🔎 📺 This is the fourteenth episode of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1954 TV Series).
It stars: 🕵️♂️ Ronald Howard as Sherlock Holmes 👨⚕️ Howard Marion-Crawford as Dr. Watson 👮 Archie Duncan as Inspector Lestrade
⚡ Episode Summary:
A French interpreter seeks Holmes’ aid after being lured into a mysterious late-night assignment by a stranger. The seemingly routine request quickly takes a dark turn, involving secretive figures, hidden motives, and a dangerous plot. Holmes must act swiftly to uncover the truth before the interpreter becomes a victim of foul play.
💡 Why Watch This Episode?
✔️ Inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter
✔️ Packed with suspense, mystery, and Holmes’ trademark deductions
✔️ A gripping showcase of 1950s television storytelling in black-and-white
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It stars: 🕵️♂️ Ronald Howard as Sherlock Holmes 👨⚕️ Howard Marion-Crawford as Dr. Watson 👮 Archie Duncan as Inspector Lestrade
⚡ Episode Summary:
A French interpreter seeks Holmes’ aid after being lured into a mysterious late-night assignment by a stranger. The seemingly routine request quickly takes a dark turn, involving secretive figures, hidden motives, and a dangerous plot. Holmes must act swiftly to uncover the truth before the interpreter becomes a victim of foul play.
💡 Why Watch This Episode?
✔️ Inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter
✔️ Packed with suspense, mystery, and Holmes’ trademark deductions
✔️ A gripping showcase of 1950s television storytelling in black-and-white
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👉 Watch the full playlist for all episodes of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1954)! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYSxyPafGbnTKAJ16ovG0sQTB5iqXP1ra
👉 Don’t forget to Like 👍, Comment 💬 & Subscribe 🔔 for more vintage TV & mystery classics.
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00:00The End
00:30THE END
01:00Speed is of vital importance, and when one is in a hurry, it is sometimes necessary to take a shortcut, which was the case this particular evening.
01:14There are men in London who, out of shyness or sireness, have no wish for the company of others.
01:20Yet they are not averse to comfortable chairs and the latest reading material.
01:24For their convenience, a club was started which forbade its members from taking any notice of each other.
01:32If a member talked, it was a black mark against him, and three such marks rendered him liable to expulsion.
01:40Sherlock Holmes was neither shy nor sour, but he joined the St. Denis Club because he found the atmosphere soothing.
01:48True, I'd always been diligent about not disturbing him here, but tonight I had come on a matter of the greatest urgency.
01:57I beg your pardon?
02:06Oh, I...
02:07Excuse me.
02:08I thought you were Sherlock Holmes.
02:10That's not the point.
02:14You talked.
02:16Well, I only went...
02:17You went, psst, and that's the same thing.
02:19Mr. Brandy.
02:26Take this gentleman's name.
02:30Your name, sir?
02:32Watson.
02:33Dr. John Watson.
02:35But you made a mistake.
02:36I'm not a member of your club.
02:38Not a member?
02:40How did you get in?
02:42Well, I...
02:43Brandy, you'll accompany me out, sir.
02:48I'm here on very urgent business.
02:51Our constitution forbids talk of any kind.
02:54Follow me, sir.
02:55And I'd like you to understand I'm not the sort of man who enters a club like this uninvited if the circumstances happen to be extraordinary.
03:05Palms!
03:13I must ask you, sir, not to attempt to...
03:16I don't believe such an incident has ever occurred before.
03:23Well, really?
03:25I...
03:25Holmes!
03:26Shh!
03:27I've never been so humiliated in my life.
03:28Why didn't you speak up in there?
03:30Because it's against the rules of the club, old chap.
03:32Oh, hang the club!
03:34This desire for privacy can go too far.
03:35What if an emergency arose?
03:36Yes, and perhaps to prevent that happening again, we'd better move down the hall a bit.
03:40Now, you were saying, what if an emergency arose?
03:44You can speak up now, Watson.
03:46What I'm trying to say is, what if an emergency arose?
03:49And your presence is urgently requested, then we can put a hand on you.
03:53I'm here, my dear chap.
03:54You've just as proved that.
03:55Oh, really?
03:56I'm only isolated here from triviality.
03:59Well, there's nothing trivial about this.
04:01There's a man waiting for you back at the flat, a man by the name of Debec, Claude Debec.
04:06He's had an experience to make your blood run cold.
04:08What sort of an experience, Watson?
04:10He watched a man being tortured.
04:13Tortured?
04:13We'll find a cab outside.
04:14Yes.
04:14Come along, then.
04:22Once outside, we immediately hailed a cab, and I began to tell Holmes what I knew of the case.
04:29Holmes sat in silence as we rode.
04:31And I knew that my explanations had done nothing more than rouse his interest in talking to Mr. Debec.
04:41Perhaps it was a nightmare.
04:44I'm no longer sure.
04:46But I saw a man being tortured, starved to death.
04:50I was powerless to help.
04:54Here, drink this.
04:55It'll do you good.
04:57Any true Frenchman will tell you that this brandy has to be sipped and savored, but if you'll excuse me once.
05:06Mr. Debec, you must find him before it's too late.
05:07Mr. Debec, we'll do our best to help you, but first of all, you must tell us who this man was and how you came to meet him.
05:21Yes, his name was Sharon, Paul Sharon, and how we came to meet him.
05:29What day is it today?
05:31Wednesday.
05:32Wednesday.
05:33Wednesday.
05:33Then it was last Friday that it happened.
05:35You know, Mr. Holmes, I'm an interpreter, and I interpret nearly all languages.
05:42Now, since I'm French by birth, it is with this tongue that I'm principally associated.
05:49Now, I'm very well known in hotels, and it occurs frequently that I'm called for at the strangest hours by travelers who get into difficulties.
05:59Now, I was not surprised, therefore, when I heard shortly before 11 o'clock at night, someone knock at my door.
06:15Mr. Debec?
06:16I'm he.
06:16My name is Latimer, Harold Latimer.
06:21Forgive me for calling at such a late hour, but the man at the hotel said it would be all right.
06:25Oh, you need an interpreter?
06:27Yes.
06:28You do speak French, don't you?
06:30Oh, with the greatest of pleasure.
06:31What's your problem?
06:33Well, you see, someone from France came to see me on business.
06:36As it turned out, he speaks only French.
06:39And I, of course, can't even read the label on a bottle of wine.
06:42Oh, that's a pity.
06:44He's leaving tomorrow, and it's imperative that we settle our business tonight.
06:48I realize this is an imposition at this late hour.
06:51An interpreter and a doctor are the same in this respect.
06:54His hours are whenever he is required.
06:56Now, just a moment.
06:57I'll get my head.
06:57Go.
07:07Mr. Latimer had a cap waiting outside.
07:09I didn't think to give it more than a passing glance.
07:12However, there was a strange atmosphere as I entered.
07:18One can sense such things.
07:27I must ask you not to.
07:29I beg your pardon?
07:30I prefer the shades drawn, Mr. Dubeck.
07:33But they cut out of you.
07:34That's exactly their purpose.
07:37You'll forgive me, but I have no intention of permitting you to see the place to which we are being driven.
07:41Oh, what's the meaning of this?
07:48We shall find out.
07:51Soon.
07:52For nearly two hours, we drove without my having the least idea where we were going.
08:06All the time, I sat in silence, wondering what on earth could be this man's reason for kidnapping me.
08:13Whatever it might be, there was no possible use in my resisting.
08:18We've arrived, Mr. Dubeck.
08:26You're aware this is kidnapping, Mr. Latimer?
08:30It is somewhat of a liberty, I admit.
08:32We'll make it up to you.
08:34You may get out.
08:35Is this, uh, Mr. Dubeck, Harold?
09:00Yes.
09:01Well done, well done.
09:03No ill feelings, Mr. Dubeck, I hope, but we couldn't get on without you.
09:08What do you want of me?
09:09Only to ask a few questions of a French gentleman.
09:13Let us have the answers.
09:15If you deal fair with us, you'll not regret it.
09:18But, uh, if you try any tricks, you'll wish you hadn't been born.
09:24You follow me?
09:25We've put him in one of these, sirs, to move him more easily.
09:40What have you been doing to this poor man?
09:43That is no concern of yours.
09:44You don't have to understand French to know that is not a compliment.
10:06But no matter.
10:08Ask him if he's prepared to sign the papers.
10:11To your own good, be quick about it.
10:14Acceptez-vous de signer les papiers?
10:17Jamais.
10:19Never.
10:21Tell him he's doing her no service.
10:23Vous ne lui êtes d'aucune aide.
10:26Laissez-moi lui entendre dire.
10:28He says, let me hear her say so.
10:32Tell him he'll go free if he signs.
10:36Signez et vous serez libéré.
10:39C'est alors que je ne serai plus jamais libre.
10:41He says, then he will never go free.
10:44Then he knows what awaits him.
10:47Translate that.
10:49Vous savez à quelle conséquence vous vous exposez?
10:51Peu m'importe.
10:52He says he doesn't care.
10:56Stop that!
10:58There's only the beginning if he persists in being stubborn.
11:01Now let us try again and see if we can get better results.
11:07I was horrified at having to be a part of an affair like this.
11:10And even though I was only the interpreter, I felt guilty at not being able to give him any help.
11:16What could I do with Latimer on one side and Judd on the other, giggling with each question?
11:22Again and again, I asked him in different ways whether he would give in and sign the document.
11:29Again and again, I got the same reply.
11:32But soon, a thought came to me.
11:34I took to adding little sentences of my own to each question.
11:39Innocent once at first, to see if I could get away with it.
11:43When our companion showed no sign of catching on, I played a more dangerous game.
11:48I asked him all about himself and learned that his name was Paul Chalant.
11:52He was a stranger in London, that he didn't know what house we were in, that he was being starved to death.
12:01In another minute, I might have wormed the whole story out from under their noses, but for the interruption.
12:09Who is it?
12:10Oh, it's Miss Lee.
12:12The door is locked.
12:14Get rid of her.
12:16Give me the gun.
12:22Micheline, dear.
12:32I thought you went to bed hours ago.
12:34I couldn't sleep at all.
12:35I can't think of nothing but Paul.
12:38Now, Micheline, there's nothing to worry about.
12:41But he should have been here two days ago.
12:44It isn't like Paul to do something like that.
12:47Something must have happened to him.
12:50Nonsense.
12:50I'll wager anything that he was delayed somewhere on business.
12:54Then he would have written to me.
12:57If I don't hear from him by tomorrow, I will go to the police.
13:03Micheline!
13:05Paul!
13:06He's in there!
13:07Micheline!
13:08What's the matter with you?
13:09Have you taken leave of your senses?
13:11But it was Paul's loss!
13:12It was nothing of the kind!
13:14But I did!
13:14I heard!
13:15Would I lie to you?
13:16If Paul were in there, wouldn't I tell you?
13:19Judd is in there.
13:20Judd, that's all.
13:23Oh, well, I don't know what's happening to me.
13:27Now, now, darling, it's only a case of nerves.
13:30You'll be all right after a good night's rest.
13:32But it never happened like that before.
13:35You've probably never been under such a stress.
13:37But it's foolish.
13:38If something happened to Paul, you would have heard about it by now.
13:42Well, the fact that you haven't is proof enough that all is well.
13:46You're probably right.
13:50Of course, I am.
13:55I'll take you back upstairs.
13:56You perceive we have taken you into our confidence over some very private business?
14:13Shameful business.
14:15Shameful business.
14:16Ha, ha, ha.
14:22Necessary business.
14:25But it would not be to our interest if you spoke to anybody about it.
14:28Ha, ha.
14:29Therefore, I am paying you a fee such as you have never before received in your life.
14:35There will be more the next time you come here.
14:40However, I don't place all my faith in money.
14:44Therefore, I must warn you that if you speak to a single soul about this,
14:50we shall know about it.
14:51And you will pay for it with your life.
15:06And now we return to the case of the French interpreter.
15:10This man, this evil man,
15:13escorted me back through the carriage and took his place opposite me.
15:17We drove for about half an hour,
15:19and the shades were drawn as before.
15:24Then we came to a stop and he ordered me out.
15:26I walked for a mile or so,
15:28and then I found myself at Wadsworth Common.
15:31And there I took a train to Victoria Station.
15:33I see.
15:34And there, I presume, your adventure ended.
15:36Yes.
15:37Now, I should have gone to the police right away,
15:39but I feared for a man's life.
15:42Now, Mr. Holmes, someone told me that
15:44you, you worked with a complete discretion.
15:48Oh, you can be assured of that.
15:50Mr. Holmes, would you please try to find him?
15:53I'll try, but you must realize that my success
15:55depends almost entirely on your memory.
15:58I've told you everything.
16:00Only everything you were able to see.
16:04I've told you everything.
16:05I repeat, Monsieur Dubeck,
16:07only everything you were able to see.
16:09I don't understand.
16:11Well, on the way to the house,
16:12you saw nothing because the blinds were drawn in the carriage.
16:14But you could still feel and hear, couldn't you?
16:17Now, as you were going along,
16:19could you tell whether it was a rough or smooth road?
16:22Oh, yes.
16:22Now I know where you're getting at.
16:24Well, during the first part of the trip,
16:27the road was smooth.
16:28And then we seemed to turn off on a country road.
16:32A country road?
16:32Yes.
16:33Now, when you were going along that part of the road,
16:35did you hear anything like cattle or poultry or sheep?
16:38Sheep?
16:38Yes, that's what I heard.
16:39Now, think hard.
16:40Was there anything else?
16:41Well, now, I remember.
16:44I remember a horn.
16:46A fork horn.
16:47Something like a coal barge passing by.
16:50I see.
16:51Now, what part of the journey would that be exactly?
16:52Toward the end.
16:53I'm certain.
16:54Was there anything else that you can remember?
16:56No.
16:58No.
16:59Oh, yes, something about the house.
17:01Yes, we left the house,
17:02and then we seemed to pass through a huge storage room.
17:07And under the floor,
17:09I heard something like rushing water.
17:11Water?
17:12Yes, stream.
17:14It couldn't be, but that's what it seemed like.
17:17Thank you, Monsieur Dubeck.
17:18I think I have all the information I require for the present.
17:21Have you already found out where he is?
17:22No, but I have all the facts at my disposal,
17:24and it's now only a question of time.
17:26Now, please, Mr. Holmes,
17:26you don't give my name,
17:27because if they ever found out that I've been here...
17:29You can depend upon my keeping your confidence, Monsieur Dubeck.
17:32However, I would urge you still to be on guard.
17:34I'll be careful, Mr. Holmes.
17:36Good.
17:37Good night, Mr. Watson.
17:38Good night.
17:45Good night, sir.
18:04Good night, Mr. Holmes.
18:34What Dubeck had to say?
18:35Have you any theories?
18:37In a vague sort of way, yes.
18:39Well, let's hear it then.
18:40Well, it seemed to me that this young French girl
18:43had been carried off by this English chap, Latimer.
18:46Oh, but carried off from where?
18:48Well, from Paris, I suppose.
18:50Well, the young girl could speak English fairly well,
18:52but the young man couldn't speak a word of French.
18:55Inference, the young girl had been in England sometime,
18:57but the young man hadn't been in France.
18:59Well, then we can presume she came over on a visit to England,
19:02and this man, Haddle, persuaded her to run away with him.
19:04More than likely, Watson.
19:06Then this Sharon, the prisoner, brother or guardian,
19:11decides to come over on a visit from France.
19:13He meets Latimer and his associate,
19:15and then, for some reason, decides again signing away the girl's fortune,
19:19of which he is presumably the guardian.
19:21The men then resort to force.
19:23Excellent, Watson.
19:24I'm quite certain that you're not far from the truth now.
19:27Well, it's only simple logic.
19:30Yes, and with simple logic, we'll find the house.
19:33It must be here somewhere.
19:35And when we finish translating the facts that Dubeck has given us,
19:38an X will mark the spot.
19:40Now, let's see.
19:41Let's see.
20:11The doctor?
20:12Well, I'm sorry to disturb you, doctor.
20:14Would you mind getting your coat?
20:16We'll pick up Lestrade on the way.
20:18You found it?
20:19I believe so.
20:21Holmes, you think we should find Dubeck,
20:22in case we need an interpreter?
20:24Now, that's an excellent idea.
20:32And from what I've heard,
20:33I believe these may come in handy.
20:36Right.
20:36Come on.
20:49Come on.
20:53Jubek had his lodgings just across the river, and we decided to walk there.
21:23If you're looking for Mr. DeBeck, he left about an hour ago.
21:37Can you tell us where?
21:41I don't know. I only know he drove away with a gentleman in a carriage.
21:44Well, did the gentleman leave his name?
21:46No, sir.
21:47Was he by any chance a rather tall, handsome-looking man?
21:49Oh, no, sir. He was a little gentleman with glasses.
21:52Did nothing but giggle all the time.
21:54Thank you, madam.
22:03Even the weather seemed to be against us, and as we found our cab and started on our way, it began to rain.
22:08According to Holmes's calculations, we had a considerable way to go, and we had to go fast if we were to be in time.
22:15London's streets in the rain are a handicap to any carriage, so there's nothing for us to do but hope and wait.
22:23I don't want to eat.
22:24I don't want to eat.
22:25I don't want to eat.
22:26I don't want to eat.
22:27I don't want to eat.
22:28I don't want to eat.
22:29Does he still say no?
22:30He asks for food.
22:31Have mercy on that poor man.
22:32He will be fed the moment he's signed the papers.
22:33Tell him that.
22:34He'll sign, at last.
22:35He'll sign, at last.
22:36He'll sign, at last.
23:06Now feed this man.
23:16It would be foolish to spare him, only to have to kill him again.
23:21Kill him?
23:22And you broke your promise.
23:25You spoke to Sherlock Holmes.
23:27That's not...
23:29That's true.
23:31There's no point in lying.
23:35But you couldn't tell him where we are.
23:38And even the famous Mr. Holmes could never deduce that.
23:50Where's the men coming?
23:52Quick, open the trap.
24:02All right, you two, down there.
24:05You kind of lost your clothes.
24:06I am sorry.
24:15Get back.
24:20Stop!
24:22No, no, no, no.
24:29Aids will break.
24:30Just close this one!
24:34Who are you?
24:50What do you want?
24:51Does auntie a question?
24:54The property was rightfully mine.
24:57I'm her husband.
24:58It belonged to me.
24:59But he controlled it and wouldn't sign it over to me.
25:02He found out you were a thief.
25:04You can't take me to jail.
25:06I only tried to get what was coming to me.
25:09I'll see that you do.
25:34I'll be there.
25:37I'll be there.
25:39I'll be there.
25:41I'll be there.
25:41I'll be there.
25:44But I love you.
25:46I'll be right back.
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