First broadcast 19th February 1989.
Poirot and Hastings embark on a cruise ship to Egypt.
David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
Hugh Fraser as Captain Hastings
Melissa Greenwood as Kitty Mooney
Victoria Hasted as Pamela Cregan (as Victoria Hastead)
Roger Hume as General Forbes
Ben Aris as Captain Fowler
Dorothea Phillips as Nelly Morgan (as Dorothea Philips)
Sheri Shepstone as Emily Morgan
Louisa Janes as Ismene
John Normington as Colonel John Clapperton
Sheila Allen as Mrs Clapperton
Ann Firbank as Ellie Henderson
James Ottaway as Mr Russell
Geoffrey Beevers as Mr Tolliver
Caroline John as Mrs Tolliver
Colin Higgins as Skinner
Jack Chissick as Bates
Giorgos Kotanidis as Photographer (as George Kotanidis)
Panagiotis Kaldis as 1st Hawker
Stathis Mauropoulos as 2nd Hawker
Poirot and Hastings embark on a cruise ship to Egypt.
David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
Hugh Fraser as Captain Hastings
Melissa Greenwood as Kitty Mooney
Victoria Hasted as Pamela Cregan (as Victoria Hastead)
Roger Hume as General Forbes
Ben Aris as Captain Fowler
Dorothea Phillips as Nelly Morgan (as Dorothea Philips)
Sheri Shepstone as Emily Morgan
Louisa Janes as Ismene
John Normington as Colonel John Clapperton
Sheila Allen as Mrs Clapperton
Ann Firbank as Ellie Henderson
James Ottaway as Mr Russell
Geoffrey Beevers as Mr Tolliver
Caroline John as Mrs Tolliver
Colin Higgins as Skinner
Jack Chissick as Bates
Giorgos Kotanidis as Photographer (as George Kotanidis)
Panagiotis Kaldis as 1st Hawker
Stathis Mauropoulos as 2nd Hawker
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00:00The
00:24whole art of clay pigeon-shooting lies in the time. The trick is, when I say Paul...
00:29No!
00:32Sorry. My fault. Should have warned you there.
00:35Aren't you ready?
00:36No, no, no. It's all right.
00:38You see, they go out jolly quickly, don't they?
00:40Do you want to go?
00:41No, I think I'll learn the shooting bit first.
00:43Can you reload that, Pamela?
00:45Oh, I don't know. They go in here, don't they?
00:49Shall I, miss?
00:50I'm perfectly capable, thank you very much.
00:54Well, uh, leaves are reloading for a minute.
00:58You see, when I say Paul...
01:01Morning, Hastings!
01:03Lovely day!
01:04Morning, General!
01:06Morning, ladies!
01:07Morning!
01:08Well, now, Kitty, why don't you have a try?
01:12If you don't practise, you won't be ready for the championship.
01:15It's all set for the 14th.
01:17Morning, Mr. Russell, racing, eh?
01:35Good morning, Mr. Poirot.
02:03Bonjour, Captain Fowler.
02:05Oh, good morning, Mr. Poirot.
02:29Bonjour, Mademoiselle Morgan.
02:31You're in good voice, eh?
02:33It's your Captain Hastings, Mr. Poirot.
02:36He's got us all organized.
02:38Captain Hastings is very good at that.
02:40I thought the general was awfully good last night with his recitations from Swinburne.
02:44Oh, the general recites poetry with true military vigor.
02:49Perhaps your niece can also be persuaded to entertain us one evening.
02:54Well, perhaps she will, Mr. Poirot.
02:56Perhaps she will.
02:58Excuse me.
03:02Oh, good morning, Mr. Poirot.
03:09Oh, good morning, Mr. Poirot.
03:16Oh, good morning, Mr. Poirot.
03:19The charm you possess, your loveliness, darling, the way you say yes.
03:29Stay as sweet as you are, discreet as you are, your divine dear.
03:37John?
03:38John?
03:39John?
03:40John?
03:41Of course, the actual wound I got was limitlessly minor.
03:43I felt a complete fraud.
04:00I'm sure it wasn't minor.
04:02I assure you it was.
04:03Mind you, I was convinced I was going to die.
04:06But that's only because I'm a coward.
04:07Oh, John!
04:08Oh, good morning, General.
04:09Good morning, Stafford.
04:10Good morning, General Fox.
04:11John! Good morning, Monsieur Poirot.
04:23Madame Clapathon.
04:24Have you seen John?
04:26Yes, he is on the foredeck, madame.
04:28Oh, shall I?
04:30Sit down, Monsieur Poirot.
04:32I didn't see you at dinner last night.
04:35No, no, no.
04:36It was just a shade choppy, of course.
04:38Well, no, I...
04:40Unfortunately, I am an excellent sailor.
04:42The one thing I must not do is overtire myself.
04:45I live so intensely, if you know what I mean, Monsieur Poirot.
04:48Oh, yes.
04:50As a matter of fact, I nearly wore myself out as a girl in the war.
04:54My hospital.
04:56You've heard about my hospital.
04:58Of course, I had nurses and matrons and that sort of thing.
05:02But I actually ran it.
05:05Your vitality is formidable, dear lady.
05:09You're so alive, Adeline, they say to me.
05:13But really, Monsieur Poirot, what would one be if one wasn't alive?
05:21Dead, madame.
05:23I must find my husband.
05:28You won't find sharks in the Mediterranean.
05:43Oh, hello, my dear. I did find you a charm.
05:47Would you like it in?
05:49Oh, dear God. Are you, uh, are you going to be warm?
05:53I'd take a hatchet to that woman if I were her husband.
05:58Oh, George.
06:00How's that?
06:01I knew a woman like that once in Hyderabad.
06:05Absolutely poisonous.
06:08In 87, that was.
06:10And, uh, did anyone take a hatchet to her?
06:13No.
06:15Last time I saw her, she was on her third husband.
06:22Position is everything.
06:24If you lose your balance, you could swing round and shoot a hole in the mast.
06:27Or worse.
06:32Colonel Clapperton.
06:34Colonel?
06:35Such a soldierly-looking man.
06:37Soldierly?
06:39He was in the Guards, wasn't he, General Forbes?
06:42Guards?
06:44Before the war, that fellow was on the Music Hall stage.
06:48No.
06:49Fact.
06:50Music Hall stage.
06:52War comes along, they start letting anyone in.
06:55Hun drops a stray bomb, pure good luck.
06:58He goes home with a flesh wound in the arm.
07:01How did he meet Mrs. Clapperton?
07:03Mrs. Clapperton?
07:04Lady Pardo, she was then.
07:06Really?
07:07He got into her hospital somehow.
07:11Did it have anything to do with him being wounded, do you think?
07:16Oh, yes.
07:17He had to be wounded.
07:20You should get a bit of exercise, Miss Henderson.
07:22Does you no good sitting around thinking, you know?
07:25No, I know.
07:27Unfortunately, my religion forbids it at this time of year.
07:31Oh.
07:33Oh.
07:34Right.
07:35I mean, um, well.
08:01Adeline.
08:02Oh, hello, Dermot.
08:07I've been trying to talk to you as if you both came on board.
08:10I don't see that we've a lot to say to each other, have we?
08:13Oh, surely, after all, the...
08:19What do you want?
08:21I was just...
08:23Were you spying on us?
08:25I wanted to clear your trains, ma'am.
08:29Well, get on and do it, then.
08:32Let's do it.
08:34I'm going to take a moment.
08:39I am a happily married woman, General Horne.
08:42I am a happily married woman, General Horne.
08:46I am a happily married woman, General Horne.
08:49You've saved us, Sid Kitchener, with delight.
09:04I joined the army yesterday, so the army of today is all right.
09:10It's a family I feel sorry for.
09:13Boys, take my tip and join the army right away.
09:16The money's good. Not much, but good.
09:20Who knows, perhaps you'll be a general someday, remember, chaps?
09:25I said, perhaps, though we may have need of you,
09:31don't think any old stuff will do.
09:36No soldier songs, I said. No Indian love lyrics.
09:40What is she saying? The army of today is all right, and the Kashmiri love song.
09:46You can't expect no better from civilians, sir.
09:49We're all civilians now, Bates.
09:57The trouble with a cruise like this is you're forced to suffer amateur entertainment night after night.
10:03Oh, we rather enjoyed it, didn't we, Molly?
10:06What did you think, Colonel Claverton?
10:08John would have been quite happy to sit and listen to that dreadful woman for hours.
10:13There's no taste at all as far as anything artistic goes.
10:15It's true. Mrs. Tolliver's artistic.
10:20That must be a great solace to you.
10:22We're really looking forward to seeing the museum in Alexandria tomorrow.
10:29John and I won't be going ashore.
10:31We never bother with antiquities.
10:34One must live in the present, don't you find?
10:36My house has nothing in it older than three years.
10:44I'll have to be selling my car next year then, darling.
10:47My car?
10:49I think, John.
10:51Certainly, my dear.
10:57Your car.
11:08Voilà .
11:09Ce qu'on appelle le pacassin.
11:1225.10.
11:15Indeed.
11:16Well, what about Bridge?
11:20Bridge?
11:22Bridge?
11:25Yes, Bridge.
11:27Come on.
11:28We can use the dining table.
11:29Oh, may we join you?
11:31What about you, Claverton?
11:32Oh, John won't play.
11:34Most tiresome of him.
11:36Sorry.
11:37So you can join us if you like.
11:39What was your name again?
11:40Tolliver.
11:41Mrs. Tolliver.
11:42And I'm her husband.
11:44Mr. Tolliver.
11:45Oh, what a clever arrangement.
11:53Kidnapping, kidnapping!
11:54Nothing!
11:55You're coming with us.
11:57It's a kidnapping.
11:58We're clappers and nothing.
11:59To the boat deck.
12:03Don't be foolish, John.
12:05You'll catch a chill.
12:07Not with us, he won't.
12:08We're hot stuff.
12:10Anyway, there's a moon.
12:18Bonsoir.
12:19Bonsoir.
12:26Do you ever go down on your knees and thank God you didn't have any children?
12:30Well, as a matter of fact, we did.
12:33Two.
12:33A little boy and a little girl.
12:35Oh, for heaven's sake, get on and deal.
12:40I know it's the most awful romantic cliche, but the moon is beautiful, isn't it?
13:05Certainly, it is like a giant hoof-on-cocote.
13:11Misty up the wide row.
13:12Honestly, I thought you said you were going to play.
13:14Mademoiselle, I want to ask your advice.
13:18On a matter of the English language...
13:19I'm sure you don't need that.
13:21Oh, mademoiselle is too amiable, eh?
13:23But no, just now, madame Claperton said that John won't play bridge.
13:32Is not can't play the usual term?
13:35She takes it as a personal insult that he doesn't play, I suppose.
13:38Ah.
13:39The man was a fool ever to have married her.
13:42Oh, many odious women have devoted husbands, eh?
13:45It is an enigma of nature.
13:47Which is perhaps why the estimable Captain Hastings has not yet taken the plunge into matrimony.
13:55Matrimony?
13:57You're not entered for the Clay Pigeon Championship yet, are you, Miss Henderson?
14:01Er, no.
14:02I don't think I really mean to...
14:04Hastings, can't you talk of something else for once?
14:07Oh.
14:08No, no, I'd love to talk about the Clay Pigeon Championship.
14:11But tomorrow, perhaps?
14:13Yes, I have some letters to finish that I want to post in Alexandria.
14:17Good night, mademoiselle Henderson.
14:19Good night.
14:20Good night, Miss Henderson.
14:21Good night.
14:24Oh, Hastings, Hastings.
14:26What?
14:27Whatever is the use of me introducing you to nice young ladies
14:30if all you do is talk about the shooting of the Clay Pigeons?
14:33But they like it.
14:35You heard what Miss Henderson said.
14:36She'd love to talk about it tomorrow.
14:38Oh, Hastings, Hastings, Hastings.
14:40Thanks.
14:51Now, pick a card.
14:57No, don't show me.
14:59Now, remember what the card is and put it back into the pack.
15:03That's good.
15:04Now, just a little shuffle.
15:06Your card.
15:14It is.
15:15Isn't that clever?
15:16I see you enjoy playing cards, monsieur,
15:19even though you do not play bridge.
15:20I have my reasons for not playing bridge.
15:23I'll show you.
15:25Sit down.
15:26We'll play one hand.
15:27You can shuffle the cards, Mr. Farrell.
15:30You see, any man who can deal his partner and adversary
15:58as any hand he pleases had better stand aloof from a friendly game of cards.
16:03But how did you do it?
16:04I mean, it all looked perfectly ordinary.
16:06Ah, the quickness of the hand deceives the eye.
16:11You could go on the stage with that, Colonel Claperton.
16:15Yes, quite.
16:18Well, I hope I haven't bored you with my little demonstration.
16:21Oh, good night, ladies, gentlemen.
16:30Did I say something wrong?
16:34I don't know, Hastings.
16:37I really don't know.
16:39Oh, we ought to get off now.
17:03You'll come with us, won't you?
17:04You wouldn't let us go ashore by ourselves.
17:07Hey, miss, miss.
17:09Oh, please go away.
17:10Colonel Bits from the tombs of the Pharaoh.
17:12I don't want any Pharaoh's bits.
17:14Inching, inching.
17:16You see, awful things might happen to us.
17:18Well, I certainly don't think you should go alone.
17:21Hooray!
17:22But I'm not sure if my wife feels up to you.
17:24Hooray!
17:25I mean Abu.
17:26She can have a nice long rest.
17:28Yes.
17:29Well, I'll go and have a word with Adeline.
17:31Oh, we'll come with you.
17:32Yes, perhaps we can persuade her to come.
17:52Who's that?
17:54Adeline, my dear.
17:55It's dawn.
17:56The door's locked.
17:58I don't want to be disturbed by the stewards.
18:00Bonjour, ladies.
18:03We're trying to get him to ourselves for the day.
18:06Lure him into the souk.
18:08Cajole him into the casbah.
18:13What about coming ashore?
18:16Certainly not.
18:17I've had a very bad night.
18:18I just stay in bed most of the day.
18:21Well, I think I might go, Adeline.
18:27Oh, do as you like, John, for heaven's sake.
18:34Do you mind if I just come in and get my baedeker?
18:38Yes, I do mind.
18:39I'm not getting out of bed.
18:42Do go away, John, and let me have a little peace.
18:45We can go now.
18:51What about your passport?
18:54It's in my pocket.
18:55Glory be.
18:56No, no, no, please, please.
19:19I'm ready, Mama, sir.
19:20How much of those ample ones?
19:25No, that's far too much.
19:27Mine, $200,000.
19:29$150,000.
19:30Oh, very well.
19:31Look, I'll take the amber ones.
19:33But after that, I really must go.
19:55Here, clear off you.
19:59You're not allowed down here.
20:03Cheeky blind, sir.
20:13Ah, Hastings, are you ready to go?
20:15All set.
20:19Going ashore, General Forbes?
20:20Well, yes, very probably.
20:22I'll see.
20:23See you later.
20:25I think we ought to avoid the usual sort of tourist thing as much as we can, Poirot.
20:29Good, good.
20:29I am absolutely in your hands, Hastings.
20:32Oh, yes.
20:32Good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good, good
21:02Come on.
21:04Come on.
21:06Come on.
21:08Come on.
21:10Come on.
21:12Come on.
21:18Be looking fierce, sir.
21:22No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
21:24It stings.
21:26Now you look merely constipated.
21:28It's all really well for you.
21:30This camel's jolly uncomfortable for sitting on.
21:32It's sharp.
21:34Good morning, Monsieur Poirot.
21:36Ah, bonjour, mademoiselle Henderson.
21:38Good morning, Captain Hastings.
21:40Oh, good morning. Like that.
21:42Hadid.
21:44Hadid.
21:46Doesn't he look dashing?
21:48Oh, yes, indeed.
21:50You know, he looks as if he is summoning up the courage
21:52to order the second tea cake.
21:56Monsieur Poirot,
21:58Have you seen the Clappertons ashore this morning?
22:00I believe madame Clapperton was spending the day in her cabin.
22:02Ah, and what about Colonel Clapperton?
22:06Ah, let me think.
22:08He came ashore yesterday?
22:10No, certainly, he came ashore.
22:12It's just that there was some talk last night of us all going ashore together.
22:16Mr. Poirot.
22:18Yes, mademoiselle.
22:20Was Colonel Clapperton alone when he came ashore?
22:22Was he alone?
22:24Let me think.
22:26Maybe someone was with him.
22:28Miss Mooney and Miss Cregan, perhaps?
22:30Ah, yes, yes, the two little girls, yes.
22:32They're not children, Monsieur Poirot.
22:34Oh, no.
22:44Nor am I.
22:56Ah!
22:58Very good how I got.
23:16I say, Poirot, look at these pomegranates.
23:18And little mappayers.
23:20Sorry?
23:21The mappayers gather.
23:22I don't think they like you to touch the fruit, Captain Hastings.
23:25Oh, sorry.
23:27Monsieur and madame Tolliver.
23:29What a pleasant surprise.
23:31Are you alone?
23:33Oh, quite alone, yes.
23:34Oh, that nice General Forbes joined us for a while,
23:36but he had to rush back.
23:38He wasn't feeling at all the thing.
23:40Jippy tummy, I dare say.
23:42Oliver!
23:43Now, we were just about to take some lunch.
23:45Would you care to join us?
23:47Lunch?
23:48Lunch?
23:49In a native place, you mean?
23:51I say.
23:53Why not, Molly?
23:54Let's give it a go.
23:56Count me out, Poirot.
23:57I think I'd better be getting back to the ship.
23:59Oh, must you desert us, Hastings?
24:01Uh, one or two things to catch up on, you know.
24:04Very well.
24:06Monsieur and madame Tolliver,
24:07and I will see you back on board ship late afternoon.
24:12Please.
24:17We'll let the two girls go first, because they're the least experienced.
24:24Then it'd better be General Forbes.
24:26He's an old hand at this sort of competition.
24:28We can't do it in the middle of Alexandria Harbour, sir.
24:31I don't see why not, Bates.
24:33We shoot in the general direction of the open sea.
24:35There's nothing much parked out there.
24:37Maud, sir.
24:38Maud?
24:39Maud?
24:40Well, I'm sure the arbor master would have something to say about it, sir.
24:42It started in India, you know.
24:45Beg your pardon?
24:47It had its origins in India, Clay Pidgeot.
24:51Oh, really?
24:53In the 13th century.
24:56Of course, it was bows and arrows then,
24:59and they didn't have that catapult thing.
25:02They just had these fellows with tremendously strong arms.
25:08Yeah, Jim.
25:14Take her to it.
25:15I think so.
25:17Yes, you probably will.
25:21I can't believe I'll do it, I think.
25:33Yes, you probably will.
25:36Come along, Pamela.
25:38Ah, Mademoiselle Rudy and the Colonel Cleppardons.
25:40You had an enjoyable day of show.
25:42Absolutely.
25:43Good.
25:44Come on, honey.
25:51I'll see you at dinner, perhaps.
26:00I hope so.
26:06Adeline.
26:09Adeline.
26:13Adeline, my dear.
26:19Adeline.
26:21Ah, it's locked.
26:25You do not have your key?
26:26No, I'll find a steward.
26:29Ah, Poirot.
26:31The steward.
26:31We seem to be having some trouble with the clay pigeon championship.
26:34Really?
26:35It was originally planned, you see, to take place on the 14th.
26:38But it seems that we dock at Haifa on the 13th.
26:42And that's one of those places where we more or less have to go ashore and look at the ruins while they revittle the ship.
26:47Now, that leaves the 15th, the 16th, and the 18th.
26:52The 17th's no good, because that's the night of the captain's party.
26:55Oh, my God!
26:57My God!
26:58She...
26:58She's dead.
27:00Fetch the captain, Malibu.
27:12Look at this, Poirot.
27:31One of the souvenir sellers must have dropped it.
27:33The devils.
27:41Colonel Clapton, what a tragedy.
27:44Can you help us with this, Mr. Poirot?
27:48I want to avoid involving the Egyptian police, if possible.
27:56Yes, Captain.
27:58Perhaps I can.
27:59Is anything missing, as far as you can tell, Colonel Clapton?
28:17My wife always keeps...
28:19kept...
28:21always kept some cash in the second drawer of the dressing table.
28:25It seems to have gone.
28:27How much was that?
28:29Between 20 and 30 pounds.
28:34Anything else?
28:36Oh, jewels.
28:37There weren't very many.
28:39Most of them were in the captain's safe.
28:42Well, perhaps you could let us have a description of them.
28:45Well, I'll try.
28:46I don't know if I can remember them very exactly.
28:49No, no, no.
28:49I know the headband thing she was wearing last night has gone.
28:58What can you tell me about this?
29:02That's not my wife's.
29:04You're quite sure?
29:06Quite.
29:06She'd never wear a thing like that.
29:10It was found on the floor between the two beds.
29:12Then someone must have dropped it there.
29:19Would you say that your wife had any enemies?
29:24Certainly not.
29:29Colonel Clapton, you have been most help-proofed.
29:32Thank you very much.
29:33May I offer you my condolences?
29:41If there's anything we can do, Colonel.
29:43Thank you, Captain.
29:44But there's nothing...
29:47Nothing can bring Adalyn back again.
29:50Good God.
30:00Murdered, General Forbes.
30:03Good God above.
30:13You were acquainted with Madam Clapton
30:16before this voyage, I think.
30:19I knew Adalyn when she was Lady Pardo.
30:25I knew her before that when she was Adalyn French.
30:27I was ADC to her father back in 92
30:30when she was seven years old.
30:34Good God, I can hardly believe it.
30:41I was in love with her for years.
30:45She was not always the silly woman she became.
30:49You must not incriminate yourself, monsieur.
30:53Incriminate myself?
30:54How could I?
30:55Monsieur and Madame Tolliver tell me
30:57that you came back to the ship before lunch.
31:00What of it?
31:02Saying that you were ill.
31:03No.
31:13All right, no.
31:16I came back to talk to Adalyn.
31:19I hadn't seen her for 17 years.
31:22Not since the war.
31:23Just after Pardo died.
31:28I thought there might be a chance for me, then.
31:31But I didn't.
31:34I mean, she was in mourning.
31:35Of course, that didn't deter a man like Clapperton.
31:41You came back to the ship
31:42to talk to Madame Clapperton?
31:47Yes.
31:49Tell me what happened when you got back to the ship.
31:52Well, nothing happened.
31:54I went to her cabin and knocked,
31:56but she didn't reply.
31:57So I went back to mine
32:03and had a nap.
32:16Well, what do you say, Mr. Poirot?
32:22One cannot hurry the little grey sails, Captain.
32:27You rounded up the souvenir wallows, yet?
32:30Yes.
32:31Actually, one of them identified Miss Henderson
32:33as having bought an amber necklace.
32:35Really?
32:37Come in.
32:42Yes, Bates.
32:43I've carried out my examination of the body, sir.
32:48And?
32:50The deceased died from a knife wound
32:53to the upper thorax, sir.
32:54Good God, Bates, we can all see that for ourselves.
32:57I'm sorry, sir.
32:59But I've only got me first aid book, haven't I?
33:03At what time did she die, Monsieur Bates?
33:06Oh, um...
33:07It's difficult to say, sir.
33:10What would have ever been so warm and...
33:12Never mind about that, Bates.
33:13What we want to know is
33:14what time was Mrs. Clapperton killed?
33:18About ten o'clock this morning, sir.
33:21Ten, eh?
33:22Give or take an hour or two, sir.
33:27Oh, dear God.
33:33It's all right, Kitty.
33:36You want to know, old thing?
33:39Who is it?
33:40It is I.
33:41A few Poirot.
33:43It's all right, Kitty.
33:44Oh, hello, Monsieur Poirot.
33:51What's fine, Mr. Clapperton.
33:52May I come in for a minute, please?
33:54Well?
33:55Oh, I only have one question.
33:58No, it's just that Kitty's making such a blessed racket.
34:01Oh, dear, dear.
34:06She...
34:07Blends herself, you see.
34:09Well,
34:10and me.
34:11But how can she blame herself?
34:15Well, we did say some pretty dreadful things about her.
34:19Ah, my dear Mademoiselle Cregan.
34:21If everyone on board
34:23who had said unpleasant things about Madame Clapperton
34:25were to make as much noise as your friend,
34:28this vessel would become a danger to shipping.
34:31There!
34:32You hear that, little girl?
34:34Oh.
34:39What was the one question?
34:40Oh, it is quite simple, really.
34:43You both left the ship this morning
34:45at 9.30 with the Colonel Clapperton, yes?
34:48You know we did.
34:49You saw us.
34:50I see some...
34:51So please tell me,
34:52was Colonel Clapperton with you for the whole day
34:54until you got back to the ship
34:56at 4 o'clock this afternoon?
34:58Yes.
34:59Absolutely.
34:59Every minute of the day.
35:01He doesn't think...
35:03Oh, no!
35:04Every minute of the day, you say?
35:10Absolutely.
35:14Well...
35:14Yes?
35:16Well, we went to a cafe for some tea at about 12.
35:20Uh-huh.
35:21And he, Colonel Clapperton, that is,
35:23well, he went to the...
35:25you know, for a couple of minutes.
35:28Ah, I understand.
35:32But just for a couple of minutes, you say?
35:34Well, one doesn't time it.
35:36ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
35:48hu, hu, hu, hu, hu.
35:51Uuuh !
35:52Yungster Roof.
35:53Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha...
35:55We'll go to the boat right now.
35:55Yungiter.
35:57Megan Fadriel.
35:58forgiving her.
36:00A little bit.
36:04Yung времени it.
36:04Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
36:36Come on.
36:37Come on.
36:38Come on.
36:39Come on.
36:40Come on.
36:41Come on.
36:42Come on.
36:43Oh, no, you don't.
36:44What?
36:45What?
36:46What?
36:47You've got one or two questions to answer, my lad,
36:49unless I'm fairly much mistaken.
36:52Come on.
36:53Come on.
36:54Come on.
36:55Come on.
36:56Come on.
36:57Come on.
36:58Come on.
36:59Oh, no, you don't.
37:00What?
37:01What?
37:02You've got one or two questions to answer, my lad,
37:04unless I'm fairly much mistaken.
37:22I didn't kill her.
37:27You had her jewelry.
37:28Jewelry?
37:29She was rich.
37:31What did it matter to her?
37:33Come, Mr. Skinner.
37:35Madame Claperton is dead.
37:37You are caught red-handed by my colleague, Captain Hastings,
37:40trying to sell the jewelry of Madame Claperton.
37:43You admit that you let yourself into her cabin that...
37:45She was dead already.
37:47I shouldn't have took it.
37:50Not when I saw she was dead.
37:53I'd known it be trouble.
38:09Do you believe him?
38:11Yes, I think I do.
38:13Me too.
38:15So, we're back to the souvenir hawkers.
38:20Why do you not consider one of the passengers, Hastings?
38:23The passengers?
38:25Who?
38:26Colonel Claperton?
38:28A watertight alibi.
38:30General Forbes?
38:32What about Mademoiselle Henderson?
38:34Really?
38:35No.
38:36I think perhaps she has the motive, no?
38:39She's a lady, Poirot.
38:40And you think, mon ami, that ladies do not commit murder?
38:44Ladies don't get found out.
38:51Madame Claperton had been dead for at least five hours when she was found.
38:55A small amount of money and some jewelry had been taken.
38:58A string of beads was on the floor near to her bed.
39:01The door was locked and the key missing.
39:04And the hatch which gives onto the deck was open.
39:10What are you driving at, Poirot?
39:12Madame Claperton had locked the door from the inside.
39:16We actually heard her say so herself.
39:18If Mrs. Claperton could lock the door, she could unlock it too, I suppose.
39:22Precisement, precisely.
39:24Which leads us to the inescapable conclusion
39:27that Madame Claperton unlocked the door and let in the murderer.
39:39Miss Henderson.
39:41I hope you don't mind me asking, but you bought an amber necklace yesterday, didn't you?
39:44Yes, I did.
39:46How did you know that?
39:48The captain mentioned it.
39:50He just happened to mention it.
39:52Would you mind if I had a look at it?
39:55I'm afraid I've lost it.
39:57I must have dropped it somewhere.
39:59Put it down.
40:00I don't know.
40:02Yes.
40:03Right.
40:05Of course.
40:08I thought Mrs. Claperton a very unpleasant woman.
40:11In fact, I don't think anyone on board ship really liked her,
40:14but surely who would have reason to kill her?
40:18Mademoiselle,
40:20it is the opinion of every person on board the ship
40:22that the Colonel Claperton would have been quite justified
40:24in taking a hatchet to her.
40:26Now, that was an expression I actually heard used.
40:32But he had an alibi.
40:34He was on shore all day with the two girls,
40:37and he did not return to the ship until four o'clock that afternoon.
40:42By which time,
40:44Madame Claperton had been dead for many hours.
40:48Seems to me we're back to General Forbes as our only suspect.
41:04an alibi.
41:18Oh.
41:22Yes, mademoiselle Morgan.
41:24I want, please, to ask a favour of your niece.
41:26Our niece!
41:30Very well.
41:32It's Mayne.
41:34Good evening, as maybe. I want to borrow somebody from you, if I may.
41:53Ladies and gentlemen, tonight I shall offer you a garland from our national poet, Mr. Roger Kipling.
42:02Starting with the ladies.
42:08I've taken me fun where I've found it. I've rogued and I've ranged in me time.
42:13I've had me picking the sweethearts, and four of the lot was prime.
42:18One was a half-caste widow. One was a woman from Prome.
42:23One was the wife of a David Assise. And one is a girl, a dope.
42:30Pardon me, Mr. Russell.
42:32That's all right.
42:33I arm no hand with the ladies.
42:36I'm sorry. I have to make an announcement, if you would be good enough to sit down, sir.
42:40You come and join us, Mr. Russell.
42:45Ladies and gentlemen, you all know what a tragedy occurred yesterday.
43:00And I'm sure you will all want to cooperate in bringing the perpetrator of the foul crime to book.
43:09As you know, we are fortunate enough to have on board with us Mr. Hercule Poirot,
43:14who is probably known to you all as a man who has wide experience in such matters.
43:19I hope you'll listen carefully to what he has to say.
43:23Mr. Poirot.
43:26Thank you, Captain Fowler.
43:28Mr. Poirot.
43:35Here.
43:39Madame, Monsieur.
43:42What I am about to do may surprise you a little.
43:45It may occur to you that I am eccentric, perhaps mad.
43:49Ah, you may say, the little Belgian detective is taking leave of his rocker, huh?
43:59But I can assure you, behind my madness is, as you English say, method.
44:12Here.
44:13Here.
44:19Voila.
44:22A suitcase.
44:27How uninteresting.
44:31Nothing is less interesting than a suitcase, yes?
44:35And you are right, except...
44:38Suitcases have contents.
45:02It's a doll.
45:04Yes, a doll.
45:05Except...
45:08This doll...
45:12Is an important witness...
45:16To the truth...
45:18Of who killed...
45:21Madame Claperton.
45:28But how is it this doll can tell us what it knows, huh?
45:31But this is a doll.
45:33A doll...
45:35That can speak.
45:43You have not heard of dolls that can speak?
45:45Yes, of course you have.
45:47All we have to do...
45:49Is put this doll...
45:51Back in the suitcase.
45:52Where we cannot see her.
45:55Where we cannot see her.
46:03She does not like to be seen, this little lady.
46:07Do you, ma petite?
46:08No.
46:10No.
46:11Ah.
46:17Now...
46:19Can you tell us anything...
46:21About the death...
46:23Of Madame Claperton?
46:25What is it, John?
46:27What is it, John?
46:29Door's locked.
46:31The door's locked.
46:33Don't want to be disturbed by the stewards.
46:36I don't want to be disturbed by the stewards.
46:38I don't want to be disturbed by the stewards.
46:53You!
46:55You!
46:57From...
47:01Stop it!
47:02Bye!
47:03Yes.
47:04Take him to my quarters.
47:08Yes, take them to my quarters.
47:22Ladies and gentlemen, if you would clear the room.
47:25Thank you, ladies and gentlemen.
47:33Did I do it right, Mr. Poirot?
47:36Oh, yes.
47:39M'appetite.
47:46It was you, General, who gave me a valuable hint...
47:49with your mention of the musical stage.
47:53I puzzle, huh? I think.
47:57And then, the evening before the crime...
48:01Colonel Clapperton pretended to give himself away.
48:05He wanted us to believe that he was a conjurer.
48:10Because then it would never occur to us...
48:13that he was, in fact, a ventriloquist.
48:16And that's what he did when you heard him talking to Mrs. Clapperton...
48:20through her cabin door, precisisimo.
48:23And by then, she was already dead.
48:28Excuse me.
48:37What about the necklace on the floor?
48:39Was it Miss Henderson's?
48:41No.
48:42No.
48:43It was put there to make us think...
48:44that some native thief was the killer.
48:46But that it cast suspicion...
48:49on someone who really cared for him...
48:51with a cruel irony.
48:53Pardon.
48:55Pardon.
49:13I am sorry, mademoiselle.
49:15He didn't do it for me.
49:18It was those girls' youth.
49:21It made him feel his slavery.
49:24He wanted to be free before it was too late.
49:28We all have such dreams.
49:31When did you guess it was him?
49:35His self-control was too perfect.
49:41No matter how galling was the conduct of his wife...
49:44it never seemed to touch him.
49:47That either meant that he was so used to it...
49:50that he'd no longer stung.
49:53Or else...
49:55he knew his bondage would soon be over.
50:01It was a cruel, dirty trick you played, Monsieur Poirot.
50:05I do not approve of murder, mademoiselle.