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00:00:00The End
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00:01:30Who's there?
00:01:45Stuart, sir.
00:01:46I say, we're not at Dover yet, are we?
00:01:48No, sir, but there's a message for you, sir, in the wireless room.
00:01:51I'll be right there.
00:02:00I'll be right there.
00:02:29I'll be right there.
00:02:59Dover in 15 minutes.
00:03:08Dover in 15 minutes.
00:03:15Dover in 15 minutes.
00:03:21Dover in 15 minutes.
00:03:25Dover in 15 minutes.
00:03:27Oh, bless my soul.
00:03:46I must have dropped off right in the midst of our most interesting conversation.
00:03:51My dear young lady, what must you think of me?
00:03:54Oh, please. I knew you were tired, so I kept very quiet.
00:03:58I wouldn't have awakened you for the world.
00:04:00You're very kind.
00:04:03Oh, you were telling me about your roses.
00:04:05Ah, yes, yes. My roses. My beautiful roses.
00:04:08I'm proud of my roses. Sinfully proud.
00:04:13Oh, yes, yes. We, uh...
00:04:17We must be getting into Dover.
00:04:19Well, bless my soul. Yes, indeed.
00:04:27Oh, I beg your pardon.
00:04:28I beg your pardon.
00:04:30Yes. Yes. There are the white cliffs.
00:04:33You know, I've been dreading this moment.
00:04:45Why now?
00:04:46Well, you see, I have some exposed film in my camera, and they might make me open it.
00:04:51The customs, I mean.
00:04:52I should so hate to lose my little pictures.
00:04:55Oh, dear, that's too bad.
00:04:56I wonder. It would be a great favor.
00:04:59Would you mind taking care of it for me, till we get to the customs, I mean?
00:05:02Well, I don't quite know.
00:05:05If you'll just say it's yours, being a clergyman, you're not subject to such rigid inspection.
00:05:10All right. Just a harmless little deception, eh?
00:05:13All right, my dear, all right.
00:05:19Oh, dear, it nearly fell overboard.
00:05:23Yes.
00:05:23Oh, dear.
00:05:32Are you a courier for the Royal Museum?
00:05:40Right.
00:05:41Bringing in the Borgia pole?
00:05:43That's it.
00:05:44I'll have it out for you in a jiffy.
00:05:49I see.
00:05:49That's a clever dodge.
00:05:51Needs to be for this, believe me.
00:05:53There you are.
00:05:53That message, sent to me on the boat.
00:06:07It was a hoax to get me out of my stateroom.
00:06:09Oh, there you are.
00:06:20I was afraid that...
00:06:21My dear, they didn't even question me.
00:06:24Oh, how can I ever think?
00:06:25Don't try.
00:06:26Just send me one of your photographs, will you?
00:06:28I'll be happy to.
00:06:29Goodbye.
00:06:30Goodbye.
00:06:30Goodbye.
00:06:30Goodbye.
00:06:30Why, Giles!
00:06:43Come on, get in.
00:06:47How many times must I caution you, my sweet, not to speak until the doors are shut?
00:06:52I'm sorry.
00:06:53I didn't expect you to meet me.
00:06:55Oh, I couldn't deny myself that pleasure.
00:06:57Now, I mean, you're more beautiful than ever.
00:07:01I'm glad to be back.
00:07:03Yes, and we're glad to have you back.
00:07:05We?
00:07:07Oh, an old friend of yours turned up quite unexpectedly.
00:07:10He's been asking for you.
00:07:12Who's that?
00:07:13I found him prowling round your room, making wistful little noises like a dog.
00:07:19No, it can't be.
00:07:22Yes, my dear, the creeper.
00:07:25I'm not going to the flat.
00:07:26Oh, you'll be quite safe.
00:07:28I have him under lock and key.
00:07:31Now to business.
00:07:32What luck.
00:07:34See for yourself.
00:07:35I stuffed it with paper to stop it from rattling.
00:07:39It's absolutely the biggest pearl I've ever seen.
00:07:41I don't understand.
00:07:53You've been had, my dear.
00:07:55Properly had.
00:07:59My dear Conover, forgive me if I take the liberty of returning the bourgeois pearl to its lawful owners.
00:08:05Devotedly, S.H.
00:08:07Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street.
00:08:08Well, you won't tell me what you've been doing.
00:08:21One thing at a time, old boy.
00:08:22Let me get off this makeup.
00:08:23Oh.
00:08:24Oh, I'm as stiff as a varnished eel.
00:08:26It still doesn't answer my question.
00:08:28What have you been up to?
00:08:28A little bit of hijacking, old boy.
00:08:32Reach into the inside pocket of that coat that you're about to throw aside.
00:08:37What do you find there?
00:08:38Pocket book.
00:08:40Open it.
00:08:42Take out what you see.
00:08:45Your fingers have now closed on a matter of 50,000 pounds.
00:08:48What?
00:08:50Can't be real.
00:08:52Real as death, old fellow.
00:08:53Well, the blood of 20 men upon it, down through the centuries.
00:08:56Where do you get it?
00:08:59From a charming young lady, Naomi Drake.
00:09:01Elias Yvette Tejou.
00:09:02Elias Lisa Vanini.
00:09:04Never heard of her.
00:09:05No.
00:09:06Nor of Giles Conover either, I fancy.
00:09:08Well, I can't say that I have.
00:09:10That's the incredible thing about it, Watson.
00:09:12This man pervades Europe like a plague.
00:09:15Yet no one has heard of him.
00:09:16That's what puts him on the pinnacle in the records of crime.
00:09:19What's he do?
00:09:21Everything and nothing.
00:09:23In his whole diabolical career,
00:09:26the police have never been able to pin anything on him.
00:09:30And yet, show me crime without motive,
00:09:33robbery without a clue,
00:09:34murder without a trace,
00:09:36and I'll show you
00:09:38Giles Conover.
00:09:40That's amazing, Holmes.
00:09:41Two years ago, he disappeared from his usual haunts.
00:09:44I've every reason to believe that he...
00:09:46Oh, here it is.
00:09:47I've every reason to believe that he's back in England again.
00:09:55If I could free society of this sinister creature,
00:09:58I should feel that my own career had reached its summit.
00:10:01What is that stuff?
00:10:02Then you think Conover's behind the theft of this poem?
00:10:05I was never more sure of anything in my life.
00:10:07Excuse me.
00:10:07Oh, thanks, Holmes.
00:10:09Listen.
00:10:28Pearl, quick, hide it.
00:10:29Turn out that light.
00:10:39Why, Mr. Holmes.
00:10:54My apologies, Lister Arndt.
00:10:55I was expecting Mr. Giles Conover.
00:10:57Come in, won't you?
00:11:01Good evening, Dr. Watson.
00:11:03Good evening.
00:11:04I take it Scotland Yard has been notified of the theft of the Borgia Pearl.
00:11:07Yes, but...
00:11:08Give it to him, Watson.
00:11:13What?
00:11:14Well, I never...
00:11:16There's a fine way to treat the Borgia Pearl.
00:11:17I assure you, Lestrade,
00:11:19I shall not feel safe
00:11:21until this pearl is in the deepest vault
00:11:23of the Royal Regent Museum.
00:11:48There's not much anger, Digby.
00:11:49I should be glad to see the last year, Precious Pearl.
00:11:51Precious is a feeble word, Holmes.
00:11:54Look at its flawless skin.
00:11:57Its matchless symmetry.
00:11:59It's a miracle of beauty.
00:12:01miracle of horror steady on now isn't that a bit strong is it
00:12:05if it's blood-stained history think of all the misery it's brought to the poor wretches who
00:12:09laid greedy hands on it alexander borgia died twisted and blacked of poison carlos of spain
00:12:15became a dribbling madman a disastrous jewel digby the world would be much better off if it
00:12:20was sunk in the ocean from which it came oh really mr holmes we'd hardly treat a national treasure
00:12:25in such a cavalier fashion if you'd kindly open the case inspector ah there all snug and safe you
00:12:48call that safe i've told you giles conover's after that pearl under the circumstances wouldn't it be
00:12:53better to place a guard over it it has a hundred guards over it at this very moment well my eyes
00:12:59must be failing me i don't understand what's to prevent anyone smashing the glass and pinching it
00:13:04would you like to try it dr watson i certainly wouldn't but don't bother smashing the glass
00:13:08i'll open it for you ah there help yourself
00:13:23mr diggy don't be alarm baits merely a demonstration may i have the pearl doctor
00:13:38what again
00:13:53that allays your fears i trust dr watson if you'll step into my office gentlemen i'll explain to you
00:14:00what happened now how does the thing work electricity the high priest to false security
00:14:11as you have noticed gentlemen we are well protected every article in this museum is so
00:14:15placed that its removal creates a contact very ingenious
00:14:24uh tell me digby just where in the building is the control of this uh ingenious electrical
00:14:28safety device the wires are in this room uh naturally they're not exposed
00:14:33no no naturally well watson i think our usefulness here has ended goodbye digby goodbye mr holmes
00:14:39it's been most interesting thank you very much goodbye mr digby goodbye doctor
00:14:43uh oh good day inspector good day sir oh i'm so sorry all the accidents will happen
00:14:50accidents will happen
00:15:00oh
00:15:02oh
00:15:02hello
00:15:02oh
00:15:04oh
00:15:04oh
00:15:05oh
00:15:05oh why were you going my new age
00:15:07oh
00:15:08my apologies digby oh no harm done i assure you on the contrary i'm afraid the greatest harm has been done
00:15:18i beg your pardon are all the objects of art in this room are connected with your protective
00:15:22system well most of them but why this uh hogarth etching for instance
00:15:31is it connected most certainly it's a priceless original take it down will you watson not me
00:15:36once bitten twice sure oh tosh i'm not afraid of guards and gongs
00:15:48but but i don't understand what's happened why don't the gongs ring now i'll tell you why
00:15:55because your whole elaborate system here isn't worth a brass farming but it all depends on three
00:15:59wires behind that strip of chinese embroidery who told you you told me yourself said the wires
00:16:05weren't exposed the only unexposed wall space in this room
00:16:13is behind this embroidery while you were picking up those ornaments i disconnected these wires
00:16:19just to show you how absurdly easy it would be for anyone far less ingenious and far less
00:16:24resourceful than giles conover to do the same thing now will you listen to me when i tell you
00:16:27to lock that pearl in the deepest darkest vaults in all england
00:16:43stop thief stop thief
00:16:57come on it's gone a workman took it sir bates is after him i don't understand the gongs never
00:17:06rang and the shutters never closed no the wires were disconnected thanks to mr sherlock holmes
00:17:14a grateful nation owes you a memorial mr holmes you demonstrated your cleverness oh most brilliantly
00:17:21you did put your foot in it and no mistake mr nonsense how is he to know that anyone oh well
00:17:28eventually my dear watson by his deductive reasoning of course oh shut up mr
00:17:33deductive reason giving away the borgia pearl like a pound of tea fifty thousand pounds not tea
00:17:42what's this the man who wanted to be caught mr giles conover how are you mr holmes but i don't
00:17:52understand this is one of our workmen he's been employed here for weeks he came highly recommended
00:17:57yes i have no doubt of it every employee of this museum is scrupulously investigated mr conover is a
00:18:03man of infinite resource and precaution oh thank you mr house just a bare chance that his accomplice
00:18:08miss miss nanny drake might not get away with that pearl on the boat from ostend to dover
00:18:12pearl what pearl who are you getting at did you search him baits yes inspector but there's not a
00:18:18thing on him he might have swallowed it no he hasn't got it or he would never have allowed baits to catch
00:18:23him while he was running away did he stop did he meet anybody why yes sir as he went around the corner
00:18:28he bumped into a woman did you get a good look at her no sir not good enough ah that's where you lost
00:18:33your pearl that woman was an accomplice same girl that was on the boat eh possibly in any event
00:18:37may i suggest lestrade that you hold mr conover now come now mr holmes haven't you made enough
00:18:42mistakes for one day there's no crime you know in taking a job in a museum there's no crime in
00:18:48running when you're being chased just what am i being held for uh window breaking thank you mr conover
00:18:57take him away officer how long can you hold him what you heard what he said strictly speaking we can't one
00:19:05one day two well make it two good good what's good about it we don't want him we want the pearl
00:19:12that's just what i'm getting at watson one of two things has happened either the woman he bumped into
00:19:17was an accomplice in which case she has the pearl or he managed somehow to conceal it in his flight
00:19:22if he had to stick that pearl in some makeshift hiding place he'll never rest until his confederates
00:19:27have it safely in their hands we'll try to send them a message we ought to give him every opportunity
00:19:34but how uh may i suggest lestrade that uh he's permitted to have his food sent in from the outside
00:19:43huh oh
00:19:57here we are inspector which is trying just the way mr conover left it oh ten to one there's a message
00:20:03in there somewhere yes what makes you so blinking sure there's a message in it because he asked me
00:20:07for a lend of me pencil that's why and he promised me a quid if i'd keep me mouth shut oh he did did
00:20:13he cunning ain't he well there's some that's coming he's got the wrong thing by the ears as mr giles
00:20:20conover yes he hasn't got mr sherlock holmes to deal with
00:20:29nothing there
00:20:32there might be a note stuck on underneath oh
00:20:37seeing eye that's what you've got to have nothing much gets by you inspector oh we all slip up once
00:20:42in a while no one's infallible you know that's funny
00:20:50gotcha mr giles conover here hang on to this what is it you'll soon see a note to his accomplice or i'm a dutchman
00:21:07yes fancy me pulling mr sherlock holmes chestnuts out of the fire she comes thought
00:21:16he'd fool me didn't they bless the little man this will tell us where the board your pearl is
00:21:20it it means promotion for me sure as you're alive
00:21:22what did say what do you care what it says it didn't say where the board your pearl was it inspector
00:21:34just you clear up this truck that's all you've got to do and see it gets back to the restaurant
00:21:37very good inspector
00:21:43holmes and his theories
00:21:52what are you staring at that plate for oh i ain't staring at another washing it see well
00:22:19i ain't paying you to go to sleep on your feet you know gone you old bag of grease wash your own dirty dishes
00:22:27see here you can't do that there here lovely weather ain't it
00:22:49holmes you raving mad standing there scraping on that filthy fiddle as if you haven't got a care in the
00:22:58world all the time your reputation's been dragged in the mud my dear watson i really must caution you
00:23:02against hitting newspaper reporters in the teeth
00:23:05it um isn't dignified well you deserved it the idiot but how did you know i struck a reporter
00:23:11observation my dear fellow you come in here with two copies of the morning paper
00:23:15I think you never do unless there's an article you wish to clip for your files.
00:23:19You talk about my reputation being dragged in the mud.
00:23:22Obviously, I've been the subject of a scurrilous attack
00:23:24in connection with the theft of the Borgia Pearl.
00:23:26Well, you certainly have.
00:23:27This article practice suggests that you stood a profit by the deal,
00:23:30and it implies that you were working with Conover.
00:23:32Yes, I'm afraid I'm for it, Watson.
00:23:34Indeed you are.
00:23:35But how did you know I struck the fellow?
00:23:38Oh, that.
00:23:39Well, you come in here, jumping off the handle at me,
00:23:41you're rating me like a mother who boxes her child's ears.
00:23:44After snatching it from under a train.
00:23:46A very human impulse, Watson.
00:23:48And one that suggests that you've been taking up the cudgels on my behalf.
00:23:52What a remarkable deduction.
00:23:53Not when you consider that the skin is missing
00:23:55from the first and second knuckles of your right hand.
00:23:58Didn't hurt.
00:23:59Good old Watson.
00:24:01It's like you to stand by a man who's been discredited.
00:24:05Oh, rubbish.
00:24:06We've been in tighter spots than this.
00:24:08Not many, I'm afraid.
00:24:09Well, come along, old fellow.
00:24:11What have we here?
00:24:13Kippers.
00:24:14Kippers, splendid.
00:24:15I'm as hungry as a bee on a flower.
00:24:16Come in.
00:24:17Don't get up.
00:24:18I haven't got a minute.
00:24:19I've just popped in to tell you.
00:24:20I know.
00:24:21To tell me that you can't hold Conover any longer.
00:24:22In fact, you've already let him go.
00:24:23Never duck.
00:24:24How did you know?
00:24:25Elementary, my dear Lestrade.
00:24:26You know as well as I do that you can't hold a man for more than 48 hours
00:24:28without bringing a charge against him.
00:24:29That's right.
00:24:30Have one, won't you?
00:24:31Thanks.
00:24:32Well, I've got to be off.
00:24:33Off to solve another baffling crime, I suppose?
00:24:35Oh, you might call it that doctor, but to me it's just another routine murder.
00:24:37Oh?
00:24:38Who is it?
00:24:39A bloke named Harker.
00:24:40Military man.
00:24:41Harker.
00:24:42Horace Harker.
00:24:43That's right.
00:24:44Horace Harker.
00:24:45That's right, you know.
00:24:46I've heard of him.
00:24:47Horace Harker.
00:24:48Yes, I remember him.
00:24:49He's a major in India.
00:24:50He's retired.
00:24:51Uh-huh.
00:24:52He's always been murdered, has he?
00:24:53What?
00:24:54Had his back broke.
00:24:55Well, I gotta be off.
00:24:56Wait a minute.
00:24:57What did you say?
00:24:58Had his back broke.
00:24:59You might call it that doctor, but to me it's just another routine murder.
00:25:02Oh?
00:25:03Who is it?
00:25:04A bloke named Harker.
00:25:05Military man.
00:25:06Harker.
00:25:07Harker.
00:25:08Horace Harker?
00:25:09That's right, you know.
00:25:10I've heard of him.
00:25:11Horace Harker?
00:25:12That's right, you know.
00:25:13I've heard of him.
00:25:14Horace Harker?
00:25:15Yes, I remember him.
00:25:16He's a major in India.
00:25:17He's retired.
00:25:18Uh-huh.
00:25:19So he's been murdered, has he?
00:25:20Back broke. You know. Spine snapped.
00:25:26That's it.
00:25:26That's what?
00:25:27It's come at last, Watson.
00:25:29The thing we've been waiting for.
00:25:31Hold on, hold on. Keep your shirt on.
00:25:33There's no mystery about it.
00:25:35He must have fallen down in the struggle.
00:25:37That's all.
00:25:38Nonsense. Here's your coat, Watson.
00:25:40What is all this?
00:25:41We're giving Lestrade a hand.
00:25:42Well, the Borgia Pearl, we can't afford...
00:25:44The Borgia Pearl we're after.
00:25:45Come on, Mr. Stine.
00:25:46I don't want an hand.
00:25:47Borgia Pearl, we're out giving Lestrade a hand.
00:25:49Well, Mr. Stine, I'm coming.
00:25:51Oh, Mr. Stine, I'm going to start all this morning, noon and night.
00:25:57This is exactly how you found him?
00:25:59Yes, sir. Nobody's touched him but the police surgeon.
00:26:02Back broken, eh?
00:26:03Snapped clean, sir.
00:26:04Died instantaneous, the doctor said.
00:26:05Mr. Stine, would you mind if Dr. Watson has a look at him?
00:26:08Not at all.
00:26:10Watson, I'd like to know whether the break is cervical, thoracic, or lumbar.
00:26:13And I'll wager it's lumbar.
00:26:15Oh, tosh. Who found the body, Murdoch?
00:26:17She did, sir. His housekeeper.
00:26:19Oh.
00:26:20Said she came in to clear away his supper things and found him lying there.
00:26:24And that's the first and last word we've been able to get out of her.
00:26:26Oh, it is, is it? Well, I'll soon get a word out of her.
00:26:28Here, you.
00:26:28I shouldn't do that if I have you, Lestrade.
00:26:30Why not?
00:26:31The woman's suffering from shock.
00:26:34Close to catalypse, if you ask me.
00:26:36Well, I ain't asking you, Mr. Holmes.
00:26:37Naturally.
00:26:38Get her out of here, Murdoch.
00:26:41Get her to an hospital.
00:26:42Can't you see he's suffering from cat... from shock?
00:26:44Come on, now. Nobody's going to earth, Choke.
00:26:58Major Harker seems to have thought very highly of Napoleon.
00:27:01He's rather overdone it.
00:27:08I don't think much of that one.
00:27:09Where was the break, Watson?
00:27:12One of the lumbar vertebrae, as you thought.
00:27:15The third vertebrae.
00:27:17I can't for the life of me imagine how it happened.
00:27:19I can.
00:27:20Oh, really?
00:27:21Well, it happened just as I thought.
00:27:24The housekeeper comes in through this window over here.
00:27:27So you see, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, I shan't be needing you after all.
00:27:31Simple as ABC, isn't it?
00:27:32Yeah.
00:27:33The murderer comes in through that open window.
00:27:35Major Harker's having supper over there with his back to him.
00:27:38Hmm. Carry on.
00:27:40Well, he tiptoes over behind his victim here.
00:27:44Harker rises, they come to grips.
00:27:47They barge all around the room, bang into this table.
00:27:49Dishes go every which way.
00:27:50Harker falls and breaks his back.
00:27:53Simple, ain't it?
00:27:53So simple, my dear Lestrade, as to be almost childish.
00:27:56For instance, will you kindly explain how the dishes that were on this table could have been knocked off in the struggle and the silver milk jug left standing and all these knives and forks and spoons in perfect arrangement?
00:28:08Well, Mr. Holmes, if it's the psychology of knives and forks and milk jugs you're talking about, I beg to be excused.
00:28:14I'm trying to account for this broken china, Lestrade.
00:28:16That's the outstanding feature of this case, whether you know it or not.
00:28:19All these broken plates.
00:28:21Plaster ornaments.
00:28:22Brick-a-brack.
00:28:23Why was all this china smashed?
00:28:25Nothing else disturbed.
00:28:26Why?
00:28:26Yes, and how about his back being broken?
00:28:29A man can't just fall down and break his back in that casual way, you know.
00:28:32Right you are, Watson.
00:28:34External force is indicated.
00:28:35There's no doubt about it.
00:28:37Major Harker's back was broken deliberately.
00:28:39I suppose you're going to tell us just who did it.
00:28:41Yes, I think I can.
00:28:43I've never known but one killer who used that technique.
00:28:46What?
00:28:47Oh, come on.
00:28:48He's dead and dumb for.
00:28:50You remember him?
00:28:51Am I likely to forget the Oxton Creeper?
00:28:54Oxton Creeper?
00:28:55Oxton Horror, I called him.
00:28:58A monster, Watson.
00:29:00With the chest of a buffalo and the arms of a gorilla.
00:29:02His particular method of murder is back-breaking.
00:29:04And it's always the same.
00:29:05A third lumbar vertebra.
00:29:07How horrible.
00:29:09Do you mean to stand there and tell me you think he's still alive?
00:29:12Why, they got him two years ago, trying to escape from Devil's Island.
00:29:15Did they?
00:29:16Yeah.
00:29:16I wonder.
00:29:17I'll lay you odds he's in London at this very moment.
00:29:19All right, Mr. Holmes.
00:29:20You stick to your theories.
00:29:21I'll stick to my facts.
00:29:22That's fair enough.
00:29:23Do me a favor, will you?
00:29:24Anything your little heart desires.
00:29:26This broken china.
00:29:28If it all swept up carefully and sent to me at Baker Street, will you?
00:29:30All right.
00:29:31But what do you want it for, anyway?
00:29:33Oh, just a souvenir.
00:29:35Come along, Watson.
00:29:36Watson, I think our usefulness here has ended.
00:29:38Mind you sweep it all up, Mestrade.
00:29:44As a matter of fact, Watson, what I did not tell Mestrade, since I can't prove it,
00:29:48is that the Hoxton Creeper has always been Giles Conover's right arm when it comes to killing.
00:29:53And when you heard that Major Harker's back was broken, you suspected the Creeper, eh?
00:29:57Naturally.
00:29:58It can't be mere coincidence, but the Creeper comes back into the scene just as Giles Conover reappears
00:30:03in London.
00:30:04I see, but how does Harker tie up with that gang?
00:30:07In the foggiest notion.
00:30:09Buy a box of magic, gentlemen.
00:30:12But there is a connection.
00:30:15Or Harker wouldn't be lying there now with his back broken.
00:30:17My surmise is that Giles Conover has lost the Borgia Pearl and is trying desperately to
00:30:21get it back, just as we are.
00:30:23You really think so?
00:30:24I am just as sure of it as I am that we are being shadowed at this very moment.
00:30:30Eyes on, Watson.
00:30:31Come on.
00:30:45Listen.
00:30:47Have you got your revolver?
00:30:49Yes.
00:30:49Now get it ready.
00:30:50What?
00:30:54Yes, sir.
00:30:55No, thank you.
00:30:56Come on, Watson.
00:31:08Conover's gang.
00:31:09We're on the right track, Watson.
00:31:13Due primarily to the brilliant work of Inspector Lestrade.
00:31:17Brilliant work of Inspector Lestrade.
00:31:20Rubbish.
00:31:21Lestrade couldn't even see the stripes on a zebra.
00:31:30Hello.
00:31:30Housekeeper held.
00:31:32Arrested the housekeeper.
00:31:33Whoa.
00:31:34How could a little woman of that size break a man's back?
00:31:38Lestrade's an idiot.
00:31:39What the dear public don't know it.
00:31:42The dear public won't worry about.
00:31:43It's funny.
00:31:51I had it here a moment ago.
00:31:56It's an ordinary thing.
00:32:01What do you think?
00:32:04What do you think?
00:32:05Lestrade.
00:32:06Oh, uh, what would Holmes do?
00:32:11I know.
00:32:12Reconstruct.
00:32:13Yeah, reconstruct it.
00:32:15That's it.
00:32:15Well, I'll sit in here.
00:32:17Cutting.
00:32:20Paste.
00:32:22Reach for a pipe.
00:32:24Matches.
00:32:26Lime.
00:32:27Oh, then.
00:32:29It ought to be...
00:32:30And so it is.
00:32:36Eureka.
00:32:37Well done.
00:32:38Just pure deductive reasoning.
00:32:40When I was telling Holmes about that,
00:32:42he could have done better himself.
00:32:46The first door on the right, sir.
00:32:48Oh, thank you.
00:32:49Thank you, madam.
00:32:50Thank you, madam.
00:33:20Come in.
00:33:45Dr. Watson, I believe.
00:33:47Is Mr. Holmes in?
00:33:49Pretty's out, sir.
00:33:50He'll be back any minute.
00:33:52Won't you come in and wait?
00:33:53Thank you very much.
00:34:03Sit down, sir.
00:34:06Have a cigarette?
00:34:07No, thank you, no.
00:34:09The doctor won't allow me to smoke cigarettes.
00:34:12But, uh, may I?
00:34:15Yes, yes, sir.
00:34:16You'll find matches on the table.
00:34:17Oh, thank you very much.
00:34:20You know, my health has never been the same
00:34:22since that dreadful affair at Farnsworth Castle.
00:34:26Farnsworth Castle?
00:34:28The Farnsworth's cave.
00:34:29I thought I recognized you.
00:34:32Uh, just a minute.
00:34:33I'll tell you who you are.
00:34:35Really?
00:34:36Yes.
00:34:36Simple deduction.
00:34:38The bowed shoulders of the scholar,
00:34:40the open countenance of the churchman.
00:34:42You must be Lord Farnsworth's brother,
00:34:44Archdeacon Farnsworth.
00:34:47No, sir.
00:34:49I'm no Archdeacon.
00:34:51Oh, then.
00:34:52Then you're the man who found the body in the bathtub.
00:34:55Oh, it was the butler who found the body,
00:34:57and it was in the cupboard.
00:34:59Oh, that's it.
00:35:00Uh, strangled, wasn't he?
00:35:02No, no shot.
00:35:04Oh, shot, yes, of course, shot, yes.
00:35:06Uh, Lord Farnsworth's uncle, wasn't he?
00:35:09I am Lord Farnsworth's uncle.
00:35:12Oh, well, of course, by mistake, you're Lord Farnsworth's uncle.
00:35:15Uh, uh, and your, your name is, um...
00:35:20Theophilus Kirby, Lord Farnsworth's uncle and biographer.
00:35:24Of course, I remember you well.
00:35:27I, Holmes will be very glad to see you.
00:35:29He, he may be a bit late.
00:35:30Uh, by the way, as he isn't here,
00:35:33if there's, uh, if there's anything that I can do,
00:35:35same, same training as Holmes,
00:35:39pure deductive reasoning.
00:35:42For example, uh, I can see that, uh,
00:35:45that you're in trouble.
00:35:47On the contrary, sir, I've never been happier.
00:35:50Oh, well, I'm safe.
00:35:52I've never been happier.
00:35:53I've been looking for some little token of gratitude
00:35:56which I could give to Mr. Holmes.
00:35:59Holmes, and at last, I think I've found something
00:36:02that he'll appreciate.
00:36:06It's Dr. Johnson's great dictionary,
00:36:09an early folio.
00:36:11Early folio?
00:36:12Yes.
00:36:12Dr. Johnson's dictionary?
00:36:14I'm sure that, he'd be very excited about that.
00:36:16He'd be very kind of you.
00:36:18I'm a bit of a, a book collector myself.
00:36:20Oh, no, please, please.
00:36:21I, I, I've inscribed a little dedication.
00:36:24It may be a little flowery, perhaps,
00:36:26but, well, it's straight from my heart
00:36:29to his, I hope.
00:36:31And, uh, it's just a little private.
00:36:33Oh, yes, of course, a little private,
00:36:35and you want him to be the first to read it.
00:36:36That, that, that is so.
00:36:38You're very understanding, sir.
00:36:39Thank you very much.
00:36:41Now, I'm afraid I must go.
00:36:43I'm sorry, I can't stay any longer.
00:36:44Don't you worry about the book, sir?
00:36:46I give you my word that Sherlock Holmes
00:36:48will be the first person to, to open it.
00:36:51Oh, that makes me very happy, sir.
00:36:52Very happy.
00:36:54Well, goodbye, sir.
00:36:55Goodbye, doctor.
00:36:56I'm sorry you can't stay.
00:37:10December in 57.
00:37:12Hmm.
00:37:14I've only sold you.
00:37:16It must be worth a lot of money, huh?
00:37:19Father.
00:37:22Huh?
00:37:26Who?
00:37:27Mrs. Pennyweather?
00:37:28I don't know Mrs. Pennyweather here.
00:37:30This is Dr. Watson.
00:37:31Mrs. Pennyweather.
00:37:32Wrong number for a...
00:37:33I don't think Holmes would mind if I...
00:37:44I just, uh...
00:37:45Oh.
00:37:48Oh.
00:37:48Oh, come in, come in.
00:37:54Oh, hello, Mrs. Hudson.
00:37:56I brought you tea.
00:37:57And when Mr. Holmes comes in,
00:37:59see that he eats a bite like a good soul.
00:38:01Certainly, my dear.
00:38:02I'd be glad to.
00:38:03I've had a hard time getting him to eat.
00:38:07Oh, good afternoon, Mrs. Hudson.
00:38:09Oh, I just brought you tea.
00:38:11And be sure you drink it.
00:38:12I will.
00:38:14Hello, Watson.
00:38:15Oh, well.
00:38:16Too bad your leg.
00:38:18Old chap was here to see you.
00:38:19Oh?
00:38:19Sorry to have missed you.
00:38:20What old chap?
00:38:22Theophilus Kirby.
00:38:23Oh.
00:38:23Lord Farnsworth's uncle.
00:38:25You remember the Farnsworth case?
00:38:26Yes, indeed I do.
00:38:27And I remember Theophilus Kirby, too.
00:38:29Quite a scholar.
00:38:31And like most scholars,
00:38:33poor church mouse.
00:38:34What's he won?
00:38:36He brought you a present.
00:38:38First folio of Dr. Johnson's dictionary.
00:38:40Look, it must be worth a lot of money.
00:38:42He's written an inscription in it, bless his heart.
00:38:46Out of, out of gratitude.
00:38:48That's very nice of him.
00:38:48Like to have a look at it?
00:38:49Have a cup of tea?
00:38:50Oh, thanks, old boy.
00:38:51Put it down there.
00:38:53Gratitude is a rare quality in these days.
00:38:55Let's see what he wrote.
00:38:59Watson, have you been smoking your cigar?
00:39:01No.
00:39:02The old boy smoked one.
00:39:04Gilbury wasn't a smoking man as I remember him.
00:39:06And even if he were,
00:39:16he wouldn't be smoking a Bolivar cabinet size,
00:39:18imported from Havana,
00:39:20especially for connoisseurs.
00:39:21Well, if you're not sure of him,
00:39:22there are plenty of samples of his writing
00:39:24on the shelves over there.
00:39:25Why don't you compare them with...
00:39:26Don't touch that book.
00:39:28What?
00:39:28Give it to me.
00:39:28I'm sorry, Watson,
00:39:33but unless I'm greatly mistaken,
00:39:35you've been entertaining Mr. Giles Conover.
00:39:38What?
00:39:39Stay back from that book.
00:39:45Great Scott!
00:39:47He meant that for you!
00:39:50Well, that's very gratifying.
00:39:53Gratifying?
00:39:54Certainly.
00:39:54Conover wouldn't go to all this trouble
00:39:56to eliminate me if I weren't in his way,
00:39:57and obviously I am in his way
00:39:59because he hasn't yet found the Borgia Pearl,
00:40:01and as long as he hasn't...
00:40:03All right, let me have it.
00:40:04Yes.
00:40:05Yes, yes.
00:40:06Hold a stride.
00:40:07Yes.
00:40:08What?
00:40:10Say that again.
00:40:11Don't touch a thing.
00:40:12No, not a thing.
00:40:13You understand?
00:40:15Right.
00:40:15We'll be with you.
00:40:16What is it, Holmes?
00:40:17Another murder.
00:40:17Little old lady.
00:40:19With her back broken.
00:40:20No.
00:40:20Yes.
00:40:21And in a litter of smashed china.
00:40:23That was exactly how I found my sister.
00:40:28There, there, there.
00:40:29Steady, my dear.
00:40:30Steady.
00:40:32You live here, Miss Carey?
00:40:33No, Mr. Holmes.
00:40:35I teach history at a school in Cardiff.
00:40:38I came home today for the holidays.
00:40:42This card, Mr. Holmes.
00:40:45The very last thing she did.
00:40:47For my dear Ellen, to inspire her and her pupils with love.
00:40:53A gift for you?
00:40:54What was it, Miss Carey?
00:40:56I don't know.
00:40:58I'll never know now.
00:40:59I found it on the desk over there.
00:41:03She was writing it when...
00:41:05Oh.
00:41:06Why do you stand there?
00:41:08Why don't you find the beast who committed this dreadful crime?
00:41:12Look here, Miss Carey.
00:41:13There's just one question I...
00:41:14There'll be quite enough questions.
00:41:16You come along with me, my dear.
00:41:19What you need is a sedative.
00:41:21I'll telephone for a nurse.
00:41:23There, there, my dear.
00:41:24You'll be quite all right.
00:41:26Pitiable.
00:41:29Poor little woman.
00:41:34Pack broken, eh?
00:41:35Snap clean, sir.
00:41:36Same as Major Harker's?
00:41:37Yes.
00:41:42Once more we find the body...
00:41:44...in a litter of smashed china.
00:41:47What do you make of that?
00:41:49Coincidence, I'd call it.
00:41:52Would you?
00:41:53Yeah.
00:41:54Curious, isn't it?
00:41:57Two murders at the opposite ends of London.
00:42:00People who couldn't conceivably have had anything in common.
00:42:03Their backs broken.
00:42:03...and smashed china around their bodies.
00:42:06Well, things do get smashed in the struggle, you know.
00:42:10Including the plates that are...
00:42:11...hung in these wire racks on the walls.
00:42:14When a lady gets hysterical...
00:42:16She may do many desperate things, but my dear Lestrade, she does not run around the walls like a mouse.
00:42:20Those plates were taken down and smashed deliberately.
00:42:23And it was done after she was killed and not before.
00:42:26Is that another one of your little theories, Mr. Holmes?
00:42:29No, it's a fact.
00:42:30And easily demonstrable.
00:42:33If you lift up that body, I think you'll find there's not a vestige of broken china underneath.
00:42:37Well, just to prove you're wrong.
00:42:38Here, lend her hand here, Bleeker.
00:42:39Right, sir.
00:42:40What did I tell you?
00:42:52Look at that, Bleistrade.
00:42:55That china was broken...
00:42:58...after her dead body was flung there on the floor.
00:43:00But why?
00:43:01Why was it done?
00:43:02Well, as I see it, we're dealing with a moany maniac.
00:43:05And after each and every one of these murders, he goes into a bestial fury and smashes things.
00:43:11But why bric-a-brac and nothing but bric-a-brac?
00:43:13Why should a murderer who's strong enough to break Major Harker's back
00:43:16vent his bestial fury by breaking up dinky little cups and saucers
00:43:20when he could just as easily break up a large chair or smash a big table?
00:43:23There's no accounting for the workings of the criminal mind.
00:43:26Oh, nonsense.
00:43:27He follows a pattern and there's purpose in it.
00:43:28Would you have those broken fragments collected and sent to me at Baker Street, please?
00:43:36Oh, what's the use?
00:43:37You won't find any fingerprints in them.
00:43:39Perhaps not.
00:43:42But broken china is the one thing these murders have in common.
00:43:48We've got to get to the heart of this mystery and quickly, too.
00:43:51Don't you realize there's a monster at large in the city bent on destruction?
00:43:54We don't know why, we don't know where.
00:43:55But somewhere, at any moment...
00:44:25Blast that cat, I'd swear I'd put her out.
00:44:40That's funny.
00:44:42I'm sure I'd do those library curtains.
00:44:44Oh, no!
00:44:49Oh, no!
00:44:50Oh, no!
00:44:54I'm afraid I must disagree with the newspapers, Watson.
00:45:18The Hoxton Creeper, to the best of my knowledge, is not a madman.
00:45:21Or if he is, then there's method in his madness.
00:45:26And that method, I'm convinced, is supplied by Giles Conover.
00:45:29You think all this broken china is just a blind to make it look like the work of a madman?
00:45:34On the contrary, my dear fellow, this smashed china shows purpose, it shows motive.
00:45:39Purpose and motive are the last things a sane man would wish to imply if he were posing as a madman.
00:45:44Why smash the china?
00:45:47The killer didn't choose to smash the china, he had to smash it.
00:45:50Oh, how to do it for?
00:45:53Oh, possibly to cover up something else that was smashed.
00:45:56Some object.
00:45:58Identical in all three cases.
00:46:00The clue that we're looking for.
00:46:02Why mess about with the plaster?
00:46:04You'll find no chance of finding the clue you're looking for in the china, because there is much more china.
00:46:08Too much china, Watson, and too little plaster.
00:46:10Which, uh, leads me to suspect that the greater conceals the less, and that the china was smashed to cover up the plaster.
00:46:20Curious notion.
00:46:22Oh, look.
00:46:23Bird.
00:46:24Matter of fact, I had thought of it myself.
00:46:26Oh, did you really?
00:46:27And it was very tactful of you not to mention it.
00:46:29Here, what do you make of this?
00:46:32Cocked hat?
00:46:33A soldier, eh?
00:46:34No doubt of it.
00:46:35Part of a bust.
00:46:36Military hat.
00:46:37Late 18th century, I should think.
00:46:39That's funny.
00:46:40Here we are in the second house.
00:46:41There's a shoulder with a bit of a chest and a medal on it.
00:46:45Looks as if it might have come from the same bust.
00:46:47Mm-hmm.
00:46:49Identical.
00:46:50Same plaster, same proportion, same military subject.
00:46:52And this piece comes from the house of the second murder, while these pieces came from the house of the first.
00:46:56We're getting warmer, Watson.
00:46:57Wait a minute, wait a minute.
00:46:58I've got something over here.
00:46:59Here we are.
00:47:00Look, here's a nose.
00:47:01There's a mouth and a bit of a chin from the third house.
00:47:03Put them under this hat.
00:47:04The little corporal himself.
00:47:07Right, Watson.
00:47:07Napoleon.
00:47:08A single statue made up of fragments from three different houses.
00:47:11Identical busts in each house, eh?
00:47:13Yes.
00:47:13Put the pieces down here.
00:47:15I told you this china was smashed to cover up something else.
00:47:18Well, why smash Napoleon?
00:47:19Think, Watson, think.
00:47:21Something was hidden in one of those busts.
00:47:23Something that Conover's looking for.
00:47:24You don't mean that...
00:47:25Precisely.
00:47:26The Borgia Pearl.
00:47:27How did get in the bust in the first place?
00:47:28That's what we're going to find out.
00:47:29We're going to get hold of that guard.
00:47:31The one that chased Conover down the street the day he stole the Borgia Pearl.
00:47:34Get your hat.
00:47:35I'll get a taxi.
00:47:36Get the hat, I'll get a taxi.
00:47:38Borgia Pearl.
00:47:39The Borgia Buster, my pal.
00:47:41I was driving about London looking at it broken up.
00:47:43Borgia Pearl.
00:47:46Here we are, sir.
00:47:47This is where I nab, sir.
00:47:49He's baiting it along here like a frightened rabbit when I come up from behind and make the pinch.
00:47:53That isn't true.
00:47:55It would strike me dead if it ain't, sir.
00:47:56Isn't it true that he went in there?
00:47:58Well, he was trying...
00:48:00He was at...
00:48:00Oh, up with it, man.
00:48:01Did he or didn't he?
00:48:02Well, as a matter of fact, he did duck in there.
00:48:04But I made the pinch right on this very spot, like I said.
00:48:07Can you tell us exactly what happened?
00:48:09Why, yes, sir.
00:48:09He runs in here full nick and up to this door.
00:48:13Was the door open?
00:48:14Just like it is, sir.
00:48:15But when I got here from the head of the stairs, the door was bolted.
00:48:19So I start to climb in this here window.
00:48:21Was the window open, too?
00:48:21No, sir.
00:48:22I had to force it.
00:48:23When suddenly the door opens, out he nips, and I made the pinch right on that very spot,
00:48:28like I told you.
00:48:29How long was Conover out of your sight?
00:48:30I should say less than a minute, Mr. Holmes.
00:48:32That's why I didn't want to mention it before.
00:48:34I didn't think it was important.
00:48:35Important?
00:48:36Great heavens, man.
00:48:37Come on.
00:48:39Oh, I beg your pardon.
00:48:42Gentlemen, this is not my sales room.
00:48:44This is my workshop.
00:48:45What can I...
00:48:47Oh, it is you, is it?
00:48:48Catching more thieves today?
00:48:49Ah, no.
00:48:50I was explaining here to Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson.
00:48:52Thank you, please.
00:48:53That will be all.
00:48:53Thank you, sir.
00:48:54Good day, miss.
00:48:55Good day, sir.
00:48:56Mr. Gelder, our time is short, and believe me when I tell you that lives are at stake.
00:48:59Lives?
00:49:00Please answer my questions as briefly as possible.
00:49:02Last Tuesday, at ten minutes past twelve, where were the workmen who were usually employed
00:49:05in this room?
00:49:06It was a dinner hour.
00:49:07They were out.
00:49:08On this table over here.
00:49:12You had some busts of Napoleon standing to dry, did you not?
00:49:15Yes, I did, but how did you not?
00:49:17Don't mind that now.
00:49:18How many were there?
00:49:19Six.
00:49:20Just like these busts of Beethoven.
00:49:22Six busts of Napoleon Bonaparte.
00:49:23Six.
00:49:25Are you sure?
00:49:26No more, no less.
00:49:27Yes, I'm positive.
00:49:28Watson, look sharp, will you?
00:49:29Go to that door to the alley, and do exactly as I tell you.
00:49:30Huh?
00:49:31No, not huh.
00:49:32Just do it.
00:49:33Leave your stick.
00:49:36Think I have an alley cap?
00:49:40Go outside and close the door.
00:49:45Stand over there, will you?
00:49:46Me?
00:49:47Me?
00:49:48Yes, please.
00:49:50Ready, Watson?
00:49:51Ready, Holmes.
00:49:53All right.
00:49:54Come in quickly.
00:49:57Close the door.
00:49:59Hold it.
00:50:00Turn around.
00:50:02Take two steps forward.
00:50:03Stop!
00:50:05Wait a moment.
00:50:06Move around you.
00:50:08Now look over here.
00:50:10Wait a minute.
00:50:11Now run over here.
00:50:15Pause a moment.
00:50:17Look at these wet plaster busts.
00:50:19Look back to the door.
00:50:21Take a coin out of your pocket.
00:50:23Come on.
00:50:24Hurry, man.
00:50:25Hurry.
00:50:27Now stick your finger at one of these wet plaster busts.
00:50:30Go on.
00:50:31Go on.
00:50:32Do it.
00:50:33Put the coin in.
00:50:38Put it in.
00:50:39Put it in.
00:50:41Now smooth over the plaster.
00:50:42Cover up the hole.
00:50:45Mad.
00:50:46Both of them.
00:50:48Fifty-four seconds.
00:50:49That's close enough.
00:50:51Conover could have done it faster.
00:50:53If he acted on his own while you had to wait for instructions.
00:50:55You mean to save the...
00:50:56Precisely.
00:50:57Conover stuck that Borgia pearl
00:50:59in one of those six wet plaster busts of Napoleon.
00:51:02What?
00:51:04What happened to those six busts?
00:51:07You are not the first one asking me that.
00:51:09No, who was the other?
00:51:10A woman.
00:51:11When?
00:51:12Was it Wednesday?
00:51:13The day after the thief was taken?
00:51:14Yes, it was.
00:51:15Amy Drake Watson.
00:51:16Amy Drake?
00:51:17What did you tell her?
00:51:18The same as I'm telling you.
00:51:19They were delivered, all six of them.
00:51:21Yes, yes.
00:51:22But to whom?
00:51:23To Amos Hodder's art shop on Kensington Road.
00:51:25Amos Hodder.
00:51:33What?
00:51:34What?
00:51:35What an amusing statue.
00:51:36Most amusing.
00:51:37Is it?
00:51:38Why?
00:51:39Because I say it is.
00:51:40Pretend to be interested.
00:51:41What?
00:51:42Oh, a fine bit of modeling, Holmes.
00:51:43What an amusing statue.
00:51:44Most amusing.
00:51:45Is it?
00:51:46Why?
00:51:47Because I say it is.
00:51:48What an amusing statue.
00:51:49Most amusing.
00:51:50Is it?
00:51:51Why?
00:51:52Because I say it is.
00:51:53Pretend to be interested.
00:51:54What?
00:51:55Oh, a fine bit of modeling, Holmes.
00:51:56What an amusing statue.
00:51:57Most amusing.
00:51:58Sit down in that chair.
00:51:59Huh?
00:52:00Sit down in that chair.
00:52:01Let no one else in or out of that door.
00:52:12Attend to the gentleman, Miss Bittinger.
00:52:14Yes, Mr. Hodder.
00:52:25Oh, mercy me.
00:52:26Hear, hear.
00:52:27What have you broken now?
00:52:30I never saw such a one for breakage.
00:52:32You already even worth half wages you are.
00:52:34Well, it's my poor eyesight, Mr. Hodder.
00:52:36I can't help my eyes now, can I?
00:52:38What have you broken this time?
00:52:40One of the Copenhagen vases, eh?
00:52:42Well, that makes four.
00:52:43There was the flying Mercury yesterday
00:52:45and the two Napoleons the very day you came.
00:52:47I never broke the Napoleons, I tell you.
00:52:49I found them that way.
00:52:50Mr. Hodder, may I trouble you?
00:52:51Oh, I beg your pardon, I'm sure.
00:52:52But this sort of thing is most trying.
00:52:54What can I do for you, sir?
00:52:56My name is Holmes, Sherlock Holmes.
00:52:58I'm doing a little private investigating
00:53:00in connection with some busts of Napoleon
00:53:02that you purchased from George Gilder's plaster shop.
00:53:05I understand there were six busts of Napoleon
00:53:07here on Wednesday morning last.
00:53:08That's correct, Mr. Holmes.
00:53:09Now, let me see.
00:53:10I think I heard you say that two of the busts of Napoleon
00:53:12were broken by accident.
00:53:13Accident?
00:53:14That clumsy girl.
00:53:15Oh, Bittinger, put the vases up on the shelf
00:53:17before you break the rest of them.
00:53:19And sweep up this litter, will you?
00:53:21Yes, Mr. Hodder.
00:53:23Oh, don't be too hard on the poor girl, Mr. Hodder.
00:53:26Accidents will happen, you know.
00:53:28Now, tell me.
00:53:29You say that two of the busts were broken here in the shop.
00:53:32A third went to Major Harker, a fourth to Miss Carey
00:53:34and a fifth to Mr. Thomas Sandeford.
00:53:36Yes, sir.
00:53:37And by the strangest coincidence, all three of those persons...
00:53:39It was not a coincidence, Mr. Hodder.
00:53:41Bless my soul.
00:53:42Tell me, what happened to the sixth bust?
00:53:45Why, I sold it the same as the others.
00:53:48To whom?
00:53:49Do you remember?
00:53:50Some doctor or other.
00:53:52I have his name in my account book.
00:53:54My memory for names is rather poor.
00:53:57Now, where is the wretched thing?
00:54:00Ah, yes, yes, here we are.
00:54:02Let's see, it will be Wednesday or Thursday.
00:54:05Any luck?
00:54:06Best of luck, I think, Watson.
00:54:08Fortunately for us, we arrived here before Naomi Drake.
00:54:11Ah, here we are.
00:54:13Sold to Dr. Joseph Caldecott.
00:54:1513 La Burnham Road, Streatham.
00:54:17Good, that's just what I wanted.
00:54:18Take down the address, will you, Watson?
00:54:20I've got a pencil.
00:54:24Dr. Joseph Caldecott.
00:54:26Joseph Caldecott.
00:54:27C-A-L-D-E-C-O-T.
00:54:3013 La Burnham Road, Streatham.
00:54:33Good.
00:54:34Good.
00:54:35Streatham.
00:54:36This name and address, Hodder.
00:54:39Is that your handwriting?
00:54:40Look carefully.
00:54:42Why, why, no.
00:54:44The doctor is mine, but the rest is Jane.
00:54:46Quiet.
00:54:47Oh, bless my soul, it's a forgery.
00:54:49Incuradigator has been used.
00:54:51And another name written in.
00:54:52Think carefully.
00:54:53Can you remember the name of the doctor that you wrote here?
00:54:55Oh, dear me, I'm poor at names, you know.
00:54:58This is very much like it, very much.
00:55:00Clever devil.
00:55:02She's made the names enough I like to throw you off.
00:55:05There's a telephone.
00:55:07Is there a, is there an extension in there?
00:55:10Why, yes.
00:55:11What are you going to do, Holmes?
00:55:12Shh, quiet.
00:55:20You were right, Giles.
00:55:21It worked.
00:55:22Like a charm.
00:55:23He'll be off to the wrong end of town presently.
00:55:25Yes, I'm leaving at once.
00:55:27Thanks, my dear.
00:55:28That's what I wanted to know.
00:55:29I shall start at once.
00:55:30Meet me in two hours.
00:55:31Same place, eh?
00:55:34Why, of course he's here.
00:55:36He's sitting right behind me.
00:55:41Then I shan't meet you.
00:55:42Not till you got rid of him.
00:55:44Oh, nonsense, my dear.
00:55:45His devotion to you is most touching.
00:55:47But I tell you, I just can't stand having him near me.
00:55:50Giles.
00:55:51Giles.
00:55:52Giles.
00:55:53Yes, my dear.
00:55:54What is it?
00:55:55I thought you'd hung up.
00:55:56Oh, hardly near me.
00:55:57I understand there's another doctor.
00:55:59Same name.
00:56:00Not listed in the directory.
00:56:01Are you sure you'll give me the right man?
00:56:03Positive.
00:56:04Dr. Julian.
00:56:05Well, I don't know.
00:56:06I don't know.
00:56:07I don't know.
00:56:08I don't know.
00:56:09I don't know.
00:56:10I don't know.
00:56:11I don't know.
00:56:12I don't know.
00:56:13I don't know.
00:56:14I don't know.
00:56:15I don't know.
00:56:16I don't know.
00:56:17I don't know.
00:56:18Positive.
00:56:19Dr. Julian Boncourt.
00:56:21B-O-N-C-O-U-R-T.
00:56:2318 Chelsea Place.
00:56:25Thank you, my dear.
00:56:27Don't worry about the creeper.
00:56:29I'll take care of him.
00:56:34Watson.
00:56:35Telephone Dr. Julian Boncourt.
00:56:37B-O-N-C-O-U-R-T.
00:56:38Tell him to take the bust of Napoleon that he bought here
00:56:40and go to the nearest police station.
00:56:48I'll take care of him.
00:56:49I'll take care of him.
00:56:50I'll take care of him.
00:56:51I'll take care of him.
00:56:52I'll take care of him.
00:56:53Just let go, Naomi.
00:56:54I'm here to catch you.
00:56:55Think you're clever, don't you?
00:56:56You can't hold me.
00:56:57Come on.
00:56:58Come on down.
00:56:59What charges are against me?
00:57:00P-O-N-C-O-U-R-T,
00:57:02P-O-N-C-O-U-R-T.
00:57:03P-O-N-C-O-U-R-T.
00:57:04There are pittling matches without a license.
00:57:20Constable.
00:57:21Put the cuffs on her.
00:57:22She's an accomplice in three murders.
00:57:23Possibly four.
00:57:24Leave me alone.
00:57:25You can't do this to me.
00:57:26You can't do this to me.
00:57:28There's no one there.
00:57:30I can hear it ringing.
00:57:32You better drive slowly.
00:57:56I wouldn't like to get picked up with our passenger in the back.
00:58:00He's pretty quiet back there.
00:58:02What's he up to?
00:58:12He's got Nam his vanity case.
00:58:30I don't know.
00:58:32I don't know.
00:58:34I don't know.
00:58:36I don't know.
00:58:38I don't know.
00:58:40I don't know.
00:58:42I don't know.
00:58:44I don't know.
00:58:46I don't know.
00:58:48I don't know.
00:58:50I don't know.
00:58:52I don't know.
00:58:54I don't know.
00:58:56I don't know.
00:58:58I don't know.
00:59:00I don't know.
00:59:02I don't know.
00:59:04I don't know.
00:59:06I don't know.
00:59:08I don't know.
00:59:10I don't know.
00:59:12I don't know.
00:59:14I don't know.
00:59:16I don't know.
00:59:18I don't know...
00:59:20I don't know.
00:59:22Let's go.
00:59:52Stay here, Tlacoglio.
01:00:22Let's go.
01:00:52Yes, yes, what you want, don't you see I'm busy?
01:00:57I shan't keep you very long.
01:00:59I've only come to ask...
01:01:01How did you get in here?
01:01:02Who are you?
01:01:02I'm also a very busy man.
01:01:05Doctor, I understand you bought a bust of Napoleon a few days ago.
01:01:11I should like to look at it.
01:01:13What are you talking about?
01:01:15Will you get out of here, please?
01:01:16Or must I call the police?
01:01:17Stay away from that telephone, you old fool.
01:01:20Where's that bust?
01:01:23Unfortunately, it is broken.
01:01:26Broken?
01:01:27Yes, you will find the pieces over there.
01:01:32In the container.
01:01:33But you won't find the Borgia Pearl there, my dear Conover.
01:01:44Drop that gun.
01:01:49The bust is still unbroken and quite safe.
01:01:51You're still full of your little surprises, Mr. Holmes.
01:02:02Back up against that wall.
01:02:05I don't like your work, Conover.
01:02:07I've seen quite a bit of it, both here in London and elsewhere on the continent.
01:02:13I don't like the smell of you either.
01:02:15That underground smell, the sick sweetness of decay.
01:02:18You haven't robbed and killed merely for gain, like any ordinary halfway decent thug.
01:02:22No, you're in love with cruelty for its own sake.
01:02:25And the world will be much better off without you.
01:02:28It will give me great pleasure to...
01:02:35Hold your hands up.
01:02:37That's it.
01:02:41You know, I'd never have thought of disconnecting those wires
01:02:43if it hadn't been for your excellent example at the Royal Region Museum.
01:02:47It has been said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
01:02:52Oh, yes. I'm willing to learn from an old master hand.
01:02:56Come now, where's that bust?
01:02:57Dr. Bancor took it with him to the police station.
01:03:00Oh, that's a very feeble lie.
01:03:02You'd hardly have let it out of your hands.
01:03:04You'd have been afraid Dr. Bancor would have met us coming in.
01:03:08Us?
01:03:11Yes, you know whom I mean.
01:03:15Creeper! Creeper!
01:03:17Creeper!
01:03:17Stay where you are.
01:03:29Now, listen.
01:03:31Go to the room at the head of the stairs.
01:03:33The one with the two glass panels on the door.
01:03:36You know what to look for.
01:03:37And if you should meet Dr. Bancor on the way,
01:03:42pay him your respects.
01:03:47You'll hang for this, Conover.
01:03:50Just as Naomi Drake will hang.
01:03:52They caught Naomi Drake, you know.
01:03:54It's too bad. That's her look out.
01:03:57No, it's your fault, Conover.
01:03:58It's all your fault.
01:04:01Poor Naomi.
01:04:02Now, stay where you are.
01:04:08I shouldn't let the Creeper know if I were you.
01:04:11He wouldn't like it if he knew you'd let her down.
01:04:15He's crazy about Naomi.
01:04:17She's a very pretty girl.
01:04:19Now, you're trying to scare me, Mr. Holmes,
01:04:21but it won't work.
01:04:22You've got nothing on Naomi.
01:04:24She'll get off.
01:04:25Oh, no, she won't.
01:04:25She lost her head, you see,
01:04:28when she found she was cornered.
01:04:30Grabbed her a large pair of shoes
01:04:31and stabbed Dr. Watson to death.
01:04:33She'll hang for that, you know,
01:04:35and it's all your fault.
01:04:37You got her into this.
01:04:40And you won't raise a hand to help her, will you?
01:04:43She'll hang by her soft, white neck.
01:04:48The trustees will put their hands
01:04:50on that pretty body of hers
01:04:52and throw it in a quick line.
01:04:53Oh, ha!
01:04:54Ah!
01:04:55Stay back.
01:05:21Do you hear me?
01:05:22Stay back!
01:05:28Put your shoulders to it.
01:05:29That's it.
01:05:31Give it some more.
01:05:33Go on, put your shoulders to it.
01:05:36Give it some more.
01:05:37That's it.
01:05:38We'll go.
01:05:42Holmes!
01:05:42Thank heavens!
01:05:44Come in, gentlemen.
01:05:44But, uh, where's Boncourt?
01:05:50He's quite safe.
01:05:51Lestrade, send one of your men upstairs, will you?
01:05:53Huh?
01:05:54Tell Dr. Boncourt that all is well.
01:05:56Gently, though.
01:05:57He's old and his heart is weak.
01:05:59I see.
01:06:00That's why I didn't dare send him out of the house.
01:06:02He's up there.
01:06:02All right, up you go.
01:06:05You see, if he'd run into Conover and the Creeper.
01:06:08Conover and who?
01:06:10The Creeper, my dear Lestrade.
01:06:12That you said didn't exist anymore.
01:06:14Where is he?
01:06:15You'll find him in the laboratory.
01:06:17Conover, too.
01:06:18Come on.
01:06:19You won't need your revolver.
01:06:21Nor handcuffs.
01:06:23Oh.
01:06:32You got them?
01:06:33Yes.
01:06:34Did they find the bust?
01:06:35No.
01:06:36Whoa!
01:06:37What did you do with it?
01:06:38My time was very short, Watson.
01:06:40So I put the bust in the last place I thought the Conover would look for it.
01:06:43He literally brushed by it as he came in.
01:06:47Amazing!
01:06:48And the Borgia pole's inside that?
01:06:51If it isn't, I shall return to Sussex and keep bees.
01:07:13Look.
01:07:14There it is.
01:07:16By Joe.
01:07:17A Borgia pearl.
01:07:21With the blood of five more victims on it.
01:07:23Well, anyhow, Conover was one of them.
01:07:25What's Conover?
01:07:27No more than a symbol of the greed and cruelty and lust for power that have set men at each
01:07:31other's throats down through the centuries.
01:07:32And the struggle will go on, Watson, for a pearl, kingdom, perhaps even world dominion, till the greed and cruelty are burned out of every last one of us.
01:07:47And when that time comes, perhaps even the pearl will be washed clean again.
01:07:57I'll see you next time.
01:07:58Yeah, yeah.
01:07:58The tribe of theícios não morse e-mãe.
01:08:00Is it definitely going to be an adult?
01:08:02Yeah.
01:08:02In terms of the need for you?
01:08:03E aí
01:08:04Oh, temana.
01:08:05See you next time.
01:08:06And you can see you next time.
01:08:06If you're going to see you next time.
01:08:07And you're going to watch me.
01:08:09And you're going to see you next time.
01:08:09And you're going to see you next time.
01:08:11And you're going to see you next time.
01:08:12And you're going to see you next time.
01:08:14The End