First broadcast 13th January 1991.
After a bank clerk charged with overseeing a million dollars' worth of American bonds is poisoned, the bank calls in Poirot.
David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
Hugh Fraser as Captain Hastings
Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon
David Quilter as Mr Shaw
Ewan Hooper as Mr Vavasour
Paul Young as Mr McNeil
Lizzy McInnerny as Nurse Long & Miranda Brooks
Oliver Parker as Philip Ridgeway
Natalie Ogle as Esmee Dalgleish
Christopher Owen as Chief Purser
Jonathan Stratt as Spivvy Passenger
Dallas Adams as Hood
Kieron Jecchinis as Tom Franklin
Edward Phillips as Flower Seller
Robin Hunter as Police Officer
Richard Bebb as Newsreader (voice)
After a bank clerk charged with overseeing a million dollars' worth of American bonds is poisoned, the bank calls in Poirot.
David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
Hugh Fraser as Captain Hastings
Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon
David Quilter as Mr Shaw
Ewan Hooper as Mr Vavasour
Paul Young as Mr McNeil
Lizzy McInnerny as Nurse Long & Miranda Brooks
Oliver Parker as Philip Ridgeway
Natalie Ogle as Esmee Dalgleish
Christopher Owen as Chief Purser
Jonathan Stratt as Spivvy Passenger
Dallas Adams as Hood
Kieron Jecchinis as Tom Franklin
Edward Phillips as Flower Seller
Robin Hunter as Police Officer
Richard Bebb as Newsreader (voice)
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00:00To be continued
01:00Morning, Mr. Shaw.
01:01Morning, Mr. Patterson.
01:13Terrible weather, Mr. Shaw.
01:15Yes, shocking.
01:31I'll see you at the bank, Mr. Shaw.
01:33Right, Mr. Patterson.
01:35Morning, Captain.
01:36Morning.
01:52Here, look out!
02:01My dear, Mr. Shaw.
02:02Are you all right?
02:04Yes.
02:05Yes, I think so.
02:07Here, he done that on purpose.
02:09He was trying to kill you.
02:19It weighs 80,000 tons, you know.
02:23That is heavy, Hastings.
02:26It's over a thousand feet long.
02:29Yes, Hastings.
02:32Its siren can be heard ten miles away.
02:35Ten miles, Poirot.
02:37Oh, mon Dieu.
02:40I'd give my eye teeth to be on this maiden voyage.
02:42I mean, it's an engineering marvel.
02:44It is a marvel to me, Hastings,
02:45how anyone wishes to travel on such a contraption.
02:47Contraption?
02:49The Queen Mary?
02:50Poirot, you're going too far.
02:52No, Hastings, I'm going nowhere.
02:54Even to contemplate such a matter gives me the mal de mer.
02:58I can assure you, Poirot,
02:59you wouldn't be seasick on the Queen Mary.
03:02Steady as a rock.
03:03Hastings, it is 20 years ago that I came to this country,
03:06in a boat, across the Channel,
03:08and still I am not recovered.
03:11Mr. Poirot,
03:12this just came for you by personal messenger.
03:16Thank you, Miss Lennon.
03:19A London and Scottish bank.
03:21We don't have an account there, do we?
03:23No.
03:24Mr. Poirot did have some problems with his bank last year.
03:28The chairman was arrested.
03:29Yes, I remember.
03:30It was Poirot who put the man behind bars.
03:32This is most unusual.
03:35Indeed, a circumstance unique.
03:38An attempted murder.
03:40American liberty bonds.
03:43Have they been robbed?
03:45Not yet, Miss Lennon.
03:47But I think that they are going to be.
03:48And when they are,
03:51there is at stake the sum of one million dollars.
04:15Mr. Poirot,
04:16are you aware of the nature of liberty bonds?
04:19I have no personal experience.
04:21They're the equivalent of blank checks,
04:23payable to whomsoever holds them.
04:25And so if they were to be mislaid,
04:27Same as losing cash. It would ruin us.
04:35Tell me, Mr. Shaw, why is it necessary to transport these bonds?
04:38The bank is currently extending its credit in America, Mr. Poirot.
04:41We must have funds in place in New York. Please.
04:51And it is, Mr. Shaw, who will take them?
04:54Yes, in two days' time. We'll be travelling on the Queen Mary.
04:57I say!
05:00Oh. Sorry.
05:03Now, if Mr. Shaw were unable to make this journey,
05:06who would travel in his place?
05:08The assistant general manager, Mr. Ridgway.
05:11Mr. Ridgway is above suspicion.
05:13I would certainly like to think so.
05:15Why is that, Monsieur Verzor?
05:17He has been with the bank for seven years.
05:19He's also engaged to my secretary.
05:23Yes, gentlemen.
05:25I will examine this matter for you.
05:27Really, Mr. Verzor?
05:29No, Mr. Shaw. That car tried to kill you.
05:32I saw it with my own eyes.
05:34The red sports car.
05:36A Singer, you think?
05:38Yes.
05:40But you are unable to make out the number of the registration.
05:43It happened too quickly.
05:45To be truthful, my eyesight is poor.
05:48It happened too quickly.
05:50To be truthful, my eyesight is not good.
05:52I'm sorry, Mr. Verzor.
05:54I still think you're blowing this whole thing out of proportion.
05:57We'll let Mr. Poirot be the judge of that.
06:00You'd better have a word with our Mr. McNeil.
06:03He's the head of security.
06:05I'm sure you'll find him more than helpful.
06:10I have to tell you, Mr. Poirot,
06:12I consider your presence here to be a gross intrusion in my affairs.
06:15That, I would say, is for Mr. Verzor to decide.
06:18I'll have you know that in the five years that I've been head of security here,
06:21not so much as a paperclip has gone astray.
06:23Mr. McNeil, I'm sure if such a thing were to happen,
06:26you would be the man ideal for the case.
06:46Here it is, Mr. Poirot,
06:48the portmanteau in which the bonds will travel.
06:51I had it built to my own design.
06:53Steel plate inside, five-lever lock,
06:56hardened steel, clutch screws here and here.
07:02There are just three keys,
07:04one for Mr. Shaw and one for Mr. Verzor.
07:11And the third?
07:13And the third?
07:16For me, of course.
07:20And what if Monsieur Ridgway had to make the journey?
07:23Mr. Ridgway?
07:25Well, that's the bank's lookout,
07:27but I have to say he would not be my first choice as courier.
07:30And why is that, Monsieur McNeil?
07:34You're the detective, Mr. Poirot.
07:36You work it out.
07:43Good-bye.
07:45Thank you, Sandra.
07:47Mr. Poirot, isn't it?
07:49Monsieur Ridgway, my associate, Captain Hastings.
07:52Do it. And please sit down, gentlemen.
08:00I suppose you've come a long way, Mr. Poirot.
08:02Yes, I've come a long way.
08:04I've come a long way.
08:06I've come a long way.
08:08I've come a long way.
08:10I've come a long way.
08:12I suppose you've come about Mr. Shaw.
08:14You heard what took place?
08:16Yes.
08:18But I'm sure it was an accident.
08:20Why?
08:22Well, who's going to knock off old Shaw?
08:24He's utterly harmless and dry as old bones.
08:30I understand that you yourself would travel to America
08:32if Monsieur Shaw were indisposed.
08:34Yes. A bit of fun, eh?
08:36And on the Queen Mary, too.
08:38I'll say.
08:40Would you like to go?
08:42Of course I would.
08:44Oh, but not enough to.
08:46You don't think?
08:48What car do you drive, Monsieur Ridgway?
08:50I don't.
08:52I did have a car.
08:54It was a Singer.
08:56The colour?
08:58Red. But I haven't had it for weeks.
09:00You see, I sold it.
09:02I didn't like it.
09:04It was the ignition.
09:06I could never get the damn thing to start.
09:10He was lying.
09:12He was not, perhaps,
09:14telling the truth in entirety.
09:16The Singer's got a brand-new ignition system.
09:18Racing start. It's the best on the road.
09:20Ah, Hastings. Always the enthusiast.
09:22Mr. Poirot?
09:24Might I...
09:26Can I talk to you?
09:28My name is Esmé Dalgleish.
09:30I'm engaged to be married to Philip Ridgway.
09:32Well, I'd say he's a very lucky man.
09:34He's a very lucky man.
09:36He's a very lucky man.
09:38Well, I'd say he's a very lucky man.
09:44And you are also the secretary of Monsieur Vavasor?
09:46Yes, that's right.
09:50How can I help you, mademoiselle?
09:52Mr. Poirot, may I speak to you in confidence?
09:54Do you have my assurance, mademoiselle?
09:58I love Philip very much.
10:00We hope to be married in the autumn.
10:02But it's just these bonds,
10:04Mr. Poirot.
10:06The money.
10:08It concerns you?
10:10Yes, because if Mr. Shaw were unable to go to America,
10:12Philip would take his place.
10:14And I'm afraid for him, Mr. Poirot.
10:18You're afraid someone might attack him?
10:20Well...
10:22Yes, there's no saying
10:24what some people might do for such a sum of money.
10:28Mr. Poirot, I know you will do everything you can,
10:30but please, I beg of you, keep an eye on Philip.
10:32Whatever happens.
10:35I'm frightened he's going to come to harm.
10:52You're very punctual, Mr. Ridgway.
10:56Time for a pint?
10:58No.
11:00No, I had to get back to the bank.
11:02Ah, yes.
11:04And the money?
11:06It's on its way.
11:08Another week, that's all.
11:10Another week?
11:12Ten days. No more.
11:16I promise you.
11:18It's all arranged.
11:46Ah, thank you, Mrs. Winter.
12:02Mr. Poirot, thank goodness you're back.
12:04What is it, Miss Lemon?
12:06It's the bank. They're telephoned.
12:08They're Mr. Shaw. He's been poisoned.
12:18Good evening.
12:20We wish to see a Mr. Shaw.
12:22And you are?
12:26Hercule Poirot.
12:28Hercule Poirot.
12:30Oh, yes. Come in.
12:40How is he?
12:42Still very weak.
12:44A little strychnine, you know.
12:46Strychnine?
12:48In his coffee.
12:50More guests, Mr. Shaw?
12:52Just five minutes, then sleep.
12:54Thank you. Thank you, Nurse Lemon.
12:56Mr. Poirot. No, no, no, Mr. Shaw, please.
12:58You must not tire yourself.
13:04It was a close thing, Mr. Poirot.
13:06One more mouthful and...
13:08I have begun an investigation.
13:10It could have been anyone.
13:12Anyone.
13:14Yes, but at least we have ascertained
13:16who was the last person in Mr. Shaw's office
13:18before the coffee was drunk.
13:20And who was that, Mr. MacNeil?
13:22The same person
13:24who will now be taking the bonds.
13:26Mr. Ridgway.
13:30I thought you were going to
13:32take me out this evening.
13:34I was. And I want to.
13:36But I can't. I'm sorry, old girl.
13:38It's business.
13:40It's always business.
13:42Well, you should talk to old Vavasor.
13:44He's the one to blame.
13:46Philip, do you still love me?
13:48What? Of course I do.
13:50I'm wild about you.
13:52I never see you anymore.
13:54Look.
13:56Things will get better
13:58once I just
14:00turn the corner.
14:02Look.
14:06I've got to fly.
14:12Oh, darling.
14:14You look damn silly at me.
14:16I left my wallet at the office.
14:18Oh, Philip.
14:22I seem to keep doing this, don't I?
14:24I've got a couple of pounds.
14:28I'm sorry, darling.
14:30Philip, look. If you're in trouble...
14:32Of course I'm not in trouble.
14:34You can tell me.
14:36Everything's going to be fine.
14:38See you tomorrow.
14:48The keys, Mr. MacNeil.
14:50You know what to do when you reach New York,
14:52Mr. Ridgway? Yes, sir.
14:54Good.
14:56One for you, Mr. Ridgway.
14:58Mr. MacNeil,
15:00you're responsible for delivering that
15:02to Mr. Shaw at his home.
15:04Very good, sir.
15:06And one for me.
15:08Is Mr. Shaw
15:10still not better, sir?
15:12I'm afraid not, Miss Doughtry.
15:14She's going to be in bed for at least two weeks.
15:16I'd be glad to make the journey, sir.
15:18Thank you, Mr. MacNeil.
15:20But there's business to be done in New York,
15:22which, in Mr. Shaw's absence,
15:24only Mr. Ridgway can handle.
15:28It's only ten days, old girl.
15:30They say it's going to be the fastest crossing ever.
15:32You may be sure I'm taking no chances
15:34with your fiancée's safety, Mr. Arglish.
15:36After what has happened to Mr. Shaw,
15:38I have asked Mr. Poirot
15:40to accompany the bonds.
15:42He's letting me know later today.
15:44With due respect, I can't quite see
15:46you employing a Belgian.
15:54It's just these bonds, Mr. Poirot.
15:56The money.
15:58I love Philip very much.
16:02I know you will do everything you can,
16:04but please, I beg of you,
16:06keep an eye on Philip.
16:10Come on, Jonathan. It's time we were home.
16:16Come on.
16:24I've put in your blue tie
16:26and the mauve silk waistcoat.
16:28And I shall take also
16:30the brown suit
16:32and the two waistcoats that coordinate.
16:34You can't take your entire wardrobe,
16:36Mr. Poirot.
16:38Poirot.
16:40Ah, Hastings, enfin.
16:42You must begin at once the packing.
16:44Where are you going?
16:46On the Queen Mary.
16:48What, you and me?
16:50Yes, Hastings, we travel with the bonds.
16:52I had this confirmed with Monsieur Vavasor this afternoon.
16:54That's wonderful, Poirot.
16:56What on earth made you change your mind?
16:58I cannot refuse a lady.
17:00Especially if she's a queen.
17:02I promise you, Poirot,
17:04you won't have a twinge of seasickness.
17:06So you say, mon ami,
17:08but I take the precautions all the same.
17:14Let's go.
17:44$1,000,000
18:00$1,000,000 in liberty bonds.
18:14$1,000,000 in liberty bonds.
18:22New York bound at last.
18:24The Queen Mary on her maiden voyage.
18:26Tens of thousands of people
18:28have poured into Southampton
18:30to catch a glimpse of the world's
18:32newest and greatest liner.
18:34But what of the privileged few
18:36who will sail aboard her?
18:38One or two will hardly remember the occasion,
18:40whilst others are determined
18:42that this will be one trip
18:44that they won't forget.
18:46And here's a familiar face,
18:48Europe's most famous detective,
18:50Hercule Poirot.
18:52Hot on the track of a well-deserved break
18:54and looking forward to a life
18:56on the ocean wave.
18:58Another case for Monsieur Poirot.
19:00There are over 2,000 cases being loaded
19:02safely on board,
19:04and it's certainly an arresting sight
19:06as the sailing hour arrives
19:08and the Queen Mary hoots to sea.
19:12And now our camera takes to the air
19:14as Britain's newest liner
19:16leaves the sanctuary of home waters
19:18and heads into the Atlantic Ocean
19:20for the first time.
19:22But will she steal that blue ribbon?
19:24It's currently held by the Normandy
19:26with a crossing time
19:28of just four days.
19:43Bonjour.
19:56Good morning, Mr Poirot.
19:58Bonjour, mademoiselle.
20:12Bonjour.
20:28Bonjour, Hastings.
20:30Comment ça va?
20:32I'm terrible.
20:34I tell you, Poirot,
20:36it's not seasickness.
20:38I'm never seasick.
20:40You had a bad oyster last night.
20:42If you wish, I have some pills.
20:44Thank you, Poirot.
20:46I'll be perfectly all right.
20:52Oh, I say, Poirot.
20:54There's a young lady in the cabin next door.
20:56Yes, it is just now that we have met.
20:58Miss Brooks.
21:00Miranda.
21:02We were supposed to go swimming together.
21:04If you see her again,
21:06could you tell her I'm...
21:08a bad oyster, no?
21:34Yes.
21:36Yes.
21:38Bring it in.
21:48Oh.
21:50Good morning.
21:52Bonjour, monsieur Ridgway.
21:54I thought you were the steward.
21:56No.
21:58You have not yet had a breakfast.
22:00No.
22:02Actually, I had a bit of a night of it.
22:08And the portmanteau?
22:10Oh.
22:12The key's perfectly safe,
22:14Mr. Poirot.
22:16You don't have to worry.
22:18I'll keep the key in my pocket
22:20and lock the cabin door each time I go out.
22:22If you see the steward,
22:24could you ask him to get a move on?
22:26I'm famished.
22:28Well, hello again.
22:30Ah, mademoiselle.
22:32My friend, Captain Hastings,
22:34regrets that he is unable to swim with you today.
22:36Oh, that's okay.
22:38I was feeling pretty terrible myself.
22:40I was dancing until three.
22:42Ah.
22:44And yet you are traveling alone, mademoiselle Brooks?
22:46You're never alone on a ship, Mr. Poirot.
22:48I see it.
22:52Mademoiselle Brooks,
22:54would you like to join us?
22:56Ah, mademoiselle.
22:58Pardon, but...
23:02What's the time?
23:08It's just 9.30.
23:26You're welcome.
23:56Ah, Mr. Poirot.
23:58Good morning.
24:00Bonjour.
24:02The captain sends his compliments,
24:04but I'm afraid he won't be at his table tonight.
24:06Ah, there is a problem.
24:08Ah, there's been a patch of fog forecast, sir.
24:10Nothing to concern you.
24:12The captain will have to remain on the bridge.
24:14Ah, well.
24:16Please to convey my regards.
24:18Ah, mademoiselle.
24:20Ah, mademoiselle.
24:22Ah, mademoiselle.
24:24Ah, well.
24:26Please to convey my regrets to the captain.
24:28Yes, sir.
24:30Looks as if this may lose us the blue ribbon.
24:32I suppose it always next time.
24:34Good morning, sir.
24:36Good morning.
24:54Ah, just a little fish for me, please.
24:56Poached with dry toast.
24:58Merci beaucoup.
25:00Mais c'est incroyable.
25:02This ship that is not a ship,
25:04it is, how you say,
25:06a marvel.
25:08Ah, yes, Poirot.
25:10Ah, yes, Poirot.
25:12Ah, yes, Poirot.
25:14Ah, yes, Poirot.
25:16Ah, yes, Poirot.
25:18Ah, yes, Poirot.
25:20Ah, yes, Poirot.
25:22A marvel.
25:24Ah, yes, Poirot.
25:26Ah, but of course, my poor Hastings, he still has the...
25:28Food poisoning.
25:30Evening, Ridgway.
25:32Can we count you in tonight?
25:34I'll be there.
25:36See if you can win back some of that money, eh?
25:40You play the cards?
25:42Yes.
25:44It passes the time.
25:46And it's all very friendly.
25:48We just play for a few pounds.
25:50Ah!
25:52Les cervelles au beurre.
25:54Oh, what's that?
25:56It is the brains of the calf fried in butter.
26:02I think perhaps I'll go and have another lie down.
26:20Bye.
26:34Queen's High, dammit.
26:38Well...
26:42I'm afraid you're blown, Ridgway.
26:46Yes.
26:50I'm sure you'll accept an IOU.
27:20I'm sure you'll accept an IOU.
27:22Oh, Miss Brooks, Veranda.
27:50Why, Captain Hastings, can't you sleep?
27:54No, I couldn't.
27:55I thought I heard someone didn't go overboard just now,
27:59did they?
27:59Only the orchestra, but they've been
28:02going overboard all night.
28:03Ah, yes.
28:05I'm sorry I couldn't join you.
28:06Why, I'm sorry you couldn't make it.
28:09Still, we'll be in New York in a few hours.
28:12Perhaps we could, um.
28:13Yes, well, maybe we'll meet again.
28:17Well, yes.
28:20Miss Brooks.
28:22Good night, Captain Hastings.
28:40Ridgeway?
28:47Ridgeway?
28:48The Bonds!
29:09Wait here, please.
29:17Is it really true?
29:22They've gone?
29:24Yes, sir, I'm afraid so.
29:26But they're an hour from New York, he said.
29:28They must still be on the ship.
29:30I've cabled them to start a person-to-person search, sir,
29:32but it would be easier if I were there.
29:37They must be found.
29:38If the Bonds are sold, it could bring down the entire bank.
29:41I'm aware of that, sir, which is why
29:43I must ask you one question.
29:45Of course, anything.
29:47Do you still have the key I gave you?
29:53It hasn't left my sight.
29:57Britain's greatest liner steams into New York
29:59at the end of her first Atlantic crossing
30:02without the blue ribbon after fog delayed her
30:04for more than 11 hours.
30:05Even so, New York gave a frenzied welcome
30:08to Britain's queen of the sea.
30:11The crossing was completed in four days, 12 hours,
30:1324 minutes, at an average speed of 29 knots.
30:17And just listen to that roar of welcome.
30:25I swear to heaven, Mr. Poirot, I had the key all the time.
30:30And where were you all night, Mr. Ridgway?
30:33I was playing cards.
30:35I know I should have been here, but I suppose
30:37it's a weakness of mine.
30:39Gambling.
30:41How much did you lose?
30:43About 100 pounds.
30:45And the same the night before.
30:47This doesn't look too good for me, does it?
30:50Leave us, Mr. Ridgway.
30:52We shall speak again later.
30:55I'll go and make my report, Mr. Captain.
31:02I say, look at this, Poirot.
31:04It's all cut and scratched at the back here.
31:06I know this.
31:07I have examined already.
31:09Almost as if someone tried to force it, but couldn't.
31:11I see, sir.
31:13But then they managed to unlock it anyway.
31:17Curious.
31:18It is very curious.
31:21They waste much, much time trying to pry it open.
31:24And then, sacristy, they find they have the key all the time.
31:27Unless they wanted to make it look as if it had been forced.
31:30Oui, c'est possible.
31:33But then it must have been Ridgway.
31:35Nobody else had a key.
31:36You are disappointed?
31:38Well, I mean, I think he's a bit of an ass in many ways.
31:40But I didn't think he had it in him to know.
31:43Neither did I, mon ami.
31:47We have to find them, McNeil.
31:48Yes, sir.
31:52Or the person who stole them, sir.
31:53Quite.
31:55Mr. Shaw had his key.
31:56Yes, sir.
31:57Yes, of course he had it.
31:58Do you have yours, sir?
32:00What?
32:00Your key.
32:01Of course I have.
32:02May I see it, please, sir?
32:04Really, McNeil.
32:09So I came out here, went over to the rail here.
32:16Then I heard a splash, which seemed to come from over there.
32:25And this is where I met Miranda.
32:28Mademoiselle Brooks?
32:29Yes.
32:30She came from over there.
32:34Now, the cabinet, Monsieur Ridgway,
32:35it looks out onto this deck, does it not?
32:37Yes.
32:38Yes, it does.
32:39But she was carrying nothing.
32:41No.
32:43If she had taken them, she could have thrown them overboard.
32:47And then they could have drifted into New York.
32:50And then, perhaps they grew at the Little Fins in Soixmashau.
32:57Yes.
32:59It is a stupid idea.
33:02It is a stupid idea.
33:06Oh, compare, my dear Hastings.
33:09You are as perceptive as ever.
33:21Wait a minute.
33:25It was here.
33:27Mr. Babasour, do you realize how serious this matter is?
33:31Of course I do.
33:33This is a matter for the police now.
33:35Police?
33:36Yes, sir.
33:37Your key, your secretary's fiancee,
33:40and your idea to send the bonds in the first place.
33:43McNeil, you work for me.
33:46I think you better come with me, sir.
33:48Down to the yard.
33:52Ah, the fire.
33:54Have you made any progress, sir?
33:56We make great steps.
33:57I wish I could say the same.
33:58This gentleman is a customs officer, sir.
34:00The name's Franklin, sir, Tom Franklin.
34:02And may I say what an honor it is to shake the hand of the famous Hercule Poirot.
34:08You have begun the search, Mr. Franklin?
34:10Yes, sir, and I have to tell you, a bent dime couldn't get past my men.
34:13But so far, nothing.
34:15Has Miss Brooks gone ashore yet?
34:17Blonde, American girl, very beautiful.
34:19Sir, there are over 1,000 passengers on board.
34:22In any case, officer, you are too late.
34:24Too late?
34:25The bonds will not be found on the passengers,
34:27and they are not on the ship.
34:29That's impossible, sir.
34:30They can't have got off the ship.
34:32I assure you, gentlemen, that is the case.
34:34There is nothing more for us here.
34:36Hastings, you and I must return to London at once.
34:38And Mr. Ridgeway?
34:40He will be returning with us.
34:42But what about the search, Mr. Poirot?
34:44Your Mr. McNeil was pretty insistent.
34:47I assure you, officer,
34:49I assure you, officer,
34:51Mr. McNeil does not belong to me.
34:55Mr. McNeil, where is Mr. Vavasor?
34:58He is at the police station, Miss Dalglish.
35:00The police? Why?
35:02I'm afraid that is confidential information, Miss Dalglish.
35:06He is the general manager of this bank, and I am his secretary.
35:09That makes no difference.
35:11I have a right to know. This is ridiculous.
35:14But let me remind you, Mr. McNeil,
35:16in a few days, Mr. Poirot will be back.
35:18I don't see how he can help.
35:27And home again.
35:29The Queen Mary returns to home waters.
35:32And as we circle round,
35:34another member of the line passes,
35:36the Merengaria, outward bound.
35:38Two great vessels passing at sea.
35:41And now the Queen Mary heads into Southampton water
35:44and prepares to berth.
35:46Merry happy returns to your home waters.
36:17It's good to be home, eh, Poirot?
36:23Oh, look, there's your fiancée.
36:33Officers.
36:34Yes, sir?
36:36Mr. Poirot.
36:38I want you to arrest this man for the theft of $1 million
36:41in the Liberty Bonds.
36:43You say so, sir.
36:44Come on, you!
36:49How could you?
37:00It looked such a beautiful ship, Mr. Poirot.
37:03It was indeed an experience most remarkable, Miss Lemon.
37:06I'm only sorry it wasn't all more successful.
37:09But it was a great success.
37:11Not once did I succumb to the mal de mer.
37:14Poirot!
37:15Ah, Hastings, you're ready.
37:17We have played the games long enough, Hastings.
37:20It is now time to settle the scores.
37:40Mr. Poirot!
37:42This is monstrous.
37:44I do not know what happened to my key.
37:46When did you notice it had gone, Mr. Berlusconi?
37:49Only when MacNeil asked for it.
37:51Who then had access to your office?
37:53Myself, my secretary.
37:55One more question, if you please, monsieur.
37:57Before the departure of the Queen Mary,
37:59who was it who put the bonds into the portmanteau?
38:02I did. Why?
38:04It is just as I thought, monsieur.
38:06And it tells me all that I need to know.
38:12Mr. Poirot!
38:15Where now?
38:36I don't suppose you'd care to tell me what's going on?
38:44You know, Poirot, you really are quite impossible.
38:47Why, Hastings?
38:49You never tell me anything.
38:51I've no idea where we are or where we're going.
38:57Have patience, mon ami.
39:02Soon all will be made clear.
39:07You!
39:09You must understand, mademoiselle, that I am only trying to help you.
39:12You arrest my fiancée, MacNeil arrests Mr. Bavasor.
39:15You're both as bad as each other.
39:17Je vous en prie, mademoiselle, have patience.
39:21Well?
39:23When you came to see me,
39:25it was because you were afraid of monsieur Ridgway, no?
39:28I was afraid for him.
39:30No, no, no, mademoiselle.
39:31You knew he was a gambler, most compulsive.
39:33You knew of his debts.
39:34And it was for this reason that he sold his car, yes?
39:38I can't deny it, Mr. Poirot. You seem to know.
39:41And you were also afraid, were you not,
39:43that if he were entrusted with the one million dollar liberty bonds,
39:46that he would take them and disappear.
39:48I...
39:49You wished to protect him, mademoiselle.
39:52And it is for this reason that you stole the key of your employer.
39:56I don't know what you mean.
39:58Please, mademoiselle, do not try to deceive me.
40:00I know.
40:01I know.
40:03You took the key.
40:09Because you wished to save monsieur Ridgway,
40:12you are willing to let us believe that the key that opened the portmanteau
40:15was the key of your employer, monsieur Vavasor.
40:18But I'm afraid, mademoiselle, that will not work.
40:21Because the keys have nothing to do with it.
40:32Why have you dragged me here, Mr. Poirot?
40:34I thought it might be instructive for you, monsieur MacNeil.
40:51Is it really true, both Mr. Vavasor and Ridgway are arrested?
40:54Well, one of them stole the bonds.
40:56No, no, no, no, no.
40:58They stole nothing.
41:00Indeed, there was nothing to steal.
41:02You see, monsieur MacNeil,
41:05the bonds were taken long before the Queen Mary set sail.
41:09But that's impossible.
41:11We were with the portmanteau all the time.
41:13Non, non, non, non, pas du tout, mon ami.
41:15Monsieur Vavasor, he put the bonds into the portmanteau.
41:19And the eyesight of monsieur Vavasor is poor.
41:21He told us so himself.
41:23One million dollars in liberty bonds.
41:26No.
41:27He would not have noticed that the bonds that he was holding
41:30were all forgeries.
41:34Forgeries?
41:35Wait a minute.
41:36You mean the bonds on the Queen Mary were fakes?
41:38Exactly that, mon ami.
41:40But why?
41:41What good would that do anyone?
41:43Mr. Shaw has got to rest now.
41:45Ah, yes, of course.
41:47These things.
41:49Not long.
41:50Pardon, but what is the time?
41:54It's ten past four.
41:57C'est ça.
42:00Ah, mademoiselle.
42:02Pardon, but...
42:06what is the time?
42:10It's just now and thirty.
42:12And the ship also?
42:14I ask you, what is the time?
42:17And the ship also?
42:19I ask you the same question.
42:22The disguise was to perfection.
42:25But the movement was exactly the same.
42:29It was the movement of an experienced nurse
42:31who always wears the watch on her chest.
42:36Miranda.
42:38Mademoiselle Brooks.
42:40Or Mademoiselle Long,
42:42who travelled with a copy of one of the keys,
42:44who stole the bonds that were fake
42:46and who disposed of them.
42:48I don't know what you're talking about.
42:49You're talking gibberish.
42:51But she can't be.
42:52Miranda Brooks was an absolute stunner.
42:55Monsieur Philip Ridgway would take the blame.
42:57Monsieur Ridgway, with the problems of his gambling,
42:59he would be the obvious suspect.
43:01He would become the, how do you say,
43:03the scapegoat.
43:05But he did steal them.
43:06He was the one travelling with them.
43:07Precisely what you are intended to think, monsieur McNeill.
43:09That was why it was essential
43:11that Monsieur Ridgway should be on that boat.
43:13No.
43:14It was Mademoiselle Brooks who tried to kill
43:16Monsieur Shaw with a motorcar.
43:22It was Mademoiselle Brooks who arranged the poisoning.
43:27Miranda planned all that?
43:32All right, yes.
43:35Here you are.
43:40Good Lord.
43:44What are you going to do?
43:46Call the police?
43:49All right, let's get on with it.
43:51All this talk.
43:52No, no, no, Mademoiselle.
43:54One step at a time.
43:58You see, Mademoiselle Brooks,
44:01she now makes the attempt, garland,
44:03to shield her accomplice.
44:05Ridgway?
44:08No.
44:10How simple it would have been
44:13for Monsieur Shaw to remove those bonds
44:15that were entrusted to him
44:17if he had taken them on board the boat.
44:19Too simple.
44:20Too obvious.
44:22The bank would have known precisely where to look.
44:25Are you implying that I was in some way involved in this?
44:29I was bedridden.
44:31Yes, of course you were, Monsieur Shaw.
44:33With the poison.
44:35That was fake.
44:38As was the attempt to kill you with a motorcar.
44:41It was all part of your plan
44:43to get Monsieur Philip Ridgway to take your place on the boat.
44:46But Monsieur Shaw still had his key.
44:48No, no, no, Monsieur McNeil,
44:50he had a copy of his key.
44:52Mademoiselle Brooks,
44:54she had the real one.
44:58Oh, God.
45:07I'm sorry, Miranda.
45:10You're her husband, then why?
45:12No.
45:14But we intended to be.
45:18I'm sorry.
45:20Don't be.
45:22Prison can't be much worse than
45:2425 years at the London and Scottish Bank.
45:33Come on, Ridgway.
45:35Go on, Dom.
45:38Where's McNeil?
45:46I don't see why you had to have me arrested, though.
45:49Because, Monsieur Ridgway, I saw the lone sharks
45:51waiting for you at Southampton.
45:53And I thought you'd be safer in the police, sir.
45:55Well, that's true, I suppose.
45:57And it also allowed the real culprits
45:59to relax their guard a little, huh?
46:01I can't tell you how much we owe you, Mr. Poirot.
46:04I've been promoted to joint general manager.
46:06I've paid off all my debts.
46:08And there aren't going to be any more.
46:10Thank you for everything.
46:14Goodbye.
46:15Goodbye.
46:22Au revoir.
46:25We deserve to celebrate a little, huh, Hastings?
46:29A glass of Crème de menthe?
46:33Ah.
46:34You scorn the liqueur, Hastings.
46:36Hello.
46:37For you, my friend.
46:39A whiskey, perhaps?
46:41Oh, no. No, thanks.
46:43Hastings.
46:45You are not elated by our success?
46:47Oh, yes. Yes, we are.
46:49We are.
46:51You are not elated by our success?
46:53Oh, yes. Yes, very good.
46:55Au pas encore la mal de mer?
46:57No, I'm fine.
46:59Hastings.
47:01We have just completed a case most successful.
47:04Two men have been released from the imprisonment most unjust.
47:07You have been privileged to watch Hercule Poirot
47:09at his most brilliant, and on top of this,
47:11you have had the nice ride on the Queen Mary.
47:14Well, I know, Poirot.
47:16I'm sorry.
47:18It's Miranda Brooks.
47:20Ah-ha, Hastings.
47:24You still have the hankering for the glamorous young woman, huh?
47:27No, no, no, no, not at all.
47:29Quite the opposite, in fact.
47:31It's just that...
47:33Well, there she was,
47:35as you say, glamorous young woman.
47:38But with a bit of a wig and a few bits of make-up,
47:41she could transform herself into that dowdy hag of a nurse.
47:45Yes, it was indeed very well done, Hastings.
47:48But...
47:50Well, I mean,
47:52if a woman can do that one way,
47:55she can do it the other.
47:57No, Hastings.
47:59Well...
48:01I mean, then where are you?
48:06At the beginning of wisdom, mon ami.
48:13Now that also is something to celebrate, n'est-ce pas?
48:18Yes.