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Silence. Be upstanding in court.

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All persons who have
anything to do before my lords,

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the queen's justices of oyer and
terminer and general jail delivery

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for the jurisdiction
of the Central Criminal Court

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draw near and give your attendance.
God save the queen.

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What a beautiful day. I've been hoping
for a bit of sun for our homecoming.

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It's worth having the fog just to appreciate
the sunshine. Is there a draught?

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- Shall I roll up the window?
- Roll up your mouth. You talk too much.

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If I'd known how much you talked
I'd never have come out of my coma.

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- This thing weighs a ton.
- Now, now.

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We've been flat on our back
for two months, we'd better be careful.

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Lovely, lovely. It must be perfectly lovely
to live and work in the Inns of Court.

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How lucky you lawyers are.

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I almost married a lawyer.
I was in attendance for his appendectomy

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and we became engaged
as soon as he could sit up.

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And then peritonitis set in
and he went like that.

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He certainly was a lucky lawyer.

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Teeny-weeny steps, now. Remember
we had a teeny-weeny heart attack.

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Oh, shut up!

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Williams, my cane.

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Here he comes!

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Good afternoon. Thank you very much.
Everybody back to work.

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Sir Wilfrid, if you don't mind, I'd like
to read you a poem to welcome you back.

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Very touching. You can recite it
after office hours in your own time.

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Now back to work.
What's the matter with you?

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Nothing. I'm just happy
that you're your old self again.

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Any more sentimentality around here,
I shall go back to the hospital!

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They won't take him back.
He wasn't really discharged, you know,

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he was expelled for conduct
unbecoming a cardiac patient.

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Put these in water, blabbermouth!
Come on in, Carter.

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Look at this room.
It's ugly, old and musty.

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But I never knew
I could miss anything so much.

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- Missed you too, you musty old buzzard.
- Oh, thank you, sir.

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I'm not a religious man, but when they
carted you off, I went out and lit a candle.

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- Why, thank you, Carter.
- Actually, sir, I was lighting it for myself.

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If anything happened to you,
what would happen to me, after 37 years?

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37 years! Has it been all that long?

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Yes, sir. This is 1952, that was in October
1915. The Shepherd's Bush murder.

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The chemist accused of putting
cyanide in his uncle's toothpaste.

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My first murder trial.
I was more frightened than the defendant.

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First time I rose to make an objection,
my wig fell off. Where's my wig?

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Right here.

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- I've guarded it with me life.
- I hope it still fits.

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I lost 30lbs in that wretched hospital.

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Still, I suppose my head isn't any smaller.

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What's all this?

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- We've put it in mothballs.
- Mothballs? Am I not to practise again?

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Of course. The solicitors
have been breaking down our doors.

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- I've got some interesting briefs for you.
- That's better.

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Divorce case, a tax appeal,
and an important marine insurance claim.

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- Nice smooth matters with excellent fees.
- No, Carter.

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I'm sorry, but you're not to undertake
any criminal cases. Your doctors have...

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Doctors! They've deprived me of alcohol,
tobacco, female companionship.

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If only they'd let me do
something worthwhile!

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Sorry, sir.

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Might as well get a bigger box,
more mothballs, put me away too.

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- 2.30, Sir Wilfrid. Time for our little nap!
- Oh, get out!

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Beddy-bye. We'd better go upstairs now,
get undressed and lie down.

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- We? What a nauseating prospect.
- Upstairs, please.

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Are you aware that, while on my sickbed,

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I seriously considered strangling you
with one of your own rubber tubes.

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I would then have admitted the crime,
retained myself for the defence.

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My lord, members of the jury, I hereby
enter a plea of justifiable homicide.

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For four months this alleged
angel of mercy has pored, probed,

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punctured, pillaged and plundered
my helpless body

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while tormenting my mind
with a steady drip of baby talk.

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Come along now, like a good boy. Oh, no.

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Take your hands off me,
or I'll strike you with my cane.

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- You wouldn't, it might break your cigars.
- What cigars?

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- The ones you're smuggling in your cane.
- Cane?

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You could be jailed for this.
You had no search warrant.

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In hospital he'd hide cigars and brandy
all over the place.

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We called him Wilfrid the fox.

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- I'm confiscating these.
- Can't I have just one?

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No. Upstairs.

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A few puffs after meals? Please.

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I'll do it. Some dark night when her back
is turned, I'll snatch her thermometer

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and plunge it between
her shoulder blades. So help me, I will.

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Oh, no, sir. You mustn't walk up. We've
installed something for you here. It's a lift.

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A lift? I'm sick of this plot
to make me a helpless invalid.

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I think it's a splendid idea.
Let's try it, shall we?

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Out of there. I'll try it.
It's my lift because it was my heart attack.

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Here you are. Simply press this button
for up and this one for down.

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Carter, I warn you,
if this contraption should collapse,

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if the barrister
should fall off the bannister...

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Remarkable.
Smoothest flight I've had in years.

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- Upsy-daisy!
- Once more to get the feel of the controls.

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Good afternoon.
Is it possible to see Sir Wilfrid?

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I didn't make an appointment,
but this is urgent.

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If it's about a brief, I'm sorry, but we're
full. Sir Wilfrid has all that he can handle.

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I'm sure he'll want this brief.

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Serious criminal matter.

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Absolutely not, Mr Mayhew.
Sir Wilfrid is still convalescent.

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He can't accept anything
of an overstimulating nature.

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Put me on a diet of bland civil suits.
Hello, Mayhew.

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Hello. Distressing news about your health.

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It's tragic. You'd better get
a man with younger arteries.

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If you could just give us a few minutes.
This is Mr Leonard Vole.

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- He's in rather a ghastly mess, I'm afraid.
- How do you do, Mr Vole?

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Well, according to Mr Mayhew,
I'm not doing at all well.

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Sir Wilfrid! Sir Wilfrid!

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- You're dawdling again!
- Oh, shut up!

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Sorry, Mayhew. Try me again when
you've something not too stimulating.

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Like a postman bitten by a stray dog.

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I wish you could help us, Wilfrid, but
I quite understand. Take care of yourself.

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Mayhew! Mayhew!

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Oh, no. Sir Wilfrid, please.

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Don't worry, we won't take the brief,
but an old friend needs help.

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Surely I can give him a word of advice.

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Come on, I'll give you five minutes.
No, no, I don't want you, just Mayhew.

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Our nap! Sir Wilfrid! Our nap!

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You go ahead. Start it without me.

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This is your fault.
You should not have permitted it.

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It is not my fault. I distinctly told
Sir Wilfrid no criminal cases.

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Well, if it's anyone's fault,
I expect it's mine.

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Seems silly to me,
but Mr Mayhew thinks it's very urgent.

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- He thinks I may be arrested any minute.
- Arrested for what?

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Well, for murder.

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Oh!

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It's the case of Emily French.
You've probably seen reports in the press.

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Middle-aged widow, well-off,
living with a housekeeper at Hampstead.

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Mr Vole had been with her earlier.

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When the housekeeper returned,
she found her dead,

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struck on the back of the head
and killed.

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Vole seems caught
in a web of circumstantial evidence.

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Perhaps if I gave you the details you'd
suggest the strongest line of defence.

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- I'd probably think better with a cigar.
- Of course.

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No previous convictions. He's of good
character with an excellent war record.

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- You'd like him a lot.
- They've confiscated the matches. A light.

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The defence may turn on establishing
an alibi for the night of the murder.

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- I haven't got any. Let me get you some.
- Lord, no! You don't know Miss Plimsoll.

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This will take all our cunning.

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Young man!

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Come here, please.

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Your solicitor and I feel you may be able
to enlighten me on an important point.

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- Yes. Thank you.
- Sir Wilfrid!

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You're not in bed yet? Upstairs!

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- Give me a match.
- Sorry, I never carry them.

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- What? You said I'd like him.
- But I do have a lighter.

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You're quite right, Mayhew,
I do like him. Thank you.

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Can you imagine Miss Plimsoll's face
if she saw me now?

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Then let's make absolutely sure
that she doesn't.

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Splendid. All the instincts
of a skilled criminal.

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- Thank you, sir.
- Here.

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Whether or not you murdered
a middle-aged widow,

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you certainly saved the life
of an elderly barrister.

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I haven't murdered anybody. It's absurd.

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Christine, that's my wife, she thought
I may be implicated and needed a lawyer.

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That's why I went to see Mr Mayhew.
Now he thinks he needs a lawyer

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and now I have two lawyers.
It's rather silly.

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I am a solicitor. Sir Wilfrid is a barrister.

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Only a barrister can actually
plead a case in court.

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- Oh, I see.
- She shall not even find the ashes.

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- Sit down.
- Thank you.

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I saw in the paper that Mrs French had
been found dead with her head bashed in.

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It also said the police were anxious to
interview me since I visited that evening.

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- Naturally, I went to the police station.
- Did they caution you?

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I don't quite know.
They asked if I'd like to make a statement

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and said they'd write it down and it might
be used against me. Is that a caution?

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Well, it can't be helped now.

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- They seemed quite satisfied.
- They seemed satisfied, Mr Vole.

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He thinks that he made a statement
and that's the end of it. Isn't it obvious

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that you will be regarded as the principal
suspect? I'm afraid you'll be arrested.

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I've done nothing!
Why should I be arrested?

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This is England! You don't get arrested
or convicted for crimes you haven't done.

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We try not to make a habit of it.

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But it does happen, though, doesn't it?

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Of course. There was that case of
that fellow, whatshisname, Adolph Beck.

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In jail for years and they
suddenly found it was another chap.

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- He'd been innocent!
- Unfortunate, but restitution was made.

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He received a pardon, a bounty from the
crown, and was restored to normal life.

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That's all right for him. What if
it had been murder? What if he'd hanged?

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How would they have restored him
to his normal life then?

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Mr Vole, you must not take
such a morbid point of view.

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It's just when you say these things
are closing in on me, it's like a nightmare.

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Relax. You're in the hands of the finest,
most experienced barrister in London.

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Let's get this straight. I may have done
something highly unethical.

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I've taken your cigar
but I'm not taking your case. I can't.

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I'm forbidden. My doctors would never
allow it. I'm truly sorry, young man.

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But if you'd like the case
handled by these chambers,

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- I'd recommend Mr Brogan-Moore.
- Yes. A very able man.

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- I second Sir Wilfrid's recommendation.
- All right, sir, if you say so.

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Hold this.

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Carter?

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I would like to see Brogan-Moore here
as soon as he comes in from court.

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Sir Wilfrid, I have never
known such insubordination.

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Not even as a nurse during the war.

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What war was that?
The Crimean War, no doubt.

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You'll like Brogan-Moore,
he's had excellent training. Under me.

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This morning I had no lawyers at all
and now suddenly I have three.

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We should explain
that I have very little money.

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I shan't be able to pay
all the costs and fees.

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We'll get a fourth lawyer to sue you.

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He won't get very much.
I haven't had a job in four months.

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- What sort of work do you do?
- Well, uh...

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My last job was as a mechanic.
The foreman kept riding me all the time.

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- I took it as long as I could, then I quit.
- And before that?

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I worked in a department store, in toys,
demonstrating children's building sets.

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Of course, it lasted only during Christmas.
Before that I tested electric blankets.

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- Electric blankets?
- I suppose you think I'm a bit of a drifter.

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It's true, in a way,
but I'm really not like that.

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My army service unsettled me. That and
living abroad. I was stationed in Germany.

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It was fine there, though.
That's where I met my wife.

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She was an actress, and a good one.
She's a wonderful wife to me, too.

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But I haven't been much of a provider,
I'm afraid.

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Somehow, I just don't seem able to settle
down now I've come back to this country.

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- If I could just put my eggbeater across.
- Eggbeater?

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Yes, sir. I, uh, I'm a bit of an inventor.
Nothing big, just little household things.

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Pocket pencil sharpeners,
key chain flashlights.

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But my best is really this eggbeater.

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It not only beats,
it also separates the yolk from the white.

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Is that really desirable?

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If you were a housewife,
you'd see it right away.

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The trouble is, I need money
for manufacturing and promotion.

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I was really hoping that's what Mrs
French might do for me after I met her.

216
00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:16,834
- Exactly how did you meet Mrs French?
- That's rather funny in itself.

217
00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:20,589
It was 3 September. I remember
because it's my wife's birthday.

218
00:16:20,720 --> 00:16:23,439
I was window-shopping in Oxford Street,

219
00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:28,315
daydreaming about what I'd buy for her,
if I had any money.

220
00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:15,391
- You really like this one?
- Very much.

221
00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:17,954
- You don't think it's too mad?
- Mad?

222
00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:22,358
Not at all. Daring, perhaps. I wouldn't
recommend it to every woman. But you?

223
00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,233
- Why shouldn't you attract attention?
- You think so?

224
00:17:25,360 --> 00:17:28,636
Absolutely. But if I could
suggest one little thing.

225
00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:32,912
Perhaps we could tip it and bring it back
a bit like that. Show more of your face.

226
00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:36,999
- My bus. Goodbye.
- Good...

227
00:17:38,040 --> 00:17:40,474
You buy that hat. I insist.

228
00:17:41,360 --> 00:17:45,911
Actually, it was a ridiculous sort of hat -
a silly thing with ribbons and flowers.

229
00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:50,318
I'm constantly surprised that women's
hats do not provoke more murders.

230
00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:51,714
Go on, please.

231
00:17:51,840 --> 00:17:54,308
I was only trying to be nice
to make her feel good.

232
00:17:54,440 --> 00:17:56,635
I never dreamed I'd see her again.
Or the hat.

233
00:17:56,760 --> 00:17:58,910
- But you did?
- Yes, a few weeks later.

234
00:17:59,040 --> 00:18:04,478
Again, by accident. I was peddling my
eggbeaters and business was a little slow.

235
00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,912
Would you mind, madam? Your hat.

236
00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:32,315
- Oh, it's you!
- Hello!

237
00:18:32,440 --> 00:18:35,671
It's your fault, you know.
You chose it yourself.

238
00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:37,950
- May I?
- Sure, if you like.

239
00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:46,151
Thank you. It's such a bother
taking it off and putting it back on again.

240
00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:51,115
That chap is Jesse James. They've led
him into an ambush. It's not at all cricket.

241
00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:53,629
- Don't worry, he shoots his way out.
- He does?

242
00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,433
- I've seen it. I got to the movies a lot.
- You do?

243
00:18:56,560 --> 00:19:01,680
I get restless so I go out. Then I find
I've no place to go so I go to the movies.

244
00:19:01,800 --> 00:19:05,839
Sometimes I see the same one
two or three times. Ooh.

245
00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:08,474
- Toffee?
- Oh, yes, please.

246
00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:11,478
At this time you had no idea
that Mrs French was well-off?

247
00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:14,637
No. Absolutely not.
We were sitting in the cheap seats.

248
00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:18,435
All I knew was she seemed to be
very lonely, had no friends whatsoever.

249
00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:21,233
She and her husband
lived abroad in British Nigeria.

250
00:19:21,360 --> 00:19:25,751
He was in the colonial service.
He died in '45, of a heart attack.

251
00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:29,031
Please, Mayhew, not when I'm smoking.
Go on, young man.

252
00:19:29,160 --> 00:19:32,232
Well, they finally
polished off Jesse James,

253
00:19:32,360 --> 00:19:35,670
and after we left the movie
she invited me to her house for tea.

254
00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:43,228
I think it's the most fascinating thing
I've ever seen. Janet, come and look.

255
00:19:43,360 --> 00:19:45,316
I've seen eggbeaters before, ma'am.

256
00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:48,398
But this beats so quickly
and it separates too!

257
00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:51,432
It must be cen-trifugal
or centrifugal, which is it?

258
00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:54,074
It's specific gravity,
but it whips cream too.

259
00:19:54,200 --> 00:19:57,192
Did you hear that, Janet?
It whips cream too.

260
00:19:57,320 --> 00:19:59,709
We must have one. Is it expensive?

261
00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:03,150
Compliments of the inventor,
manufacturer and sole distributor.

262
00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:07,114
Thank you. We'll use it constantly,
won't we, Janet?

263
00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:11,677
Come, we'd better get out of here.
Janet doesn't like visitors in her kitchen.

264
00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:19,798
Ha!

265
00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:24,837
It's a bit chilly in here, isn't it?
Shall we have a fire?

266
00:20:24,960 --> 00:20:26,916
Why not?

267
00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:29,600
This is a charming room.

268
00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:33,838
Hubert and I collected all these things
when we lived in Africa.

269
00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,110
Hubert was my husband.

270
00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:39,799
Well, now, there's a loveable chap.

271
00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:42,309
That's the mask of the witch doctor.

272
00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:44,829
He wore it when he pulled
our servants' teeth.

273
00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:48,555
So Hubert used to call him a witch dentist.

274
00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:52,677
- Hubert was so witty.
- Yes, I can see that.

275
00:20:52,800 --> 00:20:54,916
Oh, here's tea.

276
00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:01,791
- Let's use our good silver and china.
- Oh, no, don't bother, Mrs French.

277
00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:04,798
- This is perfectly all right.
- Lemon or milk, please?

278
00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:07,275
- I don't really care.
- Would you prefer sherry?

279
00:21:07,400 --> 00:21:09,356
- That'd be fine.
- We've no' got any.

280
00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:13,632
Oh, but we have. There's that bottle,
the one we bought last Christmas.

281
00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:18,550
If you care for an eggnog there's a wasted
egg in the kitchen ready and separated.

282
00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:23,356
Do sit down. Don't mind Janet, Mr Vole.
It's just that she's terribly Scotch.

283
00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:26,870
Oh, is she? I thought
she came with the collection.

284
00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:31,708
You know, maybe
I'll take a glass of sherry myself.

285
00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:34,513
I feel like Christmas, somehow.

286
00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:40,151
After that I saw her once or twice a week.
She always kept a bottle of sherry for me.

287
00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:43,192
We'd talk, play canasta,
listen to gramophone records,

288
00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:45,436
Gilbert and Sullivan mostly.

289
00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:49,712
It's so weird to think of her now,
lying in that living room, murdered.

290
00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:54,197
I assure you she's been moved by now.
To leave her would be unfeeling, unlawful,

291
00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:56,276
and unsanitary.

292
00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:01,354
Tell Sir Wilfrid about
the evening of the murder.

293
00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:04,594
I went around to see her
about eight o'clock.

294
00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:07,553
She fixed a sandwich,
we talked, listened to The Mikado.

295
00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:11,593
I left about nine. I walked home.
I got there about half past.

296
00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:15,679
I can prove that. I can swear to it, in or out
of court, in the witness box, anywhere!

297
00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:18,360
How much money did you get
from Mrs French?

298
00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:20,471
- Nothing.
- The truth. How much?

299
00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:24,195
- Why should she give me any money?
- Because she was in love with you.

300
00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:26,276
That's ridiculous. She liked me.

301
00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:29,312
She pampered me like an aunt.
But that's all, I swear.

302
00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:32,079
- Why didn't you tell her you had a wife?
- I did!

303
00:22:32,200 --> 00:22:35,397
But you never took your wife along
when you went there. Why not?

304
00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,272
- Because...
- Because what?

305
00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:40,836
Because she was under the impression
we didn't get along too well.

306
00:22:40,960 --> 00:22:43,269
- Is that true?
- No! We love each other.

307
00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:47,188
- Then how did she get that impression?
- She just seemed to want to believe it.

308
00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:50,596
- You never corrected her. Why?
- I was afraid she'd lose interest.

309
00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:53,951
Because she was rich,
and you were after her money.

310
00:22:54,080 --> 00:22:56,071
Well, yes, in a way.

311
00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:01,310
I was hoping for a loan for my new
invention. Just a few hundred pounds.

312
00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,591
An honest business proposition, that's all.
Is that so wicked?

313
00:23:04,720 --> 00:23:06,790
You knew it was
the housekeeper's day off?

314
00:23:06,920 --> 00:23:09,514
- Well, yes.
- You went there because she'd be alone?

315
00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:12,074
No, because I thought
she might be lonely.

316
00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:15,829
All right, lonely. You and the rich
lonely widow all alone in that house

317
00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,713
with a gramophone blaring The Mikado.

318
00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:21,400
Perhaps you turned up
the volume to drown her cries.

319
00:23:21,520 --> 00:23:25,957
- When I left her she was alive!
- When Janet came back she was dead.

320
00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:29,868
The house had been ransacked! It said
in the papers. It must've been a burglar.

321
00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:33,197
I didn't do it. No matter
how bad things look, I didn't do it!

322
00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:37,472
You must believe me.
You do believe me, don't you?

323
00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,476
I do now, but I wasn't sure.

324
00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:43,956
That's why I subjected your eyes
and my arteries to that ordeal.

325
00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,275
- I'm sorry.
- That's all right.

326
00:23:46,400 --> 00:23:50,154
As for things looking bad, they
don't look bad, Mr Vole, they look terrible.

327
00:23:50,280 --> 00:23:54,432
- Apparently you've no alibi at all.
- But I have. I left Mrs French's at nine.

328
00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,757
- By bus or underground?
- No, I walked. It was a fine night.

329
00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:00,792
- Did anyone see you?
- Christine saw me when I got home.

330
00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:05,869
It was 9.26. I know because I went right to
work on a clock I've been tinkering with.

331
00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,639
- My wife will tell you.
- Your wife loves you, yes?

332
00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:10,990
Very much.
We're devoted to each other.

333
00:24:11,120 --> 00:24:16,148
You realise, Mr Vole, the testimony of a
devoted wife does not carry much weight.

334
00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:18,919
People might think
Christine would lie on my account?

335
00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:22,828
It has been known, Mr Vole.
Blood is thicker than evidence.

336
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:28,596
- Ah, Brogan-Moore. Come in, come in.
- So good to have you out of hospital.

337
00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:33,396
I didn't get a full pardon, I'm out on
parole. You know Mr Mayhew, I believe.

338
00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,193
- This is his client, Mr Leonard Vole.
- How do you do?

339
00:24:36,320 --> 00:24:38,595
- How do you do?
- The Emily French murder.

340
00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:40,995
- Oh, how do you do?
- Badly, thank you.

341
00:24:41,120 --> 00:24:44,999
A mass of circumstantial evidence.
No alibi whatsoever. It's a hot potato.

342
00:24:45,120 --> 00:24:47,350
- Tossing it into your lap.
- Much obliged.

343
00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,472
Your line of defence,
however, will be lack of motive.

344
00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,592
You will agree that we can rule out
a crime of passion, hm?

345
00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,393
That leaves us with a murder for profit.

346
00:24:56,520 --> 00:25:00,479
If Mr Vole had been sponging off Mrs
French, why cut off the source of supply?

347
00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:05,037
Or, if he'd been hoping for a golden egg,
why kill the goose before it was laid?

348
00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:08,072
No motive. No motive whatsoever.

349
00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:14,350
- You find some flaw in this reasoning?
- No, no, it's very sound as far as it goes.

350
00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:18,678
Well, it's all yours. You'll find Mr Vole
very responsive and quite candid.

351
00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:22,031
So candid, he's already told me
we'll have to sue him for our fees.

352
00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,835
Oh, we'll simply put a lean
on Mr Vole's $80,000.

353
00:25:25,960 --> 00:25:30,192
- What $80,000?
- The $80,000 Mrs French left you.

354
00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:31,435
Left me?

355
00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:36,509
They opened Mrs French's
bank vault today and found her will.

356
00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:41,472
- Congratulations.
- $80,000!

357
00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:45,036
And I was worried about a couple
of hundred for that silly eggbeater.

358
00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:47,116
I must call Christine.

359
00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:52,473
Oh.

360
00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:55,478
This doesn't make things
look any better for me, does it?

361
00:25:55,600 --> 00:25:58,910
- No. I wouldn't think so.
- So now they'll say I did have a motive.

362
00:25:59,040 --> 00:26:04,353
They will indeed. $80,000 makes for
a very handsome motive.

363
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,040
I thought you were crazy
but now they will arrest me!

364
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,116
It's not unlikely.

365
00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:19,436
As a matter of fact, it's quite likely.
They're on their way up now.

366
00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:23,917
I knew nothing about that will. I'd no idea
she'd any intention of leaving me money.

367
00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:28,272
- If I didn't know, how can it be a motive?
- We'll certainly bring that out in court.

368
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:32,757
- It's our old friend Inspector Hearne.
- Chief Inspector as of last month.

369
00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:36,395
Chief Inspector? They must think
a lot of you at Scotland Yard.

370
00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:39,080
You're getting the de luxe treatment.

371
00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:44,354
- Oh, in here, Chief Inspector.
- Sorry to disturb you in your chambers.

372
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:48,075
That's perfectly all right.
I never object to the actions of the police

373
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:51,875
- except once in a great while in court.
- Yes, sir, I still have the scars.

374
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,355
You know Mr Mayhew, Mr Brogan-Moore.

375
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:58,871
This is Leonard Vole. You'd better search
him, he may be armed with an eggbeater.

376
00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,560
- Is your name Leonard Vole?
- Yes, it is.

377
00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:07,152
I have a warrant for your arrest
on the charge of murdering Emily French.

378
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:12,070
I must warn you that anything you say
may be taken down and used in evidence.

379
00:27:12,200 --> 00:27:15,033
Well, I'm ready. Must I be handcuffed?

380
00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:17,549
That won't be necessary, sir.

381
00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:21,070
I've never been arrested before,
not even for walking a dog off a lead

382
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:24,875
- or having a beer after hours.
- There's no disgrace in being arrested.

383
00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:30,154
Kings, prime ministers, archbishops,
even barristers have stood in the dock.

384
00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:38,274
- Somebody better call my wife.
- I will, don't worry.

385
00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,516
I'll go too, see you're properly charged.

386
00:27:40,640 --> 00:27:43,438
- You will see to it that he is well-treated?
- We will.

387
00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:47,189
Would you like a cigar? Pardon me.

388
00:27:48,240 --> 00:27:52,995
- That's very kind of you, Sir Wilfrid.
- I'd better not. It would constitute a bribe.

389
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:56,516
We ought to be going, Mr Vole.

390
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:04,474
One thing I've learned for sure, never
look in a window with women's hats.

391
00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:06,556
Good day, sir.

392
00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:10,635
Makes a very nice impression,
doesn't he?

393
00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:14,878
- Yes, rather. Give him the monocle test?
- Passed with flying colours.

394
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:18,390
I hope he does as well in the dock.
This is sticky, you know.

395
00:28:18,520 --> 00:28:22,195
Of course. The prosecution will
blast in with their heaviest artillery.

396
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:26,677
All you'll have is one little popgun,
an alibi furnished by his wife.

397
00:28:26,800 --> 00:28:28,791
Isn't that an intriguing challenge?

398
00:28:28,920 --> 00:28:32,754
I think I'd like it more if it was less
of a challenge and less intriguing.

399
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:38,549
Miss Plimsoll has issued an ultimatum.
In bed in one minute or she'll resign.

400
00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:41,911
Splendid. Give her a month's pay
and kick her down the stairs.

401
00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:45,032
Either you take care of yourself
or I, too, shall resign.

402
00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:47,628
This is blackmail.
But you're quite right.

403
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:51,719
For my first day this has already
been rather hectic. I should be in bed.

404
00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:59,354
I'd better get in touch with Mrs Vole
and have her come over. Will you sit in?

405
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:05,430
Thank you, no. I'm in no condition to cope
with emotional wives drenched in tears.

406
00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:11,428
Miss Plimsoll, how alluring you look,
waiting like a hangman on the scaffold.

407
00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:13,710
Take me, I'm yours.

408
00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:16,357
Oh!

409
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:20,871
About Mrs Vole. Handle her gently,
especially when you tell her of the arrest.

410
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:25,551
Bear in mind she's a foreigner, so prepare
for hysterics, even a fainting spell.

411
00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:29,673
Better have smelling salts ready,
box of tissues and a nip of brandy.

412
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:33,190
I do not think
that will be necessary.

413
00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:38,588
I never faint in case I don't fall gracefully,

414
00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:42,395
and I never use smelling salts
because they puff up the eyes.

415
00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:44,909
I'm Christine Vole.

416
00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:47,554
How do you do?
This is Mr Brogan-Moore.

417
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:49,636
How do you do?

418
00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:52,672
- I am Wilfrid Robarts.
- How do you do?

419
00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:55,598
My dear Mrs Vole, I'm afraid
we have bad news for you.

420
00:29:55,720 --> 00:30:00,510
- Don't be afraid, I'm quite disciplined.
- There's nothing to be alarmed about yet.

421
00:30:00,640 --> 00:30:04,076
Leonard has been arrested
and charged with murder. Is that it?

422
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:07,510
- Yes.
- I knew he would be, I told him so.

423
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:10,154
I'm glad you're showing such fortitude.

424
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:13,238
Call it what you like.
What is the next step?

425
00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:16,314
Your husband will have
to stand trial, I'm afraid.

426
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:21,434
Will you explain the procedure?
Mr Brogan-Moore will lead the defence.

427
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:22,879
Oh?

428
00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,719
- You will not defend Leonard?
- Regrettably not.

429
00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:28,308
My health, or, rather,
the lack of it, forbids me.

430
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:33,673
It is regrettable. Mr Mayhew described
you as champion of the hopeless cause.

431
00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:40,508
Is it, perhaps,
that this cause is too hopeless?

432
00:30:47,280 --> 00:30:52,070
I'll have a serious talk with Dr Harrison. It
was a mistake to let you come back here.

433
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:54,714
I should have taken you
to a rest-home or a resort.

434
00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:57,195
Some place quiet, far off, like Bermuda.

435
00:30:57,320 --> 00:31:00,153
Shut up. You just want
to see me in those nasty shorts.

436
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:03,431
Come now, Sir Wilfrid,
you must not think of it.

437
00:31:03,560 --> 00:31:07,394
You must get ready for sleep,
think beautiful thoughts.

438
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:13,473
Now, let's get undressed. Put these on,
tops and bottoms, while I make your bed.

439
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,512
After your rest
we'll have a nice cup of cocoa.

440
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,598
Then perhaps
we'll have a walk around the square.

441
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:22,280
You know, I feel sorry
for that nice Mr Vole.

442
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:26,757
And not just because he was arrested,
but that wife of his. She must be German.

443
00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:31,351
That's what happens when we let our
boys cross the Channel. They go crazy.

444
00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:35,871
The government should do something
about foreign wives. Like an embargo.

445
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,754
How else can we take care of our own
surplus. Don't you agree, Sir Wilfrid?

446
00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:42,189
All right. Hop in!

447
00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:45,549
Sir Wilfrid?

448
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:49,912
Sir Wilfrid!

449
00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:51,758
Come back!

450
00:31:52,120 --> 00:31:56,671
Yes, of course I knew that Leonard had
been seeing Mrs French quite frequently.

451
00:31:56,800 --> 00:31:57,915
Go on.

452
00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:01,635
I knew when he came home with a pair
of green socks she'd knitted for him.

453
00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:04,832
That's quite natural.
I'm sure a jury will find it endearing.

454
00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:08,794
Leonard can be very endearing.
He hates that particular shade of green

455
00:32:08,920 --> 00:32:10,990
and the socks were two sizes too large,

456
00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:13,714
but he wore them just the same
to give her pleasure.

457
00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:15,796
Leonard has a way with women.

458
00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:21,472
I only hope he has an all-woman jury.
They will carry him from court in triumph.

459
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:26,435
A simple acquittal will do. Now, you know
Mrs French left your husband money?

460
00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:28,551
Yes. A lot of money.

461
00:32:28,680 --> 00:32:33,356
Of course, your husband had
no previous knowledge of this bequest?

462
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:35,630
Is that what he told you?

463
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:38,149
Surely you're not suggesting different?

464
00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:42,159
Oh, no, no. I do not suggest anything.

465
00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:47,912
Clearly, she had come to look upon your
husband as a son or favourite nephew.

466
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:52,195
You think Mrs French looked
upon Leonard as a son? Or a nephew?

467
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:55,835
I do. An entirely natural
and understandable relationship.

468
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:59,191
What hypocrites you are in this country.

469
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:03,195
Pardon me, Brogan-Moore.

470
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:07,757
- Do you mind if I ask you a question?
- Go right ahead, Sir Wilfrid.

471
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:11,759
You realise your husband's entire
defence rests on his word and yours?

472
00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:15,156
- I realise that.
- And that the jury will be quite sceptical

473
00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:19,239
of the word of a man accused of murder
when supported only by that of his wife?

474
00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:22,079
- I realise that too.
- Let us, then, at least make sure

475
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:25,875
- the two are not in conflict.
- By all means, let's.

476
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:28,560
I assume you want to help your husband?

477
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:34,118
Of course I want to help Leonard. I want
to help Mr Brogan-Moore and to help you.

478
00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:38,199
There. Isn't that
more comfortable for you?

479
00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:41,951
Now, Mrs Vole. This is very important.

480
00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:45,834
On the night of the murder your husband
came home before 9.30. Correct?

481
00:33:45,960 --> 00:33:49,236
Precisely. Isn't that
what he wants me to say?

482
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,237
Isn't it the truth?

483
00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:53,157
Of course.

484
00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:56,078
But when I told the police,
I do not think they believed me.

485
00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:59,272
Maybe I didn't say it well.
Maybe because of my accent.

486
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:01,595
My dear Mrs Vole, in our courts

487
00:34:01,720 --> 00:34:04,871
we accept the evidence
of witnesses who speak only Bulgarian

488
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,514
and who must have an interpreter.

489
00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:10,791
We accept the evidence
of deaf-mutes who cannot speak at all,

490
00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,195
as long as they tell the truth.

491
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,551
You're aware that when you're
in the witness box you will be sworn

492
00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:19,638
- and you will testify under oath?
- Yes.

493
00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:23,469
Leonard came home at 9.26 precisely
and did not go out again.

494
00:34:23,600 --> 00:34:28,549
The truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth. Is that better?

495
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:34,949
- Mrs Vole, do you love your husband?
- Leonard thinks I do.

496
00:34:35,080 --> 00:34:38,675
- Well, do you?
- Am I already under oath?

497
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,997
Whatever your gambit may be,
do you know that, under British law,

498
00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:45,999
you cannot be called to give testimony
damaging to your husband?

499
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:48,236
How very convenient.

500
00:34:48,360 --> 00:34:50,430
We are dealing with a capital crime.

501
00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:54,189
The prosecution
will try to hang your husband.

502
00:34:55,240 --> 00:34:57,800
He is not my husband.

503
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:06,269
Leonard and I went through
a form of marriage,

504
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:10,154
but I had a husband living somewhere
in East Germany, in the Russian zone.

505
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:14,068
- Did you tell Leonard?
- I did not. It would have been stupid.

506
00:35:14,200 --> 00:35:18,159
He would not have married me and
I'd have been left to starve in the rubble.

507
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,794
But he did marry you
and brought you safely here.

508
00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:23,115
Don't you think you should be grateful?

509
00:35:23,240 --> 00:35:25,276
One can get very tired of gratitude.

510
00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:27,994
Your husband loves you
very much, does he not?

511
00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:31,271
Leonard?
He worships the ground I walk on.

512
00:35:31,400 --> 00:35:33,516
And you?

513
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:35,915
You want to know too much.

514
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:38,395
Auf Wiedersehen, gentlemen.

515
00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:44,639
Thank you for coming in, Mrs Vole.
Your visit has been most reassuring.

516
00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:49,276
Do not worry, Sir Wilfrid. I will give him
an alibi and I shall be very convincing.

517
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:54,190
There will be tears in my eyes when I say
"Leonard came home at 9.26 precisely. "

518
00:35:54,320 --> 00:35:58,029
You're a very remarkable woman,
Mrs Vole.

519
00:35:59,080 --> 00:36:01,435
And you're satisfied, I hope?

520
00:36:02,720 --> 00:36:08,113
- I'm damned if I'm satisfied!
- Care for a whiff of those smelling salts?

521
00:36:08,240 --> 00:36:10,674
That woman's up to something. But what?

522
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:14,679
The prosecution will break her down
in no time when she's in the witness box.

523
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:18,156
This case is going to be rather
like the charge of the Light Brigade

524
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:21,909
or one of those Japanese suicide pilots.
Quite one-sided.

525
00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:24,349
With the odds all on the other side.

526
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:26,914
I haven't got much to go on, have I?

527
00:36:27,040 --> 00:36:29,508
The fact is, I've got nothing.

528
00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:32,676
Let me ask you something.

529
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:36,156
Do you believe Leonard Vole is innocent?

530
00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:40,956
Do you?

531
00:36:42,280 --> 00:36:44,589
Do you?

532
00:36:44,720 --> 00:36:46,676
I'm not sure.

533
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:50,236
Oh, I'm sorry, Wilfrid.
Of course, I'll do my best.

534
00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:53,033
It's all right, Brogan-Moore.

535
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:55,720
I'll take it from here.

536
00:36:56,960 --> 00:37:01,795
I have called Dr Harrison and given him
a report on your shocking behaviour.

537
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:04,275
- Give me a match, Miss Plimsoll.
- Sir Wilfrid!

538
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:07,312
Did you hear me? A match!

539
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:43,557
Mr Mayhew. Sir Wilfrid. I'm told you are
going to represent me. I'm very grateful.

540
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:48,834
I struck a bargain with my doctors. They
exile me to Bermuda as soon as we finish.

541
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:51,474
- Thank you.
- There's hope that we'll both survive.

542
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:53,750
- Get into these. We need a photograph.
- Why?

543
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:55,836
This is what you were wearing that night.

544
00:37:55,960 --> 00:37:59,714
We'll circulate a photo on the chance
that someone saw you on your way home.

545
00:37:59,840 --> 00:38:02,195
Over here against the wall, please.

546
00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:07,353
Hold it.
One more in profile, please.

547
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:10,870
Do we really need this? My wife knows
what time I came home that night.

548
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:13,594
A disinterested witness
may be of more value.

549
00:38:13,720 --> 00:38:16,473
Yes, of course,
Christine is an interested witness.

550
00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:18,795
I'll pick up the negatives later. Thank you.

551
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:22,879
I don't understand it.
Why hasn't she come to see me?

552
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:27,390
Won't they let her see me?
I mean, it's been two weeks now.

553
00:38:27,520 --> 00:38:30,034
Mayhew, give me the reports.

554
00:38:30,160 --> 00:38:33,197
Have you been talking to her?
Is there something the matter?

555
00:38:33,320 --> 00:38:38,235
I want to read a portion of the evidence
of Janet McKenzie, the housekeeper.

556
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:45,556
"Mr Vole helped Mrs French
with her business affairs,

557
00:38:45,680 --> 00:38:47,716
particularly her income tax returns. "

558
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:50,638
Oh, yes, I did. Some of those forms
are very complicated.

559
00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:53,911
There's also a hint you may
have helped her draft her new will.

560
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:56,918
Well, that's not true!
If Janet said that she's lying.

561
00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:59,634
She was always against me,
I don't know why!

562
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:05,710
It's obvious. You threw an eggbeater into
the wheels of her Victorian household.

563
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:09,435
Now, this cut in your wrist.
You say you cut yourself with a knife?

564
00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:13,109
Well, that's true, I did.
I was cutting bread and the knife slipped.

565
00:39:13,240 --> 00:39:19,679
But that was two days after. Christine
was there. She'll tell them in her evidence.

566
00:39:20,880 --> 00:39:24,873
Are you keeping something from me?
Is she ill? Was she shocked?

567
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:28,879
All things considered, she took it well.
Though that may be only on the surface.

568
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:32,356
Wives are often profoundly
disturbed at such a time.

569
00:39:32,480 --> 00:39:35,358
Yes, it must be hard.
We've never been separated before.

570
00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:39,632
- Not since our first meeting.
- How did you meet your wife, Mr Vole?

571
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:41,716
In Germany in 1945.

572
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:48,238
It's rather funny. The very first time
I saw her, the ceiling fell right in on me.

573
00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:51,955
I Was stationed outside Hamburg,
With an RAF maintenance unit.

574
00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:57,393
I'd just installed a shoWer in the officers'
billet, so they gave me a Weekend pass.

575
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:01,635
Come on!

576
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:03,239
Join the party

577
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:06,318
Have a hearty glass of rum

578
00:40:06,440 --> 00:40:09,910
Don't ever think about tomorrow

579
00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:12,998
For tomorrow may never come

580
00:40:14,120 --> 00:40:17,271
When I find me a happy place

581
00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:20,312
That's where I wanna stay

582
00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:27,039
Time is nothing
as long as I'm living it up this way

583
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:31,790
I may never go home any more

584
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:35,196
Dim the lights
and start locking the door

585
00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:38,471
Give your arms to me
Give your charms to me

586
00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:42,036
After all that's what sailors are for

587
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:46,950
I've got kisses and kisses galore

588
00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:50,231
That have never been tasted before

589
00:40:50,360 --> 00:40:53,477
If you treat me right
This could be the night

590
00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:55,079
I may never go home

591
00:40:55,320 --> 00:40:56,753
I may never go home

592
00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:58,592
I may never go home

593
00:40:58,840 --> 00:41:00,273
I may never go home

594
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:03,756
I may never go home any more

595
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:12,036
I may never go home any more

596
00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:15,197
Hey, Fr�ulein, show us some legs.

597
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:19,279
They rob you blind
and then throw you a ruddy sailor!

598
00:41:19,400 --> 00:41:22,790
- Come on, let's see 'em.
- We want legs!

599
00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:26,592
Come help the cabaret out of her trousers!

600
00:41:26,720 --> 00:41:29,917
All right, Fr�ulein,
if you won't show 'em, I will.

601
00:41:55,680 --> 00:41:59,832
All right, outside, everybody.
Come on, let's go.

602
00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:14,075
Come on.

603
00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:18,633
Bring him round to the other truck.

604
00:42:22,560 --> 00:42:25,472
We'll be back, baby! We'll be back!

605
00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:03,316
Gesundheit.

606
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:12,519
- What are you looking for?
- My accordion.

607
00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:14,631
Oh, let me help you.

608
00:43:17,760 --> 00:43:21,594
- I think I found it.
- Step on it again, it's still breathing.

609
00:43:23,240 --> 00:43:25,549
I'm terribly sorry.

610
00:43:25,680 --> 00:43:27,875
You better go. We've had trouble enough.

611
00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:31,879
Well, it's your own fault. That costume
in the picture gave the boys ideas

612
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:36,198
- then those trousers let them down hard.
- That costume went in the first raid.

613
00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:39,710
Then raid by raid, my other dresses,
and now you've bombed my trousers.

614
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:41,796
Cigarette? Gum?

615
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:52,595
You're burning my nose.

616
00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:55,109
- Oh, I'm sorry.
- That's all right.

617
00:43:55,240 --> 00:43:57,674
How about a cup of coffee?
I've got a tin of coffee.

618
00:43:57,800 --> 00:43:59,279
How much?

619
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:01,470
I don't know.
What's the rate of exchange?

620
00:44:01,600 --> 00:44:05,388
- Depends whether it's fresh or powdered.
- It's instant coffee.

621
00:44:05,520 --> 00:44:07,476
Got any hot water at your place?

622
00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:10,876
- Sometimes.
- Let's take a chance. Where do you live?

623
00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:12,558
Nearby.

624
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:15,152
Come.

625
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:23,316
Sorry, it's the maid's night off.

626
00:44:23,440 --> 00:44:26,910
This is pretty horrible.
In a gem�tlich sort of way.

627
00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:30,476
Oh, it's fine now.
I used to have a roommate. A dancer.

628
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:33,831
She had luck, she married a Canadian.
She now lives in Toronto.

629
00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:36,599
She has a Ford automobile.

630
00:44:36,720 --> 00:44:39,678
Make yourself comfortable,
the stove is slow these days.

631
00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:42,917
That's all right, I've got a weekend pass.

632
00:44:43,040 --> 00:44:46,510
No, not that chair. It holds up the
beam and that holds up the ceiling.

633
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:48,915
You'd better sit down on the cot.

634
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:50,678
The cot?

635
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:54,190
Getting more gem�tlich all the time.
Are you married?

636
00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:56,151
- Why?
- Well, the, um...

637
00:44:56,280 --> 00:44:58,794
Oh, that. No, no, I'm not married.

638
00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:02,674
I just wear it when I'm working.
Gives a little protection with all the men.

639
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:07,351
- Didn't work too well tonight, did it?
- No, tonight was bad.

640
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:09,630
But it's getting better.

641
00:45:13,200 --> 00:45:16,237
- Where's the coffee?
- Ah, coffee, ja voll.

642
00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:22,310
Finest Brazilian blend. The same brand
that Field Marshal Montgomery drinks.

643
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:40,749
Is that a fair rate of exchange?

644
00:45:40,880 --> 00:45:42,836
Very fair.

645
00:45:43,720 --> 00:45:47,838
Would you be interested
in having the whole tin?

646
00:45:47,960 --> 00:45:49,916
I would.

647
00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:02,348
- How are you fixed for sugar?
- I could use some.

648
00:46:02,480 --> 00:46:04,152
Milk?

649
00:46:04,280 --> 00:46:06,032
Sure.

650
00:46:07,720 --> 00:46:09,870
Milk. Sugar.

651
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:13,309
It's a pleasure to do business with you.

652
00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:15,192
Yeah.

653
00:46:20,080 --> 00:46:23,914
I also carry biscuits, powdered eggs,

654
00:46:24,040 --> 00:46:28,397
- bacon, marmalade.
- I don't know if I can afford it.

655
00:46:28,520 --> 00:46:32,479
Don't worry, we'll work out something,
like an instalment plan.

656
00:46:32,600 --> 00:46:35,956
I may never go home any more

657
00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:44,718
I'm terribly sorry.
Now you have no ceiling.

658
00:46:44,840 --> 00:46:48,594
- Maybe I can fix it, I'm good at it.
- Why fix it? It's not raining.

659
00:46:48,720 --> 00:46:49,994
Ooh.

660
00:46:50,120 --> 00:46:53,078
- Are you all right?
- I think so. My head aches a little.

661
00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:55,395
Maybe I can fix it.

662
00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:57,476
I'm good at it.

663
00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:06,158
I had a weekend pass,
a month's pay in my pocket.

664
00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:09,955
- And she already had a wedding ring.
- Yes, that's right.

665
00:47:10,080 --> 00:47:13,231
We got married. When I got out
of the service I brought her here.

666
00:47:13,360 --> 00:47:17,069
It was wonderful.
I rented a little flat, Edgware Road.

667
00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:20,556
First time she saw it, she was so happy
she broke down and cried.

668
00:47:20,680 --> 00:47:25,196
Naturally. She had a solid roof
over her head and a British passport.

669
00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:30,678
You don't know her, how she feels about
me. You will when she gives evidence.

670
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:35,510
Mr Vole, I must tell you
I am not putting her in the witness box.

671
00:47:36,440 --> 00:47:38,351
You're not? Why not?

672
00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:42,075
She's a foreigner, unfamiliar
with the subtleties of our language.

673
00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:44,509
The prosecution could easily trip her up.

674
00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:47,632
I hear it may be Mr Myers for the crown.
We can't take chances.

675
00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:51,799
Quite. We'd better be going. Miss Plimsoll
is waiting in the car with her pills

676
00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:55,276
- and a Thermos of lukewarm cocoa.
- Officer.

677
00:47:55,400 --> 00:47:59,871
- But Christine must give evidence.
- Mr Vole, you must learn to trust me.

678
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:04,630
For no other reason than I'm a mean,
ill-tempered old man who hates to lose.

679
00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:07,320
Let us wish each other luck.

680
00:48:12,440 --> 00:48:17,992
Look, I can't face this without Christine.
I tell you, I need her. Without her I'm sunk.

681
00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:22,636
Touching, isn't it?
The way he counts on his wife.

682
00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:27,515
Yes. Like a drowning man
clutching at a razor blade.

683
00:48:42,240 --> 00:48:47,394
Leonard Stephen Vole, you are
charged on indictment for that you,

684
00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:51,479
on the 14th day of October,
in the county of London,

685
00:48:51,600 --> 00:48:54,398
murdered Emily Jane French.

686
00:48:54,520 --> 00:48:57,114
How say you, Leonard Stephen Vole?

687
00:48:57,240 --> 00:49:00,198
Are you guilty or not guilty?

688
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:03,679
Not guilty.

689
00:49:05,560 --> 00:49:07,596
Members of the jury,

690
00:49:07,720 --> 00:49:12,316
the prisoner stands indicted for that he,
on the 14th day of October,

691
00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:15,193
murdered Emily Jane French.

692
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:18,915
To this indictment
he has pleaded not guilty.

693
00:49:19,040 --> 00:49:22,669
And it is your charge to say,
having heard the evidence,

694
00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:25,678
whether he be guilty or not.

695
00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:32,991
Members of the jury,
by the oath which you have just taken,

696
00:49:33,120 --> 00:49:36,510
you have sworn
to try this case on the evidence.

697
00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:39,154
You must shut out
from your minds everything

698
00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:42,716
except what will take place in this court.

699
00:49:42,840 --> 00:49:46,230
You may proceed
for the prosecution, Mr Myers.

700
00:49:46,360 --> 00:49:49,750
May it please you, my lord.
Members of the jury,

701
00:49:49,880 --> 00:49:54,431
I appear in this case with my learned
friend, Mr Barton, for the prosecution.

702
00:49:54,560 --> 00:49:58,314
And my learned friends
Sir Wilfrid Robarts and Mr Brogan-Moore

703
00:49:58,440 --> 00:50:00,396
appear for the defence.

704
00:50:04,240 --> 00:50:06,470
I trust we are not to be deprived

705
00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:09,398
of the learned and stimulating
presence of Sir Wilfrid?

706
00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:13,672
My lord, may I assure my learned friend
that Sir Wilfrid is in the Old Bailey.

707
00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:16,872
He's slightly incapacitated,
but will be in his seat presently.

708
00:50:17,000 --> 00:50:21,949
My lord, may I express my regret that
Sir Wilfrid is even slightly incapacitated.

709
00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:27,279
You may, Mr Myers. You may also
proceed with the case for the prosecution.

710
00:50:27,400 --> 00:50:29,550
Thank you, my lord.

711
00:50:29,680 --> 00:50:33,468
The facts in this case are simple
and, to a point, not in dispute.

712
00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:37,559
You will hear how the prisoner made
the acquaintance of Mrs Emily French,

713
00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:39,193
a woman of 56.

714
00:50:39,320 --> 00:50:43,552
How he was treated by her
with kindness and even affection.

715
00:50:43,680 --> 00:50:46,148
On the night of October 14 last,

716
00:50:46,280 --> 00:50:50,114
between 9.30 and 10,
Mrs French was murdered.

717
00:50:51,160 --> 00:50:53,594
Medical testimony
will be introduced to prove

718
00:50:53,720 --> 00:50:56,917
that death was caused by a blow
from a blunt and heavy instrument,

719
00:50:57,040 --> 00:50:59,554
and it is the case for the prosecution

720
00:50:59,680 --> 00:51:02,752
that the blow was dealt
by the prisoner, Leonard Vole.

721
00:51:02,880 --> 00:51:04,836
That's not true! I didn't do it!

722
00:51:07,400 --> 00:51:10,039
Among the witnesses,
you will hear police evidence,

723
00:51:10,160 --> 00:51:13,835
also the evidence of Mrs French's
housekeeper, Janet McKenzie,

724
00:51:13,960 --> 00:51:16,633
and from the medical
and laboratory experts,

725
00:51:16,760 --> 00:51:22,198
and the evidence of the murdered
woman's solicitor, who drew her final will.

726
00:51:22,320 --> 00:51:25,949
I now call Chief Inspector Hearne,
Criminal Investigation Department,

727
00:51:26,080 --> 00:51:28,799
- New Scotland Yard.
- Chief Inspector Hearne.

728
00:51:28,920 --> 00:51:31,878
- Chief Inspector Hearne.
- Chief Inspector Hearne.

729
00:51:49,080 --> 00:51:53,551
This is ridiculous. Just nervous heartburn.
I always get it the first day of a trial.

730
00:51:53,680 --> 00:51:56,240
240 above 130.
You shouldn't be here at all.

731
00:51:56,360 --> 00:51:59,352
- I should be in court, the trial's begun.
- Syringe, please.

732
00:51:59,480 --> 00:52:01,789
Be a good, brave boy, Sir Wilfrid.

733
00:52:01,920 --> 00:52:05,595
It may interest you to know
that I am descended from a warrior family

734
00:52:05,720 --> 00:52:10,874
which traces its brave past
back to Richard the Lion-Hearted.

735
00:52:13,160 --> 00:52:15,276
You're to have a calcium injection daily,

736
00:52:15,400 --> 00:52:19,109
- tranquillising pill every hour.
- I'll set my wristwatch alarm.

737
00:52:19,240 --> 00:52:23,074
Any pain or shortness of breath,
pop one of these nitroglycerin tablets

738
00:52:23,200 --> 00:52:25,839
under your tongue.
Oh, and I'll leave you some...

739
00:52:25,960 --> 00:52:30,033
That's enough, Doctor.
The judge will be asking for a saliva test.

740
00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:34,551
Carter, I'd better take
that Thermos of cocoa with me.

741
00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:37,399
- Helps me wash down the pills.
- Let me see it, please.

742
00:52:37,520 --> 00:52:42,674
My learned patient is not above
substituting brandy for cocoa.

743
00:52:42,800 --> 00:52:45,234
It is cocoa. So sorry.

744
00:52:45,360 --> 00:52:48,272
If you were a woman, Miss Plimsoll,
I would strike you.

745
00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:50,960
Take care of this, Carter.

746
00:52:52,560 --> 00:52:56,075
Now, Sir Wilfrid, in the courtroom,
you must avoid overexcitement.

747
00:52:56,200 --> 00:52:57,553
Yes, Doctor, yes, yes.

748
00:52:57,680 --> 00:53:00,274
Watch your temper.
Keep your blood pressure down.

749
00:53:00,400 --> 00:53:04,757
Thank you, Doctor, I shall be quite safe,
what with the pills and the cocoa.

750
00:53:04,880 --> 00:53:06,836
Come along, Carter.

751
00:53:07,960 --> 00:53:10,838
From the body temperature
and other factors,

752
00:53:10,960 --> 00:53:14,555
we placed the time of death
at between 9.30 and 10pm,

753
00:53:14,680 --> 00:53:19,959
approximately 30 minutes before Janet
McKenzie returned home and called us.

754
00:53:20,560 --> 00:53:25,953
Death was instantaneous, caused by one
blow from a heavy and blunt instrument.

755
00:53:26,080 --> 00:53:28,150
Were there any signs of a struggle?

756
00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:30,510
None. Just the one blow.

757
00:53:30,640 --> 00:53:34,428
Would that indicate that the murderer
had taken Mrs French by surprise?

758
00:53:34,560 --> 00:53:37,711
My lord, I must object.

759
00:53:38,520 --> 00:53:42,035
My learned friend refers
to the assailant as "the murderer".

760
00:53:42,160 --> 00:53:45,596
We have not yet determined whether
the assailant was a man or a woman.

761
00:53:45,720 --> 00:53:48,553
It could quite conceivably
have been "the murderess".

762
00:53:48,680 --> 00:53:54,391
Mr Myers, Sir Wilfrid has joined us just in
time to catch you on a point of grammar.

763
00:53:54,520 --> 00:53:56,590
Please rephrase your question.

764
00:53:56,720 --> 00:54:02,511
Yes, my lord. Inspector,
is it your opinion that the assailant,

765
00:54:02,640 --> 00:54:06,633
whether he, she or it,
had taken Mrs French by surprise?

766
00:54:06,760 --> 00:54:08,876
My lord, I am taken by surprise

767
00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:13,676
that my learned friend should try to solicit
from the witness an opinion, not a fact.

768
00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:16,598
Quite so. You'll have
to do better than that, Mr Myers.

769
00:54:16,720 --> 00:54:18,950
My lord, I withdraw the question entirely.

770
00:54:19,080 --> 00:54:21,640
- Is that better?
- That's much better.

771
00:54:27,240 --> 00:54:29,037
Silence! Silence!

772
00:54:32,200 --> 00:54:34,998
Very well, Inspector,
let us proceed with the facts.

773
00:54:35,120 --> 00:54:39,352
After establishing the cause and the time
of death, what did you then do?

774
00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:43,155
A search was made, photographs were
taken and the premises fingerprinted.

775
00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:47,273
- What fingerprints did you discover?
- I found the fingerprints of Mrs French,

776
00:54:47,400 --> 00:54:51,678
those of Janet McKenzie, and some which
later proved to be those of Leonard Vole.

777
00:54:51,800 --> 00:54:53,916
- No others?
- No others.

778
00:54:54,040 --> 00:54:58,636
Did you say the room had the appearance
that a robbery had been committed?

779
00:54:58,760 --> 00:55:03,914
Yes. Things were strewn about and the
window had been broken near the catch.

780
00:55:04,040 --> 00:55:07,874
There was glass on the floor,
and fragments were found outside.

781
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:13,233
The glass outside was not consistent with
the window being forced from the outside.

782
00:55:13,360 --> 00:55:19,799
You're saying that someone made it look
as if it had been forced from the outside?

783
00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:24,118
My lord, I must object. My learned friend
is putting words in the witness' mouth.

784
00:55:24,240 --> 00:55:27,038
After all, if he insists
on answering his own questions,

785
00:55:27,160 --> 00:55:30,436
the presence of the witness
would seem superfluous.

786
00:55:30,560 --> 00:55:32,915
Quite. Don't you think so, Mr Myers?

787
00:55:33,040 --> 00:55:34,996
Yes, my lord.

788
00:55:36,080 --> 00:55:37,433
Inspector,

789
00:55:37,560 --> 00:55:41,030
did you ascertain if any of the murdered
woman's property was missing?

790
00:55:41,160 --> 00:55:44,118
According to the housekeeper,
nothing was missing.

791
00:55:44,240 --> 00:55:49,633
In your experience, Inspector,
when burglars or burglaresses

792
00:55:49,760 --> 00:55:53,514
break into a house,
do they leave without taking anything?

793
00:55:53,640 --> 00:55:54,709
No, sir.

794
00:55:54,840 --> 00:55:57,638
- Do you produce a jacket, Inspector?
- Yes, sir.

795
00:55:57,760 --> 00:55:59,910
Is that the jacket?

796
00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:06,675
- Yes, sir.
- That is exhibit P1, my lord.

797
00:56:06,800 --> 00:56:08,756
Where did you find this, Inspector?

798
00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:11,348
That is the jacket
found in the prisoner's flat,

799
00:56:11,480 --> 00:56:13,869
which I handed to our lab
to test for bloodstains.

800
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:16,355
- And did you find any bloodstains?
- Yes.

801
00:56:16,480 --> 00:56:18,948
Though an attempt
had been made to wash them out.

802
00:56:19,080 --> 00:56:20,877
What tests were made?

803
00:56:21,000 --> 00:56:25,039
First to determine
if the stains were human blood,

804
00:56:25,160 --> 00:56:27,469
then to classify it by group or type.

805
00:56:27,600 --> 00:56:30,160
And was the blood
of a particular group or type?

806
00:56:30,280 --> 00:56:33,078
Yes, sir. It is type O.

807
00:56:33,200 --> 00:56:36,351
And did you subsequently
test the blood of the dead woman?

808
00:56:36,480 --> 00:56:38,710
- Yes, sir.
- What type was that?

809
00:56:40,080 --> 00:56:42,389
The same. Type O.

810
00:56:42,520 --> 00:56:46,149
Thank you, Inspector.
No further questions.

811
00:56:46,280 --> 00:56:51,115
Inspector, you say the only fingerprints
you found were those of Mrs French,

812
00:56:51,240 --> 00:56:53,549
Janet McKenzie and Leonard Vole.

813
00:56:53,680 --> 00:56:58,435
In your experience, when a burglar breaks
in, does he usually leave fingerprints

814
00:56:58,560 --> 00:57:00,835
- or does he wear gloves?
- He wears gloves.

815
00:57:00,960 --> 00:57:03,190
So the absence
of fingerprints in a robbery

816
00:57:03,320 --> 00:57:05,436
- would hardly surprise you?
- No, sir.

817
00:57:05,560 --> 00:57:09,394
Can't we surmise the burglar might have
entered a presumably empty house,

818
00:57:09,520 --> 00:57:12,114
suddenly encountered
Mrs French and struck her,

819
00:57:12,240 --> 00:57:15,437
then, realising she was dead,
fled without taking anything?

820
00:57:15,560 --> 00:57:18,028
I submit, my lord,
that it is entirely impossible

821
00:57:18,160 --> 00:57:22,551
to guess what went on in the mind
of some entirely imaginary burglar.

822
00:57:22,680 --> 00:57:24,830
With or without gloves.

823
00:57:24,960 --> 00:57:28,714
Let us not surmise, Sir Wilfrid,
but confine ourselves to facts.

824
00:57:30,960 --> 00:57:35,033
Inspector, when you questioned
the prisoner as to the stains on his jacket,

825
00:57:35,160 --> 00:57:39,039
did he not show you
a recently-healed scar on his wrist,

826
00:57:39,160 --> 00:57:43,711
- saying he had cut himself slicing bread?
- Yes, sir, that is what he said.

827
00:57:43,840 --> 00:57:46,479
And were you not told
the same thing by his wife?

828
00:57:46,600 --> 00:57:50,309
- Yes, sir. But afterwards...
- Just a simple yes or no, please.

829
00:57:50,440 --> 00:57:52,715
Did the prisoner's wife show you a knife

830
00:57:52,840 --> 00:57:56,719
and tell you that her husband
had cut his wrist while slicing bread?

831
00:57:56,840 --> 00:58:01,277
- Yes, sir.
- I will ask you to examine this knife.

832
00:58:05,320 --> 00:58:08,835
Just test the edge of it
with your finger. Carefully!

833
00:58:08,960 --> 00:58:12,794
You agree that the point
and the cutting edge are razor-sharp?

834
00:58:12,920 --> 00:58:15,275
- Yes, sir.
- Now, if such a knife were to slip,

835
00:58:15,400 --> 00:58:18,312
might it not inflict a cut
that would bleed profusely?

836
00:58:18,440 --> 00:58:19,589
Yes, sir, it might.

837
00:58:19,720 --> 00:58:24,635
Inspector, you stated that the bloodstains
on the prisoner's jacket were analysed,

838
00:58:24,760 --> 00:58:29,515
as was the blood of Mrs French, and
they were both found to be of group O.

839
00:58:29,640 --> 00:58:31,995
- That is correct.
- However,

840
00:58:32,120 --> 00:58:35,430
if the prisoner's blood
were also of this same group,

841
00:58:35,560 --> 00:58:38,154
then the stains on his jacket
may well have resulted

842
00:58:38,280 --> 00:58:40,874
from the household accident
he described to you.

843
00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:43,309
Yes, sir.

844
00:58:43,440 --> 00:58:47,069
Did you examine
the prisoner's blood, Inspector?

845
00:58:47,200 --> 00:58:48,679
No, sir.

846
00:58:50,320 --> 00:58:53,073
I have here a certificate

847
00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:57,318
stating that Leonard Stephen Vole
is a blood donor

848
00:58:57,440 --> 00:58:59,635
at the North London Hospital.

849
00:58:59,760 --> 00:59:03,036
And that his blood is group O.

850
00:59:07,520 --> 00:59:09,875
Thank you, Inspector.

851
00:59:12,720 --> 00:59:17,236
Inspector, granted that the cut
on the wrist was caused by that knife,

852
00:59:17,360 --> 00:59:20,318
is there anything to show
whether it was an accident

853
00:59:20,440 --> 00:59:24,353
or done deliberately after the murder
to account for the bloodstains?

854
00:59:24,480 --> 00:59:27,153
- Oh, really, my lord!
- I withdraw the question.

855
00:59:27,280 --> 00:59:28,633
You may stand down.

856
00:59:31,400 --> 00:59:34,278
- Call Janet McKenzie.
- Janet McKenzie.

857
00:59:34,400 --> 00:59:37,153
- Janet McKenzie.
- Janet McKenzie.

858
00:59:59,520 --> 01:00:02,193
I swear by Almighty God
that the evidence...

859
01:00:04,600 --> 01:00:07,831
.. the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth.

860
01:00:07,960 --> 01:00:11,032
Carter. Carter. Pill. Pill.

861
01:00:11,160 --> 01:00:14,516
- Your name is Janet McKenzie?
- Aye, that's my name.

862
01:00:14,640 --> 01:00:19,430
- When did you first come to London?
- That was many years ago. 28 years ago.

863
01:00:19,560 --> 01:00:23,872
- Where do you live?
- Now that Mrs French, poor soul, is dead,

864
01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:27,595
I've moved in with my niece
at 19 Glenister Road.

865
01:00:27,720 --> 01:00:30,837
You were companion-housekeeper
to the late Mrs Emily French?

866
01:00:30,960 --> 01:00:33,997
I was her housekeeper!
I've no opinion of companions,

867
01:00:34,120 --> 01:00:37,271
poor feckless bodies, afraid
of a bit of honest domestic work.

868
01:00:37,400 --> 01:00:42,394
I meant you were on friendly terms, not
altogether those of mistress and servant.

869
01:00:42,520 --> 01:00:45,512
Aye. Ten years I was with her
and looked after her.

870
01:00:45,640 --> 01:00:48,200
She knew me and she trusted me.

871
01:00:48,320 --> 01:00:51,073
Many's the time
I prevented her doing a foolish thing.

872
01:00:51,200 --> 01:00:55,876
Please tell us, in your own words, about
the events of the evening of October 14.

873
01:00:56,560 --> 01:01:00,439
It was a Friday and my night out. I was
going to see my niece at Glenister Road,

874
01:01:00,560 --> 01:01:04,838
which is about five minutes' walk.
I left the house at half past seven.

875
01:01:04,960 --> 01:01:09,033
I promised to take her
a dress pattern that she admired.

876
01:01:09,160 --> 01:01:12,630
- Och, is this thing necessary?
- An excellent question.

877
01:01:12,760 --> 01:01:16,992
However, it has been installed at
considerable expense to the taxpayers,

878
01:01:17,120 --> 01:01:20,635
so let us take advantage of it.
Please continue.

879
01:01:20,760 --> 01:01:24,389
Well, when I got to my niece's,
I found I'd left the pattern behind.

880
01:01:24,520 --> 01:01:27,796
So after supper I slipped
back to get it as it was no distance.

881
01:01:27,920 --> 01:01:31,071
I got back to the house at 25 past 9.

882
01:01:31,200 --> 01:01:33,430
I let myself in
and went upstairs to my room.

883
01:01:33,560 --> 01:01:38,554
As I passed the sitting room, I heard the
prisoner in there, talking to Mrs French.

884
01:01:38,680 --> 01:01:42,639
No, it wasn't me! It wasn't my voice!

885
01:01:42,760 --> 01:01:44,716
Talking and laughing they were.

886
01:01:44,840 --> 01:01:48,230
But it was no business of mine,
so I went upstairs to fetch my pattern.

887
01:01:48,360 --> 01:01:51,636
Now, let us be very exact as to the time.

888
01:01:51,760 --> 01:01:55,514
You say that you
re-entered the house at 25 past 9?

889
01:01:55,640 --> 01:01:59,872
Aye. The pattern was on a shelf in my
room next to my clock so I saw the time.

890
01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:04,278
- And it was 25 past 9.
- Go on, please.

891
01:02:04,400 --> 01:02:10,157
I went back to my niece. Och,
she was delighted with the pattern. Si...

892
01:02:11,960 --> 01:02:18,035
Simply delighted. I stayed until 20 to 11,
then I said good night and I come home.

893
01:02:18,160 --> 01:02:21,789
I went into the sitting room to see
if the mistress wanted anything

894
01:02:21,920 --> 01:02:23,876
before she went to bed.

895
01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:28,357
And there she was, dead.
And everything tossed hither and thither.

896
01:02:28,480 --> 01:02:31,278
Did you really think
that a burglary had been committed?

897
01:02:31,400 --> 01:02:33,356
My lord, I must protest!

898
01:02:33,480 --> 01:02:37,473
I will not allow that question
to be answered, Mr Myers.

899
01:02:37,600 --> 01:02:41,354
Miss McKenzie, were you aware
that Leonard Vole was a married man?

900
01:02:41,480 --> 01:02:44,233
No, indeed.
And neither was the mistress.

901
01:02:44,360 --> 01:02:46,316
- Janet!
- My lord, I must object.

902
01:02:46,440 --> 01:02:51,195
What Mrs French knew or did not know is
pure conjecture on Janet McKenzie's part.

903
01:02:52,640 --> 01:02:54,915
Let me put it this way.
You formed the opinion

904
01:02:55,040 --> 01:02:58,396
that Mrs French thought
Leonard Vole was a single man?

905
01:02:58,520 --> 01:03:01,876
- Have you any facts to support this?
- The books that she ordered.

906
01:03:02,000 --> 01:03:06,676
A life of the Baroness Burdett-Coutts,
and the one about Disraeli and his wife.

907
01:03:06,800 --> 01:03:10,679
Both of them about women that married
men years younger than themselves. Oh!

908
01:03:10,800 --> 01:03:14,315
- I knew what she was thinking.
- I'm afraid we cannot admit that.

909
01:03:14,440 --> 01:03:16,954
Why?

910
01:03:17,080 --> 01:03:22,074
Members of the jury, it is possible
for a woman to read The Life of Disraeli

911
01:03:22,200 --> 01:03:26,159
without contemplating marriage
with a man younger than herself.

912
01:03:28,480 --> 01:03:33,600
Were you aware of the arrangements Mrs
French made to dispose of her money?

913
01:03:33,720 --> 01:03:37,076
She had her old will revoked
and a new one drawn up.

914
01:03:37,200 --> 01:03:39,509
I heard her calling Mr Stokes,
her solicitor.

915
01:03:39,640 --> 01:03:42,473
He was there at the time.
The prisoner, I mean.

916
01:03:42,960 --> 01:03:46,270
You heard Mrs French
and the prisoner discussing her new will?

917
01:03:46,400 --> 01:03:49,119
Yes. He was to have all her money,
she told him,

918
01:03:49,240 --> 01:03:53,472
as she had no near relations nor anybody
that meant to her what he did.

919
01:03:53,600 --> 01:03:56,876
- When did this take place?
- On October 8.

920
01:03:57,000 --> 01:04:00,151
One week to the day
before she was murdered.

921
01:04:00,280 --> 01:04:03,397
Thank you.
That concludes my examination.

922
01:04:04,280 --> 01:04:06,840
Not just yet, Miss McKenzie.

923
01:04:07,880 --> 01:04:10,917
Would you...? Thank you.

924
01:04:11,040 --> 01:04:15,238
Miss McKenzie, you have
given evidence about two wills.

925
01:04:15,360 --> 01:04:17,316
In the old will, that which was revoked,

926
01:04:17,440 --> 01:04:21,115
were you not to receive
the bulk of Mrs French's estate?

927
01:04:21,240 --> 01:04:22,389
That's so.

928
01:04:22,520 --> 01:04:26,638
Whereas in the new will, except for
a bequest to you of a small annuity,

929
01:04:26,760 --> 01:04:30,275
the principal beneficiary
is the prisoner, Leonard Vole.

930
01:04:30,400 --> 01:04:34,029
It'll be a wicked injustice
if he ever touches a penny of that money.

931
01:04:34,160 --> 01:04:38,312
It is entirely understandable
that you are antagonistic to the prisoner.

932
01:04:38,440 --> 01:04:40,908
I'm not antagonistic to him.

933
01:04:41,040 --> 01:04:44,874
He's a shiftless, scheming rascal.
But I'm not antagonistic to him.

934
01:04:45,880 --> 01:04:47,836
I suggest you formed this opinion

935
01:04:47,960 --> 01:04:51,589
because his friendship with Mrs French
cost you the bulk of her estate.

936
01:04:51,720 --> 01:04:55,713
- I've never liked him.
- Your candour is refreshing.

937
01:04:55,840 --> 01:04:58,434
Now. On the night of October 14

938
01:04:58,560 --> 01:05:01,711
you say you heard the prisoner
and Mrs French talking together.

939
01:05:01,840 --> 01:05:05,150
- What did you hear them say?
- I didn't hear what they actually said.

940
01:05:05,280 --> 01:05:07,714
You mean you only heard the voices?

941
01:05:07,840 --> 01:05:10,559
- The murmur of voices?
- They were laughing.

942
01:05:10,680 --> 01:05:13,672
What makes you say
the man's voice was Leonard Vole's?

943
01:05:13,800 --> 01:05:17,998
- I know his voice well enough.
- The door was closed, was it not?

944
01:05:18,120 --> 01:05:21,430
- Aye, that's so.
- You were in a hurry to get the pattern

945
01:05:21,560 --> 01:05:24,358
so you probably walked
quickly past the closed door,

946
01:05:24,480 --> 01:05:27,074
yet you are sure
you heard Leonard Vole's voice?

947
01:05:27,200 --> 01:05:29,873
I was there long enough
to hear what I heard.

948
01:05:30,000 --> 01:05:35,950
Come, I'm sure you don't wish to suggest
to the jury that you were eavesdropping.

949
01:05:36,080 --> 01:05:38,514
It was him in there.
Who else could it have been?

950
01:05:38,640 --> 01:05:42,758
What you mean is that you wanted it to
be him. That's the way your mind worked.

951
01:05:42,880 --> 01:05:46,793
Now, tell me, did Mrs French sometimes
watch television in the evening?

952
01:05:46,920 --> 01:05:49,798
Yes. She was fond
of a talk or a good play.

953
01:05:49,920 --> 01:05:53,037
Wasn't it possible when you
returned home and passed the door,

954
01:05:53,160 --> 01:05:55,230
what you really heard was the television

955
01:05:55,360 --> 01:05:57,828
and a man and woman's
voices and laughter?

956
01:05:57,960 --> 01:06:02,238
There was a play called Lover's Leap
on the television that night.

957
01:06:03,360 --> 01:06:07,592
- It was not the television.
- Oh, why not?

958
01:06:07,720 --> 01:06:12,555
Because the television was away
being repaired that week, that's why.

959
01:06:22,760 --> 01:06:24,557
Silence! Silence!

960
01:06:26,200 --> 01:06:29,192
Odd. It's not time yet.

961
01:06:29,320 --> 01:06:32,232
If my learned friend has no further
questions, I'd like...

962
01:06:32,360 --> 01:06:35,318
I have not quite finished.

963
01:06:35,440 --> 01:06:39,877
You are registered, are you not,
under the National Health Insurance Act?

964
01:06:40,000 --> 01:06:43,595
Aye, that's so.
Four and sixpence I pay out every week.

965
01:06:43,720 --> 01:06:46,632
That's a terrible lot of money
for a working woman to pay.

966
01:06:46,760 --> 01:06:49,558
I am sure that many agree with you.

967
01:06:49,680 --> 01:06:55,835
Miss McKenzie, did you recently apply
to the National Health Insurance for...

968
01:06:55,960 --> 01:06:59,430
- .. a hearing aid?
- For... for what?

969
01:06:59,560 --> 01:07:02,438
I protest against the way
in which this question was put!

970
01:07:02,560 --> 01:07:05,518
I will repeat the question, my lord.

971
01:07:05,640 --> 01:07:11,351
I asked you in a normal tone of voice,
audible to everyone in open court,

972
01:07:11,480 --> 01:07:16,156
did you apply to the National Health
Insurance for a hearing aid?

973
01:07:16,280 --> 01:07:17,269
Yes, I did.

974
01:07:17,400 --> 01:07:19,709
- Did you get it?
- Not yet.

975
01:07:19,840 --> 01:07:24,914
However, you state that you walked past
a door, which is four inches of solid oak,

976
01:07:25,040 --> 01:07:28,112
you heard voices,
and you are willing to swear

977
01:07:28,240 --> 01:07:31,198
that you could distinguish the voice of...

978
01:07:31,320 --> 01:07:33,436
.. the prisoner, Leonard Vole.

979
01:07:33,560 --> 01:07:35,516
Who? Who?

980
01:07:36,680 --> 01:07:38,636
No further questions.

981
01:07:40,920 --> 01:07:43,195
Och, maybe you could help me,
Your Lordship.

982
01:07:43,320 --> 01:07:47,233
Six months ago I applied for
my hearing aid, and I'm still waiting for it.

983
01:07:47,360 --> 01:07:52,115
My dear Miss McKenzie, considering
the rubbish that is being talked nowadays,

984
01:07:52,240 --> 01:07:55,073
you are missing very little.
You may stand down now.

985
01:07:57,640 --> 01:08:00,757
Call Police Constable Jeffries.

986
01:08:00,880 --> 01:08:04,998
- Police Constable Jeffries.
- Police Constable Jeffries.

987
01:08:15,120 --> 01:08:17,839
I swear by Almighty God
that the evidence I shall give

988
01:08:17,960 --> 01:08:22,829
shall be the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth.

989
01:08:35,560 --> 01:08:38,313
Mr Myers, does that conclude your case?

990
01:08:38,440 --> 01:08:43,230
No, my lord. I now call the final witness
for the prosecution, Christine Helm.

991
01:08:43,720 --> 01:08:46,996
- Christine Helm!
- Christine Helm.

992
01:08:58,160 --> 01:09:00,116
Christine.

993
01:09:10,520 --> 01:09:13,114
I swear by Almighty God
that the evidence I shall give

994
01:09:13,240 --> 01:09:16,710
shall be the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth.

995
01:09:16,840 --> 01:09:19,354
My lord, I have the most serious objection

996
01:09:19,480 --> 01:09:23,393
to this witness being summoned,
as she is the wife of the prisoner.

997
01:09:23,520 --> 01:09:25,511
I call my learned friend's attention

998
01:09:25,640 --> 01:09:29,997
to the fact that I summoned
not Mrs Vole, but Mrs Helm.

999
01:09:30,120 --> 01:09:34,033
- Your name, in fact, is Christine Helm?
- Yes. Christine Helm.

1000
01:09:34,160 --> 01:09:37,630
And you have been living
as the wife of the prisoner, Leonard Vole?

1001
01:09:37,760 --> 01:09:40,320
- Yes.
- Are you actually his wife?

1002
01:09:40,840 --> 01:09:42,319
No.

1003
01:09:42,440 --> 01:09:46,752
I went through a marriage ceremony
with him, but I already had a husband.

1004
01:09:46,880 --> 01:09:49,394
- He's still alive.
- Christine, that's not true!

1005
01:09:49,520 --> 01:09:52,830
There is proof of a marriage
between the witness and the prisoner,

1006
01:09:52,960 --> 01:09:55,793
but is there any proof
of a so-called previous marriage?

1007
01:09:55,920 --> 01:10:01,313
My lord, the so-called previous marriage
is, in fact, well-documented.

1008
01:10:01,440 --> 01:10:07,197
Mrs Helm, is this a certificate of marriage
between yourself and Otto Ludwig Helm,

1009
01:10:07,320 --> 01:10:11,836
the ceremony having taken place
in Breslau on 18 April 1942?

1010
01:10:11,960 --> 01:10:14,679
Yes, that is the paper of my marriage.

1011
01:10:14,800 --> 01:10:20,477
I don't see any reason why this witness
should not be qualified to give evidence.

1012
01:10:24,520 --> 01:10:28,877
You're willing to give evidence against the
man you've been calling your husband?

1013
01:10:29,000 --> 01:10:30,399
Yes.

1014
01:10:31,040 --> 01:10:34,635
You stated to the police that on the night
that Mrs French was murdered,

1015
01:10:34,760 --> 01:10:39,788
Leonard Vole left the house at 7.30
and returned at 25 minutes past 9.

1016
01:10:39,920 --> 01:10:42,434
Did he, in fact, return at 25 past 9?

1017
01:10:44,040 --> 01:10:47,077
No. He returned at ten minutes past ten.

1018
01:10:47,200 --> 01:10:51,671
Christine, what are you saying?
It's not true. You know it's not true!

1019
01:10:55,120 --> 01:10:57,156
Silence!

1020
01:10:57,280 --> 01:10:59,236
I must have silence.

1021
01:11:00,600 --> 01:11:03,478
As your counsel will tell you,
Vole, you will very shortly

1022
01:11:03,600 --> 01:11:06,433
have an opportunity of
speaking in your own defence.

1023
01:11:06,560 --> 01:11:10,519
Leonard Vole returned, you say,
at ten minutes past ten.

1024
01:11:10,640 --> 01:11:14,030
- And what happened next?
- He was breathing hard, very excited.

1025
01:11:14,160 --> 01:11:16,754
He threw off his coat
and examined the sleeves.

1026
01:11:16,880 --> 01:11:18,996
Then he told me to wash the cuffs.

1027
01:11:19,120 --> 01:11:21,190
- They had blood on them.
- Go on.

1028
01:11:21,320 --> 01:11:24,198
- I said "What have you done?"
- What did the prisoner say?

1029
01:11:24,320 --> 01:11:26,470
He said "I've killed her. "

1030
01:11:26,600 --> 01:11:30,912
Christine! Why are you lying?
Why are you saying these things?

1031
01:11:31,040 --> 01:11:35,033
- What an awful woman.
- She's evil. I've known it all along.

1032
01:11:38,160 --> 01:11:41,470
If the defence so desires,
I will adjourn for a short time

1033
01:11:41,600 --> 01:11:44,637
so that the prisoner
may gain control of himself.

1034
01:11:44,760 --> 01:11:48,355
My lord is most gracious,
but pray let the witness continue.

1035
01:11:48,480 --> 01:11:52,553
We are all of us caught up
in the suspense of this horror fiction.

1036
01:11:52,680 --> 01:11:56,389
To have to hear it in instalments
might prove unendurable.

1037
01:11:56,520 --> 01:11:59,318
- Proceed, Mr Myers.
- Mrs Helm,

1038
01:11:59,440 --> 01:12:04,036
when the prisoner said "I have killed her",
did you know to whom he referred?

1039
01:12:04,160 --> 01:12:06,879
It was that woman
he had been seeing so often.

1040
01:12:07,000 --> 01:12:11,551
When questioned by the police, you told
them that the prisoner returned at 9.25.

1041
01:12:11,680 --> 01:12:13,955
Yes. Because Leonard
asked me to say that.

1042
01:12:14,080 --> 01:12:16,071
But you've changed your story now. Why?

1043
01:12:16,200 --> 01:12:18,316
I cannot go on lying to save him.

1044
01:12:18,440 --> 01:12:21,637
I said to the police what he wanted
because I'm grateful to him.

1045
01:12:21,760 --> 01:12:24,399
He married me
and brought me to this country.

1046
01:12:24,520 --> 01:12:27,432
What he has asked me to do I have
because I was grateful.

1047
01:12:27,560 --> 01:12:30,472
It was not because
he was your husband and you loved him?

1048
01:12:30,600 --> 01:12:32,556
I never loved him.

1049
01:12:33,040 --> 01:12:36,077
It was gratitude, then,
that prompted you to give him an alibi

1050
01:12:36,200 --> 01:12:39,556
- in your statement to the police?
- That is it. Exactly.

1051
01:12:39,680 --> 01:12:43,070
- But now you think it was wrong to do so.
- Because it is murder.

1052
01:12:43,200 --> 01:12:45,236
That woman, she was a harmless old fool,

1053
01:12:45,360 --> 01:12:47,794
and he makes of me
an accomplice to the murder.

1054
01:12:47,920 --> 01:12:51,754
I cannot come into court and swear that
he was with me at the time it was done.

1055
01:12:51,880 --> 01:12:54,440
I cannot do it! I cannot do it!

1056
01:12:54,560 --> 01:12:56,710
Then this is the truth?

1057
01:12:56,840 --> 01:13:00,230
That Leonard Vole returned
that night at ten minutes past ten,

1058
01:13:00,360 --> 01:13:02,351
he had blood on the sleeves of his coat,

1059
01:13:02,480 --> 01:13:06,439
and that he said to you
"I have killed her"?

1060
01:13:08,040 --> 01:13:09,712
That is the truth.

1061
01:13:09,840 --> 01:13:12,877
That is the truth, before God?

1062
01:13:13,000 --> 01:13:15,036
That is the truth.

1063
01:13:15,520 --> 01:13:17,476
Thank you.

1064
01:13:22,480 --> 01:13:25,870
Mrs Vole, or Mrs Helm,
which do you prefer to be called?

1065
01:13:26,000 --> 01:13:27,956
- It does not matter.
- Does it not?

1066
01:13:28,080 --> 01:13:31,959
In this country we are inclined to take
a rather more serious view of marriage.

1067
01:13:32,080 --> 01:13:37,074
However, it would appear that when
you first met the prisoner in Hamburg

1068
01:13:37,200 --> 01:13:41,512
- you lied to him about your marital status.
- I wanted to get out of Germany, so...

1069
01:13:41,640 --> 01:13:44,598
You lied, did you not?
Just yes or no, please.

1070
01:13:44,720 --> 01:13:46,676
- Yes.
- Thank you.

1071
01:13:46,800 --> 01:13:49,758
And in arranging the marriage,
you lied to the authorities?

1072
01:13:49,880 --> 01:13:52,678
I, um, did not tell the truth
to the authorities.

1073
01:13:52,800 --> 01:13:54,950
- You lied to them?
- Yes.

1074
01:13:55,080 --> 01:13:59,278
And in the ceremony, when you swore
to love, honour and cherish your husband,

1075
01:13:59,400 --> 01:14:01,789
- that too was a lie?
- Yes.

1076
01:14:01,920 --> 01:14:05,037
And when the police questioned you
about this wretched man

1077
01:14:05,160 --> 01:14:07,469
who believed himself married and loved,

1078
01:14:07,600 --> 01:14:09,989
- you told them...
- I told them what he wanted me to.

1079
01:14:10,120 --> 01:14:13,795
You told them that he was at home
with you at 25 minutes past 9,

1080
01:14:13,920 --> 01:14:18,038
- and now you say that that was a lie?
- Yes, a lie!

1081
01:14:18,160 --> 01:14:22,358
And when you said that he had
accidentally cut his wrist, again, you lied?

1082
01:14:22,480 --> 01:14:27,156
- Yes!
- And today you told a new story entirely.

1083
01:14:27,280 --> 01:14:30,670
The question is, Frau Helm,
were you lying then, are you lying now?

1084
01:14:30,800 --> 01:14:34,395
Or are you not, in fact,
a chronic and habitual liar?!

1085
01:14:37,920 --> 01:14:42,072
Carter, Carter!
The other pill. Under the tongue.

1086
01:14:42,200 --> 01:14:46,352
My lord, is my learned friend to be
allowed to bully and insult the witness?

1087
01:14:46,480 --> 01:14:50,519
Mr Myers, this is a capital charge
and, within the bounds of reason,

1088
01:14:50,640 --> 01:14:54,599
I should like the defence
to have every latitude.

1089
01:14:57,640 --> 01:15:00,108
My lord, may I also
remind my learned friend

1090
01:15:00,240 --> 01:15:03,994
that his witness, by her own admission,
has already violated so many oaths

1091
01:15:04,120 --> 01:15:07,874
that I am surprised the Testament
did not leap from her hand

1092
01:15:08,000 --> 01:15:10,560
when she was sworn here today.

1093
01:15:10,680 --> 01:15:14,798
I doubt if anything is to be gained
by questioning you any further.

1094
01:15:14,920 --> 01:15:16,956
That will be all, Frau Helm.

1095
01:15:21,720 --> 01:15:25,998
Mrs Helm, I presume you know the
meaning of the English word "perjury"?

1096
01:15:26,120 --> 01:15:29,590
- In German, the word is Meineid.
- Yes. Meineid.

1097
01:15:29,720 --> 01:15:31,711
It means to swear falsely under oath.

1098
01:15:31,840 --> 01:15:33,558
And are you aware, Mrs Helm,

1099
01:15:33,680 --> 01:15:38,435
that the penalty in this country for perjury
is a heavy term of imprisonment?

1100
01:15:38,560 --> 01:15:40,915
Yes, I'm aware.

1101
01:15:41,040 --> 01:15:45,591
Mindful of this fact, I ask you once more,
is the evidence that you have given

1102
01:15:45,720 --> 01:15:49,190
the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth?

1103
01:15:49,320 --> 01:15:51,197
So help me, God.

1104
01:15:52,320 --> 01:15:56,552
Then that, my lord,
is the case for the prosecution.

1105
01:16:13,600 --> 01:16:17,275
- Want a tissue?
- Yes, thanks.

1106
01:16:17,400 --> 01:16:21,916
It's the first murder trial
I've ever been to. It's terrible.

1107
01:16:22,040 --> 01:16:22,950
Silence.

1108
01:16:25,120 --> 01:16:28,669
Sir Wilfrid.
Are you ready for the defence?

1109
01:16:30,760 --> 01:16:34,389
My lord, members of the jury,

1110
01:16:34,520 --> 01:16:39,469
the prosecution has very ably presented
against the prisoner, Leonard Vole,

1111
01:16:39,600 --> 01:16:43,798
a case with the most overwhelming
circumstantial evidence.

1112
01:16:43,920 --> 01:16:47,310
Among the witnesses you have heard
Chief Inspector Hearne,

1113
01:16:47,440 --> 01:16:52,309
who has given his testimony in a fair
and impartial manner, as he always does.

1114
01:16:52,440 --> 01:16:57,150
He has put before you a clever theory
of how this crime was committed.

1115
01:16:57,280 --> 01:17:01,068
Whether it is theory
or actual fact, however,

1116
01:17:01,200 --> 01:17:03,634
you will decide for yourselves.

1117
01:17:04,640 --> 01:17:07,632
And then you have heard
the evidence of Janet McKenzie,

1118
01:17:07,760 --> 01:17:11,753
a worthy and devoted housekeeper who
has suffered two most grievous losses.

1119
01:17:11,880 --> 01:17:14,110
One, the death of her beloved mistress

1120
01:17:14,240 --> 01:17:19,678
and, second, in being deprived
of an inheritance of $80,000,

1121
01:17:19,800 --> 01:17:22,473
which she'd fully expected to receive.

1122
01:17:22,600 --> 01:17:26,275
I will not comment
further on her evidence,

1123
01:17:27,280 --> 01:17:31,114
but will express only
my deepest sympathy for her

1124
01:17:31,240 --> 01:17:33,993
in both these... mishaps.

1125
01:17:34,920 --> 01:17:40,392
And most damaging of all, the prosecution
has produced a surprise witness,

1126
01:17:40,520 --> 01:17:44,991
one Christine Helm, whom the prisoner
brought from the rubble of her homeland

1127
01:17:45,120 --> 01:17:49,636
to the safety of this country, giving her
his love and the protection of his name.

1128
01:17:49,760 --> 01:17:53,355
I objected to her testimony
because a wife cannot give evidence

1129
01:17:53,480 --> 01:17:55,869
harmful to her husband.

1130
01:17:56,000 --> 01:18:02,394
But it has been proven that her marriage
to Mr Vole was fraudulent and bigamous.

1131
01:18:02,520 --> 01:18:08,436
Therefore, her evidence must be admitted
and you must consider it.

1132
01:18:08,560 --> 01:18:11,313
For what it is worth.

1133
01:18:12,880 --> 01:18:17,112
Such is the prosecution's case.
Now it is the turn of the defence.

1134
01:18:17,240 --> 01:18:21,153
We could present, on behalf of
the prisoner, witnesses to his character,

1135
01:18:21,280 --> 01:18:25,068
his war record, the lack of criminal
or evil association in his past.

1136
01:18:25,200 --> 01:18:30,672
However, only one witness
can shed new light

1137
01:18:30,800 --> 01:18:33,553
on this tragic riddle.

1138
01:18:34,600 --> 01:18:36,556
The prisoner himself.

1139
01:18:37,960 --> 01:18:40,030
Members of the jury,

1140
01:18:40,160 --> 01:18:43,596
I call Leonard Stephen Vole.

1141
01:19:02,080 --> 01:19:05,277
I swear by Almighty God
that the evidence I give will be the truth,

1142
01:19:05,400 --> 01:19:08,437
- the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
- No.

1143
01:19:09,600 --> 01:19:13,593
- Is your name Leonard Stephen Vole?
- It is.

1144
01:19:13,720 --> 01:19:16,678
- Where do live?
- 620 Edgware Road.

1145
01:19:16,800 --> 01:19:21,874
Leonard Stephen Vole, did you or did
you not on the night of October 14 last,

1146
01:19:22,000 --> 01:19:24,150
murder Emily Jane French?

1147
01:19:24,720 --> 01:19:28,474
- I did not.
- Thank you, that will be all.

1148
01:19:30,560 --> 01:19:34,838
Have you, in fact, concluded your
examination of the prisoner, Sir Wilfrid?

1149
01:19:34,960 --> 01:19:40,034
The prisoner has endured three days
of profound mental agony and shock.

1150
01:19:40,160 --> 01:19:42,549
The defence feels
his faculties should be spared

1151
01:19:42,680 --> 01:19:46,116
for the cross-examination
by my learned friend for the prosecution.

1152
01:19:46,240 --> 01:19:48,993
This is not a plea for any indulgence.

1153
01:19:49,120 --> 01:19:52,032
I am confident that
no matter how searching this may be,

1154
01:19:52,160 --> 01:19:54,913
the prisoner will withstand it.

1155
01:19:56,360 --> 01:19:59,875
At the time you made the acquaintance
of Mrs French, were you employed?

1156
01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:01,956
- No, sir.
- How much money did you have?

1157
01:20:02,080 --> 01:20:04,071
- A few pounds.
- Did she give you any?

1158
01:20:04,200 --> 01:20:04,950
No.

1159
01:20:05,080 --> 01:20:07,196
- Did you expect to receive any?
- No, sir.

1160
01:20:07,320 --> 01:20:12,030
Did you know that in her new will,
you were the beneficiary of $80,000?

1161
01:20:12,160 --> 01:20:13,309
No, I didn't.

1162
01:20:13,440 --> 01:20:18,116
Now, Mr Vole, when you went to visit
Mrs French for the last time,

1163
01:20:18,240 --> 01:20:21,391
did you wear a trench coat
and a brown hat?

1164
01:20:22,320 --> 01:20:25,835
- Yes, I did.
- Was it this coat and hat?

1165
01:20:27,440 --> 01:20:28,395
Yes, sir.

1166
01:20:28,520 --> 01:20:33,514
My lord, the defence, in its efforts
to establish an alibi for the prisoner,

1167
01:20:33,640 --> 01:20:36,757
circulated this photograph,
hoping to bring forth a witness

1168
01:20:36,880 --> 01:20:39,952
who had seen him leaving
Mrs French's house or entering his own

1169
01:20:40,080 --> 01:20:42,548
at the times that he has stated.

1170
01:20:42,680 --> 01:20:45,990
Apparently, this splendid effort
was without results.

1171
01:20:46,120 --> 01:20:48,395
However, the defence
will be pleased to learn

1172
01:20:48,520 --> 01:20:51,592
that, at the last moment,
a witness has come forward,

1173
01:20:51,720 --> 01:20:56,191
and that the prisoner had been
seen wearing this coat and this hat.

1174
01:20:56,320 --> 01:21:01,519
Lamentably, he had not been seen on the
night of the murder but one week before.

1175
01:21:01,640 --> 01:21:05,758
On the afternoon of October 8, were you
not in a travel agency in Regent Street?

1176
01:21:05,880 --> 01:21:09,759
And did you not make inquiries about
prices and schedules of foreign cruises?

1177
01:21:09,880 --> 01:21:13,031
Supposing I did? It's not a crime, is it?

1178
01:21:13,160 --> 01:21:17,119
Not at all. Many people go on a cruise
when they can afford to pay for it.

1179
01:21:17,240 --> 01:21:22,075
- But you couldn't pay for it, could you?
- Well, I was hard up. I told you that.

1180
01:21:22,200 --> 01:21:27,228
And yet you came to this particular
travel agency with a clinging brunette?

1181
01:21:27,360 --> 01:21:29,669
A clinging brunette, Mr Myers?

1182
01:21:30,440 --> 01:21:32,431
My lord, the lady was so described to me.

1183
01:21:32,560 --> 01:21:36,838
She was very affectionate with the
prisoner, constantly clinging to his arm.

1184
01:21:36,960 --> 01:21:38,837
Oh.

1185
01:21:39,560 --> 01:21:43,951
You then admit that you made inquiries
about expensive and luxurious cruises?

1186
01:21:44,080 --> 01:21:46,150
How did you expect
to pay for such a thing?

1187
01:21:46,280 --> 01:21:49,397
- I don't know. It was...
- If you don't know, perhaps I can help.

1188
01:21:49,520 --> 01:21:53,718
On the morning of the very same day,
you heard Mrs French change her will,

1189
01:21:53,840 --> 01:21:56,115
- leaving you the bulk of her money.
- I didn't!

1190
01:21:56,240 --> 01:21:59,198
And in the afternoon,
you started plans to dispose of it.

1191
01:21:59,320 --> 01:22:01,436
No! It was nothing of the kind.

1192
01:22:01,560 --> 01:22:04,597
I was in a pub and I met a girl.
I don't even remember her name.

1193
01:22:04,720 --> 01:22:06,756
We had a drink and walked out together.

1194
01:22:06,880 --> 01:22:12,671
We passed the window and saw the fancy
posters, all blue seas and palm trees.

1195
01:22:12,800 --> 01:22:17,874
The Grecian isles or somewhere. We went
in for fun and I started asking for folders.

1196
01:22:18,000 --> 01:22:21,709
Well, the man gave me a funny look
because I did look a bit shabby.

1197
01:22:21,840 --> 01:22:25,116
Anyway, it irritated me,
so I kept asking for the swankiest tours,

1198
01:22:25,240 --> 01:22:28,596
all de luxe and cabin on the boat deck,
but it was just an act!

1199
01:22:28,720 --> 01:22:32,713
An act? You knew that in a week
you were going to inherit $80,000!

1200
01:22:32,840 --> 01:22:37,197
No! It wasn't that way at all.
It was make-believe and childish but...

1201
01:22:37,320 --> 01:22:41,552
it was fun and I enjoyed it. I never thought
of killing anyone or inheriting any money.

1202
01:22:41,680 --> 01:22:45,468
It's just a coincidence that Mrs French
should be killed only one week later?

1203
01:22:45,600 --> 01:22:47,955
I told you! I didn't kill her!

1204
01:22:48,560 --> 01:22:52,473
Do you know any reason why Christine
Helm should give the evidence she has

1205
01:22:52,600 --> 01:22:56,275
- if it were not true?
- No. I don't know why my wife...

1206
01:22:56,960 --> 01:23:01,988
I don't know why I still call her my wife.
She must be lying or out of her mind.

1207
01:23:02,120 --> 01:23:04,634
She seemed remarkably
sane and self-possessed.

1208
01:23:04,760 --> 01:23:09,072
- But insanity is all you can suggest?
- I don't understand it.

1209
01:23:09,200 --> 01:23:11,634
Oh, God! What's happened?
What's changed her?

1210
01:23:11,760 --> 01:23:15,673
Very effective, I'm sure.
But in this court we deal with fact.

1211
01:23:15,800 --> 01:23:18,598
And the fact, Mr Vole,
is that we've only your word for it.

1212
01:23:18,720 --> 01:23:21,518
That you left Mrs French's house
at the time you say,

1213
01:23:21,640 --> 01:23:26,236
that you came home at 5 and 20 minutes
past 9, and that you did not go out again!

1214
01:23:26,360 --> 01:23:29,397
Somebody must have seen me
in the street or going in the house!

1215
01:23:29,520 --> 01:23:33,718
One would think so. But the only person
who did see you come home that night

1216
01:23:33,840 --> 01:23:36,991
says it was ten past ten
and that you had blood on your hands.

1217
01:23:37,120 --> 01:23:39,998
- I cut my wrist!
- You cut your wrist deliberately!

1218
01:23:40,120 --> 01:23:42,076
No, I didn't! I didn't do anything.

1219
01:23:42,200 --> 01:23:44,998
But you make it sound as though I did.
I can hear it myself.

1220
01:23:45,120 --> 01:23:47,236
You came home at ten past ten!

1221
01:23:47,360 --> 01:23:51,558
No, I didn't! You've got to believe me.
You've got to believe me!

1222
01:23:51,680 --> 01:23:53,796
You killed Emily French!

1223
01:23:53,920 --> 01:23:56,150
No, I didn't! I didn't do it!

1224
01:23:56,280 --> 01:23:59,989
I didn't kill her! I never killed anybody!

1225
01:24:00,120 --> 01:24:04,511
God, it's like a nightmare.
Some ghastly, horrible dream.

1226
01:24:09,960 --> 01:24:12,315
Good evening, Sir Wilfrid.
How did it go today?

1227
01:24:12,440 --> 01:24:14,590
Oh, Sir Wilfrid.

1228
01:24:14,720 --> 01:24:19,840
I'm from Hawks and Hill, sir, and I've
brought your Bermuda shorts for a fitting.

1229
01:24:20,840 --> 01:24:21,795
What?

1230
01:24:21,920 --> 01:24:26,277
- You'd better slip these on, Sir Wilfrid.
- I'm in the middle of a murder trial.

1231
01:24:26,400 --> 01:24:30,279
It'll all be over by the afternoon,
and the boat train doesn't go until 9.40.

1232
01:24:30,400 --> 01:24:33,676
You work it out. You know my shape,
you've stabbed it often enough.

1233
01:24:33,800 --> 01:24:38,157
Upstairs. You need a lukewarm bath
and your calcium injection.

1234
01:24:38,280 --> 01:24:41,113
And there's a lot more packing to be done.

1235
01:24:42,040 --> 01:24:46,670
It's ridiculous having boat reservations.
The jury may be out for days.

1236
01:24:46,800 --> 01:24:50,952
Not on this case, I'm afraid.
It seems too open-and-shut.

1237
01:24:52,920 --> 01:24:56,390
I watched when Frau Helm
was on the stand. They didn't like her.

1238
01:24:56,520 --> 01:25:00,593
No, but they believed her. They liked
Leonard Vole but they didn't believe him.

1239
01:25:00,720 --> 01:25:03,837
And that travel agency business
doesn't help either. Cigar?

1240
01:25:03,960 --> 01:25:04,756
No.

1241
01:25:04,880 --> 01:25:07,553
- Wilfrid, do you think she lied?
- Well, don't you?

1242
01:25:07,680 --> 01:25:08,954
I'm not sure.

1243
01:25:09,080 --> 01:25:12,675
I am. She lied. Whether she calls it
Meineid or perjury, she lied.

1244
01:25:12,800 --> 01:25:17,635
The only question is why. What's
her game? What is she up to? What?

1245
01:25:18,200 --> 01:25:23,149
I hope that in your final speech you
won't become too emotionally involved.

1246
01:25:23,280 --> 01:25:26,078
- You must think of your condition.
- He's right.

1247
01:25:26,200 --> 01:25:29,590
I want to see you save yourself.
This isn't going to be your last case.

1248
01:25:29,720 --> 01:25:33,315
Yes, it is. But until it's over,
I'm still a barrister.

1249
01:25:33,440 --> 01:25:37,115
My client's life is at stake.
That's all that matters - his life.

1250
01:25:37,240 --> 01:25:39,993
He's entitled to the best that I can do.

1251
01:25:40,120 --> 01:25:43,999
If I can't stand up to make my final appeal
for him, I'll make it sitting down.

1252
01:25:44,120 --> 01:25:48,272
If I become short of breath I'll take a pill,
or two pills, or all of them and the box too.

1253
01:25:55,840 --> 01:25:58,798
- Yes?
- This Sir Wilfrid Robarts' place?

1254
01:25:58,920 --> 01:26:02,196
- Well, yes, it is.
- Let me talk to the old geezer.

1255
01:26:02,320 --> 01:26:06,518
- Who is this speaking, please?
- Never you mind. Let me talk to 'im.

1256
01:26:06,640 --> 01:26:10,030
I'm afraid that's impossible.
What is the nature of your business?

1257
01:26:10,160 --> 01:26:13,311
It's business all right.
I've got something to sell 'im, I 'ave.

1258
01:26:13,440 --> 01:26:14,634
Well, really, madam!

1259
01:26:14,760 --> 01:26:17,638
And what I want to sell 'im,
believe me, 'e'll want to buy.

1260
01:26:17,760 --> 01:26:21,309
- It's got to do with that Leonard Vole.
- Leonard Vole?

1261
01:26:21,440 --> 01:26:23,590
It's about that German Wife.

1262
01:26:23,720 --> 01:26:27,110
I've got the goods on her and it's for sale.

1263
01:26:28,840 --> 01:26:32,594
This is Wilfrid Robarts speaking.
Now, what is this all about?

1264
01:26:32,720 --> 01:26:34,950
Well, hello, ducky.

1265
01:26:35,080 --> 01:26:37,878
What is this you said
about Mrs Leonard Vole?

1266
01:26:38,000 --> 01:26:41,709
I'm not just saying.
I've got it in black and White.

1267
01:26:41,840 --> 01:26:44,673
- You've got what?
- Listen to this carefully, ducks.

1268
01:26:44,800 --> 01:26:48,156
I'm at the buffet at Euston Station
at the far end of the bar.

1269
01:26:48,280 --> 01:26:51,556
I'll be here for 30 minutes
because that's when me train leaves.

1270
01:26:51,680 --> 01:26:54,831
If you want the lowdown on
that German bag, get yourself here.

1271
01:26:54,960 --> 01:26:57,394
What lowdown?
What do you know about her?

1272
01:26:57,520 --> 01:26:59,590
Uh-uh. Not on the phone.

1273
01:26:59,720 --> 01:27:03,793
You'd better get on over here,
and bring plenty of money.

1274
01:27:04,400 --> 01:27:07,597
Now, just a moment! Hello? Hello?

1275
01:27:09,400 --> 01:27:14,952
That's... bilge. Some drunken crank.
You get those in every murder trial.

1276
01:27:15,080 --> 01:27:19,437
Giving me an ultimatum, Euston Station in
30 minutes. Got the lowdown on Mrs Vole.

1277
01:27:19,560 --> 01:27:21,312
Balderdash.

1278
01:27:21,440 --> 01:27:26,673
I'm too old and too sick
to go on a wild-goose chase.

1279
01:27:26,800 --> 01:27:29,553
- Come on, Mayhew.
- Where to, Sir Wilfrid?

1280
01:27:29,680 --> 01:27:32,638
Euston Station, where do you think?

1281
01:27:34,200 --> 01:27:36,111
Now, sir?

1282
01:27:36,240 --> 01:27:37,992
Shortly.

1283
01:27:38,880 --> 01:27:40,359
Cigar!

1284
01:27:41,240 --> 01:27:43,196
Sir Wilfrid, where are you going?

1285
01:27:43,320 --> 01:27:47,836
Your bath, your massage,
your dinner, your injection!

1286
01:27:47,960 --> 01:27:49,916
Thank you, Miss Plimsoll.

1287
01:28:14,840 --> 01:28:17,752
- You wouldn't be Sir Wilfrid, would you?
- I would.

1288
01:28:17,880 --> 01:28:22,431
Didn't recognise you without your wig.
Lovely you all look in them wigs.

1289
01:28:22,560 --> 01:28:24,790
Two o' yer? I'm not talking to two o' yer.

1290
01:28:24,920 --> 01:28:27,354
This is Mr Mayhew,
Leonard Vole's solicitor.

1291
01:28:27,480 --> 01:28:30,392
- Well, that's all right, then.
- And your name, please?

1292
01:28:30,520 --> 01:28:35,753
No need for mine. If I did give you a name
it mightn't be the right one, might it?

1293
01:28:35,880 --> 01:28:39,953
'Ave a drink, boys.
Two whiskies for me gen'Imen friends.

1294
01:28:40,080 --> 01:28:42,548
Now what is this information
you allegedly have?

1295
01:28:42,680 --> 01:28:46,958
You realise that you're duty-bound
to give any evidence that you might have?

1296
01:28:47,080 --> 01:28:51,517
- Come off it. Did you bring any money?
- What is it you have, madam?

1297
01:28:51,640 --> 01:28:55,952
Letters. Letters that German wife
of 'is wrote. That's what I've got.

1298
01:28:56,080 --> 01:29:00,710
- Letters written to the prisoner?
- To the prisoner? Don't make me laugh.

1299
01:29:00,840 --> 01:29:04,594
Poor bleeder, he's been took in
by 'er all right. And these letters prove it.

1300
01:29:04,720 --> 01:29:09,669
If we could see these letters, we could
advise you as to how pertinent they are.

1301
01:29:09,800 --> 01:29:12,439
Well, I don't expect you...

1302
01:29:15,520 --> 01:29:19,399
Well, as I say, I don't expect you
to buy without seeing, but fair's fair.

1303
01:29:19,520 --> 01:29:23,877
If these letters get the boy off,
it's $100 for me, right?

1304
01:29:24,000 --> 01:29:28,676
If these letters contain information useful
to the defence, I'm prepared to offer $10.

1305
01:29:28,800 --> 01:29:32,076
What? Ten bleeding pounds
for letters like these?

1306
01:29:32,200 --> 01:29:34,919
Take that piece of glass
out o' yer eye. Good night.

1307
01:29:35,040 --> 01:29:37,076
If these help prove my client's innocence,

1308
01:29:37,200 --> 01:29:40,590
$20 should, I think, not be an
unreasonable sum for your expenses.

1309
01:29:40,720 --> 01:29:43,632
50 and it's a bargain.
That's if you're satisfied with 'em.

1310
01:29:43,760 --> 01:29:46,035
- $40.
- All right, blast yer.

1311
01:29:46,160 --> 01:29:48,913
'Ere, take 'em. Nice little lot there.

1312
01:29:49,040 --> 01:29:50,996
How do we know
these are from Mrs Vole?

1313
01:29:51,120 --> 01:29:55,272
Oh, she wrote 'em all right.
It's all fair an' square.

1314
01:29:57,760 --> 01:30:00,513
I 'ope they fix 'er good and proper.

1315
01:30:02,320 --> 01:30:06,029
I've had messages from Mrs Vole.
It looks like her handwriting.

1316
01:30:06,160 --> 01:30:08,515
Good heavens, look at this.

1317
01:30:11,000 --> 01:30:12,956
Juicy, ain't they?

1318
01:30:13,080 --> 01:30:16,868
- There's one that's even better.
- How did you get hold of these?

1319
01:30:17,000 --> 01:30:19,958
What's the difference
so long as she gets what's coming?

1320
01:30:20,080 --> 01:30:23,117
- What have you got against her?
- Ha!

1321
01:30:23,240 --> 01:30:26,516
I'll give you something
to dream about, mister.

1322
01:30:27,560 --> 01:30:29,915
Want to kiss me, ducky?

1323
01:30:33,440 --> 01:30:34,190
Ha!

1324
01:30:34,320 --> 01:30:38,108
- I didn't suppose you would.
- Christine Vole did that to you?

1325
01:30:38,240 --> 01:30:42,995
Not 'er, the chap I was going with. He was
a bit younger than me but I loved 'im.

1326
01:30:43,120 --> 01:30:47,910
Then she come along, started seeing 'im
on the sly. Then one day he cleared out.

1327
01:30:48,040 --> 01:30:53,239
I found 'em together. I said what I thought
of 'er and he cut me face up proper.

1328
01:30:53,360 --> 01:30:57,558
- Did you go to the police about it?
- Who, me? Not likely.

1329
01:30:57,680 --> 01:31:03,198
It wasn't 'is fault. It was all 'ers, gettin' 'im
away from me, turnin' 'im against me.

1330
01:31:03,320 --> 01:31:08,030
But I waited me time to pay 'er back.
And it's come now.

1331
01:31:08,160 --> 01:31:13,234
I'm deeply sorry, deeply sorry.
We'll make it another $5 for the letters.

1332
01:31:13,360 --> 01:31:17,512
'Olding out on me, were yer?
I knew I was being soft with yer.

1333
01:31:17,640 --> 01:31:21,076
Cold-blooded vindictiveness.
Read this one.

1334
01:31:22,960 --> 01:31:25,428
Unbelievable.

1335
01:31:25,560 --> 01:31:29,678
We'd better have the full name of the man
to whom these were addressed, Miss...

1336
01:31:29,800 --> 01:31:31,711
Miss, um...

1337
01:31:31,840 --> 01:31:33,637
Where is she?

1338
01:31:39,400 --> 01:31:44,952
On that train, I should think. Doesn't want
her other cheek slashed. Can't blame her.

1339
01:31:47,240 --> 01:31:49,231
- Care for another, sir?
- Hm?

1340
01:31:49,360 --> 01:31:51,316
Good idea.

1341
01:31:59,960 --> 01:32:01,393
Silence!

1342
01:32:01,520 --> 01:32:03,556
Be upstanding in court.

1343
01:32:04,560 --> 01:32:07,154
All persons who have anything
to do before my lords,

1344
01:32:07,280 --> 01:32:09,316
the queen's justices of oyer and terminer

1345
01:32:09,440 --> 01:32:13,274
and general jail delivery for the
jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court,

1346
01:32:13,400 --> 01:32:17,552
draw near and give your attendance.
God save the queen.

1347
01:32:30,840 --> 01:32:33,991
Since the defence has called
but one witness, the prisoner,

1348
01:32:34,120 --> 01:32:36,429
it has the right to be heard last.

1349
01:32:36,560 --> 01:32:42,590
Mr Myers, if you are ready, let us have
the final address for the prosecution.

1350
01:32:42,720 --> 01:32:46,918
My lord, members of the jury,
I will be brief in my final speech

1351
01:32:47,040 --> 01:32:51,556
because I think we've proved so obvious
a case of murder against Leonard Vole,

1352
01:32:51,680 --> 01:32:54,956
that a verdict of guilty
must be the only possible conclusion.

1353
01:32:55,560 --> 01:32:59,109
I will briefly summarise these facts...

1354
01:33:04,640 --> 01:33:06,835
You'd better begin again, Mr Myers.

1355
01:33:07,400 --> 01:33:11,518
That is, if Sir Wilfrid
is at all interested in our proceedings.

1356
01:33:11,640 --> 01:33:15,918
I am, indeed, my lord. The speech
for the crown, however, is premature.

1357
01:33:16,040 --> 01:33:20,830
I ask that the case for the defence be
reopened. And that a witness be recalled.

1358
01:33:20,960 --> 01:33:24,669
I most strenuously object to the case
being reopened at this final stage.

1359
01:33:24,800 --> 01:33:27,917
Evidence of a startling nature
has come into my possession.

1360
01:33:28,040 --> 01:33:31,316
The course my learned friend
proposes is quite unprecedented.

1361
01:33:31,440 --> 01:33:35,069
I have anticipated this objection
and can meet it with ample precedent.

1362
01:33:35,200 --> 01:33:40,752
There is the king vs Stillman, reported
in the criminal appeal reports of 1926

1363
01:33:40,880 --> 01:33:43,189
at page 463.

1364
01:33:43,320 --> 01:33:47,393
Also, the king vs Porter in volume one
of the king's bench division reports,

1365
01:33:47,520 --> 01:33:50,796
1942 at page 153.

1366
01:33:50,920 --> 01:33:53,673
And lastly there is the case
of the king vs Sullivan

1367
01:33:53,800 --> 01:33:57,713
in which this issue was raised, which
I'm sure Your Lordship will remember,

1368
01:33:57,840 --> 01:34:00,308
since you appeared for the prosecution.

1369
01:34:00,440 --> 01:34:04,956
I did? Oh, yes, before Mr Justice Swindon.

1370
01:34:05,080 --> 01:34:07,230
What is this new evidence, Sir Wilfrid?

1371
01:34:07,360 --> 01:34:09,351
Letters, my lord.

1372
01:34:09,480 --> 01:34:12,438
Letters written by Christine Helm.

1373
01:34:14,680 --> 01:34:18,116
My lord, the prosecution
continues its objection.

1374
01:34:18,240 --> 01:34:21,630
If my memory serves me well,
Your Lordship's similar objection

1375
01:34:21,760 --> 01:34:25,355
in the king against Sullivan
was sustained.

1376
01:34:27,160 --> 01:34:30,596
Your memory, for once,
serves you ill, Mr Myers.

1377
01:34:30,720 --> 01:34:35,077
My objection then was overruled
by Mr Justice Swindon.

1378
01:34:35,200 --> 01:34:38,237
As yours is now, by me.

1379
01:34:44,360 --> 01:34:46,476
Call Christine Helm.

1380
01:34:47,240 --> 01:34:48,832
Christine Helm.

1381
01:34:48,960 --> 01:34:51,633
- Christine Helm.
- Christine Helm.

1382
01:35:07,560 --> 01:35:12,350
If you still have doubts about Mr Vole, I
wouldn't mind betting you a box of cigars.

1383
01:35:12,480 --> 01:35:16,314
Mrs Helm, you appreciate
you are still under oath?

1384
01:35:16,440 --> 01:35:17,589
Yes.

1385
01:35:17,720 --> 01:35:23,192
- Do you know a man named Max?
- I don't know what you mean.

1386
01:35:23,320 --> 01:35:27,154
It's a simple question. Do you
or do you not know a man called Max?

1387
01:35:27,280 --> 01:35:29,475
Max? Certainly not.

1388
01:35:29,600 --> 01:35:33,275
It's a fairly common name and yet
you've never known a man named Max?

1389
01:35:33,400 --> 01:35:35,789
In Germany, perhaps, but a long time ago.

1390
01:35:35,920 --> 01:35:42,519
I shall not ask you to go back that far.
Just a few weeks, to... October 20 last.

1391
01:35:44,080 --> 01:35:46,913
- What have you got there?
- A letter.

1392
01:35:47,040 --> 01:35:49,270
I suggest that on October 20

1393
01:35:49,400 --> 01:35:52,597
- you wrote a letter...
- I don't know what you're talking about.

1394
01:35:52,720 --> 01:35:56,076
- .. addressed to a man named Max.
- I did nothing of the sort.

1395
01:35:56,200 --> 01:36:00,113
The letter was but one of a series
written to the same man.

1396
01:36:00,920 --> 01:36:02,956
Lies! All lies!

1397
01:36:03,080 --> 01:36:07,039
You seem to have been, well, let us say,
on intimate terms with this man.

1398
01:36:07,160 --> 01:36:09,799
How dare you say a thing like that?
It isn't true!

1399
01:36:09,920 --> 01:36:15,199
I'm not concerned with the general trend
of this correspondence, only one letter.

1400
01:36:15,320 --> 01:36:19,996
"My beloved Max,
an extraordinary thing has happened. "

1401
01:36:20,120 --> 01:36:22,953
"I believe all our difficulties
may be ended. "

1402
01:36:23,080 --> 01:36:25,548
I will not stand here
and listen to a pack of lies!

1403
01:36:25,680 --> 01:36:29,355
That letter's a forgery.
It isn't even my letter paper!

1404
01:36:29,480 --> 01:36:31,675
- It isn't?
- No!

1405
01:36:31,800 --> 01:36:35,076
I write my letters on small blue paper
with my initials on it.

1406
01:36:39,000 --> 01:36:40,479
Like this?

1407
01:36:43,080 --> 01:36:48,200
This is a bill from my tailor for a pair
of extremely becoming Bermuda shorts.

1408
01:36:49,720 --> 01:36:53,998
Wilfrid the fox! That's what we call him
and that's what he is.

1409
01:36:54,120 --> 01:36:58,272
Now, Mrs Helm, you've been kind enough
to identify your letter paper.

1410
01:36:58,400 --> 01:37:03,110
Now, if you like, I can have an expert
identify your handwriting.

1411
01:37:03,240 --> 01:37:05,037
Damn you!

1412
01:37:05,520 --> 01:37:08,398
- Damn you!
- Leave her alone!

1413
01:37:08,520 --> 01:37:10,636
- Damn you!
- Mrs Helm!

1414
01:37:10,760 --> 01:37:14,116
Let me go!
Let me get out of here! Let me go!

1415
01:37:14,240 --> 01:37:15,593
- Mrs Helm!
- Let me go!

1416
01:37:15,720 --> 01:37:18,314
Usher, get the witness a chair.

1417
01:37:24,360 --> 01:37:30,310
Sir Wilfrid, will you now read the letter
in question so that the jury may hear it?

1418
01:37:35,160 --> 01:37:40,234
"My beloved Max,
an extraordinary thing has happened. "

1419
01:37:40,360 --> 01:37:43,875
"All our difficulties may soon be solved. "

1420
01:37:44,000 --> 01:37:48,869
"Leonard is suspected of murdering
the old lady I told you about. "

1421
01:37:49,000 --> 01:37:54,597
"His only hope of an alibi
depends on me and me alone. "

1422
01:37:55,600 --> 01:38:01,596
"Suppose I testify that he was not at home
with me at the time of the murder,

1423
01:38:01,720 --> 01:38:05,429
that he came home
with blood on his sleeves,

1424
01:38:05,560 --> 01:38:09,314
and that he even admitted to me
that he'd killed her?"

1425
01:38:09,440 --> 01:38:12,750
"Strange that he always said
he would never let me leave him. "

1426
01:38:12,880 --> 01:38:16,350
"But now, if this succeeds,
he will be leaving me

1427
01:38:16,480 --> 01:38:20,189
because they will take him away forever

1428
01:38:20,320 --> 01:38:24,871
and I shall be free and yours,
my beloved. "

1429
01:38:25,000 --> 01:38:29,630
"I count the hours until
we are together. Christine. "

1430
01:38:32,560 --> 01:38:36,348
Mrs Helm?
Will you go back to the witness box?

1431
01:38:46,120 --> 01:38:51,148
I now ask you again, Christine Helm,
did you write this letter?

1432
01:38:51,280 --> 01:38:54,397
Christine, tell him you didn't write it.
I know you didn't.

1433
01:38:54,520 --> 01:38:58,479
Please answer my question.
Did you write this letter?

1434
01:38:58,600 --> 01:39:00,318
Before answering, Mrs Helm,

1435
01:39:00,440 --> 01:39:05,594
I wish to warn you that the law regarding
perjury in this country is very severe.

1436
01:39:05,720 --> 01:39:09,156
If you have already
committed perjury in this courtroom,

1437
01:39:09,280 --> 01:39:12,750
I strongly advise you
not to add to your crime.

1438
01:39:12,880 --> 01:39:16,475
But, if this letter
has not been written by you,

1439
01:39:16,600 --> 01:39:20,149
then now is the time to state this fact.

1440
01:39:22,560 --> 01:39:24,630
I wrote the letter.

1441
01:39:27,040 --> 01:39:30,794
And that, my lord,
is the case for the defence.

1442
01:39:38,320 --> 01:39:41,596
I keep asking which is harder,
your head or your arteries?

1443
01:39:41,720 --> 01:39:43,790
Stop pressing your luck, you're overdue.

1444
01:39:43,920 --> 01:39:47,879
We're all packed and ready.
I hope the jury won't take all afternoon.

1445
01:39:48,000 --> 01:39:49,149
I concede.

1446
01:39:49,280 --> 01:39:52,352
- Congratulations, here are your cigars.
- Not yet.

1447
01:39:52,480 --> 01:39:55,836
Come on, it's all over,
wrapped up neat and tidy.

1448
01:39:55,960 --> 01:39:59,236
- What's wrong?
- It's a little too neat, too tidy,

1449
01:39:59,360 --> 01:40:03,319
and altogether too symmetrical,
that's what's wrong with it.

1450
01:40:03,440 --> 01:40:06,557
- The jury is back.
- You're not worried about the verdict?

1451
01:40:06,680 --> 01:40:10,673
It's not their judgment
that worries me, it's mine.

1452
01:40:10,880 --> 01:40:12,632
Come along.

1453
01:40:13,560 --> 01:40:15,516
Where's my wig?

1454
01:40:43,280 --> 01:40:45,635
The prisoner will stand up.

1455
01:40:48,080 --> 01:40:52,835
Members of the jury,
are you all agreed upon your verdict?

1456
01:40:54,320 --> 01:40:55,514
We are.

1457
01:40:55,640 --> 01:40:59,713
Do you find the prisoner at the bar,
Leonard Stephen Vole,

1458
01:40:59,840 --> 01:41:04,197
guilty or not guilty
of the murder of Emily Jane French?

1459
01:41:07,960 --> 01:41:09,313
Not guilty, m'lord.

1460
01:41:28,520 --> 01:41:29,794
Silence!

1461
01:41:30,040 --> 01:41:31,712
Silence!

1462
01:41:34,520 --> 01:41:38,149
Leonard Stephen Vole,
you have been found not guilty

1463
01:41:38,280 --> 01:41:42,671
of the murder
of Emily Jane French on October 14.

1464
01:41:42,800 --> 01:41:47,112
You are hereby discharged
and are free to leave the court.

1465
01:41:57,560 --> 01:42:00,757
Persons with anything more to do
before the queen's justices

1466
01:42:00,880 --> 01:42:03,030
of oyer and terminer and jail delivery

1467
01:42:03,160 --> 01:42:07,915
for the jurisdiction of the Central
Criminal Court may depart the area.

1468
01:42:16,280 --> 01:42:19,829
Thank you. Yes, we'll talk later.
Thank you, Mr Mayhew.

1469
01:42:19,960 --> 01:42:22,349
Thank you, Mr Brogan-Moore. Carter.

1470
01:42:22,480 --> 01:42:25,756
Thank you, Sir Wilfrid, for everything.
You were wonderful.

1471
01:42:25,880 --> 01:42:29,555
- I'd say we were lucky all around.
- Yeah.

1472
01:42:29,680 --> 01:42:33,355
I have your belongings. Sign the receipt,
Mr Vole, and we can release you.

1473
01:42:33,480 --> 01:42:36,472
"Mr Vole. " They didn't call me Mr
when they charged me.

1474
01:42:36,600 --> 01:42:41,549
- I'll go with you, I have your hat and coat.
- Let's go before they change their mind!

1475
01:42:50,640 --> 01:42:53,757
Chipper, isn't he? An hour ago,
he had one foot on the gallows

1476
01:42:53,880 --> 01:42:55,916
and the other on a banana peel.

1477
01:42:56,040 --> 01:42:59,112
You ought to be very proud, Wilfrid.
Aren't you?

1478
01:42:59,240 --> 01:43:02,118
Not yet. We've disposed of the gallows,

1479
01:43:02,240 --> 01:43:06,153
but there's still that banana peel
somewhere, under somebody's foot.

1480
01:43:19,200 --> 01:43:23,671
- Every word you said was a lie!
- You ought to be locked up! Liar!

1481
01:43:23,800 --> 01:43:26,997
You'd better wait here
until we get rid of that crowd, madam.

1482
01:43:27,120 --> 01:43:29,076
Thank you.

1483
01:43:32,680 --> 01:43:35,831
Ready, sir? Miss Plimsoll will be waiting.

1484
01:43:35,960 --> 01:43:41,273
Let me finish the last of the cocoa
while I'm still beyond her jurisdiction.

1485
01:43:41,400 --> 01:43:45,598
Would you excuse me,
Brogan-Moore, Carter? Thank you.

1486
01:44:11,440 --> 01:44:15,353
I never thought you British could get
so emotional. Especially in public.

1487
01:44:15,480 --> 01:44:17,914
- I apologise for my compatriots.
- It's all right.

1488
01:44:18,040 --> 01:44:21,794
I don't mind being called names or
pushed around or even kicked in the shin.

1489
01:44:21,920 --> 01:44:24,150
But I have a ladder
in my last pair of nylons.

1490
01:44:24,280 --> 01:44:28,398
In case you are not familiar with
our prison regulations, no silk stockings.

1491
01:44:28,520 --> 01:44:30,636
Prison? Will I go to prison?

1492
01:44:30,760 --> 01:44:34,230
You heard the judge.
You will certainly be charged with perjury,

1493
01:44:34,360 --> 01:44:38,512
- tried for it, and to prison you shall go.
- Well, it won't be for life, will it?

1494
01:44:38,640 --> 01:44:42,110
If I were appearing
for the prosecution, it would be.

1495
01:44:42,240 --> 01:44:46,074
You loathe me, don't you?
Like the people outside.

1496
01:44:46,200 --> 01:44:49,192
What a wicked woman I am,
and how brilliantly you exposed me

1497
01:44:49,320 --> 01:44:53,836
and saved Leonard's life.
The great Sir Wilfrid Robarts did it again.

1498
01:44:53,960 --> 01:44:59,478
Well, let me tell you something.
You didn't do it alone. You had help.

1499
01:45:00,520 --> 01:45:02,158
What are you driving at?

1500
01:45:02,280 --> 01:45:05,113
I'm not driving at anything.
Leonard is free and we did it.

1501
01:45:05,240 --> 01:45:06,593
- We?
- Remember?

1502
01:45:06,720 --> 01:45:10,235
When you said that no jury would
believe an alibi given by a loving wife,

1503
01:45:10,360 --> 01:45:14,273
no matter how much she swore
he was innocent? That gave me the idea.

1504
01:45:14,400 --> 01:45:15,913
What idea?

1505
01:45:16,040 --> 01:45:20,352
The idea that I should be a witness, not
for my husband, but for the prosecution.

1506
01:45:20,480 --> 01:45:24,268
That I should swear Leonard was guilty
and that you should expose me as a liar

1507
01:45:24,400 --> 01:45:28,473
because only then would they believe
Leonard was innocent.

1508
01:45:28,600 --> 01:45:32,149
So now you know
the whole story, Sir Wilfrid.

1509
01:45:37,240 --> 01:45:41,279
I'll give yer something
to dream about, mister.

1510
01:45:41,400 --> 01:45:43,960
Want to kiss me, ducky?

1511
01:45:47,560 --> 01:45:51,473
I suspected something, but not that.

1512
01:45:51,600 --> 01:45:54,478
- Never that!
- Thank you for the compliment.

1513
01:45:54,600 --> 01:45:58,195
It's been a long time since I acted
and I never played such a vital role.

1514
01:45:58,320 --> 01:46:01,073
All those blue letters!

1515
01:46:01,200 --> 01:46:04,670
It took me hours to write them,
to invent Max. There never was a Max.

1516
01:46:04,800 --> 01:46:07,155
There's never been anyone but Leonard.

1517
01:46:07,280 --> 01:46:09,430
My dear, could you not have trusted me,

1518
01:46:09,560 --> 01:46:13,348
worked with me truthfully
and honourably? We would have won.

1519
01:46:13,480 --> 01:46:16,278
I could not run that risk.
You thought he was innocent.

1520
01:46:16,400 --> 01:46:19,437
And you knew he was innocent.
I understand.

1521
01:46:19,560 --> 01:46:22,711
No, Sir Wilfrid,
you do not understand at all.

1522
01:46:22,840 --> 01:46:25,195
I knew he was guilty.

1523
01:46:28,480 --> 01:46:31,313
That can't be true! No!

1524
01:46:32,480 --> 01:46:34,789
Listen to me, once and for all.

1525
01:46:34,920 --> 01:46:37,514
He came home after ten,
he had blood on his sleeves,

1526
01:46:37,640 --> 01:46:40,950
he said he had killed the woman,
only I could save him. He pleaded.

1527
01:46:41,080 --> 01:46:44,072
And you saved him? A murderer?

1528
01:46:44,200 --> 01:46:46,236
Again, you don't understand.

1529
01:46:46,360 --> 01:46:48,316
I love him.

1530
01:46:53,880 --> 01:46:56,155
I told you she was an actress.
And a good one.

1531
01:46:56,280 --> 01:46:57,838
Leonard!

1532
01:46:57,960 --> 01:47:00,997
I knew she'd do something,
but I just didn't know what or how.

1533
01:47:01,120 --> 01:47:03,076
Leonard, Leonard.

1534
01:47:05,040 --> 01:47:10,319
- Fooled you completely, didn't she?
- It was you, Vole, who fooled me.

1535
01:47:10,440 --> 01:47:15,878
Oh, easy. Easy. We both got
out of this alive, let's stay this way.

1536
01:47:16,000 --> 01:47:19,356
- Where are your pills?
- You've made a mockery of English law.

1537
01:47:19,480 --> 01:47:22,597
Who did? You got me off
and I can't be tried again for this.

1538
01:47:22,720 --> 01:47:27,111
- That's English law too, isn't it?
- You can't touch him now. Nobody can.

1539
01:47:27,240 --> 01:47:29,834
The scales of justice
may tip one way or another,

1540
01:47:29,960 --> 01:47:32,952
but ultimately they balance out.
You'll pay for this.

1541
01:47:33,080 --> 01:47:37,073
Ultimately's a long way off. I'd rather
pay for it as soon as possible and in cash.

1542
01:47:37,200 --> 01:47:41,557
Suppose we double your fee? There'll be
lots of money once the will goes through.

1543
01:47:41,680 --> 01:47:44,513
I'm not cheap, I want everybody
to get something out of it.

1544
01:47:44,640 --> 01:47:48,076
There's Janet McKenzie.
We'll get her that new hearing aid.

1545
01:47:48,200 --> 01:47:52,990
And we'll get you a new one of these.
18-carat gold if they make them.

1546
01:47:53,120 --> 01:47:56,669
And when they try you for perjury
there'll be $5,000 for the defence.

1547
01:47:56,800 --> 01:48:01,351
I don't care, just so we'll be together.
You don't know what I've been through.

1548
01:48:01,480 --> 01:48:06,235
Standing in the witness box, having
to face you, saying I never loved you.

1549
01:48:06,360 --> 01:48:07,509
What is it, Leonard?

1550
01:48:07,640 --> 01:48:11,349
The luggage is in the car and we've
only 20 minutes to catch the boat train.

1551
01:48:11,480 --> 01:48:13,948
This is a nice young lady
I met during the trial.

1552
01:48:14,080 --> 01:48:15,354
Len!

1553
01:48:15,480 --> 01:48:17,072
Oh, Len!

1554
01:48:17,200 --> 01:48:18,758
Len...

1555
01:48:20,320 --> 01:48:23,869
Oh, Len, they've been trying to keep
me away. It's had me nearly crazy.

1556
01:48:24,000 --> 01:48:26,389
Leonard, who's this girl?

1557
01:48:26,520 --> 01:48:29,114
I'm not this girl, I'm his girl.

1558
01:48:29,240 --> 01:48:30,992
Tell her, Len.

1559
01:48:31,120 --> 01:48:34,476
Leonard, is this the girl
who was with you in the travel bureau?

1560
01:48:34,600 --> 01:48:37,637
The girl you said you hardly knew,
didn't even know her name?

1561
01:48:37,760 --> 01:48:42,231
That's right. That's who I am and I know
all about you. You're not his wife.

1562
01:48:42,360 --> 01:48:46,478
Never have been. You're years older than
he is. We've been together for months

1563
01:48:46,600 --> 01:48:52,277
and we're going away on a cruise,
just like they said in court. Tell her, Len.

1564
01:48:52,400 --> 01:48:57,190
- Yes, Len, tell me yourself.
- All right, Diana, come along.

1565
01:48:57,320 --> 01:48:59,914
You can't, not after what I've done.
I won't let you.

1566
01:49:00,040 --> 01:49:02,873
I saved your life
getting you out of Germany,

1567
01:49:03,000 --> 01:49:06,072
you got me out of this mess,
so we're even. It's over now.

1568
01:49:06,200 --> 01:49:10,557
Don't, Leonard! Don't leave me!
Don't, Leonard! Don't!

1569
01:49:10,680 --> 01:49:13,433
Pull yourself together.
They'll have you up for perjury.

1570
01:49:13,560 --> 01:49:17,951
Don't make it worse
or they'll try you as an accessory.

1571
01:49:18,080 --> 01:49:20,275
And you know what that means.

1572
01:49:20,400 --> 01:49:24,871
I don't care. Let them. Let them try me
for perjury, or an accessory, or...

1573
01:49:25,840 --> 01:49:28,400
- Ready?
- Or better yet...

1574
01:49:28,520 --> 01:49:30,431
let them try me for...!

1575
01:49:30,560 --> 01:49:32,312
Argh!

1576
01:49:53,000 --> 01:49:57,357
- Call a doctor.
- It's no use. No doctor can help now.

1577
01:49:58,360 --> 01:50:00,669
- What happened?
- She killed him.

1578
01:50:00,800 --> 01:50:02,711
Killed him?

1579
01:50:02,840 --> 01:50:04,990
She executed him.

1580
01:50:06,560 --> 01:50:09,028
Carter, what have you done
with the luggage?

1581
01:50:09,160 --> 01:50:14,632
I sent it on ahead to the station,
and I've got a cab waiting outside.

1582
01:50:20,920 --> 01:50:24,708
- A remarkable woman.
- You can just barely catch the boat train.

1583
01:50:24,840 --> 01:50:28,469
Better bring the luggage back,
and you can dismiss the cab.

1584
01:50:28,600 --> 01:50:31,558
We are not going yet, are we?

1585
01:50:33,880 --> 01:50:36,633
Thank you, Miss Plimsoll.

1586
01:50:36,760 --> 01:50:39,320
Get Brogan-Moore to my chambers,
and Mayhew too.

1587
01:50:39,440 --> 01:50:43,558
We're appearing for the defence
in the trial of Christine Vole.

1588
01:50:43,680 --> 01:50:45,432
Sir Wilfrid?

1589
01:50:45,560 --> 01:50:48,120
You've forgotten your brandy.

1590
01:51:09,880 --> 01:51:11,711
The management of this theatre suggests

1591
01:51:11,840 --> 01:51:15,913
that for the greater entertainment of
friends Who have not yet seen the picture,

1592
01:51:16,040 --> 01:51:19,077
you Will not divulge to anyone
the secret of the ending

1593
01:51:19,200 --> 01:51:21,839
of "Witness For The Prosecution".

1594
01:51:26,480 --> 01:51:29,438
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