Clue of the Twisted Candle is a 1960 British second feature crime film directed by Allan Davis and starring Bernard Lee, David Knight and Francis de Wolff. The screenplay was by Philip Mackie, based on the 1918 Edgar Wallace novel The Clue of the Twisted Candle. It is part of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios from 1960 to 1965.
Plot
Lexman is sent to prison, having been tricked by the Greek blackmailer Karadis. He escapes, and Karadis is found murdered in a sealed room. Meredith proves that it was Lexman who killed Karadis, who was in fact his partner in the blackmail operation.
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Plot
Lexman is sent to prison, having been tricked by the Greek blackmailer Karadis. He escapes, and Karadis is found murdered in a sealed room. Meredith proves that it was Lexman who killed Karadis, who was in fact his partner in the blackmail operation.
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00:00You
00:30Are
01:00A
01:30Oh
01:32Oh
01:58Good morning, sir
02:03In efficient inexperienced incompetent incapable inactive in
02:09Time for you a word
02:11ineffective, sir
02:15Thank you morning, sir, howdy Meredith morning sergeant morning, sir
02:20All right, sergeant. You can get back on the job and call me later. Yes
02:25Right
02:28I
02:30Was promising sergeant in the force that letter yes, so I believe well haven't helped me when you promote him somewhere else
02:39I'm going over to the home office. I'll be there most of the day. Yes, sir
02:43There's some stuff on my desk. I'd like you to deal with anything special routine just routine
02:49Except for one thing, you know, mr. Karate's karate's
02:54Mr. Raymond karate's have eaten guns. That's the chap. Yes origin supposed to be Greek
03:00More likely Albanian very wealthy likes the high life, you know racing gambling a bit of an art collector friend of yours
03:07So I just read the gossip columns why?
03:10You might arrange to pay him a visit. He wants permission to install a private telephone line to us
03:16Unusual, but not unheard of if he gives good reasons
03:20Reading between the lines. Mr. Karate seems to think there are a number of people around who might like to murder him
03:35Mr. Karate's will see you now
03:49I
04:12Hope it impresses you
04:15No windows I
04:16Do not care to look out and I do not care to have people looking in
04:22Sit down
04:26No one saw you come here no one I swear it don't swear. Mr. Varney. I don't like people who swear
04:31I came the way you said no one saw me. Oh
04:35and the letter
04:38Open it
04:42Put it there
04:47Mm-hmm
04:50Good
04:51It's word for word
04:53Post as soon as you leave here
04:56What did you do with the first draft I got it at hand burn it right your gun
05:05Loaded what uses a gun if it's not loaded you will unload it now
05:09You will only use it for threatening you will not shoot. Is that clear? I don't understand what it's all about
05:15You're not required to understand mr. Viney you're nearly required to do exactly as I take
05:22Once again, is that quite clear? Yes, it's clear. All right
05:28How do you want me to get there in a car of mine driven by my chauffeur if you like I don't need the chauffeur
05:35Sir
05:38Arranged to pick this man up at 9 o'clock tomorrow night
05:42Are you sure you won't be needing me sir tomorrow? I will drive myself
05:47You see we are sending you to your work in style. Mr. Viney
06:05I
06:36I
06:51Don't I'm here
06:56Hello
06:57How long this time? Ah
07:0041 minutes from Eaton Gardens you get yourself killed one of these days
07:04By the way, Grace is here. Oh good. Oh
07:07Grace, my dear how nice to see you
07:11Hello Caradoc. My son in it. Why so cool you expect me to be otherwise?
07:18Let me get you a drink thanks, but I mistrust you with a cocktail shaker. I'd rather have a scotch on the rocks
07:24Grace is getting lunch. So it's bound to be better than last time. I am honored John hadn't told me you'll be here
07:32Come on darling, there's masses to eat
07:34Besides, you're a wonderful cook
07:37Useful as well as pretty I'll go and see to it all. Thank you, darling
07:42Give us a shower from this ready
07:51Well, that should give us a few minutes what did you want to see me about this letter
08:02When did you get this morning's post from mr. What's-his-name? I can't read it
08:08Finey, I think it is fine
08:11Does the name mean anything to you? No
08:13What do you think I should do?
08:16There's only one thing to do
08:19What are you doing
08:21Why keep it?
08:25That's not going to solve anything he's coming this evening what get him to go to hell
08:32Look John, you know the rules of the game. Once you start paying money, you'll go on paying for a long long time
08:39What I can't understand is how this man viney knew about me in the first place
08:43Neither can I
08:45You haven't said anything to anyone. Have you what do you take me for?
08:53Forget it. Have you told anyone? No, not even grace. Of course not
09:01What am I going to do?
09:03Threaten him this kind of man is always a coward what with
09:09For 24 hours I can risk being without this
09:15Put it in a drawer so that grace won't see
09:25Threaten this man viney with it. I'll guarantee it will produce a remarkable effect
09:31I
10:01I
10:31I
10:38Know dr. Griswold, it's out of the question. I already have somebody here and I can't possibly receive any more visitors tonight
10:45Look, I can see you at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning earlier if you like
10:48In fact, I don't care how early but I cannot possibly see you tonight
10:53I'm sorry about that. And now at last let me get you a drink Scotch or a glass of wine
10:59Scotch please
11:00Soda. Oh, thanks so much
11:03Tell me you happen to know this. Dr. Griswold of the traveler writes books about Arabia and so on. Yes
11:12You'd remember him if you did thanks like a watchful old spider
11:17Eyes that stare at you as if he were mad or as if you were
11:21My sins I employ him you're not to write books
11:25In his travels he finds out some very interesting things and he reports them to me
11:30You see I do business with the Middle East
11:33Yes, I wondered where the money came from
11:36With all his faults. Dr. Griswold is a very useful agent
11:41He's British
11:43As indeed I am. Mr. Meredith
11:46Interesting door. Yes
11:48Solid steel very something but quite odd
11:54Till you lift this bar and let it drop
11:57And you're completely cut off in the outside world unless somebody bores a hole through the wall
12:01Very simple very efficient very necessary
12:06I was brought up in a very un-english way very un-english places. I took part in
12:12Business and politics. Of course, they're just the same thing
12:16It was impossible to succeed without making enemies. I know these enemies. They will not rest until they have killed me
12:23But that was a number of years ago, but I still receive messages of their intentions
12:27They mean they write you to the post you mean I
12:30Still receive their messages. That is why I had this room built
12:34But I don't trust even that door. That is why I asked for a direct line
12:38If need be I can take refuge here until your people arrive
12:42Excuse me if it's that man Griswold again
12:49Hello, yeah, yes it is
12:53Yes, it's for you Scott the jar. Thanks. Well, I met it is here
13:01Yes, I'll be there right away
13:09Some trouble someone just phoned the yard to say he's killed a man
13:15I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry
13:21I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry
13:25I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry
13:30Oh
13:40Right answer bricks watches
13:49I'll say good night. Then. Good night doc and thanks very much for your help. That's all right
14:00Right, we'll talk to Lexman.
14:07I owe you a cigarette.
14:24Mr. Lexman, you were cautioned when you made a statement to the local police, which Sergeant
14:29Anson has.
14:30Yes.
14:31Now, I'm rather bothered by your statement.
14:34Well, it says exactly what happened.
14:36It doesn't begin to answer the questions that are in my mind, and the first question is
14:39about this letter you had from Viney.
14:43I must warn you that Sergeant Anson will take down your answers.
14:47Er, you came this morning?
14:49Yes.
14:50Addressed you here?
14:51Yes.
14:52Now why here, do you think, and not your London address?
14:54Well, he must have known I was here.
14:56I see.
14:58And what did it say exactly?
14:59Well, as near as you can remember.
15:02It said, um, dear Mr. Lexman, we've never met, you don't know me, but, um, I happen
15:09to know a very great deal about you.
15:14Including some things which you'd very much like to be kept quiet.
15:18I'm thinking particularly of, well, I know what comes next, but I'd rather not say it.
15:28Why not?
15:29Well, a couple of years ago, I was mixed up in a rather unsavoury affair, nothing to do
15:34with the police, but, uh, I behaved very stupidly over a woman.
15:40My name never got into the papers.
15:42But, uh, if it got into the papers now...
15:45But I'm engaged.
15:47It would certainly wreck that.
15:49Yes, I see.
15:51Anyway, uh, the letter went on, I'm willing to keep quiet about this, providing you pay
15:58me the sum of a thousand pounds.
16:00You can pay this in installments if you like.
16:03I'm calling on you this evening at ten o'clock sharp to discuss this.
16:08Sincerely, S. Bynie.
16:11You remember it very well.
16:12Yes.
16:13Well, it was hard to read, it was a bit of a scrawl.
16:17And, uh, where's the letter now?
16:19Burnt.
16:22You burnt it?
16:23Why?
16:25Seemed the best thing to do at the time.
16:29Best thing would have been to have gone to the police.
16:31Yes, I see that now.
16:33Now, the second question in my mind, how did Mr. Bynie get here?
16:37In a car, a big one by the sound of it.
16:41Did you see it?
16:42No, but I heard it arrive.
16:44Did you hear it drive away?
16:45No, I was in too much of a state.
16:49There was a driver?
16:50Obviously.
16:51Whom you didn't see?
16:52No.
16:53Now, the third question, the gun.
16:56Uh, Sergeant Anderson.
16:57Sir.
16:58Read Mr. Lexman's statement, will you?
16:59Yes, sir.
17:03I took the gun from the drawer and waited at Bynie to frighten him.
17:06He thereupon took a gun from his own pocket.
17:09It seemed to me that he was about to shoot me.
17:11I pointed my gun at him and told him not to be such a fool.
17:14I didn't even know my gun was loaded.
17:16In any case, I thought the safety catch was on.
17:19I hardly touched the trigger of my gun.
17:21I hardly touched the trigger of my gun,
17:23but it went off, killing Bynie.
17:26Correct.
17:27Of course, we'll test your gun.
17:29Safety catch, trigger pressure, so on.
17:31Yes, you'll see.
17:33You know, what intrigues me is Mr. Bynie's gun.
17:36Well, it was a black revolver.
17:39You pointed yours because he pointed his.
17:41Yes.
17:43His gun, which is nowhere to be found.
17:46What?
17:48No gun on the body, no gun on the floor,
17:50no gun in the house, nowhere.
17:52But that's impossible.
17:55Yes, it is, isn't it?
17:58Now, your gun, now.
17:59You haven't said in your statement where you got it from.
18:03It was given to me at lunchtime today
18:05by a friend of mine named Caradis.
18:10Raymond Caradis.
18:13Yes, I entirely agree.
18:15A most strange coincidence that you were with me
18:17at the exact moment when John shot...
18:19Hmm?
18:20You know, I'm shattered by this business.
18:23Is there anything I can do to help?
18:25Yes, I think there is.
18:27Anything in the world.
18:28John was a very dear friend of mine.
18:30Now, if it's money he needs, you know, I am not without resources.
18:33What he needs is the right answers to a couple of questions.
18:37Questions?
18:38Yes.
18:39Now, forgive my walking about.
18:40It's an old habit I've never got out of.
18:44Mr. Caradis, you went there for lunch.
18:46Yes.
18:49Miss Grace Nilsen was there too.
18:51Yes, John's fiancée.
18:53Were you alone with Lexwyn at all?
18:55No.
18:56Oh, yes, yes.
18:57Just after I arrived.
18:58Grace went off to prepare lunch.
19:00Ah.
19:01And what did you two talk about?
19:03Talk about?
19:05Talk about?
19:07You hope I can tell you what John's state of mind was?
19:11I hope you can tell me what you two talked about.
19:15Everything and nothing, you know.
19:19Lexwyn said he showed you a letter, did he?
19:22John did not show me any letter.
19:24I have no idea what he's talking about.
19:26A letter demanding money?
19:27No.
19:28From a man called Viney?
19:30No.
19:31You told Lexwyn to threaten him?
19:32No.
19:33You gave Lexwyn your gun?
19:35What?
19:36Good to see sheer fantasy, Mr. Meredith.
19:38You're making this up.
19:40Bring Lexwyn in here.
19:42Yes, sir.
19:45I thought I'd bring you two together
19:47so that you can tell him personally
19:49of your desire to help.
19:50You mean John said these things?
19:52I just do not understand it.
19:54Oh, no, Mr. Kouralis.
19:56I'm the one who doesn't understand.
19:59Come in.
20:04What's the matter?
20:05I don't understand.
20:06What's the matter?
20:07I don't understand.
20:08John, I...
20:09I cannot tell you how sorry I am.
20:11I simply cannot believe that it is true.
20:13Lexwyn, Mr. Kouralis denies all knowledge of the letter.
20:16He also denies all knowledge of the gun.
20:28Well, that's that, isn't it?
20:31Well, that's that, isn't it?
20:37Well, that's a pity.
20:41And what do you think is going to happen now?
20:44Can't say.
20:45But you can guess.
20:47Well, he'll come up for trial.
20:48The court will decide.
20:50And you have a good idea what the court will decide?
20:52Yes, I have.
20:54He killed a man for no reason.
20:57No provocation.
20:59No proof of self-defense.
21:01The gun was remarkably light on the trigger.
21:04Does that help much?
21:06No.
21:08Miss Nilsen, John Lexwyn says that Kouralis gave him that gun.
21:12So we checked it for fingerprints.
21:14And?
21:15And the only fingerprints we found were John Lexwyn's.
21:19Could you remember if Kouralis was left alone at any time in that room after lunch?
21:24Yes.
21:26Yes, he was.
21:28Was there enough time to have gone to the drawer, taken out the gun and wiped it clean?
21:32Yes.
21:34Did you notice anything at all that might help John Lexwyn?
21:38Mr. Meredith, I didn't see the gun.
21:40I didn't see the letter.
21:42And I don't like answering questions.
21:54Thanks for your help.
21:58No, I...
21:59I'm sure Mr. Kouralis will be delighted to see me.
22:01I'm quite sure...
22:02What's the system? Ring three times?
22:04Please.
22:05Hanson, you stay out here and keep him company.
22:07I'll keep Mr. Kouralis company.
22:09Provided the latch isn't down.
22:15What are you doing here?
22:17I'm sorry to barge in like this. I know you're a very busy man.
22:21This will not become a habit, Mr. Meredith.
22:24Well, since you are here, what can I do for you?
22:28I'd like to have a talk with your chauffeur.
22:30My chauffeur?
22:31Yes.
22:32You're the man who drives your car.
22:34Certainly.
22:36If it's not too much trouble.
22:39Sir.
22:40Is the chauffeur in the house?
22:41Yes, sir.
22:42Bring him in here immediately.
22:43Just a minute.
22:44Do you mind if my sergeant goes with him?
22:45Not at all.
22:47Many hands make light work.
22:50You know, I drove down to John's cottage by myself.
22:53Yes, I'm sure you did.
22:54Yes.
22:55You want a check on my movement?
22:56Not in the least.
22:57I want a check on your chauffeur's movement.
22:59May I ask why?
23:00Yes, you may ask.
23:15What's his name?
23:16Finch, sir.
23:17I've explained about you.
23:18Finch?
23:19Yes, sir.
23:20Finch, where were you last Wednesday night?
23:22Birmingham, sir.
23:24Birmingham?
23:25Yes, sir.
23:26My last job for my previous employer.
23:30You should have explained, Mr. Meredith.
23:33The man you want to see was Brennan.
23:36He left me last Thursday.
23:38What do you mean, left you?
23:40He got a telegram from his mother.
23:42Urgent business at home.
23:43She wanted him to return to Ireland immediately.
23:46You wouldn't have his address in Ireland?
23:48I don't think we would.
23:50But I expect you could find that telegram if I wanted it.
23:53I don't think we could.
23:55All right, Hanson.
23:59I'm sorry we were not more help.
24:01John Lexman will be even sorrier.
24:04Poor John.
24:07Now, by the way,
24:08I'm giving permission for your direct line to the yard.
24:11You are most kind.
24:13Not at all.
24:14I don't see your point.
24:16I think you may need it.
24:254.30 is ours.
24:27Late final.
24:30Late final.
24:36Late final.
24:43Sergeant Hanson!
24:52Right, there you are.
24:53That's your bunk over there.
25:05Come in.
25:06Make yourself at home.
25:16What's your name?
25:18Mine's Amos.
25:20A-M-I-S.
25:21As if you cared.
25:23He's Fisher.
25:25Well, sit down, give your feet a rest.
25:33What are you in for?
25:35Something I was tricked into doing.
25:37Hey, Fishy,
25:38they sent us a gentleman to raise the tone of the cell.
25:41High time too.
25:42Oh, well, you're just like us then.
25:45I never broke into that jeweller's shop
25:47and Fishy never robbed his benevolent employer.
25:50Victims of tyrannical injustice, that's what we are.
25:54No, but straight, though.
25:56What are you in for?
25:58And for how long?
26:00Murder.
26:02Phew!
26:03A lifer, eh?
26:05But you said you was framed.
26:07Yes.
26:09By a man called Karadis.
26:11Called what?
26:14Karadis.
26:16Raymond Karadis, the Greek millionaire?
26:18Yes.
26:22Tell me about him.
26:24Old Fisher's little stay with us ends next week,
26:26so he's looking out for his next situation.
26:28Come on, give.
26:39Yes, sir, I do understand, sir.
26:42You do not understand.
26:43Time we closed the file, sir.
26:44It's two months ago now.
26:46We haven't found Brennan.
26:48No, sir.
26:49Then why haven't we found Brennan?
26:50It's not for the wonder of time, sir.
26:51Because Karadis has hidden him away somewhere.
26:54Or bumped him off, for all I know.
26:55Guesswork.
26:57What else do you expect but guesswork
26:58when you don't provide me with any solid evidence?
27:05We've searched several of Vanni's apartment
27:07and found nothing.
27:09And we haven't found his gun.
27:11If he had one.
27:13Well, I'm making the assumption
27:14that this man Brennan removed the gun
27:16while Lexman was telephoning from his study.
27:19Yes, I know you are, sir.
27:21So, where the gun is, Brennan is.
27:25Or chucked away in a river or something.
27:27Anyway, it's got to be found.
27:30And the letter's burnt.
27:32It's hopeless, sir.
27:36Hanson, I'm not going to rest
27:38until I've proved that Vanni's death was accidental
27:41and Lexman was unjustly convicted.
27:43And when I say I'm not going to rest,
27:46I mean that you are not going to rest.
28:03Hey, I'm coming up!
28:15Any luck?
28:21No.
28:40Samuel Smith.
28:4293 Great James Street, London West 1.
28:46Up here, first floor back.
28:48Of course, there's nothing unusual about me
28:50not seeing Mr. Smith all these weeks.
28:53Always as quiet as the grave he is,
28:55no trouble to nobody.
28:57Just sits up here and writes his letters,
28:59keeps himself to himself, as you might say.
29:01Yeah, I'm sure he does.
29:02He calls this his pay to tear.
29:04I never can understand him sometimes.
29:07Of course, he always pays me three months in advance,
29:10so I'm well covered, as you might say.
29:12This the room, dear?
29:13Yes.
29:14Funny you should be asking about this room just now.
29:16It's rent's nearly due,
29:18and if you don't show up soon,
29:19I'll have to...
29:21No, he's trying to open the door with them keys, dear.
29:23Mr. Smith's got the only key to this door,
29:26and he particularly is about it,
29:28very private, as you might say.
29:31Well...
29:36What a dump.
29:37Riley's hired up?
29:39Could be.
29:49Come in.
29:50Come in.
29:51Come in.
30:18Sir...
30:19Come and look at this.
30:21A draft of Viney's letter.
30:44What did Lexman's statement say?
30:47Dear Mr. Lexman, we have never met, and you don't know anything about me, but I happen
30:54to know a great deal about you, including some things you would very much like kept
30:58quiet.
30:59And so on and so forth, pretty well word for word.
31:00If that isn't proof, I don't know what is.
31:02Proof that Samuel Viney, sometime Samuel Smith, sent Lexman this letter.
31:07And the gun, as Lexman described it.
31:09Proof that Viney was armed.
31:11Put the two things together.
31:12And you still have no proof that Karadis was lying.
31:15It's still quite possible that Lexman told Karadis nothing at all.
31:18Karadis arranged the whole thing.
31:20I'm sure of it.
31:21Well, what are you going to do about it?
31:26I want to have John Lexman released from prison.
31:29What?
31:30Why?
31:31Because he was wrongly convicted, and because he'll lead me where I want to go.
31:38Here's the file, sir, if you'd like to read it.
31:41All right, I will, later on.
31:44By the way, your friend Karadis's name came up in conversation this morning.
31:48Oh, where?
31:49How?
31:50Ever heard of Lady Buckland?
31:51A rich widow committed suicide a few weeks ago for no reason at all.
31:55That's right.
31:56We had a letter this morning from the woman who was her maid.
31:58You know the sort of thing.
32:00Nobody knows, but I know, and I think you ought to know.
32:04She says that Lady Buckland paid out quite a lot of money to Mr. Karadis.
32:08You might like to see that letter, though I don't think there's much you can do about
32:12it.
32:13If I may coin a phrase, sir.
32:14Well?
32:15I'm going to get Karadis if it's the last thing I do.
32:29Good morning, sir.
32:30Good morning.
32:31My name's Meredith.
32:32Mr. Karadis is expecting you, sir.
32:35You're new.
32:37Yes, sir.
32:39But I've seen you somewhere before.
32:41Quite possibly, sir.
32:42I was a waiter at the Constitutional for a time.
32:45What's your name?
32:46Pike, sir.
32:51Oh.
32:56And much as I wish it could be otherwise, I deeply regret I am unable to help you in
33:01this matter.
33:02Yours very sincerely.
33:03All right?
33:04Yes.
33:05And now, a letter to...
33:06Oh, it must be Mr. Meredith.
33:09Come in.
33:11That will be all.
33:12We'll talk business later, Miss Holland.
33:14Very well, Mr. Karadis.
33:16Ah, Mr. Meredith, how nice to see you.
33:18I don't think you've met, Miss Holland.
33:20No.
33:21How do you do?
33:22How do you do?
33:23That'll be all now, Miss Holland.
33:26Charming.
33:27New?
33:28Yes.
33:29New manservant, too?
33:30What happened to the old one?
33:31Was she called home by telegram?
33:33On an urgent family problem?
33:35Not a very good joke.
33:37No, we haven't found Brennan yet.
33:39This family didn't send that telegram.
33:41You surprise me.
33:44We get a certain number of corpses on our hands.
33:47When I get one that looks like Brennan, I'll ask you to come along and identify him.
33:50You may ask.
33:53Will you have a cigarette?
33:54Thanks.
33:58And now, may I ask the object of your visit?
34:02Yes.
34:03I believe you knew a certain Lady Buckland.
34:06Who didn't?
34:07Poor woman.
34:09She paid you large sums of money.
34:11Who would have given you that idea?
34:13Why, it isn't true?
34:14No.
34:16If you like, you can inspect my bank account.
34:20I'd much rather inspect your safe.
34:22Well, go ahead.
34:24If you can get in.
34:39Stop that!
34:47Licensed, I hope?
34:49I do not carry unlicensed weapons, Mr. Meredith.
34:52Not even for lending to other people?
35:02Oh, I nearly forgot to tell you.
35:04Good news.
35:05I'm having John Lexman released from prison.
35:06What about that, eh?
35:08Got some snout off the baron right under the screw's nose
35:10and he didn't notice a blooming thing.
35:12Here, Lexie, want some of me snout?
35:14I do.
35:15I'm not giving you any.
35:16You're in my debt already.
35:18Lexie.
35:20Oh, Mr. Lexman, sir, cheer up.
35:22You're only in school.
35:24You're not in jail.
35:26You're not in jail.
35:28You're not in jail.
35:30You're not in jail.
35:32You're not in jail.
35:34You're not in jail.
35:35You're only inside for another...
35:37How many years is it?
35:38Shut your trap.
35:40Every time I start a bit of polite conversation...
35:47You on for tonight?
35:48Tonight?
35:49Aye, you on?
35:51Yes.
35:52I've got it organized at the concert.
35:55Here, what is all this?
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43:21Now believe me, I'm not going to that place again until you pay me double.
43:24I'm glad you liked it.
43:25I like it myself.
43:27Yes, I will.
43:28Whatever you say.
43:32Thank you for the compliment.
43:33The same to you.
43:35I suppose the bank will honor your check.
43:42Damn you, Mr. Korades.
43:45Don't trust him.
43:47Get paid in advance.
43:48I always do.
43:49I find Mr. Kouradis very good about money.
43:51Don't you believe it, don't you believe it.
43:53Get your money in advance or refuse to work for him, that's my motto.
43:58What was that?
43:59That means Mr. Kouradis does not want to be disturbed.
44:05That contraption of his won't protect him when the time comes.
44:08What time do you make it, sir?
44:11Five past.
44:13Should be here by now.
44:18Got a cigarette?
44:38Good evening, Mr. Meredith.
44:40Evening, Sergeant.
44:42Well, I've come to deliver myself into your hands.
44:46Very kind of you, but I wish you'd saved yourself the trouble.
44:49Then I'd miss all the excitement.
44:51You know, I've spent a great deal of time trying to prove your innocence.
44:54That's very kind of you.
44:56If you'd waited a couple of days longer, you needn't have broken out.
44:59You'd have been released anyway.
45:02Released?
45:03Yes.
45:05Does that mean you're going to release me now?
45:07Yes.
45:09I wouldn't do that if I were you, Superintendent.
45:12Why not?
45:13Because if you do, I warn you, I'll kill Kouradis.
45:22There it is.
45:25Yeah.
45:28What?
45:32Yes, I will.
45:33Yes, I will.
45:35Kouradis has called on the direct line a moment ago.
45:38What did he say, sir?
45:39Nothing.
45:40According to the operator, he just picked up the receiver.
45:42Probably somebody got to him before he could speak.
45:44Come on, Anson. You too, Lexham.
45:46Yes, he's coming.
45:49All right, Sergeant.
45:50You got all the fingerprints you want, Thompson?
45:52Yes, sir.
45:53Good.
45:55All right, Lance, you can go now.
45:56Come on, mate.
45:58Well, the sooner we get this room cleared, the better.
46:00You'd better stay, Sergeant Anson. You too, Butterfield.
46:02I'll stay.
46:03I'll stay.
46:04I'll stay.
46:05I'll stay.
46:06I'll stay.
46:07I'll stay.
46:08I'll stay.
46:09I'll stay.
46:10I'll stay.
46:11I'll stay.
46:12I'll stay.
46:13I'll stay.
46:14I'll stay.
46:16You too, Butterfield.
46:18Oh, Mr. Lexham.
46:21I'm keeping you in custody for the time being for your own good.
46:24Will you go with Sergeant Merritt?
46:26Whatever you say, sir.
46:43Butterfield, you got to the house first.
46:45Now, who was here?
46:46Well, the manservant Pike's the only person we've discovered so far, sir.
46:48I've got our men searching the rest of the house.
46:51And what about the shelter?
46:52It's his night off, and the other staff only come in during the day.
46:55There's been nobody here since Dr. Griswold left at 9.45.
47:00I told Pike that Mr. Kouradas' phone to the yard had rung.
47:03He seemed very surprised and upset.
47:06Oh, did he?
47:07Well, we tried the door, sir, but of course it wouldn't budge.
47:09And as you know, we started to cut the hole to get in
47:11as soon as the oxyacetylene bloke arrived.
47:14Yeah, well, right. Thanks, sir.
47:20Pike.
47:23Yes, I'll talk to Pike later on.
47:44Evening.
47:51So...
47:54Kouradas was here with his murderer.
47:59Kouradas panicked and grabbed for the phone.
48:04Perhaps he only managed to knock the receiver off,
48:06but anyhow, the bell rang at Scotland Yard at 8 minutes past 10.
48:10Before he could speak into the phone,
48:13this other man pulled him away.
48:16They struggled, and Kouradas was stabbed.
48:20Right?
48:22Right, sir.
48:24Yes, I'll see it with me.
48:26Where did we go from there?
48:29Why are there two candles missing from here?
48:33Why is this one lying on the desk,
48:36and the other one over by the door?
48:39Well?
48:40Well?
48:43No idea, sir.
48:55Well, forget the candles for the moment.
48:57Now, this bar can only be lowered from inside this room.
49:00What can we do for you?
49:01I've come to get the safe open, sir.
49:03Ah.
49:06Find it behind that big picture on the wall there.
49:10But there's no possibility of lowering it from outside the room.
49:14Now, the bar was down when we got here,
49:16so the murderer was still inside the room.
49:18Except that he wasn't, sir.
49:20Except that he wasn't.
49:22The only thing inside the room was Mr. Kouradas' dead body.
49:27Now, how did the murderer get in,
49:29and how the devil did he get out?
49:33I'm sorry to interrupt you, sir.
49:35Yes?
49:36This man Pike, sir.
49:37He was caught climbing out of the kitchen window.
49:39With all this, sir.
49:41Now, was he now?
49:42It's only that I was short of money, sir.
49:44I had to get out of the house quick.
49:46You know me, sir.
49:47I know your record, Mr. Fisher,
49:49alias Pike, alias Chubb,
49:51and every other angling name in the dictionary.
49:53In the normal course of events,
49:55I wouldn't have done anything so clumsy, sir.
49:57I've got it, sir.
49:58Right. Send him down to the yard.
50:00Yes, sir.
50:02Well, sir, we found this young lady
50:04locked up in the attic, sir.
50:06She says she's been there about 24 hours.
50:08Are you all right, Miss Button?
50:10Yes, sir. I think so.
50:12Wait, wait. These will make you feel better.
50:14Your mother's gone.
50:16She's gone.
50:17I'm sorry.
50:18I'm sorry.
50:19I'm sorry.
50:20I'm sorry.
50:21I'm sorry.
50:22I'm sorry.
50:23I'm sorry.
50:24I'm sorry.
50:25I'm sorry.
50:26I'm sorry.
50:27I'm sorry.
50:28I'm sorry.
50:29I'm sorry.
50:30I'm sorry.
50:31Your mother's letters.
50:32See she gets home all right.
50:33Yes, sir.
50:38Come in.
50:40Hi. Morning, Mr. Lexham.
50:42Morning.
50:45How do you feel?
50:47Glad.
50:48Well, the Keralis is dead.
50:50Yes.
50:52I'd had the proof of murder,
50:54not even in a case like this.
50:56But I've got to find the murderer.
50:58Now, it seems there are several people who can help.
51:00Yes. Keralis had a lot of enemies.
51:03Sit down, would you?
51:07Lexham, I'm not going to ask you where you were at eight minutes past ten last night
51:10because I know it already.
51:11You were here in this room.
51:12But before that...
51:13Lying low, until after dark.
51:16I didn't want to be arrested.
51:17I wanted to be sure that I gave myself up.
51:20In other words, you can't help me.
51:23No, I'm afraid I can't.
51:25I just have to talk to the other people.
51:27Who are?
51:28Which one would you start with?
51:32Well, the most obvious, of course.
51:38How does it feel to be suspected of murder?
51:40Who, me, sir?
51:42I didn't do it.
51:43It's not my line of business.
51:48But immediately after the murder, you tried to give us the slip.
51:50Because of that letter I found in the hall.
51:53Have you got it?
51:55I've heard it, sir.
51:57I've heard it, sir.
51:58What did it say?
51:59It said...
52:00Don't tell me, let me guess.
52:01It said something like this.
52:03Fisher, get out quick.
52:06All right, take it away, Hanson.
52:08Come on, you.
52:09Here.
52:19Mr. Lexham's been on again, sir.
52:20Same thing as before, permission to see Miss Nielsen.
52:23Well, tell Lexham Miss Nielsen's gone abroad.
52:27For a long, restful holiday.
52:33I think it's very nice, but why did you ask me to come here?
52:37Not just to admire her flat.
52:38No.
52:39Miss Nielsen's gone abroad.
52:40Yes.
52:42Miss Nielsen!
52:44Yes, I told you that, I told everyone.
52:48Miss Nielsen, can I introduce Linda Butland?
52:51Miss Nielsen.
52:52How do you do?
52:53Hello, but...
52:54First things first.
52:55Linda's the daughter of Lady Butland,
52:57who was blackmailed into paying Karadis large sums of money.
53:01Only never quite enough.
53:03So she shot herself for one.
53:06So Linda decided to become an abit of private detective.
53:09Not much of one.
53:10Oh, you found out a few things about Karadis,
53:12and I'd like you to hear them.
53:14It may change your mind about helping me.
53:16But I told you before, I know nothing.
53:19Look, I'm doing everything I can to prove your fiancée innocent
53:21and Karadis guilty.
53:22Well, Karadis is dead now, but that's not going to stop me.
53:25I've got all the pieces in my hand, but they don't fit.
53:27They don't fit, Miss Nielsen.
53:29And I think you know why.
53:34He said four o'clock. I'm sorry about this.
53:36That's all right. I've got nothing better to do.
53:39He went up and didn't even tell me where he was going.
53:42Anyone at home?
53:45Anson, I'm going to recommend you for promotion.
53:48Get the car out front.
53:50I'm sorry I'm late, but I had to collect a few things.
53:52Lexman, you said before you couldn't help me.
53:54But now I think you can, whether you know it or not.
53:56Anything I can do.
53:57Right, we're off.
53:58Where to?
53:59Where to? The scene of the crime.
54:09Sergeant Anson, I shan't need you.
54:11Go and get yourself a sandwich or something.
54:13Can't I stay, sir?
54:14No, I'd rather talk to Mr. Lexman alone.
54:17Grace.
54:21I thought we'd combine business with pleasure.
54:24She got back from abroad only an hour ago.
54:26Darling, I'm so glad to see you.
54:28Hello, John.
54:29Now, let's get down to business.
54:33I think I've solved this.
54:34You mean you found the murderer?
54:36If it wasn't you, John, it couldn't have been.
54:39The secretary, the man-servant, wasn't them either.
54:42That leaves only one person.
54:44Who?
54:49Well, let's try reconstruction, shall we?
54:52I've had the hole in the door patched up.
54:54Everything as before.
54:56Now, I'll be the murderer.
54:58You'll be Kouradis, right?
55:03I come in.
55:05The bar's up.
55:06He's expecting me.
55:08I come in.
55:09The bar's up. He's expecting me.
55:12Kouradis comes forward to meet me.
55:13Come forward, John.
55:17I stab him!
55:18Now, don't bother to fall.
55:19Just stand where you are.
55:21Now for the problem.
55:23I've got to leave this room,
55:24leaving the bar down after I've left.
55:27But I've got something up my sleeve.
55:30What do I do?
55:39I go out, closing the door very gently.
55:43Outside, I talk to Pike.
55:46I go in.
55:48I go out.
55:50I go in.
55:52I go in.
55:54I go in.
55:56I go in.
55:58I go in.
56:00I go in.
56:02I go in.
56:04I go in.
56:06I go in.
56:08Outside, I talk to Pike,
56:11for a minute or two,
56:13waiting for the bar to fall.
56:21Then, um,
56:22the murderer must have been Dr. Griswold.
56:25Yes.
56:26But how...
56:29You said Griswold left here at, uh, 9.45, didn't you?
56:32Yes.
56:33Leaving Kouradis dead.
56:34Yes.
56:35And that receiver was lifted from the telephone at, um,
56:37eight minutes past ten.
56:39Yes, he probably tried to get...
56:41Now, wait a minute, wait a minute.
56:43I think I know how it was done.
56:46He took this candle,
56:48and probably this paper knife.
56:51It's got a weighted handle.
56:53Put the blade underneath the receiver.
56:57The candle here.
56:59And when the candle melted...
57:01Very clever.
57:04Very clever indeed.
57:07And that's exactly what you did.
57:11Griswold's in Baghdad. He's been there all the time.
57:14The Griswold that came here was really John Lexman.
57:17Not a bad disguise.
57:20You are Kouradis' junior partner.
57:23You were running a fashionable gambling racket,
57:25and a blackmail racket, too.
57:28Only you wanted to be the senior partner.
57:30So Kouradis decided to get you out of the way.
57:33He was looking for a partner.
57:35Who?
57:37Kouradis.
57:39I've heard the whole story.
57:42What?
57:44Kouradis's junior partner.
57:45Who?
57:46I had to use Brennan, the Irish chauffeur,
57:49to destroy all the evidence.
57:52You found out about the partnership, didn't you, Grace?
57:55She didn't want to break off the engagement
57:57when you were in jail, so she was loyal to you
57:59and kept her mouth shut.
58:16Let's go.
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