A talented American actress enlists the help of the famed Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, to negotiate a divorce from her husband, Lord Edgware, only to find him the next day stabbed to death in his library.
Austin Trevor - Hercule Poirot
Jane Carr - Lady Edgware
Richard Cooper - Captain Hastings
John Turnbull - Inspector Japp
Michael Shepley - Captain Roland Marsh
Leslie Perrins - Bryan Martin
C.V. France - Lord Edgware
Esme Percy - Duke of Merton
Phyllis Morris - Alice
Sophie Stewart - Miss Geraldine Edgware
Austin Trevor - Hercule Poirot
Jane Carr - Lady Edgware
Richard Cooper - Captain Hastings
John Turnbull - Inspector Japp
Michael Shepley - Captain Roland Marsh
Leslie Perrins - Bryan Martin
C.V. France - Lord Edgware
Esme Percy - Duke of Merton
Phyllis Morris - Alice
Sophie Stewart - Miss Geraldine Edgware
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00:00:00The End
00:01:47Wonderful! Wonderful!
00:01:49His Highness is simply delighted.
00:01:51He's dying to meet you.
00:01:52Oh!
00:01:53You'll remember, Your Highness.
00:01:54We met her coming through Brussels last year.
00:01:56Of course.
00:01:58I just wanted to thank you for so kindly aiding our charity.
00:02:02Your impersonations are wonderful.
00:02:03Really wonderful.
00:02:05Oh, thank you.
00:02:06Would it be trespassing on your good nature
00:02:07if I asked you to give us one more?
00:02:10Why, no, not at all.
00:02:11I'd be only too delighted.
00:02:16Ladies and gentlemen,
00:02:17for my last impersonation,
00:02:19I would like to give you...
00:02:21But wait a minute.
00:02:22I see in the audience
00:02:24one of the most popular and talented American actresses
00:02:27now married into your English peerage,
00:02:30Lady Edgeware.
00:02:31I would like to give you
00:02:33a slight impression of her
00:02:34singing the chorus
00:02:35of one of her most popular numbers.
00:02:42Unless, of course,
00:02:43she objects.
00:02:44Why not at all?
00:02:46I'd be delighted.
00:02:49Would you play lying awake, please?
00:02:51Oh, I'm sure you'll know me there.
00:02:59I knew you wouldn't lie.
00:03:04Lying awake at night
00:03:06Dreaming dreams
00:03:08Worrying what you want to live
00:03:12Lying awake at night
00:03:15And scheming schemes
00:03:17That would bring me to the wind
00:03:21And as shadows creep
00:03:27I've tried counting sheep
00:03:32But old Mr. Sleep
00:03:37He won't come to me
00:03:41Tossing from side to side
00:03:44Unless my eyes deceive me
00:03:46There is our old friend, Jacques
00:03:48Yes, my dear
00:03:50And over the times I've been right
00:03:52So it is
00:03:53When they break
00:03:54Proves that you're not beside me
00:03:58Oh, what will the end of it be
00:04:03What has a future for me
00:04:08But lying awake at night
00:04:12Breaking my heart
00:04:14Oh, I love you
00:04:19Not so bad, considering
00:04:20And now it's kept in hasty
00:04:22Oh, I'm sorry, thanks
00:04:24But lying awake at night
00:04:29Breaking my heart
00:04:31For you
00:04:34You know, Bron, that was simply marvellous
00:04:44Almost uncanny
00:04:45Jerry, it's a wonderful bit of work
00:04:47Only to ask why you're here, Monsieur Poirot
00:04:49Keeping an eye on his nibs, I suppose
00:04:51On his highness, as you say
00:04:52No objection, I hope
00:04:54Oh, a little unnecessary, perhaps
00:04:55Scotland Yard's quite well able to protect our distinguished foreign visitors
00:04:59Scotland Yard, yes
00:05:01Especially when it is represented by Inspector Schaap
00:05:03Quite
00:05:04My government wished it, so I'm here
00:05:07Ah, well, I'll see you later
00:05:09I must be very good
00:05:11Tell me, Hastings
00:05:16Is that not Brian Martin, whom we so often see in American films?
00:05:21Yes, yes, I know him slightly
00:05:22He whispers very daringly to the lady
00:05:25Yes, he's always hanging about her nowadays
00:05:27She's separated from her husband, you know
00:05:29So, she's married then?
00:05:30Yes, she's Lady Edgware in private life
00:05:32I see
00:05:33Oh, will you pardon me for a minute, Brian?
00:05:36Is somebody over there I want to speak to?
00:05:41Where's your Poirot, I believe?
00:05:43At your service, Lady Edgware
00:05:44Oh, you Frenchmen are so cute
00:05:47I just love your Parisian manners
00:05:48And our English policeman, I hope
00:05:51Oh, why, yes
00:05:52My friend, Captain Hastings
00:05:53How do you do?
00:05:54How do you do?
00:05:55Mr. Poirot, I want to consult you
00:05:57But certainly, madame
00:05:58At what hour shall I call on you tomorrow?
00:06:00Oh, tomorrow means nothing of my life
00:06:01Only the present, can't it?
00:06:03Why not now?
00:06:04By all means, if you wish
00:06:05We should be quite undisturbed in there
00:06:07Mr. Poirot, I've just got to get rid of my husband
00:06:19But madame, getting rid of husbands is not my speciality
00:06:23Surely it's a lawyer you want
00:06:25Oh, I'm sick of lawyers
00:06:26They may know about the law
00:06:28But they don't seem to have any kind of natural sense
00:06:30And you think I have?
00:06:32Then tell me, why are you so anxious to get rid of Lord Edgware?
00:06:34Because I want to get married again
00:06:36Surely a divorce is a thing to go for
00:06:38It's as easy as buying a pound of tea nowadays
00:06:41You don't are my husband
00:06:43His first wife ran away from him
00:06:45Left a baby behind him
00:06:47But he wouldn't divorce her
00:06:48That's his nature
00:06:49When she died, he married me
00:06:51Well, I couldn't stick it
00:06:53I left him and went back to the state
00:06:55Unnaturally, madame
00:06:56You would not wish to give him God
00:06:58If you knew my husband
00:06:59You'd know that that'd be useless
00:07:00He's a fanatic
00:07:02And who is the man you want to marry?
00:07:04The Duke of Merton
00:07:05I'm just crazy about him
00:07:07He's so odd
00:07:09Of course, he's very religious
00:07:11But I dare say I'd grow out of it
00:07:13Meantime, Lord Edgware
00:07:14Stands in the way of these romantic dreams
00:07:16Yeah
00:07:17Of course, if we were in Chicago
00:07:18I could get him bumped off quite easily
00:07:20But you don't seem to run the gunman over here
00:07:22No, madame
00:07:23Here we consider human beings have a right to live
00:07:25Even husbands
00:07:27Oh, I see
00:07:28Madame, I cannot help you
00:07:30Oh, no, no, Monsieur Poirot
00:07:32I don't mean that I want you to go and kill him
00:07:34Merci, madame
00:07:35Captain Hastings
00:07:36Good Lord, I couldn't think of it
00:07:38I never kill
00:07:39Oh, no, no
00:07:40I want you to persuade Monsieur Poirot
00:07:41To go around and see my husband
00:07:43Because if not, well, I guess
00:07:45I'll just have to call up a taxi
00:07:46And go and bump him off myself
00:07:47Oh, but, madame
00:07:48I should hate to drive you to that extremity
00:07:49You mean you will see him?
00:07:51But certainly, madame
00:07:52Oh, I knew you would
00:07:54Thank you
00:07:56Oh, and Monsieur Poirot
00:08:01I'm staying at the bar, Chester
00:08:03Oui, madame
00:08:04Au revoir
00:08:05Au revoir
00:08:06I was going to find my partner
00:08:07Sorry to have kept you, Brian
00:08:12Say, what's it all about it?
00:08:14Come on, I'll tell you why we're dancing
00:08:15I say, isn't she attractive?
00:08:18Very
00:08:19But such people go through life in great danger
00:08:23Danger?
00:08:24Yes, because a woman like that sees only one thing in life
00:08:27Herself
00:08:28And so, sooner or later, disaster
00:08:31Oh, I don't know
00:08:32She's vain, of course
00:08:33Vain and spoilt
00:08:36And perhaps a trifle man
00:08:39Ah, Lord Edgware
00:08:43He will see us at 11.30 this morning
00:08:46I phoned his secretary last night
00:08:48Toast?
00:08:49Thanks
00:08:50Rather surprising he's agreeing to see you
00:08:52There's nothing surprising, my dear Hastings
00:08:54Greater men than Lord Edgware
00:08:56Have found it difficult to refuse
00:08:57Hercule Poirot
00:08:58Now, if it were not for my modest and retiring nature
00:09:02I could tell you
00:09:02I know, I know
00:09:03You've told me before
00:09:04Excuse me, sir
00:09:06There's a gentleman to see, Monsieur Poirot
00:09:08A Mr. Brian Martin
00:09:10Good
00:09:11Very good
00:09:13Ask him to come in
00:09:14Good morning, Captain Hastings
00:09:21Good morning, Martin
00:09:22How are you?
00:09:24This is Monsieur Poirot
00:09:25Yeah, morning
00:09:26Bonjour, Monsieur
00:09:27Let me get your chair
00:09:28No, thanks
00:09:29I'm only staying a minute
00:09:30See here, Monsieur Poirot
00:09:31I'm hoping you didn't take Lady Hware's request last night too flippantly
00:09:35And that you'll take on a case
00:09:36Because
00:09:36I know her
00:09:38And, well
00:09:39Quite frankly
00:09:40I'm frightened
00:09:41Why?
00:09:42Because if you don't succeed with Lord Edgware
00:09:44She may do something desperate
00:09:46When I left her last night
00:09:47She was frantic
00:09:48She's so set on getting her freedom
00:09:50That she'll stick at nothing
00:09:52Nothing to get it
00:09:52You mean
00:09:53I mean that she'd kill
00:09:55Just as easily
00:09:56As she'd drink her morning tea
00:09:58That's what I mean, Monsieur Poirot
00:10:09And that's all I wanted to say
00:10:10But you will do your very best, won't you?
00:10:12Naturellement, Lady Hware's my client
00:10:14But tell me
00:10:14That's all I came to say
00:10:15Then, good day, Monsieur
00:10:17Good morning
00:10:18And thanks again
00:10:19I say, the poor chap has got it badly
00:10:33We mustn't fail
00:10:35We will not fail
00:10:36Come along
00:10:36Where?
00:10:37Where?
00:10:45Come in, Monsieur Poirot
00:10:46And Captain Hastings, isn't it?
00:10:48Yes
00:10:49Sit down
00:10:49Yes
00:10:49I am familiar, of course, with your name
00:10:52Mm-hmm
00:10:52I understand you've come to see me on behalf of my wife
00:10:55That is so
00:10:56Lady Hedria consulted me and
00:10:58She wants a divorce
00:10:59I'm quite aware of that
00:11:00Her suggestion was that we should discuss the matter
00:11:03There's nothing to discuss
00:11:04You refuse, then?
00:11:06Certainly not
00:11:06Not?
00:11:09Come on, what is all this?
00:11:10You, you, you don't refuse?
00:11:12I'm at a loss to understand your astonishment, Monsieur Poirot
00:11:15You mean you are willing to divorce your wife?
00:11:17Certainly
00:11:17She knows that perfectly well
00:11:19Mais au contraire, she
00:11:22She wrote me six months ago
00:11:23Urging the point
00:11:24I have an idea she wanted to marry again
00:11:26Some filmmaker, I believe
00:11:27I wrote her at Hollywood telling her I was willing
00:11:30You wrote and told her?
00:11:32She never said anything about that, Poirot
00:11:34Nevertheless, I did
00:11:35Six months ago
00:11:36Why she sent you to me, I can't imagine
00:11:40I suppose it's a question of money
00:11:42Extremely curious
00:11:44There is something here that I do not understand at all
00:11:48Curious?
00:11:49It's, it's more than curious
00:11:51It's, uh, it's, uh
00:11:53It's odd
00:11:54As regards money
00:11:56I have no intention of making any financial arrangements
00:12:00But there is no question of any financial arrangement
00:12:03No, no, no, no question
00:12:04You must be going to marry a rich man
00:12:08There is something here I do not understand
00:12:14Lady Edgware said she approached you repeatedly through lawyers
00:12:20She did
00:12:21And finally, as I say, she wrote to me herself
00:12:23You having previously refused
00:12:26Very so
00:12:28But on receiving her letter, you changed your mind, Lord Edgware
00:12:33I altered my view
00:12:35The change was somewhat sudden
00:12:38What was the cause?
00:12:40That is my own business
00:12:41Pardon
00:12:42I see
00:12:43Well, we must not detain you any longer, Lord Edgware
00:12:46I wish you good day
00:12:47Good day
00:13:03Oh
00:13:13I say, she looks very upset
00:13:21I wonder who she is
00:13:23Probably his daughter
00:13:24He has one
00:13:25Are you surprised that she is sad?
00:13:29Where now?
00:13:30To the Barchester
00:13:31I've got it, Alice
00:13:43See the turn
00:13:45Hello?
00:13:56Yes?
00:13:57Or would you ask him to come up right away, please?
00:14:00Thank you
00:14:00Alice
00:14:03Mr. Poirot is coming up here immediately
00:14:06I'll just go and slip on something decent
00:14:08Tell him I won't be a minute
00:14:14Mr. Poirot
00:14:20Bonjour, madame
00:14:36Captain Hastings
00:14:37Well?
00:14:38Exactly the word, madame
00:14:39It is well
00:14:40Lord Edgware is perfectly willing to agree to a divorce
00:14:43What?
00:14:45Do you mean to say you've managed it?
00:14:48Isn't he a genius?
00:14:50No, madame
00:14:50I cannot take compliments when they are not earned
00:14:52Six months ago, your husband wrote to you
00:14:54Withdrawing his opposition
00:14:55What's that you say?
00:15:01What's that you say?
00:15:02Wrote to me?
00:15:04Where?
00:15:05It was when you were in Hollywood, we understand
00:15:07Well, I never got it
00:15:09And to think that I've been freddy and half crazy all these months
00:15:13Aren't you surprised, Alice?
00:15:16Yes, indeed, your lady
00:15:18His lordship must have changed a good deal since we knew him
00:15:21Yes, he must
00:15:23You cannot understand his attitude, it puzzles you
00:15:25It certainly does
00:15:27But anyway, it's of no interest what made him change his mind so long as he has
00:15:31It may not interest you, madame, but it interests me
00:15:33Maybe
00:15:34But the thing is that I'm free at last
00:15:37Oh, not quite yet, you know
00:15:39Well, going to be free
00:15:40The Duke's in Paris, I must cable him right away
00:15:43I'm glad, madame, that all is turning out as you wish
00:15:44I will take my leave
00:15:46Oh, you must go so soon
00:15:47Alice!
00:15:48Goodbye, Mr. Poirot, and thanks a lot
00:15:50But I did nothing
00:15:51Oh, yes, you did
00:15:52You brought me the good news, and I'm very, very grateful
00:15:54It is nothing
00:15:55What is something is
00:15:56What happened to that letter?
00:15:59Au revoir, madame
00:16:00Goodbye, Captain Hayston
00:16:01Good heavens, Poirot
00:16:10What an unearthly hour to have breakfast
00:16:13I could not sleep, my friend
00:16:15My mind, it was fixed on Lady Edgware
00:16:17An interesting study, that woman, Hastings
00:16:20This single idea, herself
00:16:23She is shrewd in the business sense
00:16:26But she has absolutely no intellect
00:16:28Well, well, Le Bourdieu, he cannot give everything
00:16:31Well, don't eat all the breakfast
00:16:34I shan't be a moment dressing
00:16:36God bless you
00:16:43Alors, could you learn everything
00:16:45She is the Lord, at that point
00:16:48And then, thanks to the Holy Moves
00:16:49Is a relative
00:16:51That one is eats all along the mountains
00:16:52That is what it is
00:16:53That one is overwhelming
00:16:54Then there is no girl
00:16:55You need to worry
00:16:56You need to be a moment
00:16:57But USDM
00:16:58That would be the suka
00:16:59You need to be
00:17:02Well, I don't want to write
00:17:03Regarding that letter Lady Edouard never received, there are four solutions to that problem.
00:17:27The first, that it was lost in the post.
00:17:31The second, that Lady Edouard was lying when she said she never received it.
00:17:37But I cannot see that that would be to her advantage.
00:17:40The third, Lord Edouard was lying.
00:17:43He never sent it.
00:17:45But I cannot see the point of such a lie.
00:17:47The fourth, someone suppressed that letter.
00:17:52Someone who did not want that marriage dissolved.
00:17:55As things, I would give a great deal to know what is behind this affair.
00:18:00Yes, and I'd give a great deal for one of those cigarettes you're messing about with.
00:18:03Oh, oh, mon cher ami, pardon.
00:18:06There is something, someone, of whom as yet I have but had a glimpse.
00:18:18Inspector Jap to see you, sir.
00:18:19Ah, le beau Jap.
00:18:21Good day, Monsieur Poirot.
00:18:24Captain Hastings.
00:18:25Well, my good Jap.
00:18:27What brings you to see us?
00:18:28I'll tell you that in a word.
00:18:31Murder.
00:18:32Murder?
00:18:33Yes.
00:18:34Lord Edouard was killed in his house last night, stabbed in the neck by his wife.
00:18:39By his wife?
00:18:40Yes.
00:18:41How do you know that it was his wife who killed him?
00:18:43She was recognized.
00:18:44Recognized?
00:18:45Yes.
00:18:46Not much concealment about it, either.
00:18:49Lady Edgeware drove up in a taxi.
00:18:51A taxi?
00:18:52Hastings, I beg of you, do not repeat everything that the good Jap says.
00:18:56It creates the irritation.
00:18:58She rang the bell and asked for Lord Edgeware.
00:19:04It was about ten o'clock.
00:19:06I am Lady Edgeware, she says, as cool as a cucumber, and with that walks into the library
00:19:10and shuts the door.
00:19:11About five minutes later, the butler heard the front door slam.
00:19:16About eleven, just before going to bed, he opened the library door, but it was dark,
00:19:22so he thought that his master had retired for the night.
00:19:25This morning, the body was discovered by him, stabbed in the back of the neck.
00:19:30By Lady Edgeware?
00:19:32By Lady Edgeware.
00:19:34Well, you have the criminal, but have you the motive?
00:19:37Yes.
00:19:38Wanted to marry another man, or so often heard to utter threats.
00:19:42Since everything goes so swimmingly, why come to us?
00:19:46Because I heard that you were at Lord Edgeware's yesterday morning.
00:19:48Oh, I see.
00:19:49Now, the moment I heard that, I said to myself, why does my lord want to see Monsieur Poirot?
00:19:54What's he afraid of?
00:19:56So, before doing anything definite, I thought I'd come along and have a talk.
00:19:58What do you mean by anything definite?
00:20:00Arresting the lady, I suppose.
00:20:01Exactly.
00:20:02You haven't seen her yet?
00:20:03Oh, yes, I have.
00:20:04I went straight from Lord Edgeware's to the Barchester.
00:20:06I wasn't wasting any time.
00:20:08And what did she say, my friend?
00:20:10Eh?
00:20:11Say?
00:20:12Huh.
00:20:13I wouldn't say a thing without a solicitor.
00:20:16And you are positive she did it.
00:20:19Positive.
00:20:20Then how do you account for this?
00:20:24You do not read your morning paper very carefully.
00:20:27Sir Montagu Corner gave a dinner party last night at his house on the river at Chiswick.
00:20:33Amongst the distinguished guests present were Sir George and Lady Fisk, Mr. James Blunt...
00:20:39Et cetera, et cetera.
00:20:41And the charming Lady Edgeware.
00:20:44Oh, press stuff.
00:20:47Send out beforehand.
00:20:48They always do it.
00:20:49You'll find our Lady wasn't there.
00:20:52Or arrived later at eleven o'clock.
00:20:55And now perhaps you'll tell me why Lord Edgeware sent for you.
00:20:58Lord Edgeware did not send for me, my dear Jacques.
00:21:01It was I who requested him to give me an appointment.
00:21:04Really?
00:21:06And for what reason?
00:21:07No, I'm sure Monsieur Poirot will see me. It's very urgent.
00:21:11I've just heard.
00:21:13This is a terrible business.
00:21:14I've always dreaded it.
00:21:16I told you yesterday.
00:21:19So you have jumped to the conclusion that Lady Edgeware murdered her husband.
00:21:23Do you mean I've got it wrong?
00:21:24That she had nothing to do with it?
00:21:26She did it all right.
00:21:27Perhaps you can help us, Monsieur Martin.
00:21:29Sure.
00:21:31How?
00:21:32You see, Lady Edgeware's a friend of mine.
00:21:34But in a matter of this kind, you cannot allow friendship to influence you.
00:21:37That's all very well.
00:21:38Hang it all, Martin. This is murder.
00:21:39It's a nasty business, a sticky business.
00:21:42It isn't done.
00:21:43Yeah, but you don't understand.
00:21:45Lady Edgeware isn't an ordinary murderer.
00:21:47She has no sense of right or wrong.
00:21:50That'll be a question for the jury.
00:21:52Come, come now.
00:21:53You cannot refuse to tell us what you know.
00:21:55Yes, come, come now.
00:21:57Well, I guess you're right.
00:22:01What do you want me to tell you?
00:22:02I'm informed that Lady Edgeware wanted her freedom in order to marry another man.
00:22:08Do you know who that man was?
00:22:10Yeah.
00:22:11Who?
00:22:12The Duke of Merton.
00:22:13One of the richest men in England.
00:22:15Yeah, he's rolling in money.
00:22:16Wouldn't her husband divorce her?
00:22:18No, he refused absolutely.
00:22:19You certain of that?
00:22:20Yeah.
00:22:21There's your motive, Monsieur Poirot.
00:22:23No, no, my dear Jacques.
00:22:25I saw Lord Edgeware yesterday, as you know, and he agreed to a divorce.
00:22:30He agreed?
00:22:31That's quite correct.
00:22:32Yes.
00:22:33Well, you should have told Lady Edgeware at once.
00:22:35I did.
00:22:36You see, it impairs the motive a little, my dear Jacques, does it not?
00:22:40And now, Monsieur Martin, before you jump too hastily to conclusions, cast your eye over this.
00:22:45Yeah, I've seen it, but I'm afraid that doesn't make an alibi.
00:22:48She never went to that dinner.
00:22:49How do you know?
00:22:50Well, she told me she wasn't going.
00:22:52You see?
00:22:53Now, Monsieur Poirot, don't try any of your funny theories.
00:22:57The case is as I say.
00:22:58The case as you presented, my dear Jacques, revolts the intelligence.
00:23:03What do you mean, revolts the intelligence?
00:23:05It doesn't revolt mine.
00:23:06Naturellement.
00:23:07Well, Monsieur Martin, I thank you for your help.
00:23:09I'll keep in touch.
00:23:12I always thought at the moment she was crazy.
00:23:15Well, it's all clear to me.
00:23:22My dear Jacques, you can't tell me you're serious.
00:23:24Here is a young woman who wishes to get rid of her husband.
00:23:27So she repeats before witnesses that she's thinking of killing him,
00:23:30calls at his house, has herself announced, stabs him, and goes away all night.
00:23:35Rather clumsy, what?
00:23:36Clumsy.
00:23:37It's the imbecility.
00:23:38Well, it's all to the advantage of the police when criminals lose their heads.
00:23:42We'd better get along to the barcheser.
00:23:44How about yourself?
00:23:45Very good.
00:23:46You were quite right not to answer any questions without consulting me.
00:23:49Oh, Charlie.
00:23:50Charlie.
00:23:51Yes, come.
00:23:54Shone right in, Ellis.
00:23:59Oh, hello.
00:24:00This is Mr. Markson, everybody.
00:24:02How do you do?
00:24:03Now, Mr. Markson, this is Mr. Yepp.
00:24:05Jeff!
00:24:06Oh, Jeff, pardon me.
00:24:07Who seems quite positive that I went out last night and killed my husband.
00:24:12Oh.
00:24:14Why don't you sit down?
00:24:15Yes.
00:24:16As Lady Edgeworth's lawyer, would you tell me when this unfortunate occurrence took place?
00:24:25As a safe margin, I should say between 8.30 and 10.30 last night.
00:24:29Oh, that's all right.
00:24:31I was at the party at that time.
00:24:35Oh, perhaps I oughtn't to have said that.
00:24:37If at that time last night you were at a party, Lady Edgeworth, then I can see no objection to your informing the inspector of the fact.
00:24:45I agree.
00:24:46Quite so.
00:24:47I only want a statement of your movements yesterday evening, Lady Edgeworth.
00:24:51I was at Sir Montague Corners at Chiswick.
00:24:54What time did you go there, madame?
00:24:56I started about 7.30.
00:24:58I called in at the Piccadilly Palace Hotel to say goodbye to a friend who was leaving for the States.
00:25:04I got to Chiswick about 8 o'clock or so.
00:25:08Would you like this hat, Monsieur Poirot?
00:25:10Very much, madame.
00:25:11Tell me, what time did you leave?
00:25:13Oh, about 11.
00:25:14And you came straight back here?
00:25:16Yes.
00:25:17And whilst you were at the dinner party, you didn't leave it.
00:25:19Well, I...
00:25:20So you did leave it?
00:25:21I don't know what you mean.
00:25:23I was caught up on the telephone while we were at dinner.
00:25:26Ah.
00:25:27Tell me, madame, who phoned you?
00:25:30Well, I guess it was a kind of hoax.
00:25:33Because when I lifted off the receiver, a woman's voice said,
00:25:36Is that Lady Edgeworth?
00:25:38And when I said yes, she just laughed and rang off.
00:25:40You didn't go outside the house to telephone.
00:25:43Of course not.
00:25:44Why should I?
00:25:45No, no.
00:25:46Of course not.
00:25:47Exactly.
00:25:48Why should she?
00:25:49No, no.
00:25:50Of course not.
00:25:51How long were you away from the dinner table?
00:25:53About a minute and a half.
00:25:55I see.
00:25:56Well, all this will have to be verified.
00:25:58Naturally.
00:25:59You'll go ahead and verify it.
00:26:01Monsieur Poirot, could you meet me at Lord Edgeworth's in half an hour or so?
00:26:05Certainly.
00:26:06Well, I'll say good day.
00:26:08Monsieur Poirot.
00:26:10Madame.
00:26:11It seems kind of lucky that I changed my mind and went to that party after all.
00:26:16What is it you say, madame?
00:26:17You changed your mind?
00:26:18Yes, I meant to give it a mess.
00:26:20What made you change your mind?
00:26:23Milady.
00:26:24You asked for these to be brought in as soon as they came, milady.
00:26:27Yes, just put them down someplace, please.
00:26:32Oh, Alice.
00:26:33Why did I change my mind and go to that party last night?
00:26:36I made you, my lady.
00:26:38It doesn't do to forget engagements.
00:26:40You do it much too often.
00:26:41People don't always forgive it.
00:26:42They turn nasty.
00:26:43Oh, no, no, no.
00:26:44I hate black anyway.
00:26:45I never wear it.
00:26:46I suppose as a correct widow, I've got to.
00:26:51Oh, look at these frightful hats.
00:26:55Alice, will you please ring up Lucien's and ask him to send round a fitter in some morning?
00:27:00I will wish you au revoir, madame.
00:27:02Oh, Monsieur Poirot, you must go so soon.
00:27:04I'm sorry.
00:27:05Au revoir.
00:27:06Alice, will you see them out, please?
00:27:08Goodbye, Captain Hastings.
00:27:10Goodbye.
00:27:11Do you require me to...
00:27:13Goodbye, Mr. Boxon.
00:27:14Thank you very much.
00:27:15Goodbye.
00:27:16So nice of you all to come.
00:27:18These terrible hats.
00:27:22When Monsieur Poirot and Captain Hastings arrive, bring them in here at once.
00:27:25Very good, sir.
00:27:26Ah, here they are, I think.
00:27:28Monsieur Poirot.
00:27:29Oh, yes.
00:27:30Would you come in, sir, please?
00:27:34Ah, my dear Jacques.
00:27:36Already here, what?
00:27:37Yes.
00:27:38And unless Sir Montague Corner and his guests were all lying, she couldn't have done it.
00:27:43You mean she was at Chiswick?
00:27:44Yes.
00:27:45But how could she be in Chiswick and here at the same time?
00:27:47That's the point, Jack.
00:27:48Not only did the butler's here, but the secretary, Miss Carol, saw her as well.
00:27:52They both swear that it was Lady Edgeware who was here between nine and ten last night.
00:27:55How long has the butler been in service here?
00:27:57Six months.
00:27:58Eh bien, my friend, then he could never have recognized Lady Edgeware since he had never seen her before.
00:28:02Of course not.
00:28:03How could he?
00:28:04Well, he knew her by her pictures in the papers.
00:28:06That's a thought, Jack.
00:28:07In any case, the secretary knew her.
00:28:09She'd been with Lord Edgeware five or six years.
00:28:11She was absolutely positive.
00:28:12Well, I should just like to see the secretary.
00:28:14Oh, well, that's easy.
00:28:16Tell me, Jack.
00:28:17You find out some things.
00:28:19Who comes into the title?
00:28:22A nephew.
00:28:23Captain Ronald Marsh.
00:28:25A bit of a waster, sir, I understand.
00:28:31Sir?
00:28:32Ask Miss Carol to come and see us.
00:28:35Just one moment.
00:28:36How was the lady dressed who called last night?
00:28:45Lady Edgeware, sir?
00:28:46In black.
00:28:47Black walking dress, small black hat, string of pearls and a pair of grey gloves.
00:28:53One moment.
00:28:55Do you bolt the front door at night?
00:28:57Usually, sir.
00:28:58Last night, Miss Geraldine went to the opera, so I left it unbolted.
00:29:02Miss Geraldine?
00:29:03Miss Lordchip's daughter, sir.
00:29:04Oh, yes, yes.
00:29:05Request Miss Carol.
00:29:09Oh, Miss Carol, they want you in there.
00:29:14Who?
00:29:15Scotland Yard.
00:29:17Scotland Yard.
00:29:22Please come in.
00:29:30I visited.
00:29:36Do sit down.
00:29:40Now, Miss Carol, are you absolutely certain that it was Lady Edgeware who came here last night?
00:29:45Of course I'm certain.
00:29:46I saw her.
00:29:47Where did you see Hermanoisette?
00:29:48In the hall.
00:29:50Where were you?
00:29:52On the gallery, looking down.
00:29:54Oh.
00:29:55Well, I'll get you to show me later.
00:29:56But first tell me, how many keys are there to the front door?
00:30:01How many keys?
00:30:02Yes, front door keys.
00:30:05Two.
00:30:06Lord Edgeware always carried one.
00:30:08The other was kept in a drawer in the hall,
00:30:10so that anyone who was going to be late in could take it.
00:30:13And that's all there were?
00:30:14There was a third, but Captain Marsh lost it.
00:30:17Captain Marsh?
00:30:18The new Lord Edgeware.
00:30:19Uh-huh.
00:30:20Did he come to the house much?
00:30:21He used to live here until three years ago.
00:30:24Before the late Lord Edgeware married his present wife.
00:30:27Why did he leave?
00:30:29I don't know.
00:30:30He couldn't get on with his uncle.
00:30:31Got into debt.
00:30:33They quarrelled.
00:30:34Lord Edgeware forbade him the house.
00:30:36That's all.
00:30:37Thank you, Miss Carol.
00:30:38Now I just want to try a little experiment.
00:30:41Will you be so good as to follow me into the hall?
00:30:45Please, Miss.
00:30:46Hastings, I want you to go up into the gallery and look down into the hall from the spot where Miss Carol saw Lady Edgeware.
00:30:52Yes?
00:30:53Perhaps you would be so kind just to indicate it.
00:30:57Certainly.
00:31:03A little more to the right.
00:31:05That's it.
00:31:06Art.
00:31:09My friend, you can help us.
00:31:12You admitted Lady Edgeware.
00:31:14I did, sir.
00:31:15Then please admit me.
00:31:16I shall be Lady Edgeware.
00:31:21She came in.
00:31:22Yes, sir.
00:31:23She passed me, turned and stood there.
00:31:26Here.
00:31:27Yes, sir.
00:31:28Saying she would find Old Edgeware herself.
00:31:30Yes, sir.
00:31:31Try that.
00:31:32Northern Hastings, I want you to keep your eyes fixed on me.
00:31:34She was wearing a hat.
00:31:37With a brim?
00:31:38Yes, sir.
00:31:39Try it.
00:31:44Now watch me, Hastings.
00:31:54Miss Carol.
00:31:55She did not turn around and speak again to the bottle.
00:31:57She went straight in.
00:31:59Bien.
00:32:00Hastings, watch carefully.
00:32:02Hastings, you can come down.
00:32:05What's the idea, Monsieur Poirot?
00:32:06The idea you will see.
00:32:07Did you notice the rose between my lips?
00:32:08A rose between your lips?
00:32:09I say you're not going all Grecian, are you?
00:32:10You're not mad if you ask me.
00:32:11But you did not observe it.
00:32:12No, but then I couldn't see your face.
00:32:13Exactly.
00:32:14Neither could you, mademoiselle, have seen Lady Edgeware's face.
00:32:15You, like Hastings, could have only seen the back of her head.
00:32:16Back of her head.
00:32:17Her voice, her voice, her walk.
00:32:18It's all the same thing.
00:32:19I tell you, I know it was Lady Edgeware.
00:32:20That is all, mademoiselle.
00:32:21That is all, mademoiselle.
00:32:22Well, I'd better get back to the yard.
00:32:24See you later.
00:32:25My dear Jacques et Rose.
00:32:26Ah.
00:32:27Now, look here, Poirot, we see the face.
00:32:29You're not, mademoiselle, have seen Lady Edgeware.
00:32:32You're not mad if you ask me.
00:32:34But you didn't observe it.
00:32:35No.
00:32:36But then I couldn't see your face.
00:32:37Exactly.
00:32:38Neither could you, mademoiselle, have seen Lady Edgeware's face.
00:32:40You, like Hastings, could have only seen the back of her head.
00:32:43Back of her head.
00:32:44Her voice, her walk.
00:32:45It's all the same thing.
00:32:46I tell you, I know it was Lady Edgeware.
00:32:47That is all, mademoiselle.
00:32:48Well, I'd better get back to the yard.
00:32:50See you later.
00:32:51Now look here, Poirot.
00:32:53Oh.
00:32:56Hastings.
00:33:07Most dangerous witness, Miss Carroll. Dangerous because inaccurate.
00:33:11Oh, I don't know. A voice and a walk are just as unmistakable.
00:33:15No, no.
00:33:16Well, I think they're the most characteristic things about them.
00:33:18Therefore, they may be the most easily counterfeited.
00:33:22Cast your mind back, Hastings.
00:33:27Do you remember Carlotta Adams' clever impersonations?
00:33:31Poirot, you don't think it's possible that...
00:33:34Oh, no, no. That would be too much of a coincidence.
00:33:36Regarded from one angle, there may be no coincidence at all.
00:33:39But why should Carlotta Adams want to kill Lord Edgware?
00:33:42She didn't even know him.
00:33:43How do you know she did not know him?
00:33:45Do not assume things, Hastings.
00:33:48You... you have a theory, then.
00:33:51The possibility of Carlotta Adams being involved in this struck me from the very beginning.
00:33:56Will you just look up her telephone number?
00:33:58You think that, uh...
00:33:59I think of every possibility.
00:34:01Dressed in black, that is what the butler said.
00:34:06But Lady Edgware never wears black. She hates it.
00:34:10Ah, here we are.
00:34:12Uh-huh.
00:34:14Just make a note of her address.
00:34:19Hello, Exchange.
00:34:29What's the letter?
00:34:31Miss Carlotta!
00:34:32Wake up!
00:34:33Oh, do please wake up!
00:34:35What is it?
00:34:36Oh, Miss Carlotta!
00:34:38Oh, my dear!
00:34:42What is it?
00:34:58Hello!
00:34:59Hello!
00:35:00I'm sorry, I had no reply.
00:35:02We'll try them again.
00:35:04No!
00:35:05Hastings, we are too late.
00:35:09We must go round at once.
00:35:14May I come in?
00:35:15Oh, yes, please, sir.
00:35:18I have Monsieur Poirot, a detective.
00:35:21Tell me about it.
00:35:23She didn't ring for me this morning, as usual, sir.
00:35:26So I only came in a little while ago.
00:35:28I spoke to her.
00:35:30She didn't answer.
00:35:32She...
00:35:33She couldn't wake.
00:35:34She kept on trying.
00:35:36I could see she was ill, but I couldn't wake her.
00:35:39Then quite suddenly she fell back.
00:35:41Dead.
00:35:42Has the doctor been?
00:35:43Yes, sir.
00:35:44He was called away on an urgent case.
00:35:45He said he'd come back.
00:35:46What did he say?
00:35:47Overdose of sleeping draught, sir.
00:35:49That was why I couldn't rouse her.
00:35:51Yes, yes.
00:35:52Did Miss Adams often take stop to make her sleep?
00:35:54Now and then she'd take something if she had a headache.
00:35:56I didn't see her take anything when she came back last night.
00:35:59She was out during the evening, then?
00:36:00Yes, sir.
00:36:01Oh, she was.
00:36:02Did she tell you where she'd been?
00:36:04No, sir.
00:36:05Leave this to me, please, Hastings.
00:36:08Oh, I'm sorry.
00:36:10How was she dressed when she went out?
00:36:11Black dress and black hat, sir.
00:36:13Any jewellery?
00:36:15Only the pearl necklace she always wore.
00:36:17And grey gloves?
00:36:18Yes, sir.
00:36:19Her gloves were grey.
00:36:20What time did she return?
00:36:21Hastings, please.
00:36:23Just before midnight, sir.
00:36:26And what was her manner, then?
00:36:27She was terribly tired, sir.
00:36:29But not upset or distressed?
00:36:31No, very nervous and excited, in a drowsy sort of way.
00:36:35She was very sleepy.
00:36:37She wanted to add a postscript to a letter she had in her bag.
00:36:40But she was too tired, so she sealed it up and sent me out to post it.
00:36:44When I came back, she was lying asleep on the bed.
00:36:48So I left her.
00:36:50Hmm.
00:36:51Did Miss Adams take this case with her when she went out last night?
00:36:54Yes, sir.
00:36:55Do you permit that I open it?
00:36:56Yes, sir.
00:36:59A wig.
00:37:02A box of makeup.
00:37:06This is Dr. Heath, sir.
00:37:07May I introduce myself?
00:37:09I am here before Inspector Jopper of Scotland Yard.
00:37:12My name is Poirot.
00:37:13You may have heard of it.
00:37:14Naturally.
00:37:15This is Captain Hastings.
00:37:16How do you do?
00:37:17I understand you ascribe Miss Adams' death to an overdose of sleeping draught.
00:37:20Yes.
00:37:21She had evidently taken it for some time.
00:37:23What makes you think so?
00:37:25This.
00:37:26I took it away for safekeeping.
00:37:29It was in that case.
00:37:30This?
00:37:31Look inside.
00:37:38Look what's written inside.
00:37:44Something engraved.
00:37:45C.A. from D.
00:37:47Paris, November the 10th.
00:37:52November the 10th.
00:37:54Exactly.
00:37:55And we are now in June.
00:37:56Which seems to show that she's been in the habit of taking the stuff for at least six months.
00:38:00Paris, D.
00:38:03When did you first see this box?
00:38:04I've never seen it before, sir.
00:38:05You've never seen it?
00:38:06No, sir.
00:38:07Never.
00:38:08Oh.
00:38:09I've never seen her wear any, sir.
00:38:10Well, I wish you a good day.
00:38:11Oh, well.
00:38:12The maid will know where to find me.
00:38:13Seems pretty positive that she did it, and then committed suicide.
00:38:16What sort of a man is this new heir, the Captain Ronald Marsh?
00:38:19Oh, yes.
00:38:20Oh, yes.
00:38:21Oh, yes.
00:38:22Oh, yes.
00:38:23Oh, yes.
00:38:24Oh, yes.
00:38:25Oh, yes.
00:38:26Oh, yes.
00:38:27Oh, yes.
00:38:28Oh, yes.
00:38:29Oh, yes.
00:38:30Oh, yes.
00:38:31Oh, yes.
00:38:32Oh, yes.
00:38:33Oh, yes.
00:38:34Oh, yes.
00:38:35Oh, yes.
00:38:36Oh, yes.
00:38:37Oh, yes.
00:38:38Oh, yes.
00:38:39Oh, yes.
00:38:40I say, Ronnie, where were you last night?
00:38:41Are you promising to come round and have a game of poker?
00:38:43Sorry.
00:38:44We had another date.
00:38:45Well, you'd rather let us down, you know.
00:38:47Hello, Ronnie.
00:38:48A pill of gown for you.
00:38:49I've just taken it off the board.
00:38:50Thanks, Whiskin Soda.
00:38:51Tell us if there's anything good for the 3.15, aren't you?
00:38:54Hm.
00:38:55Great Scott.
00:38:57I know.
00:38:58A loser.
00:38:59No, my friend, a winner.
00:39:00Good Lord.
00:39:01My uncle, Lord Edgware.
00:39:03He's dead.
00:39:04I'm awfully sorry, old man.
00:39:06Thanks.
00:39:07Come here. Tell them to make that twenty-pound bet of mine two hundred.
00:39:11I say.
00:39:12It's all right. They'll take it. Tell them I'm Lord Edgware now.
00:39:15Right. If I have time, I'll get it on. They'll be off in a minute.
00:39:37It's a Montague corner, is it not?
00:39:39Yes.
00:39:40You remember we met in Paris?
00:39:42Why, Monsieur Poirot. Well, this is most interesting.
00:39:46Glad to see you again. This is my friend, Captain Hestings.
00:39:48How do you do?
00:39:49How do you do?
00:40:07I suppose you've heard about Lord Edgware's death.
00:40:12Yes. A man from Scotland Yard came down and asked me a few questions.
00:40:16Would it trouble you if I put two more?
00:40:17Not a bit.
00:40:18Ah, there you are.
00:40:19Ah, this is Mr. Donald Ross, Monsieur Poirot, Captain Hastings.
00:40:22How do you do?
00:40:23How do you do?
00:40:24He was present at my dinner party last night. In fact, he sat next to Lady Edgware.
00:40:27You know, it was lucky for that lady. She was with you.
00:40:29So it seems. I'm glad she was.
00:40:31I bet this brute wins. Always away when you've plenty of money and it doesn't matter a hang.
00:40:46How long was Lady Edgware out of the room while she was phoning?
00:40:49Two minutes at the outside, I should say.
00:40:51Nothing happened during that evening. Nothing that you would call peculiar or odd, no?
00:40:55Not unless you would call it odd being 13 at dinner.
00:40:57You were 13? You're evidently not superstitious, Sir Montague.
00:41:00Well, as a matter of fact, one of the guests failed to turn up.
00:41:03Thirteen at table? Who got up first?
00:41:06I did.
00:41:07Oh, then. By all the rules of the game, you've got to be careful.
00:41:11Yes. First to rise, first to die. That's the thing, isn't it?
00:41:14Yes.
00:41:23She's full of running. Watch her come through.
00:41:25Well, congratulations. That's a big win.
00:41:38Exactly. Because I don't need it.
00:41:40Yes. But how long before you give it all back to the bookies?
00:41:43Believe it or not, that sees me out.
00:41:45I've got a packet back from them.
00:41:48Here.
00:41:49You look for winners in future.
00:41:51I'm through.
00:41:52I wonder.
00:41:54Hello?
00:41:56Hello.
00:41:57Yes.
00:41:58This is Inspector Jap speaking.
00:42:00Will you please tell Mr. Poirot, when he comes in,
00:42:04to meet me at Lord Edgware's at 7 o'clock this evening.
00:42:07Very important.
00:42:08I'll tell him, sir.
00:42:107 o'clock.
00:42:11Goodbye, sir.
00:42:12That's right, gentlemen. Make yourselves comfortable.
00:42:15Will you do that?
00:42:17Yes.
00:42:18Yes.
00:42:19Yes.
00:42:20Yes.
00:42:21Yes.
00:42:22Yes.
00:42:23Yes.
00:42:24Yes.
00:42:25Yes.
00:42:26Yes.
00:42:27Then, make yourselves comfortable.
00:42:29Will you drink?
00:42:30No, thanks.
00:42:31Ah.
00:42:32No, merci. We will not drink now.
00:42:33Then what can I do for you?
00:42:35What we want to know, Lord Edgware, is,
00:42:37do you know Lady Edgware well?
00:42:39That's right.
00:42:40No.
00:42:41I was chucked out of here three months before she married my uncle.
00:42:44A beautiful woman, but no subtlety.
00:42:47Methods rather crude, don't you think?
00:42:50Possibly.
00:42:52I believe you think she didn't do it.
00:42:54Ha!
00:42:55So she's got you round, has she?
00:42:57I have a great admiration for beauty, but also for evidence.
00:43:02Evidence?
00:43:03Perhaps you don't know, Lord Edgware,
00:43:05that Lady Edgware was at a party at Chiswick last night,
00:43:08the time she was supposed to have been seen here.
00:43:10Oh.
00:43:12Then that lets her out, then.
00:43:14I see.
00:43:17But there still remains the wicked nephew.
00:43:20We...
00:43:21Ah, Mr. Poirot, I know what's in your mind.
00:43:24And I had a motive.
00:43:26A very strong motive.
00:43:28I called to see my uncle yesterday morning.
00:43:31The first time I'd been in this house for three years.
00:43:34I called to ask for money.
00:43:37And I went away without getting any.
00:43:40That same evening, that very same evening, Lord Edgware dies.
00:43:46But the trouble is, I have an alibi too.
00:43:52I happened to be at the opera at the time of the crime,
00:43:55in the box of that distinguished financier, Mr. Dortheimer.
00:43:59His wife and daughter were there also.
00:44:01How's that?
00:44:03It seems an excellent alibi.
00:44:09One more question.
00:44:11How long have you known Carlotta Adams?
00:44:14Why on earth should you want to know that?
00:44:16I was curious, that was all.
00:44:18Carlotta Adams, let me see.
00:44:20About a year.
00:44:21Know her well?
00:44:22Yes.
00:44:23And you liked her?
00:44:24I like her very much.
00:44:27Then you will be sorry.
00:44:29Sorry?
00:44:30What about?
00:44:31Haven't you seen the evening paper?
00:44:33Never read them.
00:44:34She is dead.
00:44:36Dead?
00:44:37Carlotta dead?
00:44:39But she was perfectly well the last time I saw her.
00:44:44When was that?
00:44:45The day before yesterday.
00:44:47I think I don't remember.
00:44:48All the same, she is dead.
00:44:50What was it?
00:44:51A street accident?
00:44:52No.
00:44:53An overdose of sleeping draught.
00:44:55That's right.
00:44:56Oh, I say, poor kid.
00:44:58How terribly sad.
00:45:00Is it not?
00:45:02Yes.
00:45:03But she was getting on so well here.
00:45:05She was going to get her kid sister over from New York.
00:45:08They were going to settle here.
00:45:10You say kid sister?
00:45:11Yes.
00:45:12Let's see, what was her name?
00:45:13Lucy.
00:45:14That's right?
00:45:15She was devoted to her.
00:45:16Do you by any chance know the sister's address?
00:45:18Yes, I do.
00:45:19It was Carlotta's flat in New York.
00:45:21107 Madison buildings.
00:45:23107.
00:45:25No.
00:45:26You better not.
00:45:28I tell you I will see him.
00:45:30I will.
00:45:31Please, Miss Geraldine.
00:45:32Please.
00:45:33I must.
00:45:34I will see you.
00:45:35I will see you.
00:45:36Mr. Poirot.
00:45:37I must speak to you.
00:45:38Mademoiselle?
00:45:39On the day before my father was killed, you and Captain Hastings came to see him, didn't
00:45:51you?
00:45:52Yes, mademoiselle.
00:45:53Why did he send for you?
00:45:54Was he afraid of something?
00:45:56Please tell me. I must know.
00:45:59Mademoiselle, what passed between Lord Edgware and ourselves was in confidence.
00:46:03Then it was about...
00:46:04I mean, it must have been something to do with the family.
00:46:08I'm his daughter.
00:46:10I have the right to know what my father dreaded just before his death.
00:46:14It isn't fair to leave me in the dark.
00:46:16It isn't fair to him not to tell me.
00:46:19Were you so fond of your father, Mademoiselle?
00:46:22Fond of him?
00:46:26I hated him.
00:46:32He was cruel and unjust.
00:46:35His death means freedom for me and independence.
00:46:38Steady now, steady.
00:46:40I'm not in the least anxious to find his murderer.
00:46:43For all we know, the person who killed him may have had reasons, ample reasons.
00:46:48That is a dangerous principle to adopt, Mademoiselle.
00:46:50A person who has once killed nearly always kills again, sometimes again and again.
00:46:55That doesn't concern me.
00:46:58Anyhow, I can't believe it.
00:47:00Supposing I told you that it had already happened, that already to save himself, the murderer had killed a second time.
00:47:07No, I won't have that.
00:47:09If you mean Carlotta Adams, that was a case of suicide.
00:47:13An overdose of sleeping drugs.
00:47:14No, my dear Jap, the same hand that killed Lord Edgware killed Carlotta Adams.
00:47:19Don't you agree, Lord Edgware?
00:47:22Why do you ask him?
00:47:25Why should he know?
00:47:30Who are you writing to, Poirot?
00:47:31I write, my dear fellow, to the sister of Carlotta Adams in America.
00:47:38I hurry because I fancy that Brown Martin will be here in a moment.
00:47:44Ah, that is probably him now.
00:47:47Inspector Jap, sir.
00:47:48I'm glad you're in.
00:47:50I've checked up on Carlotta Adams and her attache case.
00:47:53I've checked up on his lordship, too.
00:47:56That was correct about the uprope.
00:47:57He was there all right.
00:47:58So, now about Geraldine Marsh.
00:48:01She dined with some people called West.
00:48:03They took her to the opera and saw her home afterwards.
00:48:06I see.
00:48:06So, le Capitaine Marsh and Miss Geraldine were both at the opera, but with different parties.
00:48:10That's so.
00:48:11Well, have you arrived at any conclusion?
00:48:13Yes, I have.
00:48:15Carlotta Adams was the woman.
00:48:16She killed and committed suicide.
00:48:19Anyway, that's the assumption I'm going to work on.
00:48:22Oh, by the way, the doctor says that that wound in Lord Edgware's net wasn't made by an ordinary penknife.
00:48:28Something of that kind, but with a different shape of blade and devilish sharp.
00:48:32I see.
00:48:33Thank you, Jap.
00:48:35Just one more suggestion before you go.
00:48:37Yes?
00:48:37In addition to your inquiries regarding Miss Adams, I would suggest that you visit the taxi rank outside the Covent Garden Opera House.
00:48:44Find someone who took two fares to the neighborhood of Lord Edgware's house on the night of the murder.
00:48:48A new idea, eh?
00:48:50Well, it can't do any harm.
00:48:55Goodbye, Mr. Poirot.
00:48:56Goodbye.
00:48:56I'm sorry.
00:48:58Not at all.
00:48:58It's my fault.
00:48:59I didn't see you.
00:49:00Can I come in?
00:49:01Ah, Mr. Martin, do, please.
00:49:03Good morning.
00:49:03Thank you for coming along so promptly.
00:49:06Won't you sit down?
00:49:07Thanks.
00:49:10Well, eh, what can I do for Mr. Poirot?
00:49:13There is a point in connection with Lord Edgware's death which I'm very anxious to clear up.
00:49:17Yeah?
00:49:17Six months ago, you were in Hollywood, I believe, Mr. Martin.
00:49:21Yeah.
00:49:22Lady Edgware was there also.
00:49:24Yeah, we were acting together.
00:49:26Quite.
00:49:27It seems that at about that time, Lord Edgware wrote a letter to Lady Edgware offering her her freedom.
00:49:34What?
00:49:35Well, Lady Edgware never told me anything about it.
00:49:37No, because she never received it.
00:49:39The letter was intercepted.
00:49:42Intercepted?
00:49:43But who on earth?
00:49:44That's just what we've got to find out.
00:49:46The only person likely to intercept that letter would be someone who did not wish her to obtain her freedom.
00:49:52But I feel that the time has come for plain speaking.
00:49:55I am going to suggest to you that you for one did not wish it.
00:49:57What the devil do you mean?
00:49:58I am going to suggest to you that you were madly in love with Lady Edgware.
00:50:01Well, and what if I was?
00:50:02And that you knew full well that Lady Edgware wished to marry the Duke of Merton.
00:50:06That it was for that reason that she desired her freedom.
00:50:08Well, of course I knew it.
00:50:09I told you so the other day.
00:50:10Exactly.
00:50:11Look here, Poirot.
00:50:12Poirot, I'll advise you to be careful of what you're saying.
00:50:15You're suggesting that I suppress that letter.
00:50:16And what if I am?
00:50:17It's a lie.
00:50:19Now let me tell you something, Monsieur Poirot.
00:50:22Even if Lady Edgware had obtained her freedom, the Duke of Merton would never have married her.
00:50:27What do you mean?
00:50:29Since you're so darn clever, suppose you find that out for yourself.
00:50:37What on earth did he mean by that?
00:50:42Excuse me, Your Grace, but there is a Monsieur Poirot, a detective, and a Captain Hastings, who beg that you will give them a moment.
00:51:00They telephoned, they say.
00:51:02Telephoned?
00:51:06His Grace is evidently of a religious turn of mind.
00:51:09Of course.
00:51:10Do you not know that he is the leader of the Anglo-Catholic party in this country?
00:51:14What you would call a pillar of the church.
00:51:16Yes, rather heavy reading, I should think.
00:51:19Will you kindly step this way, gentlemen?
00:51:20You may perhaps know my name.
00:51:35I have no acquaintance with it.
00:51:37I study the psychology of crime.
00:51:39For what reason did you wish to see me?
00:51:41I am at present engaged in investigating the circumstances connected with the death of Lord Edgware.
00:51:47A blot, a thousand apologies.
00:51:49C'était très mal à droit de ma part, mon pardon.
00:51:53Indeed.
00:51:54I was not acquainted with him.
00:51:56You are, I think, acquainted with his wife, the Lady Edgware.
00:51:59That is so.
00:52:00You are aware that she is supposed to have had a very strong motive for desiring the death of her husband.
00:52:04No, I am really not aware of anything of the kind.
00:52:10I should like to ask you outright, Your Grace.
00:52:12Aren't you shortly going to marry Lady Edgware?
00:52:15When I am engaged to marry anyone, the fact will be announced in the newspapers.
00:52:20I consider your question an impertinence.
00:52:24Good morning.
00:52:25But I did not mean, Your Grace, that...
00:52:26Oh, je me.
00:52:34I say, that didn't go too well.
00:52:40On the contrary, I now know exactly how the case stands.
00:52:43How do you know?
00:52:43By his manner?
00:52:45No, by the letter he was writing.
00:52:47In my early days in the police force, I learned to read handwriting upside down.
00:52:52That letter was to Lady Edgware, that I noticed.
00:52:54Also, one phrase.
00:52:56Dearest, I can hardly wait through the long months.
00:52:59Toirah, you can't do that.
00:53:01Overlook a private letter.
00:53:02My dear Hastings, we are investigating murder.
00:53:04But it's not done.
00:53:05It's not cricket.
00:53:07Very similar, my dear fellow.
00:53:08In each case, one can be so easily what you would call stump.
00:53:13That's jolly good.
00:53:25It went off wonderfully, Alice.
00:53:27There were hundreds of people at the church.
00:53:29There was a terrific crush at the cemetery.
00:53:31They were turning them away.
00:53:34I counted at least six cameramen.
00:53:38They got me going into the church and coming out again.
00:53:42Do you know, I'm beginning to think that black suits me after all.
00:53:46It's very effective, you know, against white marble.
00:53:55Very old family, the Duke of Mertons.
00:53:58I see he's the 17th holder of the title.
00:54:01Do you believe in heredity, Hastings?
00:54:02You bet I do.
00:54:03That's how I got my money.
00:54:04I wouldn't have much time for the Duke, though.
00:54:08He's a self-satisfied ass.
00:54:10Almost as bad as...
00:54:11Inspector Japp, sir.
00:54:13Oh, my dear Japp, charmed to see you.
00:54:15Well, things are moving.
00:54:17I congratulate you.
00:54:18What has happened?
00:54:18Well, I found that taxi driver and handed up Carlotta Adams' movements.
00:54:22Yes.
00:54:22I found that the lady had left an attache case in the cloakroom at Euston at 8.45 that night.
00:54:27Euston?
00:54:28That's the nearest big station to Lord Edgewell's.
00:54:30The case has since been identified at Carlotta Adams'.
00:54:33And darkly she went there, made up her face in the cloakroom, and then left the case.
00:54:36When was it taken out again?
00:54:38About 10.30, the clerk said by the same lady.
00:54:41Now, amongst other things, I've traced that Carlotta Adams was in the corner cafe in the
00:54:45Strand between 10 and 11.
00:54:47How did you discover that?
00:54:48Well, papers have made a lot about the little gold box with the ruby initials.
00:54:53And a waitress reading about it remembered that she'd served a lady that evening who had
00:54:57just such a box in her hand.
00:54:58She remembered the C.A. on it.
00:55:00Now, I've seen the girl, and I don't think there's much doubt about it.
00:55:02The lady seemed to be filling in time waiting for a friend.
00:55:05And after a time, she gave it up and went out.
00:55:07It was a rendezvous.
00:55:08A rendezvous with someone who did not turn up.
00:55:11That's your theory, Monsieur Poirot.
00:55:13A mysterious man in the background.
00:55:16That's a myth.
00:55:17Well, I'll bring in that taxi man.
00:55:24Come in.
00:55:30His name's Jobson.
00:55:32Picked up two people outside the opera on the night of the crime.
00:55:35It's all right.
00:55:36Is that one of them?
00:55:38It's all right.
00:55:40It's the lady.
00:55:41And is that the other?
00:55:44Couldn't swear to it.
00:55:45It's like him, though.
00:55:46That'll be Miss Geraldine and Captain Marsh all right.
00:55:49You picked them up at about 10.30, eh?
00:55:52It's all right.
00:55:53Or was it nearer 10.15?
00:55:57It's all right.
00:55:58Come on, now.
00:55:58Which was it?
00:56:0020, 10 and 11.
00:56:01I see.
00:56:02Well, go on.
00:56:02Well, they tell me to drive to Regent's Gate.
00:56:06They tell me the house when I got there.
00:56:08They tell me to be quick, too.
00:56:10It takes you six or seven minutes to get there.
00:56:13It's all right.
00:56:15Well, a gentleman stopped me about number eight.
00:56:17Lady gets out, walks down the road, along the houses on the other side.
00:56:22Towards numbers 15 or 16.
00:56:24It's all right.
00:56:26And she went into the house.
00:56:28That's right.
00:56:29And the gentleman didn't go in.
00:56:30Oh, yes, he did.
00:56:32After about five minutes.
00:56:33Seemed to get impatient.
00:56:35Then after a few minutes, he comes out again with the young lady.
00:56:39Gets into my cab.
00:56:40Tells me to drive back to the opera.
00:56:42Which I'd done.
00:56:44You wait over there.
00:56:45That's all you know.
00:56:47That's right.
00:56:50And now what do you make of it, my dear Jacques?
00:56:53Did Carlotta Adams kill Lord Edgware?
00:56:55Or is the Captain Marsh your man?
00:56:58Or oughtn't we perhaps to consider, Miss Geraldine?
00:57:00Excuse me, Inspector.
00:57:02This has just come up from the yard.
00:57:03It's from the New York Police.
00:57:05I shall want you again inside.
00:57:11Read your request information, Carlotta Adams.
00:57:14Stop.
00:57:15Following his copy of letter to Lucy Adams, her sister.
00:57:17Stop.
00:57:19Dearest little sister,
00:57:20I'm sorry I wrote you to scrap a bit last week,
00:57:23but was rather busy.
00:57:23The other night I met Lady Edgware,
00:57:26and she was ever so sweet about my show
00:57:28and my impersonation of her.
00:57:30Which brings me round to what I'm going to tell you.
00:57:33You know that she no longer lives with her husband.
00:57:36I've heard a lot about him too lately,
00:57:38and he's no beauty, I can tell you.
00:57:40He treated his nephew, Captain Marsh, in a most shameful way.
00:57:44By the way, Captain Marsh enjoyed my show very much.
00:57:48He said, I believe it would take in Lord Edgware himself.
00:57:51Look here, will you take on something for a bet?
00:57:55I laughed and said, how much?
00:57:57Lucy, darling, the answer fairly took my breath away.
00:58:00Ten thousand dollars.
00:58:02Ten thousand dollars, think of it.
00:58:04Just to help someone win a silly bet.
00:58:05Well, then we laid our heads together and got down to details.
00:58:10I'll tell you all about it next week, lots of love.
00:58:12Yours, Carlotta.
00:58:14Complicates things a little, my good job, does it not?
00:58:16Yes, I admit I can't piece things together yet.
00:58:20If Carlotta Adams didn't do it, she was in the scheme.
00:58:22And Captain Marsh may possibly be in it too.
00:58:28So it comes round to the man in the background after all.
00:58:34There you are, dear girl.
00:58:35I got the money at once.
00:58:37I want to thank you again.
00:58:39Just every decent of you.
00:58:41You know, I'm only too glad to help you.
00:58:44Bless you.
00:58:46I only wish I was worth it.
00:58:48Don't talk like that.
00:58:51You're a brick.
00:58:52Inspector Jeff and Mr. Poirot, my lord.
00:59:17Hi, gentlemen.
00:59:20Sit down.
00:59:21Yes.
00:59:22I must warn you, my lord, that anything you may say...
00:59:23I can guess why you're here, Inspector.
00:59:25I expect you'd like me to make a statement.
00:59:27That as you please, my lord.
00:59:28So my beautiful alibi is busted, eh?
00:59:31Taxi man, I suppose.
00:59:32That's right.
00:59:33That's right.
00:59:34Well, I'll tell you the truth.
00:59:36I was in a hole for money.
00:59:38I tried my uncle.
00:59:39No good.
00:59:41Quite by chance, I met my cousin Geraldine at the opera.
00:59:43She'd always been awfully decent, and she suggested that I should take her pearls.
00:59:47And the pearls were here, I suppose.
00:59:49So off you went.
00:59:50Exactly.
00:59:51Why did you follow her into the house?
00:59:53Well, she was such a juice of a time.
00:59:57I got anxious.
00:59:58Why?
00:59:58You see, those pearls were family jewels.
01:00:03I had visions of Lord Edgware stopping her and browbeating her.
01:00:06I thought I ought to go in and shoulder the responsibility.
01:00:09Very noble of you.
01:00:10How did you get in?
01:00:11She'd left the door ajar.
01:00:13She was only going to be a moment.
01:00:15I went in.
01:00:16I listened at the library door, expecting to hear voices.
01:00:19There wasn't a sound.
01:00:20Just at that moment, Geraldine came downstairs with the pearls.
01:00:24Her maid had put them away.
01:00:26We left the house together and went straight back to the opera.
01:00:29A very good story.
01:00:31You don't believe it.
01:00:32Very well.
01:00:33Ask Geraldine.
01:00:40Ask Miss Geraldine to come to the library.
01:00:42And what's all you've told us got to do with your wager with Miss Adams?
01:00:46Wager with Miss Adams?
01:00:47What on earth are you talking about?
01:00:49Do you deny that you offered a $10,000 to come here and impersonate Lady Edgware that night?
01:00:54$10,000?
01:00:55Nonsense.
01:00:56I haven't got you to some.
01:00:58You don't seem to have much difficulty in raising money.
01:01:03Your cousin has told us about the pearls.
01:01:06About the pearls?
01:01:07Yes.
01:01:07I would like to know, where was he standing when you came down the stairs?
01:01:12In the hall.
01:01:13He was just turning away from the library door.
01:01:16Good enough.
01:01:18Lord Edgware, I must ask you to come along with me to the police station.
01:01:21But he wasn't coming out of the library.
01:01:23He... he hadn't been in.
01:01:25How do you know that when you're upstairs looking for your jewels?
01:01:29Oh, come along if you're coming.
01:01:33But they're taking him away.
01:01:35They believe he did it.
01:01:36You do too.
01:01:37No, mademoiselle, I do not believe it.
01:01:41But the good Jap, he must have his way.
01:01:46Hello, Poirot.
01:01:51What progress?
01:01:52Much, my friend.
01:01:53I have been concentrating on the question of that little gold box.
01:01:57The gold box which contained the sleeping draught by which Carlotta Adams met her aunt.
01:02:01Yes?
01:02:01I have cabled the French police to make inquiries from all the jewelers in Paris.
01:02:04You think that...
01:02:05An idea has come to me.
01:02:06Why did not Miss Adams' maid recognize that box?
01:02:10From the date on it, apparently Miss Adams had had it for six months.
01:02:14It therefore seems strange that the maid should not have seen it, does it not?
01:02:17Yes, very.
01:02:18Then I will tell you why she had not seen it.
01:02:21That date was a blind.
01:02:22The box had only recently been given to her, possibly the day before her death, to make
01:02:27it appear that she was in the habit of taking a sleeping draught.
01:02:30Now then, who bought it and gave it to her?
01:02:33Well, if we can discover that, we shall be a step forward and I'll see.
01:02:40Oh, the light is much better over there.
01:02:41Let's go.
01:02:47This letter is sent by Lucy Adams from America in answer to my request.
01:02:51It is Carlotta's letter.
01:02:53We know the contents because it was cabled to the good job by the New York police.
01:02:56But look at it.
01:02:58Well, do you not see?
01:03:01The sheets except one have a clean edge.
01:03:03But this one has been torn.
01:03:05They were double sheets.
01:03:07So you comprehend one page and the letter is missing.
01:03:10Captain Marsh enjoyed my show very much.
01:03:12He said, but it makes sense.
01:03:15Yes, that is where the cleverness of the idea comes in.
01:03:17But read on and you will see.
01:03:19He said, I believe it would take in Lord Edgware himself.
01:03:23You see it now?
01:03:25The letter breaks off where she is talking of the Captain Marsh.
01:03:29Then on the new sheet, she goes on.
01:03:31He said,
01:03:31But a page is missing.
01:03:34The he of the new page may not be the he of the old page, namely the Captain Marsh.
01:03:39In fact, it is not the he of the old page.
01:03:45Not?
01:03:46It is another man altogether who proposed that hoax.
01:03:50You see, the removal of that one page and the letter is capable of being twisted into a damning accusation of another man.
01:03:57A man, too, who has a motive for Lord Edgware's death.
01:04:00Ah, it was a gift.
01:04:02The money for the confiture, as you say.
01:04:07Money for the...
01:04:07All money for jam.
01:04:09Oh, yes, jolly good.
01:04:11Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.
01:04:18Why, why, I'm sorry.
01:04:19You were saying...
01:04:20I was going to say.
01:04:22He tears the sheet off and replaces the letter.
01:04:25But how did the man, whoever he was, get hold of the letter?
01:04:27That is the point, and it would be as hard to solve, my dear Hastings,
01:04:31as the problem of how he gave her that sleeping draught.
01:04:35You going to tell Jack all this?
01:04:37No, not yet. He would but say another nest of the man.
01:04:42The girl wrote on an odd sheet of paper, say two. What can I say to that?
01:04:47Nothing. It is a thing that might have happened.
01:04:49I only know that it did not happen because it is necessary that it should not.
01:04:52Figure to yourself, Hastings, if only that man had had the method and order to have cut the sheet and not torn it,
01:04:59we should have noticed nothing.
01:05:01So we deduce he is a man of careless habits.
01:05:03Or he might have been pressed for time.
01:05:05Another point. Does his name really begin with D, the initial on the box,
01:05:10or does the D stand for a nickname by which he was known to her?
01:05:14A man whose initial is D. We have got to find him, Hastings. Yes, we have got to find him.
01:05:22Ah. This must be Paris.
01:05:31Hello? Hello, Paris?
01:05:33Yes, it's Poirou who speaks.
01:05:35Well.
01:05:36In a moment we shall know.
01:05:38Ah, Bonnard, how are you?
01:05:40Very well, thank you.
01:05:41Well, tell me, what news?
01:05:43Yes.
01:05:44Yes.
01:05:46What name?
01:05:48Ah, Carly.
01:05:50Good news?
01:05:55Great news.
01:05:56The box was bought in Paris, ordered by a letter from London.
01:05:59Signed, Constance Ackerley. A fictitious name, no doubt.
01:06:02It was packed up and called for by a woman, short, middle-aged and wearing past me.
01:06:08Now who? Who?
01:06:10Miss Carol, she wears glasses.
01:06:12No, that is the imbecility. Miss Carol's glasses were concave.
01:06:16These are not.
01:06:21Now who?
01:06:23Who else?
01:06:29Ah, we are busy tonight.
01:06:31Hello. Yes. Who?
01:06:35Oh, Mr. Poirot.
01:06:36It's Donald Ross speaking.
01:06:37Yes.
01:06:38I want to see you.
01:06:39I can't very well mention names over the phone.
01:06:41But it's about a remark made at dinner just now.
01:06:44I've hurried back to my flat to phone you.
01:06:46I think it's got a strong bearing on Lord Edgeware's death.
01:06:49So, with whom are you dining?
01:06:52Tell me.
01:06:53I'm afraid I can't.
01:06:54Not on the phone.
01:06:58Hold on a minute, will you?
01:06:59Hang on.
01:07:02Hastings, this promises to be intriguing.
01:07:07Hello.
01:07:09Hello, are you there?
01:07:11The receiver is still off, I can hear.
01:07:13But he does not speak again.
01:07:14Perhaps he...
01:07:16Hello.
01:07:19Hello!
01:07:23Hastings, there is something queer going on.
01:07:24I sense danger.
01:07:26We must go to Ross's platter once before it is too late.
01:07:32Stabbed at the base of the skull.
01:07:35What does it mean, Poirot?
01:07:36It means that what this young man had to tell me incriminated the murderer of Lord Edgeware.
01:07:41That is why he had to be silenced.
01:07:43This beats all.
01:07:44No, my friend, it simplifies everything.
01:07:46I have only to find out one little point, just one little point.
01:07:49Oh, mon dieu, I have been blind, foolish.
01:07:53What?
01:07:55In an hour's time we will all meet at the Barchester and I will tell you.
01:07:57In one hour.
01:07:58No.
01:08:17Oh, her ladyship isn't back from the theatre yet.
01:08:19But she will not mind that we wait for her return, Nespa.
01:08:21Can I get you anything, sir?
01:08:23Cigarette or whiskey and soda?
01:08:24Cigarette, if you will.
01:08:25But we are not drinking.
01:08:26I'll take my work into the other room.
01:08:27Very fine.
01:08:28But what a pity.
01:08:29A little tear.
01:08:30Really, sir.
01:08:31Really, sir.
01:08:32That's not a tear, sir.
01:08:33That's on purpose.
01:08:34Of course.
01:08:35How foolish are you.
01:08:36What a pity, sir.
01:08:37It's all right, sir.
01:08:38I never felt the pain of not being sick of the other room.
01:08:40Yes, sir.
01:08:42That's all right.
01:08:43I'd guess.
01:08:44I do not feel my hands like this.
01:08:45I ask you to find out a bit.
01:08:46I'm going to be right.
01:08:47That's all right.
01:08:48That's all right.
01:08:49You're right.
01:08:50That's all right.
01:08:51You're right, sir.
01:08:52No, sir.
01:08:53My one's done wrong.
01:08:55I'll take my work into the other room.
01:08:56Very fine.
01:08:57But what a pity.
01:08:58That's all right, sir.
01:08:59Not a tear, sir.
01:09:00That's all right.
01:09:01Where is this?
01:09:02Of course, how foolish of you.
01:09:04I'll ring through to the theatre and tell her ladyship that you're here.
01:09:15Why did you think that was a tear?
01:09:17Did I think so?
01:09:18Or did I want the good Ellis to put on the pince-nez which I had substituted?
01:09:22Those were not hers that she saw so well with,
01:09:24but the ones that we found in Carlotta Adam's vanity back at our flat.
01:09:27Here are the pince-nez that the good Ellis put down when she let us in.
01:09:31But how did she see so well with the ones you substituted?
01:09:33Because they were originally hers, my dear Hastings.
01:09:36Then it was Ellis.
01:09:38Please admit.
01:09:44Ah, the good shop.
01:09:46Not late, am I?
01:09:47No, my good friend.
01:09:49What are you puzzling over?
01:09:50The original of the letter cabled to you by the New York police.
01:09:53It has been sent to me by the sister of Carlotta Adams.
01:09:55Well?
01:09:56Do you not see?
01:09:57I see it's a letter.
01:09:59Yes, well what about it?
01:10:00Hastings, do you remember my saying to you that if the murderer had been a man of method and order,
01:10:04he would have cut this page, not torn it?
01:10:06Yes.
01:10:07I was wrong.
01:10:08There is method and order throughout the whole of this crime.
01:10:10This page had to be torn, not cut.
01:10:13Look, see for yourself.
01:10:15Come on, Monsieur Poirot, speak up.
01:10:17Very well.
01:10:18Jacques, tell me, what is the first word on the torn page?
01:10:21He, the man who...
01:10:22That is where we have been wrong.
01:10:23The word is not he, it is she.
01:10:25That is why the page had to be torn and not cut, to remove the first letter.
01:10:30She?
01:10:31So it was a woman.
01:10:32Ask the good Ellis to come back.
01:10:34Oh, Ellis.
01:10:35Monsieur Poirot would like to speak to you a moment.
01:10:37Now look here, Poirot.
01:10:38Oh, Ellis.
01:10:39You recently collected a packet from some jeweller in Paris.
01:10:41Yes, sir.
01:10:42What was in that packet?
01:10:43I haven't an idea, sir.
01:10:44No?
01:10:45Well, thank you, Ellis.
01:10:47You limp a little.
01:10:49Ah, the corn.
01:10:50I, uh...
01:10:51I cut my foot.
01:10:52You should be careful, Ellis.
01:10:53Dangerous things, corn knives.
01:11:17Well, Lime, do you know one of the first people I suspect...
01:11:24I'm glad you would have been wrong.
01:11:26It was not Ellis.
01:11:30Oh, milady.
01:11:31Well, I've not been long, have I?
01:11:34Are they still in there?
01:11:36Uh, yes, milady.
01:11:37Monsieur Poirot, Captain Hastings...
01:11:38Oh, I'll give them supper downstairs.
01:11:40Will you tell Louis that I've got guests?
01:11:42Oh, wait a minute.
01:11:43I think I'll slip into something decent.
01:11:45You know, the mauve dress, Ellis, with a frill.
01:11:51Yes, I suppose it would go that way.
01:11:54But why kill Ross?
01:11:56Why kill Ross, you ask?
01:11:58Ah, that is where her alibi was her undoing.
01:12:01Because Donald Ross was a guest at that dinner at Chiswick,
01:12:04and the conversation on mental attitude of the lady there
01:12:07was very different from Lady Edgeware's mental attitude
01:12:10when he dined with her alone at a later date.
01:12:13Something Lady Edgeware said or did told him that this was another woman.
01:12:19Perhaps he told her so.
01:12:21Perhaps she realized that she had made a poop-up.
01:12:24That we can only surmise.
01:12:26But, connecting it in some way with Lord Edgeware's death,
01:12:32Donald Ross hurries to his flat and telephones me.
01:12:37Before Ross can tell me on the telephone what he feels,
01:12:40Lady Edgeware is hot on his heels.
01:12:43Scarcely has he picked up the receiver,
01:12:46than she knocks at his door.
01:12:48He admits her, then returns to the phone.
01:12:51At that moment she strikes, and Donald Ross is silenced forever.
01:12:54Do you mean to tell me that you think that she committed all these murders?
01:12:58That she...
01:12:59I do not think, my friend.
01:13:00I know she did.
01:13:01Every one of them.
01:13:02Devilish cunning.
01:13:03Yes, the cunning of a monomaniac.
01:13:06And the cruelty and vindictiveness of a self-centered woman.
01:13:09Do you remember what I said to you, Hastings, the first time I met her?
01:13:13I said...
01:13:14Do not!
01:13:15No, no, madame.
01:13:17Three murders are quite enough.
01:13:19Ellis' corn knife, I thought so.
01:13:22That was the weapon job.
01:13:24Well, you needn't be so rough.
01:13:26You might at least consider my appearance.
01:13:28Appearances, my dear lady, are definitely against you.
01:13:32I can't imagine what came unstuck.
01:13:35Everything was so carefully planned.
01:13:37Madame, you tried to pull the wool over the eyes of Hercule Poirot.
01:13:40And I am hanged if we can have that.
01:13:43Under the circumstances.
01:13:45That's a very tactless remark.