Murder! (1930) - full transcript

[CHATTER]

[CREAK]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY

LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT

[BELL CHIMING]

[SCREAM]

[POUNDING

THROUGHOUT]

[DOG BARKING

IN BACKGROUND THROUGHOUT]

PEOPLE OUGHT TO BE

ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES.

KICKING UP

ALL THAT RACKET

AT THIS TIME OF NIGHT.

[BANGING

IN BACKGROUND]

WHAT IS IT?

IS IT A FIRE?

[BANGING GROWS LOUDER]

WELL, WHY CAN'T THEY

KNOCK QUIETLY?

OH, BLAST IT.

WE NEVER...

IT'S ABOUT

3 DOORS DOWN.

[MAN MUMBLING]

THAT'S WHERE

DIANA BARING IS STAYING.

THERE'S A POLICEMAN

COMING OVER I THINK.

WELL, JUST COMING

AROUND THE CORNER.

WELL, THAT'S FUNNY.

I COULD'VE SWORN.

NO, YOU'RE RIGHT.

LOOK. THERE HE IS.

COMING DOWN THE SIDE

OF THE ROAD.

THAT'S

DRUCE KNOCKING.

LOOKS AS THOUGH

HE'S TIGHT AGAIN.

HERE. HERE.

WHERE'S MY SHOES?

I BETTER GET DOWN.

AYE. I'M ON MY WAY.

[OVERLAPPING YELLING]

Woman: WHAT, AT THIS

TIME OF NIGHT?

Man: MY WIFE EDNA!

[SLURRED]

...WITH DIANA BARING.

SHE'S A--

YEAH, WAIT FOR ME.

I'M COMING.

I GOTTA GO SEE WHAT'S

THE MATTER WITH DRUCE.

SAY, WHAT'S THE MATTER,

MR. DRUCE? ANYTHING WRONG?

Woman: WILL YOU PLEASE

TAKE THIS MAN AWAY?

COME ALONG NOW, DRUCE,

THERE'S A GOOD FELLOW.

Druce: NO. STOP IT.

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

OPEN THIS DOOR,

WILL YOU?!

OPEN THIS DOOR!

[BANGING]

HOLD ON.

ONE SECOND.

OPEN THE DOOR.

LET GO. NOW,

WAIT A MINUTE NOW.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

OPEN THE DOOR

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!

OPEN THE DOOR,

FOR GOD'S SAKE.

ONE OF YOU RUN

DOWN TO THE STATION

AND ASK THE INSPECTOR

TO COME ALONG.

TELL HIM IT'S SERIOUS.

[SOBS]

IS THIS WOMAN

A LODGER OF YOURS?

NO, BUT MISS BARING IS.

AND SHE HAD MRS. DRUCE

TO SUPPER WITH HER TONIGHT.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,

IT WAS ABOUT--

WELL, YOU SEE,

MR. CONSTABLE,

BOTH THESE LADIES ARE--

THAT'S PLAYING AT THE THEATRE

ROYALE THIS WEEK.

AND AS I WAS LEAVING

THE THEATRE,

YOU SEE I'M

THE STAGE MANAGER,

AND MR. DRUCE HERE,

HE'S THE GENERAL MANAGER.

WELL, YOU SEE, WHEN I LEFT

THE THEATRE TONIGHT,

I WAS INVITED

TO JOIN THEM.

WAIT. WAIT A MINUTE,

WAIT A MINUTE.

ONE AT A TIME, PLEASE.

THEY KILLED

YOU, EDNA.

THEY KILLED YOU.

TELL ME, DARLING.

WHO, DARLING?

DID SHE DO IT?

YOU ALWAYS

HATED EDNA.

THOUGHT YOURSELF

TOO GOOD FOR US...

WITH YOUR HIGH AND

MIGHTY LADYLIKE WAYS.

NOW, PULL YOURSELF

TOGETHER.

OHH! LEAVE ME ALONE.

IS THERE ANY

BRANDY IN THE HOUSE?

YOU'LL FIND SOME BRANDY

IN THE FLASK ON THE TABLE.

I WAS JUST GIVING

SOME TO EDNA WHEN...

WHEN...

I CAN'T THINK.

I CAN'T REMEMBER.

[COUGHS]

WELL, THERE'S NONE

THERE. IT'S EMPTY.

I'LL RUN BACK

AND FETCH SOME.

PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE

A CUP OF TEA, DEAR.

IT'LL WARM YOU UP.

I'LL GO AND MAKE IT.

I'LL GIVE YOU

A HAND, DEAR.

SHALL I LIGHT

THIS GAS, DEAR?

PLEASE, DEAR.

IT ONLY WANTS

A DROP MORE IN IT.

LIGHT THE STOVE,

WILL YOU, DEAR?

I, UH...

I SUPPOSE MRS. DRUCE

REALLY IS DEAD,

YOU KNOW, UH...

YOU KNOW, DIANA

NEVER DID GET ON WELL

WITH POOR EDNA DRUCE,

AND I KNOW FOR A FACT

THAT THEY HADN'T

BEEN ON SPEAKING TERMS

FOR THE LAST 7 WEEKS.

MISS DIANA SAID

NOTHING TO ME ABOUT IT.

WELL, IT'S A FACT. YOU

CAN TAKE IT FROM ME.

I DON'T BELIEVE

SHE COULD HAVE DONE IT,

THOUGH THERE'S NO DENYING

SHE IS HEADSTRONG.

I SHOULD SAY SO.

WHY, SHE GAVE

IN HER NOTICE

THE OTHER DAY

OVER EDNA.

WHO, MISS DIANA?

YES, BUT, UH...

JINX DIDN'T WANT

TO LOSE HER,

SO EDNA WOULD'VE

BEEN GLAD ENOUGH

TO SEE HER GO.

THEN SUDDENLY...

SUDDENLY, LAST NIGHT,

SHE CHANGED,

ASKED IF THEY

COULD MAKE IT UP.

DIANA WAS PUZZLED

BUT ASKED HER

HOME TO SUPPER.

NOW, I CAN'T

HELP FEELING NOW

THAT SHE HAD

SOME REASON

FOR GETTING

DIANA HERE ALONE.

OF COURSE,

PERHAPS IT'S BEEN...

HOT STUFF LIKE SHE IS,

SHE THOUGHT

ONE OF HER MEN

WAS GETTING TOO KEEN

ON DIANA BARING

AND WANTED HER

OUT OF THE WAY.

WHAT KIND OF TEA

DID YOU USE, DEAR?

OH, MY DEAR, I'VE TRIED

SO MANY KINDS,

I DON'T REALLY REMEMBER

WHICH THIS IS.

I'LL GET THE DOOR, RIGHT?

OPEN THE DOOR, YES,

IF YOU DON'T MIND.

HERE. I SAY,

I'VE JUST MADE TEA.

THAT'S ALL RIGHT, MA.

WE'LL GET SOME DOWN

AT THE STATION.

[BELL CHIMING]

Man: THIRD ACT

BEGINNERS, PLEASE.

YOUR CALL,

MISS BARING.

[LAUGHTER]

[APPLAUSE]

Man: THAT'S

MISS BARING'S UNDERSTUDY.

THERE YOU ARE, SEE?

GOING ON NOW.

Woman: YOU ARE

ANSWERING THE DOOR?

Man: ANSWER THE DOOR?

OF COURSE.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW

WHERE WE SHALL GO.

OH, TOM. TOM.

THE INSPECTOR WOULD LIKE

TO HAVE A WORD WITH YOU.

THIS IS MR. TOM DRUID,

INSPECTOR.

IT'S ABOUT THE

MURDER, MR. DRAKE.

NOW, THERE ARE

ONE OR TWO POINTS

I SUPPOSE YOU DIDN'T

HAPPEN TO SEE

MRS. DRUCE

AND MISS BARING

LEAVE THE THEATRE

TOGETHER LAST NIGHT.

[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER

AND APPLAUSE]

YES, I DID.

AS A MATTER OF FACT,

I REMARKED TO FANE, OUR

LEADING MAN, ABOUT IT.

HE SAW THEM,

AS WELL, YOU KNOW.

WHY? IS IT VERY UNUSUAL?

UNUSUAL? I SHOULD SAY SO.

IT'S AN ABSOLUTE MIRACLE.

AS I WAS SAYING TO MY WIFE,

I SAID, "ANNIE, WE MET--"

HOLD ON, OLD BOY. MY CUE.

[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER

AND APPLAUSE]

[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER

AND APPLAUSE]

SAY, WHICH OF

THE 2 WOMEN IS THIS?

MRS. DRUID?

OH. HA HA HA.

YOU'RE UNLUCKY THIS TIME,

INSPECTOR.

THIS IS HANDEL FANE,

100% HE-WOMAN.

MR. FANE'S

OUR LEADING MAN.

I ASSURE YOU,

INSPECTOR,

I'M NOT

THE OTHER WOMAN

IN THE CASE.

I KNOW THAT, MR. FANE,

BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU SAW

THE 2 WOMEN TOGETHER

LAST NIGHT.

YES, JUST BEFORE

I LEFT THE THEATRE,

THEN I WENT STRAIGHT

TO MY ROOMS.

YES. WELL, ION STEWART

CAME WITH ME.

HE CAME AND HE WANTED TO

BORROW SOME CIGARETTES.

HE'D LOST HIS CASE

OR SOMETHING,

AND THEN I WENT

STRAIGHT TO BED.

SAY, EXCUSE ME, I'M ON.

[FALSETTO]

REGINALD, DARLING,

HAS THAT CAT GONE YET?

[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER]

OOH, IT'S YOU,

COUSIN YETTIE.

DON'T YOU DARE TO TRY

TO RUN AWAY FROM ME.

COME HERE WHEN

I SPEAK TO YOU.

NO, NO, YOU DON'T.

THAT'S THE BATHROOM.

COME HERE,

OR ARE YOU AFRAID

OF A POOR, WEAK WOMAN?

Man: HE PROMISED

TO MEET, DEAR.

[DIALOGUE CONTINUES

INDISTINCTLY]

SAY, WHO'S THAT MAN?

OH, THAT'S

OUR HEAVY LEAD.

ION STEWART.

VERY SOUND ACTOR.

IS HE MARRIED?

HOW DID HE GET ON

WITH THE PRISONER?

EXCUSE ME, INSPECTOR.

SAY, HOW

DID HE GET ON

WITH THE PRISONER

MISS BARING?

SO-SO, YOU KNOW?

WAS HE POPULAR

WITH THE LADIES?

YOU TALKING

ABOUT THE JERK?

HE'S A BIT TOO POPULAR

IF YOU ASK ME.

PLEASE, IF YOU COULD

CALL HER A LADY.

SHH. NOW,

DOUCIE, REMEMBER,

SHE'S ONLY JUST DEAD.

OH, ALL RIGHT,

ALL RIGHT.

I'VE NEVER HEARD YET

THAT TELLING THE TRUTH

WAS A DISGRACE.

ONLY BEEN ONE YEAR

ABOUT EDNA

AND STEWART ANYHOW.

AND THE WAY I TAKE IT,

MR. STEWART

AND MRS. DRUCE...

EXCUSE ME. MY LINE.

OH! DON'T BOTHER

TO SHOW ME THROUGH.

I KNOW MY WAY.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST

TIME, REGINALD.

Man: EVERYTHING'S

GOING SPLENDID.

WELL, PERHAPS

I OUGHT NOT TO SAY

EDNA AND STEWART

LIKE THAT.

BUT, TED, YOU KNOW

WHAT EDNA WAS LIKE,

ANYONE SHE LIKED

HAD TO BE WROTE IN.

Man: I CAN'T WAIT

ANY LONGER.

QUICK! IN HERE!

EXCUSE ME

A MINUTE, INSPECTOR.

SHAN'T BE LONG.

THERE'S A QUICK CHANGE.

Man: HOW DO YOU DO?

NO, I'M SORRY.

HE'S NOT HERE.

WHAT HAVE

THEY DONE WITH HER?

WHY, SHE'S DOWN AT

THE STATION, I EXPECT.

DID SHE SAY ANYTHING,

DO YOU KNOW?

IS THERE ANYTHING

I CAN DO?

MARKHAM, YOU DON'T

REALLY THINK

SHE'S DONE IT, DO YOU?

WHY HAVE

THEY ARRESTED HER?

SAW IT WITH ME OWN EYES.

SHE WAS WITH THE POKER

IN HER HAND

JUST BY HER SIDE ANYWAY.

BLOOD. COVERED WITH BLOOD.

WHY, WHAT'S

THE MATTER WITH YOU?

BLOOD ALWAYS MAKES

ME FEEL SICK,

EVEN THE MENTION

OF IT.

WELL, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

HERE'S YOUR HELMET.

READY?

[DIALOGUE CONTINUING

INDISTINCTLY]

[APPLAUSE]

YEAH.

HURRY UP, MARKHAM.

THERE YOU ARE.

OK?

YEAH.

YEAH. WHY NOT?

MEMBERS OF THE JURY,

DIANA BARING IS INDICTED

AND STANDS CHARGE

WITH THE WILLFUL MURDER

OF EDNA DRUCE.

FOR THIS INDICTMENT,

SHE HAS PLEADED

NOT GUILTY.

IT IS YOUR DUTY

TO INQUIRE

WHETHER SHE

IS GUILTY OR NOT.

I NEED NOT REMIND YOU

THAT IN THE EYES

OF THE LAW,

MEN AND WOMEN ARE EQUAL.

THE CRIME OF MURDER

IN ENGLAND, AT LEAST,

IS JUDGED DISPASSIONATELY.

NEITHER BEAUTY

NOR YOUTH NOR PROVOCATION

CAN MITIGATE...

SHE GAVE ME

THE STRANGEST LOOK.

HALF-SURPRISED...

AND HALF-ANGRY.

AND SHE SAID,

HOW DARE YOU!

AND I DON'T

REMEMBER ANYMORE.

I JUST DON'T REMEMBER.

MUST HAVE HAPPENED WHEN

I WAS NOT CONSCIOUS OF MYSELF.

THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY.

OUR DEFENSE IS

A COMPLETE DENIAL

OF ALL RESPONSIBILITY.

YOU'VE BEEN ABLE TO OBSERVE

THE BEHAVIOR OF THE PRISONER

IN THE DOCK...

AND IN THE WITNESS BOX.

MY LEARNED FRIEND HAS

REFERRED TO HER BEHAVIOR

AS HARDENED.

GENTLEMEN AND LADIES

OF THE JURY,

IS THERE ANYTHING SO HARDY

AS THE BEHAVIOR

OF SHEER INNOCENCE?

IF YOU'RE CONVINCED

THAT THE STORY

OF THE DEFENSE

REPRESENTS THE FACTS

IT IS YOUR DUTY TO

DISCHARGE THE ACCUSED.

I SHALL LIKE

TO REMIND YOU

THAT TRUTH IS OFTEN

STRANGER THAN FICTION.

IF, ON THE OTHER HAND,

YOU ARE CONVINCED

THAT THE EVIDENCE

IS INDEED FICTION,

THEN I MUST TELL YOU

IN THE WORDS

OF THE COUNSEL

OF THE PROSECUTION

THAT NEITHER

YOUTH NOR BEAUTY

NOR PROVOCATION

CAN BE HELD TO MITIGATE

THE CRIME OF MURDER.

GO AND CONSIDER THE

FACTS FOR YOURSELVES.

WELL, UH, LADIES

AND GENTLEMEN,

WE CAN'T TALK STANDING.

WOULD YOU LADIES LIKE

TO SIT TOGETHER?

ANYWAY...

[CHATTER]

Man: WHY, I SAY,

MAY WE LOOK?

YES. I DON'T

SEE WHY NOT.

THAT IS, IF THE LADIES

HAVEN'T ANY OBJECTION.

NO. NOT AT ALL.

NOW, I THINK

THE BEST THING TO DO...

IS TO ALLOW ME TO GO OVER

THE BROAD FACTS OF THE CASE.

BECAUSE AFTER ALL,

I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR

AND I REALLY DON'T THINK

IT'LL BE NECESSARY

FOR US TO EXAMINE

ALL THE EVIDENCE AGAIN

IN DETAIL.

NOW, IN THE FIRST PLACE,

THE PROSECUTION.

THEY SAY THAT THE GIRL

AND THE DEAD WOMAN

WERE ON BAD TERMS.

THEY MAKE IT UP.

EDNA DRUCE COMES TO SUPPER,

THEY BOTH HAVE

A DROP TOO MUCH

AND BEGIN QUARRELING

ABOUT SOME MAN.

FOR INSTANCE, YOU HEARD

HOW THE LANDLADY SAID

THAT SHE HEARD

RAISED VOICES.

AND THE GIRL

ADMITS AS MUCH

BUT WON'T GIVE

THE NAME OF THE MAN.

NOW THAT

IN ITSELF IS FISHY.

THE GIRL GETS HOLD

OF THE POKER,

LOSES HER TEMPER,

AND THERE'S THE END

OF EDNA DRUCE.

THE PROSECUTION ARGUES

THAT IT HAS PROOFS.

PRACTICALLY

CAUGHT RED-HANDED.

GIRL'S DRESS

ALL OVER BLOOD,

THE POKER AT HER FEET,

BRANDY FLASK EMPTY,

AND THE GIRL HALF-SILLY.

AND IN ADDITION TO THAT,

NO OTHER PERSON WAS KNOWN

TO HAVE ENTERED THE HOUSE.

I THINK THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR.

I THINK YOU OUGHT TO

MENTION THAT THE GIRL

COMES OF A GOOD FAMILY.

YES, BUT IT'S

THOSE SO-CALLED

WELL-BRED PEOPLE

WHO ARE ABLE

TO REMAIN SO BRAZEN

IN THE FACE OF

A THING LIKE THIS.

WELL,

LOOK AT THE WAY

SHE BEHAVED

IN THE BOX.

HALF A MINUTE, LADIES.

LET'S GET ON.

NOW, TAKE THE DEFENSE.

THEY DON'T DENY SHE DID IT

BUT ARGUE

THAT THEIR CASE IS

THAT THE THING

HAPPENED WHEN...

SHE WAS IN A FIT

OR SOMETHING.

SURELY IT

IS CLEAR TO YOU

THAT IN THE EVIDENCE

FOR THE DEFENSE

THE DOCTOR PUT

FORWARD A THEORY

THAT IT WAS DUE

TO THE INDEPENDENT

ACTIVITY OF THE

SUPPRESSED EXPERIENCE.

IN OTHER WORDS,

DISASSOCIATION,

WHICH IN THIS

PARTICULAR FORM

IS CALLED A FUGUE.

SO THAT A PERSON

DISPLAYING THE

STRANGEST BEHAVIOR

FOR A CONSIDERABLE

PERIOD OF TIME

WOULD BE QUITE

UNAWARE OF THIS

WHEN HE OR SHE

REGAINED NORMALITY.

WELL, I THINK THE BEST THING

FOR US ALL TO DO

IS TO WRITE DOWN

OUR OPINIONS

AND THEN WE CAN SEE

HOW WE STAND.

WHICHEVER

IN THE MINORITY...

CAN THEN GIVE

THEIR INDIVIDUAL REASONS

AND THE THING CAN BE

WORKED OUT THAT WAY.

THAT MAKES 7 GUILTY...

AND 3 NOT GUILTY.

THERE ARE 2 NOT IN.

I TAKE IT YOU

HAVEN'T COME

TO ANY DECISION

AT ALL.

I THINK THE WHOLE

BUSINESS IS HATEFUL.

THERE'S TOO MUCH

RESPONSIBILITY

PUT ON OUR SHOULDERS.

EITHER WE'VE GOT

TO LET HER GO FREE--

THAT'S NOT FAIR

TO THE REST OF THE WORLD

IF SHE'S GUILTY--

OR WE GOT TO HANG HER

Woman: BUT IF WE

RECOMMEND HER TO MERCY.

MERCY? IS THAT WHAT

YOU CALL IT?

20 YEARS

CUT OUT OF LIFE.

THE BEST YEARS

AND TO SPEND THEM IN HELL.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN

INSIDE A PRISON?

IT TAKES

A CIVILIZED COMMUNITY

TO THINK OUT

A PUNISHMENT LIKE THAT.

I THINK

YOU EXAGGERATE.

IT'S NO USE

CONFUSING

THE ISSUE

LIKE THIS.

PEOPLE WHO DO WRONG

HAVE GOT TO BE

PUNISHED SOMEHOW.

YOU CAN'T RUN THE

WORLD ON SENTIMENT.

NO, BUT THAT'S WHAT

WE'VE TRIED TO DO.

SAVE THE UNFIT.

GET MORE CHILDREN

AND MAKE GLORIOUS WARS

TO BE RID OF.

THE WHOLE WORLD'S

A REEKING PIT OF SENTIMENT.

YOUR VERDICT,

MR. SHACKLETON.

GUILTY, I SUPPOSE.

WHO'S THE OTHER ONE?

YOU, MR. MATTHEWS?

IS THERE ANYTHING

SPECIAL TROUBLING YOU

SO THAT YOU CAN'T

MAKE A DECISION?

WHAT IS IT PREVENTS YOU

FROM MAKING A DECISION?

WELL, NOTHING REALLY.

UH, WELL, UH...

HAVE YOU MADE UP

YOUR MIND AT ALL

WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE?

Man: YOU HEARD THE CASE

FOR THE PROSECUTION.

THAT'S PRETTY CLEAR,

ISN'T IT?

AND YOU KNOW WHAT THE

DEFENSE IS, DON'T YOU?

YES, BUT I, UH...

DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND

WHAT THE LADY MEANT

WHEN SHE SAID NO.

[CLEARS THROAT]

WHEN, UH...

WHEN SHE SPOKE.

MY DEAR MAN,

MRS. WARD WAS ONLY

TRYING TO TELL YOU

THAT THE DEFENSE WAS

THAT MURDER

WAS COMMITTED

IN A FIT OF DAYTIME

SLEEP WALKING.

YES. BUT, UH...

THE MURDER TOOK

PLACE AT NIGHTTIME.

CAN YOU WRITE?

WELL, WILL YOU

PLEASE WRITE DOWN

WHETHER YOU THINK THE

PRISONER GUILTY OR NOT?

NOW THAT LEAVES

ONLY 3 FOR NOT GUILTY.

I'LL GIVE YOU MY REASONS

FOR NOT GUILTY.

THE EVIDENCE FOR THE

DEFENSE BY THE DOCTOR

IS TO MY MIND

CONCLUSIVE.

ANYONE WHO'S FOLLOWED

THE MODERN TREND

OF PSCYHOLOGICAL

INVESTIGATIONS

MUST BE AWARE

THAT ANY PERSON

SUFFERING FROM SEVERE

MENTAL STRAIN,

SUCH AS THE PRISONER

MAY HAVE BEEN

FOLLOWING ON SO MANY

REHEARSALS AND THINGS,

MAY BRING ABOUT

A SUDDEN CONDITION

IN WHICH THE PATIENT

IS NO LONGER EITHER

CONSCIOUS OF OR RESPONSIBLE

FOR THEIR ACTIONS.

WE'VE ALREADY

HAD EVIDENCE

THAT THE

PRISONER'S MIND

IS A DELICATELY

BALANCED ONE

AND QUITE LIABLE THROUGH

SOME HIDDEN FLAW

IN THAT MIND

TO BECOME DEPRIVED

OF ALL CONSCIOUSNESS

AND READILY ENTER

INTO A STATE

WHEREIN THE BODY

IS STILL FUNCTIONING,

THOUGH NO LONGER UNDER

THE CONTROL OF THE WILL.

AND IT IS

ON THESE GROUNDS,

THAT I FEEL

THAT DIANA BARING

MUST HAVE BEEN THE

VICTIM OF CIRCUMSTANCE.

I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT

MRS. WARD IS RIGHT.

THAT BEING THE CASE,

IT IS QUITE

LIABLE TO RECUR,

POSSIBLY WITH

THE SAME RESULTS.

WELL, THAT'S A POINT

I HADN'T CONSIDERED.

WELL, IT'S REALLY

IMPORTANT.

BECAUSE WITH

THIS POOR GAL,

YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER NOT

ONLY THIS ONE TRAGEDY

BUT OTHERS

THAT MAY FOLLOW IT.

THERE MAY

BE OTHER CRIMES

YOU MEAN, THERE'S A SORT

OF DUAL PERSONALITY IN HER.

ONE OF THESE PERSONS

IS VIOLENT AND CRUEL

AND THE OTHER,

JUST AN ORDINARY WOMAN.

IF WE SET THIS BAD

PERSONALITY FREE,

WE MUST BE PREPARED

TO SHOW HER

THE RESPONSIBILITY.

IF WE LET HER GO AND

ANYTHING SHOULD HAPPEN...

THE BLOOD WOULD BE

ON OUR HANDS.

DO YOU WISH TO ALTER

YOUR VERDICT, MRS. WARD?

NOW, MR. DANIELS...

AFTER ALL YOU'VE HEARD,

DOES YOUR OPINION STILL

REMAIN THE SAME?

WELL, YOU KNOW, I FIND IT

VERY DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE

THAT A GIRL OF THAT SORT

SHOULD DO SUCH A THING.

AFTER ALL, SHE LOOKS PERFECTLY

RIVETING, YOU KNOW.

WELL, YOU KNOW

WHAT I MEAN?

A SORT OF GIRL ONE

WOULD LIKE FOR A DAUGHTER.

I PRESUME, SIR,

THAT AN UGLY WOMAN

WOULD STAND VERY LITTLE

CHANCE AT YOUR HAND.

THE THING YOU'VE

GOT TO DECIDE,

MR. DANIELS,

HAS NOTHING TO DO

WITH THE QUALITIES

OF THE YOUNG LADY

AS THEY APPEAL

TO YOU.

YES, OF COURSE.

I KNOW THAT.

BUT, THAT'S ALL, WELL,

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

IT'S...IT'S PRETTY

AWFUL AND ALL

THAT SORT OF THING.

BESIDES THE THING

YOU'RE THINKING OF,

WHAT'S YOUR VERDICT?

WELL...

WELL...

OH...

GUILTY, I SUPPOSE.

WELL, NOW WE'RE

PRACTICALLY COMPLETE.

THERE'S JUST SIR JOHN.

WELL, DON'T DISMISS ME AS

EASILY AT THAT, MR. FOREMAN.

YES? WE MUSTN'T BE LONG.

TIME IS MONEY, YOU KNOW?

TIME IN THIS CASE,

MAY I REMIND YOU, IS LIFE.

IF I'M DELAYING YOU ALL,

I APOLOGIZE.

I ADMIT THAT I AM NOT...

A MAN OF BUSINESS.

I'M A POOR ACTOR.

OH, COME NOW,

DEAR SIR JOHN.

I REPEAT...

THE POOREST

OF POOR PLAYERS.

AND MY TIME ON THE STAGE

WILL BE SHORTENED

HAD I NOT FOR YEARS

TRAINED MYSELF TO...

HOW SHALL I PUT IT...

TO APPLY

THE TECHNIQUE OF LIFE...

TO THE PROBLEMS

OF MY ART.

BUT TODAY,

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

THAT PROCESS IS REVERSED.

I FIND MYSELF APPLYING

THE TECHNIQUE OF MY ART

TO A PROBLEM

OF REAL LIFE.

AND MY ART

IS NOT SATISFIED.

IN THE FIRST PLACE,

I AM FAIRLY CONVINCED

THAT DIANA BARING

WHEN SHE SAID

SHE REMEMBERED NOTHING.

IN FACT,

I HAVE BEEN IMPRESSED

BY HER BEHAVIOR

ALL THROUGH THE TRIAL.

BUT MY DEAR SIR!

OH, I SAY, SIR JOHN.

OH, PLEASE DON'T

THINK I'M TAKING

THE SAME LINE AS OUR

FRIEND MR. DANIELS HERE.

HE MADE A VERY

GALLANT ATTEMPT,

BUT I ASSURE YOU MY REASONING

GOES A LITTLE DEEPER.

I AM CONVINCED FURTHER

THAT SHE WAS AGAIN

TELLING THE TRUTH

WHEN SHE SAID SHE HAD

DRUNK NO BRANDY.

BUY YOU'VE FORGOTTEN

THE EVIDENCE

OF THE POLICE SARGANT.

HE SAID SHE

SMELLED OF DRINK

AND APPEARED DAZED

ON ARREST.

THAT WAS NOT THE WINE

SHE HAD AT DINNER?

WHAT ABOUT

THE EVIDENCE

OF MARKHAM,

THE STAGE MANAGER?

HE FOUND THE EMPTY

BRANDY FLASK

RIGHT ON THE SPOT.

YES, BUT--

WHAT ABOUT THE EVIDENCE

OF THE ACTOR, STEWART?

HE SAID THE WOMEN

HAD BEEN ENEMIES

FOR SOME TIME.

AH, HE WAS THE ONE

WHO SAID

PRISONER WAS ROUGH

TO MRS. DRUCE

ALL POINTING TO HER VIOLENT

NATURE, SIR JOHN.

YES, BUT THAT

WAS NOT ALTOGETHER

BORNE OUT BY FAME.

YOU KNOW, THE, UM...

WELL, THE FEMALE

IMPERSONATOR MAN.

BUT HIS EVIDENCE WAS

OF LITTLE USE.

HE WAS SO OBVIOUSLY IN

LOVE WITH THE PRISONER.

IN ANY CASE, EVERYTHING

WAS PERFECTLY CLEAR

WHEN THE BODY

WAS DISCOVERED.

WHY, THE WOMAN

WAS ACTUALLY CAUGHT

IN THE ROOM

RED-HANDED.

AND FOUND WITH A POKER

BY HER SIDE.

AND HER DRESS

ALL OVER BLOOD.

AND QUARRELLING

OVER A MAN.

THAT'S RIGHT.

ANY ANSWER TO THAT,

SIR JOHN?

THINK OF HER PERSONALITY.

SHE'S NOT THE KIND

OF GIRL TO GET DRUNK.

BRANDY IN THE FLASK,

WAS THERE?

SHE DOESN'T DENY IT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

ANY ANSWER

TO THAT, SIR JOHN?

NOT AT THE MOMENT.

WAS THERE ANYONE ENTERED

THE HOUSE THAT NIGHT?

LANDLADY SAYS NOT.

GIRL SAYS NOT.

THEY WERE ALONE.

All: ANY ANSWER

TO THAT, SIR JOHN?

NOT AT THE MOMENT.

BUT HAVE WE TAKEN IT

TOO MUCH FOR GRANTED

THAT NO ONE ELSE

COULD'VE DONE THE MURDER?

THEY WERE ALONE.

SAYS THEY QUARELLED.

ADMITS IT.

All: ANY ANSWER

TO THAT, SIR JOHN?

SHE DOES NOT ADMIT IT.

SHE SAYS SHE

DOESN'T REMEMBER.

IS THAT

A GUILTY WOMAN'S ANSWER?

Woman: AND HER DRESS

ALL OVER BLOOD.

Man: MAKE AN EXHIBITION

OF YOURSELF.

Second man: WASTE OF

TIME, WASTE OF MONEY.

Woman: QUARELLING.

Man: HANDS ALL OVER BLOOD.

All: ANY ANSWER?

ANY ANSWER?

ANY ANSWER

TO THAT, SIR JOHN?

WELL, NOW THAT WE'VE ALL

AGREED ON OUR VERDICT,

I CAN INFORM THE JUDGE

THAT WE'RE READY.

Man: STAND UP.

Judge: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

OF THE JURY,

HAVE YOU AGREED

UPON YOUR VERDICT?

AND DO YOU FIND THE PRISONER

GUILTY OR NOT GUILTY?

Foreman: GUILTY.

Judge: DIANA BARING,

HAVE YOU ANYTHING TO SAY?

MY SENTENCE OF DEATH

SHOULD NOW

BE PASSED UPON YOU

ACCORDING TO LAW.

Diana: IT'S ABSURD,

I TELL YOU.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY ABSURD.

Man: ♪ OH, YES,

OH, YES, OH, YES ♪

PRAISE SILENCE,

ALL OF YOU,

ON THE PAIN

OF IMPRISONMENT

WHILE SENTENCE OF DEATH

IS PASSED UPON THE PRISONER

AT THE BAR.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

[MAN ON RADIO

SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

ADJOURNED

UNTIL TOMORROW.

THE BARING MURDER TRIAL

CAME TO

A CONCLUSION TODAY

WITH A VERDICT

OF GUILTY,

AND SENTENCE OF DEATH

WAS PASSED ON DIANA BARING.

AND THAT

IS ALL THE NEWS.

BUT HERE IS AN S.O.S.,

WHICH HAS JUST BEEN

BROUGHT INTO THE STUDIO.

WE'VE BEEN ASKED BY THE

COMMISSIONER OF POLICE

TO BROADCAST

THE FOLLOWING--

BRANDY COCKTAIL

YOU ORDERED, SIR.

RIGHT.

RING UP MR. BENNETT,

WILL YOU?

DETAILS OF THE PARTICULARS

FOR THE LAST 3 NIGHTS.

FOR THE LAST 3 NIGHTS.

ALSO, PLAN ON LOOKING

AT THE FLASK.

WITH NEWS CUP IN JAR TO

TELEPHONE VICTORIA 7000

OR WITH

ANY POLICE STATION.

THIS IS

THE NATIONAL PROGRAM.

OUR CONCERT TONIGHT

IS AN ORCHESTRAL ONE,

GIVEN BY THE RADIO

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

THEY START BY PLAYING

THE OVERTURE

TO TRISTAN UND ISOLDE

BY WAGNER.

[THINKING]

FUNNY THAT S.O.S.

COMING ON TOP OF THAT OTHER.

SAVE HER SOUL.

SAVE HER.

IF I'D STOOD UP LONGER,

I MIGHT HAVE WORN THEM DOWN.

WHY COULDN'T THEY SEE

THE GIRL AS I DID...

THE REST OF THE FELLOWS

ON THE JURY.

BUT ANYONE STANDING

IN THE DARK

ON A CHARGE LIKE THAT...

PROBABLY LOOKS DIFFERENT

FROM THE SAME PERSON

SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AH, AMUSING THE WAY

SHE STOOD UP TO EVERYBODY.

THERE'S NO DOUBT

THAT DID HER A LOT OF HARM.

YET, IT WAS THAT

MANNER OF HERS THAT...

VERY ATTRACTIVE I THOUGHT.

AND I WONDER WHAT

HER FEELINGS ARE NOW.

WHO DRANK THAT BRANDY?!

WHY DIDN'T I FORCE

THAT POINT HOME TO THEM?

EASY TO FIGURE THESE

THINGS OUT AFTERWARDS.

THE GIRL SAID

SHE DIDN'T DRINK IT.

YET SHE ADMITS SHE MIGHT

HAVE KILLED EDNA DRUCE.

THAT'S QUEER.

WHY ADMIT A BIG

THING LIKE THAT

AND YET BE SURE SHE

DIDN'T DO A SMALL THING

SUCH AS DRINK

A DROP OF BRANDY?

ALL THAT CAME

TO LIGHT TO ME TODAY.

I'M SURE I WAS RIGHT

WHEN I RAISED THAT.

QUITE FRANKLY,

MORE CERTAIN NOW.

HOW DO WE KNOW THAT SOMEONE ELSE

DIDN'T DRINK THE BRANDY?

PERHAPS THERE

WAS SOMEONE ELSE,

THAT'S THE WHOLE THING.

WHOEVER DRANK THAT BRANDY!

MR. BENNETT HAS COME UP

TO SEE YOU, SIR JOHN.

SIR BENNETT.

GLAD YOU'RE BACK,

SIR JOHN.

BEEN READING

ABOUT IT ALL.

PLENTY OF PUBLICITY.

BEEN AWFUL

FOR YOU, THOUGH.

YOU HAVING

MET DAYS BEFORE.

WELL, SHE WANTED

TO BECOME A STAR,

A YEAR AGO THAT WAS.

I SUPPOSE YOU CAN SAY

IN A SENSE THAT SHE HAS.

A STAR IN A MURDER--

BENNETT, PLEASE.

LOOK HERE.

GET HOLD OF MY UNDERSTUDY.

TELL HIM HE HAS

TO GO ON AGAIN TONIGHT.

PRAY GOD THAT I GIVE HIM

A BETTER ROLE.

GET ON THE TELEPHONE

STRAIGHT AWAY

TO MY LAWYER,

MR. VICE SENIOR.

OH, I CAN GIVE IT TO YOU.

TEMPLE BAR.

5-9-9-3.

YES.

I WANT YOU, AS WELL,

TO GET HOLD OF

AS MANY AS YOU CAN

OF THE MEMBERS

OF THAT COMPANY.

YOU KNOW,

THE TOURING COMPANY

AT THE TIME

OF THE MURDER.

IN PARTICULAR,

THE, UM...

FUNNY LITTLE MAN,

THE STAGE MANAGER.

I FORGET HIS NAME.

I'LL SEE HIM AT THE

OFFICE IN THE MORNING.

TEMPLE BAR,

5, DOUBLE 9, 3.

BUT I THOUGHT

THE TRIAL

WAS OVER, SIR JOHN.

NO, MY DEAR, BENNETT,

THE TRIAL IS NOT OVER,

BY A HELL OF A LONG WAY.

WELL...IS IT CONSCIENCE,

SIR JOHN?

CONSCIENCE.

A LYING MAN'S CONSCIENCE.

OH, THEY'RE--

THEY'RE ENGAGED, SIR.

OK. I'LL TRY LATER.

DON'T WAIT.

I AM.

NO, DON'T WAIT. GO.

[DOOR CLOSES]

DIANA BARING...

WHY DID I SEND HER AWAY?

TOLD HER IT'D

BE GOOD FOR HER

TO GAIN EXPERIENCE

IN THE PROVIDENCE.

GOOD FOR HER.

AND NOW SHE'S COME BACK.

[DOOR OPENING]

UH...

I THINK, UH...

BOILING IT

ALL DOWN, DEAR,

I THINK PERHAPS

WE BETTER, UH...

ACCEPT SIR JOHN'S

OFFER AFTER ALL,

DON'T YOU?

OH, YES.

EITHER THAT ONE

OR ONE OF THE OTHER 2.

IT'S ALL THE SAME TO ME.

[BELL RINGS]

THAT WOULD BE

SIR JOHN HIMSELF.

I DON'T THINK.

SEEMS SHE WON'T LET US

STAY ON HERE ANY LONGER.

THAT MEANS LUCY

WILL HAVE TO GO BACK

TO HER AUNT'S--

OH, I MEAN, UH--

SOPHIE WILL HAVE TO GO

BACK TO HER AUNT LUCY.

I DON'T WANT TO GO

BACK TO AUNT LUCY.

I WANT TO GO ON TOUR

WITH YOU.

I CAN'T LET YOU GO

BACK TO SIR JOHN'S.

I REALLY THOUGHT YOU WERE

KIDDING ME, I REALLY DID.

WHAT IS THIS?

OOH. IT'S FROM

SIR JOHN HIMSELF.

IF WE COULD BE IN

HIS OFFICE AT 12:00.

DO YOU THINK

WE COULD GET THERE

IN TIME TODAY?

IF WE TRY.

I'LL TURN

THE KETTLE OFF.

THIS JUST NEEDS

A LITTLE BENZINE.

DEAR, I DON'T THINK...

PETROL WILL GET

THE SHINE OUT OF THIS SUIT.

I'LL SAY! THERE'S

A JOB FOR YOU!

LOOK SHARPER.

I THINK IT MUST BE

AN ANKIE.

YEAH. I THINK SO SOMEWHERE.

TED?

YES, DEAR?

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

WITH ME NAIL POLISH?

I HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

HERE.

HOPE THIS...HOPE THIS SMELL

OF PETROL GOES OFF.

OH, WELL, YOU CAN BLAME

IT ONTO THE CAR.

I THINK WE SHALL

JUST ABOUT DO IT.

ACTUALLY, MY DEAR,

IT WON'T BE.

OH, THAT'S

ALL RIGHT, MISSUS.

I PROMISE

YOU YOUR BILL

SHALL BE PAID

THE FIRST.

I'M NOT REFERRING

TO BILLS.

IT'S DRUCE I'M AFTER.

2-6 TO THE FIRST 10.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL SEE.

HOW DO YOU DO,

MR. MARKHAM?

NICE.

THANKS, SIR JOHN.

OHH. HOW DO YOU DO,

SIR JOHN?

WON'T YOU SIT DOWN?

THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS

TO ME, MR. MARKHAM,

THAT WE AS ARTISTS

HAVE A DOUBLE FUNCTION.

WE USE LIFE

TO CREATE ART

AND WE USE ART TO,

HOW SHALL I PUT IT...

TO CRITICIZE LIFE.

OH, CERTAIN,

MR. JOHN.

UHH!

YES. I KNEW YOU WOULD.

NOW, MR. MARKHAM,

BETWEEN ARTISTS...

DO WE ALWAYS FULFILL

OUR DOUBLE FUNCTION?

ARE WE NOT

SO MUCH OCCUPIED

IN USING LIFE

TO CREATE ART

THAT WE FORGET

OUR OTHER FUNCTION?

I FORESEE

YOUR OBJECTION.

YOU'RE GOING TO SAY,

WHAT OPPORTUNITIES DOES

THE ROUND

OF DAILY LIFE OFFER?

I WONDER IF...

IF YOU EVER SAW

A PROBLEM PLAY

I ONCE DID.

PISTOLS FOR TWO.

OH, YES.

WHAT THE CRITICS DESCRIBE

AS A HIGH-BROW SHOCKER.

WHEN A HIGH-BROW SHOCKER

OCCURS IN REAL LIFE,

DOES THE PUBLIC

CALL IN THE ACTOR?

NO.

UH...

MR. MARKHAM,

I READ YOUR THOUGHTS.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE

SAYING TO YOURSELF,

THIS MAN IS, UM,

TALKING TO HIS HAT.

OH, NO.

OH, OF COURSE YOU ARE.

OTHERWISE, YOU WOULDN'T

BE THE PRACTICAL MAN

I TAKE YOU FOR.

YOU'RE ALSO WONDERING

TO YOURSELF,

WHY ON EARTH

I'VE BROUGHT YOU HERE.

WELL...

THAT BRINGS ME AT LAST...

TO MY OBJECT.

NOW...

YESTERDAY AND

THE DAY BEFORE,

I WAS ON THE JURY

AT THE BARING TRIAL.

YOU IMPRESSED ME BOTH AS

AN ARTIST AND AS A MAN.

BY THE WAY YOU GAVE

YOUR EVIDENCE.

NOW, I WANT FROM YOU,

IF I'M NOT BEING

TOO INDISCRETE--

THE INNER HISTORY

OF THAT CASE.

OH, WHAT IS

IT THAT, UH...

SEE, NOW, OF COURSE, UM...

BENNETT TALKED OVER WITH YOU

THE QUESTION

OF THAT ENGAGEMENT?

YOU SEE, WE'D RATHER, UH...

RATHER HOPED THAT YOU'D

BE FREE TO TAKE ON

THE STAGE MANAGEMENT

WHEN I SEND OFF

THIS TOUR AT CHRISTMAS

OF THE GREEN EYE.

I ALSO THOUGHT OF WORKING

OUT SOME ARRANGEMENT

BUT WE COULD EASILY

TALK THAT OVER LATER

OH. THANK YOU VERY

MUCH INDEED, SIR JOHN.

I, UH...

WELL, I AM FREE

AT THE MOMENT.

AND I'VE HAD

A LOT OF EXPERIENCE

THAT I'M SURE

WILL COME IN VERY HANDY.

THEN THAT'S

SETTLED, HUH?

UH, YES.

WHAT? WHAT IS IT,

MR. MARKHAM?

WELL, IT'S MY WIFE,

SIR JOHN.

YOU SEE, WE'VE ALWAYS

BEEN JOINT,

AS YOU MAY SAY AND, UH...

WELL, WOULD IT BE

ASKING TOO MUCH, SIR JOHN,

IF A PART, I MEAN,

ANY PART THAT YOU--

OHH. I SEE.

MRS. MARKHAM ACTS.

ACTS, SIR JOHN?

HEH. WELL, UH...

PERHAPS IT'S NOT FOR ME

TO SAY, BUT...

WELL, YOU MAY SAY I'M

PREJUDICED, SIR JOHN,

BUT I'VE BEEN STAGE MANAGER

NOW FOR 10 YEARS,

AND IT IS A FACT THAT

A WIFE, EVEN A GOOD ONE,

IS NOT ALWAYS THE RIGHT THING

TO HAVE IN A COMPANY,

IF YOU UNDERSTAND

WHAT I'M GETTING AT,

SHE'S--WELL, PROFESSIONALLY,

SHE'S BEEN MY RIGHT HAND.

AND THERE'S NO ONE SHE CAN'T

PLAY 24 HOURS' NOTICE.

FROM A GLADYS COOPER

TO A MOLLY LLOYD PART.

HAS SHE EVER--

SHE HAS HER--

I WAS GOING TO SAY SHE HAS

HER OFF DAYS, OF COURSE.

WELL, WHO HASN'T?

[CHUCKLES]

YES. I MEAN,

ONLY LAST SUMMER

I HAD TO SPEAK TO HER

SERIOUSLY ABOUT IT.

SHE HAD A QUICK

CHANGE-OVER FROM A BARMAID

TO A SALVATION ARMY LASS.

AND IT TOLD ON HER,

THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT,

AFTER ABOUT A WEEK,

I SAID TO HER STRAIGHT OUT,

NOW LOOK HERE, MY DEAR,

IF YOU CAN'T

PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER,

WE SHALL HAVE

TO GO INTO SHAKESPEARE.

WELL, SHE DIDN'T SAY MUCH.

NOT ONE THAT WAS REASONABLE.

BUT SHE THOUGHT IT OVER.

AND FOR THE REST

OF THAT TOUR

I'LL GIVE YOU

MY WORD, SIR JOHN,

SHE WAS TALLULAH.

PURE TALLULAH.

WHERE IS MRS. MARKHAM NOW?

SHE'S DOWNSTAIRS

WAITING IN THE--

OH. ONE MINUTE THEN.

LET'S SEND

FOR HER TO COME UP.

WHAT, IS THAT YOU, BENNETT?

OH, NO, NO. I'M SORRY. NO.

WAIT.

HELLO, BENNETT, MRS. MARKHAM

IS SOMEWHERE DOWNSTAIRS.

WOULD YOU HAVE HER

SENT UP, PLEASE?

YES. YES, OF COURSE.

UP TO MY ROOM.

NOW, MR. MARKHAM...

ABOUT THIS TRIAL...

I CONFESS TO FEELING

VERY UNEASY ABOUT IT.

YOU SEE, I PLAYED

A PART IN THE THING,

THE PART OF A JURYMAN.

AND IT WAS NOT UNTIL

THE CURTAIN WAS RUNG DOWN

ON THE DEATH SENTENCE,

THAT I SAID TO MYSELF...

THIS IS NOT A PLAY,

THIS IS LIFE.

LIFE CAN BE LESS KIND

THAN YOUR DRAMATISTS,

MR. MARKHAM.

LIFE PERMITS A BEAUTIFUL

AND UNFORTUNATE GIRL

TO GO TO THE GALLOWS.

UNLESS--

ART FOR ONCE CAN BRING

ITS TECHNIQUE TO BEAR.

GOOD LORD,

DO YOU MEAN TO SAY

INNOCENT,

MY DEAR MARKHAM, YES.

IT WAS ASSUMED

SHE WAS GUILTY

BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T

DENY IT.

YES, BUT I SAW THE--

DIANA BARING SITTING

BESIDE THE DEAD BODY.

SHE WAS DAZED YOU SAY.

WHAT WAS

THE CAUSE? DRINK?

SHE HARDLY EVER

TOUCHED ANYTHING.

AND WHO DID? THINK

IT OVER, MR. MARKHAM.

THEN THERE WAS THE PAIN

IN HER HEAD.

WAS SHE EXAMINED

BY A DOCTOR?

MIGHT HE NOT HAVE FOUND

TRACES OF A BLOW

IF HE'D EXAMINED HER?

BUT NO, HE DIDN'T.

HE ASSUMED

LIKE EVERYONE ELSE

THAT SHE WAS GUILTY

BECAUSE SHE

DIDN'T DENY IT.

AND THERE WAS NO

PRIVATE INVESTIGATION,

NO INQUIRY,

THINK IT OVER,

MR. MARKHAM.

[SIGHS]

I FEEL THE MOST

TERRIBLE RESPONSIBILITY.

I WAS ONE

OF THE 12 PEOPLE

WHO DECIDED THE FATE

OF THIS POOR GIRL.

I'D FOUND MYSELF

CAUGHT UP

WITH THE MACHINE THAT--

THAT MAKES

THESE THINGS...

AH, MRS. MARKHAM,

SO GOOD OF YOU TO COME

WITH YOUR HUSBAND

THIS MORNING.

OH, I WAS

QUITE GLAD,

GLAD AS A BREATH

OF FRESH AIR.

OHH. WHAT A CHARMING

PLACE YOU HAVE UP HERE,

SIR JOHN.

AND PICCADILLY,

WITH ALL

THE SHOPS SO NEAR.

[NO AUDIO]

YOU'LL, UM...

YOU'LL STAY

TO LUNCH, OF COURSE.

I FIND IT DIFFICULT

SOMETIMES TO WAIT

TO A REASONABLE HOUR

FOR MY LUNCHEON.

I FEEL

THE SAME WAY MYSELF.

THAT I CAN DO

WITHOUT MY LITTLE

TIDBITS

IN THE MORNING...

OH, JAVIER, A COCKTAIL

AT ONCE, PLEASE,

AND SERVE LUNCH.

HE'S ENGAGED US

TO SEE HIM.

JOINT.

NO.

YES. I FIND MR. MARKHAM

IS FREE TO JOIN ME.

SO...PLEASE.

SO I THOUGHT

HE COULD, UM...

OH, WE CAN SETTLE

ALL THAT LATER,

CAN'T WE? YES, PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

OH, THANK YOU.

OH, ONE MORE, PLEASE.

IN THE MEANTIME, SUCCESS

TO OUR RESEARCHES.

YOUR HUSBAND AND I HAVE

BEEN DISCUSSING

THE BARING CASE.

AND WE FEEL THAT

IF THE MURDER

WERE APPROACHED

FROM ANOTHER ANGLE,

IT--OH, SORRY.

WE SHALL BE ABLE

TO ARRIVE

AT A DIFFERENT RESULT.

WHAT? AND GET DIANA

OFF YOU MEAN?

BUT SHE CAN'T

GET AWAY FROM THAT POKER.

IF YOU DON'T SHARE

OUR CONVICTIONS

THAT MISS BARING

IS NOT GUILTY--

[COUGHS]

WELL, I MEAN TO SAY

DIANA BARING

WAS SUCH

A NICE GIRL.

I NEVER THOUGHT

FOR ONE MOMENT

SHE COULD'VE DONE

A THING LIKE THAT.

DIDN'T

I ALWAYS SAY, TED,

NEVER COULD'VE THOUGHT

IT FOR ONE MOMENT?

OH, SIR JOHN, HAVE YOU

FOUND ANYTHING OUT?

ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE IT

UP YOURSELF?

OH, WE WOULD BE SO GLAD

TO HELP,

WOULDN'T WE, TED?

SHALL WE NOW?

I REALLY DON'T KNOW

WHERE TO BEGIN

THIS THING,

DO YOU, MARKHAM?

WELL, UH...

WELL, YES, SIR JOHN.

OH, I SEE. UH...

YES. I WISH I KNEW

WHERE TO BEGIN.

HERE.

YES, CAN I HELP

YOU THERE?

SIR JOHN DIDN'T KNOW

WHERE TO BEGIN, TED.

NO, NO. LET'S

HEAR IT, MRS. MARKHAM.

SEE, I'M COMPLETELY

IN THE DARK.

IF YOUR HUSBAND

COULD SHOW THE WAY,

I SHALL BE MORE

THAN GRATEFUL.

GO ON.

WHAT IS IT, MARKHAM?

WELL, SIR JOHN...

I SHOULD SAY

THE BEST PLACE

WOULD BE THE BACK

OF THE TOWN

WHERE THE MURDER

WAS COMMITTED.

YES. DO YOU THINK

YOU COULD SPARE ME

A DAY OR TWO

OF YOUR TIME?

WHY, YES, OF COURSE

WE COULD, SIR.

SEE, IF I MIGHT SUGGEST

THAT WE COULD

GO OVER THE GROUND

AND YOU COULD SHOW ME

ONE OR TWO PLACES

CONNECTED

WITH THE MURDER.

BUT, YOU MEAN, IT

MIGHT HAVE BEEN

SOMEONE ELSE

ALTOGETHER,

WHAT KILLED

EDNA DRUCE?

IT MIGHT'VE BEEN

SOMEBODY FROM OUTSIDE.

HOW DO YOU MAKE

THAT OUT?

WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

MISS MITCHAM

DIDN'T DO IT.

AND MISS DIANA DIDN'T.

SO IT MUST'VE BEEN

SOMEBODY FROM OUTSIDE.

IF IT WAS,

THEY'D HAVE TO GET IN.

AND THEY'D HAVE

TO GET OUT AGAIN.

HEH. THAT'S CLEVER.

WELL, ALL

I CAN SAY IS...

THE FIRST THING

WE GOT TO DO

IS TO FIND OUT

WHO SAW SOMEBODY,

APART FROM DRUCE,

ANYWHERE NEAR THERE

AT HALF-PAST ONE

THAT MORNING.

WELL, TED, FOR START,

THERE'S THAT CHAP

WE THOUGHT WAS

THE POLICEMAN

COMING AROUND

THE CORNER.

OH, THAT WAS NOTHING.

I SHALL LIKE

TO HEAR SOMETHING

ABOUT THIS POLICEMAN.

WELL, YOU SEE,

SIR JOHN,

IT WAS LIKE THIS...

ONLY AFTER

THE MURDER,

WHEN THE KNOCKING

WOKE US UP,

I WAS OVER

BY THE WINDOW

AND I POPPED MY HEAD

OUT OF THE WINDOW

TO SEE WHO IT WAS MAKING

ALL THAT NOISE.

AND I SAW THE POLICEMAN

COMING AROUND

THE CORNER.

SO I SAID TO TED,

I SAID,

HEY, IT'S THE POLICE.

AND THEN I TOOK

MY EYES OFF HIM

TO TELL TED HERE...

AND WHEN I LOOKED AGAIN,

THERE WAS

NO ONE IN SIGHT.

AND THEN TED SAID,

YES, YOU'RE RIGHT.

HERE HE COMES.

AND WHEN

I LOOKED AGAIN,

IT WAS A DIFFERENT

POLICEMAN ALTOGETHER.

WHAT HAD BECOME

OF THE FIRST ONE?

HE MUST HAVE TURNED

THE CORNER AND COME BACK.

IS THAT THE CORNER

DOWN THERE?

YES, THAT'S IT, SIR.

YOU'RE SURE IT

WASN'T THE SAME MAN?

WE ONLY TOOK OUR EYES OFF

OF HIM ABOUT 2 SECONDS.

UH...IS THERE ANYMORE

HERE DO YOU THINK, SIR?

I SHOULDN'T

THINK SO.

[BANGING]

MY GOD, THAT'S DRUCE.

HE MUST BE CRAZY.

YEAH, WE BETTER GET DOWN.

Mrs. Mitcham: YOU ARE

NOT GOING IN MY HOUSE.

[OVERLAPPING

ARGUING]

TAKE HIM AWAY, PLEASE.

HE'S DONE THIS BEFORE.

PLEASE, PROMISE TO STOP IT.

YES, THAT'S

ALL RIGHT.

NOW COME ALONG,

DRUCE.

MY WIFE'S...

BUT YOU'RE MUCH

BETTER AT HOME.

[TALKING AT ONCE]

COME ON.

COME ON NOW.

[HORN HONKS]

[MUTTERING]

OH, THIS IS TERRIBLE

FOR ME THIS BUSINESS IS.

I SHALL HAVE TO MOVE.

I'M SURE I SHALL.

YES. WELL, UH...

MRS. MITCHAM,

WE'D LIKE

TO SHOW

THIS GENTLEMAN

AROUND.

THAT IS, IF YOU

DON'T MIND.

MAY I?

OH. YES, SIR.

OF COURSE.

YES. CERTAINLY.

WILL YOU COME IN?

WELL, SIR JOHN,

THAT'S WHERE

THEY FOUND THE BODY.

RIGHT IN FRONT

OF THE HEARTH THERE.

AND, UH...

MISS BARING WAS SITTING

JUST ABOUT THERE.

OH, BY THE WAY, DID YOU EVER

GET YOUR POKER BACK, MISS--

OH, I CAN'T BEAR

TO TALK ABOUT IT,

ESPECIALLY WITH

POOR MISS BARING

BEING WHERE SHE IS.

WHY, YOU MIGHT AS WELL

CONVICT CLEOPATRA.

YOU THINK ANYBODY

COULD'VE GOT IN

FROM THE BACK

OF THE HOUSE?

YOU SEE JUST BEYOND

THE BACKYARD

THERE'S AN ALLEYWAY,

AND JUST

BEYOND THERE

THERE'S THE THEATRE.

AND LOOK, SIR,

THE DRESSING ROOMS

ARE OFF THE BACK.

YES, IT WOULD

TAKE QUITE AN ATHLETE

TO GET IN THAT WAY.

I DON'T SEE HOW

ANYONE COULD

GET IN HERE

WITH THIS

ASPEDSTRIA

FILLING UP

THE WINDOW.

ANYWAY, WITHOUT

UPSETTING IT,

AND LOOK

AT THE SIZE OF IT.

YES. IT'S A FINE PLANT.

UNLESS, OF COURSE,

IT WAS SOMEBODY

BUT MISS BARING DID NOT

HAVE ANY VISITORS,

ONLY MRS. MARKHAM

EVERY NOW AND AGAIN,

AND MR. FANE AND

MR. STEWART TO TEA

AND MISTER--

WHAT'S HIS NAME--

THE LITTLE MAN WITH

THE SQUEAKY VOICE.

OH, TOM DRUID.

YES. YES, THAT'S HIM.

SQUEAKY VOICE,

THAT REMINDS ME.

IN YOUR EVIDENCE,

MISS MITCHAM,

YOU SAID YOU HAD HEARD

ANGRY WOMEN'S VOICES.

YES, SIR, I DID.

OH, YES, SIR. YOU CAN'T

MISTAKE A WOMAN'S VOICE.

YOU KNOW, I HAD

KNOWN A CONTRALTO--

OH, YES, BUT THIS

WAS HIGH, QUITE HIGH.

[FALSETTO] MISS MITCHAM.

MISS MITCHAM.

OH, MY GOD, MISS MITCHAM.

WHERE ARE YOU?

THE KITCHEN CHIMNEY'S

ON FIRE, MISS MITCHAM!

THAT'S ALICE.

ONE MOMENT, MISS MITCHAM.

EXCUSE ME, SIR.

I CAN'T STOP JUST NOW.

THAT ALICE

OF MINE HAS SET

THE KITCHEN CHIMNEY

ON FIRE.

DIDN'T YOU HEAR

HER CALLING?

NO, NO, NO.

THAT WAS ME.

OR DID I...

YOU KNOW, MARKHAM,

I NEVER KNOW.

I PLAYED A TRICK

ON YOU, MISS MITCHAM.

NOW, THE HIGH VOICE

YOU HEARD THAT NIGHT

MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A WOMAN'S.

YOU'VE JUST ADMITTED IT.

NO. I HAVE NOT

ADMITTED ANYTHING.

AND I DON'T HOLD TO

PLAYING SUCH TRICKS.

AND I'D LIKE

TO ASK YOU, SIR,

WHAT YOU MEAN BY IT.

[INDISTINCT]

AND YOU, TOO,

MR. MARKHAM.

STANDING THERE,

GRINNING.

YOU REALIZE THAT

YOUR EVIDENCE AS IT STANDS

MAY HANG MISS BARING?

NOW, I'M NOT BLAMING YOU.

NOT BLAMING YOU,

MISS MITCHAM.

BUT YOU SWORE

THAT YOU HEARD

WOMEN'S VOICES CALLING.

AND I HAVE

TO PROVE TO THEM

THAT IT MIGHT HAVE

BEEN A MAN'S VOICE,

ESPECIALLY A HIGH-PITCHED

MAN'S VOICE--

JUST LIKE MR. DRUID'S.

OHH! I'D DO ANYTHING

FOR MISS BARING.

OH, CAN'T SOMETHING

BE DONE NOW?

YES, YES. NOW YOU'RE

GOING TO HELP US FURTHER.

FIRST OF ALL,

COULD YOU SHOW US

SOME MORE OF THE HOUSE?

MISS BARING'S BEDROOM,

FOR EXAMPLE?

YES. CERTAINLY, SIR.

THIS WAY, PLEASE.

I DON'T THINK YOU'LL

FIND MUCH IN HERE, SIR.

THERE'S A FEW

OF HER THINGS

OVER THERE

ON THE WINDOWSILL.

I DIDN'T LIKE

TO SEND THEM

TO WHERE SHE IS NOW.

OH, I THINK

SHE'D LIKE THEM.

WELL, LET ME

HAVE THEM

AND I'LL SEND

THEM ON.

WHY, IT'S

ONE OF YOU, SIR.

UH...LOT MORE PLACES

TO GO TO, SIR JOHN.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU

VERY MUCH INDEED.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU

VERY MUCH.

YES. LOT MORE

PLACES, SIR JOHN.

AND THEN WE'LL GO ROUND

TO STEWART'S LODGINGS

AND THEN

WE MIGHT GO ALONG

TO THE POLICE

STATION,

HAVE A CHAT

WITH THE INSPECTOR.

HE KNOWS ME.

AND THEN, UM...

WELL, THEN WE CAN GO

ACROSS THE RED LION,

HAVE A SANDWICH

WHILE WE'RE TALKING

TO JOE

THE PROPRIETER.

AND THEN--OOH,

AND THEN

THERE'S STEVENS,

IF THE POLICEMAN'S

STILL ON HIS BEAT.

YES, I THINK THAT'S

ABOUT ALL WE CAN DO.

OH, YES, WE'LL FIND

OUT SOMETHING

IF IT TAKES US

ALL NIGHT.

I THOUGHT PERHAPS, UM...

A LITTLE DINNER...

OH. OH, THAT'S ALL

RIGHT, SIR JOHN.

DON'T YOU WORRY

ABOUT DOUCIE AND ME.

WE'VE HAD TO GO

WITHOUT BEFORE,

DIDN'T WE, DEAR?

WELL, SHALL WE BEGIN,

SIR JOHN? THIS WAY.

[NO AUDIO]

I'VE COME TO SEE

IF ANY OF MY PEOPLE

LEFT ANYTHING BEHIND.

Man: NO, NOTHING,

EXCEPT THAT THERE

BROKEN BASIN

IN NUMBER 4

DRESSING ROOM.

OF YOUR CHAPS

AFTER THEY LEFT.

THEY NEVER PAID

FOR IT NEITHER.

UH, FANE'S AND STEWART'S,

I BELIEVE, SIR.

NO, NONE OF OUR PEOPLE

BROKE THAT, MATE.

OH, THERE IS

SOMETHING FOR YOU.

THIS CIGARETTE CASE LEFT

BEHIND IN NUMBER 4.

YOU'LL KNOW

WHO IT BELONG TO.

OH, RIGHTO. WHEN

I FIND OUT WHO IT IS,

I'LL FORWARD IT.

CAN WE SEE

THAT DRESSING ROOM?

UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE

THAT BROKEN BASIN.

I'LL TAKE YOU LONG.

WHERE DOES THAT WINDOW

LOOK OUT TO?

THE PRIVATE HOUSES

ROUND THE CORNER.

I WISH I KNEW

WHO BROKE THAT BASIN.

LOT MORE PLACES TO

GO TO, SIR JOHN.

THANK YOU, MATE.

GOOD DAY.

DID YOU FIND ANYTHING?

NO, NOTHING MUCH.

OH, HONESTLY.

[FOOTSTEPS]

[SIGHS]

WELL, HERE WE ARE,

SIR JOHN.

AND, UH, I HOPE

YOU SLEEP WELL.

SHE'S LEFT SOMETHING

COLD OUT FOR YOU.

I'LL BE ALONG

FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.

I'M AWFULLY SORRY BUT...

GET TO BED MYSELF.

I MUST SAY, THIS STREET

GIVES ME THE CREEPS.

WELL, GOOD NIGHT, SIR JOHN.

COME ALONG, DEAR.

[YAWNS]

[COUGHS]

[WHISPERS]

I say, Markham.

MARKHAM...

YOU DON'T THINK

THAT I'D BETTER

EAT AT THE RED LION

AFTER ALL, DO YOU?

WELL, THAT'S, UH...

JUST AS YOU LIKE,

OF COURSE, SIR JOHN,

BUT, UH...

I THOUGHT YOU

WANTED TO SLEEP

I MEAN, THAT'S WHY

I MADE THE ARRANGEMENTS.

CONSIDERING

WE HAVEN'T FOUND OUT

VERY MUCH TODAY,

I THINK THAT...

IT'D BE BETTER

IF YOU DID, SIR.

PERHAPS

YOU'RE RIGHT.

GOOD NIGHT,

MRS. MARKHAM.

OH, GOOD NIGHT,

SIR JOHN.

EXCUSE ME, SIR.

[BABY CRYING]

[WOMAN COOING]

BE QUIET.

YOU, TOO, CHILDREN.

TAKE IT.

OHH.

WE MUSTN'T PLAY

ON THE BED.

SIR, SHALL I PULL

OVER THE TABLE?

LEAVE THEM THINGS BE!

OH, PLEASE,

DON'T TROUBLE.

JUST PUT THE PLATE

ON SOMEWHERE.

I'LL SEE TO IT.

I'LL DRESS FIRST.

OH, DON'T SAY THAT, SIR.

I KNOW WHAT

YOU GENTS LIKE.

"A NICE CUP OF TEA AND

A KIPPER BEFORE I GET UP.

AND I'M A NEW MAN."

THAT'S WHAT MY LAST

LODGER USED TO SAY.

[GIRL YELLING]

Woman: STOP PLAYING

ON THAT BED!

DAMN CHILDREN.

THEY FOLLOW ME ABOUT.

MA THIS AND MA THAT.

ON MY WORD, I DON'T

HAVE A MOMENT'S PEACE

MORNING OR NIGHT.

WHAT DO YOU

TWO BE DOING?

THAT'S QUITE

ALL RIGHT, REALLY.

HE'S GOT MY BOOTSY!

WELL, I NEVER DID.

WAIT TILL I

GET YOU DOWNSTAIRS.

AND DON'T YOU

BRING IT UP HERE AGAIN.

IF YOU COULD PUT

THIS PLATE ON THE TABLE

AND BRING UP SOME

HOT WATER AT ONCE,

JUST AS YOU

LIKE, SIR, BUT...

[BABY CRYING LOUDLY]

NOW, GO DOWNSTAIRS AND

GET THE WATER ON. GO ON.

NOW, WHY CAN'T

YOU LEAVE HIM BE?

I'VE TOLD THEM NOT TO MESS

WITH THE LODGER'S LUGGAGE.

I'LL HAVE YOUR FATHER TAKE

YOU TO THE POLICE STATION

IF YOU CAN'T STOP TOUCHING.

THEY DO KEEP ON TOUCHING.

SOME LODGERS

DON'T LIKE IT.

PRINCETON, I HAD A COUPLE

A LITTLE WHILE BACK

AND ONE OF THEM GIVE THEM

A GOOD CLIP FOR DOING THAT.

YOU KNOW

THE BARING CASE?

WELL,

THEY WAS IN IT.

IT WAS MY HUSBAND

WHAT FOUND THE BODY.

HE WAS PART

OF THE BARING CASE.

[LAUGHING] OHH.

WELL, I NEVER.

HA HA! SHE'S TAKEN

A FANCY TO YOU.

THERE AIN'T MANY

SHE TAKES TO.

YOU'RE NOT

COMING AROUND NOW,

I SUPPOSE.

YES, OH, YES.

YOU WERE SAYING...

ABOUT HOPPING

ON THE LUGGAGE...

OH, YES. WELL,

ARTHUR

WAS MESSING ABOUT

WITH ONE

OF THEM'S LUGGAGE

WHEN HE COME ACROSS

WHAT HE THOUGHT

WAS HIS FATHER'S

HELMET AND UNIFORM.

AFTERWARDS,

I WENT UP.

AND I SAID I DON'T

LIKE THE IDEA

OF HAVING THIS

IN MY HOME.

JUST BECAUSE HE HAD

A UNIFORM IN THE BAG

IT WAS HIS FATHER'S

OUTFIT.

I FELT A BIT OF A FOOL

WHEN I FINISHED

BECAUSE HE SIMPLY

TURNED AROUND

AND HE SAID

I DIDN'T KNOW

WHAT I WAS

TALKING ABOUT.

WELL, I SAID

IF IT WASN'T YOU,

IT MUST HAVE BEEN

THE OTHER ONE

WHO WAS HERE--

MR. STEWART.

I SPOKE TO MR. STEWART

AFTERWARDS

BUT IN THE EXCITEMENT

OF THE MURDER

I FORGOT ALL ABOUT IT.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

[BABY CRYING]

COME IN, MY DEAR MARKHAM.

I THOUGHT

I'D DROP BY, MISS.

I'LL SEND

THE WATER UP, SIR.

DON'T ENCOURAGE HER TOO

MUCH, SIR. THAT'S RIGHT.

HERE, ARTHUR.

JUST COME ON, COME ON.

NOW GO

IN THE STREET AND PLAY.

DON'T YOU GET

RUN OVER. GO ON.

THAT'S RIGHT, GO ON.

DOUCIE AND ME FOUND OUT

SOMETHING, SIR JOHN.

WON'T YOU SIT DOWN?

THANKS.

YOU KNOW THAT CIGARETTE CASE

YOU FOUND IN THE THEATRE?

WELL, LAST NIGHT I WENT

TO SMOKE IN BED

JUST BEFORE I WENT OFF,

YOU SEE?

SO I TOOK OUT THAT CASE.

DOUCIE SAW IT WASN'T MINE.

SAID, I'VE SEEN IT

BEFORE SOMEWHERE.

I SAID, WHOSE IS IT?

SHE SAID STEWART'S.

SHE NOTICED WHAT I THOUGHT

WAS A BEER STAIN ON IT...

SHE SAYS, WAIT A MINUTE.

THAT'S BLOOD ON IT.

AND SURE ENOUGH. WELL,

LOOK, SEE FOR YOURSELF,

SIR JOHN. LOOK.

I BELIEVE YOU'RE RIGHT.

STEWART.

WHO WORE

A POLICEMAN'S UNIFORM

IN THE PAST

WHO LIVED HERE?

FANE AND STEWART, SIR.

STEWART HAD

A QUICK CHANGE-OVER

BUT FANE HAD A SPECIAL

UNIFORM MADE TO FIT HIM

SO WE HAD 2 UNIFORMS

IN THE COMPANY, SIR JOHN.

YOU'RE AN IMPORTANT FACTOR

IN THIS CASE, MARKHAM.

IN FACT, MOST IMPORTANT

AT THE MOMENT.

WELL, UH...

WELL, IF IT HELPS, SIR JOHN.

NO, THE MOST

IMPORTANT FACTOR

SEEMS TO BE

A POLICEMAN

WHOM YOU DID NOT SEE

ON THE NIGHT

OF THE MURDER.

YOU REMEMBER YOUR

WIFE SAW A POLICEMAN

YOU WENT TO THE WINDOW

AND YOU COULDN'T SEE ONE.

THEN SUDDENLY THERE

WAS A POLICEMAN.

NOW, MARKHAM...

THAT POLICEMAN WAS

2 DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

AND FOR ALL WE KNOW...

THE FIRST ONE

WAS NOT A MEMBER

OF THE COUNTY

CONSTABULARY.

YOU MEAN, THE FIRST ONE

WAS A FAKE, SIR?

A CHAP IN

POLICEMAN'S CLOTHES?

OUR NEXT JOB IS TO FIND

OUT THE NAME OF THE MAN

WAS HE A MEMBER

OF THE COMPANY?

DID HE WEAR

A POLICEMAN'S UNIFORM?

IF SHE STILL REFUSES

TO GIVE THE NAME...

PERHAPS THE CIGARETTE CASE

WILL HELP HER TO REMEMBER.

THEY WERE CALLING ABOUT

ON THE NIGHT OF THE MURDER?

THIS END, PLEASE.

WON'T YOU SIT DOWN?

OH.

THANK YOU.

IT'S VERY GOOD

OF YOU TO HAVE COME.

BUT I CAN'T HELP SAYING...

I'M EXTREMELY SURPRISED.

WELL, YOU SEE, I...

I'VE TAKEN A VERY GREAT

INTEREST IN YOUR CASE.

DON'T LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.

HOW'S YOUR PLAY GOING?

OH...PRETTY FAIR.

OF COURSE YOU KNOW I WAS

AWAY FROM IT SOME TIME

BECAUSE I WAS ON

THE JURY OF YOUR TRIAL.

I KNOW.

MY COUNTRYHOUSE IS

IN THAT DISTRICT.

AS YOU KNOW, I CAN'T

DISCUSS WITH YOU

WHAT HAPPENED

ON THE JURY...

IS MURIEL HEATHERLY STILL

PLAYING THE LEAD WITH YOU?

I DO THINK

SHE'S SUCH A GOOD ACTRESS.

DON'T YOU?

MISS BARING...

YOU REMEMBER

OUR MEETING?

OH, YES.

YOU DO REMEMBER.

OF COURSE.

VERY WELL.

IF I HADN'T SENT

YOU AWAY ON TOUR

TO GET EXPERIENCE...

YOU WOULDN'T BE

IN THIS POSITION NOW.

THAT'S, IN A WAY,

WHY I FEEL...

SORT OF...

RESPONSIBILITY.

THAT'S WHY I'VE COME.

THERE MUST BE SOME

GROUNDS FOR AN APPEAL.

I KNEW THAT WOULD HAPPEN.

I KNEW SOMEONE WOULD TRY

AND GET ME OFF

AND THINK THEY WERE

DOING ME A KINDNESS.

IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE.

WHY, A WEEK OF IT'S

NEARLY DRIVEN ME CRAZY.

IF THEY WANT TO DO

THE OTHER THING...

THEY CAN.

I THOUGHT IT

AND GOT OVER IT.

IT'LL BE NO WORSE

THAN THE DENTIST.

AND IF I HAVE DONE

THIS THING,

AS THEY SAY I HAVE,

I'M BETTER OUT

OF THE WAY.

AS FOR THE OTHER THING,

IF YOU'RE A FRIEND TO ME,

YOU COULDN'T DO IT.

LOCK YOURSELF UP

IN YOUR OWN ROOM...

FOR ONE DAY.

ONLY FOR ONE DAY AND SEE.

TELL ME WHAT

I WANT TO KNOW,

I'LL HAVE YOU OUT

OF HERE ALTOGETHER.

WHAT IS THAT?

I CAN TELL YOU.

TELL ME

THE NAME OF THE MAN

DISCUSSED BY YOU

AND EDNA DRUCE.

I'VE SAID

SO MANY TIMES BEFORE.

HE HAS NO CONNECTION

WITH THE CASE.

BESIDES,

I DIDN'T QUARREL.

EDNA DRUCE TRIED TO SAY

POISONOUS THINGS ABOUT HIM.

AND I JUST PUT

MY FINGERS IN MY EARS

AND KEPT THEM THERE.

SO THAT YOU ACTUALLY

COULDN'T HEAR A SOUND.

YOU COULDN'T HAVE HEARD

OF ANY OTHER PERSON

THAT HAD COME

INTO THE ROOM.

NO. I SUPPOSE I COULDN'T.

WHY WOULDN'T

YOU LISTEN TO HER?

BECAUSE...

I KNEW WHAT EDNA WAS

TRYING TO TELL ME.

WHAT WAS SHE TRYING

TO TELL YOU?

I CAN'T ANSWER THAT.

IT INVOLVED...

SOMEBODY ELSE.

PLENTY OF OTHER PEOPLE

HAVE BEEN INVOLVED

IN THIS CASE.

MARKHAM, STEWART,

DRUCE...FANE.

WHY SHOULDN'T THIS ONE

MAN'S NAME BE KNOWN?

THERE WAS SOMETHING...

SOMETHING HE DAREN'T

HAVE KNOWN.

BUT WHICH YOU KNEW.

YES.

WHAT WAS IT?

YOU REALIZE

WHAT YOU'RE ADMITTING

BY YOUR SILENCE?

BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'RE

IN LOVE WITH HIM.

OH, BUT THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

IMPOSSIBLE? WHY SHOULD

IT BE IMPOSSIBLE?

I SEE NO REASON WHY IT

SHOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE.

WHY, THE MAN'S

A HALF-CASTE.

WHAT'S THAT?

WHAT DID YOU SAY?

A HALF-CASTE?

WHY HAVEN'T YOU

SAID SO MUCH?

TELL ME THE REST.

WHAT WAS HIS NAME?

I WON'T TELL YOU THAT.

WILL THIS HELP YOU

TO REMEMBER THE NAME

OF THE MAN YOU WERE

QUARELLING ABOUT?

STEWART'S

CIGARETTE CASE?

THAT'S NOT ONE

OF STEWART'S THINGS.

YOU MUSTN'T GIVE THE

PRISONER ANYTHING HERE, SIR.

AND THE TIME

FOR THE INTERVIEW

HAS NEARLY ENDED, SIR.

OH, SIR JOHN.

FOR THESE LAST

FEW MOMENTS,

LET'S TALK

ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.

YES.

THERE WAS A PHOTOGRAPH

OF ME IN YOUR ROOM.

HOW DID YOU KNOW?

I WENT THERE

TO MAKE INQUIRIES.

HOW DID YOU

COME TO GET IT?

I'VE ALWAYS BEEN

KEEN ON THE STAGE

EVER SINCE I WAS

A LITTLE GIRL.

ONE HAS ONE'S HEROES.

THAT'S WHY I CAME

TO YOU FOR A JOB.

AND I SENT YOU AWAY.

OH, LET'S TALK

SOME MORE QUICKLY.

DIANA, I...

MISS MITCHAM SENT ME

SOME OF MY THINGS.

YOUR PHOTOGRAPH WITH THEM.

I'VE GOT IT IN MY CELL NOW.

THEY LET US KEEP SOME--

COME. TIME'S UP PLEASE.

GOOD-BYE.

I'M GOING

TO FIND FANE.

HANDEL FANE.

HANDEL FANE.

WHAT'S BECOME

OF HANDEL FANE?

ANY NEWS OF FANE

YET, MARKHAM?

NOT YET, SIR JOHN.

I'M TRYING SOME MORE

OF THE AGENTS THOUGH.

HAVEN'T YOU FOUND

FANE YET, TED?

I CAN'T BEAR

THE SUSPENSE.

WE SHALL BE UP ALL

NIGHT, YOU KNOW.

OH, FOR GOD'S SAKE.

HELLO? HELLO?

HELLO? IS THAT

LAMBERSEE AGENTS?

YES. YOU FOUND FANE YET?

HE'S WANTED FOR AN

IMPORTANT JOB, YOU KNOW.

YES, AT ONCE.

WHAT'S THAT?

GONE BACK

TO HIS OLD JOB?

WHAT? TRAPEEZE ARTIST?

UNDER WHAT NAME?

WHERE?

NO, CAN'T STOP NOW.

GOT HIM AT LAST.

YES, THAT'S HIM ALL RIGHT.

DRESSED UP AS A WOMAN, EH?

ALWAYS WAS GOOD AT THAT.

AN EXTREMELY CLEVER

WAY OF HIDING.

MARKHAM?

YES, SIR?

I'VE AN IDEA.

YOU KNOW YOUR HAMLET?

EVERY LINE OF IT, SIR.

THEN LET ME SUGGEST

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

THE SERIES OF EVENTS

EMBODIED IN ACT 3, SCENE 2.

THAT'S THE PLAY SCENE,

ISN'T IT, SIR?

YES. THE PLAY SCENE.

DO YOU REMEMBER

THE TITLE...

THE MOUSETRAP?

YES.

WELL, WHEN HE COMES

TO MY THEATRE

TO READ A PART

I SHALL OFFER HIM,

THERE'LL BE 3 OF US.

2 CATS TO ONE MOUSE.

YES, BUT WHAT

ABOUT THE CHEESE, SIR?

THE CHEESE, YES.

THE CHEESE WILL BE

A FAT PART, MARKHAM.

A VILLAIN'S PART

IN THE BLOOD AND THUNDER

IN A PLAY THAT I'M GOING TO

WRITE ESPECIALLY FOR HIM.

A PLAY BASED ON A RECENT

WELL-KNOWN MURDER CASE.

I IMAGINE HE WILL

PLAY HIS PART,

AS I HOPE WE SHALL

CONVINCE HIM...

TO THE LIFE.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

COME IN.

CAN YOU GIVE ME

A MINUTE?

CERTAINLY.

OH. WHO IS THAT

YOU HAVE WITH YOU?

OF COURSE, I REMEMBER.

THIS IS THE GENTLEMAN

YOU SUGGESTED.

YES, SIR JOHN.

MR. HANDEL FANE.

OH, YES.

DO COME IN?

HOW DO YOU DO?

HOW DO YOU DO?

SIT DOWN.

HERE YOU ARE.

OH, THANK YOU.

OH.

THANK YOU.

NO, BENNETT, DON'T GO.

I MAY NEED YOU.

YOU SEE, I ALWAYS CONDUCT

THESE INTERVIEWS SO BADLY,

I'M JUST AS LIKELY

AS NOT TO LEAVE OUT

THE REALLY IMPORTANT POINTS.

NOW, I SUPPOSE I BETTER

BEGIN BY AN EXPLANATION.

I DARE SAY

MR. BENNETT HAS TOLD YOU

THE AUTHOR OF THE PLAY?

NO, SIR JOHN.

I UNDERSTAND YOU WISH

THAT TO BE KEPT A SECRET

FOR THE TIME BEING.

WELL, I WROTE THE PLAY.

THAT WAS A SIMPLE MATTER,

BUT IT'S PROVING

ASTONISHINGLY DIFFICULT

TO FIND THE RIGHT PERSON

FOR ONE PARTICULAR PART.

MIGHT I ASK YOU TO STAND

UP FOR ONE MOMENT?

OF COURSE.

YOU KNOW, BENNETT,

HE LOOKS IT.

HE LOOKS IT

QUITE PERFECTLY.

EXACTLY WHAT I'VE

BEEN THINKING, SIR JOHN.

WOULD YOU MIND--

OH, SIT DOWN, DO.

WOULD YOU MIND READING

ONE OR 2 LINES?

YOU KNOW, JUST

TO GIVE ME SOME IDEA?

TELL--WHAT'S HIS NAME--

BALDWIN TO BRING ME

A CLEAN COPY OF ACT 3.

THANK YOU.

SIR JOHN?

MIGHT I ASK YOU...

WHAT KIND OF PLAY

IS THIS EXACTLY?

WELL, YOU MAY

QUESTION MY TASTE,

BUT AS AN ARTIST,

YOU'LL UNDERSTAND

MY TEMPTATION.

MY SUBJECT, MR. FANE,

IS THE INNER HISTORY

OF THE BARING CASE.

OHH. THANK YOU.

REALLY? YOUR...

YOUR INDIFFERENCE

ASTONISHES ME.

AREN'T I RIGHT

IN THINKING

THAT YOU WERE A MEMBER

OF THE DRUCE COMPANY

AT THE TIME?

THEN YOU KNEW

BOTH WOMEN CONCERNED.

YES, I KNEW THEM

BOTH QUITE WELL.

NOW, LET'S BEGIN.

OH, BY THE WAY,

MR. FANE,

I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE

APPEARING AT PRESENT

AT THE CIRCUS.

WOULD THAT INTERFERE?

NO, IT WAS MY OLD JOB,

AND I'VE GONE BACK TO IT

BECAUSE TIMES HAVE BEEN

A LITTLE DIFFICULT AND--

HOWEVER, I UNDERSTAND

YOU WOULDN'T BE STARTING

FOR 2 OR 3 WEEKS.

NO, I DON'T SUPPOSE SO, NO.

LET ME GIVE YOU...

SOME IDEA OF THE SCENE.

HERE IS A TABLE IN FRONT

OF A FIREPLACE,

MORE OR LESS A VISAGE.

ON THE TABLE THERE'S

THE REMAINS OF A MEAL.

AND, OF COURSE,

THE BRANDY FLASK.

YOU KNOW, MR. FANE,

OF COURSE, YOU KNOW ALL

THE DETAILS OF THE CASE.

I CAN'T HELP WONDERING,

WHY NOTHING

SPECTACULAR DEVELOPED

IN CONNECTION

WITH THE BRANDY.

THINKING AS A DRAMATIST,

I CAN'T HELP FEELING

THAT THE BRANDY

WAS NOT EXPLOITED WITH

SUFFICIENT IMAGINATION.

THEN, OF COURSE,

THE LAW HAS NO SENSE

OF DRAMA, HAS IT?

NO.

NO.

THEN AGAIN,

LET ME SEE.

I THOUGHT IT BEST

TO BEGIN FROM A POINT

JUST BEFORE

THE ACTUAL MURDER.

THERE'S A SHORT SCENE

BETWEEN THE 2 WOMEN...

WHICH TURNS

INTO A QUARREL.

IN THE MIDDLE OF IT,

YOU MAKE YOUR ENTRANCE,

ON THE WORDS--I GOT

THIS FROM THE EVIDENCE--

"FRIENDS? I CAN TELL YOU

THINGS ABOUT YOUR FRIENDS

THAT YOU DON'T KNOW."

JUST CARRY ON FROM

THAT POINT, WOULD YOU?

NOW, HOW ON EARTH

DID YOU KNOW

THE ENTRANCE WAS

FROM THE WINDOW?

THAT'S HIGHLY CLEVER.

AND LOOK, MR. FANE,

YOU'VE FORGOTTEN

YOUR SCRIPT.

THE SCRIPT.

NOW, WHERE ARE WE?

"FRIENDS? I CAN TELL

YOU THINGS..."

WOULDN'T IT BE BETTER IF

I WERE TO PICK UP THE POKER

BEFORE I MADE THE ENTRANCE

TO THE ROOM?

EXCELLENT IDEA.

I'LL PUT THAT IN.

THANK YOU.

MAY I HAVE THE POKER?

NO, I'M TERRIBLY SORRY.

WE ONLY HAVE

ELECTRIC FIRES HERE.

WOULD THIS PENCIL DO?

VERY WELL.

WE MUST GET ON

WITHOUT THE POKER.

YOU CAN USE

YOUR IMAGINATION, EH?

NOW THEN...

THROUGH THE WINDOW,

INTO THE ROOM.

YOU CREEP THROUGH

THE DOUBLE DOORS.

THE 2 WOMEN ARE

FACING EACH OTHER.

YOU COME SLOWLY AROUND,

TAKING CARE

NOT TO BE HEARD

AND GRADUALLY YOU

APPROACH THE ONE

WHOSE BACK IS TO YOU.

NOW, YOU RAISE THE POKER

THAT IS IN YOUR HAND

AS THE OTHER WOMAN

SAYS...

"YOU FOOL! DON'T YOU KNOW

THAT HE'S A HALF--"

WHAT A PITY, SIR JOHN.

THE SCENE ISN'T FINISHED.

I WAS GETTING QUITE

WORKED UP TO IT.

I THOUGHT PERHAPS...

YOU MIGHT BE ABLE

TO COLLABORATE WITH US.

I'M SO SORRY, SIR JOHN.

I'M AFRAID I UNDERSTAND

SO LITTLE ABOUT PLAYWRITING.

PERHAPS LATER ON...

WHEN THE SCRIPT

IS FINISHED...

YOU'LL ALLOW ME TO GIVE

YOU ANOTHER READING.

FIND OUT WHAT TIME

FANE COMES ON TONIGHT.

[FESTIVE MUSIC PLAYING]

I SHAN'T BE...

[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER

IN BACKGROUND]

HOW DO YOU DO, SIR JOHN?

WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT

OF SEEING YOU HERE?

WELL, YOU SEE,

I'M, UH...

I'M WORKING FOR

SIR JOHN NOW.

YES. MR. MARKHAM

IS HELPING ME

WITH MY NEW PLAY.

I SUPPOSE

YOU FIND BRANDY

STEADYING

FOR THE NERVES?

MINE'S VERY NERVING WORK,

YOU SEE, SIR JOHN?

YOU NEVER KNOW

WHAT MAY HAPPEN.

HURRY UP. YOU'RE NEXT.

I PRESUME YOU'VE COME

TO TALK TO ME ABOUT...

THAT PART AGAIN, SIR JOHN.

YOU KNOW PERFECTLY WELL

WHAT I'VE COME HERE FOR.

[DOOR OPENS]

HURRY UP, FANE.

THERE'LL BE A WAIT

IF YOU'RE

NOT CAREFUL.

IF IT ISN'T....

HOW ARE YOU,

SIR JOHN?

COME TO SEE

THE SHOW?

NO, NOT EXACTLY.

I'VE REALLY COME

TO SEE MR. FANE.

SIR JOHN,

IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND

COMING DOWN TO SEE ME

AFTER MY ACT,

I SHALL ONLY

BE TOO PLEASED

TO TALK OVER

THAT LITTLE MATTER

WE WERE DISCUSSING.

[AUDIENCE LAUGHTER

AND APPLAUSE]

[MUSIC PLAYING

THROUGHOUT]

[APPLAUSE]

[CROWD MURMURING]

[MUSIC RESUMES PLAYING]

[NO AUDIO]

[NO AUDIO]

[CROWD SCREAMING]

FOR GOD'S SAKES,

PLAY SOMETHING!

[CROWD SCREAMING]

[MUSIC PLAYING]

[INDISTINCT]

FANE SAYS HE HAS

DECIDED TO COLLOBORATE

IN MY PLAY AFTER ALL.

HE SAYS...

"THE 2 WOMEN

ARE STANDING

"FACING EACH OTHER

IN DEAD SILENCE.

"THEY ARE SO LOST IN THE

TENSION OF THE MOMENT

"THAT THEY DO NOT HEAR

THE MURDERER CREEP THROUGH

"THE DOUBLE DOORS

INTO THE ROOM.

"THE MURDERED WOMAN

IS AT THAT INSTANT

"THE MURDERER

SPRINGS FORWARD.

"HE HURLS

THE FIRST WOMAN ASIDE.

"SHE IS STUNNED

BY THE FALL,

"BUT HE DOESN'T

NOTICE IT.

"INFURIATED,

"HE STRIKES OUT

AT THE OTHER WOMAN

"WITH THE POKER.

"SHE FALLS

BY THE FIREPLACE,

"SHE'S DEAD.

"HE NEARLY FAINTS

AT THE SIGHT OF THE BLOOD.

"HE DRINKS THE BRANDY,

"THEN HE SEES THE OTHER

WOMAN BEGINNING TO STIR.

"HE MUST GET AWAY...

"THROUGH

THE BACK WINDOW.

FINALLY, A CLIMB INTO

THE THEATRE DRESSING ROOM."

THAT ACCOUNTS

FOR THE BROKEN BASIN.

"BUT HOW TO GET HOME

UNDETECTED FROM THE THEATRE.

THE POLICEMAN'S UNIFORM

HE WORE ON THE STAGE."

THERE'S YOUR POLICEMAN,

MARKHAM.

"HE WALKS HOME

A MURDERER.

"A MURDERER

ON AN IMPULSE.

"THE SILENCE OF

THE MOUTH OF A WOMAN

"WHO KNEW HIS SECRET AND

WAS GOING TO REVEAL IT

"TO THE WOMAN

HE DARED TO LOVE.

THERE'S A MELODRAMA

FOR YOU, SIR JOHN."

WELL, MARKHAM...

YOU HAVE IT ALL.

POOR DEVIL.

AND DIANA BARING...

SHE KNEW ALL THE TIME...

HE WAS A HALF-CASTE.

[APPLAUSE]

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