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The Green Veil of Deception (1945) is a classic Sherlock Holmes mystery thriller filled with suspense, intrigue, and clever detective work. When a series of strange crimes and mysterious disappearances shake the city, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are drawn into a dangerous investigation involving a mysterious woman, hidden secrets, and a sinister criminal plot. Packed with twists, suspenseful moments, and the brilliant deductions that made Sherlock Holmes famous, this vintage classic remains a must-watch for mystery lovers.
Step into the world of Victorian detective adventures and experience one of Sherlock Holmes' most captivating cases.
Step into the world of Victorian detective adventures and experience one of Sherlock Holmes' most captivating cases.
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00:00:00THE END
00:00:36THE END
00:01:16THE END
00:01:16I won't forget that morning, not if I left to be a hundred.
00:01:19I counted the men as they marched out of the yard.
00:01:22They'd hardly slept for weeks.
00:01:24We of the CID had slept even less.
00:01:27But the nightmare that kept us awake was all the same nightmare.
00:01:32That's why we weren't surprised when the commissioner asked us up to the conference room for a bit of a
00:01:37talk.
00:01:37He'd talked to us plenty, we knew that.
00:01:40It didn't help any to know what was ahead of us.
00:01:51Must we have that window open, Gregson?
00:01:53Oh, shut it if you want to.
00:01:55The chief will be in enough of a temper without having a ruddy blast down the back of his neck.
00:02:05Gentlemen, the commissioner.
00:02:10Stuffy in here.
00:02:16Be seated, won't you?
00:02:19Gentlemen, if you wish to know what able men you are,
00:02:22read any of the works of popular fiction that glamorize your achievements.
00:02:26But don't I beg of you, read the daily papers.
00:02:31They might give you an inferiority complex.
00:02:34I hate to mention it.
00:02:37But we're confronted with a series of the most atrocious murders
00:02:40since Jack the Ripper.
00:02:42And in the meantime,
00:02:44the C.I.D. might as well be playing at Shavhaikmi
00:02:48for all the good we've accomplished.
00:02:51Now look.
00:02:54Here, here, and here.
00:02:58Each of these red flags scattered through the city
00:03:01stands for a woman brutally murdered,
00:03:03a woman's terror, a woman's death agony.
00:03:07These are no ordinary crimes.
00:03:09These are the works of a fiend who kills first and mutilates afterwards.
00:03:14A ghoul who hacks off a part of his victim body
00:03:17and carries it away with him.
00:03:19A loathsome souvenir of his butchery.
00:03:23Three women murdered so far,
00:03:25and you haven't turned in one clue.
00:03:27You haven't given me one lead.
00:03:30Here you sit and wait for news of a fourth victim.
00:03:34With your arms folded.
00:03:42Well, we hadn't long to wait.
00:03:44It was down Lambeth Way where a young woman was hurrying home late last night.
00:03:47She saw something and stopped.
00:03:51It was a constable.
00:03:53He spoke to her and he walked along with her, just in case.
00:03:59He saw her go down the stairway to the basement lodging where she lived.
00:04:04We can only surmise what happened after that.
00:04:21Well, I put my pride in my pocket,
00:04:24and went to see the man who had so often helped out Inspector Lestrade and myself in the past.
00:04:30Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
00:04:38If ever a man needed help, I did.
00:04:48This makes four, Inspector.
00:04:51Four defenseless women here in the heart of London.
00:04:54And everyone with the right forefinger hacked off.
00:04:56Not hacked, Inspector Gregson.
00:05:01Cleanly, expertly severed.
00:05:03The work of a skilled surgeon.
00:05:05That's her only clue.
00:05:07Much about the age of my sister's girl.
00:05:10Is there no way of stopping this, Mr. Holmes?
00:05:13Yes.
00:05:15There's a way, somehow.
00:05:18The fiend that did this.
00:05:21I promise.
00:05:23I promise.
00:05:24We've nothing to go on.
00:05:25That's the rotten part of it.
00:05:26We can't get far without knowing the motive.
00:05:28Well, at least we know what the motives were not.
00:05:30It wasn't robbery,
00:05:31nor passion, thanks be, nor yet vengeance.
00:05:34Because they all came of totally unrelated families.
00:05:36Steady, Inspector. Steady.
00:05:39Sorry, Mr. Holmes.
00:05:41I don't turn a hair when it's a bloke that can look after himself.
00:05:44A little slip of a thing like that.
00:05:47Yes, it's horrible.
00:05:48Come on, let's get a drink.
00:06:11Good evening, Mr. Holmes.
00:06:12Evening, Vincent.
00:06:13Risking soda, please.
00:06:14And a double for my friend here, Inspector Gregson.
00:06:16Very good, sir.
00:06:17Make mine Irish.
00:06:18Decent of me to give me a handle of this thing, Mr. Holmes.
00:06:20Always a pleasure to be of help to Scotland Yard, Inspector.
00:06:23A little out of my line, looking for a maniac.
00:06:26Murder's just for the fun of a...
00:06:29Or perhaps just to get a human finger.
00:06:49If we could just trace those missing fingers.
00:06:55If...
00:06:56If we could just drag the English channel, we might find a penny.
00:07:00Huh?
00:07:00Huh.
00:07:01Oh, thank you.
00:07:04You may keep those, Mr. Holmes.
00:07:12Hmm.
00:07:13Sir George Fenwick, isn't it?
00:07:14Yes.
00:07:15Is that his daughter with him?
00:07:17Don't be so naive, Inspector.
00:07:20You know everyone, don't you, darling?
00:07:23Well, hardly.
00:07:25A week ago, I didn't know you.
00:07:27A week?
00:07:28How fast it's gone.
00:07:43I collect these things.
00:07:44How very quaint of you.
00:07:46Shall we go?
00:07:47Yes.
00:07:53What are you looking at, Mr. Holmes?
00:07:56Looking at a very handsome woman.
00:07:57Hmm.
00:07:58Not want of a purple, but giving an excellent invitation.
00:08:02Would you like to come to my flat for a nightcap?
00:08:04Lovely idea.
00:08:05Yes, isn't it?
00:08:05Yes, sir.
00:08:06Yes, sir.
00:08:08Yes, sir.
00:08:14I wonder where she's taking Sir George Fenwick.
00:08:16Don't be so...
00:08:17naive, Mr. Holmes.
00:08:19Yes, sir.
00:08:23Oh, my dear.
00:08:24Yes, sir.
00:08:35Yes.
00:08:40Hey, sir.
00:08:40Yes, sir.
00:09:18Good evening, Mum.
00:09:19Hello, Crandon. Any messages?
00:09:21No, Mum.
00:09:27Drinks, Crandon. One of your nice surprises.
00:09:29Yes, Mum.
00:09:30I say, you don't mean that...
00:09:31Crandon's a marvel. Aren't you, Crandon?
00:09:33Yes, Mum.
00:09:35You wouldn't believe the things she can do.
00:09:39Ah, charming place. Delightful.
00:09:42Really? Do you think so?
00:09:43Oh, I'm so glad.
00:09:45Do you sit down.
00:09:48Do you mind?
00:09:49Do I mind?
00:09:50What a question.
00:09:54I don't mind anything, really.
00:09:57Except not being with you.
00:09:58Now, you really don't want me to believe that, do you?
00:10:00Not too seriously.
00:10:02Good.
00:10:03We're both quite grown up, aren't we?
00:10:05Quite.
00:10:13You're a treasure, Crandon.
00:10:20And lower the lights a little as you leave.
00:10:30I'd prefer a more flattering light.
00:10:33In any light, you'd be...
00:10:34Would I?
00:10:36And don't you know it.
00:10:38Perhaps I do.
00:10:49Oh, that priceless woman.
00:10:51You wouldn't believe it, but she's absurdly romantic.
00:10:54She loves dreamy music, and she thinks that we...
00:10:57But, uh, we do, don't we?
00:11:00Do we?
00:11:00Well, it's rather soothing, restful.
00:11:05Yes.
00:11:07And we all need rest at times.
00:11:09Like tired children who've played too long.
00:11:14You've played with wooden soldiers, I suppose.
00:11:17Hmm.
00:11:18Funny.
00:11:19Hadn't thought of that for years.
00:11:21Toy boats were my special joy.
00:11:24Anything I could set afloat anywhere.
00:11:27Like this, and this, toy boats sailing into the never-never land.
00:11:36A land of beautiful dreams.
00:11:39Look.
00:11:41Look, odd, isn't it, how the light is reflected?
00:11:45Little specks of light that move and move,
00:11:50like stars on a slowly moving stream.
00:11:55You know, Holmes, I'm very sensitive to atmosphere.
00:11:57Oh?
00:11:57Yes, I can tell by the feel of this room
00:11:59there's been a murder committed here.
00:12:00It may interest you to know, my dear fellow,
00:12:02it was the other side of that door at the foot of the stairs
00:12:04that the poor girl was murdered.
00:12:05If only I could find it.
00:12:07Find what?
00:12:09The one thing these unfortunate victims have in common
00:12:11that might give us a motive for these murders.
00:12:13There must be something.
00:12:15Another Jack the Ripper, if you ask me, a homicidal maniac.
00:12:17No, Watson.
00:12:18In the case of Jack the Ripper, there was one thing in common.
00:12:20His victims were all from one walk of life,
00:12:22living in the same section of the city.
00:12:24In this case, the murderer chooses his victims
00:12:25from all walks of life
00:12:27and from different sections of the city.
00:12:29No, my dear fellow,
00:12:30this is not the work of a homicidal maniac.
00:12:32It's something infinitely more sinister.
00:12:35You mean the creeps?
00:12:36What on earth are you talking about?
00:12:37Watson,
00:12:39I'm convinced that these murders are only incidental
00:12:41to some larger and more diabolical scheme.
00:12:44That may be, but why the severed fingers?
00:12:46The answer to that question, my dear fellow,
00:12:48is our only hope of solving these mysteries.
00:12:49Dear sister, I am so happy
00:12:51I had such a lovely holiday at Brighton with you and Alf.
00:12:55And I'm looking forward to being with you again.
00:12:58Poor little thing.
00:12:59Sort of raises a lump in your throat.
00:13:02I can picture her sitting here happily writing this letter
00:13:04and not realizing that she's shortly going to her death.
00:13:09Hello?
00:13:10Gregson!
00:13:15Oh, there you are, Mr. Holmes.
00:13:17I've been looking for you everywhere.
00:13:18What's happened?
00:13:18Murder in Edgway Road, not half an hour ago.
00:13:20Woman?
00:13:21Yes.
00:13:22And the right forefinger cut off clean.
00:13:23And the right forefinger cut off clean.
00:13:36And the right forefinger cut off clean.
00:13:37And the right forefinger cut off clean.
00:13:38And the right forefinger cut off clean.
00:13:38And the right forefinger cut off clean.
00:13:41And the right forefinger cut off clean.
00:13:42And the right forefinger cut off clean.
00:13:43And the right forefinger cut off clean.
00:13:43And the right forefinger cut off clean.
00:13:43And the right forefinger cut off clean.
00:13:44And the right forefinger cut off clean.
00:13:44And the right forefinger cut off clean.
00:13:45And the right forefinger cut off clean.
00:13:47And the right forefinger cut off clean.
00:13:48And the right forefinger cut off clean.
00:14:14Let's go.
00:14:23Morning, Piper. All about the murder. Piper, horrible murder.
00:14:30Another young woman found murder, Piper, sir.
00:14:34Horrible murder, Piper. Piper, read all about it.
00:14:41Get your Piper, murdering edgewear rope, horrible finger murder.
00:14:51Shocking murder, murdering edgewear rope, horrible murder for young woman.
00:15:01It's all about the murder.
00:15:08Hold me fancy, Mum.
00:15:10There's been another of those horrible murders.
00:15:13Dear, dear, how shocking.
00:15:14Yes, Mum.
00:15:16I really don't feel quite safe here myself.
00:15:20Oh, dear.
00:15:34Why, Sir George.
00:15:34I must see Miss Marlowe at once.
00:15:36I don't know if she...
00:15:36I must see her. Where is she?
00:15:42Lydia.
00:15:44Why, Sir George. What is it? What happened?
00:15:47I don't know. You'll have to help me. You've got to help me.
00:15:50But I don't understand.
00:15:52Listen. I woke up a few minutes ago in a cheap boarding house off edgewear road.
00:15:58I don't know how I came there. I don't know when.
00:16:01The last thing I remember is being here with you.
00:16:02Calm yourself, Sir George.
00:16:04When did I leave here?
00:16:07Well, it was about...
00:16:10It was 10.45, Mum. Precisely.
00:16:16You seemed... forgive me.
00:16:18Just a little distressed.
00:16:20Detached. Not interested.
00:16:22I thought I'd said something to offend you.
00:16:26I don't remember.
00:16:34I can't remember.
00:16:36Tell me.
00:16:37Has this happened to you before?
00:16:39Before?
00:16:41Well, there is such a thing as amnesia, you know.
00:16:45It was 10.45 when I left you.
00:16:48It was nine this morning when I woke.
00:16:51Over ten hours lost.
00:16:55Ten hours that I can't account for.
00:16:58And in my pocket, when I woke, I found...
00:17:01Here, in my pocket.
00:17:05That... that... that isn't...
00:17:06Oh, it's not for you, of course.
00:17:08It can't be.
00:17:11Excuse me, Mum.
00:17:12But there's a man asking to see the gentleman.
00:17:15Send him away.
00:17:16Yes, Mum.
00:17:17No, no, no, no, no, please.
00:17:19I'll see him.
00:17:29Well?
00:17:31Delightful room.
00:17:33Not much like the place you woke up in this morning.
00:17:36You followed me here?
00:17:38Yes.
00:17:40Are you a detective?
00:17:43Oh, no.
00:17:44Quite the contrary.
00:17:46Don't be afraid, Sir George.
00:17:48You know my name.
00:17:50Oh, yes.
00:17:51A very old and highly honored name.
00:17:54And being the bearer of such a name, and also a very wealthy man,
00:17:59I thought you might care to possess yourself with this trifle.
00:18:06Rather than let it fall into the hands of the police.
00:18:09It is yours, if I'm not mistaken.
00:18:10And the initials, GF.
00:18:16Where did you get this, sir?
00:18:18It came out of your pocket.
00:18:20I saw it fall, but you never noticed.
00:18:26You were very busy bending over something with a knife.
00:18:34Then you put something in your pocket.
00:18:46Come along, Holmes.
00:18:47Come along, come along.
00:18:49How many more times, must I tell you?
00:18:50You're missing a treat.
00:18:51This is delicious.
00:18:52Little jam tarts to follow.
00:18:54Aren't you tempted?
00:18:55Hmm.
00:18:59You and your fleshpots.
00:19:03They tell me that fish is good for the brains.
00:19:07Brains haven't any.
00:19:09You realize that a day, a half.
00:19:10A whole day and a night have gone by since the best of affair in Edgewell Road.
00:19:15I'm as much in the dark as ever.
00:19:24Hello.
00:19:25Here comes a client in this, I'm very much mistaken.
00:19:36Well, attractive.
00:19:37Very attractive.
00:19:45Obviously, she left home under the stress of some very great emotion.
00:19:47How do you know that?
00:19:49She isn't wearing any gloves.
00:19:50A startling omission on a young lady of fashion.
00:19:52No, she didn't put her coat on.
00:19:54Opened car, too.
00:20:00Furthermore, there's something in that bag she wants to show me.
00:20:03What makes you say that?
00:20:04The bag doesn't match her dress.
00:20:06Indicating it was picked for size rather than the size of her.
00:20:08Other than style.
00:20:09To accommodate some bulky object.
00:20:12You're amazed me, Holmes.
00:20:14Very meantime, dear fellow.
00:20:21Well, that's interesting.
00:20:22What is?
00:20:25A cab.
00:20:26Turning up the empty house.
00:20:31I wonder why he followed her here.
00:20:33Oh, wouldn't you?
00:20:34Bye, Posh.
00:20:35You can do the glasses.
00:20:54Well, we shall soon know.
00:20:56Yes, Mrs. Hudson?
00:20:59It's a young lady, sir.
00:21:01Most urgent.
00:21:02Ask her to come in.
00:21:03Go right in, Miss.
00:21:08Mr. Holmes?
00:21:08Yes, this is my friend, Dr. Watson.
00:21:10How do you do?
00:21:11How do you do?
00:21:11Mr. Holmes, I...
00:21:13You must excuse me, please.
00:21:14I...
00:21:14Yes, well, won't you sit down?
00:21:16Come along.
00:21:17May I?
00:21:18It's quite all right.
00:21:30Now, try to control yourself.
00:21:32Miss Vanic, you're with friends.
00:21:33You know my name?
00:21:34No magic, I assure you.
00:21:36I've often seen your picture.
00:21:37You're the daughter of Sir George, Fennec, aren't you?
00:21:39Yes.
00:21:40It's about my father that I...
00:21:43What about your father, Miss Vanic?
00:21:45Oh, I don't know what to do.
00:21:47He's always been the nicest, dearest person.
00:21:51Only since Mother died.
00:21:54Yes, yes, my dear.
00:21:55We know.
00:21:57So I didn't think anything of it when he was away
00:21:59all night before last.
00:22:01But he didn't come home until yesterday at tea time.
00:22:03He didn't come in for dinner at all.
00:22:06Just paced up and down in the library hour after hour.
00:22:09I begged him to let me in, but he wouldn't.
00:22:12Steady, steady.
00:22:15Now take your time.
00:22:16I couldn't sleep a wink last night.
00:22:19Then I started hearing things.
00:22:22Hearing things?
00:22:23What sort of things?
00:22:24I heard someone in the garden underneath my window.
00:22:29Then I saw a figure moving down the garden path.
00:22:32And I recognized my father.
00:22:35Stealing through his own garden like a thief.
00:22:43He had a spade in his hand.
00:22:45And he stopped by the greenhouse where he started to dig.
00:22:51This morning, at daybreak, I, I stole onto the garden and...
00:22:56I found this.
00:23:04A finger.
00:23:06A human finger.
00:23:07Oh, yeah.
00:23:08Bring up Scotland Yard, will you, Watson?
00:23:11Ask them to get hold of Inspector Gregson and tell him to meet us once.
00:23:14It's George Fenwick's house, Kingston.
00:23:16Operator, get Miss Scotland Yard quick.
00:23:22Where's my father, Norris?
00:23:23He's still in the library, miss.
00:23:25Thank you. We'll see him right away.
00:23:26Will you come with me, please?
00:23:27I got your message, Mr. Holmes.
00:23:29Yes, indeed.
00:23:34Dad, may I come in?
00:23:38Dad.
00:23:40It's funny.
00:23:43He doesn't answer.
00:23:45Do you mind?
00:23:46Please do.
00:23:50Watson, quick.
00:23:51Come along, my dear.
00:23:52No, no, no.
00:23:53Take charge to Miss Fenwick, please.
00:23:54Please come along with me.
00:24:02Come along.
00:24:04Yes.
00:24:07What do you make of it, Doctor?
00:24:09Shot in the back, between the second and third ribs.
00:24:11The bullet undoubtedly penetrated the heart.
00:24:14Look at the powder marks on his coat.
00:24:16I was afraid of this.
00:24:17What do you mean?
00:24:18Don't you remember the man in the cab
00:24:20who followed Miss Fenwick to Baker Street?
00:24:21Well, you don't think he had anything to do with it, do you?
00:24:23I think it's reasonable to assume that he tipped off someone
00:24:25that I'd been sent for.
00:24:27Sir George has obviously been murdered to keep him from telling me what he knew.
00:24:31What was the weapon used?
00:24:33Small caliber revolver, point-blank range by the look of the wound.
00:24:37The murderer came in through those French windows.
00:24:40The mud from the garden he brought in on his boots.
00:24:43Sir George must have surprised the intruder.
00:24:46Passed the room to him here.
00:24:48Hmm.
00:24:50It follows we can't tell.
00:24:51But from the location of the wound,
00:24:53I'd say that he turned his back for a moment.
00:24:55And as he turned,
00:24:57the muzzle of the revolver was placed between his ribs
00:24:59and one muffled shot fired.
00:25:01Then you mean to say he kept on going?
00:25:02Even after he was shot?
00:25:04There's no doubt about it.
00:25:05Look there.
00:25:07The trail of blood leads us back to the desk.
00:25:10There's something Sir George was after.
00:25:15Something.
00:25:16I know.
00:25:17He was trying to summon help, Poacher.
00:25:19I don't think so, Watson.
00:25:20There's the bell pulled by the fireplace.
00:25:23No.
00:25:24You'll notice from the trail of blood
00:25:25that Sir George made straight for this desk here.
00:25:28I wonder.
00:25:29There was something he was desperately anxious to get.
00:25:33Hello.
00:25:35His right hand's clenched.
00:25:36That's perfectly natural.
00:25:38Death agony.
00:25:39The left hand lies open.
00:25:41Why only one hand clenched in the death agony, thee?
00:25:44The right hand, the hand nearest the desk.
00:25:46Please note that.
00:25:48If Sir George took something off this desk,
00:25:51something so important
00:25:52that he spilled his last drop of blood to get it,
00:25:55I want to know what it is.
00:26:09It's nothing but an ordinary match folder.
00:26:12Where does that lead us?
00:26:15I imagine to something very important, Gregson.
00:26:18This match folder's from Pembroke House.
00:26:19Why shouldn't it be?
00:26:21He was there, you know.
00:26:23We saw him yesterday.
00:26:24Yes, but the effort he made after he was shot
00:26:26to get hold of this match folder.
00:26:29It's just possible that he wanted someone
00:26:32to remember Pembroke House.
00:26:35You may have wished to recall it to someone
00:26:37who saw it there.
00:26:38Someone who, like ourselves, saw him with a woman.
00:26:42You may have wished to recall it.
00:26:48You may have wished to recall it.
00:26:48You may have wished to recall it.
00:26:50You may have wished to recall it.
00:26:53You may have wished to recall it.
00:26:59Come in.
00:27:01Oh, Dr. Watson, this came by hand for Mr. Holmes,
00:27:04not ten minutes ago.
00:27:06Thank you, Mrs. Hudson.
00:27:09That would be the report from Mr. George's bank.
00:27:12The report from Mr. George?
00:27:14Oh, really?
00:27:15Don't you remember his daughter told us
00:27:16that he'd just closed his account?
00:27:18Had he looked into it once.
00:27:24Hmm.
00:27:25He drew out his entire balance in cash,
00:27:28nearly 10,000 pounds, yesterday,
00:27:31just after that young woman was murdered.
00:27:33What does that suggest to you, Watson?
00:27:35Well, he paid it out to someone.
00:27:36Precisely.
00:27:37I smell the faint, sweet odour of blackmail.
00:27:40You don't think he paid it out to someone
00:27:42who saw him murder the McLean woman?
00:27:43Sir George never murdered anyone.
00:27:45But he did have that woman's finger,
00:27:46and he emptily did have a lot of,
00:27:48and pay out a lot of cash.
00:27:49That's the terrifying part about blackmail, Watson.
00:27:52The victim is afraid to fight the accusation
00:27:54no matter how false.
00:27:55Once the accusation is made,
00:27:58his name is smeared,
00:28:00and sometimes his life is ruined.
00:28:03Well, Sir George didn't commit these murders.
00:28:05What fiend did?
00:28:07I rather think they're not the work of any one man.
00:28:10Oh, come, Holmes.
00:28:11You don't expect me to believe
00:28:12there's a whole organization going about killing people
00:28:15and chopping off their fingers.
00:28:17Oh, it's possible, quite possible.
00:28:19Well, whoever's behind all this thing
00:28:21must be out of his mind.
00:28:22On the contrary, my dear fellow.
00:28:24If my assumptions are correct,
00:28:25this little scheme has behind it
00:28:27the most brilliant and ruthless intellect
00:28:29the world has ever known.
00:28:30You don't mean Professor Moriarty.
00:28:32I do.
00:28:33Oh, steady, Holmes.
00:28:34You've got him on the brain.
00:28:35This is a third time in as many months
00:28:36you've suspected him of unsolved crimes.
00:28:39He's dead, you know.
00:28:40Is he?
00:28:40Is he?
00:28:41You know he is.
00:28:42He was hanged in Montevideo all over a year ago.
00:28:45I know that someone was hanged in Montevideo
00:28:46under that name.
00:28:48But I'll stake my reputation
00:28:49that Moriarty is alive
00:28:51and here, now in London.
00:28:58Hello?
00:28:59Yes, Mr. Watson.
00:29:00Wait a minute.
00:29:01Who, me?
00:29:05Hello, yes.
00:29:06This is Dr. Watson speaking.
00:29:08No, no, I'm afraid I've retired.
00:29:10I don't practice anymore.
00:29:12What?
00:29:14Oh, that's a different thing.
00:29:16An emergency case.
00:29:18Where?
00:29:19Just a minute.
00:29:22Yes?
00:29:23Yes, well, see it?
00:29:24She's not moved.
00:29:25Remember that?
00:29:26Don't touch her till I get there.
00:29:30Fractured case in the cardinal's mews.
00:29:32Heavy woman.
00:29:33Fourteen stone.
00:29:36Look at that.
00:29:39Fourteen stone.
00:29:41Just the sort of person
00:29:42who would hoist herself up on a stool
00:29:44to feed the canary.
00:29:46There ought to be a law against fat people
00:29:48keeping little dicky birds
00:29:49keeping little dicky birds
00:29:49Well, so long, old man.
00:29:52It's not going to be very long.
00:29:53I haven't used that bag
00:29:55since I brought little Amelia.
00:29:56What's her name in the world?
00:29:58She grew up to be
00:29:59a very unattractive child.
00:30:00Well, who wouldn't
00:30:00with a name like Amelia?
00:30:01What Amelia?
00:30:03Amelia.
00:30:05Amelia.
00:30:19What?
00:30:20People are so stupid about it too.
00:30:50What?
00:31:17Oh, Professor Mariatti.
00:31:19Not that I wish to appear inquisitive.
00:31:22Not to what am I indebted
00:31:23for the pleasure of this visit.
00:31:25Scotland Yard will be interested.
00:31:27It's very convenient for me
00:31:28to have Scotland Yard
00:31:30think that I'm still dead in Montevideo.
00:31:33I never dreamed of fooling you.
00:31:36The thought occurs to me, Mr. Holmes,
00:31:38that there are some advantages
00:31:40in living within the law.
00:31:44You're very comfortably fixed here, aren't you?
00:31:48I don't know.
00:31:48As I get on in life,
00:31:50the little comforts
00:31:52appeal to me more and more.
00:31:54Oh, I beg your pardon.
00:31:56Won't you sit down?
00:32:14And now, Professor Mariatti.
00:32:15What can I do for you?
00:32:16Everything that I have to say to you
00:32:18has already crossed your mind.
00:32:21And my answer is no doubt crossed yours.
00:32:23Yes, final.
00:32:25What do you think?
00:32:27I shall not rest until you are hanged
00:32:30for the finger murders.
00:32:32You have no proof, you know.
00:32:38You want to have a shred.
00:32:40But I have you.
00:32:42I could turn you over to the police
00:32:43here and now.
00:32:45You could.
00:32:46But if you did,
00:32:47you'd never see Dr. Watson again.
00:32:50Oh, the telephone call.
00:32:52Quite.
00:32:53I rather assumed you had taken
00:32:55some such precaution.
00:32:57Or I should have snatched up a revolver
00:33:00and indulged in a fit of heroics
00:33:02when you came in.
00:33:03Very smart, aren't you?
00:33:07Not smart enough.
00:33:08Or I should have anticipated you.
00:33:10But,
00:33:12if any harm comes to Dr. Watson,
00:33:14I shall seek you out.
00:33:15I shall not rest until I find you.
00:33:17And when I do...
00:33:18No harm will come to Dr. Watson this time.
00:33:21But I can't answer for the future.
00:33:23Mr. Holmes,
00:33:24I should strongly advise you to drop this case.
00:33:27Don't be silly.
00:33:28Think it over.
00:33:30We've had many encounters in the past.
00:33:32You hope to place me on the gallows.
00:33:34I tell you,
00:33:35I shall never stand up on the gallows.
00:33:37But,
00:33:39if you are instrumental in any way
00:33:41in bringing about my destruction,
00:33:42you will not be alive
00:33:44to enjoy your satisfaction.
00:33:46And we shall walk together
00:33:47through the gates of eternity,
00:33:48hand in hand.
00:33:49What a charming picture that would make.
00:33:50Yes, wouldn't it?
00:33:51Now I really think it might be worth it.
00:34:00Shoelaces, Governor.
00:34:01Tons of pay.
00:34:02And strong enough to end yourself.
00:34:04How many more times
00:34:05since I tell you
00:34:05I don't want your filthy shoelaces
00:34:07or your company?
00:34:10Shoelaces, Governor.
00:34:11Last is impertinence.
00:34:12Run along, my good man.
00:34:13Or I'll give you in charge.
00:34:14Shoelaces, Governor.
00:34:20Shoelaces, Governor.
00:34:22Oh, thank you.
00:34:22Help a poor bloke.
00:34:23What's only got one arm?
00:34:25Any luck with Mr. Holmes?
00:34:27You can read his obituary
00:34:28in tomorrow's papers.
00:34:41Oh, there you are, Watson.
00:34:42Come in.
00:34:43I was, uh...
00:34:45just going out to look for you.
00:34:47Look for me?
00:34:47What for?
00:34:49Suppose you don't think
00:34:49I know my way about.
00:34:50Well, you're right, I don't.
00:34:52Blast all practical jokers anyhow.
00:34:54Know where I've been?
00:34:55On a wild goose chase.
00:34:57Exactly.
00:34:58There's no such number in McArdle's muse.
00:35:00Some fool's idea of a joke.
00:35:03Did you, uh...
00:35:05Did you see anyone?
00:35:06No, nobody especially.
00:35:08Only a whining old idiot selling boot laces.
00:35:10He was persistent, Becker, wasn't he?
00:35:12Stuck to you like grim death.
00:35:13How do you know?
00:35:15And finally I left you for someone who looked like better pickings.
00:35:19Someone, my dear Watson, was Professor Moriarty himself.
00:35:22What?
00:35:22He's just called on me.
00:35:24Moriarty here and you let him go?
00:35:25But you must be out of your mind.
00:35:27Why?
00:35:28Well, he bluffed me into believing that he was holding a friend of mine as hostage.
00:35:31Friend of yours who?
00:35:32Oh, nobody very important.
00:35:33Just a fat lazy fellow.
00:35:34Medical man, I believe.
00:35:35Medical man?
00:35:36Do I know him?
00:35:36Yes, I think you do.
00:35:37A fellow by the name of Watson.
00:35:39Watson, Watson, never heard...
00:35:41Who?
00:35:41Me?
00:35:42I'm afraid so, old fellow.
00:35:44You're a street hawker's job.
00:35:47Was to do away with you in a certain contingency.
00:35:51And you let Moriarty go?
00:35:53Because of me?
00:35:54I had no choice.
00:35:55I can't afford to lose you, old fellow.
00:35:57Well, that's very decent of the old chap, I must say, but...
00:36:01Well, I wish you'd nabbed him.
00:36:04We shall, never fear.
00:36:06I know the motive for the finger murders.
00:36:08All I have to find out now is the method used with the blackmail victims.
00:36:12Method?
00:36:12Yes.
00:36:14How does Moriarty get them to the scene of the crime?
00:36:17How does he plant those severed fingers on them?
00:36:20And how does he scare them into believing that, uh...
00:36:24They may have committed those atrocious murders themselves?
00:36:29Curious.
00:36:35Very curious.
00:36:38What's curious?
00:36:38Curious?
00:36:39What's curious?
00:36:41That window in the empty house across the street.
00:36:47First floor front.
00:36:49What?
00:36:50What's wrong with it?
00:36:51It's open.
00:36:52Why shouldn't it be open?
00:36:54Well, it wasn't open half an hour ago.
00:36:56I'll stake my life on that.
00:36:57Well, that's not our business.
00:36:58Let it stay open.
00:37:01I, uh...
00:37:02I wonder if you'll go over, old fellow, and see what's the matter.
00:37:04Oh, trespassing.
00:37:06It's against the law.
00:37:07Very well.
00:37:08I'll go myself.
00:37:08Oh, well, if you're gonna put it like that.
00:37:11Ridiculous waste of time.
00:37:12Going about shutting windows at this hour of the night.
00:37:14Yeah, you'd better take this torch.
00:37:16Well, take what?
00:37:18Dignified job for a doctor.
00:37:19Dr. Watson, the torch bearer.
00:37:21And what do you propose to do?
00:37:22Sit in a comfortable chair, I suppose, and read a good book.
00:37:24That's a very good idea.
00:37:25Yeah, it's a very good idea.
00:37:26While I play night watchman, you have a nice read.
00:37:30Mm-hmm.
00:37:30Good night.
00:37:31Have a good time.
00:37:31Have a good time.
00:37:32What do you mean?
00:37:32Have a good time.
00:37:47Oh, don't do really.
00:37:53Krishna.
00:37:58What on earth is this for?
00:38:01Who?
00:38:02I'm Beristair.
00:38:04Hmm.
00:38:05Pretty little thing to keep about the house.
00:38:07Hmm.
00:38:08Must have been a pet.
00:38:09Hmm.
00:38:26For my mum.
00:38:36Look.
00:38:41Oh, that's it.
00:38:43Oh, rat.
00:38:44Rubber.
00:38:46This was really all.
00:38:50Come on.
00:38:51Let's go.
00:38:51Come on.
00:38:53Come on.
00:38:54Come on.
00:38:55Come on.
00:38:56Come on.
00:39:06Well, he sits comfortably reading a book.
00:39:41He killed Holmes! He killed Sherlock!
00:39:45Watson.
00:39:46You? But I saw him shoot you a second ago!
00:39:49Not me, my dear fellow. Merely the bust of Julius Caesar.
00:39:52Incidentally, you may have noticed that, uh, all through the ages,
00:39:55prominent men have been killed by the young man.
00:40:03I'm afraid we're in for terrible trouble again with Mrs. Hudson.
00:40:06Windows smashed. Plaster all over the floor.
00:40:09Get up, you.
00:40:14Corporal Williams, Middlesex Regiment.
00:40:17Discharge from the Army is physically unfit.
00:40:20Papers seem in order.
00:40:26Now, Corporal Williams, you've seen service in the Far East, haven't you?
00:40:31The East?
00:40:33I thought so. Look at his complexion, Watson.
00:40:35Yellow as saffron. He's been taking atabrine.
00:40:38Cure for malaria. Sniper, aren't you?
00:40:42Sniper.
00:40:45Why did you try to kill me?
00:40:48I had to kill him.
00:40:51I had to.
00:40:52Oh, snap out of it.
00:40:53Stop it, Watson.
00:40:54He's shamming.
00:40:55No, he isn't.
00:40:57Who told you to kill me?
00:41:00She told me.
00:41:01She told you?
00:41:03She told me I couldn't miss.
00:41:07Well, luckily you did miss, you murderer.
00:41:09He isn't a murderer, Watson.
00:41:12Listen, Corporal Williams.
00:41:15She told you you had to do it, didn't she?
00:41:20I had to do it.
00:41:21I've got it, Watson. I've got it.
00:41:23Got what?
00:41:23The meth I'd used in the finger murders.
00:41:25Well, what is it?
00:41:27Hypnotism, my dear fellow. Hypnotism.
00:41:31It wasn't against his nature. That's the devilish part of it.
00:41:34They picked a man for their purpose whose job was sniping.
00:41:38Who are they?
00:41:39Professor Moriarty and his finger murderers.
00:41:41Williams spoke of a woman.
00:41:44I think you will find that she asked him home tonight for a drink.
00:41:48Nice quiet rooms.
00:41:50Soft lights, music.
00:41:52He's got it all packed, Mr. Holmes.
00:41:54What's the lady look like?
00:41:56Oh, uh...
00:41:57Up 30.
00:41:58Nice figure.
00:41:59Blonde.
00:42:00Lustrous eyes.
00:42:01Oh, really?
00:42:01Got her phone number?
00:42:04Oh, sir.
00:42:07Williams will give us her address.
00:42:10Look after him, Gregson.
00:42:11Don't let anyone come near him.
00:42:14He's our key witness in the finger murders.
00:42:16Well, I hope you're guessing right, Mr. Holmes.
00:42:19Get up, Williams.
00:42:23Now...
00:42:24Go with Inspector Gregson anywhere he tells you.
00:42:26Come on.
00:42:31Here.
00:42:33Ring me as soon as he comes to himself, will you?
00:42:35I will.
00:42:36Good night, gentlemen.
00:42:37Good night.
00:42:40Well, if you believe that fellow Williams was hypnotized,
00:42:43I suppose you think Sir George Fenwick was hypnotized too.
00:42:45Yes, I'm quite sure of it.
00:42:46Have a cup of tea.
00:42:47Thanks, old boy.
00:42:48Nothing to eat.
00:42:49Well, why didn't these people make Sir George do the murder himself?
00:42:52Because they didn't want to get him hanged.
00:42:56They, uh...
00:42:57They wanted to blackmail him.
00:42:58Well, who do you think the actual murderer is?
00:43:01What a Moriarty's gang.
00:43:03A diabolically simple technique.
00:43:06Kill a woman.
00:43:07Yes, yes, yes.
00:43:08But...
00:43:08Why cut off the fingers?
00:43:10My dear fellow, don't you understand?
00:43:12The severed finger is what links the blackmail victim to the murderer.
00:43:15He wakes.
00:43:17Finds the grizzly thing in his pocket.
00:43:19Doesn't know how he got there.
00:43:20He's no idea that he's been hypnotized.
00:43:22For all he knows,
00:43:24he may have committed the atrocious crime
00:43:26during some dreadful lapse of sanity.
00:43:30In that state when he's utterly demoralized,
00:43:32the blackmailers take over.
00:43:34Is that it?
00:43:34Undoubtedly.
00:43:35You see, they swear that they saw him commit the murder.
00:43:37And, being human,
00:43:38the victim will pay anything rather than stand trial on a charge
00:43:41that will make his very name loathsome.
00:43:43Oh, it all fits in if you believe in hypnotism.
00:43:47The only possible explanation.
00:43:48You think the hypnotist is that woman with the blonde hair,
00:43:53the lustrous eyes,
00:43:54the woman you invented?
00:43:56I didn't invent her.
00:43:57I saw her.
00:43:59What are you talking about?
00:44:00That woman, my dear Watson,
00:44:04was with Sir George when he left Pembroke House.
00:44:07I saw her there.
00:44:08I shall see her again.
00:44:09And Williams will lead me to her.
00:44:11That's why it's so important to keep him safe.
00:44:13He will identify her.
00:44:20Hello?
00:44:21Yes?
00:44:22Inspector Gregson?
00:44:26What?
00:44:28I'll get every constable in the district.
00:44:30Yes, I'll be over at once.
00:44:32What's happened, Holmes?
00:44:33Williams is missing.
00:44:34Great Scott!
00:44:35Come on.
00:44:40Laurie crashed into Gregson's car.
00:44:42During the confusion, Williams disappeared.
00:44:44Escaped her?
00:44:45No.
00:44:46Kidnapped.
00:44:46To keep him from talking when he came to.
00:44:48You don't think that Moriarty...
00:44:49Moriarty?
00:44:50Anything is possible.
00:44:57Williams!
00:44:58Dead.
00:44:59You see?
00:45:01Anything is possible.
00:45:26Good morning, Professor Moriarty.
00:45:29You startled me.
00:45:31I'm dressing another Dali.
00:45:33A dear little nurse.
00:45:36Is there anything wrong with your finger?
00:45:40Just a splinter.
00:45:41Nasty thing splinters.
00:45:43Most trying.
00:45:45One can't be too careful.
00:45:47But I'll get it out for you.
00:45:50I have the very instrument to help you.
00:45:56Sharp enough to split a hair.
00:45:59Put those tools away until they're needed.
00:46:01But they're not tools, sir.
00:46:03They're instruments.
00:46:04Put them away.
00:46:05Is Lydia in?
00:46:06Yes.
00:46:09But really, you should let me...
00:46:13Get dressed.
00:46:15Holmes and Watson just left Baker Street for the Mesmer Club.
00:46:18Mesmer Club?
00:46:19The meeting place of all the top hypnotists in London.
00:46:22Do you suppose that Mr. Holmes is on to our method?
00:46:25If he suspects, it's merely a suspicion.
00:46:29It's our business to see that it ends there.
00:46:32I hope you're right.
00:46:33Williams passed away before he could talk, remember?
00:46:37What do you want me to do?
00:46:39Go to the Mesmer Club, meet Holmes, and induce him to come back here.
00:46:45Isn't that a bit dangerous?
00:46:47Every meeting with Sherlock Holmes is potentially dangerous.
00:46:52However, you say he didn't see your face at Pembroke House.
00:46:55And how would you suggest I get Mr. Holmes to accompany me here?
00:47:00Kidnap him?
00:47:01Oh, no.
00:47:03Holmes has one weakness, his insatiable curiosity.
00:47:06If you can arouse that, you can lead him anywhere.
00:47:09It's up to you to take advantage of any opportunity that may arise.
00:47:14This way, please, gentlemen.
00:47:16I'll tell Dr. Onslow that you're here.
00:47:20This is the Mesmer Club.
00:47:23If you ask me, hypnotism's a lot of mumbo jumbo.
00:47:26Oh, come now, Watson.
00:47:28As a medical man, you must admit that hypnotism has its place in modern science.
00:47:31That may be.
00:47:32But 90% of hypnotists are crooks of the worst kind.
00:47:35Nothing more than a lot of charlatans exploiting weak-willed morons.
00:47:39Ah.
00:47:39Dr. Onslow, I believe.
00:47:41Happy to meet you, Mr. Holmes.
00:47:42Your brother Mycroft suggested I might be of help to you.
00:47:46He's a valued member of our little group of charlatans and crooks.
00:47:50I beg your pardon, sir.
00:47:52I didn't know you were listening.
00:47:53Behind the curtain.
00:47:54My friend, Dr. Watson.
00:47:55Ah, delighted.
00:47:56I do, sir.
00:47:56I wonder now.
00:47:57You see, we're in the midst of a little experimental session at this very moment.
00:48:01If you'd, uh, care to join us.
00:48:04Oh, certainly, certainly.
00:48:05I'd be very instructive.
00:48:06Oh, well, will you follow me?
00:48:10In treating his patients.
00:48:12But today, the therapeutic value of hypnotism, as we now call it,
00:48:17is conceded by innumerable physicians.
00:48:20Especially is of value in surgical cases
00:48:23where the administration of local or of general anaesthetic is inadvisable.
00:48:28Inadvisable poppycock.
00:48:30Who's that?
00:48:30For the sake of latecomers, I may say
00:48:33that I have placed this subject under profound hypnosis.
00:48:37In this condition, he can feel no pain,
00:48:39even under applications which normally would be excruciating.
00:48:43Excruciating?
00:48:44Will you excuse me, please?
00:48:48Carter, you're having a peaceful sleep.
00:48:51You feel nothing.
00:48:52Your arms and your hands are without sensation.
00:48:57Mowbray, the long needle.
00:49:05Carter, give me your right hand.
00:49:16As you observe, the needle has been thrust completely through the subject's hand.
00:49:21No feeling, no pain.
00:49:23This lack of feeling is the one infallible test of profound hypnosis.
00:49:28Nonsense.
00:49:29The fellow's full of drugs.
00:49:31Well, isn't he?
00:49:32Definitely not, doctor.
00:49:38Wake up, Carter. Wake up.
00:49:40You feel well and rested, remember.
00:49:42No pain anywhere.
00:49:43Wake up, wake up.
00:49:48I say, when are you going to begin?
00:49:50All through, Carter.
00:49:50Stand up.
00:49:55This way, sir.
00:49:58And, uh, are these all the people that come here?
00:50:00Oh, no, no, no.
00:50:01Others keep dropping in all the time.
00:50:03I suppose it's all right for those who believe in it.
00:50:05But, of course, I'm a professional man myself.
00:50:07Then you don't believe in hypnotism, Dr. Watson.
00:50:10Oh, I don't deny that there are certain types of hysterical feeble-minded people
00:50:14who go under a few point of finger at them.
00:50:16But anyone with a, with an ounce of character.
00:50:20How right you are.
00:50:21You see right through our little artifices, don't you, doctor?
00:50:25Right through, my dear sir.
00:50:26Right through.
00:50:27Right, sir.
00:50:28But with the feeble-minded, as you say...
00:50:32Excuse us, Mr. Holmes.
00:50:33Oh, certainly.
00:50:34Step over here, won't you?
00:50:35Certainly, sir.
00:50:36Anything to oblige?
00:50:37Let me show you how easily we charlatans take advantage of them.
00:50:43Now, sit down, doctor.
00:50:48Now, we set a thing like this in motion.
00:50:54It's wonderful, the attraction.
00:50:57On the feeble-minded, of course.
00:51:00The continuous motion,
00:51:03if they just let themselves follow it.
00:51:06Of course, you could stare at it till doona's day, doctor Watson.
00:51:11With no effect at all.
00:51:14Still, it might make you a little drowsy.
00:51:20Like the white ribbon of road at night when you're driving.
00:51:24The rhythm is smooth, unbroken.
00:51:31And the road goes on and on.
00:51:35Round and round.
00:51:37Always the same.
00:51:39Winding and winding.
00:51:42And you're drowsy.
00:51:45You're tired.
00:51:46Let the road come into you, as it were.
00:51:51The long road.
00:51:54The smooth road.
00:51:56The road to sleep.
00:52:00Sleep.
00:52:09Open your eyes.
00:52:11Stand up.
00:52:16Turn around.
00:52:19And now, doctor Watson, you're on a holiday in Scotland.
00:52:24The country is amazingly beautiful.
00:52:27We're coming to a stream.
00:52:30It isn't deep.
00:52:33Better take your shoes and socks off.
00:52:47Roll up your trouser.
00:52:54That will do.
00:52:55The other leg is waterproof.
00:52:58Turn around.
00:53:00Mind the pebbles.
00:53:07Sit down.
00:53:13Wake up now.
00:53:21There you are.
00:53:22You see?
00:53:22What did I tell you?
00:53:23It didn't work with me.
00:53:24Why?
00:53:24Nobody with an ounce of carri...
00:53:32I think you'll need these.
00:53:41Watson, she's here.
00:53:43The woman you're looking for?
00:53:45Yes, I'm going to meet her.
00:53:46Perhaps I can induce her to take me to Moriarty.
00:53:48Do you think it's wise, Holmes?
00:53:50It may not be wise, but it's essential.
00:53:52After all, I've held me on with Moriarty in the past.
00:53:54But isn't it dangerous?
00:53:55She might be a hypnotist.
00:53:56My will isn't stronger than hers.
00:53:58I deserve to be hypnotized.
00:53:59Shh.
00:54:00I feel I must protest, Dr. Onslow.
00:54:02I was told this was a gathering of serious students of a great science.
00:54:05And I find myself in a company of buffoons.
00:54:08Oh, my dear madam.
00:54:09Elliotson, Esdell, Braid.
00:54:10Were those men martyrs for the truth?
00:54:12That you may laugh over your childish cruel tricks?
00:54:15I must say I'm in complete agreement with you, madam.
00:54:16This was most unnecessary performance, Dr. Onslow.
00:54:19I beg your pardon, sir.
00:54:21My name is Holmes, Sherlock Holmes.
00:54:23At your service, madam.
00:54:24Thank you, Mr. Holmes.
00:54:26I'm afraid I've created a rather embarrassing situation.
00:54:29But you see, I'm interested in the serious study of hypnotism.
00:54:31So am I too.
00:54:33Perhaps we have something in common, Mr. Holmes.
00:54:35Perhaps we have.
00:54:36Do you join me for a cocktail at Pembroke House?
00:54:37I should be delighted.
00:54:39Good.
00:54:56I didn't know there was such a pleasant place in London.
00:54:58It was so nice of you to suggest our coming here.
00:55:01I thought a little pick-me-up would do us good.
00:55:02You mean you thought I looked...
00:55:05I like the way you look.
00:55:10I suppose I did lose my head a little at the Mesmer Club.
00:55:13But you see, hypnotism is almost a religion with me.
00:55:17I know so well what it can do to help and heal.
00:55:20And I can't bear to see it used for trivial purposes.
00:55:23I know very little about it.
00:55:24That's why I went to the Mesmer Club.
00:55:26You see, I'm rather puzzled just now with the case that I'm working on.
00:55:29How fascinating.
00:55:30Tell me about it.
00:55:30It's the murder of Sir George Fenwick.
00:55:33Fenwick?
00:55:34Who is he?
00:55:36Quite a well-known figure.
00:55:38Odd now I come to think of it.
00:55:40Last time I saw Sir George, he was here at Pembroke House.
00:55:44Strange.
00:55:45Yes, isn't it?
00:55:46He was sitting...
00:55:49I believe he was sitting at this very table.
00:55:52Cigarette?
00:55:54Thanks.
00:55:54Do go on.
00:55:56There was a charming lady with him.
00:55:57He was...
00:55:59He was lighting a cigarette.
00:56:07Charming.
00:56:07Did you see her face?
00:56:09No, Westlake.
00:56:11Merely her back.
00:56:13How unenterprising of you.
00:56:15Yes, wasn't it?
00:56:17I'm afraid I'm getting a little older.
00:56:18I shouldn't say so.
00:56:20That's nice of you.
00:56:21Still, the first time in my life I've got hold of a case that's beyond me.
00:56:25I'm actually losing sleep over it.
00:56:28You know, Mr. Holmes, I believe I could help you.
00:56:31Really?
00:56:32I should be very grateful.
00:56:33You're amused.
00:56:35Oh, nearly skeptical.
00:56:37How would you go about it?
00:56:39I've used hypnotism more than once in healing.
00:56:42Not for profit.
00:56:43I'm not a professional.
00:56:45But I do think I could help you.
00:56:47If you'd care to...
00:56:49I can't think of a pleasant experience.
00:57:08Low lights, music, is that all there is to it?
00:57:10You must relax, Mr. Holmes.
00:57:12I'm afraid you're a rather difficult subject.
00:57:17So, I thought, perhaps, a little help.
00:57:22Materia medica might be advisable.
00:57:24Drugs?
00:57:30No, I'd rather not, if you don't mind.
00:57:32As a matter of fact, I'd rather not myself.
00:57:35But Schrenk-Natzin, he practiced in Munich, you know.
00:57:37Believed at the best means for difficult subjects.
00:57:40Do you mind?
00:57:42Well, as a matter of fact, I don't approve of sedatives.
00:57:45Just as you wish.
00:57:46We don't have to go on with this at all, you know.
00:57:49Wait a minute.
00:57:52Wait a minute.
00:57:57All right.
00:57:58I'll take a chance.
00:57:59It's really quite harmless.
00:58:02What is it?
00:58:03Cannabis japonica, an oriental soporific.
00:58:05You need water.
00:58:20You need water.
00:58:25Sit down, Mr. Holmes.
00:58:31You'll feel yourself growing drowsy.
00:58:34Don't fight it.
00:58:36Give in to it.
00:58:36Give in to it.
00:58:38Because you do want to sleep, you know.
00:58:42Just fix your eyes on this one white flower floating on the water.
00:58:51Empty your mind of every other thought.
00:58:55Follow the motion of the water.
00:58:58So smooth, not a ripple.
00:59:03Waters of forgetfulness.
00:59:08Steady.
00:59:10Deep.
00:59:14Strong.
00:59:17Strange, isn't it?
00:59:19How the light is reflected.
00:59:22Little specks of light that move and move.
00:59:32It's restful here.
00:59:36It's peaceful.
00:59:41It's friendly.
00:59:44And you're very close to finding what you're looking for.
00:59:48You'll find them soon now.
00:59:51The guilty ones.
00:59:55When you're rested.
00:59:58Gentle waters closing over you.
01:00:03Steady.
01:00:05Deep.
01:00:08Strong.
01:00:11Down.
01:00:12Drawing you down.
01:00:15Down.
01:00:19Down.
01:00:30Down.
01:00:33Down.
01:00:35Down.
01:00:37Dark blinker.
01:00:37two-teaches...
01:00:39Meet the light of the horizon.
01:00:39Sleep.
01:00:39Sleep.
01:01:31Here he is, Professor Moriarty.
01:01:36Stand up, Mr. Holmes.
01:01:42Open your eyes.
01:01:46Face this way.
01:01:52Are you satisfied?
01:01:55We are dealing with a clever man.
01:01:57He may be shamming.
01:01:59There's just one infallible test for profound hypnosis.
01:02:04Are you ready, Dr. Simnel?
01:02:17That will do, Doctor.
01:02:19He couldn't fake insensibility to the knife.
01:02:23I congratulate you, Lydia.
01:02:26Turn around, Mr. Holmes.
01:02:30Now walk to the desk.
01:02:39Sit down.
01:02:41Take that pen.
01:02:43Write what I tell you to write.
01:02:45I have at last found a case which I cannot solve.
01:02:54I have outlived my usefulness.
01:03:00Therefore, I have decided to end my life.
01:03:08Sign your name.
01:03:13Now blot it.
01:03:20Fold it up.
01:03:23And put it in your pocket.
01:03:26Come, Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
01:03:30Go out onto the terrace.
01:03:34But it won't look like suicide, sir.
01:03:36I'm sorry, but Mr. Holmes' injuries must all be self-inflicted.
01:03:42Let's walk a little, Mr. Holmes.
01:03:45It's so pleasant here in the garden.
01:03:52Just step up here onto the terrace.
01:03:55It's a nice, broad terrace.
01:04:00Now turn to the left.
01:04:01Walk slowly to the end of the terrace.
01:04:18Don't stop.
01:04:19You must walk to the end, you know.
01:04:25The end leads to an open doorway.
01:04:27You can pass through it in perfect safety.
01:04:30In the room beyond the doorway,
01:04:31you'll find what you've been looking for.
01:04:34Must you drag this on?
01:04:35This is the moment I've been anticipating for a long time, my dear.
01:04:39Go on, Mr. Holmes.
01:04:46Through the open doorway, you will find the man
01:04:48responsible for the finger murders
01:04:50and the death of Sir George Fenwick.
01:04:54Professor Moriarty.
01:04:55Holmes!
01:04:58Stand still.
01:05:00What a beautiful view, Watson. I'm quite enjoying it.
01:05:03No, you're not. You're hypnotized.
01:05:05You're under a spell.
01:05:07Stand still. Don't move.
01:05:09Steady, Holmes. Steady does it.
01:05:10Stand perfectly still where you are.
01:05:12Nonsense, Watson.
01:05:13You don't know what you're doing.
01:05:15Of course I know what I'm doing.
01:05:16You mean you're not hypnotized?
01:05:17Certainly not.
01:05:18Then get off the wall, you idiot.
01:05:20Look out! Holmes!
01:05:23Dear fellow.
01:05:24What were you doing up there?
01:05:25Holding the fort until you arrived. What kept you?
01:05:28Oh, I ran into a spot of trouble on my way to Scotland Yard.
01:05:31I was arrested for exceeding the speed limit.
01:05:34Your luck seems to hold, Mr. Holmes.
01:05:36I'd hardly call it luck, Professor.
01:05:38You see, I substituted a drug of my own
01:05:39for the one that this dear lady pressed on me.
01:05:42You are clever, aren't you?
01:05:44A drug that, although it leaves the subject conscious,
01:05:47renders him quite insensitive to pain.
01:05:48That accounted for my lack of reaction to Dr. Simrel's knife.
01:05:53Well, Gregson, quite an impressive haul.
01:05:55Even Inspector Lestral himself couldn't have done any better.
01:05:58Thanks, Mr. Holmes.
01:05:59Take him away.
01:05:59All right. Put her in the van.
01:06:03I was right, Mr. Holmes.
01:06:05You are a difficult subject.
01:06:11And now, Professor,
01:06:13our score is settled.
01:06:15What if, why, until I see you on the gallows,
01:06:17the rope has not been made that'll go around my head.
01:06:19Come on.
01:06:20Come on.
01:06:34I'll take care of things, Mr. Holmes.
01:06:36Thank you, Inspector.
01:06:37Come on.
01:06:39An evil man, Holmes, but what a horrible death.
01:06:43Better than he deserved.
01:06:46What are you thinking of?
01:06:48I'm thinking of all the women who can come and go in safety
01:06:50in the streets of London tonight.
01:06:54The stars keep watching their heavens.
01:06:57And in our own little way, we too, old friend.
01:07:00A privilege to watch over our city.
01:07:18A privilege to watch over our city.
01:07:19Thank you, Mr. Holmes.
01:07:19Thank you, Mr. Holmes.
01:07:24You and someone coming together.
01:07:25Oedo, what a horrible death.
01:07:26Go in the mud, come on.
01:07:28The Schritte...
01:07:28The non-lady...
01:07:28The one that I'm writing in the end.
01:07:29Of course, we'll be the same.
01:07:29The one that I do make it.
01:07:30A good day.
01:07:33The only thing that I do make it.
01:07:34Be a dangerous.
01:07:35The only thing that I do make it.
01:07:35I do make it.
01:07:37Go in.
01:07:43And you do make it.
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