🕵️🔎 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1954) TV Series – Ep 22 | The Case of the Deadly Prophecy - video Dailymotion

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🔎 📺 This is the twenty-second 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 frightened young man seeks Holmes’ help after being told by a mysterious fortune teller that he is destined to die. When the prophecy begins to come true with a series of suspicious events, Holmes suspects foul play rather than fate. With Watson and Lestrade at his side, he races to prove that logic—not superstition—holds the key to survival.  💡 Why Watch This Episode? ✔️ A gripping tale of superstition versus Sherlockian reason ✔️ Suspenseful twists that keep viewers guessing until the end ✔️ One of the more atmospheric episodes in the 1954 series  ───────────────────────────── 👉 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. ───────────────────────────── 📌 Hashtags & Tags for SEO:  #sherlockholmes #DeadlyProphecy #TheAdventuresOfSherlockHolmes #1954TVSeries #ClassicTV #RonaldHoward #DrWatson #InspectorLestrade #vintagemystery #detectivedrama #GoldenAgeTelevision ________________________________________

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01:48Antoine

01:55He has gone out

02:22Didn't you try to stop him?

02:25I called his name

02:26Either he did not hear or pretended not to

02:29I was afraid to startle him

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05:54this. There's a man in London. He's solved cases even more hopeless than this. Sherlock Holmes? You

06:04thought of him? Let me write to him. And ask him to do what? To come here, investigate, find out who is

06:14responsible for those deaths and how a schoolboy can tell in advance who is next to die. And have

06:21the school invaded, our teachers questioned, our boys terrorized. I'll do my own investigating

06:29when we'll go on. In my own way. Some weeks later, a letter arrived at Baker Street. Holmes read

06:44it over once to himself and then allowed to me. Dear sir, it will be a source of eternal

06:51regret to me that I allowed myself to be dissuaded from writing to you sooner, Mr. Holmes. Now

06:58Mr. Carolan is dead of natural causes, the doctor says, though I am not sure he isn't mistaken.

07:05I pray that you will come to Arnaud without delay and lend us your assistance in putting

07:13an end to these ghastly occurrences. Respectfully yours, Marie Grand. You deduce that the writer

07:20of the letter was young? I go further than that. I'm prepared to wager that she's madly attractive

07:25to Boone. Better and better. And what do you base these interesting conclusions? Wishful thinking,

07:33my Dutch chap. Wishful thinking. Then wish no more. She is both young and attractive. With

07:39hair the colour of autumn honey. Oh. Did you read that between the lines? No. This came

07:48with the letter. Aha. A lovely colour, you'll admit, Watson. And from a beautiful young woman

07:54at that. Hmm. Now come, come, Holmes. That's neither logical nor factual. And you know it. You

08:01aren't the only one privileged to think wishfully, my dear Watson. Bravo. Say again, take the case.

08:08Yes, Nick, you pack for us both unarranged for tickets. The boat train took us to Dover.

08:18By mid-morning the following day, Holmes and I were sitting in the headmaster study at the

08:23hour, no school, in the presence of Mademoiselle Maddie Grand, who was indeed extremely attractive,

08:29with hair the exact shade of autumn honey. Then you're quite sure you've told me everything,

08:35Mademoiselle Grand? There is only the matter of the old woman, but I don't think it's important.

08:41Well, let me be the judge of that, mademoiselle. Her name is Madame Souley. She's a harmless,

08:48feeble-minded woman who sells charms and love filters for the ignorant. Some have called

08:55her a witch. I see. And what is her part in this affair?

09:00She admits she went to see those whose names were written on the church steps, and offered

09:06to sell them some charms against the evil omen. That's most interesting. Did any of the other

09:15victims purchase these charms? I can only speak for Monsieur Carolin. He did not.

09:22Hmm. And what about the others? Were they persons of wealth? No. Two were quite poor. The third

09:32one moderately well-off. We have no really wealthy people here in Arnault, Mr. Holmes.

09:38Except, of course, the Count de Passavant. You know the Count? No, indeed. I only happen

09:45to pass a carriage on the way, boasting his coat of arms. However, I should like to have

09:50a word with this Madame Souley, if that can be arranged. You have only to go to her house.

09:56It's on the edge of town, on the North Road.

10:08Monsieur Manelli, this is Monsieur Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson. Monsieur Manelli, our

10:13new headmaster. How do you do? How do you do? Now that you're here,

10:17Mr. Holmes, we have hopes at last of getting to the bottom of this terrible affair.

10:21Thank you, sir. I can only hope to do my best.

10:25Mademoiselle Grande has given you all the facts?

10:28All the facts at her command. Perhaps you can supply some additional ones.

10:32I am sorry? No. Mademoiselle Grande was the favorite member of the faculty here.

10:38She had Monsieur Carolin's confidence, not I.

10:42I see. And now that I've had the honor of meeting you gentlemen,

10:47I hope you will forgive me if I go to meet my class.

10:50But certainly.

10:54By the way, Mademoiselle, Dr. Dimanche is waiting in the vestibule.

10:58Did you send for him?

10:59Yes, I did. I'll go and fetch him. I'll be back directly.

11:11But the boy, Holmes, the boy, you haven't asked to see the boy.

11:14Hmm. The boy can wait, Watson.

11:17Yes, but why? Surely he's the most significant part of it.

11:20Oh. Has he did the writing on the church steps?

11:23Well, for years.

11:26Well, I suppose in that case you'd say that the chalk also had significance.

11:30No, no. That was just an instrument.

11:34Precisely, my dear Watson. Precisely.

11:36Mr. Holmes, this is Dr. Dimanche.

11:46Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson.

11:47Righted. How do you do, doctor? Always happy to meet a colleague.

11:50Thank you. So am I.

11:51I hope I haven't kept you waiting. I came as soon as I got Mademoiselle's message.

11:55Won't you sit down?

11:58Mademoiselle Graham tells me that you're the physician who attended Monsieur Carolin shortly before he died.

12:02Yes. My last examination of him gave me no hint of what was coming.

12:07I see. And yet you're positive he died of natural causes.

12:11There's no doubt about it.

12:13I believe three other persons died recently in Arno, shortly after their names appeared on the church steps.

12:18Did you attend them also?

12:20Arno's a small town. I'm fortunate or unfortunate enough to be the only doctor here.

12:25Previous to your present fortune, or misfortune, you practised in Paris, I understand.

12:32Our seamen, Mr. Grant, has briefed you well.

12:35I told nothing of your past, doctor.

12:38Then how do you know?

12:40Well, you dress with the flair of a Parisian.

12:43And if you've been living here any length of time, I should imagine you would have acquired a more homespun costume.

12:49I might have ordered these from Paris.

12:53On the income of a country physician, what do you think, Dr. Watson?

12:58How did I clear?

13:00Capital, Mr. Holmes.

13:02Your powers of deduction have not been overrated.

13:05But you didn't ask me here to discuss my clothes or my income.

13:08How can I help you?

13:10Dr. Dimanche.

13:11Dr. Dimanche.

13:15Of what exactly did Monsieur Carillon die?

13:20Heart failure.

13:22Were you carried out a post-mortem?

13:24There's no need. The signs were obvious.

13:27I see.

13:29And you saw nothing suspicious?

13:31Either in the case of Monsieur Carillon or of the other victims?

13:35Not one thing, Mr. Holmes.

13:37That's interesting.

13:38Perhaps you'd care to put forward a theory of your own as to the connection between the prophecies and the deaths?

13:45I have no theory.

13:47The explanation lies either in the most extraordinary combination of coincidences or in some sort of prevision on the part of the boy, Antoine.

13:58Do you believe in prevision or telepathy?

14:02Yes.

14:04Years ago, my Professor Salpatrier did suggest there might be something in it.

14:09For myself, I don't know.

14:12I neither affirm nor deny.

14:16Then I believe you can tell me nothing more for the present, Dr. Dimanche.

14:23Don't hesitate to call on me again.

14:24Now I must go back to my surgery. I may have a patient waiting.

14:29You never can tell.

14:33I'll be here early tomorrow afternoon for the monthly examination, mademoiselle.

14:37Dr. Dimanche examines your pupils every month, then, mademoiselle.

14:49Yes.

14:51The health of our pupils is of the greatest concern to us.

14:55And so it should be, mademoiselle Gant. And so it should be.

14:57And it's an extraordinary thing, the odd and assorted illnesses that crop up in a boy's school.

15:06Well, well, well.

15:08Well, well, well.

15:10Well, well, well.

15:12That is he.

15:14So that's the boy who, on four separate occasions, was able to foretell the death of a citizen of honor.

15:19Well, there must be some logical explanation for him.

15:21There is, Watson. There is.

15:23Holmes, do you know how to dance?

15:24Yes. That part was simple.

15:27Our main difficulty will come when we try to prevent the fifth murder.

15:39Turn to the case of the deadly prophecy.

15:44The church on whose steps the deadly prophecies were written, stood less than a hundred yards from the school.

15:49I had supposed that Holmes, with his usual attention to detail, would want to examine it thoroughly.

15:55But once again, he surprised me.

15:57He did not stop.

15:59And I had a fair guess that perhaps he wanted to have a little talk with a certain Madame Soule.

16:04Come in.

16:06Madame Soule.

16:08Come in.

16:10Madame Soule.

16:12Come in, come in. I was expecting you.

16:14I thought you would be.

16:16Sit down.

16:20Do you know why I come to see you?

16:22For help, naturally.

16:24Score one to her, Holmes.

16:25Let's call it information.

16:27Hmm.

16:28Trifling bits of information such as, how came the boy by his deadly prophecies?

16:34Whose hand was it made them come true?

16:37Suppose we start with a bit even more trifling.

16:40You offered charms to the victims.

16:43But how did you know who they were before they were struck down?

16:47There were no announcements made.

16:49If the Englishman will cross my palm with English gold.

16:53You will tell me?

16:55I will give the Englishman a filter, warranted to make him see so clearly and think so lucidly,

17:02that all mysteries will be revealed to him.

17:05It is as potent as the belief of the one who buys and uses it.

17:10If those four had bought instead of turning me away, who knows?

17:15But they did turn you away.

17:18And now all are dead.

17:20May I sell you a filter, sir?

17:23It will guard you against harm.

17:26Come, Watson.

17:34Good day, Madame Sully.

17:36You are a wise man.

17:38You say little and listen well.

17:41Good day to you, sir.

17:49Filters!

17:51Bosh!

17:52We might be living in the Middle Ages.

17:54Not the Middle Ages, Watson.

17:55Mainly a small European village.

17:57Ah, Count Passivar, I believe.

17:59Oui, monsieur.

18:00How do you know?

18:01I saw you in your carriage, sir.

18:03Ah!

18:05Are you enjoying your stay in our village, Mr. Holmes?

18:09Do you know me, Count?

18:11I saw you from my carriage.

18:14Ah!

18:15Bravo, Count.

18:16As you say in France, touche.

18:19May I introduce my very good friend, Dr. Watson?

18:22Enchanté, Doctor.

18:24How do you do, sir?

18:26Have you formed any conclusions, Mr. Holmes, as to the names that were written on the church step?

18:30Well, at the moment, Count, I must confess that I am more interested in the names that were not written on the church step.

18:37Mine hasn't been written on it yet.

18:40And I don't believe it will be.

18:42General, sir, you know this village. Have you any ideas?

18:46I am not superstitious, Dr. Watson. I do not believe I...

18:55You're not superstitious, Count.

19:01Madame Souley's filter at least can do no harm.

19:05Good day, Monsieur.

19:06Good day.

19:08There were a few points about this case which Holmes thought could best be cleared up in Paris.

19:13He had asked me to go alone as the following night there would be a full moon.

19:17And he wanted to stay in Arnaud to be on hand, just in case.

19:30What is it? What happened?

19:33Nothing at all, Antoine. You were walking in your sleep. Now be a good boy and get back to bed.

19:38I can't. There's something I must do.

19:41Not tonight.

19:43Not tonight, Antoine.

19:45Yes, sir.

19:46What does it mean?

19:55It means that nothing further will happen tonight.

19:59Sleep well, Mademoiselle Grohl.

20:01The carriage came to fetch me at the station.

20:12Later, I found Holmes at the school.

20:15Well, you may go back to your class now, Antoine.

20:18Well, Watson, did you have a successful trip?

20:23Yes, you were right.

20:24Good.

20:25Mr. Holmes, was the boy able to tell you anything?

20:28No, but his silence was eloquent.

20:31Oh, by the way, I should like to have the use of the headmaster's study for a little gathering shortly before midnight.

20:36You will name the murderer?

20:38No, he will name himself.

20:49It's almost midnight, Mr. Holmes.

20:55Must we wait much longer?

20:59Ah, good evening, Count.

21:01I think you all know, Count Batsavon.

21:03Count, you met Dr. Watson in front of Madame Soule's cottage.

21:06Would you be so good as to take that chair, Count?

21:11I expect you're all wondering why you've been invited here at such a late hour this evening.

21:14Well, we are concerned with the murder of Monsieur Carillon and of three other citizens of Arno before him.

21:20Mr. Holmes, I assure you they died natural death.

21:23I happen to believe that they were murdered.

21:25Now, the question is, with what motive?

21:28Profit?

21:30These were ordinary people of modest means.

21:32The murderer could scarcely hope to enrich himself at the cost of their lives.

21:36Now, a thought occurred to me, and I decided to go and see Count Passavon

21:41and ask him if his life had been threatened too.

21:46It has been.

21:48And this is the feature of the case that most intrigues me.

21:51Blackmail has often been the prelude to murder.

21:54But here, for the first time, murder became the prelude to blackmail.

21:58What was demanded of you, Count?

22:00One hundred thousand francs.

22:03And if you didn't pay?

22:05My name was next to appear on the church steps.

22:07So you see, extortion was the motive from the first.

22:11And to that end, an atmosphere of terror was built up by means of four successive murders.

22:16It would take a man of superhuman courage to resist.

22:20But, Mr. Holmes, the names were written by one of our pupils.

22:24What possible connection could an eight-year-old boy have with such a scheme?

22:29Yes, Antoine. Just an unwitting tool.

22:32Of whom?

22:34The blackmailer must be someone who could have poisoned four people.

22:39Don't distress yourself, Madame Soule.

22:43The killer meant suspicion to fall on you.

22:46But a person of your simple habits wouldn't play so dangerous a game.

22:51No.

22:52There is a suspect close at hand, who not only had an expert knowledge of poisons, but to whom the boy has been far more accessible.

23:10Accessible regularly, once a month.

23:12This suspect was once a pupil of Dr. Charcot, who lectured on hypnotism at Sol Petrie Hospital in Paris.

23:20It would have been as easy for him to send Antoine on his monthly errands as to wind up a mechanical toy.

23:28Dr. Watson?

23:30Yes?

23:32Yesterday in Paris, you made certain inquiries into the character and education of this suspect.

23:36What did you discover?

23:38I discovered that he was a spendthrift and a wastrel who had quit Paris in order to escape his creditors.

23:46It's a lie.

23:48Calm yourself, Dr. Dimanche.

23:50I, too, have dabbled in hypnotism.

23:52This morning, Antoine and I had a little talk.

23:55I suggested that he come down here at midnight and point out the person who instructed him to write on the church steps.

24:03The person he was instructed not to remember when out of the hypnotic trance.

24:10It lacks but one minute to twelve now.

24:12Stay where you are, all of you.

24:26Don't be a fool, Doctor.

24:28When I visited your office this afternoon to look over your stock of drugs,

24:32I took the very ordinary precaution of emptying the cartridges from your gun.

24:42I took the very ordinary proof of the death.

24:44I took the very ordinary precaution of the body.

24:46I took the very ordinary precaution of the body.

24:49I took the very ordinary precaution of the body.

24:52Should we wait for the boy to make the identification, Mr. Holmes?

24:58Mlle.

25:00Mr. Holmes's deductions

25:04are always completely truthful and completely accurate.

25:07But the methods by which he achieves these ends are not always so straightforward.

25:13He said that he'd hypnotized the little boy to have him come here tonight at midnight.

25:18How did you know it was a bluff?

25:21You also said that the gun was unloaded.

25:26Oh.

25:37Oh.

25:40Oh.

25:41Oh.

25:42Oh.

🕵️🔎 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1954) TV Series – Ep 22 | The Case of the Deadly Prophecy

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