Turn the Key Softly
- Year:
- 1953
- 81 min
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Follow me.
Three.
Three.
Discharge. Over there.
Jarvis.
Yes, miss.
Quilliam.
Yes, miss.
Marsden.
Yes.
Three pawn tickets for 1.67...
I remember this from when I arrived here.
This is the way they took
all my own things away.
This is where we get them back again,
we hope.
You have plenty of time yet. You'll be
discharged at 8:
00, not one moment before.Not one second after.
Yes, miss.
One dress, and under this...
I do wish you'd eaten something, Monica.
It's so cold. Not even a cup of tea?
I'd rather we get out and
have a real breakfast.
I feel like a dog, really I do.
You don't look too bad.
You're fond of dogs, dear.
It's me we're talking about, not dogs.
It's important how I look today.
I'm gonna get married.
Married, you?
Yes, me. Why not?
He wrote and said he'd wait if it
was six years instead of six months.
And he has.
Now you've got to check these lists.
You'll get back everything you had
when you came in.
You first, Quilliam.
One hat, one coat, one dress,
one under vest torn...
one pair of shoes, one pair of stockings...
Are you really getting married?
Yes.
I hope you'll be very happy.
I'll tell you something else too.
He's meeting me outside.
I bet he's waiting for me outside right now.
You got a boy waiting for you?
No.
Sign here, please.
And that must be the last time, Granny.
We like you here, but not
as a permanent boarder.
I'll try. I always do try.
Next, Jarvis.
One skirt, one blouse, one jacket,
one pair of shoes...
one pair of stockings, one handbag...
Here's your jewelry.
One watch, one initial broche "S"...
two bracelets, one necklace...
two rings.
Sign.
If you do, if you don't,
if you will or if you won't...
Enough, Jarvis!
Your turn, Marsden.
Marsden.
I'll sign that receipt right away.
You'll check the list first.
It's laid down in the regulations.
I'm saying goodbye to regulations.
My, but it's nice to feel smart again.
It isn't until you see people
in their own clothes
you realize what you've been mixing with
in this place.
Can I help, Monica?
Just a moment.
We all came in here at different times,
why do we have to go out at the same time?
Because all your sentences
happen to end today.
Nice bit of stuff. Are those real pearls?
Yes.
A bit small, aren't they?
Well, you can't blow up
pearls up like balloons.
That's what I mean.
They must have cost a packet of money but
nobody would hardly know you was wearing any.
I'm sorry you don't approve.
Well, I've got a thing about jewelry.
Especially earrings.
the Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society?
One thing at a time.
Coming to you, Marsden.
No thanks.
Independent, eh?
Do you object?
Take anything that's going, that's my motto.
Brice, lead on.
Wait there.
The day's discharges.
I know, I know.
No need to be so regimental about it.
Have you got the list?
Three. Jarvis, Quilliam, Marsden.
I hand them over to you officially.
was registered letters.
I am looking forward to tonight,
aren't you, Stella?
What are you talking about?
Well, you know as well as I do.
Going to the Monte Christo.
Some people don't get asked.
Sorry, Stella. Would you like to come?
Oh, I don't know. I can't promise.
I've got to see what arrangements
my fianc has made.
Quiet, you women.
Easy, easy. They're only a bit excited.
After all, I'm the first man they've seen
since they went inside.
This way.
There you are, ladies. London.
The biggest city in the world,
and it's all yours.
There he is! There's Bob!
Bob!
She is being met.
You're as bad as I am.
You know what she is.
I know what she was.
Bob, why have you got your uniform on?
I've got to go on duty.
Now?
When you've had something to eat.
All right, then. Come on.
She's not going to introduce us.
I know her sort. Ashamed of him
because he's in the Salvation Army.
No. He's a bus conductor.
Ah!
I wish you had a nice young man to meet you.
I don't know any nice young men.
Come on.
Look!
A copper. He's sure to know
where we've come from.
Nonsense. Anyway, we're free now.
Oh, dear, I made you miss it. Never mind.
There will be another one along any minute.
I get to Shepherd's Bush.
And when I do get there,
there will be somebody waiting for me.
Someone very special?
Johnny?
Why don't you bring him along tonight?
Do you mean it?
Oh, it would be a treat for him.
I've always wanted to see inside
one of them posh places, Johnny and me.
Look!
What?
Plainclothesman.
He's watching us.
Nonsense.
I tell you he's watching us.
He isn't even aware of us.
Then why is he following us?
I have experience.
He'll run us in before we know where
we are... Let's move down a bit.
I'm sorry, I didn't... Won't you take my seat?
Thank you.
Very kind of you, sir.
It's a pleasure.
You'll be all right now?
What did I tell you?
Don't forget to bring Johnny tonight.
I'll be there six o'clock on the dot.
Be good.
Be careful, dear.
Oh, this rush hour. Perfectly maddening.
Do you always travel on this line
at this hour of the morning?
Terrible people one meets
in the underground.
Yes, terrible.
Oh, I say, this isn't a
habit of mine, you know.
After all, we did speak in the train,
a sort of introduction.
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