In Dublin, a young woman is brutally murdered in her home by a maniac that throws acid in her face and then slits her throat with a razor. Her mangled body is later discovered in the boot of a limousine owned by the Swiss Ambassador Sobiesky. The Ambassador, who was the dead woman's lover, refuses to cooperate with the police due to his diplomatic immunity. John Norton, an ex-cop famed for his brutal working methods, is brought in to help and gets too deeply involved when he stars an affair with the Ambassador's beautiful step-daughter, Helen. Meanwhile, the brutal killings continue...
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00:05:06What are you doing? No! No!
00:05:10Help!
00:05:12Help!
00:05:36Oh, what awful weather.
00:05:40It may be romantic,
00:05:42mais très emmerdant, hein?
00:05:45Mais oui, Ireland is very beautiful,
00:05:48but it's raining all the time.
00:05:50What a bore.
00:05:52But it's the rain that makes it so green and beautiful.
00:05:55Yes, yes, I suppose you're right.
00:05:58Where were you going?
00:06:00Well, I thought that you were late,
00:06:02so I was going to do a little job.
00:06:05Thank you for visiting, dear.
00:06:07I didn't think you could get up so early in the morning.
00:06:10I could hardly believe it myself.
00:06:16If I didn't know that my husband was not in Dublin,
00:06:19I would have thought that he was the author of such a miracle.
00:06:23Now you're getting evil.
00:06:25Perhaps.
00:06:27But I'm not playing the role of the jealous wife.
00:06:30Come on.
00:06:32Here, put these parcels in the boot of the car.
00:06:35Perhaps it would be better to put them next to me, on the seat.
00:06:39Yes, perhaps it's better.
00:06:41But if you have something else to do, I'll drive the car myself.
00:06:44Come on.
00:06:46No, no, madame.
00:06:48I beg your pardon, but my business is not important.
00:06:50It can wait.
00:06:52Where can I drop you, dear?
00:06:54It's all right. I have my own car. Thanks.
00:06:56Bien, alors.
00:06:59Mandel, stop first the thing to call it then.
00:07:02Yes, madame.
00:07:08Bernard.
00:07:12Bernard.
00:07:16Bernard, what are you doing? Come on.
00:07:29Oh, my God.
00:07:37What happened?
00:07:39Let's call the police.
00:07:41Yes, let's call the police.
00:07:59Hello. Hello, Jerry, it's you.
00:08:02Oh, Jerry, something horrible has happened.
00:08:05Yes, yes, here in the embassy.
00:08:07No, His Excellency is away, as always.
00:08:10He's in Switzerland.
00:08:12What are you doing here?
00:08:14It's me. No, I came back last night.
00:08:16Listen, you'd better come over right away.
00:08:18As consul of the embassy, you will have to look after this affair.
00:08:21Yes.
00:08:23I don't think there's any need for Bernard to overhear this conversation.
00:08:28But it was he who discovered it.
00:08:30Well, exactly. He was making forget what we are seeing.
00:08:34Darling.
00:08:35Bernard.
00:08:36Go upstairs.
00:08:37Go to your room.
00:08:42I, uh...
00:08:44I came back earlier than I expected.
00:08:46It never stopped raining in Davos.
00:08:49Did you call on Mark?
00:08:51No.
00:08:53No, I didn't stop over in Zurich.
00:08:56Were you alone?
00:08:59As always, my darling.
00:09:01Now, when Jerry comes,
00:09:03will you please tell him to get in touch with the police immediately?
00:09:18Who are you?
00:09:19My name is Johnson. I'm the doctor.
00:09:21Oh, I have called for him.
00:09:24Well, have you written your report?
00:09:27Yes. It's right here.
00:09:30And do you think it is possible to recognize this person?
00:09:35I would say it's impossible.
00:09:37The murderer has done a perfect job.
00:09:40A specialist, I would say.
00:09:42Like me.
00:09:45Inspector Lawrence.
00:09:47Excuse me, sir.
00:09:50This letter's for you, sir.
00:09:52Thank you.
00:10:05This must be the woman who was in the boat of the Rolls-Royce.
00:10:08Really?
00:10:10Well, was there nothing else?
00:10:12Not even a letter?
00:10:14What did you expect?
00:10:15The murderer's name and address,
00:10:17and an invitation to drop by for tea between five and six?
00:10:20No. You never know.
00:10:22Get a move on. According to this passport,
00:10:24she was born in Holland.
00:10:27So?
00:10:28Well, it may be a coincidence,
00:10:30but Mr. Sobieski, before he came to Dublin,
00:10:32was ambassador to The Hague.
00:10:35We'd better call him in for questioning.
00:10:37For God's sake, man, wake up.
00:10:39Do you think we're enough to call an ambassador in for questioning?
00:10:43It'll be a lot if we get permission to question the members of the staff.
00:10:48I'd like to see him try and stop us.
00:10:50He can do quite easily.
00:10:52I'll have to go down to the Foreign Ministry
00:10:54if I'm to get to the bottom of this inquiry.
00:10:57Will they give us permission?
00:10:58Let's hope so, but it won't be much use.
00:11:00At the most, all we can do is to get him to declare persona non grata.
00:11:04While we're waiting for the bloody bureaucrats to make up their minds,
00:11:06our boy'll have time to slit three or four other throats.
00:11:08Is there nothing else we can do?
00:11:10Don't worry, Jones.
00:11:12I'll go on making my inquiries all the same.
00:11:15And I couldn't care less if I am accused of being unorthodox.
00:11:19Get me?
00:11:20But how?
00:11:22You'll find out.
00:11:24Thank you.
00:11:41Give her a good rubdown, hmm?
00:11:49Your Excellency, Inspector Lawrence is here to see you.
00:11:53Why didn't you tell me this before?
00:11:55He arrived without warning.
00:11:57He's in the library.
00:12:02Inspector Lawrence of the Homicide Squad, Your Excellency.
00:12:04He insisted on speaking to you.
00:12:06Hello, Inspector.
00:12:07How do you do, Your Excellency?
00:12:10Oh, uh...
00:12:20Mattress.
00:12:39Thank you.
00:12:55I'm sorry to trouble you, Mr. Ambassador,
00:12:57but I find myself in a particularly embarrassing position.
00:13:01I quite understand.
00:13:03And I'm going to collaborate with the police.
00:13:06Naturally, I expect this investigation to be carried out with the utmost discretion.
00:13:10Yes, Mr. Ambassador, there's a question I should like to ask you.
00:13:14Did you know that woman?
00:13:26Which woman?
00:13:27I meant the one... the one that was in...
00:13:29Oh, the one who was in the luggage boot of my car.
00:13:32Well, um, I tell you, Inspector,
00:13:34after one glance, and, uh,
00:13:36quite frankly, I didn't feel like taking a second one,
00:13:39the lady seemed to me...
00:13:41utterly unrecognizable.
00:13:44Because of that, do you think the man who killed her...
00:13:46Or woman.
00:13:48What makes you think the murderer might be a woman?
00:13:50Yeah, well, why not?
00:13:52It's just a thought.
00:13:54After all, as far as I can see,
00:13:56there's no evidence one way or the other.
00:13:58You spoke of the man who committed the murder.
00:14:00I... I seem to suggest that it might have been a woman.
00:14:03Oh? Why, isn't it possible?
00:14:06Certainly, it is possible.
00:14:09The use of it really does suggest a woman's hand,
00:14:11or a colored person's.
00:14:13They're experts at such things.
00:14:15I'm grateful for your suggestion.
00:14:18Don't rely too much on the words of a diplomat, Inspector.
00:14:22Remember, we're all professional liars.
00:14:24Oh, we may do it with a certain amount of style and elegance,
00:14:27but, uh, we're still liars.
00:14:30You have no idea who might have put that corpse in your car?
00:14:33Or why?
00:14:35No. No, I haven't the faintest idea.
00:14:39However, if it's any use to you,
00:14:41I might suggest that this could be an attempt to create a big scandal
00:14:44which would compromise relations between our two countries,
00:14:48which right now happen to be excellent.
00:14:50Yes, I suppose so.
00:14:52You're most kind, Your Excellency. I don't know how to...
00:14:54Why, not at all.
00:14:56It's my duty to collaborate with the authorities of the country of which I am a guest.
00:14:59It's a matter of, uh, courtesy, hmm?
00:15:01Would you allow me to question some members of the embassy staff?
00:15:05Yes, of course.
00:15:07But not here.
00:15:09According to the police station, will you?
00:15:11Whom, uh, do you want to see?
00:15:14For the moment, it'll be enough to talk to the chauffeur and the governess.
00:15:17Later, perhaps...
00:15:18Well, let's hope the matter will end there.
00:15:20It will be so much better for all of us. I'll take you to your car.
00:15:22No, don't worry.
00:15:23No, it's a pleasure.
00:15:29Thank you.
00:15:46Maggie?
00:15:47You are here, too.
00:15:48Yes.
00:15:49Who is it they're questioning in there now?
00:15:51Mandel, the chauffeur.
00:15:53Listen, Maggie, there is one thing I would like to ask.
00:15:56You can be sure, miss.
00:15:58But I have to say him what I haven't.
00:16:00I'm not so stupid as to tell the police everything about the ambassador's private life.
00:16:06That would be quite useless to the police, and dangerous for me.
00:16:13So?
00:16:15What do you want me to say?
00:16:17You've been making questions now for two hours,
00:16:19and I don't know what I can tell you that I haven't already told you.
00:16:22You haven't told me much.
00:16:29I'm sorry. I suffer from conjunctivitis.
00:16:32I can't bear the light.
00:16:34Rather inconvenient for your kind of job.
00:16:37Yes, it is.
00:16:38You haven't replied.
00:16:39I've told you everything.
00:16:40That night I went out as usual.
00:16:42To go to the pictures, wasn't it?
00:16:44Yes, to the pictures.
00:16:46Even if I can't prove it.
00:16:49You can take your glasses off now.
00:16:51There's not too much light in here.
00:16:59It was almost midnight.
00:17:01I got home, I put the car in the garage and locked the doors.
00:17:04Yes, you told us that.
00:17:06I'm telling you for the hundredth time.
00:17:08Take it easy.
00:17:09We're just asking questions.
00:17:11But you ask questions like you suspect that I'm guilty.
00:17:14That's your opinion.
00:17:15He only wants to know if you've forgotten some detail that might be important to us.
00:17:20I do not forget anything.
00:17:28All this means, therefore...
00:17:30...is that when you got back from the embassy...
00:17:32...somebody else cut up the corpse in the boot of the car.
00:17:35That's what I say.
00:17:36And the next morning I brought the car around...
00:17:38...and was waiting for Mrs. Sobieski to come down.
00:17:41That's not what the governess said this morning.
00:17:43Why, what the hell did she...
00:17:45That's stupid.
00:17:47And so?
00:17:48A lot.
00:17:49She said that when she came out of the embassy with Mrs. Sobieski...
00:17:52...it looked as if you were in a hurry to go somewhere.
00:17:55And that you only reversed the car because you saw them coming out.
00:17:58Well, I didn't think that was worth mentioning.
00:18:00Why did you take the car out?
00:18:02Well, that morning I thought they would come out late...
00:18:05...so I thought I would dash up to the cleaners.
00:18:07Are these the cleaners?
00:18:09Yes, that's the place.
00:18:10What is so urgent?
00:18:11Did you have a shirt that was dirtier than usual?
00:18:14I don't know what you mean.
00:18:16I'm only telling you the facts.
00:18:18We appreciate that.
00:18:19Even if sometimes your facts are incomplete.
00:18:21It's a question of distraction.
00:18:23Then what?
00:18:24That's all. Nothing else.
00:18:26Very well.
00:18:28If in the future you should happen to remember something else...
00:18:31...some detail that you think is unimportant...
00:18:34...instead of keeping to yourself, you might let us know.
00:18:37You can go now.
00:18:44You can tell the ambassador that so far as you're concerned...
00:18:47...the investigation is over.
00:18:49I won't see him again.
00:18:51The ambassador has left.
00:18:54And besides...
00:18:55Besides?
00:19:00Nothing.
00:19:12Take it.
00:19:13But remember this the last time.
00:19:15Now get out and stay out.
00:19:23Now get out.
00:19:54Is that all he gave you?
00:19:56He gets tighter every day, the old bastard.
00:20:24I gave him what he asked for.
00:20:26But this is the last time.
00:20:28I'm fed up.
00:20:29All right, I agree to keep your son...
00:20:31...but there's a limit to everything.
00:20:33You could have let me speak to him.
00:20:35No.
00:20:36No, this is the only way.
00:20:38The sooner he goes back to Switzerland...
00:20:40...the better it is for all of us.
00:20:53I love you.
00:21:23I love you.
00:21:53I love you.
00:22:23I love you.
00:22:54You frighten me, sweetheart.
00:22:57You scare easily, don't you?
00:23:06How did you manage to get in?
00:23:08It doesn't require much imagination...
00:23:10...to find a back entrance.
00:23:15Guess who's here tonight.
00:23:17I don't care.
00:23:19How much?
00:23:21Once, when you offered to give me money, as I recall...
00:23:24...you offered it with a certain flair.
00:23:30And you, too, when you asked for it.
00:23:36I'm going to need more.
00:23:38How much, then?
00:23:41A lot.
00:23:42And if I refuse?
00:23:46I wouldn't do that if I were you.
00:23:53Can you give me change for the phone, please?
00:23:55Sure.
00:24:12Thank you.
00:24:42Where did he go?
00:24:43I don't know.
00:24:45And I don't care.
00:24:53Mr. Jones. Mr. Jones.
00:24:54What's the problem?
00:24:55It's that new singer. She's dead in the dressing room.
00:25:02I'm sorry.
00:25:03I'm sorry.
00:25:04I'm sorry.
00:25:05I'm sorry.
00:25:06I'm sorry.
00:25:07I'm sorry.
00:25:08I'm sorry.
00:25:09I'm sorry.
00:25:10I'm sorry.
00:25:12Excuse me, I'm a doctor. Maybe I can help.
00:25:14No, I think it's too late.
00:25:15Anyway, you better come with me.
00:25:23All right, go back. There's nothing to see.
00:25:33Wayland, go to the door.
00:25:34Don't let anybody out and call the police.
00:25:37Move back, please, everyone.
00:25:38Come on, now. Move back.
00:25:39Go back to the bar. Go on, now.
00:25:55All right, everybody, keep calm now.
00:25:57It's only a few.
00:25:58Please, stay where you are. Sit down.
00:26:00Nobody's to leave the premises.
00:26:02Please.
00:26:03You must wait until the guards get here.
00:26:06You're showing a fine turn of speed there, miss.
00:26:11Getting a bit stuffy, wasn't it?
00:26:12Are you running for your car?
00:26:13No, I was with a friend.
00:26:15We came in a taxi.
00:26:16Ah.
00:26:17Well, never mind.
00:26:18I'll give you a lift.
00:26:21Here now, and you'll need this.
00:26:22But I thought you had a car.
00:26:23The only car you're going to see around here is the paddy wagon.
00:26:26You mean the police?
00:26:27That's right, only we call them the guards.
00:26:29Now, get your finger out and hop on.
00:26:32Who is your friend?
00:26:33A friend.
00:26:34Would it be enough to say thank you in return for your kindness?
00:26:37Oh, there's no need for thanks.
00:26:40All this trouble for nothing.
00:26:44I didn't exactly say that.
00:26:47Are you making for the airport?
00:26:49No, I live outside Dublin.
00:26:50You know the manners?
00:26:51Ah.
00:26:52You do?
00:26:53Yes.
00:26:54Well, I'll see you in a minute.
00:26:55Thank you.
00:26:56Thank you.
00:26:57Thank you.
00:26:58Thank you.
00:26:59Ah.
00:27:00You do?
00:27:01Then do the manners.
00:27:02Do you always take advantage of disasters if it goes up?
00:27:06Well, I wouldn't consider it a habit now.
00:27:11You have a name?
00:27:12Of course.
00:27:13Well, what is it?
00:27:14Helen.
00:27:16Do you want to hear my life story too?
00:27:19Turn in there.
00:27:21Well now, me fleet-footed filly.
00:27:23Are we going to have it off in the bushes or on the bike?
00:27:26It's damp in the bushes.
00:27:28You could have asked me in a roundabout way for a scotch or a cup of tea.
00:27:33You know, I'm a great believer in formality.
00:27:36Like you.
00:27:37Hmm.
00:27:38You have a nice turn of phrase too.
00:27:40Here now.
00:27:41As long as you're going to keep me safe.
00:27:43Thank you.
00:27:44Thank you.
00:27:45Thank you.
00:27:46Thank you.
00:27:47Thank you.
00:27:48Thank you.
00:27:49Thank you for making sure you're going to keep me standing outside.
00:27:53By the way, isn't this the place they found the...
00:27:55That they found a corpse?
00:27:56Yes.
00:27:57Curious, isn't it.
00:27:58You picked me up in a club where they found another corpse.
00:28:01Funny, it doesn't seem to worry you very much.
00:28:04Why should it?
00:28:05I'm not the murderer.
00:28:08Do you work here?
00:28:11As the ambassador's daughter.
00:28:13Shall we go in?
00:28:14You coming?
00:28:15Oh, hello, Mandon.
00:28:16Good evening, miss.
00:28:17You look so strange. Aren't your eyes better?
00:28:19Much better, thank you.
00:28:21Good evening, sir.
00:28:22Aye. Good night.
00:28:36Let's go upstairs and have that whiskey we talked about.
00:28:45Thank you.
00:29:00Well, now, that's a good start. Thank you.
00:29:03Helen, would you come here for a moment?
00:29:06That's my father. I hope he's in a good mood.
00:29:08By the way, did he ask me who you are?
00:29:10Well, now, I've washed dishes, swept the streets
00:29:12and done a little gun-running.
00:29:15If he waits a couple of years, he can read the book I'm writing about me life.
00:29:45Oh, that's my father.
00:29:47He won't smoke any other brand,
00:29:49but I've never known him to finish one yet.
00:29:51Would you like one?
00:29:54Oh, no, I can't stand the things myself.
00:29:58Shall we go and hear some nice records?
00:30:01Uh-huh. Though, would you call that diplomatic?
00:30:03Oh, don't be silly.
00:30:05I'm afraid I can't.
00:30:07I'm afraid I can't.
00:30:09I'm afraid I can't.
00:30:11I'm afraid I can't.
00:30:13I'm afraid I can't.
00:30:21The bushes were never like this.
00:30:40If you want anything, help yourself.
00:30:43Thank you.
00:31:14Who are you calling?
00:31:16Oh, there you are.
00:31:20That's the way I like you.
00:31:43Thank you.
00:32:13Thank you.
00:32:43Thank you.
00:32:59Let's go.
00:33:11Mother, the telephone.
00:33:14Mother.
00:33:17For pity's sake, it's the phone.
00:33:23Oh, Mother.
00:33:28Hello.
00:33:32Yes.
00:33:35Hello, Daddy. Hi, Granny.
00:33:38Oh, sweetheart, would you find Granny's glasses and put them on her, for the love of God?
00:33:44Now, where the devil have they got to?
00:33:46All right, then.
00:33:48What is it, Sasha? Come on. Not hungry?
00:33:50Okay.
00:33:52Oh, dear.
00:33:54Give Granny a kiss, dear.
00:34:02Thanks, dear.
00:34:05Granny, why didn't you keep your glasses on?
00:34:07Daddy got angry because you didn't, as usual.
00:34:09But I can't see anything.
00:34:11And if I can't see,
00:34:13how can I find my glasses?
00:34:15Anyway, if you didn't go out all the time,
00:34:17you could answer the phone.
00:34:19Hmm.
00:34:41There. I've collected all the clippings on those two murders.
00:34:45And I think I know who the killer is.
00:34:48Did you say something?
00:34:50What do you want me to say? If you don't put on your glasses, you'll never hear it.
00:34:52Keep them on a string, why don't you? And didn't I tell you...
00:34:54I just gave them to her.
00:35:02Now, then. All right, Mother.
00:35:08Who is it, then?
00:35:10You're pulling my leg.
00:35:12Why, it never crossed me mind, Mother.
00:35:14Oh, yes, you are. I know it.
00:35:16You think because I'm old and never go out...
00:35:18that I can't find out who committed a crime...
00:35:20just by studying the facts of the case.
00:35:22But you remember that old woman in the Agatha Christie books?
00:35:25Yeah. You know I don't like detective stories.
00:35:29That's another of your defects. You read too little.
00:35:33Dare say. Now, who do you think is the killer?
00:35:36Hold on to your seat, Daddy, while Granny tells you.
00:35:38As for you, young lady, just you remember your place.
00:35:41Now, then, Mother, don't go changing the subject.
00:35:43Come on, now. Out with it, Miss Marples.
00:35:46Are you listening? Wait.
00:35:50It's the son of the ambassador.
00:35:53The son of the ambassador?
00:35:56No, no, no.
00:35:58You'll be saying next it's Father O'Connor.
00:36:00Wait.
00:36:02Daddy!
00:36:03What is it?
00:36:04Daddy, where are you going?
00:36:09Secret mission.
00:36:16Secret mission.
00:36:46Secret mission.
00:37:16Secret mission.
00:37:46Secret mission.
00:38:13All right, now, get him up.
00:38:17And don't you move.
00:38:19Now, let's take a look at your ugly mug.
00:38:46Come on.
00:39:16Come on.
00:39:41Gordon, help.
00:39:47Gordon! Gordon!
00:40:00Like a whiskey, John?
00:40:02How, with these things on?
00:40:05Take those handcuffs off him.
00:40:07I told you I was going to use unorthodox methods in this case.
00:40:11He is my unorthodox method.
00:40:13You might have told me that you...
00:40:15I found your unorthodox friend in that flat.
00:40:17It would have saved my chin.
00:40:19If you went there, you went there on your own initiative.
00:40:21Too much zeal sometimes gets a man into trouble.
00:40:25Go on.
00:40:27Good luck.
00:40:36You were too hard on those two.
00:40:40They weren't exactly kidding, either.
00:40:46You haven't changed since...
00:40:50You mean since when I was in your place, Lawrence?
00:40:54All right, then.
00:41:04I said talk! Talk!
00:41:07Talk! Talk!
00:41:09Talk!
00:41:15Talk! Damn you!
00:41:22I know you did it! Talk!
00:41:39Talk!
00:41:45No, you don't!
00:41:48No!
00:41:51Why do you act this way?
00:41:56I don't even know myself.
00:41:58Could be the memory of my wife's murder.
00:42:02The thought that every criminal I meet might be the killer.
00:42:07When I saw your sergeant walk in,
00:42:10my mind went suddenly haywire,
00:42:12because I thought he might be the one that I've been looking for.
00:42:15Thanks.
00:42:17You know, I remember once in Brazil.
00:42:20I stepped on an iguana,
00:42:22hidden among the jungle foliage.
00:42:24This murderer, too, is certainly of their monsters.
00:42:27Perhaps of their very eyes.
00:42:29You know, the iguana is clever at disguising himself.
00:42:33The only difference is that the iguana
00:42:35though horrible, is harmless.
00:42:37While our murderer is probably pleasant to look at,
00:42:41but he cuts throats and uses vitriol.
00:42:44It's his tongue of fire, you might say.
00:42:47Now, then, about that girl.
00:42:49Come off it.
00:42:51Don't play the fool.
00:42:53You know what I mean.
00:42:55The ambassador's daughter. Cultivate her.
00:42:57It could be useful.
00:42:59It's the only discreet way we have of finding out
00:43:01what the ambassador's up to.
00:43:04All right. If you want.
00:43:07Oh, what is she? Just another bird.
00:43:12Try not to get into too much trouble.
00:43:14You know the risk I took giving you this job.
00:43:17I won't forget it.
00:43:19Where are you going now?
00:43:21To the hospital, to get myself sewn up.
00:43:30Doctor, there's a man here who needs your help.
00:43:33Well, then, sit him down.
00:43:38Sit yourself down here.
00:43:50I won't need your help for this job. You may go.
00:43:52Switch off the light, please.
00:44:04It's rather a deep wound.
00:44:06A fight?
00:44:09You might say, perhaps.
00:44:13I'll have to inform the police.
00:44:18Don't worry.
00:44:21They were there at the time.
00:44:26Don't move.
00:44:33Don't move.
00:44:59Do you think that they will find the embassy murderer?
00:45:04I wouldn't have any idea.
00:45:06And I couldn't care less.
00:45:18The police will never find him.
00:45:21Never.
00:45:23He's too clever.
00:45:25Much too clever.
00:45:33He's too clever.
00:46:03Good evening, sir.
00:46:13Oh, Norton.
00:46:15A bow of homage to the man who took my girl from under my eyes.
00:46:20And how is it you know my name?
00:46:22Who doesn't know the name of Inspector Norton?
00:46:25I don't know the name of the man who took my girl from under my eyes.
00:46:28I don't know the name of the man who took my girl from under my eyes.
00:46:31Who doesn't know the name of Inspector Norton?
00:46:34Or should I say of ex-Inspector Norton?
00:46:37Known as the Brute.
00:46:39Doesn't it ever occur to you that sooner or later one of your victims might try to do you?
00:46:44Do you call that a threat?
00:46:46No, only a little bit of advice.
00:46:51And here's a bit of advice for you, me boy.
00:46:54Don't run into me again.
00:47:01Ta-di-di-do-da-di-da-di-da.
00:47:05Ta-di-di-do-da-di-da-di-da.
00:47:08Madam, I...
00:47:10I'm sorry to be disturbing you.
00:47:12No, you don't disturb me at all.
00:47:14Island won't be long. Please sit down.
00:47:16Thank you.
00:47:18No, here, here beside me.
00:47:20Ta-di-di-da-di-di-da-di-da.
00:47:24I was hoping, you see, that I would be lucky enough to have a little chat with your husband.
00:47:29I mean, of course, His Excellency.
00:47:31I'm sorry you're not lucky at all.
00:47:35His Excellency has gone back to Switzerland. I am alone, as always.
00:47:43The way you're saying it, I...
00:47:47How do you expect me to say it?
00:47:49It's the truth.
00:47:52Behind this facade you're looking at...
00:47:57...there is the most terrible, unbelievable emptiness...
00:48:05...between me and my children, between me and...
00:48:09...my husband.
00:48:13It's what I suppose they call nowadays uncommunicability.
00:48:17Yes, uncommunicability.
00:48:19Ah, je suis formidable, formidable.
00:48:26Ah, l'amour est un oiseau rebelle...
00:48:32...que nul ne peut apprivoiser.
00:48:41But you see, the terrible thing is that I can't fire up.
00:48:49At least not as I did before.
00:48:52I'm no longer young.
00:48:56But I'm not what I was.
00:48:58Go on now. You shouldn't be talking like that. You're a very beautiful woman.
00:49:02Oh, you are sweet.
00:49:06But I know you don't mean it.
00:49:08No, no, no. Don't try to deny it. I know you don't mean it.
00:49:11Anyhow, it's very nice to hear it said by such an attractive and charming man.
00:49:19That's a marvellous fine lighter you have.
00:49:22From Calcutta.
00:49:24I would willingly give it to you, but I can't.
00:49:27It was a present from my first husband.
00:49:29Yes.
00:49:31When I married His Excellency, I had already two children, Helen and Mark.
00:49:37Bernard, the little boy, was born from my second marriage.
00:49:47Now, I only have memories.
00:49:50It's a pleasure I can get from these.
00:49:55One of the few advantages I can get from being the wife of an ambassador.
00:50:00No police, no search warrants, nothing.
00:50:04Poor Mr. Norton.
00:50:06I hope you haven't bothered him too much, Mamie.
00:50:09Not a bit of it. Your mother's been delightful company.
00:50:12Another lie.
00:50:15You know, Helen, this gentleman, he's quite charming.
00:50:20He's a charmer.
00:50:22Where did you find him?
00:50:24Between one corpse and another.
00:50:28Oh, mon Dieu, quelle façon de causer.
00:50:31What a horrible thing to say.
00:50:33Well, I think I...
00:50:35Well, it was very nice to chat with you.
00:50:38Yes, thank you. Goodbye.
00:50:40A bientot.
00:50:45Mmm. Mmm. Mmm.
00:50:48Mmm. Mmm. Mmm.
00:50:51Mmm.
00:50:53This friend of yours is rather becoming a pain in the ass.
00:51:19I don't know why you're talking like that.
00:51:21He's such a charming man, and not at all boring.
00:51:31I'm beginning to get a little worried about you.
00:51:34You know, what little mind you had has been eaten up by those drugs.
00:51:40You are going too far, Excellency de Merde.
00:51:44I'm merely trying to lower myself to your level.
00:51:48And that of the place where I picked you up, remember?
00:51:55Mon Chou, how can I forget it?
00:51:58It's one of the most lovely souvenirs of my life.
00:52:02But I don't know what you're bragging about.
00:52:05You only got to this rank just because you've been bowing and scraping to one minister after another.
00:52:11How dare you speak to me like that?
00:52:13You can order your servants around, or your whores.
00:52:17And from now on, you can go out with them to your boring reception and your official appearances.
00:52:23Do you want me to break your neck?
00:52:25Don't try to raise one finger to me.
00:52:36You have no idea how far I can go.
00:52:48You bitch.
00:52:50You fucking bitch.
00:52:53You bitch! Bitch! Bitch!
00:52:57Your place? Fabulous. What time?
00:53:01Yes, five. See you then.
00:53:07Well then, I fixed a party for tonight. Sort of an all-male affair.
00:53:11Oh, yeah? You can count me out.
00:53:13I have a date with Helen, and I don't want to lose her.
00:53:16Count me out too.
00:53:18I have something else on myself for tonight.
00:53:24You can't. I've arranged everything.
00:53:27Come on, Jerry. Don't get your knickers in a twist.
00:53:30Well, you can't just...
00:53:32Oh, no? Why should we do what you want?
00:53:34You take it easy. Don't try pushing me too far.
00:53:37I warn you, it wouldn't take much before I...
00:53:39Oh, what a roar. Well, Lion, what would you do?
00:53:43Tell me, or shall I knock your face in?
00:54:13John, why don't you come with me to Switzerland?
00:54:38It's out of the question.
00:54:40Will you tell me something, Helen?
00:54:43Did you know your father was having an affair with that girl they found in the car?
00:54:47No, of course not.
00:54:49He was going with the one in the club too.
00:54:51You know, what I'm saying doesn't seem to astonish you a bit.
00:54:54Now, why is that?
00:54:55Why should it astonish me? My father's always been a collector.
00:54:58He happens to collect women.
00:55:00Now, why all these questions, Inspector Norton?
00:55:04You know who I am?
00:55:05I've known from the start.
00:55:07Ever since that evening you drove me home.
00:55:09My father recognized you, then Walter confirmed it.
00:55:12I see.
00:55:14So that's why he called you into the library and you had that argument.
00:55:17I don't remember having an argument with my father that evening.
00:55:21Then I'd say you had an unusual way of conversing.
00:55:24Well, his true father, that is, stepfather,
00:55:27can be a little original in his behavior at times.
00:55:31But he's just like that. It's not important.
00:55:35But tell me, why did you leave the police?
00:55:38I'd rather not go into it.
00:56:08No! No! No! No!
00:56:15What is the matter?
00:56:17No! No! No! No!
00:56:24No! No! No! No!
00:56:29No! No! No!
00:56:36No! No! No!
00:56:55No! No! No!
00:57:03No! No! No!
00:57:22Can't say I care for that customer.
00:57:26What do the papers say?
00:57:29There's a lot of speculation on Sobieski's role in this affair.
00:57:34The usual things to arouse readers' interest.
00:57:38They're only great on one thing,
00:57:41that we are incompetent and inefficient.
00:57:44Hello, Joe.
00:57:45Norton, will you give me a pint of the black stuff?
00:57:55We've got someone here that's been waiting for you.
00:57:57You have?
00:58:00A letter.
00:58:57A letter?
00:59:27A letter?
00:59:57A letter?
01:00:27A letter?
01:00:28A letter?
01:00:57My precious pussy.
01:00:59You go down to the kitchen and have some food.
01:01:02That's right, my pussy.
01:01:04Go on. Down you go.
01:01:07That's my puss.
01:01:27That's my pussy.
01:01:58Who's there?
01:02:03It's me, Mother.
01:02:28Is this your razor?
01:02:35Yes, it's mine.
01:02:36I thought I might shave the old way again for a while,
01:02:38but I found I was a bit wobbly. You see...
01:02:50I see there's been a new murder.
01:02:52I suppose you already know who did it.
01:02:55And I suppose your suspicions are on the ambassador's wife,
01:02:58because you found her lighter at the scene of the crime.
01:03:01But you're not listening.
01:03:03Oh, for crying out loud. Of course I'm listening. Go on.
01:03:06No, no, no.
01:03:08A criminal on this level would never be so stupid
01:03:10as to leave such obvious clues behind.
01:03:13Somebody has done that to fool the police.
01:03:16That shows the murderer is an intelligent person,
01:03:19even if a bit infantile.
01:03:21If you've never read anything about the story of Tom Thumb,
01:03:23you must know that.
01:03:25So, what?
01:03:27The murderer is the little boy.
01:03:30The little monster. Believe me.
01:03:34Hi, Granny.
01:03:36Hello, Daddy.
01:03:37I'm going to the kitchen. I'm hungry.
01:03:45What is it?
01:03:47What is it?
01:04:18Miss Sobieski, please.
01:04:21If you go through there, you'll find the young lady in the bar,
01:04:24first door on the right.
01:04:26Have you got a pen and paper?
01:04:30Thank you.
01:04:40Would you perhaps be kind enough to see that this reaches her?
01:04:43Of course.
01:04:48Her boyfriend's even following her out here.
01:04:52What a surprise.
01:04:54I could have missed her, you know.
01:04:57A bad sign, huh?
01:05:00By the way, who are those two fellas you were with?
01:05:04You're jealous, huh?
01:05:06Could be.
01:05:09One's my brother Mark, and the other one is a friend of his.
01:05:13I was hoping to have a word with your father.
01:05:15Is it very urgent?
01:05:17More or less.
01:05:19You'll find him over at the bobsleds.
01:05:21He spends all his time there.
01:05:35There's my father's bobsled.
01:05:37There's my father's bobsled.
01:06:07Do you mind if I sit down?
01:06:10Please.
01:06:14I am fully aware of the reason for your visit.
01:06:18And I can assure you that I intend to take full advantage of my diplomatic immunity
01:06:24to refuse any further comment on the unfortunate incident
01:06:27or many of the others which followed it.
01:06:33Now, if that is quite clear, Norton,
01:06:37then maybe I can offer you a drink.
01:06:39Or a cigar.
01:06:42Thanks.
01:06:46Would you believe I flew all the way to Switzerland
01:06:49for the purpose of finding out what brand of cigar you smoke?
01:06:53And now you know.
01:06:55There was something else.
01:06:56I thought we had finished.
01:06:59It seems I was expecting too much from a policeman.
01:07:03Are you aware that your bobsled was sabotaged?
01:07:07Somebody was trying to kill you.
01:07:13Oh, well, that's really very good news.
01:07:16I thought it was my fault.
01:07:19Well, in any case, you send your report to the federal police.
01:07:33Why don't you stay on another day or two?
01:07:35No, I have to get back.
01:07:37Why didn't you tell me you'd rented that place in Dalkey?
01:07:40I rented nothing in Dalkey. Are you out of your mind?
01:07:43Listen, the time is long past when I used to enjoy solving riddles.
01:07:50So if you're hiding something from me, it's better for you that you tell me now.
01:07:55But I swear to you, I don't even know where Dalkey is.
01:07:58It took a while, but I tracked down the solicitor for the woman who owns the house.
01:08:03I saw the lease. It had your name on it, Helen, in nice clear letters.
01:08:08Some of your dresses were hanging in the bedroom closet.
01:08:11And one other thing.
01:08:13There was a guest in the house when I got there.
01:08:16A very dead one.
01:08:18And he wasn't in the closet, though. He was in your bed.
01:08:22Look, if this is a joke, it's in very bad shape.
01:08:25Look, if this is a joke, it's in very bad taste.
01:08:29No, it's no joke.
01:08:32The dead house guest was your old pal, Walter.
01:08:35You haven't forgotten him, too, have you?
01:08:38How horrible. It's terrible.
01:08:41I can't believe it. It can't be true.
01:08:46It's true, Helen.
01:08:49They're all facts, like the fact I also found a lighter in the room.
01:08:53A very special one. A Cartier lighter.
01:08:56Then there's the fact that Walter's body was covered with flowers.
01:09:01I have no idea why. Possibly to hide the ugly gash across...
01:09:06across the poor devil's throat. Now will you tell me the truth?
01:09:10I've told you the truth already.
01:09:13I don't know what you're talking about.
01:09:16It's all so shocking, so awful.
01:09:20And after all you just told me, you found my mother's lighter.
01:09:24If that's true, why didn't you immediately go to her...
01:09:28instead of torturing me with such silly accusations?
01:09:33That's just what I'm going to do the minute I arrive back in Dublin.
01:09:38I want that killer and embassy, or no embassy, I'll get him.
01:09:49I'll get him.
01:10:20Good day.
01:10:22Something terrible has happened. Thank goodness you're here, sir.
01:10:26Madam was trying to kill herself in the bathroom.
01:10:49She's still alive. Will you call an ambulance?
01:11:19Thank you.
01:11:39Mandel.
01:11:44Inspector.
01:11:46I want to speak with you.
01:11:50Have a beer?
01:12:00The ambassador didn't need you any longer?
01:12:05So you know too.
01:12:07Almost three weeks ago, he said...
01:12:09with my conjunctivitis, I couldn't drive anymore.
01:12:13And now?
01:12:15Only he has to pay me what he owes me.
01:12:19He thinks he can take advantage of me...
01:12:21because he's a diplomat on foreign soil.
01:12:23But he doesn't know the likes of me.
01:12:26I will knock his block off...
01:12:27even if they put me inside for it, you know that?
01:12:30And...
01:12:32that fucking bastard.
01:12:37And why didn't they give you a month's notice?
01:12:41I don't know.
01:12:44It was 20 days ago.
01:12:46That's why I'm sitting here.
01:12:48Free as the air and without a penny in my pocket, no?
01:12:5120 days ago.
01:12:53That would be right after the murder, then.
01:12:57Yes.
01:12:59Yes, you are right.
01:13:00Now that I think of it.
01:13:08You smoke?
01:13:11No, I don't.
01:13:18Oh.
01:13:20It got broken when I got off the bus.
01:13:23Some bastard gave me a shove, you know?
01:13:26I heard the crack, but I didn't take any notice at the time.
01:13:29And...
01:13:32When are you pulling out?
01:13:34Why?
01:13:35Why?
01:13:37I might just want to have another word with you.
01:13:40I'm sorry you're broke, you know.
01:13:43I'll take these with me and have them fixed.
01:14:09Thank you.
01:14:28Why did you do it?
01:14:34I...
01:14:36I tried to commit suicide.
01:14:42Someone tried to kill me.
01:14:46Who?
01:14:48Who was it?
01:14:50Who?
01:15:04I'm sorry, sir, but you'd better go now.
01:15:16Well, then, Hobbs, what's your opinion?
01:15:19There's no doubt about it, Inspector.
01:15:21This piece came from those glasses.
01:15:24Very well. You can go now.
01:15:29You don't seem sure.
01:15:31What doesn't fit in according to you?
01:15:34I don't know. It just doesn't fit.
01:15:39We'll discuss your misgivings later.
01:15:43This is Jack Mundell's address. Bring him here.
01:15:50Well, what are you waiting for? Go on.
01:15:58All right.
01:16:00What is it that doesn't fit in according to you?
01:16:03Does it surprise you that a murderer should leave such obvious clues?
01:16:06Lawrence, if you had a mother like my mother...
01:16:09you'd know what it means to have misgivings.
01:16:12Just have to wait for a few minutes, and then we'll know the answer.
01:16:40Hello? Inspector Norton, please.
01:16:43Yes, put him through.
01:16:45It's for you.
01:16:48Hello? Inspector Norton?
01:16:50Yes, go ahead.
01:16:52I went to the embassy to get my money, you know.
01:16:54This is so risky, Shelby, and if I hadn't come in at that moment...
01:16:57she would have ended up with me.
01:16:59I'm sorry, Inspector.
01:17:01I'm sorry.
01:17:03I'm sorry.
01:17:05I'm sorry.
01:17:07If I hadn't come in at that moment...
01:17:09she would have ended up like the other victims.
01:17:12No.
01:17:14I saw the person who was trying to kill her.
01:17:16Yeah.
01:17:18I cannot tell you who it was because...
01:17:20because I'm scared, you understand.
01:17:22But it was not me, right?
01:17:24Yes, I know that, for God's sake.
01:17:26Who was it?
01:17:28I'm sure you've already got an idea about who it is...
01:17:30since well from the beginning.
01:17:32I...
01:17:34Mandel.
01:17:38Mandel.
01:17:52Just a moment.
01:17:55I'm not deaf.
01:17:58I'm coming.
01:18:05Oh.
01:18:15The lady wants to talk to Mr. Norton.
01:18:17I said he wasn't in, but...
01:18:19I'm Helen Sobieski. I'm a friend of your son.
01:18:21I know everything about you.
01:18:23Everything?
01:18:25Yes.
01:18:27May I come in and wait for him?
01:18:29Of course.
01:18:31Thank you, God.
01:18:34I've seen such a prisoner with these policemen.
01:18:36But my son wanted it.
01:18:38He said we're safer.
01:18:40But it's such a bore.
01:18:42Will he be there in a minute?
01:18:44Oh, I don't think so.
01:18:46But please sit down. I'll get you some coffee.
01:18:48Do you like coffee?
01:18:50Yes, but don't bother.
01:18:52It's no bother.
01:19:03Thank you.
01:19:34Here you are, Mrs. Sobieski.
01:19:45You must think I'm terribly rude,
01:19:47but John has talked so much about you and Ann.
01:19:49That's his daughter's name, I believe.
01:19:51And that I felt a desire to see his home.
01:19:53You're a woman. I'm sure you understand my curiosity.
01:19:55Of course I understand.
01:19:57But don't you think it's a shame?
01:19:59Yes.
01:20:01It's a shame.
01:20:03Of course I understand, but don't worry.
01:20:05Come and have some coffee.
01:20:07Thank you.
01:20:13No, 2-5.
01:20:15Yes, thank you.
01:20:17Mm-hmm.
01:20:27Hello. Who do you want to speak to?
01:20:29This is Inspector Norton calling from Dublin.
01:20:33I want to speak to Mr. Mark Sobieski.
01:20:36I'll go and see if he's in.
01:20:43Who is it?
01:20:50I'm sorry. Mr. Sobieski is out.
01:20:52If you leave your number, I'll have him call you when he gets back.
01:20:55No, don't bother.
01:20:59Thank you.
01:21:29You're very kind.
01:21:31But I'm afraid I can't wait any longer.
01:21:33Please excuse me.
01:21:35And would you tell your son that I'll call him later?
01:21:37Of course I will.
01:21:39And I do hope you'll come again very soon.
01:21:41Thank you. I will.
01:21:43Goodbye.
01:21:45Goodbye.
01:21:59Goodbye.
01:22:25You frightened the life out of me.
01:22:27When will you learn that if you don't wear your glasses,
01:22:29you can't hear anything?
01:22:31Somebody could come in and kill you,
01:22:33like they did the cat.
01:22:35With that policeman out there, that's not possible.
01:22:37Well, you could bolt the door.
01:22:39What?
01:22:41You could bolt the door!
01:22:47Taxi!
01:22:49Taxi!
01:22:51Over here!
01:22:53Taxi!
01:22:57Taxi!
01:23:03Help!
01:23:05Help me, somebody!
01:23:15Help!
01:23:27Help!
01:23:41Help!
01:23:43Help!
01:23:47Help me!
01:23:49Help!
01:23:57Help!
01:24:07Help!
01:24:19Help!
01:24:23Help!
01:24:27Help!
01:24:53Do you think we should inform the police?
01:24:55No, there's time for that later.
01:24:57Right now, we don't know what it was.
01:24:59An accident, attempted murder?
01:25:01Maybe she wanted to kill herself.
01:25:03The only thing we do know is that you fused her out of the river
01:25:05in a state of shock.
01:25:09Do you think she's one of them donkeys?
01:25:11Maybe.
01:25:13But it's strange.
01:25:15She has some bruises on her forearm.
01:25:17I don't know exactly what caused them.
01:25:19For the moment,
01:25:21the only thing to do is to let her sleep.
01:25:25It's all clear now.
01:25:55Oh.
01:25:57Oh, dear.
01:26:07Are you using his sun lamp again?
01:26:09Well, I hope it isn't your father.
01:26:21Oh, I'm so sorry.
01:26:23I'm so sorry.
01:26:31Helen, my dear.
01:26:33Do come in.
01:26:41My son isn't here.
01:26:43But this time, I won't let you go till he comes back.
01:26:45And this time,
01:26:47you must have a cup of my excellent coffee.
01:26:49Please sit down.
01:26:51I'll just put the kettle on.
01:26:59Oh, dear.
01:27:01I should have put on a saucepan instead of a kettle,
01:27:03but it's too late to worry.
01:27:19Oh, dear.
01:27:49Help!
01:27:51Daddy!
01:27:53Help!
01:27:55Help!
01:27:57Ah!
01:27:59Ah!
01:28:01Ah!
01:28:03Ah!
01:28:05Ah!
01:28:07Ronnie!
01:28:09Ronnie!
01:28:11Ronnie!
01:28:13Ronnie!
01:28:15Ronnie!
01:28:17Ronnie!
01:28:19Ah!
01:28:21Ah!
01:28:23Ah!
01:28:25Go, Ronnie, go!
01:28:27Daddy, help!
01:28:29Ronnie!
01:28:31Help!
01:28:33Help me!
01:28:35Ah!
01:28:37Ah!
01:28:39Ah!
01:28:41Ah!
01:28:43Ah!
01:28:45Help me, Ronnie!
01:28:47Oh, Ronnie!
01:28:49Help me!
01:28:51Ah!
01:28:53Help me!
01:28:55Ah!
01:28:57Ah!
01:28:59Ah!
01:29:01Ah!
01:29:03What are you?
01:29:05Ah!
01:29:07Ah!
01:29:09Ah!
01:29:11Ah!
01:29:15Hello, William. I'll be in for the rest of the night. You can go.
01:29:18That's very good of you, sir. Thanks.
01:29:22Anything new in the papers?
01:29:24There's nothing that the politicians won't solve, sir. Good luck.
01:29:46Daddy! Help!
01:29:49Ann!
01:29:55Ann!
01:29:56She's got Granny!
01:30:06Helen! Helen!
01:30:08You're crazy!
01:30:10You're a brother!
01:30:12For God's sake!
01:30:14I'll kill you like all the others!
01:30:40No!
01:31:10I'll kill you!
01:31:40Shh!
01:32:11Mother!
01:32:20Daddy!
01:32:22Look out!
01:32:41Ah!
01:32:51Mark had always been perverted. Sick.
01:32:55He hated us.
01:32:57Oh, I think he hated everyone whom he thought was happy, beautiful, lucky.
01:33:04Yes, he really tried to destroy us.
01:33:08He tried to make us look responsible for all those murders.
01:33:13Mandel, the chauffeur, found out the truth and was trying to blackmail him.
01:33:18Well, the rest you know.
01:33:21Anyway, my career is quite over.
01:33:26At least I shall have time to try and forget.
01:33:30And what's happened with Helen?
01:33:35She's in Paris. She'll join us later.
01:33:39Anyway, I hope so.
01:34:00It's all a bit pathetic, isn't it?
01:34:03You'd have put the handcuffs on him quick enough.
01:34:05Yes, because...
01:34:08It was he who killed the girl they found in the car.
01:34:11That was what touched off Mark's wild spree.
01:34:14Why didn't you tell me this before?
01:34:16He would have been useless. You wouldn't have been able to do anything.
01:34:20Anyway, when he arrives back in his own country, he'll be in for an unpleasant surprise.
01:34:25He won't have his diplomatic immunity then.
01:34:28And this time he won't screw the police.
01:34:30I'm for a drink.
01:35:25THE END