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00:01:51Hello! Is something wrong?
00:02:00My wife and I found him lying dead in the U Alley, face downward.
00:02:11What did you do then?
00:02:12I hurried across the moor to fetch the doctor, Dr. Mortimer.
00:02:17He was at dinner with Miss Stapleton and her brother.
00:02:23Very well, baron.
00:02:24That's all.
00:02:25Yes, sir.
00:02:26Dr. Mortimer, to what do you attribute the death of Sir Charles?
00:02:34Heart failure, sir.
00:02:36I might add that for some time, Sir Charles was in a highly nervous state, worried.
00:02:41Something was preying on his mind.
00:02:43And did he confide to you what was preying on his mind?
00:02:48Well...
00:02:49No.
00:02:50Well, then what about those footprints, Mortimer?
00:02:56It was as though Sir Charles had been tiptoeing back towards the house.
00:02:59I examined them myself, and as a man of science, I...
00:03:01So did I, Mr. Stapleton.
00:03:03More likely, Sir Charles was running.
00:03:04Running?
00:03:05Running from what?
00:03:06If you please, gentlemen, one at a time.
00:03:08Why don't you tell the truth, all of you?
00:03:10Tell all you know.
00:03:11Silence, Mr. Franklin.
00:03:12You've already testified you were not there, and know nothing whatever of this matter.
00:03:17Nevertheless, I insist he was murdered.
00:03:19Murdered, I tell you!
00:03:20That will do, sir.
00:03:21That will do.
00:03:22There were no marks on the body of any kind, Dr. Mortimer?
00:03:27None.
00:03:28Then, as his physician, what would you say was the cause of Sir Charles's death?
00:03:34Most emphatically, a heart failure, sir.
00:03:40Such then, gentlemen, is the verdict of this coroner's court.
00:03:43Call it what you like.
00:03:45Sir Charles was murdered.
00:03:46Because more than one person in this room knows I speak the truth.
00:04:16I'm blessed if I know why on earth you want all these clippings about this basketball
00:04:25fellow.
00:04:26I have an idea, Watson, that young Sir Henry isn't destined for a very long existence
00:04:29in this world.
00:04:31What?
00:04:32My conjecture is that he'll be murdered.
00:04:34Murdered?
00:04:35It'll be very interesting to see if my deductions are accurate.
00:04:40Oh, Mr. Holmes, while you were out, a gentleman called to see you and left this.
00:04:47He asked you to give it to me?
00:04:48Oh, no, sir.
00:04:49He just left it by mistake, I imagine.
00:04:50Mm-hmm.
00:04:51A Dr. Mortimer?
00:04:52He didn't leave his name, sir.
00:04:53No, it's here on the stick, Mrs. Hudson.
00:04:55Oh, is it?
00:04:56I didn't notice.
00:04:57Do you know any Dr. Mortimer, Watson?
00:04:58No.
00:04:59What did he want?
00:05:00He didn't say, sir.
00:05:01What do you make of it, Watson?
00:05:02Why should I make anything of it?
00:05:03The fellow came to see you.
00:05:04Ah, but what kind of a fellow?
00:05:07Let me hear you reconstruct him from his walking stick by our usual method of elementary observation.
00:05:12Oh?
00:05:14I should say that Dr. Mortimer is a successful man, well esteemed.
00:05:18Good.
00:05:19Excellent.
00:05:20I should say that he does a great deal of his visiting on foot, because the iron ferrule
00:05:23is worn down.
00:05:24Perfectly sound.
00:05:25Let's have a look at this inscription.
00:05:28From his friends of the CCH.
00:05:31CCH?
00:05:33I should say that's the something-or-other hunt.
00:05:36Really, Watson, you've excelled yourself.
00:05:38Oh, has anything escaped me?
00:05:39Almost everything, my dear fellow.
00:05:41A present to a doctor, I'd say, is more likely to come from a hospital than a hunt, and when
00:05:46the letters CC are placed before the hospital, the name Charing Cross Hospital rather obviously
00:05:51presents itself.
00:05:52Oh?
00:05:53You may be right.
00:05:54Furthermore, I'd say that Dr. Mortimer had a small practice in the country and was the
00:05:58owner of a dog.
00:05:59How can you tell that?
00:06:00Quite simple.
00:06:01From the teeth marks.
00:06:02Look.
00:06:03You can see for yourself.
00:06:04A rather large dog, I'd say.
00:06:06And unless I'm mistaken, Dr. Mortimer will call on us again in a few moments.
00:06:10Rubbish, Holmes.
00:06:12Rubbish!
00:06:13How the devil can you deduce that?
00:06:14Well, as he left his stick, isn't it reasonable to presume that he'll come back and get it?
00:06:18Dr. Mortimer, sir.
00:06:22Mr. Holmes?
00:06:23Yes.
00:06:24Come in, Dr. Mortimer.
00:06:26I took the liberty of calling upon you.
00:06:28And left your stick.
00:06:29Oh, so I did.
00:06:30Thank you so much.
00:06:31A presentation, I see.
00:06:32Yes, sir.
00:06:33From Charing Cross Hospital.
00:06:37This is my friend, Dr. Watson.
00:06:39Of course.
00:06:40How do you do, sir?
00:06:41Mr. Holmes.
00:06:42You're the one man in all England who can help me.
00:06:45Well, won't you sit down?
00:06:48A friend of mine is in grave danger.
00:06:51May I inquire his name?
00:06:52Sir Henry Baskerville.
00:06:53Heir to the estate of Baskerville Hall.
00:06:59I'm in mortal fear Sir Henry's life will be snuffed out.
00:07:05Why?
00:07:06What makes you think that?
00:07:07I have information which leads me to believe that for centuries past, every Baskerville
00:07:11who's inherited the estates has met with a violent and sudden death.
00:07:15But as I recall it, Sir Charles died from natural causes, heart failure.
00:07:19Apparently.
00:07:20That was the verdict of the coroner in which I, Sir Charles' physician, concurred.
00:07:23But there was one point which I kept back from the police, from everybody.
00:07:28Yes?
00:07:29About 50 yards from where Sir Charles fell dead were footprints.
00:07:37Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound.
00:07:42A hound?
00:07:43Well, why didn't you report it?
00:07:45Not a soul would have believed it.
00:07:47During the night it rained, and in the morning the marks were completely obliterated.
00:07:50But I saw them as clearly as I see you.
00:07:54And then, a few days ago, as one of the executors of the estate, I found this.
00:08:02This old document.
00:08:05The legend of the hound of the Baskervilles.
00:08:07Let me read it to you, Mr. Holmes.
00:08:10It's quite short.
00:08:11I won't bore you, I promise.
00:08:13Yes, please, go on.
00:08:17In the time of the great rebellion, about 1650, Baskerville Manor was held by Hugo of
00:08:22that name, a profane and godless man.
00:08:25One nickelness, this Hugo stalled out upon a neighboring farm and carried off the daughter
00:08:29of the house.
00:08:30He locked her in an upper chamber, and while Hugo and his friends were carousing, as was
00:08:35their nightly custom...
00:08:36Such a cuddlesome little wench never existed before, I swear.
00:08:47Cheeks soft as velvet, and forms so wondrously rounded.
00:08:51Tell us more.
00:08:52What happened then?
00:08:53Where was I?
00:08:54The form you were saying.
00:08:55Oh, yes.
00:08:56No need to cry out, I told her.
00:08:59Hugo will not hurt you.
00:09:03With that, I whisked her up on me saddle, covered her with me cloak, and we were off
00:09:06like the wind.
00:09:07You brought her here?
00:09:08To the manor.
00:09:09Where is she?
00:09:10Go fetch her, Hugo.
00:09:11Easier said than done, eh, Hugo?
00:09:12How can he fetch her if she isn't here?
00:09:13She isn't, eh?
00:09:14Come on, I'll show you.
00:09:15May we come in, my sweet?
00:09:34These drunken socks will give Hugo the...
00:09:37There is no good.
00:09:40Gone!
00:09:41Gone!
00:09:42What, I owes him?
00:09:43You owe him!
00:09:44You owe him!
00:09:45What did he do?
00:09:46Tim!
00:09:47Danny!
00:09:48Mr. Hugo!
00:09:49What's wrong, sir?
00:09:50She's gone, the wench!
00:09:51Why, don't stand there gaping!
00:09:52Go bring my mare!
00:09:53What's wrong?
00:09:54I've never seen him in such a rage.
00:09:55Where's he gone?
00:09:56Let's follow him.
00:09:57Let's go, Roderick.
00:09:58Farewell.
00:09:59Come on, Matthew.
00:10:00Hold the stirrup, you blockhead.
00:10:18I'll give my soul to the devil for that wench.
00:10:22Hear how he fetched his soul to the devil for that wench?
00:10:23Well, may he find her and wed her.
00:10:24Then the devil will have his soul.
00:10:25On and on they rode, until suddenly, they came upon the body of the girl.
00:10:42Dead.
00:10:47Then from just over a rise, they heard sounds so hideous that the blood froze in their veins,
00:10:53and looking up, they beheld...
00:11:04Before we could get at him, Sir Hugo was dead, his body literally torn to shreds.
00:11:10Such is the history of the hound that has cursed the Baskerville family ever since,
00:11:14many having been unhappy in their deaths, that have been sudden, violent, and mysterious.
00:11:23Well, Mr. Holmes?
00:11:29Interesting.
00:11:31Very interesting.
00:11:32What do you think?
00:11:33I don't know.
00:11:34But to him, he's arriving from Canada tomorrow.
00:11:36Please understand my dilemma, my responsibility.
00:11:38I was Sir Charles' best friend.
00:11:40My duty is to protect that boy.
00:11:42But I should take him down there to Baskerville Hall, and anything happen to him...
00:11:45What I'd suggest, Dr. Mortimer, is that when Sir Henry arrives, you bring him here.
00:11:49Oh, thank you.
00:11:50Thank you, Mr. Holmes.
00:11:51You don't know what a load you've taken off my mind.
00:11:53Good night, Dr. Watson.
00:11:56Good night, sir.
00:11:58You've left your stick again.
00:12:00Oh.
00:12:02By the by, Dr. Mortimer.
00:12:04You have a dog.
00:12:06I have no dog.
00:12:08Then how do you account for these marks?
00:12:11Evidently the teeth marks of a dog.
00:12:14I used to have a dog.
00:12:16A small spaniel.
00:12:19But it died.
00:12:20Good night.
00:12:21Good night.
00:12:22Well, Holmes?
00:12:23What do you make of it?
00:12:24Do you think there's anything in it?
00:12:25Good heavens, you're not going to start scratching on that infernal thing, are you?
00:12:26Well, Holmes?
00:12:27What do you make of it?
00:12:28Do you think there's anything in it?
00:12:29Good heavens, you're not going to start scratching on that infernal thing, are you?
00:12:30Dear old Watson.
00:12:31Well, Holmes?
00:12:32What do you make of it?
00:12:33Do you think there's anything in it?
00:12:34Good heavens, you're not going to start scratching on that infernal thing, are you?
00:12:42Good heavens!
00:12:44Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
00:13:14Goodbye, Sir Henry. If you ever go back to Canada, be sure you'll sail with us.
00:13:17Thanks. You've all been wonderful.
00:13:19The very best of luck, sir.
00:13:20And the same to you.
00:13:21Goodbye, Sir Henry.
00:13:23Ah, here you are, sonny.
00:13:24Thank you, sir.
00:13:25And you.
00:13:26Thank you, Sir Henry.
00:13:27And you.
00:13:28Thank you, sir.
00:13:29Thank you, sir.
00:13:30Oh, Sir Henry. Oh, it's too bad, it's all over. Just when you and Betsy Ann were really getting to know each other.
00:13:36Oh, but we are going to see one another in London, aren't we, Sir Henry?
00:13:39Oh, I should love to, but I have to go down to the country, unfortunately.
00:13:44To your ancestral estate. How exciting.
00:13:47Perhaps, Betsy Ann, if you're very good, Sir Henry will ask us to visit him.
00:13:53Of course, yes.
00:13:54We'll be staying at the Savoy.
00:13:56Don't forget.
00:13:57I won't.
00:13:58Goodbye.
00:14:03Sir Henry?
00:14:04Yes.
00:14:05I'm Dr. Mortimer. Your uncle was my best friend.
00:14:07How do you do? Thank you for coming to meet me.
00:14:09Not at all, my dear boy. Did you have a pleasant trip?
00:14:11Splendid, thank you.
00:14:12I've taken rooms for you at the Northumberland Hotel, where I'm stopping.
00:14:15Fine.
00:14:16I assume you'll be staying in London for a few days?
00:14:19Yes, I haven't seen it since I was a boy.
00:14:22Thank you, sir.
00:14:23Northumberland Hotel.
00:14:29Sir Charles' death was a great personal loss to me.
00:14:32I was more than his doctor.
00:14:38What's this?
00:14:44What are those words?
00:14:55Do you mind, Sir Henry?
00:14:57No, not at all.
00:14:58What do you make of it, Mr. Holmes?
00:15:01Why do you think that last word is printed in ink?
00:15:04Oh, that's simple enough.
00:15:06The words have been snipped from the London Times.
00:15:08That's evident from the topography.
00:15:10But the word moor is an unusual word.
00:15:12Your correspondent evidently couldn't find it in the newspaper.
00:15:15You'll admit, Dr. Mortimer, there's nothing supernatural about this.
00:15:18Supernatural?
00:15:19Tell me, Sir Henry, has anything else unusual happened to you today since your arrival in London?
00:15:24I can't think of anything.
00:15:26Unless you'd say that losing one of your boots is unusual.
00:15:31You lost one of your boots?
00:15:32Yes, and brand new ones, too. Never had them on.
00:15:34I put them outside the door to be cleaned, and when I went to fetch them, there was only one there.
00:15:37Brand new boots, and you put them out to be cleaned?
00:15:40They were tan ones, Dr. Watson.
00:15:42It prevents them from scratching to have them polished first.
00:15:44Now, will you please tell me what this is all about?
00:15:47Dr. Mortimer bringing me here to see you.
00:15:49This letter.
00:15:50It's about you, Sir Henry.
00:15:51Your inheritance in Baskerville Hall.
00:15:54And Dr. Mortimer thinks that it might not be safe for you to go down there.
00:15:57Safe?
00:15:58On account of a hound.
00:15:59A wild, supernatural monster that has cursed you Baskervilles for the last two or three hundred years.
00:16:04Oh, that sounds grand. A family ghost, eh?
00:16:07Why didn't you tell me about this before, Dr. Mortimer?
00:16:09Well, Mr. Holmes suggested.
00:16:12He's going to tell you about it now, Sir Henry.
00:16:14Take him back to the hotel, Dr. Mortimer.
00:16:16Show him that old document.
00:16:17Tell him everything. The whole business.
00:16:19I'll join you a little later.
00:16:20Come on, we'll stroll back. You can tell me on the way.
00:16:22This is not something to joke about, Sir Henry. Believe me.
00:16:25See you presently.
00:16:26Good night.
00:16:30What's up?
00:16:34Come on, Watson.
00:16:35What's up now?
00:16:38Where are we going?
00:16:39You'll see soon enough. We've not a moment to lose.
00:16:59Get your evening paper.
00:17:12Keep an eye on that handsome.
00:17:19This letter dates back to about 1650.
00:17:22Get your evening paper.
00:17:24Get your paper, evening paper.
00:17:26Evening paper, Sir.
00:17:27Get your evening paper.
00:17:28Get your paper, evening paper.
00:17:30Evening paper, Sir.
00:17:31Tells you all the latest news that's going on, Sir.
00:17:33Tells you all about it.
00:17:34Thank you, Sir.
00:17:35Evening paper.
00:17:39A disillusioned, drunken fellow.
00:17:43But he was a disillusioned fellow.
00:17:47Look out! Stop!
00:17:49Look out! Stop!
00:17:52Whip up, cabbie. Whip up, I say.
00:17:54Very good, Sir.
00:18:00Who was it?
00:18:01I don't know, but it's just as I expected.
00:18:04Hadn't we better hurry on and warn them?
00:18:06No, no, no. They're not in any danger now.
00:18:08Here's the number of that handsome.
00:18:10Find out from Scotland Yard who the cabbie is, and if you can, fetch him along to the hotel.
00:18:13I'll do my best.
00:18:19Well, now that Dr. Mortimer has told you everything, what have you decided?
00:18:24To go there, of course.
00:18:25Good. That's what I thought you'd say.
00:18:27And if Dr. Mortimer will only guarantee that this supernatural hound of his will really appear, I'd call the radio.
00:18:33Oh, don't say that, my boy.
00:18:35Sounds like a bogey story they tell kids to frighten them at night, doesn't it, Mr. Holmes?
00:18:39Yes, rather.
00:18:40It might interest you to know, however, that you were shadowed from my house.
00:18:44Shadowed?
00:18:46Yes, and probably have been ever since you arrived in London.
00:18:48By whom?
00:18:50I don't know.
00:18:52A man and a handsome.
00:18:54He must have seen me run after him and had the cabbie dash off.
00:18:57Oh, well, bye.
00:18:59Did you ever discover your mislaid boot?
00:19:01No.
00:19:02Hello.
00:19:05Well, the brown one's here, but one of the black ones is gone.
00:19:10I'll write you a letter.
00:19:11One of the black ones is gone.
00:19:14I'll ring for the chambermaid. Perhaps she can explain.
00:19:16Yes, do.
00:19:19Now, why should anyone want to take an odd boot and then exchange a brand new one for an old one?
00:19:24Can you explain it, Mr. Holmes?
00:19:26No, no, I can't.
00:19:27Come in.
00:19:30Did you ring, sir?
00:19:31Yes, about that boot of mine.
00:19:33Oh, I haven't found it yet, sir. I've made inquiries all over the hotel.
00:19:36Well, it's back, the brown one, but now one of my black ones is gone.
00:19:39Oh, sir, that is odd.
00:19:42Who else, except yourself, has access to this apartment?
00:19:45Only the housekeeper, sir, and she wouldn't do a thing like that.
00:19:48No, no, no, of course not.
00:19:49I'm terribly sorry, sir. I'll do my best to find your boot.
00:19:51All right, thanks.
00:19:53Good evening, gentlemen.
00:19:54Good evening, Dr. Watson.
00:19:55I've got him. Come on in, Clayton.
00:19:58Come this way.
00:20:00This is John Clayton, number 2704.
00:20:03How do you do?
00:20:04How do you do, Clayton?
00:20:05Won't you, won't you sit down?
00:20:06Won't keep you long. It's good of you to come.
00:20:08Thank you, sir.
00:20:12Now, Clayton.
00:20:14I wish you'd tell us who your fare was that watched a certain house on Baker Street this evening...
00:20:18...and later followed these two gentlemen.
00:20:21Well, I'm glad to. You know as much as I do, sir.
00:20:24Well, not quite as much, I hope.
00:20:26The gent said as though he was a detective, sir.
00:20:29Oh, he did?
00:20:30Yes, sir.
00:20:31Oh, he did?
00:20:32Yes, sir.
00:20:34How would you describe this gentleman, Clayton?
00:20:37Well, I suppose about 35 years of age, sir.
00:20:42Dressed like a torf.
00:20:44And a small black beard, sir.
00:20:46And the colour of his eyes?
00:20:48I can't say, sir.
00:20:50I see.
00:20:51When did he tell you that he was a detective?
00:20:53At the station, sir.
00:20:55When he gave me the two guineas, what he'd promised me.
00:20:58Did he tell you his name?
00:20:59Yes, sir.
00:21:00What did he say it was?
00:21:01Sherlock Holmes.
00:21:04What?
00:21:05Well, that's the name what he gave me, sir.
00:21:07Sherlock Holmes.
00:21:10Well, whoever it is at least has a sense of humour.
00:21:13Here, Clayton.
00:21:14Here, sir.
00:21:16Here's something for your trouble.
00:21:17Thank you, sir.
00:21:20Is there anything else I can tell you, sir?
00:21:22Nothing at all, I think.
00:21:23All right, sir. Good day, sir.
00:21:24Good day.
00:21:25Good day, gentlemen.
00:21:31Well, Mr. Holmes.
00:21:32Have we progressed?
00:21:33Do you think?
00:21:35Perhaps.
00:21:37Tell me, Sir Henry.
00:21:38When were you planning to go down to Dartmoor?
00:21:39Immediately. Tomorrow.
00:21:41I'm really awfully keen to see the old place.
00:21:43You'll accompany us, Mr. Holmes.
00:21:45I'd like to very much, Dr. Mortimer.
00:21:47But unfortunately, I have some rather pressing business here in London.
00:21:49Of course, there's no need.
00:21:51Please don't think me ungrateful, Dr. Mortimer.
00:21:53I do appreciate your concern for me.
00:21:55But this story of the hound, it's nonsense.
00:21:58As for that silly letter and all the rest of it,
00:22:00I'm sure it can all quite easily be explained.
00:22:02I quite agree with you, Sir Henry.
00:22:03All the same, if you don't mind,
00:22:05I'd like to ask Dr. Watson to go down with you.
00:22:07What, sir?
00:22:08If you don't mind, Watson.
00:22:09Gladly, if he care to come.
00:22:10Of course.
00:22:11I'll be delighted.
00:22:12Good.
00:22:13Well, thank you, thank you, Dr. Watson.
00:22:14And thank you, sir.
00:22:15Then we'll stalk the hound together.
00:22:17Don't take it too lightly, Sir Henry.
00:22:18Well, I must be going.
00:22:19Mr. Holmes.
00:22:20Yes, Dr. Mortimer.
00:22:21About that person calling himself Sherlock Holmes.
00:22:23Very interesting, Dr. Mortimer.
00:22:25You'll keep me posted, Watson.
00:22:26Write me daily reports.
00:22:27To the smallest detail, Holmes.
00:22:29Fine.
00:22:30I give him to your care, Sir Henry.
00:22:31Guard him well.
00:22:32Good night.
00:22:33Guard me well.
00:22:35I like that.
00:22:36Guard me well.
00:22:49Here we are, Sir Henry, on famous Dartmoor.
00:22:52And what a history it has.
00:22:55You see those rocks over there?
00:22:57Actually, they're stone houses built by a Neolithic man,
00:23:0050 or 100,000 years ago.
00:23:02You don't suppose the Baskervilles go back that far?
00:23:05Yeah.
00:23:06And over there, beyond that hill, those dark spots,
00:23:10that's the great Grimpen Mire.
00:23:13As treacherous a morass as exists anywhere.
00:23:16Thousands of lives have been sucked down into its bottomless depths.
00:23:20Cheerful little spot, but fascinating.
00:23:23Oh, it is, Sir Henry.
00:23:25And mysterious.
00:23:27No wonder the people about here have such odd beliefs.
00:23:30Some will tell you that nothing ever really dies upon the moor.
00:23:34And after time, one gets to believe it.
00:23:37Really?
00:23:38You believe that?
00:23:39Of course not.
00:23:41If I believed all the legends about this place,
00:23:43I wouldn't live here.
00:23:46I wouldn't have the courage.
00:23:49And now, if you look,
00:23:51Baskerville Hall.
00:23:53The home of your ancestors, Sir Henry.
00:24:02How are you, Bannerman?
00:24:03Very well, thank you, Sir.
00:24:06This is Bannerman the butler, Sir Henry, and this is Bannerman.
00:24:09Welcome, Sir Henry.
00:24:10Welcome to Baskerville Hall.
00:24:12Bannerman was with your uncle most of his life,
00:24:14as was his father before him.
00:24:16Well, I hope you'll be just as happy here with me.
00:24:18Thank you, Sir Henry.
00:24:20Thank you, Sir Henry.
00:24:38Baskerville Hall.
00:24:40As just as it's always been, Sir Henry.
00:24:42Your uncle did some modernizing upstairs,
00:24:44but down here nothing has been added or taken away since Sir Hugo's time.
00:24:48Well, I wouldn't say it's the most cheerful spot I've ever seen.
00:24:51I beg your pardon, Sir.
00:24:52What time do you wish dinner served, Sir?
00:24:54Early, I think. Dr. Mortimer has to drive home.
00:24:56Tell the coachman to have the carriage ready after dinner.
00:24:59I'll tell him, Sir.
00:25:00Now, I suppose you'd like to freshen up.
00:25:02There's hot water in your room, Sir.
00:25:04I'll show the way.
00:25:15Be careful, Sir.
00:25:16These steps are a bit in need of repair.
00:25:46Oh.
00:26:16I didn't want to startle you.
00:26:18I thought you might be asleep.
00:26:19What is it?
00:26:20Come quickly. Someone's prowling around.
00:26:46What are you doing, Barrowman?
00:27:09Oh, nothing, Sir.
00:27:10It was the window.
00:27:11The window?
00:27:13Yes, Sir.
00:27:14Yes, Sir. I was just seeing that it was fastened.
00:27:16Well, does it matter whether it's fastened or not?
00:27:18The window on the second floor.
00:27:20I go around every night seeing that they're fastened.
00:27:23Sir Charles always insisted upon it.
00:27:25Well, that sounds reasonable enough.
00:27:29Well, if it's properly fastened now, Barrowman, you can get back to bed.
00:27:32Yes, Sir.
00:27:44Do you see anything?
00:27:46Nothing.
00:27:48Nothing except a pinpointed light a long way off over there by the crags.
00:27:55Well, keep your eye on that point of light and tell me what happens.
00:28:03Do you see anything now?
00:28:10It's gone now.
00:28:12There it is again.
00:28:13And there it goes.
00:28:15Just as I thought.
00:28:17Barrowman was signaling to someone.
00:28:19Come on, get some clothes.
00:28:20We'll find out.
00:28:34It's still there.
00:28:35Yes.
00:28:39Try not to lose sight of it.
00:29:03Come on.
00:29:34Crouch down here.
00:29:35Whoever it is may come back.
00:30:03What about getting a little further away from that light?
00:30:15Up there.
00:30:16Good idea.
00:30:25Stop!
00:30:26Are you mad?
00:30:28Whoever it is knows his way among these rocks.
00:30:31We don't.
00:30:32Who the devil can it be?
00:30:35You were right about Barrowman.
00:30:37Yes, but what connection can there possibly be between that horrible creature and Barrowman?
00:30:42You know, I have half a mind to fire the fellow in the morning, then notify the police and let them shadow him.
00:30:47No, it's the last thing that Holmes would want us to do.
00:30:50Our job is to watch Barrowman.
00:30:52Watch him like a hawk.
00:30:54Come on, let's get back.
00:31:03Come on.
00:31:05Come on.
00:31:06What do you think it is?
00:31:34What did it sound like to you?
00:31:39Well, if we were back in London, this would seem ridiculous.
00:31:45Let's get on.
00:31:51Look here, Doctor.
00:31:52You don't believe that nonsense, do you?
00:31:55Of course not.
00:31:58No more than you do.
00:32:05Morning.
00:32:06Morning, Sir Henry.
00:32:07So that's our famous moor, eh?
00:32:09Yes, sir.
00:32:35Come in.
00:32:40Oh, where's Sir Henry?
00:32:42He went out, sir.
00:32:44Where?
00:32:45Across the moor.
00:32:46Didn't I tell you to let me know immediately?
00:32:48If Sir Henry ever ventured out there alone.
00:32:50I know, but I only just found out from my wife.
00:32:53Hello, there, sir.
00:32:54How do you do?
00:32:55Welcome home.
00:32:56I know that.
00:33:22Oh, forgive my shouting at you, Dr. Watson.
00:33:28My name's Stapleton.
00:33:29I live just across the moor.
00:33:30But how did you know my name, sir?
00:33:31Oh, from Dr. Mortimer, one of our neighbors.
00:33:33Oh, yes, sir.
00:33:34Hi, Sir Henry.
00:33:35He's very well, thank you.
00:33:36Oh, we were a bit worried he might decide not to come here.
00:33:39After the rumors that followed the sad death of Sir Charles, has Mr. Sherlock Holmes come
00:33:42to any conclusion yet?
00:33:43I really can't say.
00:33:44Oh, is he going to honor us with a visit?
00:33:47I haven't the slightest idea.
00:33:48Well, if I can be of any help, I do hope you'll call upon me.
00:33:51I know this place pretty well.
00:33:53Thank you, but I don't think I shall be needing any help.
00:33:56Wonderful place, this moor.
00:33:57From a scientist's point of view, there's nothing like it.
00:34:00Vast, barren, mysterious.
00:34:03You see those bright green spots over there?
00:34:06Seems a little more fertile than the rest.
00:34:08Fertile?
00:34:09That's the great Grimpen Mire.
00:34:11One false step means death.
00:34:12Why, only yesterday, one of the moor ponies wandered into it.
00:34:15Turned me sick with horror to see it struggling.
00:34:18And the sound of its screams...
00:34:23What's that?
00:34:24Oh, that?
00:34:25Well, the people around here say it's the hound.
00:34:27Surely you don't believe such rot?
00:34:29Bugs make queer noises.
00:34:31Or perhaps it's a bittern booming.
00:34:33A bittern?
00:34:34Yes, a very rare bird.
00:34:35Practically extinct.
00:34:36If anything is extinct on the moor...
00:34:38Stop!
00:34:39Stop!
00:34:40Look out!
00:34:41Stop!
00:34:43That was a voice!
00:34:45A woman's voice!
00:34:48Thank heavens you heard me.
00:34:50Another few yards, you'd have been into that mire.
00:34:53Looks innocent, doesn't it?
00:34:55But only yesterday, a little moor pony got into it.
00:34:57And that was the end of it.
00:34:59Well, thank you for shouting at me.
00:35:01You're Sir Henry?
00:35:02Yes.
00:35:03Oh.
00:35:04I suppose I should say welcome, Sir Henry.
00:35:06But I'm afraid it wouldn't be sincere.
00:35:08Oh, that's understandable.
00:35:09A stranger coming here and taking the place of someone you were fond of.
00:35:12Oh, it's not that.
00:35:13No?
00:35:14Tell me, what is it?
00:35:15Sounds silly, I know.
00:35:16But...
00:35:17Oh, it's not that ridiculous hound legend.
00:35:19I never used to believe those things until I came to live down here.
00:35:22But you do now.
00:35:24You're rich.
00:35:25You can go anywhere you want to.
00:35:27There are so many other places to live in the world.
00:35:29Interesting places.
00:35:30Just now, I find this place very interesting.
00:35:36Why, hello, Beryl.
00:35:37Hello.
00:35:38Oh, Dr. Watson, my stepsister, Miss Stapleton.
00:35:40How do you do?
00:35:41How do you do?
00:35:42Hello, Doctor.
00:35:43And this, I'm sure, must be...
00:35:44Oh, Sir Henry, my brother.
00:35:45How are you?
00:35:46Oh, Doctor Watson, how delighted we are you decided to come here.
00:35:48I'm here and to stay.
00:35:50Oh, that's splendid.
00:35:51You know, it's been quite dull down here since the hall's been closed.
00:35:54It's wide open now, especially to friends of my uncle.
00:35:57You must both come and dine with me.
00:35:58You must come to us first.
00:36:00Yes, what about tomorrow night?
00:36:01You and Dr. Watson.
00:36:02We'll invite the neighbors over to meet you.
00:36:04Of course, you already know Dr. Mortimer.
00:36:06The only other one's old Mr. Franklin.
00:36:08Who's he?
00:36:09Oh, wait till you meet him, Sir Henry.
00:36:10He'll bring suit against you, I warn you.
00:36:12What on earth for?
00:36:13You'll find something.
00:36:14Sewing people is a passion with him.
00:36:15I look forward to meeting him.
00:36:16All right, tomorrow night then.
00:36:19And thank you again for rescuing me.
00:36:21Goodbye.
00:36:22Goodbye.
00:36:45And were it not a personal insult to Sir Henry,
00:36:48I would never have come here this evening.
00:36:50Oh, but why, Mr. Franklin?
00:36:51As a stickler for convention.
00:36:53I'm not in the habit of breaking bread with my host
00:36:56on the eve of prosecution.
00:36:58Great heavens, what crime have I committed now?
00:37:00A most gruesome one, Mr. Stapleton.
00:37:02That of body snatching.
00:37:04What?
00:37:05You're a body snatcher, Sir.
00:37:06A ghoul, a despoiler of graves.
00:37:09Oh, come, come, Mr. Franklin.
00:37:11That's a very serious charge.
00:37:13Oh, Beryl, refill Mr. Franklin's glass, will you?
00:37:19Thank you, my dear.
00:37:23And an excellent vintage it is, too.
00:37:25But if you're implying that I'm tipsy, Sir...
00:37:27Oh, of course he's not.
00:37:29Tell us more, Mr. Franklin.
00:37:30Whose body has Mr. Stapleton been snatching?
00:37:32According to my evidence, Sir,
00:37:34Mr. Stapleton was seen digging among the old stone huts
00:37:37on the moor and removing the body.
00:37:41Among the old stone huts on the moor
00:37:43and removed from there a skull.
00:37:47Oh, that.
00:37:49A most interesting relic, Sir Henry, of Neolithic man.
00:37:52I'll show it to you after dinner.
00:37:5350,000 years old if it's a day.
00:37:55Nonetheless, Sir, you removed it from the grave
00:37:58without the consent of the next akin.
00:38:00And according to British law,
00:38:02that constitutes body snatching.
00:38:05Deny that if you can.
00:38:08But what good will it do you to prosecute Mr. Stapleton?
00:38:10None, Sir.
00:38:11I have no interest in the matter.
00:38:13I act entirely from a sense of public duty.
00:38:16If you care to drop by my house some day
00:38:18and take a tiple of wine with me,
00:38:20I'd be glad to tell you a thing or two
00:38:22about everybody here.
00:38:25About him prowling the Grimpen Mire at night
00:38:29and why he takes her with him.
00:38:32Oh, there's no secret about us.
00:38:34As you know, I dabble a bit in the occult.
00:38:37Mrs. Mortimer has very strong mediumistic qualities.
00:38:40She finds the old caves and the moor
00:38:42particularly conducive to psychic phenomena.
00:38:45Very interesting.
00:38:46Have you ever tried to communicate with my uncle
00:38:48since his death?
00:38:49Oh, yes.
00:38:50On several occasions.
00:38:52But with no success.
00:38:55But if my wife could consent to a séance tonight
00:38:57while you, Sir Henry, are present, we might...
00:38:59No, no, James. Not tonight.
00:39:02Please.
00:39:03Perhaps some other time.
00:39:04Shall we have coffee in the drawing room?
00:39:07Why, of course, Mrs. Mortimer.
00:39:14If you and Dr. Watson
00:39:15would care to see my little collection...
00:39:17Oh, yes. Let's go.
00:39:18Yes, we're in here.
00:39:24Quite a museum.
00:39:25Oh, a very modest little collection.
00:39:27But this one really is quite a treasure.
00:39:31You'll observe its unusual cranial index.
00:39:34Gentlemen, gentlemen.
00:39:35My wife has consented.
00:39:36She's agreed to a séance.
00:39:37Splendid.
00:39:38Oh, fine.
00:39:39Please come at once.
00:39:42Now, then.
00:39:43If you'll all get chairs
00:39:44and arrange yourselves naturally, comfortably
00:39:46here by the fire.
00:39:47As Shakespeare says,
00:39:48you can call spirits from the basti deep.
00:39:51What will they answer?
00:39:53They'll not answer scoffers or skeptics.
00:39:55If that's your attitude, Mr. Franklin,
00:39:56perhaps you wouldn't mind leaving us.
00:39:58I'm sure Mr. Franklin didn't mean to doubt.
00:40:00Of course I doubt.
00:40:01And I ask you to keep a civil tongue in your head, Dr. Mortimer.
00:40:04Ordering me out from under the roof of my host
00:40:06is grounds for a very nasty little lawsuit.
00:40:10Oh, come now, Mr. Franklin.
00:40:11Sit down by me.
00:40:13Now, tonight we may communicate with Sir Charles.
00:40:17Find out what he feared so greatly.
00:40:20What he was running away from.
00:40:22Now, Jennifer.
00:40:23You sit here, please.
00:40:25Sir Henry, here.
00:40:26Oh, would you please put out those lights?
00:40:28Certainly.
00:40:31Stapleton, that light, please.
00:40:33Dr. Watson.
00:40:41Now,
00:40:43if you all keep quiet,
00:40:45and sit quite naturally.
00:40:49Sir Henry,
00:40:51your hand, please.
00:40:58Sir Charles, can you speak to us?
00:41:00Let us know if you're present.
00:41:03There are things that only you can explain.
00:41:07Speak to us, Sir Charles if you're here.
00:41:10There are things that only you can tell us.
00:41:16Sir Charles,
00:41:18can you speak to us?
00:41:20Let us know if you're present.
00:41:23There are things that only you can tell us.
00:41:26Speak to us, Sir Charles, if you're here.
00:41:28Charles, if you're here, there are things that only you can explain.
00:41:36That sound! I've heard it before!
00:41:38It's nothing. Nothing but the wind.
00:41:43Or a bittern. I was telling Dr. Watson only yesterday about it.
00:41:52Sir Charles?
00:41:58What happened that night? What was it you feared?
00:42:03Tell us, Sir Charles, of all the weird, terrible things that have happened on the moor.
00:42:12Listen! There it is again!
00:42:15Oh, I can't stand it! Will somebody put on the lights, please?
00:42:18I tell you it's nothing. Nothing but the wind.
00:42:22Mr. Franklin, what did you think it was?
00:42:25The hound, of course. The hound of the Baskervilles. Any fool would know that.
00:42:30James, get my cape. Take me home.
00:42:34There you are, my dear.
00:42:38Dr. Watson, can I give you and Sir Henry a lift?
00:42:40No, thank you. We have our own carriage.
00:42:44You're trying to fool me, aren't you?
00:42:47We have our own carriage.
00:42:50You're trembling.
00:42:51That wasn't the wind we heard. I've heard that sound before, often.
00:42:55That's what I tried to tell you yesterday on the moor. That's why I wish you hadn't come here.
00:42:59But sounds can't hurt you. It doesn't matter what they are or where they come from.
00:43:03You don't know.
00:43:04Oh, you've got to get all that nonsense out of your head, Beryl.
00:43:07I wish I could.
00:43:08You're going to. I'm going to make it my business to see that you do.
00:43:11You've been alone too much. There's nothing to do down here.
00:43:14That's the trouble.
00:43:15I'm going to change all that, if you'll let me.
00:43:17We'll go fishing together, riding. You like riding?
00:43:22Yes, I do.
00:43:23Good. We'll start tomorrow, shall we?
00:43:25Yes, thanks.
00:43:27Fine. I'll ride over for you in the morning.
00:43:29Are you coming, Sir Henry?
00:43:30Right, Doctor.
00:43:34Good night.
00:43:35Good night.
00:43:44Good night.
00:44:00Hello.
00:44:01Hello, Beryl.
00:44:02Well, where shall we go today?
00:44:03There's one place we haven't been. High Tor.
00:44:06Fine.
00:44:07That's where all the old ruins are. You know, Jack says they're over 50,000 years old.
00:44:11That sounds interesting.
00:44:12Those are the remains of their stone huts.
00:44:14All right, good.
00:44:21Those platy stones over there, they're graves.
00:44:24Oh, and those huge ones, monoliths, are remains of their temples.
00:44:27Doesn't anybody know who they were or what they looked like?
00:44:30Jack has some theory about them.
00:44:32But anyway, they must have been very primitive, living on roots and dressing in skins.
00:44:36But still laughing and dreaming, just as we do.
00:44:40I wonder how many times some young savage brought his bride into this very hut.
00:44:46Said, take your hat off, darling, this is home.
00:44:49You know, this is probably where she cooked his first meal for him.
00:44:51What a yell he must have let out when she burnt it up.
00:44:57And now they're quite forgotten.
00:45:00Just as we will be too, one day.
00:45:02Do you suppose when a man met a girl that he liked,
00:45:05he had to wait a respectably long time before he dared tell her?
00:45:08Or were things like that sudden, natural?
00:45:12I'd like to think that things were like that.
00:45:14Feryl, that's the way they are with me.
00:45:18Oh.
00:45:19Oh, but we've only known each other such a little while.
00:45:22There, you see, convention, custom.
00:45:24We can't even be ourselves when we want to be.
00:45:26Why is that?
00:45:27You know, I don't know.
00:45:29I used to come down here quite often and explore these old caves
00:45:32when Jack and I first came to live here.
00:45:34I didn't have the fear of them more then.
00:45:36And you've none now. That's all gone.
00:45:38Oh.
00:45:39When I'm with you, it's gone.
00:45:41I seem to forget it, laughing and talking.
00:45:44But when I'm alone, it all comes back to me.
00:45:47And at night, I still wake up trembling,
00:45:49as if in my sleep I could hear those awful noises.
00:45:52Then it gets bad as ever, and I...
00:45:54Oh, I think of you, and I wish you weren't here.
00:45:56Oh, don't say that.
00:45:57Well, I wish you were in London or in Canada.
00:45:59But even if I wanted to go back to London or Canada, I couldn't.
00:46:03Why not?
00:46:05You'll know why.
00:46:06You must know why.
00:46:09I can't go anywhere now, unless you come with me.
00:46:17Oh, Henry.
00:46:19Oh, Henry.
00:46:27Oh.
00:46:31Would you mind pausing for a minute?
00:46:33I'm afraid I've lost my way.
00:46:35Oh, hello, Doctor.
00:46:36Sir Henry and I were just...
00:46:39We were... We were...
00:46:40We were getting engaged.
00:46:41Engaged? Splendid.
00:46:43May I congratulate you both?
00:46:49Who is that?
00:46:50It seems that we didn't pick a very secluded spot.
00:46:53What do you want?
00:46:54Just crossing the moor, sir.
00:46:57Just crossing the moor.
00:46:59I'd be...
00:47:00I'd be peddling me wheels, sir.
00:47:02I must have something here.
00:47:04Would interest you, sir?
00:47:05How about a... How about a nice mouth organ, sir?
00:47:13No, thank you.
00:47:14No, thank you.
00:47:17Here's something an old squire like you could use, sir.
00:47:20A fustle.
00:47:21A fustle for calling your sheepdog.
00:47:23Calling my what?
00:47:24Sheepdog, sir.
00:47:25A regular charmer, sir.
00:47:32Hear him for miles around, sir.
00:47:36Take it away and yourself with it.
00:47:39How about some...
00:47:40How about some scent for the lady, sir?
00:47:42That'll do.
00:47:43Be off about your business.
00:47:44All right, all right, sir.
00:47:45I ain't doing no harm.
00:47:47I ain't doing no harm.
00:47:51You know, that's what I hate about this moor.
00:47:53There's always something strange.
00:47:55Look.
00:47:56He's limping on the other foot now.
00:48:14Batterman.
00:48:17Yes, sir.
00:48:19Who delivered this note?
00:48:22No one, sir.
00:48:23I found it slipped under the front door.
00:48:49Oh, Batterman, is Sir Henry at home?
00:48:51No, sir.
00:48:52He's gone across the moor.
00:48:53Oh, I'm sorry.
00:48:54I missed him.
00:48:55Did Dr. Watson go with him?
00:48:56No, sir.
00:48:57Oh, thank you, Batterman.
00:48:58I'll tell Sir Henry you called, sir.
00:49:00Yes, do.
00:51:11Was it you who sent me that communication?
00:51:13I did, sir.
00:51:14Out with it.
00:51:15Whatever it is you want me to hear.
00:51:17I only want you to hear this zither, sir.
00:51:19Zither?
00:51:21They don't come no finer, sir.
00:51:23What blasted impertinence.
00:51:25Getting me out here to...
00:51:27Look here, my man.
00:51:29You're up to something.
00:51:31I only ask you to try them, sir.
00:51:33Be careful.
00:51:34This thing's loaded.
00:51:35Who are you?
00:51:37Well, I might ask the same of you, sir.
00:51:39Troweling around the moor.
00:51:41Spying out on everybody.
00:51:43That's my business.
00:51:45To spy.
00:51:46Oh, what is, is it?
00:51:48Yes, and if you want to know who I am, I'll tell you.
00:51:53Who are you?
00:51:54I'm Sherlock Holmes.
00:51:57Sherlock Holmes, the detective?
00:51:59Yes, and now perhaps you realize why I can't be hoodwinked.
00:52:02Oh, sir, sir, sir.
00:52:04That changes everything.
00:52:06Now, who are you?
00:52:07Quick.
00:52:08Well, in that case, sir...
00:52:10My name must be Watson.
00:52:14Holmes!
00:52:15How are you, my dear fellow?
00:52:16A fine detective you are, calling yourself Sherlock Holmes.
00:52:20So you've been down here on the moor all the time?
00:52:22That's a fine way to treat me, I must say.
00:52:24Send me down here.
00:52:26Let me think that you were in London, working on that black man case.
00:52:28Let me sit up half the night, writing those blasted reports.
00:52:31Serious reports, my dear.
00:52:32Watson and very valuable they were, too.
00:52:34I made arrangements to have them forwarded on to me.
00:52:36A shabby trick, which I'll not forget.
00:52:38Ah, but a very necessary trick.
00:52:40If I'd come down here with you and Sir Henry,
00:52:42every movement of mine would have been watched.
00:52:44While in this way, only you and Sir Henry have been watched,
00:52:47and I've been free to work.
00:52:49That's all very well, but making a fool of me...
00:52:52Sit down, Watson. Do sit down.
00:52:54Perhaps a little supper will help you to get over your huff.
00:52:56Huff? I'm in no huff.
00:52:58Here, try some of these sardines.
00:52:59It's a pity I didn't know you were coming.
00:53:01I'd have provided a brace of pheasant.
00:53:03It's a pity you didn't think of bringing down that infernal violin of yours
00:53:06to regale me with some of your enchanting music.
00:53:09I did, my dear Watson.
00:53:11Anything to oblige.
00:53:19Well, if you've had enough to eat, Watson,
00:53:20and you're feeling in better spirits,
00:53:22I think we'd better be getting along.
00:53:23Getting along where, if I'm not prying?
00:53:26I'm returning with you to Baskerville Hall.
00:53:29There are still some gaps to be filled in,
00:53:30but all in all, things are becoming a little clearer.
00:53:32Not to me, I assure you.
00:53:34Still a hopeless jumble.
00:53:35Mr. Franklin, Dr. Mortimer, the baromans.
00:53:38Put it all together and what have you got?
00:53:42Murder, my dear Watson.
00:53:44Refined, cold-blooded murder.
00:53:46Murder?
00:53:48There's no doubt about it in my mind.
00:53:50Or perhaps I should say in my imagination.
00:53:53For that's where crimes are conceived and where they're solved.
00:53:55In the imagination.
00:53:59But there's been no murder.
00:54:01Unless you mean Sir Charles.
00:54:05And the facts clearly indicated that he died from heart failure.
00:54:08That's why so many murders remain unsolved, Watson.
00:54:11People will stick to facts, even though they prove nothing.
00:54:14Now, if we go beyond facts,
00:54:16use our imagination as the criminal does.
00:54:19Imagine what might have happened and act upon it.
00:54:21As I've been trying to do in this case,
00:54:23we usually find ourselves justified.
00:54:25Then you know?
00:54:26Another day or two at the most and I will know.
00:54:28My one fear is that the murderer will strike before we're ready.
00:54:32In that case...
00:54:34What's that?
00:54:38Where's it coming from?
00:54:39There.
00:54:40No, no, no. There.
00:54:45The hound.
00:54:47Come on, Watson. Quick.
00:54:59Look!
00:55:01Sir Henry!
00:55:08He must have run along that ridge and fallen over the cliff.
00:55:11He's dead.
00:55:13His skull crushed in.
00:55:16The convict!
00:55:18The convict!
00:55:20The convict!
00:55:22The convict!
00:55:24The convict!
00:55:27The convict! Thank heaven!
00:55:30What?
00:55:31That's the man I shot at the night we arrived.
00:55:33The man Barrowman was signaling to.
00:55:35Who is it?
00:55:36The Notting Hill murderer.
00:55:38He escaped from prison last month.
00:55:40Been hiding on the moor ever since.
00:55:42The Notting Hill murderer?
00:55:44Do you mean that he is responsible for all this?
00:55:47That remains to be seen.
00:55:49But he's wearing Sir Henry's clothes.
00:55:51Yes. Yes, that accounts for it.
00:55:53Accounts for what?
00:55:54For the hound.
00:55:55These clothes were the cause of that poor devil's death.
00:55:57Do you mean that the hound was after Sir Henry?
00:55:59Yes, and mistook the convict for him because of the scent of the clothes.
00:56:04Do you remember that missing boot, Watson?
00:56:06Why do you suppose the brown one, the one that had never been worn,
00:56:09was so mysteriously replaced and the black one taken?
00:56:12Why?
00:56:13Because a boot that had never been worn wouldn't have had the scent of the owner,
00:56:16and the black one had.
00:56:18But how does this convict come to be wearing Sir Henry's clothes?
00:56:20Oh, well, that's simple enough.
00:56:23Why, Dr. Watson!
00:56:25Is somebody hurt?
00:56:27Who's this?
00:56:28The convict who escaped from Princeton.
00:56:30Oh, how terrible.
00:56:32I heard a cry. That's what brought me over here.
00:56:34What's your theory about it, Mr. Holmes?
00:56:36You're quick at identification.
00:56:37Oh, everybody knows you, sir.
00:56:39As a matter of fact, we've been expecting you down here.
00:56:41My name's Stapleton.
00:56:42How do you do?
00:56:43You came in time to see a tragedy.
00:56:45Yes.
00:56:46It's a most unpleasant remembrance for me to take back to London tomorrow.
00:56:49Oh, must you go so soon?
00:56:51I've been looking forward to meeting you.
00:56:52Yes, yes, I'm afraid I must.
00:56:54We were hoping, Mr. Holmes,
00:56:55that you may be able to shed some light on the occurrences that have puzzled us down here.
00:57:01Yes, but an investigator needs something more than legends and rumors.
00:57:04Oh, quite so.
00:57:06Give me a hand, will you, Watson?
00:57:08We'd better put this poor fellow in one of the huts till the morning.
00:57:10Oh, let me give you a hand.
00:57:11Oh, I think we can manage all right, thank you.
00:57:22Where's Sir Henry Barrowman?
00:57:23In the library, sir.
00:57:25Now, Barrowman, if your wife's still up,
00:57:27will you tell her Mr. Sherlock Holmes would like a word with her?
00:57:30Sherlock Holmes?
00:57:32Yes.
00:57:33Yes, sir.
00:57:41Sir Henry!
00:57:42Holmes!
00:57:43I'm glad to see you so well, Sir Henry.
00:57:45Why didn't you tell me Mr. Holmes was coming?
00:57:47Well, I was...
00:57:48Oh, he didn't know.
00:57:49We ran across each other in the village.
00:57:50I am glad to see you.
00:57:51What is it, Barrowman?
00:57:52Oh, I asked to see Mrs. Barrowman, if you don't mind, Sir Henry.
00:57:55Of course not.
00:57:57Come in, Mrs. Barrowman.
00:58:01I... I think you'd better sit down.
00:58:03Thank you, sir. I prefer to stand.
00:58:07I'm afraid I've some rather bad news for you.
00:58:10What is it?
00:58:12Well, it's going to be a bit of a shock.
00:58:14Oh.
00:58:16They've caught him.
00:58:18Your...
00:58:20Your brother.
00:58:24They'll hang him for sure.
00:58:27No, Mrs. Barrowman.
00:58:29He's beyond the law now.
00:58:31He's in more merciful hands.
00:58:38We came upon the poor fellow as we were crossing the moor.
00:58:41He must have missed his footing and fallen over the cliff.
00:58:43No further need, Barrowman, to signal to him from the window,
00:58:46or take food out to him,
00:58:48or give him Sir Henry's discarded clothes.
00:58:52God, Sir Henry.
00:58:54It was all my doing.
00:58:56Barrowman here wanted to tell you all along,
00:58:58so as you could notify the police.
00:59:00But he was my kin.
00:59:02My old kin.
00:59:04Even though he wasn't never any good.
00:59:07We understand.
00:59:08He won't hold it against Barrowman.
00:59:10Will you, Sir?
00:59:11Of course not.
00:59:13Now take her along and see that she's all right.
00:59:15Thank you, Sir.
00:59:17Thank you, Sir Henry.
00:59:25Well, it's nice to get that inn cleared up,
00:59:27for their sake as well as mine.
00:59:28It clears up everything, I think, Sir Henry.
00:59:30That poor devil must have been completely demented.
00:59:33He must have been.
00:59:34It clears up everything, I think, Sir Henry.
00:59:36That poor devil must have been completely demented.
00:59:38And that accounts for those dreadful noises
00:59:40that we've been hearing from time to time.
00:59:41Exactly.
00:59:42Your troubles are over, Sir Henry.
00:59:44I really am most grateful, Mr. Holmes.
00:59:46Oh, not at all.
00:59:47I've done little enough.
00:59:48But you can sleep peacefully in your bed now,
00:59:50and commence to lead the life of a happy country squire.
00:59:53Well, not for a little bit, I'm afraid.
00:59:55I'm off to Canada again.
00:59:56Canada?
00:59:57Barrow, Miss Stapleton and I are going to be married.
01:00:00Miss Stapleton?
01:00:01A very charming young lady.
01:00:03Congratulations.
01:00:04Everything's arranged.
01:00:05Her brother's giving us a farewell party tomorrow night.
01:00:08We'll be married in London the following day,
01:00:09and then off for a honeymoon to Canada.
01:00:11My congratulations too, Sir Henry.
01:00:13Thanks.
01:00:14What luck you're here.
01:00:15You and Dr. Watson will be with us tomorrow night.
01:00:17No, I'm sorry. I'm afraid I can't.
01:00:19I must hurry back to London,
01:00:21and so should you two, Watson.
01:00:22We'll have to report to the police here
01:00:23about that convict in the morning,
01:00:24but there's a train leaving early in the afternoon.
01:00:26Oh, what a pity.
01:00:27Barrow will be dreadfully disappointed.
01:00:29Now, we'll remedy that when you come up to London.
01:00:31You must...
01:00:33You must dine with us before you sail.
01:00:44Well, there's the old boy himself.
01:00:46Sir Hugo.
01:00:47Hugo, the beast of the Baskervilles.
01:00:49Not a bad bit of brushwork.
01:00:50By ransom, one of the minor painters.
01:00:52Oh, I don't imagine it's very valuable.
01:00:54I can't quite agree with you, Sir Henry.
01:00:57One day it might prove to be of the greatest value.
01:01:01Well, we must be going.
01:01:11There's still one or two little points, Holmes,
01:01:13that I can't for the life of me reconcile with your theory
01:01:15about that poor, demented convict.
01:01:17One or two little points?
01:01:18Surely you can't mean that he was in London three weeks ago,
01:01:21sent that letter, stole that boot?
01:01:23Of course not.
01:01:24And who the devil did?
01:01:25The same person who was responsible
01:01:26for the death of that convict last night,
01:01:28and will try again to murder Sir Henry tonight.
01:01:30Tonight?
01:01:31Unless my imagination has run away with itself,
01:01:33and I don't think that it has.
01:01:34Then why are we rushing up to London,
01:01:36leaving Sir Henry entirely unprotected?
01:01:38We're not, my dear Watson.
01:01:39We're just giving the impression of rushing up to London.
01:01:42In a minute and a half, we'll be in Oakhampton.
01:01:44There, we'll catch a train back to Dartmoor.
01:01:45And if my surmise is correct,
01:01:46we'll nab our man in the act.
01:01:47But if you know who it is,
01:01:48why all this round about Rigmarole?
01:01:50Why don't you have him arrested?
01:01:51Because I've no case.
01:01:52Not a shred of evidence that would hold him any court.
01:01:55The only way is to catch him red-handed.
01:01:57To catch him in such a way that there's no escape.
01:02:00No alibi.
01:02:02That means gambling with Sir Henry's life.
01:02:04But you can't possibly...
01:02:05Gambling to save his life.
01:02:07But we've got to take that chance.
01:02:10Otherwise, the shadow of sudden death
01:02:12will be forever hanging over his head,
01:02:13and sooner or later...
01:02:15Here we are, Oakhampton.
01:02:18And may you both spend the rest of your years together
01:02:21in happy contentment.
01:02:23Hear, hear.
01:02:25And now I want to thank you all
01:02:27for the kindness that you've shown a stranger.
01:02:29And when Beryl and I return,
01:02:31I want you to know that you'll always be welcome
01:02:33at Baskerville Hall.
01:02:35Thank you, Sir Henry.
01:02:36It's going to be lonely for you, Mr. Stapleton,
01:02:38with Beryl gone.
01:02:39Yes, indeed it will, Mrs. Mortimer.
01:02:41I shall be more dependent than ever upon you,
01:02:44my neighbors.
01:02:45Don't count upon me, sir.
01:02:47In my opinion, you're a body-snatcher.
01:02:49And until the courts have decreed otherwise,
01:02:51I want nothing whatsoever to do with you.
01:02:53Oh, Mr. Franklin.
01:03:00I say, driver, can't we go a little faster?
01:03:02I'm doing the best I can, sir.
01:03:11You idiot!
01:03:12We said go faster, not break our necks!
01:03:16How far is it to Baskerville Hall?
01:03:18It's five miles by road, sir,
01:03:20but if you want to cut over the moor,
01:03:22it's only about three.
01:03:23Here you are.
01:03:24Come on, Watson, quick.
01:03:25Thank you, sir.
01:03:28It's been a wonderful evening, Stapleton.
01:03:30Well, glad you could be with us, Mortimer.
01:03:34Take this brooch, my dear,
01:03:36and wear it on your wedding dress.
01:03:38It belonged to my great-grandmother.
01:03:40Something old, something new.
01:03:43You know.
01:03:44Oh, that's so sweet of you, Mrs. Mortimer.
01:03:46Thank you so much.
01:03:47And come back to us soon, both of you.
01:03:50We will.
01:03:52May I offer you a lift, my lad?
01:03:54It's such a beautiful night, Mr. Franklin.
01:03:56I think I'll walk, thank you.
01:03:57Merely a gesture of hospitality.
01:03:59Reject it if you like.
01:04:01Get up there!
01:04:04You're not going to cross the moor alone, Sir Henry.
01:04:06Why not?
01:04:07There's nothing to fear anymore.
01:04:09We can't be sure.
01:04:11Oh, but I have Mr. Sherlock Holmes' own word for it.
01:04:13Come along, James.
01:04:17Good night, Sir Henry.
01:04:18Good night, Mrs. Mortimer.
01:04:20And the best of luck to you both.
01:04:29Good night.
01:04:30Good night.
01:04:34I wish you'd let Mr. Franklin drive you home.
01:04:36I wanted to stay and say good night to you.
01:04:40This is our last good night.
01:04:42From tomorrow on, there won't be any more, ever.
01:04:45Tomorrow we'll be away from this place.
01:04:47I wish it were now.
01:04:48So do I.
01:04:50Oh, now, don't be silly.
01:04:57Good night, Beryl.
01:04:58Good night, dear.
01:05:16Well, was it a nice party?
01:05:18Wonderful.
01:05:19I enjoyed everything, and most of all, you.
01:05:21Jack, I haven't said very much about going away, but you know how I feel.
01:05:25Yes, of course.
01:05:26It had to be.
01:05:27Well, you won't be too dreadfully lonely, will you?
01:05:29Well, I shall have my work and...
01:05:31Henry and I'll be back before you even know it.
01:05:33Yes, of course you will.
01:05:34Well, you'd better go to bed now.
01:05:36You've got a big day ahead of you tomorrow.
01:05:38Good night, Jack.
01:05:39Good night, dear.
01:05:49Good night.
01:06:19Good night.
01:06:49Good night.
01:07:19Good night.
01:07:50Over there.
01:07:51We'll head him off.
01:08:01Jack!
01:08:06Where are you?
01:08:19Jack!
01:08:49Jack!
01:09:19Jack!
01:09:49Jack!
01:10:19Jack!
01:10:42He's coming too.
01:10:46You'll be all right, old man.
01:10:49Watson.
01:10:50Yes, old Jack.
01:10:55Mr. Holmes?
01:10:56Yes.
01:10:58What... what... what was it?
01:11:01We've got to get him home quickly.
01:11:05Can you manage him alone?
01:11:06Yes.
01:11:07Because I've got things to do.
01:11:09Help get his arm round my shoulder.
01:11:14I'm all right.
01:11:19I'm all right.
01:11:49I'm all right.
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01:13:49Are you all right, Dan?
01:13:50I'm all right.
01:13:51I'm all right.
01:13:52It's pretty painful, I know.
01:13:53But it won't take much longer.
01:13:54Go on, it doesn't hurt.
01:13:55Now, Mrs. Barryman, some gauze, please.
01:13:56I've just heard the dreadful news.
01:13:59Thank heavens you're safe.
01:14:00Is he all right?
01:14:01Well, now we know for certain that this is no legend.
01:14:05No myth.
01:14:06There really is a hound.
01:14:07Was a hound?
01:14:08Yes.
01:14:09Mr. Holmes told me.
01:14:10I ran into him across the moor.
01:14:11He asked me to send you to him at once.
01:14:13It was a matter of great importance.
01:14:15He said he'd wait for you at the spot where the beast was killed.
01:14:18I must finish here first. This poor boy's taken a terrific beating.
01:14:23Well, I can carry on for you, Doctor. I'm a bit of a doctor myself, you know.
01:14:27Do you think you could manage?
01:14:28Yes, I'm sure I could. I think you really ought to go, Dr. Watson.
01:14:32Mr. Holmes was most urgent.
01:14:34Oh, really?
01:14:40I shall need some hot water, Mrs. Baderman.
01:14:43Oh, I want it boiling, please.
01:14:44Yes, sir.
01:14:51It must have been a terrifying experience, Sir Henry. Terrifying.
01:14:55It was. It was indeed.
01:14:57Yes, I can see you're still weak from loss of blood.
01:15:00I can't say I feel any too well.
01:15:04Here, drink this, Sir Henry. You'll feel much stronger.
01:15:06I'll see to your other bandages after.
01:15:15Oh, it may taste a little bitter, but don't mind that.
01:15:20Sir Henry!
01:15:25Well.
01:15:27Feeling better?
01:15:28Yes, thanks.
01:15:29I say, that's uncomfortably close to your eye, isn't it?
01:15:31Another one on this side?
01:15:33Huh? Well, well, well.
01:15:37Oh, I'm terribly sorry. That was clumsy of me.
01:15:40It was only a bit of a tonic. Sir Henry's lost considerable blood.
01:15:43Yes?
01:15:44Henry!
01:15:45Henry!
01:15:46I'm all right, darling.
01:15:48Oh, no, you're not.
01:15:49We heard those dreadful noises on the way home.
01:15:51It's a mercy he's alive.
01:15:52I owe you an apology, Sir Henry, for jeopardizing your life.
01:15:55Jeopardizing? But you saved my life.
01:15:58But there was no possible way for me to foretell the fog.
01:16:01And I must apologize, too, for deceiving you last night.
01:16:03When I told you that your troubles were over, I knew that they weren't.
01:16:06But if I hadn't cleared out, the crisis which came tonight...
01:16:08...would have been indefinitely postponed with the shadow of death hanging over you.
01:16:12And over you, too, Miss Dabledon.
01:16:16You knew this was going to happen?
01:16:18How could you know?
01:16:21The person who wanted to snuff out your life, Sir Henry...
01:16:25...was the same one who plotted to kill your uncle.
01:16:28He wanted to get you both out of the way...
01:16:29...so that he could lay claim to this place, to the whole Baskerville estate.
01:16:33In tracing back his lineage...
01:16:36...he discovered not only that he was the next of kin...
01:16:38...but also learned of that old legend about the hound.
01:16:41So he brought the hound to life...
01:16:43...by the simple expedient of buying the most savage dog that he could find...
01:16:46...and hiding it here on the moor until he needed it.
01:16:49If he had succeeded tonight...
01:16:51...the blame would have fallen on the legendary monster.
01:16:54And no possible suspicion would have been attached to him.
01:16:58A most ingenious device.
01:17:00And I'm quite sure that he would have had no difficulty...
01:17:02...in proving his claim to Baskerville Hall and all that goes with it.
01:17:07The most amazing instance of a throwback that I've ever seen.
01:17:17And you can see for yourself.
01:17:18Stapleton!
01:17:19One move and I'll shoot.
01:17:22Jack!
01:17:22You two, stay where you are.
01:17:23You're under arrest, Stapleton...
01:17:25...for the murder of Sir Charles Baskerville...
01:17:26...the murder of a convict and the attempted murder of Sir Henry.
01:17:29You can't arrest me, hose.
01:17:31Now, one move from any of you and I'll blast you all to kingdom come.
01:17:37So sorry, old boy.
01:17:44What's the matter, old man?
01:17:46What's the matter?
01:17:47That's our man.
01:17:49Stapleton, the murderer?
01:17:51He won't get very far.
01:17:52I've posted constables on both the roads...
01:17:54...and the only other way...
01:17:56...is across the Grimpen Mire.
01:18:07I'm so sorry, Miss Stapleton.
01:18:09I wish I could have spared you this.
01:18:14Well, that officially closes the case, Sir Henry...
01:18:18...and a very interesting case for your annals, Watson.
01:18:20An ordinary dog, an ingenious criminal...
01:18:22...and a more ingenious detective.
01:18:24I owe you a tremendous debt of gratitude.
01:18:26Oh, we all do, Sir Henry.
01:18:30Mr. Holmes, we've admired you in the past...
01:18:32...as does everybody else.
01:18:34We've admired you in the past, as does every Englishman.
01:18:37Your record as our greatest detective is known throughout the world.
01:18:40But this, seeing how you work...
01:18:43...knowing that there is in England such a man as you...
01:18:45...gives us all a sense of safety and security.
01:18:49God bless you, Mr. Holmes.
01:18:50Thank you, Dr. Mortimer. Thank you.
01:18:54Now, if you don't mind, I've had rather a strenuous day.
01:18:57I think I'll turn in.
01:18:58Of course.
01:18:59Good night.
01:19:00Good night.
01:19:01Good night, Mr. Holmes.
01:19:03Oh, Watson, the needle.
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