All language subtitles for Rivals of Sherlock Holmes s02e02 Five Hundred Carats.eng

[gentle majestic music]

[insects chirping]

[door clunking]

- [man panting]
- [fist thudding]

- [fist thudding]
- [man panting]

[footsteps shuffling]

What are you doing here?

You've been following me.

Look, I can explain.

God, you must be mad!

[bell clanging]

Help! Help!

Help!

[man screaming]

Go! Hurry up!

Open it!

Come on!

[tense music]

[suspenseful music]

[Narrator] In late
Victorian times,

there lived many detectives,

The Rivals of
Sherlock Holmes.

[suspenseful music continues]

[upbeat music]

[door knocking]

Well, I thought
you would be along.

Well, it's all over.

The great De Beers diamond.

Crystallized blood.

Well, diamonds are money to you.

To me, they're just trouble.
Usually smuggling.

But on occasions such
as this, it's murder.

Well, you know how it began.

[gentle mysterious music]

[people chattering]

Have you really found two
million pounds of diamonds?

You did say two million
pounds, Mr. Arundel?

Yes, when the millionaires
start bidding for it.

Mr. Cornelius, what do you say?

I'd like to see the stone first.

Excuse me, sir.

I don't think we've seen
you here before, sir.

No, I'm out here for
Van Buren of New York.

Seems I picked the right moment.

I heard you're onto
something exceptional.

Wanted to get first look at it.

Quite right. Excuse me, sir.

Let me introduce Philip
Marsden. Mr. Cornelius.

[Mr. Cornelius] Nice to
know you, Mr. Marsden.

How do you do, sir?

Marsden's my personal assistant.

He guards my door
against geniuses

with schemes for making money.

[Mr. Cornelius]
I guess your company

doesn't need any advice
on that subject. [laughs]

You'll be sending the
diamond to London?

It'll be auctioned there.

[Mr. Cornelius] I hope my
company will empower me to bid.

I hope so too.

- Marsden.
- Right, sir.

If you'll be seated, gentlemen.

Will you be here for the races
next week, Mr. Cornelius?

I regret not.

I have to catch the mail
boat from Cape Town.

The London diamond sales.

But you can depend
that I shall be there

when your stone
comes up for auction.

Next to me, Mr. Cornelius.

Thank you.

Thank you, Lomas.

Well, gentlemen,
if you're ready.

[purposeful music]

All right, Inspector.

Hmm.

Perfect.

[chuckles] Don't worry,
Inspector.

It weighs well over 500 carats

and will cut to a
perfect octahedron.

Pure white. Without a flaw.

It was found on
one of the drives

on the 800-foot level
of our Eureka mine.

This is a great thing
for the company.

It's a great thing for
the town of Kimberley.

From what I have observed,

the two are very much identical.

[chuckling] Yes, indeed.

You'll be sending it
immediately down to Cape Town

for shipment, I imagine?

It'll go down under
guard and behind bars

on the diamond train
next Monday.

Six days.

Never fear.

We have trusted servants and
a formidable strong room.

- [door locks clunking]
- [gentle suspenseful music]

You'll wish to confirm
the precise weight

before your company
considers its bid.

[Mr. Cornelius] Surely.

If you please, Mr. Cornelius.

510.

No.

511 carats.

I shall ask you to
certify to that.

- The safe.
- Sir.

[Mr. Cornelius] You've left
the window open, Inspector.

My dear chap, this is Africa.

The men on guard in this
room would be stifled

if the window were closed.

[gentle suspenseful music]

Mm. That's a fine safe you have.

Duvoisier of Paris.

Specially designed for us.

Sir.

And Mr. Marsden keeps the key?

Only the day key. The safe
is used for other gems.

Ready, sir?

This is the master key.
It never leaves my person.

There. Nobody but myself
can open the safe.

Excellent.

And the armed guards
are always out there.

Day and night.

No one inside the room?

Mr. Lomas and I will take turns

until the diamond train leaves.

A very great trust, young man.
A very great trust.

Oh, we trust Mr. Marsden.
I know his people.

And Mr. Lomas was at my school.

Besides, I or another director

will come here without warning
several times each day.

[gentle suspenseful music]

Foolproof. Absolutely foolproof.

And quite superb steel.

Coming, Inspector.

Finally, everyone who leaves
the strong room is searched.

Marsden and Lomas whenever
they come off duty.

- Even myself.
- Oh, and me. I insist.

I think the law
has its eye on me.

[men chuckling]

[door clunking]

[lock clicks]

I'm sorry my wife's away.

I'd have preferred to
entertain you at home.

My dear sir, you don't have
to apologize for this club.

The luxury is positively Roman.

Your table is ready, sir.

We're waiting for
Inspector Lipinzki.

Excuse me, sir,

but would you mind having
a word with the secretary?

Oh.

Forgive me, Cornelius.
Club business, I imagine.

Well, this must have
been a pretty wild town

in the old pioneering days.

I believe it was.

You weren't here?

[Philip] I was too
young, unfortunately.

Are you sorry you
missed the adventure?

[Philip] Well, men dug up
fortunes out of the sand.

Ah. And Mr. Arundel?

[Philip] Sir?

Did he make his money
digging for diamonds?

No, no. He's a shareholder.

[laughs] The
prospectors have gone.

The shareholders' triumph.

And you?

Me?

How you gonna make your pile?

Mr. Arundel was good
enough to offer me a post.

It has prospects.

Sorry, Cornelius.

Dashed embarrassing, that.

Club secretary objects
to one of my guests.

Not to me, I hope.

Oh, my dear fellow.

He says I'm bringing
Lipinzki in here too often.

Your chief of police?

Yes. A first-class man.

This town was a battlefield
before he was appointed.

All the same, sir, I do
see the secretary's point.

You mean Lipinzki
spits on the carpet?

Or is it that his
name ends in ski?

Not at all, not at all.

It's just that this club
is for, well, gentlemen.

Oh, I suppose so. I suppose so.

[door clunking]

Ah, there is the
fellow! Lipinzki.

Six minutes late.
Unusual for you.

Good evening. I'm
sorry, Mr. Arundel.

Had to take a quarter
of a million pounds

worth of stones to the bank.

Business at this hour?

It changed hands
in a game of cards.

Cards? It's disgusting.

Well, isn't it, sir?

I mean, look at some of
the people who make money.

Speculators. Riffraff.

Quarter of a million
means nothing to them.

[Mr. Arundel clears throat]

Well, I thank you
for the drink, sir.

If you'll excuse
me. Mr. Cornelius.

I have to look in
at the strong room,

see that all is
well with Mr. Lomas.

[up-tempo piano music]

[horn blowing]

- [crowd cheering]
- [crowd whistling]

- [crowd applauding]
- [people chattering]

[door slamming]

Now, then. What's
all this about?

I wanted to come and see you.

[laughs] That's obvious.

But you could have
seen me in the bar.

Look, Bridie, I had to come
and see you just for a minute.

Well, drink up and have
your look, my little love.

I'm supposed to
be on night duty.

Hark at the big man.

And what's this precious
night duty, then?

The diamond?

The diamond?

Oh, come off it, Charlie Lomas.

Do you think the biggest
diamond in history's a secret

with 2,000 miners drinking
themselves blind over it?

How dare you?

Who gave you permission
to leave your post?

Uh, it'll be all right.

- Blakey took my post.
- I know.

And I knew where I'd find you,
you besotted little idiot.

- Philip, nobody saw me.
- Mr. Marsden, please.

I am your superior.

Mr. Marsden,

- he was just leaving.
- This is not your business,

Mrs. Sullavan.

It will be all right. I
checked out with the office.

I said I wasn't well.

What a trustworthy
person you are.

A man to rely on, hmm?

Get out.

Go on. Get back at once.

Go on, Charlie. Please!

[glass slams]

[door slamming]

This is your doing.

I'm a busy woman, Mr.
Marsden. Goodnight.

Why don't you leave him alone?

Leave him alone? You
make him leave me alone.

No, you encourage
him. I know you.

I'm a respectable widow, and
I keep a respectable bar.

Your liaisons have been
well known in this town.

Liaisons?

And what might that
fine word mean?

Your fancy men.

I'm a widow six years.

And I'm made of flesh
and blood. Not like you.

- [men cheering]
- [men whistling]

What would you know
of a life like mine?

Too much, Mr. Marsden.

I've seen you all those nights.

I've never spoken to you.

Oh, no.

You stand at the end
of the bar and look.

You slip in for a quiet drink
and 10 minutes stripping me.

Yes, well, I'm not required
to listen to this nonsense.

The door's behind you.
What's stopping you?

You only know one sort of man.

No, two.

The sort that speak out plainly

and the ones who are afraid to.

Frozen beneath their
celluloid collars.

Like this one, eh?

Keep a civil tongue
for your betters.

Slut.

Get out before you get
this glass in your face!

I'll teach young Lomas
a lesson for this.

[Bridie] Mr. Marsden.

Don't take it out
on the boy. Please.

[door slamming]

I shall be glad when it's on
the train tomorrow morning.

- Lock it up.
- Yes, sir.

Do we have your full
attention, Mr. Lomas?

Mr. Lomas?

Oh, sorry, Mr. Marsden.
I was dreaming.

[Philip] Yes.

Well, this will be your
last night on duty, hmm?

Yes. Thank goodness.

Sir, as it's the last time.

Thank you. A pleasure.

Lock it.

- [bell rings]
- [safe door clunking]

See who that is, Lomas.

Yes, sir.

Sir.

There. Snug and safe.

Who is it?

Mr. Cornelius at
the outer door, sir.

What the devil does he want?

[Philips sighs]

All right, guard, let him in.

[door clunking]

What is it, Cornelius?

Oh, am I intruding? I'm sorry.

I just came to say goodbye.

[Mr. Arundel] I see.

I shall be leaving on
the train tomorrow.

I didn't wanna wait at the
office in case I missed you.

Well, we shall meet
at the station.

After all your hospitality,

let me buy you a drink for once.

You've completed
your ceremonies,

- I see.
- Do you mind, sir?

I am responsible.

Oh, I'm sorry.
Need I be searched?

I think not.

But I shall, and so
will Mr. Marsden.

So will Mr. Lomas when
he comes off duty.

My goodness, it
would take a genius

to abstract your diamond.

- [hooves clopping]
- [suspenseful music]

Sir, you're wanted
at the mine. At once.

[dramatic music]

I don't understand it.

It was locked, Inspector.
The safe was locked.

I locked it myself last night.

I opened the safe 10 minutes
ago, and it was gone.

[Inspector Lipinzki] And
you've had everybody searched?

Every man jack insisted
on being searched.

How do you explain
it, Inspector?

I can't, Mr. Arundel.

Well, this is the
search report, Lipinzki.

You wanna see the guards
who were in the corridor?

Not yet.

Now, you tell me
Cornelius was there?

[Mr. Arundel] Not until
after the safe was locked.

Hmm. Did he go near the safe?

No. Marsden wouldn't
let him near it.

He's always been very
curious about that room, sir.

Well, the man's in the business.

I myself am always ready

to learn from other
companies in this matter.

Besides, he was vouched
for by his firm.

Their reference came by post.
There was no photograph.

Are you suggesting
he's an imposter?

[laughs] Well, such
things have been heard of.

I'll cable for a
description, Mr. Arundel.

You sometimes have
the keys, Mr. Marsden?

Only the day key.

The master key, the window key,

and the key to the diamond
box are kept by Mr. Arundel.

I've seen you using them.

Only in my presence.

And they are handed
straight back to me.

Perhaps the inspector
thinks I might have

taken impressions at some
time and had duplicates made.

As a matter of duty, I've
never taken my eyes off them.

What if the diamond were
thrown out of the window?

I saw it locked up.

I said, what if it were?

With armed guards
patrolling the frontage

and the corridor?

Indeed, the whole building?

And they were all at their
posts throughout the night.

Hmm.

Mr. Lomas. Did anything
suspicious happen

No.

Were you awake all the time?

Yes.

Pretty difficult, isn't it?

Alone. In silence.

Long, hot night.

The guard looks in on him
every hour. I arranged it.

Very efficient. Did you
leave your post at all?

- No.
- Did you ever leave it?

Uh, I have done.

Last Tuesday, I
had a bad headache.

I went and rested for an hour.
Mr. Blakey took my place.

It was all reported to me.

It's ancient history.

I've seen the diamond at least
a dozen times since then.

So it is rather
upsetting, isn't it?

I was with the diamond
all night, wasn't I?

You couldn't have passed it

to any confederate
in the street.

You were searched when
you came out of the room.

Have you any reason to
doubt him, Inspector?

Not a stain on his character.

Or yours, gentlemen.

And there was no one else there.

[gentle suspenseful music]

Thank you for allowing
me in, Inspector.

Oh, you're welcome.

A case of locking
the stable door

after the horse has bolted.

And how was it done, Inspector?

I thought you were
leaving today.

Oh, train doesn't
go for an hour.

Sad, isn't it?

I thought I'd be traveling

alongside the biggest
diamond in South Africa.

What brings you
here, Mr. Cornelius?

Oh, some first-class
safety measures

which I'd noted for future
use, and they're defeated.

At least I'd like to know how.

Well, if you find
out, just tell me.

[chuckles] Stumped, eh?

Um.

What about shooting
the diamond by catapult

to that building opposite?

[chuckles] You're having
a little joke maybe.

300 feet?

This room seems to have an
interest for you, Mr. Cornelius.

[Mr. Cornelius] Oh, last night?

It was quite an innocent
visit, I can assure you.

But I came at the wrong moment.

Were you searched
before you left?

[Mr. Cornelius] No, I never
came far enough into the room

to make it necessary.

Come on and give us a hand.

Of course, you could
have been the confederate

of someone who was.

No offense, of course.

It's a little late, but do
you want me searched too?

[Inspector Lipinzki] Yes.

What is that?

What would you say?

Oh, a piece of mining equipment?

Of course, I'm not on
the engineering side.

Why is it here?

Anyone could have left it.

The company uses a
lot of machinery.

Mustn't miss your
train, Mr. Cornelius.

You're not gonna ask
me to stay in town?

I've no right to.

Now, if you'll step
along to the search room.

Perhaps you'd care to search
my hotel room and my bags.

Just as a formality.

It's being done, Mr. Cornelius.

[tense music]

Mining in the old
eyes. Real mining.

You and my old man.

Too right.

You're a dab hand at saying no.

Not always.

Once in a while
you do me a favor.

Well, it suits us both.

Sure.

Other men run after me.

And some of them catch you.

- Thank you, Leo.
- [men chattering]

Ah, be quiet, the two of you!

And who's blaming you?
They've got money.

Wish you had.

Well, marry one of
your rich men, then.

When I'm offered
the ring, I will.

[Man] Hey, Mac, another bottle.
There's men drinking here.

Don't serve him, Mac!

[glass pounding]

You're a tough little nut.

Sure.

I knelt over my husband

when a drunk had killed
him with a broken bottle.

Ah, shut up, the two
of you, and get out!

All I want is a decent fellow

who will get me
out of this town.

I wanna drink.

You're obliged to serve
me. I ordered rum.

Now, come on.

Oh, now, go home
quietly, will you?

Oh, get off my back, will
you, Little Boy Blue?

[blows thudding]

Drag him out, Mac.

Come on, you.

- Hello, darling.
- Oh, go on. Out.

[door clattering]

Come on in here, Leo.

Bring another beer
in, will you, Mac?

You were just waiting to half
kill someone, weren't you?

I haven't seen you
hit a man for years.

What is it, Leo? The diamond?

It's been nearly a week, Bridie.

I don't see it. I
don't see a thing.

Have you found nothing?

Look. You tell me what that is.

Well, how should I know?

I've asked every
engineer in the mine.

They're no wiser than you are.

Thanks, Mac.

It's made out of standard
water lead piping.

Now, there's 4,000 feet of
it in the company stores.

I've been over every
detail again and again.

I don't see it. I
just don't see it.

Bridie.

There's not much you
don't hear in this town.

[laughs] No.

Do you want to get out of here?

Go on.

There's 20,000 reward
for this diamond.

Ha!

I might have known this
wasn't a social call.

You come round here
once in a blue moon,

and all you talk about
is money, Inspector.

20,000. You could go to
Europe and be a lady.

Oh, the mean lot of devils.

That diamond's worth
two million pounds.

100,000 pounds reward
would be cheap.

20,000.

Ah! I'm busy.

Now, don't be greedy.

[Bridie laughs]

Who comes in here, Bridie?

Not Arundel.

Oh, no. He's off at
the gentlemen's club.

Hm. Marsden?

Mr. Marsden and I are
not on confiding terms.

Lomas?

He's sweet on me.

Oh, Leo, if you were
as soft as he is.

He came in here
last Tuesday night,

mitching, and Marsden
dragged him away.

And since then?

Not a sight or sound of him.

He must be ashamed.

Well, that doesn't get us far.

Oh, Leo.

If I had 20,000 pounds,

I'd go to London,
and I'd go to a hotel

and order a luxury suite
with a private bath.

And then I'd turn
on the hot tap.

Just think of it, Leo.
Turning on a hot tap.

Then...

Hey. How'd you like to be there?

Leo?

Leo, I happen to
be talking to you!

- Shut up.
- What the blazes?

I said shut up.

[tense music]

Can I lock up now?

Where is Mr. Marsden?

I don't know.

Is he in town?

No.

He went out shooting.

Did he?

Went on horseback, did he? When?

Early this morning. His
digs are opposite mine.

Where did he go?

I don't know.

Well, come on. You must
know where he hunts!

Anywhere in the hills.
He goes after buck.

You know what this is?

No.

How many beans make five?

[Charlie] What?

It's not in your class.

[dramatic music]

[door slams]

What the devil is this?

[gun clunking]

- [Inspector Lipinzki sniffs]
- Have you gone mad?

[gun thudding]

If you have a search
warrant, I wanna see it.

[bullets clinking]

- Turn around.
- I'll do no such thing.

I'd be entirely within my
rights to resist, you know?

You'd better not.

And what precisely
are you looking for?

Not the De Beers
diamond, by any chance?

- Boots off.
- You'll pay dearly.

I promise you.

Get your boots off!

What?

These boots were made for me.

Up, up, up, up, up!

I'll show you some at my office

that were made for
diamond smuggling.

You've forgotten
your place, my man.

It's not so many years since
you were a common laborer.

I'm a policeman now.

And it appears you suspect
me of stealing the diamond.

I'm entitled to know
on what grounds.

Well, are you satisfied?

Exactly whereabouts did
you go hunting today?

[Philip] That is none
of your business.

I've got trackers out.

Oh.

Then you'll learn from them

I was in the hills
towards Barkly West.

Did you find what
you were looking for?

Yes. I shot a buck.

It's at the club,

where I shall invite some
gentlemen to dine upon it.

Army compass.

It happens to be useful
for finding one's way.

Why did you leave the army?

Don't be so damned insolent.

I'm doing my job.

Ah. I detect a change of tone.

You're in trouble,
and you know it.

I'm sorry. I've got a job to do.

Not good enough, Lipinzki.

You manhandle me. You
tear my room to pieces.

You think you can get off
by saying you're sorry?

You'll have to say a damn
sight more than that.

But why, Inspector? If
you'll only tell us why.

Does it matter?

This man grossly
mistreated Mr. Marsden.

- Yes, he did.
- Yes.

Gentlemen, if you please.

The inspector's served
this township well.

He must have his chance.

Well, Lipinzki?

Good heavens, man!

Am I to conclude you had
no reasons for your action?

I had a reason, Mr. Arundel.

Then you must tell us.

Your search produced nothing.

Nothing.

You sent out trackers.

Did they find anything that
could justify your action?

Nothing.

Mr. Marsden rode to and fro
over his tracks very thoroughly.

Sir, he is insinuating again.

Do you mean to persist

that you have grounds
to suspect Mr. Marsden?

I can produce no such grounds.

Then Mr. Marsden is fully
entitled to the public apology

given before the
directors of this company

that he's demanded.

- Hear, hear.
- Hear, hear.

Inspector, it's only
because of my regard for you

that I've persuaded Mr. Marsden

to be satisfied with
a public apology.

You could be suspended,
with worse to follow.

- Yes. Hear, hear.
- Quite.

I do not intend to wait.

It'll go hard with you
if you don't speak up.

I publicly apologize.

For your unfounded suspicions.

For my unfounded suspicions.

And for the outrage which
you perpetrated upon him.

And for the outrage which
I perpetrated upon him.

And you will never
annoy Mr. Marsden again.

I can assure you I
will never again accuse

any living person
without proof to show.

Thank you, sir.

This has been most painful.

[chairs scraping]

- [door clunking]
- [gentle music]

Good evening, Mrs. Sullavan.

Good evening, Mr. Marsden.

Are you, uh-

I serve drinks as long
as the door is unbolted.

Ah.

- [Mac whistling]
- [broom rustling]

May I have a hock, please?

Mac.

There's no ice.

Doesn't matter. The
nights are getting colder.

Hardly a cause for
complaint in Africa.

No.

Your health.

Oh.

Thank you.

Mrs. Sullavan, I feel
an apology is due.

Overdue, Mr. Marsden?

Yes, I spoke to you
unpardonably the other night.

I said things I didn't mean.

[Bridie] Did you not?

Well, there are some things
one does not say to a lady.

A lady?

Oh, now you're coming
it. What's your game?

Well, I simply wish to explain.

I was furious with young Lomas.

Now, if you've come
here to talk about that-

No, no!

Of course, I feel
responsible for him.

I am responsible to his family.

And what would they
think of a lady like me?

No, no. You misinterpret me.

[glasses clinking]

Mrs. Sullavan, may
we talk more quietly?

- About what?
- About Lomas.

There's something
I wish to tell you.

It is highly confidential.

Oh.

I haven't got long.

[gentle music]

[door clunking]

What about Mr. Lomas?

He finds you very attractive.

Ah, go on.

I can well understand it.

Oh.

But I'm an older man. I
speak on my own account.

Yes.

I would not be averse
to an arrangement.

Oh, the saints preserve us.

In all discretion, of course.

You wouldn't regret it
in any material way.

[Bridie laughs]

And what would you have
to offer, Mr. Marsden,

on your clerk's pay?

- I have prospects.
- I don't like you.

I beg your pardon.

I'm not for sale.

But I'll ignore the insult.

I can't take you
seriously enough.

Now, don't make me say anymore.

You are a very handsome woman.

You're a lonely
man, Mr. Marsden.

I'm trying to feel sorry for
you, but you don't interest me.

But if I had money.

[chuckles] If pigs had wings.

Goodnight, Mr. Marsden.

Good evening, Mrs. Sullavan.

Good evening, Inspector.

I trust this is a coincidence.

- What else?
- It had better be.

I'm sorry if my
presence annoys you.

You were within an ace
of losing your job today.

My God, are you still
pursuing this insane notion?

Do you mind, Mrs. Sullavan?

[door clunking]

Now there are no witnesses.

You mean to go on with this?

I know you did it, Marsden.

You're mad.

I don't know exactly how
yet. But I know you did it.

I'll break you for this.

Well, there's you,
and there's me.

Let's see which one
of us gets broken.

[suspenseful music]

- [hooves clopping]
- [mid-tempo piano music]

Mr. Marsden.

Hello, there.

Ah. So you're back from Europe.

Europe and the States. I
spend my life on the ocean.

Come in and have a drink.

Another time.

I've been following
your little affair.

The diamond? There's
been nothing to follow.

Just so.

That's what everyone in
the markets is wondering.

Three months, and not a whisper?

Do you think it's been cut up?

I've no idea. Excuse me.

I see a beautiful
lady and much wealth.

- [Charlie chuckling]
- And...

Oh, it's you.

She sees much wealth, Philip.

You won't get rich
by talking about it.

Don't you want to know
your fortune, Mr. Marsden?

It's a child's
game, Mrs. Sullavan.

Not in Ireland.

Don't you want to
know your future?

You could enlighten me on that
subject without the cards.

You're coming here
a lot these days.

I go where it pleases me.

He seems to be a
welcome guest here.

He's a good little boy.

And we have a good laugh,
and he goes away happy.

Don't you, Charlie?

And anyone else is
welcome on the same terms.

Cut along now, Lomas, will you?

I want to have a word
with Mrs. Sullavan.

I daresay you do.

Lomas, have you forgotten how
to behave like a gentleman?

Yes. I know what you want!

Lomas.

You come here pestering
Bridie! I know!

- [hand slaps]
- Hold your tongue!

Shut up! The pair of you!

Now, you're both
welcome to a quiet drink

and a talk at any time.

But I won't have the pair of
you behaving like schoolboys!

Now shake hands!

Mrs. Sullavan, there's
only one schoolboy here.

[tense music]

[ominous music]

It never stops!

Philip, it never stops!

Calm yourself.

Everywhere I go, there he is.

Or one of his men.

[Philip] You mustn't
become hysterical.

That's what he wants.

- He knows!
- He guessed.

He knows nothing.

I can't sleep at night

waiting for him to
knock at my door!

Listen to me.

His only hope is to make
one of us break down.

We are not going to.

You understand? We
are not going to.

[Charlie] I can't
stand any more.

You've got to. There's
a fortune at stake.

[laughs] A fortune!

Where? Where is it?

Never mind where.

Good Lord, and the risks
I've taken for you,

and I can't even
know where it is!

In your state, the less
you know, the better.

Philip, I need the money now.

I know what for, and
you can forget it.

Forget it so that
you can have her.

No!
No.

Even over that, we
mustn't quarrel.

Do you understand? We must not.

[Charlie] Get the
diamond and run for it.

- No!
- But it's the

only thing to do!

It's what Lipinzki's
waiting for!

He wants me to take
him to the diamond,

and I'm not going to.

[crying] Then we go on forever,

sitting on a fortune
we can't even touch.

God, Philip. Look.

Look. Down there.

[suspenseful music]

That's one of Lipinzki's men.

Mr. Marsden still insists
that you're watching him.

Sensitive man, Mr.
Marsden. Educated.

Lets things prey on his mind.

[Mr. Arundel] Now, look here.

He's a lonely sort of fellow.

Spends too much time in the sun.

Damn it, Lipinzki,

I want the diamond
as much as you do.

But you've become
obsessed by the thing.

I'm bound to. I'm a policeman.

Mr. Marsden has been cleared.

What about that American?

What was his name? Cornelius.

Have you pursued
that possibility?

It's not Cornelius.

You confessed to one mistake.

Yes. If I'm making
another, I'm finished.

So you are after Marsden.

Why did he leave the army?

What the deuce has that
got to do with you?

He was in a swell
regiment, I believe.

He resigned his commission

for perfectly honorable reasons.

- Family finances.
- Yes?

What does that mean?

I'm sorry, Mr. Arundel.
I owe you my job.

But the government pays
me, not the company.

But, Lipinzki,

the company has the means
to have you removed.

Oh, the company
can have me sacked.

Now, when you've
got proof, do it.

Till then, I'm not
accountable. Not to you.

I'm sorry, Mr. Arundel.

[dramatic music]

- [Charlie laughing]
- [people chattering]

What a joke.

What is?

What's the joke, Charlie?

Oh, never mind.

Oh, come on, Charlie. You
know how I like a joke.

Well, you'd like this one.

You tell me, then.
Tell your old Bridie.

You know me. I'm
not a liar, am I?

You've the face of
a blessed angel.

You can take my word for it.

[Bridie] For what, lovey?

I will have money. One day.

You can take my word for that.

Oh, sure. The young gentleman.

When your rich uncle dies, huh?

One day.

- Not one day.
- When?

Would it make any difference?

Charlie.

And you do trust me?

Of course.

Come back to my room with me.

Now! Now!

What's the matter?

You have to see the
color of my money first?

Oh, Charlie, you
want me to trust you-

I've got money!

I will have money.

Charlie, I believe you. But
where's your fairy gold?

Charlie!

Tomorrow. You want
to see it? [laughs]

Very well. You shall.

[chuckling] Tomorrow. Tomorrow.

Tomorrow. [Laughing]

[suspenseful music]

[tense music]

[Philip] Lomas!

Philip.

Philip, I was only-

[Philip] Picking mushrooms?
I know what you were doing.

It's not your business
what I was doing.

[Philip] I followed you.

It could have been
them, you fool.

Half that diamond is mine!

[Philip] What have you
ever done without me,

you little tick?

What can you do now?

I can get what is mine.

In 100 miles of veldt?

Go on, then. Find it.

- I know the direction.
- So did Lipinzki.

You think you can find
what his trackers couldn't?

Are you sure you could find it?

I took compass bearings on
the spot where I buried it,

and the details are in my head.

No one else will ever know them.

We shall lose
everything by waiting.

Charlie, are you
going to let me down?

I don't know.

I don't know from
one day to the next.

You're not going to
let me down, you know.

Philip, look.

[dramatic music]

[laughs] And you give me
lectures about being followed.

- [insects chirping]
- [people chattering]

[liqueur pouring]

[liqueur pouring]

I think he was
going to shoot you.

[tense music]

[Charlie gasps]

[fist thudding]

[Charlie panting]

[fist thudding]

[footsteps shuffling]

What are you doing here?

[suspenseful music]

You've been following me.

Look, I can explain.

God. You must be mad!

[bell clanging]

Help! Help!

[Charlie screams]

[dramatic music]

Like hell you do!

- Get up!
- Give me that revolver.

I said get up!

Get your clothes on.

How long have you been back?

Back? I've been in bed
since 10:00.

My boy cleaned them.
He also saw me go to bed.

What are you looking
for this time?

Lomas was murdered at
my gate 10 minutes ago.

Charlie Lomas?

In heaven's name, how?

You maniac.

You suspect me of
killing my friend,

the boy I've looked after?

The boy you looked after, yes.

Dear Lord.

Poor Charlie.

He was killed by
an African spear.

Then go to the native compounds.

Go and do your job, you ape.

He wasn't killed by an African.

You know what they're like

when they've been smoking
dagga or drinking.

A drunken kaffir doesn't
saw the shaft off a spear!

A white man does to
hide it under his coat!

And you accuse me?

This is the second time
and the last.

[Inspector Lipinzki]
It's the last time, all right.

You're smart enough
for your class.

But you lose your head
at the sight of me.

Yes, I do.

I do. It's not theft
or murder to you.

It's simply taking
back your birthright,

what you lost when you had
to leave your regiment.

I've no time for your ravings.

You'll be sorry you didn't
kill me when you had a chance.

By God, I should have.

Oh, it's a shame,
isn't it? I'm still alive.

But I'm gonna drive
you down into hell.

Murderer.

- Murderer!
- Bridie.

You killed that poor,
harmless, foolish boy!

He told you that.
Lipinzki's spreading this story.

He didn't have to.
I knew it from Charlie.

[Philip] From Charlie?
What did he tell you?

That poor child!
It was in his face!

He blathered about his great
expectations, and you...

That's why you killed him!

No. That policeman has
poisoned you against me.

[Bridie] I need no one to
tell me that you're poison!

Bridie, I came here-

[Bridie] To ask for
my hand, I suppose.

You got 'round Charlie Lomas,
and you've done it to me.

And now you've come to
offer me the life of a lady

and a diamond with
Charlie Lomas' blood on it!

That's enough from you.

You be careful what you say.

You'll come crawling tomorrow!

Bridie, I came here
to take you away.

Not in a million years. I'd
sooner bed with a snake!

Then I shall have to
grovel to a woman like you.

I never gave you
an encouragement!

Liar. You knew what
you were doing to me.

- Ah!
- Liar. Liar.

- Liar!
- Ah!

Oh!

- [Bridie screaming]
- Liar! Liar!

What the hell? Get off!

Ah! Oh!

[suspenseful music]

All right.

Make a job of it this time.

I expect to.

[Inspector Lipinzki]
You won't get away.

I don't want to.

No?

There's nothing left.

No.

What made you go for
me from the start?

Lomas was the obvious suspect.

I can tell the organ grinder
from the monkey.

Poor Lomas.

This contained gas, didn't it?

Compressed hydrogen.

But your missing clue

was this.

[book clattering]

Open it.

Was it there when
I searched you that night?

Yes.

But you didn't open it

because you were
looking for a diamond.

You see, you're not infallible.

No.

But tell me, how did you get
the diamond out of the safe?

[chuckles] It wasn't locked
up in the safe at all.

[gentle thoughtful music]

Just as we were about
to close the box,

I distracted
Mr. Arundel's attention

by speaking sharply to Lomas.

And in that moment,
I palmed the diamond.

I put it in my pocket.

I'd had plenty of time
to practice and prepare.

And we solemnly locked
an empty box in the safe.

When Mr. Arundel
went to be searched,

I hid the diamond between
the scale case and the wall,

together with those.

Then I went to the search
room clean as a whistle.

After Lomas had been searched,
he went back on duty.

[tense music]

You'll remember that
the night was very dark

and that the prevailing
wind blows unfailingly

towards the Barkly hills.

He waited until the guard
was patrolling the other way.

Then he filled the balloon
with the hydrogen.

[balloon hissing]

I'm a bit of a scientist,

and I calculated that the fall
in temperature before dawn

would bring the balloon to
Earth after about 18 miles.

Everything went as I planned.

[tense music]

Charlie successfully
launched the balloon.

[dramatic music]

And next day, I rode downwind
on a compass bearing.

And in three hours I saw
that little speck of red

on the veldt ahead of me.

I burst the balloon
and buried the diamond.

Where?

Come on, the diamond.

The diamond.

Yes.

Curse it.

And curse you, Lipinzki,

for it and you have
been a curse to me.

Day and night I've seen
the spot where I buried it,

and I dare not, I dare
not go and take it.

You and that infernal stone
have wrecked my health,

driven me mad,
she won't look at me,

and all the wealth of Kimberley

would be of no use to me now.

Tell me where it is.

[chuckles] Think of you,
poor Inspector.

You saw that the diamond

could only have flown
out of the window.

And you'd dare not tell them,

or they would have
thought you mad.

Tell me, Marsden.
It's no use to you now.

Or to you.

[suspenseful music]

- [table clattering]
- [gun blasting]

[dramatic music]

[gun blasting]

[gentle mysterious music]

What I'm left with
is a flesh wound

and these two souvenirs.

I thought you
suspected me at first.

You were watched, Mr. Cornelius.

Wherever you went.

[upbeat music]

[hooves clopping]

And you still don't know
where the diamond is?

Oh, yes, I do.

You do?

Where it belongs.

Africa.

[gentle mysterious music]

[majestic music]

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