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00:00:00Sometimes I want to put this little gun up to her head
00:00:14and very gently pull the trigger.
00:00:19What?
00:00:21Uh, nothing.
00:00:26I've just seen the manager.
00:00:28He put the matter in my hands,
00:00:29so it'll be our responsibility until we reach Wadi Alfa.
00:00:31Well, I'm at your disposal, of course.
00:00:33Thanks, ma'am.
00:00:34So, doctor, what can you tell us about this?
00:00:36He was shot with a very small bullet,
00:00:40a .22 caliber, I think,
00:00:42and the gun was held very close to the head.
00:00:44Here you can see all the felsingen.
00:00:48Dammit, man, can't you speak English?
00:00:50Oh, you mean the, um, the scorching?
00:00:52Yeah. Yeah, the scorching.
00:00:56Excuse me.
00:00:59What do you make of that?
00:01:13Huh?
00:01:14Oh, I think it's, uh, I think it's easy.
00:01:17You see, Madame Doyle was dying.
00:01:19She wished to identify the murderer to us,
00:01:22and therefore she dipped her finger in her own blood.
00:01:24She wrote J on the wall, Jacqueline.
00:01:28Oh, what you say is dumb.
00:01:31The lady dies instantly.
00:01:32Really?
00:01:33Yeah.
00:01:34There is no time for writing me the finger in blood.
00:01:36No, no.
00:01:37Oh, you make a joke?
00:01:39Oh, well, it's a very small one,
00:01:41not in very good taste, I'm afraid.
00:01:43The fact remains, the J's on the wall.
00:01:45Now it's up to us to explain why.
00:01:48It seems a gesture which is childishly melodramatic.
00:01:53Doctor, what about the time of death?
00:01:55Well, she has been dead at least six hours.
00:02:00No longer than eight.
00:02:01That puts it between midnight and 2 a.m.
00:02:04Which is extraordinary.
00:02:05Why is that?
00:02:06Because it means quite simply
00:02:08that Mademoiselle Jacqueline could not have done it.
00:02:11You told me yourself, mon colonel,
00:02:14that Madame Doyle left the observation saloon
00:02:16a little before 11.45 to go to bed.
00:02:19And from then on, Jackie was in view
00:02:22either of Mademoiselle Rosalie and Monsieur Doyle
00:02:25or of Monsieur Ferguson and Mademoiselle Bowers
00:02:28who injected her with morphine
00:02:30and stayed with her in her cabin all night.
00:02:34And Simon Doyle is also eliminated
00:02:36by reason of his broken leg.
00:02:38I don't suppose you could have walked very far with that wound.
00:02:40Not one step, I assure you.
00:02:43Excellent.
00:02:43Let's hope the process of elimination continues as smoothly.
00:02:46I am afraid it will not, mon colonel.
00:02:47After all, everyone in this boat
00:02:49knew exactly why Mademoiselle Jacqueline hated Madame Doyle.
00:02:53She was a natural for what the Americans would call a frame-up.
00:02:57At least, my dear, you cannot suspect me.
00:03:01Oh, why not?
00:03:03You had a very good reason to kill her,
00:03:05as I discovered last night.
00:03:07Oh, then you did over here.
00:03:10But that was no motive.
00:03:12I mean, I could have sued her.
00:03:14And risk ruin?
00:03:15Murder is cheaper.
00:03:16And safer if you don't get caught.
00:03:19But I could not have done such a thing.
00:03:22I disagree.
00:03:23At the time of the shooting of Monsieur Doyle,
00:03:26you could have been on deck,
00:03:29perhaps unable to sleep.
00:03:32You could have heard the sound of voices,
00:03:35looked through the window of the saloon,
00:03:37seen what happened.
00:03:39Go to bed!
00:03:40You can't trick me like this!
00:03:42Now look, Jackie!
00:03:43I'll kill you first!
00:03:45Jackie!
00:03:46And remembered the position of the gun.
00:03:54Later, when you were called from your cabin,
00:03:57you could have picked up the gun
00:03:59while you were attending Monsieur Doyle.
00:04:02Later still, when all was quiet,
00:04:05you could have left your cabin unobserved
00:04:07by your sleeping patient
00:04:09and gone to Madame Doyle's cabin
00:04:12and shot her.
00:04:16No, Herr Doctor, I cannot rule you out.
00:04:19What you are suggesting is over-masing!
00:04:25Outrageous!
00:04:26Yes, yes!
00:04:27No, I do not stay here to be insulted!
00:04:56You want something in the nail varnish?
00:05:07On attrape pas les mouches avec le vinaigre.
00:05:11I beg your pardon?
00:05:12That's an old French proverb
00:05:13which takes too long to explain.
00:05:16Come, my friend, let us prepare ourselves
00:05:18for our investigation of the paying customers.
00:05:21How long was it, in your estimation,
00:05:29between the time you and Dr. Bessner
00:05:30carried Monsieur Doyle from the saloon
00:05:33to when you returned to look for the gun?
00:05:37Oh, about three or four minutes.
00:05:39Three or four minutes.
00:05:41By your own admission,
00:05:42you were just outside the saloon
00:05:43when the shooting took place.
00:05:44In other words, it would have been perfectly possible
00:05:46for you to have noted the position of the gun.
00:05:49I agree.
00:05:50Perfectly possible.
00:05:51Perfectly possible.
00:05:52Also for you
00:05:53to have waited until the saloon was empty,
00:05:57then to have taken the gun
00:05:59and only pretended not to have found it.
00:06:10Then, before returning to Dr. Bessner
00:06:13to report its loss,
00:06:14you could have used it to kill Madame Doyle.
00:06:17I could have done,
00:06:18but as it happens, I didn't.
00:06:20And you, Mademoiselle,
00:06:23you could have taken the gun
00:06:24before you left here
00:06:25when Monsieur Ferguson was helping Monsieur Doyle.
00:06:29on your way to fetch Miss Bowers,
00:06:49you could have seized the opportunity
00:06:51to take the gun to Madame Doyle's cabin
00:06:53and murder her.
00:06:54and murder her.
00:07:03It would have added only a minute or two
00:07:05to the time that you are away.
00:07:06Bowers!
00:07:07Wake up!
00:07:09Miss Bowers!
00:07:12What's that?
00:07:13Could you please come quickly?
00:07:14There's been an accident.
00:07:15Why should either of us take the blasted gun?
00:07:18We had no reason to murder Lynette Doyle.
00:07:20Oh, but she was a leech.
00:07:23She was a parasite on the skin of society
00:07:25who deserved to be bumped off.
00:07:28Oh, yes.
00:07:29Oh, yes, Monsieur.
00:07:29Bumped off as a warning to the others.
00:07:32You damn froggy eavesdropper.
00:07:35Belgian.
00:07:35Belgian eavesdropper, if you please, sir.
00:07:39And you, Mademoiselle,
00:07:40you were eager to save your mother
00:07:42great damages.
00:07:44How could I possibly have done that?
00:07:46You asked a question two days ago.
00:07:48I will now answer it for you.
00:07:49You are quite right, Mademoiselle.
00:07:51You cannot libel the dead.
00:07:55I think you're horrid.
00:07:57You pretend to be so kind and considerate
00:07:59and all you want to do is trap us.
00:08:02I must find out what lies hidden, Mademoiselle.
00:08:06The truth.
00:08:07What it amounts to, then,
00:08:10is after you gave Miss Jacqueline the morphia,
00:08:12she never stirred all night.
00:08:14Exactly.
00:08:15Nervous reaction, booze and morphia together,
00:08:18they'd have sunk the Titanic.
00:08:20So, unquestionably,
00:08:21she could not have done the murder.
00:08:23No.
00:08:24Absolutely not.
00:08:26No.
00:08:28But you could have.
00:08:31Me?
00:08:32Yes, you, Mademoiselle.
00:08:34Well, let us suppose you were out on deck
00:08:37at the time of the shooting
00:08:38and saw what took place
00:08:39and thus knew where the gun was lying.
00:08:43Young lady,
00:08:44you comfort me, huh?
00:08:46There'd be more help than this.
00:08:48Stood for you.
00:08:49I was scared of the sight of a little blood.
00:08:53While Monsieur Ferguson
00:08:54and Mademoiselle Rosalie
00:08:56were assisting Dr. Bessner,
00:08:58you could have left your unconscious patient
00:09:00and run in here to pick up the gun.
00:09:03You would have had enough time
00:09:04before Monsieur Ferguson returned
00:09:06to search for it.
00:09:22Then you could have hurried down the port side
00:09:24to Madame Doyle's cabin
00:09:26and shot her.
00:09:29Preposterous.
00:09:30Why should I kill Mrs. Doyle?
00:09:33Because her father was Melchish Ridgway,
00:09:36whose unscrupulous business methods
00:09:38ruined your father
00:09:39and condemned you to a servant's life.
00:09:42Poppycock.
00:09:43From whom did you hear that?
00:09:45Oh, from your own lips, Mademoiselle,
00:09:47three days ago.
00:09:48How dare you listen to a private conversation?
00:09:51Some voices carry.
00:09:52Is it true?
00:09:59Yes, it is.
00:10:01Voilà .
00:10:02But why should I kill Mrs. Doyle
00:10:04for something that happened years ago?
00:10:06Because its effects
00:10:08are still deeply resented by you to this day.
00:10:11No, unfortunately, Mademoiselle,
00:10:13I cannot be persuaded by your protestations.
00:10:16To my mind,
00:10:17you had the means,
00:10:18the motive,
00:10:18the opportunity,
00:10:19and what is more,
00:10:20the disposition to kill.
00:10:23Have you quite finished,
00:10:24Monsieur Poirot?
00:10:25For the time being,
00:10:26but you will hold yourself ready
00:10:27to answer further questions
00:10:29should the need arise.
00:10:30I shall do no such thing.
00:10:32Monsieur Poirot,
00:10:33is it true about Lynette?
00:10:39It is perfectly true.
00:10:47I didn't kill her.
00:10:49I know you all think I did,
00:10:50but I didn't...
00:10:51Calme-vous, calme-vous,
00:10:52ma petite.
00:10:52We know that you did not kill
00:10:53Madame Doyle.
00:10:54We have proved it.
00:10:55Proved!
00:10:56Thank God.
00:10:58What about Simon?
00:10:59Is he all right?
00:11:01Dr. Bestner seems reasonably satisfied
00:11:03with his condition so far.
00:11:09I was mad last night.
00:11:11I might have killed him.
00:11:13Do you think he'll ever forgive me?
00:11:16It's more than likely.
00:11:17It's been my experience
00:11:19that men are least attracted
00:11:20to women who treat them well.
00:11:23Miss Poirot,
00:11:24will you please escort Miss Jacqueline
00:11:25to her cabin
00:11:25and see that she's all right?
00:11:28We will arrange a visit
00:11:29to Monsieur Doyle later on.
00:11:31Oh, thank you.
00:11:47I think you and I
00:11:48should visit him first.
00:11:49He must be awake by now.
00:11:53But he did.
00:11:58The thing which intrigues...
00:12:00intrigues me most about this case
00:12:03is the pistol.
00:12:04The pistol?
00:12:05Why is it missing?
00:12:06Well, I fail to see
00:12:07why that is so important.
00:12:08In many cases,
00:12:08the murder weapon is missing.
00:12:10Even in a case
00:12:11where a frame-up is attempted?
00:12:13No.
00:12:14Why did the murderer
00:12:14go to the lengths
00:12:15of writing
00:12:16Jay on the wall
00:12:17in blood
00:12:18and then removing
00:12:19Jay's gun?
00:12:20Yes, I see what you mean.
00:12:22Well, they found something.
00:12:24One thing is for certain.
00:12:26Madame Doyle
00:12:27was not killed by a fish.
00:12:46Yes, thank you.
00:12:57I must have just blacked out for my...
00:13:00Try a spot of lunch.
00:13:00It might give you some strength.
00:13:02No, thank you.
00:13:13You couldn't face it.
00:13:15You couldn't face it?
00:13:16Would you permit that...
00:13:18please do.
00:13:19Help us out, Mr. Dewey.
00:13:30I just can't believe it.
00:13:34Well, that Lynette's dead.
00:13:37It's a bad knock.
00:13:41I suppose it must look awfully black
00:13:42against Jackie.
00:13:43But I just know
00:13:45she wouldn't commit
00:13:46cold-blooded murder.
00:13:48No, rest assured, monsieur.
00:13:49We know for a fact
00:13:50it was not
00:13:51Madame Jane Jackie.
00:13:52Thank God for that.
00:13:54Well, then,
00:13:55do you have any idea
00:13:55who it might have been?
00:13:58Well, it could have been
00:13:59practically anybody.
00:14:01But only yesterday
00:14:02she was saying
00:14:03how...
00:14:04everybody around her
00:14:05on this boat
00:14:06was her enemy.
00:14:07We have reason
00:14:08to believe
00:14:09that she was right, monsieur.
00:14:10Monsieur.
00:14:18Oh, pardon.
00:14:21I came to see
00:14:22if you were comfortable.
00:14:23As comfortable
00:14:23as can be expected.
00:14:24Thank you, Louise.
00:14:25Ah, the discoverer of the body.
00:14:27You should be able
00:14:27to shed some light
00:14:28on all this.
00:14:30Pardon.
00:14:30Pardon.
00:14:32You...
00:14:32You accuse me?
00:14:34A respectable girl?
00:14:36I swear to you
00:14:37on my mother's way
00:14:38I...
00:14:38Oh, allons, allons, Louise.
00:14:40Pas tant d'histoire.
00:14:41Faut dire la vérité.
00:14:43Asseyez-vous.
00:14:48Monsieur le détective,
00:14:49il faut pas se douter de moi.
00:14:51Cette pauvre Madame Doll.
00:14:53Tout le monde l'aimait.
00:14:54Elle était...
00:14:55Elle était si jeune,
00:14:56si belle.
00:14:57Il y a personne
00:14:58qui aurait voulu la tuer.
00:14:59Louise,
00:15:00pas de blague.
00:15:01Je vous en compte...
00:15:02Alors, could we please
00:15:03keep this in some language
00:15:04which we can all understand?
00:15:05She said that
00:15:06all the world
00:15:08loved Madame Doyle.
00:15:10Well, at least
00:15:10that's a fresh approach.
00:15:12Now then.
00:15:13When did you last
00:15:14see Mrs. Doyle alive?
00:15:17Last night, monsieur.
00:15:18I was in her cabin
00:15:19to undress her
00:15:20and put her to bed.
00:15:21And then where did you go?
00:15:23To my cabin.
00:15:25Where else?
00:15:26And you didn't see
00:15:27or hear anything
00:15:27after that
00:15:28that might help us?
00:15:29How could I, monsieur?
00:15:30My cabin was
00:15:31on the other side
00:15:32of the boat.
00:15:33Naturally,
00:15:34if I'd been unable
00:15:36to sleep,
00:15:37if I'd stayed
00:15:38on deck,
00:15:39then perhaps
00:15:40I would have seen
00:15:41this assassin
00:15:41enter and leave
00:15:43Madame's cabin.
00:15:45But as it is...
00:15:47Oh, monsieur,
00:15:48I implore you.
00:15:48You see how it is.
00:15:50What else can I say?
00:15:51Nobody's accusing
00:15:52you of anything.
00:15:54Now, don't worry, Louise.
00:15:55I'll look after you.
00:15:56Monsieur is very good.
00:15:58But
00:15:58if you had not
00:16:02gone straight back
00:16:03to your cabin
00:16:03after leaving
00:16:04Madame Doyle,
00:16:05you would have had time
00:16:07to witness the shooting
00:16:08of Monsieur Doyle
00:16:09in the saloon.
00:16:11Ah, no!
00:16:11Ah, oui.
00:16:13You could have walked
00:16:14on the deck,
00:16:14seen everything.
00:16:16Then when the coast
00:16:17was clear,
00:16:18you could have
00:16:18taken the gun,
00:16:20returned,
00:16:22and shot
00:16:27Madame Doyle.
00:16:27Monsieur,
00:16:28you accuse me
00:16:29unjustly.
00:16:30Why should I do
00:16:30such a wicked thing?
00:16:31Just answer me that.
00:16:32Ah, Louise.
00:16:34I know all about you.
00:16:36And your love affair.
00:16:39And Madame Doyle's
00:16:40objections
00:16:41to your leaving her.
00:16:43But I had no money,
00:16:44no references.
00:16:45I had no choice
00:16:46but to stay.
00:16:47Precisément.
00:16:48And how you hated her
00:16:49for that.
00:16:50But I didn't kill her.
00:16:52One final question,
00:16:54Louise.
00:16:55Where are
00:16:55Madame Doyle's pearls?
00:16:57Her pearls?
00:17:01She was wearing them
00:17:02last night.
00:17:03She put them
00:17:04on the table
00:17:05by her bed.
00:17:06And were they there
00:17:06this morning?
00:17:08Mon Dieu,
00:17:09I didn't even look.
00:17:12I went to her bed.
00:17:13I saw Madame.
00:17:15I cried out
00:17:16and I ran out
00:17:17of the room.
00:17:18You did not even look.
00:17:20But I, Hercule Poirot,
00:17:23have eyes
00:17:23which notice
00:17:24everything.
00:17:26The pearls
00:17:27were not
00:17:27on the dressing table
00:17:28this morning.
00:17:30They had gone.
00:17:31Vanished.
00:17:35Disparged.
00:17:35We must find
00:17:51the gun.
00:17:52And the pearls.
00:17:53Yes,
00:17:53that should not
00:17:54prove too difficult.
00:17:56Oh,
00:17:56Lala.
00:17:58Qu'il fait choux.
00:17:59Aren't you right?
00:18:00Yes,
00:18:00I could do
00:18:01with a change of shirt.
00:18:01Yes,
00:18:02let's make a little
00:18:03pause
00:18:03to freshen
00:18:04la toilette
00:18:04and to rest
00:18:08the little
00:18:08gray cell.
00:18:10I'll see you
00:18:10in five minutes.
00:18:31Oh,
00:18:32la la.
00:18:52Sous-titrage Société Radio-Canada
00:18:53Oh
00:19:53I must thank you for a most timely deliverance.
00:20:05It's my pleasure. I heard you S.O.S.
00:20:08Do you think it was put there deliberately?
00:20:09Of course it was.
00:20:11But it will take more than a serpent to interrupt the investigation of Hercule Poirot.
00:20:18How is this sleuthing going?
00:20:20With eminence and discretion?
00:20:23No one to put the hand grips on?
00:20:25Not yet.
00:20:28Oh, there is a dead cobra over there.
00:20:34Do me the kindness of having it removed, please.
00:20:36Thank you very much.
00:20:37Come, race.
00:20:38A cobra?
00:20:40Oh, cripes.
00:20:41Never have I seen such a reptile in a first-class cabin.
00:20:45Never.
00:20:56Who's next?
00:20:58Pennington?
00:20:58We know he's a wrong'un.
00:20:59Oh, he's a dead man.
00:21:00Oh, he's a dead man.
00:21:00Oh, he's a dead man.
00:21:01Mr. Poirot, I presume?
00:21:03Excuse Hand-me, madame.
00:21:05Mr. Perrault, I presume?
00:21:11Excusez-nous, madame.
00:21:16Perhaps you would like to see me.
00:21:20I would like to see you.
00:21:23Mr. Perrault, I presume?
00:21:27Excusez-nous, madame.
00:21:30Perhaps you will permit us to join you.
00:21:37Of course.
00:21:41Well?
00:21:42Your cabin is next to madame Doyle's, n'est-ce pas?
00:21:45It is.
00:21:46Did you hear anything strange late last night?
00:21:49I certainly did. I am a very light sleeper.
00:21:53And I was awakened by a popping sound.
00:21:56A popping sound?
00:21:58Exactly. Just like a champagne cork coming out of a bottle.
00:22:03An indifferent champagne, you understand.
00:22:06Not a great vintage.
00:22:08That makes a much more discreet sound.
00:22:11Could it have been a small pistol instead of an old champagne cork?
00:22:15Very possibly.
00:22:17Though I'm sure you must appreciate that I have a minimal familiarity with firearms.
00:22:23I have found it.
00:22:24We have found it.
00:22:25We have found it.
00:22:26Oh, goody, goody.
00:22:27Oh, goody, goody, come.
00:22:28Get up.
00:22:29This certainly takes the camel's hum.
00:22:30Oh, yes.
00:22:31And no mistake.
00:22:32Gentlemen.
00:22:33Gentlemen.
00:22:34Gentlemen, I'm sure we have found what you're looking for.
00:22:38Thank you, Mr. Chowdhury.
00:22:39No mention.
00:22:40Without question, the pistol of Mademoiselle Jackie.
00:22:47New Derringer 22.
00:22:48Four shot.
00:22:49Two bullets fired.
00:22:50Man's handkerchief.
00:22:51Yes, sir.
00:22:52Thank you, Mr. Chowdhury.
00:22:53Man's handkerchief.
00:22:54Looks like blood.
00:22:55And a marble ashtray to send it to the button.
00:22:56And my handkerchief.
00:22:57No mention.
00:22:58No mention.
00:22:59Ah.
00:23:00Without question, the pistol of Mademoiselle Jackie.
00:23:04New Derringer 22.
00:23:05Four shot.
00:23:06Ah.
00:23:07Two bullets fired.
00:23:08Man's handkerchief.
00:23:09Looks like blood.
00:23:10And a marble ashtray to send it to the button.
00:23:13And my stove.
00:23:14This is yours, madame?
00:23:15Of course it's mine.
00:23:16I missed it last night in the saloon.
00:23:17Look.
00:23:18The murderer must have wrapped it around the pistol to deaden the noise of the shots.
00:23:20The impertinence.
00:23:21That stove was given to me in Romania by Crown Prince Carol himself.
00:23:22People are no respecters of other people's problems.
00:23:23No.
00:23:24No.
00:23:25No.
00:23:26No I need to be
00:23:35dis squid with other people's jewelry.
00:23:35What can you be referring to, monsieur?
00:23:38I'm referring to the Potsdam stay.
00:23:39Please, madame, which belong to madame Doyle and which have been elected.
00:23:43ślę, may stay sayin.
00:23:44other people's jewelry. What can you be referring to, monsieur? I'm referring to
00:23:52the Potsdam Pearls, madame, which belong to madame Doyle and which have been
00:23:56abducted. Abducted? Dérobés. Her loins.
00:24:05Why are you looking at me in that too familiar continental way? What have these
00:24:12pearls to do with me? Ah, I am the nasty little heavesdropper, madame. I heard that
00:24:21you much admire these pearls, that you would give every tooth in your head to
00:24:25possess them. That bloody boss! It is my theory that you have an obsessive love of
00:24:32jewelry, madame, that you coveted madame Doyle's pearls and that you determined
00:24:37to possess them even if this meant robbery or murder. You do not deny it, madame. I can
00:24:47picture you walking the deck last night, waiting for madame Doyle to be asleep.
00:24:53Go to bed! Quite by chance you see the shooting in the saloon. Look, Jackie! I'll kill you first! Jackie!
00:24:59When the room is empty, you seize the opportunity of taking the gun. You go to madame Doyle's cabin
00:25:08knowing that her husband will not be there.
00:25:18You shoot her and then you take the pearls from her bedside table.
00:25:24You will withdraw that or I shall prosecute you for slander with the utmost vigour. It will not equal
00:25:32the vigour with which I shall search this boat and in particular your cabin, madame, for those pearls.
00:25:39I give you a good afternoon. You perfectly foul French upstart. Belgian upstart, please, madame.
00:25:46Was it necessary to be so rough on the old lady? I mean, really, you seem to be accusing
00:25:54everybody. With reason, more colonel. What, you think old ladies don't commit murder? I am convinced
00:25:59she has the pearls. The only question is, did she kill to acquire them? Monsieur Chaudhury?
00:26:05Marhaba. Yes, colonel? We must depart immediately. I have already given the order. At this very
00:26:12moment, the engineer is building up steam. Why the sudden rush? I tell you, mon vieux,
00:26:18I feel the presence of evil all about me. The sooner we reach Wadi Halfa, the better.
00:26:24I'll lock these up in a safe place. Then we must commence our search for the pearls.
00:26:28That's the last of the cruise cabins. Maybe she's through another board.
00:26:45You forget that we have not yet examined Pennington's cabin.
00:26:48That's right. Let's do it now. Ahoy there. So our journey is continuing.
00:26:55Good afternoon, madame. Will you not join me for a little refreshment? This marvelous little
00:27:00man here has just made me the most extraordinary concoction out of native fruit juices. It's called
00:27:07a golden sebeck and is named after the god of the ancient city of Crocodilops. That's for me.
00:27:13Thank you very much. Sometimes I do take the hair of the dog, but never the scale of the crocodile.
00:27:19Well, and how are you getting along with your investigation of this tragic affair,
00:27:23Monsieur Porridge? Oh, normal, no, madame. Normally, as they say.
00:27:28Oh, the cream pass, you know. The primitive instinct to kill. So closely allied to the sex instinct.
00:27:34I have every sympathy for that poor half-grazed Jackie. Her emotions in a turmoil. Her hot Latin
00:27:43blood raging to be avenged from the woman who stole her man. Yes, of course, but it could have been
00:27:49someone else with a motive at least as good. Oh, who? You, madame at the board. What are you talking
00:27:59about? Oh, come, come. Both your daughter and you know that you cannot lie to the dead. Now you will never
00:28:03have to pay those huge damages she was asking for. Yes, but one would hardly kill for that. Would
00:28:09one not? Well, here are another golden what-have-you.
00:28:16You know, Mrs. Otterborn, it is you that I can see looking into the saloon through the windows
00:28:24at that, as you put it, poor half-crazed Jacqueline shooting, Monsieur Doyle. And then, when everyone has
00:28:33gone, running in to take up the gun and then stealing forth to kill madame Doyle. No! My world is the world of
00:28:41grand love and passionate romance, not grubby murders. Darfield, please leave me alone. Well,
00:28:47if we have disturbed you, we are both desolate. Oh, life can be so cruel. One must be brave, very brave,
00:28:54to bear the calumnies of life. Here, barman. This crocodile has lost its croc.
00:29:02What a very dreadful woman. Why doesn't somebody shoot her, I wonder? Well, perhaps one day the
00:29:11subscribers of the lending libraries will club together and hire an assassin.
00:29:32So, Madame Van Schuyler is foolish enough to play games with Hercule Poirot. You realize,
00:29:49of course, you have no actual proof that she stole them. The fact that the pearls have been returned
00:29:54does not mean for a moment that she did not kill while stealing them in the first place.
00:30:02So, Madame Van Schuyler, you have no actual proof that she did not kill them in the first place.
00:30:20Pennington?
00:30:29We must find that that document he was trying to
00:30:32induce Madame Doyle to sign. What's this?
00:30:36Hello?
00:30:37Yeah.
00:30:39Well, that proves that Mademoiselle Jackie was not the only passenger who was traveling armed.
00:30:43Well, Annette Doyle was not shot with a thing this size.
00:30:45No, obviously not.
00:30:48Oh, la, la, la, la, la, la, la.
00:30:50Killed by guy.
00:30:55Oh, oh, oh, oh. Your eyes are better to see me.
00:31:03What the hell is going on?
00:31:04What the hell is going on? We're going through your private paper, sir. Isn't that obvious?
00:31:08Your what? For...
00:31:10It may be the custom in Paris to go through other people's things, but we're not in Paris now.
00:31:15Brussels, sir, in the country...
00:31:16I don't care if it's Borneo.
00:31:18You have no right to be in my cabin. No right at all.
00:31:21We have every right. Pending the arrival of the police, the company has commissioned us to
00:31:26investigate this murder. Which has nothing to do with my papers.
00:31:30On the contrary, they prove that in spite of Madame Doyle's marriage, you are still trying to
00:31:35control her money.
00:31:36Okay. So what? There's no law against it.
00:31:41There is a law against swindling your client, and my people don't like to see it contravened.
00:31:46Your people? Who the hell are they?
00:31:48I represent Mrs. Doyle's English lawyers, and quite frankly, we're not at all happy about the way you
00:31:53and your partner have been handling her affairs.
00:31:55Go to hell.
00:31:56Now look here.
00:31:57Her affairs are in perfect order.
00:31:58Oh, I wish that were true.
00:32:00You see, I think you came over here in order to get her signature on this power of attorney.
00:32:04You failed, and so you went to the temple of Amun, and you climbed to the top of the tall pillar.
00:32:26There you dislodged a stone which fell, and which narrowly avoided killing her.
00:32:34You can't pin that on me. Now get out of here. I've heard enough of this garbage.
00:32:43Oh, you may have to one day listen to a little more of such garbage from the lips of a
00:32:47public prosecutor. Oh, this is yours, I believe. Belgium.
00:32:52Let us change for dinner.
00:33:04J'ai faim.
00:33:05Poirot, you have a woman?
00:33:07Fan is woman.
00:33:08J'ai faim. I am peckish.
00:33:14Oh, I must have a word with that little one.
00:33:16I will join you at the table, mon colonel. Be good enough to order me les morilles.
00:33:21Les morilles?
00:33:22Oh, moraines.
00:33:31Well, how goes it with you, ma petite?
00:33:33Badly, monsieur Poirot.
00:33:37I feel so ashamed.
00:33:38His wife's dead, and...
00:33:41Now he's available to you again.
00:33:46Is it so wrong of me to hope he'll come back?
00:33:49I still love him, and now he needs me more than ever.
00:33:53Oh, monsieur Poirot, could I...
00:33:56Could you arrange for me to see him?
00:33:58Just, just for five minutes, please?
00:34:01I don't see why not.
00:34:03That is, if he wishes, and the Herr Doctor raises no objection.
00:34:07I will make some inquiries.
00:34:14Ah, good.
00:34:16The temperature is down.
00:34:18All right, Herr Ferrell.
00:34:19I have no objection.
00:34:21Provided the visit is short.
00:34:23Five minutes at the most, yeah?
00:34:24Merci, doctor.
00:34:27Mademoiselle Jacquet.
00:34:29You can see him now.
00:34:36Hello, Jacquet.
00:34:36Simon.
00:34:42I'm very sorry about Lynette.
00:34:46Simon, I didn't kill her, I swear that.
00:34:49You don't have to say it.
00:34:52I know.
00:34:57Forgive me, please.
00:35:00Jacquet.
00:35:02Last night, I was mad.
00:35:04I might have killed you.
00:35:06What with a rotten little pea shooter like that?
00:35:10Will they be a...
00:35:11Will you walk again?
00:35:13Don't be a chump.
00:35:15As soon as we get to Wadi Halfa, they'll dig the damn thing out, and I'll be as right as rain.
00:35:18Oh, yeah, yeah.
00:35:22Remember, fifth minuten, yeah?
00:35:26Oh, Simon, I'm so dreadfully sorry.
00:35:29Oh, there, now.
00:35:30There's nothing to apologize for.
00:35:32I'll be as lazy as well.
00:35:37I'll find out what's going to be a little town on the road.
00:35:41Why, had a great time?
00:35:43I'll find out what you're doing.
00:35:45Why, had a great time is my pleasure.
00:35:47Well, let me be happy.
00:35:48I'll be happy.
00:35:49And I'll be happy for you.
00:35:50Qu'est-ce que c'est, sir?
00:35:56I asked for a plate of morée.
00:35:58What's that one is at home?
00:36:00Mushrooms.
00:36:01Oh, I'm sorry.
00:36:03I thought you wanted a morée eel.
00:36:05That's the best they could do.
00:36:07Anyway, I bought you a new bottle of wine.
00:36:09Why?
00:36:10Because the remains of last night's bottle was a little moldy when he poured it out.
00:36:13Moldy?
00:36:13Yes, you know, it had a lot of bits in it.
00:36:15But that's the normal sediment for a great bottle of Chateau-Petreuse.
00:36:20You know, Poirot, the way I see it, everybody could have done it.
00:36:48And everybody had a reason for doing it.
00:36:51It's incredible.
00:36:53Absolutely.
00:36:56Good evening.
00:36:57Good evening.
00:36:57Good evening, madam.
00:37:08Please.
00:37:09Good evening.
00:37:24Good evening.
00:37:25I don't know.
00:37:55Pets up to Bessner.
00:38:10Yes, sir.
00:38:16Are you sure who this is?
00:38:20Money.
00:38:22Looks like a piece of a thousand-franc note.
00:38:23It has to be blackmail.
00:38:26She must have known something about Danette Doyle's murderer.
00:38:32What idiots we have been.
00:38:35Oh, no, Danette!
00:38:38What did she say this afternoon?
00:38:41If I had been unable to sleep,
00:38:44if I had stayed on deck,
00:38:47I could then perhaps have seen the assassin
00:38:50enter or leave Madame Doyle's cabin.
00:38:53But that is precisely what happened.
00:38:57She did see the assassin.
00:38:58And it's because of her greed that she now lies dead.
00:39:02Much good that does us.
00:39:04We still don't know who killed either woman.
00:39:06No, no, no, no, that's not quite right.
00:39:08You see, we have been running in the wrong direction, you and I.
00:39:12We know almost all there is to know.
00:39:15Except that what we know seems incredibly impossible.
00:39:25Killings.
00:39:26Killings.
00:39:28Killings.
00:39:29Killings.
00:39:30Killings.
00:39:31All the time.
00:39:33Killings.
00:39:34Yeah.
00:39:35Dead no more than an hour.
00:39:38Dead no more than an hour.
00:39:40Dead no more than an hour.
00:39:41Dead no more than an hour.
00:39:42Dead no more than an hour.
00:39:43The throat's been cut.
00:39:45Dead no more than an hour.
00:39:46Dead no more than an hour.
00:39:47Dead no more than an hour.
00:39:48Dead no more than an hour.
00:39:49Dead no more than an hour.
00:39:50Dead no more than an hour.
00:39:51Dead no more than an hour.
00:39:52Dead no more than an hour.
00:39:53Dead no more than an hour.
00:39:54Dead no more than an hour.
00:39:55Dead no more than an hour.
00:39:56Dead no more than an hour.
00:39:57Dead no more than an hour.
00:39:58Dead no more than an hour.
00:39:59Dead no more than an hour.
00:40:00Dead no more than an hour.
00:40:01Dead no more than an hour.
00:40:02Dead no more than an hour.
00:40:03Oh, now, you think that I, Lurwig Bessner,
00:40:07have killed this miserable little Fender Chambre?
00:40:10Oh, God in heaven, why do I have to do
00:40:13with the squalid affairs of the lower classes?
00:40:17It is well known they do not have neurosis,
00:40:20just animal passions.
00:40:29Take the bodies to the ice room.
00:40:30Yes, sir.
00:40:33So you think you know, huh?
00:40:35I must confess I don't see any real light myself.
00:40:37Dr. Bessner has just told me what happened to the maid.
00:40:40I must speak with you and Mr. Doyle at once.
00:40:44I wouldn't go in there if I were you.
00:40:46Dr. Bessner's rather cross.
00:40:47My good man, I know that,
00:40:49but a little kraut-crossness won't stop me now.
00:40:52You see, I know.
00:40:54Mr. Doyle, I know who killed Louise Borgé.
00:40:58What?
00:40:59You say you know who killed Louise?
00:41:01Ah, yeah, not to shout.
00:41:03But you, Frau Otterborn, you cannot be here.
00:41:05I forbid it.
00:41:06My patience is resting.
00:41:07But I must.
00:41:08You see, it's vitally important.
00:41:09You see, I know all.
00:41:10All I tell you.
00:41:12Now, look, I will not take that pushing me.
00:41:14I bargain.
00:41:15Mr. Doyle, I tell you that I, Salome Otterborn,
00:41:18have succeeded where frail men have faltered.
00:41:21I am a finer sleuth than even the great Hercule Porridge.
00:41:24Mrs. Otterborn, for God's sake, calm down.
00:41:28Now, tell us the whole story from the beginning.
00:41:31Well, I refuse to speak in front of him.
00:41:33Now, look, you will not speak at all, huh?
00:41:35Now, Rouse, Rouse, the temperature is rising with all this disturbance.
00:41:38Doctor, it will rise even more if we don't hear what she has to say.
00:41:42Herr Doyle!
00:41:43We are talking about the murderer of my wife.
00:41:46Oh, yeah.
00:41:47Yeah.
00:41:48All right.
00:41:49You can stay three minutes.
00:41:51Three minutes.
00:41:52And you?
00:41:53Now, you speak softly, huh?
00:42:01Oh, dearest little man.
00:42:03Madam, do I understand that you have evidence to show who killed Mrs. Doyle?
00:42:07You do, and I have.
00:42:10You will agree, will you not, that whoever killed Louise Borgé also killed Lynette Doyle.
00:42:17That is quite possible.
00:42:19Well, I saw who killed Louise Borgé with my own eyes.
00:42:32Pre-continue, madame.
00:42:34I happened to be in the stern of the boat, talking to one of the crew, who was showing me a most intriguing sight.
00:42:41A buffalo and a camel yoked together, tilling the soil.
00:42:46You saw this by moonlight, of course, madame.
00:42:49Yes, I did.
00:42:51Yes.
00:42:52I have amazingly good eyesight.
00:42:54Ah.
00:42:55Anyway, I left him, and suddenly, as I rounded the corner, I heard a scream.
00:43:02It came from Louise Borgé's cabin.
00:43:05Then I saw the cabin door open, as the door opened wider.
00:43:10I saw that it was...
00:43:12It was...
00:43:31Pennington's.
00:43:32I heard a big boom!
00:43:33What now has happened?
00:43:34Mrs. Otterman's been shot.
00:43:35Mr. Pennington?
00:43:36Yes.
00:43:37This is your gun, I believe.
00:43:38Anybody could have taken that gun from my cabin.
00:43:39Everybody knew it was there.
00:43:40I was saying just the other night, I always carry a gun with me, and I didn't know that.
00:43:46I was saying, well, I could have to take a gun.
00:43:47It's a little bit of a gun.
00:43:48What happened?
00:43:49I heard the big boom.
00:43:50What now has happened?
00:43:51Mrs. Otterman's been shot.
00:43:53Mr. Pennington?
00:43:54Yes.
00:43:55This is your gun, I believe.
00:43:57Anybody could have taken that gun from my cabin.
00:43:59Everybody knew it was there.
00:44:00I was saying just the other night, I always carry a gun with me, I would have to take the gun.
00:44:06If I had a gun with the gun, I would have to take it.
00:44:07Always carry a gun with me on my travels abroad.
00:44:09It is time for these murders to stop.
00:44:12Already I have unfortunately delayed too long.
00:44:15I would like to see everybody, please, in the saloon.
00:44:19When all will be revealed.
00:44:21In, uh...
00:44:2430 minutes.
00:44:32I can't believe it.
00:44:34Mother Ted.
00:44:36Why?
00:44:38She must have found something out.
00:44:41Oh, God. Poor darling.
00:44:44I loved her in spite of it all.
00:44:47And now she's gone.
00:44:51I can't take it in.
00:44:53Suddenly I'm...
00:44:56All alone.
00:45:00No, you're not.
00:45:02I look after you.
00:45:06Oh, Jim.
00:45:07Poor mother.
00:45:11You'd never have got away from her.
00:45:13Not while she was alive.
00:45:15Madam, mademoiselle, monsieur.
00:45:28Madam, mademoiselle, monsieur, the game is over.
00:45:43I, Hercule Poirot, now know beyond a shadow of a doubt who killed madame Doyle, Louise Bourget, and madame Otterborn.
00:45:54Foolishly, I began this investigation with a preconceived idea that there must have been a witness to the shooting scene between mademoiselle Jackie and, uh, Simon Doyle.
00:46:04That this person must have taken the gun from here after everyone had left the saloon and must have used it to kill mademoiselle Doyle and to attempt to frame mademoiselle Jackie.
00:46:18You see, mes amis, it is not as though there were any lack of suspects among you.
00:46:24She might have been killed by someone trying to shut her defamatory mouth, or by someone whose father had been ruined by madame Doyle's father, or by someone obsessed with the idea of robbery,
00:46:36or by someone who bitterly resented anyone inheriting that amount of money, or by someone who was desperately trying to save her mother from financial ruin,
00:46:49or yet by someone anxious to escape exposure as a fraudulent trustee,
00:46:56or by someone who simply mistook the identity of the victim.
00:47:06And then, I remembered something very important.
00:47:12On the night of the killing, I slept heavily, not lightly, as is my custom.
00:47:17Why?
00:47:18Because my wine had been drugged by someone who did not wish me to be present at the night's events.
00:47:27This was the easiest thing in the world.
00:47:28The bottles stand open on the dining room table all day long.
00:47:31Anyway, I'll be...
00:47:32Oh, Colonel, you even sent the bottle back, saying, to use your words, that it was moldy.
00:47:38And this in itself plainly implies premeditation on someone's path.
00:47:44It means that yesterday, before 7.30, when dinner was served, the crime had already been decided upon.
00:47:52And I began to think back on something that has been puzzling me from the beginning.
00:47:55If the intention was to implicate Mademoiselle Jacquet, why had the gun been removed from Madame Doyle's cabin?
00:48:03And then I understood.
00:48:05The murderer had removed the gun because he, or she, had to remove it.
00:48:11There was no other cause.
00:48:13And there was more.
00:48:14Dr. Besner, you examined Madame Doyle's body.
00:48:22Yeah.
00:48:23You will remember that there were signs of scorching around the wound.
00:48:28In other words, the gun had been placed very close to her head before being fired.
00:48:31That is correct.
00:48:35But when we recovered the gun from the Nile, it was wrapped in this brocade stole...
00:48:41...and had evidently been fired through its folds, presumably in order to deaden the sound of the shot.
00:48:48Dr. Besner, if it had been fired through the stole, there would have been no scorching on Madame Doyle's temple.
00:48:57In other words, the shot that killed Madame Doyle could not have been fired through the stole.
00:49:05But then perhaps it was the other one.
00:49:07The one which Jacqueline de Belfort fired at Simon Doyle.
00:49:11Jackie!
00:49:14But now we have a witness for that.
00:49:16We know it's not so.
00:49:19Therefore, there was a third shot.
00:49:21...one of which we know nothing.
00:49:30But there were only two shots missing from the gun.
00:49:35The next curious circumstance occurred in Madame Doyle's cabin.
00:49:52In it, I found two bottles of colored nail polish.
00:49:55One bottle was labeled rose, but the few drops remaining in that bottle were not pale pink, but bright red.
00:50:02...and instead of the usual smell of pear drops, vinegar.
00:50:09Mes amis, it was red ink...
00:50:12...which formed an inevitable link with this handkerchief...
00:50:17...which we found together with the gun wrapped up in the stole.
00:50:22And ink washes easily out of linen, leaving a pale pink stain.
00:50:26...then something happened which put the matter beyond all doubt.
00:50:34Louise Bourget was killed because she was blackmailing the murderer.
00:50:40We know this not only because of the fragment of a thousand-franc note...
00:50:45...which we found clutched between her dead fingers...
00:50:48...but also because of some rather curious word she used only this morning.
00:50:55Actually, if I'd been unable to sleep...
00:50:59Naturally, if I had been unable to sleep...
00:51:02...if I had stayed on deck, I might then perhaps have seen the assassin...
00:51:07...enter or leave Madame's cabin.
00:51:12Now, what exactly did that tell us?
00:51:15What exactly did she tell us with that?
00:51:25But she had stayed on deck.
00:51:28She did see the murderer.
00:51:29Yeah, yes, but you still fail to see my point, mon colonel.
00:51:33Excuse me.
00:51:33Why did she say that to us?
00:51:36As a hint?
00:51:37As a hint, of course, but why hint to us?
00:51:42She knows who the murderer is, all right?
00:51:45She can do one of two things.
00:51:46She can tell us, or else she can keep quiet...
00:51:49...and demand money from the person concerned later.
00:51:52But she does neither of these two things.
00:51:54She uses the conditional tense, if you please.
00:51:56If I had been.
00:51:59This can mean only one thing.
00:52:00She's hinting, all right, yes, but she's hinting to the murderer.
00:52:05In other words, he was present at the time.
00:52:10But apart from you and me, only one other person was present.
00:52:16Precisely.
00:52:18Simon Dorn.
00:52:21What?
00:52:22You are under the constant supervision of Dr. Bessner.
00:52:31She had to speak then.
00:52:33She might not have got another chance.
00:52:34Don't be so bloody ridiculous.
00:52:35Bloody ridiculous?
00:52:36Oh, I don't think I'm being ridiculous.
00:52:37I remember very clearly your answer.
00:52:40I will look after you.
00:52:42No one is accusing you of anything.
00:52:45This is exactly the assurance that she wanted, and...
00:52:49...which she got.
00:52:52Oh, Mr. P.
00:52:56You really have made a fool of yourself this time, and no mistake.
00:52:59I mean, I've got plenty of witnesses to prove that I couldn't possibly have killed Lynette.
00:53:03I know you have.
00:53:05But you did kill her.
00:53:07And Louise Bourget saw you.
00:53:10Oh, what nonsense.
00:53:12I tell you that her doll could not have moved about the boat with a fractured leg.
00:53:16I tell you that I, Ludwig Bessner, will testify to this to any court in the world.
00:53:20In that case, I would have to say that your testimony is irrelevant.
00:53:25Irrelevant?
00:53:26Un-un-un-ven-bar.
00:53:30Un-un-ven-bar?
00:53:32Ha, ha, me!
00:53:34Ha, ha!
00:53:35I have testified in some of the most complex psychological cases of the century.
00:53:41My testimony alone saves Stutztruppel.
00:53:43Stutztruppel.
00:53:44The Dresden Sackertort murderer from execution.
00:53:48And in the case of...
00:53:49Hey, calmé-vous, calmé-vous.
00:53:50I'm only saying that your testimony is irrelevant because you started to tend to Monsieur Doyle five minutes after he had been shot.
00:53:56But I tell you, he could not have moved during those five minutes.
00:54:00I agree if he'd been shot at the time, but had he been?
00:54:05Consider what had actually been seen.
00:54:09Mademoiselle Rosalie saw Jacqueline fire her pistol.
00:54:13She saw Doyle collapse to the floor.
00:54:16And then turning away to seek help, she ran into Monsieur Ferguson, who had heard the shot.
00:54:20All he saw was Doyle clutching a red-stained handkerchief to his leg.
00:54:26He quite naturally assumed that Doyle had been shot.
00:54:30But the assumption was wrong.
00:54:33The bullet had not gone into Doyle, but elsewhere.
00:54:37And now what happens?
00:54:39Doyle insists that Jackie be taken away to her cabin and not be left alone.
00:54:45And so Jackie is helped to her cabin by Mademoiselle Rosalie and Monsieur Ferguson.
00:54:50Then, Mademoiselle Rosalie goes to fetch Miss Bowers.
00:54:56And accordingly, all the activity is centered on the starboard side of the boat.
00:55:01Bowers!
00:55:13Two minutes are all that Doyle needs.
00:55:16He takes off his shoes, picks up the gun from under the sofa, where Jackie had thoughtfully thrown it so that it would be forgotten until later.
00:55:25And runs like a hare along the port deck.
00:55:28He then enters his wife's cabin.
00:55:31Swatting!
00:55:54doyle then takes madame van schuyler's stole which he had previously hidden and wrapping the gun up
00:56:22in it in order both to muffle sound and to prevent scorching fires a bullet into his own leg
00:56:29he removes one of the spent cartridges which he disposes of and inserts a fresh one thus
00:56:48indicating should the gun be found that only two bullets had been fired from it
00:56:54he then rewraps the gun in the stove adds the stained handkerchief and a marble ash tray
00:57:14to make sure that it all sinks to the bottom and throws the whole bundle out of the window into
00:57:19the knife and now he lies back on the sofa clasping a fresh handkerchief to his leg
00:57:26this time in genuine agony
00:57:30it's impossible i can scarcely believe it of course it is absolutely bloody impossible
00:57:48why do you say it's impossible you yourself told me that you heard softly running feet
00:57:52what reason was there for anyone to run yes i know but all that on the spur of the moment
00:57:58once and for all mon colonel it was not on the spur of the moment it was carefully planned
00:58:02by doyle oh doyle he merely acted the part was planned by his accomplice mademoiselle jacqueline
00:58:11de belfort
00:58:12you must be mad
00:58:18no i'm not mad
00:58:20that's the truth
00:58:22who gave doyle his alibi
00:58:25you did by firing that shot
00:58:29and who gave you your alibi
00:58:32a doyle
00:58:33by insisting that someone stay with you all night
00:58:37it's not true
00:58:39it's not
00:58:41it is true i bother to deny it
00:58:44you and doyle were lovers
00:58:47you still are lovers
00:58:49the plan was that simon would kill his wife
00:58:52inherit the money and then afterwards at some later date marry his old love
00:58:58it was a very brilliant concept
00:59:01your persecution of madame doyle
00:59:04simon's feigned rage
00:59:07your selection of mademoiselle rosalie
00:59:09as a witness
00:59:10and all that build up to the shooting
00:59:12exaggerated hysteria
00:59:15there was only one risk you really took
00:59:18and that was that simon's wound simply had to be disabling
00:59:22oh and pardon me
00:59:25what one piece of foolishness
00:59:27which was the drawing of
00:59:29the letter j on the wall of the cabin
00:59:32so melodramatic it could only have one effect
00:59:34that of exonerating you
00:59:36and who would want to do that
00:59:39except
00:59:39an accomplice
00:59:42but then
00:59:44the plan
00:59:45began to go wrong
00:59:47did it not
00:59:49louise bourget
00:59:51louise bourget has been wakeful
00:59:53she sees doyle run to his wife's cabin
00:59:56she hears the shot
00:59:58and sees him return to the saloon
01:00:01she makes her greedy bid for hush money
01:00:06and in doing so
01:00:07signs her own death warrant
01:00:09her doyle could not have killed
01:00:12because he could not have moved
01:00:14i will swear to that
01:00:16you would be right
01:00:18she was killed by mademoiselle jackie
01:00:20no
01:00:24yes i am afraid there is no doubt
01:00:28just before dinner
01:00:30she asked to see monsieur doyle
01:00:32quite foolishly as it turns out
01:00:35i agreed
01:00:35and brought them together
01:00:37the one apparently guilt-ridden and distraught
01:00:40the other comforting
01:00:42oh sam and i'm so dreadfully sorry
01:00:44however i'm sure as soon as we've gone
01:00:48the tone changes
01:00:50it's going fine darling
01:00:53we're nearly there
01:00:54now there it is
01:00:55louise knows
01:00:56she saw me
01:00:58she's trying to blackmail us
01:01:00i'll have to shut her up
01:01:03can't we pay her
01:01:07all our lives
01:01:08jackie are you sure
01:01:11give me some money
01:01:23why
01:01:25that's what she's waiting for
01:01:26it'll put her off guard
01:01:27where is it
01:01:29in my jacket
01:01:29in the wardrobe
01:01:30i love you
01:01:49i know
01:01:49are we insane
01:01:52i don't know but we can't stop now
01:01:54jackie
01:01:57wish me luck
01:02:01unfortunately for her in her haste
01:02:16she leaves a tiny fragment of a thousand franc note behind
01:02:20clutched in the dead woman's fingers
01:02:22but even more unfortunately she is seen by madame otterborn leaving the cabin
01:02:28she is unaware of this at the time and returns to dr besner's cabin to replace the scalper
01:02:34then having changed for dinner somewhat flushed and out of breath she hurries into the dining room
01:02:43as for madame otterborn when she hears of the murder of louise bourget from dr besner
01:02:50she suddenly realizes that she has actually seen the murderer leaving the scene of the crime
01:02:57what
01:02:58you say you know who killed louise
01:03:00calm not to shout
01:03:02it seemed strange to me at the time that doyle should be shouting so loudly at madame otterborn
01:03:10now of course i realized that what he was doing was shouting a warning to jackie next door
01:03:16mrs otterborn for god's sake calm down
01:03:19now tell us the whole story from the beginning
01:03:22and why did he ask her to start at the beginning and tell the whole story
01:03:27obviously to give jackie time to act
01:03:30which she did like lightning
01:03:32we are talking about the murderer of my wife
01:03:37mr pennington
01:03:43she boasted once that her father had taught her to be a
01:04:00cracked shot and her boast was not an idol
01:04:03i saw it
01:04:04she dropped the gun and bolted into her own cabin next door
01:04:11it was highly risky but it was her only possible chance
01:04:16well mes amis
01:04:23that is all
01:04:25congratulations mr p on a highly amusing theory
01:04:36oh it's more than a theory
01:04:38unfortunately it is the truth
01:04:42then what happened to the first bullet
01:04:46the one that jackie fired at me
01:04:49oh that's a good question yes
01:04:51can you all see this table
01:04:52there's a newly made bullet hole just there
01:04:56of course you had time to dispose of the bullet
01:04:59and throw it into the nile
01:05:02what piffle
01:05:03oh no it's not piffle
01:05:04remember we have proof that all three bullets came from mademoiselle jacqueline's gun
01:05:09suppose that's true monsieur poirot
01:05:12where's your proof that simon fired the other two
01:05:14well that's right
01:05:16you've no proof
01:05:18you've absolutely no proof at all
01:05:20we'll produce some never fear
01:05:22you won't get away with this
01:05:24no
01:05:24we'll never convince a jury without proof
01:05:27and where do you intend to get it mr p
01:05:31from lynette
01:05:33oh no
01:05:35not from lynette
01:05:36from you
01:05:39from me what do you mean
01:05:42it's a bluff simon
01:05:44it's very far from me a bluff
01:05:46there is a very simple test
01:05:49which is now accepted as conclusive evidence in any court in the world
01:05:52and it's called a moulage test
01:05:55moulage test
01:05:57yes moulage
01:05:59you know when you fire a gun
01:06:00tiny grains of powder become embedded in the skin
01:06:04and they can now be removed by a thin layer of wax
01:06:09that's a moulage test
01:06:11oh
01:06:14moulage
01:06:14colonel
01:06:15will you administer this
01:06:16when you wish
01:06:17i assume of course that you're willing to submit to such a test
01:06:24there is no pain involved
01:06:26just a little
01:06:27warm
01:06:28jackie what can we do
01:06:45nothing
01:06:54it's over
01:06:57don't mind so much monsieur
01:07:08about me i mean
01:07:10you do mind don't you
01:07:12a bit
01:07:13yes
01:07:15and don't judge simon too harshly
01:07:19he never had any money
01:07:20and lynette simply
01:07:21dazzled him with all that wealth
01:07:23simon
01:07:25do you remember what you said
01:07:28i said if this was a book
01:07:30i'd marry lynette and she'd die within a year and leave me everything
01:07:34that's when i saw the idea come into his head
01:07:37i was terrified
01:07:38i knew he'd try some perfectly absurd way
01:07:41he even had the idea of putting a cobra in her bed
01:07:44well you found another use for that serpent mademoiselle
01:07:49i'm glad it didn't kill you monsieur
01:07:54oh
01:07:54truly
01:07:56so
01:08:00you see
01:08:03i had to help him
01:08:06i've always had to help him
01:08:10jackie i love you
01:08:14i love you
01:08:16stop
01:08:24monsieur poirot
01:08:31oh
01:08:38u
01:08:44quelle tragédie
01:08:52uh
01:08:53a splendid piece of detection borrow i must say you know i couldn't possibly carry out that moulage
01:09:08test i have no wax you astonish me more colonel you absolutely astonish me
01:09:14goodbye monsieur perel i'm afraid the description of your cases will have to wait
01:09:24until another time okay dommage madame i was hoping to recount to you my recent extraordinary
01:09:30experience on the orient express come on bowers time to go this place is beginning to resemble
01:09:39a mortuary thank god you'll be in one yourself before too long bloody old fossil tempered temple
01:09:46bowers what you need is a nice cool holiday i was thinking of a trip through the goby desert
01:09:57monsieur baron i wanted you to be the first to know we've just got engaged oh
01:10:01congratulations and bond chance to both of you thank you goodbye mr paris good luck
01:10:15oh my tea a word of advice as they say in america take it easy we'll try
01:10:31do we should speak some known language the great ambition of women is to inspire love
01:11:01love you
01:11:06so
01:11:11um