Sherlock Holmes - E8: The Case of the Blind Man's Bluff
30min | Crime, Drama, Mystery | TV Series (1954–1955)
The only clue at the site of two grisly murders is a chicken's foot. Baffled, Insp. Lestrade goes to Sherlock Holmes for assistance.
Stars: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford, Archie Duncan
30min | Crime, Drama, Mystery | TV Series (1954–1955)
The only clue at the site of two grisly murders is a chicken's foot. Baffled, Insp. Lestrade goes to Sherlock Holmes for assistance.
Stars: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford, Archie Duncan
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01:00And there my brother sits him down, sits him down.
01:07I will love her faith, and there I'm never gonna be.
01:13Fairly well, for I must give it to her, and she shall give it to me.
01:17And remember that I'm never gonna be apart of her.
01:21And remember that I'm never gonna be apart of her.
01:26And remember that I'm never gonna be apart of her.
01:31And remember that I'm never gonna be apart of her.
01:37And remember that I'm never gonna be apart of her.
01:41And remember that I'm never gonna be apart of her.
01:45And remember that I'm never gonna be apart of her.
01:49And remember that I'm never gonna be apart of her.
01:58What do you think you're doing?
01:59To break you in half for a thing like that?
02:01What are you thinking about? Let go, let go of me.
02:04This here is what I'm talking about.
02:06This chickenclaw with a ribbon around it, which you hung over my table.
02:10You're crazy. Why would I want to do a thing like that for? Let go of me.
02:15Don't lie to me. You did it while I was singing.
02:18Let go of me, I tell you! You're hurting me!
02:20I'll do more than that if you don't tell the truth.
02:23Spit it out!
02:28All right.
02:30Maybe I need some air.
02:33That's right. Maybe I need some air.
02:48Cocoa Faraday, here.
03:18Hey, Holmes! See who that is, will you? I'm in the tub.
03:24Holmes! Holmes, are you there?
03:29Oh, confound that fellow. He might at least say what he's going out.
03:36Just a minute. I'll be right with you.
03:41Hey, how are you, Doctor?
03:43I'll be here any minute. You'd better get the instruments ready.
03:46Instruments? What are you talking about?
03:48Yes, the surgicals, the forceps and all that lark.
03:51Poor old Squirrel got a bullet in the arm.
03:53What?
03:54In the arm.
03:55Squirrel?
03:56Yes, you know, Squirrel.
03:57Mousy-looking fellow went alongside.
03:59What?
04:00What was with us in Liverpool when we did the safe in that pickle factory?
04:03Squirrel? Pickle factory? I don't know what you're talking about.
04:06You'd better squeeze out of the gang, Doc, because if you were,
04:09you're going to be knocked off just like that.
04:11Now, you look here. I'll give you until I count three.
04:14You get out of that door or I'll throw you and your Squirrel into the street.
04:17Now, listen, Doc. Is this 221 B Baker Street or ain't it?
04:20Yes.
04:21And are you Doc Watson or ain't you?
04:23Yes.
04:24Then you're the bloke. All right, you asked for it.
04:27I'm off it, Doc. Let's find the rest of the gang.
04:40Come in.
04:44Arrest that man.
04:52Rather an effective disguise, eh, Watson?
04:55Holmes!
04:57This time you have finally gone too far.
05:03I shall go straight out now and find another flat.
05:08Watson, have you forgotten something?
05:17Very well. But when I return, it's goodbye.
05:23I've never seen him in such a temper.
05:26Oh, he'll get over it.
05:28Won't you sit down, Inspector Lestrade?
05:30Oh, thank you. Thank you very much.
05:33Well, uh, is there anything unusual on hand?
05:37No.
05:39Well, nothing in particular.
05:41I see.
05:42Now, um, crime was on the wane in London.
05:47Yes, I suppose it is.
05:49Well, I suppose you have read about the killing outside a Riverside pub.
05:54The victim's name was Jocko Faraday.
05:57Oh, yes, I remember. There were some strange circumstances connected with his death.
06:01Yes, strange indeed.
06:03A chicken claw, to be exact.
06:06Of course, I never dreamed for a moment we'd end up discussing this case, but...
06:10Well, it just so happens that...
06:13Well, I have it here with me.
06:15Ah.
06:16Yes, would you like to take a look?
06:19Ah, thank you.
06:23Hmm. Is this the first time that a chicken claw has appeared in connection with the death?
06:28No, the second.
06:30Hmm. What was the first victim's name?
06:33Uh, Shackle. Howard Shackle.
06:36Was there any connection between him and Faraday?
06:40Not as far as I could trace.
06:42Now, Shackle was in textiles up in Manchester.
06:45Oh, very respectable.
06:47Faraday was the first mate aboard a cargo ship called the, um, Gloria North.
06:53Hmm. Yet they both seemed to have Trinidad in common.
06:57Trini-what? What?
06:59Trinidad.
07:00Only a person who had lived some time in Trinidad would understand such a warning.
07:04What warning?
07:06The chicken's claw, of course.
07:08In certain areas of Trinidad, a chicken's claw bound with a black ribbon is a death warning.
07:15Holmes, are you sure?
07:18Holmes!
07:20I've decided to give you one more chance.
07:22Oh, good.
07:23Then perhaps you'll come with us as soon as I've got out of this and had a wash.
07:26Yeah.
07:30Oh, for my days in Afghanistan.
07:33Ambushes, poison spears, blood-curdling screams, peace.
07:42It was wonderful.
07:46I had just returned to my office after making a tour of the wards.
07:53I reached into the top drawer of my desk for a prescription slip.
07:59And there it was.
08:02I must admit it gave me quite a start.
08:05Of course, I notified Superintendent Pitt immediately.
08:07And I notified you, of course.
08:09Yes, an understandable reaction for anybody who's ever lived in, uh, Trinidad.
08:14Trinidad?
08:16Yes, Scotland Yard reputation for deduction isn't entirely groundless, you know.
08:20But I've never lived in Trinidad.
08:24You haven't?
08:25Look, how did you know the claw was a death warrant?
08:28Then it is.
08:30I told you it was.
08:32Dr. Jonas, you must have known that or you wouldn't have reacted as you did.
08:36It was my decision to call the police.
08:38But I knew about the chicken claw.
08:40I had read about the Faraday killing in the morning paper.
08:44And when the same symbol showed up here on my desk, it actually gave me quite a jolt.
08:50But why did you think I had been in Trinidad?
08:54Dr. Jonas, did you ever by any chance meet a man called Howard Shackle?
08:59No, never.
09:01At least not that I can recall.
09:03And Faraday, had you ever heard of him?
09:06Not before I had read this morning's paper.
09:08Then you've never traveled in a ship called the Gloria North?
09:12Well, despite the fact that I'm employed here at the Marine Hospital,
09:16I've had actually very little experience at sea.
09:19To tell the truth, I've never even been on a cargo boat of any kind.
09:22I see.
09:23This whole thing seems to me like a practical joke.
09:26A bad one, I admit.
09:28But it doesn't make sense otherwise.
09:31Either that or a maniac.
09:33Why should anybody want to kill me?
09:35I've got to get back to headquarters, doctor.
09:37But I've assigned you a 24-hour guard.
09:40Unless you get any more wild theories, Holmes,
09:43I think we'll leave the doctor to get on with his work.
09:46Don't jump to conclusions, inspector.
09:49The chicken claw may still have something to do with Trinidad.
09:54I suggest you don't leave your office until my men have posted outside, doctor.
09:58Of course, you won't try anything in a crowded hospital,
10:00but I'd rather not take any chances.
10:02Neither would I, inspector.
10:04Thank you very much.
10:05Good day, sir.
10:06Good day.
10:11If you'll excuse me, inspector, I'd better return to my office.
10:15If you should want me for any reason, please don't hesitate to call on me.
10:18I'll do that. Thank you very much for your cooperation, Mr. Pitt.
10:21Good day, gentlemen.
10:22Good day.
10:24Chicken claws.
10:26This thing doesn't make sense.
10:28I believe Superintendent Pitt was right.
10:30This is the work of a maniac.
10:32I said that.
10:34Yes, you said that.
10:37Trinidad.
10:39Trinidad.
10:41Why not Istanbul?
10:43In Istanbul, they don't use the claw of a chicken.
10:45They use the ear of a pig.
10:47Chickens.
10:49Pigs.
10:51I'm going back to headquarters.
10:53I'll see you later if you're still here.
10:56Do you still think this has something to do with superstition in Trinidad?
11:00Well, if it was found, the link was.
11:02There is always a link in the histories of all murdered men.
11:05One bond which ties them all together.
11:18Dr. Jonas.
11:20Yes.
11:22What can I do for you? Do you have an appointment?
11:25Yes.
11:27In a way, I have.
11:30I'm sorry, I don't seem to find one.
11:32No, you won't find it there, doctor.
11:35This appointment was made a long time ago.
11:38I beg your pardon.
11:40Five years ago.
11:43Five years ago?
11:46Five years ago?
11:48What are you trying...
11:49On board a ship, Dr. Jonas.
11:51The Gloria North.
11:53Five years ago, remember?
12:01Who are you?
12:02My name won't mean anything to you, doctor.
12:06What do you want?
12:08I'm going to kill you.
12:11You must remember, doctor, the last voyage you took on the Gloria North.
12:15The last voyage so many people took on that ship.
12:18But it's not true.
12:20I don't know who you are, but I had nothing whatever to do with it.
12:23I was only the ship's doctor. I didn't issue the orders.
12:26I didn't even know about it until it was too late.
12:28And you didn't do anything about it.
12:29But what could I do?
12:31You could have tried to stop it.
12:33You could have reported it.
12:35You could have done so much you didn't do, doctor.
12:38It's not true. It's not true.
12:40You've got to listen to me.
12:42You've got to listen to me.
12:44I swear to you, you...
12:46You've got to listen to me!
12:48You've got to listen to me!
13:06You've got something up your sleeve.
13:09What a graphic expression.
13:10What does it mean?
13:12You know exactly what it means. You're up to something.
13:15Oh, yes, yes. You might put it that way.
13:17Why didn't you let the inspector look straight in on it?
13:19Well, I want to do a little investigation on my own first,
13:21and the good inspector mightn't approve of my method.
13:23I'm not sure that I shall either.
13:24Do you think I'm going to become an accomplice in some...
13:26Now what are you doing?
13:28We're going in.
13:29Well, what were we going to do?
13:31I'll show you when we get inside.
13:34And this is our records and personnel office.
13:36Here we keep all the records of all our employees.
13:39They're strictly confidential, of course, and mainly be seen by...
13:42What's the meaning of this?
13:44Why, this way to her basket is half full of...
13:46Never mind. Take it outside and empty it.
13:49This is a hospital, not a college for the development of backward bacteria.
13:52And don't argue.
13:53And fetch a pail of water and clean up the ink stains all over this floor.
13:56It's perfectly disgusting.
13:57What did you say your name was?
13:58No, don't tell me. I may remember it and dismiss you.
14:00Now hurry up, quickly. Go on, go on.
14:03Yes, sir.
14:08Holmes, what do you think you're doing? What on earth?
14:12Well, that was a quick way of getting rid of it.
14:13I want to have a look at the records of Dr. Jervis.
14:15Now why do you want to have a look at the records of Dr. Jervis?
14:17Trinidad, Trinidad.
14:18Ah, we're back on Trinidad, eh?
14:20Yes, I'm always in Trinidad.
14:22Wait a minute. Trinidad is the link.
14:24Now you must find the bond.
14:25But Dr. Jervis told us he'd never lived in Trinidad.
14:28He also told us he'd never sailed aboard the Gloria North.
14:30If he lied about that, he could also lie about Trinidad.
14:33But you say he lied. How do you know he lied?
14:36Did you notice that he had a tattoo on the back of his hand?
14:39No.
14:40He tried to eradicate it.
14:42But there was still a faint trace of an anchor with the initials GN, Gloria North.
14:47I believe that it is a fair assumption to assume that he sailed aboard the Gloria North with Mr. Faraday.
14:52Well, now that's sheer presumption, Holmes.
14:55GN could stand for some lady's name, a Gertrude Nelson or...
14:58Yes, it is. I thought so.
15:00He was a ship's doctor for five years.
15:02And here's a letter of recommendation from the ship's chief officer, Howard Shackle.
15:06Good heavens, and they were all members of the same crew.
15:08Yes, well, come on, quickly.
15:09Where are we going?
15:10Have another chat with Dr. Jones.
15:16Holmes!
15:21Just like the others, victim number three.
15:23That leaves one more to go.
15:26What do you mean?
15:29A naval-bodied seaman, the ship's chief petty officer, the ship's doctor, and one more remain.
15:37Who?
15:38The captain, of course. The captain.
16:08THE END
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17:57Yes?
17:59Is Superintendent Pitt at home?
18:01I'm terribly sorry, but I'm afraid Mr. Pitt isn't in at the moment.
18:05I was waiting for him myself.
18:07I'm at Sherlock Holmes' cold.
18:09Mr. Sherlock Holmes?
18:11Yes, that's right.
18:12I've heard a great deal about you, Mr. Holmes.
18:15Really?
18:16I've read a great deal about you in the newspapers, about your work with Scotland Yard.
18:20Rather, of course, it's been read to me.
18:23I should very much like to talk to you, Mr. Holmes.
18:26Well, if you have the time, of course.
18:27Oh, yes. Yes, I have the time.
18:30Won't you come in?
18:38I was just helping myself to a drink. Perhaps you'd care to join me?
18:41Yes, I should like to.
18:42Whiskey?
18:43Well, have you a brandy?
18:44Yes.
18:45Oh, thank you.
18:50Tell me, Mr. Vickers, do you often stay here with Mr. Pitt?
18:54No, not very often.
18:58May I ask why you wanted to see the captain?
19:02You mean divulging some very important secret of Scotland Yard?
19:07No, I don't believe it's a secret at all.
19:10I merely happen to believe that Captain Pitt will be the next victim of the mad killer who is at present terrorizing all London.
19:18Captain Pitt?
19:19Yes.
19:20Why?
19:22What possible connection could there be between Captain Pitt and such a murderer?
19:26And such a maniac?
19:27Do you believe that the killer could be such a maniac?
19:31What else could he be?
19:32He might be seeking revenge.
19:35Revenge for what?
19:37For something that happened in the Gloria North.
19:40Gloria North?
19:41Yes, it's a ship, a cargo vessel.
19:45And every man that has been killed to date was once a member of the crew of the Gloria North on that fateful voyage five years ago.
19:56Amazing, Mr. Holmes.
19:59How did you learn this?
20:01Oh, it's very simple really, Mr. Pickers.
20:04I happen to look it up in the records at Lloyd's shipping office.
20:09I see.
20:11Why do you believe that Captain Pitt should be the next victim?
20:16It's very simple again.
20:18Because Captain Pitt is the one surviving member of the crew at present living in London.
20:24What an extraordinary theory, Mr. Holmes.
20:29And have you any idea who this killer is?
20:32Yes.
20:35Who?
20:39May I help myself to another brandy?
20:42Yes, of course. Yes, let me get it for you.
20:55You said you believe you know who the murderer is.
20:59Oh, thank you.
21:01Well, it's only a little theory of mine, but I believe I do.
21:06And do you know the motive for murder?
21:09You're nice and remarkable, Mr. Vickers.
21:11How well you managed to find your way about for one who is blind.
21:15I beg your pardon?
21:18I mean find your way about this room, Mr. Vickers.
21:22Oh, yes.
21:25It wasn't very easy for me at first.
21:27I have come to know this apartment very well.
21:30Not that I come here too often, but I have an excellent memory for such things.
21:35I have in my mind a picture of this room as clear as you have now.
21:40I see. And what if the position of the furniture should be changed about?
21:44Without my cane, I should be quite helpless.
21:47You were saying you had an idea who this killer is.
21:51Yes, sir. Picture, if you will, a man who lived in Trinidad.
21:56Emotional enough to murder.
21:58Strong enough to use a knife.
22:01And able to use it with accuracy and dispatch.
22:06Do you hope to find a man who fits such a description, Mr. Holmes?
22:10I have, Mr. Vickers.
22:12Really? Who?
22:16Who fits such a description, Mr. Holmes?
22:19You're not blind, you know.
22:22I beg your pardon?
22:24When you went to fetch my drink just now, I moved from there to here.
22:31And you noticed it.
22:33Because you spoke.
22:35You spoke first.
22:37Where did you hide the body, Mr. Vickers? In that cupboard over there?
22:41Don't!
22:45Yes?
22:46You must listen to me.
22:50Captain Pitt and the crew of the Gloria North were not primarily concerned with the cargo.
22:57Or the cargo as we usually think of it.
23:00They were smuggling natives from Trinidad into England.
23:05I was married to a native, Mr. Holmes.
23:08A beautiful woman.
23:11And we had a beautiful child.
23:14And we had a beautiful child.
23:19Pitt came to me and offered to take them to England.
23:22The price was a hundred pounds, the ship, the Gloria North.
23:25He guaranteed their safe arrival.
23:28I concluded the transaction. I paid the money.
23:32But five miles from Southampton, the Gloria North was approached by a patrol boat.
23:37Pitt became frightened.
23:40The natives were dragged overboard in chains.
23:44They were drowned.
23:46All the natives.
23:49And my wife.
23:51And my child.
23:55I swore then that I would take my revenge.
24:00It has taken me five years, Mr. Holmes.
24:04The men I killed deserved death.
24:09Perhaps.
24:11But no man has the right to be judge and executioner.
24:15I had.
24:17And I'm not finished yet, Mr. Holmes.
24:19There are others.
24:21And no one is going to stop me, not even you, Mr. Holmes.
24:25Is more killing the answer?
24:27It is my answer.
24:30Before you strike, Mr. Vickers, look in the mirror.
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