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00:02:02Much longer.
00:02:03My neck's killing me.
00:02:04All right, Stella.
00:02:05You can relax now.
00:02:09Thank you for that.
00:02:12I was beginning to feel like a corpse.
00:02:14Oh, never mind.
00:02:16I don't need you any more for this one.
00:02:20Mr. Crosley?
00:02:24Mr. Crosley?
00:02:26Mr. Crosley?
00:02:26Yes, what is it?
00:02:31Excuse me, sir.
00:02:32I'll just be getting along.
00:02:33If there's anything...
00:02:34Oh, sir.
00:02:36Mrs. Crosley will be vexed if she finds you've been working in here.
00:02:40Well, there's no need for her to know, is there, Mrs. Hudson?
00:02:42Unless you decide to tell her.
00:02:44She won't need telling if she finds that on the carpet.
00:02:47Oh, don't bust.
00:02:48There'll be plenty of time to clear it up before she gets back.
00:02:55Oh, well, thank you, Mrs. Watson.
00:02:58I'll let you know when I need you again.
00:03:05Well, it's your money.
00:03:09Goodbye, Mr. Crosley.
00:03:11Goodbye.
00:03:12Have you heard when Madam's coming back, sir?
00:03:15No.
00:03:15Oh, I expect he's enjoying her holiday too much to think about writing letters.
00:03:19Just look at this mess.
00:03:21Cobalt blue.
00:03:22You should have left it.
00:03:23It tones with a carpet pattern.
00:03:24I'd better get some soapy water.
00:03:26Oh, not now, Mrs. Hudson.
00:03:28Oh, it won't take a minute.
00:03:30It's midday.
00:03:31Your son'll be coming home from school and wanting his lunch.
00:03:34Oh, no, he won't.
00:03:35Didn't I tell you?
00:03:35Daddy started work now.
00:03:37Coffee boy on the Sunday star.
00:03:39So he had his meals at the canteen.
00:03:41Then no doubt you'll be wanting your lunch.
00:03:43Well, I...
00:03:44Oh, and on your way out,
00:03:46you might see where that is, please, will you?
00:03:48Oh.
00:03:58Why, Miss Garnet,
00:04:00hasn't Mrs. Crosley come back with you?
00:04:02She has not, Mrs. Hudson.
00:04:04Where is Mr. Crosley?
00:04:10Henry?
00:04:11Aunt Ida.
00:04:12Do come in, won't you?
00:04:13I want to see you about Margaret.
00:04:15Don't tell me she's been letting her hair down again.
00:04:18What am I accused of this time?
00:04:19Beating her or just mental cruelty?
00:04:21You know as well as I do that I haven't seen her.
00:04:23Oh!
00:04:25You wanted something, Mrs. Hudson?
00:04:26Oh, no, it was quite all right.
00:04:28Margaret, I was just going.
00:04:29Good.
00:04:30Please do.
00:04:38Do you actually mean that Margaret didn't go to Hamilton after all?
00:04:41Precisely.
00:04:42Isn't that just like her, so irrational?
00:04:45I want to know where she is.
00:04:47Your guess should be better than mine.
00:04:50You write about irrational people, don't you?
00:04:53No, I don't.
00:04:54Well, then you should.
00:04:55People might buy more of your books.
00:04:58Henry Crosley, I demand to know why my niece failed to come last week.
00:05:02How should I know what goes on in her mind?
00:05:04I'm only her husband.
00:05:05More's the pity.
00:05:06I told her after she met you.
00:05:08You told her plenty, I know.
00:05:09I heard it all from Margaret,
00:05:10but unfortunately she didn't take your advice.
00:05:14This is modernism.
00:05:16You haven't even told me you don't like it yet.
00:05:18It's vulgar and tasteless,
00:05:21but completely in character.
00:05:23And don't try to sidetrack the issue.
00:05:24You stopped her from coming to stay with me.
00:05:26The very idea of my being able to stop her doing anything is ludicrous.
00:05:33Why hasn't she answered my letters?
00:05:35Because she hasn't been here to read them.
00:05:37Then why haven't you?
00:05:39They weren't addressed to me.
00:05:41I'm asking you for the last time,
00:05:43where is my niece?
00:05:45I don't know.
00:05:46There's probably a very good reason why she didn't go to Ambleton,
00:05:48and wherever she is,
00:05:49I'm quite sure she can take care of herself.
00:05:51How can you be so callously unconcerned?
00:05:53Now, look, Margaret always does just as she pleases,
00:05:55and it's no good raising a general alarm
00:05:57just because she's decided to go off on her own for a week.
00:05:59Oh, isn't it?
00:06:00Well, if you think I'm going to stand by and do nothing,
00:06:02you're greatly mistaken.
00:06:08Morning, Jenny.
00:06:11Morning, Miss Blue.
00:06:16Oh, good morning, Jenny.
00:06:18Good morning.
00:06:19A fine spring morning, isn't it?
00:06:21Percy, you have got to do something.
00:06:23I am suffering from occupational frustration.
00:06:26I want to be taken off the society column
00:06:28and given a straightforward reporting assignment.
00:06:31Social functions make me tired,
00:06:33and I loathe the smart set.
00:06:36The whole thing makes me sick,
00:06:38and that's not good for a healthy girl.
00:06:40Why, I've heard so much catty tittle-tattle
00:06:42I could write a new Kinsey report.
00:06:44Hmm?
00:06:45I want something I can get my teeth into.
00:06:47How about the cookery page?
00:06:49I mean crime.
00:06:50Oh, and have you treading on your boyfriend's toes?
00:06:53Just because Mike's a man,
00:06:55you think he's a better reporter.
00:06:56Oh, you've got it all wrong, Jenny.
00:06:58Every man to his trade.
00:07:00Why, you're the best social hound in the business,
00:07:02and a big boss likes your work.
00:07:04I don't care.
00:07:04Come in.
00:07:06Oh, well, you give this to Mike Billings, will you?
00:07:08I'll take that.
00:07:09You don't want a copy boy strike in your hands, do you?
00:07:12How long have you been with us, Hudson?
00:07:14Two weeks, Mr. Simpson.
00:07:17You're learning fast.
00:07:33Occupational frustration, dear?
00:07:35Memoes of the editorial covers.
00:07:37They haven't even decided what they don't want me to write, yet?
00:07:39Well, at least when you get an assignment, there's some variety to it.
00:07:42Yeah, sure.
00:07:43The spice of life.
00:07:45Never mind.
00:07:54Sweet.
00:07:56Come on, let's go and drown ourselves in a cup of coffee.
00:07:59Oh, in the unlikely event of my being wanted, we'll be around the corner, for our house.
00:08:08Oh, Mr. Billings!
00:08:10What is it?
00:08:11I just remembered.
00:08:13I heard something last night that's red hot.
00:08:14Was it fit for Miss Drew's yet?
00:08:16Red hot news, I mean.
00:08:17My mum reckons someone's been done in.
00:08:19Oh, now, that's tasty.
00:08:20Who is it that your mum reckons has been done in?
00:08:22How much?
00:08:23What do you mean, how much?
00:08:24What for?
00:08:24The story.
00:08:25Well, I'm...
00:08:26Mr. Billings is the original stone for not getting blood out of.
00:08:29Well, where's your loyalty to the paper, eh?
00:08:31But I'm a copy boy, and if I'll give you any news, I should be paid extra.
00:08:34It's logical.
00:08:35Well, all right.
00:08:36If it's worth hearing, I'll see you credited with three hours overtime.
00:08:39Oh, but I'd rather have it as expenses.
00:08:40They're tax-free.
00:08:41You have a great future, Danny boy.
00:08:43All right, it's a deal.
00:08:43Now, come on, give.
00:08:44Well, my mum works for some people called Crossley, and Mrs. Crossley's supposed to be visiting her aunt in the
00:08:50country.
00:08:50Only she isn't.
00:08:51So what?
00:08:52So the aunt turns up and raises cane, because she hasn't.
00:08:54Turned up?
00:08:55That's right.
00:08:56She'd been missing a week, and nobody knows where she is.
00:08:58But that isn't all.
00:08:59Not something redder and hotter.
00:09:01The police.
00:09:02Do you think that coffee pot'll run to three cups?
00:09:05Oh, but I wouldn't want to play gooseberry.
00:09:07Come on.
00:09:19All right.
00:09:20Hmm, not bad.
00:09:22But if Crossley's had the police festering in all the morning, he's likely to throw the kitchen sink at you.
00:09:26Well, I still think you're on a wild goose chase, Inspector.
00:09:29She'll turn up when she feels like it.
00:09:31You may be right.
00:09:33But Ida Garnett officially reported her as missing, so we must pursue inquiries.
00:09:38Incidentally, can you tell me why her aunt is showing such interest?
00:09:41Well, she became my wife's guardian after her parents were killed in a car accident.
00:09:46I see.
00:09:48Has she ever gone away without telling anyone before?
00:09:50Yes, once.
00:09:52She was away three weeks.
00:09:54When she came back, she said she wanted a holiday alone.
00:10:00Oh, excuse me.
00:10:01Yes, we're going.
00:10:13Mr. Crossley, my name is Michael Billings.
00:10:15This is Miss Jenny Drool.
00:10:16Good morning, Mr. Crossley.
00:10:17We hope to be of some assistance in locating your wife.
00:10:20Oh, really?
00:10:21We represent the Sunday Star, a newspaper of great influence, as you probably know.
00:10:25A newspaper?
00:10:26The newspaper, Mr. Crossley.
00:10:28The policy of which is to defend the public against the tyranny of officialdom.
00:10:31Oh, well, you might as well come right in.
00:10:34We have some officialdom here already.
00:10:39Inspector Corcoran, this is Mr. Billings of the...
00:10:41Why, Corky!
00:10:43Do you know each other?
00:10:44Unfortunately.
00:10:46Wait a minute.
00:10:47How did you find out about this?
00:10:49Oh, the Sunday Star keeps its finger on the pulse of everything.
00:10:51All the time, everywhere.
00:10:53Well, it better keep its sticky fingers off this case while the police are working on it.
00:10:56Why, is someone likely to be charged or something?
00:10:58No.
00:10:59Well, we're not exactly impeding the course of justice there, are we?
00:11:02But, Inspector, I don't see in what way Mr. Billings and his charming companion are interfering.
00:11:06Do sit down, won't you?
00:11:10Well, Alice Crossley, perhaps you...
00:11:11I'm asking the questions, and I have a right to ask you to wait outside until I'm finished.
00:11:16Well, you wouldn't do that, Inspector.
00:11:17I would if I thought I could keep you away from that keyhole.
00:11:24Mr. Crossley, your wife left the house at about a quarter to five last Thursday week.
00:11:30Near enough.
00:11:31Did you accompany her to the station?
00:11:33No.
00:11:34I see.
00:11:35And, uh, can you recall what she was wearing?
00:11:42It may help us locate her.
00:11:45Well, nothing outstanding.
00:11:50Brown coat, brown shoes, a sort of yellow hat.
00:11:56Oh, and a foreign chiffon scarf.
00:11:59Did she take any luggage with her?
00:12:02Mr. Crossley, this is rather personal.
00:12:03Oh, were you on good terms with your wife?
00:12:07I had a garnet, no doubt, informed you I was the biggest brute unhung.
00:12:11She did have certain strong opinions.
00:12:13Well, I'm not quite as bad as that.
00:12:16The fact is, my wife rules the roost here.
00:12:20My paintings never brought in very much money, and so it's only her contribution that keeps us in reasonable comfort.
00:12:27You mean she goes out to work?
00:12:29Oh, no, no, no.
00:12:30She inherited nearly 30,000 pounds from her parents, so you can understand why she acts so independently.
00:12:37Uh, you're not going to publish that?
00:12:39I'll say they're not.
00:12:41None of that stuff is to be released until I give the word.
00:12:43But wait a minute. We go to press tomorrow night.
00:12:45You hate what I said, Mike.
00:12:47All right, all right. I'll be reasonable.
00:12:48That's if you promise not to let any other Sunday paper have it before we do.
00:12:51Agreed.
00:12:52And what about the Saturday papers tomorrow? Is that all right for them, too?
00:12:54All right, the Saturday papers included.
00:12:56Will you agree to give us your exclusive story for the Sunday Star?
00:13:00I haven't got a story.
00:13:02If your wife's not found, you'll have dozens of reporters down here,
00:13:05and I'm afraid some of them are not too particular in their method.
00:13:09Like a couple that I know very well.
00:13:11Good idea, sir. It's all right. I let myself out.
00:13:13Corky, don't forget our bargain, mind. Nothing to the others.
00:13:17This is a Sunday Star exclusive.
00:13:31Hello?
00:13:33I want to speak to someone dealing with the Crosley case.
00:13:36One moment, sir. I'll put you through.
00:13:45Cochrane here.
00:13:47You're wanting some information about Mrs. Crosley?
00:13:50That's right.
00:13:51I can give you a tip.
00:13:52Mrs. Crosley never left her house.
00:13:55How do you know that?
00:13:56It don't matter how I know, but she didn't leave.
00:13:59And if you can't find her in the house,
00:14:02ask Crosley what he's been doing in his garden at night.
00:14:05Who are you?
00:14:06Just a neighbour.
00:14:07But I know what I'm talking about.
00:14:09Will you hold on a minute while I get a notebook and take the statement down?
00:14:13Come on.
00:14:16Trace that call on my other line.
00:14:18Yes, sir.
00:14:20I'm sorry, sir. I'm afraid the caller has rung off.
00:14:23Oh.
00:14:24Right, sir.
00:14:42Come in.
00:14:43Hold on.
00:14:44Light cover is expecting you.
00:14:45It's nothing short of treachery.
00:14:47Now calm yourself, boy.
00:14:48Calm yourself, sir.
00:14:50I lay off the Crosley store and what happens?
00:14:52I find that thing plastered over every Monday newspaper.
00:14:55Pictures and all.
00:14:56I don't see anything wrong.
00:14:57You don't see?
00:14:58Well, what about your promise?
00:14:59I promised you last Friday not to give it to any paper,
00:15:02up to and including Sunday.
00:15:05Corky, I'll never trust you again.
00:15:08I'm not impinging on the freedom of the press, am I?
00:15:11I'm disappointed in you.
00:15:13I'm sorry, Mike, but I couldn't do anything else.
00:15:15I had to have Margaret Crosley's picture widely publicized
00:15:18in case anybody recognized or saw her on a train.
00:15:20All right, all right, all right.
00:15:22The least you can do is to tell me what came up.
00:15:23Well, we had a few calls.
00:15:25You mean she was on the Ambledown train?
00:15:27According to the people who recognized her photograph,
00:15:30Margaret Crosley traveled simultaneously on the 615 to Bristol,
00:15:33the 630 to Ipswich, the 445 to Brighton, the Royal Scalp,
00:15:37the Golden Arrow...
00:15:38I know, I know, I know.
00:15:39And the ghost train from Nailsworth to Chipping-Salbury.
00:15:43Well, how about the ticket collector at Ambledown? Does he remember it?
00:15:46No.
00:15:47Well, that doesn't prove anything.
00:15:49How many people could give definite evidence that you came up to town today?
00:15:52They don't have to, I'm here.
00:15:55It's the financial angle that worries me.
00:15:58You mean she was killed for her 30,000?
00:15:59I don't know.
00:16:01But I had a telephone call with a strong suggestion that she never left the house.
00:16:05Who from?
00:16:06Wouldn't say, wouldn't give his name, just a neighbor.
00:16:08Maybe a crack.
00:16:09Maybe, but it did tie up with something that Ida Garner told me about that garden.
00:16:13Yeah?
00:16:13Yeah.
00:16:14I've applied for a search warrant.
00:16:17I think we've enough justification to see if we can't dig up some evidence.
00:16:23I hope this never happens to my herbaceous border.
00:16:26If you ever had a herbaceous border, you know it does it good to turn the soil over occasionally.
00:16:30Is it so?
00:16:31Anyway, we're nearly finished.
00:16:32What about the lawn?
00:16:34All the experts say that's okay.
00:16:35They say the turf hasn't been touched for at least a year, sir.
00:16:38Fair enough.
00:16:40Oh, something else.
00:16:42Excuse me, sir, but we found something interesting in the cellar.
00:16:44What?
00:16:45Some cracked and loose concrete in one corner of the floor.
00:16:48I'd like your permission to get it out.
00:16:50Sure, go ahead. I'll be down there shortly.
00:16:51Yes, sir.
00:16:53Well, aren't you reckon you're going to be here?
00:16:54It's hard to tell.
00:16:56Not getting jittery, are you?
00:16:59From all accounts, neither is Crosley.
00:17:34There's a fellow called Nero who fiddled while Rome burned.
00:17:37Perhaps we found a parallel in Henry Crosley.
00:17:40Inspector, what's going on now? What's all that noise?
00:17:43My men are searching the cellar.
00:17:45Aren't you carrying this a bit far?
00:17:47The floor down there has broken up enough as it is already.
00:17:49That hasn't escaped our notice.
00:17:51Oh, then you're convinced that my wife was murdered?
00:17:54Your wife has disappeared.
00:17:56And you think I killed her?
00:17:57I haven't said so.
00:17:58You don't have to. It's obvious from your attitude.
00:18:00And this performance.
00:18:04Oh, I see they've finished.
00:18:06I take it that means they haven't found any bodies.
00:18:09That's right.
00:18:10And might I suggest that you call off the excavations in the cellar
00:18:13and leave me in peace?
00:18:14We won't be there much longer, Mr. Crosley.
00:18:17The floor down there has broken up enough as it is
00:18:19without having pickaxes working on it.
00:18:21We'll make good any damage.
00:18:28At last he's showing signs have been rattled.
00:18:30Well, that's understandable, I suppose.
00:18:32Is it really necessary to make such a mess of the place?
00:18:35Ask me that one later, Mike.
00:18:37A call for you, Inspector.
00:18:38Oh, thank you.
00:18:40You know, Crosley, I admire you for using as much control as you have.
00:18:44There's not really very much I can do about it, is there?
00:18:46Well, the same.
00:18:47I'd like to think that if I were in your shoes,
00:18:49I'd take it as well as you have.
00:18:50I don't know about that.
00:18:51The whole thing's got to be on my control.
00:18:54Anyway, I don't really care as long as they care
00:18:56up the mess when they're finished.
00:18:57There's no idea they'll do that otherwise.
00:19:00Listen.
00:19:03You don't hear anything?
00:19:05That's what I mean.
00:19:08Are they finished in the cellar?
00:19:10Yes.
00:19:10There's no need for further digging.
00:19:13What do you mean?
00:19:14Your wife's body has been found.
00:19:18The body was found halfway between Ambledown Station and Ida Garnet's house.
00:19:31From your post-mortem examination then, Doctor, you would agree that Margaret Crosley did not meet her death through natural
00:19:37causes?
00:19:38Definitely not.
00:19:39My examination revealed a severe bruising of the throat and a contraction of the thorax region,
00:19:45with conditions that indicates indisputably that death was caused by strangulation.
00:19:51Were you able to ascertain the time that this took place?
00:19:53I would say she met her death on the 3rd or 4th of May, approximately ten days before the body
00:19:59was found.
00:20:01So I kicks through it a bit and then I sees her.
00:20:04And you reported it straight to the police?
00:20:06That I did, sir.
00:20:07You saw no one else in the woods at the time?
00:20:09No, but them plenty of strangers about.
00:20:12Tramps and gypsies.
00:20:13We all been losing chickens.
00:20:15I say find out who steals them and you'll find out...
00:20:19Well, it will be all.
00:20:20You may stand down.
00:20:22My niece had arranged to visit me on the 3rd of May and stay for two weeks.
00:20:27She was not happy at home and wanted to get away for a little.
00:20:31You knew she'd be coming alone?
00:20:33Yes.
00:20:34And the time her train would arrive?
00:20:36Yes.
00:20:366.15.
00:20:38Now, to get to your house from the station,
00:20:40Mrs. Crosley would have to pass through the village
00:20:42and along the road bordered by the wood in which she was found.
00:20:46It would have been dark by the time she arrived.
00:20:48Yet you didn't think it necessary to meet her?
00:20:51No.
00:20:52She knew the way.
00:20:54Besides, I knew she'd prefer me to have a cup of tea waiting for her.
00:20:58Poor Margaret.
00:20:59When I think of her lying there.
00:21:02Miss Garnett, can you recall any strangers perhaps loitering about on that particular day?
00:21:08No.
00:21:09I believe there's a small gypsy camp in the field at the end of your garden.
00:21:13That is so.
00:21:14But they've never given the slightest trouble.
00:21:17I don't think you'll find her killer living in this village.
00:21:22I've already told the police what time she left the house.
00:21:25This is an independent inquest, Mr. Crosley.
00:21:28And you will kindly answer my questions even if they do appear repetitive.
00:21:32My wife left the house at about a quarter to five.
00:21:35And plenty of time to catch the train she intended?
00:21:38Yes.
00:21:39Isn't it rather strange that you didn't go with her to the station?
00:21:43She was very independent.
00:21:45Any such gesture on my part.
00:21:48It wouldn't have been appreciated.
00:21:50Miss Garnett has intimated that your marriage relationship was not a happy one.
00:21:54Have you any comment to make about that?
00:21:57Only to say that Miss Garnett herself was largely responsible for that state of affairs.
00:22:03What did you do, Mr. Crosley, after your wife left the house that afternoon?
00:22:07Well, I...
00:22:08I made myself a cup of tea and then I went to the cinema.
00:22:12Alone?
00:22:13Yes, quite alone.
00:22:17And having given due consideration to the evidence of this inquiry,
00:22:22I have to place on record that on the third or fourth day of May,
00:22:27the life of Margaret Gladys Crosley was rendered extinct
00:22:31by manual strangulation by some person or persons unknown.
00:22:35And I recommend the police to pursue their investigation of this case to its logical conclusion.
00:22:42So the coroner handed the case to Scotland John and the silver platter.
00:22:46Save the gory detail. She can read all about it in this morning's dailies.
00:22:50Look, Bercy, we don't publish for Sunday. In any way an inquest is public property.
00:22:53Oh, give the boy a break. He can't gag every reporter in town.
00:22:56And who was wearing the gag last week withholding you so that all the dailies could scoop on us?
00:23:01I told you we couldn't help that.
00:23:03Well, here's something that had better be helped.
00:23:06I want an exclusive on this story the moment it busts open.
00:23:10So you stick to Corcoran like a leech.
00:23:14Well, in your role of self-respecting leech, just what have you managed to extract from Corcoran?
00:23:19Well, he's not interested in tramp or gypsy theories. I know that.
00:23:22What about husband theories?
00:23:24He practically laughed outright at Crosley's cinema, did I?
00:23:27But didn't he describe the film?
00:23:28Oh, yeah, yeah. Corky says he could have seen the same program the following night.
00:23:32Corky has a nasty, suspicious mind.
00:23:34Well, he's a policeman.
00:23:36What are you defending Crosley for, anyway?
00:23:37Because he's innocent?
00:23:39Huh? What brings you to that conclusion?
00:23:41A woman...
00:23:42A woman's intuition.
00:23:43I bet if I saw Crosley, I could prove he was at the cinema that night.
00:23:48How could anyone so attractive be so dumb?
00:23:52How much?
00:23:53Chilling.
00:23:53Make it five, Bob, and you're on.
00:23:55All right.
00:23:56Come on. You're going to lose your money, aren't you?
00:23:58Oh, no, I can't.
00:23:59Oh, yes, you are.
00:24:00You're always losing money, then.
00:24:02Never to you, my friend.
00:24:04Well, I appreciate your concern, Mr. Huber,
00:24:07but how can I produce a witness?
00:24:09I was alone.
00:24:10And the girl in the box office has already told the inspector
00:24:12that she can't remember me specifically.
00:24:15Perhaps there was something special that happened
00:24:16that other people might remember.
00:24:18Well, all I can tell you is the program I saw.
00:24:20Well, that could have been seen on any night of the week.
00:24:23There it is.
00:24:23That's all the proof.
00:24:25What about the ticket stub?
00:24:27Oh, Jenny, please.
00:24:28We'll keep a ticket stub for a whole fortnight.
00:24:29You would for a start.
00:24:31What?
00:24:31All the nonsense I ever...
00:24:36Can you remember what coat you were wearing?
00:24:38My raincoat, I think.
00:24:40I'll bet you.
00:24:41It's in the studio.
00:24:44Hey, how did you know I kept these things?
00:24:46Men are slaves of habit, particularly bad habits.
00:24:50Anyway, they're the world's worst hoarding.
00:24:51Oh, really?
00:24:52Well, next time we do a show, you buy the tickets.
00:24:53Yeah.
00:24:54Here's the coat.
00:24:55Fine.
00:25:03I believe you're right.
00:25:05Huh?
00:25:06Aha.
00:25:06This is interesting.
00:25:08But which is the one?
00:25:09Well, it must be one of the two and nine.
00:25:11And how does that help?
00:25:13They're not dated.
00:25:14They have serial numbers on them.
00:25:15The cinema should be able to check up on which day
00:25:18each ticket was issued.
00:25:19Yeah, I'm sure one of them was for that evening.
00:25:21We better view it if the checking is done by the police.
00:25:22Yes, of course.
00:25:23You're right.
00:25:24Oh, thanks.
00:25:25You've been a great help.
00:25:26Now, have I some coffee?
00:25:27Not just now, thanks.
00:25:28I need this excuse to see Corcoran anyway.
00:25:30Come on, Jenny.
00:25:31No, I think not stay.
00:25:32You go and see Corcoran.
00:25:32What?
00:25:33Well, you forget that I'm the Sunday star social chatterbox
00:25:36and there's a literary bun fight I might as well cover while I'm down here.
00:25:39You hate it.
00:25:39You bet.
00:25:40That's right.
00:25:41And you lost.
00:25:42Remember?
00:25:44Oh.
00:25:45Come on.
00:25:45Yeah.
00:25:46Here you are then.
00:25:47Five shillings.
00:25:48And thanks for letting me tag along.
00:25:50It's been so nice seeing how a real crime reporter goes to work.
00:25:54Bye.
00:25:57Where does Ida Garnet live in Ambledown?
00:26:00A place called The Caravan.
00:26:01The Caravan?
00:26:02No, no, no.
00:26:03It's just the name of the house.
00:26:04She's got a kink about gypsy law and writes books about it.
00:26:07Not very good ones.
00:26:09I'll get that coffee.
00:26:10No, don't bother.
00:26:12I'll, um, some other time, eh?
00:26:13Goodbye.
00:26:40Bye.
00:26:41Bye.
00:26:52Bye.
00:26:56Bye.
00:27:09I'm sorry that you should do it.
00:28:21Bring her inside.
00:28:29Nice of you to watch me around, Corky.
00:28:31I did nothing of the kind. You invited yourself along while you know it.
00:28:35You've been sticking to me like a leech all afternoon.
00:28:37Well, I like that. If it weren't for me, you'd never have verified that Crossley did visit the cinema on
00:28:41the third.
00:28:41Stop crowing about it.
00:28:43All right.
00:28:44But I'd like to know why you're so anxious to interview Ida Garnett.
00:28:47You ask more questions than a prosecuting counsel.
00:28:50You get fewer direct answers.
00:28:51I want to know why she lied to the coroner about being home when her niece was arriving at Amboldt.
00:28:56Oh, did she?
00:28:56Yes.
00:28:57There's something else very interesting.
00:28:59I had Margaret Crossley's will turned up.
00:29:01Oh?
00:29:02Yes.
00:29:03There's an estate of 30,000 pounds.
00:29:05And the bulk of it goes to Aunt Ida.
00:29:07Young woman, you were trespassing.
00:29:10I want to know who sent you here.
00:29:12Nobody.
00:29:12I came in by mistake.
00:29:14I thought it was a shortcut through to the village.
00:29:17So if you don't mind, I think...
00:29:19You're not leaving until you've told me what you're up to.
00:29:46It's the police.
00:29:47Perhaps you'd like to explain your presence to them.
00:30:00Why, Jenny.
00:30:02I thought you were supposed to be covering a meeting.
00:30:04Well, life's full of surprises, Mike.
00:30:06At least nothing surprises me anymore.
00:30:08Everyone seems to be attending to everybody else's presence.
00:30:11So you're a reporter, if I might have known it.
00:30:14There's something the inspector might like to know.
00:30:16Why do you keep a bodyguard?
00:30:18What?
00:30:18I've just been manhandled by a hulking big oaf.
00:30:21Manhandled?
00:30:22What do you mean?
00:30:23Yes.
00:30:23But all he hurt was my pride.
00:30:25And I'm used to dealing with big oafs.
00:30:27It was a man from the camp in the lower field.
00:30:29I'm friendly with the people.
00:30:30And the man helps me out sometimes.
00:30:32What was he doing here tonight?
00:30:34Watching for Henry Crossley.
00:30:36I've made no secret of who I think murdered Margaret.
00:30:39And to tell you the truth, I'm scared he might come down here.
00:30:41You should sleep well with Tarzan outside.
00:30:43I must apologize for his roughness.
00:30:46I'm sure he didn't mean to hurt you.
00:30:51What was it you wanted to see me about, Inspector?
00:30:54A person in this village informed us that she called on you the evening you were expecting your niece.
00:30:58But you were not at home.
00:31:00It's true.
00:31:02I'd been to Guildford and missed the bus back.
00:31:04That's why I didn't meet Margaret at the station.
00:31:07And why didn't you tell that to the coroner?
00:31:09I didn't think it was important.
00:31:11And I didn't want him to ask me where I'd been.
00:31:15Where had you been?
00:31:18I think you'd better tell me, Miss Garnett.
00:31:21Very well.
00:31:23I'd been to see a moneylender.
00:31:26Go on.
00:31:27I owed them quite a lot of money.
00:31:29And they threatened to call on me.
00:31:31I knew it would be fatal if they called while Margaret was staying.
00:31:34Why?
00:31:36Because I didn't want her to know I'd been doing that sort of thing.
00:31:40There's no disgrace in being hard up these days.
00:31:42You don't understand.
00:31:44She respected me.
00:31:46I'll say she did.
00:31:47And I don't blame you for not wanting to disillusion her.
00:31:50What do you mean by that?
00:31:51I've just seen her will.
00:31:53She left you nine-tenths of her money.
00:31:56I know.
00:31:57She told me.
00:31:58But did she tell Henry Crossley, I wonder?
00:32:01No.
00:32:02I imagine he thought it was all coming to him.
00:32:06Well, thank you.
00:32:07I think that's all for the moment.
00:32:08But we must ask you to restrict your movements until our investigations are completed.
00:32:13Good night.
00:32:14Good night.
00:32:24Well, at least the old dragon gave us something.
00:32:26For what?
00:32:26For the paper, of course.
00:32:27If you ask me, she knows...
00:32:28Nobody is.
00:32:29But I'm telling you something.
00:32:30What I said about holding that story still applies.
00:32:33But why?
00:32:34Because we've nothing to go on but suspicion.
00:32:37All we know is that the woman was murdered.
00:32:40Either her husband or her aunt could have been responsible.
00:32:42But until we get hold of some definite evidence, I want this case kept in his proper perspective.
00:32:48Get in.
00:33:02Arse I love you.
00:33:03God.
00:33:03Dios mÃo.
00:33:04To him.
00:33:04God.
00:33:11Yeah.
00:33:18Oh, God.
00:33:21Billings, don't you know it's press day?
00:33:24Then why don't you find something to do before you get your final paycheck?
00:33:31Oh, and what about you?
00:33:34Great scoop, Percy. Lady Phyllis has just color-washed her poodle pink.
00:33:38What's wrong with that?
00:33:40It happens to be a boy poodle.
00:33:43Oh, you too.
00:33:47You're true about that, poodle.
00:33:51Disgusting.
00:33:54Get your expenses, Daddy?
00:33:56Yes, thanks. I've got something else for you, too.
00:33:58Well, what's your mum got to say this time?
00:34:00Nothing. This was all my own work.
00:34:02I've been looking through your notes.
00:34:04Huh? When?
00:34:05Yesterday, when you was out.
00:34:07There is such a thing as privacy, you know.
00:34:09Oh, I know, but I want to be a reporter, too.
00:34:11Got you there.
00:34:12It was that page about Mr. Crosley describing the film you saw,
00:34:15and the inspector saying he could have seen the same show any night of the week.
00:34:18Did you happen to read that page in which I state that his visit to the cinema
00:34:22was confirmed by the ticket stub?
00:34:24No, Mr. Billings.
00:34:25I'll get your facts right.
00:34:27I'm sorry, Mr. Billings, but I knew the inspector had made a mistake.
00:34:32Huh?
00:34:33Danny!
00:34:35What's all this about the inspector making a mistake?
00:34:37Nothing.
00:34:37Oh, come on, come on. What is it?
00:34:38Well, only that Mr. Crosley couldn't have seen the same program any night of the week.
00:34:41Why not?
00:34:42Because on the third, they shoot a new film, one that hasn't been released yet.
00:34:45What do they call it?
00:34:46A sneak preview, you mean?
00:34:47That's it. Where they try it out for one night.
00:34:49How do you know?
00:34:49I saw it. I went.
00:34:51You see, we live near the Crosleys, so we use the same picture as.
00:34:54Crosley didn't say anything about a sneak preview.
00:34:56I'm just going on to Corky about this. It's too hard to keep to ourselves.
00:34:59Shouldn't you see Crosley first?
00:35:00Oh, no.
00:35:02Inspector Corcoran, please. Scotland Yard.
00:35:04He'd be the devil to pay if he thought we were holding out on him.
00:35:06I suppose he's never held out on us.
00:35:08Lieutenant, this isn't society gossip, you know. This is serious.
00:35:10You can't just... Corky?
00:35:11Oh, it's you. I'm busy. Can't you ring later?
00:35:14No, I can't. This is important.
00:35:16Now, look, make it snappy. I have to get down to see Crosley straight away.
00:35:20It appears he was lying about that visit to the cinema.
00:35:23They showed an extra film that night.
00:35:25Yeah.
00:35:26Now, what's your important news?
00:35:28Uh, my news?
00:35:30Oh, it wasn't really very important.
00:35:33Look, can I come down to Crosley's with you?
00:35:35No, you cannot.
00:35:36I've had enough of reporters under my feet.
00:35:42Well, my girl, you can...
00:35:43Where's Miss Drew?
00:35:44She just left.
00:35:48Hey, don't forget my expense sheet.
00:35:59I warned you to keep away from here.
00:36:01Corky, you don't understand.
00:36:02If I don't get something on this case before long, it's...
00:36:04The Sunday Star will be looking for a new crime reporter.
00:36:07Oh, no.
00:36:08Oh, yes, Inspector.
00:36:10Just what do you think you're doing?
00:36:12Upholding the principles of our paper and protecting the ordinary citizen.
00:36:16Won't you come in?
00:36:20Where's Crosley?
00:36:21In the drawing room.
00:36:22You didn't think he'd run away, did you?
00:36:28Oh, good morning, Inspector.
00:36:30Mr. Crosley, why did you go to the trouble of buying a cinema ticket the night your wife disappeared...
00:36:33and not see the show?
00:36:35You must have gone into that cinema and come straight out again.
00:36:38That's right.
00:36:39You ought to establish an alibi.
00:36:40Yes, but not for the police.
00:36:43For my wife's benefit.
00:36:45You see, I visited someone.
00:36:47A woman.
00:36:48Who?
00:36:49Well, I'd rather not give her a name.
00:36:52Your explanation won't be worth very much if you don't.
00:36:55Please, Mr. Crosley.
00:37:00Well, it seems I don't have much choice, doesn't it?
00:37:03Uh-huh.
00:37:05All right.
00:37:07Her name's Watson.
00:37:08Stella Watson.
00:37:09She models for me occasionally and...
00:37:12Well, you know how it is.
00:37:14I don't, but I suppose I shall find out.
00:37:17Where does she live?
00:37:18Thirty-nine, Glen Crescent, Norbury.
00:37:21You could have said it does a great deal of trouble if you told us the truth to start with.
00:37:24Yes, I know, but...
00:37:26Well, it doesn't look too good to drag another woman into a case like this.
00:37:30What time did you get to her place?
00:37:32About six.
00:37:33I left the house soon after my wife, went straight to the cinema, and then on to Norbury.
00:37:39Stella can tell her what time I run.
00:37:41For your sake, I hope she can.
00:37:43Is there anything else you'd like to add?
00:37:46No, Inspector.
00:37:47Nothing.
00:37:55I'm sure it'll be all right, Mr. Crossley.
00:37:59I hope so.
00:38:01I seem to have been rather foolish over the whole thing.
00:38:04For the last time, stop bothering me.
00:38:05I'm going to see this Watson woman, and I'm going to see her alone.
00:38:08All right, I'll wait outside in the car.
00:38:10Hey, Mike, wait for me.
00:38:11I'm coming with...
00:38:14Oh, Charlie, it's bad.
00:38:15Come on, let me give you...
00:38:18I'll see what you've done.
00:38:19Me?
00:38:19Yes, you and your rickety ankles.
00:38:22You leave my ankles out of this.
00:38:23If it hadn't been for me...
00:38:24I'd have been in that car.
00:38:25Oh, no, you wouldn't.
00:38:26You wouldn't have been down here at all.
00:38:27Now, look, Jenny.
00:38:28From now on, I don't want your help, understand?
00:38:30You're always there where I don't want you.
00:38:33Just like a woman.
00:38:35Well, if that isn't just like a man.
00:38:44You're sure it was the evening that Mrs. Cressley went away?
00:38:47Of course.
00:38:47The Thursday.
00:38:49And he came here at six o'clock?
00:38:50That's right.
00:38:51Six o'clock news had just come on.
00:38:53Was there anyone else here who could confirm your statement, Miss Watson?
00:38:57Haven't you heard?
00:38:58Two's company, three's a crowd.
00:39:02Anyway, why shouldn't you believe what I say?
00:39:04I didn't say I disbelieved you.
00:39:05I only want you to realize the gravity of the situation, that's all.
00:39:09Well, I do, Inspector.
00:39:11But Henry didn't leave me.
00:39:12You mean he stayed here all night?
00:39:16Yes, you needn't look like that.
00:39:18He slept over there.
00:39:20I see.
00:39:22Are you in love with him?
00:39:24Not to the extent of wanting Mrs. Cressley out of the way, if that's what you mean.
00:39:28You have met her?
00:39:30Once or twice when I was modeling for Henry.
00:39:32Do you think she had a suspicion that her husband and yourself were having an affair?
00:39:37I doubt if she was even interested enough to have a suspicion.
00:39:40She didn't understand it.
00:39:43He's got an artistic temperament.
00:39:45People like that need a lot of understanding.
00:39:48Then I take it, Miss Watson, you understood him.
00:39:51Well, I'm a bit artistic myself.
00:39:54Oh, yes, sir, I can see that.
00:39:57Is there any way you can prove he stayed here all night?
00:40:00Yes, there must be.
00:40:02What do you think?
00:40:04Uh, yes.
00:40:07Yes, when he left here in the morning, he ran into the paperboy from Jones.
00:40:11I see.
00:40:12Thank you, Miss Watson.
00:40:13You won't need any more of your time.
00:40:16No doubt, surely, love.
00:40:18We want you to go to bed.
00:40:31Message from HQ, sir, and there's somebody there waiting to see you.
00:40:34Oh, Mike Billings, I suppose.
00:40:35No, sir.
00:40:36Somebody called Marilyn Dawn.
00:40:38I want to make a call to the news agents and then straight back to the yard.
00:40:41There you go.
00:40:52I don't know what you're going to be.
00:40:53Couldn't say, sir.
00:40:54The young lady's very talkative.
00:40:56Look, this young lady, what's she want, do you know?
00:40:59I believe she's lost her pet cat, sir.
00:41:02She wants the inspector to report it to the Bureau of Missing Persians.
00:41:05Oh.
00:41:06Well, I'm very glad to have seen you, Miss Dawn.
00:41:08That's fine, Lieutenant.
00:41:09It was cute seeing you two.
00:41:10Miss Dawn, can I help Billings?
00:41:12I've got some information.
00:41:12I just want a few words with the young lady.
00:41:14Miss Dawn has come about another case.
00:41:16Don't forget, if you want to see him anymore, you know where to find me an animal, darling.
00:41:19Yes, indeed I do.
00:41:21Bye-bye.
00:41:22But, Miss Dawn, I just...
00:41:23Don't get excited.
00:41:24What's the idea you're holding out?
00:41:25She's just an empty-headed girl who wants to hit the headlines.
00:41:28I don't believe it.
00:41:28I'm still a watchdog.
00:41:29About Miss Dawn.
00:41:30Yeah, about Stella.
00:41:31She certainly confirmed Crosley's out.
00:41:33Well, I've out of been there at six o'clock.
00:41:35Oh, yeah?
00:41:35And the local paperboy said he saw him leaving the following morning.
00:41:38So his alibi is cast iron, after all?
00:41:41Just because he was seen leaving in the morning doesn't mean to say he was there all the previous evening.
00:41:45Well, if you think the Watson girl's lying, why don't you break her down?
00:41:48What do you think this is?
00:41:49A Sunday Star detective story?
00:41:51Do you think Crosley killed his wife, don't you?
00:41:52Well, I just think it's possible that Crosley went to the cinema, left immediately by a side door, and then
00:41:59caught a green-lined bus to Ambledown.
00:42:01To wait for his wife on the stretch of road near the woods.
00:42:03After strangling her and hiding the body, made his way back to Stella Watson's flat.
00:42:07Well, he couldn't possibly have arrived earlier than 8.30.
00:42:10Corky, you gonna arrest him today?
00:42:11On what?
00:42:12Guesswork?
00:42:12I need something more definite.
00:42:14But tonight we go to press.
00:42:15Do you think we run the police force for the benefit of the Sunday Star?
00:42:18Do you?
00:42:19Well, my editor's inclined to think so.
00:42:23Where's Mike?
00:42:24What's he doing?
00:42:25Six hours to our deadline and not as much as a postcard.
00:42:28What's he trying to do to my constitution?
00:42:31He's working on the Crosley case.
00:42:33Working?
00:42:35Look, I get more information out of my office blower than he gets from the whole wide world.
00:42:39There's a flash just coming from Ambledown.
00:42:42They've arrested a gypsy trying to sell one of Mrs. Crosley's earrings.
00:42:46When Mike comes in, will you please get him to do something about it?
00:42:51Percy?
00:42:52Yes, what?
00:42:52It doesn't come in.
00:42:53Can I bring in this story?
00:42:54What?
00:42:55Well, you see, I've been following it pretty closely and I know I could do it if you'd let
00:42:59me put my name on it.
00:43:00I don't care who brings it in as long as somebody brings in a story!
00:43:11Oh, it's the hurry.
00:43:12Another bonfire?
00:43:13No, nothing like that.
00:43:42Oh, sorry, I lit off steam just now, all right?
00:43:45You're very nice of you to call in occasionally.
00:43:48Dawn.
00:43:48Dawn?
00:43:49Dawn, if we don't make this deadline, you'll never see the sunset.
00:43:52That girl knows something?
00:43:54Have you seen Jenny?
00:43:55Yeah.
00:43:55Then what are you standing here for?
00:43:57Then what are you standing here for?
00:44:10I wanted to find out if you knew the prisoner.
00:44:13Is he the man who has been acting as bodyguard for him?
00:44:16Why, I...
00:44:17If you're thinking of lying, Miss Garnett, I should tell you that he has already admitted
00:44:20to it.
00:44:21I don't see anything wrong in that.
00:44:24Why are you holding him?
00:44:25He was caught trying to dispose of an earring.
00:44:28Stolen?
00:44:29No, I found it.
00:44:30I found it!
00:44:31It belonged to Mrs. Cressley.
00:44:34Have you proved it was hers?
00:44:36It's a mate of the one that was found on her body.
00:44:39Where did you find it, John?
00:44:41In the woods, two days ago.
00:44:43I've always found him honest, Inspector.
00:44:45I've no reason to disbelieve him now.
00:44:47Perhaps you haven't.
00:44:48But we prefer a more substantiated truth.
00:44:51You've already told us that he helps you out sometimes.
00:44:54Well?
00:44:55You must admit that you stood again most by your niece's death.
00:45:00How long have you known, Miss Garnett?
00:45:02Only a matter of a few weeks.
00:45:05I understand he's been in the district for the past 18 months.
00:45:08Plenty of time for you to get acquainted.
00:45:11Especially as he used gypsies as background material for your books.
00:45:17Now, perhaps you'll answer my question.
00:45:19She told you.
00:45:21Only a few weeks.
00:45:24All right, Sergeant.
00:45:25Put him away.
00:45:26See that nobody speaks to him until I call again.
00:45:28Very good, sir.
00:45:30I hope you realize the seriousness of your situation, Mr. Garnett.
00:45:33Come on, you.
00:45:37Come on, you.
00:46:05But, Sergeant, just think what my editor will say.
00:46:08Sorry, miss.
00:46:08Orders are that nobody's to speak to the prisoner.
00:46:12Not two minutes?
00:46:14Not two seconds.
00:46:16Well, can't you tell me anything about him?
00:46:18No.
00:46:18What about this earring?
00:46:19Says he found it in the woods.
00:46:21Near where the body was discovered.
00:46:23Yes, he...
00:46:25Didn't I tell you I was giving no information?
00:46:29You said no one was to speak to the prisoner.
00:46:32That's right.
00:46:34But nothing about having a look at him.
00:46:36Oh, let me have a look at him.
00:46:37You've got a morbid curiosity, young woman.
00:46:39I was brought up on horror comics.
00:46:41Oh, please, Sergeant.
00:46:42Look, I've a feeling I might recognize him.
00:46:45We already know who he is.
00:46:47But it wouldn't do any harm if I just had a look at him.
00:46:51Would it?
00:46:52It wouldn't do any good, either.
00:46:54Now, miss, will you please let me get on with me work?
00:46:58I don't know what my editor will say when he finds out.
00:47:02I haven't even seen the man.
00:47:08All right, then.
00:47:11Just one look.
00:47:16But I'm warning you.
00:47:17You're not to go inside.
00:47:19And you're not to shout anything through to the prisoner.
00:47:21You have my word as a journalist.
00:47:50I hope you're satisfied.
00:47:54Well, just one thing worries me. If he did murder Mrs. Crosby...
00:47:57Who said anything about murder?
00:47:59I mean, if he did. Why did he only take one hearing? How can he steal the pair?
00:48:06Don't you think we might let Scotland Yard sort that one out?
00:48:09After all, they have had some little experience, you know.
00:48:38Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Can I show you something?
00:48:41No, thanks. Oh, Miss Dorn, I was told I'd find you here.
00:48:45Why, you're the gentleman I saw this morning at Scotland Yard.
00:48:48Yes, that's right. My name is Billings. Detective Sergeant Billings.
00:48:52You must be Lieutenant Cochran's lieutenant.
00:48:54Yes, yes. How is the lieutenant?
00:48:57Lieutenant? Oh, fine, fine. He's very busy, you know.
00:48:59He's in conference with the commissioner this afternoon.
00:49:01That's why he asked me to come down and see you.
00:49:03Is that so?
00:49:04He's very pleased with what you told him this morning.
00:49:06And he was wondering if you'd be good enough to repeat it...
00:49:08so that I could take it down in writing.
00:49:10You mean for the files?
00:49:12Exactly, for the files. Is there somewhere where we could talk?
00:49:15Well, just a moment, I'll ask the manager if he'll let me off.
00:49:19Fine.
00:49:27No, darling, it's not your colour.
00:49:28Jenny, are you following me?
00:49:30No, just window shopping. What brings you down here?
00:49:33Oh, there's been a new development.
00:49:35I know, I've just seen her.
00:49:36The manager's given me half an hour. There's a coffee shop just around the corner.
00:49:39Good morning, Miss...
00:49:40Oh, Miss Dorn, Miss Drew.
00:49:41Look, I hope you've got it firmly into that sweet little head that I am handling this case.
00:49:45Is Miss Drew from Scotland Yard, too, Sergeant?
00:49:47Oh, no, she's a reporter.
00:49:48She's the kind that gets in the way of us police investigators.
00:49:51Oh, funny.
00:49:52Lieutenant Corcoran said almost the same identical thing.
00:49:55Yeah, well, they're not all as bad as that, you know.
00:49:57Will you excuse us? We have an engagement.
00:49:59Oh, don't bother about me, Lieutenant.
00:50:01We must never obstruct a police officer in the execution of his duties.
00:50:06Goodbye.
00:50:17The End
00:50:17The End
00:50:45Now, if you just...
00:50:56Oh, I beg your pardon, is this yours?
00:51:00Thanks.
00:51:03Now, if you'll continue, Miss Dorn.
00:51:05Well, it said in the paper that nobody saw Mrs. Quasley arrive in Humbledown.
00:51:10Well, I did.
00:51:11You did?
00:51:12Oh, yes, of course, you did.
00:51:14When was this?
00:51:15Would you please leave the interrogation to the proper authority?
00:51:19I'm sorry, Sergeant.
00:51:22Continue, Miss Dorn.
00:51:24Well, this Mrs. Quasley came into the shop just as we were closing at half after six.
00:51:30On the day she was rubbed out.
00:51:32Yes, you're sure it was her?
00:51:34I've seen a picture in the paper.
00:51:36Besides, I spoke to her.
00:51:38I sold her a fawn chiffon scarf.
00:51:40I don't forget my customers.
00:51:42Say, shall I have to take a stand for the D.A.?
00:51:45I expect the D.A. will be most insistent.
00:51:49Oh, coffee, please, for two.
00:51:51Would you make that three?
00:51:53You don't mind if I join you, do you?
00:51:56Nearly did it again.
00:51:57This is confidential.
00:51:59Shouldn't you ask the press to leave?
00:52:00Not unless the sergeant wants some rapid demotion.
00:52:04You know, Miss Dorn, I don't understand why you didn't come forward before,
00:52:07after all this has been on the front page of the papers all the week.
00:52:10Oh, I don't read the front page much.
00:52:12I want to get wars and parliament.
00:52:14I go straight for the real stuff.
00:52:16You know, fun stars and things.
00:52:18You go to the pictures, do you?
00:52:21Is she trying to take the bottom rung out my letter?
00:52:23Oh, if you'll excuse me, I think I'll leave.
00:52:26This interview doesn't seem to be contributing anything.
00:52:29What do you mean?
00:52:30At least it proves that Crosley couldn't very well have killed her at home
00:52:32and then brought the body down here.
00:52:34I never thought for a moment he did.
00:52:35You and your intuition.
00:52:36Come on, I'll take you back to London.
00:52:37What about me?
00:52:38Don't you want my fingerprints or anything?
00:52:41Oh, yes, sergeant, don't tear yourself away.
00:52:43No, thanks.
00:52:44I don't think that'll be necessary.
00:52:45Goodbye.
00:52:46Oh, by the way, Percy asked, um,
00:52:48your superintendent asked me to give you this.
00:52:50Oh, yes.
00:52:54Gypsy, eh?
00:52:55The local police station.
00:52:57Hey, you haven't been down there already to speak to him, have you?
00:53:00No, I haven't spoken to him.
00:53:01Oh.
00:53:02This could be the very thing we've been waiting for.
00:53:04Well, you go on, because I have to go back and finish my special feature.
00:53:07Yeah, all right, but, uh,
00:53:08better steer clear of literary bonfires, might.
00:53:11Well, enjoy your coffee.
00:53:12I'll, uh, tell the DA to look out for you.
00:53:15Good day.
00:53:16Now, wouldn't you like to do something on me, Miss Drew?
00:53:20Yes.
00:53:21A post-mortem.
00:53:37Yes?
00:53:38May I speak to you a moment, Miss Watson?
00:53:40Well, come in.
00:53:48Have you heard of knocking before entering?
00:53:50Sorry, Corky, but this is urgent.
00:53:51What is?
00:53:52We've got to press in now, and I haven't put in my story yet.
00:53:54Pity, a great pity.
00:53:55It has nothing to do with me.
00:53:56Oh, yes, it has.
00:53:57I've been to Ambledown to see the gypsy.
00:53:59What?
00:54:00I gave orders that no one was to speak to him.
00:54:02Oh, don't worry.
00:54:03I didn't get near him.
00:54:04Listen, Corky, you've got to give me something.
00:54:06Did this man kill her?
00:54:07Has he confessed?
00:54:08You're going to charge him?
00:54:09Until it's proven otherwise, he found an earring in the woods and tried to sell it,
00:54:12and that's all there is to it.
00:54:14Oh, give me a break, will you?
00:54:15I'm really in a hole.
00:54:16Not nearly as big a hole as you will be, Em.
00:54:20What do you mean?
00:54:22Where else did you go this afternoon, Mike?
00:54:24No way.
00:54:25Just, just ambled down.
00:54:26To see the gypsy?
00:54:27Yeah, that's right.
00:54:28See the gypsy.
00:54:29You didn't bump into anyone?
00:54:31No.
00:54:32No.
00:54:32Why?
00:54:33Because I had a telephone call from your girlfriend.
00:54:36Oh, Jenny, what's she going to do?
00:54:36No, not Jenny.
00:54:38Miss Marilyn Dawn.
00:54:40She said to tell you that you left your hat in the coffee shop.
00:54:44Sergeant.
00:54:45Now, look, Corky, I can explain all that.
00:54:47It was just...
00:54:48This is the last straw, Billings.
00:54:50You've hounded me, embarrassed me, obstructed me, and interfered with my witnesses.
00:54:54This time you've gone too far.
00:54:56Don't you know it's a criminal offense to impersonate a police officer?
00:54:59Well, of course I do.
00:55:01It's just a very natural mistake on her part.
00:55:03We'll see about that.
00:55:06Yes?
00:55:08Oh, yes.
00:55:09Yes, do.
00:55:10Send her in, please.
00:55:13Miss Stella Watson is here.
00:55:17You haven't been up to anything else, have you, Sergeant?
00:55:20Now, look, Corky, I swear to you.
00:55:21Because if you have, boy, I'll dig.
00:55:25Come in.
00:55:27Miss Watson, sir.
00:55:28Where's Henry?
00:55:29Isn't he here?
00:55:29Why should he be?
00:55:31Well, because of the confession.
00:55:33Crossy's confessed.
00:55:34Just a minute.
00:55:35You mean he's confessed to you?
00:55:37No, he didn't have enough nerve for that.
00:55:39Well, I thought I'd be charged as an accessory.
00:55:42You see, when Miss Drew told me...
00:55:43Did you say Miss Drew told you?
00:55:47Yes.
00:55:48Isn't it true?
00:55:49About as true as the rest of the fiction concocted by the staff of the Sunday Star.
00:55:54Quite a list you're building up to between you.
00:55:56Get her on the phone.
00:55:57What do you want me to say?
00:55:58Do as I say.
00:55:59I'm going to blast her out of Fleet Street.
00:56:02All right.
00:56:04That's cotton, George.
00:56:05Oh, Jenny, I was just going to call you.
00:56:06Give me that phone.
00:56:07No, no, no, let me talk.
00:56:08Yeah, that's right, Mike.
00:56:09Put me through on the other line.
00:56:10No, Jenny, there's something I want to talk to you about.
00:56:11This is Corky.
00:56:12What do you mean by getting in touch with my witnesses?
00:56:15Don't let him scare you, Jenny.
00:56:16Now, look here.
00:56:16You've gone too far.
00:56:20One at a time, gentlemen.
00:56:21Please.
00:56:26Now, Inspector, may I tell you that Stella Watson will be coming to see you shortly?
00:56:29She's already here.
00:56:31And perhaps you can explain the fairy story about Crossley confessing.
00:56:34Yes, Jenny, you can get in.
00:56:35Will you shut up?
00:56:37Sorry.
00:56:37It's no fairy story.
00:56:39He really did confess.
00:56:40What's that?
00:56:41Here, you'll be hosting.
00:56:42No, I haven't been holding out on anybody he didn't confess to me.
00:56:45He confessed to you.
00:56:46What did you say?
00:56:47She said he confessed to you.
00:56:48She must be...
00:56:49You must be out of your mind he did nothing of the kind.
00:56:52Oh, yes, he did, Inspector, indirectly.
00:56:55Do you remember in his first statement he described what his wife was wearing when she left the house?
00:57:00Now, there was one item he couldn't have known about unless he'd seen her after she got to Ambledown.
00:57:06The fawn chiffon scarf she bought from Marilyn Dawn.
00:57:10Corky, she's right.
00:57:11Be quiet.
00:57:13Miss Watson, are you sure Crossley called on you at six o'clock that evening?
00:57:16Well, that's what I wanted to see you about.
00:57:19He didn't get there till after nine.
00:57:21What?
00:57:23Well, he said he'd been to the cinema.
00:57:25And as it was dark in there and nobody could see him to confirm it,
00:57:28well, he thought the police might think he was somewhere else.
00:57:31So you agreed to give him an alibi.
00:57:34I wanted to help him.
00:57:36I thought he was telling the truth.
00:57:38You must believe me.
00:57:39I didn't know he'd killed her.
00:57:42Jenny, are you still there?
00:57:43Yes, but I can't stop.
00:57:44I've got to get down to Crossley right away.
00:57:46Jenny, see you there?
00:57:49She's gone down there.
00:57:50If he finds out she knows, he'll kill her.
00:57:51You'd better come down there with me.
00:57:53Johnson.
00:57:54Johnson.
00:57:55I want to warrant an issue for Henry Crossley straight away.
00:57:57Johnson.
00:57:58Hey, Mike.
00:57:59Mike.
00:58:00Come back here.
00:58:01Mike.
00:58:03Hurry up with that, will you?
00:58:04Take it, sir.
00:58:43Come back here.
00:59:07What the devil are you doing here?
00:59:09Where's Jenny?
00:59:10Who?
00:59:10Don't bluff.
00:59:11I know she's here.
00:59:12If you don't care, I'll call the police.
00:59:14You don't have to.
00:59:15They're on their way with a warrant.
00:59:17A warrant?
00:59:17Yes.
00:59:18Corcoran knows you were in Ambledown that evening.
00:59:21Is it gin toast, sir?
00:59:25Speaker 2
00:59:37Help!
00:59:39Martin!
00:59:40Please!
00:59:41Please!
00:59:42Stop!
00:59:46JoJo!
00:59:54Let's go.
01:00:20Come on, let's go.
01:00:37Mike.
01:00:40Darling, have you had an accident?
01:00:42Hmm, huh?
01:00:43Oh.
01:00:44Oh, well, where'd you get to? You're supposed to be coming here.
01:00:48He said I was going to get down to writing Crossley's story.
01:00:51Crossley's story? Writing?
01:00:54What? For the paper?
01:00:56I just phoned it through. Percy said he liked it.
01:00:59Well, that's my story.
01:01:00Well, he said I could put my name on it.
01:01:02Oh, no.
01:01:12You know, when a man does this for a girl, it must be love.
01:01:15Right.
01:01:17Darling, you did this for me.
01:01:20Oh, I think you're wonderful.
01:01:24Oh, okay.
01:01:26Pardon me.
01:01:33Oh, my God.
01:02:13Oh, my God.
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