1:23:02
will become clear immediately.
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At this very moment,
he's delivering the ransom note.
1:23:14
- The ransom note?
- Exactly.
1:23:16
He has in the trunk of his car
28 reels of film.
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They are the negative
and only existing work print
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of the producer's just-completed
six-million-dollar spectacle,
1:23:25
The Girl Who Stole the Eiffel Tower.
1:23:28
You are certain you have both
the negative and the only work print?
1:23:32
Absolutely.
1:23:34
And it is your serious intention
to destroy them?
1:23:38
Unless you turn over the key
1:23:40
to your safe-deposit box
in your bank in Casablanca.
1:23:44
My dear boy,
I haven't the faintest idea
1:23:47
who you are.
But you are beautiful. Whoo!
1:23:51
Absolutely beautiful.
1:23:56
Not only that, you've saved my life.
1:23:58
The Girl Who Stole the Eiffel Tower
is frankly a disaster.
1:24:03
The title is symbolic.
She doesn't actually steal it.
1:24:06
Or I don't think she does.
1:24:08
The end's so confusing
it's hard to tell.
1:24:10
Anyway, the script is so ghastly
it could never possibly be released.
1:24:15
I was finished. Done for.
This party tonight
1:24:18
was planned as a final farewell
gesture. A sort of swan song.
1:24:23
At midnight, when the cheque
was presented, I planned to sign it,
1:24:27
add a lavish if purely imaginary tip,
1:24:29
and then, as the fireworks were
exploding in the black velvet sky,
1:24:34
to hurl myself from the top
of this grotesque edifice.
1:24:38
And now, suddenly at the last minute,
1:24:41
in the nick of time - don't tell me
there isn't someone up there
1:24:45
who watches over whimsical
movie producers - you appear!
1:24:47
I can't believe it.
1:24:51
If you swear to me
that you will destroy this film,
1:24:55
hook, line and sinker,
1:24:57
not only will I give you the key to
my safe-deposit box in Casablanca,