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First broadcast 19th February 1989.

Vacationing Poirot investigates the stabbing of an obnoxious cruise passenger.


David Suchet ... Hercule Poirot
Hugh Fraser ... Captain Hastings
Melissa Greenwood ... Kitty Mooney
Victoria Hasted ... Pamela Cregan(as Victoria Hastead)
Roger Hume ... General Forbes
Ben Aris ...
Captain Fowler
Dorothea Phillips ... Nelly Morgan(as Dorothea Philips)
Sheri Shepstone ... Emily Morgan
Louisa Janes ... Ismene
John Normington ... Colonel John Clapperton
Sheila Allen ... Mrs Clapperton
Ann Firbank ... Ellie Henderson
James Ottaway ... Mr Russell
Geoffrey Beevers ... Mr Tolliver
Caroline John ... Mrs Tolliver
Colin Higgins ... Skinner
Jack Chissick ... Bates
Giorgos Kotanidis ... Photographer(as George Kotanidis)
Panagiotis Kaldis ... 1st Hawker
Stathis Mauropoulos ... 2nd Hawker

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00:00The
00:25The whole art of clay pigeon shooting lies in the time. The trick is, when I say pull...
00:30No!
00:34Sorry. My fault. Should have warned you there.
00:37Aren't you ready?
00:38No, no, it's all right.
00:39You see, they go out jolly quickly, don't they?
00:41Do you want to go?
00:42No, I think I'll learn the shooting bit first.
00:44Can you reload that, Pamela?
00:46Oh, I don't know. We go in here, don't we?
00:49Shall I, miss?
00:51I'm perfectly capable, thank you very much.
00:55Well, leave the reloading for a minute.
00:59You see, when I say pull...
01:01Morning, Hastings!
01:03Lovely day!
01:04Morning, General!
01:05Morning, ladies!
01:07Morning!
01:08Well, now, Kitty, why don't you have a try?
01:11If you don't practise, you won't be ready for the championship.
01:14It's all set for the 14th.
01:16Morning, Mr. Russell.
01:17Racing, eh?
01:18Yeah!
01:19Yeah!
01:20Good morning, Mr. Russell.
01:21Racing, eh?
01:22Yeah.
01:23Morning, Mr. Russell. Racing, huh?
01:53Good morning, Mr. Poirot.
02:00Bonjour, Captain Poirot.
02:02I would have run and felt them round my throat
02:13Crushing out life and waving in farewell
02:20Crushing out life.
02:23Oh, good morning, Mr. Poirot.
02:26Bonjour, Mademoiselle Morgan.
02:28You're in good voice, huh?
02:30It's your Captain Hastings, Mr. Poirot.
02:32He's got us all organised.
02:34Captain Hastings is very good at that.
02:37I thought the general was awfully good last night
02:39with his recitations from Swinburne.
02:41Oh, the general recites poetry with true military vigour.
02:46Perhaps your niece can also be persuaded to entertain us one evening.
02:49Well, perhaps she will, Mr. Poirot.
02:52Perhaps she will.
02:54Excuse me.
02:58Oh, goody.
02:59Thanks, Mr. Poirot.
03:00Thanks, Mr. Poirot.
03:03In your hands I bow, beside the chalet wall.
03:11Don't ever lose all the charm you possess, your loveliness, darling, the way you say yes.
03:23Stay as sweet as you are, discreet as you are, you're divine, dear.
03:31John?
03:39John?
03:45Of course, the actual wound I got was illicitously minor. I felt a complete fraud.
03:50I'm sure it wasn't minor.
03:52Oh, I assure you it was. Mind you, I was convinced I was going to die.
03:56But that's only because I'm a coward.
03:59Oh, John.
04:00Oh, good morning, General.
04:02Good morning, Clapperton.
04:03Good morning, General Fox.
04:04Good morning, Miss Peterson.
04:05Mindy.
04:06You don't bring it in.
04:10John?
04:12Good morning, Monsieur Poirot.
04:14Madame Clappathon.
04:15Have you seen John?
04:17Yes, he is on the foredeck, madame.
04:20Oh, shall I?
04:21Sit down, Monsieur Poirot.
04:24I didn't see you at dinner last night.
04:26No, no, no.
04:27It was just a shade choppy, of course.
04:29Well, no, I...
04:31Fortunately, I am an excellent sailor.
04:33The one thing I must not do is overtire myself.
04:36I live so intensely, if you know what I mean, Monsieur Poirot.
04:39Oh, yes.
04:40As a matter of fact, I nearly wore myself out as a girl in the war.
04:45My hospital.
04:46You've heard about my hospital.
04:48Of course, I had nurses and matrons and that sort of thing.
04:52But I actually ran it.
04:56Your vitality is formidable, dear lady.
05:00You're so alive, Adeline, they say to me.
05:03But really, Monsieur Poirot, what would one be if one wasn't alive?
05:10Dead, madame.
05:16I must find my husband.
05:22You won't find sharks in the Mediterranean.
05:33Oh, hello, my dear.
05:35I did find you a charm.
05:36Would you like it again?
05:37Would you like it again?
05:39Oh, there you are.
05:40Are you, er...
05:41Are you going to home?
05:43I'd take a hatchet to that woman if I were her husband.
05:47Bonjour, Monsieur.
05:49How's that?
05:50I knew a woman like that once in Hyderabad.
05:53Absolutely poisonous.
05:55In 87, that was.
05:58And, er, did anyone take a hatchet to her?
06:01No.
06:02Last time I saw her, she was on her third husband.
06:10Position is everything.
06:12If you lose your balance, you could swing round and shoot a hole in the mast.
06:15Or worse.
06:16Or worse.
06:20Colonel Clapperton.
06:22Colonel?
06:23Such a soldierly looking man.
06:25Soldierly?
06:26He was at the Guards, wasn't he, General Forbes?
06:29Guards?
06:31Before the war, that fellow was on the music hall stage.
06:35No.
06:36The war comes along, they start letting anyone in.
06:41Hun drops the stray bomb, pure good luck.
06:44He goes home with a flesh wound in the arm.
06:47How did he meet Mrs Clapperton?
06:49Mrs Clapperton?
06:50Lady Pardo, she was then.
06:52Really?
06:53He got into her hospital somehow.
06:56Did it have anything to do with him being wounded, do you think?
06:59Oh, yes.
07:00He had to be wounded.
07:02You should get a bit of exercise, Miss Henderson.
07:05Does you no good sitting around thinking, you know?
07:07No, I know.
07:08Unfortunately, my religion forbids it at this time of year.
07:12Oh.
07:13Oh.
07:15Right.
07:16I mean, um...
07:17Well.
07:18Adelaide.
07:19Oh.
07:20Oh.
07:26Right.
07:27I mean, um...
07:29Well.
07:30I've been trying to talk to you as if you both came on board.
07:43I don't see that we've a lot to say to each other, have we?
07:45Oh, surely, after all, the...
07:47Oh, hello.
07:48Dermot.
07:49I've been trying to talk to you as if you both came on board.
07:53I don't see that we've a lot to say to each other, have we?
07:56Oh, surely, after all, the...
07:58What do you want?
08:03I was just...
08:06Were you spying on us?
08:08I wanted to clear your trains.
08:10Ma'am.
08:11Well, get on and do it, then.
08:21I am a happily married woman, General Horne.
08:28Oh, dear.
08:29I am a happily married woman, General Horne.
08:30I'm a happily married woman, General Horne.
08:31I am a happily married woman, General Horne.
08:32I am a happily married woman, General Horne.
08:33You've saved her sick kitchener with delight.
08:34I joined the army yesterday, so the army of today is all right.
08:37It's her family I feel sorry for.
08:38Boys, take my tip and join the army right away.
08:40You've saved us, Sid Kitchener, with delight.
08:45I joined the army yesterday, so the army of today is all right.
08:51It's her family I feel sorry for.
08:53Boys, take my tip and join the army right away.
08:56The money's good.
08:58Not much, but good.
09:00Who knows, perhaps you'll be a general someday, remember, chaps?
09:04I said, perhaps, though we may have need of you, don't think any old stuff will do.
09:15No soldier songs, I said.
09:18No Indian love lyrics.
09:19What is she saying?
09:20The army of today is all right, and the Kashmiri love song.
09:25You can't expect no better from civilians, sir.
09:28We're all civilians now, Bates.
09:34The trouble with a cruise like this is you're forced to suffer amateur entertainment night after night.
09:42Oh, we rather enjoyed it, didn't we, Molly?
09:44What did you think, Colonel Claverton?
09:46John would have been quite happy to sit and listen to that dreadful woman for hours.
09:50There's no taste at all, as far as anything artistic, though.
09:53It's true.
09:54Mrs. Tolliver's artistic.
09:57That must be a great son is to you.
09:59We're really looking forward to seeing the museum in Alexandria tomorrow.
10:06John and I won't be going ashore.
10:08We never bother with antiquities.
10:11One must live in the present, don't you find?
10:17My house has nothing in it older than three years.
10:21I'll have to be selling my car next year, then, darling.
10:24My car?
10:25I think, John.
10:27Certainly, my dear.
10:33Your car.
10:44Voilà.
10:45Ce qu'on appelle le Pacassin.
10:47Twenty past ten.
10:51Indeed.
10:53Well, what about bridge?
10:55Bridge?
10:55Bridge?
11:00Yes, bridge.
11:02Come on.
11:02We can use the dining table.
11:04Oh, may we join you?
11:05What about you, Claverton?
11:07Oh, John won't play.
11:09Most tiresome of him.
11:10Sorry.
11:12So you can join us if you like.
11:14What was your name again?
11:15Tolliver.
11:15Mrs. Tolliver.
11:17And I'm her husband.
11:18Mr. Tolliver.
11:19What a clever arrangement.
11:25A kidnapping!
11:27A kidnapping!
11:28A kidnapping!
11:29You're coming with us.
11:30It's a kidnapping.
11:31A clapperton napping.
11:33To the boat deck.
11:37Don't be foolish, John.
11:39You'll catch a chill.
11:40Not with us, you won't.
11:42We're hot stuff.
11:43Anyway, there's a moon.
11:45Good night.
11:51Bonsoir.
11:52Bonsoir.
11:58Do you ever go down on your knees and thank God you didn't have any children?
12:02Well, as a matter of fact, we did.
12:05Two.
12:06A little boy and a little girl.
12:09Oh, for heaven's sake, get on and deal.
12:12I know it's the most awful romantic cliché, but the moon is beautiful, isn't it?
12:37Certainement.
12:38It is like a giant hoof on cocotte.
12:40Misty of the fire.
12:43Honestly, I thought you said you wouldn't play.
12:45Mademoiselle, I want to ask your advice.
12:48On a matter of the English language...
12:50I'm sure you don't need that.
12:52Oh, mademoiselle is too amiable, eh?
12:54But no.
12:55Just now, Madame Clapperton said that John won't play bridge.
13:02He's not can't play, the usual term.
13:04She takes it as a personal insult that he doesn't play, I suppose.
13:08Ah.
13:09The man was a fool ever to have married her.
13:11Oh.
13:12Many odious women have devoted husbands, eh?
13:15It is an enigma of nature.
13:18Which is perhaps why the estimable Captain Hastings has not yet taken the plunge into matrimony.
13:24Matrimony?
13:24You're not entered for the Clay Pigeon Championship yet, are you, Miss Henderson?
13:29Uh, no.
13:30I don't think I really mean to...
13:32Hastings, can't you talk of something else?
13:34For once.
13:35Oh.
13:37No, no.
13:37I'd love to talk about the Clay Pigeon Championship.
13:40But tomorrow, perhaps?
13:41I have some letters to finish that I want to post in Alexandria.
13:46Good night, Mademoiselle Henderson.
13:47Good night.
13:48Good night, Miss Henderson.
13:49Good night.
13:49Oh, Hastings, Hastings.
13:54What?
13:55Whatever is the use of me introducing you to nice young ladies if all you do is talk about the shooting of the Clay Pigeons?
14:01But they like it.
14:02You heard what Miss Henderson said.
14:03She'd love to talk about it tomorrow.
14:06Oh, Hastings, Hastings, Hastings.
14:18Now, pick a card.
14:19No, don't show me.
14:25Now, remember what the card is and put it back into the pack.
14:29That's good.
14:30Now, just a little shuffle.
14:39Your card.
14:40It is.
14:40Isn't that clever?
14:41I see you enjoy playing cards, monsieur, even though you do not play bridge.
14:46I have my reasons for not playing bridge.
14:49I'll show you.
14:50Sit down.
14:51We'll play one hand.
14:53You can shuffle the cards, Mr. Farrell.
14:55Here we go.
14:55I'll show you.
14:56Come on.
14:56Here we go.
14:56you see any man who can deal his partner and adversaries any hand he pleases had better
15:25stand aloof from a friendly game of cards but how did you do it I mean it all looked perfectly
15:29ordinary ah the quickness of the hand deceives the eye you could go on the stage with that
15:36Colonel Claperton yes quite well I hope I haven't bored you with my little demonstration good night
15:46ladies gentlemen did I say something wrong I don't know Hastings I really don't know
16:16oh we ought to get off now you'll come with us won't you you wouldn't let us go ashore by ourselves
16:28hey miss miss oh please go away general bits from the tombs of the pharaohs I don't want any pharaohs
16:35you see awful things might happen to us well I certainly don't think you should go alone
16:41hooray but I'm not sure if my wife feels up hooray I mean her boo she can have a nice long rest
16:49well I'll go and have a word with Avalyn oh we'll come with you yes perhaps we can persuade her to come
17:11who's that Avalyn my dear it's John the door's locked I don't want to be disturbed by the stewards
17:19we're trying to get him to ourselves for the day lure him into the souk cajole him into the casbah
17:28what about coming ashore certainly not I've had a very bad night
17:37well I think I might go Adeline oh do as you like John for heaven's sake
17:49do you mind if I just come in and get my bay decker yes I do mind I'm not getting out of bed
17:58do go away John and let me have a little peace
18:03we can go now what about your passport it's in my pocket glory be
18:13no no no please please I really must go
18:36how much are those amber ones no that's far too much
18:43oh very well look I'll take the amber ones
18:48but after that I really must go
18:50clear off you
19:12you're not allowed down here
19:15I think we ought to avoid the usual sort of tourist thing as much as we can
19:41it's good good I am absolutely in your hands Hastings
19:48yeah
19:50yeah
19:54yeah
19:55yeah
20:08Come on.
20:28Consul Gar, be looking fiercer, savage.
20:35No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
20:36No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
20:37Hastings!
20:38Now you look merely constipated.
20:39It's all very well for you.
20:40This camel's jolly uncomfortable for sitting on.
20:41It's sharp.
20:42Good morning, Monsieur Poirot.
20:43Ah, bonjour, mademoiselle Henderson.
20:44Good morning, Captain Hastings.
20:45Oh!
20:46Good morning!
20:47Like that.
20:48Hadid.
20:49Hadid.
20:50Doesn't he look dashing?
20:51Oh, yes, indeed.
20:52You know, he looks as if he is summoning up the courage to order the second tea cake.
21:04Monsieur Poirot, have you seen the Clappertons ashore this morning?
21:10I believe Madame Clapperton was spending her day in her cabin.
21:13Ah, and what about Colonel Clapperton?
21:16Ah, let me think. He came ashore? Yes, no, certainly he came ashore.
21:21It's just that there was some talk last night of us all going ashore together.
21:29Monsieur Poirot.
21:30Yes, mademoiselle.
21:31Ah, was Colonel Clapperton alone when he came ashore?
21:35Was he alone? Let me think.
21:39Maybe someone was with him.
21:41Miss Mooney and Miss Cregan, perhaps?
21:44Ah, yes, yes, the two little girls, yes.
21:47They're not children, Monsieur Poirot.
21:49Oh, no.
21:52Nor am I.
22:01Ah, very good, how I got.
22:08I say, Poirot, look at these pomegranates.
22:26I'm sorry?
22:27I don't think they like you to touch the fruit, Captain Hastings.
22:33Oh, sorry.
22:34Monsieur and Madame Tolliver, what a pleasant surprise.
22:39Are you alone?
22:40Oh, quite alone, yes.
22:41Oh, that nice General Forbes joined us for a while, but he had to rush back.
22:46He wasn't feeling at all the thing.
22:47Jippy tummy, I dare say.
22:48Oliver.
22:49Now, we were just about to take some lunch.
22:52Would you care to join us?
22:54Lunch?
22:55In a native place, you mean?
22:57I say.
22:59Why not, Molly?
23:00Let's give it a go.
23:02Count me out, Poirot.
23:03I think I'd better be getting back to the ship.
23:05Oh, must you desert us, Hastings?
23:07Uh, one or two things to catch up on, you know.
23:10Very well.
23:11Monsieur and Madame Tolliver and I will see you back on the boat ship late afternoon.
23:17Please.
23:24We'll let the two girls go first, because they're the least experienced.
23:29Then it'd better be General Forbes.
23:31He's an old hand at this sort of competition.
23:33We can't do it in the middle of Alexandria Harbour, sir.
23:36Oh, I don't see why not, Bates.
23:38We shoot in the general direction of the open sea.
23:40There's nothing much parked out there.
23:42Maud, sir.
23:43Maud?
23:44Well, I'm sure the Arbomaster would have something to say about it, sir.
23:46It started in India, you know.
23:49Beg your pardon?
23:51Had its origins in India, Clay Pidgeot.
23:55Oh, really?
23:57In the 13th century.
23:59Of course, it was bows and arrows then.
24:02And they didn't have that catapult thing.
24:06Just had these fellows with tremendously strong arms.
24:10Come along, Pamela!
24:11Come along, Pamela!
24:13Ah, Mademoiselle Rooney and the Colonel Clappardland, you had an enjoyable day at Shawhead Trust.
24:19Absolutely.
24:20Good.
24:21Come on, honey!
24:22Come along, Pamela!
24:24Ah, Mademoiselle Rooney and the Colonel Clappardland, you had an enjoyable day at Shawhead Trust.
24:26Absolutely.
24:27Good.
24:28Come on, honey!
24:29Come on!
24:30Come on!
24:31Come on!
24:32Come on!
24:33Come on!
24:34Come on!
24:35Come on!
24:36Come on!
24:37Come on!
24:38Come on!
24:39Ah, Mademoiselle Rooney and the Colonel Clappardland, you had an enjoyable day at Shawhead Trust.
24:42Absolutely!
24:43Good!
24:44Come on, honey!
24:46Come on!
24:49Come on!
24:50Come on!
24:51Come on!
24:54Come on!
24:55Come on!
24:56Come on!
24:57I'll see you at dinner, perhaps. I hope so.
25:06Adeline! Adeline!
25:12Adeline, my dear!
25:18Adeline!
25:22It's locked. You do not have your key?
25:25No, I'll find a steward.
25:28Ah, Poirot. The steward?
25:30We seem to be having some trouble with the clay pigeon championship.
25:33Really?
25:34It was originally planned, you see, to take place on the 14th,
25:36but it seems that we dock at Haifa on the 13th.
25:40And that's one of those places where we more or less have to go ashore
25:43and look at the ruins while they revittle the ship.
25:46Now, that leaves the 15th, the 16th, and the 18th.
25:50The 17th's no good, because that's the night of the captain's party.
25:53Oh, my God!
25:55Oh, my God!
25:56She...
25:57She's dead.
26:08Fetch the captain, Mellon.
26:10Look at this, Poirot.
26:11One of the souvenir sellers must have dropped it.
26:13The devils!
26:15Colonel Clafton, what a tragedy.
26:16Can you help us with this, Mr. Poirot?
26:17I want to avoid involving the Egyptian police.
26:20If Poirot will do this, he's dead!
26:21I want to avoid involving the Egyptian police.
26:23For a while, I want to avoid involving the Egyptian police.
26:25Look at this, Poirot.
26:26All of the souvenir sellers must have dropped it.
26:28The devils.
26:29The souvenir sellers must have dropped it.
26:30The devils.
26:32Colonel Clapton, what a tragedy.
26:40Can you help us with this, Mr. Poirot?
26:43I want to avoid involving the Egyptian police, if possible.
26:52Yes, Captain.
26:53Perhaps I can.
27:02Is anything missing, as far as you can tell, Colonel Clapton?
27:12My wife always keeps... kept.
27:15Always kept some cash in the second drawer of the dressing table.
27:20It seems to have gone.
27:22How much was that?
27:23Between 20 and 30 pounds.
27:28Anything else?
27:30Oh, jewels.
27:31There weren't very many.
27:32Most of them were in the Captain's safe.
27:35Perhaps you could let us have a description of them?
27:38I'll try.
27:39I don't know if I can remember them very exactly.
27:42No, no, no.
27:43I know the headband thing she was wearing last night has gone.
27:51What can you tell me about this?
27:55That's not my wife's.
27:57You're quite sure?
27:58Quite.
27:59She'd never wear a thing like that.
28:02It was found on the floor between the two beds.
28:05Then someone must have dropped it there.
28:11Would you say that your wife had any enemies?
28:15Certainly not.
28:21Colonel Clapton, you have been most help-rooted.
28:23Thank you very much.
28:28May I offer you my condolences, if there's anything we can do, Colonel.
28:35Thank you, Captain, but there's nothing, nothing can bring Adalyn back again.
28:41Good God.
28:42Good God.
28:49Murdered, General Forbes.
28:52Good God above.
28:54You were acquainted with Madam Clapton before this voyage, I think.
29:12I knew Adalyn when she was Lady Pardo.
29:14I knew her before that, when she was Adalyn French, I was A.D.C. to her father back in 92, when she was seven years old.
29:23Good God, I can hardly believe it.
29:30I was in love with her for years.
29:32But she was not always the silly woman she became.
29:38You must not incriminate yourself, monsieur.
29:42Incriminate myself?
29:43How could I?
29:44Monsieur and Madame Tolliver tell me that you came back to the ship before lunch.
29:48What of it?
29:50Saying that you were ill?
29:51No.
30:02All right, no, I came back to talk to Adalyn.
30:07I hadn't seen her for 17 years, not since the war, just after Pardo died.
30:14I thought there might be a chance for me, then.
30:18But I didn't.
30:19I mean, she was in mourning.
30:24Of course, that didn't deter a man like Clapton.
30:27You came back to the ship to talk to Madam Clapton?
30:33Yes.
30:35Tell me what happened when you got back to the ship.
30:38Well, nothing happened.
30:40I went to her cabin and knocked, but she didn't reply.
30:47So I went back to mine.
30:49And had a nap.
31:01Well, what do you say, Mr. Poirot?
31:04One cannot hurry the little grey sails, Captain.
31:12You rounded up the souvenir wallows yet?
31:14Yes.
31:15Actually, one of them identified Miss Henderson as having bought an amber necklace.
31:20Really?
31:21Come in.
31:22Yes, Bates.
31:27I've carried out my examination of the body, sir.
31:31And?
31:33Oh.
31:33Um, the deceased died from a knife wound to the upper thorax, sir.
31:37Good God, Bates.
31:38We can all see that for ourselves.
31:41I'm sorry, sir.
31:42But I've only got me first aid book, haven't I?
31:45At what time did she die, Mr. Bates?
31:49Oh, um, it's difficult to say, sir.
31:52What would have ever been so warm and...
31:54Never mind about that, Bates.
31:56What we want to know is, what time was Mrs. Clapton killed?
32:01About ten o'clock this morning, sir.
32:04Ten, eh?
32:04Give or take an hour or two, sir.
32:09Oh, dear God.
32:15It's all right, Kitty.
32:17You want to know, old thing?
32:21Who is it?
32:22It is I.
32:23A few cuervos.
32:24It's all right, Kitty.
32:29Oh.
32:30Hello, Monsieur Poirot.
32:31What's the matter, Mademoiselle Cregan?
32:33May I come in for a minute, please?
32:35Well.
32:36Well, I only have one question.
32:39No, it's just that Kitty's making such a blessed racket.
32:42Oh, dear, dear.
32:46She blames herself, you see.
32:50Well, and me.
32:53But how can she blame herself?
32:55Well, we did say some pretty dreadful things about her.
32:59My dear Mademoiselle Cregan.
33:01If everyone on board who had said unpleasant things about Madame Claperton were to make
33:06as much noise as your friend, this vessel would become a danger to shipping.
33:10There.
33:11You hear that, little girl?
33:14Oh.
33:18What was the one question?
33:20Oh, it is quite simple, really.
33:21You both left the ship this morning at 9.30 with the Colonel Claperton, yes?
33:27You know we did.
33:28You saw us.
33:28I see some.
33:29So please tell me, was Colonel Claperton with you for the whole day?
33:33Until you got back to the ship at four o'clock this afternoon?
33:36Yes.
33:37Absolutely.
33:38Every minute of the day.
33:39He doesn't think.
33:41Oh, no.
33:42Every minute of the day, you say?
33:48Absolutely.
33:51Well.
33:52Yes?
33:54Well, we went to a cafe for some tea at about 12.
33:58And he, Colonel Claperton, that is.
34:01Well, he went to the, you know, for a couple of minutes.
34:07Ah, I understand.
34:09But just for a couple of minutes, you say?
34:11Well, one doesn't time it.
34:13Well, one doesn't time it.
35:02Yeah.
35:02Hey.
35:03Okay.
35:04Okay.
35:05Hey, hey.
35:11Hey.
35:12Oh, no, you don't.
35:33You've got one or two questions to answer, my lad,
35:37unless I'm fairly much mistaken.
35:42I didn't kill her.
35:59You had her jewellery.
36:01Jewellery? She was rich.
36:04What did it matter to her?
36:06Come, Monsieur Skinner.
36:08Madame Claperton is dead.
36:10You are caught red-handed by my colleague, Captain Hastings,
36:12trying to sell the jewellery of Madame Claperton.
36:15You admit that you let yourself into her cabin...
36:17She was dead already.
36:20I shouldn't have took it.
36:22Not when I saw she was dead.
36:25I'd known it'd be trouble.
36:31Do you believe him?
36:41Yes, I think I do.
36:44Me too.
36:47So, we're back to the souvenir hawkers.
36:51Why do you not consider one of the passengers, Hastings?
36:53The passengers?
36:55Who?
36:56Colonel Claperton?
36:58Got a watertight alibi.
37:00General Forbes?
37:02What about Mademoiselle Henderson?
37:04Really?
37:04No.
37:05No.
37:06I think perhaps she has the motive, no?
37:08She's a lady, Poirot.
37:10And you think, mon ami, that ladies do not commit murder?
37:13Ladies don't get found out.
37:14Madame Claperton had been dead for at least five hours when she was found.
37:24A small amount of money and some jewellery had been taken.
37:28A string of beads was on the floor near to her bed.
37:30The door was locked and the key missing.
37:32And the hatch which gives onto the deck was open.
37:38What are you driving at, Poirot?
37:40Madame Claperton had locked the door from the inside.
37:44We actually heard her say so herself.
37:46If Mrs. Claperton could lock the door, she could unlock it too, I suppose.
37:50Precisement, precisely.
37:51Which leads us to the inescapable conclusion
37:54that Madame Claperton unlocked the door and let in the murder.
38:06Miss Henderson, I hope you don't mind me asking,
38:09but you bought an amber necklace yesterday, didn't you?
38:11Yes, I did.
38:13How did you know that?
38:15The captain mentioned it.
38:17He just happened to mention it.
38:19Would you mind if I had a look at it?
38:20I'm afraid I've lost it.
38:23I must have dropped it somewhere, put it down.
38:27I don't know.
38:28Yes.
38:29Right.
38:31Of course.
38:34I thought Mrs. Claperton a very unpleasant woman.
38:37In fact, I don't think anyone on board ship really liked her,
38:40but surely who would have reason to kill her?
38:44Mademoiselle,
38:45it is the opinion of every person on board the ship
38:48that the Colonel Claperton would have been quite justified
38:50in taking a hatchet to her.
38:52Now, that was an expression I actually heard use.
38:56But he had an alibi.
38:59He was on shore all day with the two girls,
39:02and he did not return to the ship until four o'clock that afternoon.
39:05By which time
39:07Madame Claperton had been dead for many hours.
39:12Seems to me we're back to General Forbes as our only suspect.
39:15Al we go, Mr. Clapton.
39:27Please.
39:29Ah, bonsoir, mademoiselle Morgane.
39:46I want, please, to ask a favour of your niece.
39:50Oh, niece?
39:53Very well.
39:55It's Maynie.
39:59Good evening, it's Maynie.
40:02I want to borrow somebody from you, if I may.
40:15Ladies and gentlemen, tonight I shall offer you a garland from our national poet, Mr.
40:22Roger Kiplingle, starting with the ladies.
40:29I've taken me fun where I've found it.
40:31I've roged and I've ranged in me time.
40:34I've had me picking the sweethearts, and four of the lot was prime.
40:38One was a half-caste widow.
40:41One was a woman from Prome, one was the wife of a Deborah d'Assise, and one is a girl.
40:48I don't.
40:49Now...
40:50Pardon me, Mr. Russell.
40:51Oh, that's all right.
40:53Now, I have no hand with the ladies.
40:55I'm sorry.
40:56I...
40:57I have to make an announcement, if you would be good enough to sit down, sir.
41:00You come and join us, Mr. Russell.
41:05Ladies and gentlemen, you all know what a tragedy occurred yesterday.
41:08And I'm sure you will all want to cooperate in bringing the perpetrator of the foul crime
41:27to book.
41:28As you know, we are fortunate enough to have on board with us Mr. Hercule Poirot, who
41:33is probably known to you all as a man who has wide experience in such matters.
41:38I hope you'll listen carefully to what he has to say.
41:42Mr. Poirot.
41:44Thank you, Captain Fowler.
41:56Madame, Monsieur.
41:59What I am about to do may surprise you a little.
42:02It may occur to you that I am eccentric, perhaps mad.
42:07Ah, you may say, the little Belgian detective is taking leave of his rocker, huh?
42:16But I can assure you, behind my madness is, as you English say, method.
42:32I can assure you.
42:33I can assure you.
42:34I can assure you.
42:35I can assure you.
42:36I can assure you.
42:37I can assure you.
42:38A suitcase.
42:39How uninteresting.
42:40Nothing is less interesting than a suitcase, yes?
42:41And you are right, except suitcases have contents.
42:55It's a doll.
42:56Yes, a doll.
42:57Except this doll.
43:02This doll is an important witness to the truth of who you are.
43:03It's a doll.
43:04It's a doll.
43:05Yes, a doll.
43:07Yes, a doll.
43:08Except this doll is an important witness to the truth of who killed Madame Claperton.
43:14But how is it this doll can tell us what it knows, huh?
43:15It's a doll.
43:16It's a doll.
43:17It's a doll.
43:18Yes, a doll.
43:21Except this doll is an important witness to the truth of who killed Madame Claperton.
43:41But how is it this doll can tell us what it knows, huh?
43:44But this is a doll that can speak.
43:55You have not heard of dolls that can speak?
43:57Yes, of course you have.
43:59All we have to do is put this doll back in the suitcase where we cannot see her.
44:11She does not like to be seen, this little lady.
44:18Do you, ma petite?
44:20No.
44:21Ah.
44:22Now, can you tell us anything about the death of Madame Claperton?
44:36What is it, John?
44:37The door's locked.
44:38The door's locked.
44:39The door's locked.
44:40Don't want to be disturbed by the stewards.
44:41I don't want to be disturbed by the stewards.
44:42You.
44:43You.
44:44Don't want to be disturbed by the stewards.
44:45I don't want to be disturbed by the stewards.
44:49What is it, John?
44:50You.
45:03Stop it.
45:04What am I?
45:06yes taken to my quarters
45:23ladies and gentlemen if you would clear the room thank you ladies and gentlemen
45:36did I do it right mr. Poirot oh yes
45:53it was you general who gave me a valuable hint with your mention of the musical
45:59stage I puzzled her I think and then the evening before the crime colonel
46:09clapperton pretended to give himself away he wanted us to believe that he was a
46:16conjurer because then it would never occur to us that he was in fact eventually
46:22question and that's what he did when you heard him talking to mrs. clapperton
46:26through her cabin door pressissimo and by then she was already dead
46:42what about the necklace on the floor was it miss Henderson's no it was put there to
46:49make us think that some native thief was the killer
46:52but that he'd cast suspicion on someone who really cared for him with the cruel
46:57irony
47:00I am sorry man was there he didn't do it for me it was those girls youth it made him feel his slavery
47:14he wanted to be free before it was too late we all have such dreams
47:35when did you guess it was him his self-control was too perfect no matter how galling was the
47:46conduct of his wife it never seemed to touch him that either meant that he was so used to it that
47:53he'd no longer stung or else he knew his bondage would soon be over
48:03it was a cruel dirty trick you played monsieur poirot
48:06you
48:07i do not approve of murder
48:13mademoiselle