:11:00
Sounds like a spy story.
:11:02
That's exactly what it is.
:11:04
- Only l prefer the word agent better.
- ''Agent''?
:11:08
- For what country?
- Any country that pays me.
:11:10
- What is your country?
- l have no country.
:11:13
Born in a balloon?
We'll let that go.
:11:17
l suppose you've come here..
:11:19
to dig up
some great big state secret.
:11:21
l am here to save a secret
from being divulged.
:11:25
A very important secret
for this country.
:11:27
Not because l love England,
but because it will pay me better.
:11:31
- Thank you.
- The very brilliant agent..
:11:33
of a certain foreign power..
:11:35
is on the point of obtaining
a secret vital to your air defense.
:11:40
l tracked two of his men
to that music hall.
:11:43
Unfortunately,
they recognized me.
:11:45
- That's why they're after me now.
- That was too bad.
:11:48
You ever heard of a thing
called ''persecution mania''?
:11:51
- You don't believe me?
- Frankly, l don't.
:11:54
Go and look down
into the street then.
:12:26
You win.
:12:27
- Are they there?
- Yes.
:12:30
l'd hoped l'd shaken them off.
:12:33
l'm going to tell you something
which is not very healthy to know.
:12:37
But now that they have
followed me here..
:12:40
you are in it
as much as l am.
:12:42
How do you mean?
:12:44
- Have you ever heard of the 39 Steps?
- No. What's that, a pub?
:12:49
Never mind.
:12:51
But what you were laughing at is true.
These men will stop at nothing.
:12:56
l'm the only person
who can stop them.
:12:58
lf they are not stopped, it's only
a matter of days, perhaps hours..