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Gentlemen, pay attention to what you say.

Remember that you are accused of murder! It is clear? Murder!

Good. Lights!

Turn around!

It's him!

Yes, sure it's him!

It's him!

It's him!

Come here.

You are arrested.

CRIME IN MONTECARLO

ROME - MONTECARLO - NICE

There. You've seen? The red came again.

The 4th round of the odd series.

Everything is planned by the system. Other 10 units won.

- Where are we? - In Ventimiglia, sir.

- How long is it until Monte Carlo? - About 1 hour.

Eight and a half. At 10,30 we'll be at the casino.

So, Marina, listen to me.

Of these ten units that we have won, five go to the box,

and five we put on red, which has avoided it three times.

- Is that clear? - No.

- Since 3 hours I am explaining to you. - Exactly for that, you stunned me.

It's so clear. Do you know how much we have won so far? 9 million.

- The matches! - What has got to do with it?

What about "the step of the captain"?

- Excuse me? - The step of the captain, don't you consider it?

- What does this captain has to do with it? - I've been hearing you for a while.

Your system is very interesting but it doesn't foresee the step of the captain,

which takes the name of Captain Blanchard, who in 1924, invented the best system that has ever existed.

- May I? - Please.

A really perfect system until you hear about the passage of the captain.

- What is it about? - Double alternate output of reds and blacks.

Excuse the child gesture.

So.

From here the name "step of the Captain".

Red, red, black, black. Red, red, black, black.

When the step of the captain arrives in the casino room, all the systems fail.

Captain Blanchard was the first to commit suicide, he was 59 years old.

No, I am well protected. I want to say that my system is safe.

It is based on a different principle.

It's not me who plays against the casino, no, it's the casino that plays for me.

I follow it when it wins, and I abandon it when he losses.

Wasn't that the beginning of Captain Blanchard?

There is only one system to win to the Casino: don't play.

Believe me, I have played all my life all the games: Poker, Roulette, Chemin de Fer.

horse races, dogs, up to of fleas. An incurable disease for me.

- I played three leather stores. - And how many did you have?

Four. I lost one at the inauguration. And now you don't not play anymore?

No, I'm healed.

My wife took me to Padre Pio. I stayed 3 days with him, and I'm cured.

- Completely? - Completely!

- French Customs. - Yes, in a while.

- So why are you at Monte Carlo? - To meet my wife, who is there on vacation.

It's a satisfaction for me to walk on my wife's arm, near the casino

and not feel the slightest desire to play.

Come on.

Sausage dog.

And listen to me, there is only one system to win the casino... do not play.

Good evening.

- Have you heard? - Honey, but what has got to do with it?

Moreover, what a genius it was the Captain Blanchard, at 59 he was still a Captain!

- It's true. - Amazing.

Excuse me, excuse me. Excuse me, haven't you seen by chance a dachshund?

No, I'm sorry.

Excuse me...

Baby. Baby, but where were you ? What a crook is made!

A little kiss, ma'am? - Thank you sir. You were very kind to find him.

What are you doing, ma'am? The dog is mine. I didn't find it, I bought it.

- How come you bought him? - Yes. Bought and paid.

Wait a moment, sir.

COOKIES FOR DOGS

- Quirino! - What's going on?

Have you sold the dog? Are you stupid? I am talking to you!

He gave me 200 thousand lire. This way we live 4 months.

Come here a moment.

Excuse me.

- Give me the money. - It's a check, but it's good.

Come on.

What a ridiculous thing we are going to do, he has already payed us.

He will reattach the check. We are behaving as the children!

Come on, stop it.

Excuse me, sir, this is my husband. He is the one who has sold you the dog?

Yes.

Here is your check, it was made a mistake. This dog can not be sold.

- Why? - Because it isn't ours.

Give me the newspaper. - Yes, take the newspaper.

Excuse me, do you want to read the clipping?

.."A big gratification for the one who will bring me back the dachshund.

- Where did you find it? - In Rome.

- In front of the Hotel Excelsior. - And where do you take it?

To Montecarlo, to its owner, that will give us 100 thousand liras.

- Well, I gave you 200 thousand. - That's what I say.

"A lot, blessed and fast" Shut up!

- Do you want to get me in a mess, in jail? - But who commands, you or your wife?

He commands, but I decide. Do what I say.

- It's comfortable, huh? - It was too much responsibility for me.

Anyhow, take your check and return the animal to me.

Not even in dreams.

My wife had an animal of the same breed, sausage dog, brown, like this one.

He died, and my wife cried a lot.

I tried to console her, I embalmed it and took it away saying: "Honey, look who's here."

I wish I had not done it, I threw it in my face.

Now I have found one equal, alive, that will make her happy.

- I paid it a lot. - Yes.

- Now the dog is mine. Goodnight. - Excuse me, sir...

French Customs.

- I have nothing to declare. - Who's that dog?

- It's mine. - The dog's documentation.

What documentation? I guarantee that it's a dog, can't you see that?

The veterinary certificate.

What certificate? The dog is well, it has never had a fever.

I'm sorry, but the dog has to go through the medical visit.

Come on, all this complication for a little animal?

- these are the rules. - Allow me, ma'am?

- Please. - Excuse me, customs.

You should hurry up, because we can not miss this train.

They would have thought about it before. Take your bags.

- The lady is leaving tonight. - Help them. Poor people, they have never traveled.

- Young man, I am willing to pay you. - I do not understand.

If you can take the dog to Monte Carlo, and you don't bring it back to the lady, I'll buy it.

- Do you write my name, please? - Give me a pen to write it down.

- Comendador Franzetti, hotel Paris. - How is this written?

- Comendador Franzetti. - Franzetti, huh?

I already take care of everything.

- Commander, you aren't interested in cats, are you? - No, not in cats. The pen interests me.

- Italian, huh? - I haven't noticed it. Sorry.

I forgive you for this time. Don't travel, beggars!

Hello?

Hello?

Good evening, ma'am.

We are in customs, in Ventimiglia.

They asked for the dog's documentation, and now they are doing the medical examination.

Are there some trains?

No, there are no trains, now is midnight, ... but we have found a bus.

Very good. I must leave, but I wait for you.

Very good. She said she expects us.

The sausage dog is fine. They said that for its age is very tall.

Hello, ma'am, yes. Hello?

Leave me a moment. Hello, Madame. What do you do in my room?

No, excuse me, ma'am. Speak Italian, I don't understand French.

What are you doing? Leave me alone!

Do not waste my time! Hey, lady.

Hello?

- She hung up. - Why did she scream like crazy?

- Who knows, maybe it was television. - Gentlemen, we leave!

- Do not lose the bus! - Thank you!

Giovanna, don't go too far, you may lose me. No, I won't lose you, love.

Gentlemen, please pay attention. We are in the famous square of Monte Carlo.

Beautiful!

Behind you can contemplate the wonderful casino of Monte Carlo.

- You see, we are also foreigners. - Exactly.

- Oh, that. May I, ma'am. - Hotel du Paris.

- Hotel of Paris. - Oh, you already master the language!

- A little. - It seems to you little...

Quirino!

- What are you doing, sir? - I didn't seen you. Excuse me!

Let's go look for the villa, that is getting late.

Come on, Baby, we're going to look for your little friend to give us the money.

It has recognized the house. Look how it pulls. It knows Monte Carlo.

It's so hot!

Don't eat the dog's cookies. Poor one.

Why? They are good, they have nutrients. They have vitamins and strengthen their teeth.

- Do you want some? - You already know that I don't like the sweets.

Here there is no one, this one has left.

- Fortunately we have the man with the mustache. - Who?

- The commander, the one will give us the 200 thousand lire. - Quirino, do not start again.

- I wait and I fulfill my duty. - Okay, let's hope.

- It's open, let's go inside. - Let's go.

You made that noise?

It's an owl, right?

Ah, an owl.

Here is closed.

- Is there anybody, ma'am? It's closed! - Ring the bell.

Oh, yes.

That owl never sleeps?

Is there someone at home, ma'am?

I told you that she left home.

It's better that we leave.

Look, there is light at that window.

Call a little louder.

Ma'am, we are the dog's people!

It seems that you are announcing the extraordinary edition.

I always scream like this.

- They have turned it off. - What do we do, Giovanna?

Let's see if there is another entrance- You go, I'll take the dog.

- You go, you are the man. - Ah, I am the man.

Ma'am, we're the Italians with the dog!

Mrs. Van Zungguer, I brought Beppy.

Giovanna.

- Giovanna. - I'm here.

Where are you going?

Come here for a moment.

- What do you want? - Look at that, there is something that shines.

What is it?

It's a gold chain. What should I do?

Do I always have to tell you everything? Take it, right? - Yes

- I can not. It must be hooked. - Pull a little harder.

What's up?

- It's a little hand. - What little hand?

The little hand of the owner of the little chain. Oh my God!

- Let's go. - What have you seen?

- Give me a match. - Yes.

It's white!

Have you seen it?

Giovanna, what are you doing? Do you faint exactly now, when we should escape?

Giovanna, I'm so afraid.

I have always trusted you, I told you to sell the dog, I would like to hit you on the head.

Nothing happens, it's only a hand, right?

- What do we do now? What should we do? - Let's run away, Quirino.

Let's get away! Let's run away!

The suitcase!

Good evening.

Good...

Run away, Giovanna, the killer is there. Run! - I'm running, Quirino.

- Run here. - Where?

Run!

- Giovanna, are we still running away? - Do you have any other ideas?

- I do not. - Then let's run away.

Yes, it's better to run away.

We must stop, because when I run, I have no ideas.

God, what a road. - What a honeymoon...

We do not have a lira here, you know? And who pays for the dog?

- Do you have the courage to think about money? - We have only this, you know?

- I go to the police. - To the police?

Yes. I'll tell them what happened, I do my duty as a citizen

I leave the dog and I ask them the money for the trip.

Then they will arrest you.

How come they arrest me? Am I the murderer?

The police arrest the first person. - Kiss Me!

- Do you think the time is right? - Calla, that the police in France ignores.

My love, do you love me? In fact I am a good boy

... and we can get married. - Of course.

- Have they left? - Yes.

But why are they going to arrest me? I am an honest person, I am clean.

Worse. You have no experience and they will confuse you.

Because the murderer will not go there,

... they will lock you up as a suspect. - And I deny it.

- They will make you fall into contradictions. - And I deny the contradictions, that.

Moreover, you do not have a clean, direct look. What do you mean?

I like your eyes, but tomorrow you'll be out in the newspapers and you'll have all the public opinion against you.

Then the tests will arrive, you do not have alibi, they will make you a third degree...

Well, I'm already inside and I will never leave.

But don't you realise that it wasn't me? But I believe you, love.

- Thanks for the trust. - Quirino,

... the cleanest mode, it's always the anonymous call. - How come anonymous?

We call the police, they go to the villa and arrest the killer.

When they have been arrested, we appear.

We will explain everything, and everything will be ok.

What if they do not give us anything?

Love, the expulsion is not denied to anyone, right?

- Yeah, but... - Come on, come on.

Better than nothing...

Allo? Yes.

A hand?

Have you found a small hand?

He says they have found the hand of a corpse.

Hello? Where do you call from?

- He doesn't want to tell. Locate the call. - Yes.

Hello?

Hurry, Mr. Commissioner. I saw the killer's foot, too.

Yes, they are two very large. No, not two killers, two feet.

If you hurry up, you will catch them "in action".

What do you say?

Oh, the address of the villa? Just a moment, I'll tell you right away.

Villa Van Zungguen. Yes. What do you say?

If I am Italian?

I'm Spanish, sir.

Yes, no, when I went to pick up the chain, I saw the little hand of the dead woman.

Pardon me?

What's my name? Tell me a Spanish name, a Spanish name!

- I haven't a nice name, Mr. Commissioner. - No one comes to me.

I can't remember. I will call you later.

Carmen! - Damn it, you could have told me earlier!

- Let's go immediately. - Goodnight.

Bonsoir.

Go, a little more and they arrest you on the phone.

That one wanted to know everything about me.

- You do not know how to lie, love. - I do not know how to lie? I was confused.

But I feel satisfied. We have fulfilled our duty as citizens.

- Look. - Is this the montecarlina police?

Have you seen how fast they came?

Now they will go to the Villa and will arrest him. I don't think so.

They stop here! Run, Giovanna!

My God!

They have come to arrest us.

I knew that I would get in trouble. I should not have called, I should have gone personally!

Did you want to go personally? Well, there they are.

Now? Now we are already involved.

Look.

Look. That's me.

And that's me.

And that is the dog. As soon as they see us, they will recognize us.

- You have to make the dog disappear. - I would make you disappear,

... so you will be silent and you will stop advising me. - No, wait, love!

Damn you and when I met you!

- Take care. A bus is coming. They mustn't see you. - Leave me alone, I have an idea.

Stay here and don't move! Dammit!

It's done.

Have you seen it? Everything is solved:

we haven't the dog anymore, we didn't meet the old woman, nobody saw us,

... and we seem two ordinary tourists. - Yes?

- And what about the waiter who can recognize us? - Do you think we should eliminate him?

The only thing we have to do is take the train, and get to Rome quickly. Let's go.

- And our honeymoon? - With the next dog, Giovanna.

- And the suitcase? - Suitcase!

You have lost the suitcase that Mrs. Carminatti has lent you.

Now do you think about the suitcase of Mrs. Carminatti? Come on.

No, Quirino!

You must take it, if the police arrive to the Villa and find it, they will identify you.

How will they identify me? Why?

- What's inside this suitcase? - What do you mean, what is there?

My old dress, the two spare shirts, your hairnet, my pajamas baby doll.

Yes, and salami and mozzarella, things we bought during the trip from supermarket.

- They are our personal things. - What personal things?

Giovanna, believe me, we are totally anonymous, they wouldn't find us not even in a contest.

- Relax. Don't worry! - Mom!

- What's wrong? - Mom's picture!

Have you brought up your mother's picture? You thought you could forget her?

I'm not afraid, you know.

Tomorrow will be in all the newspapers. You want to say that they will arrest her?

- Mom is innocent, poor one. - It's okay!

The mothers sacrifice themselves voluntarily for the children.

But don't you know how works the "scientific police"? - How does it work?

Scientifically. They discover everything. You have to pick up the suitcase.

Giovanna, I have always done what you said. And it turned well.

No, it turned badly for me!

I don't return to the villa nor for you, nor for your mother, nor for the scientific police!

- OK? - I've married a monster!

Quirino!

Give me back my bag!

- You have to go to the villa. - Don't! Take your purse and leave me alone!

No, excuse me. I've only come to take the...

Who is it?

Turn off the light, I don't see anything.

Don't shoot, I'm unarmed! Don't shoot!

Who are you? - I'm an Italian journalist, from La Stampa.

- What's your name? Answer! - I am a tourist and I was passing by.

- How did you get in? - Through the door. It is always open.

- How do you know? So you have come before! - No, it's the first time!

Do not contradict yourself. You have come to steal.

No, I'm not a thief, let alone a murderer.

- I'm not a murderer! - Who said you're a murderer?

The feet! I have only seen the killer's feet!

- And who is the killer? - I don't know!

I don't know. I haven't killed anyone, I have only seen the little hand.

- He is the one who called. - What little hand?

- Well, a little white hand, small... - The hand of a dead woman?

- I have not killed anyone! - Where is the body?

- I'm scared! - Come, courage!

- But what courage, I am afraid! - Where is the body?

- Yes... it's... there. - Come on, let's go.

- So, where is the little hand? - Down there.

There is nothing. Light up a little.

There is nothing. Open

Here there is nothing, Mr. Commissioner.

- There is no corpse. - Maybe she felt better and left.

Oh, yes!

- Then you are... - I am the servant of the villa next door.

I have not seen or heard anything. I only know that the lady was leaving tonight.

But you didn't seen her leave?

I have entered at midnight, and maybe she leaved before.

If something strange had happened after midnight, you would have noticed?

I think so, I sleep with the open windows.

So you think nothing has happened. - No no.

- Yes. I live in the opposite house. - Yes.

So, you want to tell me what you saw, please? - I live in the opposite house.

I could not sleep, but after midnight I thought I heard a scream.

- I have also told my maid. - Yes sir.

But I'm not sure.

- I have not heard anything. - Don't you?

Do you want to push back those people, please? - Stay back, please!

Then, let's see.

- Sure it will appear on televisions. - For me it has been a crime of blood.

About 1 o'clock I saw a man and a woman leaving the villa... and also a dog.

A man, a woman and a dog? Very interesting.

- As those who have called. - Yeah true.

Hey, you, bring it here.

- For me, everything is nonsense. - Look at that, typical killer face.

Is this the man he saw?

I could not be sure of. - You see, I have nothing to do with this!

- When did you arrive in Monte Carlo? - I arrived today, but I can not remain for long.

- And by chance you have not been here? - I deny everything!

- Let me finish, and then deny it! - Yes.

You were not with a woman and a dog?

I deny it. I don't like the dogs or the women.

So, you don't like dogs and women. And you are Italian?

- How strange. - No, it's not that I don't like them.

I don't trust dogs and women. - Shut up.

Excuse me, lady,

- Would you recognize the dog? - Yes.

He looked like a dachshund.

But how, in the dark you could recognize the dog's breed?

- She's crazy. - I told him to shut up.

Take him to the police station. Allez, allez, allez!

I just tell you... Do you want to stop me?

Search all over the city and bring me this dachshund, alive or dead.

It's fine.

Excuse me, ma'am, do you have the kindness to accompany me to sign your statement?

You too.

- Here's your wine, lady. - Thank you dear.

Look, there's a dog there that is drowning!

- There. Sees it? - Where?

- Where? - There!

Yes, it's true!

But that woman who is drowning it! James!

Madame? - Please, call the police immediately.

Yes, ma'am.

Help!

Help!

But what happened? It's all open.

The entrance, the Villa. What's going on?

- Where are you going? - And who are you?

- No, who are you? - No, who are you?

- Police. Come and see the commissioner. - Police?!

The truth is that we haven't found any trace, not the slightest indication.

Only this door of the gallery open, which perfectly may have been forgotten, the entrance open...

and this matchbox, on which the name "Franzetti" has been written. Little thing, huh?

Tere are the journalists, do we give them a statement? - No statements.

I'm starting to suspect that he's crazy.

No, at the moment there is no news. We will give a statement later.

There are two persons who claim to be the servants of Mrs. Van Zungguer.

What? Oh, the servants. Call them.

- Ma'am. - Good morning.

- Good morning. - Come in, come in, please.

- Where do you come from? - From our town.

- When did you leave? - We went yesterday night.

- After the departure of Mrs. Van Zungguer? - No, not after, before.

Before?

And how come you left the villa before the lady left?

Because at 11:30 we got a call from our town, Saint Laurent sur Mer,

where they told us that our son was admitted to the hospital, after suffering an accident.

Then the lady has given us free, and we have run to the station,

barely with the time just to catch the train at 11:50, which is the one we always take on Saturday night.

- Good, good. Was your son ill? - No sir. He was very good at home.

- It was a stupid joke. - A joke?

Curious joke. Check it, please. - Yes.

- Don't you believe us, sir? - No no. It is a simple formality.

This story of the incident of the sick child it's not bad.

So, coming back this morning, you have thought that your lady has left as usual.

- Why? Hasn't she left? - No, I'm not very sure.

And now tell me about the lady. How was she?

Why "was", isn't she anymore? Ok. How is she?

- Very greedy, sir. - And what else?

The lady is very strange. She Lives here 2 or 3 months a year, and then disappear:

Berlin, Rome, South America... from there we receive her letters.

But the lady does not live alone here, maybe she has a daughter or a granddaughter, right?

No, sir. Why? - What about this girl dress, whose is it?

The lady's. - How, so small?

- Mrs. comes to me here. It weighs 39 kilos. - Excuse me Mrs., how tall are you?

Me, 1,48 m.

You know, the lady liked to surround herself with little people, so as not to look bad.

- Even the dog I had was a dachshund. - Ah, here is the sausage again.

Tell me about this dog.

Actually the dog wasn't anymore, because the lady lost it last month...

... just last night had to get two Italians who had found it.

- Two Italians, a man and a woman? - Yes.

Good, good.

- I imagine that the lady was very rich. - Yes really tasty!

You have a great fortune from the Casino, earns very often.

- You have jewelry worth more than 10 million. - That naturally, the lady has taken them.

- Have you heard of someone named Mr. Franzetti? - No.Never.

Let me.

Allo? Yes, what happened?

What?!

Ok, I'm coming right away. Come on.

I would like you to accompany me to the police station.

We found these in the bag of the arrested.

We have done a check on Saint Laurent sur Mer, everything is accurate.

Good.

- Bring the suspect to the other office. - Yes.

You wait here.

Mr. Commissioner, we caught her while she was trying to drown the dog.

Yes, yes, I know. What are you sayng, Mr. Commissioner?

- I was bathing him. - Yes.

Whose dog is it?

It's mine.

Bring them here.

- Oh, Baby! - Do you recognize this dog?

Yes, it's our boss's dog, Mrs. Van Zungguen. - Yes, of course.

It's fine. Thank you, you can leave.

Oh, Baby!

Do you insist on saying that this dog is yours?

I said it's mine, because I found it yesterday.

- And what do you do in Monte Carlo? - I'm a tourist...

... foreign. Bring the other one.

And naturally you have come alone? Of course.

Come on, come on!

- Do you know this man? - No, I've never seen him.

And you know this woman?

- I've never seen her. - How?

- I don't know her. I do not know who is she. - And how do you explain to me...

... that you are husband and wife? - What?

I begin to see everything clear. You are two Italians...

I deny it, I deny it!

You can not deny the nationality.

You are two Italians who had to return the dog to the lady.

Yes, here I have all the expenses. And now who is going to pay for them?

That does not matter, now what counts is the following:

murderers have arrived in Monte Carlo, yes.

They have called the servants telling them that their son was in the hospital.

Oh, yes? - How cunning! They have removed the servants.

- This is the exact way, you know? - Do you allow me to continue?

- Yes, of course. - Thank you.

Please.

As soon as they were sure that Mrs. was alone, they went to the villa.

They have called, they have been identified,

the lady has opened the door and they have committed the crime.

Perfect, Mr. Commissioner.

Excuse me, in what sense they have been identified?

It means that the lady knew them.

Obviously, since they came to return the dog. I mean it was you!

- Then I deny! - We deny it!

We didn't know the lady, we have only write to her.

- Mr. Commissioner, we do not know anything. - Quiet, it is only a hypothesis.

If the crime has been committed, someone was worried and made the body disappear.

- Sure. - Who are your accomplices?

What accomplices? We are alone.

- Look, we meet few people. - Yes.

- You don't know someone called...? - No!

How?

- I don't know. - Someone called...

- Mr. Franzetti? - Ah, Franzetti!

- No! - Franzetti, no.

Franzetti, no!

- These matches are yours? - Mine? I do not smoke, Mr. Commissioner.

What? He asked me for a cigarette a moment ago.

- Yes, yes, but he didn't give it to me. - Goodness!

- May I? - Please, go.

For a cigarette these are going to send someone to jail!

- Do you realize? - Yes.

Have you arrested the accomplice? Perfect.

Where did you get him?

You arrived on time.

What was inside the suitcase?

No!

Poor Mrs. Van Zungguen!

What nationality are they?

Italians!

Perfect!

- Allez. - Don't touch me.

I am an Italian citizen and I will protest officially at my consulate.

Then you will see.

- Come, dear. Come. - A moment, I lost my shoe.

Come on.

What's wrong, can't I take my wife's arm? Dammit!

Care.

- On the second floor. - It's okay.

They are two very strange people. He wears a tuxedo.

- Here they are. - Are you the Commissioner?

- It's me. At your service. - Charmed.

Capretti, Remo Capretti. Nice to meet you. This is my lady,

... Marina Bolucci and Capretti, naturally. - Sit down.

Now I must suggest to you, Commissioner, that should be a misunderstanding, of a judicial error.

Both my wife and me are totally calm, since there is no proof against us.

You have been arrested at the customs with a body in the suitcase, and you say there is no proof?

That's the point, Mr. Commissioner. Look, you must know that the suitcase is not ours.

- We have found it! - It has been a very silly thing, Mr. Commissioner.

Oh, yes, very silly? Don't you realize that you are accused of a crime?

They say they have found the suitcase, well,

I want to believe you, but I want to know also where and when you have found it.

Come, from the beginning.

- Maybe I'll waste you a lot of time. - Don't worry. Start from the beginning!

Who they are and where they come from.

- What are you doing in Monte Carlo? - Look, Mr. Commissioner... it was a coincidence...

it was the destiny.

We are both artists, Mr. Commissioner.

We live in Rome,

and we work in an elegant neighborhood: Trastevere.

HAIRDRESSING

With a boss who for years took advantage of us,

our dream was to ride on our own.

One day, a teacher fresh out of jail, gave me an infallible system to win at roulette,

but to play you need money, and the cashier, is my wife.

Look, Remo, I won't give you the 300 thousand lire. Why?

Do I have to remind you that all that money are mine?

Remind me if you want, but it's not nice of you.

I worked a lot. From apprentice to official,

it is not fair, because here, Marinuccia, if it were not for me, it would be closed.

Don't you understand that we will realise our dream? We will be the owners of the business:

- "Men and Women - Remo and Marina". - What is it, the Canottieri club?

Maybe, "Marina and Remo".

- "Marina and Remo"? - Yes.

It looks like a verb, "Marineremo".

- Ok, I do not care. I want to please you. - What do you mean?

Don't you see that the teacher has calculated everything?

I don't want! No!

But Remo managed to convince me.

So, last night, at 10:30, we entered the casino in Monte Carlo.

Enter that fabulous world, with the rented dress in the midst of so many rich people,

Believe me, Mr. Commissioner...

my legs were shaking.

So, Mari', huh?

- Do you like it? - Yes, but I didn't seen the princess yet...

... and neither the Callas. - We just arrived, you'll see all those people.

- And who are you? - Remo, don't be vulgar!

Let's change the money.

- Three million. - Goodnight Mr.

- Good evening. - Two million 500...

... 3 million. - Thank you, Andre'.

Sign, please.

Please, monsieur Andre, give me 300 thousand francs in chips of 15 thousand francs.

The tab. Excuse me, I hadn't seen it.

What a courage! Aren't you ashamed?

But what does this one want?

200... 300 thousand.

Is that all?

Merci, monsieur Andre'.

You're welcome, sir.

Marina?

Marina, where are you?

You, sir.

Marina!

Marina, what are you doing? You go?

How ridiculous we are! How ridiculous!

How ridiculous?

- You are already attracting attention. - Excuse me, I...

- Don't talk to me, I don't know you. - But if I have not done anything.

- I tell you to leave. - For a file?

- Understood, then I'm going. - My foot has slipped. Marine!

31.

5 thousand to red. Al Rouge.

These are mine, eh!

Enough is enough! You are telling me particular things that don't interest me.

Excuse me, Commissioner, but in cases like these, any detail is important.

You already understand me.

I just want to know what you have done during those hours.

- You have left the casino. - Of course, she returned to the pension.

Silence!

Ma'am, tell me the truth.

I, Commissioner, look...

I stayed a little longer in the casino.

Millions were played as if they were chickpeas, Mr. Commissioner.

For me to earn 300 thousand lire it took some years, so I tried to restrain myself from fainting.

What can I do? I always lose, but I play for tge pleasure of playing.

- Please, madame. - Yes thanks.

Merci.

- I feel that the 6 will come out. - The 6?

- Yes. - It's okay.

- You are American? - No, Greek.

Ah, gosh.

Six black.

Congratulations.

Your share of the profits, madame.

- No... - Please, it's normal.

Thanks.

Yes, ma'am?

- Are 2 thousand? - No, madame, they are 200 thousand.

- Madame, are you still playing? - No no.

Give me another little tip.

Red or black?

- Red. - Red? Merci.

Red.

You always guess it!

So why don't you play? This is the night.

Do I still have red?

- How? - The Red?

- Yes. - Yes. Red.

San Antonio mine, help me!

Bravo!

- I won? - You doubled it.

- 400 thousand? - 400 thousand. Look .

Mine?

- Excuse me, pay attention to the cigarette. - Yes, Yes. Merci.

And now?

- What? - You want to do?

I do not know.

- Red. - Red? Rouge

Extraordinary! You are extraordinary, madam!

- 800 thousand? - 800 thousand. Oui, madame.

What do we do?

We withdraw? We just started.

It's extraordinary, ma'am. Thank you.

- Please. - Madame?

- If I play everything and win, how much will I have? - 3 million 200 thousand, madame. Oui

3 million!

Rouge.

In that moment, Commissioner, I was thinking only at the shop, the dream of my whole life.

A nice, elegant room and totally ours.

I was thinking about Remo's happiness, that he can not work under the orders of his boss.

- Good afternoon, ma'am. - Good afternoon, Countess.

Listen, Marina, I want to make a black wick. - Black?

- Yes. - No, let's make it red.

- No, my husband has advised me. - Red Countess, red hair.

We have lost.

It's only a game. - Fair. Totally fair.

- Good evening. - Bonsoir, madame.

- Bonsoir, madame. - Bonsoir.

Merci, madame.

But how! Did you have a million and a half and have you played it? All?

- I kill you, I shake your head! - Calm down, young man, stop playing.

What play, Mr. Commissioner? I didn't know anything, she didn't tell me anything.

- Shut up! - Yes.

- And what have you done then? - I have returned to the pension, and I remained there.

- Sir... - What time was it?

About 11:30, you can ask the owner of the pension, she saw me.

- Doctor. - What doctor? I'm not a doctor.

Yes, excuse me. Can I speak to my wife?

But how, did you earn a million and a half and you don't tell me anything?

- You made me take my suitcase! - Ah, so you admit it?

I do not admit anything, I am innocent, Commissioner.

I have a very strong alibi.

Pay attention.

Continue, but get to the point.

Then I started playing, Mr. Commissioner, although at the beginning the game, let's say...

good... I was a bit withered.

My system did not work, and I remembered that commender that I found on the train

who told me: "Remember, the best system to win is not to play".

- When suddenly, I heard a familiar voice. - All mine. Thank you.

- Repeat the... - It was him.

The commander who had sworn to the woman who would not play anymore,

and that nevertheless jumped from one table to another like a cricket...

and earned a lot of millions.

Here I am. I go. Merci.

Table number 2 is hot,

The 4 to the number 1 and the 7 to the number 3. A triangle, my friend, a triangle.

"For employees, do we repeat? We double everything for the maximum."

- Sorry. 7, 14, 21, 28 to the, 4, 5... - Commander!

- Who are you? I don't know you. - But what are you doing here, commander?

- And Padre Pio? - Who is that?

- "Everything for the maximum, thank you, sorry." - Eat...

5 thousand to red.

"Pardon, pardon madame." What's here?

- What a night, guys, what a night. - But look at this one!

I always won, for more than an hour, Mr. Commissioner.

Then I thought about leaving my system, and joining him.

How hot!

What, I can't? I play millions. Come on, let's go. Pay. "Allez, allez."

- Commander! - Incredible night.

100, 200, 300, 1,300,000... Merci.

Shut up, don't say that, that brings bad luck. - No, I was...

No, no, nothing tonight.

- But who are you? - I want to play with you, commander.

My God, it has already begun!

Do me the favor, tell the employee to play for me.

- The final 4 for the maximum. Run, go! - All?

Everything! - All. That of the monsieur... the madman, the commander.

4 final. Faster. Faster. Do not hesitate, commander.

- Don't worry. - Don't force me to call the inspector.

- Four! Commander, we won! - Yes, four, all mine. I come.

- Well, all ours! - All mine!

I knew that 4 was "hot"! We almost lose this blow.

What full, boys. To be fair, you must be an exact million. "Pour les employees."

- I'm not " an employee"? - Have you ever seen this one million?

You can not leave me lying, commendator.

- Commander, I have collaborated. - We doubled.

- "Allied hand..." - ... is grateful.

Bravo, don't betray me. Good luck. Excuse me.

I don't leave you! Come here!

Let's go with the little ball here. - I stay with everything, also the other table.

- "Per le maximum." - May I?

- What do you do, you kiss my hand? - Yes, I kiss this blessed little hand.

- Have you seen what little hand? - Man!

What system, friend. It is the moment that tells, the explosion that precedes calmness.

- Yes, I... - Especially the calm.

- Alberto! - Who? Eleonora!

Honey, what are you doing here? What a nice surprise.

I just arrived and I spent a moment because the friend told me...

Engineer, my wife. - Charmed. I am working with your husband.

It's my wife!

- Alberto. - Yes darling.

What are you doing? - What am I doing? I take a look. Excuse me a moment.

What are we doing here? Until 7, 4 and...

- Alberto! - Yes, darling?

- Everything to zero, everything. - You have not even come to the hotel.

- "Pour le maximum." - As soon as you get off the train, you've come to play.

- Yes, dear. Go Go! - You are dirty, all sweaty.

Yes. - Not even you've changed your shirt.

I'm fine, I'm hot.

- Surely you have not eaten. - Yes, a sandwich and a beer.

Sorry baby, the 8 is winning. "Pardon, pardon!"

The 8? I had said 8 and 9, and 8 won. Thank you.

- Cast here. - Bravo, commander.

"Merci a tous les employees."

- I do not know what else to say. - You'll say? You do not have to say anything.

Where are you going?

Look, dear, do you want to play you? The 8 is "hot".

I'll take care of myself. I have a blessed hand!

What are we doing here? The first and close to 0

You will pay me for this. This time you will pay me!

What are you doing with that? What are you picking up? Give them to me, all that is mine!

I was going to bring them to you, commander.

Here it is, always at your command. Commander, make me your partner.

- It seems that you she is doing it on purpose. - Commander.

Every time I win, she comes and makes a scene. I'm at table No. 2.

The tab. - If we meet both, we will join efforts...

- Close to zero. - Have you understood?

- I help you, I help. - Yes Yes.

- The maximum to the panel. - I will do everything I want.

Yes, dry me a little.

- What do you want, to associate with me? - Yes.

- How much do you have? - I have... here... 300 thousand lire.

Give them to me.

- Do you catch me? - Give them to me!

- You want to get rich, huh? - Yes!

- You know that I like you? - Thank you.

- Tonight we will conquer the entire casino! - Wonderful!

What a disaster, Mr. Commissioner!

A drama, the apocalypse! In half an hour we lost everything, his and mine.

Mine. - You shut up, Marina, you can not talk.

And then you two decided to regain the money by robbing Mrs. Van Zungguer's villa?

Not at all, Mr. Commissioner. Me and the commender left the casino together.

- It would be a little before midnight. - It was enough time to go to the villa.

No, you must ask the comendador. We remained together for a while.

And until what time were you together?

Commander, explain it to me.

What do you want to explain to you?

It's been an hour and a half since we've been talking, now it's almost two.

Look, commander, let me tell you that we have acted unseriously.

We were doing so well, and you bet on 12 and 21, but why, why?

Because it is the month and the day of my wedding, and I wanted to pay tribute to my lady,

Because I love my wife and I think about her.

- Is it okay? - And me?

I tell you that I have lost everything, what will happen to me? Do you understand my situation?

No, and I don't want to understand it, because I play to have fun.

If I lose I'm happy, and I don't think about it anymore.

How many times do you want me to tell you?

One, but before you start to play.

Damn, I had a good system, clean, quiet, clear!

You arrive: "until 4, 7, maximum" the eight "hot" and it made me lose everything.

But who has looked for you? Who knows you?

Instead of thanking me for introducing you in the society:

"Commander, I contribute with this, but I retire" Well, retire!

- Sould I tell you what happens? - Yes.

You brought me bad luck. You have cheated me!

Since we have been associated, for me it has not been more than the debacle.

Commander, let's talk clearly.

Let's talk clearly, I've played everything, even the money of the trip, do you understand?

If you do not help me, my wife and I will be blocked here in Monte Carlo.

- This is the solution. - That they give you the letter of expulsion.

- Commander, give me 30 thousand. - That.

What? I was waiting for you.

Here I was waiting for you. We are Italians, right? - Clear.

But we continue to talk to each other as foreigners!

Commander, I'm Italian but if you do not help me throw me, huh?

I throw myself into the sea! - What sea? The sea is on the other side!

Damn it!

I shit on...

Mr. Commissioner...

Mr. Commissioner, when I saw that mister had forgotten the car key,

and had left the suitcase like this...

abandoned on the street, I...

Mr. Commissioner, I have never stolen, huh? Never!

I thought that there would be something of value in the suitcase, do you understand? Maybe...

some money.

In short, I thought that... that one was the hand of providence, Mr. Commissioner.

And then...

That's it.

On the dawn I returned to the pension.

Remo.

Marina! What do you have? What has happened to you?

I have a headache.

- You scared me. - How did it go?

Good, good...

Forgive me, Marinuccia. I am a wretch, a disgusting, I am unworthy of you.

- Marina, I've lost everything. - I knew.

- Well, do not you tell me anything? - What should I tell you?

- You play for playing, right? - Huh?

Yes.

And that suitcase?

How do I explain it to you?

Look, Marinuccia, I told myself, how do we go back home?

But if we already have suitcase.

No, I have not explained myself.

I don't have one lira, Marinuccia, and we have to pay the bill.

And then I thought, if there was something good in the suitcase, some money...

I've lost my mind, Marinuccia, I've lost my mind.

But I kept the money for the return.

Do you imagine I did not think this could happen?

I have already paid the pension money.

Remo, listen. Now we leave. You finish packing that suitcase,

and the one there, we left it where you found it. It is clear?

- Yes, it's fine, Marinuccia, as you say. - Come on, let's go.

If it were not for you, my Marinuccia!

But how can someone steal a suitcase? What do you think may be in a suitcase?

I already told you, Marinuccia, I lost my mind. I did not think that... Marina...

What's the matter, Marina? Are you feeling bad?

Marina, what happened to you? Do you feel bad? Come on, come on, pretty, come on.

Come on, what do you have?

What happened to you? The suitcase.

The suitcase? What's in the suitcase?

What's up, huh?

Marina!

Get up, pretty. I'm with you, don't die in foreign territory!

Come here. Wait, wait, Marinuccia.

Wait, Marina, don't die! Don't die, your Remo brings you water!

Oh, God!

Marina?

Marina, where are you?

Marina!

Marina!

Remo, what are you doing there? Come on!

Taxi!

To the station. Wait, my husband is coming.

My God, how much it weighs!

Marina, what are you doing? They will see you all. Be good, calm.

- I'm not going. - Come, cheer up. Courage, come.

It's nothing.

To the station!

- Have you gone crazy, bringing her? - And what did you want me to do?

To leave it in the pension where we are registered? But where are you taking her?

- I do not know, Marina. Easy, think. - But what?

- Let's go to the police. - And what do we tell them?

- The truth, that we have found it. - They won't believe it.

Marina, the police are very bad, they do not reason. We can't go to them ever.

- But here we are in France. - Are you going to give me geography class?

Be patient. Marina, for me they are all the same, will say that we have killed her.

All over the world prisons are full of innocents. They are all locked up.

- No! - All over the world!

- You pay. - Yes I go.

Are we going?

- What train? - Amsterdam. - Come on.

- Not here, to Amsterdam. - And the other?

No, I'm taking it. Only that.

Remo, are we going to Amsterdam?

Marina, you have not understood anything.

I've resolved the problem, don't you understand?

- The train for Italy? - The second way.

Come, Marina, we are saved.

Passengers to the train.

Marina, we're leaving.

Monsieur, monsieur, your suitcase! You have missed the train!

- No, no, no. - I was on the other train.

It's not mine, mine... it has something else.

This is your suitcase!

Take it! - If you do not help me, how can I make it? It is heavy.

What happens? Nothing, the light has been turned off. I tried to fix it.

But what to repair? The tunnel will end, right?

- You are the one who destroys my life. - It was you who passed it to me.

- Nothing to declare? - No.

They are personal effects.

- Which is your suitcase? - This one, this one.

- And this is yours? - No, mine...

But... where is it?

Excuse me. And my suitcase? I don't see it.

- Where is my suitcase, I don't see it - So, this one whose it is?

This one is ours. Everything are personal effects: a new suit, a tie.

- Nothing to declare. - You see I don't hide anything.

May I know where is my suitcase?

Let slippers be, I want to know who this suitcase is.

- It's theirs. I have seen how they received it on the window. - Our?

- You imagine things. - Then, we open it.

No...

It happened this way, Mr. Commissioner. As you see, we are out of any suspicion.

Here.

Do not panic, ma'am, now it's just an empty suitcase.

With what your husband said before, do you still claim to be out of any suspicion?

Sure, Mr. Commissioner.

We are good people, hardworking people.

We just wanted a little of money to start a business.

- It's true. - This does not mean anything, on the contrary.

A crime is carried out by someone who intends to obtain an advantage.

But what advantage?

As soon as we opened the suitcase, the body "shrunk" to both of us.

- And with fear... - Ah, fear! Hey?

- The same word of his accomplice! - Accomplice?

- What happens. - But what accomplice?

Silence!

Do you know them?

No.

- Who are they? - I've never seen them.

And you, do you know them?

- I've never seen them. - No.

Giovanna,

that's our suitcase.

- Is it yours?! - No, no. It looks like.

It's already clear, Mr. Commissioner, the suitcase is theirs!

He is the murderer! Me, me... look at him. Look what face he has.

Me? I have not killed anyone.

I've been with this one for 10 years, and I'm going to kill another one?

- My husband is right. - Well, then everything is clear.

- We do not bother anymore. - Shut up! And you, outside...

We are here, huh.

- That the suitcase was not yours... - But I am innocent, I have an alibi.

I already told you, I was always with the commendator. - Well, tell me the name.

- Capretti. Remo Capretti. - No, the name of your famous commander.

The commander?

Wait a moment, I forgot. What was his name, Marina?

- And what do I know? - Franzetti. Commander Franzetti.

- Franzetti? - Yes.

Love?

Honey? Eleonora!

God. What time is it?

Noon.

You're right, little one.

I come to Monte Carlo after a few months without seeing you,

and instead of doing my duty as a husband, what do I do?

I spend all night in the casino.

How disgusting

Hello?

Get me with the concierge, please.

Concierge, have you seen my wife?

On the terrace having lunch? The same 24 red roses, janitor.

Tell my wife that I'll come right away. Thank you.

- And my wife? - He's having lunch there.

- How is it? - Haven't she talked to you?

- How did you do last night? - 2 and a half million.

- Won? - No, lost.

"Bonjour, Monsieur Franzetti."

- The roses to my wife? - I've already done it.

- The lady is there. - Thank you.

Oh God! Alberto!

- How good you look this morning. - Thanks sweetie.

Have you won?

- I didn't win and I didn't lose. - Oh yeah?

Are you angry?

No.

I behaved badly with you last night, and I could not keep an eye out for remorse.

Honey, I promise you I will not play anymore. If you want, I give it to you in writing. You want?

Do what you want.

How do you say, honey?

I said do what you want.

Eleonora, I do not understand you, you have mounted so many dramas to me.

Have you sent me to Padre Pio, and now you say "Do what you want"?

Look, tonight I thought a lot and I thought that if you feel like it,

... nothing happens because you give yourself a whim.

You do not know the joy you give me.

I'm happy, not only because of the game itself, it's because of the trust you give me.

I think you, are even closer to me.

But why did you leave last night? You had to have seen me, what a fantastic show.

Always the 4.

You already know that 7 is mine, because until 7 came out all.

Always, always.

- Did you know Ms. Van Zungguer? - Van Zungguer? Van Zungguer...

God, of course I know her. On one occasion, on the baccarat, he took 3 million from me.

An old lady so small, bad, with eyes of sea bream.

When he sat at the table, I never won I was throwing 6, she was 7, I was 8, she was 9.

I am afraid of one day or another I will lose control, and I'll kill that old lady.

- I think it's going to be a bit difficult. - Why?

- They've already killed her. - What do you say?

Lee.

"Madame Van Zunnguer has been murdered in her villa."

"The crime has been committed by a band of Italians."

Always letting us know abroad!

"Four Italians have been already arrested."

"The body of the old woman has been found inside a suitcase."

- "You look for other accomplices." - Commander?

- Excuse me, the gentleman wants to talk to you. - What do you want?

Police.

Excuse me, and what do you want?

The Commissioner wants to talk to you

Do you hear? The commissioner wants to talk to me.

Nothing happens. It will be for the passport.

- Yes? - Clear!

Do not you find it strange that we were reading that the police were looking...?

But hey, what things come to mind. Sure it's because of the passport.

- Should I wear a dark suit, Eleonora? - Why, are you going to a funeral?

- Come on, do not make it wait. - Come on.

- "Nous allons." - Alberto, don't worry.

What things you say! She asks me not to worry, and however she worries. Is a woman!

Stay calm! Is it for the passport?

With permission.

- Mr. Franzetti? - Commander Alberto Franzetti. "Enchante".

- Sit down, please. - "Merci."

Would you allow me to take a look at your passport? I expected it.

- Voila' . - Merci.

- Sit down. - Merci.

Everything in order, Mr. Commissioner. Entry visa and exit, registered at the headquarters of Rome.

Your name is Alberto, born and domiciled in Rome, a merchant by profession.

- What trade? - Trade of leather goods: furs,

... bags, suitcases... - Ah, suitcases! Interesting, huh?

Very good. Could you leave it until tomorrow?

- Is there something wrong, Mr. Commissioner? - No, do not worry, it's nothing.

- May I leave, Commissioner? - Of course.

See you soon, and happy to met you. Would you let me?

Sorry.

We have found several fingerprints in the study of Mrs. Van Zunnguer.

Send me.

- Have you heard about poor Mrs. Van Zungguer? - Something terrible, Commissioner,

... especially for me who knew her. - Did you know her too?

- We all knew her at the Casino. - And how was it according to you?

Well, dead is a good person, but alive was terrible.

She always won, she brought bad luck.

Is it true that I always win?

I only feared one thing when I went to the casino, to Mrs. Van Zungguer.

And the step of the captain, no?

- Do you know the step of the captain? - Well, not really.

It's very easy. Double alternating output of red and black. Two red and two black.

- And could not you explain the theory to me? - Of course. Do you have 5 minutes?

Even ten.

- For 10 minutes I'm not for anyone. - You like playing, Mr. Commissioner?

With my work it is difficult, but my passion is roulette. Sit down

I must confess that for me it is almost a disease. - For me, also.

It's a disease, a virus, Mr. Commissioner.

My wife is the one who squeezes me, she is a tyrant.

The step of the captain, right? May I, Commissioner?

Be very careful:

Double alternate output of reds and blacks. Two reds and two blacks:

... red, red, black, black... - But...

- Cards are needed... - Do you have buttons, chickpeas?

No, no. Could you explain it to me with this matchbox?

Yes, good idea. Be careful.

You know that the quietest game in the roulette are the "simple chances", right?

Red, black, even, odd.

We take two chips, and put it on the red. One and two.

We take another chip and we put it here, on the black one.

Do you know why I bet strong for red? because at this moment it is red that "is hot".

We take the matchbox and put it here.

This is the casino box: Franzetti.

Franzetti, my last name! Where have they found it?

Near the corpse of Mrs. Van Zungguer.

- And what was he doing near the corpse? - Well...

a pure coincidence. Probably the murderer has lost it.

And how did the murderer have a box of matches with my last name?

Well, and who knows?

It may be that you know him. Do you want to take a look?

- Where? - Here.

Come, come. Please, look.

Who is he? The murderer?

If it is not the murderer, surely it will be one of the accomplices. Do you know him?

- No! - Do not?

- Oh, yes! - Ah.

I met that man on the train.

What's more, he wanted to sell me a dog, and I was about to buy it.

- Do you know who the dog owner was? - No.

- Van Zungguer. - Go. A coincidence?

It could be, but hopefully it's the last one.

How strange,one gives a little talk on a train, and it turns out to be a killer.

- Let's see if you happen to know these. - What have these done?

They have been found with the corpse of Van Zungguer in the suitcase.

- I look? - Yes, look, look.

Do not you know these?

- No, not these ones. - He, however, affirms the opposite.

He says that at the time he was the crime was comitted, he was with you

Yes, it is very easy for the murderer to create an alibi

saying "I've been with that man". Criminal!

- At what time was the crime committed? - At midnight.

Where were you at that time?

Where was it?

I was in bed with my wife, Mr. Commissioner.

It turns out that you have left the casino at 23:45,

after what nobody has been able to tell me what he has done until this morning.

Everything works. In fact, I've left the casino at 11:45,

and at midnight sharp, I was in bed with my wife,

Hotel de Paris room 200.

Have you recorded everything that I said, Mr. Commissioner?

Let's listen to it to see if it worked.

- At what time was the crime committed? - At midnight. Where was he at that time?

Where was it? In bed with my wife, Mr. Commissioner.

Very good.

- Is it a simple formality, right Mr. Commissioner? - No, it's not a simple formality.

This is an interrogation.

And since it was registered, you can not deny what you said.

I have nothing to deny, Mr. Commissioner, because I have told the whole truth.

If you have said the whole truth you will know soon, because I will make serious inquiries about you.

Serious inquiries, Mr. Commissioner?

Do what you want, I have nothing to fear.

- May I leave now? - Sure, Commander.

- My respects, Mr. Commissioner. - See you soon.

What do you want?

I've entered the closet!

I was wrong. It may happen, Right, Mr. Commissioner?

Yes, especially when somebody is very nervous.

Tell me where the exit is, Mr. Commissioner? - The exit, there.

Thank you, very kind. Pleased to have known him.

- Have you heard? - We've heard everything.

- But why did you let him go? - Well...

Let's wait a little, is under surveillance.

Well, no, honey.

Now you see me calm, but in front of the commissioner I was as nervous as a child.

The fact is that, all the circumstances were against me:

the matchbox, the dachshund, the corpse in the suitcase and the killers who know me.

With these four accusations, a poor guy without instructions would already be in the guillotine.

Chance instead a wanted to happen to me,

and I have been able to respond without getting excited, and I have put them all in the bag.

And how have you done it?

In a very simple way, honey.

I have stated that at midnight, the time the crime was committed,

I was in the room with you.

- And instead, where were you? - Where it was.

On the street, arguing with the killer.

- And why have not you told the truth? - To create an alibi.

And... if the police interrogates me?

You will say that at midnight, you were in the room with me.

- Alberto. - Yes?

- This is an alibi that takes you directly to the guillotine. - Why honey?

Because if the police investigate, you will discover that at midnight you were not with me.

Eleonora, what happened?

What happened, honey?

Was there another?

Tell me, Eleonora!

Answer me!

Honey?

This way?

Yes.

But what did you expect from me?

When we got married you swore that you would not play anymore,

because you ruined your father who died of a heart attack,

and you spent your sister's dowry so she had to become a nun.

And then you started immediately to frequent the Casino.

In 6 years you have made a mortgage three luggage stores that my mother left me,

And if I didn't prevent you you should have lost the fourth, too.

For the game you have left me completely unattended.

I took you to Padre Pio and you swore that you would not play anymore.

I really thought you would be cured,

and instead...

you get to Monte Carlo, after a month that we do not see each other

and from the station you go directly to the casino,

without even going to say hello.

I feel bad.

Alberto?

- What's wrong with you? - I feel bad.

My God, Alberto, don't scare me!

- I'm short of breath. - Alberto! You are pale!

Why are you like this? Tell me, darling, why are you like that?

I know, I was wrong. Sorry honey.

Let's forget everything, will you? Drink, baby, Alberto!

Honey, you're suffering, you give me a proof of love.

Alberto! Why are you like this? Why? Why?

- Why? - How why?

If someone finds out that I wasn't with you in bed,

my alibi crushes!

I feel bad.

Ah, it's the alibi that worries you!

Do you think it isn't important?

Then do not worry, nobody knows anything about what happened.

Are you sure?

Think about it well.

That one day you will have to answer, not to me that I am good,

to the police, which is bad and that any day they will make you talk.

- A shot, honey. - No thanks.

Come, sit down.

What is this man called?

- Gaston Leduc. - French?

Yes.

Can you tell me how it happened?

Last night, after seeing you at the casino

I went back to the hotel, and punctually as always, was Gaston waiting for me.

He told me: "We drink a Whiskey."

"Yes, delighted", I replied.

And we left.

What time was it?

- Eleven fifteen. - What time did you leave?

- Around midnight. - Why so fast?

Because he heard footsteps, and believing that it was you, he ran away.

And how can you be sure that no one saw him leave?

Because he didn't go out the door, he went out the window.

On the iron ladder on the balcony? Yes,on the ladder.

Then my alibi works wonderfully.

What a job! What a day!

Tonight, dear, oysters and champagne.

He advises us Dom Perignon. Is it okay, dear? - Yes, thanks.

- Dom Perignon. - Merci, monsieur.

My angel!

Why in our life... has enter that damn thing that makes me suffer so much?

Do not think about it anymore.

If at least I could have the satisfaction of looking him in the face.

- Are they fresh? - Very fresh. They are from the Atlantic.

Oh, yes? Then we are calm.

If I get typhus, I will not suffer anymore.

Who is it?

Is it him?

Gaston is blond. You like him for that, right?

- Alberto, what are you going to do? - Let me!

- Do not do nonsense. - Let me!

- Excuse me, have you seen my husband? - Over there, ma'am.

Thanks.

Cheers.

Honey.

Eleonora, come.

Monsieur Gaston has graciously accepted to have a glass of champagne with us.

Good evening, ma'am.

You do not realize that if he tell someone that he was with you,

and the police find out, my alibi will be destroyed.

- But what do you want to do? - What do I want to do? Listen out.

Sit down!

Then, Monsieur Gaston,

we are open people of a certain level.

My wife invites a friend at midnight in her room to drink a whiskey...

... and well, what's wrong? - Nothing, what's wrong?

That's why I said, that you're not one of those people who are going to tell your friends...

of that whiskey that has been taken with my wife in her room.

But what does it say? I... I would not commit ever a similar imprudence.

You don't...

but I did the imprudence.

I went to the police to tell them that I was in the room with my wife.

- Oh, that's very serious.

Not only that, the police even registered my statement.

- Alberto, don't talk so much. End it! I'll end it, and resolve it.

Monsieur Gaston, let's talk openly.

Last night in my room, you were not with my wife.

- Oh, no? And who was there? - Haven't you understood?

It was me.

What?

As far as I'm concerned we agree, since no one has seen me enter.

- Perfect. Great! - A moment, a moment.

- And the waiter we call? - You called him, for the mineral water.

What do you speak in French? Eleonora, what does he say?

He says he called the waiter asking for mneral water.

Why?

He was thirsty.

Well? What does this water have to do with it?

Then say that you did it on porpose and I die.

Calm down. The waiter could not recognize me.

Are you sure? Remember it well.

And you, Eleonora, do not get distracted, be attentive.

Yes, a moment.

Look, when the waiter called, I just opened the door a bit and pulled out my arm.

And it seems little? Have you seen the arm?

Yes, but he has not recognized me, because I...

... he was wearing his dressing gown. - My kimono? Did he put on my robe?

Why?

It was hot.

Good! Very good!

I understand what you mean!

That if the kimono was mine, the waiter

would have also believed that the arm was mine and he can swear it.

Exactly.

How intelligent.

Thank you so much, monsieur Gaston.

And now, a toast. Cheers, Eleonora, and a cheers also for you.

And a cheers for me.

- Go ahead. - Permission.

- Are you the waiter? - Yes sir.

Good. Bring me a bottle of mineral water but it must be cool, because last night

...it was a little hot. - I am sorry.

- Sorry, but it was hot yesterday night. - I don't doubt, commander.

Merci, garcon.

Do you know what I do, honey? I'm giving the last touches to my alibi.

I called the waiter for the water, and when I told him that it was hot yesterday,

it is proven that last night I was with you.

As soon as he returns, I will take my arm out with the dressing gown as the French boy did.

Is not it perfect, honey?

- Bravo! - Thanks, sweetie.

What is this?

A tie pin.

But it's not mine...

Give me the water. What do you do?!

- Mr. Commissioner. - Good evening, commander.

- Do you allow? - Please. That nice surprise.

Excuse me if you find me like that, it's... I was about to go to bed, Mr. Commissioner.

- Sorry to bother you. - But what does it say? It is not a nuisance.

Is there any news?

I have to ask you a question, and remember that there is a man's life at stake.

You can you confirm that yesterday at midnight was in this room with his wife?

Mr. Commissioner,

I have already declared and I have nothing to deny,

moreover, I have witnesses who can confirm it.

Commander, the water.

Here you have one, Commissioner.

Waiter

Yesterday at midnight, when I called him for water, who was in this room?

You and your wife.

Thanks, garcon, you can go. Have you seen, sir...? Commissioner.

Do you want another witness?

A very distinguished and kind person, that lives in this hotel.

- What's his name? - Gaston Leduc.

- Do you want to come, please? - Where?

- Out here. - On the balcony?

Mr. Franzetti, at midnight a hotel valet saw a man who went down by this ladder.

Who was this man?

- Who was it? - Yes.

- It was me, Commissioner. - Ah!

And what did you do at night on the stairs?

I was waiting for the question. The thing will be strange, and it may be that way.

I went to the balcony looking at this staircase, and moved by curiosity, I asked myself:

"How far will this ladder go?", and so... - Ah, good.

Let's go back together, and we'll see where it takes us.

- The same route? - Yes.

- Now? - Yes.

Look, I... my wife is in the bathroom, I was waiting for...

Doesn't matter, it will not be long. Come on.

- Come. - Slowly.

- I'm going? - Yes.

- I'm going down, Commissioner. - Go, go.

- Are you coming too? - Yes, I'm following you.

I'm already...

What happened?

- Commissioner, I have fallen. - Oh, what a heck! Hey?

I hope that at least you haven't been harmed.

But you are agile. I just hit my knee.

Good, and then?

- And then, what? - We go back up.

On the ladder?

Yes. - Impossible, we put it this morning.

- The ladder? - Yes.

- Wasn't it yesterday? - No.

- Yes? - Yes.

- It wasn't? - No.

Now I remember.

Around here, Commissioner.

No.

Around here...

Excuse me, I must orientate myself, Commissioner.

And now?

And then, how have you return to your room?

What I returned, Commissioner?

Look, see those beams, Commissioner,

- We have to go over. - Obviously, there is no other solution.

- Is there no other solution? - No.

Are we going?

Yes.

- Do you have vertigo, Commissioner? - No, and you?

- No. - Good.

- Are you who have vertigo? - No no.

- Well, let's go. - Let's go.

Little by little, Commissioner.

Alberto?

It's a little complicated, Mr. Commissioner. Balance is needed.

Are you out?

Alberto?!

- Hey, you are called. - Who is it?

- Your wife. - Oh, honey.

But what are you doing?

I'm going a little while with the Commissioner. I'll be right back.

- My God, Alberto! - Do not call me Anymore.

Mother of God...

- I'm already. I arrived, Commissioner. - Go on, go on.

Where? This is a fence.

- Do not be afraid, lean there. - I go.

- Come. - Shall I climb?

- There is a little terrace, Mr. Commissioner. - Go on.

- Shall I climb? - Yes.

- A branch has been broken. - Yes...

... like last night. - It has broken?

And from here, what did you do?

What did I do? Did you enter through that window?

Did I enter through that window?- I'm asking you.

- And I answer: I entered. - Then, let's go inside.

- Maybe we bother someone. - No no no.

- After you, Mr. Commissioner. - After you.

- Please. - Come on, let's go.

Thanks.

Can you?

- What? - Watch out.

It has been proved that Mrs. Van Zungguer has fallen here.

My God!

Is this the villa of the Mrs. Van Zungguer? - Yes.

- Didn't you know? - No.

We open the safe and we check

that had been forced, and naturally, emptied.

And now you...

will tell me who is the killer.

I am, Commissioner.

- Make way! - Is he the one, commissioner?

No, no. Leave it, please. No, nothing about the mobile.

What is the killer's name? Franzetti, a great player.

- And the others arrested? - They are his accomplices. All Italians.

- But have you already confessed? - The commissioner is questioning them.

You can be sure that he will make him "sing".

Confess! The only one who could enter the victim's room,

was the occupant of the room 219,

... the assassin of the Van Zungguer. - Yes, Commissioner.

What's more, at midnight on the dot, she goes through the route, enters the room,

The old lady is on the phone, she turns around, sees him and shouts in french: "What are you doing, scoundrel?"

- So that this cry has been heard by him. - Me?

Ah yes, "qu'est-ce que tu fais, canaille", but to me the French sounds like Arab...

He is an ignorant, Mr. Commissioner, he can't translate,

anyway, the cry of that old woman has been a signal for him.

In fact, he arrives at the villa, the criminal takes the stolen items,

put the old woman in the suitcase, and he deliver it to the manager,

that definitely would make everything disappear.

- And that's him, the "big one"! - Dirty son of the bitch...!

- Mr. Commissioner, don't pay attention to this crazy man. - Do you see, Mr. Commissioner?

He has violent instincts, typical of him. He commits carelessness.

That's why you let yourself be caught with the suitcase,

that's why it's in your best interest to be quiet, "big ass"!

- Excuse me, what does it mean? - It's a Tuscan expression, Mr. Commissioner.

Oh, are you Tuscan? - No, I'm Roman, but I went to the institute in Florence.

Always with the consent of the commissioner, I will take charge of this one!

Enough! All three of you are incriminated!

- Do you confirm what you have declared? - I confirm and subscribe, Commissioner.

- Are you pleading guilty? - Obviously, Commissioner.

I can't think differently, seeing the situation.

But fortunately, as I am not bad since I have a good player instruction,

I have an ace up my sleeve. That's why I've called here Monsieur Gaston Leduc here!

Me?

Mr. Commissioner, I still do not understand why I have been summoned here.

- "Un moment". - What does it mean?

Very simple, Mr. Commissioner. It's not me the murderer, and I'll prove it to you.

How?

Can you please make enter my wife?

Bring her in.

Go ahead.

Eleonora, come.

As you can see, we were waiting for you.

Sit down, honey.

Eleonora, do not be scared.

The Commissioner is convinced that the killer is me, do you understand?

But there is a small detail that the Commissioner does not know, and that now you will let him know.

Honey, without fear look at the eyes and tell the whole truth.

Who was with you in the room 219 the night of the crime?

You were there.

But what do you say, Eleonora? I told you not to fear,

look me in the eyes and tell the truth!

- I already said it. - The truth?

Yes, of course.

- Who was with you? - Mr. Commissioner, important news.

- Do not believe it! - My God, they cage us!

- You shut up! - No no.

I speak now, huh? - No, I speak.

Because my wife, with her lie, wanted to hide a sad reality.

But that I here, in the presence of all, I say it and I do not care,

I retract again everything I have said and cry to the world the truth, so that justice triumphs.

That night, Mr. Commissioner, in the room with my wife was Gaston Leduc.

He's a criminal!

I heard footsteps, and escaped through the window.

I arrived to the terrace, I entered a room

and by a service ladder I arrived at the garden coming out through the door that was open.

- I went to the bowling alley and many people saw me. - It's false. It's false!

Do you want to let me talk?

You would have done better not to dishonor your wife, because the murderer is not at all,

but not at all, Mr. Gaston Leduc.

- No? - No!

- Bring him in! - Stay here by my side, honey.

- "Ace in the sleeve"... - The horns!

You said you took the train at 23:50

to go at your son to Saint Laurent sur Mer,

... do you confirm it? - Yes.

The train at 23:50 was deleted 3 days ago.

They are coming!

Do you have something to say, Commissioner?

A moment, a moment!

You are free.

The two servants have committed the crime.

They went to Saint Laurent hospital sur Mer to create an alibi,

and the accomplice in charge of doing disappear the body

from poor Mrs. Van Zungguer, is already in our hands.

- Giovanna, we are free! - We are innocent?

- Are you happy? - Yes.

Smile, let them see you.

- Excuse me, what newspaper? - "Paris Soir".

- "Messaggeri­e". - I am his wife.

I want you to tell your French readers,

that the third accomplice has been arrested because I told the police of his big feet.

- I heard a voice... - Stop it.

Let me talk. No, a voice, an internal voice told me: "Remo, take the suitcase."

" Take the suitcase, take the suitcase." And I took it.

"We are proud, me and my wife.." write, write,

"of having been part of a work of public advantage"

"in these beautiful holidays in the glorious land of France."

Merci. What holidays?

She is very happy. Make a nice photo. Put yourself here, next to the princess.

The Commissioner thanked me, because with my reconstruction of the crime,

I have been able to show that the police followed a false trail.

So my wife and I, we left this unfortunate affair with clean hands.

- Bonsoir, madame. - Bonsoir, monsieur.

And our honor comes out reinforced.

Enough, gentlemen. Please, that's it. Check out all the journalists.

Go away, please.

You two, come here a moment. Come

Congratulations sir... - You will leave Montecarlo on the first train that leaves.

And another time, try to trust the police. - Yes.

Realize that your absurd fear, has entangled the investigation

... and run the risk of finishing on the guillotine! God forbid!

You have already seen that a small clue, that one of the train,

was enough to go on the exact track.

That's why, again, trust in justice.

- Don't worry. - It is true.

And collaborate with the police as aware and respectable citizens.

Of course, Commissioner. Next time will be so.

NIZA, MONTECARLO, ROMA

ALARM

- Love, if it scares you, don't look. - Who has pulled the alarm?

- It's been me. As soon as I heard the scream, I pulled. - Then you have seen something?

Yes. I've seen one running: tall, thin, dressed dark and blond.

- It's like my husband says. - What is he saying? It is not like this.

I have seen him when it escaped, that with a moment alone has been enough for me,

... since I have a photographic memory. - But Remo, what do you say?

Let me say it, we have to collaborate.

Look, he was dark, of medium height and dressed...

With permission. Permission.

- Who has pulled the alarm? - Me.

- Well, what a cretin you are! - Why?

Because when the train has stopped, from my compartment,

I've seen a man go down the train and get lost in the dark.

- He was short, fat, had... - Enough! Enough!

- Has any other passenger seen anything? - No, nothing!

And the ones there?

- Are you prepared to testify? - Yes.

Join me. Come on.

- Honey? - It is a pure formality.

No, honey, hurry up, bring me my clothes. We have to go.

We are going to collaborate. It's a simple formality, right?

A POLISH CITIZEN WAS MYSTERIOUSLY MURDERED

WITNESSES FALL INTO SERIOUS CONTRADICTIONS.

ARE THEY THE ASSASSINS?