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The Woman in Green is a 1945 American horror mystery film, the eleventh of the fourteen Basil Rathbone-Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes films based on the characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle. Produced and directed by Roy William Neill, it stars Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Bruce as Dr. Watson, with Hillary Brooke as the woman of the title and Henry Daniell as Professor Moriarty. The film follows an original premise with material taken from "The Final Problem" (1893) and "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box .
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00:00:00THE END
00:00:30THE END
00:01:00I won't forget that morning, not if I left to be a hundred.
00:01:18I counted the men as they marched out of the yard.
00:01:21They'd hardly slept for weeks.
00:01:23We of the CID had slept even less,
00:01:26but the nightmare that kept us awake was all the same nightmare.
00:01:30That's why we weren't surprised when the commissioner asked us up to the conference room for a bit of a talk.
00:01:36He'd talked to us plenty, we knew that.
00:01:38It didn't help any to know what was ahead of us.
00:01:40Must we have that window open, Gregson?
00:01:51Oh, shut it if you want to.
00:01:53See if we'll be in enough of a temper without having a ruddy blast down the back of his neck.
00:01:57Gentlemen, the commissioner.
00:02:09Stuffy in here.
00:02:09Be seated, won't you?
00:02:17Gentlemen, if you wish to know what able men you are,
00:02:21read any of the works of popular fiction that glamorize your achievements,
00:02:25but don't I beg of you, read the daily papers.
00:02:27Listen, they might give you an inferiority complex.
00:02:32I hate to mention it,
00:02:34but we are confronted with a series of the most atrocious murders since Jack the Ripper.
00:02:41And in the meantime,
00:02:43the CID might as well be playing at shove-hapenie
00:02:46for all the good we've accomplished.
00:02:49Now look.
00:02:53Here, here, and here.
00:02:55Each of these red flags scattered through the city
00:02:59stands for a woman brutally murdered,
00:03:01a woman's terror,
00:03:03a woman's death agony.
00:03:05These are no ordinary crimes.
00:03:08These are the works of a fiend who kills first
00:03:10and mutilates afterwards.
00:03:13A ghoul who hacks off a part of his victim body
00:03:15and carries it away with him,
00:03:17a loathsome souvenir of his butchery.
00:03:21Three women murdered so far,
00:03:23and you haven't turned in one clue.
00:03:26You haven't given me one lead.
00:03:29Here you sit
00:03:30and wait for news of a fourth victim
00:03:32with your arms folded.
00:03:40Well, we hadn't long to wait.
00:03:42It was down Lambeth Way
00:03:43where a young woman was hurrying home late last night.
00:03:46She saw something and stopped.
00:03:47It was a constable.
00:03:51He spoke to her,
00:03:53and he walked along with her,
00:03:54just in case.
00:03:58He saw her go down the stairway
00:04:00to the basement lodging where she lived.
00:04:03I can only surmise what happened after that.
00:04:05Well, I put my pride in my pocket
00:04:22and went to see the man
00:04:24that so often helped out
00:04:25Inspector Lestrade and myself in the past,
00:04:28Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
00:04:30If ever a man needed help,
00:04:39I did.
00:04:46This makes four, Inspector.
00:04:49Four defenseless women
00:04:50here in the heart of London.
00:04:52And everyone with the right forefinger hacked off.
00:04:54Not hacked, Inspector Gregson.
00:04:59Cleanly, expertly severed.
00:05:02The work of a skilled surgeon.
00:05:04That's her only clue.
00:05:05Much about the age of my sister's girl.
00:05:08Is there no way of stopping this, Mr. Holmes?
00:05:11Yes.
00:05:13There's a way, somehow.
00:05:16The fiend that did this.
00:05:19I promise.
00:05:21I promise.
00:05:22We have nothing to go on.
00:05:23That's the rotten part of it.
00:05:24We can't get far
00:05:25without knowing the motive.
00:05:27Well, at least we know
00:05:27what the motives were not.
00:05:28It wasn't robbery.
00:05:30Not passion, thanks be.
00:05:31Nor yet vengeance.
00:05:32Because they all came
00:05:33of totally unrelated families.
00:05:34Steady, Inspector.
00:05:35Steady.
00:05:37Sorry, Mr. Holmes.
00:05:39I don't turn a hair
00:05:40when it's a bloke
00:05:41who can look after himself.
00:05:43A little slip of a thing like that.
00:05:45Yes, it's horrible.
00:05:46Come on, let's get a drink.
00:05:54Good evening, Mr. Holmes.
00:06:10Good evening, Vincent.
00:06:11Miss Kinsoda, please,
00:06:12and a double for my friend here,
00:06:13Inspector Gregson.
00:06:14Thank you, sir.
00:06:14I think mine Irish.
00:06:16Least and nobody
00:06:17to give me a handle
00:06:17of this thing, Mr. Holmes.
00:06:19Always a pleasure
00:06:19to be of help
00:06:20to scuttle in the audience,
00:06:20but a little out of my line
00:06:22looking for a maniac
00:06:23and murder is just
00:06:25for the fun of a thing.
00:06:26Or perhaps just to get
00:06:29a human finger.
00:06:33In all four cases,
00:06:36a murderer risk capture
00:06:37by stopping to secure a finger.
00:06:43What for?
00:06:45Who knows?
00:06:46He's just a madman.
00:06:48Perhaps there's
00:06:49method in his madness.
00:06:51If we could just trace
00:06:52those missing fingers.
00:06:54If.
00:06:55If we could just try
00:06:56the English channel,
00:06:57we might find a penny.
00:06:58Huh?
00:06:59Oh, thank you.
00:07:02You may keep those,
00:07:03Mr. Holmes.
00:07:11Sir George Fenwick,
00:07:12isn't it?
00:07:12Yes.
00:07:13Daddy's daughter with him.
00:07:15Don't be so naive,
00:07:16Inspector.
00:07:19You know everyone,
00:07:20don't you, darling?
00:07:21Well, hardly.
00:07:23A week ago,
00:07:24I didn't know you.
00:07:25A week.
00:07:26How fast it's gone.
00:07:41I collect these things.
00:07:43How very quaint of you.
00:07:45Shall we go?
00:07:45Yes.
00:07:46What are you looking at,
00:07:52Mr. Holmes?
00:07:54Looking at a very
00:07:55handsome woman.
00:07:56Not drawn to the purple,
00:07:58but giving an excellent
00:07:59invitation.
00:08:00Would you like to come to my
00:08:01flat for a nightcap?
00:08:02Lovely idea.
00:08:03Yes, isn't it?
00:08:04I wonder where she's taking
00:08:13Sir George Fenwick.
00:08:14Don't be so
00:08:15naive,
00:08:17Mr. Holmes.
00:08:17what the vitamin
00:08:32So let's give her
00:08:33up.
00:08:36Bye.
00:08:37Bye.
00:08:37Bye.
00:08:37Bye.
00:08:38Bye.
00:08:38Bye.
00:08:39Bye.
00:08:39Bye.
00:08:39Bye.
00:08:40Bye.
00:08:40Bye.
00:08:41Bye.
00:08:41Bye.
00:08:42Bye.
00:08:42Bye.
00:08:43Bye.
00:09:14Good evening, Mum.
00:09:18Hello, Crandon. Any messages?
00:09:19No, Mum.
00:09:25Drinks, Crandon. One of your nice surprises.
00:09:27Yes, Mum.
00:09:28I say, you don't mean that...
00:09:29Crandon's a marvel. Aren't you, Crandon?
00:09:32Yes, Mum.
00:09:33You wouldn't believe the things she can do.
00:09:37Ah, charming place. Delightful.
00:09:40Really? Do you think so? I'm so glad.
00:09:42Come on. Do sit down.
00:09:46Do you mind?
00:09:47Do I mind?
00:09:48What a question.
00:09:52I don't mind anything, really.
00:09:55Except not being with you.
00:09:56Now, you really don't want me to believe that, do you?
00:09:59Not too seriously.
00:10:00Good.
00:10:01We're both quite grown-up, aren't we?
00:10:03Quite.
00:10:04You're a treasure, Crandon.
00:10:19And lower the lights a little as you leave.
00:10:21I prefer a more flattering light.
00:10:31In any light, you'd be...
00:10:33Would I?
00:10:34And don't you know it?
00:10:37Perhaps I do.
00:10:38Oh, that priceless woman.
00:10:50You wouldn't believe it, but she's absurdly romantic.
00:10:52She loves dreamy music, and she thinks that we...
00:10:56But, uh, we do, don't we?
00:10:58Do we?
00:10:59Well, it's rather soothing.
00:11:02Restful.
00:11:03Yes.
00:11:05And we all need rest at times.
00:11:07Like tired children who've played too long.
00:11:12You've played with wooden soldiers, I suppose.
00:11:15Hmm.
00:11:16Funny.
00:11:17Hadn't thought of that for years.
00:11:20Toy boats were my special joy.
00:11:22Anything I could set afloat anywhere.
00:11:26Like this.
00:11:28And this.
00:11:29Toy boats sailing into the never-never land.
00:11:34The land of beautiful dreams.
00:11:37Look.
00:11:39Look, odd, isn't it, how the light is reflected?
00:11:44Little specks of light that move and move.
00:11:48Like stars on a slowly moving stream.
00:11:53You know, Holmes, I'm very sensitive to atmosphere.
00:11:55Oh?
00:11:56Yes, I can tell by the feel of this room there's been a murder committed here.
00:11:58It may interest you to know, my dear fellow,
00:12:00it was the other side of that door at the foot of the stairs that the poor girl was murdered.
00:12:04If only I could find it.
00:12:05Find what?
00:12:07The one thing these unfortunate victims have in common
00:12:09that might give us a motive for these murders.
00:12:12There must be something.
00:12:13Another Jack the Ripper, if you ask me, a homicidal maniac.
00:12:16No, Watson.
00:12:16In the case of Jack the Ripper, there was one thing in common.
00:12:19His victims were all from one walk of life, living in the same section of the city.
00:12:22In this case, the murderer chooses his victims from all walks of life and from different sections of the city.
00:12:27No, my dear fellow, this is not the work of a homicidal maniac.
00:12:31It's something infinitely more sinister.
00:12:33You mean the creeps?
00:12:34What the earth are you talking about?
00:12:35Watson, I'm convinced that these murders are only incidental to some larger and more diabolical scheme.
00:12:42That may be, but why the severed fingers?
00:12:44The answer to that question, my dear fellow, is our only hope of solving these mysteries.
00:12:48Dear sister, I am so happy I had such a lovely holiday at Brighton with you and Alf.
00:12:53And I'm looking forward to being with you again.
00:12:56Poor little thing.
00:12:58Sort of raises a lump in your throat.
00:13:00I can picture her sitting here happily writing this letter.
00:13:03And I'm not bitter realizing that she's shortly going to her death.
00:13:07Hello?
00:13:09Gregson!
00:13:09Gregson!
00:13:09Gregson!
00:13:14Oh, there you are, Mr. Holmes.
00:13:15I've been looking for you everywhere.
00:13:16What's happened?
00:13:17Murder in Edgeway Road, not half an hour ago.
00:13:19Woman?
00:13:19Yes.
00:13:20On the right forefinger, cut off clean.
00:13:22Sound of music only takes him out.
00:13:28Oh, my God.
00:13:29Oh, my God.
00:13:33Oh, my God.
00:13:38Oh, I own.
00:13:42Oh, my God.
00:13:43Oh, my God.
00:14:14all about the murder
00:14:20morning paper
00:14:23all about the murder
00:14:25paper
00:14:25horrible murder
00:14:27you know the young woman found murder
00:14:30paper sir
00:14:31horrible murder
00:14:33paper
00:14:33read all about it
00:14:36get your paper
00:14:41murdering next to our rope
00:14:43horrible finger murder
00:14:45shocking murder
00:14:50murdering edgeware rope
00:14:52horrible murder
00:14:55of a young woman
00:14:56only fancy mum
00:15:08has been another of those horrible murders
00:15:11dear dear how shocking
00:15:12yes mum
00:15:13I really don't feel quite safe here myself
00:15:17oh dear
00:15:19why sir george
00:15:33I must see miss marlowe at once
00:15:34I don't know if she
00:15:35I must see her
00:15:35where is she
00:15:36Lydia
00:15:41why sir george
00:15:43what is it
00:15:44what happened
00:15:45I don't know
00:15:46you'll have to help me
00:15:47you've got to help me
00:15:49but I don't understand
00:15:50listen
00:15:50I woke up a few minutes ago
00:15:52in a cheap boarding house
00:15:55off edgeware road
00:15:56I don't know how I came there
00:15:58I don't know when
00:15:59the last thing I remember
00:16:00is being here with you
00:16:01calm yourself sir george
00:16:02when did I leave here
00:16:04well it was about
00:16:06it was 1045 mum
00:16:10precisely
00:16:11you seemed
00:16:15forgive me
00:16:16just a little distressed
00:16:17detached
00:16:19not interested
00:16:20I thought I'd said something
00:16:22to offend you
00:16:23I don't remember
00:16:25I can't remember
00:16:33tell me
00:16:35has this happened to you before
00:16:36before
00:16:38well there is such a thing
00:16:40as amnesia you know
00:16:41if it was 1045 when I left you
00:16:45it was nine this morning when I woke
00:16:48over ten hours lost
00:16:51ten hours that I can't account for
00:16:55and in my pocket when I woke
00:16:58I found
00:16:58here in my pocket
00:17:00that isn't
00:17:05oh it's not for you of course
00:17:06it can't be
00:17:07excuse me mum
00:17:10but there's a man asking
00:17:12to see the gentleman
00:17:13send him away
00:17:14yes mum
00:17:15no no no no
00:17:16no please
00:17:17I'll see him
00:17:18well
00:17:28delightful room
00:17:30not much like the place
00:17:33you woke up in this morning
00:17:34you followed me here
00:17:36yes
00:17:37are you a detective
00:17:41oh no
00:17:42quite the contrary
00:17:44don't be afraid Sir George
00:17:46you know my name
00:17:48oh yes
00:17:49a very old
00:17:50and highly honoured name
00:17:52and being the bearer
00:17:54of such a name
00:17:54and also a very wealthy man
00:17:56I thought
00:17:58you might care
00:17:59to possess yourself
00:18:00with this trifle
00:18:01rather than let it fall
00:18:05into the hands of the police
00:18:06it is yours
00:18:08if I'm not mistaken
00:18:09the initials
00:18:10GF
00:18:10where did you get this
00:18:15it came out of your pocket
00:18:17I saw it fall
00:18:19but you never noticed
00:18:21you were very busy
00:18:25bending over something
00:18:27with a knife
00:18:29then you put something
00:18:34in your pocket
00:18:34come along Holmes
00:18:46come along
00:18:46come along
00:18:47how many more times
00:18:48must I tell you
00:18:48you're missing a treat
00:18:49this is delicious
00:18:50little jam tarts to follow
00:18:52aren't you tempted
00:18:53you and your flesh pots
00:18:58they tell me that
00:19:02fish is good
00:19:03for the brains
00:19:04brains haven't any
00:19:06you realise that
00:19:08a day
00:19:08a whole day
00:19:09and a night
00:19:10have gone by
00:19:10since that best
00:19:11of affair
00:19:11in Edgewell Road
00:19:12I'm as much
00:19:13in the dark as ever
00:19:15hello
00:19:23here comes a client
00:19:23to me
00:19:24I'm very much mistaken
00:19:25well attractive
00:19:35very attractive
00:19:36obviously she left home
00:19:44under the stress
00:19:44of some very great emotion
00:19:45how do you know that
00:19:47she isn't wearing any gloves
00:19:48a startling omission
00:19:49on a young lady of fashion
00:19:50no she didn't put her coat on
00:19:52open car too
00:19:53well the more
00:19:59there's something
00:19:59in that bag
00:20:00she wants to show me
00:20:01what makes you say that
00:20:02bag doesn't match her dress
00:20:04indicating it was
00:20:05picked for size
00:20:06rather than style
00:20:07to accommodate
00:20:08some bulky object
00:20:10you'll amaze me
00:20:12Holmes
00:20:12well I mentioned
00:20:13my dear fellow
00:20:13well that's interesting
00:20:20what is
00:20:21that cab
00:20:24I'll tell you
00:20:25at the empty house
00:20:26wonder why he followed her here
00:20:31oh wouldn't you
00:20:32I'll pass you
00:20:33we need to ask it
00:20:34well we shall soon know
00:20:54yes Mrs Hudson
00:20:55it's a young lady sir
00:20:59most urgent
00:21:00ask her to come in
00:21:01go right in miss
00:21:02Mr Holmes
00:21:06yes this is my friend
00:21:07Dr Watson
00:21:08how do you do
00:21:09how do you do
00:21:09Mr Holmes
00:21:10you must excuse me please
00:21:12yes well won't you sit down
00:21:13come along
00:21:15may I
00:21:15it's quite alright
00:21:17thank you
00:21:19now try to control yourself
00:21:30Miss Fenwick
00:21:30you're with friends
00:21:31you know my name
00:21:32no magic I assure you
00:21:34I've often seen your picture
00:21:35you're the daughter of
00:21:36Sir George
00:21:37Fenwick aren't you
00:21:37yes
00:21:38it's about my father
00:21:40that I
00:21:40what about your father
00:21:42Miss Fenwick
00:21:43oh I don't know
00:21:44what to do
00:21:45he's always been
00:21:46the nicest
00:21:47dearest person
00:21:48only since mother died
00:21:51yes yes we know
00:21:53we know
00:21:53so I didn't think
00:21:56anything of it
00:21:57when he was away
00:21:57all night before last
00:21:59but he didn't come home
00:22:00until yesterday
00:22:01at tea time
00:22:01he didn't come in
00:22:03for dinner at all
00:22:03just paced up and down
00:22:05in the library
00:22:06hour after hour
00:22:07I begged him
00:22:08to let me in
00:22:09but he wouldn't
00:22:10steady steady
00:22:11now take your time
00:22:14I couldn't sleep
00:22:16a wink last night
00:22:17then I started
00:22:18hearing things
00:22:19hearing things
00:22:21what sort of things
00:22:22I heard someone
00:22:24in the garden
00:22:24underneath my window
00:22:25then I saw a figure
00:22:28moving down
00:22:29the garden path
00:22:30and I recognized
00:22:31my father
00:22:32stealing through
00:22:34his own garden
00:22:34like a thief
00:22:36he had a spade
00:22:42in his hand
00:22:43and he stopped
00:22:44by the greenhouse
00:22:45where he started
00:22:45to dig
00:22:46this morning
00:22:50at daybreak
00:22:51I stole onto
00:22:52the garden
00:22:52and
00:22:53I found this
00:22:56a finger
00:23:04a human finger
00:23:05bring up
00:23:07Scotland Yardbury
00:23:07Watson
00:23:07ask him to get
00:23:10hold of
00:23:10Inspector Gregson
00:23:11and tell him
00:23:11to meet us once
00:23:12at George
00:23:12Phoenix's house
00:23:13Kingston
00:23:13operator
00:23:15get Miss Scotland
00:23:16down quick
00:23:16where's my father
00:23:21Norris
00:23:21he's still in the
00:23:22library miss
00:23:23thank you
00:23:23we'll see him right
00:23:24away
00:23:24will you come
00:23:25with me please
00:23:25thank you
00:23:26I got your
00:23:27message Mr. Holmes
00:23:27yes indeed
00:23:28dad may I come in
00:23:34dad
00:23:37it's funny
00:23:39he doesn't
00:23:42answer
00:23:42do you mind
00:23:44please do
00:23:45thank you
00:23:46Watson quick
00:23:49come along
00:23:50no no no
00:23:51take charge
00:23:51Miss Finnick
00:23:51please
00:23:52please
00:23:52come along
00:23:53with me
00:23:54dead
00:24:01yes
00:24:02what do you
00:24:06make of it
00:24:06doctor
00:24:07shot in the
00:24:08back
00:24:08between the
00:24:08second and
00:24:09third ribs
00:24:09the bullet
00:24:10undoubtedly
00:24:11penetrated the
00:24:11heart
00:24:12look at the
00:24:13powder marks
00:24:13on his coat
00:24:14I was afraid
00:24:15of this
00:24:15what do you
00:24:16mean
00:24:16don't you
00:24:17remember the
00:24:17man in the
00:24:18cab who
00:24:18followed Miss
00:24:19Finnick to
00:24:19Baker Street
00:24:19well you don't
00:24:20think he had
00:24:20anything to do
00:24:21with the deal
00:24:21I think it's
00:24:21reasonable to
00:24:22assume that
00:24:23he tipped off
00:24:23someone that
00:24:24I'd been sent
00:24:25for
00:24:25Sir George has
00:24:26obviously been
00:24:26murdered to keep
00:24:27him from telling
00:24:27me what he knew
00:24:28what was the
00:24:30weapon used
00:24:30small caliber
00:24:32revolver
00:24:32point-blank
00:24:33range
00:24:33by the
00:24:34look of
00:24:34the wound
00:24:34the murderer
00:24:36came in
00:24:36through those
00:24:37French windows
00:24:37the mud
00:24:39from the
00:24:39garden he
00:24:40brought in
00:24:40on his
00:24:40boots
00:24:40Sir George
00:24:42must have
00:24:42surprised the
00:24:43intruder
00:24:43to pass the
00:24:44room to him
00:24:45here
00:24:45the followers
00:24:48we can't
00:24:49tell
00:24:49but from the
00:24:50location of
00:24:50the wound
00:24:51I'd say
00:24:52that he
00:24:52turned his
00:24:52back for a
00:24:53moment and
00:24:53as he
00:24:54turned
00:24:54the muzzle
00:24:55of the
00:24:56revolver was
00:24:56placed between
00:24:57his ribs
00:24:57and one
00:24:57muffled
00:24:58shot
00:24:58fired
00:24:58and you
00:24:59mean to
00:24:59say he
00:25:00kept on
00:25:00going
00:25:00even after
00:25:01he was
00:25:02shot
00:25:02there's
00:25:02no doubt
00:25:02about it
00:25:03look there
00:25:03a trail
00:25:05of blood
00:25:06leads us
00:25:07back to
00:25:07the desk
00:25:08something
00:25:09Sir George
00:25:10was after
00:25:10something
00:25:13I know
00:25:15he was
00:25:16trying to
00:25:16summon help
00:25:16Poacher
00:25:17I don't
00:25:17think so
00:25:17Watson
00:25:18there's
00:25:18the
00:25:19bell
00:25:19pull
00:25:19by the
00:25:19fireplace
00:25:19now
00:25:21you'll
00:25:22notice
00:25:22from the
00:25:23trail
00:25:23of blood
00:25:23that Sir
00:25:24George
00:25:25made
00:25:25straight
00:25:25to this
00:25:26desk
00:25:26here
00:25:26I wonder
00:25:27there was
00:25:28something
00:25:28he was
00:25:28desperately
00:25:29anxious
00:25:29to get
00:25:30hello
00:25:32his right
00:25:33hand's
00:25:34clenched
00:25:34that's
00:25:35perfectly
00:25:35natural
00:25:36death
00:25:37agony
00:25:37the left
00:25:38hand lies
00:25:38open
00:25:38why only one
00:25:40hand clenched
00:25:40in the death
00:25:41agony
00:25:41the right
00:25:42hand
00:25:43the hand
00:25:43nearest the
00:25:43desk
00:25:44please note
00:25:45that
00:25:45if Sir
00:25:47George took
00:25:47something off
00:25:48this desk
00:25:48something so
00:25:50important that
00:25:50he spilled
00:25:51his last
00:25:51drop of
00:25:52blood
00:25:52to get
00:25:52it
00:25:52I want
00:25:53to know
00:25:54what it
00:25:54is
00:25:54nothing but
00:26:08an ordinary
00:26:09match folder
00:26:10where does
00:26:11that lead
00:26:11us
00:26:12I imagine
00:26:14to something
00:26:14very important
00:26:15Gregson
00:26:15this match
00:26:17folder's from
00:26:17Pembroke House
00:26:18why shouldn't
00:26:19it be
00:26:19he was
00:26:20there you
00:26:20know
00:26:21we saw
00:26:21him
00:26:22yesterday
00:26:22yes but
00:26:23the effort
00:26:23he made
00:26:23after he
00:26:24was shot
00:26:24to get
00:26:24hold of
00:26:25this match
00:26:25folder
00:26:25it's just
00:26:28possible
00:26:28he wanted
00:26:30someone to
00:26:31remember
00:26:31Pembroke House
00:26:32and they've
00:26:34wished to
00:26:34recall it
00:26:35to someone
00:26:35who saw
00:26:36it there
00:26:36someone who
00:26:37like ourselves
00:26:38saw him
00:26:39with a
00:26:39woman
00:26:39come in
00:26:58oh Dr. Watson
00:27:00this came by
00:27:01hand for Mr. Holmes
00:27:02not ten minutes
00:27:03ago
00:27:04thank you
00:27:04Mrs. Edson
00:27:05that would
00:27:08be the
00:27:08report from
00:27:09Mr. George's
00:27:09bank
00:27:10report from
00:27:11Mr. George
00:27:12oh really
00:27:13don't you
00:27:13remember his
00:27:14daughter told
00:27:14us that he
00:27:15just closed
00:27:15his account
00:27:16had it
00:27:17looked into
00:27:17at once
00:27:17hmm
00:27:22he drew
00:27:24out his
00:27:25entire
00:27:25balance in
00:27:26cash
00:27:27nearly
00:27:27ten thousand
00:27:27pounds
00:27:28yesterday
00:27:29just after
00:27:30that young
00:27:30woman was
00:27:30murdered
00:27:31what does
00:27:32that suggest
00:27:32you Watson
00:27:32he paid it
00:27:33out to
00:27:34someone
00:27:34precisely
00:27:34I smelled
00:27:36a faint
00:27:36sweet
00:27:37odor
00:27:37of
00:27:37blackmail
00:27:38you don't
00:27:39think
00:27:39he paid
00:27:39it out
00:27:39to
00:27:40someone
00:27:40who
00:27:40saw
00:27:40him
00:27:40murdered
00:27:40the
00:27:41mcclain
00:27:41woman
00:27:41sir
00:27:42George
00:27:42never
00:27:42murdered
00:27:42anyone
00:27:43but he
00:27:43didn't have
00:27:43that woman's
00:27:44finger
00:27:44and he
00:27:45did have
00:27:45a lot
00:27:46of
00:27:46cash
00:27:47that's
00:27:47the terrifying
00:27:48part about
00:27:48blackmail
00:27:49Watson
00:27:49the victim
00:27:51is afraid
00:27:51to fight
00:27:52the accusation
00:27:52no matter
00:27:52how false
00:27:53once the
00:27:54accusation
00:27:54is made
00:27:55his name
00:27:56is smeared
00:27:57and sometimes
00:27:59his life
00:27:59is ruined
00:28:00well
00:28:02sir
00:28:02George
00:28:02didn't
00:28:03commit
00:28:03these murders
00:28:03what
00:28:04fiend
00:28:04did
00:28:05I
00:28:06rather
00:28:06think
00:28:06they're
00:28:06not
00:28:07the
00:28:07work
00:28:07of
00:28:07any
00:28:07one
00:28:07man
00:28:08oh
00:28:09come
00:28:09Holmes
00:28:09you
00:28:10don't
00:28:10expect
00:28:10me
00:28:10to
00:28:10believe
00:28:11there's
00:28:11a whole
00:28:11organization
00:28:12going about
00:28:12killing
00:28:13people
00:28:13and
00:28:14chopping
00:28:14off
00:28:14their
00:28:15fingers
00:28:15that's
00:28:15possible
00:28:16quite
00:28:16possible
00:28:16whoever's
00:28:18behind
00:28:18all this
00:28:19thing
00:28:19must be
00:28:20out of
00:28:20his
00:28:20mind
00:28:20on the
00:28:21contrary
00:28:21my dear
00:28:21fellow
00:28:21if my
00:28:22assumptions
00:28:23are
00:28:23correct
00:28:23this
00:28:24little
00:28:24scheme
00:28:24has
00:28:24behind
00:28:25it
00:28:25the
00:28:26most
00:28:26brilliant
00:28:26and ruthless
00:28:27intellect
00:28:27the world
00:28:28has ever
00:28:28known
00:28:28you don't
00:28:29mean
00:28:34he was
00:28:35suspected
00:28:35him
00:28:35of
00:28:36unsolved
00:28:36crimes
00:28:37he's
00:28:37dead
00:28:38you
00:28:38know
00:28:38is he
00:28:38is he
00:28:39no
00:28:39he is
00:28:40he was
00:28:41hanged
00:28:41in
00:28:41Montevideo
00:28:41all over
00:28:42a year
00:28:42ago
00:28:43I know
00:28:43that someone
00:28:44was hanged
00:28:44in Montevideo
00:28:45under that
00:28:45name
00:28:46but I'll
00:28:47stake my
00:28:47reputation
00:28:48that Moriarty
00:28:48is alive
00:28:49and here
00:28:50now
00:28:51in London
00:28:52hello
00:28:56yes
00:28:58but Dr. Watson
00:28:58wait a minute
00:28:59who me
00:29:00oh yes
00:29:04this is Dr. Watson
00:29:05speaking
00:29:06no no
00:29:07I'm afraid
00:29:08I've retarded
00:29:08I don't
00:29:09practice
00:29:09anymore
00:29:09what
00:29:11oh that's
00:29:13a different
00:29:14thing
00:29:14an emergency
00:29:15case
00:29:16where
00:29:17just a
00:29:17minute
00:29:17yes
00:29:21yes well
00:29:22see it
00:29:22she's not
00:29:23moved
00:29:23remember that
00:29:24don't touch
00:29:25it till I
00:29:26get there
00:29:27fractured
00:29:29case
00:29:29in the
00:29:29cardinal's
00:29:30mules
00:29:30heavy woman
00:29:3114 stone
00:29:32just the
00:29:40sort of
00:29:40person
00:29:40who would
00:29:41hoist
00:29:41herself up
00:29:42on a
00:29:42stool
00:29:42to feed
00:29:43the
00:29:43canary
00:29:43there ought
00:29:44to be
00:29:45a law
00:29:45against
00:29:45fat
00:29:45people
00:29:46keeping
00:29:46little
00:29:47dicky
00:29:47birds
00:29:47well
00:29:48so long
00:29:50old man
00:29:50it won't
00:29:51be very
00:29:51long
00:29:51haven't
00:29:52used
00:29:52their
00:29:53bag
00:29:53since
00:29:53I
00:29:54bought
00:29:54little
00:29:54Amelia
00:29:54what's
00:29:55the
00:29:55name
00:29:55in
00:29:55the
00:29:55world
00:29:55she grew
00:29:56up to
00:29:57be a
00:29:57very
00:29:57unattractive
00:29:57child
00:29:58who
00:29:58wouldn't
00:29:59with a
00:29:59name
00:29:59like
00:29:59Amelia
00:29:59Amelia
00:30:00Amelia
00:31:00Oh, Professor Moriarty, not that I wish to appear inquisitive, but to what am I indebted
00:31:21for the pleasure of this visit? Scotland Yard will be interested.
00:31:25It's very convenient for me to have Scotland Yard think that I'm still dead in Montevideo.
00:31:31I never dreamed of fooling you. Thank you. The thought occurs to me, Mr. Holmes, that
00:31:37there are some advantages in living within the law. You are very comfortably fixed here,
00:31:44aren't you? As I get on in life, the little comforts appeal to me more and more.
00:31:52Oh, I beg your pardon. Won't you sit down? Thank you.
00:31:59And now, Professor Moriarty, what can I do for you? Everything that I have to say to you
00:32:16has already crossed your mind. And my answer is no doubt crossed yours.
00:32:21Yes, final. What do you think? I shall not rest until you are hanged for the finger murders.
00:32:29You have no proof, you know.
00:32:32Oh, not a shred. But I have you. I could turn you over to the police here and now.
00:32:42You could. But if you did, you would never see Dr. Watson again.
00:32:48Oh, the telephone call. Quite.
00:32:51I rather assumed you had taken some such precaution, or I should have snatched up a revolver
00:32:58and indulged in a fit of heroics when you came in. Very smart, aren't you?
00:33:05Not smart enough, or I should have anticipated you. But if any harm comes to Dr. Watson, I shall seek you out.
00:33:13I shall not rest until I find you, and when I do...
00:33:16No harm will come to Dr. Watson this time. But I can't answer for the future.
00:33:21Mr. Holmes, I should strongly advise you to drop this case. Don't be silly. Think it over.
00:33:27We've had many encounters in the past. You hope to place me on the gallows.
00:33:32I tell you, I shall never stand upon the gallows. But if you are instrumental in any way in bringing about my destruction,
00:33:40you will not be alive to enjoy your satisfaction.
00:33:43And we shall walk together through the gates of eternity, hand in hand.
00:33:46What a charming picture that would make. Yes, wouldn't it? I really think it might be worth it.
00:33:57Shoelaces, Governor? Tons of pair. End strong enough to end yourself.
00:34:02How many more times since I tell you I don't want your filthy shoelaces or your company?
00:34:08Shoelaces, Governor?
00:34:09Nothing's impertinence. Run along, my good man, or I'll give you in charge.
00:34:12Shoelaces, Governor?
00:34:18Shoelaces, Governor?
00:34:20Oh, poor bloke. What's only got one arm?
00:34:24Any luck with Mr. Holmes?
00:34:25You can read his obituary in tomorrow's papers.
00:34:27Oh, there you are, Watson. Come in.
00:34:41How's that?
00:34:43Just going out to look for you.
00:34:45Look for me? What for?
00:34:47I suppose you don't think I know my way about?
00:34:49Well, you're right, I don't.
00:34:50Blast all practical jokers, anyhow.
00:34:52Know where I've been?
00:34:54On a wild goose chase.
00:34:55Exactly.
00:34:56There's no such number in McArdle's muse.
00:34:58Some fool's idea of a joke.
00:35:01Did you, uh...
00:35:03Did you see anyone?
00:35:04No, nobody especially.
00:35:06Only a whining old idiot selling bootlaces.
00:35:08Persistent beggar, wasn't he?
00:35:10Stuck to you like Grimdale.
00:35:12How do you know?
00:35:13He finally left you for someone who looked like there were pickings.
00:35:17Someone, my dear Watson, was Professor Moriarty himself.
00:35:20What?
00:35:21Just called on me.
00:35:22Moriarty here and you let him go?
00:35:23But you must be out of your mind.
00:35:25Why?
00:35:26Well, he bluffed me into believing that he was holding a friend of mine as hostage.
00:35:29Friendly or who?
00:35:30Oh, nobody very important.
00:35:31Just a fat, lazy fellow.
00:35:32Medical man, I believe.
00:35:33Medical man?
00:35:34Do I know him?
00:35:35Yes, I think you do.
00:35:36A fellow by the name of Watson.
00:35:37Watson?
00:35:38Watson?
00:35:39Never heard...
00:35:40Who?
00:35:41Me?
00:35:42I'm afraid so, old fellow.
00:35:43Your street hawker's job was to do away with you in a certain contingency.
00:35:49And you let Moriarty go?
00:35:51Because of me?
00:35:52I had no choice.
00:35:53I can't afford to lose you, old fellow.
00:35:55Well, that's very decent of the old chap, I must say.
00:35:58But, well, I wish you'd nabbed him.
00:36:02We shall.
00:36:03Never fear.
00:36:04I know the motive for the finger murders.
00:36:06All I have to find out now is the method used with the blackmail victims.
00:36:10Method?
00:36:11Yes.
00:36:12How does Moriarty get them to the scene of the crime?
00:36:15How does he plant those severed fingers on them?
00:36:18And how does he scare them into believing that they may have committed those atrocious murders themselves?
00:36:27Curious?
00:36:33Very curious.
00:36:36Curious?
00:36:37What's curious?
00:36:40That window in the empty house across the street.
00:36:45First floor front.
00:36:47Oh?
00:36:48What's wrong with it?
00:36:49It's open.
00:36:50Well, shouldn't it be open?
00:36:52Well, it wasn't open half an hour ago.
00:36:54I'll stake my life on that.
00:36:55Well, it's not our business.
00:36:56Let it stay open.
00:36:58I, uh, wonder if you'd go over, old fellow, and see what's the matter.
00:37:02Oh, trust the thing.
00:37:03Against the law.
00:37:04Hmm?
00:37:05Very well.
00:37:06I'll go myself.
00:37:07Oh, well, if you're going to put it like that.
00:37:09Ridiculous waste of time.
00:37:10Going about shutting windows at this hour of the night.
00:37:12Yeah, you'd better take this torch.
00:37:13Well, take what?
00:37:14Dignified job for a doctor.
00:37:17Dr. Watson, the torchbearer.
00:37:18And what do you propose to do?
00:37:20Sit in a comfortable chair, I suppose, and read a good book.
00:37:22That's a very good idea.
00:37:23Yeah, that's a very good idea.
00:37:24Well, I play night watchman.
00:37:26You have a nice read.
00:37:27Mm-hmm.
00:37:28Good night.
00:37:29Have a good time.
00:37:30Have a good time.
00:37:31Wait a minute.
00:37:32Good night.
00:37:33I'll take this out anywhere.
00:37:34Hmm.
00:37:35What am I supposed to do with you?
00:37:44What am I supposed to do with you?
00:37:56What am I supposed to do with you?
00:37:59Who? On Beristair.
00:38:03Pretty little thing to keep about the house.
00:38:06Must have been a pet.
00:38:29All right, Barbara.
00:38:43This must be a look.
00:38:46Well, he sits comfortably reading a book.
00:38:51Huh.
00:39:05Well, he sits comfortably reading a book.
00:39:08Huh.
00:39:09Come here.
00:39:37Come here!
00:39:40He killed Holmes!
00:39:41He killed Sherlock!
00:39:43Watson.
00:39:44You?
00:39:45But I saw him shoot you a second ago.
00:39:47Not me, my dear fellow.
00:39:48Merely the bust of Julius Caesar.
00:39:50Incidentally, you may have noticed that all through the ages,
00:39:53prominent men have prominent noses.
00:40:01Well, I'm afraid we're in for terrible trouble again with Mrs. Hudson.
00:40:04Windows smashed.
00:40:05Plaster all over the floor.
00:40:06Get up, you.
00:40:07Corporal Williams, Middlesex Regiment.
00:40:08Discharge from the Army is physically unfed.
00:40:09Huh.
00:40:10Papers seem in order.
00:40:11Now, Corporal Williams.
00:40:12You've seen service in the Far East, haven't you?
00:40:15The East?
00:40:16I thought so.
00:40:17Look at his complexion, Watson.
00:40:18Yellow Saffron.
00:40:19He's been taking Antebrine.
00:40:20Cure for malaria.
00:40:21Sniper, aren't you?
00:40:22Sniper.
00:40:23Hmm.
00:40:24Hmm.
00:40:25Why did you try to kill me?
00:40:31I had to kill him.
00:40:32I had to.
00:40:33Oh, snap out of it!
00:40:34Stop it, Watson.
00:40:35He's shamming!
00:40:36No, he isn't.
00:40:37No, he isn't.
00:40:38No, he isn't.
00:40:39No, he isn't.
00:40:40I do.
00:40:41I did not kill him.
00:40:43I didn't kill him.
00:40:44I didn't kill him.
00:40:45I did not kill him.
00:40:46I did not kill him.
00:40:48kill him. I had to. Oh, snap out of it. Stop it, Watson. He's shamming. No, he isn't. Who
00:40:55told you to kill me? She told me. She told you? She told me I couldn't miss. Well, luckily
00:41:05you did miss, you murderer. He isn't a murderer, Watson. Listen, Corporal Williams, she told
00:41:14you you had to do it, didn't she? I had to do it. I've got it, Watson. I've got it. Got
00:41:21what? The method used in the finger murders. Well, what is it? Hypnotism, my dear fellow,
00:41:26hypnotism. It wasn't against his nature. That's the devilish part of it. They picked a man
00:41:33for their purpose whose job was sniping. Who are they? Professor Moriarty and his finger
00:41:38murderers. Williams spoke of a woman. I think you'll find that she asked him home tonight
00:41:44for a drink. Nice quiet rooms, soft lights, music. He's got it all packed, Mr. Holmes. What's
00:41:52the lady look like? Oh, about 30. Nice figure. Blonde. Lustrous eyes. Oh, really? Got her phone
00:42:00number? Oh, so? Williams will give us her address. Look after him, Gregson. Don't let anyone
00:42:10come near him. He's our key witness in the finger murders. Well, I hope you're guessing
00:42:15right, Mr. Holmes. Get up, Williams. Now, go with Inspector Gregson, anybody tells you. Come
00:42:25on. Here. Ring me as soon as he comes to himself, will you? I will. Good night, gentlemen. Good
00:42:36night. Well, if you believe that fellow Williams was hypnotized, I suppose you think Sir George
00:42:42Fenwick was hypnotized too. Yes, I'm quite sure of it. Have a cup of tea. Thanks, old boy.
00:42:46Nothing to eat. But why didn't these people make Sir George do the murder himself? Because
00:42:51they didn't want to get him hanged. They, uh, they wanted to blackmail him. Well, who do
00:42:57you think the actual murderer is? What a Moriarty's gang. A diabolically simple technique. Kill
00:43:04a woman. Yes, yes, yes. But why cut off the fingers? My dear fellow, don't you understand?
00:43:10The severed finger is what links the blackmail victim to the murderer. He wakes. He finds the
00:43:15grizzly thing in his pocket. Doesn't know how he got there. He's no idea that he's been hypnotized.
00:43:20For all he knows, he may have committed the atrocious crime during some dreadful lapse
00:43:26of sanity. In that state, when he's utterly demoralized, the blackmailers take over. Is
00:43:32that it? Undoubtedly. You see, they swear that they saw him commit the murder. And, being
00:43:36human, the victim will pay anything rather than stand trial on a charge that will make
00:43:40his very name loathsome. Oh, it all fits in if you believe in hypnotism. Yeah. The only possible
00:43:46explanation. You think the hypnotist is that woman with the blonde hair and the lustrous eyes? The
00:43:52woman you invented? I didn't invent her. I saw her. What on earth are you talking about? That woman,
00:43:59my dear Watson, was with Sir George when he left Pembroke House. I saw her there. I shall see her
00:44:06again, and Williams will lead me to her. That's why it's so important to keep him safe. He will
00:44:12identify her.
00:44:18Hello? Yes? Inspector Gregson?
00:44:21What? I'll get every constable in the district. Yes, I'll be over at once. What's happened,
00:44:31Holmes? Williams is missing. Great Scott! Come on.
00:44:38Laurie crashed into Gregson's car due to confusion. Williams disappeared. Escaped her? No, kidnapped.
00:44:44To keep him from talking when he came to. You don't think that Moriarty... Moriarty? Anything
00:44:49is possible. Williams! Dead. You see? Anything is possible.
00:45:19Oh, good morning, Professor Moriarty. You startled me. I'm dressing another dolly. A dear little nurse.
00:45:35Is there anything wrong with your finger? Just a splinter. Nasty thing splinters. Most trying. One can't be too
00:45:44careful. But I'll get it out for you. I'll have the very instrument to help you.
00:45:55Sharp enough to split a hair. Put those tools away until they're needed.
00:45:59But they're not tools, sir. They're instruments. Put them away. Is Lydia in? Yes.
00:46:05But really, you should let me. Get dressed. Holmes and Watson have just left Baker Street for the
00:46:15Mesmer Club. Mesmer Club? The meeting place of all the top hypnotists in London. Do you suppose that
00:46:21Mr. Holmes is on to our method? If he suspects, it's merely a suspicion. It's our business to see that
00:46:29it ends there. I hope you're right. William's passed away before he could talk, remember?
00:46:35What do you want me to do? Go to the Mesmer Club, meet Holmes, and induce him to come back here.
00:46:43Isn't that a bit dangerous? Every meeting with Sherlock Holmes is potentially dangerous.
00:46:50However, you say he didn't see your face at Pembroke House.
00:46:52And how would you suggest I get Mr. Holmes to accompany me here?
00:46:58Kidnap him? Oh, no. Holmes has one weakness. His insatiable curiosity.
00:47:05If you can arouse that, you can lead him anywhere. It's up to you to take advantage of any opportunity
00:47:10that may arise. This way, please, gentlemen. I'll tell Dr. Onslow that you're here. Thank you.
00:47:16And this is the Mesmer Club. If you ask me, hypnotism is a lot of mumbo-jumbo.
00:47:25Oh, come now, Watson. As a medical man, you must admit that hypnotism has its place in modern science.
00:47:29That may be, but 90% of hypnotists are crooks of the worst kind. Nothing more than a lot of
00:47:34charlatans exploiting weak-willed morons. Ah. Dr. Onslow, I believe.
00:47:38Ah, happy to meet you, Mr. Holmes. Uh, your brother Mycroft suggested I might be have helped you.
00:47:44He's a valued member of our little group of, uh, charlatans and crooks.
00:47:48Oh, I beg your pardon, sir. I didn't know you were listening.
00:47:51Oh, behind the curtain. My friend, Dr. Watson. Ah, delighted.
00:47:53Oh, do you, sir? I wonder, now. You see, we're in the midst of a little experimental session
00:47:58at this very moment, if you'd, uh, care to join us. Oh, certainly, certainly.
00:48:03I'd be very instructive. Oh, well, will you follow me? Thank you.
00:48:06Nothing I know is I'm worried behind the blasted clinic. In treating his patients. But today,
00:48:11the therapeutic value of hypnotism, as we now call it, is conceded by innumerable physicians.
00:48:18Especially is it of value in surgical cases where the administration of local or of general
00:48:24anaesthetic is inadvisable. Inadvisable poppycock.
00:48:27For the sake of latecomers, I may say that I have placed this subject under profound hypnosis.
00:48:35In this condition, he can feel no pain, even under applications which normally would be excruciating.
00:48:41Excruciating. Will you excuse me, please?
00:48:46Carter, you are having a peaceful sleep. You feel nothing.
00:48:51Your arms and your hands are without sensation. Mowbray, the long needle.
00:49:04Carter, give me your right hand.
00:49:11As you observe, the needle has been thrust completely through the subject's hand.
00:49:19No feeling, no pain. This lack of feeling is the one infallible test of profound hypnosis.
00:49:27Nonsense. The fellow's full of drugs. Well, isn't he?
00:49:30Definitely not, Doctor.
00:49:32Wake up, Carter. Wake up. You'll feel well and rested, remember. No pain anywhere. Wake up, wake up.
00:49:46I say, when are you going to begin? All through, Carter. Stand up.
00:49:53This way, sir.
00:49:56And, uh, are these all the people that come here?
00:49:58Oh, no, no, no. Others keep dropping in all the time.
00:50:01I suppose it's all right for those who believe in it, but, of course, I'm a professional man myself.
00:50:06Then you don't believe in hypnotism, Dr. Watson.
00:50:08I don't deny that there are certain types of hysterical feeble-minded people who go under a few point of finger at them.
00:50:15But anyone with a, with an ounce of character.
00:50:18How right you are. You see right through our little artifices, don't you, Doctor?
00:50:23Right through, my dear sir. Right through.
00:50:25Right, sir. But with the feeble-minded, as you say.
00:50:29Hey, uh, excuse us, Mr. Holmes. Oh, certainly.
00:50:32Step over here, won't you?
00:50:33Certainly, sir. Anything to oblige?
00:50:35Let me show you how easily we charlatans take advantage of them.
00:50:41Now, sit down, Doctor.
00:50:47Now, we set a thing like this in motion.
00:50:49It's wonderful, the attraction, on the feeble-minded, of course.
00:50:58The continuous motion, if they just let themselves follow it.
00:51:05Of course, you could stare at it till doonest day, Dr. Watson, with no effect at all.
00:51:11Still, it might make you a little drowsy, like the white ribbon of road at night when you're driving.
00:51:22The rhythm is smooth, unbroken, and the road goes on and on, round and round, always the same, winding and winding.
00:51:40And you're drowsy. You're tired. Let the road come into you, as it were. The long road. The smooth road. The road to sleep.
00:51:59Sleep.
00:52:00Open your eyes. Stand up.
00:52:14Turn around.
00:52:18And now, Dr. Watson, you're on a holiday in Scotland.
00:52:22The country is amazingly beautiful. We're coming to a stream.
00:52:27It isn't deep.
00:52:31Better take your shoes and socks off.
00:52:45Roll up your trouser.
00:52:52That will do. The other leg is waterproof.
00:52:57Turn around.
00:52:58Mind the pedals.
00:53:06Sit down.
00:53:12Wake up now.
00:53:19There you are, you see? What did I tell you? It didn't work with me. Why, nobody with an ounce of character.
00:53:27Hmm? Hmm?
00:53:31I think you'll need these.
00:53:39There's no little outfit. Watson, she's here.
00:53:41Oh, a woman you're looking for?
00:53:42Yes, I'm going to meet her. Perhaps I can induce her to take me to Moriarty.
00:53:47Do you think it's wise, Holmes?
00:53:48May not be wise, but it's essential. After all, I've held me on with Moriarty in the past.
00:53:52But isn't it dangerous? She might be a hypnotist.
00:53:54If my will isn't stronger than hers, I deserve to be hypnotized.
00:53:57Shh. I feel I must protest, Dr. Onslow. I was told this was a gathering of serious students of a great science, and I find myself in a company of buffoons.
00:54:05Oh, my dear madam.
00:54:07It's an Esdell brain. Were those men martyrs for the truth, that you may laugh over your childish, cruel tricks?
00:54:13I must say I'm in complete agreement with you, madam. This was most unnecessary performance, Dr. Onslow.
00:54:17Beg your pardon, sir.
00:54:19My name is Holmes, Sherlock Holmes. At your service, madam.
00:54:23Thank you, Mr. Holmes. I'm afraid I've created a rather embarrassing situation.
00:54:27But you see, I'm interested in the serious study of hypnotism.
00:54:29So am I, too.
00:54:31Perhaps we have something in common, Mr. Holmes.
00:54:33Perhaps we have. Do you join me for a cocktail at Pembroke House?
00:54:36I'd rather.
00:54:37Good.
00:54:53I didn't know there was such a pleasant place in London. It was so nice of you to suggest our coming here.
00:54:58I thought a little pick-me-up would do us good.
00:55:01You mean you thought I looked...
00:55:02I like the way you look.
00:55:08I suppose I did lose my head a little at the Mesmer Club. But you see, hypnotism is almost a religion with me.
00:55:15I know so well what it can do to help, heal, and I can't bear to see it used for trivial purposes.
00:55:21I know very little about it. That's why I went to the Mesmer Club.
00:55:23You see, I'm rather puzzled just now with the case that I'm working on.
00:55:26How fascinating. Tell me about it.
00:55:28It's the murder of Sir George Fenwick.
00:55:30Fenwick? Who is he?
00:55:34Quite a well-known figure.
00:55:35Hard now, I come to think of it.
00:55:37Last time I saw Sir George, he was here at Pembroke House.
00:55:41Strange.
00:55:42Yes, isn't it? He was sitting, um...
00:55:47I believe he was sitting at this very table.
00:55:48A cigarette.
00:55:51Thanks. Do go on.
00:55:53There was a charming lady with him. He was, uh, he was lighting a cigarette.
00:56:04Charming. Did you see her face?
00:56:07No worse luck.
00:56:09Merely her back.
00:56:10How unenterprising of you.
00:56:13Yes, wasn't it?
00:56:13Afraid I'm getting a little older.
00:56:15I shouldn't say so.
00:56:17That's nice of you. Still, the first time in my life I've got hold of a case that's beyond me.
00:56:23I'm actually losing sleep over it.
00:56:25You know, Mr. Holmes, I believe I could help you.
00:56:28Really? I should be very grateful.
00:56:31You're amused.
00:56:32Oh, nearly sceptical.
00:56:35How would you go about it?
00:56:37I've used hypnotism more than once in healing.
00:56:40Not for profit. I'm not a professional.
00:56:43But I do think I could help you.
00:56:45If you care to...
00:56:47I can't think of a pleasanter experience.
00:57:05Low lights, music, is that all there is to it?
00:57:08You must relax, Mr. Holmes. I'm afraid you're a rather difficult subject.
00:57:11Okay.
00:57:15So, I thought perhaps a little help.
00:57:20Materia Medica might be advisable.
00:57:22Drugs?
00:57:27No, I'd rather not if you don't mind.
00:57:29As a matter of fact, I'd rather not myself.
00:57:32But Shrink Nazi, he practiced in Munich, you know.
00:57:35Believed it the best means for difficult subjects.
00:57:38Do you mind?
00:57:40Well, as a matter of fact, I don't approve of sedatives.
00:57:43Just as you wish.
00:57:44We don't have to go on with this at all, you know.
00:57:46Wait a minute.
00:57:50Wait a minute.
00:57:55All right. I'll take a chance.
00:57:57It's really quite harmless.
00:57:59What is it?
00:58:01Cannabis Japonica, an oriental soporific.
00:58:03You need water.
00:58:09I'll take a chance.
00:58:10I'll take a chance.
00:58:10I'll take a chance.
00:58:10I'll take a chance.
00:58:11I'll take a chance.
00:58:16Thank you, Mr. Holmes.
00:58:23Now, sit down, Mr. Holmes.
00:58:24You'll feel yourself growing drowsy.
00:58:32Don't fight it.
00:58:34Give in to it.
00:58:36Because you do want to sleep, you know.
00:58:37Just fix your eyes on this one white flower.
00:58:45Floating on the water.
00:58:49Empty your mind of every other thought.
00:58:51Follow the motion of the water.
00:58:56So smooth.
00:58:58Not a ripple.
00:59:01Waters of forgetfulness.
00:59:06Steady.
00:59:09Deep.
00:59:12Strong.
00:59:15Strange, isn't it?
00:59:17I look how the light is reflected.
00:59:19Little specks of light that move and move.
00:59:29It's restful here.
00:59:34It is peaceful.
00:59:39It's friendly.
00:59:40and you're very close
00:59:43to finding what you're looking for
00:59:45you'll find
00:59:47them soon now
00:59:48the guilty ones
00:59:50when you're rested
00:59:54gentle
00:59:57waters closing over
00:59:59you
00:59:59steady
01:00:01deep
01:00:04strong
01:00:07drawing you down
01:00:11down
01:00:15down
01:00:18sleep
01:00:28sleep
01:00:32sleep
01:00:35sleep
01:00:37sleep
01:00:39sleep
01:00:41sleep
01:00:43sleep
01:00:45sleep
01:00:47sleep
01:00:49sleep
01:00:51sleep
01:00:53sleep
01:00:55sleep
01:00:57sleep
01:00:59sleep
01:01:01sleep
01:01:03sleep
01:01:04Here he is, Professor Moriarty.
01:01:31Stand up, Mr. Holmes.
01:01:40Open your eyes.
01:01:44Face this way.
01:01:49Are you satisfied?
01:01:53We are dealing with a clever man.
01:01:55He may be shamming.
01:01:57There's just one infallible test for profound hypnosis.
01:02:02You ready, Dr. Simnor?
01:02:04Well, that will do, Doctor.
01:02:17He couldn't fake insensibility to the knife.
01:02:19I congratulate you, Lydia.
01:02:24Turn around, Mr. Holmes.
01:02:28Now walk to the desk.
01:02:29Sit down.
01:02:39Take that pen.
01:02:41Write what I tell you to write.
01:02:43I have at last found a case which I cannot solve.
01:02:46I have outlived my usefulness.
01:02:58Therefore, I have decided to end my life.
01:03:06Sign your name.
01:03:10Now blot it.
01:03:11Hold it up.
01:03:21And put it in your pocket.
01:03:24Come, Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
01:03:27Go out onto the terrace.
01:03:31But it won't look like suicide, sir.
01:03:33I'm sorry, but Mr. Holmes' injuries must all be self-inflicted.
01:03:37Let's walk a little, Mr. Holmes.
01:03:43It's so pleasant here in the garden.
01:03:50Just step up here onto the terrace.
01:03:52It's a nice, broad terrace.
01:03:54Now turn to the left
01:03:59and walk slowly to the end of the terrace.
01:04:15Don't stop.
01:04:16You must walk to the end, you know.
01:04:18The end leads to an open doorway.
01:04:25You can pass through it in perfect safety.
01:04:27In the room beyond the doorway,
01:04:29you'll find what you've been looking for.
01:04:31Must you drag this on?
01:04:33This is the moment I've been anticipating for a long time, my dear.
01:04:37Go on, Mr. Holmes.
01:04:38Through the open doorway,
01:04:45you will find the man
01:04:46responsible for the finger murders
01:04:48and the death of Sir George Fenwick.
01:04:51Professor Moriarty.
01:04:53Holmes!
01:04:56Stand still.
01:04:58What a beautiful view, Watson.
01:05:00I'm quite enjoying it.
01:05:01No, you're not.
01:05:02You're hypnotized.
01:05:03You're under a spell.
01:05:05Stand still.
01:05:05Don't move.
01:05:07Steady, Holmes.
01:05:07Steady, does it.
01:05:08Stand perfectly still where you are.
01:05:10Nonsense, Watson.
01:05:11You don't know what you're doing.
01:05:12Of course I know what I'm doing.
01:05:14You mean you're not hypnotized?
01:05:15Certainly not.
01:05:16Then get off the wall, you idiot.
01:05:18Oh!
01:05:18Oh!
01:05:19Holmes!
01:05:20Oh!
01:05:21Oh!
01:05:21What were you doing up there?
01:05:23Holding the fort until you arrived.
01:05:25What kept you?
01:05:26Oh, I ran into a spot of trouble
01:05:27on my way to Scotland Yard.
01:05:29I was arrested for proceeding with speed limit.
01:05:31Your luck seems to hold, Mr. Holmes.
01:05:34I'd hardly call it luck, Professor.
01:05:35You see, I substituted a drug of my own
01:05:37to the one that this dear lady pressed on me.
01:05:40You are clever, aren't you?
01:05:42A drug that, although it leaves the subject conscious,
01:05:44renders him quite insensitive to pain.
01:05:46That accounted for my lack of reaction
01:05:48to Dr. Simrel's knife.
01:05:50Well, Gregson, quite an impressive haul.
01:05:53Even Inspector Lestrade himself
01:05:54couldn't have done any better.
01:05:55Thanks, Mr. Holmes.
01:05:56Take him away.
01:05:57All right.
01:05:58Put her in the van.
01:06:01I was right, Mr. Holmes.
01:06:03You are a difficult subject.
01:06:08And now, Professor,
01:06:10our score is settled.
01:06:13What if, while until I see you on the gallows,
01:06:15the rope has not been made
01:06:16that'll go around my neck.
01:06:17Come on.
01:06:17I'll take care of things, Mr. Holmes.
01:06:33Thank you, Inspector.
01:06:34Come on.
01:06:37An evil man, Holmes,
01:06:38but what a horrible death.
01:06:40Better than he deserved.
01:06:44What are you thinking of?
01:06:46I'm thinking of all the women
01:06:47who can come and go in safety
01:06:48in the streets of London tonight.
01:06:51The stars keep watching their heavens.
01:06:55And in our own little way,
01:06:56we too, old friend,
01:06:58a privilege to watch over our city.
01:07:15The stars keep watching their heavens,
01:07:16and I may see you on the wall.
01:07:17And let's get out in the sky.
01:07:18I'll be right back.
01:07:18I'm thinking of all the women
01:07:19and they're doing so much
01:07:19that you want to do so much.
01:07:20Hear me.
01:07:20I'll be right back.
01:07:21I'll be right back.
01:07:22I'll be right back.
01:07:24I'll be right back.
01:07:24I'll be right back.
01:07:24I'll be right back.
01:07:25I'll be right back.
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