🕵️🔎 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1954) TV Series – Ep 37 | The Case of the Unlucky Gambler - video Dailymotion

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🔎 📺 This is the thirty-seventh 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 desperate young man seeks Holmes’ help after a string of terrible luck at the gambling tables leaves him indebted and endangered. But Holmes suspects there is more at play than chance—perhaps cheating, blackmail, or even murder. To solve the case, Holmes must outwit a ruthless gaming ring where every move could be deadly.  💡 Why Watch This Episode? ✔️ A gripping tale of greed, chance, and crime in Victorian London ✔️ Holmes exposes the tricks and dangers behind gambling dens ✔️ A tense story balancing suspense, deduction, and moral stakes ───────────────────────────── 👉 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 #UnluckyGambler #TheAdventuresOfSherlockHolmes #1954TVSeries #ClassicTV #RonaldHoward #DrWatson #InspectorLestrade #vintagemystery #detectivedrama #GoldenAgeTelevision ________________________________________

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00:00The End

00:30The End

01:00I believe we're about to have a visitor

01:14Oh, interesting time

01:16Most unusual, I'd say

01:18I don't see anyone

01:24My dear Watson

01:27The street is hardly deserted

01:29I don't mean that I see one or two people, of course

01:38But nobody appears to be interested in this flat

01:41Watson, for the past five minutes

01:43That young man's been summoning up courage to call on us

01:46He's vacillated between doubt and decision

01:49Fear and fortitude

01:51Ah, at last fear is conquered

01:54Fortitude is the victor

01:56Well, I suppose you've deduced the whole thing

02:00Who he is, what he wants, where he comes from

02:03As a matter of fact, I haven't the best idea

02:05But with so unusual a client

02:07I fully expect a most unusual case

02:09If he comes here

02:10Wait

02:11Ah, the first step

02:16Is this Mr. Holmes' flat?

02:25It is

02:25Won't you come in?

02:33Hello

02:33Are you Mr. Sherlock Holmes?

02:36Yes

02:37And that is Dr. Watson

02:38Aren't you too?

02:39Anything that matters?

02:45No

02:45It's just that

02:47Yes

02:48Well, I thought you'd be much stronger looking

02:51Oh

02:54Well, I'm really quite strong, you know

02:56I can tear dictionaries in half

02:58Can you really?

02:59Yes, of course

03:00And I'd show you if I had a dictionary handy

03:03Well, what I've come to see you about

03:06Will take brains

03:08Well, I think Mr. Holmes has an ample supply of those

03:12Now, wouldn't you like to sit down?

03:15Oh, thank you

03:16Well, there, Mermoy

03:20Cup of tea?

03:21No, thank you, sir

03:22I'd like to get right down to business

03:23Oh, good

03:26Well, my name is

03:28My name is Andrew Fenwick

03:30I'm 11 years old

03:31And I live at Number 17 Dudley Court

03:34Upper Spirman Street

03:35Spend it

03:36Now, what appears to be your difficulty?

03:38Mr. Holmes

03:39My father's disappeared

03:41Disappeared?

03:42Disappeared?

03:43Yes, sir

03:43His name is Herbert Fenwick

03:45He's a bookkeeper at Rondale Industries

03:47He's tall and wears glasses

03:50Will you find him for me?

03:52I'll do my best, Andrew

03:53But first you'd better tell me the whole story

03:55And anything else that may matter

03:56Well, sir

03:58Dad's always been the happiest and most wonderful person in the world

04:01Each night he'd come home and joke and tell funny stories

04:05And every Sunday we'd take bicycle trips

04:08Or flower kites or something like that

04:10You might say he was a pal of mine instead of just a father

04:13I understand

04:15Go on

04:15Well, sir

04:18Starting a few months ago

04:19Dad began to act in a very peculiar manner

04:23You mean he stopped being your pal?

04:25It was more than that, Mr. Holmes

04:27Dad began to leave the house for days at a time

04:30He wouldn't tell Mama Me where he was going

04:33Or when he'd come back

04:34Just acted mysterious

04:36And was as jumpy as a cat

04:38When was the last time you saw your father?

04:41Over three weeks ago

04:42That's why I'm so worried

04:44Usually he'd be gone for a day or two

04:46Mr. Holmes, I'll give odds he's in some sort of trouble

04:50And I bet Jack Driscoll is behind it all

04:53Jack Driscoll?

04:54Yes, sir

04:55Just before Dad left, the last time

04:58He told Mama Me what to say

05:00In case this Jack Driscoll came round the house looking for him

05:03We were to say that Dad had gone to Scotland to visit his brother

05:07And that's got me worried too

05:10Why?

05:11Because Dad hasn't got a brother

05:13Have you ever seen this, Mr. Driscoll?

05:16No, sir, I haven't

05:17I don't know a thing about him

05:19But I don't like him

05:20Why hasn't your mother been to the police about this?

05:23I suppose that's because Dad told her not to do a thing about it

05:27Not that no matter what seemed to happen

05:29She was just to wait and have faith

05:31But it's over three weeks ago

05:33I just couldn't wait any longer

05:35Then your mother doesn't know you're here

05:37Oh, no

05:38If I told her, she'd try to tighten me up for sure

05:41Besides, she's been quite ill

05:44And I wouldn't want to upset her

05:45Your mother hasn't been well

05:47No, sir

05:48The doctor said she had pleurisy or something like that

05:51She's been very sick

05:53I...

05:54I really wouldn't want them to know I've come here

05:56Your visit will be held in the strictest confidence

05:59Thank you, sir

06:00And you will take the case?

06:02I'll look into it immediately

06:03I hope this will be enough to retain your services

06:11Oh, no, that won't be necessary, Andrew

06:13But I insist

06:14It's two pounds, six shillings

06:16It's all my own money

06:17And I saved every bit of it

06:19Now, I think you'd better hold on to it

06:21Perhaps you can do me a good turn someday

06:23No, sir

06:24A business deal is a business deal

06:26Pay on the line and no welching on the depths, I always say

06:29Well, very well, Andrew

06:31It's a deal

06:32But two pounds, six shillings is far too much

06:35I'll settle for a pound

06:36Really?

06:37One pound enough?

06:39Quite enough, Andrew

06:40Thank you

06:44Thank you, sir

06:46I'll let you know as soon as I hear anything, Andrew

06:50Goodbye, my boy

06:53Bye, sir

06:54Well, Watson, we'll find that boy's father if you have to search every gambling den in England

07:02Gambling den?

07:04Yes, didn't you notice his clothing?

07:06Well, I suppose so

07:07Nothing extraordinary, though

07:08On the contrary

07:09The shoes were most expensive, but the coat was threadbare

07:11The trousers came from the best haberdashery

07:14And the cap was ancient

07:16Attesting to the father's streaks of good luck and bad luck

07:20Yes, but that's not sufficient evidence to label Fennec a gambler

07:24Quite right, but there were other indications

07:27Young Andrew's speech, if you may recall

07:30Was sprinkled with the peculiar jargon of the gambler

07:32Such terms as touted off

07:34I'll give you odds and welching on a debt

07:37The boy obviously learned from his father

07:39Hmm, I see

07:41Further, I'd say the man's mysterious trips were to various sporting events held outside of London

07:46Horse races, dog races, and so on

07:48Yes, Holmes, but why should an apparently contented man like Fennec suddenly turn to gambling?

07:54Well, my guess is that the mother's serious illness created a heavy drain on Mr. Fennec's slender financial resources

08:01He probably hoped for the gambler's classic killing

08:04Well, Holmes, you've certainly answered everything

08:07I'm afraid not, Watson

08:09Two questions yet remain unanswered

08:12Where is Mr. Herbert Fennec?

08:14And who is the shadowy Mr. Jack Driscoll?

08:17Where to, Holmes?

08:18To Inspector Lestrade's office

08:19In this particular case, he may be just the chap to help us

08:23Now, that's what a gambler would call a long shot

08:28Oh, yes, I remember him

08:40He was, um, he was in the coal business

08:44Oh, no, no, in the strait

08:45I don't believe the Driscoll you're referring to has any bearing on this case

08:48Hmm

08:49Stockbroker?

08:51No, I don't think so

08:52Parliament?

08:53No

08:54Railways?

08:56No

08:56Musician?

08:58What?

08:59If you'll excuse me, sir

09:00Ah, what is it?

09:01What is it, Wilkins?

09:03Jack Driscoll, sir

09:04Alias Jack Ellacy

09:06Alias Gerald Jackson, sir

09:07Arrested 1891

09:09Suspicion of murder

09:10Released

09:10Arrested 1892

09:12Burglary

09:13Convicted and served one year

09:15Arrested 1894

09:17Suspicion of forgery

09:18Released

09:19At present believed involved in illegal bookmaking practice

09:22Whereabouts unknown, sir

09:24Now, that unsavory brew sounds much more like our cup of tea

09:30Tell me, Lestrade, in which of the various sporting spheres is Mr. Driscoll most active?

09:37Uh...

09:37Rumour, is it, that Mr. Driscoll is concentrating his efforts on prize fight matches, sir

09:45Well, uh, thank you very much for your assistance, Inspector

09:51And you, too, Wilkins

09:56Good afternoon, gentlemen

09:58Well, if I know you, Holmes, I suppose now we'll be attending a prize fight

10:05Quite right, Watson

10:06This very evening, hulking Harry Thornton meets Powerhouse Percy O' Noonan at Londonderry Gardens

10:10Powerhouse happens to be a personal friend of mine

10:12You know a fighter personally?

10:13My dear fellow, I once blackened his eye for him

10:16My boy will take it, Mr. Holmes, because he thinks

10:42That's the kind of fighter I like, a fighter with brines

10:45Mm-hmm

10:45A very good combination, Mr. Finnegan

10:47The best

10:48Sometimes you make some mistake

10:50You see the fighter, what, it's hard

10:52And you think, maybe you've got a champion

10:54But if he don't think

10:56Nothing

10:57You understand?

10:59Oh, yes, yes, perfectly

11:00Tell me, Mr. Finnegan, have you got...

11:01Excuse me, it's time Percy got started now

11:04You can take him up now

11:05Brines?

11:18Oh, no, Watson, just a comparative judgment, you know

11:21Well, I'd like to say goodbye to you now, Mr. Holmes

11:23But thanks for dropping in

11:25Not at all, your boy was highly recommended to me

11:27Who told you about him?

11:31Herbert Finnegan?

11:38Herbert Finnegan?

11:40You know him?

11:41Of course

11:42I was just saying that

11:43Excuse me, Mr. Holmes, I've got to be going now

11:45Curious reaction?

11:51Hmm, perhaps not so curious, Watson

11:53The proper use of that name may open several tightly barred doors

11:57Proper use? What do you mean, Holmes?

11:58Well, if I'm correct, you'll soon see for yourself

12:01Just let's continue to drop the name

12:04That's it now

12:17Hold it

12:18Hold it

12:20Keep your eyes open

12:22Right, right, right

12:26Watch it

12:33Watch it now, Percy, watch it

12:34That's it

12:38That's it

12:42Hold it now

12:47Hold it

12:48That's a boy

12:53Keep your eyes open

12:57Keep your eyes open

13:01Now

13:03I told you to keep your eyes open

13:09Get up

13:10Good old Herbert Finnegan

13:20I must remember to get his advice on next week's card

13:22You know, it's a pity

13:24Poor old Bert Finnegan couldn't come with us this evening

13:26Yes

13:26Do you know what old Herbert Finnegan told me this morning?

13:29Now, what did Herbert Finnegan tell you this morning?

13:32Do you hear that?

13:33You know, Watson, it's not every day you can meet a man who can give you...

13:35Sounds like just what Triscard's been looking for

13:39I told you that he's admitted

13:41What are you waiting for?

13:44They might take them either

13:46They might get roughed a bit later

13:48Then somebody says they saw them leave with us

13:50Do you think the street would be any better?

13:53You know him?

13:55Mr. Holmes, the big one is

13:56Ain't no person

13:58Didn't catch the other bloke's name

14:00But he looks like a fighter I used to know

14:03Got the sack for using unfair tactics

14:06I figured he was a bad one

14:08Got a nasty look about him

14:10Well, if he tries anything

14:11Don't expect any Marquess of Queensberry out of him

14:14Use some of your own tactics

14:16Righto

14:16Get to it now before the Upson leaves

14:19Let him know we mean business right from the outset

14:23Stand by, Watson

14:25I think we shall have company in a moment

14:28I beg your pardon?

14:38Over Fenwick a friend of yours?

14:41Yes, but I don't see why he'd come with us

14:43Certainly not

14:45Who are you?

14:47It will be much easier on you if you don't make a fuss

14:49Where's the girl in?

14:54To see a gentleman who would like to talk to you about Mr. Fenwick

14:57All I want to know from you is where you saw Fenwick last

15:06Well, I believe it was at Murgatroyd's Saloon

15:09Oh, lying

15:10Here, I say, look

15:11Fenwick wouldn't go to Murgatroyd's

15:12Maybe the Green Man or the Houndstooth of a Brass Goblet

15:15But never Murgatroyd's

15:16There isn't too much money

15:17Well, Mr. Driscoll

15:19You've been to a lot of places today

15:21Perhaps it was one of the others

15:23How do you know my name?

15:24Well, I...

15:26Well, you were pointed out to us

15:29It seems you're quite a well-known figure in certain circles

15:31Well, Mr. Driscoll

15:34If we should see Mr. Fenwick again

15:35Is there any message you'd like us to give him?

15:38He knows what I want, that Wilshire

15:39Oh, he's in debt to you, is he?

15:42Over a thousand pounds

15:43I'm not winning any longer to collect

15:45If I get my hands on Fenwick

15:47That'll be the last of him

15:48And that goes for you, too

15:50If I ever find out you helped him in any way

15:51Now, get out of here

15:53Good evening

15:59Gentlemen

16:01People just don't have any manners anymore

16:08Hmm, and this is not the time to instruct them

16:10Come, Watson

16:10Well, I only hope we're going to a place

16:12Where they appreciate proper behaviour

16:14And the finer things of life

16:15I'm sorry, Governor

16:34Not at all, sir

16:35Not at all

16:37Oh, really, Holmes

16:39We've been to the coach and horses

16:40The green man

16:41The king said

16:42We've interviewed dozens of disreputable characters

16:45Must we go through all this process again?

16:47I'm afraid so, Watson

16:48It's the only place that we can obtain

16:50Some further information

16:51As to Fenwick's whereabouts

16:52No

16:53Oh, barman

16:54Yes, sir?

16:56Two pints of mild and bitter, please

16:58Oh, and, uh, some information

17:01Mild and bitter's cheap, sir

17:05But not the information, eh?

17:08Oh, no, sir

17:08Herbert

17:14Herbert Fenwick

17:15Oh, then, poor trap

17:17What do you mean?

17:20It was a long inn on a few weeks ago

17:21We were talking in confidence alike

17:24Told me he booked a passage to America

17:25Too bad he won't be able to use it now

17:28Oh?

17:29Why not?

17:31Let me see, you haven't heard

17:32No

17:32Fenwick's dead

17:33Suicide a few hours ago

17:36But how?

17:37Where?

17:38He rented a room

17:42Not far from here

17:43And he went down to the Thames

17:45And threw himself in

17:47Left a note saying he was in trouble

17:49Couldn't go on

17:49Let's see

17:50Have they found his body?

17:52Oh, no, not yet

17:53Only his act floating in the water

17:55Fort Shepard was the best sort of a chap, you know

17:58But, uh, gambler

18:00Had a run of bad luck

18:02Come, Watson, be Miss Honey

18:04Or Fenwick's luck may turn from bad to worse

18:07Bad to worse?

18:12He's dead

18:13Well, there you are, Holmes

18:30What more do you want?

18:31The body

18:32Oh, we'll soon find that

18:33There's no doubt about that

18:35The river patrol's dragging the Thames already

18:37I assure you, Inspector

18:42Herbert Fenwick is still alive

18:44Then why should he write a suicide note?

18:48Surely the question is

18:49Why should Fenwick write a suicide note in such explicit detail?

18:54Listen

18:54This is a terrible thing to do

18:57But I have made up my mind

18:58It is the only way to end my difficulties

19:01Today at 6pm

19:02I'm going to the Thames

19:04I will jump from the Hartford Bridge

19:06Forgive me, but have faith

19:08Signed, Herbert L. Fenwick

19:11Now, Holmes

19:13I can't follow that line of reasoning

19:14Then perhaps this may convince you

19:17Take a look at that hat band

19:19With Fenwick's name on it

19:20You'll notice that it's absolutely brand new

19:22Whereas the hat, of course

19:24Is unmistakably old

19:25You mean then, Holmes

19:26That Fenwick here had his name put into his band

19:29In the last two or three days?

19:30Exactly

19:31Merely a ruse

19:32To make people believe

19:32That he committed suicide

19:33Yes, but why should a man say he's dead

19:36If he isn't?

19:37Well, to avoid his muscular creditors

19:38For one thing

19:39If they believed the reports of his death

19:41They'd have no choice

19:42But to write him off as a total loss

19:45Yes, but if he's still alive

19:46Somebody's bound to see him sooner or later

19:48Not if he's made plans to go to America

19:51All right, then

19:53I'll have an alarm sent out

19:54To all the ships and port

19:56I'm afraid, Lestray, that'll be too late

19:58Aye, what do you mean?

20:00Because he has no money

20:01He needs it badly

20:02And he needs it quickly

20:04And there's only one way

20:05In which he can cover both his needs

20:07What, where's that, Holmes?

20:09Robbery

20:10What, do you think he'd take the chance?

20:13Of course he would

20:13Fenwick's desperate

20:14And in any case

20:15There's very little chance

20:16When one considers that

20:17No one would suspect a dead man

20:18Of committing the crime

20:19Now, Holmes

20:21What am I supposed to do?

20:23Warn everybody in London

20:25That a robbery's going to take place?

20:27Oh, I wouldn't go as far as that, Lestrayed

20:28I judge that Fenwick

20:30Will strike at one of three places

20:31The wagon and horses

20:32The green man

20:33Or the king's head

20:34I say, Holmes

20:36How can you narrow it down to that?

20:38Because Fenwick can feel certain

20:39That everyone in those places

20:40Has heard the news of his death

20:42Therefore, no suspicion

20:43Could be directed at him

20:44I don't know why

20:46I let you talk me into these things

20:49Then you'll assign men

20:50To cover the wagon and horses

20:51And the green man?

20:52Yes, yes

20:53Good, but there isn't much time

20:54You'll have to get on with it immediately

20:55All right

20:56You know, sometimes

20:58You're worse than the commissioner

21:00Tell me, Holmes

21:05What about the king's head?

21:06Ah

21:07That will be our little project, Watson

21:09But first, I want you to carry out

21:10A mission of the utmost importance

21:12Now, listen to me closely

21:13You have the voice

21:14Yes, I've seen them come and go

21:31Big and small

21:33Happy and sad

21:34And I tend to my business

21:37And keeps my hands clean

21:39Ah, well, that's a splendid philosophy

21:41Is it?

21:42Yeah

21:43Yeah

21:43It's getting near closing time

21:46Oh, yes, sir

21:47There it is

21:48Put your hands up

21:54I'll take that if you don't mind

21:59I'm sure he does

22:01But then he has very little choice, has he?

22:04You

22:04Get over there

22:05Go on, hurry up

22:06You two

22:09Go on

22:11I'm sorry

22:16Holmes

22:16He had a bit of difficulty

22:17Oh

22:18Oh, no

22:19I've got him, Finnick

22:22What?

22:23Brilliant job, Finnick

22:24Absolutely brilliant

22:25Dad

22:26What's the game?

22:29Let me go

22:29Oh, sit down, you villain

22:31Here, give me the gun

22:32Come on

22:34No, not a word, aren't you?

22:37No, not a word

22:39Dad

22:40Is it really you?

22:41Of course it is, Andrew

22:43Your father has been working on a special assignment for the secret service

22:46Haven't you?

22:47I

22:49Oh, Andy, my Andy

22:52Now, you don't need to say anything, Mr. Finnick

22:54Your behavior is a model of a hero

22:56Holmes

22:59Take this man away

23:01No, you listen to me

23:02We'll have plenty of time for losing to you later

23:03Well, who is he?

23:04What's he done?

23:05Who is he?

23:06Why, he's a spy working for a foreign government

23:08Spy?

23:09Yeah

23:09Foreign government?

23:12And these, Lestrade, are the secret documents he was stealing from our Navy

23:16Hey, that's my account book

23:18A likely story, indeed

23:20Yeah, let me see

23:20You certainly can't see them, they're even too secret for you

23:24In a half minute, Covenant, there's been a mistake here somewhere

23:26I'm just, uh

23:27Wilkins, do us the straight orders

23:29Take this man away

23:30Yes, Miss Strong

23:31I'll be standing up behind the bar all day

23:34Come on, you

23:35You know, wait a minute

23:35Let me say something

23:37This is a crime

23:38You see, Andrew

23:40Your father has been working on the most dangerous case

23:43During the secret investigations

23:45Quite naturally, he couldn't tell you anything about his activities

23:48However, I think that he can now remove his disguise

23:53Yes, yes, of course

23:55Gosh, Dad

24:00Mum and me were so worried

24:02Your father is ready to be congratulated, Andrew

24:06You see, the Foreign Office chose him especially for this very important task

24:12Because no one in the underworld would have suspected him of being connected with the law

24:18Mr. Holmes, I don't quite know how to thank you

24:22Well, Fennec, now the job is done

24:23Of course, you'll have to return to your old job

24:26And take up the strings of your old life again

24:28But if I know you, you'll work hard

24:30Meet all your obligations

24:32And carry on like the splendid citizen you are

24:35That's just what I'm going to do

24:37I'll never leave my family again

24:40Then good luck, Mr. Fennec

24:42And good luck

24:44Come on, Andy

24:45Let's carry him

24:46Oh, Andrew

24:47I've just remembered something

24:50Here's your pound bag

24:53Golly

24:56Come on, sir

24:58Stray, I just had a sudden thought

25:04I think perhaps you'd better release that bartender

25:06He must be getting rather upset by now

25:08No, either you've gone insane or I have

25:12No, no more insane than usual

25:15After all, everyone is entitled to make a mistake

25:19Scotland Yard does sometimes, you know

25:22I'm at least entitled to one

25:24Good night, Inspector

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🕵️🔎 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1954) TV Series – Ep 37 | The Case of the Unlucky Gambler

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