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Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of deaths at a castle with each foretold by the delivery of orange pips to the victims.
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00:01:14The events I'm about to relate began a fortnight ago in a grim old house perched high on a cliff
00:01:19on the west coast of Scotland.
00:01:20This singular structure is known as Dreercliff House.
00:01:25Gathered there for dinner were the seven members of a most extraordinary club called the Good Comrades.
00:01:34Into this unique gathering came their melancholy housekeeper, Mrs. Monteith, bearing a message for Ralph King, a retired barrister.
00:01:48The king received it casually.
00:01:58When they saw the contents, the Good Comrades took the whole thing as a joke.
00:02:05But their housekeeper was right.
00:02:08It was no laughing matter.
00:02:12For on the following night...
00:02:23Ralph King died horribly.
00:02:28But this was only the beginning.
00:02:33A few nights later...
00:02:36As the Good Comrades gathered to drink a final toast...
00:02:41To their departed member.
00:03:01Mrs. Monteith entered with a second envelope.
00:03:06This time addressed to Stanley Rayburn.
00:03:11In his day, a distinguished actor.
00:03:20This time...
00:03:22You may be sure...
00:03:25There was no laughter.
00:03:27There was no laughter.
00:03:28These men were afraid.
00:03:30And their fear...
00:03:33Was justified.
00:03:36For once again the message...
00:03:39Proved to be a portent of death.
00:03:42It was ten days before Rayburn's battered body was recovered.
00:03:47Hmm.
00:03:48Tell me, Mr. Chalmers...
00:03:49What do these envelopes contain?
00:03:50In the first case, seven orange pips, or Cs.
00:03:53In the second case, six.
00:03:55Then the number of orange pips refer to the surviving members.
00:03:58A grim warning, eh, Holmes?
00:04:00Looks like murder.
00:04:01Not necessarily, Watson.
00:04:03A moment ago you referred to this club as...
00:04:06Extraordinary.
00:04:07Why?
00:04:08All of the members are past middle age, retired...
00:04:11And without near kin.
00:04:12Six months ago they formed this club here in London...
00:04:15Then promptly left for Dreocliff.
00:04:16The ancestral home of Mr. Bruce Allister...
00:04:19Their eldest member.
00:04:20Nothing very remarkable about that.
00:04:22Sounds rather friendly, as a matter of fact.
00:04:25The remarkable fact is that all seven of these men...
00:04:27Appear to have but one thing in common.
00:04:29Huh?
00:04:30What's that?
00:04:30In a minute, my dear Watson.
00:04:32Each is worth a great deal more dead than alive.
00:04:34That's right, Mr. Holmes.
00:04:35How did you guess?
00:04:36My dear Mr. Chalmers...
00:04:37You represent the association of insurance underwriters.
00:04:40You're worried about the untimely deaths of these two good comrades.
00:04:43Ergo, these men must carry rather large insurance policies.
00:04:46Yes, but that's not all.
00:04:48Shortly after forming this club...
00:04:50All these seven men changed their policies...
00:04:53Making the other members their beneficiaries.
00:04:55The policies total over a hundred thousand pounds.
00:04:58That's very enlightening.
00:04:59You paid the five surviving members on the policies of King and Rayburn?
00:05:03Oh yes, we always pay promptly.
00:05:05But what worries me, Mr. Holmes, is...
00:05:06Whether these two deaths were accidental or not.
00:05:09Exactly.
00:05:10Of course, I may be wrong.
00:05:11I have no proof.
00:05:12But it seems to me just possible...
00:05:13That one of these men plans to murder the others one by one.
00:05:16And collect on all the policies.
00:05:18I see the whole thing, Holmes.
00:05:20Bravo, Watson.
00:05:21But why the orange pips?
00:05:22Oh yes, the orange chips.
00:05:23Pips, Watson.
00:05:24Bit of a puzzler, eh, Holmes?
00:05:26Quite.
00:05:26A most intriguing feature.
00:05:28Back all around this place.
00:05:29After all, Mr. Holmes, several lives may be at stake.
00:05:32The temptation of sudden wealth...
00:05:34Could possibly turn one of these seemingly harmless men into a ruthless killer.
00:05:37Exactly.
00:05:38Are those the good comrades?
00:05:39Yes.
00:05:40Oh.
00:05:41Let me see him, will you?
00:05:44Hello.
00:05:46Who's this fellow on the end?
00:05:48That's Dr. Merrivale.
00:05:50Dr...
00:05:50Dr. Simon Merrivale?
00:05:52I believe his Christian name is Simon.
00:05:55Yes, definitely Dr. Simon Merrivale.
00:05:57I'll accept your case, Mr. Chalmers.
00:05:59Watson, pack your things.
00:06:00We're off to Scotland tonight.
00:06:17Scotland.
00:06:17Home of my ancestors.
00:06:19A lonely land, but a peaceful one.
00:06:22It's wonderful off the stuffy London, eh, Holmes?
00:06:25I say, who is this Dr. Merrivale?
00:06:28Oh, well, if you want to behave like a clam...
00:06:30You haven't uttered a word since we left London.
00:06:33Sorry, old fellow.
00:06:34I was thinking.
00:06:35Twenty years ago, Dr. Merrivale was a famous...
00:06:37...surgeon in Harley Street.
00:06:38Can't be so very famous.
00:06:40I never heard of him.
00:06:41Nobody was.
00:06:42His main claim to distinction, of course, was the unnecessarily brutal murder of his young bride.
00:06:46Really?
00:06:47However, he testified so brilliantly in the witness box that he was acquitted.
00:06:51After which, he dropped completely out of sight.
00:06:54And you think that he was most probably responsible for the death of these two good comrades?
00:06:59Oh, I don't say that he was, but I do say that he could have been.
00:07:01Murder is an insidious thing, Watson.
00:07:03Once a man has dipped his fingers in blood, sooner or later he'll feel the urge to kill again.
00:07:09Oh, gracious me. Very unpleasant.
00:07:28Funeral, Holmes.
00:07:30You suppose we're too late?
00:07:31Oh, I think you're unnecessarily suspicious, Watson.
00:07:34One of the villagers, eh?
00:07:35Aye, sir.
00:07:36Mr. McTavish, the blacksmith.
00:07:38Now, daughter, don't be talking to strangers.
00:07:40It wasn't her fault.
00:07:41I asked your daughter whose funeral it was.
00:07:43Andy McTavish.
00:07:45Cut down on a flower of his manhood.
00:07:47What a pity.
00:07:48A young fellow, eh?
00:07:50Just seventy-two.
00:07:51Seventy-two?
00:07:53Flower of his manhood?
00:07:54Trying to be funny.
00:07:55Come on, Watson.
00:07:55Oh, seventy-two, flower of his manhood.
00:07:58I've seen about forty men.
00:08:00What can I do for you, gentlemen?
00:08:02We telegraphed for reservations from London.
00:08:05Name, sir?
00:08:06Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
00:08:08We have your rooms ready, sir.
00:08:15Stand there, gentlemen.
00:08:16Yes, indeed.
00:08:18Are you staying long, gentlemen?
00:08:20No, not long.
00:08:21We just came up here to look into the...
00:08:23We just came up here for the shooting.
00:08:25Shooting?
00:08:26Yes, sir.
00:08:27Grouse, of course.
00:08:28There'll be no grouse here, sir, for the last forty years.
00:08:31No grouse?
00:08:36Cheer up, Watson.
00:08:37We'll find some other quality to occupy our time.
00:08:39This way, gentlemen.
00:08:40Take the guns, will you?
00:08:41Take the big bag.
00:08:51Take the guns.
00:09:01So you're back earlier than usual, Dr. Merrivel.
00:09:04Gentlemen, I've just made a rather intriguing discovery.
00:09:07The village of Inverneil has a distinguished visitor.
00:09:10Really?
00:09:11Who?
00:09:12Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
00:09:14Who?
00:09:15I didn't quite catch the name.
00:09:17Sherlock Holmes.
00:09:19Oh.
00:09:21Sherlock Holmes.
00:09:23The famous detective.
00:09:25One wonders what he can be doing in Inverneil.
00:09:28Have you forgotten, Alistair, that two of our members have already met with violent deaths?
00:09:32Yes, yes, yes, of course, yes.
00:09:35Cosgrave, must you pace up and down like a monkey in a ruddy cage?
00:09:39I fail to see how what I do can concern you.
00:09:42Simpson!
00:09:44Cosgrave!
00:09:45Cannot we behave like good comrades?
00:09:48Doesn't anything ever get on your nerves, Alistair?
00:09:51Oh, dear me, no.
00:09:53I have no nerves.
00:10:00Now, tell me, McGregor, the present head of the house is Mr. Bruce Alistair, is it not?
00:10:04Aye.
00:10:07Grandson of Donald Alistair.
00:10:09He was the lawless one.
00:10:12He turned the Dreercliff house into a smuggler's den.
00:10:17He got himself blown to bits by a gun.
00:10:20Oh, gracious me.
00:10:22And Angus Alistair was his son.
00:10:26He was eaten by cannibals in the South Seas.
00:10:29Very unfortunate family, huh?
00:10:31They found Angus's bones.
00:10:35Sent them back to Dreercliff, where no man ever goes whole to his grave.
00:10:40The place is haunted.
00:10:43Haunted?
00:10:43You mean ghosts?
00:10:47Only a fool believes in ghosts.
00:10:50Spirits never haunted Dreercliff.
00:10:52Five minutes to closing time, gentlemen.
00:10:54Only the memory of evil.
00:11:03You're wanted at Dreercliff house, Sergeant.
00:11:06What is it, woman?
00:11:07Murder.
00:11:10Alistair himself, is it?
00:11:12I don't know.
00:11:13Dr. Merriville didn't say.
00:11:16Mr. Holmes, would you care to come along?
00:11:18Yes, I would, thank you.
00:11:19Watson?
00:11:23You mark my words.
00:11:26Alistair has met the brutal death of his father.
00:11:43Ah, good evening, Sergeant.
00:11:45Oh, Mr. Alistair.
00:11:46This is Mr. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
00:11:48I took the liberty of...
00:11:49Mr. Holmes, Dr. Watson.
00:11:51How do you do, sir?
00:11:51Oh, this is excellent.
00:11:53Most excellent.
00:11:54Please come in, gentlemen.
00:11:55Please come in.
00:11:58And welcome to Dreercliff house.
00:11:59Now, where is the corpse?
00:12:01Follow me.
00:12:03It's by the furnace.
00:12:04The furnace?
00:12:06Yes, poor Davis.
00:12:07He was burnt to a crisp.
00:12:09Burnt to a crisp?
00:12:11I say, Holmes, this murderer sounds a bit of a fiend, eh?
00:12:13At least he's consistent.
00:12:15Consistent?
00:12:15Yes, the deaths all follow the legend of Dreercliff.
00:12:17Well, as McGregor puts it, no man ever goes whole to his grave.
00:12:21You will come in here, gentlemen, won't you?
00:12:23Oh, thank you.
00:12:23That's right.
00:12:24That's right.
00:12:27Yes.
00:12:28Oh, dear.
00:12:30These gentlemen have come about the body.
00:12:32Why didn't you take them to the cellar?
00:12:34Oh, no, Dr. Merivale.
00:12:35You discovered it.
00:12:37After all, it's your body.
00:12:40That's right.
00:12:41I say, you're Sherlock Holmes, aren't you?
00:12:45I am.
00:12:45And this is my friend and colleague, Dr. Watson.
00:12:47How do you know her?
00:12:48How do you do, sir?
00:12:48Yes, I thought I recognized you.
00:12:50You know, I've followed your exploits for years.
00:12:52The detection of crime is one of my hobbies.
00:12:54This is a surprise and a pleasure.
00:12:56A pleasure, I hope, but hardly a surprise.
00:12:58You saw me at the inn this afternoon.
00:13:00Touché.
00:13:01This is Alan Cosgrave.
00:13:03And Captain Simpson.
00:13:04How do you do?
00:13:05How do you do?
00:13:06A distressing business, Mr. Holmes.
00:13:07We were all fond of Guy Davis.
00:13:09Davis?
00:13:10Oh, the fellow in the furnace.
00:13:12But if he was burnt to a crisp, how do you know that it was Davis?
00:13:14Well, he's the only one missing.
00:13:16Besides, we identified him by his cufflinks.
00:13:18But you'll see for yourselves.
00:13:20Come along, gentlemen.
00:13:27Good chap.
00:13:32May I ask, Dr. Merriville, will Mr. Davis also receive the warning of the orange pips
00:13:36at dinner?
00:13:36Oh, so you know about the others.
00:13:38You seem to be very well informed about our affairs, Mr. Holmes.
00:13:41As a matter of fact, Davis didn't have dinner with us tonight.
00:13:44Had he indicated his intended absence?
00:13:46No.
00:13:47No, he hadn't.
00:13:48Mrs. Monteith was quite put out about it.
00:13:50Pardon me, will you, gentlemen?
00:13:55Dr. Watson, what's Mr. Holmes up to?
00:13:58I haven't the fog yet.
00:14:00Oh, you'll find out, my dear sir, in good time.
00:14:10Isn't there something you wish to tell me, Mrs. Monteith?
00:14:12Me, sir?
00:14:13Yes.
00:14:14Please give it to me.
00:14:16The envelope addressed to Mr. Guy Davis.
00:14:22Thank you all.
00:14:29Five pips this time.
00:14:31How do you know that she had them?
00:14:33It's obvious, my dear Watson.
00:14:34Since Mr. Davis was not at dinner,
00:14:36Mrs. Monteith had no opportunity to deliver the envelope.
00:14:39Yes, of course.
00:14:40Quite obvious.
00:14:40Where'd you find it?
00:14:41It was pushed under the door, like the others.
00:14:44Thank you, Mrs. Monteith.
00:14:45That will be all.
00:14:46Where are they coming from, Mr. Holmes?
00:14:48Who's sending these things to us?
00:14:51Is there anyone who might have a grudge against you?
00:14:53Have orange pips any significance for any of you?
00:14:56Uh...
00:14:56Well?
00:14:57I seem to remember reading somewhere
00:14:59that among some obscure tribe of savages,
00:15:02orange pips were looked upon as...
00:15:05as a symbol of death.
00:15:07Oh, really?
00:15:08Sergeant.
00:15:08Aye, sir?
00:15:09I think you'd better telephone Scotland Yard.
00:15:11Oh, we've...
00:15:11we've never had a telephone at Geracliffe House, no.
00:15:14They're so noisy.
00:15:15I can make the call from the village, sir.
00:15:17All right.
00:15:18It's not often we have the opportunity
00:15:19of meeting such charming people.
00:15:21You go ahead.
00:15:21I'll follow you.
00:15:22I'm afraid, Mr. Holmes,
00:15:23if you don't go with the sergeant,
00:15:24there's no way to get back to the village tonight.
00:15:26Oh, but, Mr. Holmes,
00:15:28there's no need for you to stay at the inn.
00:15:29It's such a dreary place.
00:15:30We've plenty of room here,
00:15:31and it's much more cheerful.
00:15:33I thought we came here for privacy.
00:15:35We wouldn't dream of putting you out.
00:15:37Oh, but I thought it would be so nice
00:15:39to have such exciting people as our guests.
00:15:43Thanks very much.
00:15:45I'm sure Mr. Holmes's business in the village
00:15:46is much more important, Alastair.
00:15:48Please, Mr. Holmes, we insist.
00:15:50I think Alastair's idea is an excellent one.
00:15:52Don't you, gentlemen?
00:15:53Yes, speak for yourself, Cosgrave.
00:15:55Come, come, come.
00:15:56We are all friends, aren't we?
00:16:01Or are we?
00:16:03Guy Davis was a friend, too.
00:16:05So were King and Rayburn.
00:16:07You've got to stay, Mr. Holmes.
00:16:08You and Dr. Watson.
00:16:09We can put you up.
00:16:11Any objections, Dr. Maryvale?
00:16:13This is a tapest in a teapot, Mr. Holmes.
00:16:15You're welcome, of course.
00:16:16Now, if you'll all excuse me, I'm rather tired.
00:16:21Good night.
00:16:24What do you say, Simpson?
00:16:26Glad to have you, gentlemen, of course.
00:16:28Then you will stay, both of you.
00:16:30Thank you, Mr. Alastair.
00:16:31We shall be very glad to.
00:16:33Sergeant, will you have our things sent up from the inn?
00:16:35Right away, sir.
00:16:36This is excellent.
00:16:36I'll tell Mrs. Monteith to get your rooms ready.
00:16:39Mr. Holmes, I must say I feel a lot safer now that you and Dr. Watson are in the house.
00:16:43Oh, delighted to be of any use, Mr. Cosgrave.
00:16:45And, well, if you would care to keep me informed if you should discover anything,
00:16:50I would be only too glad to help you.
00:16:52I'd do anything to get to the bottom of this awful mystery.
00:16:54I'll bear that in mind, Mr. Cosgrave.
00:16:57Good night.
00:16:57Good night.
00:16:58Good night.
00:17:08Well, what do you make of it, Watson?
00:17:10Well, my theory is it's Dr. Merrillville.
00:17:13If you take a look at his eyes, rather frightening, eh?
00:17:16Yes, but that might be accounted for by advanced myopia.
00:17:18Mm-hmm.
00:17:19Complicated with astigmatism.
00:17:20Well, who do you think it is?
00:17:22At the moment, I suspect no one and everyone.
00:17:27So it's your theory that Dr. Merrillville is the matter, right?
00:17:29Yes, yes.
00:17:30Merrillville.
00:17:30Mm-hmm.
00:17:32What about, er...
00:17:34What about Captain Simpson?
00:17:36Simpson?
00:17:37I see what you mean.
00:17:39Do you?
00:17:40Yes.
00:17:40There's a surly-looking chap if I saw one.
00:17:43He didn't much relish our being asked to stay here, either.
00:17:46Right you are, Watson.
00:17:48Do you suspect anyone else?
00:17:50Well, of course.
00:17:51There's old Alistair.
00:17:52And what might cause you to suspect Alistair?
00:17:55Well, he's too good to be true.
00:17:57Oh.
00:18:12What are you looking for now, Holmes?
00:18:15I wish I knew Watson.
00:18:18Hmm.
00:18:18Hmm.
00:18:19Someone's got a morbid taste in literature.
00:18:22Or a first for knowledge.
00:18:24Well, Holmes, there's one of them that's got nothing to do with it.
00:18:27Who?
00:18:28Cosgrave.
00:18:29Why Cosgrave?
00:18:30Oh, he's definitely got the wind up.
00:18:32Fairly begged us to stay just now.
00:18:34Yes.
00:18:34I'd vouch for Cosgrave, all right.
00:18:38Mrs. Monteith will be down directly to show you to your rooms.
00:18:41I just popped in to say good night.
00:18:43Oh, thank you.
00:18:43I trust you'll sleep well.
00:18:45Oh, by the way, Mr. Alistair,
00:18:47I wonder if you could tell us which one of you suggested changing your insurance policies,
00:18:51making the other members of your club the beneficiaries.
00:18:53Oh, let me see now.
00:18:54Oh, yes, of course.
00:18:55It was dear old Alan.
00:18:57Alan?
00:18:57Yes.
00:18:58Alan Cosgrave.
00:18:59Good night.
00:18:59Good night.
00:19:01Cosgrave.
00:19:02I suspected him from the start.
00:19:04Yes, you did, didn't you?
00:19:06How about a pint before we go to sleep?
00:19:09Sleep?
00:19:10I can't be able to close my eyes in this sinister house.
00:19:20Your rooms are ready, gentlemen.
00:19:29Where's our good friend, Dr. Watson?
00:19:31Oh, he was rather tired last night.
00:19:32He's still sleeping.
00:19:34Yes, our beds are very comfortable here.
00:19:36Why don't you stop that runny marathon?
00:19:38Your bodyguard's here now.
00:19:40Simpson.
00:19:41You mustn't tease Cosgrave.
00:19:44Remember how sensitive he is.
00:19:46You should ignore things.
00:19:48Like Alistair.
00:19:55Oh, uh, Singapore?
00:19:57Huh?
00:19:58The, uh...
00:19:58Oh, the cobra.
00:20:00Now.
00:20:02You'll never know that one.
00:20:04But this one.
00:20:06Oh, yes, yes.
00:20:08Very good.
00:20:09And definitely Singapore.
00:20:10Right you are, Mr. Holmes.
00:20:11You know your tattoos, all right.
00:20:13I'm interested in many things.
00:20:15Good morning, gentlemen.
00:20:18I'm sorry I'm late.
00:20:19I didn't sleep very well.
00:20:20You didn't sleep very well?
00:20:21You snored like a pig.
00:20:22Rubbish.
00:20:22Got a match, Dr. Watson?
00:20:24Yeah, go ahead.
00:20:25It's a very good idea.
00:20:26Think I'll join you.
00:20:27Nothing like the first pipe of the morning.
00:20:30Can...
00:20:30Can I try some of yours?
00:20:34No, it's quite a bit, thanks.
00:20:35I think I'll smoke me on.
00:20:36Uh, what is that, uh...
00:20:38Seaweed?
00:20:39Havana, isn't it?
00:20:40Hey.
00:20:41Flavoured with Jamaica rum.
00:20:42I don't imagine you're very much troubled
00:20:44with tobacco borrowers, eh, Simpson?
00:20:45Nobody else in the place touches the filthy stuff.
00:20:48I don't blame them.
00:20:50Good heavens!
00:20:53One moment, please.
00:20:54Where is it?
00:20:56Just a needle.
00:20:59Who put that in my chair?
00:21:04This is no ordinary needle.
00:21:07A stain on my handkerchief suggests a certain sinister possibility.
00:21:11In that beaker, will you?
00:21:12Yes, of course.
00:21:12We shall see.
00:21:20As I thought.
00:21:23Insoluble in alcohol.
00:21:24Whatever is it?
00:21:26Well, judging by the stain on my handkerchief
00:21:27and the milky precipitation in alcohol,
00:21:30I should say it was a derivative of the tropocene family.
00:21:33Pyrotropocene, possibly.
00:21:35That's right, Dr. Merrillville.
00:21:36A deadly poison.
00:21:38Close shave, Captain Simpson.
00:21:40One drop in the bloodstream brings agonizing,
00:21:42almost instant death.
00:21:50It's our custom at this hour to honor our departed friends.
00:21:53I hope you gentlemen will pardon us.
00:21:55We quite understand, Dr. Merrillville.
00:21:57Please proceed.
00:22:01Good comrades.
00:22:03Our dear friend Guy Davis has gone to his reward.
00:22:05Let those of us who remain drink to our dead
00:22:09and to that bright tomorrow
00:22:11when we shall join them in a better, happier world.
00:22:16Wait a minute.
00:22:17There's something wrong here.
00:22:19If you please, Captain Simpson.
00:22:27The odor of bitter almonds.
00:22:29Bitter almonds.
00:22:30Prussic acid, eh?
00:22:32Prussic acid.
00:22:33There must be some mistake.
00:22:35Mistake, eh?
00:22:36Lucky I didn't make it by drinking that stuff.
00:22:38Well, what have you got to say?
00:22:41Whichever one of you it was tried to kill me,
00:22:43had better look out.
00:22:44I'm a dangerous man to fool with.
00:22:50Hadn't we better adjourn?
00:22:52I mean to say that we've not yet finished the toast to our dead.
00:22:56But do you think it's quite safe?
00:22:58Don't be absurd, Alistair.
00:22:59Take my glass.
00:23:00I assure you, it hasn't been poisoned.
00:23:05Thank you, Dr. Millivale.
00:23:08To our departed comrades.
00:23:36For...
00:23:37For me?
00:23:38Aye, Mr. Cosgrave.
00:23:40It says so in the envelope.
00:23:56It's come.
00:23:58Did you find this envelope as you did the others?
00:24:00Aye.
00:24:00When?
00:24:01It was pushed under the door when everyone was in here at dinner.
00:24:05Well, there's one thing we can be sure of.
00:24:07None of us could have brought it.
00:24:09How do we know that she's not responsible for them?
00:24:11Mrs. Monteith.
00:24:13That's absurd, Cosgrave.
00:24:14Utterly absurd.
00:24:15She has been with my family all her life.
00:24:17A dubious recommendation, if you ask me.
00:24:20Mr. Holmes, when do you expect the man from Scotland Yard?
00:24:23Inspector Lestrade, he should be here early in the morning.
00:24:25Unless he got on the wrong train.
00:24:27I trust you're right, Mr. Holmes.
00:24:29I trust you're right.
00:24:31Oh dear, he's terribly upset.
00:24:33Dr. Millivale, can't you do something for him?
00:24:36I could stay with him in his room tonight.
00:24:37Why, that's an excellent idea.
00:24:39And I shall be just across the hall from him.
00:24:41I think that's the wisest possible course.
00:24:43With you gentlemen protecting each other, what harm can befall you?
00:24:45Well then, we must hope for the best.
00:24:47Come, Maryville.
00:24:47Good night, gentlemen.
00:24:48Good night.
00:24:49Good night.
00:24:54I say, Holmes, have you gone out of your mind?
00:24:57Cosgrave just got the orange pips,
00:24:58and you're letting Merrivel sleep in the same room with him.
00:25:00He'll be all right.
00:25:01All right, but what's to prevent Merrivel killing him in his sleep?
00:25:04I hardly think he'll stick his own neck squarely in the noose.
00:25:07Oh.
00:25:08I see what you mean.
00:25:10Well, the field's narrowing down, Holmes.
00:25:13Captain Simpson's certainly cleared.
00:25:16How?
00:25:16Yes, he's definitely been eliminated.
00:25:18The killer had two tries to him today.
00:25:20Nonsense, my dear Watson.
00:25:22No one's tried to murder Captain Simpson.
00:25:24Well, how about the poison needle we both saw?
00:25:26Captain Simpson spotted it, if you'll recall, from about where you are.
00:25:29Oh, what's so extraordinary about that?
00:25:31Can you see the needle there now?
00:25:33No.
00:25:34Well, there is one.
00:25:35What?
00:25:36Gracious.
00:25:37How did it get there?
00:25:38I placed it there myself just before we went in to supper.
00:25:41You couldn't see it, yet you have exceptional eyesight.
00:25:44Well, you'd have to have telescopic eyes to see it from over there.
00:25:46Exactly.
00:25:48You mean that Simpson...
00:25:49Well, how about the acid in his drink?
00:25:52There wasn't any acid in his drink.
00:25:54Oh, it definitely smelt like bitter almonds.
00:25:56It should.
00:25:57That's exactly what it was.
00:25:58Bitter almonds.
00:26:00How do you know?
00:26:04Because I put it in his drink myself.
00:26:05You did?
00:26:06Great Scott, why?
00:26:07To observe his reaction.
00:26:09It was quite different from that of the morning.
00:26:10The first was acting.
00:26:11The second, genuine terror.
00:26:13Hence, I knew that he had undoubtedly planted the needle himself.
00:26:15Why should he?
00:26:17Well, there are several possible explanations.
00:26:19The most obvious, of course, to avert suspicion.
00:26:21Then you think Simpson's behind all this?
00:26:24I don't know, Watson.
00:26:25This is a most unique case.
00:26:28Instead of too few, we have too many clues and too many suspects.
00:26:32The main pattern of the puzzle seems to be forming.
00:26:34But the pieces don't fit in.
00:26:36Well, it seems perfectly clear to me.
00:26:38One of these men is picking off the others one by one
00:26:40to get all their insurance money for himself.
00:26:42Well, it's obvious.
00:26:44How do you account for the orange pips?
00:26:46Well, this man has an accomplice who brings them.
00:26:48What for?
00:26:49To warn his victim that he's going to be murdered?
00:26:51Oh, Watson, it won't do. It won't do at all.
00:26:53I don't like the look of it, Holmes.
00:26:55Muddy waters, huh?
00:26:56Too muddy.
00:26:58As if someone were constantly stirring them up.
00:27:00Why should they stir them up?
00:27:02Confuse me.
00:27:03There's intelligence behind this business, Watson.
00:27:06Cold, calculating, ruthless intelligence.
00:27:11Must you smoke that filthy stuff?
00:27:13Smells like an old sock.
00:27:15Strong tobacco keeps one awake.
00:27:16You'd better have a pipe full.
00:27:17We have a long vigil ahead of us tonight.
00:27:19No, thank you.
00:27:20I don't need any of that stinkweed to keep me awake
00:27:22in this chamber of...
00:27:27This chamber of horrors?
00:27:30It sticks like a little bit of blood.
00:28:05You're still asleep, Mr. Holmes.
00:28:08Thanks for your watchfulness.
00:28:23Holmes!
00:28:26Holmes!
00:28:27Holmes!
00:28:29Holmes!
00:28:31Watson!
00:28:34Watson, are you all right?
00:28:35I think so.
00:28:36It was a close call.
00:28:39What happened?
00:28:40I didn't see a thing.
00:28:41I was asleep.
00:28:43Someone came at me from behind.
00:28:45If you'll come this way, Inspector Lestrade.
00:28:48Thank you very much, my good woman.
00:28:53Why, Mr. Holmes!
00:28:56Dr. Watson!
00:28:57Dr. Watson!
00:28:57How are you, Lestrade?
00:28:59Here, here.
00:29:00What's going on here?
00:29:01Someone just tried to kill Dr. Watson.
00:29:03Blimey, who?
00:29:04When we find that out, Lestrade,
00:29:06we can all go home.
00:29:07All right, Mr. Holmes.
00:29:08Scuttled out to take charge of this.
00:29:10Have a look around the grounds, Greeter, will you?
00:29:11Yes, Inspector.
00:29:14Holmes!
00:29:15I'm afraid something's happened to Cosgrave and Meridale.
00:29:17What?
00:29:17The door.
00:29:18Their room's locked.
00:29:18I can't get any answer.
00:29:19What is going on here?
00:29:20Oh, I do hope they're all right.
00:29:26Have you got your skeleton key, Lestrade?
00:29:27Yes, I have.
00:29:28Wait a minute.
00:29:30Here we are.
00:29:34Watson!
00:29:35Starr, give me a hand.
00:29:36Yes, Mr. Holmes.
00:29:37Dipped him on the bed.
00:29:38You got him?
00:29:38Yes.
00:29:39What a dreadful thing to happen.
00:29:41Poor Meridale.
00:29:43Is he badly hurt?
00:29:45Yes, he's had a nasty crack on the head.
00:29:47What?
00:29:47What's...
00:29:48Take it easy, Doctor.
00:29:49Don't try and talk.
00:29:50Mrs. Monteith.
00:29:51Give me some cotton wool and some hot water as quickly as you can.
00:29:54Tell me what happened.
00:29:55He's in no state to be questioned now, Lestrade.
00:29:57Who do you suspect, Mr. Holmes?
00:29:59I don't know, Lestrade.
00:30:00But it's connected with the attack on Dr. Watson,
00:30:02which was obviously intended to draw me downstairs.
00:30:04Where's Cosgrave?
00:30:05Here, I'm taking over here.
00:30:07It looks to me that this Cosgrave, whoever he is, is our murderer.
00:30:11Well, he didn't murder Dr. Meridale.
00:30:13He's still alive.
00:30:14Yes.
00:30:15Yes, he is, isn't he?
00:30:15Well, just the same, I'd like to ask this Cosgrave a few questions.
00:30:19I don't think you're going to find Mr. Cosgrave.
00:30:21At least, not alive.
00:30:22Oh.
00:30:23Well, what's going on here?
00:30:25Afraid.
00:30:26Holmes is right, Inspector.
00:30:28Poor Cosgrave.
00:30:29By now, he's probably murdered like the others.
00:30:31Murdered?
00:30:32Oh, dear.
00:30:33What's your interest about that rope, Mr. Holmes?
00:30:36I was looking at this knot, Lestrade.
00:30:38To Boland.
00:30:39Much favored by seafaring men.
00:30:41Oh, sailor, eh?
00:30:42Simpson.
00:30:43Simpson?
00:30:44Captain Simpson.
00:30:45But, but, no, no, no, no.
00:30:46It couldn't be.
00:30:47How do you know he couldn't be?
00:30:49Mr. Alistair, where is Captain Simpson?
00:30:51He's not in his room, either.
00:30:54I looked when I tried to rouse Cosgrave and Meridale.
00:30:56Has anybody seen this Simpson this morning?
00:30:58I saw him walking across the garden, Inspector, about 15 minutes ago.
00:31:03Ah, now we're getting somewhere.
00:31:08Which is the way down?
00:31:09How did I get up here?
00:31:12Suffering cats!
00:31:13What is going on here?
00:31:14Are you any explosives on the place?
00:31:16Yes, we have some dynamite stored in the shed behind the stone room.
00:31:19What do you need dynamite for?
00:31:20Just to blow up some cumbersome rocks.
00:31:25Pretty badly mangled, Holmes.
00:31:27Can't tell who it is.
00:31:29Mr. Cosgrave, all right.
00:31:30Poor Alan.
00:31:34Cosgrave's, I presume?
00:31:36Certainly looks like the ring he wore.
00:31:38Yes.
00:31:39Yes.
00:31:40Yes, of that I'm positive.
00:31:41Look here.
00:31:42What was he doing with dynamite at this time in the morning?
00:31:44That we shall never know.
00:31:46Oh dear, and it was all my fault.
00:31:48I never should have left them keep it here.
00:31:50Don't blame yourself, Mr. Alistair.
00:31:51This body was carried here.
00:31:52Look.
00:31:55Observe those heavy footprints.
00:31:59I see the whole thing.
00:32:01Cosgrave was knocked unconscious, thrown into the shed and deliberately blown up.
00:32:04Yes.
00:32:05This chap was carrying in every burden, all right.
00:32:11Hello.
00:32:12Who are you?
00:32:13My name is Simpson.
00:32:15Captain Simpson.
00:32:16I'm Inspector Lestrade from Scotland Yard.
00:32:19What do you know about this murder?
00:32:20I was walking on the east terrace when I saw Cosgrave enter the shed where the dynamite stored.
00:32:26Do you mind comparing your shoes with one of these footprints?
00:32:29Are you accusing me, Inspector?
00:32:31I'll tell you in a minute.
00:32:32Put your foot in one of these prints.
00:32:33Nonsense, Lestrade.
00:32:35You've only to look at the shoes of everyone present.
00:32:36To know that these footprints are much too big to have been made by anybody here.
00:32:40With a possible exception of you, Lestrade.
00:32:42Look here, Dr. Watson.
00:32:42That ain't funny.
00:32:43Captain Simpson, how did you happen to be walking on the terrace at the time of the explosion?
00:32:47I couldn't sleep and I was taking a stroll before breakfast.
00:32:49I see.
00:32:50What do you know about this knot, Captain?
00:32:52It's a ballon, of course.
00:32:53I don't suppose you've ever seen it before.
00:32:55What the devil are you driving at?
00:32:57This knot is evidence that it'll hang a murderer.
00:32:59And he might not be standing so far away from the arm of the Lord at this very moment.
00:33:02Oh, come now, Lestrade.
00:33:04This knot proves absolutely nothing.
00:33:06Practically anybody can tie one.
00:33:08Can you?
00:33:09Yes, I think I can, Lestrade.
00:33:12There you are.
00:33:14Well, quite a knotty problem, eh?
00:33:16With your permission, gentlemen, Captain Simpson and I will go and make arrangements for the funeral of our friend.
00:33:23Come, Simpson.
00:33:25I wonder which one of the three remaining good comrades will be the next to receive the orange pips.
00:33:33Orange pips?
00:33:34Won't someone please tell me what's going on here?
00:33:40Where is that confounded woman with the brandy?
00:33:43Mrs. Montif!
00:33:48Well, there you are.
00:33:49It's about time, too.
00:33:53Let's get on with the ceremony.
00:34:32What are you going to do about this, Inspector?
00:34:35What are you going to do?
00:34:37Are you going to do?
00:34:37What do you think, pips, eh?
00:34:39The police will handle this.
00:34:40We will protect you.
00:34:41Holmes tried to protect Cosgrave.
00:34:43He's dead.
00:34:43Scotland Yard's in charge now.
00:34:45Just you come along with me.
00:34:46Just a moment, Simpson.
00:34:48We've not yet drunk our usual toast to the dead.
00:34:51To the dickens with the dead.
00:34:52From now on, I'm thinking of myself.
00:34:53Just you come along with me, Captain.
00:34:57See how must you?
00:35:12Well, it's you, Inspector.
00:35:13My nerves are all on edge.
00:35:14Just wanted to make sure you were all snub-captain.
00:35:17You're sure I'm safe here?
00:35:18I'm safe as the Bank of England.
00:35:20You're protected from every angle.
00:35:22On the terrace is Sergeant Bleaker,
00:35:24out of sight and on the job every second.
00:35:25While in the shrubbery is the local sergeant of police,
00:35:28ready to pounce if the blighter should come that way.
00:35:30That's fine, Inspector.
00:35:31While I myself guard the lower hall,
00:35:34hoping and praying the killer should come my way,
00:35:36come on.
00:35:38It sounds very thorough,
00:35:39but I don't like it very well.
00:35:40Oh, go on.
00:35:41Tuck yourself here and relax.
00:35:43Scotland Yard will look after the rest.
00:35:45Good night.
00:35:46Good night, Inspector.
00:36:15I was going to look for you all.
00:36:21I was sure between the climax and the mystery of an arch.
00:36:24I got inside a consortium of soldiers.
00:36:25It was a language among soldiers,
00:36:26Sharp and the hue.
00:36:26Then, guys, I'm sure you do a great job.
00:36:26There's a hard work among all yearn Oaks in general.
00:36:34I thought that you have the name of a regimented spy.
00:36:36Today, Mr. Holmes?
00:36:36Right you are, Inspector, and observe the clay.
00:36:39A very particular variety of clay.
00:36:41Ready, Holmes?
00:36:42Yes, Watson.
00:36:43Like to join us in a little stroll on the beach?
00:36:46No, thank you.
00:36:47You and Dr. Watson go play in the sand as much as you like,
00:36:49but I'm going to stay right here to catch the murderer.
00:36:51Good luck.
00:36:52Well, if you get nervous, you know where we are.
00:37:05Look, Watson, footprints.
00:37:07By Jove, fairly fresh, too.
00:37:09Very fresh.
00:37:10Bigfoot, all right.
00:37:11That's your revolver?
00:37:12Yes.
00:37:13Not much time to lose.
00:37:14The tide's coming in fast.
00:37:15As he goes along here.
00:37:18Wait a minute.
00:37:19Now he stops.
00:37:21To light his pipe.
00:37:22Observe the spilled tobacco and burn match.
00:37:24Now he goes on again.
00:37:28Wait a minute.
00:37:29Here we are.
00:37:32Hello.
00:37:33What is it, Holmes?
00:37:34Another set of footprints.
00:37:36Bigfoot's been joined by somebody.
00:37:37This one's a smaller man.
00:37:39Now they go along together.
00:37:41Side by side.
00:37:43Rather slowly, I should say, judging by the spacing of the footprints.
00:37:47Now Littlefoot goes up the cliff.
00:37:50And Bigfoot goes on alone.
00:37:53Hello.
00:37:54Something funny there.
00:37:56Footprints disappear altogether.
00:38:00Look out, Watson!
00:38:02Great Scott, Holmes.
00:38:03That was meant for us.
00:38:05Precisely.
00:38:07Well, there's nothing more to be done here.
00:38:11I have a strong feeling we are needed back at Driercliffe House.
00:38:24With a possible exception of your own, Lestrade.
00:38:29Blimey, they're bigger.
00:38:31Here.
00:38:32Here.
00:38:33Who's pulling around in his lock?
00:38:36Sergeant Blakar.
00:38:37Blakar.
00:38:38Sergeant Blakar.
00:38:39Sergeant Blakar.
00:38:42Sergeant Blakar.
00:38:43Sergeant Blakar.
00:38:45Sergeant.
00:38:47Sergeant Blakar.
00:38:48What is going...
00:38:49Oh, Mr. Holmes.
00:38:51Where's Simpson?
00:38:51He's in the...
00:38:52What the...
00:38:57He's gone.
00:38:59I'll lift him here on this here couch.
00:39:13What happened?
00:39:18Someone fairbashed my head.
00:39:20Do you see his face?
00:39:21Who?
00:39:21The murderer, you blithering idiot.
00:39:23The murderer and his victim, Captain Simpson.
00:39:25All I saw was stars.
00:39:27It's your theory, Lestrade, that someone broke through this window
00:39:29and abducted Captain Simpson.
00:39:31It's no theory. It's obvious.
00:39:33Then how do you account for the fact
00:39:34that there's no sign of broken glass on this side of the window?
00:39:37Blimey. Nor there isn't.
00:39:38Therefore, the window was broken from the inside.
00:39:40Stick by us, old man.
00:39:42We'll make a detective on you yet.
00:39:48Ah. I say, what's happened?
00:39:50Captain Simpson seems to have disappeared.
00:39:52Disappeared my foot. He's run away.
00:39:54He really was frightened, you know.
00:39:56That's just what he wanted us to think.
00:39:58No harm would have come to him here if he'd stayed and he knew it.
00:40:00I was right in the first instance.
00:40:02He's our blasted murderer himself.
00:40:04Dear me. Captain Simpson? A murderer?
00:40:07Don't you worry, Mr. Alistair.
00:40:08We'll soon have him in jail before he can kill anyone else.
00:40:11Aye.
00:40:13You'll find him like the others.
00:40:16A corpse.
00:40:20Don't you worry, gentlemen.
00:40:21It's only just a question of time before we catch Captain Simpson.
00:40:24He can't have got far.
00:40:25My men will soon apprehend him.
00:40:27You know, this rather reminds me of a very similar occurrence.
00:40:30When I brought about the undoing of the notorious Professor Moriarty.
00:40:34You brought it about.
00:40:35It hadn't been for Mr. Holmes, please.
00:40:36Oh, well, of course, with the kindly assistance of Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
00:40:41We've found him, Inspector.
00:40:42There you are. What did I tell you?
00:40:44Where is he?
00:40:44At the beach, sir.
00:40:45Dead?
00:40:46Oh, yes, sir. Quite.
00:40:48Dead?
00:40:49How did you know he was dead, Mr. Holmes?
00:40:51Now I mention, my dear Lestrade.
00:40:52The pieces of the puzzle are beginning to fall into place.
00:40:54In what way was the body mutilated?
00:40:56There were no arms, no legs, and no head, sir.
00:40:59Observe the recurrence of a pattern, Watson.
00:41:01I see. No man goes whole to his grave, eh?
00:41:03Exactly.
00:41:04Oh, dear.
00:41:06Poor Simpson.
00:41:10Well, lovely, if it was nothing but a blooming torso, how did you know you got the right man?
00:41:14Quite simple, Lestrade.
00:41:16Sergeant Bleaker identified the body by the full-rigged ship, tattooed on the chest.
00:41:19That's right, Mr. Holmes.
00:41:21Tattooed?
00:41:22Well, how did you know he had a blinking boat on his epidermis?
00:41:25Oh, er, I mentioned it to Sergeant Bleaker when he asked me to describe the fugitive.
00:41:29That is, we thought at the time he was a fugitive.
00:41:32Oh.
00:41:33All right, Bleaker.
00:41:33You'd better be getting back to the beach.
00:41:35Yes, sir.
00:41:36One thing more, Sergeant.
00:41:40You say that the body had no arms, nor head, nor legs.
00:41:44Was it a messy job?
00:41:46Oh, no, sir.
00:41:47Very neat, I should say.
00:41:48Clean as a whistle.
00:41:49Just as if it was done by a...
00:41:51Are the skilled hands of a surgeon?
00:41:54Yes.
00:41:56Yes.
00:42:23For Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard.
00:42:26What?
00:42:30About...
00:42:30Excuse me, Inspector.
00:42:32Please Watson.
00:42:45I'm so sorry, old fellow.
00:42:46No orange, Pipps.
00:42:47No.
00:42:49Just a minute.
00:42:50That might be police business.
00:42:55Inspector Lestrade must see you at once about the Dreocliffe mystery.
00:42:59Please come to my shop in the village as soon as possible.
00:43:02Alec McGregor.
00:43:03McGregor.
00:43:04The tobacconist.
00:43:05Where is his shop?
00:43:06Next to the inn.
00:43:07Well, I'd better be off.
00:43:08Mind if I come along with you?
00:43:10All right, Mr. Holmes.
00:43:11If you think you can be any help.
00:43:12I think I'll come along too, Holmes.
00:43:13Now, Watson, you stay here.
00:43:15These are the last two members of the good comrades.
00:43:17Their safety depends on you.
00:43:19You can rely on me, Holmes.
00:43:22Posse wind along with you, Holmes.
00:43:27Say, excuse me, please.
00:43:28Excuse me.
00:43:30I was afraid of this.
00:43:31We're too late.
00:43:38Dead?
00:43:40Aye, sir.
00:43:41Shut through the temple.
00:43:42How did you know we'd be too late, Mr. Holmes?
00:43:45Because we were not the first to read McGregor's message.
00:43:47What?
00:43:47The Keelestrade.
00:43:48This envelope has been steamed open and resealed.
00:43:51Blimey, Sue.
00:43:52Yes.
00:43:54Poor chap.
00:43:55He must have known too much.
00:43:57Has the coroner been here yet, Sergeant?
00:43:58He's on his way, sir.
00:44:00All right.
00:44:04You won't find them.
00:44:05What do you mean?
00:44:06Orange grips.
00:44:07Why not?
00:44:08Is this the work of the Dreocliffe murderer?
00:44:10Obviously.
00:44:10But this isn't part of the same pattern as the others.
00:44:13They followed a preordained plan, whereas this murder was actuated by sudden necessity
00:44:16and could not have been anticipated.
00:44:18Come again, Mr. Holmes?
00:44:19In English?
00:44:20I mean that I'm beginning to see daylight.
00:44:22Well, frankly, I ain't.
00:44:24I like good, solid tools and people I can question.
00:44:27Did anybody hear the shot, Sergeant?
00:44:29I did.
00:44:32Do you know anything about the note your father sent to Inspector Lestrade?
00:44:35Why, no, sir.
00:44:37Did he leave the house at all tonight?
00:44:40Aye, sir.
00:44:41He went to attend his lobster ports down in the cove below Dreocliffe.
00:44:47He didn't return until after dark.
00:44:49Here, let me question her.
00:44:51Did anyone call on your father this evening after he got home?
00:44:55No one that I saw, sir.
00:44:57Well, tell me just what happened.
00:44:59I was in the kitchen when I heard the shot.
00:45:04I ran in and found my father.
00:45:08I'm sorry, my dear.
00:45:10We won't bother you any further.
00:45:12Thank you, sir.
00:45:17This case gets more confusing every minute.
00:45:19We don't know a thing more now than we did before.
00:45:20On the contrary, my dear Lestrade.
00:45:22Now, Greg, I saw something near Dreocliffe tonight,
00:45:24and that something caused his death.
00:45:25That's right.
00:45:26We'd better get back to that house as fast as we can.
00:45:35I'm glad to get back to Blakey Street.
00:45:57Somebody's going to get murdered in their boats if they're not careful.
00:46:18Very well.
00:46:20Are you there?
00:46:28Empty.
00:46:30It's very funny.
00:46:33It's the only thing.
00:46:37Can't have gone out in a night like this.
00:46:45Alistair!
00:46:48Mr. Alistair!
00:47:00Gone.
00:47:02Mr. Alistair!
00:47:16Mythos Elsa?
00:47:21Oh, can I go?
00:47:23That's silly.
00:47:24Let me go.
00:47:51I want to go.
00:47:52Both missing.
00:47:52Uh, it's very fishy.
00:47:53Let's see.
00:48:00Broken mirror!
00:48:02That's damage!
00:48:04Seven years of very long.
00:48:07What's that?
00:48:11Mrs. Monkeith!
00:48:16Mrs. Monkeith!
00:48:18Only some more.
00:48:30I've been prepared.
00:48:32Who is it out there?
00:48:43Stop! Stop, Mr. Drops!
00:48:45Mrs. Monkeith!
00:48:46Mrs. Monkeith!
00:48:48Come here, are you all right?
00:48:50Let's go!
00:49:05Let the door open!
00:49:08It's the door open!
00:49:10Let's move that sheriff!
00:49:27Stand still or I'll shoot.
00:49:37You're moving.
00:49:38I warned you.
00:49:42Oh, it's done for you, all right.
00:49:45Stand still.
00:49:49Fine.
00:49:49All in the line of duty.
00:49:58Who's that?
00:49:59Watson.
00:50:00What on earth are you up to?
00:50:01Holmes.
00:50:02Thank heavens, you've arrived.
00:50:03You're just in time.
00:50:04They're all around the house.
00:50:05They've got the completely surrounded.
00:50:06They?
00:50:07There they are.
00:50:10Where's Scott?
00:50:12This fellow feels ashamed.
00:50:13Got the wind up over Nuffie.
00:50:14Oh, yes, I forgot.
00:50:15There was something.
00:50:16Alistair and Medival are both missing.
00:50:17What?
00:50:18Oh, no, not that.
00:50:19Well, they're not in their rooms.
00:50:20You come along with me and I'll show you.
00:50:38Anything wrong, gentlemen?
00:50:40Have you left this ear room since you retired?
00:50:43Certainly not.
00:50:45I've been reading.
00:50:46What?
00:50:48What's the trouble?
00:50:50There's no trouble at all.
00:50:51Please forgive us.
00:50:58Well, now we'll try Alistair's room.
00:51:00Right you are.
00:51:02Better try knocking this time, Watson.
00:51:07Come in.
00:51:15What is it?
00:51:18Have you been out of your room, Mr. Alistair?
00:51:20Yes, for just a few minutes.
00:51:22I went down to the kitchen.
00:51:24And I had such a nice glass of milk.
00:51:26Milk?
00:51:28Yes, it was most refreshing.
00:51:31Glass of milk.
00:51:32Don't disturb you.
00:51:37Glass of milk, he's lying, Holmes.
00:51:39Probably just one of your allusionations, Doctor.
00:51:41Rubbish.
00:51:42And the worst part is hallucinations.
00:51:43Whatever they are, the edges surround it.
00:51:45Downstairs.
00:51:55It's all right, Mrs. Monteith.
00:51:58I heard noises upstairs.
00:52:00I thought the murderer must be a prowl again.
00:52:02What are you doing with that cleaver?
00:52:04But you've nothing to fear now.
00:52:08Well, I'll be getting back to bed.
00:52:11Not a bad idea.
00:52:12I've had enough of this for one day.
00:52:14Oh, um, Mrs. Monteith, please.
00:52:18The note you gave Inspector Lestrade,
00:52:20was it pushed under the door like the rest?
00:52:22Aye.
00:52:23Was there anything different about it this time?
00:52:25Think, Mrs. Monteith.
00:52:26Well?
00:52:28Yes?
00:52:29Just before I found the note under the door,
00:52:31I happened to look through the kitchen window.
00:52:33And I saw a man running away from the house
00:52:35as if Satan himself were after him.
00:52:36Did you recognize him?
00:52:37No.
00:52:38He was too far away.
00:52:40But he was dressed like a fisherman.
00:52:42Well, hadn't we better go down the village
00:52:43and find him at once, Holmes?
00:52:45You'd only be wasting your time.
00:52:46Why?
00:52:47Because all the fishermen have gone off with the fleet.
00:52:50And they won't be back till tomorrow night.
00:52:53It's after nine now.
00:52:58Are you quite sure that the fishermen are coming in?
00:53:00Aye, sir, they always do.
00:53:01A long stretch in the water gives them an awful thrust.
00:53:04Why, the boats must be in.
00:53:06Here they come now, sir.
00:53:16A gentleman.
00:53:18A gentleman.
00:53:19I am Sherlock Holmes.
00:53:22Last night, McGregor sent one of you
00:53:24with a note to Durecliffe House.
00:53:25Who was it?
00:53:29Speak up, please.
00:53:30It's vitally important.
00:53:38If I did take a note for old Alec,
00:53:40what of it?
00:53:43Perhaps you can help me to find his murderer.
00:53:45Where did he give you this?
00:53:47Don't know the call.
00:53:47He was waiting there when we come in from the nets.
00:53:50What did he say when he gave it to you?
00:53:51Well, he just asked me if I'd take it to Durecliffe
00:53:53for a half a crown.
00:53:55And I wouldn't have done it for a penny less.
00:53:57Because of the sinister legend of the place, eh?
00:53:59What else did McGregor say to you?
00:54:01Well, he asked me if I believed in ghosts.
00:54:03And I said, certainly not.
00:54:05And he said, no more do I.
00:54:07And he gave me the note and a half crown.
00:54:09Thank you, my friend.
00:54:10You've been very helpful.
00:54:11A round of drinks for these gentlemen.
00:54:12With my compliments.
00:54:14Watson?
00:54:16Helpful.
00:54:16I can't say anything very helpful about that conversation.
00:54:20All he did was talk about ghosts.
00:54:22And what did ghosts suggest to you, Watson?
00:54:24I don't know.
00:54:25Graveyard?
00:54:25Exactly.
00:54:26Alec McGregor was buried today.
00:54:38I say, old fellow, what about giving me a hand?
00:54:40You're doing splendidly, Watson.
00:54:51I say, Holmes, I never did trust any of those people from the start.
00:54:56Who?
00:54:57Who?
00:54:58Those so-called good comrades.
00:55:00And that woman.
00:55:02Who?
00:55:03Mrs. Monteith, naturally.
00:55:05Who do you think I met?
00:55:08That's your old fellow.
00:55:09Sir, where are you?
00:55:11Who?
00:55:12You.
00:55:13Holmes, of course.
00:55:14Who?
00:55:16Owl.
00:55:18Give me a nice little chat, Watson.
00:55:19Oh, there you are.
00:55:21Stupid bird up there.
00:55:22Silly bird.
00:55:24Hanging about a graveyard.
00:55:25All that.
00:55:26Nothing else to do.
00:55:28Interrupting a fellow's conversation.
00:55:31Got it, Holmes.
00:55:33Open it up.
00:55:36I don't like this, Holmes.
00:55:37I don't like this, Holmes.
00:55:48Amazing, Holmes.
00:55:50As I thought.
00:55:52Empty.
00:55:53Some body searchers got here ahead of us.
00:55:55McGregor's corpse has been removed.
00:55:56What?
00:55:57Hurry, Watson.
00:55:59Come along.
00:56:01Listen, a moment to lose.
00:56:02What's up, Holmes?
00:56:03Yes, I'm greatly mistaken.
00:56:04There's about to be another murder.
00:56:06Who?
00:56:08You, you wall-eyed idiot.
00:56:10You don't shut up.
00:56:11Who?
00:56:12Who?
00:56:17Do you know what to do?
00:56:18Yes, sir.
00:56:18We'll get going and hurry.
00:56:20I'll pray we're too late, Watson.
00:56:27Where's the body, Lestrade?
00:56:28Which one is it?
00:56:29Dr. Merivale.
00:56:30I found him at the bottom of the cliff.
00:56:31Crashed to a jelly by a huge rock.
00:56:33Good heavens.
00:56:34I identified the body by the suit of clothes he was wearing.
00:56:36And his watch.
00:56:37So Alistair must be the murderer.
00:56:38Go right to the top of the class, Dr. Watson.
00:56:40He killed them all.
00:56:41One after the other for the insurance money.
00:56:43I thought so.
00:56:44Obvious from the start.
00:56:45Yeah.
00:56:45What have you done with your prisoner, Inspector?
00:56:47Oh, he's safe enough.
00:56:49Safe enough?
00:56:51Yes, he's in the library.
00:56:52Perhaps I'd better go and keep an eye on him.
00:56:53You'll be all right, Doctor.
00:56:55He's handcuffed.
00:56:59You're pacing up and down.
00:57:01Just doing a bit of measuring, Lestrade.
00:57:04Oh, don't upset yourself, Mr. Holmes.
00:57:05You can't expect to solve every case.
00:57:09Ah, there you are.
00:57:11Suspected you from the start.
00:57:13Sir Holmes, that old fluff's too good to be true.
00:57:15But I didn't kill anybody.
00:57:16Really, I didn't.
00:57:18It's quite natural for you to deny your guilt.
00:57:20Criminal instinct.
00:57:21Oh.
00:57:22What?
00:57:22Nothing.
00:57:23Go on, let her back on you.
00:57:24No.
00:57:25I don't smoke.
00:57:26But there's Simpsons there.
00:57:28He won't need it anymore.
00:57:30Poor Simpson.
00:57:31Well, if Holmes can smoke me pieces of stuff, I suppose I can.
00:57:37That's funny.
00:57:40This may be important.
00:57:45I must tell Holmes at once.
00:57:50Dear me.
00:57:5628 feet.
00:57:56It checks exactly.
00:57:58Whatever that may mean.
00:57:59It means that the final piece of the puzzle is falling into place.
00:58:01You can have your puzzle.
00:58:02I've got the murderer.
00:58:04Oh!
00:58:05Come on, Lestrade.
00:58:12Where's Dr. Watson?
00:58:13Oh, he went through that very door only a few moments ago looking for you.
00:58:17We heard a scream, did you?
00:58:18Oh, dear me now.
00:58:20That's strange.
00:58:21We didn't see him as we came through the dining room.
00:58:23Did he say anything before he left?
00:58:25Yes.
00:58:26He wasn't very kind to me at first.
00:58:28He was standing just where you're standing, Mr. Holmes.
00:58:31He asked me if I had any tobacco.
00:58:33But as you know, I don't smoke.
00:58:35And I suggested that he might take some of Captain Simpsons.
00:58:38Well, he pulled out his pipe and he was just about to fill it.
00:58:41When he said,
00:58:43Oh, this may be important.
00:58:45I must see Holmes at once.
00:58:48Thank you, Mr. Alistair.
00:58:53And don't you move.
00:58:58This wall measures 28 feet outside and inside it's obviously several feet less.
00:59:02What are you looking for?
00:59:03The entrance to a passage.
00:59:04What passage?
00:59:05It could only be on that outside wall.
00:59:07Oh, we could knock the wall down for you, Mr. Alistair.
00:59:09What you don't realize, Lestrade, is they're desperate.
00:59:11They'd stop at nothing.
00:59:12And they've got Dr. Watson.
00:59:12They use that.
00:59:13Get those candles, will you?
00:59:14All right.
00:59:21What are you doing here?
00:59:22I don't like to be alone.
00:59:30Got it.
00:59:31Good gracious.
00:59:32That was where the entrance to the stairs,
00:59:34leading to the old smuggler's cave down below.
00:59:37That night, that was there.
00:59:38Give me the light.
00:59:43Oh, dear.
01:00:05Blimey!
01:00:06Come on.
01:00:07Don't hear us.
01:00:08Who's they?
01:00:23Listen to yourself, Lestrade.
01:00:28Lord Loverduck.
01:00:37Oh, strike me up a gun tree.
01:00:41All right, everybody. Hands up. You're under arrest.
01:00:45But who's in there?
01:00:46The good comrades.
01:00:47Oh, no, no. They're dead.
01:00:49Are they?
01:00:50Come on now. Get in line, all of you.
01:00:56I thought you were all dead.
01:00:59That's what they wanted us to think. Watson.
01:01:02Rayburn, King, Davies, Cosgrave, Merivale, Simpson.
01:01:08How dreadful of you.
01:01:12Thank heaven you're safe, Watson.
01:01:14Oh, thank heavens you came, Holmes.
01:01:15In another minute, they'd have thrown me in the sea
01:01:17and got away on a boat charred by Simpson.
01:01:19It's out there now, offshore.
01:01:32Congratulations, Lestrade. You've bagged the lot.
01:01:34That's all right, Mr. Holmes.
01:01:35And may I congratulate you, gentlemen, on a very ingenious plan.
01:01:39I must confess, if you hadn't over-embellished it
01:01:41for the business of the orange pips,
01:01:43the sinister significance of the happenings of Dreercliff House
01:01:45might have escaped my attention altogether.
01:01:47You're quite eloquent, Mr. Holmes.
01:01:48And if Captain Simpson hadn't removed his tobacco from the library,
01:01:51you might still have effected your escape.
01:01:53Incidentally, Lestrade, I think you'll find that each of these gentlemen
01:01:56has his share of the insurance money, probably in a well-stuffed money belt.
01:02:01You fool, Simpson.
01:02:02I told you somebody'd notice that tobacco jar.
01:02:04A fool, am I?
01:02:05Who asked this detective to come and stay at the house?
01:02:07He did.
01:02:07I had to, the way you and Merriville were acting.
01:02:09Shut up, Cosgrave.
01:02:10Don't tell me to shut up!
01:02:11You and your orange pips.
01:02:13You said they would divert suspicion, but did they?
01:02:15No.
01:02:16You and your orange pips fixed us.
01:02:18All right, all right.
01:02:19Get back into line, all of you.
01:02:20Now, come on.
01:02:21You get back into line, all of you.
01:02:22Now then, hand over that money.
01:02:26Here, here, here.
01:02:27No more tricks like that.
01:02:28If it hadn't been for the sharp eyes of Mr. Holmes here,
01:02:31you might have...
01:02:32You might have shot someone.
01:02:34And I thought you were my friends.
01:02:37Such good friends.
01:02:38How could you?
01:02:40Never mind my good man.
01:02:41You'll soon be in the dock with the rest of them.
01:02:44No, Lestrade.
01:02:45Mr. Alastor's completely innocent.
01:02:47They selected him as their dupe.
01:02:49Oh.
01:02:51It's all clear to me, Holmes, except one thing.
01:02:54Why did they kill McGregor?
01:02:55Because McGregor didn't believe in ghosts.
01:02:58One night on the beach, he saw a man he thought was dead.
01:03:02Probably our friend Bigfoot there.
01:03:04And was rash enough to write Lestrade a note about it.
01:03:07That note was his death warrant.
01:03:09Very pretty theorizing, Mr. Holmes.
01:03:11But you can't prove a thing.
01:03:13That remains to be seen.
01:03:15Lestrade.
01:03:16Will you pick up Captain Simpson's revolver and have a look at it?
01:03:21One bullet fired?
01:03:23That's right, Mr. Holmes.
01:03:24I have no doubt that ballistics will prove that the missing bullet killed Alec McGregor.
01:03:28That's good enough for me.
01:03:29If what you say is true, Mr. Holmes, there ain't a duty in the country that won't come victim.
01:03:37And so, just retribution has been visited upon the six members of the Good Comrades whose nefarious plan was unmasked
01:03:44in the nick of time.
01:03:45By the brilliant detective work of Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard.
01:03:49Of all the Balderdash.
01:03:52Lestrade hadn't got the faintest idea what it was all about.
01:03:54Oh, I don't know, Watson.
01:03:56After all, we know who is responsible for solving the mystery of the Good Comrades.
01:04:00That's right.
01:04:01If it hadn't been for Mr. Holmes, that headline might have been about me.
01:04:06Mr. Holmes, one thing puzzles me.
01:04:08What?
01:04:08How did they manage those fake murders?
01:04:11Oh, elementary, my dear child.
01:04:12It was elementary.
01:04:13I can explain all that.
01:04:14Whenever there was a funeral of some old gaffer in the neighborhood, they dug up the body and dressed it
01:04:19in the clothes of one of their members.
01:04:21Then they staged a fake death and mutilated the body beyond all recognition.
01:04:24In the meantime, the so-called corpse disappeared quietly into the smugglers' room underneath Drewcliff's house.
01:04:30I think.
01:04:31I think that about sums up the whole thing.
01:04:33Tell me, Dr. Watson, in the simulated death of Captain Simpson, how do you account for the tattooing on the
01:04:39torso?
01:04:39Oh, the tattooing on the torso.
01:04:42The tattooing on the torso.
01:04:43Well, I, uh...
01:04:47Go on, Watson. Tell him.
01:04:49Oh, the tattooing on the torso.
01:04:55Oh, the tattooing on the torso.
01:04:59Sorry, Holmes.
01:05:00Captain Simpson was an expert with the tattooer's needle.
01:05:02He merely duplicated the full-rigged ship on the chest of the corpse.
01:05:05I also observed that the design on the torso had been done within the previous 24 hours.
01:05:10Dear me.
01:05:11What a gruesome idea.
01:05:13Out of gratitude for what you've done, the companies that I represent wish you to accept this check.
01:05:17No, Mr. Chalmers.
01:05:17I think Mr. Alistair here is much more deserving of a reward than I am.
01:05:21Dear me.
01:05:21But they...
01:05:22They stood me in completely.
01:05:24I didn't help you solve the case.
01:05:26Oh, but you did much more than that.
01:05:28It was your timely warning when you drew our attention to the empty tobacco jar...
01:05:32...and saved the life of my dear friend and colleague, Dr. John H. Watson.
01:05:36Oh.
01:05:37Very nice of everyone.
01:05:38And by enabling us to continue our long and happy association together.
01:05:43Oh, my God.
01:05:45Oh, my God.
01:05:46Oh, my God.
01:06:00Oh, my God.
01:06:01Oh, my God.
01:06:02Oh, my God.
01:06:02Oh, my God.
01:06:04Oh, my God.
01:06:06Oh, my God.
01:06:09Oh, my God.
01:06:16I'll see you next time.
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