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Dressed to Kill (1946) is the fourteenth and final film in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes series produced by Universal Pictures. It is a black-and-white film, also known by the working title Prelude to Murder and in the United Kingdom as Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Code.
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00:00:00THE END
00:00:36THE END
00:01:13DARTMORE PRISM
00:01:15Isolated from the outside world by walls of granite
00:01:31They say you could get out of here by merely telling what you know
00:01:35You may or may not be another Scotland Yard bloke
00:01:39But I'll give you the same answer I gave the others
00:01:44I still have two years, eight months and six days left
00:01:48In which to make musical boxes
00:01:51That'll be sold at auction for the benefit of this delightful sanctuary
00:01:57And I intend to sell them
00:02:04Move along
00:02:06And now we come to the next object on our list
00:02:09Or I should say objects
00:02:10Because there are three of them
00:02:12Now, ladies and gentlemen
00:02:13These can be bought together
00:02:15Or separately
00:02:17Now, these beautiful little musical boxes only arrived this morning
00:02:20And I didn't intend to put them on the auction block until later
00:02:22But I'm going to sell them now
00:02:24So, good friends, as our old pal Mark Antony used to say
00:02:27Lend me your ears
00:02:30And what do you hear?
00:02:32Right
00:02:34The beautiful tinkle tinkle of a musical box
00:02:38What a lovely trinket
00:02:39What a beautiful gift
00:02:41Created unmade by loving hands
00:02:42A thing of beauty and utility
00:02:45I was going to start with five pounds
00:02:48It's a bargain, five pounds
00:02:50Do I see any hands?
00:02:53If there's a connoisseur in the house
00:02:55Will go three pounds for it
00:02:57Two pounds
00:02:59One pounds
00:03:03Ten shillings
00:03:05Ten
00:03:06Thank you, sir
00:03:07Ladies and gentlemen
00:03:09Ten shillings is offered for a musical box
00:03:10You couldn't buy anywhere in London
00:03:11For less than five pounds
00:03:13It'll be stealing to let it go for ten shillings
00:03:15Like taking milk from a baby
00:03:17Well, I'll be selling for ten shillings
00:03:18Ten shillings, ten shillings is offered
00:03:20Ten shillings is offered
00:03:21Ten shillings is offered
00:03:21Will anybody give me one pound?
00:03:23Will anybody give me one pound?
00:03:24I won't give me a pound
00:03:26A pound, one pound is offered
00:03:27Ladies and gentlemen, one pound is against you, sir
00:03:30Will you go to two pounds?
00:03:31Will you go to two pounds, sir?
00:03:34Two pounds, two pounds is offered
00:03:35Two pounds is offered
00:03:35Going once
00:03:36Twice
00:03:37Third in the last call
00:03:40Sold to the gentleman for two pounds
00:03:42Sorry, my dear
00:03:44Now, ladies and gentlemen
00:03:45Comes the opportunity to purchase
00:03:48An exact duplicate of the beautiful little musical box
00:03:50Just bought by this gentleman
00:03:51For the ridiculous low price of two pounds
00:03:54That's exactly the same
00:03:55Exactly the same
00:03:56Made with the same hands
00:03:57You hear that?
00:03:58Isn't that lovely?
00:03:59That tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, tinkle
00:04:02Sounds like bow belts to me, you know
00:04:03With little angels pulling on the ropes, eh?
00:04:05We'll give you two pounds for it
00:04:06Who's starting with two pounds?
00:04:08Will anybody start me with two pounds?
00:04:09How come, comrades and gentlemen?
00:04:12You know, from your enthusiasm
00:04:13We might all be in Scotland
00:04:14Instead of London
00:04:15Please buy it for me, Daddy
00:04:16Two pounds, certainly not
00:04:18We all might be in Scotland
00:04:19Besides, I don't like his manner
00:04:21One pound, ten shillings
00:04:23One pound
00:04:24One pound is ours
00:04:25One pound
00:04:26One pound is offered
00:04:26One pound is offered
00:04:27Going one pound
00:04:28Any advance?
00:04:29Going once
00:04:29Going twice
00:04:30The third and the last call
00:04:33Sold to the lady for one pound
00:04:35Smart bidding, my dear
00:04:37Thank you
00:04:38We come to the third and last
00:04:39Of these beautiful little musical boxes
00:04:42Exactly the same
00:04:43Tinkle, tinkle
00:04:43Isn't that lovely?
00:04:45Ladies and gentlemen
00:04:46I don't bring you here
00:04:47To gullion and swindle you
00:04:48This is the exact replica
00:04:49Of those two I just sold before
00:04:58We're closed
00:04:59But this is extremely important
00:05:03Come in, sir, come in
00:05:04I'm sorry to disturb you
00:05:06But I was unfortunately delayed
00:05:08From arriving in time
00:05:09To bid on certain articles
00:05:10Which I was rather anxious to obtain
00:05:12Oh, perhaps they weren't sold, sir
00:05:14We are carrying several things over
00:05:16What might the articles be, sir?
00:05:18Three identical musical boxes
00:05:20About so large
00:05:22Oh, I'm sorry, sir
00:05:23But they were sold
00:05:24Fitty you weren't here to bid on them
00:05:26They didn't bring anything like the real value
00:05:28I'm most anxious to obtain them
00:05:30I wonder if your records would show
00:05:32Who the purchasers were
00:05:33Oh, we don't usually give out that information, sir
00:05:36For certain, shall we say, sentimental reasons
00:05:40I'm most anxious to get in touch with the purchasers
00:05:42I'd be willing to pay, shall we say, five pounds
00:05:47Well, for certain sentimental reasons, sir
00:05:49We'd be very happy to oblige
00:05:51Alfred, today's sales
00:05:52The three musical boxes
00:05:54The musical boxes, yes
00:05:55Ah, here we are
00:05:56The first purchase for two pounds
00:05:58From Mr. Julian Emery
00:05:5952, Portman Square
00:06:01Write this address down, Alfred
00:06:02Yes, sir
00:06:03Second didn't leave any name
00:06:04Oh, how unfortunate
00:06:05I think she's a dealer
00:06:07You see, they don't like us to know where the things are going
00:06:09On account of the profits
00:06:10You say the second purchaser was a woman
00:06:13Can you give me a description of her?
00:06:16Oh, she was a young woman
00:06:17Fairly tall, slender
00:06:20And light complexion
00:06:21And dark hair
00:06:22And she was wearing a...
00:06:23A grey suit, don't you remember?
00:06:25That's right
00:06:25She probably runs a gift shop
00:06:27She paid one pound
00:06:30You say she comes here fairly frequently?
00:06:34No, I didn't say so
00:06:34But she does, sir
00:06:37Like as not, she'll come in on Thursday
00:06:38We have sales on Mondays and Thursdays
00:06:41Oh
00:06:41And the third box?
00:06:43The third?
00:06:44Oh, Mr. William Kilgore
00:06:45143 B Hampton Way
00:06:47For ten shillings
00:06:49Hmm
00:06:49Quite a drop from two pounds
00:06:51Mr. Kilgore was a Scotchman
00:06:53Oh
00:06:55Thank you
00:06:56You've been most helpful
00:06:57Oh
00:06:57Thank you, sir
00:06:59And any time you're passing, dropping
00:07:01We always have lovely things for sale
00:07:03How can't you?
00:07:04Thank you
00:07:05I'll be back Thursday
00:07:14A message reached us too late
00:07:17Musical boxes are being sold
00:07:21Well, let's get out of here
00:07:29Someday you'll go too far
00:07:33Hmm
00:07:35Reaching for a star, you fool
00:07:37Yet a fool may touch a star, Colonel Cavanaugh
00:07:40If he but reach high enough
00:07:42But not possess it as you would
00:07:46The musical boxes, they've been sold
00:07:48What a pity for you, my dear Colonel
00:07:50Is it my fault that the message reached us only an hour ago?
00:07:54Is it my fault that they were sold?
00:07:56She can't hold me responsible for that
00:07:59I hope for your sake you're right
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00:08:31They will call upon you tonight at a quarter to eight a gentleman who desires to consult you
00:08:36upon a matter of the very deepest moment.
00:08:39Remember that letter, Holmes?
00:08:41It was written over two years ago.
00:08:43An interesting case.
00:08:44Devilously interesting.
00:08:46Hmm.
00:08:47Irene Adler.
00:08:48What a striking looking woman from the brief glance I had of her.
00:08:51Seems only yesterday.
00:08:53What charm.
00:08:55Hmm.
00:08:55What poise.
00:08:56And what a mind.
00:08:58Sharp enough and brilliant enough to outwit the great Sherlock Holmes himself.
00:09:03I take it the new issue of the Strand Magazine is out, containing another of your slightly lurid tales.
00:09:08It is indeed.
00:09:09And what do you call this one?
00:09:11I call it A Scandal in Bohemia.
00:09:13Not a bad title, eh?
00:09:15Hmm.
00:09:16If you must record my exploits, I do wish you'd put less emphasis on the melodramatic and more
00:09:22on the intellectual issues involved.
00:09:24More on the intellectual?
00:09:25What do you mean by that?
00:09:26Well, I do hope you've given, uh, the woman a soul.
00:09:30She had one, you know.
00:09:32By the woman, I suppose you mean Irene Adler.
00:09:35Yes.
00:09:37I shall always remember her as the woman.
00:09:41Come on.
00:09:50Sorry.
00:09:55Stinky!
00:09:56That's it, old boy.
00:09:57How are you?
00:09:58How are you, old boy?
00:09:58I haven't seen you for years.
00:10:00I want you to meet my old friend Sherlock Holmes.
00:10:02Holmes, this is Stinky.
00:10:03In other words, uh, uh, Julian Emery.
00:10:05How you do, Mr. Emery?
00:10:07Watson has often spoken of you.
00:10:08Oh, Eddie, yes, we were at school together.
00:10:10Yes, more years ago than I care to remember, but you didn't come in here just to remind
00:10:13me of that.
00:10:14No, I just happened to be in the neighborhood and saw your lights burning, so I took the
00:10:18liberty of looking you up.
00:10:19Still writing your mystery stuff?
00:10:21Yes, there's a new one out this week.
00:10:23Good, I never miss them.
00:10:24Oh, good, thanks.
00:10:25I say that bandage makes you look very interesting.
00:10:28Still poking your nose into other people's business as usual?
00:10:31Who hit you?
00:10:32I haven't the foggy's notion.
00:10:33Somebody knocked me on the head in my own living room, and then proceeded to commit the most
00:10:37idiotic burglary you ever heard of.
00:10:39The fellow must have been balmy as a coot.
00:10:40Balmy?
00:10:41Why?
00:10:42Come sit down, old boy.
00:10:43Would you, you like a cup of tea?
00:10:45Oh?
00:10:46Oh, all right.
00:10:48I'll go and tell Mrs. Hudson's brother.
00:10:53Why did you say the robbery was idiotic, Mr. Emery?
00:10:55Oh, simply from the fact that, uh, with about 5,000 pounds worth of musical boxes in my living
00:10:59room, the thief who I caught in the act made off with one that isn't even worth 5 pounds.
00:11:03I gather you're a collector of musical boxes.
00:11:06Yes, I am indeed.
00:11:07Some of them are very beautiful, but not the one that was stolen.
00:11:10The thief evidently grabbed the first thing that came to his hand when he heard me coming
00:11:14into the room.
00:11:15Still, it's rather odd, isn't it, that having disposed of you, he didn't pick up something
00:11:19more valuable.
00:11:20Hmm?
00:11:21Well, is there anything unusual about the stolen box?
00:11:23No, nothing at all.
00:11:25No, I picked it up in the south of France, oh, several years ago.
00:11:28You say you have many valuable music boxes, and yet the thief made off with one that isn't
00:11:33worth 5 pounds.
00:11:34Sounds like rather an intriguing little problem.
00:11:36That's where I take it that you're just an ordinary petty thief and didn't know the value.
00:11:40That is a possible explanation, and yet I venture to say that the average petty thief
00:11:44has a more extensive knowledge of the value of object dar than the average collector.
00:11:48Well, anyway, that's got in the art's theory.
00:11:50They didn't get very excited about it.
00:11:52That's consistent, anyway.
00:11:54I wonder if I might see your collection, Mr. Emery.
00:11:56Oh, of course you could, yes.
00:11:58Nothing a collector likes more than showing off his trophies.
00:12:01When will it suit you?
00:12:02No time like the present.
00:12:04Good.
00:12:04My place is just round in Portman Square.
00:12:06Shall we?
00:12:07Yes, right.
00:12:12Hello?
00:12:13Where are you going?
00:12:14Stinky hasn't had his tea yet.
00:12:15Oh, I'm sorry.
00:12:16We're going round to my place, where I'm going to give you something better than tea.
00:12:21Now, this one was made for Louis XV, and is one of the very few still in existence from
00:12:26that period, and a particularly fine specimen of that.
00:12:32Charming, isn't it?
00:12:33Quite.
00:12:36They all sound to me like a lot of mice running about on a tin roof.
00:12:40I'm afraid you have no ear for music, Watson.
00:12:42Give me a good old band playing a rousing march.
00:12:44You have all your silly little tweet-tweets.
00:12:53Another room.
00:12:57This is me.
00:13:07Stupid thing.
00:13:08Singing rabbit.
00:13:11Why would you say offhand is the value of a box like that, Mr. Emery?
00:13:14Well, it's hard to say out here, but I think we'll bring about five or six hundred pounds
00:13:18a day.
00:13:18It's the gem of my collection.
00:13:20Yet a thief who steals an oddity like a musical box passes up one worth five hundred pounds
00:13:24for one of almost no value at all.
00:13:26Odd.
00:13:27Very odd.
00:13:29What was a stolen box like, Mr. Emery?
00:13:31Oh, just a plain wooden box about so big.
00:13:35As a matter of fact, I have one over here.
00:13:36I'm almost exactly like it.
00:13:39I picked this up yesterday at an auction room in Knightsbridge.
00:13:42Paid only two pounds for it.
00:13:44Of course, I wouldn't in the ordinary way add one like this to my collection, but the
00:13:47tune intrigued me.
00:13:49I'd never heard it before.
00:14:08You have a remarkable ear for music, Herman.
00:14:10Rather an unusual melody.
00:14:11Sit down.
00:14:12Thanks.
00:14:14You, uh, you say you bought that box at an auction sale yesterday?
00:14:17Yes, the Gaylord auction rooms in Knightsbridge.
00:14:21Run by old, uh, what's his name?
00:14:23Crabtree.
00:14:24That's the man.
00:14:25At what time is the robbery committed?
00:14:27Oh, about, uh, three o'clock this morning.
00:14:29You know, Mr. Emery, that box and the robbery might well be cause and effect, especially since
00:14:34you say that the stolen box outwardly resembles this one a great deal.
00:14:38And, uh, Scotland Yard were not particularly interested, eh?
00:14:41Oh, yes, but I wouldn't blame him for that, especially as I told him I was quite unable
00:14:45to describe the thief, except, of course, for the fact that, uh, it was definitely a man.
00:14:49All you remember is that you came in here and someone struck you on the head.
00:14:52Yes, and the next thing I knew, my man was trying to revive me.
00:14:55It might be wise for you to put that box away, someone, lock it up.
00:14:57Oh, I don't think that's necessary.
00:14:59Besides, everything's insured.
00:15:01Well, at least if any further attempts at robbery are made, I'd suggest that you call
00:15:05the police rather than running into any personal danger.
00:15:08Oh, come, Holmes, aren't you being a bit of an alarmist?
00:15:10Possibly.
00:15:11Oh, I must agree with old Stinky.
00:15:12It seems to me you are making rather a mountain out of the Moleskier.
00:15:15Moleskier is the word, old boy, and it's time you were in bed.
00:15:18Thanks so much for letting us see your place.
00:15:20Well, it's been grand meeting you.
00:15:24Holmes, I can't understand why you were so mysterious.
00:15:26It seems to me the petty thief explanation was the only sensible one.
00:15:29Really?
00:15:30I can't see how you can believe it was anything else.
00:15:32I didn't say I believed it to be anything else.
00:15:34The petty thief theory is the obvious one, I grant you.
00:15:36However, it's often a mistake to accept something as true merely because it's obvious.
00:15:41The truth is only arrived at by the painstaking process of eliminating the untrue.
00:15:47We are not able to do that in this case without further data.
00:15:50Rubbish, you're pulling my leg.
00:15:52You're trying to turn a cup and a halfenny robbery into an international plot.
00:15:57No, I'm not.
00:15:57I just hope that your friend Stinky is a little more cautious in the future.
00:16:01Just in case.
00:16:08No, please.
00:16:32Why, of course I remember you, Mrs. Courtney.
00:16:36Yes, you're the one bright spot at their appallingly dull affair of Lady Sampras.
00:16:43Of course it isn't too late to come round.
00:16:45Yes, I shall be delighted to give you a drink.
00:16:49I tell you what, come straight up and I'll leave the door unlocked.
00:16:53Right, what, fifteen minutes? Good.
00:16:56I shall be counting each moment.
00:16:58No, I mean that, really.
00:17:02Right, goodbye.
00:17:21Boo!
00:17:22Oh, you startled me.
00:17:24Did I? Yes.
00:17:26Must be the pixie in me.
00:17:28I know I shouldn't have called you so late.
00:17:30But I was at a party just around the corner
00:17:32and I remembered your invitation to see your collection of musical boxes.
00:17:36My dear Mrs. Courtney,
00:17:37the pleasure is all the greater for being so unexpected.
00:17:40My friends called me Hilda.
00:17:41Thanks. Mine called me Stinky.
00:17:44Stinky, how quaint.
00:17:46Oh, what a perfectly wonderful collection of musical boxes.
00:17:49You know, when you told me you had a collection, I had no idea it was so attractive.
00:17:52Yes.
00:17:53They appealed to the ear as well as to the eye.
00:17:57Oh, what a plain little one.
00:18:00Why, it looks just like a country cousin amid all this grandeur.
00:18:03No, no, no, no.
00:18:03You mustn't underestimate the country cousin.
00:18:06I only last night a burglar broke in here,
00:18:07and with all these to choose from, I went off with one very much like it.
00:18:10Really?
00:18:11Yes, I don't mind the loss of the box so much, but I do resent this crack on the scalp.
00:18:15But it makes you look so interesting.
00:18:16Oh, do you think so?
00:18:17Uh-huh.
00:18:18It's funny that's what old Fatso said.
00:18:20Fatso?
00:18:20I mean, uh, Dr. Watson.
00:18:22He was here this evening with a friend, a Mr. Holmes.
00:18:25He's interested in my collection, too.
00:18:27Sherlock Holmes?
00:18:28Yes. Do you know him?
00:18:29I've heard of him.
00:18:31Yes, he seems to think I'm in some sort of, uh, danger.
00:18:35What a haunting tune. It takes me right back to my childhood.
00:18:38Really?
00:18:39Do you know, it's odd that you should be interested in that particular musical box.
00:18:41Odd? Why?
00:18:42Because Mr. Holmes is also interested in it.
00:18:44He may have been more interested in the tune than in the box.
00:18:48I get you, that's right.
00:18:49I remember now, he whistled it note for note, having heard it only once.
00:18:53Really?
00:18:54He must be a remarkable man.
00:18:56A bit of an alarmist if you ask me.
00:18:58Don't you believe in warnings?
00:18:59Of course not.
00:19:01Who'd want a box like that?
00:19:03I would.
00:19:04You're not serious?
00:19:05Oh, but I am.
00:19:07Well, you, you put me in a very awkward position.
00:19:09I'm a collector, you know.
00:19:11And the collector buys but never sells.
00:19:13But, if the price were high enough.
00:19:17The price has nothing to do with it.
00:19:19It's the principle of the thing.
00:19:22Yes, well, we haven't had our drink.
00:19:24No thanks, I must be getting along.
00:19:28Must you really?
00:19:29I'm afraid so.
00:19:32You're not walking out on me, are you?
00:19:34My reputation.
00:19:36Stinky.
00:19:39I say, you know, you are an attractive woman.
00:19:41Thanks.
00:19:49You fool.
00:19:50I told you to wait outside.
00:19:52What did you have to kill him for?
00:19:54All I had to do was walk out with this.
00:19:56He held you in his arms.
00:19:57Don't touch him.
00:19:59Don't touch anything.
00:20:00Now get out.
00:20:01I'm sorry.
00:20:02You're sorry?
00:20:04What about me?
00:20:05This is murder.
00:20:07What about Scotland Yard?
00:20:08What about Sherlock Holmes?
00:20:11Now get out!
00:20:38Did you get it?
00:20:42Good.
00:20:43Did you have any trouble with him?
00:20:46Just a matter of murder.
00:20:52Power, Mr. Holmes.
00:20:53Hopkins.
00:20:54Thanks for coming so promptly.
00:20:56Inspector Mustard suggested that I call through to you.
00:20:59Mr. Emery was the client of Mr. Holmes, Inspector.
00:21:01Indeed.
00:21:02Who didn't mention that when I telephoned you, Mr. Holmes?
00:21:04Well, not exactly a client, Inspector.
00:21:06Dodgen-Thompson?
00:21:07He was killed between the hours of 11 and 2 o'clock this morning, Mr. Holmes.
00:21:13Must have been someone he knew.
00:21:14Someone of whom he had no suspicion.
00:21:17Poor old Stinky.
00:21:18It's all my fault.
00:21:19I should have prevented this.
00:21:21Well, there's no time to start talking about that now, Doctor.
00:21:24Apparently it's gone.
00:21:26That's the second attempt on the musical box that Emery bought at the auction sale.
00:21:30And this time it was successful.
00:21:31But that box was only worth two pounds.
00:21:33It was worth a man's life, Watson.
00:21:35I think we'd better pay a visit to Gaylord's auction room and that fellow Crabtree.
00:21:39Inspector, may I suggest that you make a complete search of this flat for a small, plain musical box about
00:21:44that size.
00:21:46Come on, Watson.
00:21:49You say the first box went to Mr. Julian Emery, the second to Mr. Kilgore, 143 B Hampton Way,
00:21:54and the third to the unidentified young lady who presumably has a shop and lives near Golders Green.
00:21:59That's right, Mr. Holmes.
00:22:00Isn't it rather strange, Mr. Crabtree, that you should have had three identical musical boxes all playing the same tune.
00:22:05Where'd they come from?
00:22:06Dartmoor Prison.
00:22:07Dartmoor?
00:22:08Yeah, we get a regular shipment from there every month.
00:22:10The inmates manufacture them.
00:22:11Well, they make all kinds of things, you know, pipe racks, waste paper baskets, musical boxes.
00:22:15Did you happen to notice if anyone showed any particular interest during the auction in the purchases of these three
00:22:21boxes?
00:22:23Oh, come on, Mr. Crabtree.
00:22:25This is very literally a matter of life and death.
00:22:27Well, since you put it that way, Mr. Holmes,
00:22:29there was a gentleman came in here about an hour after closing time,
00:22:32and he was in an awful state, he was.
00:22:36He gave me five pounds to tell him where the boxes had gone to.
00:22:38He said they had a sentimental value for him, sir.
00:22:40Expensive sentiment.
00:22:41Can you describe him?
00:22:42He was tall, distinguished looking, and he had grey hair and a moustache.
00:22:46Always quite a gentleman, sir.
00:22:47Now, what was his reaction when you were unable to supply him with the address of the young lady who
00:22:51owned the shop?
00:22:52I told him the young lady usually come back on Thursday.
00:22:55He said he'd come back on Thursday.
00:22:56Now, that's tomorrow.
00:22:57Thank you, Mr. Crabtree.
00:22:58You've been very helpful.
00:23:00Come along, Watson.
00:23:01Where are we going now, Holmes?
00:23:02We're going home by Mr. Kilgore.
00:23:03The men have bought the third box.
00:23:11But hang it all, Holmes.
00:23:12How do you know those other two musical boxes are of any importance?
00:23:15I don't, but I certainly have no intention of waiting until the owners are murdered to find out.
00:23:21No one at home.
00:23:22I hope that's the explanation.
00:23:25I'll have a look through this window.
00:23:31Doesn't seem to be anyone there.
00:23:34The place seems deserted, as far as I can see.
00:23:38Yes.
00:23:39Mr. and Mrs. Kilgore at home?
00:23:41No.
00:23:41When do you expect them?
00:23:42Oh, in an hour or so.
00:23:44There's no use your hanging about.
00:23:46They don't buy nothing from peddlers.
00:23:47Peddlers?
00:23:48My good woman.
00:23:49This is Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
00:23:51Sherlock Holmes?
00:23:52Oh, go on.
00:23:52Do you mind if we come in and wait?
00:23:54My business is rather urgent.
00:23:56Well, I've got to go out and do my shopping.
00:23:58And I don't know if Mrs. Kilgore would like any stranger's nosing about.
00:24:02Quite all right, I assure you.
00:24:03Well, I've got to be off.
00:24:05It's all right in the parlour.
00:24:07And no smoking, either.
00:24:08Mrs. Kilgore says it smells up the house.
00:24:13Funny old girl, Holmes.
00:24:32Mrs. Kilgore says it smells up.
00:24:33Park Lane.
00:24:33Park Lane?
00:24:34And what would the likes of you be doing in Park Lane?
00:24:36Now, don't worry about the fair ducky.
00:24:38If you know how to get to Park Lane, I'll bet.
00:24:46You know, Holmes, I've been thinking.
00:24:48There must have been something hidden in that box of old stinkies.
00:24:52Stolen jewellery, possibly.
00:24:55What's up, Holmes?
00:24:56Listen.
00:24:59What, just the steam in the water pipes?
00:25:07Watson!
00:25:11Great Scott!
00:25:13Come on, Holmes.
00:25:14Get out of the chair here.
00:25:18It's all right, my dear.
00:25:20There, there, there.
00:25:21Now, don't worry.
00:25:24It's all over.
00:25:26There you are, dear.
00:25:27Don't cry any more.
00:25:28She tied me up and shut me in the cupboard.
00:25:31I know, I know.
00:25:32She won't come back.
00:25:34Did you show her your new musical box?
00:25:36Yes, she said she wanted to hear it play.
00:25:39And as soon as I showed it to her, she grabbed all of it.
00:25:41I know, I know.
00:25:42Now, don't worry nobody.
00:25:43We'll buy you a new musical box.
00:25:44Yes, my dear.
00:25:45The best one in London.
00:25:47Watson.
00:25:49Oh, what a fool, what a fool I've been.
00:25:51What do you mean, Holmes?
00:25:52She took the musical box out of this house in that market basket.
00:25:55Right under our very noses.
00:25:56Why could the Kilgore charwoman want to take the music box?
00:25:59She isn't the Kilgore charwoman.
00:26:01She's a consummate actress.
00:26:03An extremely clever, unscrupulous woman who will stop at nothing.
00:26:05Take care of the char, will you, Wolf?
00:26:06I'll take care of her until her parents get back.
00:26:08Explain everything to them.
00:26:09Of course I will not.
00:26:10But, Holmes, where are you going?
00:26:12Somewhere, somehow.
00:26:14I must get to the young lady who bought that third musical box
00:26:16before our opponents find her.
00:26:18I only hope that I won't be too late.
00:26:23Oh, no.
00:26:24No, no.
00:26:25No, no, no, darling.
00:26:26You mustn't cry anymore.
00:26:28Now, cheer up.
00:26:30Would you like to hear old uncle make a noise like a duck?
00:26:35Whack, whack, whack, whack!
00:26:36Whack, whack, whack, whack!
00:26:39Whack, whack, whack, whack, whack, whack!
00:26:42Oh, sorry.
00:26:45Hmm.
00:26:53You're awesome, Ronnie.
00:27:08and now ladies and gentlemen how much am i offered for this beautiful lace dresden china figurine
00:27:14a lady of the french court now this is the genuine article what a beautiful ornament for
00:27:21your mantelpiece or you could use it as a centerpiece on the dining room table now
00:27:24will somebody start me for 10 pounds will somebody start me for 10 pounds eight pounds
00:27:29seven pounds all right five five pounds is offered five pounds is offered five pounds
00:27:34is offered five pounds ten five pounds fifteen five pounds fifty six pounds offered six pounds
00:27:40six pounds going once going twice the third and the last call have you all done sold to the lady
00:27:45from trichnam for six pounds next we have a real museum piece ladies and gentlemen a fine 19th
00:27:53century doll the costume and exact replica of the holiday clothes worn by the hungarian peasant women
00:27:58now ladies and gentlemen an article like this would cost you from 15 to 20 pounds in a west
00:28:03end shop i'm not going to ask for anything like that we'll give me two pounds for it two pounds
00:28:07anybody offer me two pounds two pounds for the hunk the alien two pa one pound what anybody give me
00:28:12one pound anybody offer me one pound for the dollar one one pound is offered ladies and gentlemen one
00:28:16pound is offered now i'm not going to waste your valuable time or mine in trying to get one half
00:28:21of
00:28:21what this beautiful doll is worth if the young lady can steal it for one pound that's her good fortune
00:28:26so it's going once it's going twice the third and last call anymore sold to the young lady for one
00:28:31pound and now ladies and gentlemen may i draw your attention to something which may be a great
00:28:36surprise to you worthy of any collection the only other one like it is in the british museum
00:28:41it's a ming vase of the seventh dynasty this vase lay in a large collection somewhere outside
00:28:48rome for over two centuries i understand it was discovered there by the noted antiquarian sir
00:28:53andrew copleston now some of you may remember sir andrew copleston besides being a noted traveler
00:28:57and antiquarian he's also a gentleman rider
00:29:04a girl with a parcel in her hands that's her are you sure that's the girl well she fits perfectly
00:29:10the auctioneer's description follow her hamid
00:29:23her
00:29:36her
00:29:49it's lovely dear and only one pound we can get at least three for it easily i'll go make some
00:29:55tea
00:29:55i could do with a cup right
00:30:01good afternoon good afternoon i'm looking for a birthday gift for a seven-year-old girl what
00:30:06would you suggest we have some lovely dolls now this hungarian i think she has enough dolls already
00:30:11books are always welcome well i'm looking for something a little different well that's rather
00:30:15cute what is it well that's a musical box children always love them and this is an exceptionally nice
00:30:22one it plays many tunes
00:30:31have you any others yes if you'll just step this way i have only two left
00:30:46are you sure this is all you have i'm sorry they're rather hard to find you know that's our
00:30:52entire allotment i did have one other but i sold it earlier this afternoon but it was only a plain
00:30:57wooden one it wouldn't have been a very nice gift for a child really do you happen to know who
00:31:03the
00:31:03purchaser was why yes he left his card just in case anyone should inquire for him
00:31:16how interesting
00:31:20i'm sorry but i'm afraid i'll have to look a bit further thank you anyway
00:31:24good afternoon thank you
00:31:50heavy
00:31:54all of that cat here now what gotland yard hop in
00:32:06sherlock holmes i might have known we thought we were the hunters instead of which were the hunted
00:32:14we've been fools we played right into his hands of course he's had us followed don't look
00:32:23the man in front of the toy shop
00:32:27hammy turn sharp right at the next corner and again at the next
00:32:37no photograph of her commissioner as i expected she's not a known criminal
00:32:42but i respect to know if you do find her after all she was disguised as a charwoman
00:32:47don't worry old fellow if i ever see it again i'll recognize her
00:32:50well it won't be long till we know who they are and from where they operate
00:32:54who's covering them sergeant thompson's following them sir they won't get away
00:32:58from him he's a good man we could have arrested them at clifford's toy shop if we had any proof
00:33:02but we know that they killed emra proof my dear fellow we must have proof
00:33:09we've x-rayed it sir there's nothing whatever concealed in the box we'll have a look at the plates
00:33:21there must be some clue and it's probably so obvious that we've all overlooked it
00:33:26seems to me we're up against a bunch of lunatics
00:33:30not lunatics my dear fellow extremely astute cold-blooded murderers
00:33:34what can these little musical boxes have in them so important don't forget they
00:33:39were made in dartmoor prison you can smuggle stuff into prison but not out
00:33:43do you want us to break the box apart sir to see if there's anything the x-ray hasn't caught
00:33:47no not yet do you mind if i take it certainly thanks
00:34:00the governor of dartmoor prison informed us sir in answer to mr holmes
00:34:03uh question that all three musical boxes were made by the same convict john davidson serving
00:34:09a seven-year term sir davidson the bank of england plates that'll be all yes sir
00:34:14now we're getting somewhere if wait a minute how did you know about the plates mr holmes i'm a
00:34:20student of crime inspector i make my business to know about such things and when the name of
00:34:24davidson was mentioned well who is this fellow davidson as long as mr holmes seems to know all about
00:34:29it already i suppose there's no harm in telling you uh two years ago in london there occurred a
00:34:36robbery of such tremendous importance although the stolen articles themselves have no intrinsic
00:34:41value whatsoever that the home secretary was instrumental in seeing that not a word of
00:34:45it appeared in any newspaper but you never told me anything about this house
00:34:49you were away at the time articles of no intrinsic value and yet of such importance
00:34:54i don't understand davidson was apprehended within 15 minutes committing the theft but by that time
00:35:01he'd hidden the articles in question and they've yet to be found before going further dr watson i must
00:35:06inform you that this matter is not to be mentioned outside of this room of course not do i look
00:35:10like
00:35:10a man who'd gossip let's not go into that now old fellow shall we davidson have been employed for
00:35:16years in a position of extreme trust by the engravings department of the bank of england the
00:35:21articles he stole were nothing less than a complete duplicate set of plates for printing five pound
00:35:27notes what the bank of england's own plates precisely and with those plates a gang of crooks could flood
00:35:33england with five pound notes not forged in the usual sense of the word but notes undetectable from
00:35:39genuine bank of england notes in any way whatsoever good heavens any whisper at all might have
00:35:44resulted in enormous damage in shaking public confidence in the treasury we tried everything
00:35:48after we arrested davidson offered him a shorter sentence if he'd tell us where he'd hidden the plates
00:35:52why we even put in scotland yard men with him as cell mates but no results obviously davidson
00:35:59a man of strong character and infinite patience yet suddenly he feels impelled to smuggle out the
00:36:05secret of the hiding place of the plates to his confederates why i don't understand mr holmes
00:36:11well for example has the bank of england made any plans to radically change the design of the five
00:36:17pound note so that in say uh seven years from now notes made from the stolen plates would be worthless
00:36:23confidentially mr holmes such a move was discussed but replacing all the five pound
00:36:27notes in circulation would be such a herculean task that nothing's been done about it as yet i see
00:36:33of course there is another possible explanation davidson didn't have much time to find a hiding place
00:36:38before he was captured he may be afraid that the plates will be accidentally discovered before
00:36:43he's released hence his anxiety to communicate their whereabouts to his confederates as soon as
00:36:49possible i believe you've hit it mr holmes i'm sure that the message is contained in this musical box
00:36:57or rather in all three musical boxes since possession of all three seems to be essential
00:37:02so our opponents have two-thirds of the puzzle we have one third well what are you going to do
00:37:07holmes
00:37:07try to deduce the message from the one third that we have
00:37:16so
00:37:24so
00:37:26so
00:37:48it's the same tune as the one played by Emery's musical box and yet it's different
00:37:56sounds the same to me the tune somehow the tune is the key to the mystery
00:38:06it must be the tune otherwise why use three musical boxes to convey the message
00:38:12why not collar boxes or shoe boxes yes oh it's for you inspector oh thank you sir
00:38:21inspector hopkins speaking what
00:38:27where
00:38:29golders green station reports they've just found sergeant thompson's body
00:38:33from the tire marks on his clothes he was apparently run over that taxi
00:38:37what an unfortunate accident not an accident my dear fellow i'm afraid it's murder
00:38:45oh you never know just who you're going to meet
00:38:51when you're walking down a busy london street
00:38:55mrs orchid mrs brown any subject of the crown oh you never know just who you're going to meet
00:39:22now a gentleman is judged by his appearance
00:39:28yes a gentleman is judged by how he talks now he's much better off when he's acting like a toff
00:39:37especially if he's taking him a walk
00:39:41what on earth is this outlandish place a rendezvous for actors actors
00:39:47buskers old boy you've seen them a thousand times actors who entertain the queues
00:39:52waiting outside theaters
00:39:54when you're walking down a busy london street
00:40:04so you better wear your vest
00:40:06go with pies to look your best
00:40:08cause you never know just who you're going to meet
00:40:12so
00:40:33blimey mr ohms
00:40:36how are you joe never pet him and yourself fine thank you i want you to meet a friend of
00:40:41mine dr
00:40:42watson joe's sister oh well any friend of mr holmes is a friend of mine hi joe he did me
00:40:46a good
00:40:46turn once that i'll never forget yes i cleared joe of a most unpleasant charge murder no less
00:40:51oh really by proving to the satisfaction of the police that he was busy at the time blowing
00:40:55open someone's safe that's right governor good gracious me now joe now you can help me
00:41:03come on buzz off buzz off come on up it up it can't a gentleman have some peace and quiet
00:41:07around here
00:41:12and you too there you are mr holmes now we can have some peace and quiet around here thank you
00:41:18joe
00:41:19there's five pounds of this for you well i wouldn't want to take it on myself sir but i can
00:41:24get
00:41:24somebody to do it for you for half of that you don't know what the job is yet for five
00:41:28pounds murder
00:41:29ain't it what no joe not murder just music i want you to identify a song for me oh there
00:41:36ain't a song
00:41:36that's been written that i don't know that's why i came joe of course the violin is more my instrument
00:41:41but um oh well here we go now listen to this joe wait a minute you're playing that wrong that
00:41:53should be e natural not e flat you know the song oh yes it's an old australian song called uh
00:41:59the swagman but you're playing it all wrong that's what i hoped you'd say now listen again joe
00:42:10that's the same tune all right but you're making different mistakes than you did the first time
00:42:14no not mistakes joe call them variations here play the song for me will you the way it's written
00:42:51the way it was originally written oh sure miss downs
00:42:59but it'll take a few minutes here label pale ale come on not to it wrong with it
00:43:18well obviously it isn't the lyrics no combination of those words made any sense at all the variations in
00:43:24the way emory's musical box played the tune are different from the variations the one we have
00:43:28you sure quite you see i took the trouble to memorize the tune as played by emory's box
00:43:32that night we were with him in his sweat oh you amaze me elementary my dear fellow one of the
00:43:37first
00:43:37principles in solving crime is never to disregard anything no matter how trivial but why are three
00:43:42boxes why not one because the message was obviously too long to be conveyed by any one variation
00:43:49then there's the third box the one that woman took from the kilgors
00:43:53that contains yet another set of variations yes sir it's all beyond me
00:43:59well all we have to do now is to find the secret of the variations not a very easy problem
00:44:03to solve my
00:44:04dear fellow hello what's up
00:44:14we've had company
00:44:15i say this is outrageous
00:44:26ask mrs hudson to come in here will you right
00:44:33mrs hudson yes oh there you are will you come up here at once please i'm coming sir
00:44:56mercy me mr holmes what has happened who called while we were out mrs hudson just a young lady
00:45:02the one who said you wanted her to wait for you and a nice little old gentleman
00:45:06our friends again watson friends what did the young lady look like oh i i couldn't see her face
00:45:11she had a heavy black veil on but she had such a nice way with her oh i'm sorry mr
00:45:19holmes if i've
00:45:20done anything wrong but you did say i should always let clients come in and wait for you
00:45:25don't worry mrs hudson don't worry you had no way of knowing it's quite all right quite all right now
00:45:30don't worry mrs hudson don't worry but where on earth's the musical box they didn't get it didn't
00:45:41get it where is it it's in your hand huh in a biscuit jar
00:45:49lick the biscuits off the top
00:45:53now put your hand inside and you'll find the music box
00:45:57well done holmes well done amazing
00:46:19you'll find the music box
00:46:21phew nice fresh smell like a pub after closing time
00:46:31i say holmes what it's morning allow me to congratulate you on a brilliant bit of deduction
00:46:45it's not a transposition not a polygraph transposition not a trigraph
00:46:50nor any known form of decoding how about the morse code have you tried that yes at about three
00:46:56o'clock this morning i'm sorry old man i was only trying to help
00:47:03clinton rick or aliann
00:47:14oh do me a favor not again must have heard that thing a thousand times keep me awake all night
00:47:27not a very distinguished composition i grant you you know perfectly well i don't know one tune from
00:47:32the other when i was a kid my people tried to have me taught the piano i've always felt sorry
00:47:37for that old teacher of mine the poor old girl finally reached the point of numbering the keys
00:47:42for me one two three four even then i i never progressed beyond numbering the keys watson
00:47:47the 19th key of the keyboard is the 19th letter of the alphabet s here
00:47:57first altered note write s first now the eighth a key is h the fifth key e
00:48:08the twelfth key l the sixth key f
00:48:14s-h-e-l-f shelf your piano lessons were not in vain old fellow you've solved it thank you
00:48:24oh thanks old man we now have two thirds of the message behind books third shelf secretary dr s
00:48:37i'm going to have two thirds of the books presumably these are the first and second
00:48:40portions of the message and this gang has the first and third parts of it precisely then it's
00:48:46a stalemate yes commissioner but we can't leave it like that there's no doubt in my mind that they'll
00:48:50try to secure our third of the message that's missing well i assume you've taken every precaution
00:48:54to guard the clifford music oh yes it's carefully hidden at baker street with dr watson on guard
00:48:58however i'm reasonably certain that uh difficult as it may be we can find the plates even without
00:49:04the missing part of the message behind books third shelf secretary dr s and outside of the
00:49:12fact that davidson hid the bank of england plate somewhere in london mr holmes i don't see that we
00:49:16progressed at all allow me to point out to you sir the key words dr s it looks as if
00:49:23the plates were
00:49:23hidden in the house of the doctor whether s stands for his first or last initial remains to be
00:49:28determined by a process of elimination well there must be ten thousand doctors in london with s for
00:49:33a first or last initial precisely and every one of them will have to be questioned in person that's
00:49:39why i say this is a task for scotland yard it's a task all right but scotland yard has searched
00:49:44worse
00:49:44haystacks and found the needle well for the time being i'll leave the matter in your hands gentlemen
00:49:50we'll call you if and when we get a lead on our mysterious dr s in the meantime i intend
00:49:57to
00:49:57follow up a little clue concerning a cigarette
00:50:05you are certain of the identification of the tobacco absolutely i have made up this special
00:50:11blend for only three customers it is almost pure egyptian with admixture of latikea for added body
00:50:20and a pinch of perique merely a whisper as one might say for elusive fragrance yes yes and the um
00:50:27the three customers major wilson in bombay india mrs catherine leamington smith in ireland
00:50:35yes and the third mrs hilda courtney of park mansions bryanston square thank you thank you very much
00:50:42you've been most helpful it is a pleasure to have been of service mr holmes
00:50:56yes mrs cockney yes my name is shellac holmes do come in thank you i've heard of you of course
00:51:04mr
00:51:05holmes i believe we have a mutual friend in sir edward brookdale
00:51:10he's spoken to me of you quite often indeed
00:51:16and to what good fortune am i indebted for this visit
00:51:19i think you know mrs courtney well i i did get a summons for speeding last week
00:51:25but outside of that i don't think i'm of any interest to the police oh come now mrs
00:51:29courtney you seem to forget that you and i have met before i'm sorry i'm sure i would have
00:51:34remembered meeting the great sherlock holmes please sit down thank you you say we met before yes
00:51:42at the home of mr and mrs kilgore 143 b hampton road kilgore i don't think i know anyone of
00:51:50that name
00:51:51why didn't say you knew them as a matter of fact you called on them when they were out
00:51:56i don't understand mr holmes really and you were dressed rather differently indeed cigarette
00:52:23you know mrs cockney people generally forget in assuming a disguise
00:52:30that the shape of the ear is an almost infallible means of recognition and identification to the
00:52:34trained eye evidently you've mistaken me for someone else oh no not at all though naturally
00:52:39i expected your denial but when you paid your visit to my rooms of baker street you carelessly
00:52:45left behind another identification they're uh identical aren't they
00:52:54yes i must admit they are you see mr holmes to catch one as clever as you i had to
00:52:59use a very
00:52:59special lure i knew you'd be unable to resist the bait of my cigarette having read with great interest
00:53:05your monograph on the ashes of 140 different varieties of tobacco i should advise you not to
00:53:11move mr holmes i must congratulate you on your ingenuity mrs courtney it was indeed a brilliantly
00:53:19designed trap thank you mr holmes praise from a master is indeed gratifying i shall always cherish
00:53:25the memory of your flattering words memory precisely i'm afraid these gentlemen have a most regrettable
00:53:34task to perform unless of course you care to turn over the missing musical box with your pledge to
00:53:41take no action against us in the future i'm afraid that will be impossible i thought that would
00:53:46be your answer hummed careful careful there's no need to be unnecessarily rough with our distinguished
00:53:54guests you realize mr holmes that your demise will not take place here the uh corpus delecti you know
00:54:02well naturally shall we go
00:54:06so fearfully awkward having a dead body lying about don't you agree mr holmes another dead body
00:54:12i shouldn't wait too heavily on your conscience mrs cortney
00:54:23you mind if i have a cigarette well i don't see why not
00:54:40be careful hameet it's the brakes they bind
00:54:47thank you colonel kavanagh it's very considerate of you
00:55:17thank you
00:55:19you'll be happy to know mr holmes that your death will be a painless one
00:55:25i mean attach this to the motor of the taxi
00:55:32that little attachment my dear mr holmes contains the deadly fluid known as
00:55:37monosulfrid the germans use it with gratifying results in removing their undesirables
00:55:47the
00:55:48the
00:55:49the
00:55:51the
00:55:52the
00:55:52the
00:56:10Tape his mouth.
00:56:20Now, up with him, Hamid.
00:56:31You find yourself like Mohammed's coffin, Mr. Holmes, suspended between heaven and earth.
00:56:45Plenty of fuel in the tank?
00:56:47Good.
00:56:48It would be too bad to have anything go wrong through so simple an oversight.
00:56:53Come on.
00:56:55Come on.
00:57:02Come on.
00:57:06Come on.
00:57:10Come on.
00:57:12Come on.
00:57:14Come on.
00:57:16Come on.
00:57:18Come on.
00:57:19Come on.
00:57:20Come on.
00:57:21Come on.
00:57:22Come on.
00:57:23Come on.
00:57:23Let's go.
00:57:53Come here.
00:58:00Good afternoon.
00:58:02Mr. Sherlock Holmes?
00:58:03No, I'm Dr. Watson.
00:58:05Oh, of course, Dr. Watson.
00:58:07How stupid of me.
00:58:08Oh, so stupid of me.
00:58:11Won't you come in?
00:58:12Well, I really came to see Mr. Holmes.
00:58:15Oh, I'm afraid he's out. I don't know when he'll be back.
00:58:17Perhaps there's something I can do.
00:58:18Won't you sit down?
00:58:21You know, Sherlock Holmes and I have been engaged on a great many cases.
00:58:26Oh, really?
00:58:26Yes, indeed.
00:58:27As a matter of fact, this very moment we're involved in one of the most baffling...
00:58:31Oh, well, won't you tell me your trouble?
00:58:34I may be able to help you.
00:58:35That's very kind of you, Dr. Watson.
00:58:38Perhaps if I wouldn't be imposing too much...
00:58:40Imposing?
00:58:41Oh, there's no imposition.
00:58:43No imposition at all.
00:58:44A pleasure, I assure you.
00:58:45Oh, now, tell me all about it, Miss...
00:58:47Miss Williams.
00:58:48Miss Williams.
00:58:49I live in Surrey, Dr. Watson, and I've come up to London in sheer desperation.
00:58:54My only sister has disappeared, and the local police seem utterly unable to find her.
00:58:57Well, Holmes and I solved a case exactly like that once.
00:59:00Very interesting, as far as I remember.
00:59:02I call it the adventure of the solitary cyclist.
00:59:07Oh, sorry.
00:59:08Now I've come to think of it, it wasn't so very similar.
00:59:10It was entirely different.
00:59:11I don't think of what I was saying.
00:59:14Uh-oh.
00:59:14Where were we?
00:59:16She's only 17, Dr. Watson, and until she disappeared last Thursday, she seemed to be in the best of spirits.
00:59:24Possibly a romantic entanglement?
00:59:26Oh, no, no, nothing of the sort.
00:59:27She left no note, didn't even pack a bag, no explanation.
00:59:31She just started to walk to the village from our house in broad daylight and simply vanished from the face
00:59:37of the earth.
00:59:37Oh, there, there, there, there.
00:59:40Might I have a glass of water?
00:59:41A glass of water, of course, a glass of water.
00:59:43We'll have one in one minute.
01:00:15There you are, my dear.
01:00:16Thank you, Dr. Watson.
01:00:18No, no, no.
01:00:19You're not to cry anymore.
01:00:19You must pull yourself together.
01:00:21Oh, I feel much better already knowing that you're going to help me.
01:00:23Oh, Dr. Watson, look.
01:00:24Good heavens.
01:00:30Get through.
01:00:31Get through the fire brigade.
01:00:31Quickly.
01:00:36Haven't you a fire extinguisher?
01:00:39My joy, if we have it in the game, we can do it.
01:01:02Don't you worry, Miss Williams, we'll have this thing out in no time.
01:01:05Come on.
01:01:05Come on.
01:01:07Come on.
01:01:08Come on.
01:01:09Come on.
01:01:10Come on.
01:01:14Ah, that's done it.
01:01:20It's the mayor.
01:01:22There, you see, there was no need for the fire brigade after all.
01:01:27I hope you weren't too frightened, Miss Williams.
01:01:32Oh, gone.
01:01:34What's the trouble of women?
01:01:35They always lose their heads in an emergency.
01:01:40Hello?
01:01:46A musical box.
01:01:49Great Scott!
01:01:54Miss Williams!
01:02:01Well?
01:02:04Good.
01:02:05And Holmes?
01:02:06By now, Mr. Holmes has no doubt exchanged his violin for a harp.
01:02:10Always assuming that heaven is his destination.
01:02:15And now that we have the missing musical box.
01:02:27Nineteenth note.
01:02:31Nineteenth note.
01:02:33Nineteenth note.
01:02:34Nineteenth note.
01:02:35Nineteenth note.
01:02:35Yes.
01:02:39He hasn't been there, you say?
01:02:41Holmes, where on earth have you been?
01:02:42I've been trying to get you at the club, at Scotland Yard, all over London.
01:02:47You were looking for me in the wrong places.
01:02:50Holmes, terrible things happened.
01:02:52I've been duped.
01:02:53That woman, she made a complete fool of me.
01:02:56Well, what do you mean?
01:02:57Well, she came here and let off a smoke bomb.
01:02:59I thought the whole place was on fire and my first thought was to save a musical box.
01:03:03No need to say any more.
01:03:04She has the box.
01:03:06Yes.
01:03:06Yes.
01:03:07Don't blame yourself too much, old fellow.
01:03:11She is an extremely clever antagonist.
01:03:16Smoke bomb, you said?
01:03:20Well, you can console yourself with the thought that your charming friend is at least a reader of yours.
01:03:26What do you mean?
01:03:27If I remember correctly, you wrote about my little experiment with smoke and the cry of fire
01:03:31in a story you entitled, A Scandal in Bohemia, which has just appeared in the Strand Magazine.
01:03:36All right, all right, old boy.
01:03:37Don't rub it in.
01:03:39Well, it may turn you up to know that you made a fool of me too.
01:03:44That cigarette stub was planted here for one express purpose.
01:03:49You got a bandaging around this place?
01:03:51Bandaging?
01:03:51What's the matter, Holmes?
01:03:52You hurt?
01:03:54Explanations will have to wait until later at the moment we're faced with a problem,
01:03:57which I fear is insurmountable.
01:03:59Come over here, old boy, will you?
01:04:00Right.
01:04:02Our opponents are in possession of all three parts of the code,
01:04:05and here are we while the Bank of England plates pass into their possession.
01:04:09Cheer up, old fellow, cheer up.
01:04:11As Dr. Samuel Johnson once said,
01:04:13there's no problem the mind of man can set that the mind of man cannot solve.
01:04:18What's that, old fellow?
01:04:19I was just quoting Dr. Samuel Johnson.
01:04:21He said there is no...
01:04:22Thank you, Watson, thank you.
01:04:23Hmm?
01:04:27Leaving the front reception room,
01:04:29we come into the main hall,
01:04:31where Dr. Johnson was in the habit of passing through
01:04:33to have his meagre meals in the dining room opposite,
01:04:37in company with his friend and biographer, James Boswell.
01:04:41We will now pass up the stairway,
01:04:43which remains in its natural wood finish,
01:04:46just as it was when the good doctor was here.
01:04:49The framed etching on the wall
01:04:51is believed to have been presented to Dr. Johnson
01:04:53by the distinguished painter, Sir Joshua Reynolds.
01:04:57I've been told here that that picture was given in by Mrs. Thrail,
01:05:01and it's definitely not a Reynolds.
01:05:04Is that important, my dear?
01:05:06Oh, I'm sorry.
01:05:09This way, ladies and gentlemen, please, this way.
01:05:11Move along, children, move along.
01:05:14The secretary's not on this floor.
01:05:15Patience, Hamid.
01:05:16I have a feeling that...
01:05:18My dear Colonel, with Sherlock Holmes out of the way,
01:05:20what could go wrong?
01:05:29And here we have the Garrett Library,
01:05:32in which Dr. Johnson wrote his famous dictionary,
01:05:35and in which you will see also
01:05:37many of the great man's books and other items of interest.
01:05:40Step forward, ladies and gentlemen, please, step forward.
01:05:43Standing in the corner is the secretary,
01:05:45which contains many of the original works
01:05:47by the literary genius.
01:05:49On this table, Dr. Johnson's cat, Hodge,
01:05:52used to sleep while his master worked.
01:05:55A strange thing about this cat, ladies and gentlemen,
01:05:57was its love of oysters.
01:05:59They do say that the dear doctor often went hungry
01:06:02to find the cat that delicacy.
01:06:05What a pity.
01:06:06Now we will visit the great room,
01:06:08which is immediately below us,
01:06:10in which you will see the very bed
01:06:12in which Dr. Johnson died.
01:06:14What did he die of?
01:06:16Gout.
01:06:18Just gout.
01:06:20This way, ladies and gentlemen.
01:06:21Mind the steps, please.
01:06:35My keys.
01:06:52The third shelf up.
01:07:00The knife.
01:07:06Gentlemen, the Bank of England plates.
01:07:11Well, Mrs. Courtney, so we meet again.
01:07:14No, I shouldn't do that if I were you, Colonel Kavanagh.
01:07:17I must congratulate you, Mr. Holmes.
01:07:20You're far more clever than I thought.
01:07:23Thank you, Mrs. Courtney.
01:07:25A phrase from you is indeed gratifying.
01:07:28I shall always cherish the memory
01:07:30of your flattering words.
01:07:33Memory?
01:07:34Oh.
01:07:36And now I have a most regrettable task to perform.
01:07:44Holmes!
01:07:46Coming, Holmes!
01:07:49Holmes!
01:07:51You all right?
01:07:52Perfectly thank you, old fellow,
01:07:53but I think this gentleman on the floor requires some medical attention.
01:07:56We must see that he looks his best, you know, when he's hanged.
01:07:58Take them in charge.
01:08:16A brilliant antagonist.
01:08:18It's a pity her talents were so misdirected.
01:08:21Will you see that these plates are returned to the Bank of England, Inspector?
01:08:24I still don't understand how you solved it, Mr. Holmes.
01:08:26It's entirely due to Dr. Watson.
01:08:28He gave me the clue when he mentioned Dr. Samuel Johnson.
01:08:32Well, congratulations, Doctor.
01:08:33Oh, thank you, Inspector.
01:08:34I don't think I'd have done it entirely without Mr. Holmes's help, you know.
01:08:37Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
01:08:52We'll soon be there now, too.
01:08:52Cool, thank you.
01:08:52Oh, my God, I might cry, because I worshiped Dude Tom.
01:08:53Oh, that's a pity.
01:08:54Come on.
01:08:54Oh, no!
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