Let Him Have It

We got help.

'Come on. Move!'

Keep running.

Its all right now. Come on.

'Help me. Please help me.'

Daddy, daddy! Quick! Come over here. Help me. It's Derek.

He's under here!

He's under here! Quick, get him out.

- Alright! - Oh, help me, please, daddy.

- Oh, Derek! Derek! - There's someone under there.

- Get this stuff away. - Take this.

Derek?

'Is he alright? Get some more help!'

Be careful.

'Take it easy.'

'It's alright.'

- 'It's alright.' - 'Don't worry, son.'

- 'We'll get you out.' - 'Can you hear me? Please.'

'Derek. It's me.'

Uh-h. Uh-h.

'Come on!'

Oye, Derek.

Oye. Get off.

Come on.

Look.

It's fluorescent.

Hey.

Yes.

- What the bloody hell! - Shit! The watchman.

Hey, you..

What are you doing?

I'll teach you, you bloody vandal.

Oh, my God.

Easy, son. Easy.

'Educationally, Derek has not been progressing'

'and as you know, his fits have been getting worse.'

'Taking into account his low intelligence and his epilepsy'

'we have decided he should be allowed home.'

'Even though it's highly unusual for a boy to be released'

'so early in his sentence.'

'It will be up to you'

'to make sure he stays out of trouble.'

'He should never have been put here in the first place.'

He was caught stealing tools.

We brought him up to tell the truth

and he told us he was just playing.

Do you know what the magistrate asked him to do?

'He asked him to spell fluorescent.'

Fluorescent. Hm. I can't spell it, can you?

Derek has a low intelligence quotient.

That's part of the problem.

It makes him easy prey to bad elements here.

Derek knows how to look after himself.

Just remember his sentence isn't over.

He'll be back here if there's any trouble.

The probation officer will make certain of that.

More than likely.

- Hey, get the ball! - Okay.

- Oh. Come on. - Oh, come on.

Oh, look, it's the canary. Yellow canary.

- Hello, Danny. - Yellow canary! Yellow canary!

Had your hair done again, Iris?

Yes.

- You look beautiful. - Thank you.

Come on, forget her. Let's play football.

Yeah! Come on.

Hello, Max.

Go on.

Shh, Max.

Derek?

Shh, Max.

I've got those comics for you.

Thanks, sis.

Come on, Derek, you don't want to be all on your own, do you?

Cor. You could smoke kippers in here!

Don't start, Iris.

He's been going on at me again

about getting a job.

And paying my own way.

I bumped into Gordon Lewis.

I told him you'd been home a year

and haven't set foot outside the front door once.

He asked if you were dead.

That's what all your old friends must think, Derek.

Gordon don't wanna hang about with a bloke

what's been to approved school.

You're daft, Derek.

You know dad don't like you doing that.

But it's not fair, is it?

The dogs and cats get to smoke in the house.

Susie must be on 20 a day in this room.

- Come on, give us that fag. - No, she wants another puff.

You're the one who'll get a puff

of dad when I tell him.

You wouldn't do that.

Sure I would.

Ah, yes. Look what I found.

- Dad, look what I found. - That's nice, son.

You'll have an aerial sticking out the top of your head

if you spend much more time in here, son.

'Daylight raid on saloon bar.'

'Caution pepper bandits in pay grab.'

'Fight to save stiletto victim.'

'Those were the headlines from last night's edition'

'of the Evening Post.'

'Commenting in parliament..'

'In America this week'

'it seems two eras may have come to an end.'

'In the world of politics, President Truman relieved'

'General Douglas MacArthur of all commands.'

'And in boxing, Sugar Ray Robinson'

'relieved Jake LaMotta of the world..'

[Kay Starr singing "Wheel Of Fortune"]

* Point my way

* Will this be my day

* Oh, wheel of fortune

* Please don't pass me by

* Let me know the magic of

* A kiss and a sigh

* While the wheel is spinning, spinning, spinning *

* I'll not dream of winning

* Fortune or even fame

* While the wheel is turning, turning, turning *

* I'll be yearning, yearning

* For love's precious flame

* Oh, wheel of fortune

* I'm hoping somehow

* If you ever smile on me

* Please let it be now *

* While the wheel is spinning, spinning, spinning *

* I'll not dream of winning

* Fortune or even fame

* While the wheel is turning, turning, turning *

* I'll be yearning, yearning

* For love's precious flame

* Oh, wheel-- *

No.

I can't remember the bloody thing.

Great song, though. I wish I knew the words.

How about going and getting it?

If we don't tell mum and dad

there won't be a song and dance about it.

Can't you just get it for me?

No. I can't.

For God's sake, Derek, you've been in, a year.

I've never nagged you, have I?

Come on, Derek. Let's go.

You look around, I'm just popping into Woolies.

- Alright? - Let's go, Iris.

- Have you got your record? - No, it don't matter.

'Come on, Derek.'

Hello, Iris.

Stella.

This is my brother, Derek. What was it you wanted, Derek?

Have you got Wheel Of Fortune?

Kay Starr? Sure.

- How's that boy you're seeing? - Who, Johnny?

I'm not going about with him no more.

His car's off the road.

Fancy her, do you, Derek?

Yeah, she's alright.

[Kay Starr singing "Wheel Of Fortune"]

* Smile on me

* Please let it be now *

Well, we're gonna have to think about getting you a job.

You'll be able to buy more records

when you've got money in your pocket.

Yeah.

Your mum and I are ever so pleased.

- I'll take the dogs for a walk. - Why not?

Uh, turn that off first though, son.