
Scoop
(4.10 / 10 votes)Don't mourn for Joe Strombel.
Joe Strombel led a full life.
A newspaperman
in the best tradition.
A great credit
to the fourth estate.
It didn't matter if the bombs
in the war zone were falling.
It didn't matter how high up
or how many big corporations
or small-time racketeers
leaned on him.
Whatever the risk,
Joe went after it.
And he usually got it.
Well, I was with him when the
story broke about Prince Charles,
and that made him persona non
grata with the Royal Family.
Except with Diana.
They always remained good friends.
He did love a woman.
Hey, did you know he started
as a police reporter?
- Did he?
- Yeah, he was a bloody good one.
One of the best.
Maybe the best.
I got trapped with Joe once
in Afghanistan.
Yeah?
And we were going to be shot any
moment by the Taliban, until,
typically, Joe found
someone to bribe
So we could escape.
- Not with his own money, though.
- No, no, he got it on expenses.
- Plus 10%.
- Ten percent.
But it did involve us
getting out wearing burkas.
And, well, we lived
- Yeah.
Not always at
British intelligence.
No, but he got the information
before anyone else.
- Yeah, he did.
- That's right.
Not Richard Nixon, though.
Well, wherever you are now, Joe,
it won't be the same without you, mate.
- To Joe.
- Joe Strombel.
Where are we headed?
Does this
mean anything to you?
He doesn't give answers.
Tried it.
Joe Strombel.
Coronary thrombosis.
Jane Cook.
- So, what do you do?
- Reporter.
You?
I'm... Well, I was
personal secretary to Peter Lyman.
- Lord Lyman's son.
- Yes, impressive young man.
- You knew him?
- No, only by reputation.
But I like what I know.
I think he's got
a real future in politics.
How did you die?
I think I was poisoned.
You think?
Why?
I believe I was poisoned
because I was on the verge of
confirming a terrible suspicion.
Yes?
What suspicion is that?
That Peter Lyman
is the serial killer
known to the police
as the Tarot Card Killer.
What?
I assume
you're aware of that case?
Yeah, I wrote an article two years ago,
when the Tarot killings first started.
But, Peter Lyman? My God.
What on earth made you suspect
this rich, young handsome,
above-reproach citizen?
You remember the last murder?
Yes, a cufflink.
I read about it in the paper.
Unusual antique, wasn't it?
Yep. Very rare Art Deco.
Peter had the exact pair.
So could have the Tarot Killer.
The world is full of coincidences.
Yeah, except I noticed
that Peter only had one left.
He'd lost the other.
Still,
although it's a tantalizing thought.
Did you inform the police,
or was that too sticky?
I didn't know what to do,
so I phoned my lawyer
whether to report it or not.
And I thought I heard
this click on the phone,
you know, like someone
had been listening.
Later that day, after tea,
I died suddenly.
That is suspicious.
My God, Peter Lyman.
Hard to believe, but if he did
turn out to be the Tarot Killer,
what a story.
I knew you'd appreciate it when
you said you were a reporter.
This would be a dynamite scoop.
And I got it first.
Yeah. Unfortunately,
where you're headed there is no first.
There's only last.
Mr. Tinsley!
Loved your last picture.
You really have a way
with actors.
Think you could maybe...
Please wait!
- Mr. Tinsley?
- Yeah.
- Sondra Pransky.
- Who?
Sondra Pransky. I'm the
journalism student from Adair.
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