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00:00Can't you drive a bit faster?
00:29Yes, sir. If you don't mind to spend the night in a ditch.
00:33Class is compounded, Ferguson.
00:35You wouldn't believe it possible in the middle of summer, would you?
00:37It's quite unnatural.
00:39Because of the Moors, sir.
00:41No laws of nature out here.
00:44Nonsense. That's an old wives' tale.
00:46My father didn't think so, sir.
00:49He hated and feared the Moors.
00:51For years he forbade us to set foot upon them.
00:55That's strange. I never heard that.
00:56He were a wee lad at the time, sir.
00:59But I often wondered what it was that kept a brave man off a section of his own estates.
01:05In my opinion, he probably buried his conscience out here.
01:08My father was a God-fearing man, Mr. Robert.
01:14I thought he was going to be furious if I'm late for my own bachelor party.
01:17Look here, sir, can't you get the old girl to go?
01:22What the devil is this?
01:24There's a giant of a man.
01:26Nothing human can be that size.
01:39No! No!
01:41Dr. Penwall!
01:43Get him off!
01:52Mr. Penrose!
01:58Parlor up, gentlemen.
02:00Call you Brutoff, man. He's a Killingen.
02:02A magnificent machine, isn't he?
02:05Uncomplicated, yet remarkably efficient.
02:08Don't.
02:10No power on earth can help your chauffeur now, Mr. Penrose.
02:14Who are you and what do you want?
02:16Some call me Beelzebub.
02:18Some call me Beelio.
02:21You may call me Moloch.
02:23Squire Moloch.
02:25As for what I want, young man...
02:28Sticks!
02:51Imagine meeting two such netherworld creatures on your wedding night.
02:57Beelzebub, Moloch, Beelio.
03:01All names that men have given to Satan.
03:04Well, is it possible that Robert Penrose has actually encountered the evil one himself?
03:11Or was this violent incident the start of some...
03:15some monstrous practical joke conceived by the young man's friends?
03:21Or by his enemies?
03:23Or perhaps a glimpse at tonight's players will give you a clue.
03:27Mr. Ronald Howard.
03:30Mr. Henry Daniel.
03:34Mr. Torrin Thatcher.
03:37Miss Fintan Myler.
03:40And Mr. Richard Keel.
03:43Possible to guess, you say?
03:45Very well.
03:47We'll turn back the clock and pick up our young bridegroom before the start of this fateful journey.
03:52But I warn you, ladies and gentlemen.
03:54If you have a faint heart, tune away.
03:58Because it may stop in your throat as sure as my name is Boris Garland.
04:17THE END
04:38Come in, Cyril.
04:41Oh, come on, the door's open.
04:43There's teal, sir.
04:48Come in, teal.
04:52Well, I must confess I never expected us to share another bottle.
04:56I toasted your father in this very room 35 years ago.
05:01There's been a teal to drink to every Penrose wedding for five generations.
05:07And you don't intend to let an old family tradition die, eh, teal?
05:10It seems to me there's precious little left of tradition now, sir.
05:14I wish you success and happiness.
05:16Teal.
05:19It's not right for old friends to behave like this.
05:23Anger rests in the bosoms of fools.
05:25I mean, you taught me that when I was scarcely able to walk.
05:28All right, I'll be fair with you.
05:30I'll admit I've been an insufferable young fool.
05:33If you'll admit you've been an obstinate old tyrant.
05:37I wish you every success and happiness, Mr. Robert.
05:41And to your young lady, the same.
05:43Thank you, teal. To Laura.
05:55Your hand, break it.
05:57I'll break it.
05:59I'll break it.
06:01I'll break it.
06:04Your hand, break it, teal.
06:10Ah, you old bulldog.
06:12And I wonder if you realize what a bad time you've been giving me lately.
06:16If I'd forgotten my place, sir, I ask pardon.
06:20If I really believed that, I'd have to send for a doctor.
06:23I'll take it, sir.
06:25Good.
06:27PHONE RINGS
06:31Hadwick Castle.
06:33Oh, just one moment, miss.
06:35It is Miss Dunning, sir.
06:37Oh, good. Thanks, teal.
06:42Hello, darling. I was just going to phone you.
06:45Liar. You adore the idea of my chasing you.
06:49I should be angry. Where have you been all afternoon?
06:52Riding. Well, I had to do something to quieten my nerves
06:55until...
06:57What are you doing?
06:59Fitting my gown.
07:01It's beautiful.
07:03How do you know, silly? You haven't seen it yet.
07:06In my imagination, I am standing right beside you.
07:09Scarcely a breath divides us.
07:11Robert, what a positively improper idea.
07:14I'm blushing.
07:16You look ravishing when you blush.
07:18Robert?
07:20Yes, darling?
07:23Must you go to that awful stag party tonight?
07:26Yes, I'm afraid I'm stuck with it.
07:28I mean, I can't let Toddy and the boys down.
07:31I don't like Toddy Mills, darling.
07:33He's a nasty little trickster with a sadistic sense of humour
07:36and the morals of a goat.
07:38I just don't like him.
07:40Well, that's fairly obvious, darling.
07:42But don't worry. Look, if it'll make your mind any easier,
07:45I'll take teal along to chaperone me.
07:48Oh? I thought you two weren't speaking.
07:50No, we've actually just declared the truce.
07:52Now, don't fret, my sweet, and say good night.
07:55This is the last time we'll ever be apart.
08:00Good night, darling.
08:02Good night, darling.
08:07Teal.
08:10I wonder if you'll, well, help me through this stag affair tonight.
08:14And my wedding.
08:16For old times' sake.
08:19I was hoping you'd ask me, sir.
08:21You'll be the envy of every woman in London tomorrow, Miss Dunning.
08:25Bless you, and good luck.
08:27The gown is breathtaking, Miss Grace. Thank you.
08:30Of course it is. On you.
08:33Good night. Good night.
08:49Come and sit down, Teal.
08:53I think I know what you think.
08:56You expected me to marry a duchess, didn't you?
09:00Well, I think you'll learn to love Laura in time.
09:03She's got everything in a woman a man could possibly desire.
09:06Heaven knows what she saw in me, though.
09:08You're a Penrose, sir.
09:10Oh, she could have had half the title heads of Europe at her feet.
09:13There's Hadwick Castle.
09:15Not to mention the money your father left you.
09:17Money? Well, what's that for?
09:19It's only a means to happiness, Teal.
09:21And whom better could I spend it on than Laura?
09:23I doubt your father would approve of you squandering your fortune, sir.
09:27Squandering? Oh, don't look so door, Teal.
09:31Laura will probably surprise you by changing me into a responsible family man.
09:36Ah, that'll be the day, then.
09:41Oh, Teal, wait. I want to ask a special favour of you.
09:44You know very well I couldn't run this place without you.
09:48I take it as a great honour if you would stay on here and look after us.
09:55Very well, Mr Robert. I'll stay on.
09:59Thank you, Teal.
10:44In heaven's name, tell him to go slow. He'll kill us all.
11:04The fog has no secrets from Mr Sticks.
11:07Now, come off it, sir. Who put you up to this stunt?
11:10Toddy? Toddy?
11:12I sort of expected some such hijinks.
11:15Now, be a good fellow and ask your friend to try it back and pick some luck.
11:19And I'll relieve you of those rather ugly-looking toys.
11:26Good heft. A maniac serious.
11:28We'll soon learn how serious, young man.
11:30All right. If this is a real kidnapping, I won't waste any more time.
11:35How much do you want?
11:36How much would be good?
11:37That's none of your business.
11:40Can't you see he means business?
11:41Never thought I'd see the day when a band of rogues would knock London.
11:45Shut up, Teal! You want to get us both murdered?
11:48You've got a head on him, Mr Robert. Not much of a stomach, but a head for the six of us.
11:54Very well. In real and personal property, I've got roughly half a million pounds.
11:59Half a million?
12:01Yes. You release us unharmed, and you can have any part of it.
12:06Everything?
12:08Everything.
12:09It's not enough.
12:12Sticks.
12:19Out.
12:31Sticks.
12:39Out.
12:42You've taken us around in a circus, sir.
12:44This section of the Moors is on your own estate.
12:47You're certain, Teal?
12:48Positive.
12:49I haven't been here in years, but I remember exploring it with your father just before he acquired it from...
12:57What is it, Teal?
12:58Nothing, sir.
12:59You recognize him?
13:00No.
13:01Who is he?
13:02I don't know, sir.
13:09I must be dreaming, Teal. Did you see that?
13:11He snapped his fingers and the torches burst into flame.
13:13I'm nervous.
13:17If you please, gentlemen.
13:19Master Sticks will lead the way.
14:09Get out.
14:10On your feet, will you?
14:12Can't you see he's exhausted?
14:17Leave him alone, will you?
14:19You have half a minute to get him on his feet or say his prayers.
14:24Sticks.
14:26Sticks.
14:28Sticks.
14:29Sticks.
14:30Sticks.
14:31Sticks.
14:32Sticks.
14:33Sticks.
14:34Sticks.
14:35Sticks.
14:36Sticks.
14:37Sticks.
14:40Listen carefully.
14:41I think I know where they're taking us.
14:43It's not far now.
14:44Where is it, Teal?
14:47We have to get us inside the place before dawn.
14:50We can't let that happen.
14:55But inside where, Teal?
14:56What do you know about this Moloch?
14:58When I give the signal, you snatch his torch and use it to hold the creature off with.
15:04While I go for his pistol, he hasn't loaded the other one yet.
15:10We may have a chance, but if we fail...
15:13All rested and ready to go, Mr. Teal?
15:16Then let us not tarry.
15:18The dawn holds no welcome for the likes of Master Sticks and me.
15:34The dawn holds no welcome for the likes of Master Sticks and me.
16:04I see you remember this place, Mr. Penrose.
16:20The old blockhouse, the relic of Gothic days.
16:29What makes you think I remember it?
16:31When you were six, you wandered off onto the moors.
16:35Your father found you playing here.
16:37It was the first time you ever saw fear in his face.
16:40He beat you.
16:42You never knew why.
16:44But every time you attempted to return, you always remembered that look in his face.
16:52How did you know that?
17:01Now, sir, now, quick, grab his torch, sir.
17:15No, no, Teal, perhaps we can still make a bargain with him.
17:18Once he gets inside that place, sir, we're lost.
17:20Now, for the love of heavens!
17:31Run, Teal, run!
18:01Sticks!
18:19He's dead.
18:20He's dead.
18:22You fiend, you...
18:24You fiend, you killed him, you killed him!
18:29Sticks!
18:59Sticks!
19:29Sticks!
19:30Sticks!
19:32Sticks!
19:41Sticks!
19:51Sticks!
20:13Ah, awake at last.
20:36What do you want?
20:37I told you, you can have all my money.
20:41Come closer.
20:53Look into my face.
20:55Take a good look and tell me what you see.
21:00You dare not admit what you suspect, even to yourself.
21:06But you've seen things, Mr. Penrose, the way those torches lit up,
21:11the strange way in which your overseer died.
21:15Now, ask yourself, what good is money to the likes of Master Sticks and me?
21:27Then what do you want?
21:33Vengeance.
21:34Vengeance.
21:35Why?
21:36What for?
21:37I don't know you.
21:39I never set eyes on you before yesterday.
21:41The sins of the father shall be visited upon the child.
21:44Sins of the fathers?
21:46What could my father ever have done to you?
21:49Your father acquired this estate long before you were born.
21:56But how?
21:58Do you know?
21:59Yes.
22:01He bought it.
22:04You have apparently not yet discovered the secret of your chamber.
22:15There, in the center.
22:19As you know, these are the ruins of a Gothic stronghold.
22:24Prisoners were kept in this underground dungeon.
22:27The Roths also took refuge here from the marauding Saxons.
22:31Therefore, in that well...
22:33What has this got to do with me?
22:34Your father drowned the rightful owner of this estate...
22:37No, you're lying!
22:38...and usurped his property and position.
22:40Lying!
22:41My father could never kill for money or property.
22:44Oh, he could and he did.
22:46Who?
22:48He killed me.
22:50No.
22:52No.
22:53Why, then, did your father forbid anyone to come to this part of the estate
22:56after finding his young son here?
22:57Why did he beat him so savagely?
22:59What was it he feared he might discover?
23:03No, no, this is too fantastical.
23:06There are more things in heaven and earth, my dear Mr. Penrose,
23:12than are dreamed of in your philosophy.
23:16I could not come back during your father's lifetime.
23:19I had not earned the right,
23:20but I was permitted to return on the eve of your marriage
23:23to take my rightful place as master of Hadwick.
23:26You expect me to believe such nonsense?
23:28But Laura Dunning shall still be mistress of Hadwick, just as planned.
23:33The lovely Miss Denning shall be a glowing tribute
23:37to my successful return from beyond.
23:40She shall be my bride.
23:43No, no, you're mad!
23:44You're mad!
23:48I don't care whether you're alive or whether you're dead.
23:50You'll never get her!
23:52Spit!
24:13Laura!
24:19Laura!
24:23Laura!
24:29Do not be unduly disturbed, Mr. Penrose.
24:32I merely wish to show you an important aspect of your dilemma.
24:36I shall leave you now to contemplate your prospects.
24:40No, no, Mullock, wait.
24:42Please, I'm willing to cooperate.
24:44Anything within reason. Please, Mullock.
24:46Mullock, release Laura. I'll do anything.
24:49Mullock!
24:52Mullock!
24:58I should dislike entrusting you
25:00to the tender care of Master Sticks, Miss Dunning.
25:03So you will utter no word or sound.
25:09Do you understand?
25:12I'm offended.
25:15You may remove the gag, Master Sticks.
25:19Gently.
25:21Such a delicate treasure must be handled with care.
25:28Laura! Laura! Are you all right?
25:30Laura, answer me!
25:33Mullock, let me see her.
25:35Please let me see her.
25:41All in good time, Master Robert.
25:43First, you must take some nourishment.
25:50Recognize your own silver service, do you?
25:56Eat well, Mr. Robert.
26:01There is no indignity in preserving one's strength,
26:05especially when the food and wine are from one's own cellar.
26:20What's that?
26:22Where did that pen come from?
26:24That wasn't there a second ago.
26:26You devil!
26:28At last you concede my identity.
26:32Splendid.
26:34Bodes well for the speedy termination of your difficulties.
26:43Sign.
26:46Sign.
26:48And you are a free man.
26:53And a simple power of attorney.
26:56Lacking only your signature to give me full control of all your money
27:00and all your property, real and personal,
27:03your signature, please.
27:05And if I refuse?
27:07Sign.
27:09Why do you hesitate?
27:11The last time we talked,
27:13you were willing to do anything for your beloved.
27:16How can I be sure?
27:18How can I trust you to set her free?
27:21Hark to this dandy.
27:23The wine must be a potent brew to fire such courage in such a lily liver.
27:27Sign, or you'll soon be seeing in the dark like Master Stix.
27:31What kind of fraud is this?
27:33You think you can drive me half insane with fear and exhaustion
27:36and trick me out of everything I possess?
27:39You prefer to die wealthy.
27:42Oh, I see.
27:45You were going to kill us both, whether I signed it or not.
27:51So be it.
27:54Stix.
28:13Laura, can you hear me?
28:15No. No, they've gagged you again.
28:18Well, look, Laura, if you can hear me,
28:21tap on the stone floor with your heel.
28:24Have they harmed you?
28:26One tap for yes, two for no.
28:29Did Moloch phone? Say he was me?
28:34They couldn't have kidnapped you for that.
28:37I don't know.
28:40They couldn't have kidnapped you from your bedroom.
28:45The monster, Stix.
28:48Good heavens!
28:50What black magic enabled him to get you here without being seen?
28:54All right, my dear, save your strength.
28:57I haven't signed yet because they'll kill us both the moment I do.
29:02They'd have to.
29:04They could never trust us not to go to the police.
29:07But they'll be back with that paper.
29:09And when they do, I'll try to be ready for them.
29:37SNORING
29:49SNORING
29:55SNORING
29:57SNORING
30:27SNORING
30:36SNORING
30:54SNORING
30:57SNORING
31:16Laura, do you hear me?
31:18Rap on the floor if you hear me.
31:21Laura, darling, the bolt on the door is jammed.
31:26But I'll find something and I'll have you out of here in a few minutes.
31:30Just hold on, dearest.
31:56DOORBELL RINGS
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33:26DOOR CREAKS
33:31Laura, dearest, that creature's left the door open.
33:34Which means the devil will be back very soon with that paper.
33:37Maybe there's still a chance.
33:39Look, darling, I think I've got an idea.
33:42I'm going to sign, then pretend I've gone mad and killed myself in the well.
33:47When they're convinced I'm gone, I'll come back for you.
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37:09I'm out of here, I'm out of here, I'm out of here, I'm out of here, I'm out of here,
37:38I'm hungry.
37:40The time for hospitality has passed.
37:42I'll see you back in Hell before I sign that.
37:45Don't try my patience any further Penrose, I'm offering you your lifetime.
37:48If you're offering me my death warrant.
37:49Sign.
37:50Never.
37:51Sign!
37:53Or I'll send sticks to your lovely Miss Dunning.
38:00Sticks!
38:03No.
38:05No, Marlowe, no.
38:06No, please.
38:07Call him back.
38:08Please, call him back.
38:10Say bye-bye, then.
38:19Now, stop him as you promised.
38:21Sticks!
38:23All right.
38:24Now, keep your part of the bargain.
38:26Release us.
38:31Your release is only seconds away.
38:35No.
38:36No, Molecule.
38:37No.
38:40No, no, no.
38:41Pull him off.
38:42Pull him off.
38:44You give me a word, I'll do anything.
38:46I'll do anything.
38:47I'll do anything.
38:48I'll do anything.
38:49I'll do anything.
38:54A headstone for you, Master Robert.
38:57And may you rest in peace.
40:04No.
40:34No.
41:05No.
41:24No.
41:25No.
41:26No.
41:35No.
41:51Some call me Beelzebub.
41:53Some call me Beelio.
41:55You may call me Molecule.
41:57Squire Molecule.
41:59Who put you up with this stuff?
42:01Toddy?
42:02His name's Antigone Shaw.
42:04He'll kill us all.
42:05The Fog has no secrets from Mr. Sticks.
42:08Your release is unharmed.
42:10And you can have any part of it.
42:12Everything?
42:13Everything.
42:14It's not enough.
42:16It's not enough.
42:32It's not enough.
42:33It's not enough.
42:34You know, when he screamed, I thought you'd really kill him.
43:04Oh, I could have.
43:05You see.
43:06Maybe I should have.
43:08I used to talk.
43:09Don't worry too much.
43:11Never forget the look on Pedro's face when I stabbed my fingers and those torches lit up.
43:16Black magic.
43:17I'm going to tell you something.
43:21You try that same stunt, a couple of gasoline torches rigged with a simple lighter.
43:25Try it on the stage or in a carnival tent and they'd throw rocks at you.
43:29This goes to show how costume and the right atmosphere could make them take anything.
43:33Like that pen and ink appearing out of nowhere.
43:36Oh, you had it under your cape.
43:38Now, how did you guess that?
43:41You watch how you talk to me, Riley.
43:43What did I say?
43:44I didn't say anything.
43:45Don't be so sensitive, Joe.
43:46Joe's always so touchy when he's worried.
43:49I'm worried?
43:50The way you're belting that bottle and the job not finished?
43:52Well, finish it then.
43:54She's waiting inside.
43:55Go on.
43:56Get it over with.
43:57Joe's soft when it comes to women, aren't you, Joe?
44:04What about that chauffeur?
44:06What if he talks?
44:07Ask him.
44:09What about that chauffeur?
44:11Cyril's my problem.
44:13You two just finish what you're hired to do.
44:16He's worried about me belting that bottle.
44:18Joe's worried someone might find those bodies.
44:21No one's been near this hellhole for a hundred years.
44:24The natives in these parts are a lot of superstitious fools.
44:27Even the boy's father believes this place was haunted.
44:30Pour yourself another dose of courage and get on with it.
44:35Oh, look.
44:37I've been thinking.
44:39I don't see how you can take over Penrose Estate even without power of attorney.
44:43I don't plan to take it over.
44:44But don't forget I'm his overseer.
44:46I can have it bled white and be out of the country before anyone's the wiser.
44:50Oh.
44:51What's the cover story?
44:53What's the cover story?
44:54Penrose and his bride eloped.
44:56They've gone on an extended honeymoon.
44:59I haven't any idea where.
45:01This little piece of paper's going to make up for years of humiliation.
45:07This piece of paper's going to make me a millionaire.
45:12Not until you sign an agreement to pay off, mister.
45:15What are you doing, Joe?
45:17He just double-crossed that fellow Penrose he's known all his life.
45:20How do we know we'll get the rest of our money?
45:22Yeah.
45:23I think he's got something, matey.
45:25If you could do that to a kid you've known all your life, he could do it to us.
45:30You must be pretty sick, Cleo.
45:32Why didn't you just do them in?
45:34Drop them down the well yourself.
45:36Yes, why go to all this trouble?
45:38No simple murder would solve my wounds.
45:43I've been planning this for years.
45:46Wounds?
45:47I doubt you'd understand.
45:50Rows to the spirit.
45:53Corrosion of the pride.
45:57Have you ever thought what it's like to be a man's man?
46:02And live in a household where they give you orders day after day?
46:14This is my day of reckoning.
46:20Make him put the deal in writing, Riley.
46:22Yes.
46:24And since we'll all hang if they ever catch us,
46:27I say we share and share alike.
46:30What do you say, partner?
46:36All right.
46:50Shit!
47:02Go away!
47:04Go away!
47:06No!
47:08No!
47:10No, you're dead! Go away!
47:12No!
47:13No!
47:19No!
47:49No, it's all right, Dearest.
47:51I'm not a ghost, I'm real.
47:53Just as real as those would-be monsters.
47:55Darling.
47:59At first I thought it was another one of Donny's practical jokes,
48:03but they're so horrible.
48:05Then when they brought me in...
48:07It's all over now, darling.
48:09We're safe, we're really safe.
48:19THE END
48:49THE END
49:19THE END
49:49THE END