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02:02A handy weapon.
02:04Indian? Malayan?
02:05Mr. Lander, see you in Mercer.
02:06Mr. Lander?
02:08I've got to go.
02:09Where?
02:11Right.
02:20Mr. Holland?
02:21Ah, I'm so sorry to keep you waiting.
02:23My name's Rex Lander. How do you do?
02:24How do you do? Where's John Trasmere?
02:26Well, I'm his nephew and a sort of secretary.
02:29Won't you come and sit down?
02:30And John Trasmere himself?
02:32Oh, didn't Jayling explain?
02:33No, he didn't.
02:34My uncle asked me to see you on his behalf.
02:36And to tell me that he's changed his mind.
02:38Look, I didn't make this appointment.
02:40Would you kindly tell John Trasmere that even multimillionaires
02:43might observe some of the rules of common courtesy?
02:45Oh, look, I'm terribly sorry. I hope you understand.
02:47Good day, Mr. Lander.
02:48Come back.
02:53Ah, Mr. Trasmere.
02:56You wish to apologize?
02:58I want to talk to you.
03:00Rex, you can clear out.
03:01Yes, uncle.
03:03I wanted to give that young fool Rex some practice
03:06in getting rid of people.
03:07At my expense.
03:09No, I wanted to know what you were like.
03:11Look, I'm not a prospective employee.
03:13I'm fairly well known, ridiculously well paid.
03:15For interviewing people on television?
03:17Yes.
03:18Well, that's not a proper job.
03:19The way I do it, it is.
03:21All right.
03:22You can interview me if you like.
03:24I'll ruin your reputation.
03:26At least I might find out what it's like to be fabulously rich.
03:29What it's like?
03:31I'll show you something.
03:37But not for your television cameras.
03:40Come with me.
03:52Solid steel.
03:55Only key in existence.
03:57Specially made.
03:58Never leaves my person.
04:27Disappointed?
04:28Well, I was expecting Aladdin's cave.
04:31What's in there?
04:32It's a safe.
04:34I need a big one.
04:35Diamonds, rubies, all the treasures of the Orient.
04:38No, I have no time for bank accounts.
04:40You did make your money out east, didn't you, sir?
04:42Yes.
04:43Trading?
04:44Well, you can call it trading.
04:45In the bad old days.
04:47In the good old days.
04:50Seen enough?
04:51Well, I haven't seen anything yet.
04:52Quite right.
04:54There's a lot of things in this room, Mr. Holland.
04:59Things of mine that I don't trust to a bank or to a safe deposit.
05:04Things that I don't want anyone to know anything about.
05:15You can't get at him.
05:17Nobody can.
05:18Only me, because I've got the key.
05:20It's the same with your interview.
05:22You can pick me up in front of your cameras, ask me any questions you like,
05:25but you won't get anything out of me.
05:27Because you haven't got the key.
05:34I can only imagine that my uncle intended it as a sort of test of character.
05:38See if he can get rid of this man without any help from me.
05:42Well, you know what happens if anybody tests my character.
05:45Nothing.
05:46No result at all.
05:49I can only hope that he loves me nonetheless.
05:51And what's he like?
05:52What, my dear uncle?
05:53No.
05:54Tab Holland.
05:55Oh.
05:57Well, he's like a television personality.
06:00He's got a professional smile on his lips and a steely glint in his eye.
06:06Oh, no.
06:07Don't call the devil.
06:11Hello.
06:12Hello.
06:13Jane, you don't know Tab Holland, do you?
06:15Jane Ardfern.
06:16You must have seen her films.
06:17My one film.
06:18Yes, indeed.
06:19Good evening.
06:20Are you ordering this table, Mr. Holland?
06:21No, I won't, thank you very much.
06:22Oh, just for a drink.
06:23All right, thank you very much.
06:24Martini?
06:25Thanks.
06:26Three large martinis, Andre.
06:27Extra dry.
06:28Certainly, sir.
06:29I'm longing to hear how you got on with my fearsome elderly relative.
06:32Oh, didn't he tell you?
06:34Well, I'm what he laughingly calls his secretary, but that means I open his mail,
06:37I throw half of it away, and the other half I send a stock reply to.
06:40I've been at it for a year, and I still don't know the first thing about him.
06:43Only a year?
06:45Before that, we were on Christmas card terms.
06:47I sent them.
06:48He tore them up.
06:50Your uncle issued me with a challenge.
06:52You may interview me, but you won't find out anything about me.
06:55Well, I've got a couple of weeks before I do the program,
06:57so I shall find out about him first.
06:59Well, you won't succeed.
07:00He's the original mystery millionaire.
07:02Ah, thank you.
07:06Well, I wish you luck.
07:08Cheers.
07:09Cheers.
07:12Anyone here like a flower?
07:13Yes, why not?
07:17There you are.
07:18And a couple of carnations, please.
07:21Oh, thank you very much.
07:23Have you got a pin?
07:24Of course.
07:26One for you.
07:28One for you.
07:30And one for you.
07:31And one for you.
07:32I'm afraid it'll cost you another.
07:34Here you are.
07:37Thank you very much.
07:39Ah, let's forget about my uncle for a bit, shall we,
07:41and talk about something interesting, like Jane.
07:44What do you think of her necklace?
07:45Yes, I've been admiring it. Oriental?
07:47Yes, I believe it is.
07:48She only wears it so that it can be stolen.
07:50That'll be marvellous publicity.
07:52You can interview her in floods of tears.
07:55Oh, excuse me, I see my guests are arriving.
07:57Goodbye, Miss Hart.
07:58Goodbye.
07:59Oh, Rex, I wonder if you could get me a photograph of your uncle.
08:02It needn't necessarily be a recent one.
08:04I should think so. What for?
08:06To help me find out about him.
08:18Anything in that rag this morning?
08:20It says you're going to be on television.
08:21Do you want to see it?
08:23Is it truth or lies?
08:25John Trasmere lives in great style
08:27in a sumptuously furnished house overlooking the park.
08:32Sumptuously furnished?
08:34I suppose that's the truth.
08:37Oh, well, we've got a visitor.
08:39I don't want to see any visitors today or any other day.
08:42I want to see Mr. Trasmere.
08:43Your name?
08:44Brown.
08:45Ramsay Brown.
08:47Wait a moment, please.
08:50Oh, no, don't.
08:51Don't keep me outside.
08:54Go on, give him a card. He'll see me all right.
09:04Who is he?
09:05Mr. Ramsay Brown.
09:07Oh? What does he want?
09:09He say he'll see him.
09:10Does he?
09:11Let him wait.
09:13All right, Gilling.
09:14Rex.
09:15Yes, Uncle?
09:16Give Mr. Brown back his card.
09:18Give him my compliments and tell him to go to hell.
09:21Yes, Uncle.
09:22Which is where I thought he was and where he belongs.
09:24You can tell him that, too.
09:25Anyhow, get rid of him!
09:28I'm not waiting for you, Mr. Trasmere.
09:31Surprised to see me?
09:32Didn't know I was in this country, eh?
09:34And I didn't know you were either
09:35until I looked at my paper this morning.
09:37Mr. John Trasmere.
09:39Rex!
09:40Throw him out!
09:41Oh, no. Oh, no.
09:43We are going to have a little talk.
09:46You're going to invite me to breakfast, aren't you, John?
09:48Rex!
09:49Like old friends, old comrades?
09:51Nothing like friendship.
09:52Take your hands off!
09:53Take your damn flunky to take his damn hands off!
09:55Get back!
09:56Get away from me!
09:57God, you favorite!
09:58I'll have it all on you!
09:59Let go! Let me go!
10:10Rex.
10:11Yes, Uncle?
10:12That finishes you.
10:29By the way,
10:31you don't, I suppose, happen to know
10:32how I can find this Ramsey Brown character of yours?
10:36I've no idea. Thanks.
10:38I'm such a fool. I never thought of that.
10:39Pity.
10:41Still, anyway, I thought you'd like to know
10:42the results of your printing that picture.
10:43The only result.
10:44Cheers.
10:45Cheers.
10:46Well, if you ever hear from him again,
10:47I wonder if you'd contact me.
10:48Yes, of course. I'll let you know straight away.
10:51Oh, damn.
10:52I've got to be going.
10:53Oh, nice seeing you.
10:55I wonder if you'd like to have dinner with me one night
10:57and I can see if I can rake up any more dirt.
10:59All right.
11:02Thursday would suit me best.
11:04Thursday? Fine.
11:05Thursday at eight.
11:06God.
11:07Same place.
11:08I'm sorry I've got to bash off like this,
11:10but I'm afraid I've got a date.
11:12Oh.
11:13Jane Arthur?
11:14Ah, no, unfortunately.
11:16Somebody rather different.
11:18Very respectable.
11:19Let it down.
11:22I'm bringing in action, you know.
11:24Find a good lawyer.
11:25I'll get some money out of him.
11:26Well, my uncle's extremely sorry.
11:28He asked me to apologise to you on...
11:29Apologise?
11:30That's not good enough.
11:32He'd like to make it up to you in some way.
11:34Huh?
11:35Are you short of money or anything like that?
11:37I mean, he feels he owes you something.
11:38Oh, see, he does.
11:40He swindled me out of a right as he swindled everyone else.
11:43Well, he asked if you'd like to come over to dinner one night
11:46and talk it over.
11:48How would Thursday suit you?
11:49Thursday at eight?
11:55Yeh Ling?
11:59Yeh Ling?
12:02Where's he got to?
12:03Have you seen him?
12:04It's Thursday, Uncle.
12:05Eh?
12:07Thursday.
12:08He's evening off.
12:10Yes.
12:21There's a cold supper laid in the dining room.
12:24For two, actually.
12:26But I'm going out.
12:28If you don't mind.
12:29No, I don't mind.
12:32Uncle?
12:33Yeh?
12:35I understand that you want me to leave this house.
12:38Am I right?
12:39Quite right.
12:41Because you think I'm a fool.
12:43No, I don't think you're a fool.
12:45I think you're a sly, sneaking devil who's after my money.
12:51Uncle?
12:53Before we part, have you made a will?
12:57I looked through all your papers and I don't think that you have
13:00but I'd like to be sure.
13:02Oh.
13:03I spent a very happy morning drafting one.
13:10Ah, where is it?
13:12Can't see without glasses.
13:15That it?
13:17You'll read that through.
13:18You won't find your name.
13:23Good evening, sir.
13:24Good evening.
13:25Has Mr. Lander arrived yet?
13:26No, sir, not yet.
13:27But he has booked a table.
13:28Here.
13:29Good.
13:30I'll have a gin and tonic.
13:31Gin and tonic.
13:34Tab.
13:35Good evening, sir.
13:36Good evening.
13:37I hope you haven't been waiting.
13:38Ah, what's that?
13:39Gin and tonic.
13:40How delicious.
13:41I'll have one, please.
13:42And I'll have a gin and tonic.
13:43I do apologize for being so late.
13:45My, uh, my beloved uncle kept me talking.
13:48What time is it, actually?
13:49Just after eight.
13:50You're not late at all.
14:09Anyone at home?
14:14Anyone at home?
14:28Trasmere?
14:31Mr. John Lottie Trasmere?
14:33Come on, where are you hiding?
14:39What's in there?
14:45Trasmere!
14:58Come on, Trasmere, open up.
15:00It's your old friend, Ramsay Brown.
15:02I've got a bone to pick with you.
15:09You're his only living relative.
15:10You'll inherit the lot.
15:11Do you think so?
15:12Well, who else?
15:14I wonder what I'll do when I'm a millionaire.
15:17Propose to Jane for the umpteenth time, I suppose.
15:19Good heavens, it's ten o'clock.
15:20I didn't know we'd been here for two hours.
15:22I tell you what.
15:23Come back with me and have a nightcap.
15:25Well, won't your uncle mind?
15:26No, of course not.
15:27Waiter!
15:28Bill, please.
15:29You can slip in a sly question about my expectations.
15:39Hello.
15:40My dear uncle, economising on the lights.
15:46He's probably in the study.
15:52No.
15:56He doesn't usually go to bed as early as this.
15:58Perhaps he's in his counting house.
15:59Counting house.
16:00Counting house.
16:01Counting house.
16:02Counting house.
16:03Counting house.
16:04Counting house.
16:05Counting house.
16:06Counting house.
16:07He's in his counting house, counting out his money.
16:09Might be.
16:14Yes, the light's still on.
16:15Uncle!
16:16Maybe he doesn't want to be interrupted.
16:18Uncle!
16:21Now he's got to start again from a million.
16:22He'll be furious.
16:24Tab, help yourself to a drink.
16:25I'll go and see if he's in the mood for one.
16:32Dad!
16:33Hello.
16:34Tab.
16:35Tab, I think...
16:36What's happened?
16:37The door was shut, so I...
16:39I climbed up, I looked through the ventilation...
16:41Your uncle?
16:43I think I...
16:44Well, you'd better look, but I think he's...
16:46I think he's dead.
16:49You'd better ring the police.
16:53Ah, your Chinaman's back.
16:55Will he be able to help us on this Ramsay Brown?
16:57Well, he threw him out.
16:59Have you found Brown yet?
17:00No, he hasn't been back to his lodgings.
17:02Oh.
17:03I've sent out your description of him.
17:04Oh, good.
17:06I don't know whether he actually did come here tonight.
17:08But he was invited.
17:09Oh, yes.
17:10For dinner.
17:11You know that, but you don't know why.
17:13Well, my uncle didn't explain things.
17:16Tab, I'm sorry if I didn't tell you,
17:18but he wanted it kept a secret.
17:20Well, Mr. Brown can explain.
17:22Then we find him.
17:24May I ask...
17:26What time was my uncle killed?
17:29Roughly eight o'clock.
17:31Eight.
17:32Hmm.
17:33We can't pin it down to minutes.
17:34Mr. Holland, would you come with me, please?
17:50Now, on your first visit here,
17:51Mr. Trasmere brought you down here.
17:52Yes.
17:53And unlocked this door with his own key.
17:54Yes, it was on a chain round his neck.
17:56He said it was the only key in existence.
17:58Specially made.
17:59Yes, that's quite correct.
18:00We checked with the makers.
18:01Well, have you found the key?
18:02It took the best locksmith in London
18:03a good hour to get this door open.
18:06Now, when you came out with Mr. Trasmere,
18:09he again locked the door on this side.
18:11Yes.
18:12He had to, didn't he?
18:13It's not a spring lock.
18:14You've got to use a key to lock it.
18:16Right.
18:17Now, come inside.
18:22Okay, Sergeant, carry on.
18:24Now, Mr. Trasmere's body was found there.
18:27He'd been shot at very close range,
18:28so the murderer was in the room with him.
18:30The murderer then took the key off the chain,
18:32went outside and locked that door from the outside.
18:35Well, obviously.
18:36That's right, obviously.
18:37And I suppose the murderer went away with the key.
18:39When we got in here and found the body,
18:41the key, this key,
18:44was lying on the middle of the table like this.
18:50But that's not possible.
18:52That's right, it's not possible.
18:53That's where it was.
18:55Now, Mr. Holland, you've got plenty of ideas.
18:57Can you explain how that key got back in here again
18:59from outside through a locked door?
19:08The ventilator.
19:09You'd never get a key through that, Grim.
19:11Could I close this for a moment, please?
19:13Yes.
19:21Under the door.
19:22Yes, you could push it under the door.
19:25You could flick it in.
19:27Then...
19:29how do you get it to jump up onto the table over there, eh?
19:35There's no other way in.
19:36No, no other way in.
19:39I can't think.
19:40Nor me.
19:42But somebody thought of how to do it.
19:43Somebody very clever.
19:45Ramsey Brown.
19:46I doubt if he's all that clever.
19:49Have you found something, Sergeant?
19:50Yes, sir.
19:51Some very interesting stuff.
19:54You like that, Mr. Holland?
19:57Yes.
19:59Yes, I do.
20:05Oh, good afternoon, sir.
20:06Do come in.
20:11Why, are you the one that I think you are?
20:13Well, that rather depends, doesn't it?
20:15Hey, Mr. Holland,
20:17do you know I've never missed one of your television programs?
20:20I'm one of your best patriots.
20:22Good.
20:23Is Miss Hartford in, please?
20:24Aye, she won't be long.
20:26Won't you sit down?
20:30Would you like to watch telly?
20:32No, I don't suppose you would.
20:43Hello.
20:44Hello.
20:45You seen the news?
20:47Yes, I have.
20:49And Rex called me.
20:52It's terrible.
20:53Did you know John Trasmere yourself?
20:55No, though I heard Rex talk about him so much.
20:58But you never met him?
20:59No.
21:00They think this man, Ramsey Brown, did it?
21:03Yes, they seem to think so.
21:07Mr. Holland, why have you come to see me?
21:10It was something Rex said.
21:12Rex?
21:13He suggested that I should interview you if you ever lost your jewels.
21:16I believe you've lost them now and I also believe that you did know John Trasmere.
21:23I had nothing to do with his death.
21:25But you knew him?
21:26Yes.
21:29Do you want to tell me or tell the police?
21:33You first met Mr. Trasmere four or five months ago.
21:36He rang you up and invited himself to tea, just like that.
21:39Yes.
21:41He seemed to like ringing me up, calling round to see me.
21:45He was a very lonely man.
21:47And one day he came with a jewel case.
21:49He said, you're an actress.
21:51Show yourself off in public.
21:52Wear these.
21:53He gave them to you?
21:54Lent them.
21:55He made that quite clear.
21:56And took them back when?
21:58Yesterday afternoon.
21:59Yesterday?
22:00Yes, he called on me about tea time.
22:02What else did he say?
22:06Carver here.
22:08Oh, hello, sir.
22:10Yes, sir.
22:12Yes, sir, I will.
22:15Excuse me.
22:16It won't be two ticks.
22:20Sergeant Harris.
22:26Did Rex know about this?
22:27No.
22:29No, nothing at all.
22:31Oh.
22:44If you're thinking I was John Trasmere's mistress, well, I wasn't.
22:49No, I was simply thinking poor Rex.
22:51Oh, why?
22:52Well, it must be rather hard to be turned down by someone like you.
22:55Does it make any difference now he's a millionaire?
22:57Is he?
22:58I imagine he inherits the lot.
23:01Oh.
23:02Well, does it make any difference?
23:04Well, as far as...
23:06Sorry about that.
23:10Now, then, yesterday afternoon, what else did you talk about apart from the necklace?
23:15Nothing in particular.
23:17Did Mr. Trasmere mention someone by the name of Ramsey Brown?
23:21No.
23:22Did he mention anyone else?
23:24No, no, he didn't.
23:26No, he didn't.
23:27Any news of Ramsey Brown, Chief?
23:29Why?
23:30Do you expect him to get in touch with me?
23:38Hello?
23:40Who's that speaking, please?
23:42Who?
23:45Wait a moment, please.
23:50Is that for me?
23:51Yes.
23:52Who is it?
23:57Rex Lander here.
23:59Who?
24:01I can't hear you.
24:02I said, is this line tapped?
24:05Oh, the police on it, eh?
24:08All right, then.
24:09This is Ramsey Brown.
24:12What can I do for you?
24:13Listen.
24:14You think you're going to inherit your uncle's millions, don't you?
24:18Well, you're not.
24:19And I can prove it.
24:22Yes.
24:24Yes, right.
24:26Sorry.
24:27It'll take a long time to get hold of as much money as that.
24:31Well, where can I get in touch with you?
24:35Yes.
24:38Yes.
24:40Right.
24:41And no monkey tricks, Mr. Lander,
24:44or you'll be sorry for the rest of your life.
24:51Come in.
24:55Mr. Lander's here, sir.
24:56Oh, very well. Bring him in.
24:57Yes, sir.
24:59Just come through, would you, sir?
25:03Good morning.
25:04Good morning.
25:05Sorry to bother you again, sir.
25:06I thought you might be able to just give us a bit more help.
25:09About what?
25:11Past history.
25:13Of my own or my uncle's?
25:16Your uncle's.
25:18Well, he went out east when he was a very young man.
25:22Came back about 30 years later with a fortune.
25:26I've always suspected he made it in a not very legal way.
25:29But he was a great man for secrets.
25:32Ramsey Brown was a friend from those days.
25:34A friend or...
25:36Or an enemy.
25:37Who killed your uncle because of some old grudge?
25:40I imagine so.
25:43Well, I've sent cables to various places out east.
25:45I've heard nothing on your uncle,
25:47but quite a lot on Ramsey Brown.
25:49He's well known to the police in Hong Kong.
25:52Sponger, layabout, drunkard.
25:54Too much of a drunk to be much of a crook.
25:57Is that the impression you got?
25:59Yes, I suppose so.
26:01Stupid, they call him.
26:03Did he seem stupid to you?
26:06Well, I only saw him for a moment.
26:08He must be stupid, mustn't he?
26:11Why?
26:12He had an appointment with your uncle at 8 o'clock.
26:14You knew about it, and he knew that you knew.
26:16He left his own lodgings at half past 7,
26:18presumably to call on your uncle.
26:20The murder was committed at 8.
26:22There are fingerprints all over the door handles and so on.
26:25I'll bet they turn out to be Brown's.
26:28And you and Yeh Ling
26:30both heard him uttering threats against your uncle.
26:32Yes?
26:33Open and shut case.
26:35It certainly looks like it.
26:37That's no way to commit a murder, is it?
26:39Not if you've got any brains.
26:42Well, perhaps when you find him...
26:44Yes.
26:45Yes, I should like to have a little chat with him.
26:48Make sure I'm right.
26:51Right in believing that he did it?
26:55In believing that he didn't.
26:57The murderer, Mr Lander, was an exceptionally clever man.
27:00Yes, surely. I mean...
27:01He thought up a trick with this key that I, for one, can't fathom.
27:04Nor can anyone on my staff.
27:07Have you got any ideas?
27:09Well, I'm afraid I'm not a very clever man.
27:12No, well, we can't all be, can we?
27:15Here, you'd better take this. I don't need it anymore.
27:19And if anything should come into your mind...
27:21Well, I'm afraid that's very unlikely.
27:23Still, all the same.
27:27Sergeant Harris.
27:28Yes, sir.
27:31See Mr Lander out, would you?
27:33Oh, don't bother about that. I can easily find my own way.
27:35Well, goodbye, sir.
27:36We'll keep in touch.
27:38Yes, indeed.
27:40Goodbye.
27:42Goodbye.
27:48You want him followed?
27:49No.
27:50No.
27:52You think it's him, sir?
27:54Well, I can think of why he did it.
27:56But I can't think of how.
27:59How, how, how?
28:03Let us suppose that this is the table in the vault.
28:06Now, I will say that this is the key.
28:10Now, the murderer...
28:14...leaves the vault...
28:17...and locks the door from the outside.
28:22But...
28:24Well, how did this key get back into the vault?
28:28How the hell did it climb up the table legs...
28:31...and jump to the middle of the table?
28:33Is this why you invited me here?
28:35I'm not even good at crossword puzzles.
28:37No.
28:38Why then?
28:39I asked you a question the other day which you didn't answer.
28:41What question?
28:42Whether you're going to marry Rex.
28:44Why do you want to know?
28:46Because I want to marry you myself.
28:49Tab, your interview technique is not what it was.
28:52Jane, I honestly...
28:59Hello, Rex.
29:00Oh, Tab, I'm sorry to barge in like this...
29:01...but I rang Jane and her housekeeper said she was here.
29:04Jane?
29:05Hello, Rex.
29:06What's all this?
29:07Oh, Tab is solving the problem.
29:09Well, I'm trying to.
29:11Well, don't ask me to help. You know what I'm like.
29:13Jane, darling, listen.
29:14Would you mind very much if we didn't have dinner tonight?
29:16I've suddenly got the most frightful headache.
29:18Of course. That's all right.
29:20Perhaps Tab will deputize for me.
29:22Delighted.
29:24Have dinner with Tab.
29:25Delighted.
29:28I don't know what brought it on.
29:29I think it must have been the thought of moving tomorrow.
29:32Are you leaving the house?
29:33Well, after what's happened, I can't really bear it anymore.
29:36I've taken a little furnished flat just for the time being.
29:39You must come and see it sometime.
29:41I'm sorry about this, but I really do feel rather rotten, actually.
29:44Poor Rex.
29:45Now, you'd better go home to bed.
29:47Last night in the old house...
29:50...with a couple of good strong sleeping pills.
30:36Good night.
31:06Good night.
31:25How is he?
31:26The doctor's having him taken to hospital.
31:28It's as bad as that?
31:29A nasty crack on the skull. You never know.
31:31Poor old jailing.
31:33Sergeant Harris.
31:34Go and see if they have found any fingerprints, would you?
31:37Yes, sir.
31:40Did he say anything?
31:41You didn't see what hit him, if that's what you mean.
31:43I see.
31:45Lucky you slept through it all, or you might have got the same.
31:48Well, always sleeping pills, you know.
31:50Of course.
31:52Amateur, I should say.
31:54Why?
31:55Well, breaking windows, smashing things.
31:58Knocking people out.
32:00Found anything missing here?
32:02Not as far as I can see.
32:04He was an amateur, wasn't he?
32:09I expect he read about this place in the newspapers.
32:11They all gave the impression it was packed with treasures.
32:14Hmm.
32:16Of course, the valuable stuff was in the vault.
32:19And that all went to the bank days ago.
32:21Mm-hmm.
32:23But I don't expect he knew that.
32:24No.
32:27There are lots of them, you know.
32:29Fancy themselves as raffles.
32:30Dress up in gloves and a mask.
32:33Would you mind if we searched the house, sir?
32:35No, not at all.
32:36Just in case you find something that helps.
32:38Well, I'll gladly go around with them.
32:40It's very good of you to take so much trouble.
32:41It's only because there might be some connection.
32:43With my uncle's murder?
32:45Don't ask me what connection, but there might be, don't you think?
32:52Coming, Mr. Lander?
32:54Yes. Yes, coming.
33:03DOORBELL RINGS
33:14Well, what's the idea? No lights.
33:16The house is supposed to be shut up.
33:18I'm supposed to be somewhere else.
33:20Where's Yehling?
33:21He's away.
33:22House being watched?
33:24No.
33:25Well, I hope not for your sake.
33:26Come in here.
33:33All right. Let's get on with it.
33:36Where to start?
33:38I wonder if you've got the money.
33:40Tell me something that's worth the money.
33:42You think you're John Trasmyer's only living relative.
33:46You say I'm not.
33:48Right.
33:51What's more, I can prove it.
33:53Go on.
33:55If it hadn't been for his pictures in that paper, I wouldn't have known.
33:58If I hadn't come here and seen him, I wouldn't have been shot.
34:01But I knew you're John Trasmyer.
34:03Except he didn't call himself Trasmyer in my day.
34:06He called himself John Cox.
34:09John Cox?
34:11And John Cox got married in Hong Kong 30 years ago.
34:15Legally married.
34:17I know. I was one of the witnesses.
34:19Chinese girl.
34:21Beautiful girl. No good.
34:24And he married her.
34:26And there was a child, hmm?
34:28A son and heir.
34:30What happened?
34:32John left her. Well, she left him.
34:35She went over to Kowloon.
34:37I told you she was no good.
34:39She's dead now.
34:41And the son?
34:43I saw him in Kowloon a couple of years ago.
34:45I can tell you the name of the restaurant where he works.
34:48What do you think of that?
34:50Serving chopped suey to the scum of the earth and he should be a millionaire.
34:54How do I know you're telling the truth?
34:58If you don't believe me, all right.
35:01I'll tell it to Trasmyer's lawyers.
35:06I'll give you the money.
35:08Where is it?
35:10There's a room downstairs.
35:12The one where Trasmyer was killed?
35:14It's the only place I can turn the light on without attracting attention.
35:20I know. I've been down there before.
35:28The last time I banged on that door.
35:31Come on, Trasmyer, I said, open up.
35:42Only he couldn't open up, could he?
35:45Only he couldn't open up, could he?
36:16Ten thousand, you said?
36:19Yes.
36:21For saying nothing about Trasmyer's son?
36:23That's the first instalment for saying nothing.
36:26I see.
36:28And some more on top of that for disappearing.
36:30I can do it. I know how to get out of this country.
36:33Why should I want you to disappear?
36:35When the police will be here.
36:37I'm not going anywhere.
36:39I'm not going anywhere.
36:41I'm not going anywhere.
36:43Disappear.
36:45Then the police will go on suspecting me of murdering your uncle, won't they?
36:49I want a big price for that.
36:51Why should I pay you for it?
36:53Crumb off it, Mr. Lando.
36:55I didn't kill your uncle.
36:57You did.
37:00Aren't you afraid that I might kill you?
37:04You dare?
37:06You can't afford to.
37:08If they find me dead, they'll know I'm not the murderer...
37:11without putting two and two together.
37:13I'm not such a fool as I look, you know.
37:18Neither am I.
37:24I have a method which will make it impossible for them ever to convict me.
37:28No, no!
37:41No, no!
38:11No, no.
38:41No, no.
39:11No, no.
39:41No, no.
40:11No, no.
40:41No, no.
41:11Oh, yes, it's a gorgeous old pub, isn't it, Rex?
41:14The beer's gorgeous, too.
41:16Let's go down there and have a drink.
41:18These splendid fellows can manage quite well without me for a bit.
41:21Can we take this now, sir?
41:23No, leave that till last. There's still one or two things in it.
41:26Honey, give us a hand with this contraption.
41:32Anything through there, sir?
41:34No, all that was cleared out days ago.
41:36Before we go, there is just something I'd like to ask you.
41:39This key business, I'm still trying...
41:41Rather hopelessly.
41:43You want to have another look at the vault?
41:45Just for a moment. Could I have the key, if it's not too much trouble?
41:48No, no, not at all. But you won't find anything in there.
41:51Now, what did I do with that key?
41:53Oh, it's in here.
41:57No.
41:59I took all that other stuff to the bank.
42:01I shall forget my own name one of these days.
42:03It doesn't matter. Come on, Tab.
42:05I'll just go down and look at the door.
42:07Tab, we won't have enough time for a drink.
42:14Rex? Yes?
42:20The lights are in the vault.
42:24So it is.
42:26Now, there's an expense. I shall have to turn up at the main.
42:29Rex, come here. What is it now, old boy?
42:37Ann, you look through the ventilation holes...
42:39and there was the body of Mr Ramsey Brown.
42:42Yes. Exactly the same as the first time.
42:45Yes? With the key lying in the middle of the table...
42:48exactly the same.
42:50Have you discovered how the murderer got into the house?
42:52The same way the burglar did the other night.
42:54Exactly the same.
42:56Oh, I see.
42:58That means... That means that we have two things, Mr Lander.
43:01An absolute certainty that Ramsey Brown did not kill your uncle...
43:05and a pretty near absolute certainty...
43:07that the person who did kill your uncle...
43:09and the person who killed Brown and the mysterious burglar...
43:12were all one and the same.
43:14I think Rex was jumping to the same conclusion as I was.
43:17The burglar came in here and stole that key from the desk.
43:20That's what it looks like, doesn't it?
43:22Come in.
43:24Excuse me, sir. Found something?
43:26Yes, sir. This.
43:29A pin. A new pin.
43:33On the floor of the vault, sir. Just inside the door.
43:35What do you make of it?
43:37I don't know, sir.
43:39Who goes around dropping pins? Supposed to be bad luck, isn't it?
43:42Well, thank you, Sergeant. You keep it.
43:45Thank you, sir.
43:48And thank you, Mr Holland.
43:50I don't think I shall need you any more at the moment.
43:52Right.
43:54But I would like just one more word with you, sir.
43:56I'll see you, Rex. Fine.
43:59Oh, sorry. Cigarette, Inspector.
44:02No, thank you.
44:04It's a proper monkey puzzle, isn't it?
44:06Well, it seems Brown was killed yesterday evening.
44:09So I shall have to start checking where everyone was.
44:12Mr Lander, where were you yesterday evening?
44:14In my flat.
44:16All evening?
44:18Yes. Yes, I was.
44:20Anyone with you?
44:22No. I made a couple of phone calls, sir.
44:26Well, I'm pretty sure I know the name of the murderer.
44:30You know?
44:32Well, who is it? I can't tell you that, sir.
44:34Not till I make an arrest.
44:36Well, when will that be? As soon as I'm able.
44:38I suppose you can't do anything
44:40till you find out how he did that trick with the key, hmm?
44:43If I could catch him out in one false move,
44:46I think I'd arrest him straightaway.
44:48Yes, but you couldn't be able to convict him.
44:50And I'd take a chance on solving the key trick
44:52by the time the trial came up.
44:54A chance? Yes.
44:56Still, if I could find some good evidence
44:58or find that he's been lying about something...
45:00Well, I wish you luck.
45:02Thank you, sir.
45:04I'll have him watched, of course, from now on.
45:09And we'll see what happens.
45:24I'll see what happens.
45:48I just thought I'd ring you,
45:50see if anything else had come into your mind.
45:53No, I've...
45:55I've told you everything I could think of.
45:57Have you yourself managed to get any further?
46:00I mean, towards arresting this man, whoever he is.
46:04Yes. Yes, we're making progress.
46:07I'll tell you all about it at the right moment.
46:12Oh, by the way, I saw Yeh Ling today.
46:16He's out of hospital. He's gone off to Convalesce.
46:20In Devonshire somewhere.
46:22He sent you his respects.
46:26Yes, yes, I'll keep in touch with you.
46:29You can be sure of that.
46:32Good night, Mr Lander.
46:38Yeh Ling, you want to help me.
46:41I'll tell you what you can do.
46:43Mr Lander knows he's being watched every minute of the day.
46:46He's got eyes. He can see who's watching him.
46:48But I want him to be watched by someone else,
46:50someone he doesn't see.
46:53Have you any suggestions?
46:56So I've decided the best thing I can do
46:58is to stop thinking about it altogether.
47:00If I let it rest for 24 hours,
47:02a solution will spring to my mind of its own accord.
47:04You think so?
47:05Excuse me, sir. You were wanted on the phone.
47:07Oh, thank you.
47:08It's Scotland Yard.
47:09Scotland Yard?
47:10I hope they haven't solved it. Will you excuse me?
47:15Rex, they haven't found a will, have they?
47:19No. Why?
47:20It's a long story, but I saw your uncle...
47:24You saw my uncle?
47:26On the afternoon he was killed.
47:28And he showed me a draft of a will he was going to make.
47:31Oh, really?
47:32Leaving you nothing at all.
47:33Jane, you're making this up.
47:34No, I'm not.
47:36Have you told the police?
47:38No.
47:39Well, don't you think you ought to?
47:41I thought they'd obviously find this draft among his papers.
47:44Oh, yes, yes, of course.
47:45Do you know if they did?
47:47I haven't mentioned it.
47:48I suppose I should have said something.
47:51If Carver asks me, I...
47:54Hello, Tad.
47:55Inspector Carver wants to see us.
47:57Oh, what about?
47:58He wants to go all over it again.
48:00I think he's dreamt up some new questions.
48:02Today?
48:03No, tomorrow morning.
48:04Does he want to see me?
48:05I asked him about that. He said no.
48:07Just send him my regards.
48:17Good-bye.
48:47Good-bye.
49:01Carver here.
49:03Oh, hello.
49:05What?
49:08I don't know. Why?
49:10Hang on a moment. I'll ask Harris.
49:13Mr. Holland wants to know if there was a pinhole
49:15in the middle of the table in the vault.
49:20He doesn't know either.
49:22Well, look, if there is, then I've done it.
49:24I've solved the crime.
49:26No, look, I can't possibly tell you now on the telephone.
49:28Could you come round to my flat and I'll show you?
49:32All right? Fine. Good-bye.
49:45Hello?
50:02Hello, Jane?
50:04It's me.
50:06Yes, I'm all right. It's nothing.
50:08It's just one of my headaches, that's all.
50:10Jane, listen.
50:12Could I come and see you?
50:14Oh, good. I'll be right over.
50:17Well, it's...
50:19Well, it's... I'll tell you when I see you.
50:22Oh, Jane, are you alone?
50:24Oh, good. All right.
50:26Yes, see you.
50:33You say you've solved it?
50:34All right, show me.
50:36Right, gentlemen.
50:37Now, I have here a common domestic pin.
50:40I also have a reel of strong nylon thread.
50:43Now, if you both watch very closely,
50:45I will demonstrate to you how the murderer
50:48performed his conjuring trick.
50:50I hope I'm not being a nuisance.
50:52You're never that, Rex.
50:53I just wanted to see you again.
50:55So here you are.
50:56Would you like a drink?
50:58No, no, thank you.
50:59I just wanted to...
51:01What's the matter?
51:02It's nothing. It's my ankle.
51:04Let me have a look at it.
51:06Oh, dear. It's a bit swollen.
51:08I want to ask you...
51:09What?
51:11Jane...
51:13Jane, will...
51:15Will you marry me?
51:18Rex...
51:20For the 25th time...
51:22Marry me now.
51:24Soon. As soon as possible.
51:27I'm sorry, Rex, but...
51:30I'm going to marry Tab.
51:34I haven't told Tab yet.
51:36I haven't told anyone, but...
51:39That's what I'm going to do.
51:41I see.
51:42So, please, let's not talk about it anymore.
51:45I'll get Mrs. Rushby to make a cold compress for that ankle.
51:48Mrs. Rushby?
51:50Yes, she's in the kitchen.
51:52I thought you said there was no one here.
51:55No one but Mrs. Rushby.
51:57Jane...
51:58Jane, sit down a minute.
52:01I've got to tell you something.
52:04I wasn't going to say this, but...
52:05Now that you've told me about you and Tab, I...
52:07I think I must.
52:10Jane...
52:13Tab...
52:15Is the murderer.
52:17Now, the second time he did it,
52:19the pin came off the thread and fell on the floor.
52:21Right?
52:22Right.
52:23I don't believe it.
52:25I can't.
52:27Well, I...
52:29I could prove it to you.
52:31Could you?
52:33I could prove it to you.
52:35I'd show you something.
52:36What?
52:37In my uncle's house.
52:38There's nothing left in the house.
52:39It's all been cleared up.
52:40Well, there's nothing except this...
52:41This one thing.
52:43Do you want to see it?
52:44Well...
52:46I'm meeting Tab at seven.
52:49Well, there's time.
52:51Come to the house.
52:53And when you've seen this, I...
52:55I don't think you'll be meeting Tab.
52:58Well, I...
52:59I'll tell Mrs. Rushby we're going.
53:00No, uh...
53:01Why not?
53:02Well, I think it's better that we keep this a secret
53:04at the moment from everybody.
53:08All right.
53:11Sergeant, have you got the vault key?
53:12Yes, sir.
53:13We'll go there and prove it all over again.
53:16And I think we'll ask Mr. Lander to accompany us.
53:19Oh, I don't think you'll find him at home.
53:20What?
53:21Well, before you came,
53:22I rang him to tell him I'd solved it,
53:23and he wasn't there.
53:24Harris, get on to all the patrols.
53:26Tell them he's got out.
53:27Come on, Holland.
53:28Where are we going?
53:29Same place, and I think it's the right one.
53:32All right.
53:58Been here a night?
54:03In the vault?
54:05No, no.
54:07Carver's got the key of that.
54:11It's in here.
54:13Show me.
54:17Jane.
54:20Jane, change your mind.
54:22I don't want to.
54:24I don't want to.
54:25I don't want to.
54:26I don't want to.
54:27I don't want to.
54:28I don't want to.
54:29I don't want to.
54:30I don't want to.
54:31Change your mind.
54:33Marry me.
54:34No, Rex.
54:36Please marry me!
54:37No! Why?
54:39Well, you see, because
54:41I can't run the risk of you telling Carver anything
54:43that might be evidence against me.
54:45So, you see, if you won't marry me,
54:48I shall have to kill you.
54:49Rex!
54:51As my wife, you
54:53you can't give evidence.
54:55Evidence?
54:57About the will?
54:59Yes.
55:02No.
55:04Jane!
55:06Jane, I'm sorry about this.
55:09Please close your eyes.
55:18Jane!
55:19Tab!
55:20Thank God you're here.
55:32Right, Mr. Holland.
55:33We've solved it now.
55:35You'd better take her home.
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