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When a number of attractive women are found dead and with fingers missing, Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) investigate. Though evidence points to a psychotic killer, Holmes begins to believe that there's more to the case than initially meets the eye, a notion that leads him to uncover the involvement of his archenemy, Professor Moriarty (Henry Daniell). Who is working with Moriarty on such a dastardly plot, and what are their motives?
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00:00:00The End
00:00:35The End
00:01:15I won't forget that morning, not if I left to be a hundred.
00:01:19I counted the men as they marched out of the yard.
00:01:21They'd hardly slept for weeks.
00:01:23We of the CID had slept even less, but the nightmare that kept us awake was all the same nightmare.
00:01:31That's why we weren't surprised when the Commissioner asked us up to the conference room for a bit of a
00:01:36talk.
00:01:37He'd talked to us plenty, we knew that.
00:01:39It didn't help any to know what was ahead of us.
00:01:50Must we have that window open, Gregson?
00:01:52Oh, shut it if you want to.
00:01:54The Chief will be in enough of a temper without having a ruddy blast down the back of his neck.
00:02:05Gentlemen, the Commissioner.
00:02:09Stuffy in here.
00:02:15You seat it, won't you?
00:02:18Gentlemen, if you wish to know what able men you are, read any of the works of popular fiction that
00:02:24glamorize your achievements.
00:02:25But don't I beg of you, read the daily papers.
00:02:30They might give you an inferiority complex.
00:02:33I hate to mention it, but we're confronted with a series of the most atrocious murders since Jack the Ripper.
00:02:42And in the meantime, the CID might as well be playing at Shavhaikny for all the good we've accomplished.
00:02:50Now look.
00:02:54Here, here, and here.
00:02:57Each of these red flags scattered through the city stands for a woman brutally murdered, a woman's terror, a woman's
00:03:04death agony.
00:03:06These are no ordinary crimes.
00:03:09These are the works of a fiend who kills first and mutilates afterwards.
00:03:14A ghoul who hacks off a part of his victim body and carries it away with him.
00:03:18A loathsome souvenir of his butchery.
00:03:22Three women murdered so far, and you haven't turned in one clue.
00:03:27You haven't given me one lead.
00:03:30Here you sit and wait for news of a fourth victim.
00:03:34With your arms folded.
00:03:41Well, we hadn't long to wait.
00:03:43It was down Lambeth Way where a young woman was hurrying home late last night.
00:03:47She saw something and stopped.
00:03:51It was a constable.
00:03:52He spoke to her, and he walked along with her, just in case.
00:03:59He saw her go down the stairway to the basement lodging where she lived.
00:04:03I can only surmise what happened after that.
00:04:21Well, I put my pride in my pocket and went to see the man that so often helped out Inspector
00:04:26Lestrade and myself in the past.
00:04:29Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
00:04:37If ever a man needed help, I did.
00:04:47This makes four, Inspector.
00:04:50Four defenseless women here in the heart of London.
00:04:53And everyone with the right forefinger hacked off.
00:04:55Not hacked, Inspector Gregson.
00:05:01Cleanly, expertly severed.
00:05:03The work of a skilled surgeon.
00:05:05That's our only clue.
00:05:06Much about the age of my sister's girl.
00:05:09Is there no way of stopping this, Mr. Holmes?
00:05:12Yes.
00:05:14There's a way, somehow.
00:05:17Well, the fiend that did this.
00:05:20I promise.
00:05:22I promise.
00:05:23We've nothing to go on.
00:05:24That's the rotten part of it.
00:05:25We can't get far without knowing the motive.
00:05:28Well, at least we know what the motives were not.
00:05:30It wasn't robbery.
00:05:31Not passion, thanks be.
00:05:32Nor yet vengeance.
00:05:33Because they all came of totally unrelated families.
00:05:36Steady, Inspector.
00:05:36Steady.
00:05:39Sorry, Mr. Holmes.
00:05:40I don't turn ahead when it's a bloke that can look after himself.
00:05:44A little slip of a thing like that.
00:05:46Yes, it's horrible.
00:05:47Come on, let's get a drink.
00:06:11Good evening, Mr. Holmes.
00:06:12Good evening, Vincent.
00:06:12A whiskey and soda, please.
00:06:13And a double for my friend here, Inspector Gregson.
00:06:15Thank you, sir.
00:06:16Make mine Irish.
00:06:17Least and lovely to give me a hand with this thing, Mr. Holmes.
00:06:20Always a pleasure to be of help to Scotland, guard inspector.
00:06:22A little out of my line.
00:06:24Looking for a maniac.
00:06:26Murder's just for the fun of a...
00:06:29Or perhaps just to get a human finger.
00:06:34In all four cases,
00:06:37a murderer risk capture
00:06:39by stopping to secure a finger.
00:06:45One of our four.
00:06:46Who knows?
00:06:47He's just a madman.
00:06:50Perhaps there's nothing in his madness.
00:06:52If we could just trace those missing fingers.
00:06:55See, if...
00:06:56If we could just drag the English channel,
00:06:58we might find a penny.
00:07:00Huh?
00:07:00Huh.
00:07:01Well, thank you.
00:07:03Can I keep those, Mr. Holmes?
00:07:12Sir George Fenwick, isn't it?
00:07:14Yes.
00:07:14That is daughter with him.
00:07:16Don't be so naive, Inspector.
00:07:20You know everyone, don't you, darling?
00:07:22Well, hardly.
00:07:25A week ago, I didn't know you.
00:07:26A week?
00:07:27How fast it's gone.
00:07:42I collect these things.
00:07:44How very quaint of you.
00:07:46Shall we go?
00:07:47Yes.
00:07:52What are you looking at, Mr. Holmes?
00:07:55Looking at a very handsome woman.
00:07:58Not want of a purple,
00:07:59but giving an excellent imitation.
00:08:01Would you like to come to my flat for a nightcap?
00:08:03Lovely idea.
00:08:04Yes, isn't it?
00:08:13I wonder where she's taking Sir George Fenwick.
00:08:15Don't be so naive, Mr. Holmes.
00:08:44Thank you, Mr. Holmes.
00:09:10Thank you, Mr. Holmes.
00:09:18Good evening, Mum.
00:09:19Hello, Crandon.
00:09:20Any messages?
00:09:21No, Mum.
00:09:27Drinks, Crandon.
00:09:28One of your nice surprises.
00:09:29Yes, Mum.
00:09:30I say, you don't mean that...
00:09:31Crandon's a marvel.
00:09:32Aren't you, Crandon?
00:09:33Yes, Mum.
00:09:35You wouldn't believe the things she can do.
00:09:37Hmm.
00:09:39Ah, charming place.
00:09:41Delightful.
00:09:41Really?
00:09:42Do you think so?
00:09:43I'm so glad.
00:09:45Lucid, Anne.
00:09:47Do you mind?
00:09:49Do I mind?
00:09:50What a question.
00:09:53I don't mind anything, really.
00:09:56Except not being with you.
00:09:58Now, you really don't want me to believe that, do you?
00:10:00Not too seriously.
00:10:02Good.
00:10:02We're both quite grown-up, aren't we?
00:10:05Quite.
00:10:13You're a treasure, Crandon.
00:10:20And lower the lights a little as you leave.
00:10:30I prefer a more flattering light.
00:10:32In any light, you'd be...
00:10:34Would I?
00:10:36And don't you know it?
00:10:38Perhaps I do.
00:10:49Oh, that priceless woman.
00:10:50You wouldn't believe it, but she's absurdly romantic.
00:10:53She loves dreamy music, and she thinks that we...
00:10:57But, uh, we do, don't we?
00:10:59Do we?
00:11:01Well, it's rather soothing.
00:11:03Restful.
00:11:04Yes.
00:11:06And we all need rest at times.
00:11:09Like tired children have played too long.
00:11:14You've played with wooden soldiers, I suppose.
00:11:16Hmm.
00:11:18Funny.
00:11:18Hadn't thought of that for years.
00:11:21Toy boats were my special joy.
00:11:24Anything I could set afloat anywhere.
00:11:27Like this.
00:11:29And this.
00:11:32Toy boats sailing into the never-never land.
00:11:35The land of beautiful dreams.
00:11:38Look.
00:11:40Look, odd, isn't it, how the light is reflected?
00:11:45Little specks of light that move and move.
00:11:49Like stars on a slowly moving stream.
00:11:54Dear Holmes, I'm very sensitive to atmosphere.
00:11:57Oh?
00:11:57Yes, I can tell by the feel of this room there's been a murder committed here.
00:12:00It may interest you to know, my dear fellow.
00:12:02It was the other side of that door at the foot of the stairs that the poor girl was murdered.
00:12:05If only I could find it.
00:12:07Find what?
00:12:08The one thing these unfortunate victims have in common that might give us a motive for these murders.
00:12:13There must be something.
00:12:15Another Jack the Ripper, if you ask me.
00:12:16A homicidal maniac.
00:12:17No, Watson.
00:12:18In the case of Jack the Ripper, there was one thing in common.
00:12:20His victims were all from one walk of life living in the same section of the city.
00:12:23In this case, the murderer chooses his victims from all walks of life and from different sections of the city.
00:12:29No, my dear fellow, this is not the work of a homicidal maniac.
00:12:32It's something infinitely more sinister.
00:12:35You mean the creeps?
00:12:35What on earth are you talking about?
00:12:37Watson, I'm convinced that these murders are only incidental to some larger and more diabolical scheme.
00:12:44That may be, but why are they severed fingers?
00:12:46The answer to that question, my dear fellow, is our only hope of solving these mysteries.
00:12:49Dear sister, I am so happy.
00:12:51I had such a lovely holiday at Brighton with you and Alf.
00:12:55And I'm looking forward to being with you again.
00:12:58Poor little thing.
00:12:59Sort of raises a lump in your throat.
00:13:01I can picture her sitting here happily writing this letter.
00:13:05And I'm not bitter realizing that she's shortly going to her death.
00:13:09Hello?
00:13:10Gregson!
00:13:15Oh, there you are, Mr. Holmes. I've been looking for you everywhere.
00:13:18What's happened?
00:13:18Murder in Edgeway Road, not half an hour ago.
00:13:20Woman?
00:13:21Yes.
00:13:22And the right forefinger cut off clean.
00:13:25Yes.
00:13:49And the right forefinger cut off clean.
00:14:15It's aì…˜.
00:14:19It's a subject of an exhibition set, but they're still inside the land.
00:14:21about the murder. Morning, paper. All about the murder. Paper. Horrible murder. Another
00:14:31young woman found murder, paper, sir. Horrible murder. Paper. Paper. Read all about it.
00:14:41Get your paper. Murdering Edgware wrote. Horrible finger murder.
00:14:51Shocking murder. Murdering Edgware wrote. Horrible murder of a young woman.
00:15:01Read all about the murder.
00:15:08Only fancy, Mum. There's been another of those horrible murders.
00:15:13Dear, dear. How shocking. Yes, Mum. I really don't feel quite safe here myself.
00:15:21Oh, dear.
00:15:34Why, Sir George. I must see Miss Marlowe at once.
00:15:36I don't know if she... I must see her. Where is she?
00:15:42Lydia.
00:15:44Why, Sir George. What is it? What happened?
00:15:47I don't know. You'll have to help me. You've got to help me.
00:15:50But I don't understand.
00:15:52Listen. I woke up a few minutes ago in a cheap boarding house off Edgware Road.
00:15:59I don't know how I came there. I don't know when. The last thing I remember is being here with
00:16:02you.
00:16:02Calm yourself, Sir George.
00:16:05When did I leave here?
00:16:07Well, it was about, uh...
00:16:10Uh...
00:16:10It was 10.45, Mum. Precisely.
00:16:15You seemed, uh...
00:16:17Forgive me.
00:16:18Just a little distressed.
00:16:20Detached. Not interested.
00:16:22I thought I'd said something to offend you.
00:16:26I don't remember.
00:16:34I can't remember.
00:16:35I can't remember.
00:16:36Tell me. Has this happened to you before?
00:16:39Before?
00:16:41Well, there is such a thing as amnesia, you know.
00:16:45If it was 10.45 when I left you.
00:16:48It was nine this morning when I woke.
00:16:51Over ten hours lost.
00:16:55Ten hours that I can't account for.
00:16:58And in my pocket, when I woke, I found...
00:17:01Yeah, in my pocket.
00:17:05That... that... that isn't...
00:17:07Oh, it's not for you, of course.
00:17:08It can't be.
00:17:11Excuse me, Mum.
00:17:12But there's a man asking to see the gentleman.
00:17:15Send him away.
00:17:16Yes, Mum.
00:17:17No, no, no, no. No, please.
00:17:20I'll see him.
00:17:29Well?
00:17:31Delightful room.
00:17:33Not much like the place you woke up in this morning.
00:17:37You followed me here?
00:17:38Yes.
00:17:40Are you... a detective?
00:17:43Oh, no.
00:17:44Quite the contrary.
00:17:46Don't be afraid, Sir George.
00:17:48You know my name?
00:17:50Oh, yes.
00:17:51A very old and highly honored name.
00:17:54And being the bearer of such a name,
00:17:56and also a very wealthy man,
00:17:59I thought...
00:18:00you might care to possess yourself with this trifle.
00:18:06Rather than let it fall into the hands of the police.
00:18:09It is yours, if I'm not mistaken.
00:18:11The initials, G.F.
00:18:15I...
00:18:16Where did you get this?
00:18:17It came out of your pocket.
00:18:20I saw it fall, but you never noticed.
00:18:26You were very busy...
00:18:28bending over something...
00:18:30with a knife.
00:18:34Then you put something in your pocket.
00:18:47You're going home.
00:18:48Come along, Holmes.
00:18:48Come along, come along.
00:18:49How many more times must I tell you?
00:18:51You're missing a treat.
00:18:52This is delicious.
00:18:52Little jam tarts to follow.
00:18:54Aren't you tempted?
00:18:59You and your fleshpots.
00:19:03They tell me that fish is good for the brains.
00:19:07Brains haven't any.
00:19:09You realize that a day, a whole day and a night...
00:19:12have gone by since that best of affair in Edgewell Road?
00:19:15I'm as much in the dark as ever.
00:19:24Hello.
00:19:25Here comes a client unless I'm very much mistaken.
00:19:36Well, attractive.
00:19:38Very attractive.
00:19:45Obviously, she left home under the stress of some very great emotion.
00:19:48How do you know that?
00:19:49She isn't wearing any gloves.
00:19:50A startling omission on a young lady of fashion.
00:19:52No, she didn't put her coat on.
00:19:54Opened car, too.
00:20:00I don't know.
00:20:01Furthermore, there's something in that bag she wants to show me.
00:20:03What makes you say that?
00:20:05The bag doesn't match her dress.
00:20:06Indicating it was picked for size rather than style.
00:20:10To accommodate some bulky object.
00:20:13You'll amaze me, Holmes.
00:20:14What do you mention, my dear fellow?
00:20:21Well, that's interesting.
00:20:23What is?
00:20:25A cab.
00:20:26Turning up the empty house.
00:20:31I wonder why he followed her here.
00:20:33Oh, wouldn't you?
00:20:35All right, Carson. We'll do the glasses.
00:20:55Oh, we shall soon know.
00:20:56Yes, Mrs. Hudson?
00:20:59It's a young lady, sir. Most urgent.
00:21:02Ask her to come in.
00:21:03Oh, go right in, miss.
00:21:08Mr. Holmes?
00:21:09Yes, this is my friend, Dr. Watson.
00:21:10How do you do?
00:21:11How do you do?
00:21:12Mr. Holmes, I...
00:21:13You must excuse me, please.
00:21:15I...
00:21:15Yes, well, won't you sit down?
00:21:17Come along.
00:21:17May I?
00:21:19It's quite all right.
00:21:31Now, try to control yourself, Miss Fenwick. You're with friends.
00:21:34You know my name?
00:21:35No magic, I assure you. I've often seen your picture.
00:21:38You're the daughter of Sir George, Fenwick, aren't you?
00:21:40Yes.
00:21:41It's about my father that I...
00:21:44What about your father, Miss Fenwick?
00:21:45Oh, I don't know what to do.
00:21:47He's always been the nicest, dearest person.
00:21:52Only since Mother died.
00:21:54Yes, yes, Mother, we know.
00:21:57So I didn't think anything of it when he was away all night before last.
00:22:01But he didn't come home until yesterday at tea time.
00:22:04He didn't come in for dinner at all.
00:22:06Just paced up and down in the library hour after hour.
00:22:10I begged him to let me in, but he wouldn't.
00:22:12Steady, steady.
00:22:15Now take your time.
00:22:17I couldn't sleep a wink last night.
00:22:20Then I started hearing things.
00:22:22Hearing things? What sort of things?
00:22:25I heard someone in the garden underneath my window.
00:22:29Then I saw a figure moving down the garden path.
00:22:32And I recognized my father.
00:22:35Stealing through his own garden like a thief.
00:22:43He had a spade in his hand.
00:22:46And he stopped by the greenhouse where he started to dig.
00:22:52This morning, at daybreak, I-I stole onto the garden and...
00:22:57I found this.
00:23:05A finger.
00:23:06A human finger.
00:23:08Bring up Scotland Yard, Willie Watson.
00:23:11Ask him to get hold of Inspector Gregson and tell him to meet us at once.
00:23:14It's George Fenwick's house, Kingston.
00:23:17Operator?
00:23:17Get Miss Scotland Yard quick.
00:23:23Where's my father, Norris?
00:23:24He's still in the library, Miss.
00:23:25Thank you. We'll see him right away.
00:23:27Will you come with me, please?
00:23:28I got your message, Mr. Holmes.
00:23:30Yes, indeed.
00:23:35Dad, may I come in?
00:23:39Dad!
00:23:41It's funny.
00:23:43He doesn't know him, sir.
00:23:46Do you mind?
00:23:47Please do.
00:23:51Watson, quick.
00:23:52Come along, Norris.
00:23:53No, no, no.
00:23:53Take charge with Fenwick, please.
00:23:54Fenwick, sir. Now, miss, please.
00:23:55Please come along with me.
00:24:03Ed?
00:24:04Yes.
00:24:08What do you make of it, Doctor?
00:24:10Shot in the back, between the second and third ribs.
00:24:12The bullet undoubtedly penetrated the heart.
00:24:15Look at the powder marks on his coat.
00:24:17I'm a bit afraid of this.
00:24:18What do you mean?
00:24:19Don't you remember the man in the cab who followed Miss Fenwick to Baker Street?
00:24:22Well, you don't think he had anything to do with it, do you?
00:24:23I think it's reasonable to assume that he tipped off someone that I'd been sent for.
00:24:28Sir George has obviously been murdered to keep him from telling me what he knew.
00:24:32What was the weapon used?
00:24:33Small-caliber revolver. Point-blank range, by the look of the wound.
00:24:38The murderer came in through those French windows.
00:24:41The mud from the garden he brought in on his boots.
00:24:44Sir George must have surprised the intruder.
00:24:46Passed the room to him here.
00:24:50What follows, we can't tell.
00:24:52But from the location of the wound, I'd say that he turned his back for a moment,
00:24:55and as he turned, the muzzle of the revolver was placed between his ribs
00:24:59and one muffled shot fired.
00:25:01And you mean to say he kept on going, even after he was shot?
00:25:04There's no doubt about it.
00:25:05Look there.
00:25:07The trail of blood leads us back to the desk.
00:25:11Something Sir George was after.
00:25:16Something.
00:25:16What do you think?
00:25:17I know. He was trying to summon help, Poacher.
00:25:19I don't think so, Watson.
00:25:21There's the bell pulled by the fireplace.
00:25:23No.
00:25:24You'll notice from the trail of blood that Sir George made straight through this desk here.
00:25:29I wonder.
00:25:30There was something he was desperately anxious to get.
00:25:34Hello.
00:25:35His right hand's clenched.
00:25:37That's perfectly natural.
00:25:39Death agony.
00:25:40The left hand lies open.
00:25:42Why only one hand clenched in the death agony?
00:25:44The right hand, the hand nearest the desk.
00:25:47Please note that.
00:25:49If Sir George took something off this desk,
00:25:51something so important that he spilled his last drop of blood to get it,
00:25:55I want to know what it is.
00:26:10It's nothing but an ordinary match folder.
00:26:13Where does that lead us?
00:26:16I imagine to something very important, Gregson.
00:26:18This match folder's from Pembroke House.
00:26:20Why shouldn't it be?
00:26:22He was there, you know.
00:26:23We saw him yesterday.
00:26:25Yes, but the effort he made after he was shot, he got hold of this match folder.
00:26:29It's just possible that he wanted someone to remember Pembroke House.
00:26:36You may have wished to recall it to someone who saw it there.
00:26:39Someone who, like ourselves, saw him with a woman.
00:26:59Come in.
00:27:02Oh, Dr. Watson, this came by hand for Mr. Holmes, not ten minutes ago.
00:27:06Thank you, Mrs. Hudson.
00:27:10That would be the report from Mr. George's bank.
00:27:13The report from Mr. George?
00:27:14Oh, really?
00:27:16Don't you remember his daughter told us that he'd just closed his account?
00:27:19Had it looked into it once.
00:27:24Hmm.
00:27:26He drew out his entire balance in cash, nearly ten thousand pounds, yesterday, just after that young woman was murdered.
00:27:34What does that suggest to you, Watson?
00:27:35Well, you paid it out to someone.
00:27:37Precisely.
00:27:38I smell the faint, sweet odor of blackmail.
00:27:41You don't think he paid it out to someone who saw him murder the McLean woman?
00:27:44Sir George never murdered anyone.
00:27:45But he did have that woman's finger, and he emptily did have a lot of, and pay out a lot
00:27:49of cash.
00:27:50That's the terrifying part about blackmail, Watson.
00:27:53The victim is afraid to fight the accusation no matter how false.
00:27:56Once the accusation is made, his name is smeared, and sometimes his life is ruined.
00:28:04Well, if Sir George didn't commit these murders, what Fiend did?
00:28:08I rather think they're not the work of any one man.
00:28:11Oh, come, Holmes.
00:28:12You don't expect me to believe there's a whole organization going about killing people and chopping off their fingers?
00:28:18No, it's possible. Quite possible.
00:28:20Well, whoever's behind all this thing must be out of his mind.
00:28:23On the contrary, my dear fellow.
00:28:24If my assumptions are correct, this little scheme has behind it the most brilliant and ruthless intellect the world has
00:28:30ever known.
00:28:31You don't mean Professor Moriarty?
00:28:33I do.
00:28:34Oh, steady, Holmes. You've got him on the brain.
00:28:36This is a third time in as many months you've suspected him of unsolved crimes.
00:28:40He's dead, you know.
00:28:41Is he?
00:28:41Is he? You know he is.
00:28:43He was hanged in Montevideo all over a year ago.
00:28:45I know that someone was hanged in Montevideo under that name.
00:28:48But I'll stake my reputation that Moriarty is alive and here, now in London.
00:28:59Hello?
00:29:00Yes, but Dr. Watson, wait a minute.
00:29:02You mean?
00:29:05Hello, yes?
00:29:07This is Dr. Watson speaking.
00:29:09No, no, I'm afraid I've retired. I don't practice any more.
00:29:13What?
00:29:15Oh, that's a different thing.
00:29:17An emergency case.
00:29:19Well, just a minute.
00:29:23Yes?
00:29:24Yes, well, see, she's not moved.
00:29:26Remember that.
00:29:27Don't touch it till I get there.
00:29:31Fractured case in MacArthur's Mews.
00:29:33Heavy woman.
00:29:34Fourteen stone.
00:29:36Oh.
00:29:37Look at that.
00:29:40Fourteen stone.
00:29:42Just the sort of person who would hoist herself up on a stool to feed the canary.
00:29:47There ought to be a law against fat people keeping little dicky birds.
00:29:51Well...
00:29:52So long, old man.
00:29:53It's not me very long.
00:29:55Haven't used their bag since I've brought little Amelia.
00:29:57What's her name in the world?
00:29:59She grew up to be a very unattractive child.
00:30:00Well, who wouldn't with a name like Amelia?
00:30:02Amelia.
00:30:04Amelia.
00:30:06Amelia.
00:30:21People are so stupid about it.
00:30:31Oh.
00:30:43I love it.
00:30:45I love it.
00:30:47I love it.
00:30:50I love it.
00:30:54But you think you have a Japanese cheese and a chicken.
00:30:55Let's go!
00:30:55Wow!
00:30:55It's a hard way!
00:30:56That's not the way.
00:30:56It's a hard way.
00:30:57It's a hard way for you.
00:30:57It's a hard way.
00:30:58It's a hard way.
00:31:18Oh, Professor Moriarty, not that I wish to appear inquisitive, but to what am I indebted
00:31:24for the pleasure of this visit, Scotland Yard will be interested.
00:31:28It's very convenient for me to have Scotland Yard think that I'm still dead in Montevideo.
00:31:34I never dreamed of fooling you.
00:31:37The thought occurs to me, Mr. Holmes, that there are some advantages in living within the law.
00:31:45They are very comfortably fixed here, aren't you?
00:31:49As I get on in life, the little comforts appeal to me more and more.
00:31:55Oh, I beg your pardon. Won't you sit down?
00:32:15And now, Professor Moriarty, what can I do for you?
00:32:17Everything that I have to say to you has already crossed your mind.
00:32:22And my answer is no doubt crossed yours.
00:32:24Yes, final.
00:32:26What do you think?
00:32:28I shall not rest until you are hanged for the finger mirrors.
00:32:33You have no proof, you know.
00:32:39No, not a shred.
00:32:41But I have you.
00:32:43I could turn you over to the police here and now.
00:32:46You could.
00:32:47But if you did, you'd never see Dr. Watson again.
00:32:51Oh, the telephone call.
00:32:53Quite.
00:32:54I rather assumed you had taken some such precaution.
00:32:59Or I should have snatched up a revolver and indulged in a fit of heroics when you came in.
00:33:04Very smart, aren't you?
00:33:08Not smart enough.
00:33:10Or I should have anticipated you.
00:33:11But if any harm comes to Dr. Watson, I shall seek you out.
00:33:16I shall not rest until I find you, and when I do...
00:33:19No harm will come to Dr. Watson this time.
00:33:22But I can't answer for the future.
00:33:25Mr. Holmes, I should strongly advise you to drop this case.
00:33:28Don't be silly.
00:33:30Think it over.
00:33:31We've had many encounters in the past.
00:33:33You hope to place me on the gallows.
00:33:35I tell you I shall never stand upon the gallows.
00:33:39But if you are instrumental in any way in bringing about my destruction,
00:33:43you will not be alive to enjoy your satisfaction.
00:33:47And we shall walk together through the gates of eternity, hand in hand.
00:33:50What a charming picture that would make.
00:33:51Yes, wouldn't it?
00:33:52I really think it might be worth it.
00:34:01Shoelaces, Gardner?
00:34:02Tons of hair.
00:34:03And strong enough to...
00:34:05And yourself.
00:34:05How many more times since I tell you I don't want your filthy shoelaces or your company?
00:34:11Shoelaces, Gardner?
00:34:12Mastered impertinence.
00:34:13Run along, my good man, or I'll give you in charge.
00:34:15Shoelaces, Gardner?
00:34:21Shoelaces, Gardner?
00:34:23You're a poor bloke.
00:34:24What's only got one arm?
00:34:27Any luck with Mr. Holmes?
00:34:28You can read his obituary in tomorrow's papers.
00:34:42Oh, there you are, Watson. Come in.
00:34:44I was, um...
00:34:46Just going out to look for you.
00:34:48Look for me? What for?
00:34:50I suppose you don't think I know my way about.
00:34:52Well, you're right, I don't.
00:34:53Blast all practical jokers anyhow.
00:34:55Know where I've been?
00:34:57On a wild goose chase.
00:34:58Exactly.
00:34:59There's no such number in McArdle's muse.
00:35:01Some fool's idea of a joke.
00:35:04Did you, uh...
00:35:06Did you see anyone?
00:35:07No, nobody especially.
00:35:08Only a whining old idiot selling boot laces.
00:35:12Persistent, Baker, wasn't he?
00:35:13Stucked you like grim death.
00:35:15Huh?
00:35:15How do you know?
00:35:16And finally left you for someone who looked like better pickings.
00:35:20Someone, my dear Watson, was Professor Moriarty himself.
00:35:23What?
00:35:24Just called on me.
00:35:25Moriarty here and you let him go?
00:35:26But you must be out of your mind.
00:35:28Why?
00:35:29Well, he bluffed me into believing that he was holding a friend of mine as hostage.
00:35:32Friend of yours who?
00:35:33Oh, nobody very important. Just a fat, lazy fellow. Medical man, I believe.
00:35:36Medical man? Do I know him?
00:35:37Yes, I think you do. A fellow by the name of Watson.
00:35:40Watson, Watson. Never heard...
00:35:42Oh, me?
00:35:43I'm afraid so, old fellow.
00:35:45Your street hawker's job...
00:35:49was to do away with you...
00:35:50in a certain contingency.
00:35:52And you let Moriarty go?
00:35:54Because of me?
00:35:55I had no choice.
00:35:56I can't afford to lose you, old fellow.
00:35:58Well, that's very decent of the old chap, I must say.
00:36:02But...
00:36:02Well, uh...
00:36:04I wish you'd nabbed him.
00:36:05We shall, never fear.
00:36:07I know the motive for the finger murders.
00:36:09All I have to find out now is the method used with the blackmail victims.
00:36:13Method?
00:36:14Yes.
00:36:15How does Moriarty get them to the scene of the crime?
00:36:18How does he plant those severed fingers on them?
00:36:21And how does he scare them into believing that, uh...
00:36:26they may have committed those atrocious murders themselves?
00:36:30Curious?
00:36:36Very curious.
00:36:38Huh?
00:36:39Curious?
00:36:40What's curious?
00:36:43That window in the...
00:36:44empty house across the street.
00:36:48First floor front.
00:36:50Huh?
00:36:51What's wrong with it?
00:36:52It's open.
00:36:53Why shouldn't it be open?
00:36:55It wasn't open half an hour ago.
00:36:57I'll stake my life on that.
00:36:58Oh?
00:36:58It's not our business.
00:37:00Let it stay open.
00:37:02I, uh...
00:37:03wonder if you'd go over, old fellow, and see what's the matter.
00:37:06Oh, trespassing.
00:37:07Against the law.
00:37:08Hmm?
00:37:08Very well.
00:37:09I'll go myself.
00:37:10Oh, well, if you're gonna put it like that.
00:37:12Ridiculous waste of time.
00:37:14Going about shutting windows at this hour of the night.
00:37:16Here, you'd better take this torch.
00:37:17Well, take what?
00:37:18Hmm.
00:37:19Dignified job for a doctor.
00:37:21Dr. Watson, the torch bearer.
00:37:22And what do you propose to do?
00:37:24Sit in a comfortable chair, I suppose, and read a good book.
00:37:26That's a very good idea.
00:37:26Yeah, it's a very good idea.
00:37:28Well, I play night watchman.
00:37:29You have a nice read.
00:37:31Mm-hmm.
00:37:32Good night.
00:37:32Have a good time.
00:37:33Have a good time.
00:37:33What do you mean?
00:37:48Well, I don't know what you think.
00:37:50Hmmm.
00:38:00What are nurses for?
00:38:03Who?
00:38:04I'm衣装.
00:38:05Hmm.
00:38:06Pretty little thing to keep about the house.
00:38:08Hmm.
00:38:09Must have been a pet.
00:38:10Hmm.
00:38:11See you.
00:38:12Come on.
00:38:44All right, Barbara.
00:38:48This was for the Lord.
00:39:08Well, he sits comfortably reading a book.
00:39:21Come on.
00:39:22Come on.
00:39:24Come on.
00:39:25Come on.
00:39:43Come on.
00:40:06Come on.
00:40:14Come on.
00:40:31Come on.
00:40:48Come on.
00:41:08Come on.
00:41:37Come on.
00:41:58Come on.
00:42:15Come on.
00:42:30Come on.
00:42:30Come on.
00:42:34Come on.
00:42:58Come on.
00:43:26Come on.
00:43:29Come on.
00:43:45Come on.
00:44:15Come on.
00:44:34Come on.
00:44:37Come on.
00:44:47Come on.
00:44:50Come on.
00:45:17Come on.
00:45:44Come on.
00:45:46Come on.
00:46:04Come on.
00:46:11Come on.
00:46:41Come on.
00:46:59Come on.
00:47:26Come on.
00:47:48Come on.
00:47:51Come on.
00:48:09Come on.
00:48:18Come on.
00:48:47Come on.
00:48:54Come on.
00:48:58Come on.
00:49:19Come on.
00:49:24Come on.
00:49:42Come on.
00:49:45Come on.
00:49:50Come on.
00:49:53Come on.
00:49:57Come on.
00:49:57This way sir.
00:50:00And are these all the people that come here?
00:50:02Oh no, no.
00:50:03Others keep dropping in all the time.
00:50:05I suppose it's all right for those who believe in it and of course I'm a professional man
00:50:09myself.
00:50:10Then you don't believe in hypnotism Dr. Watson?
00:50:12Oh I don't deny it.
00:50:14There are certain types of hysterical mind-sleeivil-minded people who go under and a few pointed
00:50:18finger at them.
00:50:19But anyone with an ounce of character.
00:50:22How right you are.
00:50:24You see.
00:50:24right through our little artifices, don't you, doctor?
00:50:27Right through, my dear sir, right through.
00:50:29Right so.
00:50:30But with the feeble-minded, as you say,
00:50:34excuse us, Mr. Holmes.
00:50:35Oh, certainly.
00:50:36Step over here, won't you?
00:50:37Certainly, sir. Anything to oblige?
00:50:39Let me show you how easily
00:50:42we charlatans take advantage of them.
00:50:45Now, sit down, doctor.
00:50:51Now, we set a thing like this in motion.
00:50:56It's wonderful, the attraction.
00:50:59On the feeble-minded, of course.
00:51:02The continuous motion,
00:51:05if they just let themselves follow it.
00:51:08Of course, you could stare at it
00:51:11till doona's day, doctor Watson,
00:51:13with no effect at all.
00:51:17Still, it might make you
00:51:19a little drowsy,
00:51:22like the white ribbon of road
00:51:24at night
00:51:25when you're driving.
00:51:28The rhythm
00:51:29is smooth,
00:51:32unbroken.
00:51:34And the road goes on and on,
00:51:37round and round,
00:51:39always the same,
00:51:42winding and winding.
00:51:44And you're drowsy,
00:51:47you're tired.
00:51:48Let the road come into you
00:51:51as it were.
00:51:53The long road,
00:51:56the smooth road,
00:51:59the road to sleep.
00:52:02Sleep.
00:52:11Open your eyes.
00:52:14Stand up.
00:52:18Turn around.
00:52:21And now, dr. Watson,
00:52:23you're on a holiday in Scotland.
00:52:26The country is amazingly beautiful.
00:52:28We're coming to a stream.
00:52:32It isn't deep.
00:52:35Better take your shoes and socks off.
00:52:49Roll up your trouser.
00:52:56That will do.
00:52:57The other leg is waterproof.
00:53:01Turn around.
00:53:02Mind the pedals.
00:53:10Sit down.
00:53:16Wake up now.
00:53:23There you are, you see?
00:53:24What did I tell you?
00:53:25It didn't work with me.
00:53:26Why, nobody with an ounce of carri...
00:53:35I think you'll need these.
00:53:43Going to laugh at?
00:53:44Watson, she's here.
00:53:45Oh, the woman you're looking for?
00:53:47Yes, I'm going to meet her.
00:53:49Perhaps I can induce her to take me to Moriarty.
00:53:51Do you think it's wise, Holmes?
00:53:52It may not be wise, but it's essential.
00:53:54After all, I've held me on with Moriarty in the past.
00:53:56But isn't it dangerous?
00:53:57She might be a hypnotist.
00:53:59If my will isn't stronger than hers,
00:54:00I deserve to be hypnotized.
00:54:01Shh.
00:54:02I feel I must protest, Dr. Onslow.
00:54:04I was told this was a gathering of serious students
00:54:06of a great science.
00:54:08And I find myself in a company of buffoons.
00:54:10Oh, my dear mother.
00:54:11Elliotson, Esdell, Braid.
00:54:13Were those men martyrs for the truth?
00:54:14That you may laugh over your childish, cruel tricks?
00:54:17I must say, I'm in complete agreement with you, madam.
00:54:19This was most unnecessary performance, Dr. Onslow.
00:54:22Beg your pardon, sir.
00:54:23My name is Holmes, Sherlock Holmes.
00:54:25At your service, madam.
00:54:27Thank you, Mr. Holmes.
00:54:28I'm afraid I've created a rather embarrassing situation.
00:54:31But you see, I'm interested in the serious study of hypnotism.
00:54:34So am I, too.
00:54:35Perhaps we have something in common, Mr. Holmes.
00:54:37Perhaps we have.
00:54:38Would you join me for a cocktail at Pembroke House?
00:54:40I should be delighted.
00:54:41Good.
00:54:58I didn't know there was such a pleasant place in London.
00:55:01It was so nice of you to suggest our coming here.
00:55:03I thought a little pick-me-up would do us good.
00:55:05You mean you thought I looked...
00:55:07I like the way you look.
00:55:13I suppose I did lose my head a little at the Mesmer Club.
00:55:16But you see, hypnotism is almost a religion with me.
00:55:20I know so well what it can do to help and heal.
00:55:23And I can't bear to see it used for trivial purposes.
00:55:25I know very little about it.
00:55:27That's why I went to the Mesmer Club.
00:55:28You see, I'm rather puzzled just now with the case that I'm working on.
00:55:31How fascinating.
00:55:32Tell me about it.
00:55:33It's the murder of Sir George Fenwick.
00:55:35Fenwick?
00:55:37Who's he?
00:55:39Quite a well-known figure.
00:55:40Odd now, I come to think of it.
00:55:42Last time I saw Sir George, he was here at Pembroke House.
00:55:46Strange.
00:55:47Yes, isn't it?
00:55:49He was sitting...
00:55:51I believe he was sitting at this very table.
00:55:55Cigarette?
00:55:56Thanks.
00:55:56Do go on.
00:55:58There was a charming lady with him.
00:56:00He was...
00:56:01He was lighting a cigarette.
00:56:09Charming.
00:56:10Did you see her face?
00:56:12No worse, Lyle.
00:56:14Really, her back.
00:56:16How unenterprising of you.
00:56:18Yes, wasn't it?
00:56:19Wait, I'm getting a little older.
00:56:21I shouldn't say so.
00:56:22That's nice of you.
00:56:23Still, the first time in my life I've got hold of a case that's beyond me.
00:56:28I'm actually losing sleep over it.
00:56:30You know, Mr. Holmes, I believe I could help you.
00:56:33Really? I should be very grateful.
00:56:36You're amused.
00:56:37Oh, nearly sceptical.
00:56:39How would you go about it?
00:56:41I've used hypnotism more than once in healing.
00:56:44Not for profit.
00:56:46I'm not a professional.
00:56:47But I do think I could help you.
00:56:50If you'd care to...
00:56:52I can't think of a pleasanter experience.
00:57:10Low lights, music, is that all there is to it?
00:57:12You must relax, Mr. Holmes.
00:57:14I'm afraid you're a rather difficult subject.
00:57:20So I thought perhaps a little help.
00:57:24Materia medica might be advisable.
00:57:27Drugs?
00:57:32No, I'd rather not, if you don't mind.
00:57:34As a matter of fact, I'd rather not myself.
00:57:37But shrink-notcing he practiced in Munich, you know.
00:57:40Believed at the best means for difficult subjects.
00:57:43Do you mind?
00:57:45Well, as a matter of fact, I don't approve of sedatives.
00:57:47Just as you wish.
00:57:49We don't have to go on with this at all, you know.
00:57:51Wait a minute.
00:57:54Wait a minute.
00:57:59All right.
00:58:00I'll take a chance.
00:58:02It's really quite harmless.
00:58:04What is it?
00:58:05Cannabis japonica.
00:58:07An oriental soporific.
00:58:08You need water.
00:58:28Now sit down, Mr. Holmes.
00:58:34you'll feel yourself growing drowsy don't fight it give into it because you do want to sleep you
00:58:42know just fix your eyes on this one white flower floating on the water empty your mind of every
00:58:55other thought follow the motion of the water so smooth not a ripple waters of forgetfulness
00:59:10steady
00:59:16deep strong
00:59:20strange isn't it how the light is reflected
00:59:25little specks of light that move and move
00:59:35it's restful here
00:59:39it's peaceful
00:59:43it's friendly
00:59:46and you're very close to finding what you're looking for
00:59:51you'll find them soon now
00:59:53the guilty ones
00:59:58when you're rested
01:00:01gentle waters closing over you
01:00:04steady
01:00:07steady
01:00:08deep
01:00:11strong
01:00:14drawing you down
01:00:19down
01:00:22down
01:00:23up
01:00:23up
01:00:32now
01:00:32sleep
01:00:35sleep
01:00:39sleep
01:00:40sleep
01:01:34Here he is, Professor Moriarty.
01:01:38Stand up, Mr. Holmes.
01:01:45Open your eyes.
01:01:49Face this way.
01:01:54Are you satisfied?
01:01:58We are dealing with a clever man.
01:02:00He may be shamming.
01:02:02There's just one infallible test for profound hypnosis.
01:02:07Are you ready, Dr. Simnor?
01:02:20That will do, Doctor.
01:02:22He couldn't fake insensibility to the knife.
01:02:26I congratulate you, Lydia.
01:02:29Turn round, Mr. Holmes.
01:02:33Now walk to the desk.
01:02:41Sit down.
01:02:44Take that pen.
01:02:46Write what I tell you to write.
01:02:48I have at last found a case which I cannot solve.
01:02:56I have outlived my usefulness.
01:03:03Therefore, I have decided to end my life.
01:03:12Sign your name.
01:03:16Now blot it.
01:03:23Fold it up.
01:03:26And put it in your pocket.
01:03:29Come, Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
01:03:33Go out onto the terrace.
01:03:36But it won't look like suicide, sir.
01:03:39I'm sorry, but Mr. Holmes' injuries must all be self-inflicted.
01:03:45Let's walk a little, Mr. Holmes.
01:03:48It's so pleasant here in the garden.
01:03:55Just step up here onto the terrace.
01:03:57It's a nice, broad terrace.
01:04:03Now turn to the left and walk slowly to the end of the terrace.
01:04:28The end leads to an open doorway.
01:04:30You can pass through it in perfect safety.
01:04:33In the room beyond the doorway,
01:04:34you'll find what you've been looking for.
01:04:37Must you drag this on?
01:04:38This is the moment I've been anticipating for a long time, my dear.
01:04:42Go on, Mr. Holmes.
01:04:49Through the open doorway,
01:04:51you will find the man
01:04:51responsible for the finger murders
01:04:53and the death of Sir George Fenwick.
01:04:57Professor Moriarty.
01:04:58Holmes!
01:05:01Stand still!
01:05:03What a beautiful view, Watson.
01:05:05I'm quite enjoying it.
01:05:06No, you're not.
01:05:07You're hypnotized.
01:05:08You're under a spell.
01:05:10Stand still.
01:05:11Don't move.
01:05:12Sidney Holmes,
01:05:13Sidney does it.
01:05:13Stand perfectly still where you are.
01:05:15Nonsense, Watson.
01:05:16You don't know what you're doing.
01:05:18Of course I know what I'm doing.
01:05:19You mean you're not hypnotized?
01:05:20Certainly not.
01:05:21Then get off the wall, you idiot.
01:05:23Oh, oh!
01:05:24Oh, Holmes!
01:05:25Oh, oh.
01:05:27What were you doing up there?
01:05:28Holding the fort until you arrived.
01:05:30What kept you?
01:05:31Oh, I ran into a spot of trouble
01:05:33on my way to Scotland Yard.
01:05:34I was arrested for exceeding the speed limit.
01:05:37Your luck seems to hold, Mr. Holmes.
01:05:39Why, I'd hardly call it luck, Professor.
01:05:41You see, I substituted a drug of my own
01:05:42for the one that this dear lady pressed on me.
01:05:45You are clever, aren't you?
01:05:47A drug that, although it leaves the subject conscious,
01:05:50renders him quite insensitive to pain.
01:05:51That accounted for my lack of reaction
01:05:54to Dr. Simrel's knife.
01:05:56Well, Gregson, quite an impressive haul.
01:05:58Even Inspector Lestrade himself
01:06:00couldn't have done any better.
01:06:01Thanks, Mr. Holmes.
01:06:02Take him away.
01:06:02All right.
01:06:03Put her in the van.
01:06:06I was right, Mr. Holmes.
01:06:07You are a difficult subject.
01:06:14And now, Professor,
01:06:16our score is settled.
01:06:18Au revoir until I see you on the gallows.
01:06:20The rope has not been made that'll go around my neck.
01:06:22Come on.
01:06:37I'll take care of things, Mr. Holmes.
01:06:39Thank you, Inspector.
01:06:40Come on.
01:06:42An evil man, Holmes.
01:06:44But what a horrible death.
01:06:46Better than he deserved.
01:06:49What are you thinking of?
01:06:51I'm thinking of all the women
01:06:52who can come and go in safety
01:06:53in the streets of London tonight.
01:06:57The stars keep watching their heavens.
01:07:00And in our own little way,
01:07:01we too, old friend,
01:07:03a privilege to watch over us today.
01:07:43And we'll be right back.
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