UK Release Date: 26th September 1961.
While passing by on a different train, Miss Marple witnesses the strangulation of a young woman in the opposite carriage.
Margaret Rutherford as Miss Jane Marple
Arthur Kennedy as Dr. Paul Quimper
Muriel Pavlow as Emma Ackenthorpe
James Robertson Justice as Luther Ackenthorpe
Thorley Walters as Cedric Ackenthorpe
Charles Tingwell as Inspector Craddock
Conrad Phillips as Harold Ackenthorpe
Ronald Howard as Brian Eastley
Joan Hickson as Mrs Kidder
Stringer Davis as Jim Stringer
Ronnie Raymond as Alexander Eastley
Gerald Cross as Albert Ackenthorpe
Michael Golden as Hillman
Barbara Leake as Mrs. Hilda Stainton
Gordon Harris as Sergeant Bacon
Peter Butterworth as Ticket collector
Richard Briers as "Mrs Binster"
Lucy Griffiths as Lucy
While passing by on a different train, Miss Marple witnesses the strangulation of a young woman in the opposite carriage.
Margaret Rutherford as Miss Jane Marple
Arthur Kennedy as Dr. Paul Quimper
Muriel Pavlow as Emma Ackenthorpe
James Robertson Justice as Luther Ackenthorpe
Thorley Walters as Cedric Ackenthorpe
Charles Tingwell as Inspector Craddock
Conrad Phillips as Harold Ackenthorpe
Ronald Howard as Brian Eastley
Joan Hickson as Mrs Kidder
Stringer Davis as Jim Stringer
Ronnie Raymond as Alexander Eastley
Gerald Cross as Albert Ackenthorpe
Michael Golden as Hillman
Barbara Leake as Mrs. Hilda Stainton
Gordon Harris as Sergeant Bacon
Peter Butterworth as Ticket collector
Richard Briers as "Mrs Binster"
Lucy Griffiths as Lucy
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00:00:00Station announcer, the train standing at Platform 2 is the 450 for Ealing Broadway,
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00:03:30Tickets, please.
00:03:31A woman has been strangled.
00:03:33I saw it.
00:03:34I beg your pardon?
00:03:35A man strangled a woman.
00:03:36In a train.
00:03:37I saw it out there.
00:03:39Strangled?
00:03:40Yes, strangled.
00:03:41You must do something about it at once.
00:03:43Me?
00:03:43Well, I...
00:03:44Madam, don't you think perhaps you had a little nap and maybe had a bad dream?
00:03:51Young man, I was not dreaming.
00:03:53I saw it.
00:03:54What are you going to do about it?
00:03:56Well, look, we'll be in Blackampton in about five minutes.
00:04:00I'll report it as soon as we get there.
00:04:02Could I have your name and address for her?
00:04:03Yes, of course.
00:04:05Miss Jane Marple.
00:04:07Marple?
00:04:07Marple.
00:04:09Old Pasture Lane.
00:04:11Mr. Lane.
00:04:12Milchester.
00:04:13Milchester.
00:04:13I see.
00:04:14Very well, Miss Marple.
00:04:15I'll report this to the stationmaster soon.
00:04:17Yes, please do.
00:04:24A bad dream, indeed.
00:04:43All right, Lucy.
00:04:44I'll answer that.
00:04:50Morning, Madam.
00:04:50I...
00:04:51Not today, thank you.
00:04:55Inspector Craddock, County CID, Madam.
00:04:57Oh, I am so sorry.
00:04:58Do come in, Inspector.
00:05:02I've just been going through all the papers again for the last two days
00:05:05and still not a word about the murder.
00:05:08I suppose the police asked the press to say nothing for the moment.
00:05:12You sit down, won't you?
00:05:13Lull the murderer into a false sense of security, then pounce, eh?
00:05:18Oh!
00:05:18What's that?
00:05:19Oh, how stupid of me.
00:05:21Yes, I am so sorry.
00:05:23Lucy, you will have some tea, won't you?
00:05:25Oh, uh...
00:05:26Some tea for the inspector, dear, please.
00:05:28Yes.
00:05:30Well, now, have you got him?
00:05:33Well, I, uh...
00:05:36That is, uh...
00:05:37We have come to the conclusion that what you saw on the train was, uh...
00:05:41Well, a man and a woman...
00:05:44Yes, as I said.
00:05:45I mean, uh...
00:05:47Perhaps they were honeymooners.
00:05:51Inspector, I may be what is termed a spinster,
00:05:55but I do know the difference between horseplay and murder.
00:06:00Of course, madam, uh, Miss Marple,
00:06:02but the fact remains that there's been a thorough search of every train
00:06:05and no hospital has treated any woman such as you described.
00:06:07She was blonde and had on a coat with a pale fur collar.
00:06:11And no such woman has been seen getting on or off a train
00:06:13either alone or with anybody else.
00:06:15Well, of course not.
00:06:16She was dead.
00:06:17Further, a complete search has been made of every inch of the tracks
00:06:19for the whole length of the line.
00:06:21Negative.
00:06:22Oh.
00:06:23So you don't believe me.
00:06:26I didn't mean to imply that.
00:06:27You certainly did.
00:06:28Not at all.
00:06:29I, uh...
00:06:30What then?
00:06:30I...
00:06:31I assure you, Miss Marple,
00:06:33that a woman cannot be murdered on a busy train
00:06:35a few minutes before a station
00:06:36without our finding out about it.
00:06:38I'm quite sure you mean well, Inspector.
00:06:41But if you imagine that I am going to sit back
00:06:43and let everybody regard me as a dotty old maid,
00:06:47you are very much mistaken.
00:06:49Good day.
00:07:00I'm sorry, Mrs. Stanton.
00:07:25The hat rack hanging, Falcon Smith's latest.
00:07:28I'm afraid we haven't received our copy yet.
00:07:30Plain inefficiency.
00:07:33Anyway, I want to know the moment it comes in.
00:07:34Of course, of course, Mrs. Stanton.
00:07:37Oh, good morning, Miss Marple.
00:07:39Good morning, Mr. Stringer.
00:07:41Good morning, Hilda.
00:07:45One moment.
00:07:47The hat rack hanging.
00:07:49I've been keeping it for you.
00:07:55Mr. Stringer, would you say I was an unstable woman?
00:07:58Oh, certainly not.
00:07:59In full possession of my faculties?
00:08:02Absolutely.
00:08:03And not given to hallucinations?
00:08:05I know.
00:08:06Thank you, Mr. Stringer.
00:08:07The police think I'm dotty.
00:08:09What?
00:08:10Apparently what I saw was a young man and woman
00:08:12in the throes of connubial bliss.
00:08:15I see.
00:08:16Well, if I were you, Miss Marple,
00:08:17I would certainly write to the Chief Constable.
00:08:20Mr. Stringer, how many detective novels
00:08:22would you say we have read over the years?
00:08:24Impossible to say.
00:08:26Certainly many hundreds.
00:08:27Yes.
00:08:27Which gives us, wouldn't you agree,
00:08:29a certain knowledge of the criminal mind.
00:08:31Oh, most assuredly.
00:08:32Well, this is where we put that knowledge to the test.
00:08:37We?
00:08:37Yes, we.
00:08:38So it has come in.
00:08:46Oh, has it?
00:08:47Well, I think I have first call.
00:08:50I don't think you'll like it, Hilda.
00:08:51Too obvious.
00:08:52The mother did it, of course.
00:08:54How can you possibly know that?
00:08:55The book has only just come in.
00:08:56There always is with Falconsmith.
00:08:58A deprived child, you know.
00:09:00Hot buttered crumpets for tea, Mr. Stringer,
00:09:04if you care to join me.
00:09:05Indeed I would, Miss Marple.
00:09:12Ah, yes, here we are.
00:09:15Now, I calculate the five o'clock express to Brackhampton
00:09:18overtook my train somewhere about there.
00:09:21But how can you be sure?
00:09:23Well, I remember the ticket collector
00:09:25saying five minutes to Brackhampton
00:09:27couldn't have been more than a minute
00:09:28after the murder he came in.
00:09:30So that makes it six minutes
00:09:32before Brackhampton
00:09:33at, say, 30 miles an hour.
00:09:37So, about there.
00:09:40But the body, Miss Marple?
00:09:42Well, it seems clear
00:09:43that was thrown from the train
00:09:45between here and Brackhampton.
00:09:47The police found nothing.
00:09:48Of course not.
00:09:50The murderer returned before the search
00:09:52and disposed of the body.
00:09:54By Jove, the police will certainly
00:09:55want to investigate now.
00:09:57Well, according to them,
00:09:58there is nothing to investigate.
00:10:00Surely in the light of our theory,
00:10:02a fresh search.
00:10:03But this time we will conduct our own.
00:10:06Eh?
00:10:06Yes, Mr. Stringer.
00:10:08I recommend a hearty breakfast tomorrow.
00:10:11You and I are going to take
00:10:12an early morning walk.
00:10:13There must be something somewhere.
00:10:24You can't throw a body
00:10:26out of a fast-moving train
00:10:28without leaving some kind of trace.
00:10:30Miss Marple,
00:10:31if we linger here much longer,
00:10:32I feel certain we should be apprehended.
00:10:34Oh, nonsense.
00:10:35No one will give a couple of track layers
00:10:37a second glance.
00:10:38I'm not altogether convinced
00:10:39our disguises are adequate.
00:10:41A shoe,
00:10:42a bit of cloth,
00:10:43something.
00:10:44I concede our timetable
00:10:46may have been out of date,
00:10:47but I'm quite sure
00:10:48the 7.15 is still running.
00:10:50Very possibly.
00:10:50But it could be most dangerous up here.
00:10:53Undoubtedly.
00:11:12Miss Marple.
00:11:13Miss Marple.
00:11:15Yes?
00:11:17There you are.
00:11:19I think I heard something.
00:11:20And I think I found something.
00:11:23Really?
00:11:35Consistent with something
00:11:36having been dumped from a train,
00:11:38wouldn't you say?
00:11:39If it was the body,
00:11:41it would roll down
00:11:42and finish up against this wall.
00:11:45Then where is it?
00:11:47That, Mr. Stringer,
00:11:49is the question.
00:11:49Could be buried.
00:11:53You'd need a pick or a shovel.
00:11:55No, this is hardly an ideal spot
00:11:57for disposing of a body.
00:12:00Unless...
00:12:01from her fur collar, I think.
00:12:13Mr. Stringer,
00:12:16will you kindly give me a leg up?
00:12:18Miss Marple, I have...
00:12:20please, Mr. Stringer.
00:12:21Please, Mr. Stringer.
00:12:23No, no.
00:12:26Make a stirrup.
00:12:28Yes.
00:12:29Come on.
00:12:30Careful.
00:12:31Are you ready?
00:12:32Interlock your fingers.
00:12:34They are interlocked.
00:12:35Oh.
00:12:36Well, are you ready?
00:12:37Yes.
00:12:38Oh.
00:12:39Oh!
00:12:40Magnificent!
00:12:41Down!
00:12:44Down!
00:12:50What a frightful looking man.
00:12:52What a frightful looking dog.
00:12:53Miss Marple,
00:12:54prudence demands a retreat.
00:12:56Mr. Stringer,
00:12:57I am convinced
00:12:57that the body
00:12:58is the other side
00:12:59of this wall.
00:13:00But that's the
00:13:00Ackenthorpe Hall estate.
00:13:02No.
00:13:03Perfect.
00:13:04Easy enough
00:13:05for someone
00:13:05to come down
00:13:06out of the house,
00:13:06recover the body
00:13:07and dispose of it
00:13:08somewhere in the grounds.
00:13:09Someone from the house?
00:13:10You mean one of the families?
00:13:11Yes, or one of the servants.
00:13:13They're lucky enough
00:13:13to have any.
00:13:16Servants.
00:13:18I wonder.
00:13:20Miss Marple,
00:13:20whatever it is,
00:13:22no, no, no.
00:13:23Mr. Stringer,
00:13:24we will withdraw.
00:13:26Temporarily.
00:13:26Oh.
00:13:37Good morning.
00:13:45Good morning.
00:13:46I'm afraid
00:13:46there's nothing
00:13:47on my books, madam,
00:13:48not so much
00:13:48as a mother's help.
00:13:50I'm seeking a post,
00:13:51not offering one.
00:13:55Pray be seated,
00:13:57do, my good woman.
00:13:58You need seek no more.
00:13:59You've come to the right place.
00:14:01How good to see
00:14:02the spirit of unselfish
00:14:03service is still with us.
00:14:04Now,
00:14:05let me see now.
00:14:08Yes,
00:14:08here's a perfect plum.
00:14:10Cheerful home
00:14:10for cheerful lady.
00:14:12Own suite,
00:14:13TV,
00:14:14radio,
00:14:14and a use of car.
00:14:16Tea in bed on Sundays,
00:14:17pension scheme.
00:14:18Heaven forbid.
00:14:21Oh, all right.
00:14:23Mrs. Forbes,
00:14:23Alexbridge,
00:14:24setting up house
00:14:25near Monte Carlo.
00:14:26I won't have any foreigners,
00:14:27of course.
00:14:28Own gaming allowance.
00:14:30But I don't approve
00:14:31of gambling.
00:14:32Mrs. Hamilton Potts,
00:14:34the Dingley stud farm,
00:14:35you know.
00:14:36Seven children.
00:14:37Eldest seven.
00:14:39Oh, no, thank you.
00:14:41Perhaps if I might have
00:14:42a quiet word
00:14:42with Mrs. Binster.
00:14:47I am Mrs. Binster.
00:14:50Oh, I see.
00:14:52Well, as a matter of fact,
00:14:52I wondered if there might
00:14:53be a position
00:14:54at Ackenthorpe Hall.
00:14:56Ackenthorpe Hall.
00:14:57Yes, Ackenthorpe Hall.
00:15:00Oh, yes.
00:15:02I think I can accommodate you.
00:15:05Yes.
00:15:06There's always a vacancy there.
00:15:51Oh, my God.
00:16:21Yes?
00:16:28I'm Jane from Mrs. Binster's employment agency.
00:16:31The new maid.
00:16:33Well, you look old enough to know better.
00:16:35Come in.
00:16:51I'm to see Miss Ackenthorpe.
00:16:53You're expected.
00:16:54Oh, no, ma'am.
00:17:02Miss Ackenthorpe.
00:17:04Yes?
00:17:06I'm Jane.
00:17:08The new maid?
00:17:10Yes.
00:17:11Jane Marple.
00:17:12Now, if you'll kindly show me where I'm to put my things, I'll...
00:17:15Oh, yes.
00:17:16Yes, of course.
00:17:18But I'm wondering if this post is really what you're looking for, Miss Marple.
00:17:23Well, naturally.
00:17:24Otherwise, I wouldn't be here.
00:17:26I don't want a housekeeper, you know.
00:17:28I want someone to...
00:17:29Well, to do the work.
00:17:31Yes.
00:17:31You want cooking, washing up, beds made, floors scrubbed, fires lit, ashes taken away.
00:17:36I quite understand.
00:17:37Well, I hope you'll find us suitable.
00:17:41Oh, I'm sure I shall.
00:17:42Perhaps you won't find the work too exacting.
00:17:44There are only the three of us.
00:17:46Myself, my nephew, down from school for the holidays.
00:17:50And then there's father.
00:17:52May I show you to your room?
00:17:53Yes, certainly.
00:17:57I'll take that, my dear.
00:17:58Perhaps the clubs, if you wouldn't mind.
00:18:01I must keep fit, you know.
00:18:03Yes, of course.
00:18:04Our staff consists of Hillman, the gardener, and Mrs. Kidder, she let you in.
00:18:11She comes in from the village three afternoons a week to do the rough work.
00:18:16That was my grandfather.
00:18:18He founded the family fortune.
00:18:20Tea biscuits, you know.
00:18:21Oh, yes.
00:18:22And very excellent biscuits they were, too.
00:18:25Quite a severe man, I'm afraid.
00:18:29Miss Marple, I think it only fair to explain to you that my father himself is...
00:18:34Well, quite frankly, he's a bit difficult at times.
00:18:37He's an invalid, you know.
00:18:38He's very keen on economy, and he sometimes says things that upset people.
00:18:44I wouldn't want you to...
00:18:45Oh, I'm quite used to looking after elderly people of all sorts.
00:18:49We'll manage.
00:18:52Emma!
00:18:54Emma!
00:18:54I hear you.
00:18:56Yes, father.
00:18:57Excuse me, my love.
00:18:58Don't try to sneak off.
00:19:01Is that the new girl with you?
00:19:03Well, uh, yes, father.
00:19:05Hope she's got a bit more meat on her than the last one.
00:19:08Can't stand them, skinny.
00:19:10Well, don't just stand there, boggling girl.
00:19:12Bring her in.
00:19:13I want to look at her.
00:19:14Yes.
00:19:15Will you come in, please?
00:19:16Yes.
00:19:16Yes.
00:19:16Yes.
00:19:16Yes.
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00:19:16Yes.
00:19:16Yes.
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00:19:18Yes.
00:19:18Yes.
00:19:18Yes.
00:19:18Yes.
00:19:18Yes.
00:19:19Yes.
00:19:19Yes.
00:19:20Yes.
00:19:24Yes.
00:19:24Yes.
00:19:25Father.
00:19:25This is Miss Markle.
00:19:27Jane.
00:19:28I'm a plainer Jane.
00:19:29I've never set eyes on in my life.
00:19:31Well, we can't all be young and handsome.
00:19:33Can we, Mr. Lackenthorpe?
00:19:35There is one thing I cannot tolerate, and that is impertinence.
00:19:38Well, we should get on admirably.
00:19:40Neither can I.
00:19:41Well, if you're coming to stay here, and I suppose you've got to,
00:19:44there's one thing you'd better understand straight away.
00:19:46Because I live in a big house, it doesn't necessarily follow that I'm a rich man.
00:19:50So there's no good coming here with extravagant ideas.
00:19:54I live here because I want to.
00:19:56Not because I can afford it.
00:19:58Father, don't you think...
00:20:00No, I don't. Can you cook?
00:20:02If you want good English cooking, yes.
00:20:04Cod's as good as lobster any day.
00:20:06And much cheaper.
00:20:08Well, that depends on whether or not
00:20:10one has a palate unsullied by cheap opiates.
00:20:14If you mean what I think you mean,
00:20:16I'd have you know this cheroot costs two shillings.
00:20:18Yes, quite.
00:20:20I'll show Miss Marple to her room. This way, please.
00:20:22Good idea.
00:20:30That was Hillman, the gardener.
00:20:32When Mr. Ackenthorpe wants to move about,
00:20:34he always calls him. They're quite close.
00:20:36Will you be staying, Miss Marple?
00:20:38Jane?
00:20:40My dear lady, of course.
00:20:42I'm so glad.
00:20:44Emma! Come back here.
00:20:46You've forgotten my medicine.
00:20:48Excuse me a moment. That's your room, just down there.
00:20:50The door opposite the head of the small stairs.
00:20:52The potential one.
00:20:54Can I give you those? Yes, of course.
00:20:56Yes.
00:20:58the door opposite the window.
00:21:00Oh.
00:21:02Oh, my God.
00:21:06Oh, my God.
00:21:08Oh, my God.
00:21:10Oh, my God.
00:21:42Come out at once.
00:22:11I advise you to come out.
00:22:18Very well.
00:22:19Come out.
00:22:24You're Miss Amos' nephew, I presume?
00:22:46Yes.
00:22:47Alexander Eastley.
00:22:48How do you do?
00:22:49How do you do?
00:22:51I'm Jane.
00:22:52Jane Marple.
00:22:53Yes.
00:22:54It is disappointing, isn't it?
00:22:56I'd rather hoped for the Jane Mansfield type.
00:22:59I see you have something in common with your grandfather.
00:23:02Oh, we're very alike in many ways.
00:23:04Mind you, I'm not mean with money.
00:23:06He'll stop that vase out of your wages, you know.
00:23:09It's just as well you got out of the way.
00:23:12Otherwise...
00:23:13It'd have been my head and you'd have got ten years.
00:23:16That is still possible.
00:23:23You know, it isn't just that you don't look like Jane Mansfield.
00:23:27You're not my idea of a maid either.
00:23:29Well, quite honestly, I don't think you'd be everybody's idea of a boy.
00:23:34You know, there's something decidedly fishy about you.
00:23:37I can see you'll have to go.
00:23:39After Mrs. Kidder, of course, she's next.
00:23:41Depressing creature.
00:23:43So was Annie.
00:23:44Annie?
00:23:45Your predecessor.
00:23:46Thin as a rake and a shocking cook.
00:23:48Can you cook?
00:23:50Well, I think I've done better than Annie.
00:23:53Grandfather's like that too.
00:23:56And he hates his dinner to be late.
00:23:58I'd leave your unpacking until later if I were you.
00:24:00Well, in that case, hadn't you better show me the way to the kitchen, Alexander?
00:24:04Very well.
00:24:05Jane?
00:24:14Emma!
00:24:15That's him.
00:24:16Always shouting about something.
00:24:17Mostly money.
00:24:18This way.
00:24:19Emma!
00:24:20Of course, they're all waiting for him to drop dead, you know.
00:24:22Frightful pack of vultures, our family.
00:24:25Except possibly Aunt Emma.
00:24:27And who are these vultures?
00:24:29Oh, there's Uncle Harold.
00:24:30Stinking rich and just as mean.
00:24:32Uncle Albert.
00:24:33Deadly dull poor fellow.
00:24:35Then there's Uncle Cedric.
00:24:36He paints.
00:24:37But not for art's sake.
00:24:39Do you know, last year, he and one of his models...
00:24:43Alexander!
00:24:44Well, he's like that.
00:24:46There was an Uncle Edmund.
00:24:48Was?
00:24:49Yes.
00:24:50Stopped a whole bomb during the war.
00:24:51All by himself.
00:24:52Wasn't another man around for miles.
00:24:54Deserting, probably.
00:24:55And who can be held responsible for you?
00:24:58Well put.
00:24:59Mummy's name was Edith, but she's dead.
00:25:02Daddy's Brian Eastley, you know.
00:25:04Oh?
00:25:05You know, the fighter race.
00:25:06Battle of Britain.
00:25:07Oh, the Brian Eastley.
00:25:08Yes.
00:25:09Yes.
00:25:10I'm going to set him up in business when I get my inheritance from grandfather.
00:25:14Here we are.
00:25:17Well, there you are, and about time too.
00:25:19Well, I'm off.
00:25:20I wouldn't stay in this place after dark, not for all the tea in China.
00:25:23Now, look.
00:25:24The pots and pans are on that shelf there over the stove.
00:25:26Oh, yes.
00:25:27And the groceries and provisions in there.
00:25:32Well, cheer out.
00:25:33Good day.
00:25:34Good day, Mrs. Kidder.
00:25:36What's the matter with you?
00:25:38I was merely being polite.
00:25:43Charming, isn't she, Jane?
00:25:45I think you should see this.
00:25:46Come on.
00:25:47What?
00:25:48Phase four.
00:25:49Anti-kidder campaign.
00:26:00Splendid.
00:26:04Dinner at eight, please, Jane.
00:26:18Her house.
00:26:19It's all ready.
00:26:20Oh.
00:26:21Ah.
00:26:22It's all ready.
00:26:23Oh, my God.
00:26:24I think you need to take it.
00:26:25Can you wait for one hour now?
00:26:26Oh, my God.
00:26:27You have to wait for one hour.
00:26:28Oh, my God.
00:26:29Oh, my God.
00:26:30Oh, my God.
00:26:31I think you need to wait for one hour and look.
00:26:33This is a good hour and look, everyone.
00:26:34I think I've seen you.
00:26:35You need to sit back.
00:26:36Oh, my God?
00:26:37Oh, my God.
00:26:38Oh, my God.
00:26:39Oh, my God.
00:26:40And the prayer's wise.
00:26:41There's always a good hour.
00:26:42You have a good hour by coming.
00:26:43I think you need to work.
00:26:44Do you must pull out?
00:26:45Oh, my God.
00:26:46Oh, my God.
00:26:47I see you made yourself comfortable.
00:27:09I trust you have no objection.
00:27:13Maybe.
00:27:17I shouldn't make yourself too comfortable if I was you.
00:27:47I don't think so.
00:28:17yes
00:28:28oh who are you
00:28:31I'm the new maid
00:28:32sir
00:28:33Dr. Quimper
00:28:34you get used to seeing me here
00:28:37Alexander I suppose
00:28:39yes I'm afraid sir
00:28:41well Mr. Ackenthorpe will be expecting me
00:28:44oh yes I'll show you up
00:28:45oh that won't be
00:28:46you're a doctor
00:28:55well there's my confounded matches
00:28:58oh it's you
00:29:01good morning
00:29:02what are you doing in here
00:29:04snooping I suppose
00:29:05where are my matches
00:29:07if you're going to smoke
00:29:13we'd better have some windows open
00:29:14I'm a great believer in fresh air
00:29:16aren't you doctor
00:29:17why yes I am
00:29:20Miss Marple her name
00:29:22Marble her nature
00:29:24that's right
00:29:27let her give me double pneumonia
00:29:28you can't kill me off one way
00:29:31or kill me off another
00:29:32nonsense
00:29:34you're going to live to be a hundred
00:29:35in spite of anything I can do
00:29:37well in that case tell that woman to stop opening windows and to light my cheroot
00:29:41is there any chance that will send him to sleep doctor
00:29:44I'm afraid it's a stimulant
00:29:46roll over
00:29:50oh dear
00:29:51don't kill the woman
00:29:55no
00:29:58no
00:29:59no
00:30:00your hometown lost a good horse doctor when you left grimper
00:30:08matter of fact I was very bad with the horses
00:30:10how'd the birthday party go all the family get down all right
00:30:13of course they did
00:30:14they had a whole weekend of it
00:30:16free board and lodging from friday night
00:30:18friday
00:30:19what's that to do with you
00:30:21oh nothing
00:30:22it just happened to be an interesting day for me too
00:30:25how old were you mr lachenthorpe
00:30:28mind your business
00:30:29anyhow it was a miserable weekend
00:30:31and I hope it'll be a long time before I have to put up with a whole pack of them again
00:30:36not a very nice way to talk about one's family
00:30:39not a very nice family
00:30:40and you know what that overgrown beatnik cedric did
00:30:43told emma right in front of my eyes she ought to get out of here
00:30:46get married or something
00:30:48try to make her as selfish as he is
00:30:50oh I don't know if emma did marry it wouldn't be such a bad thing
00:30:54oh father I thought I'd tell you I'm just going into town
00:30:58I'll be leaving in a moment can I give you a lift
00:31:00what do you want to go into town for
00:31:02can't she go for whatever it is
00:31:04well it's tradesmen father a few bills to pay
00:31:06oh money well that's a different thing
00:31:08can't trust anybody these days
00:31:10all right off you go
00:31:12in that case may I be of service
00:31:14thank you
00:31:15of course you can Quimper
00:31:16save the price of a taxi
00:31:17pay you enough as it is
00:31:19it'll be on your bill
00:31:20are you ready now
00:31:21only my coat
00:31:22good
00:31:22friday then miss lachenthorpe
00:31:24good day miss marble
00:31:25good day doctor
00:31:26if you don't shut those windows you'll be fired
00:31:30in that case I shall require four weeks
00:31:34waitress in lieu of notice
00:31:35get out of my sight woman
00:31:38with pleasure
00:31:39with pleasure
00:31:41I'll try to get out of my sight
00:31:43I'll beware
00:31:44I'll beware
00:31:44I'll beware
00:31:45I'll beware
00:31:46Let's go.
00:32:16Your weight isn't quite evenly distributed.
00:32:22I'll have you know that I won the Lady's Open Handicap in 1921.
00:32:26Really?
00:32:28I'm sure you have many things to do.
00:32:30Not at all, I'm most interested.
00:32:32We've never had a golf playing made before.
00:32:34You may have heard that this is the age of the common woman.
00:32:41You hooked.
00:32:42I'm aware of it.
00:32:46You know something?
00:32:54What?
00:32:55I believe you pulled those shots on purpose.
00:32:59Alexander, if you wish to be helpful at all,
00:33:02will you kindly look for the hook
00:33:03while I look for the slice?
00:33:05I'll do this.
00:33:58Found yours yet?
00:34:22Yet. Have you?
00:34:24Disappeared without a trace.
00:34:25Oh, well, fortunately, I have some more.
00:34:27At the present rate, you're going to need them.
00:34:31Perhaps you'd care to demonstrate the next one.
00:34:35Certainly.
00:34:39Let's see how close you can get to those outbuildings.
00:34:44Yes, I think that's possible.
00:34:45Oh, fair.
00:34:57You know perfectly well it was superb for a boy of my age.
00:35:00Right on the fairway.
00:35:13A chip and a putt and I'd have holed out in three.
00:35:16Does your grandfather keep horses, Alexander?
00:35:19He did.
00:35:20Now he just keeps a few relics of a more spacious age.
00:35:23Nostalgia, you know.
00:35:24A failing of the old, I suppose.
00:35:26Like to look.
00:35:27Well, I think I'm old enough, don't you?
00:35:38Oh, an old-fashioned pony chaise.
00:35:41They used that for going to the village.
00:35:42I suppose they used Victoria for going to church.
00:35:45Yes, on Sundays in the summer, I believe.
00:35:48And the bronze for visiting in the winter, perhaps.
00:35:51Yes, I expect so.
00:35:53It's supposed to be haunted here, you know.
00:35:55Grandfather found a man hanging from this rafter.
00:35:58Good heavens.
00:35:58He'd been dead for a week.
00:35:59That will do, Alexander.
00:36:00All purple, you know.
00:36:01Alexander.
00:36:04What was that?
00:36:05I wonder.
00:36:06All right.
00:36:07I'll look.
00:36:08All yours.
00:36:09Dear, dear, we are nervous, aren't we?
00:36:16Pity.
00:36:17Oh, well, what did you expect to find?
00:36:19Bodies.
00:36:20What?
00:36:21Live ones, of course.
00:36:23Used to be quite the spot for courting couples from the town.
00:36:25Really?
00:36:26Till Grandfather got Hillman to put a stop to it.
00:36:28Spoilsport.
00:36:29Quite extraordinary, the goings-on here.
00:36:32Apparently, there was this girl...
00:36:33That's enough, Alexander.
00:36:34There may be some other poor bird trapped.
00:36:37Look at this.
00:36:59Somebody else must have been in here.
00:37:01This isn't Aunt Emma's.
00:37:03It's mine.
00:37:04I must have dropped it.
00:37:06Thank you so much.
00:37:07It was bequeathed to me.
00:37:09You're not by any chance on the run from the police, are you?
00:37:13Too much television.
00:37:14You must learn to rationalize your imagination.
00:37:18What's behind there?
00:37:20More relics from the past?
00:37:21Matter of fact, yes.
00:37:23The fruits of Grandfather's Egyptian phase.
00:37:25Indeed.
00:37:26How interesting.
00:37:28Good morning.
00:37:41Oh!
00:37:41No one's a note in there.
00:37:42Let go of my wrist.
00:37:43What are you up to?
00:37:44Up to?
00:37:45The boy was simply showing me round.
00:37:47What boy?
00:37:48Alexander.
00:37:48You're lying.
00:37:51Alexander, come out of there at once.
00:37:53I thought discretion the better part of valour, Jane.
00:37:59This fellow's not above clipping a person's ear.
00:38:02You know your grandfather don't like no one sneaking round here.
00:38:05Don't think I won't tell him neither.
00:38:07Despite the double negatives, I'm sure you will.
00:38:10Come, Jane.
00:38:12Good for you, young man.
00:38:13Good for you, young man.
00:38:43Good for you, young man.
00:39:13Good for you, young man.
00:42:53Well?
00:42:55Never seen her before in my life.
00:42:57No, she's not from these parts.
00:42:59Well, whoever she is, I want her out of here at once.
00:43:01If you hadn't let the barn door unlocked, this wouldn't have happened.
00:43:05We wouldn't have had all these people poking their noses into everything.
00:43:09for a while...
00:43:11And the thing, thank you.
00:43:13It's all about she's doing it.
00:43:15Thank you, sir.
00:43:19Yes, sir.
00:43:21Thank you, sir.
00:43:23Thank you, sir.
00:43:31Thank you, sir.
00:43:33Thank you, sir.
00:43:35Thank you, sir.
00:43:37the strength of a maniac to shift to this one inspector oh yes doctor i don't know whether this
00:43:45is being helpful go on well the woman no one recognized her and her clothes struck me as
00:43:53being foreign perhaps french hmm yes that's very interesting yes thank you doctor well it was just
00:44:03a thought maybe a useful one thank you well that'd explain why i didn't recognize her sir
00:44:16i knew every face for miles around i'm sure you do sergeant still i have to start with the
00:44:21assumption there's some connection between her and the family i think i'll get the whole bunch
00:44:26down here don't be fireworks sir they hate the sight of each other so i believe anyway routine
00:44:33first they got any other servants apart from this gardener yes they have inspector
00:44:38good lord you yes dotty old me
00:44:48in there please
00:45:07it's only a cigarette packet of doubtful significance i'd say
00:45:13i'll bear your views in mind any idea what you expect your fellows to find
00:45:19clues well naturally but do you seriously think they'll find anything
00:45:24well somebody dragged the body from there over to there it's possible something could have been
00:45:32dropped in the process don't you agree yes yes i do did you find anything no inspector not a thing
00:45:39family's here by the way thank you i'll get around to them later they'll enjoy that i'm sure good hunting
00:45:47some silly idiot goes and strangles his girlfriend which he probably richly deserved and what do they do
00:45:57swarm all over the place mess about in our private affairs i said to this inspector fellow haddock or whatever his name is
00:46:05craddock sir shall i pour of course anyway i said to this fellow haddock
00:46:13but no member of my family had ever seen the woman before that was final
00:46:17well what makes you so sure of that father oh now look here cedric this is absurd
00:46:21well after all harold she wasn't somebody from around here and she once found an art stable wasn't she
00:46:25one of us could have known her she could have been your girlfriend dear boy
00:46:30what yeah it's just i suppose um cedric has a point there he never has a point i mean from the
00:46:37police point of view it's all right for you easily i don't suppose you're too concerned with the family
00:46:41reputation after all you're not a member of it are you strictly speaking what i can't understand is
00:46:47who telephoned the police oh i know who did that hello who obviously someone who knew the body was there
00:46:57any coffee left jane help yourself
00:47:02there certainly wasn't one of us who knows who cares who did it anyway the woman was probably a spy
00:47:10that's absurd father well the police think she was a foreigner don't they
00:47:14well lots of english girls go to paris and buy french clothes
00:47:17decent ones don't you luck to crimper to see you mr akenthorpe
00:47:22still getting shot with revitalizers father i'd take anything to outlive you lots
00:47:28and keep my property from your thieving hands
00:47:30well i'll just go and see if i can be of any further assistance to the police
00:47:38delicious coffee jane
00:47:40by the way the inspector said he'd be interrogating you all later
00:47:48better get your alibis ready
00:47:50oh he's a bright boy that one
00:47:53well let's face it the police say the woman was murdered on friday and we were down here
00:47:58last friday they're going to be very interested in all of us
00:48:02none of us were here till quite late
00:48:04yes but the point is what were we all doing earlier
00:48:08albert what about you
00:48:10me
00:48:11yes you
00:48:12and don't tell me you're sitting in your office all day
00:48:14i well no
00:48:16uh-huh as a matter of fact there was a film that i particularly wanted to see
00:48:20oh bridget bardo oh look cedric this is preposterous
00:48:24oh what is it harold anyway what about you or can your secretary verify all your movements on that day
00:48:31that's none of your business
00:48:33well i'm in the clear
00:48:35i was at my club
00:48:37it has a back door hasn't it
00:48:39yes i think so but i didn't get here until saturday
00:48:42but you could have lugged the body up here on friday
00:48:45slip back to london
00:48:47and be sitting in your usual chair when the club closed
00:48:50and i suppose one of your women friends can vouch for you
00:48:53well i'm certain my current comfort will satisfy the inspector completely
00:48:57as no doubt will your secretary
00:48:59when you've finished here will you kindly bring me some fresh coffee
00:49:04into the library
00:49:06certainly sir
00:49:07oh well jumpy isn't he and you're very calm but then i've no reason not to be
00:49:14i've just been thinking if that woman was foreign you should think of girls more often albert
00:49:26might bring about some interesting changes in you
00:49:28i know it's laughable
00:49:29i agree
00:49:30no but i mean if she was french could be her i suppose
00:49:35oh and i give up could be who
00:49:37that martine woman
00:49:39martine
00:49:40yes you know that french farm girl we had all the trouble about
00:49:44the one edmund was so infatuated with before he was killed
00:49:47but that was ages ago
00:49:48yes i know
00:49:49still i suppose it is possible
00:49:52but why should she turn up dead in our stable sixteen years later
00:49:56oh it's preposterous
00:49:58well it isn't my idea
00:50:00well whose idea is it then
00:50:02well emma's
00:50:05emma
00:50:06emma's
00:50:07emma's
00:50:08that's odd
00:50:10well
00:50:11can you see
00:50:39I've got to tell the old man whether he likes it or not.
00:50:41Not yet. Please, not yet.
00:50:42Why? Why?
00:50:44Paul, I think someone in the family may be a murderer.
00:50:49Emma.
00:50:51I've had a letter.
00:50:53I can't keep it to myself any longer.
00:50:55I want you to read it.
00:50:59I'm afraid my French isn't up to this, Emma.
00:51:03Dear Miss Ackenthorpe,
00:51:04you will be surprised to hear after so many years
00:51:07that you have a sister-in-law.
00:51:10I married your brother, Edmund,
00:51:12two days before he was killed in action.
00:51:14I decided it was best to forget the marriage,
00:51:17but now I'm planning a visit to England,
00:51:19and I find I do wish to meet you all.
00:51:22I write to you instead of your father
00:51:24because I understand he is a sick man,
00:51:27and my existence may come as a shock to him,
00:51:30as it must be to you all.
00:51:32Sincerely yours,
00:51:34Martine Ackenthorpe.
00:51:35But I thought Edmund was killed
00:51:38before they had a chance to marry.
00:51:40That's what we all thought.
00:51:42What's on your mind, Edmund?
00:51:43Don't you see?
00:51:45The strangled woman, it must have been Martine.
00:51:47Listen, if she could have proved
00:51:49she was really Edmund's widow,
00:51:50she'd have been entitled to a share in the will.
00:51:53Oh, I see.
00:51:55Paul, what shall I do?
00:51:57Have you told the others?
00:51:59No.
00:52:00I did suggest to Albert that
00:52:01if the woman was French,
00:52:03she might be Martine.
00:52:04What did he say?
00:52:05He said it was fantastic,
00:52:07but I think he was worried.
00:52:12You'll have to tell the police.
00:52:14They're bound to think one of the family did this.
00:52:16What else can you do?
00:52:18I don't know.
00:52:18I don't know.
00:52:20I think you must tell them.
00:52:23I'll have to think about this.
00:52:24He'd better go.
00:52:39Good afternoon.
00:52:40Good afternoon.
00:52:40Good afternoon.
00:52:54Good afternoon.
00:53:10Oh, there you are.
00:53:34The train was late, Miss Marple.
00:53:35Oh, good evening, Inspector.
00:53:39I suppose you knew about this compact business, too.
00:53:42Well, I...
00:53:43Before I did, no doubt.
00:53:44Well, you see...
00:53:45I thought it best to bring the inspector in on this after all, Mr. Springer.
00:53:48Yes, very wise, very wise.
00:53:50I'm glad you think so.
00:53:52Withholding information from the police is a very serious matter.
00:53:55Oh, I know, Inspector, and I'm most awfully sorry.
00:53:58Will you take tea?
00:53:59Oh, thank you, no.
00:54:01Don't you realize what this means?
00:54:03The compact having been stolen from your room?
00:54:05Coffee, perhaps.
00:54:07It means that the thief and the murderer are almost certainly one and the same.
00:54:10And that he or she is in that house.
00:54:13And that your life may be in great danger.
00:54:15Oh, I say.
00:54:16Do you really think so?
00:54:18I must ask you to give the whole thing up immediately.
00:54:20Tonight.
00:54:21Yes, of course.
00:54:22Indeed, you must, Miss Marple.
00:54:28Very well, then.
00:54:29I'll give in my notice tomorrow.
00:54:31Good.
00:54:33That's settled then.
00:54:34It has to be a month's notice, you know.
00:54:37Will you have a small beer, Inspector?
00:54:39Miss Marple, I...
00:54:42Oh, what's the use?
00:54:44Good night.
00:54:47Good night.
00:54:48Good night.
00:54:51Well, now, how did you get on at the probate registry?
00:54:55Oh, really, Miss Marple, I think in view of what the inspector said.
00:54:58Did you see the will?
00:55:00Yes.
00:55:01And what did it say?
00:55:03Well, old Mr. Ackenthorpe's father obviously didn't get on very well with him.
00:55:07I'm not surprised at that.
00:55:09Go on.
00:55:10You see, the house and the income from the family fortune are his.
00:55:14But he can't touch the fortune itself.
00:55:17That's the first point.
00:55:20Yes.
00:55:21The second point is that the fortune goes to his children on his death.
00:55:25That is to Emma, Cedric, Harold and Albert.
00:55:27Yes.
00:55:28Two of the others named in the will, Edith and Edmund, are already dead, of course.
00:55:32Hmm.
00:55:33Not much more for the rest, eh?
00:55:35Well, young Alexander, Edith's son, gets her share.
00:55:37Oh?
00:55:38What about the boy's father, Eastleigh?
00:55:39Next of kin, only come in for a share if there's no issue of a marriage.
00:55:42So Eastleigh's only interest is how much young Alexander gets.
00:55:46It's a quimper to see you, sir.
00:55:48Oh, yes.
00:55:49Send him in.
00:55:51Your call to the probate registry has been very useful.
00:55:53Thanks.
00:55:56Morning, Inspector.
00:55:57Oh, morning, Doctor.
00:55:58Sit down.
00:56:00Have you found out who the woman is yet?
00:56:02The, uh, French police haven't come up with anything so far, sir.
00:56:05Oh, you are working on the assumption that she's French, then?
00:56:08The clothes and makeup did turn out to be made in Paris, yes.
00:56:11Hmm.
00:56:12Is that what you wanted to see me about?
00:56:14No, sir.
00:56:17I understand, last Christmas, old Mr. Agenthorpe had a stomach upset.
00:56:21Yes, he's inclined to overindulge when there's too much rich food about.
00:56:25But he said you'd asked him a lot of questions.
00:56:28As though you suspected arsenic poisoning.
00:56:30All right.
00:56:32For the moment, I did suspect something was a bit odd.
00:56:35Didn't you run a food test?
00:56:36No.
00:56:37Why not?
00:56:38Well, it was nothing positive.
00:56:40No history of chronic gastric troubles such as one would expect to find in the classic method of arsenic poisoning.
00:56:46You mean small doses administered regularly?
00:56:48Exactly.
00:56:51Excuse me.
00:56:52Yes?
00:56:57Oh, put her on.
00:57:01Miss Agenthorpe.
00:57:03Emma?
00:57:06Yes.
00:57:09Hello.
00:57:10Oh, morning.
00:57:11I've had a letter.
00:57:13I see.
00:57:15Well, would you read the letter to me?
00:57:18You will be surprised to hear after so many years...
00:57:21I am planning a visit to England, and I find I do need it.
00:57:28I'd like to send round for that letter, if you don't mind, Miss Agenthorpe.
00:57:31Yes, we'll check with the French police.
00:57:34Goodbye.
00:57:38Do you know what that was about, Doctor?
00:57:40Yes, I...
00:57:41I think I do.
00:57:42Why didn't you tell me?
00:57:46I'm in love with Emma, Inspector.
00:57:48I want to marry her.
00:57:50And I told her I thought she ought to tell you about this.
00:57:53But you didn't insist?
00:57:54No.
00:57:55It was important to me, to us, that she made up her own mind.
00:57:58I understand, Doctor.
00:58:00Well, thank you.
00:58:01Is...
00:58:02Is that all?
00:58:05Doctor, do you think the dead woman is Martine Agenthorpe?
00:58:08Well, who else could it be?
00:58:10Do you think she was killed by a member of the family?
00:58:14I'd rather not answer that, Inspector.
00:58:16All right, Doctor.
00:58:19Thank you very much.
00:58:33Well, sir?
00:58:35I'm worried, Bacon.
00:58:36About the Doctor?
00:58:38No, no, not him.
00:58:40I'm worried about Miss Marple.
00:58:46No, no, not him.
00:58:47I'm worried about Miss Marple.
00:58:48He's feeling bored.
00:58:50I mean...
00:58:51I don't want to know how he is listening to that, wouldn't you?
00:58:52I don't want to know, no, no.
00:58:54You're so close.
00:58:55There's a joke.
00:58:56No, I didn't want to know.
00:58:57You're so close.
00:58:58Well, Mr. Carrope, you cannot do anything to him.
00:58:59I'm remind you, of course.
00:59:00It's a joke.
00:59:01Well, I'm sorry.
00:59:03I was so close.
00:59:04And I was on my side.
00:59:05I'd rather not say, you can't do anything more.
00:59:07I don't want to know.
00:59:09I don't know.
00:59:11No, I'm sorry.
00:59:13I'm sorry.
00:59:14Oh, I'm sorry.
00:59:15looking for something
00:59:34are you are you all right yes perfectly thank you mr. Eastley
00:59:42what is it you want well I just thought I'd take up the old boy's nightcap and
00:59:47save you the trouble oh that's kind of you it is ready
00:59:59hmm storm I expect the electricity supplies rather shaky like the rest of
01:00:05the place you're a little shaky too aren't you
01:00:11thank you thank you
01:00:41hmm
01:00:48hmm
01:00:50hmm
01:00:53hmm
01:00:56hmm
01:01:00hmm
01:01:02oh my goodness what are you doing looking for light you ought to be asleep I happen to be reading
01:01:09oh my goodness what are you doing looking for light you ought to be asleep I happen to be reading
01:01:22oh may I ask what you're doing trying to provide light oh I see well you won't find it there you know
01:01:32indeed it's a power failure often happens may I borrow this Alexander come back good night Jane
01:01:39who's that who is it
01:01:49oh mr. Sidri it's a power failure often happens I'll have to find some candles if you'll excuse me just a minute
01:02:00my sister said you started work here only a few days ago yes you don't look like a domestic to me I have
01:02:09to earn my living mr. I can talk like anybody else but the day after you arrived the body was discovered
01:02:16you found it didn't you what makes you think that because it fits and so neatly
01:02:23you telephoned the police didn't you I assure you I'm not the person who telephoned the police
01:02:28you are not no who are you what are you doing here I have already told you
01:02:35well I'm going to watch you very closely miss Marple Jane oh Hilman I have a word with you
01:03:05we are
01:03:11we are
01:03:14we are
01:03:16we are
01:03:19we are
01:03:22we are
01:03:34Bill! Bill!
01:03:43Bill!
01:03:49What is it?
01:03:57Alexander, call the doctor.
01:03:59Quickly!
01:04:04There's nothing I could do for him, I'm afraid, Inspector.
01:04:07How are the others now?
01:04:09Well, Emma, Cedric, Harold and Eastleigh have had only comparatively minor effects.
01:04:14And the old man will be all right. He's a tough old bird.
01:04:17He'll be recovered by morning.
01:04:22No doubts about the cause.
01:04:24No. They're all poisoned.
01:04:26No. Thank you, Doctor.
01:04:29Cripper! Cripper!
01:04:31Harold, I might have expected him to bellow the hardest.
01:04:41This is the last chicken stock.
01:04:51Finished, Sergeant?
01:04:52Just about, sir.
01:04:53See, that stuff gets down to the lab right away.
01:04:55We're pretty well all through for tonight.
01:05:05Well, Miss Marple?
01:05:07Mushroom soup.
01:05:09Curried duck, rice, and apple pie.
01:05:13Mushroom soup out of a can, I suppose.
01:05:16Certainly not.
01:05:17Half a pound of mushrooms.
01:05:18Chicken stock, milk, flour, butter, lemon juice.
01:05:22Touch of herbs.
01:05:24Mushrooms.
01:05:26I had some of the soup myself.
01:05:28Superb.
01:05:30I'm sure.
01:05:32The pie.
01:05:33I'm afraid I never can resist my own pie, Inspector.
01:05:36Anybody else's, of course.
01:05:37The curry.
01:05:38Exactly.
01:05:40Good, of course.
01:05:42But rice, you see.
01:05:44Fattening.
01:05:45And as I was having the pie...
01:05:47Where did the duck come from?
01:05:51Oh, those.
01:05:52Mr. Harold chopped them.
01:05:54He seems to be rather fond of killing things.
01:05:56The boy, Alexander, he doesn't seem to have had any curry either.
01:06:00No.
01:06:02Not a good appeal to him.
01:06:04Curious child.
01:06:06Well, did anyone come into the kitchen while the cooking was going on?
01:06:11Not while I was there.
01:06:13I do have other duties, you know.
01:06:16Anyone could have come in then?
01:06:19Six people are poisoned.
01:06:23Only one dies.
01:06:25I'm thinking about that too, Inspector.
01:06:28Excuse me, sir.
01:06:31Message from the Chief Constable.
01:06:32He's waiting up to hear your report.
01:06:34All right.
01:06:36In person, sir.
01:06:37Right, Sergeant.
01:06:38Get the car around.
01:06:39I'll be out in a minute.
01:06:40Very good.
01:06:44I think the two killings are connected.
01:06:47Don't you?
01:06:48Yes, I do.
01:06:50Now, we've got to find out who has that compact, Miss Marple.
01:06:53So far, I've only been able to search one room.
01:06:56No?
01:06:57Unfortunately, Albert's.
01:07:00Oh.
01:07:02Miss Marple, I have to go now.
01:07:03Oh, yes.
01:07:04I know.
01:07:05A policeman's work is never done.
01:07:09Or a woman's.
01:07:12I was going to say, please be careful.
01:07:15And if you do think of anything, I hope you'll take me into your confidence this time.
01:07:19It's the night-or-roop.
01:07:21I'll try to get your confidence to stand.
01:07:23I'll try.
01:07:24Oh, you like.
01:07:25I'll try.
01:07:26Mary.
01:07:28I'll try.
01:07:30You.
01:07:31I'll try.
01:07:33You're not going to work.
01:07:35You're not going to be.
01:07:37You're not going to work.
01:07:39I'm going to hurry up.
01:07:40All right.
01:07:42I'm going to finish this.
01:07:43the lab boys turned it up as arsenic in the curry not a lot just enough for
01:07:57stomach aches all the way around not enough to kill so Albert must have had an
01:08:02extra dose yes but why poison the others at all if the poisoner is a member of
01:08:07the family he had to be ill as well well say it isn't sir I mean the gardener of
01:08:13there's Hillman there's talk in the local pub that he's in for a nice little
01:08:17bequest when old Ackenthorpe goes what is possibility sir getting the dead woman
01:08:22bacon this poisoner makes it pretty certain to me that she was Martine
01:08:26Ackenthorpe oh French police come up with something then only there's no record of
01:08:31a marriage the village where Edmund Ackenthorpe was stationed was blown to bits
01:08:34during the war all the files and the town hall destroyed well then sir don't
01:08:39you see bacon it's the pattern of the killings only a member of the family
01:08:42would want to get rid of her too yes kill off all your relations at easy stages
01:08:47except the old man when he dies a natural death inherit the entire fortune as well
01:08:51as the property Albert must have got his second dose after dinner possibly in a
01:08:58drink I shouldn't drink that why not because it's lunchtime oh what is it beef
01:09:16broth baked custard beef broth but I ordered beef steak the doctor said beef broth but to the blazes with him I
01:09:24I give the orders in this house I'm sick of slops take it away certainly
01:09:28hillburn another bottle surely you realize that if the woman was Martine by
01:09:42showing that letter to the police you've pointed the finger at one of us not only
01:09:46for her death but Albert's too exactly one of us I might have expected that from
01:09:52you oh come now you're thinking along exactly the same lines as I am if you
01:09:56didn't do it that is you're probably thinking it was me stop it stop it or even you
01:10:02dear Emma look I think we've had just about enough of this nonsense I bet the
01:10:07police don't think it's nonsense oh now listen Cedric say what you like about the
01:10:10rest of us but please leave Emma out of it well it could be argued you know that
01:10:16Emma kept that letter to herself until she could use it to her own advantage
01:10:19I think you'd better explain that well let's face it the moment Martine's body
01:10:27was discovered everyone in this family was under suspicion including you Emma and
01:10:32and the moment you would use that letter voluntarily everyone was under
01:10:36suspicion excluding you hmm I hadn't thought of it like that you must be
01:10:45around the bend that woman was strangled do you think your sister capable of
01:10:50doing a thing like that oh but Emma's an attractive woman don't you think so
01:10:55well well an attractive woman doesn't need to do her own dirty work does she
01:11:02come along Emma I think we'd better leave them to it no no Eastley Emma has
01:11:06her eye on the good doctor you know I mean it's not gonna be so easy for you to
01:11:10marry into the family for a second time oh that hit home didn't it yes I'm about
01:11:17ready to break your blasted neck very possibly tell me something first you
01:11:23deny meeting Emma secretly in the grounds the night before the body was
01:11:26discovered well I had Hillman saw you you know all right we didn't meet that
01:11:34night yes he asked me to intercede with father no what for I wanted to borrow
01:11:40money if you must know
01:12:10yes
01:12:15on
01:12:17yes
01:12:20yes
01:12:37what are you doing? making up the bed. but you made it up this morning. yes but the pillow slips
01:12:48need changing. they look perfectly all right to me. but not to me. oh what am i doing?
01:12:54i do wish that woman would hurry up. they know i don't like being here after dark. what are you
01:13:07feared of? some men will get you? you know it's funny how things always come together. my sister's
01:13:15eldest had measles and then her ernie fell and broke his arm and her husband come out all over
01:13:20with boils all in the same week. you wouldn't believe it would you? it's gonna be the same
01:13:25thing here. first that nasty murder and then mr albert poisoned. who's gonna be the next i'd like
01:13:32to know. things always go in threes. here you are mrs killer. i'm sorry to have kept you but the
01:13:39doctor has been with mr akenthorpe. long wait for very little. the younger generation.
01:13:50well i don't know.
01:14:20what's the matter with you?
01:14:43it's mr harold.
01:14:49what is did he use this on himself or did somebody else pull the trigger? well it led up. it was suicide. harold killed the other two, got cold feet and took what is laughingly called the easy way out.
01:15:01all of them knew he liked an hour or two shooting before dinner whenever he was at the hall.
01:15:07but he was shot from a range of about two inches. all right. someone who knows comes up to him.
01:15:13casually asks to have a look at the gun and er... still could have been suicide though.
01:15:17if i were the murderer that's exactly what i'd want us to think. one thing's sure we can't risk any more killings. come on.
01:15:23where to sir? the hall. i'm gonna find that compact if i have to turn the whole place and everyone in it upside down.
01:15:30oh excuse me sir. there's a lady to see you sir. miss marple.
01:15:35oh come in. good afternoon miss marple.
01:15:39you were going somewhere? yes. then i'll come to the point at once.
01:15:53a beautiful little piece isn't it?
01:16:00who had it? young alexander.
01:16:03what? i should have realized of course that boy is incorrigible.
01:16:07playing it in the middle of the night like that. typical.
01:16:10so we're back where we started.
01:16:12oh no inspector.
01:16:14i think i know who our murderer is.
01:16:18the difficulty is going to be getting him to show his hand.
01:16:24sit down miss marple. thank you.
01:16:37oh hold that expression emma.
01:16:40oh pity you sported.
01:16:43what's the matter darling? things not working out for you?
01:16:46how do you manage to make everything you say sound like an insinuation?
01:16:50who works at it?
01:16:51for heaven's sake stop fussy crimper.
01:16:53if i wish to come down i shall do so.
01:16:56i think this joe hillman.
01:16:58father don't you think.
01:16:59now don't you start.
01:17:00sorry emma but you know what he's like when his mind is made up.
01:17:04i'm not going to stay up there all alone.
01:17:06might get murdered in me bed.
01:17:09at least there's some safety in numbers.
01:17:10i quite agree with you father.
01:17:12well that makes a nice change.
01:17:14i want a drink.
01:17:15no not you crimper.
01:17:17then i must be going.
01:17:21don't smother me with it man.
01:17:22put it by me knees.
01:17:24well this is all very nice and cozy.
01:17:26how about a rubber bridge?
01:17:28well it's just a thought.
01:17:39what have you got there boy?
01:17:40oh a charming little thing.
01:17:43french.
01:17:44second empire.
01:17:45pretty valuable i'd say.
01:17:47where'd you get it?
01:17:49it belongs to miss marple.
01:17:51you better give it back to her haven't you?
01:17:53i only borrowed it.
01:17:54i'll drop it in on my way to bed.
01:18:11to move in a normal house in...
01:18:12and one of them enjoyed it.
01:18:14please.
01:18:16please.
01:18:17be sick.
01:18:20please.
01:18:21please.
01:18:23please.
01:18:25please.
01:18:30please.
01:18:34please.
01:18:35come in doctor you're expecting me didn't alexander tell you tell me what
01:19:00forgetful boy i have a sore throat doctor and i asked him to ask you to be kind enough to have
01:19:10a look at it before you left i see i'm sorry to trouble you i haven't had one of these throats in
01:19:18years well you've been lucky miss marple any headaches no just the sore throat well we'll
01:19:26have a look this is rather attractive yes isn't it where did you get it i found it oh where
01:19:36in the stables here yeah then open wide please say ah ah no inflammation don't you think that
01:19:51was a little dishonest keeping the compact i mean under the circumstances doctor no
01:19:57is there any swelling i don't think so
01:20:03i've seen you like that once before doctor your hands at a woman's throat
01:20:13it was on a train and you were strangling her
01:20:17that's quite an allegation i have a few more oh you come for the compact because you had given it
01:20:36to that woman and it might be traced back to you i think she was your wife do you you killed her
01:20:46after you had written that letter to emma signing it martine akenthorpe why should i do that
01:20:54the murder the murder so that you would then be free to marry emma the letter so that people would
01:21:02think the dead woman was martine and look among the family for the killer never at you
01:21:09how did you arrive at this fascinating hypothesis it was i who found her body
01:21:22martine was or is for all i know a normandy peasant the dead woman had never worked on a farm in her life
01:21:31i saw her hands go on certainly you then proceeded to augment your prospects by eliminating albert and
01:21:43harold how conceivably you contrived to introduce arsenic into my curry which i find unforgivable
01:21:52by the way knowing that you would be called on to deal with the after effects easy then to give albert
01:21:59his final dose in the medicine and harold you shot him and made it look like suicide
01:22:09ingenious i must admit more than that now that you are here to secure your dead wife's compact
01:22:17a fair case yes a pity you won't be able to present
01:22:24it one more murder doctor might be one too many this won't look like murder miss marple the death
01:22:32certificate signed by me of course will register heart failure
01:22:40you all right yes
01:22:43you're under arrest and i must warn you that everything i've said has been taken down and
01:22:47and will be used in evidence you are right about everything of course
01:23:01you're a very brave woman miss marple good night
01:23:19you're under arrest and i must warn you about time too
01:23:30you're under arrest and i must warn you about time too
01:23:38about time too. I was coming up to see you you know before leaving. no need to
01:23:50leave. I have my own home. sell it. why on earth should I? well taking one thing
01:23:59in another. I mean you're a fair cook and you seem to have your wits about you
01:24:06and well I've decided to marry you. well? well I'm honored of course. of course you
01:24:18are but come to the point. I'm afraid that cannot be. why? well if ever I do embark on
01:24:25such a venture there is someone else. nonsense. I don't believe it. who on earth
01:24:32would have you? apparently you for one Mr. Ackenthorpe. goodbye.
01:24:49the woman must be completely unbalanced.
01:24:53oh Miss Marple. I'm so glad. how good of you to come. let me give you a hand. thank you.
01:25:23I'm so glad.
01:25:27I'm so glad.
01:25:29that I'm so glad.
01:25:33you
01:25:34want to be.
01:25:38oh
01:25:41oh
01:25:41oh
01:25:43oh
01:25:45oh
01:25:46oh
01:25:47oh
01:25:48oh
01:25:50oh
01:25:50oh
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01:25:50oh
01:25:51oh