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Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Wontner) puts his retirement on hold to investigate one last murder. With his trusty sidekick, Dr. Watson (Ian Fleming), in tow, Holmes uses his unique insights and techniques to find clues about the murderer. He soon discovers that the diabolical plot involves not only his arch rival, professor Moriarty (Lyn Harding), but also an international cabal including American gangsters and a secret society. Holmes must unravel the case before it's too late.
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00:03:21Excuse me, Mr. Holmes.
00:03:23There's a gentleman outside.
00:03:24I've got to see you in particular.
00:03:26Oh?
00:03:27What's a gentleman like?
00:03:29He's an old gentleman and very tall.
00:03:31Ask him to come up.
00:03:33Yes, sir.
00:03:36Sir, another well-wisher.
00:03:50Come in, my dear professor.
00:03:59May I point out, Mr. Holmes, that it is a very dangerous habit
00:04:03to ping a loaded revolver in the pocket of one's dressing gown?
00:04:07Just a slight precaution, professor.
00:04:10As a matter of fact, I half expected a visit from you
00:04:13to satisfy yourself personally that I really was going.
00:04:18Your perception, as usual, does you credit, Mr. Holmes.
00:04:21I must confess that, personally speaking,
00:04:24I cannot regret your intention to retire.
00:04:27I can well believe you, professor.
00:04:29I also feel that from your own point of view,
00:04:32it is a very wise course.
00:04:34In fact, it is the only course possible.
00:04:37I'm afraid I don't quite follow.
00:04:39Do you not, Mr. Holmes?
00:04:42Allow me to refresh your memory.
00:04:49Listen, Mr. Holmes.
00:04:52On the 4th of January last, you crossed my path.
00:04:57On the 23rd, you incommoded me.
00:05:01By the middle of February, I was very much inconvenienced by you.
00:05:06And at the end of March,
00:05:09I was seriously hampered in my plans.
00:05:13The situation, in fact, had become an impossible one.
00:05:18Oh, that was my intention.
00:05:20Mr. Holmes,
00:05:21it has been an intellectual treat with you.
00:05:24And I say unaffectedly,
00:05:26it would have been a great treat to me
00:05:28to have been forced to take any extreme measures.
00:05:32Danger happens to be part of my trade, professor.
00:05:36Danger?
00:05:37It isn't a question of danger,
00:05:38but of inevitable destruction.
00:05:41Therefore, I say again,
00:05:43you are wise to retire.
00:05:45When you once get to the country,
00:05:47take my advice and stay there.
00:05:50Then suppose I should reconsider my decision.
00:05:53You have my warning.
00:05:55I wish you a pleasant and permanent retirement.
00:06:13Now, see here, Colonel Moran.
00:06:16How much longer have I got away?
00:06:18Where is this Mr. Moriarty?
00:06:20He's received your message,
00:06:22and he'll see you as soon as it's convenient to him.
00:06:24He's waiting here for three-quarters of an hour.
00:06:27Who the devil does he think he is?
00:06:28If I may give you a word of advice, Mr. Moriarty,
00:06:32I should moderate your tone a little
00:06:34when you meet the professor.
00:06:35Is that so?
00:06:40Hey, you!
00:06:42Wait a minute!
00:06:45What devil tricks this?
00:06:49No devil tricks.
00:06:52I only wanted to prevent your going
00:06:54before I had spoken to you.
00:06:56And who gave you the right to turn a key at me, huh?
00:06:59We didn't discuss that matter.
00:07:01I understand you have a proposition to make to me.
00:07:04Maybe I have.
00:07:05Maybe I've changed my mind.
00:07:07Why, that kept me away.
00:07:08I speak to people when I choose, Mr. Moriarty.
00:07:12Not for me, you don't.
00:07:13Unlock that door.
00:07:14Sit down.
00:07:15I cut open that door.
00:07:18Sit down.
00:07:19Sit down.
00:07:32You're merely wasting time.
00:07:35You traveled here on a false passport.
00:07:38And the American police would be interested
00:07:40to know your whereabouts.
00:07:42So you will do as you're told.
00:07:47Okay, Mr. Moriarty.
00:07:49I understand you represent an American society
00:07:52which is anxious to remove one of its ex-members
00:07:56who is now living in this country under an assumed name.
00:08:00That is so.
00:08:01And you wish the aid of my organization.
00:08:04What do you propose to pay?
00:08:06$50,000.
00:08:08Reasonable.
00:08:09Now you will tell me all you know about this man.
00:08:13How you traced him to England.
00:08:15When he arrived here.
00:08:16And in what part of the country he was last heard of.
00:08:19Colonel Moran speaking.
00:08:22Yes, he's interviewing the professor now.
00:08:24Yes, we're quite satisfied with his credentials.
00:08:27It's simply a question of whether the professor
00:08:29decides to take up the case or not.
00:08:31I will take up the case, Mr. Balding, on one condition.
00:08:35Yes, you place yourself entirely in my hands.
00:08:38Carry out my instructions implicitly.
00:08:41And obey my slightest order without question.
00:08:46Very well.
00:08:48Good.
00:08:49You will now return to your hotel.
00:08:51You will make no move, whatever, until you hear from me.
00:08:55When's that likely to be?
00:08:56It may be a week.
00:08:57It may be a month.
00:08:59Rest assured you will hear from me.
00:09:02When I am ready, your orders will be delivered by hand.
00:09:05You understand?
00:09:07I get you.
00:09:08Very well.
00:09:09But you will now find the door open.
00:09:13Good day.
00:09:15Okay.
00:09:16I'm relying on you, professor.
00:09:22Oh, by the way, don't forget...
00:09:41Going downstairs again, darling?
00:09:43Yeah, for a little.
00:09:43I don't think I'm going to sleep.
00:09:45You've been dreadful in there with you all day, dear.
00:09:47Is anything wrong?
00:09:49No, dear, nothing.
00:09:50I just don't feel I'm going to sleep, that's all.
00:09:52I see.
00:09:57Okay.
00:09:58Is anything wrong?
00:09:59No, I read up my glasses down to the door.
00:10:01Good night, everyone.
00:10:02Roger.
00:10:04Roger.
00:10:04Oh, bye.
00:10:12Okay.
00:11:14Is Mrs. Watson coming down with the doctor?
00:11:16No.
00:11:17No, she isn't.
00:11:18I gather that she's too busy in Baker Street.
00:11:21Oh, take an old and see the doctor.
00:11:23Yes.
00:11:24Is it or does the doctor?
00:11:26Oh.
00:11:27Oh, here he is.
00:11:28Good morning, Holmes.
00:11:29Oh, dear Watson.
00:11:30I'm delighted to see you.
00:11:32Good morning, Mrs. Hudson.
00:11:33Good morning, Doctor.
00:11:34Well, how are you?
00:11:34Oh, I'm much better, thank you.
00:11:36What are you looking better?
00:11:36I hope Mrs. Hudson's seen that you have proper meals.
00:11:39Oh, I'm living like a fighting job.
00:11:42We had a delicious chicken casserole yesterday.
00:11:46Good grief.
00:11:46Yes.
00:11:47And you let it all get cold while you were deducing the eight of the chickens.
00:11:54As a matter of fact, Watson, it is a tough proposition.
00:11:57I'd get off more than I could chew.
00:12:00Well, go away inside, Watson.
00:12:01Have a drink.
00:12:03I know you must need one after your long journey.
00:12:05Yes, I could do one thing.
00:12:12Oh, this is very nice, Holmes.
00:12:18You'll help yourself, Watson.
00:12:20Thanks.
00:12:23It's so cuiric acid.
00:12:27You're developing a curious sense of humor.
00:12:30So I do.
00:12:32Well, you settled in comfortably in Bakersfield.
00:12:35As far as I can see, we are.
00:12:37But Mrs. Watson doesn't seem to think so.
00:12:38No.
00:12:39No, you've been moving things about a bit.
00:12:42Yes.
00:12:42You moved your shaving mirror over to the fireplace.
00:12:45Yes, that's right.
00:12:46My wife has a dressing table where we used to have...
00:12:51How do you know?
00:12:52My dear Watson, you're a man of precise habits and considerable regard to your personal appearance.
00:12:57As I observed that once the right-hand side of your face is closely shaved,
00:13:00the further we get to the left, the more careless your shaving appears.
00:13:05As soon as we come to the angle of the jaw, it is possibly suddenly.
00:13:09See, I don't deduce, therefore, that you've placed your shaving mirror
00:13:13where the light strikes on the right side of the face.
00:13:17The bed is obviously because the end of the room,
00:13:20therefore the fireplace is the only place left which could produce that result.
00:13:24Amazing, Holmes.
00:13:25Elementary, my dear Watson.
00:13:27Elementary.
00:13:28Oh, by the way, I've got a letter for you.
00:13:30Oh, Harry, thank you very much.
00:13:34Well, this is interesting.
00:13:36Yeah?
00:13:38This is a letter from Porlock.
00:13:39Well, who's Porlock?
00:13:41Well, it's rather difficult to say.
00:13:43He's a gentleman of many aliases.
00:13:46He wouldn't be of any importance except for the fact that he's one of Moriarty's creatures.
00:13:49Oh, I see, Moriarty.
00:13:51A link in the chain.
00:13:53It's a good way down the chain.
00:13:55Not a very good link.
00:14:02Now, look here, Holmes.
00:14:04Please remember that you've retired.
00:14:06Pricey sent me advance information that has enabled me to prevent a crime.
00:14:10Whether it was his conscience that made him do it
00:14:13or a ten-pound note sent to him by devious messes,
00:14:15I've never discovered.
00:14:18What do you make of that, Watson?
00:14:19I don't want to make anything of it.
00:14:20Put it in the waste paper basket.
00:14:22My dear Watson, I'm willing to put anything in the waste paper basket
00:14:25if I can do so with a clear conscience.
00:14:28I might never forgive myself if I did so in this case.
00:14:32What do you mean?
00:14:33I mean that something sinister is a foot, Watson.
00:14:37Just cast your eye over there.
00:14:41Obviously in the cipher.
00:14:42How true, Watson.
00:14:43How true.
00:14:44I'm glad you spotted it.
00:14:46Yes, there's only one word.
00:14:47Both.
00:14:48And then there's a series of numbers that obviously represent other words.
00:14:52Probably taken from some book.
00:14:53Now, the point is, what book?
00:14:55Why doesn't the fool tell you?
00:14:56My dear Watson, send the key of the cipher in the same envelope as the cipher itself.
00:15:00I don't know what your fellow, the key will probably follow.
00:15:03In another envelope.
00:15:05And meanwhile, it might be instructive with the sight of the cipher this ourselves.
00:15:12Now, the cipher message begins with the number 534.
00:15:16That's probably page 534.
00:15:18I think we've got a large book.
00:15:21The next line is C2.
00:15:22What do you make of that, Watson?
00:15:24Chapter 2, of course.
00:15:26Well, hardly that.
00:15:27What size book would it be of Chapter 2, or on page 534?
00:15:31For a column, then.
00:15:34Brilliant, Watson.
00:15:34Brilliant.
00:15:35Well, it's your city lady this morning.
00:15:37Now, we've got a large book.
00:15:39Printed in double columns.
00:15:41Any other suggestions?
00:15:43Of the Bible?
00:15:44My dear Watson, you'd sell yourself.
00:15:47I remarked it now.
00:15:49Forlock is one of Moriarty's men.
00:15:50And I can hardly imagine any less likely book in his possession than the Bible.
00:15:55No, the Bible has too many editions.
00:15:58No.
00:15:59No, this must be a standardized book.
00:16:02And page 534 would be the same in all copies.
00:16:08Try again, Watson.
00:16:09How about Branshaw?
00:16:11What, the ABC?
00:16:12Well, that's a good idea, Watson.
00:16:13But, you know, I may say so.
00:16:14It's not quite good enough.
00:16:16I know.
00:16:16Whitaker's almanac.
00:16:18Now, come along.
00:16:19Well, let's see what page 534 has in store for us.
00:16:25Just write this down.
00:16:31Danger?
00:16:33Good, Watson.
00:16:34Good.
00:16:34You got that down?
00:16:35Yeah.
00:16:35Here we go.
00:16:38Owner?
00:16:42Burstyn Castle.
00:16:45What does it mean?
00:16:46It means, Watson, that some devilry is brewing against the owner of Burstyn Castle.
00:16:51Excuse me, Mr. Holmes.
00:16:53Here's Inspector Lestrade.
00:16:54Oh, hello.
00:16:55Good morning, gentlemen.
00:16:56Good morning, Lestrade.
00:16:57I can't believe he wasn't to come running, Mr. Holmes.
00:16:59But he said he would let me if I wouldn't let him in.
00:17:02That's all right, Mrs. Paterson.
00:17:03That's all right.
00:17:03You understand, Inspector, that Mr. Holmes is retired.
00:17:06You're not going to beg him up to London?
00:17:07Oh, no, sir.
00:17:08I wasn't thinking of doing that.
00:17:09I had called him to ask Mr. Holmes if he'd be good enough.
00:17:15Burstyn?
00:17:16Well, what's this, Mr. Holmes?
00:17:19This is magic.
00:17:20That's a cipher that Watson has just solved.
00:17:24Well, what's the matter, Inspector?
00:17:26The matter only that Mr. Douglas of Burlstone Castle was horribly murdered last night.
00:17:29What?
00:17:30Shot.
00:17:30Face completely blown away.
00:17:32The Porlock's message came too late.
00:17:34Porlock?
00:17:36Who's Porlock?
00:17:37And how can he prophesy murder?
00:17:40Gamble will postmark.
00:17:41Well, that doesn't tell us much.
00:17:43It tells you as much as you really know, Inspector.
00:17:45Inspector, I used to send him money to the Campbell will post office.
00:17:49Didn't you find out who called for it?
00:17:50No.
00:17:51No, I promised not to try and chase him.
00:17:54You know, I gather he was rather shy.
00:17:57Not to say retiring, Mr. Victor.
00:17:59Well, we can't waste any more time.
00:18:01Will you come over to Burlstone with Mr. Holmes?
00:18:03On the way, I'll tell you all I know.
00:18:05We're not going far, then.
00:18:08About 20 miles.
00:18:10You'll be back for lunch.
00:18:11I forbid it.
00:18:12I'd sooner go myself than let you go.
00:18:14Excitement's bad for you.
00:18:16I appeal to you, Inspector.
00:18:17He really ought not to go.
00:18:18My dear Watson, I appreciate your thought in this.
00:18:21I wouldn't dream of going if I were not convinced that Moriarty is behind all this.
00:18:26Not your Professor Moriarty?
00:18:28Yes, Lestrade.
00:18:29Professor Moriarty.
00:18:30My dear Mr. Holmes, you're beginning to see his hand in everything.
00:18:33Bullock is one of Moriarty's men.
00:18:36My dear Lestrade, I'll bet you my new beehive, your old bowler hat, that you'll find that
00:18:41Moriarty's behind this boat.
00:18:43All right, I'll take you.
00:18:44Good.
00:18:45This will take well back into the past, Watson.
00:18:48I suggest you that it remains in the old outer fortifications.
00:18:52Yes, obviously.
00:18:53Well, I suggest, Mr. Holmes, that we should do better to go inside and view the scene of
00:18:57the tragedy.
00:18:58My dear Lestrade, I always think it's wise to get one bearing before proceeding into
00:19:05deeper waters.
00:19:08Well, dear Watson, what kind of a tree is it that comes to maturity and blossoms in water?
00:19:13No, no, no, no.
00:19:13This water is a recent addition.
00:19:16Makes it much more difficult to get out of the window.
00:19:18Yes.
00:19:19Yes, Watson.
00:19:20Or to get in.
00:19:22Possibly Mr. Douglas anticipated this crime.
00:19:25Ah, Inspector Griffith.
00:19:27This is Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
00:19:28How do you do, sir?
00:19:29How do you do?
00:19:30Oh, this is my friend, Dr. Watson.
00:19:32How do you do?
00:19:33How do you do?
00:19:33Well, shall we get in?
00:19:35By all means, Inspector Griffith.
00:19:40This is what it was done with, Mr. Holmes.
00:19:43I found it lying just there.
00:19:45There was no sign of a struggle except the peculiar position of that chair.
00:19:50Now, tell me, who else beside Mr. Douglas was in the house at the time of the tragedy?
00:19:55Mrs. Douglas and Mr. Cecil Barker, a friend of the family.
00:19:58Here you are, Mr. Holmes.
00:20:04Here we are.
00:20:05These are dreadful injuries.
00:20:06Must have been a point-blank range.
00:20:08Whoever did this didn't intend to miss.
00:20:10Well, one could hardly miss with a saw-off shotgun.
00:20:13The American.
00:20:14Pennsylvania's four-arms company.
00:20:16You'll observe that the triggers are wired together.
00:20:19We got both barrels at once.
00:20:22What do you make of this card, Mr. Holmes?
00:20:24The V-3-4-1.
00:20:26It's found pinned to the body.
00:20:30Rough cardboard.
00:20:32It's not written in this room.
00:20:34If this was done with a broad nib, these are tight.
00:20:36What does it mean, Holmes?
00:20:38You say the drawbridge is raised every evening?
00:20:40Yes, about sunset.
00:20:42And the tragedy occurred about half past 11 years?
00:20:46Obviously.
00:20:47True, sir.
00:20:47We thought that it was first, sir.
00:20:51You were blurred, of course, that someone had been hiding here.
00:20:54Who?
00:20:56There are distinct marks of muddy boots.
00:21:02When are these curtains drawn?
00:21:04A dust.
00:21:05So the man must have got in after the curtains were drawn and before the bridge was raised.
00:21:09Yes, but I observe when I arrive that the boat doesn't extend right round the castle.
00:21:14The ruined tower at the end of the building is accessible without crossing the drawbridge.
00:21:18Yes, but the only way from the tower to this part of the house is through this solid oak door,
00:21:22which is always kept locked.
00:21:29Is it?
00:21:31Why, Joe, Holmes?
00:21:32He doesn't seem to be locked now, does it?
00:21:34Well, that's funny.
00:21:35I always understood.
00:21:36Yes, we'll return to that later.
00:21:38And meanwhile, I must ask you to make no reference whatever I see.
00:21:43Now I think we'll have another look at the bottle.
00:21:45Oh, well, I should like to have a word with that Mr. Cecil Barker.
00:21:48Very good, sir.
00:21:54What do you make of this curious mark on Douglass's forearm home?
00:21:59Do you think it's a sign of some secret authority?
00:22:02How would you say that was done, Watson?
00:22:05It isn't tattooing.
00:22:06No, it's a brand.
00:22:07It's been done with a red hot iron.
00:22:09Very painful.
00:22:13Mr. Barker, this is Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
00:22:16How do you do?
00:22:17I'm very glad you're able to come, Mr. Hans.
00:22:21Oh, this is my friend, Dr. Watson.
00:22:23How do you do?
00:22:24How do you do?
00:22:25Now, Mr. Barker, I understand you discovered the body.
00:22:29Yes.
00:22:29I had the shot and came straight down.
00:22:32Poor Douglas is lying where you see him now.
00:22:35The lighted candle was on the table.
00:22:37This candle?
00:22:38Yes.
00:22:39And you gave the alarm immediately?
00:22:42Yes, I rang the bell for Ames.
00:22:44That's the butler.
00:22:45And a minute later, he came in.
00:22:46So that within two minutes of the murder, Ames was in this room?
00:22:50Yes.
00:22:51What was the first thing he did?
00:22:53He put that lamp he was carrying on the table.
00:22:55Blew out the candle.
00:22:57As a matter of fact, I was here so quickly myself after the shot.
00:23:00But I must actually have been in the room while the murderer was escaping through the window.
00:23:05Why do you say through the window?
00:23:08Because there's no other way out.
00:23:10That door to the power is always locked.
00:23:13But we've just...
00:23:13Now, tell me, Mr. Barker, did Mrs. Douglas come in here after the tragedy?
00:23:19No, I was able to stop by just in time.
00:23:21How long have you known Mr. and Mrs. Douglas?
00:23:23About a year.
00:23:24I met them when they first came to Fitzland.
00:23:26How long have they been here?
00:23:29About nine months.
00:23:31You don't know anything about Sir Douglas' past life.
00:23:35Sir, he used to live in Chicago.
00:23:36I never heard him speak of any secret society.
00:23:39Funny you could mention that.
00:23:41He never told me about it himself, but I always got the impression that he...
00:23:43He was a member of one, or an ex-member.
00:23:45You don't know what that mark on his arm was?
00:23:47No.
00:23:49I've seen it often, of course, but he never told me what it was.
00:23:51I never liked to ask him.
00:23:52There's one of the things that rather made me wonder about that secret society.
00:23:55Anything odd about his behavior at any time?
00:23:59Well, he hated meeting people.
00:24:02In Fitzland, he hardly ever moved from his chalet in the mountains.
00:24:05It rather made me wonder if somebody was off to him.
00:24:07When he suddenly packed both into England, it made me wonder all the more.
00:24:11Come in.
00:24:16Excuse me, sir, but Mrs. Douglas would like to see Mr. Holmes when he's finished his investigation in this room.
00:24:21Oh, certainly.
00:24:28Now, Mr. Barclay, would you be good enough to tell me, Mrs. Douglas, that I'll be with you in a
00:24:31minute.
00:24:32Oh, Anne?
00:24:33Yes, sir.
00:24:34If you're here, you may as well answer a few questions.
00:24:36Very good, sir.
00:24:37Now, regarding the tragedy, did you hear the report of the gun?
00:24:40No, sir.
00:24:41You know what these old houses are.
00:24:43Walls are a mile thick.
00:24:44Now, Anne.
00:24:45Yes, sir.
00:24:47When you entered the room, this candle was a light, I understand.
00:24:52Yes, sir.
00:24:52Where would Mr. Douglas have gotten it from?
00:24:54His bedroom, sir.
00:24:56I had orders to see that one was always on his bedside table.
00:24:59And you put this one there yourself?
00:25:01Yes, sir.
00:25:02I remember he told me his old one had burned right down, so I put in a new one.
00:25:07Oh, it is a new one?
00:25:09Yes, sir.
00:25:12It hasn't been relit since the tragedy?
00:25:14No, sir.
00:25:14I'll vouch for that, sir.
00:25:17Ah.
00:25:24Did these candles come out of the same box as that one on the table?
00:25:29Yes, sir.
00:25:30Yes.
00:25:31Yes, thank you.
00:25:33Have there been any strangers about the place lately?
00:25:36No, sir.
00:25:37Oh, wait a minute.
00:25:38An old gentleman did call a little while back to look over the ruin part.
00:25:42We often have people come to see that.
00:25:44It dates from the Norman Conquest.
00:25:46That's right.
00:25:47That's right.
00:25:48Well, there's nothing more that you can tell me, Ed.
00:25:49No, sir.
00:25:50I can't make head or tail of the whole ring.
00:25:53Fairly beats me.
00:25:54And the wedding ring being missing, too.
00:25:57Wedding ring?
00:25:58Didn't Mr. Barker tell you?
00:26:00Not a word.
00:26:01What about the wedding ring?
00:26:02The master always wore a plain gold wedding ring under the one with the rough gold nugget on it.
00:26:08Under?
00:26:08Yes, sir.
00:26:09I never saw him without it.
00:26:11For the murderer to take that and leave the other seems so strange, doesn't it?
00:26:15Here.
00:26:16Here.
00:26:17Here.
00:26:17Oh, there's just one more question, Ed.
00:26:19Did your master ever do exercises in the morning?
00:26:23Yes, sir.
00:26:23Every morning.
00:26:24Hmm.
00:26:25As regularly as clockwork.
00:26:29Will that be all, sir?
00:26:30Yes, thank you.
00:26:35Well, Mr. Holmes, the most important point so far is that obviously this has something to do with the secret
00:26:41society.
00:26:42On the contrary, my dear, I suggest that the most important point so far is that Mr. Douglas did exercises
00:26:48every morning.
00:26:49You can't be serious, Mr. Holmes.
00:26:52Mark you, I don't mind you asking all these questions about exercises and candles.
00:26:56But I can't see how they helped to clear up what we're investigating.
00:27:01I'm sorry, Mrs. Douglas and Mr. Holmes will see her.
00:27:05Now, I'd like to ask you one or two questions, if you don't mind.
00:27:08Yes, sir.
00:27:08Did you know Mrs. Douglas before her marriage?
00:27:12No.
00:27:13But you've seen a good deal of her since.
00:27:15What are you suggesting?
00:27:17I've seen a good deal of him.
00:27:18I'm not suggesting anything.
00:27:19I'm here to get back.
00:27:20Did Mr. Douglas entirely approve of your friendship with his wife?
00:27:25I refuse to answer.
00:27:26I suppose you realize that your refusal indicates that you have something to hide.
00:27:29I've got nothing to hide.
00:27:31I can't help but it indicates to you.
00:27:33Now, look here, sir.
00:27:34It won't do any good to adopt that attitude.
00:27:38All right, I'm sorry.
00:27:39I know you're only doing no duty.
00:27:42As a matter of fact, I may as well tell you.
00:27:44Poor Douglas did have one fault, and that was jealousy.
00:27:47He liked my being here, but if that's Mrs. Douglas and I had too much to say to each other,
00:27:52used to go off the deep end and see the wildest things.
00:27:55But I assure you that no man ever had a more faithful wife than Eddie or a more loyal friend
00:28:00than I.
00:28:00No doubt.
00:28:02Still, the fact that his wedding ring is missing rather suggests that the marriage and the tragedy were in some
00:28:08way connected.
00:28:09I have no idea what it suggests.
00:28:10If you're insinuating there's anything between me and Mrs. Douglas, you're on the wrong track, that's all.
00:28:15Oh, I don't think I have anything more to say to you.
00:28:18Any more questions, Mr. Holmes?
00:28:20Not in the moment, Liz.
00:28:21Mr. Holmes said no.
00:28:22It immensely adds to the zest of an investigation when one is in conscious sympathy with the historical atmosphere of
00:28:29one's surroundings.
00:28:31May I commend this little book for your attention?
00:28:34Mr. Holmes?
00:28:35Huh!
00:28:36I've got something better to do than to read that sort of stuff.
00:28:39All right.
00:28:39Well, that's pity, Lestrade.
00:28:41It's a pity because you see here that this castle was erected in the fifth year of the reign of
00:28:45James I.
00:28:46And there are various associations of interest connected with this ancient building.
00:28:50I don't doubt it, but that's got nothing to do with us.
00:28:53Breast of view, my dear Lestrade, is one of the essentials of our profession.
00:28:58Well, ladies, don't seem to agree with this.
00:29:00First, we'd better go and see Mrs. Douglas.
00:29:01Ah, there's better.
00:29:02Now, show you the way.
00:29:06You can remove the body.
00:29:08Very good, sir.
00:29:16That's it.
00:29:20You've missed Inspector Lestrade.
00:29:22This is Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
00:29:24How do you do, Mr. Holmes?
00:29:26How do you do?
00:29:29Well, may I present my friend, Dr. Watson.
00:29:32How do you do?
00:29:34It was good of you to come, Mr. Holmes.
00:29:36Not at all.
00:29:38I hope I may be of service to you.
00:29:41Won't you make yourselves comfortable?
00:29:44Well, I think I shall leave you now.
00:29:47If you want me, I shall be in the garden.
00:29:54Now, Mrs. Douglas, I wonder if you can give us any help.
00:29:58I wish I could.
00:29:59But I didn't see the tragedy.
00:30:01So I understand.
00:30:02But you heard the shot.
00:30:03Now, how long after that were you stopped on the stairs by Mr. Barkley?
00:30:08A couple of minutes.
00:30:09I just had to put on a wrap and some slippers.
00:30:13How long had your husband been downstairs before you heard the shot?
00:30:19Two or three minutes.
00:30:21Not more than five.
00:30:26Where were you married, Mrs. Douglas?
00:30:28In New York.
00:30:30Ah.
00:30:30In America.
00:30:33Have you ever suspected there was some danger threatening your husband?
00:30:37And that he knew it?
00:30:38Yes, I have.
00:30:39In fact, I'm sure of it.
00:30:41But he wouldn't talk about it.
00:30:44Not that there wasn't complete love and understanding between us, but...
00:30:47Well, it's just that he didn't want me to be worried.
00:30:51You know nothing of his life in America that could have caused that threatening danger?
00:30:55Nothing at all.
00:30:57That mark on his arm.
00:30:59You know what that is?
00:31:01No.
00:31:02You never asked it.
00:31:03Yes, I did once, but he refused to discuss it.
00:31:07So I never asked again.
00:31:08You have no idea what it is?
00:31:10None whatsoever.
00:31:13Can you suggest anything?
00:31:15Mrs. Douglas, I suggest that you tell me the truth.
00:31:20Mr. Holmes!
00:31:21You know perfectly well what that mark is.
00:31:24You couldn't possibly have lived in America without knowing.
00:31:27That mark is the brand of the scourers.
00:31:30The scourers?
00:31:32Yes, an American secret society which terrorized the cold district of Vermeer.
00:31:36And which was broken up some years ago.
00:31:38Well, I'm bound to admit Holmes.
00:31:40I've never heard of them.
00:31:41Oh, I can well believe that, Watson.
00:31:42But I can't believe that Mrs. Douglas has never heard of the scourers.
00:31:48Because her husband was one.
00:31:51All right, Mr. Holmes.
00:31:53I'll tell you the truth.
00:31:54I think that will be the wisest court.
00:31:58I'll tell you the story of Vermeer Valley.
00:32:01The Valley of Theater.
00:32:03Two years ago, I lived in Vermeer with my father.
00:32:06He used to take in borders occasionally.
00:32:10Well, one evening, I went down to the depot to collect a package.
00:32:13And I met a young man who'd just come off the train.
00:32:16His name was Murdoch, and he was looking for lodging.
00:32:20And then as I set eyes on him, I knew he was the one man in the world for me.
00:32:26I told him about our place, and he said he'd call later.
00:32:31That evening, while I was clearing away suffering, I heard a knock at the door.
00:32:51So you've turned up, Mr. Murdoch?
00:32:53I sure have.
00:32:55I kind of make it a habit to keep my word.
00:33:08Who's that, Eddie?
00:33:10Someone to see you about her own death.
00:33:12Eddie, so that's him, is it?
00:33:14Mine's Jack.
00:33:19This is Mr. Murdoch.
00:33:21He wants to board with us.
00:33:22Oh, shoot me fine.
00:33:24Well, take your things off.
00:33:26Thanks.
00:33:27I dare say, Richard Richard.
00:33:29Twenty dollars a month for the term.
00:33:32That's all right for me.
00:33:33I better give you my first month.
00:33:35Okay.
00:33:37We've come into the sitting room.
00:33:45Well, this looks pretty good to me.
00:33:48Why don't you sit down?
00:33:51You know, I don't think I'm going to feel homesick.
00:33:53Oh, we're trying to make you comfortable.
00:33:55Don't you worry, Eddie.
00:33:57This has got to be more like home than any place I've been in since I've come to the States.
00:34:00Oh, you're not American, then?
00:34:02No, as a matter of fact, I was born in England, but I've been here the best part of my
00:34:06life.
00:34:06Oh.
00:34:21Why, hello, Ted.
00:34:23I didn't expect you so early.
00:34:27Yeah, so it seems.
00:34:32Who's the boyfriend?
00:34:34Our new boarder.
00:34:35Mr. Murdoch.
00:34:36This is Ted Balding.
00:34:38Well, Mr. Boarder, I suppose you figure you got things fixed up pretty good here, eh?
00:34:43Yeah, that's the idea.
00:34:45Any objection?
00:34:46No.
00:34:47Come here.
00:34:49Come on, get a move on.
00:34:52But I've been a boarder myself, so I'll put you wide.
00:34:55Eddie belongs to me.
00:34:58She's sweet on me.
00:35:00Got me?
00:35:01Well, there's no accounting for the type.
00:35:03But you're one of these fresh guys, eh?
00:35:06Well, don't get fresh with me, that's all.
00:35:08Ted, please.
00:35:09Jeff didn't mean anything.
00:35:10What jack is it?
00:35:12Come to that already, eh?
00:35:14I think if you were to leave us alone, Eddie, we might get that thing straightened out.
00:35:18Listen, I know how to get this thing straightened out.
00:35:21You know what that means?
00:35:22No, and I don't care.
00:35:24Well, you can take it from me, and you will.
00:35:27I'll be here tomorrow night, and I'll expect to find you gone.
00:35:30Well, I wouldn't bet on that if I were you.
00:35:38You'll be sorry you ever came here before I'm through with you.
00:35:44Why, you're not going, Ted?
00:35:51Say, Eddie, what's the matter with Ted?
00:35:53Oh, he's sore, Mr. Murdoch, being our new boarder.
00:35:57Sorry, you should have a scare on your first night, Mr. Murdoch.
00:36:01Scare?
00:36:03You don't think I'm scared of that, do you?
00:36:04Most people are.
00:36:06Well, I'm not.
00:36:07Who the devil is he, anyway?
00:36:08Like, he's one of the bosses of the scowler.
00:36:12The what?
00:36:13The scowler.
00:36:14The society of murderers and blackmailers.
00:36:18The ancient order of freemen, they call themselves.
00:36:21No baloney.
00:36:22The freemen is to be found in every town in the state.
00:36:25It's a society of a charity and good fellowship.
00:36:27Not here, it ain't.
00:36:28It's just the murder gang.
00:36:30Well, then why don't they bring them to justice?
00:36:31Tell me that.
00:36:32Because no one dares give evidence against them.
00:36:34Juries don't dare to convict.
00:36:35The judge has to do as he's told, and the police are all square.
00:36:38Say, you're just trying to kid me.
00:36:40I don't believe a word of this.
00:36:41Aren't there 50 murders to prove it?
00:36:43Is there a man or woman in the valley who doesn't believe it?
00:36:45Well, you don't scare me.
00:36:47You see, you don't know me.
00:36:49And you don't know McGinty and his gang.
00:36:52McGinty, eh?
00:36:54That's queer.
00:36:55I've got a date with that guy this evening.
00:36:57McGinty?
00:36:58What have you got to do with McGinty?
00:37:01Well, I've got a report to him.
00:37:03You see, I happen to be a freeman myself.
00:37:06What?
00:37:07What?
00:37:08You a freeman?
00:37:09Then you don't stay here another minute.
00:37:11Here.
00:37:11Here's your $20 back.
00:37:13I wouldn't have you for a hundred a week.
00:37:15But you can't tell them out now.
00:37:16Oh, can't I?
00:37:17I'm telling you, I got no use for these freemans.
00:37:19It's bad enough to have one hang around Eddie.
00:37:22I'm not going to have another for a border.
00:37:23You get out of here tonight.
00:37:30Well, tomorrow morning.
00:37:38I'm sorry.
00:37:43That's all right.
00:37:44But don't make any mistake.
00:37:45I'll be seeing a lot of you.
00:37:46It's no good.
00:37:47But Ted Balding...
00:37:48Tell me, Eddie.
00:37:50You're not in love with Balding, are you?
00:37:52You're only afraid of him.
00:37:54If you'd have met me first, would I have had a chance?
00:37:57I wish you had been the first.
00:38:00That's all I wanted to know.
00:38:02Oh, Jack, I'd never believe anything bad of you.
00:38:05Not whatever happened.
00:38:07Well, I wouldn't be too sure of that, Eddie.
00:38:10Till even a guy like me can be on the level with a woman.
00:38:14Well...
00:38:15I'll be getting down to McGinnis.
00:38:23Whiskey.
00:38:28Well, stranger, I don't seem to call your face to mind.
00:38:32No, I'm new here, McGinty.
00:38:34Counselor McGinty, do you?
00:38:36Well, I'm sorry, Counselor.
00:38:38I was told to come here by Brother Scanlon,
00:38:40Assembly 341 for Mrs.
00:38:43I drink to your health, and I'm better acquainted.
00:38:47Oh, it's like that, is it, Mr., uh...
00:38:50Murdoch.
00:38:51I'll have to look a bit closer into this, Mr. Murdoch.
00:38:53We don't take people untrust in these parts.
00:38:57Let's have a little talk in private.
00:38:59Yeah.
00:39:00Do you mind, uh...
00:39:01Stepping through that door there?
00:39:18Look here, my joker.
00:39:20If I thought you were playing any games on us,
00:39:22it'd be short-stripped for you.
00:39:24A strange shot of welcome for a brother?
00:39:28Where are you in this unit?
00:39:29Assembly 29, Chicago.
00:39:31What are you doing here?
00:39:31Looking for work.
00:39:32Why do you leave Chicago?
00:39:34I'll tell you then.
00:39:35Why not?
00:39:35Because the rules say that one member can't tell another a lie.
00:39:39Well, you mean the truth's too bad to tell, eh?
00:39:41Put it that way if you want to.
00:39:43Now, listen here, mister.
00:39:44You can't expect me as boss to let into this Assembly
00:39:47and even for whose past I can't answer.
00:39:49Hey.
00:39:51You wouldn't squeal if I showed you something, would you?
00:39:54Well, I wipe my hands off your face and talk to me like that.
00:39:56I'm sorry, I didn't mean it that way.
00:39:58Oh.
00:39:59Here.
00:40:01Take a look at that.
00:40:06Oh.
00:40:08Your work?
00:40:09Sure.
00:40:11Why'd you shoot this guy Pinto?
00:40:13Well, he threatened to squeal on me.
00:40:15So I croaked him and beat it out here.
00:40:17I thought I'm mad you'd be welcome out here, eh?
00:40:19Yeah, you've said it.
00:40:21You ought to go far.
00:40:23You look like being a pretty useful brother to us.
00:40:26Didn't finish when I put the gun on you either.
00:40:28You were the one in danger, boss.
00:40:30I got you covered from the first.
00:40:32And I guess my shot would have been as quick as yours.
00:40:46Well, you got here first, the judge.
00:40:51I want to have a word with you about this man.
00:40:53Yeah, you say it right now while I'm here.
00:40:56I'll say it how and when I'm pleased.
00:40:59I'm content to leave it to you to judge between us, Counselor.
00:41:01Well, what is it?
00:41:03Well, there, young lady.
00:41:04I think she's free to choose for herself.
00:41:06Is she?
00:41:07I'd be three members of the assembly.
00:41:09I should say she was.
00:41:10Well, that's your ruling, is it?
00:41:12Yes, it is.
00:41:13Were you thinking of disputing it?
00:41:15You'd back a newcomer against me, would you?
00:41:17Well, you're not bought for life, Jack, would you be?
00:41:19And let me tell you this.
00:41:20When it comes to the Bolton...
00:41:25You've been asking for a long time, Bolton.
00:41:28Now you've got it.
00:41:31I've got nothing to get with you, boss.
00:41:35All right.
00:41:39Now, we can't have fairs by between brothers.
00:41:43Go along in the bar, and I'll buy about a drink.
00:42:01Well, we've not met before.
00:42:04You're the new captain?
00:42:05You've guessed it.
00:42:06I'm Captain Moore.
00:42:08Well, we can do without you.
00:42:09We've got a piece of map of our arm without importing any.
00:42:13How long?
00:42:14Here's an old acquaintance.
00:42:17There aren't no friend of yours or any other cause.
00:42:20Oh, Jack Murlick of Chicago, all right, and don't deny it.
00:42:22I'm not denying it.
00:42:24Why should I be ashamed of my name?
00:42:25Well, you ought to be.
00:42:27What the devil do you mean?
00:42:29Ah, you can't fool that stuff with me.
00:42:31I'm Marvin of Chicago Central.
00:42:33We haven't forgot the shooting of Jonas Pinto.
00:42:36I never shot Pinto.
00:42:38Denied impartial evidence.
00:42:40As it happened, we couldn't get any case against you.
00:42:42So you're okay with me just as long as you're on the left wing?
00:42:45Get me?
00:42:47Good night.
00:42:58Well, boys, here's a new brother from Chicago.
00:43:01We'll just have drinks all around, and then we'll swear to him well and truly in the assembly.
00:43:05We've got a special initiation here in Vermittor Valley, and you can't be one of us until you've been through
00:43:10it.
00:43:10That's okay with me.
00:43:18I'll try it.
00:43:19Brother Murdoch, can you bear pain?
00:43:21As much as anyone, I guess.
00:43:35Well done, brother.
00:43:37Now, one last word.
00:43:39You'll obey my rulings at all times, and the penalty for breach of faith is inevitable death.
00:43:46I understand.
00:43:48Well, boys, we must get to the business of the evening.
00:44:01There's a man in this town who needs trimming, and it's up to you to see that he gets it.
00:44:07I'm speaking of James Stanger, editor of the Herald.
00:44:10Have you seen how he's been panning us again in his dirty ranks?
00:44:14Yeah.
00:44:15Why don't we bump him off?
00:44:17That might cause more trouble than we need ask for.
00:44:20But I guess you can give him a pretty severe warning.
00:44:25Will you take care of that, Bowling?
00:44:27Sure thing.
00:44:28I'll take Van Schust along with me.
00:44:30And you, Mansell?
00:44:33And, uh, you, Gower?
00:44:37Okay.
00:44:38And...
00:44:39Yeah.
00:44:40You'd better come along with us, Murdoch.
00:44:43We'll see the kind of stuff you're made of.
00:44:46That's okay with me.
00:44:48Come on, let's go.
00:44:49We'll see you next time.
00:45:21We'll see you next time.
00:45:56We'll see you next time.
00:46:19The bus said he wasn't going to be killed in me.
00:46:21Yeah, that's all.
00:46:22They are, Bowling.
00:46:25Come on.
00:46:47Oh.
00:46:49I'm sorry, Counselor.
00:46:55I'm not much of a visitor, Murdoch.
00:46:56But I thought I'd stretch a point, Yorkie.
00:46:59I'm honored.
00:47:00How'd you know I was here?
00:47:01I only came this morning.
00:47:02It should be enough here that I do know.
00:47:04It may be enough for most men, but not for me.
00:47:09So you're a queer guy.
00:47:11I mean, Scanlon told me if you must know.
00:47:13And if you're too, so he says.
00:47:15Yeah.
00:47:17Have a drink.
00:47:18Sure.
00:47:23I thought you'd be getting into trouble, crooked Murdoch of Chicago.
00:47:28He's a friend of mine, and I'll answer for his conduct.
00:47:32Well, what am I being accused of?
00:47:34Beating up old Stanger of the Herald last night.
00:47:36Not your fault.
00:47:37It isn't a murder charge.
00:47:39Say, I can bring a dozen men to prove he was playing poker with me.
00:47:44You'll not be able to hold him, Captain Marvin.
00:47:47I wouldn't bet on that.
00:47:50Take him away, boys.
00:47:52Any funny business, shoot him.
00:48:08Hold him.
00:48:10Do you find the prisoner, John Murdoch?
00:48:13Are you guilty or not guilty?
00:48:19Not guilty.
00:48:27Court adjourned.
00:48:51I told you you needn't worry.
00:49:00You see, Mr. Holmes, I'd fallen desperately in love with Murdoch by this time.
00:49:05Broke my heart to find him going from bad to worse.
00:49:08But he was always straight with me.
00:49:10I see.
00:49:12And was Murdoch taken completely into the confidence of the scourer?
00:49:16Yes.
00:49:17In six months, his name was a byword in the valley.
00:49:20People were as scared of him as they were of McGinsey.
00:49:23Pray proceed, Mrs. Douglas.
00:49:26One night, he and another man were sent to shoot one of the most respected pit managers in the valley.
00:49:33I heard something awful was going to happen.
00:49:35I didn't know just what.
00:49:45Tell the boys this is a crime.
00:49:47Okay, boy.
00:49:49Now then, Bowdoch.
00:49:50As soon as we get this going, you come back to these bushes and cover the door.
00:49:54He's got to come out when he finds the place of life.
00:49:56And where are you going?
00:49:57Don't be a tap.
00:49:58I've got to cover the back, haven't I?
00:50:00Come on, let's go.
00:50:01Okay.
00:50:02Let's go.
00:50:37Come on, then.
00:50:38Shoot that.
00:50:38They've got to be the police.
00:50:39I know.
00:50:40They've got me.
00:50:40Oh, come on, then.
00:50:56I'm sorry, Eddie.
00:50:57I didn't hear you come in.
00:50:59What's the matter, Jack?
00:51:00Jack, why are you so scared on me?
00:51:02I'm not scared, honey.
00:51:03I was just thinking of other things, that's all.
00:51:06Oh, no, it's more than that.
00:51:07Let me see the letter you were writing.
00:51:08A letter?
00:51:09Yeah, the one you're trying to hide from me.
00:51:10No, I can't do that.
00:51:12It's secret.
00:51:13It's the business of the society.
00:51:15You know, when you come in, I thought you might have been a detective.
00:51:18Oh, Jack, can't you give it up?
00:51:19Oh, that's what I've come to ask you.
00:51:22I heard about it last night.
00:51:24Can't we get away from this terrible place, this valley of fear?
00:51:28No, I can't do that right now.
00:51:31They'd never let me get away knowing as much about them as I do.
00:51:34Still, maybe in six months' time I could find a way.
00:51:38Six months?
00:51:38Is that a promise?
00:51:40That's eight months.
00:51:43Anyway, within the jail.
00:51:45Oh, darling.
00:51:48Who saw I felt happy after his promise?
00:51:50Did he keep his promise?
00:51:51Did you leave in six months?
00:51:53It wasn't a matter of months, Mr. Holmes, but hours.
00:51:57That same afternoon, I was just going upstairs,
00:52:00and I heard someone come to the door.
00:52:13What's the matter, Jack?
00:52:14Trouble to put.
00:52:15Gleif?
00:52:16Yeah.
00:52:17A pilkerton detective.
00:52:18Yes, I don't mean anything to you, I know, but
00:52:21I'm too deep in this thing.
00:52:23I've got to get out.
00:52:24Tonight.
00:52:25And you want me to come with you?
00:52:27Yeah.
00:52:28I'm a strange sort of Romeo for a kid like you,
00:52:30but I'm on a level with you, I think.
00:52:32And we quit tonight?
00:52:33Sure.
00:52:35Is there any danger?
00:52:37Maybe we can stall the danger off.
00:52:39Maybe we can't.
00:52:40Anyway, you be ready in case I come for you.
00:52:43I will, Jack.
00:52:49Arthur, I've got some bad news.
00:52:50What sort of bad news?
00:52:52Well, I can't tell you in public.
00:52:53Let me collect a few of the boys
00:52:55and go into your room and discover it.
00:52:56Okay.
00:52:56Carry on.
00:52:57All in.
00:52:58Come back.
00:52:58You go.
00:52:59Go on.
00:53:01Mantle.
00:53:02Come into the boss's room, will you?
00:53:03Yeah, and you too will have been.
00:53:04Okay.
00:53:17Boys, I've discovered something.
00:53:18Well, what is it?
00:53:19There's a fellow called Bertie Edwards among us.
00:53:22Well, he's a pilcherton detective.
00:53:23And he's collecting evidence against us
00:53:25that'll send us all to the gallows.
00:53:26You sure of it?
00:53:27Yeah, you can take it from me,
00:53:28but I'll give you the details later.
00:53:29Anyone know this side by side?
00:53:30Sure I do.
00:53:31But if we act quick, we've nothing to fear.
00:53:33We've got nothing to fear anyway.
00:53:34What can these men know about our affairs?
00:53:36Well, I hope you're right.
00:53:38But he's got the coal owners millions at his back.
00:53:40Don't you suppose there may be some weak member among us
00:53:43who could be bought?
00:53:45Maybe he's got our secrets already.
00:53:47No, there's only one cure.
00:53:49That he never leaves the valley alive.
00:53:52For the first time, Balding, you and I agree.
00:53:55Well, do you want me to handle this, boss?
00:53:57Sure, but you better tell us some more about it.
00:53:59Well, the other day I met a fellow who said he was a press man.
00:54:02And he offered me good money for inside stories of the scars.
00:54:07Although his face was familiar,
00:54:08somehow or other I couldn't place him.
00:54:09I know now that that was Verdi Edwards.
00:54:11I met a few inquiries
00:54:13and found out he was living at a place called Hobson's Patch
00:54:15under the name of Steve Wilson.
00:54:17Well, we'll just bump him off quick.
00:54:19No, I've got a better plan than that.
00:54:20Where will he then?
00:54:21I'll go over to Hobson's Patch this afternoon and locate him.
00:54:24I'll tell him I'm a scar.
00:54:25And I'll offer him the secret papers of the society for a price.
00:54:29Only if I can't hand them to him in the street,
00:54:31he's got to come to my place to collect them.
00:54:33That'll take him.
00:54:34Well?
00:54:35Well, surely you can handle the rest yourself.
00:54:38Only once Mr. Verdi Edwards comes to my place,
00:54:40I don't think he'll leave it again alive.
00:54:43Somehow.
00:54:48Oh.
00:54:50Well, he's coming.
00:54:51Good.
00:54:52Come on in, make yourself a call, boys.
00:55:07Do you think he knows much?
00:55:08Well, he's been here six weeks.
00:55:10He may have passed on quite a bit.
00:55:11But we'll make him tell us all about it.
00:55:14We'll have the truth out of Mr. Verdi Edwards
00:55:16if he has to cut his heart out to get it.
00:55:18Did he seem to send a trap?
00:55:20No, I got him on the weak point.
00:55:22Told him I'd show him all the papers of the scars.
00:55:25Well, if we handle it right,
00:55:27they'll never be able to prove a killing.
00:55:29Nobody will see him come up to the house after dark.
00:55:32And I'll lay out nobody will ever see him leave.
00:55:37Now, here's a plan.
00:55:40You boys all stay in here, see?
00:55:42Verdi Edwards will be pretty heavily armed,
00:55:44so we've got to take him by surprise.
00:55:47He's going to knock three times.
00:55:49I'll go out, open the door, let him come in.
00:55:52I'll leave him in the outer hall
00:55:53when I come in here and get some papers or something
00:55:55and give you the tip.
00:55:58I'll go back,
00:55:59and while he's reading the papers,
00:56:00I'll get the gun off him.
00:56:02Then I'll give a shout,
00:56:03and the sooner you come in, the better.
00:56:04You ought to want to handle him.
00:56:07Not one word of warning does he get
00:56:10till Merida catches his hand on his throat.
00:56:11Oh, there we are.
00:56:19Pretty you haven't got shutters on your windows.
00:56:22Don't you worry, we won't be spied on.
00:56:24Perhaps you won't come.
00:56:25He's as eager to come as you are to see him.
00:56:27He may be here any minute.
00:56:31Now, keep quiet.
00:56:33Not a movement till I give you the sign.
00:57:02Well, is he here?
00:57:03Is Bertie Edwards here?
00:57:05Yeah, he's here all right.
00:57:08I am Bertie Edwards.
00:57:11I'll get you for this, you rotten cop.
00:57:29There are 40 armed men around this place
00:57:31so you can figure out what chance you've got.
00:57:33You dirty, stinking double-crosser.
00:57:37There's something I'd like to say to you fellas
00:57:38before we part.
00:57:40Next time we meet, you'll all be in the dark.
00:57:43Well, I can put my cards on the table at last.
00:57:46I am Bertie Edwards of Bukitin.
00:57:48I played a pretty dangerous game
00:57:50in breaking up your gang.
00:57:52And no one knew I was playing it
00:57:53except Captain Marvin here and my employer.
00:57:55You think the game's all over, don't you, Mr. Clever Guy?
00:57:57Well, let me tell you this.
00:57:59You'll be hunting down whatever you go to.
00:58:01The scourge will get you even if you go to China.
00:58:03Yeah?
00:58:03Well, I'll take a chance on that.
00:58:05You all fall for my supposed criminal record
00:58:07just as I thought you would.
00:58:10I've stopped as many crimes as possible.
00:58:12How many times have you fellas been to get your man
00:58:14a punish gun to someplace else?
00:58:15Well, that was my doing.
00:58:17Yeah, and that was my doing too.
00:58:18Only I was just too late to save a man's life.
00:58:22But when I found the secret that was coming out,
00:58:23well, I got away quick.
00:58:25And so I'm able to hand over to Captain Marvin
00:58:27the worst gang of murderers this country has ever known.
00:58:30Handpicked by me.
00:58:31I told you when you joined us,
00:58:32the penalty for breach of trust is inevitable death.
00:58:34And you'll find that's true.
00:58:37Take him away, boys.
00:58:39Well, Bertie, the boss will be pleased.
00:58:42You sure got results.
00:58:44Yeah, but I wouldn't go through all this again
00:58:46for all the money in the States.
00:58:49That's the whole story, Mr. Holmes.
00:58:52McGintino doesn't always went to the garrows.
00:58:55And Ted Balding, one of the very worst,
00:58:57got off with life imprisonment.
00:58:59And do you think this is Balding's work?
00:59:01Obvious.
00:59:02Obvious.
00:59:02I'm certain of it, too.
00:59:04We wandered around and finally settled in Switzerland.
00:59:08Then one day my husband got a cable
00:59:10saying that Balding had broken jail
00:59:12and was believed to be in Europe.
00:59:14My husband must have got wind of something
00:59:16because we packed up in a few hours.
00:59:19And now...
00:59:20I see.
00:59:21McGinty proved himself to be right.
00:59:23Yes.
00:59:25Oh, Mr. Holmes, if you'll pardon me,
00:59:26I'll go and get some fresh air.
00:59:28This has all been terribly upsetting.
00:59:30Naturally, really, Douglas.
00:59:44Well, that's all as clear as crystal, Mr. Holmes.
00:59:46All we've got to do is to find Balding,
00:59:48and that shouldn't be difficult.
00:59:49Yeah.
00:59:50They may even have got him for now.
00:59:51Well, I'm going to slip over to the station
00:59:53for a few minutes.
00:59:53I suppose you won't be leaving just yet a while.
00:59:55No.
00:59:56With your permission, no, not yet.
00:59:58That's all right.
01:00:01I'm afraid you've lost your beehive, Mr. Holmes.
01:00:04Nevertheless, you'll oblige me
01:00:05by taking care of that bowler hat of yours, Lister.
01:00:13Sir, it didn't take us long to solve that.
01:00:16You know, I'm sorry for Mrs. Douglas.
01:00:18A surprisingly pretty woman, don't you think?
01:00:21No, you see, I didn't notice.
01:00:22Really, Holmes, there's something positively inhuman
01:00:25about you at times.
01:00:25My dear Watson, I never allow my judgment
01:00:28to be biased by personal qualities.
01:00:31I can assure you that the most winning woman
01:00:34I ever knew was hanged for poisoning
01:00:36three little children for their insurance money.
01:00:39Oh, I see.
01:00:50Oh, Amy.
01:00:51Yes, sir?
01:00:53Is there anything I can do for you?
01:00:54Now, you said your master used to do exercise.
01:00:57Did he use dumbbells?
01:00:58Yes, sir.
01:00:59One or two?
01:01:00Two, of course.
01:01:01And you said he used them every morning.
01:01:03What about yesterday?
01:01:05Yes, sir.
01:01:05I remember him doing them.
01:01:06Where?
01:01:07Down here?
01:01:08Yes, sir.
01:01:10He used to say he liked plenty of elbow room.
01:01:12Yes.
01:01:13Yes, thank you, Amy.
01:01:14Will there be anything more, sir?
01:01:16No, no, no, nothing more.
01:01:26Seriously, Holmes, this is all very simple.
01:01:29What's to prevent our going home to lunch?
01:01:31Oh, ladies, I'm rather concerned about the missing dumbbell one.
01:01:34Dumbbell?
01:01:35Yes.
01:01:36Yes, I'm not referring to the good Lestrade,
01:01:38who I'm aware has gone to the station,
01:01:40but to the equally solid article used for developing the muscle.
01:01:43One usually looks through them in pairs, my dear Watson.
01:01:46I can only account for one.
01:01:49No, this is by no means a simple case.
01:01:51What complicates it still more is where does Moriarty come in?
01:01:56He doesn't.
01:01:57Boldly murdered Douglas, and it's Lestrade's job to find him.
01:02:00My dear Watson, you appear to have forgotten that only this morning
01:02:03we decoded a message from one of Moriarty's men foretelling this tragedy.
01:02:06Oh, yes, of course.
01:02:08And so we did.
01:02:09Well, what's the next step, Holmes?
01:02:13You can lend me your umbrella.
01:02:16Umbrella?
01:02:16Yes.
01:02:17But it's not raining.
01:02:18How true, Watson, how true.
01:02:20Nevertheless, I should like it.
01:02:21You brought the one with a crook handle, didn't you?
01:02:23Yes, I let you in the hall.
01:02:24But that's a wretched weapon, Holmes.
01:02:26Take my reward.
01:02:27No, no, no, my dear fellow.
01:02:28There's no danger.
01:02:29If there were, I'd ask for your help.
01:02:31No, no, I'm not thinking of doing any shooting, Watson.
01:02:35Just a little fishing.
01:02:36Fishing?
01:02:37Yes.
01:02:38I want to see what the moat has to offer us.
01:02:41Oh, I see.
01:02:43Fishing.
01:03:00Thank you, Watson.
01:03:02Oh, by the way, where did Mrs. Dudgett go when she left us?
01:03:05To the bottom of the garden.
01:03:06I saw her from the window.
01:03:07She was heading straight for the puddler.
01:03:10Ah.
01:03:11As I thought, Watson, she's probably talking things over with Barker.
01:03:14Now, look here, Watson.
01:03:15I want to be sure they don't come back to the house for a few minutes.
01:03:18Will you like a good fellow to keep an eye on them and let me know if they make any
01:03:21sign
01:03:21of moving?
01:03:21Yes, certainly.
01:03:22I wanted to offer her a word, as simple as.
01:03:44I don't know how I kept my face straight during my examination.
01:03:47Well, um, bitten off more naked and chewed this time.
01:03:50You should have seen me as a broken-hearted widow.
01:03:54You'll pardon me, Mr. Holmes.
01:03:55I think I'll take the best air.
01:03:57This has been so terribly upsetting.
01:04:02Oh.
01:04:05Look, I...
01:04:10Dr. Watson, would you mind coming and speaking to Mrs. Douglas?
01:04:13I was about to offer my condolences to Mrs. Douglas, but they appear to be so pursuant.
01:04:19As a matter of fact, you want to ask you something?
01:04:21Yes.
01:04:22I feel the gravity of the situation calls to some explanation.
01:04:31I'm afraid you must have thought my behavior very callous, Dr. Watson.
01:04:35Your behavior is not my business, Mrs. Douglas.
01:04:37But I must admit, I find it a little difficult to reconcile with the circumstances.
01:04:42What did you want to ask me?
01:04:44If I was to tell Mr. Holmes something in confidence, would he tell the police?
01:04:48I can't answer that.
01:04:50In other words, is Mr. Holmes working with the police or are he dead?
01:04:53That I can't answer.
01:04:54Well, could he get rid of the police?
01:04:56Tell him he was satisfied and send him away.
01:04:59Certainly not.
01:05:00Mr. Holmes is an independent investigator.
01:05:02But I feel certain that he would withhold nothing from the officials
01:05:05that might help to bring the criminals to justice.
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01:06:48I'm bound to admit, Holmes, I agree with you.
01:06:50This case isn't so simple after all.
01:06:52Well, I'm the contrary, my dear Watson.
01:06:54To me, it becomes clearer every minute.
01:06:56Don't worry.
01:06:57I think I can put you on the right track.
01:06:59I should indeed be grateful.
01:07:01Now, the murderers...
01:07:02Oh, there's more than one.
01:07:03My dear Holmes, if you'll stop interrupting me, I'll explain my theory.
01:07:07Oh, dear Watson.
01:07:07Oh, I'm so sorry.
01:07:08I apologize.
01:07:09Please don't mention it.
01:07:10So you have a theory.
01:07:12Well, it's more of a certainty than a theory.
01:07:14I would.
01:07:15I'm all attention.
01:07:16From the first.
01:07:17Barker's account of the tragedy didn't satisfy me.
01:07:20No.
01:07:21No.
01:07:21I noticed that.
01:07:23I came to the conclusion he was telling lies.
01:07:27Half-truths, Watson.
01:07:29Much more dangerous.
01:07:30He admitted that Douglas was jealous.
01:07:32And I suggest he had good cause to be.
01:07:35The guilty lovers wanted to get rid of the husband.
01:07:36So they killed him.
01:07:37And used the story of the scourge to put everybody off the scent.
01:07:40I see.
01:07:41Everybody except the escaped Dr. Watson.
01:07:43Well, it hadn't occurred to you, had it?
01:07:44No.
01:07:44No.
01:07:45I'm bound to say that it isn't my theory.
01:07:47Well, I'm going to prove it to you.
01:07:49When I went into the garden just now,
01:07:51the pathetic widow was controlling herself with Barker.
01:07:54They were laughing.
01:07:56Positively laughing.
01:07:58That confirms it, doesn't it?
01:07:59Yes, sir.
01:08:00Well, that confirms it.
01:08:01And what's more, she wanted to ask you something in confidence.
01:08:03No, no, no, Watson.
01:08:05No, no.
01:08:06I want none of their confidences.
01:08:07It's so awkward when it comes to an arrest.
01:08:09Then you agree with me.
01:08:10You think they're the murderers.
01:08:12Dear Watson, there's an appalling directness about your questions at times.
01:08:17It's not so hard as you may think, Watson.
01:08:20You remember that I was puzzled about Douglas only using one dumbbell?
01:08:23Yes?
01:08:24Yes.
01:08:27I found the missing one.
01:08:29Then everything's all right.
01:08:30And it's led to a discovery which has solved the whole problem.
01:08:33Solved?
01:08:33And we've been listening to a tissue of lies, Watson.
01:08:36The whole story of the tragedies told by Barker is a lie.
01:08:39And as Mrs. Douglas supports it, she must be lying too.
01:08:42A Barker swears that when he entered the room, he found Douglas lying dead with this candle burning on the
01:08:49table.
01:08:50He also says that immediately, now mark it, Watson, immediately rang for Ames, who entered the room carrying that lamp,
01:08:57and at once blew out this candle, all within the space of two minutes.
01:09:02Ames corroborates this, but he also says that the candle which Douglas brought down from his bedroom, this candle,
01:09:09was a new one.
01:09:11Out of the same packet as these.
01:09:14Now what sort of a candle is it, Watson, that burned that amount in a few minutes?
01:09:19Why, Joe Holmes, I believe you got it.
01:09:21And no, but a Barker's story were true.
01:09:24The assassin had less than a minute in which to remove two rings and replace one.
01:09:29Remember, the wedding ring was under the other one.
01:09:32Pin that card to the body, cross the room, and make good escape.
01:09:35No, no, no, no, no, Watson, it's first every word.
01:09:39Oh, that's a kindly thought, Ames.
01:09:42Oh, Ames, can you remember what kind of shoes Mr. Barker was wearing when you found him in here after
01:09:48the tragedy?
01:09:49Yes, sir.
01:09:49Bedroom slippers.
01:09:50And a nice mess they were in.
01:09:52Could you conveniently lay your hands on one of those slippers?
01:09:55Yes, sir.
01:09:56Mr. Barker changed them in here for his shoes before he went for the police.
01:09:59Oh, well, would you bring them over here, Ames?
01:10:03Yes, yes.
01:10:13Good, Al, sir.
01:10:14Yes, sir, thank you.
01:10:15You needn't wait.
01:10:30As I thought.
01:10:32It fits exactly.
01:10:33You mean Barker made that mark himself?
01:10:35It's part of this deliberate conspiracy, Watson, to hide the truth.
01:10:39Then why don't you arrest him?
01:10:40And Mrs. Douglas?
01:10:41My dear Watson, if you asked the good list, I'd expect he would.
01:10:45No, no, no, Watson.
01:10:47These are only small figures in the drama.
01:10:50The principal player you will meet tonight.
01:10:53Well, here.
01:10:55At through that door.
01:10:58See, in the ruined tower of Burst and Castle.
01:11:02Oh, I see.
01:11:04Oh, I see.
01:11:42Well, what's the idea, Mr. Holmes?
01:11:54Come out, Mr. Douglas.
01:11:56Mr. Holmes, what have you took?
01:11:59Mr. Holmes, I believe, sir.
01:12:01Let me introduce Mr. Douglas of Burst and Castle.
01:12:05Otherwise known as Burst and Castle.
01:12:07But Douglas is dead.
01:12:09Oh, I'm the cognitive, my dear Lestrade.
01:12:10As you see, he's very much alive.
01:12:13Well, no, I don't understand, Mr. Holmes.
01:12:15Who is dead, then?
01:12:17Will you explain to the inspector, or shall I?
01:12:19Well, you've done very well so far, Mr. Holmes.
01:12:21You go ahead.
01:12:22Well, Lestrade, it is quite a simple case.
01:12:26It may be quite simple to you, Mr. Holmes.
01:12:28But how did you arrive at this solution?
01:12:30By means of a partially burnt-out candle and a missing dumbbell.
01:12:35Now, the candle proved that Barker had been in the room with a dead man for at least 40 minutes
01:12:40before he gave the alarm.
01:12:42And I had to ask myself, what was happening during that time?
01:12:47What was Barker doing?
01:12:49Yes, I'm afraid that's the point I missed, Mr. Holmes.
01:12:51Ah, well, that's not the only point you've missed, my dear Lestrade.
01:12:55Now, Mr. Douglas was being hounded by the scourers who'd sworn to kill him.
01:12:59So he retreated to this castle where he took every precaution against intruders.
01:13:03But Baldy succeeded in entering during the day, unseen.
01:13:07That night, he attacked Mr. Douglas with a knife.
01:13:10It was knocked out of his hand.
01:13:11So he had to use the noisier weapon, the shotgun, which in the struggle went off killing Baldy.
01:13:17And mutilating him beyond recognition.
01:13:19Oh, I see.
01:13:21Oh, well, that answers your question, Mr. James.
01:13:23But what about Barker?
01:13:25Barker, my dear Watson, on hearing the shot, came down at once.
01:13:28And in order to put the scourers off the set, they dressed Baldy in Douglas' clothes.
01:13:33The scourers mark on the arm, completing the deception.
01:13:37Baldy's own clothes, Barker waited with a dumbbell and threw into the moat.
01:13:42Douglas then got dressed, took some food, and went into hiding.
01:13:45And that's what happened, Watson, while the candle was burning down.
01:13:52You see that's it?
01:13:54Am I right, Mr. Douglas?
01:13:55I can certainly hand it to you, Mr. Holmes.
01:13:58Yes.
01:13:59Yes, you can cause one little difficulty, however.
01:14:01When you place that gold nugget ring on Baldy's finger, you intended to place your wedding ring there also.
01:14:07You know, you couldn't get it off, could you?
01:14:10No.
01:14:11Though I've been in a country where wedding rings slip off pretty easily, mine wouldn't.
01:14:16But how did you guess that Mr. Douglas was concealed here?
01:14:19It isn't a question of guessing, my dear Lestrade.
01:14:21The clue was supplied by that interesting little book on Burst and Castle that I once offered you.
01:14:27A clue which was amply confirmed by the equally interesting plan I found in a pocket of Baldy's coat.
01:14:34Amazing clue.
01:14:35No, no, simplicity itself, my dear Watson.
01:14:37Well, now that the case is complete, I suggest we go over to the house and discuss Mr. Douglas' position.
01:14:43Oh, you're too hasty, Lestrade.
01:14:44I haven't yet introduced you to the principal figure in this drama.
01:14:48The brains behind it all.
01:14:49Not your Professor Moriarty.
01:14:51Surely.
01:14:52Moriarty?
01:14:53Well, who's he?
01:14:53My friend Dr. Watson will tell you later.
01:14:54Come, gentlemen, we've approved no time.
01:15:08Keep her running, Moran.
01:15:09I'll bring Balding back in five minutes.
01:15:14Look here, Mr. Holmes.
01:15:15You can't expect me to believe in this.
01:15:18Moriarty's hearing is yours?
01:15:19Moriarty's no theory, Lestrade.
01:15:21What a very great sense.
01:15:23Oh, well, where are you equipped here?
01:15:25You'd like to go down with your million?
01:15:26Yes, sir.
01:15:27The catching of Moriarty will be the triumph of Sherlock Holmes.
01:15:31Quite apart from you losing your hat, Lestrade.
01:15:35The Será Massacre.
01:15:37The Será Massacre.
01:15:40The Será Massacre.
01:16:23Hold it.
01:16:30Hold it.
01:16:33Hold it failed to carry out your instructions, Professor.
01:16:37Oh, you're in this, are you, Holmes?
01:16:41Well, I warned you.
01:16:50You're under arrest, Moriarty.
01:16:52On what charge?
01:16:53Attempted murder of Mr. Douglas here.
01:16:59Our powers have crossed for the last time, Moriarty.
01:17:03Put the handcuffs on him, Blitrick.
01:17:05Oh, you're under arrest.
01:17:11Oh, you're under arrest.
01:17:19Oh, you're under arrest.
01:18:06Cut you home!
01:18:21It's a long dot.
01:18:23Yes.
01:18:24It's rather more than that required by law, I fancy, my dear Watson, but equally effective.
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