00:00I've always felt sorry for that old teacher of mine.
00:03The poor old girl finally reached the point of numbing the keys for me.
00:07One, two, three, four. Even then, I never progressed beyond...
00:11Numbering the keys, Watson.
00:13The 19th key of the keyboard is the 19th letter of the alphabet.
00:18S. Here.
00:20Now, get down when I give it to you old fellow, will you?
00:23The first altered note. Write S first.
00:26Now, the eighth key is H.
00:31The fifth key, E.
00:34The twelfth key, L.
00:38The sixth key, F.
00:40S, H, E, L, F.
00:43Shelf.
00:45Your piano lessons were not in vain, old fellow. You've solved it. Thank you.
00:50Oh, thanks, old man. Hold it.
00:53We now have two-thirds of the message behind books.
00:58Third shelf, secretary, Dr. S.
01:03Presumably, these are the first and second portions of the message.
01:08And this gang has the first and third parts of it?
01:11Precisely.
01:12Then it's a stalemate?
01:13Yes, Commissioner, but we can't leave it like that.
01:15There's no doubt in my mind that they'll try to secure our third of the message that's missing.
01:20Well, I assume you've taken every precaution to guard the Clifford musical.
01:23Oh, yes. It's carefully hidden at Baker Street with Dr. Watson on guard.
01:25However, I'm reasonably certain that, uh, difficult as it may be, we can find the plates even without the missing part of the message.
01:33Behind books, third shelf, secretary, Dr. S.
01:39Well, outside of the fact that Davidson hid the Bank of England plates somewhere in London, Mr. Holmes, I don't see that we've progressed at all.
01:45Allow me to point out to you, sir. The key words, Dr. S.
01:50It looks as if the plates were hidden in the house of a doctor. Whether S stands for his first or last initial remains to be determined by a process of elimination.
01:59Well, there must be 10,000 doctors in London with S for a first or last initial.
02:04Precisely. And every one of them will have to be questioned in person. That's why I say this is a task for Scotland Yard.
02:10It's a task, all right. But Scotland Yard has searched worse haystacks and found a needle.
02:15Well, for the time being, I'll leave the matter in your hands, gentlemen.
02:20We'll call you if and when we get a lead on our mysterious Dr. S.
02:25Thank you. In the meantime, I intend to follow up a little clue concerning a cigarette.
02:36You are certain of the identification of the tobacco?
02:39Absolutely. I have made up this special blend for only three customers.
02:44It is almost pure Egyptian with admixture of Latakia for added body and a pinch of Perique.
02:53Merely a whisper, as one might say, for elusive fragrance.
02:57Yes, yes. And the three customers?
03:00Major Wilson in Bombay, India.
03:03Mrs. Catherine Leamington Smith in Ireland.
03:07Yes, and the third?
03:08Mrs. Hilda Courtney of Park Mansions, Bryanston Square.
03:13Thank you. Thank you very much. You've been most helpful.
03:15It is a pleasure to have been of service, Mr. Holmes.
03:17Mr. Holmes?
03:28Yes?
03:29Mrs. Courtney?
03:30Yes.
03:31My name is Sherlock Holmes.
03:33Oh, do come in.
03:36I've heard of you, of course, Mr. Holmes.
03:40I believe we have a mutual friend in Sir Edward Brookdale.
03:43He's spoken to me of you quite often.
03:45Indeed.
03:46And to what good fortune am I indebted for this visit?
03:52I think you know, Mrs. Courtney.
03:54Well, I did get a summons for speeding last week.
03:58But outside of that, I don't think I'm of any interest to the police.
04:01Oh, come now, Mrs. Courtney.
04:03You seem to forget that you and I have met before.
04:05I'm sorry.
04:06I'm sure I would have remembered meeting the great Sherlock Holmes.
04:10Please sit down.
04:13You say we met before.
04:15Yes.
04:17At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kilgore, 143 B Hampton Road.
04:22Kilgore?
04:24I don't think I know anyone of that name.
04:27Well, I didn't say you knew them.
04:29As a matter of fact, you called on them when they were out.
04:32I don't understand, Mr. Holmes.
04:35Really?
04:37And you were dressed rather differently.
04:39Indeed.
04:40Cigarette.
05:01You know, Mrs. Courtney, people generally forget, in assuming a disguise,
05:05that the shape of the ear is an almost infallible means of recognition and identification to the trained eye.
05:12Evidently you've mistaken me for someone else.
05:14Oh, no, not at all.
05:15Though naturally I expected your denial.
05:18But when you paid your visit to my rooms at Baker Street, you carelessly left behind another identification.
05:26Well, uh, I don't think, aren't they?
05:32Yes, I must admit they are.
05:34You see, Mr. Holmes, to catch one as clever as you, I had to use a very special lure.
05:38I knew you'd be unable to resist the bait of my cigarette, having read with great interest your monograph on the ashes of 140 different varieties of tobacco.
05:48I should advise you not to move, Mr. Holmes.
05:51I must congratulate you on your ingenuity, Mrs. Courtney.
05:56It was indeed a brilliantly designed trap.
05:59Thank you, Mr. Holmes.
06:00Praise from a master is indeed gratifying.
06:03I shall always cherish the memory of your flattering words.
06:08Memory?
06:10Precisely.
06:12I'm afraid these gentlemen have a most regrettable task to perform.
06:15Unless, of course, you care to turn over the missing musical box with your pledge to take no action against us in the future.
06:24I'm afraid that will be impossible.
06:26I thought that would be your answer.
06:28Humid!
06:29Careful!
06:31Careful.
06:32There's no need to be unnecessarily rough with our distinguished guests.
06:34You realize, Mr. Holmes, that your demise will not take place here, the, uh, corpus delecti, you know?
06:42Well, naturally.
06:44Shall we go?
06:47It's so fearfully awkward having a dead body lying about.
06:51Don't you agree, Mr. Holmes?
06:52Another dead body shouldn't weigh too heavily on your conscience, Mrs. Courtney.
07:04You mind if I have a cigarette?
07:07Well, I don't see why not.
07:22Be careful, Hamid.
07:25It's the brakes. They bind.
07:29Thank you, Colonel Kavanagh. It's very considerate of you.
07:32Mr. W.
08:03You'll be happy to know, Mr. Holmes, that your death will be a painless one.
08:10Hamid?
08:12Attach this to the motor of the taxi.
08:17That little attachment, my dear Mr. Holmes, contains the deadly fluid known as monosulfine.
08:22The Germans use it with gratifying results in removing their undesirables.
08:33Start the motor.
08:34To the motor.
08:57Tape his mouth.
08:58Now...
08:59Up with him, Hamid.
09:07You find yourself like Mohammed's coffin, Mr. Holmes.
09:09Suspended between heaven and earth.
09:11Plenty of fuel in the tank.
09:13Good.
09:14It would be too bad to have anything go wrong through so simple an oversight.
09:16Come on.
09:18You find yourself like Mohammed's coffin, Mr. Holmes.
09:21You find yourself like Mohammed's coffin, Mr. Holmes.
09:23Suspended between heaven and earth.
09:25Between heaven and earth.
09:33Plenty of fuel in the tank.
09:35Good.
09:37It would be too bad to have anything go wrong through so simple an oversight.
09:55Plenty of fuel in the tank.
09:56Inspector to the motor of where it's like.
09:57This is the case of the car, but I don't want to say it.
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