An American writer goes to a remote Welsh manor on a twenty thousand dollar bet: can he write a classic novel like "Wuthering Heights" in twenty-four hours? Upon his arrival, however, the writer discovers that the manor, thought empty, actually has several, rather odd, inhabitants.
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00:01:50Looks good.
00:01:52Well, we try our best.
00:01:54So listen, I'll drop you at the hotel and you join me for lunch.
00:01:57Say, one o'clock at the club?
00:01:59Sounds great.
00:02:02Oh, I'm sorry.
00:02:04Excuse me.
00:02:05No, it was my fault.
00:02:16I'm supposed to meet Mr. Allison here.
00:02:19My name's McGee.
00:02:22Hungry?
00:02:27I just feel that you should be developing your talent more,
00:02:31not restricting yourself to the same type of subject all the time.
00:02:34You could be right.
00:02:36Not a bad idea to change direction now.
00:02:39It'd certainly be the right time to do it as a young man.
00:02:42I don't think so.
00:02:44I don't think so either.
00:02:46Not a bad idea to change direction now.
00:02:49It'd certainly be the right time to do it as far as your career is concerned.
00:02:56Don't tell me, love at first sight?
00:02:59No, just feeling horny.
00:03:01I might have known I'd get an answer like that.
00:03:04I believe in being realistic about these things.
00:03:07Falling in love is very realistic. People do it all the time.
00:03:10Not in my novels, they don't. I don't believe in it.
00:03:12Seems to be the current trend amongst you young writers.
00:03:15Well, it's a cynical age we live in.
00:03:17Don't I know it.
00:03:19When I think of Tolstoy, Victor Hugo, Charles Dickens,
00:03:23where are they all now, I ask myself?
00:03:25I think they're dead, Sam.
00:03:27You know what I mean.
00:03:29They dealt with people, human passions on the grand scale.
00:03:33People have different behavior patterns now.
00:03:36They just don't go around acting like they're out of Wuthering Heights.
00:03:39Are you trying to tell me that Wuthering Heights, with all its brooding intensity,
00:03:43isn't as involving, as real as a contemporary novel?
00:03:46It's over the top.
00:03:48I mean, anyone can write one of those things.
00:03:50It's just a question of letting your imagination go bananas.
00:03:53Jesus, you want that kind of novel?
00:03:56I could knock it off for you in 24 hours.
00:03:59That I don't believe.
00:04:01$10,000.
00:04:03Oh, come now.
00:04:04$10,000, I'll bet you.
00:04:05Kenneth, I really...
00:04:06$20,000.
00:04:13All I need is somewhere I can have total isolation.
00:04:16And above all, atmosphere.
00:04:19Well, there's this friend of mine who's got a property in Wales.
00:04:21I gather it's in the process of being sold.
00:04:27How do you fancy an old manor house?
00:04:29Hasn't been lived in for years.
00:04:31It's certainly an isolated part of the country, and as for atmosphere...
00:04:34Sounds great.
00:04:36Now hold on, dear boy.
00:04:38I mean, it really has been empty for over 40 years.
00:04:41I hope there'd be no electricity.
00:04:42Even better.
00:04:43I can type by candlelight.
00:04:45You're joking.
00:04:46It's perfect for what I've got in mind.
00:04:47I'm telling you, Sam, fix it for me, will you?
00:04:50You're mad.
00:04:51Still, if that's what you want, I'll give him a ring and try to arrange it.
00:04:54Just as soon as I get back to the office.
00:04:55I can't wait to get started.
00:04:5724 hours, remember?
00:04:59That means that you deliver me a completed manuscript here.
00:05:02No later than...
00:05:04Allowing you travelling time there and back, say...
00:05:073 o'clock Saturday afternoon.
00:05:09I'll be here.
00:05:10The name of the place, by the way, is...
00:05:12I think I'd better write it down.
00:05:18Llydapater.
00:05:20I told you, it was in Wales.
00:05:22Nearest I ever got to pronouncing it was Baldpate.
00:05:25Baldpate Manor.
00:06:10Baldpate Manor.
00:06:40Baldpate Manor.
00:07:11Hello!
00:07:13Anybody here?
00:07:28Good evening.
00:07:33Nice to know we're not the only ones.
00:07:35Excuse me.
00:07:36We're waiting for a train to come.
00:07:38Excuse me.
00:07:39We're waiting for a train that doesn't seem to exist.
00:07:41We've been sitting here in this filthy dump since 4.30 this afternoon.
00:07:45According to the timetable, there was supposed to be a train at 6.
00:07:486 in the morning, more like.
00:07:50I'm sorry, I don't know anything about that.
00:07:53I was looking for someone who could help me.
00:07:55Only I seem to be lost.
00:07:56It's hardly surprising in this godforsaken part of the world.
00:07:59My husband's idea of a holiday.
00:08:02I've almost forgotten what civilisation's like.
00:08:04Have you tried the stationmaster? He might be able to help you.
00:08:07Stationmaster?
00:08:08Well, I didn't see any.
00:08:09I mean, the whole place looked totally deserted.
00:08:12There certainly won't be anyone new, right?
00:08:20Excuse me.
00:08:22I don't know if you can help me, but I'm trying to find Baldpate Manor.
00:08:34Guess that isn't the way you pronounce it.
00:08:36Oh, I shouldn't worry. They're all like that around here.
00:08:39Hate the English.
00:08:41It's the first time I've ever been accused of being English.
00:08:43You'll find the Welsh are terribly nationalistic, especially the older ones.
00:08:46I'll remember that.
00:08:47Wear a leek or something to show I'm a friend.
00:08:59Say, are you all right in there?
00:09:01Do you think we should take a look?
00:09:03Well, she did look pretty strange when she came in.
00:09:05Excuse me, ma'am.
00:09:08Maybe she fainted or something.
00:09:12I think it's you're the lady.
00:09:24What you out here doing?
00:09:28There was this old lady came in and
00:09:32we heard the sound of broken glass.
00:09:36We opened the door and then she'd vanished.
00:09:38I think she climbed through the window.
00:09:41If you want to catch the train, you'll have to buy a ticket.
00:09:44No, no, I don't want to catch the train.
00:09:46I'm looking for Baldpate Manor.
00:09:49Where do it?
00:09:53Well, actually, I guess it's the way I pronounce it.
00:09:57Maybe if I showed you how it's spelled.
00:10:02Here, I have it written down how to get there.
00:10:04It's just being dark and all.
00:10:06I don't...
00:10:07You mean Baldpate Manor?
00:10:09That's the one. Baldpate.
00:10:11Nobody lives in Baldpate Manor.
00:10:14I know that.
00:10:15No one would want to live in Baldpate Manor.
00:10:18Well, I don't know about that.
00:10:20All I know is I need to get there as quickly as possible.
00:10:24You do know where it is?
00:10:26I know where it is.
00:10:29Do you think it would be asking too much if you could direct me there, please?
00:10:33It's a cursed place.
00:10:36Yes, I'm sure it's drenched in evil.
00:10:41Cursed?
00:10:42Full of things better not spoken of.
00:10:44Yes, I saw the movie.
00:10:46Now, please, I have business there and I am in a hurry.
00:10:49Will you be traveling by foot?
00:10:51I have a car.
00:10:52Turn left outside the station.
00:10:54Two miles.
00:10:55Turn right at the crossroads.
00:10:57And just go straight on.
00:11:00Baldpate Manor will find you in its own good time.
00:11:15Keep going after the crossroads.
00:11:20Come on, baby, where the hell are you?
00:11:26Come on.
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00:23:52Wow.
00:23:53Wow.
00:23:54Wow.
00:23:55Wow.
00:23:56Wow.
00:23:57Wow.
00:23:58Wow.
00:23:59Wow.
00:24:00Wow.
00:24:01Wow.
00:24:02Wow.
00:24:03Wow.
00:24:04Wow.
00:24:05Wow.
00:24:06Wow.
00:24:07Wow.
00:24:08Wow.
00:24:09Wow.
00:24:10Wow.
00:24:11Wow.
00:24:12Wow.
00:24:13Wow.
00:24:14Wow.
00:24:15Wow.
00:24:16Wow.
00:24:17Wow.
00:24:18Wow.
00:24:19Wow.
00:24:20Wow.
00:24:21Thank you very much.
00:24:22Thank you.
00:24:23Thank you.
00:24:24Thank you.
00:24:25Thank you.
00:24:26Thank you.
00:24:27Mr. McGee.
00:24:28Have you ever heard of an organization called OPIT?
00:24:29Organization for the Promotion of International Terrorism.
00:24:30Sounds like something out of a James Bond movie.
00:24:31They're very real, I assure you.
00:24:32And you're an undercover agent.
00:24:33trained assassins. Is that it? Look, Miss DeCourcy, that is right, isn't it? I don't
00:24:39know who put you up to this, but I'm afraid that the old mistaken identity
00:24:43plot's been too overworked to be convincing any longer. I saw North by
00:24:46Northwest too. But you are in terrible danger. You could lose your life. Worse, I
00:24:52could lose $20,000.
00:24:55Good night, Miss DeCourcy. Good night.
00:25:55Hello? I'd like a London number, please, and reverse the charges. 328-6420.
00:26:24My name is Norton. Thank you. Hello? Terribly, I'm afraid. He just isn't going for it.
00:26:33Obviously, I wasn't very convincing. I'm sorry to let you down, Mr. Allison.
00:26:38Sam, you bastard. Well, you have to admit it was a little preposterous. Actually, what threw me
00:26:43initially was being unmasked in front of the caretakers. There are no caretakers?
00:26:51Then who are they? And what are they doing here? Mr. Allison, I'm telling you,
00:27:00they're here in the house. Yes, I'll call the police immediately.
00:27:10Contraption of the devil. I'm sorry. Hasn't anyone ever taught you that it is
00:27:16the height of rudeness to use the telephone in someone's house without
00:27:19first obtaining their permission? You'll go now. Leave this house immediately.
00:27:24I will not tolerate rudeness.
00:27:49Mr. McGee, those people downstairs. Oh, yes, the old couple from Opet.
00:27:53Please, I'm serious. You mean you weren't before? I'm saying there's something strange about those people.
00:28:00They're not who they say they are. A bit like somebody else I could name.
00:28:08I heard you on the phone to Sam. What was the idea? Keep me distracted so I wouldn't finish
00:28:13my novel in time? It wasn't meant like that. It was supposed to be a joke. Just because Sam's not
00:28:19taking this bet seriously doesn't mean I'm not. How come the phone was working anyhow?
00:28:24Sam had it connected so I could let him know how it was going.
00:28:29Who are you really? Sam's secretary, Mary Norton. But I am serious about those people downstairs.
00:28:37Sam said there are no caretakers to this place and that there are only supposed to be two keys
00:28:41to the front door. The one you have and the one I have. Look, as long as they stay out of my way
00:28:47and let me get on with my work, I really don't care who they are, what they're doing here.
00:28:52They're obviously harmless. They frighten me. Listen, I'm sorry for...
00:29:00Well, you know, I better not disturb you anymore. Hey, why don't you hang around a little?
00:29:07I mean, where are you gonna go? Find a hotel to stay. Oh, I just thought we could have traveled
00:29:13back together in the morning. A few minutes ago you were throwing me out into the storm.
00:29:17That was when you were Catherine de Corsi, super spy. You've got a car? It's parked around at the back.
00:29:23You could always, uh, call by in the morning, collect me. Maybe we could have breakfast together.
00:29:29That'd be nice.
00:29:37So
00:30:07so
00:30:37so
00:31:07so
00:31:22Hi. I'm sorry to disturb you, but there really is something strange going on here.
00:31:27Some man's just arrived. What? He let himself in through the front door. I saw him.
00:31:32He's with the others right now. This isn't some kind of new ploy Sam's dreamed up. No, I swear it.
00:31:39I just want to get out of here. I'm frightened. No need to be.
00:31:45Let's go and find out what's happening, okay? Okay.
00:31:52Something moved. I saw something move down there. For a place that's been empty 40 years,
00:31:59there seems to be more going on here than Times Square. Wait here.
00:32:11Why don't we just find a hotel? There must be one around here somewhere.
00:32:15You could write just as easily there. Thank you for your concern, but I'm staying.
00:32:30What about the man downstairs? Let's solve one mystery at a time.
00:32:34I'd rather not solve any mystery. We started it.
00:32:38I'd rather not solve any mystery. We started it.
00:33:08Those are probably rats.
00:33:24Listen.
00:33:28It was like breathing.
00:33:31Didn't you hear it?
00:33:33No.
00:33:38It wasn't normal.
00:33:47Let's go solve mystery number two.
00:34:08Mystery number two
00:34:23What's going on here?
00:34:26Who are you?
00:34:28You must forgive my intrusion.
00:34:30Allow me to introduce myself.
00:34:32Sebastian...
00:34:34Brand.
00:34:35I was driving through this fearsome storm
00:34:39when my automobile fell into a state of disrepair.
00:34:42And seeing your welcome lights in the darkness,
00:34:45I thought to presume upon your hospitality
00:34:48and seek shelter until the morning.
00:34:50Punch?
00:34:52Excuse me?
00:34:54Would you care for a glass of hot punch?
00:34:56No, thank you.
00:34:58Look, Mr. Brand...
00:35:01I came here for some peace and solitude
00:35:03so I could get some work done.
00:35:05Important work.
00:35:07And might I inquire what kind of work?
00:35:09I'm a writer.
00:35:11How fascinating.
00:35:13Oh, I...
00:35:15I have a great respect for this work.
00:35:17Within it lie all the treasures of mankind.
00:35:20Don't you think?
00:35:22Well, there's a lot of money in it, yes,
00:35:24if you turn out the right kind of stuff.
00:35:26You make the expression of great thoughts
00:35:29and great emotions sound vulgar, Mr. McGee.
00:35:33Kenneth McGee.
00:35:35And are you a famous author, Mr. McGee?
00:35:37Obviously not, or you wouldn't have needed to ask.
00:35:40Not necessarily.
00:35:42I spent the past 40 years of my life in Africa,
00:35:45so you see I'm really not terribly well informed
00:35:48on what's been happening in the West of the world,
00:35:50which is possibly not a bad thing, don't you think?
00:35:55Personally, I like to know what's going on.
00:35:58Like tonight, for example.
00:36:00And the charming young lady at your side,
00:36:01is she your wife by any chance?
00:36:03No.
00:36:05This is Miss Norton, my publisher's secretary.
00:36:08I'm delighted to make your acquaintance, Miss Norton.
00:36:14Okay.
00:36:16Okay.
00:36:18Let's cut out all the bullshit.
00:36:20I'm sorry, I didn't mean to upset you, offend you.
00:36:23It's just, I'd like a few straight answers
00:36:26to a few straight questions,
00:36:28and then I can go back to work, okay?
00:36:29First off, if you just happen to chance by,
00:36:32how come you have a key to this place?
00:36:34Ah!
00:36:36Out there, outside.
00:36:39I saw someone at the window.
00:36:41He looked straight at me.
00:36:44Wait here.
00:36:59Wait here.
00:37:27There was nothing. I didn't see anything.
00:37:29I did see someone.
00:37:31His face was pressed against the glass.
00:37:37Look!
00:37:51I have returned.
00:37:59I have returned.
00:38:13And who might you be?
00:38:15I was about to ask the same of you.
00:38:18Duquet.
00:38:20Now there's nothing but the stench of Duquet.
00:38:24Time has such little respect for man's vanity.
00:38:28Such little regard for his possessions.
00:38:31Listen, I...
00:38:33Please don't interrupt me whilst I am soliloquizing.
00:38:37Where is the music now?
00:38:39The sound of laughter.
00:38:43There was never laughter.
00:38:50I don't believe this.
00:38:58I am Lion of Grisbane, eldest son to Lord Grisbane.
00:39:03This was my home until the dust claimed it.
00:39:08This room once sparkled with light and laughter.
00:39:12But it's so empty now, so deathless.
00:39:28Oh, boy.
00:39:30I think a little hospitality might be in order.
00:39:34I can offer you some hot punch.
00:39:37Punch.
00:39:40Oh, yes, of course.
00:39:43Punch.
00:39:50Kenneth, let's go.
00:39:53No, I want to know what's going on here.
00:39:55And what about your book?
00:39:57The sudden switch of loyalties.
00:39:59Oh, don't make me feel more guilty than I do already.
00:40:02I guess you're right.
00:40:04But I'll be damned if I'm going to be driven out by this bunch of weirdos.
00:40:19You really must sample my punch before you go.
00:40:22It's my own recipe.
00:40:24What do you mean, before we go?
00:40:27Listen, I'm not going anywhere.
00:40:31I have a novel to write.
00:40:33It's a quarter after eight.
00:40:36I came here for isolation.
00:40:38Instead, it's like I've gate crashed the social event of the year.
00:40:41So your car broke down.
00:40:44Automobile, yes.
00:40:46I take it you wish to include me within the auspices of this petulant interrogation.
00:40:52In which case, I should explain that my presence here this evening
00:40:55could either be termed as circumstantial or the force of destiny.
00:41:01It's always been my intention to come back here one day.
00:41:05I've been living in America since the war.
00:41:08And I was over here on business, which gave me the perfect opportunity to fulfill that intention.
00:41:14But you must remember that this is my ancestral home.
00:41:18My heritage, what I am, lies within these walls.
00:41:22Does that seem so extraordinary to you, Mr. McGee?
00:41:25Or is sentiment not a part of your emotional vocabulary?
00:41:34I'm told that there are no caretakers to this place.
00:41:37May I ask who claims we are not the caretakers?
00:41:41My boss. I was speaking to him.
00:41:43Then he's uninformed.
00:41:46Well, so what's all this then?
00:41:48We thought you might be hungry after your journey.
00:41:51Don't give me that.
00:41:52There are five places set for dinner.
00:41:56Yes, I see what you mean.
00:41:59There should be six.
00:42:04It would appear that you are creating a mystery where there is none.
00:42:09Okay. Okay.
00:42:14Just try and keep the noise down, all right?
00:42:23Okay.
00:42:36You don't believe them, surely?
00:42:38I don't care. I don't care anymore. I just want to write.
00:42:41As long as they don't bother me, they can perform a black mass down there and have an orgy. I don't want to know.
00:42:50But they were lying.
00:42:52It's human nature to tell lies.
00:42:54Makes life and relationships more intriguing.
00:42:56Mr. Allison was worried when I spoke to him.
00:42:58He said I should call the police.
00:43:00So call them.
00:43:02The phone isn't working, remember?
00:43:19Hey.
00:43:20I'm sorry.
00:43:22No, you're right. I deserve it.
00:43:33I wish we'd met under different circumstances.
00:43:36What the hell were the circumstances?
00:43:50When you bet first.
00:44:20I'm sorry.
00:44:51Yeah, I can smell it too.
00:44:53It smells like a roast.
00:44:55It smells like we're missing out on something good.
00:45:00I guess I could do with a break.
00:45:11That locked door.
00:45:13There's something behind it.
00:45:16I told you.
00:45:17I heard something.
00:45:19Or someone breathing.
00:45:22This place has been empty since 1939.
00:45:24I mean...
00:45:26Come on.
00:45:28Let's go see what kind of food they have here.
00:45:41Will you look at that?
00:45:48Sebastian Grisbane.
00:46:01Victoria Grisbane.
00:46:031935.
00:46:12Lady,
00:46:14I'm sorry.
00:46:16Lady Eleanor Grisbane?
00:46:28Lord Grisbane.
00:46:301935.
00:46:39Hey, look. There's one missing.
00:46:46Lionel Grisbane.
00:46:53Come on.
00:47:00Not another one.
00:47:16Who the devil are you?
00:47:17And what are you doing here?
00:47:19That's getting to be the leading question of the evening.
00:47:21This happens to be private property.
00:47:22And you happen to be trespassing.
00:47:23Now, I don't know how you managed to break in here.
00:47:27Where did you get that?
00:47:28My publisher.
00:47:29He got it from the trustees.
00:47:31Do you know Sir Richard Thornton?
00:47:34Yes, I do.
00:47:35Oh, good.
00:47:36Well, he's the guy who fixed it so I could come here to work.
00:47:39I'm a writer.
00:47:40Oh.
00:47:41My name's Kenneth Martin.
00:47:42And this is Miss Norton.
00:47:45Miss Norton.
00:47:46Mr. McGee.
00:47:47My name's Corrigan.
00:47:48And might I ask what brings you here, Mr. Corrigan?
00:47:51I'm about to purchase the property of Mr. McGee.
00:47:53I was driving past and I saw the lights in the windows.
00:47:56So, naturally, I wondered what was going on.
00:48:04You ain't seen nothing yet.
00:48:06You ain't seen nothing yet.
00:48:25Allow me to introduce you, Mr. Corrigan.
00:48:28This is Lord Grisbane.
00:48:31Lord Grisbane.
00:48:33Lord Grisbane.
00:48:35His sons, Lionel and Sebastian.
00:48:38This really is most embarrassing.
00:48:41And his charming daughter, Victoria.
00:48:45How did you find out?
00:48:48The portrait's in the hall.
00:48:50Would somebody be good enough to tell me just exactly what is going on, please?
00:48:54A family reunion, sir.
00:48:56I would have thought that was obvious.
00:48:58May I offer you some punch, Mr. Corrigan?
00:49:01It's from my own recipe.
00:49:03This is incredible.
00:49:06You have all of you come here after all these years to this empty house for a family reunion.
00:49:13Do you find that so difficult to understand, Mr. Corrigan?
00:49:16I find it a little bizarre under the circumstances.
00:49:20And it doesn't alter the fact that none of you has the slightest right to be here.
00:49:23Right?
00:49:24Three hundred years is our right.
00:49:27For three hundred years, the Grisbanes have dominated and held sway here.
00:49:31History holds no sway with the present, Mr. Grisbane.
00:49:35Particularly in view of the fact that I intend to tear this house down and sell off the land for industrial development.
00:49:40Tear it down?
00:49:41No.
00:49:42Father.
00:49:45All things pass.
00:49:47Death is our only true destiny.
00:49:50Our heritage died long ago.
00:49:53Died in shame, sir.
00:49:54Died in shame, sir.
00:49:56Unspeakable shame.
00:49:58Yes.
00:50:00In 1939.
00:50:02You know them.
00:50:04Rumors.
00:50:05Hearsay.
00:50:07Roderick.
00:50:10My youngest son.
00:50:12It was he who brought about the fall of the house of Grisbane.
00:50:15The missing portrait in the hall.
00:50:19Shadows, sir.
00:50:21Shadows of the past.
00:50:25We may no longer have the authority to be here, but can't you, just for tonight, allow us this moment of recollection?
00:50:35This is the first time we've been together as a family since we were forced apart so very long ago.
00:50:42Please, I beg of you, in God's holy name.
00:50:46Grant us this one moment of time.
00:50:48And please, share with us this evening.
00:50:51At least for a little while.
00:51:01I don't seem to have very much choice, do I?
00:51:04May the good Lord be praised in all his goodness.
00:51:08I'm sorry.
00:51:10I'm sorry.
00:51:12I'm sorry.
00:51:13May the good Lord be praised in all his goodness.
00:51:16You will join us for dinner, won't you?
00:51:19Now that there are no longer any secrets.
00:51:44Peace, my God.
00:51:49Peace, my God.
00:52:13Peace, my God.
00:52:44It was always our tradition, prior to dinner.
00:52:49Nice.
00:52:51La forza del destino.
00:52:53The force of destiny.
00:52:56Peace.
00:53:02Peace.
00:53:08Peace, my God.
00:53:14Peace, my God.
00:53:26He loved me.
00:53:28He did love me.
00:53:31I was beautiful then.
00:53:34And he was so handsome.
00:53:37We were to be married.
00:53:42Ashley.
00:53:45Ashley.
00:53:51Dear Roderick.
00:53:53He bequeathed us a private and terrible grief.
00:53:57Victoria should have learned to deal with her suffering as we all have in our own way.
00:54:02Suffering?
00:54:06Sometimes I wonder if you know the meaning of the word.
00:54:10Ashley.
00:54:11Oh, I do, dear brother.
00:54:13I do.
00:54:15And you really haven't seen each other since the breakup of the family in 1939.
00:54:19It was considered better that way, Mr. Corrigan.
00:54:22I left for America and Sebastian left for Africa and Victoria stayed here to look after father.
00:54:28His health is not good, Mr. Corrigan.
00:54:32The shock of...
00:54:34Well, the war came, you understand, and then with father's death and...
00:54:39Well, the war came, you understand, and then with father's death and...
00:54:44Roderick.
00:54:45What happened to Roderick?
00:54:47He died, Mr. Corrigan.
00:54:49He was 14 years old and he died.
00:54:52I hope that we had all died.
00:54:55After he died, his room was sealed.
00:54:58A locked room upstairs.
00:55:01Like all of us, locked in the past forever.
00:55:05A doomed family to whom destiny has denied a future.
00:55:10Ahem.
00:55:11Hasn't there been enough lying and deceit between these walls?
00:55:15Like Roderick's room, we are sealed in our own guilt.
00:55:19Sebastian, you are drunk.
00:55:22Well, it's one way to deal with a problem of conscience.
00:55:25Don't you think?
00:55:28The hour is late, I feel.
00:55:32You're quite right, sir.
00:55:33And I've got a lot of work to do before the morning.
00:55:36Great meal, ma'am. Thank you.
00:55:38Surely you're not staying?
00:55:41Sure.
00:55:42But it'll soon be midnight.
00:55:44I thought after you'd eaten your dinner...
00:55:46Why? What happens at midnight?
00:55:50What happens at midnight?
00:55:52Now, just a minute.
00:55:54Something tells me that this isn't exactly a family reunion, who I assure you...
00:55:59You can assure me of nothing.
00:56:01And I demand to know why you are all so anxious that we leave here before midnight.
00:56:09Very well.
00:56:10Then I shall have to send for the police, and then...
00:56:13No! Please, I beg of you!
00:56:16Mr. Corrigan.
00:56:17Tell him, liable. Tell him the truth.
00:56:20Mr. Corrigan, this is a family matter.
00:56:23It does not concern you.
00:56:25But the use of these premises does concern me, Mr. Grisbane.
00:56:29So I suggest you take your family matter elsewhere.
00:56:32Or I shall have you removed by force.
00:56:34How dare you, sir?
00:56:36From our own home? From the house of our ancestry?
00:56:39And the property on which you are trespassing!
00:56:41But we can't leave. We mustn't.
00:56:44Mr. Corrigan, you do not understand.
00:56:48Wodewich...
00:56:51Wodewich...
00:56:55...is still alive.
00:56:57Wodewich...
00:57:01...is still alive.
00:57:07He brought dishonor upon this household, sir.
00:57:10Unforgivable dishonor.
00:57:12He had to be punished.
00:57:15The door. The locked door.
00:57:21Upstairs.
00:57:22We thought we heard someone inside the room.
00:57:28Good God.
00:57:32Oh, no. No, you mustn't go up there.
00:57:35You must not go up there.
00:57:41Mr. Corrigan.
00:57:43This way.
00:57:45Mr. Corrigan, please.
00:57:47A 14-year-old boy. You condemned a 14-year-old boy.
00:57:51That was his sentence. He was tried and sentenced.
00:57:54A 40-year imprisonment.
00:57:56But you can't release him now. Think what he'd be like after all this time.
00:57:59Barely human. A raving thing.
00:58:03Oh, please. Don't you understand? He's dangerous.
00:58:08Don't go up there. He's dangerous.
00:58:25I'll get some light.
00:58:39Mr. Grisbane.
00:58:41Mr. Corrigan.
00:58:42Mr. Corrigan, please. Please, think what you are doing.
00:58:46We were going to free him at midnight tonight.
00:58:49That was the reason.
00:58:51At midnight tonight, that was the reason for our return.
00:58:56We were going to free him.
00:58:58Is there a key?
00:59:00Is there a key?
00:59:05Hold, sir. Before you open that door, think first what you are doing.
00:59:10But, father, we agreed all those years ago...
00:59:14Hold your tongue, Sitter. This is not your affair, sir.
00:59:17This is family business.
00:59:19I beg of you, consider carefully before you turn that key.
00:59:27Open the door, Mr. Corrigan.
00:59:28Wait.
00:59:29What you are about to unleash is evil.
00:59:32Unspeakable evil.
00:59:34Are you prepared to accept that responsibility?
00:59:37I am. We must.
00:59:40He served his sentence. He's paid for his crime.
00:59:43But think what he was like even as a child.
00:59:46A cruel, twisted mind.
00:59:49But he did leave him where he is for all our sakes.
00:59:53Have you no pity? No conscience?
00:59:56For over 40 years I've lived with the terrible knowledge of our actions.
01:00:01Trying to imagine what he must be suffering.
01:00:04Counting the years, the months.
01:00:06Until that one night, tonight, when he would know there would be an end to his torment.
01:00:13If we don't keep our word and release him, then we are no better than he.
01:00:21Open the door, Mr. Corrigan.
01:00:42Mr. Grisbane?
01:00:53Mr. Grisbane?
01:00:56Mr. Grisbane?
01:01:12Mr. Grisbane?
01:01:13Mr. Grisbane?
01:01:14Mr. Grisbane?
01:01:41Mr. Grisbane?
01:01:45Mr. Grisbane?
01:01:47You're wasting your time. He's out there, somewhere.
01:01:52Biding his time.
01:01:54Well, he was here earlier this evening.
01:01:56Mary heard him.
01:02:15I'd slide food to him.
01:02:19Through there.
01:02:44Father!
01:02:58Father!
01:03:02Slowly.
01:03:03Father, you'll be all right now.
01:03:05There, there.
01:03:15It's his heart.
01:03:17Oh, Father.
01:03:44Father.
01:04:02How is he?
01:04:06Can't you feel it?
01:04:08It's as though he were watching us this very moment.
01:04:15So, now what happens?
01:04:17I mean, shouldn't somebody be going to find a doctor?
01:04:20Get the cops out looking for your brother?
01:04:22You won't have to look very far, Mr. McGee.
01:04:24Roderick will be around here somewhere.
01:04:26He's waited a long time for tonight.
01:04:29There will be no doctor and no police.
01:04:32But surely it's our duty.
01:04:33No.
01:04:34It's our duty.
01:04:35It's our duty.
01:04:36It's our duty.
01:04:37It's our duty.
01:04:38It's our duty.
01:04:39It's our duty.
01:04:40It's our duty.
01:04:41It's our duty.
01:04:42It's our duty.
01:04:43It's our duty.
01:04:44No.
01:04:45We came here this evening to unlock the final door to our destiny.
01:04:49A destiny that was unleashed over 40 years ago.
01:04:53Whatever it may demand of us, retribution, suffering, or even death,
01:04:57we must accept its judgment.
01:04:59In the same way that Roderick accepted our judgment with no choice.
01:05:04Choice?
01:05:06What choice did that poor, wretched girl have when he slit open her belly while she was still with child?
01:05:12Yes, Mr. Corrigan.
01:05:14That is the kind of 14-year-old boy that we sentenced to imprisonment.
01:05:19He seduced a simple village girl, and then when he found that she was pregnant,
01:05:24he lured her here with sweet-scented words about love and marriage,
01:05:27and then under this very roof, he cruelly murdered her.
01:05:31But you had no right to take the law into your own hands.
01:05:37For centuries, the Grisbane's have been their own law.
01:05:41What were we to do?
01:05:43Expose our shame to the entire world?
01:05:46No.
01:05:47This was a family affair.
01:05:49And as such, it received family justice.
01:05:54Father is dead.
01:06:00I'm afraid it has begun.
01:06:12Mr. McGee, it's quite obvious that you and Miss Norton must leave this place at once,
01:06:15with a lunatic brother roaming around. God knows what will happen.
01:06:17Do you have a car?
01:06:19Outside.
01:06:23I think you're right.
01:06:25I'll go get my things.
01:06:27How about you?
01:06:28Don't you worry about me. I have no intention of being left up here on my own.
01:06:31I'm going to find a telephone and tell the police what's been happening.
01:06:41Okay.
01:07:12Come on.
01:07:31I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
01:07:33It's okay. Don't worry about it.
01:07:34I just wish he wouldn't keep doing that, jumping out at me.
01:07:37It's all part of being a black cat.
01:07:39It's one of their specialties.
01:07:42The only thing is, with the door and window shut,
01:07:44how the hell did he get in here?
01:07:46Ah!
01:07:47Oh, no.
01:07:48Oh!
01:08:08I found these two outside.
01:08:10Hello there.
01:08:11Someone attacked us.
01:08:12Sorry if we're interrupting anything.
01:08:13It was horrible.
01:08:14Our train never came.
01:08:16The station was shutting down,
01:08:17and then we remembered the directions the stationmaster gave us.
01:08:20He just leapt out at us for no reason.
01:08:22So he walked here.
01:08:23I've never been so frightened in my life.
01:08:25If we're inconveniencing you in any way...
01:08:26Andrew, will you shut up and let me tell them what happened?
01:08:30Can you imagine?
01:08:32We were just walking along, soaked to the skin in this god-awful storm,
01:08:36and suddenly, out he jumps and attacks us like some kind of maniac.
01:08:41Well, one minute he was there, and the next minute, he'd gone.
01:08:45Yes, I think I must have surprised him.
01:08:47He didn't even look human.
01:08:49Anyway, now we're here.
01:08:50Would you mind if we got out of these things?
01:08:51Only we're soaked.
01:08:52You can use my room.
01:08:54Uh, Mr. McGee, uh,
01:08:56could I have a word with you for a moment, please?
01:08:58I'm sure Miss Norton would be kind enough to show them up to your room.
01:09:03God, I hate this place.
01:09:05If it's not raining, they're rude to you.
01:09:07And they're not being rude to you.
01:09:08They're jumping out and attacking you.
01:09:10Typical American to pick someone like this for a holiday.
01:09:13You know, just before I heard that girl scream,
01:09:15I could have sworn that I saw something or heard something,
01:09:18but it could have been my imagination, I suppose.
01:09:21However, there's one thing here I certainly did not imagine.
01:09:25Jesus!
01:09:26All four tires.
01:09:27But how?
01:09:28They've been ripped to shreds.
01:09:30Judging by the marks on the bedroom door,
01:09:33he could have done it with his bare hands.
01:09:37My car!
01:09:39God, I'm absolutely starving.
01:09:42I don't suppose there's any food, is there?
01:09:44There might be some left over from dinner.
01:09:54It would seem, Mr. McGee, that we are imprisoned here.
01:09:59I'd feel a whole lot safer right now if I had a gun in my back pocket.
01:10:02We mustn't tell the others about this.
01:10:04They seem frightened enough as it is.
01:10:06Have you gotten any ideas of how we can handle this
01:10:09if the guy who does suddenly decides to make an appearance?
01:10:12If I knew the answer to that, Mr. McGee,
01:10:14I'd be a much happier man than I am right now, I assure you.
01:10:17Mary's car.
01:10:19She said she'd parked it in the back somewhere.
01:10:21Maybe he never got to it.
01:10:36He must have used the knife for a razor.
01:11:07Ah!
01:11:29Oh, I was worried.
01:11:31I wondered where you'd got to.
01:11:33Just wet, that's all.
01:11:35I wonder if the guy who just arrived...
01:11:37Andrew. Diana and Andrew Calder.
01:11:40Yeah, if he had an extra pair of socks or shoes, I could borrow them.
01:11:44I'll go and ask him.
01:11:47Remember, Mr. McGee, not a word.
01:11:50I don't know if they'll fit you, but you can try them on.
01:11:53Sorry about this, but it's all I've got to wear.
01:11:57I hope we're not imposing on you like this,
01:11:59but, Diana, it was meant to be a fun kind of holiday
01:12:04to sort out our marriage,
01:12:06but to be honest, it's been nothing but disaster since we set off.
01:12:12What are you doing here?
01:12:14I'm trying to write a novel.
01:12:16Really? Oh, I'm an artist.
01:12:18Oh, still struggling.
01:12:19I've had an exhibition, even sold out.
01:12:22I'm an artist. Oh, still struggling.
01:12:24I've had an exhibition, even sold out.
01:12:27It was a nude study I did of Diana.
01:12:29Figures.
01:12:35These are great. I feel reborn.
01:12:40That's the trouble with Andrew.
01:12:42He's a typical suffering artist.
01:12:45He spends all his time being artistic,
01:12:47while everyone else has to suffer for it.
01:12:52Oh, Andrew, darling, I was just talking about you.
01:12:55Really?
01:12:56Well, how you're a creative artist and all that.
01:12:59Mr Corrigan was telling me he collects paintings.
01:13:03Well, my main interest is in property.
01:13:06I only deal in art as a sideline.
01:13:08I used to paint a little when I was younger.
01:13:12Indeed, I would like to have been an artist,
01:13:15but, alas, it was hard to be.
01:13:19Are you married, Mr Corrigan?
01:13:22Yes, I am.
01:13:24Indeed, obviously your wife's a very lucky woman.
01:13:27Oh, well, I don't know about that.
01:13:30Well, to be married to a man who's successful, rich, handsome...
01:13:34Diana, stop it! I'm warning you!
01:13:36What's the matter, darling? Feeling inadequate again?
01:13:39Do you want to know the truth, Mr Corrigan?
01:13:41He's about as good in bed as he's successful in selling his stupid paintings.
01:13:47You see, he's such a child.
01:14:10Victoria!
01:14:16What's going on?
01:14:32Victoria!
01:14:43Victoria, dear.
01:14:45Victoria.
01:14:51Oh, no.
01:14:59Piano wire.
01:15:01He must have heard her singing.
01:15:05You humiliated me like that?
01:15:07Just because I was having a little fun.
01:15:09You're so boring, Andrew.
01:15:11Running me down the whole time, flirting with me?
01:15:13Not if I was. He's attractive and successful.
01:15:16Yes, like the others.
01:15:17Oh, you're just being stupid and possessive as usual.
01:15:20I'm your husband, for God's sake.
01:15:22Husband? That's a laugh.
01:15:24I'm warning you, Diana.
01:15:25Warning me of what?
01:15:26Another one of your silly, childish tantrums?
01:15:29Don't you understand I'm tired of all that?
01:15:31I'm tired of you with your whinings and your depressions.
01:15:34I've had enough of it all, and I've had enough of you!
01:15:40Bastard, you bastard!
01:15:42Now see what you've done!
01:15:44Look at me!
01:15:45I hate you! I hate you!
01:15:53There's water in the jug by the bed.
01:16:05Sorry about that.
01:16:06We, uh...
01:16:08We, uh...
01:16:09We have these little tiffs every now and again.
01:16:43No, no, no, no, no, Maggie.
01:16:46You'd better not go up there.
01:17:07Don't touch her! Don't touch her, for God's sake!
01:17:11Get some water!
01:17:12Diana!
01:17:13Diana!
01:17:16Diana!
01:17:41Here.
01:17:42Here, drink this.
01:17:43It'll help.
01:17:45I'm... I'm sorry.
01:17:47We don't have anything stronger.
01:17:52I was supposed to sort out all our problems this trip.
01:17:55And now?
01:17:57Why?
01:17:59I don't understand.
01:18:02Just sit quietly.
01:18:03Keep drinking.
01:18:05You'll feel better.
01:18:07Leave him with me.
01:18:10I'd say she's probably right.
01:18:12Women are usually better suited to this kind of delicate situation, don't you think?
01:18:40Kevin!
01:18:43Kevin!
01:18:48Kevin!
01:18:55No!
01:18:59No!
01:19:00No!
01:19:06Oh, my God.
01:19:07This is terrible.
01:19:10I poured it out for him myself.
01:19:16Look.
01:19:17The panel.
01:19:41That's how he must have got in here.
01:19:43And where he's gone now.
01:19:51Poisoned.
01:19:53Oh, my God, Roderick.
01:19:54Is there no end to it?
01:19:56We must get out of here now.
01:19:58How are we going to do that without wheels?
01:20:00We're miles away from anywhere.
01:20:01Well, what are you suggesting we do, Mr. McGee?
01:20:04Stand around while my brother picks off each one of us?
01:20:07Poisoned wine, water jugs filled with vitriol,
01:20:10that ridiculous effigy upstairs.
01:20:12What can he do against all of us?
01:20:14I say let's go and find him before he finds us.
01:20:17He is only one man.
01:20:19Even if he hasn't cut his fingernails for 40 years.
01:20:21Well, where should we go?
01:20:23Through there.
01:20:26Two of us wait here and two of us go and try and flush him out.
01:20:30All right, I'll be in the hole.
01:20:32I'm coming with you, Kenneth.
01:20:34I'm coming with you, Kenneth.
01:20:36Hey, the classic heroin line.
01:20:39To hell with the classic heroin line.
01:20:41I'm coming.
01:20:42Okay, let's go.
01:20:44We'll be waiting for you.
01:20:51The final destined meeting, wouldn't you say, brother?
01:20:56Oh, dear.
01:21:04Oh, dear.
01:21:13Are you okay?
01:21:14I can't breathe.
01:21:16Sorry.
01:21:35I must confess, Miss Norton,
01:21:37I do appreciate what it must be like for you,
01:21:40this nightmare into which you have stumbled.
01:21:44I have never been a particularly courageous man
01:21:49and the events of this evening have been most,
01:21:53most disconcerting.
01:21:56It's a terrible thing, you know, living on an entire life
01:21:59in a state of fear.
01:22:02It is all I have ever known, fear.
01:22:11Mr. Chrisbane?
01:22:16Kenneth!
01:22:20I'm over here!
01:22:22Our candle's blown out!
01:22:26Hold on!
01:22:27Stay where you are!
01:22:30I'll come back!
01:22:41Here!
01:22:42I'm over here, Kenneth!
01:22:44Please!
01:22:56Mary!
01:22:59Mary!
01:23:10Kenneth!
01:23:20Oh, thank God!
01:23:22I was so frightened!
01:23:30Ah!
01:23:43Come on.
01:23:44Let me get you out of here.
01:24:00Come on.
01:24:18So, my dear brother is dead.
01:24:23What?
01:24:24Hanged.
01:24:26There is no escape.
01:24:28Our fate was decided long ago.
01:24:31The old order is gone forever.
01:24:34Now we too must crumble into dust.
01:24:38Destiny and retribution are often interrelated, aren't they?
01:24:46Brother.
01:24:58Brother.
01:25:18Gordon.
01:25:21Roderick.
01:25:23Yes.
01:25:24I escaped.
01:25:26Of course, I did have to come back from time to time to convince poor Victoria that I was still your prisoner.
01:25:33But for 40 years I have waited for this one final moment of revenge.
01:25:41Oh, Roderick.
01:25:43No, I...
01:25:44I was the rightful heir.
01:25:46By right, all of this should have been mine.
01:25:50How could I allow this right to be forfeited by a cheap scandal?
01:25:56Cheap scandal?
01:26:01A simple village girl and a 14-year-old boy.
01:26:08That village girl that you seduced, you murdered, demands justice.
01:26:17And I, your dear brother Roderick, have come here to pass sentence as judge and executioner.
01:26:38You're wrong, Roderick.
01:26:41No, you're wrong.
01:26:44It isn't justice you seek.
01:26:48It's blood.
01:27:08No!
01:27:26Mary!
01:27:38Oh!
01:27:51Oh!
01:28:08Mary!
01:28:10Oh!
01:28:36Oh!
01:28:39Oh!
01:29:09Oh!
01:29:40Oh!
01:30:03Oh!
01:30:09Oh!
01:30:39Oh!
01:30:45Oh, God.
01:30:50I didn't want to fight you.
01:30:53Can't you see? I know the truth.
01:30:56I know how long you've suffered.
01:30:59Do you understand, Mr. McCain?
01:31:04Do you understand?
01:31:07Human experience.
01:31:10No, I don't understand. I... I...
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01:33:18Congratulations, Vernon.
01:33:19What a fall, all the way down the stairs.
01:33:22Wonderful.
01:33:24But then you always were good at falling from a great height.
01:33:27Yes, I was.
01:33:28Compare, my dear Jeffrey, with your famous death scenes, which you have played so brilliantly.
01:33:34For so many years, bitch.
01:33:37Love the pathos, Humphrey. Loved it, darling.
01:33:41I can see now why you were always known as the Waterworks.
01:33:45Some called me the Big Drip.
01:33:47But you were splendid, my dear.
01:33:49Oh, thank you.
01:33:50Of course, with all that shouting and that coughing, I practically ruined my voice box.
01:33:54Oh, I know. I always get the sort of parts where I'm either sort of covered in blood or I'm drenched to the skin.
01:34:00I mean, that make-up I had on, it took me at least an hour to get off.
01:34:03I wish I could have died. I just wanted to do something with a bit more meat in it.
01:34:07I know what you mean.
01:34:08Excuse me a minute.
01:34:11Sam, would you like some more champagne?
01:34:13Thank you, my dear.
01:34:14Can I?
01:34:15Ah, no thanks.
01:34:17You really did fall for it, didn't you?
01:34:21Sure, I fell for it.
01:34:24I fell for it.
01:34:26You really are a bastard, you know.
01:34:27Well, I'm a publisher. What do you expect?
01:34:31Hi.
01:34:32I hope you're going to forgive us for our little performance.
01:34:35Sure am.
01:34:36It was very convincing.
01:34:38You were great.
01:34:39Oh, thank you.
01:34:41I really believed it.
01:34:43Like I believed you.
01:34:44That maybe you cared.
01:34:47I wish you were a casting director.
01:34:49What do you think, Phil?
01:34:50Oh, I agree.
01:34:51Oh, I'm sorry. Phil's my husband.
01:34:53I should have introduced you.
01:34:56Sure. Of course.
01:35:01You're not angry, dear boy.
01:35:04No, Sam.
01:35:05Grateful.
01:35:07You really have taught me something tonight.
01:35:10Personal emotions really are more.
01:35:13Are bigger than anything.
01:35:15I always said you had it in you to write a great novel.
01:35:19I get the point.
01:35:22Trouble is, it kind of hurts.
01:35:30I love you.
01:36:00I love you, too.
01:36:31$20,000.
01:36:57$20,000.
01:36:58Dollars.
01:37:00Amazing, dear boy.
01:37:01Absolutely amazing.
01:37:04Just don't ask me to do it again.
01:37:07Short?
01:37:09What do you expect in 24 hours?
01:37:11It's kind of weird.
01:37:13But somehow writing it,
01:37:15I really cared about the characters.
01:37:19It's crazy, I mean.
01:37:21Just some stupid story about a publisher who makes a bet with a writer.
01:37:25Not based on anything that happened, naturally.
01:37:27Naturally.
01:37:29Sam, it may sound crazy,
01:37:32but even with the twist at the end which exposes the whole thing as a joke,
01:37:36I don't know, it sounds crazy.
01:37:38You keep saying that.
01:37:40But I like it, Sam.
01:37:42Maybe it is the characters.
01:37:44Hell, I enjoy doing it.
01:37:46I can't wait to read it, dear boy.
01:37:49I'm sure it'll make as much money as everything else you've written.
01:37:51Great.
01:37:53But is that what's really important?
01:37:57I'll give you a ring later.
01:38:28I'm sorry.
01:38:29I hope I didn't startle you.
01:38:32No.
01:38:34It's just, I'd seen you in here before with Sam.
01:38:37Sam?
01:38:39Sam!
01:38:40He's my boss.
01:38:41I'm his secretary, Mary.
01:38:44Norton?
01:38:45No, Jameson.
01:38:49Hello there.
01:38:51Hello.
01:38:53Hello.
01:38:54Jameson.
01:38:56Hello there.
01:38:58I usually look after our writers on their visits.
01:39:01Really?
01:39:05Tell me, Miss Norton.
01:39:07I'm sorry, Miss Jameson.
01:39:10Do you believe in love at first sight?
01:39:15Well, um...
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