The Man in Black (1949)
1h 20min | Horror, Thriller | January 1950 (UK)
A yogi seemingly dies while simulating death and his evil second wife, and her daughter, try to force his daughter into insanity for control of his estate.
Director: Francis Searle
Writers: John Dickson Carr (radio series Appointment with Fear), John Gilling (screenplay)
Stars: Betty Ann Davies, Sheila Burrell, Sidney James
1h 20min | Horror, Thriller | January 1950 (UK)
A yogi seemingly dies while simulating death and his evil second wife, and her daughter, try to force his daughter into insanity for control of his estate.
Director: Francis Searle
Writers: John Dickson Carr (radio series Appointment with Fear), John Gilling (screenplay)
Stars: Betty Ann Davies, Sheila Burrell, Sidney James
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00:01:05This is your storyteller,
00:01:08The Man in Black.
00:01:12You are going to hear a story of intrigue and jealousy
00:01:18and murder.
00:01:23This is Henry Clavering,
00:01:26a man obsessed with the fear of impending death.
00:01:31Bertha, Clavering's second wife.
00:01:35Merciless, vindictive, scheming.
00:01:41Janice, her daughter.
00:01:44Victor Harrington, the opportunist.
00:01:50Joan Clavering, danger stalked her in this house of terror.
00:01:57Oakfield Towers, the scene.
00:02:03I have always been interested in the philosophy of yoga
00:02:07and, in my own small way,
00:02:09something of a collector of Eastern rarities.
00:02:13And when I heard that the estate of Henry Clavering
00:02:16was to be sold by auction,
00:02:18I decided to go along.
00:02:21Henry Clavering was reputed
00:02:23to be the greatest exponent of yoga in the country,
00:02:27and I thought that here I might perhaps find
00:02:31a few pieces to add to my modest collection.
00:02:37I was not particularly interested
00:02:39in the kind of wares normally presented on these occasions.
00:02:43I wanted something unusual,
00:02:47something which might reflect the character of Henry Clavering,
00:02:52an unusual man.
00:02:57The late Henry Clavering.
00:03:01That was the first indication I had
00:03:04that Henry Clavering was dead.
00:03:09Then I saw it.
00:03:14Shiva, the great yogi,
00:03:18dedicated to Patanjali, the Hindu seer,
00:03:22who first practiced about 150 B.C. at Gondar, Ud.
00:03:27And then, as I looked up,
00:03:31I felt instinctively that the girl standing near me
00:03:35must be Clavering's daughter, Joan.
00:03:39And from that moment,
00:03:41I forgot the mundane things surrounding me.
00:03:46My curiosity as a storyteller was aroused.
00:03:51Perhaps it was the way she gazed on the portrait
00:03:55which I later learned was her dead father.
00:03:58I heard other things, too, from Joan Clavering,
00:04:01I heard other things, too, from Joan Clavering,
00:04:04of how that portrait had played the first vital part
00:04:09in a sequence of events that started two years ago.
00:04:15Henry Clavering knew that he was dying.
00:04:21He knew also that there were people in his own house
00:04:27who were waiting, patient there.
00:04:32Henry's going to live forever just despite you.
00:04:35I'm not so sure about that.
00:04:37The doctor was quite hopeful the last time I spoke to him.
00:04:40And I've been having a little private fit with myself.
00:04:45Henry, dear, come sit down and have some tea.
00:04:52My word, you're looking better.
00:04:54It must be that new treatment.
00:04:56I was just saying to Janice
00:04:57how much you've improved since you started it.
00:05:01You are feeling better, dear, aren't you?
00:05:03I can't say I am really, but...
00:05:05Rubbish, Henry.
00:05:06You mustn't give in so easily.
00:05:08Must you, Janice?
00:05:09No, you mustn't.
00:05:13What is it, Hudson?
00:05:14You said you wanted to see me this afternoon, sir.
00:05:17Yes, I did.
00:05:18I'll see you down at the boathouse in a few minutes.
00:05:20Aye, aye, sir.
00:05:21Horrible creature.
00:05:23I can never be sure
00:05:24whether he's being deliberately insulting or just ignorant.
00:05:27He's the rudest servant I've ever had to cope with.
00:05:29I wasn't aware that you had to cope with any servants
00:05:31before I married your mother, Janice.
00:05:35What time is your yoga demonstration, Henry?
00:05:38About eight o'clock.
00:05:39What are you going to do this time?
00:05:41Swallow a couple of swords?
00:05:44Janice, I've told you on more than one occasion
00:05:48that yoga is not a subject for cheap jibes.
00:05:50You know very well what it means to me.
00:05:52I'd prefer it if you kept your own peculiar sense of humour
00:05:55for those that enjoy it.
00:05:56And another thing, Janice, I...
00:05:58Don't upset yourself, Henry.
00:06:00Remember what the doctor said.
00:06:02No excitement.
00:06:03You must take things quietly.
00:06:06You all right, dear?
00:06:08You sure?
00:06:10Yes, I'm all right.
00:06:15What are you doing?
00:06:16What are you going to do tonight, Henry?
00:06:19Something a little unusual.
00:06:22Sure it won't be too much for you?
00:06:24It might be.
00:06:25Remember what Dr Wainwright said.
00:06:27Yes, I know what Wainwright said.
00:06:30Is there anything I can do, Henry?
00:06:33I don't think so.
00:06:34Do you want any help?
00:06:36Any special effects or anything?
00:06:40The only special effect I want is complete silence.
00:06:43Any unusual sound occurring during the first stages of concentration
00:06:46can be very dangerous.
00:06:49Even fatal.
00:06:51To you, Henry.
00:06:53Yes, but to me.
00:06:57Sam will be here in a few moments.
00:06:59Ask him to wait in the study, will you, please?
00:07:01Yes, Henry.
00:07:05Why did you have to say that?
00:07:07I didn't say why I should be insulted.
00:07:09Did you know Sam was coming?
00:07:12No, I didn't.
00:07:15I wonder if he's going to change the will again.
00:07:21Hudson is an old fool. He should have died months ago.
00:07:26Whatever you tell me to do, I'll do it.
00:07:28Good old naval discipline, eh, Hudson?
00:07:30Aye, aye, sir.
00:07:32There's a bit of a difference here.
00:07:34Of course there is.
00:07:35You're doing this for me, and I appreciate it.
00:07:39Whatever you do, keep an eye on Miss Jones, won't you?
00:07:43Aye, of course I will.
00:07:45And you're going to be all right, too.
00:07:47I'll stake my pension on that.
00:07:50Boy, don't stand there.
00:07:51There ain't come aboard.
00:07:53Excuse me, sir.
00:07:54Mr. Sam's been waiting in the studio.
00:07:56Thank you, Elsie.
00:07:59Whatever you do, don't leave the room.
00:08:01I'll be right back.
00:08:02Whatever you do, don't leave.
00:08:04You may have a lot to put up with.
00:08:06But stay here.
00:08:07Aye, aye, sir.
00:08:09You can rely on me, you know that.
00:08:11Thank you, Hudson.
00:08:13I meant it.
00:08:15Yes.
00:08:17Thank you, Hudson.
00:08:26This time she's clapping.
00:08:28I shall be well and truly preserved.
00:08:41Ready?
00:08:42Nearly.
00:08:44Help me, will you?
00:08:45Mm-hmm.
00:08:53You've got something up your sleeve.
00:08:55What do you mean?
00:08:56I'll tell you this much.
00:08:57Don't be surprised if anything might happen tonight.
00:09:00Is that a prophecy or a warning?
00:09:02Both.
00:09:04I've got one of my psychic nudes on.
00:09:07Hmm.
00:09:08Wouldn't be in connection with a quarter of a million, would it?
00:09:12It might.
00:09:13I don't know what you intend to do,
00:09:15but whatever it is, I'm taking no responsibility.
00:09:17For what?
00:09:18For its effect on your health.
00:09:20I know enough about these mystic rites,
00:09:22or whatever you call them, to make me apprehensive.
00:09:24My dear, Wainwright,
00:09:25if I die, I won't be able to hold you responsible.
00:09:27No.
00:09:28But you might haunt me for not being firm over there.
00:09:32If ever I haunt anybody, I promise it won't be you.
00:09:35Well, that's some consolation.
00:09:41Where do we sit?
00:09:42Wherever you please.
00:09:54Ladies and gentlemen,
00:09:55I think everybody's here now.
00:09:57Will you please seat?
00:10:19Tonight I propose to demonstrate a state of physical catalepsy.
00:10:23To be able to achieve this at will
00:10:25has necessitated years of arduous training.
00:10:30A few minutes after I sit down in this chair,
00:10:32my body will, to all intents and purposes, be dead.
00:10:35But during this period, my mind will remain active and alive.
00:10:40I must ask Professor Chopra to help me in my return to life.
00:10:43All Professor Chopra will have to do
00:10:45will be to touch my face in certain places.
00:10:48Then, all being well, I will return to a living state.
00:10:51Anybody like to ask a question?
00:10:56Is there any personal risk attached to your experiment?
00:11:00Yes, there is.
00:11:02But this can be minimized by your own cooperation
00:11:05in maintaining absolute silence.
00:11:10Wainwright, will you put out the lights, please?
00:11:21Excuse me.
00:11:23I think I'd like to be known by my husband.
00:11:25Why, of course, Miss Gaffney.
00:11:27Excuse me.
00:11:29I think I'd like to be known by my husband.
00:11:31Why, of course, Miss Gaffney.
00:11:57I think I'd like to be known by my husband.
00:11:59Why, of course, Miss Gaffney.
00:12:01Excuse me.
00:12:02I think I'd like to be known by my husband.
00:12:04Why, of course, Miss Gaffney.
00:12:06Excuse me.
00:12:07I think I'd like to be known by my husband.
00:12:09Why, of course, Miss Gaffney.
00:12:11Excuse me.
00:12:12I think I'd like to be known by my husband.
00:12:14Why, of course, Miss Gaffney.
00:12:16Excuse me.
00:12:17I think I'd like to be known by my husband.
00:12:19Why, of course, Miss Gaffney.
00:12:21Excuse me.
00:12:22I think I'd like to be known by my husband.
00:12:24Why, of course, Miss Gaffney.
00:12:26Mr. Cleavering.
00:12:27Quick, switch on the lights.
00:12:28Come on.
00:12:29Henry.
00:12:30Henry.
00:12:31I'm afraid he's dead.
00:12:32Dead?
00:12:33Don't.
00:12:34Don't.
00:12:35Henry.
00:12:36Henry.
00:12:37Henry.
00:12:38Henry.
00:12:39Henry.
00:12:40Henry.
00:12:41Henry.
00:12:42Henry.
00:12:43Henry.
00:12:44Henry.
00:12:45Henry.
00:12:46Henry.
00:12:47Henry.
00:12:48Henry.
00:12:49Henry.
00:12:50Henry.
00:12:51Henry.
00:12:52Henry.
00:12:53Henry.
00:12:54Henry.
00:12:55Well, I must be getting along now.
00:12:59I'll call by in the morning.
00:13:01All right, Doctor, thank you.
00:13:02Good night, Miss Cleavering.
00:13:03Try and get a good night's sleep.
00:13:05Well there'll be no sleep for me tonight, Doctor.
00:13:12You're not keeping that up for my benefit, are you?
00:13:17Trouble with you is you've got no heart.
00:13:20Give me a cigarette.
00:13:21you've got no heart. Give me a cigarette. Send that wire to Joan.
00:13:29Yes, of course. I wonder if she's as delicate as she used to be. Delicate and highly
00:13:38strung. Poor little thing.
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00:15:15Miss Jonesy, I'm so sorry.
00:15:19Let me get you something.
00:15:22What happened to you, dear? We expected you yesterday.
00:15:26Oh, don't tell me, dear.
00:15:34My daughter, Joan, I give and bequeath Oakfield Towers and all my estates.
00:15:38Income derived from investments and interest appreciation on net capital to be placed in trust for her upon her attaining the age of 21.
00:15:47After other bequests have been taken into account.
00:15:50To my wife, I give and bequeath the sum of 5,000 pounds.
00:15:55To my stepdaughter, Janice, the sum of 100 pounds.
00:16:00There is a codicil.
00:16:03In the event of my daughter's death or any other cause, such as illness, rendering her incapable of administering her estates,
00:16:10or affecting her judgment in such a way as to impair the affairs of the estates before she reaches the age of 21,
00:16:16I direct that the aforesaid properties be executed in favor of my wife, Bertha,
00:16:21after a sum of 50,000 pounds has been placed in trust for my daughter's lifetime.
00:16:26I direct also that my remains be placed in the family vault.
00:16:32That completes our business, I think.
00:16:35That was a curious codicil, Mr. Sanford.
00:16:38A curious will.
00:16:40Mr. Clavering's affairs are in perfect order.
00:16:42I don't think I can wind things up with that much delay.
00:16:45Perhaps, Mr. Clavering, you'll call at my office next week and I'll have the necessary documents ready for you to sign.
00:16:53Good morning, Mr. Sanford.
00:16:55Good morning, Mr. Sanford.
00:16:58Joan, see Mr. Sanford at the door, will you?
00:17:10What do we do now? Start packing?
00:17:12No.
00:17:14Give me a cigarette.
00:17:21Now.
00:18:29You're very young to be suffering from nerves, Joan.
00:18:32Wait till you get to my age.
00:18:34That's been imagination.
00:18:36Oh, no, I heard it.
00:18:38It seemed to come from my window and it happened more than once I noticed.
00:18:42Of course, you never enjoyed very good health, have you, dear?
00:18:45People don't usually enjoy bad health, do they?
00:18:47Past the marmalade.
00:18:49Anyway, the door couldn't have opened and closed on its own, could it?
00:18:52You dreamt that, of course.
00:18:54Oh, no.
00:18:56It happened more than once.
00:18:58Oh, well, maybe the room's haunted. Didn't somebody die in there?
00:19:01Oh, yes. Yes, they did years ago.
00:19:04Never heard about that.
00:19:06It was at a house party.
00:19:08A man strangled his wife or the wife strangled the man.
00:19:11I don't quite get which way round it was.
00:19:13Around the neck's the usual procedure, I believe.
00:19:15Janice, don't be so grisly.
00:19:17I wonder you didn't hear about it, dear.
00:19:19There was quite a fuss made at the time.
00:19:21Really? Hmm.
00:19:23You're probably sensitive to vibrations, Joan.
00:19:25It was just the same with your poor father.
00:19:28Abnormal, really.
00:19:30Abnormal?
00:19:32Don't make me laugh. He was plain balmy.
00:19:34Janice.
00:19:36Dear, you took my father in that way?
00:19:38Janice doesn't mean anything, dear.
00:19:40It wasn't that your father was exactly violent.
00:19:42Now, Mother, it's no use trying to cover up.
00:19:44You know he used to bash you about unmercifully.
00:19:46Oh, I don't believe it.
00:19:48You're lying, both of you.
00:19:58Do you think it'll work?
00:20:00I'm sure of it.
00:20:02Patience.
00:20:04Just a little patience.
00:20:10Good morning.
00:20:20Good morning, Hudson.
00:20:22Good morning.
00:20:30Hello, Victor.
00:20:32How are you?
00:20:34Not too bad, thank you.
00:20:36We thought you might have got down for the funeral.
00:20:38I specialize in weddings.
00:20:40I'm glad to hear it.
00:20:42Hello, Victor.
00:20:44Hello, my sweet.
00:20:46Nice of you to drop by, darling.
00:20:48Not at all.
00:20:50Haven't you got any luggage?
00:20:52Yes, I left it out in the car.
00:20:54I see, Hudson.
00:20:56Janice, you'd better show Victor
00:20:58where we're going to put him.
00:21:00This way.
00:21:02Your Highness.
00:21:04Tell me,
00:21:06who's the girl I just saw outside?
00:21:08Joan, probably.
00:21:10Joan? Oh, yes, Joan.
00:21:12She's got everything in the right places, hasn't she?
00:21:16I think so.
00:21:18But definitely.
00:21:24Hudson.
00:21:26Take Mr. Harrington's cases up to his room, will you?
00:21:28What?
00:21:30I said take Mr. Harrington's cases up to his room.
00:21:32What's the matter? Isn't he strong enough?
00:21:34Do you propose to do as I've told you?
00:21:36Propose to who?
00:21:38Do you intend to do as I've told you, Hudson?
00:21:42I suppose so.
00:21:44But he ain't strong enough.
00:21:48And another thing, Hudson.
00:21:50Now that Mr. Cladding has passed on,
00:21:52there are going to be one or two changes in this house.
00:21:54First place, I want a little more stability from you.
00:21:58Secondly, I hope to smell a little less rum
00:22:00and see a little more work.
00:22:05Has the will been read yet?
00:22:07Yes, it has.
00:22:09Well?
00:22:11Nearly everything goes to Joan, if something happens to her.
00:22:13That's good.
00:22:15And we're not giving up hope, you know.
00:22:17What are you going to do? Contest it?
00:22:19No. Nothing like that.
00:22:21It surely isn't.
00:22:24What do you want with this?
00:22:26Down there, please, Hudson.
00:22:30Hudson, I said down there.
00:22:35Mightn't it be rather a good idea to get rid of him now?
00:22:37Can't. He goes with the estate, unfortunately.
00:22:47Hudson.
00:22:49I want to ask you something.
00:22:51Yes?
00:22:53About my father.
00:22:55Would you say his behavior was odd differently to mine?
00:22:58Odd?
00:23:00Whoa.
00:23:02Whoa.
00:23:04I don't know. You see, it's odd and it's odd, isn't it?
00:23:06There's some folks who are odd in some ways
00:23:08and there's other folks who are odd in other ways.
00:23:10Your dad was one of them folks.
00:23:12See?
00:23:14No.
00:23:16No?
00:23:20Well, I've got to get down.
00:23:22Back to work, son.
00:23:24I would like you to tell me now, please.
00:23:26I've got to get all this stuff upstairs.
00:23:28I don't know what time it is.
00:23:30Uh...
00:23:32Well,
00:23:34you take up Mrs. Clavity now.
00:23:36She's odd in another way.
00:23:38But you can't compare her with the skipper.
00:23:40See what I mean?
00:23:42Come on, look up here.
00:23:44Yeah, well, if that old folks just starts getting out of hand,
00:23:46like, all you've got to do
00:23:48is holler like an Indian
00:23:50and I'll be there in a couple of rum swallows.
00:23:52All right? Yes, Hudson.
00:23:56We'll be watching over you. Make no mistake about that.
00:23:58Yes.
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00:24:59Dear, what on earth's the matter?
00:25:01The noises. I heard them again.
00:25:03You'd better come in.
00:25:05No, my dear.
00:25:07What is it this time?
00:25:09Tapping. It got louder
00:25:11and my life wouldn't go on.
00:25:13Yeah, that's nothing. It's probably a faulty connection or something.
00:25:18It's the tapping that interests me.
00:25:20Interests you?
00:25:22Yes. Didn't I tell you?
00:25:24I'm by way of being psychic myself.
00:25:26Oh, I don't say I'm as sensitive to vibrations
00:25:28as you appear to be, but I...
00:25:32Joan. Yes?
00:25:34Come sit down.
00:25:39You mustn't be frightened about what I'm going to tell you.
00:25:43I think it's your father.
00:25:45No.
00:25:47I'm convinced it's your father because he was so worried about you
00:25:50and now he's trying to reach you.
00:25:52Why was he worried?
00:25:55Dear, you're forcing me to be very blunt.
00:25:59He was afraid you'd go the way he did.
00:26:03Of course, I told him not to worry,
00:26:05that whatever happened, I'd always look after you.
00:26:08Nothing I said seemed to make any difference.
00:26:11What with the worries and the responsibilities of the estate
00:26:13and this peculiar phobia of his regarding yourself.
00:26:16The end was a merciful release.
00:26:20Thank heaven we...
00:26:22didn't have to say goodbye.
00:26:25I can't believe my father was...
00:26:27Oh, I know, my dear. I know.
00:26:30But you mustn't let a prayer upon your mind.
00:26:33You're not strong yourself,
00:26:35and after all, the human brain can stand so much.
00:26:39Enough.
00:26:41Now, be a good girl and go off to bed.
00:26:43Yes, all right.
00:26:46Good night.
00:26:48Good night.
00:26:56Good night.
00:26:58Good night.
00:27:15Good night.
00:27:40Oh, you're getting on with you.
00:27:42Oh, you're right.
00:27:45You're very jumpy, aren't you?
00:27:47I... I haven't been sleeping well, though.
00:27:53That old vampire been worrying you at all?
00:27:56Oh, it's...
00:27:57You mustn't talk about Mrs. Claring in that way.
00:28:00She might be listening.
00:28:02You knew what I meant, didn't you?
00:28:06She can always tell a vampire when you see one.
00:28:08You know, missy, I've been thinking a lot about you lately.
00:28:11Have you, Hops?
00:28:13Young girl, you ought to be going out more.
00:28:16Pictures, dances.
00:28:18You don't want to be cooped up here in this miserable place.
00:28:23Haven't you got a young man?
00:28:26Have you?
00:28:28Yes.
00:28:30He's in Belgium.
00:28:32Have you got a picture of him?
00:28:34Yes.
00:28:36Have you got a picture of him?
00:28:38Yes. I'll show it to you, son.
00:28:40I'd like to see it.
00:28:42Oh, there, there, there.
00:28:47Do you like him?
00:28:49Yes.
00:28:51That's a stuffing to give him.
00:28:53Here, I've got something to take a look at.
00:29:05Wouldn't be doing a little snooping by any chance, would we?
00:29:08I beg your pardon?
00:29:10I smell a mystery. What's it all about?
00:29:12You're imagining things.
00:29:14Oh, no.
00:29:16No, it's Joan who is imagining things.
00:29:18At least, according to you and Janice, she is.
00:29:20I'm wondering what it is.
00:29:22I mean, what it really is.
00:29:25I don't know.
00:29:37Well, well, well. How's the poor little rich girl?
00:29:39You talk, innit, mate?
00:29:41No, Hanson, you're rich in a slightly different way.
00:29:43Yeah, let me have a go.
00:29:49Don't tickle it. Slash it.
00:29:51What, like this?
00:29:54Hanson, that hedge out in the front wants cutting, you know.
00:29:59He's like the kid brother, isn't he?
00:30:01You know, we ought to take one of these out sometime.
00:30:03If you'd ask Janice, she'd probably like it.
00:30:05Janice? The very mention of water makes us seasick.
00:30:09Oh, hello. We're just painting ship.
00:30:13I see.
00:30:15I'd like a word with you, if you don't mind.
00:30:17Private?
00:30:19Yes.
00:30:21Okay.
00:30:23See you later, Joan.
00:30:27Victor!
00:30:29Victor!
00:30:33Victor, if you think you're pulling the wool over my eyes,
00:30:35you're mistaken.
00:30:37You've been, you've been slobbering over that child
00:30:39ever since you arrived.
00:30:41I don't slobber.
00:30:43You'd better make up your mind one way or the other.
00:30:45If you want to chase after her, it's all right with me,
00:30:47but you can get out of there as fast as you like.
00:30:49I wish you'd stay in one place.
00:30:51It's like watching ping-pong.
00:30:53Anyway, how can I possibly chase after the girl
00:30:55if I leave the scene of the chase?
00:30:57Oh, you...
00:30:59You dirty, rotten pig!
00:31:01Don't start snivelling.
00:31:03Get out of this house.
00:31:05Get out!
00:31:07Janice,
00:31:09very confidentially, there are times when you bore me.
00:31:11Janice,
00:31:13I wonder if you'd...
00:31:29How are you feeling today, dear?
00:31:31Better, thank you.
00:31:33Good.
00:31:35Now, don't overtire yourself,
00:31:37and don't give that active little brain of yours
00:31:39too much to do.
00:31:41It's bad for you.
00:31:53Jealousy is a dangerous thing,
00:31:55and I don't like it.
00:31:57It's led to murder before now.
00:31:59Victor, don't be so melodramatic.
00:32:01Murder. I never heard of such a thing.
00:32:03People like us don't murder.
00:32:05Hello, dear.
00:32:07Is anything wrong?
00:32:09I...
00:32:11I...
00:32:13I've lost my photograph of Charles.
00:32:15Charles?
00:32:17And who is Charles?
00:32:19My...
00:32:21My friend in Belgium.
00:32:23Sounds like a cocker spaniel.
00:32:25Where did you last see the photograph, Joan?
00:32:27It was on my dressing table.
00:32:29It's been taken out of the frame.
00:32:31It was there this morning. I know it was.
00:32:33Joan, it is really getting serious.
00:32:35And this house is deliberately shown in your photograph.
00:32:37Yes, I am.
00:32:39Huh.
00:32:41I don't know.
00:32:43I do.
00:32:45Go on. Give the poor girl back her photograph.
00:32:47Victor,
00:32:49are you insinuating that I've taken it?
00:32:51I shouldn't be surprised.
00:32:57Joan, at the risk of offending the servants,
00:32:59I'll ask them if they've seen it.
00:33:01I shall be very sorry if you force me to make a direct accusation.
00:33:03No, no.
00:33:05Please don't bother.
00:33:11I get the idea.
00:33:13That's not bad for a couple of amateurs.
00:33:15People like us don't commit murder.
00:33:17You make me smile.
00:33:19You make me rather angry, Victor.
00:33:21Yes, I'm sure I do.
00:33:23I shall stay on the fence until you know which side the cat is going to jump.
00:33:25Oh, well, I shall.
00:33:27You see, I'm in rather a strong position.
00:33:29Heads I win, tails you lose.
00:33:31And she's a very attractive girl.
00:33:39Done.
00:33:59Joan, you really must pull yourself together.
00:34:01This is getting most serious.
00:34:03Now, my dear,
00:34:05in the first place,
00:34:07you realize you never did have a photograph of Charles.
00:34:11It was in this frame.
00:34:13That photograph has, to my knowledge,
00:34:15been in this room for the last three years.
00:34:17In that frame.
00:34:19Oh, but it couldn't have been.
00:34:21Joan.
00:34:23Please allow me to know.
00:34:25We haven't all taken leave of our senses.
00:34:27Really, I can see I shall have to be
00:34:29very, very firm with you.
00:34:31Now, come, Miss Adonis.
00:34:33Now.
00:34:35Your inheritance brings with it
00:34:37great responsibilities.
00:34:39Until you're 21, it was your father's wish
00:34:41that I should take care of you
00:34:43and advise you as to the handling of your affairs.
00:34:45If anything were to happen to you,
00:34:47which heaven forbid,
00:34:49then I should have to carry that burden for you.
00:34:51You do understand what I'm talking about, don't you?
00:34:55Yes, I understand.
00:34:57Good.
00:34:59Now, Joan,
00:35:01if you don't mind,
00:35:03I understand.
00:35:05Good. And you do realize the great responsibilities
00:35:07that are going to call on you.
00:35:09Responsibilities which drove
00:35:11your poor father out of his mind.
00:35:13They're not going to do that to you, are they, Joan?
00:35:15No.
00:35:17Your poor little brain may be very delicately balanced,
00:35:19but you're going to keep a firm grip, aren't you, dear?
00:35:21Aren't you?
00:35:23Yes, yes.
00:35:27That's not a very good start, Joan.
00:35:29Oh, why don't you please leave me alone?
00:35:33My dear, I'm only trying to help you.
00:35:41If only I could contact your poor father.
00:35:45What do you mean?
00:35:47Please tell me what you mean.
00:35:49Poor man.
00:35:51I know he's trying to reach one of us.
00:35:53Today I have a feeling that it's me.
00:35:57You see, I know how worried he is.
00:35:59I wonder...
00:36:01Yes, dear?
00:36:03Perhaps if you could look after my inheritance for me,
00:36:05he wouldn't worry anymore.
00:36:07It's not as easy as it sounds.
00:36:09Everything's in your name.
00:36:11Yes, I know, but perhaps...
00:36:13Of course, we could always talk it over with Mr. Sanford.
00:36:15Oh, will you?
00:36:17Talk to him?
00:36:19Yes, of course I will, of course I will, if you really want me to.
00:36:21Now, why don't you go out?
00:36:23Why don't you go to the pictures or something?
00:36:25I've come with you, only I've got too much to do.
00:36:27Yes, yes, perhaps I will.
00:36:29And remember, Jo,
00:36:31whatever happens, you can always rely upon me.
00:36:33Yes.
00:36:35Yes, I'm sure I can.
00:36:45Mr. Sanford's arrived, ma'am.
00:36:47Has he?
00:36:49I'll put him in the library.
00:37:15Good afternoon, Mr. Sanford.
00:37:17I wasn't really expecting you until tomorrow.
00:37:19I was just passing by, so I thought I'd look in.
00:37:21What's the trouble?
00:37:23And do sit down.
00:37:27Mr. Sanford,
00:37:29I look upon you as
00:37:31more than just another solicitor.
00:37:35I regard you as a friend.
00:37:37That's why I feel I can speak quite openly.
00:37:39I'm very worried about Joan.
00:37:41Really?
00:37:43What's she been doing?
00:37:45What she's been doing, poor little thing,
00:37:47is what's happening to her.
00:37:49You know she's always been delicate.
00:37:51That's why her father never brought her to England.
00:37:53For some years,
00:37:55she took care of a very big nerve specialist in Belgium.
00:37:57Oh?
00:37:59I wasn't aware of that.
00:38:01Oh, yes.
00:38:03And now, since her return to England,
00:38:05she's been inconsolable over her father's death.
00:38:07That's quite understandable.
00:38:09They were devoted to each other.
00:38:11Mr. Sanford,
00:38:13I'm afraid Joan is losing her mind.
00:38:17Good gracious.
00:38:19You surely don't mean that.
00:38:21It started the day before you read the will.
00:38:23She came to me one morning
00:38:25and, in all seriousness, told me her father
00:38:27was trying to communicate with her.
00:38:29The following day, she begged me for a sale.
00:38:31Oh, really?
00:38:33You're something of an authority
00:38:35on spiritualism, aren't you, Mrs. Clavery?
00:38:37I have practiced it a little in the past,
00:38:39purely for the benefit of my friends.
00:38:41Of course.
00:38:43Mrs. Clavery,
00:38:45do you, from experience,
00:38:47imagine there's any reason why your husband
00:38:49should desire to communicate with Joan from the other side?
00:38:51I can think of none whatsoever.
00:38:53Oh.
00:38:55Just the same Joan's conviction
00:38:57hardly justifies any fear of insanity.
00:38:59Of course not,
00:39:01but it indicates an unhealthy trend of thought.
00:39:03However,
00:39:05that isn't all.
00:39:07She appears to be suffering
00:39:09from the most extraordinary delusions.
00:39:11Such as?
00:39:13Persecution mania.
00:39:15She imagines her food is poisoned.
00:39:17She can't remember what she does.
00:39:19Yesterday, for instance,
00:39:21she was quite violent.
00:39:23I had occasion to reprove her
00:39:25over some slight domestic matter.
00:39:27She actually struck me.
00:39:29Of course,
00:39:31if I were to remind her about the incident,
00:39:33she'd deny it ever happened at all.
00:39:35Extraordinary.
00:39:39Have you spoken to the doctor?
00:39:41I feel I can help her
00:39:43better than Dr. Wayne.
00:39:45I think you're taking a risk, Mrs. Clavery.
00:39:47In any case,
00:39:49she should be placed under observation for her own good.
00:39:51I think I'd better talk to
00:39:53Wayne Wright myself.
00:39:55I'd rather you didn't do that, Mr. Sanford.
00:39:57You see,
00:39:59I've studied Joan Clavery
00:40:01very carefully these last few days,
00:40:03and though I'm not qualified to say
00:40:05whether her condition is permanent or temporary,
00:40:07I'm absolutely certain
00:40:09that her only chance of recovery
00:40:11lies in the removal
00:40:13of all responsibility and worry.
00:40:15You mean responsibility arising
00:40:17from her inheritance?
00:40:19Yes, I do.
00:40:21As I've made the suggestion,
00:40:23I would rather not benefit from Joan's misfortune.
00:40:25That would be very distressing
00:40:27for you, wouldn't it, Mrs. Clavery?
00:40:29Very.
00:40:31But perhaps we could
00:40:33find some other way.
00:40:35I doubt it.
00:40:37The terms of the will are quite definite on that point.
00:40:39Yes, it's clearly stated
00:40:41that if Joan were incapable of administering her own affairs,
00:40:43they should be turned over to me.
00:40:45Of course, that puts me
00:40:47in a terrible quandary.
00:40:49Does it?
00:40:51Legally?
00:40:53I'm not interested in the legal aspects, Mr. Sanford.
00:40:55I'm thinking of poor little Joan.
00:40:57If I were to take her to a doctor,
00:40:59why, I know he'd support everything I've said.
00:41:01That is what you should do.
00:41:03And stand calmly aside while they put her away?
00:41:05Oh, no, Mr. Sanford, no.
00:41:07No.
00:41:09I couldn't agree to that.
00:41:13Oh.
00:41:15Of course, I
00:41:17shouldn't dream of asking her, but
00:41:19if she herself were to suggest
00:41:21turning things over to me...
00:41:23That would solve everyone's difficulty, wouldn't it?
00:41:29Well, I'll be getting along.
00:41:31Well now, Mrs. Clavery,
00:41:33no doubt you'll be getting in touch with me
00:41:35when you've decided what it is you want to do.
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00:43:14It's just the same as your poor father.
00:43:18I feel so tired.
00:43:22We've got to sort this thing out together, Joan.
00:43:26Once you get in, you're finished.
00:43:28You hear me, Joan?
00:43:31Joan?
00:43:33Do you hear me?
00:43:35Hello, what's going on?
00:43:39Hey, hey, hey.
00:43:43Well, well, well.
00:43:45Quarter of a million quid.
00:43:47And I'm holding it.
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00:44:43Hey, Mr. Arlington.
00:44:45What?
00:44:47I want to give you a tip.
00:44:49Well?
00:44:51Keep away from Mac Leo.
00:44:55Well, did you enjoy your trip?
00:44:57Yes, lovely. You should have joined us.
00:44:59Should I? You're very kind.
00:45:01Hello, Jan.
00:45:03Yes, you should have been with us.
00:45:05You'd have been as sick as a dog.
00:45:09Now listen to me, Joan.
00:45:11You might remember he's engaged to me.
00:45:13What's the matter, Janice?
00:45:15I didn't persuade him to do anything.
00:45:17I wish we could be friends.
00:45:19The atmosphere in this house is hardly conducive to friendship.
00:45:23I'm sorry, Janice.
00:45:25Oh, go away. You make me ill.
00:45:31Oh, Joan.
00:45:33Yes?
00:45:35Joan, look, there's something I'd rather like to talk to you about for a moment.
00:45:37It's a little bit public here.
00:45:39Let's go out in the conservatory, shall we?
00:45:41Come on. Come on.
00:45:47Let's sit down here, shall we?
00:45:49How about that?
00:45:53Now...
00:45:55What is it?
00:45:57Well, in a nutshell, I want to ask you to marry me.
00:46:01Are you serious?
00:46:03Of course I'm serious.
00:46:05I know it sounds a bit sudden and all that sort of thing,
00:46:07but that's the kind of chap I am.
00:46:09No sooner was thought than the word.
00:46:11But when did you think about it?
00:46:13Just now, on the river.
00:46:15I would have asked you then,
00:46:17but somehow I couldn't quite see myself
00:46:19coping with a canoe and a proposal at the same time.
00:46:21How about it?
00:46:23No, Victor, I'm sorry.
00:46:25In the first place, you're engaged to Janice.
00:46:27Secondly, I've known you five minutes.
00:46:29Darling, a man's feelings for a woman
00:46:31don't go by the calendar.
00:46:33Besides, you need someone to look after you.
00:46:35No, Victor, I'm sorry.
00:46:37You're very kind, but...
00:46:39I like you, but I don't love you.
00:46:41Well, you think about it.
00:46:43It won't make any difference.
00:46:45No, you know it will.
00:46:47Besides, think of the fun we could have together.
00:46:49What with your money and my charm,
00:46:51we could really go places.
00:46:53And do you know the first thing we'd do?
00:46:55We'd chuck Omar Clattering out neck and cross.
00:46:57You think she's a friend of yours, don't you?
00:46:59Well, you're quite wrong.
00:47:01As for me,
00:47:03I wouldn't do it under half a crown.
00:47:27Oh, no, no, no, don't stop playing.
00:47:29Go on. Go on, I like music.
00:47:31I'm afraid I only play for my own amusement.
00:47:33Well, you can play for mine as well, can't you?
00:47:37Oh, go on, sit down.
00:47:39Oh, please, I'd rather...
00:47:41Now, what's the matter? You're not afraid of me, are you,
00:47:43just because I've had a little drink?
00:47:45After all, Hudson drinks, and you're not afraid of him, are you?
00:47:47Hudson drinks, but he doesn't get drunk.
00:47:49Oh.
00:47:51That's very funny.
00:47:53I'm very glad you popped into
00:47:55this little morsel of amusement.
00:47:57Morsel of amusement?
00:47:59It brightens the place up a bit.
00:48:01What do you keep moving away from me for?
00:48:03Come on, what's the matter?
00:48:05There's nothing to be frightened of.
00:48:07If you don't want to marry me, all right.
00:48:09I can marry the richest woman in the world if I want to.
00:48:11Why don't you, then, and...
00:48:13And what?
00:48:15And leave me alone.
00:48:17Oh, no. Oh, no, you're not going to get away as light does that.
00:48:19I'm going to get a little kiss first,
00:48:21just to show there's no ill feeling.
00:48:23Or is there?
00:48:25Please leave me alone.
00:48:27Don't listen to me. You owe me something.
00:48:29I'm the one person in this house who's given you a decent break.
00:48:31The one person, do you understand?
00:48:33Now, you've just come...
00:48:35Get away.
00:48:55You're a bastard.
00:48:57You're a bastard.
00:49:25Hudson!
00:49:27Hudson!
00:49:55Hudson!
00:50:25Hudson!
00:50:55Hudson!
00:51:03You're here.
00:51:15John.
00:51:25John?
00:51:35I can't find Joan anywhere.
00:51:37Have you spoken to Mrs. Carter?
00:51:39No, she's in bed.
00:51:41Well, we'd better go and look at her.
00:51:51Have you seen anything of Joan?
00:51:53No.
00:51:55You sure?
00:51:57Why the devil should I? I'm not her keeper, am I?
00:51:59I was just wondering.
00:52:01Your face looks as though it had been bitten.
00:52:03I thought perhaps Joan might have...
00:52:05Oh, shut up.
00:52:09Hudson!
00:52:15Hudson!
00:52:19Hudson!
00:52:21You've got to shut him up.
00:52:27Come in.
00:52:31I can't find Mr. Hudson.
00:52:33I've been searching high and low for him.
00:52:35There's no searching high for Hudson.
00:52:37He might be dead.
00:52:39Yes, ma'am.
00:52:41Ask Mr. Harrington to come see me, will you, Mrs. Carter?
00:52:43Yes, ma'am.
00:52:45What do you want with Victor?
00:52:47Just give me an idea.
00:52:49It's no use looking high for Hudson.
00:52:51He might be dead.
00:52:53You know, he might be.
00:52:55Don't talk bosh.
00:52:57I was trying to be subtle.
00:52:59Victor had a row with him yesterday,
00:53:01supposing he had another row when we were out.
00:53:03That would account for Hudson's disappearance and Victor's cut face.
00:53:05It might, but it won't.
00:53:07It's much too pat.
00:53:09Somebody want me?
00:53:11No.
00:53:13Somebody want me?
00:53:17Hello, Victor.
00:53:19Victor.
00:53:21Is anything worrying you?
00:53:23Because if there is,
00:53:25I think you ought to tell me.
00:53:27No, nothing at all.
00:53:29Where'd you get that scratch from?
00:53:31I got it in a branch of a tree.
00:53:33Were you birds nesting?
00:53:35Or bird chasing?
00:53:37Don't mind your own damn business.
00:53:43Where's Hudson, Victor?
00:53:45I've no idea at all.
00:53:49You're lying, aren't you?
00:53:51I'm only putting two and two together,
00:53:53but you looked a little ragged last night,
00:53:55to say the least.
00:53:57This morning, Hudson can't be found.
00:53:59If we can't find him by this afternoon,
00:54:01I'm going to send for the police, Victor.
00:54:05Is that all right with you?
00:54:07Is it?
00:54:09No, no, no, don't do that.
00:54:11I can explain, you see.
00:54:13Last night, I was a little bit tight,
00:54:15and I went out into the garden to try and cool off.
00:54:17When I was out there, Hudson suddenly came up
00:54:19and attacked me for no reason at all.
00:54:21I hit him back, self-defense, of course,
00:54:23knocked him down.
00:54:25When I tried to pull him around,
00:54:27he was dead.
00:54:29Look, look, don't get me wrong.
00:54:31I didn't mean to.
00:54:33I didn't mean to.
00:54:35Look, look, don't give me away.
00:54:37I can explain it.
00:54:39It was absolutely an accident.
00:54:41I didn't mean to kill him.
00:54:43Janice,
00:54:45I think you'd better lock the door.
00:54:59Now, listen, Victor.
00:55:01I don't give a fig what happens to you.
00:55:03If this gets out, you'll get just what you deserve.
00:55:05If it just so happens, it might interfere with my plans.
00:55:07Yes, I rather thought it might.
00:55:09Well, don't get too cocky about it.
00:55:11One wrong move from you, and I'll turn you in.
00:55:13Okay.
00:55:15Are you crazy?
00:55:17I don't think so.
00:55:19Well, I do, and I don't want any part of it.
00:55:21If you think I'm going to let this blundering fool rob me of a quarter of a million,
00:55:23then you're mistaken.
00:55:25Yes, and I'm the man you love, remember?
00:55:27You owe something to me.
00:55:29Yes, I think I do.
00:55:31We're in a jam, and we've got to trust each other.
00:55:33Trust him?
00:55:35Yes, mutual trust, that's the thing.
00:55:37Do I, uh...
00:55:39Do I get a cut in the quarter million?
00:55:41Possibly.
00:55:43Well, that's not quite good enough.
00:55:45No, and what are we going to do about it?
00:55:47That's better.
00:55:49Now, let's go over last night.
00:55:51Did anyone see you?
00:55:53No, I don't think so.
00:55:55Was Joan out of the way?
00:55:57Yes, I'm pretty certain she was.
00:55:59No.
00:56:03Here's a bill signed by Hudson.
00:56:05I want you to scroll a note
00:56:07explaining he couldn't bear the sight of us any longer,
00:56:09he's gone, and he's not coming back.
00:56:11Well, you know I can do it.
00:56:13You've got Hudson's writing to copy,
00:56:15and four years in Penfield for seven convictions of forgery.
00:56:17You've only got away with six of them, so you must be pretty good.
00:56:19How well did you know that I...
00:56:21I get round.
00:56:23You think I'm nearly married a crook.
00:56:29I don't think so.
00:56:59Thank you for coming in, Elsie.
00:57:01I'm afraid I couldn't stay long, and I haven't seen her.
00:57:17Sorry I'm late.
00:57:21How's your cut face, Victor?
00:57:23Your cut face?
00:57:25Oh, it's only a scratch.
00:57:27Looks a very nasty cup to me.
00:57:33I've just been talking to Hudson.
00:57:39Did you say Hudson?
00:57:41Yes, he thinks a hawthorn near the terrace ought to come down.
00:57:43It's spreading too fast.
00:57:45Brusselssort, please.
00:57:49When did he tell you that, dear?
00:57:51A few minutes ago.
00:57:53Are you feeling all right, Joan?
00:57:55Yes, thank you.
00:57:57I think you're right.
00:57:59Something we were talking about before you came in, dear.
00:58:03Oh, excuse me.
00:58:05I just remembered something I wanted to tell Hudson.
00:58:07Oh, by the way, Bertha,
00:58:09I'd like to go through the household accounts with you this afternoon.
00:58:19Elsie, you can go now.
00:58:21Yes, ma'am.
00:58:27A nurse has come over here.
00:58:29She's mad.
00:58:31Don't be so silly. She's the sanest thing in this house.
00:58:33Why is she trying to frighten us?
00:58:35She's not clever enough.
00:58:37Victor doesn't seem to share your opinion.
00:58:39You say you didn't think she did see you last night, Victor?
00:58:43No. No, I'm sure she didn't.
00:58:47Well, perhaps old Hudson's spirit is earthbound
00:58:49as well.
00:58:51Janice, do stop trying to be funny.
00:58:53I told you I'll deal with Joan, so forget about her.
00:58:55What I'm worried about now
00:58:57is finding somewhere else to hide Hudson.
00:59:01By the way, Victor,
00:59:03how did you get into the vault?
00:59:05Well, the door was open.
00:59:07Open?
00:59:09Well, it wasn't locked.
00:59:11That's extraordinary.
00:59:13I'm the only one who's got a key.
00:59:15Where did you put him?
00:59:17What?
00:59:19In an empty coffin.
00:59:21Empty? You were drunk, you know.
00:59:23I'd sobered up by then.
00:59:25We'd better go down at once.
00:59:27What, now in daylight?
00:59:29No, perhaps we'd better wait.
00:59:31This is fantastic.
00:59:33Well, you won't get me down there after dark.
00:59:35I haven't seen Victor pull himself together.
00:59:37Well, I'll go and get some fresh air.
00:59:39Give me a cigarette.
00:59:47Aren't you eating, Janice?
00:59:49No.
00:59:51Where's Elsie?
00:59:53She's gone back to the kitchen.
00:59:55You'd better help yourself.
00:59:57All right.
01:00:03Hudson!
01:00:05I've just seen him outside the terrace.
01:00:07Oh, you must be mistaken, Victor.
01:00:09I just left Hudson going towards the boathouse.
01:00:11Mmm.
01:00:13This does look nice.
01:00:41Oh!
01:00:59Hello, John.
01:01:01I want to talk to you.
01:01:03Come.
01:01:05Don't be so frightened.
01:01:07I'm not going to bite you.
01:01:11Two.
01:01:19Oh, that's me.
01:01:20It's Victor.
01:01:21What about Victor?
01:01:22I think he's dead.
01:01:23What happened?
01:01:24He was very drunk and I tried to push him and his head hit against the fender.
01:01:28That sounds a likely story.
01:01:29Come along, we don't think it's all about.
01:01:32his head hit against the fender.
01:01:34That sounds a likely story.
01:01:35Come along, we don't care what it's all about.
01:01:36Please, come with me.
01:01:45Is this your idea of a joke?
01:01:48He was here a few minutes ago.
01:01:50Well, he isn't here now.
01:01:52This is hiding in the inkwell.
01:01:53He was lying there, his head against the fender.
01:02:07But I tell you it's true, I felt it.
01:02:19He's using this glass.
01:02:24Why did you kill him, Joan?
01:02:27I didn't, he fell.
01:02:29You must have hit him with something.
01:02:32No, I...
01:02:33You're lying.
01:02:34I tell you I only pushed him away from me.
01:02:44I wonder if that coffin was empty.
01:02:46What has that got to do with it?
01:02:47He seemed to have a body snatcher in our midst.
01:02:49Whoever removed Henry's body must have moved Victor's.
01:02:52Don't you think we ought to send for the police?
01:02:54No, wait a minute, wait a minute.
01:02:56Did you show that note to anyone, the one Victor wrote?
01:02:59From Hudson?
01:03:01Yes, I...
01:03:02Yes, I showed it to Mrs. Carter.
01:03:04That was brilliant of you.
01:03:05But I thought that was the idea.
01:03:07We call the police and they'll want to know where Hudson is.
01:03:09Mrs. Carter will mention the note and then they'll find the body.
01:03:12Seems to me we've got a bit more covering up to do.
01:03:15What has happened to Hudson?
01:03:17Nothing.
01:03:18But you said...
01:03:19I said you stay still and listen.
01:03:22We're going down to the vault.
01:03:24What's the idea?
01:03:26We'll find out when we get there.
01:03:28Come along, Joan.
01:03:29I'm not letting you out of my sight.
01:03:50Victor!
01:04:09Elsie?
01:04:15All right, Elsie, I'll go to the door.
01:04:17All right, Elsie, I'll take the tea.
01:04:19What about Mr. Harrington and Miss Joan, ma'am?
01:04:21Mr. Harrington doesn't want to be disturbed, and I want him to leave Miss Joan alone.
01:04:25But her door was locked and she was trying to get out.
01:04:27You heard what I said, Elsie.
01:04:28Yes, ma'am.
01:04:47We've got to find Hudson.
01:04:56If he's alive, we can inform the police about Victor,
01:04:58and Joan will be taken care of for the rest of her life.
01:05:02I can promise you that.
01:05:04Good morning.
01:05:05How did you get out of your room?
01:05:12I just walked up.
01:05:13I thought you said you locked the door, Janice.
01:05:15But I did.
01:05:16Oh, no, Janice, you couldn't have locked it.
01:05:19You must be imagining things.
01:05:25Who let you out?
01:05:26I don't know what you're talking about.
01:05:27Was it Hudson?
01:05:28How could it have been?
01:05:29You said you killed Hudson.
01:05:31I said I what?
01:05:32That you killed Hudson.
01:05:33I distinctly remember you saying that you killed him.
01:05:36You liar.
01:05:37You surely haven't forgotten that, huh?
01:05:39That's why you didn't report Victor's death to the police, isn't it?
01:05:42Because you killed poor Hudson.
01:05:46If I didn't know how ill you were,
01:05:49I should say you were a very wicked girl for telling such shocking lies.
01:05:52Oh, would you, Bertha?
01:05:54But knowing how ill you are, I'm going to do my best to help you.
01:05:59Thank you, Bertha.
01:06:01You always said you were my friend.
01:06:02Yes, dear.
01:06:03Yes, dear, and so I am.
01:06:05Now, I want you to listen very carefully.
01:06:09Do you remember my telling you how I thought your father
01:06:11was trying to get in touch with me from the other side?
01:06:13Yes, yes, I remember.
01:06:15Well, last night I spoke to him.
01:06:18Did you really?
01:06:20Yes.
01:06:21Was he in good health?
01:06:24He was worried, Joan.
01:06:25He was very, very worried.
01:06:27Oh, poor father.
01:06:29What was he worried about?
01:06:31He was worried about you, dear.
01:06:33But what have I done now?
01:06:37Surely you haven't forgotten.
01:06:40I'm afraid I have.
01:06:42You killed Victor, Joan.
01:06:44Victor?
01:06:46Who is he?
01:06:47Give me strength.
01:06:50Never mind who he is, dear.
01:06:51You killed him.
01:06:52Yes, but isn't that rather serious?
01:06:55Bertha.
01:06:56Yes, dear, it's very, very serious.
01:06:59That is why I'm going to help you.
01:07:01And I won't worry about it.
01:07:03Now, I want you to write down exactly what happened
01:07:06between you and Victor.
01:07:08If you can't remember, I'll help you.
01:07:12You quarreled with him, then he turned his back on you,
01:07:16and you struck him.
01:07:18Did I?
01:07:19Yes, dear, you did.
01:07:21It's far better for you to tell the truth.
01:07:23Now, here you are.
01:07:27I wonder if my father would agree to that.
01:07:30It was his idea, Joan.
01:07:31Really?
01:07:34Bertha.
01:07:35Yes, dear.
01:07:36I think I'd like you to put me in touch with him.
01:07:38I think I'd like to speak to him myself.
01:07:40Couldn't you sort of act as a medium between us?
01:07:44Of course, dear, if you don't trust me.
01:07:46Oh, but Bertha, I do.
01:07:49It's only that if my father wants me to write a confession,
01:07:53I'd rather he told me himself.
01:07:56That's quite understandable, isn't it, Janet?
01:07:59What?
01:08:00I'll tell you what, dear.
01:08:01We'll hold a seance tonight.
01:08:03Oh, thank you, Bertha.
01:08:05Oh, you are kind.
01:08:07Oh, I'm sure everything's going to be all right now.
01:08:10You're a good friend to me, aren't you, Bertha?
01:08:16She really is crazy.
01:08:18Well, if she thinks you're a good friend of hers, she must be.
01:08:21Look, I don't like the idea of this confession.
01:08:24How's it going to look when Victor's body is found in the coffin?
01:08:27Hudson can explain that.
01:08:29You hope.
01:08:32I'm here, Henry.
01:08:36Henry?
01:08:38I want to speak with you, Henry.
01:08:40Henry?
01:08:43Henry?
01:08:45I want to speak with you, Henry.
01:08:49Yes, we're in contact.
01:08:51Our spirits are joined.
01:08:54Have you a message for me, Henry?
01:08:59Yes, he has a message.
01:09:02Is it about Joan, Henry?
01:09:06Are you worrying about her, Henry?
01:09:13Do you wish her to follow my instructions?
01:09:24Henry?
01:09:28Henry, do you wish Joan to follow my instructions?
01:09:42Janice!
01:09:44Janice, what is it?
01:09:54Dad.
01:09:55It's all right, darling.
01:09:58Nothing to worry about.
01:10:01Henry.
01:10:03Henry, it isn't possible.
01:10:06I'm afraid it is.
01:10:09Henry, I...
01:10:11I thought Hudson...
01:10:13For your information, Hudson is dead.
01:10:16I couldn't very well inform the police because I was officially dead myself.
01:10:21You had murdered me, remember?
01:10:23What do you mean?
01:10:25I told you that any noise that occurred during my trance might prove fatal.
01:10:30Because I suspected that you might take advantage of it.
01:10:33But it wasn't fatal, Bertha.
01:10:35You see, yoga can sometimes enable one to simulate the state of death.
01:10:38You're mad.
01:10:41After my funeral, which, thanks to Hudson, I did not attempt...
01:10:46I decided to find out exactly what methods you were going to use to defraud Joan.
01:10:49Did Joan know about this?
01:10:50Only after Harrington had murdered Hudson.
01:10:53Sit down.
01:10:59As a matter of fact, Joan quite entered into the spirit of the thing.
01:11:02It was her idea that would let you carry on until we had a really watertight case against you.
01:11:07Personally, I'd learned all I wanted to.
01:11:11You know, Bertha...
01:11:14It's a pity you incited Harrington to murder Hudson.
01:11:18You liar. I didn't know such a thing.
01:11:21You're going to have a hard job proving that.
01:11:24Harrington's word against yours.
01:11:26Harrington's dead.
01:11:27Harrington's alive.
01:11:29He was only unconscious when you found him.
01:11:32You're lying.
01:11:35Where's he now?
01:11:36Safely locked up in Hudson's cottage.
01:11:39You're lying.
01:11:41You're lying.
01:11:43He's dead.
01:11:44I know he's dead.
01:11:48Good evening.
01:11:50Inspector Blake, Scotland Yard.
01:11:52I'd like to see Mr. Clavering, please.
01:11:55In here, gentlemen.
01:12:07Excuse me, miss. It is Miss Joan, isn't it?
01:12:09Yes, that's right.
01:12:10Where would you like the picture sent?
01:12:12Oh.
01:12:14To this address.
01:12:15It's my husband.
01:12:16Mr. Charles Linton.
01:12:18Very good, miss.
01:12:19By the way, miss, I was sorry about Mr. Clavering.
01:12:22Did you know my father?
01:12:23Oh, very well indeed, miss.
01:12:25Such a fine man.
01:12:26Yes.
01:12:27It must have been a shock.
01:12:30No, not really.
01:12:32He had been expecting it for a long time.
01:12:35Oh.
01:12:47This is your storyteller.
01:12:51The Man in Black.
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