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A terminally ill man asks Poirot to be executor of his new will but is murdered before he can write it, and it is later discovered the old will has been stolen. Starring: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran.
A terminally ill man asks Poirot to be executor of his new will but is murdered before he can write it, and it is later discovered the old will has been stolen. Starring: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran.
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00:00To be continued...
00:30To be continued...
01:0010, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...
01:20To 1926.
01:27Happy New Year!
01:29Happy New Year!
01:30Happy New Year!
01:31Happy New Year!
01:32Happy New Year!
01:33Happy New Year!
01:34Now listen everyone.
01:35Please.
01:36Please.
01:37Please.
01:38I've been a very fortunate man, especially to have friends like all of you.
01:43And not many people went to Australia and bought a farm
01:46over a copper scene.
01:49I have at long last persuaded Andrew to make a will,
01:54with my wife Sarah's help.
01:56In it, there are several minor bequests to some of us
01:59and a small trust fund for Violet's education.
02:03The main part of the estate, 75%,
02:06goes to the Ellinfort Medical Foundation.
02:08Oh, how splendid.
02:09Dr. Pritchard, of which you're a chairman.
02:13It'll be used wisely, Andrew.
02:16If you ever die, that is.
02:20A lump sum of 2,000 pounds held in trust
02:23until their 18th birthdays will be shared
02:25between Peter Baker and Robert Sidaway.
02:29Oh, that's so kind of you, Andrew.
02:32I think you know how fond I am of your son.
02:34And there'll be men soon with all the responsibility
02:37that entails.
02:39I'd like them to have a secure future.
02:41What about Violet?
02:44What about Violet?
02:45Oh, she is your ward, Andrew.
02:47You dote on her, but you've left her nothing.
02:49Sarah, shh.
02:51Yes.
02:53But she'll marry someone like Robert or Peter.
02:56Oh, yeah.
02:57She's a woman for heaven's sake.
02:59My God, Andrew.
03:01You had to stop yourself saying only a woman.
03:04You had to stop yourself saying only a woman.
03:06That's right.
03:08That's right.
03:10Oh, my God.
03:40Quiet! Quiet!
03:42The motion before us is,
03:44this House believes that women can never be accorded equal status with men.
04:01I call upon Mr. Andrew Marsh, a former president of the Union,
04:05to propose the motion.
04:10Mr. President, gentlemen,
04:21few people, if any, here today,
04:25would deny their fellow human beings,
04:29regardless of colour, creed or gender,
04:32the fundamental right of respect.
04:40Mr. Poirot, it's lovely to see you again, but we did say seven o'clock.
04:51My dear Mademoiselle Violet, you must forgive me.
04:54You must blame the two-inch nail who punctured us at Bulldog.
04:57I'd like you to meet my associate, Captain Hastings.
04:59How do you do?
05:00Captain Hastings, this is Mademoiselle Violet Wilson, Andrews Ward.
05:06But society like the family is not merely a collection of individuals haphazardly thrown together.
05:13In order to function industrially, politically, socially,
05:17both must be structured,
05:20divided into those who make decisions, those who put them into practice,
05:24those who lead, those who follow.
05:27This is Miss Campion, the principal of my college.
05:31Hello?
05:32We really should hurry.
05:33The debate's underway and Andrew's already speaking now.
05:38Such designations are status
05:42and are determined by a woman.
05:49Her name is Mother Nature.
05:53Gentlemen, I now call upon Mr. Robert Siddoway to oppose the motion.
06:19Mr. President,
06:22The debate so far has ignored some rather unpleasant developments
06:27taking place in the real world.
06:31A few months ago,
06:33two leaders of immense status,
06:36but with very little respect for anything,
06:39Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini
06:43overran neighbouring countries.
06:47Now, all people of good sense,
06:49regardless of gender,
06:51can see that war,
06:52right across Europe,
06:54is imminent.
06:56And when it comes,
06:58will we expect women
07:00to merely keep the home fires burning, Mr. President?
07:04Yes.
07:05Or will we accord them equal status
07:07as we ask them to go onto the land and farm it?
07:11Oh!
07:18Into the factories and make munitions.
07:20Yo!
07:22Join the Armed Forces and fight.
07:25Into the valley of death
07:26of 500 members of the Women's Interact!
07:34If you'll let us work and die for our country,
07:37why won't you let us join the union?
07:39Or, God forbid, let us speak in a debate?
07:42Silence! Silence!
07:46I will not allow interruptions from the gallery.
07:48If it persists, I shall have it clear!
07:51Perhaps you're frightened will start talking sense!
08:11Never mind the outcome, Bobby. You spoke well.
08:14So did Andrew.
08:16Once you ignored what he actually said.
08:18Congratulations, sir. A worthy victory.
08:23The pitch of the press won't cover the debate, Robert.
08:26We can see tomorrow's headlines now.
08:28New woman heckles hecklers at Cambridge Union.
08:35Porro! How are you?
08:38Andrew, my dear friend, I missed your speech. Please forgive me.
08:41Oh, but you've heard the gist of it many times before.
08:44Starting back as far as the Cavendish Clinic.
08:47Oh, mon dieu.
08:48In such adversity, you've borne the lasting friendships, n'est-ce pas?
08:52We were there, Hastings, for the mutual pulling of the wisdom teeth, eh?
08:56It was not a pretty sight.
08:58A damn doctor of mine never offers me anything for this wheezing.
09:07Perhaps because you're telling me it does not bother you.
09:09Blasty man can see it, now surely.
09:11Uncle Andrew's had a wonky heart for years.
09:15He leaves him short of breath, though not of voice.
09:19This room is a place most industrious. Do you not agree, Hastings?
09:25Certainly, yes.
09:27I run a magazine, monsieur, called New Prospects.
09:32I'm hoping to expand it once I graduate.
09:39Merci.
09:40Do you have any money?
09:41Oh, Violet.
09:42If you won't invest Uncle Andrew, I understand that.
09:46But somebody will.
09:47Have you tried one of the banks, mademoiselle Violet?
09:50Were I a man, they would give me a loan tomorrow.
09:53Well, I told you the reason for that.
09:55Women in business are just begging to be taken advantage of.
09:58Right, Hastings?
09:59I can't say I really know any women.
10:02Oh, in business, that is.
10:03Point proved.
10:04Motion carried.
10:06Three against one, eh, Poirot?
10:08No, mon ami.
10:10Two against two.
10:12Look, I know you've booked into an hotel, Poirot,
10:16but why don't you join us for a few days at Crabtree?
10:19Come over tomorrow for lunch.
10:22We should be delighted.
10:29You will permit me, mademoiselle.
10:40You like for your students to have the views that are very strong, ma'am?
10:43I positively encourage it, Mrs. Poirot.
10:46John, before I forget, our meeting tomorrow, could we make it a little later?
10:50Why don't we meet for lunch?
10:52My office at 12.30.
10:54It affects you, Martin.
10:55I'm afraid.
10:56I'm changing my will.
10:57It's your money, Andrew.
10:58Is Violet to be mentioned in your new will, sir?
11:02Setting aside your impertinence, Robert,
11:05I could have sworn the debate was over.
11:07Perhaps you feel I didn't win it convincingly.
11:14I'm sure he meant no harm, Andrew.
11:17You don't merely encourage the young filleter.
11:19You overindulge them.
11:21I apologize, sir.
11:23Robert?
11:24I'll talk to him, Mrs. Sidoué.
11:27Robert!
11:28Sarah, will you please not fuss?
11:29Robert!
11:30Robert, wait!
11:31I'm sorry, Violet.
11:32But just because he won a stupid debate doesn't make his attitude right.
11:36Look, he is what he is, Bobby.
11:38And we'll never change him.
11:40And I'm not sure that I want to.
11:43out there who he is,
11:54Don course I need help.
12:00Don't you dare leave a sack of sea potatoes up while you front cry.
12:02Yeah.
12:03Thanks for the lift.
12:12Andrew, it's been marvelous, but I've
12:14quite an afternoon ahead of me.
12:17Look, I'm sorry I was rough on Bobby.
12:19I'll straighten things out with him later.
12:24Before I go, Andrew, I'd like to give you the once-over.
12:27Oh, good God, man.
12:28Fuss, fuss, fuss.
12:29You've had a couple of strenuous days.
12:32Now, jacket off and sleeves up.
12:35Mrs. Sidaway, would you be so kind as to bring my stethoscope
12:38through to the library?
12:39My bag's in the hall.
12:48Afternoon, Mrs. Sidaway.
12:49Peter, what are you doing again?
12:51Fortnight's leaving.
12:52We're off to Palestine.
12:53There's no one at the cottage, and Dad's on duty.
12:56I don't suppose Mother's...
12:57Yes, your mother's in the kitchen.
12:58Why don't you go and find her?
12:59Mother!
13:00No!
13:01No!
13:02No!
13:03No!
13:04No!
13:05No!
13:06No!
13:07No!
13:08No!
13:09No!
13:10No!
13:11Entrez.
13:27Oh, mon ami.
13:30The good doctor, he tells you to get some rest,
13:32and you ignore his advisor.
13:33You do not change.
13:35Oh, I've changed all I've put up.
13:37You'll think me an old hypocrite, I'm afraid,
13:39saying one thing, doing another.
13:40I should not dream of such a thing, mon ami.
13:43Please, to sit.
13:48Even though, after all the things I've said about my health over the years,
13:52never taking anyone's advice,
13:55well...
13:58My specialist tells me I...
14:01Oh, damn it, I'm not afraid of it.
14:04I'm just afraid of upsetting others.
14:07He tells you that your life draws to its close?
14:10You know, ten years ago, I made a will.
14:22I have, at long last, persuaded Andrew to make a will.
14:27In it, I left several small bequests.
14:28In it...
14:29Two hundred and fifty pounds to my lawyer, John Siddoway,
14:32and his wife, Sarah.
14:34To Miss Campion.
14:35Phyllida Campion received five hundred pounds,
14:38which she immediately pledged to her college for improvements.
14:40My housekeeper, Margaret Baker, and her husband, Walter, the local police sergeant,
14:45were already provided for by an earlier endowment.
14:49Their son, Peter Baker, and young Robert Siddoway were left a thousand pounds each
14:54to give them a start in life.
14:55But I left the bulk of my fortune to Dr. Pritchard,
15:00as chairman of the Ellen Fort Medical Foundation.
15:03If you ever die, that is.
15:06There was some consternation that night that I had excluded Violet from my will.
15:12But tomorrow I'm going to put that right.
15:14I intend to write a new will, leaving everything to Violet.
15:18But the truth is, I've been so proud of her achievements at Cambridge over the past three years.
15:25She deserves it.
15:29I'd like you to be executor of that will, Poirot.
15:33Say you'll do it for me.
15:35But of course.
15:36Why this urgency?
15:40Who the hell is that at this time of night?
15:43Look, we'll, uh, we'll talk more tomorrow.
15:46We'll ask you.
15:47Good night.
15:50Bonne nuit, cher ami.
16:07Hello?
16:12What?
16:12Now?
16:17Couldn't this have waited?
16:41Good morning, Poirot.
16:52Good morning, Hastings.
16:53Bonjour, mademoiselle.
16:54What do you think of Samson?
16:56I think that he is large and you should take care, Hastings.
16:59We'll join you for breakfast, monsieur Poirot.
17:02What a charming folly.
17:12Andrew restored it about 15 years ago.
17:15Comes here to think.
17:19Race your back.
17:20Come on.
17:21Come on.
17:23Wait a minute, Violet.
17:24And who?
17:44Andrew?
17:44Violet, go back to the house
17:59and get Sergeant Baker
18:00and Poirot too.
18:14Sergeant Baker, you permit that I make a search?
18:20I may not have done that, sir.
18:22Found nothing.
18:24Perhaps a post-mortem will tell us more.
18:26There's no call for a post-mortem.
18:28I've examined the body.
18:30Andrew died about eight hours ago.
18:33I'll give you the death certificate.
18:44Heart failure?
19:00What's wrong with that?
19:03It says nothing.
19:05I've yet to see a corpse whose heart still beats.
19:08Poirot, the leading heart specialist in London
19:11would tell you that Andrew...
19:13His illness and I were well acquainted, Monsieur Le Doctor.
19:15It's a bit odd to be walking around here
19:17in the middle of the night though, don't you think?
19:19He often had a late stroll, Captain.
19:22Helped him to sleep.
19:24There you are, Walter.
19:40Last night Andrew tells me he was to make a new will.
19:43Half past midnight he gets a telephone call.
19:45This morning he is dead.
19:48No, this is not coincidence, Hastings.
19:53We must make the search.
19:56And Hastings, leave not a rock unturned.
19:59As you know, Monsieur Poirot, it's not usual to read a will before the funeral.
20:14But in this case I've made an exception, hoping to dispel your fears concerning Andrew's death.
20:22Ladies and gentlemen, perhaps we should be seated.
20:28It wasn't a complicated will, Mr. Poirot.
20:32We were all present at the witnessing.
20:33Ten years ago now.
20:34The will, Monsieur Cedouet.
20:35The will, Monsieur Cedouet.
20:36It doesn't.
20:37The will, Monsieur Cedouet.
20:38It doesn't.
20:39It doesn't.
20:40It doesn't.
20:41It doesn't appear to be here.
20:42Don't be absurd, dear.
20:43It must be.
20:44That will be there soon.
20:45The will, Monsieur Cedouet.
20:46It doesn't appear to be here.
20:47Don't be absurd, dear.
20:48It must be.
20:49It's there somewhere, sir.
20:50Just a matter of finding it.
20:52Ha, ha, ha, ha.
20:53Yeah, I can't believe you.
20:54It does often consider, dear.
20:55It's not resolute.
20:56We were present at the witnessing.
20:57And the will they say.
20:58Not lying, sir?
20:59That will be requested.
21:00Hold on, sir.
21:01If you're not lying, sir.
21:02It doesn't appear to be here.
21:03Don't be absurd, dear.
21:04It must be.
21:05It must be.
21:06That will be there somewhere, Sir.
21:07It's just a matter of finding it.
21:08It's just a matter of finding it.
21:10And, uh, it's just a matter of finding it.
21:13Keep it up.
21:14And, uh, it's just a matter of finding it.
21:15Mesdames et messieurs.
21:24Andrew Marsh was a good friend to all of us here in this room,
21:27and yet it seems that you wish his death to pass unquestioned.
21:31Not all of us, Mr. Poirot.
21:33And now we have the disappearing will, and still you do nothing, Sergeant.
21:36With respect, Poirot, I think you're reading too much into it.
21:40Indeed.
21:42The new will that Andrew Marsh intended to write
21:45would have left everything to Mademoiselle Violet.
21:49With Poirot as executor.
21:52Very well, I will execute.
21:54But beware, mes amis, for in so doing, with or without your help,
21:57I will unravel the mystery of his death.
22:10This is intolerable, Hastings.
22:12We are dealing with a close-knit community
22:16where the business of each is known to all,
22:19except to Poirot.
22:20Yet.
22:22Just a second, Poirot.
22:23That missing will could be a godsend.
22:25It'll mean Andrew died intestate.
22:26Thank you for that note of optimism, Hastings.
22:29But all you have to do is tell the probate court
22:30that Andrew wanted Violet to have everything.
22:32And you think that they will accept that?
22:33The wishes of Andrew Marsh, told to me in confidence, without any witnesses?
22:39I see.
22:40So, Poirot, I wonder if I might have a word.
22:45Santé?
22:46Uh, good health.
22:50I want you to know that I am the major beneficiary of Andrew's missing will,
22:55as chairman of the Ellen Ford Foundation.
22:58In case you get the wrong end of the stick.
23:01I have no stick by either end, Monsieur Le Doctor.
23:03Yes, but you might reasonably think
23:06that 75% of the Marsh estate is worth killing for.
23:10And Andrew was going to make a new will, he said.
23:12But you would not have stolen the old glory,
23:14since it favoured you?
23:18Andrew told you he wanted Violet to have everything you said.
23:22Did he mention nobody else?
23:24No.
23:25Why is it that you ask?
23:27Because, for a long time now,
23:29I've believed that Andrew had a son.
23:37Belief, Monsieur Le Doctor, is good,
23:40but it is not good at all.
23:43Andrew, John, and myself,
23:45we met at Crabtree one night.
23:47Must have been, hmm, two years ago now.
23:51Sarah was away,
23:52and Robert had just been accepted at Cambridge.
23:54His father was full of it,
23:56bursting with pride.
23:58To Robert.
23:58To Robert.
24:00To Robert.
24:00Robert.
24:02Oh, very happy for you, John.
24:06Oh, forgive me, both of you.
24:09I rattle on as if you fellows had sons to be proud of as well.
24:16What makes you think I don't understand your pride perfectly?
24:22You may be my solicitor, John,
24:24but you don't know everything about me.
24:26Does he, Maggie?
24:28Andrew Marsh was always very fond of Margaret Baker.
24:32Maybe Peter is Andrew's son.
24:36I see.
24:40Doctor, I thank you.
24:41I have been stumbling around in the darkened room,
24:43and now you have switched on the light.
24:45You see how things go, Hastings?
24:51I believe that he was killed for his fortune,
24:54but the question still remains.
24:56Who would lay claim to it once he had died?
24:58Well, there's that son that Pritchard talks about,
25:01but then we only have his word that he exists.
25:03We find the son, mon ami.
25:04We also find the murderer.
25:07Soon we may have the word of Madam Margaret Baker.
25:09You can't ask a woman a question like that, Poirot.
25:12Not only can I, Hastings, I must.
25:15Met him in Australia, sir.
25:17Hired me as nanny to Violet, his business partner's child.
25:20When he came to England, he gave me the chance to come too.
25:23Which is where you met your husband, the Bobby of the village.
25:30Madam Baker, I truly wish to cause you no offence,
25:32but Mr. Andrew Marsh, he admired you greatly, n'est-ce pas?
25:39Well, yes.
25:42And you were also very fond of him.
25:45Yes.
25:46And perhaps it would be true to say
25:47that you did not work for him as a nanny to Mademoiselle Violet
25:50so much as to share in his life.
25:52Dad, Dad, I want to hear this.
25:56You're saying I might have a claim to his fortune, aren't you, Mr. Poirot?
26:00Be quiet.
26:01Dad, you always said Andrew had an eye for the ladies.
26:04Yes, well, in my case, he admired from afar.
26:07After we came back from Australia,
26:09Mr. Andrew was sent to fight in France.
26:13You were conceived while he was away.
26:16By the time Andrew got leave, Peter was three months old.
26:20So you worked as the nanny to Mademoiselle Violet
26:23while Monsieur Andrew, he was absent?
26:24Yes.
26:26Well, his other friends pulled their weight, of course.
26:28But Miss Campion's not much good with small children.
26:32Nor Mrs. Siddoway come to that in spite of being a children's nurse.
26:34Thank you, madame.
26:44You've got some gall to go casting aspersions like that, Poirot.
26:47I have the gall, Sergeant Baker, because a man has been murdered
26:51and you refuse to investigate.
26:54Very well.
26:55The time has now come for me to go above your head.
26:58Thank you for coming, Chief Inspector.
27:21You have met Sergeant Baker, I see.
27:22Yes, I must say, Poirot, that in spite of your comments,
27:24he seems like a reliable chap to me.
27:25He's this way, Chief Inspector.
27:29It's your marshal was discovered here, Chief Inspector.
27:49No marks on the body?
27:52Nothing out of the ordinary found?
27:55What's this, then, if it isn't out of the ordinary?
28:18C'est inquietable.
28:20Looks like a medicine bottle to me.
28:22I, myself, searched this area, but meticulously.
28:26You must have missed it, Poirot.
28:28Any of the local quacks reported one of these missing?
28:32No, sir.
28:34Sorry, sir.
28:35Well, get on to it right away.
28:37I'll ask Dr. Pritchard.
28:39Pritchard?
28:40He's the chairman of the Ellingford Medical Foundation.
28:43Dr. Martin Pritchard.
28:45Dr. Martin Pritchard.
28:49Listen, Poirot.
28:50Don't tell people I'm in the neighborhood yet.
28:53I shall need to see the coroner's officer.
28:56I want a post-mortem.
28:57I want to know what was in this.
29:02Miss Campion, could you spare us a few moments?
29:05I am rather pressed for time, Robert.
29:07Please, Philida.
29:08It's about my mother, Miss Campion.
29:11About me.
29:12About my father, too, I suppose.
29:15Two years at King's and you still don't make any sense, my dear boy.
29:18Like so many before you.
29:20You won't laugh when you know the reason, Philida.
29:23Robert needs your advice.
29:25I think Andrew Marsh was my father, Miss Campion.
29:28And you're asking me what you should do about it.
29:33Why don't you ask Mr. Poirot?
29:42But, Robert, why didn't you mention this before today?
29:45My mother only told me about it last night.
29:49Took some guts on her part.
29:51It doesn't seem to have upset you unduly, Robert.
29:54Well, after some thought,
29:57what difference does it make?
30:02Bien, Monsieur Robert, I will tell you the difference.
30:06In the will that is missing, you inherit a small fortune.
30:09If you can prove you are his son, you will inherit a vast one.
30:27And now a son by Sarah Sidaway.
30:30We find the son, we find the murderer, you said.
30:33Yes, indeed, Hastings.
30:36But it would be unseemly to unmask him today before the funeral of Andrew Marsh.
30:40The man had a lot of friends, Poirot.
30:54What good are many friends, mon ami, when you have one bad enemy?
30:57What good are many friends, mon ami, when you have one bad enemy?
31:01Yes, sir.
31:02Yes, sir.
31:03Yes, sir.
31:04Yes, sir.
31:05Yes, sir.
31:06Yes, sir.
31:07Yes, sir.
31:08You look to be in the rudest of health, chief inspector.
31:09You have met before?
31:10Would you care to fill these gentlemen in, sir, or shall I?
31:15Very well, then.
31:16We met in London 15 years ago.
31:18Dr. Pritchard here was running a so-called humanitarian group,
31:22helping the terminally ill.
31:24Yes, sir.
31:25Yes, sir.
31:26Yes, sir.
31:27Yes, sir.
31:28Yes, sir.
31:29Yes, sir.
31:30Yes, sir.
31:31Yes, sir.
31:32Yes, sir.
31:33Yes, sir.
31:34Yes, sir.
31:35Yes, sir.
31:36Yes, sir.
31:37Yes, sir.
31:38I was uncleanly ill to kill themselves.
31:40To end their suffering, you mean?
31:42We investigated his organisation, but couldn't prove anything.
31:46At a rough guess, I'd say he's up to his old tricks again.
31:49No.
31:50Yours, doctor, according to the manufacturer.
31:54Let's send them out with batches of insulin,
31:57all numbered so they can keep tabs on them.
32:01Because as well as working miracles,
32:03insulin can also be lethal.
32:05I don't understand.
32:07The post-mortem found needle marks in Mr. Marsh's upper arm.
32:14Martin Arthur Pritchard, I'm arresting you for the murder of Andrew Marsh.
32:18You're not obliged to say anything, but anything you do say will be taken down and used in evidence.
32:32All things come to he who waits, Poirot.
32:35I knew I'd get him sooner or later.
32:37Just because the solution to a crime is simple, Poirot, doesn't mean to say it's wrong.
32:55Pritchard killed Andrew Marsh. End of story.
32:58But why would he steal a will that favoured him?
33:00No, Chief Inspector. Still it has not been found, nor, I believe, will it ever be.
33:05Did you question other suspects? Did Sergeant Baker?
33:08Of course we didn't, because there weren't any.
33:13Robert Sidway and Violet Wilson.
33:16Monsieur Poirot is expecting us.
33:18What about that telephone call, Chief Inspector, the one that Andrew received had gone midnight?
33:23Pritchard, of course.
33:24Honestly, you two, when you're backed into a call...
33:26Mr. Wilson and Mr. Sidway.
33:29Ah.
33:29Monsieur Poirot, we thought you should be the first to know.
33:33We're going to America.
33:35Robert's going to forego his last year at King's,
33:37and there's a birth on the Queen Mary leaving on Tuesday.
33:40Mademoiselle Varlet, Monsieur Robert.
33:43Please to sit.
33:44Mademoiselle, what of the end of term?
33:57What of the graduation ceremony of Mademoiselle Campion?
34:00Why the sudden rush, Miss Wilson?
34:03What is there to stay for?
34:06Women are treated as equals in America.
34:08I can forge myself a decent career.
34:12And a man I've known all my life is charged quite insanely with my guardian's murder.
34:21Mademoiselle Violet,
34:23your late guardian would not have wanted you to miss the graduation ceremony.
34:28I beg of you.
34:30Before you finally make up your mind to give Poirot a little more time.
34:36Please.
34:38It's all very well you saying probate's a lengthy business, John.
34:53But Robert and Violet are planning to leave the country.
34:56Do you want that?
34:57No, of course I don't.
35:00Is it that difficult to prove you're someone's heir?
35:03I mean, what does it involve?
35:06Surprisingly little.
35:06You swear an oath that you are who you say you are.
35:10Don't you need a birth certificate or something?
35:13No.
35:15Would you apologize to Sarah for me?
35:18She's invited me to dinner on Saturday, but I'm going to London.
35:22I'll tell Sarah.
35:24Theater?
35:25Concert?
35:26No.
35:27You see, her pure Poirot is a matter of fact.
35:29I need his advice on something.
35:38Where's the news standing?
35:41Where's the news standing?
35:44Over here, news and standing.
35:47Victory news is standing there.
35:52Wait a minute.
35:53News and standing.
35:57News and standing.
35:58Oh!
36:22Stop!
36:23Stop!
36:23Stop!
36:24Stop!
36:25Stop!
36:26fool!
36:27Whoever put Mrs. Campion down the moving stairs,
36:32it was not Dr. Pritchard. He is in your custody.
36:35Yes, well, we don't know that anyone pushed her yet.
36:37But he is not the murderer, Chief Inspector.
36:39The murderer is still at large.
36:46We obviously got her here pretty quickly.
36:48At least we know she survived.
36:51Hey, nurse, please.
36:56I shall need to speak to Miss Campion as soon as possible.
36:59But you can't. She's concussed.
37:01Very nasty fall, gentlemen. Legs broken in two places.
37:05She will recover soon.
37:07I think you'll find Mrs. Campion's made of pretty strong stuff.
37:10She's a miss, Doctor. Miss Campion.
37:14You called her Mrs.
37:16You, uh, know her well?
37:21Well...
37:22No, but we know she's not married.
37:25Tell me, Doctor.
37:27Did you call her Mrs. out of habit or a slip of the tongue?
37:32Look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to speak out of turn, but...
37:36If there's something you know, Doctor, it's your duty to tell us.
37:42Miss Campion has had a baby at some time in her life.
37:47By Caesarean section, no less.
37:57Miss Lemon.
37:59I have a task for you.
38:11Miss Lemon.
38:12Miss Lemon.
38:13Miss Lemon.
38:14Miss Lemon.
38:15Miss Lemon.
38:16Miss Lemon.
38:17Miss Lemon.
38:18Miss Lemon.
38:19Miss Lemon.
38:20Miss Lemon.
38:21Miss Lemon.
38:22Miss Lemon.
38:23Miss Lemon.
38:24Miss Lemon.
38:25Miss Lemon.
38:26Miss Lemon.
38:27Miss Lemon.
38:28Miss Lemon.
38:29Miss Lemon.
38:30Miss Lemon.
38:31Miss Lemon.
38:32Miss Lemon.
38:33Miss Lemon.
38:34Miss Lemon.
38:35Miss Lemon.
38:36Miss Lemon.
38:37Miss Lemon.
38:38Miss Lemon.
38:39Miss Lemon.
39:10Ladies and gentlemen, the end of the academic year is something I would never miss.
39:23Although this time it was a close-run thing.
39:27As you know, this is always an informal occasion.
39:31Because while the university here at Cambridge acknowledges the hard work of its male students,
39:37it doesn't yet see fit to hold a degree ceremony for women.
39:42So I hold my own.
39:47Bravo!
39:48And as you take your places in society, I hope that three years here will have proved you more than worthy of them.
40:35Thank you, Hastings.
40:37A smile of triumph, Miss Lemon.
40:39Of course.
40:42As I am.
40:43As I am.
40:44As I am.
40:45As I am.
40:45As I am.
40:45As I am.
40:45As I am.
40:45As I am.
40:46As I am.
40:47As I am.
40:48As I am.
40:49As I am.
40:50As I am.
41:01As I am.
41:04As I am.
41:05Mr. Andrew Marsh.
41:07Andrew Marsh.
41:17Today would have given him much pleasure, n'est-ce pas?
41:20And how proud he would have been of you,
41:23mademoiselle Violet.
41:29However, there is someone in this room
41:32who denied to him this pleasure.
41:36You mean his murderers here?
41:40One of us?
41:47On the night that he died,
41:49Mr. Andrew Marsh asked me to be the executor
41:53of a new will he would make.
41:57I believe that he was killed for that fortune.
41:59And that the old will was stolen and destroyed
42:03so that he would die in test state.
42:08So, my duty, you see, it has been twofold.
42:12First to find the murderer,
42:14and then before this ruthless murderer could lay claim to it,
42:18to deliver his estate to mademoiselle Violet according to his wishes.
42:21However, this murderer,
42:24he was at work even as my dear friend Andrew,
42:27told to me his news most tragic.
42:29My specialist tells me I...
42:31Goddammit, I'm not afraid of it,
42:32I'm just afraid of upsetting others.
42:35The hell is that at this time of night?
42:37Hello?
42:38What?
42:39Now?
42:40And thus the murderer lured him from the house.
42:42Couldn't this have waited?
42:43To rendezvous with the foley.
42:44And here, our murderer had left.
42:45Hello?
42:46What?
42:47Now?
42:48And thus the murderer lured him from the house.
42:50Couldn't this have waited?
42:51To rendezvous with the foley.
42:52And here, our murderer had left.
42:53And here, our murderer administered a massive and fatal dose of insulin,
43:00in a cowardly attack upon a man who was sick and weakened.
43:06And here, our murderer administered a massive and fatal dose of insulin,
43:13in a cowardly attack upon a man who was sick and weakened.
43:20and weakened.
43:28Et voilà.
43:33But then along comes Poirot,
43:36who says that this death is not a death that is natural.
43:41Oh, no.
43:43It is a murder.
43:45So, fearing for their own safety,
43:47the murderer pointed the finger toward Dr. Martin Pritchard
43:51by placing at the scene of the crime the file containing the insulin.
43:55Chief Inspector Jap arrives to help me with the investigation.
43:58He examines the foley and he finds it there.
44:00Why was that file not found the day of the murder by Sergeant Baker, huh?
44:05Because it was not there.
44:10No?
44:11Poirot himself searched the area and Poirot never misses.
44:17So, my good friend the Chief Inspector Jap promptly arrests Dr. Martin Pritchard.
44:23And with a man who is innocent charged for the murder, the real killer could now lay claim to the Marsh Fortune.
44:33So, it was thought without suspicion.
44:38But Dr. Martin Pritchard had already told to my associate Captain Hastings and myself that Andrew had a son.
44:57Peter, perhaps?
44:58That doesn't mean say I'd kill him for it.
45:04Or you, Robert.
45:07Now, your claim had to eat more substance, n'est-ce pas?
45:11Because you believed that Andrew Marsh and your mother were lovers.
45:17Robert was with me the night of Andrew's death, Monsieur Poirot.
45:21Violets, don't.
45:22With the arm that pushed Mum with her campion down the moving stairs.
45:25Yours, Peter?
45:26Yours, Robert?
45:33Oh, yes, Peter!
45:34Someone stop!
45:36Were you afraid of what she might say to me?
45:39Theatre?
45:40Concert?
45:41No.
45:43To see Hercule Poirot, as a matter of fact.
45:46And, of course, the killer certainly knew at the visit to London of Mme was her campion.
45:51To see Poirot.
45:52Because Mademoiselle Campion had discovered in a conversation with a lawyer, John Sidaway, that for a child to claim the estate of the father, the real identity of the mother need not to be revealed.
46:06But events took such a turn that did reveal a secret that she herself had kept for more than, what, twenty years?
46:20What Mr. Poirot means is that the doctor who treated me saw that I'd had a baby.
46:29When I was a student here.
46:30It was but a short step for my secretary, Miss Lemmon, to discover the name of that baby.
46:46Pleased to read it, Miss Lemmon.
46:51Born on the 17th of July, 1913, to Miss Philida Campion.
46:58A daughter whose name was Violet.
47:05What's going on?
47:06What on earth is happening?
47:13Was it necessary to pry into Philida's past, Poirot?
47:17It's Andrew we're interested in.
47:19Yes, indeed.
47:21But during all this time, not once, did we ask ourselves this question.
47:24Is this son that we seek?
47:25Perhaps a daughter.
47:26So Violet is Andrew Marsh's daughter?
47:42Yes.
47:43So, Monsieur Robert, why did you kill the father to Mademoiselle Violet?
47:58I didn't.
47:59I say you did, Monsieur!
48:01Why?
48:03You know that she loves you.
48:05You know that she wants you to go to America with her. Why then?
48:08He's just told you he didn't!
48:14No, Madame.
48:17Perhaps, Robert, he is not the murderer.
48:24Because, just as we thought the heir of Andrew had to be a man,
48:30so too did we think of the murderer.
48:37This killer was someone who stole a syringe from the bag belonging to Dr. Pritchard.
48:43Who knew of the power of insulin.
48:48And you, I was told, had been a children's nurse.
48:53Madame Sidoué.
48:57It was you who convinced Robert that he was the son of Andrew.
49:02It was Robert who told you of the visit of Mademoiselle Campion to London,
49:05where you followed her, where you pushed her down the moving stairs.
49:08Because you are afraid that at last she would reveal Mademoiselle Violet as the rightful heir.
49:23No.
49:24No.
49:30John, help me.
49:35There's nothing I can do, Sarah.
49:38How did you know about Violet?
49:39I had a friend who worked in the clinic. I met her years later.
49:50There was so little we had to give Robert.
49:53But he was mentioned in the will, Madame.
49:56And why did you steal and destroy it?
49:58Because I wanted him to have everything!
50:03Why should it all go to Violet?
50:05Because Andrew Marsh wished it.
50:09As proof that she was his daughter.
50:15And his equal.
50:17I think you'd better come along with me, Mrs. Sidoué.
50:42Mademoiselle Campion, Mademoiselle Violet.
50:44Your magazine could not have a name that is better, huh?
50:48The New Prospects.
50:50For these are very exciting for you both, are they not?
50:53They certainly are.
50:55And I'm going to use the inheritance to start my own publishing company.
50:59And you, Monsieur Poirot, shall be my first subscriber.
51:03Thank you, Mademoiselle.
51:04You know, the companies, they have a chair man, huh?
51:10But in this instance, why not a chair woman?
51:13You already have the chair, I see.
51:15Not for much longer.
51:16Plaster comes off a week today.
51:19And what of Robert?
51:21I think I can persuade him to finish his degree.
51:25That is good.
51:26He is good.
51:29So, au revoir, Mademoiselle.
51:35And good luck.
51:39Thank you, Monsieur Poirot.
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