The Imitation Game · written by Graham Moore · 2014

Staehl reports that he followed Turing to a pub and saw him exchange an envelope with another man; Nock and Smith go to inspect the suspect.

Scene 75 of 130 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

Superintendant Smith
Sergeant Staehl

Act oneAct twoAct three

Begins 1:05 into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 75

At Bletchley Park, Alan Turing must persuade a skeptical team to build a machine that can break Enigma before the war is lost, while concealing the self the law condemns.

Scenes 1–12
Turing is investigated as a guarded outsider in 1951, then enters Bletchley in 1939 looking for the puzzle he can solve.
Scenes 13–30
He sees the scale of Enigma, believes a machine can solve it, and grows isolated from colleagues who make little progress.
Scenes 31–50
Churchill’s order gives Turing authority and his half-built machine advances toward sustained work.
Just before
Scene 72
Denniston hears that the machine has run without result and prepares to stop the project.
Scene 73
Denniston shuts down Christopher and fires Turing for producing no decrypt; Hugh, John, and Peter defend the machine and win one more month to prove it.
Scene 74
Staehl walks through the station and heads into Superintendent Smith’s office.
Scene 75
This scene

75INT. MANCHESTER POLICE STATION - SMITH’S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS

Superintendant Smith and Detective Nock are in the middle of a genial conversation.

The Superintendant turns to Staehl.

SUPERINTENDANT SMITH

Can I help you?

SERGEANT STAEHL

Sirs, I think I’ve got him.

SUPERINTENDANT SMITH

Got who?

SERGEANT STAEHL

Turing.

Detective Nock looks at Staehl — “Shhhh!”

The Superintendant looks at Nock — “You didn’t...”

SERGEANT STAEHL (CONT’D)

I trailed Turing to a pub last

night, where he met a bloke. They

exchanged an envelope. So I

followed the guy, picked him up,

gave him a good shake... Here, I’ll

show you.

SUPERINTENDANT SMITH

(to Nock, angry)

You and I will discuss this later.

(to Staehl)

Sergeant.

They follow Staehl out to...