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Captain Drummond becomes a prisoner when he intends to protect a beautiful heiress of an espionage organization.
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00:01:34I tell you, sir, you can't make it. The fog's so thick down here you can slice it.
00:01:38But I can't float around in this soup like an oyster. Catch off those flares, will you?
00:01:43Looks awfully bad.
00:01:45He can't make it.
00:01:45Is he gonna try it? Well, he's crazy if he does.
00:01:48He's crazy, all right.
00:01:49I disagree with you, sir. But he'll try it anyhow.
00:01:56He can't cut his way through this.
00:01:58He cut his way through the Borneo jungle to rescue Timmons, didn't he?
00:02:00That's not a London fog.
00:02:04You haven't a chance, sir, even with flares.
00:02:07Will you please touch them off?
00:02:09You'll crack up, sir.
00:02:11Flares or no flares, I'm coming down.
00:02:18He's coming down. Touch him off.
00:02:20Touch off your fears, boys.
00:02:21Right here, right there, will you?
00:02:23Touch him off, fellas.
00:02:25Here you are. Get on the right side.
00:02:29Touch him off his own there, will you?
00:02:38Touch him off his own there, will you?
00:03:03Captain Drummond, sir.
00:03:03Hello, Jenks. Take care of my ship, will you?
00:03:05Right here, horsey.
00:03:06No, there's nothing to declare. You can check.
00:03:07Very good, sir.
00:03:08Hello, sir.
00:03:08Tanny, how are you? London again?
00:03:10Good to see you, sir.
00:03:11Where's my car?
00:03:11Over there, sir.
00:03:12Good. Now, get a taxi and take my bags home to Rockingham Lodge.
00:03:15I'll be along later.
00:03:16Captain Drummond!
00:03:16Just one.
00:03:17Wait a minute, sir.
00:03:18Captain Drummond, can't I just...
00:03:20Oh, please, sorry, boys. We're in a great hurry.
00:03:21Just a couple of questions.
00:03:22Oh, no.
00:03:23See me tomorrow.
00:03:24Come on.
00:03:24Have you given one smile to the front page, old boy?
00:03:26Come on.
00:03:27There you are.
00:03:31Is he always like that?
00:03:33Captain Drummond is a very dynamic person, sir.
00:03:36What's all the excitement?
00:03:37You think it was a matter of life and death?
00:03:39It is rather like that, sir.
00:03:40He has a friend in the hospital.
00:03:47How is he?
00:03:48He'll pull through.
00:03:49It's all right if I see him?
00:03:50I think so.
00:03:55Come in.
00:04:01What's the matter, Algie?
00:04:04Hugh, Hugh.
00:04:05What is it, Algie?
00:04:06Gwen.
00:04:07Yes, yes.
00:04:08Yes.
00:04:09Yes, you see, I...
00:04:12Well, we...
00:04:15I'm going to become a father.
00:04:19No.
00:04:21Yes.
00:04:22Well, just buck up, old fellow.
00:04:24Buck up.
00:04:25Millions of fathers have pulled through this.
00:04:26Millions of them.
00:04:27It's all so strange.
00:04:29I know, I know.
00:04:31It isn't as if I'd been a father before.
00:04:34This is my very first.
00:04:36I thought I'd like to have you around, you know, just for old time's sake.
00:04:41Oh, of course, old boy.
00:04:42One for all, all for one.
00:04:44Here, Damon and Pythia.
00:04:46Yes, that's right.
00:04:50Hello?
00:04:51Who?
00:04:53Colonel Nielsen.
00:04:54It's Colonel Nielsen for me.
00:04:56Yes, I know.
00:04:57I told him you were coming.
00:04:58Oh, that's how I knew.
00:05:00Ah, Inspector.
00:05:02Now, look here, Master Hughie Drummond.
00:05:04I've known you for ten years.
00:05:06And for ten years, I have pleaded with you not to call me Inspector.
00:05:10Right you are, Colonel.
00:05:11It'll never happen again.
00:05:13And what might you be doing in England?
00:05:15Well, what are you up to this time?
00:05:17Well, Colonel, fatherhood is a sacred institution and...
00:05:21Fatherhood?
00:05:22But you're not married.
00:05:24No, but Algy is.
00:05:25Is it a crime that I come home to help him have his baby?
00:05:28No, no, no.
00:05:29Of course not.
00:05:30But you'll find a crime or invent one before the night's over.
00:05:35Oh, I want to see you.
00:05:37Oh, never mind about what.
00:05:39You'll find out when you get down here.
00:05:41No, no, no.
00:05:42At your place, at Rockingham Lodge.
00:05:44Right you are, Colonel.
00:05:51I'm in London less than an hour, Algy.
00:05:53And Commissioner Nielsen wants to see me.
00:05:57Well, now that you're going to pull through, all right.
00:06:00Let us consider why he might want to see me.
00:06:04A difficult crime he wants us to solve, perhaps.
00:06:08That's it, Algy.
00:06:09By Jove, I'll wager that's it.
00:06:11Let's go.
00:06:12Oh, but you.
00:06:12Oh, imagine it, Algy.
00:06:13Just imagine.
00:06:14You and I together again, as always.
00:06:17Oh, I can see us now.
00:06:19Faring forth into the fog-drenched night.
00:06:22Finding adventure.
00:06:23New thrills for this bored and jaded mind.
00:06:26Come on.
00:06:27Oh, but you.
00:06:28Come on, Harry.
00:06:28We haven't a moment to lose this 40 miles.
00:06:30But, Hugh, I'm about to become a father.
00:06:33Oh.
00:06:33Oh, yes, I've forgotten.
00:06:35Of course, if I thought there was any danger.
00:06:37What?
00:06:37Dessert when duty calls?
00:06:39No.
00:06:40Your place is here.
00:06:43Now, old friend, goodbye.
00:06:46But, Hugh.
00:06:47No, Algy.
00:06:48Stay here.
00:06:49Have your baby.
00:06:50Oh, give my love to Gwen, won't you?
00:06:54She'll see you through.
00:07:21Are you all right?
00:07:41Help!
00:07:43Help!
00:07:44Help!
00:07:45Help!
00:07:46Help!
00:07:48Help!
00:07:53Let's go.
00:08:30Let's go.
00:08:53Let's go.
00:09:45Let's go.
00:09:47Hurry, will you?
00:09:57Captain Drummond.
00:09:58Where did you find my car?
00:09:59In a ditch a few miles down the road.
00:10:00I was riding in a taxi to Rockingham Lodge.
00:10:02Yes, yes.
00:10:03Did you find the handkerchief?
00:10:04Handkerchief?
00:10:05Yes, Tanny.
00:10:05A daintily perfumed one it should be, belonging to a young lady.
00:10:08Do you understand?
00:10:08No, I'm afraid I don't, sir.
00:10:09Then I must explain.
00:10:11Young ladies who borrow cars on lonely roads always leave perfumed handkerchiefs.
00:10:15Really, sir?
00:10:15Yes, usually with initials.
00:10:18How very interesting, sir.
00:10:28I beg your pardon, sir?
00:10:30Spirit of the night, Tanny.
00:10:33Does it portend, sir?
00:10:34Tanny, it portends, it portends.
00:10:37And the initials, sir?
00:10:39Strangely absent, none at all, according to the book.
00:10:42Would it be quite proper, sir, for the initials to appear up in the young lady's bag?
00:10:46Oh, occasionally, but not quite in harmony with the best authorities.
00:10:49And probably the young lady's an amateur of this sort of thing.
00:10:52But here they are.
00:10:53P.C., if I'm not mistaken.
00:10:58And you're not mistaken.
00:11:00P.C. they appear to be, and P.C. they are.
00:11:04Now, Tanny, give me a girl's name.
00:11:06A romantic name to fit these uninspiring initials.
00:11:10Would Miss Clavering do so?
00:11:13Excellent, Tanny.
00:11:15It sounds as if it belongs to her.
00:11:17Oh, it does belong to her, sir.
00:11:18And there is a Miss Clavering.
00:11:20Miss Phyllis Clavering, residing at Greystone Manor's arm.
00:11:25It begins, Tanny.
00:11:26It's taking form.
00:11:28It builds.
00:11:30It grows, you see.
00:11:32I'm afraid I do, sir.
00:11:34Ah.
00:11:39And who else resides at Greystone Manor?
00:11:41Now, let me see.
00:11:43Two gentlemen, I believe, sir.
00:11:45Two gentlemen?
00:11:46Yes, sir.
00:11:47Well, who are they?
00:11:48What do they do?
00:11:49Where do they come from?
00:11:49Where are they going?
00:11:50Regarding those things, sir, I regretfully admit ignorance.
00:11:55Complete ignorance?
00:11:56Complete, sir.
00:11:57Yet you knew the young lady's name.
00:11:59Her cards were in the bag, sir.
00:12:01Oh, I see.
00:12:02There were cards in the bag.
00:12:03Yes, sir.
00:12:04Conveniently informing you, I suppose, that the young lady lived at Greystone.
00:12:07Oh, no, sir.
00:12:08A few weeks ago, a letter addressed to Miss Clavering arrived at Brockingham Lodge by mistake, sir.
00:12:14And you delivered it?
00:12:15Yes, sir.
00:12:16In person?
00:12:17Yes, sir.
00:12:18To Miss Clavering?
00:12:19No, sir.
00:12:21Then to whom, Tanny?
00:12:22To whom?
00:12:23Do I have to cross-examine you every time I want to find out something?
00:12:26It helps, sir.
00:12:28Very well.
00:12:29To whom?
00:12:30To one of the gentlemen, sir.
00:12:32The one with the beard.
00:12:34Ha-ha!
00:12:35A big old pardon?
00:12:36I said, ha-ha!
00:12:39Quite so, sir.
00:12:40And this was at Greystone Manor?
00:12:42Yes, sir.
00:12:43Then something tells me, Tanny, we're going to pay a visit to Greystone.
00:12:46Oui, sir?
00:12:48Aye.
00:12:50Quite so, sir.
00:13:13Good evening, sir.
00:13:20Whom do you wish to see, sir?
00:13:21Oh, would you inform Miss Clavering, Miss Phyllis Clavering, that Captain Drummond is here?
00:13:25Sir, will you wait for the drawing room, please?
00:13:50Captain Drummond?
00:13:53Yes, sir.
00:13:54I'm Captain Drummond.
00:13:55Permit me to introduce myself.
00:13:58I'm Norman Merridew.
00:13:59We're neighbors, I understand.
00:14:01Well, Rockingham Lodge and Greystone Manor, friends.
00:14:04Ah.
00:14:05Yeah.
00:14:05Will you join me?
00:14:08You, uh, wanted to see Miss Clavering?
00:14:10Ah, yes.
00:14:12I came to return her bag.
00:14:16Found on the road, perhaps?
00:14:18No.
00:14:19As a matter of fact, in my car.
00:14:22Oh.
00:14:23Oh, I see.
00:14:24Then it was your car Miss Clavering used.
00:14:26Yes.
00:14:27Yes.
00:14:28Yes.
00:14:31Yes.
00:14:39Yes.
00:14:46Oh, Phyllis, dear.
00:14:53This is Captain Drummond.
00:14:55How do you do?
00:14:57He's brought your bag.
00:14:59Oh.
00:15:01Yes, sir.
00:15:01I believe you'll find everything there.
00:15:13You're very kind, Captain Drummond.
00:15:16Oh, my pleasure, I assure you.
00:15:19That is all, my dear.
00:15:23Then you'll excuse me.
00:15:25Surely.
00:15:43You're puzzled.
00:15:45Definitely.
00:15:48An explanation is in order, Captain.
00:15:54An hour ago, Miss Clavering appropriated your car
00:15:57and attempted to proceed to London.
00:15:59An extraordinary incident, I admit.
00:16:00But when I explain that she is suffering
00:16:04from a persecution complex,
00:16:05I think you'll understand.
00:16:07And you were the persecutor?
00:16:09For the moment, she believes that I am responsible
00:16:11for her brother's death.
00:16:13And she also believes that I am plotting
00:16:17to steal her inheritance.
00:16:21Are you?
00:16:24Miss Clavering's inheritance is safely invested
00:16:27in war loans.
00:16:28Series D, to be exact.
00:16:29I have some.
00:16:30They're very good, too.
00:16:31Yes, an excellent investment.
00:16:33Mr. Meridoux, you mentioned a brother.
00:16:36Yes, poor chap.
00:16:37He was accidentally killed
00:16:38while we were hunting several weeks ago.
00:16:41Then Miss Clavering, perhaps,
00:16:42is a relative of yours?
00:16:43Oh, no.
00:16:44Daughter of an old friend,
00:16:45a very dear friend who died several years ago.
00:16:48Deep grief accounts for her state of mind
00:16:50and is the explanation of our presence
00:16:51here in Greystone.
00:16:52Oh, I see.
00:16:53Ah, Mrs. Selden, my sister.
00:16:55How do you do?
00:16:56Professor Stanton, this is Captain Drummond.
00:16:58How do you do?
00:16:59Happy to meet you, Captain.
00:17:00Professor Stanton is a psychiatrist.
00:17:02He is confident that a few months in the country
00:17:03will see Miss Clavering herself again.
00:17:06Unquestionably.
00:17:07I see.
00:17:07Of course, Captain,
00:17:08I may count on you to treat the matter
00:17:09with confidence.
00:17:10Gossip has an ugly way of spreading,
00:17:12even in the country.
00:17:13Yes, I think I understand.
00:17:14Well, good night.
00:17:15And thank you so much.
00:17:16And thank you, Mr. Meridoux.
00:17:18Good night.
00:17:19Good night.
00:17:19Good night.
00:17:20Good night.
00:18:00Did you put a note in Captain Drummond's hat?
00:18:18No.
00:18:19Don't lie.
00:18:19I didn't.
00:18:23What did you have in this bag when you left here?
00:18:25Nothing.
00:18:26What was it you hoped that Captain Drummond had found?
00:18:28Nothing, I tell you.
00:18:29Nothing.
00:18:32Kenton.
00:18:52What was it you said?
00:19:01Mr. Meridoux.
00:19:28Is that you, Drummond?
00:19:30Ah, Colonel!
00:19:33Glad to see you.
00:19:36You know, after a trip like I've had, it's a pleasure to come back and find such a smiling countenance.
00:19:40Yes, I know all about that.
00:19:42Now, you've kept me waiting. An hour.
00:19:45Well, I'm awfully sorry, sir, but you see, I...
00:19:47Oh, I know, I know. You were never on time in your life.
00:19:50Well, now that you've made yourself at home, and I'm here, and you're here...
00:19:53Let's begin. Sit down.
00:19:57Hugh, I want you to do something for me.
00:20:01Gladly, sir.
00:20:03Go away.
00:20:04What? You mean leave London?
00:20:07Leave England.
00:20:08But why?
00:20:10Because whenever you come back from having been somewhere, things begin to happen.
00:20:15Oh, is that all you wanted to see me about?
00:20:17Now, as a favor to me, go away. Anywhere. Drive back to Borneo for a couple of weeks. Anywhere. Now,
00:20:26won't you?
00:20:26Oh, but, Commissioner...
00:20:28Now, please. I'm on a vacation. Yes, I want to concentrate upon my golf. You know that slice of mine.
00:20:37Well, I'm determined to get rid of it. Now, like a good fellow, fly that aeroplane of yours back across
00:20:44the channel to Paris.
00:20:47Yes, that's it. Paris. Yes, you like Paris, Hugh. Yes.
00:20:53Colonel, you know, I have a sneaking suspicion that you're dealing from the bottom of the deck.
00:20:59What's that?
00:21:01You're quite certain you're not down here in the big case?
00:21:05Oh, rubbish, rubbish. I'm on a vacation, I tell you. And I don't want it ruined by you.
00:21:10But why should I go away when within two hours of my homecoming...
00:21:14Ah, I knew it. I knew it. Now, I suppose you're going to tell me that you've met a girl.
00:21:21I have met a girl.
00:21:23Oh, yes, yes. And the girl's in distress, I suppose.
00:21:27She is in distress.
00:21:29Ah, yes. And you are going to rescue her from some bearded villain, eh?
00:21:34Colonel, he is bearded.
00:21:40What's this? Where'd you get this?
00:21:43Are you asking me to believe that this girl you've met is imprisoned at Greystone Manor?
00:21:49That is exactly what I'm asking you to believe.
00:21:52Ten minutes ago, I saw...
00:21:54Yes, well, never mind what you saw. Where's this envelope?
00:21:56Oh, it wasn't there.
00:21:57Wasn't where?
00:21:58In my car.
00:22:00Oh, my hat, you are an adult pate.
00:22:05Now, look here, Hugh, there's nothing wrong at Greystone Manor.
00:22:09Norman Marriedew is a friend of mine.
00:22:11Well, I've known him for years.
00:22:12Why, he's the only man I can beat at golf.
00:22:15Ha, ha, yes.
00:22:16No, no, he and his sister are doing a fine thing.
00:22:21But, Inspector, don't call me Inspector.
00:22:26This fine thing you speak of, does it concern Miss Clavering?
00:22:32Oh, why in the name of my sainted aunt have you come back to torment me?
00:22:40Well, here, yes, Hugh, it does concern Miss Clavering.
00:22:45And I want you to listen to me.
00:22:48Sit down.
00:23:09I want you to listen to Miss Clavering.
00:23:09I want you to listen to Miss Clavering.
00:23:09I want you to listen to Miss Clavering.
00:23:10I want you to listen to Miss Clavering.
00:23:10I want you to listen to Miss Clavering.
00:23:12I want you to listen to Miss Clavering.
00:23:12I want you to listen to Miss Clavering.
00:23:13I want you to listen to Miss Clavering.
00:23:13I want you to listen to Miss Clavering.
00:23:14I want you to listen to Miss Clavering.
00:23:15I want you to listen to Miss Clavering.
00:23:16I want you to listen to Miss Clavering.
00:23:16I want you to listen to Miss Clavering.
00:23:17I want you to listen to Miss Clavering.
00:23:19I want you to listen to Miss Clavering.
00:23:19I want you to listen to Miss Clavering.
00:23:28Oh, my dear Hugh, if you will only scotch the wheels of your imagination,
00:23:34you may understand that this girl is not responsible for anything she says or does.
00:23:40But, Colonel, I tell you that you're telling me...
00:23:43I'm telling you, Hugh Drummond.
00:23:46Commission, now where's your romance?
00:23:50Romance? That's the trouble with you, my boy.
00:23:53This eternal quest for melodrama and romance.
00:23:56Now, you will do what I ask, won't you?
00:23:59But...
00:24:00No, I won't hear another word about it.
00:24:01No, I'm on a vacation, and I want peace and quiet, Hugh.
00:24:05Please, peace and quiet.
00:24:39It's yours, sir.
00:24:40Is it a boy or a girl?
00:24:41Neither, sir. It's Captain Drummond calling from Rockingham Lodge.
00:24:44Oh, thank you.
00:24:48Hello, Hugh.
00:24:51What's that old fellow?
00:24:54Oh, but I couldn't now.
00:24:55Oh, but, Algie, I'm depending on you.
00:24:58Imagine this.
00:24:59The road to Danmore.
00:25:01Fog, and such a fog, Algie.
00:25:03A dank and dismal dusk on the depressing stretches of dreary Danmore.
00:25:07Quite a few Ds, don't you think?
00:25:10And then, Algie, appearing suddenly from nowhere, like an angel from the clouds, a girl.
00:25:15A beautiful girl.
00:25:17A lovely, ravishing girl.
00:25:19A girl?
00:25:21But, Hugh, you know, tonight's a sort of crisis in my life.
00:25:24You know, it isn't every day that a chap becomes a father.
00:25:27I've just got to be here, don't you think?
00:25:29Or do you?
00:25:31You're right, Algie.
00:25:32Of course you're right.
00:25:33If there's danger to face, I'll face it, alone.
00:25:45Oh, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, hello, operator, operator.
00:25:52Did you ring, sir?
00:25:53Yes, Tanny.
00:25:55That delightful atrocity donated by our aunt's death, he will haunt us no more.
00:25:58May I express approval, sir?
00:26:00You may.
00:26:01Very well, sir.
00:26:02I approve, sir.
00:26:04It's all right, Tanny, it's Algie.
00:26:05He thinks I'm shot.
00:26:06Are you expecting him, Mr. Longworth, sir?
00:26:08Well, if he's the Algie I know, he'll be here.
00:26:10And when he comes, tell him I've gone to Greystone Manor.
00:26:13Very well, sir.
00:26:14He'll need a gun, I dare say.
00:26:15Yes, an excellent idea.
00:26:16Yes, I rather think so, sir.
00:26:19Nurse!
00:26:19Yes, Mr. Longworth?
00:26:20My friend, Mr. Drummond, he's been shot.
00:26:21He needs me.
00:26:22Well, then, why don't you go to him, sir?
00:26:24Well, the baby.
00:26:25Don't you think that I ought to...
00:26:26There's nothing, sir, that you can do for five or six hours.
00:26:28Are you sure?
00:26:29You can take my word for it.
00:26:32Colonel Nielsen is in the drawing room, sir.
00:26:34Right.
00:26:38Captain Drummond.
00:26:39Oh, you've come here to see me concerning the note left in your hat by Miss Clavering.
00:26:44Colonel Nielsen was kind enough to explain.
00:26:46This gentleman has tried to convince me that Miss Clavering's attempt to leave here this afternoon
00:26:50was due to some mental condition.
00:26:53Frankly, without mincing matters, my dear, sir, I don't believe a word of it.
00:26:56I've seen the young lady twice, and she's just as sane as you or I.
00:27:00Do you know what you're saying?
00:27:01I've had this speech very carefully prepared.
00:27:04Now, look here.
00:27:04You listen to me.
00:27:05Colonel, Colonel, one moment, please.
00:27:07You believe Miss Clavering is being held here against her will.
00:27:10You've stated very clearly.
00:27:11And you've come to convince Colonel Nielsen that I am, what shall I say, a scoundrel?
00:27:16A bearded scoundrel.
00:27:17Commissioner, the note you read referred to an envelope addressed to you.
00:27:22Here it is.
00:27:23Here it is.
00:27:24Here it is.
00:27:32Read that.
00:27:39Go on, out loud.
00:27:47Dickory, dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the clock.
00:27:51And when she got there, the cupboard was bare, and saw the poor doggie have none.
00:27:57I warned him not to annoy you, Mary Dew.
00:27:59And my word for it, he won't do it again.
00:28:02Drummond, this has gone beyond a joke.
00:28:04You leave here immediately.
00:28:06And that's an order.
00:28:08Leave here.
00:28:12All right.
00:28:17I suppose I should be angry, Captain.
00:28:20But you're not.
00:28:21I quite understand the romantic interest which you so chivalrously display.
00:28:25On the other hand, youth is impetuous and sometimes foolhardy.
00:28:31So reading between the lines, I should mind my own business.
00:28:35Virtues of such a course have undeniable advantages.
00:28:39Yes, I dare say.
00:28:41I dare say.
00:28:43Well, au revoir.
00:28:45You too, pickle face.
00:29:20IScott, princess, Grundy.
00:29:21My gentleman who has done it for me.
00:29:21Let's play.
00:29:22Let's play.
00:29:24Iожет to play.
00:29:25My tooth.
00:29:25Myarios, yeah.
00:29:26Nish.
00:29:32I horazy rich.
00:29:32You know, I thought.
00:30:03Miss Clavering. Phyllis.
00:30:05Who's that?
00:30:07I loaned you my car tonight. Remember?
00:30:10Captain Drummond.
00:30:18Please, please, go away. If they find you here...
00:30:21Your genial host believes I've gone.
00:30:24And besides, you're all downstairs discussing golf sticks with Colonel Nielsen.
00:30:29You know Colonel Nielsen? You gave him the envelope?
00:30:31He threatened to draw and quarter me.
00:30:33Why? Didn't you read what was in it?
00:30:36Well, the envelope contained an assortment of Mother Goose rhymes.
00:30:42Oh. Then someone must have...
00:30:44Substituted them for what you wrote.
00:30:47That's the only way it could have happened.
00:30:50Ah. Now, let's get to the bottom of this, shall we?
00:30:56Who was it they murdered tonight on the moor?
00:31:02Saunders. The chauffeur.
00:31:04He was helping me escape.
00:31:06You're being held here against your will. Isn't that it?
00:31:09Why?
00:31:11Well, I...
00:31:12I don't know exactly.
00:31:14And yet, in a way, I do.
00:31:16You see, um...
00:31:18My brother...
00:31:21It does sound a bit queer, doesn't it?
00:31:23Well, a little mixed, shall we say.
00:31:27Do you think I'm crazy?
00:31:32Well, if you are, I'd rather like it.
00:31:35Well, and until his death, two months ago.
00:31:38Ted...
00:31:39That was my brother.
00:31:40He was Mr. Meridue's secretary.
00:31:42How did Ted die?
00:31:44He was shot during a hunt.
00:31:46You think it was an accident?
00:31:49No.
00:31:50Meridue murdered him in cold blood.
00:31:52Why?
00:31:54I don't know.
00:31:58What was in those papers you were so anxious for Colonel Nielsen to see?
00:32:01I don't know that either.
00:32:03But if you wrote them?
00:32:04But I didn't.
00:32:05Ted wrote them weeks ago.
00:32:06Well, if he sent them to you, you must know what was in them.
00:32:09He didn't send them to me.
00:32:10I found them in the garden.
00:32:11The envelope had come apart.
00:32:13And the writing was so blurred and so covered in mud that I couldn't read most of it.
00:32:18Anyway, what could you make out? Anything?
00:32:21Well, there was, um...
00:32:23an astounding discovery concerning Major Meridue.
00:32:26And two whole pages of numbers.
00:32:29A series of numbers, it seemed to me.
00:32:35After Ted died, Mr. Meridue sent for me.
00:32:39He's an old friend of my father's.
00:32:41He asked a lot of strange questions.
00:32:44I guess my answers must have made him believe that I knew what Ted had written.
00:32:48Because I've been a prisoner here ever since.
00:32:50But I told you, Mr. Longworth, Captain Drummond left just a few moments ago.
00:32:54But wasn't that his...
00:32:56Oh, I see.
00:32:57He's gone, you say?
00:32:59Yes, Mr. Longworth.
00:33:01Oh, thank you, yes.
00:33:02The fogs that this way are very similar to the fogs in London, aren't they?
00:33:05Quite similar, sir.
00:33:06Yes.
00:33:11Have you seen anything unusual?
00:33:13No.
00:33:14No, I haven't.
00:33:16But sometimes at night there are the most peculiar noises.
00:33:20Like something shrieking.
00:33:22Then the lights go down.
00:33:23And up.
00:33:24Then it'll stop.
00:33:25And start all over again.
00:33:29Shhh, someone's coming.
00:33:30Go, please.
00:33:41Please.
00:33:42Are you comfortable, dear?
00:33:44I'm all right.
00:33:45And have you taken your medicine?
00:33:47Remember what Professor Stanton told you, dear.
00:33:51To find your way back to health and happiness, you must do exactly as he says.
00:33:56You try and get a quiet, comfortable night.
00:33:58And don't let those dreadful imaginings upset you again.
00:34:02I'll be in my room, dear.
00:34:03If you want anything, just call me.
00:34:26You see a friend of yours?
00:34:33Stiles!
00:34:38What happened?
00:34:39Why, Captain Drummond.
00:34:40Captain Drummond?
00:34:41What was he doing?
00:34:42I don't know, sir.
00:34:43Before I could say anything, he and the other gentleman.
00:34:46What other gentleman?
00:34:46Mr. Longwood, sir.
00:34:47They sat upon me.
00:34:49That's all I can remember.
00:34:50Ma'am, that's enough.
00:34:52Drummond!
00:34:54Drummond!
00:35:01So there you have Phyllis's story.
00:35:03Exciting, isn't it?
00:35:05But it could have happened, Algie.
00:35:06It could have happened.
00:35:07I don't know.
00:35:08If you're considering her as a possible mother for your children, I'd be awfully careful, old boy.
00:35:12When Gwen and I...
00:35:13Wait a minute.
00:35:15I have an idea.
00:35:16Oh.
00:35:18Hugh, if you don't...
00:35:19Don't interrupt me, please.
00:35:22But Hugh...
00:35:23Quiet!
00:35:25I'm sorry, old boy, but you've just got to excuse me.
00:35:28Huh?
00:35:29What?
00:35:30Where are you going?
00:35:32I'll be right back.
00:36:09I'll be right back.
00:36:10Beautiful technique, sir.
00:36:11Oh, thank you, Tenny.
00:36:12If I'm not mistaken, sir, the gentleman has, er, laid his egg.
00:36:17Well, that's biologically impractical, but quite expressive.
00:36:19I'd rather like it, sir.
00:36:23Now, if this had been a bullet.
00:36:25Bullet.
00:36:26That's it, Tenny.
00:36:27Bullet.
00:36:29Lock him up in the hall cupboard.
00:36:32Algie!
00:36:34Algie!
00:36:36Algie!
00:36:39What are you doing?
00:36:40Come on, I've got it.
00:36:41Wait a minute, old boy.
00:36:45How do you do, sir?
00:36:48What game are we playing?
00:36:50Oh, come on.
00:36:54You're certain, are you, that this is the bullet that killed Ted Clavering?
00:36:56Oh, yes, sir.
00:36:57That was Exhibit A.
00:36:59Very good, Constable.
00:37:00I'll...
00:37:00I'll forward a recommendation for your promotion.
00:37:02Oh, thank you, Commissioner Newton.
00:37:04It's all right.
00:37:05Good night, sir.
00:37:05Good night.
00:37:06I say, old boy, do you mind if you'll use your firm?
00:37:08Come on.
00:37:08Come on.
00:37:09Oh, dear, dear, dear.
00:37:41Now, constable, I'm in a hurry.
00:37:43Hang on a minute, dearie.
00:37:46Yes, sir?
00:37:46I'm Commissioner Nielsen.
00:37:49You're Commissioner Nielsen?
00:37:50Yes, of Scotland Yard.
00:37:52I want you to send two of your men, or go yourself, to Rockingham Lodge
00:37:56and see that Captain Drummond, Captain Hugh Drummond,
00:37:59remains there until I let...
00:38:00Wait a minute.
00:38:02You say that you're Commissioner Nielsen of Scotland Yard?
00:38:04Certainly.
00:38:05Well, how about your credentials?
00:38:08My credentials? Why, what do you mean?
00:38:09Well, I think I know Commissioner Nielsen, I do.
00:38:12And you, not him, you ain't.
00:38:13I'm not, I...
00:38:14Why, the Commissioner was here himself just now,
00:38:18and impersonating an officer is a very serious offence.
00:38:21You might have to cool off in a cell, you might.
00:38:24What, what do you mean?
00:38:25Hey, Elf! Elf, come here a minute.
00:38:27I don't like it, I tell you, I want to get away from here.
00:38:29When all we need is two more weeks, we're staying.
00:38:31If we got rid of the girl in the first place, none of this would have happened.
00:38:34All right, all right, I was wrong.
00:38:36We can't do away with her now. Nielsen isn't a fool.
00:38:38He believes she's ill. You can tell him she can't leave her room.
00:38:49You have to kill her.
00:38:50Drummond.
00:38:52Good night.
00:39:00I'll tender this.
00:39:01It isn't against the law to shoot a prowler,
00:39:04and if the prowler happens to be Drummond.
00:39:07That's our good fortune.
00:39:35Oh, dear, dear, dear, dear, dear.
00:39:39Hospital.
00:39:40Hospital.
00:39:41Hospital.
00:39:43Hospital, are you there?
00:39:45Are you there?
00:39:47Oh.
00:39:49Terry, where are you?
00:39:50Hospital?
00:39:51This is Mr. Longworth speaking.
00:39:53Yes, and I'm about to...
00:39:56Well, that is, I'm going to have a...
00:39:58I say, old girl, is my baby born?
00:40:01Oh, yes, you're the father of...
00:40:03Hello.
00:40:05Operator.
00:40:05Oh, I've been cut off.
00:40:08You.
00:40:09I'm the father.
00:40:10Nice work.
00:40:10How do you feel?
00:40:11Oh, I feel all right.
00:40:12Yes, hello.
00:40:13Hello.
00:40:14Operator.
00:40:14Operator.
00:40:17Algie.
00:40:19I have it.
00:40:20Why, Christopher, I have it.
00:40:22Huh?
00:40:23Now.
00:40:25Our friend, the constable, supplied this bullet, which killed Ted Clavering.
00:40:29Our friend, the dummy, supplied this one, which Meridue attended for me.
00:40:32Yes.
00:40:33Hello.
00:40:33Now.
00:40:37Hello, operator.
00:40:40Look at the rifling on these two.
00:40:42Identical, are they not?
00:40:43Very pretty.
00:40:45Operator.
00:40:50Visitors, Algie.
00:40:52Visitors.
00:41:00Hello, operator.
00:41:02Oh, inspector.
00:41:02You're just the man I wanted to see.
00:41:04Yes.
00:41:04And you ought to be shot for this night's work, young Huey Drummond.
00:41:07Impersonating an officer.
00:41:08Oh, they're under arrest.
00:41:09You too, Longworth.
00:41:10Oh, but I say, Colonel, I've just become...
00:41:11Be quiet.
00:41:12Well, what are you going to say for yourself?
00:41:13Colonel, six weeks ago, one Ted Clavering died with a bullet in his heart.
00:41:16Tonight, fired from the same gun, the same gun, Mark, you, another bullet sped into the heart of a defenseless
00:41:21dummy.
00:41:21A dummy?
00:41:22A dummy, Colonel, upon which I performed an autopsy.
00:41:25And you found what?
00:41:26In its cork and excelsior heart, the bullet intended for me.
00:41:29Ah, pity it missed.
00:41:30And I suppose you'll be asking me to believe that the gun that fired these identical bullets belongs to Mr.
00:41:36Meridue.
00:41:36It does belong to him, Colonel.
00:41:39Yes, and I've told you before that I've known Meridue for years.
00:41:43But, Colonel, it takes only one false move to make an honest man a crook.
00:41:46Yeah.
00:41:47Have you got those bullets?
00:41:48In there, sir.
00:41:49Open the door.
00:41:51Excuse me.
00:41:51Hello, operator.
00:41:52Operator.
00:41:53And now, Colonel, if you'll just follow me.
00:42:01Well?
00:42:03Where are they?
00:42:19Well?
00:42:21Well?
00:42:22They're gone.
00:42:23Yeah.
00:42:24They're gone.
00:42:25And you're under arrest.
00:42:26Wait a moment.
00:42:27I know.
00:42:29Well?
00:42:35Well?
00:42:38That butler we captured, he must have escaped and...
00:42:43Butler?
00:42:43What butler?
00:42:44Stiles of Greystone Manor.
00:42:47While we were out there, he must have come in here.
00:42:49Do you expect me to believe all this?
00:42:52First you insult my friends.
00:42:54Then you impersonate me.
00:42:56Then you expect me to swallow a lot of mildewed melodrama about autopsies on dummies, identical bullets, disappearing butlers, murdered
00:43:06chauffeurs, and young girls who write nursery rhymes.
00:43:10Oh, Colonel!
00:43:11Oh.
00:43:12Greystone Manor, please.
00:43:13But, Commissioner!
00:43:14Oh, I'm here to enjoy a holiday, and I mean to enjoy it.
00:43:17Shall I, sir?
00:43:18Yes.
00:43:19Yes.
00:43:19Oh, Inspector, please.
00:43:21And you and your man remain here.
00:43:23They won't get away from us, they won't, sir.
00:43:25But, Colonel, I've just become a father.
00:43:27Oh, there's nothing so extraordinary in that.
00:43:29Is that you, Mary Dew?
00:43:30Yes.
00:43:31This is Nielsen.
00:43:32I'm a Drummond's.
00:43:33Yes.
00:43:34Well, at the moment, I have him handcuffed and under guard.
00:43:36And he's going to stay there for the next two weeks.
00:43:39Yes.
00:43:40Yes.
00:43:40We play golf tomorrow?
00:43:42Yes.
00:43:43That'll be very nice, yes.
00:43:45You didn't have your usual good luck.
00:43:47It's all right.
00:43:48Nielsen's got him locked up.
00:43:49Yes, but will they keep him locked up?
00:43:52I'll have a couple of men down from the yard to take them up to London.
00:43:56You hear that, Master Huey Drummond?
00:43:57And for two weeks, while you are languishing behind prison bars,
00:44:02I shall be playing golf.
00:44:05Who am I?
00:44:08Hugh!
00:44:08What did he say?
00:44:09Nothing.
00:44:10Nothing at all.
00:44:11Would you gentlemen mind if I called my man?
00:44:14I'd like a scotch and soda.
00:44:15Well, sir, I don't know as I...
00:44:17Tenny!
00:44:19Tenny!
00:44:19He must be out, sir.
00:44:21He must.
00:44:22That's a colossal deduction, Higgins.
00:44:24As you say, he must be out.
00:44:32Tenny!
00:44:35It became necessary for me to leave rather unexpectedly, sir.
00:44:41I'm very sorry, sir.
00:44:44Will your friends join you, sir?
00:44:46An excellent idea, Tenny.
00:44:48I rather like it.
00:44:50What say, Constable?
00:44:51Will you join us?
00:44:51Well, now, sir, it don't seem exactly right, it don't.
00:44:54You know, drinking with you after arresting you, sir.
00:44:56Now, does it all?
00:44:57Well, I can't recall anything in the book of rules or regulations.
00:45:00Splendid, Alf.
00:45:01Of course you can't.
00:45:02Come, come, Constable.
00:45:03Well, I don't know as...
00:45:05Oh, while we're quaffing these convivial cups, we'll allow bygones to be bygones.
00:45:09Eh, Higgins?
00:45:09All right, you are, sir.
00:45:11It's all in the line of duty, it is, sir, and no odd feelings, I hope.
00:45:15No, no odd feelings.
00:45:17Good.
00:45:20An inspired idea, Tenny.
00:45:21A harmless drink, sir, but quite effective.
00:45:24Now, after Stiles escaped, you followed him?
00:45:26Yes, sir.
00:45:27And this pursuit led you to?
00:45:29The stone wall surrounding Greystone Manor, sir.
00:45:32At this stone wall, he saw me.
00:45:34And I blackened both his eyes, sir.
00:45:37He caught me off my guard once.
00:45:39Was that all that happened?
00:45:41No, sir, he disappeared.
00:45:43Into thin air?
00:45:44No, sir, into the stone wall, I believe.
00:45:47Into the stone wall?
00:45:50You see, sir, when the gentleman's...
00:45:54Fist made contact.
00:45:55There were a number of shooting stars.
00:45:58Long ones.
00:45:59Something in the nature of comets, sir.
00:46:01And during this astronomical display,
00:46:05a portion of the wall seemed to open.
00:46:08And Stiles...
00:46:09Disappeared into that opening.
00:46:10That was my impression, sir.
00:46:12Good.
00:46:12Now, do you think you'll find the same spot again?
00:46:14If I must.
00:46:16Come on, Alfie.
00:46:17No, but I...
00:46:18The telephone is so long.
00:46:20Come along.
00:46:24I don't need it, I tell you.
00:46:26I won't take it.
00:46:27Professor Stanton knows what's best for you, dear.
00:46:38There.
00:46:39Good night, my dear.
00:46:43Good night.
00:46:43Good night.
00:47:01This place?
00:47:02I stood here and Stiles stood there, sir.
00:47:03The wall seemed to open up.
00:47:04Directly behind you, sir.
00:47:06In here?
00:47:06In there, sir.
00:47:07Say, did I tell you...
00:47:09Oh, central time, sir.
00:47:10Aha.
00:47:11You've solved the mystery, sir?
00:47:12Yes, Tenny.
00:47:13There seems to be a gate.
00:47:13That would explain everything, wouldn't it?
00:47:15It would.
00:47:16And unromantically enough,
00:47:17we won't even have to force an entrance.
00:47:18Come on.
00:47:18But you...
00:47:19I've got to...
00:47:21After you, sir.
00:47:22Oh.
00:47:31That, Alfie, is Phyllis's room.
00:47:32Yes, but it seems to be barred.
00:47:34As a matter of fact, it is barred.
00:47:35But the one below it is not.
00:47:38Well, if I only had a...
00:47:39Would this serve the purpose, sir?
00:47:41It would.
00:47:42I brought it from the car, just in case.
00:47:44A great idea, Tenny.
00:47:45I rather like it, sir.
00:47:46But I say you.
00:47:48After all, I'm a family man now, you know.
00:47:49And Gwen would be...
00:47:50Shh.
00:47:50That's over.
00:47:52You and Tenny wait here.
00:48:26Shh.
00:48:26What was that?
00:48:29What was that?
00:49:28What's the matter with you?
00:49:30I heard something I tell you.
00:49:31There's someone moving about.
00:49:33Come on, we can't be at this all night.
00:49:37There's someone moving about.
00:50:12I'm coming.
00:50:18Phyllis.
00:50:20Phyllis!
00:50:28Phyllis.
00:50:29Phyllis.
00:50:30Phyllis.
00:50:41Phyllis.
00:50:45Phyllis.
00:50:45Phyllis.
00:51:04Phyllis.
00:51:15Phyllis.
00:51:20Phyllis.
00:51:20Phyllis.
00:51:20Phyllis.
00:51:21Phyllis.
00:51:46Phyllis.
00:52:02Phyllis.
00:52:14Phyllis.
00:52:27Phyllis.
00:52:28Phyllis.
00:52:29Phyllis.
00:52:44Phyllis.
00:52:55Phyllis.
00:52:59Phyllis.
00:53:11Phyllis.
00:53:24Be seated.
00:53:44Dust.
00:53:45Dust of the ages, my dear.
00:53:48Alive with the romantic past of these ancient walls.
00:53:52And sneezes, too.
00:53:53Yes.
00:53:55I suppose this beehive of industrious skullduggery
00:53:58will eventually quiet down.
00:53:59Then we can get out of here.
00:54:09Seems to come from below.
00:54:13It does come from below.
00:54:16Yes.
00:54:18But don't you think we're talking too much?
00:54:20That's a very wise remark.
00:54:23But before we settle down to wait,
00:54:25may I ask just one simple question?
00:54:28If it doesn't take too long an answer.
00:54:30Oh, it doesn't.
00:54:34Do you cook?
00:54:38No.
00:54:39No?
00:54:39No.
00:54:42Oh, that's too bad.
00:54:45Well, we will now meditate.
00:54:47About what?
00:54:50This.
00:54:58Was everything all right upstairs?
00:55:00Everything is locked, if that's what you mean.
00:55:02But the window in the library wasn't.
00:55:04There's somebody in this house.
00:55:06What?
00:55:12What is that?
00:55:18Who's in there?
00:55:20Come out or I'll shoot.
00:55:31Open it up.
00:55:36There's a key on the other side.
00:55:37Well, push it out.
00:55:38What are you waiting for?
00:56:00Open that chest.
00:56:07Oh, hello.
00:56:08Good evening.
00:56:09Get up, Drummond.
00:56:10Keep your hands above your head.
00:56:14I'm awfully sorry, old chap, but I can't make it.
00:56:17Would you mind if Pickleface gave me a lift?
00:56:20Help him.
00:56:22No tricks.
00:56:23No tricks.
00:56:25I could use a good one.
00:56:26Take his gun.
00:56:26And there, my friend, I have you because I haven't a gun.
00:56:29Then you're very careless, Captain Drummond.
00:56:31No gun.
00:56:32Straight ahead.
00:56:37To your left.
00:56:54I thought I heard something.
00:56:55Now you're doing it.
00:56:56It's straight ahead.
00:57:11That'll be far enough.
00:57:18Aha.
00:57:19Tricks.
00:57:20In there.
00:57:45I see.
00:57:50Another trip to Snowdon's Marsh.
00:57:52Yes.
00:57:53It leaves no incriminating evidence.
00:58:04and when does this interesting event take place there's no time like the present
00:58:12no noise you follow me perfectly professor stanton might use his pop gun and he is an excellent shot
00:58:29yes oh colonel nielsen yes mary you has captain drummond been there again i know colonel we
00:58:36haven't seen him here no it isn't necessary that we have a guard i'm sure he won't bother us again
00:58:44yes colonel oh thank you so much good night
00:58:53all right drummond surely not now why not well my man and mr longworth both know i'm here and you
00:58:59must account for me that's for us to worry about if you don't mind but i do you're fond of
00:59:06your
00:59:06attractive sister i don't see what that has to do with the situation suppose i tell you she's not
00:59:13in graystone what i'd say you're a liar suppose you look
00:59:23tell mrs selden to come here at once
00:59:33hello hello give me colonel nielsen's place yes we hope hurry please
01:00:04come out of there
01:00:13may i sit thank you and lower my hands you're courageous drummond and you're very versatile
01:00:22murder kidnapping and counterfeiting
01:00:28series d you're the warlord aren't they if you say so a very clever idea putting all miss
01:00:35clavings inheritance into these fakes these counterfeit bonds you've been making
01:00:38uh get rid of them by all means because that's the sort of evidence that shut up
01:00:43all right oh no you won't you won't shoot me because i happen to be the only one who knows
01:00:48where
01:00:58your charming sister is
01:00:59hello hello we were disconnected ring colonel nielsen's again
01:01:08then ring the police station hurry please let me out of here let me out of here quite a strenuous
01:01:15task
01:01:16tenny miss clavering has an extremely well-developed right rather the channel swimmer type i should say
01:01:23tell me
01:01:25if i ever get my hands on you i'll i'll stretch your eyes out it's a very trying situation tenny
01:01:32you see i've just quite so sir you've just become a father sir and as things are i don't know
01:01:39you don't know what you've become the father of sir it or they might even be quintuplets
01:01:54oh oh it's you is it colonel you longworth of all people are you out of your mind no no
01:02:01you see
01:02:01i uh well that is tenny good evening sir yeah well well he he suggested quintuplets has drummond
01:02:08anything to do with this what's it colonel why he was my best friend yes and he's at married you's
01:02:13i know it go on drive on
01:02:22see what's keeping natalie and stiles
01:02:40nanlet
01:02:45stiles
01:02:52stiles
01:02:52may i
01:03:02awkward situation isn't it married you
01:03:13did you find them stanton drop that gun
01:03:18miss clavering exactly on the count of three i'm going to end an awkward situation and that awkward
01:03:25situation line belongs to me one
01:03:29two
01:03:32and i don't know
01:03:34no
01:03:34i'm sorry
01:03:37the two can play the game
01:03:39where is she drummond
01:03:40yes
01:03:40if you value your life
01:03:42and i assure you i do
01:03:45before my life and miss clavering's freedom
01:03:47i'll bargain with you i don't bargain for the last time
01:04:16i'm sorry
01:04:17My old man had to do it. Glad to see you again here, old boy.
01:04:24Operator. Now this man, I demand that you...
01:04:27You're under arrest. Help him, Denny.
01:04:29And now, Colonel, let me explain.
01:04:31You don't have to. There's another of them.
01:04:34The one they call Stiles, the butler. Find him.
01:04:37You mean you've known about Meridieu?
01:04:40Oh, yes. Oh, for quite a while.
01:04:42Oh, don't take it so hardly.
01:04:44After all, you've been useful in your own quiet, acrobatic way.
01:04:50What? Oh!
01:04:52You! It's a boy!
01:04:54Yes, congratulations.
01:04:55Thank you. Congratulations, Colonel.
01:04:56What? Oh, yes, and the same to you.
01:04:58But, Commissioner, why didn't you let me know?
01:05:00Oh, my dear boy. Experience suggested a saner course than yours,
01:05:04and experience would have achieved the same result.
01:05:07Yes, I know, but Phyllis... Phyllis. Phyllis.
01:05:12Oh, Phyllis! Phyllis!
01:05:17Phyllis!
01:05:18Here I am.
01:05:21Phyllis.
01:05:24Are you running away?
01:05:25Yes.
01:05:26Oh, Phyllis.
01:05:28With you.
01:05:29For life?
01:05:30Oh, come on. Let's go!
01:05:42Well.
01:05:44And where are you two going?
01:05:46Oh, we'll have to make our wedding arrangements.
01:05:47What?
01:05:48Do you approve?
01:05:49Oh, most assuredly.
01:05:50If you'll take a long honeymoon. Promise?
01:05:53Oh, I do. Why?
01:05:55Because when you leave England, I shall get a chance for a real vacation.
01:06:00Then pack your things, Commissioner, because we're on our way.
01:06:03...
01:06:24No, no.
01:06:25Oh, yes, sir.
01:06:26Oh, yes, sir.
01:06:27Oh, yes.
01:06:30Oh, yes, sir.
01:06:32Oh, yes, sir.
01:06:33Oh, yes, sir.
01:06:41THE END
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