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๐Ÿ”Ž ๐Ÿ“บ This is the thirty-eighth episode of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1954 TV Series).
It stars: ๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธ Ronald Howard as Sherlock Holmes ๐Ÿ‘จโ€โš•๏ธ Howard Marion-Crawford as Dr. Watson ๐Ÿ‘ฎ Archie Duncan as Inspector Lestrade

โšก Episode Summary:
A notorious criminal known for his distinctive diamond-studded tooth resurfaces in London, leaving a trail of thefts and violence. When Holmes takes on the case, he finds himself entangled in a dangerous pursuit through the cityโ€™s underworld. To bring the villain to justice, Holmes must rely on sharp observation and clever traps before more lives are endangered.

๐Ÿ’ก Why Watch This Episode?
โœ”๏ธ Features a colorful and memorable villain with a unique trademark
โœ”๏ธ A fast-paced story filled with suspense and criminal intrigue
โœ”๏ธ Highlights Holmesโ€™ mastery at anticipating a criminalโ€™s next move
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Transcript
00:00.
00:30A body found floating in the River Tess.
00:53Bedside began for Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard.
01:01It might be a troublesome case, it might not be.
01:05He didn't know at first.
01:07But for Sherlock Holmes, it was to prove one of the most gruesome and dangerous cases of his career.
01:14For him, it began one evening a few days before the body was found.
01:23What are you doing?
01:31Writing another monograph, Holmes?
01:32Nothing so exotic, my dear fellow. I'm trying to balance my bank account.
01:36Oh?
01:37I don't know why banks will make such an elaborate and complicated affair.
01:40What is basically a simple and beautiful business?
01:43Putting money in and taking it out.
01:46Well, I think it's the taking it out that complicates it for me.
01:53Mm-hmm.
01:56Hmm.
01:57Hmm.
01:58Hmm.
01:59Hmm.
02:00Hmm.
02:01Hmm.
02:02Hmm.
02:03Curious?
02:04Hmm.
02:05I've never seen anything quite like this.
02:11Very curious.
02:14What do you make of it, Holmes?
02:16Hmm.
02:17A diamond, obviously.
02:18A yellow diamond.
02:20Mm-hmm.
02:21I thought it might be.
02:23Yes.
02:24It's in the curious shape of a left eye tooth.
02:27It's amazing, isn't it?
02:28Hmm.
02:29Where'd you find it?
02:30Well, I was down by the East Quay.
02:33I went down to the waterfall run for a stroll.
02:35I saw the thing shining.
02:36It caught in my eye.
02:37But who'd use a diamond tooth?
02:39Brazilian, possibly.
02:41Why Brazilian?
02:43Well, yellow diamonds are most common in Brazil.
02:46And there's a sort of habit or a custom amongst Brazilian diamond mine owners to sport a diamond tooth.
02:52It's to show their affluence, you know.
02:55It sounds a barbarous custom.
02:58Hmm.
02:59I'd say that the cutting is worth more than the stone itself.
03:03Well, what should I do with the thing?
03:05Well, why not put an advertisement in the Times?
03:08That's a good idea.
03:09Hmm.
03:10Chap must be quite uncomfortable without his tooth.
03:20Now, let me see.
03:21Um.
03:24Found.
03:26One.
03:28Diamond.
03:30Two.
03:31Uh.
03:36Found.
03:38One.
03:40Left.
03:41Upper.
03:43Diamond.
03:45Two.
03:50Lost.
03:52Lost.
03:54Lost.
03:56Everything's lost in this lost and found garment.
03:58Have you noticed that, Holmes?
03:59Ah, here we are.
04:01Found.
04:02One.
04:03Diamond.
04:04Two.
04:05Well, owner kindly apply to 21B Baker Street.
04:08Do you think anyone will answer this?
04:10No one does.
04:11You'll earn a diamond tooth, won't you?
04:12Uh.
04:13Could I have half the paper, Watson?
04:16Oh.
04:17Well.
04:18There you are.
04:20Anyway, a diamond's a diamond, even if it is a tooth.
04:26Sir, I believe you have an advertisement in the Times about-
04:28Come in, my dear sir.
04:29Yes, indeed we have an advertisement in the Times.
04:31Indeed.
04:32This is Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
04:33Mr. Uh.
04:34Harry Harkins.
04:35Clark with Hedges and Thomas.
04:36Accountant, sir.
04:37Good morning, Mr. Harkins.
04:38Good day, sir.
04:40Now, sir.
04:41You, uh.
04:42You've lost a diamond tooth?
04:43Yes, sir.
04:44From here.
04:45Oh, yes.
04:46That's strange.
04:47Oh, well.
04:48Uh.
04:49Tell me.
04:50Where did you lose it?
04:51As near as I can recollect.
04:52Somewhere around the East Quay docks.
04:53Mm-hmm.
04:54Is that it?
04:55Yes, sir.
04:56That's it, all right.
04:57An accountant, did you say?
04:59Yes, sir.
05:00Uh.
05:01If you don't mind, sir, may I have my tooth, then I won't disturb you gentlemen anymore.
05:04You're not disturbing us in the least, Mr. Harkins.
05:07Thank you, Watson.
05:08I gather your firm does business with shipping companies, which accounts for your presence
05:12in the docks.
05:13Yes, sir.
05:14Eh.
05:15Makes you hanker after the old days at sea, I expect.
05:18Old days at sea, sir.
05:19I'm afraid I don't know what you mean.
05:20I've never been to sea.
05:21Excuse me.
05:22Hello, Inspector.
05:23Come on in.
05:24Ah, good morning, Dr. Watson.
05:25I'm glad I found you.
05:26Oh, hello, Holmes.
05:27Oh, morning, Estrade.
05:28May I introduce Mr. Harkins?
05:29This is Inspector Estrade of Scotland Yard.
05:30I'm delighted to meet you, sir.
05:31Delighted.
05:32Have you.
05:33Dr. Watson.
05:34Yes?
05:35I wanted to ask you if you...
05:36About the body they fished out of the Thames a little while ago.
05:38Yes.
05:39How did you now?
05:40Well, your shoes and the bottoms of your trousers are wet.
05:42I might have stepped in a puzzle.
05:44Hasn't rained for a week, Lestrade.
05:45It hasn't rained for a week, Lestrade.
05:47Besides, I'm glad I found you.
05:48I'm glad I found you.
05:49Oh, hello, Holmes.
05:50Oh, hello, Holmes.
05:51Oh, morning, Estrade.
05:52May I introduce Mr. Harkins?
05:53This is Inspector Estrade of Scotland Yard.
05:54I'm delighted to meet you, sir.
05:55Delighted.
05:56Dr. Watson.
05:57Yes?
05:58I wanted to ask you if you...
05:59About the body they fished out of the Thames a little while ago.
06:01Yes.
06:02Hasn't rained for a week, Lestrade.
06:04Besides, that particular reddish mud comes from the Thames Embankment near New Quay.
06:09Any place in London you'll find it.
06:12A body?
06:13Well, if only a body would bring you to Bakersleep without bothering to change your shoes and trousers.
06:18Ah, I was waiting for that.
06:25Go on, Lestrade, after him.
06:27Welcome.
06:32There he goes!
06:33I'm not mistaken.
06:34I said that way!
06:35Well, I'm sorry, Dr. Watson.
06:36I thought you said that way.
06:37Well, it's too late now.
06:38We'll never catch him.
06:39He...
06:40He got away.
06:41I hope he jumped from the back of the cat.
06:42Well, at least he didn't get his tooth.
06:43Would one of you two gentlemen mind telling me why I was chasing that little man?
06:48Well, yes, you see, I found a darned tooth and advertised to the owner.
06:55This chap turned up.
06:56He's obviously a faker.
06:57But how do you spot him, Holmes?
06:58I don't know, Holmes.
06:59I'm going to catch him.
07:00He got away.
07:01Holmes jumped from the back of the cat.
07:02Well, at least he didn't get his tooth.
07:05Would one of you two gentlemen mind telling me why I was chasing that little man?
07:10Well, yes.
07:11You see, I found a darned tooth.
07:12And advertised to the owner.
07:14This chap turned up.
07:15Obviously a faker. But how do you spot him, Holmes?
07:17As soon as he opened his mouth.
07:20You see, Watson, Harkin's missing tooth was a right-eye tooth,
07:24whereas this diamond tooth is a left-eye tooth.
07:28Diamond teeth. Right-eye tooth. Left-eye tooth.
07:33Dr. Watson, the official post-mortem isn't until late this afternoon,
07:37but I would take it as a great favor if you would examine the body now.
07:40Oh, oh, my dear, my dear Inspector, I'd be absolutely delighted, of course.
07:45Oh, well, if anyone asks for me, Holmes, just tell them that I'm on a little job for Scotts and Yard, will you?
07:51And just take any messages.
07:52At your service, my dear Doctor.
07:58Now, wait a minute.
07:59Hmm?
08:00What about this man I was chasing?
08:02Oh, nothing very much. He was just after this diamond tooth, that's all.
08:05Yes, but where did that come from?
08:07It came from the body you fished out of the river this morning.
08:10You coming?
08:13Oh, oh, yeah, yeah.
08:18Rigor mortis has set in fully.
08:21He's a giant of a man.
08:24Six feet four at least.
08:26About 18 stone.
08:29Must have been as strong as a horse.
08:31Probably died of driving. There's no sign of a wound, is that Doctor?
08:34No, but I don't think he was drowned, Lestrade.
08:37Hmm.
08:38He did occasional diamond cutting.
08:41How do you know that?
08:42Oh, the condition of the left thumb, characteristic of diamond cutters.
08:46Yet the callosity is not a deep one, showing the trade was casual.
08:50Oh, might have been a cobbler.
08:51Well, then it would have been the right thumb.
08:53In any case, his clothes don't indicate a humble profession.
08:56Well, Watson, we leave him in your practiced hands.
09:00With a word of caution.
09:02About what?
09:02The very thing that was worrying you.
09:05This man obviously didn't die under ordinary circumstances.
09:09Well, come, Lestrade.
09:10And now to identify the man, Lestrade.
09:20It may take a few days, you know.
09:22We can't spare a few days.
09:23We must do it in a few hours while Watson is completing his examination.
09:27A few hours?
09:28Come now, Holmes.
09:29What with your magnifying glass?
09:32Common sense, Lestrade.
09:33Tell me, how many Brazilian and Portuguese dentists do you think there are in London?
09:40What's that got to do?
09:42Oh, I see.
09:43Trace them through his dentist, eh?
09:45An excellent suggestion, Lestrade.
09:47I'm so glad you thought of it.
09:49Yes, we'll do precisely that.
09:55Yes.
10:03Senor Gomez?
10:06Si.
10:06I am Senor Gomez.
10:08You have the toothache?
10:10No, I'm afraid I haven't, Senor.
10:11I'm so sorry.
10:12My name is Sherlock Holmes, and this is Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard.
10:16What do you do?
10:16Scotland Yard?
10:18The police?
10:19But, Senors, I have done nothing wrong.
10:22If Senor Martinez say I pull out his tooth without his permission, he is a liar.
10:26We've come in a different matter, Mr. Gomez.
10:29A matter of a diamond tooth, to be exact.
10:31You wish a diamond tooth, sir?
10:33No, no.
10:34You, senor, you, senor, you wish to have your teeth fixed, eh?
10:37No, I'm afraid not.
10:39Not today.
10:40Well, for a Portuguese dentist in London, life, she is miserable.
10:44The English, they do not come.
10:47And the Portuguese, they come, they come, but they have teeth like pearls.
10:50Ah, fish, I presume.
10:52Si, fish or fish, they eat nothing but fish.
10:54Fish, you make teeth strong.
10:56If I could, I would take out all the fish in the sea and like that.
11:01I hate fish.
11:03It's a very understandable sentiment, senor.
11:05But tell me, do you have a patient with a diamond tooth?
11:09Ah, si.
11:10Si, Francesco Vargas.
11:12An eye tooth?
11:13Ah, si.
11:14Si, left upper eye tooth.
11:16Left upper eye tooth.
11:16Put in many years ago when he had great mind in Brazil.
11:20Big chap.
11:20Oh, giant.
11:22That's him, Holmes.
11:22It would appear so, Lestrade.
11:24Tell me, this senor Vargas, what business is he engaged in?
11:28Oh, I think he, uh, he imports the diamonds.
11:31Ah.
11:31Well, thank you very much, senor.
11:33Well, we won't trouble you anymore, Dr. Gomez.
11:35Um, perhaps you have a friend that needs to rebel to the teeth.
11:39Yes, yes, possibly I have.
11:41Yes, indeed I have, eh, doctor friend of mine.
11:43Ah.
11:44Now, on, uh, second thoughts, I seem to remember he's rather partial to fish.
11:48Oh.
11:48Good day, doctor.
11:49Good day.
11:55Fish.
11:55All these fish.
12:01As Santa Madora.
12:10Well, you were right, Holmes.
12:11Oh, was I?
12:12You're dry and dead?
12:13No.
12:14No water in the lungs.
12:15Well, the body showed no cuts or lacerations.
12:18I know.
12:19Not even a bruise.
12:20It's amazing, Holmes.
12:22It's all right uncanny.
12:23Of course, there was an advanced state of rigor mortis, which concealed the condition.
12:27What condition?
12:28Well, practically every bone in his body was broken.
12:32Great Scott.
12:33Is that what he died of?
12:35I don't know how this trade, but this man was literally crushed to death.
12:40How?
12:40Well, that man was a giant, too, yet he was literally crushed like a fly.
12:47Well, there's one thing, Holmes.
12:48It certainly wasn't your little man.
12:51Well, hardly it took a superhuman force to kill him.
12:54Not superhuman, my dear fellow.
12:57No?
12:58Then what?
13:00Inhuman, Watson.
13:02Inhuman.
13:02A case of a diamond tooth.
13:12You know, although I don't really approve of this disguise business, I must say I've got
13:17a great knack for it.
13:18I always thought I had acting talent.
13:20Yes, yes, Watson.
13:21I'd say a bosun's mate, at least.
13:23Yeah.
13:25You know, I still don't know what we're doing all dressed up like this.
13:27Well, from now on, we're a couple of unemployed mariners looking for berths aboard a ship.
13:31Oh.
13:32I say, Holmes, there's nothing illegal about this, is there?
13:37Oh, now, really, Watson, your lack of faith shocks me.
13:40Oh, dear chap, I didn't think...
13:40Yes, yes, quite, quite, quite, quite.
13:42Now, Watson, when you found that diamond, did you happen to notice a pub in the vicinity
13:46of the river?
13:47A pub?
13:48Now, let me see.
13:51Well, not that I really notice, while you understand, but there must be lots in the
13:54vicinity.
13:55Why don't we look for the closest?
13:56We'll do just that.
13:57Well, I still don't see, my dear chap, what we're doing.
13:59If we're successful, my dear fellow, we might even sail for Brazil.
14:03Brazil?
14:03Yeah.
14:04Oh, Brazil, I'd like that.
14:05Yeah.
14:05Oh, Brazil, I'd like that.
14:07I tell you, mate, the sea's gone to the dogs these days.
14:32What with all this newfangled steam.
14:35Steam, now I ask you.
14:36Progress.
14:37Sales was good enough for me, old man.
14:39Sales is good enough for me.
14:46Hey, my lads.
14:47No import at you.
14:49Aye, and it's a fierce search for gardeners tonight, my darling.
14:51What will you be taking for it, Patrick?
14:52A pint of bitter?
14:53Mm, I'd like a pint of bitter.
14:55Well, a pint of mild for me, please, miss.
14:57It's into such a pretty little curry, and you can make it half and half.
14:59Si, are you trying to mix me up, silo?
15:02Now, why would I be after doing that, my darling?
15:08What's the matter?
15:10You're sure this is the pub near where you found the diamond?
15:12I think so.
15:13It looks the same from the outside.
15:15What part you out of, mates?
15:17Shanghai, me old sicari.
15:19Shanghai?
15:19I know it well I do.
15:21I hear Butcher Jimmy's got himself sliced up.
15:24How is the butcher?
15:25Butcher?
15:26Well, well, we didn't stay there long in Bimport.
15:29We sort of rather popped in and popped out.
15:34Why, had I seen you before, silo?
15:36And?
15:37Like you, in here the other night for a pint?
15:40Who, me?
15:41Oh, well, I...
15:43Oh, I suppose not.
15:45Regular toff that jet was.
15:47Oh, really?
15:48Drank his beer without spilling a drop.
15:49No, really.
15:50But, blimey, if you took off that beer, you'd be the spittin' image of him.
15:55I, if I took off my beer, I, if I took off my...
15:58What are you sailing for, mates?
16:03Well, you may believe it or not, but I have an inkling for Brazil.
16:06The Vasco de Gama sails for Brazil first thing tomorrow morning.
16:10Straight for Brazil?
16:11Aye, straight.
16:12Star of the South's sailing tomorrow morning, too.
16:15Put in a couple of days ago from Brazil.
16:16But she ain't going straight back.
16:18But send first in that work she does.
16:19Antwerp.
16:23Center of the diamond industry, Holmes.
16:25I wouldn't send in the Star of the South, I wouldn't.
16:27Not under Captain Lancey.
16:29A hard case skimmer, is he?
16:31Oh, proper demon of a man.
16:33Slap me on irons as soon as bid you a good day.
16:36What's this tooth Captain Lancey did other night?
16:38Raised the regular fuss about it, looking everywhere.
16:41How could a blighter lose his tooth?
16:43Easy.
16:43Fell out.
16:44Lost me a lot of a blight that way once.
16:47Well, did he find his tooth?
16:48No.
16:49Couldn't find it nowhere.
16:52Hey, mate.
16:54What?
16:54Not you.
16:56You.
16:57Hmm?
16:59Been sailing long?
17:01Oh, where?
17:02Oh, since I was a nipper.
17:05A cabin boy.
17:10Say, mate.
17:11Uh, a word, will you, in private.
17:22I'd be careful of your pal there, mate.
17:25Ain't what he seems to be.
17:26He's in disguise.
17:29Look at them whiskers.
17:32Probably out to do you in.
17:34Thanks, me old boy.
17:36I'll take care of him.
17:41Patrick.
17:41Mm-hmm.
17:42We're going to see Captain Clancy decide on the star of the silence.
17:45We'd better be off.
17:45I'll take care of them.
17:48Roger on, then.
17:49Yeah, mate.
17:50Yeah.
17:59Come on, Rosie, follow them up.
18:00Come on.
18:17What's the matter, Watson?
18:18The beard, it's dropped in the water.
18:20Never mind about that. Come on.
18:21Yes, I know, but...
18:30I'm going below, Watson. You'd better stay on deck.
18:57No, I'm coming with you.
18:58There's an element of danger involved.
19:00What do you think there is up here?
19:01Perhaps you're right at that.
19:20What are we looking for, Holmes?
19:21The murder of Francisco Vargas.
19:28Who murdered him?
19:29Our visitor, Harry Harkins.
19:58Look, Watson.
19:59The lantern, crushed and broken, just like Vargas.
20:02Great, Scott.
20:03Do you mean Vargas was killed in here?
20:04I'm beginning to think so.
20:05We'd better get out of here, Watson.
20:07We're in extreme danger.
20:08That, Mr. Holmes, is an understatement.
20:09Harkins?
20:10Only this morning, Watson, when it suited its convenience.
20:11At all other times, Captain Lancey of the Star of the South.
20:12I had an idea you'd be on my trail.
20:13They tell me you're a smart man, so I've been waiting for you.
20:14You're a clever man, too, Captain.
20:15Quite ingenious.
20:16You're a clever man, too, Captain.
20:17Quite ingenious.
20:18Tell me, did you plan to kill Vargas when you sailed from Brazil?
20:19Or did you do it?
20:20No.
20:21No.
20:22We'd better get out of here, Watson.
20:23We'd better get out of here, Watson.
20:24We're in extreme danger.
20:25That, Mr. Holmes, is an understatement.
20:26Harkins?
20:27Only this morning, Watson, when it suited its convenience.
20:31At all other times, Captain Lancey of the Star of the South.
20:34I had an idea you'd be on my trail.
20:37They tell me you're a smart man, so I've been waiting for you.
20:40You're a clever man, too, Captain.
20:42Quite ingenious.
20:43Tell me, did you plan to kill Vargas when you sailed from Brazil?
20:47Or did you do it on the spur of the moment?
20:49I'm not an impulsive man, Mr. Holmes.
20:52So you were prepared, then, when he came to collect the diamonds you'd smuggled in for him?
20:56How did you lure him down here?
20:58Would he expect me to hand over the diamonds where the crew might see us?
21:02You never kill Vargas.
21:04You're not strong enough.
21:06Aye.
21:07But ask a friend how I did it.
21:08He'll tell you.
21:14No good, Holmes.
21:15It's the boat in here.
21:16Quickly, Watson.
21:17We've got to get out of here.
21:18Well, how?
21:19No, no.
21:20Not that door.
21:21There's a cargo door behind those crates.
21:22Come on.
21:23Let's get to it.
21:24Let's get talk.
21:25I wanna do that.
21:26It's the description of God๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ์š”.
21:27Get up.
21:28Get up.
21:30Come on.
21:32Let's get up.
21:33You're not TIME to do that, man.
21:36Get up!
21:37Get down!
21:40Get down!
21:42You're in the bag.
21:46Come on!
21:48Titan!
21:49What?
21:50Oh, man.
21:52There's a rope here, Watson.
22:17It'll help us move that crate.
22:22It's a ball constrictor, Watson.
22:38Get out of here.
22:39Get out of here quickly.
22:40How long as you can.
22:41Get out of here, Watson!
22:43Ah!
22:44Ah!
22:54Ah!
22:55Ah!
23:06Ah!
23:07Ah!
23:08Come with me, if you can, that's right, that's right, that's right, that's right.
23:38That was a nice piece of deduction, you dead Holmes, but you know, you really ought to have let the Yard handle this case.
23:58In my present condition, I'm inclined to wish I had.
24:03How did you deduce that it was a bore?
24:05Oh, constrictor, Holmes!
24:11Well, I could think of nothing else that would strangle a huge man like Vargas.
24:15The bore constrictor comes from South America, and both Vargas and the diamonds pointed to Brazil.
24:21You know, if Lancey hadn't lost that diamond tooth that he took from Vargas before he threw the body overboard...
24:28Ah, and if he hadn't been greedy and answered that advertisement...
24:33Yes, but he did lose the tooth, Watson, and he did answer the advertisement.
24:37Oh, Watson?
24:39Yes, Holmes?
24:41I must say, that was very quick thinking on your part in the ship.
24:44Oh, well, you know, there's time when men of action must step in.
24:52Not only think quickly, but act quickly.
24:58You know how it is?
24:59Oh, what's you think?
25:00Oh!
25:02Oh!
25:03Oh.
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