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01:22The Star of Rhodesia is one of the most famous of the Earth's treasures.
01:30First touched by the fingers of the humble Cather.
01:34It would have been better had it never been found.
01:39For all those who possessed it came to sudden and violent death.
01:45Our story opens in London, within the sound of bow bells.
01:51In the shadow of Tower Bridge is the carpenter's shop of mock and some, coffin makers.
01:58A beautiful job, if I may say so.
02:00You'll be sure to have it at the Undertaker's in time.
02:03Of course.
02:04The Scotch Express leaves Houston Station at 7.30 tonight.
02:08That leaves very little time for the arrangement of the body.
02:12Your mother, is it not?
02:13Yes.
02:14You are taking her to Scotland?
02:16Yes, Edinburgh.
02:18Her home.
02:23Rather a nuisance.
02:25Travelling by train.
02:28Ain't it?
02:37Up it, you.
02:42Go on, get on about your business.
02:55Oh!
03:23I'm terribly sorry.
03:25Mr. Holmes?
03:27Hello.
03:29I was afraid you wouldn't get here in time.
03:31I was studying the faces of our fellow passengers.
03:33Fascinating hobby.
03:35And sometimes most enlightening.
03:37Lady Margaret has bought the train, I presume.
03:39Oh, yes. Mother's expecting you.
03:41I've reserved a compartment for you and your friend, Dr. Watson.
03:43As a matter of fact, it's in this coach here, just ahead of the luggage van.
03:46Day coach?
03:48Yes, the East Coast.
03:50I'm afraid you won't get here in time.
03:52As a matter of fact, it's in this coach here, just ahead of the luggage van.
03:54Day coach?
03:56Yes, the sleepers are all taken.
03:58Mother wasn't interested in her bed so much as she wasn't getting to Edinburgh.
04:00So, naturally, it wasn't very difficult to persuade her to travel in a day coach.
04:02Exactly.
04:04It had been open to take on additional passengers.
04:06So I observed.
04:08I say, it was awfully decent of you to come,
04:10considering the fact that I was so secretive about it all.
04:12Oh, my dear Mr. Carstairs, there was no need for secrecy.
04:14I already knew.
04:16You knew that Mother insisted on bringing the Star of Rhodesia with her to London.
04:18And that while here, an attempt had been made to steal it.
04:20Did Scotland Yard tell you that?
04:22Oh, no, my dear Mr. Carstairs.
04:24But the fact that your mother owns the famous diamond is common knowledge.
04:26She came down to London to attend the reception of Buckingham Palace
04:28and, quite naturally, wore the Star of Rhodesia.
04:30You want me to accompany you back to your home in Edinburgh.
04:32Therefore, an attempt must have been made to steal the Star of Rhodesia
04:34while you were here in London.
04:36It seems simple the way you explain it, Mr. Holmes.
04:40If you don't mind, I'll wait here for my friend Dr. Watson.
04:42I can't think what's keeping him.
04:44Mother and I will be expecting you.
04:46Oh, could I take this for you?
04:48Oh, I'd be much obliged. Thank you.
04:52We'll be in compartment E.
04:54Yes.
05:00Ticket, please.
05:06Here's your carriage, sir.
05:08Well, well, well, look who's here.
05:10Inspector Lestrade.
05:12Why, Mr. Holmes.
05:14Making your trip, Inspector?
05:16Oh, it's very nice.
05:18Trout?
05:20Oh, yes, yes.
05:22Rather large rods for trout, aren't they? Salmon, perhaps?
05:24Well, as a matter of fact, I'm going mostly for the rest.
05:26As a matter of fact, you're on a job for Scotland Yard, aren't you?
05:32I trust this is the right carriage?
05:36This is where we take care of the overflow, sir.
05:38Oh, I see.
05:40Porter will take your bags.
05:42I'll carry this myself, if you don't mind.
05:47Ready to go, sir?
05:49Half past seven, eh?
05:51We always leave on time.
06:07Mind your head, sir.
06:17Watson!
06:19Coming, Holmes!
06:21Watson!
06:23All right, Holmes, they're coming!
06:26I think I've lost them.
06:28I think so.
06:35Wait a moment.
06:37Thank you for your timely assistance, sir.
06:39Really, Watson, aren't you?
06:41Oh, yes, I am.
06:43Thank you for your timely assistance, sir.
06:45Really, Watson, aren't you? A little stuff, this sort of thing?
06:47Rubbish. I deal weight for a man of my age.
06:49Ran into an old friend of mine, Duncan Bleak.
06:51Later, the cloth Indian lancers.
06:53Old Major Duncan Bleak, Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
06:55How do you do, sir?
06:57Delighted. I've heard quite a lot about you.
06:59India, eh?
07:01Retired 15 years ago.
07:03As a matter of fact, we were reminiscing about India.
07:05Didn't realize how late it was.
07:07It stays light so long these days, we almost miss the train.
07:09Yes, so I observed.
07:11Good idea.
07:13What's it all about, Holmes?
07:15Did you ever hear of Lady Muggly Caster's
07:17famous diamond, the Star of Rhodesia?
07:19There was something in last week's tackle about the old girl
07:21being in London with a bauble, wasn't there, Holmes?
07:23Yes, there was.
07:25She's on this train.
07:27That's why we're here, to see that this bauble,
07:29as you call it, gets safely back to its fault at Edinburgh.
07:31Sounds to me like...
07:33Pardon me?
07:35Sounds to me like a police fatigue job.
07:37That's where you're wrong, old fellow.
07:39The first attempt was unsuccessful.
07:41The second attempt will in all probability be made on this train.
07:43What makes you say that?
07:45Well, it seems more than likely that the people
07:47who planned the first attempt will not be discouraged
07:49by one failure and will stop at nothing
07:51to ensure success the second time.
07:53Sounds like Lestrade's cup of tea to me.
07:55Lestrade? He's on this train.
07:57Oh, is he?
07:59Giving an excellent imitation of Isaac Walton.
08:01Very ardent, yes.
08:03Come in, Mr. Holmes.
08:05My friend and colleague, Dr. Watson.
08:07I thought it better to engage Mr. Holmes
08:09after what happened in London.
08:11No doubt you're an efficient person,
08:13but I don't think there's any need for a policeman.
08:15Policeman?
08:17How long have you been in possession
08:19of the Star of Rhodesia, Lady Margaret?
08:2125 years.
08:23You know, it may seem strange to you,
08:25but I've never actually seen it.
08:27I suppose there's no harm
08:29since we're paying you to guard it.
08:31Mother.
08:33Yes?
08:36May I?
08:38Do, by all means.
08:42Great, Scott.
08:44What a remarkable stone.
08:46My husband gave it to me on our fifth wedding anniversary.
08:49423 carats, isn't it?
08:51The original diamond was over 700 carats.
08:54Your father had it cut.
08:56Less ostentatious.
08:58Ostentatious is as big as a duck's egg.
09:00Watson, please.
09:02Thank you, Lady Margaret.
09:04We'll be as unobtrusive as possible.
09:06That will be a novelty from a policeman.
09:09Now, if you wouldn't mind telling us where our compartment is.
09:12Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Holmes.
09:14Oh, thank you. Lady Margaret.
09:16Good night.
09:18Good night.
09:20Impertinent.
09:22She called us policemen.
09:24And what's wrong with being a policeman?
09:26Oh, hello, Lestrade.
09:28Where are you going?
09:30The inspector's going to Scotland to fish for salmon.
09:32Oh, really? The season doesn't start for another month.
09:34But you wouldn't know that, would you?
09:36Who says I'm going to fish for salmon?
09:38Who? Him.
09:40Excuse me, please.
09:54Police.
09:56Police?
09:58Police?
10:00Here?
10:02On the train?
10:04Scotland Yard, I heard.
10:06I warned you.
10:14Oh, Mr. Holmes?
10:16Yes, this way, please.
10:22There you are, Holmes.
10:25Try some of this curry.
10:27It's excellent.
10:29Steak and kidney pudding, please.
10:41Of course, the Bengal curry doesn't compare with that of Madras.
10:44No, it's the quality of the mutton that makes the difference, don't you think?
10:49The, um... The meat's unimportant.
10:52The meat's unimportant.
10:54It's the spices that make the difference.
10:56Don't you agree with me, Holmes?
10:58What?
11:00I said we were discussing curry.
11:02Oh, yes, curry. Horrible stuff.
11:06One man's meat is another man's poison.
11:18There will be two of us, Steward.
11:20My son will be here directly.
11:50Let's go.
12:21But, my dear fellow, I still insist
12:23the unpolished wild rice does make a considerable difference to a good curry.
12:27Well, I still can't agree with you.
12:29Take care of this for me, will you, Watson?
12:31Right you are, fellow.
12:37That was one of them.
12:39That was one of them.
12:41That was one of them.
12:43That was one of them.
12:45That was one of them.
12:47That was one of them.
12:50That was one of them.
12:57Was Young Caster's in the dining car with you?
12:59No. Lady Margaret came in alone.
13:01Well, I was in my compartment just now having a bite to eat,
13:03and I heard a crash in here.
13:05Crash? It's locked.
13:07I knocked, and there was no answer.
13:09Sir, you just stood here twiddling your thumbs. Brilliant.
13:11Attendant, will you please unlock this door?
13:13I'm sorry, sir. It's against the...
13:15This is Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard.
13:27Well?
13:35Dead?
13:37Murdered.
13:39That's a bit quick, isn't it, even for you?
13:43Is this the...
13:45Star of Rhodesia was in this box not 45 minutes ago.
13:47How do you know?
13:49I saw it.
13:51Well, it might be here somewhere.
13:53No, no good looking for it, Lestrade. The killer's got it.
13:55Ah, there you are, Holmes.
13:57How about joining us in the...
13:59Take a look at this body, will you, Watson?
14:01Body? Good God.
14:03How do you know it's murder, Mr. Holmes?
14:05Murder? Oh, I say.
14:07Who are you? Major Duncombe Creek, a friend of Dr. Watson's.
14:09Hmm.
14:11Well, what makes you so sure it's murder, Mr. Holmes? The door was locked.
14:15Every attendant has a key.
14:17Did you open this door for anyone during the last hour?
14:19No, sir. Was the key ever out of your possession?
14:21It never is, sir. It's on a chain.
14:25It's to me like heart failure.
14:27Any marks of violence on the body?
14:29None that I can see.
14:31Seemed to have missed it this time, didn't you, Mr. Holmes?
14:33Possibly.
14:35Still, if it was a natural death, it came at a very convenient time, didn't it?
14:37Hmm.
14:39What does this mean?
14:43Stavridis.
14:45It's gone.
14:47You were supposed to guard it.
14:49My son employed you.
14:51That's why I left it with him.
14:53Where is he?
14:59I'm sorry, Lady Margaret.
15:01It was thoughtless of us to let you come in like this.
15:03Do you have an empty compartment?
15:05Yes.
15:07Then I think we'd better put on my Lady Margaret.
15:09Please.
15:15It's the poor chap's mother, I presume.
15:17Yeah. Well, let's get to the bottom of this.
15:19Excuse me, Doctor.
15:23Poor chap. He was so young. It's such a pity.
15:29I have sent for the conductor, Mr. Argyle.
15:31I've asked that no one be allowed to leave this coach.
15:33Oh, thank you, Mr. Holmes.
15:35Shall we use my compartment?
15:37Attendant, lock that door and let no one go in without my permission.
15:39You understand?
15:41Very good, sir.
15:43Sorry, old man. Official police business.
15:45That's all right. I'll catch up with you later.
15:55Are you looking for the Scotland Yard inspector, sir?
15:57Where he is?
15:59Right in there, sir.
16:05Come in.
16:33Sorry, sir.
16:35No one's allowed to leave the carriage.
16:37Can't leave the carriage?
16:39Whose ridiculous idea was that?
16:41Scotland Yard.
16:47You see, we don't stop until we reach Rugby.
16:49That's right, sir.
16:51Good. We'll have a thorough search of the train made before that time.
16:53Find the murderer, inspector, and you'll find the diamond.
16:55But we don't know it was murder.
16:57Consider the facts, Lestrade.
16:59Young Carstairs was dead when the jewel was taken.
17:01Otherwise, he'd have put up a struggle
17:03and there were no marks of violence on the body.
17:05If, however, he died a natural death,
17:07we must assume that the thief
17:09happened to be on hand just at the right moment,
17:11which is outside the realm of probability.
17:13Nor, Lestrade, in this case, nothing was left to chance.
17:15That's why I say find the murderer
17:17and you'll find the diamond.
17:19How do we know the thief didn't leave the carriage
17:21before we discovered the body?
17:23The attendant was in the corridor the entire time
17:25and he's certain that no one passed into the dining car.
17:27The door at the other end leads into the luggage van.
17:29Which is always locked.
17:31Hmm.
17:39You found no marks of any kind on the body, Watson?
17:41No, none of any significance.
17:43Not even a scratch?
17:45Well, there was a small spot of blood on his neck,
17:47just a mere speck.
17:49That's what I was referring to.
17:51You mean that scratch killed him?
17:53It's possible the poison that went into the wound did.
17:55Poison?
17:57Well, we can't tell that without an autopsy.
17:59Hmm.
18:01Have you got a list of the passengers in this carriage?
18:03Yes, sir.
18:05There you are, sir.
18:07Thank you. Major Duncan Bleak.
18:09That would be your friend, Doctor.
18:11The next compartment's empty.
18:13Where we took Lady Margaret after the murder.
18:15You remember, Lestrade.
18:19Go on.
18:21Vivium Vedder, Inspector Lest...
18:23That's this one.
18:25Lady Margaret Carstairs and the Honourable Roland Carstairs.
18:27Professor William Kilbane,
18:29Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Shellcross,
18:31Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson.
18:33That would be you two.
18:35Well, I think I shall ask a few questions.
18:39Vivium Vedder. We'll start with her, whoever she is.
18:45Vedder, compartment C.
18:49Here we are.
18:57Empty.
19:01Say, Holmes, are you going to let Lestrade
19:03handle this thing by himself?
19:05Well, after all, he does represent the official police, you know.
19:07With him doing the questioning
19:09and looking under the seat cushions for diamonds,
19:11I won't know any more than we're through and we do now.
19:13I could do it better myself.
19:15Why don't you, old fellow? Huh?
19:17Quite sure I think I will.
19:19Probably find out just as much as Lestrade would anyway.
19:21I'll do it at once.
19:23Oh, yes. That's where you just came from.
19:27Doctor, sir.
19:29Oh, that's where the body is.
19:35Well,
19:37I'll start with this one.
19:41Hello. Yes?
19:43My name's Watson.
19:45Dr. Watson.
19:47Oh. To what am I indebted for this intrusion?
19:49I'm afraid I've got to ask you one or two questions,
19:51which you're doing on the train.
19:53Where you're going, things like that, you know.
19:55Why?
19:57Customary.
19:59There's been a murder committed.
20:01Scotland Yard.
20:03Sherlock Holmes.
20:05Sherlock Holmes and I...
20:07What about Sherlock Holmes?
20:09We're cross-examining suspects.
20:11Suspects?
20:13Of what am I suspected?
20:15Old fellow's dead. Murdered, you know.
20:17Now, let me get this straight.
20:19You say a murder has been committed on this train?
20:21Yeah. Next compartment.
20:23And because a perfect stranger to me got himself murdered,
20:25you come to question me?
20:27We've got to question everybody.
20:29Are you a policeman?
20:31No.
20:33Then by what right do you force your way into my compartment?
20:35Well, I...
20:37What are you doing on this train?
20:39Where are you going?
20:41Not going anywhere. Holmes and I are on the train to watch the...
20:43I know. It's a diamond or a pearl
20:45or something of fabulous value.
20:47This fellow Holmes is always chasing after missing jewels
20:49or mysterious females.
20:53Let's go.
21:07What is the meaning of this?
21:09I'm sorry, Miss Vera,
21:11but it was necessary for us to search your compartment.
21:13Indeed.
21:15May I ask what you expected to find?
21:17A valuable jewel has been stolen.
21:19And a man has been murdered.
21:21I'm in search of the entire carriage
21:23and asking a few questions.
21:27Go right ahead.
21:35I understand your journey is rather a sad one.
21:37Your mother...
21:39Yes.
21:43Perhaps we'd better not question Miss Vera
21:45just now, Lestrade.
21:47Excuse us, will you?
21:59What's the idea, Mr. Holmes?
22:01Out of taste, Lestrade.
22:03The young lady is taking her mother to Scotland for burial.
22:05In a coffin?
22:07That is the customary method, I believe.
22:09Lestrade, I think we'll take a look at that coffin.
22:11It might prove interesting.
22:13Hmm.
22:15I was about to suggest that very thing myself, Mr. Holmes.
22:17Conductor, I'll have a look in the luggage van.
22:27But I am Dr. Watson.
22:29Dr. John H. Watson of 221 Beebecker Street.
22:31Retired.
22:33My friend Sherlock Holmes can vouch for me.
22:35Your alibi isn't worth a scotch party.
22:37You just told me that this fellow Holmes
22:39is a crony of yours. Naturally, he'd lie.
22:41I resent that, sir. Sherlock Holmes is a very solid integrity.
22:43He might even be an accomplice.
22:45Why, if I were a policeman,
22:47why would I take you in charge this very moment?
22:49I didn't do it, sir. I swear I didn't do it.
22:51I can prove it.
22:53There you are, Holmes.
22:55Now get out of here and join your silly friends.
22:59Did you discover anything, Watson?
23:01Yes.
23:03He's a very suspicious character.
23:05He tried to put me off the scent.
23:07From the little I heard, he seemed reasonably successful.
23:09Look here, you're not going to let an old fellow like Professor Kilbane
23:11discourage you, are you?
23:13Why don't you try this one?
23:15Do you think you'd better? Yes, of course.
23:17All right.
23:23Do you mind if I come in?
23:25You may. Thank you.
23:27I'm sorry to bother you, but I represent the police.
23:29I knew it.
23:31Alfred, I told you.
23:33Told him what?
23:35Well?
23:37It's quite all right, Inspector. I confess.
23:39Confess?
23:41You mean you stole it?
23:43Yes.
23:45No, no, no. Leave it where it is.
23:47I'll go and fetch Inspector Lestrade at Scotland Yard.
23:49And don't either of you attempt to run away.
23:51Oh, no, Inspector.
23:59Is this door always kept locked, Conductor?
24:01Yes, sir. Only the guard and myself have keys.
24:03Got him, Holmes. Who?
24:05The thieves. Thieves? Well, come on, speak up.
24:07That married couple down there. Mr. and Mrs. Sharcroft.
24:09Yes, I confessed. Confessed?
24:11I gave them the third degree.
24:13And you left them unguarded? I told them not to run away.
24:15You better have a talk with them.
24:21Oh!
24:23It's you again.
24:25It might interest you to know that I've just caught the thieves.
24:31Excuse me, madam.
24:33You're the police, I know.
24:35I warned him.
24:37But no, he had to take it.
24:39I warned you that anything you say may be used against you.
24:41Anything they say.
24:43They've already admitted everything. Everything?
24:45Yes, they've got it in there.
24:47I'd be glad to pay double what it's worth if only they won't prosecute.
24:49It's my first offence.
24:51You chaps always say the same thing.
24:53Come on, hand it over. Where is it?
24:55I stole it.
24:57I took it from a hotel in London.
24:59Come on, come on.
25:01In my small way,
25:03I'm a collector of teapots.
25:05Teapots?
25:07Dr. Watson, does this look like a diamond?
25:09Not very much.
25:11Don't you mention it?
25:13What's all that about a confession?
25:15When I came in here before, they said that they took it.
25:17Well, you'll please oblige us, doctor,
25:19by not meddling in police business.
25:21This time wasn't entirely wasted, Lestrade.
25:23At least you've recovered the teapot.
25:25Thank you, Holmes.
25:27Teapot.
25:29The fellow tries his best, and what does he get?
25:31Humiliation, abuse, and the start of all people.
25:33A good man to chuck up the whole case.
25:35Might be a good idea
25:37to let the police do their own work.
25:39You mind your own business.
25:41Oh, there you are, Watson.
25:43How about a spot in my compartment?
25:45Thanks, old man.
25:47Serve them right if I got a bit tiddler.
25:59I suppose you realise
26:01you'll be turned over to the police
26:03as soon as we reach Edinburgh.
26:05Dr. Watson, teapots.
26:07I beg your pardon, Professor Kilbane.
26:09You're in the next compartment, aren't you?
26:11I am.
26:13I'm afraid we'll have to ask you a few questions.
26:15Now, don't tell me that you're going to start.
26:17You mind?
26:19Why, of course I mind.
26:21Come on, in detail.
26:23A brilliant mind,
26:25but there have been times when...
26:27When your scientist mind has shown him the way.
26:29Exactly.
26:31You take the death of young Carstairs, for instance.
26:33I knew from the first it was poison.
26:35The scientific approach, of course.
26:37The murderer used a hypodermic.
26:39Some rare poison from...
26:41from South America, probably.
26:43Or India.
26:45Yes, yes, India.
26:47I suppose you're right, Professor Kilbane.
26:49I suppose so.
26:51You've been to India?
26:53Yes, yes, India.
26:55I've been to India. So have you.
26:57Yes.
26:59Yes, of course.
27:01You've been...
27:05You've been India.
27:07I don't like your attitude, Professor Kilbane.
27:09I don't like it at all.
27:11Perhaps not.
27:13But I'm on this train for legitimate reasons.
27:15And I've neither the time nor the inclination
27:17to assist you with your work.
27:19You're perfectly within your right, sir.
27:21And I'm sure that Inspector Lestrade appreciates that.
27:23Thank you, sir.
27:25Now, if you'll no objection, I have some work to do
27:27which requires concentration.
27:29Mathematics?
27:31Yes.
27:33Interesting study.
27:35If you don't mind.
27:49Looking for something, Lady Margaret?
27:51Oh.
27:55I came to get my bag.
27:57The door's locked.
27:59Naturally. Perhaps I can help you.
28:21Mr. Holmes.
28:23I must talk to you about the diamond.
28:25Oh, don't you worry about that, Lady Margaret.
28:2750,000 pounds, and you tell me not to worry?
28:31My son employed this man to guard it.
28:34And it was stolen right under his very nose.
28:37I warn you.
28:39I intend to take this matter up with your superiors.
28:41I'm a private agent, Lady Margaret.
28:43I'm a private agent.
28:45I'm a private agent.
28:47I'm a private agent, Lady Margaret.
28:49Good.
28:51I shall report you both to Scotland Yard.
28:55But I am Scotland Yard.
29:05Lady Carstairs entered the dining car alone.
29:07You and I were already there.
29:09Holmes came in later, and I understand
29:11that Inspector Lestrade remained in his compartment
29:13with the curtains open
29:15so that if anyone had gone in or out, he would have seen them.
29:17I see you've got something there.
29:19Let's look at this thing objectively.
29:21Lady Carstairs seemed more concerned,
29:23was more concerned, at the loss of the diamond
29:25than at the death of her son.
29:27You're right. So she was.
29:29Come in.
29:31Oh, here you are, Watson.
29:33Sit down. Have a drink?
29:35No, thanks.
29:37Do you mind if I...
29:39Not at all.
29:41I've been thinking about this case, Holmes.
29:43Oh, I see. The way we figure it out,
29:45the old trout is the only one without an alibi.
29:47Yes, we feel that you're approaching the whole thing
29:49from the wrong angle.
29:51Really, Watson? What's your theory?
29:53Insurance. A lot of people insure jewellery
29:55and then try and collect on it.
29:57Interesting suggestion.
29:59Suppose you go and ask Lady Margaret just how much insurance
30:01she carries on the starboard of this ship.
30:03No, thank you. I've already had two tries.
30:05Why don't you ask her yourself?
30:07For a very simple reason I already know.
30:09You're quite a doodler, sir.
30:11Fool.
30:29Mr. and Mrs. Shawcross.
30:31Teapots.
30:33Well, we can eliminate them.
30:35Professor William Kilbane.
30:37I've sent a telegram
30:39to the Edinburgh police
30:41to check up on that mathematics professor.
30:43Interesting.
30:45Now what?
30:47Well, just a coincidence.
30:49What's a coincidence?
30:51The fact that this fellow Kilbane
30:53happens to be a professor of mathematics.
30:55Oh.
30:57Come again, Mr. Holmes?
30:59Lestrade, did you ever hear of Colonel Sebastian Moran?
31:01Of course I did. What a burden.
31:03Well, then, as you know,
31:05Colonel Sebastian Moran was the most sinister,
31:07and diabolically clever henchman
31:09of our late but unlamented friend,
31:11Professor Moriarty.
31:13I've never seen him,
31:15but I've been unpleasantly conscious
31:17of his presence more than once.
31:19As a matter of fact,
31:21he was directly responsible
31:23for what very nearly turned out to be
31:25my premature death on three separate occasions.
31:27Very pretty, Mr. Holmes.
31:29What's all that got to do with all this?
31:31Oh, possibly nothing.
31:33However, his speciality
31:35was to steal jewel robberies.
31:37And for relaxation, he was addicted
31:39to the study of, uh, mathematics.
31:41Are you inferring
31:43that this Professor Kilbane
31:45is Colonel Sebastian Moran?
31:47That he murdered young Carcés
31:49and stole the diamond?
31:51Well, what about this woman,
31:53this, uh, Vivienne Vedder?
31:55What about her?
31:57No one's above suspicion.
31:59And Lady Margaret.
32:01She might have a motive
32:03for murdering her children.
32:05She wasn't very concerned
32:07over the death of her son.
32:09And this friend of Dr. Watson's,
32:11this, uh, Major Duncan Bleak.
32:13Might be just as sensible
32:15to suspect him.
32:17Now, as far as we know,
32:19only four persons knew
32:21the story of Rhodesia was on this train.
32:23Yourself, Dr. Watson,
32:25the murdered... the dead lad, and myself.
32:27And Lady Margaret.
32:29And Lady Margaret.
32:31I'll have another talk with her, Ladyship.
32:41Lady Margaret,
32:43do you mind if I come in?
33:01We're home.
33:17We're home.
33:19Leave it open, will you?
33:21Lucky beggar.
33:23Who's a lucky beggar?
33:25Duncan Bleak.
33:27Been playing cards with him.
33:29Have you been with him all this time?
33:31Yeah, just left him.
33:33He introduced me to a new fangle game.
33:35Gin-Rummy, he called it.
33:37American, I believe.
33:39Lot of bookkeeping connected with it.
33:41Do you, uh...
33:43ever hear of it?
33:59Whoa!
34:29Whoa!
34:59Still looking
35:01for the murderer, Inspector?
35:05Impossible fellow.
35:15I don't understand it.
35:29Hmm.
35:59Finishing the scenario.
36:07Hmm.
36:13Well, there you are.
36:15Where on earth have you been?
36:29I asked you where you'd been.
36:31Hello?
36:33What's happened?
36:35I've been observing the landscape
36:37from the door at the end of the corridor.
36:39Well, just been along there. I didn't see you.
36:41The door was shut.
36:43Actually, it was on the outside.
36:45The outside?
36:47Yes. You must try it sometime.
36:49We'll take a look at that coffin.
36:51You remember, I was interrupted the last time.
36:53Oh, sorry.
36:59KNOCK AT DOOR
37:11I'm Sherlock Holmes.
37:13Do you mind if I inspect a coffin you've hidden in Scotland?
37:15No one is allowed in here, Mr. Holmes.
37:17I'll take the responsibility. Excuse me.
37:19KNOCK AT DOOR
37:27Does it occur to you, Watson, that this is a very unusual coffin?
37:29I don't know. A trifle ornate, perhaps.
37:33I wasn't thinking of the fittings.
37:35Do you mind if we open it?
37:37It's forbidden, sir.
37:39Sorry. Go on, Watson.
37:41But you can't do that, sir.
37:43We'll have to.
37:45Excuse me, please.
37:49KNOCK AT DOOR
37:53A little old lady.
37:55As I thought. Shallow.
37:57Body only comes down to about here.
37:59Do you think there's a secret compartment underneath?
38:03There has to be.
38:13Empty.
38:15Yes, but it's been recently occupied.
38:17We asked Lestrade to come in here.
38:19He's with Lady Margaret.
38:21Thank you, Holmes.
38:27Have you let anyone else in here?
38:29No.
38:31I'm Alex, eh?
38:33Give me something to do.
38:45Come quick. What is it?
38:47It's the coffin.
38:51Holmes, find a false bottom in it.
38:53Enough room for the murderer to hide in.
39:03What is all this, Mr. Holmes?
39:05There's where your murderer's been hiding, Lestrade.
39:09Then it's just a question of finding him, isn't it, Mr. Holmes?
39:13Not him. Them.
39:15This affair is obviously the work of two men.
39:17The one who planned it and the other who hid in the coffin
39:20and at a prearranged time emerged
39:22to commit the murder and effect the robbery.
39:24What are you talking about?
39:26Colonel Sebastian Moran.
39:28You've got that man on the brain, Mr. Holmes.
39:30I accepted this case because I was virtually certain
39:32that Colonel Sebastian Moran could not resist
39:34such a tempting morsel as the Star of Rhodesia.
39:36I'm convinced that he's the brains behind this case
39:39and that he's on this train.
39:41My friend, how would you go about finding out
39:43which one of the passengers is this Colonel Sebastian Moran?
39:47If he is one of the passengers.
39:49Well, I suggest that you start by questioning Miss Vedder.
39:52It might prove interesting.
39:54Huh? Oh.
40:12Who's there?
40:15Miss Vedder, I want to ask you a few questions
40:17and I must warn you, anything you say may be used against you.
40:20Oh?
40:21Now, about your mother.
40:23It isn't your mother after all, is it?
40:25Perhaps if you explain.
40:27That coffin, we've examined it and found the secret compartment.
40:29Oh, come on, let's have it.
40:31Have what?
40:33The old story.
40:35If you insist.
40:37The man approached me at the door
40:39and asked me to take a coffin to Scotland.
40:42He offered me £100.
40:44Were you aware that the coffin had a secret compartment?
40:46I was.
40:48What story did this person tell you
40:49to account for a man being concealed in the coffin?
40:51That someone had to leave London.
40:53Foreign agents were watching the train.
40:55Foreign agents.
40:56All right.
40:57Maybe I didn't believe that foreign agent story.
41:00You realise, of course, this makes you an accomplice.
41:03What was the name of the man who approached you?
41:06I don't remember.
41:08Miss Vera, the man who engaged you to take this coffin to Scotland,
41:12was it by any chance this man here?
41:15I say, old man, aren't you making a mistake?
41:17My dear Watson, just what do you know about Major Duncan Bleak?
41:20I've known him for years. He's a member of my club.
41:22I say, is this a joke?
41:25Does the name Colonel Moran mean anything to you, sir?
41:28Colonel Moran?
41:30Yes, Colonel Sebastian Moran.
41:32I'm afraid it doesn't.
41:34Good heavens, you don't think that I...
41:36No, no, no, of course not.
41:38You have the perfect alibi, Dr. Watson.
41:40Yes, yes, yes, of course, of course.
41:42Good heavens, gentlemen, you're at perfect liberty to search my compartment,
41:45to search me. If you find the diamond, I...
41:47No, that won't be necessary.
41:49The Star of Rhodesia has not been stolen.
41:51What's that, Mr. Holmes?
41:53An imitation was stolen. I have the real one.
41:55You've got it?
41:57My dear Lestrade, surely you didn't think I would allow Lady Margaret
42:00to retain the genuine diamond
42:02when I felt reasonably certain that an attempt would be made to steal it.
42:05I have had it in my possession almost from the moment I boarded the train.
42:08Confound it, Mr. Holmes. You had no right to do that.
42:10This is a police matter. Come on, let me have it.
42:12My job is to see that it wasn't stolen. It wasn't.
42:15Look, I don't know what this is all about,
42:17but I do know that I never seen this gentleman before in my life.
42:21I shall have to ask you to remain in your compartment until we reach Edinburgh.
42:24Inspector Lestrade.
42:26Oh, a telegram for you, sir.
42:30I'm sorry, old man.
42:32I'm afraid my friend owes you an apology.
42:34Oh, that's all right, Watson.
42:36In a case like this, naturally everyone is suspected.
42:38We all make mistakes. Even Holmes is not infallible.
42:41And after all, the killer is still at large, you know.
42:43Yes, he is, isn't he?
42:45Well, good night.
42:47Good night, old boy. Don't worry.
42:51I think I'll have another little chat with that professor fellow.
42:54Something important, Lestrade?
42:56You have your secrets. Mr. Holmes, I have mine.
42:59This is Inspector Lestrade.
43:05Look here. Is this racket going to continue all night?
43:08Professor Kilbane, you told me you were on the staff of the University of Edinburgh.
43:11I said nothing of the kind.
43:12You most certainly did. I urge you, Mr. Holmes, you urge it.
43:15Oh.
43:16I merely said that I was a professor of mathematics
43:19and that I was returning to my home in Edinburgh.
43:22Well, it might be necessary to talk to you again.
43:25Later.
43:26You come pounding on this door again and I'll have the law on you.
43:29I am the law.
43:31And stop barging in and out of my room like a chambermaid.
43:39Where is everybody?
44:01Sorry, chap. Doesn't want to open the door, probably.
44:05This should help us.
44:26Hello? Who shut that door?
44:32It's quite scuffed, the guard.
44:34The murderer came back and was seen.
44:38A dermick.
44:39Look again, old fellow.
44:44Scratch. Just a scratch.
44:46Like the one on Ronald Carstairs.
44:48A small dart.
44:50Apparently made of some soluble substance.
44:53Probably a gelatin preparation that melts in the wound.
44:56That's why he couldn't see anything on Carstairs.
44:58The murderer was about to get rid of the body.
45:00He heard the knock and became frightened.
45:02Here, let me have that, will you?
45:58Come away from that door.
46:01Were you seen coming in here?
46:03No.
46:04Sherlock Holmes and the fat bloke are in the luggage van now.
46:07How about the guard in the corridor?
46:09He didn't come in here.
46:11I'm afraid he's gone.
46:13I'm afraid he's gone.
46:15I'm afraid he's gone.
46:17I'm afraid he's gone.
46:19I'm afraid he's gone.
46:21I'm afraid he's gone.
46:23I'm afraid he's gone.
46:25I'm afraid he's gone.
46:27He didn't see me.
46:29I fixed him temporarily.
46:32The guard in the van did.
46:34I had to kill him.
46:40Here, you'd better take this.
46:43This isn't the Star of Rhodesia?
46:46You wouldn't be trying to double-cross me, would you?
46:49Sherlock Holmes got the diamond and replaced it with this imitation.
46:52Now that Scotland Yard inspector has the real Star of Rhodesia.
46:56Was he with Holmes and Watson in the luggage van?
46:59No.
47:00Good, then he's probably in his compartment.
47:02But you'll have to hurry.
47:04I don't like it.
47:05Neither do I.
47:07All you have to do is to relieve him of the diamond.
47:10Scotland Yard inspector, why, that...
47:13That's something different.
47:15Naturally, it'll mean more money for you.
47:17You'd like that, wouldn't you?
47:25Come on.
47:41He's in there.
47:56He's got the diamond.
48:14You use this.
48:26You use this.
48:47No! No, don't shoot!
48:49Don't!
48:51No, don't shoot!
48:55Don't shoot!
49:26Hello. That fellow you put on guard isn't there.
49:29That's what I observed.
49:31It's strange.
49:33What is?
49:39Stroud!
49:40Yeah.
49:41Help me to get him up onto the seat.
49:44I'll do it.
49:46I'll do it.
49:48I'll do it.
49:50I'll do it.
49:52I'll do it.
49:55He's coming too.
49:57Hand me that water, will you?
50:03It's nothing very serious.
50:05I'll attend to him properly later on.
50:09Poisoned, like the others.
50:13Yeah, it's gone.
50:15The diamond's gone.
50:17Gone?
50:18Yeah.
50:19And we've had a search for murder at once?
50:21No use, old fellow.
50:23The man who killed him has the star of Rhodesia.
50:26And the diamond's gone.
50:28Gone?
50:29Yeah.
50:30And we've had a search for murder at once?
50:32No use, old fellow.
50:34The man who killed him has the star of Rhodesia.
50:37What's that?
50:39It's an air pistol, Stroud, that fires a poisoned dart.
50:42It's quite an unusual design.
50:44You were attacked because you had the diamond.
50:46Fortunately, this wasn't used on you.
50:49Hello, we're coming to a stop.
51:07Police.
51:37Scottish police.
51:39Oh.
51:42I don't feel up to it, Mr. Holmes.
51:44Would you be good enough to talk to them?
51:46Certainly.
51:48You keep quiet, old boy.
51:49Be back in a minute.
52:01Mr. Holmes, this is Inspector Macdonald.
52:05Mr. Holmes, this is Inspector Macdonald of the Edinburgh Police.
52:08How do you do?
52:09I happen to be in this district on another case,
52:11and I've received this telegram from headquarters.
52:13You'll want to talk to Inspector Lestrade.
52:15In due time, but I'm in charge here.
52:17This is Scotland. You've crossed the border.
52:20We've had a spot of trouble here, Inspector.
52:22And that's why I'm here.
52:23And who are you, might I ask?
52:25Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
52:26And the private inquiry agent, eh?
52:28I've heard of you.
52:29Heard of him?
52:30Mr. Holmes has practically solved this case already.
52:32Watson, will you clear the dining car?
52:34I'll want to ask a few questions.
52:35Yes, sir.
52:36And see that no one leaves this compartment
52:38until I need him for questioning.
52:39Very good, sir.
52:40Inspector Lestrade asked me to sit in with you.
52:42It's a bit unusual, but...
52:44The Scotland Yard think a great deal of Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
52:46They frequently ask his advice.
52:48Scotland Yard, eh?
52:50Where is this Inspector Lestrade?
52:52Now, Watson, will you see if Inspector Lestrade
52:54is sufficient to recover to come into the dining car?
52:56Right you are.
53:03Miss Vedder?
53:04I know all about you.
53:06And frankly, you're in for it.
53:08All I did was buy a coffin and bring it on the train.
53:11In my opinion, this is a matter for Scotland Yard.
53:14Scotland Yard's jurisdiction ended
53:16when you crossed the border, Inspector.
53:18So you say.
53:19That's a matter of opinion.
53:21Miss Vedder is unquestionably in the plot.
53:23But you may not know Colonel Moran, however.
53:25I don't.
53:27I don't know him.
53:29But you may not know Colonel Moran, however.
53:31I don't.
53:32Colonel Sebastian Moran?
53:34Is he in this?
53:35You know him?
53:37Unfortunately, I do.
53:39You may return to your compartment.
53:47You said, unfortunately?
53:49Aye.
53:50I once had an encounter with Colonel Moran.
53:52The only time in my entire career I've been bested.
53:55The cleverest criminal since the late Professor Moriarty.
53:58To that I concur.
53:59Well, where is this Sebastian Moran?
54:01He's traveling on this train under the name of Major Duncan Bleak.
54:04What on earth are you talking about?
54:06Are you serious, Mr. Holmes?
54:08Constable, bring in Duncan Bleak.
54:10Aye, sir.
54:11Duncan Bleak?
54:13But he played for the gentlemen at Lord's.
54:21Come in.
54:24Duncan Bleak?
54:25Yes.
54:26Inspector MacDonald would like to see you.
54:28All right.
54:35Colonel Sebastian Moran, eh?
54:37It will give me great pleasure, Mr. Holmes, to meet up with that scoundrel again.
54:41You wanted to see me?
54:42Yes, Colonel Moran.
54:44You're under arrest.
54:46Oh, so you've managed to convince him that I'm the mythical Colonel Moran.
54:49Not mythical, Colonel.
54:50Have you forgotten that affair at Inverness three years ago?
54:53I've never been in Inverness in my life.
54:55Well, if I say it's you, go ahead.
55:01For an innocent man, you carry strange things in your pockets.
55:04A retired army officer, India.
55:06But you're in Scotland now, and there's a law against carrying firearms.
55:09Well, are you satisfied?
55:10Not quite, Colonel.
55:25Now I am satisfied.
55:28This clears things up pretty well.
55:31We'll be coming into Topham in a few minutes.
55:34The train doesn't stop at Topham, I'm afraid.
55:36I'm afraid you're wrong this time, Holmes.
55:39This train will stop at Topham.
55:46You're only delaying the inevitable, Colonel Moran.
55:48You can't get away.
55:50Oh!
55:55Go!
56:04Go!
56:11Out of the way, Inspector!
56:15All right, Inspector MacDonald, here's a man.
56:17Who pulled that cord?
56:18All right, Conductor, we'll get off here with our prisoner.
56:20Constables, take him off.
56:25Quite a struggle, Inspector MacDonald.
56:27Good work, Mr. Holmes.
56:29Perhaps I underestimated you.
56:31Was it you who hit me?
56:33Oh, I'm terribly sorry.
56:35You must accept my apologies.
56:55Well, that's that.
56:57Where's Lestrade?
56:59Look under that table over there.
57:01Is that Lestrade?
57:03Great Scottish Duncan Bleak?
57:05I mean Colonel Sebastian Moran.
57:06Come on, old fellow, give me a hand.
57:25What's all this about?
57:27Where's Inspector MacDonald?
57:29He's just got off the train.
57:31He couldn't have. He couldn't!
57:33Oh, but he has.
57:34A very clever plot, Colonel Moran.
57:36Your henchman masquerading as policeman
57:38come aboard the train, arrest you,
57:40stop the train and take you off.
57:42But this is fantastic!
57:43Yes, it is, isn't it?
57:45And it's a scheme worthy of Colonel Sebastian Moran.
57:47He planned the whole thing,
57:48including the coffin with the secret compartment.
57:50And in case anything went wrong,
57:51the pseudo-policeman to come aboard
57:54Then where is Lestrade?
57:56Well, I imagine at the moment he's pretty well occupied.
58:01Just a minute, MacDonald.
58:03Get over there, all of you. You're under arrest.
58:05Now, put up your hands.
58:07Driver, take us to the nearest police station.
58:09Come on, get over here.
58:11Then the poke in the eye I received from Sherlock Holmes
58:14wasn't an accident after all.
58:16That is a matter of opinion.
58:17Come on, get in.
58:24Send that over as soon as possible, will you?
58:26Very good, sir.
58:27It's a telegram to the real Edinburgh police,
58:30asking to meet us when we arrive.
58:32But how did you know this fellow
58:34wasn't the real Inspector MacDonald?
58:36Elementary, my dear Watson.
58:37In the first place,
58:39he didn't put handcuffs on Colonel Moran,
58:41so I had to do it myself.
58:42And in the second place,
58:43Inspector MacDonald during the fight
58:45was more hindrance than help,
58:47which is not characteristic of a real policeman.
58:49Amazing, Holmes.
58:51Uncovering such a fiendish plot with so little evidence.
58:53Yes, I forgot to mention
58:55that I also happen to know
58:57the real Inspector MacDonald of the Edinburgh police.
59:00Oh, was he starred in on all this?
59:02Yes, and surprisingly enough,
59:04he grasped the situation immediately.
59:06That's very unusual.
59:07Let's hope he hasn't overdone it.
59:09Very clever, Holmes.
59:10You've got me, but you haven't got the star of Rhodesia.
59:13Oh, but I have.
59:15If in the dark I could substitute
59:17a big hulk-like to start for you, Colonel Moran,
59:19it's no very great feat to, uh...
59:25switch a little thing like a diamond.