🔎✨ Sherlock Holmes – The Case of the Cunningham Heritage (Episode 1, 1954) ✨🔎
📺 This is the very first episode of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1954 TV Series). It introduces viewers to:
🕵️♂️ Ronald Howard as Sherlock Holmes
👨⚕️ Howard Marion-Crawford as Dr. Watson
👮 Archie Duncan as Inspector Lestrade
⚡ Episode Summary:
Dr. Watson meets the brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes for the very first time. Their chance encounter quickly blossoms into one of the greatest partnerships in detective history. Together, they take on a case involving the mysterious Cunningham family, filled with suspense, clever deductions, and thrilling black-and-white storytelling.
💡 Why Watch This Episode?
✔️ The origin story of Holmes & Watson’s legendary friendship
✔️ Classic 1954 television – vintage charm in every frame
✔️ A faithful and entertaining adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s world-famous detective
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📺 This is the very first episode of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1954 TV Series). It introduces viewers to:
🕵️♂️ Ronald Howard as Sherlock Holmes
👨⚕️ Howard Marion-Crawford as Dr. Watson
👮 Archie Duncan as Inspector Lestrade
⚡ Episode Summary:
Dr. Watson meets the brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes for the very first time. Their chance encounter quickly blossoms into one of the greatest partnerships in detective history. Together, they take on a case involving the mysterious Cunningham family, filled with suspense, clever deductions, and thrilling black-and-white storytelling.
💡 Why Watch This Episode?
✔️ The origin story of Holmes & Watson’s legendary friendship
✔️ Classic 1954 television – vintage charm in every frame
✔️ A faithful and entertaining adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s world-famous detective
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👉 Don’t forget to Like 👍, Comment 💬 & Subscribe 🔔 for more vintage TV & mystery classics.
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00:00The End
00:30THE END
01:00THE CITY YOU CONSIDER AS HOME IS NEVER SO ATTRACTIVE AS WHEN YOU RETURN TO IT AFTER LONG AND DIFFICULT TIMES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.
01:11MY NAME IS DR. JOHN WATSON.
01:14I HAD SERVED AND BEEN WOUNDED IN THE MORE REMOTE REGIONS OF AFGHANISTAN AND HAD BEEN DISCHARGED FROM THE ARMY WITH SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS TO REST.
01:22THE SIGHT OF LONDON AGAIN WAS ALREADY WORKING ITS SOONING TONIC.
01:26AS I ROWED THROUGH THE FAMILIAR STREETS, I NEVER SUSPECTED THAT A CHANCE INTRODUCTION WOULD LEAD ME INTO THE MOST AMAZING ADVENTURE OF MY ENTIRE LIFE.
01:38WATSON, OLD MAN!
01:39Hello, how have you been? It's good to see you.
01:42Not as well as you, obviously.
01:43You look great, old man.
01:47Heard you were wounded.
01:49Well, it could have been much worse.
01:51Sit down.
01:52Care for a drink?
01:53That one.
01:54Good.
01:58Well, what are your plans now?
02:01You're nothing really at the moment. I'm looking for lodgings.
02:05Trying to solve the old problem of comfortable quarters at a reasonable price.
02:09That's odd.
02:11There's a second man today that's used that expression.
02:13Really?
02:14Who's the other?
02:16Well, you wouldn't know him.
02:17He's doing some work in the chemical laboratory at the hospital.
02:20Might be interesting.
02:22Yes, well, I wouldn't mind sharing a flat for somebody if he was all right.
02:29Well, I...
02:31Anything wrong?
02:34Oh, no.
02:36He's rather strange.
02:38Well, what's wrong with him?
02:38There's nothing wrong with Holmes.
02:40That's his name, Sherlock Holmes.
02:42Who...
02:42When I saw him this morning, he was doing some research with a corpse.
02:46Oh, what was he doing?
02:48He was beating it with a stick.
02:51I beg your pardon?
02:52Did you ring, sir?
02:54Touche, this man.
02:55Very good, sir.
02:56What did you say this Sherlock Holmes fellow was doing?
03:03He was beating a corpse with a stick.
03:07Oh?
03:08What in heaven's name do you want to do that for?
03:10He wanted to find out if it was possible to inflict a bruise on a body after death.
03:14He wanted to find out if he was a man.
03:15He wanted to find out if he was a man.
03:16Why?
03:17You know?
03:18You know?
03:19You're asking?
03:20There's another strange thing about this Holmes.
03:21Somehow, one never thinks to question him.
03:22No.
03:23No.
03:24It works.
03:25It really works.
03:26You realize you've just entered the greatest chapter in the history of forensic medicine.
03:30No.
03:31No.
03:32No.
03:33No.
03:34No.
03:35No.
03:36No.
03:37No.
03:38No.
03:39No.
03:40No.
03:41No.
03:42No.
03:43No.
03:44No.
03:45No.
03:46No.
03:47No.
03:48No.
03:49No.
03:50No.
03:51No.
03:52No.
03:53No.
03:54You're pentru a forensic medicine?
03:55You're Dr. Watson?
03:56Yes, I am.
03:57What works?
03:58A foolproof test for hemoglobin.
03:59You realize what this means, of course.
04:01No.
04:02I don't.
04:03You must be Sherlock Holmes.
04:05It will create a revolution in criminal investigation.
04:07Yes, I'm Holmes.
04:08Why did you know I was Watson?
04:10Because you've just come back from Afghanistan.
04:11How'd you do?
04:12How'd you do?
04:13How'd you do?
04:14How did you know I'd just come back from Afghanistan?
04:16Well, it's written all diaries on cadetsies.
04:21Well, it's written all over you.
04:23The problem has generally been that a man is suspected of a crime months after a crime is committed.
04:27Then when they find bloodstains on objects of clothing, they can't be sure if it's blood, mud, or rust stains.
04:32But this solves the whole thing, of course.
04:34Oh, of course.
04:37Of course.
04:39Stanford told me you're looking for someone to share a flat, you'd find.
04:43You know, if this test had been in existence a year ago, it would have meant that Von Bishop of Frankfurt would most certainly have been harmed.
04:48And that goes for Mason of Brantford, Muller, and O'Fayne, naturally.
04:52Oh, naturally.
04:54Who are these people?
04:56Do you know I'm delighted to meet you, Watson.
04:58I think you like the flat.
04:59It's in Baker Street, by the way.
05:00Oh, we could pop around us after and have a look at it, if you care.
05:03Yes.
05:03Oh, yes, rather, I'd like that.
05:04Good.
05:05Do you mind if I play the violin?
05:06No, go right ahead.
05:07No, no, I don't mean now.
05:08I mean when we're sharing the flat.
05:10Oh, no, of course not.
05:11I like a bit of good music.
05:12Oh, good.
05:12I'm not very good.
05:13Oh.
05:15Tell me, Holmes.
05:16Yes.
05:16How did you know I just got back from Afghanistan?
05:19Well, it's obvious.
05:21Now, that's what you said before.
05:22It isn't a bit obvious.
05:23You're a doctor, that much we know.
05:25But with the air of a military man, therefore an army doctor.
05:28You've acquired a sunburn.
05:30I know it's not your natural colour because your wrists are white.
05:33Your eyes tell me that you've recently been ill.
05:36I'd say some sort of tropical fever.
05:39Do you use your left arm stiffly as though you've sustained a wound?
05:42Now, the problem becomes, where would an army doctor have contracted a fever and sustained
05:47a wound?
05:48And the answer, my dear Watson, is in the present campaign in Afghanistan.
05:51Naturally.
05:53Naturally.
05:54Of course, it's obvious.
05:57Naturally.
05:57We examined the rooms at 221 B Baker Street that afternoon and promptly moved in on the
06:06following day.
06:07I had, at this point, known Sherlock Holmes for only 24 hours.
06:11But the man's fantastic powers of perception, coupled with the almost unpredictable personality
06:16I'd ever encountered, kept me in a state of constant surprise, when I wasn't being shocked.
06:22It was unbelievable the things he knew, and the things he didn't know.
06:27Now, really, my dear Holmes, do you mean to tell me you didn't know that the earth moved
06:31round the sun?
06:32Really?
06:33But every schoolchild knows that.
06:35Well, now I know it, too.
06:36And I shall promptly proceed to forget it.
06:38But why?
06:40Yes.
06:41Why?
06:42Why should I remember it?
06:43Well, because it's a natural phenomenon.
06:47Well, is it important?
06:48Does it affect us?
06:49If you told me the earth went round the moon, would it make any possible difference to our
06:53way of life?
06:54Well, you put it that way, no.
06:57Then it's useless information, and I shall do my best to forget it.
07:02I advise you to do the same.
07:05At times, I thought the man was joking and simply having a bit of fun at my expense.
07:09But I soon learned that he was in dead earnest.
07:12I also, unknown to him, made a brief classification of the man's knowledge.
07:18Literature?
07:19Nothing.
07:20Philosophy?
07:21Nothing.
07:22Astronomy?
07:23Nothing.
07:24Politics?
07:25Disinterested.
07:26Botany?
07:27He knew everything there was to know about poison, and absolutely nothing about practical
07:31drudge.
07:33Chemistry?
07:33Profound.
07:35Sensational literature?
07:36Without question, Sherlock Holmes knew the details of every horror perpetrated in the
07:41last hundred years.
07:42I believe we have a visitor.
07:58Really?
07:59Is he coming here?
08:00I believe so.
08:01I would also say he's a retired sergeant of the Marines.
08:04How will you know the man?
08:05I've never clapped out of it before in my life.
08:07Well, in that case, that's one of the wildest statements I ever heard.
08:12How can you possibly guess he's a retired sergeant of the Marines if you've ever seen him?
08:15I guess, my dear Watson.
08:17A calculated deduction.
08:23Yes, he is coming up here.
08:25Do you mind if I ask him his permission?
08:29Oh, by all means.
08:30Now, where did I put my violin case?
08:32Hmm?
08:33Oh, it's over here.
08:33Ah, my old friend.
08:43Come in.
08:45Excuse me, gentlemen.
08:46I have a message here for Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
08:59Excuse me.
09:01Sir?
09:01Do you mind telling me your occupation?
09:04Not at all, sir.
09:05I'm a civil servant employed by the police department.
09:10I just wondered.
09:12Not at all, sir.
09:15How long have you been with the police department?
09:18Just a year, sir.
09:19Before that, I was a sergeant in the Marines.
09:22Good day, gentlemen.
09:25How did you know?
09:26Hmm, interesting letter, Watson, a very interesting letter.
09:30Perhaps you'd like to come with me.
09:32Where?
09:33Catch a murderer, of course.
09:39Of course.
09:40How did you know that that man was an ex-sergeant of Marines?
09:50Who?
09:52A messenger from the police.
09:54Oh, yes, yes.
09:55The retired sergeant of Marines.
09:56That's what I said.
09:58Well, there's nothing mysterious about such observations, my dear Watson.
10:01But unfortunately, when explained, they lose their romantic order of mystery.
10:05My decision was based on observation and logical deduction.
10:08The man had a large anchor tattooed on the back of his hand.
10:12This was visible from our window.
10:14I admit I didn't notice it for time, but since you mention it, I think there was an anchor.
10:18Oh, there was indeed.
10:20He also wore regulation sideburns and had a slight nautical role.
10:24Thus, I judged him a Marine.
10:26Guess, I grant you, but only a refinement of guesses one makes every day.
10:33Don't be so disgruntled, Watson.
10:34Test your own powers of observation.
10:36We are entering the perfect situation.
10:39So, what are we entering?
10:41A house that holds a murdered man.
10:43Is Inspector Lestrade inside?
10:59Yes, sir.
10:59May I have your name, please?
11:01Yes, Sherlock Holmes.
11:02This is Dr. Watson.
11:03Oh, that's quite all right, sir.
11:04Inspector Lestrade gave instructions to admit to you.
11:06Oh, good.
11:07Oh, by the way, has the body been removed?
11:11Well, sir, but the medical examiner's just gone.
11:14Oh, thank you.
11:15Let's hope they haven't moved things about too much.
11:17The police forces of the world seem to have an organized science of messing things about.
11:21Oh, I wouldn't say that, Hans.
11:22Well, then, move along there, everybody.
11:25Move along.
11:25There's nothing to see today.
11:27I don't know.
11:29I swear I don't know.
11:30I tried to help him.
11:33Don't you believe me?
11:35I had to do what I could.
11:36It was instinctive.
11:38It was instinctive for a woman like you to commit murder.
11:40That's not true.
11:41You know it's not true.
11:43I know you hate me, but I can't believe I'd do a thing like this.
11:46Yes, I can, and I do.
11:48Please.
11:50She's a murderess.
11:51You know it as well as I.
11:54She murdered your brother.
11:56It's a lie.
11:57Yes, it is.
11:58Frank, our story's a lie.
12:00The relationship you had with my son was a lie.
12:03My son's been murdered.
12:06This girl's a murderer.
12:09Why she did it, what her motive was, I don't know.
12:13They were engaged without my blessing.
12:18I can only be grateful that she gains nothing by her crime.
12:22Your duty now is to convict her.
12:27Just a moment, please.
12:36Notice the angle of incision, Watson.
12:39No.
12:39The force of the blow and the general penetration of the upper region of the chest.
12:44How long would you estimate before loss of consciousness?
12:47Well, it's difficult to say.
12:4990 seconds.
12:51In it?
12:52Oh, between the two.
12:53I see.
12:54And death?
12:55Short of thereafter.
12:56Two minutes.
12:57Three?
12:58Three or four, I'd say.
13:00Thank you, Watson.
13:02Well, I'll take you, Mark.
13:04Ah, forgive the interruption.
13:06I would prefer to have been invited before the body had been moved.
13:09I thought you'd be interested, Holmes.
13:10Oh, thank you, Mr. Strange.
13:12Oh, may I introduce my friend, Dr. Watson, Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard?
13:15How do you do?
13:16How do you do?
13:17So you're completely stuck, eh, Lestrade?
13:20What do you mean?
13:21Well, you thought I'd be interested.
13:24Why don't you admit it?
13:25You're in a jam.
13:27I give some cabinet work, don't you think?
13:29What you say isn't exactly true, Holmes.
13:31I've done you a favor.
13:32This is an interesting case.
13:34Of course, there are one or two unexplained details,
13:37but I don't believe it'll be long before we're clear that.
13:39What's your principal problem?
13:40There's no motive.
13:42I found this girl with a knife in her hand.
13:45My brother lying dead on the floor.
13:46I found Peter on the floor.
13:48I tried to help him.
13:49By stabbing him?
13:50By removing the knife.
13:52Anybody would have done the same thing.
13:55I love him.
13:58My dear young lady, there's no cause for you to alarm yourself.
14:02No one's accusing you of...
14:04Well, of what happened.
14:05This would be a clear-cut case if only she had a reason for murdering.
14:09There happened to be a policeman outside the house during the murder,
14:12and he said that no one can then accept her.
14:14Well, what about the others?
14:15Who benefits by her death?
14:16Well, no one.
14:17The estate was left in such a way that if he died before he married,
14:20everything went to charity.
14:21My dear Inspector Lestrade,
14:23he didn't die before he married.
14:27This young lady and the man whose body was carried out of here
14:30had been married for at least a week.
14:34In the event of his death, I imagine everything passes to her.
14:37And now, we return to the case of the Cunningham Heritage.
14:54How did you know they were married?
14:57Weren't you?
14:58Yes, a week ago.
15:06Then you do benefit by my brother's death.
15:09You're his heir.
15:10I don't know if I am or not.
15:12I only know I didn't kill him.
15:13I swear I didn't.
15:15Where were you married?
15:16We went down to Brighton last weekend.
15:18Why didn't Peter say anything about it?
15:20I don't know.
15:21He asked me not to say anything, so of course I didn't.
15:25I'm afraid, young lady,
15:26I'll have to ask you to accompany me to headquarters.
15:29I understand.
15:36Excuse me, Inspector.
15:36I think I should tell my mother.
15:38Oh, yes, of course.
15:42Tell me, Holmes, how did you know they were married?
15:44Well, the man's hands had the remains of a sunburn
15:47and the fading marks of a narrow ring,
15:50but not as yet that indentation of the finger
15:52a ring generally leaves.
15:54A weekend in the sun at Brighton
15:55explains the whole thing perfectly.
15:57I didn't notice these things.
15:58Yes, I know.
15:59The young lady's hands were also sunburden
16:01to the same degree.
16:03Then the case is solved.
16:04Yes, it would appear so, wouldn't it?
16:08What are you looking for?
16:09You see that?
16:10What?
16:11Here.
16:12Use this.
16:16Why, that's any cut in the carpet.
16:18Yes, but it's a fresh one.
16:20Yes, but what does it mean?
16:23That's a good question.
16:25You'll stop looking for clues now, Holmes.
16:27Ah, you've solved the case then?
16:28Completely.
16:29Oh, splendid.
16:29Seems this girl had a record.
16:32Nine months in the woman's prison in Holloway
16:34from the 21st of February, 1892
16:37to the 21st of November, 1892.
16:41She was employed as a governess
16:42and convicted for stealing 300 pounds from her employer.
16:45It's quite true.
16:48I knew you'd find out sometime.
16:50I made a mistake five years ago,
16:52but I paid for it.
16:53But Peter knew all about it before we were married.
16:55I never tried to hide it from her.
16:56You didn't know what else you had in mind.
16:57I had nothing else in mind
16:59except that I loved it.
17:00I'm afraid I must ask you
17:02to go with the office on this.
17:03Well, that's how I like my cases.
17:13Fast and simple.
17:14Oh, see?
17:15You must tell me some more about it.
17:18Well, there's nothing to tell, really.
17:20The first story was that
17:22Peter asked her to call here at 10 sharp.
17:25She arrived, found the door open for her,
17:27came in here and found him writhing on the floor
17:29with a knife on his chest.
17:31She screamed, pulled it out,
17:33and just then Brother Ralph walked in.
17:36Peter died without saying another word.
17:38So she stabbed him for the inheritance
17:40and was caught in the act.
17:42Simple.
17:42Well, holding over long.
17:43Couldn't be simpler, could it, Watson?
17:45I still think it's a tragedy.
17:47Yes, but in my job, Dr. Watson,
17:48we run up against it all the time.
17:50No, thank you.
17:52Well, I suppose you've had some amazing adventures.
17:55Yes, but one learns to have a real philosophy of life
17:57and get a good perspective.
17:59Yes, I suppose.
18:01Not just the same, I think it's a pity.
18:02Hmm, just another case of a clever girl being too clever.
18:05Well, a clever girl who intended to murder her husband,
18:07he certainly chose the most stupid possible way
18:09to commit the crime.
18:10Well, what was that?
18:11Well, what's this?
18:12Checkbook.
18:13Oh, amazing deduction, Mr. Stray.
18:15Look.
18:17So, Peter Cunningham drew a check for a thousand pounds?
18:21Six weeks ago, and five weeks ago,
18:23and four, and three, and two, and that's all.
18:27Well?
18:29They're drawn to cash.
18:30Well, I don't get your point.
18:31He was a very rich man.
18:33Well, it's a great deal of cash.
18:34It was his own money.
18:36I suppose he could do what he liked with it.
18:37You may have hit the proverbial nail, Mr. Stray.
18:41Now, look here, Holmes.
18:41You're trying to start something that just doesn't exist.
18:44Oh, do you think so?
18:45I have a great deal of respect for your opinion, Holmes,
18:47but your trouble is that you can't leave things alone.
18:51If there isn't a mystery, you have to make one,
18:53and you're not happy.
18:54You're right I'm not happy.
18:55There are marks on the carpet indicating a struggle.
18:57The man whose body was carried out of here
18:58was over six feet in height.
19:00If he had struggled with the girl who had left here,
19:02I don't think he'd have lost.
19:03She surprised him.
19:04Oh, but he was expecting her.
19:06That's her story.
19:07I'd say she sneaked up on him.
19:09What, have stabbed him in the chest?
19:10How do you sneak up on someone and stab him in the chest?
19:12Well, look here, Holmes.
19:14You're trying to start something,
19:15and I just won't stand for it.
19:17That girl's a jailbird, and she's guilty,
19:19and she's going to hang,
19:21and that's the end of the case.
19:25I see Inspector Lestrade is up to his usual mental gymnastics,
19:29trying to hammer square pegs into round homes.
19:33Well, Lord, it's been a great pleasure of meeting you, Inspector.
19:36I warn you to keep away from that man, Holmes,
19:39or you'll be insane in less than a week.
19:56What time is it?
19:58Hmm?
19:58Oh, uh, how far is ten?
20:02Perhaps you try to take a little stroll with me.
20:03Why?
20:05I'd like to investigate this afternoon's affair a bit further.
20:09Oh, yes.
20:11I'd like that.
20:13I thought you'd forgotten about it.
20:14Not at all.
20:15I've been thinking about it all evening.
20:17Shall we go?
20:18Then we must exchange our thoughts en route.
20:20Where are we going?
20:21To the Cunningham House.
20:22I didn't know you'd made an appointment there.
20:23I didn't.
20:25Oh, well, who do you expect to see?
20:26No one, I hope.
20:27Oh, I...
20:28I'm terribly sorry, Holmes,
20:31but I don't understand what you mean
20:33when you say you want to go to the Cunningham House
20:34and you just...
20:35You can't do that.
20:37What?
20:37Well, you can't break into the house.
20:39Why not?
20:40It's against the law, that's why not.
20:42Why is we're caught?
20:43That's it.
20:44What one of you for what is?
20:45If we're caught.
20:46Then let him make so new,
20:47then let him make so new,
20:47then let him make so new.
20:48Oh!
20:48I think if we're caught,
20:50then let him make so new.
20:50Oh, no.
20:51Quickly, now.
21:05But look, Holmes, we can't...
21:06Shh, shh, shh, shh, come on.
21:07Good evening, Inspector.
21:20Good evening, Sergeant.
21:21Everything all right?
21:21Yes, sir.
21:22I just thought Sherlock Holmes
21:24might have dropped by.
21:26Where'd you get the key?
21:27Oh, the key's a burglar's tool.
21:29A burglar's tool?
21:30Shh, street care.
21:31Hmm?
21:32Yeah.
21:32How do you know he's out?
21:52Because I had a spy watching the house.
21:53Goes for that cabinet.
21:54What am I looking for?
21:55Oh, papers, bank statements,
21:56anything to indicate passage of money
21:57from Peter Cunningham's account.
21:58Go on.
22:02It's absolutely ridiculous
22:15looking for something
22:16and you don't know what
22:17in order to catch somebody
22:18and you don't know who.
22:19Quite ridiculous.
22:24Nothing over my side.
22:26Keep looking.
22:28Who do you think's got it?
22:30Whatever it is we're looking for.
22:32Why did Peter Cunningham
22:34try to hide the fact of his marriage?
22:35A week or a month
22:36was the main indifference
22:37as far as his mother was concerned.
22:38She would never have consented
22:39to his new bride anyway.
22:55He married her to prove to me
22:57that my blackmail wouldn't stop him.
22:59And then he withheld the fact
23:01in order to give me one week
23:02to clear out of the country
23:03before he exposed me.
23:05The money he paid you
23:06went to buying up your promissory notes.
23:08I was being pressed, Mr. Holmes.
23:11My brother's engagement to a jailbird
23:13gave me a perfect opportunity
23:14to extract a little money from him.
23:17In fact, if he hadn't been such a bullhead,
23:19he would have gone on for quite some time.
23:21A jailbird, as you put it,
23:22makes the perfect murder suspect.
23:24Perfect, Mr. Holmes.
23:26And you and Dr. Watson
23:28make perfect burglary suspects.
23:31When I report your death to the police,
23:33they can't possibly blame me
23:34for defending the sanctity of my home.
23:36Well done, Watson.
23:48I could have done a bit better,
23:49only it was the bad shoulder.
23:52Quite all right, Watson.
23:53Think no more about it.
23:54So that's our murder?
23:55Yes.
23:56The only possible one, of course.
23:57Only a man could have struck that blow.
23:59Peter died, as you say,
24:00within three or four minutes.
24:01And there was a bobby outside
24:02the whole time?
24:03Yes.
24:04Crystal clear.
24:04Oh, Mr. Cleetley, I'm here.
24:07Well, what do we do now?
24:08What's going on here?
24:10Who fired that shot?
24:13We will sit with the good inspector.
24:16And with the aid of our evidence,
24:18a bit of logic,
24:19and a few simple diagrams,
24:21we will endeavor to convince him
24:22that night follows day
24:24and that one and one
24:25inevitably makes two.
24:28How did you two get in here anywhere?
24:31Now, Inspector, calm yourself.
24:33Calm yourself.
24:33Calm yourself.
24:33Sit down.
24:34Now, there's a good friend.
24:35Sit right here.
24:36Now, you see,
24:36we have a great deal
24:38to talk about.
24:44Also present
24:46with Inspector Lestrade
24:47was Dr. John Watson
24:48and a personal friend
24:50of the inspector's,
24:52Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
24:55Isn't it ridiculous?
24:57It's fantastic.
24:58This isn't the way
24:59it happened at all.
25:00This will revolutionize
25:01investigation, Watson.
25:03This whole account
25:03is a lie.
25:05Fingerprints, Watson.
25:05That's the coming thing.
25:07No nonsense.
25:08What are you going
25:08to do about this?
25:09A bit more research.
25:10Here, give me your fingers
25:11on the sheet of paper.
25:13Oops.
25:15Are you going to sit there
25:16with these disgusting
25:17little smudges
25:17and let them get away
25:19with this?
25:20I beg your pardon?
25:21Well, I won't.
25:22Are you going to hear
25:23from me?
25:24Brilliant Inspector Lestrade,
25:25indeed.
25:25Why, it took you
25:26three hours
25:27to convince that bone there.
25:28I don't know.
25:31Never in mind
25:32is I to buy her.
25:33I didn't tell you
25:34was innocent.
25:43Huh.
25:44I wonder if he got
25:45more than a shoulder
25:46wound in Afghanistan.
25:48Oh.
25:49Ah.
26:08Ah.
26:10Ah.
26:15Ah.
26:15Ah.
26:16Ah.
26:16Ah.
26:19THE END
26:49THE END
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