... in Washington. (1943)

deaddogsdam

Holmes and Watson travel to Washington D.C. in order to prevent a secret document from falling into enemy hands.   Basil Rathbone - Holmes Nigel Bruce - Watson Marjorie Lord - Nancy Partridge Henry Daniell - William Easter George Zucco - Stanley John Archer - Lt. Pete Merriam Gavin Muir - Bart Lang Edmund MacDonald - Detective Lt. Grogan Don Terry - Howe Bradley Page - Cady Holmes Herbert - Mr. Ahrens Thurston Hall - Senator Henry Babcock Lillian Bronson - Mrs. J. Wellington Jr. John Burton - Army Inspector Eddie Coke - Airplane Steward Evelyn Cook - Nancy's Friend at Engagement Party Caroline Frances Cooke - Mrs. Ruxton Kernan Cripps - Hotel Porter Leslie Denison - Transport Pilot Dan Dowling - Party Guest Gilbert Emery - Sir Henry Marchmont Alice Fleming - Mrs. Jellison Mary Forbes - Mother Pettibone Mary Gordon - Mrs. Hudson Gerald Hamer - Alfred Pettibone aka John Grayson Leyland Hodgson - Airport Official Colin Kenny - Hotel Doorman Alexander Lockwood - Reporter Charles Marsh - Reporter Thomas Martin - Waiter Charles Meakin - Mr. Moore Irving Mitchell - Laboratory Technician Clarence Muse - George - Porter Gene O'Donnell - Reporter Jason Robards Sr. - Hotel Doorman Paul Scott - Army Major Margaret Seddon - Miss Pringle Bernard Sell - Party Guest Lee Shumway - Army Major at Engagement Party Regina Wallace - Mrs. Partridge Phil Warren - Young Officer Ian Wolfe - Antique Store Clerk Frederick Worlock - Radio Announcer

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00:05:08I couldn't rest until I found you.

00:05:10Now, when can you dine with us?

00:05:12Very kind, Mrs. Jefferson.

00:05:13I'll put you first on my unofficial list.

00:05:15Oh, I have a much better idea.

00:05:17You must let me put you up during your stay.

00:05:18Thanks very much.

00:05:19Washington is so crowded.

00:05:20I'll put you in the blue room.

00:05:22Come in.

00:05:23Come in.

00:05:25Thank you, sir.

00:05:29Thank you, sir.

00:05:30But if Sir Henry isn't the one, who is?

00:05:33I don't know.

00:05:34But the head received a cable from London tipping him off.

00:05:36It's up to us to find the real British Asian before this train reaches Washington.

00:05:38Yeah.

00:05:39Whoever's got the document will be protected there.

00:05:41If Sir Henry isn't carrying it...

00:05:43I've got it.

00:05:44I've got it.

00:05:45Besides Sir Henry and myself, only one man has come all the way from London.

00:05:48A chap called Grayson.

00:05:49John Grayson.

00:05:50Well, then Grayson's our man.

00:05:51Grayson's carrying the document while Sir Henry's being used as a decoy.

00:05:54What?

00:05:55I don't know.

00:05:56I don't know.

00:05:57I don't know.

00:05:58But the head received a cable from London tipping him off.

00:06:00It's up to us to find the real British Asian before this train reaches Washington.

00:06:03Yeah.

00:06:04Whoever's got the document will be protected there.

00:06:05If Sir Henry isn't carrying it...

00:06:07I've got it.

00:06:08Besides Sir Henry and myself, only one man has come all the way from London.

00:06:11A chap called Grayson.

00:06:12John Grayson.

00:06:13Well, then Grayson's our man.

00:06:14Grayson's carrying the document while Sir Henry's being used as a decoy.

00:06:17It's so old, it's new.

00:06:22When Grayson leaves the club car and goes to get his luggage.

00:06:26That's our cue.

00:06:31We know what to do, Mr.

00:06:32Good.

00:06:34That's Grayson standing at the bar.

00:06:36The little fellow.

00:06:47The little fellow.

00:06:48The little fellow.

00:06:53Excuse me, sir.

00:06:54Don't give it a thought, brother.

00:06:56I'm in politics.

00:06:57I'm used to hard knocks.

00:06:58I'm Henry Babcock.

00:06:59Senator Babcock.

00:07:00How do you do?

00:07:01John Grayson.

00:07:02Sit down, Grayson.

00:07:03Have a glass of grape juice from my home state.

00:07:06Used to know a man named Grayson.

00:07:08Mighty fine man.

00:07:09He was murdered.

00:07:10Two grapes, George.

00:07:11On the fire, sir.

00:07:12This book has got me all confused.

00:07:13I do wish you'd set me straight on the international situation.

00:07:16Rather large order, I'm afraid.

00:07:17Oh, you're so right, Sir Henry.

00:07:18One must take the broader view, I always say.

00:07:22Another great juice, Grayson.

00:07:23You can't have too many vitamins, I always say.

00:07:24Thanks, Senator.

00:07:25But if you don't mind, I'll have a whiskey and soda.

00:07:26Why, sure.

00:07:27George, bring them over, will you?

00:07:28There you go.

00:07:29Let's get a chair.

00:07:30I was built for comfort.

00:07:31A chair.

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00:07:56I was built for comfort.

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00:08:00A chair.

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00:08:02A chair.

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00:08:04I was built for comfort.

00:08:05Jolly little beggars.

00:08:06What?

00:08:07I kept myself as a lad.

00:08:08Till mother got a cat.

00:08:09Shh.

00:08:10Don't say Z-AT.

00:08:11Oh, sorry.

00:08:13T. Oh, sorry.

00:08:21Permit me, ma'am.

00:08:22Oh, thank you. You're very kind, I'm sure.

00:08:25Pardon me, sir.

00:08:28Here we are.

00:08:30Porter.

00:08:31Yes, sir.

00:08:32Are we on time?

00:08:33Yes, sir. Be in Washington in 20 minutes.

00:08:40By the way, Grayson, what's your line?

00:08:43Yeah, what business are you in? What's your racket?

00:08:45Oh, I represent a London legal firm.

00:08:47Farlow Nash & Farlow.

00:08:49Farlow? I used to know a man named Farlow.

00:08:52No, no, it was Marlow. Couldn't have been the same fella.

00:08:54No, I suppose not.

00:08:58I've been making a tour of my state, getting the opinions of the home folks.

00:09:01Taking a lot of their ideas back to Washington.

00:09:04I'd like to hear more of your activities, Senator.

00:09:06Give me your address, sir, and I'll have all my speeches mailed to you.

00:09:10You're quite too kind, sir.

00:09:12Sorry I have no card.

00:09:22Oh, Porter.

00:09:23Yes, Miss?

00:09:25Permit me.

00:09:31Thank you very much.

00:09:32Not at all.

00:09:33I'll be at this address for the next week or so. I hope.

00:09:42Thank you. I'll get my papers together.

00:09:45Present meeting, my friend.

00:09:47Better look me up in Washington.

00:09:49I'll just get my bag.

00:09:50Thank you, thank you.

00:09:56Oh, I forgot to pay George. Excuse me, sir.

00:09:58I'll be at it.

00:09:59Will be, sir.

00:10:00What's wrong with the mice?

00:10:01Well, what's wrong with the mice?

00:10:02Anybody be calm?

00:10:03You don't get a slap.

00:10:04Just a little blackout.

00:10:05Keep your seat.

00:10:07You don't get a slap.

00:10:08Just a little blackout.

00:10:10Keep your seat.

00:10:11No, no, no, no...

00:10:16Mice!

00:10:17Oh, dear, all gone.

00:10:42Peter!

00:10:45Peter!

00:10:46Nancy, darling.

00:10:47I didn't dream you'd be able to meet me.

00:10:50I got leave.

00:10:51Oh, darling, that's wonderful.

00:10:53Just three days.

00:10:54Oh, that's awful.

00:10:55We haven't a second to lose.

00:10:56First thing I did...

00:10:57As I was saying, sir, Harry...

00:10:59Let's get this.

00:10:59Oh, Harry.

00:11:01This thing.

00:11:02Well, I haven't had much experience.

00:11:08Look, the day after tomorrow, your aunt's giving us a reception.

00:11:11Until then, you and I are going to be a couple of busy people.

00:11:13Oh, I beg your pardon.

00:11:20Goodbye.

00:11:23Who's your boyfriend?

00:11:24You needn't worry.

00:11:26He just lit a cigarette for me.

00:11:27Thank you, Harry.

00:11:31This is the BBC News Bureau,

00:11:59broadcasting from London.

00:12:01At this time, we present our regular morning summary of the news.

00:12:06A British subject has disappeared under curious circumstances.

00:12:11John Grayson, senior clerk in the firm of Parlow, Nash & Parlow solicitors,

00:12:17Chancery Lane, has not arrived at his firm's representatives in Washington.

00:12:23Foul play is suspected.

00:12:26Deplorable, simply deplorable.

00:12:29It's the sort of thing that shakes your faith, my jaw.

00:12:31I say, Holmes, shakes your faith in everything.

00:12:34You alarm me, Watson.

00:12:35I've never seen you affected by the news, however startling.

00:12:37Startling, my dear fellow, it's devastating.

00:12:39Seen the scores?

00:12:40The Navy got 428 for six wickets against the Army at Lord's.

00:12:45May I draw your attention to the fact that really momentous things are happening in the world today?

00:12:49I know all about that.

00:12:50I'll get to them later on.

00:12:52Excuse me.

00:12:53Mind my egg, old bean.

00:12:54Oh, I'm sorry.

00:12:55With your consuming interest in the game, I'm surprised that you've changed your mind

00:12:59about running up to Lord's cricket ground this afternoon.

00:13:01It can't be helped.

00:13:02I had to put it off.

00:13:04How did you know I changed my mind?

00:13:06Elementary, my dear Watson.

00:13:08Invariably, when you go to a cricket match, you fill your flask with my best whiskey.

00:13:13Just now, I noted in passing that the flask was empty.

00:13:16A single whiff informed me that it had been recently filled.

00:13:19Obviously, after filling it, you had poured the contents back into the bottle.

00:13:22Therefore, you had changed your mind about a cricket match.

00:13:25You amaze me, Holmes.

00:13:27You positively amaze me.

00:13:30Come in, Mrs. Hudson.

00:13:33Oh, excuse me, Mr. Holmes.

00:13:35There's a gentleman and he's very insistent.

00:13:37Well, I do declare he followed me right up the stairs.

00:13:40Didn't I ask you to wait?

00:13:42My good woman, you may ask me to wait, but not the British Empire.

00:13:45Mr. Holmes, I must talk to you immediately.

00:13:48How are you, Mr. Arons?

00:13:49That will be all now, thank you, Mrs. Hudson.

00:13:51My good woman, indeed.

00:13:54Arons?

00:13:55I see if you know that name.

00:13:56Oh, tell me, my dear Watson, that you don't recognize Mr. Arons at the Home Office.

00:13:59Oh, yes, of course, I knew the moment you came in.

00:14:01How are you, Arons?

00:14:02How do you do?

00:14:03Do you see what the Navy did to the Army at Lord's yesterday?

00:14:05All right, Watson, go on with your breakfast.

00:14:06Bad show.

00:14:07428, six wickets.

00:14:08No, no.

00:14:09Mr. Holmes, I'm here on a matter of the utmost secrecy.

00:14:12Now, I assure you, Mr. Arons, that Dr. Watson is the very sole of discretion.

00:14:16Won't you sit down?

00:14:18By the way, Watson, please be so good as to keep tapping on the table with your knife.

00:14:21Tapping on the table with your knife?

00:14:22It will break the wavelength if by any chance there's a dictograph in the walls.

00:14:25Oh, will it?

00:14:27Well, Mr. Arons, I take it you've called on me in connection with the kidnapping of John Grayson in America last night.

00:14:44Oh, yes.

00:14:46Yes, exactly.

00:14:47Grayson was carrying a document of a very confidential nature.

00:14:52Indeed.

00:14:53Its contents are of such great international importance that I am not at liberty to reveal them.

00:14:58But if that document falls into the hands of the enemy, I can only say it will be absolutely disastrous for this government and our allies.

00:15:08For that reason, we did not wish to transport it to Washington in the usual way.

00:15:13So, a regular king's messenger, Sir Henry Marchment, was dispatched.

00:15:17Not carrying the document, of course.

00:15:18That's right.

00:15:19Sir Henry was the sort of...

00:15:20Sort of redheading, shall we say?

00:15:21Precisely.

00:15:22Mm-hmm.

00:15:23The document was actually entrusted to a reliable but insignificant man in our secret service.

00:15:30On his arrival in Washington, he was to make himself known to Sir Henry and deliver the document.

00:15:36Now, not even Sir Henry knew that this man, Pettibone, who traveled under the name of John Grayson, was the real messenger.

00:15:42Pettibone?

00:15:43Yes.

00:15:44Alfred Pettibone?

00:15:45Yes.

00:15:46Good man.

00:15:47None better.

00:15:48I've worked with him often.

00:15:50I hope you may be able to work with him again.

00:15:53But he's completely disappeared.

00:15:54He's vanished.

00:15:55Gone.

00:15:56Without leaving a trace.

00:15:57I can see the possibility of serious ramifications in his disappearance.

00:16:01Exactly.

00:16:02So far, we've been able to keep the knowledge of our loss from both the American and British public.

00:16:08Holmes, you must retrieve that document before it can be used against us.

00:16:15Of course, the Washington police have been notified of Grayson's disappearance,

00:16:19but even they don't know that he was carrying the document.

00:16:22Now, that's about all the detail I'm at liberty to give you.

00:16:25Well, if they've got Grayson, that is Pettibone, they must have got the papers.

00:16:29Not necessarily, Watson.

00:16:30It doesn't pull up because they've got the man, they've got the document.

00:16:33What form was this document in?

00:16:35It was typed on two sheets of legal paper.

00:16:38Two sheets?

00:16:39That's too bulky to swallow.

00:16:40And dry, Watson.

00:16:41Fearfully dry.

00:16:42Especially legal papers.

00:16:43Well, whatever shape the document was in, I trust Pettibone to get rid of it before anyone could lay hands on him.

00:16:49The document must be found before it falls into the hands of our enemies.

00:16:53I'm here on behalf of His Majesty's government to urge you to find it.

00:16:56That means going to Washington, of course.

00:16:58With all possible speed.

00:16:59A bomber is waiting for you at Crichton.

00:17:01Goodbye, Dr. Watson.

00:17:02Goodbye, sir.

00:17:03Goodbye, Ahrens.

00:17:04Goodbye, Holmes.

00:17:05Good luck.

00:17:06Thanks very much.

00:17:07We're relying on you.

00:17:08Well, Watson, we're off to Washington at once.

00:17:13America, sir.

00:17:14That's exciting.

00:17:15I've never seen a game of baseball.

00:17:16Let's go and start packing at once, then.

00:17:18First, I'd like to take a look at the home of Alfred Pettibone.

00:17:22Come on, Watson.

00:17:43Why, Dr. Watson, what a surprise.

00:17:54And Mr. Holmes, won't you come in?

00:17:57I'm frightfully sorry, but you won't find my son in.

00:18:01He's gone to Washington, some business or other.

00:18:04Poor fellow, I'm afraid that he'll never, never get used to the climate over there.

00:18:08Would you mind if we looked over your son's room?

00:18:10Why, of course.

00:18:11It's upstairs.

00:18:13Some friends tell me it's very, very muggy.

00:18:14Very sticky.

00:18:15I had a letter from Philip Duffer the other day.

00:18:17You'll find his room in a dreadful pickle, Mr. Holmes.

00:18:19Quite miffed he is.

00:18:20If I as much as put my nose inside.

00:18:23As if I cared anything about his silly old collection.

00:18:36This sort of Pettibone, secret curious sort of fellow.

00:18:39Sort of collective collections.

00:18:42Posted stamps.

00:18:43Military buttons.

00:18:45Butterfly.

00:18:46Bugs.

00:18:47Snapshots.

00:18:48All sorts of rubbish.

00:18:49Yes.

00:18:50I shall write a monograph someday.

00:18:52On the noxious habit of accumulating useless trivia.

00:18:56Please be so good as to stop pacing, Watson.

00:18:57You distract me.

00:18:58All right, all right.

00:18:59All right, all right.

00:19:00Unless I'm greatly mistaken now.

00:19:01Friend Pettibone did not carry two pages of legal paper when he left this room.

00:19:03I wouldn't be too sure, Holmes.

00:19:04Ashes are deceptive, you know.

00:19:05On the contrary.

00:19:06Might be so good as to stop pacing, Watson.

00:19:07You distract me.

00:19:08All right, all right.

00:19:09Unless I'm greatly mistaken now.

00:19:10Friend Pettibone did not carry two pages of legal paper when he left this room.

00:19:12I wouldn't be too sure, Holmes.

00:19:14Ashes are deceptive, you know.

00:19:15On the contrary, my dear Watson.

00:19:21A rag used in artificial documents...

00:19:35...beaves an ash that is unmistakeable.

00:19:37Oh, don't stop pacing.

00:19:38I am not pacing.

00:19:39I haven't moved an inch.

00:19:40You're sorry, old fellow.

00:19:42I haven't .

00:19:44I'm sorry, old fellow. My error.

00:19:51Must be Mrs. Pettibold.

00:19:53Heavy woman, light on her feet.

00:19:54Doesn't follow.

00:19:56Our friend seems to be quite a camera enthusiast.

00:19:58What's this?

00:20:00Cook F-1.5. That's a very fast lens.

00:20:03F-3.5.

00:20:06Summer.

00:20:10Copying setup.

00:20:12American match folders.

00:20:13I'm sorry?

00:20:14USA.

00:20:15Now why would Pettibold want American match folders in his work?

00:20:21And a microscope.

00:20:22Most interesting. What's this?

00:20:28Watson.

00:20:29This microscope was last used for examining microfilm.

00:20:33I'm beginning to see the pattern.

00:20:36Stop now.

00:20:37Did you know that the letters of our soldiers overseas are being photographed on microfilm?

00:20:40So that one carrier pigeon can carry the equivalent of 18,000 letters?

00:20:44Oh really?

00:20:45We had a carrier pigeon in the last war.

00:20:47Back in 1915, belonging to the Brigade Signal Corps.

00:20:50Did you?

00:20:51The poor bird kept flying round and round in circles all day long.

00:20:54Found out later on that it was cross-eyed.

00:20:57Tragic thing.

00:20:59Well, suppose we should, where are you going?

00:21:02Huh?

00:21:06Oh, dark room, huh?

00:21:08This is what I was looking for.

00:21:10Huh?

00:21:11This projector magnifies tremendously anything placed on the slide.

00:21:14Like this piece of microfilm.

00:21:16Understand?

00:21:17I can't say do exactly that.

00:21:18Wait a minute.

00:21:19I'll show you what he's photographed.

00:21:23Oh, it's a match folder.

00:21:24What do you want to photograph that for?

00:21:25Probably to line up his equipment before he photograph the document.

00:21:28We've got it, Watson.

00:21:29What over?

00:21:30Yes.

00:21:31Come along.

00:21:32Oh, sweet.

00:21:33Oh, it's all as clear as much to me.

00:21:34Just as I thought.

00:21:36This document has been reduced to microfilm to make its concealment possible.

00:21:53Alfred Pettibone is a most ingenious fellow.

00:21:56A bulky document is obviously difficult to conceal.

00:21:59But two pages of a state paper, photographed on microfilm,

00:22:02would be reduced to a size no larger than a halfpenny stamp.

00:22:05Slitting a match folder with this, uh...

00:22:09with this razor blade.

00:22:14Feddebone placed the now minute document inside,

00:22:16stuck it together again, and there he had it.

00:22:18An American match folder, rare in London,

00:22:20but completely inconspicuous in the United States.

00:22:22You mean to say we're off to America just to look for a match folder?

00:22:25It's a big country.

00:22:27A big country, Watson.

00:22:29And a small match folder. Come along.

00:22:32Come along.

00:22:38Did you find what you were looking for, Mr. Holmes?

00:22:40Yes, thank you, Mrs. Feddebone.

00:22:42Otherwise, you haven't been up on the roof in the last many minutes, have you?

00:22:45Why, no. What made you think that I...

00:22:47Well, we distinctly heard footsteps...

00:22:49Nonsense, Watson. It was the house settling.

00:22:51Gracious, yes. Such popping and groaning.

00:22:53We're quite used to it.

00:22:59Goodbye, Mr. Holmes.

00:23:00Goodbye, Mrs. Feddebone.

00:23:01Goodbye, Dr. Watson.

00:23:02Goodbye.

00:23:03So sorry you, Mr. Alfred.

00:23:04I'll tell him the minute he gets back.

00:23:06Gets back?

00:23:07Oh, yes, yes, yes. Of course.

00:23:09Oh, goodbye again, Mrs. Feddebone.

00:23:10Just a minute, Watson.

00:23:24That was no accident, I assure you, Watson.

00:23:26Well, aren't you going to find out who did it?

00:23:27Time's too precious now.

00:23:29But at least I know they've learned of my entry into the case.

00:23:32They? Who are they?

00:23:34The same group that took Alfred Pettibone off the train on his way to Washington.

00:23:37A group that will stop at nothing to get their hands on the document he carried.

00:23:42Their leader is a clever, resourceful criminal who seems to have sources of information from everywhere.

00:23:48Oh, that means a worldwide organization who will stop at nothing, you say.

00:23:52Quite.

00:23:53That's why we must get our backs and ourselves aboard that bomber without delay.

00:23:56We're opposed by an adversary worthy of our best efforts.

00:23:59At present, he has all the advantages.

00:24:01Even that of being only a merciless, nameless shadow.

00:24:06Think of it, Watson.

00:24:08In a few hours, we'll be flying out over the Atlantic.

00:24:18We're flying over New York, sir.

00:24:23New York, eh?

00:24:27Yes, sir.

00:24:28We've been cleared by radio.

00:24:30Non-stop Washington.

00:24:38What is that book that so ingresses your attention, Watson?

00:24:41A book on the quaint customs and manners of America.

00:24:44We must be halfway across.

00:24:46And I've only got to page 37.

00:24:48For your information, my dear fellow, we are now flying over New York.

00:24:53Flying over New York?

00:24:54Oh, gracious me.

00:24:57Extraordinary.

00:25:08This is the embassy car, Mr. Holmes.

00:25:10You're being very hopeful, Mr. Lange.

00:25:11Detective Lieutenant Grogan of the Washington police.

00:25:13How do you do?

00:25:14Welcome to Washington.

00:25:16This is my associate, Dr. Watson.

00:25:17How do you do, sir?

00:25:18How are you?

00:25:19I suppose I should say, how are you, buddy?

00:25:20What?

00:25:21What?

00:25:22What?

00:25:23What's cooking?

00:25:24Oh, what's cooking?

00:25:25Oh, what's cooking?

00:25:27What?

00:25:28What's cooking?

00:25:29What's cooking?

00:25:30The Washington Police.

00:25:31How do you do?

00:25:32Welcome to Washington.

00:25:34This is my associate, Dr. Watson.

00:25:35How do you do, sir?

00:25:36How are you?

00:25:37I suppose I should say, how are you, buddy?

00:25:38What's...

00:25:39What's cooking?

00:25:40Oh, come along, Watson.

00:25:41Oh, so's it.

00:25:42Oh, what's cooking?

00:25:55Grogan had charge of investigating the Grayson case for the Washington Police.

00:25:59Any new developments, Grogan?

00:26:00None, Mr. Holmes.

00:26:01We'll be glad to let you have our complete file.

00:26:03And, of course, we'll cooperate in every way.

00:26:05Thank you, I shall appreciate your help.

00:26:07Especially as I'm unfamiliar with your country.

00:26:09Oh, yes, of course.

00:26:10This is your first visit.

00:26:12Oh, there's the Lincoln Memorial.

00:26:18Most impressive.

00:26:20Oh, by the by, Mr. Lang.

00:26:21Thank you for your cable grant.

00:26:23I received it just before I left London.

00:26:25Cable?

00:26:26I sent no cable.

00:26:27About our reservations at the Hotel Metropole.

00:26:30Why, no.

00:26:31We thought you'd stay at the Embassy, of course.

00:26:33Look at that.

00:26:34Well, since some strange person has taken such an extraordinary interest in my welfare,

00:26:39I think I shall stay at the Hotel Metropole.

00:26:42Oh, Mr. Holmes, there's the Washington Monument.

00:26:48There's the capital, Mr. Holmes.

00:26:50Magnificent.

00:26:51We're expecting you, Mr. Holmes.

00:26:53Magnificent.

00:27:08We're expecting you, Mr. Holmes.

00:27:15I questioned everybody known to have been in that club car.

00:27:17It's a matter of course.

00:27:19Sir Henry Marchmont confirms that Grayson had contact only with the people on this list.

00:27:23He had a drink with Senator Babcock and he chatted with a Miss Pringle about some mice she had in the cage.

00:27:32And he picked up a book dropped by Mrs. Jellison.

00:27:35Not very much to go on.

00:27:37How many of these people have been attacked already?

00:27:40I've heard about your deductions, Mr. Holmes.

00:27:43Senator Babcock was held up on his way from the station with nothing taken.

00:27:47Mrs. Jellison's home was ransacked that night.

00:27:50And she found the book that she carried from the train literally torn to bits.

00:27:53That's right.

00:27:55Miss Pringle?

00:27:56Miss Pringle says someone released the mice from the cages during the night sometime.

00:28:00And she found the cage torn apart.

00:28:03What happened to the mice, Herrweller?

00:28:05An intriguing line of thought, Watson, but not essential to the case.

00:28:08Mm-hmm.

00:28:10Apparently, Grogan, they're still looking for the document.

00:28:13I'd very much like to have a look at that club car.

00:28:16Well, that'll be easy.

00:28:16I have the car held in a siding in the railroad yards.

00:28:19Good.

00:28:19But we've searched the car thoroughly, Mr. Holmes.

00:28:21We couldn't find a thing.

00:28:23Well...

00:28:23What are you doing?

00:28:30What's this?

00:28:30Mr. Holmes, your trunk.

00:28:32Trunk?

00:28:32I have no trunk.

00:28:33It says right there.

00:28:35To Sherlock Holmes, Hotel Metropole.

00:28:37How was this trunk delivered?

00:28:38An expressman brought it, sir.

00:28:39What's the name of the company?

00:28:41Do you remember the license number?

00:28:43Naturally.

00:28:43I didn't notice that.

00:28:44I just signed for it.

00:28:45All right.

00:28:45That'll do.

00:28:47Well, this trunk's not locked.

00:28:55Great Scott.

00:28:57Poor chap.

00:28:59You recognize him, Mr. Holmes?

00:29:00Yes.

00:29:01Who was he?

00:29:03The man we're looking for, John Grayson.

00:29:06His real name is Alfred Pettibone.

00:29:09British Secret Service.

00:29:11Why should they send the body here?

00:29:12Obviously, to frighten us.

00:29:14Well, to tell us they know that Sherlock Holmes is on the case.

00:29:17Gentlemen, they knew we were on the case as early as their attempt on our lives in London.

00:29:22They're much too intelligent to believe that a corpse would frighten a trained detective.

00:29:27No, I rather think they intend this as a message.

00:29:30And they wanted to be sure that I'd be here at the Hotel Metropole to receive it.

00:29:34Message?

00:29:35What do you mean?

00:29:35They want us to believe that they found the document.

00:29:38And therefore, have no further use for Grayson.

00:29:40Well, if that's true, then we're done for.

00:29:42I'm not so sure that it is true, Watson.

00:29:45If they had the document, why are they wasting time sending me this?

00:29:48No.

00:29:49It's an attempt to throw me off the track.

00:29:51Rogan, you have a police laboratory, of course.

00:29:54Certainly.

00:29:55I'll see what I can find out about the body.

00:29:56Yes, whatever marks it reveals.

00:29:58And the trunk.

00:29:59A microscopic examination.

00:30:01Everything about it.

00:30:02The lining, the blanket in which the body is wrapped.

00:30:04Everything.

00:30:05Let nothing escape.

00:30:06We have the best police laboratories in the world, Mr. Holmes.

00:30:09I beg your pardon, Lepson and Rogan.

00:30:10You see, I'm so accustomed to working quite alone at my lodgings in Baker Street

00:30:14that I sometimes forget the more modern scientific methods

00:30:17so particularly effective here in America.

00:30:19If there's anything there, they'll find it, Mr. Holmes.

00:30:21While you're doing that, I'll take a look at the club car.

00:30:23Coming, Watson?

00:30:26Here we are, Mr. Holmes.

00:30:27I have the port, as you asked,

00:30:28and the railroad company sent Mr. Moore to unlock for us.

00:30:31Delighted.

00:30:31How do you do?

00:30:32Very good.

00:30:32Let's go in.

00:30:33This way, gentlemen.

00:30:38Well, it looks as if the police have made a thorough search.

00:30:44Whoever did it, it wasn't the police.

00:30:49There have been visitors here.

00:30:50Since our friend, Grogan.

00:30:52My goodness, look at our car.

00:30:55Talk about a blitz.

00:30:58I say, Holmes, if Grayson hit anything in this car,

00:31:01it certainly isn't here now.

00:31:03Not necessarily, Watson.

00:31:06If you'll help me put this place in some kind of order.

00:31:09Yes, sir, boss.

00:31:11I guess we'll go about here, I imagine.

00:31:13That's it, boss.

00:31:14Yes, sir.

00:31:14And, uh...

00:31:15Wait a minute.

00:31:17Boy, yeah, that's certainly more like it.

00:31:19Yes, sir.

00:31:20That'll be all.

00:31:23Watson, will you be, uh, Mr. Grayson for the moment?

00:31:25Great.

00:31:26Oh, if you want me to, old man.

00:31:28What do you want me to do?

00:31:29You're having a drink at the bar.

00:31:30Oh, drink?

00:31:31That's not a bad idea.

00:31:33Drink at the bar.

00:31:34Uh, bring me a whiskey and soda, will you, Stuart?

00:31:37Stuart?

00:31:37Uh, sorry, Dr. Watson, but the bar's closed.

00:31:40Well, it says the bar's closed.

00:31:42According to Grogan's reconstruction of the scene, let me see, uh, yes.

00:31:49Grayson pauses at the bar, while Senator Babcock moves across and sits down here.

00:31:54Do you mind being Senator Babcock for the moment, Watson?

00:31:57Oh, going up in the world.

00:31:58Sit down, please.

00:32:02Now, uh, Miss Pringle is seated there.

00:32:05Over there, Watson.

00:32:06Hmm?

00:32:11Now, now, Miss Pringle.

00:32:13That's right, the mouse woman.

00:32:15Oh, the mouse woman.

00:32:17Uh, Watson, over here, please.

00:32:18Oh.

00:32:20No, not there.

00:32:21Not there.

00:32:21That's Senator Babcock.

00:32:22Oh, pardon me, Senator.

00:32:23Sit down, please.

00:32:24Now, you're Mrs. Jellison.

00:32:28Oh, excuse me, Mr. Holmes.

00:32:30He ain't Mrs. Jellison.

00:32:32He's a young lady.

00:32:33What?

00:32:34Sergeant Marshmott was sitting right here, and Mrs. Jellison was right here.

00:32:40She's a sort of a big, fat lady.

00:32:42What did Grayson do that attracted your attention so particularly to Mrs. Jellison?

00:32:46The little man, he retrieved her book.

00:32:50And the young lady sitting here, didn't she converse with the little man?

00:32:53No, sir.

00:32:54That young lady didn't have no converse with no one.

00:32:59When the little man lit her cigarette, she ran back and said,

00:33:02thank you very much.

00:33:03But you have matches here for your customers.

00:33:05Oh, yes, she called me, and I saw a cigarette, and I knew she wanted a match.

00:33:09And Grayson used one of his own matches.

00:33:11Oh, yes, he took a folder from his coat pocket.

00:33:15Did he put the match folder back in his pocket, or did he give it to the young lady?

00:33:18I don't remember.

00:33:19I was fairly busy.

00:33:20Try to remember.

00:33:21Well, if I should try to doomsday, I couldn't rightly say just what happened to that match.

00:33:24Oh, yes, I remember just one important thing.

00:33:28What?

00:33:29When a little man lit her cigarette, he said something very peculiar.

00:33:33What was it?

00:33:35He said, permit me.

00:33:38Oh.

00:33:41Well, gentlemen, I'm extremely grateful to all of you.

00:33:46That's all we can do for the present, I think.

00:33:47Since the place was torn to bits, after the murder of Grayson,

00:33:52and the attacks on Senator Babcock, Mrs. Jellison, and Miss Pringle,

00:33:56I'm convinced that the document left the club car long before these events.

00:34:00But how?

00:34:01By whom?

00:34:02And who was the mysterious young lady whose cigarette Grayson lighted?

00:34:08Did anyone meet the young lady?

00:34:10He sure did.

00:34:11He?

00:34:11Who was he?

00:34:12Tall, handsome, in a uniform.

00:34:14I see.

00:34:15I suppose you wouldn't remember what kind of a uniform.

00:34:17I certainly would.

00:34:19Lieutenant.

00:34:19Navy flyer.

00:34:21My boy's in the Army.

00:34:22He's going to be a flyer, too.

00:34:24Splendid.

00:34:24Did you happen to hear them say anything?

00:34:26Oh, I didn't happen.

00:34:27I just couldn't help hearing it.

00:34:29Well, what did they say?

00:34:30Oh, yes, they said they had three-day leave.

00:34:33They had to move fast before the big part of her aunt was given them.

00:34:36Then, too, he put a ring on her finger, and they both looked mighty happy.

00:34:40Just the way you're looking right now.

00:34:41Ten?

00:34:44The way I'm looking myself.

00:34:46Come on, Watson.

00:34:49That's the girl.

00:34:50I told the head.

00:34:51I could swear to it.

00:34:53Is the address there?

00:34:54All there.

00:34:55Right in our laps.

00:34:56And also right in the lap of Sherlock Holmes.

00:34:58That's the least of our worries.

00:35:00The head could handle ten like Holmes.

00:35:02I hope so.

00:35:04But don't underrate that, Englishman.

00:35:06I have several friends who did.

00:35:08They now graced some of the best prisons in England.

00:35:10Yes, sir?

00:35:22I talked to the catering company.

00:35:23It's quite all right.

00:35:24They could hardly refuse me.

00:35:26It's the Acton Company.

00:35:28The Acton Catering Company.

00:35:30Yes, sir.

00:35:31I know what to do.

00:35:33Hop over there.

00:35:41You're going to work for the catering company.

00:35:42Right.

00:35:43When you get in the house, find out all you can.

00:35:44Katie.

00:35:44Yes?

00:35:45You ought to go as a guest.

00:35:46Will it be safe?

00:35:47It'll have to be.

00:35:48I'll try and get in the girls' room.

00:35:49Unless you hear from me, carry on as we planned.

00:35:56Flash Gordon.

00:35:56Oh, seems a very capable fellow.

00:36:01Sports pages.

00:36:06These Brooklyn fellows seem to be arguing with the umpire.

00:36:08Slory thing.

00:36:11What are you eating, Watson?

00:36:15Gum?

00:36:16Oh.

00:36:17Put it away.

00:36:18Hmm?

00:36:19I've never seen you take an interest in the society columns before.

00:36:32It's a concern I'll drop at once.

00:36:33I'll show you, Watson.

00:36:35Hmm?

00:36:36You find what you're looking for?

00:36:38Oh.

00:36:39How do you know this is a girl?

00:36:41It would be an extraordinary coincidence, wouldn't it?

00:36:43If more than one naval lieutenant in Washington

00:36:45were to become engaged in the last few days to a girl from New York

00:36:47whose aunt was giving them a reception,

00:36:49fine, Joe, you must be right.

00:36:51She's a pretty girl.

00:36:54Yes.

00:36:56She's walking around with a dynamite in her handbag.

00:37:19Number one.

00:37:21635 Wardlaw Place.

00:37:51Who is it?

00:38:01Me, Pete.

00:38:02You can't come up here.

00:38:06I did though.

00:38:10One gets you two.

00:38:15That party's gonna be awfully dull after this.

00:38:18Let's not go.

00:38:20Let's go away and get married.

00:38:22We've only got one more day.

00:38:23That's an idea.

00:38:25No, we can't do that to Andy.

00:38:27I'll tell you.

00:38:28Let's take a look at the new apartment.

00:38:31It was awful sweet of Andy to give us the whole floor of this house for our apartment.

00:38:35The least we can do is let her have the fun of showing it to us.

00:38:38Okay.

00:38:39Let's face the party.

00:38:41I'll get my bag.

00:38:51Oh, no you don't.

00:38:52That's the way I got them.

00:38:57Oh, how do you do?

00:38:58So glad you could come.

00:39:12This is Mrs...

00:39:13Oh dear, what is your name?

00:39:14Ruxton.

00:39:15Of course I know it as well as my own.

00:39:16And this is Mrs. Vale.

00:39:17How do you do?

00:39:18Isn't it?

00:39:19Quite.

00:39:20Oh, of course.

00:39:21Oh, you love it.

00:39:22Not yet.

00:39:23That must be Lieutenant Mary with Miss Partridge over there.

00:39:24Certainly glad to hear the news, Pete.

00:39:25Congratulations.

00:39:26Oh, thank you, Major.

00:39:28You're a lucky guy.

00:39:31Oh, you're welcome.

00:39:32Oh, I'm so glad you could come.

00:39:33Oh, dear.

00:39:34What is your name?

00:39:35Ruxton.

00:39:36Of course I know it as well as my own.

00:39:37And this is Mrs. Vale.

00:39:38How do you do?

00:39:39Isn't it?

00:39:40Quite.

00:39:41Quite.

00:39:42Oh, of course.

00:39:43Oh, dear.

00:39:44Oh, dear.

00:39:45What is your name?

00:39:46Ruxton.

00:39:47Of course I know it as well as my own.

00:39:48And this is Mrs. Vale.

00:39:49How do you do?

00:39:50You're a lucky guy, Pete.

00:39:52I'll see you later.

00:39:53Third floor.

00:39:54First door.

00:39:55Right.

00:39:56I'll wait there.

00:39:57You bring him up.

00:39:58Thank you, sir.

00:40:01A toast to the happy couple.

00:40:03A toast.

00:40:04Thank you, sir.

00:40:05Very good.

00:40:07Happy landings.

00:40:09May I?

00:40:10Me too.

00:40:12How'd you have?

00:40:13You know what I'm doing.

00:40:15Lieutenant Merriam?

00:40:16Telephone, sir.

00:40:17Navy Department calling.

00:40:18Oh, yes.

00:40:19Be right back.

00:40:20Lead on, McDuff.

00:40:21This way, sir.

00:40:24Matches.

00:40:25Match me, darling.

00:40:26Take them out.

00:40:33Oh, Pete, hold it.

00:40:36You can keep them, Major.

00:40:37Oh, thank you.

00:40:39Not really, thank you.

00:40:40No, thank you.

00:40:41Why up here?

00:40:42They said it was private.

00:40:43There's a phone in here, sir.

00:40:44Hey, it's my new apartment.

00:40:45Miss Parcher didn't want me to see it till after it was finished.

00:40:59Just finished.

00:41:04Here you are, sir.

00:41:05Quite a smell as pig, sir.

00:41:10In here, sir.

00:41:14You should get some action, sir Henry, with Sherlock Holmes in Washington.

00:41:31Yes.

00:41:32I don't mind telling you I'd give anything to get my hands on that document.

00:41:37Yes, I know.

00:41:38Or at least know that it's in safe hands.

00:41:48Engaged today and married tomorrow.

00:41:51No, thanks.

00:41:55Have you a match?

00:41:56Miss Partridge?

00:41:57Yes?

00:41:58Lieutenant Merriam asked if you would come to the new apartment.

00:42:00But he's not supposed to see it yet.

00:42:02The new apartment?

00:42:03He must think you're already married.

00:42:05Yes, I don't dare let that man out of my sight.

00:42:07Excuse me, will you please?

00:42:08Surely.

00:42:12Oh, I'm so sorry.

00:42:18May I?

00:42:26This way, please.

00:42:29Oh, I know the way. Thank you.

00:42:44Peter.

00:42:45Where are you?

00:42:46Ah!

00:42:47Well, here we are, Grogan.

00:42:48Ah, good connections.

00:42:49We'd better go into the party.

00:42:50I think you'd better go in first, Mr. Holmes.

00:42:51I'm not very good at this sort of thing.

00:42:52I think you do all right.

00:42:53I think you do all right.

00:42:54ha ha.

00:42:55ha ha.

00:42:56I think you do all right.

00:42:57ha ha.

00:42:58ha ha.

00:42:59ha ha.

00:43:00The only possible explanation.

00:43:01Mrs.

00:43:02The only possible explanation.

00:43:03Mrs.

00:43:04forgive my intruding, but is your niece the kind of girl who would just disappear in this manner,

00:43:06of her own free will?

00:43:07Well, ordinarily, of course not.

00:43:08But the girl's in love.

00:43:09In love?

00:43:10Well, what?

00:43:11Well, I think you do all right.

00:43:12Well, I think you do all right.

00:43:13Ha ha.

00:43:14Well, I think you do all right.

00:43:15Ha ha.

00:43:16Well, I think you do all right.

00:43:17Ha ha.

00:43:18Ha ha.

00:43:19Ha ha.

00:43:20Ha ha.

00:43:21Ha ha.

00:43:22Ha ha.

00:43:23Ha ha.

00:43:24Ha ha.

00:43:25Ha ha.

00:43:26Ha ha.

00:43:27Ha ha.

00:43:28The only possible explanation.

00:43:29Mrs. Poutridge, forgive my intruding, but is your niece the kind of girl who would just disappear

00:43:31in this manner, of her own free will?

00:43:32Well, ordinarily, of course not.

00:43:33But the girl's in love.

00:43:34In love?

00:43:35Well, what?

00:43:36Well, of course, if they're in love, that's...

00:43:39What?

00:43:40Even so, they'd naturally tell you of their destination.

00:43:43Really?

00:43:44I've no idea.

00:43:45Oh, but they'll be back here again tomorrow.

00:43:47You see, I've prepared an apartment for them.

00:43:49An entire floor in this house.

00:43:51Uh, by the by, Mrs. Poutridge, I gather the rug you ordered for the apartment was not entirely

00:43:57satisfactory.

00:43:58Oh, those tiresome workmen.

00:44:00I told them not to come in here this afternoon, but they did.

00:44:03And walked out with a rug which they no doubt informed you had been sent by mistake and would

00:44:07be replaced tomorrow.

00:44:08Yes.

00:44:09But however, did you know that?

00:44:10Quick, show me the apartment.

00:44:14Yes, there were two rugs there.

00:44:16One for the living room and one for the dining room.

00:44:18Well, you'll workmen wear rubber-soled shoes, do they not?

00:44:20Oh, but yes, always.

00:44:21Their company requires them to.

00:44:23Nevertheless, there have been leather heels on this floor.

00:44:25And a woman's heels.

00:44:27Very recently, I should say.

00:44:28And not yours, Mrs. Poutridge.

00:44:30But recently enough, so that no dust has had time to settle in the imprints.

00:44:35Well...

00:44:36Stay over there, please.

00:44:43There seems to be a struggle over there.

00:44:45A woman's footprints disappear and a man's leather heels come round.

00:44:50And stop there.

00:44:52Either she was carried out on the carpet or else...

00:44:56Where does that door lead to?

00:44:57Why, it's a dressing room.

00:45:02Perhaps an ordinary skeleton key.

00:45:03Try it.

00:45:07Watson, this is a matter for you, I'm afraid.

00:45:09Excuse me.

00:45:10Who is he?

00:45:11Is it Miriam?

00:45:12Peter!

00:45:13Take it easy, Mrs. Poutridge.

00:45:14Let the doctor examine him.

00:45:16How is he, Watson?

00:45:17Nasty crack of the head.

00:45:19Nothing serious, thank heavens.

00:45:21Is there somewhere where he can lie down?

00:45:22Of course.

00:45:23Poor Peter.

00:45:24Take him to my room.

00:45:25Here, sir.

00:45:26Put your...

00:45:27Put your arm on my neck.

00:45:28Afternoon, sir.

00:45:29Mr. Holmes.

00:45:30You must find Nancy.

00:45:31Quite.

00:45:32Poor Peter.

00:45:37That girl disappeared right from under our noses.

00:45:39It's unbelievable.

00:45:42I better try to trace that truck.

00:45:43That won't lead us anywhere.

00:45:44Our antagonist is too clever for that.

00:45:47But the girl must be found immediately.

00:45:49You're sure the police chemists found nothing definite in their examination of the trunk?

00:45:54Not one thing pertinent to the case.

00:45:55What about Grayson's body?

00:45:56And the blanket it was wrapped in?

00:45:58Nothing.

00:45:59Every object connected with this case has some kind of story to tell.

00:46:04Do you think they'd mind if...

00:46:06The laboratory is completely at your disposal, Mr. Holmes.

00:46:09Dr. Watson and I will go there at once.

00:46:10The usual findings on the trunk, Mr. Holmes.

00:46:14Bought in Washington.

00:46:15Been banged about a good deal.

00:46:17All labels removed.

00:46:18Hmm.

00:46:19And the body?

00:46:20No marks of any kind.

00:46:21Very well.

00:46:22If you need me, call.

00:46:29Watson, please.

00:46:30Just tidying up a bit.

00:46:32This blanket is beginning to tell me many things.

00:46:34Really?

00:46:35Don't say, sir.

00:46:36It only remains to translate them properly.

00:46:40Yes.

00:46:41And just as I thought.

00:46:43This blanket has had a most varied history.

00:46:45It's been on many a sea voyage.

00:46:47The latest not six months ago.

00:46:50Since then it has been used to wrap a multiplicity of objects.

00:46:54Carvings of teak wood.

00:46:56Candle snuffers made of pewter.

00:46:58And furniture.

00:47:08Furniture?

00:47:09Yes.

00:47:10Teak wood leaves an unmistakable stain.

00:47:12Pewter rubs off easily.

00:47:14And there are evidences of wax drippings.

00:47:17But what particularly concerns us, Watson,

00:47:19is the furniture.

00:47:21Most likely a chair.

00:47:23Louis XV.

00:47:25In yellow and maroon satin.

00:47:28What do all these things suggest to you, Watson?

00:47:30What do I say?

00:47:31An aunt of mine, Matilda, lives in Brighton.

00:47:34Very old fashioned.

00:47:35Very aged.

00:47:36Exactly.

00:47:37Antiques.

00:47:40We will not have ground to cover before nightfall.

00:47:44Ground?

00:47:45What ground?

00:47:46If necessary.

00:47:47I have the antique shops in Washington.

00:47:49A-A-N-T-I.

00:47:51Here we are.

00:47:52Antiques.

00:47:53Antiques?

00:47:54What connection is a Louis XV chair with his partridge girl?

00:47:58This sliver of wood came from a Louis XV chair

00:48:01that had once been wrapped in that blanket.

00:48:03From other evidences the blanket supplies,

00:48:05I deduce that it's been used in an antique shop.

00:48:08And whoever controls those antiques,

00:48:10murdered Grayson and kidnapped the girl.

00:48:12What?

00:48:13That's it, Watson.

00:48:17Come along.

00:48:18Before the girl's kidnapper becomes her murderer.

00:48:21I'm fed up with all this shopping for antiques.

00:48:22You must keep searching what's in the shop.

00:48:23I'm fed up with all this shopping for antiques.

00:48:24You must keep searching, Watson.

00:48:25The girl's in grave danger.

00:48:26Hello.

00:48:27I'm fed up with all this shopping for antiques.

00:48:31You must keep searching, Watson.

00:48:32The girl's in grave danger.

00:48:33Hello.

00:48:34Hello.

00:48:35Oh, sir.

00:48:36What is it, Holmes?

00:48:37This isn't the place it seems to be.

00:48:38Look, Watson.

00:48:39There's cabinets.

00:48:40Obviously imitation,

00:48:41and yet they're priced as if they were authentic.

00:48:42I'm fed up with all this shopping for antiques.

00:48:43I'm fed up with all this shopping for antiques.

00:48:44You must keep searching, Watson.

00:48:45You must keep searching, Watson.

00:48:46The girl's in grave danger.

00:48:47Hello.

00:48:48Hello.

00:48:49Oh, sir.

00:48:50What is it, Holmes?

00:48:51This isn't the place it seems to be.

00:48:52Look, Watson.

00:48:53Those cabinets.

00:48:54Obviously imitation,

00:48:55and yet they're priced as if they were authentic.

00:48:56Beware and all that, eh, Holmes?

00:48:57Watson.

00:48:58I feel certain this is it.

00:48:59This is my purse.

00:49:00May I?

00:49:02I'm fed up with all this shopping for antiques.

00:49:03I must keep searching, Watson.

00:49:04The girl's in grave danger.

00:49:05Hello.

00:49:06Hello.

00:49:07Oh, sir.

00:49:08What is it, Holmes?

00:49:09This isn't the place it seems to be.

00:49:10Look, Watson.

00:49:11This is my purse.

00:49:12May I?

00:49:14What kind of a joke is this?

00:49:17Oh, don't bother to answer.

00:49:18You can tell the police all about it.

00:49:20Then you shall.

00:49:21I promise you.

00:49:22But there are no police here.

00:49:23Haven't you noticed?

00:49:24We are quite alone.

00:49:25I sent for you to ask you a few questions.

00:49:28You always sent a rug for your guests.

00:49:31It was a very nice rug, Miss Partridge.

00:49:33It's not my idea of a method of transportation.

00:49:36No, I'm sorry about that, but I'm afraid it was unavoidable.

00:49:39But why?

00:49:40You've no right to bring me here like this.

00:49:42I've always found it wise to take what rights I can get.

00:49:47Miss Partridge, you have a document which I must have.

00:49:50Document?

00:49:51I have no document.

00:49:52It won't do you any good to deny it.

00:49:54But I do deny it.

00:49:55I don't know what you're talking about.

00:49:57You'll remain a prisoner until you produce it.

00:49:59How can I produce it when I haven't got it?

00:50:01But you have.

00:50:03It was observed that on the train you had contact with a little British agent named Grayson.

00:50:09He gave you something.

00:50:10Where is it?

00:50:11But I hardly even noticed the man.

00:50:14I wouldn't even have remembered him if I hadn't seen his picture in the paper.

00:50:18He disappeared or something.

00:50:20He's dead, Miss Partridge.

00:50:22Oh.

00:50:23Now will you tell me what I want to know?

00:50:28But I can't.

00:50:29You won't?

00:50:30I can't, I tell you.

00:50:33Let me out of here.

00:50:35He gave me nothing.

00:50:36That's strange because I know he spoke to you.

00:50:39There's something very curious about that door up there.

00:50:43To open it you'd have to know the combination.

00:50:45But I tell you, I spoke to no one on that train.

00:50:49Now didn't the little man try to be attentive to you?

00:50:52Oh, he, he may have offered the usual courtesy.

00:50:55I don't even remember.

00:50:56I see.

00:50:58I'm sorry.

00:51:00Aren't you spoke one of the years?

00:51:05And you're quite sure he said nothing at all to you?

00:51:09Of course I'm sure.

00:51:11Permit me.

00:51:14And you're certain that nothing passed between you?

00:51:29I'm certain.

00:51:34Mr. Howe, please.

00:51:39I must ask you to trust me with your bag a little longer.

00:51:43I have an eccentric interest in the linings of purses.

00:51:46It's a foible.

00:51:51Ah, you know Mr. Howe, I believe.

00:51:54Mr. Howe is a gentleman of unusual accomplishments.

00:51:57Under his influence I've known people talk fluently

00:52:00who never talked before.

00:52:03But I don't know anything, I tell you. Nothing.

00:52:06There's nothing else to wear it.

00:52:08I don't know anything.

00:52:14You stay out here. I'll go inside.

00:52:17I'll assume the character of an eccentric art collector.

00:52:20As soon as I'm convinced that this is the place we're looking for,

00:52:23I'll signal to you.

00:52:24And you get Grogan and bring him here on the run.

00:52:26But don't lose any time. An extra second may cost a life.

00:52:39No, madam. I don't know who she is.

00:52:41But notice the modeling.

00:52:43It has good symmetry, good lines.

00:52:45Oh, I'll be right with you, sir.

00:52:46No, thank you. I'll just take a look around.

00:52:57What an extraordinary cabinet.

00:52:59Spanish.

00:53:00Mauritians ones.

00:53:01Imitation, of course.

00:53:02It is not an imitation, it's authentic.

00:53:04Oh, come now, my dear man.

00:53:06Ah.

00:53:07May I see some of these ceramics?

00:53:09Those aren't for sale.

00:53:10They're Ming vases mostly and they haven't been marked yet.

00:53:12Well, that's really a very little consequence.

00:53:15You see, if they're genuine,

00:53:18I can tell to within a shilling

00:53:21what the international price might be.

00:53:23If you please, sir.

00:53:24There are other customers.

00:53:25Oh, yes, yes, yes, of course.

00:53:26Well, I'll just look around.

00:53:28Ah.

00:53:29What a very interesting collection of pewter.

00:53:45Ah, that will be five hundred dollars, man.

00:53:47You can see, sir.

00:53:48I'll change yourơle...

00:53:49N-

00:54:07Uh, that'll be $500.

00:54:15Now, would you just give me the address where you want it sent?

00:54:17Yes, Mrs. J. Wellington, Jr.

00:54:21DuPont Circle.

00:54:37Good night, Tini. Good night. I'll have it sent out in the morning.

00:54:59Oh, dear, oh, dear. I'm most terribly sorry.

00:55:08You've broken one of our best pieces, sir. Ming Dynasty.

00:55:11Uh, Tang Dynasty. Not Ming. Definitely not Ming.

00:55:15It is my business to know, sir. The pottery is Ming and worth $2,300.

00:55:20As we're closing for the evening, I must ask you to settle at once.

00:55:23Oh, nonsense, my good man. Tang pottery is worth $600 at best.

00:55:27Just a moment, please. Yes, of course.

00:55:32Hello? What's going on up there?

00:55:36A customer dropped a valuable piece of pottery. I'll finish with him immediately.

00:55:43How can you say that it's Ming, $2,300 fiddlesticks?

00:55:46You asked $2,300 for something that's worth no more than $600.

00:55:50I demand to see the proprietor. There are bureaus for the protection of innocent customers.

00:55:53Show me to the owner of this establishment, or I'll turn the entire affair over to my legal representative.

00:55:58Ming, indeed.

00:55:59Just a minute.

00:55:59What chikenry, what skullduggery.

00:56:01I mean to put an end to it this very night.

00:56:04Ming for Tang, indeed. And I won't be put off.

00:56:07Call the proprietor immediately.

00:56:10Very well.

00:56:11Just a minute.

00:56:15Yes?

00:56:16This man's mad. An eccentric collector. I can't get rid of him. Insists on seeing you in person.

00:56:22All right. Stall him for half a minute, then send him into my office.

00:56:25I'll get rid of him, and quickly.

00:56:31Now, how? No screams till the customer's gone.

00:56:34You get downstairs.

00:57:00Yes, sir.

00:57:01I'm most frightfully sorry.

00:57:31I'm most frightfully sorry about the vows, but really, sir, your clerk is guilty of attempting the most obvious fraud.

00:57:40You see, he tried to convince me that I'd broken a Ming pottery, when anyone could see that it belonged to the Tang era.

00:57:47Its value is no more than $600.

00:57:49All right. You pay him the $600. We'll call the matter settled.

00:57:52Oh.

00:57:54Oh, thank you very much, sir. Thank you.

00:57:55I'll send you my cheque in the morning.

00:57:57I, uh...

00:57:58I see you know the, uh, London value of these pieces.

00:58:02It's my business.

00:58:04Exactly. Yes, exactly.

00:58:05You know, I think you're just the man to help me find some furniture I'm anxious to get.

00:58:09I'm most frightfully bored with the usual conglomeration of pieces that we can pick up on the other side.

00:58:13What do you really want, Mr. Sherlock Holmes?

00:58:20Here, Heinrich Henkel, or as you now call yourself, Mr. Richard Stanley, in 1914 secret agent of the German Kaiser.

00:58:30Since then, head of the most insidious international spy ring that ever existed.

00:58:35You're wrong. A case of mistaken identity.

00:58:39I've been a respected member of this community for a great many years.

00:58:43I deal in antiques because of their rarity and beauty.

00:58:46Merely a device to cover up your real business of transporting secret information to the enemies of this country.

00:58:52Very interesting, but just a figment of your imagination.

00:58:55I am a very busy man, Mr. Sherlock Holmes.

00:58:58Where is Nancy Partridge?

00:59:00You're not looking for that girl. You're looking for a certain document.

00:59:03Oh, dear me, no. The document's perfectly safe.

00:59:08You see, the man who has it doesn't know he has it.

00:59:14That's a very pretty tale, but quite untrue.

00:59:17The only man who had any contact with Grayson on the train was Senator Babcock.

00:59:21The Senator doesn't have the document.

00:59:24We took the trouble to find out.

00:59:33Permit me.

00:59:39Perhaps you've been misled by the common notion regarding the shape and bulk of state papers.

00:59:44They might easily have been reduced to a convenient size, you know.

00:59:49Say, a document no larger than a postage stamp.

00:59:53A postage stamp, huh?

00:59:55That's a very interesting theory, but not supported by the facts.

00:59:58Quite beside the point.

01:00:00Where's the girl?

01:00:01She's not here, of course, but you're quite at liberty to look round if you care to.

01:00:05Thank you. I shall do so.

01:00:07Interesting piece.

01:00:28Spanish, isn't it?

01:00:30Moorish.

01:00:31Oh, my error.

01:00:33It's an amazing specimen.

01:00:35I'm sure you won't find what you're looking for there.

01:00:38You stimulate my curiosity.

01:00:46This might be interesting.

01:00:48The Moors were an incredibly inventive people, weren't they?

01:01:06Yes, it was in shocking condition when I got hold of it.

01:01:09But I had it restored.

01:01:11It's very lively now, but old-fashioned.

01:01:16If that's the best you can do, Mr. Stanley, I think I may safely examine the rest of the room.

01:01:21Help yourself.

01:01:23Make your hand away from that drawer.

01:01:26Why, Mr. Holmes, you didn't think I was going to draw a weapon.

01:01:32I never touch the things.

01:01:34How odd to find you squeamish.

01:01:49That connects only with the shop.

01:01:51You're very quick to say so.

01:01:53And yet a short while ago, I saw two other men in this room.

01:01:57And they didn't go back into the shop.

01:01:59So there must be another exit.

01:02:00And perhaps another room.

01:02:05Yes, Mr. Stanley, what is it?

01:02:08Bring Miss Partridge here at once.

01:02:11Excellent, Holmes.

01:02:13I see your voice hasn't lost its flexibility.

01:02:16My hand hasn't lost its cunning either.

01:02:18When they come here, tell them to leave the girl with you and to clear out.

01:02:28You think I'll do that?

01:02:30Yes, you will.

01:02:31You're playing with lives now, Stanley.

01:02:33Not just the girls.

01:02:34Thousands.

01:02:35Millions, perhaps.

01:02:37And we don't intend to let one man have that much power.

01:02:40Not now, nor at any time in the future.

01:02:44I'd prefer you alive to face the retribution that's coming to you.

01:02:50But if I have to do it...

01:02:57All right, Mr. Holmes.

01:02:59I suppose we must all meet our mates sooner or later.

01:03:13That's enough, boys.

01:03:14Take your hands off him.

01:03:18Well, Mr. Holmes?

01:03:25Tell the clerk to go home and see the front door's locked.

01:03:29Well, Mr. Stanley?

01:03:31It's the last trick that counts, eh, Holmes?

01:03:40I'll remind you of that later.

01:03:43Mr. Holmes.

01:03:48Miss Partridge, allow me to present Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the world famous detective.

01:03:52He's come to rescue you.

01:03:54I don't believe you.

01:03:58Oddly enough, he's telling the truth.

01:04:00My name is Sherlock Holmes, and I did come here to help you.

01:04:03But I seem rather to have missed it.

01:04:05I'm sorry.

01:04:07I'm afraid you've had a bad time.

01:04:08Well, that doesn't matter.

01:04:09It's Peter.

01:04:10They say they'll do something to him if I don't tell them.

01:04:13They say they've got him.

01:04:14Cheer up.

01:04:15He's quite safe.

01:04:17A tough customer like Peter.

01:04:18He isn't disabled very long by a clout on the head.

01:04:20He's all right.

01:04:22All okay, Mr. Stanley.

01:04:24Thank you, Stanley.

01:04:25This girl knows nothing.

01:04:26I promise she won't even identify you.

01:04:28Well, unfortunately, she knows enough to hang us.

01:04:30So do you.

01:04:32I'm surprised that you're walking into a trap like this.

01:04:34But you see the position I'm in, and what has to be done.

01:04:38Katie, how?

01:04:57It will give me great pleasure to attend to Mr. Holmes personally.

01:05:02He's up, and the girl's yours.

01:05:09It's the police.

01:05:10Open up.

01:05:11It's the police.

01:05:12Open up.

01:05:13It's the police.

01:05:26Holmes, where are you?

01:05:27You all right?

01:05:32Holmes!

01:05:33Where are they?

01:05:39You're safe.

01:05:54Thank heavens you're safe.

01:06:04Quick!

01:06:05Stanley has escaped.

01:06:06All right, boys. Bring them along.

01:06:08Come on, Lieutenant. Let's go.

01:06:12Senate office building. Double quick.

01:06:27Come in.

01:06:32I'm glad you're safe, Senator.

01:06:34Safe? No man is safe.

01:06:36Look at the way my constituents snipe at me.

01:06:47I don't recall seeing your face before, stranger.

01:06:49I don't think we've met.

01:06:50Well, that explains it.

01:06:51My name is Sherlock Holmes.

01:06:52Glad to know you, Holmes. What's on your mind?

01:06:54Senator Babcock, I'm here to inform you of great peril to your life.

01:06:57Richard Stanley, a dangerous criminal, is now on his way here.

01:06:59Richard Stanley? Why, he's the most respectable citizen of Washington.

01:07:02Has been for years.

01:07:04What could Stanley possibly want from me?

01:07:06A document.

01:07:07From under the stamps of a letter given to you by a chap named Grayson.

01:07:10Grayson? Grayson?

01:07:11You used to know him, Andy.

01:07:14Grayson!

01:07:15Why, that's the fellow that disappeared.

01:07:17Say, I've got that envelope right here in my wallet.

01:07:21Now, what does Stanley think could be under these stamps?

01:07:24A secret document of grave import.

01:07:27Reduced to microfilm and concealed under these very stamps.

01:07:31Thank you very much, Mr. Holmes.

01:07:34That's just what I wanted to know.

01:07:37I might have missed this microfilm if you hadn't led me to it.

01:07:41I seem to have underestimated your capabilities, Mr. Stanley.

01:07:43Yes, Mr. Holmes.

01:07:44Your famous powers of deduction and observation made it very well in Limehouse or Soho.

01:07:49But here in America, I believe you're out of your depth.

01:07:53If so, the verdict of history will be severe indeed.

01:07:56You're nervous, Sherlock Holmes.

01:07:59I must confess to a marked irritation.

01:08:01Do you mind if I smoke?

01:08:11The whole course of the world might be changed by your acquisition of the microfilm.

01:08:17Oh, it will be, and for the better.

01:08:19If you match.

01:08:21You can keep those.

01:08:24And now, if you'll pardon me, Mr. Holmes.

01:08:30Why don't you do something, Holmes, if that thing's so all-fired important?

01:08:33The English Senator.

01:08:34Cricket old boy, always cool in the crisis.

01:08:37The last trick, eh, Holmes?

01:08:38Yes.

01:08:40The last trick.

01:08:46Say, you're a smart fellow, Holmes.

01:08:52Here's the microfilm, Holmes.

01:08:54Thank you, Senator.

01:09:02I see, Holmes.

01:09:08This is the microfilm with the document on it.

01:09:20It'll be in the proper hands within the hour.

01:09:23As I told you, Mr. Stanley, the man who had it didn't know he had it.

01:09:28Come on, let's go.

01:09:30Well, it'll be nice to get home to Baker Street, eh, Holmes?

01:09:36Yes.

01:09:38But this is a great country, Watson.

01:09:40It certainly is, my dear fellow.

01:09:42Look, up there ahead.

01:09:45The capital.

01:09:47The very heart of this democracy.

01:09:49Democracy.

01:09:51The only hope for the future, eh, Holmes?

01:09:54It's not given to us to peer into the mysteries of the future.

01:09:58But in the days to come, the British and American people will, for their own safety and for the good of all, walk together in majesty and justice and in peace.

01:10:11That's magnificent.

01:10:13I quite agree with you.

01:10:15Not with me.

01:10:17With Mr. Winston Churchill.

01:10:19I was quoting from the speech he made not so long ago.

01:10:22In that very building.

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