Room at the Top

I know the people, I know their business. 597 00:34:33,042 --> 00:34:36,834 Councillor Brown, for instance, I went to school with him. 598 00:34:37,542 --> 00:34:40,417 You know, of course, he's chairman of the establishment committee. 599 00:34:40,542 --> 00:34:44,792 - Yes, but I don't quite see... - He's a powerful man, Lampton. 600 00:34:45,834 --> 00:34:49,167 That engineering works of his, built it up from nothing. 601 00:34:49,292 --> 00:34:51,751 Now it's the biggest of its kind in Warnley. 602 00:34:51,876 --> 00:34:53,084 Ruthless! 603 00:34:53,209 --> 00:34:55,751 Well, I suppose you've got to be ruthless in business. 604 00:34:55,876 --> 00:34:57,542 He knows what he wants and he gets it. 605 00:34:57,667 --> 00:34:59,751 He can drive a coach-and-four through that committee 606 00:34:59,876 --> 00:35:01,459 anytime he wants. 607 00:35:02,626 --> 00:35:04,792 Every council's the same. 608 00:35:04,917 --> 00:35:07,876 There's always one strong man, 609 00:35:08,001 --> 00:35:12,584 a danger man as far as the officials are concerned. 610 00:35:12,709 --> 00:35:15,834 Mind you, no matter how influential any councillor may be, 611 00:35:15,959 --> 00:35:19,792 he can't touch our jobs, he can't downgrade us. 612 00:35:19,917 --> 00:35:24,042 But when it comes to promotion, there's the rub. 613 00:35:24,167 --> 00:35:26,459 That's a different matter. 614 00:35:26,584 --> 00:35:29,126 - You follow me, Joe? - I follow you. 615 00:35:29,251 --> 00:35:30,834 I thought you would. 616 00:35:31,876 --> 00:35:34,751 Do you mind if I give you a word of advice, Joe? 617 00:35:34,876 --> 00:35:36,667 It's this. 618 00:35:36,792 --> 00:35:41,251 - Find a girl, a girl of your own... - Class? Is that what you mean? 619 00:35:41,376 --> 00:35:42,751 A girl of my own class? 620 00:35:42,876 --> 00:35:45,417 Well, let's say background. 621 00:35:45,542 --> 00:35:48,584 Plenty of nice girls in Warnley, pretty ones, too. 622 00:35:50,376 --> 00:35:55,292 You find the right kind of girl, Joe, you'll go a long way here in Warnley. 623 00:35:58,042 --> 00:36:00,584 You wouldn't believe it! Who the hell he thinks he is, 624 00:36:00,709 --> 00:36:03,167 sitting there like Al Capone putting the finger on me! 625 00:36:03,292 --> 00:36:06,667 Oh, I got the works, the chairman of the establishment committee. 626 00:36:06,792 --> 00:36:09,626 As neat a job of blackmail as you ever saw. 627 00:36:09,751 --> 00:36:12,584 "You follow me, Joe?" Yes, he even called me Joe. 628 00:36:12,709 --> 00:36:15,109 "If you don't leave Susan alone, there will be no promotion." 629 00:36:15,209 --> 00:36:17,393 I told you months ago, I warned you, she's not for you! 630 00:36:17,417 --> 00:36:19,834 Another couple of minutes, I would have taken his promotion 631 00:36:19,959 --> 00:36:22,167 and shoved it up his... waistcoat. 632 00:36:22,292 --> 00:36:25,709 - Fares, please. - Two to Warnley Theatre, please. 633 00:36:35,959 --> 00:36:37,834 What's the matter? 634 00:36:37,959 --> 00:36:39,709 Nothing. 635 00:36:41,334 --> 00:36:43,042 Just mood. 636 00:36:44,709 --> 00:36:46,792 I have bad moods sometimes. 637 00:36:47,709 --> 00:36:50,709 - Don't you? - Damnable moods. 638 00:36:50,834 --> 00:36:52,917 Take today for instance. 639 00:36:57,709 --> 00:36:58,917 Here. 640 00:37:04,376 --> 00:37:05,917 You need a drink. 641 00:37:06,876 --> 00:37:08,084 No. 642 00:37:09,042 --> 00:37:11,251 You want me to drive you home? 643 00:37:12,417 --> 00:37:14,167 No. 644 00:37:14,292 --> 00:37:17,959 - I'd like to go to Sparrow Hill. - It's cold up there. 645 00:37:18,084 --> 00:37:19,876 That's what I want. 646 00:37:20,001 --> 00:37:22,584 Somewhere cold and clean. 647 00:37:22,709 --> 00:37:26,167 With no people, no dirty people. 648 00:37:42,459 --> 00:37:44,584 - Something going on there? - Well, you know Alice. 649 00:37:44,709 --> 00:37:45,751 Don't be catty, darling. 650 00:37:45,876 --> 00:37:48,126 Alice is a very charming and very long-suffering person. 651 00:37:48,251 --> 00:37:50,251 Alice is all woman. 652 00:37:51,876 --> 00:37:53,501 George is away for the weekend. 653 00:37:53,626 --> 00:37:56,001 He is often away for weekends. 654 00:37:59,626 --> 00:38:02,501 - How did you meet him? - I was a teacher, 655 00:38:02,626 --> 00:38:04,834 what you call an exchange teacher. 656 00:38:04,959 --> 00:38:09,084 I came over for one year in '37 and I met George. 657 00:38:13,709 --> 00:38:16,042 Can't imagine you as a teacher. 658 00:38:18,292 --> 00:38:20,209 I was a good teacher. 659 00:39:21,501 --> 00:39:23,167 Oh, Alice! 660 00:39:24,084 --> 00:39:25,917 Don't say anything. 661 00:39:31,334 --> 00:39:34,709 This is a very moral kind of a girl. 662 00:40:06,709 --> 00:40:07,917 Morning, Charles. 663 00:40:08,042 --> 00:40:10,459 I