1:10:00
He wasnt a tramp at all.
1:10:01
- Van Meer, I suppose.
- Not quite.
1:10:04
But I notice him do
a strange thing for a tramp.
1:10:06
He dirtied his hands
with some of that nasty Dutch soil.
1:10:10
I can't follow the workings
of these masterminds.
1:10:15
No. Tell him it's ridiculous.
1:10:19
You'd already disappeared,
so I followed Krug...
1:10:21
but found the same old mousetrap.
1:10:23
- You mean Fisher?
- The good, kind...
1:10:25
genial head of the Peace Party,
Herr Fisher.
1:10:30
Hello, Eddy. This is Plunger Stebbins.
1:10:32
I want to place a bet on
Flibbertigibbet in the first race...
1:10:35
What? The race is over?
Okay, I'll call you later.
1:10:39
Any objection to our working
this thing together?
1:10:42
Catch Fisher, find Van Meer?
1:10:44
Fine, but I'd like to know
why they kidnapped Van Meer.
1:10:47
He was one of the signatories
to a certain treaty.
1:10:50
The most important clause
was never written down...
1:10:52
just memorized by the two signatories.
1:10:54
And they'll beat it out of him?
1:10:56
They'll try hard, and we should stop them.
1:10:59
It contains a piece of information
very valuable to the enemy...
1:11:02
in the war that starts tomorrow,
weather permitting.
1:11:05
What? Why didn't somebody
let me in on this? Stebbins, let's get busy.
1:11:08
Plenty of time. Lunch first.
1:11:10
Wait a minute. You might be of help.
1:11:12
I thought up a little plan
for forcing Fisher's hand.
1:11:15
Let's have it.
1:11:16
The neatest thing to do
would be to kidnap Fisher's daughter.
1:11:21
Yeah?
1:11:22
One of his few genuine traces of affection
is for Miss Fisher.
1:11:25
Easy. You're speaking to a man in love.
1:11:27
Good. Gives you a chance to get chummy,
to keep her happy at your side...
1:11:31
while we batter old Papa.
This is my little scheme.
1:11:34
I let Fisher know that his daughter is
in the hands of someone...
1:11:37
who means business just as he does
when he kidnaps people...
1:11:40
- and he'll see things our way.
- Nothing doing.
1:11:42
Aren't you a newspaperman?
1:11:44
- That doesn't include kidnapping fiancées.
- It would, if your country were at stake.
1:11:48
- This isn't my country.
- It's your story. Don't be gloomy.
1:11:51
She doesn't have to know
what you're doing. Keep her amused.
1:11:53
Why not grab Fisher, have a showdown?
1:11:56
That's no good.
We've got nothing on Fisher.
1:11:58
He'd slip out of it. He has been for years.
We'd merely kill Van Meer.