- 6/3/2025
#casanova #romeoandjuliet #thepiano
While Poirot vacations in Brighton to boost his health, the beautiful pearl necklace of a theatre actress staying at his hotel is mysteriously stolen. Starring: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran, Trevor Cooper, Sorcha Cusack.
While Poirot vacations in Brighton to boost his health, the beautiful pearl necklace of a theatre actress staying at his hotel is mysteriously stolen. Starring: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran, Trevor Cooper, Sorcha Cusack.
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00:00To be continued...
00:30To be continued...
01:00Grace Wilson or Celestine?
01:12The hotel maid or the ladies maid?
01:15Seems to me it's got to be one of them.
01:17A necklace in a box within a chest, Chief Inspector,
01:19and only one key.
01:21It is as a magical trick.
01:22The necklace?
01:35It was in this drawer.
01:36That's right.
01:40And this door?
01:42Well, that leads to the maid's room.
01:44That's where Celestine went to get the scissors and thread.
01:46Leaving Grace alone in the room.
01:49Tell me, Hastings,
01:51how long do you think it would have taken
01:53Mlle Celestine to retrieve the scissors from that room?
01:55Oh, I don't know.
01:57Twenty seconds?
01:58Twenty seconds?
02:00And for how much of that time
02:02would she have been out of this room?
02:04Four or five seconds at the most.
02:07Exactement.
02:07And for Mlle Grace Wilson
02:12to open this drawer,
02:14remove the box,
02:15somehow to unlock it,
02:16open the box,
02:16take out the necklace,
02:18close the box,
02:19and return it?
02:20What, she couldn't possibly have had time?
02:22I do not think so.
02:25Right.
02:26Excuse me.
02:27Where are you going, Chief Inspector?
02:30I think it's about time
02:31I had Miss Celestine searched.
02:36I can't imagine why they didn't lock it.
02:45This drawer runs easily, Hastings.
02:51But not this one.
02:57C'est intéressant.
03:04I wonder.
03:11Well, that must interconnect
03:12with the room next door.
03:14It is bolted.
03:21Bolted on both sides.
03:24But Hastings,
03:25we know who it is
03:26who occupies this room.
03:28Room 113?
03:30Wait.
03:31His name, I think,
03:33was Mr. Worthy.
03:35That's right, sir.
03:36He was an American gent.
03:38He only stayed the night.
03:39Left this morning.
03:42You saw him depart?
03:44Oh, no, sir.
03:45Carried his own luggage.
03:47Must have left at the crack of dawn.
03:49You did not by chance
03:50see him yesterday evening?
03:53No, sir.
03:56I can tell you
03:57who I did see, though, sir.
03:59Well, it was just
04:00as I was leaving.
04:01Well, I don't want
04:03to talk out of turn, sir,
04:04but, well,
04:05if there's a reward
04:06and all that, well...
04:07Pleased to continue?
04:09Yeah.
04:10Well, that writer,
04:11Mr. Hall,
04:13he was hanging around
04:13outside the hotel.
04:15Must have been about
04:1611 o'clock.
04:19Outside?
04:20Yes, sir.
04:21Would he have been
04:29near to the window
04:30of Monsieur and Madame
04:30of Resson?
04:33Oh, yes, sir.
04:35Right under it.
04:38Oh, now here's something
04:53that shouldn't be here.
04:54That's a duplicate key
05:07to the jewel box.
05:09We found it hidden
05:10in the hem
05:10of Celestine's petticoat.
05:13Sounds pretty conclusive.
05:15But what about the necklace?
05:16No sign of that yet.
05:17We're going up,
05:18ladies and gentlemen.
05:20But, uh,
05:21if you say her boyfriend
05:23was seen outside
05:23the hotel last night...
05:28Monsieur Hall?
05:29He was here, yes.
05:31Yes, well,
05:31that explains it,
05:32doesn't it?
05:33Explains what?
05:34How she got the necklace
05:35out of the hotel.
05:37She couldn't leave the room,
05:38so she simply dropped it
05:39out of the window
05:39and he was there
05:40to catch it.
05:41You have arrested
05:42Mlle Celestine?
05:43Yes, and the sooner
05:43we find Andrew Hall,
05:45the better.
05:47Ah, Mr. Saunders.
05:53We want a word with you.
05:59I hear you've already
06:00solved the case, sir.
06:02Never mind about that.
06:03Have you seen Mr. Hall?
06:04Mr. Hall, sir?
06:06I drove him to the race course.
06:09Is he in some sort of trouble, sir?
06:10He could be in a lot of trouble.
06:12Why do you ask?
06:13Well, he did seem a little
06:15anxious.
06:17I'm not surprised.
06:20Have you any idea
06:20where we might find him?
06:22Well, he always places
06:24his bets with
06:24the same man,
06:27Harry Wax.
06:28Harry Wax?
06:31He's a bookie, sir.
06:32Just the sort of place I'd expect him to go.
06:45What do you mean, Chief Inspector?
06:46A race course.
06:59This is where you'll find
07:00every criminal element tomorrow.
07:01And what better place to do this kind of business
07:04than in the middle of a crowd?
07:05I hope we're not too late.
07:07Have you got all the entrances covered?
07:09Yes, sir.
07:09Right, you lot come with me
07:10and keep your eyes out
07:11for a bookie called Harry Wax.
07:13Come on, lads.
07:14He thinks this is wrong.
07:16To Poirot, it makes no sense.
07:2145.
07:2150.
07:2255.
07:2360.
07:24Next race is the 3.30.
07:28Take six to four this favourite
07:30and four to one bar one.
07:32Take six to four.
07:34Take six to four this favourite.
07:35Take six to four this favourite.
07:37Take six to four this favourite.
07:39Take six to four this favourite.
07:41Coming under Sardis orders now.
07:42To the street in the lane
07:44on the five register.
07:45Cantor and Wetwicket
07:47and Dulcimella and Shaliman
07:48and Penny Blackin
07:49has got a couple at the back.
07:51The pace whiffling now
07:52as they come down the long street.
07:54You Harry Wax?
07:55Yep.
07:56See a tall blonde hair chap
07:57that you're making about this morning?
07:58Now it's in that corner.
07:59And it's inside out ahead
08:01and on the inside race car.
08:02And on the inside Redstone
08:04and Sedant on,
08:05neck and neck.
08:06And as they're coming into
08:07the magic side...
08:08This was Don Worthing.
08:09I could have sworn it.
08:10Oi!
08:12There he is!
08:27You can't come in yet.
08:28Come in! Come in!
08:35Get him!
08:37All right, gotcha.
08:39Come on.
08:45Right, get him in the car.
08:47All right, in the car. Come on.
08:49I'm afraid we got to him just too late, but we found this and this.
08:53The pearls?
08:54No, just the pouch that we kept in. Empty.
08:58So what's happened to the pearls?
09:28You've got it all wrong, Chief Inspector.
09:36Ah, so I suppose you won this lot on a horse, did you?
09:40Yes. Laughing Boy came in at seven to one.
09:43Then why did you try and run for it when you saw me?
09:46I owe money.
09:48I've had a bad run and fell in with some pretty bad company.
09:52Well, you saw what they were like. Outside the theatre?
09:55Yes.
09:58I didn't know who you were, so...
10:02How do you explain this?
10:05I can't. I've never seen it before.
10:15It was in your pocket.
10:17Then somebody must have put it there.
10:20Chief Inspector.
10:22I've never seen it before.
10:24Mr. Horvall, why did you not go to the party of Monsieur Oberson?
10:30I've told you I went for a walk.
10:34And your walk took you back to the Grand Metropolitan Hotel?
10:39Yes.
10:47I wanted to see Celestine.
10:50I just needed to be with her, but...
10:53then, when I saw she wasn't alone...
10:58I went to bed.
11:00Mr. Poirot, you've got to believe me.
11:10I'd never seen that key before.
11:13Someone must have hidden it there.
11:15No, no, no, no, no, my petite.
11:17Tell me, about Monsieur Hall.
11:20You know of his gambling?
11:23Yes.
11:25I've tried to stop him, but it's no good.
11:28It's like a disease.
11:30And you are aware, Mademoiselle,
11:32that for the return of these pearls, Monsieur Opperson,
11:34he's offering a reward most substantial?
11:37Yes.
11:39But I didn't take them, Mr. Poirot, I swear to you.
11:42But nobody else came into the room while you were there?
11:46No.
11:49Only the hotel maid.
11:51Tell me, Mademoiselle Celestine, Monsieur Hall,
11:55how did you first meet?
11:58It was at the theatre.
12:02One of Mr. Opperson's productions.
12:05And Oscar Wilde.
12:07Lady Wendermere's fan?
12:09No.
12:11It was the importance of being earnest.
12:15Of course.
12:26Hastings, I must contact the good Miss Lemon in London.
12:28What for?
12:29In this case, Hastings, I begin to see the light.
12:31I don't understand.
12:32You heard what the young lady said?
12:34Oscar Wilde?
12:35Exactly.
12:36Hastings, there is work to be done.
12:40Let's go, Dad.
12:42Hey, Dad.
12:43Hey, Dad.
12:44Hey, Dad.
12:45Hey!
12:46Hey, Dad.
12:47Hey, Dad.
12:48Hey!
12:49Hey.
12:50Hey, Dad.
12:51Hey, Dad.
12:53I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
13:23Good shooting, Chief Inspector.
13:25I used to go out on Isleworth Marshals when I was a boy.
13:28Some things you never forget.
13:30Well, I must say, it's nice to have an evening off.
13:33What's Poirot up to, then?
13:34Thinking.
13:35Oh.
13:36This was meant to be a rest, you know.
13:38Heaven knows what Miss Lemon's going to say, isn't she?
13:42Hello, sir.
13:43Evening, Chief Inspector.
13:45Hi, Miss Lawson.
13:47It's nice to see the police is human, too.
13:49Is that for your little boy?
13:51Yes.
13:52I'm glad I ran into you.
13:53There's something I was wanting to tell you.
13:55Oh, yes?
13:56What's that?
13:57Well, it may not mean nothing, but it's that writer.
14:00What about him?
14:01Well, I saw him in Mr. Opheltson's room.
14:04Day before that necklace got swiped.
14:06He was there when I did the cleaning.
14:07Said he was looking for something, but I don't know.
14:11Anyway.
14:12The day before.
14:12Mr. Opheltson, allow me to take your case.
14:31Good morning, Miss Lemon.
14:43I thought this was meant to be a holiday, Captain Hastings.
14:48I'll talk to you later.
14:50Quarrow?
14:51What are you up to, Quarrow?
14:59Chief Inspector, you must make an immediate arrest.
15:02I've already made an arrest.
15:04Thank you very much.
15:05Chief Inspector, what if this case was not just a question of theft, but of fraud?
15:09And what also if the pearls of the sire did not exist?
15:14Mr. Opheltson, can we have a statement, please?
15:19Can we have a statement, Chief Inspector?
15:21Mr. Opheltson?
15:22Mr. Opheltson?
15:23I have anything to say, Mr. Opheltson.
15:25How dare you?
15:27But, Mr. Opheltson, a man in your position needs all the publicity he can get.
15:34Mr. Opheltson, can you tell us what's going on, sir?
15:36Following our investigations, we discovered that the necklace that was stolen was a fake.
15:40There never were any real pearls.
15:42You mean he did it for the insurance, Chief Inspector?
15:44We are now investigating the possibility of an insurance fraud.
15:48That's all I can tell you for the present.
15:50One more question.
15:52What made you think the past...
15:53Oh, yes, Inspector Drake and I have worked together quite a lot recently.
16:08Oh, here's Inspector Drake coming now.
16:10Shh, shh, shh.
16:11Good evening, sir.
16:12My lady will be here presently.
16:14My dear Inspector.
16:16Forgive me, Lady Jane, but I don't think you should be wearing that.
16:21Oh, necklace.
16:27Why ever not?
16:28Because the Phantom has sworn he'll have it, and the Phantom has never once failed.
16:36Oh.
16:37The Phantom?
16:38Why do you want to see the play again?
16:42Tomorrow the play travels to New York, mon ami.
16:44Yes.
16:45Miss Lemon has yet to see a performance.
16:47Miss Lemon has yet to see a performance.
16:48Have his time.
16:49I mean to have him.
16:51You have him.
16:52Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
16:54Good night.
16:55Good night.
16:56Good night.
16:57Good night.
16:58Good night.
16:59Good night.
17:00Good night.
17:01Good night.
17:02Good night.
17:03Good night.
17:04Good night.
17:20What are we doing here, Parker?
17:22The play is finished.
17:25The play, it has finished yesterday, Hastings, but there is still one more act.
17:31I don't understand.
17:33Ah, mon cher Hastings.
17:34The pearls so celebrated at the Tsar, where do you think a market could be found for them?
17:39I don't know.
17:40Uh, somewhere on the continent, I suppose.
17:43No, no, no, Hastings.
17:44And that is what Miss Lemon discovered for me in London.
17:47They're just too well known over here.
17:49No one had touched them.
17:50In America, then?
17:52Exactly.
17:53And with everyone searching for them, what would be the best way to smuggle them abroad?
18:01Well, of course, in among the scenery and props for the play.
18:10Where?
18:11You mean they're here somewhere?
18:13Where?
18:14Well, where?
18:15And who put them here?
18:17In this case, it is the most curiousness part, Chief Inspector.
18:21From the start, there were only two people who could possibly have stolen those pearls of Monsieur Opelsen.
18:28Mademoiselle Celestine or Mademoiselle Grace Wilson, the hotel maid.
18:35Well, it must have been Celestine.
18:37She had the key.
18:38It was sewn into her petticoat.
18:39It has always puzzled me, that Hastings.
18:42Why keep the key?
18:43It was so needless, so clumsy.
18:45Are you saying it was planted?
18:47Yes, of course.
18:48Well, if it wasn't Celestine, it must have been Grace.
18:52But we know that she didn't have time to take the pearls.
18:55You said so yourself.
18:56It is a riddle, is it not Hastings?
18:58So which of them was it?
19:07Let us imagine.
19:10Mademoiselle Grace Wilson is in the room of Monsieur Opelsen.
19:15She is there only to be friendly.
19:17Excuse me.
19:18I can get you some if you like.
19:19No, it's all right.
19:20The moment that Mademoiselle Celestine leaves the room to retrieve the scissors,
19:23as quick as a flash, she acts.
19:26She was able to execute the theft of the pearls in an instant, because she did not need
19:39to unlock the box herself.
19:41She had in the adjoining room an accomplice with a duplicate key, and it was he who removed
19:48the pouch and the pearls.
19:51Mr. Worthy.
19:53Exactly, Hastings.
19:54And when Mademoiselle Celestine leaves the room for the second time, this time for some thread,
20:03the box it is returned in exactly the same manner.
20:06Only now, the necklace, it has gone.
20:16And I suppose it was this mysterious Mr. Worthing who hid the key in Celestine's petticoat.
20:23He or his accomplice, Chief Inspector, yes.
20:26But it was definitely Mr. Worthing who placed it in the pocket of Monsieur Hall the pouch which was empty.
20:33That's right.
20:34That's right.
20:35I saw him at the race course.
20:36It was Mr. Worthing.
20:37I could have sworn it.
20:38But who is he?
20:39Who is this Mr. Worthing?
20:40Mr. Worthing.
20:41Mr. Worthing.
20:42Mr. Borough.
20:43Shh.
20:44Shh.
20:45Wait there.
21:10It is a pleasure to meet you at last, Mr. Worthing.
21:41Saunders.
21:46Let go!
21:48Get off me!
21:49I've done nothing wrong!
21:50Let go of me!
21:53Oh, God.
22:06You bloody fool.
22:07I told you we shouldn't know what to have come.
22:09But I think it is too late for that, Madam Saunders.
22:12Madam?
22:13What?
22:14You mean they're married?
22:15Yes, of course, Chief Inspector.
22:17It was that that Miss Lemon discovered for me at the Dog and the Duck in Holborn.
22:20Grace Saunders.
22:22The landlord remembered her well.
22:25But why the disguise?
22:27Ah, Hastings.
22:30How else could Monsieur Saunders reserve for himself a room next door to Monsieur Opherson?
22:35He had to assume a new identity.
22:39How could you possibly know?
22:42As ever, Monsieur.
22:44It was the little details, the matters of no consequence that caught the attention of Poirot.
22:49You will recall, Hastings, on the night of the theft that I remarked on some white powder on the sleeve of Monsieur Saunders?
22:57Oh, pardon.
22:58You will forgive me?
22:59What?
23:00I thought it was talcum powder.
23:03Thank you very much, sir.
23:04Not at all.
23:05No, Hastings.
23:06It was not the talcum powder.
23:07It was the French chalk, which cabinet makers used to let the drawers made of wood run more smoothly, and with which Monsieur Worthing prepared beforehand the drawer containing the pearls.
23:17But I was suspicious of Mr. Worthing long before this.
23:25Your key, Mr. Worthing.
23:26When Hastings and myself, we first came to the Grand Metropolitan Hotel, there was a man at the desk.
23:31He was elderly.
23:32He must walk with a stick.
23:37But when he goes to his room, which is on the first floor, he proceeds not to the lift that he's waiting.
23:42No.
23:43I'll have your bags sent up.
23:44But to the staircase.
23:45It was a performance, Monsieur, but a performance that to Poirot did not ring true.
24:01Damn you.
24:03That's enough of that.
24:04Take him away.
24:15One thing, Poirot.
24:16I know you were waiting for them.
24:18Why didn't you think they'd come here?
24:19They came here, Hastings, to retrieve the necklace.
24:22I see.
24:26Where is the necklace?
24:29The necklace, Hastings?
24:31It is, I think...
24:45Voila.
25:04Damn, Poirot.
25:06You mean that bloody little man set me up?
25:09It's your own fault.
25:11You tried to use him.
25:13But, Margaret, what about the pearls?
25:14Don't worry.
25:17That bloody little man got them back.
25:30So you made up the story about the fake pearls to smoke out the thieves?
25:36So, now you learn the plot of your next play, Monsieur.
25:40Yes.
25:41I told them that the necklace, it was false because I knew that they would then have to examine it.
25:46We're all packed, Mr. Poirot.
25:47Thank you, Miss Lemon.
25:48The reward, Mr. Poirot.
25:50It should be yours.
25:51Why have you given it to me?
25:53Because, Mademoiselle, it was you who told me the title of the play, The Importance of Being Earnest.
25:59And there is, in that play, a character that is very well known, who is called...
26:05Jack Worthing.
26:07Cesar.
26:08And it was then that I saw the light.
26:10So the reward, I think, must be for you.
26:13Miss Lemon?
26:14Hastings?
26:15So much for your holiday, Mr. Poirot.
26:16But, Miss Lemon, I feel completely refreshed.
26:17Even so, this wasn't what the doctor ordered.
26:18Daily echo!
26:19Daily echo!
26:20Daily echo!
26:21Daily echo!
26:22You are lucky, Leonard, the daily echo, and I claim my ten guineas.
26:23Oh, no.
26:24No.
26:25No.
26:26No.
26:27No.
26:28No.
26:29No.
26:30No.
26:31No.
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26:33No.
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26:35No.
26:36No.
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26:41No.
26:42No.
26:43No.
26:44No.
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26:54No.
26:55No.
26:56No.
26:57No.
26:58No.
26:59No.
27:00No.
27:01No.
27:02So, you're right.
27:03I was lucky, Len.
27:04But I'm sorry.
27:06I got fired this morning.
27:07Fired?
27:08Why?
27:09Too many people were recognizing me.
27:10The people decided it must be my face.
27:11It's too common.
27:12Common?
27:13That's what they say.
27:15A bit of a cheek if you ask me.
27:16But there you are.
27:17They are wrong, Mon ami!
27:19You have a face of a great man.
27:22You think so?
27:23Oh, yes. I know it.
27:48I know it.
28:18I know it.
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