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After a gentlewoman is found dead with her throat torn out, the villagers blame a supernatural monster. But Sherlock Holmes, who gets drawn into the case from nearby Quebec, suspects a human murderer.
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00:00:00The End
00:04:33I saw it again tonight.
00:04:38Who would that be?
00:04:48Where's Lord Penrose?
00:04:49He's gone to Quebec.
00:04:50Get him on the phone immediately.
00:04:51What's happened, Father?
00:04:52Lady Penrose, dead, clutching the bell rope, calling for help.
00:04:57It was dreadful.
00:04:58Her ladyship.
00:04:59Call Sergeant Thompson at the police station.
00:05:02Ask him to come to the church immediately.
00:05:04Come with me, Potts. I'll need you.
00:05:06Yes, Father.
00:05:13Operator, put me through to Quebec.
00:05:15Lord William Penrose.
00:05:18Yes.
00:05:19He's addressing a meeting of the Royal Canadian Occult Society
00:05:22at a Quebec hotel.
00:05:24It's urgent, sir.
00:05:25Paige?
00:05:26Yes, sir?
00:05:27Lord Penrose, the mortarouge is on the telephone.
00:05:30It's urgent. It's in the gold room.
00:05:32Yes, sir.
00:05:40Gentlemen, as you know, the greatest obstacle in proving the authenticity of the occult lies in finding facts.
00:05:47However, if the facts are there, even the most hardened skeptic, provided he has an open mind, must finally acknowledge
00:05:55the actual existence of the supernatural.
00:05:57Do you admit that, Mr. Holmes?
00:05:59Facts always convincing, Lord Penrose.
00:06:02It's the conclusions drawn from facts that are frequently in error.
00:06:05Yes, in the case of the Hound of the Baskervilles, as well as in the adventure of the Sussex vampire.
00:06:09We found that...
00:06:10Lordson, please.
00:06:11Oh, sorry.
00:06:12Well, gentlemen, this time I have facts. Cold facts.
00:06:17Many years ago, 100 to be exact, an apparition appeared at night in the village now called La Mont Rouge.
00:06:24The following morning, three people were found dead, their throats torn out, hence the town's rather grim name.
00:06:31Interesting years.
00:06:32But facts?
00:06:33No.
00:06:35I hardly think the tales of superstitious peasants can be considered...
00:06:38I haven't finished, Mr. Holmes.
00:06:40La Mont Rouge has again been seen of these strange and unexplainable occurrences.
00:06:43Unexplainable, that is, from your point of view.
00:06:45Several of our most responsible citizens have actually seen the strange apparition on the marshes at night.
00:06:50And next morning, sheep were discovered, with their throats torn out, and no traces of the killer anywhere to be
00:06:55found.
00:06:55Oh, you've read about it in the papers.
00:06:57Oh, as a matter of fact, I haven't.
00:06:58It was merely a deduction.
00:07:00A rather obvious one, I'm afraid.
00:07:02Deductions are a weakness of mine, as Dr. Watson can tell you.
00:07:05Would you believe it? Holmes can...
00:07:07Well, those are facts, Mr. Holmes. Ignore them if you can.
00:07:10But it's very urgent, sir.
00:07:12Okay, well, go ahead.
00:07:15I never ignore facts, Lord Penrose.
00:07:17I have no doubt that the incident of the sheep with their throats torn out is unquestionably a fact.
00:07:21However, the interpretation of this fact as being final proof of the existence of the supernatural is merely supposition,
00:07:27and therefore cannot be accepted without further data.
00:07:29Your opinions, Mr. Holmes, are undoubtedly the result of your inability to cope with something beyond the realm of your
00:07:33comprehension.
00:07:34So, ma'am, this is...
00:07:35I'm sorry, John, but this ridiculous scepticism.
00:07:38Yes, what is it, my boy?
00:07:39La Mont Rouge on the telephone, sir.
00:07:40Very urgent, my lord.
00:07:42Excuse me, gentlemen.
00:07:47I... I'm afraid, Lord Penrose...
00:07:48Well, it's quite understandable, Sir John.
00:07:49Lord Penrose is deeply entrenched in his beliefs.
00:07:52That's his privilege.
00:07:53Well, hang it all, Holmes. The fellow was positively rude.
00:07:56Well...
00:07:57Shall we see a little overwrought, Watson?
00:08:01I'm leaving immediately.
00:08:08Order my cart, Watson. Hurry.
00:08:09Yes, sir.
00:08:15Gentlemen, my wife has just been found dead, her throat torn out, in exactly the same manner as the sheep.
00:08:22This is terrible.
00:08:23I say, you don't think that it's...
00:08:25Undoubtedly, Mr. Holmes, you would call it murder by person or persons unknown.
00:08:28I'm sorry, if I can be of any assistance, I...
00:08:30Thank you, no.
00:08:31I'm afraid the happenings in La Mont Rouge wouldn't address you, Mr. Holmes.
00:08:34Under the circumstances, I think we should adjourn.
00:08:37Yes, indeed, Sir John.
00:08:37Say, Holmes, what a terrible thing.
00:08:40Now, Sir John, would you be good enough to convey our condolences to Lord Penrose?
00:08:43Yes, I'd be glad.
00:08:46Well, can't we get something to eat before we leave?
00:08:51You don't often get food like you do here.
00:08:53Don't you ever think of anything else besides your stomach?
00:08:55No, not often.
00:08:56Well, you've got to get a paper.
00:08:57Morning.
00:08:57Good morning, sir.
00:08:58I imagine you'll be glad to get back to London, Mr. Holmes.
00:09:00Yes, indeed.
00:09:01Oh, by the way, there's a letter for you, sir.
00:09:03Oh, here's something about Lady Penrose.
00:09:06She was finally in the church with her throat horribly cut.
00:09:09I haven't even dragged herself from the marshes nearby and tried to summon help with the bell-robed.
00:09:16What's in it?
00:09:19What is it, Holmes?
00:09:21Listen to this, Watson.
00:09:22What?
00:09:23My dear Mr. Holmes, I have every reason to believe my life is in danger.
00:09:27Yet, if you were to ask me how I know, I couldn't give you a logical answer.
00:09:31There is nothing tangible, yet like a terrible premonition.
00:09:35It is all so frankly real.
00:09:37I heard of your being in Quebec, and I'm turning to you a stranger and asking your help,
00:09:41in the frantic hope that you will not fail me.
00:09:44Who did you try?
00:09:46It's signed Lillian Penrose.
00:09:48Lillian Pen...
00:09:49Lady Penrose?
00:09:50A letter from the dead woman?
00:09:52What's it mean, Holmes?
00:09:53I should say that Lady Penrose lived in fear of her life.
00:09:57Some secret hidden in her past, in all probability.
00:10:00Oh, perhaps it isn't as simple as that.
00:10:02What if Penrose is right?
00:10:04I'm glad we're going back to London.
00:10:06Things like that can't happen in Baker Street.
00:10:08What's the pity, Watson?
00:10:12Do you know a village by the name of La Morose?
00:10:14Yes, sir.
00:10:15It's about 12 miles from here, up towards the Falls.
00:10:17Great Scott, Holmes, you mean you're going to take on the case?
00:10:19Quite.
00:10:20Telephone the airport and cancel our reservations, will you?
00:10:22Certainly, sir.
00:10:23Consider Watson, the irony, the tragic irony.
00:10:26We've accepted the commission from the victim to find her murderer.
00:10:29For the first time, we've been retained by a corpse.
00:10:38This will seem to be a bell.
00:10:41Never mind, come along.
00:10:41Do you think we should?
00:11:03What a cold, cheerless looking room.
00:11:05Come along.
00:11:06Yes.
00:11:32What do you want?
00:11:33Who are you?
00:11:34Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
00:11:36I apologize for this intrusion.
00:11:42Would you mind, gentlemen?
00:11:48Mr. Holmes, is it your custom to burst into people's houses without ringing the bell?
00:11:52We couldn't find the bell, sir.
00:11:53If you've come here to use the death of my wife to prove your theories, I must ask you to
00:11:57leave.
00:11:57Penrose.
00:11:59I received this letter from Lady Penrose this morning.
00:12:06That was devilish awkward.
00:12:18I'm afraid you're a little late, Mr. Holmes.
00:12:20My wife's dead.
00:12:21And I've come here to find her murderer.
00:12:23You might have saved yourself the trouble.
00:12:24I'm convinced that the solution of this horrible deed lies in an understanding of psychic phenomena.
00:12:29Although I don't expect you to admit that, Mr. Holmes.
00:12:31I assure you, Penrose, I neither believe nor disbelieve in anything, including psychic phenomena.
00:12:35If I could just see Lady Penrose.
00:12:38It might help dispel much of the mystery that surrounds these happenings in the Morals.
00:12:42Drake!
00:12:43Why don't you answer the blasted thing?
00:12:45Sergeant Thompson has charge of the case.
00:12:46You'll find him at the police station.
00:12:48And now I must ask you to go and take your assistant with you.
00:12:50You'll excuse me if I don't show you out.
00:12:53Drake!
00:12:54Drake!
00:12:56Drake!
00:12:56Where are you?
00:12:59Watson!
00:13:15I've seen her before.
00:13:17Right, Watson, you have.
00:13:18Yes.
00:13:19Where?
00:13:20Never mind that now.
00:13:21We must examine the wound before Penrose returns and has us thrown out of the house.
00:13:27Clumsy job.
00:13:30Just missed the jugular vein.
00:13:31Must have bled to death.
00:13:33That had bled for several hours, eh?
00:13:34Possibly more.
00:13:35Long enough for Penrose to leave Le Moral Rouge and reach Quebec in time for the meeting.
00:13:40Aren't you?
00:13:40You don't suspect Penrose?
00:13:41I suspect nobody, Watson.
00:13:43I was just asking a question.
00:13:48I beg your pardon, gentlemen.
00:13:54There is another who desired the death of a leadership.
00:13:57I saw it last night in the fields, moving in and out of the shadows.
00:14:00You're the butler, aren't you?
00:14:02I was the butler.
00:14:03I've given notice.
00:14:10Drake!
00:14:14Get out.
00:14:15Get out of this.
00:14:23I trust you found what you were looking for.
00:14:25Two things have been made clear to me, Penrose.
00:14:27That your wife was murdered and that she's Lillian Gentry.
00:14:32Lillian Gentry?
00:14:33Will you leave or must I call the police?
00:14:35That will not be necessary.
00:14:37We're on our way to the police station now.
00:14:41The wounds found on Lady Penrose's throat are identical with those found on the throats
00:14:46of the dead sheep.
00:14:47Now, I'm not a superstitious man, Mr. Holmes, but I don't know of any weapon capable of inflecting
00:14:53such wounds, except an animal's claw.
00:14:55Of course, it could be done by a five-pronged garden weeder.
00:14:59Not that garden weeder, Mr. Holmes.
00:15:00That's mine.
00:15:01I use it to weed the garden at the back of the jail.
00:15:04I'm inclined to agree with Sergeant Holmes.
00:15:06A weapon such as that would have severed the jugular vein and death would have followed
00:15:10immediately.
00:15:11Lady Penrose lived long enough to drag herself to the church and toll the bell and a frantic
00:15:15ever to call for help.
00:15:16Yes, yes.
00:15:17I know all about that.
00:15:18But there must be some logical motive instead of all these goblins and monsters.
00:15:22Sergeant, have you ever heard of Lillian Gendry?
00:15:26No.
00:15:27No, I can't say that I have, Mr. Holmes.
00:15:29She was a famous actress who came to America some time ago.
00:15:32She appeared for many years in the United States and Canada.
00:15:35Then suddenly she disappeared.
00:15:37Her disappearance was never explained and she was soon forgotten.
00:15:40But what's the connection between Lillian Gendry's disappearance and the death of Lady Penrose?
00:15:45Lillian Gendry and Lady Penrose are one and the same person.
00:15:49The same person?
00:15:50Precisely.
00:15:50Okay.
00:15:51One more question, Sergeant.
00:15:53Do your files show anyone with a prison record living in La More Rouge?
00:15:57No, Mr. Holmes.
00:15:58The only person having any connection with a prison is Emile Jornay.
00:16:02He came here two years ago with his daughter and bought the hotel.
00:16:06He was a guard at Talon Prison.
00:16:07Thank you, Sergeant.
00:16:09I hear there are a lot of prairie chicken in these parts.
00:16:11I'd like to have a bag of them someday.
00:16:13I think that can be arranged, though.
00:16:15Yes, we can stop over to Parmyard and you can shoot all the chickens you want.
00:16:18That's all for me, Holmes.
00:16:19You are, old fellow.
00:16:21We're going to engage rooms at Mr. Jornay's hotel.
00:16:24Oh, dear.
00:16:26Landlord!
00:16:28I say, Landlord!
00:16:30The place seems deserted.
00:16:31Won't be for long if you billow like that.
00:16:33Land...
00:16:34Oh, sorry.
00:16:35Holmes got to try and make so much...
00:16:39Yes, Monsieur.
00:16:40My dear, have you got a room for us?
00:16:41Yes, Monsieur.
00:16:42Good.
00:16:44Sign here, please.
00:16:46I'll sign for us both.
00:16:46Oh, thank you.
00:16:48You seem very young to be in charge here.
00:16:50Yes, Monsieur.
00:16:51You are Mademoiselle Jornay?
00:16:54Marie's your name, Monsieur.
00:16:56My dear, you've been crying.
00:16:58Why?
00:16:59Papa's going away.
00:17:00Oh, come now.
00:17:01Is that such a tragedy?
00:17:02Did you cry if your papa were going away, Watson?
00:17:04I don't believe so.
00:17:06This way, Monsieur.
00:17:07Bring your bags, please.
00:17:09Yes, of course.
00:17:11Wouldn't I be unhappy if my father...
00:17:13Absolutely, you see.
00:17:14I've seen my father here.
00:17:16I've only died about 20 years ago and shot him.
00:17:40Some talk of Alexander and some of Hercules.
00:17:44Of Victor and Lysander and such bright nines as these.
00:17:48Bills, bills, bills.
00:17:50That's the way it goes, Emil.
00:17:52It costs money to be born and it costs money to die.
00:17:55Do you know who that was in the car?
00:17:57It was Sherlock Holmes.
00:17:59He's here now.
00:18:00What do you think he'll find?
00:18:01Ghosts and monsters.
00:18:02What else is there for him to find?
00:18:04There's nothing...
00:18:06I don't know.
00:18:08You're afraid, Emil.
00:18:09Of course I am.
00:18:10And so are you.
00:18:11Who isn't?
00:18:12Why should Sherlock Holmes come here?
00:18:14To investigate the death of Lady Penrose.
00:18:16What else?
00:18:18I'm afraid Mr. Holmes will return to London a sadder, but a wiser man.
00:18:22Why'd you say that?
00:18:23Well, you can't arrest ghosts and monsters, can you now?
00:18:26Well, I'm on me way.
00:18:28The mail must be delivered.
00:18:29Some chalk of Hercules.
00:18:32Some of Hercules.
00:18:35That's better.
00:18:36This room gives me the creeps.
00:18:38It is very seldom used, Monsieur.
00:18:40It isn't often that strangers come to L'Amour Rouge.
00:18:43And when they do, they'll never stay.
00:18:44I can't say that I blame them.
00:18:46Will your father be away for long?
00:18:47I... I don't know, Monsieur.
00:18:49Where is he leaving?
00:18:50I don't know.
00:18:51Marie!
00:18:52If you need anything, just ring, Monsieur.
00:18:56That girl's frightened Holmes.
00:18:58Obviously.
00:19:00She made the mistake of telling us that her father was leaving.
00:19:02Huh?
00:19:03You...
00:19:03You don't think that Jeunet...
00:19:07Suppose we have a little talk to Monsieur Jeunet.
00:19:08It might prove illuminating.
00:19:10Didn't I tell you not to answer any questions?
00:19:12Yes.
00:19:12Didn't I tell you to keep a silent tongue in your mouth?
00:19:14Yes, Papa.
00:19:15So you told them I was going away.
00:19:16Yes, Papa.
00:19:18What a teacher to keep your mouth shut.
00:19:20Monsieur Jeunet.
00:19:21Just why are you leaving L'Amour Rouge at this particular time?
00:19:24I'm not leaving.
00:19:25What gave you the idea that I was?
00:19:27Your daughter?
00:19:28My daughter's mistaken.
00:19:30I merely said that I would like to go away.
00:19:34I've just been teaching her the difference.
00:19:36Yes, so I observed.
00:19:37I can't say that I approve your method, sir.
00:19:39I'll ask you to mind your own business.
00:19:43Run along, dear.
00:19:48Oh, there, my dear.
00:19:51Disgraceful hitting a child.
00:19:53Mr. Jeunet is quite right.
00:19:54It's none of our business.
00:19:57Mrs. Jeunet.
00:19:59What do you know of the death of Lady Penrose?
00:20:01Only what everyone in the village knows, that she was killed by the monster.
00:20:04You've seen this monster?
00:20:05No, but who else could have done this terrible thing?
00:20:08Sheep have been killed, their throats torn out.
00:20:11You were a jailer at town in prison, weren't you?
00:20:14Oh, yes, monsieur.
00:20:16Why did you decide to come to L'Amour Rouge?
00:20:19Well, I always wanted to own a hotel, and I heard this one was for sale, so I bought it.
00:20:24That was two years ago?
00:20:25Yes.
00:20:27I believe it was about the time the monster made his reappearance, wasn't it?
00:20:30Do you suspect me of being the monster, Mr. Holmes?
00:20:32No, no, no, no, no.
00:20:34I was just remarking a coincidence.
00:20:36I thought you didn't believe in those things, Holmes.
00:20:38Quite right, Watson, I don't.
00:20:40At least, uh, not in the supernatural variety.
00:20:43Not the werewolf who bites into his victim's throat with his teeth.
00:20:48But, uh, a monster who uses for his weapon of death a five-prong garden weeder.
00:20:55Yes, that's a little more on my line.
00:20:57I...
00:20:58I don't know what you mean.
00:21:00I mean that this monster's been recreated and used as a screen behind which to commit a horrible crime.
00:21:06Whoever did, it felt certain that no suspicion could possibly fall on him.
00:21:09But my unexpected arrival upset his plans.
00:21:12Very possibly he became frightened, decided to run away.
00:21:15You're right, monsieur.
00:21:18I was running away.
00:21:20But not for the reason you think, but in fear of my life.
00:21:23And who would want to kill you?
00:21:24I don't know.
00:21:25It's like some terrible premonition.
00:21:27But it's so real.
00:21:29The very word, it's in, in Lady Penrose's letter.
00:21:32Yes.
00:21:33That still doesn't explain this garden weeder.
00:21:36I swear to you, I know nothing about its being here.
00:21:40Haven't we been assigned for that fellow, Sergeant Thompson?
00:21:43No, Watson, that won't be necessary.
00:21:45Monsieur Journet knows as well as we do that you can't run away from yourself.
00:21:54I took it away quite by accident.
00:22:01Monsieur Journet knows as well as we do.
00:22:04You can't run away from yourself.
00:22:08This old Journet seems a very frightened chap.
00:22:11Do you think he'd have any connection with Lady Penrose's murder?
00:22:15Time will tell us many things, Watson.
00:22:17And now, my dear fellow, there's something you can do for me, if you will.
00:22:20Anything, Holmes?
00:22:21I knew I could rely on you.
00:22:22I want you to mingle with the people in the cafe tonight.
00:22:24Find out all you can and keep a particularly sharp eye on Journet.
00:22:27But you sort of take over the case.
00:22:29That's right, old boy.
00:22:30I want to get a good night's rest before starting out again in the morning.
00:22:34Oh, and incidentally, make yourself as inconspicuous as possible, will you?
00:22:38Inconspicuous.
00:22:39You can depend on me.
00:23:31Oh, thank you, my dear.
00:23:33I'm glad to see that the tears are all gone.
00:23:35You feeling better?
00:23:35Thanks to you and Mr. Holmes, the pod's not going away.
00:23:39Not going away?
00:23:40Oh, good.
00:23:47Journet not going away.
00:23:49There are many phases of the supernatural, Mr. Drake.
00:23:53Witchcraft, vampires, werewolves, ghosts, monsters.
00:23:57You'll find them all in the history of crime.
00:23:59So I say to myself,
00:24:01Potts, this is the anti-work of the supernatural.
00:24:07I, uh, I gather that your name is Potts,
00:24:10and that you're interested in the detection of crime.
00:24:13Allow me to introduce myself.
00:24:14My name's Watson.
00:24:15Dr. Watson of 221B Baker Street, London, England.
00:24:19How do you do, sir?
00:24:19Here's the crime.
00:24:21Bigger and better crime.
00:24:23If I deduce my good man, then you're somewhat drunk.
00:24:26Ah.
00:24:27Sharp ears, sharp as a tack.
00:24:30And just as flat-headed.
00:24:32You might also deduce that I'm leaving this place.
00:24:38Getting out.
00:24:39As soon as the bus I'm waiting for hoots its hooter.
00:24:42I believe they say honks its hooter in these parts.
00:24:46Hoots to me, honk to you.
00:24:48Hooter.
00:24:50Oh, dear fellow, I don't care two hoots whether it's hoot or honk.
00:24:54Oh, that's my bus, gentlemen.
00:24:56I just heard it hoot its hooter distinctly.
00:25:01If you solve this case, let me know.
00:25:04Personally, I'm betting on the monster.
00:25:07You take my advice, Patsy.
00:25:09Get out of this place,
00:25:10before they find you with your throat cut.
00:25:19Hoots!
00:25:20It's hooter.
00:25:21Yeah.
00:25:28Nervous?
00:25:29Well, the thought of having your throat torn out by some monster
00:25:31isn't likely to make you very gay, Dr. Watson.
00:25:34Oh, indeed.
00:25:35Some of Mr. Chourney's excellent wine will soon remedy that.
00:25:38Marie, would you bring a bottle of this excellent wine for my friend here?
00:25:42Yes, monsieur.
00:25:43Mr. Potts, as a student of the occult,
00:25:46suppose you give me your theory of this murder.
00:25:50Mm.
00:25:50You like this wine?
00:25:52Oh, but Dr. Watson,
00:25:53I never drink anything stronger than milk.
00:25:56Teetotal?
00:25:56No, hiccups.
00:25:58Every time I drink alcohol, I have hiccups.
00:26:00Oh, sorry.
00:26:27Mr. Holmes.
00:26:38Mr. Holmes.
00:26:39Mr. Holmes.
00:26:53Mm-hmm.
00:26:55There's a footpath just beyond the church,
00:26:57which leads across the marshes.
00:26:58Follow it for half a mile, and you'll be there.
00:27:00Thank you, Sergeant.
00:27:01I'm sure I'll find it.
00:27:02Mr. Holmes, I wish you'd let me go with you.
00:27:04It's dangerous on the marshes at night.
00:27:06These swamps, the one false step...
00:27:08I'm sorry, Sergeant, but it's important that I go alone.
00:27:10I'll keep close to the path.
00:27:11Well, will Dr. Watson be gone with you?
00:27:13No, Sergeant.
00:27:13I asked him to do some research work of his own,
00:27:16and by now he's probably magnificently involved.
00:27:18Good night.
00:27:19Hey, hey, hey.
00:27:19Hey, hey.
00:27:19Good night, Mr. Holmes.
00:27:21But according to your theory, Dr. Watson,
00:27:25everyone in the village is under suspicion.
00:27:28Pardon me.
00:27:28It's quite all right.
00:27:30Oh, thank you.
00:27:31Murder is a very interesting story, gentlemen.
00:27:34I will recall a short story by that brilliant author, G.K. Cheston,
00:27:39in which the murder is committed by a postman.
00:27:43I refer, of course, to the invisible man,
00:27:46a brilliant bit of deduction on the part of Father Brown, sir.
00:27:50I'm a postman.
00:27:51This is precisely why.
00:27:52I meant to illustrate the absurdity of assuming,
00:27:55because one man in a postman's uniform is a murderer,
00:27:59any other man in the same uniform should be suspected.
00:28:03Thanks.
00:28:04Had me worried for a minute.
00:28:05Oh, what a filthy flabberdab.
00:28:08A child can see that this ridiculous monster
00:28:11has got you all afraid of your own shadow.
00:28:15I saw Lady Penrose.
00:28:17I would like it to happen to me.
00:28:20I'll be getting on.
00:28:21I'm going with you.
00:28:26Good night, Dr.
00:28:28Good night.
00:28:30It's quite all right.
00:28:45No?
00:28:58No?
00:28:59No?
00:29:00No?
00:29:14I'll be Yi Moses.
00:29:46Well, it's so strange you've got a church bell ringing.
00:29:51It rang the same time last night.
00:29:58Excuse me, Dr. Watson. Can you tell me if Mr. Holmes is armed?
00:30:01Armed, my dear fellow? Why should he be? He's gone to bed.
00:30:04You're wrong, Doctor. He was out in the marshes alone. I tried to go with him, but he refused.
00:30:09But, Great Scott, if he runs into this monster and he's by himself, he'll get killed.
00:30:41Go, go, go!
00:30:55Go, go, go!
00:31:09Go, go, go!
00:31:32Holmes! Holmes! Are you all right?
00:31:35Where are you, Watson?
00:31:36Here I am. Over here, Holmes.
00:31:40Watson, where are you?
00:31:41I'm in the bog.
00:31:43Oh, good gracious. Come here. Your instructions were to mingle with the people and stay in the cafe.
00:31:48Sergeant Thompson said you were out here alone, so I thought you might need help.
00:31:51Yes, so you proceeded to fall in the bog, eh?
00:31:53Fall? I was pushed into the blasted thing, pushed by the most ghastly apparition.
00:31:57Came at me like a roaring furnace with spinning fire in all directions. Before I could get my revolver, the
00:32:04thing was upon me. The next thing I knew, I was in the bog.
00:32:07Are you all right, Mr. Holmes? I heard shots.
00:32:08Yes, I'm all right, but Dr. Watson here seems to have encountered the monster.
00:32:11He has?
00:32:12Come on, old fellow. We'd better get you out of these wet clothes and into a hot tub before you
00:32:16catch a death of cold.
00:32:26Now, you've had enough of that.
00:32:28Rig this. You'll be as fit as a fiddle in the morning.
00:32:31I thought you had such a bad time.
00:32:33I've got a right to share your dangers.
00:32:34Thanks, old fellow.
00:32:36You know, I wasn't sure the villagers weren't right.
00:32:38And if it did turn out to be some sort of supernatural monster, well, why should I involve you?
00:32:43Rubbish.
00:32:45However, I did learn something.
00:32:49I can now state positively that our antagonist is not a fan of them.
00:32:53But the thing actually spat flames at me.
00:32:55All just a figment of your imagination.
00:32:58The murderer knew I was out on the marshes, and obviously they wanted to frighten me.
00:33:01You frightened me, all right.
00:33:03How did he manage the flames?
00:33:04Merely clothing, treated with phosphorus.
00:33:07And the murderer fled, his shirt caught on a tree, and this piece of cloth was torn off.
00:33:17Come in.
00:33:18I'd like a few words with you, Mr. Holmes.
00:33:23I'll come directly to the point.
00:33:26Hello.
00:33:27What happened to your assistant?
00:33:29I'm not his assistant.
00:33:30If you must know, I was pushed into a boggy hole on the marsh.
00:33:34Pushed?
00:33:35By whom?
00:33:36I don't know.
00:33:38He spat fire at me.
00:33:40My good sir, in spite of Mr. Holmes's theories to the contrary, things have been seen and
00:33:45heard on those marshes that cannot be explained away by the use of logic.
00:33:48If I were you, I'd keep away from them.
00:33:50I'm not so sure.
00:33:51Holmes found...
00:33:51Lord Penrose, for the first time in my long pursuit of crime, I confess that I find myself
00:33:57baffled.
00:33:58I'm a detective.
00:33:59I need tangible clues.
00:34:00And up to now, I admit I found none.
00:34:03And you won't.
00:34:04I advise you to leave La More Rouge.
00:34:07Tonight, you escape with your life.
00:34:09Next time, you may not be so fortunate.
00:34:11Thank you for your considerate advice, Lord Penrose.
00:34:14Good night, sir.
00:34:15Excuse me.
00:34:18Oh, good night.
00:34:22I don't like this fellow, Holmes.
00:34:24Why do you think he came here?
00:34:26He wanted to find out if we discovered anything.
00:34:29He seemed very pleased when I told him we hadn't.
00:34:32Now, Watson, there are one or two questions I want to ask Sergeant Thompson.
00:34:35You stay here.
00:34:37I have a vitally important job for you.
00:34:39Anything, Holmes?
00:34:41What do you want me to do?
00:34:42Go to bed.
00:34:45Yes, it's cotton fabric.
00:34:47Here, take a look.
00:34:49That discoloration.
00:34:51The purple ink must have been spelt on it.
00:34:53Possibly.
00:34:54I should say this cloth was red with blue lines.
00:34:57Probably large checks.
00:35:00It seems to have been laundered a good many times.
00:35:03The blue lines are almost completely erased.
00:35:05Yes, you can scarcely see them.
00:35:07Good fabric.
00:35:07Well woven with a solid base.
00:35:10Hello, Bill.
00:35:11Hello, Sergeant.
00:35:12Your phone call must have been important to bring me over this time of the night.
00:35:15It was.
00:35:15This is Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
00:35:16He wants to ask you a few questions.
00:35:18This is Mr. Taylor, the storekeeper, Mr. Holmes.
00:35:20Oh.
00:35:20Good evening, Mr. Taylor.
00:35:21Good evening, sir.
00:35:22Have you any shirts of this design?
00:35:24Squares are red and the lines blue.
00:35:26Yes, I have.
00:35:27Can you remember to whom you sold them?
00:35:28I can.
00:35:29I keep them in stock specially for Judge Brisson.
00:35:32He won't have anything else.
00:35:33Judge Brisson?
00:35:33And who's he?
00:35:34A retired magistrate.
00:35:36He's a cripple.
00:35:37Lives alone with his housekeeper.
00:35:39Have you sold any of these shirts to anyone else?
00:35:41No, sir.
00:35:41They're too expensive for the village and the boatmen.
00:35:43This is the finest material.
00:35:45Import it.
00:35:46You say Judge Brisson's a cripple?
00:35:47Yes.
00:35:48He was a magistrate in Quebec.
00:35:49Had a stroke about two years ago.
00:35:51That's why he retired and came here to live in Le Mor Rouge.
00:35:54Just about the time that Monsieur Johnny arrived here.
00:35:56No, did you mention it?
00:35:57It was just about then.
00:36:03Hello, operator?
00:36:05Give me Judge Brisson's home, will you?
00:36:15Nora.
00:36:17Let it ring.
00:36:20Haven't I told you not to answer the phone at night?
00:36:22Yes, sir.
00:36:23Well, then obey my orders.
00:36:25Yes, sir.
00:36:33No one, sir.
00:36:35Where do you live?
00:36:35On the Marsh Road.
00:36:37But I don't advise you to go there after dark, Mr. Holmes.
00:36:39The place is a fortress and guarded by a savage dog.
00:36:42I think Dr. Watson and I will have to pay Judge Brisson a visit in the morning.
00:36:46Good night, gentlemen.
00:36:47Good night, Mr. Holmes.
00:36:56Two locks on the door.
00:36:58One of them new.
00:37:00Yes.
00:37:01I should say that Lady Penrose's death had increased Judge Brisson's terror.
00:37:04I don't like the sound of that dog.
00:37:06The girl sounds hungry.
00:37:08Possibly Brad Ross.
00:37:09Could we come back after he's had his breakfast?
00:37:11I'm sorry, Watson.
00:37:12Our business won't wait.
00:37:13Oh.
00:37:14Stop now.
00:37:16Yes, Watson.
00:37:25Stop!
00:37:26Good Fido.
00:37:27Good Fido.
00:37:28Good Marty.
00:37:28Good Winnie.
00:37:29Who is it?
00:37:30Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
00:37:31I telephoned Judge Brisson.
00:37:32We were coming.
00:37:33You can't come in.
00:37:34He's given orders.
00:37:35No one has to be admitted.
00:37:36You wouldn't want Judge Brisson's death on your hands, would you?
00:37:40No, sir.
00:37:41Then you'd better let us in.
00:37:43I'll probably lose my job for this.
00:37:45Not after we've talked to Judge Brisson.
00:37:51My good woman, you keep an eye on that dog.
00:37:53Oh, don't worry, Watson.
00:37:54You know as well as I do.
00:37:55The dog won't touch you if you're with its master or mistress.
00:37:58Well, you know it and I know it.
00:37:59You're quite sure the dog knows it.
00:38:01Good dog.
00:38:01Happy dog.
00:38:02Nice Winnie.
00:38:03Good good.
00:38:04Good Winnie.
00:38:12Let me warn you, I'm armed and I'm an expert shot.
00:38:15We didn't come here to harm you, Judge Brisson, but to protect your life.
00:38:18I told you over the phone this morning, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, that I did not want to see you.
00:38:22I don't want to see anyone.
00:38:23But I want to see you.
00:38:25Stay where you are.
00:38:27Nora, show these men out.
00:38:29Judge Brisson, if you'll answer a few questions, I may be able to save your life.
00:38:32I have the fullest confidence in my own defenses, and I will not trade them for any theories of Mr.
00:38:38Sherlock Holmes, however plausible you make them sound.
00:38:41Now get out, will you?
00:38:42I'm sorry.
00:38:44Under the circumstances, I'm helpless to prevent your death, or most certainly by violence.
00:38:49Come along, Watson.
00:39:08Pardon me.
00:39:09May I trouble you with that envelope?
00:39:11I must have dropped it.
00:39:20You're a very clever man, Mr. Holmes.
00:39:22A crude device, Judge Brisson.
00:39:23But it's confirmed my suspicions that you're not the cripple you pretend to be.
00:39:30I'm sorry.
00:39:32But I'm frightened of everything and everybody.
00:39:35I...
00:39:37Why don't you sit down?
00:39:38You want to get shot, Holmes?
00:39:40Come in, Watson, and close the door.
00:39:43Sit down, old fellow.
00:39:45Judge Brisson has decided not to shoot us.
00:39:47Oh, very kind of it.
00:39:50Gentlemen, this fear is driving me bad.
00:39:53It's quite understandable.
00:39:54The whole village seems to be consumed with fear.
00:39:56But in your case, judging from your vicious dog, those barred windows and that hunting rifle,
00:40:01it's not fear of the supernatural.
00:40:02Just what are you afraid of?
00:40:05Well, truthfully, Mr. Holmes, I don't know.
00:40:07And yet I feel its very presence.
00:40:10At times, I feel I can almost reach out and touch it.
00:40:13When I first came to La Mare Rouge, I had a slight attack and it affected my legs.
00:40:18But, well, I've recovered.
00:40:20And you've continued the deception, using the wheelchairs as an excuse for not going about
00:40:24the village.
00:40:24Well, you see, people would be more inclined to accept my hermit-like existence.
00:40:28Yes, naturally.
00:40:29Tell me, Judge Brisson, had you ever heard of Monsieur Journet before you arrived at La
00:40:33Mare Rouge?
00:40:35No.
00:40:36No, I hadn't.
00:40:37How many of these shirts has your housekeeper purchased for you?
00:40:41Oh, four or five.
00:40:42I'm not positive.
00:40:44You still have them?
00:40:45Well, one or two became badly worn, and I told my housekeeper to give them to a man
00:40:51who was doing some work for me at that time.
00:40:53Can you describe him?
00:40:54No, I'm afraid I can't.
00:40:56That was about a year ago, you see, and, well, I didn't pay much attention to him.
00:41:01He worked in the garden.
00:41:02Could your housekeeper remember him?
00:41:03No, that was a different housekeeper then.
00:41:06She went to the United States.
00:41:07Try to remember, Judge Brisson.
00:41:09Your life may depend on it.
00:41:13I do remember one thing.
00:41:15He had a very slight limp.
00:41:16I used to watch him from that window as he walked across the lawn.
00:41:20Splendid.
00:41:23Continue your vigilance, Judge, and under no circumstances allow anyone to enter the house,
00:41:27even someone you may know well.
00:41:29What's that mean, Holmes?
00:41:29It may mean nothing, Watson, and it may mean everything.
00:41:31I'm quite sure that Sergeant Thompson will have observed a man with a limp in a village
00:41:34the size of La Mare Rouge.
00:41:36Good day, Judge, and thank you.
00:41:37Good day, sir.
00:41:42I'm sure Sergeant Thompson will have observed a man with a limp
00:41:45in a village the size of La Mare Rouge.
00:41:55This is what's left of the Delaporte Hotel, Mr. Holmes.
00:41:58Donna sleeps here when he's in La Mare Rouge.
00:42:05Spooky old place.
00:42:06The villagers call it the ghost house.
00:42:08It's been deserted for years.
00:42:12Shh.
00:42:13What?
00:42:17He walks with a limp.
00:42:19A left foot, I think.
00:42:21To the train, dear Sergeant,
00:42:22footsteps have a characteristic rhythm as identifiable as fingerprints.
00:42:51What do you want?
00:42:53I've come to have a talk with you, Colonel.
00:42:54I've done nothing.
00:42:56Then you won't mind answering a few questions.
00:42:58What do you want to know?
00:43:00Tell me, Tanner.
00:43:01Where were you two nights ago?
00:43:03Down the river.
00:43:04And last night?
00:43:05I just got back tonight.
00:43:07You're lying.
00:43:08You barn frightened me.
00:43:10And now I've got a job to do.
00:43:15It's quite evident that you haven't been on the river within the last 48 hours.
00:43:19Are you trying to make me out the murderer of Lady Penrose?
00:43:23How do you know she was murdered?
00:43:24I'll tell you how you know she was murdered.
00:43:26Because you murdered her.
00:43:29Holmes, look.
00:43:30In there.
00:43:30The monster.
00:43:31That's right, Watson.
00:43:32One of Brisson's shirts, which Tanner here treated with phosphorus.
00:43:36Take him, Sergeant.
00:43:36I'll give you all the evidence later.
00:43:51You got him, Sergeant?
00:43:52I'm sure of it.
00:43:53Come on.
00:44:15I'm sure of it.
00:44:36I see no reason why we shouldn't leave for home tomorrow.
00:44:39So much for tomorrow.
00:44:40But for tonight, what do you make of this, Watson?
00:44:42I found it in Tanner's room.
00:44:43Just a photograph?
00:44:44That's right, old boy.
00:44:44Just a photograph.
00:44:45You notice anything else about it?
00:44:47Part of it's missing.
00:44:48Bravo, Watson.
00:44:49Now, if we can find the missing half, notice the discoloration of the torn edge.
00:44:53Faded signature.
00:44:54The upper half was torn off some time within the last year, I should say.
00:44:56Why all this fuss about an old photograph?
00:44:59Watson, have you ever stopped to think that the science of detection is very much like stringing a handful of
00:45:03beads?
00:45:03I can't say I have.
00:45:04Well, it is.
00:45:04And in this particular case, you might say that I have file beads.
00:45:07Journée, Brisson, Tanner, Lord and Lady Penrose.
00:45:10So far, I haven't had any thread to string them together.
00:45:12This gentleman is our thread.
00:45:14And I think I shall start with Lady Penrose.
00:45:16But Lady Penrose is dead.
00:45:18The dead can tell us many things, Sergeant.
00:45:20You and Dr. Watson remain here at the hotel.
00:45:23I'll meet you later.
00:45:24I'm sure you've got Tanner, Sergeant.
00:45:26But Mr. Holmes is never satisfied with a dead criminal.
00:45:29He has to sit in on the post-mortem.
00:45:31Come along.
00:45:32Let's go downstairs and celebrate the death of the monster.
00:45:34That's a good idea, Doctor.
00:45:35I have to sit up.
00:45:37Okay.
00:45:51I'll meet you later.
00:45:56Go down.
00:45:57Go down.
00:45:58Go down.
00:46:01Go down by Rotary.
00:46:02Put my toe in hand.
00:46:02Bye, look up.
00:46:02What how?
00:46:02Don't I have to do that?
00:46:03Get me there.
00:46:04Get me there.
00:46:05Help me.
00:46:19So the great Sherlock Holmes becomes a common thief.
00:46:24You realize, of course, that I might have shot you.
00:46:27I knew that you'd refused to see me, so naturally I had to take that chance.
00:46:31Tell me, who is Alastair Ramson?
00:46:34Hmm. What has he to do with your being here?
00:46:36Perhaps this will explain.
00:46:39Found the lower half in a room occupied by a boatman named Tanner.
00:46:44The upper half was in Lady Penrose's safety box.
00:46:47Alastair Ramson murdered a fellow actor in my wife's company.
00:46:53He was sentenced to life imprisonment.
00:46:56The whole thing was a great shock to her.
00:46:58So she retired from the stage and you married her shortly after?
00:47:01Yes.
00:47:04Where and when was this murder committed?
00:47:07In Quebec, five years ago.
00:47:10Ramson was shot three years later trying to escape from Talon prison.
00:47:13His body disappeared in the St. Lawrence.
00:47:15Was it ever recovered?
00:47:18I don't believe so.
00:47:20Penrose.
00:47:22Alastair Ramson and Tanner are one and the same person.
00:47:25What?
00:47:25It was he who said the upper half of that photograph to your wife was a warning.
00:47:28What could my wife have in common with the murderer?
00:47:31Yet he killed her.
00:47:33He killed her?
00:47:34Yes.
00:47:35The monster was none other than Tanner himself.
00:47:39We found a shirt impregnated with phosphorus in his room.
00:47:41Tonight when we faced him with the evidence of his crime,
00:47:44he bolted and jumped out of the window into the river.
00:47:45Sergeant Thompson filed a couple of shots at him.
00:47:49He's, uh, he's dead?
00:47:51In a way, yes.
00:47:54I don't understand.
00:47:57Talon is dead only because he was discovered
00:47:59and have therefore outlived his usefulness to his creator.
00:48:02But I'm afraid that Alastair Ramson, the actor
00:48:04who created and played the part of Tanner,
00:48:06is very much alive.
00:48:08But surely, now that you know who the murderer is,
00:48:10the police...
00:48:10It's not quite as simple as that.
00:48:12During the time he's lived here,
00:48:14Ramson has undoubtedly established another character for himself.
00:48:17Perhaps several others.
00:48:18Who are by now familiar to the people of the town of Le Mans Rouge
00:48:20and quite above suspicion.
00:48:22He could be almost anyone in the village.
00:48:25He may even have been your butler, Drake.
00:48:29This is fantastic.
00:48:30Yes.
00:48:32Yet Lady Penrose's death is only the beginning.
00:48:34There's no saying where this madman will strike next.
00:48:37Tell me,
00:48:38is there anyone else in Le Mans Rouge
00:48:39who may have been connected in any way
00:48:41with the case of Alastair Ramson?
00:48:44Judge Brisson was the magistrate who tried and sentenced him.
00:48:53Operator?
00:48:56Operator,
00:48:57give me Judge Brisson's home.
00:48:58It's urgent.
00:49:04It's urgent.
00:49:05Judge Brisson,
00:49:05this is Sherlock Holmes.
00:49:07Oh, yes, Mr. Holmes.
00:49:09Oh, I'm quite all right, thank you.
00:49:12I've chained up the dog, as you asked.
00:49:14As I asked?
00:49:16I haven't telephoned you before.
00:49:18Somebody's obviously imitated my voice in order to gain access to the house.
00:49:23Well, certainly, Mr. Holmes.
00:49:25I'll lock all the doors and await your arrival.
00:49:28Yes.
00:49:35Nora.
00:49:37Nora.
00:49:37If I can be of any assistance, Mr. Holmes.
00:49:39Thank you, but I'm afraid you think Judge Brisson's life's in danger?
00:49:42I only hope I'm in time to prevent a second murder.
00:49:43Mm-hmm.
00:49:46Mm-hmm.
00:49:46Mm-hmm.
00:49:46Mm-hmm.
00:49:46Mm-hmm.
00:49:50Let's go.
00:49:59Let's go.
00:50:30Let's go.
00:50:32Let's go.
00:50:32Let's go.
00:51:02Let's go.
00:51:03Let's go.
00:51:04Let's go.
00:51:04Let's go.
00:51:04Let's go.
00:51:06Let's go.
00:51:35Let's go.
00:51:36Let's go.
00:51:38Let's go.
00:51:38Let's go.
00:51:38Let's go.
00:51:38Let's go.
00:51:38Let's go.
00:51:38Let's go.
00:52:12Let's go.
00:52:43Let's go.
00:52:44Let's go.
00:52:55Let's go.
00:53:00Let's go.
00:53:01Let's go.
00:53:05Let's go.
00:53:06Let's go.
00:53:12Let's go.
00:53:13Let's go.
00:53:15Let's go.
00:53:26Let's go.
00:53:27Let's go.
00:53:27Let's go.
00:53:29Let's go.
00:53:44Let's go.
00:53:52Let's go.
00:54:23It's all your revolver on the floor.
00:54:32I should have thought you would have felt more at home in the spotlight.
00:54:35I see you finally identified me.
00:54:39Jack Tanner and Nora the housekeeper were brilliant.
00:54:43You should really take a bow.
00:54:44It's too bad you appeared on the scene when you did,
00:54:47and I had to ring down the curtain on the monster.
00:54:51Your recreation of the monster of La Mourouge is a means of murder.
00:54:54It's too bad you appeared on the scene when you did,
00:54:54must have given you great satisfaction.
00:54:57Why did you kill Lady Penrose?
00:54:58I see no reason why I shouldn't tell you.
00:55:02I couldn't bear the thought of another man possessing her.
00:55:05And Judge Brisson?
00:55:06During the trial, I grew to hate him.
00:55:09And when he sentenced me to prison,
00:55:12I vowed that someday I would escape and kill him.
00:55:15I see.
00:55:17Obviously, you planned still another murder.
00:55:19Otherwise, you would have returned to the safety of your first disguise
00:55:22and defied me to find you.
00:55:23You're right.
00:55:24I am.
00:55:25There were three people in my life who had no right to live.
00:55:30Two have already died.
00:55:32The third remains.
00:55:35Tonight, I shall kill him.
00:55:40Mr. Holmes, I've always had the greatest admiration for your talents.
00:55:46Your performance in this case has also been brilliant.
00:55:50So brilliant that I'm afraid I'm going to have to ring down the curtain on it a bit prematurely.
00:55:58Mr. Ramson, we are artists in our fashion, not creatures skulking in alleys.
00:56:04If our positions were reversed, I shouldn't think of sending you to your death.
00:56:09Lacking a few stray pieces of the puzzle.
00:56:12What do you want to know?
00:56:14The name of the third person.
00:56:16I have no objection.
00:56:18If there is a hereafter, which I doubt, you and he will meet very soon, Mr. Holmes.
00:56:25The name of the third person is...
00:56:42Coming, Holmes!
00:56:43Look out, Watson!
00:56:54All right, Watson.
00:56:55Where is he, Holmes?
00:56:56He's gone.
00:56:58Thank heavens, you're safe.
00:57:00Thank heavens, you came and you did.
00:57:03There it is, Watson.
00:57:05Look out.
00:57:14So you got away again?
00:57:15Yes, Watson.
00:57:16Over that warehouse roof, most probably.
00:57:19But it follows the room.
00:57:21Yes.
00:57:23This is obviously the secret room where his disguises were created.
00:57:27Looks like an actor's dressing room.
00:57:29He is an actor, Watson.
00:57:30One of the finest acting talents of our time.
00:57:32Look at this.
00:57:33No one of the housekeeper.
00:57:34His name's Alistair Ramson.
00:57:36Alistair Ramson?
00:57:37Never heard of him.
00:57:38No, that's not important.
00:57:39The important thing is that he murdered Lady Penrose in Judge Brisson.
00:57:42Great Scott!
00:57:43He did it!
00:57:44Yes, Watson.
00:57:45This Ramson is a paranoic.
00:57:47His orgy of crime is not complete.
00:57:49There's still another.
00:57:51I was just about to learn his name when you so conveniently fell down the stairs.
00:57:54Oh, sorry, old chap.
00:57:56You can be, old boy.
00:57:57You saved my life.
00:58:00Look at this, Watson.
00:58:01Tanner.
00:58:02Tanner?
00:58:03Where do you think he'll strike next?
00:58:05Obviously, Jornet is to be his third victim.
00:58:08Jornet?
00:58:08Yes, Watson.
00:58:09As in the cases of Lady Penrose and Judge Brisson, Jornet also felt his presence.
00:58:13But in each case, it was vague and unexplainable.
00:58:16Well, what connection can he have with Judge Brisson or Lady Penrose?
00:58:19Jornet was a guard at Talham Prison, where Alistair Ramson was confined.
00:58:22He's the third person against whom the murderer holds a grievance.
00:58:25Now he's disappeared.
00:58:26Jornet disappeared?
00:58:28Oh, so Marie told us in the cafe.
00:58:30Watson.
00:58:31Jornet's disappearance can mean only one thing.
00:58:33He's in hiding.
00:58:34Our job is to find him before Ranson does.
00:58:37Jornet's the only man who can lead us to the murderer.
00:58:40We'd better have a talk with little Marie.
00:59:04Hello, Potts.
00:59:05Have you seen Marie?
00:59:06No.
00:59:07Have you seen her?
00:59:09Can't say I have.
00:59:33What is it, huh?
00:59:35I'm afraid they're too late.
00:59:39Marie.
00:59:40What is it, huh?
00:59:46Don't touch anything, Watson.
00:59:51You're murdered in exactly the same way as Judge Bush and Lady Penrath.
00:59:55Poor innocent little child. I should have prevented this.
00:59:59Nonsense, my dear chap. You did everything possible.
01:00:03How on earth could you have prevented it?
01:00:05A child's death is a tragedy, of course.
01:00:09I see exactly what happened.
01:00:11She was standing here by the desk and the murderer came in by that door.
01:00:16They came in through that door, but Marie was not in the room.
01:00:19She alone, of all people in the cafe, saw Ramson enter this office.
01:00:23There was someone she knew well.
01:00:24Someone who might have a message from her father.
01:00:26So she followed him here.
01:00:29And when she refused to tell him where her father had gone, he killed her.
01:00:34Ramson already knew that she only had disappeared, but he didn't know where.
01:00:38When he questioned her, she became suspicious.
01:00:41And it was said that he killed her.
01:00:45Telephone Sergeant Thompson, will you, and Mr. Judge Brissons, ask him to come here at once.
01:00:49And see if no one leaves the cafe until he gets here.
01:00:51The murderer may be among them.
01:01:06What could have happened to Holmes?
01:01:07He's been away all day.
01:01:09It's very unfair of him keeping me in suspense like this.
01:01:12He knows how worried I become.
01:01:14He continues to do it, and do you know why?
01:01:15He actually enjoys making me miserable.
01:01:20Half a mole.
01:01:33No good, Watson. It won't work.
01:01:34What won't work?
01:01:37I've been to every place where Jeunet could possibly be in hiding.
01:01:39That's where you've been all day.
01:01:40Yes, Watson, and I must admit that I'm completely baffled.
01:01:43We've got to find Jeunet before it's too late.
01:01:45But how?
01:01:46I've been everywhere within a radius of five miles of this village.
01:01:49I've even been to the church in the hope that he'd disguise himself and attend mass.
01:01:52He may have gone to Quebec.
01:01:54Every road's covered.
01:01:55He hasn't left this vicinity, of that I'm certain.
01:01:59All right, I'll answer it.
01:02:02Hello?
01:02:02Hello?
01:02:13Who was it, Holmes?
01:02:14Watson?
01:02:15Get your hat and coat.
01:02:16You're very rude, Holmes.
01:02:18You've been to me all day long when I'm very dull, Inspector.
01:02:20I asked you a perfect right question.
01:02:21All you say is Watson.
01:02:22Get your hat and coat.
01:02:23We are going to find Jeunet.
01:02:25Sergeant, you wait here till I call.
01:02:26Watson, do this.
01:02:27Watson, do that.
01:02:27Watson, do that.
01:02:28Watson, do that.
01:02:31Brisson's house, Watson is, Watson, it's my opinion the judge, Brisson's house is the last place that you'll find Jeunet.
01:02:37Put yourself in Jeunet's position, Watson. Where's the most likely place that Ramson would look for you?
01:02:41Certainly not in the very house in which he's just killed one of his victims.
01:02:52Jeunet! Jeunet! It's Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. We are here to help you.
01:02:57I wouldn't like the look of it, Holmes.
01:03:12Holmes! Holmes! Where are you?
01:03:17Here I am, Watson.
01:03:29Jeunet! What do you want?
01:03:34We've come to help you.
01:03:36How did you know I was here?
01:03:37When you called your hotel just now, I answered the telephone.
01:03:40The chimes of Brisson's clock here merely confirmed what I already knew.
01:03:45You must return with me to the cafe at once.
01:03:47I'm not leaving this house. The murderer is waiting out there in the marshes to kill me the moment I
01:03:51leave here.
01:03:52Naturally, but first he must have the opportunity.
01:03:54If you return to the cafe, he'll have that opportunity.
01:03:57It's the only way we have to apprehend the murderer.
01:03:59What if I refuse?
01:04:01Jeunet?
01:04:03What I have to say to you is not going to be easy.
01:04:07Murray...
01:04:08What?
01:04:09Murdered.
01:04:14Now you know why you must return. This fiend must be brought to justice.
01:04:19Justice?
01:04:20This monster kills my poor innocent child and you talk of bringing him to justice.
01:04:25Will that compensate me for the death of Murray?
01:04:29If it's the last thing I do, I'll kill him with my own hands.
01:04:32You can't take the law into your own hands.
01:04:35Once you've returned to the hotel, he'll make an attempt on your life.
01:04:37Then we'll get him.
01:04:38How will we know who he is?
01:04:40You already know.
01:04:41It's his disguise that we haven't penetrated.
01:04:44Who is he?
01:04:45Alistair Ramson.
01:04:48Recognize the name?
01:04:49He attempted to escape from Talon prison when I was a guard there.
01:04:52Jeunet, if you don't want to remain in hiding for the rest of your life,
01:04:56you must return to the hotel and help me to put an end to this monster for all time.
01:04:59Come. Let's go. Good.
01:05:01Put an end to him? How are you going to do that, Holmes?
01:05:03I'll tell you both about it on the way to the hotel.
01:05:08So you're really leaving, Doctor?
01:05:09Yes, gentlemen.
01:05:11Mr. Sherlock Holmes and I are leaving immediately for London.
01:05:14It's extremely regrettable that the murderer has escaped us.
01:05:16All our cases cannot be crowned with success.
01:05:19I'm extremely sorry, gentlemen.
01:05:20Have you no idea where this fiend has gone?
01:05:22Mr. Holmes is of the opinion that he's escaped across the border to the United States.
01:05:27It may be years before we can trace him, if ever.
01:05:30Oh, Jeunet, just a minute.
01:05:31Uh, our bill, please.
01:05:32Bill?
01:05:33Yes, Mr. Sherlock Holmes and I are leaving immediately.
01:05:35Oh, I'm sorry, Dr. Watson.
01:05:36I'm just on my way to the church to offer a prayer for Marie.
01:05:38I'll forward your bill to you.
01:05:39Yes, of course, my dear fellow. I understand.
01:05:41We'll leave our address at the desk.
01:05:43Goodbye, Mr. Potts.
01:05:44It's been a great pleasure knowing a man of your intelligence.
01:05:46Thank you, Dr. Watson.
01:05:47It has been most stimulating talking to one of your vast experiences.
01:05:50Oh, thank you.
01:05:51Let's hope that we shall meet again someday and continue our little chats on crime.
01:05:55It'll be most exciting.
01:05:56Oh, by the way, Mr. Holmes would like to see you for a minute in his room.
01:05:59Yes.
01:05:59I'll show you where it is.
01:06:00It's the second room on the right.
01:06:01Up there.
01:06:02Thanks.
01:06:04Emile!
01:06:05It's me!
01:06:06Potts!
01:06:07Do you mind if I walk part of the way with you?
01:06:09It's a bit frightening out here.
01:06:11It's these marshes.
01:06:13This is almost the very spot where Lady Penrose was attacked.
01:06:17Three deaths in three days.
01:06:20It's a pity Marie had to be killed.
01:06:22She was such a sweet child.
01:06:25Three deaths in three days.
01:06:27And still one more to be accounted for.
01:06:30You are frightened, Emile.
01:06:33It's strange to see you showing fear.
01:06:35The man I hated to tell in prison.
01:06:41Ramson!
01:06:49Sherlock Holmes!
01:06:50Yes, Mr. Ramson.
01:06:52So, you see, the final curtain has not fallen after all.
01:06:54I thought you were on your way to London.
01:06:56Naturally, that's what I wanted you to think.
01:06:58That's why Dr. Watson announced our departure in the cafe.
01:07:01Journet's leaving was purely bait to bring you into the open.
01:07:04I merely replaced Journet once he was outside on the street.
01:07:07May I say, Mr. Ramson, that your disguise as a postman
01:07:10was a masterpiece of ingenuity.
01:07:12Your very choice of the role put you above suspicion.
01:07:14It was quite easy.
01:07:15I simply disposed of the real Mr. Potts
01:07:18after he had passed his civil service examination
01:07:20and had been assigned to La More Rouge.
01:07:23You realize, of course, that you'll never hand me over to the police alive.
01:07:27It's not my function to be your executioner.
01:07:29My duty is to hand you over to the authorities, which I fully intend to do.
01:07:32You're an optimist, Mr. Holmes.
01:07:34Oh, not necessarily.
01:07:35We're surrounded by police awaiting my signal.
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01:07:40Hu Hu Hu.
01:07:44Hu Hu Hu Hu.
01:07:45Hu Hu Hu Hu.
01:07:51Hu Hu Hu Hu.
01:07:53Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu.
01:07:57Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu.
01:08:03Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu Hu.
01:09:13I've killed him.
01:09:15With this.
01:09:17Ransom's instrument of death has been his own executioner.
01:09:21Well, gentlemen,
01:09:22our search for the monster has ended where it began,
01:09:24on the marshes.
01:09:25Eh, Watson?
01:09:27Watson, where are you?
01:09:29Why isn't he here?
01:09:29He was with us a minute ago.
01:09:31Watson!
01:09:32Here, here I am, Holmes.
01:09:34Where are you?
01:09:35I've fallen in another hole.
01:09:43I should have liked to have seen a bit more of Canada before we sailed, Holmes.
01:09:47So should I, Watson.
01:09:49Canada.
01:09:51The linchpin of the English-speaking world,
01:09:54whose relations are friendly intimacy with the United States on the one hand,
01:09:58and their unswerving fidelity to the British Commonwealth,
01:10:01and the motherland on the other.
01:10:04Canada.
01:10:06The linchpin of the United States on the other hand,
01:10:08the link that joins together these great branches of the human family.
01:10:12Churchill say that?
01:10:14Yes, Watson, Churchill.
01:10:16The linchpin of the National Homeland Insurance
01:10:16The linchpin of the American蛋
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