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Sherlock Holmes in Washington
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00:12:23 This is the BBC News Bureau, broadcasting from London.
00:12:28 At this time, we present our regular morning summary of the news.
00:12:33 A British subject has disappeared under curious circumstances.
00:12:38 John Grayson, senior clerk in the firm of Parlow, Nash and Parlow, solicitors,
00:12:44 Chancellor Elaine, has not arrived at his firm's representatives in Washington.
00:12:50 Foul play is suspected.
00:12:53 Plorable, simply deplorable. It's the sort of thing that shakes your faith, my Joe.
00:12:58 I say, Holmes, it shakes your faith in everything.
00:13:01 You alarm me, Watson. I've never seen you affected by the news, however startling.
00:13:04 Startling, my dear fellow? It's devastating.
00:13:06 Have you seen the scores? The Navy got 428 for six wickets against the Army at Lords.
00:13:12 May I draw your attention to the fact that really momentous things are happening in the world today?
00:13:16 I know all about that. I'll get to them later on.
00:13:19 Excuse me.
00:13:20 Mind my egg, old bean.
00:13:22 Sorry.
00:13:23 With your consuming interest in the game, I'm surprised that you've changed your mind about running up to Lords cricket ground this afternoon.
00:13:29 It can't be helped. I had to put it off.
00:13:32 How did you know I'd changed my mind?
00:13:34 Elementary, my dear Watson.
00:13:36 Invariably, when you go to a cricket match, you fill your flask with my best whiskey.
00:13:40 Just now I noted in parsing that the flask was empty.
00:13:43 A single whiff informed me that it had been recently filled.
00:13:46 Obviously, after filling it, you would pour the contents back into the bottle.
00:13:49 Therefore, you would change your mind about a cricket match.
00:13:52 You amaze me, Holmes. You positively amaze me.
00:13:56 (KNOCKING)
00:13:57 Come in, Mrs. Hudson.
00:13:59 Oh, excuse me, Mr. Holmes. There's a gentleman and he's very insistent.
00:14:04 Well, I do declare he followed me right up the stairs.
00:14:07 Didn't I ask you to wait?
00:14:09 My good woman, you may ask me to wait, but not the British Empire.
00:14:12 Mr. Holmes, I must talk to you immediately.
00:14:15 How are you, Mr. Irons? That will be all now, thank you, Mrs. Hudson.
00:14:18 My good woman, indeed.
00:14:20 Irons? I see you know that name.
00:14:23 Don't tell me, my dear Watson, that you don't recognize Mr. Irons at the Home Office.
00:14:26 Oh, of course I knew the moment you came in. How are you, Irons?
00:14:29 - How do you do? - Did you see what the Navy did to the Army at Lord's yesterday?
00:14:32 - All right, Watson, go on with your breakfast. - Bad show. 428, six wickets.
00:14:35 Mr. Holmes, I'm here on a matter of the utmost secrecy.
00:14:39 I assure you, Mr. Irons, that Dr. Watson is the very soul of discretion.
00:14:42 - Won't you sit down? - Thank you.
00:14:44 By the way, Watson, please be so good as to keep tapping on the table with your knife.
00:14:48 - Tapping on the table? - Yes, it will break the wavelengths...
00:14:50 - if by any chance there's a dictograph in the walls. - All right.
00:14:53 - Pick a red. - No, thank you.
00:14:58 You can stop now, Watson.
00:15:02 Well, Mr. Irons, I take it you called on me...
00:15:07 in connection with the kidnapping of John Grayson in America last night.
00:15:12 Yes. Yes, exactly.
00:15:15 Grayson was carrying a document of a very confidential nature.
00:15:20 Indeed.
00:15:21 Its contents are of such great international importance...
00:15:24 that I am not at liberty to reveal them.
00:15:26 But if that document falls into the hands of the enemy...
00:15:29 I can only say it will be absolutely disastrous for this government and our allies.
00:15:35 For that reason, we did not wish to transport it to Washington in the usual way.
00:15:41 So, a regular King's messenger, Sir Henry Marchmont, was dispatched.
00:15:44 - Not carrying the document, of course. - That's right. Sir Henry was the sort of...
00:15:47 - Sort of a wordy headings, shall we say? - Precisely.
00:15:49 The document was actually entrusted...
00:15:52 to a reliable but insignificant man in our Secret Service.
00:15:56 On his arrival in Washington, he was to make himself known to Sir Henry...
00:16:01 and deliver the document.
00:16:03 Now, not even Sir Henry knew that this man, Pettibone, who traveled under the name of John Grayson...
00:16:07 was the real messenger.
00:16:09 - Pettibone? - Yes.
00:16:11 - Alfred Pettibone? - Yes.
00:16:12 Good man. None better.
00:16:14 I've worked with him often.
00:16:16 I hope you may be able to work with him again.
00:16:20 But he's completely disappeared. He's vanished. Gone. Without leaving a trace.
00:16:24 I can see the possibility of serious ramifications in his disappearance.
00:16:29 Exactly.
00:16:30 So far, we've been able to keep the knowledge of our loss...
00:16:34 from both the American and British public.
00:16:36 But you must retrieve that document before it can be used against us.
00:16:40 Of course, the Washington police have been notified of Grayson's disappearance...
00:16:46 but even they don't know that he was carrying the document.
00:16:49 Now, that's about all the detail I'm obligated to give you.
00:16:52 Well, if they've got Grayson, that is Pettibone, they must have got the papers.
00:16:56 Not necessarily, Watson.
00:16:57 It doesn't follow because they've got the man, they've got the document.
00:17:00 - What form was this document in? - It was typed.
00:17:03 - On two sheets of legal paper. - Two sheets? That's too bulky to swallow.
00:17:07 - And dry, Watson? - Fearfully dry. Especially legal papers.
00:17:10 Well, whatever shape the document was in, I trust Pettibone to get rid of it...
00:17:15 before anyone can lay hands on him.
00:17:17 The document must be found before it falls into the hands of our enemies.
00:17:20 I'm here on behalf of His Majesty's government to urge you to find it.
00:17:23 That means going to Washington, of course.
00:17:25 With all possible speed. A bomber is waiting for you at Croyton.
00:17:28 - Goodbye, Dr. Watson. - Goodbye, sir.
00:17:30 - Goodbye, Ahrens. - Goodbye, Holmes.
00:17:32 - Good luck. - Thanks very much.
00:17:34 We're relying on you.
00:17:35 Oh, Watson. We're off to Washington at once.
00:17:40 America? I say, that's exciting. I've never seen a game of baseball.
00:17:43 Let's go and start packing at once, shall we?
00:17:45 First, I'd like to take a look at the home of Alfred Pettibone.
00:17:49 Come along, Watson.
00:17:51 Come along.
00:18:19 Dr. Watson, what a surprise.
00:18:21 - And Mr. Holmes, won't you come in? - Thank you.
00:18:24 I'm frightfully sorry, but you won't find my son in.
00:18:28 He's gone to Washington. Some business or other.
00:18:30 Poor fellow. I'm afraid that he'll never...
00:18:33 never get used to the climate over there.
00:18:35 Would you mind if we looked over your son's room?
00:18:37 Why, of course. It's upstairs.
00:18:39 - Thank you. - Some friends tell me it's very, very muggy.
00:18:41 Very sticky. I had a letter from some doctor the other day.
00:18:44 He'll find his room in a dreadful pickle, Mr. Holmes.
00:18:46 Quite a bit, he is, if I as much as put my nose inside.
00:18:49 As if I cared anything about his silly old collection.
00:18:52 This sort of Pettibone secret curious sort of fellow.
00:19:05 Sort of collector of collections.
00:19:08 Postage stamps.
00:19:10 Military buttons.
00:19:13 Butterfly.
00:19:15 Bugs.
00:19:16 Snapshots.
00:19:19 All sorts of rubbish.
00:19:23 Yes, I shall write a monograph someday...
00:19:25 on the noxious habit of accumulating useless trivia.
00:19:30 Please be so good as to stop pacing, Watson. You distract me.
00:19:39 All right, all right.
00:19:42 Unless I'm greatly mistaken, our friend Pettibone did not carry...
00:19:45 two pages of legal paper when he left this room.
00:19:49 I wouldn't be too sure, Holmes.
00:19:51 Ashes are deceptive, you know.
00:19:53 On the contrary, my dear Watson.
00:19:55 A rag used in artificial documents...
00:19:57 leaves an ash that is unmistakable.
00:20:00 - Holden, stop pacing. - I'm not pacing.
00:20:03 I haven't moved an inch.
00:20:05 Mr. Holmes, I'm afraid I'm going to have to...
00:20:07 have to leave you to your own devices.
00:20:09 - Stop pacing. - I haven't moved an inch.
00:20:11 I'm sorry, old fellow. My error.
00:20:13 It must be Mrs. Pettibone.
00:20:20 - Heavy woman, light on her feet. - Doesn't follow.
00:20:23 Our friend seems to be quite a camera enthusiast.
00:20:25 What's this?
00:20:26 Cook F-1-5. That's a very fast lens.
00:20:30 F-3-5.
00:20:32 Summer.
00:20:35 Copying setup.
00:20:38 American match folders.
00:20:40 - That's right. - USA.
00:20:42 Now, why would Pettibone want American match folders in his work?
00:20:46 And a microscope.
00:20:49 Most interesting. What's this?
00:20:51 Watson.
00:20:56 This microscope was last used for examining microfilm.
00:21:00 I'm beginning to see the pattern.
00:21:03 Stop now.
00:21:04 Did you know that the letters of our soldiers overseas...
00:21:06 are being photographed on microfilm...
00:21:08 so that one carrier pigeon can carry the equivalent of 18,000 letters?
00:21:11 Oh, really?
00:21:12 We had a carrier pigeon in the last war.
00:21:14 Back in 1915, belonging to the Brigade Signal Corps.
00:21:17 - Did you? - Yeah.
00:21:18 The poor bird kept flying round and round in circles all day long.
00:21:22 Found out later on that it was cross-eyed.
00:21:24 - Tragic thing. - Hmm.
00:21:26 Huh?
00:21:28 Suppose we took... Where are you going?
00:21:30 Huh?
00:21:31 Oh, darkroom, huh?
00:21:35 - This is what I was looking for. - Huh?
00:21:37 This projector magnifies tremendously anything placed on the slide.
00:21:41 Like this piece of microfilm.
00:21:43 - Understand? - I can't say I do exactly now.
00:21:50 Wait a minute.
00:21:51 I'll show you what he's photographed.
00:21:55 Oh, it's a match folder.
00:22:01 What did he want to photograph that for?
00:22:03 Probably to line up his equipment...
00:22:05 before he photographed the document.
00:22:07 - We've got it, Watson. - We've got it?
00:22:09 Yes.
00:22:10 Come along.
00:22:12 Oh, it's all as clear as mud to me.
00:22:14 Just as I thought.
00:22:16 This document has been reduced to microfilm...
00:22:18 to make its concealment possible.
00:22:20 Alfred Pettibone is a most ingenious fellow.
00:22:22 A bulky document is obviously difficult to conceal.
00:22:25 But two pages of a state paper photographed on microfilm...
00:22:29 would be reduced to a size no larger than a Hapenny stamp.
00:22:32 Slitting a match folder with this...
00:22:34 with this razor blade...
00:22:37 Pettibone placed the now minute document inside...
00:22:43 stuck it together again, and there he had it.
00:22:45 An American match folder, rare in London...
00:22:47 but completely inconspicuous in the United States.
00:22:49 Do you mean to say we're off to America just to look for a match folder?
00:22:52 It's a big country.
00:22:54 A big country, Watson.
00:22:55 And a small match folder.
00:22:57 Come along.
00:22:58 Come along.
00:22:59 Did you find what you were looking for, Mr. Holmes?
00:23:07 Yes, thank you, Mrs. Pettibone.
00:23:09 Mother, you haven't been up on the roof in the last 20 minutes, have you?
00:23:12 Why, no. What made you think that I...
00:23:14 Well, we distinctly heard footsteps...
00:23:15 Nonsense, Watson. It was the house settling.
00:23:17 Gracious, yes. Such popping and groaning.
00:23:19 We're quite used to it.
00:23:21 Thank you.
00:23:23 Goodbye, Mr. Holmes.
00:23:26 Goodbye, Mrs. Pettibone.
00:23:27 Goodbye, Dr. Watson.
00:23:28 Goodbye.
00:23:29 So sorry, you missed Alfred.
00:23:30 I'll tell him the minute he gets back.
00:23:32 Gets back?
00:23:33 Oh, yes, yes, yes, of course.
00:23:35 Well, goodbye again, Mrs. Pettibone.
00:23:37 Just a minute, Watson.
00:23:38 That was no accident, I assure you, Watson.
00:23:52 Well, aren't you going to find out who did it?
00:23:54 Time's too precious now.
00:23:55 But at least I know they've learned of my entry into the case.
00:23:58 They? Who are they?
00:23:59 The same group that took Alfred Pettibone off the train on his way to Washington.
00:24:03 A group that will stop at nothing...
00:24:05 to pick up their hands on the document he carried.
00:24:07 Their leader is a clever, resourceful criminal...
00:24:10 who seems to have sources of information from everywhere.
00:24:13 Oh, that means a worldwide organization.
00:24:15 Who'll stop at nothing, you say?
00:24:17 Quite.
00:24:18 That's why we must get our bags and ourselves aboard that bomber without delay.
00:24:21 We're opposed by an adversary...
00:24:23 worthy of our best efforts.
00:24:25 At present, he has all the advantages.
00:24:27 Even that of being only a merciless, nameless shadow.
00:24:32 Think of it, Watson.
00:24:34 In a few hours, we'll be flying out over the Atlantic.
00:24:37 That's good.
00:24:38 We're flying over New York, sir.
00:24:46 New York, eh?
00:24:50 New York, eh?
00:24:51 Yes, sir. We've been cleared by radio.
00:24:56 Non-stop Washington.
00:24:58 What is that book that so engrosses your attention, Watson?
00:25:07 The book on the quaint customs and manners of America.
00:25:10 We must be halfway across.
00:25:12 I've only got to page 37.
00:25:14 For your information, my dear fellow, we are now flying over New York.
00:25:19 Flying over New York?
00:25:21 Good gracious me!
00:25:22 I should have told you.
00:25:25 What's happening?
00:25:26 This is the embassy car, Mr. Hurst.
00:25:54 You're being very helpful, Mr. Lang.
00:25:55 Detective Lieutenant Grogan of the Washington Police.
00:25:57 - How do you do? - Welcome to Washington.
00:25:59 Thank you. This is my associate, Dr. Watson.
00:26:01 - How do you do, sir? - How are you?
00:26:02 I suppose I should say, "How are you, buddy?"
00:26:04 What's, uh...
00:26:05 What's cooking?
00:26:07 Oh, come along, Watson.
00:26:08 Oh, it says it's in the book.
00:26:09 What's cooking?
00:26:22 Grogan had charge of investigating the Grayson case for the Washington Police.
00:26:25 Any new developments, Grogan?
00:26:27 None, Mr. Holmes.
00:26:28 We're glad to let you have our complete file.
00:26:30 And, of course, we'll cooperate in every way.
00:26:32 Thank you. I shall appreciate your help.
00:26:34 Especially as I'm unfamiliar with your country.
00:26:36 Oh, yes, of course. This is your first visit.
00:26:38 Oh, there's the Lincoln Memorial.
00:26:41 Most impressive.
00:26:46 Oh, by the by, Mr. Lang.
00:26:48 Thank you for your cable grab.
00:26:50 I received it just before I left London.
00:26:52 Cable? I said no cable.
00:26:54 About our reservations at the Hotel Metropole.
00:26:57 Why, no. We thought you'd stay at the Embassy, of course.
00:27:00 Look at that.
00:27:01 Well, since some strange person has taken such an extraordinary interest in my welfare,
00:27:06 I think I shall stay at the Hotel Metropole.
00:27:09 Oh, Mr. Holmes, there's the Washington Monument.
00:27:11 There's the Capitol, Mr. Holmes.
00:27:18 (car engine)
00:27:20 Magnificent.
00:27:24 We're expecting you, Mr. Holmes.
00:27:36 Thank you.
00:27:37 I questioned everybody known to have been in that club car.
00:27:43 It's a matter of course.
00:27:44 Sir Henry Marchmont confirms that Grayson had contact only with the people on this list.
00:27:49 Now, he had a drink with Senator Babcock.
00:27:53 He chatted with a Miss Pringle about some mice she had in the cage.
00:27:57 And he picked up a book dropped by a Mrs. Jellison.
00:28:00 Not very much to go on.
00:28:02 How many of these people have been attacked already?
00:28:05 I haven't heard about your deductions, Mr. Holmes.
00:28:08 Well, Senator Babcock was held up on his way from the station, with nothing taken.
00:28:13 Mrs. Jellison's home was ransacked that night.
00:28:15 And she found the book that she carried from the train, literally torn to bits.
00:28:19 That's right.
00:28:21 Miss Pringle?
00:28:22 Miss Pringle says someone released the mice from the cage during the night sometime.
00:28:26 And she found the cage torn apart.
00:28:28 What happened to the mice, sir Weller?
00:28:30 An intriguing line of thought, Watson, but not essential to the case.
00:28:34 Apparently, Grogan, they're still looking for the document.
00:28:38 I'd very much like to have a look at that club car.
00:28:42 Well, that'll be easy.
00:28:43 I have the car held in a siding in the railroad yard.
00:28:45 Good.
00:28:46 But we've searched the car thoroughly, Mr. Holmes.
00:28:48 We couldn't find a thing.
00:28:49 Well...
00:28:50 What are you doing? What's this?
00:28:57 Mr. Holmes, your trunk.
00:28:58 Trunk? I have no trunk.
00:28:59 It says right there, "To Sherlock Holmes, Hotel Metropole."
00:29:02 How was this trunk delivered?
00:29:04 An expressman brought it, sir.
00:29:06 What's the name of the company?
00:29:07 Do you remember the license number?
00:29:09 Naturally, I didn't notice that. I just signed for it.
00:29:11 All right, thank you. That'll do.
00:29:12 Well, this trunk's not locked.
00:29:15 Great Scott!
00:29:22 Poor chap.
00:29:24 You recognize him, Mr. Holmes?
00:29:26 Yes.
00:29:28 Who was he?
00:29:29 The man we're looking for, John Grayson.
00:29:31 His real name is Alfred Pettibone.
00:29:34 British Secret Service.
00:29:36 Why should they send the body here?
00:29:38 Obviously, to frighten us.
00:29:40 What, to tell us they know that Sherlock Holmes is on the case?
00:29:42 Gentlemen, they knew we were on the case
00:29:45 as early as their attempt on our lives in London.
00:29:47 They're much too intelligent to believe
00:29:49 that a corpse would frighten a trained detective.
00:29:52 No, I rather think they intend this as a message.
00:29:55 And they wanted to be sure
00:29:57 that I'd be here at the Hotel Metropole to receive it.
00:30:00 Message? What do you mean?
00:30:01 They want us to believe that they found the document.
00:30:04 And therefore have no further use for Grayson.
00:30:06 Well, if that's true, then we're done for.
00:30:09 I'm not so sure that it is true, Watson.
00:30:10 If they have the document,
00:30:12 why are they wasting time sending me this?
00:30:14 No, it's an attempt to throw me off the track.
00:30:17 Rogan, you have a police laboratory, of course.
00:30:20 Certainly. I'll see what I can find out about the body.
00:30:22 Yes, whatever marks it reveals. And the trunk.
00:30:24 A microscopic examination.
00:30:26 Everything about it. The lining,
00:30:28 the blanket in which the body is wrapped, everything.
00:30:30 Let nothing escape.
00:30:32 We have the best police laboratories in the world, Mr. Holmes.
00:30:34 I beg your pardon, Lieutenant Rogan.
00:30:37 You see, I'm so used to working alone
00:30:39 at my lodgings on Baker Street
00:30:41 that I sometimes forget the more modern scientific methods
00:30:43 so particularly effective here in America.
00:30:45 If there's anything there, they'll find it, Mr. Holmes.
00:30:47 While you're doing that, I'll take a look at the club car.
00:30:49 Coming, Watson?
00:30:51 Here we are, Mr. Holmes.
00:30:53 I have the port, as you asked,
00:30:55 and the railroad company sent Mr. Moore to unlock for us.
00:30:57 - Delighted. - How do you do?
00:30:59 Very good. Let's go in.
00:31:00 This way, gentlemen.
00:31:01 Well.
00:31:06 It looks as if the police have made a thorough search.
00:31:08 Whoever did it,
00:31:12 it wasn't the police.
00:31:14 There have been visitors here
00:31:16 since our friend Rogan.
00:31:18 My goodness, look at our car.
00:31:20 Talk about a blitz.
00:31:22 I say, Holmes,
00:31:25 if Grayson hid anything in this car,
00:31:27 it certainly isn't here now.
00:31:29 Not necessarily, Watson.
00:31:31 If you'll help me put this place in some kind of order...
00:31:35 Yes, sir.
00:31:36 This is what I meant.
00:31:38 That's it, sir.
00:31:40 Wait a minute.
00:31:42 - Is that all? - Yes, sir.
00:31:45 Thank you. That's all.
00:31:47 Watson, will you be Mr. Grayson for a moment?
00:31:51 Grayson?
00:31:53 If you want me to, old man.
00:31:54 - What do you want me to do? - Have a drink at the bar.
00:31:56 Oh, a drink at the bar.
00:31:58 A drink at the bar.
00:32:00 Bring me a whiskey and soda, will you, Stuart?
00:32:02 Stuart?
00:32:04 Sorry, Dr. Watson, but the bar is closed.
00:32:06 She says the bar is closed.
00:32:08 According to Rogan's reconstruction of the scene,
00:32:11 let me see...
00:32:13 Yes.
00:32:15 Grayson pauses at the bar
00:32:17 while Senator Babcock moves across and sits down here.
00:32:20 Do you mind being Senator Babcock for the moment, Watson?
00:32:23 Going up in the world.
00:32:25 Sit down, please.
00:32:27 Now, uh...
00:32:29 Miss Pringle is seated there.
00:32:31 Over there, Watson.
00:32:33 Thank you.
00:32:34 Now, I'm Miss Pringle.
00:32:39 That's right, the mouse woman.
00:32:41 Oh, the mouse woman.
00:32:43 Uh, Watson, over here, please.
00:32:45 No, not there. Not there. That's Senator Babcock.
00:32:49 - Oh, pardon me, Senator. - Sit down, please.
00:32:51 Now, you're Mrs. Jellison.
00:32:55 Oh, excuse me, Mr. Holmes. He ain't Mrs. Jellison.
00:32:58 He's a young lady.
00:33:01 And the marshmallot was sitting right here.
00:33:02 And Mrs. Jellison was right here.
00:33:05 She's a sort of a big, fat lady.
00:33:08 What did Grayson do that attracted your attention
00:33:10 so particularly to Mrs. Jellison?
00:33:12 The little man, he...
00:33:14 retrieved her book.
00:33:16 And the young lady sitting here,
00:33:18 didn't she converse with the little man?
00:33:20 No, sir.
00:33:22 That young lady didn't have no converse with no one.
00:33:24 When the little man lit her cigarette,
00:33:26 she ran back and said, "Thank you very much."
00:33:29 But you have matches here for your customers.
00:33:30 Oh, yes. She called me and I saw her cigarette
00:33:32 and I knew she wanted a match.
00:33:34 And Grayson used one of his own matches?
00:33:36 Dogged it.
00:33:38 Oh, yes. He took a folder from his coat pocket.
00:33:40 Did he put the match folder back in his pocket
00:33:42 or did he give it to the young lady?
00:33:44 I don't remember. I was fairly busy.
00:33:46 Try to remember.
00:33:48 Oh, if I should try to doomsday,
00:33:50 I couldn't write to say just what happened to that match folder.
00:33:52 Oh, yes. I remember just one important thing.
00:33:54 What?
00:33:56 When the little man lit her cigarette,
00:33:58 he said something very peculiar.
00:33:59 What was it?
00:34:01 He said, "Permit me."
00:34:03 Oh.
00:34:05 Well,
00:34:08 gentlemen, I'm extremely grateful to all of you.
00:34:11 That's all we can do for the present, I think.
00:34:13 Since the place was torn to bits
00:34:15 after the murder of Grayson,
00:34:17 the attacks on Senator Babcock,
00:34:19 Mrs. Jellison and Miss Pringle,
00:34:21 I'm convinced that the document left the club car
00:34:23 long before these events.
00:34:25 But how?
00:34:27 By whom?
00:34:28 And who was the mysterious young lady
00:34:30 whose cigarette Grayson lighted?
00:34:32 Did anyone meet the young lady?
00:34:35 He sure did.
00:34:37 He? Who was he?
00:34:39 Tall, handsome, in a uniform.
00:34:41 I see. I suppose you wouldn't remember
00:34:43 what kind of uniform.
00:34:45 I certainly would. Lieutenant. Navy flyer.
00:34:47 My boy's in the army.
00:34:49 He's going to be a flyer, too.
00:34:51 Splendid. Did you happen to hear them say anything?
00:34:53 Oh, it didn't happen. I just couldn't help hearing it.
00:34:56 Well, what did they say?
00:34:57 Oh, yeah, she said he had three days off.
00:34:59 He had to move fast before the big part
00:35:01 of her aunt was given to him.
00:35:03 Then, too, he put a ring on her finger
00:35:05 and they both looked mighty happy.
00:35:07 Just the way you look right now.
00:35:09 Can?
00:35:11 The way I'm looking myself.
00:35:13 Come along, Watson.
00:35:15 That's the girl.
00:35:17 I told the head. I could swear to it.
00:35:19 Is the address there?
00:35:21 All there. Right in her laps.
00:35:23 And also right in the lap of Sherlock Holmes.
00:35:25 That's the least of our worries.
00:35:26 The head could handle ten like Holmes.
00:35:28 I hope so.
00:35:30 But don't underrate that, Englishman.
00:35:32 I have several friends who did.
00:35:34 They now grace some of the best prisons in England.
00:35:36 Yes, sir?
00:35:49 I talked to the catering company. It's quite all right.
00:35:51 They could hardly refuse me.
00:35:54 The Acton Catering Company.
00:35:55 Yes, sir.
00:35:57 I know what to do.
00:35:59 Hop over there.
00:36:06 You're going to work for the catering company.
00:36:08 Right.
00:36:10 When you get in the house, find out all you can.
00:36:12 Katie, you ought to go as a guest.
00:36:14 Will it be safe?
00:36:16 It'll have to be.
00:36:18 I'll try and get in the girls' room.
00:36:20 Unless you hear from me, carry on as we planned.
00:36:23 Mr. Gordon.
00:36:24 Seems a very capable fellow.
00:36:26 Sports pages.
00:36:28 These Brooklyn fellows seem to be arguing with the umpire.
00:36:34 A strange thing.
00:36:36 What are you eating, Watson?
00:36:39 Gum?
00:36:43 Oh, put it away.
00:36:46 I've never seen you take an interest in the society columns before.
00:36:48 It's a concern I'll drop at once. I assure you, Watson.
00:36:51 You found what you're looking for?
00:36:54 How do you know this is the girl?
00:36:57 It would be an extraordinary coincidence, wouldn't it?
00:36:59 If more than one naval lieutenant in Washington
00:37:01 were to become engaged in the last few days
00:37:03 to a girl from New York whose aunt was a prisoner.
00:37:05 I'm sure you'd be surprised.
00:37:07 I'm sure you'd be surprised.
00:37:09 I'm sure you'd be surprised.
00:37:11 I'm sure you'd be surprised.
00:37:14 A girl from New York whose aunt was giving them a reception?
00:37:15 I'm sure you must be right.
00:37:17 She's a pretty girl.
00:37:19 Yes.
00:37:21 She's walking around with a dynamite in her handbag.
00:37:25 (CLEARS THROAT)
00:37:27 (DOOR OPENS)
00:37:28 (DOOR CLOSES)
00:37:30 (DOOR OPENS)
00:37:31 (DOOR CLOSES)
00:37:37 (DOOR CLOSES)
00:37:58 (SIREN WAILING)
00:37:59 625 Wardlock Way.
00:38:12 (KNOCKING)
00:38:25 Who is it?
00:38:27 It's me, Pete.
00:38:28 You can't come up here.
00:38:30 I did, though.
00:38:33 One gets you two.
00:38:37 That party's going to be awfully dull after this.
00:38:43 Let's not go.
00:38:45 Let's go away and get married.
00:38:47 You've only got one more day.
00:38:49 That's an idea.
00:38:51 No, we can't do that to Andy.
00:38:53 I'll tell you.
00:38:55 Let's take a look at the new apartment.
00:38:56 It was awful sweet of Andy to give us the whole floor of this house for our apartment.
00:39:00 The least we can do is let her have the fun of showing it to us.
00:39:03 Okay. Let's face the party.
00:39:06 I'll get my bag.
00:39:08 Thank you.
00:39:16 Oh, no, you don't. That's the way I got them.
00:39:18 (CHUCKLES)
00:39:20 (CHUCKLES)
00:39:21 (INDISTINCT CHATTER)
00:39:47 Oh, how do you do? So glad you could come.
00:39:49 This is Mrs... Oh, dear, what is your name?
00:39:52 -Ruxton. -Of course I know it as well as my own.
00:39:54 And this is Mrs. Vale.
00:39:56 -How do you do? -Isn't it?
00:39:58 -Quite. -Oh, of course.
00:40:01 -Do you love it? -Not yet.
00:40:05 That must be Lieutenant Murray with Miss Partridge over there.
00:40:11 Certainly glad to hear the news, Pete. Congratulations.
00:40:14 Thank you, Maitre. Thank you.
00:40:16 You're a lucky guy, Pete.
00:40:17 I'll see you later.
00:40:19 Third floor, first door.
00:40:21 Right.
00:40:23 I'll wait there. You bring him up.
00:40:25 Thank you, sir.
00:40:27 A toast to the happy couple.
00:40:29 A toast.
00:40:31 Very good.
00:40:34 -Happy landings. -Well, certainly.
00:40:36 -Me too. -Thank you.
00:40:38 -Lieutenant Merriam? -Hmm?
00:40:42 Telephone, sir. Navy Department calling.
00:40:45 Oh, yes. Be right back.
00:40:46 -Lead on, McDuff. -This way, sir.
00:40:48 -Matches? -Match me, darling.
00:40:51 Take them off.
00:40:53 Thank you.
00:40:57 Oh, Pete, hold it!
00:41:00 -You can keep them, Maitre. -Oh, thank you.
00:41:03 Thank you.
00:41:12 -Not to me, thank you. -No, thank you.
00:41:15 Why up here?
00:41:16 They said it was private.
00:41:18 There's a phone in here, sir.
00:41:20 Hey, it's my new apartment.
00:41:22 Miss Parcher didn't want me to see it
00:41:24 until after it was finished.
00:41:26 Here you are, sir.
00:41:29 Quite a smell of pizza.
00:41:31 In here, sir.
00:41:35 Thank you.
00:41:40 Thank you.
00:41:41 Open up.
00:41:49 We should get some action, Sir Henry,
00:41:55 with Sherlock Holmes in Washington.
00:41:57 Yes. I don't mind telling you
00:41:59 I'd give anything to get my hands on that document.
00:42:02 Yes, I know.
00:42:04 Or at least know that it's in safe hands.
00:42:07 Thank you.
00:42:08 Engage today and marry tomorrow.
00:42:14 No, thanks.
00:42:16 -Have you a match? -Miss Partridge?
00:42:21 -Yes? -Lieutenant Merriam asked
00:42:23 if you would come to the new apartment.
00:42:25 But he's not supposed to see it yet.
00:42:27 The new apartment?
00:42:29 He must think you're already married.
00:42:31 Yes, I don't dare let that man out of my sight.
00:42:33 -Excuse me, will you please? -Surely.
00:42:36 Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:42:37 May I?
00:42:43 Thank you.
00:42:45 This way, please.
00:42:51 Oh, I know the way. Thank you.
00:42:55 Oh, I know the way. Thank you.
00:42:56 Peter! Where are you?
00:43:11 Peter! Where are you?
00:43:12 -Well, here we are, Grogan. -Good connection.
00:43:40 -We're going to the party. -Well, I think
00:43:41 you better go in first, Mr. Hobbs.
00:43:43 -I'm not very good at this sort of thing. -I think you do all right.
00:43:45 The only possible explanation.
00:43:53 Mrs. Partridge, forgive my intruding,
00:43:55 but is your niece the kind of girl
00:43:57 who would just disappear in this manner of her own free will?
00:43:59 Well, ordinarily, of course not.
00:44:01 But the girl's in love.
00:44:03 In love? Well, of course, if they're in love, that's...
00:44:05 Even so,
00:44:09 how can I naturally tell you of their destination?
00:44:10 Really, I've no idea.
00:44:12 Oh, but they'll be back here again tomorrow.
00:44:14 You see, I prepared an apartment for them.
00:44:16 An entire floor in this house.
00:44:18 By the by, Mrs. Partridge,
00:44:21 I gather the rug you ordered for the apartment
00:44:23 was not entirely satisfactory.
00:44:25 Oh, those tiresome workmen.
00:44:27 I told them not to come in here this afternoon, but they did.
00:44:29 And walked out with the rug, which they no doubt informed
00:44:31 you had been sent by mistake and would be replaced tomorrow.
00:44:33 Yes, but however did you know that?
00:44:35 Quick, show me the apartment.
00:44:38 Yes, there were two rugs there.
00:44:39 One for the living room and one for the dining room.
00:44:41 What, your workmen wear rubber-soled shoes to dinner?
00:44:43 Oh, but yes, always.
00:44:45 Their company requires them to.
00:44:47 Nevertheless, there have been leather heels on this floor.
00:44:49 And a woman's heels.
00:44:51 Very recently, I should say.
00:44:53 Not yours, Mrs. Partridge.
00:44:55 But recently enough,
00:44:57 so that no dust has had time to settle in the imprints.
00:44:59 Save that, please.
00:45:02 There seems to have been a struggle over there.
00:45:03 A woman's footprints disappear
00:45:05 and a man's leather heels come round.
00:45:07 And stop there.
00:45:11 Either she was carried out on the carpet, or else...
00:45:13 Where does that door lead to?
00:45:16 Why, it's a dressing room.
00:45:18 Perhaps an ordinary skeleton key.
00:45:22 Try it.
00:45:24 It's a key.
00:45:26 It's a key.
00:45:29 An ordinary skeleton key.
00:45:30 Try it.
00:45:32 Watson, this is a matter for you, I'm afraid.
00:45:35 Excuse me.
00:45:37 Who is he?
00:45:39 Mrs. Milliam.
00:45:41 Peter!
00:45:43 Take it easy, Mrs. Partridge.
00:45:45 Let the doctor examine him.
00:45:47 How is he, Watson?
00:45:49 Nasty crack of the head.
00:45:51 Nothing serious, thank heavens.
00:45:53 Is there somewhere where he can lie down?
00:45:55 Of course.
00:45:58 Oh, Peter!
00:45:59 That girl disappeared right from under our noses.
00:46:04 It's unbelievable.
00:46:06 I'd better try to trace that truck.
00:46:08 That won't lead us anywhere.
00:46:10 Our antagonist is too clever for that.
00:46:12 But the girl must be found immediately.
00:46:14 You're sure the police chemists
00:46:16 found nothing definite in their examination of the trunk?
00:46:19 Not one thing pertinent to the case.
00:46:21 What about Grayson's body?
00:46:23 And the blanket it was wrapped in?
00:46:25 Nothing.
00:46:27 I think this case has some kind of story to tell.
00:46:28 Do you think they'd mind if...
00:46:31 The laboratory is completely at your disposal, Mr. Holmes.
00:46:34 Thank you. Dr. Watson and I will go there at once.
00:46:36 The usual findings on the trunk, Mr. Holmes.
00:46:39 Bought in Washington, been banged about a good deal.
00:46:42 All labels removed.
00:46:44 And the body?
00:46:46 No marks of any kind.
00:46:48 Very well.
00:46:50 If you need me, call.
00:46:52 Thank you.
00:46:54 Watson, please.
00:46:56 Just tidying up a bit.
00:46:57 This blanket is beginning to tell me many things.
00:46:59 Really? Don't say so.
00:47:01 It only remains to translate them properly.
00:47:04 Yes.
00:47:06 And just as I thought.
00:47:08 This blanket has had a most varied history.
00:47:10 It's been on many a sea voyage.
00:47:12 The latest, not six months ago.
00:47:14 Since then, it has been used to wrap a multiplicity of objects.
00:47:18 Carvings of teakwood.
00:47:20 Candle snuffers made of pewter.
00:47:22 And...
00:47:25 And...
00:47:26 And furniture.
00:47:34 Furniture?
00:47:36 Yes. Teakwood leaves an unmistakable stain.
00:47:38 Pewter rubs off easily.
00:47:40 And there are evidences of wax drippings.
00:47:42 But what particularly concerns us, Watson,
00:47:44 is the furniture.
00:47:46 It's like your chair.
00:47:48 Louis XV.
00:47:51 In yellow and maroon satin.
00:47:54 What do all these things suggest to you, Watson?
00:47:55 What can I say?
00:47:57 An aunt of mine, Matilda, lives in Brighton.
00:47:59 Very old-fashioned.
00:48:01 Very aged.
00:48:03 Exactly. Antiques.
00:48:05 We have a lot of ground to cover before nightfall.
00:48:07 Ground?
00:48:10 What ground?
00:48:12 If necessary.
00:48:14 All the antique shops in Washington.
00:48:16 A, A, N, T, I...
00:48:18 There we are. Antiques.
00:48:20 Antiques?
00:48:23 What's the connection between this chair
00:48:24 and this partridge girl?
00:48:26 This sliver of wood came from a Louis XV chair
00:48:28 that had once been wrapped in that blanket.
00:48:30 From other evidences the blanket supplies,
00:48:32 I deduce that it's been used in an antique shop.
00:48:34 And whoever controls those antiques
00:48:36 murdered Grayson and kidnapped the girl.
00:48:38 What?
00:48:40 That's it, Watson.
00:48:42 Come along.
00:48:45 Before the girl's kidnapper becomes her murderer.
00:48:48 (SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
00:48:49 I'm fed up with all this shopping for antiques.
00:49:16 We must keep searching, Watson.
00:49:17 The girl's in grave danger.
00:49:19 - Hello. - Hello.
00:49:21 Oh, sir. What is it, Holmes?
00:49:23 This isn't the place it seems to be.
00:49:25 Look, Watson.
00:49:27 Those cabinets.
00:49:29 Obviously imitation and yet they're priced
00:49:31 as if they were authentic.
00:49:33 Ah, beware of all that, eh, Holmes?
00:49:35 Watson, I feel certain this is it.
00:49:37 This is my purse.
00:49:39 May I? Thank you.
00:49:41 What kind of a joke is this?
00:49:43 Oh, don't bother to answer.
00:49:45 You can tell the police all about it.
00:49:46 And you shall, I promise you.
00:49:48 But there are no police here, haven't you noticed?
00:49:50 We are quite alone.
00:49:52 I sent for you to ask you a few questions.
00:49:54 You always send a rug for your guests.
00:49:57 It was a very nice rug, Miss Partridge.
00:49:59 It's not my idea of a method of transportation.
00:50:02 No, I'm sorry about that,
00:50:04 but I'm afraid it was unavoidable.
00:50:06 But why? You've no right to bring me here like this.
00:50:09 I've always found it wise to take what rights I can get.
00:50:14 Miss Partridge, you have a document which I must have.
00:50:16 Document? I have no document.
00:50:18 It won't do you any good to deny it.
00:50:20 But I do deny it. I don't know what you're talking about.
00:50:23 You'll remain a prisoner until you produce it.
00:50:25 How can I produce it when I haven't got it?
00:50:27 But you have.
00:50:29 It was observed that on the train
00:50:31 you had contact with a little British agent named Grayson.
00:50:34 He gave you something. Where is it?
00:50:37 But I hardly even noticed the man.
00:50:39 I wouldn't even have remembered him
00:50:41 if I hadn't seen his picture in the paper.
00:50:43 He disappeared or something.
00:50:44 He's dead, Miss Partridge.
00:50:47 Now will you tell me what I want to know?
00:50:52 But I can't.
00:50:54 You won't?
00:50:56 I can't, I tell you.
00:50:58 Let me out of here. He gave me nothing.
00:51:01 That's strange, because I know he spoke to you.
00:51:04 There's something very curious about that door up there.
00:51:08 To open it, you'll have to know the combination.
00:51:11 But I told you, I didn't see anyone on that train.
00:51:13 Didn't the little man try to be attentive to you?
00:51:16 He may have offered the usual courtesy.
00:51:18 I don't even remember.
00:51:20 I see.
00:51:22 I'm sorry.
00:51:25 Why don't you smoke one of these?
00:51:27 Thank you.
00:51:30 And you're quite sure he said nothing at all to you?
00:51:34 Of course I'm sure.
00:51:36 Permit me.
00:51:39 Permit me.
00:51:40 And you're certain that nothing happened between you?
00:51:54 I'm certain.
00:51:56 Mr. Howe, please.
00:52:01 I must ask you to trust me with your bag a little longer.
00:52:08 I have an eccentric interest in the lining of the purse.
00:52:11 It's a foil.
00:52:13 You know Mr. Howe, I believe.
00:52:18 Mr. Howe is a gentleman of unusual accomplishments.
00:52:22 Under his influence, I've known people who speak fluently,
00:52:25 who have never spoken before.
00:52:27 But I don't know anything, I tell you. Nothing.
00:52:31 Nothing, I swear it.
00:52:33 I don't know anything.
00:52:35 I don't know anything.
00:52:36 You stay out here. I'll go inside.
00:52:43 I'll assume the character of an eccentric art collector.
00:52:46 As soon as I'm convinced that this is the place we're looking for,
00:52:49 I'll signal to you.
00:52:51 And you get Grogan and bring him here on the run.
00:52:53 But don't lose any time. An extra second may cost a life.
00:52:57 No, madam, I don't know who she is.
00:52:59 But notice the modeling.
00:53:01 It has good symmetry, good lines.
00:53:03 I'll be right with you, sir.
00:53:05 No, thank you. I'll just take a look around.
00:53:07 What an extraordinary cabinet.
00:53:16 I'm sure it's a work of art.
00:53:18 I'm sure it's a work of art.
00:53:20 I'm sure it's a work of art.
00:53:22 I'm sure it's a work of art.
00:53:25 What a cabinet.
00:53:26 Spanish, Moorish influence.
00:53:28 Imitation, of course.
00:53:30 It is not an imitation. It's authentic.
00:53:32 Oh, come now, my dear man.
00:53:34 Ah, may I see some of these ceramics?
00:53:36 Those aren't for sale.
00:53:38 They're Ming vases, mostly, and they haven't been marked yet.
00:53:40 Well, that's really a very little consequence.
00:53:42 You see, if they're genuine,
00:53:45 I can tell you within a shilling
00:53:47 what the international price might be.
00:53:49 If you please, sir. There are other customers.
00:53:52 Oh, yes, yes, yes, of course.
00:53:54 I'll just take a look around.
00:53:55 Ah, what a very interesting collection of pewter.
00:53:58 [music playing]
00:54:01 [music playing]
00:54:04 [music playing]
00:54:07 [music playing]
00:54:10 [music playing]
00:54:14 [music playing]
00:54:18 [music playing]
00:54:22 [music playing]
00:54:26 [music playing]
00:54:30 [music playing]
00:54:35 [music playing]
00:54:38 That'll be $500.
00:54:40 Now, would you just give me the address where you want it sent?
00:54:43 Yes, Mrs. J. Wellington, Jr.
00:54:45 [music playing]
00:54:47 DuPont Circle.
00:54:49 [music playing]
00:54:53 [music playing]
00:54:57 [music playing]
00:55:02 [music playing]
00:55:05 [music playing]
00:55:09 [music playing]
00:55:13 [music playing]
00:55:17 [music playing]
00:55:21 Good night.
00:55:23 Good night. I'll have it sent out in the morning.
00:55:26 [music playing]
00:55:28 [glass breaking]
00:55:31 Oh, dear.
00:55:32 I'm most terribly sorry.
00:55:34 You've broken one of our best pieces, sir. Ming Dynasty.
00:55:37 Uh, Tang Dynasty. Not Ming. Definitely not Ming.
00:55:41 It is my business to know, sir. The pottery is Ming and worth $2,300.
00:55:46 As we're closing for the evening, I must ask you to settle at once.
00:55:49 Oh, nonsense, my good man. Tang pottery is worth $600 at best.
00:55:53 [phone buzzing]
00:55:55 Just a moment, please.
00:55:57 Yes, of course.
00:56:00 What's going on up there?
00:56:01 A customer dropped a valuable piece of pottery.
00:56:05 I'll finish with him immediately.
00:56:07 How can you say that it's Ming? 2,300 fiddlesticks.
00:56:12 You ask $2,300 for something that's worth no more than $600.
00:56:15 I demand to see the proprietor.
00:56:17 Now, wait a minute, please.
00:56:19 There are bureaus for the protection of innocent customers.
00:56:21 Show me to the owner of this establishment, or I'll turn the entire affair over to my legal representative.
00:56:24 Ming, indeed.
00:56:26 Just a minute.
00:56:29 I'll be there in the evening, and I'll be there in the night.
00:56:30 Ming for Tang, indeed.
00:56:32 And I won't be put off.
00:56:34 Call the proprietor immediately.
00:56:36 Very well.
00:56:38 Just a minute.
00:56:40 Yes?
00:56:43 This man's mad. An eccentric collector.
00:56:46 I can't get rid of him. He insists on seeing you in person.
00:56:48 All right, stall him for half a minute, then send him into my office.
00:56:51 I'll get rid of him quickly.
00:56:58 Now, how?
00:56:59 No screams till the customer's gone.
00:57:01 You get downstairs.
00:57:27 Yes, sir.
00:57:56 I'm most frightfully sorry...
00:57:57 I'm most frightfully sorry about the vows, but...
00:58:02 But really, sir, your clerk is guilty of attempting the most obvious fraud.
00:58:06 You see, he tried to convince me that I'd broken a Ming pottery
00:58:09 when anyone could see that it belonged to the Tang era.
00:58:12 Its value is no more than $600.
00:58:15 All right, you pay him the $600. We'll call the matter settled.
00:58:18 Oh.
00:58:20 Oh, thank you very much, sir. Thank you.
00:58:22 I'll send you my check in the morning.
00:58:25 I see you know the London value of these pieces.
00:58:28 It's my business.
00:58:30 Exactly. Yes, exactly.
00:58:32 You know, I think you're just the man to help me find some furniture I'm anxious to get.
00:58:36 I'm most frightfully bored with the usual conglomeration of pieces
00:58:39 that we can pick up on the other side.
00:58:41 What do you really want, Mr. Sherlock Holmes?
00:58:47 Yeah, Heinrich Henkel?
00:58:50 Or as you now call yourself, Mr. Richard Stanley?
00:58:54 In 1914, secret agent of the German Kaiser.
00:58:56 Since then, head of the most insidious international spy ring that ever existed.
00:59:01 You're wrong.
00:59:03 A case of mistaken identity.
00:59:05 I've been a respected member of this community for a great many years.
00:59:09 I deal in antiques because of their rarity and beauty.
00:59:12 Merely a device to cover up your real business
00:59:15 of transporting secret information to the enemies of this country.
00:59:18 Very interesting, but just a figment of your imagination.
00:59:22 I'm a very busy man, Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
00:59:24 Where is Nancy Partridge?
00:59:26 You're not looking for that girl.
00:59:28 You're looking for a certain document.
00:59:30 Oh, dear me, no.
00:59:32 The document's perfectly safe.
00:59:34 You see, the man who has it
00:59:38 doesn't know he has it.
00:59:40 That's a very pretty tale, but quite untrue.
00:59:42 The only man who had any contact with Grayson on the train was Senator Babcock.
00:59:47 The senator doesn't have the document.
00:59:50 We took the trouble to find out.
00:59:52 Permit me.
01:00:01 Thank you.
01:00:05 Perhaps you've been misled by the common notion
01:00:07 regarding the shape and bulk of state papers.
01:00:10 They might easily have been reduced to a convenient size, you know.
01:00:15 Say, a document no larger than a postage stamp.
01:00:19 Postage stamp, huh?
01:00:20 That's a very interesting theory, but not supported by the facts.
01:00:23 And quite beside the point.
01:00:25 Where's the girl?
01:00:27 She's not here, of course, but you're quite at liberty to look around if you care to.
01:00:30 Thank you. I shall do so.
01:00:33 I shall do so.
01:00:34 Interesting piece.
01:00:55 Spanish, isn't it?
01:00:57 Moorish.
01:00:59 Oh, my error. It's an amazing specimen.
01:01:02 I assure you, you won't find what you're looking for there.
01:01:04 You stimulate my curiosity.
01:01:06 This might be interesting.
01:01:31 The Moors were an incredibly inventive people, weren't they?
01:01:33 Yes, it was in shocking condition when I got hold of it.
01:01:36 But I had it restored.
01:01:38 It's very lively now, but old-fashioned.
01:01:42 If that's the best you can do, Mr. Stanley,
01:01:45 I think I may safely examine the rest of the room.
01:01:48 - Help yourself. - Thank you.
01:01:50 Take your hand away from that door.
01:01:53 Why, Mr. Holmes.
01:01:56 You didn't think I was going to draw a weapon.
01:02:00 I never touch the things.
01:02:01 How odd to find you squeamish.
01:02:06 That connects only with the shop.
01:02:17 You're very quick to say so.
01:02:19 And yet a short while ago, I saw two other men in this room.
01:02:22 And they didn't go back into the shop.
01:02:25 So there must be another exit.
01:02:27 And perhaps another room.
01:02:30 Yes, Mr. Stanley, what is it?
01:02:31 Bring Miss Partridge here at once.
01:02:34 Excellent, Holmes.
01:02:37 I see your voice hasn't lost its flexibility.
01:02:40 My hand hasn't lost its cunning either.
01:02:43 When they come here,
01:02:50 tell them to leave the girl with you and to clear out.
01:02:52 You think I'll do that?
01:02:54 Yes, you will.
01:02:56 You're playing with fire.
01:02:58 You're playing with lives now, Stanley.
01:02:59 Not just the girls.
01:03:01 Thousands, millions perhaps.
01:03:03 And we don't intend to let one man have that much power.
01:03:06 Not now, not at any time in the future.
01:03:09 I prefer you alive to face the retribution that's coming to you.
01:03:16 What if I have to do it?
01:03:18 All right, Mr. Holmes.
01:03:26 I suppose we must all meet our match sooner or later.
01:03:28 That's enough, boys.
01:03:41 Take your hands off him.
01:03:43 Well, Mr. Holmes?
01:03:46 Tell the clerk to go home and see the front door is locked.
01:03:55 Well, Mr. Stanley?
01:03:56 It's the last trick that counts, eh, Holmes?
01:03:59 I'll remind you of that later.
01:04:07 Miss Partridge, allow me to present Mr. Sherlock Holmes,
01:04:16 the world-famous detective.
01:04:18 He's come to rescue you.
01:04:20 I don't believe you.
01:04:23 Oddly enough, he's telling the truth.
01:04:24 My name is Sherlock Holmes, and I did come here to help you.
01:04:27 But I seem rather to have missed it.
01:04:29 I'm sorry.
01:04:31 I'm afraid you've had a bad time.
01:04:33 Well, that doesn't matter. It's Peter.
01:04:35 They say they'll do something to him if I don't tell them.
01:04:37 They say they've got him.
01:04:39 Cheer up. He's quite safe.
01:04:41 A tough customer like Peter
01:04:43 isn't disabled very long by a clout on the head.
01:04:45 He's all right.
01:04:47 All okay, Mr. Stanley?
01:04:49 Thank you, Stanley. This girl knows nothing.
01:04:52 I promise she won't even identify you.
01:04:53 Well, unfortunately, she knows enough to hang us.
01:04:56 So do you.
01:04:58 I'm surprised that you're walking into a trap like this,
01:05:00 but you see the position I'm in, and what has to be done.
01:05:03 Katie, how?
01:05:06 (FOOTSTEPS)
01:05:07 It will give me great pleasure to attend to Mr. Holmes personally.
01:05:25 East up, and the girl's yours.
01:05:28 (GUNSHOTS)
01:05:32 (TIRES SCREECHING)
01:05:33 -It's the police. -Open up. It's the police.
01:05:40 (GUNSHOTS)
01:05:42 -Holmes, where are you? -You all right?
01:05:54 (GUNSHOTS)
01:05:56 Holmes! Holmes! Where are they?
01:06:00 Where are they?
01:06:01 Darling.
01:06:17 Thank heavens you're safe.
01:06:23 (FOOTSTEPS)
01:06:24 Quick! Stanley's escaped!
01:06:32 All right, boys, bring them along.
01:06:36 Come on, Lieutenant.
01:06:38 Send it to office building. Double quick.
01:06:43 (SIREN WAILING)
01:06:44 (KNOCKING)
01:06:55 Come in.
01:06:56 I'm glad you're safe, Senator.
01:07:01 Safe? No man is safe.
01:07:03 Look at the way my constituents snipe at me.
01:07:06 (FOOTSTEPS)
01:07:07 I don't recall seeing your face before, stranger.
01:07:14 -I don't think we've met. -Well, that explains it.
01:07:17 -My name is Sherlock Holmes. -Glad to know you, Holmes.
01:07:19 -What's on your mind? -Senator Babcock,
01:07:21 I'm here to inform you of great peril to your life.
01:07:23 Richard Stanley, a dangerous criminal, is now on his way here.
01:07:25 Richard Stanley? Why, he's the most respectable citizen of Washington.
01:07:28 Has been for years.
01:07:30 What could Stanley possibly want from me?
01:07:32 A document. From under the sun.
01:07:34 From under the stamps of a letter given to you by a chap named Grayson.
01:07:36 Grayson? Grayson?
01:07:38 Used to know a man that...
01:07:40 Grayson!
01:07:42 Why, that's the fellow that disappeared.
01:07:44 Say, I got that envelope right here in my wallet.
01:07:47 Now, what does Stanley think could be under these stamps?
01:07:50 A secret document of grave import.
01:07:53 Reduced to microfilm and concealed under these very stamps.
01:07:57 Thank you very much, Mr. Holmes.
01:08:00 That's just what I wanted to know.
01:08:02 I might have missed this microfilm if you hadn't led me to it.
01:08:04 I seem to have underestimated your capabilities, Mr. Stanley.
01:08:07 Yes, Mr. Holmes.
01:08:09 Your famous powers of deduction and observation
01:08:11 made you very well in Limehouse or Soho.
01:08:13 But here in America, I believe you're out of your depth.
01:08:16 If so, the verdict of history will be severe indeed.
01:08:19 You're nervous, Sherlock Holmes?
01:08:21 I must confess to a marked irritation.
01:08:24 Do you, uh... Mind if I smoke?
01:08:30 (DOOR CLOSES)
01:08:31 Thank you.
01:08:38 The whole course of the world
01:08:40 might be changed by your acquisition of the microfilm.
01:08:43 Oh, it will be, and for the better.
01:08:45 You match.
01:08:47 If you can keep those.
01:08:49 Thank you.
01:08:51 And now, if you'll pardon me, Mr. Holmes...
01:08:57 Why don't you do something, Holmes, if that thing's so all-fired important?
01:09:00 The English, Senator. Cricket, old boy, always cool in the crisis.
01:09:03 The last trick, eh, Holmes?
01:09:05 Yes. The last trick.
01:09:08 Say, you're a smart fellow, Holmes.
01:09:15 (CHUCKLES)
01:09:17 Here's the microfilm, Holmes.
01:09:20 Thank you, Senator.
01:09:23 (CLICKS TONGUE)
01:09:24 I say, Holmes!
01:09:30 This is the microfilm, with the document on it.
01:09:47 It'll be in the proper hands within the hour.
01:09:50 As I told you, Mr. Stanley,
01:09:51 the man who had it didn't know he had it.
01:09:54 Come on, let's go.
01:09:56 Well, it'll be nice to get home to Baker Street, eh, Holmes?
01:10:02 Yes.
01:10:04 But this is a great country, Watson.
01:10:06 It certainly is, my dear fellow.
01:10:08 Look, up there ahead.
01:10:11 The capital.
01:10:13 The very heart of this democracy.
01:10:15 Democracy?
01:10:17 The only hope for the future, eh, Holmes?
01:10:20 It's not given to us to peer into the mysteries of the future.
01:10:23 But in the days to come,
01:10:26 the British and American people will, for their own safety and for the good of all,
01:10:30 walk together
01:10:33 in majesty, in justice and in peace.
01:10:36 That's magnificent.
01:10:38 I quite agree with you.
01:10:40 Not with me.
01:10:42 With Mr. Winston Churchill.
01:10:44 I was quoting from the speech he made not so long ago.
01:10:48 In that very building.
01:10:49 In that very building.
01:10:50 In that very building.
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