• 4 months ago
Green For Danger -HD (1946)
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00:01:46To the assistant commissioner of the police Scotland Yard, sir
00:01:50The amazing events which I'm reporting may be said to have begun on the evening of August the 17th
00:01:571944
00:01:59new paragraph
00:02:01The postman was cycling up herons Hill on his way to deliver mail at the hospital
00:02:07His name was Joseph Higgins. I
00:02:11Begin with him because he was the first to die
00:02:21The hospital itself lay a mile away
00:02:25And Elizabethan manner requisitioned and converted in the emergency war
00:02:31Another new paragraph
00:02:37In the operating theater that night
00:02:41There was a surgeon mr. Eden
00:02:45Nurse woods
00:02:49Nurse Sensen
00:02:52The theater sister Bates
00:03:00Nurse Lindley and the anesthetist dr. Barnes
00:03:10August the 17th
00:03:121944
00:03:14by August the 22nd
00:03:16two of these people would be dead and
00:03:19And one of them a murderer
00:03:39What's up, how'd I fuck you now that second doodle bug this afternoon dropped right behind the post office
00:03:44Just as I was asking if these were sorted out. They were sorted out. All right
00:03:48So were we well, that's the lot five in a bill for dr. Barnes might be a receipt might be well
00:03:54I should be late on duty. So long that can't be in two places at once. I don't warden takes a different view
00:03:59All right for Dutch Saturday Joe
00:04:03Some hoops
00:04:05What is good morale?
00:04:07Discipline and confidence the one dependent on the other I repeat discipline and confidence
00:04:14And you cannot have confidence without positive thinking
00:04:18Be you were students or nurses under bombardment or otherwise a small instance
00:04:24You may smile when I tell you that one of my first acts when I took over this hospital a month ago
00:04:30Was to order the word waste to be painted out from the refuse bins and instead to substitute the word salvage
00:04:39salvage a
00:04:41Humble example of the difference between positive and negative thinking
00:04:48An essential factor in the building and maintenance of
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00:05:29Tried to race me on my bicycle
00:05:36It remains to be seen what other numbers will be
00:05:48As the desperate Churchill lies frantically to save his face
00:05:52London and the home counties are reeling under the incessant fire of our terrible v1
00:05:58This is Germany calling
00:06:00This is Germany calling
00:06:05Yeah, that's all system I
00:06:08Thought it wasn't a dive a chick, you know
00:06:10You're on doesn't end to have
00:06:13All right, isn't it? Yes. Thank you so perfectly. It's always a bit of an ordeal the first time
00:06:18Wonder where that doodle bank drop somewhere near the village. I'll be missed my house
00:06:23What a life well, it can't last forever
00:06:26Nurses end up to it awfully. Well, so do the doctors
00:06:30One can get used to anything in time. It must have been a bit of a change for you, too
00:06:35So considering considering what your past? Hmm. Thank you. I mean Harley Street Rolls-Royce
00:06:42Lovely ladies all are gone the old familiar face. They left their appendixes behind them
00:06:48We're happy to be in the fashion and even happier to be in your consulting room
00:06:52It's those eyes, of course the wounded stag looks that no woman can resist
00:06:57Woods
00:06:59Why aren't you tidying up? There's plenty to do. Yes, sister
00:07:05Clear up the swabs and get some fresh saline. There may be more casualties in yes
00:07:09You
00:07:18Look tired Esther. Oh, I'm all right. I'll make you a cup of something before you go to bed. Thank you
00:07:24Samson will you take the patient back to the ward? Yes sister
00:07:33Yes
00:07:35Not being in the least unreasonable I naturally thought you'd go with me tomorrow darling
00:07:38It's just a tatty little hospital hop not a ball of the Dorchester. Does it matter who goes with whom? I suppose not but
00:07:45I was about to add Eden had a nerve to ask you
00:07:48Surgeons quite often asked nurses on informal occasions. I know but he thought twice about it. I wonder
00:07:54Now you're being ridiculous. Am I not to say pompous? I'm being nothing of the kind must you shout
00:07:59You know, it's really amazing how you always contrive to put me in the wrong
00:08:02Well, you seem to think you can even dictate who I'm to go to dance with
00:08:05I don't want to dictate to anybody. I'm none of the instincts of a dictator. Then why dictate?
00:08:10What is the matter with you these days Freddie? I simply took it for granted. You were going with me
00:08:14That's all I don't like being taken for granted. We are supposed to be engaged me. We were
00:08:19Is that remark intended to have any point?
00:08:22Yes, can't go on like this Linley as you have nothing to do here. Would you please move outside?
00:08:28Dr. Barnes, I do hope you won't be long. It's still a great deal of clearing up to do
00:08:31I don't know what's happened to hospital discipline this evening
00:08:35Ready Barney?
00:08:37Let's hope that's all for this evening
00:08:40Sorry sister. Time for a hundred up before dinner, can we? Yes, right. I'll follow you down
00:08:44You want to get some rest nurse. You're on night duty, aren't you? Yes, sir. I'm just going off for an hour
00:08:51Oh, good night sister. Good night Mr. Eden
00:08:57Good night
00:09:09Casualties woods you'll be needed in casualty reception with dr. Barnes. I'll finish here
00:09:27Later they brought in Joseph Higgins
00:09:37Well nurse
00:09:38Fractured tib and fib and he's had a quarter of morphia
00:09:42Shocked to what his name? No, it's left blank. No identity disk. He couldn't have been wearing one
00:09:48We'll have to make room for him in some cats. Someone's sure to come forward. Tell Mr. Eden
00:09:57Compound otherwise straightforward no internal injuries
00:10:01You haven't cleaned him up nurse. No, sir. He was still badly shocked when they brought him in. I'm quite right
00:10:05They fixed him up with the splints
00:10:06I think it's best to leave him his ears for a while
00:10:08X-ray first thing in the morning. Yes, sir
00:10:09And then we'll take him up to the theater and operate at 10 o'clock. All right. Very good, sir. Good
00:10:15Clean him up a bit now, but don't blame him. Yes, sir
00:10:21Any more of those nightmares?
00:10:24No, meaning yes, I suppose
00:10:27Why don't you take a leave? I might later. It's in the work now. I suppose you were right coming back here. So soon after
00:10:35No, my dear. It isn't the best of atmospheres for you. No constant reminders
00:10:40There are lots of jobs outside where you'd be helping just as much. I want to carry on here
00:10:45You don't want to poison your life blaming yourself for something which you couldn't help. I knew your mother don't forget him
00:10:57You never turned off the wires. You never turned off me. You're a pussy
00:11:02My lady Esther, sorry, I fell asleep
00:11:06What's the matter? Well, hello Freddy. You look a bit pale. Did you get up out of bed?
00:11:12I don't know. I'm just feeling a bit sleepy
00:11:14I'm not sure I can get up. I'm just a bit sleepy
00:11:18You're not sleepy. I know it's a bad dream. It's just a bad dream
00:11:21I'm not getting up. I'm just sleepy. I'm not getting up. I'm not getting up
00:11:24I'm not getting up. I'm just sleepy. I'm not getting up. I'm not getting up
00:11:28I'm not getting up I'm not getting up
00:11:30Oh, hello, Freddy.
00:11:31You look completely out on your feet there.
00:11:33Yes, I am a bit.
00:11:34Plenty of sleep, that's what you need. Hop off now, I'll see to everything.
00:11:37Anyone to fix?
00:11:38Yes, three stat, one SOS. It's all in the prescription book.
00:11:40I'll give them. Off you go.
00:11:42Thank you, Freddy. Good night.
00:11:43Good night. See you in the morning.
00:12:01Aren't you going to kiss me good night, nurse?
00:12:11Hello, nurse. Spare a cuppa for the poor old surgeon?
00:12:13Yes, I think so, sir.
00:12:14Wonderful. I'm parched. Busy night, after all.
00:12:17You never know how it's going to be with bump-bump.
00:12:19No, it shall all end up with elephantiasis of the ears.
00:12:22Isn't that one?
00:12:25I'm your cop.
00:12:27Thanks.
00:12:30How's Barney?
00:12:31All right, sir.
00:12:32Would you like to take a slight note of friction in the theatre this evening?
00:12:35Saccharine?
00:12:36Of course.
00:12:40I like Barney.
00:12:42So do I, curiously enough.
00:12:43Naturally, since you're engaged.
00:12:46No, I'm not.
00:12:47Hmm? Since when?
00:12:49This evening.
00:12:50Oh, I am sorry.
00:12:52What's the trouble, or shouldn't I ask?
00:12:55I suppose it's my fault.
00:12:56When a woman says that, it usually means she's convinced it isn't.
00:13:00I don't know.
00:13:01You always seem to be getting on each other's nerves.
00:13:03Well, nobody's nerves are quite what they were.
00:13:06Especially after being cooped up here for years,
00:13:08working long hours under one sort of bombardment or another.
00:13:10I suppose not.
00:13:11Not that I ever interfere in these things.
00:13:14Don't you?
00:13:15Anyway, I never admit it.
00:13:19What's the matter?
00:13:20I was just looking at you and thinking.
00:13:22What?
00:13:23That Barney must be an awful fool.
00:13:27He's not. He's sweet.
00:13:28It is my fault, in a way.
00:13:29In what way?
00:13:30Well, he's probably a better sort of person than I am altogether,
00:13:33but he gets so possessive.
00:13:34And he's firmly of the opinion that there should be
00:13:36only one man in your life to win Barney.
00:13:40It wasn't that sort of quarrel.
00:13:42Wasn't it?
00:13:44Not really.
00:13:50It wasn't.
00:13:59It wasn't.
00:14:06It wasn't, huh?
00:14:17I'm sorry.
00:14:25Please forgive me.
00:14:27Look out!
00:14:30Oh, it's cut out.
00:14:32It's coming down.
00:14:34Hear it?
00:14:35It's going to hit us.
00:14:36It's all right. It's gone over.
00:14:38You're quite safe.
00:14:40I'd just come into the ward when he started.
00:14:43London under fire.
00:14:46Terrible V1.
00:14:48Terrible V1.
00:14:50Churchill telling lies.
00:14:52Telling lies to save.
00:14:54What is it?
00:14:55Churchill.
00:14:56No, no, some sort of quotation.
00:14:57Churchill.
00:14:58Churchill.
00:14:59Don't talk any more, old man.
00:15:00Take it easy.
00:15:02There's nothing to worry about.
00:15:03You'll get to sleep now.
00:15:05Give him a sixth of morphine.
00:15:09I'd just come to look for you, Mr. Eden,
00:15:11about the operation tomorrow.
00:15:12I understand you want it at 10 o'clock.
00:15:14That's right, sister.
00:15:15Then I'll put back the cartilage until 11.
00:15:17Thank you, sister.
00:15:18Good night, Mr. Eden.
00:15:20Good night, sister.
00:15:21Good night.
00:15:29Oh!
00:15:42Oh, there you are, Esther.
00:15:46Where have you been?
00:15:47It must be awfully late.
00:15:48Probably overslept or something.
00:15:50There's some cocoa for you.
00:15:51I'll heat it up.
00:15:52Please don't bother.
00:15:53I don't want anything.
00:15:54Esther.
00:15:56Esther, what's the matter?
00:15:58Mr. Eden wants me to leave here.
00:16:00He's very sensible.
00:16:01You should never have come back.
00:16:02I can't go yet.
00:16:03I won't.
00:16:04Well, it's up to you.
00:16:06Are you sure you're all right?
00:16:09He saw I was upset over Higgins.
00:16:10Higgins?
00:16:12The postman.
00:16:13The unidentified fracture.
00:16:16I hadn't recognized him then, of course.
00:16:18Not until I cleaned him up.
00:16:21He was buried too, like she was.
00:16:24They had to dig him out.
00:16:25I couldn't help picking up...
00:16:28Higgins.
00:16:52And at 9.50 precisely,
00:16:54Joseph Higgins was wheeled to the operating theater.
00:16:59The next day
00:17:16I shall need a new oxygen cylinder, nurse.
00:17:18We nearly ran this one out last time.
00:17:20Very well, sir.
00:17:21Good morning, nurse.
00:17:22Good morning, sir.
00:17:23How's the patient?
00:17:24I could do with a pint.
00:17:26That's the preoperative atropine.
00:17:27Thank you very much.
00:17:28We shall keep you long.
00:17:29There's no need to worry.
00:17:30It's only a small thing.
00:17:31Hardly an operation at all.
00:17:33Dr. Barnes, ain't it?
00:17:35That's right.
00:17:36Remember me?
00:17:37Joe Higgins?
00:17:38Yes.
00:17:39You're the postman.
00:17:40I thought you would.
00:17:42You going to do the anesthetic?
00:17:44Yes.
00:17:46You've got a nerve.
00:17:50All right.
00:17:51Perfectly.
00:17:52Loose cylinder, sir.
00:17:53All right.
00:17:54Shove it in.
00:17:57Oh, sister.
00:17:58I think I'll give the anesthetic on the table.
00:18:00Save time.
00:18:01He's not the nervous type.
00:18:02Very well.
00:18:07I'm sure you're giving the anesthetic on the table.
00:18:09That's right.
00:18:16Samson.
00:18:17Bring the machine in, Woods.
00:18:19Do what?
00:18:20Bring the machine in, Woods.
00:18:22Do hurry.
00:18:23Yes, sister.
00:18:24Oh, Samson.
00:18:25You can bring the patient in right away.
00:18:27Yes, sister.
00:18:28Oh, well.
00:18:29As Churchill says, man the guns, sweep the skies, plough the fields, and pull the trolley.
00:18:34Who's that?
00:18:35Who's that?
00:18:37I know that voice.
00:18:38I've heard it before.
00:18:39What's the matter?
00:18:41It's the patient, sir.
00:18:42I think he's a bit excited.
00:18:44It's only one of the nurses.
00:18:46I've heard it before somewhere.
00:18:48I can't remember where I heard it.
00:18:50Don't worry now.
00:18:51It'll all come back later.
00:18:54Nurse.
00:18:55Yes?
00:18:56There's no danger, is there?
00:18:58No, of course not.
00:18:59No danger at all.
00:19:02Come on.
00:19:16Now, take it quite easily, old man.
00:19:18Just relax.
00:19:25Breathe quite normally.
00:19:28That's right.
00:19:29Quite gently.
00:19:30No hurry at all.
00:19:59I don't like his color.
00:20:11I've cut down the gas and increased the oxygen.
00:20:26Not responding.
00:20:30Nothing but oxygen now.
00:20:40Still not responding.
00:20:43Doesn't seem to be any obstruction.
00:20:44I'll slip an airway in to make sure.
00:20:54All right?
00:20:55Yes.
00:21:00Still pure oxygen.
00:21:01Yes.
00:21:19He stopped breathing.
00:21:20Artificial respiration?
00:21:21Yes.
00:21:22Adrenaline, sister.
00:21:23Intervene as caromid, nurse.
00:21:30They took the necessary action.
00:21:32They neglected nothing.
00:21:34It made no difference.
00:21:36Joseph Higgins was quite dead.
00:21:43There'll have to be an inquest, of course.
00:21:45Quite.
00:21:46Most unfortunate.
00:21:49These things always create such a mistaken impression outside.
00:21:52Of course, I'm not suggesting anyone's in there,
00:21:54least to blame.
00:21:56Barnes, are you quite certain that the tubes were uncrossed?
00:21:59Positive.
00:22:00You checked the machine?
00:22:01Of course.
00:22:02Well, I'm inclined to take the view that the man was still suffering from shock.
00:22:05These things are bound to happen now and then
00:22:07when taking justifiable risks in urgent cases.
00:22:10I'm afraid we can't tell the coroner that.
00:22:12Oh, why not?
00:22:13Because this case wasn't particularly urgent.
00:22:15Oh.
00:22:16And there wasn't any risk.
00:22:17The patient was perfectly fit.
00:22:19Hmm.
00:22:20Should have taken the anesthetic without turning a hair.
00:22:22Well, the fact remains he didn't.
00:22:24This would have to happen in my very first month here.
00:22:26It's most distressing.
00:22:31Any viewers, Bernie?
00:22:33Well, of course, I wasn't there, but it certainly seems a bit strange.
00:22:36Might get a clue from the post-mortem.
00:22:38Clue?
00:22:39Why is he what you mean?
00:22:41Well, we shall soon know.
00:22:42No doubt it'll all straighten itself out.
00:22:44Thank you, gentlemen.
00:22:45I don't think I need keep you.
00:22:46Thank you, sir.
00:22:47By the way, I don't see that this need be any reason
00:22:50for cancelling tonight's meeting.
00:22:52It started some time ago.
00:22:53Hmm?
00:22:54Oh, quite.
00:22:55Well, it makes a break for the nurses.
00:22:57Helps morale.
00:22:58I might even look in a little later myself.
00:23:00That'll be nice.
00:23:03Dr. Barnes, would you mind staying behind a moment?
00:23:08I'll see you at the party.
00:23:09Right.
00:23:12He spoke of our little gathering as though it needed launching.
00:23:15Most distressing.
00:23:16Great.
00:23:17All right.
00:23:18I'll see you at the party.
00:23:19Right.
00:23:20Most distressing.
00:23:21Great.
00:23:22All right.
00:23:28Barnes, you were in practice in this district
00:23:30before joining the hospital, I believe.
00:23:32I was?
00:23:33Yes.
00:23:34Frankly, I'm told that this won't be the first inquest of its kind
00:23:36you've had to attend at Heaven's Park.
00:23:38That's true.
00:23:39The other was four years ago.
00:23:40Yes.
00:23:41Just a little unfortunate.
00:23:42I don't know what you're implying.
00:23:43The surgeon and I were both exonerated.
00:23:45Obviously.
00:23:46I'm not suggesting for a moment.
00:23:48Natural causes, cardiac failure.
00:23:50It might happen to any of us.
00:23:52The fact remains, people talk.
00:23:54They generally do.
00:23:55They will in this case.
00:23:56Let them.
00:23:57I don't know that we can take quite so carefree of you.
00:24:01We have the hospital to think of now.
00:24:03I can see that, but after all...
00:24:04For instance, soon after you came here,
00:24:06I believe an anonymous letter was received.
00:24:08From some illiterate halfwit.
00:24:10Beneath contempt, of course.
00:24:13Still, candidly, I was rather hoping for a gesture from you.
00:24:17It might...
00:24:18I merely threw out the suggestion.
00:24:19It might simplify matters
00:24:20if you were to discontinue your theatre duties.
00:24:22You mean admit responsibility for Higgins' death?
00:24:25Good heavens, no.
00:24:26If I'm suspended, that's what it amounts to.
00:24:28My dear fellow,
00:24:29I merely suggested that I was hoping the gesture would come from you.
00:24:32Well, it won't.
00:24:33Now listen, Barnes...
00:24:34The only gesture I feel like making is far from polite.
00:24:37There's no necessity to be vulgar.
00:24:38I'm sure my predecessor would...
00:24:39Under your predecessor, this hospital had a magnificent record.
00:24:42Partly because you backed his staff to the hilt.
00:24:44This is intolerable.
00:24:45I ask for cooperation.
00:24:46You don't want cooperation.
00:24:47What you want is a scapegoat,
00:24:48neatly trussed up as a convenient sacrifice
00:24:50in case anyone starts throwing bricks at you.
00:24:52I... really, I...
00:24:53Suspend me if you like.
00:24:54If you do, I shall appeal.
00:24:55Good night.
00:25:17APPLAUSE
00:25:25Excuse me.
00:25:37Barney.
00:25:38Hello.
00:25:39I only just heard.
00:25:40What's happening?
00:25:41Everything.
00:25:42I bumped off a patient,
00:25:43insulted the superintendent
00:25:44and practically been suspended.
00:25:45What have you got?
00:25:46Only small gins.
00:25:47Barney.
00:25:48Small gins, all right.
00:25:49Have you really been suspended?
00:25:50Quite hinting at it.
00:25:51It wasn't your fault, no thank you.
00:25:52That seems to be beside the point.
00:25:54Why didn't you come and tell me?
00:25:56After yesterday.
00:25:58We both said a lot of things we didn't mean.
00:26:01Freddie.
00:26:02Ladies and gentlemen, Paul Jones.
00:26:07Freddie.
00:26:08Come on, Freddie.
00:26:09Freddie.
00:26:10Barney.
00:26:11Barney.
00:26:12Come along, old man.
00:26:14Come along.
00:26:32Really, Dr. Barney.
00:26:36When you said just now
00:26:37you didn't mean what you said yesterday.
00:26:39I didn't say that exactly.
00:26:40Oh, what?
00:26:42Couldn't we forget the whole thing?
00:26:44All right.
00:26:46Are we back where we were before?
00:26:50I'm awfully fond of you, Barney.
00:26:52You do believe that, don't you?
00:26:54The mere thought of losing you
00:26:55drives me absolutely dirty.
00:26:58You haven't answered my question.
00:27:00Barney.
00:27:01It's not that I mean to be awkward.
00:27:02I naturally like to know where I stand.
00:27:04If you want to boot me out,
00:27:05well, boot me out now.
00:27:08Go.
00:27:12Well?
00:27:15Please don't ask me now, Barney.
00:27:17I'm all in a muddle.
00:27:18I want to be quite sure.
00:27:20Oh, please.
00:27:21All right.
00:27:23Thought about what I was saying last night?
00:27:25Yes.
00:27:26I'm going against the very best medical advice
00:27:29and staying here.
00:27:30You remind me very much of your mother.
00:27:32She wouldn't see a reason either.
00:27:34Now, why shouldn't we speak of it?
00:27:36You won't get anywhere
00:27:37by driving this thing into the back of your mind.
00:27:39Get away, my dear.
00:27:41Bring it into the open
00:27:42and do a good job of forgetting.
00:27:44I mustn't forget ever.
00:27:46She was desperately afraid of the bombing
00:27:48and I left her to face it alone.
00:27:49You're scarcely to blame for that.
00:27:51I left her alone?
00:27:52Listen, Estelle.
00:27:54Your mother was the most possessive woman
00:27:56I've ever known.
00:27:57Jealously, hysterically possessive.
00:27:59You've no right to say that.
00:28:00The truth isn't less true for being brutal.
00:28:03You have a chance now to live your own life.
00:28:06Take it.
00:28:07Don't you believe a word he says?
00:28:09A word he says?
00:28:10A word he says?
00:28:11Don't you believe a word he says?
00:28:31Hello, sister.
00:28:32Having a good time?
00:28:34No.
00:28:35Oh.
00:28:36Well, I don't feel exactly trusted myself.
00:28:38Have a drink.
00:28:40I've got one.
00:28:51They make what's called a handsome couple, don't they?
00:28:53Yes.
00:28:54Well, I don't know about him.
00:28:55That's where I have the advantage of you.
00:28:57What?
00:28:58I do know about him.
00:29:00All about him.
00:29:02You think I'm an awful fool, don't you?
00:29:04Why?
00:29:05Oh, you know.
00:29:06Everybody knows by now.
00:29:08It's funny.
00:29:09I can do my work and keep my head.
00:29:11I might be a machine, but when it comes to him, I...
00:29:15It's funny, isn't it?
00:29:17What about a dance?
00:29:18He's sick of me.
00:29:20And I'm sick of myself.
00:29:22Now, look.
00:29:23You're a fool, too.
00:29:24You know that, don't you?
00:29:26We all have our off moments.
00:29:28I saw him kissing her in the ward last night.
00:29:31What?
00:29:33What?
00:29:34That hurt, didn't it?
00:29:36So you know how I feel.
00:29:38I saw him.
00:29:39I saw the way he looked at her.
00:29:40He's in love.
00:29:41As far as he ever can be.
00:29:43If I were you, I'd have a nice cup of cocoa and go to bed.
00:29:46You know it's the truth.
00:29:47If he wanted to marry her, do you think she'd hesitate if you weren't here?
00:29:50Well, I am here.
00:29:51You won't be much longer.
00:29:53Not if he knows about it.
00:29:55What are you getting at?
00:29:57You killed a girl, didn't you?
00:29:58A few years ago in Heron's Park.
00:30:00That's not true, and I've had just about enough of it.
00:30:03Now there's been another death, and White's had you on the carpet.
00:30:06What's this got to do with Eden?
00:30:08You're in his way, that's all.
00:30:11You're imagining things.
00:30:12I'm not.
00:30:13I'm seeing the truth.
00:30:14You get like that.
00:30:15You get to see people like you never did before.
00:30:18All the rotten things about them.
00:30:19You shut your eyes till once.
00:30:21And that hurts.
00:30:22It's a comfort.
00:30:24You're in his way, don't you see?
00:30:27What are you getting at?
00:30:30Off my nose.
00:30:34I'm going to join in.
00:31:00I'm sorry it's come to this.
00:31:18What?
00:31:19Spoiling your evening, having to dance with me.
00:31:22Don't be upset.
00:31:23Do you think I don't know?
00:31:25Now, Marion, why can't you be sensible?
00:31:28I never thought I was ever pretending it was serious.
00:31:30It was all over months ago, no harm done.
00:31:33Except to me.
00:31:35I've tried to be considerate, but you won't let me.
00:31:38Considerate?
00:31:39You can't afford to be anything else.
00:31:42What do you mean?
00:31:43You see, I happen to know.
00:31:45Know what?
00:31:47Can't you guess?
00:31:48I can.
00:31:50Do you really want me to tell you?
00:31:52Yes.
00:31:54What are you talking about?
00:31:55What is all this?
00:31:57You know all right.
00:32:28Listen, everybody.
00:32:40I'm sorry to interrupt the dancing, but I have an important announcement to make.
00:32:44A patient called Higgins died in the theater this morning.
00:32:48It wasn't natural causes, and it wasn't an accident.
00:32:52Shall I tell you what it was?
00:32:54Murder.
00:32:56Yes, he was murdered.
00:32:58I found out how it was done.
00:32:59Not quite by accident, but I found out.
00:33:01Sister.
00:33:02And believe it or not, I know who did it.
00:33:04Marion, please.
00:33:05For heaven's sake, think what you're doing.
00:33:06And what's more, I've got something that'll prove it.
00:33:08I know where it is because I've hidden it.
00:33:09I've hidden it, and I'm the only one that knows where.
00:33:11All right, but I suggest you come and tell Dr. Wright all about it.
00:33:13I'll take you into it.
00:33:14Let me alone.
00:33:15I'll do what I please.
00:33:19Enjoying this.
00:33:27McCoy.
00:33:28Hello, sister.
00:33:29Could I have the key of the operating theater, please?
00:33:31I won't be long.
00:33:32I'm just going back for a minute.
00:33:33Okay.
00:34:02Oh, my God.
00:34:31What on earth's the matter with you, Marion?
00:34:57For heaven's sake, what is it?
00:34:59There was someone following me.
00:35:01Oh, don't be upset.
00:35:02It was you.
00:35:04It was you.
00:35:05Marion.
00:35:07Marion, come back.
00:35:09Marion.
00:35:22I thought you were asleep.
00:35:23No, not me, no.
00:35:25Dr. Barnes wanted the theater key.
00:35:27No, Sister Bates took it five minutes ago.
00:35:29Sister Bates.
00:35:31Oh, better well, I'll tell him.
00:35:56Oh, my God.
00:36:25Oh, my God.
00:36:54Oh, my God.
00:37:23It was early the next morning, the 19th, that I myself, in person, arrived on the scene.
00:37:52Oh, my God.
00:37:53Oh, my God.
00:37:54Oh, my God.
00:37:55Oh, my God.
00:37:56Oh, my God.
00:37:57Oh, my God.
00:37:58Oh, my God.
00:37:59Oh, my God.
00:38:00Oh, my God.
00:38:01Oh, my God.
00:38:02Oh, my God.
00:38:03Oh, my God.
00:38:04Oh, my God.
00:38:05Oh, my God.
00:38:06Oh, my God.
00:38:07Oh, my God.
00:38:08Oh, my God.
00:38:09Oh, my God.
00:38:10Oh, my God.
00:38:11Oh, my God.
00:38:12Oh, my God.
00:38:13Oh, my God.
00:38:14Oh, my God.
00:38:15Oh, my God.
00:38:16Oh, my God.
00:38:17Oh, my God.
00:38:18Oh, my God.
00:38:19Oh, my God.
00:38:20Oh, my God.
00:38:21Oh, my God.
00:38:22Oh, my God.
00:38:23Oh, my God.
00:38:24Oh, my God.
00:38:25Oh, my God.
00:38:26Oh, my God.
00:38:27Oh, my God.
00:38:28Oh, my God.
00:38:29Oh, my God.
00:38:30Oh, my God.
00:38:31Oh, my God.
00:38:32Oh, my God.
00:38:33Oh, my God.
00:38:34Oh, my God.
00:38:35Oh, my God.
00:38:36Oh, my God.
00:38:37Oh, my God.
00:38:38Oh, my God.
00:38:39Oh, my God.
00:38:40Oh, my God.
00:38:41Oh, my God.
00:38:42Oh, my God.
00:38:43Oh, my God.
00:38:44Oh, my God.
00:38:45Oh, my God.
00:38:46Oh, my God.
00:38:47Oh, my God.
00:38:48Oh, my God.
00:38:49Oh, my God.
00:38:50Oh, my God.
00:38:51Oh, my God.
00:38:52Oh, my God.
00:38:53Oh, my God.
00:38:54Oh, my God.
00:38:55Oh, my God.
00:38:56Oh, my God.
00:38:57Oh, my God.
00:38:58Oh, my God.
00:38:59Oh, my God.
00:39:00Oh, my God.
00:39:01Oh, my God.
00:39:02Oh, my God.
00:39:03Oh, my God.
00:39:04Oh, my God.
00:39:05Oh, my God.
00:39:06Oh, my God.
00:39:07Oh, my God.
00:39:08Oh, my God.
00:39:09Oh, my God.
00:39:10Oh, my God.
00:39:11Oh, my God.
00:39:12Oh, my God.
00:39:13Oh, my God.
00:39:14Oh, my God.
00:39:15Oh, my God.
00:39:16Oh, my God.
00:39:17Oh, my God.
00:39:18Oh, my God.
00:39:19Oh, my God.
00:39:20Oh, my God.
00:39:21Oh, my God.
00:39:22Oh, my God.
00:39:23Oh, my God.
00:39:24Oh, my God.
00:39:25Oh, my God.
00:39:26Oh, my God.
00:39:27Oh, my God.
00:39:28Oh, my God.
00:39:29Oh, my God.
00:39:30Oh, my God.
00:39:31Oh, my God.
00:39:32Oh, my God.
00:39:33Oh, my God.
00:39:34Oh, my God.
00:39:35Oh, my God.
00:39:36Oh, my God.
00:39:37Oh, my God.
00:39:38Oh, my God.
00:39:39Oh, my God.
00:39:40Oh, my God.
00:39:41Oh, my God.
00:39:42Oh, my God.
00:39:43Oh, my God.
00:39:44Oh, my God.
00:39:45Oh, my God.
00:39:46Oh, my God.
00:39:47Oh, my God.
00:39:48Somewhere private.
00:39:49I'd like to talk to them.
00:39:52Yes, Inspector.
00:39:53I wish the man would come and get it over.
00:39:58He's conducting a war of nerves.
00:40:00That's what it is.
00:40:01When I think of her lying there like that, only a few minutes before she was alive...
00:40:06That's enough, Freddie.
00:40:07Why the devil is he only after five of us here?
00:40:09That's what I ought to know.
00:40:11Because you're the only people who seem to have
00:40:14been concerned with both murders.
00:40:15Simple, when you think of it, isn't it?
00:40:17This is Inspector Cockerell.
00:40:19Mr. Eden, Dr. Barnes, Nurse Woods, Sansom, Linley.
00:40:26Like it.
00:40:28Inspector, you said both murders.
00:40:31Sister Bates and what's-his-name Higgins.
00:40:34Who said Higgins was murdered?
00:40:35Well, Sister Bates herself, for one, last night.
00:40:38I understood you were there, Dr. Barnes.
00:40:39Yes, but I didn't realize that she knew.
00:40:42What about the Higgins post-mortem?
00:40:43Completely negative.
00:40:45But why should anyone want to murder Higgins?
00:40:47My dear young lady, how should I know?
00:40:49I've only just got here.
00:40:51But I understand from Dr. White
00:40:52that all of you were present when he died.
00:40:54Not really. Except Nurse Linley.
00:40:57Interesting cross-count.
00:40:59I beg your pardon, except Nurse Linley,
00:41:01who was, however, on duty in Higgins' ward
00:41:03the whole of the night before.
00:41:05Yes, so I was.
00:41:06And all of you were at the party, so there you are.
00:41:11Are you implying that one of us did it?
00:41:13It seems very likely, don't you think?
00:41:16Inspector Cockrell, I really can't help feeling
00:41:18that there must be some relatively innocent explanation
00:41:20of this terrible...
00:41:20Dr. White, please don't be fatuous.
00:41:22Really?
00:41:25We are dealing with two premeditated murders.
00:41:29Can anyone tell me anything they think I ought to know?
00:41:32If so, now is the time.
00:41:34Very well, pause for 30 seconds
00:41:36while you cook up your alibis.
00:41:38Did you get us here just to insult us?
00:41:40I only like to strike an informal note.
00:41:43Well?
00:41:44I've cooked mine up, Inspector.
00:41:45I hope it's good.
00:41:46Oh, done to a turn.
00:41:49Well, I stayed here for a few minutes
00:41:52after Sister ran out, and then I went straight back
00:41:55to our rooms in the coach house for a while.
00:41:57I'm afraid I'm not going to be here for a while.
00:41:59I'm afraid I'm not going to be here for a while.
00:42:02Straight back to our rooms in the coach house
00:42:03for five minutes' walk.
00:42:05Anyone see you?
00:42:06I don't know.
00:42:09I'm sure you can do better, Mr. Eden.
00:42:11I?
00:42:12With the exercise of a little imagination.
00:42:14You followed Sister Bates, I believe?
00:42:16Yeah.
00:42:16Did you catch her?
00:42:18As if you'd tell me if you did.
00:42:20I followed her out to the terrace, but she disappeared.
00:42:24I waited a moment or two, but she didn't show up,
00:42:25so I went direct to the sister's room.
00:42:27What?
00:42:28Eden?
00:42:29One moment, Dr. Barnes.
00:42:32Anyone see you?
00:42:33I shouldn't think so.
00:42:35The invisible man.
00:42:37Thanks.
00:42:38Now, Sensen, your turn.
00:42:39Is that necessary, Inspector?
00:42:41She's not well, and like the rest of us,
00:42:43she's been up half the night.
00:42:45There's nothing to tell.
00:42:46I was just leaving when Sister Bates stopped the gramophone
00:42:49and spoke to everyone.
00:42:51It upset me rather.
00:42:52It was all well.
00:42:54Highly embarrassing.
00:42:55Where did you go?
00:42:56Straight to the coach house.
00:42:57She was in bed when I got there.
00:42:59Obviously, she couldn't have done it.
00:43:00Well, if she was fully dressed under the bedclothes,
00:43:02then she might have had time.
00:43:03That's preposterous.
00:43:06Naturally.
00:43:07Now then, Dr. Barnes, what about you?
00:43:09I went after Eden.
00:43:11Me?
00:43:12Why?
00:43:13Because you thought he might be the murderer
00:43:14suggested by the late Sister Bates?
00:43:17Oh, that's a charming supposition.
00:43:19Well?
00:43:22Thank you.
00:43:23What on earth are you suggesting, Barnes?
00:43:24Did you catch him up?
00:43:25No.
00:43:26What did you do then?
00:43:27Went for a walk.
00:43:28Where?
00:43:29In the garden.
00:43:31Why did you want the key for the operating theater?
00:43:33I didn't.
00:43:35You told Sergeant McCoy last night
00:43:36that Dr. Barnes wanted the key?
00:43:38I...
00:43:39Didn't you?
00:43:39Yes.
00:43:40Why?
00:43:41You're not a theater nurse, are you?
00:43:42No.
00:43:43Then why did you go to the theater?
00:43:44Just a minute.
00:43:44She discovered the body, Inspector.
00:43:47Some of our most celebrated criminals
00:43:48have made a particular point of doing the same.
00:43:50Sister Bates said she'd hidden something.
00:43:52I thought the theater was the most likely place.
00:43:54I see, just feminine curiosity.
00:43:56Why not?
00:43:57Not the desire to remove that something
00:43:58before Sister Bates could use it to incriminate anyone.
00:44:01Dr. Barnes, for instance.
00:44:04Or Mr. Eden.
00:44:05That's more like it.
00:44:06You're positively excelling yourself this morning, Barnes.
00:44:09You're the young lady's fiance, I believe.
00:44:11I was.
00:44:13Do you agree with his use of the past tense?
00:44:15I couldn't agree more.
00:44:19Another punctured romance.
00:44:21Well, it comes to this.
00:44:22All of you had time,
00:44:23yet none of your stories is corroborated.
00:44:25Perhaps we all did it.
00:44:29I wonder if you realize exactly the sort of person
00:44:30we're dealing with.
00:44:32Let me tell you how I think Sister Bates died.
00:44:35She hurried into the operating theater,
00:44:37unlocked the cupboard,
00:44:38stooped down to get the evidence she had hidden there.
00:44:40What was it?
00:44:41I don't know.
00:44:42Yet.
00:44:44Then she heard something.
00:44:45She turned and saw a figure standing in the dark,
00:44:48masked and gowned and gloved.
00:44:51I imagine she'd just stayed where she was, staring.
00:44:55Then the murderer came slowly over to her and stabbed her.
00:44:59Dressed her in this soil theater gown
00:45:02and stabbed her again.
00:45:04Threw it,
00:45:05to make it look as if she'd been killed wearing the gown.
00:45:07But why?
00:45:09I don't know that either.
00:45:10But what we do know is
00:45:11that the second wound was made after death.
00:45:15The murderer was in a hurry.
00:45:16As you see, he tore the gown somewhat.
00:45:21Now, there's one other thing.
00:45:23This bottle of tablets was taken from the poison cupboard.
00:45:26Dr. White has checked the contents
00:45:28and there are four missing.
00:45:29A lethal dose.
00:45:30The murderer has them and will not hesitate to use them.
00:45:35Four of you are in mortal danger from the fifth.
00:45:39Above all, don't trust your neighbor,
00:45:41your roommate, your fiance, your friend.
00:45:46He or she may be the murderer.
00:45:50Come instead,
00:45:52to me.
00:45:54Sister Bates died because she knew something
00:45:56and was foolish enough to say so.
00:45:58I beg of you,
00:46:00all of you,
00:46:02not to make the same mistake.
00:46:04Ah!
00:46:07I'm sorry.
00:46:09Ah!
00:46:10Ah!
00:46:11Ah!
00:46:12Ah!
00:46:13Ah!
00:46:13Ah!
00:46:14Ah!
00:46:15Ah!
00:46:16Ah!
00:46:17Ah!
00:46:18Ah!
00:46:18Ah!
00:46:19Ah!
00:46:20Ah!
00:46:21Ah!
00:46:22Ah!
00:46:23Ah!
00:46:24Ah!
00:46:25Ah!
00:46:26Ah!
00:46:27Thank you, Nurse Woods.
00:46:29You showed great presence of mind.
00:46:30Ah!
00:46:31Ah!
00:46:32Take her back.
00:46:33Ah!
00:46:34Ah!
00:46:34Ah!
00:46:35Ah!
00:46:36Ah!
00:46:37Ah!
00:46:40I shouldn't do that again if I were you, Inspector.
00:46:42Why not?
00:46:44Because Nurse Sampson is on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
00:46:46Actual or assumed?
00:46:49Perhaps you would prefer to judge that for yourself.
00:46:51Three months ago, her mother was buried
00:46:53under the ruins of her house in a raid.
00:46:55The rescue squad dug for her for three days
00:46:58and then gave it up.
00:46:59Next day, she was fine, still alive.
00:47:02She died an hour later.
00:47:04Esther was there the whole time.
00:47:07I could scarcely be expected to know that.
00:47:09So without bothering to inquire,
00:47:10you scared the life out of her
00:47:11like any flat-footed copper off the bead.
00:47:14The police force has not a monopoly
00:47:16of fallen arches, Dr. Barnes.
00:47:18Ask any chiropodist.
00:47:20Thank you, Mr. Eden.
00:47:21Before the war, you had a house in Heron's Park, I believe.
00:47:23Yes.
00:47:24And you had a practice in the district.
00:47:26I did.
00:47:27Good.
00:47:28Well then, Dr. Barnes,
00:47:29would you care to accompany me to the theater?
00:47:43You gave Higgins the anaesthetic?
00:47:45What's that got to do with it?
00:47:46That's what I'm hoping to find out.
00:47:47Did you know him?
00:47:48Only by sight.
00:47:50Nurse Woods is a remarkable woman.
00:47:51Absolutely first class.
00:47:53Ever live in Heron's Park?
00:47:54Not as far as I know.
00:47:55She used to live the other side of London.
00:47:56She took up nursing when her sister died.
00:47:58When?
00:47:591940, on the continent.
00:48:01Funny.
00:48:02What is?
00:48:03Oh, it's nothing.
00:48:04It's just that Higgins thought he knew her voice,
00:48:05that's all.
00:48:07Indeed.
00:48:10Have you any views on nasal catarrh?
00:48:12Nothing in particular.
00:48:13Why?
00:48:14Just wondering.
00:48:16I often suffer from it in the mornings.
00:48:19Oh.
00:48:21That's the machine I used.
00:48:23I see.
00:48:24I brought Higgins in here.
00:48:26I examined him.
00:48:26He was quite fit, so we went ahead.
00:48:28In here?
00:48:29No, I gave it to him in the theater.
00:48:31The coup de grace?
00:48:32The anaesthetic.
00:48:34Is that usual?
00:48:35Not really, it's up to me.
00:48:37Naturally.
00:48:38In that case, in we go.
00:48:45I gave nitrous oxide at first to get him under.
00:48:47Yes, the stuff the dentist gives you, hmm?
00:48:50Commonly known as laughing gas.
00:48:52Used to be.
00:48:53Actually, the impurities caused the laughs.
00:48:54Oh, just the same as our music halls.
00:48:58Then I added oxygen.
00:49:00When he failed to respond...
00:49:01My ignorance is simply staggering.
00:49:04Please demonstrate.
00:49:06Black and white, oxygen.
00:49:08Black, nitrous oxide.
00:49:10Green, carbon dioxide.
00:49:12The rest is spares.
00:49:14I began with nitrous oxide.
00:49:18So, the flow meter registered correctly.
00:49:23When I got him under, I added oxygen.
00:49:26Like this.
00:49:28I didn't like the look of him,
00:49:30so I cut down the nitrous oxide and increased the oxygen.
00:49:33To my surprise, he didn't respond.
00:49:35So I turned off the nitrous oxide altogether,
00:49:37put him on pure oxygen.
00:49:39And then?
00:49:40He simply collapsed.
00:49:43I injected adrenaline.
00:49:44The nurse Woods gave Coram in as a last resort.
00:49:48Nurse Woods?
00:49:50Could these have been tampered with?
00:49:51Don't see how.
00:49:52In any event, the damage had been done before then.
00:49:56What about this fellow?
00:49:58Carbon dioxide.
00:49:59We sometimes use a little to stimulate respiration.
00:50:02Isn't it poisonous?
00:50:03Without oxygen, yes.
00:50:05Use any inhiggens?
00:50:07None at all.
00:50:08You couldn't have coupled up the wrong cylinder by mistake.
00:50:11These machines are as foolproof as they can make them.
00:50:14Besides, we checked everything.
00:50:16It wouldn't be possible to fill, say,
00:50:18an empty oxygen cylinder with carbon dioxide.
00:50:21Good heavens, no.
00:50:22It takes terrific pressure.
00:50:23Just supposing.
00:50:24Well, the patient would be getting
00:50:25carbon dioxide instead of oxygen.
00:50:27He'd die of, well, lack of oxygen.
00:50:31You couldn't tell by the flow meter or the post-mortem?
00:50:34No, but the whole thing's quite ludicrous.
00:50:37You must bear with me, Doctor.
00:50:40I'm a child in these matters.
00:50:42Can I go now?
00:50:43No, I don't think so.
00:50:46You had a similar experience once before, didn't you?
00:50:48I suppose Dr. White's been talking.
00:50:50Incessantly.
00:50:51It wasn't similar.
00:50:53There was no comparison.
00:50:54And I made no mistake in either case.
00:50:55Splendid.
00:50:57Does Eden think that?
00:50:58Eden?
00:50:59What's he been saying?
00:51:00Nothing to me.
00:51:02You don't like him, do you?
00:51:03If I discuss that with anybody, it'll be with Eden.
00:51:06Why not?
00:51:07Confidentially.
00:51:10Do you think he did it?
00:51:12How should I know?
00:51:14Dr. Barnes.
00:51:18About that anonymous letter.
00:51:20If you're silly enough to attach any importance
00:51:22to a thing like that.
00:51:23Oh, it wasn't that exactly.
00:51:25I was merely wondering if Higgins was the postman
00:51:27who delivered it.
00:51:35Yes, I was idiotically pleased with myself at the time.
00:51:38But I'm not so pleased to think of it now.
00:51:40Because there was the vital evidence.
00:51:43The clue to the whole business, right under my nose.
00:51:49If I'd known then, it might have saved another life.
00:51:57The next morning, my presence lay over the hospital
00:51:59like a pall.
00:52:02As I approached, voices were hushed.
00:52:05And all eyes turned upon me.
00:52:07Who is the guilty one?
00:52:10When will he be arrested?
00:52:12Who will be next?
00:52:15That is what they were thinking.
00:52:18I found it all tremendously enjoyable.
00:52:25During the rest of that day, I continued my investigations
00:52:28with my accustomed energy.
00:52:38Well, good afternoon, ladies.
00:52:40No need to be alarmed, we were only searching your rooms.
00:52:46Well, I'll be.
00:52:53Did you know Higgins?
00:52:55Personally, no.
00:52:57What precisely was your relationship with Sister Bates?
00:53:00You're not exactly distant, I take it.
00:53:03Harmless enough, or so I thought.
00:53:05Nevertheless, you certainly had a motive
00:53:07for getting rid of her.
00:53:08Only in her imagination.
00:53:10She might have proved troublesome.
00:53:12She was jealous and possessive.
00:53:14Most women are, if you give them the slightest encouragement.
00:53:17Which you invariably give them.
00:53:20Only sometimes not so slightly.
00:53:22Are you trying to make me lose my temper?
00:53:24That is only a secondary object.
00:53:29From time to time, one of those infernal devices
00:53:32roared overhead.
00:53:3616th May 1943
00:53:51But such trifles, of course,
00:53:53did not for a moment distract me from my purpose.
00:53:58Did Higgins say anything that night
00:54:00that you think might help us?
00:54:01He'd only just gone in when the bomb fell.
00:54:03He didn't speak again?
00:54:04No, because I've been clean out for a bit.
00:54:06When I came round all I could hear was the radio.
00:54:09The radio?
00:54:10Yes, our old wireless set.
00:54:12Still hollering a treat it was, too.
00:54:14What was it playing?
00:54:15It wasn't playing. It was talking.
00:54:18What about?
00:54:19Well, er...
00:54:21Let me think.
00:54:23Come along now.
00:54:25Surely you can remember?
00:54:30I can't get it out of my mind.
00:54:31When I woke up today, I didn't remember it first.
00:54:34Then it all came back.
00:54:35I went to the window and there was Inspector slinking about outside.
00:54:39He's probably lurking about in the bushes at this very moment.
00:54:42Oughtn't we to go back?
00:54:44Why?
00:54:46It's a lovely night.
00:54:47There's still suspects.
00:54:49That's a very good thought to escape from.
00:54:51It's not easy.
00:54:56Have you seen Barney?
00:54:58No.
00:55:00I don't know what to do about him.
00:55:02Isn't it time you made up your mind?
00:55:05He's behaving so ridiculously.
00:55:08I don't blame him. He's in love with you.
00:55:11Don't blame him for that. I don't.
00:55:16It is a lovely night.
00:55:18Perfect.
00:55:21In such a night as this,
00:55:24when the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees
00:55:27and they did make no noise,
00:55:30in such a night,
00:55:32Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan wars
00:55:36and sighed his soul towards the Grecian tents
00:55:39where Cressid lay that night.
00:55:42In such a night did young Lorenzo swear he loved her well,
00:55:48stealing her soul with many vows of faith
00:55:53and ne'er a true one.
00:55:56Good night, Mr. Eden.
00:56:03Good night, Dr. Barnes.
00:56:12Nurse Woods. Jane Woods.
00:56:15Where she lived, when she came to London, everything you can find out.
00:56:18Ring me right away. Bye.
00:56:32I must be getting old.
00:56:42So much for the 19th century.
00:56:45I've had it.
00:56:47I've had it.
00:56:49I've had it.
00:56:51I've had it.
00:56:53I've had it.
00:56:55I've had it.
00:56:57I've had it.
00:56:59I've had it.
00:57:01So much for the 19th.
00:57:03The morning of the 20th dawned like any other.
00:57:06A condemned man ate a hearty breakfast.
00:57:09Have some jam. No, thanks.
00:57:11You've eaten hardly anything. I've had quite enough.
00:57:14Besides, we ought to be going. We've ten minutes yet.
00:57:17How about the washing up?
00:57:19I'll come back at 9 o'clock and do that.
00:57:21Where's Freddie?
00:57:23Well, I wonder what today will bring.
00:57:26No, it's not. What?
00:57:28Freddie.
00:57:31Freddie.
00:57:40Anyone in? Oh, hello.
00:57:42Good morning, sir.
00:57:44Good morning.
00:57:46I didn't startle you, did I?
00:57:48Oh, no, sir.
00:57:50I clumped, to warn you.
00:57:52He clumped.
00:57:54I've been wandering around for about an hour.
00:57:56Thought I'd just drop in, see if you were all right.
00:57:59We're still here, sir. Somewhat to our surprise.
00:58:01Nothing go bump in the night?
00:58:03Only my heart. Stick the kettle on, Esther.
00:58:05No, please don't bother.
00:58:07It's got to go on again for Freddie's hot water bottle. Her bedroom's freezing.
00:58:10If you're looking for Freddie, she's not back yet.
00:58:13No, really, I wasn't. I just dropped in.
00:58:15Oh, here she is.
00:58:19Hello, children.
00:58:27It's parky for an August day.
00:58:30I thought I'd just see Nurse Linley home and come in and see if you were all right.
00:58:33Seems to be a popular movement.
00:58:35Well, I'll push off.
00:58:37Got a cup of tea? Esther's getting it.
00:58:39Esther's not.
00:58:41Not until someone gives me a shilling. The gas has died on us.
00:58:43Oh, dear. It's my turn, and I forgot.
00:58:45Unless there's one in my bag.
00:58:47Bob's for the love of Allah.
00:58:49Heads.
00:58:52Good gracious.
00:58:54Not a bob among us.
00:58:56That's funny. How about you, sir?
00:59:00Nothing doing.
00:59:02Freddie, my pet, you'll have to go to bed with half a lukewarm water bottle.
00:59:05Well, I could sit over and ask McCoy if he...
00:59:07Of course not. I'm too tired to care. I hardly slept at all yesterday.
00:59:10Who did?
00:59:14None of us, I imagine.
00:59:16Speaking as the life and soul of the party, I just can't keep it up.
00:59:21Oh, don't worry, darling. You've been wonderful. Really, you have.
00:59:24It's this wondering and watching. I don't believe it was one of us.
00:59:27It can't be. And yet somebody must have killed him.
00:59:30But why? Why Higgins?
00:59:32I was thinking during the night about that gown.
00:59:35What gown?
00:59:37One Sister Bates was found in.
00:59:39What about it?
00:59:41You know, the hole in it where she was stabbed.
00:59:44I knew there was something that seemed wrong. I know it sounds silly.
00:59:47It suddenly dawned on me what it was.
00:59:49What?
00:59:51Shut up.
00:59:53If you've anything to tell, tell it to the inspector.
00:59:56I must say, I can't see any harm in it.
00:59:58Of course not.
01:00:00The inspector did say if we found out anything,
01:00:02to go to him and not trust anyone.
01:00:04He happens to be quite right.
01:00:07What's the matter with him?
01:00:09Doesn't your intuition stretch that far?
01:00:11Well, with any thought I had.
01:00:14When I wake up, I expect it'll seem too silly for words.
01:00:17Let me brush my teeth. I'll go and get your hot water bottle.
01:00:21Are you quite happy about the way you're behaving?
01:00:23Self-criticism has never been one of my failings.
01:00:26I hope you're not confusing Freddie with the kind of woman
01:00:28who used to dither in and out of your consulting room
01:00:30in a flutter of cheques and eyelashes.
01:00:32Ah, those were the good old days.
01:00:34I miss the cheques.
01:00:43She's a bit romantic and not very experienced.
01:00:46And like the rest of us, she's been under a lot of stress.
01:00:48And like the rest of us, she's been under a nervous strain for a long time.
01:00:52Well...
01:00:53I'd hate to see her giving up someone permanent like Barney
01:00:55and falling for your practised and rather hollow charm.
01:00:58You're much too kind.
01:01:00I'm serious.
01:01:01Supposing I were, too?
01:01:03What?
01:01:04Serious. I might be.
01:01:06I think we'd better keep this conversation practical.
01:01:08Have it your own way.
01:01:10Think it over.
01:01:12My dear Nurse Woods,
01:01:14who am I to make the course of true love run any smoother?
01:01:18All right.
01:01:19Only I warn you, Barney won't bottle it up much longer.
01:01:22Any moment now, he'll grab the nearest grandfather clock
01:01:24and break it over your head,
01:01:26whereupon I, for one, will give three rousing cheers.
01:01:29Sir.
01:01:35Anything the matter?
01:01:37It appears I'm a menace.
01:01:38To whom?
01:01:42Unprotected females.
01:01:44Have you only just discovered that?
01:01:46Strictly speaking, no.
01:01:48Then why complain?
01:01:50Well, I'm not complaining.
01:01:52Ready, Woody?
01:01:53Here I come.
01:01:55Where have you been?
01:01:56Getting my cap.
01:01:57Come on, we ought to be there.
01:01:58Coming, sir?
01:02:00In a minute.
01:02:01I think I ought to give Barney a run for his money.
01:02:03You have been warned.
01:02:04Bye-bye, Freddy. See you tonight.
01:02:06Bye-bye.
01:02:16Bye-bye.
01:02:47Get me Inspector Cockrell, will you?
01:02:50What?
01:02:52Well, see if you can find him and ring me back.
01:02:58Everything's ready now, sister.
01:02:59Just going back to the coach house for a few minutes to clear up.
01:03:03Very well, nurse. Only get back before 9.30.
01:03:05Yes, sister.
01:03:16Thank you.
01:04:17Dr. Barnes here.
01:04:19Oh, thank you.
01:04:20Is that Inspector Cockrell?
01:04:22No, Doctor, it's Hendricks.
01:04:23The inspector's busy at the moment.
01:04:25Can I give him a message?
01:04:26I wanted to talk to him.
01:04:29Well, it's about Nurse Lindley.
01:04:31Yes, I think it might be important.
01:04:33Tell him he can find me here in casualty reception.
01:04:36Thank you.
01:04:38Dr. Barnes was asking for you, sir.
01:04:41What does he want?
01:04:42Said it was something about Nurse Lindley.
01:04:44He's in casualty reception.
01:04:45Right, let's go along.
01:05:16Freddie!
01:05:18Freddie!
01:05:29Help!
01:05:46Bring it down quick, Hendricks.
01:05:51Get Dr. White at once.
01:05:52Freddie!
01:05:54You're not to touch Dr. Barnes.
01:05:55Get Dr. White at once.
01:06:16How's Freddie?
01:06:17Still unconscious.
01:06:19Can I see her?
01:06:20No.
01:06:21But why not?
01:06:22Because I say so.
01:06:23Well, the murderer has achieved his first object.
01:06:25He or she has silenced Nurse Lindley.
01:06:27What?
01:06:28At least for the time being.
01:06:29Could it possibly have been an accident?
01:06:31The only accident was that she survived,
01:06:33thanks to Nurse Sensen.
01:06:34I'm afraid it's not.
01:06:35I'm afraid it's not.
01:06:36I'm afraid it's not.
01:06:37I'm afraid it's not.
01:06:38I'm afraid it's not.
01:06:39I'm afraid it's not.
01:06:40I'm afraid it's not.
01:06:41I'm afraid it's not.
01:06:43I'm afraid it's not.
01:06:44I'm afraid it's not.
01:06:45However, it has simplified the problem.
01:06:47How?
01:06:48The suspects are now reduced to four.
01:06:50One, two three, four.
01:06:52Fewer suspects and less work for me.
01:06:53My ideal is a 40-hour week.
01:06:55Oh for heaven's sake, you would only come
01:06:56when I asked you.
01:06:57Perhaps if you had sent for me sooner.
01:06:58You left it a bit late, didn't you?
01:06:59How was I to know that?
01:07:00Unless you yourself were the guilty party.
01:07:04Adjust point, Dr. Barnes.
01:07:07You all knew that the gas had failed, correct?
01:07:09You all knew that she had gone upstairs to sleep.
01:07:12You went out there alone with a hot water bottle.
01:07:14You pointed out yourself that Esther saved her life.
01:07:16I exclude none of you from this, Mr. Eden.
01:07:19And you also slipped up there alone, without a hot water bottle.
01:07:24Mr. Eden remained behind when everyone else had gone,
01:07:27and Dr. Barnes was within easy distance across the yard.
01:07:31Each one of you could have slipped up to her room and turned on their tap.
01:07:34You all knew Nurse Wood's habit of going back at 9.15 to boil a kettle for washing up.
01:07:39Of course, none knew that better than Nurse Wood herself.
01:07:43You told me you'd never met Higgins.
01:07:45I hadn't.
01:07:46Does Horton's Farm, a couple of miles from Heron's Park, mean anything to you?
01:07:49What?
01:07:50You lived there once, didn't you? Up to 15 years ago.
01:07:52Yes, as a matter of fact, I did.
01:07:54Why would he?
01:07:56Wait. With your mother and your sister.
01:07:58Yes. Is there anything wrong in that?
01:08:01No, no. You're a theater nurse, aren't you?
01:08:03Of course.
01:08:04With access to anesthetics and theater gowns?
01:08:06I suppose so.
01:08:07Sister Bates was stabbed through a theater gown.
01:08:09Yes.
01:08:10I noticed that she knew something about that same gown just before her life was attempted.
01:08:13Well?
01:08:14And Higgins recognized your voice.
01:08:16He couldn't have done.
01:08:17Thought he did.
01:08:18Do you know the last thing that Higgins heard as you lay in the debris of that rescue post?
01:08:21How should I know?
01:08:23Hendricks.
01:08:25Listen.
01:08:26And you'll hear what Higgins heard.
01:08:28I shouldn't hurt him.
01:08:29Listen.
01:08:31Meanwhile, our attacks have continued without a pause since June the 15th,
01:08:36and have laid much of the British capital in ruins.
01:08:39As the desperate Churchill lies frantically to save his face,
01:08:43London and the home counties are reeling under the incessant fire of our terrible V1.
01:08:49This is Germany calling.
01:08:51This is Germany calling.
01:08:54Thank you.
01:08:56Germany calling.
01:08:57This is Germany calling.
01:09:00A BBC monitor recording of a broadcast from Hamburg on the evening of the 17th.
01:09:05Woody.
01:09:06Scarcely that.
01:09:07Her sister.
01:09:08What?
01:09:09Her twin sister, if my information is correct.
01:09:11Am I right?
01:09:12Reichssender Hamburg.
01:09:14Das waren Nachrichten in englischer...
01:09:17Yes.
01:09:19You're right.
01:09:20You were very fond of your sister, weren't you?
01:09:22Yes.
01:09:23And ashamed for her.
01:09:26I tried to hide it.
01:09:27I said she died in France in 1940.
01:09:29I'd have done anything.
01:09:30Including murder.
01:09:32Murder?
01:09:34Well, I had the motive, didn't I?
01:09:37Higgins might have put two and two together.
01:09:39And I had the opportunity each time.
01:09:42And I did go to Freddy's room alone.
01:09:44And I did put the shilling in the meter.
01:09:47Well?
01:09:48Why don't you all say what you're thinking?
01:09:50Why don't you tell them?
01:09:52Why don't you tell them I did it?
01:09:54Earth said you did.
01:09:56Or didn't.
01:10:01Leave her.
01:10:03The inspector has a charming aptitude for traveling in ever decreasing circles.
01:10:08Which I fear can only have one end.
01:10:12Someday, Mr. Eden, I must try my hand at removing an appendix.
01:10:16I fancy the progress will be slow until I discover what Nurse Lindley was going to say about that gown.
01:10:20She'll tell you that when she comes around.
01:10:24Dr. Barnes, she may never come around.
01:10:27What do you mean?
01:10:28Her skull was fractured in her fall.
01:10:30What?
01:10:31Come back.
01:10:32I must be here.
01:10:33I said come back.
01:10:34Why?
01:10:35It can't do any good.
01:10:36And I can't trust you.
01:10:37Yes, but...
01:10:38Besides, I haven't finished.
01:10:39There is pressure on her brain which I'm told can only be relieved by an operation.
01:10:42If she's to live, then tell me what she knows.
01:10:44What?
01:10:45Refining?
01:10:46So Mr. Purdy says.
01:10:47That's what he says.
01:10:48The operation will take place at 9.30 tomorrow morning.
01:10:50All of you will undertake exactly the same duties as you did in the case of Higgins.
01:10:53What?
01:10:54You can't do that.
01:10:55You prefer not to give the anesthetic?
01:10:57I prefer not to see her killed.
01:10:59One doesn't necessarily follow from the other.
01:11:01Even if it did in the case of Higgins.
01:11:03Nurse Woods, do you remember accurately all that you did before?
01:11:06Yes, I think so.
01:11:08Are you willing to do the same again?
01:11:11All right.
01:11:12Thank you.
01:11:13Nurse Sensen, how about you?
01:11:15Are you willing to perform precisely the same duties as you did before?
01:11:20Yes, I suppose so.
01:11:22May I point out that you can't exactly reproduce the circumstances of Higgins' death, which I presume is what you're after?
01:11:27No, why not?
01:11:28Because I shan't be operating.
01:11:30If you refuse, I can only draw one conclusion.
01:11:33In this case, the wrong one.
01:11:35You see, I don't happen to be a brain surgeon.
01:11:38Very plausible, Mr. Eaton.
01:11:40But if Mr. Purdy operates, do you object to assisting him?
01:11:45No.
01:11:46Thank you.
01:11:47You're not going to let him touch her?
01:11:49Why not?
01:11:50May I remind you that Higgins died before I could operate?
01:11:54What are you suggesting?
01:11:55Only that the chief danger seems to lie in the giving of the anesthetic.
01:11:58You hinted that to Dr. White, didn't you?
01:12:00I did not. Why should I?
01:12:02You had something to gain if I'd been forced to leave.
01:12:04Indeed? What?
01:12:06Freddy.
01:12:07Now, what on earth gave you that idea?
01:12:09Sister Bates, if you want to know.
01:12:11Just before she was killed.
01:12:13Just before you met her in the garden.
01:12:16Mr. Eaton.
01:12:17Inspector.
01:12:18Good afternoon, gentlemen, but did you meet Sister Bates in the garden?
01:12:22Yes.
01:12:24And you never told me.
01:12:26I saw no point in making things more difficult to myself than they already were.
01:12:30Do you expect him to believe that?
01:12:31He might prefer the truth to your jealous suspicions.
01:12:48Come on.
01:13:01Hendricks.
01:13:02Don't interfere.
01:13:11Well, well, well.
01:13:13A master of surgery mixing it with an LRCP.
01:13:18What a delicious spectacle.
01:13:20We might arrange a future contest in aid of some deserving charity, don't you think?
01:13:26Perhaps the police orphanage, Inspector.
01:13:31Well, I suppose I ought to be glad that my suspects haven't been reduced still further.
01:13:35And I take it we shall all meet tomorrow morning in the operating theater at 9.30.
01:13:39I shall ask Dr. White to make the necessary arrangements.
01:13:42It ought to be quite dramatic.
01:13:48Well?
01:13:49How is Nurse Lindley?
01:13:50Oh, much better, thank you.
01:13:52Pulse and temperature are back to normal.
01:13:54Splendid.
01:13:55You've had a very narrow escape, young lady.
01:13:57Yes.
01:13:58Have you told them all?
01:13:59I have indeed.
01:14:00I've convinced them that Nurse Lindley is the death's door.
01:14:02They have agreed to cooperate.
01:14:04Do you seriously intend to go through with this fantastic scheme?
01:14:07I do indeed.
01:14:08Well, I suggest that it's most...
01:14:09Mr. Purdy.
01:14:10Mr. Purdy.
01:14:11Mr. Purdy.
01:14:12Mr. Purdy.
01:14:13Mr. Purdy.
01:14:14Mr. Purdy.
01:14:15Mr. Purdy.
01:14:16Mr. Purdy.
01:14:18You word perfect?
01:14:19Oh, I think so.
01:14:20Depressed fracture of the occiput necessitating craniotomy.
01:14:24Really?
01:14:25Even to say that's an achievement.
01:14:27What about Mr. Eden as your assistant?
01:14:28Would he expect to examine Nurse Lindley?
01:14:30No, not necessarily.
01:14:32No, I'll show him these x-rays.
01:14:35Pre-war patient of mine.
01:14:37Oh.
01:14:40Very nice fracture.
01:14:41Recover?
01:14:42Oh, yes.
01:14:43Remarkable.
01:14:44Surely no one in their senses would make another attempt?
01:14:47Not in their senses, certainly.
01:14:48But it must have occurred to you that we are dealing with an unbalanced mind.
01:14:52A one-track mind that can see things only one way.
01:14:54In every other respect, as sane as I am.
01:14:57Or even as you are, Dr. White.
01:14:59Possibly.
01:15:00You think what happened before will happen again?
01:15:03I think they'll try.
01:15:05Well, I wash my hands of the whole business.
01:15:06You couldn't do better.
01:15:09Nurse Lindley.
01:15:10Yes?
01:15:13I've explained to you the risk that you'll be running.
01:15:16But if you wish to change your mind now, I'll quite understand.
01:15:19No, I've thought it over and I'll do as you tell me.
01:15:21Thank you, I'm very grateful.
01:15:23Meanwhile, absolute secrecy.
01:15:25I know.
01:15:26Till tomorrow, is there anything I can do for you?
01:15:28Well, could I see someone?
01:15:30Who, Mr. Eden?
01:15:31No, Dr. Barnes.
01:15:33Dr. Barnes.
01:15:34Well, his style is less polished, but his footwork is superior.
01:15:38Hmm?
01:15:39Never mind.
01:15:40No, my dear, I'm afraid you can't see him.
01:15:41There can be no exceptions.
01:15:43Still willing?
01:15:45Of course.
01:15:46Good.
01:15:47This is absolute lunacy.
01:15:48I disagree.
01:15:49You see, I think I know who did it.
01:16:17Twenty past.
01:16:18They'll be bringing her in any minute.
01:16:20Dr. Barnes.
01:16:22Now, is everything laid out exactly as it was before?
01:16:25All correct.
01:16:27You're quite satisfied?
01:16:28Yes.
01:16:29Right.
01:16:30Take the whole lot back again, sister.
01:16:32What now, sir?
01:16:33Yes, now change every single item with a fresh one.
01:16:35What's the idea?
01:16:36We can't be too careful, can we?
01:16:43Look.
01:16:44Allow me.
01:16:46This is indeed an honor, sir.
01:16:48Nervous?
01:16:49Paralytic.
01:16:50You don't look it.
01:16:51Did you do this last time?
01:16:52Yes.
01:16:53It's a new oxygen cylinder.
01:16:55Do you think anything will happen?
01:16:57Oh, yes, I think so.
01:16:58Well, in that case...
01:16:59What's this?
01:17:00Lubricant for the airway tube.
01:17:02Change it.
01:17:04Where's Eden?
01:17:05On his way, I hope.
01:17:17All right?
01:17:18Yes, sir.
01:17:19Good.
01:17:20Watch her.
01:17:24Freddy.
01:17:25No, no, no.
01:17:26Please, doctor.
01:17:37Now, there you are, Mr. Eden.
01:17:41I'm sorry.
01:17:42It's all right.
01:17:43It's all right.
01:17:44Mr. Eden.
01:17:48We're nearly ready.
01:17:49Miss Henson, will you bring in the patient?
01:17:51Yes, sir.
01:17:55Are you ready, doctor?
01:17:56Yes.
01:17:57Oh, Dr. Barnes.
01:17:59I believe I know why you gave Higgins the anesthetic on the table.
01:18:02Why?
01:18:04Because you wanted witnesses.
01:18:06Hmm?
01:18:15All right.
01:18:20Right.
01:18:21Go ahead.
01:18:24Nitrous oxide.
01:18:25Hmm.
01:18:45Now for the oxygen.
01:18:50Oxygen.
01:19:15One minute.
01:19:37Is she all right?
01:19:38The color.
01:19:41More oxygen.
01:19:44She's not responding.
01:19:52More oxygen.
01:20:03She's collapsing.
01:20:04Don't give her any more.
01:20:05Cut off the anesthetic.
01:20:06She's not getting any.
01:20:07It's pure oxygen.
01:20:08She must have oxygen.
01:20:10Cut it off.
01:20:11I can't.
01:20:12Cut off the oxygen.
01:20:13What's the idea?
01:20:14Thirty.
01:20:15All right.
01:20:16All right.
01:20:17Thirty.
01:20:18The spare oxygen.
01:20:19Can you change it?
01:20:20Yes.
01:20:21Here.
01:20:22Right.
01:20:23She's responding now.
01:20:51She'll be all right.
01:20:55Inspector, I'm completely bewildered.
01:20:58Give me a pair of scissors.
01:21:04Green.
01:21:07Yes.
01:21:10Green for carbon dioxide.
01:21:12You've been pumping CO2 into her.
01:21:15And Higgins?
01:21:16Precisely.
01:21:17A green cylinder repainted black and white in each case.
01:21:20Does that suggest anything to you?
01:21:21What?
01:21:22The salvage bin you've been having repainted, also in black and white.
01:21:25Good heavens.
01:21:26That's where they got the paint.
01:21:29She's coming round.
01:21:31Freddy.
01:21:32If I were you, I'd walk her back to the theatre for a bit.
01:21:36The poor girl must be feeling the strain.
01:21:38What?
01:21:39With a fractured skull.
01:21:40It may possibly disappoint you to learn that a young lady's cranium is at least as sound
01:21:44as yours.
01:21:46Hello, Barney.
01:21:49It's all right.
01:21:52You're safe.
01:21:53Yes, her life is no longer in any danger.
01:21:56But of course, she told me yesterday what she was going to say about that gown.
01:22:01What was it?
01:22:02She said the hole the knife made was too big.
01:22:05Almost as if something had been cut out.
01:22:07She was quite right.
01:22:08Something had been cut out?
01:22:09Of course.
01:22:10But I couldn't for the life of me think what.
01:22:12Until just now.
01:22:14And I noticed this smear of black paint on Nurse Wood's gown.
01:22:18Nurse Woods, have you any idea what it was that Sister Bates had hidden in this theatre?
01:22:22No.
01:22:23It was this.
01:22:24Thought you might know because it happens to be your gown.
01:22:27Mine?
01:22:28The one you wore last time when Higgins died.
01:22:31And look.
01:22:32Just here.
01:22:34Curiously enough, there used to be another smear of black paint from the first cylinder.
01:22:39The one that killed Higgins.
01:22:41And Sister Bates spotted it?
01:22:43And jumped to the right conclusion.
01:22:46You see, one thing the murderer couldn't control was the time the paint took to dry.
01:22:50About 12 hours.
01:22:51But why dress Sister Bates up in the thing and stab her again?
01:22:54To distract attention from the tear where the paint had been.
01:22:58By sticking the knife through it.
01:23:06It's all right.
01:23:09Do you think I could sit down?
01:23:11Of course, Nurse Sampson.
01:23:16Yes, it must have been a terrifying moment for the murderer.
01:23:18Alone here in this theatre with Sister Bates dead at his feet.
01:23:22In the moonlight with the wind screeching outside and the window slamming and opening.
01:23:28Slamming and opening.
01:23:31With the gown clutched in a dead woman's hand.
01:23:34With its tell-tale streak of paint.
01:23:36And time pressing.
01:23:38So that any action was better than none and first thoughts had to be best.
01:23:42Can't you see it?
01:23:44For heaven's sake, come to the point.
01:23:45Oh, but it is the point.
01:23:47Time.
01:23:48Each of you had a motive for killing Higgins after you'd recognised him and which of you had time?
01:23:53Was there someone you thought would be incriminated if Nurse Linley had been allowed to speak yesterday?
01:23:57I don't understand you.
01:23:58I think you do. Who was it?
01:24:00I don't know.
01:24:02Nobody.
01:24:03I can't tell you anything. I don't...
01:24:04Can't you leave her alone? I've told you before, she's in no state...
01:24:07Why on the day before Higgins' death did Mr. Eden urge you to leave this hospital?
01:24:11I don't know.
01:24:13Because this was the worst possible place for her, I've explained that before.
01:24:17I warn you, she's in no condition to be questioned and you can place no reliance on her answers.
01:24:22Well, can't I, Mr. Eden?
01:24:24That's most illuminating.
01:24:26What time did you leave the ward after examining Higgins the night before he died?
01:24:29What's that got to do with...
01:24:30Answer my question!
01:24:32About 10.30.
01:24:33Where did you go?
01:24:34Back to my room.
01:24:35Was there a tablet store on the way?
01:24:36Probably.
01:24:38What became of those tablets that were taken from the poison cupboard?
01:24:41How should I know?
01:24:44Nurse Lindley, do you feel well enough to talk?
01:24:46Yes, if I can help.
01:24:48Now, please think very carefully.
01:24:50What time did you go in duty on the night before Higgins died?
01:24:54I was a bit late, about 5.10.
01:24:57Whereupon, presumably, Nurse Sanson left.
01:25:00Yes, as soon as I got there.
01:25:02About 10.10.
01:25:03What time did Nurse Sanson reach your quarters?
01:25:05It was late, wasn't it?
01:25:07Yes, she said Freddie had overslept.
01:25:09What time was it?
01:25:11Well, quarter to 11, but I'm sure she...
01:25:13Thank you.
01:25:14It should have taken you five minutes, yet it took you nearly 40.
01:25:16Why?
01:25:17I don't know.
01:25:19I didn't feel very well.
01:25:20Did you pass the paint store?
01:25:24Yes, I suppose I did.
01:25:26Did you see anyone or anything in there that made you pause or stop?
01:25:30I can't remember.
01:25:31I tried to. Was the door open?
01:25:32It may have been.
01:25:33Was there a light on inside?
01:25:34I don't know. I can't remember.
01:25:36Did you see anyone or anything in there?
01:25:40Did you?
01:25:44Or were you there alone?
01:25:46Can't you see she's had enough?
01:25:49I've warned you, Inspector.
01:25:50Mr. Eden, why do you keep on interrupting?
01:25:53Are you afraid of something she might say?
01:25:55I've given you my reasons.
01:25:56This time, I'd like the truth.
01:25:59May I speak to her alone?
01:26:00No! Are you going to answer me, Mr. Eden?
01:26:04Stop him!
01:26:08Eden! Eden, open this door!
01:26:12Eden!
01:26:13I'm sorry, Esther. I've got to.
01:26:16Look out!
01:26:28Eden!
01:26:32Esther Sensen, I arrest you for the willful murder of Joseph Higgins and Marion Bates
01:26:36and for the attempted murder of Frederica Linley.
01:26:38I must warn you that anything you say may be used in evidence.
01:26:41Yes.
01:26:42What?
01:26:43It can't be.
01:26:44It is.
01:26:45Eden.
01:26:46It's not true. How could it be?
01:26:48She got me out of my room and the gas...
01:26:49Yes, she intended to make a dramatic rescue just too late.
01:26:53But she arrived back a bit too early.
01:26:55Then she saw me approaching, smashed the window and dragged you out.
01:26:57And saved my life.
01:26:58And contrived to let you fall headlong down the stairs.
01:27:01By that time, she had to be content with the second best.
01:27:04Esther, you didn't do it, did you?
01:27:06I did. You knew, didn't you?
01:27:09I was almost certain, but I didn't know how.
01:27:13But why should she want to kill Higgins? What has he done?
01:27:16Tell them.
01:27:17Higgins was head of the rescue squad that left her mother to die.
01:27:20What?
01:27:21That is how it seemed to her.
01:27:23They had no choice, but she couldn't see it that way.
01:27:25She transferred her obsession of guilt to Higgins.
01:27:27The blame she attached to herself for leaving her mother alone.
01:27:30By punishing him, she was redeeming herself.
01:27:34I don't understand that.
01:27:36I was quite right, of course.
01:27:38Could I have a drink of water, please?
01:27:40Freddie.
01:27:41It's Freddie and Sister Bates.
01:27:43Yes, that was bad.
01:27:44But I couldn't let them talk.
01:27:45Otherwise I should have been found out and punished for something that was right.
01:27:48Esther, I'm sorry.
01:27:49You understand, don't you?
01:27:51Don't you?
01:27:53Water, quick. She's fainted.
01:27:57She's dead.
01:27:59What?
01:28:01She can't be dead.
01:28:03She can't be dead.
01:28:05Can't you do something?
01:28:06It's too late.
01:28:09Mr. Eden, you have deliberately connived at her death.
01:28:11Have I?
01:28:12You followed her in here with that hypodermic.
01:28:15Quite true.
01:28:16There is a penalty for helping a criminal to evade the consequences.
01:28:20Aren't you being a little rash?
01:28:21You don't know yet how she died.
01:28:24Well?
01:28:25Have you forgotten those tablets?
01:28:26I have not.
01:28:27And neither I imagined that you forget them.
01:28:30They killed Esther.
01:28:33A lethal dose, self-administered.
01:28:35Self?
01:28:36Then what...
01:28:37When I realized it must be Esther, I knew she was definitely insane and that she had the tablets.
01:28:42I wanted to be ready, but you came over to me and I was too late to stop her.
01:28:47Yes, Inspector, that was the antidote.
01:28:51The antidote.
01:28:53And what...
01:28:54And you knocked it out of my hand.
01:29:09When I took my departure that evening,
01:29:11it was not with the feeling that this had been one of my more successful investigations.
01:29:17In fact, it still seems to me that I fell down rather badly on the case.
01:29:42And in view of my failure...
01:29:45Correction.
01:29:47Comparative failure.
01:29:50I feel I have no alternative, sir, but to offer you my resignation.
01:29:56In the confident hope that you will not accept it.
01:30:03Full stop.
01:30:04In the confident hope that you will not accept it.
01:30:10Full stop.
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