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First broadcast 18th February 1990.
Poirot and Hastings meet a couple at a party who have just rented a flat in a fashionable district for an implausibly cheap price. The detective is intrigued and sets out to investigate.
David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
Hugh Fraser as Captain Hastings
Philip Jackson as Chief Inspector Japp
Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon
Samantha Bond as Stella Robinson
John Michie as James Robinson
Jemma Churchill as Elsie
Peter Howell as Mr Paul
Jenifer Landor as Carla Romero
Ian Price as Teddy Parker
William Hootkins as FBI Agent Burt
Gordon Wharmby as Records Agent
Nick Maloney as Bernie Cole
Nigel Whitmey as Luigi Valdarno
Anthony Pedley as Assassin
Luke Hayden as Romero's Husband
Poirot and Hastings meet a couple at a party who have just rented a flat in a fashionable district for an implausibly cheap price. The detective is intrigued and sets out to investigate.
David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
Hugh Fraser as Captain Hastings
Philip Jackson as Chief Inspector Japp
Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon
Samantha Bond as Stella Robinson
John Michie as James Robinson
Jemma Churchill as Elsie
Peter Howell as Mr Paul
Jenifer Landor as Carla Romero
Ian Price as Teddy Parker
William Hootkins as FBI Agent Burt
Gordon Wharmby as Records Agent
Nick Maloney as Bernie Cole
Nigel Whitmey as Luigi Valdarno
Anthony Pedley as Assassin
Luke Hayden as Romero's Husband
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00:00The End
00:30Come on.
00:37Oh, whoa!
00:42Come on, temper.
00:45Are you going to be ahead?
00:48What do you mind?
00:50Come on, temper, come on.
00:54Come on, temper!
00:57Come on, Tremont! Come on, Tremont!
01:27It's all over, Poirot. Open your eyes now.
01:42Hastings, this is the last time.
01:48You behave yourself!
01:57You might not like it, Poirot, but you can't ignore it.
02:00It's part of our lives, a window on the world.
02:03Barbaric. I care not for this type of criminal,
02:06nor for the detectives of the United States,
02:08who shoot first and ask the questions later.
02:10Ah, come on, Poirot. It's not all machine guns and mobsters.
02:13In fact, when it comes to criminal investigation,
02:15the FBI is second to none.
02:17Oh, except for Scotland, yeah, of course.
02:19Yes, well, I'll let you know soon enough,
02:21if they live up to their reputation.
02:23They're sending us one of their agents over on temporary assignment.
02:27Oh, dear. Does that mean that the gangsters of America
02:30are preparing to stop the streets of London?
02:32Well, no fear. No, it's a spy case of some kind.
02:35He's following up a lead over here, and I've got to work with him.
02:38I hope he does not take after his firm counterpart, Mr. Britt Davis.
02:41For me, the party tonight of your friend, Mr. Parker,
02:43will be excitement enough.
02:47This can't be the place, surely. There must have been some kind of mistake.
02:52Camden Hill Gate.
02:54Well, for £80 a year, they must be subletting the boiler room.
02:57Five-room flat with all modern conveniences.
03:00Number six is on the first floor.
03:02Come on, James.
03:03Don't tell me. Number six, the cheap flat.
03:04Don't waste your time, dear. It's been let.
03:09And rude. The moment I uttered my name, they slammed the door in my face.
03:24Stella?
03:25Stella?
03:26Perhaps they just didn't like the look of her.
04:01Good evening. We understand name?
04:06Robinson. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson. We were hope...
04:11Oh. Thank you.
04:26It was like a melting frost.
04:30It all smiled. She ushered us in and we were showing her the flat.
04:33Which was terrific. We're moving it right away.
04:36Perhaps it's haunted in the scene of a grisly murder.
04:39Oh, don't.
04:40Well, at that price, she can haunt away.
04:43How about our detective friends?
04:45Monsieur Poirot, you're the expert. What do you think?
04:48Sir?
04:49Unfortunately, in the matter of ghosts, I am no expert.
04:53Madam?
04:54But there are two things which are odd, you see.
04:57The flat had been advertised for some time.
05:00Strange when you consider how low the rent was.
05:02Well, you'd seen the advertisement before and didn't bother with it.
05:04We thought it was a hoax.
05:06Eventually, we only went out of curiosity.
05:08We thought as we were in the area.
05:09Precisely.
05:10That's just what everyone else thought.
05:12But why was that other woman turned away just before we called?
05:15And yet, we were welcomed with open arms.
05:18Aha, yes.
05:21Now, come on, Arthur. How did you get out of that one?
05:24Well, it's obvious, isn't it?
05:25She must have gone to the wrong flat.
05:27You see, Captain Hastings can explain every mystery.
05:30Thank you, Miss Levin.
05:31Morning, Poirot.
05:32Good morning.
05:33Morning, Miss Levin.
05:34Mr. Poirot's been telling me about your skilful deductions at Teddy Parker's party last night.
05:51You know, Poirot, I sometimes think you don't give me credit when it's due.
05:56I know it all seemed rather simplistic to you, but I was merely being tactful.
06:00Tactful?
06:01Well, it's obvious, isn't it?
06:02The Robinsons have overlooked something in their agreement.
06:05They'll find out what it is soon enough.
06:07I just hope it doesn't come as too much of a shock.
06:10I see.
06:12Well, Hastings, I'm glad that you show concern for the problem of the Robinsons.
06:16It will make our inquiries all the more worthwhile.
06:19Inquiries.
06:20What inquiries?
06:21Come, Hastings, before you become buried in the pages of the racing.
06:24I can't see why you want to waste your time on such a trivial matter.
06:27Hastings, you do surprise me.
06:29I am well aware that this modest case has not the same dramatic appeal as the dealings of Monsieur Cagney and his G-men.
06:35Even so, it is a mystery, and worthy of our attention.
06:52So, this dame thinks she's heading for the handoff.
07:05What she ain't thinking is federal agent Bert is playing for the home team.
07:11And with the FBI quarterbacking and you guys from Scotland Yard running interference, she ain't gonna make five yards.
07:18Never mind the touchdown, right?
07:20Touchdown.
07:21Right.
07:22Let's move our butts.
07:23All right, lads.
07:24We'll reassemble at mid-W.
07:26Poirot.
07:27This is federal agent Bert.
07:30May I introduce Hercule Poirot, the private detective, and his associate Captain Hastings?
07:35The American brandbuster.
07:36Jab, I hope you're not so short of manpower you're hiring a Seamus.
07:42What are they good for?
07:44Chasing lost dogs.
07:46This is a matter of international security we're dealing with here.
07:49I have no intention of hiring anyone, Bert.
07:53And if you must know, Mr. Poirot here has an outstanding reputation.
07:56Oh, a gumshoe of distinction.
08:00And I suppose Al Capone's running for president.
08:04Yeah.
08:05Yeah?
08:06Yeah, yeah, yeah.
08:08So what?
08:09All right, so keep trying.
08:11Oh, you heard what?
08:13Listen, pal, don't give me this brotherhood garbage because it's all spoken.
08:17This, uh, liaison transatlantique does not live up to its expectations.
08:22Basically, to use a technical term, it's a disaster.
08:26It's taken over my office, my secretary, and my car.
08:31Now he wants my best men to stake out the Italian embassy.
08:34Stake out?
08:35Clandestine surveillance, round the clock.
08:38If the London underworld find out that half my division are tied down, they'll have a field day.
08:42Quite so.
08:43But what is need for a surveillance?
08:45Six months ago, a minor clerk stole the blueprints for a new submarine from the U.S. Admiralty.
08:52There could be serious consequences if they fall into the wrong hands.
08:56It could be a catastrophe.
08:58The one thing in the Ducellax is a strong navy.
09:01Exactly.
09:02And apparently, with half a dozen of these submarines, he could control the Mediterranean.
09:08The FBI's found out that a woman's got the blueprints since she's come to London to sell them.
09:13Now I remember.
09:15Was it not the Romero affair?
09:17La femme fatale who dared to double-cross the Mafia, eh?
09:20Was she not at some point in her career a canary?
09:23A canary?
09:24Yes, that's right.
09:26A dance band singer.
09:28What Mr. Burke calls a chanteusee.
09:31Good grief.
09:34Really, Hastings, you must try to keep up with the modern idioms, eh?
09:37And she is here now.
09:39Jim, step into my office for a minute, please.
09:58I've had a work with her, Brian.
09:59He's expecting you down in the records office.
10:07Give me the basic weapons.
10:09That's all for you.
10:16Sorry about the delay, sir.
10:18There's a few Robinsons on file.
10:21The Robinsons we've got are a drunken disorderly,
10:24an assault on a member of the clergy,
10:27and are throwing stones with intent to do damage to the railway.
10:31Nothing on a Stella or a James Robinson.
10:34You see, they're just a nice, innocent couple.
10:37During the last six months, can you recall any crime as yet unsolved
10:41where the chief suspects might be a young couple?
10:43Nothing comes to mind immediately, sir.
10:46There's that Bonnie and Clyde, of course.
10:49But they're at large somewhere in the American Midwest.
10:52And let us hope that is where they remain.
10:55But they're friends of Parker's.
10:57I've known Parker since we were at school.
10:58He doesn't have friends.
10:59We're criminals.
11:00Uh, Monsieur Poirot?
11:01I'm Monsieur Poirot.
11:02Good morning.
11:03This is my associate, Captain Hastings.
11:04Good morning.
11:05Shall we go in?
11:07Magnificent facades.
11:08Yes, indeed.
11:09One of the finest I have seen in London.
11:10Mr. Paul, are all the apartments in this block of the same layer?
11:11Ah, yes, exactly.
11:12This is the sitting room.
11:13It's been designed to the highest standard.
11:15Here, for example,
11:41is the latest in insert electric fires, fully built in and with the one or two bar option.
11:46It's very tasteful, don't you think? Yes, indeed.
11:52Poirot, you're not going to learn any more about the Robinsons by looking around an empty flat.
11:57Hastings, it is always wise to make a thorough inspection before arriving at the final decision.
12:04I don't follow you. Hastings, I have the sudden desire to take an apartment in Campton Hillgate.
12:11This apartment.
12:15The kitchen has been equipped with the most modern appliances. Every shelf and cupboard has been
12:19discreetly fitted to provide an environment delightful to even the most particular of cooks.
12:26Monsieur Poirot, tell me, for what purpose is this little doorway?
12:30It's for the dustbins. They're collected twice weekly from the back stairwell.
12:34It would appear that the architects have thought of every convenience.
12:43Why don't you examine the place at your leisure? I'll wait for you downstairs.
12:46You are most kind.
12:47Most tall.
12:47Take your turn.
12:55Think of the expense, Poirot. Six guineas a week.
12:58Ah, but that is a small cost, Hastings, to pursue the mystery of great intrigue.
13:03Intrigue?
13:03It'll probably turn out to be something perfectly simple.
13:07Eccentric landlady moved to benevolence by plight of homeless newlyweds.
13:13But this does not explain Hastings why the cheap flat below this had been advertised for so long and nobody took it.
13:17Well, perhaps they all found something wrong with it.
13:19And the Robinsons did not?
13:22Did they strike you as being the gullible young couple, Hastings?
13:24No, they didn't.
13:25So we may assume that they possessed a special quality that the others were lacking, no?
13:29And just an ordinary couple.
13:31Voila.
13:32There lies the intrigue.
13:43Well, what do you think?
13:44Mr. Paul, I think that the apartment is exactly what I want and I will take possession immediately.
13:49You made a wise decision.
13:51These flats won't be on the market for very long and the rent is very reasonable by today's standards.
13:55Taxi!
13:57Yes, but not as reasonable as that of the Robinsons, sir.
13:59Oh, you know the Robinsons?
14:00Oh, yes indeed.
14:01In fact, they have just moved in, is that not so?
14:05The Robinsons, in number six.
14:08They moved in six months ago.
14:21It was a splendid party the other night.
14:24Glad you enjoyed it, old boy.
14:26Those Robinsons seem very pleasant.
14:28What does he do, do you know, Mr. Robinson?
14:30Do?
14:30I'm not sure.
14:32Hasn't been in town long.
14:33Salt of the earth, though.
14:36Where are they from?
14:38I don't know.
14:38Out of town somewhere.
14:40So how do you know them, then?
14:41Well, that was a bit odd as a matter of fact.
14:44Yes?
14:45Yes.
14:46Veronica and I were at the theater, and we'd ordered some drinks for the interval.
14:50And when we got there, there were these people drinking them.
14:53Really?
14:53Absolutely.
14:55Well, it seems we'd ordered the same drinks.
14:57Our little chitty said number six, and theirs was number nine, and it was upside down.
15:02It dashed awkward for a moment there.
15:04I see.
15:10Hastings, you're late.
15:11I had a bit of a run-in with the doorman.
15:14I thought he wasn't going to let me into the building.
15:16Really?
15:17Well, it seems there's been some foreign fellow hanging around asking questions about the Robinsons.
15:21It wasn't you, was it?
15:22Certainly not.
15:24He's probably the man who has been watching the flats.
15:27Watching the flats?
15:35Maybe they're not as innocent as they seem.
15:38Suppose they're tied up in some shady import-export business.
15:42Drugs.
15:43White slavery.
15:44Hastings, you have the most fertile imagination.
15:47Well, nobody seems to know where the Robinsons have come from.
15:50Parker doesn't know anything about them at all.
15:52Perhaps they've just returned from abroad.
15:54If this is true, Hastings, you will soon have the opportunity to find out.
15:58But now, please, we must begin our work.
16:01Oh, and Hastings, please bring my valise.
16:04Right.
16:10Now, Hastings, I am about to enter the flat of the Robinsons after the method of the dustbins.
16:17You're going to break into their flat?
16:19No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
16:20Not break in precisely, mon ami, but I have to provide for later.
16:25But, Poirot, it's Saturday afternoon.
16:27They're bound to be at home.
16:28That is exactly what I'm hoping, mon ami, because you are about to play the role of the friendly
16:32neighbour who just happens to be passing by.
16:35I want you to keep the young couple occupied while I perform my task.
16:39Wouldn't it be easier to wait until they go out?
16:41Hastings, these are things I have already considered.
16:44While they are out, the doorway it is always locked.
16:46What am I going to say?
16:53Captain Hastings, do come in.
16:58Hastings, what brings you to this neck of the woods?
17:01You asked me.
17:02The natural curiosity of the private investigators prompted this visit.
17:05No, not at all.
17:07In fact, I had some business to attend to in the Brompton Road.
17:10When I remembered you were living nearby, I suddenly thought the Robinsons, of course,
17:15they're bound to know.
17:17Now, should I use badger hair or will an ordinary brush do the trick?
17:24I'm sorry?
17:24Well, what I want is a sort of impression of graininess without it being too obvious.
17:31I don't want it to look ridgy.
17:33I mean, it sometimes does look ridgy, doesn't it?
17:35I'm dead set against that.
17:36You see, you've got the choice.
17:38Horse hair, hog bristle or badger hair.
17:42And apparently, a fine steel comb reduces the same effect,
17:45only it's better on walls and floors, more defined.
17:48Captain Hastings, what would one be doing with badger hair in a steel comb?
17:53Oh, didn't I say?
17:55Dragging and combing.
17:57You know what a fine effect it creates on woodwork.
17:59Only, I'm not exactly a dab hand when it comes to decorating,
18:02so I thought I'd call on you for an expert appointment.
18:05The only time I ever did anything like this was when I creosoted the dugout in France.
18:10Not like you, the woodwork you've done.
18:13Hastings, we haven't done a thing.
18:14We only moved in yesterday and, uh,
18:16I have to admit, I wouldn't know a badger hair brush from a bucket of beef stew.
18:20Oh, you're too modest.
18:22I'm sure you were both influenced by the spirit of the renaissance during your time in Italy.
18:27Italy?
18:29Whatever gave you that idea?
18:30What did the department say you've just returned from the continent?
18:33We do.
18:35We came down from Cambridge when James was offered a position at London Mutual.
18:41We've never been on the continent.
18:44And sure of this, I think it's an interesting subject.
18:48In fact, I can think about taking out a leave policy, I don't know.
18:52What the earth was that?
18:53It came from the kitchen.
18:55I didn't hear anything.
18:56I'd better take a look.
18:58Oh, allow me.
19:00Detector's prerogative.
19:02You never know.
19:03Might be one of the ghosts.
19:16Wind blew it open, I expect.
19:17I should keep this bolted if I were you.
19:23You never know who's about.
19:36I don't know what the Robinsons would have said if they'd seen the foot of Hercule Poirot
19:39disappearing into the twilight of the back stairwell.
19:42I am indebted to your quick thinking, mon ami.
19:48I can't believe the Robinsons have anything to hide.
19:51If anyone's behaving in a suspicious manner, it's that woman who led the flat to them.
19:55But did it not strike you as odd, mon ami, that the estate agent's description of
19:58Madame Robinson was so very different from Madame Robinson that we know?
20:02Not the most observant of fellows.
20:04Perhaps they are different Madame Robinsons.
20:06Perhaps his Madame Robinson had been waiting a long time to find a subtenant of the same man.
20:12Oh, on earth would she do that?
20:15That's strange.
20:17That gardener's a dead ringer for Jap's man, Sergeant Daltrey.
20:21Your eyes, they do not deceive you, mon ami.
20:26If I am not mistaken, this van is the nerve center of Inspector Jap's stakeout at the Italian embassy.
20:36What are you two doing here?
20:38Well, it happens that we were passing by and, uh, well, it is necessary to satisfy the curiosity of Hastings.
20:45Poirot?
20:47I'd better come inside before somebody sees you.
20:59So, look, all the exits are covered, front and back, and we have a couple of unmarked cars
21:04just standing by in case she decides to take it on the lam.
21:08Whichever way, as soon as Carla Romero shows up, we're ready to nab her.
21:13A well-staged operation, Mr. Bird.
21:15I'm glad I could be of some help.
21:18Who is that man?
21:21Oh, he's in and out all the time, some tourist in trouble, I guess.
21:27Suppose Carla Romero never comes, huh?
21:29Suppose she sends someone else.
21:31All right, as a private dick, what would you do, huh?
21:37Just walk right in there and ask him to call us when the blueprints show up?
21:43I would concentrate my efforts on trying to find Carla Romero.
21:47She is a young, attractive American, and traveling alone, she would be a figure most conspicuous.
21:53Alone, she might, but we know she's traveling with an accomplice.
21:56Mr. Bird, I understand that she has had some dealings with the Mafia.
22:00When will you guys understand there is no such thing as the Mafia, or the Black Hand, or the Cosa Nostra?
22:07Sure, there's some immigrant families of mainly Southern European extraction who push each other around,
22:12but organized crime, no, sir.
22:24No.
22:26No, thank you, but...
22:28Yes, I'm sure that she is.
22:30Yes, but you see that is of no interest.
22:36No, no interest at all, none whatsoever.
22:39But thank you, yes.
22:42Goodbye.
22:47Hastings, I've telephoned 14 nightclubs.
22:50Eight of them have the Chantuzis, but none of them American.
22:52Three of them have the male crooners, one of them has a magician, one a pianist.
22:57Then the Black Cat won't answer the telephone.
22:59And what are you looking for?
23:03Suppose, Hastings, that Carla Romero is forced to return to her old trade to support her while
23:09she is waiting to sell those documents.
23:12That's possible, I suppose.
23:13Why are you so interested in Carla Romero all of a sudden?
23:16Why not let the FBI solve their own cases?
23:19But there is a connection, perhaps, with the Robinsons.
23:22The man that I saw entering the Italian Embassy is the same man who has been watching their apartment.
23:31And do you not find it intriguing, Hastings,
23:34that the only club who did not answer the telephone was the Black Cat.
23:38Never mind.
23:39I'm sorry!
23:40I am here!
23:40I am here!
23:49How many kids are going to do?
23:50What do you do?
23:59I am here!
24:00Good afternoon. I wonder, could you tell me, please, is the manager here?
24:20Thank you. Thank you. Most kind.
24:30Just a minute. Who is it?
24:51Hercule Poirot.
24:54Come again. Poirot. And you?
24:58I've got nothing to hide.
24:59Bernie Cole, come in.
25:07Everyone knows me anyway. Bernie Cole, king of the clubs.
25:11Didn't you used to come down to the old Caprice?
25:15No.
25:16What are you after then anyway? Nothing illicit or trust?
25:20No, certainly not.
25:21Ha.
25:22Pardon, monsieur, but is that not a telephone under there?
25:33No.
25:36Well, yes.
25:38Drives you mad, doesn't it?
25:43Bernie Cole?
25:45Some people.
25:46Monsieur, Mademoiselle Elsa Hart is singing here, or is she not?
25:52Who wants to know?
25:54There is a poster outside.
25:58Now, what I want to know is, is it Elsa Hart the American?
26:01No.
26:01I heard her in New York once, you understand.
26:08Oh, yes.
26:10Oh, she's Canadian.
26:11Like those Dion quintuplets.
26:13It's going to be all the rage soon.
26:15Canada.
26:16We'll have Canadian this, Canadian that.
26:18Bernie Cole can always spot a trend.
26:20Known for it.
26:21I know you're there.
26:22But if the manager says she's Canadian.
26:29But of course she would tell him that, Hastings.
26:32She has stolen the blueprints.
26:33Her enemies are pursuing her.
26:34She changes her name.
26:36Why not also her nationality?
26:37Yes, I suppose so.
26:39Then in spite of all her precautions,
26:40she discovers that someone has tracked her down.
26:43So she decides to leave her own apartment
26:45and to install someone of the same name.
26:49The Robinsons?
26:50Well, you mean the landlady's using them as a decoy?
26:52Yes, mon ami.
26:54The charitable landlady,
26:55the devious agent of espionage,
26:57and perhaps also the singer Elsa Hart
26:58are surely one at the same.
27:01I thought I was the one with the fertile imagination.
27:03This is fantastic.
27:06No, Hastings.
27:08This is a plot of sinister dimensions.
27:12The Robinsons are to be the victims of a ruthless assassin.
27:22The Robinsons are to be the victims of a ruthless assassin.
27:25The robinsons are to be the victims of a ruthless assassin.
27:27The robinsons are to be the victims of a ruthless assassin.
27:29The robinsons are to be the victims of a ruthless assassin.
27:32Oh, come along.
27:36Can't you meet me somewhere before?
27:45Good evening.
27:47Penelope Maitland from the Lady's Companion.
27:50I sent her note round earlier.
27:51Ah, yes.
27:53Very nice, too.
27:55Please come in.
28:02Why do you never answer your telephone?
28:10You get all these nuisance calls these days, don't you?
28:13A friendly word of warning, my dear.
28:15She wasn't keen on the idea.
28:17She may seem a bit frosty.
28:19Put it down to artistic temperament.
28:21I'm sure you're used to dealing with all sorts of people in your line of business.
28:24Yes, indeed.
28:26Straight down the corridor, second on the left.
28:29Good luck.
28:29Come and see me afterwards for a drink.
28:56Miss Elsa Hart?
28:59Yes?
29:03Penelope Maitland from the Lady's Companion.
29:07Why don't you come in?
29:14Oh, I see your repertoire includes Lullaby of Broadway.
29:17It's one of my own favorites.
29:19Really, glad you like it.
29:20Now, Miss Maitland, why would the readers of the, uh...
29:28Lady's Companion.
29:30Right.
29:31Why would anyone want to read about a nightclub singer?
29:35It's the glamour and the romance, Miss Hart.
29:37The image of the modern woman.
29:39Well, she says she has been touring the capital cities of Europe with her husband for the past nine months.
29:57Yes, working in a variety of nightclubs.
30:01But our intrepid journalist was not convinced, huh?
30:04Anyone who claims to have been stag hunting in the Bois de Boulogne, Mr. Poirot, has been seriously misinformed about life on the continent.
30:12Extraordinaire.
30:15And there was something more?
30:17There was a song sheet in a dressing room.
30:20An American publication dating back to last January.
30:24I have it on good authority.
30:27It isn't obtainable outside the United States.
30:30It could only have been obtained in America.
30:33America.
30:39Miss Lemon, I believe that the newest recruiter, the Lady's Companion, has made a scoop.
31:03It's gone midnight.
31:12How long are we going to wait?
31:14All night, if necessary, mon ami.
31:17I'm afraid you may lose your beauty sleep.
31:20I wouldn't get a wink anyway.
31:21Trying to fathom out who's who in this espionage business.
31:25It is a devious affair.
31:28How did Romero manage to steal the documents in the first place?
31:31Carla Romero was not a thief, mon ami, but a temptress.
31:39Hastings, I will recount to you the little history.
31:43It is a story that will remind you of your favorite cinema.
31:49To begin, we have to go back six months to the east side of New York,
31:55where the notorious Carla Romero was working as a singer in a nightclub.
32:01We have to go back six months.
32:04We have to go back six months to the east side of New York.
32:14ahananÅŸey
32:15I'm going to make a new move to your lips, if I will be, cause they are sweeter than any candy to me.
32:38He's granulated sugar, I never cheat on my sugar, cause I'm too sweet on my sugar, that sugar baby of mine.
33:08I'm too sweet on that sugar baby of mine.
33:18She had sought out and seduced a young clerk in the American Department of the Navy.
33:28His name was Luigi Valdano.
33:32How did it go?
33:36Like taking candy from a baby.
33:39I'll get ready.
33:41I'll meet you out front in ten minutes.
33:44He was so besotted with his son that persuading him to steal the secret papers from the U.S. Navy was an easy task.
33:55Unknown to Valdano, the accomplice of Carla Romero in this sinister plot was her husband.
34:02That same night, Valdano drove Carla Romero to a deserted war, where he believed she had arranged a rendezvous with an agent of the Italian government.
34:23The blueprints for the new American submarine would be exchanged for half a million dollars.
34:33This is it, baby. Take it nice and slow.
34:40Luigi.
34:42You made it all too easy.
34:46Carla, no!
34:56Goodbye, lover boy.
35:05Let's get out here.
35:10There are instructions had been to deliver the blueprints to the contact in the Brotherhood, but Romero and her husband had a better idea.
35:24Instead of passing the documents to her masters in the Mafia, Carla Romero and her husband fled across the Atlantic under the name of Robinson to sell the documents for their own gain.
35:35Then they discovered they had an assassin on their trail.
35:37Yes, the deception of Carlo Romero so infuriated the Mafia that their code of honor would demand revenge.
35:50Prepare yourself for brave. Our visitor has arrived.
36:07Yes, slowly Hastings. We must be as quiet as the chapel mouse. I still think it would have been safer to evacuate the Robertsons.
36:21To do so, we must be as quiet as the chapel mouse.
36:27I still think it would have been safer to evacuate the Robertsons.
36:31To do so, it would have created the unnecessary attention.
36:37If they are as innocent as I suspect, it would be better that they know nothing of this.
36:45I don't know.
37:01I don't know.
37:02I don't know.
37:03I don't know.
37:04I don't know.
37:26He's picking the lock on the front door.
37:28These things pass me over a little.
37:32Take up your position as planned.
37:58True.
38:02They stick...
38:08Competes these things.
38:10Let's go.
38:12Open my brook.
38:16Nowhere to be seen. Poirot, this is a disaster.
38:34Well, do not worry, mon ami. He will not return here tonight.
38:37Our young friends are safe.
38:39But now it is time to make our acquaintance with the elusive Carlo Romero.
39:16Hastings, Poirot, Chief Inspector, what's your burden?
39:22All right, let's go.
39:23Come on, lad.
39:35Evening, Mr Poirot.
39:36Good evening, Mr Poirot.
39:38You're a quiet one.
39:39You're putting a good word for me with the Chief Inspector, eh?
39:42Have no fear, Monsieur Cole.
39:47You see, Agent Berth, sometimes a lost dog can be found in a place so conspicuous it is the last to be considered.
39:53You'd better be right, Poirot, or I'll be the one chasing lost dogs in Alaska.
39:58I think we can rely on Mr Poirot's little grey cells, but...
40:01What, Michelle?
40:02She's performing her last song now, Chief Inspector.
40:07Let's hope so, Mr Cole.
40:08As soon as she leaves the stage, I want you to clear the building.
40:13You can depend on me, Chief.
40:14That's Carla Maria Ribeiro, all right.
40:29Let's tackle her.
40:31What do you think you'll play now?
40:33What?
40:34You can't go waving guns about giving that to me.
40:37Are you kidding me?
40:38You just give that to me and the whole operation's off.
40:40Nobody's going to believe this, the idea.
40:47Look out for this, Constable.
40:48There's just nothing I couldn't do if I had you.
40:56There's just nothing I couldn't do if I had you.
41:10Right.
41:13Oh, no, please, after you.
41:40I'll just stay in the background with my knitting.
41:43I'll just stay in the background with my knitting.
41:47Yeah?
41:52Ah, Mademoiselle Hart, I had hoped to find you here, monsieur.
41:57This, uh, deputation of admirers or something?
42:01Ah, well, in a way, yes.
42:04Mademoiselle Hart, indeed, you have a fine voice.
42:07Can we just do this? All right, all right.
42:09The life of the Chanteurs is a glamorous one, eh?
42:12Are we gonna talk her to death or what?
42:14But your real talents, Mademoiselle, the cunning and deception are far more taxing, no?
42:19What do you think you're doing here?
42:21Is this a party or something?
42:23Yeah.
42:24A farewell party, sweetie.
42:26Mademoiselle Hart.
42:27Mademoiselle Hart, would you prefer to be called Carla Romero?
42:31Or perhaps even...
42:32Or perhaps even...
42:33Madame Robinson.
42:38With an assassin on your trail, you substituted the other Robinsons into your flat.
42:43You have been very clever, but there is one thing I must know, madame.
42:48Oh, my God.
42:49Was it you who first realized the value of Valdana's position at the Department of the Navy?
42:54Yeah.
42:55I had all the big ideas.
42:56They just palmed all the greenbacks.
42:59And there could never be a position for a woman of your ingenuity in the ma...
43:04Pardon.
43:05In the Brotherhood?
43:06Brotherhood?
43:07Look, the FBI is unequivocal in this matter.
43:09There is no such thing as the goddamn Brotherhood!
43:14They wouldn't listen to me.
43:15Oh, yeah.
43:16So you thought you'd just take on the whole world, huh?
43:19Well, it's the end of the road for you, lady.
43:21So why don't you just hand over the blueprints now, and we can all go home?
43:33Washington would be glad to get this back.
43:38I'd move it.
43:39You two.
43:47You thought you could kill Luigi, and double-cross the Cosa Nostra.
43:51Well, he was a wrong sister.
43:53Now we're gonna settle the score.
43:56Oh, this is good.
43:57Everybody's got a heater except the good guys.
43:59You're just gonna stand there and let him shoot me?
44:05That's my gun.
44:06No, no, no.
44:07What do I mean?
44:09I have no time for these so-called mobsters of America.
44:13They have seen enough of this charade.
44:18One more move is goodnight.
44:20Good night.
44:21Good night.
44:22Good night.
44:23Good night.
44:24And good riddance.
44:25This is a respectable club.
44:26Arrivederci, Carla.
44:27Sir Hastings, never will you trust your old friend, huh?
44:28Keep walking.
44:29Keep walking.
44:30I took the precaution to remove the bullets while we were in the house.
44:31I took the precaution to remove the bullets while we were in the house.
44:32apartment of the Robinsons.
44:33Oh.
44:34Oh.
44:35Good night.
44:36Oh.
44:37That's not very good.
44:38Oh.
44:39Really good.
44:40They have no time for some time.
44:41can't believe it.
44:42Have you ever seen the other characters?
44:43We've appeared in the house.
44:44Oh!
44:45Oh, it's dead.
44:46That's a good night.
44:47Good night.
44:48This is a respectable club.
44:49and good riddance. This is a respectable club. Arrivederci, Carla. Sir Hastings, never will you
44:55trust your old friend, huh? Keep walking. I took the precaution to remove the bullets while we
45:00were in the apartment of the Robinsons. How did you know you'd follow us here? Ah, well, when we
45:06left Camden Hillgate, the assassin was lying in wait. I mentioned our rendezvous with Carla Romero
45:10so that he would be sure to follow. So, Agent Bird, we have killed both the birds with one shot,
45:16huh? And without firing, a single shot. There's no way to run a country. So, you say this
45:25association of criminals sent a hitman after Miss Romero, eh? Yes, but she had planned to
45:32deceive him by installing the young couple of the same name in her old apartment. And
45:36what about your joke with a gun, Poirot? Ah, well, Inspector, you and Captain Hastings are
45:42so fond of the suspense. How could I resist the temptation to bring this intriguing
45:46case to the most dramatic climax? Well, Mr. Poirot, I've really got to hand
45:54it to you. You're most kind, monsieur. And the U.S. government, I'm sure, would like
45:59to reward you for all your efforts. The Navy will always be in your debt.
46:03Tea's ready. In the kitchen, if you don't mind. That's terribly kind of you.
46:17A gang of burglars working the whole building. Quite extraordinary. Do you expect to catch
46:46them? Unfortunately not, madam. They were a professional outfit. They would have had a
46:51man on watch. By the time we arrived, they were gone.
46:54I suppose we should be grateful nothing was stolen. And we should thank Captain Hastings
46:58for his vigilance. Because if he had not noticed that the door for the dustbins had been time
47:03for it. I say. Look at this. Now, there's a real professional's tool, if ever I saw one.
47:13Hmm. I'm very careless to leave it behind, if you ask me. Perhaps I should have it checked
47:17for fingerprints. You will find nothing, chief inspector. For the real professional, he wears
47:24the gloves.
47:25Hmm.
47:25Hmm.
47:25Hmm.
47:26Hmm.
47:27Hmm.
47:28Hmm.
47:29Hmm.
47:30Hmm.
47:31Hmm.
47:32Hmm.
47:33Hmm.
47:34Hmm.
47:35Hmm.
47:36Hmm.
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47:38Hmm.
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47:40Hmm.
47:41Hmm.
47:42Hmm.
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47:44Hmm.
47:45Hmm.
47:46Hmm.
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