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01:42Hello? Yes?
01:43Lord Statham Secretary speaking.
01:45Who?
01:47Or the editor?
01:49All right, I'll tell him.
01:50Hello, Guy.
01:58Hello, Peggy.
02:01Busy?
02:02Working on your father's dinner party.
02:04You'd think he was a court ball from all the trouble he's taking about it.
02:07I thought he was in here with you.
02:08He was.
02:10He went out.
02:11In a bad temper with you, too.
02:13Me and the rest of the world.
02:15By the way, here's a list of guests.
02:22Guy, if we keep it up much longer, I shall burst.
02:25I'm too proud of having you for a husband.
02:27Your father won't feel that way about it.
02:29He's got very definite ideas about the duties of a private secretary.
02:31Marrying me isn't one of them.
02:33That's what you say, but not quite in those words.
02:35He's a beast.
02:36The only thing he cares for is his newspapers.
02:38Not because they're something he created, but because of the power they give him.
02:43Let's change the subject.
02:45All right.
02:46Change it again?
02:47All right.
02:47Well, I'm going shopping.
02:50You'll be in to lunch.
02:52Gerard, three, double, five, four, five.
02:54Yes, I suppose, sir.
02:55So will I, then.
02:56Cocktails at one o'clock, Mr. Kenyon.
02:58This is Lord Studholm's secretary.
03:01Very good, madam.
03:02I want to make some changes in those invitations.
03:04Let's hope father lunch is at his club.
03:07I thought you were going out.
03:08Yes, that's it.
03:09I'm on my way.
03:09The front door is through the hall, not through my study.
03:11And her serene highness, not her royal highness.
03:14All right.
03:14More changes?
03:15Yes, sir.
03:16It would be more practical to change the printer.
03:18He's the one you've always employed?
03:19That's why he's grown careless changing.
03:20What about that list?
03:21Very well.
03:22Here it is.
03:24Peggy.
03:25Yes?
03:26What about your little friend?
03:27Joan Holland.
03:28Yes.
03:29Is she coming?
03:29Yes.
03:30Good.
03:31Perhaps she can stay with you for a few days.
03:33She can help you with the preparations.
03:35Well, everything's in hand.
03:36It's only a small party after all, father.
03:38But a very important one for me, my dear.
03:40Very well.
03:40I'll ask her to stay if you like.
03:42But really, she wouldn't.
03:43Why make all this discussion as just as you please?
03:46Very well.
03:47I'll ask her to stay.
03:48Good.
03:48Thanks.
03:49You see, Peggy, this party may be very important to me politically.
03:53The princess apparently resents my articles against the Korsovian loan.
03:58However, the old girl must be conciliated.
04:00Now, what about this list?
04:01Well, there's her unicorn, Barton Tsiach.
04:05I suppose he ought to be invited.
04:06I suppose so.
04:08Sir John Holland?
04:09Oh.
04:11Why?
04:12You can't ask Joan without her father.
04:14And the princess will be very impressed to find you know the commissioner of police socially.
04:17Oh, thanks.
04:19Who else?
04:21Adrian Chilliatt and his wife?
04:23Must we have those awful people?
04:24Well, what's wrong with them?
04:25They're all quarrelling with each other.
04:26He's the most affected person I've ever seen.
04:28Oh, he amuses me.
04:29Besides, two of his books have been banned already.
04:31Makes him a celebrity?
04:32A third-rate one.
04:33Good enough for the princess.
04:36And how's Vernon?
04:37Vernon?
04:38Won't he do?
04:39We need an odd man.
04:41He's attractive.
04:41Cross him off.
04:42We'll ask the general.
04:43He'll do.
04:44But why should grandfather be any better than...
04:46Because he's as big a boar as the princess, that's why.
04:49And I don't want Vernon invited.
05:15Wait for me.
05:16Another grey one, Miles?
05:22Yes, yes, yes, yes.
05:24I wish I could get rid of them as easy as that.
05:27Well, you'd better go and attend to other lodgers.
05:29You're not my man's servant now, you know.
05:31No, sir.
05:32I only wish I were, sir.
05:46Is it the Lord Stadthold?
05:56The big newspaper proprietor.
05:58I recognised him directly.
05:59I saw him.
06:01Well, you'd better show him in, Miles.
06:03Oh, yes, sir.
06:13Mr. Burns.
06:33Lord Stadthold.
06:34Sit down, will you?
06:41May I ask what you want?
06:42I'm going to tell you.
06:43Go on, then.
06:44About a year ago, you made the acquaintance of a young lady, Joan Holland.
06:50What of it?
06:51Miss Holland is a friend of my daughter's.
06:53I take a deep interest in her.
06:56In a purely paternal way, of course.
06:58Of course.
06:58My object in coming here is entirely on her account.
07:01What is the object?
07:02To recover any letters, she may have been indiscreet enough to write you.
07:06This is very interesting.
07:08Are you acting as her agent?
07:09You may take it that I am.
07:11If you're a gentleman...
07:13No, I'm not.
07:14I used to be, but I couldn't afford the luxury.
07:16In that case, I must treat you as a man of business.
07:19I'm afraid so.
07:21If you'll show me those letters, I'll see how much they're worth.
07:24You're serious?
07:26Certainly.
07:28Here we are.
07:44Six authentic human documents going for a song.
07:48Or for a few notes, I suppose.
07:50I suppose your wife has not seen these.
08:00You know, that's not a very intelligent question.
08:02But in the young lady's interests, it's vital it should be answered.
08:05Then you may take it that she has not seen them.
08:08How much?
08:09Would fortons be too much?
08:12A hundred pounds.
08:14Two hundred and you can have the lot.
08:15You're quite sure these are, the lads?
08:19Oh, I suppose so.
08:20Because if you should find some others later,
08:23I might become very unpleasant.
08:25Good morning, Lord Stuyall.
08:35Goodbye.
08:35Goodbye.
08:35I'm afraid poverty's brought you pretty low, my son.
08:55Still, two hundred quid.
08:58It's going to be a hot day, eh?
09:19I'll have the marmalade.
09:25It's all gone, sorry.
09:28No pig.
09:29Good for your figure.
09:30More coffee instead.
09:32Sure.
09:32You'll be late at the yard, Mr. Commissioner.
09:41I know.
09:42Ramage will be waiting for me in my office.
09:45Looking reproachful over a pile of correspondence.
09:48I've never met him, have I?
09:50No, you will one of these days.
09:53He's a good man.
09:54Absolutely no sense of humour.
09:58Invaluable in our job.
09:59You must make a rotten policeman, Daddy.
10:01No cheek, young woman.
10:05Otherwise, I hope you'll run in.
10:07On what charge?
10:08Murder.
10:09Of the King's English.
10:11I shall produce that postcard you sent me from Devonshire as evidence.
10:16When are you going to meet Peggy?
10:17For lunch.
10:25You will come, won't you?
10:27I'll come for your sake.
10:29Certainly not for Sudholm.
10:31Poor darling.
10:31You don't like him, do you?
10:33I'm very fond of him.
10:36We're useful to each other.
10:38How do you find him?
10:40Quite nice.
10:41He seems to like me, rather.
10:43Naturally.
10:45You won't encourage him, will you?
10:46Oh, Dad, you are ridiculous.
10:49Why, he's old enough to be my...
10:50Your father, I take it.
10:53Bless you, my child.
10:55I have one last request.
10:57When the silence of the grave has fallen upon your poor old Dad,
11:01don't forget to...
11:02Daddy, you're not to say such things.
11:04Why.
11:04He's old enough to see.
11:06Bye-bye.
11:09Still in.
11:14By the way, darling.
11:15You're not still seeing Howard Vernon, are you?
11:21Who?
11:22Vernon.
11:25No.
11:26Isn't he away or something?
11:28Is he?
11:30Yes, he is.
11:31So, he was.
11:33I see.
11:34So, you're not still seeing him?
11:37Dad, you are a good policeman, after all.
11:39Talk about third degree.
11:42No, I'm not.
11:44It's just one of those things.
11:45Just one of those things.
11:47Good.
11:52You see, I asked you because his name cropped up the other day.
11:54You see, he's not very careful of his reputation.
11:59Or other people's.
12:03That's why I'm glad you're not seeing him.
12:06I'm glad you're glad.
12:24Anna.
12:27Anna.
12:28Yes, darling?
12:30Your pad and pencil, quickly.
12:32Quickly, before I lose the inspiration.
12:34Oh, yes, darling.
12:35Oh, yes, darling.
12:39The scent of the room drifted slowly upwards
12:42as she gave him a pear-shaped look.
12:45Significant, vital almond blossom
12:48falling on guitar strings in small Italian towns
12:52came to his mind as he bent.
12:56What was that?
12:58Sordid, time-shattering comes.
13:00Tap, tap, tap, tap.
13:02A knocking on the door.
13:07Must you come thundering on the door
13:08when I'm trying to work, Mary?
13:09I'm ready to go on, darling.
13:15It's no use now.
13:16The inspiration's gone.
13:21What's this?
13:22The new press cuttings?
13:23Yes, darling.
13:24I stacked them in the book this afternoon.
13:26The name of Adrian Chidgett,
13:27author of Leprous Souls,
13:29was new to me,
13:30and therefore it was with some surprise
13:32that I discovered
13:32that he is responsible for
13:34a baker's dozen of similar
13:37masterpieces.
13:38Mr. Chidgett has talent.
13:42But thank heaven,
13:45there is no compulsion
13:46for any sane person
13:47to read such drivel.
13:50It's always the same.
13:52Vicious attacks
13:53in all Studholm's papers.
13:55Darling, that's only the reviewer.
13:57I'm certain that Lord Studholm
13:58knew nothing about it,
13:59or else he...
14:00Or else he wouldn't invite us
14:01to his parties, I suppose.
14:02That's where you're wrong.
14:04That man's malicious.
14:06He only asked us
14:07to make a fool of me
14:08before his guests.
14:10But this time
14:10he'll be disappointed.
14:12I won't go.
14:13That's right, dear.
14:14I wouldn't go
14:14if I were you.
14:16And since when
14:17have I taken to asking
14:18your advice?
14:19I will go.
14:21It's only to please
14:22the princess.
14:23She'd be bitterly
14:24disappointed
14:24if I didn't.
14:33That new tie suit you, darling.
14:35Yes, perhaps it does.
14:39You know,
14:40I don't think Studholm
14:41himself is so much
14:42to blame for those notices.
14:44There's that creature
14:45of his Guy Kenyon.
14:46Mr. Kenyon?
14:47I thought he was
14:48such a charming young man.
14:49Yes, you would think so.
14:53Who opens all the letters
14:54that I write to Studholm?
14:57Kenyon.
14:58Who always answers
14:59the telephone
15:00when I ring Studholm up?
15:02Kenyon.
15:03That man sticks at nothing
15:04to prevent my seeing Studholm.
15:06Oh, but he's seen such a...
15:09Well, anyway,
15:10it's quite an honour
15:11to be asked to meet
15:12the princess.
15:13They tell me she's
15:14very informal
15:14outside her own country.
15:16rather like a schoolgirl
15:17on the loose.
15:18Well, she'd better take care.
15:19I feel like going
15:20on the loose myself tonight.
15:21Adrian, dear.
15:23Why aren't you dressed?
15:25Oh, come on.
15:26Oh, Mary, Mary.
15:30Miss Peggy Studholm
15:31on the phone, sir.
15:38Hello, Peggy, my dear.
15:40Oh, you must excuse me.
15:42I mean, my bath.
15:43Well, here we are, my dear.
16:01Grandfather, you old nuisance,
16:02where have you been
16:03the last two days?
16:03I've tried to get you everywhere.
16:05What's that?
16:06I've been Scotland fishing.
16:07Fishing, I thought so.
16:09Well, now fish yourself
16:09out of that bath.
16:10I'll do the bath.
16:11I'll do nothing of the sort.
16:12Well, what do you mean,
16:13you impotent young monkey?
16:14What for?
16:15Because you're dining
16:16here tonight.
16:16So get into your clothes
16:17and be here as quick as you can.
16:18Dining?
16:19Who?
16:20Well, listen, Peggy,
16:22you can't be serious.
16:24Of course I'm serious.
16:25But look here,
16:26it can't be so important
16:27as all that.
16:28Is it anybody special coming?
16:30If you'd read your letters,
16:31you'd see.
16:31It's to meet
16:32the Princess Amelia of Kosova.
16:34Amelia of Kosova?
16:35I've never heard of her.
16:36Are you sure?
16:37That's what I said.
16:39Princess Amelia.
16:40White tie and looks slippy.
16:42Look, slippy, look.
16:43Let me, what the devil do me?
16:44Look here.
16:45Oh, operator, operator.
16:47Strike.
16:50Hang it.
16:51Hang it, where are you?
16:53It sounds a good idea, then.
17:05You'd better give me the revolver
17:06as you're not coming yourself.
17:09Here it is, Your Highness.
17:11Me.
17:13Are you absolutely certain
17:14that Lord Stadholm
17:15is opposing our loan
17:17because he wants
17:18the oil concessions himself?
17:20Certain, Your Highness.
17:21I have the reports
17:22from B-24,
17:24who has been working for me
17:25in Fleet Street
17:26for the last six months.
17:27Also, the information
17:28of the secretary of our...
17:29Yes, these details
17:31make my headache.
17:33So long as there is no doubt.
17:35Naturally.
17:36Stadholm has no idea
17:37Your Highness knows.
17:39That is our greatest asset.
17:41Kornilov says...
17:42Yes, of course.
17:43The whole thing
17:44is rather overwhelming.
17:46Well, don't be afraid, Baron.
17:47I shall know what to do.
17:49I shall know what to do.
18:01Dawson.
18:02Mrs. Munro rang up
18:03to hear if her cigarette case
18:04has been returned.
18:04Have you got it back?
18:05No, sir.
18:06Have you spoken to the man
18:07you sold it to?
18:08No, sir.
18:08Now, don't take advantage
18:09of my indulgence.
18:11I agreed not to have you arrested
18:12provided that case has returned.
18:14If it's not here tomorrow,
18:15I'll have you arrested
18:15as a common thief.
18:17I don't think you'll do that, sir.
18:19And why not?
18:20I might tell Mr. Munro
18:22how his wife came to lose
18:23her cigarette case.
18:25You have that case here tomorrow.
18:31But you promised to stay
18:32until Monday.
18:33Why go tonight?
18:34What's the mystery, Joan?
18:36Well, there isn't any mystery.
18:38I haven't done anything
18:38to offend you, have I?
18:40Oh, darling, don't be absurd.
18:43Guy and I wanted you to be here
18:45and we told father
18:45the bad news.
18:47About us being married.
18:53Evening, Joan.
18:55Evening, Peggy.
19:00I've just telephoned my father.
19:02He asked me to apologise for him.
19:04He's very busy
19:05and won't be able
19:05to come in time for dinner.
19:06Oh, I'm sorry.
19:08I expect the Pulitzer case
19:09is keeping him.
19:10He said he'd drop in later.
19:13Miss Studholm
19:14has wandered on the telephone.
19:15Who wants me, Guy?
19:21I do, darling.
19:22Oh, how angry we are.
19:31I suppose you want to apologise
19:32for what happened this afternoon.
19:34Would it be accepted?
19:34No.
19:35Dear, dear, I am having a bad time.
19:37No worth than you deserve?
19:38I really believe you were shocked.
19:39I was disgusted.
19:41I'd heard that some old men
19:42were like that
19:42but I didn't believe it.
19:43Old?
19:44How unkind.
19:47My father's taking me back
19:48with him tonight.
19:49I must try and persuade you
19:50to change your mind.
19:52Did you tell your father
19:53why you were running away
19:54in such a hurry?
19:55No.
19:56Lucky for you, I didn't.
19:58He wouldn't approve
19:59of his little girl
19:59having secret attachments, eh?
20:02Secret attachments?
20:03For you?
20:05Possibly not for me
20:06but for an attractive fellow
20:07like Howard Burnham, he's...
20:09How do you know about that?
20:09Does it matter anyone knowing?
20:14Not in the least.
20:15When will young women realise
20:17it's dangerous
20:17to write passionate love letters
20:19to married men?
20:23How did you get those?
20:25The poor fellow was hard up.
20:27I don't believe it.
20:29But yet here they are.
20:30Oh no.
20:32I'm relying on these letters
20:33to succeed
20:34where my natural charm
20:35has failed.
20:37You swine.
20:40Well, after all
20:41wouldn't it be better
20:42to be a little kind
20:43than upset
20:44the domestic apple cart?
20:46I suppose you mean
20:47to show them to my father
20:47if I refuse?
20:48Well, it was in my mind.
20:50Then do it.
20:51Go on, do it.
20:53Give them to him
20:53when he comes here tonight.
20:56Oh, so that's it.
20:57He believes in you, does he?
20:59Well, then we won't waste
20:59time on him.
21:01But supposing Mrs. Vernon
21:02hasn't the same
21:03touching belief
21:04in her husband.
21:04I don't see what
21:05that has to do with it.
21:06Supposing I give
21:07these letters
21:08to Mrs. Vernon
21:09and arrange
21:10that she divorces
21:11her notorious husband
21:12naming you
21:13as correspondent.
21:15It would be
21:15a nasty scandal.
21:17Your name
21:17dragged in the gutters.
21:19Think what a splash
21:19my papers would make of it.
21:21Even you wouldn't do that.
21:22It would be your own choice
21:23if I do, Joan.
21:24I would much prefer
21:25to give you
21:25the letters tonight.
21:27I shan't be here tonight.
21:28I think you will, Joan.
21:36No, I...
21:38Tell your father
21:40that you mean to stay.
21:45That's very sensible, Joan.
21:46Give me those letters.
21:51Later.
21:53And by the way,
21:54virtue is sometimes
21:55apt to cheat.
21:56I've taken the key
21:57of your bedroom
21:58as a precaution.
21:58I hope I'm not
22:26disturbing you.
22:27Peggy.
22:31If you must make love
22:32to my secretary,
22:32please don't do it
22:33in my study.
22:35Kenyon, you're fired.
22:37Sir, you don't understand.
22:40Peggy and I,
22:41we wanted to tell you,
22:43we want to get married.
22:45Well, well, well.
22:47And what do you propose
22:48to live on?
22:49Well, I'm pretty good
22:50at my job, sir.
22:52Plenty of other people
22:52would be glad
22:53to have me work for them.
22:53Not when they see
22:54the character I'll give you.
22:57My daughter
22:58will not marry a secretary.
23:00You think you can run
23:01everybody's lives,
23:01don't you?
23:02Well, you can't run mine.
23:03We are married already.
23:04You, sir,
23:05the only reason
23:05I ever married you
23:06was that people
23:06are beginning to talk.
23:08Good evening, Johnson.
23:09Good evening, sir.
23:11Now get this quite clear.
23:13I shall alter my will tomorrow
23:14and Peggy will not
23:14get another penny from me.
23:15You can keep your damned money.
23:16This isn't a fortune hunt.
23:17Very well, then.
23:18The sooner you leave
23:19this house, the better.
23:20Come on, Peggy.
23:21Excuse me.
23:23I have one or two things
23:23I'd like to discuss
23:24with my daughter.
23:26Do you mind?
23:27This way, sir, please.
23:28Yes.
23:28But the poor fellow
23:54was a very bad shop
23:55and he bombed me completely,
23:57merely shattering
23:58the horrible stained glass window
23:59in the palace
24:00which I'd longed to break
24:01for years.
24:02Oh, three laps, please.
24:03That must have been
24:03very startling, ma'am.
24:05Oh, no.
24:05Oh, dear, no.
24:07Just a little cream.
24:09We poor Sogans
24:09are used to being assaulted.
24:11Our people are dears,
24:12you know,
24:13but so impulsive.
24:14Anyway,
24:15the shop completely
24:15cured the king's hiccups
24:16which was naturally
24:17a great relief to us all.
24:19How very remarkable, ma'am.
24:26Got that gramophone?
24:28Fabian, dear.
24:30Don't you think
24:31that perhaps...
24:35Copy this?
24:49Beggy, my dear,
24:50your guests don't look very lively.
24:51Amuse them up.
24:53Kenyon will help you.
24:58These dance tunes
24:59want louder needles
25:00if once to taste
25:00real suffering.
25:02What would you like
25:03to do, princess?
25:04Bridge?
25:05Father,
25:05the princess
25:06wants to play a game.
25:07It would be a great treat
25:08if we might,
25:09Lord Studholm.
25:10I get no chance
25:11to play after-dinner games
25:12in my country.
25:12They all eat too much.
25:14At one time,
25:15the young nobleman
25:15used to amuse themselves
25:17by lifting each other
25:18on the ends
25:18of billiard queues.
25:19But one night,
25:20the grand duke slipped
25:21and broke his cue.
25:23Poor grand duchess
25:24was upset.
25:27What game
25:27do you want to play,
25:28princess?
25:29Well,
25:29I only played it once.
25:31I escaped from the countess,
25:32my chaperone,
25:33you know,
25:34and went to a delightful
25:35party in Chelsea
25:36with an American.
25:37He said I was
25:38red-hot stuff.
25:40Oh, yes.
25:41One of the games
25:42we played
25:43was this one.
25:44It's called murder.
25:45Can you murder
25:46anyone you like,
25:47ma'am?
25:47Oh, no,
25:48General,
25:48it's most exciting.
25:50We draw lots
25:51for who shall be
25:51the murderer
25:51and who the detective.
25:53The murderer
25:54must on no account
25:55give himself away.
25:56He secretly decides
25:57who shall be
25:58his victim,
25:59creeps upon him
26:01in the dark,
26:02murders him,
26:04and then gets
26:05as far away
26:05as he can
26:06before the lights go up.
26:07Then the detective
26:08has to discover
26:09the body
26:09and track down
26:10the murderer.
26:11How exciting.
26:12If I'm the murderer,
26:13I shall strangle
26:14my victim.
26:15I always use this.
26:16Oh, I see.
26:17Oh, it's only a toy.
26:19Does it go off?
26:21Ah, great!
26:22How devastating.
26:24Let's start at once.
26:25Go on,
26:25get me some paper.
26:29Oh, sir,
26:29and we shall want Dawson.
26:31Certainly.
26:33There you are.
26:36Adrian,
26:36you mustn't
26:37excite yourself so.
26:38Remember what
26:39Dr. Poom said.
26:40Oh, I'm sick of doctors.
26:41Nasty, prying creatures.
26:44Let me see.
26:44How many are there
26:45of us?
26:46Eight.
26:51Addictive.
26:57Murderer.
26:59Miss Dawson.
27:01Take your orders
27:02from Mr. Chidiot,
27:02will you?
27:05Very good, my lord.
27:07Oh, Dawson,
27:08I want you to go down
27:09to where the main switch is.
27:11Yes, sir.
27:11And then,
27:12let me see.
27:15I'll strike the gong.
27:16You ought to hear that,
27:17oughtn't you?
27:17You should do, sir.
27:18Well, when you do,
27:19turn out all the lights
27:20in the house.
27:21And then after,
27:22let's see,
27:23about ten minutes,
27:25you turn them all up again.
27:27Get the idea?
27:27Yes, sir.
27:29Is that all, sir?
27:29Yes, that's all.
27:30Does that mean
27:32we play this infernal game
27:34in the dark, ma'am?
27:35All the nicest games
27:36are played in the dark, general.
27:44Sir John Holland
27:45has just arrived, my lord.
27:47The commissioner of police
27:48at a murder party?
27:49Oh, this is too delicious.
27:51He must be the detective.
27:56Good evening, Sir John.
27:57We're just going to start
27:58a new detective game.
27:59Oh, really?
28:01I've been playing
28:01detective games all day.
28:03Oh, yes, but this is
28:03really thrilling.
28:05It's called murder.
28:06Oh, ho.
28:07I never knew
28:08a thrilling murder yet.
28:09Oh, you wait.
28:12Ah.
28:12Evening, Holland.
28:13Good evening, Sir Helm.
28:14Oh, hello, Guy.
28:15Hello.
28:16Here, Guy.
28:18Hello, my dear.
28:19Hello, dear.
28:19All right.
28:20Good evening, Sir George.
28:21I think you know
28:22Sir John Holland, ma'am.
28:23Indeed I do.
28:24Oh, ma'am.
28:29Now we draw.
28:38They're all blanks,
28:40except the one
28:40which has murderer on it.
28:43No one must give away
28:44what he draws,
28:44otherwise we shall know
28:45who the murderer is.
28:47The murderer picks
28:48his own victim,
28:49and the rest of us
28:50dash about trying
28:51to spot clues.
28:52I never drew a horse
28:53in my life.
28:54You mustn't say that,
28:55you darling her, did you?
28:56Oh, sorry.
28:57How do you know
28:58it wasn't finesse?
28:59Oh, no.
29:03You're the detective.
29:05When the lights go up,
29:06it will be your duty
29:06to investigate the crime.
29:08Oh, sorry.
29:12Now, Kenyon.
29:15And the last one is mine.
29:19And now for the gong.
29:24I've lost my glasses,
29:50damnation.
29:50I beg your pardon, ma'am.
29:52Not at all, General.
29:53You're almost annoying.
29:58It's me, darling.
30:00I'm so sorry, Dad.
30:01Who did you think it was?
30:09Oh, dear,
30:10now I'm trodden on something.
30:13My glasses,
30:14I'd better fiver.
30:15What's the trouble?
30:16It's nothing.
30:18Please, Joan.
30:20Don't you trust me?
30:22We're friends, aren't we?
30:26Studdon.
30:27Daddy,
30:29you remember Howard Vernon?
30:30Yes, I remember.
30:32Well,
30:33I wrote him some rather silly letters.
30:35Yes?
30:37Studdon's got those letters.
30:39He bought them.
30:40He says that if I don't let him
30:42make love to me,
30:43he's going to give them
30:43to Mrs. Vernon.
30:44Well?
30:44Oh, don't you understand, Daddy.
30:47He says he's going to get her
30:48to divorce by an enemy correspondent.
30:50I'll talk to him.
30:51I could kill the beast.
30:52Steady, darling, steady.
30:54Steady.
30:54Who's that?
31:14I've come to have a little talk
31:15with you, Lord Studholm.
31:17It's quite simple.
31:23You don't like my books,
31:24dear, powerful Lord Studholm.
31:27You've ruined my career.
31:29Every word I've written
31:29for the last two years
31:30has been abused and ridiculed
31:32by your critics
31:32under your orders.
31:33Talk sense, Chiriot,
31:34even if you can't write it.
31:35You've eliminated me,
31:36dear, powerful,
31:37blasted, Lord Studholm.
31:39And now,
31:40don't laugh,
31:41I'm going to eliminate you.
31:42This murder game
31:46doesn't amuse me, Chiriot.
31:48It isn't a game.
31:49I'm in earnest.
31:50Terribly.
31:51Get out.
31:54Perfect.
31:56You were properly fooled
31:57that time, Studholm.
31:59You actually believed
32:00that I meant it.
32:01Oh, it's that toy
32:03of the princesses.
32:05Damn fool.
32:07Get out.
32:12Well, Kenyon,
32:20have you come
32:21to murder me too?
32:24Well, I've got to murder somebody.
32:27And it might as well be you.
32:35Oh, damn nation.
32:38I beg your pardon,
32:39I've lost my glasses.
32:41Blind as a bet.
32:43Never could see
32:43in the dark, anyway.
32:45Oh, Fallon now, General.
32:46I could all see in the dark.
32:48Colonel Bratz,
32:48my husband's equerry,
32:50always used to say
32:50that I could see better
32:51in the dark
32:52than any woman he'd ever known.
32:53And he had a very wide acquaintance.
32:56Guy?
32:58Yes?
33:02Where were you?
33:04I've been looking for you.
33:05What's the matter?
33:07This game's getting on my nerves.
33:08What's that fool
33:12shit here?
33:14Guy,
33:15do you think
33:15Father really will
33:16try to stop you
33:17getting another job?
33:18Don't worry about him
33:19any more, darling.
33:20Let's get back
33:21in the driveway.
33:24General,
33:24what are you doing?
33:26Looking for something
33:27to sit on, ma'am.
33:29Take my hand,
33:30I'll help you.
33:31Come on, everyone.
33:41We must find the victim.
33:43Don't forget to look
33:43for clues, everybody.
33:45I have all the clues
33:46I want, thank you.
33:50No, no, no.
33:51You're all under grave suspicion.
33:53All remain in this room, please.
33:55All that we want.
33:55Now, let me see.
33:56Are we all here?
33:58All except Joan
33:59and Lord Studholm.
34:00Here is Joan.
34:01Ah.
34:01Then you can assume
34:02that Lord Studholm
34:03has been murdered.
34:04Come along, dear.
34:05But, uh...
34:06I will now make
34:09my investigations
34:10alone.
34:11General, you old rascal.
34:25I believe you did the murder
34:26and then set in the fires
34:27and alibi.
34:28Young man,
34:28if I had done the murder,
34:30I wouldn't have chosen
34:30Studholm.
34:37I don't see why
34:38Sir John should have
34:39all the fun.
34:39Why shouldn't we
34:40investigate as well?
34:41Against orders, ma'am.
34:42I'm not going to have
34:43my game spoiled
34:44by silly rules.
34:45Come along, you others.
34:46Come along, Mr. Chidiot.
34:47Let us investigate.
34:49No, you, um...
34:50You can't speak to him now.
34:52Will you call up later, please?
34:57Hello?
34:58Clerk says I want
34:59Whitehall, 1212.
35:00Sir John Hollands, speaking.
35:19Will you put me through to Inspector Ramage, please?
35:30I found him.
35:32Here he is!
35:34Ramage, I want you to come at once
35:36to 44 Grosvenor Square.
35:38Bring a doctor with you.
35:40Lord Studholm has killed himself.
35:42Oh, dear.
35:48That's rather spoiled the game, hasn't it?
35:50Hello, darling.
36:13I'm terribly sorry to have to keep you here.
36:15Inspector Ramage is in the study now.
36:17Yes, but surely, Daddy,
36:21you could let us go.
36:22I'm afraid not, my dear.
36:23I'm in the same boat as you are.
36:25Ramage is in charge.
36:27No use pretending
36:28anyone's brokenhearted.
36:30Man is a rotter.
36:32Always has been.
36:33But why should the poor man
36:34shoot himself?
36:35That's what seems so odd to me.
36:37Suddenly realized
36:38the sort of cad he was, perhaps.
36:41Oh, God.
36:42Why can't I feel sorry?
36:45Don't, darling.
36:46Don't cry.
36:49He did.
36:51We're married.
36:53Well, I'm blown.
36:55Are you sure it was a quarter to ten
36:57when you turned the lights on again?
36:58About that, sir.
36:59Very well, that'll do.
37:01Well, Ramage.
37:07Now, what do you make of it?
37:08Clear occasion of suicide, Sir John.
37:11Dr. Weatherly's making his examination now.
37:13He'll be through in a minute.
37:14I see.
37:14I suppose they can't go until he's finished.
37:18I'm afraid not, sir.
37:21Look here, Ramage.
37:22We must keep Her Highness's name out of this.
37:24Oh, I think that can be managed, sir.
37:25Like a drink, Inspector?
37:26Oh, thank you, sir.
37:27Sit down, won't you?
37:28By the way, sir.
37:30Is there anyone here likely to be able to identify the gun?
37:34I can.
37:35It was his own.
37:36Yes, Mr. Kenyon was Lord Stud Home Secretary.
37:38Oh, so you'd seen the revolver before, sir?
37:40Oh, yes.
37:40He kept it in the drawer of his desk.
37:43So many of these big financiers live on the edge of this kind of thing.
37:46Oh, overshot the mark, I expect.
37:49Other people's money.
37:51Cowards way out.
37:52Oh, sorry, Peggy, my dear.
37:54You're wrong, Grandfather.
37:56He was worth over a million.
37:57A million?
37:59No man ought to have as much money as that.
38:01Oh, the power he had.
38:07Isn't the doctor a very long time?
38:09He won't be long now, Miss Holland.
38:12Oh, yes.
38:13All right.
38:14Oh, good evening, Sir John.
38:16Oh, good evening, Doctor.
38:19I'd like to see you for a moment, Ramage.
38:21Sir John, this is not quite so straightforward as we thought.
38:49We'd better have the servants up here.
38:51Oh, very well, Ramage.
38:53Yeah, I do mind.
38:55What's the trouble?
38:57Lord Stadome was murdered.
39:03What makes the doctor think that?
39:05He was shot twice.
39:06One shot he could have fired himself.
39:08The other was fired from more than six feet away.
39:21The other was fired from him.
39:23What kind of thing?
39:23What happens now?
39:23What kind of thing?
39:34We've got to stay.
40:06And so, ma'am, I informed your secretary, Baron Tiat, that you were in bed with a chill and had been obliged to cancel your social engagements for the last three days, including Lord Studholm's dinner.
40:22Sure, listen, John, that's enough to try the patience of a saint.
40:26But you wouldn't wish to be mixed up in this affair, ma'am.
40:28Why not? One ought to be prepared to bear one's burdens, if any. Up to now, I've never had a burden.
40:33All last night I was thinking about being sent for by detectives and the third degree and everything.
40:39And then that miserable Baron comes round after breakfast and tells me that I wasn't at the party at all.
40:44Well, you see, ma'am, we wish to keep your name out of this.
40:47I'm afraid I was very rude to the Baron. How do you know I didn't shoot the man myself, I said.
40:52Oh, ho, ho.
40:52And the silly fellow replied, if you did, all the more reason why you weren't there.
40:56But, er, that wasn't what I came to talk about. Now why am I here?
41:01Oh, yes, of course. Sir John, I have a theory.
41:05Have you indeed, ma'am?
41:06They were all nice people at the party. People who don't do that kind of thing.
41:11After all, one can't eat a man's dinner and then shoot him afterwards.
41:14That kind of thing isn't done. Especially shooting him twice.
41:17Yes. No. Lord Stadholm must have killed himself.
41:21But, ma'am, the doctors have agreed that one of the shots was fired from some distance away.
41:25Well, it's perfectly simple.
41:27He fired the bullet into his head, threw the pistol away convulsively,
41:32causing it to go off and hit him in the ribs.
41:35But the pistol was found lying by his hand.
41:38Oh, then it must have been the other way round.
41:40He must have thrown the pistol away, been hit,
41:43and then fetched it and put himself out of his agony.
41:45Yes, now I come to think of it, I'm sure that's what he must have done.
41:48But, ma'am, do you think people do that sort of thing? Much?
41:52No, only once.
41:56That's settled, then.
41:58Goodbye, Sir John.
42:00Bye, ma'am.
42:02Now, Mrs Kenyon,
42:04I understand you were married secretly,
42:07without your father's consent.
42:08Yes.
42:09Did you tell your father you were married before he died?
42:12Yes.
42:13When?
42:14Last night.
42:14Last night.
42:17Oh.
42:19How did your father receive the news?
42:21He was furious with me.
42:22That's not an answer to my question, Mrs Kenyon.
42:25What did he actually say?
42:28Oh, something silly about cutting me off without a penny.
42:32If you'll tell me I'll know the three, would you?
42:33Yes, sir.
42:35Hello.
42:35Give me a couple of notes.
42:38Carry on, Mr. Kermit.
42:41You'd know money of your own?
42:43No.
42:44But you'll inherit all your father's money?
42:47I don't know anything about that.
42:49Mr Kenyon.
42:52You're aware that Lord Studdham kept a revolver in the drawer of his desk?
42:56Yes.
42:57No doubt as his secretary you had access to that desk.
42:59No.
43:00No?
43:01No.
43:01How did you know the revolver was there?
43:05I must have seen it somewhere, I suppose.
43:07When Lord Studdham himself had opened the drawer, I suppose.
43:10Yes.
43:11Why were you in the study when the lights were out?
43:14Oh, I was the murderer.
43:16Yes, yes, sir.
43:16I told you all about that game, Ramage.
43:18We drew lots.
43:20Is it necessary to go over all that game?
43:22Very good, sir.
43:24You needn't take down Sir John's remarks.
43:27Oh, no, sir.
43:29Oi, come back here.
43:30Out of my way, ma'am.
43:31I have important views for the commissioner.
43:33You can't go in there.
43:35Flat-footed oaf.
43:36All right, Sergeant.
43:39Oh, Holland.
43:40What do you want?
43:41Are you aware that I'm being victimized outrageously at the hands of your minions?
43:46Well, what's the trouble?
43:47Holland, I'm being watched.
43:49Oh, really?
43:50As a creative artist, you ought to be used to that.
43:52I've never numbered policemen among my fans.
43:55Imagine yourself trying to write a vignette with an appalling person leaning against the railings outside your window.
44:00It's very unfortunate.
44:01I really can't be helped.
44:02Can't be helped?
44:03Have you no authority?
44:04I have no authority to treat one man differently from another.
44:08Technically, we're all under suspicion.
44:09I suppose you're having yourself watched, then.
44:13I have other witnesses to see, sir.
44:15All right, ma'am.
44:15I'm just going.
44:17Well, I've made my complaint.
44:18If my work suffers, I shall put in a claim.
44:21Ah, Killian, how are you?
44:23But you had that fearful brawl with Stunholm last night.
44:25You might have come in for some of the money.
44:27Oh, of course.
44:29You married the heir, this lucky fellow.
44:31Killian.
44:34You wouldn't mind waiting a few minutes.
44:36There are one or two questions I'd like to ask you.
44:38Oh, very well.
44:42Now, don't misunderstand me.
44:44Had you any plans for the future when Lord Stunholm discharged you?
44:47Could I?
44:48I wasn't expecting anything like that.
44:49Did you suppose Lord Stunholm would be pleased to have you as a son-in-law?
44:53Well?
44:54You can smoke if you want to, Guy.
44:56Have one of these.
44:57Ah, no, thanks.
44:58Did you know the contents of Lord Stunholm's will?
45:00No.
45:01Obviously, if Lord Stunholm accepted you as a son-in-law, your position would have been considerably improved.
45:05I married my wife because I love her.
45:12Does that mean we can go now?
45:13You'll be asked to sign the notes when they're transcribed.
45:17Thank you, Mrs. Kenyon.
45:19General Sir George, pretty good to see you, Sir John.
45:21Take him to my room.
45:22I'm coming straight up.
45:23Very well, sir.
45:24I'll see Chidiot now, sir.
45:26I don't envy you.
45:31I don't envy you.
46:01Yes.
46:04The worst of you fellas is, you're all silly asses.
46:07Look for a bloke with an infernal squint and three days' growth in his chin.
46:10Never bother about a member of the guards' club.
46:13I'm your man.
46:18This is a serious matter, General.
46:20Who's denying it?
46:21What do you take me for?
46:22A lunatic?
46:22My daughter married that...
46:28Well, she married Stadholm.
46:30And he killed her with kindness.
46:31Kindness?
46:32Kindness to other women.
46:34And Peg was left.
46:35See?
46:36He started in to break her too.
46:38Every rotten humiliation you could put across her.
46:42I took advantage of that infernal game when I shot the brute.
46:46Did you, General?
46:51Did you indeed?
46:53Don't worry, Harlan.
46:55You'll never hang me.
46:57I went to see my doctor on Harley Street this morning.
47:00He gave me about a month to live.
47:02Well, that's bad.
47:04Comes to all of us.
47:05I've had a good life.
47:07I regret nothing.
47:08You're telling me this because you called at your doctor at Harley Street this morning.
47:11And he gave you a month to live.
47:13Yes.
47:14Not because you're afraid of Peggy losing Guy.
47:17Well, General.
47:19That sounds good enough to me.
47:21Is that you, Cunningham?
47:23You've been keeping General Piddinghoe under observation.
47:27Did he visit his doctor in Harley Street this morning?
47:31But, never left the house till he came here.
47:38That's all.
47:53Damned incompetence.
47:56Interested in firearms, Mr. Chidion?
47:59Professionately.
48:00I prefer them to flowers.
48:02What was the idea of firing that pistol all over the place?
48:05Well, that was to create atmosphere.
48:07People were terrified.
48:09Were you going to the study by any chance?
48:11Heaven knows where I went.
48:12The whole place was plunged in inspiccated gloom.
48:16What gloom, sir?
48:19Inspiccated.
48:20I-N-S.
48:21Good, and it was very dark.
48:22Very good, sir.
48:23Now, tell me all about this quarrel between Studholm and Kenyon.
48:27I'm afraid I don't know very much about it, Inspector.
48:30When I arrived, Studholm and Kenyon were brawling in the study.
48:33But wasn't it his daughter he was quarreling with?
48:35No, Kenyon.
48:35What did they say?
48:40It had a strong flavour of the novelette.
48:43I don't remember their exact words.
48:45But the gist of it was,
48:46Go, take my daughter.
48:48You married her for my fortune,
48:50but that you shall never have.
48:52Henceforth she is no child of mine.
48:54Tomorrow I shall disinherit her.
48:56Thank you, Mr. Chidion.
48:57That'll be all for the moment.
49:10How he ever got off the flypaper beats me.
49:13Your job has just arrived, sir.
49:16I thought you might feel more at home if I questioned her here.
49:18Thank you, Ramage.
49:20Well, sir, the case against Kenyon's plain enough.
49:23I don't know.
49:25You may find it hard to prove.
49:26Look at the facts, sir.
49:28Here's a young fellow secretly married to a girl whose father's worth a million.
49:31The father gets to hear of the marriage is furious.
49:33He wants to cut the daughter right out of the will.
49:36Before he can alter his will, what happens?
49:38He's murdered.
49:38Yes, but there's no evidence that Kenyon could have known about the will.
49:42No, Ramage is not good enough.
49:43Look here, sir.
49:44May I speak quite frankly?
49:46All right.
49:47Go ahead.
49:47We recognize you at the yard, sir, as a fair-minded gentleman.
49:51But in this case, I beg your pardon, it beats me what you're trying to get at.
49:55Looks like you didn't want a conviction at all.
49:56I don't intend to blunder into a wrong one.
50:00Look here, sir, John.
50:01Am I to arrest Kenyon?
50:02Good morning, Mr. Ramage.
50:06Good morning, miss.
50:07Do you mind, sir?
50:08Oh, no, no, no.
50:08Please do, Ramage.
50:09Darling, Mr. Ramage is going to ask you a few questions.
50:12Keep cool.
50:13Don't do any one of you.
50:14Miss Holland, do you know anything about this quarrel between Lord Statham and Guy Kenyon?
50:20No.
50:21By whose invitation were you staying at Grosvenor Square?
50:24Peggy Statham's.
50:25Which bedroom did you occupy?
50:26The large room on the third floor, overlooking the square.
50:30Where is the key of that room found on Lord Statham?
50:35I don't know what...
50:36What do you mean?
50:39The key of your bedroom was found in Lord Statham's pocket.
50:43Can you tell me why?
50:44I'm afraid I can't.
50:48You must have had designs on me or something.
50:51Hmm.
50:52Ramage.
50:53About Kenyon.
50:54I've been thinking things over.
50:57You can arrest him.
50:58I've been thinking things over.
51:24Hi, there.
51:24please mr chidiot i'm not asking your opinion did you or did you not hear kenyon say to lord
51:54start home i've come to murder you i have the greatest dislike for being scolded and glowered
52:00at even if the man is cross or upset i see no reason why he should work off his rank on me
52:06you may take it mr chidiot if there are anything irregular i would have commented upon it oh very
52:12well to tell the truth me lord i thought you were asleep silence i find nothing amusing in the
52:19witnesses remarks i shall seriously consider having the state of his mind inquired into
52:24answer the question yes kenyon said i've come to murder you and the reason you didn't break into
52:32the study of these words was because you thought it was part of the game yes
52:37thank you
52:44poor kenyon i'm too too sorry for you do not address the prisoner it is most improper
52:50i doubt your ruling my lord but even in court i fail to see how sympathy can be improper
52:55be silent attend the council for the defense
52:58i believe i'm right in saying you told my learned friend you've been firing blank cartridges all over
53:07the house to create atmosphere yes then you were the only person in the house who was able to
53:12distinguish between your toy pistol shots and the actual revolver shots yes i suppose so then you must
53:18know when the two bullets which killed lost our home were fired what do you mean i'm trying to
53:25establish the exact time when lord sudden was killed how can you expect me to remember these details
53:30with all these people watching me let me put it another way at some time while the lights were
53:36out you must have heard the report of two revolver shots which you did not fire yourself yes
53:41i believe i did then will you please try to fix approximately how long before the lights were
53:47turned on those two shots were fired three minutes before the lights went up then you must have
53:53wondered what those shots were wonder my dear man i'm always wondering i wonder why i'm here i wonder
54:00why you're asking me so many questions i wonder why any of us are here i wonder that'll do mr chidiot
54:07thank you hello william now miss holland i believe you told my learned friend for the crown
54:20that you were going to leave after the dinner party yes why my father wanted me to go away with him
54:29he was calling for me oh and during dinner you told mrs kenyon you were going to stay on after all
54:38why did you change your mind again
54:44now miss holland i'm going to suggest that there was some understanding between lord studholm and yourself
54:50there was none there was none and can you give any other reason why lord studholm was carrying the key
54:56to your bedroom no i suggest that lord studholm tried to make love to you and that's why you decided
55:07to leave thereupon he forced you to stay by threatening you with compromising letters which you had written
55:12to another man that's why you decided to stay and that's why lord studholm had the key to your bedroom
55:21no you deny that lord studholm threatens you with compromising letters
55:27there were no compromising letters
55:31thank you miss holland
55:32say what's she driving at maybe the girl killed him of course amaya shlemiel he's going to prove she
55:44had a motive now mr vernon did you ever know a miss joan holland daughter of sir john holland yes intimately
55:54did she ever write to you yes love letters yes a most improper remark i'm sorry my lord
56:09where are those letters a month ago lord studholm came to me and told me he was acting as miss holland's
56:15agent he wanted to buy those letters you sold them to him yes do you know where those letters are now
56:24i have new evidence which might alter the entire complexion of the case sir john holland
56:54you may stand down
57:04i swear by almighty god the evidence i shall give will be the truth the whole truth
57:20and nothing but the truth if your lordship pleases i shall not examine sir john but ask him to tell his
57:27story in his own way it was quite dark so that when i laid my hand on my daughter's shoulder she
57:36thought i was stud home and cried out i saw that she was in a very nervous state and i asked her what
57:43had happened at first she refused to tell me but last i persuaded her she told me that stud home had
57:50bought these letters from vernon and was using them to force his attentions upon her just before the
57:55lights went up i made my way into the study by the other door kenyon could only just have left i told
58:01stud home exactly what i thought of him i was going to give him the threshing of his life before i could
58:07get hold of him he'd drawn a revolver on me i knocked his arm down there was a struggle suddenly the gun went
58:14i hate liars holland you're a filthy liar don't touch me or i'll shoot you
58:27i should hate to hurt anybody
58:32now holland tell them that you're lying you never went near the study
58:37he's trying to spoil my whole plan by lying he may have wanted to kill stud home but he wasn't
58:44clever enough i was that's very interesting mr tidius may i ask why you killed lord stud home i had
58:53to i'm a creative artist he was killing my work i'm sure you'll understand so when kenyon had gone
59:01i crept in grabbed the revolver and shot him i hoped that he would be hanged that was part of the plan
59:12he was just as bad as stud home and then this meddling scoundrel comes along with his pack of lies
59:19and you all believed him i loathe liars
59:31it's a great game murder
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