🔎 📺 This is the thirty-sixth 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: Holmes begins to doubt his own sharpness when he is plagued by uncharacteristic mistakes and troubling lapses of judgment. Concerned for his friend’s wellbeing, Watson digs deeper and discovers that someone may be deliberately trying to undermine the detective’s confidence. Can Holmes overcome his shaken nerves to expose the true villain?
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01:00Through the centuries, London has inspired great writers, great painters, great statesmen, and great criminals.
01:08But in the early 1896, the greatest criminal of them all suddenly came into being.
01:14His identity was unknown, he never left a clue.
01:18And all London waited breathlessly as he struck again and again with sheer audacity and terrifying brilliance.
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01:47Come on.
02:17That's fantastic.
02:27Absolutely fantastic.
02:29Huh?
02:31Well, first the gold seal from Edinburgh Castle,
02:33and then naval secrets from the Admiralty,
02:35and now Queen Elizabeth's jewels.
02:37What in thunder is Scotland Yard doing?
02:39I don't know.
02:41Well, he's been mixed.
02:43Chills run up and down my spine.
02:45There's no clue to any of the thefts.
02:47You must have some ideas on this case.
02:49Huh?
02:50What are you doing, anyway?
02:52Research.
02:53Research?
02:54Holmes, do you realize this gang has been helping themselves
02:56to state secrets and national treasures?
02:58Have they really?
03:00Oh.
03:02Oh, hi, Inspector.
03:03Come on in.
03:04Good morning, Dr. Watson.
03:05Is Holmes in?
03:06Yes, he is, but our communications seem to be faulty.
03:08Oh.
03:09There you are, Holmes.
03:11Oh, good morning, Lestrade.
03:12You're up early.
03:13Well, you'd be up early, too,
03:14if every government official in London
03:15were breathing down the back of your neck.
03:17Ha-ha.
03:18Yes, sir.
03:19I'm sorry.
03:20I'm sorry.
03:21I'm sorry.
03:22I'm sorry.
03:23I'm sorry.
03:24I'm sorry.
03:25I'm sorry.
03:26I'm sorry.
03:27I'm sorry.
03:28I'm sorry.
03:29I'm sorry.
03:30Your neck.
03:31Ha-ha.
03:32I must say that would make sleep rather difficult,
03:34wouldn't it?
03:35Holmes.
03:36I'll come straight to the point.
03:37I need your help.
03:40Indeed?
03:41It's these extraordinary thefts.
03:43Government stuff, you know.
03:45This man and his gang have evaded every trap we've set for them,
03:48and the commission is demanding results.
03:51I get them that your, uh, position is somewhat precarious
03:54and you wish to secure it, eh?
03:56Well, all right, Holmes.
03:58right Holmes you can put it that way if you wish well straight you know there's
04:01only one thing for you to do to regain the confidence of your superiors you
04:05must go out and capture this criminal yourself I well well goodbye mr. Holmes
04:20straight if I can be of any assistance please don't hesitate to ask me thank
04:24you very much dr. Watson good day how could you do that to him he did everything
04:36but beg you to help him well it's the odds job to solve these cases besides I'm
04:41always giving him help I should have thought if you wouldn't do it for the
04:44straight at least you'd remember the security of England's being menaced by
04:49this criminal now look I know you're pressed Holmes but but you don't seem
04:55to realize that that's a special blend of tobacco Watson you wouldn't like it I'm
05:01sorry Watson I didn't mean to upset you oh no not at all you just startled me
05:08sorry really I'm just going out for a walk in the the fresh air oh yes well
05:22good-bye Watson enjoy your walk
05:25certainly Holmes's erratic behavior was enough to set my nerves on it but now
05:40suddenly I was far more than upset before I had seen something in their
05:44humidor at least I thought I'd seen something perhaps it was my imagination my
05:51nerves but I could have sworn that next to the tobacco in the humidor was a
05:57diamond necklace
06:08oh are you just going out yeah you're just going in no no I'm just stroting
06:14about oh that's nice well I have an appointment oh I say would you like me
06:19to stay along with you well as a matter of fact it's a private matter I think I'd
06:22better go on my own all right well will I see you for lunch but most likely
06:26most likely yes
06:49you
07:19Let's go.
07:49Really, Watson, I said it was a private matter.
07:59No, I...
08:00Look, I don't want you to think that I...
08:04Holmes, you must...
08:07Well, shall I be seeing you at lunch?
08:13I believe we've already discussed that.
08:15Yes, we already...
08:20When Holmes returned, he was kind enough...
08:37to let the morning affair be forgotten, or apparently forgotten.
08:43Thank you, Watson.
08:44Now, I hope you won't mind if I take my cup over to the desk.
08:47I have a few things to look over.
08:49Of course, my dear chap, do, please.
08:52His only reference to it was...
08:53his remark about another private appointment that afternoon.
08:57I felt he gave a bit of undue emphasis on the word private.
09:02As for me, as terrible as the morning experience had been,
09:06it actually stressed the importance of continuing my investigation.
09:10One other thing was also made quite clear.
09:13I realised that if one were to match wits with Sherlock Holmes,
09:18one could not employ ordinary methods.
09:20Charing Cross Station, please.
09:42I'm sorry, sir, this cab's engaged.
09:43That's all right, I'll double your fee.
09:45I'm sorry, sir, this cab is not available.
09:47But, but, Melinda and I, we're eloping.
09:49We don't have time to, uh...
09:50I'm very sorry, young man.
09:53I'll triple your fee.
09:55For the third and last time, young man,
09:58will you kindly go and elope with somebody else?
10:01Nobody understands us.
10:02Not your father or my mother, nor this, this cabbie.
10:06Come, Melinda, we will fight the world together.
10:08But we will prove our love.
10:17Number 860.
10:33What in heaven's name are you doing up here?
10:36This, sir, is where the cabbie usually sits.
10:39No, really, Watson?
10:40I'm sorry, sir, I think you've made a mistake, sir.
10:45My name isn't...
10:47It's Sedgley, sir.
10:48Oh.
10:49Well, Sedgley, may I give you a word of advice?
10:53The corners of your beard are in dire need of repair.
10:58That's extraordinary behaviour.
11:02Ah, here comes a legitimate carriage.
11:04Cabbie?
11:05Cabbie?
11:05Well, uh, good day, Sedgley.
11:24Mr. Alms!
11:24Mr. Alms!
11:28Mr. Alms!
11:29Wait, Mr. Alms!
11:30There's a carriage free, Cabbie.
11:31Yes, sir, yes.
11:32Good.
11:32860 in Blake Street.
11:33And get a move, aren't I?
11:34I've got to catch that gent what just took off.
11:35Get in, sir.
11:36860 in Blake Street.
11:37Right, you all, sir.
11:38Right.
11:39Right.
11:40No!
11:48No!
11:49Ah!
11:50I've got to catch that gent what just took off.
11:51Get in, sir.
11:52860 in Blake Street.
11:53Right, you all, sir.
11:54Right.
11:55Right.
11:56Right.
11:57No!
11:58Ah!
11:59Ah!
12:00Ah!
12:01Ah!
12:02Ah!
12:03Ah!
12:04Ah!
12:05Ah!
12:06Ah!
12:07Ah!
12:08Ah!
12:09Ah!
12:10Ah!
12:10Ah!
12:10Ah!
12:33Ah!
12:34I don't want any of you to come to my packing.
12:36Oh, I thought you'd want to see these plans before I'm meeting, Mr. Alms.
12:40minor difficulties, nothing serious. Now, Miss Ames. Yes, Mr. Holmes? I want you to take 15 paces to the right
12:46and 10 to the left. You must all remember that the first requisite of being a good thief is capable
12:51planning. As the newspapers have said, we are the most successful thieves England has ever known.
12:56And now, we return to the case of the neurotic detective. Hmm. Repressed hostilities against society. I don't think
13:19Holmes will allow any probing. Not willingly, anyway. If only you could meet him ostensibly on a non-professional
13:25basis. If I could say you were a friend of mine. Excellent suggestion. Now, why don't you come to
13:33dinner? I could say we were friends to my student dad. What are you having for dinner? Oh, no, never mind.
13:38Yes, I shall be delighted. Right then, fine. I'll expect you at 7 o'clock at my flat, which is 221B
13:45Baker Street. I shall be prompt. I hope something can be done. Oh, Mr. Holmes's problem is really a
13:51very simple one. With skilled fingers, I shall mould him as one does a piece of clay.
13:56Good night. Good night.
13:59Ah, yes. The inner workings of the mind, Professor. Fascinating. Hmm. It is amazing how many seemingly normal people
14:19are mentally disturbed. Now, take yourself, Mr. Holmes. That's a purely hypothetical example.
14:25I imagine you might dream that the whole of London fails you. On the contrary, I sleep most soundly.
14:35Ah. But then there are all the little nervous habits, the idiosyncrasies. For instance, do you drum your fingers on the table?
14:44Do you ever pull the lobe of your left ear? Now, you know, it's interesting that you mention those things, Professor,
14:52because I've observed that you have three half-smoked cigars in your coat pocket, that your shoes have lifts in them
14:57to give you greater height, and that your fingernails are bitten down to the quick. Of course, sir, hypothetically speaking,
15:03I suppose you're what one would call an erratic man. Observe the three half-smoked cigars.
15:09You're also a very vain man. Observe the lifts in your shoes. And more than that, you're a very, very insecure man.
15:16Observe the fingernails. I also observe that you've mangled three pieces of bread, and that you've hacked your roast beef
15:25with a more than culinary vengeance. Offhand, and without prejudice, mark you, I'd say that you're suffering from some very deeply repressed
15:35hostilities against society. Yes, very deeply repressed indeed.
15:42Professor, where are you going? You must excuse me.
15:54Extraordinary friends you have, Watson. Yes, indeed.
15:57I'd say he's completely disappeared. Oh, that's just as well anyway. I've got to go after myself in a few minutes.
16:08Oh, really? A private matter? Oh, didn't I tell you, Watson?
16:11I've been invited to a reception in honor of the new Turkish ambassador. At the embassy?
16:15No, no. As a matter of fact, my dear fellow, it's at the House of Vara, Minister for Foreign Affairs.
16:19Oh, well.
16:37Ah, good evening, Dr. Watson. Is Holmes in? I want to ask him a few questions.
16:41Shh. I'm so glad you came, Lestrade. You're the one man I wanted to see now. Sit down, will you? Sit down.
16:47What's the matter?
16:49Shh.
16:50Now, Lestrade, I want you to promise me that what I'm going to tell you, you won't reveal until your dying day.
16:56The mood the commission is in, that may not be very long.
17:02I know who London's master thief is.
17:07Who?
17:09Holmes.
17:12Holmes?
17:15Holmes.
17:16Shh.
17:20You're joking.
17:22I wish I were.
17:24Oh, but Holmes.
17:27I don't believe it.
17:30I can prove it.
17:32But that's not the point.
17:34The thing we've got to do is to stop Holmes, whisk him away and put him in our home somewhere.
17:39Yeah, but Holmes.
17:41Oh, hello, Lestrade. I didn't know you were here.
17:47Oh, I, uh, just happened to be in the neighborhood.
17:51Ah, good, good.
17:52Watson, I wonder if you could, uh, look, can you fix this confounding thing? He's on popping up at the back.
17:57Oh, hang on.
17:58Mm-hmm.
17:59I thought you hated formal affairs.
18:02Well, uh, people change, you know, Lestrade. People change.
18:05Oh, come on, Watson, hurry up. I want...
18:06Just a second.
18:07Very important to do this, you know. Very important affair.
18:08There you are. There you are.
18:09Good. Thank you.
18:14Oh, Lestrade, tell me, how's that big case of yours getting on?
18:16Oh, fine. Terrible. We haven't a clue.
18:23Oh, I say, Florence.
18:25Yes, I'm escorting a rather beautiful young woman tonight.
18:28Rather picturesque, don't you think?
18:31Well, uh, good evening, gentlemen.
18:33Well, enjoy yourselves.
18:35Good night.
18:37Thank you, Watson, and thank you, Lestrade.
18:39Well, we knew what he was going to do.
18:50Let's look at this as Holmes would have...
18:53Well, I mean, when he was normal.
18:57You know, those formal clothes are very odd.
19:02Well, he was invited to a reception at the House of the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
19:05Big diplomatic thing.
19:07Yes, but ordinarily stay miles away from a thing like that.
19:12Therefore, perhaps he has a special reason for going.
19:17Hmm.
19:19Perhaps.
19:25Hmm?
19:26Hmm.
19:36Official papers of state.
19:37Secret documents.
19:38In the Minister's safe.
19:40Hurry, Watson.
19:42He won't slip away this time.
19:47You know, Lestrade,
19:48I've never been so unhappy in my life.
19:50I've never been so unhappy in my life.
20:18It's a moring of a place,
20:20But I'm not sure...
20:21It doesn't have time to do it.
20:22I've never been so unhappy in my life!
20:26It's a bad joke.
20:28It's a bad joke.
20:30I've never been so unhappy in my life.
20:33I'm sorry.
20:35You know, Lestrade and the wife,
20:37I owe you so happy to lie.
20:39THE END
21:09It's done nothing but sing and dance and talk and have a wonderful time. My feet are killing me. Where does the minister keep me safe? In his study. Well, we'd better get over there right away and be prepared for anything. I think the danger will increase now if the party's nearly over. You're right, Watson. Let's go.
21:39Ah, Wilkins.
21:48I didn't see Mr. Holmes anywhere, sir. And this young lady left in a carriage, all by herself, sir.
21:53Well, no time to lose. Dr. Watson, there? I want you to hide behind this curtain here. And, uh, Wilkins. What's in here? Ah, it's a cupboard. I want you to stay in here and come out when you need it. Right, sir.
22:09I'm going to stay in the hall. We'll get Holmes no matter what he does. Right. Right.
22:14Oh, my God.
22:17I can't, I can't.
22:20I can't.
22:23I can't...
22:34I can't.
22:35Oh, my God.
23:05Watch it.
23:12Found this chap sneaking around outside, Mr. Holmes.
23:15Good work, Toby.
23:17Now, look, Holmes, you don't know what you're doing. You're not well.
23:21You'll never get away with this, Holmes.
23:23I already have. Oh, Toby, would you be good enough to ask the Commissioner to come in here, please?
23:27The Commissioner? Of Scotland Yard?
23:31Well, naturally.
23:31Now, look, Holmes, I'll take you away to France or Switzerland and Spain.
23:39You'll have a nice long rest.
23:47There you are, Commissioner.
23:49Splendid work, Mr. Holmes. Splendid.
23:52Commissioner? You too?
23:54What are you talking about, Lestrade?
23:56And put your hands down. You're not in any danger, aren't you?
23:59Uh, I, uh, I...
24:02Yes?
24:04Mr. Holmes, all Britain owes you a tremendous debt of gratitude for this magnificent service.
24:09Service?
24:11Dangerous?
24:12What on earth are you talking about?
24:16There have been a great deal of unrest in recent months regarding the adequacy of the measures employed to guard many of our national treasures and government secrets.
24:25It was discussed in the various ministries and at the Yard.
24:29It was finally decided that we would put ourselves to a test.
24:31Mr. Holmes was hired as a most worthy adversary to our security.
24:37The results were most enlightening.
24:40A far tighter security system has already been planned.
24:44Working for Scotland Yard?
24:47But, Holmes, why didn't you tell me?
24:49Because the only true test could be obtained by keeping the utmost secrecy.
24:53Every personal reaction had to be genuine.
24:56The men from Scotland Yard were told nothing because they, too, were being tested.
24:59It was essential that everyone believed these thefts in order that the tests could be accurate and worthwhile.
25:06And the reactions were most amazing at the Yard.
25:09And to think, Watson, you didn't trust me.
25:13Oh, I say, look here, Holmes.
25:14No, no, Holmes, you've got to listen to me, please.
25:16I mean, get my point of view.
25:19I mean, for all I knew, the whole British Empire was at stake.
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