The Forger of London

One, Two, Three Start!

Go on! Go on!

Faster! Faster!

Uncle John, look at our horse He's winning!

Fantastic! Bravo!

He's still first, Bravo!

He's won He did it!

Congratulations Jane - Thank you

A lesson Donald

We should learn not to bet on longshots quite so often

With women, you're much luckier

With all except you

Sorry Peter, but I'm mad about your bride to be

Then our new family will require a new doctor

Very wise of you,

I must warn you that Doctor Wells writes big bills as amusement

Talking of finances, would you Uncle John?

Oh but of course - Thank you

Hello Peter - Oh Ted Burke

I have to speak to him for a moment

Excuse me dear

Do you know, Donald How come peter is so friendly

with the chief inspector of Scotland yard

No idea, it cant hurt though

Having a policeman for a friend

Hello Burke - Hello Peter

When did you start following the horses?

Actually I prefer football, Real Madrid and Birmingham play today

At the moment 6 to 2 favour the Spaniards

But it's not over yet

What brings you here then? - I'm here on business

There is a lot of money here In banknotes

Ah of course You're on the lookout for that forger

In the past week, a great many five pound notes have turned up

watch out you don't get stuck Peter - Thanks for the tip

Quite alright

What's happening? Another goal for the Spaniards

See you tomorrow? - I'll be there

Your wedding is one thing I'm not going to miss

You're lucky Jane

Thank you - You got top odds, Eighty for Ten

I'll try my luck again - You dreamer

Her Majesty - The Queen

Peter, I'm betting on this race, come along - Not right now

Donald... I'm not sure I'm doing the right thing

I love Jane But I don't want to bring her any sorrow

That's a lot of nonsense

By tomorrow you're the envy of all London You're a wonderful couple indeed

You're to be envied my friend

What is it Jane?

You look worried

The lucky bride should be... - I'm not the lucky bride

I don't think I'll go through with it My love is not enough for him

Oh you must stop this Jane Don't be so foolish dear

Before she died, I promised your mother I'd look after you

And now you've found Peter, Peter is the finest, the best of men

Your Mother would have said... - Yes, yes of course

Look Jane

I'm getting old, I'm not too well

I want to see you happily married

Why does Peter want to marry me? I can't believe he loves me so

How can you feel that way?

He'd never have asked you to marry him if he didn't love you

Hello Jane - Hello Basil

Mr Leith - Hello Hale

I just wanted to have a look at the blushing bride here

Lovely as ever

Listen Jane, why don't you go dancing with me for the last time

Basil.. you're impossible - No more than your fiance, Peter Clifton

I must admit, I never thought you'd marry him

We might have had so much good fun my dear

Never mind your foolishness Hale, it might not amuse Peter

Well..

Good day Clifton, I've just made my last effort to take your fiance away

It's impossible I'm afraid

Still, I expect an invitation to attend your wedding

Don't count on it Hale!

Give up will you Hale - Give up..

Why? I might hold a trump you know

Then play it Don't talk

All things in good time... my dear boy

Five pounds on lord Byron Thanks

Come over here, this note is forged on the reverse side it's stamped

Dr Donald Wells

This is certainly his poorest job to date They've been getting progressively worse

That hundred dollar note last year wasn't too bad

Come look at this one

Here, here and here

Remarkably careless work, for an expert - No doubt he's getting over confident

Not very likely

I see you still cant resist jumping to easy conclusions

But your deduction is incorrect Stanley

You see our forger is only a man

He has to have some off days, we all do

He has his weaknesses

That's true of course

How do we explain such obvious carelessness?

Perhaps he's...

And what if this five pound note isn't his work?

This note is his work as sure as two and two equals four

That I can prove to you

Simply compare this five pound note with the

ten pound note, he made three years ago

It was a fine job, but it revealed a flaw on the left side

I'll pick it up Stanley

The press treat him like a film star

Yes, you see the mistakes on this note are

almost identical with that one of three years ago

Conclusive prove its the same man

Sorry Stanley, it can hardly be called conclusive

It could very well be coincidence - I can't accept that Chief Inspector

No, I put my bet on my theory Its his work alright, I'm sure

And if his work is this poor a clumsy forger is easier to catch

This great forger could fall into our hands

In time Stanley

But when a criminal knows he's made mistakes

he becomes savage, much more dangerous

It takes over his thinking

And I'm absolutely sure

he would resort to murder if needed

Ah Bert, I'm glad Scotland Yard could be here - Have no fear Peter

The whisky and I agree splendidly

Oh Doctor, do you have a moment to spare? This is inspector Rouper, my associate

One question he'd like to ask you - This bank note, did you use it?

It has your name stamped on it - Yes I could have

I did bet, only yesterday A five pound note, it's true

But who knows if it's the same one

In any case, you did pass it

So? - It's forged

How did it come into your possession? - Yes, I recall

A patient, he paid his bill with it - Where is the patient?

Well he's right here... Mr Clifton

Mr Clifton, where did you get it?

That question is difficult, It could be a bank

I don't keep a record book I'm not use to my bills being stamped

That's enough Rouper...

Mr Clifton will inform us if he learns anything, come on..

I don't like it Peter...

Isn't the Chief inspector supposed to be your friend?

As your guest, he should have tried to prevent this embarrassment

Come on, let's get a drink

An inspector from Scotland Yard here on business could be ill at ease,

as a guest you're welcome - Thank you, but you know I don't drink

I though you would have joined me in a toast to the capture of the forger

Tonight, yes Chief Inspector - Of course, cheers

Inspector Rouper behaves as if you forged that note yourself

Why its possible for anyone to have such a banknote and not know it

This forger seems a very talented fellow indeed

Unfortunate, such talent the bank of England could use

I prefer talent, did you know Peter is a copper plate engraving genius?

Yes, Uncle John let me look at some of his etchings

It's a hobby, I do very little

If I was blessed with half your talent Peter,

I might have done paintings that were acknowledged

Tell me, have you found that printing plate that you borrowed from Peter some time ago?

I'm afraid not,

and I believe you're mistaken Peter, I'm sure I gave them all back

But I'm not worried at all, if you find it, good... if not, no loss

My goodness, it's hale

Well here I am... There you are...

I do hope you're having fun

Now a toast, I wish you both a jolly wedding night

And a house full of little kiddies

As it says in the bible, be fruitful and multiply

And I will drink to the women, girls everywhere by the millions,

Poor but pretty, and marry for money

He's drunk, no Peter

I know exactly what's happening here

You gave up your affection for me, so your poor stupid sick uncle

could stop being a kitsch postcard Picasso, and have security and comfort

Your motives are admirable

For you.. - This is for you!

Better open the door

I'm sorry Jane...

I must say, your wedding day has been full of surprises.

May your lives together continue to be as exciting

To get to Longford Castle by daylight, we have to leave right away, excuse me

What luck you have dear, that awful castle he chooses for a honeymoon

Mr Hale, you have a message

Who gave this to you? - I didn't recognise him

Goodbye, thanks for coming...

Stop! Peter Clifton!

I caught you before you got away Stop! You can't avoid me

I'm aware of that I've been through all this before

I'm Mrs Anderson, of course he's never told you about me

We will not hold a discussion here We can talk when I return to town

One moment!

I want this girl to know the man she's going to live with

Calm down and hold your tongue!

You're guilty of stealing his inheritance,

the birthright of your own brother

She's off her head, come..

Don't believe a word of it, the woman is mad!

Stop! If the day comes and I think you're getting away with any of this

I'll be ready to shoot you down like a filthy dog!

You better watch what you're saying you hysterical fool

It is foolish Mrs Anderson...

What you are saying can have value for the police,

and shouldn't be publicly announced like this

Why are you butting in?