The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes. (1935 film)

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Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when his arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an American gang to kill one John Douglas, a country gentleman with a mysterious past.  Arthur Wontner ... Sherlock Holmes Lyn Harding ... Professor Moriarty Leslie Perrins ... John Douglas Jane Carr ... Ettie Douglas Ian Fleming ... Dr. Watson Charles Mortimer ... Inspector Lestrade Minnie Rayner ... Mrs. Hudson Michael Shepley ... Cecil Barker Ben Welden ... Ted Balding Roy Emerton ... Boss McGinty Conway Dixon ... Ames Wilfrid Caithness ... Colonel Sebastian Moran Edmund D'Alby ... Captain Marvin Ernest Lynds ... Jacob Shafter George Spence ... Scowrer  Director: Leslie S. Hiscott

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00:01:44Ah, that's good.

00:01:48Sir Hudson, what are you looking for? Haven't you finished packing yet?

00:01:51Not yet, sir, but I'm getting along.

00:01:53Well, be as quick as you can, won't you?

00:01:54Indeed, I will. But these things do take a bit of collecting.

00:01:57Well, how about his chemical apparatus? He's very particular about that human.

00:02:00He'll have packed that himself by now.

00:02:03Really, Holmes, this is too bad of him.

00:02:15Do you realize that my wife and the rest of the furniture will be here at any moment?

00:02:19I told you the van that's bringing my stuff is taking all your things into the country.

00:02:23I'm so sorry, my dear Watson. I was somewhat engrossed in my correspondence.

00:02:27I had no idea that my retirement would cause such a stir.

00:02:30All sorts of people have written to me. Here's an interesting communication, for instance.

00:02:34What's that?

00:02:35It's a telegram of good wishes from our old friend Abernethy, the forger.

00:02:39Oh, yes. We got him ten years, didn't we?

00:02:42Yes, yes, we did.

00:02:44When he came out, I was able to render him some slight assistance.

00:02:48You know, I'm not sure, my dear Watson, that of all the kindly messages I've received,

00:02:52even from the most exhausted persons, that this is not the most gratifying.

00:02:57Well, I don't suppose they're all regrets at your retirement.

00:03:00I imagine there are quite a number of people who will be immensely relieved.

00:03:03Undoubtedly, my dear Watson. Chief among them, another old friend.

00:03:06Professor Moriarty.

00:03:08Oh, Moriarty.

00:03:10Do you know, Holmes, he's the one subject on which I believe you're utterly mistaken.

00:03:14Oh, no mistake, my dear Watson.

00:03:16That harmless old professor of mathematics.

00:03:18That harmless old professor of mathematics, as you call him, is the brains behind the biggest criminal organization in Europe.

00:03:24You know, my one regret in retiring is that the police neglected to take advantage of the opportunity I gave them of arresting him.

00:03:32I failed to run him to earth.

00:03:34Well, we won't argue about it, Holmes.

00:03:36Well, I'd better run along and see if the van's left my place here.

00:03:39Excuse me, Mr. Holmes. There's a gentleman outside who wants to see you very particular.

00:03:55Oh? What's the gentleman like?

00:03:58Well, he's an old gentleman and very tall.

00:04:01Ask him to come up.

00:04:02Yes, sir.

00:04:03Huh. Another well-wisher.

00:04:21Come in, my dear professor.

00:04:24May I point out, Mr. Holmes, that it is a very dangerous habit to ping a loaded revolver in the pocket of one's dressing gown?

00:04:37That's a slight precaution, professor.

00:04:40As a matter of fact, I half expected a visit from you to satisfy yourself personally that I really was going.

00:04:47Your perception, as usual, does you credit, Mr. Holmes.

00:04:51I must confess that, personally speaking, I cannot regret your intention to retire.

00:04:57I can well believe you, professor.

00:04:59I also feel that, from your own point of view, it is a very wise course.

00:05:04In fact, it is the only course possible.

00:05:07I'm afraid I don't quite follow.

00:05:09Do you not, Mr. Holmes?

00:05:12Allow me to refresh your memory.

00:05:15Listen, Mr. Holmes.

00:05:22On the 4th of January last, you crossed my path.

00:05:27On the 23rd, you incommoded me.

00:05:31By the middle of February, I was very much inconvenienced by you.

00:05:36And at the end of March, I was seriously hampered in my plans.

00:05:43The situation, in fact, had become an impossible one.

00:05:48Oh, that was my intention.

00:05:50Mr. Holmes, it has been an intellectual treat to cross swords with you.

00:05:55And I say, unaffectedly, it would have been a great grief to me to have been forced to take any extreme measures.

00:06:04Danger happens to be part of my trade, professor.

00:06:07Danger?

00:06:08It isn't a question of danger, but of inevitable destruction.

00:06:12Therefore, I say again, you are wise to retire.

00:06:16When you once get to the country, take my advice and stay there.

00:06:20And suppose I should reconsider my decision.

00:06:23You have my warning.

00:06:25I wish you a pleasant and permanent retirement.

00:06:31Now, see here, Colonel Moran.

00:06:49How much longer have I got away?

00:06:51Where is this Mr. Moriarty?

00:06:53He's received your message, and he'll see you as soon as it's convenient to him.

00:06:58Dammit, I've been waiting here for three quarters of an hour.

00:07:01Who the devil does he think he is?

00:07:03If I may give you a word of advice, Mr. Balding,

00:07:06I should moderate your tone a little when you meet the professor.

00:07:09Is that so?

00:07:12Hey, you.

00:07:13Wait down, Mother.

00:07:14What devil's tricks this?

00:07:19No devil's trick.

00:07:24I only wanted to prevent your going before I had spoken to you.

00:07:30And who gave you the right to put the key at me, huh?

00:07:33We needn't discuss that matter.

00:07:35I understand you have a proposition to make to me.

00:07:38Maybe I have.

00:07:39And maybe I've changed my mind.

00:07:41Why'd you cut me away?

00:07:42I speak to people when I choose, Mr. Balding.

00:07:46Not to me, you don't.

00:07:47Unlock that door.

00:07:48Sit down.

00:07:49I said, open that door.

00:07:51Sit down.

00:08:07You are merely wasting time.

00:08:09You traveled here on a false passport.

00:08:12And the American police would be interested to know your whereabouts.

00:08:16So you will do as you are told.

00:08:21Okay, Mr. Moriarty.

00:08:23I understand you represent an American society which is anxious to remove one of its ex-members who is now living in this country under an assumed name.

00:08:34That is so.

00:08:35And you wish the aid of my organization.

00:08:38What do you propose to pay?

00:08:39What do you propose to pay?

00:08:41$50,000.

00:08:43Reasonable.

00:08:44And now you will tell me all you know about this man.

00:08:47How you traced him to England, when he arrived here, and in what part of the country he was last heard of.

00:08:54Colonel Moran speaking.

00:08:55Yes, he's interviewing the professor now.

00:08:59Yes, we're quite satisfied with his credentials.

00:09:02It's simply a question of whether the professor decides to take up the case or not.

00:09:06I will take up the case, Mr. Balding, on one condition.

00:09:09Yes.

00:09:10That you place yourself entirely in my hands.

00:09:13Carry out my instructions implicitly and obey my slightest order without question.

00:09:19Very well.

00:09:22Good.

00:09:24You will now return to your hotel.

00:09:26You will make no move whatever until you hear from me.

00:09:29When's that likely to pay?

00:09:31It may be a week.

00:09:32It may be a month.

00:09:34Rest assured you will hear from me.

00:09:37When I am ready, your orders will be delivered by hand.

00:09:40You understand?

00:09:42I get you.

00:09:43Very well.

00:09:44You will now find the door open.

00:09:47Good day.

00:09:49Okay.

00:09:51I'm relying on you, Professor.

00:09:57Oh, by the way, don't forget...

00:10:17Going downstairs again, darling?

00:10:19Yeah, I left my glasses.

00:10:20Must study.

00:10:21You better read them?

00:10:23Yeah, for a little.

00:10:24I don't feel I'm going to sleep.

00:10:25You've been dreadfully nervy all day, dear.

00:10:27Is anything wrong?

00:10:29No, dear, nothing.

00:10:30I just don't feel I'm going to sleep, that's all.

00:10:32I see.

00:10:38Hello, dear.

00:10:39Anything wrong?

00:10:40No, I read up my glasses downstairs at all.

00:10:41Good night.

00:10:42Good night, dear.

00:10:43Go to bed, Becky.

00:10:44There's a few empty emails here.

00:10:49No, I'm not.

00:10:50I'm not.

00:10:52I'm not getting drunk.

00:10:53Um, I'm not getting drunk.

00:10:54No, dear.

00:11:00irgendwann me.

00:11:02It's okay.

00:11:04What?

00:11:05Oh, please.

00:11:06Oh, please.

00:11:08Hold on.

00:11:42Excuse me, Mr. Holmes.

00:11:48I'm so sorry, Mrs. Hudson.

00:11:52Is Mrs. Watson coming down with the doctor?

00:11:55No, no, she isn't.

00:11:57I gather that she's too busy in Baker Street.

00:11:59Oh, so it'll only be the doctor.

00:12:02Yes, it's all just a sausage.

00:12:05Oh, here he is.

00:12:07Good morning, Holmes.

00:12:08Oh, dear Watson, I'm delighted to see you.

00:12:10Good morning, Mrs. Hudson.

00:12:11Good morning, doctor.

00:12:12Well, how are you?

00:12:13Oh, I'm much better, thank you.

00:12:14What are you? You're looking better.

00:12:15I hope Mrs. Hudson's seen that you have proper meals.

00:12:18Oh, I'm living like a fighting car.

00:12:21We had a delicious chicken casserole yesterday.

00:12:24Didn't we?

00:12:25Yes.

00:12:26And you let it all get cold

00:12:27while you were deducing the eight of the chicken.

00:12:33As a matter of fact, Watson,

00:12:34it was a tough proposition.

00:12:36I bit off more than I could chew.

00:12:37Well, go along inside, Watson, and have a drink.

00:12:42I know you must need one after your long journey.

00:12:44Yes, I could do with one thing.

00:12:51Oh, this is very nice, Holmes.

00:12:58You'll help yourself, Watson.

00:12:59Thanks.

00:12:59You're developing a curious sense of humour.

00:13:08What's...

00:13:09So out over there.

00:13:11Well, have you settled in comfortably in Baker Street?

00:13:14As far as I can see, we are,

00:13:16but Mrs. Watson doesn't seem to think so.

00:13:17No.

00:13:18No, you've been moving things about a bit.

00:13:21Yes.

00:13:21You've moved your shaving mirror over to the fireplace.

00:13:24Yes, that's right.

00:13:25My wife has a dressing table where we used to have...

00:13:29How did you know?

00:13:31I know, Watson, you and men have precise habits

00:13:33and considerable regard for your personal appearance.

00:13:36As I observe that whilst the right-hand side of your face

00:13:38is closely shaved,

00:13:39the further we get to the neck,

00:13:41the more careless your shaving appears,

00:13:44till we come to the angle of the jaw

00:13:45where it is positively slovenly.

00:13:48I deduce, therefore,

00:13:50that you've placed your shaving mirror

00:13:52where the light strikes on the right side of the face.

00:13:55The bed must obviously be across the end of the room,

00:13:59therefore the fireplace is the only place left

00:14:01which could produce that result.

00:14:03Amazing, Holmes.

00:14:04Elementary, my dear Watson.

00:14:06Elementary.

00:14:07Oh, by the way, I've got a letter for you.

00:14:08Oh, have you? Thanks very much.

00:14:10Hmm.

00:14:12Hello.

00:14:13This is interesting.

00:14:15Yeah.

00:14:16It is a letter from Porlock.

00:14:18Well, who's Porlock?

00:14:19Well, it's rather difficult to say.

00:14:22It's a gentleman of many aliases.

00:14:23It wouldn't be of any importance

00:14:25except for the steam artist.

00:14:27A link in the chain.

00:14:30It's a good way down the chain.

00:14:32Not a very good link.

00:14:38Now, look here, Holmes.

00:14:40Please remember that you've retired.

00:14:42Twice he sent me advance information

00:14:44that has enabled me to prevent a crime.

00:14:47Whether it was his conscience that made him do it

00:14:49or a ten-pound note sent to him by devious methods,

00:14:51I've never discovered.

00:14:54What do you make of that, Watson?

00:14:55I don't want to make anything of it.

00:14:57Put it in the waste paper basket.

00:14:58There's a good friend.

00:14:58My dear Watson,

00:14:59I'm willing to put anything in the waste paper basket

00:15:01if I can do so with a clear conscience.

00:15:02I might never forgive myself

00:15:05if I did so in this case.

00:15:08What do you mean?

00:15:09I mean that something sinister is a foot, Watson.

00:15:13Just cast your eye over there.

00:15:17Obviously in cyber.

00:15:18How true, Watson, how true.

00:15:21I'm glad you spotted it.

00:15:22Yes, there's only one word.

00:15:23Burlston.

00:15:24And then there's a series of numbers

00:15:26that obviously represent words.

00:15:28Probably taken from some book.

00:15:29Now, the point is, what book?

00:15:30Why doesn't the fool tell you?

00:15:32My dear Watson,

00:15:33send the key of the cipher

00:15:34in the same envelope as the cipher itself.

00:15:36Oh, no, my dear fellow.

00:15:37The key will probably follow

00:15:38in another envelope.

00:15:41Meanwhile, it might be instructive

00:15:42if we try to decipher this ourselves.

00:15:48Now, the cipher message begins

00:15:49with the number 534.

00:15:52That's probably page 534.

00:15:55So we've got a large book.

00:15:57The next sign is C2.

00:15:59What do you make of that, Watson?

00:16:00Chapter 2, of course.

00:16:02Well, hardly that, Watson.

00:16:03What size book would it be

00:16:04if Chapter 2 were on page 534?

00:16:07Oh.

00:16:07Well, column, then.

00:16:10Brilliant, Watson.

00:16:10Brilliant.

00:16:11Well, it's your city lady this morning.

00:16:14Now, we've got a large book.

00:16:15Printed in double columns.

00:16:17Any other suggestions?

00:16:19Of the Bible?

00:16:20My dear Watson,

00:16:21you excel yourself.

00:16:23As I remarked just now,

00:16:25Porlock is one of Moriarty's men.

00:16:26And I can hardly imagine

00:16:27any less likely book

00:16:28in his possession

00:16:29than the Bible.

00:16:31No, the Bible has too many editions.

00:16:34No.

00:16:36No, this must be

00:16:36a standardized book.

00:16:38And page 534

00:16:39would be the same

00:16:40in all copies.

00:16:41Try again, Watson.

00:16:45How about Bradshaw?

00:16:47Or the ABC?

00:16:48Well, that's a good idea, Watson,

00:16:49but if I may say so,

00:16:50it's not quite good enough.

00:16:52I know.

00:16:52Whitaker's Almanac.

00:16:54Now, come along.

00:16:55Well, let's see

00:16:57what page 534

00:16:58has in store for it.

00:17:01Just write this down.

00:17:08Danger?

00:17:10Good, Watson.

00:17:10Good.

00:17:11You got that down?

00:17:11Yes.

00:17:12Capital.

00:17:14Owner,

00:17:16Thurston

00:17:17Castle.

00:17:21What's it mean?

00:17:22It means, Watson,

00:17:23that some devilry

00:17:24is brewing against

00:17:25the owner of

00:17:26Burst and Castle.

00:17:28Excuse me, Mr. Holmes.

00:17:29It's Inspector Lestrade.

00:17:31Oh, hello.

00:17:31Good morning, Lestrade.

00:17:32Good morning, Lestrade.

00:17:33I told him he wasn't

00:17:34to come worrying Mr. Holmes,

00:17:36but he said he'd arrest me

00:17:37if I didn't let him in.

00:17:38That's all right, Mrs. Hamsin.

00:17:39That's all right.

00:17:40You understand, Inspector,

00:17:41that Mr. Holmes is retired.

00:17:42You're not going to drag him

00:17:43up to London?

00:17:44Oh, no, sir.

00:17:44I wasn't of you doing that.

00:17:45I called in to ask Mr. Holmes

00:17:47if he'd be good enough.

00:17:51Burlston?

00:17:53Well, what's this, Mr. Holmes?

00:17:55This is magic.

00:17:57That's a cipher

00:17:57that Watson has just solved.

00:18:01Well, what's the matter, Inspector?

00:18:03Matter?

00:18:03Only that Mr. Douglas

00:18:04of Burlstone Castle

00:18:05was horribly murdered last night.

00:18:06What?

00:18:07Shot.

00:18:07Face completely blown away.

00:18:09So, Porlock's message

00:18:10came too late.

00:18:11Porlock?

00:18:12Who's Porlock?

00:18:14And how can he

00:18:14prophesy murders?

00:18:17Can Google postmark.

00:18:19Well, that doesn't tell us much.

00:18:20It tells you as much

00:18:20as you'll ever know, Inspector.

00:18:22I used to send him money

00:18:24to the Campbellville Post Office.

00:18:26Didn't you find out

00:18:26who called for him?

00:18:27No.

00:18:28No, I promise not

00:18:29to try and chase him.

00:18:31I gather he was

00:18:32of a rather shy,

00:18:34not to say retiring,

00:18:36disposition.

00:18:37We can't waste any more time.

00:18:38Will you come over

00:18:39to Burlstone with me, Mr. Holmes?

00:18:40Well, on the way,

00:18:41I'll tell you all I know.

00:18:42We're not going far, then.

00:18:44About 20 miles.

00:18:46You'll be back for lunch.

00:18:47I forbid it.

00:18:48I'd sooner go myself

00:18:49than let you go.

00:18:51Excitement's bad for you.

00:18:52I appeal to you, Inspector.

00:18:54He really ought not to go.

00:18:55Oh, dear Watson,

00:18:55I appreciate your thought of it.

00:18:58I wouldn't dream of going

00:18:59if I were not convinced

00:19:01that Moriarty is behind all this.

00:19:02Not your Professor Moriarty?

00:19:04Yes, Lestrade,

00:19:05Professor Moriarty.

00:19:07My dear Mr. Holmes,

00:19:08you're beginning

00:19:08to see his hand in everything.

00:19:10Warlock is one of Moriarty's men.

00:19:13Oh, look here, Lestrade,

00:19:14I'll bet you my new beehive,

00:19:16to your old bowler hat,

00:19:17that you'll find

00:19:17that Moriarty's

00:19:18behind this Burlstone affair.

00:19:20All right, I'll take you.

00:19:21Good.

00:19:25Hmm.

00:19:26This must take

00:19:27well back into the past, Watson.

00:19:30I suggest these are the remains

00:19:31of the old, uh,

00:19:32outer fortification.

00:19:34Yes, obviously.

00:19:35Well, I suggest, Mr. Holmes,

00:19:36that we should do better

00:19:37to go inside

00:19:37and view the scene

00:19:38of the tragedy.

00:19:39My dear Lestrade,

00:19:40I always think it's wise

00:19:41to get one's bearings

00:19:43before proceeding

00:19:45into deeper waters.

00:19:51I observe that this moat

00:19:59has only recently

00:20:00been filled with water.

00:20:02Oh?

00:20:02How on earth

00:20:03do you know that, Holmes?

00:20:04My dear Watson,

00:20:05what kind of a tree is it

00:20:06that comes to maturity

00:20:07and blossoms in water?

00:20:09No, no, no, no.

00:20:10This water

00:20:10is a recent addition.

00:20:12Hmm.

00:20:12Makes it much more difficult

00:20:13to get out of the window.

00:20:14Yes, Watson.

00:20:16Or to get in.

00:20:18Possibly Mr. Douglas

00:20:19anticipated this crime.

00:20:21Ah, Inspector Griffiths.

00:20:23This is Mr. Sherlock Holmes.

00:20:24How do you do, sir?

00:20:25How do you do?

00:20:26Oh, this is my friend,

00:20:28Dr. Watson.

00:20:28How do you do?

00:20:29How do you do?

00:20:30Well, shall we get in?

00:20:31By all means, Inspector.

00:20:40This is what it was done

00:20:41with, Mr. Holmes.

00:20:42I found it lying just there.

00:20:45There was no signs

00:20:45of a struggle

00:20:46except the peculiar position

00:20:47of that chair.

00:20:49I see.

00:20:50Now tell me,

00:20:52who else beside Mr. Douglas

00:20:53was in the house

00:20:55at the time of the tragedy?

00:20:56Mrs. Douglas

00:20:57and Mr. Cecil Barker,

00:20:58a friend of the family.

00:21:00Here you are, Mr. Holmes.

00:21:05Hear me,

00:21:06these are dreadful injuries.

00:21:07Must have been

00:21:08a point-blank range.

00:21:09Whoever did this

00:21:10didn't intend to miss.

00:21:11Well, one could hardly miss

00:21:12with a saw-off shotgun.

00:21:13American,

00:21:14Pennsylvania Small Arms Company.

00:21:17You'll observe

00:21:18that the triggers

00:21:18are wired together.

00:21:20So he got both barrels

00:21:22at once.

00:21:23And what do you make

00:21:24of this card, Mr. Holmes?

00:21:26VV-341.

00:21:28It was found

00:21:28pinned to the body.

00:21:29Rough cardboard.

00:21:42It's not written

00:21:42in this room.

00:21:44This was done

00:21:44with a broad nib.

00:21:45These are fine.

00:21:46What's it mean, Holmes?

00:21:48You say the drawbridge

00:21:49is raised every evening?

00:21:50Yes, about sunset.

00:21:52And the tragedy

00:21:53occurred about

00:21:54half past 11 years.

00:21:56Obviously, suicide.

00:21:57We thought that

00:21:58at first, sir,

00:21:59till someone pointed out this.

00:22:01What is it?

00:22:02A footmark?

00:22:03Yes.

00:22:04Someone must have

00:22:04got out of that window.

00:22:09Who pointed this out?

00:22:10Mr. Barker, sir.

00:22:11Oh.

00:22:12Blood?

00:22:13Yes, his shoes

00:22:14must have been covered

00:22:14in blood from the state

00:22:15of the room.

00:22:16He undoubtedly

00:22:16swam the moat.

00:22:17Oh, hardly.

00:22:18It's not more than

00:22:19three feet deep anywhere.

00:22:20Oh.

00:22:21You've observed, of course,

00:22:25that someone

00:22:25had been hiding here.

00:22:27Oh.

00:22:28There are distinct

00:22:29marks of muddy boots.

00:22:35When were these curtains drawn?

00:22:36At dusk.

00:22:37So the men must have

00:22:38got in after the curtains

00:22:39were drawn

00:22:40and before the bridge

00:22:40was raised.

00:22:42Yes, but I observed

00:22:43when I arrived

00:22:43that the moat

00:22:44doesn't extend

00:22:44right round the castle.

00:22:46The ruined tower

00:22:47at the end of the building

00:22:48is accessible

00:22:49without crossing the drawbridge.

00:22:50Yes, but the only way

00:22:51from the tower

00:22:52to this part of the house

00:22:53is through this

00:22:53solid oak door

00:22:54which is always kept locked.

00:23:02Is it?

00:23:03By Jove, Holmes.

00:23:04He doesn't seem

00:23:05to be locked now,

00:23:06does it?

00:23:07Well, that's funny.

00:23:07I always understood.

00:23:08Yes, we'll return

00:23:09to that later.

00:23:10And meanwhile,

00:23:11I must ask you

00:23:12to make no reference

00:23:13whatever to it.

00:23:15Now I think we'll have

00:23:16another look at the body.

00:23:17Oh, and I should like

00:23:17to have a word

00:23:18with that Mr. Cecil Barker.

00:23:20Very good, sir.

00:23:27What do you make

00:23:27of this curious mark

00:23:29on Douglas' forearm, Holmes?

00:23:31Do you think it's a sign

00:23:32of some secret society?

00:23:34How would you say

00:23:35that was done, Watson?

00:23:37It isn't tattooing.

00:23:38No, it's a brand.

00:23:40It's been done

00:23:40with a red-hot iron.

00:23:42Very painful.

00:23:45Mr. Barker,

00:23:46this is Mr. Sherlock Holmes.

00:23:48How do you do?

00:23:49I beg that you're able

00:23:50to come, Mr. Holmes.

00:23:53Oh, this is my friend

00:23:54Dr. Watson.

00:23:55How do you do?

00:23:56How do you do?

00:23:57Now, Mr. Barker,

00:23:58I understand you

00:23:59discovered the body.

00:24:01Yes, I had the shot

00:24:02and came straight down.

00:24:04Before Douglas was lying

00:24:05where you see him now.

00:24:06The lighted candle

00:24:08was on the table.

00:24:09This candle?

00:24:10Yes.

00:24:11And you gave the alarm

00:24:13immediately?

00:24:14Yes, I rang the bell

00:24:15for Ames.

00:24:16That's the butler.

00:24:17And a minute later

00:24:18he came in.

00:24:18So that within two minutes

00:24:19of the murder

00:24:20Ames was in this room?

00:24:22Yes.

00:24:23What was the first thing

00:24:24he did?

00:24:25He put that lamp

00:24:26he was carrying

00:24:26on the table

00:24:27and blew out the candle.

00:24:30As a matter of fact,

00:24:30I was here so quickly

00:24:31myself after the shot

00:24:32that I must actually

00:24:33have been in the room

00:24:34while the murderer

00:24:35was escaping through

00:24:36the window.

00:24:37Why do you say

00:24:38through the window?

00:24:40Because there's

00:24:40no other way out.

00:24:42That door to the tower

00:24:43is always locked.

00:24:45But we just...

00:24:45Now tell me,

00:24:46Mr. Barker,

00:24:48did Mrs. Douglas

00:24:49come in here

00:24:50after the tragedy?

00:24:51No, I was able

00:24:52to stop by just in time.

00:24:53How long have you

00:24:54known Mr. and Mrs. Douglas?

00:24:55About a year.

00:24:56I met them

00:24:57when they first came

00:24:58to Switzerland

00:24:58from America.

00:24:59How long have they

00:24:59been here?

00:25:00About nine months.

00:25:02You don't know

00:25:04anything about

00:25:04Douglas' past life.

00:25:07He told me

00:25:07that he used

00:25:07to live in Chicago.

00:25:09Never heard him

00:25:09speak of any

00:25:10secret society.

00:25:11Funny you should

00:25:12mention that.

00:25:13He never told me

00:25:13about it himself,

00:25:14but I always got

00:25:15the impression

00:25:15that he was a member

00:25:16of one,

00:25:17or an ex-member.

00:25:18You don't know

00:25:18what that mark

00:25:18on his arm was?

00:25:19No.

00:25:21I've seen it often,

00:25:22of course,

00:25:22but he never told me

00:25:23what it was

00:25:23and I never liked

00:25:24to ask him.

00:25:25It was one of the things

00:25:25that rather made me wonder

00:25:26about that secret society.

00:25:28Anything odd

00:25:28about his behavior

00:25:29at any time?

00:25:31Well,

00:25:32he hated meeting people.

00:25:34In Switzerland,

00:25:34he hardly ever moved

00:25:35from his chalet

00:25:35in the mountains.

00:25:37It made me wonder

00:25:37if somebody was off to him.

00:25:39When he suddenly

00:25:39packed up and

00:25:40voted to England,

00:25:41it made me wonder

00:25:41all the more.

00:25:44Come in.

00:25:48Excuse me, sir,

00:25:49but Mrs. Douglas

00:25:50would like to see

00:25:51Mr. Holmes

00:25:51when he's finished

00:25:52his investigation

00:25:52in this room.

00:25:53Oh, certainly.

00:26:00Now, Mr. Barclay,

00:26:01would you be good enough

00:26:01to tell Mrs. Douglas

00:26:02that I'll be with her

00:26:03in a minute?

00:26:05Oh, Ames?

00:26:06Yes, sir?

00:26:06As you're here,

00:26:07you may as well

00:26:07answer a few questions.

00:26:08Very good, sir.

00:26:09Now, regarding the tragedy,

00:26:10did you hear

00:26:11the report of the gun?

00:26:12No, sir.

00:26:13You know what

00:26:13these old houses are.

00:26:15Walls are a mile thick.

00:26:17Now, Ames.

00:26:18Yes, sir?

00:26:19When you entered the room,

00:26:21this candle

00:26:22was a light,

00:26:23I understand.

00:26:24Yes, sir.

00:26:24Where would Mr. Douglas

00:26:25have got it from?

00:26:27His bedroom, sir.

00:26:28I had orders to see

00:26:29that one was always

00:26:30on his bedside table.

00:26:32Had you put this one

00:26:33there yourself?

00:26:33Yes, sir.

00:26:34I remember he told me

00:26:35his old one

00:26:36had burned right down,

00:26:37so I put in a new one.

00:26:39Oh, it was a new one?

00:26:41Yes, sir.

00:26:44It hasn't been relit

00:26:45since the tragedy?

00:26:46No, sir.

00:26:47I'll vouch for that, sir.

00:26:49Ah.

00:26:49Did these candles

00:26:58come out of the same box

00:26:59as that one on the table?

00:27:01Yes, sir.

00:27:02Yes.

00:27:03Yes, thank you.

00:27:06Have there been any

00:27:07strangers about the place lately?

00:27:09No, sir.

00:27:10Oh, wait a minute.

00:27:11An old gentleman

00:27:11did call a little while back

00:27:13to look over the ruin part.

00:27:14But we often have people

00:27:15come to see that.

00:27:16It dates from

00:27:17the Norman Conquest.

00:27:18That's right.

00:27:19That's right.

00:27:20Is there any more

00:27:21that you can tell me, Ed?

00:27:22No, sir.

00:27:23I can't make head or tail

00:27:24of the whole new thing.

00:27:25It fairly beats me

00:27:26and the wedding ring

00:27:28being missing, too.

00:27:29Wedding ring?

00:27:31Didn't Mr. Barker tell you?

00:27:32Not a word.

00:27:33What about the wedding ring?

00:27:35The master always wore

00:27:36a plain gold wedding ring

00:27:37under the one

00:27:38with the rough gold nugget on it.

00:27:40Under?

00:27:41Yes, sir.

00:27:42I never saw him without it.

00:27:44And for the murderer

00:27:44to take that

00:27:45and leave the other

00:27:46seems so strange,

00:27:47doesn't it?

00:27:47Yes.

00:27:48Here.

00:27:50Here, there's just one

00:27:50more question, Ames.

00:27:52Did your master

00:27:53ever do exercises

00:27:54in the morning?

00:27:55Yes, sir.

00:27:56Every morning.

00:27:57Hmm.

00:27:57As regularly as clockwork.

00:28:01Will that be all, sir?

00:28:02Yes, thank you.

00:28:08Well, Mr. Holmes,

00:28:09the most important point

00:28:10so far

00:28:11is that obviously

00:28:12this has something

00:28:13to do with the

00:28:13Secret Society.

00:28:14On the contrary,

00:28:15my dear, Lestrade,

00:28:16I suggest that the

00:28:16most important point

00:28:17so far is

00:28:18that Mr. Douglas

00:28:19did exercises

00:28:20every morning.

00:28:22You can't be serious,

00:28:23Mr. Holmes.

00:28:24Mark you,

00:28:25I don't mind you

00:28:26asking all these questions

00:28:27about exercises

00:28:28and candles,

00:28:29but I can't see

00:28:29how they help

00:28:30to clear up

00:28:30what we're investigating.

00:28:31I suppose, Lestrade,

00:28:33you're quite clear

00:28:34in your mind

00:28:34what you are investigating.

00:28:37The murder of Mr. Douglas,

00:28:38of course.

00:28:38Ah.

00:28:40Oh, Cappie.

00:28:41Cappie.

00:28:46I'll tell Mrs. Douglas

00:28:47that Mr. Holmes

00:28:47will see her.

00:28:49Now, I'd like to ask you

00:28:50one or two questions,

00:28:51if you don't mind.

00:28:52It's better.

00:28:53Did you know

00:28:54Mrs. Douglas

00:28:54before her marriage?

00:28:56No.

00:28:57But you've seen

00:28:58a good deal of her

00:28:59since.

00:29:00What are you suggesting?

00:29:01It's been a good deal

00:29:02of him.

00:29:02I'm not suggesting

00:29:03anything.

00:29:03I'm here to get facts.

00:29:04Did Mr. Douglas

00:29:05entirely approve

00:29:06of your friendship

00:29:07with his wife?

00:29:09I refuse to answer.

00:29:11I suppose you realize

00:29:12that your refusal

00:29:12indicates that you

00:29:13have something to hide?

00:29:14I've got nothing to hide.

00:29:16I can't help

00:29:16but it indicates things.

00:29:17Now, look here, sir.

00:29:18It won't do any good

00:29:19to adopt that attitude.

00:29:22All right, I'm sorry.

00:29:23I know you're only

00:29:23doing your duty.

00:29:26As a matter of fact,

00:29:27I may as well tell you.

00:29:28Fort Douglas did have

00:29:29one fault,

00:29:30and that was jealousy.

00:29:31He liked my being here,

00:29:33but if Etty,

00:29:33that's Mrs. Douglas,

00:29:34and I had too much

00:29:35to say to each other,

00:29:36used to go off the deep end

00:29:37and say the wildest things.

00:29:39But I assure you

00:29:40that no man ever had

00:29:41a more faithful wife

00:29:42than Etty

00:29:42or a more loyal friend

00:29:44than I.

00:29:45No doubt.

00:29:46Still, the fact

00:29:47that his wedding ring

00:29:48is missing

00:29:48rather suggests

00:29:50that the marriage

00:29:50and the tragedy

00:29:51were in some way

00:29:52connected?

00:29:53I've no idea

00:29:53what it suggests.

00:29:55But if you're insinuating

00:29:55there's anything between

00:29:56me and Mrs. Douglas,

00:29:57you're on the wrong track,

00:29:58that's all.

00:29:59I don't think I have

00:30:00anything more to say to you.

00:30:02Any more questions,

00:30:03Mr. Holmes?

00:30:04Not at the moment,

00:30:05Lestrade, no.

00:30:06It immensely adds

00:30:07to the zest

00:30:08of an investigation

00:30:09when one is

00:30:10in conscious sympathy

00:30:11with the historical atmosphere

00:30:13of one's surrounding.

00:30:15May I commend

00:30:15this little book

00:30:16to your attention?

00:30:18History of Burleston?

00:30:20Ah, I've got something

00:30:21better to do

00:30:22than to read

00:30:22that sort of stuff.

00:30:23Well, that's a pity,

00:30:24Lestrade.

00:30:25That's a pity

00:30:25because you'd see here

00:30:26that this castle

00:30:27was erected

00:30:28in the fifth year

00:30:28of the reign of James I

00:30:30and there are various

00:30:31associations of interest

00:30:32connected with

00:30:33this ancient building.

00:30:34I don't doubt it

00:30:35but that's got nothing

00:30:35to do with us.

00:30:37Breath of view,

00:30:38my dear Lestrade,

00:30:39is one of the essentials

00:30:40of our profession.

00:30:42Yes, really,

00:30:43as you don't seem

00:30:43to agree with me,

00:30:44first we'd better go

00:30:44and see Mrs. Douglas.

00:30:45Ah, that's better.

00:30:46I'll show you the way.

00:30:49You can remove the body.

00:30:55Very good, sir.

00:31:02Get in.

00:31:06You've met

00:31:07Inspector Lestrade.

00:31:08This is Mr. Sherlock Holmes.

00:31:10How do you do, Mr. Holmes?

00:31:12How do you do?

00:31:15May I present

00:31:16my friend Dr. Watson?

00:31:18How do you do?

00:31:19It was good of you

00:31:21to come, Mr. Holmes.

00:31:23Not at all.

00:31:24I hope I may be

00:31:25of service to you.

00:31:27Won't you

00:31:28make yourself

00:31:29comfortable?

00:31:31Well,

00:31:31I think I shall

00:31:32leave you now.

00:31:33If you want me,

00:31:35I shall be in the garden.

00:31:36Now, Mrs. Douglas,

00:31:42I wonder if you

00:31:42can give us any help.

00:31:44I wish I could,

00:31:46but I didn't see

00:31:46the tragedy.

00:31:47So I understand,

00:31:48but you heard the shot.

00:31:49Now, how long

00:31:50after that

00:31:50were you stopped

00:31:51on the stairs

00:31:52by Mr. Barker?

00:31:54A couple of minutes.

00:31:56I just had to put on

00:31:57a wrap

00:31:57and some slippers.

00:31:58How long

00:32:00had your husband

00:32:01been downstairs

00:32:02before you heard

00:32:03the shot?

00:32:05Two or three minutes.

00:32:07Not more than five.

00:32:13Where were you married,

00:32:14Mrs. Douglas?

00:32:15In New York.

00:32:16Ah,

00:32:17in America.

00:32:19Have you ever

00:32:20suspected there was

00:32:21some danger

00:32:22threatening your husband

00:32:23and that he knew it?

00:32:24Yes, I have.

00:32:26In fact,

00:32:26I'm sure of it.

00:32:28But he wouldn't

00:32:29talk about it.

00:32:30Not that there wasn't

00:32:31complete love

00:32:32and understanding

00:32:33between us,

00:32:34but, well,

00:32:35it's just that he

00:32:36didn't want me

00:32:36to be worried.

00:32:37You know nothing

00:32:38of his life in America

00:32:39that could have caused

00:32:40that threatening danger?

00:32:42Nothing at all.

00:32:43That mark on his arm,

00:32:46do you know what that is?

00:32:47No.

00:32:48You never asked him?

00:32:50Yes, I did once,

00:32:51but he refused

00:32:52to discuss it.

00:32:53So I never asked again.

00:32:55You have no idea

00:32:55what it is?

00:32:57None whatsoever.

00:32:59Can't you suggest anything?

00:33:02Mrs. Douglas,

00:33:03I suggest

00:33:04that you tell me

00:33:05the truth.

00:33:06Mr. Holmes!

00:33:07You know perfectly well

00:33:08what that mark is.

00:33:11I couldn't possibly

00:33:11have lived in America

00:33:12without knowing.

00:33:13That mark

00:33:14is the brand

00:33:15of the Scourers.

00:33:17Scourers?

00:33:19Yes,

00:33:19an American secret society

00:33:20which terrorized

00:33:21the coal districts

00:33:22of Vermeza.

00:33:22and which was

00:33:24broken up

00:33:24some years ago.

00:33:25Well, I bounce

00:33:26with me to Holmes.

00:33:26I've never heard of them.

00:33:27I can well believe

00:33:28that, Watson,

00:33:29but I can't believe

00:33:30that Mrs. Douglas

00:33:31has never heard

00:33:32of the Scourers

00:33:33because

00:33:34her husband

00:33:36was one.

00:33:37All right, Mr. Holmes.

00:33:39I'll tell you the truth.

00:33:41I think that would be

00:33:42the wisest cause.

00:33:45I'll tell you a story

00:33:46of Vermeza,

00:33:46the Valley of Fear.

00:33:49Two years ago,

00:33:50I lived at Vermeza

00:33:51with my father.

00:33:53We used to take in

00:33:54borders occasionally.

00:33:56Then one evening,

00:33:57I went down to the depot

00:33:58to collect a package

00:33:59and I met a young man

00:34:01who'd just come off

00:34:01the train.

00:34:03His name was Murdoch

00:34:04and he was looking

00:34:04for lodging.

00:34:06The minute I set eyes

00:34:08on him,

00:34:08I knew he was the one

00:34:09man in the world

00:34:10for me.

00:34:12I told him about

00:34:14our place

00:34:14and he said

00:34:15he'd call later.

00:34:17That evening,

00:34:18when I was clearing

00:34:19away supper,

00:34:20I heard a knock

00:34:21at the door.

00:34:21So you've turned

00:34:39up, Mr. Murdoch?

00:34:40I sure have.

00:34:42I kind of make it

00:34:43a habit to keep my word.

00:34:51Who's that, Eddie?

00:34:56I want to see you

00:34:57find a room, Dad.

00:34:59Eddie,

00:34:59so that's your name,

00:35:00is it?

00:35:01Mine's Jack.

00:35:06This is Mr. Murdoch.

00:35:08He wants to board with us.

00:35:09It'll suit me fine.

00:35:11Well,

00:35:11take your things off.

00:35:13Thanks.

00:35:14I dare say we can fix it.

00:35:16Twenty dollars a month

00:35:17for the terms.

00:35:19Well,

00:35:19that's all right for me.

00:35:20I better give you

00:35:21my first month.

00:35:22Okay.

00:35:24Will you come

00:35:25into the sitting room?

00:35:26Yeah,

00:35:27surely.

00:35:34Well,

00:35:35this looks pretty good

00:35:35to me.

00:35:37Won't you sit down?

00:35:40You know,

00:35:41I don't think

00:35:41I'm going to feel

00:35:42homesick.

00:35:43Oh,

00:35:43we'll try to make

00:35:44you comfortable.

00:35:45Don't you worry,

00:35:46Eddie.

00:35:46This is going to be

00:35:47more like home

00:35:47than any place

00:35:48I've been in

00:35:48since I've come

00:35:49to the States.

00:35:50Oh,

00:35:50you're not a man

00:35:51second then.

00:35:52No,

00:35:52as a matter of fact,

00:35:53I was born in England,

00:35:54but I've been here

00:35:55the best part of me life.

00:35:56Oh.

00:36:11Why,

00:36:12hello, Ted.

00:36:14I didn't expect

00:36:15you so early.

00:36:16I didn't expect

00:36:17you to see

00:36:17that.

00:36:18Yeah,

00:36:18so it seems.

00:36:22Who's the boyfriend?

00:36:24Our new boarder,

00:36:25Mr. Murdoch.

00:36:27This is Ted Balding.

00:36:28Well,

00:36:29Mr. Boarder,

00:36:30I suppose you figure

00:36:31you got things

00:36:32fixed up pretty good

00:36:33here,

00:36:33eh?

00:36:34Yeah,

00:36:34that's the idea.

00:36:36Any objection?

00:36:37No.

00:36:38Come here.

00:36:39Come on,

00:36:40get a move on.

00:36:40That I've been

00:36:44a boarder myself,

00:36:45so I'll put you wise.

00:36:47Eddie belongs to me.

00:36:49She's sweet on me.

00:36:51Get me?

00:36:53Well,

00:36:53there's no accounting

00:36:54of a taste.

00:36:54So you're one of these

00:36:55fresh guys,

00:36:56eh?

00:36:57Well,

00:36:58don't get fresh

00:36:58with me,

00:36:59that's all.

00:36:59Ted,

00:37:00please.

00:37:00Jack didn't mean

00:37:01anything.

00:37:02So it's Jack,

00:37:03is it?

00:37:04It's come to that

00:37:04already,

00:37:05eh?

00:37:06I think if you

00:37:07were to leave us

00:37:07alone,

00:37:08Eddie,

00:37:08we might get

00:37:08this thing

00:37:09straightened out.

00:37:09Listen,

00:37:10and I know

00:37:10how to get

00:37:10this thing

00:37:11straightened out.

00:37:13Do you know

00:37:13what that means?

00:37:14No,

00:37:14and I don't care.

00:37:15Well,

00:37:15you can take it

00:37:16from me,

00:37:16you will.

00:37:19I'll be here

00:37:19tomorrow night

00:37:20and I'll expect

00:37:20to find you gone.

00:37:22I wouldn't bet

00:37:23on that

00:37:23if I were you.

00:37:29You'll be sorry

00:37:30you ever came here

00:37:31before I'm

00:37:32through with you.

00:37:33Get out.

00:37:36Why,

00:37:36you're not going,

00:37:37Ted?

00:37:42Say,

00:37:43Eddie,

00:37:43what's the matter

00:37:44with Ted?

00:37:45Oh,

00:37:45he's sore

00:37:46of Mr. Murdoch

00:37:47being our new

00:37:47boarder.

00:37:49Sorry,

00:37:50you should have

00:37:50a scare

00:37:50on your first

00:37:51night,

00:37:51Mr. Murdoch.

00:37:53Care?

00:37:55You don't think

00:37:55I'm scared

00:37:55of that,

00:37:56do you?

00:37:56Most people

00:37:57are.

00:37:58Well,

00:37:58I'm not.

00:37:59Who the devil

00:38:00is he anyway?

00:38:01He's one

00:38:02of the bosses

00:38:02of the scholars.

00:38:04The what?

00:38:05The scholars,

00:38:07a society

00:38:07of murderers

00:38:08and blackmailers.

00:38:10The ancient

00:38:10order of freemen

00:38:11they call themselves.

00:38:12Oh,

00:38:13baloney.

00:38:14The freemen

00:38:14would be found

00:38:15in every town

00:38:16in the States.

00:38:17It's a society

00:38:18for charity

00:38:18and good fellowship.

00:38:19Not here it ain't.

00:38:20It's just a murder gang.

00:38:22Well,

00:38:22then why don't

00:38:22they bring them

00:38:23to justice?

00:38:23Tell me that.

00:38:24Because no one

00:38:24dares give evidence

00:38:25against them.

00:38:26Juries don't dare

00:38:27to convict.

00:38:28The judge has to do

00:38:28as he's told

00:38:29and the police

00:38:29are all square.

00:38:30Say,

00:38:31you're just

00:38:31trying to kid me.

00:38:32I don't believe

00:38:32a word of it.

00:38:33Aren't there

00:38:33fifty murderers

00:38:34to prove it?

00:38:35Is there a man

00:38:35or woman

00:38:36in the valley

00:38:36who doesn't believe it?

00:38:37Well,

00:38:37you don't scare me.

00:38:39You see,

00:38:40you don't know me

00:38:41and you don't know

00:38:42McGinty and his gang.

00:38:44McGinty,

00:38:44eh?

00:38:45Huh.

00:38:46That's queer.

00:38:47I've got a date

00:38:47with that guy

00:38:48this evening.

00:38:49McGinty?

00:38:50What have you

00:38:50got to do

00:38:51with McGinty?

00:38:53Well,

00:38:53I've got a report

00:38:54to him.

00:38:55You see,

00:38:55I happen to be

00:38:56a freeman myself.

00:38:58What?

00:38:59What?

00:39:00You a freeman?

00:39:01Then you don't

00:39:01stay here

00:39:02another minute.

00:39:03Here.

00:39:03Here's your

00:39:04twenty dollars back.

00:39:05I wouldn't have you

00:39:05for a hundred a week.

00:39:06But you can't tell

00:39:07them about now.

00:39:08Oh, can't I?

00:39:09I'm telling you,

00:39:10I've got no use

00:39:10for these freemen.

00:39:11It's bad enough

00:39:12to have one

00:39:12hang around Eddie.

00:39:14I'm not going to

00:39:14have another

00:39:14for a border.

00:39:15You get out

00:39:16of here tonight.

00:39:21Well,

00:39:22tomorrow morning.

00:39:27I'm sorry.

00:39:34That's all right.

00:39:36But don't make any

00:39:36mistake.

00:39:37I'll be seeing

00:39:37a lot of you.

00:39:38It's no good.

00:39:39It's Ted Boulding.

00:39:40Tell me,

00:39:41Eddie,

00:39:41you're not in love

00:39:42with Boulding,

00:39:43are you?

00:39:44You're only afraid

00:39:45of him.

00:39:46If you'd have met

00:39:46me first,

00:39:47would I have had

00:39:47a chance?

00:39:48I wish you

00:39:49had been the first.

00:39:52That's all

00:39:52I wanted to know.

00:39:54Oh, Jack,

00:39:55I'll never believe

00:39:55anything bad of you.

00:39:56not whatever happened.

00:39:59Well,

00:39:59I wouldn't be

00:39:59too sure of that,

00:40:00Eddie.

00:40:01Still,

00:40:02even a guy like me

00:40:02can be on the

00:40:03level with a woman.

00:40:05Well,

00:40:06I'll begin

00:40:07down to McGinty's.

00:40:18Whiskey.

00:40:22Well,

00:40:23stranger,

00:40:24I don't seem

00:40:25to call you

00:40:25your face to mind.

00:40:27No,

00:40:27I'm new here,

00:40:28McGinty.

00:40:28Counselor McGinty,

00:40:29to you.

00:40:30Well,

00:40:30I'm sorry,

00:40:31counselor.

00:40:32I was told to come

00:40:33here by Brother

00:40:34Scanlon,

00:40:34Assembly 341

00:40:35permission.

00:40:37I drink to your

00:40:38health and I'm

00:40:38better acquaintance.

00:40:41Oh,

00:40:41it's like that,

00:40:42is it,

00:40:42Mr.

00:40:44Murdoch?

00:40:45I'd have to look

00:40:45a bit closer

00:40:46into this,

00:40:46Mr. Murdoch.

00:40:47You don't take

00:40:48people on trust

00:40:49in these parts.

00:40:51Let's have a little

00:40:52talk in private.

00:40:53Yeah.

00:40:54Do you mind

00:40:54stepping through

00:40:56that door there?

00:40:59No,

00:40:59I am.

00:41:13Look here,

00:41:13my joker.

00:41:15If I thought you're

00:41:15playing any games on us,

00:41:17it'd be short script for you.

00:41:19It's a strange shot

00:41:20of welcome for a brother.

00:41:22Where were you

00:41:23initiated?

00:41:24Assembly 29,

00:41:25Chicago.

00:41:25What are you doing here?

00:41:26Looking for work.

00:41:27Why did you leave Chicago?

00:41:29I'll tell you that.

00:41:30Why not?

00:41:31Because the rules say

00:41:32that one member

00:41:32can't tell another a lie.

00:41:34Oh,

00:41:34you mean the truth's

00:41:35too bad to tell, eh?

00:41:36You can put it that way

00:41:37if you want to.

00:41:38Now,

00:41:38listen here,

00:41:39mister.

00:41:39You can't expect

00:41:40me as boss

00:41:41to let into this

00:41:41assembly any man

00:41:42for whose past

00:41:43I can't answer.

00:41:44Say,

00:41:45you wouldn't squeal

00:41:48if I showed you

00:41:48something,

00:41:49would you?

00:41:49I'll wipe my hand

00:41:50across your face

00:41:50and talk to me like that.

00:41:51I'm sorry,

00:41:52I didn't mean it that way.

00:41:54Here.

00:41:57Take a look at that.

00:42:01Oh.

00:42:03Your work?

00:42:04Sure.

00:42:06Why'd you shoot

00:42:07this guy Pinto?

00:42:08Well,

00:42:09he threatened

00:42:09to squeal on me,

00:42:10so I cropped him

00:42:11and beat it out here.

00:42:12I thought I'm mad

00:42:13you'd be welcome

00:42:13out here, eh?

00:42:14Yeah,

00:42:15you've said it.

00:42:16You ought to go far.

00:42:18You look like

00:42:19being a pretty useful

00:42:19brother to us.

00:42:21Didn't finish

00:42:21when I put the gun

00:42:22on you either.

00:42:23You were the one

00:42:24in danger, boss.

00:42:25I got you covered

00:42:26from the first.

00:42:28I guess my shot

00:42:29would have been

00:42:29as quick as yours.

00:42:41Well,

00:42:42you got here first,

00:42:43did you?

00:42:43I want to have a word

00:42:47with you about this man.

00:42:48Yeah,

00:42:48you say it right now,

00:42:50I'm here.

00:42:51I'll say it how

00:42:51and when I please.

00:42:53I'm content to leave it

00:42:55to you to judge

00:42:55between us,

00:42:56councillor.

00:42:56Well,

00:42:56what is it?

00:42:57Well,

00:42:58her young lady.

00:42:59I think she's free

00:43:00to choose for herself.

00:43:01Is she?

00:43:02That's between

00:43:03members of the assembly,

00:43:04I should say she was.

00:43:05So that's your ruling,

00:43:06is it?

00:43:07Yes,

00:43:07it is.

00:43:08Were you thinking

00:43:09of disputing it?

00:43:10You'd back a newcomer

00:43:11against me,

00:43:11would you?

00:43:12Well,

00:43:12you're not boss

00:43:13for a life,

00:43:13Jack McKinney.

00:43:14Let me tell you this,

00:43:15when it comes to that,

00:43:16Baldy,

00:43:16stop.

00:43:18Stop.

00:43:20You've been asking

00:43:21for it a long time,

00:43:22Baldy.

00:43:23Now you've got it.

00:43:26I've got nothing

00:43:27against you, boss.

00:43:29All right.

00:43:34Now,

00:43:35we can't have

00:43:36fairs blood

00:43:36between brothers.

00:43:38Go along in the bar,

00:43:40and I'll buy

00:43:40about a drink.

00:43:41and I'll buy it.

00:43:55We've not met before.

00:43:59You're the new captain?

00:44:00You guessed it.

00:44:01I'm Captain Morgan.

00:44:02How we can do without you?

00:44:04Please mess with my arm

00:44:05without importing any.

00:44:07How long?

00:44:08Here's an old acquaintance.

00:44:09Why no friend of yours

00:44:12or any other cause?

00:44:14Well,

00:44:14Jack Murdock of Chicago

00:44:15or I'd end up denying it.

00:44:16I'm not denying it.

00:44:18Why should I be ashamed

00:44:19of my name?

00:44:19Well,

00:44:20you ought to be.

00:44:21What the devil

00:44:22do you mean?

00:44:23Ah,

00:44:23you can't pull that stuff

00:44:24with me.

00:44:25I'm Marvin of Chicago Central.

00:44:27We haven't forgot

00:44:27the shooting of Jonas Pinto.

00:44:30I never shot Pinto.

00:44:31Nice impartial evidence.

00:44:34As it happened,

00:44:34we couldn't get a big case

00:44:35against you.

00:44:36So you're okay with me

00:44:37just as long as you're on the level.

00:44:39Get me?

00:44:40Good night.

00:44:51Well,

00:44:52boys,

00:44:53here's a new brother

00:44:53from Chicago.

00:44:55We'll just have drinks all around,

00:44:57and then we'll swear

00:44:57him well and truly

00:44:58into the assembly.

00:44:58We've got a special initiation

00:45:00here in Vermesa Valley,

00:45:02and you can't be one of us

00:45:03till you've been through it.

00:45:04That's okay with me.

00:45:13Okay.

00:45:14Brother Murdock,

00:45:15can you bear pain?

00:45:16As much as anyone,

00:45:17I guess.

00:45:28Well done,

00:45:31brother.

00:45:32Now,

00:45:33one last word.

00:45:34You'll obey my rulings

00:45:35at all times,

00:45:37and the penalty

00:45:38for breach of faith

00:45:39is inevitable.

00:45:40I understand.

00:45:42Well,

00:45:43boys,

00:45:44we must get

00:45:46to the business

00:45:46of the evening.

00:45:47There's a man in this town

00:45:56who needs trimming,

00:45:58and it's up to you

00:45:59to see that he gets it.

00:46:01I'm speaking of James Sanner,

00:46:03editor of the Herald.

00:46:05You see how he's been

00:46:06panning us again

00:46:07in his dirty rag?

00:46:08Yeah.

00:46:09Why don't we bump him off?

00:46:11That might cause more trouble

00:46:12than we need ask for,

00:46:13but I guess you can give him

00:46:16a pretty severe warning.

00:46:19Will you take care

00:46:20of that boiling?

00:46:21Sure thing.

00:46:22I'll take Vance Schust

00:46:23along with me,

00:46:24and you, Mansell,

00:46:28and, uh,

00:46:29you, Gower.

00:46:31Okay.

00:46:31And,

00:46:33yeah.

00:46:34You'd better come along

00:46:36with us, Murdock.

00:46:37We'll see the kind of stuff

00:46:39you're made of.

00:46:40That's okay with me.

00:46:42Come on, let's go.

00:46:44That's right.

00:46:46Good evening.

00:46:51Good evening.

00:46:53Good evening.

00:47:07Good evening.

00:48:11Why, who the hell are you interfering?

00:48:13I'm not going to miss him.

00:48:15The boss said he wasn't to be killed in need.

00:48:17Yeah, that's all. Lay off, Walden.

00:48:41Oh.

00:48:45I'm sorry, Counselor.

00:48:49I'm not much of a visitor, Murdoch.

00:48:53But I thought I was touch upon your case.

00:48:55I'm honored.

00:48:57But how'd you know I was here? I only came this morning.

00:48:59It should be enough for you that I do know.

00:49:01It may be enough for most men, but not for me.

00:49:05So you're a queer guy.

00:49:07Scanlon told me if you must know.

00:49:09Live here too, so he says.

00:49:11Yeah.

00:49:13Have a drink. Sure.

00:49:20I thought you'd be getting into trouble,

00:49:22Mr. Crooked Murdoch of Chicago.

00:49:25Well, he's a friend of mine.

00:49:27And I'll answer for his conduct.

00:49:29Well, what am I being accused of?

00:49:31Beating up old Stanger of the Herald last night.

00:49:34Not your fault it isn't a murder charge.

00:49:36Say, I can bring a dozen men to prove he was playing poker with me.

00:49:40You'll not be able to hold him, Captain Marvin.

00:49:44I wouldn't bet on that.

00:49:46Take him away, boys.

00:49:48Any funny business, shoot him.

00:49:52Shoot him.

00:50:06Ordering call.

00:50:08Do you find the prisoner, John Murdoch, guilty or not guilty?

00:50:16Not guilty.

00:50:17Haunted gun.

00:50:19Haunted gun.

00:50:25Haunted gun.

00:50:29Oh

00:50:48You see I told you you needn't worry

00:50:51You see Mr. Holmes I'd fallen desperately in love with Murdoch by this time

00:51:03It broke my heart to find him going from bad to worse

00:51:06But he was always straight with me

00:51:09I see

00:51:10And was Murdoch taken completely into the confidence of the scourers?

00:51:14Yes

00:51:15In six months his name was a byword in the valley

00:51:18People were as scared of him as they were of McGinsey

00:51:21Pray proceed Mrs. Douglas

00:51:23One night he and another man

00:51:26Was sent to shoot one of the most respected pit managers in the valley

00:51:31I felt something awful was going to happen

00:51:33I didn't know just what

00:51:35Tell the boys to scram

00:51:45Okay boys

00:51:46Now then Baldy

00:51:48As soon as we get this going

00:51:50You come back to these bushes and cover the door

00:51:52He's got to come out when he finds a place of light

00:51:55And where are you going?

00:51:56Don't be a sap I've got to cover the back haven't I

00:51:58Come on let's go

00:51:59Okay

00:52:08Okay

00:52:09Okay

00:52:25Oh, come on, miss.

00:52:27You've never killed me, police.

00:52:30I know they got me.

00:52:31Oh, come on, miss.

00:52:33Oh, come on, miss.

00:52:34I'll kill you,.

00:52:35I'll kill you, Miss.

00:52:36You've never killed me, police.

00:52:37I know they got me.

00:52:38Oh, come on, Miss.

00:52:54I'm sorry, Miss.

00:52:55I'm sorry, Eddie. I didn't hear you come in.

00:52:58What's the matter, Jack? Why are you so scared of me?

00:53:01I'm not scared, honey. I was just thinking of other things, that's all.

00:53:04Oh, no, it's more than that. Let me see the letter you were writing.

00:53:07The letter?

00:53:08Yeah, the one you tried to hide from me.

00:53:09No, I can't do that. It's secret. It's the business of the society.

00:53:14You know, when you come in, I thought you might have been a detective.

00:53:17Oh, Jack, can't you give it up? That's what I've come to ask you.

00:53:21I heard about last night.

00:53:23Help me get away from this terrible place, this valley of fear.

00:53:27No, I can't do that right now.

00:53:29They'd never let me get away knowing as much about them as I do.

00:53:32Still, maybe in six months' time I could find a way.

00:53:36Six months? Is that a promise?

00:53:39Perhaps eight months.

00:53:41Anyway, within the year.

00:53:43Oh, darling.

00:53:46You see, I felt happier after his promise.

00:53:48Did he keep his promise? Did you leave in six months?

00:53:52It wasn't a matter of months, Mr. Holmes, but hours.

00:53:56That same afternoon, I was just going upstairs, when I heard someone come to the door.

00:54:01What's the matter, Jack?

00:54:12Trouble to put.

00:54:13The police?

00:54:14Yeah.

00:54:15A Pookerton detective.

00:54:16Yeah, that don't mean anything to you, I know, but...

00:54:19I'm too deep in this thing.

00:54:21I've got to get out.

00:54:22Tonight.

00:54:23And you want me to come with you?

00:54:25Yeah.

00:54:26I'm a strange sort of Romeo for a kid like you, but...

00:54:29I'm on a level with you, Eddie.

00:54:31And we quit tonight?

00:54:32Sure.

00:54:33Is there any danger?

00:54:35Maybe we can stall the danger off, maybe we can't.

00:54:38Anyway, you be ready in case I come for you.

00:54:41I will, Jack.

00:54:43I've got some bad news.

00:54:44What sort of bad news?

00:54:45Well, I can't tell you in public.

00:54:46Let me collect a few of the boys and go into your room and discuss it.

00:54:47Okay.

00:54:48Carry on.

00:54:49Hold in.

00:54:50Come back, you guys.

00:54:51Go up.

00:54:52Mansell.

00:54:53Come into the boss's room, will you?

00:54:54You're in.

00:54:55You too, Willoughby.

00:54:56Okay, Willoughby.

00:54:57Okay, Willoughby.

00:54:58Okay, Willoughby.

00:54:59Okay, Willoughby.

00:55:00Come into the boss's room, will you?

00:55:01You're in.

00:55:02You too, Willoughby.

00:55:03Okay, Willoughby.

00:55:16Boys, I've discovered something.

00:55:17Well, what is it?

00:55:18There's a fellow called Birdie Edwards among us.

00:55:20Well, he's a Pilcherton detective.

00:55:22And he's collecting evidence against us that'll send us all to the gallows.

00:55:25You sure of this?

00:55:26Gary, you can take it from me, but I'll give you the details later.

00:55:28Anyone know this guy by sight?

00:55:29Sure, I do.

00:55:30But if we act quick, we've nothing to fear.

00:55:32We've got nothing to fear, anyway.

00:55:33What can this man know about our affairs?

00:55:35Well, I hope you're right.

00:55:36But he's got the coal owner's millions at his back.

00:55:39Don't you suppose there may be some weak member among us who could be bought?

00:55:44Maybe he's got our secrets already.

00:55:46No, there's only one cure.

00:55:48Then he never leaves the valley alive.

00:55:50For the first time, Balling, you and I agree.

00:55:54Well, do you want me to handle this, boss?

00:55:56Sure, but you'd better tell us some more about it.

00:55:58Well, the other day I met a fellow who said he was a pressman.

00:56:01And he offered me good money for inside stories of the Scourers.

00:56:05Although his face was familiar, somehow or other I couldn't place him.

00:56:08I know now that that was Birdie Edwards.

00:56:10I met a few inquiries and found out he was living at a place called Hobson's Patch,

00:56:14under the name of Steve Wilson.

00:56:16Well, we'll just bump him off quick.

00:56:18No, I've got a better plan than that.

00:56:19Well, what is it?

00:56:20I'll go over to Hobson's Patch this afternoon and locate him.

00:56:23I'll tell him I'm a scour,

00:56:25and I'll offer him the secret papers of the society for a price.

00:56:28Only as I can't hand them to him in the street,

00:56:30he's got to come to my place to collect.

00:56:32That'll fetch him.

00:56:33Well?

00:56:34Well, surely you can handle the rest yourself.

00:56:37Only once Mr. Birdie Edwards comes to my place,

00:56:39I don't think he'll leave it again alive.

00:56:41Somehow.

00:56:47Oh.

00:56:48Well, he's coming.

00:56:50Good.

00:56:51Come right in. Make yourself a tone, boys.

00:56:53You think he knows much?

00:57:07Well, he's been here six weeks.

00:57:09He may have passed on quite a bit,

00:57:11but we'll make him tell us all about it.

00:57:13We'll have the truth out of Mr. Birdie Edwards

00:57:15if you have to cut his heart out to get it.

00:57:17Did he seem to send a track?

00:57:19No, I got him on the weak point.

00:57:21Told him I'd show him all the papers of the scours.

00:57:23Well, if we handle it right,

00:57:25they'll never be able to prove a killing.

00:57:27Nobody will see him come up to the house after dark.

00:57:30And I'll lay out nobody will ever see him leave.

00:57:36Now, here's the plan.

00:57:39You boys all stay here, see?

00:57:41Birdie Edwards will be pretty heavily armed,

00:57:43so we've got to take him by surprise.

00:57:46He's going to knock three times.

00:57:48I'll go out, open the door, let him come in.

00:57:51I'll leave him in the outer hall,

00:57:53while I come in here and get some papers or something

00:57:55and give you the tip.

00:57:57I'll go back,

00:57:58and while he's reading the papers,

00:57:59I'll get the gun off him.

00:58:01Then I'll give a shout,

00:58:02and the sooner you come in, the better.

00:58:04You're the one to handle him.

00:58:06Not one word of warning does he get

00:58:08till Murdoch has his hand on his throat.

00:58:11Okay.

00:58:18Pity you haven't got shutters on your windows.

00:58:21Don't you worry, we won't be spied on.

00:58:23Perhaps he won't come.

00:58:24He's as eager to come as you are to see him.

00:58:26He may be here any minute.

00:58:31Now keep quiet.

00:58:32Now don't move me till I give you the sign.

00:58:34Now don't move me till I give you the sign.

00:58:36Well, is he here?

00:58:37Is Bertie Edwards here?

00:58:38Yes, he's here all right.

00:58:39I am Bertie Edwards.

00:58:41I am Bertie Edwards.

00:58:42Yes, sir.

00:58:43I am Bertie Edwards.

00:58:45I am Bertie Edwards.

00:59:00Well, is he here?

00:59:02Is Bertie Edwards here?

00:59:04Yes, he is here all right.

00:59:06I am Bertie Edwards.

00:59:08I'll get you for this, you rotten cop.

00:59:16God!

00:59:29They're reporting armed men around this place so you can figure out what chance you've got.

00:59:32You dirty, stinking double-crosser.

00:59:35There's something I'd like to say to you fellas before we part.

00:59:39Next time we meet, you'll all be in the dark.

00:59:42Well, I can put my cards on the table at last.

00:59:45I am Bertie Edwards of Wilkerton.

00:59:47I played a pretty dangerous game in breaking up your gang.

00:59:51And no one knew I was playing it except Captain Marvin here and my employers.

00:59:54You think the game's all over, don't you, Mr. Clever Guy?

00:59:56Well, let me tell you this. You'll be hunting down whenever you go to.

00:59:59The scourers will get you even if you go to China.

01:00:02Yeah? Well, I'll take a chance on that.

01:00:04You all fell for my supposed criminal record just as I thought you would.

01:00:08I've stopped as many crimes as possible.

01:00:11How many times have you fellas been to get your man upon?

01:00:13He's gone to someplace else.

01:00:14Well, that was my doing.

01:00:15Yeah, and that was my doing too.

01:00:17Only I was just too late to save a man's life.

01:00:20But when I found the secret was coming out, well, I got away quick.

01:00:23And so I'm able to hand over to Captain Marvin the worst gang of murderers this country has ever known.

01:00:29Handpicked by me.

01:00:30I told you when you joined us the penalty for breach of trust is inevitable death.

01:00:33And you'll find that's true.

01:00:35Take him away, boys.

01:00:38Well, Bertie, the boss will be pleased.

01:00:41You sure got results.

01:00:43Yeah, but I wouldn't go through all this again for all the money in the States.

01:00:48That's the whole story, Mr. Holmes.

01:00:51McGinty and it doesn't all go into the gallows.

01:00:53And Ted Balding, one of the very worst, got off with life imprisonment.

01:00:58And do you think this is Balding's work?

01:01:00Obviously.

01:01:01Obviously.

01:01:02I'm certain of it, too.

01:01:04We wandered around and finally settled in Switzerland.

01:01:07And then one day my husband got a cable saying that Balding had broken jail and was believed to be in Europe.

01:01:13My husband must have got wind of something because we packed up in a few hours.

01:01:18And now?

01:01:19I see.

01:01:20McGinty proved himself to be right.

01:01:22Yes.

01:01:23Oh, Mr. Holmes, if you'll pardon me, I'll go and get some fresh air.

01:01:27This has all been terribly upsetting.

01:01:29Naturally, Mrs. Douglas.

01:01:43Well, that's all as clear as crystal, Mr. Holmes.

01:01:45All we've got to do is to find Balding and that shouldn't be difficult.

01:01:48They may even have got him for now.

01:01:50Well, I'm going to slip over to the station for a few minutes.

01:01:52I suppose you won't be leaving just yet a while.

01:01:54No.

01:01:55With your permission, no, not yet.

01:01:56That's all right.

01:02:00I'm afraid you've lost your beehives, Mr. Holmes.

01:02:02Nevertheless, you'll oblige me by taking care of that bowler hat of yours, Lester.

01:02:07Sir, it didn't take us long to solve that.

01:02:14You know, I'm sorry for Mrs. Douglas.

01:02:17A skinly pretty woman, don't you think?

01:02:19You see, I didn't notice.

01:02:21Really, Holmes, there's something positively inhuman about you at times.

01:02:24My dear Watson, I never allow my judgment to be biased by personal qualities.

01:02:29I can assure you that the most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance money.

01:02:36Oh, I see.

01:02:49Oh, eh?

01:02:50Yes, sir.

01:02:51Is there anything I can do for you?

01:02:53You said your master used to do exercises.

01:02:55Did he use dumbbells?

01:02:57Yes, sir.

01:02:58One or two?

01:02:59Two, of course.

01:03:00And you said he used them every morning.

01:03:02What about yesterday?

01:03:03Yes, sir.

01:03:04I remember him doing them.

01:03:05Where?

01:03:06Down here?

01:03:07Yes, sir.

01:03:08He used to say he liked plenty of elbow room.

01:03:11Yes.

01:03:12Yes, thank you.

01:03:14Will there be anything more, sir?

01:03:15No, no, no, nothing more.

01:03:16Sir, Holmes, this is all very simple.

01:03:29What's to prevent our going home to lunch?

01:03:31Well, I'm rather concerned about the missing dumbbell, Watson.

01:03:34Dumbbell?

01:03:35Yes.

01:03:36Yes.

01:03:37I'm not referring to the good Lestrade, whom I'm aware has gone to the station, but to the equally solid article used for developing the muscle.

01:03:44One usually looks for them in pairs, my dear Watson.

01:03:47I can only account for one.

01:03:49No, this is by no means a simple case.

01:03:52What complicates it still more is where does Moriarty come in?

01:03:57He doesn't.

01:03:58Balding murdered Douglas, and it's Lestrade's job to find him.

01:04:01Mind you, Watson, you appear to have forgotten that only this morning we decoded a message from one of Moriarty's men foretelling this tragedy.

01:04:07Oh, yes, of course.

01:04:08Yes, sir, we did.

01:04:10Well, what's the next step, Holmes?

01:04:14You can lend me your umbrella.

01:04:16Umbrella?

01:04:17Yes.

01:04:18But it's not really.

01:04:19How true, Watson, how true.

01:04:21Nevertheless, I should like it.

01:04:22You brought the one with a crook-handle, didn't you?

01:04:24Yes, I lift it in the hall.

01:04:25But that's a wretched weapon, Holmes.

01:04:27Pick my revolver.

01:04:28No, no, no, my dear fellow.

01:04:29There's no danger.

01:04:30If there were, I'd ask for your help.

01:04:32No, no, I'm not thinking of doing any shooting, Watson.

01:04:36Just a little fishing.

01:04:38Fishing?

01:04:39Yes.

01:04:40Yes, I want to see what the moat has to offer us.

01:04:43Oh, I see.

01:04:44Fishing.

01:04:45I'll go and pitch it.

01:04:59Thank you, Watson.

01:05:00Thank you, Watson.

01:05:02Oh, by the way, where did Mrs. Douglas go when she left us?

01:05:04To the...

01:05:05I saw her from the window.

01:05:06She was heading straight for the purgler.

01:05:07Ah.

01:05:08As I thought, Watson, she's probably talking things over with Barker.

01:05:10Now look here, Watson.

01:05:11I want to be sure they don't come back to the house for a few minutes.

01:05:13Will you like a good fellow keep an eye on them and let me know if they make any sign of

01:05:24moving?

01:05:25Yes, certainly.

01:05:26I don't know how I kept my face straight during my examination.

01:05:38Poor Holmes.

01:05:39He's bitten off more than he can chew this time.

01:05:41Oh, you should have seen me as a broken hearted witch.

01:05:44I don't know how I kept my face straight during my examination.

01:05:49Poor Holmes.

01:05:50He's bitten off more than he can chew this time.

01:05:53You should have seen me as a broken hearted widow.

01:05:56If you'll pardon me, Mr. Holmes, I think I'll take some fresh air.

01:06:00This has been so terribly upsetting.

01:06:06Oh.

01:06:08Look, I...

01:06:13Dr. Watson, would you mind coming and speaking to Mrs. Douglas?

01:06:16I was about to offer my condolences to Mrs. Douglas.

01:06:19But they appear to be superfluous.

01:06:21As a matter of fact, she wants to ask you something.

01:06:24Yes.

01:06:25I feel the gravity of the situation calls for some explanation.

01:06:34I'm afraid you must have thought my behavior very careless, Dr. Watson.

01:06:38Your behavior is not my business, Mrs. Douglas.

01:06:40But I must admit, I find it a little difficult to reconcile with the circumstances.

01:06:45What did you want to ask me?

01:06:47If I was to tell Mr. Holmes something in confidence, would he tell the police?

01:06:52I can't answer that.

01:06:53In other words, is Mr. Holmes working with the police or on his own?

01:06:56That I can't answer.

01:06:57Well, could he get rid of the police?

01:06:59Tell them he was satisfied and send them away?

01:07:02Certainly not.

01:07:03Mr. Holmes is an independent investigator.

01:07:06But I feel certain that he would behold nothing from the officials that might help to bring the criminals to justice.

01:07:12If you require any further information, I refer you to Mr. Holmes.

01:07:17I ask him if he knew what she was looking for.

01:07:19He sent him back and asked you a person not aloud to identify or not naturally stating what did he requires.

01:07:26He recruited me to appear at the policeman perspective of sort of killing the dogn Hasan and this family.

01:07:29There are women who are dealing with sleeping canca$는 to sacrifice so far the amount of trauma.

01:07:33I fear that even though the cons of establishing human questioning of him is até that sexist.

01:07:35I did not take nosed by one another towel because of happening and thinking that."

01:07:37So at this very time, I feel like Mr. Holmes Что would have to be till here.

01:09:10Stop interrupting me.

01:09:10I'll explain my theory.

01:09:12I'm so sorry.

01:09:13I apologize.

01:09:14Please don't mention it.

01:09:16So you have a theory?

01:09:17Well, it's more of a certainty than a theory.

01:09:19I would have all attention.

01:09:21From the first, Barker's account of the tragedy didn't satisfy me.

01:09:25No, no, no.

01:09:26I noticed that.

01:09:28I came to the conclusion he was telling lies.

01:09:32Half-truths, Watson.

01:09:34Much more dangerous.

01:09:36He admitted that Douglas was jealous.

01:09:37And I suggest he had good cause to be.

01:09:40Oh.

01:09:40You think this is a crime of passion?

01:09:42Exactly.

01:09:43Or as the French so aptly put it,

01:09:45Un creme taphionelle.

01:09:47The guilty lovers wanted to get rid of the husband.

01:09:49So they killed him.

01:09:51And used the story of the scourers to put everybody off the scent.

01:09:53I see everybody except the astute.

01:09:55Dr. Watson.

01:09:56Well, it haven't occurred to you, have you?

01:09:57No, no.

01:09:58Oh, I'm bound to say that that isn't my theory.

01:10:01Well, I'm going to prove it to you.

01:10:03When I went into the garden just now,

01:10:05the pathetic widow was consoling herself with Barker.

01:10:08They were laughing.

01:10:09Positively laughing.

01:10:11That confirms it, doesn't it?

01:10:12Oh, yes, sir.

01:10:13Well, that confirms it.

01:10:14And what's more,

01:10:15she wanted to ask you something in confidence.

01:10:17No, no, no, no, Watson.

01:10:19No, no.

01:10:19I want none of their confidences.

01:10:21It's always awkward when it comes to an arrest.

01:10:23Then you agree with me?

01:10:24You think they're the murderers.

01:10:25Dear Watson,

01:10:26there's an appalling directness about your questions.

01:10:28at times.

01:10:30Of course they did it.

01:10:32Why, she didn't even come into the room

01:10:33when she heard her husband was dead.

01:10:35If I'd had my head blown off,

01:10:37I'd think it'd be odd

01:10:37if my wife didn't come and look at me.

01:10:39It's not so odd as you may think, Watson.

01:10:42You remember that I was puzzled

01:10:43about Douglas only using one dumbbell?

01:10:46Yes?

01:10:46Yes.

01:10:50I found the missing one.

01:10:51Then everything's all right.

01:10:52And it led to a discovery

01:10:53which has solved the whole problem.

01:10:55Solved?

01:10:56As we've been listening to a tissue of lies, Watson.

01:10:58The whole story of the tragedy

01:11:00as told by Barker is a lie.

01:11:02And as Mrs. Douglas supports it,

01:11:04she must be lying too.

01:11:05Now Barker swears that when he entered the room,

01:11:08he found Douglas lying dead

01:11:09with this candle burning on the table.

01:11:13He also says that immediately,

01:11:15now mark this, Watson,

01:11:16immediately rang for Ames,

01:11:17who entered the room carrying that lamp,

01:11:19and at once blew out this candle,

01:11:22all within the space of two minutes.

01:11:24Ames corroborates this,

01:11:26but he also says that the candle

01:11:28which Douglas brought down from his bedroom,

01:11:30this candle,

01:11:31was a new one,

01:11:33out of the same packet as these.

01:11:36Now what sort of a candle is it, Watson,

01:11:38that burns that amount in a few minutes?

01:11:41By Jove, Holmes,

01:11:42I believe you've got it.

01:11:43And moreover,

01:11:44if Barker's story were true,

01:11:46the assassin had less than a minute

01:11:48in which to remove two rings

01:11:49and replace one.

01:11:52Remember, the wedding ring

01:11:53was under the other one.

01:11:55Pin that card to the body,

01:11:56cross the room,

01:11:57and make good his escape.

01:11:58No, no, no, no, no, Watson,

01:11:59it's false every word of it.

01:12:00Oh, that's a kindly thought, Ames.

01:12:04Oh, Ames,

01:12:05can you remember

01:12:06what kind of shoes

01:12:08Mr. Barker was wearing

01:12:09when you found him in here

01:12:10after the tragedy?

01:12:11Yes, sir.

01:12:12Bedroom slippers.

01:12:13And a nice mess they were in.

01:12:15Could you conveniently lay your hands

01:12:17on one of those slippers?

01:12:18Yes, sir.

01:12:19Mr. Barker changed them in here

01:12:20for his shoes

01:12:20before he went to the police.

01:12:22Oh.

01:12:22Would you bring them over here, Ames?

01:12:26Yes, yes.

01:12:30Thank you, Ames, thank you.

01:12:37You needn't wait.

01:12:51Ah.

01:12:53As I thought.

01:12:54It fits exactly.

01:12:55You mean Barker

01:12:56made that mark himself?

01:12:57It's part of this

01:12:58deliberate conspiracy, Watson,

01:13:00to hide the truth.

01:13:01Then why don't you arrest him?

01:13:02And Mrs. Douglas?

01:13:03My dear Watson,

01:13:04if you asked the good list reader,

01:13:06I expect he would.

01:13:08No, no, no, Watson.

01:13:09These are only small figures

01:13:10in the drama.

01:13:12The principal players

01:13:13you will meet tonight

01:13:15were?

01:13:16Here?

01:13:18At through that door.

01:13:21In the ruined tower

01:13:22of Burst and Castle.

01:13:24Oh, I see.

01:13:25I see.

01:13:30It's 46 miles to Burlston, Moran.

01:13:35We are due there at midnight.

01:13:37Is the car ready?

01:13:38Yes, we shall do it comfortably.

01:13:39Good.

01:13:39Now we'll leave the car

01:13:41in the Burlston Lane

01:13:42about 200 yards

01:13:43from the castle.

01:13:44You will remain with it.

01:13:46I will go over to the tower

01:13:47and fetch Balding

01:13:49out of his hiding place.

01:13:50I suppose there's no question

01:13:51of your finding it.

01:13:52You won't dare use a light,

01:13:53you know.

01:13:53No question at all.

01:13:55I took my bearings

01:13:56exactly when I examined

01:13:58the place a week ago,

01:14:00made out a plan

01:14:01and sent it to Balding.

01:14:03There was a stroke of genius

01:14:04on your part, Chief.

01:14:05Not at all,

01:14:06my dear Colonel.

01:14:07The one place the police

01:14:09would never think

01:14:09of looking for Balding

01:14:11is on the premises

01:14:12where

01:14:13Douglas was killed.

01:14:16Had he tried to escape,

01:14:18they would have caught him.

01:14:19Added to him,

01:14:20we can quietly

01:14:22spirit him

01:14:23out of the way.

01:14:26Come, Colonel.

01:14:27It's time we made a start.

01:14:39Well, Mr. Holmes,

01:14:40you haven't yet told me

01:14:41why you got me here.

01:14:43Ah, Lestrade,

01:14:44I wanted you to be present

01:14:45at the final act

01:14:47of this little drama.

01:14:48What, you mean

01:14:49you found Balding?

01:14:50Can I make an arrest?

01:14:51No, no, no, no,

01:14:51you're too impulsive,

01:14:53Lestrade.

01:14:53Before we talk about arrest,

01:14:55I think we might spend

01:14:57a profitable ten minutes

01:14:58exploring the ruined tower.

01:15:02You're not trying

01:15:02to make a fool of me,

01:15:03Mr. Holmes.

01:15:03No, no, no, no,

01:15:04no, no,

01:15:05certainly not, Lestrade.

01:15:06But my good friend

01:15:07Dr. Watson will tell you

01:15:09there are times

01:15:10when I cannot resist

01:15:11the touch

01:15:11of the dramatic.

01:15:41Well, what's the idea,

01:15:56Mr. Holmes?

01:15:57Come out, Mr. Douglas.

01:16:09Douglas?

01:16:10Well, what on earth

01:16:10are you talking...

01:16:12Mr. Holmes,

01:16:13I believe that.

01:16:14Now, let me introduce

01:16:15Mr. Douglas

01:16:16of Burlston Castle,

01:16:18otherwise known

01:16:18as Birdie Edwards.

01:16:20But Douglas is dead.

01:16:21Oh, on the contrary,

01:16:22my dear Lestrade,

01:16:23as you see,

01:16:24he's very much alive.

01:16:26But I don't understand,

01:16:27Mr. Holmes,

01:16:28who is dead, then?

01:16:30Will you explain

01:16:31to the inspector

01:16:31or shall I?

01:16:32Well, you've done

01:16:33very well so far,

01:16:34Mr. Holmes,

01:16:34you go ahead.

01:16:35Well, Lestrade,

01:16:36this is quite a simple case.

01:16:39It may be quite simple

01:16:40to you, Mr. Holmes,

01:16:41but how did you arrive

01:16:42at this solution?

01:16:43By means of a partially

01:16:44burnt-out candle

01:16:45and a missing dumbbell.

01:16:48Now, the candle proved

01:16:49that Barker had been

01:16:50in the room

01:16:50with a dead man

01:16:51for at least 40 minutes

01:16:53before he gave the alarm.

01:16:56And I had to ask myself,

01:16:57what was happening

01:16:59during that time?

01:17:00What was Barker doing?

01:17:02Yes, I'm afraid

01:17:03that's a point

01:17:03I missed, Mr. Holmes.

01:17:05Ah, well,

01:17:06that's not the only point

01:17:07you've missed,

01:17:07my dear Lestrade.

01:17:08Now, Mr. Douglas

01:17:09was being hounded

01:17:10by the scourers

01:17:11who'd sworn to kill him.

01:17:12So he retreated

01:17:13to this castle

01:17:14where he took

01:17:14every precaution

01:17:15against intruders.

01:17:16But Balding succeeded

01:17:17in entering

01:17:18during the day,

01:17:19unseen.

01:17:20That night,

01:17:21he attacked Mr. Douglas

01:17:22with a knife.

01:17:23It was knocked

01:17:23out of his hand,

01:17:24so he had to use

01:17:25the noisier weapon,

01:17:26the shotgun,

01:17:27which in the struggle

01:17:28went off killing Balding

01:17:29and mutilating him

01:17:31beyond recognition.

01:17:32Oh, I see.

01:17:34Well, that answers

01:17:35your question, Lestrade.

01:17:36But what about Barker?

01:17:38Barker, my dear Watson,

01:17:39on hearing the shot,

01:17:40came down at once.

01:17:41And in order to put

01:17:42the scourers off the scent,

01:17:44they dressed Balding

01:17:45in Douglas' clothes.

01:17:46The scourers mark

01:17:47on the arm

01:17:47completing the deception.

01:17:49Balding's own clothes,

01:17:51Barker waited

01:17:51with a dumbbell

01:17:52and threw into the moat.

01:17:55Douglas then got dressed,

01:17:56took some food

01:17:57and went into hiding.

01:17:58And that's what happened,

01:18:00Watson,

01:18:01while the candle

01:18:02was burning down.

01:18:05You see, Lestrade,

01:18:07am I right, Mr. Douglas?

01:18:08I can certainly

01:18:09hand it to you,

01:18:10Mr. Holmes.

01:18:11Yes.

01:18:11Yes, you came across

01:18:12one little difficulty,

01:18:14however.

01:18:14When you place

01:18:15that gold nugget ring

01:18:16on Balding's finger,

01:18:17you intended to place

01:18:18your wedding ring

01:18:19there also.

01:18:20But you couldn't

01:18:21get it off,

01:18:22could you?

01:18:23No.

01:18:24Though I've been

01:18:24in a country

01:18:25where wedding rings

01:18:26slip off pretty easily,

01:18:27mine wouldn't.

01:18:29But how did you guess

01:18:30that Mr. Douglas

01:18:31was concealed here?

01:18:32It isn't a question

01:18:32of guessing,

01:18:33my dear Lestrade.

01:18:34The clue was supplied

01:18:35by that interesting

01:18:36little book

01:18:37on Burst and Castle

01:18:38that I once offered you.

01:18:40A clue which was

01:18:41amply confirmed

01:18:42by the equally

01:18:43interesting plan

01:18:44I found in a pocket

01:18:45of Balding's coat.

01:18:47Amazing, Holmes.

01:18:48No, no,

01:18:48simplicity itself,

01:18:49my dear Watson.

01:18:50Well, now that the case

01:18:51is complete,

01:18:52I suggest we go over

01:18:53to the house

01:18:54and discuss

01:18:54Mr. Douglas's position.

01:18:56No, no,

01:18:56you're too hasty, Lestrade.

01:18:57I haven't yet introduced

01:18:58you to the principal figure

01:19:00in this drama.

01:19:01The brains behind it all.

01:19:02Not your Professor Moriarty,

01:19:04surely.

01:19:05Moriarty?

01:19:05Well, who's he?

01:19:06My friend Dr. Watson

01:19:07will tell you later.

01:19:08Come, gentlemen,

01:19:08we must lose no time.

01:19:10Keep her running, Moran.

01:19:22I'll bring Balding

01:19:23back in five minutes.

01:19:27Look here, Mr. Holmes,

01:19:28you can't expect me

01:19:29to believe in this

01:19:30Moriarty theory of yours.

01:19:32Moriarty's no theory, Lestrade,

01:19:34but a very great fact.

01:19:36Oh, well,

01:19:37we owe you a good deal.

01:19:38I suppose I must humor you.

01:19:39The catching of Moriarty

01:19:41will be the triumph

01:19:42of Sherlock Holmes.

01:19:44Quite apart from you

01:19:45losing your hat, Lestrade.

01:19:46O, I'll bring it, Lestrade,

01:19:51in person I see Tom the

01:20:16CIT, back to normal.

01:20:20CIT, back to normal.

01:20:42CIT, back to normal.

01:20:46Goulding failed to carry out your instructions, Professor.

01:20:50So you're in this aisle, Holmes.

01:20:53Well, I warned you.

01:21:03You're under the writ, Moriarty.

01:21:05On what charge?

01:21:07The attempted murder of Mr. Douglas here.

01:21:12Our powers have crossed for the last time, Moriarty.

01:21:16The handcuffs are not even blistered.

01:21:46Male FOX 2

01:21:50...

01:21:53...

01:22:01...

01:22:06...

01:22:10...

01:22:14...

01:22:18CURSE YOU, HOLMES!

01:22:20CURSE YOU, HOLMES!

01:22:32Good heavens, Holmes. It's a long block.

01:22:34Yes.

01:22:36It is rather more than that required by law, I fancy, my dear Watson,

01:22:40but equally effective.

01:22:48I can't imagine my heart, but this is a long block.

01:23:02Every day, every day, every day, every day, every day, every day.

01:23:06I can't find you, every day.

01:23:10Even this, I can't afford to make it.

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