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📖🕵️‍♂️ "Dressed to Kill" (1946) – Basil Rathbone returns as Sherlock Holmes in this gripping mystery.

When three identical music boxes are sold at auction, each hiding a secret code to stolen Bank of England plates, Holmes and Watson are drawn into a dangerous chase. A ruthless criminal mastermind will stop at nothing to retrieve them, leading to a battle of wits filled with suspense, disguises, and classic detective intrigue.

🎥 Directed by Roy William Neill, this is the final film in the famous Rathbone-Bruce Sherlock Holmes series—an essential for mystery lovers and classic cinema fans.

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• Sherlock Holmes stories
• 1940s detective films
• Public domain mystery classics
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• Black-and-white suspense thrillers

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00:01:12Dartmoor Prison
00:01:13Isolated from the outside world
00:01:17By walls of granite
00:01:19They say you could get out of here by merely telling what you know
00:01:32You may or may not be another Scotland Yard bloke
00:01:36But I'll give you the same answer I gave the others
00:01:40I still have two years, eight months and six days left
00:01:46In which to make musical boxes
00:01:48That'll be sold at auction for the benefit of this delightful sanctuary
00:01:53And I intend to sell them
00:01:57Move along
00:02:03And now we come to the next object on our list
00:02:08Or I should say objects
00:02:09Because there are three of them
00:02:10Now, ladies and gentlemen
00:02:12These can be bought together
00:02:13Or separately
00:02:14Now, these beautiful little musical boxes only arrived this morning
00:02:18And I didn't intend to put them on the auction block until later
00:02:20But I'm going to sell them now
00:02:21So, good friends, as our old pal Mark Antony used to say
00:02:25Lend me your ears
00:02:27And what do you hear?
00:02:31Right
00:02:32The beautiful tinkle tinkle of the musical box
00:02:35What a lovely trinket
00:02:37What a beautiful gift
00:02:38Created and made by loving hands
00:02:41A thing of beauty and utility
00:02:43I was going to start with five pounds
00:02:45It's a bargain, five pounds
00:02:48Do I see any hands?
00:02:52If there's a connoisseur in the house
00:02:53Will go three pounds for it
00:02:54Two pounds
00:02:56One pound
00:02:59Ten shillings
00:03:02Thank you, sir
00:03:05Ladies and gentlemen
00:03:07Ten shillings is offered for a musical box
00:03:09You couldn't buy anywhere in London
00:03:10For less than five pounds
00:03:11They were stealing to let it go for ten shillings
00:03:14Like taking milk from a baby
00:03:15Well, I was telling me ten shillings
00:03:17Ten shillings, ten shillings is offered
00:03:18Ten shillings is offered
00:03:19Ten shillings is offered
00:03:20Will anybody give me one pound?
00:03:21For only one pound?
00:03:23One pound, give me a pound
00:03:24A pound, one pound is offered
00:03:26Ladies and gentlemen
00:03:27One pound is offered against you, sir
00:03:28Will you go to two pounds?
00:03:30Will you go to two pounds, sir?
00:03:32Two pounds, two pounds is offered
00:03:33Two pounds is offered
00:03:34Once, twice, third in the last call
00:03:37So to the gentleman for two pounds
00:03:40Sorry, my dear
00:03:42Now, ladies and gentlemen
00:03:44Now, ladies and gentlemen
00:03:44Comes the opportunity to purchase
00:03:46An exact duplicate
00:03:47Of the beautiful little musical box
00:03:49Just bought by this gentleman
00:03:50For the ridiculous low price
00:03:52Of two pounds
00:03:52That's exactly the same
00:03:54Exactly the same
00:03:55Made with the same hands
00:03:56You hear that?
00:03:57Isn't that lovely?
00:03:58That tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, tinkle
00:03:59Sounds like bow bells to me
00:04:01You know, little angels
00:04:02Pulling on the ropes, eh?
00:04:04Who'll give me two pounds for it?
00:04:05Who's starting with two pounds?
00:04:06Will anybody start with two pounds?
00:04:08I'll come come, lads and gentlemen
00:04:09Now, from your enthusiasm
00:04:12We might all be in Scotland
00:04:13Instead of London
00:04:13Please buy it for me, Daddy
00:04:15Two pounds, certainly not
00:04:16We all might be in Scotland
00:04:18Besides, I don't like his manner
00:04:20One pound, ten shillings
00:04:21One pound
00:04:22One pound is asked
00:04:24One pound
00:04:24One pound is offered
00:04:25One pound is offered
00:04:26Going one pound
00:04:26In the advance
00:04:27Going once
00:04:28Going twice
00:04:29The third and the last call
00:04:30Sold to the lady for one pound
00:04:33Smart bidding, my dear
00:04:35Thank you
00:04:36We come to the third and last
00:04:38Of these beautiful little musical boxes
00:04:39Exactly the same
00:04:41Tinkle, tinkle
00:04:42Isn't that lovely?
00:04:44Ladies and gentlemen
00:04:44I don't bring you here
00:04:45To gullion and swindle you
00:04:46This is the exact replica
00:04:48Of those two I just sold before
00:04:49We're closed
00:04:57But this is extremely important
00:04:59Come in, sir, come in
00:05:03I'm sorry to disturb you
00:05:05But I was unfortunately delayed
00:05:07From arriving in time
00:05:08To bid on certain articles
00:05:09Which I was rather anxious to obtain
00:05:11Oh, perhaps they weren't sold, sir
00:05:12We are carrying several things over
00:05:14What might the articles be, sir?
00:05:17Three identical musical boxes
00:05:19About so large
00:05:20Oh, I'm sorry, sir
00:05:22But they were sold
00:05:22Pity you weren't here to bid on them
00:05:24They didn't bring anything like the real value
00:05:27I'm most anxious to obtain them
00:05:28I wonder if your records would show
00:05:30Who the purchasers were
00:05:32Oh, we don't usually give out that information, sir
00:05:35For certain, shall we say, sentimental reasons
00:05:38I'm most anxious to get in touch with the purchasers
00:05:41I'd be willing to pay, shall we say, five pounds
00:05:46Well, for certain sentimental reasons, sir
00:05:48We'd be very happy to oblige
00:05:49Alfred
00:05:50Today's sales
00:05:51The three musical boxes
00:05:52Musical boxes, oh
00:05:53Ah, here we are
00:05:55The first purchase for two pounds
00:05:57From Mr. Julian Emery
00:05:5852, Portman Square
00:05:59Write this address down, Alfred
00:06:00Yes, sir
00:06:01Second didn't leave any name
00:06:02Oh, how unfortunate
00:06:04I think she's a dealer
00:06:05You see, they don't like us to know
00:06:06Where the things are going
00:06:07Only count of the profits
00:06:08You say the second purchase
00:06:11Was a woman
00:06:12Can you give me a description of her?
00:06:14Oh, she was a young woman
00:06:15Fairly tall, slender
00:06:17Uh, a light complexion
00:06:19And dark hair
00:06:20And she was wearing a
00:06:22A grey suit, don't you remember?
00:06:24That's right
00:06:24She probably runs a gift shop
00:06:26Uh, she paid, uh, one pound
00:06:28You say she, uh, comes here fairly frequently?
00:06:32Oh, I didn't say so
00:06:33But she does, sir
00:06:35Like as not, she'll come in on Thursday
00:06:37We have sales on Mondays and Thursdays
00:06:39Oh, and the, uh, third box?
00:06:42The third, oh
00:06:42Mr. William Kilgore, 143B Hampton Way
00:06:46For ten shillings
00:06:48Hmm, quite a drop from two pounds
00:06:50Mr. Kilgore was a Scotchman
00:06:52Oh, well, thank you
00:06:54You, uh, be most helpful
00:06:56Oh, thank you, sir
00:06:57And any time you're passing, dropping
00:06:59We always have lovely things for sale
00:07:01How, can't you?
00:07:03Uh, thank you
00:07:03I'll, uh, be back Thursdays
00:07:05A message reached us too late
00:07:15Musical boxes are being sold
00:07:18Well, let's get out of here
00:07:22Some day you'll go too far
00:07:30Reaching for a star, you fool
00:07:35Yet a fool may touch a star, Colonel Cavanaugh
00:07:38If he can reach high enough
00:07:40But not possess it as you would
00:07:42The musical boxes, they've been sold
00:07:46What a pity for you, my dear Colonel
00:07:49Is it my fault that the message reached us only an hour ago?
00:07:53Is it my fault that they were sold?
00:07:55She can't hold me responsible for that
00:07:57Hope for your sake, you're right
00:08:27I will call upon you tonight at a quarter to eight
00:08:32A gentleman who desires to consult you
00:08:34Upon a matter of the very deepest moment
00:08:36Remember that letter, Holmes?
00:08:39It was written over two years ago
00:08:41An interesting case
00:08:42Devilously interesting
00:08:44Hmm, Irene Adler
00:08:46What a striking-looking woman
00:08:48From the brief glance I heard of her
00:08:50Seems only yesterday
00:08:51What charm
00:08:53Hmm
00:08:53What poise
00:08:54And what a mind
00:08:55Sharp enough and brilliant enough
00:08:58To outwit the
00:08:58The great Sherlock Holmes himself
00:09:00I take it the new issue of the Strand Magazine is out
00:09:04Containing another of your slightly lurid tales
00:09:06Yes, indeed
00:09:07And what do you call this one?
00:09:09I call it
00:09:10A Scandal in Bohemia
00:09:12Not a bad title, eh?
00:09:13Hmm
00:09:14If you must record my exploits
00:09:16I do wish you'd put less emphasis on the melodramatic
00:09:19And more on the intellectual issues involved
00:09:22More on the intellect
00:09:23What do you mean by that?
00:09:24Well, I do hope you've given, uh
00:09:26The woman
00:09:28A soul
00:09:29She had one, you know
00:09:30By the woman
00:09:31I suppose you mean Irene Adler
00:09:33Yes
00:09:34I shall always remember her
00:09:37As the woman
00:09:39Hi, Stinky
00:09:54That's it, old boy
00:09:56How are you?
00:09:56How are you, old boy?
00:09:57I haven't seen you for years
00:09:58I want you to meet my old friend Sherlock Holmes
00:10:00Holmes, this is Stinky
00:10:01In other words, uh, uh, Julian Emery
00:10:04Ah, you do, Mr. Emery
00:10:05Watson has often spoken of you
00:10:06Oh, Eddie
00:10:07Yes, we were at school together
00:10:09Yes, more years ago than I care to remember
00:10:10But you didn't come in here just to remind me of that
00:10:12No, I just happened to be in the neighbourhood
00:10:14And saw your lights burning
00:10:16So I took the liberty of looking you up
00:10:17Still writing your mystery stuff?
00:10:19Yes, there's a new one out this week
00:10:21Good, I never miss them
00:10:23Oh, good, thanks
00:10:24I say that bandage makes you look pretty interesting
00:10:26Still poking your nose into other people's business as usual
00:10:29Who hit you?
00:10:30I haven't a far-year's notion
00:10:31Somebody knocked me on the head in my own living room
00:10:33Then proceeded to commit the most idiotic burglary you ever heard of
00:10:37Fellow must have been barmy as a coot
00:10:39Barmy? Why?
00:10:40Come sit down, old boy
00:10:42Would you, you like a cup of tea?
00:10:44Oh?
00:10:45Oh, all right
00:10:46I'll go and tell Mrs. Hudson's about it
00:10:48Oh
00:10:49Why do you say the robbery was idiotic, Mr. Emery?
00:10:53Oh, simply from the fact that
00:10:55With about 5,000 pounds worth of musical boxes in my living room
00:10:58The thief who I caught in the act
00:10:59Made off with one that isn't even worth five pounds
00:11:02I gather you're a collector of musical boxes
00:11:04Yes, I am indeed
00:11:06Some of them are very beautiful
00:11:07But not the one that was stolen
00:11:08The thief evidently grabbed the first thing that came to his hand
00:11:11When he heard me coming into the room
00:11:13Still, it's rather odd, isn't it, that having disposed of you
00:11:16It didn't pick up something more valuable
00:11:18Well, is there anything unusual about the stolen box?
00:11:21No, nothing at all
00:11:23I picked it up in the south of France
00:11:25Oh, several years ago
00:11:26You say you have many valuable music boxes
00:11:29Yet the thief made off with one that isn't worth five pounds
00:11:32Sounds like rather an intriguing little problem
00:11:34Well, I take it that he was just an ordinary petty thief
00:11:37And didn't know the value
00:11:38That is a possible explanation
00:11:40And yet I venture to say
00:11:41That the average petty thief has a more extensive knowledge
00:11:44Of the value of objet d'art than the average collector
00:11:46Well, anyway, that's got in the eye's theory
00:11:48They didn't get very excited about it
00:11:50That's consistent anyway
00:11:51I wonder if I might see your collection, Mr. Emery
00:11:54Oh, of course you could, yes
00:11:56Nothing a collector likes more than showing off his trophies
00:11:59When will it suit you?
00:12:00No time like the present
00:12:01Good!
00:12:02My face is just round in Portman Square
00:12:05Shall we?
00:12:05Yes, right
00:12:06Hello?
00:12:11Where are you going?
00:12:12Stinky hasn't had his tea yet
00:12:13Oh, I'm sorry
00:12:14We're going round to my place
00:12:15Where I'm going to give you something better than tea
00:12:18Now, this one was made for the Royal the 15th
00:12:22And is one of the very few still in existence from that period
00:12:25And a particularly fine specimen, that
00:12:27Sounding, isn't it?
00:12:32Quite
00:12:32They all sound to me like a lot of mice running about on a tin roof
00:12:37I'm afraid you have no ear for music, Watson
00:12:40Give me a good old band playing a rousing march
00:12:42You have all your silly little tweet-tweets
00:12:45Another room
00:12:52Stupid thing
00:13:06Singing rabbit
00:13:07What would you say offhand is the value of a box like that, Mr Emery?
00:13:12Well, it's hard to say offhand
00:13:14But I think we'll bring about five or six hundred pounds a day
00:13:16It's the gem of my collection
00:13:18A thief who steals an oddity like a musical box
00:13:21Passes up one worth five hundred pounds for one of almost no value at all
00:13:24Odd
00:13:25Very odd
00:13:27What was a stolen box like, Mr Emery?
00:13:30Oh, just a plain wooden box about so big
00:13:33As a matter of fact, I have one over here
00:13:35Almost exactly like it
00:13:36I picked this up yesterday at an auction room in Knightsbridge
00:13:40Paid only two pounds for it
00:13:42Of course, I wouldn't in the ordinary way add one like this to my collection
00:13:45But the, um, the tune intrigued me
00:13:47I'd never heard it before
00:13:49You have a remarkable ear for music, Holmes
00:14:08Rather an unusual melody
00:14:10Sit down, Doug
00:14:11Thanks
00:14:12You, uh, you say you bought that box at an auction sale yesterday?
00:14:16Yes, the Gaylord auction rooms in Knightsbridge
00:14:19Run by old, uh, what's his name?
00:14:21Crabtree
00:14:22That's the man
00:14:23At what time is the robbery committed?
00:14:25Oh, about, uh, three o'clock this morning
00:14:27You know, Mr Emery
00:14:29That box and the robbery might well be cause and effect
00:14:32Especially since you say that the stolen box
00:14:34Outputly resembles this one a great deal
00:14:36And, uh, Scotland Yard were not particularly interested, eh?
00:14:40Oh, yes, but I, I wouldn't blame him for that
00:14:42Especially as I told him I was quite unable to describe the thief
00:14:45Except, of course, for the fact that, uh, it was definitely a man
00:14:48All you remember is that you came in here and someone struck you on the head
00:14:50Yes, the next thing I knew my man was trying to revive me
00:14:53It might be wise for you to put that box away somewhere and lock it up
00:14:56Oh, I don't think that's necessary
00:14:57Besides, everything's insured
00:14:59Well, at least, if any further attempts at robbery are made
00:15:02I'd suggest that you call the police
00:15:04Rather than running into any personal danger
00:15:06Oh, come, Holmes, aren't you being a bit of an alarmist?
00:15:08Possibly
00:15:09Well, I must agree with old Stinky
00:15:11Seems to me you are making rather a mountain out of a mosque
00:15:13Mole hill is the word, old boy, and it's time you were in bed
00:15:16Thanks so much for letting us see your place
00:15:18Well, it's been great meeting you
00:15:22Holmes, I can't understand why you were so mysterious
00:15:25Seems to me the petty thief explanation was the only sensible one
00:15:28Really?
00:15:29I can't see how you can believe it was anything else
00:15:30I didn't say I believed it to be anything else
00:15:32The petty thief theory is the obvious one, I grant you
00:15:35However, it's often a mistake to accept something as true
00:15:37Merely because it's obvious
00:15:39The truth is only arrived at
00:15:41By the painstaking process of eliminating the untrue
00:15:45We are not able to do that in this case
00:15:47Without further data
00:15:49Rubbish, you're pulling my leg
00:15:50You're trying to turn a
00:15:52Tupney-hapney robbery into an international plot
00:15:55No, I'm not
00:15:56I just hope that your friend Stinky is a little more cautious in the future
00:15:59Just in case
00:16:00Hello?
00:16:01Yeah?
00:16:02Julian Emery here
00:16:15Who?
00:16:16Why?
00:16:17Of course I remember you, Mrs. Courtney
00:16:18Yes, you're the one bright spot that they're affording the dull affair of Lady Sanders
00:16:22Huh?
00:16:23Of course it isn't too late to come round
00:16:24Yes, I shall be delighted to give you a drink
00:16:25I tell you what, it comes straight up and I'll leave the door unlet
00:16:29Right, well, fifteen minutes
00:16:30Good
00:16:31I shall be counting each moment
00:16:32No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
00:16:36I mean that really
00:16:37Right, goodbye
00:16:38Goodbye
00:16:39Goodbye
00:16:40Goodbye
00:16:41Goodbye
00:16:42Goodbye
00:16:43Goodbye
00:16:44Goodbye
00:16:45If I was a little girl
00:16:46Mu böyle
00:16:50Sponge'homme
00:16:53Sunday
00:16:55Nice to give you a drink
00:16:56I would like to give you a drink
00:16:57I tell you what, come straight up, and now I'll leave the door unmatched
00:16:59Right
00:17:00Well, 15 minutes
00:17:02Good
00:17:04I shall be counting each moment
00:17:05No, no, no, no, I mean that, really
00:17:06Right, goodbye
00:17:10you startled me did i yes must be the pixie in me i know i shouldn't have called you so late but i
00:17:29was at a party just around the corner and i remembered your invitation to see your collection
00:17:33of musical boxes my dear mrs scotney pleasure is all the greater for being so unexpected
00:17:38my friends call me hilda thanks mine call me stinky stinky how quaint what a perfectly wonderful
00:17:46collection of musical boxes you know when you told me you had a collection i had no idea it
00:17:49was so attractive yes they appeal to the ear as well as to the eye oh what a plain little one
00:17:58why it looks just like a country cousin amid all this grandeur no no no you mustn't underestimate
00:18:03the country cousin i only last night a burger broke in here and with all these to choose from
00:18:07it off with one very much like it really yes i don't mind the loss of the box so much but i do
00:18:12resent this crack on the skull but it makes you look so interesting oh do you think so
00:18:16it's funny that's what old fatso said that so i mean uh dr watson he was here this evening with a
00:18:21friend mr holmes he's interested in my collection too sherlock holmes yes do you know him i've heard
00:18:28of him yes he seems to think i'm in some sort of uh danger what a haunting tune it takes me right back
00:18:35to my childhood really do you know it's hard that you should be interested in that particular new
00:18:39school box hard why because mr holmes is also interested in it he may have been more interested
00:18:44in the tune than in the box i get you that's right i remember now he whistled it note for note having
00:18:50heard it only once really he must be a remarkable man bit of an alarmist if you ask me don't you believe in
00:18:57warnings of course not who would want a box like that i would you're not serious oh but i am well
00:19:06you you put me in a very awkward position i'm a collector you know and the collector buys but never
00:19:11sells but if the price were high enough price has nothing to do with it it's the principle of the thing
00:19:19yes well we haven't had our drink no thanks i must be getting along must you really i'm afraid so
00:19:31you're not walking out on me are you my reputation stinky
00:19:37i say you know you are an attractive woman thanks
00:19:40you poor i told you to wait outside what did you have to kill him for all i had to do was walk
00:19:54out with this he held you in his arms don't touch him don't touch anything now get out i'm sorry
00:20:01you're sorry what about me this is murder what about scotland yard what about sherlock holmes
00:20:08yes now get out
00:20:21Did you get it?
00:20:40Good.
00:20:42Did you have any trouble with him?
00:20:45Just a matter of murder.
00:20:51Ah, Mr. Holmes.
00:20:52Hopkins.
00:20:53Thanks for coming so promptly.
00:20:54Inspector Nostraud suggested that I call through to you.
00:20:57Mr. Emery was a client of Mr. Holmes, Inspector.
00:21:00Indeed.
00:21:01You didn't mention that when I telephoned you, Mr. Holmes.
00:21:03Well, not exactly a client, Inspector.
00:21:04Rodger and Thompson?
00:21:06He was killed between the hours of 11 and 2 o'clock this morning, Mr. Holmes.
00:21:11Must have been someone he knew.
00:21:13Someone of whom he had no suspicion.
00:21:15Poor old Stinky.
00:21:17It's all my fault.
00:21:18I should have prevented this.
00:21:19Well, there's no time to start talking about that now, Doctor.
00:21:23Apparently, it's gone.
00:21:25That's the second attempt on the musical box that Emery bought at the auction sale.
00:21:28And this time, it was successful.
00:21:30But that box was only worth two pounds.
00:21:32It was worth a man's life, Watson.
00:21:34I think we'd better pay a visit to Gaylord's auction room and that fellow Crabtree.
00:21:37Inspector, may I suggest that you make a complete search of this flat
00:21:40for a small, plain, musical box about that size.
00:21:44Come on, Watson.
00:21:45You say the first box went to Mr. Julian Emery.
00:21:50The second, Mr. Kilgore, 143 B Hampton Way.
00:21:53And the third to the unidentified young lady who presumably has a shop and lives near Golders
00:21:57Green.
00:21:57That's right, Mr. Holmes.
00:21:58Isn't it rather strange, Mr. Crabtree, that you should have had three identical musical
00:22:02boxes all playing the same tune.
00:22:04Where'd they come from?
00:22:04Dartmoor Prison.
00:22:06Dartmoor?
00:22:06Yeah, we get a regular shipment from there every month.
00:22:08The inmates manufacture them.
00:22:10They make all kinds of things, you know, pipe racks, waste paper baskets, musical boxes.
00:22:13Did you happen to notice if anyone showed any particular interest during the auction
00:22:18in the purchasers of these three boxes?
00:22:20Oh, come on, Mr. Crabtree.
00:22:23This is very literally a matter of life and death.
00:22:26Well, since you put it that way, Mr. Holmes, there was a gentleman came in here about an
00:22:29hour after closing time, and he was in an awful state, he was.
00:22:34He gave me five pounds to tell him where the boxes had gone to.
00:22:36He said they had a sentimental value for him, sir.
00:22:38Oh, expensive sentiment.
00:22:40Can you describe him?
00:22:41He was tall, distinguished looking, and he had gray hair and a mustache.
00:22:44He was quite a gentleman, sir.
00:22:45Now, what was his reaction when you were unable to supply him with the address of the young
00:22:50lady who owned the shop?
00:22:51I told him the young lady usually come back on Thursday.
00:22:53He said he'd come back on Thursday.
00:22:54Now, that's tomorrow.
00:22:56Thank you, Mr. Crabtree.
00:22:56You've been very helpful.
00:22:58Come on, Watson.
00:22:59Where are we going now, Holmes?
00:23:01Well, Mr. Kilgore.
00:23:02Manor bought the first box.
00:23:09But hang it all, Holmes.
00:23:11How do you know those other two musical boxes are of any importance?
00:23:13I don't, but I certainly have no intention of waiting until the owner is a murderer to find out.
00:23:19No one at home.
00:23:21I hope that's the explanation.
00:23:23Well, have a look through this window.
00:23:30Doesn't seem to be anyone there.
00:23:33The place seems deserted, as far as I can see.
00:23:37Yes.
00:23:38Mr. and Mrs. Kilgore at home?
00:23:39No.
00:23:40When do you expect them?
00:23:41Oh, in an hour or so.
00:23:42There's no use your hanging about.
00:23:44They don't buy nothing from peddlers.
00:23:46Peddlers?
00:23:47My good woman.
00:23:47This is Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
00:23:49Sherlock Holmes?
00:23:50Oh, go on.
00:23:51Do you mind if we come in and wait?
00:23:53Our business is rather urgent.
00:23:54Well, I've got to go out and do my shopping.
00:23:57And I don't know if Mrs. Kilgore would like any stranger's nosing about.
00:24:01Quite all right, I assure you.
00:24:02Well, I've got to be off.
00:24:03It's a wait in the parlour.
00:24:05And no smoking, either.
00:24:07Mrs. Kilgore says it smells up the house.
00:24:11Funny old girl home.
00:24:13Hmm.
00:24:31Parklane.
00:24:32Parklane?
00:24:33And what would the likes of you be doing in Parklane?
00:24:35Now, don't worry about the fair, Ducky.
00:24:37If you know us how to get to Parklane, I'll bet.
00:24:39If you know, Holmes, I've been thinking.
00:24:46There must have been something hidden in that box full of stinkies.
00:24:50Stolen jewellery, possibly.
00:24:53What's up, Holmes?
00:24:55Listen.
00:24:58What's this of steam in the water pipes?
00:25:06Watson!
00:25:09Wait, Scott!
00:25:11Come on, Holmes.
00:25:13Get on the chair, yeah.
00:25:16It's all right, my dear.
00:25:19There, there, there.
00:25:20Now, don't worry.
00:25:22It's all over.
00:25:24There you are, dear.
00:25:25Don't cry anymore.
00:25:26She tied me up and shut me in the cupboard.
00:25:29I know, I know.
00:25:31She won't come back.
00:25:32Did you show her your new musical box?
00:25:34Yes, she said she wanted to hear it play.
00:25:37And as soon as I showed it to her, she grabbed all of me.
00:25:40I know, I know.
00:25:41Now, don't worry.
00:25:41Nobody will buy you a new musical box.
00:25:43Yes, my dear.
00:25:44The best one in London.
00:25:45Watson.
00:25:47Oh, what a fool.
00:25:48What a fool I've been.
00:25:49What do you mean, Holmes?
00:25:50She took the musical box out of this house in that market basket.
00:25:53Right under our very noses.
00:25:55Why could the Kilgore childwoman want to take the music box?
00:25:58She isn't the Kilgore childwoman.
00:25:59She's a consummate actress.
00:26:01An extremely clever, unscrupulous woman who will stop at nothing.
00:26:04Take care of the child, will you, Wolf?
00:26:05And learn till her, till her parents get back.
00:26:06Explain everything to them.
00:26:07Of course not, Holmes.
00:26:09Holmes, where are you going?
00:26:11Somewhere, somehow.
00:26:12I must get to the young lady who bought that third musical box
00:26:14before our opponents find her.
00:26:16I only hope that I won't be too late.
00:26:17Oh, no.
00:26:23No, no.
00:26:24No, no, no, darling.
00:26:25You mustn't cry anymore.
00:26:26Now, Sheriff, would you like to hear old uncle make a noise like a duck?
00:26:41Sorry?
00:26:47And now, ladies and gentlemen, how much am I offered
00:27:09for this beautiful lace Dresden china figurine?
00:27:13A lady of the French court.
00:27:15Now, this is the genuine article.
00:27:16What a beautiful ornament for your mantelpiece.
00:27:20Or you could use it as the centrepiece on the dining room table.
00:27:23Now, will somebody start me for ten pounds?
00:27:24Will somebody start me for ten pounds?
00:27:26Eight pounds.
00:27:28Seven pounds.
00:27:29All right.
00:27:30Five.
00:27:30Five pounds is offered.
00:27:31Five pounds is offered.
00:27:32Five pounds is offered.
00:27:33Five pounds, ten.
00:27:34Five pounds, fifteen.
00:27:35Five pounds, fifteen.
00:27:37Six pounds is offered.
00:27:38Six pounds, six pounds.
00:27:39Going once.
00:27:40Going twice.
00:27:41The third and the last call will be all done.
00:27:42Sold to the lady from Twickenham for six pounds.
00:27:44Next, we have a real museum piece, ladies and gentlemen.
00:27:50A fine 19th century doll.
00:27:52The costume and exact replica of the holiday clothes worn by the Hungarian peasant women.
00:27:57Now, ladies and gentlemen, an article like this would cost you from 15 to 20 pounds in a
00:28:01West End shop.
00:28:02I'm not going to ask you anything like that.
00:28:04We'll give me two pounds for it.
00:28:05Two pounds.
00:28:06Does anybody offer me two pounds?
00:28:07Two pounds for the Hungarian?
00:28:08Two pounds?
00:28:09One pound.
00:28:09What?
00:28:10Anybody give me one pound?
00:28:11Anybody offer me one pound for the doll?
00:28:12One pound is offered, ladies and gentlemen.
00:28:14One pound is offered.
00:28:15Now, I'm not going to waste your valuable time or mine in trying to get one half of what this
00:28:20beautiful doll is worth.
00:28:21If the young lady can steal it for one pound, that's a good fortune.
00:28:24So it's going once, it's going twice, the third and last ball.
00:28:27Any more?
00:28:29Sold to the young lady for one pound.
00:28:31And now, ladies and gentlemen, may I draw your attention to something which may be a
00:28:34great surprise to you, worthy of any collection.
00:28:37The only other one like it is in the British Museum.
00:28:40It's a Ming vase of the 7th Dynasty.
00:28:43This vase lay in a large collection somewhere outside Rome for over two centuries, I understand.
00:28:48It was discovered there by the noted antiquarian Sir Andrew Cobblestone.
00:28:52Now, some of you may remember Sir Andrew Cobblestone.
00:28:54Besides, being a noted traveler and antiquarian, he's also a gentleman rider.
00:29:02A girl with a parcel in her hands.
00:29:04That's her.
00:29:05Are you sure that's the girl?
00:29:07She fits perfectly the auctioneer's description.
00:29:10Follow her, Hamid.
00:29:22It's lovely, dear.
00:29:49And only one pound.
00:29:50You can get at least three for it.
00:29:52Easily.
00:29:53I'll go make some tea.
00:29:54I could do with a cup.
00:29:55Right.
00:30:00Good afternoon.
00:30:01Good afternoon.
00:30:02I'm looking for a birthday gift for a seven-year-old girl.
00:30:05What would you suggest?
00:30:05We have some lovely dolls.
00:30:07Now, this Hungarian present...
00:30:08I think she has enough dolls already.
00:30:10Books are always welcome.
00:30:11Well, I'm looking for something a little different.
00:30:13Well, that's rather cute.
00:30:15What is it?
00:30:16Oh, that's a musical box.
00:30:17Children always love them.
00:30:19And this is an exceptionally nice one.
00:30:22It plays many tunes.
00:30:29Have you any others?
00:30:31Yes.
00:30:31If you'll just step this way.
00:30:33I have only two left.
00:30:34How nice.
00:30:45Are you sure this is all you have?
00:30:47I'm sorry.
00:30:48They're rather hard to find, you know.
00:30:50That's our entire allotment.
00:30:52I did have one other, but I sold it earlier this afternoon.
00:30:55But it was only a plain wooden one.
00:30:56It wouldn't have been a very nice gift for a child.
00:30:58Really?
00:31:00Do you happen to know who the purchaser was?
00:31:03Why, yes.
00:31:03He left his card, just in case anyone should inquire for him.
00:31:14How interesting.
00:31:18I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I'll have to look a bit further.
00:31:21Thank you, anyway.
00:31:23Good afternoon.
00:31:33Heavy.
00:31:53Follow that cab.
00:31:54Here, now.
00:31:55What?
00:31:55Gotland Yard.
00:31:56Hop in.
00:31:57Sherlock Holmes.
00:32:06I might have known.
00:32:07We thought we were the hunters, instead of which we're the hunted.
00:32:12We've been fools.
00:32:13We played right into his hands.
00:32:16Of course.
00:32:18He's got us followed.
00:32:19Don't look.
00:32:21The man in front of the toy shop.
00:32:25Hummy.
00:32:26Turn sharp right at the next corner, and again at the next.
00:32:29No photograph of her, Commissioner.
00:32:38As I expected.
00:32:39She's not a known criminal.
00:32:41But I expect to know if you do find her.
00:32:43After all, she was disguised as a charwoman.
00:32:45Don't worry, old fellow.
00:32:46If I ever see her again, I'll recognise her.
00:32:49Well, it won't be long till we know who they are and from where they operate.
00:32:53Who's covering them?
00:32:54Sergeant Thompson's following them, sir.
00:32:56They won't get away from him.
00:32:57He's a good man.
00:32:58We could have arrested them at Clippet's toy shop if we had any proof.
00:33:01But we know that they killed Emory.
00:33:03Proof, my dear fellow.
00:33:04We must have proof.
00:33:07We have X-rated, sir.
00:33:08There's nothing whatever concealed in the box.
00:33:10We'll have a look at the face.
00:33:16There must be some clue.
00:33:22And it's probably been so obvious that we've all overlooked it.
00:33:24Seems to me we're up against a bunch of lunatics.
00:33:29Not lunatics, my dear fellow.
00:33:31Extremely astute, cold-blooded murderers.
00:33:33What can these little musical boxes have in them that's so important?
00:33:36Don't forget they were made in Dartmoor Prison.
00:33:39You can smuggle stuff into prison, but not out.
00:33:41Do you want us to break the box apart so to see if there's anything the X-ray hasn't caught?
00:33:45No, not yet.
00:33:47Do you mind if I take it?
00:33:48Certainly.
00:33:48Thanks.
00:33:58The governor of Dartmoor Prison informed us, sir, in answer to Mr. Holmes' question,
00:34:03that all three musical boxes were made by the same convict, John Davidson.
00:34:07Serving a seven-year term, sir.
00:34:08Davidson?
00:34:09The Bank of England Flakes.
00:34:10That'll be all.
00:34:11Yes, sir.
00:34:13Now, we're getting somewhere.
00:34:14Wait a minute.
00:34:16How did you know about the crates, Mr. Holmes?
00:34:18I'm a student of crime, Inspector.
00:34:20I make it my business to know about such things.
00:34:22And when the name of Davidson was mentioned...
00:34:24Well, who is this for Davidson?
00:34:25As long as Mr. Holmes seems to know all about it already,
00:34:28I suppose there's no harm in telling you.
00:34:30Uh, two years ago in London, there occurred a robbery of such tremendous importance, although the stolen articles themselves have no intrinsic value whatsoever.
00:34:40But the Home Secretary was instrumental in seeing that not a word of it appeared in any newspaper.
00:34:44But you never told me anything about this, Holmes?
00:34:47You were away at the time.
00:34:49Articles of no intrinsic value and yet of such importance?
00:34:52Huh, I don't understand.
00:34:54Davidson was apprehended within 15 minutes of committing the theft.
00:34:58Well, by that time, he'd hidden the articles in question and they've yet to be found.
00:35:02Before going further, Dr. Watson, I must inform you that this matter's not to be mentioned outside of this room.
00:35:07Of course not.
00:35:08Do I look like a man who'd gossip?
00:35:10Let's not go into that now, old fellow, shall we?
00:35:13Davidson had been employed for years in a position of extreme trust by the engravings department of the Bank of England.
00:35:19The articles he stole were nothing less than a complete duplicate set of plates for printing five-pound notes.
00:35:26What?
00:35:26The Bank of England's own plates?
00:35:28Precisely.
00:35:30And with those plates, a gang of crooks could flood England with five-pound notes.
00:35:33Not forged, in the usual sense of the word, but notes undetectable from genuine Bank of England, notes in any way whatsoever.
00:35:40Good heavens.
00:35:41Any whisper at all might have resulted in enormous damage in shaking public confidence in the Treasury.
00:35:46We tried everything after we arrested Davidson.
00:35:48Offered him a shorter sentence if he'd tell us where he'd hidden the plates.
00:35:51Why, we even put in Scotland Yardmen with him as cellmates, but no results.
00:35:56Obviously, Davidson's a man of strong character and infinite patience.
00:36:00Yet suddenly he feels impelled to smuggle out the secret of the hiding place of the plates to his confederates.
00:36:06Why?
00:36:07I don't understand, Mr. Holmes.
00:36:10Well, for example, has the Bank of England made any plans to radically change the design of the five-pound notes
00:36:16so that in, say, seven years from now, notes made from the stolen plates would be worthless?
00:36:20Well, confidentially, Mr. Holmes, such a move was discussed.
00:36:24But replacing all the five-pound notes in circulation would be such a Herculean task that nothing's been done about it as yet.
00:36:31I see.
00:36:32Of course, there is another possible explanation.
00:36:34Davidson didn't have much time to find a hiding place before he was captured.
00:36:38He may be afraid that the plates will be accidentally discovered before he's released.
00:36:42Hence his anxiety to communicate their whereabouts to his confederates as soon as possible.
00:36:48I believe you've hit it, Mr. Holmes.
00:36:51I'm sure that the message is contained in this musical box.
00:36:55Or rather, in all three musical boxes, since possession of all three seems to be essential.
00:37:01Our opponents have two-thirds of the puzzle, we have one-third.
00:37:04Well, what are you going to do, Holmes?
00:37:06Try to deduce the message from the one-third that we have.
00:37:12We have one-third that we have.
00:37:42It's the same tune as the one played by Emery's musical box.
00:37:52And yet it's different.
00:37:54Sounds the same to me.
00:37:56The tune.
00:37:59Somehow the tune is the key to the mystery.
00:38:04It must be the tune.
00:38:05Otherwise, why use three musical boxes to convey the message?
00:38:10Why not collar boxes or shoe boxes?
00:38:14Yes?
00:38:15Oh.
00:38:16It's for you, Inspector.
00:38:17Oh, thank you, sir.
00:38:19Inspector Hopkins speaking.
00:38:20Oh, you know, you know, just who you're going to meet.
00:38:34So, you know, you're going to meet.
00:38:47to meet when you're walking down a busy london street mrs orchid mrs brown any subject of the
00:38:57crown oh you never know just who you're going to meet so you better hold your topper in your hand
00:39:07just in case you meet a lady on the strand girls will think you're kind of sweet and your day will
00:39:16be complete oh you never know just who you're going to meet now a gentleman is judged by his
00:39:25appearance yes a gentleman is judged by how he talks now he's much better off when he's acting
00:39:34like a toft especially if he's taking him a walk what on earth is this outlandish place
00:39:42a rendezvous for actors actors buskers old boy you've seen him a thousand times actors who entertain
00:39:50the queues waiting outside theaters
00:39:53so you better wear your vest hell with pies to look to best cause you never know just who you're going to meet
00:39:58when you're walking down a busy london street so you better wear your vest hell with pies to look
00:40:06your best cause you never know just who you're going to meet so you better keep your manners right in view
00:40:17just in case a lie you give to how to do keep your trousers in a fleet shine your shoes and keep them
00:40:26neat cause you never know just who you're going to be blimey mr ohms are you joe never pecking me
00:40:34how are you joe never petting and yourself fine thank you i want you to meet a friend of mine
00:40:40dr watson joe's sister oh well any friend of mr holmes is a friend of mine hi joe he did me a good
00:40:45turn once that i'll never forget yes i cleared joe of a most unpleasant charge murder no less
00:40:50oh really by proving to the satisfaction of the police that he was busy at the time blowing open
00:40:54someone's safe that's right governor good gracious me now joe now you can help me
00:41:00come on buzz off buzz off come on up here stop it can't a gentleman have some peace and quiet around
00:41:06here and you too there you are mr holmes now we can have some peace and quiet around here thank you
00:41:16joe there's five pounds of this for you well i wouldn't want to take it on myself sir but i'd get
00:41:22somebody to do it for you for half of that you don't know what the job is yet for five pounds murder
00:41:27ain't it what no you're not murder just music i want you to identify a song for me oh there ain't
00:41:34a song that's been written that i don't know that's why i came to you of course the violin is more my
00:41:39instrument but um oh well here we go now listen to this joe wait a minute you're playing that wrong
00:41:51that should be e natural not e flat you know the song oh yes it's an old australian song called uh
00:41:57the swag man but you're playing it all wrong that's what i hoped you'd say now listen again joe
00:42:08that's the same tune all right but you're making different mistakes than you did the first time
00:42:12no not mistakes joe call them variations here say the song for me but the other way it's written
00:42:29so here's the song for me but it'll take a few minutes here
00:42:34thank you joe thank you joe thank you joe what's it mean holmes are you on to something perhaps
00:42:45i don't know yet it's probably a code of some sort joe could you write the song down for me
00:42:54the way it was originally written oh sure mr elms but it'll take a few minutes here mabel
00:43:02pale ale come on up to it along with it
00:43:17well obviously it isn't the lyrics no combination of those words made any sense at all the variations in
00:43:22the way emory's musical box played the tune are different from the variations of the one we have
00:43:26you sure quite you see i took the trouble to memorize the tune as played by emory's box
00:43:31that night we were with him in his sweat oh you amaze me and i mention my dear fellow one of the
00:43:35first principles in solving crime is never to disregard anything no matter how trivial why the three
00:43:41boxes why not one because the message was obviously too long to be conveyed by any one variation
00:43:48then there's the third box the one that woman took from the kilgors that contains yet another set of
00:43:53variations yes well it's all beyond me well all we have to do now is to find the secret of the
00:44:00variations not a very easy problem to solve my dear fellow hello what's up we've had company
00:44:14i say this is outrageous ask mrs hudson to come in here will you right
00:44:32mrs hudson yes oh there you are will you come up here at once please i'm coming sir
00:44:44what's up what's happened who called while we were out mrs hudson just a young lady the one who
00:45:01said you wanted her to wait for you and a nice little old gentleman our friends again watson friends
00:45:07what did the young lady look like oh i i couldn't see her face she had a heavy black veil on but she
00:45:13had such a nice way with her oh i i'm sorry mr holmes if i've done anything at all but you did
00:45:21see i should always let clients come in and wait for you don't worry mrs hudson don't worry you had
00:45:25no way of knowing it's quite all right quite all right now don't worry mrs hudson
00:45:30don't worry where else the musical box they didn't get it didn't get it where is it it's in your hand
00:45:42huh that biscuit jar
00:45:47lick the biscuits off the top
00:45:48up now put your hand inside and you'll find the music box well done holmes well done amazing
00:46:10you'll find the music box and you'll find the music box and you'll find the music box and you'll find the music box
00:46:20phew nice fresh smell like the pub off the closing time
00:46:29i say holmes why it's morning allow me to congratulate you on a brilliant bit of deduction
00:46:40it's not a transposition not a polygraph transposition not a trigraph
00:46:49nor any known form of decoding how about the morse code have you tried that yes at about three
00:46:54o'clock this morning i'm sorry old man i was only trying to help
00:47:10do me a favor not again must have heard that thing a thousand times can be awake all night
00:47:26not a very distinguished conversation i grant you you know perfectly well i don't know one tune from
00:47:30the other when i was a kid my people tried to have me taught the piano i've always felt sorry for that old
00:47:36teacher of mine the poor old girl finally reached the point of numbing of the keys for me one two
00:47:41three four even then i i never progressed beyond numbering the keys watson the 19th key of the
00:47:48keyboard is the 19th letter of the alphabet s here the first altered note write s first now the eighth
00:48:00key is h the fifth key e the 12th key l the sixth key f s h e l f shelf your piano lessons were not in vain
00:48:19old fellow you've solved it thank you oh thanks old man we now have two thirds of the message behind books
00:48:30third shelf secretary dr s presumably these are the first and second portions of the message and this
00:48:40gang has the first and third parts of it precisely then it's a stalemate yes commissioner but we can't
00:48:46leave it like that there's no doubt in my mind that they'll try to secure our third of the message
00:48:50that's missing well i assume you've taken every precaution to guard the clifford musical oh yes
00:48:54it's carefully hidden at baker street with dr watson on guard however i'm reasonably certain that uh
00:48:59difficult as it may be we can find the plates even without the missing part of the message behind
00:49:05books third shelf secretary dr s and outside of the fact that davidson hid the bank of england
00:49:12plates somewhere in london mr holmes i don't think that we've progressed at all allow me to point out
00:49:16to you sir the key words dr s it looks as if the plates were hidden in the house of the doctor whether
00:49:24s stands for his first or last initial remains to be determined by a process of elimination well there
00:49:29must be ten thousand doctors in london with s for a first or last initial precisely and every one of
00:49:35them will have to be questioned in person that's why i say this is a task for scotland yard it's a task
00:49:40all right but scotland yard has searched worse haystacks and found the needle well for the time
00:49:45being i'll leave the map in your hands gentlemen we'll call you if and when we get a lead on our
00:49:51mysterious dr s thank you in the meantime i intend to follow up a little clue concerning a cigarette
00:50:04you're certain of the identification of the tobacco absolutely i have made up the special blend
00:50:09for only three customers it is almost pure egyptian with admixture of latakia for added body and a
00:50:18pinch of perique merely a whisper as one might say for elusive fragrance yes yes and the um the three
00:50:26customers major wilson in bombay india mrs catherine leamington smith in ireland yes and the third mrs hilda
00:50:36courtney of park mansions bryanston square thank you thank you very much you've been most helpful
00:50:42it is a pleasure to have been of service mr holmes
00:50:44i believe we have a mutual friend in sir edward brookdale he's spoken to me of you quite often indeed
00:51:11and to what good fortune am i indebted for this visit i think you know mrs courtney well i i did get
00:51:21a summons for speeding last week but outside of that i don't think i'm of any interest to the police
00:51:26oh come now mrs courtney you seem to forget that you and i've met before i'm sorry i'm sure i would
00:51:32have remembered meeting the great sherlock holmes please sit down thank you you say we met before
00:51:39yes at the home of mr and mrs kilgore 143b hampton road kilgore i don't think i know anyone of that
00:51:49name why didn't say you knew them as a matter of fact you called on them when they were out
00:51:55i don't understand mr holmes really and you were dressed rather differently indeed cigarette
00:52:04thank you you know mrs courtney people generally forget in assuming a disguise but the shape of the ear
00:52:30is an almost infallible means of recognition and identification to the trained eye evidently you've
00:52:35mistaken me for someone else oh no not at all though naturally i expected your denial
00:52:40but when you paid your visit to my rooms at baker street you carelessly left behind another
00:52:46identification they're uh i don't declare they yes i must admit they are
00:52:53you see mr holmes to catch one as clever as you i had to use a very special lure i knew you'd be
00:53:00unable to resist the bait of my cigarette having read with great interest your monograph on the ashes
00:53:05of 140 different varieties of tobacco i should advise you not to move mr holmes
00:53:13i must congratulate you on your ingenuity mrs courtney it was indeed a brilliantly designed trap
00:53:18thank you mr holmes praise from a master is indeed gratifying i shall always cherish the memory of your
00:53:25flattering words memory precisely i'm afraid these gentlemen have a most regrettable task to perform
00:53:34unless of course you care to turn over the missing musical box with your pledge to take no action
00:53:40against us in the future i'm afraid that will be impossible i thought that would be your answer
00:53:45hummed careful careful there's no need to be unnecessarily rough with our distinguished guests
00:53:53you realize mr holmes that your demise will not take place here the uh corpus delecti you know well
00:54:00naturally shall we go
00:54:05so fearfully awkward having a dead body lying about don't you agree mr holmes another dead body shouldn't
00:54:11weigh too heavily on your conscience mrs courtney
00:54:15do you mind if i have a cigarette well i don't see you are not
00:54:26do you mind if i have a cigarette well i don't see you are not a cigarette well i don't see you
00:54:39be careful hamit it's the brakes they bind
00:54:45thank you colonel kavanagh it's very considerate of you
00:54:56You'll be happy to know, Mr. Holmes, that your death will be a painless one.
00:55:21Now, Maid, attach this to the motor of the taxi.
00:55:31That little attachment, my dear Mr. Holmes, contains the deadly fluid known as Momo-Sulfried.
00:55:37The Germans use it with gratifying results in removing their undesirables.
00:55:47Start with motor.
00:55:56Tape his mouth.
00:56:14Now, up with him, Hamid.
00:56:21You find yourself like Muhammad's coffin, Mr. Holmes, suspended between heaven and earth.
00:56:29Plenty of fuel in the tank?
00:56:36Good.
00:56:38It would be too bad to have anything go wrong through so simple an oversight.
00:56:53Come on.
00:56:54Come on.
00:56:56Come on.
00:57:00Come on.
00:57:07Come on.
00:57:15Come on.
00:57:51Good afternoon.
00:58:00Mr. Sherlock Holmes?
00:58:01No, I'm Dr. Watson.
00:58:03Oh, of course, Dr. Watson.
00:58:05How stupid of me.
00:58:06Oh, of course.
00:58:07Stupid of me.
00:58:09Won't you come in?
00:58:10Well, I really came to see Mr. Holmes.
00:58:13Oh, I'm afraid he's out.
00:58:14I don't know when he'll be back.
00:58:15Perhaps there's something I can do.
00:58:17Won't you sit down?
00:58:19Well, you know, Sherlock Holmes and I have been engaged on a great many cases.
00:58:24Oh, really?
00:58:25Yes, indeed.
00:58:26As a matter of fact, this very moment we're involved in one of the most baffling...
00:58:30Oh, well, won't you tell me your trouble?
00:58:32I may be able to help you.
00:58:33That's very kind of you, Dr. Watson.
00:58:36Perhaps if I wouldn't be imposing too much...
00:58:39Imposing?
00:58:40Oh, there's no imposition.
00:58:41No imposition at all.
00:58:42A pleasure, I assure you.
00:58:43Oh, now, tell me all about it, Miss...
00:58:46Miss Williams.
00:58:46Miss Williams.
00:58:48I live in Surrey, Dr. Watson,
00:58:49and I've come up to London in sheer desperation.
00:58:52My only sister has disappeared, and the local police seem utterly unable to find her.
00:58:56Well, Holmes and I solved a case exactly like that once.
00:58:59Very interesting, as far as I remember.
00:59:00I call it the adventure of the solitary cyclist.
00:59:05Oh, sorry.
00:59:06Now I've come to think of it, it wasn't so very similar.
00:59:09It's entirely different, I think, of what I'm saying.
00:59:12Uh-oh.
00:59:13Where were we?
00:59:14She's only 17, Dr. Watson,
00:59:16and until she disappeared last Thursday,
00:59:18she seemed to be in the best of spirits.
00:59:22Possibly a romantic entanglement?
00:59:24Oh, no, no, nothing of the sort.
00:59:26She left no note, didn't even pack a bag, no explanation.
00:59:29She just started to walk to the village from our house in broad daylight
00:59:33and simply vanished from the face of the earth.
00:59:36Oh, there, there, there, there.
00:59:38Might I have a glass of water?
00:59:39Oh, please, of course, a glass of water.
00:59:42Have one in one minute.
00:59:59There you are, my dear.
01:00:15Thank you, Dr. Watson.
01:00:16Now, now, you're not to cry anymore.
01:00:18You must pull yourself together.
01:00:19Oh, I feel much better already knowing that you're going to help me.
01:00:22Oh, Dr. Watson, look!
01:00:23Good heavens!
01:00:28Get through, get through the fire brigade, quickly!
01:00:35Haven't you a fire extinguisher?
01:00:37Sir, we have it again.
01:00:38Let's get here.
01:00:39Don't you worry, Miss Williams, we'll have this thing out in no time.
01:01:03Ah, that's got it.
01:01:18Yes, it's a mare.
01:01:21Well, you see, there was, there was no need for the fire brigade after all.
01:01:25I hope you weren't too frightened, Miss Williams.
01:01:31Gone.
01:01:32There's a trouble, Worm.
01:01:34They always lose their heads in an emergency.
01:01:36Huh.
01:01:39Well?
01:01:44A musical box.
01:01:48Great Scott!
01:01:53Miss Williams!
01:02:00Well?
01:02:02Good.
01:02:03And Holmes?
01:02:04By now, Mr. Holmes has no doubt exchanged his violin for a harp.
01:02:08Always assuming that heaven is his destination.
01:02:10Yeah.
01:02:14And now that we have the missing musical box.
01:02:1519th note.
01:02:2919th letter.
01:02:3119th letter.
01:02:3119th letter.
01:02:33S.
01:02:37He hasn't been there, you say?
01:02:39Holmes, where on earth have you been?
01:02:40I've been trying to get you at the club, at Scotland Yard, all over London.
01:02:46You were looking for me in the wrong places.
01:02:48Holmes, terrible things happened.
01:02:50I've been duped.
01:02:52That woman, she made a complete fool of me.
01:02:54Well, what do you mean?
01:02:55Well, she came here and let off a smoke bomb.
01:02:57I thought the whole place was on fire, and my first thought was to save the musical box.
01:03:01No need to say anymore.
01:03:03She has boxed.
01:03:04Yes.
01:03:06Don't blame yourself too much, old fellow.
01:03:07She's an extremely clever antagonist.
01:03:15Smoke bomb, you said.
01:03:19Well, you can console yourself with the thought that your charming friend is at least a reader of yours.
01:03:24What do you mean?
01:03:25If I remember correctly, you wrote about my little experiment with smoke and the crying fire in a store you entitled A Scandal in Bohemia, which has just appeared in the Strand magazine.
01:03:34All right, all right, a boy.
01:03:35Rub it in.
01:03:36Well, it may turn you up to know that you made a fool of me, too.
01:03:41Ah, that cigarette stub was planted here for one express purpose.
01:03:47We got a bandaging around this place.
01:03:49Bandaging? What's the matter, Holmes?
01:03:51You hurt?
01:03:51The explanations will have to wait until later.
01:03:54At the moment we're faced with the problem, our fear is insurmountable.
01:03:57Come over here, will you?
01:03:58Right.
01:04:01Our opponents are in possession of all three parts of the code.
01:04:04And here are we while the Bank of England plates pass into their possession.
01:04:08Cheer up, old fellow, cheer up.
01:04:10As Dr. Samuel Johnson once said, there's no problem the mind of man can set that the mind of man cannot solve.
01:04:16What's that, old fellow?
01:04:17I was just quoting Dr. Samuel Johnson.
01:04:19He said there is no...
01:04:20Thank you, Watson. Thank you.
01:04:21Hmm?
01:04:22Leaving the front reception room, we come into the main hall, where Dr. Johnson was in the habit of passing through to have his meagre meals in the dining room opposite, in company with his friend and biographer, James Boswell.
01:04:39We will now pass up the stairway, which remains in its natural wood finish, just as it was when the good doctor was here.
01:04:48The framed etching on the wall is believed to have been presented to Dr. Johnson by the distinguished painter, Sir Joshua Reynolds.
01:04:55I've been told here that that picture was given in by Mrs. Thrail, and it's definitely not a Reynolds.
01:05:02Is that important, my dear?
01:05:04Oh, I'm sorry.
01:05:07This way, ladies and gentlemen, please. This way.
01:05:09Move along, children. Move along.
01:05:12The secretary's not on this floor.
01:05:14Patience, Hamid.
01:05:15I have a feeling that...
01:05:16My dear Colonel, with Sherlock Holmes out of the way, what could go wrong?
01:05:19And here we have the Garrett Library, in which Dr. Johnson wrote his famous dictionary, and in which you will see also many of the great man's books and other items of interest.
01:05:38Step forward, ladies and gentlemen, please. Step forward.
01:05:42Standing in the corner is the secretary, which contains many of the original works by the literary genius.
01:05:47On this table, Dr. Johnson's cat, Hodge, used to sleep while his master worked.
01:05:53A strange thing about this cat, ladies and gentlemen, was its love of oysters.
01:05:58They do say that the dear doctor often went hungry to find the cat that delicacy.
01:06:03What a pity.
01:06:05Now we will visit the grey room, which is immediately below us, in which you will see the very bed in which Dr. Johnson died.
01:06:13What did he die of?
01:06:15Gout. Just gout.
01:06:17This way, ladies and gentlemen. Mind the steps, please.
01:06:33Your keys.
01:06:34Third shelf up.
01:06:58The knife.
01:06:59Gentlemen, the bank of England plates.
01:07:09Well, Mrs. Courtney, so we meet again.
01:07:13No, I shouldn't do that if I were you, Colonel Kavanagh.
01:07:16I must congratulate you, Mr. Holmes.
01:07:18You're far more clever than I thought.
01:07:20Thank you, Mrs. Courtney.
01:07:24Praise from you is indeed gratifying.
01:07:27I shall always cherish the memory of your flattering words.
01:07:31Memory?
01:07:32Oh, thank you.
01:07:35And now I have a most regrettable task to perform.
01:07:43Holmes!
01:07:44Come in, Holmes!
01:07:48Holmes!
01:07:49You all right?
01:07:51Perfectly, thank you, old fellow.
01:07:52But I think this gentleman on the floor requires some medical attention.
01:07:54We will see that he looks his best, you know, when he's hanged.
01:07:57Take them in charge.
01:07:57A brilliant antagonist.
01:08:17It's a pity her talents were so misdirected.
01:08:20Will you see that these plates are returned to the Bank of England, Inspector?
01:08:22I still don't understand how you solved it, Mr. Holmes.
01:08:24It's entirely due to Dr. Watson.
01:08:26He gave me the clue when he mentioned Dr. Samuel Johnson.
01:08:30Well, congratulations, Doctor.
01:08:31Oh, thank you, Inspector.
01:08:32I don't think I could have done it entirely without Mr. Holmes' help, you know.
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