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When Carrie Louise Serrocold suspects that someone is trying to poison her, she sends for the one person who might be able to help, her old friend Miss Jane Marple. Starring: Helen Hayes, Bette Davis, John Mills.
When Carrie Louise Serrocold suspects that someone is trying to poison her, she sends for the one person who might be able to help, her old friend Miss Jane Marple. Starring: Helen Hayes, Bette Davis, John Mills.
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00:00:00The End
00:00:30The next train.
00:01:00The next train.
00:02:00Mr. Goldbranson.
00:02:23Miss Jane Marple is here for her appointment.
00:02:27Jane.
00:02:27Christian.
00:02:28How good of you to come.
00:02:30Oh, no trouble at all.
00:02:31I'm in London once a month anyway to do a little shopping.
00:02:34Well, come in, please.
00:02:35Well, that report.
00:02:37It hasn't arrived yet, Mr. Goldbranson.
00:02:40All right.
00:02:41Thanks.
00:02:41That's all, Miss Valentine.
00:02:45Well, please, sit down.
00:02:46You look marvelous, Jane.
00:02:53Not a day older.
00:02:54Oh, it's only four or five years since you saw me last at Stonygate.
00:02:57I'm afraid it's been more like 13.
00:02:59It's been 13 years?
00:03:01Hmm.
00:03:01That's terrible.
00:03:02How is my dear Carrie Louise?
00:03:04You know my stepmother.
00:03:06Still living in her own little world.
00:03:08Ah, there is Carrie Louise.
00:03:10Yes, that was taken last year.
00:03:12And that's her new husband with her?
00:03:14Oh, not really new.
00:03:15They've been married for over 10 years now.
00:03:18Yes, but that's him.
00:03:19Louis Serecold.
00:03:20I've heard very nice things about him.
00:03:22Yes, well, I must say he simply worships Carrie Louise.
00:03:24Well, he'd be a fool not to.
00:03:27Jane.
00:03:31Well, that's my half-sister Mildred, but of course you know that.
00:03:36Yes, of course I know Mildred.
00:03:38Yes.
00:03:39Christian, what is it?
00:03:41You've been wanting to say something to me, but for some reason or other, you're not saying it.
00:03:46Do you have time for a stroll?
00:03:51The point is, I thought I'd have certain information by now, and I'm afraid I don't.
00:03:57Is it concerned with Carrie Louise?
00:03:58She's all right, isn't she?
00:04:00Well, that's it, you see.
00:04:02I'm not sure she is.
00:04:04Jane, is there any way you could spare a few days to prepare a little visit?
00:04:07I really think that just now she could use an old friend about.
00:04:11And you can't tell me any more than that?
00:04:13Not until I'm absolutely sure.
00:04:14Well, I'm sorry, but if you could take a morning train, I'll be down myself tomorrow evening,
00:04:18and I'll be able to explain it all to you then.
00:04:20You're getting me very worried.
00:04:23Oh, I suppose I must be.
00:04:25And I'm worried too, more than you can imagine.
00:04:28My stepmother's very dear to me.
00:04:31I'll take the next train home and call her from there.
00:04:34I can be at Stony Gate by early afternoon tomorrow.
00:04:37Oh, that's marvellous.
00:04:38And if you would, could you just say you had this sudden whim to see her?
00:04:42I don't want to alarm her in any way.
00:04:44It's something very serious, isn't it?
00:04:48Yes.
00:04:50I'm afraid it is.
00:04:51Miss Marple, it's Jane Marple.
00:05:18That's right.
00:05:18I'll make your laws.
00:05:20I'm Mr. Suricolt's assistant.
00:05:22I can't affect you.
00:05:23I'm very pleased to meet you, Mr. Lawson.
00:05:25Yeah, if you just follow me, I've got a van around the back.
00:05:27Thank goodness.
00:05:42I was so afraid I was going to be late.
00:05:45How was your train trip?
00:05:46Absolutely wretched it had to be.
00:05:48If you have something to it, you must be starved.
00:05:51Well, actually, I had some fruit and cheese with me.
00:05:53And thank you for asking, but I don't think I know you, do I?
00:05:56Well, I know you, and you're just as adorable as I remember.
00:05:59Well, I'm Gina.
00:06:02Gina?
00:06:03Gina!
00:06:05Pimpy's daughter!
00:06:06Of course!
00:06:08I didn't recognize you, but actually you were nine years old when I saw you last.
00:06:13Yes, I remember.
00:06:13At my parents' funeral.
00:06:14From the moment I heard of that terrible crash, I've refused to ride in an airplane.
00:06:20Don't worry.
00:06:21I'm driving you to Stony Gates.
00:06:23Hold on, Gina.
00:06:25I'm supposed to be driving Miss Marple.
00:06:26It's all been arranged.
00:06:28Well, consider it rearranged, Edgar.
00:06:29You just take Miss Marple's luggage.
00:06:32Oh, go on.
00:06:35I don't think Mr. Lawson is too pleased.
00:06:39Well, perhaps I was a little hard on him, but Edgar's such a pompous little twit.
00:06:45Pimpy's daughter!
00:06:47Oh, I should have known you straight away.
00:06:49You're just exactly like your mother at your age.
00:06:54She was so beautiful, even as a child.
00:06:56You knew her way back then?
00:06:58I'm from way back then.
00:07:00And I knew Pippa practically from the day that Carrie Louise and Eric picked her up at the orphanage.
00:07:05It's funny the way things turn out, isn't it?
00:07:08They adopted my mother because they thought they couldn't have children of their own,
00:07:11and the very next year they had Aunt Mildred.
00:07:13Oh, Mildred married a vicar or somebody, didn't she?
00:07:15Yes, but he died of cancer last year, so she's moved back to Stony Gates.
00:07:18Mostly hangs about looking like a rain cloud, I'm afraid.
00:07:22Well, here we go.
00:07:25We're going rather fast, aren't we?
00:07:50Yes, don't you love it?
00:07:54You remind me of a little girl back home.
00:07:57Always rode her bicycle as fast as ever she could.
00:08:00Oh, I did too.
00:08:03And after the accident, she even joined the county wheelchair race.
00:08:09Bless her, she came in fourth.
00:08:11You know, it's been so long since you visited Stony Gates, she'll hardly recognize the place.
00:08:18Lewis has turned Stony Gates into a prison.
00:08:21Oh, well, not really a prison.
00:08:22Sort of a rehabilitation center for juvenile delinquents.
00:08:26Like that boy at the station.
00:08:28He said he was Mr. Seracole's assistant.
00:08:31Oh, Edgar.
00:08:33Oh, he hasn't the brains for that.
00:08:35Do you know why they put him away in the first place?
00:08:37Used to go around claiming his father was Sir Lawrence Olivier or Paul McCartney or just anyone.
00:08:44Anyway, Lewis likes to make them feel like they're all part of a family,
00:08:48so they're given these little jobs to do and that sort of thing.
00:08:50Do you think that's sensible?
00:08:53I think we'll probably all be murdered in our beds one night.
00:08:59Kia!
00:09:04You idiot!
00:09:06What was I saying before those silly sheep got in the way?
00:09:09Uh, um, you were telling me about life at Stony Gates.
00:09:14Oh, well, yes, it's frightfully boring, of course, except the theater part.
00:09:18Stephen's got me helping out, as a matter of fact.
00:09:20Stephen?
00:09:21Stephen Restrick, a young repertory director.
00:09:24Lewis hired about seven or eight years ago to do the theater business.
00:09:27The grandmother sort of adopted him.
00:09:30How is your grandmother?
00:09:31Well, I'm afraid to be shocked when you see her.
00:09:33I'm really concerned there may be something wrong with her.
00:09:36But she's such a dear.
00:09:37I even sent me to school in America.
00:09:39Growing a lot older, I'm afraid.
00:09:40But she still gets herself made up like the bell of the ball.
00:09:43Oh, but lately she's had a touch of flu or something.
00:09:46Oh, dear.
00:09:48Did you enjoy America?
00:09:49Oh, well, I'm not sure, really.
00:09:53See, that's where I met Wally.
00:09:56Wally?
00:09:57My husband.
00:10:00Oh.
00:10:01Yes, who is it?
00:10:12It's me, obviously.
00:10:13Come ahead, Mrs. Markham.
00:10:22They have a gate guard?
00:10:24Oh, yes, until midnight.
00:10:29That's Jerome Davis.
00:10:32Caught exposing himself in St. Paul's.
00:10:37I suppose we all worship in our own way.
00:10:41Oh, Aunt Jane, I'm so glad you're here.
00:10:44Oh, I think I was so glad, Mother, just now, down by the lake with Mildred.
00:11:02Why don't you go and say hello while I pull the car around?
00:11:05Oh, yes.
00:11:05I'll see you later at tea.
00:11:06Yes, of course, of course.
00:11:08And thank you for the ride.
00:11:11It was, uh, unique.
00:11:14I'll take you out tomorrow and we'll rarely open her up.
00:11:16Mother, don't you think you've had enough exercise for this afternoon?
00:11:30This is the same walk we take every day.
00:11:32Still, Mildred, dear.
00:11:35Miss Belliver knows my limitations better than you do.
00:11:39Young man, you don't want to lose an eye, do you?
00:11:48There are so many wonderful things to see in this world.
00:11:53Yes, ma'am.
00:11:54Thank you, ma'am.
00:11:57Carrie Louise!
00:12:02Jane!
00:12:04You look wonderful.
00:12:06Come, come, Jane, I'm an old lady.
00:12:10You are not, and I'm not either.
00:12:12We're still the same silly young ladies we were 45 years ago.
00:12:17Oh, oh, you, you remember my daughter Mildred, of course.
00:12:20Mildred!
00:12:21Glad you could come.
00:12:22And this is our housekeeper, Miss Belliver,
00:12:26who insists upon treating me like a delicate piece of glass.
00:12:31She doesn't know, I'm just a silly young lady.
00:12:37How was your trip?
00:12:39Well, the train trip was quiet enough,
00:12:42but the drive with Gina from the station.
00:12:46I know, I know.
00:12:50But they make a beautiful couple, don't they?
00:12:53Wally, that's her husband's name, isn't it?
00:12:55Yes, Wally Markham.
00:12:58But that is not he.
00:12:59That is Stephen Resterick.
00:13:02There's Wally.
00:13:04Hey, that's my wife.
00:13:05You think you're doing it?
00:13:06Leave her alone.
00:13:08Hold it!
00:13:09Wally, stop it!
00:13:10Mr. Markham's an American.
00:13:14Stephen, do you all right?
00:13:16Jane, I want you to meet my husband.
00:13:19He's quite a marvelous man.
00:13:22Come, come, Jane.
00:13:23Teddy Joseph.
00:13:25A very conscientious worker,
00:13:26and I'm sure you'll find his business skills first rate.
00:13:31Come in.
00:13:34Oh, hello, darling.
00:13:37I'm sending his academic transcripts under separate cover.
00:13:42Yours sincerely, Lewis Siracone.
00:13:46Well, you have to be Jane Marple.
00:13:49Huh?
00:13:50I can't tell you how delighted I am to finally meet you.
00:13:53And I might say the same.
00:13:55Just trying to place another of our little family.
00:13:58Max here feels the more we treat the boys as family,
00:14:00the more likely they are to start assuming responsibility.
00:14:02I want you to meet Dr. Hargrove, Jane.
00:14:11Max, may I introduce Miss Jane Marple.
00:14:15How do you do?
00:14:16A brilliant psychologist and the resident genius of our little program here.
00:14:20Oh, you're being far too modest, Mr. Siracone.
00:14:23Without you, there wouldn't even be a Stenegates Institute.
00:14:25Nonsense.
00:14:26It's all your show.
00:14:27I just try to refine the boys' talents of it.
00:14:31I suppose you don't mean like safe cracking.
00:14:34Nothing so exciting.
00:14:35No, no.
00:14:36We try to teach them the basics.
00:14:38Typing, accounting, computer language, that sort of thing.
00:14:41We've hundreds of our boys in firms all over England.
00:14:44That sounds very admirable.
00:14:45A pebble in the quarry so far, I'm afraid, but it's a start.
00:14:49If you'll excuse me, I have a staff meeting.
00:14:51Pleasure to meet you, Miss Marple.
00:14:53See you later at tea, I hope.
00:14:54Oh, Max, don't be too hard on young Timmy Wellcroft for stealing those biscuits.
00:15:00Boys at that age just get hungry.
00:15:02I'll tell him you've advised mercy.
00:15:04Well, do you like your room?
00:15:06I'm afraid she's not seen it as yet.
00:15:09Oh, I'll take you upstairs then, darling.
00:15:12No sense in your overdoing it.
00:15:15I suppose not.
00:15:16Thank you, darling.
00:15:17Come on, then.
00:15:24Oh, you gave me quite a start.
00:15:45You've been watching me.
00:15:46What?
00:15:47Don't lie.
00:15:48You've been watching me since you got off the train.
00:15:50Have I?
00:15:51You're planning something against me, aren't you?
00:15:53Of course not.
00:15:54You think I don't know what's going on?
00:15:55They want me out of the way.
00:15:57Who?
00:15:58Who wants you out of the way?
00:15:59How do I know I can trust you?
00:16:02Don't I look like someone you can trust?
00:16:05What are they for?
00:16:07Bearded readlings.
00:16:09I've been betrayed.
00:16:11Betrayed by whom?
00:16:12By the one person in the world I trusted.
00:16:14The one who wants to get rid of me, well, he won't get away with it.
00:16:17Who's he?
00:16:18My father.
00:16:20The orphanage falsified the record, so I wouldn't guess the truth,
00:16:22but I know now I'll throw his lies in his face.
00:16:25Who is your father, Mr Lawson?
00:16:28You'd like to know, wouldn't you?
00:16:29So you could warn him.
00:16:30Of course not.
00:16:32Well, you won't get away with it.
00:16:34None of you.
00:16:45Oh, my God.
00:17:15I think it's best to get some outside advice.
00:17:24Yes, I suppose so.
00:17:27I only wish I hadn't been able to confirm all this.
00:17:30It's carrier Louise we have to consider now.
00:17:33Yes.
00:17:36Well, we'd better get in.
00:17:45I'll go out and change.
00:17:49We'll talk more after dinner.
00:17:57Jane.
00:17:59I'm so glad you're here.
00:18:01You've seen my stepmother?
00:18:03Of course.
00:18:04How does she see you?
00:18:06Her health, honey?
00:18:07Oh, she's had a bout with the flu, but except for them.
00:18:09But what about her heart?
00:18:12Oh, I don't know.
00:18:13It's all right, I suppose.
00:18:14Christian.
00:18:15Lois told me.
00:18:17Christian!
00:18:18Darling.
00:18:20Christian.
00:18:21You look wonderful.
00:18:23Well, I'm delighted you think so.
00:18:26Well, it's true.
00:18:34If you'll have a moment, Max.
00:18:37I'd like you to look at those staff recommendations.
00:18:40I'd be happy to.
00:18:41They're very encouraging, I think.
00:18:47Christian, you simply must tell me what's going on.
00:18:49Oh, Miss Belliver, I want to get a letter off tonight.
00:18:52May I send one of the boys into town with it?
00:18:54Certainly.
00:18:55I'll be half an hour at the most.
00:18:56There's nothing to worry about.
00:19:02What's the old boy doing here, anyway?
00:19:04I mean, he doesn't show up for six months at a time,
00:19:06and here he is twice in a fortnight.
00:19:08Foundation business with Lewis, I suppose.
00:19:19Gull Branson's a real marvel, isn't he?
00:19:25Always looks just like a millionaire should.
00:19:27And how is that?
00:19:29Perfectly immaculate and just a touch smug.
00:19:32I'm working on the look.
00:19:33You've got the smug part down, Gull.
00:19:35You're being surly again, old man.
00:19:37Well, I suppose it's what you colonials do best.
00:19:41Aren't you supposed to be at the theater
00:19:42watching your little gangsters play dress-up?
00:19:45A bit later, yes.
00:19:46A lot more fun than just sitting around
00:19:48watching my wife support me.
00:19:50You know damn well I'm going back to get my degree.
00:19:52Oh, when?
00:19:52When Gina's money runs out.
00:19:54I don't have to take this garbage.
00:19:57Get your hand out of my way.
00:19:58Oh, if you two want to dance,
00:20:00don't let me stop you.
00:20:02The boys are just being boys.
00:20:04Some day they might even grow into men.
00:20:07Excuse me, Mrs. Terracote.
00:20:10Must I?
00:20:12I suppose I must.
00:20:13Dolly!
00:20:15Dolly, I, uh,
00:20:16I don't think you should take this tonight.
00:20:19Why ever not?
00:20:21Well, I'm not, uh,
00:20:22sure it really agrees with you.
00:20:24Really, Mr. Terracote,
00:20:25the prescription says four times a day.
00:20:27Yes, well, she won't miss it for one evening.
00:20:29That stupid circuit
00:20:30it must have overloaded somewhere.
00:20:32I'll put another fuse in it.
00:20:35One is very clever
00:20:36with electrical things.
00:20:38That's about all he does do.
00:20:41There you are.
00:20:43Oh, of course I'm here.
00:20:44What's the matter with you?
00:20:46He betrayed me.
00:20:47He's been spying on me.
00:20:50Now, please calm down, eh?
00:20:52You're upset.
00:20:53You don't know what you're talking about.
00:20:54I know I'm saying right enough.
00:20:56He's been plotting to get rid of me.
00:20:58Come on.
00:20:59Come along.
00:21:00Remember, just talk this thing up, hmm?
00:21:02Just you and me.
00:21:03I'll take it back to the dormitory.
00:21:05Give him a sit-up.
00:21:05No, it's all right, Max.
00:21:07He just needs to talk, hmm?
00:21:09Don't you ever get it?
00:21:09He had something in his pocket.
00:21:16Edgar, I mean.
00:21:17In a film, it would be a gun.
00:21:19I think, you know, it was a gun.
00:21:21That's a lie.
00:21:22That's all lies.
00:21:23You are my father.
00:21:24That's simply not true.
00:21:26You've taken away my name,
00:21:27my birthright, everything.
00:21:28Put that gun away.
00:21:29You're frightened now, aren't you?
00:21:31You're killing me.
00:21:31He's crazy.
00:21:33Edgar loves Lewis.
00:21:35He won't hurt him.
00:21:36It's locked.
00:21:37I'll get my keys.
00:21:39We can't talk while you're pointing that gun at me.
00:21:41And if I put it away,
00:21:42you'd come after me, wouldn't you?
00:21:44It was outside.
00:21:46A car backfiring or something.
00:21:49Edgar, this is Dr. Hargrove.
00:21:52Now open the door.
00:21:53It's all right, Max.
00:21:54I can handle it.
00:21:55Are you sure?
00:21:56Of course I'm sure.
00:21:57Edgar's not stupid.
00:21:58He'll listen to reason.
00:21:59You're not stupid, are you?
00:22:01No, but you must think I am
00:22:02if you imagine I'm going to put this gun away.
00:22:03What good would shooting me do?
00:22:05This much good.
00:22:07Oh, my God.
00:22:13Edgar, please.
00:22:14Let us in.
00:22:15Let me in.
00:22:17Edgar.
00:22:27Lewis, darling.
00:22:29It's all right, my dear.
00:22:31What the hell's going on?
00:22:32That maniac tried to kill Lewis.
00:22:34I'll telephone the police.
00:22:35There's no need for that, Miss Belliver.
00:22:38It's all right, darling.
00:22:41Max, come in with you.
00:22:50I didn't mean to shoot, Sam.
00:22:52It just came over me.
00:22:53It's my gun.
00:22:53You stole this out of my room.
00:22:55I don't remember.
00:22:56Better lock it up.
00:22:57It's safekeeping.
00:22:57Come on, lad.
00:23:01Let's get back to your room.
00:23:03Give me a little something to help you sleep.
00:23:04Christian.
00:23:05I'm sorry, my darling.
00:23:21I know how much you cared for him.
00:23:23I wish to God you could have been spared this.
00:23:26Nobody can spare anybody, anything.
00:23:31Things just have to be faced.
00:23:34According to what we know so far, Mr. Goldbranson was killed at short range, probably by a shot from a .38 caliber pistol.
00:23:49What you thought might have been a car backfiring at the time was almost certainly the fatal shot.
00:23:59At that moment, Mr. Sericule was in that room there, being threatened by a young man named Edward Lawson.
00:24:06And with the exceptions of Mr. Markham and Miss Belliver, you were all in this room here until the body was discovered.
00:24:15Somebody care to add anything to all that?
00:24:17Just that we appreciate your allowing Mrs. Sericule these few moments to herself.
00:24:22I'll take that as a no, Miss Marple.
00:24:25Miss Belliver, what made you call in on Mr. Goldbranson?
00:24:29Well, after Mr. Sericule was almost murdered, I thought I ought to explain all the noise to Mr. Goldbranson.
00:24:36I told you, Edgar didn't try to murder anyone. The gun going off was an accident.
00:24:41Oh, begging your pardon, sir. He did put two rather nasty holes in your book collection.
00:24:47But not in me.
00:24:48That could have been the accident.
00:24:51And by the way, Mr. Sericule, you were playing the piano. How long did you continue?
00:24:55You mean, did I accompany that little scene in the den with a gentle obligato to the inevitability of death?
00:25:01No. I stopped when the shouting started. Too much competition.
00:25:05And now I'm late for rehearsal. If you need me, I'll be down at the theater.
00:25:11What the hell are you asking us all these questions for anyway?
00:25:14I mean, what, we have over 200 delinquent punks. They live right next door.
00:25:18And they're all crazy as bed bugs.
00:25:21He's right, you know. We have an outside door that leads to the hallway.
00:25:25It's never locked. Except when we retire, anyone could sneak in.
00:25:30We will check everything. Rest assured.
00:25:33Meanwhile, I would like to question you all individually.
00:25:37Oh, by the way, is there a room I could use?
00:25:40You can use my study.
00:25:42Most blighting of you, sir.
00:25:44I think we'll begin with Miss Marple.
00:25:48Inspector, I think it's important that you should talk to me first.
00:25:52In good time, Mr. Senefield. Please.
00:26:00So hard to imagine, isn't it?
00:26:03The idea of murder, I mean.
00:26:05A person taking the life of another person.
00:26:07But I suppose it happens all the time.
00:26:09Though not as often as the films or television would have us believe.
00:26:13Although, on the other hand, the newspapers are full of such stories,
00:26:15and they don't lie about things like that.
00:26:17Although, one wonders sometimes if they don't make up some of it,
00:26:22just in case their readers are tired of reading about Princess Diana,
00:26:26or Belfast, or even soccer matches.
00:26:29I rather like Liverpool's chances this year. Do you?
00:26:33I think you can drop the act, Miss Marple.
00:26:37Act? What act?
00:26:39Pretending to be this dithering little old lady from St. Mary Mead, isn't it?
00:26:45But I do dither. That's my nature.
00:26:50And I am small, I suppose.
00:26:53And old, too, I'm afraid.
00:26:57But I've known people smaller and older,
00:26:59and I don't see what that has to do.
00:27:02How do you know I come from St. Mary Mead?
00:27:05Sit down, Miss Marple, please.
00:27:06I believe you know an old friend of mine that lives there.
00:27:16Inspector Blacker. He speaks about you a great deal.
00:27:20Oh?
00:27:20Yes. He uses words like meddlesome, obstinate, infuriating.
00:27:26I assure you, Inspector...
00:27:28On the other hand, he also says that you're intuitive, instinctive, and bloody useful,
00:27:35if you'll forgive the expression.
00:27:37But what I'm getting at is that this is an official investigation,
00:27:42and I will not tolerate any meddling.
00:27:44I will be on my best behavior, I promise.
00:27:49Blacker also employed the phrase, deceptively cooperative.
00:27:54Now then, what can you tell me about this unpleasant business?
00:28:00Well, for one thing, I noticed there wasn't any paper...
00:28:05in the typewriter.
00:28:08You see, he was sitting at the table as though he had been typing,
00:28:13and there wasn't any paper in the machine.
00:28:15I thought that a bit odd.
00:28:17Especially since Miss Belliver told me there was a paper when she found the body.
00:28:23But I do think Mr. Serecold was right.
00:28:26What about?
00:28:27That you should speak to him immediately.
00:28:30He might be able to tell you about the paper.
00:28:32What?
00:28:38Mr. Serecold, would you step in here for a moment, please?
00:28:49What is this thing, by the way?
00:28:51A dream, I'm afraid.
00:28:53Of a rather utopian new center.
00:28:57Completely self-contained community.
00:29:01Well, perhaps one day.
00:29:03Miss Marple thinks that you might have some information for me.
00:29:09Thank you, Miss Marple.
00:29:11Oh, please, no, don't go on.
00:29:12I can't.
00:29:13You already know most of what I'm going to say.
00:29:17Oh, very well.
00:29:19But what are you going to say, sir?
00:29:24Christian Galbranson was murdered
00:29:26because he must have known who has been trying,
00:29:29slowly and cold-bloodedly,
00:29:31to poison my wife.
00:29:33Poison your wife.
00:29:38Yes.
00:29:39He was here two weeks ago,
00:29:41and he noticed that my wife's physical condition
00:29:44had been deteriorating.
00:29:46Now, what we'd all assumed to be some form of influenza,
00:29:48the muscle cramps, the occasional abdominal pain,
00:29:51he suspected might be symptoms of arsenic poisoning.
00:29:56Arsenic?
00:29:57Did he tell you this at the time?
00:29:59No.
00:30:00He called me a few days ago.
00:30:02I think he must have taken away some evidence to check in London.
00:30:05Glass, some food, I'm not sure.
00:30:08Anyway, when he arrived this evening,
00:30:10he told me that his suspicions had been definitely confirmed.
00:30:13That's true.
00:30:14I happened to overhear part of the discussion between Mr. Goldbranson and Mr. Serecold.
00:30:20Well, you were talking right under my window.
00:30:23No, excuse me.
00:30:26Did Mr. Goldbranson say who he suspected?
00:30:28No, and I'm not sure he knew.
00:30:31But the murderer must have thought that he knew.
00:30:32And you have no idea what evidence he had.
00:30:35No, but, um, the only thing my wife ingests that the rest of us don't is her medicine.
00:30:43I managed to stop her taking some of this earlier this evening.
00:30:47I'll have Sergeant Lake take this into town to be analysed.
00:30:51You'd better have this too.
00:30:53It's the letter that Christian was typing when he was killed.
00:30:57I took it out of the typewriter.
00:30:59Well, unless Miss Belliver was lying, he was the only one who had the opportunity.
00:31:04Who is Dr. Galbraith?
00:31:09The Bishop of Cromer.
00:31:11He's an old friend of Christian's under my wife.
00:31:13He's also one of the Foundation trustees.
00:31:15Dear Dr. Galbraith, if at all possible, I beg you to come to Stonergate as soon as you receive this.
00:31:20A serious crisis has arisen.
00:31:22I am at a loss how to deal with it.
00:31:23And I don't know how much our dear Carrie Louise must be told.
00:31:27Not to beat about the bush.
00:31:29I have reason to believe that that sweet and innocent lady is being slowly poisoned.
00:31:36I first suspected this when it stops there.
00:31:40When he was shot, I imagine.
00:31:43Why would the murderer leave this in the typewriter?
00:31:47I had no idea.
00:31:48Perhaps he didn't realise what Christian was writing.
00:31:51Perhaps he didn't have time to check.
00:31:54Heard someone coming and just had time to make his escape.
00:31:56But I beg of you, Inspector, not to let my wife know anything about this.
00:32:03But surely for her own sake she should be warned.
00:32:06That may well be.
00:32:07But as Miss Markle will confirm, she would be devastated to learn that someone near and dear to her was trying to kill her.
00:32:14Near and dear?
00:32:15You've got 200 juvenile delinquents within spitting distance.
00:32:19Inspector, I'm obviously not an expert on these matters, but wouldn't a slow poisoner have to be someone living within the family?
00:32:29There are outsiders.
00:32:31Yes, Stephen Restrick, Dr Hargrove and some servants, but what motive would they have?
00:32:38Who are the beneficiaries of Carrie Louise's will?
00:32:42Miss Marple, please.
00:32:43Oh, sorry.
00:32:44Who are the beneficiaries of Mrs. Serricole's will?
00:32:52Well, just about everybody, I'm afraid.
00:32:55Even Miss Bella, for a young arrestor, could give them sizable bequests.
00:32:59Stoney Gates, of course, would refer to the foundation.
00:33:02But you, as her husband, would benefit the most.
00:33:05You see, four years ago, Carrie Louise signed over a third of her personal estate to me, therefore I'm no longer one of her heirs.
00:33:16I see.
00:33:17So, with the exception of yourself and Miss Marple here, everyone in the house has a motive for killing your wife.
00:33:27Nay, let them go.
00:33:29A couple of quiet ones.
00:33:30When they looked quickly, she died with laughing.
00:33:34Of all bad matches, never was the like.
00:33:37Mistress, what is your opinion of your sister?
00:33:40They're being mad herself.
00:33:41She's madly mated.
00:33:42Ronnie, you're playing a young woman.
00:33:44Not a whistle any spaniels can hear.
00:33:48They're being mad herself.
00:33:50She's madly mated.
00:33:52I warrant him.
00:33:53The tutor is catered.
00:33:55Neighbours and friends, our bride and bridegroom once.
00:33:58For to supply the places at the table.
00:34:00You know they're once no junkets at the feast.
00:34:03Lucentio, you shall supply the bridegroom's place and let Bianca take her sister's room.
00:34:09Shall sweet Bianca practice how to bride it?
00:34:11She shall, Lucentio.
00:34:12Come, gentlemen.
00:34:13Let's go.
00:34:16All right, boys.
00:34:17That's good enough for now.
00:34:18I'll see you tomorrow night at 7 o'clock.
00:34:20Oh, come on.
00:34:20Talking of madly mated, look who's here.
00:34:33Ronnie told me he doesn't want to wear his dress anymore.
00:34:36Bianca has to wear a dress.
00:34:38Blast, Ronnie.
00:34:39And Bianca.
00:34:40One of the boys may come back.
00:34:46Well, they should learn how grown-ups kiss.
00:34:47I'm sure they already know.
00:34:49But you could certainly teach them some of the finer points.
00:34:52Thanks for the recommendation.
00:34:54Oh, but please, don't tell your Neanderthal husband.
00:34:56Oh, afraid I'll knock you down again?
00:34:58More than that.
00:34:59Somebody around here kills people.
00:35:02Come on.
00:35:03Wally has a bit of a temper, but he could never kill anybody.
00:35:06No, but you can't really be sure, can you?
00:35:10Anyway, it won't last, you know.
00:35:12What do you mean?
00:35:13Well, you and Wally.
00:35:14I mean, you certainly can't pretend you're suited to each other.
00:35:16The man's a walking salt.
00:35:18I know.
00:35:19And he used to be so much fun.
00:35:21Really a dreadful change.
00:35:23I haven't changed, have I?
00:35:25Fortunately, you are just the same.
00:35:30Remember how I used to tag after you every holiday?
00:35:33I used to think you were just another bratty little teenager.
00:35:37I was.
00:35:39Well, the tables are turned now, aren't they?
00:35:42You've got me just where you want me.
00:35:44Oh, I know.
00:35:46And I love it.
00:35:49See you later at the house.
00:35:50Thanks.
00:36:03Mr. Hesterick.
00:36:10I came to tell you that Inspector Curry wants to talk to you.
00:36:14To everybody, really.
00:36:18Oh.
00:36:20Oh, it's just like a real theatre.
00:36:23Lewis had this field about eight years ago.
00:36:27Well, very good acoustics.
00:36:29I've always felt that a great deal of juvenile crime is due to exhibitionism.
00:36:36Well, you know, the boys needing to feel like heroes and all that.
00:36:39Well, acting in plays can channel those needs in a constructive direction.
00:36:42And what I'd really like to do is start up my own facility in London.
00:36:45But I'm afraid that's a rather costly ambition.
00:36:47I used to do some work with the St. Mary Mead Garden and Theatre Club.
00:36:55I was amazed at the way it brought some people out of their shells.
00:37:00Our only problem was when Mrs. Forbes Moncrief ran off with one of the volunteer ushers.
00:37:08Who's there?
00:37:10I'll be right back, Miss Marple.
00:37:11Could be one of the lads with vandalism on his mind.
00:37:13Out, out, out, damn spot.
00:37:27Out, I say.
00:37:31One, two.
00:37:34Why then, tis time to do it.
00:37:37Hell is murky.
00:37:39Fie, my lord, fie.
00:37:43A soldier and a feared.
00:37:45What need we fear that knows it
00:37:47when none can call our power to account?
00:37:51Yet who would have thought the old man to have so much blood in him?
00:38:04The quality of mercy is not strained.
00:38:07It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven.
00:38:17A permanent place beneath.
00:38:19At the time of this attempt on Miss Marple's life,
00:38:31Mr. Seracole was with me and Mrs. Seracole had already retired.
00:38:35So I will need to know where everyone else was
00:38:37at roughly 10.30 p.m.
00:38:42Well, I was in the library reading.
00:38:44Alone.
00:38:45One usually reads alone, Inspector.
00:38:49Yes, I'm sorry if all this offends you,
00:38:51but there is obviously a killer running around.
00:38:54But this business could have been an accident, you know.
00:38:56The equipment here isn't exactly West End.
00:38:59Even in the West End Theater, a cut rope is a cut rope.
00:39:01And this rope was definitely cut.
00:39:04I was afraid it might have been...
00:39:06It must have been one of those young thugs.
00:39:08I mean, which one of us would want to kill Aunt Jane?
00:39:12Well, why would any of us want to kill your brother?
00:39:15Mr. Seracole, you were on the premises, I believe.
00:39:17Not really.
00:39:19I thought I heard somebody backstage.
00:39:22But I didn't see anyone, so I went on out.
00:39:24You know, maybe somebody lurking about.
00:39:26I dashed back in when I heard the crash.
00:39:29You didn't see anyone going in or out?
00:39:31No, but there are two other doors backstage.
00:39:34And nobody saw you dashing in or out?
00:39:37No. No one.
00:39:39Inspector, I was in my office in the school.
00:39:42I'm afraid no one saw me either.
00:39:45Do you know where Edgar Lawson was?
00:39:48Sleep in his room, I think.
00:39:49I gave him rather heavy sedation
00:39:51after that gun nonsense earlier tonight.
00:39:53Mr. Markham, where were you?
00:39:55Walking. Down by the lake.
00:39:57Alone, I'm sure.
00:39:58Yes.
00:39:59And I was in our room.
00:40:01Alone.
00:40:02It's not very helpful, all this, is it?
00:40:04I don't believe any of us actually thought
00:40:06we'd be needing an alibi.
00:40:08Oh, one of you might have.
00:40:11You haven't asked,
00:40:12but I was with Mrs. Seracole in her room.
00:40:15Is she awake?
00:40:17Not all the time.
00:40:20Yes, well, that'll be all for the moment.
00:40:22I'll be back tomorrow morning.
00:40:24I suggest you all get a good night's sleep.
00:40:28Oh, there's one more thing.
00:40:29I don't wish to sound melodramatic about this,
00:40:33but I would strongly recommend
00:40:35that you all lock your doors.
00:40:38You amaze me, Jane.
00:40:46Jane, almost killed last night
00:40:49and bright as a button this morning.
00:40:52I think not being killed raises one's spirits.
00:40:56Well, I think that inspector should get Wally into a room
00:40:59and force the truth out of him.
00:41:01Mildred!
00:41:02That's quite an accusation, my dear.
00:41:04I'm sorry, but that's how I feel.
00:41:06Why?
00:41:07Well, firstly, he's the only real stranger amongst us.
00:41:10I mean, Gina only brought him over last summer.
00:41:14Secondly, he's American.
00:41:15So many of them have that streak of violence.
00:41:18I suppose it's watching all those dreadful television films.
00:41:21And then, look at the way he behaves.
00:41:23I mean, he can't stand the sight of any of us.
00:41:24And anyway, he's got all those guns.
00:41:29They're just a couple of target weapons.
00:41:31What reason could he possibly have to kill your brother?
00:41:35Well, perhaps Christian found out something murky about his past.
00:41:39He came from Chicago, didn't he?
00:41:41Well, that's where all the gangsters are.
00:41:44Well, I must say, it hasn't exactly fitted in here at all.
00:41:47Seems to have no sympathy or interest in anything we're trying to do.
00:41:51Excuse me, Mrs. Seracote.
00:41:52This was just delivered for you.
00:41:53Oh, thank you.
00:41:56A box of chocolates.
00:41:59Oh, I just love presents.
00:42:02Oh, from Stephen.
00:42:05How sweet.
00:42:07Jane.
00:42:11Good morning.
00:42:14Stephen, Callie Louise would like to thank you for the chocolates.
00:42:18Chocolates?
00:42:19What chocolates?
00:42:20These.
00:42:21They came.
00:42:23With your cards.
00:42:26Well, it looks a little like my handwriting.
00:42:28But I'm afraid I wasn't that thoughtful.
00:42:30Ah.
00:42:32Has anyone seen Inspector Curry this morning?
00:42:34I think he's with Dr. Hargrove in the library.
00:42:36I think I'll take this with me.
00:42:39You'd think there was a bomb in that box of chocolates.
00:42:46I suppose, with all that's been happening, Lewis wants to be extra careful.
00:42:52Fancy playing a game at this time.
00:42:54Fancy playing a game at this time.
00:42:56It's disgusting.
00:42:57And not even a black armband between you.
00:43:00Well, I shouldn't think anyone brought anything like that with them.
00:43:03After all, they couldn't possibly have known.
00:43:06Christian is my brother, at least my half-brother.
00:43:08You'd think some respect would be paid.
00:43:11No offense, Aunt Bildry.
00:43:14I cared a great deal for a Christian, but I hate wearing black.
00:43:19I mean, it may be all right for housekeepers and receptionists, but...
00:43:22Yes, well, I'd expect that attitude from you, but...
00:43:25No, no, no, no, no, no, it's not that important, is it?
00:43:30Yes, it is.
00:43:32My brother's dead, and nobody seems to care.
00:43:36And you, you always take their side.
00:43:40I'm always in the wrong, and I'm sick of it.
00:43:44So, almost anyone had the opportunity to poison the medicine and put a bullet in Tibble Branson.
00:43:58We might do better to concentrate on motive.
00:44:02Who really needs money from Carrie Louise's estate?
00:44:06They all do.
00:44:07I know that Stephen would like to start up in London.
00:44:11Juliet Belliver would have enough for a retirement cottage.
00:44:16And she has been looking after the medicine, hasn't she?
00:44:19As for the Markhams, they don't have any money to speak of.
00:44:22And she has expensive tastes, that one.
00:44:25And he might be happy to have enough money to get his wife away from here...
00:44:29...before she forms another attachment.
00:44:32And the delightful Mildred, of course, would get the lion's share of her mother's inheritance.
00:44:37And then she wouldn't have to play assistant nursemaid anymore, would she?
00:44:42Hmm.
00:44:44Do you know what puzzles me?
00:44:45I know what puzzles me.
00:44:47Who sent those poisoned chocolates?
00:44:48Oh, they were poisoned, by the way.
00:44:50I assumed so.
00:44:52What puzzles me is how lucky our murderer was.
00:44:56If Edgar Lawson hadn't lost his wits like that...
00:44:59...we wouldn't have been focusing our attention on the scene in there...
00:45:03...and might have noticed someone slipping off.
00:45:05Yes, I think our young Mr. Lawson knows a great deal more, perhaps, than he's letting on.
00:45:12One of our suspects could have paid him to create that little diversion.
00:45:17What do you think?
00:45:17I think I'm going to do a little bird-watching.
00:45:22I beg your pardon?
00:45:23Just now, flying by the window.
00:45:26I think I saw a silver-throated dasher.
00:45:30Did you?
00:45:32I'll see you later.
00:45:35Silver-throated dasher.
00:45:47Silver-throated dasher.
00:46:13It's all right.
00:46:15I rather fancy this spot.
00:46:17time getting away how to get all those lights put back out of the theater why all this cloak and
00:46:24dagger middle of the maze business well you know why there's no sense getting the wind up till we
00:46:28go public oh do you really think we've got reputations left to protect look what i want
00:46:33to know is when you're going to tell wally you're divorcing him and marrying me do you think you can
00:46:38afford me oh i'll find ways then what if wally doesn't want a divorce well that's his problem
00:46:44but every woman should make one mistake matrimonially it's a stage like puberty your
00:46:51husband may be very intense which i know women adore but intensity is terribly tedious in the
00:46:55home isn't it believe me gina darling with me you will find life a constant surprise
00:47:03well i i shall have to think about it a little of course but just a little i really adore you
00:47:13and you won't find a better offer
00:47:15you can come out now aunt jane
00:47:35i know you're there
00:47:38oh so were you entertained i couldn't help overhearing
00:47:52i couldn't help you were eavesdropping just like at the theater last night
00:47:56oh stephen told me you probably overheard every word we said
00:47:59well i just happened to be watching a rehearsal
00:48:01just like you happen to be in the maze
00:48:03i'm sorry gina
00:48:05so what's the verdict jezebel strumpet trollop what
00:48:11i'm not going to judge you
00:48:13i only know that you have a husband who obviously worships you
00:48:17oh it puts me on some stupid pedestal
00:48:19do you think that's what i want
00:48:20i don't know what you want do you
00:48:22maybe i want it all
00:48:25just like everybody else
00:48:26maybe
00:48:27maybe i want every man i meet to fall in love with me
00:48:30maybe i want my freedom and enough money to enjoy it
00:48:33and how do you propose to get all that
00:48:35oh i don't know perhaps i'll poison grandmother for her inheritance
00:48:38jean
00:48:38not a child anymore aunt jane
00:48:40all that that business with with lewis taking the medicine away in the box of chocolates
00:48:45well it's all so obvious and i know what you're thinking
00:48:47what
00:48:48well that i could actually be capable of doing such a thing
00:48:51and i am you know
00:48:54anything i want i usually get
00:48:56i could have killed uncle christian too of course
00:48:58while everybody was concentrating on their twit edgar and his stupid threats against lewis
00:49:02i could have slipped out shot the old man and been back before anyone knew i was gone
00:49:05jean you mustn't talk like that
00:49:07but it's all true and you know it
00:49:09it's just one problem isn't there
00:49:11nobody will ever be able to prove it
00:49:14you're quite good at that
00:49:26that cop finds out he'll probably clap me in irons or whatever they do over here
00:49:33i'm the number one suspect anyhow
00:49:35did inspector curry tell you that
00:49:38he didn't have to
00:49:39it's obvious
00:49:40i blew the fuse
00:49:43i was out of the room when that old guy got nailed
00:49:46it was my gun that the kid had
00:49:49and besides all that
00:49:51i'm an american
00:49:53know what they're like
00:49:55mildred thinks you may be a gangster
00:49:59yeah
00:50:00well maybe i am
00:50:04i don't believe it
00:50:05i visited chicago once met some very nice people
00:50:07i'm sure you didn't meet my family miss marple
00:50:09not exactly high society
00:50:11doesn't seem to have bothered gina
00:50:13not then but now everything seems to
00:50:15since we came here
00:50:16she's like a whole different person
00:50:21why didn't you go back to the states and finish medical school
00:50:28i suppose i should have
00:50:31she just seemed to want to stay here so much
00:50:36i just
00:50:37i don't know
00:50:40i just went along with it
00:50:41that might have been a mistake
00:50:43you're telling me
00:50:45i hardly even see her anymore
00:50:47always off with mr artsy craftsy
00:50:52like right now
00:50:57i won't have you interfering
00:51:18interfering she's my mother
00:51:20it is my responsibility to take care of her and i think i know how to do that better than you
00:51:24the only thing you know is how to be insufferably arrogant and rude
00:51:28it's time for her walk
00:51:29if you'll excuse me
00:51:31oh
00:51:36oh
00:51:37aunt jane
00:51:38i'm sorry
00:51:41someone's told me i could find some tea in here
00:51:44i hate that woman
00:51:46she does seem rather officious
00:51:50and mother just lets her lead her around by the nose
00:51:53oh i'm sorry i'd better pick it up
00:51:55mildred
00:51:59i'm sorry we haven't had
00:52:02a chance for a talk
00:52:04yes well it hasn't exactly been the situation for little chats
00:52:07no that's true
00:52:09i'm terribly sorry about your brother
00:52:12apparently you're the only one who is
00:52:15nobody seems to even care who murdered him
00:52:18oh i just heard
00:52:21that you lost your husband recently
00:52:24i didn't know
00:52:26yes well he'd been ill for several years
00:52:29that must have been very hard for you
00:52:34hard
00:52:35not at all
00:52:37he was a wonderful man
00:52:39i was glad that i could do what i could to make his last years more comfortable
00:52:43still at all
00:52:44don't you know what it feels like to be needed
00:52:46i mean really
00:52:46needed
00:52:47i never knew until i was married
00:52:50i was always just
00:52:52here
00:52:53sitting in corners being ignored
00:52:54just as i am now
00:52:55your mother cares for you more than you know
00:52:58and that's why she brings in all these strays
00:53:01and practically
00:53:02cuts me out of her life
00:53:04that's not fair mildred
00:53:06the tea is in the kitchen
00:53:10somehow the answer is in this room
00:53:15i know it
00:53:17nothing else you can remember about last night
00:53:23just what i told you
00:53:25then we'll go through it all again
00:53:27belliver and markham were out of the room
00:53:30either of them
00:53:32a possible murderer
00:53:33restorick was at the piano
00:53:36mrs markham was over there
00:53:37either one of them could have sneaked out
00:53:41and what about daughter mildred
00:53:43oh i doubt she'd kill her own brother
00:53:45oh do you know
00:53:47did you know there was some doubt
00:53:50about the way her husband died
00:53:52i thought it was cancer
00:53:53some people last for years with cancer
00:53:56but when the vicar died
00:53:58there was no attending physician
00:53:59and she had him cremated the very next day
00:54:03you really suspect her
00:54:05i suspect everybody in this bloody house
00:54:08take your spirited young friend
00:54:11gina markham
00:54:12did you know that her mother was adopted
00:54:14yes pippa
00:54:15yes
00:54:16but did you know who her mother was
00:54:18pippa's mother i mean
00:54:19francis ellsworth
00:54:21the the actress
00:54:24who poisoned her husband with arsenic
00:54:27and was hanged for it in 1943
00:54:30don't you find it a little more than of a passing interest
00:54:33a gina markham's grandmother was a convicted arsenic poisoner
00:54:38quite a family
00:54:40we've got queer taste in music all right
00:54:42shostakovich
00:54:44tchaikovsky
00:54:46rachmaninoff
00:54:47all the ruskies
00:54:48oh please sergeant
00:54:50oh it's more like it
00:54:55handles lago
00:54:57claire de lune
00:54:59i know a lovely girl
00:55:04inspector
00:55:07over here sir
00:55:20steven rasterick was sitting there
00:55:22it could have been put there later
00:55:24or he could have meant to take it away earlier
00:55:27let's ask him
00:55:29sergeant
00:55:29oh excuse me
00:55:36miss belliver
00:55:38have you seen mr rasterick
00:55:42oh i'm afraid he's no longer here
00:55:44what do you mean he's no longer here
00:55:47i mean that he packed his bags and he left about an hour ago
00:55:50he didn't say where he was going
00:55:51believe it
00:55:59somebody trying to poison me
00:56:03i tried to keep it from you as long as i could
00:56:06but now with all that's happened and
00:56:08steven running away
00:56:10you knew about this change
00:56:13i'm afraid so
00:56:14it's just not true
00:56:16any of it
00:56:19i suppose i've been living outside reality
00:56:26for some time now
00:56:29i think i'd like to go to my room alone
00:56:35if you
00:56:36don't mind
00:56:37oh inspector
00:56:50come here
00:56:51what does it look like
00:56:53the room
00:56:55oh
00:56:56old
00:56:57stuffy
00:56:59rich
00:57:00but think of it as a stage set
00:57:03with a large star-studded cast
00:57:07some on stage
00:57:09some in the wings
00:57:10props at the ready
00:57:12house lights dim
00:57:13curtain up
00:57:14noises off
00:57:17entrances here
00:57:19exits there
00:57:20conflict
00:57:23action
00:57:23climax
00:57:24curtain down
00:57:26thunderous applause
00:57:27what do you think
00:57:30if you'll forgive me for saying so
00:57:32i think you're beginning to sound as bonkers as everybody else in this place
00:57:36i came to tell you that london have picked up stephen restorick
00:57:40getting off the train at paddington station
00:57:42they're sending him straight back here
00:57:44thought you'd like to know
00:57:45did he give any excuse for running away
00:57:47he claims he wasn't running away at all
00:57:49he claims he was just tired of this place
00:57:52and decided to move back to london
00:57:54not a very plausible story is it
00:57:56it's a bloody lie is what it is
00:57:58you think stephen is our murderer
00:58:00i hope so
00:58:02i really do hope so
00:58:05you're really jealous of stephen aren't you don't i have a reason to be
00:58:15it's a theater don't you understand i get a lot of satisfaction out of my work there
00:58:20out of your work are you sure that's all
00:58:22that's an ugly thing to say
00:58:24yeah
00:58:25the reason that you're here now instead of that stupid theater is because stephen pulled his little disappearing act
00:58:30that's ridiculous
00:58:31we're together all the time
00:58:33oh excuse me
00:58:35no come in
00:58:36no i don't know i need somebody to hear this
00:58:39what
00:58:40i need a witness in case there's a divorce
00:58:42somebody to testify how he talks to you
00:58:44come on gina
00:58:45what's the matter are you ashamed of whatever it is you have to say
00:58:49we'll talk about this later
00:58:50no we won't
00:58:50you say whatever you want right now or don't say it at all i mean that
00:58:54oh don't worry about aunt jane
00:58:58i doubt there's anything you can say she doesn't already know
00:59:01all right
00:59:03okay
00:59:04what i was going to say
00:59:07is that i am fed up with it here
00:59:10and i am fed up with you
00:59:13are you really
00:59:15yeah really
00:59:16we didn't know that much about one another when we first got married did we
00:59:20i mean about each other's background and everything
00:59:23the only thing that counted
00:59:26was how much we loved each other
00:59:29and all the great times that we had
00:59:31and you can't tell me that we didn't
00:59:33they were all right
00:59:34all right they were a hell of a lot better than all right
00:59:37and you know it
00:59:38until we got here and then everything started falling apart
00:59:41i mean suddenly everybody treats me like i'm the village leper
00:59:45you're being ridiculous
00:59:46am i
00:59:47yes
00:59:47well i'm leaving
00:59:50and i'm going back to the states next week
00:59:53i'm gonna finish up med school
00:59:54and i'm gonna start my own practice somewhere
00:59:56and i'm gonna start my own life
00:59:58well you can just buy one ticket
01:00:05because i don't care if i never see you again
01:00:09i was a stupid little fool ever to marry you in the first place
01:00:12and i'll get a divorce as soon as i can
01:00:14and i hope when you get home
01:00:16you find some boring miserable little frump
01:00:19who makes you realize how lucky you were to have me in the first place
01:00:22fine great
01:00:23now we know just where we stand
01:00:25and it's your loss
01:00:27i'm sorry wally
01:00:33i have to see
01:00:37gary louise
01:00:38oh mother
01:00:44oh i didn't know you were busy
01:00:47well we're not really busy are we jane
01:00:50well i i suppose i i just want to
01:00:53apologize for
01:00:55acting the way i did
01:00:58oh that's quite all right
01:01:01is there anything i can get you
01:01:02some tea or something
01:01:05no thank you dear
01:01:07miss belliver's tending to that
01:01:11oh yes of course she is
01:01:13all right then
01:01:16oh dear
01:01:20i wish she could be happier
01:01:23mildred reminds me of mary alice runacre back in st marymead
01:01:29tended her invalid father for 20 years and when he finally died everybody said oh finally mary alice is free
01:01:37and can make a life for herself
01:01:39and she did mean to travel
01:01:40but her first trip
01:01:42was to visit an elderly aunt
01:01:45in cornwall
01:01:46well unfortunately the aunt had recently been bedridden
01:01:49so mary alice offered to stay a while
01:01:51and help out
01:01:53that was five years ago
01:01:54as far as i know she's still there
01:01:56really
01:01:57yes
01:02:00you see
01:02:01taking care of people
01:02:04was what she did best
01:02:05and what gave her the most pleasure
01:02:07some people are like that
01:02:09you told me that story
01:02:13for a reason
01:02:14didn't you jane
01:02:16well it's just a story
01:02:17by the way
01:02:21uh
01:02:23do you have any nail scissors
01:02:25andy
01:02:26nail scissors
01:02:28what's there for
01:02:29i know it
01:02:31sounds ridiculous
01:02:32but could you give me
01:02:35some nail clippings
01:02:38what do you expect me to do with these
01:02:43analyze them
01:02:45you do have some sort of dispensary or laboratory here don't you
01:02:49yes
01:02:50what's the point
01:02:51well as i understand it
01:02:53a chemical analysis of carrie louise's fingernails
01:02:57would determine what kind of poison she was given
01:03:00if i were you miss marvel i wouldn't waste my time
01:03:04oh i have lots of time doctor
01:03:07well i haven't
01:03:08not for foolishness like this
01:03:10you know very well it isn't foolishness don't you
01:03:13first thing in the morning then
01:03:16thank you
01:03:18all right you meddling old witch
01:03:22how much do you know
01:03:24i'm prepared to wait on her
01:03:26now i see a trap
01:03:27all right out of my way
01:03:30come on both of you around here
01:03:31come on move
01:03:32don't move
01:03:42or i'll kill her
01:03:44i don't think i won't
01:03:47stay there
01:04:05come across the park
01:04:09prime stop him at the gate
01:04:10are you all right
01:04:15i've been better thank you
01:04:17okay open the gates
01:04:29open the gates
01:04:30now get out
01:04:33stay where you are
01:04:37ready
01:04:43for you
01:04:44and
01:04:45him
01:04:46and
01:04:48and
01:04:59He's the gunner, I'm afraid, sir.
01:05:15Well,
01:05:18that's that, then.
01:05:21Not quite.
01:05:24I'm afraid we still have a murderer in our midst.
01:05:29Resterick still won't explain why he ran away.
01:05:33He claims he doesn't know a thing about that gun and the piano stool.
01:05:37But what I want to know is, what put you on to Dr. Hargrove?
01:05:40I suddenly remembered who Edgar reminded me of.
01:05:44Not really the answer I was looking for.
01:05:48Watch what you do, you bloody young hooligan!
01:05:52Hardly the Stonygate spirit.
01:05:54The Stonygate spirit is beginning to nauseate me.
01:05:57When are you going to call London?
01:05:59No.
01:06:00Well, Brinson officers should be open now.
01:06:02We really need to know what Christian was up to.
01:06:04It's a question of motive.
01:06:06Well, Hargrove?
01:06:07Partly.
01:06:08It's very complicated.
01:06:10It's just possible I may be able to understand.
01:06:13Soon, I promise.
01:06:15But Edgar is the key to the whole thing.
01:06:18Obstinate, infuriating.
01:06:20Inspector Blacker was right about you, you know.
01:06:23Didn't he also say bloody useful?
01:06:26Yeah.
01:06:27All right, I'll have Sergeant Leck bring young Edgar across for questioning.
01:06:32You look surprised.
01:06:33I suppose I am.
01:06:34Me too, actually.
01:06:35Can't even explain how it happened.
01:06:36After our little screaming match yesterday, I went up to our room, slammed some doors, threw
01:06:37some things about.
01:06:38some things about.
01:06:39And then I sat down to think about what it was I really wanted.
01:06:41Your husband.
01:06:42Isn't it amazing?
01:06:43I mean...
01:06:44You look surprised.
01:06:45I suppose I am.
01:06:46Me too, actually.
01:06:47Can't even explain how it happened.
01:06:48After our little screaming match yesterday, I went up to our room, slammed some doors, threw
01:06:49some things about.
01:06:50And then I sat down to think about what it was I really wanted.
01:06:54Your husband.
01:06:55Isn't it amazing?
01:06:56I mean...
01:06:57I married him because...
01:06:58Because I loved it that he was so strong, so committed to all the things he wanted to
01:07:02do.
01:07:03And then when we got here, I...
01:07:04He became so, I don't know, ineffectual.
01:07:05Until yesterday.
01:07:06I...
01:07:07I...
01:07:08I...
01:07:09I...
01:07:10I...
01:07:11I...
01:07:12I...
01:07:13I...
01:07:14I...
01:07:15I...
01:07:16I...
01:07:17I...
01:07:18I...
01:07:19I...
01:07:20I...
01:07:21I...
01:07:22I...
01:07:23I...
01:07:24I...
01:07:25I...
01:07:26Guess that's why I must have turned down Steven's proposal.
01:07:29When did you do that?
01:07:31Oh, yesterday morning.
01:07:32Even before Wally told me off like that.
01:07:35I mean, wasn't he wonderful?
01:07:38Like the hero out of some old cowboy movie.
01:07:40Or a Shakespeare play.
01:07:42Was I really being a shrew?
01:07:46Well, Kate's a much nicer role than Jezebel.
01:07:50Peter.
01:07:52You're so greedy.
01:07:53You're so greedy, aren't you, Peter?
01:07:54Whoo.
01:07:55yes I see four years ago yes I understand oh we'll certainly need a
01:08:22copy yeah all right I'll do that and thank you very much indeed what you
01:08:28expected more or less I'm beginning to see what you were after
01:08:35sit down got some questions for you left I already told everybody didn't mean to
01:08:43do it some just came over me no more lies boy just tell us who put you up to it
01:08:49nobody put me up to nothing oh come off it somebody gave you that gun and told
01:08:54you to threaten mr. circle that's the line and we know who it was the one who
01:08:58killed mr. go Branson no you're an accessory to murder boy now just tell me
01:09:05the truth and we might go easy on you I don't know anything 20 years to life
01:09:10that's what you're facing the same as if you pull the trigger yourself now tell us
01:09:14the truth
01:09:21Hey! Come back here! Lawson! Lawson! Come back here, Lawson!
01:09:48Lawson, stop!
01:09:51Get up, I said!
01:09:59Come back!
01:10:00Andrick! Get around the other side!
01:10:05Hurry!
01:10:07Edgar! That boat's rotten at the sink!
01:10:14Edgar!
01:10:16Help!
01:10:22You're done!
01:10:23Silence! Come back here!
01:10:25Oh, no! No, sir! Please, no!
01:10:27I need a hand with the boat!
01:10:29I can't swim!
01:10:30Silence!
01:10:31I can't swim!
01:10:33Help! Help!
01:10:37Help me, please!
01:10:39Help!
01:10:40Help!
01:10:41Help!
01:10:46Go!
01:10:50Come back!
01:10:51Go!
01:10:52I
01:11:10Can't find him sir, okay blue can't keep
01:11:22No, sir, it's no good. I can't see a thing. It's too muddy. We'll get a crew down to drag the bottom
01:11:31I'm sorry, Mr. Serecold
01:11:33I
01:11:51Well
01:11:53What now
01:11:56According to you that lad was the key to everything he was
01:12:00Well, that key is never going to unlock anything now
01:12:06So we'll just have to do it ourselves won't we
01:12:17We and I must say I had my doubts when she told me however
01:12:22We've done some checking and her theory seems to hold up very well indeed
01:12:27But as it's her show
01:12:29There's no reason why she shouldn't take the stage
01:12:31There's no reason why she shouldn't take the stage
01:12:33Miss Marple
01:12:34Oh
01:12:36Well, that's what it's all about isn't it the stage the theater illusion
01:12:43Like a magician
01:12:45Using mirrors to fool the audience
01:12:48But first one small detail
01:12:51Steven
01:12:52You bolted
01:12:54You bolted because Gina had turned you down and you wanted to be someplace any place away from here to lick your wounds
01:12:59Isn't that right?
01:13:00But we still have the problem of someone trying to poison our dear Carrie Louise
01:13:07Poison mother? What are you talking about?
01:13:11Perhaps some of you are unaware that the entire investigation of Christian's murder was based on the assumption that someone was trying to poison Carrie Louise
01:13:15The theory was that Christian might know the identity of the poisoner and was therefore killed to keep him quiet
01:13:29But that's nonsense! I mean who would try to poison mother?
01:13:33Well there was evidence, you see
01:13:36Firstly, Mrs. Seracole's illness
01:13:38The symptoms could have been the result of slow arsenic poisoning
01:13:42In fact, Mr. Seracole said that Mr. Gulbranson had told him that's exactly what they were
01:13:46And then of course there was the letter in Mr. Gulbranson's typewriter
01:13:50Telling how he discovered the poisoning plot
01:13:52In fact, poison was discovered in Mrs. Seracole's medicine and in the chocolates which were delivered to her
01:13:59Some pretty solid evidence
01:14:01But is it?
01:14:02Carrie Louise's physical condition could be exactly what it appears
01:14:06The result of a mild flu
01:14:09Plus the sad toe the years take on all of us
01:14:12And you see, the letter in the typewriter could have been written not by Christian but by the murderer
01:14:19And the medicine and the chocolates could have been doctored later
01:14:24To give the firm impression that there was a poisoner afoot
01:14:29Then you mean grandmother wasn't being poisoned
01:14:32Exactly, thank the Lord
01:14:34But if there wasn't a poisoner then what in the world brought Christian down here in the first place?
01:14:41Inspector?
01:14:43Ah, yes
01:14:45Well earlier today I rang Mr. Gulbranson's office
01:14:49And found that on the afternoon before he arrived here
01:14:52He had received a preliminary audit of Stonygate's finances
01:14:58It was obvious that there had been gross irregularities
01:15:01And a full accounting was ordered which is now in progress
01:15:06And at Mr. Marple's suggestion we had them dig a little further into the files
01:15:10We found that four years ago, Mr. Gulbranson on behalf of the foundation
01:15:14Had turned down a plan by Dr. Hargrove to establish a fully self-contained youth centre
01:15:21The model of it is still in Mr. Serecolle's study
01:15:23Yes, sir, of course it is
01:15:25It's my opinion and I'm quite sure that the accounting will bear me out
01:15:30That in the last few years tens of thousands of pounds have been embezzled from the Gulbranson Foundation
01:15:37To set up this centre independently
01:15:40That's damned unfair, you're slandering a dead man
01:15:44Please, Mr. Serecolle
01:15:46Miss Marple has a few more enlightening things to tell us
01:15:51Dr. Hargrove must have thought the youth centre would bring him international fame as a psychologist
01:15:57People do strange things pursuing a dream of glory
01:16:01But I still can't believe that he would actually kill people
01:16:04Oh, I could
01:16:06He tried to kill me twice
01:16:07He dropped those lights on me at the theatre
01:16:10He thought he would be safer with me out of the way
01:16:13And then he tried again when you bought him those nail clippings
01:16:16Persistent devil, wasn't he?
01:16:18He knew that an analysis of Carrie Louise's nails would prove that she'd never been subjected to any kind of poison
01:16:24And if there wasn't a poison, then we would be on to the real reason for Christian's visit
01:16:30The embezzlement
01:16:32Then Hargrove killed Uncle Christian because he discovered the embezzlement?
01:16:36No, Dr. Hargrove was in the room when we heard the first shot
01:16:40Yes, he was, wasn't he?
01:16:43And he shouted to Lewis through the door
01:16:46And you said that you could cope with Edgar
01:16:49I remember
01:16:51But then if Dr. Hargrove didn't murder my brother
01:16:55Who did?
01:16:57Another person to whom that youth centre had become an obsession
01:17:02The one who thought of the whole poison story
01:17:04And the one who actually engineered the embezzlement
01:17:07I'm afraid Christian's murderer is you
01:17:15Mr. Seracolt
01:17:18This is insane
01:17:20When Christian was killed
01:17:22I was in the study almost being killed myself
01:17:25You were all there, you heard it
01:17:27Yes, but we didn't see it, did we?
01:17:29But what's the difference?
01:17:31Oh, a great deal, Mr. Seracolt
01:17:32What first put me onto it was that Edgar kept reminding me of someone back home
01:17:38And I suddenly remembered who it was
01:17:40A foolish young man named Leonard Wiley, a dentist
01:17:43His father was a dentist too
01:17:45But he got old and his hand began to shake
01:17:47So all of the patients preferred the sun, of course
01:17:50The old man was miserable, oh, he moped around
01:17:53So Leonard began to pretend that he drank
01:17:55He doused himself with whiskey and he staggered about and slurred his speech and all that
01:18:01You see, his idea was that the patients would then go back to the father
01:18:06Well, anybody with good sense would know what was going to happen
01:18:09All the patients went to another dentist, Mr. Riley
01:18:12The irony of it was that I always thought Leonard was a most unconvincing drunkard
01:18:20He always seemed to overdo it
01:18:23Just as Edgar seemed to overdo everything
01:18:26But Edgar was putting on his little act for the benefit of the one person here
01:18:32Who was the closest he'd ever had to a real father
01:18:36Again, you, Mr. Seracolt
01:18:42We all know that Edgar belonged to the theatre group here
01:18:45And that he could be counted on to do his part well enough
01:18:49So, while you crept out of the study
01:18:52Ran around to Christian's room
01:18:55And killed him
01:18:57Dr. Hargrove and Edgar
01:18:59Performed their lines in person
01:19:01Taking their cues from your tape-recorded voice
01:19:05You do use a tape recorder, I've seen it
01:19:08And there were the two bullet holes in your books
01:19:10They were exactly where your head would have been, Mr. Seracolt
01:19:14There's no way Edgar Lawson could have missed you
01:19:16You'd been sitting behind the desk
01:19:18And I dare say a thorough search of the house
01:19:20Will probably turn up a pair of gloves you used with powder marks on them
01:19:23Or possibly your fingerprints on Mr. Gulbranson's typewriter
01:19:27In any case, a full audit
01:19:29Where are you going?
01:19:30Where are you going?
01:19:33Well, um...
01:19:35The game's up, isn't it?
01:19:41I thought you might like to have the tape that I used
01:19:45It's in the study
01:19:51Sergeant Lake, be careful, he's got my gun in the study
01:19:54Hurry up
01:19:56Don't worry, Inspector
01:19:58He won't try to escape
01:20:00He sneaked out of that room once before, ma'am
01:20:02Um, don't come in, sir
01:20:21Please
01:20:23Um, don't come in, sir
01:20:25Please
01:20:26I'm afraid when an idealist becomes a fanatic
01:20:48The line between right and wrong becomes a blur
01:20:52But he wasn't a bad man, was he?
01:20:54What he wanted was good
01:20:58And he was ready to risk his own life
01:21:00To save Edgar Lawson from drowning
01:21:02I know
01:21:04And he did love me
01:21:06Very much
01:21:08And I loved him
01:21:12I always will
01:21:24Aunt Jane
01:21:25I believe I owe you a debt of gratitude, too
01:21:29Because Mother tells me it's thanks to you
01:21:32That Miss Belliver was given the sack
01:21:34Well, have a good journey
01:21:37Jane
01:21:39How did you figure it all out?
01:21:42Actually, you were the key to the solution
01:21:45Me?
01:21:46You won't be offended
01:21:48But people always say that
01:21:50You live in this never-never land
01:21:53That you're not really in touch with reality
01:21:56I suppose it's true
01:21:58No
01:22:00You were the only one around here
01:22:02Who could separate reality from illusion
01:22:04And when you kept insisting that no one could possibly try to poison you
01:22:10I had to rethink what we all assumed was the reality
01:22:14And once I had accepted the idea that you were not being poisoned
01:22:19Then it all fell into place
01:22:21Ready to go, Aunt Jane?
01:22:22Ready to go, Aunt Jane?
01:22:29It's all right
01:22:31Gina has promised to drive very slowly
01:22:40Maybe I was wrong
01:22:42Maybe you're not as in touch with reality as I thought
01:22:47Better come Aunt Jane, I will miss your train
01:22:52You know, there's someone else in St. Mary Mead that you remind me of
01:22:59Lucy Bond
01:23:01No, don't say it
01:23:03All these little village parallels
01:23:05They've all got a sting in the tail
01:23:07You really are wicked, you know
01:23:15Huh?
01:23:18These are for you
01:23:19These are for you
01:23:21Because you remind me of my old mum
01:23:22Because you remind me of my old mum
01:23:25You remind me of my old mum
01:23:26Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
01:23:56¶¶
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