🔍 Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) is a gripping wartime mystery-thriller directed by John Rawlins and starring the iconic Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as the ever-loyal Dr. Watson. This film marked the beginning of Universal Pictures' series of Sherlock Holmes films, transporting the legendary detective into the 1940s to combat Nazi espionage threats during World War II.
🧠 Plot Summary
As Nazi Germany unleashes psychological warfare on Britain, a mysterious voice—dubbed the "Voice of Terror"—broadcasts chilling propaganda over the radio, predicting acts of sabotage with deadly accuracy. The British Inner Council, desperate to counter the menace, enlists Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
Holmes quickly identifies a connection between the broadcasts and a local underworld gang led by the ruthless Gavin. His investigations lead him through London’s foggy backstreets and into a deadly game of international espionage. With the help of a brave woman named Kitty, Holmes uncovers a traitor close to the British war effort and tracks the broadcast source to its origin.
Combining Holmes’ deductive genius with wartime intrigue, the film captures the tension and patriotism of its era, making it both a thrilling mystery and a fascinating historical artifact.
🎭 Main Cast
Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes 🕵️♂️
Nigel Bruce as Dr. John H. Watson 👨⚕️
Evelyn Ankers as Kitty 👩🦰
Reginald Denny as Sir Evan Barham 🎖️
Thomas Gomez as Meade 🎩
Henry Daniell as Anthony Lloyd 📜
Montagu Love as General Jerome
Leyland Hodgson as Captain Roland Shore ⚓
Edgar Barrier as R.F. Grew 📡
🧠 Plot Summary
As Nazi Germany unleashes psychological warfare on Britain, a mysterious voice—dubbed the "Voice of Terror"—broadcasts chilling propaganda over the radio, predicting acts of sabotage with deadly accuracy. The British Inner Council, desperate to counter the menace, enlists Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
Holmes quickly identifies a connection between the broadcasts and a local underworld gang led by the ruthless Gavin. His investigations lead him through London’s foggy backstreets and into a deadly game of international espionage. With the help of a brave woman named Kitty, Holmes uncovers a traitor close to the British war effort and tracks the broadcast source to its origin.
Combining Holmes’ deductive genius with wartime intrigue, the film captures the tension and patriotism of its era, making it both a thrilling mystery and a fascinating historical artifact.
🎭 Main Cast
Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes 🕵️♂️
Nigel Bruce as Dr. John H. Watson 👨⚕️
Evelyn Ankers as Kitty 👩🦰
Reginald Denny as Sir Evan Barham 🎖️
Thomas Gomez as Meade 🎩
Henry Daniell as Anthony Lloyd 📜
Montagu Love as General Jerome
Leyland Hodgson as Captain Roland Shore ⚓
Edgar Barrier as R.F. Grew 📡
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00:04:50HE'S UNORTHODOX
00:04:51AND THEATRICAL
00:04:52I CAN TELL YOU
00:04:53ALL ABOUT HIM
00:04:54GENTLEMAN
00:04:55PERHAPS
00:04:57I CAN THROW
00:04:58SOME LIGHT
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00:05:00MYSELF
00:05:01HOMES
00:05:02HOW ARE YOU
00:05:03SO GOOD OF YOU
00:05:04TO COME
00:05:05GOOD AFTERNOON
00:05:06SIR EVAN
00:05:07YOUR CARD OPENED
00:05:08ALL DOLS
00:05:09OH
00:05:10BLOWSER
00:05:11YOU'VE PUT ON
00:05:12LITTLE WEIGHT
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00:05:17I don't think so. How do you do?
00:05:19I haven't had that pleasure.
00:05:21May I introduce my friend and associate, Dr. Watson?
00:05:24How do you do?
00:05:28I'm afraid I've arrived at an embarrassing moment.
00:05:30Not at all.
00:05:32This gentleman here.
00:05:33Admiral Sir John Prentiss.
00:05:35Admiral Prentiss objects most strongly to my being called in.
00:05:38How could you possibly infer that?
00:05:39From the carpet.
00:05:40Carpet?
00:05:42A man who rises from his chair and digs his heels sternly into the carpet
00:05:45and the admiral being quite distressed by the criticisms of the press
00:05:49would be most apt to resent my intrusion.
00:05:51Well, you've just arrived from Sevenoaks.
00:05:54Yes, of course.
00:05:55How on earth did you know that?
00:05:58Oh, pardon my mentioning it, but adhering to your left boot heel
00:06:00is a variety of play known only in Sevenoaks.
00:06:06An amazing piece of deduction.
00:06:07Elementary, my dear Barham.
00:06:09Here's a broadcast of the Voice of Terror.
00:06:15Greetings from the Third Reich.
00:06:19Are you listening, stout fellows across the channel?
00:06:21Are you listening, you little body of incompetent men known as the Inner Council?
00:06:25Today, a new thrill.
00:06:27A new proof of the invincibility of the Fuhrer.
00:06:29Right now, a crack express train laden with British troops and nurses
00:06:33is speeding across England.
00:06:35In just one moment, it will leave the rails forever.
00:06:37Crashing twisted metal, the cries of the dying...
00:06:39They can't. They wouldn't dare.
00:06:41It's impossible. They couldn't have got on him.
00:06:43The men are laughing, joking.
00:06:44That one in the third car reads a letter from home.
00:06:46It is the last letter he will ever receive.
00:06:48The train is rounding a curve.
00:06:50Its whistle is screaming.
00:06:52Farewell, it is saying.
00:06:54Farewell.
00:06:57You have just heard an exact reproduction of the way it sounds.
00:07:00The way it must actually be.
00:07:03The hearts of the German people plead
00:07:05that innocent men and women have to be killed
00:07:07because your stupid war man...
00:07:09Sure speaking.
00:07:10Have you any news of the Liverpool Express?
00:07:12Time again offered in peace.
00:07:14But if your blundering war cabinet cannot see that England is already lost,
00:07:18then it is our sacred German duty to prove it to them
00:07:21over and over and over until they are on their knees,
00:07:24begging, pleading, groveling for the exquisite mercy of our Fuhrer.
00:07:28Each night the voice of terror will announce...
00:07:31Shut it off.
00:07:32Stop it.
00:07:33Even as you listen, and you...
00:07:38I'm sorry.
00:07:42Do what you can, Holmes.
00:07:43This frightful thing has got to be stopped.
00:07:48His son was on that train.
00:07:53How did they find out about the truce?
00:07:55It was an absolute secret.
00:07:57Gentlemen, something must be done about this thing at once.
00:08:00Yes.
00:08:02First of all then, the voice must not be blocked off the air.
00:08:04But he's a menace.
00:08:06All over the Empire this horrible news is broadcast.
00:08:09Blown up out of all proportions.
00:08:11The world is beginning to believe it.
00:08:13Even our allies are counting England out.
00:08:15People are frightened, panicky.
00:08:17The British people are not so easily panicked.
00:08:19It's dangerous, I tell you, to let this thing go on.
00:08:21Dangerous, yes, Captain Shaw.
00:08:23But we must continue to listen.
00:08:24What for?
00:08:25So that we can keep on guessing who it is?
00:08:27His identity is not important.
00:08:30The important thing is the purpose behind this campaign of terror.
00:08:34Purpose, indeed.
00:08:35Isn't it enough that our most secret plans are known?
00:08:38Our ships are being destroyed.
00:08:39Our trains wrecked.
00:08:40I'm convinced that these disasters are only a prelude.
00:08:45A smokescreen to cover up a more diabolic plan.
00:08:49And I intend to find out what that plan is.
00:08:51This council and Scotland Yard will give you all the aid you require.
00:08:56Gentlemen, my connection with this case must remain absolutely secret.
00:08:59You understand that, of course.
00:09:00Why, certainly.
00:09:01You will let the council know at all times just what you are doing.
00:09:06I shall give you such information as I think wise to disclose in the interests of safety,
00:09:11both the public's and your own.
00:09:12The inner council has never shared its secrets with anyone.
00:09:15I demand that you keep us informed of your activities and progress.
00:09:20Come along, Watson.
00:09:26Mr. Holmes.
00:09:27I want to apologize for your rather lukewarm reception here.
00:09:30Thank you, Sir Evan.
00:09:31I'm used to the chilly atmosphere of high places.
00:09:33And, of course, you recognize the importance of time.
00:09:36Quite.
00:09:37And results.
00:09:38Mr. Lloyd, I'm quite sure that Mr. Holmes can be trusted not to fail.
00:09:42He never has, you know.
00:09:43Thank you, Watson.
00:09:44The word is seldom.
00:09:45Goodbye, Sir Evan.
00:09:46Goodbye, sir.
00:09:47Goodbye, Byram.
00:09:48Goodbye, Watson.
00:09:50Holmes, shall we walk for a bit or take a taxi?
00:09:52I'm afraid we have no choice.
00:09:54Huh?
00:09:55You know, Watson.
00:09:56I have a feeling that when we go out of that door, a girl will be waiting.
00:10:00A girl?
00:10:01What do you mean?
00:10:02A young lady whom neither of us has ever seen before will come forward to greet us.
00:10:05Holmes, now you're pulling my leg here.
00:10:12Mr. Holmes, I'm Joe Grandis.
00:10:13How do you do?
00:10:14This is my friend, Dr. Watson.
00:10:15How do you do?
00:10:16How do you do?
00:10:17I've been assigned to drive you around.
00:10:19Gracious me.
00:10:20Where do you wish to go?
00:10:21Baker Street.
00:10:22I know.
00:10:23221B.
00:10:24Come on, Watson.
00:10:25Hurry up, old fellow.
00:10:35Holmes, the girl waiting.
00:10:37What an extraordinary thing.
00:10:38Elementary, my dear Watson.
00:10:40No, no, no.
00:10:41It's an amazing deduction.
00:10:42How on earth did you arrive at it?
00:10:44Barton told me.
00:10:45What?
00:10:46Oh.
00:10:47Oh.
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00:10:49Don't you worry, Mrs. Hudson.
00:10:50Just giving her a bit of a clean now we're on a case again.
00:10:51The joints are a bit rusty, like mine, you know.
00:10:52Is he back in a case again?
00:10:53Case?
00:10:54The greatest case of his, of our career.
00:10:55Oh.
00:10:56Oh.
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00:10:59Don't you worry, Mrs. Hudson.
00:11:00Just giving her a bit of a clean now we're on a case again.
00:11:01The joints are a bit rusty, like mine, you know.
00:11:02Is he back in a case again?
00:11:03Case?
00:11:04The greatest case of his, of our career.
00:11:05Oh, merci, it always is.
00:11:06Oh.
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00:11:42Oh, Sir Holmes.
00:11:43What?
00:11:44Oh, sir?
00:11:45Well, if you ask me, it's disgraceful.
00:11:46The gate opens first?
00:11:47Not at all.
00:11:48It's very good.
00:11:49Sir Ronald Headley's conducting very well tonight.
00:11:50I don't mean the concert.
00:11:52No?
00:11:53England's in danger.
00:11:55Heaven knows what frightful disaster is happening.
00:11:57And you sit there calmly listening to the wireless.
00:11:59Music hath charms. Very restful.
00:12:02That's got nothing to do with the whole thing.
00:12:03Can't you, my dear Watson? It may have a great deal to do with it.
00:12:06Oh, really? I don't see what?
00:12:16BBC Request Station. This is Sherlock Holmes.
00:12:19I understand you play recordings.
00:12:21Would you mind playing Beethoven's Fifth, conducted by Sir Ronald Headley?
00:12:25Thank you very much.
00:12:26But you just heard it.
00:12:27I like it.
00:12:28What?
00:12:36We've had a request for the Beethoven Fifth Symphony,
00:12:39played by the London Symphony Orchestra,
00:12:41under the direction of Sir Ronald Headley.
00:12:43This is a transcription.
00:12:58Mr. Holmes, what's the way about?
00:12:59Hmm?
00:13:11Mr. Holmes, what's the way about?
00:13:12Hmm?
00:13:13Mr. Holmes, I don't...
00:13:14Shh!
00:13:15Mr. Holmes, what's the way about?
00:13:16Hmm?
00:13:17Mr. Holmes, I don't...
00:13:18Shh!
00:13:19Mr. Holmes, what's the way about?
00:13:20Mr. Holmes, what's the way about?
00:13:21Hmm?
00:13:22Mr. Holmes, I don't...
00:13:23Shh!
00:13:25Mr. Holmes, what's the way about?
00:13:26Hmm?
00:13:27Mr. Holmes, I don't...
00:13:30Mr. Holmes...
00:13:31Yes, Gavin?
00:13:32I... I... Christopher...
00:13:47Dead?
00:13:48Yes.
00:13:49Yes.
00:13:50It's been driven in with a lot of force.
00:13:52Watson, this is a warning.
00:13:53Warning?
00:13:54How do you know?
00:13:55I had sent for Gavin to get certain information that you must have found.
00:13:56Christopher.
00:14:00Dead?
00:14:03Yes.
00:14:07It's been driven in with a lot of force.
00:14:10Watson, this is a warning.
00:14:16Warning? How do you know?
00:14:19I had sent for Gavin to get certain information...
00:14:21...that you must have found there in the dark and sinister alleys of Limehouse.
00:14:26He came with his message, which someone doesn't want me to hear...
00:14:29...someone determined and dangerous.
00:14:31What's the good of a warning of danger?
00:14:33You know from what or from whom?
00:14:35We shall have to discover. This knife was thrown by the tip...
00:14:38...from a distance of about 50 feet by a man about 5 foot 10.
00:14:42Steady, Holmes.
00:14:43Elementary. No fingerprints.
00:14:45But the distance and the man's height.
00:14:47The angle of entry and the force with which he penetrated the victim.
00:14:51But, Holmes, what do you suppose he meant when he said Christopher?
00:14:54We must find out at once. Come on, Watson.
00:15:00Come in.
00:15:02Oh, Mr. Holmes, I saw a fellow lurking about your steps and I...
00:15:06Blimey, he won't lurk no more.
00:15:07From the yard. Take care of it, Dobson.
00:15:09Very good, sir.
00:15:10How do you do that?
00:15:11Having time now. Get your coat on, Watson. We're going out.
00:15:16No, no, no, no.
00:15:17Holmes, you promised.
00:15:19Where are we going?
00:15:21Longhouse.
00:15:49It would certainly, uh...
00:15:50It would certainly wise if you'd let Miss Grandis go.
00:15:52There's no space for a girl or anyone else.
00:15:54If there seemed to be people about.
00:16:08Even Miss Grandis?
00:16:10If I'm not mistaken, she's keeping an eye on us.
00:16:13You're Mr. Sherlock Holmes, ain't ya?
00:16:16Yes.
00:16:17I wouldn't come down here if I was you.
00:16:19This is Limehouse.
00:16:21And we don't fancy your sort of bloke in these parts.
00:16:24The fellow's absolutely right. Hadn't we better be...
00:16:26Bart, Watson.
00:16:27This is still a free country.
00:16:29A man we walk really pleases.
00:16:31And live to regret it.
00:16:33Live, yes.
00:16:34Regret it, I think not.
00:16:36Step back.
00:16:38Come on, Watson.
00:16:41Unfriendly, what?
00:16:42The speaker break.
00:16:58What was that, Holmes?
00:17:00It's all right, quiet.
00:17:01I can't see a thing.
00:17:03Luckily for us, neither can they.
00:17:17Apparently the enemy has found out that we joined forces with the government.
00:17:20What makes you think that?
00:17:24This knife, like the knife which killed Gavin,
00:17:27was thrown by a former obituary of the Docks of Hamburg.
00:17:29It's a German knife.
00:17:30The knife throwers of Hamburg are extremely expert.
00:17:33I say, Holmes, can't we come back in the daytime?
00:17:35Certainly not.
00:17:36I don't think we're safe.
00:17:37No one in the world is safe now, Watson.
00:17:39Least of all us.
00:17:40Least of all us.
00:17:41Least of all us.
00:17:42What is it, Colonel Brady?
00:17:43It's a German knife.
00:17:44What is it, Colonel Brady?
00:17:45What is it, Mr. Brady?
00:17:53Don't tell me that you don't recognize me.
00:17:57Mr. Sherlock, I'm sorry.
00:18:01What is it, Mr. Brady?
00:18:06Don't tell me that you don't recognize me.
00:18:10Mr. Sherlock, I'm sorry.
00:18:12Don't recognize me.
00:18:14Mr. Sherlock Holmes!
00:18:16I've got a specially ugly lot here tonight.
00:18:18Not like my chances.
00:18:20I can't keep you up, Mr. Holmes, but...
00:18:42I'm sorry.
00:18:47Where's the girl Kitty?
00:18:48Gavin's sweetheart.
00:18:49His wife.
00:18:50Can you get her?
00:18:51It's urgent.
00:18:52Try.
00:18:55Holmes, I don't think I like this place much.
00:19:12Well, just sit here if you don't mind.
00:19:21I think you'll recognize me, Mr. Holmes, if you look hard enough.
00:19:25Camberwell.
00:19:27You've got a long memory.
00:19:28Like me.
00:19:30Tarleton murder, 1932.
00:19:32Of course, I sent you up.
00:19:33Mr. Holmes, don't you think we'd better be...
00:19:35How are you, Gab?
00:19:37For ten long years, I've been sitting down there in Dartmoor.
00:19:41For the old ten years, one thing's been preying on me mind.
00:19:44Only one?
00:19:45Just one.
00:19:46Someday I'll be getting out of here, I kept saying to myself.
00:19:49And when I do, someday I'm gonna come face to face with Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
00:19:53Now you are.
00:19:54And now I am.
00:19:56Just who was it told you it was me who slipped the throat of that swine Tarleton?
00:20:00I want an answer.
00:20:03You told me.
00:20:07Me?
00:20:08On the windowsill you left four infinitesimal pieces of ash
00:20:11from a particularly revolting kind of tobacco that you were known to use.
00:20:15The knife blade was sharpened by a left-handed man.
00:20:17You signed your name to the crime.
00:20:19So that's what?
00:20:21Exactly.
00:20:23Very careless.
00:20:24Careless?
00:20:25It's criminal, I calls it.
00:20:27I ought to be shot.
00:20:29Perhaps someday you will be.
00:20:31You can put your revolver away now, Watson.
00:20:33Huh.
00:20:34Well, Holmes, you never know.
00:20:47Where's Gavin?
00:20:48Sit down, Kitty.
00:20:50Where is he?
00:20:51You've got him into trouble.
00:20:53What have you done to him?
00:20:54Take it easy, Kitty.
00:20:56What?
00:20:58Gavin's dead.
00:21:01Dead?
00:21:04Oh, it ain't possible.
00:21:06Well, I was with him only two hours ago.
00:21:10You're trying to frighten me.
00:21:12No, I'm not, Kitty.
00:21:15It's you.
00:21:16You killed him.
00:21:18I warned him to stay away from you.
00:21:20I knew you'd do him in.
00:21:21I had nothing to do with it, Kitty.
00:21:23Well, who did then?
00:21:24Who did?
00:21:25He was knifed on my doorstep.
00:21:27I'm sorry.
00:21:28I'm deeply in his debt.
00:21:29Before he died, he said one word.
00:21:33Christopher.
00:21:34Christopher.
00:21:35You know what it means?
00:21:36I've got to know.
00:21:37What's that to mean?
00:21:38You want to avenge Gavin's death, don't you?
00:21:39You want to avenge Gavin's death, don't you?
00:21:40I'm sorry.
00:21:41I'm deeply in his debt.
00:21:42I'm sorry.
00:21:43I'm deeply in his debt.
00:21:46Before he died, he said one word.
00:21:47Christopher.
00:21:48Christopher.
00:21:56You know what it means?
00:21:58I've got to know.
00:21:59What's that to mean?
00:22:01You want to avenge Gavin's death, don't you?
00:22:03I don't want nothing to do with it, nor with you.
00:22:06I never had any dealings with the police, and I won't start now.
00:22:09I'm not asking this for myself.
00:22:11Our country, England, is at stake.
00:22:18Gavin was killed not by his own enemies, nor even mine,
00:22:21but by the enemies of England.
00:22:25So that's it?
00:22:26Yes, Kitty.
00:22:27The Nazis killed him.
00:22:30Help me to find out what Christopher means,
00:22:32and I promise the man who murdered Gavin shall pay for it.
00:22:37Think, Kitty.
00:22:39The cutthroats of the world menace us all.
00:22:42You can help stop this savagery.
00:22:44Yes, you, Kitty.
00:22:46If we take the police weeks, months perhaps,
00:22:49to find out a certain piece of information we must have.
00:22:52That's not so with you and your friends.
00:22:54You know every nook and corner of London.
00:22:57Get them to help us.
00:22:59We need their help.
00:23:01Your friends will become an army.
00:23:03Do you understand?
00:23:05Secret, invisible and mighty.
00:23:07And you will be at their head, Kitty.
00:23:09You will be their leader.
00:23:16You will be there.
00:23:17You will be there.
00:23:26Primes.
00:23:27Do you know what Christopher means?
00:23:32Dugan.
00:23:35Do you know?
00:23:37Dugan, listen to me!
00:23:38Listen to me.
00:23:39I ain't got no time to listen to you, girlie.
00:23:41But you've got to listen.
00:23:43Someone killed Gavin.
00:23:44I don't know who, but you've got to help me find out.
00:23:51All right, don't help me then.
00:23:52Cut your own throats, that's what you're doing.
00:23:55Help me or help the Nazis.
00:23:57Sure, the Nazis killed Gavin.
00:24:00They might be your friends protecting them the way you are.
00:24:03Don't you know that all the crimes they commit are being blamed on you?
00:24:07They are, and I hope you hang for them.
00:24:09You can have them.
00:24:10For me, I'm British, and I'm proud of it.
00:24:13Nobody's going to call me a Nazi and get away with it.
00:24:15Well, help me then.
00:24:16Tell me what Christopher means.
00:24:19Well, don't anybody know?
00:24:21It's got to mean something.
00:24:27Speak up if you know what it is. Let's have it.
00:24:29Don't mean a thing to me.
00:24:31You've been a creep in the corners all your life.
00:24:33Are you going to sneak away at the very sight of a man like this
00:24:36and show them how coward you are?
00:24:38What are you afraid of?
00:24:40I'm not asking this for myself.
00:24:42England's at stake.
00:24:43You're England as much as anyone else is.
00:24:46Got no time to think about whose side we're on.
00:24:49There's only one side, England.
00:24:51No matter how high or how low we are.
00:24:54You, you, you and you.
00:24:57We're all on the same team.
00:24:58We've all got the same goal.
00:24:59Victory!
00:25:00What are you watching now?
00:25:02Right out all over London.
00:25:04But find out what Christopher means.
00:25:06We'll find out.
00:25:07No fear about that.
00:25:13Thank you, Petey.
00:25:14Well done, my dear.
00:25:19Shaw speaking.
00:25:21Yes, Miss Grandis.
00:25:23That checks with my report.
00:25:25No, Miss Grandis.
00:25:27Sir Evan hasn't arrived yet.
00:25:29Yes, thank you.
00:25:31Miss Grandis reports that Holmes spent some time at the Air Ministry today.
00:25:35That checks with my information.
00:25:37Last night a murder and a session in Limehouse.
00:25:40I wonder what the fellow...
00:25:41He's here now.
00:25:42I don't think I need to report on my activities, gentlemen.
00:25:44You must be fairly well informed.
00:25:45We have our methods, Holmes.
00:25:46It only remains to you to show what's been accomplished.
00:25:47All in good time, Mr. Lloyd.
00:25:48Good evening, gentlemen.
00:25:49Good evening, Sir Evan.
00:25:50What's the matter?
00:25:51You look pale.
00:25:52Oh, it's nothing.
00:25:53I...
00:25:54Pardon, your hand.
00:25:55Let's have a look at it.
00:25:56Oh, it's really nothing.
00:25:57Just an accident.
00:25:58What sort of an accident?
00:25:59Some fellow took a shot at me.
00:26:00Just as I was leaving the house.
00:26:01Took a shot at you?
00:26:02It's only a scratch.
00:26:03Ugly thing to happen.
00:26:04No, no.
00:26:05Have you any idea who it was?
00:26:06No, I haven't.
00:26:07He popped up out of the bushes.
00:26:08Just as I was getting into my car.
00:26:09Fired once, then disappeared.
00:26:10What do you make of it, Watson?
00:26:11Bullet wound.
00:26:12Congratulations.
00:26:13This is a matter for the police.
00:26:14Oh, no, no, please.
00:26:15I can never identify him.
00:26:16Let's forget it.
00:26:17Captain Shaw.
00:26:35People of Britain, greetings.
00:26:39Is it shock you need?
00:26:41Very well.
00:26:42We Nazis can produce them
00:26:44till Britain's proud head is in the dust
00:26:46where it belongs.
00:26:47People of London, look out of your windows.
00:26:50You will see your promised disaster
00:26:52written across the skies.
00:26:56Lawford, turn out the lights, please.
00:26:58Look to the East India docks.
00:26:59Are you alert number 20?
00:27:01Look, Britain, look and wonder.
00:27:04Wonder and despair.
00:27:07We Nazis keep our promises.
00:27:10There's a terrible fire in East End.
00:27:11Concentration of men and supplies.
00:27:13American bombers, tanks, gone.
00:27:16Destroyed utterly.
00:27:19The flames are mounting.
00:27:20Higher and higher and higher.
00:27:22Now the glare must be visible
00:27:24even to the short-sighted leaders
00:27:26of your bewildered government.
00:27:28Mark well the towering fires.
00:27:30They consume your new planes from America.
00:27:33Your meager store of tanks.
00:27:35Your puny munitions.
00:27:37And your food.
00:27:39Planes that were your only defense
00:27:41against our all-powerful Luftwaffe.
00:27:43Tanks and munitions that you prayed would hold
00:27:46against the magnificent 50-ton German land monsters
00:27:49which will soon be crashing through your very houses.
00:27:52Food.
00:27:53Tanks and munitions.
00:27:54Turn it off.
00:27:55Tanks and munitions.
00:27:56Tanks and munitions.
00:27:57Tanks and munitions.
00:27:58horizontal.
00:28:00Ilus wh Olá merer.
00:28:01Pull, pull, pull.
00:28:02Shen o' yeeer.
00:28:03Jesús, ik蓮.
00:28:04경우에는 laura.
00:28:21It's horrible, the way it's timed, the precision of it.
00:28:23It's not so precise.
00:28:25Almost precise.
00:28:26What do you mean?
00:28:27I should call it exact.
00:28:28No.
00:28:29The fires actually broke out sometime before the voice called to his operative in London.
00:28:34Joe, that's true.
00:28:35And last time, the train disaster.
00:28:37Captain Shaw was on the telephone immediately.
00:28:39And Scotland Yard knew all about it.
00:28:41The derailment must have occurred at least ten minutes earlier.
00:28:45That's certainly possible.
00:28:46Even so, what of it?
00:28:48No mystery, nothing supernatural, just split-second planning, that's all.
00:28:51Days, perhaps weeks in advance.
00:28:53Very well figured out, Holmes.
00:28:55It gets us a step forward.
00:28:56Now, gentlemen, let's take a step even further.
00:28:59I have charted here the tonal differences between actual and transcribed broadcasts.
00:29:04Using this test, I'm convinced that the voice of terror is undoubtedly recorded and played from a record.
00:29:10What does that prove?
00:29:11It proves that the voice of terror, the man himself, is not in Germany.
00:29:15He's here, in England.
00:29:17Oh, it's impossible.
00:29:18What are you telling us, Holmes?
00:29:19It can't be.
00:29:20Our technicians insist that the broadcasts originate in Zeisberg.
00:29:23And so they do, from recordings flown to Zeisberg.
00:29:26It's impossible, Holmes.
00:29:27You can't expect anyone to believe that.
00:29:29It can't be done.
00:29:31Thanks to the Royal Air Force, I have some rather curious information.
00:29:34At irregular intervals, six Nazi bombing planes come over and drop their deadly cargoes on non-military objectives.
00:29:40A meadow or a sheepfold.
00:29:41That's nonsense.
00:29:42The Nazis aren't fools.
00:29:43They don't waste ammunition.
00:29:44Of course not.
00:29:45What's the purpose?
00:29:46To divert attention from the fact that a single plane breaks formation each time and disappears.
00:29:50But why?
00:29:52Gentlemen, that lone plane picks up plans, maps, secret military information and the voice of terror's timed and recorded speech and flies them to Germany.
00:30:01I can hardly believe it.
00:30:02Sensational, if true.
00:30:03It's incredible.
00:30:04Fantastic.
00:30:05Mr. Holmes.
00:30:06Yes?
00:30:07There's a person outside asking...
00:30:08A lady?
00:30:09Um...
00:30:10Ask her to come in.
00:30:11Excuse me, gentlemen.
00:30:12Gentlemen.
00:30:13Gentlemen.
00:30:14Gentlemen, I must leave at once.
00:30:15What?
00:30:16Where are you going?
00:30:17That must remain a secret, even from this council.
00:30:18I object to this, Mr. Holmes.
00:30:19You're here against my wishes.
00:30:20Since you are here, I demand to know what's being done.
00:30:21As I've already told you, Mr. Lloyd, I shall report to this council at the proper time.
00:30:24And so, gentlemen, until we meet again, as I hope we will, take no unnecessary risks.
00:30:28We're all in grave danger.
00:30:29Come on, Watson.
00:30:30Coming.
00:30:31Steady.
00:30:32Huh.
00:30:33Is that a secret?
00:30:34Is that a secret hidden from this council?
00:30:36I object to this, Mr. Holmes.
00:30:37You're here against my wishes.
00:30:38Since you are here, I demand to know what's being done.
00:30:39As I've already told you, Mr. Lloyd, I shall report to this council at the proper time.
00:30:41And so, gentlemen, until we meet again, as I hope we will, take no unnecessary risks.
00:30:46We're all in grave danger.
00:30:47Come on, Watson.
00:30:48Coming.
00:30:49I'm going to take a break.
00:30:51I'm going to take a break.
00:30:53I'm going to take a break.
00:30:59Stay.
00:31:19I'm going to take a break.
00:31:34Holmes.
00:31:35I think we're being followed.
00:31:37Yes, I know. It's Lloyd.
00:31:39Lloyd? How do you know?
00:31:41He's so obvious about it.
00:31:43Good evening, Mr. Lloyd.
00:31:49You're going our way?
00:31:51I intend to find out what you're doing,
00:31:53even to the point of following me.
00:31:55This is our business, you know, as well as yours.
00:31:57All right. Come along.
00:32:07Seems deserted.
00:32:09It's been deserted for years.
00:32:13Not very securely locked.
00:32:17Fortunate, isn't it?
00:32:35Water.
00:32:37It's the river.
00:32:39This is part of the old Christopher docks.
00:32:41Never heard of them.
00:32:42Christopher?
00:32:43Mr. Holmes, isn't that the word that Gavin...
00:32:44Scott Watson.
00:32:45Oh, sorry?
00:32:46They're almost forgotten.
00:32:47They were built before Victoria.
00:33:11They were built before Victoria.
00:33:12They were built.
00:33:13But they were built.
00:33:14They were built.
00:33:15Those were built.
00:33:16They were built.
00:33:17They were built.
00:33:34Oh, red.
00:33:35Let's go.
00:34:05Good evening, gentlemen.
00:34:12I knew your curiosity would be your undoing, Mr. Holmes.
00:34:16You were expecting me then?
00:34:18Yes.
00:34:19I had hoped that the entire council might have come.
00:34:23It would have been a pleasure to deal with all of them,
00:34:25quietly and effectively.
00:34:28Eventually, they all will be taken care of.
00:34:31However, Mr. Lloyd is quite a catch,
00:34:33and we'll have to suffice for the moment.
00:34:34What do you intend to do with us?
00:34:43Were it not that time is so pressing,
00:34:45we might first put you on trial.
00:34:47On trial for what?
00:34:48Crimes against the Third Reich.
00:34:51Misguided efforts to wreck our inevitable victory.
00:34:55Mr. Lloyd,
00:34:56your super-British patriotism,
00:34:59your blundering but sometimes effective intelligence efforts are well known.
00:35:03We have quite a score against you,
00:35:07which will be settled.
00:35:10Dr. Watson.
00:35:12A fair physician, no doubt,
00:35:14but of no consequence.
00:35:16To our stupid British minds,
00:35:18every life is of consequence.
00:35:20A quaint notion of an even quainter nation.
00:35:22We are not like that.
00:35:26We know that only the powerful are worthy of respect.
00:35:31Let our record speak for us.
00:35:33Your record speaks.
00:35:34It's brilliant.
00:35:36A brilliant record of rapacity,
00:35:38cruelty, torture, deceit, and murder.
00:35:40Murder?
00:35:40Murder?
00:35:52Gesundheit.
00:35:58Cold?
00:35:59It is a little chilly in here.
00:36:01I'm sorry you're uncomfortable.
00:36:03My discomfort is of no consequence.
00:36:05Your false courage is not impressive, Mr. Holmes.
00:36:07Of course you realize that you and your friends are going to die.
00:36:12As all men must, sooner or later.
00:36:15Not later.
00:36:16Now.
00:36:17Now.
00:36:37Good work, boys.
00:36:50It's your pleasure, sir.
00:36:51All right, then.
00:36:52Land them up against the wall.
00:36:53Come on.
00:36:54Come on.
00:36:55Get back.
00:36:56Come on.
00:36:57Get back.
00:36:58Come on.
00:36:59Get back.
00:37:00Come on.
00:37:01Get back.
00:37:16Get back.
00:37:17Get back.
00:37:18He got away.
00:37:19He got away.
00:37:29Most unfortunate.
00:37:31I blame myself severely.
00:37:32I should think you might, Holmes.
00:37:34You hadn't been so stupidly mysterious,
00:37:35allowed Scotland Yard to give you adequate protection,
00:37:37the man would never have escaped.
00:37:38No, he never would.
00:37:40Most regrettable.
00:37:41But...
00:37:41Gesundheit.
00:37:49Stop that room!
00:37:52Stop that room!
00:38:11Keep quiet.
00:38:17Take your hands off, you fool.
00:38:19Do you want to bring the whole force in here?
00:38:49Come on.
00:38:53Here's a table.
00:38:55Hey, my friend.
00:38:58That was it, eh?
00:39:24Quite a hall.
00:39:25It's mine.
00:39:28Go ahead, your friends.
00:39:49The police are undoubtedly still out there.
00:39:55There isn't a better hideout in all London.
00:40:06This will quiet your nerves.
00:40:17This will quiet your nerves.
00:40:31The tea's got cold again.
00:40:46You've been playing that thing all the afternoon?
00:40:47Fiddling while Rome burns.
00:40:48Hello?
00:40:49What's this?
00:40:53General Jay Lawford, KCB DSO, and Captain Roland Shaw MC, who today narrowly escaped being struck by a falling wall in a bombed area.
00:41:04Lawford and Shaw by a falling...
00:41:07Holmes.
00:41:08You don't think that...
00:41:10It was not an accident.
00:41:11Good heavens.
00:41:12Holmes.
00:41:13That sinister-looking fellow, what's his name?
00:41:15What's his name?
00:41:16Mead.
00:41:17If only he hadn't got away.
00:41:18Yes.
00:41:19Difficult as it was, I managed to let him escape.
00:41:20You let him escape?
00:41:21But great Scott man.
00:41:22He was about to kill us.
00:41:23He may even yet.
00:41:24I don't understand you, Holmes.
00:41:25I don't understand you, Holmes.
00:41:26It's my theory that this chap, Mead, is the arch criminal.
00:41:28But he's behind the whole thing.
00:41:29You're absolutely right, Watson.
00:41:30Except for one thing.
00:41:31Well, I'm wrong.
00:41:32I'm wrong.
00:41:33Have you observed that a highly skilled man?
00:41:34I'm wrong.
00:41:35Have you observed that a highly skilled man?
00:41:36It was not an accident.
00:41:37It was not an accident.
00:41:38Good heavens.
00:41:39Holmes.
00:41:40That sinister-looking fellow, what's his name?
00:41:41Mead.
00:41:42If only he hadn't got away.
00:41:43Yes.
00:41:44Difficult as it was, I managed to let him escape.
00:41:45You let him escape?
00:41:46But great Scott man.
00:41:47He was about to kill us.
00:41:48He may even yet.
00:41:49Except for one thing.
00:41:50Well, I'm wrong.
00:41:51Have you observed that a highly secret military plan is thwarted by each of these disasters?
00:41:56Yes, I have.
00:41:57Now that you mention it.
00:41:58Watson.
00:41:59There's a leak.
00:42:00A leak?
00:42:01You mean in the council?
00:42:03But Holmes, that's impossible.
00:42:05Anything is possible until proved otherwise.
00:42:08You see who are in the council.
00:42:10Lawford and Shaw.
00:42:11They're about suspicion.
00:42:12Their record proves that.
00:42:14Anyhow, they were attacked.
00:42:16Unsuccessfully.
00:42:17Prentiss?
00:42:18Would he kill his own son?
00:42:20Doesn't seem likely.
00:42:21And yet the boy is dead.
00:42:23Byron, of course, brought you into the case.
00:42:26So it's quite obvious that he wants it solved.
00:42:28Most patriotic of Sir Byron.
00:42:30He's a great fellow.
00:42:31Paid wing three-quarter for the school my last term so I can vouch for him.
00:42:35Besides, he was attacked too.
00:42:37Shot at.
00:42:38So I gather.
00:42:39How about Lloyd?
00:42:41Can't be him.
00:42:43Mead was going to kill him as well as us.
00:42:46By the way, he's a brave fellow, Lloyd.
00:42:48Did you notice that he didn't turn a hair?
00:42:50Very composed.
00:42:52Come in.
00:42:54Mr. Holmes.
00:42:56Yes, Kitty?
00:42:57I think now we'll be able to get some information from Mr. Mead.
00:43:00Your plan worked like a charm.
00:43:01I knew you could do it.
00:43:02Oh, it's not so hard once your mind's made up.
00:43:04And mine is.
00:43:05You'll be careful.
00:43:06She better be.
00:43:07She's mixed up with that fellow.
00:43:08I'll be careful, all right.
00:43:10But I'm going through with this.
00:43:12Good girl.
00:43:13I heard him talking on the phone today.
00:43:15Yes?
00:43:16He said, I'll take care of that little Seven Oaks matter at 11 tonight.
00:43:20Seven Oaks?
00:43:21Isn't that where...
00:43:22Barham has a country place.
00:43:23Watson, there's not a moment to lose.
00:43:29If I find out that Mead did kill Gavin, I'll...
00:43:31If so, he'll be punished.
00:43:33I warned you, no one was safe with that fellow at large.
00:43:35Now he's off to Barham.
00:43:36Yes.
00:43:37I only hope we're in time.
00:43:39Come along, Kitty.
00:43:40I'll get you a taxi.
00:43:41Thank you, Mr. Holmes.
00:43:53You think you ought to go out alone, sir?
00:43:55Worrying about that escaped German agent, huh?
00:43:58He threatened us to kill the entire council, sir.
00:44:00Come, Smithson.
00:44:01Took bigger chances than this than the trenches.
00:44:03Have you forgotten?
00:44:04I know, sir.
00:44:05But we were younger then.
00:44:06And the religious thing is now, sir.
00:44:10I'm ready for him.
00:44:11I understand, sir.
00:44:30You've driven to Evan down here before, of course, Miss Grandis.
00:44:36Quite often.
00:44:37He comes down whenever he can.
00:44:39He's a local air raid warden, you know.
00:44:40He likes to get away from the excitement occasionally, eh?
00:44:43Yes.
00:44:44It's so very quiet here.
00:44:45Quiet and remote.
00:44:47Away from everyone.
00:44:49Yes?
00:44:50Oh, Miss Jill.
00:44:51It's all right, Smithson.
00:44:52Where is Sir Evan?
00:44:53On his rounds, miss.
00:44:54Which way?
00:44:55Down that lane of trees, sir.
00:44:56I'll go.
00:44:57You stay here.
00:44:58You too, Watson.
00:44:59Hello there, Barton!
00:45:00Hello there, Barton!
00:45:01Hello.
00:45:02You're the one who's in the room.
00:45:03Who's in the room?
00:45:04Why?
00:45:05He's in the room.
00:45:06And what's in the room?
00:45:07Do you have a great place?
00:45:08You're welcome.
00:45:09Come on.
00:45:10You come.
00:45:11You go.
00:45:12Oh, Miss Jill!
00:45:13It's all right, Smithson.
00:45:14Where is Sir Evan?
00:45:15On his rounds, miss.
00:45:16Which way?
00:45:17Down that lane of trees, sir.
00:45:18I'll go.
00:45:19You stay here.
00:45:20You too, Watson.
00:45:21Hello there, Barton!
00:45:23Hello, Barton!
00:45:29Holmes, what on earth are you doing out here?
00:45:34I've been worried about you.
00:45:36Yes?
00:45:37That fellow Meade appears to be in the neighborhood.
00:45:39Do you mind if I go along with you? I'd feel better about it.
00:45:41Not at all. I'd appreciate the company.
00:45:44You know, it gets quite lonesome, especially on a night like this.
00:45:48By the way, do you feel you're getting any nearer solution of this terrible business?
00:45:53Yes, yes, the end is in sight.
00:45:55Really? What would you mind telling me?
00:45:59Listen.
00:46:01Air rate sirens.
00:46:02Yes.
00:46:03Coming our way.
00:46:05Yes.
00:46:06I don't seem to hear any planes.
00:46:08Wait a minute.
00:46:09I can.
00:46:13Look, there's one. She's coming right over.
00:46:29There she is.
00:46:31Marshal Verne's.
00:46:32Verne's.
00:46:33Holmes.
00:46:34He's coming in for a landing.
00:46:35The swine.
00:46:36That's the pick-up plane.
00:46:37The voice must be here close by.
00:46:38Then we've got him.
00:46:39Madam!
00:46:40Be careful.
00:46:41I can't understand you, Holmes.
00:46:43Why didn't you help me?
00:46:44I can't understand you, Holmes.
00:46:45Why didn't you help me?
00:46:46I can't understand you, Holmes.
00:46:47We almost had him.
00:46:48You're too impatient, Baron.
00:46:49My patience is exhausted.
00:46:50This has got to stop.
00:46:51I thought you'd have solved the whole thing long before this.
00:46:52What happened?
00:46:53Is that enough?
00:46:54I can't understand you, Holmes.
00:46:55Why didn't you help me?
00:46:56We almost had him.
00:46:57You're too impatient, Baron.
00:46:58My patience is exhausted.
00:46:59This has got to stop.
00:47:00I thought you'd have solved the whole thing long before this.
00:47:01What happened?
00:47:02Is that a Nazi plan?
00:47:03Yes.
00:47:04I saw the filthy swastika myself.
00:47:05Great Scott.
00:47:06Took a shot at him, but he got away.
00:47:07Me, he'd also got away.
00:47:08Well, I'd better go and report this.
00:47:09No good with you.
00:47:10Come along, Watson.
00:47:11Come along, Watson.
00:47:12Come along, Watson.
00:47:13Come along, Watson.
00:47:14Come along, Watson.
00:47:15I can't understand you, Holmes.
00:47:16I can't understand you, Holmes.
00:47:17Why didn't you help me?
00:47:18We almost had him.
00:47:19You're too impatient, Baron.
00:47:20My patience is exhausted.
00:47:21This has got to stop.
00:47:22I thought you'd have solved the whole thing long before this.
00:47:23What happened?
00:47:24Mead also got away.
00:47:25Mead also got away.
00:47:26Well, I'd better go and report this.
00:47:27No good with you.
00:47:28Come along, Watson.
00:47:29You needn't bother.
00:47:30I can take care of myself.
00:47:31My dear fellow, there's no use taking chances.
00:47:32I'm afraid you're a marked man as long as Mead is at large.
00:47:34Come on.
00:47:46You're a fine one leaving me alone half the night.
00:47:48You think I like it?
00:47:50I want to go out and have some fun.
00:47:52Don't bother me.
00:47:53You said you were going to let me work with you.
00:47:56Some day you'll come back and I won't be here.
00:47:58Where would you go?
00:48:00What's my business?
00:48:03Maybe you'll be waiting here next time and I won't come back.
00:48:07Don't talk like that.
00:48:10I'm sorry, Kitty.
00:48:12You seem sort of different lately.
00:48:16Anything the matter?
00:48:18Maybe the next time you see me I'll be in a position of authority,
00:48:21of power.
00:48:22No longer hiding in the dark.
00:48:25Giving the orders, not taking them.
00:48:28What do you say to that?
00:48:32You're drunk.
00:48:34Drunk?
00:48:36Yes.
00:48:37When I was a boy, I dreamed a dream.
00:48:42I was dressed in armor, shining blue-gray armor.
00:48:47I rode on a horse through the streets, where the people cheered, hailing me.
00:48:52I rode over the bodies of underlings, prostrated before me.
00:49:01Their blood ran out along the gutters like a river.
00:49:06What if this was no dream?
00:49:13What if it was prophecy?
00:49:16What if all this comes to pass?
00:49:21Well, something must have happened to you.
00:49:25Yes, Kitty.
00:49:31Something that you're going to share with me.
00:49:35Get your coat. Hurry.
00:49:36Hurry.
00:49:52Why two?
00:49:53Is there plenty of petrol?
00:49:54Enough.
00:49:55Start driving.
00:50:06Let's see.
00:50:26Where's Holmes?
00:50:27He'll be here, I'm sure.
00:50:28It's starting now.
00:50:29Here he is.
00:50:31You're almost late.
00:50:32I had to go to Downing Street.
00:50:34Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Your favorite broadcaster, the voice of terror, coming to you from Seisburg.
00:50:43Tonight I have something special for you. Where are you weakest, you weakening people of Britain?
00:50:49Consider well, is it lack of food? Is it your stodgy leadership? Faulty ammunition? Scarcity of shipping? Lack of raw materials?
00:50:57Do you know that despite all your great efforts, your coasts are inadequately defended, especially one coast.
00:51:05And there we shall strike, swiftly, terribly, tomorrow at sunrise.
00:51:12In a special broadcast at that time, I shall describe the carnage.
00:51:17Turn it off.
00:51:20What does he mean? What kind of threat is this?
00:51:22Remember, all our reports for the last few weeks have indicated abnormal enemy activity on the coast of Norway.
00:51:29That means an attacking force on our northeast coast.
00:51:32Then that's where we must concentrate all our forces. Immediately.
00:51:35They'll never bring it off now that we know.
00:51:36This time the voice is boasting.
00:51:39Perhaps, but so far he's made good his boasts.
00:51:43What have you done to stop it?
00:51:44Shilly-shallying about while these crimes continue?
00:51:47This is the last straw.
00:51:48We must prevent this all-out attack at any cost.
00:51:50Sir Evans' right. All our available resources must be rushed to meet it.
00:51:55Withdraw material from elsewhere?
00:51:57If need be, yes.
00:51:58This calls for action, and lots of it.
00:52:01There's something curious about this broadcast.
00:52:05He said tomorrow.
00:52:07Always before, it was now.
00:52:09I wonder what it means.
00:52:11There's no time for wonder at this point.
00:52:12Mr. Holmes, your methods have got us nowhere.
00:52:15The situation demanded action and got none.
00:52:17Mr. Lloyd, I think I know when action should be taken.
00:52:19Nevertheless, we take charge now.
00:52:22This is a crisis you can't hope to deal with.
00:52:25A man to see you, Mr. Hogan.
00:52:27Bring him in.
00:52:27Yes, sir.
00:52:29Mr. Holmes, sir.
00:52:31Last night I trailed Kitty and the fellow Meade.
00:52:33Yes.
00:52:34They went to a place near a bomb village on the coast, sir.
00:52:37North?
00:52:37No, sir. South.
00:52:38South? Why didn't you come sooner?
00:52:40Motor trouble, sir.
00:52:41Just got back.
00:52:42All right, it can't be helped. Stand by until we need you.
00:52:44What?
00:52:44So, it's on the southern coast the drama is to be played.
00:52:50The fox is out of his hole at last.
00:52:52Meade has led us to the voice of terror.
00:52:53Gentlemen, we must set up at once.
00:52:55Are you mad?
00:52:56What sort of a wild goose chase are you suggesting?
00:52:58It's ridiculous.
00:52:58It's time to put a stop to this.
00:53:04Barham speaking.
00:53:05Yes, of course.
00:53:12We've been ordered to accompany, Mr. Holmes.
00:53:35Mr. Holmes.
00:54:05Good evening, sir. All the arrangements have been made.
00:54:07Splendid.
00:54:08And that church up there?
00:54:13Yes, sir.
00:54:14All right. Let's go, gentlemen.
00:54:32Von Bach seems to be delayed.
00:54:34He'll be here. Never fear.
00:54:37You all understand your objectives.
00:54:42Sheila.
00:54:44Sheila!
00:54:45Yes, sir.
00:54:47You understand what you are to do?
00:54:49Yes, sir. I'm going with the first contingent to Liverpool.
00:54:51Your men are waiting there, organized to take control?
00:54:54They have been ready and waiting for weeks.
00:54:58What was that?
00:54:59When the world is changing, it is natural to be on edge.
00:55:09Merely owls or perhaps wood rats?
00:55:11No. It sounds like...
00:55:12Sheila.
00:55:14Yes, sir.
00:55:16Go on.
00:55:17City of Croydon Airport. All is prepared.
00:55:19You go.
00:55:20Birmingham.
00:55:21Where I used to slave in the factories.
00:55:23But not anymore.
00:55:24The day has come at last.
00:55:25The day has come at last.
00:55:26Okay.
00:55:36Line them up over there.
00:55:37Mr. Holmes.
00:55:38Oh, I was afraid you'd be too late.
00:55:39I'm glad you're safe, Kitty.
00:55:40Come along.
00:55:41Sit down.
00:55:42Gentlemen.
00:55:43When Mr. Mead and the sirs.
00:55:44Zitor.
00:55:46Join us.
00:55:51Mr. Holmes, I was afraid you'd be too late.
00:55:54I'm glad you're safe, Kitty.
00:55:55Come along.
00:55:56Sit down.
00:56:01Gentlemen, when Mr. Mead and I last met, he wished he could put us on trial.
00:56:16Mr. Lloyd, Dr. Watson, and myself.
00:56:19Now, Mead, you are on trial.
00:56:22First, let me tell you why you have met here.
00:56:25The vague but canny threat against our northeastern coast was a blind.
00:56:28Your group was congregated here to receive an invasion army proceeding across the channel.
00:56:32What? Invasion?
00:56:34All those men rushed for defences to the north.
00:56:36I can't believe it.
00:56:37It sounds important.
00:56:38Sit down for a moment.
00:56:39It seems absurd at me.
00:56:44At the head of this mighty force, the picked and chosen,
00:56:48the faithful were to proceed to various centers of our country and take up positions of authority.
00:56:53And we shall. Do you understand that?
00:56:55Unfortunately for you, that is not to be.
00:56:57We are held, yes, but the invasion will proceed without us.
00:57:01Why are we doing nothing?
00:57:02Why are we helpless here?
00:57:03Please be patient.
00:57:04You called me in on this case to identify and to silence the voice of terror and to circumvent the unknown plan behind it.
00:57:11That undertaking is still in progress, but we are rapidly drawing to a conclusion.
00:57:17Gentlemen, the voice of terror is here with you in this church.
00:57:22What?
00:57:23Are you referring to Meade?
00:57:25Why, who is it?
00:57:26Meade was my one sure connection with the voice of terror.
00:57:28At the warehouse, I allowed him to escape and assigned Kitty here to trail him.
00:57:33When I learned through Kitty's abduction that Meade had come down here to meet with a group of men, I asked myself why.
00:57:40Why?
00:57:41Why a deserted fishing village on the channel when Scotland was to be the next scene of disaster?
00:57:46And why was it necessary to withdraw great stores of ordnance and material for the protection of Scotland?
00:57:51It was a ruse, gentlemen, to leave this coast unprotected.
00:57:54A ruse devised by the voice of terror.
00:57:58I, uh, I knew quite early, of course, that the voice was a member of your august body.
00:58:04You dare to insinuate that one of us...
00:58:06If this is meant to be humor, it's very ill time.
00:58:09German agents knew I was on the case the very night I was called in.
00:58:14How did they know this secret?
00:58:16One of your counsel informed them.
00:58:18There were attempts made on the lives of all of us.
00:58:21But the attempt made on the life of one of your members was entirely unsubstantiated, resting on his word alone.
00:58:27One member whom I went to the country ostensibly to protect, actually to surprise.
00:58:32This member fired on the Nazi pickup plane.
00:58:34Not in rage, as he pretended, but to warn and frighten it away.
00:58:39That was very clever of you, Sir Evan.
00:58:43Sir Evan?
00:58:44I can't believe it.
00:58:45Sir Evan couldn't be implicated in a thing like this.
00:58:47What's Sir Evan got to say?
00:58:51Let me congratulate you, Mr. Holmes.
00:58:53You admit this outrageous accusation?
00:58:55There's been treason before, but this is beyond belief.
00:58:58Treason is not involved.
00:59:00Sir Evan Barham is not Sir Evan Barham.
00:59:02What are you talking about?
00:59:04In March 1918, Lieutenant Evan Barham was a prisoner in a German prison camp.
00:59:08There, his amazing resemblance to a certain Heinrich von Bork, a brilliant young member of the German secret service.
00:59:14Sealed young Barham's fate.
00:59:16One morning he was taken out and shot, murdered in cold blood.
00:59:20Then this man is...
00:59:21He is Heinrich von Bork, who has been masquerading in Barham's place for the past 24 years.
00:59:26You see gentlemen, the Germans plan well in advance.
00:59:30It's incredible.
00:59:31How could a thing like this happen?
00:59:33Barham had no immediate family.
00:59:35The details of his private life were avidly studied by von Bork, who was three years at Oxford and had a perfect knowledge of the English language and English habits.
00:59:42So, with possibly the help of a little plastic surgery, not forgetting the considerable resemblance to Barham in the first place, the deception was carried through.
00:59:52Very clever, Mr. Holmes.
00:59:54I must say, Holmes, this is positively amazing.
00:59:57What made you first suspect Barham?
01:00:00The real Sir Evan Barham carried a scar from childhood.
01:00:03This one is about 20 years old.
01:00:06A detail, but significant.
01:00:08I can't believe it.
01:00:10It was Barham who insisted on your being brought into the case.
01:00:13A colossal piece of egocentric conceit.
01:00:15One to match your own, Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
01:00:18Of course I brought you into the case.
01:00:20To see your weak and silly handling, to watch you fumble and lose it.
01:00:23Are you too stupid to realize that this group is but a small part of our organization?
01:00:28We have men stationed all over England, ready to take command.
01:00:31They never will.
01:00:32And we're all taken exactly at dawn, just as you were.
01:00:35So now we are trapped, huh?
01:00:37No, gentlemen.
01:00:38It is you who are trapped.
01:00:40Listen.
01:00:44Even now our Messerschmitts are roaring overhead.
01:00:46The vanguard of the invasion.
01:00:48Why are they not routed?
01:00:50Where are our boosted anti-aircraft guns?
01:00:52They are silent.
01:00:54Our little ruse was entirely successful.
01:00:56The coast has been stripped of its defenses.
01:00:59Preserve your vaunted British vanity as best you may.
01:01:03In this your hour of most humiliating defeat.
01:01:06You have not captured us, my friend.
01:01:08We have annihilated you.
01:01:10Do you really think it's so blind that we would strip this coast of defenses
01:01:14because of a voice on a phonograph record?
01:01:16The council was deliberately misinformed about moving the defense forces.
01:01:20You are trying to save your face.
01:01:22Look.
01:01:23If you think I'm lying.
01:01:29Those are not Messerschmitts.
01:01:30They are spitfires and hurricanes.
01:01:32Returning from blasting your invasion forces.
01:01:35Destroying men in barges with a thousand.
01:01:37Look further, Van Bork.
01:01:38Look below.
01:01:41Commandos, tanks.
01:01:43Slipping away now that your invasion force has been destroyed.
01:01:45To bring ruin and terror to your people.
01:01:52I wonder if there's anything on the wireless about this.
01:02:02The BBC.
01:02:03We are frightfully sorry to announce
01:02:05that a special broadcast of the voice of terror
01:02:08will have to be delayed indefinitely.
01:02:11A threat against our northern coasts
01:02:13made only as a blind to cover the enemy's invasion plans
01:02:16has not been fulfilled.
01:02:18Instead, our victorious planes
01:02:20have blasted invasion bases on the continent,
01:02:23destroying enormous stores of materiel and troops.
01:02:26More news of this triumphant victory tomorrow.
01:02:29At the same time,
01:02:30the scattered Nazi agents all over the Commonwealth
01:02:33have been unceremoniously clapped into prison.
01:02:36That is all.
01:02:37Look out!
01:02:38Look out!
01:02:57This girl merits our deepest gratitude.
01:02:59Our country is honored in having had such loyalty and devotion.
01:03:02and we'll remember.
01:03:05Holmes,
01:03:07I don't know how we'll ever thank you.
01:03:09Don't try. It isn't necessary.
01:03:15I'll be with you in a minute, Holmes.
01:03:16I'll just see if she's taken care of.
01:03:18I always did think that chap was an imposter.
01:03:32Byram was a good fellow.
01:03:33Played wing three-quarter for the school.
01:03:35What a lovely morning, Holmes.
01:03:51There's an east wind coming, Watson.
01:03:53No, I don't think so.
01:03:54Looks like another warm day.
01:03:58Good old Watson.
01:04:00The one fixed point in a changing age.
01:04:05There's an east wind coming all the same.
01:04:08Such a wind has never blew on England yet.
01:04:11It will be cold and bitter, Watson.
01:04:14And a good many of us may wither before its blast.
01:04:18But it's God's own wind nonetheless.
01:04:21And a greener, better, stronger land
01:04:23will lie in the sunshine when the storm has cleared.
01:04:30That's not the 심野ows.
01:04:31That's not the end.
01:04:32That makes you so good.
01:04:33That's not the sky, Holmes.
01:04:34You won't be beautiful.
01:04:35I can't see any of you.
01:04:36I'll see you in a year.
01:04:38I'll see you in a year.
01:04:40I'll see you in a year.
01:04:41I'll see you in a year.
01:04:43I'll see you in a year.
01:04:44Go, Uncle.
01:04:46If you haven't received anymore.
01:04:48You've won a year.
01:04:50This and I will be working home.
01:04:51Of the new year.
01:04:52I'll see you in a year.