The Adventures of... (1939 film)

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The master sleuth hunts his archenemy, Professor Moriarty, who is planning the crime of the century.  Basil Rathbone - Holmes Nigel Bruce - Dr. Watson Ida Lupino - Ann Brandon Alan Marshal - Jerrold Hunter Terry Kilburn - Billy George Zucco - Professor Moriarty Henry Stephenson - Sir Ronald Ramsgate E.E. Clive - Inspector Bristol Arthur Hohl - Bassick May Beatty - Mrs. Jameson Peter Willes - Lloyd Brandon Mary Gordon - Mrs. Hudson Holmes Herbert - Justice George Regas - Mateo Mary Forbes - Lady Conyngham Frank Dawson - Dawes William Austin - Inquisitive Stranger Anthony Kemble-Cooper - Tony Conyngham (as Anthony Kemble Cooper) Frank Baker - Tompkins Frank Benson - Cockney Ted Billings - Pub Customer Harry Cording - Cragin Robert Cory - Tower Sentry Herbert Evans - Scotland Yard Man Neil Fitzgerald - Clerk of the Court Denis Green - Sergeant of the Guard Gordon Hart - Guard Ivo Henderson - Bobby Keith Hitchcock - Constable Leyland Hodgson - Bobby Brandon Hurst - Footman Boyd Irwin - Bobby Charles Irwin - Marine Sergeant Leonard Mudie - Barrows - Moriarty's Attorney Richard Neill - Party Guest Robert Nobel - Foreman of the Jury Ivan F. Simpson - Gates - Trial Prosecutor Robert R. Stephenson - Cabby Eric Wilton - Conyngham Butler

Transcript

00:00:00THE END

00:00:30THE END

00:01:00Gentlemen of the jury, have you decided on your verdict?

00:01:25We have.

00:01:27The prisoner will rise.

00:01:30Do you find the prisoner guilty or not guilty of willful murder?

00:01:34According to the evidence, we have no choice but to find the prisoner not guilty.

00:01:39And so do we all find.

00:01:40And may God forgive us.

00:01:43Prisoner at the bar.

00:01:44You have heard the verdict.

00:01:47Under the law, no other verdict is possible.

00:01:50Yet it is undoubtedly a gross miscarriage of justice.

00:01:52It is deplorable, Professor Moriarty, that a man of your intellectual attainments should

00:01:58be standing in the prisoner's dock charged with the crime of murder.

00:02:01And in setting you free, I cannot in my conscience exonerate you.

00:02:07Let the prisoner be discharged.

00:02:08Let him in, let him in, let him in.

00:02:15Lord.

00:02:16Lord, I have important new evidence.

00:02:21You come too late, Mr. Holmes.

00:02:23The prisoner has been discharged.

00:02:25But, my Lord, you can't let Moriarty go free.

00:02:27He killed Loray.

00:02:28I can prove it.

00:02:29I can destroy his alibi.

00:02:30That alibi has been established by 300 fellows of the Royal Society.

00:02:34Your Lordship, my clarence has been acquitted.

00:02:36He cannot be tried twice on the same charge.

00:02:48Well, there you are, Holmes.

00:02:49I'm afraid you have a bad opinion of me.

00:02:51On the contrary, I hold you in the highest esteem.

00:02:54But only as a knave.

00:02:56It's gratifying to know that one's tyrants were appreciated

00:02:58by such a distinguished connoisseur.

00:03:01May I give your left cabs of scarcity, Miss Rand?

00:03:09221 Baker Street, Purs.

00:03:10Very good, sir.

00:03:11After you, my dear Holmes.

00:03:12By no means.

00:03:13I prefer that you precede me at all times.

00:03:15What a great job, happy you are.

00:03:24You've a magnificent brain, Moriarty.

00:03:26I admire it.

00:03:27I admire it so much, I'd like to present it pickled in alcohol

00:03:30to the London Medical Society.

00:03:32That would make an interesting exhibit.

00:03:37Holmes, you've only now barely miss sending me to the gallows.

00:03:41You're the one man in England clever enough to defeat me.

00:03:44The situation has become impossible.

00:03:46Have you any suggestions?

00:03:48I'm going to break you, Holmes.

00:03:50I'm going to bring off right under your nose

00:03:52the most incredible crime of the century,

00:03:54and you'll never suspect it until it's too late.

00:03:57That will be the end of you, Mr. Sherlock Holmes.

00:04:02And when I've beaten and ruined you,

00:04:04then I can retire in peace.

00:04:06I'd like to retire.

00:04:07Crime no longer amuses me.

00:04:08I'd like to devote my remaining years to abstract science.

00:04:19Here we are at my lodgings.

00:04:21I'm so sorry I can't ask you in.

00:04:23Good night, Professor Moriarty.

00:04:25Good night.

00:04:55I was just coming in when you rang, sir.

00:05:11Well, there you are, Dawes.

00:05:12Mr. Bassick is here, sir.

00:05:14I'll see him at once.

00:05:16Come to me as soon as he's gone, Dawes.

00:05:17There's something I want to say to you.

00:05:19Yes, sir.

00:05:20Good night.

00:05:25Well, Bassick?

00:05:51Don't that bloke never stop?

00:05:57That music gives me the creeps.

00:05:59Does it, Bassick?

00:06:00I rather like it.

00:06:03I want you to post that letter in the box at Portland Square

00:06:06just a few minutes before 12.

00:06:08Then drive directly to your lodgings by way of Oxford Circus.

00:06:12Wait there till I send for you.

00:06:15That's all.

00:06:16First, I want you to know what I'm getting into.

00:06:19You have your orders.

00:06:20That's enough.

00:06:20I've got a right to know the layout in case there's trouble.

00:06:24I'll take care of that.

00:06:26That's what you promised Higgins in that Emmersmith job.

00:06:29Oh, poor Higgins.

00:06:32They found nothing but his boots.

00:06:33One boot?

00:06:34You know, Bassick, Higgins was a valuable man and a clever cracksman.

00:06:40But he had your unfortunate habit of asking too many questions.

00:06:44And now all that's left of him is one boot.

00:06:48Don't take me wrong, Professor.

00:06:51I'll do what you tell me right enough.

00:06:53I'm sure you will, Bassick.

00:06:55And just to prove how I trust you, I'm going to tell you my plan.

00:06:59Although you haven't the imagination to appreciate its subtlety.

00:07:02My whole success depends upon a peculiarity of Holmes' brain.

00:07:07Its perpetual restlessness.

00:07:09Its constant struggle to escape boredom.

00:07:11Holmes again?

00:07:13Always Holmes until the end.

00:07:15He's like a spoiled boy who picks watches to pieces.

00:07:18But loses interest in one toy as soon as he's given another.

00:07:22So I'm presenting the ingenious but fickle Mr. Holmes with two toys.

00:07:27In the order in which I mean him to have them.

00:07:29The first, that letter.

00:07:34And if I know Mr. Holmes, that will interest him very little.

00:07:38After this comes to fascinate and tantalize his imagination.

00:07:45Blimey, what's it mean?

00:07:47That is what I'm depending upon to absorb Mr. Holmes' interest when I'm engaged elsewhere.

00:07:53I'll give him a toy to delight his heart.

00:07:56So full of bizarre complications that he'll forget all about the first toy.

00:08:01That letter.

00:08:01What's in the letter, Professor?

00:08:07The germ of a crime, Bassick.

00:08:09A truly great crime.

00:08:11A crime that will stir the empire.

00:08:13The children will read about in their history books.

00:08:16And you're going to be part of it, Bassick.

00:08:26Off with you now.

00:08:27You wanted to see me, sir?

00:08:52I'm away for a few weeks, Dawes, and I come back to find my Anthurium magenta.

00:08:56My incomparable Anthurium magenta.

00:08:59Withered, ruined.

00:09:00I can't understand it, sir.

00:09:01I took good care of all the plants.

00:09:02Did you water them?

00:09:03Every day, sir, just as you told me, sir.

00:09:05Then how does it happen that I find a spider's web spun across the spout of the watering can?

00:09:09Well, that can happen overnight, sir.

00:09:11Overnight?

00:09:12Then you didn't water them today.

00:09:14There's been so much to do, sir.

00:09:15Preparing for your coming back and all...

00:09:17Nothing is as important as the care of my flowers.

00:09:20Through your neglect, this flower has died.

00:09:22You've murdered a flower.

00:09:23I'm sorry, sir.

00:09:24To think that for merely murdering a man, I was incarcerated for six whole weeks in a filthy prison cell.

00:09:29A pity, sir.

00:09:30A travesty on justice.

00:09:31Quite so, sir.

00:09:32But for this crime, Dawes, you should be flogged, broken on the wheel, drawn and quartered.

00:09:38Yes, sir.

00:09:39Well, that'd be all, sir.

00:09:40And boiled in oil.

00:09:41Thank you, sir.

00:09:42Go away.

00:09:45Yes, sir.

00:09:45Thank you, sir.

00:10:15Now, Billy, when you finish sweeping, you can dust.

00:10:44Yes, sir.

00:11:04Oh, good morning, Dr. Watson.

00:11:06Good morning, Mrs. Hudson.

00:11:08Is Mr. Holmes in?

00:11:09You're right, Hudson.

00:11:10Ah, good.

00:11:11Is he busy?

00:11:12Well, you might say he was busy, and then again, you might say he was not busy.

00:11:16Huh?

00:11:16I'd say he was busy.

00:11:18Oh, thank you.

00:11:19Oh, thank you.

00:11:22Well, well, well, well, Billy.

00:11:24That's a fetching little frock that you're wearing.

00:11:26Mrs. Hudson made me put it on, sir.

00:11:28I was afraid Mr. Holmes, or you would see me.

00:11:30I think it's very for coming.

00:11:36Come in, Watson.

00:11:37I trust I don't come in opportunity.

00:11:52My dear fellow, as if you ever could.

00:11:54Come on, pull up a chair.

00:11:56As a matter of fact, you're just in time to help me decide a matter which is certainly delicate and possibly of the gravest importance.

00:12:02Of course.

00:12:03Anything I can do.

00:12:04I received this note last night.

00:12:07My dear Mr. Holmes, I'm taking the liberty of calling on you at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning.

00:12:11That's very soon now.

00:12:13To ask you what may appear a silly question, whether or not I should go to a garden party on Saturday at Lady Conningham's.

00:12:18I beg you to see me.

00:12:19I'm in desperate need of advice.

00:12:21Sincerely, yours, Anne Brandon.

00:12:25What do you make of it, Watson?

00:12:27Somebody's pulling your leg.

00:12:28No, no, no, no.

00:12:29I've checked on the young lady.

00:12:30She lives in town with her brother.

00:12:31She's very rich, mining fortune.

00:12:33Her father died somewhat mysteriously about ten years ago.

00:12:36As for Miss Brandon's dilemma, Lady Conningham is eminently respectable, but she gives the kind of parties that one comes away from with a feeling that one hasn't been anywhere.

00:12:45Well, how can you trifle with such inconsequentialities when Moriarty's loose on London?

00:12:51My dear Watson, you astound me.

00:12:53It's the very inconsequentialities of Miss Brandon's message that engages my interest.

00:12:57But Moriarty, what of him?

00:12:59I've taken the most efficient steps of keeping in touch with Moriarty.

00:13:03You're having him followed.

00:13:04Oh, don't be so crude, Watson.

00:13:05Well, what are you doing?

00:13:08Nothing.

00:13:10Nothing?

00:13:11My dear Watson, you needn't check me back as if I were an invoice.

00:13:14I said nothing.

00:13:15That's the best thing I can possibly do at the moment.

00:13:20Moriarty's as curious about my movements as I am about his.

00:13:25So I sit here and wait for him to come to me.

00:13:27And he'll come.

00:13:30Never doubt it.

00:13:31So you fiddle while Rome burns.

00:13:36A daring maneuver, Watson.

00:13:38And what are you doing with that infernal fiddle?

00:13:40And those flies?

00:13:42I was observing the reaction on the common housefly at the chromatic scale.

00:13:48A brilliant experiment.

00:13:49Yes, it will be.

00:13:50If I can find the note that annoys the housefly.

00:13:53Then one need only play that one note and pst.

00:13:55All the houseflies disappear.

00:13:57Amazing!

00:13:59No, no, no.

00:14:00Elementary, my dear Watson.

00:14:01Purely elementary.

00:14:04I expect that'll be the end later.

00:14:06On the contrary.

00:14:07I suggest an elderly gentleman.

00:14:10Perhaps a touch of gout in his right leg.

00:14:16Sir Ronald, I'm delighted to see you.

00:14:18How do you do, Holmes?

00:14:19Let me take your hat and stick.

00:14:20Thank you, yes.

00:14:21I don't think you know, Dr. Watson, do you?

00:14:23Watson, this is Sir Ronald Ramsgate, constable of the Tower of London,

00:14:26where all he has to do is to keep his eyes on the crown jewels.

00:14:29How do you do, sir?

00:14:30Holmes has often spoken of you, Dr. Watson.

00:14:33You haven't dropped in like this for a long time, Sir Ronald.

00:14:35Won't you sit down, have a cup of tea?

00:14:37No, no.

00:14:37I've come to consult you on a rather peculiar matter.

00:14:41Now, just have a look at that.

00:14:44Doesn't it strike you that the handwriting is...

00:14:46Yes, yes.

00:14:46That's because it's written with the left hand.

00:14:50Star of Delhi will never reach the Tower of London.

00:14:53Curious and anonymous.

00:14:57What is, the Star of Delhi?

00:14:59Probably the largest emerald in the world.

00:15:01A gift to Her Majesty from the Maharaja of Rapua.

00:15:04Oh, I shouldn't worry about this, Sir Ronald.

00:15:06Typical crank letter, besides no professional thief,

00:15:09would risk stealing so famous an emerald.

00:15:10He can't break it up.

00:15:12He certainly couldn't sell it as it is.

00:15:14Perhaps not, but in my position of trust,

00:15:15I can't afford to take any chances.

00:15:17I wonder whether you could possibly manage to be on hand

00:15:20when the jewel is delivered.

00:15:21Now, when will that be?

00:15:23This weekend.

00:15:24It's coming on the cruiser invincible.

00:15:26Well, Sir Ronald,

00:15:27even though I'm convinced that the threat means nothing

00:15:29and that a routine police guard will be quite adequate,

00:15:32you can depend on me.

00:15:34Now I feel sure the jewel will be safe.

00:15:36Little enough to do for you, Sir Ronald.

00:15:47Excuse me.

00:15:49I don't know what you must think of me,

00:15:59but I'm sure I was followed here.

00:16:01You are Miss Brandon?

00:16:02Yes.

00:16:02I am Sherlock Holmes.

00:16:03Yes, I know.

00:16:04Let me introduce you to my associate, Dr. Watson.

00:16:06How do you do?

00:16:07Sir Ronald Ramsgate.

00:16:08Mr. Holmes, I...

00:16:10I...

00:16:11Well, I got what I wanted,

00:16:13so I think I'll be going along.

00:16:14Good day, Miss Brandon.

00:16:16Goodbye, Doctor.

00:16:16Goodbye, Sir.

00:16:17Manhattan sticks, Sir Ronald.

00:16:20I'm depending on you.

00:16:21I'll not fail you.

00:16:22I'm sure of that.

00:16:23Goodbye, Sir.

00:16:24Goodbye.

00:16:34Yes, Miss Brandon?

00:16:35Why, I shouldn't have written you as I did, Mr. Holmes,

00:16:38and then burst in in this melodramatic way,

00:16:41but I had to see you.

00:16:42Oh, that doesn't matter, Miss Brandon.

00:16:43There's no more resolutely informal household in all London than mine.

00:16:47You're very kind.

00:16:48Not at all.

00:16:49Only I don't understand why you wish to consult me about a garden party.

00:16:52You couldn't possibly find a worse guide to social etiquette.

00:16:55It's because my brother and Gerald Hunter,

00:16:57he's the family solicitor,

00:16:59insist on my going,

00:17:00and I don't want to.

00:17:02I don't want to.

00:17:03Yes, but how should I know how to advise you, Miss Brandon?

00:17:07Perhaps you should do as your brother and family solicitor suggest.

00:17:10Lady Conningham is eminently respectable.

00:17:13No.

00:17:14Oh, Mr. Holmes, I'm so frightened.

00:17:17What are you frightened of, Miss Brandon?

00:17:21Murder.

00:17:25Sit down, Miss Brandon.

00:17:26Now, suppose you tell us all about it.

00:17:34Well, this came for my brother Lloyd in the post two days ago.

00:17:53This seems to be a field day for crank messages.

00:17:54Look at that, Watson.

00:17:58Curious?

00:17:59May the 11th.

00:18:00That's today.

00:18:01My father received just such a note before he was murdered.

00:18:06Murdered?

00:18:07Murdered.

00:18:09Ten years ago on May the 11th.

00:18:11Scotland Yard couldn't make anything of it.

00:18:14But I saw him.

00:18:16My father.

00:18:17Lying there on the pavement.

00:18:19With the back of his head off.

00:18:24Well, tell me, Miss Brandon.

00:18:29Do you associate May the 11th with anything else besides your father's death?

00:18:33I mean, perhaps with some other incident in your family history?

00:18:36No.

00:18:36No, nothing.

00:18:38My family has no history.

00:18:39My father was a self-made man.

00:18:41I see.

00:18:43Oh, Mr. Holmes, you must save my brother.

00:18:45Don't let them kill him as they did my father.

00:18:46I see.

00:18:54Gerald.

00:19:00It was very wrong that you'd come here, Anna, after I expressly asked you not to.

00:19:03No more so than for you to follow me.

00:19:04Where's the paper you took off my desk?

00:19:06Here, in my hand.

00:19:07And I'll keep it until I find out what it means.

00:19:09I apologize for the intrusion, gentlemen.

00:19:14My name is Hunter.

00:19:15I'm the legal representative for Miss Brandon's brother.

00:19:18That note was placed confidentially in my keeping.

00:19:20It's of no concern to anybody except Mr. Brandon and myself.

00:19:23Murder is the concern of every right-minded person, Mr. Hunter.

00:19:27You make too much of a trifle.

00:19:29There's nothing trifling about murder.

00:19:32Miss Brandon fears this drawing may be a threat.

00:19:34She's been reading too many novels.

00:19:36It's merely some kind of joke or the work of a mental incompetent.

00:19:40Isn't it true, Mr. Hunter, that Miss Brandon's father received such a drawing before he was killed?

00:19:45Since my client attaches no significance to that, Mr. Holmes, I don't see why you should.

00:19:49It's pure coincidence.

00:19:51Yes.

00:19:52But it would be unfortunate if the coincidence turned into a tragedy, wouldn't it?

00:19:55That is our responsibility, Mr. Holmes.

00:19:57I regret that you've been troubled.

00:19:59I'll send you a check for your fee.

00:20:00As yet there is no fee.

00:20:01I haven't accepted the case.

00:20:03You see, Anne.

00:20:04You've only made yourself ridiculous.

00:20:07Well, if Mr. Holmes won't help me, I'll go to Scotland Yard.

00:20:11Won't you trust me, Anne?

00:20:12But, Gerald, there's too much at stake.

00:20:14My brother's life.

00:20:15Darling, you must trust me.

00:20:18If you don't, what's to happen to us?

00:20:20I don't know, Gerald.

00:20:23I dare to think.

00:20:28I've decided to accept your case, Miss Brandon.

00:20:30I shall help you all I can.

00:20:31Oh, thank you.

00:20:32We don't want your interference, Mr. Holmes.

00:20:34I interfere whenever and wherever I like, Mr. Hunter.

00:20:37I think you'd better go, Gerald.

00:20:38Come with me.

00:20:39No.

00:20:41Very well, if that's how you want it.

00:20:43Good day, gentlemen.

00:20:47Have I been very foolish, Mr. Holmes?

00:20:49I don't think so.

00:20:51May I keep that note?

00:20:52Yes, of course.

00:20:56Struck me that Mr. Hunter behaved rather curiously.

00:20:59Yes.

00:21:01He's my fiancée.

00:21:02I understand that.

00:21:04You've no idea what kind of bird this is supposed to be, have you?

00:21:07I don't know anything about birds.

00:21:09I notice that it isn't just a bird.

00:21:11It's a definite kind of bird.

00:21:13I think he belongs to the Prusilleraform family.

00:21:16Go to the Kensington Museum and look him up.

00:21:19I'd like you to come with me, Miss Brandon.

00:21:21Oh, yes.

00:21:22Yes, of course.

00:21:22Anything you say.

00:21:24Come in, Billy.

00:21:28Yes, Mr. Holmes?

00:21:29Oh, Billy, I'd be obliged if you'd take this young lady down to Mrs. Hudson and give her a cup of tea.

00:21:33Yes, Mr. Holmes.

00:21:34Then, Billy, I want you to get me a cab.

00:21:35I know, sir.

00:21:36Not the first, not the second cab in the line, but the third.

00:21:39Well, I don't think that precaution will be necessary in this case.

00:21:41But, uh, use your own judgment.

00:21:43Yes, sir.

00:21:44And by the way, Billy.

00:21:44Yes, sir.

00:21:45When you found that cab, you might remove the dust that you kicked under the rug on the landing.

00:21:56Billy's starting to take over my duties when I retire, Miss Brandon.

00:22:00I'll join you below in just a few minutes.

00:22:01I don't know how to thank you, Mr. Holmes.

00:22:03Please don't try.

00:22:03Holmes, you can't get involved in this case.

00:22:14Your duty is to guard the Star of Delhi.

00:22:16What?

00:22:17Oh, bother the Star of Delhi.

00:22:18What?

00:22:19Here's a case where a man's life may be involved.

00:22:21And there's something grotesque about this business.

00:22:23The young hunter knows a great deal more than he proposes to tell.

00:22:27Find out what you can about him, Willie Watson, and report to me at the museum.

00:22:29It's time for lunch.

00:22:31Lunch?

00:22:31One can have lunch any time.

00:22:32Oh, go on, Watson.

00:22:33Please, hurry up.

00:22:44You're certain there was no one who nursed a grievance against your father or your family?

00:22:47No, I've told you.

00:22:49My brother and I live very quietly.

00:22:51My father, well, I admit he was a hard man, but men who go out into new worlds have to be.

00:22:57But he was honorable and fine.

00:22:58And Mr. Hunter?

00:23:00We've known each other ever since we were children.

00:23:03My brother and I have always trusted him completely.

00:23:05Tell me, have you ever through your family or Mr. Hunter heard the name of a man called Moriarty?

00:23:13Moriarty?

00:23:14No.

00:23:15You're quite sure?

00:23:16Quite.

00:23:17Why do you ask?

00:23:19Somehow I had the feeling of renewing an old acquaintance.

00:23:23Here we are.

00:23:25Procellariformes, West Wing, Section 4A.

00:23:28Now, Gilmore, you may not be closed.

00:23:31Hello, I'm going out here.

00:23:32I'll walk you through.

00:23:34Go on.

00:23:36Hold thatowy host, Mary.

00:23:37No!

00:23:38Come on.

00:23:38Hold that towel.

00:23:43Go on.

00:23:52Sir, you.

00:23:53Father?

00:23:54Yes, sir.

00:23:55I'm sure everything will be taken care of to your satisfaction.

00:24:02I depend upon you implicitly.

00:24:05There will be no difficulties.

00:24:25Floyd, I thought you were asleep.

00:24:38How can I sleep with this threat over me?

00:24:40You've got to do something about it, Gerald.

00:24:43Who was that man here just now?

00:24:45A client.

00:24:46Who was he?

00:24:48Sit here, old man. You mustn't let yourself go like this.

00:24:51I know. I've been beastly nervy.

00:24:55I haven't slept a wink since that note came.

00:24:57You've got to sleep.

00:24:59If you're to keep your wits about you.

00:25:01This is May the 11th, the day on the paper.

00:25:04He's going to kill me, Gerald.

00:25:07Wherever I go, whatever I do, he's going to kill me.

00:25:14Is there nothing anyone can do about it?

00:25:25Why don't you go home and go to bed?

00:25:27You can't do yourself any good pacing my office.

00:25:29The safest place in London for you just now is your own home.

00:25:32Perhaps you're right.

00:25:34Anyhow, I can't go on like this.

00:25:38I'll go home.

00:25:42You come with me, Gerry?

00:25:44I'm afraid I can't, Lloyd.

00:25:46Probably wouldn't matter.

00:25:48If anything should happen to me, you look after Anne, won't you?

00:25:52Don't be absurd. Nothing's going to happen to you.

00:25:55But if it should...

00:25:58You know how I feel about Anne.

00:26:01Goodbye.

00:26:02Thanks.

00:26:03You'll be all right, Lloyd.

00:26:05This is just a bad dream.

00:26:07I think I'll walk home.

00:26:11Get some air.

00:26:12Why not?

00:26:13Nothing can happen to you on a public street.

00:26:16I hope you're right.

00:26:19Goodbye, Gerald.

00:26:20Goodbye, old man.

00:26:37See? The beak. The nostrils.

00:26:48The whole formation of the body is the same.

00:26:50In sea law, the companion of ships

00:26:52and the good old men of honest mariners.

00:26:54But an angel of destruction to those who do him ill.

00:26:57The albatross.

00:26:58It looks the same.

00:26:59I wonder what it means.

00:27:00Are you certain that the albatross doesn't suggest

00:27:02some memory, some association with your family?

00:27:04Think.

00:27:05I am thinking.

00:27:06No, the only thing it reminds me of is the poem.

00:27:10Water, water, everywhere.

00:27:13And all the boards did shrink.

00:27:15Water, water, everywhere.

00:27:18Nor any drop to drink.

00:27:20You've hit on it.

00:27:23And instead of the cross,

00:27:26the albatross about my neck was hung.

00:27:29This is no childish prank, Miss Brandon,

00:27:31but a cryptic warning of avenging death.

00:27:33We must go to your brother at once.

00:27:34Holmes.

00:27:35Holmes!

00:27:36Holmes!

00:27:37Come along, Watson, quick.

00:27:38But Holmes, this is important.

00:27:46Well, Watson, you're bursting with news.

00:27:47What is it, man?

00:27:48Speak up.

00:27:49We've no secrets from Miss Brandon?

00:27:50Moriarty.

00:27:51I knew it.

00:27:52What have you found out, Watson?

00:27:53That fellow Hunter is working with Moriarty.

00:27:56They were together in Hunter's office.

00:27:57I watched Moriarty leave.

00:27:58Excellent.

00:27:59And what did Mr. Hunter do then?

00:28:01I don't know.

00:28:03You don't know?

00:28:04No.

00:28:05I came away directly to tell you what I discovered.

00:28:11Well, have I done something wrong?

00:28:12I hope not.

00:28:13I particularly wanted Mr. Hunter's movements kept in view today.

00:28:17So?

00:28:18Mr. Holmes.

00:28:19Yes, Miss Brandon?

00:28:20Regardless of appearances, don't condemn Gerald too quickly.

00:28:23I know he's keeping some secret from me, but he could never do anything vicious, I'm sure of it.

00:28:28I trust you're right, Miss Brandon, but we must be on our guard.

00:28:31But I was going to say, Holmes, that...

00:28:34Well, what were you about to say, Watson?

00:28:36Nothing.

00:28:42Watson.

00:28:43Yes?

00:28:45I'm afraid you're an incorrigible bungler.

00:28:51Well, I am.

00:29:06Oh, Mr. Holmes, I wish he could go faster.

00:29:08He's going as fast as he can, my dear.

00:29:12Oh, Mr. Holmes, I wish he could go faster.

00:29:13He's going as fast as he can, my dear.

00:29:36Maybe.

00:29:39Yes?

00:29:40Nope.

00:29:42No.

00:29:44Here's how much gotta go.

00:29:46Yeah.

00:29:48Isn't he dear?

00:29:50No.

00:29:52Well, you're .

00:29:59No.

00:30:03You didn't?

00:30:04Will we be in time?

00:30:28Will we be in time?

00:30:32I'm sure we will, Miss Bradman.

00:30:41He's dead all right.

00:30:43Lloyd!

00:30:45Lloyd!

00:30:47Yes?

00:30:48Oh, Mr. Holmes.

00:30:49Could you give me an answer?

00:30:50No, thank you.

00:30:51I can manage all right.

00:30:53Oh, Miss Bradman.

00:30:54She's only fainted.

00:30:55Take care of her, Willie Watson.

00:30:56Get me some smelling salts.

00:30:57Yes, sir.

00:30:58Where's Inspector Bristol?

00:30:59In there.

00:31:00I don't know.

00:31:01You ought to go in.

00:31:02He's supposed to go in.

00:31:03He's supposed to go in.

00:31:04He's supposed to go in.

00:31:05I don't know.

00:31:06You ought to go in.

00:31:07He's supposed to go in.

00:31:08Yes?

00:31:09Oh, Mr. Holmes.

00:31:10Oh, Mr. Holmes.

00:31:11Oh, Mr. Holmes.

00:31:12Could you give me an answer?

00:31:13No, thank you.

00:31:14I can manage all right.

00:31:15Oh, Miss Bradman.

00:31:16You ought to go in.

00:31:17He's questioning a witness.

00:31:18And you know the Inspector.

00:31:19I'll take the responsibility.

00:31:24Oh, it's you, Mr. Holmes.

00:31:26How do you come to be here?

00:31:27I just happen to be passing.

00:31:28I know the family.

00:31:29How are you, Mr. Hunter?

00:31:31And you, Inspector?

00:31:32I don't know how much you know about this business, Mr. Holmes.

00:31:36But this time, I'm a little bit ahead of you.

00:31:39Excellent, Bristol.

00:31:40Then you've already solved the crime?

00:31:42I found the murderer.

00:31:44Yes, but that's not quite the same thing, you know.

00:31:46I didn't kill Lloyd Brandon.

00:31:48Has anyone said you did?

00:31:50Oh, it's plain enough what's in the Inspector's mind.

00:31:53And he's wrong.

00:31:54While he's wasted time badgering me, the murderer's got away.

00:31:57Well, if you're so anxious to save my time, supposing you explain how you came to be found bending over the corpse with this in your hand and him with his head bashed in.

00:32:14Well, if you won't talk, I'm going to hold you on suspicion of murder.

00:32:18I didn't kill him, I tell you.

00:32:20You cubbed him to death with the butt end of this revolver from behind.

00:32:25I wouldn't go too far along that line, Inspector.

00:32:27Then what would you propose that I should do, Mr. Holmes?

00:32:30Find the murderer.

00:32:31What?

00:32:32If that man didn't cub Lloyd Brandon to death, who did?

00:32:37Nobody.

00:32:38What?

00:32:39Brandon was strangled to death.

00:32:40Strangled?

00:32:41Yes.

00:32:42The wounds on the back of his head were administered post-mortem.

00:32:45Are you sure of it, Miss Holmes?

00:32:47Absolutely.

00:32:48Talk to the medical examiner if you have any doubts.

00:32:53You wait here.

00:32:56How do you know he was strangled?

00:32:58The marks were on the neck.

00:32:59Cigarette, Mr. Hunter?

00:33:00No, thanks.

00:33:01So that blow on the back of the neck becomes an interesting element.

00:33:04It was unnecessary, therefore vicious.

00:33:07Intelligent criminals are seldom vicious except on special occasions.

00:33:13Though the apparent method of the crime was brutal,

00:33:15I'm convinced that the crime itself was intelligently planned.

00:33:19And Bristol thinks I did that?

00:33:21The nose of a police dog, although long and efficient,

00:33:24points in only one direction at a time.

00:33:26What do you mean?

00:33:27Simply that you're the obvious suspect.

00:33:29It's so ridiculous.

00:33:31Why should I want to kill him?

00:33:33You should know that better than anyone else, Mr. Hunter.

00:33:36You're his lawyer, you manage the estate.

00:33:41You'll have to explain that, Mr. Holmes.

00:33:43The Brandon estate is quite considerable.

00:33:45Miss Anne inherits, and you're about to marry Miss Anne.

00:33:48Why, you...

00:33:49I was merely demonstrating how the police mind works.

00:33:51Yes, I'm afraid our friend the inspector has quite set his heart on arresting you.

00:33:57Arresting me?

00:33:59Well, you mustn't allow them to do that, Mr. Holmes.

00:34:01I must be left free to protect Anne.

00:34:04From what, Gerald?

00:34:11Answer me.

00:34:17Anne...

00:34:18I'm sorry.

00:34:20First they murdered my father, and now they've murdered Lloyd.

00:34:29Do they want to kill me too?

00:34:32I don't know.

00:34:34I don't know anything anymore.

00:34:36I did my best to guard him day and night, yet they found him all the same.

00:34:39They're in an empty street.

00:34:41Oh, I may have lost him for a moment, but I couldn't have been far behind.

00:34:45Who are they?

00:34:51Gerald, you're lying.

00:34:53You've been lying all the time.

00:34:55You knew from the first that nope was a real threat.

00:34:57That's why you tried to send me away, why you followed Lloyd.

00:35:00Oh, Jerry, if you know who killed him, why won't you tell us?

00:35:03Why won't you tell us everything?

00:35:06I'll tell you why.

00:35:09I've been watching you, Mr. Hunter, and I found out that...

00:35:11What have you found out, Dr. Watson?

00:35:13Whatever Watson has found out, you'll know inevitably.

00:35:17I have unbounded confidence in his lack of discretion.

00:35:20Meanwhile, time presses, and we've work to do outside before it gets too late.

00:35:23Mr. Holmes.

00:35:24Excuse us.

00:35:28You pushed me out of the room as if I were a child.

00:35:31What am I to make of this Holmes?

00:35:32Anything but such a petulant face, old fellow. Come along.

00:35:36In another moment, I would have made him confess about Moriarty.

00:35:38That's exactly what I didn't want.

00:35:40If Moriarty's behind this case, Hunter will lead us to him.

00:35:42Oh, Mr. Holmes. I was just coming to find you, sir.

00:35:46Have you seen the body?

00:35:47He was strangled to death, sir.

00:35:49Just as you and I thought.

00:35:52So now I'm going to arrest this fellow Hunter, take him down to the yard.

00:35:56I can really question him there.

00:35:59And I thought perhaps you'd like to come along, sir.

00:36:01No, I think not, Inspector.

00:36:02Dr. Watson and I are going across the way to take a look at the scene of the crime.

00:36:06You'll be wasting your time, sir.

00:36:08My men have already covered the ground.

00:36:10Well, we'll just take a look all the same.

00:36:11Incidentally, Inspector, if I were you, I shouldn't arrest Mr. Hunter.

00:36:16In any case, not now. And I shouldn't question him any further.

00:36:18Why not?

00:36:19Well, it won't get us anywhere.

00:36:20He won't talk until he's ready.

00:36:22And anyhow, you haven't a case against him yet.

00:36:25Why not leave him at large?

00:36:28Have him watched and see what happens.

00:36:30For a day or two at least.

00:36:31Hmm.

00:36:33You've always found my advice pretty sound, haven't you, Inspector?

00:36:36And it's got you a lot of attention in the newspapers.

00:36:39Then you work on the case, sir?

00:36:41In the usual way?

00:36:42In the usual way, Inspector.

00:36:44I'll do as you suggest, sir.

00:36:46Good. Come along, Watson.

00:36:55Come in.

00:36:58Oh, Mr. Hunter, we shan't be wanting you any longer.

00:37:01You're free to go whenever you like.

00:37:03Thank you, Inspector.

00:37:05You see, darling, they don't think anything of the kind.

00:37:09Anne, you must believe me.

00:37:14Oh, I...

00:37:19I don't know what to believe in now that Lloyd's gone.

00:37:23If I can't believe in you, Gerald,

00:37:25there's nothing in the whole world I can believe in or count on.

00:37:28Dearest.

00:37:34But if you knew Lloyd was in danger,

00:37:36why did you try to keep me from seeing Sherlock Holmes?

00:37:40Why did you follow Lloyd with a revolver in your pocket?

00:37:44It makes me afraid sometimes even of you.

00:37:49Darling, how can you say such a thing?

00:37:53Oh...

00:37:55I don't know what I'm saying.

00:37:59I'm so tired and confused.

00:38:05All right, Holmes. I've found it.

00:38:07I've found it.

00:38:08It's so tired.

00:38:09You've got to be tired.

00:38:10I've found it.

00:38:11I've found it.

00:38:12I've found it.

00:38:13I've found it.

00:38:15I've found it.

00:38:16I've found it.

00:38:17Ready when you are...

00:38:18Phew.

00:38:19I say there, has something happened?

00:38:32Definitely.

00:38:33Would you mind moving back a few paces?

00:38:36Not at all.

00:38:42Perhaps I can find a doctor.

00:38:44I'm a doctor.

00:38:45What's the matter with you?

00:38:46I'm all right.

00:38:47I was thinking of you.

00:38:49Why?

00:38:51But, but aren't you ill?

00:38:54Certainly not.

00:38:56I'm dead.

00:39:01Well, I'm afraid I must be getting on.

00:39:04Don't let me detain you.

00:39:08Cupid fellow.

00:39:11Watson, come here.

00:39:14Coming home.

00:39:14Look at that, Watson.

00:39:24What have you found, Holmes?

00:39:26Footprints?

00:39:26Yes.

00:39:28A club-footed man.

00:39:29About five foot eleven, I should say.

00:39:31From the length of his stride.

00:39:33Do you observe anything singular about these footprints, Watson?

00:39:36I can't say that I do.

00:39:38Club-footed people invariably bring their full weight down on the toe.

00:39:40If you look closely, you'll observe that the weight of a man who made these footprints is normally balanced from toe to heel.

00:39:45What do you make of that, Holmes?

00:39:46Oh, just one more unnatural element in this rather peculiar case.

00:39:51The club-foot must have some other compensating deformity to explain these footprints.

00:39:55What?

00:39:56You think these are the footprints of a murderer?

00:39:58It's possible.

00:39:58Yes.

00:40:02Yes, it's quite possible.

00:40:03What, Holmes?

00:40:04Well, a man standing just about here would command a view of the path.

00:40:07He might project some kind of weapon.

00:40:10No other weapon's been found except Hunter's revolver.

00:40:12Could easily have been retrieved in the excitement.

00:40:14But what kind of weapon thrown from here could both strangle a man and crush his skull in?

00:40:18If we knew that, my dear Watson, we'd be a great deal nearer to the solution of the crime.

00:40:28Look at that.

00:40:33Yes.

00:40:35Yes, that was torn from that tree.

00:40:37Perhaps by something hurtling past.

00:40:41The sap's not dry yet.

00:40:42That means it was torn off within the last few hours.

00:40:47Ah.

00:40:49What do you find, Holmes?

00:40:50It's a watchfab.

00:40:52Looks like a rabbit's foot.

00:40:54No, no, no.

00:40:54It's chinchilla.

00:40:56Unquestionably chinchilla.

00:40:57Well, rabbit or chinchilla, what's it matter?

00:40:59Well, no, no.

00:41:01Perhaps it doesn't matter at all, Watson.

00:41:02We'll see.

00:41:03I've always thought those things in very poor taste.

00:41:06Fancy going about with a dead animal's foot dangling from your pocket.

00:41:10Yes.

00:41:10And then losing it at the scene of the murder.

00:41:12Very careless.

00:41:27Universal.

00:41:29Yes.

00:41:30Seriously.

00:41:30Yes.

00:41:31Yes.

00:41:32Yes.

00:41:33Yes.

00:41:33No, no, no, no.

00:41:34Voiceover, no.

00:41:35Yeading, yet.

00:41:35Yes.

00:41:36Yes.

00:41:36No, no.

00:41:36That was obviously one of those things.

00:41:37Who has a quest in the day.

00:41:38Here on the cause.

00:41:39To see the moral.

00:41:40What do you think of us?

00:41:41Is there a path in life?

00:41:41This life in life can't be judged right.

00:41:41Nor?

00:41:42Or For you...

00:41:44Or Amen.

00:41:44Which one of you.

00:41:45That was the greatest of her.

00:41:45It's a direct wood.

00:41:46Is there a path in shape that?

00:41:46I'd been this Enterprise.

00:41:48Gentleman's earth has to chew!

00:41:48anything downuz меч called as it.

00:43:27Who is it?

00:43:29It's Mr. Holmes.

00:43:33Oh, Mr. Holmes, I'm so glad you're here.

00:43:36This may sound foolish to you, but after Mr. Hunter left, I went up to be with my brother.

00:43:42While I was with him, I heard...

00:43:45Yes?

00:43:46The sound of music from the street.

00:43:49Strange music.

00:43:51It didn't begin and it didn't end.

00:43:54It just went on and on.

00:43:56What was it about the music that frightened you?

00:43:59I heard it once before, Mr. Holmes.

00:44:02Only once when I was a little girl in South America.

00:44:06The night my father was killed.

00:44:08It's quite possible that under the circumstances, this impression was a hallucination.

00:44:12This was no hallucination, Dr. Watson.

00:44:14Take my word for it.

00:44:16Did you see who was playing?

00:44:19I went to the window.

00:44:21There was a street beggar standing in front of the house.

00:44:24I could just see the outline of his figure.

00:44:26And then I became so frightened, I screamed and...

00:44:30Yes, I don't wonder.

00:44:37Do you think you could remember that, Melody?

00:44:39Remember it?

00:44:41I shall never forget it as long as I live.

00:44:44Miss Brandon, I wish I could spare you this, but time is so important.

00:44:47I understand.

00:44:48What do you want me to do?

00:44:49It's not going to be easy.

00:44:51Anything if it'll help you clear up my brother's death.

00:44:56Do you think you could bear to repeat it for me?

00:45:00I'll try.

00:45:26There's death in every note of it.

00:45:48Mr. Holmes, would you mind going now, please?

00:45:55Yes, yes, of course.

00:45:56You must try to get some sleep.

00:45:58It's been a terrible day for you.

00:46:18Thank you, Billy.

00:46:30Thank you, Billy.

00:46:41What's that, Mr. Holmes?

00:46:43Hmm?

00:46:44That's a chinchilla foot, Billy.

00:46:46Chinchilla?

00:46:47Yeah, you know what a chinchilla is.

00:46:50Yes, Mr. Holmes.

00:46:51It's a little animal that grows in South America, and its fur is very expensive.

00:46:55Ah, you should remember that, Billy.

00:46:56It'll save you a lot of money when you grow up.

00:46:58May I look at it, sir?

00:47:00Yes, yes, certainly, Billy.

00:47:05Well, what do you make of it, Billy?

00:47:06Blimey.

00:47:07I'd like to have one of these.

00:47:09They must bring you lots of luck.

00:47:10Well, why do you say that?

00:47:11Well, I bet in Chile or Bolivia, they carry around a chinchilla's foot for good luck.

00:47:15The same as we carry a rabbit's foot.

00:47:17Ha, ha, ha.

00:47:18You hear that, Watson?

00:47:19My hearing is in no way impaired.

00:47:23And you think that the man who lost this comes from Chile or Bolivia?

00:47:25Yes, sir.

00:47:26Because that's the only places chinchillas grow.

00:47:29There, Watson.

00:47:29What do you say to that for a simple deduction?

00:47:31I've listened to seashells that made better sense.

00:47:34Why do you waste your time like this, Holmes?

00:47:36Half the women in the world own chinchilla rats.

00:47:38You exaggerate, Watson, and half the women in the world wish you didn't.

00:47:41No, Dr. Watson.

00:47:42You see, they make the coats out of skins.

00:47:44Oh, really?

00:47:45Yes, sir.

00:47:46And the only place you could get a chinchilla's foot would be where the chinchilla lives.

00:47:49Ha, ha, ha.

00:47:50There, Billy.

00:47:50There's sixpence for you.

00:47:51Blimey, a ten.

00:47:52Oh, thank you.

00:47:54Oh, thank you, Billy.

00:47:56I don't know why you let that insufferable little brat come in here.

00:48:02I was pulling your leg, Watson.

00:48:06Merely relaying to you through Billy certain observations which may or may not coincide significantly with what I found.

00:48:12You found something?

00:48:13I think so.

00:48:15I've identified the death music, Watson.

00:48:17The melody Miss Brandon played for us last night.

00:48:20It's an ancient Inca funeral dirge, still used by the Indians in the remote Chilean Andes,

00:48:25as a chant for the dead.

00:48:27What on earth has that got to do with Professor Moriarty?

00:48:30Or the Star of Jelly?

00:48:32I wouldn't know, Watson.

00:48:33I really wouldn't know.

00:48:35Would you mind?

00:48:38Inca funeral.

00:48:39Oh, how's it do, Doctor?

00:48:43How are you, sir?

00:48:44Holmes.

00:48:45How lucky to find you at home.

00:48:47Sir Ronald.

00:48:48Well, won't you sit down?

00:48:50Oh, thank you.

00:48:51Here you are, sir.

00:48:51Thanks.

00:48:54Oh, I hope I'm not interrupting you.

00:48:55Oh, no, no, no.

00:48:56Well, I'm very anxious to know.

00:48:57Have you had any idea in connection with that note?

00:49:01A note?

00:49:02Oh, I'm afraid I haven't had much time to think about it.

00:49:04After all, the Star of Jelly is not an immediate problem.

00:49:07Oh, but it is.

00:49:08You will help me as you promised, won't you, Holmes?

00:49:10Imagine the scandal.

00:49:11If anything should happen to a crown jewel.

00:49:13Yes.

00:49:15When does it arrive?

00:49:16Tomorrow night.

00:49:17I've had to arrange for delivery at 10 o'clock.

00:49:20Most inconvenient hour for everyone, of course.

00:49:22But I can't leave the jewel out of the vault overnight, you know.

00:49:25Once it arrives, it's technically in my custody.

00:49:28Yes.

00:49:29Yes, I understand.

00:49:31What do you want me to do?

00:49:32Well, could you possibly be at the tower tomorrow night at 10?

00:49:36I'll take care of everything.

00:49:37Good.

00:49:38You'll have your own men there, of course.

00:49:39And as an added precaution, I'll see to it that a few policemen are on hand.

00:49:43Excellent.

00:49:43I can't tell you how grateful I am to you, Holmes.

00:49:45Not at all, Sir Ronald.

00:49:46Goodbye.

00:49:47Goodbye, sir.

00:49:48You'll forgive me bothering you like this.

00:49:49But I'm sure you understand the emergency of the matter.

00:49:52Certainly, Sir Ronald.

00:49:53Thank you again.

00:49:54Goodbye, doctor.

00:49:55Goodbye, Sir Ronald.

00:49:56Goodbye.

00:50:06How do you do, Miss Brandon?

00:50:07How do you do?

00:50:08Will you excuse me, please?

00:50:13Port Authority, Pier 9.

00:50:19Miss Brandon, is anything wrong?

00:50:29Two are not enough.

00:50:32They don't even give me time to bury my dead.

00:50:37Please sit down.

00:50:37No, I don't want to sit down, thank you.

00:50:40This is exactly like the drawing your brother received.

00:50:42Only it bears another date.

00:50:44May the 13th, that's tomorrow.

00:50:45Was this left at your door?

00:50:46Yes, about half an hour ago.

00:50:48I came here directly.

00:50:49You didn't happen to notice the messenger who left it?

00:50:51No, one of the servants answered the door.

00:50:52He just took it.

00:50:54He didn't notice anything.

00:50:56Oh, Mr. Holmes, what shall I do?

00:50:58Isn't May the 13th the night you're supposed to go to Lady Coningham's party?

00:51:02Yes, but...

00:51:02I know Lady Coningham is irreproachable, but...

00:51:05But there's too much emphasis on this date, May the 13th.

00:51:07Whether you should go to the party or whether you shouldn't.

00:51:09You mean...

00:51:10Gerald?

00:51:12Miss Brandon, we feel that...

00:51:14Yes.

00:51:15Mr. Hunter has much to explain, Miss Brandon.

00:51:23But as yet he has not been proved guilty.

00:51:25But I must know.

00:51:26You really want to know?

00:51:28I must.

00:51:30I'll do anything rather than bear this uncertainty.

00:51:33This suspense.

00:51:35Then go to Lady Coningham's party.

00:51:38But...

00:51:39But I can't.

00:51:41Not now.

00:51:42After Lloyd.

00:51:43I understand your feelings, but you must go to Lady Coningham's just the same.

00:51:46She's an older woman.

00:51:48She's very fond of you.

00:51:49Now you're alone in a time of trouble.

00:51:51What more natural than that you should go to her?

00:51:54But she's giving a party.

00:51:56And...

00:51:56And my brother's...

00:51:57You'll only have to make an appearance.

00:51:59Yes, but...

00:52:00That's what I want, Miss Brandon.

00:52:02I want you to make an appearance.

00:52:04Perhaps take a walk through the grounds.

00:52:06I warn you, it may involve considerable risk.

00:52:09But I think the kind of woman I take you to be would rather risk everything on one venture

00:52:12than live the rest of her life in the shadow of doubt.

00:52:16And death.

00:52:17Am I right?

00:52:18You are right, Mr. Holmes.

00:52:21I'll do as you say.

00:52:24And goodbye.

00:52:25No.

00:52:25This time we'll say au revoir.

00:52:29Miss Brandon.

00:52:30Yes?

00:52:33You're quite sure you're not afraid?

00:52:35Of course I'm afraid.

00:52:37But I'll go through with it.

00:52:38Good.

00:52:38May the 13th.

00:52:49That's tomorrow night.

00:52:50Well, Holmes, you'll certainly let yourself in for a busy night tomorrow.

00:52:54What about the Star of Delhi and your promise to Sir Arnold?

00:52:56And what about your duty to the Crown?

00:52:58All that will be taken care of.

00:53:00Never fear.

00:53:01I'm going to delegate the most dependable man I know to guard the Star of Delhi in my place

00:53:04while I keep an eye on Miss Brandon.

00:53:06Oh, really?

00:53:07And who may that be?

00:53:09You, my dear fellow.

00:53:11Huh?

00:53:20You'd like to let that razor slip, wouldn't you, Dawes?

00:53:23No, sir.

00:53:24By no means, sir.

00:53:25You're a coward, Dawes.

00:53:29If you weren't a coward, you'd have cut my throat long ago.

00:53:32Why, I give you my word, sir.

00:53:34That thought never entered my mind, sir.

00:53:36Then you're worse than a coward.

00:53:40You're a fool.

00:53:42You have as much hatred for me as I have contempt for you.

00:53:49Excellent.

00:53:50Without your beard, sir, you look like your own son.

00:53:52It's unlikely that I should be back tonight, Dawes.

00:54:07We may as well take the evening off.

00:54:08Thank you, sir.

00:54:09Thank you, Dawes.

00:54:10I'm engaged.

00:54:22Of course you are, Bassett.

00:54:23Why do you think I'm paying you?

00:54:25I never would have recognized you, Professor.

00:54:28Yes, sir.

00:54:40Yes, sir?

00:54:41What did you find out, Bassett?

00:54:43Just like you said.

00:54:44They're taking the goods off the boat tonight.

00:54:46The men is waiting.

00:54:47Excellent.

00:54:48Now let's hurry.

00:54:49Yes, sir.

00:54:50Hello, darling.

00:55:01Are you feeling all right, my child?

00:55:03Yes, I think so.

00:55:04And has that young son of mine been behaving himself?

00:55:07He's been awfully kind.

00:55:08I'm afraid I'm very tiresome this evening.

00:55:10Nonsense.

00:55:11No man on the bright side of senility could possibly call you tiresome.

00:55:16Anne, you're glad you came, aren't you?

00:55:19Very glad.

00:55:21Good.

00:55:22You see, I was right.

00:55:24It was quite the best thing for you to do, to come down here.

00:55:27You shouldn't have thought of staying alone in that house so soon after.

00:55:32Perhaps you're right.

00:55:33You're going to stay on here over the weekend.

00:55:36If you want me.

00:55:37As long as you like, my dear.

00:55:42Has anyone asked for me tonight?

00:55:44Why, no.

00:55:45Are you expecting someone?

00:55:46No, I'm not sure.

00:55:47It doesn't matter.

00:55:50Oh, Mother.

00:55:51May I take Anne away?

00:55:52I wanted to see some of this entertainment.

00:55:53Of course, dear.

00:55:54I hope it will be good.

00:55:56Sit here, Anne.

00:55:57I want you to see this music hall chap.

00:55:59He may be amusing.

00:56:00Everyone delights to spend their summer holiday down beside the side of the Silvery Sea.

00:56:12I'm no exception to the rule.

00:56:15In fact, if I'd my way, I'd reside for the side of the Silvery Sea.

00:56:19But when you're just the common or garden, Smith or Jones or Brown, and business up in town, you've got to settle down.

00:56:28You save up all the money you can till summer comes around.

00:56:32Then away you go, to a spot you know, where the cockle shells are found.

00:56:41And now, I do like to be beside the seaside.

00:56:47I do like to be beside the sea.

00:56:51I do like to stroll along the prom, prom, prom, where the frostbred plays.

00:56:56So just let me be beside the seaside.

00:57:03I'll be beside meself with glee.

00:57:06For there's lots of girls beside.

00:57:08I should like to be beside.

00:57:10Beside the seaside.

00:57:12Beside the sea.

00:57:23Funny fellow, isn't he?

00:57:25Yes.

00:57:26Ann, I wish there was something I could do.

00:57:30Could I get you an ice?

00:57:31You're very kind, Tony.

00:57:32I'd like that.

00:57:33Right.

00:57:34You stay here.

00:57:35I'll see what I can pillage.

00:57:36It'll be straight back.

00:57:47Good evening, Miss Brandon.

00:57:48Everything been all right?

00:57:51What do you want?

00:57:52You did have an appointment, you know.

00:57:54Mr. Holmes.

00:58:02I...

00:58:03We mustn't be seen together.

00:58:09Has anything happened?

00:58:10Have you seen anything unusual?

00:58:12No, nothing yet.

00:58:13Mr. Holmes, do you think I could possibly be in danger here?

00:58:16There's no doubt of it, but don't worry.

00:58:17I'll be watching.

00:58:18I'll be glad when it's over.

00:58:20Yes, I know.

00:58:21Don't take any unnecessary risks.

00:58:22Don't talk to strange people, and above all, don't wander far from the lights and the crowd.

00:58:26All right, you must go back.

00:58:27Good luck.

00:58:28Here we are, Anne.

00:58:51Oh, thank you.

00:58:53Tony, that's a South American gacho orchestra, isn't it?

00:58:56Yes, rather good, aren't they?

00:58:58Yes.

00:59:00Shall we go in?

00:59:01It's rather chilly out here.

00:59:03Just as you like, Anne.

00:59:04You're being too hard on Holmes, Sir Ronald.

00:59:16He gave me his word he'd be here, sir.

00:59:18He sent me in his place?

00:59:20You!

00:59:21Well, sir, I've been with Holmes on a good many cases, and I can assure you you might have done considerably worse.

00:59:26I do say you might have.

00:59:28Where at least are the policemen he promised to send me?

00:59:31They'll be here directly.

00:59:32A sergeant and two policemen.

00:59:33Picked men, sir.

00:59:37What is it, Sergeant?

00:59:38Police officers to see Dr. Watson, sir.

00:59:40Bring the men.

00:59:41About time.

00:59:46Dr. Watson here?

00:59:47Yes, I am Dr. Watson.

00:59:49Sergeant Bullfinch at your service, sir.

00:59:50Good evening, Sergeant.

00:59:51May I see your identification, sir?

00:59:53I told you, I am Dr. Watson.

00:59:55I don't doubt that, sir, but the inspector said I was to be particular about identification, sir.

01:00:03Well, you seem to be a Lord of Biden citizen.

01:00:05I suppose you'll be wanting to see mine.

01:00:07Yes, please.

01:00:15Everything seems in order, sir Ronald.

01:00:24Guard, turn out!

01:00:26Halt!

01:00:27Ready, hold!

01:00:29Lance, run!

01:00:30Captain Manoring, Royal Navy, with escort reporting to Sir Ronald Ramsgate.

01:00:35Just a moment, sir.

01:00:37Is that you, Sir Ronald?

01:00:38Yes.

01:00:39Captain Manoring?

01:00:40Yes, sir.

01:00:41Raise the port gallows.

01:00:42Well, here it is, sir Ronald.

01:00:50Ah.

01:00:51The Star of Delhi.

01:00:55This has been a great anxiety to me, Captain Manoring.

01:00:58I can't tell you how relieved I shall be when I have this jewel safely locked up in the tower.

01:01:02Would you like us to go with you, sir?

01:01:04No, there's no occasion.

01:01:05I have ample protection.

01:01:06Then I'll bid you goodbye, sir Ronald.

01:01:07Goodbye, Captain Manoring.

01:01:08I'm most grateful to you.

01:01:10Thank you, sir.

01:01:11Gentlemen.

01:01:13All right, Captain Wilson.

01:01:14Guard, about turn!

01:01:16Take off!

01:01:24Halt!

01:01:25That's the longest short walk I ever had, sir.

01:01:48Hold that for a moment, will you?

01:01:49The crown dewers, gentlemen.

01:01:52The accumulated wealth of ten centuries of English kings.

01:01:56A grave responsibility.

01:01:58It's not often this door is unlocked, and this is the key to all this treasure.

01:02:05Now!

01:02:06Halt!

01:02:07Halt!

01:02:08Halt!

01:02:09Halt!

01:02:10Halt!

01:02:11Halt!

01:02:12Halt!

01:02:13Halt!

01:02:14Halt!

01:02:15Halt!

01:02:16Halt!

01:02:17Halt!

01:02:18Halt!

01:02:19Halt!

01:02:20Halt!

01:02:21Halt!

01:02:22The Emerald!

01:02:23Where is it?

01:02:24Halt!

01:02:25Halt!

01:02:26The Emerald!

01:02:27Where is it?

01:02:28Halt!

01:02:29Halt!

01:02:30Halt!

01:02:31Halt!

01:02:32Halt!

01:02:33The Emerald!

01:02:34Halt!

01:02:35I told you, somebody's snatched it!

01:02:36The Policemen!

01:02:37Where are they?

01:02:38They're not policemen at all!

01:02:39After them!

01:02:40Sergeant!

01:02:41There!

01:02:42Captain!

01:02:43Sir Arnold!

01:02:44Sir Arnold!

01:02:45Look!

01:02:46Small thanks to your brilliant friend Sherlock Holmes, so my fears were ridiculous and that note was merely the work of a crank.

01:02:52Nobody would steal the Star of Derry.

01:02:54No one there, Sir Ronald.

01:02:55Never mind, Sergeant. I have the jewel.

01:03:01I have a good mind to give this story to the press. It would put Holmes in his place.

01:03:05Oh, I wouldn't do that, Sir Ronald. You have got the jewel back.

01:03:08I have indeed. As safe as the crown jewels of England. But no thanks to Holmes.

01:03:13Well, he did send me in his place.

01:03:15Yes, to the capital thing he did.

01:03:17You're a splendid fellow, Watson. You've done me a great service tonight.

01:03:20I shall see to it that your conduct is reported in due course to the proper authority.

01:03:26So long, Sergeant. Turn out the light. Yes.

01:03:29They got away, Sir, from the direction of Tower Hill.

01:03:32But they left what they came for. The emerald is safe.

01:03:35Oh, good, Sir. All right, Sergeant.

01:03:43Missed up all the money.

01:03:46Oh, my gosh, and I just threw percussion.

01:03:49This is the trigger.

01:03:51And you know it in peace.

01:03:54Why'd you think the Death?"

01:03:56Thousand sands were in the sunshine And he was desperate for the money.

01:04:00Yes.

01:04:09Good-bye, my dear. I'll drive over and see you tomorrow.

01:04:23You're terribly tired, my child, aren't you?

01:04:26Yes, I am.

01:04:28You'd better go to bed.

01:04:30I'm going to look in on you later.

01:04:33And if you're not a slave, I'll go to bed.

01:04:36Whatever is the matter with you, my dear?

01:04:39I just noticed the time.

01:04:41A clock on the landing.

01:04:43Seven minutes to twelve.

01:04:45In another eight minutes, it won't be May the 13th any more.

01:04:48You must go to bed at once, you really must.

01:04:50I'll go with you.

01:04:51I'd like you to.

01:04:53Only I shouldn't take you away.

01:04:55Nonsense. They've all gone.

01:04:57Besides, no one misses a middleman.

01:04:59I'm going to look in on you later.

01:05:01I shall be very severe.

01:05:03Whatever is the matter with you, my dear?

01:05:05No one misses a middle-aged hostess.

01:05:12Have a good rest, my dear, and be sure to sleep late.

01:05:15It's an inviolable custom of the house.

01:05:17I'll try.

01:05:19Good night.

01:05:20Good night, my dear.

01:05:35Good night.

01:05:48Good night.

01:05:51Good night.

01:05:54Good night.

01:06:25Oh, we're just coming to find you, Miss Brandon.

01:06:35There's a gentleman on the terrace asking to see you, and he says it's most important.

01:06:39Mr. Holmes, thank you.

01:06:40Oh, Anne, my dear.

01:06:55What are you doing here?

01:06:57Am I so unwelcome, then?

01:06:58Why did you come?

01:06:59I've been terribly worried about you, darling.

01:07:01I wanted to be sure you were safe.

01:07:03Why did you think I might not be safe?

01:07:05Anne, whatever has come over you?

01:07:09Don't touch me.

01:07:11Don't touch me.

01:07:12Surely you're not afraid of me.

01:07:16You are afraid.

01:07:17That's how much all the years have counted.

01:07:19You think I want to hurt you?

01:07:23I don't know why I don't.

01:07:25Anne, wait!

01:07:33Come here, Anne!

01:07:34Anne!

01:07:34Come here, Anne!

01:08:04Oh, my God.

01:08:34Come along this way, quick.

01:09:04Oh, my God.

01:09:09Come on.

01:09:11Come on.

01:09:15Come on.

01:09:25Oh, my God.

01:09:55Holmes, are you all right?

01:09:56Never better, Watson.

01:09:57And Miss Brandon?

01:09:58She'll be all right, poor child.

01:09:59She's fainted.

01:10:00Look after her, will you, Andrews, and take her back to the house.

01:10:01Very good, Mr. Holmes.

01:10:02What on earth is this, Holmes?

01:10:04This Watson is a South American bolus,

01:10:06the instrument that killed Lloyd Brandon.

01:10:08What?

01:10:08Yes.

01:10:09Come and take a look at his murderer.

01:10:20He's badly hurt.

01:10:22Can he be moved, Doctor?

01:10:23Yes.

01:10:24Then I'll take him to the yard.

01:10:30Yes, it's just as I suspected.

01:10:33This club footage shoe was a very clever device,

01:10:35but not quite clever enough, my friend.

01:10:37I'll wager you didn't think of it yourself.

01:10:39Who put you up to it?

01:10:40The professor.

01:10:41He say he fix it so I don't get caught.

01:10:44Professor Moriarty.

01:10:45Si, Moriarty.

01:10:47I kill him.

01:10:48I scarcely think you'll have the chance now.

01:10:51So that clears up our case.

01:10:53Clears it up.

01:10:53We've only just begun.

01:10:54Come along, Watson.

01:10:55Quick.

01:10:55Good night.

01:11:22Shhh, don't move.

01:11:26Stay with her and keep your eyes open.

01:11:52All right, come on, Watson. There's nobody here.

01:11:54Well, why didn't you say so before?

01:11:56Oh, lillipon.

01:12:00Oh, lillipon.

01:12:04Oh, lillipon.

01:12:08Oh, lillipon.

01:12:10Oh, lillipon.

01:12:14Oh, lillipon.

01:12:16Oh, lillipon.

01:12:18Oh, lillipon.

01:12:20It's damp.

01:12:22Damp? I'm wet through.

01:12:24He's been shaving.

01:12:26Moriarty's worn that beard for years.

01:12:28Why would he shave it off?

01:12:29To disguise himself, of course.

01:12:30Oh, obviously, Watson. But why tonight especially?

01:12:32For what purpose?

01:12:34Well...

01:12:40Now, Beidecker.

01:12:42What would Moriarty be doing with a guidebook?

01:12:44And is London like a cab driver?

01:12:50Look, Watson, look.

01:12:52The town of London.

01:12:54Sergeant Bullfinch.

01:12:55Moriarty without his beard.

01:12:56Then he stole the emerald.

01:12:58I wonder exactly what he did do.

01:13:00Or rather, is doing.

01:13:01What do you mean, Holmes?

01:13:02Don't you see, my dear Watson?

01:13:04Moriarty cocculated that Brandon case with all its fantastic convolutions expressly to divert my attention at the time the Star of Delhi was delivered.

01:13:10So that he could steal the emerald. Well, he didn't get it. We fooled him.

01:13:13That's exactly the point, Watson. He didn't want the Star of Delhi.

01:13:16What?

01:13:17No.

01:13:18The real crime has not yet come to light.

01:13:20He caused a man to be murdered solely in order to distract me.

01:13:23He staged that fiasco at the town of London.

01:13:25Why, I don't know, but of one thing I'm certain. It was all done with a purpose.

01:13:28Somewhere in London at this very moment something tremendous is happening.

01:13:31He said he was going to do it and he's doing it now.

01:13:34The most stupendous, the most incredible crime of the century.

01:13:37The crowning act of his career.

01:13:40The crowning act.

01:13:42St. Edward's crown.

01:13:47This was the crown stolen from the Tower of London in 1671 by Colonel Blood and his accomplices.

01:13:53The total value of the regalia is estimated at three million pounds.

01:13:57Watson, the crown jewels! We're wasting time!

01:14:09Hi, cabin!

01:14:10Never mind, get in, Watson.

01:14:12Gather in here.

01:14:13Gather in here.

01:14:14Let's go.

01:14:44I said straight ahead, drive a little bit carefully, old boy.

01:15:06Don't shut up!

01:15:12What is it, Mackenzie?

01:15:13An accident, Sergeant.

01:15:19Give me a hand. Get this man out of here.

01:15:28Well, what were you trying to do?

01:15:29Batter your way right into the Tower of London?

01:15:31Of course not. Of course not. But Poston.

01:15:32Well, what were you doing?

01:15:33Well, I was riding a cabbie.

01:15:35Cabbie?

01:15:36Wait, is this a cabbie?

01:15:37Well, where is he?

01:15:38I don't know. I haven't the faintest idea.

01:15:40Bring him along to the Poston Room.

01:15:41What?

01:15:42Well...

01:15:43I don't know.

01:15:44No.

01:15:45No.

01:15:46No.

01:15:47No.

01:15:48No.

01:15:49No.

01:15:50No.

01:15:51No.

01:15:52No.

01:15:53No.

01:18:24Did you hear a shot?

01:18:32I did, sir.

01:18:33I thought it came from the tower.

01:18:34Follow me at the double.

01:18:54I thought it came from the tower.

01:19:04I thought it came from the tower.

01:19:06I thought it came from the tower.

01:19:15I thought it came from the tower.

01:19:15Let's go.

01:19:45Well, Anne Brandon, 21, and Gerald Hunter, 29, were married this morning at the Caxton Hall

01:20:09Registry Office.

01:20:10Well, that takes care of that.

01:20:11But I still don't understand how young Hunter became involved in the mystery.

01:20:15Alfred!

01:20:16May I borrow your violin?

01:20:17Certainly, Governor.

01:20:18I said I still don't understand how young Hunter became involved.

01:20:22Perfectly simple.

01:20:25Whatever Gerald Hunter did was done to protect Miss Brandon.

01:20:28But I saw him myself closeted with Moriarty.

01:20:31My dear Watson, I expected even you to see through that trick.

01:20:34Moriarty went to him with a trumped-up lawsuit to put us off the track.

01:20:37Those flies again.

01:20:40Very effective, my dear Watson.

01:20:45Elementary, my dear Holmes.

01:20:47Elementary.

01:20:48Thank you, sir!

01:20:49Huh, настоящ!

01:20:50Ha!

01:20:51Ha, ha, ha, ha!

01:20:52Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.

01:20:53Ha!

01:20:54Ha!

01:20:55Ha, ha, ha, ha.

01:20:58Ha, ha, ha!

01:21:00Holap!

01:21:01Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

01:21:02The End

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