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It stars Rathbone as Holmes and Bruce as Watson, investigating murders at a convalescent home during WWII based on a loose adaptation of "The Musgrave Ritual".
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00:00:00The End
00:01:30Five minutes.
00:01:32Closing time.
00:01:33Hello, sweetheart.
00:01:34Here's for the tune, eh?
00:01:50Here, you're on luck. That's what you are.
00:02:00You heard that, matey? Let's have a look at it.
00:02:03Limey.
00:02:03What can I get you, lad?
00:02:05Mother's ruin.
00:02:06Make mine the same.
00:02:08It'll caught you too bad for the broken glass, matey.
00:02:10What's the idea, anyway, letting a beast like that fly around loose in the public house?
00:02:13It didn't ought to let him smell the blood.
00:02:16He's very fond of blood. Charlie is.
00:02:18Comes by his taste natural, if you ask me.
00:02:21Nobody's asking you, miss.
00:02:22How?
00:02:23Where's he from?
00:02:24Musgrave Manor.
00:02:26What is this Musgrave Manor? A blink in prison?
00:02:28That ain't the worst it's been called.
00:02:30Not that I'm one to go about spreading stories.
00:02:34But we knows what we knows.
00:02:36Don't we, Charlie?
00:02:41Blimey!
00:02:43Where is this Musgrave Manor?
00:02:45Down the road a piece.
00:02:47You'll see it when you're past the old iron gates.
00:02:50Only don't loiter.
00:02:52You won't be welcome.
00:02:53Not by the Musgraves.
00:02:56Been sitting there.
00:02:57Lords of the manor ever since time was.
00:03:00If those old walls could speak,
00:03:03they'd tell you a thing to raise the air on your head.
00:03:05There's folks hereabouts swear they've seen corpse lights.
00:03:10Round the old greenhouse.
00:03:14An air a-wanin' like lost souls in the lime walk.
00:03:19Hey, I want no part of it.
00:03:21Nor of the Musgraves neither.
00:03:23Hard men like them as was before them.
00:03:27Cruel men.
00:03:28God pity them.
00:03:30For the day is coming when they'll need pity.
00:03:34Come up them.
00:03:47Yours are make fun in the house.
00:03:47Hoo- pouquinho.
00:03:54How about you.
00:03:57I'm ready for a movement,
00:03:59I'm ready for a meeting.
00:04:02She refused to love them.
00:04:03vorbei this thing to do.
00:04:04Try this tonight.
00:04:04I have an influence,
00:04:11I don't think you're being quite fair, Geoffrey.
00:04:16I assure you, I have no wish to be fair.
00:04:22Hmm.
00:04:23An excellent specimen of the coprist Carolina.
00:04:27You are a sweet old soul, aren't you?
00:04:30I have no wish to be a sweet old soul.
00:04:33No wish to be anything but what I am.
00:04:36A disagreeable person who does not intend to let his sister run off
00:04:40with the first cocksure Yankee who makes her pulses jump.
00:04:44And I suppose Philip feels the same way about it.
00:04:47Well, Philip has no choice in the matter.
00:04:49As my younger brother, Philip feels precisely as I tell him to.
00:04:54Eve is dropping again, Brunton?
00:04:56Oh, no, Mr. Philip, I assure you.
00:04:58But I didn't wish to disturb him.
00:05:00Well, what did you hear, Brunton?
00:05:06Your brother and Miss Sally were going at it hammer and tongs.
00:05:09About Captain Vickery, I mean.
00:05:11Really?
00:05:12Mr. Geoffrey and Captain Vickery had an horrible row this afternoon
00:05:16over Miss Sally.
00:05:18I thought they were coming to blows.
00:05:19Indeed, I did.
00:05:20Quiet.
00:05:21That'll do now, Brunton.
00:05:22If I catch you snooping again, I shall ask my brother to give you notice.
00:05:25Yes, sir.
00:05:26Thank you, sir.
00:05:28You're not above a bit of snooping yourself, are you, Philip?
00:05:32Not in the least, old boy.
00:05:40Brunton!
00:05:41Oh, there you are.
00:05:42I've been rigging for you.
00:05:44Sorry, Dr. Watson.
00:05:46I was in the upper region.
00:05:48The library's in a filthy mess.
00:05:50The wind came swishing down the chimney
00:05:51and scattered the ashes everywhere.
00:05:53Very well.
00:05:54I'll tidy it up at once, doctor.
00:06:01Room full of smoke, papers all over the floor.
00:06:04Foul night, Brunton.
00:06:05It's customary, Norlston, sir.
00:06:07Just the sort of night, I fancy, for the ghost of Lady Clorinda.
00:06:10Oh, no, Dr. Watson.
00:06:12Lady Clorinda only walks in the west wing.
00:06:15No one ever met a ghost in this part of the house.
00:06:18Oh, really?
00:06:19Isn't there some story that...
00:06:20Oh, there was an housemate claimed
00:06:21that she saw Sir Jervis Musgrave
00:06:24with his head on backwards
00:06:26in this very room.
00:06:29Good gracious, ma'am.
00:06:31Well, she was just a flighty girl, sir.
00:06:32Sounds like it.
00:06:34Very flighty.
00:06:34A most.
00:06:36Head on backwards.
00:06:38Head on backwards.
00:06:41Head on backwards.
00:06:44Head on backwards.
00:06:46Head on backwards.
00:06:54Head on backwards.
00:07:07Mr. Brunton, does the wind always carry on like this, sir?
00:07:10Frequently, sir.
00:07:11It's a great pity.
00:07:12It makes the gentleman restless.
00:07:15More than usual, I mean.
00:07:19Well, our patients are all tucked up for the night now.
00:07:22Eh, Brunton?
00:07:23Are they?
00:07:24Of course, of course.
00:07:26Aren't they?
00:07:27Captain Vickery is in his room, sir.
00:07:30And it looked like Major Langford I saw
00:07:32going toward the pool.
00:07:34And I can't account for Lieutenant Clavering.
00:07:37Really?
00:07:37It's very odd.
00:07:39Very odd, sir.
00:07:42Anything else, sir?
00:07:43No, thank you.
00:07:43Oh, yes, yes.
00:07:44You might tell Dr. Sexton that I'd like to see him for a minute, will you?
00:07:47Very good, sir.
00:07:54Good night, sir.
00:07:56Good night, Brunton.
00:08:06Pa!
00:08:11Get him up.
00:08:11Let's get him in his chair over here.
00:08:14Oh, sorry.
00:08:15Awfully sorry.
00:08:18Get my bag, will you, Brunton?
00:08:19Yes, sir.
00:08:20Let's have a look.
00:08:22It's a near thing.
00:08:23Just missed the carotid artery.
00:08:25Looks like a knife wound.
00:08:27Here you are, sir.
00:08:27Oh, it's like a nightmare.
00:08:30Give me some of that cotton wool in that little bottle, please.
00:08:33Awful nuisance.
00:08:33Oh, no, old fellow.
00:08:34We'll have you patched up in no time.
00:08:36You'll be as good as new.
00:08:37What happened?
00:08:38I hardly know.
00:08:40It was in Lime Walk just now.
00:08:43I was coming up from the village.
00:08:45I remember distinctly I was approaching the greenhouse.
00:08:49The wind was terrific.
00:08:51I had to fight my way.
00:08:53I hadn't the slightest warning.
00:08:57All I know is that he struck and I went down.
00:09:02He must have thought I was done for.
00:09:04Any idea who it was?
00:09:06No.
00:09:07Well, that is, I...
00:09:09Yes, yes?
00:09:10No, really, I...
00:09:12I haven't any right.
00:09:14You have every right, Dr. Sexton.
00:09:18As head of this house, I shall arrange for an immediate investigation.
00:09:23I'd rather not, if you don't mind, sir.
00:09:24Dr. Sexton, the fact that my brother and sister and I have opened our home to convalescent patients
00:09:29doesn't relieve us of all responsibility for what occurs in it.
00:09:33I mean, under the peculiar circumstances.
00:09:36Oh, come along, Bob.
00:09:37There's no need to shield anyone.
00:09:45Thirteen.
00:09:47Thirteen?
00:09:48That's curious.
00:09:50What's got into the old clock?
00:09:52Nothing.
00:09:52Nothing at all.
00:09:54Oh, sir, don't you remember the last time it did that?
00:09:57Your father was killed the next day.
00:10:28Mr. Holtz.
00:10:29Mr. Holtz.
00:10:31Mr. Holtz.
00:10:36Oh, Mr. Holtz.
00:10:37Oh, I...
00:10:38A purely scientific experiment, Mrs. Hudson.
00:10:41Oh, frightening the wits out of honest people.
00:10:44Permit me, ma'am.
00:10:47Oh, dear.
00:10:48So now it's bullet holes in me plaster.
00:10:51Oh, Mr. Holtz, this is the last straw.
00:10:54The last straw, Mrs. Hudson.
00:10:56The one which breaks the back of the case against Jacob Dill.
00:10:58It proves beyond a shadow of doubt that, even bound as he claims he was,
00:11:03he could still have fired the shot in his own defense that killed his wife's lover.
00:11:06But shooting holes in my beautiful plaster.
00:11:16Come in, Watson.
00:11:18My dear fellow, I'm glad to find you in.
00:11:21I didn't even knock.
00:11:23How do you know it was me?
00:11:24I.
00:11:25Me is acceptable, Watson, unless, of course, you're a purist, which I doubt.
00:11:28And may I add that your step is like no other in London.
00:11:31You're just in time for breakfast.
00:11:32Good.
00:11:32I'd rather carry it on that.
00:11:34Mrs. Hudson, dear, how are you?
00:11:35Oh, it's good to see you again, sir.
00:11:37I think there'll be enough there for two.
00:11:39Splendid.
00:11:41You're a sight for sore eyes, Watson.
00:11:43Thanks, old boy, and so are you.
00:11:45Sit down.
00:11:45Good, thank you.
00:11:47All right, let's have it.
00:11:49What brings you from Northumberland at this early hour?
00:11:52A bad business home.
00:11:53A very bad business.
00:11:55How do you know that I came from Northumberland?
00:11:57Elementary, my dear Watson.
00:11:59Your overnight bag carried a fresh Euston label.
00:12:01The only train arriving at Euston Station at this hour
00:12:03is the Newcastle Express from Northumberland.
00:12:06Ogo, sir, knight, thou comest from Northumberland.
00:12:08Of course.
00:12:09Obvious, isn't it?
00:12:10Quite.
00:12:11Now tell me, what dark deed was done at Hulston Towers last night?
00:12:14That's what I came to see about, Holmes.
00:12:16About ten o'clock last night, I was sitting in the lab.
00:12:19How do you know that I came from Hulston?
00:12:21You wrote me that you'd volunteered for medical service within the realm.
00:12:24With your experience, what post could have been offered you
00:12:26other than to put you in charge of a home for convalescent officers?
00:12:29Only one such home has been opened in Northumberland at the last month,
00:12:32and that's Musgrave Manor at Hulston.
00:12:34Oh, simple reasoning.
00:12:37A child could do it.
00:12:38Not your child, Watson.
00:12:40Well, of course.
00:12:41Well, I never had a child.
00:12:43I very nearly did, though.
00:12:44Did I ever tell you about that widow at Twickenham?
00:12:47Very narrow escape.
00:12:48I just found out in time she had a most horrible little squirt,
00:12:51about three and a half.
00:12:52Yes, Watson, I think we'd better stick to Hulston.
00:12:54Oh, sorry, old boy.
00:12:55Oh, Hulston.
00:12:56It's a grim old pile.
00:12:58Very spooky.
00:12:59Don't tell me that you met a ghost.
00:13:00No, not as spooky as that.
00:13:01Uh, ghosts don't stab people in the neck, do they?
00:13:05Or do they?
00:13:08Not well-bred ghosts, Watson.
00:13:10Who was stabbed in the neck?
00:13:12My young assistant, Dr. Sexton.
00:13:15When?
00:13:15Last night.
00:13:17Any idea who did it?
00:13:18Oh, no idea.
00:13:19You reported it?
00:13:20No, well, no, no, I didn't.
00:13:21Why not?
00:13:22Oh, see, I see.
00:13:23My dear fellow, what you're trying to say is,
00:13:25the officers in your care are all fine fellows,
00:13:28wonderful war records and so on.
00:13:29Is that it?
00:13:30Precisely.
00:13:31So you thought, perhaps, a private investigation?
00:13:34Exactly.
00:13:34Very right and proper thinking, Watson.
00:13:36We've just time to catch the 9.30 train from Hulston.
00:13:38Well, my dear fellows, there's no immediate hurl.
00:13:41Isn't there?
00:13:42Your patients are all victims of combat fatigue.
00:13:44Any one of them might go over the edge at any moment.
00:13:46And from what you've told me,
00:13:48there's a killer loose at Hulston.
00:13:50Great scotch, you may be right.
00:13:52Come on, Watson.
00:13:53We haven't a moment to lose.
00:13:55I only hope we shan't be too late.
00:14:07You were right, Watson, about Musgrave Manor.
00:14:10Houses like people have definite personalities.
00:14:11And this place is positively ghoulish.
00:14:14Certainly is.
00:14:16Hello.
00:14:18What's that?
00:14:19Just the old greenhouse?
00:14:20No, no, no.
00:14:21A pile of leaves.
00:14:22Just an ordinary pile of leaves.
00:14:23Why?
00:14:24Doesn't it strike you as odd, Watson,
00:14:26that a pile of leaves should be wrecked up in front of a greenhouse door?
00:14:30No gardener in the world would do that.
00:14:42Geoffrey Musgrave.
00:15:04that's all very interesting inspector Lestrade but what may I ask does it prove what I'm trying
00:15:13to prove is this the doctor sexton here went down twice now inspector you were stunned naturally
00:15:19you were out longer than you thought that's the point what point just this the man who attacked
00:15:23him had time to get back into the house before dr. sexton here came to yes yes and this here
00:15:28glove
00:15:31oh and this here glove what I picked up at the scene of the crime belongs to a certain party
00:15:37right here in this house I say why that glove belongs to my brother huh you suggest that he
00:15:42attempted to murder dr. sexton who knows the man whose hand fits this here glove will bear talking
00:15:48to very well my brother's down at the stables I'll take you to him myself thank you it's the quickest
00:15:53way to put a stop to this blithering nonsense come on oh mr. Philip yeah better not go out in
00:15:59the
00:15:59night air without a coat here take mine thanks and I won't need this no oh nor this well shall
00:16:10we go
00:16:13why if it ain't mr. Holmes good evening Lestrade come to give us an hand have you always happy to
00:16:18help inspector thanks but I don't think I should be needing any why if it isn't dr. Watson
00:16:26gentlemen this is my friend mr. Sherlock Holmes mr. Philip Musgrave and dr. sexton how do you do how do
00:16:31I've just brought him up to spend a few days with us well that's very good of you and as
00:16:35you see
00:16:36Scotland Yard's already taken charge all right it's most unfortunate if you don't mind dr. Watson I'd
00:16:41like to have that little talk with your brother sir I'm afraid you can't have that pleasure
00:16:44inspector oh no I've got bad news for you mr. Musgrave we've just found your brother in the lime walk
00:16:51he's dead you can't mean it no look here Holmes if this is one of your little jokes murder is
00:17:02no joke
00:17:03inspector that's right mr. Holmes no good saying it ain't murder well let's get going I'll take charge
00:17:10now but it's quite within my rights as a local justice of the peace I'll come with you
00:17:34wait a minute you fool don't go barging in like that don't warn me
00:17:42surgical instruments you know Watson the instruments that save life are hardly more pleasant to look at
00:17:48those that take it hmm grizzly thought Holmes you rang dr. Watson yes Brunton I want you to take some
00:17:58man and go down to the lime walk me sir oh I can't sir I'm sorry but I simply can't
00:18:02my stomach you
00:18:04know I really couldn't look at a corpse corpse well I uh how did you know that there was a
00:18:12corpse
00:18:12obviously he was listening to the door I'll take care of the matter doctor I was listening to
00:18:18you come along Brunton remarkable woman housekeeper I suppose she's very efficient same type as Mary
00:18:31Ann Carpenter the trunk motorist extraordinary house yes indeed now Watson if you don't mind I'd like to
00:18:41have a word with your extraordinary patients let me remind you Holmes that my patients are just uh
00:18:46just uh patients quite sir all normal men sound in mind and body no sign of psychoneurosis I quite
00:18:54understand then Holmes even even normal people sometimes a little precisely
00:19:10hello Mac hey oh I must have taken a wee nap but Mac I want you to meet a very
00:19:17old friend of mine
00:19:17Mr. Sherlock Holmes Captain McIntosh how'd you do I have heard of you Mr. Holmes sorry to have
00:19:22wakened you oh that's quite all right see you later yes sit down Mac and go on will you sleep
00:19:33poor chap he lay wounded in a trench on Joshua Hill the German tanks went over him
00:19:40Watson have you any idea how Geoffrey Musgrave met his death yes depressed skull fracture only hang
00:19:46it all Holmes it isn't isn't it why not no edema no bleeding no contraction of tissue precisely the
00:19:53blow on the head was delivered after death Musgrave was killed by a sharp instrument thrust up
00:19:56between the base of the skull and the top vertebra great Scott should we go up now
00:20:08hello Langford hello there uh been away haven't you haven't you yes I've just been out of London
00:20:13I brought my friend back this is Mr. Sherlock Holmes Major Langford uh see you at dinner what what I
00:20:19hope
00:20:19so I hope so I hope so I hope so excuse me excuse me poor chap was at Singapore escaped
00:20:28from
00:20:28Japanese prison camp ghastly experience he's suffering from escape complex obviously yes he's a he's a very
00:20:34nice chap though the next fellow I want you to meet is young clay wing lieutenant royal
00:20:39engineers saw a lot of men blown to bits by Nazi booby traps he's a bit on edge not unnaturally
00:20:54coming well dr. Watson come in won't you sorry to keep you so long you see I uh I was
00:21:01lying down
00:21:03resting this is my friend Mr. Holmes who's here for a few days Mr. Clavering glad to meet you how'd
00:21:08you
00:21:08do sorry to disturb you not at all I say you don't have to have some cigarettes about you do
00:21:13you that's
00:21:13one of the reasons I came I brought you some of those American cigarettes that you're so fond of
00:21:18that's all right open it up no Harry no Harry at all no no no of course there isn't here
00:21:25we go yes
00:21:26well we must be off we've got a lot to do see you later yes I'll be back good night
00:21:31he seemed afraid
00:21:35there might be a bomb in that package well he's found a bit less likely places than that poor chap
00:21:39the
00:21:40man in this room is American flying officer captain victory nothing very much the matter with him
00:21:44what's he here for then spot arrest had to put it on go it worn out needs all the rest
00:21:48he can get
00:21:58no one at home hmm turn to knock not since tea time at any rate well what's this captain
00:22:11vickery here's your tea if it's cold don't blame me that sounds like Brunton's work the butler
00:22:17he feds himself a poet but only when he's drinking I see wasn't there an American killer
00:22:23given to verse Holmes you don't think that Brunton excuse me I merely stated there's an American
00:22:31killer given to verse dr. Watson oh where are you oh there you are steady my dear steady please make
00:22:38me wake up won't you it's just a bad dream I know Jeff and Pat no no no my dear
00:22:43you've got to
00:22:43get a grip on yourself come on come come sit down my brother Jeff murdered poor old Jeff and I
00:22:53haven't spoken to him since we had the fight yesterday on Pat I mean Captain Vickery's account
00:22:58and now he's dead now now my dear you must you must pull yourself together but you don't understand
00:23:04they're trying to say that Pat they're trying to prove that Pat killed Jeff no no no yes funny isn't
00:23:12it awfully funny awfully funny awfully funny stop it who are you my name is Holmes Sherlock Holmes yes
00:23:22then you'll help us won't you Mr. Holmes Pat and me I'll try to now tell me wasn't the bad
00:23:28blood
00:23:28between your brother Jeffrey and Captain Vickery that's got nothing to do with it it may have
00:23:31everything to do with it if you think Captain Vickery ever murdered anyone you're no more of a
00:23:34detective than than than Dr. Watson oh dear oh I'm sorry you're very much in love aren't you I'm out
00:23:44of
00:23:44my mind Mr. Holmes I'm out of my mind oh please forgive me and please please help me of course
00:23:51of
00:23:52course I understand but you don't understand that appalling man from Scotland Yard is questioning Pat
00:23:56at this very moment now they see a rake it's the identical one you got from the gardener this
00:24:02afternoon now ain't it smells like it hey what is this are you trying to prove that Geoffrey
00:24:08Musgrave was killed with a rake now I'm trying to never mind what I'm trying to prove just
00:24:14incriminate yourself Captain Vickery that's all the Stroud wants I'll thank you to keep out of
00:24:17this Mr. Holmes this is Mr. Sherlock Holmes how do you do I promise to help you dear there's
00:24:21nothing to worry about now only his neck miss now they see a rake what did you say you were
00:24:26using it for I told you I got it to fish my cap out of the pond it blew in
00:24:29oh so you were using
00:24:31it down at the pond were you for the tenth time yes and how did it happen to turn up
00:24:35alongside
00:24:35Musgrave's body eh I don't know uh-huh well that's that oh Mr. Holmes any fingerprints on the rake
00:24:41inspector no Mr. Holmes that's the point if Vickery was only using it to fish his hat out well now
00:24:46he
00:24:47wouldn't bother to wipe his fingerprints off now would he it's beyond imagination I suppose that
00:24:50somebody else could have used the rake and wiped off both sets of fingerprints highly
00:24:53interested but very unlikely now you admit that you had a regular set two with Geoffrey
00:24:58Musgrave yesterday didn't you you're threatened to bash his head in I merely made the offer he
00:25:01didn't accept it who told you so he did oh no he did I only stated what I heard
00:25:06Captain Vickery did threaten my brother that's right Mr. Holmes and it's no good saying it
00:25:10ain't this Yankee lad had motive and opportunity and the rake ties him right up tight to the corpse
00:25:16all right come along do you really think he killed old Musgrave you know very well he didn't he
00:25:26doesn't stop clicking those needles oh Pat take it easy Sally now look don't worry a bit I'll tell
00:25:32you everything's gonna be all right let's go Inspector
00:25:41Mr. Holmes steady steady aren't you on our side yes Sally then why don't you do something because
00:25:48Captain Vickery will be much safer in the local police station tonight than he would be in this
00:25:51house oh Mr. Holmes what am I going to do Watson get a set of it I'll get it at
00:25:55once come around Sally
00:26:08she's a bit upset but she'll get over it you think so she'll have to she's got an ordeal ahead
00:26:14of
00:26:14her she has to go through that tiresome ritual tomorrow ritual this is no family ceremony Mr.
00:26:22Holmes Sally's next in line now that I'm head of the household blast this thing this help oh yes
00:26:32thanks knitting needle isn't it yes handy little things this is why air Sally has to recite a sort
00:26:41of formula over Jeff's body in front of the fireplace in the library in the presence of the entire
00:26:45household well that's better there's what sort of formula oh it's not meaningless words must grave
00:26:53ritual they call it so family customs been handed down for generations you remember the words no no
00:27:00not at all but you had to speak them when your brother Jeffrey took over yes if that's right I
00:27:06did
00:27:08let me see now who first shall find it were better dead who next shall find it perils his head
00:27:15the last
00:27:17to find it defies dark powers who first shall find it were better dead who next shall find it perils
00:27:27his
00:27:28head the last to find it defies dark powers and brings good fortune to Hurlston Towers where was the
00:27:36light on the face of the messenger where did he speed to guard the Queen's page what Roman advanced the
00:27:51Bishop's page Rashley and who to repel the King's cautious page what then the
00:28:06disaster Queen slaughters page no no sorry Miss Sally page slaughters page thank you Brunton
00:28:26who came then to slay him the bloodthirsty Bishop where shall he go deep down below
00:28:39away from the thunder let him dig under
00:28:58once more into the breach dear friends once more happy day
00:29:10you drunken sot the master's been ringing you for the past 10 minutes why don't you answer it
00:29:15fly away little gremlin you're the one who'll fly away if he ever catches you in this state
00:29:21oh piss on that's him hurry hurry come in sir
00:29:26come in one moment sir
00:29:40mr. ohms come in sir come in
00:29:48this is indeed an honor
00:29:53I don't often have visitors what can I do for you sir
00:29:57might stop that squeaking to begin with yes and perhaps you can tell me how you come to know the
00:30:02musgrave ritual by heart me sir yes you when Miss Sally forgot the lines today you were the one who
00:30:08prompted her well sir I memorized it obviously but why because it has no meaning I love things that have
00:30:19no meaning thank you Brunton but supposing it did have a meaning and suppose that
00:30:26meaning were tied up with the murder of Geoffrey Musgrave oh what a lovely idea
00:30:31if I may see soon sir you may Brunton you may also sit down thank you sir
00:30:42oh stop it
00:30:45look at me
00:30:46no here
00:30:48you know the meaning of the musgrave ritual
00:30:50do I
00:30:51well don't you
00:30:52you'd be surprised
00:30:53at all the things
00:30:55I know what things no you don't about the musgraves
00:30:59they're to be telling but here's to them anyway
00:31:03all the musgraves past and present some of them were murderers and some of them worse
00:31:10but they all knew how to keep a secret and so do I Brunton
00:31:21I've been ringing for you for the past 10 minutes
00:31:23sorry sir but the buzzer doesn't buzz
00:31:29that'll do Brunton you have your notice do you understand
00:31:33yes sir
00:31:33is that advisable Mr. Musgrave
00:31:35let me be the judge of that he leaves Helston in the morning
00:31:37the morning's a long way off
00:31:41farewell
00:31:43a long farewell
00:31:45to all my greatness
00:31:47you've done it now Al Brunton
00:31:49after all we've been through
00:31:51how am I managed to do it all alone
00:31:54what are you going to do
00:31:56what am I going to do
00:31:58am I going to do it all alone
00:32:28to all my greatness
00:32:28because I am having to do it all
00:32:38Thirteen, again.
00:32:43Yes.
00:33:03Sir, Howell's attitude confuses me, Watson.
00:33:06She swears that she hasn't set eyes on Brunson since last night,
00:33:08and yet she seems completely unwilling to help us find him.
00:33:10Quite so. She knows where he is as well as we do.
00:33:12I mean as well as we don't.
00:33:14I wonder.
00:33:14You said that he was drinking last night.
00:33:16Wouldn't it be a good idea to try the pub?
00:33:18That's exactly where we're headed for, Watson.
00:33:20I'm glad we thought of this, even if we don't find Brunson.
00:33:26I was afraid we shouldn't find him here.
00:33:28Don't worry, old boy. I can do with a drink.
00:33:31With your information, so could I.
00:33:34Gentlemen.
00:33:34Hello, Doctor. Not looking for us, are you?
00:33:36Are you?
00:33:37Well, no. As a matter of fact, we're looking for...
00:33:40Brunson.
00:33:40You haven't seen him, have you?
00:33:42Have we, Clavering?
00:33:43Have we?
00:33:44Why should we?
00:33:46Morning, Gracie.
00:33:47Morning, Doctor.
00:33:48What do you have?
00:33:48A bottle of bass and what's yours.
00:33:50A pint of bitter, please, and a pint of bitter.
00:33:53I'm a devil. I'm a devil.
00:33:55Oh, really?
00:33:57Hello, a tame raven.
00:33:59You're a devil, are you?
00:34:00A kettle, are you?
00:34:02I'm a devil. I'm a devil.
00:34:04Words of prey, aren't they?
00:34:05Yes, in a way, scavengers, rather.
00:34:08They can smell a carcass half a mile off.
00:34:09Yeah, that they can and all.
00:34:11You should see Charlie here when there's a tasty bit outside in the street.
00:34:15Shall we go and sit down?
00:34:15Come on.
00:34:19Come on.
00:34:22Come on.
00:34:23Come on.
00:34:36Gracie, have you seen Dr. Watson?
00:34:38He's over there, lass.
00:34:42May I speak to you a moment, Mr. Holmes?
00:34:44What's wrong, Sally?
00:34:45We can't find my brother Philip.
00:34:46Did you look in his room?
00:34:47That's the trouble.
00:34:47We have to force the door.
00:34:48It was locked on the inside.
00:34:49Really?
00:34:50Yes. Oh, you must come, Mr. Holmes.
00:34:51Certainly, Sally, at once.
00:34:58Do be quick.
00:34:58Something ghastly has happened.
00:35:00I know it.
00:35:01Oh, that dreadful bird.
00:35:02Please drive it away.
00:35:03Watson.
00:35:04Take her away.
00:35:05Away?
00:35:06Anywhere.
00:35:07Into the pub.
00:35:07Just take her away.
00:35:18Philip Marsgrave.
00:35:25What are they doing now?
00:35:27Doing now?
00:35:28I don't know.
00:35:29They've stopped talking.
00:35:32Somebody's walking about in the upper hall.
00:35:34Heavy footsteps.
00:35:43There's no doubt about it, Watson.
00:35:45Philip Marsgrave had a visitor here last night.
00:35:48These footprints were made either by a very heavy man
00:35:50or a man carrying a very heavy burden.
00:35:52That's right, Mr. Holmes.
00:35:53It's no good saying it ain't.
00:35:54The burden was Philip Marsgrave's body
00:35:56and these here footprints were made by Alfred Brampton.
00:35:59It doesn't necessarily follow.
00:36:00Oh, don't it.
00:36:05Here.
00:36:06Try that on your footprint.
00:36:12And that's Alfred Brampton's shoe.
00:36:15It's perfectly, Inspector.
00:36:16Uh-huh.
00:36:17But the fact that these prints were made by Brampton's shoes
00:36:18doesn't prove that Brampton's feet were in them.
00:36:20Why not?
00:36:20Where should Brampton's feet be if not in his own shoe?
00:36:22Well, they're not in them now, are they?
00:36:24Look here, Holmes.
00:36:25Let's use our intellect.
00:36:26You what?
00:36:27What's wrong with that?
00:36:28Let's stick to motive.
00:36:29That's my strong point.
00:36:30Now, this here Brampton had motive.
00:36:32Philip Marsgrave gave him the sack, didn't he?
00:36:33Did Geoffrey Marsgrave also give him the sack?
00:36:35What's that got to do with it?
00:36:36Everything.
00:36:37The similarity of method in both murders
00:36:39shows they were the work of one man.
00:36:40Well, let's figure it out.
00:36:41He was in jail at the time of this murder.
00:36:42All right, Martin, all right.
00:36:43Then Alfred Brampton's our man, just what I said.
00:36:46What possible motive could Brampton have had
00:36:48for the murder of Geoffrey Marsgrave?
00:36:49Motive?
00:36:50Oh, bother motive.
00:36:50Who cares about motive?
00:36:51This case is as simple as ABC.
00:36:53Is it?
00:36:54Now, perhaps you could explain to us
00:36:55why these footprints lead up to a blank wall
00:36:57and never return.
00:36:58What?
00:36:59You didn't think of that, did you, Inspector?
00:37:01There's just one possible explanation.
00:37:02I've got it.
00:37:05Brampton murdered Musgrave right up against the wall.
00:37:08He hoisted the body over his shoulder,
00:37:10like this, you see.
00:37:11Walks backwards, clean out of the room.
00:37:15That's a very undignified position, Lestrade.
00:37:17Okay.
00:37:18Up's a day, is it?
00:37:20In a house as old as this,
00:37:22it's not unusual to find secret passageways
00:37:24that lead down through the walls.
00:37:26Hello.
00:37:26Here we are.
00:37:28No, you don't.
00:37:29Come out of there.
00:37:37What are you doing in there?
00:37:39None of your business.
00:37:40Answer me.
00:37:40Obviously.
00:37:41She was looking for Brampton.
00:37:42That's right.
00:37:42He hasn't left Musgrave Manor, I'm certain of that, sir.
00:37:45His clothes are still hanging in the wardrobe.
00:37:46Don't you lie to me, woman.
00:37:48You've got him in there somewhere.
00:37:49Don't go in there.
00:37:50Why not?
00:37:51You'll get lost.
00:37:52Me lost?
00:37:53I like that.
00:37:54He will get lost, sir.
00:37:56Let him.
00:37:56Now listen to me.
00:37:58Where did you enter that passageway?
00:37:59Through the old greenhouse in Limehawk, sir.
00:38:01Did Brampton know that?
00:38:02No, he didn't.
00:38:03Mrs. Brampton.
00:38:04Then why were you looking for him in there?
00:38:06We...
00:38:07I...
00:38:08Yes, we've known all along that you were married to Brampton.
00:38:10You know Philip Musgrave was murdered, don't you?
00:38:12No.
00:38:13Yes, you do.
00:38:13And you think Brampton did it?
00:38:14No.
00:38:15You think he carried him down through the greenhouse?
00:38:16No, no.
00:38:16Over to the garage?
00:38:17No, he never.
00:38:18And crammed his body in the rumble seat of that roadster?
00:38:20Don't you try and put the blame on, Alf.
00:38:21I'll put the blame on both of you.
00:38:23You're in this together.
00:38:24You were in his room last night.
00:38:25I saw you there.
00:38:26Only to talk about the ritual, sir.
00:38:28He...
00:38:29We...
00:38:29He thought that he'd got it all worked out.
00:38:32Did he leave any notes, any record?
00:38:33No.
00:38:34That is...
00:38:35Oh, come on.
00:38:35Come on out with it.
00:38:38Only this, sir.
00:38:39I found it this morning under the soap dish on his washstand.
00:38:42Hmm.
00:38:42He's still written.
00:38:43Another jingle?
00:38:44Yes.
00:38:45Obviously in some agitation.
00:38:48If any harm should come to me, fleshly or spiritual,
00:38:51seek and you will find the key in the Musgrave ritual.
00:38:54The old ritual.
00:38:54There it is again.
00:38:55Watson McBrother find that ritual.
00:38:56It's the key to the whole business.
00:38:57Just a minute.
00:38:57You can't talk to Sally.
00:38:58Why not?
00:38:59She was in such a state I had to give her a hypo.
00:39:00All right, come along.
00:39:05Draw the curtains, Watson.
00:39:10There must be a copy of that ritual somewhere in this room.
00:39:13She had to learn it, you know.
00:39:14Yes, you're right.
00:39:15Here it is.
00:39:16I doubt it.
00:39:19Empty.
00:39:19Quite.
00:39:20There's only one thing to do.
00:39:21Search the room.
00:39:22Not the room, Watson.
00:39:23Her mind.
00:39:24We must search her mind.
00:39:26Obviously she took great pains to hide that paper.
00:39:28But...
00:39:29But why should she hide it?
00:39:30Put yourself in her place.
00:39:32Her brother Jeffrey was murdered.
00:39:33The man she loves is accused of that murder and thrown into jail.
00:39:36On top of that, she finds her brother Philip murdered.
00:39:39What would your reactions be?
00:39:40Well, naturally I should be terribly upset.
00:39:42Obviously.
00:39:42Excuse me.
00:39:44She's brought back to this house in a state bordering on Hysteria.
00:39:47She comes through that door, goes to that desk, throws down her gloves.
00:39:50But first thing her eye lights on is the Musgrave ritual.
00:39:53In her mind it's tied up with all the disasters that have befallen Holston.
00:39:57She herself may be the next victim.
00:39:59She must hide that paper.
00:40:00Quite right.
00:40:01But where?
00:40:04Excuse me, sir.
00:40:07Was she alone in this room at any time before you gave her the hypo?
00:40:10Certainly not.
00:40:11Nora was here.
00:40:12She helped her into bed while I went for my bag.
00:40:14Good.
00:40:15Nora.
00:40:16Yes, sir.
00:40:17When you were alone with Miss Sally, what was the first thing she did?
00:40:19Well, sir, she asked me to turn down her bed and lay out her night dress.
00:40:22What was she doing in the meantime?
00:40:23Let me think, sir.
00:40:25Oh, yes.
00:40:26She went over to her desk.
00:40:28That was when she took the ritual from this envelope.
00:40:30What then, Nora?
00:40:30Then she asked me to step over and draw the curtains.
00:40:33Why, someone's pulled them open.
00:40:35Yes, I know.
00:40:35When you drew the curtains, you turned your back on her?
00:40:37Sure.
00:40:37And it wasn't more than two shakes of a lamb's tail.
00:40:39Long enough.
00:40:41When you were at the window, where was she?
00:40:43She was sitting over here.
00:40:45Sitting right here.
00:40:46Taking off her stockings.
00:40:49Oh, but she never left the chair.
00:40:50I'll kiss the book on it.
00:40:51I've got it.
00:40:52She must have tucked that paper under this cushion.
00:40:55Hmm.
00:40:57Must have changed her mind.
00:40:58Obviously.
00:41:00Well, she could have hidden it anywhere here.
00:41:07What time is it when you brought her in here, Watson?
00:41:09From the French side here.
00:41:10The clock was striking the quarter hour when I came in, sir.
00:41:13I definitely heard it.
00:41:14This clock?
00:41:15The same, sir.
00:41:15Thank you, Nora.
00:41:16You may go.
00:41:17Obviously, this clock was running at 12.15.
00:41:20Just as obviously, it stopped at 12.20.
00:41:22Huh?
00:41:23When Nora turned her back, Sally reached across, opened the clock,
00:41:28and hid the ritual in here.
00:41:30Amazing home!
00:41:31Elementary, my dear Watson.
00:41:36Where fell the light on the face of the messenger?
00:41:41Where did he speed?
00:41:43To guard the Queen's page.
00:41:46Gibberish, that's what it is.
00:41:48Hokey-pokey, penny-a-lump.
00:41:49Thing like this, Watson, that's been handed down for centuries,
00:41:51can't be mere gibberish.
00:41:54Who had entered the lists?
00:41:56The King's Pale Knight.
00:41:58Pale poppy-cup.
00:41:59I say Watson.
00:42:00The King, Queen, Knight, Bishop.
00:42:02Sounds like he gave a chest to me.
00:42:03Precisely.
00:42:05Where fell the light.
00:42:07The light, Watson.
00:42:10Follow the light.
00:42:14On the face of the messenger.
00:42:16Look at it, Watson.
00:42:17Look at it.
00:42:18Like a giant chessboard.
00:42:20This is no gibberish.
00:42:22These are chess terms, and that's the chessboard.
00:42:24The secret of the Musgrave Murders is locked up in that floor.
00:42:27And by Jove, we've got the key to it.
00:42:32Who had entered the lists?
00:42:34The King's Pale Knight.
00:42:37White King's Knight to White King's Bishop Three.
00:42:40Your move, Dr. Sexton.
00:42:42I really know nothing about the game.
00:42:43Come on, Bob.
00:42:44It's great fun.
00:42:45You start from over here.
00:42:46Here.
00:42:47I'll show you.
00:42:48I'll show you.
00:42:49All right.
00:42:54One, two, three, one.
00:43:00Page into Black King Three.
00:43:03Your move, Clavering, into Black King Three, please.
00:43:04Over there.
00:43:05There's not to reason why.
00:43:15Page slaughters page.
00:43:20Your move, Watson.
00:43:21I take you, my dear.
00:43:23It's a good game, isn't it?
00:43:29Stop it.
00:43:30Stop it.
00:43:30You mustn't giggle.
00:43:32You must be serious.
00:43:38Your move, Clavering.
00:43:39You take Dr. Watson.
00:43:41Too bad, Doctor.
00:43:45Who came then to slay him?
00:43:47The bloodthirsty Bishop.
00:43:51White Queen's Bishop.
00:43:53White Queen's Bishop.
00:43:53White King's Knight Five.
00:43:55That's my move.
00:44:04One, two.
00:44:07I say, Doctor, you moved, didn't you?
00:44:09Did I?
00:44:10I don't think so.
00:44:10Yes, I'm afraid you did.
00:44:11Well, where was I?
00:44:13King Bishop Three?
00:44:14That's right.
00:44:15Oh, yes, of course.
00:44:16So sorry.
00:44:19Three, four, five.
00:44:22Captain, it looks bad for you.
00:44:24Aye, but where shall I go?
00:44:28Where shall he go?
00:44:30Deep down below.
00:44:32Mrs. Howells, what's underneath this floor?
00:44:34Well, it's only an old cellar, sir.
00:44:37The entrance goes down behind that stair,
00:44:41but it's been locked up for centuries.
00:44:42One of the old Musgraves murdered his old brother down there.
00:44:47Shh, listen.
00:44:50Hello, what's that?
00:44:53It's Brunton.
00:44:55Alf, Alf.
00:44:57He's in that passageway over the fireplace.
00:45:00Are you there, Brunton?
00:45:01Get me out.
00:45:02It's me, Lestrade.
00:45:04I'm lost.
00:45:06I'm all turned around.
00:45:08You have been for years.
00:45:10Get him out of there, will you, Mrs. Howells,
00:45:11and give him a saucer of milk.
00:45:12Come here, Jenny.
00:45:13Stand on the square for me.
00:45:16And stamp on it.
00:45:16Keep stamping.
00:45:17Clavering, get your sound detector.
00:45:18Gentlemen, deep down below.
00:45:39Oh, there's no been a soul here in a couple of hundred years.
00:45:43Someone's been here.
00:45:44And in the last 24 hours.
00:45:46Clean as a new pin.
00:45:48Precisely.
00:45:49The dust of 200 years is on the walls.
00:45:51The floor's been swept clean.
00:45:53Obviously in an attempt to remove footprints.
00:45:56Shh.
00:45:57Listen.
00:45:59That's Jenny in the hall upstairs.
00:46:05Clavering.
00:46:08Let me have your sound detector.
00:46:15Sir, sorry.
00:46:22You must find the exact spot under that square I marked in the hall.
00:46:32Don't move, anyone.
00:46:44Someone's moving about.
00:46:45Interfering with what I'm trying to do.
00:46:50Stand perfectly still, everybody.
00:47:14This is the spot.
00:47:15Let me hand.
00:47:16Of course.
00:47:18Here, sir.
00:47:19I'll take that.
00:47:19Oh, thank you.
00:47:20It's all right.
00:47:23Hello.
00:47:24Gracious me.
00:47:25Here lies the body of Ralph Musgrave.
00:47:29Knight.
00:47:30Lord of the manors of Hurlston.
00:47:32This place used to be known as Hurlston Towers.
00:47:36Netherfield and King's Hargrave.
00:47:38Anno Domini, 1539.
00:47:41What we're looking for is underneath here.
00:47:42That's what the ritual meant by deep down below.
00:47:44It's a burial crypt.
00:47:45Up with it.
00:47:57I say, there's somebody down there.
00:47:58Who is it?
00:47:59Is it Brenton?
00:48:00Is it Brenton?
00:48:01I don't know.
00:48:02Stay where you are.
00:48:19Who is it, Holmes?
00:48:20It's Brenton, all right.
00:48:22Is he dead?
00:48:23Yes.
00:48:25He's been dead for hours.
00:48:27Murdered.
00:48:29Hello.
00:48:31What's this?
00:48:43Henry, by the great hand.
00:48:44Grace of God.
00:48:45King of Great Britain.
00:48:47France and Ireland.
00:48:48Defender of the faith.
00:48:51What have you found?
00:48:52Any clue?
00:48:53Any clue?
00:48:56No.
00:49:01Just an old document.
00:49:05Hello.
00:49:06What's this?
00:49:11Looks like some sort of writing.
00:49:13Watson.
00:49:13Coming.
00:49:17Hold this for me, will you?
00:49:18Steady.
00:49:19There, on the floor, by his right hand.
00:49:21See those marks in the dust?
00:49:23Like a pin scratches made with his fingernail.
00:49:28Yes.
00:49:29Yes.
00:49:30See that stuff under his nail?
00:49:32He's trying to write something.
00:49:33By Jove!
00:49:35He did write something.
00:49:36What is it?
00:49:37Aye, tell us, man.
00:49:39What did he write?
00:49:40I can't make it out.
00:49:42It's too faint.
00:49:45Here.
00:49:46I've got good eyes.
00:49:47Let me.
00:49:47Let me.
00:49:48Step you out.
00:49:49All of you.
00:49:55These marks must not be erased.
00:49:58What are you going to do, Holmes?
00:50:00I'm going to leave this just as it is, until I can get the proper chemicals to bring out the
00:50:04words.
00:50:06Had you no notion of what he tried to write?
00:50:09Yes, I have.
00:50:11I think that Brunton, with his last strength, wrote the name of his murderer on that claw in his own
00:50:17blood.
00:50:39Oh, there you are, Lestrade.
00:50:40Hmm.
00:50:41Twelve o'clock.
00:50:42I was just saying, Lestrade, that I should get into Newcastle, pick up my chemicals and be back here not
00:50:46later than noon tomorrow.
00:50:47Oh, yes, Mr. Holmes.
00:50:48Meanwhile, you all have your work cut out for you.
00:50:49Watson.
00:50:50Yes.
00:50:54You'll guard this door with your life.
00:50:55Of course.
00:50:56With my what?
00:50:56I said, with your life.
00:50:58Anything you say, Holmes.
00:50:59There's no entrance to this cellar except through that doorway.
00:51:04But, Holmes, what I feel about...
00:51:06Brunton's murderer is in this house.
00:51:08He's planned to make one last effort to get down there to erase those marks.
00:51:10Naturally.
00:51:11The Strahd men are posted outside.
00:51:12They'll see to it that nobody leaves this house.
00:51:14Concentration camp.
00:51:15My men have orders to shoot, if necessary.
00:51:17I'll be outside myself, keeping watch.
00:51:19Sexton, your post will be at Miss Sally's door.
00:51:21And remember, she's in more danger than anyone here.
00:51:23Don't worry, I'll look after her, Mr. Holmes.
00:51:25Good night.
00:51:25Good night, Holmes.
00:51:26Good night.
00:51:26Good luck.
00:51:27Oh, Dr. Watson, if you want any help, sing out.
00:51:30I don't mind saying I'd feel a lot safer if I had a gun on me.
00:51:32Hmm.
00:51:33I always keep mine ready.
00:51:41Oh, good night, Bob.
00:51:42Keep awake, old man.
00:51:43I will.
00:51:53Mr. Miller.
00:52:03Yes, lord!
00:52:04That's funny.
00:52:04Striking twelve again.
00:52:07Mr. Miller.
00:52:09Mr. Miller.
00:52:12The doctor...
00:52:13Yes, sir.
00:52:13Mr. Miller.
00:52:14Mr. Miller.
00:52:22It's a kid you can't be in the house.
00:52:22Mr. Miller.
00:52:23Mr. Miller.
00:52:37Let's go.
00:53:08Let me out of here, dear.
00:53:14Someone's locked this door.
00:53:22What on earth's all this monkey business?
00:53:24I didn't lock you in.
00:53:25Well, doors don't lock themselves.
00:53:26They do in this house.
00:53:27What are you doing down here, anyway?
00:53:29I'm worried it's about Langford.
00:53:30Langford?
00:53:30Yes, he's got into his head that this is a Jap prison camp.
00:53:33He's got that filthy rope and he's bound and determined to go out the window.
00:53:36He can't do that.
00:53:37The Straud's men will shoot him.
00:53:38He may be out already.
00:53:40I'll head him off.
00:53:42Then again, he may not be.
00:53:43Perhaps you're right.
00:53:44Let me go.
00:53:45No, no, no.
00:53:46You'll be shot.
00:53:47I'll go.
00:53:48No, you'll be shot.
00:53:49Oh, really?
00:53:50Let's both go.
00:53:53I'll go.
00:53:53I can't leave here.
00:53:55You stay where you are.
00:53:56I'll go and call the Straud.
00:54:02Remember, Clavering, stay where you are.
00:54:12Here.
00:54:13Look here, Constable.
00:54:15I'm Dr. Watson.
00:54:16Are you now?
00:54:17Well, I'm Mrs. Miniver.
00:54:21Come along to the inspector.
00:54:22Grosse impertinence.
00:54:46Useless.
00:54:48Quite useless, I assure you.
00:54:54There's nothing written on the floor.
00:54:56There's just a ruse of mine to bring Brunson's murderer here.
00:54:59Permit me.
00:55:01As the most ruthless killer in England, you deserve some of the light.
00:55:04Killer?
00:55:05I?
00:55:05Oh, I say.
00:55:06You seem to forget that my life was also attempted.
00:55:08And a very neat trick it was to divert suspicion from yourself.
00:55:11But it struck me as odd that the man who murdered both Musgraves with such a sure hand
00:55:15should have missed so badly in your case.
00:55:19Unless, of course, you yourself were the murderer.
00:55:23Oh, that's ridiculous.
00:55:25Then, too.
00:55:27It seemed curious that you would doctor, examine both bodies, and fail to report the
00:55:33real cause of death.
00:55:34And that was?
00:55:36A cisternal needle thrust up into the brain between the base of the skull and the first
00:55:40cervical vertebra.
00:55:41I had the unpleasant duty of removing this piece of needle from Philip Musgrave's head.
00:55:46It couldn't be yours by any chance, could it?
00:55:48I never owned one.
00:55:49Oh, yes, you did.
00:55:51I saw it in your case.
00:55:54The night I came into this house, just after Geoffrey Musgrave was found murdered.
00:56:00It wasn't broken then.
00:56:02It was only when you killed Philip Musgrave that you lost a piece of it.
00:56:05Oh, nonsense.
00:56:06Why should I go around sticking needles into people?
00:56:08Fair enough question, doctor.
00:56:10Among nice people, murder, like matrimony, generally has a motive.
00:56:14And in this case, the motive was matrimony.
00:56:17Oh, you mean Miss Sally?
00:56:19I do.
00:56:20Oh, I see.
00:56:20So you think it's a case of murder for profit, do you?
00:56:22Precisely.
00:56:23My dear Holmes, that won't do.
00:56:25The Musgrave's a land poor, but everybody knows that.
00:56:27Exactly.
00:56:28But everybody didn't know what you knew.
00:56:31You've worked out the meaning of the Musgrave ritual.
00:56:34I have?
00:56:35Oh.
00:56:36Yes.
00:56:37You have.
00:56:39You claimed you knew nothing about the game of chess.
00:56:42When I suggested you'd moved off your proper square,
00:56:45you promptly named King's Bishop Three, and what's more, moved back onto it.
00:56:49Oh, nonsense.
00:56:50Why should I have stepped out of my square the first day?
00:56:51Break up my moves, spoil my game, and prevent me from finding what you had already found.
00:56:55And that was?
00:56:56The old land grant I took from Miss Box,
00:56:59which would have made Sally Musgrave upon the death of her brothers
00:57:02the richest woman in England.
00:57:06Well, what's that?
00:57:08Don't tell me you've found another needle.
00:57:12No, no.
00:57:14Just a button.
00:57:17Wouldn't be yours, would it?
00:57:18Mine?
00:57:20Give it a needle.
00:57:29Oh.
00:57:31Would you mind telling me why you think I was down here with Brunton?
00:57:34No, not at all.
00:57:35As I see it, you killed Philip Musgrave in his own room,
00:57:39carried his body down through the secret passageway,
00:57:41out through the greenhouse, into the garage,
00:57:43where you crammed it into the rumble seat of that roadster.
00:57:45But unfortunately for you, you had a witness.
00:57:50Brunton was there, sleeping off his drunk,
00:57:55nursing a grudge against Philip Musgrave.
00:57:57Brunton became your accessory.
00:58:00But you didn't want an accessory.
00:58:02So you lured him down here with the promise
00:58:04to share the Musgrave treasure with him
00:58:08and exit Brunton.
00:58:11Very ingenious, Mr. Holmes.
00:58:13You seem to have everything,
00:58:15except perhaps the negligible item of proof.
00:58:17Suppose we leave that to the jury.
00:58:19Suppose we do.
00:58:21Shall we go?
00:58:22After you.
00:58:24By the way, don't forget your torch.
00:58:29Oh, thanks.
00:58:33I don't suppose it occurred to you
00:58:35that you were taking a bit of a chance
00:58:36coming down here all alone with a suspected murderer?
00:58:40One has to take chances in my profession, Doctor.
00:58:42You see, I couldn't possibly risk sharing my little plot with anybody.
00:58:46Not even with Dr. Watson.
00:58:47Particularly not with Dr. Watson.
00:58:49If he'd known what was up tonight,
00:58:50he'd have been so elaborately mysterious
00:58:51he'd have given the whole show away.
00:58:52As a matter of fact, I had the devil's own time
00:58:54luring him away from that door upstairs
00:58:56so that we could be alone.
00:58:58That's all I wanted to know.
00:59:42Stay where you are.
00:59:44I'm afraid I have no choice, Dr. Sexton.
00:59:49Look here.
00:59:51You're not really going to kill me, are you?
00:59:55They'll hear you.
00:59:56Who will?
00:59:58That was a bad slip you made
00:59:59letting me know you were so completely alone.
01:00:02Then you're really going to kill me?
01:00:05I'm afraid I have no choice, Mr. Holmes.
01:00:10But as you said, I've no evidence against you.
01:00:14No proof.
01:00:15No proof at all.
01:00:16You forget the needle and the button.
01:00:20Bring them here, please.
01:00:33Not too close.
01:00:37Now put them in my pocket.
01:00:44I'm curious about that button.
01:00:46It is off my coat, of course.
01:00:49Can't think how I never missed it.
01:00:51Poor old Brunton.
01:00:53He didn't struggle much.
01:00:55Now, Phil Musgrave was different.
01:00:57The needle broke off and I didn't have time to probe for it.
01:01:00But you've got both of them, Nile.
01:01:02The button and the needle.
01:01:03Why kill me?
01:01:05Now, step back.
01:01:06Just a bit.
01:01:10Against the wall.
01:01:14Now, if you stand perfectly still,
01:01:17I think I can manage this with one shot.
01:01:29Let's go.
01:01:44Put him up.
01:01:47Did you hear his confession, Watson?
01:01:49Every word, Holmes.
01:01:50And I heard all the rest, sir.
01:01:53Good.
01:01:53Let me congratulate you on an extraordinary catch.
01:01:56That's right, Mr. Holmes.
01:01:57It's no good saying, it ain't.
01:01:58I'm afraid I underestimated you, Holmes.
01:02:00Pity.
01:02:01Yes.
01:02:02Those blank cartridges were a cheap sort of trick, I grant you.
01:02:05But it wasn't easy to let you take my gun away from me
01:02:07without seeming to hand it to you.
01:02:09That's why I let you take the torch first.
01:02:11I knew you'd snap it off.
01:02:12Yes, we told you we were taking an awful risk.
01:02:15Well, we had to have a confession.
01:02:17And these egomaniacs are always so much more chatty
01:02:19when they feel they have the upper hand.
01:02:20Shall we go?
01:02:24I can't make head nor tail of it, can you, Pat?
01:02:26Well, it looks like an old land grant.
01:02:29It's really a crown grant.
01:02:31What I don't understand is why the Musgraves didn't claim the land ages ago.
01:02:35Obviously, Watson, one of them died before passing on the meaning of the ritual to his heir.
01:02:39The words remained, but the sense was lost.
01:02:41I wonder why he left the grant down there where he found it.
01:02:43What good would it have done him?
01:02:44So long as your brothers lived.
01:02:46Once they were out of the way and you came into the property, he expected to marry you.
01:02:49I like that.
01:02:51Whatever made him think...
01:02:52He thought himself irresistible.
01:02:53Precisely.
01:02:54It's not unheard of in cases of egomania.
01:02:56I suppose then he meant to rediscover the crown grant.
01:02:58At the proper time, yes.
01:02:59And then enjoy his wife's millions.
01:03:01Did you say millions?
01:03:02I did.
01:03:03Look here.
01:03:09About 80,000 acres of the richest soil in England.
01:03:12But aren't there people on it?
01:03:13Yes, farms, villages, even a factory town, with hundreds of workmen's cottages.
01:03:17Is this thing legal?
01:03:18Perfectly.
01:03:18Of course, it'll drag on through the courts.
01:03:20Just a moment.
01:03:21The people on this land, they put their money into it.
01:03:24Their life work.
01:03:25It's their homes I'll be taking.
01:03:27Yes.
01:03:28Do you think I'm going to kick these people out?
01:03:45Just the same, Holmes, you let poor little Sally throw away a fortune.
01:03:48My dear fellow, I had nothing to do with it.
01:03:50The girl, more power to her, acted on her own.
01:03:52A grand gesture, one she may regret.
01:03:55I don't think so, Watson.
01:03:58There's a new spirit abroad in the land.
01:04:01The old days of grab and greed are on their way out.
01:04:05We're beginning to think of what we owe the other fellow,
01:04:07not just what we're compelled to give him.
01:04:10The time's coming, Watson, when we shan't be able to fill our bellies in comfort while other folk go hungry,
01:04:15or sleep in warm beds while others shiver in the cold,
01:04:20when we shan't be able to kneel and thank God for blessings before our shining altars,
01:04:25while men anywhere are kneeling in either physical or spiritual subjection.
01:04:31You may be right, Holmes. I hope you are.
01:04:35And God willing, we'll live to see that day, Watson.
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