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01:20The star of Rhodesia is one of the most famous of the Earth's treasures.
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01:28First touched by the fingers of the humble Kafer,
01:31it would have been better had it never been found.
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01:37For all those who possessed it came to sudden and violent death.
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01:44Our story opens in London, within the sound of bow bells.
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01:49In the shadow of Tower Bridge is the carpenter's shop of Mock and Son,
01:54Coffin Makers.
01:57A beautiful job, if I may say so.
01:59You'll be sure to have it at the Undertaker's in time.
02:02Of course.
02:03The Scotch Express leaves Euston Station at 7.30 tonight.
02:07That leaves very little time for the arrangement of the body.
02:11Your mother, is it not?
02:12Yes.
02:13You are taking her to Scotland?
02:15Yes, Ed and Beto.
02:17Her home. Oh.
02:21Well, rather a nuisance.
02:25Travelling by train.
02:28Ain't it?
02:37Off it's you.
02:42Go on. Get on about your business.
02:53Come on.
03:02Go on.
03:03Go on.
03:06Go on.
03:08Go on.
03:09Go on.
03:10Go on.
03:22I'm terribly sorry.
03:32Mr. Holmes?
03:33Hello.
03:34I was afraid you wouldn't get here in time.
03:37I was studying the faces of our fellow passengers.
03:39Fascinating hobby.
03:41And sometimes most enlightening.
03:43Lady Margaret has aboard the train, I presume.
03:45Oh, yes. Mother's expecting you.
03:47I've reserved a compartment for you and your friend, Dr. Watson.
03:50As a matter of fact, it's in this coach here, just ahead of the luggage van.
03:52Day coach?
03:53Yes, the sleepers are all taken.
03:55Mother wasn't interested in her bed so much as she wasn't getting to Edinburgh.
03:58So naturally, it wasn't very difficult to persuade her to travel in a day coach.
04:01Exactly. It had been open to take on additional passengers.
04:03So I observed.
04:05I say, it was awfully decent of you to come,
04:08considering the fact that I was so secretive about it all.
04:09My dear Mr. Carstairs, there was no need for secrecy. I already knew.
04:13You knew that Mother insisted on bringing the star of Rhodesia with her to London?
04:17And that while here, an attempt had been made to steal it.
04:19Did Scotland Yard tell you that?
04:21Oh, no, my dear Mr. Carstairs.
04:24But the fact that your mother owns the famous diamond is common knowledge.
04:28She came down to London to attend the reception of Buckingham Palace
04:30and, quite naturally, wore the star of Rhodesia.
04:33You want me to accompany you back to your home in Edinburgh.
04:35Therefore, an attempt must have been made to steal the star of Rhodesia
04:38while you were here in London.
04:39It seems simple the way you explain it, Mr. Holmes.
04:42If you don't mind, I'll wait here for my friend, Dr. Watson.
04:44I can't think what's keeping him.
04:45Mother and I will be expecting you.
04:47Oh, could I take this for you?
04:48Oh, I'd be much obliged. Thank you.
04:51We'll be in compartment E.
04:52Yes.
05:00Picket, please.
05:05Here's your carriage, sir.
05:07Well, well, well, look who's here.
05:09Inspector Lestrade.
05:10Why, Mr. Holmes.
05:11Bigging your trip, Inspector?
05:12Fishing, eh?
05:13Bit of an holiday.
05:14Ah, that's very nice.
05:16Uh, trout?
05:18Eh?
05:18Oh, yes, yeah, yeah.
05:20Rather large rods for trout, aren't they?
05:22Say salmon, perhaps.
05:23Well, as a matter of fact, I'm going mostly for the rest.
05:25As a matter of fact, you're on a job for Scotland Yard, aren't you?
05:30I, uh, trust this is the right carriage?
05:34This is where we take care of the overflow, sir.
05:36I see.
05:37Water will take your bags.
05:39I'll carry this myself, if you don't mind.
05:47Ready to go, sir.
05:48Half past seven, eh?
05:49We always leave on time.
06:06On your head, sir.
06:09On your head, sir.
06:23Watson!
06:24Coming, Holmes!
06:26Watson!
06:28All right, Holmes, they're coming!
06:31I think of them.
06:33I think of them.
06:41Thank you for your timely assistance.
06:44Really, Watson, aren't you a little starved with this sort of thing?
06:46Rubbish.
06:46Ideal weight for a man of my age.
06:48Ran into an old friend of mine, Duncan Bleak.
06:50Later the cloth Indian lances,
06:52or Major Duncan Bleak, Mr Sherlock Holmes.
06:54How do you do, sir?
06:54Delighted. I've heard quite a little about you.
06:56India, eh?
06:57Retired 15 years ago.
06:58As a matter of fact, we were reminiscing about India.
07:00Didn't realize how late it was.
07:01It stays light so long these days,
07:03we almost missed a train.
07:04Yes, so I've heard.
07:05In here, sir.
07:06Doctor, would you care to join me in a glass of whiskey
07:08and a dash of soda before dinner?
07:10No, Mayor. It's a good idea.
07:12What's it all about, Holmes?
07:14Did you ever hear of Lady McGregor's famous diamond
07:16the star of Rhodesia?
07:17There was something in last week's tackle
07:18about the old girl being in London with the bauble.
07:20Wasn't there, Holmes?
07:21Yes, there was.
07:24She's on this train.
07:25That's why we're here,
07:26to see that this bauble, as you call it,
07:28gets safely back into its fault at Edinburgh.
07:30Sounds to me...
07:31Pardon me?
07:32Sounds to me like a police routine job.
07:35That's when you're wrong, old fellow.
07:36An attempt to make away with in London was unsuccessful.
07:39A second attempt would, in all probability,
07:40be made on this train.
07:41Huh?
07:42What makes you say that?
07:43Well, it seems more than likely
07:44that the people who planned the first attempt
07:46will not be discouraged by one failure
07:48and will stop at nothing to ensure success the second time.
07:51Sounds like Lestrade's cup of tea to me.
07:53Lestrade? He's on this train.
07:54Oh, is he?
07:55Giving an excellent imitation of Isaac Walton.
07:58And here we are.
07:59And gents.
08:01Come in, Mr. Holmes.
08:03My friend and colleague, Dr. Watson.
08:04How do you do?
08:11I thought it better to engage Mr. Holmes
08:13after what happened in London.
08:15No doubt you're an efficient person,
08:17but I don't think there's any need for a policeman.
08:19Policeman?
08:20Huh.
08:20How long have you been in possession
08:21of the Star of Judicia, Lady Margaret?
08:24Twenty-five years.
08:26You know, it may seem strange to you,
08:28but I've never actually seen it.
08:30I suppose there's no harm
08:32since we're paying you to guard it.
08:33Mother.
08:34Yes?
08:40May I?
08:41Do, by all means.
08:45Great Scott.
08:46What a remarkable stone.
08:48My husband gave it to me
08:49on our fifth wedding anniversary.
08:51Four hundred and twenty-three carats, isn't it?
08:53The original diamond was over seven hundred carats.
08:56Yes.
08:57Your father had it cut.
08:58Less ostentatious.
09:00Ostentatious?
09:01It's as big as a duck's egg.
09:02Watson, please.
09:03Oh, sir.
09:05Thank you, Lady Margaret.
09:06We'll be as unobtrusive as possible.
09:08That will be a novelty from a policeman.
09:12Now, if you wouldn't mind telling us
09:13where our compartment is.
09:14Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Holmes.
09:16Oh, thank you.
09:19Good night.
09:20Good night.
09:20Good night.
09:20Good night.
09:21Good night.
09:23Impertinent.
09:24She called us policemen.
09:26And what's wrong with being a policeman?
09:28Oh, hello, Lestrade.
09:29Where are you going?
09:30The inspector's going to Scotland to fish for salmon.
09:32Oh, really?
09:33The season doesn't start for another month,
09:35but you wouldn't know that, would you?
09:36Who says I'm going to fish for salmon?
09:38Who?
09:39Him.
09:39Excuse me, please.
09:55Police.
09:57Police?
09:59Here?
10:00On the train?
10:02Scotland Yard.
10:03I heard.
10:04I warned you.
10:13Oh, Mr. Holmes?
10:14Yes.
10:15This way, please.
10:21There you are, Holmes.
10:26Try some of this curry.
10:27It's excellent.
10:29Steak and kidney pudding, please.
10:41Of course, the Bengal curry doesn't compare with that of Madras.
10:44No, it's the quality of the mutt that makes the difference,
10:46don't you think?
10:50The meat's unimportant.
10:53It's the spices that make the difference.
10:55Don't you agree with me, Holmes?
10:57What?
10:58Sir, we were discussing curry.
11:01Oh, yes, curry.
11:02Horrible stuff.
11:03Oh, really?
11:04One man's meat is another man's poison.
11:17There will be two of us, steward.
11:19My son will be here directly.
11:44I think they should seek to make a decision.
11:44No, no, no.
11:44No, no.
11:44You're not going to die.
11:45Who are you in the middle of the affair?
11:45You're not going to die.
11:45No, it's not going to die.
11:46We'll have to leave you.
11:46Oh, you look.
11:47The dead man's amputated.
11:50We're going to die.
11:54We'll have to go the killer,
11:56you look.
11:59Let's go.
12:31But, my dear fellow, I still insist the unpolished wild rice does make a considerable difference to a good curry.
12:37Well, I still can't agree with you.
12:39Take care of this for me, will you, Watson?
12:42Right you are, fellow.
12:47That was one of them.
12:54Was Young Caster's in the dining car with you?
12:57No, Lady Margaret came in alone.
12:58Well, I was in my compartment just now, having a bite to eat, and I had a crash in here.
13:02Crash?
13:03It's locked.
13:04I knocked and there was no answer.
13:06Sir, you just stood here twiddling your thumbs. Brilliant.
13:08Attendant.
13:09Will you please unlock this door?
13:10I'm sorry, sir.
13:11This is Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard.
13:13That's all right. You can open it.
13:14Very good, sir.
13:26Well.
13:34Dead.
13:36Murdered.
13:37That's a big quick, isn't it, even for you?
13:42Is this the, uh...
13:43Yes.
13:44Star of Odisha was in this box not 45 minutes ago.
13:47How do you know?
13:48I saw it.
13:49Well, you might be here somewhere.
13:51No, no good looking for it, Lestrade.
13:52The killer's got it.
13:54Ah, there you are, Holmes.
13:56How about joining us in the...
13:57Take care of this body, will you, Watson?
13:58Body?
14:00Good Scott.
14:02How do you know it's murder, Mr. Holmes?
14:04Murder?
14:04Oh, I say.
14:05Who are you?
14:06Major Duncombeak, a friend of Dr. Watson's.
14:08Hmm.
14:09Well, what makes you so sure this murder, Mr. Holmes?
14:11The door was locked.
14:14Every attendant has a key.
14:16Did you open this door for anyone during the last hour?
14:18No, sir.
14:19Was the key ever out of your possession?
14:21It never is, sir.
14:21It's on a chain.
14:23It's to me like heart failure.
14:25Hmm.
14:27Any marks of violence on the body?
14:29None that I can see.
14:30You seem to have missed it this time, didn't you, Mr. Holmes?
14:33Possibly.
14:33Still, if it was a natural death, it came at a very convenient time, didn't it?
14:37Hmm?
14:42What does this mean?
14:47Star, Fredicia.
14:49It's gone.
14:50You were supposed to guard it.
14:52My son employed you.
14:54That's why I left it with him.
14:56Where is he?
15:02I'm sorry, Lady Margaret.
15:03It was thoughtless of us to let you come in like this.
15:06Do you an empty compartment?
15:07Yes, sir.
15:08Then I think we'd better...
15:09If you don't mind, Lady Margaret, please.
15:16It's the poor chap's mother, I presume.
15:18Yeah.
15:18Well, let's get to the bottom of this.
15:22Excuse me, Doctor.
15:24Poor chap.
15:25He was so young.
15:25It's such a pity.
15:30I have sent for the conductor, Mr. Argyle.
15:32I want to talk to him.
15:33I've asked that no one be allowed to leave this coach.
15:35Oh, thank you, Mr. Holmes.
15:36Shall we use my compartment?
15:37Thanks.
15:38Attendant, lock that door and let no one go in without my permission.
15:41You understand?
15:41Very good, sir.
15:44Sorry, old man.
15:45Official police business.
15:46That's all right.
15:47I'll catch up with you later.
15:56Are you looking for the Scotland Yard, Inspector, sir?
15:58Why, yes.
15:59Right in there, sir.
16:05Come in.
16:32Sorry, sir.
16:33No one's allowed to leave the carriage.
16:35Can't leave the carriage.
16:36Whose ridiculous idea was that?
16:38Scotland Yard.
16:40Scotland Yard.
16:44You see, we don't stop until we reach rugby.
16:47That's right, sir.
16:48Good.
16:48We'll have a thorough search of the train made before that time.
16:50Find the murderer, Inspector, and you'll find the diamond.
16:53But we don't know it was murder.
16:55Consider the facts, Lestrade.
16:57Young Carstairs was dead when the jewel was taken.
17:00Otherwise, he'd have put up a struggle, and there were no marks of violence on the body.
17:04If, however, he died a natural death, we must assume that the thief happened to be on hand just at
17:09the right moment,
17:10which is outside the realm of probability.
17:12No, Lestrade.
17:13In this case, nothing was left to chance.
17:15That's why I say find the murderer, and you'll find the diamond.
17:17How do we know the thief didn't leave the carriage before we discovered the body?
17:21The attendant was in the corridor the entire time,
17:24and he's certain that no one passed into the dining car.
17:26The door at the other end leads into the luggage van.
17:28Which is always locked.
17:30Hmm.
17:38You found no marks of any kind on the body, Watson?
17:41No, none of any significance.
17:43Not even a scratch?
17:44Well, there was a small spot of blood on his neck, just a mere speck.
17:47That's what I was referring to.
17:49You mean that scratch killed him?
17:51It's possible the poison that went into the wound did.
17:54Poison?
17:55Well, we can't tell that without an autopsy.
17:57Hmm.
17:59Have you got a list of the passengers in this carriage?
18:01Yes, sir.
18:03There you are, sir.
18:06Major Duncan Bleak.
18:07That would be your friend, Doctor.
18:09The next compartment's empty.
18:11Where we took Lady Margaret after the murder.
18:13You remember, Lestrade.
18:16Go on.
18:19Vivian Vedder, Inspector the...
18:20That's this one.
18:22Lady Margaret Casteers and the Honourable Roland Casteers.
18:26Professor William Kilbane, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Shawcross, Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson.
18:31Well, that would be you two.
18:34Well, I think I shall ask a few questions.
18:38Vivian Vedder.
18:39We'll start with her, whoever she is.
18:45Vedder, compartment C.
18:48Well, here we are.
18:57Empty.
18:59Sir, Holmes.
19:01Are you going to let Lestrade handle this thing by himself?
19:03Well, after all, he does represent the official police, you know.
19:06With him doing the questioning and looking under the seat cushions for diamonds,
19:09there won't be any more than we're through than we do now.
19:11I could do it better myself.
19:13Why don't you, old fellow?
19:14Huh?
19:15By Jove, I think I will.
19:17Probably find out just as much as Lestrade would anyway.
19:20I'll do it at once.
19:22Oh, well, that's where you just came from.
19:28That's where the body is.
19:35Well, I'll start with this one.
19:42My name's Watson.
19:44Dr. Watson.
19:45Oh.
19:46To what am I indebted for this intrusion?
19:48I'm afraid I've got to ask you one or two questions,
19:51what you're doing on the train,
19:52where you're going, things I get, you know.
19:54Why?
19:55Customary.
19:56Oh, there's been a murder committed.
20:00Scotland Yard.
20:01Sherlock Holmes.
20:03Sherlock Holmes and I...
20:05What about Sherlock Holmes?
20:07We're cross-examining suspects.
20:10Suspects?
20:11Of what am I suspected?
20:13Oh, the fellow's dead.
20:14Murdered, you know.
20:17Now, let me get this straight.
20:18You say a murder has been committed on this train?
20:21Yes, next compartment.
20:22And because a perfect stranger to me got himself murdered,
20:25you come to question me?
20:26We've got to question everybody.
20:28Are you a policeman?
20:30No.
20:31Then by what right do you force your way into my compartment?
20:34Well, I...
20:35What are you doing on this train?
20:37Where are you going?
20:39Not going anywhere.
20:39Holmes and I are on the train to watch the...
20:41I know.
20:42It's a diamond or a pearl or something of fabulous value.
20:45This fellow Holmes is always chasing after missing jewels
20:48or mysterious females.
21:03What is the meaning of this?
21:07I'm sorry, Miss Vera,
21:08but it was necessary for us to search your compartment.
21:11Indeed.
21:12May I ask what you expect you to find?
21:14A valuable jewel has been stolen
21:16and a man has been murdered.
21:18We are making a routine search of the entire carriage
21:21and asking a few questions.
21:25Go right ahead.
21:34I understand your journey is rather a sad one.
21:37Your mother...
21:38Yes.
21:42Perhaps we'd better not question Miss Vera just now, Lestrade.
21:45Eh?
21:46Excuse us, will you?
21:56What's the idea, Mr. Holmes?
21:57Not of taste, Lestrade.
21:59The young lady is taking her mother to Scotland for burial.
22:02In a coffin?
22:04That is the customary method, I believe.
22:07Lestrade, I think we'll take a look at that coffin.
22:09Might prove interesting.
22:10Hmm.
22:11I was about to suggest that very thing myself, Mr. Holmes.
22:14Conductor, I'll have a look in the luggage van.
22:16This way, sir.
22:26But I am, Dr. Watson.
22:27Dr. John H. Watson of 221 B. Baker Street.
22:30Retired.
22:31My friend Sherlock Holmes can vouch for me.
22:32Your alibi isn't worth a scotch party.
22:35You just told me that this fellow Holmes is a crony of yours.
22:38Naturally, he'd lie.
22:39I resent that, sir.
22:40Sherlock Holmes is the very soul of integrity.
22:42Might even be an accomplice.
22:44Why, if I were a policeman,
22:45I'd take you in charge
22:46for this very moment.
22:48I didn't do it, sir.
22:49I swear I didn't do it.
22:50I can prove it.
22:50Prove on out, sir.
22:51Oh, there you are, Holmes.
22:52Now get out of here and join your silly friends.
22:56Come on, sir.
22:58Come on, sir.
22:59Did you discover anything, Watson?
23:00Yes.
23:01He's a very suspicious character.
23:03He tried to put me off the scent.
23:04From the little I heard, he seemed reasonably successful.
23:06Hmm.
23:07Look here, you're not going to let an old fellow like Professor Kilbane discourage you, are you?
23:11Uh, why don't you try this one?
23:13You think I'd better?
23:14Yes, of course.
23:16Hmm.
23:16All right.
23:17Uh, do you mind if I come in?
23:23You may.
23:25I'm sorry to bother you, but I represent the police.
23:28Yes.
23:28I knew it.
23:30Alfred, I told you.
23:31Told him what?
23:33Well?
23:34It's quite all right, Inspector.
23:36I'll confess.
23:38Confess?
23:39You mean you stole it?
23:41You've got it in there?
23:42Yes.
23:43No, no, no.
23:43Leave it where it is.
23:45I'll go and fetch Inspector Lestard at Scotland Yard.
23:48And don't either of you attempt to run away.
23:50Oh, no, Inspector.
23:58Is this door always kept locked, Doctor?
24:00Yes, sir.
24:00Only the guard and myself have keys.
24:02Guard them, Holmes.
24:03Who?
24:03The thieves.
24:04Thieves?
24:04Well, come on, speak up.
24:05That married couple down there.
24:06Mr. Mr. Shalcroft.
24:07Yes, they confessed.
24:08Confessed?
24:09Broke them down.
24:10Gave them the third degree.
24:11And you left them unguarded?
24:12I told them not to run away.
24:14Well, better have a talk with them.
24:21Oh, it's, uh, you again.
24:23It might interest you to know that I've just caught the thieves.
24:30Excuse me, madam.
24:32You're the police, I know.
24:33Hmm.
24:34I warned them.
24:35But no, he had to take it.
24:37I must warn you that anything you say may be used against you.
24:40Anything they say?
24:41They've already admitted everything.
24:42Everything?
24:43Yes.
24:43They've got it in there.
24:44I'd be glad to pay double what it's worth if only they won't prosecute.
24:48It's my first offence.
24:50You chaps always say the same thing.
24:51Come on, hand it over.
24:52Where is it?
24:54I stole it.
24:56I took it from a hotel in London.
24:57Come on, come on.
25:00In my small way, I'm a collector of teapots.
25:07Teapots?
25:08Dr. Watson, does this look like a diamond?
25:11Not very much.
25:12Don't you mention it?
25:13What's all that about a confession?
25:14When I came in here before, they said that they took it.
25:17Well, you'll please oblige us, doctor, by not meddling in police business.
25:20His time wasn't entirely wasted, Lestrade.
25:22At least you've recovered the teapot.
25:24Thank you, Holmes.
25:26Teapot.
25:27A fellow tries his best.
25:28What's he get?
25:30Humiliation and abuse and Lestrade of all people.
25:32A good man to chuck up the whole case.
25:35Might be a good idea to let the police do their own work.
25:38You mind your own business.
25:41Oh, there you are, Watson.
25:43How about a spot in my compartment?
25:44Thanks, old man.
25:46Serving right if I got a bit tiddly.
25:58I suppose you realise you'll be turned over to the police as soon as we reach Edinburgh.
26:04Dr. Watson, teapots.
26:07Well, I beg your pardon, Professor Kilbane.
26:09You're in the next compartment, aren't you?
26:10I am.
26:11I'm afraid we'll have to ask you a few questions.
26:13Now, don't tell me that you're going to start.
26:16You mind?
26:17Well, of course I mind.
26:18Come on, in it, though.
26:29A brilliant mind, but there have been times when...
26:32When your scientist's mind has shown him the way.
26:35Exactly.
26:36You take the death of young casters, for instance.
26:39I knew from the first it was poison.
26:41The scientific approach, of course.
26:44The murderer used a hypodermic.
26:45Some rare poison from South America, probably.
26:49Or India.
26:50Yes, it's India.
26:52I've been to India.
26:53So have you.
26:54Yes.
27:00You've been to India.
27:05I don't like your attitude, Professor Kilbane.
27:08I don't like it at all.
27:09Perhaps not.
27:10But I'm on this train for legitimate reasons.
27:12And I've neither the time nor the inclination to assist you with your work.
27:17You are perfectly within your rights, sir.
27:19And I'm sure that Inspector Lestrade appreciates that.
27:22Thank you, sir.
27:23Now, if you have no objection, I have some work to do which requires concentration.
27:28Mathematics?
27:30Yes.
27:31Interesting study.
27:32Well, if you don't mind.
28:00You're looking for something, Lady Margaret?
28:02Oh.
28:05I came to get my bag.
28:08The door's locked.
28:09Naturally.
28:10Perhaps I can help you.
28:27Mr. Holmes, I must talk to you about the diamond.
28:30Oh, don't you worry about that, Lady Margaret.
28:32Fifty thousand pounds and you tell me not to worry?
28:35My son employed this man to guard it.
28:38And it was stolen right under his very nose.
28:42I warn you.
28:43I intend to take this matter up with your superiors.
28:46I'm a private agent, Lady Margaret.
28:48Good.
28:48I shall report you both to Scotland Yard.
28:54Well, I am Scotland Yard.
29:03Lady Carstairs entered the dining car alone.
29:06You and I were already there.
29:07Holmes came in later.
29:09And I understand that Inspector Lestrade remained in his compartment with the curtains open.
29:13So that if anyone had gone in or out, he would have seen them.
29:16I see.
29:16You've got something there.
29:17Well, let's look at this thing objectively.
29:19Lady Carstairs seemed more concerned, was more concerned at the loss of the diamond,
29:23than at the death of her son.
29:24Right, George.
29:24You're right.
29:25So she was.
29:27Come in.
29:29Oh.
29:30Here you are, Watson.
29:31Sit down.
29:32Have a drink.
29:34No thanks.
29:35Do you mind if I, uh...
29:36Not at all.
29:37I've been thinking about this case, Holmes.
29:39That is, Duncan Bleak and I have.
29:41Yes, I see.
29:42The way we figure it out, the old trout is the only one without an alibi.
29:46Yes.
29:46We feel that you're approaching the whole thing from the wrong angle.
29:49Really, Watson?
29:50What's your theory?
29:52Insurance.
29:52A lot of people insure jewellery and then try and collect on it.
29:56Interesting suggestion.
29:57I suppose you go and ask Lady Margaret just how much insurance she carries on the starboard
30:00e-shirt.
30:00No, thank you.
30:01I've already had two tries.
30:03Why don't you ask yourself?
30:04For a very simple reason, I already know.
30:06You're quite a doofler, sir.
30:07Oh, if you know, would you ask me?
30:08Try to make a fool with me.
30:28Mr. and Mrs. Shawcross.
30:31Teapots.
30:32Well, we can eliminate them.
30:35Professor William Kilbane.
30:37I've sent a telegram to the Edinburgh police to check up on that mathematics professor.
30:43Interesting.
30:44Now what?
30:46Well, just a coincidence.
30:47What's a coincidence?
30:49The fact that this fellow Kilbane happens to be a professor of mathematics.
30:53Oh.
30:55Come again, Mr. Holmes?
30:57Mr. Shaw, did you ever hear of Colonel Sebastian Moran?
31:00Of course I did.
31:00What about him?
31:02Well, then, as you know, Colonel Sebastian Moran was the most sinister, ruthless and diabolically
31:06clever henchman of our late but unlamented friend, Professor Moriarty.
31:12I've never seen him, but I've been unpleasily conscious of his presence more than once.
31:18As a matter of fact, he was directly responsible for what very nearly turned out to be my premature death
31:23on three separate occasions.
31:24Very pretty, Mr. Holmes.
31:26What's all that got to do with all this?
31:28Oh, possibly nothing.
31:30However, his speciality was spectacular jewel robberies.
31:35And for relaxation, he was addicted to the study of, uh, mathematics.
31:40Are you inferring that this Professor Kilbane is Colonel Sebastian Moran?
31:45That he murdered young Carstairs and stole the diamond?
31:49Well, what about this woman, this, uh, Vivian Vedder?
31:52What about her?
31:53No one's above suspicion.
31:56And Lady Margaret.
31:58She might have a motive for wanting the Star of Rhodesia stolen.
32:02She wasn't very concerned over the death of her son.
32:07And this friend of Dr. Watson's, this, uh, Major Duncan Bleak.
32:12Might be just as sensible to suspect him.
32:15Now, as far as we know, only four persons knew the Star of Rhodesia was on this train.
32:21Yourself, Dr. Watson, the murdered, the dead lad, and myself.
32:26And Lady Margaret.
32:27And Lady Margaret.
32:30I'll have another talk with her ladyship.
32:40Lady Margaret, do you mind if I, uh, come in?
32:55I want him, I want him to get up here.
33:15We're home.
33:17Then leave it open, will you?
33:19Lucky beggar!
33:21Who's a lucky beggar?
33:22Duncan Bleak!
33:23Been playing cards with him!
33:25He went all the way across, I believe the expression is.
33:28Have you been with him all this time?
33:30Yeah, just left him.
33:32He introduced me to a new fangled game.
33:35Jinrami, he called it.
33:37American, I believe.
33:38A lot of bookkeeping connected with it.
33:41Do you ever hear of it?
33:55You've got to a different world.
33:58They are all about to see it.
34:04Well, I know what you've got.
34:07Where did you say it?
34:13Actually, come on.
34:14Come on.
34:22I'm not going to be watching.
34:25Oh, my God.
34:59You're still looking for the murderer, Inspector?
35:06Impossible, fellow.
35:15You'll stand it.
35:26Oh, my God.
35:35Oh, my God.
35:36Oh, my God.
35:55.
35:55.
36:08It's vanished in the thin air.
36:19Well, there you are. Where on earth you been?
36:27I asked you where you'd been.
36:31Hello? What's happened?
36:34I'd been observing the landscape from the door at the end of the corridor.
36:37I'd just been along there. I didn't see you. The door was shut.
36:41Actually, it was on the outside.
36:43The outside?
36:44Yes.
36:46We must try it sometime.
36:48We'll take a look at that coffin.
36:50If you remember, I was interrupted the last time.
36:52Oh, sorry.
37:10I'm Sherlock Holmes. Do you mind if I inspect a copy in your feet in Scotland?
37:13No one is allowed in here, Mr. Holmes.
37:14I'll take the response for it. Excuse me.
37:25Does it occur to you, Watson, that this is a very unusual coffin?
37:28I don't know. A trifle ornate, perhaps?
37:31I wasn't thinking of the fittings.
37:34Do you mind if we open it?
37:35It's forbidden, sir.
37:36Sorry. Go on, Watson.
37:39But you can't do that, sir.
37:41We'll have to.
37:43Excuse me, Clay.
37:52Poor old lady.
37:53As I thought. Shallow.
37:55The body only comes down to about here.
37:57You think there's a secret compartment underneath?
38:01There has to be.
38:11Empty.
38:15Yes, but it's been recently occupied.
38:17We asked Lestrade to come in here. He's with Lady Margaret.
38:20Right here, Holmes.
38:27Have you let anyone else in here?
38:28No.
38:30Now, the matter is, eh?
38:32Here's me something to do.
38:43Come quick.
38:44What is it?
38:45It's the coffin.
38:50Holmes find a false spot a minute.
38:52Enough room for the murderer to hide in.
38:54What?
39:01What is all this, Mr. Holmes?
39:04There's where your murderer's been hiding, Lestrade.
39:08Then it's just a question of finding him, isn't it, Mr. Holmes?
39:11Not him. Them.
39:13Eh?
39:13This affair is obviously the work of two men.
39:16The one who planned it and the other who hid in the coffin
39:18and at a pre-arranged time emerged to commit the murder and effect the robbery.
39:23What are you talking about?
39:24Colonel Sebastian Moran.
39:26You've got that man on the brain, Mr. Holmes.
39:27My dear Lestrade, I accepted this case because I was virtually certain
39:31that Colonel Sebastian Moran could not resist such a tempting morsel as the Star of Rhodesia.
39:35I'm convinced that he's the brains behind this case and that he's on this train.
39:38Oh, and how would you go about finding out which one of the passengers is this Colonel Sebastian Moran?
39:45If he is one of the passengers.
39:48Well, I suggest that you start by questioning Miss Weather. It might prove interesting.
39:51Eh?
39:52Oh.
40:15Who's there?
40:18Miss Weather, I want to ask you a few questions and I must warn you. Anything you say may be
40:22used against you.
40:23Oh?
40:24Now, about your mother.
40:25It isn't your mother after all, is it?
40:26Perhaps if you explain.
40:28That coffin. We've examined it.
40:29And found the secret compartment.
40:31Oh, come on. Let's have it.
40:32Have what?
40:33The old story.
40:34If you insist.
40:38The man approached me and asked me to take a coffin to Scotland.
40:42He offered me a hundred pounds.
40:44Were you aware that the coffin had a secret compartment?
40:46I was.
40:47What story did this person tell you to account for a man being concealed in the coffin?
40:51That someone had to leave London. Foreign agents were watching the train.
40:54Foreign agents.
40:55All right. Maybe I didn't believe that foreign agent's story.
40:59You realize, of course, this makes you an accomplice.
41:03What was the name of the man who approached you?
41:06I don't remember.
41:09Miss Vera, the man who engaged you to take this coffin to Scotland, was it by any chance...
41:15This man here?
41:16I say, old man, aren't you making a mistake?
41:18My dear Watson, just what do you know about Major Duncan Bleak?
41:20I've known him for years. He's a member of my club.
41:23I say, is this a joke?
41:26Does the name Colonel Moran mean anything to you, sir?
41:29Colonel Moran?
41:30Yes, Colonel Sebastian Moran.
41:33I'm afraid it doesn't.
41:34Good heavens, you don't think that I...
41:36No, no, no. Of course not. You have the perfect alibi, Dr. Watson.
41:40Yes, yes, yes. Of course. Of course.
41:41Good heavens, gentlemen, you're at perfect liberty to search my compartment, to search me.
41:45If you find the diamond, I...
41:46That won't be necessary. The star of Rhodesia has not been stolen.
41:51What's that, Mr. Holmes?
41:52An imitation was stolen. I have the real one.
41:55You've got it?
41:55My dear Lestrade, surely you didn't think I would allow Lady Margaret to retain the genuine diamond,
42:01when I felt reasonably certain that an attempt would be made to steal it.
42:04I have had it in my possession almost from the moment I bought it the train.
42:08Confound it, Mr. Holmes. You had no right to do that. This is a police matter.
42:11Come on, let me have it.
42:12My job is to see that it wasn't stolen. It wasn't.
42:14Look, I don't know what this is all about, but I do know that I've never seen this gentleman before
42:19in my life.
42:20I shall have to ask you to remain in your compartment until we reach anybody.
42:24Inspector Lestrade.
42:25Huh? Oh.
42:26A telegram for you, sir.
42:30I'm sorry, old man. I'm afraid my friend owes you an apology.
42:33Oh, that's all right, Watson. In a case like this, naturally everyone is suspected.
42:37Well, we all make mistakes. Even Holmes is not infallible.
42:40And after all, the killer is still at large, you know.
42:42Yes, he is, isn't he?
42:44Well, good night.
42:45Good night, old boy. Don't worry.
42:49I think I'll have another little chat with that Professor fellow.
42:53Something important, Lestrade?
42:54You have your secrets, Mr. Holmes. I have mine.
42:57This is Inspector Lestrade.
43:03Look here. Is this racket going to continue all night?
43:06Professor Kilbane, you told me you were on the staff of the University of Edinburgh.
43:09I said nothing of the kind.
43:10You most certainly did. I urge you. Mr. Holmes, he'll urge you.
43:13Oh.
43:14I merely said that I was a Professor of Mathematics
43:17and that I was returning to my home in Edinburgh.
43:20Well, it might be necessary to talk to you again.
43:23Later.
43:24You come pounding on this door again and I'll have the law on you.
43:28I am the law.
43:29Then stop barging in and out of my room like a chambermaid.
43:37Where is everybody?
43:45Thank you, Mr. Holmes.
43:45Thank you, Mr. Holmes.
43:45I'll have to go all night.
43:48Thank you so much for your home.
43:49Thank you, Mr. Holmes.
43:49It is good for my home.
43:53Thank you, Mr. Holmes.
43:54Thank you, Mr. Holmes.
43:59You are sure.
44:01Look out, you, Mr. Holmes.
44:01Doesn't want to open the door.
44:04This should help us.
44:05This should help us.
44:26Hello? Who shut that door?
44:32Great Scott, the guard!
44:34The murderer came back and was seen.
44:37How dare we can...
44:38Look again, old fellow.
44:44Scratch. Just a scratch.
44:46Like the one on Ronald Carstairs.
44:48A small dart.
44:50Apparently made of some soluble substance.
44:53Probably a gelatin preparation that melts in the wound.
44:55That's why you couldn't see anything on Carstairs.
44:58The murderer was about to get rid of the body.
45:00We heard the knock and became frightened here.
45:01Let me have that, will you?
45:13I don't know.
45:13I can't see.
45:18I can't see.
45:34I can't see.
46:15Come away from that door.
46:18Were you seen coming in here?
46:19No.
46:20Sherlock Holmes and the fat bloke are in the luggage van now.
46:24How about the guard in the corridor?
46:26He didn't see me.
46:28I fixed him temporarily.
46:30The guard in the van did.
46:33I had to kill him.
46:38Here, you'd better take this.
46:41This isn't the star of Rhodesia.
46:44You wouldn't be trying to double-cross me, would you?
46:47Sherlock Holmes got the diamond and replaced it with this invitation.
46:50Now that Scotland Yard inspector has the real star of Rhodesia.
46:55Was he with Holmes and Watson in the luggage van?
46:57No.
46:58Good. Then he's probably in his compartment.
47:01But you'll have to hurry.
47:02I don't like it.
47:04Neither do I.
47:05All you have to do is to relieve him of the diamond.
47:09Scotland Yard inspector.
47:11Why, that's something different.
47:13Naturally, it'll be more money for you.
47:16You'd like that, wouldn't you?
47:23Come on.
47:24Come on.
47:39He's in there.
47:41Come on.
47:44Come on.
47:46Come on.
47:58He's got the diamond.
48:17You use this.
48:45No!
48:46No, don't shoot!
48:50No, don't shoot!
48:51No, don't shoot!
49:17No, don't shoot!
49:35Hello.
49:37That fellow you put on guard isn't there.
49:39It's what I observe.
49:41Strange.
49:42What is?
49:49Stroud!
49:49Stroud!
49:50Yeah.
49:50Help me to get him up onto this seat.
49:57He's coming too.
49:59Hand me that water, will you?
50:04Well, it's nothing very serious.
50:06I'll attend to him properly later on.
50:07Hmm.
50:22Poison like the others.
50:26It's gone.
50:28The diamond's gone.
50:29Gone?
50:30Yeah.
50:31And we'd better search for murder at once.
50:32It's no use, old fellow.
50:34The man who killed him has the star of Rhodesia.
50:37What's that?
50:38It's an air pistol, Lestrade.
50:40It fires a poison dart.
50:41It's quite an unusual design.
50:43You were attacked because you had the diamond.
50:46Fortunately, this wasn't used on you.
50:49Hello, we're coming to a stop.
50:51Oh, no, no, no.
51:05He beaten you.
51:06We're heading to the flood.
51:07You're now heading to the top.
51:07You're heading to the top.
51:09They're heading to the top.
51:18We're heading to the top.
51:23Police.
51:41Scottish police.
51:46I don't feel up to it, Mr. Holmes. Would you be good enough to talk to them?
51:50Certainly. Thank you.
51:51You keep quiet, old boy. Be back in a minute.
52:03Mr. Holmes, this is Inspector MacDonald of the Edinburgh Police.
52:07How do you do?
52:08I happen to be in this district on another case and I'll receive this telegram from headquarters.
52:12You'll want to talk to Inspector Lestrade.
52:14In due time, but I'm in charge here. This is Scotland. You've crossed the border.
52:18We've had a spot of trouble here, Inspector.
52:21And that's why I'm here. And who are you, might I ask?
52:24Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
52:25A private inquiry agent, eh? I've heard of you.
52:28Heard of him. Mr. Holmes' Inspector solved this case already.
52:31Watson.
52:32Will you clear the dining car? I'll want to ask a few questions.
52:34Yes, sir.
52:35And see that no one leaves his compartment until I need him for questioning.
52:38Very good, sir.
52:39Inspector Lestrade asked me to sit in with you.
52:41It's a bit unusual, but...
52:43The Scotland Yard think a great deal of Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
52:46They frequently ask this advice.
52:48Scotland Yard, eh?
52:50Where is this Inspector Lestrade?
52:52Now Watson, will you see if Inspector Lestrade is sufficient to recover to come into the dining car?
52:55My job.
53:07Miss Fedder, I know all about you. And frankly, you're in for it.
53:12All I did was buy a coffin and bring it on the train.
53:15In my opinion, this is a matter for Scotland Yard.
53:18Scotland Yard's jurisdiction ended when you crossed the border, Inspector.
53:21So you say.
53:23That's a matter of opinion.
53:25Miss Fedder is unquestionably in the plot.
53:27But you may not know Colonel Moran, however.
53:29I don't.
53:30Colonel Sebastian Moran? Is he in this?
53:34You know him?
53:36Unfortunately, I do.
53:38You may return to your compartment.
53:45You said unfortunately.
53:47Aye. I once had an encounter with Colonel Moran.
53:50The only time in my entire career I've been bested.
53:53A cleverest criminal since the late Professor Moriarty.
53:56And then I concur.
53:58Well, where is this Sebastian Ryan?
53:59He's travelling on this train under the name of Major Duncan Bleak.
54:03What on earth are you talking about?
54:05Are you serious, Mr. Holmes?
54:07Constable, bring in Duncan Bleak.
54:09Aye, sir.
54:10Duncan Bleak?
54:11But he played for the gentleman at Lord's.
54:20Come in.
54:23Duncan Bleak?
54:24Yes?
54:25Inspector MacDonald would like to see you.
54:27All right.
54:34Colonel Sebastian Moran, eh?
54:36It will give me great pleasure, Mr. Holmes,
54:37to meet up with that scoundrel again.
54:39You wanted to see me?
54:41Yes, Colonel Moran.
54:43You're under arrest.
54:44Oh, so you've managed to convince him
54:46that I'm the mythical Colonel Moran?
54:47Not mythical, Colonel.
54:49Have you forgotten that affair at Inverness three years ago?
54:51I've never been in Inverness in my life.
54:53Do you mind if I search you?
54:54Go ahead.
54:59For an innocent man, you carry strange things in your pockets.
55:02A retired army officer, India.
55:04But you're in Scotland now,
55:05and there's a law against carrying firearms.
55:07Aren't you satisfied?
55:08Not quite, Colonel.
55:23Now I'm satisfied.
55:26This clears things up pretty well.
55:30We'll be coming into Topham in a few minutes.
55:32The train doesn't stop at Topham, I'm afraid.
55:35I'm afraid you're wrong this time, Holmes.
55:38This train will stop at Topham.
55:44You're only delaying the inevitable, Colonel Moran.
55:47You can't get away.
55:48Oh!
56:10Out of the way, Inspector.
56:13All right, Inspector McDonald.
56:14Here's your man.
56:15Who pulled that cord?
56:16All right, Conductor.
56:17We'll get off here with our prisoner.
56:18Constables, take him off.
56:24Quite a struggle, Inspector McDonald.
56:25Good work, Mr. Holmes.
56:27Perhaps I underestimated you.
56:29Was it you who hit me?
56:31Oh, I'm terribly sorry.
56:33You must accept my apologies.
57:02Well, that's that.
57:04Where's Lestrade?
57:06Look under that table over there.
57:09It's not Lestrade.
57:10Great Scottish Duncan Bleak.
57:12I mean Colonel Sebastian Moran.
57:13Come on, old fellow, give me a hand.
57:24What's all this about?
57:26Where's Inspector MacDonald?
57:27He's just got off the train.
57:29He couldn't have. He couldn't?
57:31Nobody has.
57:33A very clever plot, Colonel Moran.
57:35Your henchman, masquerading as policemen,
57:37come aboard the train, arrest you, stop the train,
57:39and take you off.
57:40But this is fantastic.
57:43And it's a scheme worthy of Colonel Sebastian Moran.
57:45He planned the whole thing, including the coffin
57:47of the secret compartment. And in case anything went wrong,
57:49the pseudo policeman to come aboard
57:50and take him off the train before it reached Edinburgh.
57:53Then where is Lestrade?
57:55Well, I imagine at the moment he's pretty well occupied.
58:00Just a minute, MacDonald.
58:01Get over there, all of you. You're under arrest.
58:04Now, put up your hands.
58:06Driver, take us to the nearest police station.
58:08Come on, get over here.
58:10Then the poker in the eye
58:11I received from Sherlock Holmes
58:13wasn't an accident after all.
58:15That is a matter of opinion.
58:16Come on, get in.
58:24Send that over soon as possible, will you?
58:26Very good, sir.
58:28It's a telegram to the real Edinburgh police.
58:30Ask him to meet us when we arrive.
58:32But how did you know this fellow
58:34wasn't the real Inspector MacDonald?
58:36Elementary, my dear Watson.
58:37In the first place,
58:39he didn't put handcuffs on Colonel Moran,
58:41so I had to do it myself.
58:42And in the second place,
58:44Inspector MacDonald during the fight
58:45was more hindrance than help.
58:47Which is not characteristic of a real policeman.
58:49Amazing, Holmes.
58:51I'm covering such a fiendish spot with so little evidence.
58:54Yes, I forgot to mention that
58:55I also happen to know
58:57the real Inspector MacDonald
58:59of the Edinburgh police.
59:00Oh, was there a star in all of this?
59:03Yes, and surprisingly enough,
59:04he grasped the situation immediately.
59:05Very unusual. Let's hope he hasn't overdone it.
59:09Very clever, Holmes.
59:10You've got me, but you haven't got the star of Rhodesia.
59:13Oh, but I have.
59:15If in the dark I could substitute
59:17a big hulk like Lestrade for you,
59:18Colonel Moran,
59:20it's no very great feat to, uh...
59:26switch a little thing like a diamond.
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