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The enigmatic, sinister Mr. Shaitana, one of London's richest men, invites 8 guests, 4 of them possible murderers and 4 detectives to his opulent apartment. Starring: David Suchet, James Alper, Philip Bowen, Zoë Wanamaker.
The enigmatic, sinister Mr. Shaitana, one of London's richest men, invites 8 guests, 4 of them possible murderers and 4 detectives to his opulent apartment. Starring: David Suchet, James Alper, Philip Bowen, Zoë Wanamaker.
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00:00We really must try and broaden your horizons a little.
00:24Some of these pieces are terribly revealing.
00:27Princess, what do you make of that?
00:31I do not know what to make of it, Mother Marabou.
00:33Not symmetrical enough for you?
00:47Oh, look. It's Mr. Shertaner.
00:51What is he? An Armenian? A Greek?
00:55No one knows. All that is known is that he is one of the richest men in London.
01:00He gives me the jitters.
01:08Mind if I make myself scarce?
01:16My dear Monsieur Poirot.
01:18Monsieur Shertaner, good day.
01:21How nice to see you.
01:23Not hanging or guillotining much at present.
01:27Is it off-season for the criminals, or is our little gallery about to be robbed?
01:31Oh, alas, Monsieur, no, no. I am here purely in my private capacity.
01:35But I see that you yourself have lent a few pieces.
01:38Oh, one picks up trifles here and there.
01:41I have a few interesting objects I could show you.
01:44I dare say I could even produce one or two things in your line, Poirot.
01:48Ah, so you have then your private black museum.
01:51Oh, no, no, no. I don't collect the artifacts of crime.
01:55The murderer's hammer, the poisoner's cup.
01:58I collect only the finest objects of their kind.
02:02And what do you consider to be the finest objects, artistically speaking, in crime?
02:08Why, the human beings who commit them, Monsieur.
02:49It is modelled on the Alhambra.
02:52In Pontefract?
02:54In Spain.
02:56Oh, I thought you meant the picture house. Sorry.
02:58Monsieur Hercule Poirot.
03:00My dear Monsieur Poirot.
03:02Come in, come in. How simply divine to see you.
03:06Monsieur Scherzaner.
03:08I don't know if you know the famous painting of the Alhambra.
03:12Come in. How simply divine to see you.
03:15Monsieur Scherzaner.
03:17I don't know if you know the famous Mrs Oliver.
03:19Ah, yes, of course I do. Enchanté, madame.
03:22Hello, Poirot.
03:23I did not realise you accepted this kind of invitation, madame.
03:26Oh, well, Monsieur Scherzaner can be awfully persuasive.
03:29We met at a literary dinner. Mrs Oliver was the guest of honour.
03:32Oh, yes, it was the crime writers' circle, wasn't it?
03:35Come to think of it, what were you doing there?
03:38You're acquainted with Superintendent Wheeler?
03:41Of course. Please to excuse me. Superintendent.
03:44Nice to see you again, Poirot.
03:46And you.
03:47Is it really vast, the Amazon?
03:49Oh, yes, in some parts it's 30 miles wide, you know.
03:52Goodness. That's much bigger than the Thames, isn't it?
03:57Do you know Mr Scherzaner well, Colonel Hughes?
04:00No, not at all.
04:02Rather surprised to be invited, as a matter of fact.
04:05Do you know him?
04:07I know that he likes to be different.
04:11Probably went to the wrong kind of school, then.
04:14Colonel Hughes. Excuse us.
04:16Come and meet Major Despard.
04:18I rather think you've both been on safari.
04:24Now, there's a good boy.
04:26Do you know anyone here, mother?
04:28No, I don't know a soul.
04:30But I've made a few inquiries.
04:32We?
04:33Yes.
04:34That little thing is Anne Meredith.
04:37A country mouse, up to town.
04:39The dashing Major can't keep his eyes off her.
04:41As a matter of fact, I've got his book on my shelf.
04:44Oh, what's it called?
04:45Amazonian Idle.
04:47I haven't read it yet, but I intend to.
04:49Because I'm planning to send Sven up the jungle.
04:51Sven?
04:53Sven Herxen.
04:55My detective.
04:57Fictional, of course.
05:00I've no idea who the older lady is, Mrs Lorimer.
05:03But she and the young one have been throwing glances at each other in the most odd manner.
05:10Who's the policeman?
05:13Superintendent Wheeler of Scotland Yard.
05:16Bowel trouble, that would be my guess.
05:19And your friend, from the Foreign Office?
05:21That is Colonel Hughes.
05:23Secret Service, is he?
05:25Je ne sais pas.
05:27Hmm.
05:29Seems our Mr Shaytan is a little bit crime-minded, shall we say?
05:34His most curious taste.
05:36One never knows what he's going to find amusing.
05:39It might be something... cruel.
05:42You mean, peut-être, like the fox hunting?
05:45No, I meant something more... oriental.
05:50Dr Roberts.
05:52Good to see you, Shaytan. I'm not late, am I?
05:54An elderly patient called me out.
05:56She thought she had a tumour. I thought she was depressed.
05:58And what did you prescribe?
05:59Champagne and oysters at Wilton's. She'll be right as rain by tomorrow.
06:02Remind me never to go to him if I'm poorly.
06:05I imagine, Mrs Oliver, that Major Despard would know a suitable method.
06:09He spent time under canvas, after all.
06:12Know any good poisons, Despard?
06:14Well, there's curare, I suppose.
06:16My dear man, that's terribly old-fashioned.
06:18You must know something more obscure than that.
06:20I mean, something new and totally untraceable.
06:25Well, the truth is that primitive tribes tend not to be conversant with the latest fashions.
06:29They tend to stick with what their grandfathers used.
06:31Oh. I should have thought they were always experimenting with herbs and sap and so forth.
06:37In real life, Mrs Oliver, people normally use arsenic because it's nice and handy.
06:41Oh, drivel. You're only saying that because there's a vast amount of crime Scotland Yard's never even heard of.
06:47Now, if you had a woman in charge...
06:49A woman?
06:50And why not?
06:51Women know about crime.
06:53As a matter of fact, that's true. Women are usually highly successful criminals.
06:56They keep their heads. They brazen things out.
06:58Typically, a woman's weapon is poison, is it not, Poirot?
07:03Oui. Often, oui.
07:06There must be a tremendous number of women poisoners who have never been found out.
07:11You're absolutely right.
07:12Of course, a doctor also has many opportunities of that sort.
07:16Oh, Mr Shaytaner, I must protest. When we poison our patients, it's entirely by accident.
07:22If I were to commit a crime, I should like to keep it very simple.
07:27An accident, perhaps. A shooting accident, for example, or a domestic accident.
07:34One of the little tragedies never gets reported.
07:38But then who am I to pontificate with so many experts present?
07:54It is my passion.
07:58I always take one of my very special guests.
08:03Are we ready?
08:05The last time I was in Egypt, I met a friend of yours, a Mrs Craddock.
08:08Oh, you knew poor Mrs Craddock.
08:11Hurry up, old boy. Can't keep smiling forever.
08:14Stand still, everyone.
08:17Now, I know that Mrs Lorimer plays.
08:22Do you play bridge, Miss Meredith?
08:24Yes, I'm not frightfully good.
08:26Major Despard?
08:27Yes, I do.
08:28Doctor? Excellent, excellent.
08:32Now, supposing you four sit here. Drinks are on the sideboard. Do please help yourselves.
08:38And we're going to play a game.
08:40Now, supposing you four sit here. Drinks are on the sideboard. Do please help yourselves.
08:45And when we've all enjoyed our lovely game of cards, I shall have a rather special announcement to make.
08:50Are you getting married?
08:52No. It's a secret.
08:54Oh, I do love a secret.
09:01And this is for you.
09:06Well, one of us must drop out.
09:08Oh, no, no. I don't play. I never have. I do not find it sufficiently thrilling.
09:14One heart.
09:15Pass.
09:18Three clubs.
09:20Three spades.
09:22Four hearts.
09:25Doubled.
09:28No bid.
09:30Pass.
09:32Four hearts, then. Doubled.
09:34So I'm dummy.
09:36Oui.
09:57Thank you very much, partner.
10:00It's jolly curious.
10:02Here are the four of us, and we're all, well, for want of a better word, sloots.
10:09So who are those four in there?
10:12Criminals.
10:13They don't look like criminals.
10:16Most criminals don't look like criminals, Mrs Oliver.
10:21One, no trump.
10:23Three hearts.
10:25No bid.
10:27Four hearts.
10:31Doubled.
10:33Pass.
10:34Pass.
10:36Pass.
10:39No bid.
10:41Four hearts.
10:43Doubled.
10:45Pass.
10:46Pass.
10:48Pass.
10:51Pass.
10:59Three clubs.
11:01Three spades.
11:03Doubled.
11:05One heart.
11:12Pass.
11:13Pass.
11:14Pass.
11:16Five diamonds, game and rubber. Good for you, partner.
11:20It's ten past twelve. Time for another?
11:22No, no, no. I'm a family man. You'll have to excuse me.
11:25Aye, you also must go.
11:26Well, I'm afraid, Mrs Oliver, we're all up and you're down.
11:32All I did was follow my instincts.
11:34I don't know what went wrong tonight.
11:37How much is it?
11:42Got to be going, Shaytana.
11:44Three clubs.
11:46Double three clubs.
11:49Three, no trumps.
11:52Double three, no trumps.
11:53Damned, if he hasn't fallen asleep.
11:56Miss Shaytana.
12:06I say, Porro.
12:15Come on.
12:29Colonel Hughes.
12:42My God.
12:43Ladies and gentlemen, could I have your attention for a moment?
12:46I'm very sorry to have to inform you that Mr Shaytana is dead.
12:52Dead?
12:53Are you sure? Let me check the man's pulse.
12:55Dr Roberts, please stay where you are.
12:56No, let me have a look at him. He may just have fainted.
12:58He hasn't fainted.
13:00He's been murdered.
13:01Murdered?
13:03Stabbed through the heart.
13:04Stabbed through the heart.
13:10Why should I be interested in the murderer who is caught?
13:13He's a poor specimen. A failure, by definition.
13:16No, for me, only the best.
13:18And the best it is?
13:20My dear fellow, the ones who get away with it.
13:28Have I shocked your bourgeois sensibility?
13:32It is true I have a thoroughly bourgeois attitude to murder.
13:35But a murderer can be an artiste, no?
13:37Oui.
13:39But he's still a murderer.
13:41Ah, Poirot.
13:44I understand.
13:46You must adopt this mentality because if the murderer gets away with it, where does that leave you?
13:54So no butler and no servants.
13:56No.
13:57No one came in and no one went out.
14:00Well, we're agreed then.
14:01One of that card party must have killed him.
14:03One of those people, a murderer? Impossible.
14:06What do you think, Poirot?
14:09Well, I think this murder, it was not planned.
14:11I think Sheertaner says something or does something which causes someone to panic.
14:18He said he was going to reveal a secret.
14:22So somebody gets the wind up, I think.
14:24If I were you, I'd arrest that doctor at once.
14:26As soon as I saw him, my instinct told me he was a bad man.
14:28Well, if we had a woman at the head of Scotland Yard, I dare say we would.
14:31But because we only have men, we sort of have to arrive rather more slowly at our destination.
14:35Right.
14:36Let's get him in.
14:42Mrs. Oliver.
14:44Oh, please.
14:45May I stay?
14:46No, no, no, that would be irregular, Mrs. Oliver.
14:48But I lost three pound seven shillings at Bridge, right next door to a murderer.
14:54Oh, please.
14:58No interruptions, right?
15:02O'Connor.
15:03Sir.
15:04Send in Dr. Roberts.
15:06Sir.
15:10I'd have kept him till last.
15:12Sorry, sorry.
15:14In a book, I mean.
15:15Real life is a little different.
15:17Yes.
15:18Badly constructed.
15:21Well, Sheertaner amused me.
15:23He was such a bizarre fellow, wasn't he?
15:26But I had no reason for killing him, and I didn't kill him.
15:30Dr. Roberts, tax your memory carefully,
15:34and tell me how many times you left your seat at the bridge table.
15:37Well, we began to play at 9.30, didn't we?
15:40About an hour later, I stoked the fire.
15:44A short time after that, I brought drinks for the ladies,
15:47and then about half-past eleven, I should say,
15:50I got up again to make myself a whiskey and soda.
15:52And Sheertaner, to the best of your belief, was asleep?
15:54Yes.
15:55You couldn't see him clearly from your table?
15:58Look, when you're playing bridge, you're playing bridge.
16:00You're not peering around, noticing what's going on.
16:02The only person who might be doing that is Dummy.
16:05Dr. Roberts, just give me your opinion, man to man.
16:10Who did it?
16:12Well, it doesn't seem to me likely that the women are in on it.
16:16But that despot, he'd take a risk.
16:18And it was a hell of a risk, wasn't it?
16:21Look, come...
16:24Go ahead. It's been fingerprinted.
16:27It's nothing.
16:29A tool.
16:31Absolutely made for murder.
16:33Going like butter, that wood. Whose was it?
16:35It was Sheertaner's.
16:37It lay on the table by the door.
16:39Stand still, everyone.
16:43Dr. Roberts, do you have a regular bridge partner?
16:46No, I'm not that serious about it, but I like the game.
16:49May I ask of you for your opinion of your companions tonight?
16:53House guard players.
16:54Well, Mrs. Lorimer's first class.
16:56I bet she makes a tidy income out of bridge.
16:58Despot's a good player, too.
17:00What I call a sound player.
17:03Long-headed chap.
17:05Miss Meredith you might describe as safe.
17:08She's not brilliant, but she doesn't make mistakes.
17:11And of you yourself?
17:13Well, I over-call my hand a bit, or so they say.
17:16But I've always found it pays.
17:19Especially where the ladies are concerned.
17:24I got up only once when I was dummy.
17:27I went to the fire.
17:30Mr. Sheertaner was still alive then.
17:33Dr. Roberts poured me a drink.
17:36He also poured himself one later.
17:39Major Despot also went to fetch a drink.
17:44Yes, the men moved about a good deal.
17:47I wasn't really paying much attention.
17:50Miss Meredith didn't leave her seat at all.
17:53She didn't get up once?
17:55It sounds unlikely.
17:57Superintendent Wheeler, I quite realize that one of the four people in that room must be guilty.
18:01Naturally, I don't expect you to simply take my word that I'm not that person.
18:05But you'll kindly not imply that I tell lies.
18:11Did you know Sheertaner well?
18:13Yes, I'd known Mr. Sheertaner for some time.
18:18I met him in Egypt at the Mina Palace Hotel.
18:21It is my hobby.
18:24I thought him...
18:26Well, I may as well say it.
18:30A charlatan.
18:33I thought him a poser and rather theatrical and irritating.
18:37But I had no motive to wish him out of the way.
18:40It's really a matter of indifference to me whether he's alive or dead.
18:44Will you take a look at this, please, Mrs. Lorimer?
18:49It's a stiletto.
18:52Now, I hope you realize that with a weapon like that, a woman could do the trick just as easily as a man.
18:58Yes, I'm sure she could.
19:05Which of the other people do you consider to be the most likely?
19:08Superintendent, that is an improper question and I have no intention of answering it.
19:14We've been through the place thoroughly. Can't find anything at all.
19:18But I'll get that photograph developed, sir, shall I?
19:21Yes.
19:28What should I do, Poirot?
19:30There may be something in the way that the players kept the scores.
19:35Well, now, this is the first rubber.
19:39You'll notice that the figures are neat and small and it is that of Mademoiselle Anne Meredith.
19:45Now, the next...
19:47Now, this score is not so easy to follow because it is kept in the style of cancellation.
19:52But it does tell us something about Major Despard,
19:56a man who likes to know all of the time where he stands.
20:00Oh, by the way, Superintendent,
20:02I could not help but notice that in the bottom of the glass belonging to Monsieur Chayetana,
20:06there's a little residue.
20:09I can't...
20:13Now, this next rubber...
20:16This is...
20:17This is that by Madame Lorimer.
20:19You'll notice that the handwriting is graceful but firm,
20:22and it is she and Dr Roberts against the other two.
20:24There's definitely something there, sir. Can't tell what it is.
20:27Well, let's get it analysed, then.
20:29And regarding 1,500 points in one hand,
20:32c'est formidable, hein?
20:34Now, this is the unfinished rubber.
20:37You will notice that the scores there are much lower
20:39because now that Dr Roberts sees partnering Mademoiselle Meredith,
20:43and she is a player of most timidness, ma'am.
20:47I live at Wendham Cottage, Wallingford.
20:50So how well did you know Mr Chayetana?
20:52I didn't know him well at all.
20:55I thought him a most frightening man.
20:57That awful smile.
21:00And he had a way of bending over you as if he intended to bite you.
21:04Yes.
21:06Where did you meet?
21:07We met in Switzerland during the winter sports about nine months ago.
21:11Hello.
21:12He'd cut marvellous figures on the ice.
21:14I don't suppose you'd care to come to an apres ski.
21:18They were fun.
21:19The parties.
21:20But he wasn't.
21:23He's a shivery kind of chap.
21:26Now then, about tonight, my dear.
21:29Did you leave your seat at all?
21:32I don't think so.
21:37I may have done once.
21:39I looked at the other players' hands.
21:41So you left your seat once?
21:43Yes.
21:45But you stayed by the table?
21:46Yes.
21:48All the time?
21:49No, no.
21:50I...
21:51I...
21:54I think I walked about.
21:57You walked about?
21:59To the fire, perhaps?
22:00No.
22:02No, I...
22:03I didn't.
22:05I didn't get up at all.
22:08I'm sorry, Miss Meredith.
22:09I know that you're nervous, but you really must try and tell me the truth.
22:12All right?
22:15So you walked about?
22:17Yes.
22:18Did you walk in the direction of Mr. Shaytana?
22:20When he was by the fire?
22:21Yes.
22:22No.
22:23You're quite sure?
22:24I honestly don't remember.
22:25Honestly.
22:26So who do you think killed him?
22:28I can't believe anyone did.
22:30Someone did, Mademoiselle.
22:33And they used this.
22:37It's all so awful.
22:40I...
22:47My sergeant will get you a taxi, my dear.
22:50Now, listen.
22:52Take a couple of aspirin.
22:54Try and get some sleep, all right?
22:56Off you go.
23:00Such a wonderful fatherly heir we love.
23:04Yes, well, I...
23:05I do have children, you know.
23:07Besides...
23:08She's only a slip of the thing.
23:11Now, look at this.
23:17Mademoiselle Meredith keeps the scores.
23:21She turns over the card.
23:23She draws the line.
23:25And uses the back.
23:27So?
23:28So she understands poverty, mon ami.
23:31She knows what it is to have nothing.
23:33I had every motive for disliking Shaytana.
23:36For disliking him, not for killing him.
23:38And what were your motives for disliking him, Major?
23:41He dressed like a...
23:43Well, you know.
23:46And the perfume.
23:48And yet you accepted his invitation to dinner.
23:51Were I only to dine in houses where I proved to my host,
23:53I wouldn't eat out much, I'm afraid.
23:55Don't you like London society?
23:57What we call civilization.
24:00Only for very short periods.
24:02To come back from abroad to well-lit rooms.
24:05Beautiful women in beautiful clothes.
24:07Yes, it's pleasant for a time.
24:10But after a while, it pulls.
24:13The insincerity sickens me.
24:16I want to be off again.
24:18I know what you mean.
24:21Must be a dangerous life you lead.
24:24Less dangerous than Shaytana's, by the look of it.
24:26Well, yes, I think he did lead a fairly dangerous life.
24:28You mean because he meddled in other people's lives?
24:30No, because he meddled with other people's women.
24:33Didn't he?
24:34I don't think desirable women would take a...
24:36mountebank like that very seriously.
24:39How did you meet him?
24:40He paid handsomely to accompany me on one of my expeditions.
24:46Could you describe any of the other people's movements this evening?
24:50Well, everyone got up at one time or another.
24:52No doubt I can be too specific.
24:54I remember when Mrs. Lorimer went to the fire and...
24:57said,
24:58said something to Mr. Shaytana.
25:01It was a delicious meal, Mr. Shaytana.
25:04I have no idea whether he's still alive or not.
25:07Who do you think killed him?
25:09Well, I know I didn't.
25:11Miss Meredith didn't.
25:14Mrs. Lorimer reminds me of one of my God-fearing aunts.
25:18She didn't.
25:20That leaves the medical gentleman.
25:22But why did Shaytana invite them here?
25:25He invited them here because he believed one of them to be a murderer.
25:31So, what do you say?
25:34That he invited a killer to dinner?
25:39When?
25:42Shaytana was a collector.
25:44He collected the fantastic and the unusual.
25:47He was a great collector.
25:49He collected the fantastic and the unusual.
25:52I think he invited to dinner four people who might have been killers.
25:56Looks like he was right in one case at least.
26:00But he can only have suspected these people.
26:03I mean, he could have been sure.
26:05He believed he brought to dinner someone who committed murder.
26:08The question, it is why.
26:10There must be a tremendous number of women poisoners...
26:13who have never been found out.
26:15A doctor also has plenty of opportunities of that sort.
26:18Mr. Shaytana, I must protest.
26:21When we poison our patients, it's entirely by accident.
26:26If I were to commit a crime, I should like to keep it very simple.
26:31An accident, perhaps. A shooting accident, for example.
26:35Or a domestic accident.
26:38One of the little tragedies.
26:40Never gets reported.
26:42Those words shot home to one person.
26:45A person who had already killed.
26:47So if we can find a victim, we can find a hallmark too.
26:52What do you mean?
26:54He means that man is an unoriginal animal.
26:56Really? Women are capable of infinite variety.
26:59Have you never written the same plot twice?
27:02Mr. Wheeler, please.
27:03Lotus murder, death of a debutante.
27:05Ah, you've read them, have you?
27:06Oui, bien sûr. And I have noticed several inaccuracies.
27:09I know, I know.
27:10I made sulfonyl soluble in water, and it isn't.
27:13Mother.
27:15Eh bien, what we are searching for is a murderer who is impulsive.
27:19Who will seize the opportunity, whatever the risk.
27:22Which one of them would do that?
27:38I don't think you'll find many chaps who'll say a word against me.
27:42No indiscretions?
27:44Well, if there were, I've been very discreet about them.
27:47Chassez la femme.
27:49I think you'll find my records clear, Colonel.
27:51Then you won't mind me having a word with some of the fellows from your former regiment?
27:56Rake around in the manure as much as you like.
27:59You won't find buried treasure.
28:06I'm unmarried. My parents are dead.
28:09I live here with the cook, parlor maid, housemaid.
28:12My secretary comes in daily.
28:14I make a good income, and I only kill a reasonable number of my patients.
28:19How many?
28:20I beg your pardon?
28:22How many have you killed?
28:24Look, I know you can get a warrant easily enough.
28:27Miss Burgess, come in, please.
28:33Miss Burgess, this is Superintendent Wheeler.
28:35Please take him into the office and let him go through anything he likes.
28:38Yes, Doctor.
28:40Excuse us, Poirot.
28:41Oui.
28:47Doctor, I have here the first three rubbers from the other evening.
28:56And I wonder if you could tell to me exactly how it went each hand.
29:03How could I possibly be expected to do that?
29:06I bet you have.
29:08For example, in the first game, there must have been a game called in hearts or spades.
29:14Or they could not have gone down 30, could they?
29:19Let me see.
29:21Yes, I think they went out in spades.
29:25Exactement.
29:26You see what is possible with the powers of deduction?
29:29So the next hand, c'est loupé.
29:31Really, Poirot, you can't expect me to remember the whole evening.
29:34You can remember nothing at all?
29:35Well, I got a grand slam, but otherwise...
29:39My dear sir, there was a murder.
29:41Oui, d'accord.
29:42D'accord.
29:46So, you never saw his name in the society pages, then?
29:50Shaitana.
29:51I do not read the society pages.
29:53I have better things to do.
29:58What is it you're looking for?
30:00Well, we've had malicious accusations, you see, and they've got to be investigated.
30:06Has someone said something against the doctor?
30:08Well, probably nothing, but I have to follow it up, you see, Miss Burgess.
30:15Especially when it concerns a patient.
30:18It's a lady patient.
30:21Someone's got hold of the Craddock story, haven't they?
30:24Yes, yes, I'm afraid that they have.
30:27They have.
30:28It would be, what, about five years ago now?
30:30More like three.
30:32Look, Dr Roberts is a thoroughly decent man,
30:36but decent men can suffer at the hands of hysterical women.
30:39And that's what she was, hysterical.
30:41And a nymphomaniac, too.
30:45Bloody hell.
30:46And now, Doctor, if you would be so kind as to describe to me the contents of the role in which you play.
30:52Contents of the room?
30:53Oui.
30:54Aha, I see. Psychology.
30:58Well, there was a lot of fancy furniture.
30:59No, no, no, no. Please, to be precise.
31:03There was a large settee upholstered in gold damask brocade.
31:08Oui.
31:09Four or five large chairs.
31:12Several Persian rugs.
31:14Oh, a pair of carved French consul tables.
31:18I feel like an auctioneer.
31:20A beautiful Chinese cabinet.
31:23Some jewellery. I don't know much about that.
31:26Grand piano.
31:28Some Japanese ivory netsuke on a table.
31:32Some Mice and Monkey figures.
31:34And one or two pieces of Battersea enamel.
31:38Bravo, bravo.
31:43Well, well, Dr Roberts.
31:45Your secretary let slip that we're so unpleasant business with a party name of Craddock.
31:49Not so long ago.
31:50Ah.
31:53I can see I'm going to have to come clean.
31:56That would be advisable, sir.
31:58Dorothy Craddock was a patient of mine.
32:01Earache, initially.
32:04But then things got out of hand.
32:08It's not just my ears.
32:10Lots of other parts of me ache as well.
32:13Which, candidly, was good sport for a while.
32:16Of course, there was a husband in the background.
32:20Always is.
32:21I begged her to divorce him and marry me, but she wouldn't. She just wouldn't.
32:27And we had the devil of a fight.
32:35Can we talk to this Mrs Craddock?
32:38No, I'm afraid not. She's dead.
32:40Dead?
32:41Yes.
32:43In the end, we called it a day.
32:45And Dottie took herself off to Egypt, to recover.
32:49And whilst there, she developed septicemia, somehow. I don't know how.
32:54And they didn't treat her very well, and she...
32:58Well, she died.
33:00Septicemia?
33:01The poisoning of the blood.
33:04It was a damn shame.
33:07Oh, Dottie.
33:19Hello?
33:42Hello?
33:43Anyone home?
34:13Hello there.
34:15Oh, hello.
34:17Oh, I see, I see. Watch out.
34:20How do you do, Miss Meredith? You remember me, don't you?
34:22Yes, of course.
34:23This is my friend, Miss Dawes. Rhoda.
34:25This is Mrs Oliver.
34:27The Mrs Oliver?
34:29Ariadne Oliver?
34:32I am your biggest fan.
34:33Oh, thank you.
34:35I'm so happy to see you.
34:36I'm so happy to see you.
34:37I'm so happy to see you.
34:39I'm so happy to see you.
34:40I'm so happy to see you.
34:41I am your biggest fan, honestly.
34:46I don't know what you think, but I haven't the least doubt it was the Doctor.
34:50What was his name?
34:52Roberts.
34:53That's it. A Welsh name.
34:55Never trust the Welsh.
34:58I had a Welsh nanny. One day she took me to Harrogate and left me there.
35:02It was very unstable.
35:04Anyway, never mind her.
35:05Roberts did it. That's the point.
35:07What we have to do is put our heads together and prove it.
35:11I do beg your pardon.
35:13You're just so different from what I imagined.
35:16A disappointment, I expect.
35:17Oh, don't worry. I'm used to it.
35:19But why would Roberts want to kill Shaytana?
35:22Have you any idea?
35:23Ideas? Ideas?
35:24I have at least five.
35:26For example,
35:28say,
35:29Shaytana was a money lender.
35:30Roberts was in his clutches.
35:31Or, Shaytana ruined his daughter.
35:34Or his sister.
35:35He had a sister.
35:36Or, or,
35:37Roberts is a bigamist.
35:39And Shaytana knew it.
35:40Or, how about this?
35:42Roberts secretly married Shaytana's long-forgotten second cousin
35:45and stands to inherit a fortune in Syrian gold.
35:49How many is that?
35:50Four.
35:51This is really good. Suppose,
35:53suppose,
35:54Shaytana knew some secret in Roberts' past.
35:58Did you notice, my dear, he said something most peculiar at dinner,
36:01just before he was killed?
36:03I don't think I did.
36:05What did he say?
36:06Oh, I don't know.
36:07Something about, oh, what was it?
36:10Accidents,
36:11poisons.
36:13What were the words he used?
36:14I don't remember anything like that.
36:16Sorry.
36:19Anne,
36:20you're cold.
36:21Let's go in.
36:23Bring the tray, dear.
36:25You see, he could have been referring
36:27directly to Dr. Roberts, and only Dr. Roberts knew it.
36:30Which is why he made a joke about poisoning his patients.
36:33I bet it wasn't a joke.
36:35But he's murdered dozens of them.
36:37Don't doctors usually murder their patients?
36:40It seems to have a rather regrettable effect on their practice.
36:43Oh, Anne, Mrs. Oliver's trying to help.
36:50I just wanted to say, thank you for coming, Mrs. Oliver.
36:54So good of you to try and get us out of a jam.
36:56Act on your instincts, I say.
36:58Oh,
36:59here's my card.
37:01You can look me up in town, if you like.
37:08Bye-bye.
37:10Bye-bye.
37:25No, thank you.
37:28I've taken the liberty of mentioning your name to my solicitor.
37:32It's a beastly business dragging a girl into an affair of this kind.
37:36Who do you think did it?
37:38Roberts?
37:39I may have done it myself, for all you know.
37:41We know you didn't.
37:42Never take anything for granted, Miss Meredith.
37:45Well, uh, I must be off back to town.
37:56Listen,
37:57don't be offended, I...
37:59well, I think you're awfully nice.
38:02But there may be something you don't want to come out.
38:04Something...
38:06Shaytana perhaps got an inkling of.
38:09If so, remember,
38:11you're within your rights to refuse to answer any questions
38:13unless your solicitor's present.
38:24Oh, do be cautious, Anne.
38:26You know what men are like.
38:28Yes, but
38:29he is frightfully attractive.
38:32Thank heavens we've got the place to ourselves at last.
38:37You have lost two husbands?
38:39I'm sorry to say I have.
38:41Oh, Tristesse.
38:43Oh, that must have been so hard for you and your...
38:46Oh, pardon, do you have children?
38:47No, I have no children.
38:48How may I help you?
38:49I would like you to describe
38:51the room in which Monsieur Shaytana, he was killed.
38:55What an extraordinary request.
39:00Well, it was
39:03a large room
39:04and there were a good many objects in it.
39:07And can you describe to me these objects?
39:12Well,
39:15some chairs,
39:17sofas.
39:18And can you remember what was the colour of the upholstery?
39:27No.
39:31Do you remember anything?
39:33Do you remember anything else at all?
39:35No.
39:43Do you remember this?
39:47I wonder if you could help me to reconstruct the hands?
39:53Well, there was...
39:56Yes, there was quite a lot of bidding on this hand, I remember.
40:02Miss Meredith passed.
40:04Major Despard went a heart, I bid one spade.
40:07Dr. Roberts made a jump bid of three clubs.
40:11Miss Meredith went three spades.
40:13Major Despard bid four diamonds and Dr. Roberts...
40:17Four hearts.
40:18...took it to four hearts.
40:20Pass.
40:21Pass.
40:22Pass.
40:23They went down one.
40:24Eh, pardon, what a memory!
40:27Ah, yes, this...
40:29This third rubber was really rather exciting.
40:35Major Despard and Miss Meredith made a one-heart call.
40:38Then we went down a couple of fifties.
40:40Then a battle royal started.
40:42Dr. Roberts over-called and though he went down badly, once or twice,
40:46he's calling paid.
40:47For more than once, he frightened Miss Meredith out of bidding her hand.
40:51Then he bid an original two spades.
40:53I gave him three diamonds.
40:55He bid four no-trumps.
40:56I bid five spades.
40:57I bid five spades.
40:58And then he just suddenly jumped seven diamonds.
41:01The Grand Slam?
41:02Yes.
41:03Roberts had no business making a call like that,
41:05but by some kind of miracle we got it.
41:07It was really terrifically exciting.
41:09Oh, je crois bien.
41:10Well, the Grand Slam Vanderbilt doubled 1,500 points.
41:14It causes the emotions, that, huh?
41:16Yes.
41:17Madame.
41:19I salute you.
41:22You remember every single card that was played.
41:26Yes, I believe I have.
41:27By the memory, it is a thing most wonderful, Nespa.
41:30With it, the past is never the past.
41:32And I imagine, Madame, that to you,
41:34every incident is as clear as if it was yesterday.
41:38Like a ghost that never goes away.
41:48My father was a stockbroker.
41:52He died when I was 15.
41:56He left no money.
41:59I found a job looking after three small boys.
42:02Mrs Eldon, the Larches, Ventnor, Isle of Wight.
42:06After two years, the Eldons moved overseas.
42:09I went to a Mrs Dearing in Devon.
42:14So, um...
42:16How do you two know each other?
42:18Roger and I were at school together.
42:20Oh, I see.
42:21And then what?
42:23Before Mrs Dearing became infirm,
42:25she had to go to a sanatorium.
42:28Rhoda was looking about for a cottage and...
42:30I wanted someone to share with.
42:32Anne was perfect.
42:41I say, Anne, you didn't mention crossways.
42:45Did you forget?
42:48I didn't think it counted.
42:50I was only there a few weeks.
42:53I didn't think it counted.