Who did it?
I know how the law stands.
You broke a contract,
therefore you broke the law.
But it's everywhere. Look at the street.
MAN:
I pay my moneyto look at the pictures.
(SINGING)
MAN 1:
If I want to sit in the dark,I can do it at home.
MAN 2:
Yes, free of charge.MAN 1:
Yes.I think it's a blinking shame,
robbing the poor people like that.
We've got to have our money back.
It's an act of providence,
like an earthquake or a thunderbolt.
Or a baby.
Will you kindly not interfere?
MAN:
We've got to have our money back.I'm so sorry I'm late, Mrs. Verloc,
but I had a hell of a time
trying to eat my egg on toast in the dark.
Half of it's in my ear now.
(CROWD MURMURING)
but we can't afford it.
I do wish Mr. Verloc would come.
WOMAN:
Rotten place.Can't even see the pictures.
- They're getting nasty.
- Nasty? Leave them to me.
Here you, what's all this about?
Lend me your flashlight, Jack.
Is it our fault if the light fails?
Supposing you were a policeman,
got hit over the nut.
You think the government would
ask for their money back?
I paid for my seat.
Yes. And what about the one
you put your feet on?
Carl, when did you get home?
I haven't been out.
You weren't in 20 minutes ago.
I came and called up the stairs.
I was asleep.
Why are you shining the torch on me?
Can't you switch on the light
or something?
We can't, it's failed.
What, the fuse gone down?
No, it's everywhere,
in the streets and the trams.
And the audience downstairs
wants their money back.
They're making a terrible row about it.
Well, give it back.
- We can't possibly afford it.
- Yes, we can.
You must be crazy. It'll clear us right out.
You're always saying
we don't cover expenses.
That's all right.
Doesn't pay to antagonize the public.
I've got some money coming in. Go on.
Well, it's for you to say.
If we're going to be generous,
let's do it properly.
Come on downstairs
No, no. They're used to you. You do it.
All right. I still think you're crazy.
- It's an act of God, I tell you.
- And what do you call an act of God?
I call your face one, and you won't get
your money back on that.
(CROWD LAUGHING)
If a plane were to come along
and drop a bomb on you,
that would be an unfriendly act
within the meaning of the act.
But if the juice dries up of its own accord,
that's an act of providence
as laid down in the act of William IV
where an act is defined as any activity
actuated by actual action.
WOMAN:
No wonder(CROWD LAUGHING)
- It's a moot point.
- I'll moot point them. Make them pay.
MAN:
That's right, ma'am.WOMAN:
Yes.- MAN:
We want our money back.- And how will you get it?
Apply sanctions? Are you familiar
with the details of the covenant?
If you'd studied Article 257,
paragraph 24, line 6, sanction B,
- it says definitely no.
- WOMAN:
Oh.Yes. You didn't know that, did you?
You're all ignorant.
Now if you take my advice, you'll go off
home because there's nothing doing here.
Now go on, get off.
- What do you think you're doing?
- TED:
Just lending a hand.I thought I told you not to interfere.
I've been delivering a little counterattack.
Look, they're on the run.
Well, they can come right back.
Listen, ladies and gentlemen,
you're going to get your money back.
(ALL EX CLAIMING)
Don't give in now. I'll stand by you.
I'd prefer you to go
and stand by your apple stall.
Ladies and gentlemen,
I've been speaking to Mr. Verloc,
and since you're all regular patrons
and good friends,
he's going to let you
have your money back.
There'll be no money back, I tell you.
Go on, get off.
Please don't pay any attention to him.
I tell you, you're crazy. I had it all fixed.
- Will you mind your own business?
- Of all the obstinate people...
If you don't go away, I'll call the police.
(CROWD MURMURING)
Renee, start refunding the patrons
their money.
(PEOPLE GASPING)
JACK:
None of that.You haven't been here before. Hop it.
Thank you for your trouble.
I'm sure you meant well.
Not at all. I like trouble.
(DOOR SLAMS)
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
(AUDIENCE LAUGHING)
RENEE:
How many?WOMAN:
Two seats, please.RENEE:
Two.WOMAN:
Right.RENEE:
Thank you.- How many?
- MAN:
Two shillings, please.Two shillings?
Right.
Take your change, please.
- How many?
- One.
- How many?
- None, thanks.
Vegetables is all ready for dishing up.
Please tell Mrs. Verloc, miss.
There you are, ma'am.
I've got to hurry home now
because me husband's having trouble
with his kidneys again,
and I can't leave him for long.
Your young brother's looking after them.
- What, the kidneys?
- No, the vegetables.
Oh, Stevie, have you done
all this by yourself?
Oh, come on, don't be so modest.
Well, we didn't have to pay them back
their money after all.
(MRS. VERLOC CHATTERING)
Always that woman, Mrs. Jones,
manages to make the cabbage brown.
you like things green.
I'll make you a salad.
Stevie, run next door
and get a nice big head of lettuce.
Long or round? I like long best.
Whichever's freshest.
Tell them to charge it.
We very nearly wouldn't have been able
to afford lettuce if we'd paid them back.
You didn't seem very interested
when I told you.
I mean, why were you so keen
to pay them back at all?
No, it's not that.
Only anything for quiet.
I don't like attention
being drawn to us like that.
Good evening. Forgive me for butting in
your private affairs,
but this bright specimen didn't
appear to know
whether you wanted long, round, square,
or oblong lettuce. So I brought a selection.
- I distinctly said long ones, you know I did.
- Did you? I thought you said long ones.
I said long ones.
Oh, good evening, Mr. Verloc.
So you came home just in time
to see the trouble, eh?
Me? I've been in all the afternoon.
But I could've sworn
I saw you come in just about...
Well, you were wrong.
I didn't know anything about it
until you woke me, did I?
No. He was lying down upstairs.
I had to call him.
Sorry. My mistake, I suppose.
Well, here we are.
I thought someone
was committing a murder.
Someone probably is. On the screen there.
Stevie, hop on a chair and fix that fanlight.
Look out George Arliss
doesn't bite you, Steve.
Well, good night, all.
All right, lady, I'll look around
the market tomorrow.
Thank you.
Mind if I pop off early tonight, guv?
- Okay, Ted.
- Thank you.
Good night, boys.
That fellow seems to get off
whenever he likes.
All right, we'll put someone onto that.
Well, Sergeant, you saw
what happened tonight.
- Yes, sir.
- Anything your end?
I'm not certain, but I could've sworn
I saw Verloc come back
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