Sherlock Holmes - E13: The Case of the Split Ticket
30min | Crime, Drama, Mystery | TV Series (1954–1955)
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson return to their flat to find Brian O'Casey waiting for them. The over-excited O'Casey struggles to get his points across, but eventually he explains how he, his friend Albert, and a young woman whom he met in a bakery shop shared the price of a sweepstakes ticket, tearing the ticket into three pieces, one for each of them to hold. Their number won, and they each stand to win 8,000 pounds. But now Albert has disappeared, and unless the other two can find him by midnight, the ticket will expire, and then they won't be able to collect their...
Stars: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford, Archie Duncan
30min | Crime, Drama, Mystery | TV Series (1954–1955)
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson return to their flat to find Brian O'Casey waiting for them. The over-excited O'Casey struggles to get his points across, but eventually he explains how he, his friend Albert, and a young woman whom he met in a bakery shop shared the price of a sweepstakes ticket, tearing the ticket into three pieces, one for each of them to hold. Their number won, and they each stand to win 8,000 pounds. But now Albert has disappeared, and unless the other two can find him by midnight, the ticket will expire, and then they won't be able to collect their...
Stars: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford, Archie Duncan
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00:30Mr. Holmes!
00:58Mr. Holmes!
01:00Mr. Holmes!
01:28Oh, may the saints above see fit that he comes back in time.
01:58Watson, look.
02:10Holmes, where did you get that wallet?
02:25It's not yours, is it?
02:26Oh, no, it isn't.
02:27But would you believe me if I told you I lifted it from a pickpocket?
02:32No.
02:33You what?
02:34Yes.
02:35He lifted it from that gentleman over there, and as he passed me in full flight, I lifted
02:39it from him.
02:40Well, don't you think it would be good to give it back to the owner before he leaves?
02:44Ah, better than that.
02:45I'll place it back in his pocket without him even being aware that it was taken in the
02:48first place.
02:49Oh, Holmes.
02:50Ah, but this is far harder than lifting a wallet and requires diligent training.
02:56Oh, watch me closely, Watson.
03:09Police!
03:10Police!
03:11Watson!
03:12Hold on, Herman!
03:13I'll call the police!
03:14Watson!
03:15Police!
03:16Police!
03:17Watson!
03:18Watson!
03:19Hold on, Herman!
03:20I'll call the police!
03:21Watson!
03:22Watson!
03:23Hold on, Herman!
03:24Sure.
03:29You were very lucky. If the strait hadn't come into the office at that moment, you'd still be in prison.
03:32Well, I got it, but something went wrong.
03:34Probably a little more practice was all I needed.
03:37I suppose you haven't considered the other alternative.
03:39Of behaving like a perfectly sane, normal human being.
03:43Instead of going absolutely mad all over the...
03:46What on earth?
03:49Well, who is he?
03:51An Irishman by the color of his shirt and the shamrock in his buttonhole.
03:55I'd also conclude that he was a typesetter by the ink-stained condition of his fingernails.
04:00Look, Holmes, that's neither here nor there. The man is in our flat. Do you know him?
04:04I've never clapped eyes on you before in me life.
04:06Hey! Hey!
04:08I don't mean to disturb you, but...
04:13Hey, what time is it?
04:17Four o'clock.
04:18Oh, good. We've still got eight hours.
04:20Look, if you're a human being at all, you'll be helping me, Mr. Holmes.
04:23My name is Watson.
04:25Oh.
04:26There's Mr. Holmes.
04:27Mr. Holmes, my name's Brian O'Casey.
04:29A man of propriety, poor as I am.
04:31Oh, mother, forgive me.
04:32I wouldn't be breaking in here this way at all.
04:34Only, I'm the most desperate of men.
04:36Yes, yes. I gathered from your note, Mr. O'Casey,
04:38you obviously shoved it under the door, ran away, and then returned,
04:41fearing I might have overlooked it, eh?
04:43Oh, well, the cat might have run off with it. Or a wee mouse.
04:46Oh, we haven't got a wee mouse here.
04:48Oh, well, you know what I mean.
04:50I didn't want to be missing you.
04:52Not with 8,000 pounds at stake.
04:54So I came back here and I let myself in so that I'd be waiting for you.
04:58Yes, well, that's most understandable, Mr. O'Casey.
05:00Now, perhaps you'd like to sit down and have a rest.
05:02Oh, thank you very much.
05:05Do you know something?
05:06My heart's beating like a trip hammer.
05:08Yes, I expect it is.
05:11You were saying something about 8,000 pounds.
05:15Well, that's the amount that's due to me.
05:17But unless I can get hold of Mr. Snowby midnight tonight,
05:20I'll not get a penny of it.
05:22Who is this man, Snow?
05:25Well, he's the man who's holding the last third of this ticket.
05:28You see, he's holding numbers three and four.
05:30And without these, we can't...
05:32Just a minute, Mr. Casey.
05:34Uh, I realize that time is of the essence,
05:36and I should very much like to help you indeed.
05:38But perhaps you'd be good enough to, uh,
05:40start and tell your story right from the beginning.
05:43Oh.
05:45Yes, of course.
05:48But...
05:51Where does it begin?
05:55Now...
05:57Perhaps it begins with this terrible feeling of homesickness I have.
06:01It came on me all of a sudden,
06:03and it got worse and worse until...
06:07I couldn't look at anything that didn't remind me of my home in County Killarney.
06:13Well, anyway, I was walking along this lunchtime,
06:16and I saw this woman, Belle Rogers.
06:19And, well, you might have seen her yourself.
06:21In the Marylebone Road.
06:23May the saints punish me if I'm lying.
06:25She didn't know me at all.
06:27But she smiled at me.
06:29I wasn't taught to be a fool.
06:31I lit off as fast as me feet could carry me.
06:44Ah!
06:46Another glass of stove, please.
06:58Brian O'Keefe!
07:00I saw you in front of the bakery shop just now.
07:03But you got away before I could get your attention.
07:05Oh, hurry, Albert.
07:06What was the big rush?
07:07Oh, I ain't telling you, Albert.
07:09A man has to look out for himself in this city.
07:11What do you mean?
07:13Look, as plain as I'm standing here, she smiled at me.
07:16Right out in public.
07:17Who?
07:19That's Irene in the bakery window.
07:21Now.
07:28Twice.
07:29What's the time?
07:31Well, how the devil would I be after knowing that?
07:33You mean you didn't find out?
07:35Well, can't you see, man, that's exactly what she wanted me to do.
07:37Well, I find good luck.
07:39Good luck, you say?
07:42Now, look here, Albert Snow.
07:44I don't mean any disrespect to your country.
07:46But the fact is, I've been saving me money for one reason only.
07:50And that's to get back to Ireland as soon as possible.
07:53And no temptress with a honeyed tongue is going to flamboozle me out of it.
07:57O'Keefe, you may be doing the poor girl an injustice.
08:00Ah, but look, the fact is that she smiled at a perfect stranger.
08:04And in a certain way.
08:06Now, look.
08:07No woman is going to do that unless she's interested in getting the poor fool's money.
08:11Now.
08:15Stay close by me.
08:16She's followed me here.
08:18Oh.
08:19There you are.
08:21I didn't think you'd run off when I smiled.
08:24What do you want with me?
08:26It's in the window you belong.
08:28I only want to talk to you.
08:30Ask her to sit down.
08:32But, look.
08:34This is no place for a woman.
08:36This is a tavern, you know.
08:39You'll ruin your reputation here.
08:42People won't buy the cakes you make.
08:44I'll only be a moment.
08:48Roddy, I'm here, sir.
08:50Roddy.
08:51Miss Roddy.
08:52There, Roddy.
08:56Now, there's a dime.
08:59Now, there's a dime for you.
09:02Beautiful.
09:03My name is Snow.
09:05Albert Snow.
09:07This here's my friend, Mr. Brian O'Casey.
09:10How do you do?
09:11Come on, Brian.
09:12Sit down.
09:14Oh.
09:16All right.
09:23Now, listen, Mr. O'Casey.
09:25Yes?
09:26Would you be willing to give me a pound?
09:29You see, I told you so.
09:30No, wait.
09:31Let me finish.
09:32Yes, let the little lady finish.
09:36It's an investment.
09:38I'd like you to be my partner in something.
09:41What kind of something?
09:43A sweepstake ticket.
09:46A sweepstake ticket?
09:48Yes.
09:49I've got one, and I'd like you to buy half of it from me.
09:53Why should I?
09:55I don't understand any of this at all.
09:58Call it superstition, Mr. O'Casey.
10:01You see, I noticed you were an Irishman from the bakery window.
10:05That four-leaf clover in your buttonhole.
10:08And since everybody knows the Irish are lucky,
10:11I'd like an Irishman to be my partner.
10:14Well, it isn't for a woman to be gambling.
10:17Oh, perhaps not.
10:19But think.
10:20Think, if we win, we'll divide 24,000 pounds.
10:24Aye.
10:25And if we lose, which is much more likely, I'll be out a pound.
10:28Which is half a week's pay.
10:30Now, wait a minute.
10:31I've got an idea.
10:33Why don't the three of us share a ticket?
10:35You can afford that much, can't you, O'Casey?
10:38You'd be going against fate to turn down a gesture like that.
10:42Fate?
10:43It's kismet, O'Casey.
10:46But I've never won anything in me life.
10:49But all the better.
10:50The law of averages is on your side.
10:52Do you have the ticket with you, miss?
10:54Yes.
10:59One, six, six, three, four.
11:03Does that sound like a lucky number or doesn't it?
11:07Well, I suppose I could chance 13 shillings.
11:10That's the spirit.
11:12Now, wait a minute.
11:13Who's going to keep this ticket?
11:18We could tear it up three ways.
11:20And each one of us keep a piece.
11:22That way, no one person would hold the ticket and be able to desert the rest.
11:26Now, that's fair.
11:27In order to cash in, we've all three got to come together again.
11:30Here, O'Casey.
11:31Tear it in three parts.
11:33Well, now, look.
11:34We'll all have to keep our stubs in a safe place because
11:37if one of us loses his, all three of us would suffer.
11:40Right.
11:41Now, shall we seal the partnership?
11:44One, six, six, three, four.
11:48Extra sweepstakes tickets drawn.
11:51Lucky numbers listed.
11:53Extra, extra sweepstakes tickets drawn.
11:56Lucky numbers listed.
12:00Extra, extra sweep...
12:02You want a paper, sir?
12:03Oh, yes.
12:06Extra, extra sweepstakes tickets drawn.
12:09Lucky numbers listed.
12:12Get your midday paper.
12:15Extra, extra sweepstakes tickets drawn.
12:17Oh, please be here.
12:19I know other people want to win as much as I do, but
12:22I'm hoping so much to see the source of Ireland again.
12:28Extra, extra...
12:29One, six, six, three, four.
12:33Oh.
12:38One, six, four.
12:41Four.
12:43Oh, well, it's not the first one.
12:46Oh, well, maybe it'll be the second.
12:53Oh, no, no, no.
12:54Take it easy, Brian boy.
12:55There's still five more numbers.
13:06That Albert Snow.
13:08I was mad to let him talk me into this.
13:11Kismet.
13:12Fate.
13:14I ain't going to pay all 13 shillings.
13:16That's what my fate's going to be.
13:27One, six, six, three, four.
13:32That's the number.
13:34That's...
13:35That's the number.
13:37It's mine.
13:38It's mine.
13:39It's mine.
13:40This week's big money's mine.
13:42Ah, ah, ah.
13:44It's mine.
13:45It's mine.
13:46Oh.
13:57Albert, Albert, Albert Snow, look.
13:59Our ticket's been drawn.
14:00Our ticket's been drawn.
14:02Oh.
14:03Why do you think I'm treated...
14:05Hey, what are we going to do?
14:07Shall we sell it?
14:08We'll have a meeting at the stockholders' this afternoon.
14:11Wait.
14:12Wait till I get me beer.
14:13I knew it, Mr. O'Casey.
14:14I knew we'd be lucky.
14:15Oh.
14:16I was appalled not to be listening to you right after.
14:18It was like I said, O'Casey.
14:20Kismet.
14:21Yeah.
14:22But sit down, everybody.
14:23Let's decide what our next step's going to be.
14:27The question which confronts us now is,
14:30shall we sell the ticket or hold on to it and go all the way?
14:35Bern and Dream, our horses are 20 to 1 short,
14:38but he could win.
14:40I say, I say let's go all the way.
14:43Oh, well, I'm not that much of a gambling man myself.
14:47But, Mr. O'Casey, you just admitted you were lucky.
14:50You can't desert us now.
14:52Us?
14:53What do you mean by us?
14:55Do you mean you both decided already?
14:57Well, Bill and I have been seeing a bit of each other.
15:02Actually, we speculated on what we would do if our ticket was drawn.
15:06O'Casey, wouldn't you like to be rich?
15:11Well, sure, and I would, but...
15:14Let's put it to the vote.
15:15Majority wins.
15:16No, wait a minute, Bill.
15:18Of course, we'd outvote him.
15:20But I think in a case like this, since we're all friends,
15:23a decision like this should be made unanimously.
15:26How about it, O'Casey?
15:28Come in with us.
15:33It's a Vernon dream.
15:39Hey, waiter, I'd have another beer.
15:41As long as he's paying for it.
16:02Waiter!
16:03Waiter!
16:30Where's O'Casey?
16:32Vernon dream won!
16:34Vernon dream won!
16:55How do you feel?
16:58Did you hear?
17:01Vernon dream won.
17:03It's rich, we all are.
17:05Yes, I heard.
17:10Where's Snow?
17:14I don't think he's coming.
17:17What do you mean he's not coming?
17:19He's got a third of our ticket. He has to come.
17:23I've been looking for him since last week,
17:25when he broke an appointment with me.
17:30Mr. O'Casey, he's disappeared.
17:37Disappeared.
17:41Well, that was ten days ago, Mr. Holmes.
17:45And disappear he has.
17:47Right off the face of the earth.
17:49And a third of the ticket along with him.
17:52I see. And now you only have until midnight to find him, eh?
17:55Well, that's when the ticket becomes invalid.
17:57At midnight tonight, on the dot.
17:59Yes, yes. Well, that's serious indeed.
18:01I should say so.
18:04Well, look, do you think you can do something to help us?
18:06I was told if anyone could perform a miracle, it was you.
18:09Well, that's a little exaggerated, but I'll do my best.
18:12Where can I get in touch with you, Mr. Casey?
18:14Well, you'll be finding me at the Golden Coach Inn tonight.
18:17Miss Rogers and I decided to stay there until closing time,
18:19in case Albert should turn up.
18:21Oh, good, good. Well, I'll look for you there, then.
18:23Right. Thank you very much.
18:29Oh, Mr. Holmes, I noticed you playing with those cards,
18:33and it didn't miss me glance that your mate won't disappear.
18:36Yes, yes. Well, it's not very difficult, you know, once you've got the knack.
18:40Oh, I imagine not. Only I reckon the lights ought to be kind of low,
18:43because I saw you put one right there.
18:47Oh, yes, yes. Yes, well, have a good day, Mr. Casey.
18:52Good day, Mr. Holmes.
19:00Yes, well, I'll work it out in time.
19:03Why don't you give it up altogether?
19:05I was referring to the disappearance of Mr. Snow.
19:09Oh.
19:10Where are you going?
19:12We are going to the baker's shop to see Miss Rogers, Watson.
19:16About what?
19:20It's almost five o'clock, Watson.
19:23We have just seven hours until midnight.
19:29Come on.
19:39If I'm right, Watson, this won't take more than a minute.
19:53Good afternoon. I'd like to speak to Miss Rogers. Is she here?
19:57She left this morning.
19:58Oh? Why?
20:00Don't ask me.
20:02When I arrived, she was gone.
20:04There was only a note from her saying she'd taken one of the 12-layer cakes,
20:08which she would pay for in the morning.
20:10Aha. Was it by any chance a white cake?
20:13One of my very best.
20:15Thank you very much for the information.
20:17Good afternoon.
20:23I was right, Watson. Drive on, Cammie.
20:48Mr. O'Casey! Mr. O'Casey!
20:52Oh, here. Take it easy. Come on. Sit yourself down.
20:55It's all right.
20:56What's the matter? What's happened?
20:58The police. They found his coat in the river.
21:02Albert's?
21:03Yes, it was all bloodstained and there was a bullet hole in it.
21:06Oh, no.
21:08And the ticket's somewhere at the bottom of the river.
21:18What are you going to do?
21:21I'm going to throw my stub into the fire and watch it burn.
21:25It's useless now.
21:26But Miss Rogers, I...
21:32There.
21:34Now give me your stub.
21:37It was my idea to split up the ticket.
21:40I deserve to see my mistake all the way through.
21:43You may as well, Mr. O'Casey.
21:45With Miss Rogers' stub destroyed, yours, I'm afraid, has no value.
21:54But you told me there was hope.
21:57Yes, I know. I'm sorry. I was mistaken.
22:02You may destroy it now, Miss Rogers, if you wish.
22:12Now it's all finished and done with.
22:25I...
22:26My hopes were so high of seeing the shores of Ireland soon again.
22:34But now...
22:41Yes, yes, perhaps a little tea would improve your spirits, eh?
22:45I can still see the picture of those two at that inn.
22:48It'll take me a long time to get over that, Holmes.
22:51Oh, I think you'll get over it sooner than you imagine.
23:00Holmes, what...
23:01Pleasure to main, my dear fellow.
23:03The hand deceives the eye.
23:05This afternoon, after I left you, I palmed a piece of another sweepstake ticket on Miss Belle Rogers.
23:17Neat, eh?
23:19Would you like a little whiskey in your tea?
23:21It'll do you good, you know, and help you sleep.
23:23Blast the tea, Holmes. You're hiding something from me.
23:27Well, nothing really, except that it occurred to me that Snow and Belle Rogers
23:31had contrived to cheat O'Casey out of his money.
23:34I was absolutely certain of this when we visited the baker's shop,
23:38and I found out that she had taken a large white cake.
23:41Well, what's that got to do with anything?
23:44A large white cake. Very appropriate for marriage, don't you think, Watson?
23:47You think they were married?
23:49Or about to be.
23:51Yes, but that still doesn't tell me what kind of a scheme they had.
23:54Well, it was really quite ingenious.
23:56Snow would go into hiding, and at the crucial moment give the impression that he'd been murdered.
24:00Now, this was the cue for Miss Rogers to give up hope and throw her stub onto the fire.
24:04Ah, yes, but it wasn't the real stub, but one that she had obtained, as I did.
24:09Now, very artfully, she would get O'Casey's stub from him and pretend to do the same.
24:15You... you mean she really kept O'Casey's stub and destroyed a dummy one?
24:22Exactly. Now, she and Snow would have had a complete ticket,
24:26if I hadn't substituted a dummy of my own.
24:29Well, that's amazing, Holmes. Fantastic.
24:32Well, everything makes sense now.
24:35Or does it?
24:37After all, you've no proof of anything.
24:39Your whole theory is just a series of inferences.
24:42If once your premise is wrong, the whole structure collapses.
24:46Naturally, my dear Watson.
25:05I believe you've met Miss Rogers, and this is the missing Mr. Snow.
25:09I think you'd better fetch O'Casey now, Watson.
25:13I can't predict what his feelings will be when he sees you,
25:16but you know what Irish tempers are.
25:20Why, say, Holmes.
25:21Yes?
25:22Don't you think that Mr. O'Casey's third share is worth at least half?
25:26Oh, yes. Yes, quite right, Watson.
25:29At least a half.
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