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00:00I'm sorry to interrupt you, Mr. Ormond, but I had to see you alone, privately.
00:08It's urgent.
00:09You sounded very upset on the telephone. What is it?
00:12You better have a look at these papers, sir.
00:14Without delay.
00:16You wait here. I'll make my excuses.
00:30Mumford?
01:00Mumford, where are you?
01:06Nicky, what's the matter?
01:07He was standing right here a second ago.
01:10Who?
01:11Thomas Mumford, my chief executive.
01:30I don't know.
01:40I don't know.
02:41He simply disappeared?
02:50I know how it must sound.
02:51It sounds to me as though Mr. Mumford suddenly changed his mind and left.
02:56No, there was a party on board the quest and we had security guards on the dock.
03:01They would have seen him.
03:02Captain Enteros and his men searched every inch of the ship.
03:04Why did you come to me, Mr. Ormond?
03:09I mean, if you suspect foul play, why not the police?
03:13If the competition got winded, my chief executive would disappear just like that.
03:18Could be pretty rough sailing for Ormond shipping.
03:21The competition, of course, being Mr. Harold East.
03:24The rivalry between the East Wind Line and Ormond shipping has not exactly escaped the attention of the media, sir.
03:33Archie, perhaps Miss Elton wouldn't care to see the plant room, eh?
03:37Well, it's the best show in town if you're partial to Orcids.
03:41What woman isn't?
03:43Then you're in for a treat.
03:45Now, Mr. Ormond, what was in the papers you found on the deck?
03:57That's even more puzzling.
03:59Just the monthly report.
04:01Nothing out of the ordinary.
04:04Hmm.
04:06Orcids are a strange hobby for a private detective.
04:08But with narrow wolf, it's more than a hobby.
04:11While he's growing orchids, who does the investigating?
04:15Well, I do the legwork.
04:17Somehow you strike me as more than just a legman.
04:29I see what you mean.
04:30It's not just a hobby.
04:32More like a religion.
04:34I had to learn just for self-defense.
04:37These are Phalaenopsis.
04:40They're beautiful.
04:41By the way, did you know Thomas Monkford well?
04:47I've never met him.
04:49Oh?
04:50I have nothing to do with the Ormond line, Mr. Goodwin.
04:56Not in a business sense.
04:59I'm what you might call a passenger with certain privileges.
05:06And the accommodations are first class.
05:09Do I detect a certain disapproval?
05:15Have I scratched a moralist?
05:17Oh, no.
05:18It's just that you...
05:20Well, you seem too bright.
05:23Too...
05:24He's gone.
05:46Well?
05:50Black sedan.
05:51I couldn't get the license plate.
05:52My orchids.
05:53Battle casualties.
05:54Oh, no.
05:57Wholesale destruction.
05:58But you have no idea who might be involved.
06:01Mr. Kramer, we live in a violent age.
06:03Senseless brutality of violence.
06:05What case are you working on?
06:06If I were on a case, it would be, of course, confidential.
06:09My guests here were simply admiring my orchids when we were so rudely interrupted.
06:14I appreciate the 18th Precinct's interest in my welfare.
06:18And I assure you that I will do everything in my power to help you stamp out crime in the streets.
06:23Especially the streets.
06:26But now, if you do not mind, sir.
06:28Theodore.
06:29Yes, sir.
06:30We will have to do whatever we can to make the survivors comfortable.
06:34Of course, sir.
06:34Well, whoever did that...
06:36Is meant to kill you.
06:37Far more important than that, sir.
06:39They could have put an end to generations of priceless hybrids.
06:42Good day, Mr. Kramer.
06:52Thank you for keeping my confidence.
06:54Rule number one, sir.
06:55The client is always protected.
06:57Does that mean you'll take the case?
06:59I've been working on it since the first bullet took the life of the first flower.
07:04Archie will see you out.
07:05Good day.
07:06Good day.
07:08Horrible.
07:08Horrible.
07:09Theodore, turn the summer stat to maximum.
07:11Get sheets to protect them from direct frost.
07:14And I want the glaciers here at once.
07:16Tell them to bring as large a crew as necessary to complete the job tonight.
07:19I will not permit them to suffer a single night of exposure.
07:22I'll call, sir.
07:23I'll call, sir.
07:27What now?
07:29Mr. Mumford had an apartment.
07:32Apartments often hold clues.
07:34You don't happen to have a key.
07:36When did that stop you?
07:38When did that stop you?
07:43You need me?
07:44Ring 510.
07:45This way.
07:45This way.
07:46Nothing running.
07:58I told you, Mr. Mumford ain't been here.
08:02Well, the leak must be in the wall.
08:04This will take a little time.
08:06Okay, I'll be in the lobby.
08:09Okay.
08:09I'll be in the lobby.
08:09Okay.
08:09I'll be in the lobby.
08:11I'll be in the lobby.
08:41The Eklund case.
08:59I remember it well.
09:01We located her stolen Picasso in a shorter time than it took us to collect her fee.
09:05I'll assure you of that.
09:07But why should Mr. Mumford be interested in my career?
09:09Well, maybe he needed help and was checking you out.
09:13Well, what sort of help?
09:15Well, maybe, uh, maybe Harold East made him an offer.
09:19Mumford wanted to change sides, but he was scared.
09:22Of Nicky Ormond?
09:23Yeah.
09:24I get the feeling our client's not exactly Mr. Nice Guy when he's crossed.
09:28Rule number two, Archie.
09:30Never criticize a client until his check is cleared.
09:34And then, only when he's mean to his grandmother.
09:38Meanwhile, find out if Harold East does indeed know something about our missing, will-o'-the-wisp, Thomas Mumford.
09:43Right.
09:44Tell you what about Tom Mumford?
09:57I know you showed me some ID, but anybody can buy a set of credentials for a couple of bucks.
10:01Who are you?
10:02What are you after?
10:03The name's still Archie Goodwin, and I still work for Nero Wolfe.
10:06All right.
10:07Who does Wolfe work for?
10:09Nicky Ormond.
10:10Ormond?
10:13Ha-ha.
10:23Ha-ha.
10:25What happened?
10:27Nicky lose Mumford somewhere?
10:28That please you, Mr. East?
10:30That Ormond's got troubles?
10:32Why not?
10:33That's a barrel of laughs.
10:35Poor Nicky must be scared to death.
10:36He can't find his way to the bathroom without Mumford.
10:38You wouldn't happen to know where Mumford is.
10:41Why?
10:42You think I stole him?
10:44Let me tell you something.
10:45I'd love to.
10:47That would just about sink the Ormond fleet, which would give me about a week's worth of pleasure.
10:53No, I didn't touch Mumford.
10:55Wolfe thinks he may be dead.
10:57Let me tell you something, smart guy.
11:03Don't try to pin anything on me.
11:05Or your arms and your legs are going to wind up in different places, and you can tell that to Nero Wolfe, too.
11:12The door you came through is the one you use on the way out.
11:14It's been a pleasure.
11:24It's been a pleasure.
11:24I'll be right back.
11:54Well, I think she's finally coming out of it, Theodore.
12:04But she suffered a terrible shock.
12:07It would be wise not to feed her for a while.
12:10May I suggest we increase the fertilizer, sir?
12:12What? More fertilizer? Absolutely not.
12:15Just moisture, Theodore. A hint of water.
12:17If we overdo it, she will get fertilizer burned. You should know that.
12:20I am aware of the danger, sir.
12:25Well, here I am, back from the wars.
12:28Well, what happened to you?
12:31A car tried to park on me.
12:33Archie, I'm beginning to think you are accident-prone.
12:36I do not mean to sound uncaring, but in yesterday's assault, we lost four of our finest specimens.
12:43And several others are on the critical list.
12:45Including me.
12:46Did you get anything worthwhile out of Herald East?
12:49Only that he hates Nicky Orman's guts.
12:51He denied any knowledge of Mr. Mumford's whereabouts, of course.
12:54And he threatened me.
12:56We're not supposed to look in his direction.
12:58Temporarily, we shall avoid Mr. East.
13:00Mumford disappeared from the deck of a boat.
13:02Boat people usually know what happens on boats.
13:04So in the morning, Archie, go aboard the boat.
13:07And in your present condition, I should think the sea air would do you some good.
13:11As long as the boat's tied to the dock.
13:14Now, Theodore, you've had a moment to think about it.
13:20I'm sure you will agree now that being in the presence of too much fertilizer does cause a burn.
13:26Unfortunately, sir, that's the story of my life.
13:28Yes.
13:42Where do you think you're going?
13:43Captain Interos?
13:47You didn't answer me.
13:48I'm working for Mr. Ormond.
13:50His name's Goodwin.
13:51I'm investigating the disappearance of Thomas Mumford.
13:54Investigate some other time.
13:56Uh, look, I asked Mr. Ormond.
13:58He'll okay it.
13:59We're leaving for Brannuda tonight.
14:01The ship's been cleaned up.
14:03Nobody comes aboard.
14:04Help Mr. Goodwin, I show her.
14:06Captain, Mr. Goodwin is a guest of Mr. Ormond's.
14:13Nobody told me.
14:16Well, I'm telling you now.
14:25Mickey's on the phone to London.
14:26That may be a few minutes.
14:36Tell Mr. Ormond we'll be waiting on the main deck.
14:45You don't waste any time.
14:47We weren't expecting a report for days.
14:49You're not getting one.
14:52Don't tell me you and Nero Wolfe struck out.
14:55It's like medicine.
14:57The things you rule out are just as important as the positive findings.
15:00Is that what Mr. Wolfe says?
15:02His very words.
15:06I understand you're off to Bermuda.
15:10Just a short cruise.
15:11We'll be back in a few days.
15:13Another trip?
15:16No, I've been thinking about it.
15:18I've decided there's not much future in travel.
15:21I know.
15:22But if you're a born passenger, what can you do?
15:25I tried being a model.
15:27Then an actress.
15:29And I found on the whole I made a very good passenger.
15:34Seems like such a waste.
15:36Good afternoon, Mr. Goodwin.
15:42Good afternoon, Mr. Goodwin.
15:42I've heard about your run-in with Captain Anteros.
15:58Please accept my apologies.
16:01How can I help you?
16:02I want a job in your organization.
16:05A chance to talk to the people who knew Mumford.
16:08Might lead to some answers.
16:09All right.
16:11We'll go right to the source.
16:13The office of the chief executive.
16:15Mumford's office.
16:16Well, who's running the show now?
16:17Mumford's assistant, Martin Kelsey.
16:21Goodwin?
16:25So you're a friend of Mr. Armand's?
16:26Well, you said with Mr. Mumford on vacation, you might need some help.
16:32He mentioned any specific job?
16:34Left it up to you.
16:39You're in the business.
16:41Marine Corps.
16:41What outfit?
16:424-6.
16:43Supply sergeant.
16:44Mr. Armand told you Mumford was on vacation.
17:03That's what you said?
17:07Mumford's a workaholic.
17:08No family, no friends.
17:10Work, period.
17:11You don't think he's on vacation?
17:14If Mr. Orman said Mumford's on vacation, he's on vacation.
17:19How did a marine supply sergeant learn about ship logistics?
17:23Look, I'm going to level with you.
17:25All I know about logistics is handing out boots and helmets.
17:28But I need a job.
17:31Now I'm fast and I can learn.
17:34You figure...
17:36I'm an old man buddy.
17:39So I'm going to help you out, huh?
17:44There's no free ride, Goodwin.
17:47Boss or no boss, you're going to work your butt off.
17:50Whatever you say.
17:51You're going to learn global logistics.
17:55And you're going to learn to keep your mouth shut.
17:57Clear?
17:58Loud and.
17:59But don't rely on that separate fire jazz, old marine buddy.
18:03And don't ever forget that this office is top secret.
18:07Nobody gets in and no information gets out.
18:12Clear, old man buddy?
18:14If I find you anyway, better pray you can float.
18:21I'll keep my Bible handy.
18:25There's one thing that might lead somewhere.
18:27A set of files.
18:29Files?
18:30Mumford's office.
18:31Now Kelsey has the key and it never leaves his person.
18:35There has to be a reason.
18:37What is your appraisal of Kelsey?
18:40I'd say he doesn't miss Mumford.
18:42He's happy about the promotion.
18:44Enough to have arranged the disappearance?
18:46Like I said, the answer might be in the files.
18:51Use your ingenuity, Archie.
18:54It really fails you.
18:59You don't want to land me in the morning.
19:03After you.
19:04Hmm.
19:14Babylon.
19:14It is.
19:15I don't know.
19:15Okay.
19:16Let's go.
19:17Hmm.
19:18There.
19:18Hmm.
19:18Hmm.
19:19Hmm.
19:22Hmm.
19:23Hmm.
19:23Of course.
19:24Hmm.
19:25Let's go.
19:55Let's go.
20:25Let's go.
20:55Let's go.
21:25Let's go.
21:55Let's go.
22:25Let's go.
22:27Again, Mr. Kramer?
22:29I'm terribly sorry.
22:31I told him you were engaged, but...
22:33All right, this has gone far enough.
22:34Now, Wolfe, shooting up your plant room is one thing, but now it's murder.
22:37Murder?
22:38Martin Kelsey.
22:39What?
22:40When?
22:40I found him.
22:41I found him at the office an hour ago, in the shower.
22:44He wasn't there to get cleaned up.
22:46May I have a word with you, sir, in the den?
22:48This isn't necessary, Mr. Wolfe.
22:50It's now clearly a police matter.
22:52They should know everything.
22:52My name is Nicholas Ormond.
22:55I know who you are, Mr. Ormond.
22:58A week ago, Thomas Mumford, my chief executive, disappeared.
23:02I engaged Mr. Wolfe to help me find him.
23:04Well, obviously, someone doesn't want him found.
23:07Someone also almost destroyed this house, almost killed Goodwin, and succeeded with Mr. Kelsey.
23:12Now, why?
23:12If I knew the answer, Inspector, I wouldn't have hired Mr. Wolfe.
23:17What were you doing at that office tonight?
23:20Will you please tell him he's free to talk?
23:25I thought there might be a clue about Mumford and the files.
23:29I was there.
23:30I didn't have a chance to find out.
23:32I found Kelsey's body, and right after that, I got slugged.
23:36I guess that'll have to do for now.
23:38If you need anything further from me, Inspector, it has to be before tomorrow night.
23:43We're taking a cruise to the Caribbean.
23:46Could I use your phone, Mr. Wolfe?
23:48I would like to talk to Captain Anteros.
23:50Of course, sir.
23:51We will see Mr. Kramer out.
23:53You'll excuse me, my dear?
23:58Now that everything is out in the open, Mr. Kramer, feel free to call upon us at any time.
24:03Nothing is ever out in the open with you, Wolfe.
24:08Oh, yes, yes, sir, I know.
24:10Fritz will see me, huh?
24:11Precisely.
24:15Good night.
24:18I thought he would never leave.
24:21Now, Archie, what was in the files?
24:24From what I can see, there were reports on the new Santa Rico oil fields.
24:28Santa Rico?
24:29I can't remember that.
24:31I suspect Mr. Roman's trip tomorrow is not purely for pleasure.
24:35Yeah, except I can't be sure of this.
24:38I got zapped and my camera was taken before I could get it down pat.
24:42Looks like Harold East has the Santa Rico oil contract sewn up.
24:48Interesting.
24:49No, Captain, if I'm not aboard by sailing time, leave as scheduled.
24:54I can always catch up with you by helicopter.
24:57Goodbye.
24:59Mr. Roman's, could you tell me about your involvement with the Santa Rico oil fields?
25:05How did you know about Santa Rico?
25:07Well, if I did not know, sir, you would be overpaying me.
25:11It's something Mumford was working on.
25:13We were trying to get a contract to develop the fields.
25:16I've been led to believe that Harold East already has the contract.
25:20Did that have anything to do with Mr. Mumford's disappearance?
25:27Near Wolf's office?
25:31It's for you, Mr. Roman.
25:35Hello?
25:37Tom?
25:37Where are you?
25:38It's Mumford.
25:39I'm pressed for time, Mr. Roman, so I'll have to make this quick.
25:45Tom, we've been going crazy here.
25:47What happened to you?
25:48I still have a couple of things to check out.
25:50Kelsey can handle any problems that come up.
25:52On the boat you wanted to talk to me.
25:54When I came back on deck, you were gone.
25:56What happened?
25:57I can't discuss it now.
25:59Where are you?
26:00I'll call you when I'm ready.
26:02Well, at any rate, it appears that Mr. Mumford, the key to the puzzle, is still among the living.
26:13Tell me, Archie, what do you think?
26:28Oh, the composition's okay, but I can't say much for the exposure.
26:32I am not entering it in a contest, Archie.
26:35I hired Saul Panzer to take it.
26:37He was down on the docks at dawn this morning.
26:40Why?
26:41Did you think Mumford did show up in the picture?
26:44I shall ascribe your temporary slow-wittedness to the blow you suffered on the back of the head.
26:49I wanted to compare that photograph with the work of professional photographers like this.
26:55This is the quest at Monaco.
26:59And here she is in the Greek islands.
27:04You will note in both pictures how high she rides in the water.
27:07Now, take another look at the shot Saul took this morning.
27:12Note carefully that she is all the way down to the plimsel mark.
27:17So, uh, they've got a lot of cargo aboard.
27:21On a cruise ship.
27:25What do you suppose they've got that weighs so much?
27:28Think, Archie.
27:31Is there conceivably anyone on the quest who might think highly enough of you to tell you?
27:40Give me a minute.
27:45Mmm.
27:46This looks positively glamorous and I'm starved.
27:50I shouldn't be here, you know.
27:52Nicky'd be furious.
27:53I was surprised when you said yes.
27:56I'm flattered, naturally.
27:58I'm impulsive, as well as hungry.
28:01What time do you sail?
28:02Five.
28:03Good.
28:03I'll drive you down to the ship after breakfast.
28:06Archie Goodwin.
28:08Is that your best offer?
28:09Well, frankly...
28:12I need your help.
28:16So breakfast wasn't the first step on the way to an afternoon total abandonment.
28:21Sorry.
28:21Nobody's perfect.
28:24Will you help?
28:26Do what?
28:27I have to get down into the hold of the quest.
28:31You should have asked Nicky to breakfast.
28:33I didn't want him to know.
28:35Can you trust me?
28:37Yes, I do.
28:39I don't know why, Archie, but I find that very sweet.
28:44Look, Susan.
28:48Forget it.
28:49I shouldn't have asked you.
28:51I mean, there could be trouble, and I don't want to get you involved.
28:55No, I want to help.
28:58It's time I thought of someone besides myself.
29:02Just to find out how it feels.
29:04This could be the start of a whole new career.
29:11Susan Elton, secret agent.
29:14Does it pay well?
29:17No.
29:18Look at you.
29:19Of course it doesn't.
29:20This is where the stewards bring the food from the galleys.
29:29Which reminds me.
29:32I, uh, loved having breakfast with you, Archie.
29:35Anytime.
29:38Um, first thing a secret agent learns is don't risk any more than you have to.
29:44So I'll take it from here.
29:46All right.
29:47But if you get caught, just tell him you were hungry and we're looking for the galley.
29:51Will a good captain buy that?
29:52No.
29:53But what can he do?
29:55That's what I'm worried about.
29:56Oh, my God.
30:26Oh, my God.
30:56Oh, my God.
31:26Oh, my God.
31:28Oh, my God.
31:56Did you find anything?
32:14On the next cruise, don't smoke.
32:26Some machine guns, ammunition, bazookas, grenades.
32:35You name it, it's all there.
32:37Enough to start World War III.
32:39Very interesting, Archie.
32:41It is Thomas Mumford, however, who will have to tell us what is really going on.
32:46When he is gone.
32:56There's no question it's Mumford.
33:01We ran a check on the prince.
33:03He drowned?
33:04The lungs are full of salt water.
33:06That usually means drowning.
33:08Mind if I take a look at the bunny?
33:11Go ahead.
33:14Any footprints where you found him, drag marks?
33:17Nothing.
33:19Any notion where he went into the water?
33:21There's one possibility, but it's reaching.
33:23So reach.
33:24A tanker, the star of Ceylon, left port this morning at 4.48.
33:28Mumford's body was washed up around 6.
33:30From just outside the entrance channel, the tide could have carried the body onto the rocks in that time.
33:35The tanker flies the flag of the east wind lines.
33:39Herald East?
33:40I said it's a reach.
33:43Hey, Doc.
33:45What's this on the left arm?
33:47Look, I didn't get that far.
33:49Now, if you'll allow me to get on with it.
33:51Well, it could be a bird.
33:52Well, it looks like a cigarette, maybe.
33:54Mumford didn't smoke.
33:55Inspector Kramer, Goodwin can curl up with the autopsy report for the entire night after I finished it.
34:01But right now, I'd like to get back to my work, okay?
34:06Come on.
34:07Now, could I get a look at Mumford's clothes?
34:11Lamar, show Goodwin the clothes Mumford was wearing.
34:13Look, they're on the left forearm.
34:40Just where the burn was on the arm.
34:44Goodwin, if something burned the skin on his arm, then it's highly possible that it would have first burned through the shirt.
34:50Then I take it, Archie, that you do not accept the idea that Herald East had Mumford thrown overboard from one of his tankers, huh?
35:10Well, it's too obvious.
35:11It's too obvious.
35:11Harold East isn't that dumb.
35:13Yes.
35:14Unless he wanted to do something so obvious that we would never believe it.
35:20Cleverness masked by stupidity.
35:23Anyway, it all has something to do with the munitions on the quest.
35:27Then we must have our answer before she leaves for the Caribbean tonight.
35:30The burn on Mumford's arm.
35:38If it was not a cigarette, what was it?
35:42I have a notion, Archie.
35:45There is, I believe, one thing that might make a similar burn.
35:49If I am correct, it could provide us with the answer we are seeking.
35:52Mr. Wolfe is expecting me.
35:55Come in, please.
35:58I'll tell him you're here, sir.
36:00It's either a brilliant deduction or it's so far off the wall you couldn't hit it with a flyswire.
36:05I prefer brilliant.
36:08Dress warmly, Archie.
36:14Mr. Armand, sir.
36:17Show him in, Prince.
36:21Come in, Mr. Armand.
36:22Please sit down.
36:27I'm sorry to say I have bad news for you, sir.
36:30The body has positively been identified as Thomas Mumford's.
36:34How did it happen?
36:35Apparently he drowned.
36:37Indications were that he'd been dead hardly more than an hour.
36:41I've been advised there was a tanker from the East Wind Lines in the vicinity.
36:46No, I don't think Arrow East would go that far.
36:49Against me, maybe, but...
36:51to kill an innocent man.
36:53Well, you're not certain it was, Mr. East, but the evidence does point in his direction.
36:58Mr. Wolfe, Mumford disappeared a week ago.
37:01Why would East wait until now to kill him?
37:05Perhaps he didn't find him until yesterday.
37:08But as I said, it may not have been Harold East.
37:11But then who?
37:12Possibly someone very close to you.
37:16Close to me?
37:22Not even breakfast this time?
37:24I owe you one.
37:25Where's Captain Anteros?
37:27On the bridge.
37:29I told him you were coming to say goodbye.
37:31Thanks.
37:32Now what's in the gala?
37:34Only food, I hope.
37:36Come on.
37:36Please.
37:38Open when missing weapons are provided.
37:42I'll say goodbye.
37:45Next time you're reading and reading and reading and reading.
37:46I'll say goodbye to death.
37:47Once you're ready, I'll tell you that.
37:48Open me up.
37:49All right, Mr. Dadら.
37:50While you're reading and reading and reading and reading and reading,
37:51that's the note.
37:52Let's go ahead with that so we can read the note
38:03On the bridge, I have建 animal today.
38:03Four Fairf blended dollars.
39:04Hey, what's this all about?
39:06It's about your freezing to death, Mr. Goodwin.
39:18Mr. Orman's not aboard yet.
39:20He just called.
39:21He's coming by helicopter.
39:23All right, this is the police.
39:41We're coming aboard.
39:43All engines ahead.
39:44One third.
39:44Stop your engines.
39:46You better do as he says.
39:48There's a Coast Guard boat approaching on your starboard quarter.
39:51We've got our guns trained on you.
40:01Stop all engines to stand by for boarding.
40:03Take him ashore.
40:13Where's Goodwin?
40:17He was headed for the galley.
40:18Well, let's go.
40:19Is he breathing?
40:28I don't know.
40:28Let's get him out of here.
40:29Get some blankets.
40:45How do you feel?
40:47Just break me into cubes.
40:52Drop me in the nearest highball.
41:00Come in, please.
41:02Why don't you sit down?
41:03Inspector?
41:06Well, Archie, I gather you proved my theory.
41:09The hard way.
41:10I don't understand.
41:11Where is Captain Anteros?
41:13In custody.
41:15Anteros?
41:17That will be Mr. East.
41:20Oh, you mean to arrest him, of course.
41:22Has Captain Anteros confessed his part in it?
41:24Was he working for East?
41:26Anteros is demanding a lawyer.
41:28He isn't confessing anything.
41:30Mr. Harold East, sir.
41:33And a policeman.
41:35Thank you, Sergeant.
41:36You can wait outside.
41:40I know what you're trying to pin on me, Wolf.
41:41You and Goodwin here.
41:43We're just trying to prove I had anything to do with Mumford's death.
41:46Mr. Kramer, would you bring in the prisoner, please?
41:53Just to make it perfectly clear to all of you,
41:56all that has happened concerns the Santa Rico oil contracts.
42:03I've got that locked up tight, my friend.
42:05With the military hunter, Mr. East.
42:07But you forgot there was a civil war going on.
42:10Civil war?
42:11Bunch of barefoot idiots with machetes.
42:13Congratulations, Inspector.
42:21He's the guy that tried to wipe me out with his car.
42:24If I wanted to kill you, you'd be dead.
42:28I was hired to scare you, that's all.
42:30And to tear you to see what you dug up.
42:32The parking lot incident I will accept as a simple scare tactic.
42:36I will not forgive you, however, for what you did to my orchid, sir.
42:40Oh, what about the knock on the head after he killed Kelsey?
42:42I killed nobody.
42:44Kelsey was there when I got there.
42:45I found him just like you did.
42:47All I wanted was what was in your camera.
42:49You are a three-time loser, sir.
42:52Consider carefully, therefore, before you answer.
42:54Who else was in the building the night Kelsey was killed?
43:01Mr. Kramer, I assume that you will be willing to speak to the district attorney
43:05if this gentleman became cooperative?
43:07No promises, but I'll talk to him.
43:11Well, whom did you see?
43:16Mr. Ormond.
43:18That's ridiculous.
43:20How did you recognize Mr. Ormond?
43:21Recognize him.
43:24He hired me.
43:26Nicky!
43:26He's lying.
43:28Why would I hire him?
43:29To establish an alibi, Mr. Ormond.
43:32To prove that someone was out to stop us from getting information on Thomas Mumford.
43:38That someone was made to look like Harold East.
43:41You even had this house shut up with yourself in it
43:43to prove you were a potential victim of Mr. East,
43:46along with Archie Goodwin and my staff.
43:49Then Nicky Ormond killed Mumford?
43:50According to our friend here,
43:52Mr. Mumford died when two scuba divers took him from the ship
43:55the night he came to see Mr. Ormond.
43:57It's impossible.
43:58It was over a week ago.
43:59Mumford died yesterday.
44:01Exactly.
44:02That is what we were meant to think.
44:04Captain Onteros, following Mr. Ormond's instructions,
44:07kept the body in the ship's freezer
44:08all the way to Bermuda and back.
44:11Mr. Ormond then arranged the phone call from Thomas Mumford,
44:15pieced together from tapes of the previous conversations he'd had with him
44:19to prove he was alive.
44:21And then when you were ready, sir,
44:25you had his body dropped in the water
44:27in the vicinity of an Eastwind tanker.
44:29Naturally, the police concluded he had drowned the day before,
44:33which would lead them to Mr. East.
44:35I didn't think he had the sense or the guts to plan all that, but why?
44:41Because his ship's hold contains an armory
44:44of weapons and ammunition destined for the Santa Rico guerrillas.
44:48Your barefoot idiots with machetes, Mr. East,
44:51would have become a powerful army,
44:54and they would have disposed of the junta and your contract.
44:59Blood for oil.
45:01The classic trade-off, eh?
45:03And the winner, Mr. Ormond.
45:08Mr. Mumford discovered the plan.
45:10He was troubled by it,
45:11made a date on the phone with his employer,
45:13and he was killed because he had a conscience.
45:16When Martin Kelsey found out,
45:18he wanted a piece of the action.
45:20So he went, too.
45:25All right, Ormond, let's go.
45:33Just a moment, Mr. Ormond.
45:37With all you had,
45:39more than anyone could possibly hope to accumulate in a lifetime.
45:46Why?
45:47Because when you grow up dirt poor,
45:52in a fishing village infested by rats,
45:55there is always the hunger for more.
45:57I can assure you, Inspector,
46:18that Miss Elton had no knowledge of Mr. Ormond's activities.
46:22She'll still have to sign a deposition.
46:24Well, there's nothing to it.
46:25Yeah, it's just a few questions
46:27and a statement in your own words.
46:29That doesn't sound too painful.
46:32I still have the unused half of a ticket to Paris.
46:35Goodwin, bring it down to the precinct.
46:37I shall see you out, Inspector.
46:39After you, sir.
46:41Always a pleasure to have you with us.
46:44Paris.
46:45So are you traveling again?
46:48No.
46:49Paris is where I think best.
46:51Who knows?
46:53I may even decide travel's overrated.
46:54Well, if you do,
46:59maybe you'll take one last trip.
47:03Back here.
47:06I'll think about it, Archie.
47:08I promise.
47:11Bye.
47:17Hmm.
47:18Satisfactory.
47:18I'm sorry.
47:28Bye.
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