Sherlock Holmes-E36: The Case Of The Neurotic Detective (Crime,Drama,Mystery,TV Series)

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Sherlock Holmes-E36: The Case Of The Neurotic Detective
30min | Crime, Drama, Mystery | TV Series (1954–1955)

Watson believes Holmes is a criminal master-mind, but all is not as it seems.

Stars: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford, Archie Duncan

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01:00Through the centuries, London has inspired great writers, great painters, great statesmen, and great criminals.

01:09But in the year 1896, the greatest criminal of them all suddenly came into being.

01:14His identity was unknown, he never left a clue.

01:18And all London waited breathlessly as he struck again and again with sheer audacity and terrifying brilliance.

01:27Oh! Oh!

01:57♪

02:26That's fantastic.

02:30Absolutely fantastic.

02:32Ah?

02:33Well, first the gold seal from Edinburgh Castle, and then naval secrets from the Admiralty, and now Queen Elizabeth's jewels.

02:41What in thunderous Scotland you're doing?

02:44Dunno.

02:45Well, it makes chills run up and down my spine.

02:49There's no clue to any of the thefts.

02:51Ha, ha.

02:52You must have some ideas on this case.

02:55What are you doing, anyway?

02:57Research.

02:58Research?

02:59Holmes, do you realize this gang has been helping themselves to state secrets and national treasures?

03:05Have they really?

03:06Oh.

03:14Oh, hello, Inspector. Come on in.

03:16Good morning, Dr. Watson. Is Holmes in?

03:18Yes, he is, but our communications seem to be faulty.

03:21Oh.

03:22There you are, Holmes.

03:24Oh, good morning, Lestrade. You're up early.

03:26Well, you'd be up early, too, if every government official in London were breathing down the back of your neck.

03:31Ha, ha.

03:32I must say, that would make sleep rather difficult, wouldn't it?

03:35Holmes, I'll come straight to the point. I need your help.

03:39Ah, indeed?

03:41It's these extraordinary thefts. Government stuff, you know.

03:45This man and his gang have evaded every trap we've set for them, and the Commissioner's demanding results.

03:51I guarantee that your position is somewhat precarious, and you wish to secure it, eh?

03:57Well, all right, Holmes. You can put it that way if you wish.

04:00Well, Lestrade, you know there's only one thing for you to do.

04:03To regain the confidence of your superiors, you must go out and capture this criminal yourself.

04:08I, uh... I...

04:11Well, uh...

04:14Well...

04:16Goodbye, Mr. Holmes!

04:19Goodbye, Lestrade. Good luck.

04:21Lestrade, if ever I can be of any assistance, please don't hesitate to ask me.

04:24Thank you very much, Dr. Watson.

04:26Good day.

04:27Good day.

04:34How could you do that to him? He did everything but beg you to help him.

04:38Well, it's the odds job to solve these cases. Besides, I'm always giving him help.

04:43I should have thought you wouldn't do it for Lestrade.

04:46At least you'd remember the security of England being menaced by this criminal.

04:51Now, look, I know you're pressed, Holmes, but you don't seem to realize that...

04:57That's a special blend of tobacco, Watson. You wouldn't like it.

05:01I'm sorry, Watson. I didn't mean to upset you.

05:05Oh, no, not at all. You just startled me.

05:09Sorry. Really.

05:12I'm just going out for a walk in the fresh air.

05:18Oh, yes. Well, goodbye, Watson. Enjoy your walk.

05:33Certainly, Holmes' erratic behavior was enough to set my nerves on edge.

05:36But now, suddenly, I was far more than upset, for I had seen something in that humidor.

05:42At least, I thought I'd seen something.

05:46Perhaps it was my imagination, my nerves.

05:50But I could have sworn that next to the tobacco in the humidor was a diamond necklace.

06:07Oh, are you just going out?

06:10Yes. Are you just going in?

06:12No. No, I'm just strolling about.

06:15Oh, that's nice. Well, I have an appointment.

06:17Oh, I say, would you like me to stroll along with you?

06:20Well, as a matter of fact, it's a private matter. I think I'd better go on my own.

06:23Oh, right. Well, will I see you for lunch?

06:25Most likely. Most likely, yes.

06:36Well, I'll see you later.

07:06I'll see you later.

07:37I'll see you later.

07:56Really, Watson, I said it was a private matter.

07:59No, I...

08:01Look, I... I don't want you to think that I...

08:03Holmes, you must...

08:09Well, shall I be seeing you at lunch?

08:12I believe we've already discussed that.

08:16Yes, we already...

08:34Later, when Holmes returned, he was kind enough to let the morning affair be forgotten.

08:40Or apparently forgotten.

08:42Thank you, Watson.

08:44Now, I hope you won't mind if I take my cup over to the desk.

08:47I have a few things to look over.

08:49No, of course, my dear chap. Do, please.

08:51His only reference to it was his remark about another private appointment that afternoon.

08:57I felt he gave a bit of undue emphasis on the word private.

09:00As for me, as terrible as the morning experience had been,

09:04it actually stressed the importance of continuing my investigation.

09:08One other thing was also made quite clear.

09:12I realised that if one were to match wits with Sherlock Holmes,

09:16one could not employ ordinary methods.

09:30Mr. Chang, cross station, please.

09:32I'm sorry, sir, this cab's engaged.

09:34That's all right, I'll double your fee.

09:36I'm sorry, sir, this cab is not available.

09:38But, but...

09:39Melinda and I, we're eloping. We don't have time to...

09:42I'm very sorry, young man.

09:44I'll triple your fee.

09:46For the third and last time, young man,

09:49will you kindly go and elope with someone else?

09:52I'm sorry, sir, this cab's engaged.

09:54That's all right, I'll double your fee.

09:56I'm sorry, sir, this cab is not available.

09:58But, but...

09:59Will you kindly go and elope with somebody else?

10:02Nobody understands us.

10:04Not your father, or my mother, nor this cabby.

10:07Come, Melinda, we will fight the world together.

10:09But we will prove our love.

10:20Get in!

10:29Number 860.

10:34What in heaven's name are you doing up here?

10:37This, sir, is where the cabby usually sits.

10:40No, really, Watson?

10:43I'm sorry, sir, I think you've made a mistake, sir.

10:46My name isn't...

10:48It's Sedgley, sir.

10:50Oh. Well, Sedgley, may I give you a word of advice?

10:54The corners of your beard are in dire need of repair.

10:59Extraordinary behavior.

11:02Ah, here comes the legitimate carriage.

11:04Cabby! Cabby!

11:07Well, good day, Sedgley.

11:10Sedgley.

11:28Mr. Holmes! Wait, Mr. Holmes!

11:34Is the carriage free, cabby?

11:36Yes, sir, yes.

11:37Good. 816 Bleak Street. And get a move on.

11:40I gotta catch that gent who just took off.

11:42Get in, sir. 816 Bleak Street. Right you are, sir. Right you are.

12:05No!

12:07No!

12:34I don't understand. I don't want any of you to come to my factory.

12:37I thought you'd want to see these plans before our meeting, Mr. Holmes.

12:41Minor difficulties. Nothing serious.

12:43Now, Miss Ames. Yes, Mr. Holmes?

12:45I want you to take 15 paces to the right and 10 to the left.

12:48You must all remember that the first requisite of being a good thief is capable planning.

12:53As the newspapers have said, we are the most successful thieves England has ever known.

13:07And now, we return to the case of the neurotic detective.

13:12Hmm.

13:15Repressed hostilities against society.

13:18I don't think Holmes will allow any probing. Not willingly, anyway.

13:22If only you could meet him ostensibly on a non-professional basis.

13:26If I could say you were a friend of mine.

13:29Excellent suggestion.

13:31Now, why don't you come to dinner? I could say we were friends from our student days.

13:35It's my student days.

13:37What are you having for dinner?

13:39Oh, no, never mind. Yes, I shall be delighted.

13:41Right then, fine. I'll expect you at 7 o'clock at my flat, which is 221 B Baker Street.

13:47I shall be prompt. I hope something can be done.

13:50Oh, Mr. Holmes, this problem is really a very simple one.

13:53With skilled fingers, I shall mould him as one does a piece of clay.

13:58Good night. Good night.

14:06Ah, yes, the inner workings of the mind, Professor. Fascinating.

14:11Hmm.

14:13It is amazing how many seemingly normal people are mentally disturbed.

14:21Now, take yourself, Mr. Holmes.

14:23That's a purely hypothetical example.

14:26I imagine you might dream that the whole of London fails you.

14:32On the contrary, I sleep most soundly.

14:35Ah, then there are all the little nervous habits, the idiosyncrasies.

14:40For instance, do you drum your fingers on the table?

14:44Do you ever pull the lobe of your left ear?

14:48Now, you know, it's interesting that you mention those things, Professor,

14:51because I've observed that you have three half-smoked cigars in your coat pocket,

14:55that your shoes have lifts in them to give you greater height,

14:57and that your fingernails are bitten down to the quick.

15:00Of course, hypothetically speaking, I suppose you're what one would call an erratic man.

15:06Observe the three half-smoked cigars.

15:08You're also a very vain man. Observe the lifts in your shoes.

15:12And more than that, you're a very, very insecure man. Observe the fingernails.

15:18I also observed that you've mangled three pieces of bread

15:22and that you've hacked your roast beef with a more than culinary vengeance.

15:25Offhand, and without prejudice, mark you,

15:30I'd say that you're suffering from some very deeply repressed hostilities against society.

15:35Yes, very deeply repressed indeed.

15:40Professor, where are you going?

15:42You must excuse me.

15:52Extraordinary friend.

15:54Extraordinary friends you have, Watson.

15:56Yes, indeed.

16:04I'd say he's completely disappeared.

16:07Oh, yes, just as well, anyway. I've got to go out myself in a few minutes.

16:09Oh, really? A private matter?

16:11Oh, didn't I tell you, Watson?

16:13I've been invited to a reception in honour of the new Turkish ambassador.

16:15At the embassy?

16:17No, no. As a matter of fact, my dear fellow,

16:19it's at the house of our Minister for Foreign Affairs.

16:21Oh.

16:24Ah, good evening, Dr. Watson.

16:26Is Holmes in? I want to ask him a few questions.

16:28Shh.

16:30I'm so glad you came, Lestrade.

16:32You're the one man I wanted to see.

16:34Now, sit down, will you? Sit down.

16:36What's the matter?

16:38Shh.

16:40Now, Lestrade, I want you to promise me something.

16:42I want you to promise me something.

16:44I want you to promise me something.

16:46I want you to promise me something.

16:48I want you to promise me something.

16:50I want you to promise me something.

16:51Now, Lestrade, I want you to promise me

16:53that what I'm going to tell you, you won't reveal

16:55till your dying day.

16:57The mood the commission is in, that may not be very long.

17:02I know who London's master thief is.

17:07Who?

17:09Holmes.

17:12Holmes?

17:15Holmes.

17:17Holmes!

17:19Shh.

17:21I wish I were.

17:24Oh, but Holmes.

17:27I don't believe it.

17:29I can prove it.

17:31But that's not the point.

17:33The thing we've got to do is to stop Holmes,

17:35whisk him away, and put him in our home somewhere.

17:38Yeah, but Holmes.

17:43Ah, well, Lestrade, I didn't know you were here.

17:46Oh, I just happened to be in the neighborhood.

17:49Ah, good, good.

17:51Watson, I wonder if you could, look,

17:53can you fix this confounded thing?

17:55He's popping up at the bank.

17:57Hang on.

17:59I thought you hated formal affairs.

18:01Well, people change, you know, Lestrade.

18:03People change.

18:05Oh, come on, Watson, hurry up.

18:07I wanted to say, very important to do this, you know.

18:09Very important affair.

18:11There you are, there you are.

18:13Good, thank you.

18:15Oh, Lestrade, tell me,

18:17how's that big case of yours getting on?

18:19Terrible, we haven't a clue.

18:24Oh, I say, Florence.

18:26Yes, I'm escorting a rather beautiful young woman tonight.

18:29Rather picturesque, don't you think?

18:31Well, good evening, gentlemen.

18:33Well, enjoy yourselves.

18:36Good night.

18:38Thank you, Watson, thank you, Lestrade.

18:40Only we knew what he was going to do.

18:43Let's look at this as Holmes would have,

18:45well, I mean, when he was normal.

18:48You know, those formal clothes are very odd.

18:53Well, he was invited to a reception

18:55at the House of the Minister of Foreign Affairs,

18:57big diplomatic thing.

18:59Yes, but ordinarily stately.

19:01Yes, but ordinarily stately.

19:03And he was invited to a reception

19:05at the House of the Minister of Foreign Affairs,

19:07big diplomatic thing.

19:09He's miles away from a thing like that.

19:12Therefore, perhaps he has a special reason for going.

19:18Perhaps.

19:35Official papers of state.

19:37Secret documents.

19:39Safe.

19:41Hurry, Watson.

19:43He won't slip away this time.

19:47You know, Lestrade,

19:49I've never been so unhappy in my life.

20:09I've never been so unhappy in my life.

20:40I've never been so unhappy in my life.

20:42I've never been so unhappy in my life.

20:44I've never been so unhappy in my life.

20:46I've never been so unhappy in my life.

20:48I've never been so unhappy in my life.

20:50I've never been so unhappy in my life.

20:52I've never been so unhappy in my life.

20:54I've never been so unhappy in my life.

20:56I've never been so unhappy in my life.

20:58I've never been so unhappy in my life.

21:00I've never been so unhappy in my life.

21:02I've never been so unhappy in my life.

21:04I've never been so unhappy in my life.

21:06I've never been so unhappy in my life.

21:07Whatever happened?

21:19He's done nothing but sing and dance and talk

21:22and have a wonderful time.

21:24My feet are killing me.

21:26Hmm.

21:27Where does the minister keep me safe?

21:28In a study.

21:29Well, we better get over there right away.

21:31I'm being prepared for anything.

21:33I think the dangers will increase

21:34now that the party's nearly over.

21:35Hm.

21:36You're right, Watson. Let's go.

21:45Ah, Wilkins.

21:48I didn't see Mr. Holmes anywhere, sir.

21:50But his young lady left in a carriage, all by herself, sir.

21:53Well, no time to lose.

21:56Dr. Watson.

22:00I want you to hide behind this curtain here.

22:02And Wilkins, what's in here?

22:04Ah, it's a cupboard.

22:05I want you to stay in here and come out when you're needed.

22:08Right, sir.

22:09I'm going to stay in the hall. We'll get Holmes no matter what he does.

22:12Right.

22:13Right.

22:34Oh.

23:05Watson!

23:08I found this chap sneaking around outside, Mr. Holmes.

23:12Good work, Toby.

23:14Now look, Holmes, you don't know what you're doing. You're not well.

23:18You'll never get away with this, Holmes.

23:20I already have.

23:21Oh, Toby, would you be good enough to ask the commissioner to come in here, please?

23:24The commissioner? Of Scotland Yard?

23:27Well, naturally.

23:29Now look, Holmes, I'll take you away to France, or Switzerland, or Spain.

23:34I mean, you'll have a nice long rest.

23:42There you are, commissioner.

23:44Splendid work, Mr. Holmes. Splendid.

23:46Commissioner? You too?

23:49What are you talking about, Lestrade?

23:51And put your hands down. You're not in any danger.

23:54Yes.

23:55Mr. Holmes, all Britain owes you a tremendous debt of gratitude for this magnificent service.

24:00Service?

24:02Dangerous?

24:04What on earth are you talking about?

24:07There have been a great deal of unrest in recent months

24:10regarding the adequacy of the measures employed to guard many of our national treasures

24:15and governments.

24:16And I'm afraid, Mr. Holmes, you're not in any danger.

24:20The adequacy of the measures employed to guard many of our national treasures and government secrets.

24:26It was discussed in the various ministries and at the Yard.

24:29It was finally decided that we would put ourselves to a test.

24:33Mr. Holmes was hired as a most worthy adversary to our security.

24:38The results were most enlightening.

24:40A far tighter security system has already been planned.

24:44Working for Scotland Yard?

24:47But, Holmes, why didn't you tell me?

24:49Because the only true test could be obtained by keeping the utmost secrecy.

24:53Every personal reaction had to be genuine.

24:56The men from Scotland Yard were told nothing because they too were being tested.

24:59It was essential that everyone believe these thefts

25:02in order that the test could be accurate and worthwhile.

25:06And the reactions were most amazing at the Yard.

25:10And to think, Watson, you didn't trust me.

25:13Oh, I say, look here, Holmes.

25:14No, no, Holmes, really, you've got to listen to me, please.

25:16I mean, get my point of view.

25:19I mean, for all I knew, the whole British Empire was at stake.

25:22Well, yes, yes, you have a point there.

25:27Come along, Sedgley.

25:29Oh, really, Holmes.

25:34Sedgley?

25:44THE END

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