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00:01:27I tell you it's impossible.
00:01:29I've had very heavy losses lately.
00:01:31I can't possibly pay you ten thousand pounds, not even five.
00:01:34Too bad.
00:01:36Seems a pity, Sir Edward, that such a great career as yours
00:01:39should be finished for such a comparatively small sum.
00:01:42You mean you're going through with it?
00:01:44I've no alternative.
00:01:46Well, I've offered you a thousand. That's better than nothing.
00:01:48What will you gain by exposing me?
00:01:50Oh, quite a lot.
00:01:53It will be a lesson to others that I'm not in the habit of bluffing.
00:01:57My terms, when stated, have got to be accepted.
00:02:00You've probably seen from the papers that I've had to make several examples already.
00:02:05It was unfortunate, but necessary.
00:02:09People are so terribly obstinate.
00:02:12So incredulous, too.
00:02:14They never seem to think that what one threatens, one proposes to carry out.
00:02:18So you've been behind all those cases.
00:02:21Oh, yes. Yes, I've made no secret of it.
00:02:24The little nom de plume that I had adopted of the shadow
00:02:28has become quite a household word at Scotland Yard.
00:02:32That's as far as it has got.
00:02:35Curious, but if they had got me,
00:02:38you might at this very moment be prosecuting me, Sir Edward.
00:02:42I give ten years of my life to be doing it.
00:02:45No doubt.
00:02:47Pay ten thousand and you'll have the chance of doing so.
00:02:51Now, what's it going to be?
00:02:55You must give me time. Three months.
00:02:58Out of the question. I've already given you a week.
00:03:01Those letters were written ten years ago.
00:03:03Yes. So I observed from the date.
00:03:13I can't believe she ever gave them to you.
00:03:15My dear sir, I'm very rarely given anything.
00:03:18What I get, I buy.
00:03:20What exactly do you propose to do?
00:03:22There again we come to the question of method.
00:03:24Undoubtedly going to be rather painful.
00:03:27Prison's rather an unpleasant place, Sir Edward.
00:03:31Yes, I've often wondered whether you lawyers
00:03:34who are instrumental in sending so many people there
00:03:36ever pause to consider what it's really like.
00:03:38Must you torture me as well as blackmail me?
00:03:41Not at all.
00:03:43I'm merely using all the means I have at my disposal
00:03:46to persuade you to see reason.
00:03:49Then again, the newspaper headline.
00:03:53It will be quite a new kind of publicity for you, won't it, Sir Edward?
00:03:57Famous KC on criminal charge.
00:04:00Sir Edward Hume at the Old Bailey.
00:04:02Stop, stop, stop.
00:04:03Yes. The bigger they are, the harder they fall, don't they?
00:04:06Stop. Listen, for the last time,
00:04:08give me one more chance to find this money.
00:04:10The time was up at midnight. It's now ten minutes past twelve.
00:04:14That is my answer.
00:04:16I will leave you, Sir Edward, to your own reflection.
00:04:47Hello. Whitehall 1212.
00:04:53Is that Scotland Yard?
00:04:55This is Sir Edward Hume speaking.
00:04:57Put me through to the Commissioner, will you?
00:05:01Well, listen. Yes.
00:05:03You're looking for the Shadow, aren't you?
00:05:05Well, he's just left.
00:05:07That's all I can tell you.
00:05:11I'm sorry.
00:05:13I shan't be in a position to make any further statement.
00:05:43I'm sorry.
00:05:51Emerald KC, five shots.
00:06:08Send Elliot to me.
00:06:23Sir?
00:06:26Seen them?
00:06:30Yes.
00:06:32Now here's Markham's report.
00:06:34Not very helpful.
00:06:36It tells us what we know already and precious little else.
00:06:39However, for what it's worth, I'll read you his final conclusions.
00:06:42Well, there can be no doubt that these deaths are attributable to the person known as the Shadow.
00:06:49In each case, among the deceased's effects, was found a letter, signed with his signature,
00:06:55demanding large sums as blackmail.
00:06:59As you say, Sir, it doesn't take things much further.
00:07:02No, but we've got to.
00:07:04I had a communication from the Home Office this morning.
00:07:07Not very pleasant reading.
00:07:09They want results, and they want them quick.
00:07:11They're justified, of course.
00:07:13Four deaths in seven months.
00:07:15Bad, Elliot. Very bad.
00:07:17I know it's bad, Sir, but I'm doing my best.
00:07:21I'm hoping to get him tonight.
00:07:23Is everything arranged?
00:07:24Yes, Sir.
00:07:25On the lines you originally suggested?
00:07:27Yes, Sir.
00:07:29I don't like it, Elliot.
00:07:31Anxious as I am to get him, I still don't like it.
00:07:34You're running a great risk going alone, you know that.
00:07:37It's a risk that's got to be taken, Sir Richard.
00:07:39I've thought it all out, and I'm certain it's the only way to land him.
00:07:43Well, take care of yourself, Elliot.
00:07:45I shouldn't like your name to be added to the Shadow's list.
00:07:48I've no intention of letting it, Sir.
00:07:50The Shadow's had a good run for his money.
00:07:52I fancy it's my turn now.
00:07:55Well, good luck.
00:07:58Thank you, Sir.
00:09:09You're late, Markham.
00:09:11Well, this place ain't so easy to find.
00:09:14I lost my way at the crossroads.
00:09:16I gave you explicit instructions.
00:09:18A child could have followed them.
00:09:20I ain't a child.
00:09:22What the hell you wanted to pick in a godforsaken place like this for beats me.
00:09:26Because it was, I suppose.
00:09:28This isn't the sort of job you can tackle at a street corner.
00:09:31Well, have you got the letters?
00:09:33What do you think I've come all this way for?
00:09:35Not to ask riddles.
00:09:37Have you got them, yes or no?
00:09:39Yes.
00:09:41Took a bit of trouble to get them to.
00:09:43Yeah.
00:09:45Not so fast.
00:09:47What about the doings?
00:09:49I'm paying nothing until I see what I'm getting.
00:09:53Trustful, ain't you?
00:09:56Yes, these look pretty good.
00:09:58Pretty good.
00:10:00I like that, they're knockouts.
00:10:02Every bloomin' one of them.
00:10:04Pretty sure you wrote them to the wrong bloke, eh?
00:10:07Yes, her husband would probably agree with you.
00:10:10How'd you get hold of them?
00:10:12That's neither here nor there.
00:10:14They're for sale.
00:10:16Take them or leave them.
00:10:18Well, I'll take them.
00:10:20I'll take them.
00:10:22That's neither here nor there.
00:10:24They're for sale. Take them or leave them.
00:10:26How much do you want for them?
00:10:28Well, I thought, er...
00:10:30500?
00:10:32Thinking doesn't seem to be your strong point.
00:10:34Try again.
00:10:36Yes, tell that it's a fair price. 500 shillings?
00:10:38Pounds.
00:10:40Nothing doing, my friend.
00:10:42Well, how much will you give me?
00:10:44200 cash.
00:10:46That ain't much.
00:10:48200 or nothing.
00:10:50All right, ante devil.
00:11:06Here you are. Take them.
00:11:10Thanks.
00:11:12And now I'll trouble you to take a walk with me.
00:11:14What the devil do you mean?
00:11:16I'm Chief Inspector Elliot of Scotland Yard.
00:11:18Oh, so you're Chief Inspector Elliot of Scotland Yard, are you?
00:11:22Yes.
00:11:24And now let's have a look at you.
00:11:26Do you the shadow.
00:11:48Oh!
00:12:14Well, gentlemen, you understand the situation?
00:12:16We are on trial,
00:12:18if not for our lives,
00:12:20for what is to some of us even more important,
00:12:22our reputation.
00:12:24The shadow,
00:12:26in addition to his other victims,
00:12:28has claimed one of ourselves,
00:12:30and I may say one of the best of us.
00:12:32Elliot.
00:12:34Yes, it's a bad business. Bad for him and for us.
00:12:36From what he told me,
00:12:38I'm pretty sure he had his case complete.
00:12:40Elliot wasn't the sort of man to count his chickens before they were hatched.
00:12:42You can bet he was within an ace of catching his man.
00:12:44I formed the same conclusion myself.
00:12:46In fact, that was the reason I let him work
00:12:48on the lines he suggested.
00:12:50I tell you frankly,
00:12:52I didn't like the idea of his handling the case alone,
00:12:54but he was insistent,
00:12:56and I'm sorry to say I gave way.
00:12:58Now, Fleming,
00:13:00you've been handling the case since Elliot died.
00:13:02Have you anything to report?
00:13:04Yes, Sir Richard.
00:13:06Not so much as I'd hoped, it's true.
00:13:08There are still one or two links missing in the chain,
00:13:10but I've got a clue, a tangible clue,
00:13:12and I've made that my starting point.
00:13:14Yes?
00:13:16That charm, the charm that was found clutched in Elliot's hand.
00:13:18It was a most unusual design.
00:13:20Yes, I remember seeing some myself.
00:13:22I've taken it along to Hoffman,
00:13:24you know, the jeweler in German Street.
00:13:26He's supposed to be the biggest authority
00:13:28in England on that sort of thing.
00:13:30He thinks he can find out from whom it was purchased.
00:13:32Once I can establish that,
00:13:34I'll be within striking distance of the shadow.
00:13:36Oh, but there are hundreds of those sort of things
00:13:38bought in London every day.
00:13:40Not of that particular design.
00:13:42Hoffman tells me that kind of a trinket is standardized,
00:13:44turned out by mass production,
00:13:46but not this one.
00:13:48It's of oriental workmanship, probably Arabic.
00:13:50Even so, in a jeweler's shop with the dozens of customers.
00:13:52That's just it.
00:13:54I don't suppose it was bought at a jeweler's.
00:13:56It's a hundred and one it was bought at a curio shop
00:13:58or an antique store.
00:14:00Now, Hoffman is in close touch with this type of place,
00:14:02always on the lookout for something unusual or unique,
00:14:04and that's where I hope he's going to be of some use.
00:14:06You think the dealer may have some recollection
00:14:08of the purchase of?
00:14:10I think it's highly probable.
00:14:12Seems a curious thing for a man to wear.
00:14:14Except for Masonic signs,
00:14:16you don't generally see that sort of thing on watch chains nowadays.
00:14:18Who said it was a man? And who said it was on a watch chain?
00:14:20What? You don't think...
00:14:22I mean it's just as probable that the shadow's a woman as a man.
00:14:24But Elliot...
00:14:26Elliot was shot, and a woman can shoot as straight as a man.
00:14:28And don't mistake me.
00:14:30I've got a perfectly open mind on the matter,
00:14:32but I don't see the point in jumping to the conclusion
00:14:34that the shadow can only be a man,
00:14:36nor one person, for that matter.
00:14:38What are you driving at, Fleming?
00:14:40I think it's quite on the cards that the shadow's an organization,
00:14:42and a pretty big one.
00:14:44An organization formed to carry on blackmail on a large scale.
00:14:46Of course, there may be men in it,
00:14:48but the brains behind it might easily be a woman.
00:14:50I confess it's a theory I hadn't seriously considered.
00:14:54No, for the simple reason that for every female criminal,
00:14:56there are a hundred male ones.
00:14:58But blackmail as a crime is in a class by itself.
00:15:00It doesn't call for physical violence,
00:15:02nor does it call for physical strength.
00:15:04All it requires is cunning.
00:15:06And as far as cunning is concerned,
00:15:08women, in my opinion...
00:15:10Well, gentlemen, you're all married, I think.
00:15:12Well, we won't go into that.
00:15:14We've troubled enough ahead of us with the shadow.
00:15:16When do you expect to hear from Hoffman?
00:15:18Within a few hours, if we're lucky.
00:15:20Very good.
00:15:22I'm going down now to my place in the country.
00:15:24I shall be there for the next 48 hours at least.
00:15:26The moment you get any news, phone through at once.
00:15:28If necessary, I'll come to town.
00:15:30One thing more, sir.
00:15:32Are you alone now?
00:15:34I mean, except for Miss Bryant and the servants.
00:15:36No.
00:15:38I have one or two friends staying in the house.
00:15:40My sister-in-law, Mrs. Bascom,
00:15:42young Reginald Ogden,
00:15:44and, of course, my secretary, Beverly Kent.
00:15:46Why?
00:15:48Because I have more than a suspicion that the shadow,
00:15:50whoever he or she may be,
00:15:52is probably aware that you and I will be in close touch
00:15:54during the next day or two,
00:15:56and consequently might like to, uh...
00:15:58tap the lines of communication, so to speak.
00:16:00I just wondered if you were entertaining any,
00:16:02well, comparative strangers.
00:16:04No, good Lord, no. Not a house party.
00:16:06Only intimate friends.
00:16:08Thank you, Sir Richard. That's all I wanted to ask.
00:16:10Well, then, gentlemen, I'll say au revoir.
00:16:12And remember,
00:16:14don't hesitate to get in touch with me
00:16:16at any hour of the day or night.
00:16:20Sir Carr, I think you and I
00:16:22had better have a little talk, haven't we?
00:16:24Yeah, sure. We'd better do that at once.
00:16:26Right. Let's get together.
00:16:30Hello, Sonny.
00:16:32I say it's most frightfully foggy.
00:16:34Hmm. Can't you think of anything else?
00:16:36You've said that three times already today.
00:16:38Have I?
00:16:40Why, I'm most awfully sorry.
00:16:42You know, Reggie, you'll have to cultivate
00:16:44a little more imagination
00:16:46before you become a popular novelist.
00:16:48Yeah.
00:16:50Do you know, this fog's given me
00:16:52a perfectly grand idea for a thriller.
00:16:54Yes. Most of your ideas come from fog,
00:16:56don't they?
00:16:58Yeah. No.
00:17:00No, it's a perfectly
00:17:02top-hole idea, really.
00:17:04It's all about a man who gets lost in the fog
00:17:06and can't find his way.
00:17:08Well, of course he can't if he's lost, stupid.
00:17:12No, no, no, no. You don't understand.
00:17:14He's walking out of the country,
00:17:16miles away from anywhere, when suddenly,
00:17:18suddenly he comes across
00:17:20a frightfully lonely cottage
00:17:22all by itself. Well, by this time,
00:17:24he's getting pretty tired, you know.
00:17:26What's the idea?
00:17:28I say, I wish you wouldn't keep on butting in like that old thing.
00:17:30It dries up the jolly old fount of inspiration.
00:17:32No such luck.
00:17:34Oh, all right, if you don't want to hear the story
00:17:36about the man who got lost in the fog, don't.
00:17:38It's a jolly good story,
00:17:40full of bodies and what-nots.
00:17:42Oh, well. It must be good if there are what-nots in it.
00:17:44Ah, but that... Where have you gone?
00:17:46Ah, but that's where you're wrong.
00:17:48You see, it's the personality of the author that counts.
00:17:50Now, that's where I score.
00:17:52I simply ooze personality
00:17:54from every pore.
00:17:56Well, don't catch cold, dear. Oh, don't be serious, old thing.
00:17:58Well, what do you like me to do?
00:18:00Sing you a hymn? No.
00:18:02Listen, listen, Sunny.
00:18:04I've got something to tell you.
00:18:06It's been hovering on the tip of my tongue
00:18:08now for such a long time. Oh, don't play
00:18:10just for the moment.
00:18:12And it seems to be a perfectly good moment now
00:18:14for me to pour out my...
00:18:16Now, don't stutter, Reggie.
00:18:18I'm not stuttering.
00:18:20I'm merely trying to close
00:18:22the thought with
00:18:24words suitable to the occasion.
00:18:26Don't you believe in the naked truth?
00:18:28Oh, no, no, no. Don't joke about it.
00:18:30It's terribly serious.
00:18:32Listen, couldn't you... I thought
00:18:34perhaps you'd like to consider a sort of
00:18:36collaboration, as it were.
00:18:38Oh, I see. You want me
00:18:40to help you with your stories.
00:18:42What? No, no.
00:18:44I don't want anything of the sort.
00:18:46I want... You see,
00:18:48I'm really terribly fond of you and
00:18:50all that sort of rot, and I thought perhaps
00:18:52if you would like to, I mean,
00:18:54if I could, perhaps we could sort of hitch
00:18:56up together. Reggie,
00:18:58are you trying to propose?
00:19:00Yes.
00:19:02It's awfully difficult. It's impossible.
00:19:04Oh, no, no. It's not impossible.
00:19:06These things only require a certain amount
00:19:08of willpower, you know. Reggie,
00:19:10you know, I'm awfully fond of you,
00:19:12but I could never marry you. Oh, I don't see
00:19:14why not. I'm sure you could if you tried hard.
00:19:16No, perfectly well. I'm engaged to Beverly.
00:19:18Oh, yes. Yes, I suppose
00:19:20that does make a bit of difference.
00:19:22I'm so sorry, Reggie. Oh, that's all right.
00:19:24Don't apologise, old thing. It's only an idea of mine.
00:19:26I shall live it down, I suppose.
00:19:28Immerse myself in the old work
00:19:30and forget.
00:19:32Well, anyway, it's very nice to know that you're
00:19:34fond of me.
00:19:40Reggie, tea?
00:19:42Where's father?
00:19:44Sir Richard is in the library, miss.
00:19:46I have already told him tea is served.
00:19:48Is Mr. Kent with him?
00:19:50Mr. Kent hasn't come in yet, miss.
00:19:52Not come in? No, miss.
00:19:54I didn't know he was out.
00:19:56Oh, he went out quite early this afternoon.
00:19:58He took the small car. Oh.
00:20:00Shall I tell Mrs. Bascombe tea, sir?
00:20:02Yes.
00:20:04Ask him, Beverly, about Miss Fogg.
00:20:06Haven't the foggiest?
00:20:08Hello.
00:20:10Well, auntie, been resting?
00:20:12Yes, darling.
00:20:14I simply had to lie down with an aspirin.
00:20:16Lie down with a what?
00:20:18An aspirin.
00:20:20I should have been a complete wreck tonight
00:20:22if I hadn't.
00:20:24Am I looking very, very haggard,
00:20:26Mr. Ogden?
00:20:28Well, you know, it's a funny thing, but you all look
00:20:30exactly the same to me.
00:20:32How sweet of you to say so.
00:20:34I'm sure I look a perfect fright.
00:20:36Do give me some tea, darling.
00:20:38May you be adept.
00:20:40Her father's tea will get cold.
00:20:42Oh, certainly.
00:20:44Your father hasn't been looking at all well lately, dear.
00:20:46I'm quite worried about him.
00:20:48I suppose looking after all those dear policemen
00:20:50must be a terrible load on his mind.
00:20:52There's something so fascinating
00:20:54about the uniform, though, isn't there?
00:20:56I always did like blue.
00:20:58So heavenly.
00:21:00I don't think there's anything heavenly
00:21:02about a policeman, auntie.
00:21:04Always brave.
00:21:06Always watching to protect one from burglars
00:21:08and horrid persons of that kind.
00:21:10Are you afraid of burglars, darling?
00:21:12I am.
00:21:14I always search my room every night
00:21:16before I turn out the light.
00:21:18I've never found anyone yet.
00:21:20But you've never quite lost hope, eh?
00:21:22Oh, how you frightened me,
00:21:24you naughty man.
00:21:26What do you mean?
00:21:28I'm sure if I ever saw a burglar, I should die.
00:21:30Tea, daddy?
00:21:32There's tea everywhere for you.
00:21:34No, there are worse people in the world than burglars,
00:21:36my dear Elizabeth.
00:21:38What could be worse?
00:21:40Well, our friend the Shadow, for instance.
00:21:42The Shadow.
00:21:44How dreadfully thrilling that sounds.
00:21:46Who is the Shadow, Richard?
00:21:48Ah, Scott and George have been looking for an answer
00:21:50to their question for the last 12 months.
00:21:52All I can tell you is that he's a murderer
00:21:54and a blackmailer of the worst type.
00:21:56A murderer?
00:21:58And responsible for heaven knows how many suicides.
00:22:00Who's been worrying you lately?
00:22:02Well, to tell you the truth, my dear, it is.
00:22:04There's been a good deal in the papers lately
00:22:06about Scotland Yard's inability to deal with this group.
00:22:08The Home Office has been getting nasty.
00:22:10If something isn't done pretty soon,
00:22:12I shall have to resign.
00:22:14But haven't you any clue at all?
00:22:16One very slight.
00:22:18I told you about poor Elliot, didn't I?
00:22:20Yes. Horrible.
00:22:22Well, we found something in his hand.
00:22:24A little golden platinum charm
00:22:26of rather curious design.
00:22:28What's the matter, darling?
00:22:30Nothing, Elliot. A capsule, that's all.
00:22:32Gone with what you were saying.
00:22:34Oh, what an extraordinary thing.
00:22:36Do you know, that reminds me of something that happened
00:22:38when I went to tea with my Auntie Fanny some weeks ago.
00:22:40Now, Auntie Fanny's got an enormous cat, you see.
00:22:42Oh, please be quiet.
00:22:44I want to hear some more about the Shadow.
00:22:46Oh, I beg your pardon. I'm so sorry.
00:22:48Well, Fleming, who took charge of the case
00:22:50after Elliot's murder,
00:22:52has been trying to trace the jeweler
00:22:54from whom the charm was bought.
00:22:56But so far, unfortunately, without any success.
00:22:58Oh, will it clear this away?
00:23:00Yes, miss.
00:23:02Do you know, Sir Richard, I believe I could help you
00:23:04over this, uh, the Shadow, chap here.
00:23:06You?
00:23:08My dear fellow, what do you know about the Shadow?
00:23:10Oh, nothing. Nothing, absolutely nothing at all.
00:23:12But, um, uh, uh,
00:23:14I'm rather good at nosing out clues and things.
00:23:16Yes, Scotland Yard has several people
00:23:18who are rather good at nosing out clues
00:23:20and things.
00:23:22But he hasn't gotten very far with the Shadow.
00:23:24Ah, but you see, that's where I come in.
00:23:26You, uh, you have to have a peculiar sort of brain
00:23:28for, uh, uh, getting on
00:23:30to these sort of criminal chaps, you know.
00:23:32You've certainly got that.
00:23:34You're wanted on the telephone,
00:23:36Sir Richard.
00:23:38Oh, very well, will you?
00:23:40If it's the Shadow, shall I tell him that you're going to get him?
00:23:42Oh, certainly.
00:23:44Oh, without a shadow of a doubt.
00:23:46Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:23:48Joke.
00:23:54Hello?
00:23:56Sir Richard Bryant speaking.
00:23:58Who is it, you, Flemming?
00:24:00I'm coming along to see you at once, sir.
00:24:02As soon as this confounded fog will let me.
00:24:04I've got urgent news.
00:24:06One moment. There must be something wrong with the line.
00:24:08I can hardly hear you.
00:24:10Hello?
00:24:12Where are you speaking from?
00:24:14Where?
00:24:16Station? What on earth are you doing there?
00:24:18I'm on the track of the Shadow.
00:24:20I'm on the track of the Shadow.
00:24:22What on earth are you doing there?
00:24:24I'm on the track of the Shadow, sir. I know who he is.
00:24:26What, sir?
00:24:28You know who the Shadow is?
00:24:32Hello?
00:24:34Hello?
00:24:36Are you there, sir? Hello?
00:24:38Hello, hello, hello?
00:24:40Blast the exchange.
00:24:42It's all right.
00:24:44The house is about a hundred yards to the left, behind the trees.
00:24:46Jim, are you still going through with this?
00:24:48We haven't done so badly.
00:24:50Why not leave well alone?
00:24:52Not on your life.
00:24:54This bit of fog is the luckiest thing that ever happened.
00:24:56There's no better excuse for getting into a house
00:24:58than being a stranded motorist.
00:25:00Yes, I know in any other house,
00:25:02but the Commissioner of Police of all people.
00:25:04You know, that rather appeals to me.
00:25:06Hmm.
00:25:08Well, I'm going to have a look.
00:25:10That rather appeals to me.
00:25:12Hmm.
00:25:14I suppose it's because I've got a sense of humour.
00:25:16Are you sure there's no danger of your being recognised?
00:25:18Now look here, Moria, you're losing your nerve.
00:25:20Who do you suppose is going to recognise me?
00:25:22The Commissioner doesn't invite detectives to his country house.
00:25:24There's enough of them at the yard, I should imagine.
00:25:26No, no.
00:25:28Nobody's going to recognise me,
00:25:30and I'm not going to recognise him.
00:25:32What do you mean?
00:25:34I mean I'm going to be blandly ignorant of our host's identity.
00:25:36I mean I'm going to be a complete stranger in these parts.
00:25:38A poor lost motorist
00:25:40seeking shelter with his charming sister.
00:25:42By the way,
00:25:44don't forget, you're my sister.
00:25:46I shan't forget that.
00:25:48All the same, I wish you'd give up the idea, Jim.
00:25:50I'm scared to death,
00:25:52and that's all there is to it.
00:25:54Listen, I've had my eye on this house for the last three months,
00:25:56and take it from me,
00:25:58there are very good reasons why I should be under that wolf tonight.
00:26:00I still don't like it.
00:26:02You'll like it well enough when I'm through.
00:26:04He's got stuff there
00:26:06that'll put us on easy street for the next two years.
00:26:08Now listen,
00:26:10play up to me,
00:26:12oh, it's going to be a cakewalk.
00:26:14Come on, Moyer.
00:26:16Or, shall I say, my dear sister.
00:26:18Yes,
00:26:20and don't make a fool of yourself.
00:26:30I say, do you know that one about the poet's daughter?
00:26:32No.
00:26:34She was only a poet's daughter,
00:26:36but she wasn't an ode.
00:26:42Well, that's not right.
00:26:44She was not a...
00:26:46She was not a...
00:26:48It's funny, I had her for breakfast, and then...
00:26:50The phone's gone wrong.
00:26:52Gone wrong? It was all right a few minutes ago.
00:26:54It's all wrong now.
00:26:56It was Chief Inspector Fleming speaking from the station,
00:26:58and the phone went dead while he was talking.
00:27:00Is he down here?
00:27:02He's urgent. From what I can gather,
00:27:04he's on the track of the shadow.
00:27:06Do you mean to say he knows who the blighter really is?
00:27:08That's what he said.
00:27:10I'm fond of the things.
00:27:12Not that it matters as it happens,
00:27:14because he's coming straight here.
00:27:16He'll now find his way here in this fog.
00:27:18Fleming? He'll find his way to Snowstore.
00:27:24Where's Beverley?
00:27:26I haven't seen him all the afternoon.
00:27:28Willard said he went out after lunch.
00:27:30He didn't have to go out for him.
00:27:32That's what I wanted.
00:27:34There's someone at the window.
00:27:36Someone looking in.
00:27:38There's no one there, auntie.
00:27:40You must be dreaming.
00:27:42I'm not. It was a face.
00:27:44A horrible face.
00:27:46I'll go and have a look.
00:27:48Might be the jolly old shadow itself.
00:28:00Not a sign of anybody.
00:28:02But even if there were a shadow,
00:28:04you couldn't see it,
00:28:06because you can't see shadows in fog, can you?
00:28:08There's nothing to worry about, my dear Alicia.
00:28:10It was probably only your imagination.
00:28:12No, it wasn't.
00:28:14Really, it wasn't.
00:28:16It was an awful face.
00:28:18Of course. I know what happened.
00:28:20You must have seen your own face.
00:28:22Mr. Ogden!
00:28:24I'm so sorry. I didn't mean that.
00:28:26You must have seen your own reflection.
00:28:28That's nearly as bad.
00:28:30I'm not going to stay here
00:28:32to be insulted.
00:28:34I wish I'd never seen
00:28:36the wretched face.
00:28:38But when we're all murdered in our beds,
00:28:40then you'll thank me.
00:28:48Would you believe that a woman of her age
00:28:50could be so foolish?
00:28:52I believe anything of that old girl,
00:28:54except her age.
00:28:56Except her age?
00:28:58Do you think she really did see something?
00:29:00Well, if she did, I must have missed it in the mist.
00:29:02Oh, stop joking, Reggie.
00:29:04You're trembling, Stanley. What's the matter?
00:29:06I don't know. I can't explain it.
00:29:08Just a feeling, that's all.
00:29:10Do you remember when I was quite small
00:29:12and Tatters was run over and killed?
00:29:14Tatters? Who's Tatters?
00:29:16My little dog.
00:29:18I knew he was going to be killed
00:29:20long before it happened.
00:29:22I've got the same feeling now.
00:29:24Somewhere around the house
00:29:26is something evil.
00:29:28I see. Oh, you're giving me the creeps.
00:29:30No, Sonny, that's all.
00:29:32That confounded woman's upset you.
00:29:34No, no, it isn't her.
00:29:36I've felt like it all day.
00:29:38Just the same as I did when my little dog was killed.
00:29:40There's a lady and gentleman in the hall, sir.
00:29:42A lady and gentleman? Who are they?
00:29:44I don't know, sir. The gentleman says his name is
00:29:46Sir Walter, and that his car has broken down.
00:29:48He wants to know if you'd be so good
00:29:50as to allow him to use the telephone.
00:29:52Oh, I'm afraid that's impossible, Willard.
00:29:54The telephone's gone wrong.
00:29:56What sort of people are they?
00:29:58He seems almost a gentleman, sir.
00:30:00I expect it's Billy Bennett.
00:30:02What do you mean by that?
00:30:04Well, sir, he's quite nicely dressed.
00:30:06And the lady?
00:30:08She is what you might call
00:30:10a very modern miss.
00:30:12Well, I suppose
00:30:14we'd better ask these people in.
00:30:16We can't very well let them wander about in this weather.
00:30:18All right, Willard, show them in.
00:30:26Hmm, nice place.
00:30:32Will you come this way, please?
00:30:46I'm so sorry to trouble you, but I expect your butler's explained.
00:30:48I only wish I could help you, Mr. Silverton,
00:30:50but unfortunately something's gone wrong with my telephone.
00:30:52I say, that is hard luck.
00:30:54Perhaps you wouldn't mind my sister
00:30:56stopping here while I go and find a garage.
00:30:58I'm afraid the nearest garage is three miles away.
00:31:00You'd never get there in this fog.
00:31:02But if you care to stay here until the fog lifts,
00:31:04I should be very pleased to send my chauffeur for you.
00:31:06Oh, that's really awfully kind of you.
00:31:08I'm so sorry, but I'm afraid I haven't the pleasure
00:31:10of knowing whom I'm addressing.
00:31:12Oh, my name is Bryant, Richard Bryant.
00:31:15Oh, my dear, you're frozen.
00:31:17Do go upstairs and take your things off.
00:31:19I'll look after your sister, Mr. Silverton.
00:31:21Thank you so much.
00:31:24Oh, can I have my suitcase? It's in the car.
00:31:26Of course, I'll have it sent up to you.
00:31:30I expect you'd like something to get the taste of the fog
00:31:32out of your mouth, wouldn't you, Mr. Silverton?
00:31:34Thanks, I should.
00:31:36Come along to the library, then.
00:31:38May I introduce you, Mr. Ogden, Mr. Silverton.
00:31:40How do you do?
00:31:42Mr. Bryant, you're very like his picture
00:31:44in the newspapers, you know.
00:31:46Oh, I should never have expected anyone
00:31:48to recognize me from one of those.
00:31:51Will it take Mr. Silverton's coat?
00:32:05And, will it, when Chief Inspector Fleming arrives,
00:32:08show him into the library.
00:32:10Fleming?
00:32:12Yes, do you know Fleming?
00:32:14Oh, no, no, just a coincidence, that's all.
00:32:16Rather startled me for the moment.
00:32:18My sister's engaged to a man called Fleming.
00:32:20Oh?
00:32:22Well, it certainly can't be the same Fleming.
00:32:24Unless the Chief Inspector's cultivating bigger limbs.
00:32:40Are you there?
00:32:42Come on in, quick.
00:33:10Follow me, I'll show you where to hide.
00:33:14I wonder if you'll excuse me for a moment, Mr. Silverton.
00:33:16I've rather an important letter to write.
00:33:20Certainly, I'll go and see how my sister's getting along.
00:33:40Oh, it's you, isn't it?
00:34:02Yes, I was hoping I'd catch you alone.
00:34:04I saw you come down the stairs from the library door.
00:34:06Now listen, the position's serious.
00:34:08Do you suspect anything?
00:34:10No, why should I? I'm not frightened of him.
00:34:12Do you know who's expected here tonight?
00:34:14Know who?
00:34:16Chief Inspector Fleming.
00:34:18Fleming? Coming here?
00:34:20Yes, I thought that'd startle you.
00:34:22Jim, we must get away at once.
00:34:24We can't, it's like pea soup outside, and it's three miles to the nearest station.
00:34:26Oh, isn't there an hotel or something we can go to?
00:34:28No, no, the old man says there isn't a house for miles.
00:34:30What can we do?
00:34:32Nothing except stay here. It'll look suspicious if we try and leave now.
00:34:34What about Fleming? If he sees you?
00:34:36Yes, and if this darn fog lifts,
00:34:38we can get away in the morning before the others are up.
00:34:40We might take one of the old man's cars.
00:34:42Yes, it'd be rather funny to steal a car
00:34:44from the Chief Commissioner of Scotland Yard.
00:34:46I'm laughing so much, I can't see the joke.
00:34:48Jim, why do you think Fleming's coming here?
00:34:50Do you think he knows?
00:34:52No, I've covered my tracks too carefully.
00:34:54Just a coincidence.
00:34:56Suppose it isn't.
00:34:58Suppose it's you he's after.
00:35:00Then it's going to be very unpleasant for Fleming.
00:35:02Jim, you wouldn't.
00:35:04Wouldn't I?
00:35:06It means the eight o'clock walk for me if I'm caught.
00:35:08Surely there's some other way out.
00:35:10Oh, but I shall only...
00:35:12What's there?
00:35:24Oh, it's you, is it?
00:35:26Oh, thanks awfully for letting me in, old son.
00:35:28I've just been admiring the view.
00:35:30Admiring the view?
00:35:32In the fog?
00:35:34Yes, it looks better in the fog.
00:35:36Like one of those modern pictures,
00:35:38leaves everything to the imagination.
00:35:42Yes, I think I'll toddle off and have a bath now.
00:35:44I often do that, you know.
00:35:52I say, won't you join me?
00:35:56No?
00:35:58Oh, perhaps you're right.
00:36:02Do you think he heard anything?
00:36:04No, and if he did, he'd be too much of a fool to understand.
00:36:06What was he doing at that window?
00:36:08What, are you getting nervy?
00:36:10I'm sure...
00:36:12I don't know how you feel, but I'm nearly frozen.
00:36:14So am I.
00:36:16Beastly cold, isn't it?
00:36:18Come along.
00:36:20Fleming.
00:36:22Hello, Beverly.
00:36:24I see you brought the inspector with you.
00:36:26By the way, sir, is Sonia about?
00:36:28Sonia?
00:36:30Oh, yes, I did a little shopping for her this afternoon.
00:36:32Oh.
00:36:34Yes, I expect you'll find her somewhere about.
00:36:36I'll go and look for her, sir.
00:36:38Well, Fleming, I've brought Detective Inspector Kahn
00:36:40and two plainclothes men with me, sir.
00:36:42They're outside now, watching all the exits to this house.
00:36:44They have orders that no one is to leave.
00:36:46Why, Fleming?
00:36:48Sir Richard, when poor Elliot was killed
00:36:50and I took charge of the case, I told you I'd get the shadow.
00:36:52And I've got him.
00:36:54First of all, here's the charm
00:36:56that was found in poor Elliot's hand.
00:37:06Good.
00:37:08I'll put this under lock and key.
00:37:18And what's more, I found the jeweler
00:37:20who sold that charm,
00:37:22who bought it. He's here.
00:37:24Here?
00:37:26Yes, in this house, now.
00:37:28Nonsense, Fleming.
00:37:30You must be mistaken.
00:37:32I've made no mistake, sir.
00:37:34I tell you the shadow is here.
00:37:36Who is he?
00:37:38The shadow is...
00:37:40Fleming, what's happened?
00:37:42Are you hurt?
00:37:44Fleming, why don't you answer?
00:37:46Why, what's the matter, sir Richard?
00:37:48What's happened?
00:37:50I don't know.
00:37:54Why, he's here.
00:38:02What was that noise?
00:38:04Is anything wrong?
00:38:06Don't come in here, darling. There's been an accident.
00:38:08How did it happen?
00:38:10I don't know...
00:38:12yet.
00:38:14What's all the bother about?
00:38:16There's a most frightful shindy going on.
00:38:22By Jove!
00:38:24What happened?
00:38:26Fleming's been shot.
00:38:28Who did it?
00:38:30The shadow.
00:38:32The shadow?
00:38:34Yes, he's somewhere in the house.
00:38:36Is he?
00:38:38Who is he?
00:38:40I don't know.
00:38:42Who is he?
00:38:44Only Fleming knew.
00:39:12THE END
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00:40:13What are you doing?
00:40:15Oh, hello, old chappy.
00:40:17Don't call me old chappy.
00:40:19No, old son.
00:40:21No, no, old son either. My name's Carr, Inspector Carr.
00:40:23How do you do, old thing?
00:40:25What are you doing here?
00:40:27Oh, just trying to be helpful, old bean.
00:40:29Carr!
00:40:31Carr, what make?
00:40:33Oh, I beg your pardon. I'm so sorry.
00:40:35Tons of apologies and all that, old Inspector.
00:40:37Got it that time.
00:40:39What are you doing crawling about in your hands and knees?
00:40:41Quite by accident, of course.
00:40:43I thought perhaps I might bump into something.
00:40:45Well, you will if you're not very careful.
00:40:47Hold that, will you?
00:40:51You know, I rather fancy myself as a detective.
00:40:53Sort of got the instinct, you know.
00:40:55You've got it too.
00:40:57I've written no end of ripping mystery stories
00:40:59all about murders and clues and that sort of thing.
00:41:01And there's always something on the scene of the crime
00:41:03that the jolly old detective chappy doesn't notice.
00:41:05A little bit of dust
00:41:07or a cigarette end
00:41:09or a speck of nothing.
00:41:11And it gives a criminal chappy
00:41:13a weird one, you know.
00:41:15I see.
00:41:17Now, you bet your life this shadow jolly's done something of the sort.
00:41:19You can't go around bumping people off all over the place
00:41:21without leaving clues.
00:41:23It simply isn't done.
00:41:25Now, see here, mister.
00:41:27My name's Ogden, old boy.
00:41:29Now, talking about clues...
00:41:31Yeah, well, we're not talking about clues.
00:41:33Oh, but you must. You jolly well got to.
00:41:35If we're going to work together...
00:41:37You don't get that?
00:41:39Amateurs, but I'm afraid you don't understand.
00:41:41I don't want to spoil anyone's enjoyment.
00:41:43If it amuses you to go around measuring things, do it.
00:41:45But not in this room.
00:41:47Go and measure the bathroom.
00:41:49The bathroom?
00:41:51Yes, or anywhere else as long as it's far enough away from this room.
00:41:53You know, something seems to tell me
00:41:55that you don't want my help.
00:41:57Oh, you have the makings of a detective in you after all.
00:41:59All right.
00:42:03If you don't want my help, you jolly well needn't have it.
00:42:05But you'll be frankly sorry for it.
00:42:07You will, really.
00:42:09However, it's your loss. I don't mind.
00:42:11I'll take the high road and you take the low.
00:42:15It's all very well for you to sneer
00:42:17just because you think I'm a blinking amateur.
00:42:19But you wait till I've caught
00:42:21the jolly old shadow single-handed.
00:42:23That'll make you laugh on the wrong side of your face.
00:42:31Well, we've searched the grounds
00:42:33as well as we could in the fog, sir.
00:42:35Don't you find anything? No, sir.
00:42:37No, I didn't suppose you would. Where's Davis?
00:42:39Outside the front. Largely around the back.
00:42:41All right, tell him to stop there. Yes, sir.
00:42:43One minute. Find out where everyone was when that shot was fired.
00:42:45Yes, sir.
00:42:53Well, Carl, anything fresh?
00:42:55No, sir.
00:42:57Didn't Fleming give you any hint as to who the shadow was?
00:42:59He never had time.
00:43:01He told me the name when he was killed.
00:43:03He was close as a oyster with us.
00:43:05Just said he was going to get the shadow.
00:43:07The shadow got him first.
00:43:09Do you know where everyone else is at the moment, sir?
00:43:11I don't. I've just come from my room.
00:43:13You'll have to hide it somewhere.
00:43:15If they find it on you... They won't. Leave it to me.
00:44:01Shh!
00:44:13Such joy!
00:44:15But what's the matter? He was up in front of the stairs.
00:44:17My hand touched his face.
00:44:19Who put the lights out? I don't know.
00:44:21They went out just as I was coming down.
00:44:23I'd better find Wally and search the house.
00:44:25Wally!
00:44:27Let's have some light.
00:44:31Are you sure it was a man, dear?
00:44:33Yes, certainly.
00:44:35Willard, did you put the hall lights out?
00:44:37Aye, sir.
00:44:39No, sir.
00:44:41Most extraordinary.
00:44:43We heard a scream.
00:44:45Yes, it was me.
00:44:47The lights were put out by someone who didn't want to be seen going upstairs.
00:44:49Have you seen Beverly or Ogden?
00:44:51Here I am, old fellow.
00:44:53Where have you been?
00:44:55In the bathroom.
00:44:57What were you doing there?
00:44:59I gave her two guesses.
00:45:01As a matter of fact, I've been looking for clues.
00:45:03I say, you all look practically serious.
00:45:05What's the trouble?
00:45:07Sonia thought there was a stranger on the stairs.
00:45:09Can I help you in any way?
00:45:11I don't think so, thank you.
00:45:13If you make yourselves as comfortable as you can.
00:45:19And I think it's part of brandy for you, my dear.
00:45:43Well, there's no one there.
00:45:47What about that window?
00:45:49Well, we may as well go down again.
00:45:59Did poor Mr. Fleming bring that charm with him?
00:46:03Yes, I've got it in the safe.
00:46:05Could I see it?
00:46:07What is it for, child?
00:46:09Well, I'd rather not explain, but...
00:46:11I've got it in the safe.
00:46:13Could I see it?
00:46:15What is it for, child?
00:46:17Well, I'd rather not explain, but...
00:46:19I should like to see it.
00:46:21But it's...
00:46:23Oh, please, father.
00:46:25Very well, child.
00:46:27If you really want to.
00:46:35I found it. I must have left that key upstairs
00:46:37when I was dressing.
00:46:39Careless of me.
00:46:41I won't be a minute.
00:47:09Well, I like that.
00:47:13He took straight through me.
00:47:15Strange creature.
00:47:17Incomprehensible male.
00:47:21Does he think I'm the shadow?
00:47:27Well, there's nobody here who can't be accounted for.
00:47:29We've searched everywhere now, except downstairs.
00:47:45I can see him, Wallace.
00:47:47Come on, man.
00:47:49You're hurt.
00:47:51No, it's only a scratch. I'll be all right in a minute.
00:47:53The devil.
00:47:55He nearly got me.
00:47:57Who was it?
00:47:59I don't know. I only saw a hand.
00:48:01Steady him.
00:48:03This is the sort of thing that takes the starch out of you at the moment, doesn't it?
00:48:05It does.
00:48:07You'd better come into the library and sit down.
00:48:09What were those shots?
00:48:11Oh, it's nothing.
00:48:13Somebody fired at me from the landing.
00:48:15Sonny, darling, get us the car whiskey and soda, will you?
00:48:21I was in my room when I heard the shots
00:48:23and on the landing a moment later, but I saw nobody.
00:48:25I'd say the jolly old shooting season started early this year.
00:48:27Where have you been?
00:48:29What, me? Oh, all over the place.
00:48:31I've been to the library.
00:48:33I've been to the library.
00:48:35I've been to the library.
00:48:37Where have you been?
00:48:39What, me? Oh, all over the place, old boy.
00:48:41Upstairs, downstairs, but not, not in my lady's chamber.
00:48:43Women get annoyed if you do that sort of thing, you know.
00:48:45Were you upstairs just now?
00:48:47What, during the old shooting?
00:48:49No fear. I was in the dining room.
00:48:51Doing what?
00:48:53Having a drink.
00:48:55Anybody with you?
00:48:57Not a soul.
00:48:59But don't you get into your head that I'm a secret drinker or anything like that.
00:49:01With only your word that you were there at all.
00:49:03Not at all. I can prove it.
00:49:05If you want to.
00:49:09You saw nobody, sir?
00:49:11No, I was in my room looking for the key to the safe.
00:49:13But it's gone.
00:49:15Gone?
00:49:17Yes, I can't find it anywhere.
00:49:19Then you, you can't open the safe.
00:49:21Not without the key, dear. It's impossible.
00:49:23You think the key's been stolen?
00:49:25It must have been.
00:49:27I've just found Mr. Kane, sir. Unconscious in his room.
00:49:29Is it serious?
00:49:31No, miss.
00:49:33He had a crack on the head, but he was recovering when I found him.
00:49:35I must go to him.
00:49:37Yes, please don't go.
00:49:39Sudden death's at large in this house and we don't want any more victims.
00:49:43This man Silverton, sir Richard.
00:49:45Yes?
00:49:47I think I'd like a few words with him. Where is he?
00:49:49With his sister in the drawing room.
00:49:51Bring them both in here, will you?
00:49:53Yes, sir.
00:49:55I wonder if your telephone's been reconnected.
00:49:57Isn't anyone going to take care of me?
00:49:59I've been sitting here alone.
00:50:01Too terrified to move.
00:50:03I could have been murdered six times over.
00:50:05Don't worry. You're quite safe.
00:50:07I should feel much safer in bed with a policeman outside my door.
00:50:13The lady was alone, sir.
00:50:17Where's your brother?
00:50:19I...
00:50:21I don't know.
00:50:23I don't know.
00:50:25I...
00:50:27Well?
00:50:29I don't know.
00:50:31You don't know?
00:50:33No. He left me in the drawing room.
00:50:35He told me he wouldn't be long.
00:50:37He told me to wait there until he came back for me.
00:50:39I expect he's been hit over the jolly old loaf of bread.
00:50:41Loaf of bread?
00:50:43Head, dear, head.
00:50:45Mr Ogden, how can you talk so flippantly?
00:50:47We may all be killed before morning.
00:50:49Oh, well, perhaps he's gone off to bed.
00:50:51Why should he go to bed?
00:50:53Go to Bo Peep, of course.
00:50:55Bo Peep?
00:50:57Do you know your education's been sadly neglected?
00:50:59Sleep, dear, sleep.
00:51:01I wish you would follow his example.
00:51:03All right, I will.
00:51:09Well, I'll toddle off and find some cigarettes.
00:51:11Nothing like tobacco for giving you inspiration, you know.
00:51:13All you want is an ounce of shag,
00:51:15a violin,
00:51:17and an old dressing gown,
00:51:19and you'll get the shadow every time.
00:51:21The detectives do it. I do it.
00:51:23Why don't you try it, old man?
00:51:25Oh, and always remember
00:51:27that a bird in the hand
00:51:29is worth two in the taxi.
00:51:33Well, of all the senseless idiots.
00:51:35Yes, but he's a good fellow all the same.
00:51:37His father was a very old friend of mine.
00:51:39Excuse me, sir. The window, it's open.
00:51:41What's that? Which window?
00:51:43Downstairs, sir, by the kitchen door.
00:51:45It was shut and fastened when I passed.
00:51:47Show me. Come on, Wallace.
00:51:51This is the window, sir.
00:51:57Someone in a hurry, by the look of things.
00:51:59Obviously. Shut the window.
00:52:03There's no need for you to wait.
00:52:05Very good, sir.
00:52:07I wish I knew what had happened
00:52:09to your brother, Miss Silverton.
00:52:11He must be somewhere about the house.
00:52:13Unless...
00:52:17Unless he went through that window
00:52:19Unless he went through that window?
00:52:21He's gone and left me to...
00:52:25I wish I'd never come here!
00:52:27I wish I'd never come here!
00:52:29No, no, forgive me, Miss Silverton. I shouldn't have put it like that.
00:52:31No doubt there's some perfectly natural explanation.
00:52:35Hello, everybody.
00:52:37I told you the jolly old tobacco would yield something.
00:52:39I found a clue. What?
00:52:41Well, as I was going up to my room to get a cigarette,
00:52:43I found this on the landing.
00:52:45Look, it's been used for wiping a pistol.
00:52:47Whose is it?
00:52:49Haven't the foggiest idea. I didn't have time to look.
00:52:51Wait a minute, here's some initials on the corner.
00:52:53R.B.
00:52:55It must be one of yours, Father.
00:52:57Mine?
00:52:59Let me have a look.
00:53:03We ought to have a guard.
00:53:05Yes, sir.
00:53:09Sir, someone outside the window.
00:53:41Where have you been, Mr. Silverton?
00:53:43I went out to get some air. I had a headache.
00:53:47I never knew that mud was a good cure.
00:53:49I fell down. What about the truth?
00:53:51I told you. A lot of lies. I want the truth.
00:53:53Look here, you have no right to treat me as if I were a criminal.
00:53:55We'll see about that.
00:53:57Take him upstairs to his room.
00:53:59I must request you to remain there, sir, until further orders.
00:54:01Does that mean that I'm under arrest? Not yet, officially.
00:54:03Take him upstairs, Wallace.
00:54:05Oh, you'll be sorry for this.
00:54:07Well, if I am, I'll send you a wire.
00:54:17Mr. Carr?
00:54:19Yes, Miss Bryant?
00:54:21Can I speak to you?
00:54:23Certainly. Take him upstairs.
00:54:25Right. Come on.
00:54:31Well, Miss Bryant?
00:54:33Mr. Carr, I want to speak to you alone.
00:54:35I must tell someone.
00:54:41I am very glad you told me.
00:54:47Are you sure about the charm?
00:54:49No.
00:54:51Not quite sure.
00:54:53I must see it first.
00:54:55I'll get a man to open the safe in the morning.
00:54:57So that's why the key disappeared.
00:54:59Hmm.
00:55:01Clever.
00:55:03It seems horrible to suspect.
00:55:05Shh.
00:55:11So there you are, Sonny.
00:55:13Don't you think it's time you went to bed?
00:55:15It's very late.
00:55:17I think it's time everyone went to bed.
00:55:19Can I see Beverley first?
00:55:21Yes, dear.
00:55:23I'll go as far as his room with you.
00:55:25You needn't bother. I'll go with him.
00:55:27Very well, sir.
00:55:29We'll go one on each side.
00:55:31The corridor's dark,
00:55:33and shadows are dangerous.
00:55:41Janet,
00:55:43put out the old annealed satin pajamas
00:55:45in case anything should happen during the night.
00:55:49Yes, madame.
00:55:55I won't be a minute.
00:56:03How are you feeling, darling?
00:56:05I've still got a bit of a headache.
00:56:07It was a nasty crack.
00:56:09I know. I wanted to come and see you before,
00:56:11but they wouldn't let me.
00:56:13I'm glad you've come now.
00:56:15I've got something for you.
00:56:21Beverly, you darling!
00:56:23How do you like it?
00:56:25Oh, it's perfect.
00:56:29A hand, please.
00:56:37That's why I was out so long this afternoon.
00:56:39Darling, do you feel well enough to see Carr now?
00:56:43Oh, yes, I suppose so.
00:56:45All right. I'll tell him to come in.
00:56:49Good night.
00:56:51Good night, darling.
00:57:09Good night, darling.
00:57:39Good night.
00:58:09Who's that?
00:58:11It's me, Mr. Ogden.
00:58:13Willard.
00:58:17Oh, yes, of course.
00:58:19Of course, Willard.
00:58:21It would be you, wouldn't it?
00:58:23What are you doing here?
00:58:25I came to put out the lights, sir.
00:58:27Oh, yes, yes.
00:58:29I'm sorry I frightened you, sir.
00:58:31Frightened me?
00:58:33You didn't frighten me.
00:58:35Why, in another minute I should have tackled you.
00:58:37Oh, yes, yes, of course.
00:58:39Why, I was only staying up
00:58:41to sort of mount guard, as it were.
00:58:43Good night, sir.
00:58:45Yes, well, I've changed my mind.
00:58:47I think I'll go to bed.
00:58:49Then I'll wish you good night, sir.
00:58:51Good night. We'll see you in the morning.
00:58:53I hope so, sir.
00:58:55Hope, sir? What do you mean, hope, sir?
00:58:57You don't seem very certain.
00:58:59It's impossible to be certain, sir.
00:59:01Anything might happen.
00:59:03You don't think anything's going to happen to me, do you?
00:59:05It wouldn't surprise me in the least, sir.
00:59:07Oh, wouldn't it?
00:59:09You are a priceless old optimist, aren't you?
00:59:11Anyway, I'm going to bed.
00:59:15And what is more,
00:59:17I'm going to lock myself in.
00:59:35You'd better get away
00:59:37while you've got the chance.
00:59:39I thought it was all up,
00:59:41and that girl touched me on the stairs.
00:59:43A bit of luck I put out the lights.
00:59:45I had to get you upstairs somehow.
00:59:47I knew Inspector Carr would want
00:59:49to examine the linen cupboard.
00:59:51Blasphemy. It was him what got me my straights.
00:59:53Shh, don't talk so loud.
00:59:55I'm going to bed.
00:59:57I'm going to bed.
00:59:59I'm going to bed.
01:00:01I'm going to bed.
01:00:03Blasphemy. It was him what got me my straights.
01:00:11You'd better be going now.
01:00:13It isn't safe to be hanging about.
01:00:15Have you got enough money to go on with?
01:00:17Yes, but it won't last very long.
01:00:19Is it all you've got?
01:00:21I'll send you some more.
01:00:23Hurry now for God's sake.
01:00:25What's that?
01:00:27What's that?
01:00:33Quick, hide behind the bookcase. It may be one of the detectives.
01:00:57I'm going to have a look at you.
01:01:07Willard, what's happened? Who's that?
01:01:27It's Hammer Stevens, the man who escaped from Dartmoor three weeks ago.
01:01:33How the devil did he get here?
01:01:36He came to me for help, sir.
01:01:39You? Why you?
01:01:43It was only natural, sir. He's my son.
01:02:06The fog's clearing. Now's our chance.
01:02:08What do you mean?
01:02:09To get away. Of course, we've dared to wait. They might find us.
01:02:11Yes, but how?
01:02:12That way.
01:02:16Door.
01:02:21Now, Willis, get that inside you.
01:02:29All right.
01:02:31Thank you so much.
01:02:33I always thought your son died in France during the war, Willis.
01:02:38I let everyone think so, sir.
01:02:42I hope you'll forgive me, sir Richard, for what I did.
01:02:46I think it probable that in the circumstances I should have done the same thing myself.
01:02:52Thank you, sir. Thank you.
01:02:59I wonder what the Shadow expected to find in the safe.
01:03:02It contains the only piece of evidence likely to lead to his identity.
01:03:06The charm.
01:03:08Of course. I'd forgotten that.
01:03:10He hadn't. Neither had I. That's why he stole the keys.
01:03:16I'll go first to steady the rope for you.
01:03:19Yes, I prefer this sort of rope to the other.
01:03:21Come on, get your make-up on and hurry up.
01:03:25Yes, sir.
01:03:55We can't do anything with the safe tonight, sir.
01:04:21We must wait till daylight and then we can get somebody to open it.
01:04:23They've gone.
01:04:24Gone? Who?
01:04:25The Silverton's. There's a rope of sheets out from the window.
01:04:27Come on, Wallace. We may be in time to catch them.
01:04:42Ah, this is the place.
01:04:47Look.
01:04:50There's our man.
01:04:51Ah, well, if they want it, they can have it.
01:04:53No!
01:04:54Get behind those bushes.
01:05:01Let me draw their fire, sir. You work around behind them.
01:05:08Hello, old man. What's all the racket?
01:05:10A visitor, Silverton, made a boat for it.
01:05:12And cars got him by the heels.
01:05:14What?
01:05:15Father, what were those shots in the garden?
01:05:17Well, as far as I can gather, somebody's got hold of somebody else's heels
01:05:20and Mr. Carr's lost his boat.
01:05:24It's all very complicated. I don't understand it.
01:05:30You'd better give in. We don't want to get hurt.
01:05:32Come on, drop that.
01:05:35Drop it.
01:05:41I say, things are beginning to move, aren't they?
01:05:43Thank you, dear old Silverton, being the shadow, after all.
01:05:47You can't be sure.
01:05:51Come on, now. Let's see what you got from those bushes.
01:05:54Well, the game's up, I suppose.
01:05:56They are.
01:05:59Where'd you get this?
01:06:00Find out.
01:06:01Good heavens, that's Lady Blairman's.
01:06:03You recognize it, sir?
01:06:04Yes, I've often seen it. She only lives a few miles away.
01:06:06I dine there regularly.
01:06:07So that's it.
01:06:08Come on, Wallace, search him.
01:06:21Well, that's conclusive.
01:06:23Who are you?
01:06:24Find out.
01:06:25Don't expect me to do your job for you.
01:06:27I expect we've got an account of you at records.
01:06:30What's that?
01:06:32Bye, Joe.
01:06:33I know you now.
01:06:35You're Jimmy Weldon.
01:06:36We've been looking for you for a long time.
01:06:38And your wife.
01:06:39Well, now you've got it, you might be satisfied.
01:06:42If that car hadn't broken down, we'd be in a lot of trouble.
01:06:45Do you know, you're the first real burglar I've ever seen.
01:06:48Weldon's more than a burglar.
01:06:50He's the cleverest safe-breaker in England.
01:06:54Bye, Jupiter.
01:06:55Now you're here, I'd like you to have a look at Sir Richard's safe.
01:06:58Come along.
01:07:07What are you doing here?
01:07:08I'm looking for my wife.
01:07:09Your wife?
01:07:10Yes.
01:07:12Well, what about it?
01:07:13Do you think you could open that?
01:07:15In my sleep.
01:07:16All right, carry on.
01:07:17There's something in there that I want.
01:07:19Look here, is this going to count in my favor?
01:07:21Yes.
01:07:22All right, give me those tools.
01:07:25I say, well, what's the big idea?
01:07:27You'll see in a minute.
01:07:30Wally, tell Davison Lodge to come here.
01:07:33And fetch Mr. Kent and Mrs. Vasquez.
01:07:35Yes, sir.
01:07:36Tell them to come here, and fetch Mr. Kent and Mrs. Vasquez.
01:07:39Yes, sir.
01:08:04Knock there, Joe Wallace.
01:08:05No.
01:08:06Davis, go and guard that window.
01:08:08Who, me? Oh, I'll be fine.
01:08:10Lodge, stay where you are till I want you.
01:08:12What is happening?
01:08:14The shadow's in this room.
01:08:16In a few moments, we shall know who he is.
01:08:18I say, how fearfully thrilling.
01:08:24Got it!
01:08:31May I ask you, Richard?
01:08:33You're sure this is the box the feminine gave you?
01:08:35Thank you, sir.
01:08:40Miss Bryant, you ever seen this before?
01:08:42Yes.
01:08:43Quite sure it's the same one?
01:08:45Yes.
01:08:46I'll remember that mark on it.
01:08:48This belongs to the shadow.
01:08:50When did you see it?
01:08:51I'll never...
01:08:53Impossible.
01:08:54It's not impossible.
01:08:55Here's the shadow.
01:08:56Miss Bryant suspected it directly.
01:08:58She heard a description of the child.
01:09:00She saw one like it on his dressing table some weeks ago.
01:09:03Why didn't you tell me?
01:09:04Because I wasn't certain till I'd seen it.
01:09:06I wish I'd got you this evening from the staircase, Carr.
01:09:09You did your best.
01:09:11You were scared when I told you to go and measure the bathroom, weren't you?
01:09:14Because you'd never had a bath at all.
01:09:16You'd just wet your face and hair after killing Fleming.
01:09:19Pretended you'd been in the bath.
01:09:21Your biggest mistake was in trying to throw suspicion on Sir Richard with a handkerchief.
01:09:25I knew you were lying then.
01:09:27Because I'd searched the landing and I knew there was nothing there.
01:09:30Yes, you're clever, Carr.
01:09:32Far cleverer than those fools at the yard.
01:09:35They ought to make a chief commissioner for this.
01:09:37But you'd never have got me in spite of all your cleverness if it hadn't been for Sonia.
01:09:41Oh, brains.
01:09:43Why, I've got more brains in my little finger than the whole of Scotland Yard put together.
01:09:47That's enough, Ogden. Save your speeches for your trial.
01:09:52Well, I suppose I'd better toddle along.
01:09:54Cheerio, everybody. I hope it's a case of gone but not forgotten.
01:09:59You know, old boy, I told you you'd never catch the shadow without me.
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