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Agatha Christie's iconic sleuth returns in The Body in the Library (1984)
When a young woman’s body is discovered in the library of a respectable country house, Miss Marple must uncover secrets hidden beneath the surface of an otherwise quiet village.
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00:00Music
00:09Music
00:13Music
00:23Music
00:29Oh, my God.
00:59Oh, my God.
01:29Oh, my God.
01:59Oh, my God.
02:28Oh, my God.
02:30Oh, my God.
02:32Mary.
02:33Oh, ma'am, ma'am.
02:35There's a body in the library.
02:37I...
02:38Oh, my God.
02:39Oh, my God.
02:47Arthur, wake up.
02:49Arthur.
02:51Oh, my God.
02:52Oh, my God.
02:58Mary just said there's a body in the library.
03:00Say that again.
03:05There's a body in the library.
03:07Mary just said so.
03:09Impossible.
03:11I must have imagined it.
03:14I didn't imagine it.
03:16I told you before, ill girl, not to read this sort of thing last thing at night.
03:22Arthur.
03:23Oh, my God.
03:25Arthur.
03:26I hadn't made it all in the curtains, huh?
03:28Hmm?
03:29Arthur.
03:31I am not going downstairs to ask if there's a body in my library.
03:38Arthur?
03:39Arthur?
03:40Arthur?
03:51I directed that nothing should be done till you came down, sir.
03:54Shall I call the police, sir?
03:55Lorimer, are you serious you're trying to tell me that there's a dead body in my library?
04:00Well, perhaps you'd care to come and see for yourself, sir?
04:26Hello.
04:27Right.
04:28Bill!
04:29He's for you!
04:30Me?
04:31Hello?
04:32Who's there?
04:33Well...
04:34It's there, all right.
04:35But, Arthur!
04:36I know.
04:37It's complete nonsense.
04:38I mean, you have to pinch yourself, don't you?
04:41A body in our library.
04:42My dear.
04:43Still, there it is.
04:44As large as...
04:45Look, old girl.
04:46bound to be a bit of a hullabaloo.
04:47How about some company?
04:48How about some company?
04:49What?
04:50What?
04:51What?
04:52What?
04:53What?
04:54What?
04:55What?
04:56What?
04:57What?
04:58What?
04:59What?
05:00What?
05:01What?
05:02What?
05:03What?
05:04What?
05:05What?
05:06What?
05:07What?
05:08What?
05:09What?
05:10What?
05:11How about some company for you, eh?
05:12You know.
05:13What a good idea, Arthur.
05:21Yes, that's quite nice, Esther.
05:23Now, all remember to make it into a nice pointy mountain.
05:27Just like that.
05:29And not a dumpy hill.
05:30Yes, ma'am.
05:31Yes.
05:32Well, the brass looks quite smart.
05:35Yes.
05:36Well done.
05:37Thank you, ma'am.
05:40Oh, dear.
05:41Well, well, I wonder.
05:42Oh, dear.
05:43Well, well, I wonder.
05:49It's Mary Mead 35.
05:51Is that you, Jane?
05:53Oh.
05:54You're up very early, Dolly.
05:56My dear.
05:57We've just found a body in our library.
06:00I'm coming down to fetch you so that you can see it before Constable Pork gets here.
06:05Is that all right?
06:06Dolly, what are you talking about?
06:09What body?
06:10Yes, quite.
06:12That's just it.
06:13We've never seen her before.
06:15It ought to be a practical joke except that she's dead.
06:18She's a blonde.
06:19Platinum blonde in our library.
06:22You will come, won't you?
06:23That's right, yeah.
06:24There's the Inspector Slack there.
06:25Inspector Slack there, yeah, please.
06:26Oh, your buttons is all wrong.
06:29Hey, don't the Colonel.
06:31Shh.
06:32How come the Colonel don't know nothing about it, seen as how it's in his library?
06:38How come the Colonel don't know nothing about it, seen as how it's in his library?
06:51I'm a lady-based.
06:52Tell me, diary.
06:53I love you.
06:54I love you, birds.
06:55Anyway, I love you, birds.
06:56It's all right.
06:57I love you.
06:58What the zoo is.
06:59No, you're so bullies.
07:00It's all right.
07:02I love you, birds.
07:03Bill!
07:33Where you be going?
07:43Gossington Hall!
07:50Wait for me!
08:03Arthur's being difficult.
08:13He doesn't think that I ought to enjoy myself about it one bit.
08:16But then I don't know the girl at all.
08:18And it's odd, but she doesn't somehow seem to be real, if you know what I mean.
08:33I don't know the girl at all, but I don't know the girl at all.
09:03There, okay.
09:33Do you see what I mean, Jane?
09:43Yes.
09:45Yes, I do.
09:46I agree.
09:48She's not real.
09:49She's very young.
10:06Yes.
10:07Yes, I suppose she is.
10:08That's Constable Polk.
10:22It's all right, Barry.
10:24I'll go.
10:25You can, uh, you better...
10:27Hang on.
10:29Ah, Polk.
10:35Good man.
10:36Morning, Colonel.
10:37Crap-sit-poo.
10:42You didn't tell me you were bringing the Chief Constable over?
10:45No, I...
10:46Hello, Bantry.
10:52Just heard the news.
10:53Thought I'd pop over on my way in.
10:55Oh, very good of you.
10:56Has Inspector Slack arrived yet?
10:58Slack?
10:58No.
11:00Bad show, all this.
11:01In the library, I gather.
11:04Go on in, Constable.
11:05I'll join you in a minute.
11:06Mary will show you.
11:07Mary!
11:09Show the Constable in.
11:11Thank you, Colonel.
11:12Come on.
11:16Must have been a nasty shot for you.
11:18How's Dolly taking it?
11:20Oh, dear, you're a brilliant preacher, dear.
11:22Stay well, I'll be there.
11:30Well, Miss Barbell.
11:32Uh, good morning, Bill.
11:33Don't worry, Constable.
11:35We haven't touched anything.
11:36Even a novice reader of detective stories knows that.
11:39Ah.
11:42And you say you've never seen the girl before?
12:00Never clapped eyes on her.
12:03Ah.
12:04Colonel Melchert.
12:07How are you?
12:08Hello, Mrs. Bantry.
12:11And the redoubtable Miss Marple.
12:13Oh.
12:14Beaten me to it, I see.
12:17Good morning, Chief Constable.
12:19That's the right word for you, Jane.
12:21Redoubtable.
12:23I didn't know you two knew each other.
12:25Oh, yes, yes.
12:25We're old cronies.
12:27I have long held that Miss Marple has what I would call forensic intuition developed to the point of genius.
12:32The result, she tells me, of a lifetime's education in an English village.
12:38Well, one does see so much evil, I fear.
12:41But if I do have any intuition, may I use it now and suggest my being here makes you uncomfortable?
12:48That's the reason for these compliments, I suspect.
12:50It had crossed my mind that you might dog our official plodding footsteps.
12:55No nonsense, Melchert.
12:56It's been a bit of a jolt, you know, this business.
12:59Dolly asked Jane over, simply, well, no, woman to woman.
13:04She may look as if she's taking it calmly, but this sort of thing, well, there's no telling, is there?
13:10What?
13:11Who left us any breakfast, Arthur?
13:13I hardly ate a thing.
13:14Well, there may be no telling what sort of state I'm in, but I think I could eat a horse.
13:21Jane.
13:26Good, right.
13:27Well, better take a look at the library, then.
13:29I'll show you.
13:32Thank you, Lorimer.
13:43Thank you, Lorimer.
13:44Well, Jane.
13:51Well, I suppose it does remind me a little of Mrs. Cheffy's youngest, Edie, you know.
13:56I think that's because this poor girl bit her nails.
14:02Yes.
14:04Edie was fond of cheap finery, too.
14:07That satin dress she was wearing.
14:08Oh, dearly, yes, yes, very poor quality, indeed, yes.
14:11But what was she doing in Arthur's library?
14:15Well, she wasn't dressed for burglary, was she?
14:17No, dressed for dancing, quite.
14:21Or a party.
14:22Yes, but we don't have parties.
14:25At least, not that sort of party, do we?
14:28Do we?
14:29Oh, no.
14:35But Jane, I knew his mother.
14:38All the same.
14:39Oh, Selina Blake is the nicest person imaginable, and she has the finest herbaceous border in the county.
14:48Mind you, Arthur does very nearly burst a blood vessel whenever Basil Blake's name is mentioned.
14:55Did I ever tell you?
14:55Oh, Selina Blake was frightfully rude to Arthur.
15:00Terrible argument about the army, empire, that sort of thing.
15:03And Basil Blake called Arthur a fossilized O-B-U-G, etc.
15:09And those clothes he wears.
15:14Well, I think the clothes are all of a pattern with the language, and intended to have the same effect.
15:20Oh, but he was an adorable baby.
15:23Well, according to his picture in last Sunday's paper, the Chiviot murderer was an adorable baby.
15:31Jane, you're not serious.
15:33No, no, but I'm just trying to account for the young woman's presence here.
15:37Yeah, and Basil Blake does have parties, you know.
15:40Do you remember last year?
15:42Cars roaring through St. Mary Mead at all time of the night.
15:46Yes, but I expect that was those film people, Jane, you know.
15:50Well, doesn't he bring down a young woman most weekends now?
15:55A blonde?
15:57A platinum blonde?
16:00All right, miss, just tell Colonel Bantry that my people will be closing off the library and all access points,
16:04and we don't want anyone to leave the house.
16:05Splendid, Slack.
16:05The young lady will show you where.
16:08All right, lads, follow the young lady.
16:09Come on, Fletcher, Pringle, get a move on.
16:14Come on, lad, we haven't got all day.
16:18Preliminary shouldn't take very long, sir. I'll report shortly.
16:20Yes, I'll speak to you later.
16:22Right, son.
16:24Who is that?
16:25Where are we? Into the hall, is it?
16:26Inspector Slack.
16:28Highly inappropriate name.
16:30Gives me a headache.
16:31All right, gentlemen.
16:31Unusual procedure. Don't touch anything until I've had a good shifting myself.
16:35Then you can get going with your box brownies.
16:37I still think it might be helpful if you could tell me your movements last night.
16:44My movements?
16:45Well, it might throw up some little detail that you didn't even think you'd noticed.
16:49Oh, very well.
16:51Where shall I begin?
16:52Did you dine at home?
16:55Yes.
16:567.30 as usual.
16:58In fact, I probably left the table about quarter past eight as I was driving over to Much Benham.
17:02I'm treasurer of the Much Benham Association, you know.
17:05It was a good meeting. Didn't go on too long like some of them.
17:08It was pouring rain when we came out.
17:10My regards to your wife, Colonel.
17:14Thank you very much.
17:14Good night.
17:15Good night.
17:15Good night.
17:16Good night.
17:17Good night.
17:18Good night.
17:19Good night.
17:20Good night.
17:21Good night.
17:22Good night.
17:51Good night.
17:52Good night.
17:53Good night.
17:54Good night.
17:55Good night.
17:56Good night.
17:57Good night.
17:58Good night.
17:59Good night.
18:00Good night.
18:01Good night.
18:02Good night.
18:03Good night.
18:04Good night.
18:05Good night.
18:06Good night.
18:07Good night.
18:08Good night.
18:09Good night.
18:10Good night.
18:11Good night.
18:12Good night.
18:13Good night.
18:14Good night.
18:15Good night.
18:16Good night.
18:17Good night.
18:19Did you go into the library?
18:21No.
18:22Did he?
18:23Well, there was no need.
18:25I was tired and soaking wet. I went straight to bed after I cleaned up.
18:29Come in.
18:31Excuse me, sir.
18:32Yes, carry on.
18:33What is it, Slack?
18:34Could I have a word, please, sir?
18:36Very well.
18:40Excuse me.
18:41Dr Haydock's here. I can't do much while he's conducting his rituals, so...
18:50I've just been on to HQ, sir.
18:52And what have HQ got to say for themselves?
18:55Missing persons.
18:56They think they've got a likely candidate, a young female from one of the big hotels down on the front at Danemouth.
19:01Danemouth?
19:02I know it's 15 miles, but that's only half an hour or so, even on those roads.
19:06Very well, then.
19:07I'll check it, then.
19:09Yes, very well.
19:20Now, where were we?
19:23I'd gone up to bed.
19:25Oh, yes.
19:26Anyone else up?
19:28No, Donny gone to bed.
19:30Lorimer retards to his quarters about 11 o'clock.
19:32What do you know about Lorimer?
19:34Well, he was my Batman.
19:36First class fellow.
19:38Vouch for all the servants.
19:40We practically blew up with them.
19:41Oh, I know since the war houses have had to make do with what they can get.
19:45We've had to take on some daily help ourselves, I believe.
19:47But Donny says we've been damn lucky.
19:49No, no, no, no, no.
19:51Vouch from all.
19:53Now, look here, Bantry.
19:55I'd like your absolute assurance that you have never, in fact, seen this girl before.
20:02I dare say you do.
20:04You see, oh boy, just between ourselves.
20:07If you were tied up with this girl in any way, much better let it come out now.
20:12Oh, good God, man, I'm not suggesting that you murdered the girl, but, well, you must see that it could be very awkward.
20:17I mean, there's no avoiding the fact that she's lying there dead in your library.
20:23I have already told you, Melchiff, I never saw that girl before.
20:28Fair enough.
20:30Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll find some coffee in the dining room.
20:34Okay, Nichols, and a couple more things in the room, please.
20:46You can't come in here, sir.
20:48Oh, calm down.
20:49But, sir, I...
20:55You're yelling.
20:57I'm sorry, sir, he just burst in. I couldn't stop him, could I?
21:00I'm afraid I am eating like a horse.
21:06Jane, you sure you won't join me?
21:08Oh, quite sure, thank you, darling, yes.
21:20Oh, dear.
21:25Arthur mentioned coffee.
21:27Of course, Colonel Melchiff.
21:29Come in.
21:33Arthur's upset.
21:35I always know he's got something on his mind when he goes off to Home Farm.
21:41We have pigs at Home Farm.
21:44Something very restful about pigs.
21:46The philosophers of the animal kingdom.
21:49But when Arthur takes his gun with him, it means that he's really upset.
21:54How does that follow?
21:55Well, he only takes his gun with him to pretend that he's not going to Home Farm.
22:01Which means he's pretending that he hasn't got anything on his mind.
22:05Which means, of course, that he's very upset.
22:07I'm afraid that may have been my fault.
22:13Awkward business questioning a neighbor.
22:16I'm sure you were very tactful.
22:19It's all been a bit of a shock to him, you see.
22:22Poor old thing.
22:23He doesn't even shoot anymore.
22:27Well, Colonel Melchiff.
22:29Can we help you in any way?
22:31No, but I'm sure Miss Marple can.
22:33She probably has the answer to this whole business already.
22:36Oh, nothing like that, I assure you.
22:39Nonsense.
22:40She's practically solved it already.
22:43Tell him about Basil Blake.
22:45Now, Dolly.
23:10Yes?
23:23I'm Colonel Melchiff, Chief Constable.
23:25A friend of your mother's asked me to have a word with you.
23:27Did she?
23:29To keep it unofficial.
23:30Well, you may not have noticed, but I'm not actually wearing the old school tie.
23:35Mr. Blake, I'd like my visit to be as discreet as possible, but I am here in my capacity as a policeman.
23:41May I come in?
23:44Why not?
23:46Make yourself at home.
24:05You do your housework early, Mr. Blake?
24:08Not at all.
24:09I haven't been to bed yet.
24:11Indeed.
24:13Is that significant, Chief Constable?
24:17Probably not.
24:18I was at a studio party.
24:20All night?
24:21Certainly.
24:23It was an orgy.
24:25Some of the things that went on would have exceeded your professional imagination.
24:28I got back at dawn.
24:31Drink?
24:32Thank you, no.
24:33Mr. Blake, are you alone here this weekend?
24:36Well, would appear so, wouldn't it?
24:39I understand that you normally have a visitor.
24:41A young woman.
24:42Blonde, I believe.
24:44Ah.
24:45So that's the crime, is it?
24:46Have the old cats in the village been on to you?
24:48When did they put rural fornication on the statute book?
24:51I am here, Mr. Blake, because a young woman, a blonde young woman, has been found murdered.
25:04Blimey.
25:07Where?
25:08At Gossington Hall.
25:10Gossington?
25:11At old Bantry's.
25:14The dirty old soldier.
25:16Mr. Blake, I'll thank you to...
25:18I am not in the habit of procuring blondes for the decrepit gentry.
25:21And it's not mine, either.
25:23I haven't lost mine.
25:25I haven't even mislaid her.
25:28Ah.
25:30The plot dilutes, Chief Constable.
25:33That sounds like the prodigal blonde.
25:40You should have had that drink.
25:43Blake!
25:46Blake!
25:47You bastard!
25:49Where are you?
25:52Blake!
25:54What the hell do you think you're doing running out on me like that?
25:57If I take you to a party, I expect you to behave yourself.
25:59You do not snog with overweight Hungarians.
26:03And if you do, you do so out of sight.
26:06As a spectacle, it has its limitations.
26:08You bloody hypocrite!
26:10May I introduce you to the Chief Constable of the county?
26:14How do you do?
26:22There you are, then, Colonel.
26:24My blonde bit appears to be alive and scratching.
26:26So, why don't you go and see about pantries?
26:28Why don't you go and see about pantries?
26:56Where are you?
26:57Why do you go and see about pantries?
26:58There you go.
26:59That's a fun.
27:00Let's go.
27:30Let's go.
28:00Let's go.
28:30I wish you wouldn't say that, Ray.
28:32Are you the receptionist?
28:33I want to speak to the manager immediately.
28:34Tell him it's important.
28:36I am the manager.
28:37Let's take Ray's card.
28:38What is it?
28:40Inspector Slough.
28:41Can you care to come into my office, Inspector?
28:47Good morning, Mr. Staff.
29:03Good morning, Mrs. Jefferson.
29:06All right, Ray, then.
29:08Was that a police car I saw outside?
29:10Yes.
29:11Inspector Lestrade has given Prescott the third degree.
29:15Have they traced Rubio yet?
29:17I presume not.
29:18I think he'd have been less officious if he had a success on his hands.
29:22Do tell me when you know anything, won't you?
29:24I'd better go now.
29:25The doctor's with the old man.
29:26As soon as you hear anything, Ray.
29:40Of course.
29:40Well, her name is Ruby Keane.
29:46She's our dance hostess.
29:48She's quite slim.
29:49Oh, you know, medium-heightish.
29:50Well, perhaps a shorter sign.
29:53She's 18.
29:55Platinum blonde hair.
29:56Blue eyes, I think.
29:57She's quite quiet.
29:58Never been any talking.
29:59Good, good.
29:59Got any photographs?
30:01She bought one, yes.
30:02For publicity, you know.
30:04But it was stolen from the showcase about a week ago.
30:06An admirer, probably.
30:08It does happen.
30:08Sorry about that.
30:09Then I shall need somebody to look at the body.
30:12Body?
30:14Oh, my God.
30:16But you didn't say.
30:17It was a car accident?
30:18Murder.
30:19Oh, my God.
30:22Oh, my God.
30:23Calm down.
30:23It wasn't on the premises.
30:24Oh, my God.
30:29Oh, you're still here, are you?
30:32Good.
30:33Got a diary?
30:34Yes.
30:36Listen.
30:37About this girl.
30:38Ruby, have you found her?
30:40We've found a body.
30:41Is it her?
30:41We don't know.
30:42We need somebody to identify her.
30:44Someone who knew her well.
30:46I see.
30:47Well, we all knew her.
30:48But she has a cousin.
30:50Her name's Josie.
30:55Careful.
31:04Can I help?
31:04Inspector, I'm Josephine Turner.
31:10Can I help you in any way?
31:12I hope so, Miss Turner.
31:14I hope so, Miss Turner.
31:15I hope so.
31:17I hope so.
31:19Oh, my God.
31:49Yes.
32:04Yes.
32:12I'm sorry to have had to put you through that, Miss Turner.
32:15That's all right.
32:17You've no doubts.
32:20No, I'm afraid not.
32:22It's Ruby all right.
32:25No, thanks.
32:29How did...
32:30What happened?
32:31She was strangled.
32:33We think with the belt of her own dress.
32:36It wouldn't have taken much if she was surprised, you see.
32:39There was no significant struggle and no interference.
32:42The report is quite clear.
32:44She was a Virgo intacta.
32:45I see, thanks.
32:47It happened between ten o'clock and midnight.
32:52Poor little Ruby.
32:54Men are such swines.
32:57Yes, I suppose it's a reasonable assumption that it was a man.
33:00Did you have a particular man in mind?
33:02No.
33:03No, Ruby kept all that side of things a bit dark.
33:06She wouldn't have told me.
33:08My guess is she wouldn't have had a boyfriend.
33:10You know, a regular boyfriend.
33:13Last night, I began to wonder.
33:16Tell us about her.
33:17You said it was your idea that she came to the Majestic.
33:21Yes, that's right.
33:23I'm dance and bridge hostess.
33:25Been at the place about three years.
33:27You try to make up bridge force, it'll get on with each other and so on.
33:31It's just a question of tact and experience, really.
33:35Then there's the dancing.
33:37I do a couple of exhibition dances every evening with Raymond.
33:40He's the tennis pro as well.
33:43The season got off to a good start.
33:46Then I went and ruined it all by cracking a small bone in my ankle.
33:50It was very awkward.
33:51Didn't want the hotel to get anyone else.
33:54Didn't want my pitch queered, thanks.
33:56So I thought of Ruby.
33:58I mean, she's quite a neat little hoover.
34:00She's family, I thought.
34:03She was delighted.
34:04The idea was that I'd keep on as bridge hostess
34:07and Ruby would do the dancing for the rest of the season.
34:12How long ago was that?
34:14About a month.
34:15And was Miss Keen a success?
34:18She was all right.
34:20Raymond's quite clever.
34:21He carried her through.
34:23You know, she was a nice-looking girl.
34:25People seemed to like her.
34:28Would you mind telling us exactly what happened last night?
34:34Well, from about 10.30, I was playing bridge with a family called the Jeffersons.
34:42Ruby would have been dancing with one of her partners then.
34:45In fact, she was till, oh, at least 11.
34:48The next thing I knew, Ray came to tell me she hadn't turned up for the midnight session.
35:01So we both went to look for her.
35:03Are we supposed to be on now?
35:05Yes, I know we're supposed to be on now.
35:06We've looked at her.
35:07But she's your responsibility, Josie.
35:09Well, I don't know.
35:10The little terrace at the end.
35:11You can only get there from Prescott's rooms.
35:13Where the hell is she?
35:14Let's look somewhere else.
35:15Josie, we've looked there.
35:23Come on, it's quarter past two.
35:26It's too late now to give anyone a piece of your mind.
35:30You can wake the little minks up nice and early.
35:35That'll teach her.
35:37Good idea.
35:38Good idea.
35:38Who reported her missing?
35:47Jefferson.
35:48Mr. Jefferson.
35:50One of your bridge party, I suppose.
35:52Yes?
35:53Yes.
35:54I gather there was some resistance from the hotel manager, sir, but this Mr. Jefferson
35:58is one of their wealthier guests.
36:01Yes, but why him?
36:02Well, he had a soft spot for Ruby, I think.
36:07He's an invalid.
36:08He fusses.
36:10I see.
36:12Yes, well, I've no doubt we'll be speaking to him in due course.
36:15Now, did your cousin ever mention Gossington?
36:19Gossington?
36:20Yes, Gossington Hall.
36:22Never heard of it.
36:23It's where her body was found.
36:26Gossington Hall?
36:27How extraordinary.
36:28Do you happen to know Colonel or Mrs. Bantry?
36:32No.
36:34From Mr. Basil Blake.
36:36Yeah, it rings a bell.
36:38Excuse me, sir.
36:39Could I have a word?
36:41In private.
36:46Very well.
36:47Excuse me, Mr. Taylor.
36:54Well?
36:56Colonel Bantry.
36:58Colonel Bantry dined at the Majestic last week, sir.
37:02It was in the hotel reservation's diary.
37:04What are you trying to say, Slag?
37:06I am aware that the colonel is a friend of yours, sir.
37:09So?
37:11I think we should take Miss Turner to Gossington Hall.
37:15It may be true that she and the colonel have never met,
37:17but on the other hand, sir,
37:19it may not.
37:20Miss Turner, I wonder if you'd do us just one more thing.
37:29Would you mind accompanying us to Gossington Hall?
37:34She was there, on the hearthrack.
37:36I can't understand it, really.
37:47Oh, he certainly can't.
37:48I mean, it isn't the sort of place.
37:51Quite.
37:53And that's what makes it so very, very interesting, wouldn't you say?
37:56You're a good man going to be long, do you think?
38:10Yeah, Lucinda.
38:31Oh.
38:32Oh.
38:32Oh.
38:33Oh.
38:34Oh.
38:35Oh.
38:36Oh.
38:37Oh.
38:38Oh.
38:39Oh.
38:40Oh.
38:49Is scraper useless?
38:51Lorimer!
38:51Where are my house shoes?
38:53Donny, if you don't want me to bring money to the house,
38:56either get Lorimer and fix that scraper,
38:58or sort out some sort of house shoes.
39:00The war's over, you know.
39:06Oh.
39:07how do you do? this is Miss Turner. Arthur Bantry. pleased to meet you.
39:24Miss Turner has come from the mortuary to identify the body Arthur. she was her
39:31cousin. ah nasty business. I'm so sorry my dear. are you from these parts? Miss Turner
39:43works at the um the Majestic. Majestic? yes. in Danmouth? yes. how extraordinary. why do
39:54you say that sir? well old Jefferson's staying at the Majestic. he let me down you
40:00know. sent me a card then couldn't make it in the end. I'm sorry Bantry. could you
40:07explain that a little more? yes of course. proper report. well I had a card from
40:13Conway Jefferson saying that he was down for a spring holiday. well the
40:17Majesty's Association was meeting in Danmouth so I arranged to dine with him
40:21at the Majestic. where was that? last Thursday. Thursday week you understand.
40:27well Jeff wasn't too well his man said. and Mark and Adelaide had gone to the pictures. so I ate alone.
40:39Thursday is the cook's day off. you see. no point in Arthur hurrying home to cold meat and salad.
40:45oh there it is. first no alibi. now this. puts me any good and proper doesn't it? oh don't be
40:54goodish Arthur. I'm sure Jane has worked it out already. Jane have you an explanation for us?
41:01well I have an explanation but of course it's only my own idea. yes um Tommy Bond and our new schoolmistress
41:10Mrs. Martin. she went to wind up the clock and the frog jumped out.
41:23I'll wait for you in the car Miss Turner. how's old Conway? any better?
41:28oh he's wonderful considering. he's very cheerful. and the family? Mark and Adelaide? they all right?
41:35yes. well. yes. yes.
41:41Miss Turner they are all right aren't they? I mean they are nice people as I remember.
41:46oh yes. yes. yes they are really.
41:51anyway. cheerio then.
41:54oh Bantry. I just thought I'd... well I hope you understand.
42:01slack. I won't be a moment Miss Turner.
42:08yeah? Ruby Keene may not have acquired a new boyfriend during the last few weeks but
42:13I think there will have been someone sometime.
42:16dig it out will you?
42:18the other thing is this fellow Blake. now he claims that he was at a party at his studios most of last night.
42:24I want to know what time he left.
42:26now I know tomorrow's Sunday but
42:28I'd like you to make a start at the hotel.
42:30oh and do your best to keep the press out of it otherwise it'll be impossible.
42:34and make an appointment with this fellow Jefferson.
42:37yes I'll come with you. call me.
42:40got you sir.
42:41and about Colonel Bantry.
42:45sir.
42:46well done. always best to make sure.
42:49well Jane.
43:05what do you think of Miss Turner?
43:08there was something worrying that young woman.
43:11she was quite all right until the Jeffersons were mentioned and then her manner became quite altered.
43:18she hardly seemed upset at her death.
43:20hardly at all.
43:22quite so.
43:24well I don't think she cared for her.
43:27seemed to make her more angry than anything else.
43:31oh.
43:32did it?
43:34oh nothing.
43:36I found a buddy.
44:02Malcolm you've been to death of me.
44:03I found a buddy.
44:04oh you got a bit excited did you?
44:06yeah well I think we all did.
44:08when they go take it away.
44:10oh they've already done that.
44:11all they've got to do now is solve the crime.
44:15now what is it?
44:18my buddy.
44:19no no no it's not yours lad.
44:21I found it.
44:22no no Mary found it.
44:24I found it.
44:26it's my buddy.
44:27Malcolm Malcolm.
44:29alright alright you can say you found it if you want to.
44:32I suppose Mary will mind.
44:34I must be off then.
44:36give my regards to your ma.
44:47Jane.
44:48how would you like to spend a few days at the majestic in Danemouth.
44:52you could see where this poor girl worked and so on.
44:55what do you say?
44:56oh golly.
44:57I'm not very good at hotels.
44:59but if you really think...
45:00I'll come too.
45:01we could share a suite.
45:03I don't know.
45:05I feel I'd like the air to clear here for a bit.
45:11it's upset me a bit.
45:12all this business.
45:14I'd like it cleared up.
45:16don't want Arthur brooding.
45:18it's not a natural brooder.
45:20it doesn't suit him.
45:22what do you think?
45:24I could book us in for tomorrow.
45:26yes.
45:27I think a little sea air would be very pleasant.
45:32you do understand.
45:34don't you Jane?
45:36yes.
45:37yes I do.
45:41just what everyone will be saying.
45:43it's so unfair.
45:45it's just a little silly sometimes about pretty girls who come here to play tennis that's all.
45:52rather fatuous and avuncular.
45:54doesn't mean anything.
45:56why shouldn't it?
45:58after all I have my garden.
46:15yes that's all right.
46:45Jefferson first sir.
47:00Clack.
47:01I think I'll tackle Jefferson on my own.
47:04less intimidating hmm.
47:06you get the incident room ready and I'll look in before I leave.
47:15and mr. Jefferson spends his money I see.
47:17oh yes.
47:18always takes our princess Elizabeth's suite.
47:20the whole family dine a la carte.
47:22he's a burgundy man.
47:23nothing inferior to Pommer.
47:26oh yes he expects the best.
47:29and we provide it.
47:31indeed sometimes I think he's never heard of ration.
47:35his daughter-in-law mrs. Adelaide Jefferson has an adjoining suite.
47:39both his own children were killed in the plane crash you know.
47:46mr. Gaskell his son-in-law is on the next floor.
47:50oh good morning mrs. Jefferson.
47:52this is colonel Melchert.
47:53he would like to speak to mr. Jefferson.
47:54thank you mr. Prescott it's absolutely understood.
47:56yes of course.
48:02my father-in-law is expecting you chief constable.
48:04but I'd be awfully grateful if you didn't take up too much of his time.
48:07he's not been frightfully well and this has been something of a shock for him.
48:30good morning Colonel Melchert.
48:32I'm Conway Jefferson.
48:37thank you.
48:40that's lovely.
48:44thank you.
48:45that's most kind.
48:47now could we have coffee for two please?
48:50yes ma'am certainly.
48:51thank you.
48:53yeah.
49:03Jane?
49:04oh I see.
49:05isn't this just the thing?
49:06see here.
49:08Jane?
49:10are you thinking I understand that it was you mr. Jefferson who insisted that
49:20the hotel manager telephone the police yesterday morning that is sure may I
49:25ask what your interest in this girl was I was more than interested I was going
49:34to adopt her Ruby Keane was about to become my daughter
49:46here we are Jane isn't this nice oh why am I such a muddlehead you oh but I am things
49:59swimming and out pop up here and there I don't know what they are or what they're
50:04doing this poor child who's been murdered there's something missing you know there's
50:12something linked with this business that hasn't yet been found I don't know what
50:18it is
50:29you
50:59I did. I did find a body.