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[WIND WHISTLING SOFTLY]

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[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

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[UPBEAT JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

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MAN: Agatha Christie's
The Mousetrap.

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In my opinion, a second-rate
murder mystery.[SCOFFS]

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Not that I've seen it,
you understand.

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But it's a whodunit.

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You've seen one,
you've seen 'em all.

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You know the drill.

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An interminable prologue

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in which
all the key players
are introduced.

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You get a sense
of the world they inhabit,

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and then
the most unlikable character
gets bumped off.

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There's been
a murder?

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MAN: Cue the entrance
of a world-weary detective,

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who comes in
and pokes his nose around.

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Talks to witnesses.
Takes a couple of wrong turns.

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And then gathers
all the suspects
in the drawing room

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and points the finger
at the least likely chump

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because of the way the guy,

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I don't know,

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ties his shoelaces.

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Now you've seen our play,
you're an accomplice
to murder.

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And so,
we ask you to remember

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that it is very much
in your interests

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not to tell a soul outside
of this theater who done it.

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[AUDIENCE APPLAUDS AND CHEERS]

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MAN: But what do I know?

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The Limeys,
they just lap it up.

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The play's a smash hit.[MAN CLEARS THROAT]

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Not to mention a cash cow.

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Right there is
the milkmaid in chief,
Petula Spencer.

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[RAT SQUEAKING]

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[MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

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[UPBEAT JAZZ MUSIC RESUMES][LAUGHTER AND CHATTER]

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This lavish affair
is a party to celebrate
the 100th performance.

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No wonder film producer
John Woolf

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wants to turn the play
into a major motion picture.

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Here he is now in the arms
of his slightly paranoid wife.

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I sense that death
is close at hand.

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It's probably
just a draft.

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MAN: This is where
I come in.

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Leo Kopernick's the name.

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Big-shot Hollywood director.

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Hired to make
the film adaptation

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marginally less boring
than the play.[CHUCKLES]

47
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Easier said than done
when the writer's
a giant pompous ***.

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Mervyn Cocker-Norris.

49
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I say,
you're rather tall.

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Am I? Haven't really
thought about it,
to be honest.

51
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Is that what
happened here?

52
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Sort of. I had
a bit of an accident
backstage.

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LEO: Sure, he's educated
and he knows
a lot of $10 words,

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but it's like
he's never seen
a film before,

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let alone try to write one.

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Oh, ma vattinne!

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Chi e chistu?

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No one important.

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Omm, femmina o bestia,
basta che respira!

60
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You know, at times
you do rather overdo
the temperamental Neapolitan.

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That's a nice jacket.

62
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Say, why don't you
scare me up a real drink,
will you, kid?

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Like a pint of rye
or bourbon or motor oil,
if you have to.

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Yeah. Hop to it,
now, huh?

65
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In England, that actually
counts as good service.

66
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I was stationed here
during the war

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and, if anything,
the locals are
more uptight now

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than when they had
the Luftwaffe overhead.

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Mervyn?

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Shouldn't you
be home?

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I thought we had
a deadline.

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I thought so too.

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But then
our esteemed director
tore up the screenplay

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and told me to start
all over again.

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He's of the opinion
that a modern audience
will walk out in protest

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if they're not served
at least one violent death
in the opening frames.

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Suffice to say,
we are no longer
on speaking terms.

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Merv! [SPITS]

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London's most
sensitive writer.
[CHUCKLES]

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How is
The Mousetrap,huh?

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Did they catch
the guy who did it?

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I will not stand here
and be insulted.

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Well, I guess
he's gonna go over there
and be insulted.

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Huh.

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LEO: [GROANS]
What passes for glamour
in these parts.

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Sheila Sim
and Dickie Attenborough.

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Kid likes the sound
of his own voice.

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Even money,
he makes a speech.

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I suppose
I ought to say
a few words.

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Not too many.

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And when have I ever?Our wedding, remember?

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We almost missed
the honeymoon.

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Yes.

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Darlings,
you're ever so kind.

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I'd like to ask
you all to raise
a metaphorical bat

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to the old pavilion.

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The Mousetrapis 100,
not out.

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Cheers!ALL: Cheers!

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LEO: I tell you
what else is 100 not out.

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Petula's mother.

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[CHUCKLES] The old kook's
just crazy about seafood.

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They just brought out
more langoustines.

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[CRAB LEG SNAPS]

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Excuse me,
I just need to
deal with that.

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Mother! Please,

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you've had
quite enough.Hi.

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Now, I'm not one
to tell tales
out of school,

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but the girls over here,

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they go wild
for an American accent

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and the promise
of a pair of nylons.

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But the husbands...

112
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Right. I think it's time
someone taught you
a lesson.

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LEO: ...they're not
so easily won over.

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It's only fair to warn you
that I learned to box
in the RAF.

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Yeah? Well, I learned
to fly a plane
in Gleason's Gym.

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[GUESTS EXCLAIM]

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[MUSIC ENDS]

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All of which explains,
in an admittedly
roundabout fashion,

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how I come to be
in the theater's
backstage area

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in need of
a change of clothes.

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[SOFT CREAK]

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Hello?

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[SCOFFS]

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[METAL SQUEAKS IN DISTANCE]

125
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Hello?

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[FLOORBOARD CREAKS]

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[GRUNTS]

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[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

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[LEO GROANS]

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[GAGGING]

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[GASPING]

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[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

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00:08:07,487 --> 00:08:08,655
Aw, jeez.

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[MUSIC HALTS]

135
00:08:11,224 --> 00:08:13,960
I guess I should have
seen this coming.

136
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It's always the most
unlikable character
who gets bumped off.

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[THUMP][DRAMATIC NOTE PLAYS]

138
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It's a whodunit.

139
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You've seen one,
you've seen 'em all.

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[DRAMATIC NOTE PLAYS][THUNDER RUMBLING]

141
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[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

142
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[THUNDER CONTINUES RUMBLING]

143
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[ENGINE REVS]

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[TIRES SQUEAL]

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[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

146
00:09:01,174 --> 00:09:02,308
We're closed.

147
00:09:04,444 --> 00:09:06,312
[DOOR RATTLING]Clear off.

148
00:09:08,140 --> 00:09:09,716
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

149
00:09:09,749 --> 00:09:10,717
Honestly.

150
00:09:14,688 --> 00:09:17,724
Oh, I'm so sorry, sir.
Inspector, uh, Stoppard, sir.

151
00:09:17,757 --> 00:09:20,393
Sorry, I was under
strict instructions
not to let anyone in.

152
00:09:20,427 --> 00:09:21,895
Just open the door.

153
00:09:21,928 --> 00:09:23,630
Yes, sir. Of course.
Sorry, I didn't
recognize you, sir.

154
00:09:23,697 --> 00:09:25,932
I've actually,
uh, just been
transferred myself.

155
00:09:25,999 --> 00:09:28,735
Thought it was
Leeke and Priestley
on rotation tonight.

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00:09:28,768 --> 00:09:30,570
[BUMPS]Careful, sir.

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00:09:31,370 --> 00:09:32,205
In you come.

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[STOPPARD SIGHS]

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Constable.Stalker, sir.

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00:09:42,182 --> 00:09:44,184
God, you're all
wet through, sir.

161
00:09:44,217 --> 00:09:46,186
Hope you don't
catch a cold
after that.

162
00:09:46,219 --> 00:09:47,320
Yep, after you, sir.

163
00:09:51,157 --> 00:09:54,194
Victim's name is
Leo Kopernick, sir.
The film director.

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00:09:54,227 --> 00:09:56,496
Suspected Communist,
blacklisted
in Hollywood,

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00:09:56,529 --> 00:10:00,660
so he came out here
to work on a picture
for John Woolf.

166
00:10:00,100 --> 00:10:02,680
You know John Woolf,
the film producer.

167
00:10:02,102 --> 00:10:04,504
He made
The African Queen
with Humphrey Bogart.

168
00:10:04,537 --> 00:10:06,390
[IMITATING ACTOR]
"Nature, Mr. Allnut,

169
00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:09,209
"is what we are
put in this world
to rise above."

170
00:10:09,242 --> 00:10:11,211
That didn't sound
anything like Bogart.

171
00:10:11,244 --> 00:10:13,780
No, that was
Katharine Hepburn, sir.
She's in it too.

172
00:10:13,813 --> 00:10:15,215
Wonderful actress.

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00:10:15,248 --> 00:10:17,384
I go to the pictures
quite a lot, actually.

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00:10:17,450 --> 00:10:18,818
It's the escape,
I suppose.

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00:10:18,885 --> 00:10:20,860
The romance of
the silver screen.

176
00:10:20,120 --> 00:10:21,121
Yes, thank you, Constable.

177
00:10:21,187 --> 00:10:22,322
Yes, sir.

178
00:10:23,790 --> 00:10:25,358
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

179
00:10:27,494 --> 00:10:28,561
[CHATTER QUIETS]

180
00:10:40,340 --> 00:10:41,708
[WOMAN COUGHS]

181
00:10:45,812 --> 00:10:48,682
Eh, signs of a struggle.

182
00:10:48,715 --> 00:10:50,417
STALKER: Actually, sir,
I believe that happened

183
00:10:50,483 --> 00:10:51,818
when Mrs. Boyle
was killed.

184
00:10:51,851 --> 00:10:53,253
Mrs. Boyle? Who's...

185
00:10:53,286 --> 00:10:55,388
Yes, sir. Um...

186
00:10:55,422 --> 00:10:56,589
She's that woman
in the front row there.

187
00:10:59,659 --> 00:11:01,394
Well, she seems
to have bounced back.

188
00:11:02,295 --> 00:11:03,863
Oh. [CHUCKLES]

189
00:11:03,930 --> 00:11:06,733
Sorry, sir. No,
she was killed in the play.
Also strangled.

190
00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:08,702
Not that I've seen it,
although I would like to.

191
00:11:08,735 --> 00:11:11,971
It's an Agatha Christie,
and I do like
a good murder.

192
00:11:12,500 --> 00:11:13,973
Yes, thank you, Constable.

193
00:11:14,700 --> 00:11:14,974
Yes, sir.

194
00:11:17,811 --> 00:11:19,813
[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]

195
00:11:24,517 --> 00:11:26,753
A ski did that, sir.

196
00:11:26,820 --> 00:11:28,722
They use it
in the play,
apparently.

197
00:11:28,755 --> 00:11:30,990
As I said,
I haven't seen it.

198
00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:34,694
And then the large dent
in the cranium
is a sewing machine.

199
00:11:34,728 --> 00:11:36,963
Seems he was killed
in the costume store
initially,

200
00:11:36,996 --> 00:11:38,765
and then he was
deposited here.

201
00:11:40,734 --> 00:11:42,569
Staged,
so to speak.
[CHUCKLES]

202
00:11:44,904 --> 00:11:45,872
Sorry, sir.

203
00:11:54,214 --> 00:11:56,616
Yeah, that's the ski
that he took
in the face, sir.

204
00:11:56,649 --> 00:11:59,185
And, uh, I'm afraid
it was downhill
from there.

205
00:12:00,487 --> 00:12:02,422
Oh. Sorry, sir.

206
00:12:02,455 --> 00:12:04,570
That one just came out
on its own. [CHUCKLES]

207
00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:07,794
[STALKER CLEARS THROAT]

208
00:12:12,165 --> 00:12:13,199
Seems he came
down here

209
00:12:13,233 --> 00:12:14,200
for a change
of clothes.

210
00:12:16,603 --> 00:12:17,604
Why?

211
00:12:23,643 --> 00:12:27,470
It was a party to celebrate
the 100th performance, sir.

212
00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:28,348
The other nought
must have...

213
00:12:28,381 --> 00:12:31,384
When the victim
upset the sponge.

214
00:12:31,451 --> 00:12:35,955
Um, and he then proceeded
to sit in the assortment
of crustaceans.

215
00:12:36,220 --> 00:12:38,358
[GRUNTS][GUESTS EXCLAIM]

216
00:12:42,362 --> 00:12:46,232
I'm told he was
intoxicated, sir,
as a newt. [CHUCKLES]

217
00:12:46,266 --> 00:12:48,968
This was actually
a lot more fun than
I thought it would be.

218
00:12:50,370 --> 00:12:51,838
[SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS]

219
00:12:55,608 --> 00:12:58,378
Then he left. No one
saw him again until
the body was discovered.

220
00:12:58,411 --> 00:12:59,512
That's correct, sir.

221
00:13:01,114 --> 00:13:03,483
[SIGHS] Perhaps they were
all in on it together, sir?

222
00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:08,655
Hmm.

223
00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:14,561
[SOFT CRUNCH]

224
00:13:17,630 --> 00:13:18,640
[CAMERA FLASHBULB POPS]

225
00:13:20,633 --> 00:13:23,503
Looks like the killer
tried to pull out
the victim's tongue.

226
00:13:23,536 --> 00:13:26,106
Why would anyone
do a thing like that?

227
00:13:26,139 --> 00:13:28,742
Excuse me,
Chief Inspector.

228
00:13:28,808 --> 00:13:29,976
It's just
"Inspector."

229
00:13:30,100 --> 00:13:32,145
Yes. Of course.
Inspector.

230
00:13:32,178 --> 00:13:33,980
I hate to interrupt,
I do.

231
00:13:34,140 --> 00:13:35,315
There really is
nothing worse...

232
00:13:35,382 --> 00:13:37,884
Petula Spencer, sir.
Prominent theater
impresario.

233
00:13:37,951 --> 00:13:39,586
Yes, thank you,
Constable.

234
00:13:39,652 --> 00:13:43,189
Tell me, how much longer
do you intend to keep us
all hostage here?

235
00:13:43,256 --> 00:13:44,524
Or is that
the idea?

236
00:13:44,557 --> 00:13:47,127
"Let the galled
jade wince."

237
00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:48,828
Gather all
the suspects
under one roof

238
00:13:48,862 --> 00:13:51,564
and then interrogate
each of us in turn until
the mystery is solved?

239
00:13:51,598 --> 00:13:53,700
Mervyn Cocker-Norris,
overrated playwright.

240
00:13:53,733 --> 00:13:55,268
Celebrated
playwright.

241
00:13:56,202 --> 00:13:57,537
Oh, I'm so sorry, sir.

242
00:13:57,570 --> 00:13:59,272
I can't read
me own handwriting.

243
00:13:59,305 --> 00:14:01,474
Not that
we are suspects,
necessarily.

244
00:14:04,144 --> 00:14:05,111
Are we suspects?

245
00:14:06,913 --> 00:14:08,882
It was just
a reference to
Agatha Christie

246
00:14:08,915 --> 00:14:10,884
and her penchant
for denouement,

247
00:14:10,917 --> 00:14:13,286
in which the detective
gathers the susp...

248
00:14:14,220 --> 00:14:16,489
I dare say,
that's not...

249
00:14:16,556 --> 00:14:18,625
Please continue.Yes, thank you, Mervyn.

250
00:14:18,692 --> 00:14:20,560
Inspector,
I want you to know

251
00:14:20,593 --> 00:14:23,463
that I have nothing
but the utmost respect

252
00:14:23,496 --> 00:14:25,498
for the Metropolitan Police.

253
00:14:25,565 --> 00:14:27,801
But, well, do you think
you might be finished

254
00:14:27,867 --> 00:14:29,369
in time for curtain up
tomorrow night?

255
00:14:29,436 --> 00:14:30,570
Oh, for goodness' sake.

256
00:14:30,603 --> 00:14:32,339
John Woolf,
esteemed
film producer.

257
00:14:32,372 --> 00:14:33,740
Yes, thank you,
Constable.

258
00:14:33,773 --> 00:14:35,709
This is
a murder
investigation.

259
00:14:35,742 --> 00:14:39,245
Surely that
takes precedence,
sold out or not.

260
00:14:39,312 --> 00:14:41,381
Yes, it's all going
to plan for you,
isn't it, Woolfie?

261
00:14:41,448 --> 00:14:42,816
You want the run to end.

262
00:14:42,882 --> 00:14:45,251
WOOLF: [SCOFFS]
I want nothing
of the sort.

263
00:14:45,318 --> 00:14:46,953
It's the decent thing
to do, that's all.

264
00:14:47,200 --> 00:14:49,522
Close the theater
out of respect for Leo.

265
00:14:49,589 --> 00:14:50,924
Such a tragic loss.

266
00:14:50,957 --> 00:14:56,496
Inspector,
I implore you
not to overreact.

267
00:14:56,529 --> 00:14:59,399
I would hate
to have to go
over your head and

268
00:14:59,466 --> 00:15:02,680
talk directly
to your superiors.

269
00:15:02,102 --> 00:15:03,903
Oh, we wouldn't
want that, now,
would we, madam?

270
00:15:03,937 --> 00:15:05,939
But I'm afraid that
under the circumstances,

271
00:15:05,972 --> 00:15:07,974
as a precaution...Precaution?

272
00:15:08,808 --> 00:15:10,276
He's already dead.

273
00:15:10,343 --> 00:15:11,978
STOPPARD: He is, madam.

274
00:15:12,450 --> 00:15:14,381
But until we have an idea
as to a likely motive,

275
00:15:14,414 --> 00:15:16,616
who's to say
this is the end
of it?

276
00:15:16,649 --> 00:15:18,618
What is that
supposed to mean?

277
00:15:18,651 --> 00:15:21,287
We are no longer
merely suspects.

278
00:15:21,354 --> 00:15:24,124
We are also
potential victims.

279
00:15:25,859 --> 00:15:27,600
[CAMERA FLASHBULB POPS]Oh.

280
00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:29,129
Mmm.

281
00:15:29,195 --> 00:15:31,965
Oh, God,
I wasn't in that, was I?
I must look dreadful.

282
00:15:33,233 --> 00:15:35,435
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

283
00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:41,307
[TIRES SQUEAL][ENGINE REVS]

284
00:15:47,113 --> 00:15:48,782
[INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS]

285
00:15:57,290 --> 00:15:58,324
Excuse me, sir.

286
00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,340
[BLOWS NOSE]

287
00:16:08,101 --> 00:16:09,402
MAN: Stoppard!

288
00:16:09,436 --> 00:16:11,404
My office.

289
00:16:11,438 --> 00:16:13,573
[KNOCK ON DOOR]STOPPARD: Hello, sir.

290
00:16:13,606 --> 00:16:14,908
What in God's name
possessed you

291
00:16:14,974 --> 00:16:16,710
to close down
the Ambassadors?

292
00:16:16,743 --> 00:16:18,345
Uh, protocol, sir.
It's a crime scene.

293
00:16:18,411 --> 00:16:21,681
No, it's a public relations
disaster, is what it is.

294
00:16:21,715 --> 00:16:22,849
Public what, sir?

295
00:16:22,882 --> 00:16:24,184
Stalker!Sir.

296
00:16:24,250 --> 00:16:26,152
Not to put too
fine a point on...

297
00:16:26,186 --> 00:16:27,487
Yes, please.Here.

298
00:16:27,554 --> 00:16:29,155
Not to put
too fine a point
on it, Inspector,

299
00:16:29,189 --> 00:16:32,726
but your latest blunder
is front page news.

300
00:16:32,759 --> 00:16:34,600
Fleet Street
is all over this,

301
00:16:34,127 --> 00:16:35,995
like hot jam
on a Devonshire scone.

302
00:16:36,290 --> 00:16:39,599
You are slap-bang
in the crosshairs.

303
00:16:39,632 --> 00:16:41,201
Now, we need to do
everything we can

304
00:16:41,267 --> 00:16:44,370
to make sure the bullet
doesn't miss you and hit me.

305
00:16:44,700 --> 00:16:46,390
Yeah, of course, sir. Yes.Good.

306
00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:48,800
Then you'll inform
the theater at once.

307
00:16:48,410 --> 00:16:49,709
Well, I thought
as a precaution, I...

308
00:16:49,743 --> 00:16:51,211
The Home Secretary

309
00:16:51,277 --> 00:16:54,470
is a close, personal friend
of Agatha Christie.

310
00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:56,316
His brother-in-law
is Rex Harrison.

311
00:16:56,349 --> 00:16:57,384
Wonderful actor.

312
00:16:57,450 --> 00:16:59,352
Yes, thank you, Constable.Sir.

313
00:16:59,386 --> 00:17:01,721
It's actually worked
in our favor to have the press
distracted like this.

314
00:17:01,755 --> 00:17:05,191
It means we can keep a lid on
the Rillington Place murders.

315
00:17:05,225 --> 00:17:08,228
Rillington Place murders.
Yes. What's that?

316
00:17:08,294 --> 00:17:10,300
[SIGHS] Blimey.

317
00:17:10,630 --> 00:17:11,898
Haven't you heard?

318
00:17:11,931 --> 00:17:14,340
We have
a serial killer
on the loose.

319
00:17:14,670 --> 00:17:16,336
You didn't think
all of this was for you,
now, did you?

320
00:17:18,204 --> 00:17:19,673
No, of course...No.

321
00:17:19,739 --> 00:17:22,420
[BOTH CHUCKLE]Of course not.

322
00:17:22,750 --> 00:17:25,612
Well, have all the resources
been allocated
to this other investigation?

323
00:17:25,645 --> 00:17:28,214
No, not all of them, no.

324
00:17:28,248 --> 00:17:31,251
I understand you,
uh, met WPC Stalker
last night?

325
00:17:31,317 --> 00:17:32,552
I did, yes.

326
00:17:32,619 --> 00:17:34,187
Constable.Inspector.

327
00:17:34,220 --> 00:17:38,324
A very capable
officer.

328
00:17:38,358 --> 00:17:40,794
Or at least she will be
once she gets
the proper instruction.

329
00:17:41,828 --> 00:17:43,329
Sorry, sir,
I'm not sure I, uh...

330
00:17:43,363 --> 00:17:44,664
You don't mean
you want me to...

331
00:17:44,698 --> 00:17:47,534
Yes, I do. I'd like you
to show her the ropes.

332
00:17:47,567 --> 00:17:51,271
I'm hoping some of her
enthusiasm for police work
might rub off on you.

333
00:17:51,338 --> 00:17:53,406
But the, uh, bullet, sir.
Is that why...

334
00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,760
This is not
a debate, Stoppard.

335
00:17:56,109 --> 00:17:58,912
I have a reputation
as a modernizer.

336
00:17:58,945 --> 00:18:00,947
I have to be seen
to keep it up.

337
00:18:00,980 --> 00:18:03,783
I have said in public

338
00:18:03,817 --> 00:18:06,953
that I think
women are the future
of the force.

339
00:18:06,986 --> 00:18:09,989
Absolutely, sir,
I agree.

340
00:18:10,230 --> 00:18:11,910
[CHUCKLING]
But we're not looking

341
00:18:11,124 --> 00:18:12,459
for stolen sweets...Sweets.

342
00:18:12,525 --> 00:18:14,260
...or a lost
bleeding bicycle.

343
00:18:14,294 --> 00:18:16,963
This is
a murder investigation,
and she is inexperienced.

344
00:18:16,996 --> 00:18:20,967
They were
inexperienced
in the war.

345
00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:23,103
Ask Jerry
how that turned out.

346
00:18:23,136 --> 00:18:24,537
Yes, sir. But, uh...

347
00:18:24,571 --> 00:18:25,672
That...Huh?

348
00:18:25,705 --> 00:18:28,875
...will be all.Thank you.

349
00:18:29,743 --> 00:18:30,944
Commissioner.Inspector.

350
00:18:32,112 --> 00:18:34,470
Constable.Inspector.

351
00:18:35,315 --> 00:18:37,317
Commissioner.Constable.

352
00:18:37,384 --> 00:18:39,586
Um, sorry again
about last night, sir.

353
00:18:39,619 --> 00:18:41,210
With the rain
and everything...

354
00:18:41,540 --> 00:18:42,422
Water under
the bridge, Constable.
No harm done.

355
00:18:42,455 --> 00:18:43,490
[SNEEZES]

356
00:18:43,556 --> 00:18:45,625
[PLAYFUL JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

357
00:18:45,692 --> 00:18:47,627
[SNIFFLES,
GROANS]

358
00:18:49,195 --> 00:18:50,997
[SNEEZES]You all right?

359
00:18:51,310 --> 00:18:55,268
Yeah. Do we have
an address
for the victim?

360
00:18:55,301 --> 00:18:59,305
Yep. It is
"Laurel Canyon,
Hollywood, USA."

361
00:19:01,700 --> 00:19:03,343
Where was he staying
in England, Constable?

362
00:19:04,844 --> 00:19:06,413
Oh. Um...

363
00:19:06,446 --> 00:19:08,181
[TUTS] Right.

364
00:19:08,214 --> 00:19:10,617
[PLAYFUL JAZZ MUSIC CONTINUES]

365
00:19:26,990 --> 00:19:27,367
[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

366
00:19:29,350 --> 00:19:31,438
If I am honest,
MonsieurKopernick,

367
00:19:31,471 --> 00:19:33,306
he was not
a very good guest.

368
00:19:33,340 --> 00:19:34,507
In arrears,
was he?

369
00:19:34,541 --> 00:19:38,440
La, non,
but he did not pay
for his room.

370
00:19:38,780 --> 00:19:39,479
MonsieurWoolf did.

371
00:19:39,512 --> 00:19:40,513
STALKER: Hmm.

372
00:19:42,820 --> 00:19:43,917
What part of France
are you from, sir?

373
00:19:44,751 --> 00:19:45,819
Belgium.

374
00:19:46,353 --> 00:19:47,354
Ah, right.

375
00:19:51,624 --> 00:19:53,960
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

376
00:19:54,270 --> 00:19:56,960
[DOOR CLOSES]STOPPARD: Oh, my, my.

377
00:19:58,198 --> 00:20:00,533
What a bloody pigsty.

378
00:20:00,567 --> 00:20:03,336
They don't clean
the rooms
at the Savoy?

379
00:20:03,370 --> 00:20:05,338
Helas,not this one.

380
00:20:06,106 --> 00:20:07,207
Hmm.

381
00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,576
The maids,
they refuse.

382
00:20:09,642 --> 00:20:13,246
We offer them more money,
but still they say non.

383
00:20:14,214 --> 00:20:15,382
There was

384
00:20:16,349 --> 00:20:18,918
an incident.

385
00:20:18,952 --> 00:20:22,589
Always avec
MonsieurKopernick,
there was an incident.

386
00:20:28,528 --> 00:20:29,496
Hmm.

387
00:20:41,675 --> 00:20:42,609
Ooh.

388
00:20:43,576 --> 00:20:45,111
STOPPARD:
Thank you,
Constable.

389
00:20:45,145 --> 00:20:47,313
Oh. Sorry, sir.

390
00:20:47,380 --> 00:20:49,616
Did one of these incidents
ever turn violent?

391
00:20:50,316 --> 00:20:52,585
Oui. Une fois.

392
00:20:52,619 --> 00:20:54,454
[ROUSING MUSIC PLAYS]

393
00:20:54,521 --> 00:20:56,189
MERVYN: How dare you
call me a bad writer!

394
00:20:56,256 --> 00:20:57,857
LEO: I didn't say that.
I said it's bad writing.

395
00:20:57,891 --> 00:21:00,260
MERVYN: I did the best
I could within the confines
of the genre,

396
00:21:00,293 --> 00:21:02,328
and Woolf loved it!

397
00:21:02,395 --> 00:21:04,397
LEO: Woolf wouldn't know
a good script if it came up
and bit him on the ***.

398
00:21:04,431 --> 00:21:07,000
It's horseshit!No, it isn't!
Not all of it!

399
00:21:07,330 --> 00:21:08,535
All right, what I read
is horseshit!

400
00:21:08,568 --> 00:21:11,171
MERVYN: [GASPS]
You mean you didn't
even finish it?

401
00:21:11,204 --> 00:21:12,605
I read enough, pal,

402
00:21:12,639 --> 00:21:14,107
to know that
nobody gets killed
in the first 10 pages!

403
00:21:14,140 --> 00:21:16,309
You charlatan!
Give it back!

404
00:21:16,343 --> 00:21:17,777
Listen. Listen to me. Listen!Give...

405
00:21:17,844 --> 00:21:19,713
We need to go
in a completely
different direction!

406
00:21:19,746 --> 00:21:20,880
[STRAINING]

407
00:21:20,914 --> 00:21:22,215
[LEO GRUNTS][YELPS]

408
00:21:22,282 --> 00:21:23,717
[LAMP SHATTERS]

409
00:21:25,418 --> 00:21:26,753
[PANTING]

410
00:21:26,786 --> 00:21:30,457
I'll kill you for this,
Kopernick, you *******!

411
00:21:34,270 --> 00:21:37,630
That's that then, sir.
It's as good
as a confession.

412
00:21:37,130 --> 00:21:39,599
Let's not jump
to conclusions,
Constable.

413
00:21:39,999 --> 00:21:41,434
No, sir.

414
00:21:41,468 --> 00:21:43,903
The least we can do is
talk to this other party.

415
00:21:43,937 --> 00:21:45,672
Yes, sir.
Cocker-Norris, sir.

416
00:21:48,375 --> 00:21:49,909
STOPPARD: Tell me,
do you write
everything down

417
00:21:49,943 --> 00:21:52,780
in that little notebook?

418
00:21:52,145 --> 00:21:54,214
Only if it's
important, sir.

419
00:21:54,247 --> 00:21:55,815
How do you know
if it's important?

420
00:21:57,217 --> 00:21:59,152
Well,

421
00:21:59,185 --> 00:22:03,230
uh, I'll just sort of
put everything in
as we go,

422
00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:05,358
and then down the line
when we know
what's important,

423
00:22:05,392 --> 00:22:07,360
we'll know
that it's already
in the notebook.

424
00:22:10,363 --> 00:22:11,765
So you do write
everything down.

425
00:22:11,798 --> 00:22:12,899
Yeah, everything.

426
00:22:13,633 --> 00:22:14,901
That's what I thought.

427
00:22:16,770 --> 00:22:18,710
[ENGINE STARTS]

428
00:22:20,400 --> 00:22:22,809
[OPERATIC SONG PLAYING]

429
00:22:27,547 --> 00:22:28,815
MERVYN:
Make yourself
comfortable.

430
00:22:28,848 --> 00:22:31,510
You're just in time
for elevenses.

431
00:22:52,405 --> 00:22:53,573
[GRUNTS]Oh.

432
00:22:55,108 --> 00:22:57,811
[SONG CONTINUES PLAYING]

433
00:23:03,850 --> 00:23:04,851
Oh!

434
00:23:05,952 --> 00:23:06,886
[DOOR OPENS]

435
00:23:07,987 --> 00:23:08,955
[DOOR CLOSES]

436
00:23:10,390 --> 00:23:11,858
[OPERA STOPS]

437
00:23:11,891 --> 00:23:14,594
You must excuse
the desordre,

438
00:23:14,661 --> 00:23:16,763
it's research for
the film adaptation.

439
00:23:16,830 --> 00:23:20,100
Police statements,
court reports,
newspaper cuttings.

440
00:23:20,133 --> 00:23:22,569
The Mousetrapis
actually based on
a real-life case.

441
00:23:23,203 --> 00:23:24,771
Nettle tea?

442
00:23:24,838 --> 00:23:27,674
I appreciate you've
not yet had time
to come to terms

443
00:23:27,707 --> 00:23:29,175
with the death of
Mr. Kopernick, but...

444
00:23:29,209 --> 00:23:31,111
Is it true
his tongue was
pulled out?

445
00:23:31,144 --> 00:23:32,912
[CHUCKLING]
I'm afraid I can't
divulge details

446
00:23:32,979 --> 00:23:34,140
of an ongoing
investigation.

447
00:23:34,470 --> 00:23:35,348
It was disgusting.

448
00:23:35,415 --> 00:23:38,118
[DOOR OPENS] Amore, non pozzo
fatica cosi!

449
00:23:38,151 --> 00:23:39,185
What?

450
00:23:40,186 --> 00:23:41,988
E na cos' 'e pazz!

451
00:23:42,220 --> 00:23:43,590
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]

452
00:23:48,294 --> 00:23:49,629
[CHUCKLES LIGHTLY]

453
00:23:49,696 --> 00:23:53,800
That's Gio.
Nephew of mine.
Very hotheaded.

454
00:23:53,867 --> 00:23:55,602
I wonder if it isn't
all the fumes.

455
00:23:55,635 --> 00:23:57,700
You know,
from the chemicals.

456
00:23:57,137 --> 00:23:59,372
He's an amateur taxidermist.

457
00:23:59,439 --> 00:24:02,809
He has a fascination
with the macabre.

458
00:24:02,876 --> 00:24:04,611
I call it his
Stymphalian Bird series.

459
00:24:05,145 --> 00:24:06,880
STOPPARD: Hmm.

460
00:24:06,913 --> 00:24:09,883
MERVYN: Macabre in a strictly
"ornithological" sense,
that is.

461
00:24:13,530 --> 00:24:14,754
You wanted to ask me
about Leo?

462
00:24:14,788 --> 00:24:17,223
STOPPARD: We heard
there was an argument
at the Savoy,

463
00:24:17,257 --> 00:24:18,792
and I noticed you had
the other half of this.

464
00:24:24,931 --> 00:24:28,101
Inspector,
that was a contretemps,
nothing more.

465
00:24:28,168 --> 00:24:30,670
[SOFTLY] Read that part.
Yeah.

466
00:24:30,737 --> 00:24:33,840
"I'll kill you for this,
Kopernick, you *******."

467
00:24:37,243 --> 00:24:38,511
Well, obviously, I...

468
00:24:38,545 --> 00:24:40,480
Taken out of context, I...

469
00:24:40,513 --> 00:24:45,118
Those words were spoken
in anger and under
extreme provocation.

470
00:24:45,185 --> 00:24:47,420
We had creative differences,
that's all.

471
00:24:48,221 --> 00:24:49,756
Hmm.

472
00:24:49,789 --> 00:24:51,391
How did you
like The Mousetrap?

473
00:24:52,225 --> 00:24:53,927
Oh, yeah, the play?Mmm.

474
00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:55,829
Yeah, I, uh...
I didn't see it yet.

475
00:24:55,862 --> 00:24:56,930
Well, if you'd like,

476
00:24:56,963 --> 00:24:58,198
I can precis this...No, no, no.

477
00:24:58,231 --> 00:25:00,767
I got the basics.
It's a whodunit, right?

478
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:04,671
So, you got
a dead body,
a detective,

479
00:25:04,704 --> 00:25:07,574
and then all the suspects
rather conveniently

480
00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,709
end up in a remote
country house together.

481
00:25:10,310 --> 00:25:12,120
In a nutshell.

482
00:25:12,780 --> 00:25:14,814
Our task will be to
present this improbable
series of events

483
00:25:14,848 --> 00:25:16,783
to an audience of
moderate intelligence

484
00:25:16,816 --> 00:25:19,285
in a manner
that does not cause
too much offense.

485
00:25:19,319 --> 00:25:20,787
Easy.

486
00:25:20,820 --> 00:25:21,988
Flashbacks.

487
00:25:22,422 --> 00:25:23,890
No.

488
00:25:24,557 --> 00:25:25,792
No what?

489
00:25:25,825 --> 00:25:27,594
No flashbacks.

490
00:25:27,660 --> 00:25:29,529
They are crass, lazy,
and they interrupt

491
00:25:29,562 --> 00:25:31,231
the flow of the story.

492
00:25:31,264 --> 00:25:34,467
In my opinion,
they are the last refuge
of a moribund imagination.

493
00:25:35,100 --> 00:25:36,136
Whatever next?

494
00:25:36,169 --> 00:25:38,538
A caption that says,
"Three weeks later"?

495
00:25:38,571 --> 00:25:40,273
[DRAMATIC NOTE PLAYS]

496
00:25:40,974 --> 00:25:42,800
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

497
00:25:42,420 --> 00:25:44,611
Merv. Merv,
will you come on?

498
00:25:44,678 --> 00:25:46,120
This is crazy.
Will you open the door?

499
00:25:46,460 --> 00:25:47,714
I'm not coming out
until Woolf gets here.

500
00:25:47,747 --> 00:25:48,715
[DOOR BUZZES]

501
00:25:50,283 --> 00:25:51,551
What is it this time?

502
00:25:51,584 --> 00:25:53,530
I'll tell you
what it is.

503
00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:54,621
I pitched
a new ending,

504
00:25:54,688 --> 00:25:57,290
Cockamamie-Novice over here
locks himself in the bathroom.

505
00:25:57,323 --> 00:25:59,590
Is this instead
of the car chase?

506
00:25:59,125 --> 00:26:00,560
As well as.

507
00:26:00,593 --> 00:26:04,330
I think he thinks
"denouement" is French
for "shootout."

508
00:26:04,364 --> 00:26:05,899
Will you at least
hear me out first,

509
00:26:05,932 --> 00:26:08,368
and then tell me
you don't like it?

510
00:26:08,435 --> 00:26:12,172
Come on,
I storyboarded it for you.
Come on, have a seat.

511
00:26:12,205 --> 00:26:15,375
MERVYN: Why can't we just
have the detective gather
everyone in the drawing room

512
00:26:15,442 --> 00:26:17,777
and then
reveal to them
who did it?

513
00:26:17,844 --> 00:26:20,880
Why? 'Cause it's old,
it's tired.

514
00:26:20,914 --> 00:26:22,615
It's been done
a thousand times.

515
00:26:22,649 --> 00:26:25,518
So then who explains
to the audience
what on Earth's going on?

516
00:26:25,585 --> 00:26:26,653
No one.

517
00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:28,655
I don't know.
The killer.

518
00:26:28,722 --> 00:26:30,223
Now you see
what I have to
put up with?

519
00:26:30,290 --> 00:26:32,192
Will you please
have a seat?

520
00:26:32,225 --> 00:26:34,928
So, a remote
country house.

521
00:26:34,961 --> 00:26:38,331
We got all the, uh,
suspects gathered in
the drawing room, right?

522
00:26:38,365 --> 00:26:40,800
So far, soporific.

523
00:26:40,867 --> 00:26:43,690
Suddenly,
the lights go out.

524
00:26:43,103 --> 00:26:44,604
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

525
00:26:44,637 --> 00:26:48,208
Our hero grips
his Colt Special,
edges into the hall.

526
00:26:49,943 --> 00:26:52,178
The killer's got a hostage,
can't get a clear shot.

527
00:26:53,213 --> 00:26:54,647
Suddenly, kaboom!

528
00:26:54,681 --> 00:26:56,316
The place goes up
in flames.

529
00:26:56,349 --> 00:26:57,417
[CARD SHUFFLES]

530
00:26:57,484 --> 00:26:58,551
Blam! Blam!

531
00:26:58,618 --> 00:27:00,253
Our hero
plugs the killer.

532
00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:01,554
One in the gut!
[GRUNTS]

533
00:27:01,621 --> 00:27:03,356
One in the knee!
[GROANS]

534
00:27:03,390 --> 00:27:04,524
Then, all of a sudden...

535
00:27:04,557 --> 00:27:05,892
[MIMICS GUN CLICKING]

536
00:27:08,695 --> 00:27:09,729
[CARDS SHUFFLING]

537
00:27:09,796 --> 00:27:10,830
I'm sorry about this.

538
00:27:11,798 --> 00:27:12,832
He's a sittin' duck.

539
00:27:12,866 --> 00:27:14,100
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

540
00:27:14,134 --> 00:27:16,836
Our killer,
dying but not dead,

541
00:27:17,871 --> 00:27:18,972
takes aim.

542
00:27:19,673 --> 00:27:21,541
Boom! He fires.

543
00:27:21,574 --> 00:27:23,760
Out of nowhere,

544
00:27:23,109 --> 00:27:25,879
our hero cop's partner
dives in slow motion!

545
00:27:25,945 --> 00:27:26,946
Takes a bullet!

546
00:27:27,280 --> 00:27:28,982
[GRUNTS]

547
00:27:29,150 --> 00:27:34,888
Our hero cradles his partner
like a father would his child.

548
00:27:34,954 --> 00:27:37,624
His face
a gumbo of emotions.

549
00:27:39,192 --> 00:27:41,728
We hold on the inferno,

550
00:27:43,329 --> 00:27:45,965
and we pan left,
to a dead butler.

551
00:27:46,900 --> 00:27:48,201
[SOFT MUSIC PLAYING]

552
00:27:48,268 --> 00:27:50,170
Hank Williams plays us out.

553
00:27:51,404 --> 00:27:52,339
I Saw The Light.

554
00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:03,490
You hate it.No, no,
I don't hate it.

555
00:28:03,116 --> 00:28:05,285
But you don't love it.Of course he doesn't!

556
00:28:05,318 --> 00:28:06,619
It's preposterous

557
00:28:06,653 --> 00:28:08,922
and totally out of keeping
with the rest of the film.

558
00:28:08,988 --> 00:28:10,323
Oh, who cares?

559
00:28:10,357 --> 00:28:12,580
The audience
only ever remembers
the last 20 minutes.

560
00:28:12,125 --> 00:28:13,560
Oh, poppycock.

561
00:28:13,593 --> 00:28:15,228
Uh, Hitchcock,
actually.

562
00:28:15,295 --> 00:28:16,730
How does
he get the gun?

563
00:28:17,197 --> 00:28:18,231
He's a cop!

564
00:28:18,298 --> 00:28:20,633
Uh, police are
not armed in England.

565
00:28:20,667 --> 00:28:22,736
What?
How do they kill
the bad guys?

566
00:28:22,769 --> 00:28:24,700
They don't.

567
00:28:24,137 --> 00:28:27,730
They ask them to stop
in the name of the law.

568
00:28:27,140 --> 00:28:28,608
[CAR HORN HONKING]Huh.

569
00:28:28,641 --> 00:28:30,100
Well, he fought
in the war,

570
00:28:30,430 --> 00:28:32,479
so he kept
his service revolver.

571
00:28:32,512 --> 00:28:35,248
God damn it,
we're gonna have to
pick this up another time.

572
00:28:37,183 --> 00:28:39,652
Say, uh, Merv.

573
00:28:39,686 --> 00:28:42,589
You wouldn't want to
lend me this pad,
would you?

574
00:28:42,622 --> 00:28:44,324
Just for the night.

575
00:28:44,357 --> 00:28:47,494
Only I got this dame
parked outside
I wanna impress.

576
00:28:47,527 --> 00:28:49,529
As in,
she actually
is a dame.

577
00:28:50,663 --> 00:28:53,233
And, well, you know.
[CHUCKLES]

578
00:28:53,266 --> 00:28:55,969
My place ain't exactly
the Savoy.

579
00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:58,538
I thought his place
exactly was the Savoy.

580
00:28:58,605 --> 00:29:01,508
No, he didn't take up
residence there
till a month later.

581
00:29:01,541 --> 00:29:04,678
And the production company
footed the bill when he did.

582
00:29:04,711 --> 00:29:06,513
How he finagled that,
I'll never know.

583
00:29:06,546 --> 00:29:07,947
[SLURPS]

584
00:29:07,981 --> 00:29:10,383
Either I need a new agent,
or he had dirt on Woolf.

585
00:29:10,817 --> 00:29:11,918
Hmm.

586
00:29:14,854 --> 00:29:16,560
[SWALLOWS]

587
00:29:16,890 --> 00:29:17,924
Did you ever meet
these women?

588
00:29:17,957 --> 00:29:19,659
[CLEARS THROAT]Who were they?

589
00:29:19,693 --> 00:29:21,795
Oh, girls he met
during the war

590
00:29:21,828 --> 00:29:23,863
who had low standards
and even lower self-esteem.

591
00:29:23,930 --> 00:29:25,298
I never had the pleasure.

592
00:29:27,734 --> 00:29:28,735
Oh, wait.

593
00:29:29,969 --> 00:29:31,710
Tell a lie.

594
00:29:31,104 --> 00:29:33,540
[PLAYFUL JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

595
00:29:33,573 --> 00:29:35,108
LEO: Merv! Come on.

596
00:29:35,141 --> 00:29:36,843
When I said we should
tear up the script,

597
00:29:36,876 --> 00:29:38,111
I didn't mean literally!

598
00:29:42,248 --> 00:29:43,550
Hello, Leo.

599
00:29:43,583 --> 00:29:44,718
What is that
doing here?

600
00:29:44,751 --> 00:29:45,952
[GASPS]

601
00:29:45,985 --> 00:29:47,554
He was
Kopernick's son!

602
00:29:47,587 --> 00:29:48,822
Peas in a pod.

603
00:29:49,422 --> 00:29:50,857
And the mother?

604
00:29:50,890 --> 00:29:54,270
I didn't get a good look.
A plain girl, rather homely.

605
00:29:54,828 --> 00:29:56,429
Dark hair, glasses,

606
00:29:56,463 --> 00:29:57,464
thick lenses.

607
00:29:58,765 --> 00:30:00,333
So there we have it, sir.
Cherchez la femme.

608
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:01,701
STOPPARD: What?

609
00:30:01,735 --> 00:30:03,136
It's Belgian, sir.
It means,
"Look for the woman."

610
00:30:03,169 --> 00:30:05,605
I know what it means,
Constable. What woman?

611
00:30:05,672 --> 00:30:08,108
The mother
of Kopernick's
illegitimate son.

612
00:30:08,141 --> 00:30:09,976
Cocker-Norris
couldn't remember
her name,

613
00:30:10,100 --> 00:30:11,611
but I bet it's in
that little black book.

614
00:30:11,678 --> 00:30:13,780
You know,
the one that you found
in the hotel room, sir.

615
00:30:13,847 --> 00:30:15,482
If we find her,
we have our answer.

616
00:30:15,548 --> 00:30:17,350
We need to get
a police sketch artist
down here at once

617
00:30:17,417 --> 00:30:18,752
before he forgets
anything.

618
00:30:19,285 --> 00:30:21,321
[SIGHS]

619
00:30:21,354 --> 00:30:24,257
Mmm. I'm doing it again,
aren't I, sir?

620
00:30:24,290 --> 00:30:26,159
Jumping to conclusions.Conclusions, yeah.

621
00:30:26,192 --> 00:30:27,260
Little bit.

622
00:30:27,293 --> 00:30:28,261
Sorry.

623
00:30:28,862 --> 00:30:29,863
Constable.

624
00:30:32,198 --> 00:30:34,200
I have a very important
mission for you.

625
00:30:34,267 --> 00:30:35,368
Mmm-hmm.

626
00:30:35,435 --> 00:30:37,771
I need you to find
a telephone box.

627
00:30:37,804 --> 00:30:39,205
Call the station.

628
00:30:39,272 --> 00:30:42,800
Get an address
for John Woolf,
the film producer.

629
00:30:42,420 --> 00:30:43,376
And I'll wait
for you here.

630
00:30:43,443 --> 00:30:45,812
Uh, "Romulus Films, Soho,"
sir. I wrote it down.

631
00:30:46,913 --> 00:30:48,314
You did?Mmm-hmm.

632
00:30:50,583 --> 00:30:51,951
[SMACKS LIPS] Right.

633
00:30:52,786 --> 00:30:54,354
Well done.Thank you.

634
00:30:55,388 --> 00:30:56,623
[ENGINE STARTS]Shall we?

635
00:30:56,656 --> 00:30:58,625
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

636
00:31:05,231 --> 00:31:06,900
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

637
00:31:06,933 --> 00:31:08,368
[BELL RINGS]

638
00:31:08,401 --> 00:31:09,803
Uh, telegram
came for you.

639
00:31:12,472 --> 00:31:14,400
[GROANS]Bad news?

640
00:31:14,740 --> 00:31:15,475
It's the studio.

641
00:31:15,508 --> 00:31:17,177
Grace Kelly's doing
a Hitchcock picture
for Warner,

642
00:31:17,210 --> 00:31:18,978
so it's Dial M for
Maybe Next Time.

643
00:31:19,450 --> 00:31:20,647
Grace Kelly?Yes.

644
00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:21,915
For the part
you promised Sheila?

645
00:31:21,948 --> 00:31:24,184
Yes, that's right.

646
00:31:24,217 --> 00:31:26,553
Which is why
this is such
good news.

647
00:31:26,619 --> 00:31:27,554
[CLEARS THROAT]

648
00:31:28,922 --> 00:31:30,323
Ann?

649
00:31:30,357 --> 00:31:31,925
Darling,
what's the matter?

650
00:31:31,958 --> 00:31:33,827
You do know a promise
is only a promise
if you keep it.

651
00:31:33,860 --> 00:31:35,195
What do you mean?

652
00:31:35,228 --> 00:31:36,329
I mean you promised me
a night out months ago.

653
00:31:36,363 --> 00:31:37,630
I have been
so busy lately.

654
00:31:37,664 --> 00:31:39,650
Yes, I know.
I am your assistant.

655
00:31:39,990 --> 00:31:40,667
I promise,
as soon as I have
a moment to spare...

656
00:31:40,700 --> 00:31:42,202
Well, you're free
on Wednesday.

657
00:31:42,235 --> 00:31:43,870
Am I?
Are you sure?Mmm. Yes.

658
00:31:43,937 --> 00:31:45,572
I thought I was...No.

659
00:31:45,638 --> 00:31:47,207
No, well,
you should know.

660
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:49,750
You are my assistant,
after all.

661
00:31:49,109 --> 00:31:50,810
Well, that's settled, then.
It's a date.

662
00:31:50,844 --> 00:31:52,278
I promise
I will take you out.

663
00:31:52,345 --> 00:31:53,813
I'm afraid, Mr. Woolf,
you really must be
going now,

664
00:31:53,847 --> 00:31:54,981
otherwise
you'll be late.

665
00:31:55,150 --> 00:31:56,649
Ah, right.
Thank you.Mmm.

666
00:31:57,817 --> 00:31:59,190
No, I'm serious.

667
00:31:59,850 --> 00:32:00,860
You do actually
need to get back
to Romulus.

668
00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:01,354
Oh. Right.
Okay. Yes.Yes.

669
00:32:09,396 --> 00:32:10,463
[EXHALES DEEPLY]

670
00:32:10,530 --> 00:32:13,433
This is exciting,
isn't it, sir?

671
00:32:13,466 --> 00:32:14,868
I'd say this is
the type of thing

672
00:32:14,901 --> 00:32:16,803
that made you want to
become a police officer,
was it?

673
00:32:19,439 --> 00:32:23,743
[SMACKS LIPS]
Me? I just sort of
fell into it, really.

674
00:32:24,911 --> 00:32:26,379
They needed people
after the war,

675
00:32:26,413 --> 00:32:28,148
and I needed
the money, so...

676
00:32:28,181 --> 00:32:29,683
[SIGHS]

677
00:32:29,716 --> 00:32:32,185
No, it's true.
The hours
can be unsociable,

678
00:32:32,252 --> 00:32:34,621
but I can't type
or stand the sight
of blood,

679
00:32:34,688 --> 00:32:37,257
so that ruled out
secretary for me.

680
00:32:37,290 --> 00:32:38,291
Mmm.

681
00:32:43,496 --> 00:32:45,198
You don't mind
if I pick your brains,
do you, sir?

682
00:32:45,265 --> 00:32:47,200
Only I have sergeants'
exams in a month,

683
00:32:47,267 --> 00:32:49,736
and I just have one or two
questions that I'd love to
run by you.

684
00:32:49,769 --> 00:32:50,904
Um...Actually, Constable,

685
00:32:50,937 --> 00:32:53,600
I've just remembered
that I have a, uh...

686
00:32:53,390 --> 00:32:55,175
[DOOR SHUTS]...dentist appointment.

687
00:32:55,208 --> 00:32:57,877
Oh. Sorry, sir.
I didn't know
you were suffering.

688
00:32:57,911 --> 00:32:59,145
Just a routine checkup.

689
00:32:59,179 --> 00:33:00,780
What shall I do, sir?Wait here.

690
00:33:00,847 --> 00:33:03,316
But what if Woolf
turns up, sir?

691
00:33:03,350 --> 00:33:05,785
Won't be long.
And you have
your, uh,

692
00:33:05,852 --> 00:33:06,853
notebook.

693
00:33:09,622 --> 00:33:12,158
Keep your eyes peeled.Yes, sir.

694
00:33:12,192 --> 00:33:13,193
[CLEARS THROAT]

695
00:33:19,432 --> 00:33:21,670
[SIGHS DEEPLY]

696
00:33:21,101 --> 00:33:23,470
[STEALTHY JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

697
00:33:41,988 --> 00:33:42,989
Gin.BARTENDER: Gin?

698
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:44,357
Yeah, please.

699
00:33:55,368 --> 00:33:57,300
[WHISPERS]
Oh, you're joking.

700
00:34:00,473 --> 00:34:01,541
Oh, no.

701
00:34:02,342 --> 00:34:03,476
[STALKER SIGHS]

702
00:34:07,247 --> 00:34:08,682
[PENCIL SNAPS]Oh, God.

703
00:34:10,417 --> 00:34:11,551
[SIGHS]

704
00:34:11,584 --> 00:34:13,987
[UP-TEMPO JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]

705
00:34:27,167 --> 00:34:29,200
Follow this up
with another, please.

706
00:34:53,326 --> 00:34:55,161
[DOORBELLS RINGING]

707
00:34:59,966 --> 00:35:02,135
[MELODIC WHISTLING]

708
00:35:03,870 --> 00:35:05,271
[STOPS WHISTLING][MUSIC STOPS]

709
00:35:10,543 --> 00:35:12,212
[GRUNTS]

710
00:35:12,278 --> 00:35:13,613
There you are,
Constable.

711
00:35:15,281 --> 00:35:17,317
I've been looking
all over for you.

712
00:35:20,220 --> 00:35:22,589
STOPPARD: So, I gather
it was you that, uh, paid

713
00:35:22,622 --> 00:35:26,292
for Mr. Kopernick's
rather extravagant
hotel suite.

714
00:35:26,326 --> 00:35:28,928
Oh, nothing unusual
in that, Inspector.

715
00:35:28,995 --> 00:35:33,600
I'm afraid a producer
is expected to indulge
the whims of the talent.

716
00:35:33,633 --> 00:35:36,603
Especially when
they're American.

717
00:35:36,636 --> 00:35:39,472
But still,
a pretty penny,
a room at the Savoy.

718
00:35:39,506 --> 00:35:40,807
Par for the course.

719
00:35:40,874 --> 00:35:44,100
When I was in the Congo
for The African Queen,

720
00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:48,114
Huston and Bogart
refused to drink
the water.

721
00:35:48,181 --> 00:35:51,317
Insisted on bourbon,
even to brush their teeth.
[CHUCKLES]

722
00:35:51,351 --> 00:35:54,688
Not so easy to get
hold of in the jungle,
I can assure you.

723
00:35:54,754 --> 00:35:58,324
Huh. You know,
Constable Stalker here is
a great admirer of that film.

724
00:35:58,358 --> 00:35:59,492
Aren't you, Constable?

725
00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:03,630
It's a marvelous film, sir.

726
00:36:03,663 --> 00:36:05,598
Why, thank you, Constable.

727
00:36:05,632 --> 00:36:07,400
[CHUCKLES DRYLY]
Encyclopedia.

728
00:36:07,467 --> 00:36:09,269
Cinematic encyclopedia
up there.

729
00:36:09,336 --> 00:36:10,970
I wouldn't say that.Yeah.

730
00:36:11,370 --> 00:36:12,339
Right.

731
00:36:12,372 --> 00:36:13,773
Being humble.[WOOLF CHUCKLES]

732
00:36:13,807 --> 00:36:15,275
I'm not.

733
00:36:15,342 --> 00:36:17,610
So, it's not true
that Kopernick
had dirt on you?

734
00:36:20,246 --> 00:36:21,481
[SCOFFS]

735
00:36:23,650 --> 00:36:25,285
Who told you that?

736
00:36:25,352 --> 00:36:26,953
[DRUM INTRO MUSIC PLAYING]

737
00:36:30,223 --> 00:36:32,492
[BAND PLAYING UPBEAT MUSIC]

738
00:36:34,694 --> 00:36:36,229
[LIVELY CHATTER]

739
00:36:44,637 --> 00:36:46,239
[ANN CHUCKLING]

740
00:36:46,272 --> 00:36:48,875
Well, now,
what do we
have here?

741
00:36:48,942 --> 00:36:50,877
[ALL CHUCKLE POLITELY]

742
00:36:50,944 --> 00:36:52,879
Huh, Woolfie?

743
00:36:52,946 --> 00:36:54,647
Sittin' in
a quiet corner,

744
00:36:54,681 --> 00:36:56,449
all very nice
and intimate.[ANN CLEARS THROAT]

745
00:36:57,170 --> 00:36:58,651
Hmm?

746
00:36:58,685 --> 00:37:00,987
Say, you wouldn't mind
if I joined you, would you?

747
00:37:01,210 --> 00:37:02,822
[CHUCKLES]
Not at all,
old boy.

748
00:37:02,856 --> 00:37:04,424
Uh-huh.

749
00:37:04,457 --> 00:37:07,827
And you must be
Mrs. Woolf, huh?

750
00:37:07,861 --> 00:37:09,896
Swell to make
your acquaintance.

751
00:37:09,963 --> 00:37:12,832
[MUMBLES]No, no. Leo,
this is Ann.

752
00:37:12,866 --> 00:37:14,300
[CLEARS THROAT]
She's my assistant.

753
00:37:14,334 --> 00:37:15,335
Ah.

754
00:37:16,870 --> 00:37:18,104
Workin' late, huh?

755
00:37:20,206 --> 00:37:21,341
If you'll
excuse me...

756
00:37:21,408 --> 00:37:23,900
Um, I'm sorry.

757
00:37:25,745 --> 00:37:27,470
You have
a nice night, now.

758
00:37:30,150 --> 00:37:31,685
[SIGHS] Well, now.

759
00:37:32,986 --> 00:37:35,922
[TUTS] This puts me
in a tough spot.

760
00:37:35,989 --> 00:37:38,158
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

761
00:37:38,191 --> 00:37:40,593
That I'm afraid I'm gonna
have to take advantage of.

762
00:37:43,296 --> 00:37:45,932
WOOLF: He asked to be put up
at the Savoy, and I agreed.

763
00:37:46,866 --> 00:37:49,302
I knew
it wouldn't be for long.

764
00:37:49,336 --> 00:37:51,871
That is,
just until I found
the right moment to...

765
00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:54,708
tell my wife.

766
00:37:56,743 --> 00:37:59,479
I see. Well,

767
00:37:59,512 --> 00:38:01,481
we'll be in touch
if there's anything else.

768
00:38:02,215 --> 00:38:03,350
Uh...

769
00:38:04,184 --> 00:38:05,518
Constable.

770
00:38:05,919 --> 00:38:06,953
Shall we?

771
00:38:14,761 --> 00:38:17,163
But, sir,
Woolf killed Kopernick
to hush up the affair.

772
00:38:17,197 --> 00:38:18,365
Case closed.

773
00:38:18,398 --> 00:38:19,766
I think if that
was the case,

774
00:38:19,799 --> 00:38:21,368
he wouldn't have
volunteered
the information.

775
00:38:22,535 --> 00:38:24,738
So, then
he's in the clear?

776
00:38:24,771 --> 00:38:26,239
No, not necessarily.

777
00:38:26,272 --> 00:38:28,410
He might have
killed Kopernick for
another reason entirely.

778
00:38:28,808 --> 00:38:31,411
[SIGHS] I tell you,

779
00:38:31,478 --> 00:38:34,948
I'll never get
the hang of this in time
for sergeants' exams.

780
00:38:34,981 --> 00:38:37,384
[KEYS RATTLING][SIGHS DEEPLY]

781
00:38:40,286 --> 00:38:41,654
Constable,
about earlier.

782
00:38:41,688 --> 00:38:44,290
I know it looked like
I'd just come out
of the pub.

783
00:38:44,357 --> 00:38:46,259
You had
just come out
of the pub.

784
00:38:46,292 --> 00:38:47,927
That's right.

785
00:38:47,961 --> 00:38:49,429
But I'd only
gone in there

786
00:38:49,496 --> 00:38:51,197
to get rid of the taste
of the mouthwash.

787
00:38:51,231 --> 00:38:52,932
So you had
a gin, sir.

788
00:38:54,367 --> 00:38:56,369
It's an antiseptic.
I had a filling.

789
00:38:56,403 --> 00:38:58,304
I thought you said
it was a routine checkup.

790
00:39:00,140 --> 00:39:03,376
I see we've read the chapter
on interrogation techniques.

791
00:39:04,100 --> 00:39:05,979
[SIGHS] Sir,

792
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:08,548
I know I haven't
done anything yet
to impress you

793
00:39:08,581 --> 00:39:13,860
or to inspire
any confidence, and...

794
00:39:13,119 --> 00:39:15,321
I know
you'd probably rather
that I wasn't on the case.

795
00:39:15,388 --> 00:39:18,692
But I didn't ask to be put
on this case either, sir.

796
00:39:18,725 --> 00:39:21,394
I was nervous,
and I still am,

797
00:39:21,428 --> 00:39:23,263
and I'm probably
trying a bit too hard.

798
00:39:23,296 --> 00:39:25,832
But, you know,
even if I do
make mistakes

799
00:39:25,865 --> 00:39:27,267
or if I jump
to conclusions

800
00:39:27,300 --> 00:39:30,236
or talk
a little bit too much,
that has been said,

801
00:39:30,270 --> 00:39:34,307
I just want you to know
that you can trust me.

802
00:39:35,308 --> 00:39:36,309
Sir.

803
00:39:40,313 --> 00:39:43,160
Okay. Good. Um...

804
00:39:46,753 --> 00:39:47,821
[ENGINE STARTS]

805
00:39:48,755 --> 00:39:51,157
[SLOW-TEMPO ROCK SONG PLAYING]

806
00:40:36,403 --> 00:40:37,404
[SWITCH CLICKS]

807
00:40:46,790 --> 00:40:48,248
[MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY][ALARM RINGING]

808
00:40:51,351 --> 00:40:52,819
[ALARM STOPS RINGING]

809
00:40:52,886 --> 00:40:53,920
[STOPPARD GROANS]

810
00:41:03,563 --> 00:41:05,699
[WHISPERS]
Oh, you're joking.[CAR DOOR CLOSES]

811
00:41:06,633 --> 00:41:08,702
Constable.Commissioner.

812
00:41:08,768 --> 00:41:10,203
Stoppard about?

813
00:41:10,236 --> 00:41:12,105
Er, no, sir.
He's not yet made it in
this morning.

814
00:41:12,138 --> 00:41:13,540
It's almost eleven o'clock.

815
00:41:13,573 --> 00:41:16,209
He, uh... He had
a dentist appointment, sir.

816
00:41:16,242 --> 00:41:17,977
A filling, I think
he said it was.

817
00:41:18,110 --> 00:41:19,212
A molar,
it might have been?

818
00:41:19,245 --> 00:41:21,948
I have been summoned
to the Home Secretary.

819
00:41:21,981 --> 00:41:23,416
He wants a debrief.

820
00:41:23,450 --> 00:41:24,818
I said
I had good news.

821
00:41:29,456 --> 00:41:30,657
[SIGHS]

822
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:34,728
Have you seen
the play, sir?Huh?

823
00:41:35,929 --> 00:41:37,731
Oh. Yes.

824
00:41:37,797 --> 00:41:39,733
I'm afraid
I took the wife
for her birthday.

825
00:41:39,799 --> 00:41:40,934
Oh.

826
00:41:40,967 --> 00:41:42,535
Of course,
it didn't fool me
for a moment.

827
00:41:42,569 --> 00:41:43,737
I knew who did it
right away.

828
00:41:44,838 --> 00:41:47,607
[CHUCKLES]She was baffled, though.

829
00:41:47,674 --> 00:41:50,143
Even after the chap
explained everything.

830
00:41:50,176 --> 00:41:53,279
It was a trying night
for all concerned.

831
00:41:53,546 --> 00:41:54,748
Mmm.

832
00:41:54,814 --> 00:41:56,282
I'll stick to flowers
in future.

833
00:41:56,316 --> 00:41:58,151
Yes, always
a safe bet, sir.

834
00:41:58,184 --> 00:42:00,200
[TIRES SCREECH][CAR BUMPS]

835
00:42:00,820 --> 00:42:01,988
STOPPARD: Sorry.

836
00:42:02,220 --> 00:42:03,156
Police.

837
00:42:03,189 --> 00:42:05,250
MAN: Please try to be
more careful, sir.

838
00:42:06,960 --> 00:42:08,294
[CLEARS THROAT]

839
00:42:12,732 --> 00:42:14,834
STOPPARD: Good morning.

840
00:42:14,868 --> 00:42:16,469
Commissioner.Inspector.

841
00:42:18,304 --> 00:42:19,706
Is it wise to eat
so many mints?

842
00:42:19,739 --> 00:42:21,307
STOPPARD: How do
you mean, sir?

843
00:42:21,341 --> 00:42:24,411
Well, haven't you
just been
to the dentist?

844
00:42:26,479 --> 00:42:27,714
Yes, that's right, sir.

845
00:42:27,747 --> 00:42:29,215
Yeah. It was
just a checkup.

846
00:42:31,484 --> 00:42:33,620
Although I did have
a filling as well.

847
00:42:34,454 --> 00:42:36,322
Since I was there.

848
00:42:36,356 --> 00:42:38,910
I've come down here
for an update, Inspector.

849
00:42:38,158 --> 00:42:39,626
We have
good news, sir.

850
00:42:39,659 --> 00:42:41,940
COMMISSIONER AND STOPPARD:
We do?

851
00:42:41,161 --> 00:42:43,630
Yes, sir. Isn't that
what you told
the Home Secretary?

852
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:45,532
Yes, that's what I told
the Home Secretary

853
00:42:45,598 --> 00:42:47,200
on the telephone.

854
00:42:47,233 --> 00:42:48,802
I came down here
to get it.

855
00:42:49,936 --> 00:42:51,638
So we don't have
good news?

856
00:42:51,671 --> 00:42:52,906
We do have
a witness, sir.

857
00:42:52,939 --> 00:42:54,307
To the murder?[CHUCKLES]

858
00:42:54,341 --> 00:42:56,376
Yeah, that would be nice,
wouldn't it? [CHUCKLES]

859
00:42:56,443 --> 00:42:59,479
Um, no. One of the ushers
saw a suspicious character.

860
00:42:59,512 --> 00:43:01,470
He's waiting
for us inside.

861
00:43:01,881 --> 00:43:03,383
Very well.

862
00:43:03,450 --> 00:43:06,786
I'll tell the Home Secretary
we have a promising lead.

863
00:43:06,820 --> 00:43:09,189
And I'll rely on you
not to make
a liar out of me.

864
00:43:10,190 --> 00:43:11,758
Constable.Commissioner.

865
00:43:11,791 --> 00:43:13,393
Inspector.

866
00:43:13,460 --> 00:43:14,461
Commissioner.

867
00:43:17,970 --> 00:43:18,231
Constable.

868
00:43:18,264 --> 00:43:19,232
Inspector.

869
00:43:22,669 --> 00:43:24,371
STOPPARD: So, Dennis, um,

870
00:43:24,404 --> 00:43:26,639
I understand that
you saw something
the other night.

871
00:43:26,673 --> 00:43:28,708
Yeah.What'd you see?

872
00:43:28,775 --> 00:43:31,578
Well, I'd gone to get
a bottle of Scotch
for the dead man.

873
00:43:31,644 --> 00:43:35,682
Um... This was before,
you know, he died.

874
00:43:35,715 --> 00:43:37,283
Um...And then
you came back,

875
00:43:37,350 --> 00:43:39,252
and that's when you saw
the suspicious character?

876
00:43:39,285 --> 00:43:40,387
Exactly.

877
00:43:40,420 --> 00:43:42,555
Well, sort of.

878
00:43:42,589 --> 00:43:45,392
I didn't get
a very good look,
if I'm honest.

879
00:43:45,425 --> 00:43:48,928
He had on, like,
a darkish overcoat.

880
00:43:48,962 --> 00:43:51,498
I see.
Anything else?

881
00:43:51,531 --> 00:43:52,832
[INHALES SHARPLY]

882
00:43:52,866 --> 00:43:55,168
A pair of trousers.

883
00:43:55,235 --> 00:43:57,300
And a hat.

884
00:43:57,700 --> 00:43:58,838
It was on his head.

885
00:43:59,572 --> 00:44:01,274
Right. Yeah.

886
00:44:01,307 --> 00:44:04,770
Yeah. A soft, felt hat.

887
00:44:04,110 --> 00:44:05,378
Mmm-hmm.

888
00:44:05,412 --> 00:44:06,746
What about
a physical
description?

889
00:44:06,813 --> 00:44:09,716
Was he a tall man?
Short? Thick set?

890
00:44:09,749 --> 00:44:11,951
Oh... Just average,
I'd say.

891
00:44:11,985 --> 00:44:14,187
STOPPARD: Average height
or average build?

892
00:44:14,254 --> 00:44:15,455
Um...

893
00:44:16,890 --> 00:44:17,257
Both?

894
00:44:18,158 --> 00:44:19,426
No, don't ask me.

895
00:44:19,459 --> 00:44:21,428
I don't know.
I'm asking you.

896
00:44:22,996 --> 00:44:24,464
Average height,

897
00:44:25,432 --> 00:44:26,733
medium build.

898
00:44:26,766 --> 00:44:28,835
Would you say
like the Inspector?

899
00:44:28,868 --> 00:44:30,300
DENNIS: Yeah.

900
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:31,404
Suppose so.
Pretty much.

901
00:44:31,438 --> 00:44:34,774
So what did he do
that made you
suspicious?

902
00:44:34,841 --> 00:44:36,976
It wasn't so much
what he did,

903
00:44:37,100 --> 00:44:39,913
it was more, you know,
the way he did it.

904
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:42,916
Right.
How'd he do it?

905
00:44:42,982 --> 00:44:45,185
Well, sort of...

906
00:44:46,353 --> 00:44:47,787
suspiciously.

907
00:44:52,580 --> 00:44:53,560
This has been great.

908
00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:55,462
Off you go.

909
00:44:56,429 --> 00:44:57,664
Thank you.Thank you.

910
00:44:57,731 --> 00:44:58,732
Thank you.

911
00:45:00,567 --> 00:45:01,735
That was good.

912
00:45:01,768 --> 00:45:04,137
Do you think
that went well?

913
00:45:05,638 --> 00:45:07,730
STOPPARD: I think it's time
we talk to that actor

914
00:45:07,140 --> 00:45:08,174
who had a fight
with Kopernick.

915
00:45:08,208 --> 00:45:09,642
STALKER:
Mr. Attenborough, sir?

916
00:45:09,676 --> 00:45:11,811
STOPPARD: That's the one.
Famous, is he?

917
00:45:11,878 --> 00:45:14,881
You're pulling my leg, sir.
You've never heard
of Dickie?

918
00:45:14,914 --> 00:45:16,249
Richard Attenborough?

919
00:45:16,316 --> 00:45:19,850
Pinkie Brown?
Brighton Rock?
You must have.

920
00:45:19,152 --> 00:45:20,820
[MIMICKING DICKIE]
"You wanted a recording
of my voice.

921
00:45:20,887 --> 00:45:22,188
"Well, here it is.

922
00:45:22,222 --> 00:45:23,623
"What you want me
to say is
'I love you.'"

923
00:45:23,656 --> 00:45:26,926
Keep in mind
that we're here to
conduct an interview

924
00:45:26,960 --> 00:45:28,395
as part of
a murder
investigation,

925
00:45:28,461 --> 00:45:31,640
not an article for
Sight & Sound
magazine, yes?

926
00:45:31,970 --> 00:45:32,650
Yes, sir.

927
00:45:33,533 --> 00:45:35,235
[KNOCKING]DICKIE: Come in, darling.

928
00:45:37,704 --> 00:45:39,272
Inspector Stoppard.

929
00:45:39,339 --> 00:45:42,342
I say,
a real-life detective.

930
00:45:42,375 --> 00:45:44,477
Scotland Yard
and everything.

931
00:45:44,511 --> 00:45:45,545
And you are?

932
00:45:46,460 --> 00:45:47,280
[CHUCKLES]

933
00:45:49,716 --> 00:45:51,785
This is...[SIGHS IN AWE]

934
00:45:51,818 --> 00:45:53,653
...Constable Stalker.[WHISPERS] Stalker.

935
00:45:53,687 --> 00:45:55,388
[GRUNTS]

936
00:45:55,422 --> 00:45:57,524
Oh, I like the way
you did that.

937
00:45:57,557 --> 00:45:59,259
Very natural.

938
00:45:59,292 --> 00:46:02,629
I hope you don't mind, sir,
but I just want to say bravo.

939
00:46:02,662 --> 00:46:05,865
And, uh, encore.
[CHUCKLING]DICKIE: Oh.

940
00:46:05,932 --> 00:46:06,933
All right,
thank you, Constable.

941
00:46:06,966 --> 00:46:08,268
Yes, thank you,
Constable.

942
00:46:08,301 --> 00:46:09,836
Are you a lover
of theater?

943
00:46:09,869 --> 00:46:11,204
I can get you tickets
if you like.

944
00:46:12,505 --> 00:46:15,408
I would like, sir.
Yes. Very much.

945
00:46:15,442 --> 00:46:17,711
DICKIE: It would be good
to get a professional take
on it.

946
00:46:17,744 --> 00:46:18,745
STALKER: Mmm-hmm.DICKIE: Yeah.

947
00:46:18,812 --> 00:46:20,280
I have
so many questions.

948
00:46:20,313 --> 00:46:21,981
I have one or two
of my own.

949
00:46:22,150 --> 00:46:24,584
I dare say
that you do.

950
00:46:24,651 --> 00:46:27,420
I understand
that you and,
uh, Kopernick

951
00:46:27,454 --> 00:46:29,522
came to blows
the night in question.

952
00:46:29,556 --> 00:46:32,325
Was there
a particular reason
for the ill feeling?

953
00:46:32,392 --> 00:46:35,950
Tell me, Inspector,
did you get your limp
during the war?

954
00:46:37,897 --> 00:46:38,965
It's very slight.

955
00:46:38,998 --> 00:46:40,467
I noticed it
the other night

956
00:46:40,533 --> 00:46:42,736
when you were on stage.
I, um... [TUTS]

957
00:46:42,769 --> 00:46:45,538
Well, I thought
I might borrow it,
if you don't mind.

958
00:46:45,572 --> 00:46:48,842
It's always good
for the lead character
to have a physical defect.

959
00:46:48,875 --> 00:46:51,978
Speaks to
a troubled soul.

960
00:46:52,120 --> 00:46:55,181
It was me, Inspector.
You need look
no further.

961
00:46:55,248 --> 00:46:56,282
I arrest you

962
00:46:56,316 --> 00:46:57,550
for the murder of Leo...No, no, no.

963
00:46:57,584 --> 00:46:58,852
No. Not yet.

964
00:46:58,885 --> 00:47:00,320
STALKER: Oh. Sorry, sir.

965
00:47:00,353 --> 00:47:03,560
I was
the particular reason
for the ill feeling.

966
00:47:03,123 --> 00:47:05,725
Yes, well,
Leo had his eye
on Sheila, you see.

967
00:47:05,759 --> 00:47:06,793
And I took exception.

968
00:47:06,860 --> 00:47:08,628
He was a real hound,
Inspector.

969
00:47:09,596 --> 00:47:12,465
[DRAMATIC MUSIC INTRO PLAYING]

970
00:47:12,499 --> 00:47:14,367
LEO: Come on,
play nice.

971
00:47:14,434 --> 00:47:15,368
Maybe I can help you.

972
00:47:16,269 --> 00:47:17,437
Help me?

973
00:47:17,470 --> 00:47:19,720
To do what?

974
00:47:19,139 --> 00:47:21,374
Bag the lead role
in the film of
The Mousetrap.

975
00:47:23,900 --> 00:47:24,310
Top billing.

976
00:47:24,344 --> 00:47:25,445
Make you a star.

977
00:47:25,478 --> 00:47:27,947
But I have bagged
the lead role.

978
00:47:28,140 --> 00:47:29,582
Yeah, who told
you that, Woolfie?

979
00:47:29,616 --> 00:47:31,384
He is the producer.

980
00:47:31,451 --> 00:47:33,286
Honey, he just
cuts the checks.

981
00:47:33,319 --> 00:47:34,654
I'm the director.

982
00:47:34,721 --> 00:47:37,900
Without me,
there is no movie.
You understand?

983
00:47:37,157 --> 00:47:38,925
You got
a problem, buddy?

984
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:42,529
Keep the change.
And the glass.

985
00:47:42,595 --> 00:47:45,980
And the studio,
don't they have
a say in it?

986
00:47:45,165 --> 00:47:48,368
Rumor is
they want to put
a name in the picture

987
00:47:48,401 --> 00:47:50,837
that people have
heard of.

988
00:47:50,904 --> 00:47:53,340
Bona fide
Hollywood star.

989
00:47:53,373 --> 00:47:55,909
They like Grace Kelly.
You ever heard of her?

990
00:47:59,546 --> 00:48:00,814
Don't worry.

991
00:48:01,848 --> 00:48:03,350
They can be
talked round.

992
00:48:04,551 --> 00:48:07,787
I've got a very,
uh, silver tongue.

993
00:48:08,655 --> 00:48:10,790
[MUSIC BUILDS UP]

994
00:48:10,824 --> 00:48:12,992
[DICKIE GRUNTS][GUESTS EXCLAIM]

995
00:48:13,590 --> 00:48:14,260
SHEILA: I won't lie,
Inspector.

996
00:48:14,327 --> 00:48:16,196
I was not entirely sorry
to learn of his demise,

997
00:48:16,229 --> 00:48:18,264
but I had
no part in it.

998
00:48:18,331 --> 00:48:20,667
Much like the film adaptation
of The Mousetrap,
it would seem.

999
00:48:20,700 --> 00:48:22,235
Oh, come now, darling,
you don't know that.

1000
00:48:22,268 --> 00:48:24,337
Woolf promised you
the role.

1001
00:48:24,371 --> 00:48:26,439
He's a man of his word.
He went to Eton.

1002
00:48:26,506 --> 00:48:28,141
[SCOFFS]
Wake up, Dickie.

1003
00:48:28,208 --> 00:48:30,143
He's a man of
whatever word will
get his film made.

1004
00:48:30,210 --> 00:48:33,947
And that contract business
with Choo is coming
apart at the seams.

1005
00:48:33,980 --> 00:48:35,582
Choo?Bless you, sir.

1006
00:48:35,648 --> 00:48:38,180
No, as in
Petula Spencer.

1007
00:48:38,840 --> 00:48:40,286
She sold Woolf
the film rights.

1008
00:48:40,353 --> 00:48:41,988
Well, about
those tickets.

1009
00:48:42,220 --> 00:48:43,456
Is there a day
that suits you better?

1010
00:48:43,523 --> 00:48:46,359
Uh, I'm generally free
on Tuesdays
and Wednesdays.

1011
00:48:46,393 --> 00:48:47,427
And Thursdays.

1012
00:48:47,460 --> 00:48:49,529
Well, thank you, sir.
Thank you, madam.

1013
00:48:49,562 --> 00:48:51,264
No, no, not at all.
We'll be sure
to let you know

1014
00:48:51,297 --> 00:48:53,166
if anything else
springs to mind.

1015
00:48:53,233 --> 00:48:56,200
I'm sure it's always
the insignificant detail

1016
00:48:56,360 --> 00:48:58,104
that catches
the killer
in the end.

1017
00:48:58,138 --> 00:48:59,272
Isn't that so,
Inspector?

1018
00:49:02,909 --> 00:49:06,713
I don't usually
have a lot on
on weekends either.

1019
00:49:06,746 --> 00:49:09,282
Or Mondays.
For the...
For the tickets.

1020
00:49:09,315 --> 00:49:10,417
STOPPARD: Constable.Sir.

1021
00:49:10,450 --> 00:49:11,484
Right.

1022
00:49:11,551 --> 00:49:13,687
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

1023
00:49:14,554 --> 00:49:16,189
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

1024
00:49:20,427 --> 00:49:22,620
[DOG WHIMPERING]

1025
00:49:45,752 --> 00:49:47,200
She'll see you now.

1026
00:49:48,655 --> 00:49:50,790
STOPPARD: So, you own
this theater?

1027
00:49:50,857 --> 00:49:52,859
Yes. Humble
beginnings.

1028
00:49:52,892 --> 00:49:54,160
[RAGTIME PIANO MUSIC PLAYING]

1029
00:49:54,194 --> 00:49:55,595
You'll have to
excuse Mother.

1030
00:49:55,628 --> 00:49:58,164
She's not been herself
since Father died,

1031
00:49:58,198 --> 00:50:00,333
in the first
Great War.

1032
00:50:00,367 --> 00:50:02,936
It's been
a long 30 years.

1033
00:50:02,969 --> 00:50:04,871
It's nice that
you gave her a job.

1034
00:50:04,904 --> 00:50:07,440
Well, how else is she
gonna pay the rent?

1035
00:50:07,474 --> 00:50:10,176
I let her have
the spare room
at a discount as it is.

1036
00:50:10,210 --> 00:50:12,512
Yes, no.
You can stop there.

1037
00:50:12,545 --> 00:50:15,615
We get the idea. Bravo.[PIANO MUSIC STOPS]

1038
00:50:15,648 --> 00:50:17,450
I understand that
you handled the sale

1039
00:50:17,484 --> 00:50:19,619
of The Mousetrap
film rights
to John Woolf?

1040
00:50:19,652 --> 00:50:22,880
Yes, that's right.
I did. Wait... Why?

1041
00:50:22,989 --> 00:50:24,190
What's he been saying?

1042
00:50:25,580 --> 00:50:27,560
Oh, he's such a crybaby.

1043
00:50:27,627 --> 00:50:30,563
Honestly, he acts as though
I put a gun to his head.

1044
00:50:30,630 --> 00:50:32,332
[SUSPENSEFUL NOTE PLAYS]

1045
00:50:32,365 --> 00:50:33,400
[POPS]

1046
00:50:33,466 --> 00:50:34,701
ANN AND PETULA: Oh! [LAUGHING]

1047
00:50:34,768 --> 00:50:36,670
Hang on a minute.
Is this important?

1048
00:50:36,703 --> 00:50:38,271
I doubt it.
What does it say?

1049
00:50:38,338 --> 00:50:40,807
"No motion picture
based on the stage play
The Mousetrap

1050
00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:42,242
"is to enter
into production

1051
00:50:42,275 --> 00:50:44,377
"until a minimum
of six months
have elapsed

1052
00:50:44,411 --> 00:50:46,413
"since the end
of its first
theatrical run."

1053
00:50:46,479 --> 00:50:48,248
Oh, you don't
need to worry
about that.

1054
00:50:48,281 --> 00:50:49,516
It's a whodunit.

1055
00:50:49,549 --> 00:50:50,717
As soon as
word gets out
who did do it,

1056
00:50:50,784 --> 00:50:52,485
audiences are
bound to drop off.

1057
00:50:52,519 --> 00:50:56,289
Come on, sign on
the dotted line,
and I'll make a toast.

1058
00:50:56,356 --> 00:50:57,590
[ANN AND PETULA CHUCKLE]

1059
00:51:00,593 --> 00:51:03,290
Ann, darling,
the next contract
I sign

1060
00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:04,964
will be our
marriage certificate.

1061
00:51:04,998 --> 00:51:07,600
[CHUCKLES]Well, first it'll be
the divorce papers.

1062
00:51:07,667 --> 00:51:09,803
But then
our marriage
certificate.

1063
00:51:11,838 --> 00:51:13,673
[ANN YELPS]Edana, darling.

1064
00:51:14,741 --> 00:51:15,809
What a pleasant surprise.

1065
00:51:15,842 --> 00:51:18,311
You know Choo
and, uh...Mmm-hmm.

1066
00:51:18,378 --> 00:51:19,713
...Ann.I do.

1067
00:51:19,746 --> 00:51:21,414
Dear girl, what on Earth
are you doing down there?

1068
00:51:21,448 --> 00:51:24,718
I just fell over.
Excuse me.

1069
00:51:24,751 --> 00:51:27,587
Honestly, it's like
having Buster Keaton
for an assistant.

1070
00:51:27,620 --> 00:51:29,389
Now, I've just come
from Madame Zena...

1071
00:51:29,422 --> 00:51:31,391
Oh, darling,
I really wish
you wouldn't see that...

1072
00:51:31,424 --> 00:51:32,559
Please don't call her
a charlatan.

1073
00:51:32,592 --> 00:51:33,626
I was going to say
"crackpot."

1074
00:51:37,731 --> 00:51:39,699
What's this?EDANA: It's a Tarot card.

1075
00:51:39,733 --> 00:51:41,401
I can see that.
What does it mean?

1076
00:51:42,135 --> 00:51:43,169
Betrayal.

1077
00:51:43,203 --> 00:51:45,205
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

1078
00:51:49,420 --> 00:51:50,276
Ooh.

1079
00:51:50,310 --> 00:51:52,779
Betrayal as in
his affair,
not the contract.

1080
00:51:52,846 --> 00:51:55,181
That was above board.
Is above board.

1081
00:51:55,215 --> 00:51:57,751
Agatha insisted on
that clause, not me.

1082
00:51:57,784 --> 00:52:01,187
No, she's fiercely protective
of her own work, you see,
because...

1083
00:52:01,221 --> 00:52:03,890
Well, she has to be.

1084
00:52:03,156 --> 00:52:05,580
People get so riled up.

1085
00:52:05,910 --> 00:52:06,893
She's had death threats,
you know.

1086
00:52:06,926 --> 00:52:09,929
Poor girl can't write
so much as a letter
to The Times

1087
00:52:09,996 --> 00:52:11,731
without a deluge
of legal action

1088
00:52:11,765 --> 00:52:15,235
and spurious claims
she stole this plot
or that character.

1089
00:52:15,301 --> 00:52:17,170
Isn't that what
happened here,
though?

1090
00:52:17,203 --> 00:52:20,674
Isn't The Mousetrap
based on a true story?

1091
00:52:20,740 --> 00:52:24,577
Yes. Well, originally.
I mean, tangentially.

1092
00:52:24,611 --> 00:52:26,112
In any case,
that's the reason

1093
00:52:26,179 --> 00:52:29,315
Woolf was so keen
to shut the theater
the other night.

1094
00:52:29,349 --> 00:52:30,750
He can't make his film

1095
00:52:30,784 --> 00:52:33,520
until the play
ends its run
in the West End.

1096
00:52:33,586 --> 00:52:36,790
As it is, what with
the play being such
a phenomenal success,

1097
00:52:36,823 --> 00:52:39,793
he's stuck in
theatrical purgatory.

1098
00:52:39,826 --> 00:52:40,927
Mmm-hmm.

1099
00:52:40,960 --> 00:52:43,496
He's a ruthless
customer, is Woolf.

1100
00:52:43,530 --> 00:52:46,660
He'll stop at nothing
to get his film made.

1101
00:52:52,339 --> 00:52:53,773
STALKER: It's definitely
Woolf, sir.

1102
00:52:54,641 --> 00:52:56,810
Well, not 100%.

1103
00:52:56,843 --> 00:53:01,214
More like 73-74%,
I'd say.

1104
00:53:01,247 --> 00:53:04,984
He killed Kopernick
in the theater
to force it to close down

1105
00:53:05,510 --> 00:53:06,853
so that he could
make his film.

1106
00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:08,955
He could marry
his mistress.

1107
00:53:08,988 --> 00:53:10,824
And then
he could get shot
of a blackmailer.

1108
00:53:10,857 --> 00:53:12,625
It's not Woolf.
It's too elaborate.

1109
00:53:12,659 --> 00:53:14,728
Burn the place down,
if that's what you want.

1110
00:53:14,794 --> 00:53:18,980
Besides, doesn't he need
a director to make a film?

1111
00:53:18,131 --> 00:53:19,666
Well, then it's back
to Cocker-Norris.

1112
00:53:19,699 --> 00:53:21,000
Process of
elimination.

1113
00:53:21,835 --> 00:53:23,269
No, it's not
Mervyn.

1114
00:53:23,303 --> 00:53:25,872
Yeah, but
the tongue
business.

1115
00:53:25,939 --> 00:53:27,807
And he clearly
didn't like Leo,
did he?

1116
00:53:30,710 --> 00:53:32,445
People don't rip out
other people's tongues

1117
00:53:32,512 --> 00:53:33,713
because of
creative differences.

1118
00:53:33,747 --> 00:53:36,249
They do it
out of revenge

1119
00:53:36,282 --> 00:53:37,984
or rage because
they've lost
a loved one.

1120
00:53:38,180 --> 00:53:39,386
They can't forgive
or forget,

1121
00:53:39,419 --> 00:53:41,688
so they just stew
and fester
alone in the dark

1122
00:53:41,721 --> 00:53:42,956
until finally
it all comes out

1123
00:53:42,989 --> 00:53:45,425
in a sudden,
frenzied act
of violence.

1124
00:53:51,970 --> 00:53:52,766
How did you get
the limp, sir?

1125
00:53:52,832 --> 00:53:54,401
If you don't mind
me asking.

1126
00:53:54,434 --> 00:53:57,437
Uh, in the war.
Got shot
in the Italian Alps.

1127
00:53:57,470 --> 00:53:58,471
Hmm.

1128
00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:01,207
Sounds painful.

1129
00:54:02,709 --> 00:54:04,744
What do you...
[LAUGHS]

1130
00:54:04,778 --> 00:54:07,147
[CHUCKLES]
Sorry, sir.

1131
00:54:07,180 --> 00:54:09,315
No, that's very funny.

1132
00:54:11,510 --> 00:54:13,853
Is there
a Mr. Stalker,
Stalker?

1133
00:54:13,887 --> 00:54:16,156
Uh, I'm afraid he died
in the war, sir.

1134
00:54:18,580 --> 00:54:19,192
Children?

1135
00:54:19,225 --> 00:54:20,727
A boy
and a girl.

1136
00:54:20,760 --> 00:54:22,862
Can't be easy.[CHUCKLES]

1137
00:54:22,896 --> 00:54:25,632
What about you?
Do you have
any family, sir?

1138
00:54:25,699 --> 00:54:28,368
[SMACKS LIPS] Uh,
I came close, once.

1139
00:54:28,435 --> 00:54:30,203
Yeah, I had
an unfaithful wife.

1140
00:54:30,236 --> 00:54:32,380
Oh.

1141
00:54:32,720 --> 00:54:33,340
She was
eight months pregnant

1142
00:54:33,373 --> 00:54:34,774
when she told me
I wasn't the father.

1143
00:54:37,430 --> 00:54:39,790
I'd made a cot
and everything.

1144
00:54:40,246 --> 00:54:42,449
That's awful, sir.
I'm sorry.

1145
00:54:43,650 --> 00:54:45,719
[GRUNTS DISMISSIVELY]

1146
00:54:45,752 --> 00:54:47,520
Landlord.LANDLORD: Yes, sir?

1147
00:54:47,587 --> 00:54:48,922
Another round.

1148
00:54:48,955 --> 00:54:50,230
Oh, I don't know.

1149
00:54:50,560 --> 00:54:52,325
Should we maybe
get going, sir?

1150
00:54:52,359 --> 00:54:53,827
Got work tomorrow.
[CHUCKLES]

1151
00:54:53,893 --> 00:54:56,529
[MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING][DOOR OPENS]

1152
00:54:56,596 --> 00:54:59,199
LANDLORD: Go on, steer off
before I call the police!

1153
00:54:59,232 --> 00:55:00,233
[STALKER GRUNTS]

1154
00:55:01,167 --> 00:55:03,670
Sorry again.
Thank you.

1155
00:55:03,737 --> 00:55:05,638
Are you sure
you're all right
to drive, sir?

1156
00:55:05,672 --> 00:55:06,840
Absolutely.

1157
00:55:06,906 --> 00:55:08,108
STALKER: Oh!

1158
00:55:08,174 --> 00:55:10,430
STOPPARD: I could
run you home if you like.

1159
00:55:11,770 --> 00:55:13,646
[MELLOW MUSIC CONTINUES]

1160
00:55:24,900 --> 00:55:27,994
STALKER: Now.
Just gonna
pop you there.

1161
00:55:28,610 --> 00:55:29,863
[SLURRING] I can
take it from here,
Constable.

1162
00:55:33,566 --> 00:55:34,868
Oh.

1163
00:55:34,934 --> 00:55:35,935
Sir.

1164
00:55:42,575 --> 00:55:43,576
There we go.

1165
00:55:48,982 --> 00:55:50,517
[PANTING]

1166
00:55:55,221 --> 00:55:57,257
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

1167
00:56:27,200 --> 00:56:28,154
[SWITCH CLICKS]

1168
00:56:34,861 --> 00:56:37,297
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES]

1169
00:56:42,369 --> 00:56:44,371
[MUSIC INTENSIFYING]

1170
00:56:53,279 --> 00:56:54,314
[MUSIC FADES]

1171
00:56:59,719 --> 00:57:00,854
Morning, sir.

1172
00:57:02,220 --> 00:57:03,757
What do you want?

1173
00:57:03,790 --> 00:57:07,327
Uh, the other night, sir.
The dead Yank.

1174
00:57:07,360 --> 00:57:10,330
Inspector Stoppard
got the call and not
Leeke or Priestley.

1175
00:57:11,231 --> 00:57:12,232
So?

1176
00:57:18,605 --> 00:57:20,607
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

1177
00:57:22,420 --> 00:57:24,344
Leeke was in Skegness
on his honeymoon,

1178
00:57:24,377 --> 00:57:26,379
and Priestley took
the Rillington Place call.

1179
00:57:28,648 --> 00:57:29,649
What time?

1180
00:57:31,317 --> 00:57:34,387
Half-past 11:00.
Book at Bedtimewas on.

1181
00:57:40,260 --> 00:57:42,629
Did you ever meet
Stoppard's wife, sir?

1182
00:57:43,396 --> 00:57:44,664
I did.

1183
00:57:44,698 --> 00:57:46,433
You don't happen
to remember
her name, do you?

1184
00:57:53,640 --> 00:57:54,774
It was...

1185
00:57:56,843 --> 00:57:58,511
Mrs. Stoppard.

1186
00:58:01,214 --> 00:58:02,215
Brilliant.

1187
00:58:07,520 --> 00:58:09,456
[ROUSING MUSIC PLAYING]

1188
00:58:19,733 --> 00:58:21,267
Hello, is this Abigale?

1189
00:58:23,436 --> 00:58:24,704
Hello, is this Beryl?

1190
00:58:24,738 --> 00:58:26,873
I am a friend
of Leo Kopernick's.

1191
00:58:26,940 --> 00:58:28,274
[LINE DISCONNECTS]

1192
00:58:28,308 --> 00:58:29,309
Beryl?

1193
00:58:30,977 --> 00:58:32,846
Is Geraldine there
by any chance?

1194
00:58:33,847 --> 00:58:34,881
[SIGHS]

1195
00:59:00,206 --> 00:59:02,208
STOPPARD:
Oh, Constable.STALKER: Sir.

1196
00:59:02,275 --> 00:59:04,611
Did Dickie ever
come through on
those theater tickets?

1197
00:59:04,644 --> 00:59:08,810
I thought of going,
and, uh...
Maybe the play's the thing

1198
00:59:08,148 --> 00:59:11,618
Ties this all together.
Would you like
to tag along?

1199
00:59:11,651 --> 00:59:13,190
Yes, sir. Um...[DOOR OPENS]

1200
00:59:15,155 --> 00:59:16,623
What is it, Constable?

1201
00:59:16,656 --> 00:59:18,324
Uh, nothing, sir.Oh.

1202
00:59:19,292 --> 00:59:22,162
Do you, um,
want a cup of tea?

1203
00:59:22,195 --> 00:59:24,898
[SIGHS] Listen
to me, Stalker.

1204
00:59:24,931 --> 00:59:28,902
No one is ever going to
take you seriously
as a police officer

1205
00:59:28,935 --> 00:59:30,603
if you act like
a tea-lady,
do you hear me?

1206
00:59:30,637 --> 00:59:32,105
Yes, sir.
Thank you, sir.
[CHUCKLES]

1207
00:59:32,172 --> 00:59:33,640
Milk and two sugars.

1208
00:59:38,178 --> 00:59:39,212
Commissioner.

1209
00:59:39,245 --> 00:59:42,315
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

1210
00:59:46,753 --> 00:59:48,121
I said,
"Who do you want?

1211
00:59:48,188 --> 00:59:50,957
"Agatha Christie or
Mervyn Cocker-Norris?

1212
00:59:50,990 --> 00:59:53,827
"Anyone can do her,
but only I can do me."

1213
00:59:53,893 --> 00:59:56,196
GIO: Stronzo.
[MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY]

1214
00:59:56,229 --> 00:59:59,933
MERVYN: The Mousetrap
in the house style,
as it were.

1215
00:59:59,966 --> 01:00:01,701
I'll take
the bare bones
of the story,

1216
01:00:01,768 --> 01:00:05,538
a rather mundane tale
of child abuse,
and make it my own.

1217
01:00:09,409 --> 01:00:11,110
Here we are.

1218
01:00:11,770 --> 01:00:13,580
Oh. These aren't
together, sir.

1219
01:00:13,646 --> 01:00:14,914
Oh.

1220
01:00:14,948 --> 01:00:16,950
Well, we can cover
more ground that way.

1221
01:00:16,983 --> 01:00:18,118
Keep your eyes peeled.

1222
01:00:18,151 --> 01:00:19,819
Yes, sir.

1223
01:00:19,853 --> 01:00:21,521
[AUDIENCE CHATTERING]

1224
01:00:26,860 --> 01:00:28,862
[ROUSING MUSIC PLAYING]

1225
01:00:29,662 --> 01:00:30,797
STOPPARD: Cheers.

1226
01:00:41,608 --> 01:00:42,609
[MUSIC FADES]

1227
01:00:43,610 --> 01:00:44,577
SHEILA: [AS MOLLIE] Hello?

1228
01:00:47,981 --> 01:00:49,716
Hello?

1229
01:00:49,749 --> 01:00:52,520
Is anyone there?[PHONE RINGING]

1230
01:00:52,118 --> 01:00:54,387
MRS. BOYLE: Who's calling
at this late hour?

1231
01:00:55,588 --> 01:00:56,589
MOLLIE: Yes?

1232
01:00:57,190 --> 01:00:58,158
All right then.

1233
01:00:59,292 --> 01:01:01,610
That was Scotland Yard.

1234
01:01:01,127 --> 01:01:03,196
They're sending out
an inspector.

1235
01:01:03,263 --> 01:01:06,266
In this
unseasonable
blizzard?

1236
01:01:06,299 --> 01:01:08,568
What on Earth for?[MOLLIE SCREAMS]

1237
01:01:08,601 --> 01:01:10,136
[GASPS]MAJOR METCALF: Good Lord.

1238
01:01:12,380 --> 01:01:13,139
MOLLIE: Inspector.

1239
01:01:13,173 --> 01:01:14,174
DICKIE: [AS TROTTER]
Thank you.

1240
01:01:15,709 --> 01:01:16,710
Good evening.

1241
01:01:18,978 --> 01:01:21,214
I am Detective
Sergeant Trotter.

1242
01:01:22,820 --> 01:01:23,616
Please excuse
the limp.

1243
01:01:23,650 --> 01:01:26,586
An old war wound
playing up in the cold.

1244
01:01:26,619 --> 01:01:29,890
I'm assuming
you were warned
of my arrival?

1245
01:01:30,623 --> 01:01:33,993
Apropos of nothing,
I'm a magistrate.

1246
01:01:34,270 --> 01:01:36,896
Also, he looks
too young to be
an inspector.

1247
01:01:36,930 --> 01:01:40,660
Well, I'm old enough
to remember
the Corrigan Case.

1248
01:01:40,100 --> 01:01:43,603
Yes, a dreadful
business.

1249
01:01:43,636 --> 01:01:48,208
Two brothers
who put their faith in
the British social services.

1250
01:01:48,241 --> 01:01:51,311
A sorry tale of abuse
that ended in tragedy.

1251
01:01:52,912 --> 01:01:54,514
Yes, it was
in all of the papers.

1252
01:01:54,581 --> 01:01:56,249
MERVYN: [SOFTLY]
Gio, I can't
sit through this again.

1253
01:01:56,316 --> 01:01:58,251
I'm sorry.
Will you excuse me?

1254
01:01:58,318 --> 01:02:03,189
TROTTER: One died,
the other left traumatized.

1255
01:02:03,223 --> 01:02:05,692
I shudder to think
what an ordeal like that

1256
01:02:05,759 --> 01:02:07,527
might do to
a vulnerable mind.

1257
01:02:07,594 --> 01:02:08,628
[WHISPERS]
Won't be a moment.

1258
01:02:08,661 --> 01:02:10,230
I'm just going to try
and catch Mervyn.

1259
01:02:10,263 --> 01:02:12,980
MOLLIE: Oh, bother.
I forgot the tea.

1260
01:02:12,132 --> 01:02:14,234
TROTTER: By God,
that has to be

1261
01:02:14,267 --> 01:02:16,836
the worst cup of tea
I've ever had.

1262
01:02:16,903 --> 01:02:18,371
[AUDIENCE CHUCKLES]

1263
01:02:18,405 --> 01:02:20,674
MRS. BOYLE: I agree.

1264
01:02:20,707 --> 01:02:24,144
Did you make it
in a teapot
or a plant pot?

1265
01:02:24,210 --> 01:02:25,412
STOPPARD: Pardon me.

1266
01:02:25,478 --> 01:02:26,646
Excuse me. Thank you. Sorry.MOLLIE: Oh, dear.

1267
01:02:26,680 --> 01:02:28,114
Pardon me.
Excuse me.
Sorry.

1268
01:02:28,148 --> 01:02:31,840
MOLLIE: I've already had
another disaster
in the kitchen.

1269
01:02:31,117 --> 01:02:34,387
I left out the steak pieces
in my steak and kidney pie.

1270
01:02:35,789 --> 01:02:37,390
Gloves.

1271
01:02:37,424 --> 01:02:39,125
MOLLIE: Kidney pie
just doesn't have
the same ring to it.

1272
01:02:39,159 --> 01:02:40,794
Sorry.
Excuse me.
Pardon me.

1273
01:02:40,827 --> 01:02:41,995
Excuse me.
Terribly sorry.

1274
01:02:43,129 --> 01:02:44,931
Bleeding gloves.
I'm so sorry.

1275
01:02:44,964 --> 01:02:46,566
There they are.
Thank you.

1276
01:02:46,633 --> 01:02:48,368
Sorry. Sorry.
Terribly sorry.

1277
01:02:48,401 --> 01:02:49,569
MAJOR METCALF:
I'm beginning to think

1278
01:02:49,636 --> 01:02:50,537
it was
a dreadful mistake
to skip lunch.

1279
01:02:50,570 --> 01:02:51,738
STOPPARD: Excuse me.

1280
01:02:53,106 --> 01:02:54,941
MOLLIE: I'll open
a tin of peas.

1281
01:02:57,110 --> 01:02:59,245
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

1282
01:03:31,611 --> 01:03:34,180
ANNOUNCER: [ON RADIO]
We interruptBook at Bedtime

1283
01:03:34,214 --> 01:03:37,884
to warn residents
in the Colney Hatch area
of London

1284
01:03:37,917 --> 01:03:41,287
to be on the lookout
for an escaped lunatic.

1285
01:03:41,321 --> 01:03:42,489
[SWITCH THUDS][GASPS]

1286
01:03:46,726 --> 01:03:48,610
[SWITCH THUDS]Hmm.

1287
01:03:49,896 --> 01:03:52,899
[WHISTLING THREE BLIND MICE]

1288
01:03:57,300 --> 01:03:58,710
[GASPS]

1289
01:03:58,138 --> 01:04:00,907
[SIGHS IN RELIEF]
You startled me.

1290
01:04:00,940 --> 01:04:03,760
[GASPS, CHUCKLES]
You startled me.

1291
01:04:03,143 --> 01:04:04,878
[OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING]

1292
01:04:04,911 --> 01:04:07,470
[CHOKES][MRS. BOYLE GASPS, GRUNTS]

1293
01:04:09,449 --> 01:04:10,517
[MERVYN GRUNTS]

1294
01:04:10,583 --> 01:04:12,850
[STRAINING]

1295
01:04:14,587 --> 01:04:16,890
[BOTH CHOKING]

1296
01:04:19,893 --> 01:04:21,610
[MERVYN GRUNTS]

1297
01:04:21,940 --> 01:04:23,263
[MUSIC RISING]

1298
01:04:23,329 --> 01:04:25,231
[DRAMATIC END NOTE PLAYING]

1299
01:04:32,772 --> 01:04:33,773
[MUSIC FADES]

1300
01:04:38,945 --> 01:04:40,347
Turn the lights on.

1301
01:04:40,380 --> 01:04:43,116
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING][SWITCHES CLICKING]

1302
01:04:45,618 --> 01:04:47,870
[SCREAMS]

1303
01:04:47,921 --> 01:04:50,490
[AUDIENCE APPLAUDING]

1304
01:04:52,292 --> 01:04:53,393
[DOOR OPENS]

1305
01:04:53,426 --> 01:04:54,961
[AUDIENCE CHATTERING]

1306
01:04:55,962 --> 01:04:57,497
[WOMEN SCREAMING]

1307
01:04:58,531 --> 01:05:00,500
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

1308
01:05:05,672 --> 01:05:07,774
Stop in the name
of the law!

1309
01:05:17,817 --> 01:05:19,552
[GRUNTS] Bollocks!

1310
01:05:22,155 --> 01:05:23,590
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

1311
01:05:23,656 --> 01:05:25,392
DICKIE: Well,
that's a good thing.

1312
01:05:25,425 --> 01:05:26,726
The limp,
was it too much?
[GRUNTS]

1313
01:05:28,261 --> 01:05:29,996
Oh.Oh, God.

1314
01:05:30,300 --> 01:05:32,165
Oh, sorry, sir.
I thought you were
somebody else.

1315
01:05:32,232 --> 01:05:33,666
No, no, it's all right.

1316
01:05:33,700 --> 01:05:35,135
And thank you
for the tickets.

1317
01:05:35,168 --> 01:05:36,236
Very welcome.

1318
01:05:40,740 --> 01:05:42,342
[MUSIC HALTS]

1319
01:05:43,710 --> 01:05:46,312
[CAT MEOWING IN DISTANCE]

1320
01:05:48,548 --> 01:05:49,883
[STALKER YELLS]

1321
01:05:49,916 --> 01:05:50,917
[THUMP]

1322
01:05:52,819 --> 01:05:55,255
[GASPING]

1323
01:05:59,759 --> 01:06:00,894
[GROANS]

1324
01:06:00,927 --> 01:06:04,330
[EERIE MUSIC PLAYING]

1325
01:06:04,364 --> 01:06:06,700
[FOOTSTEPS CRUNCHING ON SNOW][SOFT ANIMALS' CALLS]

1326
01:06:11,171 --> 01:06:12,205
[BOTTLES CLINK]

1327
01:06:15,608 --> 01:06:17,430
[RATTLING]

1328
01:06:22,649 --> 01:06:23,950
[SIGHS]

1329
01:06:26,286 --> 01:06:27,654
LEO: There ya go.

1330
01:06:27,721 --> 01:06:28,922
Bottoms up.

1331
01:06:28,955 --> 01:06:29,956
Cheers.

1332
01:06:31,725 --> 01:06:33,626
[EERIE MUSIC CONTINUES]

1333
01:06:35,195 --> 01:06:36,896
What brings you
to this neck of the woods?

1334
01:06:36,930 --> 01:06:38,932
Oh, a murder investigation.

1335
01:06:38,965 --> 01:06:41,201
Yeah? Anyone I know?

1336
01:06:42,502 --> 01:06:43,603
You.

1337
01:06:43,636 --> 01:06:44,637
[MUSIC HALTS]

1338
01:06:45,338 --> 01:06:46,339
[SWALLOWS]

1339
01:06:47,207 --> 01:06:48,675
I'm sorry, I thought...

1340
01:06:48,742 --> 01:06:50,677
No, no, no.
It's all right.
It's all right. Uh...

1341
01:06:52,312 --> 01:06:54,470
Say, uh, Inspector.

1342
01:06:55,415 --> 01:06:57,951
Tell me,
was anyone, uh...

1343
01:06:59,753 --> 01:07:02,122
you know,
sad to see me go?

1344
01:07:06,326 --> 01:07:07,327
Ah.

1345
01:07:08,661 --> 01:07:09,629
Figures.

1346
01:07:17,937 --> 01:07:19,673
I'm sorry, sir,
you can't go
in there.

1347
01:07:19,706 --> 01:07:20,907
Ah...

1348
01:07:20,940 --> 01:07:22,375
You can only go in
if you have a ticket.

1349
01:07:22,409 --> 01:07:24,911
I had a ticket.
It was in my pocket.

1350
01:07:24,944 --> 01:07:28,581
That's... I could have
sworn I had on
a pair of trousers.

1351
01:07:28,648 --> 01:07:29,849
I had trousers on.

1352
01:07:31,685 --> 01:07:32,786
Where's my ticket?

1353
01:07:32,819 --> 01:07:34,287
[SIGHS]I'm sorry, sir.

1354
01:07:34,354 --> 01:07:35,922
I can't let you in
unless you have
a ticket.

1355
01:07:35,955 --> 01:07:38,358
I had a ticket.
I just don't
have it on me.

1356
01:07:38,391 --> 01:07:40,460
Let me in!
Stop mucking about.

1357
01:07:40,527 --> 01:07:41,995
I've gotta go in.No, please, sir.

1358
01:07:42,280 --> 01:07:44,931
[MAN WHISTLING
THREE BLIND MICE]

1359
01:07:44,964 --> 01:07:46,266
You. I know you.

1360
01:07:47,934 --> 01:07:49,200
What are you doing?

1361
01:07:49,350 --> 01:07:50,670
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

1362
01:07:50,704 --> 01:07:52,572
STALKER: Sir. Sir.

1363
01:07:52,605 --> 01:07:53,840
[MUSIC STOPS]I've got a ticket!

1364
01:07:59,112 --> 01:08:00,413
The hell
is going on?

1365
01:08:04,117 --> 01:08:05,318
What am I
doing here?

1366
01:08:06,286 --> 01:08:07,954
What happened
to my trousers?

1367
01:08:07,987 --> 01:08:09,456
You asked me
to press them, sir.

1368
01:08:09,489 --> 01:08:10,557
I did?

1369
01:08:10,590 --> 01:08:11,858
Yes, sir.
You were adamant.

1370
01:08:14,828 --> 01:08:16,196
How long
have I been here?

1371
01:08:16,763 --> 01:08:17,831
Eighteen hours.

1372
01:08:19,766 --> 01:08:21,634
[GROANS]

1373
01:08:21,701 --> 01:08:24,300
[GRUNTS]
My head is
killing me.

1374
01:08:24,370 --> 01:08:25,638
It's bloody
freezing
in here.

1375
01:08:27,774 --> 01:08:28,908
Did you make
an arrest?

1376
01:08:30,477 --> 01:08:32,178
We did.

1377
01:08:32,212 --> 01:08:34,140
Who was it?
Was it Gio?

1378
01:08:34,470 --> 01:08:35,715
Gio?

1379
01:08:35,749 --> 01:08:39,185
Yeah, Gio. The...
The Italian chap,
the killer.

1380
01:08:39,219 --> 01:08:42,880
The man in
a darkish overcoat,
soft felt hat...

1381
01:08:42,155 --> 01:08:43,757
I chased out
the theater.

1382
01:08:43,790 --> 01:08:45,592
Inspector,
that man was you.

1383
01:08:45,992 --> 01:08:47,427
What?

1384
01:08:47,460 --> 01:08:50,530
You are the man
in the darkish overcoat

1385
01:08:50,597 --> 01:08:54,300
and the soft felt hat
that Constable Stalker here

1386
01:08:54,334 --> 01:08:55,869
chased from the theater.

1387
01:08:57,170 --> 01:09:00,400
I'm sorry,
I'm not following.

1388
01:09:00,730 --> 01:09:01,941
I think I might have
a concussion.

1389
01:09:02,800 --> 01:09:03,109
Or the shakes?

1390
01:09:04,744 --> 01:09:06,680
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

1391
01:09:08,348 --> 01:09:10,160
STOPPARD: No,
this is ridiculous.

1392
01:09:10,500 --> 01:09:12,252
What possible reason

1393
01:09:12,318 --> 01:09:14,187
could I have
for strangling
a playwright?

1394
01:09:14,220 --> 01:09:16,656
I haven't seen
anything he's done.

1395
01:09:16,690 --> 01:09:20,360
No, but Mervyn saw the woman
who visited Kopernick
at the Savoy.

1396
01:09:21,327 --> 01:09:23,290
So?

1397
01:09:23,630 --> 01:09:26,933
Inspector,
have you spoken
to Joyce lately?

1398
01:09:27,567 --> 01:09:28,835
Joyce?

1399
01:09:28,902 --> 01:09:29,969
Your wife.

1400
01:09:30,360 --> 01:09:31,204
Ex-wife.

1401
01:09:31,237 --> 01:09:33,506
Yes. I met her once
at a police social.

1402
01:09:33,540 --> 01:09:36,343
A plain girl.

1403
01:09:36,376 --> 01:09:37,644
Very homely.

1404
01:09:37,677 --> 01:09:39,979
What does Joyce
have to do
with anything?

1405
01:09:40,460 --> 01:09:43,249
Uh, her name was in Leo's
little black book, sir.

1406
01:09:43,283 --> 01:09:44,517
Oh, come on.
You don't...

1407
01:09:44,551 --> 01:09:46,586
You don't seriously think
that Leo and...

1408
01:09:46,653 --> 01:09:49,222
COMMISSIONER:
Didn't your wife
leave you for a Yank?

1409
01:09:49,255 --> 01:09:52,920
Leo was an American G.I.

1410
01:09:52,125 --> 01:09:54,794
Will you listen to yourselves?
You hear what you're sayin'?

1411
01:09:56,129 --> 01:09:57,130
Constable.

1412
01:10:02,836 --> 01:10:05,271
"They do it
out of revenge
or rage

1413
01:10:05,305 --> 01:10:09,743
"because they have
lost a loved one and
can't forgive or forget.

1414
01:10:09,809 --> 01:10:12,245
"So they just stew and fester

1415
01:10:12,278 --> 01:10:15,882
"until it all comes out
in a sudden, frenzied
act of violence."

1416
01:10:18,685 --> 01:10:20,320
You wrote that down.

1417
01:10:23,556 --> 01:10:26,960
That was
a private conversation.

1418
01:10:26,993 --> 01:10:29,290
Well, I thought
it could be
important, sir.

1419
01:10:30,463 --> 01:10:31,831
STOPPARD: Unbelievable.

1420
01:10:34,534 --> 01:10:35,835
We found her.

1421
01:10:35,869 --> 01:10:37,303
Who?Joyce.

1422
01:10:37,337 --> 01:10:39,390
Joyce.
Joyce is here?

1423
01:10:39,105 --> 01:10:40,106
Constable.

1424
01:10:43,643 --> 01:10:45,779
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC
INTENSIFYING]

1425
01:10:57,791 --> 01:10:58,858
[MUSIC STOPS]

1426
01:10:58,892 --> 01:11:00,160
That's not my wife.

1427
01:11:01,728 --> 01:11:04,230
I'm sorry?I said that's
not my wife.

1428
01:11:04,297 --> 01:11:06,733
But it is
your ex-wife.

1429
01:11:06,766 --> 01:11:09,235
Never seen that woman
before in my life.

1430
01:11:11,371 --> 01:11:12,605
But your name
is Joyce?

1431
01:11:12,939 --> 01:11:14,374
Uh...

1432
01:11:14,441 --> 01:11:16,376
Well, it's a common name.[CHUCKLES LIGHTLY]

1433
01:11:17,811 --> 01:11:19,790
'Course it is.Yeah.

1434
01:11:20,880 --> 01:11:22,820
COMMISSIONER:
'Course it is.

1435
01:11:24,384 --> 01:11:27,220
Well, Inspector,
in that case,
I believe

1436
01:11:27,253 --> 01:11:28,788
you are owed
an apology.

1437
01:11:31,910 --> 01:11:33,930
[GULPS] Constable.

1438
01:11:34,828 --> 01:11:37,397
Uh... Yes, sir.
O' course.

1439
01:11:37,464 --> 01:11:39,532
I'm...
I'm so sorry, sir.
I just...

1440
01:11:39,599 --> 01:11:43,636
I just got the wrong end
of the stick, and I have
no excuse. I just...

1441
01:11:43,670 --> 01:11:46,339
I jumped to conclusions again.
I'm so sorry.

1442
01:11:51,678 --> 01:11:54,681
Commissioner, why don't you
run along back to the office,

1443
01:11:54,714 --> 01:11:56,349
look over
the quarterly accounts.

1444
01:11:56,383 --> 01:11:58,518
Let me handle
the murder investigation.

1445
01:11:58,551 --> 01:11:59,686
Inspector.

1446
01:12:02,989 --> 01:12:04,570
[WHISPERS] Sorry.

1447
01:12:06,192 --> 01:12:08,294
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

1448
01:12:38,725 --> 01:12:40,527
WOOLF: It's Dickie
and Sheila.

1449
01:12:40,560 --> 01:12:43,530
DICKIE: Hello, Woolf.
Didn't expect
to see you here.

1450
01:12:44,764 --> 01:12:47,434
[HUMMING]

1451
01:12:47,467 --> 01:12:49,669
[DOORBELL RINGING]Perhaps, it is

1452
01:12:49,703 --> 01:12:52,339
Miss Rams... bottom.
[MUMBLING]

1453
01:12:52,405 --> 01:12:54,674
Get that... [SIGHS][DOORBELL CONTINUES RINGING]

1454
01:13:01,481 --> 01:13:02,882
If you have
broken down,

1455
01:13:02,916 --> 01:13:05,919
there is a garage
not 15 miles
from here.

1456
01:13:05,985 --> 01:13:07,887
[CHUCKLES]
No, we're here
for dinner.

1457
01:13:07,921 --> 01:13:09,622
I don't think so, sir.

1458
01:13:09,689 --> 01:13:12,859
[CHUCKLES] This is
Winterbrook House?

1459
01:13:12,892 --> 01:13:14,160
The Christie residence?

1460
01:13:15,610 --> 01:13:16,196
It is.

1461
01:13:16,262 --> 01:13:17,263
Uh, we have
an invitation.

1462
01:13:17,297 --> 01:13:18,298
We do, yes.

1463
01:13:20,300 --> 01:13:22,469
Richard Attenborough.
Friends call me "Dickie."

1464
01:13:26,139 --> 01:13:27,907
[WIND WHISTLING]

1465
01:13:30,343 --> 01:13:32,512
I do hope you haven't
traveled far.

1466
01:13:36,516 --> 01:13:38,618
MAN: Fellowes!
Who is it?

1467
01:13:38,651 --> 01:13:41,388
No one, sir. Tinkers.[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

1468
01:13:41,454 --> 01:13:43,723
MAN: What, in this
unseasonable blizzard?

1469
01:13:43,757 --> 01:13:46,192
Come on, man.
Open sesame.

1470
01:13:46,226 --> 01:13:48,610
Richard Attenborough.
Friends call me "Dickie."

1471
01:13:48,940 --> 01:13:50,330
Max Mallowan,
eminent archaeologist.

1472
01:13:50,363 --> 01:13:51,664
Good God, man,
you're frozen solid.

1473
01:13:51,731 --> 01:13:53,199
It's cold.
It's cold, yes.Come in.

1474
01:13:53,233 --> 01:13:55,201
Hello, Sheila Sim.
[CHUCKLES]Hello.

1475
01:13:55,235 --> 01:13:56,836
John Woolf.How do you do?

1476
01:13:56,903 --> 01:13:57,937
Ann Saville.

1477
01:13:57,971 --> 01:13:59,839
We're friends of
Petula. Spencer.

1478
01:13:59,906 --> 01:14:02,342
Oh, yes.
I know Choo.[CHUCKLES]

1479
01:14:02,375 --> 01:14:04,978
We thought
we'd been invited
for dinner.

1480
01:14:05,450 --> 01:14:07,547
Yes, we
received this,

1481
01:14:07,614 --> 01:14:09,816
but apparently,
not from you.

1482
01:14:09,849 --> 01:14:11,818
Extraordinary.

1483
01:14:11,851 --> 01:14:14,621
You know who's going
to love this? Agatha.

1484
01:14:14,654 --> 01:14:16,523
It's just like one
of her confections.

1485
01:14:16,556 --> 01:14:17,757
She's in the kitchen now

1486
01:14:17,791 --> 01:14:19,526
trying to figure out
some new ending.

1487
01:14:19,559 --> 01:14:22,395
[SNICKERS] It helps
to do the dishes,
apparently.

1488
01:14:22,429 --> 01:14:24,364
[ALL CHUCKLE]

1489
01:14:26,990 --> 01:14:29,402
Ooh, hello.
Who else didn't
we invite to dinner?

1490
01:14:29,436 --> 01:14:30,837
Ah, it's Petula.

1491
01:14:30,870 --> 01:14:32,105
Why, so it is.

1492
01:14:33,730 --> 01:14:34,541
Come in out of
the cold, Choo!

1493
01:14:34,574 --> 01:14:36,242
What on Earth
have you got there?

1494
01:14:37,410 --> 01:14:38,511
It's not Mother,
is it?

1495
01:14:38,545 --> 01:14:39,946
PETULA: 'Fraid so.

1496
01:14:40,347 --> 01:14:42,148
Oh, God.

1497
01:14:42,215 --> 01:14:43,416
Better make that eight
for dinner, Fellowes,

1498
01:14:43,450 --> 01:14:45,118
and let Agatha know.Yes, sir.

1499
01:14:45,151 --> 01:14:46,386
And get a shovel
to clear the path.

1500
01:14:46,419 --> 01:14:47,520
Yes, sir.

1501
01:14:47,554 --> 01:14:48,655
And do we have
enough coal?

1502
01:14:48,688 --> 01:14:50,357
Yes, sir.
Three bags full, sir.

1503
01:14:50,390 --> 01:14:52,225
PETULA: Hello, Maxie.Hello, darling.

1504
01:14:52,892 --> 01:14:55,280
Oh, it's a full house.

1505
01:14:55,950 --> 01:14:56,363
[SHEILA CHUCKLES]Yes.

1506
01:14:56,396 --> 01:14:57,697
Mother.

1507
01:14:57,731 --> 01:14:59,532
Come on in.
Straight through
to the drawing room.

1508
01:14:59,566 --> 01:15:00,967
PETULA: Here.MAX: Now,

1509
01:15:01,000 --> 01:15:04,371
I have a rather potent
Mesopotamian aperitif

1510
01:15:04,404 --> 01:15:06,239
that'll have you
thawed out
in a jiffy.

1511
01:15:06,272 --> 01:15:07,307
[DOOR CLOSES]

1512
01:15:07,374 --> 01:15:09,442
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

1513
01:15:31,931 --> 01:15:34,567
I'm sorry again
that you had to
find out like this.

1514
01:15:34,601 --> 01:15:37,300
Oh, I can't say
it came as a surprise.

1515
01:15:38,400 --> 01:15:39,873
Leo was a bad seed.

1516
01:15:40,707 --> 01:15:43,276
Always in trouble,
he was.

1517
01:15:43,309 --> 01:15:45,211
He picked a fight
the night
he took us out.

1518
01:15:45,278 --> 01:15:47,447
Mmm.
Mervyn Cocker-Norris
at the hotel.

1519
01:15:48,281 --> 01:15:50,500
No. At the pictures.

1520
01:15:50,417 --> 01:15:51,418
Oh.

1521
01:15:59,759 --> 01:16:02,429
He turned
on this tall fella
who came in after us

1522
01:16:02,462 --> 01:16:03,963
and shouted,

1523
01:16:04,300 --> 01:16:05,899
"What are you
following me for,
buddy?"

1524
01:16:06,633 --> 01:16:08,234
And, um...
[SCOFFS]

1525
01:16:08,301 --> 01:16:09,602
Did he know
a good dentist,

1526
01:16:09,636 --> 01:16:11,237
'cause he was
about to lose
a lot of teeth.

1527
01:16:13,730 --> 01:16:14,107
Hmm.

1528
01:16:14,174 --> 01:16:16,476
Right, who's ready
for a top-up?

1529
01:16:16,509 --> 01:16:17,610
GUESTS: No.

1530
01:16:17,644 --> 01:16:19,112
Where's
the old girl?

1531
01:16:19,179 --> 01:16:21,114
Not gonna play
the recluse card,
is she?

1532
01:16:21,181 --> 01:16:23,316
Oh, no, no, no.
She'll be down
soon enough.

1533
01:16:23,350 --> 01:16:24,818
[CLATTERING UPSTAIRS]

1534
01:16:25,652 --> 01:16:27,220
That will be Fellowes.

1535
01:16:27,253 --> 01:16:28,755
The man's an oaf.

1536
01:16:33,226 --> 01:16:35,462
A tall fella,
you say?JOYCE: Mmm.

1537
01:16:36,229 --> 01:16:37,797
Had a funny accent.

1538
01:16:39,632 --> 01:16:40,767
Italian?

1539
01:16:40,800 --> 01:16:42,135
No, not that funny.

1540
01:16:42,202 --> 01:16:43,403
More like...

1541
01:16:45,405 --> 01:16:46,806
a village idiot.

1542
01:16:47,774 --> 01:16:50,100
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES]

1543
01:16:51,244 --> 01:16:52,712
I'm sorry,
but you have to
get out.

1544
01:16:52,779 --> 01:16:53,913
[DOOR THUDS]

1545
01:16:55,415 --> 01:16:58,284
Oh. No.
Good heavens.
No. Uh...

1546
01:16:58,351 --> 01:17:00,387
Che cosa succede?[FUMBLING]

1547
01:17:00,420 --> 01:17:01,788
Poli... Polizei.

1548
01:17:01,821 --> 01:17:03,156
Telefono, por favor.

1549
01:17:03,223 --> 01:17:04,591
Telefono?Yes. Si.

1550
01:17:04,657 --> 01:17:06,260
Sta la. Gracias.

1551
01:17:06,920 --> 01:17:08,595
[PHONE RINGS]

1552
01:17:08,661 --> 01:17:10,864
Scotland Yard,
Sergeant Bakewell
speaking.

1553
01:17:10,930 --> 01:17:11,998
Yes, Stoppard here.

1554
01:17:17,504 --> 01:17:19,390
Police, stand back.

1555
01:17:19,105 --> 01:17:20,974
He keeps a key...[STALKER GRUNTS]

1556
01:17:21,700 --> 01:17:22,108
...under the mat.

1557
01:17:22,942 --> 01:17:23,943
[PANTS]

1558
01:17:26,813 --> 01:17:28,682
BAKEWELL: Let me guess,
Inspector.

1559
01:17:28,715 --> 01:17:30,550
You're after
an address.

1560
01:17:30,583 --> 01:17:31,685
How did you
know that?

1561
01:17:31,718 --> 01:17:33,190
Constable Stalker, sir.

1562
01:17:33,530 --> 01:17:34,888
She called just now
for the same information.

1563
01:17:36,156 --> 01:17:37,190
Stalker?

1564
01:17:44,631 --> 01:17:46,166
[WOMAN WHIMPERING]

1565
01:17:46,199 --> 01:17:47,300
Agatha?

1566
01:17:47,333 --> 01:17:48,768
Gosh, is she
all right?

1567
01:17:48,835 --> 01:17:51,171
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC
INTENSIFYING]

1568
01:18:15,862 --> 01:18:17,864
[MUSIC BUILDING UP]

1569
01:18:20,367 --> 01:18:21,668
[MUSIC ENDS]

1570
01:18:21,735 --> 01:18:23,570
Where's Agatha?
What have you done
with her?

1571
01:18:31,378 --> 01:18:33,790
It was
the usher, sir.I know.

1572
01:18:33,113 --> 01:18:34,748
He was under
our noses
all this time.

1573
01:18:34,781 --> 01:18:36,950
Is he in?No, sir.
But I found this.

1574
01:18:37,170 --> 01:18:38,385
If we get going now,
sir, we can...

1575
01:18:38,451 --> 01:18:39,753
I can take it
from here,
Constable.

1576
01:18:39,786 --> 01:18:41,254
Oh, right. And...
And me, sir?

1577
01:18:41,321 --> 01:18:42,522
Go back
to the station.

1578
01:18:43,790 --> 01:18:44,891
Yes, sir.

1579
01:18:44,924 --> 01:18:46,590
Oh, and, Constable?

1580
01:18:46,920 --> 01:18:47,660
Yes, sir?

1581
01:18:47,694 --> 01:18:49,396
Make a start
on the paperwork.

1582
01:18:51,464 --> 01:18:52,766
Yes, sir.[CAR DOOR CLOSES]

1583
01:18:52,799 --> 01:18:54,534
[CAR DEPARTS]

1584
01:18:57,370 --> 01:19:01,141
[PANTING]

1585
01:19:03,476 --> 01:19:05,845
[UNNERVING MUSIC PLAYING]

1586
01:19:05,912 --> 01:19:08,915
[SOFTLY] Is it me,
or does he look
awfully familiar?

1587
01:19:08,948 --> 01:19:12,850
It's Dennis. He's an usher
from the Ambassadors

1588
01:19:12,986 --> 01:19:14,688
Oh, Dennis!

1589
01:19:14,721 --> 01:19:16,122
So nice
to see you.

1590
01:19:16,156 --> 01:19:17,824
This is a strange
coincidence.

1591
01:19:17,857 --> 01:19:18,925
What are you
doing here?

1592
01:19:19,926 --> 01:19:21,940
Well, I invited you.

1593
01:19:22,162 --> 01:19:23,830
Oh, my God.

1594
01:19:23,863 --> 01:19:25,432
You killed Leo
and Mervyn!

1595
01:19:26,232 --> 01:19:27,801
I did.

1596
01:19:27,834 --> 01:19:30,303
I wanted to stop
the film and the play.

1597
01:19:30,370 --> 01:19:32,500
What film?
What play?

1598
01:19:32,720 --> 01:19:33,273
The Mousetrap![ALL GASP]

1599
01:19:33,306 --> 01:19:34,641
Now, look here,
Dennis.

1600
01:19:34,674 --> 01:19:37,143
We all have
strong opinions
on the theater.

1601
01:19:37,177 --> 01:19:39,179
In a sense,
that's what
it's there for,

1602
01:19:39,245 --> 01:19:41,247
to provoke emotion.

1603
01:19:41,281 --> 01:19:44,840
And I appreciate
you don't care for
The Mousetrap.

1604
01:19:44,117 --> 01:19:47,554
I'll be the first to admit
it's not exactly Hamlet.

1605
01:19:47,587 --> 01:19:50,290
But you must see

1606
01:19:50,323 --> 01:19:52,292
that this is
a bit of an
overreaction.

1607
01:19:52,325 --> 01:19:54,160
That's not
what this is.

1608
01:19:54,194 --> 01:19:57,970
Then, what...
what is this?

1609
01:19:57,130 --> 01:19:59,666
It's not your story
to tell, is it?
It's mine.

1610
01:19:59,699 --> 01:20:01,340
PETULA: Oh,
I might have known.

1611
01:20:01,101 --> 01:20:02,402
A disgruntled
writer.

1612
01:20:02,435 --> 01:20:04,871
Don't tell me,
you had
the idea first?

1613
01:20:04,904 --> 01:20:07,207
No. It happened to me.

1614
01:20:07,273 --> 01:20:08,541
I'm sorry, I am
completely lost.

1615
01:20:08,575 --> 01:20:10,276
I don't have
a theatrical
background.

1616
01:20:10,310 --> 01:20:12,645
You're not
Dennis Corrigan,
are you?

1617
01:20:14,581 --> 01:20:15,582
[HUFFS]

1618
01:20:16,850 --> 01:20:18,351
Oh, you poor boy.

1619
01:20:19,185 --> 01:20:20,220
How do you mean?

1620
01:20:20,286 --> 01:20:22,789
He lost his brother
in real life.

1621
01:20:22,856 --> 01:20:24,791
Dreadful business,
it was.

1622
01:20:24,858 --> 01:20:27,193
It was years ago, now.
I told you about it.

1623
01:20:27,227 --> 01:20:29,462
It was the case
The Mousetrap
was based on.

1624
01:20:29,496 --> 01:20:32,365
Inspired by, Mother.
And loosely.

1625
01:20:32,432 --> 01:20:34,234
Oh, but you're
an usher.

1626
01:20:34,300 --> 01:20:36,870
You had to
watch that play
night after night.

1627
01:20:36,903 --> 01:20:38,438
It must've been
torture.

1628
01:20:39,572 --> 01:20:42,242
I thought
it would help.

1629
01:20:42,308 --> 01:20:44,210
He was only six
when he died,
my brother.

1630
01:20:44,244 --> 01:20:47,800
The Mousetrapis
actually based on
a real-life case.

1631
01:20:47,147 --> 01:20:49,382
DENNIS: Neglected
and left for dead
by the people

1632
01:20:49,449 --> 01:20:51,885
who were supposed to
look after us.

1633
01:20:51,918 --> 01:20:55,789
It sold a lot of newspapers,
but no one cared about us.

1634
01:20:55,822 --> 01:20:57,957
[SLOW DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

1635
01:20:58,240 --> 01:21:00,260
I thought the play
would be different.

1636
01:21:00,326 --> 01:21:03,630
A famous writer was
going to tell our story.

1637
01:21:03,960 --> 01:21:06,533
Two brothers
who put their faith in
the British social services.

1638
01:21:06,599 --> 01:21:09,502
DENNIS: But when I saw
what Agatha Christie had done,

1639
01:21:09,536 --> 01:21:13,373
used our pain and suffering
as a motive for
a deranged killer...

1640
01:21:13,406 --> 01:21:15,410
[GASPS]

1641
01:21:15,750 --> 01:21:17,210
...my brother's death
reduced to
a cheap sideshow...

1642
01:21:17,243 --> 01:21:18,978
There's been
a murder?

1643
01:21:19,450 --> 01:21:20,413
DENNIS: ...I knew
he wouldn't be able

1644
01:21:20,480 --> 01:21:22,716
to rest in peace
until the play ended.

1645
01:21:22,782 --> 01:21:25,285
But it didn't.

1646
01:21:25,352 --> 01:21:28,388
It just went on,
and on, and on.

1647
01:21:28,421 --> 01:21:30,824
The Mousetrapis 100,
not out.

1648
01:21:30,857 --> 01:21:32,726
DENNIS: When I heard
about the film adaptation,

1649
01:21:32,792 --> 01:21:34,828
I just snapped.

1650
01:21:34,861 --> 01:21:37,564
Without me,
there is no movie.
You understand?

1651
01:21:37,630 --> 01:21:38,998
You got
a problem, buddy?

1652
01:21:39,650 --> 01:21:41,634
DENNIS: I killed the director
to stop the film,

1653
01:21:41,668 --> 01:21:44,704
and thought
a corpse on the stage
would put an end to the play.

1654
01:21:44,738 --> 01:21:46,573
[SCREAMS]

1655
01:21:46,639 --> 01:21:48,641
But they didn't even close
the theater.

1656
01:21:48,675 --> 01:21:50,243
Do you think
you might be
finished in time

1657
01:21:50,276 --> 01:21:51,711
for curtain up
tomorrow night?

1658
01:21:51,745 --> 01:21:53,580
DENNIS: And Mervyn's
new ideas for the film

1659
01:21:53,646 --> 01:21:55,281
made me
sick to my stomach.

1660
01:21:55,315 --> 01:21:56,950
I'll take
the bare bones
of the story,

1661
01:21:56,983 --> 01:22:01,154
a rather mundane tale
of child abuse,
and make it my own.

1662
01:22:01,221 --> 01:22:02,455
DENNIS: He left me
no choice.

1663
01:22:02,522 --> 01:22:03,556
[GASPS]

1664
01:22:03,590 --> 01:22:05,458
[SIGHS IN RELIEF]
You startled me.

1665
01:22:05,525 --> 01:22:06,993
DENNIS: I had to
kill him, too.

1666
01:22:07,427 --> 01:22:08,595
[CHOKING]

1667
01:22:09,763 --> 01:22:12,165
I thought that would be
the end of it.

1668
01:22:12,232 --> 01:22:14,567
But you all just carried on
like nothing had happened.

1669
01:22:16,269 --> 01:22:17,537
Shame on you.[WOOLF WHIMPERS]

1670
01:22:17,570 --> 01:22:19,472
[PETULA CLEARS THROAT]

1671
01:22:19,539 --> 01:22:22,909
Well, maybe you'll
take notice if I kill
Agatha Christie herself.

1672
01:22:24,978 --> 01:22:27,147
[MUFFLED GRUNTING]

1673
01:22:27,180 --> 01:22:28,615
Oh, I think
she's tryin' to
say something.

1674
01:22:28,682 --> 01:22:30,183
Oh, for God's sake,
let her out.

1675
01:22:30,250 --> 01:22:31,284
I'll stop
the film.

1676
01:22:31,317 --> 01:22:33,319
And the play.
This is barbaric.

1677
01:22:33,353 --> 01:22:34,320
Fine.

1678
01:22:35,722 --> 01:22:38,580
[ALL GASP]

1679
01:22:39,259 --> 01:22:40,560
[SIGHS]

1680
01:22:41,761 --> 01:22:43,630
WOOLF: Edana?

1681
01:22:43,697 --> 01:22:45,799
Darling, what...
what are you
doing here?

1682
01:22:45,865 --> 01:22:47,767
I followed you.

1683
01:22:47,801 --> 01:22:49,803
I suppose
I was going to
make a scene.

1684
01:22:49,869 --> 01:22:51,738
Hello, Ann.[ANN MUMBLES]

1685
01:22:51,771 --> 01:22:55,308
Then this beanpole
assaulted me, and
I woke up in a carpet.

1686
01:22:55,342 --> 01:22:58,780
If you're not
Agatha Christie,
where the hell is she?

1687
01:22:58,144 --> 01:22:59,879
Good God, man.
You mean
you don't know?

1688
01:22:59,913 --> 01:23:02,649
What kind of a bumbling,
half-witted psychopath
are you?

1689
01:23:02,716 --> 01:23:04,718
Will you be quiet!
Please!

1690
01:23:05,318 --> 01:23:07,153
Let me think!

1691
01:23:07,187 --> 01:23:08,888
Yes, of course!
Of course.
Why don't you...

1692
01:23:08,922 --> 01:23:11,825
Why don't you
come in and sit down,
Dennis? Um...

1693
01:23:11,891 --> 01:23:13,593
PETULA: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1694
01:23:13,626 --> 01:23:16,290
Have a little moment
to yourself.

1695
01:23:16,620 --> 01:23:17,731
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS]

1696
01:23:21,801 --> 01:23:23,737
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

1697
01:23:34,314 --> 01:23:36,316
[MUSIC HALTS][WIND HOWLING]

1698
01:23:37,617 --> 01:23:39,219
[ENGINE ROARING]

1699
01:23:40,754 --> 01:23:42,655
[INTENSE MUSIC RESUMES]

1700
01:23:56,369 --> 01:23:58,371
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

1701
01:23:59,572 --> 01:24:00,540
[SIGHS]

1702
01:24:11,551 --> 01:24:12,719
[MUSIC FADING]

1703
01:24:13,420 --> 01:24:14,554
[SIGHS]

1704
01:24:26,232 --> 01:24:27,233
[MOUTHING] What?

1705
01:24:49,155 --> 01:24:51,858
Uh, well... Um...

1706
01:24:51,891 --> 01:24:54,928
I, for one,
believe that, uh,

1707
01:24:54,994 --> 01:24:57,397
Dennis here
is owed an apology.

1708
01:24:57,430 --> 01:24:58,598
[ALL MURMUR IN AGREEMENT]MAX: Yes.

1709
01:24:58,631 --> 01:25:00,767
SHEILA: He...
He's right,
of course.

1710
01:25:00,834 --> 01:25:02,469
The truth
is the truth.

1711
01:25:02,502 --> 01:25:05,405
It is not to be
manipulated
or played with,

1712
01:25:05,438 --> 01:25:07,140
and certainly not
for entertainment.

1713
01:25:07,173 --> 01:25:08,742
No, no.PETULA: No, no, no.

1714
01:25:08,775 --> 01:25:11,770
SHEILA: Art is
supposed to
reveal the truth...

1715
01:25:11,144 --> 01:25:12,145
ANN: Yes.GROUP: Yeah.

1716
01:25:12,178 --> 01:25:14,214
SHEILA: ...not pervert it.

1717
01:25:14,280 --> 01:25:16,449
How would
Agatha Christie
like it

1718
01:25:16,483 --> 01:25:18,418
if someone took
one of her stories

1719
01:25:18,451 --> 01:25:20,887
and twisted it
and corrupted it

1720
01:25:20,920 --> 01:25:23,560
just for
the hell of it?
[CHUCKLES]

1721
01:25:23,890 --> 01:25:25,158
[GROUP MURMURS]MAX: She wouldn't.

1722
01:25:25,191 --> 01:25:27,594
I... I think that
we should all feel

1723
01:25:27,627 --> 01:25:29,295
thoroughly ashamed
of ourselves.

1724
01:25:29,329 --> 01:25:31,765
AGATHA: Oh, here we are.
Tea for everyone.

1725
01:25:31,798 --> 01:25:33,330
MAX: There you are,
my dear.

1726
01:25:33,660 --> 01:25:34,901
AGATHA: Sorry to
have kept you.

1727
01:25:34,934 --> 01:25:36,903
No, no,
please don't get up,
not on my account.

1728
01:25:37,504 --> 01:25:38,538
There, there.

1729
01:25:38,605 --> 01:25:39,673
No, no, no,

1730
01:25:39,739 --> 01:25:41,740
no, no, it's fine.Be careful.

1731
01:25:41,107 --> 01:25:44,678
AGATHA: Just as it was.
I think it was that way.

1732
01:25:44,744 --> 01:25:46,613
It is so nice to
see you again,
Agatha,

1733
01:25:46,646 --> 01:25:47,981
in spite of
the circumstances.

1734
01:25:48,480 --> 01:25:49,249
No, no, no,
not that one.

1735
01:25:49,315 --> 01:25:51,184
No, that's for Dennis.
[CHUCKLES]

1736
01:25:52,952 --> 01:25:54,454
[CUPS RATTLING]

1737
01:25:54,487 --> 01:25:55,822
It is Dennis,
isn't it?

1738
01:25:57,257 --> 01:25:58,792
There we are.

1739
01:25:58,825 --> 01:26:01,494
I put an extra
lump in. [CHUCKLES]

1740
01:26:01,528 --> 01:26:02,929
Thank you.

1741
01:26:02,962 --> 01:26:05,650
Everyone else,
help themselves.

1742
01:26:05,980 --> 01:26:06,266
[GROUP MURMURS][AGATHA SIGHS]

1743
01:26:06,900 --> 01:26:08,835
Now, Dennis.

1744
01:26:08,902 --> 01:26:10,103
How can I help?

1745
01:26:10,136 --> 01:26:11,905
Why don't we sit here
and drink our tea

1746
01:26:11,938 --> 01:26:14,841
and discuss the matter
like civilized people, hmm?

1747
01:26:16,509 --> 01:26:18,545
I want you to stop
The Mousetrap.

1748
01:26:18,578 --> 01:26:21,781
Oh, I am sorry,
but that
I cannot do. No.

1749
01:26:21,815 --> 01:26:25,251
I'm afraid it goes against
everything I hold dear
in life.

1750
01:26:25,285 --> 01:26:27,687
Yes. I'm a writer,
you see.

1751
01:26:27,721 --> 01:26:31,240
I can't be told
what to write
or what not to write.

1752
01:26:31,910 --> 01:26:33,960
It would be a denial
of one's freedom.

1753
01:26:35,280 --> 01:26:38,998
Do you see, Dennis?
Hmm? Do drink up.

1754
01:26:40,667 --> 01:26:42,936
[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

1755
01:27:04,391 --> 01:27:05,558
Oh, good God,
Fellowes.

1756
01:27:07,293 --> 01:27:08,628
Get up. Get up.

1757
01:27:08,695 --> 01:27:10,296
Now, look here,
young man, I...

1758
01:27:10,330 --> 01:27:12,320
[GROUP GASPS]AGATHA: Max!

1759
01:27:13,733 --> 01:27:15,568
[SCREAMS]

1760
01:27:16,202 --> 01:27:17,837
[GLASS SHATTERS]

1761
01:27:17,871 --> 01:27:19,305
[INTENSE MUSIC CONTINUES]

1762
01:27:19,339 --> 01:27:20,340
[TIRE POPS]

1763
01:27:21,708 --> 01:27:23,343
[TIRES SCREECHING]

1764
01:27:33,453 --> 01:27:35,210
Yes, good idea... Oh.MAX: Yes.

1765
01:27:35,550 --> 01:27:37,891
Oh, my God.
Now what's
happened?

1766
01:27:37,924 --> 01:27:40,600
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

1767
01:27:53,373 --> 01:27:54,874
[AGATHA WHIMPERING]Oh.

1768
01:27:55,942 --> 01:27:56,910
Dennis.

1769
01:27:59,112 --> 01:28:01,448
Put the popular author
down, please, Dennis.

1770
01:28:02,150 --> 01:28:03,249
No.[GROANS]

1771
01:28:06,186 --> 01:28:07,387
[BOTTLE POPS OPEN]

1772
01:28:07,454 --> 01:28:10,230
Sheila, darling,
now's hardly the time.

1773
01:28:10,560 --> 01:28:11,958
SHEILA: Dickie,
I need a light.

1774
01:28:12,250 --> 01:28:13,393
But you don't smoke.

1775
01:28:14,194 --> 01:28:15,528
[WHISPERS] Dickie.

1776
01:28:18,131 --> 01:28:20,660
[MUSIC INTENSIFYING]

1777
01:28:26,106 --> 01:28:27,730
[AGATHA SCREAMS]

1778
01:28:28,808 --> 01:28:30,430
[GROANING]

1779
01:28:30,844 --> 01:28:32,545
[GUN CLICKING]

1780
01:28:34,614 --> 01:28:35,615
[GRUNTING]

1781
01:28:39,219 --> 01:28:41,388
[MUSIC BUILDING UP]

1782
01:28:47,394 --> 01:28:48,995
[GUNSHOT][STALKER GRUNTS]

1783
01:28:49,620 --> 01:28:50,830
[STOPPARD GROANS][GUN COCKS]

1784
01:28:50,864 --> 01:28:51,931
STALKER: Look out!

1785
01:28:53,299 --> 01:28:54,401
STOPPARD: No, Dennis!

1786
01:28:54,434 --> 01:28:56,870
[GRUNTING]Don't do it, please!

1787
01:28:57,570 --> 01:28:59,272
[AGATHA GRUNTS]

1788
01:29:01,241 --> 01:29:02,809
[GROWLING]

1789
01:29:02,842 --> 01:29:04,644
MAX: Darling!

1790
01:29:04,678 --> 01:29:07,130
[AGATHA WHIMPERS]It's all right.

1791
01:29:07,800 --> 01:29:09,182
He's dead.
It's over.

1792
01:29:12,819 --> 01:29:13,753
Sir...

1793
01:29:15,155 --> 01:29:16,256
I'm bleedin'.

1794
01:29:19,459 --> 01:29:21,728
Hang in there,
Constable.

1795
01:29:21,761 --> 01:29:23,863
Sergeant's exam's
in a month.

1796
01:29:23,897 --> 01:29:26,990
It's funny, sir.
I actually...
I don't feel anything.

1797
01:29:26,132 --> 01:29:27,567
I think it mighta
just been a nick.

1798
01:29:27,600 --> 01:29:30,300
Yeah. Just the nick
of time, I'd say.

1799
01:29:30,360 --> 01:29:31,438
[CHUCKLES]
Very good.

1800
01:29:31,471 --> 01:29:34,774
[CHUCKLES]
I'm sorry,
Constable.

1801
01:29:34,841 --> 01:29:36,976
I haven't been
altogether honest
or open

1802
01:29:37,100 --> 01:29:39,779
or loyal
or fair to you
as a partner.

1803
01:29:39,846 --> 01:29:43,983
Truth be told,
I haven't been a partner
at all, you know.

1804
01:29:44,170 --> 01:29:45,218
Sir, you don't
have to say that.

1805
01:29:45,285 --> 01:29:47,153
No, I want you
to know...

1806
01:29:47,187 --> 01:29:48,588
I do trust you.

1807
01:29:48,621 --> 01:29:50,857
Thank you, sir.
That does mean a lot.

1808
01:29:50,890 --> 01:29:53,193
Um, but when I say
that I can't feel anything,

1809
01:29:53,226 --> 01:29:55,895
I think what I mean
is that, um,

1810
01:29:55,929 --> 01:29:58,365
I don't think
the bullet hit me, sir.

1811
01:29:58,431 --> 01:29:59,466
What do you mean?

1812
01:30:00,500 --> 01:30:01,735
Did you, um...

1813
01:30:03,690 --> 01:30:05,171
STOPPARD: Oh, I see.STALKER: Oh, no. Yeah.

1814
01:30:05,205 --> 01:30:07,207
Oh. Well, you're right
again, Constable.

1815
01:30:07,240 --> 01:30:08,341
Are you
all right, sir?

1816
01:30:08,375 --> 01:30:09,743
I think you better
call an ambulance.

1817
01:30:09,776 --> 01:30:10,744
Yep.

1818
01:30:12,312 --> 01:30:14,247
Yes, I don't feel
so good.

1819
01:30:16,182 --> 01:30:18,451
A shoot-out
and a big explosion.

1820
01:30:18,485 --> 01:30:21,621
Perhaps it's for the best
that Mervyn wasn't alive
to see it.

1821
01:30:22,756 --> 01:30:23,757
Quite.

1822
01:30:24,457 --> 01:30:26,760
[DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING]

1823
01:30:53,420 --> 01:30:54,688
[MUSIC ENDS]

1824
01:30:54,754 --> 01:30:57,424
It's okay, everyone,
I'm... I'm fine.

1825
01:30:58,258 --> 01:31:02,629
[FOLK SONG PLAYING]

1826
01:31:02,662 --> 01:31:06,800
LEO: Now that's what I call
a Leo Kopernick ending.

1827
01:31:08,635 --> 01:31:11,104
But before we go
our separate ways,

1828
01:31:11,137 --> 01:31:14,941
you'll be wanting to know
what became of
the heroes of this tale.

1829
01:31:17,844 --> 01:31:20,113
Constable Stalker,
as advertised,

1830
01:31:20,146 --> 01:31:23,850
sat her sergeant's exams
in the spring of 1953.

1831
01:31:23,883 --> 01:31:26,586
[SONG CONTINUES PLAYING]

1832
01:31:26,653 --> 01:31:28,288
She aced them.

1833
01:31:30,457 --> 01:31:33,827
Detective Inspector
George Stoppard.

1834
01:31:33,860 --> 01:31:36,290
LEO: Inspector Stoppard
was awarded

1835
01:31:36,960 --> 01:31:39,532
the King's Police
and Fire Services Medal.

1836
01:31:39,566 --> 01:31:40,800
COMMISSIONER: Oh.

1837
01:31:40,834 --> 01:31:43,470
LEO: Harrold Scott
received a Knighthood.

1838
01:31:43,536 --> 01:31:45,972
[CAMERA FLASHBULB POPPING]

1839
01:31:47,173 --> 01:31:50,276
The play,
if you can believe it,

1840
01:31:50,310 --> 01:31:54,347
is still going strong
in London's West End.

1841
01:31:54,414 --> 01:31:58,418
Over 10 million people have
sat throughThe Mousetrap.

1842
01:31:58,451 --> 01:32:00,120
TROTTER: Two brothers
who put their faith

1843
01:32:00,153 --> 01:32:01,755
in the British
social services.

1844
01:32:03,230 --> 01:32:06,292
A sorry tale of abuse
that ended in tragedy.

1845
01:32:08,862 --> 01:32:11,164
Well, now that
you've seen our film,

1846
01:32:11,197 --> 01:32:13,767
you are
an accomplice to murder.

1847
01:32:13,833 --> 01:32:16,770
And so we ask you
to remember that it is
very much in your interest

1848
01:32:16,836 --> 01:32:18,571
not to tell a soul
outside of this...

1849
01:32:18,605 --> 01:32:20,707
Shh. Sir. Sorry.

1850
01:32:20,740 --> 01:32:23,176
But I've missed
the endin' once.

1851
01:32:23,209 --> 01:32:24,744
I don't wanna
miss it again.

1852
01:32:24,778 --> 01:32:27,347
No, of course not.
I'm sorry. Sorry.

1853
01:32:30,583 --> 01:32:31,951
[SHUSHES SOFTLY]

1854
01:32:35,321 --> 01:32:36,489
[SONG ENDS]

1855
01:32:37,357 --> 01:32:39,292
[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

1856
01:34:00,874 --> 01:34:02,876
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING]