Terror By Night (1946) Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Alan Mowbray | Hollywood classic movie
When the fabled Star of Rhodesia diamond is stolen on a London to Edinburgh train and the son of its owner is murdered, Sherlock Holmes must discover which of his suspicious fellow passengers is responsible.
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01:22The Star of Rhodesia is one of the most famous of the Earth's treasures.
01:30First touched by the fingers of the humble Caffer.
01:34It would have been better had it never been found.
01:39For all those who possessed it came to sudden and violent death.
01:45Our story opens in London, within the sound of bow bells.
01:51In the shadow of Tower Bridge is the carpenter's shop of mock and sun, coffin makers.
01:58A beautiful job, if I may say so.
02:00You'll be sure to have it at the Undertaker's in time.
02:03Of course.
02:04The Scotch Express leaves Euston Station at 7.30 tonight.
02:08That leaves very little time for the arrangement of the body.
02:12Your mother, is it not?
02:13Yes.
02:14You are taking her to Scotland?
02:16Yes, Edinburgh.
02:18Her home.
02:21Thank you.
02:23Rather a nuisance.
02:25Travelling by train.
02:28Ain't it?
02:37Up it, you.
02:42Go on, get on about your business.
02:55I'm terribly sorry.
02:56I'm terribly sorry.
03:24Mr. Holmes?
03:34Hello.
03:36I was afraid you wouldn't get here in time.
03:38I was studying the faces of our fellow passengers.
03:40Fascinating hobby.
03:42And sometimes most enlightening.
03:44Lady Margaret is aboard the train, I presume.
03:46Oh, yes. Mother's expecting you.
03:48I've reserved a compartment for you and your friend, Dr. Watson.
03:50As a matter of fact, it's in this coach here,
03:52just ahead of the luggage van.
03:54Day coach.
03:56Yes, the sleepers are all taken.
03:58Mother wasn't interested in a bed so much as she wasn't getting to Edinburgh.
04:00So, naturally, it wasn't very difficult to persuade her to travel in a day coach.
04:02Exactly. It had been open to take on additional passengers.
04:04So I observed.
04:06I say, it was awfully decent of you to come,
04:08considering the fact that I was so secretive about it all.
04:10Oh, my dear Mr. Carstairs,
04:12there was no need for secrecy. I already knew.
04:14You knew that Mother insisted on bringing
04:16the Star of Rhodesia with her to London?
04:18And that while here, an attempt had been made to steal it.
04:20Did Scotland Yard tell you that?
04:22Oh, no, my dear Mr. Carstairs.
04:24But the fact that your mother
04:26owns the famous diamond is common knowledge.
04:28She came down to London to attend
04:30the reception of Buckingham Palace
04:32and, quite naturally, wore the Star of Rhodesia.
04:34You want me to accompany you back to your home in Edinburgh.
04:36Therefore, an attempt must have been made
04:38to steal the Star of Rhodesia while you were here in London.
04:40It seems simple the way you explain it, Mr. Holmes.
04:42Thank you. If you don't mind, I'll wait here for my friend, Dr. Watson.
04:44I can't think what's keeping him.
04:46Mother and I will be expecting you.
04:48So, could I take this for you?
04:50Oh, I'd be much obliged. Thank you.
04:52We'll be in compartment E.
04:54Yes.
05:00Ticket, please.
05:06Here's your carriage, sir.
05:08Well, well, well, look who's here.
05:10Inspector Lestrade. Why, Mr. Holmes.
05:12Making your trip, Inspector? Fishing, eh?
05:14Bit of an holiday.
05:16Very nice.
05:18Trout, eh? Oh, yes, yes.
05:20Rather large rods for trout, aren't they?
05:22Salmon, perhaps?
05:24Well, as a matter of fact, I'm going mostly for the rest.
05:26As a matter of fact, you're on a job for Scotland Yard, aren't you?
05:30I, uh, trust this is the right carriage.
05:34This is where we take care of the overflow, sir.
05:36Oh, I see.
05:38Water will take your bags.
05:40I'll carry this myself, if you don't mind.
05:47Ready to go, sir?
05:49Half past seven, eh?
05:51We always leave on time.
06:07Mind your head, sir.
06:17Watson!
06:19Coming, Holmes!
06:21Watson!
06:23All right, Holmes, they're coming!
06:26I think I've lost them.
06:28I think so.
06:35Thank you for your timely assistance, sir.
06:38Really, Watson, aren't you a little stubborn?
06:40I'm not.
06:42I'm not.
06:44Thank you for your timely assistance, sir.
06:46Really, Watson, aren't you a little stubborn, this sort of thing?
06:48Rubbish. I deal weight for a man of my age.
06:50Ran into an old friend of mine, Duncan Bleak.
06:52Later, the cloth Indian lancer.
06:54So, Major Duncan Bleak, Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
06:56How do you do, sir?
06:58Delighted. I've heard quite a lot about you.
07:00India, eh?
07:02Retired 15 years ago.
07:04As a matter of fact, we were reminiscing about India.
07:06Didn't realize how late it was.
07:08It stays light so long these days, we almost missed the train.
07:10Yes, so I observed.
07:12What's it all about, Holmes?
07:14Did you ever hear of Lady Margaret Caster's
07:16famous diamond, the Star of Rhodesia?
07:18There was something in last week's text about the old girl
07:20being in London with a bauble. Wasn't there, Holmes?
07:22Yes, there was.
07:24She's on this train.
07:26That's why we're here, to see that this
07:28bauble, as you call it, gets safely back into its vault at Edinburgh.
07:30Hmm. Sounds to me like...
07:32Pardon me.
07:34Sounds to me like a police routine job.
07:36That's where you're wrong, old fellow.
07:38An attempt to make away with it in London was unsuccessful.
07:40The second attempt will in all probability be made on this train.
07:42Oh? What makes you say that?
07:44Well, it seems more than likely that the people
07:46who planned the first attempt will not be discouraged
07:48by one failure and will stop at nothing
07:50to ensure success the second time.
07:52Sounds like Lestrade's cup of tea to me.
07:54Lestrade? He's on this train.
07:56Oh, is he?
07:58Giving an excellent imitation of Isaac Walton.
08:00And here we are.
08:02Welcome in, Mr. Holmes.
08:04My friend and colleague, Dr. Watson.
08:06How do you do?
08:11I thought it better to engage Mr. Holmes
08:13after what happened in London.
08:15No doubt you're an efficient person,
08:17but I don't think there's any need for a policeman.
08:19Policeman?
08:21How long have you been in possession of the Star of British Air, Lady Margaret?
08:2425 years.
08:26You know, it may seem strange to you,
08:28but I've never actually seen it.
08:30I suppose there's no harm
08:32since we're paying you to guard it.
08:34Mother. Yes?
08:41May I?
08:43Do, by all means. Thank you.
08:45Great, Scott.
08:47What a remarkable stone.
08:49My husband gave it to me on our fifth wedding anniversary.
08:52423 carats, isn't it?
08:54The original diamond was over 700 carats.
08:57Your father had it cut.
08:59Less ostentatious.
09:01Ostentatious? It's as big as a duck's egg.
09:03Watson, please. Oh, sir.
09:05Thank you, Lady Margaret.
09:07We'll be as unobtrusive as possible.
09:09That will be a novelty from a policeman.
09:12Now, if you wouldn't mind telling us where our compartment is.
09:15Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Holmes.
09:17Oh, thank you. Lady Margaret.
09:19Good night. Good night.
09:21Good night.
09:23Impertinent.
09:25She call us policemen.
09:27And what's wrong with being a policeman?
09:29Oh, hello, Lestrade. Where are you going?
09:31The inspector's going to Scotland to fish for salmon.
09:33Oh, really? The season doesn't start for another month.
09:36But you wouldn't know that, would you?
09:38I'm going to fish for salmon.
09:40Who? Him.
09:42Excuse me, please.
09:56Police.
09:58Police?
10:00Here?
10:02On the train?
10:04Scotland Yard. I heard.
10:06I warned you.
10:15Oh, Mr. Holmes? Yes. This way, please.
10:22There you are, Holmes.
10:27Try some of this curry. It's excellent.
10:30Steak and kidney pudding, please.
10:37Of course, the Bengal curry doesn't compare with that of Madras.
10:40No, it's the quality of the mutton that makes the difference, don't you think?
10:45The, um... The meat's unimportant.
10:48It's the spices that make the difference.
10:50Don't you agree with me, Holmes?
10:52What?
10:54I said we were discussing curry.
10:56Oh, yes, curry. Horrible stuff.
10:58Oh, really? One man's mutton.
11:01And the other man's curry.
11:04Oh, really? One man's meat is another man's poison?
11:17There will be two of us, Steward.
11:19My son will be here directly.
12:04DOOR CREAKS
12:06DOOR KNOCKS
12:08DOOR KNOCKS
12:32But, my dear fellow, I still insist
12:34the unpolished wild rice does make a considerable difference to a good curry.
12:38Well, I still can't agree with you.
12:40Take care of this for me, will you, Watson?
12:42Right you are, fellow.
12:48That was one of them.
12:55Was young Carstairs in the dining car with you?
12:57No, Lady Margaret came in alone.
12:59Well, I was in my compartment just now having a bite to eat and I heard a crash in here.
13:03Crash? It's locked.
13:05I knocked and there was no answer.
13:07Sir, you just stood here twiddling your thumbs. Brilliant.
13:09Attendant, will you please unlock this door?
13:11I'm sorry, sir. It's against the...
13:12This is Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard.
13:14That's all right. You can open it.
13:15Very good, sir.
13:27Wow!
13:34Dead.
13:37Murdered.
13:38That's a big quick, isn't it, even for you?
13:42Is this the...
13:43Yes.
13:45Star of Rhodesia was in this box not 45 minutes ago.
13:47How do you know?
13:48I saw it.
13:50It might be here somewhere.
13:51No, no good looking for it, Lestrade. The killer's got it.
13:55Ah, there you are, Holmes.
13:56How about joining us in the...
13:57Take a look at this body, will you, Watson?
13:59Body?
14:00Good God.
14:01How do you know it's murder, Mr. Holmes?
14:03Murder?
14:04Oh, I say.
14:05Who are you?
14:06Major Duncan Preak, a friend of Dr. Watson's.
14:08Oh, what makes you so sure it's murder, Mr. Holmes?
14:10The door was locked.
14:14Every attendant has a key.
14:16Did you open this door for anyone during the last hour?
14:18No, sir.
14:19Was the key ever out of your possession?
14:20It never is, sir. It's on a chain.
14:23It's to me like heart failure.
14:26Any marks of violence on the body?
14:28None that I can see.
14:29Seemed to have missed it this time, didn't you, Mr. Holmes?
14:32Possibly.
14:33Still, if it was a natural death, it came at a very convenient time, didn't it?
14:42What does this mean?
14:46Stavridis.
14:48It's gone.
14:49You were supposed to guard it.
14:51My son employed you.
14:53That's why I left it with him.
14:55Where is he?
14:57I'm sorry, Lady Margaret.
14:58It was thoughtless of us to let you come in like this.
15:01Are you in an empty compartment?
15:02Yes, sir.
15:03Then I think we'd better...
15:04If you don't mind, Lady Margaret, please.
15:11It's the poor chap's mother, I presume.
15:13Yes.
15:14Well, let's get to the bottom of this.
15:17Excuse me, Doctor.
15:19The poor chap, he was so young.
15:21He was a young boy.
15:22He was a young boy.
15:23Excuse me, Doctor.
15:25The poor chap, he was so young.
15:26It's such a pity.
15:32I have sent for the conductor, Mr. Argyle.
15:33I want to talk to him.
15:34And I've asked that no one be allowed to leave this coach.
15:36Oh, thank you, Mr. Holmes.
15:37Shall we use my compartment?
15:38Thanks.
15:39Attendant.
15:40Yes, sir.
15:41Lock that door and let no one go in without my permission.
15:42You understand?
15:43Very good, sir.
15:45Sorry, old man.
15:46Official police business.
15:47Well, that's all right.
15:48I'll catch up with you later.
15:54Are you looking for the Scotland Yard inspector, sir?
15:56Oh, why, yes.
15:57Right in there, sir.
15:58Thank you.
16:02Come in.
16:23Sorry, sir, no one's allowed to leave the carriage.
16:36Can't leave the carriage?
16:37Whose ridiculous idea was that?
16:39Scotland Yard.
16:40Scotland...
16:45You see, we don't stop until we reach Rugby.
16:47That's right, sir.
16:48Good.
16:49We'll have a thorough search of the train made before that time.
16:51Find the murderer, inspector, and you'll find the diamond.
16:53But we don't know it was murder.
16:55Consider the facts, Lestrade.
16:57Young Carstairs was dead when the jewel was taken.
16:59Otherwise, he'd have put up a struggle,
17:01and there were no marks of violence on the body.
17:03If, however, he died a natural death,
17:05we must assume that the thief
17:07happened to be on hand just at the right moment,
17:09which is outside the realm of probability.
17:11No, Lestrade.
17:12In this case, nothing was left to chance.
17:14That's why I say find the murderer
17:15and you'll find the diamond.
17:17How do we know the thief didn't leave the carriage?
17:18Before we discovered the body?
17:20The attendant was in the corridor the entire time,
17:22and he's certain that no one passed into the dining car.
17:24The door at the other end leads into the luggage van.
17:26Which is always locked.
17:38You found no marks of any kind on the body, Watson?
17:40No, none of any significance.
17:42Not even a scratch?
17:44Well, there was a small spot of blood on his neck,
17:45just a mere speck.
17:47That's what I was referring to.
17:49You mean that scratch killed him?
17:51It's possible the poison that went into the wound did.
17:53Poison?
17:55Well, we can't tell that without an autopsy.
17:57Hmm.
17:59Have you got a list of the passengers in this carriage?
18:01Yes, sir.
18:03There you are, sir.
18:05Thank you.
18:07Major Duncan Bleak.
18:09That would be your friend, Doctor.
18:11The next compartment's empty.
18:13Where we took Lady Margaret after the murder.
18:16Go on.
18:18Vivium Vedder, Inspector of the...
18:20That's this one.
18:22Lady Margaret Casteers and the Honourable Roland Casteers.
18:25Professor William Kilbane, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Shawcross,
18:28Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson.
18:31That would be you two.
18:33Well, I think I shall ask a few questions.
18:36Vivium Vedder.
18:38We'll start with her, whoever she is.
18:45Vedder, compartment C.
18:49Oh, here we are.
18:57Empty.
19:00Sir Holmes, are you going to let Lestrade
19:03handle this thing by himself?
19:05Well, after all, he does represent the official police, you know.
19:07With him doing the questioning
19:09and looking under the seat cushions for diamonds,
19:11I won't know any more than we're through and we do now.
19:13I could do it better myself.
19:15Huh?
19:17By Jove, I think I will.
19:19I'll probably find out just as much as Lestrade would anyway.
19:21I'll do it at once.
19:23Oh, yes, that's where we just came from.
19:29That thing?
19:31Oh, that's where the body is.
19:36Well, I'll start with this one.
19:42Hello.
19:43Yes?
19:44My name's Watson.
19:45Dr. Watson.
19:47Oh, to what am I indebted for this intrusion?
19:50I'm afraid I've got to ask you one or two questions
19:52about what you're doing on the train,
19:54where you're going, things like that, you know.
19:56Why?
19:57Customary.
19:59There's been a murder committed.
20:01Scotland Yard.
20:03Sherlock Holmes.
20:05Sherlock Holmes and I...
20:07What about Sherlock Holmes?
20:09We're cross-examining suspects.
20:11Suspects?
20:13I suspected.
20:15Oh, the fellow's dead.
20:17Murdered, you know.
20:19Now, let me get this straight.
20:21You say a murder has been committed on this train?
20:23Yeah, next compartment.
20:25And because a perfect stranger to me got himself murdered,
20:27you come to question me?
20:29Well, you've got to question everybody.
20:31Are you a policeman?
20:33No.
20:35Then by what right do you force your way into my compartment?
20:37Well, I...
20:39What are you doing on this train?
20:41Where are you going?
20:43It's a diamond or a pearl
20:45or something of fabulous value.
20:47Miss Vera Holmes is always chasing after missing jewels
20:50or mysterious females.
21:05What is the meaning of this?
21:08I'm sorry, Miss Vera,
21:10but it was necessary for us to search your compartment.
21:11Indeed.
21:13May I ask what you expected to find?
21:15A valuable jewel has been stolen
21:17and a man has been murdered.
21:19We are making a routine search of the entire carriage
21:22and asking a few questions.
21:26Go right ahead.
21:35I understand your journey is rather a sad one.
21:37Your mother...
21:39Yes.
21:42Perhaps we'd better not question Miss Vera just now, Lestrade.
21:45Eh?
21:47Excuse us, will you?
21:56What's the idea, Mr. Holmes?
21:58Out of taste, Lestrade.
22:00The young lady is taking her mother to Scotland for burial.
22:03In a coffin?
22:05That is the customary method, I believe.
22:07Lestrade, I think we'll take a look at that coffin.
22:09It might prove interesting.
22:11Hmm.
22:13I was about to suggest everything myself, Mr. Holmes.
22:15Conductor, I'll have a look in the luggage van.
22:17This way, sir.
22:26But I am Dr. Watson.
22:28Dr. John H. Watson of 221 Beebecker Street.
22:30Retired.
22:32My friend Sherlock Holmes can vouch for me.
22:34Your alibi isn't worth a scotch party.
22:36You just told me that this fellow Holmes
22:37is a crony of yours.
22:39Naturally, he'd lie.
22:41I resent that, sir.
22:43Sherlock Holmes is a very soul of integrity.
22:45He might even be an accomplice.
22:47Why, if I were a policeman,
22:49I'd take you in charge this very moment.
22:51I didn't do it, sir. I swear I didn't do it.
22:53I can prove it.
22:55Prove what, old chap?
22:57There you are, Holmes.
22:59Now get out of here and join your silly friends.
23:01Did you discover anything, Watson?
23:03Yes.
23:05He's a very suspicious character.
23:07He's very successful.
23:09Look here, you're not going to let an old fellow
23:11like Professor Kilbane discourage you, are you?
23:13Why don't you try this one?
23:15You think I'd better?
23:17Yes, of course.
23:19All right.
23:23Do you mind if I come in?
23:25You may.
23:27Thank you.
23:29I'm sorry to bother you, but I represent the police.
23:31I knew it.
23:33Alfred, I told you.
23:35Told him what?
23:37I confess.
23:39Confess?
23:41You mean you've stolen it?
23:43You've got it in there?
23:45Yes.
23:47No, no, no. Leave it where it is.
23:49I'll go and fetch Inspector Lestrade at Scotland Yard.
23:51And don't either of you attempt to run away.
23:53Oh, no, Inspector.
23:59Is this door always kept locked, Conductor?
24:01Yes, sir. Only the guard and myself have keys.
24:03Guard him, Holmes.
24:05Who?
24:06That married couple down there.
24:08Yes, I confessed.
24:10Confessed?
24:12Broke them down. Gave them the third degree.
24:14And you left them unguarded?
24:16I told them not to run away.
24:18You'd better have a talk with them.
24:22Oh, it's you again.
24:24It might interest you to know
24:26that I've just caught the thieves.
24:31Excuse me, madam.
24:33You're the police, I know.
24:34I warned him, but no, he had to take it.
24:36I must warn you that anything you say
24:38may be used against you.
24:40Anything they say.
24:42They've already admitted everything.
24:44Everything?
24:45Yes, they've got it in there.
24:47I'd be glad to pay double what it's worth
24:49if only they won't prosecute.
24:51It's my first offence.
24:53You chaps always say the same thing.
24:55Come on, hand it over. Where is it?
24:57I stole it.
24:59I took it from a hotel in London.
25:01Come on, come on.
25:02By the way, I'm a collector of teapots.
25:07Teapots?
25:09Dr. Watson, does this look like a diamond?
25:12Not very much, don't you mention it.
25:14What's all that about a confession?
25:16Well, when I came in here before,
25:18they said that they took it.
25:20Well, you'll please oblige us, doctor,
25:22by not meddling in police business.
25:24This time wasn't entirely wasted, Lestrade.
25:26At least you've recovered the teapot.
25:28Thank you, Holmes.
25:30Teapot.
25:32In the start of all people,
25:34a good man to chuck up the whole case.
25:36Might be a good idea to let the police do their own work.
25:39You mind your own business.
25:42Oh, there you are, Watson.
25:44How about a spot in my compartment?
25:46Thanks, old man.
25:48Serve them right if I got a bit tiddler.
26:00I suppose you realize
26:02that you'll be released as soon as we reach Edinburgh.
26:04Dr. Watson.
26:06Teapots.
26:08I beg your pardon, Professor Kilbane.
26:10You're in the next compartment, aren't you?
26:12I am.
26:14I'm afraid we'll have to ask you a few questions.
26:16Now, don't tell me that you're going to start.
26:18You mind?
26:20Why, of course I mind.
26:22Come on, in detail.
26:24A brilliant mind,
26:26but there have been times when...
26:28When your scientist mind has shown him the way.
26:31Exactly.
26:33You take the death of young Carstairs, for instance.
26:35I knew from the first it was poison.
26:37The scientific approach, of course.
26:40The murderer used a hypodermic.
26:42Some rare poison from South America, probably.
26:45Or India.
26:47Yes, yes, India.
26:49I can't remember.
26:50India, or India.
26:52Yes, yes, India.
26:54I've been to India.
26:56So have you.
26:58Yes.
27:00Yes, of course.
27:02Well.
27:06You've been India.
27:08I don't like your attitude, Professor Kilbane.
27:10I don't like it at all.
27:12Perhaps not,
27:14but I'm on this train for legitimate reasons,
27:16and I've neither the time nor the inclination
27:18to assist you with your work.
27:20Thank you, sir,
27:22and I'm sure that Inspector Lestade appreciates that.
27:24Thank you, sir.
27:26Now, if you have no objection,
27:28I have some work to do which requires concentration.
27:30Mathematics?
27:32Yes.
27:34Interesting study.
27:36If you don't mind.
27:51Looking for something, Lady Margaret?
27:53Oh.
27:56I came to get my bag.
27:58The door's locked.
28:00Naturally.
28:02Perhaps I can help you.
28:21Thank you.
28:23Mr. Holmes,
28:25I must talk to you about the diamond.
28:27Oh, don't you worry about that, Lady Margaret.
28:2950,000 pounds, and you tell me not to worry?
28:32My son employed this man to guard it,
28:35and it was stolen right under his very nose.
28:38I warn you,
28:40I intend to take this matter up with your superiors.
28:43I'm a private agent, Lady Margaret.
28:45Good.
28:47I shall see to it
28:48that you report to Scotland Yard.
28:52But I am Scotland Yard.
29:02Lady Carstairs entered the dining car alone.
29:05You and I were already there.
29:07Holmes came in later,
29:09and I understand that Inspector Lestrade
29:11remained in his compartment with the curtains open
29:13so that if anyone had gone in or out,
29:15he would have seen them.
29:16I see you've got something there.
29:18Well, let's look at this thing objectively.
29:20Lady Carstairs seemed more concerned,
29:22was more concerned at the loss of the diamond
29:24than at the death of her son.
29:26Right, George, you're right. So she was.
29:28Come in.
29:30Oh, here you are, Watson.
29:32Sit down. Have a drink?
29:35No, thanks. Do you mind if I...
29:37Not at all.
29:39I've been thinking about this case, Holmes.
29:41That is, Duncan Bleak and I have.
29:43Yes, I see.
29:44You're saying that the old trout
29:46is the only one without an alibi.
29:48Yes, we feel that you're approaching
29:50the whole thing from the wrong angle.
29:52Really, Watson? What's your theory?
29:54Insurance.
29:56A lot of people insure jewellery
29:58and then try and collect on it.
30:00Interesting suggestion.
30:02I suppose you go and ask Lady Margaret
30:04just how much insurance she carries
30:06on the starboard leash, sir.
30:08No, thank you. I've already had two tries.
30:10Why don't you ask her yourself?
30:12For a very simple reason I already know.
30:15Let's go.
30:29Mr. and Mrs. Shawcross.
30:32Tea pots.
30:34Well, we can eliminate them.
30:36Professor William Kilbane.
30:39I've sent a telegram to the Edinburgh police
30:41to check up on that mathematics professor.
30:44Well, now what?
30:46Oh, just a coincidence.
30:48What's a coincidence?
30:50The fact that this fellow Kilvain
30:52happens to be a professor of mathematics.
30:54Oh.
30:56Come again, Mr. Holmes?
30:58Lestrade, did you ever hear of Colonel Sebastian Moran?
31:00Of course I did. What about him?
31:02Well, then, as you know,
31:04Colonel Sebastian Moran was the most sinister,
31:06ruthless, and diabolically clever henchman
31:08of our late but unlamented friend
31:10Professor Moriarty.
31:12I've never seen him,
31:14but I've been unpleasantly conscious
31:16of his presence more than once.
31:18As a matter of fact,
31:20he was directly responsible
31:22for what very nearly turned out to be
31:24my premature death on three separate occasions.
31:26Very pretty, Mr. Holmes.
31:28What's all that got to do with all this?
31:30Oh, possibly nothing.
31:32However, his speciality
31:34was spectacular jewel robberies.
31:36And for relaxation,
31:38he was addicted to the study of, uh,
31:40mathematics.
31:42Are you inferring that this Professor Kilbane
31:44is Colonel Sebastian Moran?
31:46That he murdered young Carstairs
31:48and stole the diamond?
31:50Well, what about this woman,
31:52this, uh, Vivian Vedder? What about her?
31:54No one's above suspicion.
31:58And Lady Margaret.
32:00She might have a motive for wanting
32:02the star of Rhodesia stolen.
32:04She wasn't very concerned over the death of her son.
32:06And this friend of Dr. Watson's,
32:08this, uh, Major Duncan Bleak.
32:10Might be just as sensible
32:12to suspect him.
32:14Now, as far as we know,
32:16only four persons knew
32:18the star of Rhodesia was on this train.
32:20Yourself, Dr. Watson,
32:22the murdered... the dead lad,
32:24and myself.
32:26And Lady Margaret.
32:28And Lady Margaret.
32:30I'll have another talk with her, Ladyship.
32:36Lady Margaret,
32:38do you mind if I come in?
33:06We're home.
33:08Leave it open, will you?
33:10Lucky beggar.
33:12Who's a lucky beggar?
33:14Duncan Bleak.
33:16Been playing cards with him.
33:18He won all the way across,
33:20I believe the expression is.
33:22Have you been with him all this time?
33:24Yeah, just left him.
33:26He introduced me to a new fangle game.
33:28He said it was a game
33:30of cards.
33:32And I said,
33:34a new fangle game.
33:36Gin-Rummy, he called it.
33:38American, I believe.
33:40Lot of bookkeeping connected with it.
33:42Do you, uh...
33:44ever hear of it?
33:48Huh?
34:04Oh, my.
34:34Oh, my.
35:00Still looking
35:02for the murderer, Inspector?
35:06Impossible fellow.
35:16I don't understand it.
35:32Hmm.
36:02It's vanishing
36:04as thin air.
36:16Well, there you are.
36:18Where on earth have you been?
36:24I asked you where you'd been.
36:26I don't...
36:28know.
36:30Hello?
36:32What's happened?
36:34I've been observing the landscape
36:36from the door at the end of the corridor.
36:38I've just been along there. I didn't see you.
36:40The door was shut.
36:42Actually, it was on the outside.
36:44The outside?
36:46Yes.
36:48You must try it sometime.
36:50We'll take a look at that coffin.
36:52If you remember, I was interrupted the last time.
36:54Oh, sorry.
37:00I'm Sherlock Holmes.
37:02Do you mind if I inspect a coffin you've hidden in Scotland?
37:04No one is allowed in here, Mr. Holmes.
37:06I'll take the responsibility. Excuse me.
37:16Does it occur to you, Watson,
37:18that this is a very unusual coffin?
37:20I don't know. I'll try for the first time.
37:22It's a very unusual coffin.
37:24I don't know. I'll try for the first time.
37:26It's a very unusual coffin.
37:28It's a very unusual coffin.
37:30I don't know. I'll try for ornate, perhaps.
37:32I wasn't thinking of the fittings.
37:34Do you mind if we open it?
37:36It's forbidden, sir.
37:38Sorry. Go on, Watson.
37:40But you can't do that, sir.
37:42We'll have to.
37:44Excuse me, please.
37:52A little old lady.
37:54As I thought, shallow.
37:56The body only comes down to about here.
37:58Do you think there's a secret compartment underneath?
38:00Do you think there's a secret compartment underneath?
38:02There has to be.
38:12Empty.
38:16Yes, but it's been recently occupied.
38:18We asked Lestrade to come in here.
38:20He's with Lady Margaret.
38:22Thank you, Holmes.
38:27Have you let anyone else in here?
38:29No.
38:31Not a Max, eh?
38:33Gives me something to do.
38:44Come quick. What is it?
38:46It's the coffin.
38:50Holmes, find a false bottom in it.
38:52Enough room for the murderer to hide in.
38:54What?
39:01What is all this, Mr. Holmes?
39:04There's where your murderer's been hiding, Lestrade.
39:08Then it's just a question of finding him, isn't it, Mr. Holmes?
39:11Not him. Them.
39:13This affair is obviously the work of two men.
39:15The one who planned it and the other who hid in the coffin
39:18and at a prearranged time emerged to commit the murder and effect the robbery.
39:22What are you talking about?
39:24Colonel Sebastian Moran.
39:26You've got that man on the brain, Mr. Holmes.
39:28My dear Lestrade, I accepted this case because I was virtually certain
39:31that Colonel Sebastian Moran could not resist such a tempting morsel as the Star of Rhodesia.
39:35I'm convinced that he's the brains behind this case and that he's on this train.
39:39Oh, and how would you go about finding out which one of the passengers is this Colonel Sebastian Moran?
39:45If he is one of the passengers.
39:47Well, I suggest that you start by questioning Miss Vedder.
39:50It might prove interesting.
39:52Huh? Oh.
40:15Who's there?
40:18Miss Vedder, I want to ask you a few questions and I must warn you,
40:21anything you say may be used against you.
40:23Oh?
40:24Now, about your mother.
40:25It isn't your mother after all, is it?
40:27Perhaps if you explain.
40:28That coffin, we've examined it and found the secret compartment.
40:31Oh, come on, let's have it.
40:33Have what?
40:34The old story.
40:35If you insist.
40:38The man approached me and asked me to take a coffin to Scotland.
40:42He offered me a hundred pounds.
40:44Were you aware that the coffin had a secret compartment?
40:47I was.
40:48What story did this person tell you to account for a man being concealed in the coffin?
40:51That someone had to leave London.
40:53Foreign agents were watching the train.
40:55Foreign agents.
40:56All right.
40:57Maybe I didn't believe that foreign agent story.
41:00You realize, of course, this makes you an accomplice.
41:03What was the name of the man who approached you?
41:06I don't remember.
41:09Miss Vedder, the man who engaged you to take this coffin to Scotland,
41:13was it by any chance this man here?
41:16I say, old man, aren't you making a mistake?
41:18My dear Watson, just what do you know about Major Duncan Bleak?
41:21I've known him for years. He's a member of my club.
41:23I say, is this a joke?
41:26Does the name Colonel Moran mean anything to you, sir?
41:29Colonel Moran?
41:31Yes, Colonel Sebastian Moran.
41:33I'm afraid it doesn't.
41:35Good heavens, you don't think that I...
41:36No, no, no, of course not.
41:38You have the perfect alibi, Dr. Watson.
41:40Yes, yes, yes, of course, of course.
41:42Good heavens, gentlemen, you're at perfect liberty to search my compartment, to search me.
41:45If you find the diamond, I...
41:47No, that won't be necessary.
41:49The Star of Rhodesia has not been stolen.
41:51What's that, Mr. Holmes?
41:53An imitation was stolen. I have the real one.
41:55You've got it?
41:57My dear Lestrade,
41:58surely you didn't think I would allow Lady Margaret to retain the genuine diamond
42:02when I felt reasonably certain that an attempt would be made to steal it.
42:05I have had it in my possession almost from the moment I boarded the train.
42:08Confound it, Mr. Holmes. You had no right to do that.
42:10This is a police matter. Come on, let me have it.
42:12My job is to see that it wasn't stolen. It wasn't.
42:15Look, I don't know what this is all about,
42:17but I do know that I never seen this gentleman before in my life.
42:21I shall have to ask you to remain in your compartment until we reach Edinburgh.
42:24Inspector Lestrade.
42:26Oh, a telegram for you, sir.
42:28Thank you.
42:31I'm sorry, old man. I'm afraid my friend owes you an apology.
42:34Oh, that's all right, Watson. In a case like this, naturally everyone is suspected.
42:37We all make mistakes. Even Holmes is not infallible.
42:40And after all, the killer is still at large, you know.
42:43Yes, he is, isn't he?
42:45Well, good night. Good night, old boy. Don't worry.
42:50I think I'll have another little chat with that professor fellow.
42:53Something important, Lestrade?
42:55You have your secrets, Mr. Holmes. I have mine.
42:58This is Inspector Lestrade.
43:01Look here. Is this racket going to continue all night?
43:04Professor Kilbane, you told me you were on the staff of the University of Edinburgh.
43:07I said nothing of the kind.
43:09You most certainly did. I urge you, Mr. Holmes, you urge it.
43:12Oh, I merely said that I was a professor of mathematics
43:15and that I was returning to my home in Edinburgh.
43:18Well, it might be necessary to talk to you again.
43:21Later.
43:23You come pounding on this door again and I'll have the law on you.
43:26I am the law.
43:28Then stop barging in and out of my room like a chambermaid.
43:36Where is everybody?
43:59Sorry, chap. Doesn't want to open the door, probably.
44:04This should help us.
44:06Hello? Who shut that door?
44:13It's great disgust to God.
44:15Murderer came back and was seen.
44:17I'm afraid so.
44:19I'm afraid so.
44:21I'm afraid so.
44:23I'm afraid so.
44:25I'm afraid so.
44:27I'm afraid so.
44:29I'm afraid so.
44:31I'm afraid so.
44:33I'm afraid so.
44:35Murderer came back and was seen.
44:38Hadermic?
44:40Look again, old fellow.
44:45Scratch. Just a scratch.
44:47Like the one on Ronald Carstairs.
44:49Small dart.
44:51Apparently made of some soluble substance.
44:54Probably a gelatin preparation that melts in the wound.
44:57That's why he couldn't see anything on Carstairs.
44:59Murderer was about to get rid of the body
45:01when he heard the knock and became frightened to hell.
45:03I'm afraid so.
45:33I'm afraid so.
45:35I'm afraid so.
45:37I'm afraid so.
45:39I'm afraid so.
45:41I'm afraid so.
45:43I'm afraid so.
45:45I'm afraid so.
45:47I'm afraid so.
45:49I'm afraid so.
45:51I'm afraid so.
45:53I'm afraid so.
45:55I'm afraid so.
45:57I'm afraid so.
45:59I'm afraid so.
46:01I'm afraid so.
46:03I'm afraid so.
46:05I'm afraid so.
46:07I'm afraid so.
46:09I'm afraid so.
46:21Come away from that door.
46:24Were you seen coming in here?
46:26No.
46:28I fixed him temporarily.
46:31The guard in the van did.
46:33I had to kill him.
46:39Here, you'd better take this.
46:42This isn't the Star of Rhodesia.
46:45You wouldn't be trying to double-cross me, would you?
46:48Sherlock Holmes got the diamond and replaced it with this imitation.
46:51Now that Scotland Yard inspector has the real Star of Rhodesia.
46:54Was he with Holmes and Watson in the luggage van?
46:58No.
46:59Good, then he's probably in his compartment.
47:01But you'll have to hurry.
47:03I don't like it.
47:04Neither do I.
47:06All you have to do is to relieve him of the diamond.
47:09Scotland Yard inspector, why, that's something different.
47:14Naturally, it'll mean more money for you.
47:16You'd like that, wouldn't you?
47:24Come on.
47:40He's in there.
47:54He's got the diamond.
48:18You use this.
48:24You use this.
48:47No, no, don't shoot.
48:49Don't.
48:51No, don't shoot.
48:54Don't shoot.
49:25Hello.
49:26That fellow you put on guard isn't there.
49:28That's what I observed.
49:30It's strange.
49:31What is?
49:38Stroud!
49:39Yeah.
49:40Help me to get him up onto the seat.
49:43I'll get him.
49:44I'll get him.
49:45I'll get him.
49:46I'll get him.
49:47I'll get him.
49:48I'll get him.
49:49I'll get him.
49:50I'll get him.
49:51I'll get him.
49:52I'll get him.
49:53I'll get him.
49:59He's coming too.
50:00Hand me that water will you?
50:06It's nothing very serious.
50:07I'll attend to him properly later on.
50:23Poisoned, like the others.
50:27It's gone.
50:29The diamond's gone.
50:30Gone?
50:31Yeah.
50:32And we've had a search for murder at once?
50:33No use, old fellow.
50:35The man who killed him has the Star of Rhodesia.
50:38What's that?
50:40It's an air pistol, Estrade, that fires a poison dart.
50:42It's quite an unusual design.
50:44You were attacked because you had the diamond.
50:47Fortunately, this wasn't used on you.
50:50Hello, we're coming to a stop.
50:53We're coming to a stop.
51:24Police.
51:42Scottish police.
51:46I don't feel up to it, Mr. Holmes.
51:48Would you be good enough to talk to them?
51:50Certainly.
51:51Thank you.
51:52You keep quiet, old boy.
51:53Be back in a minute.
52:04Mr. Holmes, this is Inspector MacDonald of the Edinburgh Police.
52:07How do you do?
52:09I happen to be in this district on another case,
52:11and I've received this telegram from headquarters.
52:13You'll want to talk to Inspector Estrade.
52:15I'm in due time, but I'm in charge here.
52:17This is Scotland. You've crossed the border.
52:19We've had a spot of trouble here, Inspector.
52:21That's why I'm here.
52:22And who are you, might I ask?
52:24Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
52:26The private inquiry agent, eh?
52:28I've heard of you.
52:29Heard of him?
52:30Mr. Holmes has practically solved this case already.
52:32Watson, will you clear the dining car?
52:34I'll want to ask a few questions.
52:35Yes, sir.
52:36And see that no one leaves this compartment
52:38until I need him for questioning.
52:39Very good, sir.
52:40Inspector Estrade asked me to sit in with you.
52:42It's a bit unusual, but...
52:44The Scotland Yard think a great deal of Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
52:46They frequently ask his advice.
52:48Scotland Yard, eh?
52:50Where is this Inspector Estrade?
52:52Now, Watson, will you see if Inspector Estrade
52:54is sufficient to recover to come into the dining car?
52:56Right you are.
53:08Miss Vedder, I know all about you.
53:11And frankly, you're in for it.
53:12All I did was buy a coffin and bring it on the train.
53:15In my opinion, this is a matter for Scotland Yard.
53:18Scotland Yard's jurisdiction ended
53:20when you crossed the border, Inspector.
53:22So you say.
53:23That's a matter of opinion.
53:25Miss Vedder is unquestionably in the plot.
53:28But you may not know Colonel Moran, however.
53:30I don't.
53:31Colonel Sebastian Moran?
53:33Is he in this?
53:34You know him?
53:36Unfortunately, I do.
53:38You may return to your compartment.
53:41You said, unfortunately.
53:43Aye.
53:44I once had an encounter with Colonel Moran.
53:46The only time in my entire career I've been bested.
53:49The cleverest criminal since the late Professor Moriarty.
53:52And that I concur.
53:53Well, where is this Sebastian Moran?
53:55He's traveling on this train under the name of Major Duncan Bleak.
53:58What on earth are you talking about?
54:00Are you serious, Mr. Holmes?
54:02Constable, bring in Duncan Bleak.
54:04Yes, sir.
54:05Duncan Bleak?
54:06But he played for the gentlemen at Lord's.
54:14Come in.
54:16Duncan Bleak?
54:18Yes.
54:19Inspector MacDonald would like to see you.
54:21All right.
54:27Colonel Sebastian Moran.
54:29Yes, sir.
54:30I'm here to see Mr. Holmes.
54:33Colonel Sebastian Moran, eh?
54:35It will give me great pleasure, Mr. Holmes, to meet up with that scoundrel again.
54:39You wanted to see me?
54:40Yes, Colonel Moran.
54:42You're under arrest.
54:44Oh, so you've managed to convince him that I'm the mythical Colonel Moran.
54:47Not mythical, Colonel.
54:48Have you forgotten that affair at Inverness three years ago?
54:51I've never been in Inverness in my life.
54:53Do you mind if I search you?
54:54Go ahead.
54:56For an innocent man, you carry strange things in your pockets.
54:59A retired army officer, India.
55:01But you're in Scotland now, and there's a law against carrying firearms.
55:04Well, are you satisfied?
55:05Not quite, Colonel.
55:07Now I am satisfied.
55:10This clears things up pretty well.
55:13We'll be coming into Topham in a few minutes.
55:16The train doesn't stop at Topham, I'm afraid.
55:30That's the way to get to Topham.
55:32in a few minutes. Train doesn't stop at Topham I'm afraid. I'm afraid you're wrong this time, Holmes.
55:39This train will stop at Topham.
55:45You're only delaying the inevitable, Colonel Moran. You can't get away.
56:03Go!
56:11Out of the way, Inspector.
56:14All right, Inspector MacDonald, here's your man. Who pulled that cord?
56:17It's all right, Conductor. We'll get off here with our prisoner. Constables, take him off.
56:25Quite a struggle, Inspector MacDonald. Good work, Mr. Holmes.
56:28Perhaps I underestimated you. Was it you who hit me?
56:32Oh, I'm terribly sorry. You must accept my apologies.
56:58Well, that's that. Where's Lestrade? Look under that table over there.
57:10That's not Lestrade. Great Scottish Duncan Bleak. I mean Colonel Sebastian Moran. Come on,
57:14old fellow, give me a hand. What's all this about?
57:26Where's Inspector MacDonald? He's just got off the train.
57:30He couldn't have. He couldn't. Oh, but he has. A very clever plot,
57:35Colonel Moran. Your henchman masquerading as policeman come aboard the train,
57:39arrest you, stop the train and take you off. But this is fantastic.
57:43Yes, it is, isn't it? And it's a scheme worthy of Colonel Sebastian Moran. He planned the whole
57:47thing, including the coffin with the secret compartment. And in case anything went wrong,
57:50the pseudo policeman to come aboard and take him off the train before it reached Edinburgh.
57:54Then where is Lestrade? Well, I imagine at the moment he's pretty well occupied.
58:01Just a minute, MacDonald. Get over there, all of you. You're under arrest.
58:05Put up your hands. Driver, take us to the nearest police station. Come on, get over here.
58:11Then the poke in the eye I received from Sherlock Holmes wasn't an accident after all.
58:15That is a matter of opinion. Come on, get in.
58:25Send that over as soon as possible, will you? Very good, sir.
58:29It's a telegram to the real Edinburgh police asking to meet us when we arrive.
58:33But how did you know this fellow wasn't the real Inspector MacDonald?
58:37Elementary, my dear Watson. In the first place, he didn't put handcuffs on Colonel Moran,
58:42so I had to do it myself. And in the second place, Inspector MacDonald during the fight
58:47was more hindrance than help, which is not characteristic of a real policeman.
58:50Amazing, Holmes. Uncovering such a fiendish plot with so little evidence.
58:55Yes, I forgot to mention that I also happen to know the
58:59real Inspector MacDonald of the Edinburgh police. Oh, was Lestrade in on all this?
59:04Yes, and surprisingly enough, he grasped the situation immediately.
59:07It's very unusual. Let's hope he hasn't overdone it.
59:10Very clever, Holmes. You've got me, but you haven't got the star of Rhodesia.
59:14Oh, but I have. If in the dark I could substitute a big hulk like Lestrade for you, Colonel Moran,
59:20it's no very great feat to switch a little thing like a diamond.