♪ ♪
(seagulls squawking)
("Memories Are Made of This" by Dean Martin playing)
♪ The sweet, sweet memories you've given me ♪
♪ You can't beat the memories you've given me ♪
♪ Take one fresh and tender kiss ♪
♪ You can't beat the memories you've given me... ♪
♪ Add one stolen night of bliss ♪
♪ You can't beat the memories you've given me... ♪
♪ One girl, one boy ♪
♪ Some grief, some joy ♪
♪ Memories are made of this ♪
♪ You can't beat the memories you've given me... ♪
♪ Then add the wedding bells ♪
♪ One house where lovers dwell ♪
♪ Three little kids for the flavor ♪
♪ Stir carefully through the days ♪
♪ See how the flavor stays ♪
♪ These are the dreams you will savor ♪
♪ With his blessings from above ♪
♪ You can't beat the memories you've given me... ♪
♪ Serve it generously with love ♪
♪ You can't beat the memories you've given me... ♪
♪ One man, one wife ♪
-♪ One love through life ♪ -Shall I?
-Best if you let us do it. -Right.
♪ Memories are made of this. ♪
(grunts, sighs)
NIGEL: There you go, Mr. Hazelwood.
You've landed in quite a lovely spot, haven't you?
And with a view of the sea.
-Are you a nurse? -Oh.
Teacher.
I-I mean, I-I was. I'm...
I'm retired.
NIGEL: Pamela will be here every day to bathe and exercise him.
I'll be around twice a week to check his observations
and adjust his medication.
But you'll have charge of his meals
and anything else that comes up while we're not here.
-I understand. -And he can feed himself,
though he sometimes makes a mess of it.
And you have to watch for him choking.
-That's from the dysphagia... -Difficulty in swallowing.
I'm to cut his food into small pieces or puree it
and make sure he drinks a sufficient amount of water.
-I've been reading up about it. -(chuckles)
-Well, you deserve a gold star, don't you? -(laughs)
This is Mr. Hazelwood's personal items.
They came to the hospital after he sold the house.
Is there anything else I should know?
Oh. No cigarettes.
He will try and get one out of you.
Oh, we don't keep them in the house.
(door opens)
(door closes)
♪ ♪
(seagulls squawking)
TOM: Run, Bobby! Bobby!
♪ ♪
What's this about?
I thought he was staying in the spare room.
He's not a prisoner.
This is my home.
Isn't it?
For God's sake, Marion, I can only stand so much.
(dish clinks)
There are places for invalids.
Have you been inside any of those places?
-Besides, you agreed. -Well...
You wouldn't give me any rest until I did.
Seemed the right thing to do.
Don't fool yourself.
You know why you brought him here.
Why?
To punish him.
That's ridiculous.
You waiting on him hand and foot, that's ridiculous.
♪ ♪
MARION: Here is an interesting bit
in the Arts section.
(newspaper rustling)
A young woman has been short-listed
for the Turner Prize
with a piece called My Bed.
(Patrick grunts softly)
That's exactly what it is.
Unmade no less.
Apparently, everyone's talking about it.
(Patrick sighs)
I'd like to see it.
(slurred muttering)
You were the one who taught me to look at art.
Do you remember?
Ohk.
-I don't... -(groans)
(slowly): Ohk.
I can't understand.
Sm.
Ohk.
You want to smoke.
(both laugh)
-Nigel says you can't. -(scoffs)
You've had a stroke.
-It could cause you to have another. -(inhales sharply)
-Eeev. -Patrick.
I absolutely cannot allow you...
Eeev!
Leave?
(grunts, sighs)
Fine.
MARION: Bastard.
(sighs softly)
(seagulls squawking)
("Magic Mirror" by The Empires playing)
♪ Magic mirror ♪
♪ On the wall ♪
♪ Is she the fairest ♪
♪ Of them all? ♪
♪ Tell me, tell me, magic mirror ♪
♪ On the wall... ♪
You said you'd ask.
-It was your idea. -He's your brother.
SYLVIE: I wouldn't get my hopes up for Tom.
MARION: I'm not.
He likes, you know, l-loud, busty types.
What do you think, ladies? Are we getting wet today?
(Marion and Sylvie laugh)
Marion can't swim.
-I can. -(laughing)
I'm just, I'm just not very good.
She wants to ask for a lesson, Tom, but she's too shy to ask!
(laughs) Sylvie!
(Marion and Sylvie laughing)
Well, how about I give you a lesson?
-No, no, no, no! -Come on!
(Roy and Sylvie laughing)
They're a couple of cards, aren't they?
MARION: (laughs) Yes.
Almost didn't recognize you.
Been a while since you came around to the house.
I've been at teacher training college.
Yeah, Sylvie said.
And you were stationed...?
Up north. (sniffs)
Yeah, glad to have that behind me.
I'm a policeman now.
I heard.
Must be quite fulfilling.
Well, you can't go through life afraid of the water.
It's too cold.
You can start in the lido if you like.
All right.
("Honey Drop" by The 3 Honeydrops playing)
-♪ Well, honey drop ♪ -(playful chatter)
♪ So sweet, so fine ♪
♪ Won't you say ♪
♪ That you'll be mine... ♪
It's cold.
♪ My heart romancin'... ♪
-Right. When I tell you... -Mm-hmm.
...you need to throw your legs behind you.
Arms out.
And then kick.
Go.
(groans)
Oh, I'm so sorry.
♪ To have and hold ♪
♪ Honey drop, honey drop... ♪
Good.
♪ Oh, honey drop ♪
♪ So sweet, so fair... ♪
-That's it. You got it. -(laughs)
♪ You really care... ♪
MARION: Thanks for the lessons.
You did quite well.
-You should stick with it. -(chuckles)
I suppose I'll head home.
-I was thinking. -Yes?
You being a teacher, you must be a bit of a bookworm.
(laughs)
Well, I don't know how to take that.
(laughs) But I suppose it's true.
Sorry, no, I didn't mean...
You see, I'm not much of a reader.
Oh?
But I think a man ought to try to improve himself.
I agree with you there.
Do you think you could recommend some books to me?
-(chuckles) -In exchange,
I could give you more swimming lessons.
Yes, I'd be happy to recommend books.
-Smashing. -(chuckles)
(gasps, screams)
What about art?
You mean books about art?
I never really looked at art before.
Now I think I could get something out of it.
Well, that's a start.
Did you have any particular artist in mind?
Mm.
Is there a painter named Turner?
That would be J.M.W. Turner. Yes.
("Baby" by Little Richard playing)
♪ Baby ♪
(panting)
♪ Don't you need a man like me... ♪
-You're doing really well. -(chuckles)
-One more? -One more.
♪ Don't you need a man like me? ♪
♪ We could be so happy together ♪
♪ Try to raise a family ♪
♪ ♪
(bell clangs)
(laughing)
♪ Yes, baby... ♪
-(shouts excitedly) -(onlookers cheering)
-That cat, please. -(applause)
There you are, sir.
♪ I'm gonna come back to see you, baby... ♪
-Winner! -(laughs)
Thank you. Thank you.
(applause fades)
(seagulls squawking)
(song ends)
(dog barks)
Hey, no. No, no, no, no.
Not today, boy. Not today. Hey, no.
-Hey. Good boy. Good boy. -(whimpers)
Oh. Ahoy.
(whimpers)
(shushes)
(grunting softly)
What the devil do you think you're doing?
-(slurred, mumbled speech) -Give me that.
-(laughing) -Patrick. Stop.
Ow!
You could start a fire.
(slurring): Where's Tom?
-What? -Where's Tom?
-Mm.
Oh, he's...
He's walking Bobby.
-No. -Well, he-he's swimming.
-No! -He doesn't want to see you.
He...
He won't even come near your room.
Well, I don't think he'll ever forgive me for bringing you here.
Bloody mess.
(footsteps receding)
(sobbing)
MARION: (chuckles) The museum?
I'm sure you've been here before.
Well, yes.
But have you ever had a personal tour
from the director of the Western Art Galleries?
(laughs) No.
-How did you... -He was a witness
to an accident on my watch.
Nothing serious, but we got talking,
and he invited me for a private tour.
And I thought, "Marion would enjoy that sort of thing more than me."
PATRICK: Notice the light...
striking the crest of the crashing waves.
You feel they could crush you or take you under.
♪ ♪
Blake's trying to startle the senses as well as the spirit.
There's so much passion in his work.
You just...
have to let it take hold of you.
Now, this is one of my favorite paintings.
Raising of Lazarus by Jan Lievens.
He was a contemporary of Rembrandt.
Astonishing.
(whispers): Exactly.
Thanks ever so much.
It's been splendid.
Oh, I don't know if you're free Friday, but I have tickets to a recital.
Why don't the two of you join me?
Never been to a recital.
But it's up to Marion.
Um, of course.
Well, I'll see you then. 7:00.
Thank you.
So kind of him to invite us.
I'll be sorry to miss our library visit, though.
Don't you want to go? I could tell him.
No. No. It would hurt his feelings.
He can't have many friends his own age if he's invited us.
-I think he's taken with you, that's all. -(laughs)
Don't be silly.
(orchestra playing gentle classical music)
(last note fades)
PATRICK: I love this wine!
It reminds me of Rome.
MARION: Have you traveled a great deal?
Well, the museum sends me to Italy now and then to collect new pieces,
and I always try to take a few days for myself
-and have an adventure. -MARION: Mm.
-How about you? -(Marion chuckles)
I've never had the opportunity. I don't know when I will.
Oh, but you must dream, Marion.
Nothing happens unless you dream of it first.
-(Marion laughs) -Dream, Marion. Go on.
I suppose it would have to be Venice.
(gasps) Ah, you're a romantic.
Um, I don't know.
I imagine Venice to be like something out of another world.
PATRICK: That it is.
Personally, I'd love to see Mother Russia.
It's the setting of my favorite novel, Anna Karenina.
I haven't read it.
Oh, you must!
-It's literature's most tragic love story. -(laughing)
And the most true, because all love stories are tragic, aren't they?
I hope not.
PATRICK: Let's have a toast.
-To Marion. -(laughs) No.
To all of us.
-To all of us. -To all of us.
-All of us. (laughs) -Cheers. Cheers!
-(piano playing "I'm Going to Get Lit Up") -(laughter)
(laughter continues)
♪ I'm gonna get lit up when the lights go up in London ♪
♪ I'm gonna get lit up ♪
-♪ Like I've never been before ♪ -(laughter)
♪ You will find me on the tiles, you will find me wreathed in smiles ♪
♪ I'm gonna get so lit up, I'll be visible for miles ♪
♪ The city will sit up when the lights go up in London ♪
♪ We'll all be lit up as the Strand was ♪
♪ Only more, much more ♪
♪ And before the party's played out ♪
♪ They will fetch the fire brigade out ♪
♪ To the lit-est up-est scene you ever saw. ♪
(laughter)
(song fades)
Pamela can't make it.
I'm giving you your bath.
She doesn't come again before Friday.
You need a bath.
Believe me,
I'm not any happier about it than you are.
You'll get one of these after, if you behave.
(closet door closes)
♪ ♪
(grunts)
Rather beautiful dome shape above,
which is very typical of Indian architecture.
Peaceful, isn't it?
It was built to commemorate the many brave Indian soldiers
during the Great War.
It's made entirely of Italian marble.
Shipped over from Sicily.
♪ ♪
(birds chirping)
(match strikes)
Do you mind if I join you?
(mumbles)
(Marion exhales)
(woman singing opera music)
(woman continues singing opera music)
MARION: We went to the opera.
Verdi.
It was beautiful.
JULIA: And you were Patrick's guests again?
(playful chatter)
Well, he heard that I'd always dreamed of going,
so he insisted.
What?
How long have you and Tom known each other?
Since the summer.
Hmm.
And has he made advances?
Tom's a gentleman.
What are you getting at?
Well, it's just...
The three of you spending so much time together.
Tom's not jealous?
Why should he be?
Well, you and this Patrick seem better suited to each other.
So many similar interests.
Are you sure it's Tom you want to be with?
Well, I must admit, Patrick is dashing.
-But... -But?
With Tom, I don't care about
education or grammar or manners.
When he burps when he drinks his beer
(laughing): or falls asleep at the opera, which he did.
-(laughs) -And it annoyed Patrick to no end.
With all of that,
he's just perfect.
He's Tom.
Does that answer your question?
Well, I think you're saying you're in love.
And Tom?
Well, you'll be happy to hear
that we are seeing each other this weekend.
Just the two of us.
(bell clanging outside)
Your idea?
His.
("With All My Heart" by Petula Clark playing)
♪ La, la, la, la, la, la ♪
♪ La, la, la, la, la, la, la... ♪
Do you want another?
I've barely touched this one.
Right.
How's Sylvie?
Same.
Are you all right?
(men arguing indistinctly)
Let's go. We can't talk in here.
-MAN: Now get out! Get out! -(arguing continues)
-(music continues inside) -(door opens)
What the hell is wrong with you?
-What? -Why can't we have a drink like a normal couple?
Or dance?
I want to take you somewhere.
All right?
Can I get you a drink?
-What would you like? -(cupboard opens)
Whiskey?
Cognac?
Brandy?
Is this Patrick's flat?
Yeah.
(chuckles softly)
He's in London.
Gave me a set of keys so I can use it when he's away.
You said you wanted...?
MARION: Whiskey, please.
-Cheers. -Cheers.
(chuckles)
Is this you?
It's good, isn't it?
Patrick says ordinary people have the best faces.
Did you pose for this?
That's how Patrick and I met.
I told you.
No, you said it was reporting an accident.
I haven't finished the tour. Come on.
♪ ♪
(Tom sighs)
I wanted it to be nice for you.
This is nice. (laughs)
I wanted to tell you...
...ask you a question, really.
Something that's hard to say.
Just try.
I want you to be my wife.
I-I'm not good at this sort of thing.
I wasn't sure you even...
I never tried anything before because I think I was afraid.
(laughs) Of me?
Of growing up.
When a man gets married, it's a big step.
And you seemed so taken with Patrick, I...
No, that's not true, Tom. That's not true at all.
I just...
I didn't think you were interested in me. That's all.
We're just two confused people, aren't we?
(both laugh)
Looks that way.
Will you think about it?
(dice rattling)
MARION: (gasps) Very lucky.
I'm on a roll.
(Marion chuckles)
It's time for his pills.
(sniffs)
He spoke today.
Do you want to know what he said?
Not particularly.
"Where's Tom?"
That's what he asked.
Christ Almighty, Marion.
What do you want from me?
All the time he's been here, you haven't been to see him once.
And I don't plan to.
If he upsets you so much, you should just send him away.
-MARION: You don't mean that. -I do.
I said it from the beginning.
We owe him something after what happened.
Just leave it alone. We settled it a long time ago.
No. We didn't.
We didn't settle it.
We just stopped talking about it.
I don't want to hear another word.
-Are we playing or not? -(grunts)
How did this happen?!
(whispers): Bloody hell.
I was supposed to be married with all the good things that come with that.
Now look-look at me.
There's no passion.
TOM: Everything was fine until you brought him here.
MARION: Things haven't been fine for quite a while,
and if we don't try to fix it or at least--
Wh-Where are you going?
-TOM: The pub for some peace. -And-and what do I do, Tom?
How do I find some peace?
-Send him away. -No!
You want him gone, you do it.
♪ ♪
(seagulls squawking)
♪ ♪
PATRICK: 29th of July, 1957.
-Yes? -There's been an accident.
An old lady on her bicycle. Could you come quickly, please?
PATRICK: Finding a policeman
was not something I ever thought I would have to do.
(woman speaking angrily)
PATRICK: What the devil?
She didn't want to wait for you.
-Says she hates bloody coppers. (chuckles) -(Tom chuckles)
Not the first time I've heard that.
Not much of an accident, was it?
I'm terribly sorry to have bothered you.
Oh, no bother at all, sir.
You did the right thing.
Besides, you never know how these things will turn out.
Thank you. Mister...?
Hazelwood.
Officer Burgess.
Let me give you my card.
PATRICK: I've never had much patience
with our boys in blue.
I've always despised their brutish little ways.
The evaluating glance up and down.
The distaste they cannot hide.
(speaks indistinctly, laughs)
But this boy is different.
His eyes lit up when he saw my card.
You work at the museum?
PATRICK: Said he'd never been to Brighton's most noble institution,
even on a school trip.
I had the measles.
-Oh, dear. -(laughs)
PATRICK: I invited him to visit the museum as my guest.
You're welcome.
PATRICK: He seemed interested.
I haven't been able to stop thinking about him.
He's handsome, yes.
But there's something else.
Innocence combined with a curiosity.
I'd like to draw him, but I wonder if he'd misunderstand.
I'd almost forgotten that some people are still innocent.
-Mr. Hazelwood. -Mm-hmm.
An officer's here asking for you.
Tell him he'll have to wait.
He's rather handsome for a copper.
PATRICK: There he was.
I recognized him even from behind.
That fine head.
The unmistakable line of his shoulder.
TOM: Now, that's a good painting.
PATRICK: In fact, it's a masterpiece.
See? I must have some taste for art after all.
Taste is simply just knowing how something makes you feel.
So how does it make you feel?
You can sense the waves.
You know, how strong they are.
Like swimming in rough surf.
-Exciting. -Mm.
And frightening.
Right.
Don't tell the boys down the station I'm afraid of a painting.
(both laugh)
You know, I'm an amateur artist.
You paint?
Pencil drawings mostly.
Studies of ordinary Brighton people,
a tram conductor, a barman, that sort of thing.
You'd make a perfect subject.
Me?
Never been asked to model before.
Oh, there's nothing to it.
But I wouldn't mind learning more about paintings.
Art, I mean.
Well, that's admirable.
Is it? Why?
Because a man should always try to improve himself.
(waves sloshing)
♪ ♪
(seagulls squawking)
(doorbell buzzes)
-I made it. -(door opens)
RUDY: Evening, Patrick.
Rudy.
This is Tom, my cousin.
How do you do?
Fine, thank you.
Cousin?
I assumed you didn't want me to say that
you're a police officer coming to have your portrait drawn.
Nothing wrong with that, is there?
-Nice place. -Thank you.
I brought my uniform,
in case you want me in it for the portrait.
Yes, yes. That will do nicely.
Well, then, why don't, uh... you change.
(pencil scraping)
Do you like being a policeman?
-Yeah, I think so. -Try to keep the pose.
Oh. Sorry.
I think so.
What do you like about it?
Is this part of the procedure?
I can't draw you if I don't know who you are.
Right.
Um...
I like knowing I'm doing something for the public.
You know, protecting people.
If that's your ambition, I give you more credit
than most of your colleagues.
How so?
You seem more...
...open-minded than the police I've run across.
-Do I? -Oh, yes.
I tend to keep my distance from the police in general.
There's no reason to fear a police officer if you stay on the right side of the law.
Of course. I-I...
It's the criminal element that causes the trouble.
We just have to deal with it.
I don't know if this is a good...
I haven't offered you a drink. Would you like something?
Um...
Please, beer if you've got it.
Don't have any beer. Uh...
How about something stronger?
I'm going to have a Scotch.
How about you, Officer Burgess?
Scotch. Thank you.
And it's Tom.
Tom.
-(Tom laughing) -(lively jazz music playing)
Oi! Stop where you are, you bloody hooligan.
What? What? Am I that ridiculous?
I'm sorry, but "hooligan"?
(both laughing)
All right.
-I'm no, I'm no bobby. Mm. -(laughing)
-Well, this-this looks better on you anyway. -Mm.
-And the material's coarse. -Yeah, like me. (laughs)
No, not at all like you.
(both laughing)
(sighs)
(laughing)
(sighs)
(laughing)
Do I make a good subject, then?
Despite your nervousness... (exhales)
-yes, yes. -(laughs)
Well, the Scotch helped.
Don't know if I needed three of them, though.
You must think I'm a drunkard. (laughs)
Oh, why shouldn't a police officer enjoy himself when he's off duty?
-Absolutely right. (laughs) -Mm-hmm.
(Tom chuckles)
-(sighs) -Are you really
going to hang my portrait in the museum?
Well...
someday... (sighs)
I hope to mount a show.
-Imagine. -(sighs)
My face in a museum.
Really think it'll be good enough?
I think it will be...
...lovely.
Sorry.
There's no need to be.
I don't know what's happening.
-Patrick, I'm not... -Don't say anything.
-Maybe we shouldn't. -(shushes)
(breathes deeply)
(whispers): All right?
(panting softly)
(panting heavily)
♪ ♪
Tom?
Will you check the door, make sure there's nobody there?
There's no one there.
How do you do it?
Do what?
Live this life.
One learns to live as one can.
I can't.
(door closes)
♪ ♪
PATRICK: It's hell being alone.
I don't know whether I'll ever see my policeman again.
These are wretched times we live in.
When one has to scurry underground like a criminal...
(piano playing gentle jazz music)
...just to drown one's sorrows.
Thankfully, that's why places like the Argyle exist.
-(quiet chatter) -(piano music continues)
Hello, Patrick.
How are we this evening?
Oh, tolerable, Miss Brown.
Oh, like myself.
Scotch as usual?
What are you having?
A dry martini.
Dry martinis, please.
For each of us.
(both panting)
-(whistle blows) -OFFICER: Oi!
-Stop right there! -(dog barking)
-(whistle blows) -Stop there!
Fucking queers.
(grunting)
How disgusting.
Get up.
You're under arrest.
(piano music continues)
(piano music ends)
(slurring): I don't know why...
(keys jangling)
(lock clicking)
You still want to draw me?
If you like.
(chuckles)
(chuckles): If I like?
I thought that's what you wanted.
To draw my portrait, an ordinary person.
That's not what you wanted, is it?
You're drunk.
You got me here under false pretenses.
You knew what you wanted the whole time!
That's why you asked me here, isn't it?!
-Answer me! -Hit me! Hit me! Go on.
You shouldn't have dragged me into it.
You touched me first.
I shouldn't have done that. It was wrong.
(whispers): Did it feel wrong?
Please...
...don't.
(panting)
♪ ♪
(panting)
(kissing)
Did you ever think about getting married?
I had a lover.
Michael.
And we were together five years.
What happened?
A gang of thugs beat him to death.
(whispers): Bloody hell.
How do you stand being alone?
I'm not alone, am I?
We have to be careful.
("Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" by Ella Fitzgerald playing)
♪ After one whole quart of brandy ♪
♪ Like a daisy, I'm awake ♪
♪ With no Bromo-Seltzer handy ♪
♪ I don't even shake ♪
♪ Men are not a new sensation ♪
♪ I've done pretty well, I think ♪
♪ But this half-pint imitation ♪
♪ Put me on the blink ♪
♪ I'm wild again ♪
♪ Beguiled again ♪
♪ A simpering, whimpering child again ♪
♪ Bewitched, bothered and bewildered ♪
♪ Am I ♪
♪ Couldn't sleep ♪
♪ And wouldn't sleep ♪
♪ When love came and told me ♪
♪ I shouldn't sleep ♪
♪ Bewitched, bothered and bewildered ♪
♪ Am I ♪
♪ Lost my heart ♪
♪ But what of it? ♪
♪ He is cold ♪
♪ I agree ♪
♪ He can laugh, but I love it ♪
♪ Although the laugh's on me... ♪
-(song fades) -(grunts)
What? There's... no one for miles.
You can afford to break the rules.
I can't.
For a policeman, that's very romantic.
I better tell you.
I'm planning on getting married.
I see.
-A man ought to be married. -Well, not all men.
The other day, I was called in to see the sergeant.
He told me I was doing well.
And then he said, "I should warn you,
some bachelors have found it hard to rise through this division."
Do you think that's fair?
To the girl, I mean.
-What? -Well, marrying her for...
well, I call it for protection.
That's not the only reason.
I'm fond of her.
And someday I hope to have children.
No.
(panting)
(Tom moans)
Are you saying goodbye to me?
No. I don't...
-Do you want me to stop? -(moans)
No.
Then what shall we do?
Can you share me?
(moans)
If that's what it takes.
(panting continues)
(moaning)
(barks)
Bobby.
Here you go, boy.
(barking)
♪ ♪
Good boy.
♪ ♪
(Marion laughs)
JULIA: It was a sweet ceremony.
-Just perfect. -MARION: Really?
(Marion laughs)
And the two of you are the handsomest couple I've ever seen.
(chuckles)
Patrick bought Tom that suit.
I don't think we'll ever see him in it again.
He thinks he looks silly. (laughs)
-I couldn't be happier for you. -Thank you.
-(silverware tapping on glass) -Oh.
Apparently, I've been drafted to make a toast.
So where's our lovely bride?
(Marion laughs softly)
(Patrick clears throat)
Now, here is to Tom and Marion,
the perfect civilized couple.
Mr. and Mrs. Burgess.
CROWD: Mr. and Mrs. Burgess!
Uh, Tom, I think you're meant to kiss the bride.
(cheering)
(applause)
♪ ♪
You look nice.
(chuckles) Thank you.
♪ ♪
Should we turn the light out?
Yeah.
(Tom sighing softly)
♪ ♪
(gasps softly)
(breath shudders)
(both moan)
I'm sorry.
(both panting)
(Tom moans)
(Tom moaning)
(Tom moaning loudly)
(Tom panting sharply)
(panting slows)
Was it all right?
(whispers): Yes, Tom.
I'll be better next time.
(shushes)
It was lovely.
(birds chirping)
I've got a present for you.
(laughs) What?
-(laughing): Oh, my God! Tom! -(laughing)
-Oh. -Oh.
(chuckles)
You should've seen your face.
(laughing)
-(vehicle approaching) -(horn honks)
Hello.
Here I am, just as promised.
Tom, help me with all of this, would you?
Patrick?
I promised to cook you a fabulous wedding feast.
(chuckles)
Didn't Tom tell you?
(chuckles) No.
TOM: I'm sure I did.
PATRICK: Just for tonight.
Then I'll be out of your hair.
You look so happy, my dear.
I am. (chuckles)
(man singing Verdi's "Libiamo ne' lieti calici")
(opera music continues over speakers)
(Marion and Patrick singing along quietly in Italian)
-(Patrick singing loudly) -(Marion laughing)
(laughter)
Patrick's a terrific cook, isn't he?
I'm quite impressed.
-Beef bourguignon. -I'll give you the recipe.
You can have it waiting on the table for Tom when he gets home
-from a hard day of putting the cuffs on criminals. -Mm.
I'll drink to that.
(chuckles)
I don't think I'll ever manage anything as fancy.
Rubbish. You're a good cook.
-(snickers) -And with Patrick's help,
-you'll become a gourmet, I'm sure of it. -(chuckles)
Yes, but between lesson plans and staff meetings,
I'll barely be home before you get there.
I don't like the sound of that.
-(chuckles) -PATRICK: You plan to keep teaching, then?
I hope to.
Oh, good for you.
If you enjoy your career, why should you give it up?
I'll tell you why.
A mother ought to be at home with her children.
Tom, it's 1958.
-Educated women like Marion have careers. -(laughs)
(Patrick laughs)
I'm surprised you're being so suburban about it.
What would you know about it?
-I... -You know nothing about children or being a parent
or being married, so stop telling me what I'm supposed to think about it!
Stop being such a...
Sorry.
Well, I've really gone and blown it, haven't I?
Oh, we, um, we ganged up on him.
I was on your side.
Tom and I are married now.
We have to sort these things out on our own.
(footsteps ascending stairs)
♪ ♪
(birds chirping)
♪ ♪
TOM (quietly): Sorry.
I had too much to drink.
I don't know what happened.
PATRICK (whispers): It's all right.
-Listen, perhaps I should go. -You're probably right.
♪ ♪
(panting softly)
TOM: You have your things?
PATRICK: In the car.
Thanks again for everything.
PATRICK: You're welcome.
Give my love to Marion.
TOM: Will do.
(engine starts)
Patrick's off.
He said to say goodbye.
Do you know what I think, Mrs. Burgess?
I'm going to make you breakfast for a change.
Would you like that?
Marion?
What's wrong?
I know the place is a mess, but I'll clean it up.
You won't have to do a thing.
I want to go upstairs with you.
(chuckles): All right.
(panting)
(Tom moaning)
(moaning loudly)
(panting)
(Tom panting heavily)
(waves sloshing)
It's beautiful.
Don't you think?
Patrick.
You haven't been eating.
I'm worried.
Is there something I can do for you?
Would you rather be in a home?
They're-they're awful, but if you're unhappy here.
Do you want to go back?
Thank you.
All right.
♪ ♪
PATRICK: 25th of May, 1958.
Now they're married, I can feel him slipping away.
Tom.
Don't ruin it.
How would I do that?
Asking about next time.
Do you know how long it's been since we saw each other last?
How many days?
I better go.
Please, please, just... just a few more minutes.
Marion expects me home after my shift.
One more minute.
She wants to have a baby.
You'll make a wonderful father.
I have something for you.
A present.
TOM: Guide to Venice.
I'm going next month on museum business.
Why don't you come with me?
To Venice?
Just you and I.
No checking the time and rushing off.
No hiding.
No lies.
-Wouldn't you enjoy that? -Patrick, I'm married.
Yeah, but even a married man has the right to travel, doesn't he?
I mean, some men go on fishing trips with their friends.
Yeah, a man ought to take his wife on a holiday
before he goes off with a mate.
No, but this isn't a holiday.
The museum is paying for an assistant,
and I'm offering the position to you.
A real position?
It pays 35 pounds.
-That's almost what I make in a month. -Good.
Well, I'll book us a suite in one of my favorite hotels.
And what would I tell Marion?
-Patrick, I can't. -Then I'll do it.
I'll tell her.
You mustn't hurt her, Patrick.
She really is a wonderful person.
-(kids chattering) -PATRICK: Follow me, please.
(Patrick continues indistinctly)
PATRICK: Dance, go to the picture house,
or you can watch Punch and Judy on the pier.
And that is art-- music inspires us
just like every single painting in this gallery.
Right. Did you enjoy yourselves?
KIDS: Yes.
Yes? Good, good.
Now, Miss Stewart here
will give each of you a lollipop, all right?
Goodbye, now.
Oh, it's been such a delightful day.
The children have thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
I better get them back to school.
Oh, I, uh... plan to put Tom to work, you know.
On what?
Yes, the assistant curator couldn't go.
I almost had to cancel before Tom stepped in
at the last minute and saved my neck.
-I'm sorry, I-I don't... -Our trip to Venice.
Tom's gonna be my assistant while I pick up some new pieces.
There'll be so much to pack up and cart to the station.
He'll do a splendid job.
And I've seen to it that he'll be handsomely compensated.
Hasn't he mentioned it?
Of course.
Well, thanks for being a sport about it.
Certainly.
Come on, children!
♪ ♪
(panting)
(drawers opening)
(drawer closes)
♪ ♪
Marion?
You're going to Venice.
With Patrick.
I hadn't decided.
Why shouldn't I go?
Patrick is a sexual pervert.
(chuckles softly)
That's ridiculous.
It's obvious, Tom.
To everyone but you.
You're wrong!
You want to see perverts?
Come down to the station, and I will show you some.
They wear stuff on their faces, rouge and that and jewelry.
It's pathetic!
And they have this walk.
-You can see them a mile off. -All right, all right.
I get the picture.
He has business in Venice.
I'm being paid.
He's trying to destroy our marriage.
You know what, Marion?
I'm beginning to think you've got a dirty mind.
I don't know what to do.
-I have to do something. -I'll tell you what we're going to do.
We'll say no more about it.
I'm going in the other room.
I want you to pull yourself together.
We'll have our tea and forget this.
Marion.
Get a grip on yourself.
PATRICK: This love is all-consuming.
I pity people who don't know what it feels like to be this in love.
(Vivaldi's "Gloria in excelsis Deo" playing)
(church bell chiming)
♪ Gloria, Gloria ♪
♪ In excelsis Deo ♪
♪ Gloria ♪
♪ Gloria, Gloria ♪
♪ Gloria ♪
♪ In excelsis Deo ♪
♪ Gloria, Gloria ♪
♪ In excel... ♪
-♪ ...sis ♪ -(both laughing)
♪ Deo ♪
♪ Gloria in excelsis ♪
♪ Deo ♪
♪ In excel... ♪
♪ ...sis ♪
♪ Gloria in excelsis Deo. ♪
(song ends)
JULIA: You've been distracted all week.
Something's wrong.
You ought to talk about it.
Tom's away.
Away?
He's...
with Patrick.
They're in Venice.
Collecting pieces for the museum.
Patrick is a homosexual.
You have to be careful saying such things.
He's in Venice with my husband.
And Tom?
I think he, uh... has...
tendencies that Patrick encourages.
What am I going to do?
Do?
I have to help him.
I'm-I'm his wife.
-Help him...? -Change.
He has to.
Marion, listen to me.
I'm sorry to tell you this, but it's the kindest thing I can do.
He won't change.
And it'll be better for both of you if you accept that.
He has to give this up!
He can't.
Stop saying that!
He-he will change.
W-With my help.
It's just not true.
When I...
think of them together, it makes my stomach turn.
It's disgusting. It's wrong.
Well, if that's the case, then I'm wrong, too.
What have you got to do with it?
Good grief. Did you not know?
(chuckles) If you could see the look on your face.
You're...?
I have someone in my life.
That I love.
As much as you love Tom.
Five seconds ago, I was one person to you,
and now I'm something altogether different.
What's changed?
It's unnatural.
And what about you and your marriage is natural?
♪ ♪
(grunting softly)
NIGEL: Another breath for me.
♪ ♪
(camera clicks)
Excuse me, Mr. Hazelwood.
There's a gentleman here to see you.
A policeman.
Mr. Hazelwood, could we have a word?
♪ ♪
-(door opens) -(footsteps approaching)
DETECTIVE INSPECTOR: This way.
Rounded up another one.
Marion!
-(drops keys) -Marion!
MARION: Tom?
-Tom? -Patrick's been arrested!
-I was at the station when they brought him in. -What?
They just looked right past me like he didn't even know me.
-Tom, slow down. Tell me... -Someone reported him!
Probably someone from the museum.
-Oh, my God. -And they dug up some wretch
who claimed Patrick had him in the alleyway behind the Argyle.
Listen to me.
W-We can put all this behind us.
We can start our marriage again.
Jesus, Marion! This isn't about our marriage!
Patrick's going to prison, and I'm bloody ruined!
Why you?
If they know about Patrick, they might know about...
So it's true?
You and Patrick.
Yes, it's true!
Now someone will tell.
They'll find out everything, and that will be it.
Then everyone will know what I...
I'm sorry.
I know I've let you down. I lied.
What am I going to do?
No one will ever know.
How can they not?
Because Patrick would never tell them.
You don't know how the police work.
Patrick wouldn't do that to you.
It's all right.
We'll find a lawyer for Patrick.
A good one.
And if I have to, I'll stand up as a character witness.
I'm so sorry.
(whispers): I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.
Mr. Hazelwood gave my class a tour of the museum.
DEFENSE COUNSEL: And during that visit,
did you have any reason to believe that Mr. Hazelwood
was a danger to your pupils
or in any way a negative influence on them?
On the contrary, the children loved him.
Do you believe that Mr. Hazelwood is capable
of performing the acts with which he stands accused?
Namely, gross indecency in a public convenience
and endangering public morals.
No.
I do not.
Thank you.
Mrs. Burgess,
do you know Mr. Hazelwood in another capacity?
Other than professional.
Yes.
He is a friend.
A close friend of your husband's, is he not?
My husband and I both consider him a friend.
But he and your husband are particularly close.
Isn't that true?
So close they recently traveled to Italy together.
Patrick had business there.
Did your husband have business there?
He was assisting him.
Assisting?
Yes.
Mrs. Burgess, I'd like to read an extract
from one of Patrick Hazelwood's diaries.
These were collected in his apartment when he was arrested.
Some of it is rather purple, I'm afraid.
This is from a page dated 31st of July, 1957.
"I recognized him even from behind.
"That fine head.
"The unmistakable line of his shoulder.
My policeman was magnificently alive in front of me."
Mrs. Burgess, who is "my policeman"?
I have no idea.
PROSECUTOR: Perhaps another extract will help you remember.
This is from a later date.
"We've been meeting in the afternoons, if he can get away,
"or in the evenings,
"but he hasn't forgotten the schoolteacher.
"Yesterday, he brought her to the museum.
"She's instinctively possessive.
"She touched his shoulders at every opportunity.
"If only she knew that my hands had been
"on those same shoulders the night before,
as my policeman and I..."
I'll stop here, as the next passage borders on obscenity.
Mrs. Burgess, you're a schoolteacher, aren't you?
MARION: Yes.
And what is your husband's occupation?
Mrs. Burgess?
(quietly): A policeman.
Speak up, please.
A policeman.
(people murmuring)
(seagulls squawking)
(indistinct chatter)
-I'll see you in the car. -MARION: All right.
-Oh, Mrs. Burgess. -Oh!
Hey.
(sniffles)
(sobbing softly)
♪ ♪
(car door opens)
Did you see Nigel and his friend?
They live a few streets over.
What's wrong?
Nothing.
I'm fine.
(engine starts)
PATRICK: I see a psychiatrist...
...who has generously offered to help me change.
Isn't that kind of him?
What happened to your face?
This is a prison, Marion.
My new home.
For two years, in fact.
How's the food?
Oh, for God's sake, I don't want to talk about the food.
Tell me about Tom.
-How is he? -Um...
He found a job.
I've kept my teaching position.
So, we'll manage.
Could you ask him to come and see me?
-I need to see him. -I-I can't.
Please, Marion, please. I have to see him.
GUARD: No touching.
I'll ask him.
But surely you realize he can't come.
I'm sorry.
(sniffles)
Well, you must be pleased about all this.
Why on earth would I be pleased?
You've won.
(scoffs softly)
Patrick...
...nobody's won.
-(fire crackling) -(birds chirping)
I wish you hadn't done that.
It's not much good to me now, is it?
I've seen Patrick.
He asked after you.
Why did you have to go?
Everyone else has deserted him.
Tom, there's something I... have to know.
Do you... love Patrick?
-For God's sake, Marion... -No, it's important.
Do you love him?
I love you.
♪ ♪
I can't lose you.
Let's not mention his name again.
♪ ♪
(panting)
♪ ♪
(seagulls squawking)
What's this?
I need to talk to you.
-You're going out? -Tom, please.
I've tried to help Patrick,
but he fights me at every turn, and you're angry all the time.
Oh, what the devil are you trying to do now?
Let me speak.
I think I brought Patrick here because I've been so lonely.
What do you mean?
I'm always here.
You're never here.
I've never had you, not for myself.
He was always in your life, in our lives.
Just stop this foolishness.
Sit down. I'll make us some tea.
You say we never talk?
-All right, we'll talk. -I'm leaving.
What?
I can't stay here. It will kill me.
For God's sake, you brought him back into our lives.
You s-stirred everything up, and now, and now you think you're going to leave.
And what do I do?
Oh, for once, Tom, you might take care of yourself.
Oh, so now we're back to this, how I-I ruined your life.
No, you didn't.
But you did lie to me.
From the day we met. And you kept lying.
You loved Patrick, and...
-Stop. -...you still love him.
-Just stop. -All of these years,
I've blamed myself for keeping the two of you apart,
and I never really thought, "What have I missed?"
No, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not listening to this.
I reported Patrick to the museum.
It was me.
♪ ♪
When the two of you were in Venice, I felt so betrayed.
And then your postcard came.
It felt like you were taunting me.
I-I just felt so humiliated.
Then it occurred to me there was something I could do
to win you back and save our marriage.
I wrote an anonymous letter to Patrick's supervisor.
I said I had personal knowledge that Patrick was a homosexual
and I imagined he wouldn't want the museum's patrons
exposed to that kind of person, especially children.
♪ ♪
The next day, I regretted it,
and I've had to live with it ever since.
I-I tried to make up for what I'd done
by standing up for him at the trial, but...
You know what happened.
So I decided
the only thing left for me to do
was to get you through the mess we'd made,
and I thought, "Now I'll have him.
I'll have him for myself."
But I never did.
You destroyed him.
We destroyed each other.
I shouldn't have deceived you.
It wasn't right.
But I-I couldn't tell you.
You would've left me, and...
I did want you.
But I wanted him, too.
(car horn honks outside)
Nigel's number is there on the counter.
-And the chemist. -You can't be serious.
(sniffles) We don't make each other happy.
-Of course we do. -No, Tom.
You-you have the sea, your swimming.
I don't even like Peacehaven.
When I pictured my retirement, I saw...
...museums, the theater, weekends in--
I don't know, something.
What do you want from me?
Uh, do you want me to beg you to stay?
All right. I am begging you.
Tom, Patrick's failing.
I think he can turn around, but I have to wash my hands of it.
You can send him to a home, but I hope you won't.
I hope you'll keep him here and love him.
It's what he needs.
It's what you need. And I need to go.
-I'll be at my sister's for a while... -Please, please.
-...and then I'll have to... -Please don't go.
Please don't go.
I can't...
I can't live alone.
Tom, you're not alone.
♪ ♪
(seagulls squawking)
♪ ♪