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Green For Danger-HD (1946)
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00:00:00 [Silence]
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00:01:46 To the Assistant Commissioner of the Police Scotland Yard, sir.
00:01:50 The amazing events which I am reporting may be said to have begun on the evening of August the 17th, 1944.
00:01:59 New paragraph.
00:02:01 A postman was cycling up Heron's Hill on his way to deliver mail at the hospital.
00:02:07 His name was Joseph Higgins.
00:02:10 I begin with him because he was the first to die.
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00:02:21 The hospital itself lay a mile away.
00:02:25 In Elizabethan manner requisitioned and converted in the emergency war.
00:02:30 Another new paragraph.
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00:02:37 In the operating theatre that night, there was a surgeon, Mr. Eden.
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00:02:46 Nurse Woods.
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00:02:50 Nurse Sensen.
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00:02:53 The theatre sister, Bates.
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00:03:00 Nurse Linley.
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00:03:04 And the anaesthetist, Dr. Barnes.
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00:03:10 August the 17th, 1944.
00:03:13 By August the 22nd, two of these people would be dead.
00:03:19 And one of them, a murderer.
00:03:22 [Music]
00:03:25 What's up? Had a puncture?
00:03:40 Ah, that second doodle bug this afternoon dropped right behind the post office.
00:03:44 Just as I was asking if these were sorted out.
00:03:46 They were sorted out all right.
00:03:48 So were we.
00:03:49 Well, that's the lot five and a bill for Dr. Barnes.
00:03:51 Might be a receipt.
00:03:52 Might be.
00:03:53 Well, I shall be late on duty. So long, Mac.
00:03:55 Can't bend two places at once.
00:03:56 Well, a warden takes a different view.
00:03:58 All right for ducks, that'll be Joe.
00:04:00 You bet. Have a quiet night.
00:04:02 Some hoops.
00:04:05 What is good morale, discipline and confidence, the one dependent on the other?
00:04:11 I repeat, discipline and confidence.
00:04:14 And you cannot have confidence without positive thinking.
00:04:18 Be you students or nurses, under bombardment or otherwise.
00:04:23 A small instance.
00:04:25 You may smile when I tell you that one of my first acts when I took over this hospital a month ago...
00:04:30 ...was to order the word "waste" to be painted out from the refuse bins.
00:04:35 And instead to substitute the word "salvage".
00:04:38 Salvage.
00:04:40 A humble example of the difference between positive and negative thinking.
00:04:47 An essential factor in the building and maintenance of morale.
00:04:58 [engine noise]
00:05:25 [radio chatter]
00:05:40 [explosion]
00:05:49 As the desperate Churchill lies frantically to save his face, London and the home counties are reeling under the incessant fire of our terrible V1.
00:05:58 This is Germany calling. This is Germany calling.
00:06:03 There, that's all, sister.
00:06:07 I thought it wasn't a diverticular.
00:06:10 You all right?
00:06:12 Doesn't hurt to have.
00:06:13 You all right, Miss Sidney?
00:06:14 Yes, thank you, sir. Perfectly.
00:06:15 It's always a bit of an ordeal the first time.
00:06:19 Wonder where that doodle bank dropped.
00:06:20 Somewhere near the village, sir.
00:06:22 I hope it missed my house. What a life.
00:06:24 Well, it can't last forever.
00:06:26 Nurses end up to it awfully well.
00:06:28 So do the doctors, sir.
00:06:30 One can get used to anything in time.
00:06:32 Still, it must have been a bit of a change for you too, sir, considering...
00:06:35 Considering what?
00:06:37 Your past.
00:06:38 Hmm?
00:06:39 Thank you. I mean Harley Street, Rolls Royce, lovely ladies.
00:06:43 All are gone, the old familiar faces.
00:06:46 They left their appendixes behind them.
00:06:48 They were happy to be in the furniture room.
00:06:50 And even happier to be in your consulting room.
00:06:52 It's those eyes, of course.
00:06:54 The wounded, stagged looks that no woman can resist.
00:06:57 Woods, why aren't you tidying up?
00:07:00 There's plenty to do.
00:07:02 Yes, sister.
00:07:03 Clear up the swabs and get some fresh saline.
00:07:07 There may be more casualties in.
00:07:08 Yes, sister.
00:07:11 You look tired, Esther.
00:07:12 Oh, I'm all right.
00:07:14 I'll make you a cup of something before you go to bed.
00:07:16 Thank you.
00:07:18 Sanson, will you take the patient back to the ward?
00:07:20 Yes, sister.
00:07:21 Yes, sister.
00:07:27 I see that, but after all, not being in the least unreasonable,
00:07:29 I naturally thought you'd go with me tomorrow.
00:07:31 Darling, it's just a tatty little hospital hospital.
00:07:34 I'm not going to be in the hospital.
00:07:36 I'm going to be in the hospital.
00:07:39 A tatty little hospital hospital.
00:07:40 Not a ball of the Dorchester.
00:07:41 It doesn't matter who goes with whom.
00:07:42 I suppose not, but...
00:07:44 I was about to add, Eden had a nerve to ask you.
00:07:48 Surgeons quite often ask nurses on informal occasions.
00:07:51 I know.
00:07:52 I suppose he thought twice about it.
00:07:53 I wonder.
00:07:54 Now you're being ridiculous.
00:07:56 Am I?
00:07:57 Not to say pompous.
00:07:58 I'm being nothing of the kind.
00:07:59 Must you shout?
00:08:00 You know, it's really amazing how you always contrive to put me in the wrong.
00:08:03 Well, you seem to think you can even dictate who I'm to go to a dance with.
00:08:05 I don't want to dictate to anybody.
00:08:07 I'm none of the instincts of a dictator.
00:08:08 Then why dictate?
00:08:09 What is the matter with you these days, Freddie?
00:08:12 I simply took it for granted you were going with me, that's all.
00:08:14 I don't like being taken for granted.
00:08:16 But we are supposed to be engaged.
00:08:17 You mean we were.
00:08:18 Is that remark intended to have any point?
00:08:21 Yes.
00:08:23 Can't go on like this.
00:08:24 Nurse Lindley.
00:08:25 As you have nothing to do here, would you please move outside?
00:08:27 Dr. Barnes, I do hope you won't be long.
00:08:31 We've still a great deal of clearing up to do.
00:08:33 I don't know what's happened to hospital discipline this evening.
00:08:35 Ready, Barney?
00:08:38 Let's hope that's all for this evening.
00:08:40 Sorry, sister.
00:08:42 Time for a hundred up before dinner, can we?
00:08:43 Yes, right. I'll follow you down.
00:08:45 You want to get some rest, nurse. You're on night duty, aren't you?
00:08:47 Yes, sir. I'm just going off for an hour.
00:08:48 Good.
00:08:49 Oh, good night, sister.
00:08:53 Good night, Mr. Eden.
00:09:05 Casualties. Woods, you'll be needed in casualty reception with Dr. Barnes.
00:09:09 I'll finish here.
00:09:10 And a little later they brought in Joseph Higgins.
00:09:29 Joseph Higgins.
00:09:30 Well, nurse?
00:09:38 Fractured tib and fib and he's had a quarter of morphia.
00:09:41 Shocked, too.
00:09:43 Got his name?
00:09:44 No, it's left blank.
00:09:45 No identity disc?
00:09:47 He couldn't have been wearing one.
00:09:48 We'll have to make room for him in St. Cat's.
00:09:50 Someone's sure to come forward.
00:09:52 Tell Mr. Eden.
00:09:57 Compound, otherwise straightforward.
00:09:59 No internal injuries.
00:10:00 You haven't cleaned him up, nurse?
00:10:02 No, sir. He was still badly shocked when they brought him in.
00:10:04 You're quite right.
00:10:05 They fixed him up with a splint and I think it's best to leave him his ears for a while.
00:10:08 X-ray first thing in the morning.
00:10:09 Yes, sir.
00:10:10 And then we'll take him up to the theater and operate at ten o'clock, all right?
00:10:13 Very good, sir.
00:10:14 Good.
00:10:15 Clean him up a bit now, but don't sprain him.
00:10:17 Yes, sir.
00:10:18 Have any more of those knife wounds?
00:10:23 No.
00:10:25 Meaning yes, I suppose.
00:10:26 Why don't you take a leave?
00:10:28 I might later.
00:10:29 I'd sooner work now.
00:10:31 I suppose you were right coming back here so soon after.
00:10:34 Oh, my dear, it isn't the best of atmospheres for you, you know.
00:10:37 Constant reminders.
00:10:39 There are lots of jobs outside where you'd be helping just as much.
00:10:42 I want to carry on here.
00:10:44 My dear, you're young.
00:10:45 You don't want to poison your life blaming yourself for something which you couldn't help.
00:10:48 I knew your mother, don't forget.
00:10:50 Please.
00:10:51 All right.
00:10:55 I'm sorry.
00:10:56 I'm sorry.
00:10:58 I'm sorry.
00:11:00 I'm sorry.
00:11:02 You never turned off the wires.
00:11:06 You never turned off the...
00:11:08 You're a pussy.
00:11:09 Oh.
00:11:10 You never turned off.
00:11:12 I love you.
00:11:15 [car engine starts]
00:11:17 Am I late, Esther?
00:11:27 Sorry. I fell asleep.
00:11:29 What's the matter?
00:11:30 Well, hello, Freddie.
00:11:31 You look completely out on your feet there.
00:11:33 Yes, I am a bit.
00:11:34 Plenty of sleep. That's what you need.
00:11:36 Hop off now. I'll see to everything.
00:11:37 Anyone to fix?
00:11:38 Yes, three stat, one SOS.
00:11:40 It's all in the prescription book.
00:11:41 I'll give them. Off you go.
00:11:42 Thank you, Freddie.
00:11:43 Good night.
00:11:44 Good night. See you in the morning.
00:11:46 Aren't you going to kiss me good night, nurse?
00:12:06 [footsteps]
00:12:08 Hello, nurse.
00:12:14 Spare a cuppa for the poor old surgeon?
00:12:15 Yes, I think so, sir.
00:12:16 Wonderful. I'm parched.
00:12:18 Busy night, after all.
00:12:19 You never know how it's going to be with buzz bomb.
00:12:21 No, it shall all end up with elephantiasis of the ears.
00:12:24 Isn't that good?
00:12:25 I'm your cop.
00:12:28 Thanks.
00:12:30 How's Bonnie?
00:12:31 All right, sir.
00:12:32 Did I detect a slight note of friction in the theatre this evening?
00:12:35 Saccharin?
00:12:36 Of course.
00:12:37 I like Bonnie.
00:12:41 So do I, curiously enough.
00:12:43 Naturally, since you're engaged.
00:12:45 No, I'm not.
00:12:47 Hmm? Since when?
00:12:49 This evening.
00:12:50 Oh, I am sorry.
00:12:51 What's the trouble, or shouldn't I ask?
00:12:54 I suppose it's my fault.
00:12:56 When a woman says that, it usually means she's convinced it isn't.
00:12:59 I don't know.
00:13:01 We always seem to be getting on each other's nerves.
00:13:03 Well, nobody's nerves are quite what they were.
00:13:05 Especially after being cooped up here for years,
00:13:08 working long hours under one sort of bombardment or another.
00:13:10 I suppose not.
00:13:11 Not that I ever interfere in these things.
00:13:13 Don't you?
00:13:15 Anyway, I never admit it.
00:13:17 What's the matter?
00:13:20 I was just looking at you and thinking.
00:13:22 What?
00:13:23 That Bonnie must be an awful fool.
00:13:25 He's not. He's sweet.
00:13:28 It is my fault, in a way.
00:13:30 In what way?
00:13:31 Well, he's probably a better sort of person than I am altogether,
00:13:34 but he gets so possessive.
00:13:35 And he's firmly of the opinion that there should be only one man in your life,
00:13:38 to whip Bonnie.
00:13:39 It wasn't that sort of quarrel.
00:13:42 Wasn't it?
00:13:43 Not really.
00:13:46 It wasn't a quarrel.
00:13:52 It was an accident.
00:13:53 That was now.
00:14:07 I'm sorry.
00:14:20 Please forgive me.
00:14:21 Look out!
00:14:23 It's cut out.
00:14:27 It's coming down.
00:14:29 Hear it?
00:14:31 It's going to hit us.
00:14:32 It's all right. It's gone over.
00:14:34 You're quite safe.
00:14:35 I'd just come into the ward when he started.
00:14:38 London under fire.
00:14:40 Terrible day one.
00:14:42 I'm afraid it's going to be a terrible day two.
00:14:45 I'm afraid it's going to be a terrible day three.
00:14:47 Terrible day one.
00:14:49 Terrible day one.
00:14:51 Churchill telling lies.
00:14:54 Telling lies to save...
00:14:56 What is it?
00:14:57 Churchill...
00:14:58 Some sort of quotation.
00:14:59 Don't talk any more, old man.
00:15:01 Take it easy.
00:15:02 There's nothing to worry about. You'll get to sleep now.
00:15:05 Give him a sixth of morphine.
00:15:08 I'd just come to look for you, Mr. Eden, about the operation tomorrow.
00:15:13 I understand you want it at ten o'clock.
00:15:15 That's right, sister.
00:15:16 Then I'll put back the cartilage until eleven.
00:15:18 Thank you, sister.
00:15:19 Good night, Mr. Eden.
00:15:20 Good night, sister.
00:15:22 Oh, there you are, Esther.
00:15:44 Where have you been? It must be awfully late.
00:15:47 Freddy overslept or something.
00:15:49 There's some cocoa for you. I'll heat it up.
00:15:51 Please don't bother. I don't want anything.
00:15:53 Esther.
00:15:54 Esther, what's the matter?
00:15:57 Mr. Eden wants me to leave here.
00:16:00 He's very sensible. You should never have come back.
00:16:02 I can't go yet. I won't.
00:16:04 Well, it's up to you.
00:16:05 Are you sure you're all right?
00:16:08 He saw I was upset over Higgins.
00:16:10 Higgins?
00:16:11 The postman.
00:16:13 The unidentified fracture.
00:16:15 I hadn't recognized him then, of course.
00:16:18 Not until I cleaned him up.
00:16:20 He was buried too, like she was.
00:16:23 They had to dig him out.
00:16:25 I couldn't help thinking of...
00:16:27 Higgins.
00:16:29 Higgins.
00:16:30 And at 9.50 precisely,
00:16:54 Joseph Higgins was wheeled to the operating theater.
00:16:57 Operating theater.
00:16:58 I think he's in a bit of a state.
00:17:12 He's free so far. But the next cellar will be faster.
00:17:15 I shall need a new oxygen cylinder, nurse.
00:17:18 We nearly ran this one out last time.
00:17:20 Very well, sir.
00:17:21 Good morning, nurse.
00:17:22 Good morning, sir.
00:17:23 How's the patient?
00:17:24 I could do with a pint.
00:17:26 That's the preoperative atropine.
00:17:28 Thank you very much.
00:17:29 I shall keep you long.
00:17:30 There's no need to worry. It's only a small thing.
00:17:32 Hardly an operation at all.
00:17:33 Dr. Barnes, ain't it?
00:17:35 That's right.
00:17:36 Remember me? Joe Higgins?
00:17:39 Yes, you're the postman.
00:17:40 I thought you would.
00:17:41 You gonna do the anesthetic?
00:17:45 Yes.
00:17:46 You've got a nerve.
00:17:48 All right. Perfectly.
00:17:55 New cylinder, sir.
00:17:56 All right. Shove it in.
00:17:57 Oh, sister.
00:18:00 I think I'll give the anesthetic on the table.
00:18:02 Save time. He's not the nervous type.
00:18:04 Very well.
00:18:05 I'm sure you're giving the anesthetic on the table.
00:18:11 That's right.
00:18:12 Samson!
00:18:19 Bring the machine in, Woods.
00:18:21 Do hurry.
00:18:22 Yes, sister.
00:18:24 Oh, Samson, you can bring the patient in right away.
00:18:26 Yes, sister.
00:18:27 Oh, well.
00:18:28 As Churchill says, "Man the guns, sweep the skies, plough the fields, and pull the trolley."
00:18:34 Who's that? Who's that?
00:18:36 I know that voice.
00:18:38 I've heard it before.
00:18:39 What's the matter?
00:18:40 It's the patient, sir. I think he's a bit excited.
00:18:43 It's only one of the nurses.
00:18:45 I've heard it before somewhere.
00:18:47 I can't remember where I heard it.
00:18:50 Don't worry now. It'll all come back later.
00:18:54 Nurse.
00:18:55 Yes?
00:18:56 There's no danger, is there?
00:18:58 No, of course not.
00:18:59 No danger at all.
00:19:01 Now, take it quite easily, old man. Just relax.
00:19:20 Breathe quite normally.
00:19:22 That's right.
00:19:24 Quite gently. No hurry at all.
00:19:28 Now, take it quite easily.
00:19:30 Breathe quite normally.
00:19:32 That's right.
00:19:33 Quite gently. No hurry at all.
00:19:35 [The patient is left in a state of deep shock and is unable to speak.]
00:19:41 [The patient is left in a state of deep shock and is unable to speak.]
00:20:09 I don't like his color.
00:20:11 I've cut down the gas and increased the oxygen.
00:20:13 Not responding.
00:20:27 Nothing with oxygen now.
00:20:34 [The patient is left in a state of deep shock and is unable to speak.]
00:20:38 Still not responding.
00:20:44 Doesn't seem to be any obstruction.
00:20:47 I'll slip an airway in to make sure.
00:20:49 All right?
00:20:57 Yes.
00:21:03 Still pure oxygen.
00:21:04 Yes.
00:21:05 He stopped breathing.
00:21:23 Artificial respiration?
00:21:24 Yes.
00:21:25 Adrenaline, sister?
00:21:26 Intervenous caromine, nurse.
00:21:28 [The patient is left in a state of deep shock and is unable to speak.]
00:21:31 They took the necessary action.
00:21:36 They neglected nothing.
00:21:38 It made no difference.
00:21:40 Joseph Higgins was quite dead.
00:21:43 There'll have to be an inquest, of course.
00:21:49 Quite.
00:21:50 Most unfortunate.
00:21:52 These things always create such a mistaken impression outside.
00:21:56 Of course, I'm not suggesting anyone's in the least to blame.
00:21:59 Barnes, are you quite certain that the tubes were uncrossed?
00:22:02 Positive.
00:22:03 You checked the machine?
00:22:04 Of course.
00:22:05 Well, I'm inclined to take the view that the man was still suffering from shock.
00:22:08 These things are bound to happen now and then when taking justifiable risks in urgent cases.
00:22:13 I'm afraid we can't tell the coroner that.
00:22:15 Oh, why not?
00:22:16 Because this case wasn't particularly urgent.
00:22:18 Oh.
00:22:19 And there wasn't any risk.
00:22:20 The patient was perfectly fit.
00:22:22 Hmm. Should have taken the anesthetic without turning a hair.
00:22:24 Well, the fact remains he didn't.
00:22:26 This would have to happen in my very first month here.
00:22:29 It's most distressing.
00:22:31 Any views, Verney?
00:22:35 Well, of course, I wasn't there, but it certainly seems a bit strange.
00:22:39 Might get a clue from the post-mortem.
00:22:41 Clue?
00:22:42 Why is he between?
00:22:43 Well, we shall soon know.
00:22:45 No doubt it'll all straighten itself out.
00:22:47 Thank you, gentlemen. I don't think I need keep you.
00:22:49 Thank you, sir.
00:22:50 By the way, I don't see that this need be any reason for cancelling tonight's little gathering.
00:22:56 It started some time ago.
00:22:58 Hmm? Oh, quite.
00:23:00 Well, it makes a break for the nurses. Helps morale.
00:23:03 I might even look in a little later myself.
00:23:05 That'll be nice.
00:23:06 Dr. Barnes, would you mind staying behind a moment?
00:23:10 I'll see you at the party.
00:23:14 Right.
00:23:17 We spoke of our little gathering as though it needed lancing.
00:23:20 Most distressing.
00:23:21 Great.
00:23:22 Oh, quite.
00:23:23 Barnes, you were in practice in this district before joining the hospital, I believe.
00:23:32 I was?
00:23:33 Yes. Frankly, I'm told that this won't be the first inquest of its kind you've had to attend at Heaven's Park.
00:23:38 That's true. The other was four years ago.
00:23:40 Yes. Just a little unfortunate.
00:23:42 I don't know what you're implying. The surgeon and I were both exonerated.
00:23:45 Obviously. I'm not suggesting for a moment.
00:23:48 Natural causes, cardiac failure, it might happen to any of us.
00:23:52 The fact remains, people talk.
00:23:54 They generally do.
00:23:55 They will in this case.
00:23:56 Let them.
00:23:57 I don't know that we can take quite so carefree of you.
00:24:01 We have the hospital to think of now.
00:24:03 I can see that, but after all...
00:24:04 For instance, soon after you came here, I believe, an anonymous letter was received.
00:24:08 From some illiterate halfwit.
00:24:10 Beneath contempt, of course.
00:24:13 Still, candidly, I was rather hoping for a gesture from you.
00:24:17 Oh?
00:24:18 It might... I merely throughout the suggestion...
00:24:20 It might simplify matters if you were to discontinue your theatre duties, spending your...
00:24:23 You mean admit responsibility for Higgins' death?
00:24:25 Good heavens, no!
00:24:26 If I'm suspended, that's what it amounts to.
00:24:28 My dear fellow, I merely suggested that I was hoping the gesture would come from you.
00:24:32 Well, it won't.
00:24:33 Now listen, Barnes...
00:24:34 In fact, the only gesture I feel like making is far from polite.
00:24:37 There's no necessity to be vulgar. I'm sure my predecessor would...
00:24:40 Under your predecessor, this hospital had a magnificent record.
00:24:42 Partly because you backed his staff to the hilt.
00:24:44 This is intolerable. I asked for cooperation...
00:24:46 You don't want cooperation.
00:24:47 What you want is a scapegoat, neatly trussed up as a convenient sacrifice, in case anyone starts throwing bricks at you.
00:24:53 I... really, I...
00:24:54 Suspend me if you like. If you do, I shall appeal.
00:24:56 Good night.
00:24:58 (Door closes)
00:25:25 Excuse me.
00:25:27 Barney.
00:25:38 Hello.
00:25:39 I only just heard. What's happening?
00:25:40 Everything. I bumped off a patient, insulted the superintendent, and practically been suspended. Large scotch.
00:25:45 Only small gins.
00:25:46 Barney.
00:25:47 Small gins, all right.
00:25:48 Have you really been suspended?
00:25:49 Quite hinting at it.
00:25:50 It wasn't your fault, no thank you.
00:25:52 That seems to be beside the point.
00:25:54 Why didn't you come and tell me?
00:25:56 After yesterday.
00:25:57 We both said a lot of things we didn't mean.
00:26:00 Freddie.
00:26:02 Ladies and gentlemen, Paul Jones.
00:26:05 Freddie.
00:26:08 Freddie.
00:26:09 Freddie.
00:26:10 Barney.
00:26:11 Barney.
00:26:12 Come along, old man.
00:26:14 Come along.
00:26:16 (Laughs)
00:26:18 Really, Dr. Barney.
00:26:35 When you said just now you didn't mean what you said yesterday.
00:26:39 I didn't say that exactly.
00:26:40 Oh, what?
00:26:41 Couldn't we forget the whole thing?
00:26:44 All right.
00:26:46 Are we back where we were before?
00:26:48 I'm awfully fond of you, Barney.
00:26:52 You do believe that, don't you?
00:26:54 The mere thought of losing you drives me absolutely dotty.
00:26:57 I haven't answered my question.
00:27:00 Barney.
00:27:01 It's not that I mean to be awkward. I naturally like to know where I stand.
00:27:04 If you want to boot me out, well, boot me out now.
00:27:07 Go.
00:27:13 Well?
00:27:14 Please don't ask me now, Barney.
00:27:18 I'm all in a muddle. I want to be quite sure.
00:27:21 Please.
00:27:22 All right.
00:27:23 Thought about what I was saying last night?
00:27:26 Yes.
00:27:27 I'm going against the very best medical advice.
00:27:30 I'm staying here.
00:27:31 You remind me very much of your mother.
00:27:33 She wouldn't see a reason either.
00:27:35 Now, why shouldn't we speak of it?
00:27:37 You won't get anywhere by driving this thing into the back of your mind.
00:27:42 Get away, my dear.
00:27:44 Bring it into the open and do a good job of forgetting.
00:27:47 I mustn't forget, ever.
00:27:49 She was desperately afraid of the bombing and I left her to face it alone.
00:27:52 You scarcely be blamed for that, then.
00:27:54 I left her alone?
00:27:55 Yes, Miss Stone.
00:27:57 Your mother was the most possessive woman I've ever known.
00:28:00 Jealously, hysterically possessive.
00:28:02 You've no right to say that.
00:28:03 The truth isn't less true for being brutal.
00:28:06 You have a chance now to live your own life.
00:28:09 Take it.
00:28:11 (singing)
00:28:16 Hello, sister. Having a good time?
00:28:36 No.
00:28:38 Well, I don't feel exactly thirsty myself. Have a drink.
00:28:41 I've got one.
00:28:43 They make what's called a handsome couple, don't they?
00:28:55 Yes. Well, I don't know about him.
00:28:57 That's where I have the advantage of you.
00:28:59 What?
00:29:00 I do know about him.
00:29:01 All about him.
00:29:03 You think I'm an awful fool, don't you?
00:29:05 Why?
00:29:06 Oh, you know. Everybody knows by now.
00:29:09 It's funny, I can do my work and keep my head.
00:29:12 I might be a machine, but when it comes to him, I...
00:29:16 It's funny, isn't it?
00:29:18 What about a dance?
00:29:20 He's sick of me.
00:29:21 And I'm sick of myself.
00:29:23 Now, look.
00:29:24 You're a fool, too. You know that, don't you?
00:29:27 We all have our off moments.
00:29:30 I saw him kissing her in the ward last night.
00:29:32 What?
00:29:34 That hair, didn't it?
00:29:35 I know how I feel.
00:29:37 I saw him, I saw the way he looked at her.
00:29:39 He's in love.
00:29:40 As far as he ever can be.
00:29:42 If I were you, I'd have a nice cup of cocoa and go to bed.
00:29:45 You know it's the truth.
00:29:46 If he wanted to marry her, do you think she'd hesitate if you weren't here?
00:29:49 Well, I am here.
00:29:50 You won't be much longer.
00:29:52 Not if he knows about it.
00:29:53 What are you getting at?
00:29:55 You killed a girl, didn't you?
00:29:57 A few years ago, in Haren's Park.
00:29:59 That's not true, and I've had just about enough of it.
00:30:02 Now there's been another death, and White's had you on the carpet.
00:30:05 What's this got to do with Eden?
00:30:07 You're in his way, that's all.
00:30:09 You're imagining things.
00:30:12 I'm not. I'm seeing the truth.
00:30:14 You get like that.
00:30:15 You get to see people like you never did before.
00:30:17 All the rotten things about them.
00:30:19 You shut your eyes till once.
00:30:21 And that hurts.
00:30:22 It's a comfort.
00:30:23 You're in his way, don't you see?
00:30:26 What are you getting at?
00:30:28 Oh, if I know.
00:30:31 I'm going to join in.
00:30:33 I'm going to join in.
00:30:34 I'm going to join in.
00:30:35 I'm going to join in.
00:30:37 [Music]
00:31:06 [Music]
00:31:16 I'm sorry it's come to this.
00:31:18 Why?
00:31:19 Spoiling your evening, having to dance with me.
00:31:22 Don't be upset.
00:31:23 Do you think I don't know?
00:31:25 Now, Marian, why can't you be sensible?
00:31:27 We neither of us ever pretended it was serious.
00:31:30 It was all over months ago, and no harm did it.
00:31:32 Except to me.
00:31:35 I tried to be considerate, but you won't let me.
00:31:37 Considerate?
00:31:38 You can't afford to be anything else.
00:31:41 What do you mean?
00:31:43 You see, I happen to know.
00:31:45 Know what?
00:31:46 Can't you guess?
00:31:48 I can.
00:31:49 Do you really want me to tell you?
00:31:51 Yes.
00:31:52 What are you talking about?
00:31:55 What is all this?
00:31:56 You know all right.
00:31:58 [Music]
00:32:27 [Music]
00:32:37 Listen, everybody.
00:32:40 I'm sorry to interrupt the dancing, but I have an important announcement to make.
00:32:44 A patient called Higgins died in the theater this morning.
00:32:47 It wasn't natural causes, and it wasn't an accident.
00:32:51 Shall I tell you what it was?
00:32:54 Murder.
00:32:56 Yes, he was murdered.
00:32:57 I found out how it was done.
00:32:59 Not quite by accident, but I found out.
00:33:01 Sister.
00:33:02 And believe it or not, I know who did it.
00:33:04 Marion, please.
00:33:05 For heaven's sake, think what you're doing.
00:33:06 And what's more, I've got something that'll prove it.
00:33:08 I know where it is because I've hidden it.
00:33:10 I've hidden it, and I'm the only one that knows where.
00:33:12 All right, but I suggest you come and tell Dr. Wright all about it.
00:33:14 I'll take you into it.
00:33:15 Let me alone. I'll do what I please.
00:33:16 Get them going, Miss.
00:33:23 McCoy.
00:33:24 Oh, hello, sister.
00:33:25 Could I have the key of the operating theater, please?
00:33:27 I won't be long. I'm just going back for a minute.
00:33:30 Okay.
00:33:32 I won't be long. I'm just going back for a minute.
00:33:33 Okay.
00:33:34 See?
00:33:36 There they are.
00:33:37 I see them.
00:33:38 (SIREN WAILING)
00:33:39 (SIREN WAILING)
00:33:41 (SIREN WAILING)
00:33:43 (SIREN WAILING)
00:33:45 (SIREN WAILING)
00:33:47 (SIREN WAILING)
00:33:48 (GASPS)
00:34:16 (GASPS)
00:34:17 (GASPS)
00:34:18 (SIREN WAILING)
00:34:20 (SIREN WAILING)
00:34:22 (SIREN WAILING)
00:34:24 (SIREN WAILING)
00:34:52 (GASPS)
00:34:53 What on earth's the matter with you, Marion?
00:34:57 For heaven's sake, what is it?
00:34:59 There was someone following me.
00:35:00 Oh, don't be upset.
00:35:02 It was you.
00:35:04 It was you!
00:35:05 Marion!
00:35:06 Marion, come back!
00:35:08 Marion!
00:35:11 (SIGHS)
00:35:12 I thought you were asleep.
00:35:24 No, not me, no.
00:35:25 Dr. Barnes wanted the theater key.
00:35:27 No, Sister Bates took it five minutes ago.
00:35:30 Sister Bates?
00:35:31 Oh, very well, I'll tell him.
00:35:34 (SIREN WAILING)
00:35:35 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
00:35:38 (KNOCKING)
00:36:03 (KNOCKING)
00:36:04 (KNOCKING)
00:36:14 (KNOCKING)
00:36:17 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
00:36:27 (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
00:36:28 (SCREAMING)
00:36:40 (SCREAMING)
00:37:08 (SCREAMING)
00:37:09 (SCREAMING)
00:37:13 It was early the next morning, the 19th,
00:37:28 that I myself, in person,
00:37:31 arrived on the scene.
00:37:35 (THUNDER RUMBLING)
00:37:36 (THUNDER RUMBLING)
00:37:49 (SIREN WAILING)
00:37:53 (SIREN WAILING)
00:37:55 (SIREN WAILING)
00:37:56 (SIREN WAILING)
00:38:05 (SIREN WAILING)
00:38:09 (SIREN WAILING)
00:38:14 (SIREN WAILING)
00:38:17 (SIREN WAILING)
00:38:21 (SIREN WAILING)
00:38:22 Good morning, Miss.
00:38:27 - Good day. - Well?
00:38:28 Considering everything, yes.
00:38:31 - I have... - What's wrong with him?
00:38:32 Just the usual slight discomfort after meals, nothing...
00:38:36 I have an appointment with the superintendent.
00:38:38 Do you mind telling him I'm here?
00:38:39 - What name? - Cockrell, Inspector Cockrell.
00:38:42 Yes, Scotland Yard, I'm afraid.
00:38:44 - It's sickening. - Dr. White, please.
00:38:47 Dr. White, please.
00:38:48 A terrible business, Inspector.
00:38:51 - Right. - Where's the body?
00:38:53 In the theatre, just as it was found.
00:38:54 - Police surgeon there? - Yes.
00:38:55 I do hope everything can be arranged discreetly.
00:38:57 - Shouldn't think so for a moment. - Why not?
00:38:59 Press? Do they have to be seen?
00:39:01 - Can't keep them out. - Oh, dear.
00:39:03 Why, don't mind. Always give me a good write-up.
00:39:05 - Good morning, sir. - Good morning.
00:39:07 - Tending colder, don't you think? - Yes, sir.
00:39:09 - Hello, Hendricks. - Morning, sir.
00:39:11 - Kiddies well? - Fine.
00:39:12 Good.
00:39:13 Body's on the floor.
00:39:16 Well, Doctor?
00:39:17 - Any views? - Stamped twice, of course.
00:39:20 Sure, I see.
00:39:21 Surgeon, a knife found in second room.
00:39:23 First in heart, cause of death.
00:39:25 Took place nine or ten last night.
00:39:27 Couldn't put it in any other.
00:39:28 You don't have to. We knew within ten minutes.
00:39:30 Found these on the floor.
00:39:32 Probably worn by whoever did it and left behind.
00:39:34 Any fingerprints?
00:39:37 What I said of hers, low down on that cupboard door.
00:39:40 Right hand.
00:39:41 Dr. White.
00:39:45 Could you assemble all the people you mentioned at once?
00:39:47 Some were private. I'd like to talk to them.
00:39:49 Yes, Inspector.
00:39:50 I wish the man would come and get it over.
00:39:58 He's conducting a war of nerves. That's what it is.
00:40:00 When I think of her lying there like that,
00:40:03 only a few minutes before she was alive...
00:40:05 That's enough, Freddie.
00:40:06 Why the devil is he only after five of us here?
00:40:08 That's what I want to know.
00:40:09 Because you're the only people who seem to have been concerned
00:40:12 with both murders.
00:40:14 Simple when you think of it, isn't it?
00:40:16 This is Inspector Cockrell.
00:40:18 Mr. Eden, Dr. Barnes,
00:40:20 Nurse Woods, Sansom, Linley.
00:40:23 Like it.
00:40:26 Inspector, you said both murders.
00:40:30 Sister Bates and what's-his-name, Higgins.
00:40:32 Who said Higgins was murdered?
00:40:34 Well, Sister Bates herself, for one, last night.
00:40:36 I understood you were there, Dr. Barnes.
00:40:38 Yes, but I didn't realize that she knew.
00:40:40 What about the Higgins post-mortem?
00:40:42 Completely negative.
00:40:44 But why should anyone want to murder Higgins?
00:40:46 My dear young lady, how should I know?
00:40:48 I've only just got here.
00:40:50 But I understand from Dr. White that all of you were present when he died.
00:40:53 Not Freddie.
00:40:54 Except Nurse Linley.
00:40:55 Interesting trust, current.
00:40:58 I beg your pardon, except Nurse Linley,
00:41:00 who was, however, on duty in Higgins' ward the whole of the night before.
00:41:03 Yes, so I was.
00:41:05 And all of you were at the party.
00:41:07 So there you are.
00:41:09 However, are you implying that one of us did it?
00:41:13 It seems very likely.
00:41:15 Don't you think?
00:41:16 Inspector Cockrell, I really can't help feeling that there must be some relatively innocent explanation of this terrible...
00:41:20 Dr. White, please don't be fatuous.
00:41:22 Really?
00:41:23 We are dealing with two premeditated murders.
00:41:28 Can anyone tell me anything they think I ought to know?
00:41:32 If so, now is the time.
00:41:35 (FOOTSTEPS)
00:41:37 Very well, pause for 30 seconds while you cook up your alibis.
00:41:44 Did you get it here just to insult us?
00:41:46 Yeah.
00:41:47 I only like to strike an informal note.
00:41:49 Well?
00:41:51 I've cooked mine up, Inspector.
00:41:53 I hope it's good.
00:41:54 Oh, done to a turn.
00:41:55 Well, I stayed here for a few minutes after Sister ran out,
00:42:00 and then I went straight back to our rooms in the coach house for five minutes' walk.
00:42:04 Anyone see you?
00:42:05 I don't know.
00:42:07 Oh.
00:42:08 I'm sure you can do better, Mr. Eden.
00:42:11 I?
00:42:12 With the exercise of a little imagination.
00:42:14 You followed Sister Bates, I believe?
00:42:16 Yeah.
00:42:17 Did you catch her?
00:42:18 As if you'd tell me if you did.
00:42:20 I followed her out to the terrace, but she'd disappeared.
00:42:23 I waited a moment or two, but she didn't show up, so I went direct to the sister's room.
00:42:27 What?
00:42:28 Eden?
00:42:29 One moment, Dr. Barnes.
00:42:30 Anyone see you?
00:42:33 I shouldn't think so.
00:42:35 The invisible man.
00:42:36 Thanks.
00:42:38 Now, Sensen, your turn.
00:42:39 Is that necessary, Inspector?
00:42:41 She's not well, and like the rest of us, she's been up half the night.
00:42:44 There's nothing to tell.
00:42:46 I was just leaving when Sister Bates stopped the gramophone and spoke to everyone.
00:42:50 It upset me rather.
00:42:52 It was all well.
00:42:54 Highly embarrassing.
00:42:55 Where did you go?
00:42:56 Straight to the coach house.
00:42:57 She was in bed when I got there.
00:42:59 Obviously, she couldn't have done it.
00:43:01 Unless she was fully dressed under the bedclothes, then she might have had time.
00:43:04 That's preposterous.
00:43:05 Naturally.
00:43:07 Now, then, Dr. Barnes, what about you?
00:43:09 I went after Eden.
00:43:11 Me?
00:43:12 Why?
00:43:13 Because you thought he might be the murderer suggested by the late Sister Bates?
00:43:16 Oh, that's a charming supposition.
00:43:19 Well?
00:43:20 Thank you.
00:43:23 What on earth are you suggesting, Barnes?
00:43:25 Did you catch him up?
00:43:26 No.
00:43:27 What did you do then?
00:43:28 Went for a walk.
00:43:29 Where?
00:43:30 In the garden.
00:43:31 Why did you want the key for the operating theatre?
00:43:34 I didn't.
00:43:35 You told Sergeant McCoy last night that Dr. Barnes wanted the key.
00:43:38 I...
00:43:39 Didn't you?
00:43:40 Yes.
00:43:41 Why? You're not a theatre nurse, are you?
00:43:42 No.
00:43:43 Then why did you go to the theatre?
00:43:44 Just a minute.
00:43:45 She discovered the body, Inspector.
00:43:47 Some of our most celebrated criminals have made a particular point of doing the same.
00:43:51 Sister Bates said she'd hidden something.
00:43:53 I thought the theatre was the most likely place.
00:43:55 It's just feminine curiosity.
00:43:56 Why not?
00:43:57 Not the desire to remove that something before Sister Bates could use it to incriminate anyone.
00:44:01 Dr. Barnes, for instance.
00:44:03 Or Mr. Eden.
00:44:05 That's more like it.
00:44:06 You're positively excelling yourself this morning, Barnes.
00:44:09 You're the young lady's fiancé, I believe.
00:44:11 I was.
00:44:12 Do you agree with his use of the past tense?
00:44:15 I couldn't agree more.
00:44:16 Another punctured romance.
00:44:21 Well, it comes to this.
00:44:22 All of you had time, yet none of your stories is corroborated.
00:44:25 Perhaps we all did it.
00:44:27 I wonder if you realize exactly the sort of person we're dealing with.
00:44:32 Let me tell you how I think Sister Bates died.
00:44:35 She hurried into the operating theatre, unlocked the cupboard,
00:44:38 stooped down to get the evidence she had hidden there.
00:44:40 What was it?
00:44:41 I don't know.
00:44:42 Yet.
00:44:43 Then she heard something.
00:44:45 She turned and saw a figure standing in the dark,
00:44:48 masked and gowned and gloved.
00:44:51 I imagine she'd just stayed where she was, staring.
00:44:54 Then the murderer came slowly over to her and stabbed her.
00:44:59 Dressed her in this soil theatre gown and stabbed her again.
00:45:03 Threw it, to make it look as if she'd been killed wearing the gown.
00:45:07 But why?
00:45:08 I don't know that either.
00:45:10 But what we do know is that the second wound was made after death.
00:45:14 The murderer was in a hurry.
00:45:16 As you see, he tore the gown somewhat.
00:45:19 Now there's one other thing.
00:45:23 This bottle of tablets was taken from the poison cupboard.
00:45:26 Dr. White has checked the contents and there are four missing.
00:45:29 A lethal dose.
00:45:30 The murderer has them and will not hesitate to use them.
00:45:34 Four of you are in mortal danger from the fifth.
00:45:38 Above all, don't trust your neighbor, your roommate, your fiancé, your friend.
00:45:46 He or she may be the murderer.
00:45:48 Come instead.
00:45:51 To me.
00:45:53 Sister Bates died because she knew something and was foolish enough to say so.
00:45:57 I beg of you, all of you, not to make the same mistake.
00:46:04 I'm sorry.
00:46:08 I'm sorry.
00:46:09 Thank you, Nurse Woods.
00:46:29 You showed great presence of mind.
00:46:31 Take her back.
00:46:34 I'm sorry.
00:46:35 I shouldn't do that again if I were you, Inspector.
00:46:42 Why not?
00:46:43 Because Nurse Sanson is on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
00:46:46 Actual or assumed?
00:46:48 Perhaps you would prefer to judge that for yourself.
00:46:50 Three months ago, her mother was buried under the ruins of her house in a raid.
00:46:54 The rescue squad dug for her for three days and then gave it up.
00:46:58 The next day she was fine, still alive.
00:47:01 She died an hour later.
00:47:03 Esther was there the whole time.
00:47:06 I could scarcely be expected to know that.
00:47:08 So without bothering to inquire, you scared the life out of her like any flat-footed copper off the beat.
00:47:13 The police force has not a monopoly of fallen arches, Dr. Barnes.
00:47:17 Ask any chiropodist.
00:47:19 Thank you, Mr. Eden.
00:47:21 Before the war, you had a house in Heron's Park, I believe.
00:47:23 Yes.
00:47:24 And you had a practice in the district.
00:47:26 I did.
00:47:27 Good.
00:47:28 Well then, Dr. Barnes, would you care to accompany me to the theater?
00:47:31 You gave Higgins the anaesthetic.
00:47:45 What's that got to do with it?
00:47:46 That's what I'm hoping to find out.
00:47:47 Did you know him?
00:47:48 Only by sight.
00:47:49 Nurse Woods is a remarkable woman.
00:47:52 Absolutely first class.
00:47:53 Ever live in Heron's Park?
00:47:54 Not as far as I know.
00:47:55 She used to live the other side of London.
00:47:56 She took up nursing when her sister died.
00:47:58 When?
00:47:59 1940, on the continent.
00:48:00 Funny.
00:48:02 What is?
00:48:03 Oh, it's nothing.
00:48:04 It's just that Higgins thought he knew her voice, that's all.
00:48:06 Indeed.
00:48:08 Have you any views on nasal catar?
00:48:12 Nothing in particular.
00:48:13 Why?
00:48:14 Just wondering.
00:48:15 I often suffer from it in the mornings.
00:48:18 That's the machine I used.
00:48:23 I see.
00:48:24 They brought Higgins in here.
00:48:26 I examined him.
00:48:27 He was quite fit, so we went ahead.
00:48:28 In here?
00:48:29 No, I gave it him in the theater.
00:48:30 The coud de gras?
00:48:32 The anaesthetic.
00:48:33 Is that usual?
00:48:35 Not really.
00:48:36 It's up to me.
00:48:37 Naturally.
00:48:38 In that case, in we go.
00:48:39 I gave nitrous oxide at first to get him under.
00:48:47 Yes, the stuff the dentist gives you, hmm?
00:48:49 Commonly known as laughing gas.
00:48:52 Used to be. Actually, the impurities caused the laughs.
00:48:54 Oh, just the same as our music halls.
00:48:57 Then I added oxygen.
00:48:59 When he failed to respond...
00:49:01 Doctor, my ignorance is simply staggering.
00:49:03 Please demonstrate.
00:49:05 Black and white oxygen,
00:49:07 black nitrous oxide,
00:49:09 green carbon dioxide.
00:49:11 The rest is spares.
00:49:13 I began with nitrous oxide.
00:49:16 So...
00:49:22 The flow meter registered correctly.
00:49:24 When I got him under, I added oxygen.
00:49:26 Like this.
00:49:28 I didn't like the look of him,
00:49:31 so I cut down the nitrous oxide and increased the oxygen.
00:49:34 To my surprise, he didn't respond.
00:49:36 So I turned off the nitrous oxide altogether,
00:49:39 put him on pure oxygen.
00:49:40 And then?
00:49:42 He simply collapsed.
00:49:43 I injected adrenaline.
00:49:45 And Nurse Woods gave Coram in as a last resort.
00:49:48 Nurse Woods?
00:49:49 Hmm.
00:49:50 Did he have a tampon?
00:49:51 I don't know.
00:49:52 In any case, the damage was already done.
00:49:54 What about this guy?
00:49:57 Carbon dioxide.
00:49:59 Sometimes we use a little to stimulate the respiration.
00:50:01 Isn't it poisonous?
00:50:03 Without oxygen, yes.
00:50:04 Did you use any inhigienes?
00:50:06 None at all.
00:50:07 You couldn't have mixed up the wrong cylinder by mistake.
00:50:10 These machines are as good as they can be.
00:50:13 Besides, we checked everything.
00:50:15 It would not be possible to fill, say,
00:50:18 an empty oxygen cylinder with carbon dioxide.
00:50:21 Good heavens, no. It takes terrific pressure.
00:50:23 Just supposing.
00:50:24 Well, the patient would be getting carbon dioxide instead of oxygen.
00:50:27 He'd die of, well, lack of oxygen.
00:50:30 And you couldn't tell by the flow meter or the post-mortem?
00:50:34 No. But the whole thing's quite ludicrous.
00:50:36 You must bear with me, Doctor.
00:50:39 I'm a child in these matters.
00:50:41 Can I go now?
00:50:43 No. I don't think so.
00:50:46 You had a similar experience once before, didn't you?
00:50:48 I suppose Dr. White's been talking.
00:50:50 Incessantly.
00:50:51 It wasn't similar. There was no comparison.
00:50:53 And I made no mistake in either case.
00:50:55 Splendid.
00:50:56 Does Eden think that?
00:50:58 Eden? What's he been saying?
00:51:00 Nothing to me.
00:51:01 You don't like him, do you?
00:51:03 If I discuss that with anybody, it'll be with Eden.
00:51:05 Why not?
00:51:07 Confidentially.
00:51:08 Do you think he did it?
00:51:10 How should I know?
00:51:14 Dr. Barnes.
00:51:15 About that anonymous letter.
00:51:20 If you're silly enough to attach any importance to a thing like that.
00:51:23 Oh, it wasn't that exactly.
00:51:25 I was merely wondering if Higgins was the postman who delivered it.
00:51:28 Yes, I was idiotically pleased with myself at the time.
00:51:38 But I'm not so pleased to think of it now.
00:51:41 Because there was the vital evidence.
00:51:43 The clue to the whole business.
00:51:45 Right under my nose.
00:51:47 If I'd known then, it might have saved another life.
00:51:51 The next morning, my presence lay over the hospital like a pall.
00:52:00 As I approached, voices were hushed.
00:52:04 And all eyes turned upon me.
00:52:07 Who is the guilty one?
00:52:11 When will he be arrested?
00:52:13 Who will be next?
00:52:16 That is what they were thinking.
00:52:19 I found it all tremendously enjoyable.
00:52:22 During the rest of that day, I continued my investigations with my accustomed energy.
00:52:38 Good afternoon, ladies.
00:52:40 No need to be alarmed. We were only searching your rooms.
00:52:44 Well, I'll be...
00:52:48 Did you know Higgins?
00:52:55 Personally, no.
00:52:57 Precisely was your relationship with Sister Bates.
00:53:00 Not exactly distant, I take it.
00:53:03 Harmless enough. Or so I thought.
00:53:05 Nevertheless, you certainly had a motive for getting rid of her.
00:53:08 Only in her imagination.
00:53:10 She might have proved troublesome.
00:53:12 She was jealous and possessive.
00:53:14 Most ruminary, to give them the slightest encouragement.
00:53:16 Which you invariably give them.
00:53:18 Only sometimes not so slightly.
00:53:21 Are you trying to make me lose my temper?
00:53:24 That is only a secondary object.
00:53:26 From time to time, one of those infernal devices roared overhead.
00:53:34 (roaring)
00:53:36 (explosion)
00:53:49 Such trifles, of course, did not for a moment distract me from my purpose.
00:53:55 Did Higgins say anything that night that you think might help us?
00:54:01 He'd only just got in when the bomb fell.
00:54:03 He didn't speak again?
00:54:05 No. 'Course I went clean out for a bit.
00:54:07 When I came round all I could hear was the radio.
00:54:09 Hmm? The radio?
00:54:11 Yes, our old wireless set.
00:54:13 Still hollering a treat it was, too.
00:54:15 What was it playing?
00:54:17 It wasn't playing. It was talking.
00:54:19 What about?
00:54:21 Well, uh, let me think.
00:54:23 Come along now.
00:54:25 Surely you can remember.
00:54:27 I can't get it out of my mind.
00:54:32 When I woke up today I didn't remember at first.
00:54:34 Then it all came back.
00:54:36 I went to the window and there was the inspector slinking about outside.
00:54:39 He's probably lurking about in the bushes at this very moment.
00:54:42 Oughtn't we to go back?
00:54:44 Why?
00:54:46 It's a lovely night.
00:54:48 There's still suspects.
00:54:50 That's a very good thought to escape from.
00:54:52 It's not easy.
00:54:54 Have you seen Barney?
00:54:59 No.
00:55:01 I don't know about him.
00:55:03 Isn't it time you made up your mind?
00:55:05 He's behaving so ridiculously.
00:55:07 I don't blame him.
00:55:09 He's in love with you.
00:55:11 Don't blame him for that, either.
00:55:13 It is a lovely night.
00:55:17 Very.
00:55:19 In such a night as this,
00:55:23 when the sweet wind
00:55:25 did gently kiss the trees
00:55:27 and they did make no noise,
00:55:29 in such a night,
00:55:31 Troilus, methinks,
00:55:33 mounted the Trojan wars
00:55:35 and sighed his soul
00:55:37 towards the Grecian tents
00:55:39 where Cressid lay that night.
00:55:41 In such a night
00:55:43 did young Lorenzo
00:55:45 swear he loved her well,
00:55:47 stealing her soul
00:55:49 with many vows of faith
00:55:51 and ne'er a true one.
00:55:53 Good night, Mr. Eden.
00:55:57 Good night, Mr. Eden.
00:55:59 Good night, Dr. Barnes.
00:56:11 Nurse Woods.
00:56:19 Jane Woods.
00:56:21 Where she lived,
00:56:23 when she came to London,
00:56:25 ring me right away.
00:56:27 Bye.
00:56:29 I must be getting old.
00:56:53 (clatter)
00:56:55 So much for the 19th.
00:57:03 The morning of the 20th
00:57:05 dawned like any other.
00:57:07 A condemned man ate a hearty breakfast.
00:57:09 Have some jam. No, thanks.
00:57:11 You've eaten hardly anything.
00:57:13 I've had quite enough. Besides, we ought to be going.
00:57:15 We've ten minutes yet.
00:57:17 How about the washing up?
00:57:19 I'll come back at nine o'clock and do that.
00:57:21 Where's Freddy?
00:57:23 Well, I wonder what today will bring.
00:57:25 No, it's not.
00:57:27 What?
00:57:29 Freddy.
00:57:31 Anyone in?
00:57:41 Oh, hello.
00:57:43 Good morning, sir.
00:57:45 Good morning.
00:57:47 I didn't startle you, did I?
00:57:49 Oh, no, sir.
00:57:51 I clumped, to warn you.
00:57:53 He clumped.
00:57:55 I've been wandering around for about an hour.
00:57:57 Thought I'd just drop in, see if you were all right.
00:57:59 Well, we're still here, sir.
00:58:01 Somewhat to our surprise. Have some tea.
00:58:03 Nothing go bump in the night?
00:58:05 Only my heart.
00:58:07 Oh, stick the kettle on, Esther.
00:58:09 No, please don't bother.
00:58:11 It's got to go on again for Freddy's hot water bottle.
00:58:13 Her bedroom's freezing.
00:58:15 If you're looking for Freddy, she's not back yet.
00:58:17 Oh, I'm sorry, sir.
00:58:19 Hello, children.
00:58:21 It's parky for an August day.
00:58:29 I thought I'd just see Nurse Lynlee home
00:58:31 and come in and see if you were all right.
00:58:33 Seems to be a popular movement.
00:58:35 Well, I'll push off.
00:58:37 Got a cup of tea?
00:58:39 Esther's getting it.
00:58:41 Esther's not.
00:58:43 Not until someone gives me a shilling.
00:58:45 I forgot. Unless there's one in my bag.
00:58:47 Bob's for the love of Allah.
00:58:49 Ed's.
00:58:53 Good gracious.
00:58:55 Not a bob among us.
00:58:57 That's funny. How about you, sir?
00:58:59 Nothing doing.
00:59:01 Freddy, my pet, you'll have to go to bed
00:59:03 with half a lukewarm water bottle.
00:59:05 Well, I could slip over and ask McCoy if he...
00:59:07 Of course not. I'm too tired to care.
00:59:09 I hardly slept at all yesterday.
00:59:11 Who did?
00:59:13 None of us, I imagine.
00:59:15 Speaking as the life and soul of the party,
00:59:17 I just can't keep it up.
00:59:19 Oh, don't worry, darling.
00:59:21 You've been wonderful. Really, you have.
00:59:23 It's this wondering and watching.
00:59:25 I don't believe it was one of us.
00:59:27 It can't be. And yet somebody must have killed him.
00:59:29 But why? Why Higgins?
00:59:31 I was thinking during the night about that gown.
00:59:33 What gown?
00:59:35 One Sister Bates was found in.
00:59:37 What about it?
00:59:39 Well, you know the hole in it where she was stabbed?
00:59:41 Hmm.
00:59:43 I knew there was something that seemed wrong.
00:59:45 I know it sounds silly.
00:59:47 It suddenly dawned on me what it was.
00:59:49 What? It was... Shut up.
00:59:51 If you've anything to tell,
00:59:53 tell it to the inspector.
00:59:55 Aren't you being a little fancy, Paul?
00:59:57 I must say, I can't see any harm in it.
00:59:59 Of course not. The inspector did say
01:00:01 if we found out anything, to go to him
01:00:03 and not trust anyone. He happens to be quite right.
01:00:05 What's the matter with him?
01:00:09 Doesn't your intuition stretch that far?
01:00:11 Well, it was the only thought I had.
01:00:13 When I wake up, I expect it will seem
01:00:15 too silly for words. I'll brush my teeth.
01:00:17 I'll go and get your hot water bottle.
01:00:19 Are you quite happy about the way you're behaving?
01:00:25 Self-criticism has never been one of my failings.
01:00:27 I hope you're not confusing
01:00:29 Freddie with the kind of woman who used to
01:00:31 dither in and out of your consulting room
01:00:33 in a flutter of checks and eyelashes.
01:00:35 Ah, those were the good old days.
01:00:37 I miss the check.
01:00:39 She's a bit romantic
01:00:47 and not very experienced.
01:00:49 And like the rest of us, she's been under a nervous strain
01:00:51 for a long time.
01:00:53 I'd hate to see her giving up someone permanent
01:00:55 like Barney and falling for your practiced
01:00:57 and rather hollow charm.
01:00:59 - You're much too kind. - I'm serious.
01:01:01 Supposing I were too.
01:01:03 - What? - Serious, I might be.
01:01:05 I think we'd better keep this conversation practical.
01:01:07 Have it your own way.
01:01:09 Think it over.
01:01:11 My dear Nurse Woods,
01:01:13 who am I to make the course of true love
01:01:15 run any smoother?
01:01:17 All right.
01:01:19 Only I warn you, Barney won't bottle it up much longer.
01:01:21 Any moment now, he'll grab
01:01:23 the nearest grandfather clock and break it over your head.
01:01:25 Whereupon I for one
01:01:27 will give three rousing cheers.
01:01:29 Sir.
01:01:31 Anything the matter?
01:01:33 It appears I'm a menace.
01:01:35 To whom?
01:01:37 Unprotected females.
01:01:41 Have you only just discovered that?
01:01:43 Strictly speaking, no.
01:01:45 Then why complain?
01:01:47 I'm not complaining.
01:01:49 Ready, Woody? Here I come.
01:01:51 Where have you been?
01:01:53 - Getting my cap. - Come on, we ought to be there.
01:01:55 - Coming, sir? - In a minute.
01:01:57 I think I'll be back.
01:01:59 - Coming, sir? - In a minute.
01:02:01 I think I ought to give Barney a run for his money.
01:02:03 You have been warned.
01:02:05 - Bye-bye, Freddy. See you tonight. - Bye-bye.
01:02:07 Bye-bye.
01:02:09 (footsteps)
01:02:11 (footsteps)
01:02:13 (footsteps)
01:02:15 (footsteps)
01:02:17 (footsteps)
01:02:21 (birds chirping)
01:02:29 (footsteps)
01:02:37 (footsteps)
01:02:43 (footsteps)
01:02:45 (door opens)
01:02:47 Get me Inspector Cockrell, will you?
01:02:51 What?
01:02:53 Well, see if you can find him and ring me back.
01:02:55 (door closes)
01:02:57 (knocking)
01:02:59 Everything's ready now, sister.
01:03:01 Just going back to the coach house for a few minutes to clear up.
01:03:03 - Is that all right? - Very well, nurse.
01:03:05 - Only get back before 9.30. - Yes, sister.
01:03:11 (footsteps)
01:03:13 (door opens)
01:03:27 (dramatic music)
01:03:29 (water rushing)
01:03:31 (water rushing)
01:03:33 (water rushing)
01:03:35 (water rushing)
01:03:37 (water rushing)
01:03:39 (water rushing)
01:03:41 (water rushing)
01:03:43 (water rushing)
01:03:45 (door opens)
01:03:47 (door closes)
01:04:13 (phone rings)
01:04:15 Dr. Barnes here.
01:04:19 Oh, thank you.
01:04:21 - Is that Inspector Cockrell? - No, Doctor, it's Hendricks.
01:04:23 The Inspector's busy at the moment.
01:04:25 - Can I give him a message? - I wanted to talk to him.
01:04:27 Well, it's about Nurse Lindley.
01:04:31 Yes, I think it might be important.
01:04:33 Tell him he can find me here in casualty reception.
01:04:35 Thank you.
01:04:37 (door opens)
01:04:39 Dr. Barnes was asking for you, sir.
01:04:41 - What does he want? - Said it was something about Nurse Lindley.
01:04:43 He's in casualty reception.
01:04:45 Right. Let's go along.
01:04:47 (music playing)
01:05:15 Freddie!
01:05:17 Freddie!
01:05:19 Help!
01:05:31 (music playing)
01:05:33 Bring it out quick, Hendricks.
01:05:51 - Get Dr. White at once. - Freddie!
01:05:55 You're not to touch her, Dr. Barnes.
01:05:57 Get Dr. White at once.
01:05:59 (music playing)
01:06:01 (knocking)
01:06:28 - How's Freddie? - Still unconscious.
01:06:30 - Can I see her? - No.
01:06:32 - But why not? - Because I say so.
01:06:34 Well, the murderer has achieved his first object.
01:06:36 He or she has silenced Nurse Lindley.
01:06:38 - What? - At least for the time being.
01:06:40 Could it possibly have been an accident?
01:06:42 The only accident was that she survived,
01:06:44 thanks to Nurse Sensen.
01:06:46 However, it has simplified the problem.
01:06:48 - How? - The suspects are now reduced to four.
01:06:50 One, two, three, four.
01:06:52 Fewer suspects and less work for me.
01:06:54 My ideal is a 40-hour week.
01:06:56 - If you'd only come when I asked... - Perhaps if you'd sent for me sooner.
01:06:59 - You left it a bit late, didn't you? - How was I to know that?
01:07:01 Unless you yourself were the guilty party.
01:07:03 A just point, Dr. Barnes.
01:07:06 You all knew that the gas had failed, correct?
01:07:09 You all knew that she'd gone upstairs to sleep.
01:07:11 You went up there alone with a hot water bottle.
01:07:14 You pointed out yourself it has to save her life.
01:07:16 I exclude none of you from this, Mr. Eden.
01:07:18 And you also slipped up there alone,
01:07:21 without a hot water bottle.
01:07:24 Mr. Eden remained behind when everyone else had gone,
01:07:27 and Dr. Barnes was within easy distance across the yard.
01:07:30 Each one of you could have slipped up to her room and turned on that tap.
01:07:34 You all knew Nurse Wood's habit of going back at 9.15 to boil a kettle for washing up.
01:07:38 Of course, none knew that better than Nurse Wood herself.
01:07:42 - You told me you'd never met Higgins. - I hadn't.
01:07:45 Does Horton's Farm, a couple of miles from Heron's Park, mean anything to you?
01:07:48 - What? - You lived there once, didn't you?
01:07:50 Up to 15 years ago.
01:07:52 Yes, as a matter of fact, I did.
01:07:54 Why would he?
01:07:55 Wait. With your mother and your sister.
01:07:58 Yes. Is there anything wrong in that?
01:08:01 No, no. You're a theatre nurse, aren't you?
01:08:03 - Of course. - With access to anesthetics and theatre gowns?
01:08:05 - I suppose so. - Sister Bates was stabbed through a theatre gown.
01:08:08 - Yes. - Nurse Lindley said she knew something about that same gown,
01:08:11 just before her life was attempted.
01:08:13 - Well? - And Higgins recognized your voice.
01:08:15 - He couldn't have done. - He thought he did.
01:08:17 Do you know the last thing that Higgins heard as you lay in the debris of that rescue post?
01:08:20 - How should I know? - Hendricks.
01:08:23 Listen. And you hear what Higgins heard.
01:08:27 - I don't hear it. - Listen.
01:08:29 Meanwhile, our attacks have continued without a pause since June the 15th,
01:08:41 and have laid much of the British capital in ruins.
01:08:44 As the desperate Churchill lies frantically to save his face,
01:08:48 London and the home counties are reeling under the incessant fire of our terrible V1.
01:08:54 This is Germany calling. This is Germany calling.
01:08:59 A BBC monitor recording of a broadcast from Hamburg on the evening of the 17th.
01:09:04 - Woody. - Scarcely that. Her sister.
01:09:07 - What? - Her twin sister, if my information is correct.
01:09:10 - Am I right? - Reichssender Hamburg.
01:09:13 Das waren Nachrichten in englischer...
01:09:17 Yes. You're right.
01:09:20 - You were very fond of your sister, weren't you? - Yes. And ashamed for her.
01:09:24 I tried to hide it. I said she died in France in 1940.
01:09:28 - I'd have done anything. - Including murder.
01:09:31 Murder? Well, I had the motive, didn't I?
01:09:36 Higgins might have put two and two together.
01:09:38 And I had the opportunity each time.
01:09:40 And I did go to Freddy's room alone.
01:09:43 And I did put the shilling in the meter.
01:09:45 Well? Why don't you all say what you're thinking?
01:09:49 Why don't you tell them? Why don't you tell them I did it?
01:09:53 Now, who on earth said you did?
01:09:55 Oh, I didn't.
01:09:58 Leave her.
01:10:02 The inspector has a charming aptitude for travelling in ever-decreasing circles,
01:10:07 which I fear can only have one in.
01:10:10 Someday, Mr. Eden, I must try my hand at removing an appendix.
01:10:15 I fancy the progress will be slow until I discover what Nurse Lindley was going to say about that gown.
01:10:20 She'll tell you that when she comes around.
01:10:23 Dr. Barnes, she may never come round.
01:10:26 - What do you mean? - Her skull was fractured in her fall.
01:10:29 - What? - Come back.
01:10:31 - I must see her. - I said come back. - Why? - It can't do any good.
01:10:34 - And I can't trust you. - Yes, but... - Besides, I haven't finished.
01:10:38 There is pressure on her brain which I'm told can only be relieved by an operation.
01:10:41 If she's to live, then tell me what she knows.
01:10:43 - What? Refining? - So Mr. Purdy says.
01:10:46 - That's very serious. - The operation will take place at 9.30 tomorrow morning.
01:10:50 All of you will undertake exactly the same duties as you did in the case of Higgins.
01:10:54 - What? - You can't do that.
01:10:56 - You prefer not to give the anaesthetic? - I prefer not to see her killed.
01:10:59 One doesn't necessarily follow from the other.
01:11:02 Even if it did in the case of Higgins.
01:11:04 Nurse Woods, do you remember accurately all that you did before?
01:11:07 - Yes, I think so. - You willing to do the same again?
01:11:10 - All right. - Thank you.
01:11:13 Nurse Sensen, how about you?
01:11:16 Are you willing to perform precisely the same duties as you did before?
01:11:19 - Yes, I suppose so. - May I point out that you can't exactly reproduce the circumstances of Higgins' death,
01:11:27 - which I presume is what you're after. - No, why not?
01:11:29 - Because I shan't be operating. - If you refuse, I can only draw one conclusion.
01:11:34 In this case, the wrong one.
01:11:36 You see, I don't happen to be a brain surgeon.
01:11:39 Very plausible, Mr. Eden. But if Mr. Purdy operates, do you object to assisting him?
01:11:44 - No. - Thank you.
01:11:48 - You're not going to let him touch her? - Why not?
01:11:51 May I remind you that Higgins died before I could operate?
01:11:54 What are you suggesting?
01:11:55 Only that the chief danger seems to lie in the giving of the anaesthetic.
01:11:58 - You hinted that to Dr. White, didn't you? - I did not. Why should I?
01:12:02 - You had something to gain if I'd been forced to leave. - Did? What?
01:12:05 - Freddy. - Who on earth gave you that idea?
01:12:08 Sister Bates, if you want to know. Just before she was killed.
01:12:12 Just before you met her in the garden.
01:12:14 - Mr. Eden. - Inspector.
01:12:17 Pardon me, interrupting gentlemen, but did you meet Sister Bates in the garden?
01:12:21 Yes.
01:12:23 And you never told me.
01:12:26 I saw no point in making things more difficult to myself than they already were.
01:12:30 - Do you expect him to believe that? - He might prefer the truth to your jealous suspicions.
01:12:35 - Hendricks. - Don't interfere.
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01:15:37 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:15:39 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:15:41 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:15:43 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:15:45 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:15:47 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:15:49 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:15:51 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:15:53 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:15:55 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:15:57 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:15:59 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:01 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:03 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:05 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:07 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:09 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:11 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:13 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:15 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:17 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:19 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:21 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:23 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:25 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:27 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:29 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:31 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:33 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:35 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:37 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:39 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:41 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:43 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:45 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:47 - I'm afraid I can't. - You can't?
01:16:49 - I'm paralytic. - You don't look it.
01:16:51 - Did you do this last time? - Yes.
01:16:53 - Did you do this last time? - Yes.
01:16:55 - Did you do this last time? - Yes.
01:16:57 - Did you think anything would happen? - Oh, yes.
01:16:59 - I think so. - Well, in that case...
01:17:01 - What's this? - Lube for the airway tube.
01:17:03 - Change it. - Where's Eden?
01:17:05 - On his way, I hope.
01:17:07 - On his way, I hope. - Yes, sir.
01:17:09 - All right? - Yes, sir.
01:17:25 - Good. Watch her.
01:17:27 - Freddy.
01:17:31 - Don't hear her, please, Doctor.
01:17:33 - Don't hear her, please, Doctor.
01:17:35 - Ah, there you are, Mr. Eden.
01:17:45 - We're nearly ready.
01:17:49 - Miss Sensen, will you bring in the patient?
01:17:51 - Yes, sir.
01:17:53 - Are you ready, Doctor?
01:17:57 - Yes. - Oh, Dr. Barnes.
01:17:59 - I believe I know why you gave Higgins the anesthetic on the table.
01:18:01 - I believe I know why you gave Higgins the anesthetic on the table.
01:18:03 - Why?
01:18:05 - Because you wanted witnesses.
01:18:07 - Hmm?
01:18:09 - All right.
01:18:21 - Right, go ahead.
01:18:29 - This side.
01:18:31 - Now for the oxygen.
01:18:51 - Oxygen.
01:18:55 - Oxygen.
01:18:57 - Oxygen.
01:18:59 - Oxygen.
01:19:01 - Oxygen.
01:19:03 - Oxygen.
01:19:05 - Oxygen.
01:19:07 - Oxygen.
01:19:35 - Is she all right?
01:19:37 - Her color.
01:19:39 - More oxygen.
01:19:41 - She's not responding.
01:19:51 - More oxygen.
01:20:03 - She's collapsing.
01:20:05 - Don't give her any more.
01:20:07 - Cut off the anesthetic. She's not getting any.
01:20:09 - It's pure oxygen. She must have oxygen.
01:20:11 - Cut it off!
01:20:19 - I can't!
01:20:21 - Cut off the oxygen! - What's the idea?
01:20:23 - 30! - All right.
01:20:25 - 30! The spare oxygen.
01:20:27 - Can you change it? - Yes, here.
01:20:29 - Right.
01:20:31 - She's responding now.
01:20:53 - She'll be all right.
01:20:57 - Inspector, I'm completely bewildered.
01:20:59 - Give me a pair of scissors.
01:21:01 - Green.
01:21:09 - Yes.
01:21:11 - Green for carbon dioxide.
01:21:13 - You've been pumping CO2 into her.
01:21:15 - And Higgins?
01:21:17 - Precisely.
01:21:19 - A green cylinder repainted black and white in each case.
01:21:21 - Does that suggest anything to you?
01:21:23 - What?
01:21:25 - The cylinder was also in black and white.
01:21:27 - Good heavens.
01:21:29 - That's where they got the paint.
01:21:31 - She's coming around.
01:21:33 - Freddy.
01:21:35 - If I were you, I'd walk her back to the theater for a bit.
01:21:37 - The poor girl must be feeling the strain.
01:21:39 - What?
01:21:41 - With a fractured skull.
01:21:43 - It may possibly disappoint you to learn that a young lady's cranium is at least as sound as yours.
01:21:45 - Hello, Barney.
01:21:53 - It's all right. You're safe.
01:21:55 - Yes, her life is no longer in any danger.
01:21:57 - But of course, she told me yesterday what she was going to say about that gown.
01:21:59 - What was it?
01:22:03 - She said the hole the knife made was too big.
01:22:05 - Almost as if something had been cut out.
01:22:07 - She was quite right.
01:22:09 - Something had been cut out?
01:22:11 - Of course. But I couldn't for the life of me think what.
01:22:13 - Until just now.
01:22:15 - When I noticed the smear of black paint on Nurse Wood's gown.
01:22:17 - Nurse Woods, have you any idea what it was that Sister Bates had hidden in the staircase?
01:22:21 - No.
01:22:23 - It was this.
01:22:25 - Thought you might know because it happens to be your gown.
01:22:27 - Mine?
01:22:29 - The one you wore last time when Higgins died.
01:22:31 - And look.
01:22:33 - Just here.
01:22:35 - Curiously enough, there used to be another smear of black paint from the first cylinder.
01:22:37 - The one that killed Higgins.
01:22:41 - And Sister Bates spotted it?
01:22:43 - And jumped to the right conclusion.
01:22:45 - You see, one thing the murderer couldn't control was the time the paint took to dry.
01:22:49 - About 12 hours.
01:22:51 - But why dress Sister Bates up in the thing and stab her again?
01:22:53 - To distract attention from the tear where the paint had been.
01:22:57 - By sticking the knife through it.
01:23:01 - It's all right.
01:23:07 - Do you think I could sit down?
01:23:11 - Of course, Nurse Sampson.
01:23:13 - Yes, it must have been a terrifying moment for the murderer.
01:23:17 - Alone here in this theatre with Sister Bates dead at his feet.
01:23:19 - In the moonlight with the wind screeching outside and the window slamming and opening.
01:23:23 - Slamming and opening.
01:23:29 - With the gown clutched in a dead woman's hand.
01:23:31 - With its tell-tale streak of paint.
01:23:33 - And time pressing.
01:23:35 - So that any action was better than none and first thoughts had to be best.
01:23:37 - Can't you see it?
01:23:41 - For heaven's sake, come to the point.
01:23:43 - But it is the point.
01:23:45 - Time.
01:23:47 - Each of you had a motive for killing Higgins after you'd recognised him and which of you had time?
01:23:49 - Was there someone you thought would be incriminated if Nurse Linley had been allowed to speak yesterday?
01:23:53 - I don't understand you.
01:23:57 - I think you do. Who was it?
01:23:59 - I don't know. Nobody.
01:24:01 - I can't tell you anything. I don't...
01:24:03 - Can't you leave her alone? I've told you before, she's in no state...
01:24:05 - Why on the day before Higgins' death did Mr Eden urge you to leave this hospital?
01:24:07 - I don't know.
01:24:11 - Because this was the worst possible outcome of the murder.
01:24:13 - Because this was the worst possible place for her, I've explained that before.
01:24:15 - I warn you, she's in no condition to be questioned and you can place no reliance on her answers.
01:24:19 - Well, can't I, Mr Eden?
01:24:25 - That's most illuminating.
01:24:27 - What time did you leave the ward after examining Higgins the night before he died?
01:24:29 - What's that got to do with...
01:24:31 - Answer my question!
01:24:33 - About 10.30?
01:24:35 - Where did you go?
01:24:37 - Back to my room.
01:24:39 - Did you pass the paint store on the way?
01:24:41 - I did.
01:24:43 - How should I know?
01:24:45 - Nurse Lindley, do you feel well enough to talk?
01:24:47 - Yes, if I can help.
01:24:49 - Now please think very carefully.
01:24:51 - What time did you go in duty on the night before Higgins died?
01:24:53 - I was a bit late, about 5.10.
01:24:57 - Whereupon presumably, Nurse Sanson left.
01:24:59 - Yes, as soon as I got there.
01:25:03 - I say about 10.10. What time did Nurse Sanson reach your quarters?
01:25:05 - It was late, wasn't it?
01:25:09 - She said Freddy had overslept.
01:25:11 - What time was it?
01:25:13 - Well, quarter to 11, but I'm sure she...
01:25:15 - Thank you. It should have taken you five minutes, yet it took you nearly 40. Why?
01:25:17 - I don't know.
01:25:19 - I didn't feel very well.
01:25:21 - Did you pass the paint store?
01:25:23 - Yes, I suppose I did.
01:25:27 - Did you see anyone or anything in there that made you pause or stop?
01:25:29 - I can't remember.
01:25:33 - Try to, was the door open?
01:25:35 - It may have been.
01:25:37 - Did you see anyone or anything in there?
01:25:39 - Did you?
01:25:41 - Or were you there alone?
01:25:47 - Can't you see she's had enough?
01:25:49 - I've warned you, Inspector.
01:25:51 - Mr. Eden, why do you keep on interrupting?
01:25:53 - Are you afraid of something she might say?
01:25:55 - I've given you my reasons.
01:25:57 - This time I'd like the truth.
01:25:59 - May I speak to her alone?
01:26:01 - No! Are you going to answer me, Mr. Eden?
01:26:05 - Stop it!
01:26:07 - Eden!
01:26:11 - Eden, open this door!
01:26:13 - Eden!
01:26:15 - I'm sorry, Esther. I've got to.
01:26:17 - Look out!
01:26:19 - Eden!
01:26:33 - Esther Sensen, I arrest you for the willful murder of Joseph Higgins and Marion Bates...
01:26:37 ... and for the attempted murder of Frederica Linley.
01:26:39 - I must warn you that anything you say may be used in evidence.
01:26:42 - Yes. - What?
01:26:44 - It can't be. - It is.
01:26:46 - Eden.
01:26:48 - It's not true. How could it be? She got me out of my room and the gas...
01:26:50 - Yes, she intended to make a dramatic rescue, just too late.
01:26:54 - But she arrived back a bit too early.
01:26:56 - Then she saw me approaching, smashed the window and dragged you out.
01:26:58 - And saved my life.
01:27:00 - And contrived to let you fall headlong down the stairs.
01:27:02 - By that time she had to be content with the second best.
01:27:05 - Esther, you didn't do it, did you?
01:27:07 - I did. You knew, didn't you?
01:27:10 - I was almost certain, but I didn't know how.
01:27:14 - But why should she want to kill Higgins? What has he done?
01:27:17 - Tell them.
01:27:19 - Higgins was head of the rescue squad that left her mother to die.
01:27:21 - What?
01:27:23 - That is how it seemed to her. They had no choice, but she couldn't see it that way.
01:27:26 - She transferred her obsession of guilt to Higgins, but blamed she attached to her soul for leaving her mother alone.
01:27:31 - By punishing him, she was redeeming herself.
01:27:35 - I don't understand that.
01:27:38 - I was quite right, of course. Could I have a drink of water, please?
01:27:41 - Freddie.
01:27:42 - Freddie and Sister Bates.
01:27:44 - Yes, that was bad. But I couldn't let them talk, otherwise I should have been found out and punished for something that was right.
01:27:49 - Esther, I'm sorry.
01:27:51 - You understand, don't you?
01:27:54 - Water quick, she's fainted.
01:27:57 - She's dead.
01:28:00 - What?
01:28:02 - She can't be dead.
01:28:04 - She can't be dead!
01:28:06 - Can't you do something?
01:28:07 - It's too late.
01:28:10 - Mr. Eden, you have deliberately connived at her death.
01:28:12 - Have I? How?
01:28:14 - You followed her in here with that hypodermic.
01:28:16 - Quite true.
01:28:17 - There is a penalty for helping a criminal to evade the consequences.
01:28:21 - Aren't you being a little rash? You don't know yet how she died.
01:28:25 - Well?
01:28:26 - Have you forgotten those tablets?
01:28:27 - I have not, and neither I imagine that you forget them.
01:28:31 - They killed Esther.
01:28:33 - A lethal dose, self-administered.
01:28:36 - Self?
01:28:37 - When I realized it must be Esther, I knew she was definitely insane and that she had the tablets.
01:28:43 - I wanted to be ready, but you came over to me and I was too late to stop her.
01:28:49 - Yes, Inspector, that was the antidote.
01:28:53 - The antidote?
01:28:55 - And you knocked it out of my hand.
01:29:00 - I...
01:29:02 - When I took my departure that evening, it was not with a feeling that this had been one of my more successful investigations.
01:29:19 - In fact, it still seems to me that I fell down rather badly on the case.
01:29:25 (music)
01:29:50 - And in view of my failure... correction, comparative failure, I feel I have no alternative, sir, but to offer you my resignation.
01:30:03 - In the confident hope that you will not accept it.
01:30:10 - Full stop.
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