S02E20 - The Bridge of Lions Affair part 1

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00:00♪
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00:20Don't just sit there, do something.
00:22You are free.
00:25Go away.
00:30How would you like a good swift?
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01:14♪
01:24♪
01:34♪
01:44Here kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty, kitty.
02:00Ah, we won't be needing this will we?
02:07I wasn't doing nothing.
02:09Found a cat that's all.
02:11No crime there is there?
02:13Just found a stray cat is all I did.
02:16Well there's nothing wrong there is there?
02:22That's for finding him.
02:26Where do you take them?
02:29I don't take them nowhere.
02:35I get five.
02:43I take them to Corby.
02:45Who's Corby?
02:46Just Corby, he and his chum.
02:49They've got this whole house all stocked up with cats.
02:52Loves cats.
02:53Hates to see them walk the streets you might say.
02:56You know, pays you for them if you bring them to the house.
03:00Two bob, five bob if it's a special big one.
03:04Loves big cats they do.
03:07One more question.
03:09Where do I find this house with Corby and his chum?
03:13I don't know.
03:43I don't know.
04:13Sit down.
04:21Do you recognize the subject Mr. Zollo?
04:24Benjamin Lancer.
04:26PhD, Dean Emeritus, Harvard.
04:29Possibly, I'm not sure of that.
04:31Science chair in biochemistry at Trimble College,
04:35National Academy of Sciences.
04:37Possibly, I'm not sure of that.
04:39Science chair in biochemistry at Trimble College,
04:43National Science Award for work in genetic linkages
04:47and x-ray induced mutations.
04:50He shared the Nobel Prize in 1952 for biology.
04:55Retired three years ago.
04:58That's when this picture was taken?
05:02And I would say that was the same man about 30 years ago.
05:07This picture was taken last week, Mr. Zollo.
05:11A son?
05:13There's no record of a son to Dr. Lancer.
05:16That doesn't change the picture, Annie.
05:18There's another fact you should know.
05:20If these two pictures represent father and son,
05:23then we must consider the fact that the two sets of fingerprints
05:27which accompanied the pictures are identical.
05:30Well, fingerprints have been faked before, sir.
05:32I'd like to see both men make a positive identification.
05:36Get a retinal pattern, for example.
05:39I'd like to talk to Dr. Lancer.
05:41You'll have to find him first, however.
05:45He's disappeared.
05:47Are you going to give me any hint or shall I start from scratch?
05:51He does have a daughter, Lorelei.
05:54She's a model for the House of De Sala in Paris.
05:58Hmm. Well, thank you.
06:00Oh, uh, Mr. Zollo,
06:02when you contact Miss Lancer,
06:05please keep it in mind that although you are investigating a biological mystery,
06:10your relationship with Miss Lancer on behalf of Uncle
06:13is research of another order.
06:16Duty first.
06:18Will I have time to stop in London and see Curiacan in the hospital?
06:22Mr. Curiacan left the hospital this morning.
06:25By now he's back chasing cats in Soho.
06:28Kitty, kitty, kitty.
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07:59Yes.
08:01I am Madame De Sala.
08:03How do you do?
08:05Enchanté.
08:07Napoleon Zollo.
08:10What do you wish, monsieur?
08:12I just told your charming young lady the exact truth.
08:15I want to see Miss Lancer.
08:17For what purpose?
08:19Well, it may just not concern you.
08:21Everything here concerns me.
08:24Do you think because she is a model
08:26you may just come in and just, just...
08:28Scout's honor, uh, just, just is the last thing in my mind.
08:32Who are you and what do you wish?
08:34When those two are answered,
08:36I shall decide if you are to see Lorelai or no.
08:39Thank you. Good afternoon.
08:44I have no trouble introducing myself
08:46if it's too much of a burden for you.
08:49Lorelai, this is a man who calls himself Napoleon Zollo,
08:53whoever that might be.
08:55He wishes to speak with you.
08:57I would advise you not.
09:01I want to ask you about your father, Miss Lancer.
09:04I'm sorry, Mr. Zollo, I really don't wish to speak to you.
09:07Miss Lancer, I must reach your father.
09:10His life may depend on it.
09:13You can reach me here.
09:16You may leave this way.
09:29I'm sorry, child.
09:31I know that was an embarrassment.
09:34Madame, why didn't you want me to talk to him?
09:37I am worried about him.
09:39Leave. Leave us, please.
09:43Oh, please.
09:55Why is because he is the enemy.
09:58In what way?
10:00Because we are women.
10:02How can I explain to you a whole history of women?
10:06Women.
10:07How can I explain to you a whole history of the world which we did not create?
10:11They put it together. They did.
10:14Why do you think I engage myself in the making and selling of dresses?
10:19Do you perhaps believe it is all which I'm capable?
10:22Do you think I wish nothing else in life?
10:25I want.
10:27I want that which belongs to me no less than to a man.
10:33It is power.
10:35A power that is almost within my grasp.
10:39No, it is not fantasy.
10:41It is not madness.
10:43In a world controlled by men,
10:46I have found a way to control the controllers.
10:52But you will understand when you are told.
10:55Where is my father, Madame?
10:57I cannot tell you even that.
10:59Please don't press me.
11:01But believe in me.
11:03And do not converse with that man again.
11:06I beg of you.
11:07Your life may depend upon it.
11:23This needs something more fluid.
11:25Olga, the beads.
11:31She will not talk to that man again.
11:34You will see to it.
11:45Camel Relay. Research and files, please, for Napoleon Solo.
11:56Camel Station. Research and files.
11:59Wanda. Good evening.
12:01Oh, hello, Mr. Solo.
12:04Beautiful moon here.
12:07How is your moon?
12:09I don't know. No windows.
12:11Never mind.
12:13I'll share this one with you.
12:16To begin with, it's a little different than the moon we have at home.
12:20The one we have here is a girl moon.
12:23And her eyes are open wide.
12:26And her mouth is open in the shape of an O.
12:30Because she's just been kissed.
12:36I'll relay your information about Wilson Observatory, Mr. Solo.
12:40Actually, sir, I...
12:41They might ask you to read a paper on the subject.
12:44The phone is ringing, sir.
12:46What else did you have in mind when you called this station, Mr. Solo?
12:50One moment, please.
12:52That's perfectly all right, Mr. Solo. Take all the time you need to recollect.
12:55Mr. Solo, this is Lorelei Lancer.
12:58The fact is, sir, I met an extraordinary woman this afternoon, a Madame de Sala,
13:02and I'll need a dossier on her.
13:04I'll call you back in a half hour.
13:08Yes, Miss Lancer?
13:10Mr. Solo.
13:11At your service.
13:13You said my father may be in trouble.
13:15What sort of trouble?
13:17We can't find him.
13:19Who is we?
13:20I work for Uncle.
13:22I'd appreciate it if you kept that confidential.
13:27Who is it?
13:28It's Olga.
13:29Come in.
13:35Make yourself a drink.
13:39Well, that doesn't necessarily mean anything.
13:43My father often shuts himself off, sometimes for a year or more.
13:47Who is that?
13:48Miss Lancer?
13:49Yes, Mr. Solo, I'm here.
13:51Miss Lancer, I wouldn't come if I didn't think it was urgent.
13:54I must know where I can reach him.
13:56Tell him you'll call him back.
13:58Please trust me, Miss Lancer.
14:00I have to do what I think is right.
14:04Mr. Solo?
14:05Yes?
14:06I haven't seen my father in more than a year.
14:08I don't know where he is.
14:10But I do have a way to reach him.
14:12The care of Philip Bainbridge, Byram Club, London.
14:16Miss Lancer?
14:17Who is Philip Bainbridge?
14:19Miss Lancer?
14:22You have been disconnected.
14:49Good morning.
14:50Sir Norman!
14:51Is it really you?
14:53How are you, Swede?
14:57May I say how delighted we are that you honor us with your presence after all this time, sir?
15:02It has been far too long.
15:04Thank you, Swede.
15:05You've allowed nothing to change.
15:09Despite the years between, I'm at home.
15:13Thank you, sir.
15:14Shall I take you to see Mr. Bainbridge now?
15:16Please.
15:34Everyone is so delighted to see you here again, sir.
15:39Mr. Bainbridge is over there, sir.
15:44I should like to go over there by myself.
15:49Very well, sir.
16:11Lancer, is it really you?
16:16Try me.
16:18What is the Bridge of Lions?
16:20A private chess society.
16:22What was your most recent move?
16:24Queen to Black Queen's Bishop Four.
16:28Describe to me the events of November the 3rd, 1919.
16:34November 3rd is my birthday.
16:37In 1919, I was 37 years old.
16:40You and I were part of the Mackinson Polar Expedition of that year.
16:45On November 3rd, we were on the ice pack north of Greenland,
16:48debating if we should shoot a polar bear we had tracked.
16:52You said, if we shoot the old boy, we shall have to lug him back to camp.
16:56And you said, the sensible thing to do would be not to shoot him,
17:01but to train him to follow us back to camp.
17:06Nearly 50 years ago, I couldn't believe the process worked.
17:13I had to come and see for myself.
17:16But why this Bing Bridge? Why the alias?
17:20You wouldn't want our secret to leak out, would you?
17:25If only I'd had this at the right time.
17:28Five more years I needed, and they'd turn me out.
17:32Norman, now we can give you 25 years.
17:43Oh, he's forgotten his medicine, you see.
17:47Oh, he's forgotten his medicine, you see.
18:08Good afternoon, sir.
18:09Be out of me way, will you, man.
18:11Alright, OK.
18:13Good afternoon, sir.
18:14Be out of my way, will you, man? I must give him his medicine.
18:18We do not allow female persons on the premises.
18:20I am not a female person. I am a registered nurse.
18:24Nevertheless, you are not a male nurse.
18:26Do you mean to say that in a matter of life and death, you would not allow me in?
18:30Under all circumstances, there has never been a woman in the Byron Club.
18:35Has none of you a mother?
18:38Those members who have arranged to meet their mothers on the outside.
18:43To whom should the medicine be given?
18:45I would not trust you with an aspirin.
18:51I'd offer you my shoulder to try on, but we haven't been formally introduced.
18:55But if you'd like, I'll take your medicine inside for you.
19:02It is for Sir Norman Swickert, and he understands the manner of the medication.
19:07And as for myself, I wouldn't care to be introduced to a gentleman
19:11who meets his mother on the outside.
19:18I'm Napoleon Solo. I have an appointment with Philip Bainbridge.
19:22Very good, sir. Please, step this way.
19:28Sir Norman is still with him, sir.
19:31Will you wait here while I go and see about your appointment?
19:34Should I take the medicine with me?
19:37Well, under the circumstances, I think I should give it to him personally.
19:41Very good, sir.
20:08Good heavens! A woman!
20:20He's dead.
20:37He's dead.
21:02Send Mr. Jordine in, please.
21:21You wish to see me, Mr. Chan?
21:24Yes. Be seated, please.
21:28We noticed a certain interest in certain matters on the part of Uncle.
21:34For example, they are very disturbed
21:37because a man named Philip Bainbridge was killed.
21:41By Thrush, I assume.
21:43You would think so, wouldn't you?
21:46Of course, when your hands are in your pockets,
21:50it is not always possible for one hand to know what the other is doing.
21:56But in this case, I think we did not kill him.
21:59We have no information on Bainbridge whatsoever.
22:02I'll look into it.
22:04Also, Uncle is interested in Dr. Benjamin Lancer, the biochemist.
22:11They are asking questions intensively.
22:15I'll look into it.
22:17According to our dossier on Lancer,
22:19he was very close to a Professor Alexander Grisky for a number of years.
22:24The Bell Prize in Chemistry, 1933.
22:29Yes, they worked together.
22:32I'll look into it.
22:34Also, Professor Grisky and Dr. Lancer
22:36are both members of the Bridge of Lions, the chess society.
22:41Sir Norman Swickett?
22:43Yes.
22:45And finally, Uncle has stationed Ilya Kuryakin in London's Soho,
22:51and he has been following cats.
22:54Kuryakin.
22:57Following cats?
23:00Bainbridge, Lancer, Grisky, the Bridge of Lions, Swickett.
23:04Kuryakin follows cats.
23:10I'll look into everything.
23:12Good.
23:29Meow.
23:32Meow.
23:34Meow.
23:36Meow.
23:48Meow.
23:51Shh!
24:13Shh! Get out!
24:16Shh!
24:18Get away.
24:20Get away, dog.
24:49You're standing in the middle of the driveway.
24:52It's very dangerous. People get hurt that way.
24:55This is private property, sir, and you're trespassing.
24:58Unless, of course, I'm a guest.
25:01You don't look like a guest to me, sir.
25:04You're an American, aren't you?
25:06Yes, sir, I am.
25:18Come on.
25:37Good day, sir.
25:48Good day.
26:10Ah, it is you.
26:12Ah, it is you.
26:14I am told to inform you to wait where you are.
26:16The guard is on his way here to get you.
26:18Oh, the guard at the gate?
26:20Put your foot away.
26:22Well, you don't look like the kind of a girl
26:24to be standing by and watch me get my neck broke.
26:26You're right. I shall turn my back.
26:30I did not ask you to come in, and I do not want you here.
26:34If you do not leave of your own accord,
26:36I will scream down the house, I will.
26:38And the noise will annoy Sir Norman, and he'll be very put out.
26:41Aye, and so will you when Fleeton gets here.
26:43All right, give this to Sir Norman.
26:45It is the medicine I gave to you at the Byron Club this morning.
26:48Exactly. Give it to Sir Norman
26:50and tell him exactly where you got it.
27:15You a member of the Bridge of Lions, sir?
27:18Sir?
27:40You a member of the Bridge of Lions, sir?
27:44Aye.
27:50Although you feel free to study those boards,
27:53they are the property of the Bridge of Lions.
27:56Their examination is privileged to the membership of that society.
28:00Well, I'm sorry, sir, if I offended you by looking at the games.
28:07If this is about today's murder,
28:11immediately I left the Byron Club.
28:14I went to New Scotland Yard and made a full statement.
28:18If you like, I shall arrange to furnish you with a copy.
28:23They already have.
28:25Sir, was Dr Lancer killed at the Byron Club today?
28:34And I do hereby assert of my own free will
28:37and under sacred oath that I did this day
28:40witness the death by murder of Philip Bainbridge.
28:44You haven't answered my question, sir.
28:47Did you see Bainbridge?
28:49If he'd been Lancer, he'd have to have been 83 years old.
28:53Do you think he was 83 years old?
28:55Look at my hands.
28:57Did you see Bainbridge's hands, how steady they were?
29:01When I saw him, he was dead.
29:03Everyone's hands are steady when they're dead.
29:06Then I will vouch to you
29:08that Bainbridge's hands were steady when he was alive.
29:12That's not the question, sir.
29:14The question is, who was Philip Bainbridge?
29:16And was he Benjamin Lancer?
29:18And will you vouch that he was not?
29:30This is Benjamin Lancer's board.
29:33We all have our own boards
29:35so that we can play by mail when we're not together.
29:40Did you know that over 30 million deaths
29:44were caused by World War I?
29:47Unnecessary.
29:49An accident of history brought about
29:51by a breakdown of communications,
29:54not between nations, but between men,
29:57the men who create history,
30:00who speak for the nations,
30:02who say yes and no to fate.
30:05It was then that I decided to build a bridge
30:09between the great men and the great minds of the world,
30:13a bridge of lions,
30:15so that the borders of the nations
30:17could not come between these men
30:20when they desired to communicate with each other.
30:23So, Norman,
30:25who was killed at the Byron Club today?
30:29Queen to Black Queen.
30:31Bishops, four.
30:33Sir?
30:35Philip Bainbridge.
30:38Where is Benjamin Lancer, then?
30:40Dead.
30:42Just as Philip Bainbridge is dead.
30:47It's time for your medicine, Sir Norman.
30:53I take pills,
30:55therefore I exist.
30:58I exist.
31:28Napoleon Solo on channel.
31:44How shines the moon down by England's fair land?
31:48How sorry to disenchant you, my dear,
31:50it shines not at all.
31:52Well, that never stopped you before.
31:54Report, my child,
31:56with regard to a certain Madame de Salle.
31:59That extraordinary woman.
32:01How pure hostility caused by sheer envy.
32:07Madame was born in 1931.
32:10Her mother died the same year,
32:12her father died nine years later.
32:14He was a general and a member of the branch of lions.
32:18Sir Norman Swickert took the child into his home to bring her up.
32:21That's a good beginning for a Victorian novel.
32:24Two establishments of haute couture.
32:26One for the rich rich, the other for the poor rich.
32:29All original capital supplied by Sir Norman Swickert,
32:32who remains a major partner.
32:34Leaving out the bridge of lions,
32:36is there any connection between either Swickert or de Salle and Lancer?
32:41Let me see.
32:43There's a biochemist named Alexander Gritsky,
32:46financed by de Salle's cosmetics company,
32:48hormone research.
32:50Gritsky used to be a pupil of Lancer.
32:52Oh.
33:03Napoleon?
33:05Napoleon?
33:22Mr. Solow?
33:31Mr. Solow?
33:33Mr. Solow?
33:53You better not be putting me on, Napoleon.
33:56Mr. Waverly, I can't recover contact with Mr. Solow,
33:59and his channel's still open.
34:02Mr. Waverly speaking.
34:04Mr. Solow, we're trying to contact you.
34:07Can you respond?
34:09Mr. Solow, can you respond?
34:11Please, don't shout.
34:13Mr. Solow's going to have a very nasty headache, as it is.
34:17If he recovers consciousness,
34:19you might send him a couple of aspirins, if you care.
34:22About three and a half miles just north of Lesser Littlehampton.
34:26Who is this?
34:28A good Samaritan.
34:33I'm sorry, sir, we're closed.
34:35I'm sorry, sir, we're...
34:40You like it?
34:42It's extraordinary workmanship.
34:44And the jewels look real.
34:46Oh, they are.
34:48Naturally, for a young man like me,
34:50it's a real pleasure to work with you.
34:54Mr. Solow?
34:56Mr. Solow?
34:58Mr. Solow?
35:00The jewels look real.
35:02Oh, they are.
35:04Naturally, for a color such as this,
35:06I need a very elegant cat.
35:08A nice, big, fat one.
35:10I'm a bit confused, sir.
35:12Which do you wish, elegant or fat?
35:15What I need is the kind of cat that gets himself stolen.
35:20I see.
35:31You will find a part precisely similar in the new laboratory.
35:35It is not parts, it is a totality.
35:40Here is a place where I come day after day,
35:43and all of a sudden we are divorced, this room and I.
35:46You see, here is Corby.
35:48Whatever you want from here, he will bring to you.
35:51Now please come, we must go.
35:54Go with Fleeting.
35:56Start the motor, we shall be with you in seconds.
35:58You see, you are very nervous.
36:01Just like all cats, you worry a lot,
36:04and you get very frightened.
36:06Give me your hat, Kim.
36:11You see, Corby is with you.
36:14There is nothing to be afraid of.
36:16Oh, friends, all beautiful, beautiful, friendly cats
36:20waiting to be kittens again, just like you.
36:25The temperature charts, I must get the temperature charts.
36:28We have them, Professor Gritsky.
36:30Your hat.
36:31Go back to the car, go back to the car.
36:54BELLS RINGING
37:24BELLS RINGING
37:54BELLS RINGING
38:24BELLS RINGING
38:33Hello, kitty.
38:35What did they do to you?
38:48How did you become a little kitten?
38:50You were a big cat the last time I saw you.
38:55CAT MEOWS
39:20CAR HORN BLARES
39:25CAR HORN BLARES
39:28CAR HORN BLARES
39:53GUNSHOT
39:59GUNSHOT
40:04Ilya? Napoleon?
40:09Very funny.
40:11Indeed.
40:14Is that who you're looking for?
40:17His name is Corby.
40:19He collected cats.
40:21I'm looking for a bile chemist named Alexander Gritsky.
40:26He's the man that...
40:28for whom Corby collected the cats.
40:32Did you know that the nervous system of a cat
40:34is the closest thing to the nervous system of a human?
40:38Did you know that?
40:51Hat pin.
40:56Hat pin.
41:02Well, hello, kitten.
41:05Corby collected cats and only cats.
41:09Where do the kittens come from?
41:12That kitten was a big, fat cat less than two hours ago.
41:18Hmm?
41:20Hat pin.
41:22Hat pin.
41:26Hat pin.
41:37I think this is the hat the hat pin was in
41:39before it was in Mr. Corby.
41:48You know who put up the money for the house of De Sala?
41:51Swickard.
41:52Sir?
41:53Norm Swickard.
41:55How would you like to go for a little ride in the country?
41:58Sir Swickard has a lovely place in the country.
42:01Well, if I can't get an explanation of what you're talking about,
42:04I'll settle for the ride.
42:18Come, Professor.
42:22Stay here.
42:35Madam, he is waiting for you.
42:38But it is long past time for him to be in his bed.
42:41Yes, thank you. Good night.
42:43Please, do not keep him too long.
42:46He is like a candle flickering.
43:00Norman?
43:06Norman, I've brought Professor Gridsky with me.
43:17Professor Gridsky will make all of his preparations
43:20tonight and by morning you will have your first treatment.
43:24There is a time to die.
43:27Go, please. Make everything ready.
43:31Cold.
43:34Too late, Rainer, too late.
43:38Ah.
43:48Time is the enemy.
43:51It wounds you with its days.
43:55We will wound time, you and I and Gridsky.
43:59I have no purpose to fight.
44:02I remember when they turned out Winston Churchill.
44:05I was hardly an old man then.
44:07I thought, how dare they do this?
44:10How dare they?
44:13And then my turn came,
44:15and I was far more angry because it was me.
44:19Well, I thought, let them get on without me.
44:22Hmm?
44:24They did.
44:26But what have they done?
44:29Is this the kind of world you would have made?
44:32I ran out of time.
44:35I don't want it now, Rainer,
44:38to lie awake wondering how to move
44:41puny people to great purposes.
44:48When I was ten years old,
44:50I was in love with you.
44:53I would say to myself,
44:56one day I will marry him.
44:59How I raced.
45:01How I raced to grow up fast.
45:04Do you remember when I was 16
45:08and I would sit by your side with my head on your lap?
45:13I love you still, my Norman.
45:16Yes, you have run out of time,
45:18but that is all,
45:20and we can give that back to you.
45:23Do you remember the power you once had?
45:26Do you remember the power you once had?
45:28It was in you.
45:30When I was a very little girl
45:32and I would learn that you were going to go into a room,
45:35I would race to get to that room before you.
45:38The room itself would change.
45:41If there were people in it,
45:44they would stop and wait
45:47and listen to what you would say to them.
45:52How I longed then to take your hand
45:55and walk with you through the halls of power.
46:00To feel that terrible strength going from you into me.
46:05And it shall be.
46:09Take my hand, Norman,
46:11and let me lead you back to greatness.
46:25¶¶
46:55You should be saying,
46:57Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?
46:59Well, I...
47:00Now, I'm not what you think I am.
47:02Well, I am enough of a lady
47:03so that I wouldn't know how to think what I think you are.
47:05Yes, I'd like to introduce you to my chaperone, Mr. Kiliarkan.
47:08This is Miss Sweet.
47:09Well, if you're going to be looking at me in my nightgown,
47:11well, you should be red-faced.
47:14Well, I think all that's necessary
47:16is that we speak to the girl
47:18and orient her as to who we are and what we are
47:20and the principles that we stand for,
47:22and I think...
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47:52Sweet.
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