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The Music Box Murder Case (1946) – Classic Detective Mystery follows a fascinating investigation filled with suspense, hidden clues, and deadly secrets. When a series of mysterious events become linked to a seemingly ordinary music box, a brilliant detective must unravel a complex puzzle before more lives are endangered. Packed with intrigue, clever deductions, and unexpected twists, this classic mystery thriller delivers all the charm and excitement of vintage detective cinema.
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00:00:01The End
00:00:35The End
00:01:18Dartmoor Prison
00:01:19Isolated from the outside world
00:01:23By walls of granite
00:01:36They say you could get out of here by merely telling what you know
00:01:40You may or may not be another Scotland Yard bloke
00:01:45But I'll give you the same answer I gave the others
00:01:50I still have two years, eight months and six days left
00:01:54In which to make musical boxes
00:01:57That'll be sold at auction for the benefit of this delightful sanctuary
00:02:03And I intend to serve them
00:02:11Move along
00:02:13And now we come to the next object on our list
00:02:16Or I should say objects
00:02:17Because there are three of them
00:02:19Now, ladies and gentlemen
00:02:21These can be bought together or separately
00:02:24Now these beautiful little musical boxes
00:02:26Only arrived this morning
00:02:27And I didn't intend to put them on the auction block until later
00:02:29But I'm going to sell them now
00:02:31So, good friends, as our old pal Mark Antony used to say
00:02:35Lend me your ears
00:02:38And what do you hear?
00:02:41Right
00:02:42The beautiful tinkle tinkle of a musical box
00:02:46What a lovely trinket
00:02:47What a beautiful gift
00:02:49Created unmade by loving hands
00:02:51A thing of beauty and utility
00:02:53I was going to start with five pounds
00:02:57It's a bargain, five pounds
00:02:59Do I see any hands?
00:03:02If there's a connoisseur in the house
00:03:03Will go three pounds for it
00:03:06Two pounds
00:03:08One pound
00:03:12Ten shillings
00:03:14Ten
00:03:14Thank you, sir
00:03:17Ladies and gentlemen
00:03:18Ten shillings
00:03:19Ten shillings is offered
00:03:19For a musical box
00:03:20You couldn't buy anywhere in London
00:03:21For less than five pounds
00:03:23It'll be stealing to let it go for ten shillings
00:03:25Like taking milk from a baby
00:03:27All right
00:03:27We're selling for ten shillings
00:03:28Ten shillings
00:03:29Ten shillings is offered
00:03:30Ten shillings is offered
00:03:31Ten shillings is offered
00:03:31Anybody give me one pound?
00:03:33Anybody give me one pound?
00:03:35I won't, sir
00:03:35Give me a pound
00:03:36A pound
00:03:37One pound is offered
00:03:38One pound is offered
00:03:38Ladies and gentlemen
00:03:39One pound is against you, sir
00:03:40Will you go to two pounds?
00:03:42Will you go to two pounds, sir?
00:03:44Two pounds
00:03:45Two pounds is offered
00:03:46Two pounds is offered
00:03:46One once
00:03:47Twice
00:03:47Twice
00:03:48Third in the last call
00:03:50Sold to the gentleman
00:03:51For two pounds
00:03:53Sorry, my dear
00:03:55Now, ladies and gentlemen
00:03:56Comes the opportunity
00:03:58To purchase
00:03:59An exact duplicate
00:04:00Of the beautiful
00:04:01Little musical box
00:04:02Just bought by this gentleman
00:04:03For the ridiculous low price
00:04:04Of two pounds
00:04:05It's exactly the same
00:04:07Exactly the same
00:04:08Maybe the same hands
00:04:09You hear that?
00:04:10Isn't that lovely?
00:04:11That tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, tinkle
00:04:13Sounds like bow belts to me
00:04:15You know
00:04:15Little angels pulling on the ropes
00:04:16He'll give me two pounds for you
00:04:18Who's starting with two pounds?
00:04:20Will anybody start them with two pounds?
00:04:22I'll come, comrades and gentlemen
00:04:24You know, from your enthusiasm
00:04:25We might all be in Scotland
00:04:26Instead of London
00:04:27Please buy it for me, Daddy
00:04:29Two pounds, certainly not
00:04:30We all might be in Scotland
00:04:32Besides, I don't like his manner
00:04:34One pound, ten shillings
00:04:36One pound
00:04:37One pound is asked
00:04:38One pound
00:04:39One pound is offered
00:04:39One pound is offered
00:04:40Going one pound
00:04:41Any advance?
00:04:42Going once
00:04:42Going twice
00:04:43The third and the last call
00:04:46Sold to the lady for one pound
00:04:49Smart bidding, my dear
00:04:50Thank you
00:04:51We come to the third and last
00:04:53Of these beautiful little musical boxes
00:04:55Exactly the same
00:04:56Tinkle, tinkle, isn't that lovely?
00:04:59Ladies and gentlemen
00:05:00I don't bring you here
00:05:00To gully and a swindler
00:05:02This is the exact replica
00:05:03Of those two I just sold before
00:05:12We're closed
00:05:13But this is extremely important
00:05:18Come in, sir, come in
00:05:19I'm sorry to disturb you
00:05:21But I was unfortunately delayed
00:05:23From arriving in time
00:05:24To bid on certain articles
00:05:25Which I was rather anxious to obtain
00:05:27Oh, perhaps they weren't sold, sir
00:05:28We are carrying several things over
00:05:32What might the articles be, sir?
00:05:33Three identical musical boxes
00:05:35About, uh, so large
00:05:37Oh, I'm sorry, sir
00:05:38But they were sold
00:05:39Pity you weren't here to bid on them
00:05:41They didn't bring anything like the real value
00:05:44I'm most anxious to obtain them
00:05:45I wonder if your records would show
00:05:48Who the purchasers were
00:05:49Oh, we don't usually give out
00:05:51That information, sir
00:05:52For certain, shall we say
00:05:55Sentimental reasons
00:05:56I'm most anxious to get in touch
00:05:58With the purchasers
00:05:59I'd be willing to pay, shall we say
00:06:03Five pounds
00:06:04Well, for certain sentimental reasons, sir
00:06:06We'd be very happy to oblige
00:06:07Alfred
00:06:08Today's sales
00:06:09Three musical boxes
00:06:10Musical boxes, yes
00:06:12Ah, here we are
00:06:13The first purchase for two pounds
00:06:15From Mr. Julian Emery
00:06:1652 Portman Square
00:06:17Write this address down, Alfred
00:06:19Yes, sir
00:06:20Second didn't leave any name
00:06:21Oh, how unfortunate
00:06:22I think she's a dealer
00:06:24You see, they don't like us to know
00:06:25Where the things are going
00:06:26On account of the profits
00:06:27You say the, uh, second purchaser
00:06:30Was a woman
00:06:31Can you, uh, give me a description of her?
00:06:33Oh, she was a young woman
00:06:35Fairly tall, slender
00:06:36Uh, had a light complexion
00:06:39And dark hair
00:06:39And, and she was wearing a
00:06:41A grey suit, don't you remember?
00:06:43That's right
00:06:43She probably runs a gift shop
00:06:45Uh, she paid, uh, one pound
00:06:48You say she, uh, comes here fairly frequently?
00:06:52No, I didn't say so
00:06:53But she does, sir
00:06:55Like us not, she'll come in on Thursday
00:06:57We have sales on Mondays and Thursdays
00:06:59Oh, and the, uh, third box?
00:07:02The third, oh, uh, Mr. William Kilgore
00:07:05143B Hampton Way
00:07:07For ten shillings
00:07:08Hmm, quite a drop from two pounds
00:07:10Mr. Kilgore was a Scotchman
00:07:12Oh, well, thank you
00:07:15You've, uh, been most helpful
00:07:16Oh, thank you, sir
00:07:18And any time you're passing, dropping
00:07:20We always have lovely things for sale
00:07:23Our card, sir
00:07:23Uh, thank you
00:07:24I'll, uh, be back Thursday
00:07:34A message reached us too late
00:07:37Musical boxes are being sold
00:07:42Well, let's get out of here
00:07:50Someday you'll go too far
00:07:55Reaching for a star, you fool
00:07:58Yet a fool may touch a star, Colonel Cavanaugh
00:08:01If he but reach high enough
00:08:03Do not possess it as you would
00:08:07The musical boxes, they've been sold
00:08:10What a pity for you, my dear Colonel
00:08:12Is it my fault that the message reached us only an hour ago?
00:08:16Is it my fault that they were sold?
00:08:18She can't hold me responsible for that
00:08:21I hope for your sake you're right
00:08:23I hope for your sake you're right
00:08:24I hope for your sake you're right
00:08:30I hope for your sake you're right
00:08:33I hope for your sake you're right
00:08:37I hope for your sake you're right
00:08:38I hope for your sake you're right
00:08:41I hope for your sake you're right
00:08:41I hope for your sake you're right
00:08:41I hope for your sake you're right
00:08:43I hope for your sake you're right
00:08:43I hope for your sake you're right
00:08:44I hope for your sake you're right
00:08:44I hope for your sake you're right
00:08:44I hope for your sake you're right
00:08:45I hope for your sake you're right
00:08:46I hope for your sake you're right
00:08:47I hope for your sake you're right
00:08:50I hope for your sake you're right
00:08:55Then we'll call upon you tonight at a quarter to eight a gentleman who desires to consult you
00:08:59upon a matter of the very deepest moment.
00:09:02Remember that letter, Holmes?
00:09:04It was written over two years ago.
00:09:07An interesting case.
00:09:08Devilously interesting.
00:09:11Hermione Adler.
00:09:12What a striking looking woman from the brief glance I heard of her.
00:09:16Seems only yesterday.
00:09:18What charm.
00:09:19What poise.
00:09:20And what a mind.
00:09:22And sharp enough and brilliant enough to outwit the great Sherlock Holmes himself.
00:09:28I take it the new issue of the Strand Magazine is out.
00:09:30Containing another of your slightly lurid tales.
00:09:33It is indeed.
00:09:34And what do you call this one?
00:09:36I call it a scandal in Bohemia.
00:09:38Not a bad title, eh?
00:09:40Hmm.
00:09:41If you must record my exploits, I do wish you'd put less emphasis on the melodramatic
00:09:46and more on the intellectual issues involved.
00:09:49More on the intellect.
00:09:50Well, what do you mean by that?
00:09:52Well, I do hope you've given, uh, the woman a soul.
00:09:56She had one, you know.
00:09:58By the woman, I suppose you mean Irene Adler.
00:10:01Yes.
00:10:03I shall always remember her
00:10:06as the woman.
00:10:07And I shall never remember her.
00:10:23I shall never remember her.
00:10:28My old friend, Sherlock Holmes.
00:10:29Holmes, this is stinky.
00:10:30In other words, Julian Emery.
00:10:33How do you do, Mr. Emery?
00:10:34Watson has often spoken of you.
00:10:35Oh, had he?
00:10:37Yes, we were at school together.
00:10:38Yes, more years ago than I care to remember,
00:10:40but you didn't come in here just to remind me of that.
00:10:42No, I just happened to be in the neighborhood
00:10:44and saw your lights burning,
00:10:45so I took the liberty of looking you up.
00:10:47Still writing your mystery stuff?
00:10:49Yes, there's a new one out this week.
00:10:51Good, I never miss them.
00:10:52Oh, good, thanks.
00:10:54I say that bandage makes you look pretty interesting.
00:10:56Still poking your nose into other people's business as usual?
00:10:59Who hit you?
00:11:00I haven't a foggy's notion.
00:11:02Somebody knocked me on the head in my own living room
00:11:03and then proceeded to commit the most idiotic burglary you ever heard of.
00:11:07The fellow must have been balmy as a coot.
00:11:09Balmy? Why?
00:11:11Come sit down, old boy.
00:11:12Would you like a cup of tea?
00:11:14Oh?
00:11:15Oh, all right.
00:11:17I'll go and tell Mrs. Hudson.
00:11:22Why did you say the robbery was idiotic, Mr. Emery?
00:11:24Oh, simply from the fact that with about 5,000 pounds worth of musical boxes in my living room,
00:11:29the thief who I caught in the act made off with one that isn't even worth five pounds.
00:11:34I gather you're a collector of musical boxes.
00:11:36Yes, I am indeed.
00:11:37Some of them are very beautiful, but not the one that was stolen.
00:11:40The thief evidently grabbed the first thing that came to his hand
00:11:43when he heard me coming into the room.
00:11:45Still, it's rather odd, isn't it, that having disposed of you,
00:11:48he didn't pick up something more valuable.
00:11:51Was there anything unusual about the stolen box?
00:11:53No, nothing at all.
00:11:55No, I picked it up in the south of France, oh, several years ago.
00:11:59You say you have many valuable music boxes,
00:12:02and yet the thief made off with one that isn't worth five pounds.
00:12:05Sounds like rather an intriguing little problem.
00:12:07That's where I take it that you were just an ordinary petty thief and didn't know the value.
00:12:11That is a possible explanation, and yet I venture to say
00:12:14that the average petty thief has a more extensive knowledge of the value of object dar
00:12:18than the average collector.
00:12:19Well, anyway, that's got in the arts theory.
00:12:22They didn't get very excited about it.
00:12:24That's consistent anyway.
00:12:26I wonder if I might see your collection, Mr. Emery.
00:12:28Oh, of course you could, yes.
00:12:30Nothing a collector likes more than showing off his trophies.
00:12:33When will it suit you?
00:12:34No time like the present.
00:12:36Good.
00:12:37My place is just round in Fort McSquare.
00:12:39Shall we?
00:12:39Yes, right.
00:12:45Hello?
00:12:45Where are you going?
00:12:46Stinky hasn't had his tea yet.
00:12:48Oh, I'm sorry.
00:12:49We're going round to my place,
00:12:50where I'm going to give you something better than tea.
00:12:55Now, this one was made for Louis XV,
00:12:57and is one of the very few still in existence from that period,
00:13:00and a particularly fine specimen, that.
00:13:05Charming, isn't it?
00:13:07Quite.
00:13:10They all sound to me like a lot of mice running about on a tin roof.
00:13:13I'm afraid you have no ear for music, Watson.
00:13:16Oh, give me a good old band playing a rousing march.
00:13:19You'll have all your silly little tweet-tweets.
00:13:27Another room.
00:13:32This is me.
00:13:42Stupid thing.
00:13:43Singing rabbit.
00:13:46What would you say offhand is the value of a box like that, Mr. Emery?
00:13:49Well, it's hard to say offhand, but I think we'll bring about five or six hundred pounds today.
00:13:54It's the gem of my collection.
00:13:56Yet a thief who steals an oddity like a musical box passes up one worth five hundred pounds for one
00:14:00of almost no value at all.
00:14:02Odd.
00:14:03Very odd.
00:14:05What is a stolen box like, Mr. Emery?
00:14:07Oh, just a plain wooden box about, um, so big.
00:14:11As a matter of fact, I have one over here.
00:14:13I'm almost exactly like it.
00:14:15I picked this up yesterday at an auction room in Knightsbridge.
00:14:19I paid only two pounds for it.
00:14:20Of course, I wouldn't in the ordinary way add one like this to my collection, but the, um, the tune
00:14:24intrigued me.
00:14:26I'd never heard it before.
00:14:33I'd never heard it before.
00:14:45You have a remarkable ear for music, Herman.
00:14:48Rather an unusual melody.
00:14:49Sit down.
00:14:50Thanks.
00:14:52You, uh, you say you bought that box at an auction sale yesterday?
00:14:55Yes, the Gaylord auction rooms in, uh, Knightsbridge.
00:14:59Mm-hmm.
00:14:59Run by old, uh, what's his name?
00:15:01Crabtree.
00:15:02That's the man.
00:15:03Of what time is the robbery committed?
00:15:05Oh, about, uh, three o'clock this morning.
00:15:08You know, Mr. Emery, that box and the robbery might well be cause and effect, especially since you say that
00:15:13the stolen box outwardly resembles this one a great deal.
00:15:17And, uh, Scotland Yard were not particularly interested, eh?
00:15:20Oh, yes, but I, I wouldn't blame him for that.
00:15:23Especially as I told him I was quite unable to describe the thief.
00:15:26Except, of course, for the fact that, uh, it was definitely a man.
00:15:29All you remember is that you came in here and someone struck you on the head.
00:15:31Yes.
00:15:32And the next thing I knew, my man was trying to revive me.
00:15:35It might be wise for you to put that box away somewhere and lock it up.
00:15:37Oh, I don't think that's necessary.
00:15:39Besides, everything's insured.
00:15:41Well, at least if any further attempts at robbery are made, I'd suggest that you call the police rather than
00:15:47running into any personal danger.
00:15:48Oh, come Holmes, aren't you being a bit of an alarmist?
00:15:50Possibly, possibly.
00:15:51Oh, I must agree with old Stinky.
00:15:53Seems to me you are making rather a mountain out of a mole skier.
00:15:56Mole hill is the word, old boy, and it's time you were in bed.
00:15:59Thanks so much for letting us see your place.
00:16:01Well, it's been great meeting you.
00:16:05Holmes, I can't understand why you were so mysterious.
00:16:08Seems to me the petty thief explanation was the only sensible one.
00:16:11Really?
00:16:11I can't see how you can believe it was anything else.
00:16:13I didn't say I believed it to be anything else.
00:16:15The petty thief theory is the obvious one, I grant you.
00:16:18However, it's often a mistake to accept something as true merely because it's obvious.
00:16:22The truth is only arrived at by the painstaking process of eliminating the untrue.
00:16:29We are not able to do that in this case without further data.
00:16:32Oh, rubbish. You're pulling my leg.
00:16:34You're trying to turn a cup and a halfpenny robbery into an international plot.
00:16:39No, I'm not. I just hope that your friend Stinky is a little more cautious in the future.
00:16:43Just in case.
00:17:10Hello? Yeah? Julian Emmerich here.
00:17:14Who?
00:17:16Why, of course I remember you, Mrs. Courtney.
00:17:20Yes. Yes, you're the one bright spot at that appalling the dull affair of Lady Sanford's.
00:17:26Huh?
00:17:27Of course it isn't too late to come round.
00:17:30Yes, I shall be delighted to give you a drink.
00:17:33I tell you what, come straight up and I'll leave the door unlocked.
00:17:36Yes.
00:17:37Right.
00:17:38Twelve.
00:17:39Fifteen minutes.
00:17:40Good.
00:17:41I shall be counting each moment.
00:17:44No, no.
00:17:45No, I mean that really.
00:17:47Right.
00:17:48Goodbye.
00:17:48Bye.
00:18:07Boo!
00:18:08Oh!
00:18:09You startled me.
00:18:10Did I?
00:18:11Yes.
00:18:12Must be the pixie in me.
00:18:13Yes.
00:18:14I know I shouldn't have called you so late.
00:18:16But I was at a party just around the corner.
00:18:19And I remembered your invitation to see your collection of musical boxes.
00:18:22My dear Mrs. Courtney.
00:18:24The pleasure is all the greater for being so unexpected.
00:18:27My friends called me Hilda.
00:18:28Oh, thanks.
00:18:29Mine called me Stinky.
00:18:31Stinky, how quaint.
00:18:33Oh, what a perfectly wonderful collection of musical boxes.
00:18:36You know, when you told me you had a collection, I had no idea it was so attractive.
00:18:39Yes.
00:18:40They appealed to the ear as well as to the eye.
00:18:45Oh, what a plain little one.
00:18:47Why, it looks just like a country cousin amid all this grandeur.
00:18:50No, no, no.
00:18:51You mustn't underestimate the country cousin.
00:18:53Only last night a burglar broke in here.
00:18:56And with all these to choose from, went off with one very much like it.
00:18:58Really?
00:18:59Yes, I don't mind the loss of the box so much.
00:19:01But I do resent this crack on the skull.
00:19:03But it makes you look so interesting.
00:19:04Oh, do you think so?
00:19:05Uh-huh.
00:19:06It's funny that's what old Fatso said.
00:19:08Fatso?
00:19:09I mean, uh, Dr. Watson.
00:19:10He was here this evening with a friend, a Mr. Holmes.
00:19:14He's interested in my collection too.
00:19:15Sherlock Holmes?
00:19:17Yes.
00:19:17Do you know him?
00:19:18I've heard of him.
00:19:20Yes, he seems to think I'm in some sort of, uh, danger.
00:19:24What a haunting tune.
00:19:25It takes me right back to my childhood.
00:19:27Really?
00:19:28Do you know, it's odd that you should be interested in that particular musical box.
00:19:31Odd?
00:19:31Why?
00:19:32Because Mr. Holmes is also interested in it.
00:19:34He may have been more interested in the tune than in the box.
00:19:37I get you, that's right.
00:19:39I remember now, he whistled it note for note, having heard it only once.
00:19:43Really?
00:19:43He must be a remarkable man.
00:19:46Bit of an alarmist if you ask me.
00:19:48Don't you believe in warnings?
00:19:50Of course not.
00:19:51Who'd want a box like that?
00:19:53I would.
00:19:54What?
00:19:54You're not serious.
00:19:56Oh, but I am.
00:19:58Well, you, you put me in a very awkward position.
00:20:00I'm a collector, you know.
00:20:02And the collector buys but never sells.
00:20:04But if the price were high enough?
00:20:08The price has nothing to do with it.
00:20:10It's the principle of the thing.
00:20:13Yes, well, we haven't had our drink.
00:20:16No thanks.
00:20:17I must be getting along.
00:20:19Must you really?
00:20:21I'm afraid so.
00:20:24You're not walking out on me, are you?
00:20:26My reputation.
00:20:28Stinky.
00:20:31I say, you know, you are an attractive woman.
00:20:33Frank.
00:20:41You fool.
00:20:43I told you to wait outside.
00:20:44What did you have to kill him for?
00:20:47All I had to do was walk out with us.
00:20:49He held you in his arms.
00:20:50Don't touch him.
00:20:51Don't touch anything.
00:20:53Now get out.
00:20:54I'm sorry.
00:20:55You're sorry?
00:20:57What about me?
00:20:57This is murder.
00:21:00What about Scotland Yard?
00:21:01What about Sherlock Holmes?
00:21:04Now get out.
00:21:32Did you get it?
00:21:36Good.
00:21:38Did you have any trouble with him?
00:21:41Just a matter of murder.
00:21:47Power, Mr. Holmes.
00:21:48Hopkins.
00:21:49Thanks for coming so promptly.
00:21:51Inspector Mastraud suggested that I call through to you.
00:21:54Mr. Emory was the client of Mr. Holmes, Inspector.
00:21:57Indeed.
00:21:57Who didn't mention that when I telephoned you, Mr. Holmes?
00:22:00Well, not exactly a client, Inspector.
00:22:02Dodgen-Thompson?
00:22:02He was killed between the hours of 11 and 2 o'clock this morning, Mr. Holmes.
00:22:09Must have been someone he knew.
00:22:10Someone of whom he had no suspicion.
00:22:13Poor old Stinky.
00:22:14It's all my fault.
00:22:16I should have prevented this.
00:22:17Well, there's no time to start talking about that now, Doctor.
00:22:21Apparently it's gone.
00:22:23That's the second attempt on the musical box that Emory bought at the auction sale.
00:22:26And this time it was successful.
00:22:28But that box was only worth two pounds.
00:22:30It was worth a man's life, Watson.
00:22:32I think we'd better pay a visit to Gaylord's auction room and that fellow Crabtree.
00:22:36Inspector, may I suggest that you make a complete search of this flat for a small, plain, musical box about
00:22:41that size.
00:22:42Thank you. Come on, Watson.
00:22:46You say the first box went to Mr. Julian Emery,
00:22:49the second to Mr. Kilgore, 143 B Hampton Way,
00:22:52and the third to the unidentified young lady who presumably has a shop and lives near Golders Green.
00:22:56That's right, Mr. Holmes.
00:22:58Isn't it rather strange, Mr. Crabtree,
00:23:00that you should have had three identical musical boxes all playing the same tune.
00:23:03Where'd they come from?
00:23:04Dartmoor Prison.
00:23:05Dartmoor?
00:23:06Well, we get a regular shipment from there every month.
00:23:08The inmates manufacture them.
00:23:09Well, they make all kinds of things, you know, pipe racks, waste paper baskets, musical boxes.
00:23:13Did you happen to notice if anyone showed any particular interest during the auction in the purchasers of these three
00:23:20boxes?
00:23:22Oh, come on, Mr. Crabtree.
00:23:24This is very literally a matter of life and death.
00:23:26Well, since you put it that way, Mr. Holmes,
00:23:29there was a gentleman came in here about an hour after closing time,
00:23:31and he was in an awful state, he was.
00:23:35He gave me five pounds to tell him where the boxes had gone to.
00:23:37He said they had a sentimental value for him, sir.
00:23:39Oh, expensive sentiment.
00:23:41Can you describe him?
00:23:42He was tall, distinguished looking, and he had grey hair and a moustache.
00:23:46Oh, he was quite a gentleman, sir.
00:23:47Now, what was his reaction when you were unable to supply him with the address of the young lady who
00:23:52owned the shop?
00:23:52I told him the young lady usually come back on Thursday.
00:23:55He said he'd come back on Thursday.
00:23:56Now, that's tomorrow.
00:23:58Thank you, Mr. Crabtree.
00:23:58You've been very helpful.
00:24:00Come along, Watson.
00:24:01Where are we going now, Holmes?
00:24:03We're home with Mr. Kilgore.
00:24:04The men have bought the third box.
00:24:12But hang it all, Holmes.
00:24:13How do you know those other two musical boxes are of any importance?
00:24:16I don't, but I certainly have no intention of waiting until the owners are murdered to find out.
00:24:22No one at home.
00:24:24I hope that's the explanation.
00:24:26Well, have a look through this window.
00:24:33Doesn't seem to be anyone there.
00:24:36The whole place seems deserted, as far as I can see.
00:24:40Yes?
00:24:41Mr. and Mrs. Kilgore at home?
00:24:43No.
00:24:43When do you expect them?
00:24:44Oh, in an hour or so.
00:24:46There's no use your hanging about.
00:24:48They don't buy nothing from peddlers.
00:24:50Peddlers?
00:24:50My good woman.
00:24:52This is Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
00:24:53Sherlock Holmes?
00:24:54Oh, go on.
00:24:55Do you mind if we come in and wait?
00:24:57My business is rather urgent.
00:24:59Well, I've got to go out and do my shopping.
00:25:01And I don't know if Mrs. Kilgore like any stranger's nosing about.
00:25:05Quite all right, I assure you.
00:25:06Well, I've got to be off.
00:25:08It's a wait in the parlour.
00:25:10And no smoking, either.
00:25:12Mrs. Kilgore says it smells up the house.
00:25:17Funny old girl, Holmes.
00:25:18Hmm.
00:25:36Park Lane.
00:25:38Park Lane?
00:25:38And what would the likes of you be doing in Park Lane?
00:25:41Now, don't worry about the fair ducky.
00:25:43If you know how to get the Park Lane up it.
00:25:51You know, Holmes, I've been thinking.
00:25:53There must have been something hidden in that box of old stinkies.
00:25:57Stolen jewellery, possibly.
00:26:00What's up, Holmes?
00:26:01Listen.
00:26:05What, just the steam in the water pipes?
00:26:13Watson!
00:26:17Great Scott!
00:26:19Come on, Holmes.
00:26:20Get out of the chair here.
00:26:24It's all right, my dear.
00:26:26There.
00:26:27There, there, there.
00:26:28Now, don't worry.
00:26:30It's all over.
00:26:32There you are, dear.
00:26:33Don't cry any more.
00:26:34She tied me up and shut me in the cupboard.
00:26:37I know, I know.
00:26:39She won't come back.
00:26:41Did you show her your new musical box?
00:26:43Yes.
00:26:44She said she wanted to hear it play.
00:26:46And as soon as I showed it to her, she grabbed all of it.
00:26:49No, I know.
00:26:49Now, don't worry, nobody.
00:26:51We'll buy you a new musical box.
00:26:52Yes, my dear.
00:26:53The best one in London.
00:26:54Watson.
00:26:56Oh, what a fool.
00:26:57What a fool I've been.
00:26:58What do you mean, Holmes?
00:26:59She took the musical box out of this house in that market basket.
00:27:02Right under our very noses.
00:27:04Why could the Kilgore child woman want to take the music box?
00:27:07She isn't the Kilgore child woman.
00:27:09She's a consummate actress.
00:27:11An extremely clever, unscrupulous woman who will stop at nothing.
00:27:13Take care of the child, will you, Wolf.
00:27:15I'll learn till her, till her parents get back.
00:27:16Explain everything to them.
00:27:17Of course I will.
00:27:18But, Holmes, where are you going?
00:27:21Somewhere, somehow.
00:27:22I must get to the young lady who bought that third musical box before our opponents find out.
00:27:26I only hope that I won't be too late.
00:27:32Oh, no.
00:27:33No, no.
00:27:34No, no, no, darling.
00:27:35You mustn't cry anymore.
00:27:37Now, cheer up.
00:27:39Would you, would you like to hear old uncle make a noise like a duck?
00:27:42What?
00:27:44What?
00:27:45Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
00:27:52Oh, sorry?
00:27:55Hmm.
00:28:19And now, ladies and gentlemen, how much am I offered for this beautiful lace Dresden China figurine?
00:28:26A lady of the French court. Now, this is the genuine article.
00:28:31What a beautiful ornament for your mantelpiece. Or you could use it as a centrepiece on the dining room table.
00:28:36Now, will somebody start me for ten pounds? Will somebody start me for ten pounds? Eight pounds? Seven pounds?
00:28:43All right. Five. Five pounds is offered. Five pounds is offered. Five pounds is offered. Five pounds, ten. Five pounds,
00:28:48fifteen. Five pounds, fifteen.
00:28:51Six pounds is offered. Six pounds, six pounds. Going once, going twice. The third and the last call, have you
00:28:56all done?
00:28:57Sold to the lady from Twickenham for six pounds.
00:29:01Next, we have a real museum piece, ladies and gentlemen. A fine 19th-century doll.
00:29:07The costume and exact replica of the holiday clothes worn by the Hungarian peasant women.
00:29:12Now, ladies and gentlemen, an article like this would cost you from fifteen to twenty pounds in a West End
00:29:16shop.
00:29:17I'm not going to ask you for anything like that. Who will give me two pounds for it?
00:29:20Two pounds. Anybody offer me two pounds? Two pounds for the Hungarian? Two pounds? One pound?
00:29:25Anybody give me one pound? Anybody offer me one pound for the doll?
00:29:28One pound is offered, ladies and gentlemen. One pound is offered.
00:29:30One pound. Now, I'm not going to waste your valuable time or mine in trying to get one half of
00:29:35what this beautiful doll is worth.
00:29:37If the young lady can steal it for one pound, that's her good fortune.
00:29:40That's why it's going once. It's going twice. The third and last call. Anymore?
00:29:45Sold to the young lady for one pound.
00:29:48And now, ladies and gentlemen, may I draw your attention to something which may be a great surprise to you,
00:29:52worthy of any collection. The only other one like it is in the British Museum.
00:29:56It's a Ming vase of the Seventh Dynasty.
00:29:59This vase lay in a large collection somewhere outside Rome for over two centuries, I understand.
00:30:06It was as discovered there by the noted antiquarian, Sir Andrew Copleston.
00:30:09Now, some of you may remember Sir Andrew Copleston.
00:30:11Besides being a noted traveling antiquarian, he's also a gentleman rider.
00:30:20A girl with a parcel in her hands. That's her.
00:30:23Are you sure that's the girl?
00:30:24She fits perfectly the auctioneer's description.
00:30:28Follow her, Hamid.
00:31:07It's lovely, dear.
00:31:08And only one pound. We can get at least three for it.
00:31:12Easily. I'll go make some tea.
00:31:14I could do with a cup.
00:31:15Right.
00:31:20Good afternoon.
00:31:21Good afternoon.
00:31:22Good afternoon.
00:31:22I'm looking for a birthday gift for a seven-year-old girl. What would you suggest?
00:31:26We have some lovely dolls. Now, this Hungarian...
00:31:28I think she has enough dolls already. Books are always welcome.
00:31:31Well, I'm looking for something a little different.
00:31:34Well, that's rather cute. What is it?
00:31:36Well, that's a musical box. Children always love them.
00:31:40And this is an exceptionally nice one. It plays many tunes.
00:31:51Have you any others?
00:31:52Yes. If you'll just step this way. I have only two left.
00:32:01How nice.
00:32:07Are you sure this is all you have?
00:32:09I'm sorry. They're rather hard to find, you know.
00:32:12That's our entire allotment.
00:32:14I did have one other, but I sold it earlier this afternoon.
00:32:17But it was only a plain wooden one.
00:32:18It wouldn't have been a very nice gift for a child.
00:32:21Really?
00:32:22Do you happen to know who the purchaser was?
00:32:25Why, yes.
00:32:26He left his card, just in case anyone should inquire for him.
00:32:37How interesting.
00:32:41I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I'll have to look a bit further.
00:32:44Thank you, anyway.
00:32:46Good afternoon. Thank you.
00:33:13Let's go.
00:33:18All of that can.
00:33:19Here now. What?
00:33:20Gotland Yard.
00:33:21Hop in.
00:33:30Sherlock Holmes. I might have known.
00:33:33We thought we were the hunters.
00:33:36Instead of which, we're the hunted.
00:33:38We've been fools. We played right into his hands.
00:33:42Of course. He's had us followed.
00:33:45Don't look.
00:33:47There's a man in front of the toy shop.
00:33:51Hamid, turn sharp right at the next corner and again at the next.
00:34:02No photograph of her, Commissioner. As I expected.
00:34:06She's not a known criminal.
00:34:07But I'd expect to know if you do find her.
00:34:10After all, she was disguised as a charwoman.
00:34:12Don't worry, old fellow.
00:34:14If I ever see her again, I'll recognize her.
00:34:16Well, it won't be long till we know who they are and from where they operate.
00:34:20Who's covering them?
00:34:22Sergeant Thompson's following them, sir.
00:34:24They won't get away from him. He's a good man.
00:34:26We could have arrested them at Clifford's toy shop if we had any proof.
00:34:29But we know that they killed Emmerer.
00:34:31Proof, my dear fellow. We must have proof.
00:34:35We've x-rayed it, sir. There's nothing whatever concealed in the box.
00:34:38We'll have a look at the plates.
00:34:47Hmm. There must be some clue.
00:34:50And it's probably been so obvious that we've all overlooked it.
00:34:53Seems to me we're up against a bunch of lunatics.
00:34:58Not lunatics, my dear fellow.
00:35:00Extremely astute, cold-blooded murderers.
00:35:02What can these little musical boxes have in them so important?
00:35:06Don't forget they were made in Dartmoor Prison.
00:35:08You can smuggle stuff into prison, but not out.
00:35:11You want us to break the box apart, sir,
00:35:13to see if there's anything the x-ray hasn't caught?
00:35:15No, not yet.
00:35:16Do you mind if I take it?
00:35:17Certainly.
00:35:18Thanks.
00:35:28The governor of Dartmoor Prison informed us, sir,
00:35:31in answer to Mr. Holmes' question,
00:35:33that all three musical boxes were made by the same convict,
00:35:36John Davidson, serving a seven-year term, sir.
00:35:39Davidson?
00:35:40The Bank of England plates.
00:35:41That'll be all.
00:35:41Yes, sir.
00:35:43Now we're getting somewhere.
00:35:45If...
00:35:45Wait a minute.
00:35:47How did you know about plates, Mr. Holmes?
00:35:49I'm a student of crime, Inspector.
00:35:51I make it my business to know about such things.
00:35:53And when the name of Davidson was mentioned...
00:35:55Well, who is this fellow Davidson?
00:35:57As long as Mr. Holmes seems to know all about it already,
00:35:59I suppose there's no harm in telling you.
00:36:03Two years ago in London,
00:36:05there occurred a robbery of such tremendous importance.
00:36:09Although the stolen articles themselves have no intrinsic value whatsoever.
00:36:12But the Home Secretary was instrumental in seeing that not a word of it appeared in any newspaper.
00:36:17But you never told me anything about this, Holmes?
00:36:20You were away at the time.
00:36:22Articles of no intrinsic value and yet of such importance?
00:36:25I don't understand.
00:36:27Davidson was apprehended within 15 minutes of committing the theft.
00:36:31But by that time, he'd hidden the articles in question and they've yet to be found.
00:36:35Before going further, Dr. Watson,
00:36:37I must inform you that this matter's not to be mentioned outside of this room.
00:36:41Of course not.
00:36:41Do I look like a man who'd gossip?
00:36:43Let's not go into that now, old fellow, shall we?
00:36:46Davidson had been employed for years
00:36:48in a position of extreme trust
00:36:50by the engravings department of the Bank of England.
00:36:53The articles he stole were nothing less
00:36:55than a complete duplicate set of plates for printing five-pound notes.
00:36:59What? The Bank of England's own plates?
00:37:02Precisely.
00:37:03And with those plates, a gang of crooks could flood England with five-pound notes.
00:37:08Not forged, in the usual sense of the word,
00:37:10but notes undetectable from genuine Bank of England notes
00:37:13in any way whatsoever.
00:37:14Good heavens.
00:37:15Any whisper at all might have resulted in enormous damage
00:37:18in shaking public confidence in the Treasury.
00:37:21We tried everything after we arrested Davidson.
00:37:23Offered him a shorter sentence if he'd tell us where he'd hidden the plates.
00:37:26Why, we even put in Scotland Yard men with him as cellmates, but no results.
00:37:31Obviously Davidson is a man of strong character and infinite patience.
00:37:36Yet suddenly he feels impelled to smuggle out the secret
00:37:39of the hiding place of the plates to his Confederates.
00:37:41Why?
00:37:43I don't understand, Mr. Holmes.
00:37:46Well, for example, has the Bank of England made any plans
00:37:49to radically change the design of the five-pound notes
00:37:52so that in, say, seven years from now,
00:37:55notes made from the stolen plates would be worthless?
00:37:58Well, confidentially, Mr. Holmes, such a move was discussed.
00:38:01But replacing all the five-pound notes in circulation
00:38:03would be such a Herculean task that nothing's been done about it as yet.
00:38:07I see. Of course, there is another possible explanation.
00:38:11Davidson didn't have much time to find a hiding place before he was captured.
00:38:14He may be afraid that the plates will be accidentally discovered
00:38:18before he's released.
00:38:20Hence his anxiety to communicate their whereabouts
00:38:24to his Confederates as soon as possible.
00:38:26I believe you've hit it, Mr. Holmes.
00:38:28I'm sure that the message is contained in this musical box.
00:38:33Or rather, in all three musical boxes,
00:38:36since possession of all three seems to be essential.
00:38:39Our opponents have two-thirds of the puzzle.
00:38:41We have one-third.
00:38:42Well, what are you going to do, Holmes?
00:38:45Try to deduce the message from the one-third that we have.
00:39:27It's the same tune as the one played by Emery's musical box.
00:39:33And yet it's different.
00:39:35It sounds the same to me.
00:39:36The tune.
00:39:40Somehow the tune is the key to the mystery.
00:39:45It must be the tune.
00:39:47Otherwise, why use three musical boxes to convey the message?
00:39:51Why not collar boxes or shoe boxes?
00:39:55Yes?
00:39:56Oh. It's for you, Inspector.
00:39:59Oh, thank you, sir.
00:40:00Inspector Hopkins speaking.
00:40:04What?
00:40:07Where?
00:40:09Golders Green Station reports they've just found Sergeant Thompson's body.
00:40:13From the tire marks on his clothes,
00:40:15he was apparently run over by taxi.
00:40:17What an unfortunate accident.
00:40:19Not an accident, my dear fellow.
00:40:23I'm afraid it's murder.
00:40:26Oh, you never know just who you're going to meet.
00:40:31When you're walking down a busy London street.
00:40:36Mrs. Orchid, Mrs. Brown, any subject of the crowd.
00:40:41Oh, you never know just who you're going to meet.
00:40:44So, you better hold your topper in your land.
00:40:51Just in case you meet a lady on the Strand.
00:40:56Girls will think you're kind of sweet, and your day will be complete.
00:41:01Oh, you never know just who you're going to meet.
00:41:05Now a gentleman is judged by his appearance.
00:41:10Yes, a gentleman is judged by how he talks.
00:41:15Now he's much better off when he's actin' like a toff.
00:41:20Especially if he's takin' him a walk.
00:41:24What on earth is this outlandish place?
00:41:27A rendezvous for actors.
00:41:29Actors?
00:41:30Buskers, old boy.
00:41:32You've seen them a thousand times.
00:41:34Actors who entertain the queues.
00:41:36Waiting outside theatres.
00:41:38Oh, you never know just who you're going to meet.
00:41:43When you're walking down a busy London street.
00:41:48So, you better wear your vest.
00:41:51Hell with pies to look your vest.
00:41:53Cause you never know just who you're going to meet.
00:41:57So, you better keep your manners right in view.
00:42:03Just in case a lie gives a how to do.
00:42:08Keep your trousers in a fleet.
00:42:11Shine your shoes and keep them neat.
00:42:13Cause you never know just who you're going to meet.
00:42:18Blimey.
00:42:19Mr. Holmes.
00:42:21How are you, Joe?
00:42:23Never pet him.
00:42:24And yourself?
00:42:25Fine, thank you.
00:42:26I want you to meet a friend of mine, Dr. Watson.
00:42:28Joe Sisto.
00:42:28Oh, well, any friend of Mr. Holmes is a friend of mine.
00:42:31How are you, Joe?
00:42:32He did me a good turn once that I'll never forget.
00:42:34Yes, I cleared Joe of a most unpleasant charge.
00:42:37Murder, no less.
00:42:38Oh, really?
00:42:38By proving to the satisfaction of the police
00:42:40that he was busy at the time blowing open someone's safe.
00:42:43That's right, Governor.
00:42:44Good gracious man.
00:42:45Now, Joe, now you can help me.
00:42:50Come on, buzz off, buzz off.
00:42:51Come on, up here, up here.
00:42:53Can't a gentleman have some peace and quiet around here?
00:42:59And you too.
00:43:02There you are, Mr. Holmes.
00:43:03Now we can have some peace and quiet around here.
00:43:05Thank you, Joe.
00:43:06There's five pounds of this for you.
00:43:09Well, I wouldn't want to take it on myself, sir.
00:43:11But I can get somebody to do it for you for half of that.
00:43:14You don't know what the job is yet.
00:43:15For five pounds?
00:43:16Murder, ain't it?
00:43:18What?
00:43:19No, Joe, not murder.
00:43:20Just music.
00:43:21I want you to identify a song for me.
00:43:23Oh, there ain't a song that's been written that I don't know.
00:43:25That's why I came to you.
00:43:27Of course, the violin is more my instrument, but...
00:43:31Oh, well.
00:43:32Here we go.
00:43:32Now listen to this, Joe.
00:43:39Wait a minute.
00:43:40You're playing that wrong.
00:43:42That should be E natural, not E flat.
00:43:44You know the song?
00:43:45Oh, yes.
00:43:46It's an old Australian song called, uh...
00:43:48The Swag Man.
00:43:49But you're playing it all wrong.
00:43:51That's what I hoped you'd say.
00:43:52Now listen again, Joe.
00:44:00That's the same tune, all right.
00:44:01But you're making different mistakes...
00:44:03than you did the first time.
00:44:04No, not mistakes, Joe.
00:44:05Call them variations.
00:44:06Here.
00:44:06Play the song for me, will you?
00:44:07The other way it's written.
00:44:30There you are.
00:44:31Thank you, Joe.
00:44:33What's it mean, Holmes?
00:44:35Are you onto something?
00:44:37Perhaps.
00:44:38I don't know yet.
00:44:40It's probably a code of some sort.
00:44:43Joe.
00:44:45Could you write the song down for me?
00:44:47The way it was originally written?
00:44:49Oh, sure, Miss Downs.
00:44:50But it'll take a few minutes.
00:44:52Mm-hmm.
00:44:52Here, Mabel.
00:44:55Pale Ale.
00:44:57Come on, up to it.
00:44:58Along with it.
00:45:11Well, obviously it isn't the lyrics.
00:45:13No combination of those words made any sense at all.
00:45:15The variations in the way Emery's musical box played the tune
00:45:19are different from the variations in the one we have.
00:45:21You sure?
00:45:21Quite.
00:45:22You see, I took the trouble to memorize the tune as played by Emery's box
00:45:26that night we were with him in his sweat.
00:45:27Oh, you amaze me.
00:45:29Well, I mention, my dear fellow,
00:45:30one of the first principles in solving crime
00:45:32is never to disregard anything, no matter how trivial.
00:45:35But why the three boxes?
00:45:36Why not one?
00:45:38Because the message was obviously too long to be conveyed by any one variation.
00:45:43Then there's the third box.
00:45:45The one that woman took from the Kilgores.
00:45:48That contains yet another set of variations.
00:45:50Yes, sir, it's all beyond me.
00:45:53Well, all we have to do now is to find the secret of the variations.
00:45:57Not a very easy problem to solve, my dear fellow.
00:46:04Hello.
00:46:05What's up?
00:46:09We've had company.
00:46:16I say, this is outrageous!
00:46:21Ask Mrs. Hudson to come in here, will you?
00:46:23Right.
00:46:29Mrs. Hudson?
00:46:32Yes?
00:46:33Oh, there you are.
00:46:34Will you come up here at once, please?
00:46:36I'm coming, sir.
00:46:53Merci me, Mr. Holmes.
00:46:55What has happened?
00:46:56Who called while we were out, Mrs. Hudson?
00:46:58Just a young lady.
00:46:59The one who said you wanted her to wait for you.
00:47:02And a nice-looking old gentleman with her.
00:47:03Our friends again, Watson.
00:47:04Friends?
00:47:05What did the young lady look like?
00:47:07Oh, I couldn't see her face.
00:47:09She had a heavy black veil on.
00:47:12But she had such a nice way with her.
00:47:15Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Holmes, if I've done anything wrong.
00:47:19But you did say I should always let clients come in and wait for you.
00:47:23Don't worry, Mrs. Hudson, don't worry.
00:47:25You had no way of knowing.
00:47:27It's quite all right, quite all right.
00:47:28Now, don't worry, Mrs. Hudson.
00:47:33Don't worry.
00:47:34Well, where on earth's the musical box?
00:47:37They didn't get it.
00:47:39Didn't get it?
00:47:40Where is it?
00:47:41It's in your hand.
00:47:43Hm?
00:47:44In that biscuit jar.
00:47:48Lick the biscuits off the top.
00:47:52Now, put your hand inside and you'll find the music box.
00:47:57Well done, Holmes.
00:47:59Well done.
00:48:00Amazing.
00:48:21Phew.
00:48:22Nice, fresh smell.
00:48:23Like a pub after closing time.
00:48:31I say, Holmes.
00:48:33What?
00:48:35It's morning.
00:48:36Allow me to congratulate you on a brilliant bit of deduction.
00:48:47It's not a transposition, not a polygraph transposition, not a trigraph,
00:48:52nor any known form of decoding.
00:48:54How about the Morse code?
00:48:56Have you tried that?
00:48:57Yes.
00:48:57At about three o'clock this morning.
00:48:59I'm sorry, old man.
00:48:59I was only trying to help.
00:49:17Oh, do me a favour.
00:49:19Not again.
00:49:20Must have heard that thing a thousand times.
00:49:22Can't be awake all night.
00:49:31Not a very distinguished composition, I grant you.
00:49:33You know perfectly well.
00:49:34I don't know one tune from the other.
00:49:36When I was a kid, my people tried to have me taught the piano.
00:49:39I've always felt sorry for that old teacher of mine.
00:49:41And then, the poor old girl finally reached the point of numbering of the keys for me.
00:49:46One, two, three, four.
00:49:47Even then, I never progressed beyond a...
00:49:50Numbering of the keys, Watson.
00:49:51The 19th key of the keyboard is the 19th letter of the alphabet.
00:49:56S.
00:49:57Here.
00:49:58Now, sit down when I give it to the old fellow, will you?
00:50:02The first altered note.
00:50:03Write S first.
00:50:05Now, the eighth key is H.
00:50:10The fifth key, E.
00:50:14The twelfth key, L.
00:50:17The sixth key, F.
00:50:20S, H, E, L, F.
00:50:23Shelf.
00:50:24Your piano lessons were not in vain, old fellow.
00:50:27You've solved it.
00:50:30Thanks, old man.
00:50:31Hold it.
00:50:33We now have two-thirds of the message behind books.
00:50:38Third shelf, secretary, Dr. S.
00:50:44Presumably, these are the first and second portions of the message.
00:50:48And this gang has the first and third parts of it?
00:50:51Precisely.
00:50:52Then it's a stalemate?
00:50:53Yes, Commissioner.
00:50:54But we can't leave it like that.
00:50:55There's no doubt in my mind that they'll try to secure our third of the message that's missing.
00:51:00Well, I assume you've taken every precaution to guard the Clifford Music Club.
00:51:02Oh, yes.
00:51:03It's carefully hidden at Baker Street with Dr. Watson on guard.
00:51:05However, I'm reasonably certain that, difficult as it may be, we can find the plates even without the missing part
00:51:12of the message.
00:51:14Behind books, third shelf secretary, Dr. S.
00:51:19Outside of the fact that Davidson hid the Bank of England plates somewhere in London, Mr. Holmes, I don't see
00:51:23that we've progressed at all.
00:51:25Allow me to point out to you, sir.
00:51:27The key words, Dr. S.
00:51:30It looks as if the plates were hidden in the house of a doctor.
00:51:33Whether S stands for his first or last initial remains to be determined by a process of elimination.
00:51:39Well, there must be ten thousand doctors in London with S for a first or last initial.
00:51:44Precisely.
00:51:45And every one of them will have to be questioned in person.
00:51:47That's why I say this is a task for Scotland Yard.
00:51:50It's a task, all right.
00:51:51But Scotland Yard has searched worse haystacks and found the needle.
00:51:55Well, for the time being, I'll leave the matter in your hands, gentlemen.
00:52:00We'll call you if and when we get a lead on our mysterious Dr. S.
00:52:05In the meantime, I intend to follow up a little clue concerning a cigarette.
00:52:14Hmm.
00:52:16You are certain of the identification of the tobacco?
00:52:18Absolutely.
00:52:19I have made up this special blend for only three customers.
00:52:23It is almost pure Egyptian, with admixture of Latakia, for added body,
00:52:30and a pinch of Perique.
00:52:32Merely a whisper, as one might say, for elusive fragrance.
00:52:37Yes, yes.
00:52:37And the three customers?
00:52:39Major Wilson in Bombay, India.
00:52:42Mm-hmm.
00:52:43Mrs. Catherine Leamington-Smith, in Ireland.
00:52:47Yes, and the third?
00:52:48Mrs. Hilda Courtney, of Park Mansions, Bryanston Square.
00:52:53Thank you very much.
00:52:54You've been most helpful.
00:52:55It is a pleasure to have been of service, Mr. Holmes.
00:53:07Yes?
00:53:09Mrs. Courtney?
00:53:10Yes.
00:53:11My name is Sherlock Holmes.
00:53:13Oh, do come in.
00:53:15I've heard of you, of course, Mr. Holmes.
00:53:19I believe we have a mutual friend in Sir Edward Brookdale.
00:53:23He's spoken to me of you quite often.
00:53:25Indeed.
00:53:28And to what good fortune am I indebted for this visit?
00:53:32I think you know, Mrs. Courtney.
00:53:34Well, I...
00:53:35I did get a summons for speeding last week.
00:53:38But outside of that, I don't think I'm of any interest to the police.
00:53:41Oh, come now, Mrs. Courtney.
00:53:43You seem to forget that you and I have met before.
00:53:45I'm sorry.
00:53:46I'm sure I would have remembered meeting the great Sherlock Holmes.
00:53:50Please sit down.
00:53:52You say we met before.
00:53:54Yes.
00:53:56At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kilgore, 143 B Hampton Road.
00:54:01Kilgore?
00:54:03I don't think I know anyone of that name.
00:54:06Well, I didn't say you knew them.
00:54:08As a matter of fact, you called on them when they were out.
00:54:11I don't understand, Mr. Holmes.
00:54:13Really?
00:54:15And you were dressed rather differently.
00:54:18Indeed.
00:54:19Cigarette.
00:54:40You know, Mrs. Cockney, people generally forget
00:54:43in assuming a disguise.
00:54:45But the shape of the ear
00:54:47is an almost infallible means of recognition and identification
00:54:50to the trained eye.
00:54:52Evidently, you've mistaken me for someone else.
00:54:54Oh, no, not at all.
00:54:55Though naturally, I expected your denial.
00:54:58But when you paid your visit to my rooms at Baker Street,
00:55:01you carelessly left behind another identification.
00:55:08They're, uh...
00:55:09identical, aren't they?
00:55:10Yes, I must admit they are.
00:55:13You see, Mr. Holmes, to catch one as clever as you,
00:55:15I had to use a very special lure.
00:55:18I knew you'd be unable to resist the bait of my cigarette,
00:55:21having read with great interest your monograph
00:55:23on the ashes of 140 different varieties of tobacco.
00:55:27I should advise you not to move, Mr. Holmes.
00:55:32I must congratulate you on your ingenuity, Mrs. Cockney.
00:55:36It was indeed a brilliantly designed trap.
00:55:37Thank you, Mr. Holmes.
00:55:40Praise from a master is indeed gratifying.
00:55:42I shall always cherish the memory of your flattering words.
00:55:47Memory?
00:55:49Precisely.
00:55:50I'm afraid these gentlemen have a most regrettable task to perform.
00:55:54Unless, of course, you care to turn over the missing musical box
00:55:59with your pledge to take no action against us in the future.
00:56:03I'm afraid that will be impossible.
00:56:05I thought that would be your answer.
00:56:06Hummed!
00:56:08Careful!
00:56:09Careful.
00:56:10There's no need to be unnecessarily rough with our distinguished guests.
00:56:14You realize, Mr. Holmes, that your demise will not take place here,
00:56:18the, uh, corpus delecti, you know?
00:56:22Well, naturally.
00:56:23Shall we go?
00:56:27It's so fearfully awkward having a dead body lying about.
00:56:30Don't you agree, Mr. Holmes?
00:56:32Another dead body shouldn't weigh too heavily on your conscience, Mrs. Cockney.
00:56:44You mind if I have a cigarette?
00:56:47I don't see why not.
00:57:02Be careful, Hamid.
00:57:04It's the brakes. They bind.
00:57:09Thank you, Colonel Kavanagh.
00:57:10It's very considerate of you.
00:57:42You'll be happy to know, Mr. Holmes...
00:57:44Mr. Holmes, that your death will be a painless one.
00:57:50Hamid, attach this to the motor of the taxi.
00:57:56That little attachment, my dear Mr. Holmes,
00:57:59contains the deadly fluid known as monosulfine.
00:58:03The Germans use it with gratifying results in removing their undesireless.
00:58:12Start the motor.
00:58:20Start the motor.
00:58:35Tape his mouth.
00:58:44Now, up with him, Hamid.
00:58:57You find yourself like Mohammed's coffin, Mr. Holmes.
00:59:03Suspended between heaven and earth.
00:59:11Now, up with him.
00:59:12Plenty of fuel in the tank?
00:59:14Good.
00:59:15It would be too bad to have anything go wrong through so simple an oversight.
00:59:42Good.
00:59:48Good.
01:00:01Come on.
01:00:02Come on.
01:00:02Come on.
01:00:06Come on.
01:00:30Good afternoon.
01:00:32Mr. Sherlock Holmes?
01:00:33No, I'm Dr. Watson.
01:00:35Oh, of course, Dr. Watson.
01:00:37How stupid of me.
01:00:38Oh, not at all.
01:00:39This is stupid of me.
01:00:41Won't you come in?
01:00:43Well, I really came to see Mr. Holmes.
01:00:45Oh, I'm afraid he's out.
01:00:46I don't know when he'll be back.
01:00:47Perhaps there's something I can do.
01:00:49Won't you sit down?
01:00:52You know, Sherlock Holmes and I have been engaged on a great many cases.
01:00:57Oh, really?
01:00:57Yes, indeed.
01:00:58As a matter of fact, this very moment, we're involved in one of the most baffling...
01:01:03Oh, well, won't you tell me you're trouble and I may be able to help you.
01:01:07That's very kind of you, Dr. Watson.
01:01:09Perhaps if I wouldn't be imposing too much...
01:01:12Imposing?
01:01:13Oh, there's no imposition.
01:01:15No imposition at all.
01:01:16A pleasure, I assure you.
01:01:17Now, tell me all about it, Miss...
01:01:19Miss Williams.
01:01:20Miss Williams.
01:01:21I live in Surrey, Dr. Watson, and I've come up to London in sheer desperation.
01:01:26My only sister has disappeared, and the local police seem utterly unable to find her.
01:01:30Well, Holmes and I solved a case exactly like that once.
01:01:33Very interesting, as far as I remember.
01:01:35I call it the adventure of the solitary cyclist.
01:01:39Oh, sorry.
01:01:41Now I come to think of it, it wasn't so very similar.
01:01:43Entirely different, I think what I'm saying.
01:01:47Oh, where were we?
01:01:49She's only 17, Dr. Watson, and until she disappeared last Thursday, she seemed to be in the best of spirits.
01:01:57What, possibly a romantic entanglement?
01:02:00Oh, no, no, nothing of the sort.
01:02:01She left no note, didn't even pack a bag, no explanation.
01:02:05She just started to walk to the village from our house in broad daylight,
01:02:09and simply vanished from the face of the earth.
01:02:11Oh, there, there, there, there.
01:02:14Might I have a glass of water?
01:02:15Glass of water, please, of course, a glass of water.
01:02:17I'll go have one in one minute.
01:02:51There you are, my dear.
01:02:52Thank you, Dr. Watson.
01:02:54No, no, no, you're not to cry anymore.
01:02:55You must pull yourself together.
01:02:57Oh, I feel much better already knowing that you're going to help me.
01:02:59Oh, Dr. Watson, look!
01:03:01Good heavens!
01:03:06Get through, get through the fire brigade, quickly!
01:03:08after you.
01:03:09Hey, could you have a fire brigade here?
01:03:16I think you're going to be here.
01:03:21Oh, I think you're going to return!
01:03:40Don't you worry, Miss Williams, we'll have this thing out in no time.
01:03:53Ah, I've got it.
01:03:59It's a mare.
01:04:01Well, you see, there was no need for the fire brigade after all.
01:04:06I hope you weren't too frightened, Miss Williams.
01:04:11Oh, gone.
01:04:13What's the trouble of women?
01:04:15They always lose their heads in an emergency.
01:04:20Hello.
01:04:25A musical box.
01:04:29Great Scott!
01:04:35Miss Williams!
01:04:42Miss Williams!
01:04:44Good.
01:04:45And Holmes?
01:04:47By now, Mr. Holmes has no doubt exchanged his violin for a harp.
01:04:51Always assuming that heaven is his destination.
01:04:56And now that we have the missing musical box.
01:05:08Nineteenth note.
01:05:10Nineteenth note.
01:05:13Nineteenth letter.
01:05:15Nineteenth...
01:05:17Yes.
01:05:21He hasn't been there, you see?
01:05:23Holmes, where on earth have you been?
01:05:25I've been trying to get you at the club, at Scotland Yard, all over London.
01:05:30You were looking for me in the wrong places.
01:05:32Holmes, a terrible thing's happened.
01:05:34I've been duped.
01:05:36That woman, she made a complete fool of me.
01:05:39Well, what do you mean?
01:05:40Well, she came here and let off a smoke bomb.
01:05:42I thought the whole place was on fire and my first thought was to save a musical box.
01:05:46No need to say anymore.
01:05:47She has the box.
01:05:49Yes.
01:05:49Yes.
01:05:51Don't blame yourself too much, old fellow.
01:05:54She is an extremely clever antagonist.
01:06:00Smoke bomb, you said.
01:06:04Well, you can console yourself with the thought that your charming friend is at least a reader of yours.
01:06:10What do you mean?
01:06:11If I remember correctly, you wrote about my little experiment with smoke and the cry of fire
01:06:15and the story you've entitled, A Scandal in Bohemia, which has just appeared in the Strand Magazine.
01:06:20All right, all right, old boy.
01:06:21Don't rub it in.
01:06:24Well, it may cheer you up to know that you made a fool of me too.
01:06:27Ah.
01:06:29That cigarette stub.
01:06:31It was planted here for one express purpose.
01:06:34We got a bandaging around this place.
01:06:36Bandaging? What's the matter, Holmes?
01:06:38You hurt?
01:06:38An explanation, so I'll have to wait until later.
01:06:40At the moment, we're faced with a problem, which I fear is insurmountable.
01:06:44Come over here, old boy, will you?
01:06:45Right.
01:06:48Our opponents are in possession of all three parts of the code.
01:06:51And here are we while the Bank of England plates pass into their possession.
01:06:55Cheer up, old fellow, cheer up.
01:06:57As Dr. Samuel Johnson once said,
01:06:59there's no problem the mind of man can set that the mind of man cannot solve.
01:07:04What's that, old fellow?
01:07:05I was just quoting Dr. Samuel Johnson.
01:07:07He said there is no...
01:07:08Thank you, Watson. Thank you.
01:07:09Hm?
01:07:14Leaving the front reception room, we come into the main hall,
01:07:18where Dr. Johnson was in the habit of passing through
01:07:20to have his meagre meals in the dining room opposite,
01:07:24in company with his friend and biographer, James Boswell.
01:07:28We will now pass up the stairway, which remains in its natural wood finish,
01:07:34just as it was when the good doctor was here.
01:07:37The framed etching on the wall is believed to have been presented to Dr. Johnson
01:07:41by the distinguished painter, Sir Joshua Reynolds.
01:07:45I've been told here that that picture was given by Mrs. Thrail,
01:07:49and it's definitely not a Reynolds.
01:07:51Is that important, my dear?
01:07:54Oh, I'm sorry.
01:07:57This way, ladies and gentlemen, please, this way.
01:07:59Move along, children, move along.
01:08:02The secretary's not on this floor.
01:08:04Patience, Hamid.
01:08:05I have a feeling...
01:08:06My dear Colonel, with Sherlock Holmes out of the way,
01:08:09what could go wrong?
01:08:18And here we have the Garrett Library,
01:08:21in which Dr. Johnson wrote his famous dictionary,
01:08:24and in which you will see also
01:08:26many of the great man's books and other items of interest.
01:08:30Step forward, ladies and gentlemen, please, step forward.
01:08:33Standing in the corner is the secretary,
01:08:35which contains many of the original works by the literary genius.
01:08:40On this table, Dr. Johnson's cat, Hodge,
01:08:43used to sleep while his master worked.
01:08:45The strange thing about this cat, ladies and gentlemen,
01:08:48was its love of oysters.
01:08:50They do say that the dear doctor often went hungry
01:08:52to find the cat that delicacy.
01:08:55What a pity.
01:08:57Now we will visit the green room,
01:08:59which is immediately below us,
01:09:01in which you will see the very bed
01:09:03in which Dr. Johnson died.
01:09:05What did he die of?
01:09:08Gout.
01:09:09Just gout.
01:09:11This way, ladies and gentlemen.
01:09:13Mind the steps, please.
01:09:27Your keys.
01:09:44Third shelf up.
01:09:52The knife.
01:10:00The knife.
01:10:01The bank of England plates.
01:10:04Well, Mrs. Courtney.
01:10:06So we meet again.
01:10:08No, I shouldn't do that if I have you, Colonel Kavanagh.
01:10:11I must congratulate you, Mr. Holmes.
01:10:14You're far more clever than I thought.
01:10:17Thank you, Mrs. Courtney.
01:10:18A praise from you is indeed gratifying.
01:10:23I shall always cherish the memory
01:10:24of your flattering words.
01:10:27Memory?
01:10:28Oh.
01:10:31And now I have a most regrettable task to perform.
01:10:39Holmes!
01:10:41Coming, Holmes!
01:10:46You all right?
01:10:48Perfectly thank you, Othello,
01:10:49but I think this gentleman on the floor
01:10:50requires some medical attention.
01:10:52We must see that he looks his best,
01:10:53you know, when he's hanged.
01:10:54Take them in charge.
01:11:12A brilliant antagonist.
01:11:15It's a pity her talents were so misdirected.
01:11:18Will you see that these plates are returned to the Bank of England, Inspector?
01:11:21I still don't understand how you solved it, Mr. Holmes.
01:11:23It's entirely due to Dr. Watson.
01:11:25He gave me the clue when he mentioned Dr. Samuel Johnson.
01:11:28Well, congratulations, Doctor.
01:11:30Oh, thank you, Inspector.
01:11:31I don't think I'd have done it entirely
01:11:32without Mr. Holmes' help, you know.
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