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(WIND WHISTLING SOFTLY)
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(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
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{\an8}(UPBEAT JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)
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{\an8}MAN: Agatha Christie's
The Mousetrap.
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{\an8}In my opinion, a second-rate
murder mystery. (SCOFFS)
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{\an8}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)
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Easier said than done when the
writer's a giant pompous ass.
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Mervyn Cocker-Norris.
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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.
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Is that what happened here?
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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 è chistu?
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No one important.
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Omm, femmina o bestia,
basta che respira!
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You know, at times you do rather
overdo the temperamental Neapolitan.
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That's a nice jacket.
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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?
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In England, that actually
counts as good service.
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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? 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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WOOLF: 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 Mousetrap is 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.
- LEO: 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
and the promise of a pair of nylons.
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But the husbands...
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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)
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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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Aw, jeez.
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(MUSIC HALTS)
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I guess I should have
seen this coming.
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It's always the most unlikable
character who gets bumped off.
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- (THUMP)
- (DRAMATIC NOTE PLAYS)
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It's a whodunit.
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You've seen one,
you've seen 'em all.
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- (DRAMATIC NOTE PLAYS)
- (THUNDER RUMBLING)
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(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
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(THUNDER CONTINUES RUMBLING)
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(ENGINE REVS)
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(TIRES SQUEAL)
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(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
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We're closed.
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- (DOOR RATTLING)
- Clear off.
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(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
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Honestly.
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Oh, I'm so sorry, sir.
Inspector, uh, Stoppard, sir.
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Sorry, I was under strict
instructions not to let anyone in.
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Just open the door.
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Yes, sir. Of course. Sorry,
I didn't recognize you, sir.
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I've actually, uh, just
been transferred myself.
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Thought it was Leeke and
Priestley on rotation tonight.
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- (BUMPS)
- Careful, sir.
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In you come.
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(STOPPARD SIGHS)
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- Constable.
- Stalker, sir.
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God, you're all
wet through, sir.
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Hope you don't catch
a cold after that.
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Yep, after you, sir.
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Victim's name is Leo Kopernick,
sir. The film director.
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Suspected Communist,
blacklisted in Hollywood,
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so he came out here to work
on a picture for John Woolf.
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You know John Woolf,
the film producer.
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He made The African Queen
with Humphrey Bogart.
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(IMITATING ACTOR)
"Nature, Mr. Allnut,
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"is what we are put in
this world to rise above."
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That didn't sound
anything like Bogart.
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No, that was Katharine
Hepburn, sir.
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She's in it too.
Wonderful actress.
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I go to the pictures
quite a lot, actually.
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It's the escape, I suppose.
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The romance of
the silver screen.
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Yes, thank you, Constable.
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Yes, sir.
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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(CHATTER QUIETS)
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(WOMAN COUGHS)
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Eh, signs of a struggle.
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STALKER: Actually, sir,
I believe that happened
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when Mrs. Boyle was killed.
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Mrs. Boyle? Who's...
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Yes, sir. Um...
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She's that woman in
the front row there.
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Well, she seems to
have bounced back.
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Oh. (CHUCKLES)
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Sorry, sir. No, she was killed
in the play. Also strangled.
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Not that I've seen it,
although I would like to.
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It's an Agatha Christie,
and I do like a good murder.
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Yes, thank you, Constable.
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Yes, sir.
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(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
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A ski did that, sir.
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They use it in the
play, apparently.
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As I said, I haven't seen it.
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And then the large dent in the
cranium is a sewing machine.
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Seems he was killed in the
costume store initially,
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and then he was deposited here.
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Staged, so to speak. (CHUCKLES)
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Sorry, sir.
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Yeah, that's the ski that
he took in the face, sir.
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And, uh, I'm afraid it
was downhill from there.
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Oh. Sorry, sir.
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That one just came out
on its own. (CHUCKLES)
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(STALKER CLEARS THROAT)
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Seems he came down here
for a change of clothes.
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Why?
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It was a party to celebrate
the 100th performance, sir.
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The other nought must have...
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When the victim
upset the sponge.
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Um, and he then proceeded to sit
in the assortment of crustaceans.
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- (GRUNTS)
- (GUESTS EXCLAIM)
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I'm told he was intoxicated,
sir, as a newt. (CHUCKLES)
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This was actually a lot more
fun than I thought it would be.
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(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS)
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Then he left. No one saw him again
until the body was discovered.
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That's correct, sir.
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(SIGHS) Perhaps they were
all in on it together, sir?
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STOPPARD: Hmm.
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(SOFT CRUNCH)
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(CAMERA FLASHBULB POPS)
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Looks like the killer tried to
pull out the victim's tongue.
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Why would anyone do
a thing like that?
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Excuse me, Chief Inspector.
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It's just "Inspector."
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Yes. Of course. Inspector.
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I hate to interrupt, I do.
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There really is nothing worse...
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Petula Spencer, sir.
Prominent theater impresario.
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Yes, thank you, Constable.
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Tell me, how much longer do you
intend to keep us all hostage here?
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Or is that the idea? "Let
the galled jade wince."
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Gather all the
suspects under one roof
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and then interrogate each of us in
turn until the mystery is solved?
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Mervyn Cocker-Norris,
overrated playwright.
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Celebrated playwright.
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Oh, I'm so sorry, sir.
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I can't read me own handwriting.
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Not that we are
suspects, necessarily.
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Are we suspects?
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It was just a reference to Agatha
Christie and her penchant for denouement,
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in which the detective
gathers the susp...
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I dare say, that's not...
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- Please continue.
- Yes, thank you, Mervyn.
245
00:14:28,452 --> 00:14:30,287
Inspector, I want you to know
246
00:14:30,370 --> 00:14:33,207
that I have nothing
but the utmost respect
247
00:14:33,290 --> 00:14:35,083
for the Metropolitan Police.
248
00:14:35,334 --> 00:14:37,878
But, well, do you think you
might be finished in time
249
00:14:37,961 --> 00:14:39,161
for curtain up tomorrow night?
250
00:14:39,213 --> 00:14:40,297
Oh, for goodness' sake.
251
00:14:40,380 --> 00:14:42,090
John Woolf, esteemed
film producer.
252
00:14:42,174 --> 00:14:43,467
Yes, thank you, Constable.
253
00:14:43,550 --> 00:14:45,427
This is a murder investigation.
254
00:14:45,511 --> 00:14:48,972
Surely that takes
precedence, sold out or not.
255
00:14:49,056 --> 00:14:51,201
Yes, it's all going to plan
for you, isn't it, Woolfie?
256
00:14:51,225 --> 00:14:52,559
You want the run to end.
257
00:14:52,643 --> 00:14:54,728
WOOLF: (SCOFFS) I want
nothing of the sort.
258
00:14:55,103 --> 00:14:56,703
It's the decent thing
to do, that's all.
259
00:14:56,772 --> 00:14:59,274
Close the theater out
of respect for Leo.
260
00:14:59,358 --> 00:15:00,651
Such a tragic loss.
261
00:15:00,734 --> 00:15:05,113
Inspector, I implore
you not to overreact.
262
00:15:06,323 --> 00:15:08,617
I would hate to have to
go over your head and
263
00:15:09,243 --> 00:15:11,620
talk directly to your superiors.
264
00:15:11,870 --> 00:15:13,681
Oh, we wouldn't want that,
now, would we, madam?
265
00:15:13,705 --> 00:15:15,666
But I'm afraid that
under the circumstances,
266
00:15:15,749 --> 00:15:17,793
- as a precaution...
- Precaution?
267
00:15:18,627 --> 00:15:19,920
He's already dead.
268
00:15:20,128 --> 00:15:21,463
STOPPARD: He is, madam.
269
00:15:21,797 --> 00:15:24,132
But until we have an idea
as to a likely motive,
270
00:15:24,216 --> 00:15:26,343
who's to say this
is the end of it?
271
00:15:26,426 --> 00:15:27,886
What is that supposed to mean?
272
00:15:28,428 --> 00:15:30,639
We are no longer
merely suspects.
273
00:15:31,139 --> 00:15:33,976
We are also potential victims.
274
00:15:35,644 --> 00:15:37,164
- (CAMERA FLASHBULB POPS)
- PETULA: Oh.
275
00:15:37,396 --> 00:15:38,397
WOMAN: Mmm.
276
00:15:38,939 --> 00:15:41,775
Oh, God, I wasn't in that,
was I? I must look dreadful.
277
00:15:43,026 --> 00:15:45,279
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
278
00:15:49,700 --> 00:15:51,159
- (TIRES SQUEAL)
- (ENGINE REVS)
279
00:15:56,915 --> 00:15:58,584
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)
280
00:16:07,092 --> 00:16:08,177
Excuse me, sir.
281
00:16:16,810 --> 00:16:17,811
(BLOWS NOSE)
282
00:16:17,895 --> 00:16:19,062
MAN: Stoppard!
283
00:16:19,229 --> 00:16:20,606
My office.
284
00:16:21,565 --> 00:16:23,233
- (KNOCK ON DOOR)
- STOPPARD: Hello, sir.
285
00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:26,445
What in God's name possessed you
to close down the Ambassadors?
286
00:16:26,528 --> 00:16:28,071
Uh, protocol, sir.
It's a crime scene.
287
00:16:28,155 --> 00:16:31,450
No, it's a public relations
disaster, is what it is.
288
00:16:31,533 --> 00:16:32,618
Public what, sir?
289
00:16:32,701 --> 00:16:33,952
- Stalker!
- Sir.
290
00:16:34,036 --> 00:16:35,913
Not to put too
fine a point on...
291
00:16:35,996 --> 00:16:37,122
- Yes, please.
- Here.
292
00:16:37,206 --> 00:16:38,933
Not to put too fine a
point on it, Inspector,
293
00:16:38,957 --> 00:16:41,835
but your latest blunder
is front page news.
294
00:16:42,544 --> 00:16:45,380
{\an8}Fleet Street is all over this,
like hot jam on a Devonshire scone.
295
00:16:45,797 --> 00:16:48,717
You are slap-bang
in the crosshairs.
296
00:16:49,426 --> 00:16:50,928
{\an8}Now, we need to do
everything we can
297
00:16:51,011 --> 00:16:53,722
{\an8}to make sure the bullet
doesn't miss you and hit me.
298
00:16:53,889 --> 00:16:55,682
- Yeah, of course, sir. Yes.
- Good.
299
00:16:55,849 --> 00:16:57,726
Then you'll inform
the theater at once.
300
00:16:57,809 --> 00:16:59,436
Well, I thought as
a precaution, I...
301
00:16:59,520 --> 00:17:00,938
The Home Secretary
302
00:17:01,021 --> 00:17:03,690
is a close, personal
friend of Agatha Christie.
303
00:17:03,857 --> 00:17:06,068
His brother-in-law
is Rex Harrison.
304
00:17:06,151 --> 00:17:07,152
Wonderful actor.
305
00:17:07,236 --> 00:17:08,505
- Yes, thank you, Constable.
- Sir.
306
00:17:08,529 --> 00:17:11,409
It's actually worked in our favor to
have the press distracted like this.
307
00:17:11,490 --> 00:17:14,910
It means we can keep a lid on
the Rillington Place murders.
308
00:17:14,992 --> 00:17:17,996
Rillington Place murders.
Yes. What's that?
309
00:17:18,079 --> 00:17:19,705
(SIGHS) Blimey.
310
00:17:19,873 --> 00:17:20,874
Haven't you heard?
311
00:17:21,708 --> 00:17:23,752
We have a serial
killer on the loose.
312
00:17:23,836 --> 00:17:26,171
You didn't think all of this
was for you, now, did you?
313
00:17:28,006 --> 00:17:29,424
- No, of course...
- No.
314
00:17:29,508 --> 00:17:31,385
- (BOTH CHUCKLE)
- Of course not.
315
00:17:31,844 --> 00:17:35,347
Well, have all the resources been
allocated to this other investigation?
316
00:17:35,430 --> 00:17:37,182
No, not all of them, no.
317
00:17:38,016 --> 00:17:40,894
I understand you, uh, met
WPC Stalker last night?
318
00:17:41,103 --> 00:17:42,187
I did, yes.
319
00:17:42,396 --> 00:17:43,939
- Constable.
- Inspector.
320
00:17:44,022 --> 00:17:46,859
A very capable officer.
321
00:17:48,110 --> 00:17:50,612
Or at least she will be once
she gets the proper instruction.
322
00:17:51,613 --> 00:17:53,073
Sorry, sir, I'm
not sure I, uh...
323
00:17:53,156 --> 00:17:54,436
You don't mean you want me to...
324
00:17:54,491 --> 00:17:56,952
Yes, I do. I'd like you
to show her the ropes.
325
00:17:57,327 --> 00:18:00,127
I'm hoping some of her enthusiasm
for police work might rub off on you.
326
00:18:01,123 --> 00:18:03,166
But the, uh, bullet,
sir. Is that why...
327
00:18:03,250 --> 00:18:05,502
This is not a debate, Stoppard.
328
00:18:05,878 --> 00:18:08,630
I have a reputation
as a modernizer.
329
00:18:08,714 --> 00:18:10,632
I have to be seen to keep it up.
330
00:18:10,799 --> 00:18:13,385
I have said in public
331
00:18:13,594 --> 00:18:16,638
that I think women are
the future of the force.
332
00:18:16,805 --> 00:18:19,183
Absolutely, sir, I agree.
333
00:18:19,808 --> 00:18:20,910
(CHUCKLING) But
we're not looking
334
00:18:20,934 --> 00:18:22,227
- for stolen sweets...
- Sweets.
335
00:18:22,311 --> 00:18:23,896
Or a lost bleeding bicycle.
336
00:18:24,062 --> 00:18:26,690
This is a murder investigation,
and she is inexperienced.
337
00:18:26,773 --> 00:18:30,152
They were inexperienced
in the war.
338
00:18:30,777 --> 00:18:32,863
Ask Jerry how that turned out.
339
00:18:32,946 --> 00:18:34,198
Yes, sir. But, uh...
340
00:18:34,364 --> 00:18:35,407
- That...
- Huh?
341
00:18:35,490 --> 00:18:38,702
- Will be all.
- Thank you.
342
00:18:39,536 --> 00:18:40,746
- Commissioner.
- Inspector.
343
00:18:41,914 --> 00:18:43,874
- STOPPARD: Constable.
- Inspector.
344
00:18:45,125 --> 00:18:46,919
- Commissioner.
- Constable.
345
00:18:47,169 --> 00:18:49,338
Um, sorry again about
last night, sir.
346
00:18:49,421 --> 00:18:50,482
With the rain and everything...
347
00:18:50,506 --> 00:18:52,233
Water under the bridge,
Constable. No harm done.
348
00:18:52,257 --> 00:18:53,258
(SNEEZES)
349
00:18:53,342 --> 00:18:55,385
(PLAYFUL JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)
350
00:18:55,469 --> 00:18:57,471
(STOPPARD SNIFFLES, GROANS)
351
00:18:59,014 --> 00:19:00,724
- (SNEEZES)
- You all right?
352
00:19:00,807 --> 00:19:04,853
Yeah. Do we have an
address for the victim?
353
00:19:05,062 --> 00:19:09,149
Yep. It is "Laurel
Canyon, Hollywood, USA."
354
00:19:10,776 --> 00:19:13,195
Where was he staying
in England, Constable?
355
00:19:14,655 --> 00:19:16,156
Oh. Um...
356
00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:17,950
(TUTS) Right.
357
00:19:18,033 --> 00:19:20,452
(PLAYFUL JAZZ MUSIC CONTINUES)
358
00:19:35,926 --> 00:19:37,219
(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
359
00:19:38,804 --> 00:19:42,975
If I am honest, Monsieur Kopernick,
he was not a very good guest.
360
00:19:43,141 --> 00:19:44,226
In arrears, was he?
361
00:19:44,309 --> 00:19:47,437
Là, non, but he did
not pay for his room.
362
00:19:47,896 --> 00:19:49,231
Monsieur Woolf did.
363
00:19:49,314 --> 00:19:50,357
STALKER: Hmm.
364
00:19:51,859 --> 00:19:53,735
What part of France
are you from, sir?
365
00:19:54,570 --> 00:19:55,654
Belgium.
366
00:19:56,154 --> 00:19:57,197
Ah, right.
367
00:20:01,410 --> 00:20:03,704
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
368
00:20:03,787 --> 00:20:05,914
- (DOOR CLOSES)
- STOPPARD: Oh, my, my.
369
00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:09,835
What a bloody pigsty.
370
00:20:10,335 --> 00:20:12,963
They don't clean the
rooms at the Savoy?
371
00:20:13,172 --> 00:20:15,132
Hélas, not this one.
372
00:20:15,924 --> 00:20:16,967
STOPPARD: Hmm.
373
00:20:17,050 --> 00:20:18,385
The maids, they refuse.
374
00:20:19,386 --> 00:20:23,056
We offer them more money,
but still they say non.
375
00:20:24,016 --> 00:20:25,184
There was
376
00:20:26,143 --> 00:20:27,311
an incident.
377
00:20:28,687 --> 00:20:32,441
Always avec Monsieur Kopernick,
there was an incident.
378
00:20:38,322 --> 00:20:39,323
STALKER: Hmm.
379
00:20:51,460 --> 00:20:52,461
Ooh.
380
00:20:53,378 --> 00:20:54,880
STOPPARD: Thank you, Constable.
381
00:20:54,963 --> 00:20:56,548
Oh. Sorry, sir.
382
00:20:57,132 --> 00:20:59,468
Did one of these incidents
ever turn violent?
383
00:21:00,135 --> 00:21:02,346
Oui. Une fois.
384
00:21:02,429 --> 00:21:04,139
(ROUSING MUSIC PLAYS)
385
00:21:04,264 --> 00:21:05,933
MERVYN: How dare you
call me a bad writer!
386
00:21:06,016 --> 00:21:07,494
LEO: I didn't say that.
I said it's bad writing.
387
00:21:07,518 --> 00:21:10,038
MERVYN: I did the best I could
within the confines of the genre,
388
00:21:10,103 --> 00:21:11,480
and Woolf loved it!
389
00:21:11,563 --> 00:21:14,167
LEO: Woolf wouldn't know a good script
if it came up and bit him on the ass.
390
00:21:14,191 --> 00:21:16,735
- It's horseshit!
- No, it isn't! Not all of it!
391
00:21:16,818 --> 00:21:18,254
All right, what I
read is horseshit!
392
00:21:18,278 --> 00:21:20,948
MERVYN: (GASPS) You mean
you didn't even finish it?
393
00:21:21,031 --> 00:21:22,032
I read enough, pal,
394
00:21:22,115 --> 00:21:23,885
to know that nobody gets
killed in the first 10 pages!
395
00:21:23,909 --> 00:21:26,036
You charlatan! Give it back!
396
00:21:26,119 --> 00:21:27,597
- Listen. Listen to me. Listen!
- Give...
397
00:21:27,621 --> 00:21:29,516
We need to go in a completely
different direction!
398
00:21:29,540 --> 00:21:30,624
(MERVYN STRAINING)
399
00:21:30,707 --> 00:21:32,000
- (LEO GRUNTS)
- (YELPS)
400
00:21:32,084 --> 00:21:33,544
(LAMP SHATTERS)
401
00:21:35,212 --> 00:21:36,463
(PANTING)
402
00:21:36,588 --> 00:21:40,259
I'll kill you for this,
Kopernick, you bastard!
403
00:21:43,804 --> 00:21:46,223
That's that then, sir. It's
as good as a confession.
404
00:21:46,890 --> 00:21:49,434
Let's not jump to
conclusions, Constable.
405
00:21:49,810 --> 00:21:51,061
No, sir.
406
00:21:51,228 --> 00:21:53,564
The least we can do is
talk to this other party.
407
00:21:53,730 --> 00:21:55,524
Yes, sir. Cocker-Norris, sir.
408
00:21:58,151 --> 00:21:59,712
STOPPARD: Tell me, do
you write everything down
409
00:21:59,736 --> 00:22:01,238
in that little notebook?
410
00:22:01,905 --> 00:22:03,866
Only if it's important, sir.
411
00:22:04,032 --> 00:22:05,659
How do you know
if it's important?
412
00:22:07,035 --> 00:22:08,120
Well,
413
00:22:08,954 --> 00:22:12,749
uh, I'll just sort of put
everything in as we go,
414
00:22:12,833 --> 00:22:15,085
and then down the line when
we know what's important,
415
00:22:15,169 --> 00:22:17,171
we'll know that it's
already in the notebook.
416
00:22:20,132 --> 00:22:21,508
So you do write everything down.
417
00:22:21,592 --> 00:22:22,718
Yeah, everything.
418
00:22:23,427 --> 00:22:24,720
That's what I thought.
419
00:22:26,555 --> 00:22:27,890
(ENGINE STARTS)
420
00:22:29,808 --> 00:22:32,644
(OPERATIC SONG PLAYING)
421
00:22:37,357 --> 00:22:40,903
MERVYN: Make yourself comfortable.
You're just in time for elevenses.
422
00:23:02,216 --> 00:23:03,425
- (STOPPARD GRUNTS)
- Oh.
423
00:23:04,885 --> 00:23:07,638
(SONG CONTINUES PLAYING)
424
00:23:13,685 --> 00:23:14,686
Oh!
425
00:23:15,729 --> 00:23:16,730
(DOOR OPENS)
426
00:23:17,773 --> 00:23:18,774
(DOOR CLOSES)
427
00:23:20,192 --> 00:23:21,193
(OPERA STOPS)
428
00:23:21,693 --> 00:23:23,820
You must excuse the désordre,
429
00:23:24,446 --> 00:23:26,448
it's research for
the film adaptation.
430
00:23:26,573 --> 00:23:29,326
Police statements, court
reports, newspaper cuttings.
431
00:23:29,910 --> 00:23:32,371
The Mousetrap is actually
based on a real-life case.
432
00:23:33,038 --> 00:23:34,039
Nettle tea?
433
00:23:34,581 --> 00:23:37,417
I appreciate you've not yet
had time to come to terms
434
00:23:37,501 --> 00:23:38,978
with the death of
Mr. Kopernick, but...
435
00:23:39,002 --> 00:23:40,838
Is it true his tongue
was pulled out?
436
00:23:40,921 --> 00:23:42,721
(CHUCKLING) I'm afraid
I can't divulge details
437
00:23:42,756 --> 00:23:43,817
of an ongoing investigation.
438
00:23:43,841 --> 00:23:45,008
It was disgusting.
439
00:23:45,092 --> 00:23:47,886
- (DOOR OPENS)
- Amore, non pozzo faticà così!
440
00:23:47,970 --> 00:23:49,012
What?
441
00:23:49,972 --> 00:23:51,723
È na cos' 'e pazz!
442
00:23:51,807 --> 00:23:53,433
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS)
443
00:23:58,105 --> 00:23:59,106
(CHUCKLES LIGHTLY)
444
00:23:59,231 --> 00:24:02,818
That's Gio. Nephew of
mine. Very hotheaded.
445
00:24:03,652 --> 00:24:05,362
I wonder if it
isn't all the fumes.
446
00:24:05,445 --> 00:24:06,822
You know, from the chemicals.
447
00:24:06,905 --> 00:24:08,574
He's an amateur taxidermist.
448
00:24:09,199 --> 00:24:11,785
He has a fascination
with the macabre.
449
00:24:12,661 --> 00:24:14,454
I call it his
Stymphalian Bird series.
450
00:24:14,955 --> 00:24:16,039
STOPPARD: Hmm.
451
00:24:16,164 --> 00:24:19,710
MERVYN: Macabre in a strictly
"ornithological" sense, that is.
452
00:24:22,838 --> 00:24:24,464
You wanted to ask me about Leo?
453
00:24:24,548 --> 00:24:26,967
STOPPARD: We heard there was
an argument at the Savoy,
454
00:24:27,050 --> 00:24:28,810
and I noticed you had
the other half of this.
455
00:24:34,725 --> 00:24:37,561
Inspector, that was a
contretemps, nothing more.
456
00:24:37,936 --> 00:24:40,022
(SOFTLY) Read that part. Yeah.
457
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,692
"I'll kill you for this,
Kopernick, you bastard."
458
00:24:47,029 --> 00:24:48,280
Well, obviously, I...
459
00:24:48,363 --> 00:24:49,907
Taken out of context, I...
460
00:24:50,282 --> 00:24:54,036
Those words were spoken in anger
and under extreme provocation.
461
00:24:54,953 --> 00:24:57,247
We had creative
differences, that's all.
462
00:24:58,040 --> 00:24:59,082
STOPPARD: Hmm.
463
00:24:59,583 --> 00:25:01,210
How did you like The Mousetrap?
464
00:25:02,002 --> 00:25:03,670
- Oh, yeah, the play?
- Mmm.
465
00:25:03,754 --> 00:25:05,589
Yeah, I, uh... I
didn't see it yet.
466
00:25:05,672 --> 00:25:06,673
Well, if you'd like,
467
00:25:06,757 --> 00:25:07,984
- I can précis this...
- No, no, no.
468
00:25:08,008 --> 00:25:10,511
I got the basics. It's
a whodunit, right?
469
00:25:10,594 --> 00:25:14,306
So, you got a dead
body, a detective,
470
00:25:14,473 --> 00:25:17,309
and then all the suspects
rather conveniently
471
00:25:17,392 --> 00:25:19,561
end up in a remote
country house together.
472
00:25:20,145 --> 00:25:21,146
In a nutshell.
473
00:25:21,313 --> 00:25:24,566
Our task will be to present
this improbable series of events
474
00:25:24,650 --> 00:25:26,485
to an audience of
moderate intelligence
475
00:25:26,568 --> 00:25:28,946
in a manner that does not
cause too much offense.
476
00:25:29,154 --> 00:25:30,447
Easy.
477
00:25:30,614 --> 00:25:31,823
Flashbacks.
478
00:25:32,241 --> 00:25:33,742
No.
479
00:25:34,368 --> 00:25:35,452
No what?
480
00:25:35,619 --> 00:25:36,912
No flashbacks.
481
00:25:37,412 --> 00:25:39,289
They are crass, lazy,
and they interrupt
482
00:25:39,373 --> 00:25:40,582
the flow of the story.
483
00:25:40,749 --> 00:25:44,294
In my opinion, they are the last
refuge of a moribund imagination.
484
00:25:44,795 --> 00:25:45,796
Whatever next?
485
00:25:45,879 --> 00:25:48,215
A caption that says,
"Three weeks later"?
486
00:25:48,382 --> 00:25:50,092
(DRAMATIC NOTE PLAYS)
487
00:25:50,759 --> 00:25:51,760
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
488
00:25:51,844 --> 00:25:54,263
Merv. Merv, will you come on?
489
00:25:54,429 --> 00:25:55,824
This is crazy. Will
you open the door?
490
00:25:55,848 --> 00:25:57,474
I'm not coming out
until Woolf gets here.
491
00:25:57,558 --> 00:25:58,559
(DOOR BUZZES)
492
00:26:00,060 --> 00:26:01,228
What is it this time?
493
00:26:01,395 --> 00:26:02,521
I'll tell you what it is.
494
00:26:02,896 --> 00:26:04,064
I pitched a new ending,
495
00:26:04,231 --> 00:26:06,942
Cockamamie-Novice over here
locks himself in the bathroom.
496
00:26:07,109 --> 00:26:08,735
Is this instead
of the car chase?
497
00:26:08,902 --> 00:26:09,987
As well as.
498
00:26:10,070 --> 00:26:13,490
I think he thinks "denouement"
is French for "shootout."
499
00:26:14,157 --> 00:26:17,160
Will you at least hear me out first,
and then tell me you don't like it?
500
00:26:18,203 --> 00:26:21,456
Come on, I storyboarded it
for you. Come on, have a seat.
501
00:26:21,957 --> 00:26:23,434
MERVYN: Why can't we
just have the detective
502
00:26:23,458 --> 00:26:27,462
gather everyone in the drawing room
and then reveal to them who did it?
503
00:26:27,629 --> 00:26:30,507
Why? 'Cause it's
old, it's tired.
504
00:26:30,716 --> 00:26:31,996
It's been done a thousand times.
505
00:26:32,092 --> 00:26:35,304
So then who explains to the
audience what on Earth's going on?
506
00:26:35,387 --> 00:26:36,388
No one.
507
00:26:36,513 --> 00:26:37,931
I don't know. The killer.
508
00:26:38,473 --> 00:26:40,033
Now you see what I
have to put up with?
509
00:26:40,058 --> 00:26:41,393
Will you please have a seat?
510
00:26:42,019 --> 00:26:44,563
So, a remote country house.
511
00:26:44,730 --> 00:26:48,025
We got all the, uh, suspects
gathered in the drawing room, right?
512
00:26:48,192 --> 00:26:50,110
So far, soporific.
513
00:26:50,652 --> 00:26:52,821
Suddenly, the lights go out.
514
00:26:52,905 --> 00:26:53,989
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
515
00:26:54,072 --> 00:26:58,035
Our hero grips his Colt
Special, edges into the hall.
516
00:26:59,703 --> 00:27:01,997
The killer's got a hostage,
can't get a clear shot.
517
00:27:02,998 --> 00:27:04,333
Suddenly, kaboom!
518
00:27:04,499 --> 00:27:06,084
The place goes up in flames.
519
00:27:06,168 --> 00:27:07,169
(CARD SHUFFLES)
520
00:27:07,294 --> 00:27:08,295
Blam! Blam!
521
00:27:08,378 --> 00:27:09,922
Our hero plugs the killer.
522
00:27:10,088 --> 00:27:11,340
One in the gut! (GRUNTS)
523
00:27:11,423 --> 00:27:13,050
{\an8}One in the knee! (GROANS)
524
00:27:13,175 --> 00:27:14,301
{\an8}Then, all of a sudden...
525
00:27:14,384 --> 00:27:15,719
{\an8}(MIMICS GUN CLICKING)
526
00:27:16,512 --> 00:27:17,930
{\an8}His goddamned gun jams.
527
00:27:18,305 --> 00:27:19,473
He's a sittin' duck.
528
00:27:21,266 --> 00:27:22,267
Sorry, not that one.
529
00:27:22,351 --> 00:27:23,352
(CARDS SHUFFLING)
530
00:27:23,435 --> 00:27:24,478
I'm sorry about this.
531
00:27:25,437 --> 00:27:26,438
He's a sittin' duck.
532
00:27:26,522 --> 00:27:27,648
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
533
00:27:27,773 --> 00:27:30,484
Our killer, dying but not dead,
534
00:27:31,527 --> 00:27:32,611
takes aim.
535
00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:34,905
Boom! He fires.
536
00:27:35,239 --> 00:27:36,240
Out of nowhere,
537
00:27:36,698 --> 00:27:39,326
our hero cop's partner
dives in slow motion!
538
00:27:39,576 --> 00:27:40,577
Takes a bullet!
539
00:27:40,911 --> 00:27:42,079
(GRUNTS)
540
00:27:42,621 --> 00:27:48,293
Our hero cradles his partner
like a father would his child.
541
00:27:48,585 --> 00:27:51,296
His face a gumbo of emotions.
542
00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:55,384
We hold on the inferno,
543
00:27:56,969 --> 00:27:59,596
and we pan left,
to a dead butler.
544
00:28:00,556 --> 00:28:01,765
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)
545
00:28:01,890 --> 00:28:03,851
Hank Williams plays us out.
546
00:28:05,018 --> 00:28:06,019
I Saw The Light.
547
00:28:14,111 --> 00:28:16,405
- You hate it.
- No, no, I don't hate it.
548
00:28:16,697 --> 00:28:18,699
- But you don't love it.
- Of course he doesn't!
549
00:28:18,949 --> 00:28:20,075
It's preposterous
550
00:28:20,242 --> 00:28:22,322
and totally out of keeping
with the rest of the film.
551
00:28:22,619 --> 00:28:23,620
Oh, who cares?
552
00:28:23,704 --> 00:28:25,723
The audience only ever
remembers the last 20 minutes.
553
00:28:25,747 --> 00:28:27,124
Oh, poppycock.
554
00:28:27,207 --> 00:28:28,709
Uh, Hitchcock, actually.
555
00:28:28,917 --> 00:28:30,377
How does he get the gun?
556
00:28:30,836 --> 00:28:31,837
He's a cop!
557
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:33,881
Uh, police are not
armed in England.
558
00:28:34,298 --> 00:28:36,341
What? How do they
kill the bad guys?
559
00:28:36,425 --> 00:28:37,426
They don't.
560
00:28:37,509 --> 00:28:40,679
They ask them to stop
in the name of the law.
561
00:28:40,762 --> 00:28:42,181
- (CAR HORN HONKING)
- LEO: Huh.
562
00:28:42,264 --> 00:28:45,642
Well, he fought in the war, so
he kept his service revolver.
563
00:28:46,101 --> 00:28:48,937
God damn it, we're gonna have
to pick this up another time.
564
00:28:50,814 --> 00:28:52,482
Say, uh, Merv.
565
00:28:53,317 --> 00:28:56,111
You wouldn't want to lend
me this pad, would you?
566
00:28:56,278 --> 00:28:57,279
Just for the night.
567
00:28:57,988 --> 00:29:00,824
Only I got this dame parked
outside I wanna impress.
568
00:29:01,158 --> 00:29:03,202
As in, she actually is a dame.
569
00:29:04,286 --> 00:29:06,788
And, well, you know. (CHUCKLES)
570
00:29:06,914 --> 00:29:09,458
My place ain't
exactly the Savoy.
571
00:29:09,625 --> 00:29:12,002
I thought his place
exactly was the Savoy.
572
00:29:12,169 --> 00:29:14,671
No, he didn't take up residence
there till a month later.
573
00:29:15,172 --> 00:29:18,091
And the production company
footed the bill when he did.
574
00:29:18,342 --> 00:29:20,135
How he finagled that,
I'll never know.
575
00:29:20,219 --> 00:29:21,220
(SLURPS)
576
00:29:21,345 --> 00:29:24,056
Either I need a new agent,
or he had dirt on Woolf.
577
00:29:24,473 --> 00:29:25,557
STOPPARD: Hmm.
578
00:29:28,519 --> 00:29:29,603
(SWALLOWS)
579
00:29:29,728 --> 00:29:31,146
Did you ever meet these women?
580
00:29:31,563 --> 00:29:33,232
- (STALKER CLEARS THROAT)
- Who were they?
581
00:29:33,315 --> 00:29:35,984
Oh, girls he met during the
war who had low standards
582
00:29:36,068 --> 00:29:37,486
and even lower self-esteem.
583
00:29:37,569 --> 00:29:38,987
I never had the pleasure.
584
00:29:41,406 --> 00:29:42,407
Oh, wait.
585
00:29:43,617 --> 00:29:44,660
Tell a lie.
586
00:29:44,743 --> 00:29:47,079
(PLAYFUL JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)
587
00:29:47,204 --> 00:29:48,664
LEO: Merv! Come on.
588
00:29:48,747 --> 00:29:50,457
When I said we should
tear up the script,
589
00:29:50,541 --> 00:29:51,750
I didn't mean literally!
590
00:29:55,879 --> 00:29:57,130
WOMAN: Hello, Leo.
591
00:29:57,214 --> 00:29:58,340
What is that doing here?
592
00:29:58,423 --> 00:29:59,550
(GASPS)
593
00:29:59,633 --> 00:30:01,051
He was Kopernick's son!
594
00:30:01,218 --> 00:30:02,469
Peas in a pod.
595
00:30:03,053 --> 00:30:04,054
And the mother?
596
00:30:04,221 --> 00:30:07,683
I didn't get a good look. A
plain girl, rather homely.
597
00:30:08,475 --> 00:30:09,935
Dark hair, glasses,
598
00:30:10,102 --> 00:30:11,144
thick lenses.
599
00:30:12,396 --> 00:30:13,998
So there we have it,
sir. Cherchez la femme.
600
00:30:14,022 --> 00:30:15,023
STOPPARD: What?
601
00:30:15,107 --> 00:30:16,751
It's Belgian, sir. It
means, "Look for the woman."
602
00:30:16,775 --> 00:30:19,194
I know what it means,
Constable. What woman?
603
00:30:19,278 --> 00:30:21,405
The mother of Kopernick's
illegitimate son.
604
00:30:21,738 --> 00:30:23,532
Cocker-Norris couldn't
remember her name,
605
00:30:23,615 --> 00:30:25,218
but I bet it's in that
little black book.
606
00:30:25,242 --> 00:30:27,428
You know, the one that you
found in the hotel room, sir.
607
00:30:27,452 --> 00:30:29,037
If we find her, we
have our answer.
608
00:30:29,121 --> 00:30:31,015
We need to get a police sketch
artist down here at once
609
00:30:31,039 --> 00:30:32,416
before he forgets anything.
610
00:30:32,916 --> 00:30:34,084
(STALKER SIGHS)
611
00:30:35,002 --> 00:30:37,462
Mmm. I'm doing it
again, aren't I, sir?
612
00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:39,756
- Jumping to conclusions.
- Conclusions, yeah.
613
00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:40,841
Little bit.
614
00:30:40,924 --> 00:30:41,925
Sorry.
615
00:30:42,509 --> 00:30:43,510
Constable.
616
00:30:45,804 --> 00:30:47,681
I have a very important
mission for you.
617
00:30:47,890 --> 00:30:48,974
Mmm-hmm.
618
00:30:49,057 --> 00:30:51,310
I need you to find
a telephone box.
619
00:30:51,476 --> 00:30:52,477
Call the station.
620
00:30:52,853 --> 00:30:55,439
Get an address for John
Woolf, the film producer.
621
00:30:55,689 --> 00:30:56,899
And I'll wait for you here.
622
00:30:56,982 --> 00:30:59,484
Uh, "Romulus Films, Soho,"
sir. I wrote it down.
623
00:31:00,569 --> 00:31:01,987
- You did?
- Mmm-hmm.
624
00:31:04,198 --> 00:31:05,616
(SMACKS LIPS) Right.
625
00:31:06,408 --> 00:31:08,035
- Well done.
- Thank you.
626
00:31:09,036 --> 00:31:10,204
- (ENGINE STARTS)
- Shall we?
627
00:31:10,287 --> 00:31:12,289
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
628
00:31:18,879 --> 00:31:20,506
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
629
00:31:20,589 --> 00:31:21,965
(BELL RINGS)
630
00:31:22,049 --> 00:31:23,467
Uh, telegram came for you.
631
00:31:26,094 --> 00:31:27,638
- (WOOLF GROANS)
- Bad news?
632
00:31:27,721 --> 00:31:28,722
It's the studio.
633
00:31:28,805 --> 00:31:30,805
Grace Kelly's doing a
Hitchcock picture for Warner,
634
00:31:30,849 --> 00:31:32,601
so it's Dial M for
Maybe Next Time.
635
00:31:32,684 --> 00:31:34,228
- Grace Kelly?
- Yes.
636
00:31:34,311 --> 00:31:35,580
For the part you
promised Sheila?
637
00:31:35,604 --> 00:31:36,813
Yes, that's right.
638
00:31:37,814 --> 00:31:40,150
Which is why this
is such good news.
639
00:31:40,234 --> 00:31:41,235
(WOMAN CLEARS THROAT)
640
00:31:42,569 --> 00:31:43,654
Ann?
641
00:31:43,987 --> 00:31:45,048
Darling, what's the matter?
642
00:31:45,072 --> 00:31:47,449
You do know a promise is only
a promise if you keep it.
643
00:31:47,533 --> 00:31:48,534
What do you mean?
644
00:31:48,617 --> 00:31:49,969
I mean you promised me
a night out months ago.
645
00:31:49,993 --> 00:31:51,203
I have been so busy lately.
646
00:31:51,286 --> 00:31:52,514
Yes, I know. I am
your assistant.
647
00:31:52,538 --> 00:31:54,307
I promise, as soon as I
have a moment to spare...
648
00:31:54,331 --> 00:31:55,791
Well, you're free on Wednesday.
649
00:31:55,874 --> 00:31:57,459
- Am I? Are you sure?
- Mmm. Yes.
650
00:31:57,543 --> 00:31:59,086
- I thought I was...
- No.
651
00:31:59,253 --> 00:32:00,712
No, well, you should know.
652
00:32:00,879 --> 00:32:02,631
You are my assistant, after all.
653
00:32:02,714 --> 00:32:04,383
Well, that's settled,
then. It's a date.
654
00:32:04,466 --> 00:32:05,676
I promise I will take you out.
655
00:32:05,759 --> 00:32:07,445
I'm afraid, Mr. Woolf, you
really must be going now,
656
00:32:07,469 --> 00:32:08,554
otherwise you'll be late.
657
00:32:08,637 --> 00:32:10,305
- Ah, right. Thank you.
- Mmm.
658
00:32:11,473 --> 00:32:12,474
No, I'm serious.
659
00:32:12,558 --> 00:32:13,743
You do actually need
to get back to Romulus.
660
00:32:13,767 --> 00:32:15,018
- Oh. Right. Okay. Yes.
- Yes.
661
00:32:23,026 --> 00:32:24,069
(EXHALES DEEPLY)
662
00:32:24,152 --> 00:32:26,363
This is exciting, isn't it, sir?
663
00:32:27,114 --> 00:32:28,299
I'd say this is
the type of thing
664
00:32:28,323 --> 00:32:30,450
that made you want to become
a police officer, was it?
665
00:32:33,036 --> 00:32:37,416
(SMACKS LIPS) Me? I just
sort of fell into it, really.
666
00:32:38,542 --> 00:32:41,753
They needed people after the war,
and I needed the money, so...
667
00:32:41,837 --> 00:32:43,213
(STOPPARD SIGHS)
668
00:32:43,338 --> 00:32:45,757
No, it's true. The
hours can be unsociable,
669
00:32:45,841 --> 00:32:48,218
but I can't type or
stand the sight of blood,
670
00:32:48,302 --> 00:32:50,846
so that ruled out
secretary for me.
671
00:32:50,929 --> 00:32:51,930
STOPPARD: Mmm.
672
00:32:57,102 --> 00:32:58,830
You don't mind if I pick
your brains, do you, sir?
673
00:32:58,854 --> 00:33:00,772
Only I have sergeants'
exams in a month,
674
00:33:00,856 --> 00:33:03,376
and I just have one or two questions
that I'd love to run by you.
675
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:04,460
- Um...
- Actually, Constable,
676
00:33:04,484 --> 00:33:06,403
I've just remembered
that I have a, uh...
677
00:33:06,653 --> 00:33:08,739
- (DOOR SHUTS)
- dentist appointment.
678
00:33:08,822 --> 00:33:11,366
Oh. Sorry, sir. I didn't
know you were suffering.
679
00:33:11,533 --> 00:33:12,701
Just a routine checkup.
680
00:33:12,784 --> 00:33:14,369
- What shall I do, sir?
- Wait here.
681
00:33:14,453 --> 00:33:16,371
But what if Woolf turns up, sir?
682
00:33:16,955 --> 00:33:19,416
Won't be long. And
you have your, uh,
683
00:33:19,499 --> 00:33:20,501
notebook.
684
00:33:23,253 --> 00:33:25,380
- Keep your eyes peeled.
- Yes, sir.
685
00:33:25,839 --> 00:33:26,840
(CLEARS THROAT)
686
00:33:33,055 --> 00:33:34,640
(SIGHS DEEPLY)
687
00:33:34,723 --> 00:33:37,142
(STEALTHY JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)
688
00:33:55,619 --> 00:33:56,620
- Gin.
- BARTENDER: Gin?
689
00:33:56,703 --> 00:33:58,038
Yeah, please.
690
00:34:09,007 --> 00:34:10,676
(WHISPERS) Oh, you're joking.
691
00:34:14,096 --> 00:34:15,222
Oh, no.
692
00:34:15,973 --> 00:34:17,139
(STALKER SIGHS)
693
00:34:20,893 --> 00:34:22,353
- (PENCIL SNAPS)
- Oh, God.
694
00:34:24,063 --> 00:34:25,148
(SIGHS)
695
00:34:25,232 --> 00:34:27,650
(UP-TEMPO JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)
696
00:34:40,789 --> 00:34:42,666
Follow this up with
another, please.
697
00:35:06,982 --> 00:35:08,817
{\an8}(DOORBELLS RINGING)
698
00:35:13,572 --> 00:35:15,782
(MELODIC WHISTLING)
699
00:35:17,492 --> 00:35:18,911
- (STOPS WHISTLING)
- (MUSIC STOPS)
700
00:35:24,166 --> 00:35:25,334
(STOPPARD GRUNTS)
701
00:35:25,918 --> 00:35:27,294
There you are, Constable.
702
00:35:28,879 --> 00:35:30,964
I've been looking
all over for you.
703
00:35:33,842 --> 00:35:36,136
STOPPARD: So, I gather
it was you that, uh, paid
704
00:35:36,220 --> 00:35:39,848
for Mr. Kopernick's rather
extravagant hotel suite.
705
00:35:39,932 --> 00:35:42,017
Oh, nothing unusual
in that, Inspector.
706
00:35:42,559 --> 00:35:47,189
I'm afraid a producer is expected
to indulge the whims of the talent.
707
00:35:47,272 --> 00:35:50,150
Especially when
they're American.
708
00:35:50,234 --> 00:35:53,070
But still, a pretty penny,
a room at the Savoy.
709
00:35:53,153 --> 00:35:54,238
Par for the course.
710
00:35:54,321 --> 00:35:57,574
When I was in the Congo
for The African Queen,
711
00:35:57,658 --> 00:36:01,078
Huston and Bogart refused
to drink the water.
712
00:36:01,787 --> 00:36:04,873
Insisted on bourbon, even to
brush their teeth. (CHUCKLES)
713
00:36:04,957 --> 00:36:07,793
Not so easy to get hold of in
the jungle, I can assure you.
714
00:36:08,335 --> 00:36:11,922
Huh. You know, Constable Stalker
here is a great admirer of that film.
715
00:36:12,005 --> 00:36:13,173
Aren't you, Constable?
716
00:36:15,634 --> 00:36:17,135
It's a marvelous film, sir.
717
00:36:17,302 --> 00:36:19,179
Why, thank you, Constable.
718
00:36:19,263 --> 00:36:21,014
(CHUCKLES DRYLY) Encyclopedia.
719
00:36:21,098 --> 00:36:22,891
Cinematic encyclopedia up there.
720
00:36:22,975 --> 00:36:24,476
- I wouldn't say that.
- Yeah.
721
00:36:24,685 --> 00:36:25,811
Right.
722
00:36:25,978 --> 00:36:27,298
- Being humble.
- (WOOLF CHUCKLES)
723
00:36:27,437 --> 00:36:28,772
I'm not.
724
00:36:28,939 --> 00:36:31,275
So, it's not true that
Kopernick had dirt on you?
725
00:36:33,902 --> 00:36:35,112
(SCOFFS)
726
00:36:37,281 --> 00:36:38,782
Who told you that?
727
00:36:38,991 --> 00:36:40,617
(DRUM INTRO MUSIC PLAYING)
728
00:36:43,829 --> 00:36:46,123
(BAND PLAYING UPBEAT MUSIC)
729
00:36:48,333 --> 00:36:49,877
(LIVELY CHATTER)
730
00:36:58,260 --> 00:36:59,803
(ANN CHUCKLING)
731
00:36:59,887 --> 00:37:02,472
Well, now, what do we have here?
732
00:37:02,556 --> 00:37:04,266
(ALL CHUCKLE POLITELY)
733
00:37:04,558 --> 00:37:06,226
Huh, Woolfie?
734
00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:08,187
Sittin' in a quiet corner,
735
00:37:08,270 --> 00:37:10,270
- all very nice and intimate.
- (ANN CLEARS THROAT)
736
00:37:10,689 --> 00:37:12,107
Hmm?
737
00:37:12,274 --> 00:37:14,568
Say, you wouldn't mind if
I joined you, would you?
738
00:37:14,651 --> 00:37:16,403
(CHUCKLES) Not at all, old boy.
739
00:37:16,486 --> 00:37:17,487
LEO: Uh-huh.
740
00:37:18,071 --> 00:37:21,408
And you must be Mrs. Woolf, huh?
741
00:37:21,491 --> 00:37:23,493
Swell to make your acquaintance.
742
00:37:23,577 --> 00:37:26,413
- (ANN MUMBLES)
- No, no. Leo, this is Ann.
743
00:37:26,496 --> 00:37:27,915
(CLEARS THROAT)
She's my assistant.
744
00:37:27,998 --> 00:37:28,999
Ah.
745
00:37:30,501 --> 00:37:31,752
Workin' late, huh?
746
00:37:33,879 --> 00:37:34,963
If you'll excuse me...
747
00:37:35,047 --> 00:37:36,673
Um, I'm sorry.
748
00:37:39,384 --> 00:37:40,719
You have a nice night, now.
749
00:37:43,764 --> 00:37:45,349
(SIGHS) Well, now.
750
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:49,353
(TUTS) This puts
me in a tough spot.
751
00:37:49,603 --> 00:37:51,730
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
752
00:37:51,813 --> 00:37:54,274
That I'm afraid I'm gonna
have to take advantage of.
753
00:37:56,902 --> 00:37:59,613
WOOLF: He asked to be put up
at the Savoy, and I agreed.
754
00:38:00,489 --> 00:38:02,407
I knew it wouldn't be for long.
755
00:38:02,950 --> 00:38:05,536
That is, just until I found
the right moment to...
756
00:38:07,287 --> 00:38:08,372
tell my wife.
757
00:38:10,374 --> 00:38:12,167
I see. Well,
758
00:38:13,126 --> 00:38:15,128
we'll be in touch if
there's anything else.
759
00:38:15,879 --> 00:38:17,005
Uh...
760
00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:19,174
Constable.
761
00:38:19,550 --> 00:38:20,634
Shall we?
762
00:38:28,350 --> 00:38:31,937
But, sir, Woolf killed Kopernick
to hush up the affair. Case closed.
763
00:38:32,020 --> 00:38:33,313
I think if that was the case,
764
00:38:33,397 --> 00:38:35,157
he wouldn't have
volunteered the information.
765
00:38:36,191 --> 00:38:38,318
So, then he's in the clear?
766
00:38:38,402 --> 00:38:39,403
No, not necessarily.
767
00:38:39,486 --> 00:38:41,806
He might have killed Kopernick
for another reason entirely.
768
00:38:42,447 --> 00:38:44,616
STALKER: (SIGHS) I tell you,
769
00:38:45,075 --> 00:38:47,828
I'll never get the hang of this
in time for sergeants' exams.
770
00:38:48,620 --> 00:38:51,039
- (KEYS RATTLING)
- (STOPPARD SIGHS DEEPLY)
771
00:38:53,917 --> 00:38:55,169
Constable, about earlier.
772
00:38:55,252 --> 00:38:57,880
I know it looked like I'd
just come out of the pub.
773
00:38:57,963 --> 00:38:59,882
You had just come
out of the pub.
774
00:38:59,965 --> 00:39:01,508
That's right.
775
00:39:01,592 --> 00:39:03,010
But I'd only gone in there
776
00:39:03,093 --> 00:39:04,761
to get rid of the
taste of the mouthwash.
777
00:39:04,845 --> 00:39:06,597
So you had a gin, sir.
778
00:39:07,973 --> 00:39:09,933
It's an antiseptic.
I had a filling.
779
00:39:10,017 --> 00:39:11,977
I thought you said it
was a routine checkup.
780
00:39:13,770 --> 00:39:17,024
I see we've read the chapter
on interrogation techniques.
781
00:39:17,649 --> 00:39:19,401
(SIGHS) Sir,
782
00:39:19,651 --> 00:39:22,112
I know I haven't done
anything yet to impress you
783
00:39:22,196 --> 00:39:25,616
or to inspire any
confidence, and...
784
00:39:26,742 --> 00:39:28,911
I know you'd probably rather
that I wasn't on the case.
785
00:39:28,994 --> 00:39:32,289
But I didn't ask to be put
on this case either, sir.
786
00:39:32,372 --> 00:39:36,835
I was nervous, and I still am, and
I'm probably trying a bit too hard.
787
00:39:36,919 --> 00:39:39,421
But, you know, even
if I do make mistakes
788
00:39:39,505 --> 00:39:40,839
or if I jump to conclusions
789
00:39:40,923 --> 00:39:43,800
or talk a little bit too
much, that has been said,
790
00:39:43,884 --> 00:39:47,971
I just want you to know
that you can trust me.
791
00:39:48,972 --> 00:39:49,973
Sir.
792
00:39:53,977 --> 00:39:56,688
Okay. Good. Um...
793
00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:01,485
(ENGINE STARTS)
794
00:40:02,402 --> 00:40:04,821
(SLOW-TEMPO ROCK SONG PLAYING)
795
00:40:50,075 --> 00:40:51,076
(SWITCH CLICKS)
796
00:40:59,710 --> 00:41:01,920
- (MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY)
- (ALARM RINGING)
797
00:41:04,965 --> 00:41:05,966
(ALARM STOPS RINGING)
798
00:41:06,508 --> 00:41:07,593
(STOPPARD GROANS)
799
00:41:17,186 --> 00:41:19,354
- (WHISPERS) Oh, you're joking.
- (CAR DOOR CLOSES)
800
00:41:20,272 --> 00:41:22,232
- Constable.
- Commissioner.
801
00:41:22,399 --> 00:41:23,400
Stoppard about?
802
00:41:23,650 --> 00:41:25,694
Er, no, sir. He's not yet
made it in this morning.
803
00:41:25,777 --> 00:41:26,987
It's almost eleven o'clock.
804
00:41:27,196 --> 00:41:29,781
He, uh... He had a
dentist appointment, sir.
805
00:41:29,865 --> 00:41:31,575
A filling, I think
he said it was.
806
00:41:31,658 --> 00:41:32,719
A molar, it might have been?
807
00:41:32,743 --> 00:41:35,454
I have been summoned
to the Home Secretary.
808
00:41:35,621 --> 00:41:36,914
He wants a debrief.
809
00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:38,498
I said I had good news.
810
00:41:43,128 --> 00:41:44,296
(COMMISSIONER SIGHS)
811
00:41:45,714 --> 00:41:48,383
- Have you seen the play, sir?
- Huh?
812
00:41:49,551 --> 00:41:51,220
Oh. Yes.
813
00:41:51,386 --> 00:41:53,305
I'm afraid I took the
wife for her birthday.
814
00:41:53,430 --> 00:41:54,431
Oh.
815
00:41:54,556 --> 00:41:56,159
Of course, it didn't
fool me for a moment.
816
00:41:56,183 --> 00:41:57,392
I knew who did it right away.
817
00:41:58,477 --> 00:42:01,104
- (CHUCKLES)
- She was baffled, though.
818
00:42:01,271 --> 00:42:03,649
Even after the chap
explained everything.
819
00:42:03,815 --> 00:42:06,944
It was a trying night
for all concerned.
820
00:42:07,194 --> 00:42:08,362
STALKER: Mmm.
821
00:42:08,445 --> 00:42:09,738
I'll stick to flowers in future.
822
00:42:09,947 --> 00:42:11,740
Yes, always a safe bet, sir.
823
00:42:11,823 --> 00:42:13,700
- (TIRES SCREECH)
- (CAR BUMPS)
824
00:42:14,451 --> 00:42:15,494
STOPPARD: Sorry.
825
00:42:15,661 --> 00:42:16,662
Police.
826
00:42:16,828 --> 00:42:18,705
MAN: Please try to
be more careful, sir.
827
00:42:20,582 --> 00:42:21,959
(STOPPARD CLEARS THROAT)
828
00:42:26,380 --> 00:42:27,756
STOPPARD: Good morning.
829
00:42:28,507 --> 00:42:30,147
- Commissioner.
- COMMISSIONER: Inspector.
830
00:42:31,927 --> 00:42:33,303
Is it wise to eat so many mints?
831
00:42:33,387 --> 00:42:34,627
STOPPARD: How do you mean, sir?
832
00:42:34,972 --> 00:42:38,058
Well, haven't you just
been to the dentist?
833
00:42:40,102 --> 00:42:41,311
Yes, that's right, sir.
834
00:42:41,395 --> 00:42:42,896
Yeah. It was just a checkup.
835
00:42:45,107 --> 00:42:47,276
Although I did have
a filling as well.
836
00:42:48,068 --> 00:42:49,528
Since I was there.
837
00:42:49,987 --> 00:42:51,747
I've come down here for
an update, Inspector.
838
00:42:51,780 --> 00:42:53,198
We have good news, sir.
839
00:42:53,282 --> 00:42:54,658
COMMISSIONER AND
STOPPARD: We do?
840
00:42:54,741 --> 00:42:56,719
Yes, sir. Isn't that what
you told the Home Secretary?
841
00:42:56,743 --> 00:42:59,162
Yes, that's what I
told the Home Secretary
842
00:42:59,246 --> 00:43:00,789
on the telephone.
843
00:43:00,873 --> 00:43:02,457
I came down here to get it.
844
00:43:03,584 --> 00:43:05,210
So we don't have good news?
845
00:43:05,294 --> 00:43:06,420
We do have a witness, sir.
846
00:43:06,587 --> 00:43:07,713
- To the murder?
- (CHUCKLES)
847
00:43:07,796 --> 00:43:09,965
Yeah, that would be nice,
wouldn't it? (CHUCKLES)
848
00:43:10,048 --> 00:43:12,551
Um, no. One of the ushers
saw a suspicious character.
849
00:43:13,135 --> 00:43:14,720
He's waiting for us inside.
850
00:43:15,512 --> 00:43:16,889
Very well.
851
00:43:17,055 --> 00:43:20,267
I'll tell the Home Secretary
we have a promising lead.
852
00:43:20,434 --> 00:43:22,853
And I'll rely on you not
to make a liar out of me.
853
00:43:23,812 --> 00:43:25,272
- Constable.
- Commissioner.
854
00:43:25,439 --> 00:43:26,732
Inspector.
855
00:43:27,107 --> 00:43:28,108
Commissioner.
856
00:43:30,736 --> 00:43:31,737
Constable.
857
00:43:31,904 --> 00:43:32,905
Inspector.
858
00:43:36,283 --> 00:43:37,868
STOPPARD: So, Dennis, um,
859
00:43:38,035 --> 00:43:40,162
I understand that you saw
something the other night.
860
00:43:40,329 --> 00:43:42,206
- Yeah.
- What'd you see?
861
00:43:42,372 --> 00:43:45,167
Well, I'd gone to get a bottle
of Scotch for the dead man.
862
00:43:45,250 --> 00:43:49,254
Um... This was before,
you know, he died.
863
00:43:49,338 --> 00:43:50,881
- Um...
- And then you came back,
864
00:43:50,964 --> 00:43:52,884
and that's when you saw
the suspicious character?
865
00:43:52,925 --> 00:43:53,926
Exactly.
866
00:43:54,092 --> 00:43:56,053
Well, sort of.
867
00:43:56,220 --> 00:43:58,889
I didn't get a very good
look, if I'm honest.
868
00:43:59,056 --> 00:44:02,434
He had on, like, a
darkish overcoat.
869
00:44:02,601 --> 00:44:04,686
I see. Anything else?
870
00:44:05,145 --> 00:44:06,230
(INHALES SHARPLY)
871
00:44:06,522 --> 00:44:08,607
A pair of trousers.
872
00:44:08,857 --> 00:44:10,526
And a hat.
873
00:44:10,692 --> 00:44:12,486
It was on his head.
874
00:44:13,237 --> 00:44:14,738
Right. Yeah.
875
00:44:14,947 --> 00:44:17,407
Yeah. A soft, felt hat.
876
00:44:17,741 --> 00:44:18,951
STALKER: Mmm-hmm.
877
00:44:19,034 --> 00:44:20,386
What about a
physical description?
878
00:44:20,410 --> 00:44:23,163
Was he a tall man?
Short? Thick set?
879
00:44:23,372 --> 00:44:25,415
Oh... Just average, I'd say.
880
00:44:25,582 --> 00:44:27,584
STOPPARD: Average
height or average build?
881
00:44:27,876 --> 00:44:29,127
Um...
882
00:44:29,711 --> 00:44:30,921
Both?
883
00:44:31,797 --> 00:44:32,923
No, don't ask me.
884
00:44:33,090 --> 00:44:35,092
I don't know. I'm asking you.
885
00:44:36,635 --> 00:44:38,136
Average height,
886
00:44:39,054 --> 00:44:40,180
medium build.
887
00:44:40,389 --> 00:44:42,432
Would you say like
the Inspector?
888
00:44:42,516 --> 00:44:43,600
DENNIS: Yeah.
889
00:44:43,684 --> 00:44:44,977
Suppose so. Pretty much.
890
00:44:45,060 --> 00:44:47,604
So what did he do that
made you suspicious?
891
00:44:48,438 --> 00:44:50,524
It wasn't so much what he did,
892
00:44:50,607 --> 00:44:53,569
it was more, you know,
the way he did it.
893
00:44:54,528 --> 00:44:56,196
Right. How'd he do it?
894
00:44:56,613 --> 00:44:58,866
Well, sort of...
895
00:44:59,992 --> 00:45:01,451
suspiciously.
896
00:45:05,706 --> 00:45:07,207
This has been great.
897
00:45:07,791 --> 00:45:09,126
Off you go.
898
00:45:10,043 --> 00:45:11,295
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
899
00:45:11,378 --> 00:45:12,379
Thank you.
900
00:45:14,214 --> 00:45:15,215
That was good.
901
00:45:15,382 --> 00:45:17,801
Do you think that went well?
902
00:45:19,261 --> 00:45:20,738
STOPPARD: I think it's
time we talk to that actor
903
00:45:20,762 --> 00:45:21,823
who had a fight with Kopernick.
904
00:45:21,847 --> 00:45:23,223
STALKER: Mr. Attenborough, sir?
905
00:45:23,307 --> 00:45:25,309
STOPPARD: That's the
one. Famous, is he?
906
00:45:25,475 --> 00:45:28,478
You're pulling my leg, sir.
You've never heard of Dickie?
907
00:45:28,562 --> 00:45:29,813
Richard Attenborough?
908
00:45:29,897 --> 00:45:32,649
Pinkie Brown? Brighton
Rock? You must have.
909
00:45:32,733 --> 00:45:34,502
(MIMICKING DICKIE) "You wanted
a recording of my voice.
910
00:45:34,526 --> 00:45:35,527
"Well, here it is.
911
00:45:35,611 --> 00:45:37,213
"What you want me to
say is 'I love you.'"
912
00:45:37,237 --> 00:45:40,532
Keep in mind that we're
here to conduct an interview
913
00:45:40,616 --> 00:45:41,801
as part of a murder
investigation,
914
00:45:41,825 --> 00:45:44,536
not an article for Sight
& Sound magazine, yes?
915
00:45:44,745 --> 00:45:45,746
Yes, sir.
916
00:45:47,164 --> 00:45:48,916
- (KNOCKING)
- DICKIE: Come in, darling.
917
00:45:51,376 --> 00:45:52,794
Inspector Stoppard.
918
00:45:52,961 --> 00:45:55,839
I say, a real-life detective.
919
00:45:56,006 --> 00:45:57,966
Scotland Yard and everything.
920
00:45:58,133 --> 00:45:59,218
And you are?
921
00:45:59,676 --> 00:46:00,969
(CHUCKLES)
922
00:46:03,347 --> 00:46:05,265
- This is...
- (SIGHS IN AWE)
923
00:46:05,432 --> 00:46:07,112
- Constable Stalker.
- (WHISPERS) Stalker.
924
00:46:07,351 --> 00:46:08,352
(STOPPARD GRUNTS)
925
00:46:09,061 --> 00:46:11,021
Oh, I like the way you did that.
926
00:46:11,230 --> 00:46:12,231
Very natural.
927
00:46:12,898 --> 00:46:16,193
I hope you don't mind, sir,
but I just want to say bravo.
928
00:46:16,276 --> 00:46:19,446
- And, uh, encore. (CHUCKLING)
- DICKIE: Oh.
929
00:46:19,530 --> 00:46:20,590
All right, thank you, Constable.
930
00:46:20,614 --> 00:46:21,865
Yes, thank you, Constable.
931
00:46:21,949 --> 00:46:23,408
Are you a lover of theater?
932
00:46:23,492 --> 00:46:24,868
I can get you
tickets if you like.
933
00:46:26,119 --> 00:46:28,163
I would like, sir.
Yes. Very much.
934
00:46:29,039 --> 00:46:31,320
DICKIE: It would be good to
get a professional take on it.
935
00:46:31,375 --> 00:46:32,435
STALKER: Mmm-hmm.
DICKIE: Yeah.
936
00:46:32,459 --> 00:46:33,794
I have so many questions.
937
00:46:33,961 --> 00:46:35,337
I have one or two of my own.
938
00:46:35,671 --> 00:46:37,339
I dare say that you do.
939
00:46:38,257 --> 00:46:42,970
I understand that you and, uh, Kopernick
came to blows the night in question.
940
00:46:43,136 --> 00:46:45,889
Was there a particular
reason for the ill feeling?
941
00:46:45,973 --> 00:46:48,725
Tell me, Inspector, did you
get your limp during the war?
942
00:46:51,562 --> 00:46:52,563
It's very slight.
943
00:46:52,646 --> 00:46:54,064
I noticed it the other night
944
00:46:54,147 --> 00:46:56,316
when you were on
stage. I, um... (TUTS)
945
00:46:56,400 --> 00:46:59,069
Well, I thought I might
borrow it, if you don't mind.
946
00:46:59,152 --> 00:47:02,447
It's always good for the lead
character to have a physical defect.
947
00:47:02,531 --> 00:47:05,117
Speaks to a troubled soul.
948
00:47:05,617 --> 00:47:08,704
It was me, Inspector.
You need look no further.
949
00:47:08,871 --> 00:47:09,872
I arrest you
950
00:47:09,955 --> 00:47:11,224
- for the murder of Leo...
- No, no, no.
951
00:47:11,248 --> 00:47:12,457
No. Not yet.
952
00:47:12,541 --> 00:47:13,709
STALKER: Oh. Sorry, sir.
953
00:47:13,792 --> 00:47:16,628
I was the particular
reason for the ill feeling.
954
00:47:16,712 --> 00:47:19,298
Yes, well, Leo had his
eye on Sheila, you see.
955
00:47:19,381 --> 00:47:20,382
And I took exception.
956
00:47:20,465 --> 00:47:22,301
He was a real hound, Inspector.
957
00:47:23,218 --> 00:47:25,429
(DRAMATIC MUSIC INTRO PLAYING)
958
00:47:26,138 --> 00:47:27,848
LEO: Come on, play nice.
959
00:47:28,056 --> 00:47:29,057
Maybe I can help you.
960
00:47:29,892 --> 00:47:30,934
Help me?
961
00:47:31,101 --> 00:47:32,102
To do what?
962
00:47:32,728 --> 00:47:35,063
Bag the lead role in the
film of The Mousetrap.
963
00:47:36,648 --> 00:47:37,900
Top billing.
964
00:47:37,983 --> 00:47:39,026
Make you a star.
965
00:47:39,109 --> 00:47:41,528
But I have bagged the lead role.
966
00:47:41,612 --> 00:47:43,155
Yeah, who told
you that, Woolfie?
967
00:47:43,238 --> 00:47:44,990
He is the producer.
968
00:47:45,073 --> 00:47:46,575
Honey, he just cuts the checks.
969
00:47:46,950 --> 00:47:47,993
I'm the director.
970
00:47:48,243 --> 00:47:50,704
Without me, there is no
movie. You understand?
971
00:47:50,787 --> 00:47:52,581
You got a problem, buddy?
972
00:47:53,999 --> 00:47:55,876
Keep the change. And the glass.
973
00:47:56,210 --> 00:47:58,587
And the studio, don't
they have a say in it?
974
00:47:58,754 --> 00:48:01,965
Rumor is they want to
put a name in the picture
975
00:48:02,049 --> 00:48:04,009
that people have heard of.
976
00:48:04,510 --> 00:48:06,720
Bona fide Hollywood star.
977
00:48:06,970 --> 00:48:09,556
They like Grace Kelly.
You ever heard of her?
978
00:48:13,185 --> 00:48:14,478
Don't worry.
979
00:48:15,479 --> 00:48:17,022
They can be talked round.
980
00:48:18,190 --> 00:48:21,443
I've got a very,
uh, silver tongue.
981
00:48:22,277 --> 00:48:24,363
(MUSIC BUILDS UP)
982
00:48:24,446 --> 00:48:26,573
- (DICKIE GRUNTS)
- (GUESTS EXCLAIM)
983
00:48:26,657 --> 00:48:27,800
SHEILA: I won't lie, Inspector.
984
00:48:27,824 --> 00:48:29,785
I was not entirely sorry
to learn of his demise,
985
00:48:29,868 --> 00:48:31,495
but I had no part in it.
986
00:48:31,912 --> 00:48:34,307
Much like the film adaptation
of The Mousetrap, it would seem.
987
00:48:34,331 --> 00:48:35,892
Oh, come now, darling,
you don't know that.
988
00:48:35,916 --> 00:48:37,835
Woolf promised you the role.
989
00:48:37,960 --> 00:48:40,045
He's a man of his
word. He went to Eton.
990
00:48:40,128 --> 00:48:41,713
(SCOFFS) Wake up, Dickie.
991
00:48:41,797 --> 00:48:43,775
He's a man of whatever word
will get his film made.
992
00:48:43,799 --> 00:48:47,553
And that contract business with
Choo is coming apart at the seams.
993
00:48:47,636 --> 00:48:49,096
- Choo?
- Bless you, sir.
994
00:48:49,263 --> 00:48:51,390
No, as in Petula Spencer.
995
00:48:51,723 --> 00:48:53,809
She sold Woolf the film rights.
996
00:48:53,976 --> 00:48:55,561
Well, about those tickets.
997
00:48:55,644 --> 00:48:57,080
Is there a day that
suits you better?
998
00:48:57,104 --> 00:48:59,857
Uh, I'm generally free on
Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
999
00:49:00,023 --> 00:49:01,024
And Thursdays.
1000
00:49:01,108 --> 00:49:03,068
Well, thank you, sir.
Thank you, madam.
1001
00:49:03,151 --> 00:49:04,921
No, no, not at all. We'll
be sure to let you know
1002
00:49:04,945 --> 00:49:06,738
if anything else
springs to mind.
1003
00:49:06,822 --> 00:49:09,575
I'm sure it's always
the insignificant detail
1004
00:49:09,658 --> 00:49:11,702
that catches the
killer in the end.
1005
00:49:11,785 --> 00:49:12,911
Isn't that so, Inspector?
1006
00:49:16,540 --> 00:49:20,210
I don't usually have a
lot on on weekends either.
1007
00:49:20,377 --> 00:49:22,880
Or Mondays. For the...
For the tickets.
1008
00:49:22,963 --> 00:49:24,065
- STOPPARD: Constable.
- Sir.
1009
00:49:24,089 --> 00:49:25,090
Right.
1010
00:49:25,174 --> 00:49:27,342
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
1011
00:49:28,177 --> 00:49:29,845
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
1012
00:49:34,057 --> 00:49:35,726
(DOG WHIMPERING)
1013
00:49:59,374 --> 00:50:00,667
She'll see you now.
1014
00:50:02,294 --> 00:50:04,379
STOPPARD: So, you
own this theater?
1015
00:50:04,463 --> 00:50:06,423
Yes. Humble beginnings.
1016
00:50:06,507 --> 00:50:07,758
(RAGTIME PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)
1017
00:50:07,841 --> 00:50:09,176
You'll have to excuse Mother.
1018
00:50:09,259 --> 00:50:11,762
She's not been herself
since Father died,
1019
00:50:11,845 --> 00:50:13,430
in the first Great War.
1020
00:50:14,014 --> 00:50:16,141
It's been a long 30 years.
1021
00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:18,060
It's nice that you
gave her a job.
1022
00:50:18,519 --> 00:50:20,604
Well, how else is she
gonna pay the rent?
1023
00:50:21,063 --> 00:50:23,143
I let her have the spare
room at a discount as it is.
1024
00:50:23,857 --> 00:50:25,943
Yes, no. You can stop there.
1025
00:50:26,193 --> 00:50:28,862
- We get the idea. Bravo.
- (PIANO MUSIC STOPS)
1026
00:50:29,279 --> 00:50:30,989
I understand that
you handled the sale
1027
00:50:31,073 --> 00:50:33,075
of The Mousetrap film
rights to John Woolf?
1028
00:50:33,283 --> 00:50:35,744
Yes, that's right.
I did. Wait... Why?
1029
00:50:36,662 --> 00:50:37,829
What's he been saying?
1030
00:50:38,664 --> 00:50:40,165
Oh, he's such a crybaby.
1031
00:50:41,208 --> 00:50:44,169
Honestly, he acts as though
I put a gun to his head.
1032
00:50:44,253 --> 00:50:45,921
(SUSPENSEFUL NOTE PLAYS)
1033
00:50:46,004 --> 00:50:47,005
(POPS)
1034
00:50:47,089 --> 00:50:48,298
ANN AND PETULA: Oh! (LAUGHING)
1035
00:50:48,382 --> 00:50:50,175
Hang on a minute.
Is this important?
1036
00:50:50,342 --> 00:50:51,844
I doubt it. What does it say?
1037
00:50:51,927 --> 00:50:54,388
"No motion picture based on
the stage play The Mousetrap
1038
00:50:54,471 --> 00:50:55,806
"is to enter into production
1039
00:50:55,889 --> 00:50:57,933
"until a minimum of
six months have elapsed
1040
00:50:58,016 --> 00:50:59,977
"since the end of its
first theatrical run."
1041
00:51:00,060 --> 00:51:01,900
PETULA: Oh, you don't
need to worry about that.
1042
00:51:01,937 --> 00:51:02,938
It's a whodunit.
1043
00:51:03,021 --> 00:51:04,374
As soon as word gets
out who did do it,
1044
00:51:04,398 --> 00:51:06,024
audiences are bound to drop off.
1045
00:51:06,108 --> 00:51:09,903
Come on, sign on the dotted
line, and I'll make a toast.
1046
00:51:09,987 --> 00:51:11,280
(ANN AND PETULA CHUCKLE)
1047
00:51:14,241 --> 00:51:18,537
Ann, darling, the next contract I
sign will be our marriage certificate.
1048
00:51:18,620 --> 00:51:21,206
- (ANN CHUCKLES)
- Well, first it'll be the divorce papers.
1049
00:51:21,290 --> 00:51:23,458
But then our
marriage certificate.
1050
00:51:25,460 --> 00:51:27,337
- (ANN YELPS)
- Edana, darling.
1051
00:51:28,380 --> 00:51:29,381
What a pleasant surprise.
1052
00:51:29,464 --> 00:51:31,925
- You know Choo and, uh...
- PETULA: Mmm-hmm.
1053
00:51:32,009 --> 00:51:33,177
- Ann.
- I do.
1054
00:51:33,260 --> 00:51:35,071
Dear girl, what on Earth
are you doing down there?
1055
00:51:35,095 --> 00:51:37,472
I just fell over. Excuse me.
1056
00:51:38,348 --> 00:51:41,185
Honestly, it's like having
Buster Keaton for an assistant.
1057
00:51:41,268 --> 00:51:42,936
Now, I've just come
from Madame Zena...
1058
00:51:43,020 --> 00:51:44,998
Oh, darling, I really wish
you wouldn't see that...
1059
00:51:45,022 --> 00:51:46,207
Please don't call
her a charlatan.
1060
00:51:46,231 --> 00:51:47,431
I was going to say "crackpot."
1061
00:51:51,361 --> 00:51:53,071
- What's this?
- EDANA: It's a Tarot card.
1062
00:51:53,363 --> 00:51:55,032
I can see that.
What does it mean?
1063
00:51:55,782 --> 00:51:56,783
Betrayal.
1064
00:51:56,867 --> 00:51:58,869
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
1065
00:52:02,706 --> 00:52:03,790
Ooh.
1066
00:52:03,874 --> 00:52:06,376
Betrayal as in his
affair, not the contract.
1067
00:52:06,460 --> 00:52:08,462
That was above board.
Is above board.
1068
00:52:08,837 --> 00:52:11,298
Agatha insisted on
that clause, not me.
1069
00:52:11,381 --> 00:52:14,801
No, she's fiercely protective of
her own work, you see, because...
1070
00:52:14,885 --> 00:52:16,428
Well, she has to be.
1071
00:52:16,803 --> 00:52:18,555
People get so riled up.
1072
00:52:18,722 --> 00:52:20,390
She's had death
threats, you know.
1073
00:52:20,557 --> 00:52:23,519
Poor girl can't write so
much as a letter to The Times
1074
00:52:23,602 --> 00:52:25,270
without a deluge of legal action
1075
00:52:25,354 --> 00:52:28,607
and spurious claims she stole
this plot or that character.
1076
00:52:28,899 --> 00:52:30,734
Isn't that what
happened here, though?
1077
00:52:30,817 --> 00:52:33,320
Isn't The Mousetrap
based on a true story?
1078
00:52:34,363 --> 00:52:37,699
Yes. Well, originally.
I mean, tangentially.
1079
00:52:38,242 --> 00:52:39,701
In any case, that's the reason
1080
00:52:39,785 --> 00:52:42,829
Woolf was so keen to shut
the theater the other night.
1081
00:52:42,996 --> 00:52:44,331
He can't make his film
1082
00:52:44,414 --> 00:52:47,000
until the play ends its
run in the West End.
1083
00:52:47,167 --> 00:52:50,295
As it is, what with the play
being such a phenomenal success,
1084
00:52:50,462 --> 00:52:53,215
he's stuck in
theatrical purgatory.
1085
00:52:53,507 --> 00:52:54,508
STALKER: Mmm-hmm.
1086
00:52:54,591 --> 00:52:56,218
He's a ruthless
customer, is Woolf.
1087
00:52:57,135 --> 00:52:59,721
He'll stop at nothing
to get his film made.
1088
00:53:05,936 --> 00:53:07,437
STALKER: It's
definitely Woolf, sir.
1089
00:53:08,272 --> 00:53:10,399
Well, not 100%.
1090
00:53:10,482 --> 00:53:14,069
More like 73-74%, I'd say.
1091
00:53:14,862 --> 00:53:18,490
He killed Kopernick in the
theater to force it to close down
1092
00:53:18,657 --> 00:53:20,367
so that he could make his film.
1093
00:53:20,534 --> 00:53:22,452
He could marry his mistress.
1094
00:53:22,619 --> 00:53:24,413
And then he could get
shot of a blackmailer.
1095
00:53:24,496 --> 00:53:26,206
It's not Woolf.
It's too elaborate.
1096
00:53:26,290 --> 00:53:28,292
Burn the place down, if
that's what you want.
1097
00:53:28,375 --> 00:53:30,794
Besides, doesn't he need
a director to make a film?
1098
00:53:31,753 --> 00:53:33,273
Well, then it's back
to Cocker-Norris.
1099
00:53:33,338 --> 00:53:34,673
Process of elimination.
1100
00:53:35,465 --> 00:53:36,842
No, it's not Mervyn.
1101
00:53:36,925 --> 00:53:38,760
Yeah, but the tongue business.
1102
00:53:39,553 --> 00:53:41,471
And he clearly didn't
like Leo, did he?
1103
00:53:44,349 --> 00:53:46,029
People don't rip out
other people's tongues
1104
00:53:46,101 --> 00:53:47,370
because of creative differences.
1105
00:53:47,394 --> 00:53:48,896
They do it out of revenge
1106
00:53:49,897 --> 00:53:51,565
or rage because they've
lost a loved one.
1107
00:53:51,648 --> 00:53:52,792
They can't forgive or forget,
1108
00:53:52,816 --> 00:53:55,277
so they just stew and
fester alone in the dark
1109
00:53:55,360 --> 00:53:59,198
until finally it all comes out in
a sudden, frenzied act of violence.
1110
00:54:04,703 --> 00:54:07,664
How did you get the limp, sir?
If you don't mind me asking.
1111
00:54:08,040 --> 00:54:11,043
Uh, in the war. Got shot
in the Italian Alps.
1112
00:54:11,126 --> 00:54:12,127
STALKER: Hmm.
1113
00:54:13,670 --> 00:54:14,880
Sounds painful.
1114
00:54:16,340 --> 00:54:18,342
What do you... (LAUGHS)
1115
00:54:18,425 --> 00:54:20,719
(CHUCKLES) Sorry, sir.
1116
00:54:20,802 --> 00:54:22,971
No, that's very funny.
1117
00:54:24,681 --> 00:54:26,934
Is there a Mr. Stalker, Stalker?
1118
00:54:27,518 --> 00:54:29,811
Uh, I'm afraid he
died in the war, sir.
1119
00:54:31,730 --> 00:54:32,731
Children?
1120
00:54:32,898 --> 00:54:33,899
A boy and a girl.
1121
00:54:34,399 --> 00:54:36,026
- Can't be easy.
- (CHUCKLES)
1122
00:54:36,527 --> 00:54:39,196
What about you? Do you
have any family, sir?
1123
00:54:39,279 --> 00:54:41,949
(SMACKS LIPS) Uh,
I came close, once.
1124
00:54:42,032 --> 00:54:43,825
Yeah, I had an unfaithful wife.
1125
00:54:43,909 --> 00:54:44,910
Oh.
1126
00:54:45,702 --> 00:54:48,789
She was eight months pregnant when
she told me I wasn't the father.
1127
00:54:50,666 --> 00:54:52,751
I'd made a cot and everything.
1128
00:54:53,877 --> 00:54:56,088
That's awful, sir. I'm sorry.
1129
00:54:57,297 --> 00:54:58,507
(GRUNTS DISMISSIVELY)
1130
00:54:59,383 --> 00:55:01,134
- Landlord.
- LANDLORD: Yes, sir?
1131
00:55:01,218 --> 00:55:02,219
Another round.
1132
00:55:02,594 --> 00:55:03,595
Oh, I don't know.
1133
00:55:03,679 --> 00:55:05,889
Should we maybe get going, sir?
1134
00:55:05,973 --> 00:55:07,432
Got work tomorrow. (CHUCKLES)
1135
00:55:07,516 --> 00:55:10,102
- (MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)
- (DOOR OPENS)
1136
00:55:10,185 --> 00:55:12,813
LANDLORD: Go on, steer off
before I call the police!
1137
00:55:12,896 --> 00:55:13,897
(STALKER GRUNTS)
1138
00:55:14,773 --> 00:55:16,441
STALKER: Sorry again. Thank you.
1139
00:55:17,317 --> 00:55:19,236
Are you sure you're all
right to drive, sir?
1140
00:55:19,319 --> 00:55:20,445
STOPPARD: Absolutely.
1141
00:55:20,529 --> 00:55:21,530
STALKER: Oh!
1142
00:55:21,613 --> 00:55:23,699
STOPPARD: I could run
you home if you like.
1143
00:55:24,700 --> 00:55:27,286
(MELLOW MUSIC CONTINUES)
1144
00:55:37,713 --> 00:55:40,757
STALKER: Now. Just
gonna pop you there.
1145
00:55:41,675 --> 00:55:43,552
(SLURRING) I can take
it from here, Constable.
1146
00:55:47,222 --> 00:55:48,515
Oh.
1147
00:55:48,599 --> 00:55:49,600
Sir.
1148
00:55:56,231 --> 00:55:57,232
There we go.
1149
00:56:02,613 --> 00:56:04,156
(PANTING)
1150
00:56:08,827 --> 00:56:10,913
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
1151
00:56:40,651 --> 00:56:41,818
(SWITCH CLICKS)
1152
00:56:48,492 --> 00:56:50,953
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES)
1153
00:56:56,041 --> 00:56:58,043
(MUSIC INTENSIFYING)
1154
00:57:06,927 --> 00:57:07,970
(MUSIC FADES)
1155
00:57:13,350 --> 00:57:14,518
STALKER: Morning, sir.
1156
00:57:15,644 --> 00:57:16,645
What do you want?
1157
00:57:17,437 --> 00:57:20,774
Uh, the other night,
sir. The dead Yank.
1158
00:57:20,941 --> 00:57:23,986
Inspector Stoppard got the call
and not Leeke or Priestley.
1159
00:57:24,903 --> 00:57:25,904
So?
1160
00:57:32,244 --> 00:57:34,246
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
1161
00:57:35,664 --> 00:57:37,916
Leeke was in Skegness
on his honeymoon,
1162
00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:40,043
and Priestley took the
Rillington Place call.
1163
00:57:42,296 --> 00:57:43,297
What time?
1164
00:57:44,923 --> 00:57:48,051
Half-past 11:00. Book
at Bedtime was on.
1165
00:57:53,891 --> 00:57:56,268
Did you ever meet
Stoppard's wife, sir?
1166
00:57:57,060 --> 00:57:58,145
I did.
1167
00:57:58,228 --> 00:58:00,105
You don't happen to
remember her name, do you?
1168
00:58:07,279 --> 00:58:08,405
It was...
1169
00:58:10,490 --> 00:58:12,159
Mrs. Stoppard.
1170
00:58:14,870 --> 00:58:15,871
Brilliant.
1171
00:58:21,126 --> 00:58:23,128
(ROUSING MUSIC PLAYING)
1172
00:58:33,388 --> 00:58:34,932
Hello, is this Abigale?
1173
00:58:37,059 --> 00:58:38,185
Hello, is this Beryl?
1174
00:58:38,352 --> 00:58:40,479
I am a friend of
Leo Kopernick's.
1175
00:58:40,562 --> 00:58:41,897
(LINE DISCONNECTS)
1176
00:58:41,980 --> 00:58:42,981
Beryl?
1177
00:58:44,608 --> 00:58:46,485
Is Geraldine there
by any chance?
1178
00:58:47,486 --> 00:58:48,570
(SIGHS)
1179
00:59:13,846 --> 00:59:15,326
STOPPARD: Oh,
Constable. STALKER: Sir.
1180
00:59:15,848 --> 00:59:18,183
Did Dickie ever come through
on those theater tickets?
1181
00:59:18,267 --> 00:59:20,978
I thought of going, and, uh...
Maybe the play's the thing
1182
00:59:21,728 --> 00:59:24,940
Ties this all together.
Would you like to tag along?
1183
00:59:25,274 --> 00:59:26,692
- Yes, sir. Um...
- (DOOR OPENS)
1184
00:59:28,777 --> 00:59:29,778
What is it, Constable?
1185
00:59:30,320 --> 00:59:31,989
- Uh, nothing, sir.
- Oh.
1186
00:59:32,906 --> 00:59:35,158
Do you, um, want a cup of tea?
1187
00:59:35,826 --> 00:59:37,995
(SIGHS) Listen to me, Stalker.
1188
00:59:38,537 --> 00:59:42,457
No one is ever going to take you
seriously as a police officer
1189
00:59:42,541 --> 00:59:44,221
if you act like a
tea-lady, do you hear me?
1190
00:59:44,251 --> 00:59:45,711
Yes, sir. Thank
you, sir. (CHUCKLES)
1191
00:59:45,794 --> 00:59:47,296
Milk and two sugars.
1192
00:59:51,800 --> 00:59:52,801
Commissioner.
1193
00:59:52,885 --> 00:59:55,971
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
1194
01:00:00,392 --> 01:00:01,727
I said, "Who do you want?
1195
01:00:01,810 --> 01:00:04,563
"Agatha Christie or
Mervyn Cocker-Norris?
1196
01:00:04,646 --> 01:00:07,441
"Anyone can do her,
but only I can do me."
1197
01:00:07,524 --> 01:00:09,735
GIO: Stronzo.
(MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY)
1198
01:00:09,818 --> 01:00:13,488
MERVYN: The Mousetrap in
the house style, as it were.
1199
01:00:13,572 --> 01:00:15,282
I'll take the bare
bones of the story,
1200
01:00:15,365 --> 01:00:19,203
a rather mundane tale of child
abuse, and make it my own.
1201
01:00:23,081 --> 01:00:24,082
Here we are.
1202
01:00:24,708 --> 01:00:27,211
Oh. These aren't together, sir.
1203
01:00:27,294 --> 01:00:28,462
Oh.
1204
01:00:28,545 --> 01:00:30,464
Well, we can cover
more ground that way.
1205
01:00:30,631 --> 01:00:31,715
Keep your eyes peeled.
1206
01:00:31,798 --> 01:00:32,841
Yes, sir.
1207
01:00:33,509 --> 01:00:35,177
(AUDIENCE CHATTERING)
1208
01:00:40,516 --> 01:00:42,518
(ROUSING MUSIC PLAYING)
1209
01:00:43,310 --> 01:00:44,436
STOPPARD: Cheers.
1210
01:00:55,280 --> 01:00:56,281
(MUSIC FADES)
1211
01:00:57,241 --> 01:00:58,281
SHEILA: (AS MOLLIE) Hello?
1212
01:01:01,620 --> 01:01:02,621
Hello?
1213
01:01:03,372 --> 01:01:05,624
- Is anyone there?
- (PHONE RINGING)
1214
01:01:05,707 --> 01:01:08,043
MRS. BOYLE: Who's calling
at this late hour?
1215
01:01:09,253 --> 01:01:10,254
MOLLIE: Yes?
1216
01:01:10,838 --> 01:01:11,839
All right then.
1217
01:01:12,923 --> 01:01:14,675
That was Scotland Yard.
1218
01:01:14,758 --> 01:01:16,635
They're sending
out an inspector.
1219
01:01:16,885 --> 01:01:19,847
In this unseasonable blizzard?
1220
01:01:19,930 --> 01:01:22,140
- What on Earth for?
- (MOLLIE SCREAMS)
1221
01:01:22,224 --> 01:01:23,984
- (STALKER GASPS)
- MAJOR METCALF: Good Lord.
1222
01:01:25,686 --> 01:01:26,728
MOLLIE: Inspector.
1223
01:01:26,812 --> 01:01:28,052
DICKIE: (AS TROTTER) Thank you.
1224
01:01:29,356 --> 01:01:30,357
Good evening.
1225
01:01:32,568 --> 01:01:34,903
I am Detective Sergeant Trotter.
1226
01:01:35,737 --> 01:01:37,114
Please excuse the limp.
1227
01:01:37,281 --> 01:01:40,075
An old war wound
playing up in the cold.
1228
01:01:40,242 --> 01:01:42,786
I'm assuming you were
warned of my arrival?
1229
01:01:44,246 --> 01:01:47,457
Apropos of nothing,
I'm a magistrate.
1230
01:01:47,624 --> 01:01:50,377
Also, he looks too young
to be an inspector.
1231
01:01:50,544 --> 01:01:53,589
Well, I'm old enough to
remember the Corrigan Case.
1232
01:01:53,755 --> 01:01:56,633
Yes, a dreadful business.
1233
01:01:57,259 --> 01:02:01,263
Two brothers who put their faith
in the British social services.
1234
01:02:01,889 --> 01:02:04,975
A sorry tale of abuse
that ended in tragedy.
1235
01:02:06,518 --> 01:02:08,103
Yes, it was in
all of the papers.
1236
01:02:08,187 --> 01:02:09,914
MERVYN: (SOFTLY) Gio, I
can't sit through this again.
1237
01:02:09,938 --> 01:02:11,773
I'm sorry. Will you excuse me?
1238
01:02:11,940 --> 01:02:15,777
TROTTER: One died, the
other left traumatized.
1239
01:02:16,862 --> 01:02:19,281
I shudder to think what
an ordeal like that
1240
01:02:19,364 --> 01:02:21,116
might do to a vulnerable mind.
1241
01:02:21,200 --> 01:02:22,260
(WHISPERS) Won't be a moment.
1242
01:02:22,284 --> 01:02:23,827
I'm just going to
try and catch Mervyn.
1243
01:02:23,911 --> 01:02:25,621
MOLLIE: Oh, bother.
I forgot the tea.
1244
01:02:25,787 --> 01:02:30,459
TROTTER: By God, that has to be
the worst cup of tea I've ever had.
1245
01:02:30,542 --> 01:02:31,960
(AUDIENCE CHUCKLES)
1246
01:02:32,044 --> 01:02:33,587
MRS. BOYLE: I agree.
1247
01:02:34,338 --> 01:02:37,758
Did you make it in a
teapot or a plant pot?
1248
01:02:37,841 --> 01:02:38,842
STOPPARD: Pardon me.
1249
01:02:38,926 --> 01:02:40,278
- Excuse me. Thank you. Sorry.
- MOLLIE: Oh, dear.
1250
01:02:40,302 --> 01:02:41,362
Pardon me. Excuse me. Sorry.
1251
01:02:41,386 --> 01:02:43,972
MOLLIE: I've already had
another disaster in the kitchen.
1252
01:02:44,723 --> 01:02:48,060
I left out the steak pieces
in my steak and kidney pie.
1253
01:02:49,436 --> 01:02:50,562
STOPPARD: Gloves.
1254
01:02:50,646 --> 01:02:52,790
MOLLIE: Kidney pie just doesn't
have the same ring to it.
1255
01:02:52,814 --> 01:02:54,358
STOPPARD: Sorry.
Excuse me. Pardon me.
1256
01:02:54,441 --> 01:02:55,651
Excuse me. Terribly sorry.
1257
01:02:56,777 --> 01:02:58,445
Bleeding gloves. I'm so sorry.
1258
01:02:58,612 --> 01:03:01,949
There they are. Thank you.
Sorry. Sorry. Terribly sorry.
1259
01:03:02,032 --> 01:03:03,092
MAJOR METCALF: I'm
beginning to think
1260
01:03:03,116 --> 01:03:04,177
it was a dreadful
mistake to skip lunch.
1261
01:03:04,201 --> 01:03:05,410
STOPPARD: Excuse me.
1262
01:03:06,745 --> 01:03:08,580
MOLLIE: I'll open a tin of peas.
1263
01:03:10,749 --> 01:03:12,918
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
1264
01:03:45,242 --> 01:03:47,744
ANNOUNCER: (ON RADIO) We
interrupt Book at Bedtime
1265
01:03:47,828 --> 01:03:51,456
to warn residents in the
Colney Hatch area of London
1266
01:03:51,540 --> 01:03:54,877
to be on the lookout
for an escaped lunatic.
1267
01:03:54,960 --> 01:03:56,170
- (SWITCH THUDS)
- (GASPS)
1268
01:04:00,340 --> 01:04:01,717
- (SWITCH THUDS)
- Hmm.
1269
01:04:03,510 --> 01:04:06,555
(WHISTLING SONG)
1270
01:04:10,642 --> 01:04:11,643
(GASPS)
1271
01:04:11,727 --> 01:04:13,812
(SIGHS IN RELIEF)
You startled me.
1272
01:04:14,563 --> 01:04:16,690
(GASPS, CHUCKLES)
You startled me.
1273
01:04:16,773 --> 01:04:18,442
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)
1274
01:04:18,525 --> 01:04:20,694
- (CHOKES)
- (MRS. BOYLE GASPS, GRUNTS)
1275
01:04:23,071 --> 01:04:24,114
(MERVYN GRUNTS)
1276
01:04:24,198 --> 01:04:25,741
(STRAINING)
1277
01:04:28,202 --> 01:04:30,537
(BOTH CHOKING)
1278
01:04:33,540 --> 01:04:34,666
(MERVYN GRUNTS)
1279
01:04:34,750 --> 01:04:36,877
(MUSIC RISING)
1280
01:04:36,960 --> 01:04:38,921
(DRAMATIC END NOTE PLAYING)
1281
01:04:46,428 --> 01:04:47,429
(MUSIC FADES)
1282
01:04:52,601 --> 01:04:53,936
Turn the lights on.
1283
01:04:54,019 --> 01:04:56,772
- (DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
- (SWITCHES CLICKING)
1284
01:04:59,274 --> 01:05:00,734
(SCREAMS)
1285
01:05:01,568 --> 01:05:04,154
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)
1286
01:05:05,948 --> 01:05:06,990
(DOOR OPENS)
1287
01:05:07,074 --> 01:05:08,617
(AUDIENCE CHATTERING)
1288
01:05:09,618 --> 01:05:11,161
(WOMEN SCREAMING)
1289
01:05:12,162 --> 01:05:14,164
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
1290
01:05:19,294 --> 01:05:21,421
Stop in the name of the law!
1291
01:05:31,473 --> 01:05:33,225
(GRUNTS) Bollocks!
1292
01:05:35,811 --> 01:05:37,187
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
1293
01:05:37,271 --> 01:05:38,981
DICKIE: Well,
that's a good thing.
1294
01:05:39,064 --> 01:05:40,424
The limp, was it
too much? (GRUNTS)
1295
01:05:41,900 --> 01:05:43,569
- Oh.
- STALKER: Oh, God.
1296
01:05:43,652 --> 01:05:45,779
Oh, sorry, sir. I thought
you were somebody else.
1297
01:05:45,863 --> 01:05:47,030
No, no, it's all right.
1298
01:05:47,322 --> 01:05:48,740
And thank you for the tickets.
1299
01:05:48,824 --> 01:05:49,867
Very welcome.
1300
01:05:54,413 --> 01:05:56,039
(MUSIC HALTS)
1301
01:05:57,332 --> 01:06:00,002
(CAT MEOWING IN DISTANCE)
1302
01:06:02,171 --> 01:06:03,505
(STALKER YELLS)
1303
01:06:03,589 --> 01:06:04,590
(THUMP)
1304
01:06:06,466 --> 01:06:08,886
(GASPING)
1305
01:06:13,432 --> 01:06:14,474
(GROANS)
1306
01:06:14,558 --> 01:06:16,977
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)
1307
01:06:17,978 --> 01:06:20,355
- (FOOTSTEPS CRUNCHING ON SNOW)
- (SOFT ANIMALS' CALLS)
1308
01:06:24,818 --> 01:06:25,861
(BOTTLES CLINK)
1309
01:06:29,239 --> 01:06:30,699
(RATTLING)
1310
01:06:36,288 --> 01:06:37,623
(STOPPARD SIGHS)
1311
01:06:39,917 --> 01:06:41,043
LEO: There ya go.
1312
01:06:41,335 --> 01:06:42,461
Bottoms up.
1313
01:06:42,628 --> 01:06:43,629
Cheers.
1314
01:06:45,339 --> 01:06:47,299
(EERIE MUSIC CONTINUES)
1315
01:06:48,800 --> 01:06:50,469
What brings you to
this neck of the woods?
1316
01:06:50,552 --> 01:06:52,471
Oh, a murder investigation.
1317
01:06:52,638 --> 01:06:54,848
Yeah? Anyone I know?
1318
01:06:56,141 --> 01:06:57,184
You.
1319
01:06:57,267 --> 01:06:58,310
(MUSIC HALTS)
1320
01:06:58,977 --> 01:06:59,978
(SWALLOWS)
1321
01:07:00,854 --> 01:07:02,105
I'm sorry, I thought...
1322
01:07:02,189 --> 01:07:04,358
No, no, no. It's all right.
It's all right. Uh...
1323
01:07:05,943 --> 01:07:07,694
Say, uh, Inspector.
1324
01:07:09,071 --> 01:07:11,615
Tell me, was anyone, uh...
1325
01:07:13,367 --> 01:07:15,786
you know, sad to see me go?
1326
01:07:19,957 --> 01:07:20,958
Ah.
1327
01:07:22,292 --> 01:07:23,293
Figures.
1328
01:07:31,552 --> 01:07:33,303
I'm sorry, sir, you
can't go in there.
1329
01:07:33,387 --> 01:07:34,388
Ah...
1330
01:07:34,471 --> 01:07:36,032
You can only go in
if you have a ticket.
1331
01:07:36,056 --> 01:07:37,933
I had a ticket. It
was in my pocket.
1332
01:07:38,559 --> 01:07:41,770
That's... I could have sworn
I had on a pair of trousers.
1333
01:07:42,271 --> 01:07:43,522
I had trousers on.
1334
01:07:45,315 --> 01:07:46,358
Where's my ticket?
1335
01:07:46,441 --> 01:07:47,860
- (SIGHS)
- I'm sorry, sir.
1336
01:07:47,943 --> 01:07:49,546
I can't let you in
unless you have a ticket.
1337
01:07:49,570 --> 01:07:51,947
I had a ticket. I just
don't have it on me.
1338
01:07:52,030 --> 01:07:54,074
Let me in! Stop mucking about.
1339
01:07:54,157 --> 01:07:55,635
- I've gotta go in.
- No, please, sir.
1340
01:07:55,659 --> 01:07:58,245
(MAN WHISTLING
THREE BLIND MICE)
1341
01:07:58,620 --> 01:07:59,913
You. I know you.
1342
01:08:01,540 --> 01:08:02,624
What are you doing?
1343
01:08:02,708 --> 01:08:04,251
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
1344
01:08:04,334 --> 01:08:06,170
STALKER: Sir. Sir.
1345
01:08:06,253 --> 01:08:07,653
- (MUSIC STOPS)
- I've got a ticket!
1346
01:08:12,718 --> 01:08:14,094
The hell is going on?
1347
01:08:17,764 --> 01:08:18,974
What am I doing here?
1348
01:08:19,933 --> 01:08:21,435
What happened to my trousers?
1349
01:08:21,602 --> 01:08:23,060
You asked me to press them, sir.
1350
01:08:23,145 --> 01:08:24,145
I did?
1351
01:08:24,229 --> 01:08:25,522
Yes, sir. You were adamant.
1352
01:08:28,442 --> 01:08:29,859
How long have I been here?
1353
01:08:30,402 --> 01:08:31,486
Eighteen hours.
1354
01:08:33,447 --> 01:08:34,531
(GROANS)
1355
01:08:35,323 --> 01:08:37,492
STOPPARD: (GRUNTS) My
head is killing me.
1356
01:08:37,658 --> 01:08:39,328
It's bloody freezing in here.
1357
01:08:41,412 --> 01:08:42,581
Did you make an arrest?
1358
01:08:44,124 --> 01:08:45,125
We did.
1359
01:08:45,834 --> 01:08:47,627
Who was it? Was it Gio?
1360
01:08:47,711 --> 01:08:48,712
Gio?
1361
01:08:49,379 --> 01:08:52,758
Yeah, Gio. The... The
Italian chap, the killer.
1362
01:08:52,841 --> 01:08:55,594
The man in a darkish
overcoat, soft felt hat...
1363
01:08:55,761 --> 01:08:57,261
I chased out the theater.
1364
01:08:57,429 --> 01:08:59,264
Inspector, that man was you.
1365
01:08:59,640 --> 01:09:00,640
What?
1366
01:09:01,058 --> 01:09:04,102
You are the man in
the darkish overcoat
1367
01:09:04,185 --> 01:09:07,898
and the soft felt hat that
Constable Stalker here
1368
01:09:07,981 --> 01:09:09,524
chased from the theater.
1369
01:09:10,776 --> 01:09:13,612
I'm sorry, I'm not following.
1370
01:09:13,694 --> 01:09:15,447
I think I might
have a concussion.
1371
01:09:15,656 --> 01:09:16,782
Or the shakes?
1372
01:09:18,367 --> 01:09:20,368
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
1373
01:09:21,953 --> 01:09:23,580
STOPPARD: No, this
is ridiculous.
1374
01:09:23,663 --> 01:09:25,832
What possible reason
1375
01:09:25,916 --> 01:09:27,751
could I have for
strangling a playwright?
1376
01:09:27,835 --> 01:09:30,127
I haven't seen
anything he's done.
1377
01:09:30,295 --> 01:09:34,006
No, but Mervyn saw the woman who
visited Kopernick at the Savoy.
1378
01:09:34,966 --> 01:09:35,968
So?
1379
01:09:36,676 --> 01:09:40,596
Inspector, have you
spoken to Joyce lately?
1380
01:09:41,223 --> 01:09:42,349
Joyce?
1381
01:09:42,515 --> 01:09:43,517
Your wife.
1382
01:09:43,684 --> 01:09:44,685
Ex-wife.
1383
01:09:44,852 --> 01:09:46,979
Yes. I met her once
at a police social.
1384
01:09:47,187 --> 01:09:49,857
A plain girl.
1385
01:09:50,023 --> 01:09:51,024
Very homely.
1386
01:09:51,233 --> 01:09:53,484
What does Joyce have
to do with anything?
1387
01:09:53,652 --> 01:09:56,488
Uh, her name was in Leo's
little black book, sir.
1388
01:09:56,947 --> 01:09:58,073
Oh, come on. You don't...
1389
01:09:58,156 --> 01:10:00,158
You don't seriously
think that Leo and...
1390
01:10:00,242 --> 01:10:02,494
COMMISSIONER: Didn't your
wife leave you for a Yank?
1391
01:10:02,911 --> 01:10:05,205
Leo was an American G.I.
1392
01:10:05,747 --> 01:10:08,458
Will you listen to yourselves?
You hear what you're sayin'?
1393
01:10:09,793 --> 01:10:10,794
Constable.
1394
01:10:16,466 --> 01:10:18,677
"They do it out
of revenge or rage
1395
01:10:18,927 --> 01:10:22,890
"because they have lost a loved
one and can't forgive or forget.
1396
01:10:23,432 --> 01:10:25,726
"So they just stew and fester
1397
01:10:25,893 --> 01:10:29,563
"until it all comes out in a
sudden, frenzied act of violence."
1398
01:10:32,316 --> 01:10:33,984
You wrote that down.
1399
01:10:37,196 --> 01:10:39,364
That was a private conversation.
1400
01:10:40,616 --> 01:10:42,701
Well, I thought it
could be important, sir.
1401
01:10:44,119 --> 01:10:45,495
STOPPARD: Unbelievable.
1402
01:10:48,165 --> 01:10:49,333
We found her.
1403
01:10:49,499 --> 01:10:50,834
- Who?
- Joyce.
1404
01:10:51,001 --> 01:10:52,669
Joyce. Joyce is here?
1405
01:10:52,753 --> 01:10:53,754
Constable.
1406
01:10:57,299 --> 01:10:59,468
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC INTENSIFYING)
1407
01:11:11,438 --> 01:11:12,439
(MUSIC STOPS)
1408
01:11:12,523 --> 01:11:13,815
That's not my wife.
1409
01:11:15,359 --> 01:11:17,528
- I'm sorry?
- I said that's not my wife.
1410
01:11:17,903 --> 01:11:19,696
But it is your ex-wife.
1411
01:11:20,405 --> 01:11:22,908
Never seen that woman
before in my life.
1412
01:11:25,035 --> 01:11:26,286
But your name is Joyce?
1413
01:11:26,620 --> 01:11:27,621
Uh...
1414
01:11:28,038 --> 01:11:30,040
- Well, it's a common name.
- (CHUCKLES LIGHTLY)
1415
01:11:31,458 --> 01:11:32,751
- 'Course it is.
- Yeah.
1416
01:11:34,503 --> 01:11:35,754
COMMISSIONER: 'Course it is.
1417
01:11:38,006 --> 01:11:40,342
Well, Inspector, in
that case, I believe
1418
01:11:40,884 --> 01:11:42,469
you are owed an apology.
1419
01:11:44,721 --> 01:11:46,765
(GULPS) Constable.
1420
01:11:48,475 --> 01:11:50,853
Uh... Yes, sir. O' course.
1421
01:11:51,061 --> 01:11:53,105
I'm... I'm so sorry,
sir. I just...
1422
01:11:53,188 --> 01:11:57,192
I just got the wrong end of the
stick, and I have no excuse. I just...
1423
01:11:57,276 --> 01:11:59,987
I jumped to conclusions
again. I'm so sorry.
1424
01:12:05,284 --> 01:12:08,203
Commissioner, why don't you
run along back to the office,
1425
01:12:08,370 --> 01:12:09,913
look over the
quarterly accounts.
1426
01:12:09,997 --> 01:12:11,957
Let me handle the
murder investigation.
1427
01:12:12,207 --> 01:12:13,375
Inspector.
1428
01:12:16,628 --> 01:12:17,713
(WHISPERS) Sorry.
1429
01:12:19,798 --> 01:12:21,967
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
1430
01:12:52,414 --> 01:12:53,916
WOOLF: It's Dickie and Sheila.
1431
01:12:54,166 --> 01:12:57,169
DICKIE: Hello, Woolf. Didn't
expect to see you here.
1432
01:12:58,420 --> 01:13:00,380
(HUMMING)
1433
01:13:01,089 --> 01:13:03,175
- (DOORBELL RINGING)
- Perhaps, it is
1434
01:13:03,342 --> 01:13:05,928
Miss Rams... bottom. (MUMBLING)
1435
01:13:06,011 --> 01:13:08,305
- Get that... (SIGHS)
- (DOORBELL CONTINUES RINGING)
1436
01:13:15,145 --> 01:13:16,480
If you have broken down,
1437
01:13:16,563 --> 01:13:19,525
there is a garage not
15 miles from here.
1438
01:13:19,608 --> 01:13:21,485
(CHUCKLES) No, we're
here for dinner.
1439
01:13:21,568 --> 01:13:23,195
I don't think so, sir.
1440
01:13:23,278 --> 01:13:26,114
(CHUCKLES) This is
Winterbrook House?
1441
01:13:26,532 --> 01:13:27,824
The Christie residence?
1442
01:13:28,742 --> 01:13:29,785
It is.
1443
01:13:29,868 --> 01:13:30,908
Uh, we have an invitation.
1444
01:13:30,953 --> 01:13:31,954
DICKIE: We do, yes.
1445
01:13:33,914 --> 01:13:36,124
Richard Attenborough.
Friends call me "Dickie."
1446
01:13:39,753 --> 01:13:41,588
(WIND WHISTLING)
1447
01:13:43,966 --> 01:13:46,176
I do hope you
haven't traveled far.
1448
01:13:50,180 --> 01:13:52,182
MAN: Fellowes! Who is it?
1449
01:13:52,266 --> 01:13:54,977
- No one, sir. Tinkers.
- (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
1450
01:13:55,060 --> 01:13:57,312
MAN: What, in this
unseasonable blizzard?
1451
01:13:57,396 --> 01:13:58,939
Come on, man. Open sesame.
1452
01:13:59,857 --> 01:14:01,697
Richard Attenborough.
Friends call me "Dickie."
1453
01:14:01,733 --> 01:14:03,735
Max Mallowan, eminent
archaeologist.
1454
01:14:03,986 --> 01:14:05,296
Good God, man,
you're frozen solid.
1455
01:14:05,320 --> 01:14:06,840
- It's cold. It's cold, yes.
- Come in.
1456
01:14:06,864 --> 01:14:08,782
- Hello, Sheila Sim. (CHUCKLES)
- Hello.
1457
01:14:08,866 --> 01:14:10,200
- John Woolf.
- How do you do?
1458
01:14:10,534 --> 01:14:11,535
Ann Saville.
1459
01:14:11,618 --> 01:14:13,453
We're friends of
Petula. Spencer.
1460
01:14:13,537 --> 01:14:15,247
- Oh, yes. I know Choo.
- (CHUCKLES)
1461
01:14:15,998 --> 01:14:18,500
We thought we'd been
invited for dinner.
1462
01:14:18,667 --> 01:14:20,586
Yes, we received this,
1463
01:14:21,211 --> 01:14:23,338
but apparently, not from you.
1464
01:14:23,505 --> 01:14:24,631
Extraordinary.
1465
01:14:25,465 --> 01:14:28,093
You know who's going
to love this? Agatha.
1466
01:14:28,260 --> 01:14:30,053
It's just like one
of her confections.
1467
01:14:30,220 --> 01:14:31,305
She's in the kitchen now
1468
01:14:31,388 --> 01:14:33,098
trying to figure
out some new ending.
1469
01:14:33,182 --> 01:14:36,018
(SNICKERS) It helps to do
the dishes, apparently.
1470
01:14:36,101 --> 01:14:38,020
(ALL CHUCKLE)
1471
01:14:39,688 --> 01:14:42,941
Ooh, hello. Who else
didn't we invite to dinner?
1472
01:14:43,108 --> 01:14:44,359
Ah, it's Petula.
1473
01:14:44,526 --> 01:14:45,777
Why, so it is.
1474
01:14:46,695 --> 01:14:48,113
Come in out of the cold, Choo!
1475
01:14:48,197 --> 01:14:49,907
What on Earth have
you got there?
1476
01:14:51,033 --> 01:14:52,117
It's not Mother, is it?
1477
01:14:52,201 --> 01:14:53,619
PETULA: 'Fraid so.
1478
01:14:53,994 --> 01:14:54,995
Oh, God.
1479
01:14:55,829 --> 01:14:57,056
Better make that eight
for dinner, Fellowes,
1480
01:14:57,080 --> 01:14:58,707
- and let Agatha know.
- Yes, sir.
1481
01:14:58,790 --> 01:15:00,059
And get a shovel
to clear the path.
1482
01:15:00,083 --> 01:15:01,084
Yes, sir.
1483
01:15:01,168 --> 01:15:02,252
And do we have enough coal?
1484
01:15:02,336 --> 01:15:03,921
Yes, sir. Three bags full, sir.
1485
01:15:04,004 --> 01:15:05,881
- PETULA: Hello, Maxie.
- Hello, darling.
1486
01:15:06,548 --> 01:15:08,425
Oh, it's a full house.
1487
01:15:08,717 --> 01:15:09,885
- (SHEILA CHUCKLES)
- Yes.
1488
01:15:10,052 --> 01:15:11,053
Mother.
1489
01:15:11,136 --> 01:15:13,056
Come on in. Straight
through to the drawing room.
1490
01:15:13,222 --> 01:15:14,431
PETULA: Here. MAX: Now,
1491
01:15:14,598 --> 01:15:17,935
I have a rather potent
Mesopotamian aperitif
1492
01:15:18,018 --> 01:15:19,811
that'll have you
thawed out in a jiffy.
1493
01:15:19,895 --> 01:15:20,896
(DOOR CLOSES)
1494
01:15:20,979 --> 01:15:23,106
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
1495
01:15:45,546 --> 01:15:48,048
I'm sorry again that you
had to find out like this.
1496
01:15:48,215 --> 01:15:50,676
Oh, I can't say it
came as a surprise.
1497
01:15:51,635 --> 01:15:53,512
Leo was a bad seed.
1498
01:15:54,346 --> 01:15:55,848
Always in trouble, he was.
1499
01:15:56,932 --> 01:15:58,809
He picked a fight the
night he took us out.
1500
01:15:58,892 --> 01:16:01,103
Mmm. Mervyn Cocker-Norris
at the hotel.
1501
01:16:01,895 --> 01:16:03,730
No. At the pictures.
1502
01:16:04,064 --> 01:16:05,065
Oh.
1503
01:16:13,365 --> 01:16:16,034
He turned on this tall
fella who came in after us
1504
01:16:16,118 --> 01:16:17,536
and shouted,
1505
01:16:17,619 --> 01:16:19,538
"What are you following
me for, buddy?"
1506
01:16:20,289 --> 01:16:21,832
And, um... (SCOFFS)
1507
01:16:21,915 --> 01:16:23,083
Did he know a good dentist,
1508
01:16:23,166 --> 01:16:24,918
'cause he was about to
lose a lot of teeth.
1509
01:16:26,712 --> 01:16:27,713
Hmm.
1510
01:16:27,796 --> 01:16:30,090
Right, who's ready for a top-up?
1511
01:16:30,174 --> 01:16:31,216
GUESTS: No.
1512
01:16:31,300 --> 01:16:32,718
PETULA: Where's the old girl?
1513
01:16:32,801 --> 01:16:34,595
Not gonna play the
recluse card, is she?
1514
01:16:34,761 --> 01:16:36,889
Oh, no, no, no. She'll
be down soon enough.
1515
01:16:36,972 --> 01:16:38,473
(CLATTERING UPSTAIRS)
1516
01:16:39,308 --> 01:16:40,726
That will be Fellowes.
1517
01:16:40,893 --> 01:16:42,394
The man's an oaf.
1518
01:16:46,857 --> 01:16:49,109
- A tall fella, you say?
- JOYCE: Mmm.
1519
01:16:49,860 --> 01:16:51,445
Had a funny accent.
1520
01:16:53,280 --> 01:16:54,281
Italian?
1521
01:16:54,448 --> 01:16:55,657
No, not that funny.
1522
01:16:55,824 --> 01:16:57,075
More like...
1523
01:16:59,036 --> 01:17:00,454
a village idiot.
1524
01:17:01,371 --> 01:17:03,707
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES)
1525
01:17:04,875 --> 01:17:06,335
I'm sorry, but you
have to get out.
1526
01:17:06,418 --> 01:17:07,544
(DOOR THUDS)
1527
01:17:09,046 --> 01:17:11,882
Oh. No. Good heavens. No. Uh...
1528
01:17:11,965 --> 01:17:13,967
- Che cosa succede?
- (STOPPARD FUMBLING)
1529
01:17:14,051 --> 01:17:15,385
Poli... Polizei.
1530
01:17:15,469 --> 01:17:16,762
Teléfono, por favor.
1531
01:17:16,845 --> 01:17:18,222
- Telefono?
- Yes. Sì.
1532
01:17:18,305 --> 01:17:19,640
- Sta là.
- Gracias.
1533
01:17:19,723 --> 01:17:21,308
(PHONE RINGS)
1534
01:17:22,267 --> 01:17:24,394
Scotland Yard, Sergeant
Bakewell speaking.
1535
01:17:24,561 --> 01:17:25,687
Yes, Stoppard here.
1536
01:17:31,109 --> 01:17:32,402
Police, stand back.
1537
01:17:32,736 --> 01:17:34,571
- He keeps a key...
- (STALKER GRUNTS)
1538
01:17:34,655 --> 01:17:35,781
under the mat.
1539
01:17:36,573 --> 01:17:37,574
(PANTS)
1540
01:17:40,410 --> 01:17:42,162
BAKEWELL: Let me
guess, Inspector.
1541
01:17:42,329 --> 01:17:43,580
You're after an address.
1542
01:17:44,206 --> 01:17:45,207
How did you know that?
1543
01:17:45,374 --> 01:17:46,416
Constable Stalker, sir.
1544
01:17:46,500 --> 01:17:48,544
She called just now for
the same information.
1545
01:17:49,795 --> 01:17:50,879
Stalker?
1546
01:17:58,303 --> 01:17:59,763
(WOMAN WHIMPERING)
1547
01:17:59,847 --> 01:18:00,889
Agatha?
1548
01:18:00,973 --> 01:18:02,349
Gosh, is she all right?
1549
01:18:02,432 --> 01:18:04,852
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC INTENSIFYING)
1550
01:18:29,501 --> 01:18:31,503
(MUSIC BUILDING UP)
1551
01:18:34,006 --> 01:18:35,007
(MUSIC ENDS)
1552
01:18:35,090 --> 01:18:37,217
Where's Agatha? What
have you done with her?
1553
01:18:45,017 --> 01:18:46,643
- It was the usher, sir.
- I know.
1554
01:18:46,727 --> 01:18:48,312
He was under our
noses all this time.
1555
01:18:48,395 --> 01:18:50,439
- Is he in?
- No, sir. But I found this.
1556
01:18:50,647 --> 01:18:52,041
If we get going
now, sir, we can...
1557
01:18:52,065 --> 01:18:53,376
I can take it from
here, Constable.
1558
01:18:53,400 --> 01:18:54,860
Oh, right. And... And me, sir?
1559
01:18:54,943 --> 01:18:56,195
Go back to the station.
1560
01:18:57,446 --> 01:18:58,488
Yes, sir.
1561
01:18:58,572 --> 01:18:59,656
Oh, and, Constable?
1562
01:18:59,740 --> 01:19:00,824
Yes, sir?
1563
01:19:01,325 --> 01:19:03,076
Make a start on the paperwork.
1564
01:19:05,078 --> 01:19:06,371
- Yes, sir.
- (CAR DOOR CLOSES)
1565
01:19:06,455 --> 01:19:08,207
(CAR DEPARTS)
1566
01:19:11,001 --> 01:19:14,838
(PANTING)
1567
01:19:17,090 --> 01:19:19,426
(UNNERVING MUSIC PLAYING)
1568
01:19:19,510 --> 01:19:22,471
(SOFTLY) Is it me, or does
he look awfully familiar?
1569
01:19:22,554 --> 01:19:25,766
It's Dennis. He's an usher
from the Ambassadors.
1570
01:19:26,642 --> 01:19:28,185
Oh, Dennis!
1571
01:19:28,352 --> 01:19:29,728
So nice to see you.
1572
01:19:29,811 --> 01:19:32,564
This is a strange coincidence.
What are you doing here?
1573
01:19:33,565 --> 01:19:34,733
Well, I invited you.
1574
01:19:35,817 --> 01:19:36,818
Oh, my God.
1575
01:19:37,486 --> 01:19:39,112
You killed Leo and Mervyn!
1576
01:19:39,863 --> 01:19:40,864
I did.
1577
01:19:41,448 --> 01:19:43,909
I wanted to stop the
film and the play.
1578
01:19:43,992 --> 01:19:45,619
What film? What play?
1579
01:19:45,702 --> 01:19:46,870
- The Mousetrap!
- (ALL GASP)
1580
01:19:46,954 --> 01:19:48,205
Now, look here, Dennis.
1581
01:19:48,288 --> 01:19:50,707
We all have strong
opinions on the theater.
1582
01:19:50,791 --> 01:19:54,419
In a sense, that's what it's
there for, to provoke emotion.
1583
01:19:54,878 --> 01:19:57,631
And I appreciate you don't
care for The Mousetrap.
1584
01:19:57,714 --> 01:20:00,843
I'll be the first to admit
it's not exactly Hamlet.
1585
01:20:01,218 --> 01:20:03,428
But you must see
1586
01:20:03,971 --> 01:20:05,889
that this is a bit
of an overreaction.
1587
01:20:05,973 --> 01:20:07,683
That's not what this is.
1588
01:20:07,850 --> 01:20:10,269
Then, what... what is this?
1589
01:20:10,727 --> 01:20:13,230
It's not your story to
tell, is it? It's mine.
1590
01:20:13,313 --> 01:20:14,648
PETULA: Oh, I might have known.
1591
01:20:14,731 --> 01:20:15,983
A disgruntled writer.
1592
01:20:16,066 --> 01:20:18,402
Don't tell me, you
had the idea first?
1593
01:20:18,569 --> 01:20:20,821
No. It happened to me.
1594
01:20:20,904 --> 01:20:22,173
I'm sorry, I am completely lost.
1595
01:20:22,197 --> 01:20:23,677
I don't have a
theatrical background.
1596
01:20:23,949 --> 01:20:26,326
You're not Dennis
Corrigan, are you?
1597
01:20:28,245 --> 01:20:29,246
(HUFFS)
1598
01:20:30,497 --> 01:20:32,040
Oh, you poor boy.
1599
01:20:32,833 --> 01:20:33,834
How do you mean?
1600
01:20:33,917 --> 01:20:36,253
He lost his brother
in real life.
1601
01:20:36,461 --> 01:20:38,297
Dreadful business, it was.
1602
01:20:38,463 --> 01:20:40,757
It was years ago, now.
I told you about it.
1603
01:20:40,841 --> 01:20:43,051
It was the case The
Mousetrap was based on.
1604
01:20:43,135 --> 01:20:45,429
Inspired by,
Mother. And loosely.
1605
01:20:46,054 --> 01:20:47,723
Oh, but you're an usher.
1606
01:20:47,890 --> 01:20:50,017
You had to watch that
play night after night.
1607
01:20:50,559 --> 01:20:52,102
It must've been torture.
1608
01:20:53,187 --> 01:20:54,813
I thought it would help.
1609
01:20:55,898 --> 01:20:57,774
He was only six when
he died, my brother.
1610
01:20:57,858 --> 01:21:00,652
The Mousetrap is actually
based on a real-life case.
1611
01:21:00,736 --> 01:21:02,988
DENNIS: Neglected and left
for dead by the people
1612
01:21:03,071 --> 01:21:04,865
who were supposed
to look after us.
1613
01:21:05,532 --> 01:21:09,369
It sold a lot of newspapers,
but no one cared about us.
1614
01:21:09,453 --> 01:21:11,538
(SLOW DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
1615
01:21:11,622 --> 01:21:13,874
I thought the play
would be different.
1616
01:21:13,957 --> 01:21:16,627
A famous writer was
going to tell our story.
1617
01:21:16,710 --> 01:21:20,088
Two brothers who put their faith
in the British social services.
1618
01:21:20,172 --> 01:21:23,050
DENNIS: But when I saw what
Agatha Christie had done,
1619
01:21:23,133 --> 01:21:26,970
used our pain and suffering as a
motive for a deranged killer...
1620
01:21:27,054 --> 01:21:28,055
(GASPS)
1621
01:21:28,138 --> 01:21:30,807
my brother's death reduced
to a cheap sideshow...
1622
01:21:30,891 --> 01:21:32,559
There's been a murder?
1623
01:21:32,643 --> 01:21:34,078
DENNIS: I knew he
wouldn't be able
1624
01:21:34,102 --> 01:21:35,979
to rest in peace
until the play ended.
1625
01:21:36,438 --> 01:21:38,148
But it didn't.
1626
01:21:38,982 --> 01:21:41,985
It just went on, and on, and on.
1627
01:21:42,069 --> 01:21:44,404
The Mousetrap is 100, not out.
1628
01:21:44,488 --> 01:21:46,365
DENNIS: When I heard
about the film adaptation,
1629
01:21:46,448 --> 01:21:47,533
I just snapped.
1630
01:21:48,492 --> 01:21:51,078
Without me, there is no
movie. You understand?
1631
01:21:51,245 --> 01:21:52,287
You got a problem, buddy?
1632
01:21:52,371 --> 01:21:54,248
DENNIS: I killed the
director to stop the film,
1633
01:21:55,249 --> 01:21:58,335
and thought a corpse on the stage
would put an end to the play.
1634
01:21:58,418 --> 01:22:00,170
(SCREAMS)
1635
01:22:00,254 --> 01:22:02,214
But they didn't even
close the theater.
1636
01:22:02,297 --> 01:22:03,900
Do you think you might
be finished in time
1637
01:22:03,924 --> 01:22:05,300
for curtain up tomorrow night?
1638
01:22:05,384 --> 01:22:07,177
DENNIS: And Mervyn's
new ideas for the film
1639
01:22:07,261 --> 01:22:08,846
made me sick to my stomach.
1640
01:22:08,929 --> 01:22:10,514
I'll take the bare
bones of the story,
1641
01:22:10,597 --> 01:22:14,476
a rather mundane tale of child
abuse, and make it my own.
1642
01:22:14,852 --> 01:22:16,061
DENNIS: He left me no choice.
1643
01:22:16,144 --> 01:22:17,145
(GASPS)
1644
01:22:17,229 --> 01:22:19,064
(SIGHS IN RELIEF)
You startled me.
1645
01:22:19,147 --> 01:22:20,649
DENNIS: I had to kill him, too.
1646
01:22:21,066 --> 01:22:22,276
(CHOKING)
1647
01:22:23,402 --> 01:22:25,237
I thought that would
be the end of it.
1648
01:22:25,821 --> 01:22:28,240
But you all just carried on
like nothing had happened.
1649
01:22:29,908 --> 01:22:31,177
- Shame on you.
- (WOOLF WHIMPERS)
1650
01:22:31,201 --> 01:22:32,202
(PETULA CLEARS THROAT)
1651
01:22:33,120 --> 01:22:36,582
Well, maybe you'll take notice if
I kill Agatha Christie herself.
1652
01:22:38,625 --> 01:22:40,711
(MUFFLED GRUNTING)
1653
01:22:40,794 --> 01:22:42,272
Oh, I think she's
tryin' to say something.
1654
01:22:42,296 --> 01:22:43,797
Oh, for God's sake, let her out.
1655
01:22:43,881 --> 01:22:44,882
I'll stop the film.
1656
01:22:44,965 --> 01:22:46,675
And the play. This is barbaric.
1657
01:22:47,009 --> 01:22:48,010
Fine.
1658
01:22:49,386 --> 01:22:51,722
(ALL GASP)
1659
01:22:52,890 --> 01:22:54,224
(SIGHS)
1660
01:22:55,392 --> 01:22:56,393
WOOLF: Edana?
1661
01:22:57,311 --> 01:22:59,354
Darling, what... what
are you doing here?
1662
01:22:59,521 --> 01:23:01,356
I followed you.
1663
01:23:01,440 --> 01:23:03,275
I suppose I was going
to make a scene.
1664
01:23:03,483 --> 01:23:05,319
- Hello, Ann.
- (ANN MUMBLES)
1665
01:23:05,402 --> 01:23:08,780
Then this beanpole assaulted
me, and I woke up in a carpet.
1666
01:23:08,947 --> 01:23:11,658
If you're not Agatha Christie,
where the hell is she?
1667
01:23:11,742 --> 01:23:13,452
Good God, man. You
mean you don't know?
1668
01:23:13,535 --> 01:23:16,246
What kind of a bumbling,
half-witted psychopath are you?
1669
01:23:16,330 --> 01:23:18,373
Will you be quiet! Please!
1670
01:23:18,957 --> 01:23:20,459
Let me think!
1671
01:23:20,792 --> 01:23:22,472
Yes, of course! Of
course. Why don't you...
1672
01:23:22,544 --> 01:23:25,422
Why don't you come in and
sit down, Dennis? Um...
1673
01:23:25,506 --> 01:23:27,174
PETULA: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1674
01:23:27,257 --> 01:23:29,635
Have a little
moment to yourself.
1675
01:23:29,718 --> 01:23:31,386
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS)
1676
01:23:35,432 --> 01:23:37,392
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
1677
01:23:47,945 --> 01:23:49,947
- (MUSIC HALTS)
- (WIND HOWLING)
1678
01:23:51,240 --> 01:23:52,866
(ENGINE ROARING)
1679
01:23:54,368 --> 01:23:56,328
(INTENSE MUSIC RESUMES)
1680
01:24:10,008 --> 01:24:12,010
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
1681
01:24:13,220 --> 01:24:14,221
(SIGHS)
1682
01:24:25,190 --> 01:24:26,400
(MUSIC FADING)
1683
01:24:27,067 --> 01:24:28,235
(FELLOWES SIGHS)
1684
01:24:39,872 --> 01:24:40,873
(MOUTHING) What?
1685
01:25:02,811 --> 01:25:04,897
Uh, well... Um...
1686
01:25:05,522 --> 01:25:07,900
I, for one, believe that, uh,
1687
01:25:08,609 --> 01:25:10,652
Dennis here is owed an apology.
1688
01:25:11,028 --> 01:25:12,255
- (ALL MURMUR IN AGREEMENT)
- MAX: Yes.
1689
01:25:12,279 --> 01:25:14,281
SHEILA: He... He's
right, of course.
1690
01:25:14,448 --> 01:25:16,033
The truth is the truth.
1691
01:25:16,116 --> 01:25:18,952
It is not to be
manipulated or played with,
1692
01:25:19,036 --> 01:25:20,704
and certainly not
for entertainment.
1693
01:25:20,787 --> 01:25:22,289
MAX: No, no.
PETULA: No, no, no.
1694
01:25:22,372 --> 01:25:24,666
SHEILA: Art is supposed
to reveal the truth...
1695
01:25:24,750 --> 01:25:25,751
ANN: Yes. GROUP: Yeah.
1696
01:25:25,834 --> 01:25:27,377
SHEILA: not pervert it.
1697
01:25:27,878 --> 01:25:30,047
How would Agatha
Christie like it
1698
01:25:30,130 --> 01:25:34,468
if someone took one of her stories
and twisted it and corrupted it
1699
01:25:34,551 --> 01:25:36,637
just for the hell
of it? (CHUCKLES)
1700
01:25:36,720 --> 01:25:38,722
- (GROUP MURMURS)
- MAX: She wouldn't.
1701
01:25:38,805 --> 01:25:42,768
I... I think that we should all feel
thoroughly ashamed of ourselves.
1702
01:25:42,935 --> 01:25:45,354
AGATHA: Oh, here we
are. Tea for everyone.
1703
01:25:45,437 --> 01:25:46,605
MAX: There you are, my dear.
1704
01:25:46,688 --> 01:25:48,482
AGATHA: Sorry to have kept you.
1705
01:25:48,565 --> 01:25:50,567
No, no, please don't get
up, not on my account.
1706
01:25:51,151 --> 01:25:52,152
There, there.
1707
01:25:52,236 --> 01:25:53,278
No, no, no,
1708
01:25:53,362 --> 01:25:54,682
- no, no, it's fine.
- Be careful.
1709
01:25:54,738 --> 01:25:58,200
AGATHA: Just as it was.
I think it was that way.
1710
01:25:58,367 --> 01:26:00,202
It is so nice to see
you again, Agatha,
1711
01:26:00,285 --> 01:26:01,578
in spite of the circumstances.
1712
01:26:01,662 --> 01:26:02,829
No, no, no, not that one.
1713
01:26:02,913 --> 01:26:04,831
No, that's for
Dennis. (CHUCKLES)
1714
01:26:06,583 --> 01:26:07,584
(CUPS RATTLING)
1715
01:26:08,126 --> 01:26:09,503
It is Dennis, isn't it?
1716
01:26:10,921 --> 01:26:11,922
There we are.
1717
01:26:12,464 --> 01:26:15,092
I put an extra
lump in. (CHUCKLES)
1718
01:26:15,175 --> 01:26:16,426
Thank you.
1719
01:26:16,593 --> 01:26:18,262
Everyone else, help themselves.
1720
01:26:18,720 --> 01:26:20,040
- (GROUP MURMURS)
- (AGATHA SIGHS)
1721
01:26:20,514 --> 01:26:22,349
Now, Dennis.
1722
01:26:22,516 --> 01:26:23,684
How can I help?
1723
01:26:23,767 --> 01:26:25,394
Why don't we sit here
and drink our tea
1724
01:26:25,561 --> 01:26:28,522
and discuss the matter
like civilized people, hmm?
1725
01:26:30,148 --> 01:26:32,025
I want you to stop
The Mousetrap.
1726
01:26:32,192 --> 01:26:34,945
Oh, I am sorry, but
that I cannot do. No.
1727
01:26:35,404 --> 01:26:38,323
I'm afraid it goes against
everything I hold dear in life.
1728
01:26:38,949 --> 01:26:41,159
Yes. I'm a writer, you see.
1729
01:26:41,326 --> 01:26:44,621
I can't be told what to
write or what not to write.
1730
01:26:44,705 --> 01:26:47,624
It would be a denial
of one's freedom.
1731
01:26:48,667 --> 01:26:52,671
Do you see, Dennis?
Hmm? Do drink up.
1732
01:26:54,298 --> 01:26:56,592
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)
1733
01:27:18,030 --> 01:27:19,239
Oh, good God, Fellowes.
1734
01:27:20,949 --> 01:27:22,242
Get up. Get up.
1735
01:27:22,326 --> 01:27:23,869
Now, look here, young man, I...
1736
01:27:23,952 --> 01:27:25,704
- (GROUP GASPS)
- AGATHA: Max!
1737
01:27:27,372 --> 01:27:29,208
(SCREAMS)
1738
01:27:29,875 --> 01:27:30,876
(GLASS SHATTERS)
1739
01:27:31,502 --> 01:27:32,920
(INTENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)
1740
01:27:33,003 --> 01:27:34,004
(TIRE POPS)
1741
01:27:35,339 --> 01:27:37,007
(TIRES SCREECHING)
1742
01:27:47,059 --> 01:27:48,602
- Yes, good idea... Oh.
- MAX: Yes.
1743
01:27:48,685 --> 01:27:50,812
Oh, my God. Now what's happened?
1744
01:27:51,563 --> 01:27:53,732
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
1745
01:28:06,995 --> 01:28:08,539
- (AGATHA WHIMPERING)
- STOPPARD: Oh.
1746
01:28:09,581 --> 01:28:10,582
Dennis.
1747
01:28:12,751 --> 01:28:15,087
Put the popular author
down, please, Dennis.
1748
01:28:15,629 --> 01:28:16,922
- No.
- (GROANS)
1749
01:28:19,842 --> 01:28:20,968
(BOTTLE POPS OPEN)
1750
01:28:21,051 --> 01:28:23,595
Sheila, darling,
now's hardly the time.
1751
01:28:23,679 --> 01:28:25,556
SHEILA: Dickie, I need a light.
1752
01:28:25,639 --> 01:28:27,057
But you don't smoke.
1753
01:28:27,850 --> 01:28:29,184
(WHISPERS) Dickie.
1754
01:28:31,770 --> 01:28:33,730
(MUSIC INTENSIFYING)
1755
01:28:39,736 --> 01:28:40,737
(AGATHA SCREAMS)
1756
01:28:42,447 --> 01:28:43,699
(GROANING)
1757
01:28:44,491 --> 01:28:46,201
(GUN CLICKING)
1758
01:28:48,245 --> 01:28:49,246
(GRUNTING)
1759
01:28:52,833 --> 01:28:55,043
(MUSIC BUILDING UP)
1760
01:29:01,049 --> 01:29:02,593
- (GUNSHOT)
- (STALKER GRUNTS)
1761
01:29:02,676 --> 01:29:04,428
- (STOPPARD GROANS)
- (GUN COCKS)
1762
01:29:04,511 --> 01:29:05,596
STALKER: Look out!
1763
01:29:06,930 --> 01:29:07,973
STOPPARD: No, Dennis!
1764
01:29:08,056 --> 01:29:10,559
- (GRUNTING)
- Don't do it, please!
1765
01:29:11,226 --> 01:29:12,936
(AGATHA GRUNTS)
1766
01:29:14,897 --> 01:29:16,398
(GROWLING)
1767
01:29:16,481 --> 01:29:17,524
MAX: Darling!
1768
01:29:18,317 --> 01:29:20,611
- (AGATHA WHIMPERS)
- It's all right.
1769
01:29:20,694 --> 01:29:22,863
He's dead. It's over.
1770
01:29:26,450 --> 01:29:27,451
Sir...
1771
01:29:28,785 --> 01:29:29,912
I'm bleedin'.
1772
01:29:33,123 --> 01:29:36,835
Hang in there, Constable.
Sergeant's exam's in a month.
1773
01:29:37,503 --> 01:29:39,671
It's funny, sir. I actually...
I don't feel anything.
1774
01:29:39,755 --> 01:29:41,155
I think it mighta
just been a nick.
1775
01:29:41,215 --> 01:29:43,592
Yeah. Just the nick
of time, I'd say.
1776
01:29:43,675 --> 01:29:45,010
(CHUCKLES) Very good.
1777
01:29:45,093 --> 01:29:47,554
(CHUCKLES) I'm sorry, Constable.
1778
01:29:48,430 --> 01:29:50,557
I haven't been
altogether honest or open
1779
01:29:50,641 --> 01:29:52,935
or loyal or fair to
you as a partner.
1780
01:29:53,435 --> 01:29:56,813
Truth be told, I haven't been
a partner at all, you know.
1781
01:29:57,648 --> 01:29:58,875
Sir, you don't have to say that.
1782
01:29:58,899 --> 01:30:00,651
No, I want you to know...
1783
01:30:00,817 --> 01:30:02,152
I do trust you.
1784
01:30:02,236 --> 01:30:04,404
Thank you, sir. That
does mean a lot.
1785
01:30:04,488 --> 01:30:06,782
Um, but when I say that
I can't feel anything,
1786
01:30:06,865 --> 01:30:09,034
I think what I mean is that, um,
1787
01:30:09,576 --> 01:30:11,912
I don't think the
bullet hit me, sir.
1788
01:30:12,079 --> 01:30:13,121
What do you mean?
1789
01:30:14,164 --> 01:30:15,374
Did you, um...
1790
01:30:16,708 --> 01:30:18,752
STOPPARD: Oh, I see.
STALKER: Oh, no. Yeah.
1791
01:30:18,836 --> 01:30:20,796
Oh. Well, you're right
again, Constable.
1792
01:30:20,879 --> 01:30:21,922
Are you all right, sir?
1793
01:30:22,005 --> 01:30:23,399
I think you better
call an ambulance.
1794
01:30:23,423 --> 01:30:24,424
Yep.
1795
01:30:25,926 --> 01:30:27,928
Yes, I don't feel so good.
1796
01:30:29,805 --> 01:30:31,598
A shoot-out and a big explosion.
1797
01:30:32,099 --> 01:30:35,269
Perhaps it's for the best that
Mervyn wasn't alive to see it.
1798
01:30:36,395 --> 01:30:37,396
Quite.
1799
01:30:38,105 --> 01:30:40,440
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
1800
01:31:07,092 --> 01:31:08,260
(MUSIC ENDS)
1801
01:31:08,343 --> 01:31:11,096
It's okay, everyone,
I'm... I'm fine.
1802
01:31:11,889 --> 01:31:14,933
(FOLK SONG PLAYING)
1803
01:31:16,268 --> 01:31:20,480
LEO: Now that's what I call
a Leo Kopernick ending.
1804
01:31:22,232 --> 01:31:24,651
But before we go
our separate ways,
1805
01:31:24,735 --> 01:31:28,614
you'll be wanting to know what
became of the heroes of this tale.
1806
01:31:31,491 --> 01:31:33,702
Constable Stalker,
as advertised,
1807
01:31:33,785 --> 01:31:37,456
sat her sergeant's exams
in the spring of 1953.
1808
01:31:37,539 --> 01:31:40,209
(SONG CONTINUES PLAYING)
1809
01:31:40,292 --> 01:31:41,960
She aced them.
1810
01:31:44,087 --> 01:31:47,007
Detective Inspector
George Stoppard.
1811
01:31:47,466 --> 01:31:49,635
LEO: Inspector
Stoppard was awarded
1812
01:31:49,718 --> 01:31:53,138
the King's Police and
Fire Services Medal.
1813
01:31:53,222 --> 01:31:54,223
COMMISSIONER: Oh.
1814
01:31:54,306 --> 01:31:57,059
LEO: Harrold Scott
received a Knighthood.
1815
01:31:57,142 --> 01:31:59,645
(CAMERA FLASHBULB POPPING)
1816
01:32:00,812 --> 01:32:03,857
The play, if you can believe it,
1817
01:32:03,941 --> 01:32:06,777
is still going strong
in London's West End.
1818
01:32:07,986 --> 01:32:11,990
Over 10 million people have
sat through The Mousetrap.
1819
01:32:12,074 --> 01:32:13,700
TROTTER: Two brothers
who put their faith
1820
01:32:13,784 --> 01:32:15,410
in the British social services.
1821
01:32:16,620 --> 01:32:19,957
A sorry tale of abuse
that ended in tragedy.
1822
01:32:22,459 --> 01:32:27,256
Well, now that you've seen our film,
you are an accomplice to murder.
1823
01:32:27,422 --> 01:32:30,384
And so we ask you to remember that
it is very much in your interest
1824
01:32:30,467 --> 01:32:32,177
not to tell a soul
outside of this...
1825
01:32:32,261 --> 01:32:34,304
Shh. Sir. Sorry.
1826
01:32:34,388 --> 01:32:36,765
But I've missed the endin' once.
1827
01:32:36,849 --> 01:32:38,308
I don't wanna miss it again.
1828
01:32:38,392 --> 01:32:41,019
No, of course not.
I'm sorry. Sorry.
1829
01:32:44,231 --> 01:32:45,649
(SHUSHES SOFTLY)
1830
01:32:48,944 --> 01:32:50,153
(SONG ENDS)
1831
01:32:50,988 --> 01:32:52,948
{\an8}(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
1832
01:34:14,530 --> 01:34:16,532
(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)