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00:01:19The events I'm about to relate began a fortnight ago...
00:01:22in a grim old house perched high on a cliff on the west coast of Scotland.
00:01:27This singular structure is known as Drearcliff House.
00:01:31Gathered there for dinner were the seven members
00:01:35of a most extraordinary club called the Good Comrades.
00:01:41Into this unique gathering came their melancholy housekeeper,
00:01:46Mrs. Monteith, bearing a message for Ralph King,
00:01:52a retired barrister.
00:01:56King received it casually.
00:02:06When they saw the contents,
00:02:09the Good Comrades took the whole thing as a joke,
00:02:13but their housekeeper was right.
00:02:16It was no laughing matter.
00:02:20For on the following night...
00:02:24Ralph King died horribly,
00:02:29but this was only the beginning.
00:02:34A few nights later,
00:02:38as the Good Comrades gathered to drink a final toast
00:02:43to their departed member,
00:02:46Ralph King died horribly.
00:02:53♪♪
00:03:11Mrs. Monteith entered with a second envelope,
00:03:16this time addressed to Stanley Rayburn.
00:03:21In his day, a distinguished actor.
00:03:26♪♪
00:03:31This time, you may be sure there was no laughter.
00:03:37These men were afraid,
00:03:41and their fear was justified.
00:03:47For once again, the message proved to be a portent of death.
00:03:53It was ten days before Rayburn's battered body was recovered.
00:03:58Tell me, Mr. Chalmers, what do these envelopes contain?
00:04:02In the first case, seven orange pips, or seeds.
00:04:05In the second case, six.
00:04:07And the number of orange pips referred to the surviving members.
00:04:10A grim warning, eh, Holmes? Looks like murder.
00:04:13Not necessarily, Watson.
00:04:15A moment ago, you referred to this club as, uh, extraordinary. Why?
00:04:20All of the members are past middle age, retired, and without near kin.
00:04:24Six months ago, they formed this club here in London,
00:04:27then promptly left for Dreercliff,
00:04:29the ancestral home of Mr. Bruce Allister, their oldest member.
00:04:33Nothing very remarkable about that.
00:04:35Sounds rather friendly, as a matter of fact.
00:04:38The remarkable fact is that all seven of these men
00:04:40appear to have but one thing in common.
00:04:42Huh? What's that?
00:04:43Elementary, my dear Watson. Each is worth a great deal more dead than alive.
00:04:47That's right, Mr. Holmes. How did you guess?
00:04:49My dear Mr. Chalmers, you represent the Association of Insurance Underwriters.
00:04:53You're worried about the untimely deaths of these two good comrades.
00:04:56Ergo, these men must carry rather large insurance policies.
00:04:59Yes, but that's not all.
00:05:01Shortly after forming this club,
00:05:04all these seven men changed their policies,
00:05:07making the other members their beneficiaries.
00:05:09The policies total over £100,000.
00:05:12That's very enlightening.
00:05:13You paid the five surviving members on the policies of King and Rayburn?
00:05:17Oh, yes, we always pay promptly.
00:05:19But what worries me, Mr. Holmes, is...
00:05:21Whether these two deaths were accidental or not.
00:05:23Exactly.
00:05:25Of course, I may be wrong. I have no proof.
00:05:27But it seems to me just possible that one of these men
00:05:29plans to murder the others one by one.
00:05:31And collect on all the policies.
00:05:33I see the whole thing, Holmes.
00:05:35Bravo, Watson, but why the orange pips?
00:05:37Oh, yes, the orange pips.
00:05:38Pips, Watson.
00:05:39A bit of a puzzle, eh, Holmes?
00:05:41Quite.
00:05:42The most intriguing feature is back all around this place.
00:05:45After all, Mr. Holmes, several lives may be at stake.
00:05:47The temptation of sudden wealth could...
00:05:49Could possibly turn one of these seemingly harmless men
00:05:52into a ruthless killer.
00:05:53Exactly.
00:05:54Are those the good comrades?
00:05:55Yes.
00:05:56Oh.
00:05:57Miss him, will you?
00:06:00Hello.
00:06:02Who's this fellow on the end?
00:06:04That's Dr. Merrivell.
00:06:06Dr...
00:06:07Dr. Simon Merrivell?
00:06:09I believe his Christian name is Simon.
00:06:11Yes, definitely Dr. Simon Merrivell.
00:06:14I'll accept your case, Mr. Chalmers.
00:06:16Watson, pack your things. We're off to Scotland tonight.
00:06:19Scotland.
00:06:20Home of my ancestors.
00:06:22A lonely land, but a peaceful one.
00:06:25It's wonderful after stuffy London, eh, Holmes?
00:06:28I say, who is this Dr. Merrivell?
00:06:31Oh, well, if you want to behave like a king,
00:06:34you'd better behave like a king.
00:06:36I'm not a king.
00:06:37I'm not a king.
00:06:38I'm not a king.
00:06:39I'm not a king.
00:06:40I'm not a king.
00:06:41I'm not a king.
00:06:42I'm not a king.
00:06:43I'm not a king.
00:06:44I'm not a king.
00:06:45I'm not a king.
00:06:46I'm not a king.
00:06:47Well, if you want to behave like a clam,
00:06:49you haven't uttered a word since we left London.
00:06:51Sorry, old fellow.
00:06:52I was thinking.
00:06:5320 years ago, Dr. Merrivell was a famous surgeon in Harley Street.
00:06:57He can't be so very famous.
00:06:58I never heard of him.
00:06:59Nobody was.
00:07:00His main claim to distinction, of course,
00:07:02was the unnecessarily brutal murder of his young bride.
00:07:05Really?
00:07:06However, he testified so brilliantly in the witness box
00:07:08that he was acquitted.
00:07:10After which, he dropped completely out of sight.
00:07:13And you think that he was most probably
00:07:15responsible for the death of these two good comrades?
00:07:17Oh, I don't say that he was, but I do say that he could have been.
00:07:20Murder is an insidious thing, Watson.
00:07:22Once a man has dipped his fingers in blood,
00:07:24sooner or later, he'll feel the urge to kill again.
00:07:28Oh, gracious me.
00:07:29Very unpleasant.
00:07:30Hm.
00:07:46Funeral home.
00:07:48You suppose we're too late?
00:07:49Oh, I think you're unnecessarily suspicious, Watson.
00:07:52One of the villagers, eh?
00:07:53Aye, sir.
00:07:54Mr. McTavish, the blacksmith.
00:07:56Now, daughter, don't be talking to strangers.
00:07:58It wasn't her fault.
00:08:00I asked your daughter whose funeral it was.
00:08:02Andy McTavish.
00:08:03Cut down in the flower of his manhood.
00:08:06What a pity.
00:08:07A young fellow, eh?
00:08:08Just 72.
00:08:1072?
00:08:11Flower of his manhood.
00:08:1372?
00:08:14Flower of his manhood.
00:08:15Trying to be funny.
00:08:16Come on, Watson.
00:08:17Oh, 72, flower of his manhood.
00:08:19I've seen about 40 men.
00:08:21Don't worry, Watson.
00:08:22What can I do for you, gentlemen?
00:08:24We telegraphed the reservations from London.
00:08:27Name, sir?
00:08:28Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
00:08:30We have your rooms ready, sir.
00:08:37Sign there, gentlemen.
00:08:38Yes, indeed.
00:08:40Are you staying long, gentlemen?
00:08:42No, not long.
00:08:43We just came up here to look into the...
00:08:46We just came up here for the shooting.
00:08:48Shooting?
00:08:49Yes, sir.
00:08:50Grouse, of course.
00:08:51No grouse here, sir, for the last 40 years.
00:08:54No grouse?
00:08:59Cheer up, Watson.
00:09:00We'll find some other quarry to occupy our time.
00:09:02This way, gentlemen.
00:09:03Take the guns, will you?
00:09:04Take the big bag.
00:09:13So you're back earlier than usual, Dr. Merriberry.
00:09:17Gentlemen, I've just made a rather intriguing discovery.
00:09:20The village of Inverneal has a distinguished visitor.
00:09:23Huh?
00:09:24Really?
00:09:25Who?
00:09:26Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
00:09:28Who?
00:09:29I didn't quite catch the name.
00:09:31Mr. Holmes?
00:09:32Yes, sir.
00:09:33I'm sorry.
00:09:34I didn't quite catch the name.
00:09:35I'm sorry.
00:09:36I'm sorry.
00:09:37I'm sorry.
00:09:38I'm sorry.
00:09:39I'm sorry.
00:09:40I'm sorry.
00:09:41I didn't quite catch the name.
00:09:43Sherlock Holmes.
00:09:45Oh.
00:09:47Sherlock Holmes.
00:09:49The famous detective.
00:09:51One wonders what he can be doing in Inverneal.
00:09:54Have you forgotten, Alistair, that two of our members
00:09:56have already met with violent deaths?
00:09:59Yes.
00:10:00Yes, yes, of course.
00:10:01Yes.
00:10:02Cosgrave, must you pace up and down
00:10:04like a monkey in a ruddy cage?
00:10:06I fail to see how what I do can concern you.
00:10:08Simpson!
00:10:10Alistair!
00:10:12Cannot we behave like good comrades?
00:10:15Doesn't anything ever get on your nerves, Alistair?
00:10:18Oh, dear me, no.
00:10:20I have no nerves.
00:10:27Tell me, McGregor, the present head of the house
00:10:29is Mr. Bruce Alistair, is it not?
00:10:32Aye.
00:10:34Grandson of Donald Alistair.
00:10:38He was the lawless one.
00:10:40Turned the Drearcliff house into a smuggler's den.
00:10:45Got himself blown to bits by a gun.
00:10:48Gracious me.
00:10:50And Angus Alistair was his son.
00:10:54He was eaten by cannibals in the South Seas.
00:10:58Very unfortunate family, huh?
00:11:00They found Angus's bones,
00:11:03sent them back to Drearcliff,
00:11:06and no man ever goes home to his grave.
00:11:10The place is haunted.
00:11:12Haunted? You mean ghosts?
00:11:16Only a fool believes in ghosts.
00:11:19Spirits never haunted Drearcliff.
00:11:22Five minutes to close in time, gentlemen.
00:11:24Only the memory of evil.
00:11:28You're wanted at Drearcliff House, Sergeant.
00:11:31What is it, woman?
00:11:33Murder.
00:11:35Alistair himself, is it?
00:11:38I don't know. Dr. Merrillville didn't say.
00:11:41Mr. Holmes, would you care to come along?
00:11:44Yes, I would. Thank you. Hudson.
00:11:49You mark my words.
00:11:52Alistair himself.
00:11:55Mark my words.
00:11:57Alistair has met the brutal death of his father.
00:12:15Ah, good evening, Sergeants.
00:12:17Oh, Mr. Alistair. This is Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
00:12:20I took the liberty of...
00:12:22Mr. Holmes, Dr. Watson.
00:12:24Excellent. Most excellent.
00:12:26Please come in, gentlemen. Please come in.
00:12:30And welcome to Drearcliff House.
00:12:32Now, where is the corpse?
00:12:34Follow me.
00:12:36It's by the furnace. The furnace?
00:12:38Yes, poor Davies.
00:12:40He was burnt to a crisp.
00:12:42Burnt to a crisp?
00:12:44I say, Holmes, this murderer sounds a bit of a fiend, eh?
00:12:46At least he's consistent. Consistent?
00:12:48Yes, the deaths all follow the legend of Drearcliff.
00:12:51As Mr. McGregor puts it, no man ever goes whole to his grave.
00:12:54You will come in here, gentlemen, won't you?
00:12:56Oh, thank you.
00:12:57That's right. That's right.
00:13:00Yes.
00:13:02Yes.
00:13:04These gentlemen have come about the body.
00:13:06Why didn't you take them to the cellar?
00:13:08Oh, no, Dr. Maryvale. You discovered it.
00:13:11After all, it's your body.
00:13:14That's right.
00:13:16I say, you're Sherlock Holmes, aren't you?
00:13:19I am, and this is my friend and colleague, Dr. Watson.
00:13:22How do you do?
00:13:23Yes, I thought I recognized you.
00:13:25You know, I've followed your exploits for years.
00:13:27The detection of crime is one of my hobbies.
00:13:29This is a surprise and a pleasure.
00:13:31A pleasure, I hope, but hardly a surprise.
00:13:33You saw me at the inn this afternoon.
00:13:35Touché.
00:13:37This is Alan Cosgrave.
00:13:39And Captain Simpson.
00:13:40How do you do?
00:13:41How do you do?
00:13:42A distressing business, Mr. Holmes.
00:13:43We were all fond of Guy Davies.
00:13:45Davies?
00:13:46Oh, the fellow in the furnace.
00:13:48He burned to a crisp.
00:13:49How do you know that it was Davies?
00:13:50Well, he's the only one missing.
00:13:52Besides, we identified him by his cufflinks.
00:13:54But you'll see for yourselves.
00:13:56Come along, gentlemen.
00:14:03Poor chap.
00:14:08May I ask, Dr. Maryvale,
00:14:10whether Mr. Davies also received the warning of the orange pips at dinner?
00:14:13Oh, so you know about the others.
00:14:15You seem to be very well informed about our affairs, Mr. Holmes.
00:14:18As a matter of fact, Davies didn't have dinner with us tonight.
00:14:21Had he indicated his intended absence?
00:14:23No. No, he hadn't.
00:14:25Mrs. Monteith was quite put out about it.
00:14:27Pardon me, will you, gentlemen?
00:14:33Dr. Watson, what's Mr. Holmes up to?
00:14:36I haven't the foggiest.
00:14:38You'll find out, my dear sir, in good time.
00:14:46Isn't there something you wish to tell me, Mrs. Monteith?
00:14:49Me, sir? Yes.
00:14:51Please give it to me.
00:14:53The envelope addressed to Mr. Guy Davies.
00:15:06Five pips this time?
00:15:08How do you know that she had them?
00:15:10It's obvious, my dear Watson.
00:15:12Since Mr. Davies was not at dinner,
00:15:14Mrs. Monteith had no opportunity to deliver the envelope.
00:15:17Yes, of course. Quite obvious.
00:15:19Where did you find it?
00:15:21It was pushed under the door, like the others.
00:15:23Thank you, Mrs. Monteith. That will be all.
00:15:25Where are they coming from, Mr. Holmes?
00:15:27Who's sending these things to us?
00:15:29Is there anyone who might have a grudge against you?
00:15:32Have orange pips any significance for any of you?
00:15:35Well?
00:15:37I seem to remember reading somewhere
00:15:39that among some obscure tribe of savages,
00:15:41orange pips were looked upon as...
00:15:43as a symbol of death.
00:15:45Oh, really?
00:15:47Sergeant. Aye, sir?
00:15:49I think you'd better telephone Scotland Yard.
00:15:51Oh, we've never had a telephone at Directive House.
00:15:53Now, they're so noisy.
00:15:55I can make the call from the village, sir.
00:15:57All right. It's not often we have the opportunity
00:15:59of meeting such charming people.
00:16:01You go ahead. I'll follow you.
00:16:03I'm afraid, Mr. Holmes, if you don't go with the sergeant,
00:16:05there's no way to get back to the village tonight.
00:16:07Oh, but, Mr. Holmes,
00:16:09there's no need for you to stay at the inn.
00:16:11It's such a dreary place. We've plenty of room here,
00:16:13and it's much more cheerful.
00:16:15I thought we came here for privacy.
00:16:17We wouldn't dream of putting you out.
00:16:19Oh, but I thought it would be so nice
00:16:21to have such... such exciting people as our guests.
00:16:24Thanks very much.
00:16:26I'm sure Mr. Holmes' business in the village
00:16:28is much more important, Alistair.
00:16:30Please, Mr. Holmes, we insist.
00:16:32I think Alistair's idea is an excellent one,
00:16:34don't you, gentlemen?
00:16:36Why don't you speak for yourself, Cosgrave?
00:16:38Come, come, come.
00:16:40We are all friends, aren't we?
00:16:44Or are we?
00:16:46Guy Davis was a friend, too.
00:16:48So were King and Rayburn.
00:16:50You've got to stay, Mr. Holmes.
00:16:52You and Dr. Watson. We can put you up.
00:16:54Any objections, Dr. Merrivale?
00:16:56This is a tapestry and a teapot, Mr. Holmes,
00:16:58which are welcome, of course.
00:17:00Now, if you'll all excuse me, I'm rather tired.
00:17:03Good night.
00:17:07What do you say, Simpson?
00:17:09Glad to have you, gentlemen, of course.
00:17:11Then you will stay, both of you?
00:17:13Thank you, Mr. Alistair. We shall be very glad to.
00:17:16Sergeant, will you have our things sent up from the inn?
00:17:18Right away, sir. This is excellent.
00:17:20I'll tell Mrs. Monteith to get your rooms ready.
00:17:22Mr. Holmes, I must say I feel a lot safer
00:17:25now that you and Dr. Watson are in the house.
00:17:27Oh, delighted to be of any use, Mr. Cosgrave.
00:17:29And, well, if you would care to keep me informed
00:17:32if you should discover anything, I would be only too glad to help you.
00:17:35I'd do anything to get to the bottom of this awful mystery.
00:17:38I'll bear that in mind, Mr. Cosgrave.
00:17:40Thank you. Good night.
00:17:42Good night.
00:17:52Well, what do you make of it, Watson?
00:17:55Well, my theory is it's Dr. Merrivale.
00:17:57If you take a look at his eyes, rather frightening, eh?
00:18:00Yes, but that might be accounted for by advanced myopia.
00:18:03Complicated with astigmatism.
00:18:05Well, who do you think it is?
00:18:07At the moment, I suspect no one and everyone.
00:18:12So it's your theory that Dr. Merrivale is the murderer?
00:18:14Yes, yes, Merrivale.
00:18:16What about...
00:18:19What about Captain Simpson?
00:18:21Simpson? I see what you mean.
00:18:24Do you?
00:18:26Yes, there's a surly-looking chap over where I saw one.
00:18:29He didn't much relish our being asked to stay here, either.
00:18:32Right you are, Watson.
00:18:35Do you suspect anyone else?
00:18:37Well, of course, there's old Alistair.
00:18:39And what might cause you to suspect Alistair?
00:18:41Well, he's too good to be true.
00:18:44Hmm.
00:18:57What are you looking for now, Holmes?
00:19:00I wish I knew, Watson.
00:19:04Someone's got a morbid taste in literature.
00:19:07Or a thirst for knowledge.
00:19:09Well, Holmes, there's one of them that's got nothing to do with it.
00:19:11Who?
00:19:12Cosgrave.
00:19:14Why Cosgrave?
00:19:15Oh, he's definitely got the wind up.
00:19:16Fairly begged us to stay just now.
00:19:18Yes?
00:19:19I'd vouch for Cosgrave, all right.
00:19:23Mrs. Monteith will be down directly to show you to your rooms.
00:19:26I just popped in to say good night.
00:19:28Oh, thank you.
00:19:29I trust you'll sleep well.
00:19:31Oh, by the way, Mr. Alistair,
00:19:33I wonder if you could tell us which one of you suggested
00:19:35changing your insurance policies,
00:19:37making the other members of your club the beneficiaries?
00:19:39Well, let me see now.
00:19:40Oh, yes, of course.
00:19:42It was dear old Alan.
00:19:43Alan?
00:19:44Yes, Alan Cosgrave.
00:19:45Good night.
00:19:46Good night.
00:19:48Cosgrave.
00:19:49I suspected him from the start.
00:19:51Yes, you did, didn't you?
00:19:53How about a pint before we go to sleep?
00:19:56Sleep?
00:19:58I shan't be able to close my eyes in this sinister house.
00:20:01I shan't be able to close my eyes in this sinister house.
00:20:11Your rooms are ready, gentlemen.
00:20:20Where's our good friend, Dr. Watson?
00:20:22Oh, he was rather tired last night.
00:20:24He's still sleeping.
00:20:25Yes, our beds are very comfortable here.
00:20:28Why don't you stop that ruddy marathon?
00:20:30Your bodyguard's here now.
00:20:32Simpson, you mustn't tease Cosgrave.
00:20:36Remember how sensitive he is.
00:20:38You should ignore things like Alistair.
00:20:48Oh, uh, Singapore?
00:20:50Huh?
00:20:51Oh, the cobra.
00:20:52No.
00:20:55You'll never know that one.
00:20:57But this one.
00:20:59Oh, yes, yes, very good.
00:21:01And definitely Singapore.
00:21:02Right you are, Mr. Holmes.
00:21:04You know your tattoos all right.
00:21:05I'm interested in many things.
00:21:08Good morning, gentlemen.
00:21:10I'm sorry I'm late.
00:21:12I didn't sleep very well.
00:21:13Didn't sleep very well? You snored like a pig.
00:21:15Rubbish.
00:21:16Got a match, Dr. Watson?
00:21:17Yes, I have.
00:21:18It's a very good idea.
00:21:19I think I'll join you.
00:21:20Nothing like the first pipe of the morning.
00:21:22Can I try some of yours?
00:21:28Whatever, thanks.
00:21:29I think I'll sneak me on.
00:21:30Uh, what is that?
00:21:32Seaweed?
00:21:33Havana, isn't it?
00:21:34Hey, flavor of Jamaica rum.
00:21:36I don't imagine you're very much troubled with tobacco borrowers, eh, Simpson?
00:21:40Nobody else in the place touches the filthy stuff.
00:21:42I don't blame them.
00:21:45Good heavens!
00:21:48One moment, please.
00:21:49What is it?
00:21:52Just a needle.
00:21:54Who put that in my chair?
00:21:58Hmm.
00:22:00This is no ordinary needle.
00:22:02The stain on my handkerchief suggests a certain sinister possibility.
00:22:06Give me that beaker, will you?
00:22:07Yes, of course.
00:22:08We shall see.
00:22:16As I thought.
00:22:18Insoluble in alcohol.
00:22:20Whatever is it?
00:22:21Well, judging by the stain on my handkerchief and the milky precipitation in alcohol,
00:22:26I should say it was a derivative of the tropocene family.
00:22:29Pyrotropocene, possibly.
00:22:31That's right, Dr. Mirabelle, a deadly poison.
00:22:35Close shave, Captain Simpson.
00:22:37One drop in the bloodstream brings agonizing, almost instant death.
00:22:47It's our custom at this hour to honor our departed friends.
00:22:51I hope you gentlemen will pardon us.
00:22:53We quite understand, Dr. Mirabelle.
00:22:55Please proceed.
00:22:59Good comrades, our dear friend Guy Davis has gone to his reward.
00:23:04Let those of us who remain drink to our dead and to that bright tomorrow
00:23:10when we shall join them in a better, happier world.
00:23:15Wait a minute.
00:23:16There's something wrong here.
00:23:18If you please, Captain Simpson.
00:23:26The odor of bitter almonds.
00:23:28Bitter almonds? Prussic acid, eh?
00:23:31Prussic acid.
00:23:33There must be some mistake.
00:23:35Mistake, eh?
00:23:36Lucky I didn't make it by drinking that stuff.
00:23:38Well, what have you got to say?
00:23:40Whichever one of you it was tried to kill me, I'd better look out.
00:23:44I'm a dangerous man to fool with.
00:23:50Hadn't we better adjourn?
00:23:52I mean to say that we've not yet finished the toast to our dead.
00:23:56But do you think it's quite safe?
00:23:58Don't be absurd, Alastair.
00:24:00Take my glass.
00:24:01I assure you, it hasn't been poisoned.
00:24:05Thank you, Dr. Mirabelle.
00:24:09To our departed comrades.
00:24:23For...
00:24:25For me?
00:24:27Aye, Mr. Cosgrave.
00:24:29It says so on the envelope.
00:24:53It's come.
00:24:55Did you find this envelope as you did the others?
00:24:57Aye.
00:24:58When?
00:24:59It was pushed under the door when everyone was in here at dinner.
00:25:03Well, there's one thing we can be sure of.
00:25:05None of us could have brought it.
00:25:07How do we know that she's not responsible for them?
00:25:10Mrs. Monteith.
00:25:12That's absurd, Cosgrave. Utterly absurd.
00:25:14She has been with my family all her life.
00:25:16A dubious recommendation.
00:25:18Mr. Holmes.
00:25:20When do you expect the man from Scotland Yard?
00:25:22Inspector Lestrade? He should be here early in the morning.
00:25:24Unless he got on the wrong train.
00:25:26I trust you're right, Mr. Holmes.
00:25:28I trust you're right.
00:25:30Oh, dear, he's terribly upset.
00:25:32Dr. Mirabelle, can't you do something for him?
00:25:35I could stay with him in his room tonight.
00:25:37Why, that's an excellent idea.
00:25:39And I shall be just across the hall from him.
00:25:41I guess the wisest possible course, would you say?
00:25:43Yes.
00:25:45Well, then, we must hope for the best.
00:25:47Come, Mirabelle. Good night, gentlemen.
00:25:49Good night.
00:25:55I say, Holmes, have you gone out of your mind?
00:25:57Cosgrave just got the orange pips,
00:25:59and you're letting Mirabelle sleep in the same room with him?
00:26:01He'll be all right.
00:26:03All right, but what's to prevent Mirabelle killing him in his sleep?
00:26:05I hardly think he'll stick his own neck squarely in the noose.
00:26:09Oh.
00:26:11I see what you mean.
00:26:13Well, the field's narrowing down, Holmes.
00:26:16Captain Simpson's certainly cleared.
00:26:18How?
00:26:20Yes, he's definitely been eliminated.
00:26:22The killer had two tries at him today.
00:26:24Nonsense, my dear Watson.
00:26:26No one's tried to murder Captain Simpson.
00:26:28Well, how about the poisoned needle we both saw?
00:26:30Captain Simpson spotted it, if you'll recall, from about where you are.
00:26:33Oh, what's so extraordinary about that?
00:26:35Can you see the needle there now?
00:26:37No.
00:26:39Well, there is one.
00:26:41What? Gracious.
00:26:43How did it get there?
00:26:45I placed it there myself just before we went into supper.
00:26:47You couldn't see it, yet you have exceptional eyesight.
00:26:50Well, you'd have to have telescopic eyes to see it from over there.
00:26:53Exactly.
00:26:55You mean that Simpson...
00:26:57Well, how about the acid in his drink?
00:26:59There wasn't any acid in his drink.
00:27:01It definitely smelt like bitter almonds.
00:27:03It should. That's exactly what it was.
00:27:05Bitter almonds.
00:27:08How do you know?
00:27:12Because I put it in his drink myself.
00:27:14You did? Great Scott, why?
00:27:16To observe his reaction.
00:27:18It was quite different from that of the morning.
00:27:20The first was acting, the second genuine terror.
00:27:22Hence I knew that he'd undoubtedly planted the needle himself.
00:27:24Why should he?
00:27:26Well, there are several possible explanations.
00:27:28The most obvious, of course, to avert suspicion.
00:27:30Then you think Simpson's behind all this?
00:27:33I don't know, Watson.
00:27:35This is a most unique case.
00:27:37Instead of too few, we have too many clues and too many suspects.
00:27:41The main pattern of the puzzle seems to be forming...
00:27:44that the pieces don't fit in.
00:27:46Well, it seems perfectly clear to me.
00:27:48One of these men is picking off the others one by one...
00:27:50to get all their insurance money for himself.
00:27:52Well, it's obvious.
00:27:54How do you account for the orange pips?
00:27:56Well, this man has an accomplice who brings them.
00:27:58What for?
00:28:00To warn his victim that he's going to be murdered?
00:28:02Oh, Watson, it won't do. It won't do at all.
00:28:04I don't like the look of it, Holmes.
00:28:06Muddy waters, huh?
00:28:07Too muddy.
00:28:09As if someone were constantly stirring them up.
00:28:11Well, why should they stir them up?
00:28:13Don't confuse me.
00:28:15There's intelligence behind this business, Watson.
00:28:17Cold, calculating...
00:28:20ruthless intelligence.
00:28:22Must you smoke that filthy stuff?
00:28:24Smells like an old sock.
00:28:26Strong tobacco keeps one awake.
00:28:28You'd better have a pipe full.
00:28:29We have a long vigil ahead of us tonight.
00:28:31No, thank you.
00:28:32If I ate any of that stinkweed, it'd keep me awake in this chamber.
00:28:39This chamber for us?
00:28:43This stinks like an old, brittle bullet.
00:29:02He's still asleep, Mr. Holmes.
00:29:05Thanks for your watchfulness.
00:29:33Holmes!
00:29:36Holmes! Holmes!
00:29:38Holmes! Holmes!
00:29:42Watson!
00:29:45Watson, are you all right?
00:29:47I think so. It was a close call.
00:29:51What happened?
00:29:52I didn't see a thing. I was asleep.
00:29:54Someone came at me from behind.
00:29:57If you come this way, Inspector Lestrade,
00:29:59Thank you very much, my good woman.
00:30:05Why, Mr. Holmes!
00:30:07Dr. Watson!
00:30:09How are you, Lestrade?
00:30:11Here, here. What's going on here?
00:30:13Someone just tried to kill Dr. Watson.
00:30:15Blimey, you!
00:30:17When we find that out, Lestrade, we can all go home.
00:30:19All right, Mr. Holmes.
00:30:21Scotland Yard will take charge of this.
00:30:23Have a look around the grounds, will you?
00:30:25Yes, Inspector.
00:30:26Mr. Holmes!
00:30:27I'm afraid something's happened to Cosgrove and Merrivale.
00:30:29What?
00:30:30The door. Their room's locked. I can't get any answer.
00:30:32What is going on here?
00:30:33Oh, I do hope they're all right.
00:30:39Have you got your skeleton key, Lestrade?
00:30:41Yes, I have. One minute.
00:30:43Here we are.
00:30:48Watson!
00:30:49Lestrade, give me your hand.
00:30:50Yes, Mr. Holmes.
00:30:51Get him on the bed.
00:30:52You got it?
00:30:53What a dreadful thing to happen.
00:30:55Poor Merrivale.
00:30:57Is he badly hurt?
00:30:59Yes, he's had a nasty crack on the head.
00:31:01What's...
00:31:02Take it easy, Doctor.
00:31:03No, try and talk.
00:31:04Mrs. Monteith, get me some cotton wool and some hot water as quickly as you can.
00:31:08Tell me what happened.
00:31:09Is it no state of the question now, Lestrade?
00:31:11Who do you suspect, Mr. Holmes?
00:31:13I don't know, Lestrade.
00:31:15But it's connected with the attack on Dr. Watson.
00:31:17It was obviously intended to draw me downstairs.
00:31:20Where's Cosgrave?
00:31:21Here. I'm taking over here.
00:31:23It looks to me that this Cosgrave, whoever he is, is our murderer.
00:31:27Well, he didn't murder Dr. Merrivale.
00:31:29He's still alive.
00:31:30Yes.
00:31:31Yes, he is, isn't he?
00:31:32Well, just the same, I'd like to ask this Cosgrave a few questions.
00:31:35I don't think you're going to find Mr. Cosgrave.
00:31:37At least, not alive.
00:31:39Well, what's going on here?
00:31:41Afraid.
00:31:42Holmes is right, Inspector.
00:31:44Poor Cosgrave.
00:31:45By now, he's probably murdered.
00:31:47Poor Cosgrave.
00:31:48By now, he's probably murdered like the others.
00:31:51Murdered?
00:31:52Oh, dear.
00:31:53What's so interesting about that rope, Mr. Holmes?
00:31:56I was looking at this knot, Lestrade.
00:31:58To Bolan.
00:31:59Much favored by seafaring men.
00:32:01Ooh, sailor, eh?
00:32:02Simpson.
00:32:03Simpson?
00:32:04Captain Simpson.
00:32:05But, but, no, no, no, no.
00:32:07It couldn't be.
00:32:08How do you know it couldn't be?
00:32:09Mr. Almister, where is Captain Simpson?
00:32:12He's not in his room, either.
00:32:14I looked when I tried to rouse Cosgrave and Merriville.
00:32:17Has anybody seen this Simpson this morning?
00:32:19I saw him walking across the garden, Inspector.
00:32:22About 15 minutes ago.
00:32:24Ah, now we're getting somewhere.
00:32:29Which is the way down?
00:32:30How did I get up here?
00:32:33Suffering cats, what is going on here?
00:32:35Any explosives on the place?
00:32:37Yes, we have some dynamite.
00:32:38Stored in the shed behind the stone room.
00:32:40What do you need dynamite for?
00:32:41Just to blow up some cumbersome rocks.
00:32:44How does he look?
00:32:45Pretty badly mangled, Holmes.
00:32:47Can't tell who it is.
00:32:48It's Cosgrave, all right.
00:32:50Poor Alan.
00:32:53Cosgrave's, I presume.
00:32:56Certainly looks like the ring he wore.
00:32:58Yes.
00:32:59Yes, of that I'm positive.
00:33:01Look here.
00:33:02What was he doing with dynamite at this time in the morning?
00:33:05That we shall never know.
00:33:07Oh, dear, and it was all my fault.
00:33:09I never should have let them keep it here.
00:33:11Don't blame yourself, Mr. Alastair.
00:33:12His body was carried here.
00:33:13Look.
00:33:16Observe those heavy footprints.
00:33:20I see the whole thing.
00:33:22Cosgrave was knocked unconscious, thrown into the shed,
00:33:24and deliberately blown up.
00:33:26Yes.
00:33:27This chap was carrying an heavy burden, all right.
00:33:33Hello.
00:33:34Who are you?
00:33:35My name is Simpson.
00:33:37Captain Simpson.
00:33:39Captain Simpson.
00:33:40I'm Inspector Lestrade from Scotland Yard.
00:33:43What do you know about this murder?
00:33:45I was walking on the East Terrace when I saw Cosgrave
00:33:47enter the shed where the dynamite's stored.
00:33:50Do you mind comparing your shoes with one of these footprints?
00:33:53Are you accusing me, Inspector?
00:33:55I'll tell you in a minute.
00:33:56Put your foot in one of these prints.
00:33:58Nonsense, Lestrade.
00:33:59You've only to look at the shoes of everyone present
00:34:01to know that these footprints are much too big
00:34:03to have been made by anybody here.
00:34:05With the possible exception of you, Lestrade.
00:34:07Look here, Dr. Watson, that ain't funny.
00:34:09Captain Simpson, how did you happen to be walking on the terrace
00:34:11at the time of the explosion?
00:34:13I couldn't sleep, and I was taking a stroll before breakfast.
00:34:15I see.
00:34:16What do you know about this knot, Captain?
00:34:18It's a ball, and of course.
00:34:19I don't suppose you've ever seen it before.
00:34:21What the devil are you driving at?
00:34:23This knot is evidence that Lang a murderer,
00:34:25and he might not be standing so far away from the arm of the Lord
00:34:27at this very moment.
00:34:28Oh, come now, Lestrade.
00:34:30This knot proves absolutely nothing.
00:34:32Huh?
00:34:33Practically anybody can tie one.
00:34:35Can you?
00:34:36Yes, I think I can, Lestrade.
00:34:39There you are.
00:34:40Whoa!
00:34:41Quite a knotty problem, eh?
00:34:43With your permission, gentlemen,
00:34:45Captain Simpson and I will go and make arrangements
00:34:48for the funeral of our friend.
00:34:50Come, Simpson.
00:34:53I wonder which one of the three remaining good comrades
00:34:55will be the next to receive the orange pips.
00:35:00Orange pips?
00:35:02Won't someone please tell me what's going on here?
00:35:07Where is that confounded woman with the brandy?
00:35:11Mrs. Monteith!
00:35:15Oh, there you are.
00:35:16It's about time, too.
00:35:20Let's get on with the ceremony.
00:35:36.
00:36:03What are you going to do about this, Inspector?
00:36:05What are you going to do?
00:36:07Orange pips, eh?
00:36:09The police will handle this. We will protect you.
00:36:12Holmes tried to protect Cosgrave. He's dead.
00:36:14Scotland Yard's in charge now. Just you come along with me.
00:36:17Just a moment, Simpson.
00:36:19We've not yet drunk our usual toast to the dead.
00:36:21To the Dickens with the dead. From now on, I'm thinking of myself.
00:36:24Just you come along with me, Captain.
00:36:35Well, it's you, Inspector.
00:36:45My nerves are all on edge.
00:36:47Just wanted to make sure we were all snug, Captain.
00:36:49You're sure I'm safe here?
00:36:51Safe as the Bank of England. You're protected from every angle.
00:36:54On the terrace is Sergeant Bleeker.
00:36:56Out of sight, but on the job every second.
00:36:58While in the shrubbery is the local Sergeant of Police,
00:37:01ready to pounce if the blighters should come that way.
00:37:03That's fine, Inspector.
00:37:04While I myself guard the lower hall,
00:37:07hoping and praying the killer should come my way.
00:37:10Come on.
00:37:11Sounds very thorough, but I don't like it very well.
00:37:13Oh, go on. Tuck yourself in and relax.
00:37:16Scotland Yard will look after the rest.
00:37:19Good night.
00:37:20Good night, Inspector.
00:37:34All right. We don't get hands.
00:37:37What?
00:37:38Well, Mr. Holmes.
00:37:40Ready for your vigil, Lestrade?
00:37:42What do you know about my vigil?
00:37:44My dear fellow, you held a very secret conference with Captain Simpson
00:37:47and packed everyone off to bed.
00:37:49It follows that the night of the day you must be baiting a trap.
00:37:51Oh.
00:37:52Well, Mr. Holmes, I'm afraid I'll have to leave you to it.
00:37:55I'm afraid I'll have to leave you to it.
00:37:57Well, Mr. Holmes, I'm afraid I'll have to leave you to it.
00:37:59I'm afraid I'll have to leave you to it.
00:38:01You must be baiting a trap.
00:38:03Where'd you find those boots?
00:38:04In the cupboard. I've been looking for them all day.
00:38:06Oddly enough, they weren't there an hour ago.
00:38:08Oh, weren't they?
00:38:09Those shoes are big enough for those footprints we saw this morning.
00:38:12Right you are, Inspector. And observe the clay.
00:38:14A very particular variety of clay.
00:38:16Ready, Holmes?
00:38:17Yes, Watson.
00:38:19Like to join us on a little stroll on the beach?
00:38:21No, thank you.
00:38:22You and Dr. Watson go playing the sand as much as you like,
00:38:25but I'm going to stay right here to catch the murderer.
00:38:27Good luck.
00:38:28Well, if you get nervous, you know where we are.
00:38:41Look, Watson. Footprints.
00:38:44Thank you. Fairly fresh, too.
00:38:46Very fresh.
00:38:47Big foot, all right.
00:38:48Don't you love Oliver?
00:38:49Yes.
00:38:50Not much time to lose. The tide's coming in fast.
00:38:52I see he goes along here.
00:38:55Wait a minute.
00:38:56Now he stops.
00:38:57To light his pipe.
00:38:59Observe the spilled tobacco and burned match.
00:39:01Now he goes on again.
00:39:05Wait a minute. Here we are.
00:39:09Hello.
00:39:10What is it, Holmes?
00:39:11Another set of footprints.
00:39:13Big foot's been joined by somebody.
00:39:15This one's a smaller man.
00:39:17Now they go along together.
00:39:19Side by side.
00:39:21Rather slowly, I should say, judging by the spacing of the footprints.
00:39:24Now little foot goes up the cliff.
00:39:28And big foot goes on alone.
00:39:31Hello.
00:39:32Something funny there.
00:39:34Footprints disappear altogether.
00:39:38Look out, Watson!
00:39:40Great Scott, Holmes. That was meant for us.
00:39:43Precisely.
00:39:45Well, there's nothing more to be done here.
00:39:50I've a strong feeling we are needed back at Draecliff House.
00:39:54DRAECLIFF HOUSE
00:40:04With a possible exception of your own, Lestrade.
00:40:09Blimey, they're bigger.
00:40:12Here. Here.
00:40:13Who's pulling around in this lock?
00:40:17Sergeant Bleeker! Bleeker! Sergeant Bleeker!
00:40:19Sergeant Bleeker!
00:40:23Sergeant Bleeker!
00:40:26Sergeant Bleeker!
00:40:29Watson's gone.
00:40:30Oh, Mr. Holmes.
00:40:31Where's Simpson?
00:40:32He's in there.
00:40:38He's gone.
00:40:40Well, lift him here. I want to see your couch.
00:40:54What happened?
00:40:58Someone fair bashed my head.
00:41:00Do you see his face?
00:41:01Who?
00:41:02The murderer, you blithering idiot.
00:41:04The murderer and his victim, Captain Simpson.
00:41:06All I saw was stars.
00:41:08It's your theory, Lestrade, that someone broke through this window and abducted Captain Simpson.
00:41:12It's no theory. It's obvious.
00:41:14Then how do you account for the fact that there's no sign of broken glass on this side of the window?
00:41:18Blimey, nor there isn't.
00:41:20Therefore, the window was broken from the inside.
00:41:22Stick by us, old man, or we'll make a detective out of you yet.
00:41:30I say, what's happened?
00:41:32Captain Simpson seems to have disappeared.
00:41:34Disappeared my foot. He's run away.
00:41:36He really was frightened, you know.
00:41:38That's just what he wanted us to think.
00:41:40No one would have come to him here if he'd stayed and he knew it.
00:41:42I was right in the first instance.
00:41:44He's our blasted murderer himself.
00:41:46Dear me. Captain Simpson.
00:41:48A murderer.
00:41:49Don't you worry, Miss Alastair.
00:41:50We'll soon have him in jail before he can kill anyone else.
00:41:53Aye.
00:41:56You'll find him like the others.
00:41:58A corpse.
00:42:02Don't you worry, gentlemen.
00:42:04It's only just a question of time before we catch Captain Simpson.
00:42:07He can't have got far. My men will soon apprehend him.
00:42:10You know, this rather reminds me of a very similar occurrence.
00:42:13When I brought about the undoing of the notorious Professor Moriarty.
00:42:16You brought it about? You haven't been for Mr. Holmes, have you?
00:42:19Oh, well, of course, with the kindly assistance of Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
00:42:25We've found him, Inspector.
00:42:26There you are. What did I tell you? Where is he?
00:42:28At the beach, sir.
00:42:29Dead?
00:42:30Oh, yes, sir. Quite.
00:42:32Dead?
00:42:33How did you know he was dead, Mr. Holmes?
00:42:35Can I mention, my dear Lestrade,
00:42:36the pieces of the puzzle are beginning to fall into place.
00:42:38In what way was the body mutilated?
00:42:40There were no arms, no legs, and no head, sir.
00:42:42Observe the recurrence of a pattern, Watson.
00:42:44I see. No man goes whole to his grave, eh?
00:42:47Exactly.
00:42:48Oh, dear.
00:42:49Poor Simpson.
00:42:54Well, love me, if it was nothing but a blooming torso,
00:42:57how did you know you got the right man?
00:42:59Quite simple, Lestrade.
00:43:00Sergeant Bleeker identified the body by the full-rigged ship,
00:43:03tattooed on the chest.
00:43:04That's right, Mr. Holmes.
00:43:05Tattooed?
00:43:07Where did you know he had a blinking boat on his epidermis?
00:43:10Oh, uh, I mentioned it to Sergeant Bleeker
00:43:13when he asked me to describe the fugitive.
00:43:15That is, we thought at the time he was a fugitive.
00:43:17Oh.
00:43:18All right, Bleeker, you'd better be getting back to the beach.
00:43:21Yes, sir.
00:43:22One thing more, Sergeant.
00:43:26You say that the body had no arms, no head, and no legs.
00:43:30Was it a messy job?
00:43:32Oh, no, sir. Very neat, I should say.
00:43:34Clean as a whistle.
00:43:35Just as if it was done by, uh,
00:43:37the skilled hands of a surgeon?
00:43:40Yes.
00:43:42Yes.
00:44:05For Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard.
00:44:07What?
00:44:11But...
00:44:12Excuse me, Inspector. Please, Watson.
00:44:35Hm.
00:44:36So sorry, old fellow.
00:44:37No orange pips.
00:44:38Oh.
00:44:40Hey, just a minute. That might be police business.
00:44:46Inspector Lestrade must see you at once about the Drillcliffe mystery.
00:44:50Please come to my shop in the village as soon as possible.
00:44:54Alec McGregor.
00:44:55McGregor, the tobacconist.
00:44:56Where is his shop?
00:44:57Next to the inn.
00:44:58Oh, I'd better be off.
00:45:00Mind if I come along with you?
00:45:01All right, Mr. Holmes.
00:45:03If you think you can be any help...
00:45:04I think I'll come along too, Holmes.
00:45:06No, Watson. You stay here.
00:45:07These are the last two members of the Good Comrades.
00:45:09Their safety depends on you.
00:45:11You can rely on me, Holmes.
00:45:14I'll see you while along with your house.
00:45:20Excuse me, please. Excuse me.
00:45:23I was afraid of this. Too late.
00:45:31Dead?
00:45:33Aye, sir. Shot through the temple.
00:45:35How did you know we'd be too late, Mr. Holmes?
00:45:38Because we were not the first to read McGregor's message.
00:45:40What?
00:45:41Look here, Lestrade.
00:45:42This envelope has been steamed open and resealed.
00:45:44Blimey, so it has.
00:45:48Poor chap. He must have known too much.
00:45:50Has the coroner been here yet, Sergeant?
00:45:52He's on his way, sir.
00:45:53All right.
00:45:58You won't find them.
00:45:59What do you mean?
00:46:00Orange pips.
00:46:01Why not?
00:46:02Ain't this the work of the Drillcliff murderer?
00:46:04Obviously.
00:46:05But this isn't part of the same pattern as the others.
00:46:07They followed a preordained plan,
00:46:09whereas this murder was actuated by sudden necessity
00:46:11and could not have been anticipated.
00:46:13Come again, Mr. Holmes? In English?
00:46:15I mean that I'm beginning to see daylight.
00:46:17Well, frankly, I ain't.
00:46:18I like good, solid proofs and people I can question.
00:46:22Did anybody hear the shot, Sergeant?
00:46:25I did.
00:46:27Do you know anything about the note
00:46:29your father sent to Inspector Lestrade?
00:46:31Why, no, sir.
00:46:33Did he leave the house at all tonight?
00:46:35Aye, sir.
00:46:37He went to tend his lobster pots
00:46:39down in the cove below Drillcliff.
00:46:42He didn't return until after dark.
00:46:45Here, let me question her.
00:46:47Did anyone call on your father this evening
00:46:49after he got home?
00:46:51No one that I saw, sir.
00:46:53Well, tell me just what happened.
00:46:55I was in the kitchen
00:46:57when I heard the shot.
00:47:00I ran in and found my father.
00:47:04I'm sorry, my dear.
00:47:06We won't bother you any further.
00:47:08Thank you, sir.
00:47:13This case gets more confusing every minute.
00:47:15We don't know a thing more now than we did before.
00:47:17On the contrary, my dear Lestrade.
00:47:19McGregor saw something near Drillcliff tonight
00:47:21and that something caused his death.
00:47:23That's right.
00:47:24We'd better get back to that house as fast as we can.
00:47:33We'd better get back to Baker Street.
00:47:55Somebody's going to get murdered in their beds
00:47:57if we're not careful.
00:48:17Marywell?
00:48:19Are you there?
00:48:22Mary?
00:48:28Empty.
00:48:31That's a bit funny.
00:48:35What a thing.
00:48:38I can't have gone out on a night like this.
00:48:46Alastair?
00:48:49Mr. Alastair?
00:49:02Gone.
00:49:04Mr. Alastair?
00:49:19Mr. Alastair?
00:49:24Open.
00:49:26Mr. Alastair?
00:49:48Both missing.
00:49:50It's very fishy, very fishy.
00:49:58Broken mirror.
00:50:00That's damaged.
00:50:02Seven years' bad luck.
00:50:06What's that?
00:50:10Mr. Gorky!
00:50:12Mr. Gorky!
00:50:14Mr. Gorky!
00:50:16Mr. Gorky!
00:50:21Mrs. Gorky!
00:50:23Where is everyone?
00:50:35I feel like being prepared.
00:50:38Who is it out there?
00:50:47Stop!
00:50:49Mr. Gorky!
00:50:51Mr. Gorky!
00:50:53Come here, are you all right?
00:50:55Mr. Gorky!
00:51:11Mr. Gorky!
00:51:13Mr. Gorky!
00:51:16Mr. Gorky!
00:51:19Come on, move that chair!
00:51:36Stand still or I'll shoot!
00:51:44You're moving?
00:51:46I warned you!
00:51:50Done for you, all right.
00:51:53Stand still!
00:51:56Fine, all in the line of duty.
00:52:06Who's that?
00:52:08Watson, what on earth are you up to?
00:52:10Holmes, thank heavens you've arrived.
00:52:12You're just in time.
00:52:14They're all around the house.
00:52:16There they are.
00:52:20Where's Scott?
00:52:22He's got the wind up over nothing.
00:52:24Oh, yes, I forgot.
00:52:26Alastair and Marvel are both missing.
00:52:28What? Oh, no, not that.
00:52:30They're not in their rooms.
00:52:32Come with me and I'll show you.
00:52:43Anything wrong, gentlemen?
00:52:45Have you left this here room since you retired?
00:52:48Certainly not. I've been reading.
00:52:50What?
00:52:52What's the trouble?
00:52:54It's no trouble at all. Please forgive us.
00:53:02Well, now we'll try Alastair's room.
00:53:04What?
00:53:06I mean, I'll show you.
00:53:09Well, now we'll try Alastair's room.
00:53:11Right you are.
00:53:14Better try knocking this time, Watson.
00:53:19Come in.
00:53:27What is it?
00:53:30Have you been out of your room, Mr. Alastair?
00:53:33Yes, for just a few minutes.
00:53:35I went down to the kitchen.
00:53:37And I had such a nice glass of milk.
00:53:39Milk?
00:53:41Yes, it was most refreshing.
00:53:43Glass of milk.
00:53:45Don't disturb him.
00:53:50A glass of milk? He's lying, Holmes.
00:53:52Probably just one of your hallucinations, Doctor.
00:53:54Rubbish! And the word he's called is hallucination.
00:53:57Whatever they are, the edge is surrounded. Downstairs.
00:54:08It's all right, Mrs. Monteith.
00:54:10I heard noises upstairs.
00:54:12I thought the murderer must be a prowl again.
00:54:15What are you doing with that cleaver?
00:54:17Would you have nothing to fear now?
00:54:21Well, I'll be getting back to bed.
00:54:24Not a bad idea. I've had enough of this for one day.
00:54:27Oh, Mrs. Monteith, please.
00:54:32The note you gave Inspector Lestrade...
00:54:34The note you gave Inspector Lestrade...
00:54:36Was it pushed under the door like the rest?
00:54:38Aye.
00:54:39Was there anything different about it this time?
00:54:41Think, Mrs. Monteith.
00:54:42Well...
00:54:44Yes?
00:54:45Just before I found the note under the door...
00:54:47I happened to look through the kitchen window.
00:54:49And I saw a man running away from the house...
00:54:51as if Satan himself were after him.
00:54:53Did you recognize him?
00:54:54No. He was too far away.
00:54:56But he was dressed like a fisherman.
00:54:58Well, haven't we better go down to the village...
00:55:00and find him at once, Holmes?
00:55:02You shouldn't be wasting your time.
00:55:04Why?
00:55:05Because all the fishermen have gone off with the fleet...
00:55:07and they won't be back till tomorrow night.
00:55:14It's after nine now.
00:55:18Are you quite sure the fishermen are coming in?
00:55:20Aye, sir, they always do.
00:55:22A long stretch on the water gives them an awful cast.
00:55:25Why, the boats must be in.
00:55:27Here they come now, sir.
00:55:32Come on.
00:55:37Gentlemen.
00:55:39Gentlemen.
00:55:41I am Sherlock Holmes.
00:55:43Last night, McGregor sent one of you...
00:55:45with a note to Dreycliffe House.
00:55:47Who was it?
00:55:50Speak up, please.
00:55:52It's vitally important.
00:55:55If I did take a note for old Alec, what of it?
00:56:01Perhaps you can help me to find his murderer.
00:56:03Where did he give you this?
00:56:05Down at the cove.
00:56:06He was waiting there when we come in from the net.
00:56:08What did he say when he gave it you?
00:56:10Well, he just asked me if I'd take it to Dreycliffe...
00:56:12for a half a crown.
00:56:13And I wouldn't have done it for a penny less.
00:56:15Because of the sinister legend of the place, eh?
00:56:17What else did McGregor say to you?
00:56:19Well, he...
00:56:21What else did McGregor say to you?
00:56:23Well, he asked me if I believed in ghosts.
00:56:26And I said, certainly not.
00:56:28And he said, no more do I.
00:56:30And he gave me the note and a half crown.
00:56:32Thank you, my friend. You've been very helpful.
00:56:34A round of drinks for these gentlemen, with my compliments.
00:56:37Thank you. Watson.
00:56:39Helpful? I can't say anything very helpful about that conversation.
00:56:44All he did was talk about ghosts.
00:56:46What do ghosts suggest to you, Watson?
00:56:47I don't know. Graveyard?
00:56:49Exactly. Alec McGregor was buried today.
00:57:02I say, old fellow, what about giving me a hand?
00:57:04You're doing splendidly, Watson.
00:57:16I say, Holmes!
00:57:18I never did trust any of those people from the start.
00:57:22Who?
00:57:23Those so-called good comrades.
00:57:25And that woman.
00:57:28Mrs. Monteith, naturally.
00:57:30Who do you think I...
00:57:33I say, old fellow, where are you?
00:57:37You, Holmes, of course.
00:57:41Owl.
00:57:43Give me a nice little chat, Watson.
00:57:45Oh, there you are.
00:57:46Stupid bird up there.
00:57:48Silly bird.
00:57:50Hanging about a graveyard all night.
00:57:52Nothing else to do.
00:57:54Interrupting a fellow's conversation.
00:57:58Got it, Holmes.
00:57:59Open it up.
00:58:02I don't like this, Holmes.
00:58:14Amazing, Holmes.
00:58:17As I thought.
00:58:19Empty.
00:58:20Some body searchers got here ahead of us.
00:58:22McGregor's corpse has been removed.
00:58:24What?
00:58:25Hurry, Watson.
00:58:27Come along, fellow.
00:58:29There isn't a moment to lose.
00:58:30What's up, Holmes?
00:58:31Unless I'm greatly mistaken, there's about to be another murder.
00:58:34Who?
00:58:36You, you wall-eyed idiot.
00:58:38If you don't shut up.
00:58:39Who?
00:58:40Who?
00:58:45Do you know what to do?
00:58:46Yes, sir.
00:58:47Well, get going then, hurry up.
00:58:49I'm afraid we're too late, Watson.
00:58:56Where's the body, Lestrade?
00:58:57Which one is it?
00:58:58Dr. Merrival.
00:58:59I found him at the bottom of the cliff,
00:59:00crushed to a jelly by a ute rock.
00:59:02Good heavens.
00:59:03I identified the body by the suit of clothes he was wearing
00:59:05and his watch.
00:59:06So Alastair must be the murderer.
00:59:07Go right to the top of the class, Dr. Watson.
00:59:09He killed them all.
00:59:10One after the other for the insurance money.
00:59:12I thought so.
00:59:13Obvious from the start.
00:59:14What have you done with your prisoner, Inspector?
00:59:16Oh, he's safe enough.
00:59:19Safe enough?
00:59:20Yes, he's in the library.
00:59:21Perhaps I'd better go and keep an eye on him.
00:59:23You'll be all right, Doctor.
00:59:24He's handcuffed.
00:59:29Oh, pacing up and down.
00:59:32Just doing a bit of measuring, Lestrade.
00:59:34Oh, don't upset yourself, Mr. Holmes.
00:59:36You can't expect to solve every case.
00:59:39Ah, there you are.
00:59:41Suspected you from the start.
00:59:43Said to Holmes, that old froth's too good to be true.
00:59:45But I didn't kill anybody.
00:59:47Really, I didn't.
00:59:48It's quite natural for you to deny your guilt.
00:59:51Criminal instinct.
00:59:52Oh.
00:59:53What?
00:59:54Nothing.
00:59:55Got a little tobacco on you?
00:59:56No, I don't smoke.
00:59:57But there's Simpsons there.
00:59:59He won't need it anymore.
01:00:01Poor Simpson.
01:00:02Well, if Holmes can smoke a piece of stuff,
01:00:04I suppose I can.
01:00:09That's funny.
01:00:12This may be important.
01:00:17I must tell Holmes at once.
01:00:22Dear me.
01:00:2828 feet.
01:00:29It checks exactly.
01:00:30Whatever that may mean.
01:00:31Means that the final piece of the puzzle is falling into place.
01:00:34You can have your puzzle.
01:00:35I've got the murderer.
01:00:36Oh!
01:00:37Come on, Lestrade.
01:00:39Come on, Lestrade.
01:00:46Where's Dr. Watson?
01:00:47Oh, he, he went through that very door
01:00:49only a few moments ago looking for you.
01:00:51We heard a scream.
01:00:52Did you?
01:00:53Oh, dear me, no.
01:00:54That's strange.
01:00:55We didn't see him as we came through the dining room.
01:00:57Did he say anything before he left?
01:00:59Yes.
01:01:00He wasn't very kind to me at first.
01:01:03He was standing just where you're standing, Mr. Holmes.
01:01:06He asked me if I had any tobacco.
01:01:08But as you know, I don't smoke.
01:01:10And I suggested that he might take some of Captain Simpson's.
01:01:13Well, he pulled out his pipe, and he was just about to fill it
01:01:16when he said, oh, this may be important.
01:01:20I must see Holmes at once.
01:01:23Thank you, Mr. Allister.
01:01:29And don't you move.
01:01:31This wall measures 28 feet outside.
01:01:33And inside, it's obviously several feet less.
01:01:35What are you looking for?
01:01:36The entrance to a passage.
01:01:37What passage?
01:01:38It could only be on that outside wall.
01:01:40Oh, we could knock the wall down for you, Mr. Holmes.
01:01:42What you don't realize, Lestrade, is they're desperate.
01:01:44They'd stop at nothing.
01:01:45And they've got Dr. Watson.
01:01:46They?
01:01:47Who's they?
01:01:48Flip those candles, will you?
01:01:49All right.
01:01:55What are you doing here?
01:01:56I don't like to be alone.
01:01:59Look.
01:02:04Got it.
01:02:05Good gracious.
01:02:06That must be the entrance to the stairs,
01:02:08leading to the old smuggler's cave down below.
01:02:11The light patch is there.
01:02:13Give me the light.
01:02:18Oh, dear.
01:02:29Oh.
01:02:30Oh.
01:02:31Oh.
01:02:32Oh.
01:02:43Blimey.
01:02:44It's too quiet.
01:02:45They'll hear us.
01:02:46Who's they?
01:02:59It mustn't be a soul, Lestrade.
01:03:04Lord Loverduck.
01:03:14Oh, strike me a begum tree.
01:03:18All right, everybody.
01:03:19Hands up.
01:03:20You're under arrest.
01:03:22But who's in there?
01:03:23The good comrades.
01:03:24Oh, no, no.
01:03:25They're dead.
01:03:26Are they?
01:03:27Come on, now.
01:03:28Get in a line, all of you.
01:03:34I thought you were all dead.
01:03:36That's what they wanted us to think.
01:03:38Watson.
01:03:39Raban.
01:03:40King.
01:03:41Davis.
01:03:42Cosgrave.
01:03:43Maryvale.
01:03:44Simpson.
01:03:45How dreadful of you.
01:03:50Then keep me a safe, Watson.
01:03:52Oh, yes.
01:03:53Thank heaven you're safe, Watson.
01:03:54Oh, thank heavens you came, Holmes.
01:03:56In another minute, they'd have thrown me in the sea
01:03:58and got away on a boat chartered by Simpson.
01:04:00It's out there now.
01:04:01Offshore.
01:04:13Congratulations, Lestrade.
01:04:15You've bagged the lot.
01:04:16That's all right, Mr. Holmes.
01:04:17And may I congratulate you, gentlemen,
01:04:19on a very ingenious plan.
01:04:21I must confess, if you hadn't over-embellished it
01:04:23for the business of the orange pips,
01:04:25the sinister significance of the happenings at Dreercliff House
01:04:27might have escaped my attention altogether.
01:04:29You're quite eloquent, Mr. Holmes.
01:04:30And if Captain Simpson hadn't removed his tobacco
01:04:32from the library, you might still have effected your escape.
01:04:35Incidentally, Lestrade, I think you'll find
01:04:37that each of these gentlemen has his share
01:04:39of the insurance money probably in a well-stuffed money belt.
01:04:43You fool, Simpson.
01:04:45I told you somebody'd notice that tobacco jar.
01:04:47A fool, am I?
01:04:48Who asked this detective to come and stay at the house?
01:04:50He did.
01:04:51I had to, the way you and Merrillville were acting.
01:04:53Shut up, Cosgrave.
01:04:54Don't tell me to shut up.
01:04:55You and your orange pips.
01:04:57You said they would divert suspicion, but did they?
01:04:59No.
01:05:00You and your orange pips fixed us.
01:05:02All right, all right.
01:05:03Get back into line, all of you.
01:05:04Now, come on.
01:05:05You get back into line, all of you.
01:05:06Now then, hand over that money.
01:05:11Here, here, here.
01:05:12No more tricks like that.
01:05:13If it hadn't been for the sharp eyes of Mr. Holmes here,
01:05:15you might have...
01:05:16You might have shot someone.
01:05:18And I thought you were my friends.
01:05:20Such good friends.
01:05:22How could you?
01:05:23Never mind my good man.
01:05:25You'll soon be in the dock with the rest of them.
01:05:27No, Lestrade.
01:05:29Mr. Allister's completely innocent.
01:05:30They selected him as their dupe.
01:05:33Oh.
01:05:34It's all clear to me, Holmes, except one thing.
01:05:38Why did they kill McGregor?
01:05:40Because McGregor didn't believe in ghosts.
01:05:42One night on the beach,
01:05:44he saw a man he thought was dead.
01:05:46Probably our friend Bigfoot there.
01:05:48And was rash enough to write Lestrade a note about it.
01:05:52That note was his death warrant.
01:05:54Very pretty theorizing, Mr. Holmes.
01:05:56But you can't prove a thing.
01:05:58That remains to be seen.
01:05:59Lestrade, will you pick up Captain Simpson's revolver
01:06:02and have a look at it?
01:06:06One bullet fired?
01:06:08That's right, Mr. Holmes.
01:06:09I have no doubt that ballistics will prove
01:06:11that the missing bullet killed Alec McGregor.
01:06:13That's good enough for me.
01:06:14If what you say is true, Mr. Holmes,
01:06:16there ain't a jury in the country that won't convict him.
01:06:23And so, just retribution has been visited
01:06:26upon the six members of the Good Comrades
01:06:28whose nefarious plan was unmasked in the nick of time.
01:06:31By the brilliant detective work
01:06:33of Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard.
01:06:36Of all the balderdash.
01:06:38Lestrade hadn't got the faintest idea what it was all about.
01:06:41I don't know, Watson.
01:06:42After all, we know who was responsible
01:06:44for solving the mystery of the Good Comrades.
01:06:47That's right.
01:06:48If it hadn't been for Mr. Holmes,
01:06:50that headline might have been about me.
01:06:53Mr. Holmes, one thing puzzles me.
01:06:55What?
01:06:56How did they manage those fake murders?
01:06:58Oh, elementary, my dear child.
01:06:59It was elementary.
01:07:00I can explain all that.
01:07:01Whenever there was a funeral of some old gaffer
01:07:03in the neighborhood, they dug up the body
01:07:06and dressed it in the clothes of one of their members.
01:07:08Then they staged a fake death
01:07:10and mutilated the body beyond all recognition.
01:07:12In the meantime, the so-called corpse
01:07:14disappeared quietly into the smuggler's room
01:07:16underneath Dreercliff House.
01:07:18I think...
01:07:19I think that about sums up the whole thing.
01:07:21Tell me, Dr. Watson,
01:07:22in the simulated death of Captain Simpson,
01:07:24how do you account for the tattooing on the torso?
01:07:27Oh, the tattooing on the torso.
01:07:30The tattooing on the torso.
01:07:32Well, I...
01:07:36Go on, Watson.
01:07:37Go on, Watson. Tell him.
01:07:39Oh, the tattooing on the torso.
01:07:46Oh, the tattooing on the torso.
01:07:49Sorry, Holmes.
01:07:50Captain Simpson was an expert with the tattooer's needle.
01:07:53He merely duplicated the full-rigged chip
01:07:55on the chest of the corpse.
01:07:56I also observed that the design on the torso
01:07:59had been done within the previous 24 hours.
01:08:01Dear me.
01:08:02What a gruesome idea.
01:08:04Out of gratitude for what you've done,
01:08:06the companies that I represent
01:08:07wish you to accept this check.
01:08:08No, Mr. Chalmers.
01:08:09I think Mr. Allister here
01:08:10is much more deserving of a reward than I am.
01:08:13Dear me, but they...
01:08:14They took me in completely.
01:08:16I didn't help you solve the case.
01:08:18No, but you did much more than that.
01:08:20It was your timely warning
01:08:22when you drew our attention to the empty tobacco jar
01:08:25and saved the life of my dear friend and colleague,
01:08:27Dr. John H. Watson.
01:08:30Very nice of you, Holmes.
01:08:32Thereby enabling us to continue
01:08:33our long and happy association together.
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