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Poirot tries to prevent the kidnapping of a country squire's son. While his plan fails, all is not what it seems. Starring: David Suchet, Philip Jackson, Hugh Fraser, Pauline Moran.
Poirot tries to prevent the kidnapping of a country squire's son. While his plan fails, all is not what it seems. Starring: David Suchet, Philip Jackson, Hugh Fraser, Pauline Moran.
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00:00The End
01:00Come on, you have a go.
01:3050,000 pounds?
01:3950.
01:40Last letter said 30.
01:42The one before that, 25.
01:45You didn't tell me there was another one.
01:48I didn't take it seriously.
01:51Damn it all, Ada, this is England.
01:52People don't go around kidnapping children.
02:22Come on, Carl.
02:24Try her, Carl.
02:33Careful, Mummy.
02:35Mind the car.
02:35Let's go.
02:47So...
02:49Miss Lema?
03:10Yes, Mr Porro?
03:11It is nearly 11 o'clock.
03:13It is important that I have my tisane punctually.
03:17Of course, Mr Porro.
03:18It's nearly complete, you see.
03:21My system.
03:22Every one of your cases classified and cross-referenced five different ways.
03:29Five?
03:30Oh, yes.
03:31In this cabinet, names of witnesses.
03:36In this, name of perpetrator, if known, victim's trade of profession.
03:40Type of case.
03:42Abduction, addiction, adultery.
03:46See also under marriage.
03:47Bigamy.
03:48See also under marriage.
03:50Bombs.
03:51See also under marriage.
04:15Mr. Waverly to see you, Mr. Porro.
04:31Mr. Waverly, good morning.
04:33How do you do?
04:35Thank you, Miss Lema.
04:36You may now go back to your filing.
04:41Miss Lema dreams of the perfect filing system, besides which all other filing systems will sink into oblivion.
04:49This morning, she is close to the breakthrough.
04:51Now, what brings you to consult, Hercule Poirot?
05:01They've accepted me.
05:11Accepted?
05:12Lamont.
05:13You remember I was trying to enter the Lagonda?
05:15I got the entry form this morning.
05:18Not that I can make head or tail a lift.
05:20How exciting.
05:21There's another Lagonda entered by Tommy Branston.
05:24Have you done racing before?
05:26No.
05:27Well, not really.
05:29Who's in with Poirot?
05:31A Mr. Waverly.
05:33It's a case.
05:34This morning, I received this.
05:41You have not paid.
05:43Your son will be taken from you at 12 o'clock tomorrow, the 29th.
05:47It will cost you 50,000 pounds to recover him.
05:5250,000?
05:53Damned impertinence.
05:56But do you have 50,000 pounds, Mr. Waverly?
05:59Well, I dare say I might be able to raise it.
06:03I see.
06:04You don't really think they'll do anything, do you?
06:07Mais certainement.
06:08I see no reason to doubt it.
06:10Good God.
06:11Please allow me to introduce you to Captain Hastings, an associate of mine.
06:15Mr. Waverly, a client.
06:16How do you do?
06:17How do you do?
06:18Mr. Waverly has received letters threatening to kidnap his son.
06:22Really?
06:24In England?
06:26Could be some band of foreigners, you know.
06:29Some gang.
06:30These letters give no indication that the writer is a foreigner.
06:34Is there anyone you suspect, Mr. Waverly?
06:39Good God, no.
06:41No one who might bear you the grudge?
06:43Don't think so.
06:45No.
06:46Very well.
06:48Poirot must himself intercede.
06:51Have you shown to Scotland Yard this latest letter?
06:53No, I came straight to you.
06:55Didn't seem much point.
06:57It didn't seem interested the first time.
06:59I understand your feelings, monsieur.
07:00But now we have once again to interview the intrepid chief inspector of Jeppe.
07:06I don't want to be away from home too long.
07:09Five minutes, no more, monsieur Waverly, for me to pack a bag.
07:13And then we shall board the next train, having seen the inspector on the way.
07:18Oh, I can drive you down.
07:20No, no, mon ami.
07:21I would not dream of imposing on you.
07:23Oh, she could do with a bit of a run.
07:25It is not a dog, Hastings.
07:27We'll meet you there this afternoon.
07:35Miss Lemon, Captain Hastings and I will be away until tomorrow.
07:38Hold the castle.
07:39Chief Inspector Jack can see you now, gentlemen.
08:01Well, well, well.
08:02Good morning, Chief Inspector.
08:04This is an unexpected pleasure, Mr Poirot.
08:06Mr Waverly.
08:07Mr Waverly has received another letter.
08:11Oh?
08:12Mr Waverly felt that Scotland Yard was not convinced about the seriousness of the case.
08:17So he came to you, eh, Mr Poirot?
08:20Mr Waverly is a man of fine judgment and intelligence.
08:25Perhaps this is a serious matter.
08:27You think so, eh?
08:28I think better the safeness than the sorrow, Chief Inspector.
08:33Very true, Mr Poirot, very true.
08:35If you've got unlimited manpower, we see a hundred of these every day, Mr Waverly.
08:41If we was to go chasing about after every one...
08:43A hundred, Chief Inspector?
08:46Well, perhaps not a hundred.
08:48Mustn't be too literal, Mr Poirot.
08:51Every day?
08:54Every week, anyway.
08:56This is some disaffected employee, some envious neighbor.
09:00We're wasting our time, Mr Poirot.
09:01No call to take umbrage, Mr Waverly.
09:03I'm a simple country squire.
09:05I pay my taxes, and I'm used to something in return.
09:09Now I know better.
09:10There are a lot of taxpayers, Mr Waverly.
09:12There are even quite a lot of country squires.
09:15If we were still...
09:16You're not only uncooperative, sir.
09:18You're damned offensive.
09:21As you so rightly point out, you were paying me to exercise my judgment and discretion as
09:26to what is a serious threat to public order and what is not, and this is not.
09:34Your superior shall hear of this.
09:37I hope he enjoys it as much as I have.
09:39That policeman's a fool.
09:47Ah, no.
09:48A Jap is a good policeman.
09:52Prevention of crime is not what policemen are best at.
09:55They would need to have one constable for every citizen and go everywhere with him.
10:00But fortunately for the human race, most of us have our own little policeman up here.
10:06But this kidnapper has perhaps no little policeman.
10:49C'est magnifique.
10:50This is the new house, built by an ancestor of mine in 1760, when the old manor was destroyed
10:57by fire.
10:58And you are adding to your kinsman's great work?
11:01No, we embarked on a program of restoration about five years ago.
11:06We've had to stop for a bit, but I hope we can get going again soon.
11:09There have been Waverless in these parts for 400 years.
11:15400?
11:15And this land around the earth is all yours?
11:18No.
11:19Not anymore.
11:21Used to be.
11:23As far as you could see from the roof.
11:26But, uh, not anymore.
11:28Marcus, you're back.
11:44Hey, darling.
11:45This is Mr. Hercules Cuaro.
11:49Enchanté, madame.
11:51Hercu.
11:52What?
11:52Not Hercules, but Hercule.
11:56Oh, quite.
11:57Famous detective.
11:59I know.
12:00I'm so glad you're here, Mr. Cuaro.
12:03We didn't know where to turn.
12:05The police will apparently do nothing.
12:08One is forced to pay for peace of mind out of one's own pocket.
12:11But Captain Hastings has told me your charges are quite reasonable.
12:17Indeed.
12:17Oh, well, I didn't specify, of course, just, uh, in general terms.
12:21Ah.
12:22You have got here with alacrity, my friend.
12:2475 minutes, door to door.
12:25Touched 80 on the hog's back.
12:29Captain Hastings is besotted by cars.
12:32He was kind enough to tell me about the 24-hour race he's going in for.
12:37We have serious business here, Hastings.
12:40Let us not lose sight of this.
12:42Oh.
12:43Oh, the kidnapping business, you mean.
12:45Yes, I had a word with Mrs. Waverley about that.
12:46I don't think there's too much to worry about.
12:48Work of a crank, those letters, I'd say.
12:50That's very reassuring, Hastings.
12:53But we must not try to walk before we can jump, eh?
12:57I will see the house now, Mr. Waverley.
12:59Oh, by all means.
13:00Well, uh, this is the sitting room.
13:02Opens out onto the terrace, through the French windows, there.
13:06Oh.
13:06And this is the south side of the house, yes?
13:09Exactly.
13:11And this room is communicating with the library.
13:15Ah.
13:17Oh.
13:20Thank you, Mr. Poirot.
13:23All will be well, madame.
13:25Kidnapping is an easy job, mon ami.
13:36Easy?
13:37It's a very nice.
13:39That child could have been abducted at any time since its birth.
13:43Well, four years ago?
13:46Well, I don't see that that advances as much.
13:48Au contraire, it advances us enormously, but enormously.
13:54We must ask ourselves why they make things difficult by warning the Waverleys.
14:02Well, some cases are simple, and some are très compliqués, but all are of interest, eh?
14:21Because all you understand rests solely on the character of the participants.
14:27Certainly.
14:28Forgive me, it's difficult to make casual conversation when tomorrow we may.
14:37He's ready for bed now, Mrs. Waverley.
14:40Say goodnight, Johnny.
14:41Ah, so this is the famous Johnny Waverley.
14:44Goodnight, old chap.
14:46I can't.
14:47I say, that's rather fine.
14:50You see, Hastings?
14:51A fellow enthusiast.
14:56Come and tuck me up, mummy.
14:57I'll come up in a minute, darling.
15:00Thank you, Mrs. Withers.
15:03Goodnight.
15:04Goodnight.
15:15Darling.
15:20Come on, darling.
15:21It'll be all right.
15:24Certainly it will be all right, madame.
15:25At noon tomorrow, Johnny will be surrounded by his friend, by his mother, his father, Hastings.
15:35By Poirot.
15:38No one will kidnap Johnny Waverley.
15:42Your father is so sad.
15:46Let's stand.
15:47Scoop.
15:51Go.
15:52Good boy.
15:59Go.
16:00Go.
16:01Good boy.
16:02Good boy.
16:02Good boy.
16:03Good boy.
16:04Bit of fire.
16:05Good boy.
16:09woods.
16:09Good boy.
16:10Good boy.
16:11It's Mrs. Waverly, she's been taken ill, suddenly woke up with dreadful craps, doctor's
16:36with her now.
16:37Craps?
16:38It must be something she's eaten.
16:39I'm sorry.
16:40I'm sorry for work.
17:10I'm sorry for work.
17:11I'm sorry for work.
17:12I'm sorry for work.
17:13I'm sorry for work.
17:15I'm sorry for work.
17:16I'm sorry for work.
17:18I'm sorry for work.
17:19I'm sorry for work.
17:20I'm sorry for work.
17:22I'm sorry for work.
17:23I'm sorry for work.
17:24I'm sorry for work.
17:25Go on all mercado�ismsk Wrestle Cosmester.
17:26I've done...
17:27And now we enjoy the famous English breakfast!
17:31Well, you may.
17:37What are you having, Hastings?
17:37I think it's effustaced тяж
17:50Where is this famous English breakfast?
17:52Well, didn't you notice at dinner last night?
17:54Just one potato each. Not a big one. One cutlet.
17:57Mais oui. But from an English dinner, one expects no more.
18:01But breakfast?
18:03I wonder if they're not short of money, you know.
18:05The fire wasn't lit in my room last night.
18:08Oh, get them here! Now! This instant!
18:13Every man jack of them, Treadwolf.
18:15Very good, sir.
18:18Oh, good morning.
18:20Bonjour, Monsieur Waverley. And how is Madame Waverley this morning?
18:23She's still weak. She won't be able to get up today.
18:26Ah.
18:27But there's worse.
18:29Look at this.
18:32In my own bedroom.
18:35I went for my bath. I wasn't more than ten minutes.
18:38When I got back, there it was, pinned to my pillow.
18:40Just three words at twelve o'clock?
18:42The nerve of the fellow.
18:44Precisely. There's a traitor somewhere.
18:47Someone on my staff.
18:50Well, I know a trick worth two of that.
18:53What are you going to do?
18:54Sack them.
18:56Sack the lot of them.
18:57Unless one of them owns up, of course.
19:00Treadwolf will stay, of course.
19:02He's been here since I was a boy.
19:04And Miss Collins.
19:05I'm sorry, Miss Collins?
19:07My wife's secretary. Nothing wrong with her.
19:10My God.
19:12I can't abide a traitor.
19:16The staff are assembled, Mr. Waverley.
19:18Thank you, Treadwell.
19:20Monsieur Waverley, I ask you to reconsider.
19:23The emptier a house is, the easier it will be for a miscreant to move about unseen.
19:28Nonsense.
19:29Mr. Poirier, you stick to your job, and I shall stick to mine.
19:33Then we shan't fall out.
19:35But to empty your house a few hours before the threatened abduction seems to me to be the height of folly.
19:41How dare you, sir?
19:43You call me a fool?
19:45I'm doing what I consider best for the defense of my son.
19:48Allow me to be the judge of that.
19:50I cannot prevent you, Monsieur.
19:53Quite.
20:02He is stubborn. That one has things.
20:11I cannot prevent you.
20:29Mon dieu, wonders will never stop.
20:32The Chief Inspector Jean.
20:34Line up in a straight line.
20:38A change of power, Chief Inspector?
20:40Yes, you might say that, Mr. Poirier.
20:42Come on, straighten yourself up.
20:43Or you might say, I don't want to see some poor amateur get himself in a fix.
20:46Ah, you are too kind, Chief Inspector Jean.
20:49Your great heart will be your downpour.
20:52True. True.
20:54Now then, where's the simple country squire?
20:59You'll find him in the hall, sacking all his stuff.
21:02Oh, dear.
21:03Got out of bed the wrong side, didn't he?
21:05Perhaps.
21:07Bon chance.
21:10One of you is responsible.
21:20I expect an answer.
21:29Well, I'm waiting.
21:32Not too fast, mind.
21:33Don't worry.
21:34I won't go over 18.
21:35Kilometres?
21:36Miles.
21:37Whatever happens, Hastings, it must be back before 12.
21:38I will not be treated in this manner.
21:39There is nothing more to be said, Mrs. Withers.
21:40There is a great deal more to be said, Mr. Waverly.
21:41I will not...
21:42You may pack your bag and collect a week's wages from Miss Collins.
21:45And what am I supposed to tell Johnny?
21:46You will say nothing to him.
21:47He is in Miss Collins' care for the moment.
21:48You may go, Mrs. Withers.
21:49What are you doing here?
21:50Morning, Mr. Waverly.
21:51What are you doing here?
21:52Morning, Mr. Waverly.
21:53I will not be treated in this manner.
21:54There is nothing more to be said, Mrs. Withers.
21:55There is a great deal more to be said, Mr. Waverly.
21:56I will not...
21:57You may pack your bag and collect a week's wages from Miss Collins.
21:59And what am I supposed to tell Johnny?
22:02You will say nothing to him.
22:04He is in Miss Collins' care for the moment.
22:08You may go, Mrs. Withers.
22:16What are you doing here?
22:17Morning, Mr. Waverly.
22:19I've brought some men down with me.
22:21I'll disperse them around the house, if that's agreeable to you, sir.
22:25You were doing the building work up at Waverly, were you?
22:28We'll be again soon.
22:30So he keeps telling me, Ted.
22:32I'll believe it when I see it.
22:34I don't reckon she cares about the house, that sort of thing.
22:37Really?
22:38No.
22:40The whole place could fall down as far as she's concerned.
22:44She's the one with the money.
22:46Though you'd never know it, the way she carries on.
22:50Ted.
22:53Right, one man at the head of the path at least, the stables there.
22:55Right, Beecham, at the head of the stables.
22:57Yes, sir.
22:58One man by the main door, of course.
23:00I was born by the front door.
23:01Yes, servant.
23:03Two on the perimeter.
23:05George Smith.
23:06Yes, sir, sir.
23:07And a couple here by the...
23:08Servant's quarters.
23:09That's it.
23:16And scrambled eggs, was it?
23:18Mr. Delmar.
23:19And the litter of sausages.
23:20Oh, yes, sir.
23:21They were kidneys?
23:22Kidneys, yes.
23:23What about bacon?
23:24Crisp.
23:25Of course.
23:26And tea?
23:27Or a nice pint of homebrew.
23:28Beer?
23:29For breakfast?
23:30Two pints, please.
23:31But, Hastings, we've got to be back before twelve.
23:32Plenty of time.
23:33Right you are, gentlemen.
23:34What an admirable young woman.
23:35So, Hastings, the renovations at Waverley Court will continue.
23:38I didn't trust that builder, you know, Poirot.
23:39Seems to me he resents the Waverleys.
23:40Perhaps.
23:41Two men went to mow, went to mow.
23:42Two men went to mow.
23:43Went to mow.
23:44I'm going to have to be back.
23:45And I'm going to have to be back.
23:46And I'm going to have to be back.
23:47Just a little bit of a mess.
23:48You will have to be back.
23:49What an admirable young woman.
23:50So, Hastings.
23:51The renovations at Waverley Court will continue.
23:52I didn't trust that builder, you know, Poirot.
23:54Seems to me he resents the Waverleys.
23:57Perhaps.
23:58But...
24:28Three men, two men, one man and his dog went to mow a meadow.
24:34Four men went to mow, went to mow a meadow.
24:40Four men, three men.
24:42Four men, three men.
24:58Johnny will be in here with me, with perhaps you here by the windows.
25:03Good.
25:04And Poirot guarding the door into the hall.
25:06I don't know about that, sir.
25:08If there was to be any rough stuff, I don't know if Mr Poirot would be the first person I'd think of.
25:12Brain work, yes. Rough stuff.
25:14Dubious.
25:15What about his colleague, Hastings?
25:18That'd be more like it, sir.
25:23Do you know what I think?
25:25I think someone's tampered with this.
25:27Someone's tampered with this to keep us out of the way.
25:32How would they have known we were going to use the car?
25:35Ah.
25:43Carefully.
25:45Gently now, Johnny.
25:47Stroke her gently.
25:48She likes it.
25:51She likes you.
25:57And how are you feeling now, darling?
26:00Oh, I feel heaps better.
26:02Must have been something I...
26:04Well, you just stay in bed and rest.
26:06I'm going to take Johnny down with me now.
26:09Why can't he stay?
26:11Well, he'll be happier downstairs.
26:14Miss Collins can stay with you.
26:15Bye-bye, darling.
26:16Come on.
26:17Up you come.
26:18Sure you don't need me?
26:19No, no.
26:20You keep Mrs Waverly company.
26:21Just for half an hour.
26:22Bye.
26:23Bye.
26:24Bye-bye, darling.
26:25Bye-bye.
26:26Come on.
26:27Up you come.
26:28Sure you don't need me?
26:29No, no.
26:30You keep Mrs Waverly company.
26:31Just for half an hour.
26:33Bye.
26:35Bye.
26:40Well, it's not the carburetor, anyway.
26:42This is not what I long to hear, Hastings.
26:44Eh?
26:45I want to hear what it was.
26:49Not what it was not.
26:51Better still, I want to hear the motor.
26:59And two blasts on the whistle if anyone's apprehended.
27:01Right, sir.
27:02The men all in position?
27:03Yes, sir.
27:04Where the hell is Poirot?
27:06They went out in the car, sir, just as I was arriving.
27:09Right, Sergeant.
27:10Keep the men on their toes.
27:11Sir?
27:12In the car?
27:13Do you know where they were going?
27:15They didn't confide in me, sir, I'm afraid.
27:17Oh.
27:34No.
27:35To be continued.
27:36Yes, sir.
27:37No.
27:38No.
27:39No.
27:40No.
27:41No.
27:42No.
27:43No.
27:45No.
27:46No.
27:47No.
27:48No.
27:49No.
27:50No.
27:51No.
27:52No.
27:53No.
27:54No.
27:55No.
27:56I don't know what to do.
28:26Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
28:56Let's go.
29:26Let's go.
29:56Let's go.
29:58Let's go.
30:08We've got him.
30:09Sneaking through the bushes.
30:14We've got him.
30:16Sneaking through the bushes.
30:22He's got the whole dope out. Fit on him.
30:24Look at this, sir.
30:36Do you know this matter? Never set eyes on him.
30:38Here's a pretty parcel, if you like.
30:40Bottle of chloroform, cotton wool pad, and a letter addressed to you, Mr Waverly.
30:44I don't know anything about this. I was given that to deliver.
30:48Who by?
30:49By a gentleman. A gentleman I met on the road.
30:52You should have paid up.
30:56To ransom your son will now cost you 70,000.
31:00In spite of all your precautions, he has been abducted at 12 o'clock on the 29th, as I said.
31:07I should have paid up, should I?
31:11You think you could...
31:13Johnny.
31:2112 o'clock.
31:3412 o'clock.
31:35Not at all.
31:3715 o'clock.
31:41160.
31:4218 o'clock.
31:4416 o'clock.
31:4760.
31:4830.
31:4918 o'clock.
31:5016 o'clock.
31:51Jack?
31:53150 man!
31:5416 o'clock.
31:5568 rounds.
31:56Jan.
31:5960 pounds.
32:0156
32:0258 m.
32:03I loved lipstick fair ado.
32:04Oh, mon dieu, the agony.
32:15Are you going to do something, or are you not?
32:19When the time comes to act, Poirot will act.
32:26A pleasing little problem, eh?
32:29Obscure and charming.
32:31Someone fools us all simply by putting the clock forward ten minutes.
32:37Pleasing? Charming?
32:41My child has been kidnapped!
32:44Ah, oui, madame, but he is safe.
32:48Rest assured, those miscreants will take the greatest care of him.
32:52Is he not to them the goose that lays the golden eggs?
32:57Nobody's seen hiding a hair of that car.
33:00I've given the Surrey police a full description,
33:04but he'll probably switch cars as soon as he can,
33:07or go to earth somewhere.
33:09What about the ruffian you caught?
33:11Name's Joe Rogers, so he says.
33:14He's sticking to his story anyhow.
33:16Perhaps Poirot can move him.
33:19Ah, with all due respect, Mr. Poirot,
33:21if my lads can't shift him...
33:23Ah, Captain Hastings!
33:39The poiture, it is recovered?
33:41Damn thing was out of petrol.
33:43The gauge is stuck at full.
33:44Come, we have work to do.
33:46The boy's gone.
33:47I know, one of the bobbies told me.
33:57Bonjour, Monsieur Rogers.
33:58Yeah.
33:59He's saying good day, you ignorant man.
34:01I would like you, please,
34:06to tell me your story again, Monsieur.
34:10How you came into possession of the package.
34:14Well, I told him all that.
34:17Tell me.
34:18Well, this geezer gave it to me, didn't he?
34:20Did he?
34:21Well, I just told you.
34:23And what did he say, this geezer?
34:26He said I was to take the package
34:29and to deliver it to the big house.
34:31At the side door, he said.
34:33He gave me a ten bob note, he did.
34:35He said I was to deliver it
34:36at ten to twelve, spot on.
34:39And what time did you meet him?
34:41Do you know?
34:42Yeah, I'll do as it happens.
34:43It was a quarter past ten.
34:48And can you describe him?
34:51Well, there was something queer about him.
34:54He wasn't tall, well, no taller nor me.
34:57And he wore a tash.
34:59That?
35:00Moustache.
35:02And he was all dressed up
35:03in a sort of grey uniform.
35:05With leggings and a cap.
35:07Like a chauffeur, you mean?
35:10How old the man was he?
35:12Oh, I don't know.
35:13It's funny, though.
35:15His voice was queer, too.
35:18You know what?
35:19You know that fellow running round here
35:21in a monkey suit?
35:22The toffee knows one.
35:23The toffee knows monkey suit.
35:25You know, it's either a butler or something.
35:27Anyway, if he was to have a son,
35:30that's just what this geezer would have looked like.
35:34Like Monsieur Treadwell's son.
35:35Don't get it, side of Mr. Poirot.
35:37Mr. Treadwell was with Mr. Waverley
35:39every minute between ten o'clock and half past.
35:42I got that from Mr. Waverley already.
35:44But has Monsieur Treadwell got a son?
35:46Well, there's some other explanation.
35:52We'll present it, sir.
35:55Thank you, Monsieur Jap.
35:56You have been most helpful.
35:59And you, Monsieur Rogers.
36:01Oh, well, thanks very much.
36:03Never you mind about that, my lad.
36:05I'm taking you down the local lock-up.
36:07What's the charge?
36:08Pagrancy.
36:10You can't do that.
36:11I've got ten bob in me pocket.
36:12Tell the magistrate all about it.
36:14Come on, lads.
36:20I'm going back to London to organise a search there.
36:23The answer is here, my friend.
36:25Not in London.
36:26That's as may be, Mr. Poirot.
36:28But the boys in London, I'll lay odds on that.
36:32Good day to you.
36:41Ah, Monsieur Treadwell, come in.
36:58Come in and sit down.
37:00I would prefer to stand, sir, if it's all the same to you.
37:04By all means.
37:08You have worked here for many years, sir.
37:10Thirty years, sir.
37:12I came as an underfootman.
37:14Of course, there was a much larger staff in those days.
37:17I see.
37:18So if anyone knows the family secrets, it would be you, Nespin.
37:22I'm sure, sir, there are no secrets in the Waverley family.
37:26Of course not.
37:27Mr. Waverley is the most upright of men.
37:30He and his father before him.
37:32Of course.
37:34And Madame Waverley?
37:35A happy marriage, eh?
37:37I'm sure, sir, Mrs. Waverley is a fine woman.
37:42Of course, she has made changes.
37:45Is she not the sort of establishment that she was brought up to for all her money?
37:49Quite.
37:50But, eh, well, I think she's beginning to appreciate the Waverley way.
37:58Miss Collins, can I ask you about the boy's nurse?
38:01She'd only been here for about six months.
38:03Was she trustworthy?
38:04Eminently, I should have thought.
38:06And she'd left the house by the time of the kidnapping anyway.
38:10Quite so, quite so.
38:12She may have had accomplices inside the house.
38:17Was there anyone she was particularly friendly with?
38:19Anyone on the staff?
38:20I'm sure I couldn't say.
38:22I don't listen to chittle-tattle from below stairs, I'm afraid.
38:26Oh, no, no, quite.
38:27Yes.
38:28Oh, excuse me.
38:30I did not know you were still in here.
38:32No, no, that's fine.
38:33We were just about finished.
38:34Eh, Miss Collins?
38:34You're sure?
38:35Oh, yes, thank you.
38:36Thank you, mademoiselle.
38:49Anything?
38:51What about you?
38:52Oh, I learned a lot from Monsieur Treadwell.
38:56And?
38:57There is one thing I do not understand.
39:00I don't understand any of it.
39:02No, no, no, mon ami, it is simple.
39:04But for the one thing.
39:07Here is the child, eh?
39:09Here, in this room.
39:11Guarded by his father and the inspector, Jeb.
39:15Now, the force alarm is raised.
39:18And the inspector and Waverley foolishly rush out,
39:21leaving the child undefended, yes?
39:24Yes.
39:25Bon.
39:26Now, the kidnapper comes in and takes away the child.
39:32Where?
39:34What do you mean, where?
39:35Well, they cannot go out this way.
39:37Waverley and the inspector have just gone,
39:39and there is still a policeman standing not 20 meters away.
39:45This way?
39:47Yes.
39:48But to what end?
39:54The front of the house has a policeman outside the door.
39:58The back door, likewise.
40:01That side of the house is where Rogers has been caught,
40:04and excitement reigns.
40:08A problem, eh?
40:10I see what you mean.
40:11The tunnel!
40:11The tunnel!
40:12Comment?
40:14The tunnel!
40:15What tunnel?
40:16A lot of Catholic houses used to have priest holes,
40:20places where the priests used to escape to,
40:22if the king's men came looking for them.
40:25Where is it, this tunnel?
40:33Sacré!
40:34Where does this lead?
40:40It comes out of the mausoleum,
40:41about half a mile away.
40:43Uh-huh.
40:45I need a...
40:46a lamp de poche.
40:48What is that, a lamp of the pocket?
40:50A torch?
40:50Torch!
40:51Oh, I've got one in the car.
40:53Bon.
40:54Who would know of the existence of this Monsieur Waverley?
40:57Not easy to say.
40:58A few people who've visited the house, I suppose.
41:03But mainly just family.
41:04I see.
41:06Servants?
41:06One or two of them, I suppose.
41:08Miss Collins?
41:09Oh, no, I'm sure not.
41:12Treadwell?
41:12Oh, he's bound to, I suppose.
41:14He's been with us so long.
41:16And the child's nurse?
41:19Missy's with us?
41:20I wouldn't have thought so, no.
41:22Here we are.
41:23One each.
41:24Good.
41:25Come, Captain Hastings.
41:26We embark on a voyage into darkness.
41:34I'll come with you.
41:35No, no, no, no, no.
41:36Captain Hastings and I must go alone.
41:38There's some steps going down.
41:53Forward, Mumbram.
41:56Tell me, what do you make of this case?
42:01You don't expect me to think in the dark, do you?
42:03Ah, Hastings, the little grey Sarah.
42:05Sometimes they work even better in the dark.
42:08But always we come back to the same question.
42:11Why would anyone warn the Waverleys before they kidnap the child?
42:15I suppose they hope to get the money without actually being forced to do it.
42:19But this does not alter the fact that they were making a thing difficult that was perfectly easy.
42:24If they do not specify a time or date, nothing would be easier for them to wait their chance,
42:30carry off the child in a motor one day when he is up with his nurse.
42:34I suppose so.
42:34I can see a light up ahead.
42:40Good.
42:42I'm bored with this tunnel.
42:43Very sweet.
43:07Very nice.
43:08See, the car could be waiting here, well away from the house.
43:21The child could be brought through the tunnel to the car.
43:26The driver makes the gateway hooting as he passes inside of the house.
43:31It is a farce.
43:37Nothing more.
43:45Everything goes to show that there was an accomplice inside the house.
43:49The mysterious poisoning of Madame Waverley.
43:51Poisoning?
43:52Ah, my poor Hastings.
43:54So innocent.
43:55But, no, no, no, no, no, no.
43:57It is nice.
43:57But surely you cannot imagine it was by accident that Madame Waverley was conveniently kept out of the way on the day of the kidnapping.
44:07Good God.
44:08Point number two.
44:10Someone in the house must have pinned the final note to Monsieur Waverley's pillow.
44:15Yes, I see that.
44:16Point number three.
44:18The putting on of the clock ten minutes.
44:21All inside jobs.
44:23Now, we have four people inside the house.
44:28Madame Waverley and Miss Collins, we can exclude.
44:30The one is, what do you say, elite, huh?
44:35Bedridden, yes?
44:36The other, Miss Collins, is with her.
44:39Well, that only leaves Mr. Waverley and Treadwell.
44:41So it does.
44:42Hastings, I've had enough of this case.
44:52There is a train to London in 40 minutes.
44:56Well, I'll drive you to London.
44:57No, no, Hastings.
44:58I take the train.
45:05Ah.
45:05Where are you going?
45:12Captain Hastings is being kind enough to drive me to the station.
45:16Hence, I shall proceed to London.
45:18But the case.
45:20My son.
45:21You haven't done anything.
45:23But I have done everything, Monsieur.
45:25Then where is he?
45:28I will give you the address.
45:30Yes.
45:30Yes.
45:35It's a blank sheet.
45:38Because I am waiting for you to write it down for me.
45:43You will take Captain Hastings and me to the boy now.
45:50If you do not, Madame Waverley will be informed of the exact sequence of events that made up this dusted lipcrime.
46:05He's all right.
46:13He's well careful.
46:16Of that I have no doubt.
46:17Of that I have no doubt.
46:17Of that I have no doubt.
46:18Of that I have no doubt.
46:19Of that I have no doubt.
46:20Of that I have no doubt.
46:21Of that I have no doubt.
46:22Of that I have no doubt.
46:23Of that I have no doubt.
46:24Of that I have no doubt.
46:25Of that I have no doubt.
46:26Of that I have no doubt.
46:27Of that I have no doubt.
46:28Of that I have no doubt.
46:29Of that I have no doubt.
46:30Of that I have no doubt.
46:31Of that I have no doubt.
46:32Of that I have no doubt.
46:33Of that I have no doubt.
46:34Of that I have no doubt.
46:35Of that I have no doubt.
46:36Of that I have no doubt.
46:37Of that I have no doubt.
46:38Of that I have no doubt.
46:39Of that I have no doubt.
46:40Of that I have no doubt.
46:41Jessie?
46:55Jessie?
46:56Daddy?
46:57Daddy?
46:58Daddy!
46:59Ah, Johnny's nurse.
47:02Of course.
47:03Of course.
47:04Of course.
47:05You are Mr. Treadwell's daughter.
47:07Niece.
47:08Ah.
47:09Johnny's nurse.
47:10Of course.
47:11Of course.
47:12You are Mr. Treadwell's daughter.
47:14Niece.
47:15Ah.
47:33I am sure your ingenuity will be equal to the task of explaining the boy's very appearance.
47:41If I did not believe you to be a good father at heart, I would not be so willing to give
47:47you another chance.
47:49I'll do anything to avoid a scandal.
47:54Precisely.
47:56Appearances are what matter, eh?
47:59That was why it was intolerable that your wife should call a halt to the restoration work
48:04on the house.
48:06Having a rich wife is not the same as being rich oneself, Monsieur.
48:11Don't worry.
48:14I've learnt my lesson.
48:16Good.
48:18Your name is an old and honored one.
48:21Do not jeopardize it again.
48:24I shall be sending you my bill.
48:42Drive, Captain Hastings.
48:47Come on.
48:48Come on.
48:50Come here, Sam.
48:51Come here.
48:52Come on.
48:53Follow me.
48:54Come here.
48:56Come on.
48:57Go back.
48:58Let the flight pass.
48:59Come on.
49:05Come on.
49:06You wait.
49:08Come here.
49:09You do.
49:10You stay.
49:11Where are you?
49:13won't you let me into the secret how did you know it was obvious who sends away the servants
49:26can write the notes who can drag his wife who can put the hands of the clock forward
49:31who can establish an alibi for his faithful retainer Treadwell
49:34Treadwell has never liked his mistress Mrs. Waverly but he is devoted to his master
49:46there were three of them in it Waverly Treadwell and his niece Jessie Withers who gets herself sacked
49:56as noisily as possible so that she can arrange the decoy Rogers pick up the boy from the mausoleum
50:02and drive him away to the little cottage in the woods it was apparent Hastings
50:10I shall see you in London
50:15why won't you let me drive you
50:21Hastings the train has one advantage over the car he does not often run out of coal
50:30so
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