- 6/3/2025
#casanova #romeoandjuliet #thepiano
A beautiful actress becomes the prime suspect in the murder of her tyrannical husband - except that she has a cast-iron alibi for the night of the crime. Starring: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran.
A beautiful actress becomes the prime suspect in the murder of her tyrannical husband - except that she has a cast-iron alibi for the night of the crime. Starring: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran.
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00:00Go, get some water and wash this filthy witness from your hand.
00:20Why did you bring these daggers from the place?
00:23They must lie there.
00:24Go, carry them and smear the sleepy grooms with blood.
00:29I'll go no more.
00:32I am afraid to think what I have done.
00:36Give me the daggers.
00:38The sleeping and the dead are but as pictures.
00:43Tis the eye of childhood that fears a painted devil.
00:49If he do bleed, I'll gild the faces of the grooms with all.
00:56For it must seem their guilt.
01:01Father.
01:02How could you do it?
01:03How could you embarrass me on my first night in front of all those people?
01:20Embarrassed?
01:21Who was embarrassed?
01:22I was the one who had to sit there and watch my wife cavorting in the arms of another
01:26man.
01:27What do you say, George?
01:28It's William Shakespeare.
01:29It's nothing but an excuse.
01:30An excuse for bestial behavior and a chance to humiliate me in public.
01:35And with a man like Brian Martin.
01:38It's obvious you're having an affair.
01:40Don't be ridiculous, George.
01:42We're active.
01:43God.
01:44What a fool I was.
01:45I should never have married you.
01:48So you admit it was a mistake.
01:51Well, I agree.
01:53So why don't we end this misery now?
01:55Please, George.
01:56I want a divorce.
01:57You think I'll give you a divorce?
01:59Absolutely not.
02:00But why not?
02:02Because I'm George Alfred St Vincent Marsh, 4th Baron Edgware.
02:06That's why not.
02:07You are my wife.
02:08That is how you will remain.
02:18No.
02:19No.
02:20No.
02:21No.
02:22Case is solved.
02:231928.
02:24Line A to N.
02:25Poisons.
02:26That should be with the others over there.
02:291929.
02:301929.
02:31Good morning, Mr. Poirot.
02:35Bonjour, Miss Lemon.
02:37The last of the cases they have arrived?
02:40They're just bringing them in now, but in quite the wrong order.
02:43I'm afraid I'm going to have to overhaul the entire system.
02:46And the post has come.
02:48Well.
02:49Let us see what we have.
02:51What have we here?
02:52An invitation to an evening with Miss Carlotta Adams?
03:06The actress?
03:07I do not know this name.
03:08I read about her in the papers.
03:09She's American comedy actress.
03:10She does impersonations.
03:11Impersonations?
03:12No, no, no, no.
03:13This is not for Poirot.
03:14Why they invite me even, I cannot imagine.
03:15Can we have a telegram?
03:17Upon you, it is from the good Captain Hastings.
03:18All the way from Argentina?
03:19No, no, no, Miss Lemon.
03:20This is sent from Paris.
03:21He writes that he is in transit from Buenos Aires to London.
03:22And the aeroplane, it arrives.
03:23It is not for Poirot.
03:24Why they invite me even, I cannot imagine.
03:25Why they invite me even, I cannot imagine.
03:31Can we have a telegram?
03:36Upon you, it is from the good Captain Hastings.
03:37All the way from Argentina?
03:39No, no, no, Miss Lemon.
03:40This is sent from Paris.
03:42He writes that he is in transit from Buenos Aires to London.
03:47And the aeroplane, it arrives.
03:50In just one hour from now.
03:55What about his wife?
03:57Well, of course.
03:58She will be with him.
04:02Come, Miss Lemon.
04:03Please, please.
04:04The aeroplane must already be here.
04:06Don't worry, Mr Paro.
04:07He won't have lost three customs here.
04:09Excuse me.
04:11The flight from Paris, sir.
04:12It landed about 20 minutes ago.
04:16If you please, can you tell me if there was a passenger
04:18by the name of Captain Arthur Hastings?
04:20One minute, sir.
04:21Yes, sir.
04:24Mr Poirot.
04:25There he is now.
04:29Hastings!
04:31Poirot, my dear chap.
04:33Ah, mon cher Hastings.
04:35It was beyond all my expectations to see you again so soon.
04:39Welcome home, Captain Hastings.
04:42Miss Lemon.
04:46All these baggages?
04:48Well, they're all mine.
04:49Will you intend, therefore, to remain here for some time?
04:52Well, er, yes.
04:55And Madame Hastings?
05:02Well, everything was going fine until I made a foolish mistake.
05:06I invested in the Pampas de Fernandes Consolidated Railway.
05:11Well, they weren't consolidated.
05:13They didn't have a railway.
05:15And there's a huge mountain range between the two places.
05:18I lost just about everything.
05:19Poor Bella stayed behind to sell the ranch.
05:23I've come over here to find somewhere for us to live.
05:26Not that she said a word against me.
05:27She's such a wonderful person.
05:30We're still as much in love as the day we met.
05:32Well, if I remember correctly, you thought her to be guilty of murder, n'est-ce pas?
05:37Yes.
05:38Well, since then, I think I've learned what makes women tick.
05:42Ah, yes.
05:43The ticking of the women.
05:44It has always been a mystery to Poirot.
05:50Where will you stay while you're in London, Captain Hastings?
05:53Well, I'm booked into the palace.
05:55Oh, the Piccadilly Palace Hotel.
05:57I'll start looking for a flat as soon as possible.
06:00If I can afford London prices.
06:03Poor Captain Hastings.
06:06You need taking out of yourself.
06:09I know.
06:10Why don't you take him to that show?
06:12Show?
06:14Carlotta Adams.
06:16It's on tonight and everyone says she's most amusing.
06:18I'm sure you'll both enjoy it.
06:20No, no, no, Miss Lemon. I'm sure it will be of no interest at all.
06:23Well, actually, it might be just what the doctor ordered.
06:26I haven't any other plans.
06:32Leave me alone, Brian. Just leave me alone.
06:35You invited me, do you remember?
06:37I thought we could still be friends.
06:39Your husband was right, you know. You are completely heartless.
06:41That's not the fellow.
06:42Jane, if we are going to be seen together in public, we may as well at least put on an act.
06:47Who is that Hastings?
06:49That's Jane Wilkinson, the actress.
06:51What a beautiful woman, Poirot.
06:52Yes, indeed.
06:53But also I am thinking the unhappy one.
06:54Poor Virgin and Tonic Godfrey.
06:55And maybe it's a large one.
06:56I've been in America, you know.
06:57I've been in America, you know.
06:58I haven't had a drink in 14 years.
07:01What is that, Hastings?
07:02That's Jane Wilkinson, the actress.
07:06What a beautiful woman, Poirot.
07:08Yes, indeed.
07:10But also I am thinking the unhappy one.
07:13Poor Virgin and Tony Godfrey.
07:15And maybe it's a large one.
07:17I've been in America, you know.
07:19I haven't had a drink in 14 years.
07:24Yes!
07:25You're already very good.
07:31President Roosevelt is ending prohibition.
07:35I don't believe it.
07:37What's the man doing?
07:38He must be drunk.
07:45Meanwhile, in Berlin,
07:47the new chancellor is prohibiting everything.
07:51I say this to you today.
07:54I feel prohibiting the artists.
07:56I feel prohibiting the writers.
07:58If you don't agree with me,
08:00I don't fucking know!
08:08Good grief!
08:10Someone has shot Herr Hitler.
08:14So, who do we call in?
08:18Ah!
08:24Look at what I think.
08:25There's a dead body on the floor.
08:28Ah, there is a dead body on the floor.
08:41I will now have to use my little glasses.
08:47But why has Monsieur Hitler been assassinated?
08:49Was it perhaps his politics?
08:53No.
08:54I think it was instead because of his ridiculous moustache.
09:19Well, thank you, Poirot. I've really enjoyed that.
09:22I say, I thought those impressions were absolutely spot on.
09:25You thought so, Hercules? For me there was something of an exaggeration.
09:29Mr. Poirot?
09:31Madame?
09:32My name is Jane Wilkinson, and I know this isn't really the place, but I noticed you were here, and I wonder, I very much need your help.
09:43Jane!
09:47Hey, and the real Hercule Poirot!
09:51I didn't know you two were friends.
09:55Palotta.
09:58Mademoiselle.
09:59I'm really glad you came to the show, Mr. Poirot.
10:01It's just great for the publicity.
10:03Why don't you come over for a drink?
10:06Well, I would be content to join you, mademoiselle.
10:12Great!
10:13Look who I just found!
10:18Mr. Poirot, this is my very best friend in London, Penny Driver, who makes the most wonderful hats.
10:25How do you do, Mr. Poirot?
10:27Mademoiselle.
10:28You must know Brian Martin.
10:31Mr. Martin.
10:32And this is Ronald Marsh.
10:35I'm a theatrical producer, Mr. Poirot.
10:37Mr. Marsh trying to sign on Carloso.
10:40How did you enjoy the show?
10:43Well, it was most educational.
10:46I thought it was splendid.
10:48Oh, well, please, sit down, join us.
10:51Waiter, more champagne.
10:53Yes, sir.
10:58So, what were you doing sneaking off to see Mr. Poirot, Jane?
11:01No, don't tell us.
11:02You were hiring him to help you bump up that ghastly husband of yours.
11:07Don't be upset, Carlotta.
11:09Why not?
11:10Mr. Poirot solved lots of crimes.
11:12Committing one would be a cinch.
11:14The bumping off of husbands is not one of my specialities, mademoiselle.
11:18No.
11:19She's got a point, you know.
11:20Get rid of Lord Edgware and he'll be doing us all a favour.
11:23Why does he have to be so horrible and unreasonable?
11:26I almost think I could kill him sometimes.
11:29But you shouldn't talk like that to Carlotta.
11:32You're embarrassing, Mr. Poirot.
11:34Well, you know, as Americans, we speak as we think.
11:37Here's to you, Carlotta darling.
11:40As deadly accurate as always.
11:43The deadly Carlotta Adams.
11:47We didn't get much entertainment in Argentina.
11:49Horse shows and cattle shows.
11:50But no actual shows, if you know what I mean.
11:52Mr. Poirot?
11:53Madam?
11:54I'm sorry.
11:55I couldn't talk to you back there, but I really do need your help.
11:56It is a matter that concerns your husband, madam.
11:58Well, he's not really my husband anymore.
12:00We live quite separate lives, but...
12:02Well, you see, he refuses to give me a divorce.
12:03It is perhaps because he still has the feelings for you, madam.
12:05Oh, no, I don't think so.
12:06I don't think George has feelings for anyone.
12:07He's a queer man.
12:08His first wife, I'm sorry.
12:09I'm sorry.
12:10I'm sorry.
12:11I'm sorry.
12:12I couldn't talk to you back there, but I really do need your help.
12:13It is a matter that concerns your husband, madam.
12:14Well, he's not really my husband anymore.
12:15We live quite separate lives, but...
12:17Well, you see, he refuses to give me a divorce.
12:20It is perhaps because he still has the feelings for you, madam.
12:23Oh, no, I don't think so.
12:25I don't think George has feelings for anyone.
12:27He's a queer man.
12:29His first wife ran away from him, you know.
12:32She died in complete poverty.
12:36And now...
12:38He enjoys tormenting me, Mr. Poirot.
12:42Well, what is it that you wish me to do, madam?
12:47Could you talk to him for me?
12:50I know it sounds strange, but there really is no one else I can turn to.
12:54If you could just tell him that you'd met me and let him know what he's doing to me,
12:59maybe coming from you it might mean something.
13:05Your husband, Lord Edgway...
13:07He has a house at Regent Gate.
13:09He travels a lot, but he's in England at the moment, and...
13:14I really have to go back.
13:16Will you do it for me, Mr. Poirot?
13:21It's killing me, this whole business.
13:25I don't know how much more I can bear.
13:30I will visit your husband, madam, and see what I can do.
13:39I was so glad when I saw you here tonight.
13:56Tell me, Hastings, what is your opinion of this Jane Wilkinson?
14:00Very attractive.
14:02Yes, indeed.
14:03But it is the psychology that is of interest to Poirot.
14:11Monsieur Poirot and Captain Hastings, my lord.
14:15I can't give you a lot of time, Mr. Poirot.
14:18I'm leaving for Paris tomorrow morning.
14:21There's a painting I wish to acquire.
14:24Has the bank sent around those francs yet, Orton?
14:27I don't believe so, my lord.
14:29Well, ring them and tell them to get a move on.
14:31Very well, my lord.
14:37Now, in this note you sent me, you said you were acting for my wife.
14:42That is so.
14:44I thought it was something to do with crimes.
14:46What do you want with me?
14:50Lady Edgway has asked me to approach you on the matter of your divorce.
14:53Yes.
14:55It was her suggestion that you and I should discuss it.
14:58There's nothing to discuss.
15:00So you refuse?
15:01What are you talking about?
15:03I agreed to the divorce a month ago.
15:05Why are you wasting my time?
15:08But I do not understand.
15:11It's very simple.
15:13When I last saw her, it's true, I objected to the divorce.
15:16But then thinking it over, I changed my mind.
15:19So why haven't you told her?
15:20I have told her.
15:21I have told her.
15:22I wrote her a letter.
15:23I told her I decided she could start proceedings after all.
15:26And as far as I was concerned, the sooner the better.
15:29It is very curious.
15:31I do not understand this at all.
15:34Is this about money?
15:36Because if it is, you can tell her from me she's not getting any.
15:39Now, if you don't mind.
15:41One further question, if you please, Lord Edgway.
15:44This letter that you wrote, to where was it sent?
15:48To the stage door of the Regency Theatre.
15:50At the time, I had no other address.
15:53And you posted it yourself?
15:55I have a secretary to do that for me, Mr Poirot.
15:57I'm a busy man.
15:59Too busy, in fact, to offer you any more of my time.
16:06My Lord.
16:09You mean you've managed it?
16:11Just like that?
16:13Oh dear, Mr Poirot, you're wonderful.
16:15You've saved my life.
16:16That is most kind of you, Madame, but in this instance I have done nothing.
16:24What do you mean?
16:26Lord Edgway told us that he wrote to you a month ago at the Regency Theatre agreeing to a divorce.
16:31I never got any letter.
16:33Tell me, Madame, would there have been anyone in the theatre with access to your post?
16:38Letters for me would be held at the stage door.
16:41Brian sometimes got them for me.
16:43You're not saying someone stole it, are you?
16:47It is a possibility, Madame.
16:49Well, what does it matter anyway?
16:52I was going completely mad, and then I met you.
16:55And somehow everything's come out all right.
16:57Alice!
17:00I was invited out tonight, but I said no.
17:03But with what you've told me, I feel a need to celebrate.
17:07I am content with the results that you're lacking, Madame.
17:10Yes, ma'am?
17:11Alice, I've decided to go out this evening after all.
17:14Could you call Lady Corner and let her know?
17:16Yes, ma'am.
17:18And lay out something bright.
17:20The new Schiaparelli, you know, the pink satin.
17:25Mr. Poirot.
17:27Madame.
17:28I don't suppose you'd care to come with me tonight.
17:34Um...
17:36Alas, Madame, but for me, tonight it is not possible.
17:40Another time, perhaps.
17:42Oui.
17:43I am at your service, Madame.
17:44I say, Poirot.
17:45You were going it a bit up there, weren't you?
17:46But there is a quality in Lady Hedwell that is most attractive, do you not think, Hastings?
17:48Well, don't tell me you're falling for her.
17:49No, no, no, Hastings.
17:50Poirot.
17:51Poirot.
17:52Poirot.
17:53Poirot.
17:54Poirot.
17:55Poirot.
17:56Poirot.
17:57Poirot.
17:58Poirot.
17:59Poirot.
18:01But there is a quality in Lady Hedwell that is most attractive, do you not think, Hastings?
18:04Well, don't tell me you're falling for her.
18:06No, no, no, Hastings.
18:07Poirot, he does not fall.
18:09He observes merely.
18:13Well, I'd better be getting back to the hotel.
18:16Yes, indeed.
18:17Oh, Hastings.
18:18The reason that I said I was occupied tonight, it is that I hope you will dine with me.
18:23Oh.
18:24That's very kind of you, Poirot.
18:25Come at 7.30 mon ami, and please, Hastings, I beg of you.
18:28of you. Do not be late.
18:37Where are you going?
18:39Dressed up like a dog's dinner.
18:41I'm going to the opera.
18:43Don Giovanni with the Dortheimers.
18:44Ah, ghastly nouveau riche.
18:47Father.
18:47You could choose your friends with a little more discretion.
18:50At least I have friends.
18:51Miss Carol?
18:53I'm working tonight and leaving early tomorrow,
18:56so try not to disturb me.
18:57You called, sir?
18:59Yes, I'd like to dictate a letter.
19:01Do you mind?
19:01It would be a pleasure, sir.
19:17So, how do I look?
19:20You look lovely, ma'am.
19:27What a lovely evening.
19:31I can't believe everything's going my way.
19:33That smells good, Mr. Poirot.
19:56Oh, what is it?
19:57Une torte de filet de boeuf
19:58for your onion.
19:59Oh.
20:00Is that another recipe from your aunt in Belgium?
20:03No, no, no, Miss Lemon.
20:04This is an invention of my own.
20:08A dish that I discovered during my retirement.
20:10The pudding of the steak with the kidneys.
20:19Bon.
20:21The table, it is laid?
20:22Four places.
20:25There's the first guest.
20:27Ah.
20:27Chief Inspector.
20:35Very nice to see you again, Miss Lemon.
20:36Coming.
20:40Mmm, something smells good.
20:42Poirot pudding.
20:43Steak and kidney pudding.
20:45Ah.
20:45And this is just what you'll need.
20:57Sup?
21:01Captain A, Steve.
21:02Your taxi's ready.
21:03Oh, right.
21:05Oh, excuse me.
21:08Room 174.
21:10Certainly, Mrs. Van Duesen.
21:15Thank you, Toss.
21:23That is excellent.
21:29Monty?
21:30My dear?
21:31The table.
21:33It's set for 13.
21:35Is it?
21:37Oh, yes.
21:38Well, that's Lady Edgeware, isn't it?
21:40Is it?
21:41She cancelled, so I invited young Ross to join us.
21:44He accepted.
21:45Now she says she's coming.
21:47So that makes 13.
21:49But it's bad luck, isn't it?
21:51I should say it's rather good luck.
21:53I've been wanting to meet her.
21:55She's very glamorous.
21:57Ah.
21:58Our first guest, Cereno.
22:13Thank you, Miss Carroll.
22:14Can I get you anything, sir?
22:16What?
22:17Well, I was going to have a drink, and I was wondering for you.
22:19What are you talking about, woman?
22:21You're suggesting I'd want to have a drink with you.
22:23Sir, I...
22:24We're getting airs above your station, Miss Carroll.
22:26Maybe you should start looking for another job.
22:29Now get out.
22:36There's nothing like marriage.
22:37That's the truth of it.
22:38The day I met Bella was as if I'd found myself.
22:43Ever since, I've been a completely different man.
22:45Hmm.
22:46A different man, yes.
22:47Could say the same about me, I suppose.
22:49But you're happily married, Chief Inspector.
22:52I don't know about that, Miss Lemon.
22:54You see, my Emily, she just doesn't understand my work.
22:57She never lets me talk about murder at the dinner table.
23:00And her tidying, it just gets worse and worse.
23:03Sometimes I wonder how I've managed to live with her these 27 and a half years.
23:09It's a shame you've never considered marriage, Mr. Poirot.
23:16Well, there were occasions, Miss Lemon, when I did have la tentation, eh?
23:20The temptation.
23:21But now, alas, I think it is too late.
23:25Oh, I wouldn't say that, Poirot.
23:26If the right woman came along.
23:28Jane Wilkinson, for example.
23:30Will you have some wine, Chief Inspector?
23:34A fine poirot?
23:36No, thanks, Poirot.
23:37I'll stick to my stout.
23:41Donald Ross is a name that will shortly be known to everyone,
23:45just as soon as he finishes his play on the Great War of Troy.
23:49I've started right at the beginning,
23:51and I'm going all the way to the Trojan horse and beyond.
23:55It's going to be a bit like Sophocles,
23:57an epic, but for a modern 30s audience.
24:00Lady Adria, you have a telephone call, ma'am.
24:03For me?
24:05Excuse me.
24:19Hello.
24:20Hello.
24:20Hello.
24:33Right.
24:35I'd love to see you.
24:42Bye.
24:53Bye.
24:56Bye.
25:34You're Alton, aren't you? Is my husband in?
25:37Yes, ma'am.
25:46It's all right, Alton. I know the way.
25:49Yes, ma'am.
25:50The door timers?
26:05Then let's go.
26:06Yes, ma'am.
26:36Thank you very much, Poirot.
26:39Nice bit of steak and kidney, I must say.
26:42Thank you, Chief Inspector.
26:44It's funny, you know.
26:45Here we are, the four of us, all together again.
26:48But, of course, there's one thing missing.
26:49What's that?
26:50The body.
26:51That's how we normally meet.
26:54No, but it is true.
26:55Oh, well, never mind, Poirot.
26:57Soon as word gets round your back,
26:58I'm sure one will turn up.
26:59What?
27:16Oh, well, I'm sure you can there.
27:47Morning, Poirot. Cap Nacins, Chief Inspector.
27:52You got my message, then?
27:54Yes, Chief Inspector. We came immediately.
27:56Looks like we spoke too soon last night.
27:58Stabbed in the neck, round about ten o'clock.
28:03Have you discovered any money, Chief Inspector?
28:06Money?
28:07When we were last here, Lord Edgware had commanded from his bank
28:10some of money in francs.
28:13That's right. He was just about to go to Paris.
28:15Oh, he hasn't found any money.
28:16But I'd be interested to know what the two of you were doing here.
28:19Had he asked for your help?
28:21No, not, Chief Inspector.
28:23It was Lady Edgware who had asked for me to intercede on her behalf.
28:26And she wanted her husband to give her a divorce.
28:29Ah, so that's the motive, then, is it?
28:31The motive, Chief Inspector?
28:33Well, I already know it was her.
28:34I just want to find out why.
28:37Now then, Alton,
28:38I want you to tell my friends here exactly what you told me.
28:42Yes, sir.
28:42I answered the door just after half past nine.
28:46I'd heard the clock sound the half hour.
28:48That's how I'm sure of the time.
28:51It was Lady Edgware.
28:53She said she wanted to see her husband and that she could find her own way.
28:57You saw her enter the study?
28:59No, sir, but as I left, she was approaching the door.
29:04Was it you who discovered the body?
29:06Yes, sir.
29:07This morning at eight, I entered the study to open the curtains.
29:11That's when I called the police.
29:12Could you tell me, M. Alton, what happened to the French francs
29:17your master demanded yesterday?
29:19They came in the afternoon.
29:21I imagine he would have placed them in the safe.
29:24Lord Edgware's solicitor will have a combination.
29:28You have worked here for how long, M. Alton?
29:33One month, sir.
29:36And how many times have you met Lady Edgware?
29:38Only once, sir.
29:39But I could have sworn it was her.
29:41It was her?
29:43I'd know her anywhere.
29:45And I saw her quite clearly.
29:55I had her speaking with Alton,
29:57and then she crossed the hall and went in through there.
30:00Could you tell me, M. Alton, what she was wearing?
30:03She was wearing black, a black dress and lace sleeves, and a hat.
30:08And this hat, it was also black?
30:11Yes, very modern, with a slanting brim.
30:16I see.
30:17And after she went into the study?
30:28Sorry?
30:28You heard nothing?
30:29No sound of any kind?
30:30No, I told you.
30:31I went to bed.
30:32Who else was in the house last night, Miss Carol,
30:35apart from you and Alton?
30:36Only Geraldine, Lord Edgware's daughter.
30:39She's in her room now.
30:40I didn't love my father.
30:51I suppose I could lie to you, but why should I?
30:53I hated him.
30:57If someone's gone and killed him, I'm glad.
31:00There you are.
31:04I wonder if you could tell us your movements last night, Miss Marsh.
31:07If you insist.
31:08I went to the opera, Don Giovanni, at Covent Garden.
31:13I left at around seven, and I wasn't back until well after midnight.
31:17When I got home, I went straight to bed.
31:20Satisfied.
31:22Did you enter the study of your father?
31:24No.
31:26There was a light on under the door, but I didn't want to see him.
31:29I never wanted to see him.
31:33I don't suppose there's anyone who can corroborate your story, is there?
31:36You could talk to my cousin, if you like.
31:39Ronald Marsh.
31:40He was at the opera.
31:42In fact, we had a drink together in the interweb.
31:44But why are you wasting your time interrogating me?
31:47Why aren't you talking to Jane?
31:49Lady Edgware.
31:51Well, she was here, wasn't she?
31:53Miss Carol saw her, and Alton.
31:56It seems to me you've got an open and shut case.
31:59Murdered?
32:06Oui, madame.
32:10Well.
32:13I suppose.
32:16I can't say I'm surprised.
32:21He wasn't a kind man, or a good one.
32:25But it's still horrible.
32:27Nobody deserves to die like that.
32:36But why are you here?
32:40Mr. Poirot, you can't think of...
32:41Can you tell us your movements last night, Lady Edgware?
32:44I told you.
32:46I changed my mind.
32:49I was going to stay in, but in the end, I went to that dinner in Holborn.
32:53To the house of Sir Monty Goukana?
32:54Yes.
32:56There were at least a dozen people there.
32:57You can ask him.
32:59And there was a young writer, Donald Ross.
33:03He's writing a play about Troy.
33:04He was sitting opposite me.
33:06Well, if you please, madame, could you relate to the chief inspector your movements for the evening in its entirety?
33:14Certainly.
33:15I left here at about seven, and I went first to the Piccadilly Palace Hotel.
33:22Oh, that's where I'm staying.
33:24Oh.
33:26Sorry.
33:27I had a meeting with an American lady, a Mrs. Van Dusen.
33:33She's written a play, not a very good one, and we talked about it for about 20 minutes.
33:38At 7.30, I left and took a cab to Holborn.
33:42I was at dinner with the corners until after midnight, and then I came straight home.
33:47Did you leave the table at any time?
33:50Yes.
33:51Once.
33:53I received a telephone call at about half past nine.
33:56Who was that from?
33:57That was the funny thing.
34:00A voice said, is that Lady Edgware?
34:02And when I said it was, they laughed and rang off.
34:07I thought it must be some sort of a hoax.
34:10And this voice, madame, it was of a man or a woman?
34:14A woman, I think.
34:16So you're telling me that apart from that one time, you never left the room?
34:22That's right.
34:22Chief Inspector, I was the last person to want my husband dead.
34:30Not after what Mr. Poirot had told me.
34:34There was nothing to me anymore.
34:36Nothing.
34:37So, Chief Inspector, now it all begins to make sense.
34:46Not to me, it doesn't.
34:47Oh, yes.
34:48Yesterday evening, Lady Edgware had intended to remain on her own in her apartment.
34:53She had already announced that she would not be attending the dinner at Holborn.
34:56So, in other words, everyone knew she had no alibi.
34:59Oui.
34:59C'est ça.
35:01But it was only at the last minute that she changed her mind.
35:04And so disrupted the plans of the true killer.
35:06Wait a minute.
35:07He was suggesting that someone went round to Regent Gate pretending to be Lady Edgware.
35:11It was, I believe, an attempt most deliberate to incriminate her, yes.
35:15So it's lucky she went to that dinner after all.
35:17Well, let's just be sure she did first.
35:19Oh, yes.
35:25She was certainly at our little dinner party.
35:27She was quite the life and soul of the evening, Monsieur Poirot.
35:30She'd had some good news.
35:33Something to do with her divorce.
35:35I think it was the fact that her husband had agreed to one.
35:38Are you a present also, Monsieur Ross?
35:40Yes, I was sitting opposite her.
35:42Did she talk much about herself, Mr. Ross?
35:44Well, to be honest, I was the one who did most of the talking.
35:47Yes, but she was very cheerful.
35:49And with good reason.
35:51With the divorce agreed, I imagine she was looking forward to stepping out with...
35:56I think you know who.
36:02No, Monsieur, I do not know who.
36:04The Duke of Merton.
36:07He's one of the richest men in England.
36:09He has properties all over London.
36:11My wife would dearly love to have him to dinner.
36:14And they have known each other for some time, Lady Edgware and the Duke?
36:17No, I believe they met only recently.
36:19It must have been love at first sight.
36:23Is it true that Lady Edgware took a telephone call while she was here?
36:26Yes.
36:27Now, when was it?
36:28About half past nine.
36:30But she was only out of the room for a couple of minutes.
36:32I'm sure it wasn't any longer than that.
36:34She was the first to leave the table.
36:37I'm sorry, Lady Corner.
36:38I mentioned it to my husband just before the guests arrived.
36:42There were 13 of us to dinner.
36:44And you know the old superstition.
36:46Yes, the first person to leave the table was supposed to...
36:49Nobody believes that.
36:51We had 13 to dinner and she was the first to get up.
36:56It means she's going to die.
36:58I've got the money.
37:13500 pounds.
37:20It's all here waiting for you.
37:22If you don't believe me, you only have to come round.
37:24Ronald.
37:28Jimmy, my dear.
37:31So, how does it feel?
37:33What?
37:34To be the new Lord Edgware.
37:36No more creditors for a start.
37:38It's splendid.
37:39Have you spoken to the police yet?
37:41Yes.
37:42They were at the house this morning.
37:44A chief inspector and this weird little French detective.
37:48Oh, that'll be her called Poirot.
37:50So he's on the case?
37:51Did you tell them where you were last night?
37:55Yes, I said I was at the opera.
37:57That's right.
37:59Anyway, they weren't interested in me.
38:02It's Jane they want to see.
38:04Poor Jane.
38:06She's starring in my new play, you know.
38:08Oh, she was.
38:09Of course, if they arrest her...
38:11You can always recast.
38:14Oh, look, Captain Hastings.
38:19There's a basement flat here on the Talgarth Road.
38:22Oh.
38:24I don't know who that can be.
38:26Oh, it is perhaps Lady Edgware.
38:28You think so?
38:30Well, with the chief inspector, as you say, Hastings breathing down the neck,
38:35she will be in need most assuredly of my assistance.
38:38You sound almost hopeful, Poirot.
38:41Mr. Poirot!
38:50Monsieur Martin.
38:52I hope you don't mind my coming to see you, Mr. Poirot,
38:54but I was wondering, there's something I was hoping you'd take on for me?
38:58If you're pleased to sit, monsieur.
38:59Well, the thing is, you see, I have a friend, a lady friend,
39:11and she's being followed.
39:15And this lady friend of yours, she calls her, sir?
39:17Oh, well, I can't tell you her name.
39:19Not yet.
39:20But I was with her the other day, and I actually saw the chair.
39:23He's an ugly-looking fellow.
39:26He's clean-shaven, has glasses,
39:27oh, and he has a gold tooth.
39:30You spoke to this man?
39:32Oh, no, no, no, he was there one minute and gone the next.
39:34And I wish I could tell you more.
39:36But, um, if the lady were to agree,
39:39do you think you could possibly look into it, or...?
39:42Oui, monsieur.
39:43I find the whole story most interesting.
39:46That is a relief.
39:53You know, I was very pleased to run into you the other night, Mr. Poirot.
39:57Do you remember with Jane Wilkinson?
39:59Yes, indeed.
40:00Hmm.
40:01I was thinking about her, you know, and about her husband.
40:05It was just such an extraordinary thing for her to say,
40:08that she thought about killing him.
40:10Do you think she had it in her to commit murder?
40:12I'm sure of it.
40:14I know her, you see.
40:15I mean, she's terribly sweet on the surface.
40:18But she would kill as easily as drink her morning tea.
40:21Believe me.
40:22Perhaps you are not aware, monsieur, that the husband of Lady Ezra,
40:25he was indeed murdered last night.
40:28What?
40:30Murdered?
40:32Oh, you're not being serious.
40:34It is not a subject about which I have the habit to joke, monsieur.
40:38Oh, with that sense.
40:39Oh, my God.
40:41Well, what I was saying just now, I didn't mean...
40:43And therefore, by necessity, this matter of yours, the man with the gold tooth.
40:48Oh, yes, of course.
40:48I mean, that will have to wait.
40:50Why, you will speak, nonetheless, to this lady friend of yours,
40:54and if she wishes for me to investigate on her behalf, then...
40:58Thank you very much, Mr. Poirot.
40:59I'm very grateful for your time.
41:02Monsieur.
41:07Miss Lemma.
41:08Mr. Poirot.
41:09Goodbye, Mr. Poirot.
41:11Goodbye.
41:12So tell me, Hastings, what is your opinion of all this?
41:16Well, it seems strange that he comes to you for advice,
41:19and yet tells you so very little.
41:20The same thought also had occurred to me.
41:23I didn't know you knew Brian Martin.
41:26Mr. Poirot's a wonderful actor.
41:29We met him at the Gaiety Theatre the other night, at Cabaret.
41:31Carlotta Adams.
41:32The Impressionist.
41:34You.
41:36How could I have been so blind?
41:38Mr. Poirot?
41:39Miss Lemma, telephone to the Gaiety Theatre at once,
41:41ask her the address of Mademoiselle Carlotta Adams.
41:44Tootsuite.
41:44Every minute is of value.
41:46What's the matter, Poirot?
41:46I don't understand.
41:47Oh, Hastings.
41:49Do you not see?
41:51But I have been so slow.
41:53I'm best...
41:54How much time?
42:03How much time are you?
42:06Hi.
42:06Beat.
42:07Beat money.
42:16Yes?
42:16Yes?
42:19Mademoiselle, you are the maidservant of Miss Colada Adams?
42:24Yes.
42:25We must speak most urgently to your mistress.
42:27She's still in bed.
42:28She always gets up late when there's a performance.
42:31You have spoken with her today?
42:33No, she's asleep.
42:35Quick, mademoiselle, we must see her.
42:44Miss Adams?
42:46It's locked.
42:57You must call at once for the police, mademoiselle.
43:01Hastings.
43:11Mademoiselle.
43:12We're too late.
43:21Sounds like an overdose to me, Poirot.
43:40Veranol or something of the sort.
43:42Oh, the sleeping draught.
43:42Of course, it could have been accidental.
43:45No, I think not.
43:46So you're saying that Colada Adams went to Regent Gay disguised as Lady Edgware?
43:52And then had to be silenced to make sure that the identity of her employer remained secret.
43:56So the idea was to frame Lady Edgware from the very start?
44:00Yes, Chief Inspector.
44:01To ensure that she was hanged for a murder she did not commit.
44:05I don't see it, Poirot.
44:06Then let me show you.
44:17The wig, Chief Inspector.
44:19That's the same color and the same style as...
44:22Lady Edgware.
44:22Yes.
44:24And now, Chief Inspector.
44:25Excuse me, Miss Teens.
44:34The shoes...
44:35...designed to increase the height.
44:42The makeup of a theatrical overrack.
44:44And these.
44:51Pince-nez.
44:53With their lenses.
44:54Very strong.
44:55But these were not part of the disguise.
44:57Yes, if there was a disguise.
44:59If she was a performer, Poirot, all this could be part of her act.
45:06And this.
45:14Oh, very not.
45:15Just like I thought.
45:19C.A. from P.
45:21Sweet dreams.
45:23November the 10th.
45:24November?
45:25That's seven months ago.
45:27Well, there we are then.
45:28That proves she was taking the stuff.
45:30Perhaps.
45:33And yet.
45:35Let's talk to the maid.
45:39If you please, Mademoiselle Alice,
45:41can you relate to us the movements of your mistress yesterday evening?
45:45Well, she got in at about six o'clock.
45:50I didn't know where she'd been.
45:53Yes, go on.
45:55She spent some time writing a letter.
45:58Then she got changed and left here at about seven o'clock.
46:03Did you know her destination?
46:05She didn't say.
46:07Did she go to the theatre?
46:08No, sir.
46:09There was no performance last night.
46:11And how was she dressed, Mademoiselle?
46:14She was in black, sir.
46:16With a new hat.
46:19With a brim that was slanty?
46:22Yes.
46:23She only bought it last week.
46:25From her friend, Miss Driver.
46:31Oh, Miss Penny Driver.
46:33We met her at the Gaiety Theatre.
46:35Oui.
46:35She got back around midnight.
46:41She said she was very tired.
46:43But not upset or distressed?
46:46No.
46:47She seemed more pleased about something.
46:51Anyway, then she went straight to bed.
46:55And this letter of which you spoke?
46:56It was to her sister, sir, Lucy Adams.
47:00She's over on a visit.
47:03Miss Carlos had took it with her when she left.
47:05She was going to post it, I suppose.
47:07Then she forgot.
47:08She was always doing that.
47:12And where is this letter now?
47:15It's gone, I'm afraid, sir.
47:18I posted it myself this morning.
47:20She left it on the table.
47:21And once again, we are too late.
47:31Do you really think that somebody paid Carlotta to imitate me?
47:36To go to the house dressed like me?
47:38That is how it would appear, Nadine.
47:40But she didn't kill my husband.
47:43No, no, no, no, no.
47:44It was enough that she was seen there.
47:47No, somebody believed that you had the motive to be rid of Lord Edgewell.
47:51They believed also that you would be at home on your own.
47:55With no alibi.
47:58They wanted to see me hang.
48:05Madame.
48:08Which is why I must ask you.
48:10Who is it you think who would wish you ill?
48:14You're asking who would want to see me dead?
48:16It's horrible to think there could be anyone.
48:22Do I really have to name names, Mr. Poirot?
48:25If I am to protect you, wait.
48:30Well, I suppose Geraldine never liked me.
48:36After all, her father left her mother to marry me.
48:39And you know her mother later died.
48:42It hasn't been easy for her.
48:45Tell me.
48:47What of Monsieur Brian Martin?
48:52Why do you mention him?
48:53We were lovers, Mr. Poirot.
48:59For a short while, after I knew my marriage had fallen apart.
49:04I was so unhappy and I turned to him.
49:09And then you met someone else?
49:14That's always been my trouble.
49:16I fall in love too easily.
49:19First George.
49:21That was a horrible mistake.
49:24Then Brian.
49:26And now Percy.
49:27The Duke of Murtagh.
49:29But this time I know I've got it right.
49:32He really is so sweet and kind.
49:34And he needs someone to look after him.
49:37He and I plan to marry as soon as we can.
49:40And you'll be invited.
49:41Ah.
49:42The grand wedding.
49:44At Westminster, yes.
49:46That's what he's always wanted.
49:48I just fear all of this business will frighten him off.
49:52He so hates scandal.
49:56Mr. Poirot.
49:58Will you talk to him?
50:00Will you tell him that everything's going to be all right?
50:05Once again you make of Poirot the ambassador?
50:08He's coming to my apartment later.
50:11You could meet him there.
50:15Away.
50:16Away.
50:18I knew I could trust you the moment I met you.
50:22You really are my guardian angel.
50:25I should be afraid.
50:27But I'm not.
50:29Not while you're here.
50:31Do not be anxious, madame.
50:33All will be arranged.
50:36You have my word.
50:37You are my word.
50:39I Jadi, you have my word.
50:41I know.
50:45Yeah.
50:50I haven't done yet.
50:51I have no idea of the anewning.
50:53You are able to bear it for you.
50:54I was going to take away.
50:55Get in the picture.
50:56If it's okay, get one, or cancel.
51:00We do not be able to bear it for you.
51:01And it will turn away.
51:02How is it going to do with you?
51:04And it's going to be me?
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