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(WIND WHISTLING SOFTLY)

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(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

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(UPBEAT JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)

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MAN: <i>Agatha Christie's</i>
The Mousetrap.

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<i>In my opinion, a second-rate</i>
<i>murder mystery.</i> (SCOFFS)

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<i>Not that I've seen it,</i>
<i>you understand.</i>

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<i>But it's a whodunit.</i>

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<i>You've seen one,</i>
<i>you've seen 'em all.</i>

9
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<i>You know the drill.</i>

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<i>An interminable prologue</i>

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<i>in which</i>
<i>all the key players</i>
<i>are introduced.</i>

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<i>You get a sense</i>
<i>of the world they inhabit,</i>

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<i>and then</i>
<i>the most unlikable character</i>
<i>gets bumped off.</i>

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There's been
a murder?

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MAN: <i>Cue the entrance</i>
<i>of a world-weary detective,</i>

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<i>who comes in</i>
<i>and pokes his nose around.</i>

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<i>Talks to witnesses.</i>
<i>Takes a couple of wrong turns.</i>

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<i>And then gathers</i>
<i>all the suspects</i>
<i>in the drawing room</i>

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<i>and points the finger</i>
<i>at the least likely chump</i>

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<i>because of the way the guy,</i>

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<i>I don't know,</i>

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<i>ties his shoelaces.</i>

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

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And so,
we ask you to remember

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that it is very much
in your interests

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

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(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS AND CHEERS)

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MAN: <i>But what do I know?</i>

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<i>The Limeys,</i>
<i>they just lap it up.</i>

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<i>The play's a smash hit.</i>
(MAN CLEARS THROAT)

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<i>Not to mention a cash cow.</i>

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<i>Right there is</i>
<i>the milkmaid in chief,</i>
<i>Petula Spencer.</i>

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(RAT SQUEAKING)

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(MUSIC INTENSIFIES)

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(UPBEAT JAZZ MUSIC RESUMES)
(LAUGHTER AND CHATTER)

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<i>This lavish affair</i>
<i>is a party to celebrate</i>
<i>the 100th performance.</i>

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<i>No wonder film producer</i>
<i>John Woolf</i>

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<i>wants to turn the play</i>
<i>into a major motion picture.</i>

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<i>Here he is now in the arms</i>
<i>of his slightly paranoid wife.</i>

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I sense that death
is close at hand.

41
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It's probably
just a draft.

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MAN: <i>This is where</i>
<i>I come in.</i>

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<i>Leo Kopernick's the name.</i>

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<i>Big-shot Hollywood director.</i>

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<i>Hired to make</i>
<i>the film adaptation</i>

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<i>marginally less boring</i>
<i>than the play.</i> (CHUCKLES)

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<i>Easier said than done</i>
<i>when the writer's</i>
<i>a giant pompous ass.</i>

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<i>Mervyn Cocker-Norris.</i>

49
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I say,
you're rather tall.

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

51
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Is that what
happened here?

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

53
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LEO: <i>Sure, he's educated</i>
<i>and he knows</i>
<i>a lot of $10 words,</i>

54
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<i>but it's like</i>
<i>he's never seen</i>
<i>a film before,</i>

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<i>let alone try to write one.</i>

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Oh, <i>ma vattinne!</i>

57
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<i>Chi e chistu?</i>

58
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No one important.

59
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<i>Omm, femmina o bestia,</i>
<i>basta che respira!</i>

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

61
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That's a nice jacket.

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

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

64
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Yeah. Hop to it,
now, huh?

65
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<i>In England, that actually</i>
<i>counts as good service.</i>

66
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<i>I was stationed here</i>
<i>during the war</i>

67
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<i>and, if anything,</i>
<i>the locals are</i>
<i>more uptight now</i>

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<i>than when they had</i>
<i>the Luftwaffe overhead.</i>

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Mervyn?

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Shouldn't you
be home?

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I thought we had
a deadline.

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I thought so too.

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But then
our esteemed director
tore up the screenplay

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and told me to start
all over again.

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

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

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

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Merv! (SPITS)

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London's most
sensitive writer.
(CHUCKLES)

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How is
<i>The Mousetrap,</i> huh?

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Did they catch
the guy who did it?

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I will not stand here
and be insulted.

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

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Huh.

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LEO: (GROANS)
<i>What passes for glamour</i>
<i>in these parts.</i>

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<i>Sheila Sim</i>
<i>and Dickie Attenborough.</i>

87
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<i>Kid likes the sound</i>
<i>of his own voice.</i>

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<i>Even money,</i>
<i>he makes a speech.</i>

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I suppose
I ought to say
a few words.

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Not too many.

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And when have I ever?
Our wedding, remember?

92
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We almost missed
the honeymoon.

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Yes.

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Darlings,
you're ever so kind.

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

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to the old pavilion.

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<i>The Mousetrap</i> is 100,
not out.

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Cheers!
ALL: Cheers!

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LEO: <i>I tell you</i>
<i>what else is 100 not out.</i>

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<i>Petula's mother.</i>

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(CHUCKLES) <i>The old kook's</i>
<i>just crazy about seafood.</i>

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They just brought out
more langoustines.

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(CRAB LEG SNAPS)

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Excuse me,
I just need to
deal with that.

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Mother! Please,

106
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you've had
quite enough.
Hi.

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<i>Now, I'm not one</i>
<i>to tell tales</i>
<i>out of school,</i>

108
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<i>but the girls over here,</i>

109
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<i>they go wild</i>
<i>for an American accent</i>

110
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<i>and the promise</i>
<i>of a pair of nylons.</i>

111
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<i>But the husbands...</i>

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

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LEO: <i>...they're not</i>
<i>so easily won over.</i>

114
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It's only fair to warn you
that I learned to box
in the RAF.

115
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Yeah? Well, I learned
to fly a plane
in Gleason's Gym.

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(GUESTS EXCLAIM)

117
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(MUSIC ENDS)

118
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<i>All of which explains,</i>
<i>in an admittedly</i>
<i>roundabout fashion,</i>

119
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<i>how I come to be</i>
<i>in the theater's</i>
<i>backstage area</i>

120
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<i>in need of</i>
<i>a change of clothes.</i>

121
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(SOFT CREAK)

122
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Hello?

123
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(SCOFFS)

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(METAL SQUEAKS IN DISTANCE)

125
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Hello?

126
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(FLOORBOARD CREAKS)

127
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(GRUNTS)

128
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(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

129
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(LEO GROANS)

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(GAGGING)

131
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(GASPING)

132
00:08:04,585 --> 00:08:06,087
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

133
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Aw, jeez.

134
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(MUSIC HALTS)

135
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<i>I guess I should have</i>
<i>seen this coming.</i>

136
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<i>It's always the most</i>
<i>unlikable character</i>
<i>who gets bumped off.</i>

137
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(THUMP)
(DRAMATIC NOTE PLAYS)

138
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<i>It's a whodunit.</i>

139
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<i>You've seen one,</i>
<i>you've seen 'em all.</i>

140
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(DRAMATIC NOTE PLAYS)
(THUNDER RUMBLING)

141
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(MYSTERIOUS MUSIC PLAYING)

142
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(THUNDER CONTINUES RUMBLING)

143
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(ENGINE REVS)

144
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(TIRES SQUEAL)

145
00:09:09,250 --> 00:09:10,883
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

146
00:09:10,885 --> 00:09:12,019
We're closed.

147
00:09:14,055 --> 00:09:16,023
(DOOR RATTLING)
Clear off.

148
00:09:17,725 --> 00:09:19,324
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

149
00:09:19,326 --> 00:09:20,628
Honestly.

150
00:09:24,231 --> 00:09:27,299
Oh, I'm so sorry, sir.
Inspector, uh, Stoppard, sir.

151
00:09:27,301 --> 00:09:30,069
Sorry, I was under
strict instructions
not to let anyone in.

152
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Just open the door.

153
00:09:31,238 --> 00:09:33,238
Yes, sir. Of course.
Sorry, I didn't
recognize you, sir.

154
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I've actually,
uh, just been
transferred myself.

155
00:09:35,676 --> 00:09:38,343
Thought it was
Leeke and Priestley
on rotation tonight.

156
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(BUMPS)
Careful, sir.

157
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In you come.

158
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(STOPPARD SIGHS)

159
00:09:48,923 --> 00:09:50,691
Constable.
Stalker, sir.

160
00:09:51,859 --> 00:09:53,892
God, you're all
wet through, sir.

161
00:09:53,894 --> 00:09:55,894
Hope you don't
catch a cold
after that.

162
00:09:55,896 --> 00:09:57,031
Yep, after you, sir.

163
00:10:00,801 --> 00:10:03,902
Victim's name is
Leo Kopernick, sir.
The film director.

164
00:10:03,904 --> 00:10:06,138
Suspected Communist,
blacklisted
in Hollywood,

165
00:10:06,140 --> 00:10:09,808
so he came out here
to work on a picture
for John Woolf.

166
00:10:09,810 --> 00:10:11,777
You know John Woolf,
the film producer.

167
00:10:11,779 --> 00:10:14,146
He made
<i>The African Queen</i>
with Humphrey Bogart.

168
00:10:14,148 --> 00:10:15,747
(IMITATING ACTOR)
"Nature, Mr. Allnut,

169
00:10:15,749 --> 00:10:18,917
"is what we are
put in this world
to rise above."

170
00:10:18,919 --> 00:10:20,919
That didn't sound
anything like Bogart.

171
00:10:20,921 --> 00:10:23,388
No, that was
Katharine Hepburn, sir.
She's in it too.

172
00:10:23,390 --> 00:10:24,923
Wonderful actress.

173
00:10:24,925 --> 00:10:27,059
I go to the pictures
quite a lot, actually.

174
00:10:27,061 --> 00:10:28,427
It's the escape,
I suppose.

175
00:10:28,429 --> 00:10:29,828
The romance of
the silver screen.

176
00:10:29,830 --> 00:10:30,896
Yes, thank you, Constable.

177
00:10:30,898 --> 00:10:32,032
Yes, sir.

178
00:10:33,367 --> 00:10:35,069
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

179
00:10:37,138 --> 00:10:38,239
(CHATTER QUIETS)

180
00:10:50,017 --> 00:10:51,352
(WOMAN COUGHS)

181
00:10:55,389 --> 00:10:58,290
Eh, signs of a struggle.

182
00:10:58,292 --> 00:11:00,092
STALKER: Actually, sir,
I believe that happened

183
00:11:00,094 --> 00:11:01,426
when Mrs. Boyle
was killed.

184
00:11:01,428 --> 00:11:02,961
Mrs. Boyle? Who's...

185
00:11:02,963 --> 00:11:05,063
Yes, sir. Um...

186
00:11:05,065 --> 00:11:06,267
She's that woman
in the front row there.

187
00:11:09,236 --> 00:11:11,105
Well, she seems
to have bounced back.

188
00:11:12,006 --> 00:11:13,238
Oh. (CHUCKLES)

189
00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:16,341
Sorry, sir. No,
she was killed in the play.
Also strangled.

190
00:11:16,343 --> 00:11:18,310
Not that I've seen it,
although I would like to.

191
00:11:18,312 --> 00:11:21,747
It's an Agatha Christie,
and I do like
a good murder.

192
00:11:21,749 --> 00:11:23,749
Yes, thank you, Constable.

193
00:11:23,751 --> 00:11:24,785
Yes, sir.

194
00:11:27,388 --> 00:11:29,423
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)

195
00:11:34,161 --> 00:11:36,361
A ski did that, sir.

196
00:11:36,363 --> 00:11:38,363
They use it
in the play,
apparently.

197
00:11:38,365 --> 00:11:40,766
As I said,
I haven't seen it.

198
00:11:40,768 --> 00:11:44,303
And then the large dent
in the cranium
is a sewing machine.

199
00:11:44,305 --> 00:11:46,772
Seems he was killed
in the costume store
initially,

200
00:11:46,774 --> 00:11:48,409
and then he was
deposited here.

201
00:11:50,311 --> 00:11:52,246
Staged,
so to speak.
(CHUCKLES)

202
00:11:54,481 --> 00:11:55,783
Sorry, sir.

203
00:12:03,924 --> 00:12:06,258
Yeah, that's the ski
that he took
in the face, sir.

204
00:12:06,260 --> 00:12:08,963
And, uh, I'm afraid
it was downhill
from there.

205
00:12:10,164 --> 00:12:12,097
Oh. Sorry, sir.

206
00:12:12,099 --> 00:12:13,867
That one just came out
on its own. (CHUCKLES)

207
00:12:16,370 --> 00:12:17,438
(STALKER CLEARS THROAT)

208
00:12:21,875 --> 00:12:22,941
Seems he came
down here

209
00:12:22,943 --> 00:12:23,978
for a change
of clothes.

210
00:12:26,247 --> 00:12:27,281
Why?

211
00:12:33,254 --> 00:12:36,822
It was a party to celebrate
the 100th performance, sir.

212
00:12:36,824 --> 00:12:38,056
The other nought
must have...

213
00:12:38,058 --> 00:12:41,059
When the victim
upset the sponge.

214
00:12:41,061 --> 00:12:45,565
Um, and he then proceeded
to sit in the assortment
of crustaceans.

215
00:12:45,567 --> 00:12:48,102
(GRUNTS)
(GUESTS EXCLAIM)

216
00:12:52,006 --> 00:12:55,941
I'm told he was
intoxicated, sir,
as a newt. (CHUCKLES)

217
00:12:55,943 --> 00:12:58,846
This was actually
a lot more fun than
I thought it would be.

218
00:13:00,047 --> 00:13:01,482
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYS)

219
00:13:05,219 --> 00:13:08,086
Then he left. No one
saw him again until
the body was discovered.

220
00:13:08,088 --> 00:13:09,223
That's correct, sir.

221
00:13:10,858 --> 00:13:13,193
(SIGHS) Perhaps they were
all in on it together, sir?

222
00:13:17,197 --> 00:13:18,332
Hmm.

223
00:13:23,237 --> 00:13:24,271
(SOFT CRUNCH)

224
00:13:26,608 --> 00:13:27,875
(CAMERA FLASHBULB POPS)

225
00:13:30,244 --> 00:13:33,178
Looks like the killer
tried to pull out
the victim's tongue.

226
00:13:33,180 --> 00:13:35,881
Why would anyone
do a thing like that?

227
00:13:35,883 --> 00:13:38,417
Excuse me,
Chief Inspector.

228
00:13:38,419 --> 00:13:39,585
It's just
"Inspector."

229
00:13:39,587 --> 00:13:41,920
Yes. Of course.
Inspector.

230
00:13:41,922 --> 00:13:43,589
I hate to interrupt,
I do.

231
00:13:43,591 --> 00:13:44,657
There really is
nothing worse...

232
00:13:44,659 --> 00:13:47,527
Petula Spencer, sir.
Prominent theater
impresario.

233
00:13:47,529 --> 00:13:48,894
Yes, thank you,
Constable.

234
00:13:48,896 --> 00:13:52,964
Tell me, how much longer
do you intend to keep us
all hostage here?

235
00:13:52,966 --> 00:13:54,199
Or is that
the idea?

236
00:13:54,201 --> 00:13:56,902
"Let the galled
jade wince."

237
00:13:56,904 --> 00:13:58,236
Gather all
the suspects
under one roof

238
00:13:58,238 --> 00:14:01,239
and then interrogate
each of us in turn until
the mystery is solved?

239
00:14:01,241 --> 00:14:03,342
Mervyn Cocker-Norris,
overrated playwright.

240
00:14:03,344 --> 00:14:05,045
Celebrated
playwright.

241
00:14:05,946 --> 00:14:07,212
Oh, I'm so sorry, sir.

242
00:14:07,214 --> 00:14:09,014
I can't read
me own handwriting.

243
00:14:09,016 --> 00:14:11,218
Not that
we are suspects,
necessarily.

244
00:14:13,921 --> 00:14:14,922
Are we suspects?

245
00:14:16,490 --> 00:14:18,524
It was just
a reference to
Agatha Christie

246
00:14:18,526 --> 00:14:20,492
and her penchant
for denouement,

247
00:14:20,494 --> 00:14:23,063
in which the detective
gathers the susp...

248
00:14:23,964 --> 00:14:26,198
I dare say,
that's not...

249
00:14:26,200 --> 00:14:28,300
Please continue.
Yes, thank you, Mervyn.

250
00:14:28,302 --> 00:14:30,235
Inspector,
I want you to know

251
00:14:30,237 --> 00:14:33,171
that I have nothing
but the utmost respect

252
00:14:33,173 --> 00:14:35,207
for the Metropolitan Police.

253
00:14:35,209 --> 00:14:37,442
But, well, do you think
you might be finished

254
00:14:37,444 --> 00:14:39,111
in time for curtain up
tomorrow night?

255
00:14:39,113 --> 00:14:40,245
Oh, for goodness' sake.

256
00:14:40,247 --> 00:14:42,080
John Woolf,
esteemed
film producer.

257
00:14:42,082 --> 00:14:43,382
Yes, thank you,
Constable.

258
00:14:43,384 --> 00:14:45,350
This is
a murder
investigation.

259
00:14:45,352 --> 00:14:48,987
Surely that
takes precedence,
sold out or not.

260
00:14:48,989 --> 00:14:51,123
Yes, it's all going
to plan for you,
isn't it, Woolfie?

261
00:14:51,125 --> 00:14:52,457
You want the run to end.

262
00:14:52,459 --> 00:14:55,026
WOOLF: (SCOFFS)
I want nothing
of the sort.

263
00:14:55,028 --> 00:14:56,562
It's the decent thing
to do, that's all.

264
00:14:56,564 --> 00:14:59,231
Close the theater
out of respect for Leo.

265
00:14:59,233 --> 00:15:00,533
Such a tragic loss.

266
00:15:00,535 --> 00:15:06,204
Inspector,
I implore you
not to overreact.

267
00:15:06,206 --> 00:15:09,141
I would hate
to have to go
over your head and

268
00:15:09,143 --> 00:15:11,644
talk directly
to your superiors.

269
00:15:11,646 --> 00:15:13,513
Oh, we wouldn't
want that, now,
would we, madam?

270
00:15:13,515 --> 00:15:15,548
But I'm afraid that
under the circumstances,

271
00:15:15,550 --> 00:15:17,619
as a precaution...
Precaution?

272
00:15:18,452 --> 00:15:20,051
He's already dead.

273
00:15:20,053 --> 00:15:21,587
STOPPARD: He is, madam.

274
00:15:21,589 --> 00:15:24,122
But until we have an idea
as to a likely motive,

275
00:15:24,124 --> 00:15:26,291
who's to say
this is the end
of it?

276
00:15:26,293 --> 00:15:28,293
What is that
supposed to mean?

277
00:15:28,295 --> 00:15:31,062
We are no longer
merely suspects.

278
00:15:31,064 --> 00:15:34,001
We are also
potential victims.

279
00:15:35,469 --> 00:15:36,671
(CAMERA FLASHBULB POPS)
Oh.

280
00:15:37,271 --> 00:15:38,704
Mmm.

281
00:15:38,706 --> 00:15:41,609
Oh, God,
I wasn't in that, was I?
I must look dreadful.

282
00:15:43,010 --> 00:15:45,212
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

283
00:15:49,517 --> 00:15:51,118
(TIRES SQUEAL)
(ENGINE REVS)

284
00:15:56,691 --> 00:15:58,459
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

285
00:16:07,034 --> 00:16:08,135
Excuse me, sir.

286
00:16:16,611 --> 00:16:17,677
(BLOWS NOSE)

287
00:16:17,679 --> 00:16:19,144
MAN: Stoppard!

288
00:16:19,146 --> 00:16:21,146
My office.

289
00:16:21,148 --> 00:16:23,281
(KNOCK ON DOOR)
STOPPARD: Hello, sir.

290
00:16:23,283 --> 00:16:24,550
What in God's name
possessed you

291
00:16:24,552 --> 00:16:26,384
to close down
the Ambassadors?

292
00:16:26,386 --> 00:16:28,086
Uh, protocol, sir.
It's a crime scene.

293
00:16:28,088 --> 00:16:31,389
No, it's a public relations
disaster, is what it is.

294
00:16:31,391 --> 00:16:32,525
Public what, sir?

295
00:16:32,527 --> 00:16:33,793
Stalker!
Sir.

296
00:16:33,795 --> 00:16:35,761
Not to put too
fine a point on...

297
00:16:35,763 --> 00:16:36,829
Yes, please.
Here.

298
00:16:36,831 --> 00:16:38,731
Not to put
too fine a point
on it, Inspector,

299
00:16:38,733 --> 00:16:42,400
but your latest blunder
is front page news.

300
00:16:42,402 --> 00:16:43,669
Fleet Street
is all over this,

301
00:16:43,671 --> 00:16:45,605
like hot jam
on a Devonshire scone.

302
00:16:45,607 --> 00:16:49,307
You are slap-bang
in the crosshairs.

303
00:16:49,309 --> 00:16:50,776
Now, we need to do
everything we can

304
00:16:50,778 --> 00:16:53,679
to make sure the bullet
doesn't miss you and hit me.

305
00:16:53,681 --> 00:16:55,648
Yeah, of course, sir. Yes.
Good.

306
00:16:55,650 --> 00:16:57,617
Then you'll inform
the theater at once.

307
00:16:57,619 --> 00:16:59,384
Well, I thought
as a precaution, I...

308
00:16:59,386 --> 00:17:00,786
The Home Secretary

309
00:17:00,788 --> 00:17:03,656
is a close, personal friend
of Agatha Christie.

310
00:17:03,658 --> 00:17:06,091
His brother-in-law
is Rex Harrison.

311
00:17:06,093 --> 00:17:07,158
Wonderful actor.

312
00:17:07,160 --> 00:17:08,694
Yes, thank you, Constable.
Sir.

313
00:17:08,696 --> 00:17:11,363
It's actually worked
in our favor to have the press
distracted like this.

314
00:17:11,365 --> 00:17:14,767
It means we can keep a lid on
the Rillington Place murders.

315
00:17:14,769 --> 00:17:17,837
Rillington Place murders.
Yes. What's that?

316
00:17:17,839 --> 00:17:19,672
(SIGHS) Blimey.

317
00:17:19,674 --> 00:17:21,541
Haven't you heard?

318
00:17:21,543 --> 00:17:23,643
We have
a serial killer
on the loose.

319
00:17:23,645 --> 00:17:26,146
You didn't think
all of this was for you,
now, did you?

320
00:17:27,782 --> 00:17:29,381
No, of course...
No.

321
00:17:29,383 --> 00:17:31,651
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
Of course not.

322
00:17:31,653 --> 00:17:35,320
Well, have all the resources
been allocated
to this other investigation?

323
00:17:35,322 --> 00:17:37,790
No, not all of them, no.

324
00:17:37,792 --> 00:17:40,860
I understand you,
uh, met WPC Stalker
last night?

325
00:17:40,862 --> 00:17:42,294
I did, yes.

326
00:17:42,296 --> 00:17:43,796
Constable.
Inspector.

327
00:17:43,798 --> 00:17:47,867
A very capable
officer.

328
00:17:47,869 --> 00:17:50,505
Or at least she will be
once she gets
the proper instruction.

329
00:17:51,471 --> 00:17:53,138
Sorry, sir,
I'm not sure I, uh...

330
00:17:53,140 --> 00:17:54,372
You don't mean
you want me to...

331
00:17:54,374 --> 00:17:57,242
Yes, I do. I'd like you
to show her the ropes.

332
00:17:57,244 --> 00:18:00,880
I'm hoping some of her
enthusiasm for police work
might rub off on you.

333
00:18:00,882 --> 00:18:03,181
But the, uh, bullet, sir.
Is that why...

334
00:18:03,183 --> 00:18:05,685
This is not
a debate, Stoppard.

335
00:18:05,687 --> 00:18:08,554
I have a reputation
as a modernizer.

336
00:18:08,556 --> 00:18:10,623
I have to be seen
to keep it up.

337
00:18:10,625 --> 00:18:13,458
I have said in public

338
00:18:13,460 --> 00:18:16,629
that I think
women are the future
of the force.

339
00:18:16,631 --> 00:18:19,632
Absolutely, sir,
I agree.

340
00:18:19,634 --> 00:18:20,733
(CHUCKLING)
But we're not looking

341
00:18:20,735 --> 00:18:22,233
for stolen sweets...
Sweets.

342
00:18:22,235 --> 00:18:23,836
...or a lost
bleeding bicycle.

343
00:18:23,838 --> 00:18:26,606
This is
a murder investigation,
and she is inexperienced.

344
00:18:26,608 --> 00:18:30,610
They were
inexperienced
in the war.

345
00:18:30,612 --> 00:18:32,745
Ask Jerry
how that turned out.

346
00:18:32,747 --> 00:18:34,279
Yes, sir. But, uh...

347
00:18:34,281 --> 00:18:35,380
That...
Huh?

348
00:18:35,382 --> 00:18:38,586
...will be all.
Thank you.

349
00:18:39,419 --> 00:18:40,622
Commissioner.
Inspector.

350
00:18:41,723 --> 00:18:43,725
Constable.
Inspector.

351
00:18:44,892 --> 00:18:46,926
Commissioner.
Constable.

352
00:18:46,928 --> 00:18:49,327
Um, sorry again
about last night, sir.

353
00:18:49,329 --> 00:18:50,462
With the rain
and everything...

354
00:18:50,464 --> 00:18:52,197
Water under
the bridge, Constable.
No harm done.

355
00:18:52,199 --> 00:18:53,264
(SNEEZES)

356
00:18:53,266 --> 00:18:55,367
(PLAYFUL JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)

357
00:18:55,369 --> 00:18:57,404
(SNIFFLES,
GROANS)

358
00:18:58,806 --> 00:19:00,640
(SNEEZES)
You all right?

359
00:19:00,642 --> 00:19:04,844
Yeah. Do we have
an address
for the victim?

360
00:19:04,846 --> 00:19:09,216
Yep. It is
"Laurel Canyon,
Hollywood, USA."

361
00:19:10,618 --> 00:19:13,220
Where was he staying
in England, Constable?

362
00:19:14,522 --> 00:19:16,221
Oh. Um...

363
00:19:16,223 --> 00:19:17,823
(TUTS) Right.

364
00:19:17,825 --> 00:19:20,394
(PLAYFUL JAZZ MUSIC CONTINUES)

365
00:19:35,743 --> 00:19:37,244
(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

366
00:19:38,646 --> 00:19:41,246
If I am honest,
<i>Monsieur</i> Kopernick,

367
00:19:41,248 --> 00:19:42,915
he was not
a very good guest.

368
00:19:42,917 --> 00:19:43,949
In arrears,
was he?

369
00:19:43,951 --> 00:19:47,720
<i>La, non,</i>
but he did not pay
for his room.

370
00:19:47,722 --> 00:19:49,254
<i>Monsieur</i> Woolf did.

371
00:19:49,256 --> 00:19:50,124
STALKER: Hmm.

372
00:19:51,693 --> 00:19:53,628
What part of France
are you from, sir?

373
00:19:54,461 --> 00:19:55,563
Belgium.

374
00:19:55,930 --> 00:19:57,264
Ah, right.

375
00:20:01,334 --> 00:20:03,636
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

376
00:20:03,638 --> 00:20:05,773
(DOOR CLOSES)
STOPPARD: Oh, my, my.

377
00:20:07,809 --> 00:20:10,275
What a bloody pigsty.

378
00:20:10,277 --> 00:20:12,945
They don't clean
the rooms
at the Savoy?

379
00:20:12,947 --> 00:20:14,949
<i>Helas,</i> not this one.

380
00:20:15,750 --> 00:20:16,849
Hmm.

381
00:20:16,851 --> 00:20:19,317
The maids,
they refuse.

382
00:20:19,319 --> 00:20:22,890
We offer them more money,
but still they say <i>non.</i>

383
00:20:23,825 --> 00:20:24,992
There was

384
00:20:25,927 --> 00:20:28,561
an incident.

385
00:20:28,563 --> 00:20:32,399
Always <i>avec</i>
<i>Monsieur</i> Kopernick,
there was an incident.

386
00:20:38,271 --> 00:20:39,306
Hmm.

387
00:20:51,384 --> 00:20:52,419
Ooh.

388
00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:54,787
STOPPARD:
Thank you,
Constable.

389
00:20:54,789 --> 00:20:56,922
Oh. Sorry, sir.

390
00:20:56,924 --> 00:20:59,426
Did one of these incidents
ever turn violent?

391
00:20:59,927 --> 00:21:02,360
<i>Oui. Une fois.</i>

392
00:21:02,362 --> 00:21:04,029
(ROUSING MUSIC PLAYS)

393
00:21:04,031 --> 00:21:05,831
MERVYN: How dare you
call me a bad writer!

394
00:21:05,833 --> 00:21:07,133
LEO: I didn't say that.
I said it's bad writing.

395
00:21:07,135 --> 00:21:09,902
MERVYN: I did the best
I could within the confines
of the genre,

396
00:21:09,904 --> 00:21:11,504
and Woolf loved it!

397
00:21:11,506 --> 00:21:13,973
LEO: Woolf wouldn't know
a good script if it came up
and bit him on the ass.

398
00:21:13,975 --> 00:21:16,675
It's horseshit!
No, it isn't!
Not all of it!

399
00:21:16,677 --> 00:21:17,877
All right, what I read
is horseshit!

400
00:21:17,879 --> 00:21:20,846
MERVYN: (GASPS)
You mean you didn't
even finish it?

401
00:21:20,848 --> 00:21:21,947
I read enough, pal,

402
00:21:21,949 --> 00:21:23,749
to know that
nobody gets killed
in the first 10 pages!

403
00:21:23,751 --> 00:21:25,918
You charlatan!
Give it back!

404
00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:27,520
Listen. Listen to me. Listen!
Give...

405
00:21:27,522 --> 00:21:29,454
We need to go
in a completely
different direction!

406
00:21:29,456 --> 00:21:30,589
(STRAINING)

407
00:21:30,591 --> 00:21:31,891
(LEO GRUNTS)
(YELPS)

408
00:21:31,893 --> 00:21:33,493
(LAMP SHATTERS)

409
00:21:34,996 --> 00:21:36,494
(PANTING)

410
00:21:36,496 --> 00:21:40,067
I'll kill you for this,
Kopernick, you bastard!

411
00:21:43,671 --> 00:21:46,739
That's that then, sir.
It's as good
as a confession.

412
00:21:46,741 --> 00:21:49,409
Let's not jump
to conclusions,
Constable.

413
00:21:49,677 --> 00:21:51,010
No, sir.

414
00:21:51,012 --> 00:21:53,612
The least we can do is
talk to this other party.

415
00:21:53,614 --> 00:21:55,482
Yes, sir.
Cocker-Norris, sir.

416
00:21:57,952 --> 00:21:59,618
STOPPARD: Tell me,
do you write
everything down

417
00:21:59,620 --> 00:22:01,754
in that little notebook?

418
00:22:01,756 --> 00:22:03,856
Only if it's
important, sir.

419
00:22:03,858 --> 00:22:05,593
How do you know
if it's important?

420
00:22:06,861 --> 00:22:08,794
Well,

421
00:22:08,796 --> 00:22:12,698
uh, I'll just sort of
put everything in
as we go,

422
00:22:12,700 --> 00:22:14,967
and then down the line
when we know
what's important,

423
00:22:14,969 --> 00:22:17,004
we'll know
that it's already
in the notebook.

424
00:22:19,941 --> 00:22:21,507
So you do write
everything down.

425
00:22:21,509 --> 00:22:22,643
Yeah, everything.

426
00:22:23,410 --> 00:22:24,645
That's what I thought.

427
00:22:26,479 --> 00:22:27,782
(ENGINE STARTS)

428
00:22:29,684 --> 00:22:32,587
(OPERATIC SONG PLAYING)

429
00:22:37,124 --> 00:22:38,557
MERVYN:
Make yourself
comfortable.

430
00:22:38,559 --> 00:22:40,761
You're just in time
for elevenses.

431
00:23:02,016 --> 00:23:03,450
(GRUNTS)
Oh.

432
00:23:04,752 --> 00:23:07,588
(SONG CONTINUES PLAYING)

433
00:23:13,594 --> 00:23:14,629
Oh!

434
00:23:15,630 --> 00:23:16,664
(DOOR OPENS)

435
00:23:17,665 --> 00:23:18,699
(DOOR CLOSES)

436
00:23:20,001 --> 00:23:21,600
(OPERA STOPS)

437
00:23:21,602 --> 00:23:24,203
You must excuse
the <i>desordre,</i>

438
00:23:24,205 --> 00:23:26,505
it's research for
the film adaptation.

439
00:23:26,507 --> 00:23:29,775
Police statements,
court reports,
newspaper cuttings.

440
00:23:29,777 --> 00:23:32,179
<i>The Mousetrap</i> is
actually based on
a real-life case.

441
00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:34,513
Nettle tea?

442
00:23:34,515 --> 00:23:37,482
I appreciate you've
not yet had time
to come to terms

443
00:23:37,484 --> 00:23:38,851
with the death of
Mr. Kopernick, but...

444
00:23:38,853 --> 00:23:40,786
Is it true
his tongue was
pulled out?

445
00:23:40,788 --> 00:23:42,655
(CHUCKLING)
I'm afraid I can't
divulge details

446
00:23:42,657 --> 00:23:43,722
of an ongoing
investigation.

447
00:23:43,724 --> 00:23:44,924
It was disgusting.

448
00:23:44,926 --> 00:23:47,826
(DOOR OPENS)
<i>Amore, non pozzo</i>
<i>fatica cosi!</i>

449
00:23:47,828 --> 00:23:48,896
What?

450
00:23:49,830 --> 00:23:51,697
<i>E na cos' 'e pazz!</i>

451
00:23:51,699 --> 00:23:53,500
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS)

452
00:23:57,939 --> 00:23:59,004
(CHUCKLES LIGHTLY)

453
00:23:59,006 --> 00:24:03,575
That's Gio.
Nephew of mine.
Very hotheaded.

454
00:24:03,577 --> 00:24:05,210
I wonder if it isn't
all the fumes.

455
00:24:05,212 --> 00:24:06,779
You know,
from the chemicals.

456
00:24:06,781 --> 00:24:09,014
He's an amateur taxidermist.

457
00:24:09,016 --> 00:24:12,584
He has a fascination
with the macabre.

458
00:24:12,586 --> 00:24:14,522
I call it his
Stymphalian Bird series.

459
00:24:14,822 --> 00:24:16,188
STOPPARD: Hmm.

460
00:24:16,190 --> 00:24:19,660
MERVYN: Macabre in a strictly
"ornithological" sense,
that is.

461
00:24:22,730 --> 00:24:24,530
You wanted to ask me
about Leo?

462
00:24:24,532 --> 00:24:26,899
STOPPARD: We heard
there was an argument
at the Savoy,

463
00:24:26,901 --> 00:24:28,602
and I noticed you had
the other half of this.

464
00:24:34,642 --> 00:24:37,810
Inspector,
that was a <i>contretemps,</i>
nothing more.

465
00:24:37,812 --> 00:24:40,245
(SOFTLY) Read that part.
Yeah.

466
00:24:40,247 --> 00:24:43,651
"I'll kill you for this,
Kopernick, you bastard."

467
00:24:46,887 --> 00:24:48,153
Well, obviously, I...

468
00:24:48,155 --> 00:24:50,089
Taken out of context, I...

469
00:24:50,091 --> 00:24:54,827
Those words were spoken
in anger and under
extreme provocation.

470
00:24:54,829 --> 00:24:57,098
We had creative differences,
that's all.

471
00:24:57,898 --> 00:24:59,565
Hmm.

472
00:24:59,567 --> 00:25:01,068
How did you
like <i>The Mousetrap?</i>

473
00:25:01,869 --> 00:25:03,669
Oh, yeah, the play?
Mmm.

474
00:25:03,671 --> 00:25:05,604
Yeah, I, uh...
I didn't see it yet.

475
00:25:05,606 --> 00:25:06,672
Well, if you'd like,

476
00:25:06,674 --> 00:25:07,873
I can precis this...
No, no, no.

477
00:25:07,875 --> 00:25:10,576
I got the basics.
It's a whodunit, right?

478
00:25:10,578 --> 00:25:14,246
So, you got
a dead body,
a detective,

479
00:25:14,248 --> 00:25:17,182
and then all the suspects
rather conveniently

480
00:25:17,184 --> 00:25:19,587
end up in a remote
country house together.

481
00:25:19,987 --> 00:25:21,353
In a nutshell.

482
00:25:21,355 --> 00:25:24,590
Our task will be to
present this improbable
series of events

483
00:25:24,592 --> 00:25:26,325
to an audience of
moderate intelligence

484
00:25:26,327 --> 00:25:28,994
in a manner
that does not cause
too much offense.

485
00:25:28,996 --> 00:25:30,596
Easy.

486
00:25:30,598 --> 00:25:31,766
Flashbacks.

487
00:25:32,066 --> 00:25:33,701
No.

488
00:25:34,168 --> 00:25:35,601
No what?

489
00:25:35,603 --> 00:25:37,202
No flashbacks.

490
00:25:37,204 --> 00:25:39,171
<i>They are crass, lazy,</i>
<i>and they interrupt</i>

491
00:25:39,173 --> 00:25:40,472
the flow of the story.

492
00:25:40,474 --> 00:25:44,145
In my opinion,
they are the last refuge
of a moribund imagination.

493
00:25:44,712 --> 00:25:45,644
Whatever next?

494
00:25:45,646 --> 00:25:48,180
A caption that says,
"Three weeks later"?

495
00:25:48,182 --> 00:25:49,984
(DRAMATIC NOTE PLAYS)

496
00:25:50,684 --> 00:25:51,750
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

497
00:25:51,752 --> 00:25:54,219
Merv. Merv,
will you come on?

498
00:25:54,221 --> 00:25:55,754
This is crazy.
Will you open the door?

499
00:25:55,756 --> 00:25:57,322
I'm not coming out
until Woolf gets here.

500
00:25:57,324 --> 00:25:58,626
(DOOR BUZZES)

501
00:25:59,927 --> 00:26:01,193
What is it this time?

502
00:26:01,195 --> 00:26:02,795
I'll tell you
what it is.

503
00:26:02,797 --> 00:26:04,029
I pitched
a new ending,

504
00:26:04,031 --> 00:26:06,965
Cockamamie-Novice over here
locks himself in the bathroom.

505
00:26:06,967 --> 00:26:08,801
Is this instead
of the car chase?

506
00:26:08,803 --> 00:26:09,968
As well as.

507
00:26:09,970 --> 00:26:14,006
I think he thinks
"denouement" is French
for "shootout."

508
00:26:14,008 --> 00:26:15,674
Will you at least
hear me out first,

509
00:26:15,676 --> 00:26:18,043
and then tell me
you don't like it?

510
00:26:18,045 --> 00:26:21,847
Come on,
I storyboarded it for you.
Come on, have a seat.

511
00:26:21,849 --> 00:26:25,050
MERVYN: Why can't we just
have the detective gather
everyone in the drawing room

512
00:26:25,052 --> 00:26:27,386
and then
reveal to them
who did it?

513
00:26:27,388 --> 00:26:30,656
Why? 'Cause it's old,
it's tired.

514
00:26:30,658 --> 00:26:32,024
It's been done
a thousand times.

515
00:26:32,026 --> 00:26:35,194
So then who explains
to the audience
what on Earth's going on?

516
00:26:35,196 --> 00:26:36,295
No one.

517
00:26:36,297 --> 00:26:38,263
I don't know.
The killer.

518
00:26:38,265 --> 00:26:39,932
Now you see
what I have to
put up with?

519
00:26:39,934 --> 00:26:41,900
Will you please
have a seat?

520
00:26:41,902 --> 00:26:44,670
So, a remote
country house.

521
00:26:44,672 --> 00:26:48,040
We got all the, uh,
suspects gathered in
the drawing room, right?

522
00:26:48,042 --> 00:26:50,409
So far, soporific.

523
00:26:50,411 --> 00:26:52,811
Suddenly,
the lights go out.

524
00:26:52,813 --> 00:26:54,012
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

525
00:26:54,014 --> 00:26:57,952
Our hero grips
his Colt Special,
edges into the hall.

526
00:26:59,687 --> 00:27:01,922
The killer's got a hostage,
can't get a clear shot.

527
00:27:02,890 --> 00:27:04,289
Suddenly, kaboom!

528
00:27:04,291 --> 00:27:06,024
The place goes up
in flames.

529
00:27:06,026 --> 00:27:07,126
(CARD SHUFFLES)

530
00:27:07,128 --> 00:27:08,193
Blam! Blam!

531
00:27:08,195 --> 00:27:09,962
Our hero
plugs the killer.

532
00:27:09,964 --> 00:27:11,230
One in the gut!
(GRUNTS)

533
00:27:11,232 --> 00:27:13,031
One in the knee!
(GROANS)

534
00:27:13,033 --> 00:27:14,199
Then, all of a sudden...

535
00:27:14,201 --> 00:27:15,703
(MIMICS GUN CLICKING)

536
00:27:16,303 --> 00:27:18,137
His goddamned gun jams.

537
00:27:18,139 --> 00:27:19,306
He's a sittin' duck.

538
00:27:21,108 --> 00:27:22,174
Sorry, not that one.

539
00:27:22,176 --> 00:27:23,242
(CARDS SHUFFLING)

540
00:27:23,244 --> 00:27:24,311
I'm sorry about this.

541
00:27:25,246 --> 00:27:26,311
He's a sittin' duck.

542
00:27:26,313 --> 00:27:27,713
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

543
00:27:27,715 --> 00:27:30,317
Our killer,
dying but not dead,

544
00:27:31,318 --> 00:27:32,419
takes aim.

545
00:27:33,154 --> 00:27:35,087
Boom! He fires.

546
00:27:35,089 --> 00:27:36,455
Out of nowhere,

547
00:27:36,457 --> 00:27:39,358
our hero cop's partner
dives in slow motion!

548
00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:40,394
Takes a bullet!

549
00:27:40,828 --> 00:27:42,394
(GRUNTS)

550
00:27:42,396 --> 00:27:48,367
Our hero cradles his partner
like a father would his child.

551
00:27:48,369 --> 00:27:51,172
His face
a gumbo of emotions.

552
00:27:52,773 --> 00:27:55,242
We hold on the inferno,

553
00:27:56,877 --> 00:27:59,413
and we pan left,
to a dead butler.

554
00:28:00,347 --> 00:28:01,813
(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

555
00:28:01,815 --> 00:28:03,817
Hank Williams plays us out.

556
00:28:04,919 --> 00:28:05,953
<i>I Saw The Light.</i>

557
00:28:13,994 --> 00:28:16,461
You hate it.
No, no,
I don't hate it.

558
00:28:16,463 --> 00:28:18,864
But you don't love it.
Of course he doesn't!

559
00:28:18,866 --> 00:28:19,932
It's preposterous

560
00:28:19,934 --> 00:28:22,401
and totally out of keeping
with the rest of the film.

561
00:28:22,403 --> 00:28:23,503
Oh, who cares?

562
00:28:23,505 --> 00:28:25,505
The audience
only ever remembers
the last 20 minutes.

563
00:28:25,507 --> 00:28:27,072
Oh, poppycock.

564
00:28:27,074 --> 00:28:28,840
Uh, Hitchcock,
actually.

565
00:28:28,842 --> 00:28:30,244
How does
he get the gun?

566
00:28:30,778 --> 00:28:31,644
He's a cop!

567
00:28:31,646 --> 00:28:34,146
Uh, police are
not armed in England.

568
00:28:34,148 --> 00:28:36,248
What?
How do they kill
the bad guys?

569
00:28:36,250 --> 00:28:37,282
They don't.

570
00:28:37,284 --> 00:28:40,520
They ask them to stop
in the name of the law.

571
00:28:40,522 --> 00:28:42,120
(CAR HORN HONKING)
Huh.

572
00:28:42,122 --> 00:28:43,455
Well, he fought
in the war,

573
00:28:43,457 --> 00:28:45,991
so he kept
his service revolver.

574
00:28:45,993 --> 00:28:48,896
God damn it,
we're gonna have to
pick this up another time.

575
00:28:50,798 --> 00:28:53,165
Say, uh, Merv.

576
00:28:53,167 --> 00:28:56,134
You wouldn't want to
lend me this pad,
would you?

577
00:28:56,136 --> 00:28:57,903
Just for the night.

578
00:28:57,905 --> 00:29:01,039
Only I got this dame
parked outside
I wanna impress.

579
00:29:01,041 --> 00:29:03,110
As in,
she actually
is a dame.

580
00:29:04,144 --> 00:29:06,845
And, well, you know.
(CHUCKLES)

581
00:29:06,847 --> 00:29:09,414
My place ain't exactly
the Savoy.

582
00:29:09,416 --> 00:29:12,050
I thought his place
exactly was the Savoy.

583
00:29:12,052 --> 00:29:15,053
No, he didn't take up
residence there
till a month later.

584
00:29:15,055 --> 00:29:18,190
And the production company
footed the bill when he did.

585
00:29:18,192 --> 00:29:20,092
How he finagled that,
I'll never know.

586
00:29:20,094 --> 00:29:21,193
(SLURPS)

587
00:29:21,195 --> 00:29:23,998
Either I need a new agent,
or he had dirt on Woolf.

588
00:29:24,298 --> 00:29:25,399
Hmm.

589
00:29:28,335 --> 00:29:29,502
(SWALLOWS)

590
00:29:29,504 --> 00:29:31,370
Did you ever meet
these women?

591
00:29:31,372 --> 00:29:33,171
(CLEARS THROAT)
Who were they?

592
00:29:33,173 --> 00:29:35,274
Oh, girls he met
during the war

593
00:29:35,276 --> 00:29:37,376
who had low standards
and even lower self-esteem.

594
00:29:37,378 --> 00:29:38,946
I never had the pleasure.

595
00:29:41,248 --> 00:29:42,283
Oh, wait.

596
00:29:43,417 --> 00:29:44,517
Tell a lie.

597
00:29:44,519 --> 00:29:47,085
(PLAYFUL JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)

598
00:29:47,087 --> 00:29:48,521
LEO: Merv! Come on.

599
00:29:48,523 --> 00:29:50,355
When I said we should
tear up the script,

600
00:29:50,357 --> 00:29:51,559
I didn't mean literally!

601
00:29:55,863 --> 00:29:57,095
Hello, Leo.

602
00:29:57,097 --> 00:29:58,263
What is that
doing here?

603
00:29:58,265 --> 00:29:59,431
(GASPS)

604
00:29:59,433 --> 00:30:01,099
He was
Kopernick's son!

605
00:30:01,101 --> 00:30:02,336
Peas in a pod.

606
00:30:02,970 --> 00:30:04,136
And the mother?

607
00:30:04,138 --> 00:30:07,509
I didn't get a good look.
A plain girl, rather homely.

608
00:30:08,309 --> 00:30:10,008
<i>Dark hair, glasses,</i>

609
00:30:10,010 --> 00:30:11,078
thick lenses.

610
00:30:12,246 --> 00:30:13,945
So there we have it, sir.
<i>Cherchez la femme.</i>

611
00:30:13,947 --> 00:30:15,013
STOPPARD: What?

612
00:30:15,015 --> 00:30:16,549
It's Belgian, sir.
It means,
"Look for the woman."

613
00:30:16,551 --> 00:30:19,151
I know what it means,
Constable. What woman?

614
00:30:19,153 --> 00:30:21,521
The mother
of Kopernick's
illegitimate son.

615
00:30:21,523 --> 00:30:23,422
Cocker-Norris
couldn't remember
her name,

616
00:30:23,424 --> 00:30:25,123
but I bet it's in
that little black book.

617
00:30:25,125 --> 00:30:27,292
You know,
the one that you found
in the hotel room, sir.

618
00:30:27,294 --> 00:30:29,027
If we find her,
we have our answer.

619
00:30:29,029 --> 00:30:30,962
We need to get
a police sketch artist
down here at once

620
00:30:30,964 --> 00:30:32,299
before he forgets
anything.

621
00:30:32,866 --> 00:30:34,933
(SIGHS)

622
00:30:34,935 --> 00:30:37,637
Mmm. I'm doing it again,
aren't I, sir?

623
00:30:37,639 --> 00:30:39,605
Jumping to conclusions.
Conclusions, yeah.

624
00:30:39,607 --> 00:30:40,872
Little bit.

625
00:30:40,874 --> 00:30:41,909
Sorry.

626
00:30:42,343 --> 00:30:43,377
Constable.

627
00:30:45,580 --> 00:30:47,647
I have a very important
mission for you.

628
00:30:47,649 --> 00:30:48,980
Mmm-hmm.

629
00:30:48,982 --> 00:30:51,316
I need you to find
a telephone box.

630
00:30:51,318 --> 00:30:52,618
Call the station.

631
00:30:52,620 --> 00:30:55,487
Get an address
for John Woolf,
the film producer.

632
00:30:55,489 --> 00:30:56,556
And I'll wait
for you here.

633
00:30:56,558 --> 00:30:59,360
Uh, "Romulus Films, Soho,"
sir. I wrote it down.

634
00:31:00,394 --> 00:31:01,962
You did?
Mmm-hmm.

635
00:31:04,098 --> 00:31:05,466
(SMACKS LIPS) Right.

636
00:31:06,266 --> 00:31:08,001
Well done.
Thank you.

637
00:31:08,969 --> 00:31:10,168
(ENGINE STARTS)
Shall we?

638
00:31:10,170 --> 00:31:12,206
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

639
00:31:18,646 --> 00:31:20,412
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

640
00:31:20,414 --> 00:31:21,980
(BELL RINGS)

641
00:31:21,982 --> 00:31:23,350
Uh, telegram
came for you.

642
00:31:26,019 --> 00:31:27,520
(GROANS)
Bad news?

643
00:31:27,522 --> 00:31:28,654
It's the studio.

644
00:31:28,656 --> 00:31:30,623
Grace Kelly's doing
a Hitchcock picture
for Warner,

645
00:31:30,625 --> 00:31:32,491
so it's Dial M for
Maybe Next Time.

646
00:31:32,493 --> 00:31:34,192
Grace Kelly?
Yes.

647
00:31:34,194 --> 00:31:35,427
For the part
you promised Sheila?

648
00:31:35,429 --> 00:31:37,597
Yes, that's right.

649
00:31:37,599 --> 00:31:40,132
Which is why
this is such
good news.

650
00:31:40,134 --> 00:31:41,168
(CLEARS THROAT)

651
00:31:42,403 --> 00:31:43,969
Ann?

652
00:31:43,971 --> 00:31:45,203
Darling,
what's the matter?

653
00:31:45,205 --> 00:31:47,372
You do know a promise
is only a promise
if you keep it.

654
00:31:47,374 --> 00:31:48,407
What do you mean?

655
00:31:48,409 --> 00:31:49,975
I mean you promised me
a night out months ago.

656
00:31:49,977 --> 00:31:51,176
I have been
so busy lately.

657
00:31:51,178 --> 00:31:52,310
Yes, I know.
I am your assistant.

658
00:31:52,312 --> 00:31:54,212
I promise,
as soon as I have
a moment to spare...

659
00:31:54,214 --> 00:31:55,648
Well, you're free
on Wednesday.

660
00:31:55,650 --> 00:31:57,382
Am I?
Are you sure?
Mmm. Yes.

661
00:31:57,384 --> 00:31:59,151
I thought I was...
No.

662
00:31:59,153 --> 00:32:00,653
No, well,
you should know.

663
00:32:00,655 --> 00:32:02,522
You are my assistant,
after all.

664
00:32:02,524 --> 00:32:04,322
Well, that's settled, then.
It's a date.

665
00:32:04,324 --> 00:32:05,490
I promise
I will take you out.

666
00:32:05,492 --> 00:32:07,325
I'm afraid, Mr. Woolf,
you really must be
going now,

667
00:32:07,327 --> 00:32:08,460
otherwise
you'll be late.

668
00:32:08,462 --> 00:32:10,230
Ah, right.
Thank you.
Mmm.

669
00:32:11,331 --> 00:32:12,297
No, I'm serious.

670
00:32:12,299 --> 00:32:13,566
You do actually
need to get back
to Romulus.

671
00:32:13,568 --> 00:32:15,002
Oh. Right.
Okay. Yes.
Yes.

672
00:32:23,010 --> 00:32:24,075
(EXHALES DEEPLY)

673
00:32:24,077 --> 00:32:27,045
This is exciting,
isn't it, sir?

674
00:32:27,047 --> 00:32:28,180
I'd say this is
the type of thing

675
00:32:28,182 --> 00:32:30,350
that made you want to
become a police officer,
was it?

676
00:32:33,020 --> 00:32:37,324
(SMACKS LIPS)
Me? I just sort of
fell into it, really.

677
00:32:38,392 --> 00:32:40,025
They needed people
after the war,

678
00:32:40,027 --> 00:32:41,627
and I needed
the money, so...

679
00:32:41,629 --> 00:32:43,228
(SIGHS)

680
00:32:43,230 --> 00:32:45,631
No, it's true.
The hours
can be unsociable,

681
00:32:45,633 --> 00:32:48,200
but I can't type
or stand the sight
of blood,

682
00:32:48,202 --> 00:32:50,703
so that ruled out
secretary for me.

683
00:32:50,705 --> 00:32:51,739
Mmm.

684
00:32:57,044 --> 00:32:58,644
You don't mind
if I pick your brains,
do you, sir?

685
00:32:58,646 --> 00:33:00,646
Only I have sergeants'
exams in a month,

686
00:33:00,648 --> 00:33:03,281
and I just have one or two
questions that I'd love to
run by you.

687
00:33:03,283 --> 00:33:04,216
Um...
Actually, Constable,

688
00:33:04,218 --> 00:33:06,485
I've just remembered
that I have a, uh...

689
00:33:06,487 --> 00:33:08,621
(DOOR SHUTS)
...dentist appointment.

690
00:33:08,623 --> 00:33:11,389
Oh. Sorry, sir.
I didn't know
you were suffering.

691
00:33:11,391 --> 00:33:12,592
Just a routine checkup.

692
00:33:12,594 --> 00:33:14,326
What shall I do, sir?
Wait here.

693
00:33:14,328 --> 00:33:16,729
But what if Woolf
turns up, sir?

694
00:33:16,731 --> 00:33:19,364
Won't be long.
And you have
your, uh,

695
00:33:19,366 --> 00:33:20,400
notebook.

696
00:33:23,170 --> 00:33:25,638
Keep your eyes peeled.
Yes, sir.

697
00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:26,674
(CLEARS THROAT)

698
00:33:32,814 --> 00:33:34,547
(SIGHS DEEPLY)

699
00:33:34,549 --> 00:33:37,117
(STEALTHY JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)

700
00:33:55,469 --> 00:33:56,536
Gin.
BARTENDER: Gin?

701
00:33:56,538 --> 00:33:58,105
Yeah, please.

702
00:34:08,783 --> 00:34:10,552
(WHISPERS)
Oh, you're joking.

703
00:34:13,855 --> 00:34:15,188
Oh, no.

704
00:34:15,757 --> 00:34:17,124
(STALKER SIGHS)

705
00:34:20,695 --> 00:34:22,296
(PENCIL SNAPS)
Oh, God.

706
00:34:23,831 --> 00:34:25,163
(SIGHS)

707
00:34:25,165 --> 00:34:27,535
(UP-TEMPO JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)

708
00:34:40,615 --> 00:34:42,550
Follow this up
with another, please.

709
00:35:06,774 --> 00:35:08,676
(DOORBELLS RINGING)

710
00:35:13,447 --> 00:35:15,650
(MELODIC WHISTLING)

711
00:35:17,384 --> 00:35:18,753
(STOPS WHISTLING)
(MUSIC STOPS)

712
00:35:23,925 --> 00:35:25,725
(GRUNTS)

713
00:35:25,727 --> 00:35:27,260
There you are,
Constable.

714
00:35:28,696 --> 00:35:30,798
I've been looking
all over for you.

715
00:35:33,668 --> 00:35:36,201
STOPPARD: So, I gather
it was you that, uh, paid

716
00:35:36,203 --> 00:35:39,739
for Mr. Kopernick's
rather extravagant
hotel suite.

717
00:35:39,741 --> 00:35:42,440
Oh, nothing unusual
in that, Inspector.

718
00:35:42,442 --> 00:35:47,212
I'm afraid a producer
is expected to indulge
the whims of the talent.

719
00:35:47,214 --> 00:35:50,215
Especially when
they're American.

720
00:35:50,217 --> 00:35:52,918
But still,
a pretty penny,
a room at the Savoy.

721
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:54,020
Par for the course.

722
00:35:54,022 --> 00:35:57,523
When I was in the Congo
for <i>The African Queen,</i>

723
00:35:57,525 --> 00:36:01,627
Huston and Bogart
refused to drink
the water.

724
00:36:01,629 --> 00:36:04,764
Insisted on bourbon,
even to brush their teeth.
(CHUCKLES)

725
00:36:04,766 --> 00:36:08,266
Not so easy to get
hold of in the jungle,
I can assure you.

726
00:36:08,268 --> 00:36:11,804
Huh. You know,
Constable Stalker here is
a great admirer of that film.

727
00:36:11,806 --> 00:36:13,240
Aren't you, Constable?

728
00:36:15,510 --> 00:36:17,242
It's a marvelous film, sir.

729
00:36:17,244 --> 00:36:19,244
Why, thank you, Constable.

730
00:36:19,246 --> 00:36:20,880
(CHUCKLES DRYLY)
Encyclopedia.

731
00:36:20,882 --> 00:36:22,782
Cinematic encyclopedia
up there.

732
00:36:22,784 --> 00:36:24,550
I wouldn't say that.
Yeah.

733
00:36:24,552 --> 00:36:25,785
Right.

734
00:36:25,787 --> 00:36:27,352
Being humble.
(WOOLF CHUCKLES)

735
00:36:27,354 --> 00:36:28,754
I'm not.

736
00:36:28,756 --> 00:36:31,258
So, it's not true
that Kopernick
had dirt on you?

737
00:36:33,728 --> 00:36:34,929
(SCOFFS)

738
00:36:37,264 --> 00:36:38,798
Who told you that?

739
00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:40,535
(DRUM INTRO MUSIC PLAYING)

740
00:36:43,671 --> 00:36:45,940
(BAND PLAYING UPBEAT MUSIC)

741
00:36:48,275 --> 00:36:49,744
(LIVELY CHATTER)

742
00:36:58,019 --> 00:36:59,719
(ANN CHUCKLING)

743
00:36:59,721 --> 00:37:02,454
Well, now,
what do we
have here?

744
00:37:02,456 --> 00:37:04,456
(ALL CHUCKLE POLITELY)

745
00:37:04,458 --> 00:37:06,458
Huh, Woolfie?

746
00:37:06,460 --> 00:37:08,027
Sittin' in
a quiet corner,

747
00:37:08,029 --> 00:37:09,931
all very nice
and intimate.
(ANN CLEARS THROAT)

748
00:37:10,565 --> 00:37:12,031
Hmm?

749
00:37:12,033 --> 00:37:14,533
Say, you wouldn't mind
if I joined you, would you?

750
00:37:14,535 --> 00:37:16,401
(CHUCKLES)
Not at all,
old boy.

751
00:37:16,403 --> 00:37:17,870
Uh-huh.

752
00:37:17,872 --> 00:37:21,406
And you must be
Mrs. Woolf, huh?

753
00:37:21,408 --> 00:37:23,475
Swell to make
your acquaintance.

754
00:37:23,477 --> 00:37:26,411
(MUMBLES)
No, no. Leo,
this is Ann.

755
00:37:26,413 --> 00:37:27,813
(CLEARS THROAT)
She's my assistant.

756
00:37:27,815 --> 00:37:28,850
Ah.

757
00:37:30,417 --> 00:37:31,652
Workin' late, huh?

758
00:37:33,721 --> 00:37:34,854
If you'll
excuse me...

759
00:37:34,856 --> 00:37:36,591
Um, I'm sorry.

760
00:37:39,326 --> 00:37:40,628
You have
a nice night, now.

761
00:37:43,631 --> 00:37:45,332
(SIGHS) Well, now.

762
00:37:46,500 --> 00:37:49,502
(TUTS) This puts me
in a tough spot.

763
00:37:49,504 --> 00:37:51,670
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

764
00:37:51,672 --> 00:37:54,341
That I'm afraid I'm gonna
have to take advantage of.

765
00:37:56,744 --> 00:37:59,547
WOOLF: <i>He asked to be put up</i>
<i>at the Savoy, and I agreed.</i>

766
00:38:00,413 --> 00:38:02,782
I knew
it wouldn't be for long.

767
00:38:02,784 --> 00:38:05,485
That is,
just until I found
the right moment to...

768
00:38:07,054 --> 00:38:08,355
tell my wife.

769
00:38:10,357 --> 00:38:12,925
I see. Well,

770
00:38:12,927 --> 00:38:14,962
we'll be in touch
if there's anything else.

771
00:38:15,730 --> 00:38:16,864
Uh...

772
00:38:17,698 --> 00:38:19,000
Constable.

773
00:38:19,466 --> 00:38:20,568
Shall we?

774
00:38:28,109 --> 00:38:30,709
But, sir,
Woolf killed Kopernick
to hush up the affair.

775
00:38:30,711 --> 00:38:31,844
Case closed.

776
00:38:31,846 --> 00:38:33,378
I think if that
was the case,

777
00:38:33,380 --> 00:38:34,882
he wouldn't have
volunteered
the information.

778
00:38:35,983 --> 00:38:38,383
So, then
he's in the clear?

779
00:38:38,385 --> 00:38:39,552
No, not necessarily.

780
00:38:39,554 --> 00:38:41,622
He might have
killed Kopernick for
another reason entirely.

781
00:38:42,389 --> 00:38:44,890
(SIGHS) I tell you,

782
00:38:44,892 --> 00:38:48,527
I'll never get
the hang of this in time
for sergeants' exams.

783
00:38:48,529 --> 00:38:50,898
(KEYS RATTLING)
(SIGHS DEEPLY)

784
00:38:53,768 --> 00:38:54,867
Constable,
about earlier.

785
00:38:54,869 --> 00:38:57,803
I know it looked like
I'd just come out
of the pub.

786
00:38:57,805 --> 00:38:59,805
You had
just come out
of the pub.

787
00:38:59,807 --> 00:39:01,507
That's right.

788
00:39:01,509 --> 00:39:02,908
But I'd only
gone in there

789
00:39:02,910 --> 00:39:04,710
to get rid of the taste
of the mouthwash.

790
00:39:04,712 --> 00:39:06,547
So you had
a gin, sir.

791
00:39:07,815 --> 00:39:09,849
It's an antiseptic.
I had a filling.

792
00:39:09,851 --> 00:39:11,853
I thought you said
it was a routine checkup.

793
00:39:13,654 --> 00:39:16,891
I see we've read the chapter
on interrogation techniques.

794
00:39:17,558 --> 00:39:19,558
(SIGHS) Sir,

795
00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:21,994
I know I haven't
done anything yet
to impress you

796
00:39:21,996 --> 00:39:26,632
or to inspire
any confidence, and...

797
00:39:26,634 --> 00:39:28,834
I know
you'd probably rather
that I wasn't on the case.

798
00:39:28,836 --> 00:39:32,137
But I didn't ask to be put
on this case either, sir.

799
00:39:32,139 --> 00:39:34,874
I was nervous,
and I still am,

800
00:39:34,876 --> 00:39:36,775
and I'm probably
trying a bit too hard.

801
00:39:36,777 --> 00:39:39,444
But, you know,
even if I do
make mistakes

802
00:39:39,446 --> 00:39:40,779
or if I jump
to conclusions

803
00:39:40,781 --> 00:39:43,749
or talk
a little bit too much,
that has been said,

804
00:39:43,751 --> 00:39:47,855
I just want you to know
that you can trust me.

805
00:39:48,823 --> 00:39:49,857
Sir.

806
00:39:53,828 --> 00:39:56,631
Okay. Good. Um...

807
00:40:00,167 --> 00:40:01,468
(ENGINE STARTS)

808
00:40:02,169 --> 00:40:04,739
(SLOW-TEMPO ROCK SONG PLAYING)

809
00:40:49,917 --> 00:40:50,952
(SWITCH CLICKS)

810
00:40:59,627 --> 00:41:01,829
(MUSIC STOPS ABRUPTLY)
(ALARM RINGING)

811
00:41:04,832 --> 00:41:06,265
(ALARM STOPS RINGING)

812
00:41:06,267 --> 00:41:07,568
(STOPPARD GROANS)

813
00:41:17,011 --> 00:41:19,180
(WHISPERS)
Oh, you're joking.
(CAR DOOR CLOSES)

814
00:41:20,081 --> 00:41:22,181
Constable.
Commissioner.

815
00:41:22,183 --> 00:41:23,349
Stoppard about?

816
00:41:23,351 --> 00:41:25,684
Er, no, sir.
He's not yet made it in
this morning.

817
00:41:25,686 --> 00:41:27,019
It's almost eleven o'clock.

818
00:41:27,021 --> 00:41:29,755
He, uh... He had
a dentist appointment, sir.

819
00:41:29,757 --> 00:41:31,590
A filling, I think
he said it was.

820
00:41:31,592 --> 00:41:32,558
A molar,
it might have been?

821
00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:35,561
I have been summoned
to the Home Secretary.

822
00:41:35,563 --> 00:41:36,929
He wants a debrief.

823
00:41:36,931 --> 00:41:38,566
I said
I had good news.

824
00:41:42,970 --> 00:41:44,138
(SIGHS)

825
00:41:45,639 --> 00:41:48,209
Have you seen
the play, sir?
Huh?

826
00:41:49,310 --> 00:41:51,176
Oh. Yes.

827
00:41:51,178 --> 00:41:53,212
I'm afraid
I took the wife
for her birthday.

828
00:41:53,214 --> 00:41:54,146
Oh.

829
00:41:54,148 --> 00:41:56,015
Of course,
it didn't fool me
for a moment.

830
00:41:56,017 --> 00:41:57,218
I knew who did it
right away.

831
00:41:58,252 --> 00:42:01,086
(CHUCKLES)
She was baffled, though.

832
00:42:01,088 --> 00:42:03,722
Even after the chap
explained everything.

833
00:42:03,724 --> 00:42:06,861
It was a trying night
for all concerned.

834
00:42:07,028 --> 00:42:08,227
Mmm.

835
00:42:08,229 --> 00:42:09,828
I'll stick to flowers
in future.

836
00:42:09,830 --> 00:42:11,730
Yes, always
a safe bet, sir.

837
00:42:11,732 --> 00:42:13,667
(TIRES SCREECH)
(CAR BUMPS)

838
00:42:14,235 --> 00:42:15,601
STOPPARD: Sorry.

839
00:42:15,603 --> 00:42:16,602
Police.

840
00:42:16,604 --> 00:42:18,672
MAN: Please try to be
more careful, sir.

841
00:42:20,341 --> 00:42:21,876
(CLEARS THROAT)

842
00:42:26,180 --> 00:42:28,280
STOPPARD: Good morning.

843
00:42:28,282 --> 00:42:30,017
Commissioner.
Inspector.

844
00:42:31,819 --> 00:42:33,185
Is it wise to eat
so many mints?

845
00:42:33,187 --> 00:42:34,853
STOPPARD: How do
you mean, sir?

846
00:42:34,855 --> 00:42:37,958
Well, haven't you
just been
to the dentist?

847
00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:41,193
Yes, that's right, sir.

848
00:42:41,195 --> 00:42:42,830
Yeah. It was
just a checkup.

849
00:42:44,965 --> 00:42:47,134
Although I did have
a filling as well.

850
00:42:47,935 --> 00:42:49,868
Since I was there.

851
00:42:49,870 --> 00:42:51,703
I've come down here
for an update, Inspector.

852
00:42:51,705 --> 00:42:53,105
We have
good news, sir.

853
00:42:53,107 --> 00:42:54,673
COMMISSIONER AND STOPPARD:
We do?

854
00:42:54,675 --> 00:42:56,675
Yes, sir. Isn't that
what you told
the Home Secretary?

855
00:42:56,677 --> 00:42:59,078
Yes, that's what I told
the Home Secretary

856
00:42:59,080 --> 00:43:00,779
on the telephone.

857
00:43:00,781 --> 00:43:02,283
I came down here
to get it.

858
00:43:03,350 --> 00:43:05,117
So we don't have
good news?

859
00:43:05,119 --> 00:43:06,351
We do have
a witness, sir.

860
00:43:06,353 --> 00:43:07,453
To the murder?
(CHUCKLES)

861
00:43:07,455 --> 00:43:09,922
Yeah, that would be nice,
wouldn't it? (CHUCKLES)

862
00:43:09,924 --> 00:43:12,991
Um, no. One of the ushers
saw a suspicious character.

863
00:43:12,993 --> 00:43:14,695
He's waiting
for us inside.

864
00:43:15,296 --> 00:43:16,929
Very well.

865
00:43:16,931 --> 00:43:20,232
I'll tell the Home Secretary
we have a promising lead.

866
00:43:20,234 --> 00:43:22,803
And I'll rely on you
not to make
a liar out of me.

867
00:43:23,737 --> 00:43:25,237
Constable.
Commissioner.

868
00:43:25,239 --> 00:43:26,972
Inspector.

869
00:43:26,974 --> 00:43:28,008
Commissioner.

870
00:43:30,678 --> 00:43:31,810
Constable.

871
00:43:31,812 --> 00:43:32,847
Inspector.

872
00:43:36,117 --> 00:43:37,916
STOPPARD: <i>So, Dennis, um,</i>

873
00:43:37,918 --> 00:43:40,152
I understand that
you saw something
the other night.

874
00:43:40,154 --> 00:43:42,187
Yeah.
What'd you see?

875
00:43:42,189 --> 00:43:45,090
Well, I'd gone to get
a bottle of Scotch
for the dead man.

876
00:43:45,092 --> 00:43:49,161
Um... This was before,
you know, he died.

877
00:43:49,163 --> 00:43:50,863
Um...
And then
you came back,

878
00:43:50,865 --> 00:43:52,831
and that's when you saw
the suspicious character?

879
00:43:52,833 --> 00:43:53,966
Exactly.

880
00:43:53,968 --> 00:43:56,068
Well, sort of.

881
00:43:56,070 --> 00:43:58,937
I didn't get
a very good look,
if I'm honest.

882
00:43:58,939 --> 00:44:02,374
He had on, like,
a darkish overcoat.

883
00:44:02,376 --> 00:44:05,010
I see.
Anything else?

884
00:44:05,012 --> 00:44:06,311
(INHALES SHARPLY)

885
00:44:06,313 --> 00:44:08,780
A pair of trousers.

886
00:44:08,782 --> 00:44:10,449
And a hat.

887
00:44:10,451 --> 00:44:12,319
It was on his head.

888
00:44:13,087 --> 00:44:14,853
Right. Yeah.

889
00:44:14,855 --> 00:44:17,723
Yeah. A soft, felt hat.

890
00:44:17,725 --> 00:44:18,924
Mmm-hmm.

891
00:44:18,926 --> 00:44:20,225
What about
a physical
description?

892
00:44:20,227 --> 00:44:23,195
Was he a tall man?
Short? Thick set?

893
00:44:23,197 --> 00:44:25,364
Oh... Just average,
I'd say.

894
00:44:25,366 --> 00:44:27,799
STOPPARD: Average height
or average build?

895
00:44:27,801 --> 00:44:29,036
Um...

896
00:44:29,470 --> 00:44:30,871
Both?

897
00:44:31,739 --> 00:44:32,971
No, don't ask me.

898
00:44:32,973 --> 00:44:35,009
I don't know.
I'm asking you.

899
00:44:36,410 --> 00:44:38,045
Average height,

900
00:44:38,946 --> 00:44:40,212
medium build.

901
00:44:40,214 --> 00:44:42,314
Would you say
like the Inspector?

902
00:44:42,316 --> 00:44:43,448
DENNIS: Yeah.

903
00:44:43,450 --> 00:44:44,950
Suppose so.
Pretty much.

904
00:44:44,952 --> 00:44:48,253
So what did he do
that made you
suspicious?

905
00:44:48,255 --> 00:44:50,389
It wasn't so much
what he did,

906
00:44:50,391 --> 00:44:53,394
it was more, you know,
the way he did it.

907
00:44:54,328 --> 00:44:56,395
Right.
How'd he do it?

908
00:44:56,397 --> 00:44:58,832
Well, sort of...

909
00:44:59,900 --> 00:45:01,302
suspiciously.

910
00:45:05,472 --> 00:45:07,107
This has been great.

911
00:45:07,775 --> 00:45:09,043
Off you go.

912
00:45:09,944 --> 00:45:11,210
Thank you.
Thank you.

913
00:45:11,212 --> 00:45:12,246
Thank you.

914
00:45:14,081 --> 00:45:15,214
That was good.

915
00:45:15,216 --> 00:45:17,785
Do you think
that went well?

916
00:45:19,119 --> 00:45:20,520
STOPPARD: I think it's time
we talk to that actor

917
00:45:20,522 --> 00:45:21,787
who had a fight
with Kopernick.

918
00:45:21,789 --> 00:45:23,155
STALKER:
Mr. Attenborough, sir?

919
00:45:23,157 --> 00:45:25,290
STOPPARD: That's the one.
Famous, is he?

920
00:45:25,292 --> 00:45:28,360
You're pulling my leg, sir.
You've never heard
of Dickie?

921
00:45:28,362 --> 00:45:29,461
Richard Attenborough?

922
00:45:29,463 --> 00:45:32,497
Pinkie Brown?
<i>Brighton Rock?</i>
You must have.

923
00:45:32,499 --> 00:45:34,333
(MIMICKING DICKIE)
"You wanted a recording
of my voice.

924
00:45:34,335 --> 00:45:35,367
"Well, here it is.

925
00:45:35,369 --> 00:45:36,536
"What you want me
to say is
'I love you.'"

926
00:45:36,538 --> 00:45:40,405
Keep in mind
that we're here to
conduct an interview

927
00:45:40,407 --> 00:45:41,608
as part of
a murder
investigation,

928
00:45:41,610 --> 00:45:44,510
not an article for
<i>Sight and Sound</i>
magazine, yes?

929
00:45:44,512 --> 00:45:45,813
Yes, sir.

930
00:45:47,047 --> 00:45:48,882
(KNOCKING)
DICKIE: Come in, darling.

931
00:45:51,218 --> 00:45:52,884
Inspector Stoppard.

932
00:45:52,886 --> 00:45:55,921
I say,
a real-life detective.

933
00:45:55,923 --> 00:45:58,023
Scotland Yard
and everything.

934
00:45:58,025 --> 00:45:59,126
And you are?

935
00:45:59,460 --> 00:46:00,928
(CHUCKLES)

936
00:46:03,197 --> 00:46:05,264
This is...
(SIGHS IN AWE)

937
00:46:05,266 --> 00:46:07,199
...Constable Stalker.
(WHISPERS) Stalker.

938
00:46:07,201 --> 00:46:08,967
(GRUNTS)

939
00:46:08,969 --> 00:46:11,103
Oh, I like the way
you did that.

940
00:46:11,105 --> 00:46:12,838
Very natural.

941
00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:16,141
I hope you don't mind, sir,
but I just want to say bravo.

942
00:46:16,143 --> 00:46:19,344
And, uh, encore.
(CHUCKLING)
DICKIE: Oh.

943
00:46:19,346 --> 00:46:20,412
All right,
thank you, Constable.

944
00:46:20,414 --> 00:46:21,880
Yes, thank you,
Constable.

945
00:46:21,882 --> 00:46:23,315
Are you a lover
of theater?

946
00:46:23,317 --> 00:46:24,852
I can get you tickets
if you like.

947
00:46:26,020 --> 00:46:28,954
I would like, sir.
Yes. Very much.

948
00:46:28,956 --> 00:46:31,223
DICKIE: It would be good
to get a professional take
on it.

949
00:46:31,225 --> 00:46:32,291
STALKER: Mmm-hmm.
DICKIE: Yeah.

950
00:46:32,293 --> 00:46:33,892
I have
so many questions.

951
00:46:33,894 --> 00:46:35,460
I have one or two
of my own.

952
00:46:35,462 --> 00:46:38,130
I dare say
that you do.

953
00:46:38,132 --> 00:46:40,999
I understand
that you and,
uh, Kopernick

954
00:46:41,001 --> 00:46:43,035
came to blows
the night in question.

955
00:46:43,037 --> 00:46:45,904
Was there
a particular reason
for the ill feeling?

956
00:46:45,906 --> 00:46:48,543
Tell me, Inspector,
did you get your limp
during the war?

957
00:46:51,378 --> 00:46:52,444
It's very slight.

958
00:46:52,446 --> 00:46:54,046
I noticed it
the other night

959
00:46:54,048 --> 00:46:56,248
when you were on stage.
I, um... (TUTS)

960
00:46:56,250 --> 00:46:59,051
Well, I thought
I might borrow it,
if you don't mind.

961
00:46:59,053 --> 00:47:02,354
It's always good
for the lead character
to have a physical defect.

962
00:47:02,356 --> 00:47:05,424
Speaks to
a troubled soul.

963
00:47:05,426 --> 00:47:08,628
It was me, Inspector.
You need look
no further.

964
00:47:08,630 --> 00:47:09,895
I arrest you

965
00:47:09,897 --> 00:47:11,129
for the murder of Leo...
No, no, no.

966
00:47:11,131 --> 00:47:12,364
No. Not yet.

967
00:47:12,366 --> 00:47:13,498
STALKER: Oh. Sorry, sir.

968
00:47:13,500 --> 00:47:16,502
I was
the particular reason
for the ill feeling.

969
00:47:16,504 --> 00:47:19,237
Yes, well,
Leo had his eye
on Sheila, you see.

970
00:47:19,239 --> 00:47:20,305
And I took exception.

971
00:47:20,307 --> 00:47:22,209
He was a real hound,
Inspector.

972
00:47:23,110 --> 00:47:26,044
(DRAMATIC MUSIC INTRO PLAYING)

973
00:47:26,046 --> 00:47:27,979
LEO: Come on,
play nice.

974
00:47:27,981 --> 00:47:29,016
Maybe I can help you.

975
00:47:29,651 --> 00:47:31,016
Help me?

976
00:47:31,018 --> 00:47:32,518
To do what?

977
00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:35,022
Bag the lead role
in the film of
<i>The Mousetrap.</i>

978
00:47:36,457 --> 00:47:37,923
Top billing.

979
00:47:37,925 --> 00:47:39,024
Make you a star.

980
00:47:39,026 --> 00:47:41,426
But I have bagged
the lead role.

981
00:47:41,428 --> 00:47:43,128
Yeah, who told
you that, Woolfie?

982
00:47:43,130 --> 00:47:44,996
He is the producer.

983
00:47:44,998 --> 00:47:46,932
Honey, he just
cuts the checks.

984
00:47:46,934 --> 00:47:47,999
I'm the director.

985
00:47:48,001 --> 00:47:50,570
Without me,
there is no movie.
You understand?

986
00:47:50,572 --> 00:47:52,439
You got
a problem, buddy?

987
00:47:53,941 --> 00:47:56,108
Keep the change.
And the glass.

988
00:47:56,110 --> 00:47:58,544
And the studio,
don't they have
a say in it?

989
00:47:58,546 --> 00:48:01,980
Rumor is
they want to put
a name in the picture

990
00:48:01,982 --> 00:48:04,349
that people have
heard of.

991
00:48:04,351 --> 00:48:06,952
Bona fide
Hollywood star.

992
00:48:06,954 --> 00:48:09,423
They like Grace Kelly.
You ever heard of her?

993
00:48:13,093 --> 00:48:14,361
Don't worry.

994
00:48:15,329 --> 00:48:16,997
They can be
talked round.

995
00:48:18,098 --> 00:48:21,335
I've got a very,
uh, silver tongue.

996
00:48:22,169 --> 00:48:24,302
(MUSIC BUILDS UP)

997
00:48:24,304 --> 00:48:26,471
(DICKIE GRUNTS)
(GUESTS EXCLAIM)

998
00:48:26,473 --> 00:48:27,472
SHEILA: <i>I won't lie,</i>
<i>Inspector.</i>

999
00:48:27,474 --> 00:48:29,642
I was not entirely sorry
to learn of his demise,

1000
00:48:29,644 --> 00:48:31,677
but I had
no part in it.

1001
00:48:31,679 --> 00:48:34,212
Much like the film adaptation
of <i>The Mousetrap,</i>
it would seem.

1002
00:48:34,214 --> 00:48:35,681
Oh, come now, darling,
you don't know that.

1003
00:48:35,683 --> 00:48:37,717
Woolf promised you
the role.

1004
00:48:37,719 --> 00:48:40,051
He's a man of his word.
He went to Eton.

1005
00:48:40,053 --> 00:48:41,587
(SCOFFS)
Wake up, Dickie.

1006
00:48:41,589 --> 00:48:43,589
He's a man of
whatever word will
get his film made.

1007
00:48:43,591 --> 00:48:47,459
And that contract business
with Choo is coming
apart at the seams.

1008
00:48:47,461 --> 00:48:49,161
Choo?
Bless you, sir.

1009
00:48:49,163 --> 00:48:51,531
No, as in
Petula Spencer.

1010
00:48:51,533 --> 00:48:53,733
She sold Woolf
the film rights.

1011
00:48:53,735 --> 00:48:55,467
Well, about
those tickets.

1012
00:48:55,469 --> 00:48:56,636
Is there a day
that suits you better?

1013
00:48:56,638 --> 00:49:00,005
Uh, I'm generally free
on Tuesdays
and Wednesdays.

1014
00:49:00,007 --> 00:49:00,840
And Thursdays.

1015
00:49:00,842 --> 00:49:03,074
Well, thank you, sir.
Thank you, madam.

1016
00:49:03,076 --> 00:49:04,710
No, no, not at all.
We'll be sure
to let you know

1017
00:49:04,712 --> 00:49:06,612
if anything else
springs to mind.

1018
00:49:06,614 --> 00:49:09,481
I'm sure it's always
the insignificant detail

1019
00:49:09,483 --> 00:49:11,584
that catches
the killer
in the end.

1020
00:49:11,586 --> 00:49:12,720
Isn't that so,
Inspector?

1021
00:49:16,390 --> 00:49:20,258
I don't usually
have a lot on
on weekends either.

1022
00:49:20,260 --> 00:49:22,728
Or Mondays.
For the...
For the tickets.

1023
00:49:22,730 --> 00:49:24,029
STOPPARD: Constable.
Sir.

1024
00:49:24,031 --> 00:49:25,096
Right.

1025
00:49:25,098 --> 00:49:27,267
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

1026
00:49:28,101 --> 00:49:29,671
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

1027
00:49:34,041 --> 00:49:35,577
(DOG WHIMPERING)

1028
00:49:59,266 --> 00:50:00,535
She'll see you now.

1029
00:50:02,202 --> 00:50:04,336
STOPPARD: So, you own
this theater?

1030
00:50:04,338 --> 00:50:06,371
Yes. Humble
beginnings.

1031
00:50:06,373 --> 00:50:07,640
(RAGTIME PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)

1032
00:50:07,642 --> 00:50:09,174
You'll have to
excuse Mother.

1033
00:50:09,176 --> 00:50:11,644
She's not been herself
since Father died,

1034
00:50:11,646 --> 00:50:13,779
in the first
Great War.

1035
00:50:13,781 --> 00:50:16,448
It's been
a long 30 years.

1036
00:50:16,450 --> 00:50:18,383
It's nice that
you gave her a job.

1037
00:50:18,385 --> 00:50:20,820
Well, how else is she
gonna pay the rent?

1038
00:50:20,822 --> 00:50:23,656
I let her have
the spare room
at a discount as it is.

1039
00:50:23,658 --> 00:50:26,124
Yes, no.
You can stop there.

1040
00:50:26,126 --> 00:50:29,194
We get the idea. Bravo.
(PIANO MUSIC STOPS)

1041
00:50:29,196 --> 00:50:30,830
I understand that
you handled the sale

1042
00:50:30,832 --> 00:50:33,198
of <i>The Mousetrap</i>
film rights
to John Woolf?

1043
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:35,603
Yes, that's right.
I did. Wait... Why?

1044
00:50:36,504 --> 00:50:37,672
What's he been saying?

1045
00:50:38,506 --> 00:50:41,139
Oh, he's such a crybaby.

1046
00:50:41,141 --> 00:50:44,175
Honestly, he acts as though
I put a gun to his head.

1047
00:50:44,177 --> 00:50:45,778
(SUSPENSEFUL NOTE PLAYS)

1048
00:50:45,780 --> 00:50:46,846
(POPS)

1049
00:50:46,848 --> 00:50:48,280
ANN AND PETULA: Oh! (LAUGHING)

1050
00:50:48,282 --> 00:50:50,248
Hang on a minute.
Is this important?

1051
00:50:50,250 --> 00:50:51,717
I doubt it.
What does it say?

1052
00:50:51,719 --> 00:50:54,352
"No motion picture
based on the stage play
<i>The Mousetrap</i>

1053
00:50:54,354 --> 00:50:55,688
"is to enter
into production

1054
00:50:55,690 --> 00:50:57,790
"until a minimum
of six months
have elapsed

1055
00:50:57,792 --> 00:50:59,825
"since the end
of its first
theatrical run."

1056
00:50:59,827 --> 00:51:01,727
Oh, you don't
need to worry
about that.

1057
00:51:01,729 --> 00:51:02,695
It's a whodunit.

1058
00:51:02,697 --> 00:51:04,296
As soon as
word gets out
who did do it,

1059
00:51:04,298 --> 00:51:05,865
audiences are
bound to drop off.

1060
00:51:05,867 --> 00:51:09,769
Come on, sign on
the dotted line,
and I'll make a toast.

1061
00:51:09,771 --> 00:51:11,238
(ANN AND PETULA CHUCKLE)

1062
00:51:14,174 --> 00:51:16,542
Ann, darling,
the next contract
I sign

1063
00:51:16,544 --> 00:51:18,476
will be our
marriage certificate.

1064
00:51:18,478 --> 00:51:21,212
(CHUCKLES)
Well, first it'll be
the divorce papers.

1065
00:51:21,214 --> 00:51:23,383
But then
our marriage
certificate.

1066
00:51:25,352 --> 00:51:27,287
(ANN YELPS)
Edana, darling.

1067
00:51:28,288 --> 00:51:29,154
What a pleasant surprise.

1068
00:51:29,156 --> 00:51:31,791
You know Choo
and, uh...
Mmm-hmm.

1069
00:51:31,793 --> 00:51:32,892
...Ann.
I do.

1070
00:51:32,894 --> 00:51:34,860
Dear girl, what on Earth
are you doing down there?

1071
00:51:34,862 --> 00:51:38,263
I just fell over.
Excuse me.

1072
00:51:38,265 --> 00:51:41,199
Honestly, it's like
having Buster Keaton
for an assistant.

1073
00:51:41,201 --> 00:51:42,802
Now, I've just come
from Madame Zena...

1074
00:51:42,804 --> 00:51:44,804
Oh, darling,
I really wish
you wouldn't see that...

1075
00:51:44,806 --> 00:51:46,171
Please don't call her
a charlatan.

1076
00:51:46,173 --> 00:51:47,274
I was going to say
"crackpot."

1077
00:51:51,278 --> 00:51:53,278
What's this?
EDANA: It's a Tarot card.

1078
00:51:53,280 --> 00:51:54,849
I can see that.
What does it mean?

1079
00:51:55,617 --> 00:51:56,682
Betrayal.

1080
00:51:56,684 --> 00:51:58,720
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

1081
00:52:02,557 --> 00:52:03,623
Ooh.

1082
00:52:03,625 --> 00:52:06,358
Betrayal as in
his affair,
not the contract.

1083
00:52:06,360 --> 00:52:08,661
That was above board.
Is above board.

1084
00:52:08,663 --> 00:52:11,296
Agatha insisted on
that clause, not me.

1085
00:52:11,298 --> 00:52:14,700
No, she's fiercely protective
of her own work, you see,
because...

1086
00:52:14,702 --> 00:52:16,636
Well, she has to be.

1087
00:52:16,638 --> 00:52:18,571
People get so riled up.

1088
00:52:18,573 --> 00:52:20,438
She's had death threats,
you know.

1089
00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:23,475
Poor girl can't write
so much as a letter
to <i>The Times</i>

1090
00:52:23,477 --> 00:52:25,276
without a deluge
of legal action

1091
00:52:25,278 --> 00:52:28,714
and spurious claims
she stole this plot
or that character.

1092
00:52:28,716 --> 00:52:30,650
Isn't that what
happened here,
though?

1093
00:52:30,652 --> 00:52:34,285
Isn't <i>The Mousetrap</i>
based on a true story?

1094
00:52:34,287 --> 00:52:38,223
Yes. Well, originally.
I mean, tangentially.

1095
00:52:38,225 --> 00:52:39,424
In any case,
that's the reason

1096
00:52:39,426 --> 00:52:42,795
Woolf was so keen
to shut the theater
the other night.

1097
00:52:42,797 --> 00:52:44,329
He can't make his film

1098
00:52:44,331 --> 00:52:46,932
until the play
ends its run
in the West End.

1099
00:52:46,934 --> 00:52:50,368
As it is, what with
the play being such
a phenomenal success,

1100
00:52:50,370 --> 00:52:53,405
he's stuck in
theatrical purgatory.

1101
00:52:53,407 --> 00:52:54,272
Mmm-hmm.

1102
00:52:54,274 --> 00:52:56,909
He's a ruthless
customer, is Woolf.

1103
00:52:56,911 --> 00:52:59,614
He'll stop at nothing
to get his film made.

1104
00:53:05,753 --> 00:53:07,387
STALKER: <i>It's definitely</i>
<i>Woolf, sir.</i>

1105
00:53:08,255 --> 00:53:10,388
Well, not 100%.

1106
00:53:10,390 --> 00:53:14,694
More like 73-74%,
I'd say.

1107
00:53:14,696 --> 00:53:18,531
He killed Kopernick
in the theater
to force it to close down

1108
00:53:18,533 --> 00:53:20,432
so that he could
make his film.

1109
00:53:20,434 --> 00:53:22,500
He could marry
his mistress.

1110
00:53:22,502 --> 00:53:24,402
And then
he could get shot
of a blackmailer.

1111
00:53:24,404 --> 00:53:26,271
It's not Woolf.
It's too elaborate.

1112
00:53:26,273 --> 00:53:28,306
Burn the place down,
if that's what you want.

1113
00:53:28,308 --> 00:53:31,610
Besides, doesn't he need
a director to make a film?

1114
00:53:31,612 --> 00:53:33,278
Well, then it's back
to Cocker-Norris.

1115
00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:34,582
Process of
elimination.

1116
00:53:35,382 --> 00:53:36,749
No, it's not
Mervyn.

1117
00:53:36,751 --> 00:53:39,451
Yeah, but
the tongue
business.

1118
00:53:39,453 --> 00:53:41,421
And he clearly
didn't like Leo,
did he?

1119
00:53:44,291 --> 00:53:45,891
People don't rip out
other people's tongues

1120
00:53:45,893 --> 00:53:47,325
because of
creative differences.

1121
00:53:47,327 --> 00:53:49,729
They do it
out of revenge

1122
00:53:49,731 --> 00:53:51,530
or rage because
they've lost
a loved one.

1123
00:53:51,532 --> 00:53:52,631
They can't forgive
or forget,

1124
00:53:52,633 --> 00:53:55,300
so they just stew
and fester
alone in the dark

1125
00:53:55,302 --> 00:53:56,502
until finally
it all comes out

1126
00:53:56,504 --> 00:53:58,906
in a sudden,
frenzied act
of violence.

1127
00:54:04,579 --> 00:54:06,377
How did you get
the limp, sir?

1128
00:54:06,379 --> 00:54:07,847
If you don't mind
me asking.

1129
00:54:07,849 --> 00:54:10,916
Uh, in the war.
Got shot
in the Italian Alps.

1130
00:54:10,918 --> 00:54:11,953
Hmm.

1131
00:54:13,554 --> 00:54:14,756
Sounds painful.

1132
00:54:16,323 --> 00:54:18,356
What do you...
(LAUGHS)

1133
00:54:18,358 --> 00:54:20,659
(CHUCKLES)
Sorry, sir.

1134
00:54:20,661 --> 00:54:22,830
No, that's very funny.

1135
00:54:24,565 --> 00:54:27,432
Is there
a Mr. Stalker,
Stalker?

1136
00:54:27,434 --> 00:54:29,704
Uh, I'm afraid he died
in the war, sir.

1137
00:54:31,606 --> 00:54:32,738
Children?

1138
00:54:32,740 --> 00:54:34,339
A boy
and a girl.

1139
00:54:34,341 --> 00:54:36,441
Can't be easy.
(CHUCKLES)

1140
00:54:36,443 --> 00:54:39,044
What about you?
Do you have
any family, sir?

1141
00:54:39,046 --> 00:54:41,847
(SMACKS LIPS) Uh,
I came close, once.

1142
00:54:41,849 --> 00:54:43,749
Yeah, I had
an unfaithful wife.

1143
00:54:43,751 --> 00:54:45,584
Oh.

1144
00:54:45,586 --> 00:54:46,819
She was
eight months pregnant

1145
00:54:46,821 --> 00:54:48,421
when she told me
I wasn't the father.

1146
00:54:50,558 --> 00:54:52,660
I'd made a cot
and everything.

1147
00:54:53,728 --> 00:54:55,930
That's awful, sir.
I'm sorry.

1148
00:54:57,064 --> 00:54:59,364
(GRUNTS DISMISSIVELY)

1149
00:54:59,366 --> 00:55:01,000
Landlord.
LANDLORD: Yes, sir?

1150
00:55:01,002 --> 00:55:02,500
Another round.

1151
00:55:02,502 --> 00:55:03,569
Oh, I don't know.

1152
00:55:03,571 --> 00:55:05,805
Should we maybe
get going, sir?

1153
00:55:05,807 --> 00:55:07,438
Got work tomorrow.
(CHUCKLES)

1154
00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:09,975
(MELLOW MUSIC PLAYING)
(DOOR OPENS)

1155
00:55:09,977 --> 00:55:12,745
LANDLORD: Go on, steer off
before I call the police!

1156
00:55:12,747 --> 00:55:13,781
(STALKER GRUNTS)

1157
00:55:14,649 --> 00:55:17,082
Sorry again.
Thank you.

1158
00:55:17,084 --> 00:55:19,084
Are you sure
you're all right
to drive, sir?

1159
00:55:19,086 --> 00:55:20,451
Absolutely.

1160
00:55:20,453 --> 00:55:21,452
STALKER: Oh!

1161
00:55:21,454 --> 00:55:23,624
STOPPARD: I could
run you home if you like.

1162
00:55:24,592 --> 00:55:27,094
(MELLOW MUSIC CONTINUES)

1163
00:55:37,605 --> 00:55:41,574
STALKER: Now.
Just gonna
pop you there.

1164
00:55:41,576 --> 00:55:43,511
(SLURRING) I can
take it from here,
Constable.

1165
00:55:47,014 --> 00:55:48,514
Oh.

1166
00:55:48,516 --> 00:55:49,550
Sir.

1167
00:55:56,023 --> 00:55:57,058
There we go.

1168
00:56:02,530 --> 00:56:03,998
(PANTING)

1169
00:56:08,703 --> 00:56:10,805
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

1170
00:56:40,568 --> 00:56:41,736
(SWITCH CLICKS)

1171
00:56:48,475 --> 00:56:50,845
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES)

1172
00:56:55,883 --> 00:56:57,919
(MUSIC INTENSIFYING)

1173
00:57:06,794 --> 00:57:07,862
(MUSIC FADES)

1174
00:57:13,134 --> 00:57:14,501
Morning, sir.

1175
00:57:15,569 --> 00:57:17,202
What do you want?

1176
00:57:17,204 --> 00:57:20,806
Uh, the other night, sir.
The dead Yank.

1177
00:57:20,808 --> 00:57:23,878
Inspector Stoppard
got the call and not
Leeke or Priestley.

1178
00:57:24,779 --> 00:57:25,813
So?

1179
00:57:32,053 --> 00:57:34,088
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

1180
00:57:35,589 --> 00:57:37,856
Leeke was in Skegness
on his honeymoon,

1181
00:57:37,858 --> 00:57:39,927
and Priestley took
the Rillington Place call.

1182
00:57:42,096 --> 00:57:43,130
What time?

1183
00:57:44,799 --> 00:57:47,935
Half-past 11:00.
<i>Book at Bedtime</i> was on.

1184
00:57:53,774 --> 00:57:56,110
Did you ever meet
Stoppard's wife, sir?

1185
00:57:56,911 --> 00:57:57,910
I did.

1186
00:57:57,912 --> 00:57:59,981
You don't happen
to remember
her name, do you?

1187
00:58:07,088 --> 00:58:08,222
It was...

1188
00:58:10,257 --> 00:58:12,026
Mrs. Stoppard.

1189
00:58:14,762 --> 00:58:15,796
Brilliant.

1190
00:58:20,968 --> 00:58:23,004
(ROUSING MUSIC PLAYING)

1191
00:58:33,180 --> 00:58:34,849
Hello, is this Abigale?

1192
00:58:36,917 --> 00:58:38,150
Hello, is this Beryl?

1193
00:58:38,152 --> 00:58:40,319
I am a friend
of Leo Kopernick's.

1194
00:58:40,321 --> 00:58:41,854
(LINE DISCONNECTS)

1195
00:58:41,856 --> 00:58:42,890
Beryl?

1196
00:58:44,592 --> 00:58:46,293
Is Geraldine there
by any chance?

1197
00:58:47,261 --> 00:58:48,596
(SIGHS)

1198
00:59:13,754 --> 00:59:15,754
STOPPARD:
Oh, Constable.
STALKER: Sir.

1199
00:59:15,756 --> 00:59:18,090
Did Dickie ever
come through on
those theater tickets?

1200
00:59:18,092 --> 00:59:21,660
I thought of going,
and, uh...
Maybe the play's the thing

1201
00:59:21,662 --> 00:59:25,097
Ties this all together.
Would you like
to tag along?

1202
00:59:25,099 --> 00:59:26,667
Yes, sir. Um...
(DOOR OPENS)

1203
00:59:28,702 --> 00:59:30,135
What is it, Constable?

1204
00:59:30,137 --> 00:59:31,906
Uh, nothing, sir.
Oh.

1205
00:59:32,807 --> 00:59:35,741
Do you, um,
want a cup of tea?

1206
00:59:35,743 --> 00:59:38,310
(SIGHS) Listen
to me, Stalker.

1207
00:59:38,312 --> 00:59:42,314
No one is ever going to
take you seriously
as a police officer

1208
00:59:42,316 --> 00:59:44,083
if you act like
a tea-lady,
do you hear me?

1209
00:59:44,085 --> 00:59:45,717
Yes, sir.
Thank you, sir.
(CHUCKLES)

1210
00:59:45,719 --> 00:59:47,154
Milk and two sugars.

1211
00:59:51,725 --> 00:59:52,791
Commissioner.

1212
00:59:52,793 --> 00:59:55,896
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

1213
01:00:00,201 --> 01:00:01,733
I said,
"Who do you want?

1214
01:00:01,735 --> 01:00:04,403
"Agatha Christie or
Mervyn Cocker-Norris?

1215
01:00:04,405 --> 01:00:07,306
"Anyone can do her,
but only I can do me."

1216
01:00:07,308 --> 01:00:09,741
GIO: <i>Stronzo.</i>
(MUTTERS INDISTINCTLY)

1217
01:00:09,743 --> 01:00:13,345
MERVYN: <i>The Mousetrap</i>
in the house style,
as it were.

1218
01:00:13,347 --> 01:00:15,180
I'll take
the bare bones
of the story,

1219
01:00:15,182 --> 01:00:19,086
a rather mundane tale
of child abuse,
and make it my own.

1220
01:00:22,957 --> 01:00:24,656
Here we are.

1221
01:00:24,658 --> 01:00:27,126
Oh. These aren't
together, sir.

1222
01:00:27,128 --> 01:00:28,327
Oh.

1223
01:00:28,329 --> 01:00:30,395
Well, we can cover
more ground that way.

1224
01:00:30,397 --> 01:00:31,730
Keep your eyes peeled.

1225
01:00:31,732 --> 01:00:33,298
Yes, sir.

1226
01:00:33,300 --> 01:00:35,069
(AUDIENCE CHATTERING)

1227
01:00:40,307 --> 01:00:42,343
(ROUSING MUSIC PLAYING)

1228
01:00:43,144 --> 01:00:44,278
STOPPARD: Cheers.

1229
01:00:55,122 --> 01:00:56,157
(MUSIC FADES)

1230
01:00:57,091 --> 01:00:58,125
SHEILA: (AS MOLLIE) Hello?

1231
01:01:01,395 --> 01:01:03,195
Hello?

1232
01:01:03,197 --> 01:01:05,464
Is anyone there?
(PHONE RINGING)

1233
01:01:05,466 --> 01:01:07,968
MRS. BOYLE: Who's calling
at this late hour?

1234
01:01:09,103 --> 01:01:10,137
MOLLIE: Yes?

1235
01:01:10,771 --> 01:01:11,805
All right then.

1236
01:01:12,840 --> 01:01:14,740
That was Scotland Yard.

1237
01:01:14,742 --> 01:01:16,808
They're sending out
an inspector.

1238
01:01:16,810 --> 01:01:19,845
In this
unseasonable
blizzard?

1239
01:01:19,847 --> 01:01:22,080
What on Earth for?
(MOLLIE SCREAMS)

1240
01:01:22,082 --> 01:01:23,784
(GASPS)
MAJOR METCALF: Good Lord.

1241
01:01:25,452 --> 01:01:26,752
MOLLIE: Inspector.

1242
01:01:26,754 --> 01:01:27,821
DICKIE: (AS TROTTER)
Thank you.

1243
01:01:29,190 --> 01:01:30,224
Good evening.

1244
01:01:32,359 --> 01:01:34,862
I am Detective
Sergeant Trotter.

1245
01:01:35,496 --> 01:01:37,129
Please excuse
the limp.

1246
01:01:37,131 --> 01:01:40,098
An old war wound
playing up in the cold.

1247
01:01:40,100 --> 01:01:42,770
I'm assuming
you were warned
of my arrival?

1248
01:01:44,104 --> 01:01:47,406
Apropos of nothing,
I'm a magistrate.

1249
01:01:47,408 --> 01:01:50,342
Also, he looks
too young to be
an inspector.

1250
01:01:50,344 --> 01:01:53,513
Well, I'm old enough
to remember
the Corrigan Case.

1251
01:01:53,515 --> 01:01:57,115
Yes, a dreadful
business.

1252
01:01:57,117 --> 01:02:01,820
Two brothers
who put their faith in
the British social services.

1253
01:02:01,822 --> 01:02:04,925
A sorry tale of abuse
that ended in tragedy.

1254
01:02:06,327 --> 01:02:08,060
Yes, it was
in all of the papers.

1255
01:02:08,062 --> 01:02:09,861
MERVYN: (SOFTLY)
Gio, I can't
sit through this again.

1256
01:02:09,863 --> 01:02:11,863
I'm sorry.
Will you excuse me?

1257
01:02:11,865 --> 01:02:16,802
TROTTER: One died,
the other left traumatized.

1258
01:02:16,804 --> 01:02:19,204
I shudder to think
what an ordeal like that

1259
01:02:19,206 --> 01:02:21,073
might do to
a vulnerable mind.

1260
01:02:21,075 --> 01:02:21,940
(WHISPERS)
Won't be a moment.

1261
01:02:21,942 --> 01:02:23,842
I'm just going to try
and catch Mervyn.

1262
01:02:23,844 --> 01:02:25,545
MOLLIE: Oh, bother.
I forgot the tea.

1263
01:02:25,547 --> 01:02:27,846
TROTTER: By God,
that has to be

1264
01:02:27,848 --> 01:02:30,349
the worst cup of tea
I've ever had.

1265
01:02:30,351 --> 01:02:31,950
(AUDIENCE CHUCKLES)

1266
01:02:31,952 --> 01:02:34,186
MRS. BOYLE: I agree.

1267
01:02:34,188 --> 01:02:37,823
Did you make it
in a teapot
or a plant pot?

1268
01:02:37,825 --> 01:02:38,824
STOPPARD: Pardon me.

1269
01:02:38,826 --> 01:02:40,158
Excuse me. Thank you. Sorry.
MOLLIE: Oh, dear.

1270
01:02:40,160 --> 01:02:41,326
Pardon me.
Excuse me.
Sorry.

1271
01:02:41,328 --> 01:02:44,496
MOLLIE: I've already had
another disaster
in the kitchen.

1272
01:02:44,498 --> 01:02:48,002
I left out the steak pieces
in my steak and kidney pie.

1273
01:02:49,270 --> 01:02:50,536
Gloves.

1274
01:02:50,538 --> 01:02:52,572
MOLLIE: Kidney pie
just doesn't have
the same ring to it.

1275
01:02:52,574 --> 01:02:54,273
Sorry.
Excuse me.
Pardon me.

1276
01:02:54,275 --> 01:02:55,476
Excuse me.
Terribly sorry.

1277
01:02:56,544 --> 01:02:58,410
Bleeding gloves.
I'm so sorry.

1278
01:02:58,412 --> 01:03:00,112
There they are.
Thank you.

1279
01:03:00,114 --> 01:03:01,947
Sorry. Sorry.
Terribly sorry.

1280
01:03:01,949 --> 01:03:02,914
MAJOR METCALF:
I'm beginning to think

1281
01:03:02,916 --> 01:03:04,082
it was
a dreadful mistake
to skip lunch.

1282
01:03:04,084 --> 01:03:05,286
STOPPARD: Excuse me.

1283
01:03:06,521 --> 01:03:08,422
MOLLIE: I'll open
a tin of peas.

1284
01:03:10,525 --> 01:03:12,893
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

1285
01:03:45,125 --> 01:03:47,593
ANNOUNCER: (ON RADIO)
<i>We interrupt</i> Book at Bedtime

1286
01:03:47,595 --> 01:03:51,363
<i>to warn residents</i>
<i>in the Colney Hatch area</i>
<i>of London</i>

1287
01:03:51,365 --> 01:03:54,900
<i>to be on the lookout</i>
<i>for an escaped lunatic.</i>

1288
01:03:54,902 --> 01:03:56,103
(SWITCH THUDS)
(GASPS)

1289
01:04:00,207 --> 01:04:01,543
(SWITCH THUDS)
Hmm.

1290
01:04:03,344 --> 01:04:06,413
(WHISTLING <i>THREE BLIND MICE)</i>

1291
01:04:10,451 --> 01:04:11,517
(GASPS)

1292
01:04:11,519 --> 01:04:14,386
(SIGHS IN RELIEF)
You startled me.

1293
01:04:14,388 --> 01:04:16,556
(GASPS, CHUCKLES)
You startled me.

1294
01:04:16,558 --> 01:04:18,357
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)

1295
01:04:18,359 --> 01:04:20,528
(CHOKES)
(MRS. BOYLE GASPS, GRUNTS)

1296
01:04:22,996 --> 01:04:24,096
(MERVYN GRUNTS)

1297
01:04:24,098 --> 01:04:25,567
(STRAINING)

1298
01:04:28,102 --> 01:04:30,404
(BOTH CHOKING)

1299
01:04:33,374 --> 01:04:34,540
(MERVYN GRUNTS)

1300
01:04:34,542 --> 01:04:36,942
(MUSIC RISING)

1301
01:04:36,944 --> 01:04:38,946
(DRAMATIC END NOTE PLAYING)

1302
01:04:46,286 --> 01:04:47,321
(MUSIC FADES)

1303
01:04:52,426 --> 01:04:53,959
Turn the lights on.

1304
01:04:53,961 --> 01:04:56,598
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
(SWITCHES CLICKING)

1305
01:04:59,166 --> 01:05:00,568
(SCREAMS)

1306
01:05:01,402 --> 01:05:04,104
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDING)

1307
01:05:05,707 --> 01:05:07,005
(DOOR OPENS)

1308
01:05:07,007 --> 01:05:08,475
(AUDIENCE CHATTERING)

1309
01:05:09,443 --> 01:05:11,111
(WOMEN SCREAMING)

1310
01:05:12,079 --> 01:05:14,114
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

1311
01:05:19,186 --> 01:05:21,321
Stop in the name
of the law!

1312
01:05:31,331 --> 01:05:33,167
(GRUNTS) Bollocks!

1313
01:05:35,603 --> 01:05:37,169
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

1314
01:05:37,171 --> 01:05:39,004
DICKIE: Well,
that's a good thing.

1315
01:05:39,006 --> 01:05:40,307
The limp,
was it too much?
(GRUNTS)

1316
01:05:41,676 --> 01:05:43,475
Oh.
Oh, God.

1317
01:05:43,477 --> 01:05:45,645
Oh, sorry, sir.
I thought you were
somebody else.

1318
01:05:45,647 --> 01:05:47,212
No, no, it's all right.

1319
01:05:47,214 --> 01:05:48,614
And thank you
for the tickets.

1320
01:05:48,616 --> 01:05:49,684
Very welcome.

1321
01:05:54,288 --> 01:05:56,023
(MUSIC HALTS)

1322
01:05:57,224 --> 01:06:00,027
(CAT MEOWING IN DISTANCE)

1323
01:06:02,095 --> 01:06:03,428
(STALKER YELLS)

1324
01:06:03,430 --> 01:06:04,465
(THUMP)

1325
01:06:06,333 --> 01:06:08,703
(GASPING)

1326
01:06:13,307 --> 01:06:14,406
(GROANS)

1327
01:06:14,408 --> 01:06:17,743
(EERIE MUSIC PLAYING)

1328
01:06:17,745 --> 01:06:20,280
(FOOTSTEPS CRUNCHING ON SNOW)
(SOFT ANIMALS' CALLS)

1329
01:06:24,619 --> 01:06:25,687
(BOTTLES CLINK)

1330
01:06:29,156 --> 01:06:30,558
(RATTLING)

1331
01:06:36,196 --> 01:06:37,498
(SIGHS)

1332
01:06:39,701 --> 01:06:41,233
LEO: There ya go.

1333
01:06:41,235 --> 01:06:42,467
Bottoms up.

1334
01:06:42,469 --> 01:06:43,505
Cheers.

1335
01:06:45,239 --> 01:06:47,241
(EERIE MUSIC CONTINUES)

1336
01:06:48,610 --> 01:06:50,408
What brings you
to this neck of the woods?

1337
01:06:50,410 --> 01:06:52,477
Oh, a murder investigation.

1338
01:06:52,479 --> 01:06:54,682
Yeah? Anyone I know?

1339
01:06:56,083 --> 01:06:57,182
You.

1340
01:06:57,184 --> 01:06:58,252
(MUSIC HALTS)

1341
01:06:58,753 --> 01:06:59,787
(SWALLOWS)

1342
01:07:00,655 --> 01:07:01,821
I'm sorry, I thought...

1343
01:07:01,823 --> 01:07:04,291
No, no, no.
It's all right.
It's all right. Uh...

1344
01:07:05,727 --> 01:07:07,562
Say, uh, Inspector.

1345
01:07:08,830 --> 01:07:11,498
Tell me,
was anyone, uh...

1346
01:07:13,267 --> 01:07:15,637
you know,
sad to see me go?

1347
01:07:19,741 --> 01:07:20,775
Ah.

1348
01:07:22,209 --> 01:07:23,243
Figures.

1349
01:07:31,418 --> 01:07:33,285
I'm sorry, sir,
you can't go
in there.

1350
01:07:33,287 --> 01:07:34,219
Ah...

1351
01:07:34,221 --> 01:07:35,821
You can only go in
if you have a ticket.

1352
01:07:35,823 --> 01:07:38,423
I had a ticket.
It was in my pocket.

1353
01:07:38,425 --> 01:07:42,193
That's... I could have
sworn I had on
a pair of trousers.

1354
01:07:42,195 --> 01:07:43,430
I had trousers on.

1355
01:07:45,232 --> 01:07:46,331
Where's my ticket?

1356
01:07:46,333 --> 01:07:47,733
(SIGHS)
I'm sorry, sir.

1357
01:07:47,735 --> 01:07:49,434
I can't let you in
unless you have
a ticket.

1358
01:07:49,436 --> 01:07:51,804
I had a ticket.
I just don't
have it on me.

1359
01:07:51,806 --> 01:07:54,139
Let me in!
Stop mucking about.

1360
01:07:54,141 --> 01:07:55,508
I've gotta go in.
No, please, sir.

1361
01:07:55,510 --> 01:07:58,476
(MAN WHISTLING
<i>THREE BLIND MICE)</i>

1362
01:07:58,478 --> 01:07:59,747
You. I know you.

1363
01:08:01,415 --> 01:08:02,548
What are you doing?

1364
01:08:02,550 --> 01:08:04,249
(TENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

1365
01:08:04,251 --> 01:08:06,184
STALKER: <i>Sir. Sir.</i>

1366
01:08:06,186 --> 01:08:07,421
(MUSIC STOPS)
I've got a ticket!

1367
01:08:12,560 --> 01:08:14,161
The hell
is going on?

1368
01:08:17,599 --> 01:08:18,800
What am I
doing here?

1369
01:08:19,734 --> 01:08:21,466
What happened
to my trousers?

1370
01:08:21,468 --> 01:08:22,902
You asked me
to press them, sir.

1371
01:08:22,904 --> 01:08:24,169
I did?

1372
01:08:24,171 --> 01:08:25,439
Yes, sir.
You were adamant.

1373
01:08:28,342 --> 01:08:29,711
How long
have I been here?

1374
01:08:30,310 --> 01:08:31,411
Eighteen hours.

1375
01:08:33,347 --> 01:08:35,246
(GROANS)

1376
01:08:35,248 --> 01:08:37,516
(GRUNTS)
My head is
killing me.

1377
01:08:37,518 --> 01:08:39,286
It's bloody
freezing
in here.

1378
01:08:41,321 --> 01:08:42,489
Did you make
an arrest?

1379
01:08:43,891 --> 01:08:45,658
We did.

1380
01:08:45,660 --> 01:08:47,560
Who was it?
Was it Gio?

1381
01:08:47,562 --> 01:08:49,294
Gio?

1382
01:08:49,296 --> 01:08:52,665
Yeah, Gio. The...
The Italian chap,
the killer.

1383
01:08:52,667 --> 01:08:55,601
The man in
a darkish overcoat,
soft felt hat...

1384
01:08:55,603 --> 01:08:57,335
I chased out
the theater.

1385
01:08:57,337 --> 01:08:59,239
Inspector,
that man was you.

1386
01:08:59,507 --> 01:09:00,840
What?

1387
01:09:00,842 --> 01:09:03,943
You are the man
in the darkish overcoat

1388
01:09:03,945 --> 01:09:07,780
and the soft felt hat
that Constable Stalker here

1389
01:09:07,782 --> 01:09:09,449
chased from the theater.

1390
01:09:10,618 --> 01:09:13,552
I'm sorry,
I'm not following.

1391
01:09:13,554 --> 01:09:15,521
I think I might have
a concussion.

1392
01:09:15,523 --> 01:09:16,658
Or the shakes?

1393
01:09:18,291 --> 01:09:20,327
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

1394
01:09:21,763 --> 01:09:23,529
STOPPARD: No,
this is ridiculous.

1395
01:09:23,531 --> 01:09:25,731
What possible reason

1396
01:09:25,733 --> 01:09:27,667
could I have
for strangling
a playwright?

1397
01:09:27,669 --> 01:09:30,235
I haven't seen
anything he's done.

1398
01:09:30,237 --> 01:09:33,841
No, but Mervyn saw the woman
who visited Kopernick
at the Savoy.

1399
01:09:34,776 --> 01:09:36,542
So?

1400
01:09:36,544 --> 01:09:40,515
Inspector,
have you spoken
to Joyce lately?

1401
01:09:40,982 --> 01:09:42,414
Joyce?

1402
01:09:42,416 --> 01:09:43,549
Your wife.

1403
01:09:43,551 --> 01:09:44,482
Ex-wife.

1404
01:09:44,484 --> 01:09:46,952
Yes. I met her once
at a police social.

1405
01:09:46,954 --> 01:09:49,822
A plain girl.

1406
01:09:49,824 --> 01:09:50,823
Very homely.

1407
01:09:50,825 --> 01:09:53,526
What does Joyce
have to do
with anything?

1408
01:09:53,528 --> 01:09:56,762
Uh, her name was in Leo's
little black book, sir.

1409
01:09:56,764 --> 01:09:57,930
Oh, come on.
You don't...

1410
01:09:57,932 --> 01:09:59,999
You don't seriously think
that Leo and...

1411
01:10:00,001 --> 01:10:02,735
COMMISSIONER:
Didn't your wife
leave you for a Yank?

1412
01:10:02,737 --> 01:10:05,604
Leo was an American G.I.

1413
01:10:05,606 --> 01:10:08,408
Will you listen to yourselves?
You hear what you're sayin'?

1414
01:10:09,644 --> 01:10:10,678
Constable.

1415
01:10:16,383 --> 01:10:18,751
"They do it
out of revenge
or rage

1416
01:10:18,753 --> 01:10:23,354
"because they have
lost a loved one and
can't forgive or forget.

1417
01:10:23,356 --> 01:10:25,725
"So they just stew and fester

1418
01:10:25,727 --> 01:10:29,496
"until it all comes out
in a sudden, frenzied
act of violence."

1419
01:10:32,265 --> 01:10:33,835
You wrote that down.

1420
01:10:36,971 --> 01:10:40,506
That was
a private conversation.

1421
01:10:40,508 --> 01:10:42,610
Well, I thought
it could be
important, sir.

1422
01:10:43,911 --> 01:10:45,445
STOPPARD: Unbelievable.

1423
01:10:47,949 --> 01:10:49,414
We found her.

1424
01:10:49,416 --> 01:10:50,816
Who?
Joyce.

1425
01:10:50,818 --> 01:10:52,618
Joyce.
Joyce is here?

1426
01:10:52,620 --> 01:10:53,654
Constable.

1427
01:10:57,058 --> 01:10:59,426
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC
INTENSIFYING)

1428
01:11:11,371 --> 01:11:12,437
(MUSIC STOPS)

1429
01:11:12,439 --> 01:11:13,708
That's not my wife.

1430
01:11:15,342 --> 01:11:17,743
I'm sorry?
I said that's
not my wife.

1431
01:11:17,745 --> 01:11:20,345
But it is
your ex-wife.

1432
01:11:20,347 --> 01:11:22,784
Never seen that woman
before in my life.

1433
01:11:24,852 --> 01:11:26,353
But your name
is Joyce?

1434
01:11:26,521 --> 01:11:27,853
Uh...

1435
01:11:27,855 --> 01:11:29,891
Well, it's a common name.
(CHUCKLES LIGHTLY)

1436
01:11:31,391 --> 01:11:32,660
'Course it is.
Yeah.

1437
01:11:34,427 --> 01:11:35,663
COMMISSIONER:
'Course it is.

1438
01:11:37,832 --> 01:11:40,733
Well, Inspector,
in that case,
I believe

1439
01:11:40,735 --> 01:11:42,435
you are owed
an apology.

1440
01:11:44,605 --> 01:11:46,674
(GULPS) Constable.

1441
01:11:48,408 --> 01:11:50,876
Uh... Yes, sir.
O' course.

1442
01:11:50,878 --> 01:11:52,978
I'm...
I'm so sorry, sir.
I just...

1443
01:11:52,980 --> 01:11:57,049
I just got the wrong end
of the stick, and I have
no excuse. I just...

1444
01:11:57,051 --> 01:11:59,854
I jumped to conclusions again.
I'm so sorry.

1445
01:12:05,059 --> 01:12:08,127
Commissioner, why don't you
run along back to the office,

1446
01:12:08,129 --> 01:12:09,829
look over
the quarterly accounts.

1447
01:12:09,831 --> 01:12:11,997
Let me handle
the murder investigation.

1448
01:12:11,999 --> 01:12:13,400
Inspector.

1449
01:12:16,537 --> 01:12:17,638
(WHISPERS) Sorry.

1450
01:12:19,674 --> 01:12:21,843
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

1451
01:12:52,139 --> 01:12:53,973
WOOLF: It's Dickie
and Sheila.

1452
01:12:53,975 --> 01:12:57,011
DICKIE: Hello, Woolf.
Didn't expect
to see you here.

1453
01:12:58,179 --> 01:13:00,913
(HUMMING)

1454
01:13:00,915 --> 01:13:03,115
(DOORBELL RINGING)
Perhaps, it is

1455
01:13:03,117 --> 01:13:05,851
Miss Rams... bottom.
(MUMBLING)

1456
01:13:05,853 --> 01:13:08,122
Get that... (SIGHS)
(DOORBELL CONTINUES RINGING)

1457
01:13:14,962 --> 01:13:16,494
If you have
broken down,

1458
01:13:16,496 --> 01:13:19,531
there is a garage
not 15 miles
from here.

1459
01:13:19,533 --> 01:13:21,499
(CHUCKLES)
No, we're here
for dinner.

1460
01:13:21,501 --> 01:13:23,068
I don't think so, sir.

1461
01:13:23,070 --> 01:13:26,471
(CHUCKLES) This is
Winterbrook House?

1462
01:13:26,473 --> 01:13:27,742
The Christie residence?

1463
01:13:28,643 --> 01:13:29,742
It is.

1464
01:13:29,744 --> 01:13:30,809
Uh, we have
an invitation.

1465
01:13:30,811 --> 01:13:31,846
We do, yes.

1466
01:13:33,781 --> 01:13:35,983
Richard Attenborough.
Friends call me "Dickie."

1467
01:13:39,654 --> 01:13:41,555
(WIND WHISTLING)

1468
01:13:43,824 --> 01:13:46,027
I do hope you haven't
traveled far.

1469
01:13:49,997 --> 01:13:52,064
MAN: Fellowes!
Who is it?

1470
01:13:52,066 --> 01:13:54,900
No one, sir. Tinkers.
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

1471
01:13:54,902 --> 01:13:57,169
MAN: What, in this
unseasonable blizzard?

1472
01:13:57,171 --> 01:13:59,738
Come on, man.
Open sesame.

1473
01:13:59,740 --> 01:14:01,640
Richard Attenborough.
Friends call me "Dickie."

1474
01:14:01,642 --> 01:14:03,842
Max Mallowan,
eminent archaeologist.

1475
01:14:03,844 --> 01:14:05,110
Good God, man,
you're frozen solid.

1476
01:14:05,112 --> 01:14:06,745
It's cold.
It's cold, yes.
Come in.

1477
01:14:06,747 --> 01:14:08,747
Hello, Sheila Sim.
(CHUCKLES)
Hello.

1478
01:14:08,749 --> 01:14:10,516
John Woolf.
How do you do?

1479
01:14:10,518 --> 01:14:11,550
Ann Saville.

1480
01:14:11,552 --> 01:14:13,519
We're friends of
Petula. Spencer.

1481
01:14:13,521 --> 01:14:15,854
Oh, yes.
I know Choo.
(CHUCKLES)

1482
01:14:15,856 --> 01:14:18,590
We thought
we'd been invited
for dinner.

1483
01:14:18,592 --> 01:14:21,026
Yes, we
received this,

1484
01:14:21,028 --> 01:14:23,262
but apparently,
not from you.

1485
01:14:23,264 --> 01:14:25,230
Extraordinary.

1486
01:14:25,232 --> 01:14:28,067
You know who's going
to love this? Agatha.

1487
01:14:28,069 --> 01:14:30,035
It's just like one
of her confections.

1488
01:14:30,037 --> 01:14:31,170
She's in the kitchen now

1489
01:14:31,172 --> 01:14:33,005
trying to figure out
some new ending.

1490
01:14:33,007 --> 01:14:35,941
(SNICKERS) It helps
to do the dishes,
apparently.

1491
01:14:35,943 --> 01:14:37,912
(ALL CHUCKLE)

1492
01:14:39,613 --> 01:14:42,948
Ooh, hello.
Who else didn't
we invite to dinner?

1493
01:14:42,950 --> 01:14:44,283
Ah, it's Petula.

1494
01:14:44,285 --> 01:14:45,720
Why, so it is.

1495
01:14:46,620 --> 01:14:48,020
Come in out of
the cold, Choo!

1496
01:14:48,022 --> 01:14:49,824
What on Earth
have you got there?

1497
01:14:50,891 --> 01:14:52,024
It's not Mother,
is it?

1498
01:14:52,026 --> 01:14:53,594
PETULA: 'Fraid so.

1499
01:14:53,861 --> 01:14:55,728
Oh, God.

1500
01:14:55,730 --> 01:14:56,929
Better make that eight
for dinner, Fellowes,

1501
01:14:56,931 --> 01:14:58,697
and let Agatha know.
Yes, sir.

1502
01:14:58,699 --> 01:14:59,932
And get a shovel
to clear the path.

1503
01:14:59,934 --> 01:15:01,000
Yes, sir.

1504
01:15:01,002 --> 01:15:02,134
And do we have
enough coal?

1505
01:15:02,136 --> 01:15:03,869
Yes, sir.
Three bags full, sir.

1506
01:15:03,871 --> 01:15:05,806
PETULA: Hello, Maxie.
Hello, darling.

1507
01:15:06,307 --> 01:15:08,640
Oh, it's a full house.

1508
01:15:08,642 --> 01:15:09,908
(SHEILA CHUCKLES)
Yes.

1509
01:15:09,910 --> 01:15:10,943
Mother.

1510
01:15:10,945 --> 01:15:13,045
Come on in.
Straight through
to the drawing room.

1511
01:15:13,047 --> 01:15:14,580
PETULA: Here.
MAX: Now,

1512
01:15:14,582 --> 01:15:17,883
I have a rather potent
Mesopotamian aperitif

1513
01:15:17,885 --> 01:15:19,785
that'll have you
thawed out
in a jiffy.

1514
01:15:19,787 --> 01:15:20,853
(DOOR CLOSES)

1515
01:15:20,855 --> 01:15:22,990
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

1516
01:15:45,312 --> 01:15:48,047
I'm sorry again
that you had to
find out like this.

1517
01:15:48,049 --> 01:15:50,651
Oh, I can't say
it came as a surprise.

1518
01:15:51,619 --> 01:15:53,320
Leo was a bad seed.

1519
01:15:54,155 --> 01:15:56,822
Always in trouble,
he was.

1520
01:15:56,824 --> 01:15:58,791
He picked a fight
the night
he took us out.

1521
01:15:58,793 --> 01:16:00,995
Mmm.
Mervyn Cocker-Norris
at the hotel.

1522
01:16:01,796 --> 01:16:03,697
No. At the pictures.

1523
01:16:03,931 --> 01:16:04,965
Oh.

1524
01:16:13,174 --> 01:16:15,974
He turned
on this tall fella
who came in after us

1525
01:16:15,976 --> 01:16:17,376
and shouted,

1526
01:16:17,378 --> 01:16:19,346
"What are you
following me for,
buddy?"

1527
01:16:20,114 --> 01:16:21,814
And, um...
(SCOFFS)

1528
01:16:21,816 --> 01:16:22,881
Did he know
a good dentist,

1529
01:16:22,883 --> 01:16:24,852
'cause he was
about to lose
a lot of teeth.

1530
01:16:26,654 --> 01:16:27,719
Hmm.

1531
01:16:27,721 --> 01:16:30,022
Right, who's ready
for a top-up?

1532
01:16:30,024 --> 01:16:31,123
GUESTS: No.

1533
01:16:31,125 --> 01:16:32,724
Where's
the old girl?

1534
01:16:32,726 --> 01:16:34,693
Not gonna play
the recluse card,
is she?

1535
01:16:34,695 --> 01:16:36,862
Oh, no, no, no.
She'll be down
soon enough.

1536
01:16:36,864 --> 01:16:38,299
(CLATTERING UPSTAIRS)

1537
01:16:39,133 --> 01:16:40,799
That will be Fellowes.

1538
01:16:40,801 --> 01:16:42,236
The man's an oaf.

1539
01:16:46,774 --> 01:16:49,009
A tall fella,
you say?
JOYCE: Mmm.

1540
01:16:49,777 --> 01:16:51,278
Had a funny accent.

1541
01:16:53,114 --> 01:16:54,246
Italian?

1542
01:16:54,248 --> 01:16:55,747
No, not that funny.

1543
01:16:55,749 --> 01:16:56,984
More like...

1544
01:16:58,919 --> 01:17:00,287
a village idiot.

1545
01:17:01,188 --> 01:17:03,691
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC CONTINUES)

1546
01:17:04,792 --> 01:17:06,225
I'm sorry,
but you have to
get out.

1547
01:17:06,227 --> 01:17:07,361
(DOOR THUDS)

1548
01:17:08,929 --> 01:17:11,864
Oh. No.
Good heavens.
No. Uh...

1549
01:17:11,866 --> 01:17:13,932
<i>Che cosa succede?</i>
(FUMBLING)

1550
01:17:13,934 --> 01:17:15,267
<i>Poli... Polizei.</i>

1551
01:17:15,269 --> 01:17:16,768
<i>Telefono, por favor.</i>

1552
01:17:16,770 --> 01:17:18,137
<i>Telefono?</i>
Yes. <i>Si.</i>

1553
01:17:18,139 --> 01:17:19,705
<i>Sta la.</i>
<i>Gracias.</i>

1554
01:17:19,707 --> 01:17:22,107
(PHONE RINGS)

1555
01:17:22,109 --> 01:17:24,343
Scotland Yard,
Sergeant Bakewell
speaking.

1556
01:17:24,345 --> 01:17:25,713
Yes, Stoppard here.

1557
01:17:30,985 --> 01:17:32,718
Police, stand back.

1558
01:17:32,720 --> 01:17:34,419
He keeps a key...
(STALKER GRUNTS)

1559
01:17:34,421 --> 01:17:35,756
...under the mat.

1560
01:17:36,357 --> 01:17:37,391
(PANTS)

1561
01:17:40,227 --> 01:17:42,161
BAKEWELL: <i>Let me guess,</i>
<i>Inspector.</i>

1562
01:17:42,163 --> 01:17:44,062
<i>You're after</i>
<i>an address.</i>

1563
01:17:44,064 --> 01:17:45,197
How did you
know that?

1564
01:17:45,199 --> 01:17:46,231
Constable Stalker, sir.

1565
01:17:46,233 --> 01:17:48,369
She called just now
for the same information.

1566
01:17:49,737 --> 01:17:50,838
Stalker?

1567
01:17:58,145 --> 01:17:59,778
(WOMAN WHIMPERING)

1568
01:17:59,780 --> 01:18:00,879
Agatha?

1569
01:18:00,881 --> 01:18:02,247
Gosh, is she
all right?

1570
01:18:02,249 --> 01:18:04,818
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC
INTENSIFYING)

1571
01:18:29,310 --> 01:18:31,345
(MUSIC BUILDING UP)

1572
01:18:33,914 --> 01:18:34,980
(MUSIC ENDS)

1573
01:18:34,982 --> 01:18:37,117
Where's Agatha?
What have you done
with her?

1574
01:18:44,925 --> 01:18:46,491
It was
the usher, sir.
I know.

1575
01:18:46,493 --> 01:18:48,227
He was under
our noses
all this time.

1576
01:18:48,229 --> 01:18:50,429
Is he in?
No, sir.
But I found this.

1577
01:18:50,431 --> 01:18:51,964
If we get going now,
sir, we can...

1578
01:18:51,966 --> 01:18:53,232
I can take it
from here,
Constable.

1579
01:18:53,234 --> 01:18:54,866
Oh, right. And...
And me, sir?

1580
01:18:54,868 --> 01:18:56,103
Go back
to the station.

1581
01:18:57,271 --> 01:18:58,370
Yes, sir.

1582
01:18:58,372 --> 01:18:59,505
Oh, and, Constable?

1583
01:18:59,507 --> 01:19:01,173
Yes, sir?

1584
01:19:01,175 --> 01:19:03,010
Make a start
on the paperwork.

1585
01:19:04,979 --> 01:19:06,278
Yes, sir.
(CAR DOOR CLOSES)

1586
01:19:06,280 --> 01:19:08,115
(CAR DEPARTS)

1587
01:19:10,918 --> 01:19:14,822
(PANTING)

1588
01:19:16,991 --> 01:19:19,324
(UNNERVING MUSIC PLAYING)

1589
01:19:19,326 --> 01:19:22,361
(SOFTLY) Is it me,
or does he look
awfully familiar?

1590
01:19:22,363 --> 01:19:25,833
It's Dennis. He's an usher
from the Ambassadors

1591
01:19:26,433 --> 01:19:28,200
Oh, Dennis!

1592
01:19:28,202 --> 01:19:29,569
So nice
to see you.

1593
01:19:29,571 --> 01:19:31,336
This is a strange
coincidence.

1594
01:19:31,338 --> 01:19:32,406
What are you
doing here?

1595
01:19:33,374 --> 01:19:34,542
Well, I invited you.

1596
01:19:35,577 --> 01:19:37,309
Oh, my God.

1597
01:19:37,311 --> 01:19:39,046
You killed Leo
and Mervyn!

1598
01:19:39,847 --> 01:19:41,280
I did.

1599
01:19:41,282 --> 01:19:43,915
I wanted to stop
the film and the play.

1600
01:19:43,917 --> 01:19:45,484
What film?
What play?

1601
01:19:45,486 --> 01:19:46,885
<i>The Mousetrap!</i>
(ALL GASP)

1602
01:19:46,887 --> 01:19:47,953
Now, look here,
Dennis.

1603
01:19:47,955 --> 01:19:50,556
We all have
strong opinions
on the theater.

1604
01:19:50,558 --> 01:19:52,858
In a sense,
that's what
it's there for,

1605
01:19:52,860 --> 01:19:54,860
to provoke emotion.

1606
01:19:54,862 --> 01:19:57,496
And I appreciate
you don't care for
<i>The Mousetrap.</i>

1607
01:19:57,498 --> 01:20:01,099
I'll be the first to admit
it's not exactly <i>Hamlet.</i>

1608
01:20:01,101 --> 01:20:03,902
But you must see

1609
01:20:03,904 --> 01:20:05,904
that this is
a bit of an
overreaction.

1610
01:20:05,906 --> 01:20:07,607
That's not
what this is.

1611
01:20:07,609 --> 01:20:10,510
Then, what...
what is this?

1612
01:20:10,512 --> 01:20:13,178
It's not your story
to tell, is it?
It's mine.

1613
01:20:13,180 --> 01:20:14,514
PETULA: Oh,
I might have known.

1614
01:20:14,516 --> 01:20:15,981
A disgruntled
writer.

1615
01:20:15,983 --> 01:20:18,383
Don't tell me,
you had
the idea first?

1616
01:20:18,385 --> 01:20:20,852
No. It happened to me.

1617
01:20:20,854 --> 01:20:22,087
I'm sorry, I am
completely lost.

1618
01:20:22,089 --> 01:20:23,889
I don't have
a theatrical
background.

1619
01:20:23,891 --> 01:20:26,226
You're not
Dennis Corrigan,
are you?

1620
01:20:28,128 --> 01:20:29,163
(HUFFS)

1621
01:20:30,331 --> 01:20:31,999
Oh, you poor boy.

1622
01:20:32,600 --> 01:20:33,865
How do you mean?

1623
01:20:33,867 --> 01:20:36,301
He lost his brother
in real life.

1624
01:20:36,303 --> 01:20:38,303
Dreadful business,
it was.

1625
01:20:38,305 --> 01:20:40,606
It was years ago, now.
I told you about it.

1626
01:20:40,608 --> 01:20:43,041
It was the case
<i>The Mousetrap</i>
was based on.

1627
01:20:43,043 --> 01:20:45,977
Inspired by, Mother.
And loosely.

1628
01:20:45,979 --> 01:20:47,647
Oh, but you're
an usher.

1629
01:20:47,649 --> 01:20:50,382
You had to
watch that play
night after night.

1630
01:20:50,384 --> 01:20:52,052
It must've been
torture.

1631
01:20:53,087 --> 01:20:55,655
I thought
it would help.

1632
01:20:55,657 --> 01:20:57,623
<i>He was only six</i>
<i>when he died,</i>
<i>my brother.</i>

1633
01:20:57,625 --> 01:21:00,526
<i>The Mousetrap</i> is
actually based on
a real-life case.

1634
01:21:00,528 --> 01:21:02,994
DENNIS: <i>Neglected</i>
<i>and left for dead</i>
<i>by the people</i>

1635
01:21:02,996 --> 01:21:05,364
<i>who were supposed to</i>
<i>look after us.</i>

1636
01:21:05,366 --> 01:21:09,301
<i>It sold a lot of newspapers,</i>
<i>but no one cared about us.</i>

1637
01:21:09,303 --> 01:21:11,436
(SLOW DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

1638
01:21:11,438 --> 01:21:13,939
<i>I thought the play</i>
<i>would be different.</i>

1639
01:21:13,941 --> 01:21:16,509
<i>A famous writer was</i>
<i>going to tell our story.</i>

1640
01:21:16,511 --> 01:21:20,078
Two brothers
who put their faith in
the British social services.

1641
01:21:20,080 --> 01:21:23,048
DENNIS: <i>But when I saw</i>
<i>what Agatha Christie had done,</i>

1642
01:21:23,050 --> 01:21:26,985
<i>used our pain and suffering</i>
<i>as a motive for</i>
<i>a deranged killer...</i>

1643
01:21:26,987 --> 01:21:28,487
(GASPS)

1644
01:21:28,489 --> 01:21:30,656
<i>...my brother's death</i>
<i>reduced to</i>
<i>a cheap sideshow...</i>

1645
01:21:30,658 --> 01:21:32,457
There's been
a murder?

1646
01:21:32,459 --> 01:21:34,025
DENNIS: <i>...I knew</i>
<i>he wouldn't be able</i>

1647
01:21:34,027 --> 01:21:36,294
<i>to rest in peace</i>
<i>until the play ended.</i>

1648
01:21:36,296 --> 01:21:38,964
But it didn't.

1649
01:21:38,966 --> 01:21:42,000
It just went on,
and on, and on.

1650
01:21:42,002 --> 01:21:44,336
<i>The Mousetrap</i> is 100,
not out.

1651
01:21:44,338 --> 01:21:46,304
DENNIS: <i>When I heard</i>
<i>about the film adaptation,</i>

1652
01:21:46,306 --> 01:21:48,340
<i>I just snapped.</i>

1653
01:21:48,342 --> 01:21:51,143
Without me,
there is no movie.
You understand?

1654
01:21:51,145 --> 01:21:52,411
You got
a problem, buddy?

1655
01:21:52,413 --> 01:21:55,147
DENNIS: <i>I killed the director</i>
<i>to stop the film,</i>

1656
01:21:55,149 --> 01:21:58,283
<i>and thought</i>
<i>a corpse on the stage</i>
<i>would put an end to the play.</i>

1657
01:21:58,285 --> 01:22:00,152
(SCREAMS)

1658
01:22:00,154 --> 01:22:02,187
<i>But they didn't even close</i>
<i>the theater.</i>

1659
01:22:02,189 --> 01:22:03,689
Do you think
you might be
finished in time

1660
01:22:03,691 --> 01:22:05,257
for curtain up
tomorrow night?

1661
01:22:05,259 --> 01:22:07,159
DENNIS: <i>And Mervyn's</i>
<i>new ideas for the film</i>

1662
01:22:07,161 --> 01:22:08,694
<i>made me</i>
<i>sick to my stomach.</i>

1663
01:22:08,696 --> 01:22:10,429
I'll take
the bare bones
of the story,

1664
01:22:10,431 --> 01:22:14,634
a rather mundane tale
of child abuse,
and make it my own.

1665
01:22:14,636 --> 01:22:16,067
DENNIS: <i>He left me</i>
<i>no choice.</i>

1666
01:22:16,069 --> 01:22:17,135
(GASPS)

1667
01:22:17,137 --> 01:22:19,070
(SIGHS IN RELIEF)
You startled me.

1668
01:22:19,072 --> 01:22:20,508
DENNIS: <i>I had to</i>
<i>kill him, too.</i>

1669
01:22:21,008 --> 01:22:22,009
(CHOKING)

1670
01:22:23,277 --> 01:22:25,611
<i>I thought that would be</i>
<i>the end of it.</i>

1671
01:22:25,613 --> 01:22:28,182
But you all just carried on
like nothing had happened.

1672
01:22:29,684 --> 01:22:31,116
Shame on you.
(WOOLF WHIMPERS)

1673
01:22:31,118 --> 01:22:33,051
(PETULA CLEARS THROAT)

1674
01:22:33,053 --> 01:22:36,457
Well, maybe you'll
take notice if I kill
Agatha Christie herself.

1675
01:22:38,459 --> 01:22:40,593
(MUFFLED GRUNTING)

1676
01:22:40,595 --> 01:22:42,194
Oh, I think
she's tryin' to
say something.

1677
01:22:42,196 --> 01:22:43,663
Oh, for God's sake,
let her out.

1678
01:22:43,665 --> 01:22:44,730
I'll stop
the film.

1679
01:22:44,732 --> 01:22:46,766
And the play.
This is barbaric.

1680
01:22:46,768 --> 01:22:48,035
Fine.

1681
01:22:49,269 --> 01:22:51,573
(ALL GASP)

1682
01:22:52,674 --> 01:22:54,174
(SIGHS)

1683
01:22:55,275 --> 01:22:57,209
WOOLF: Edana?

1684
01:22:57,211 --> 01:22:59,377
Darling, what...
what are you
doing here?

1685
01:22:59,379 --> 01:23:01,313
I followed you.

1686
01:23:01,315 --> 01:23:03,348
I suppose
I was going to
make a scene.

1687
01:23:03,350 --> 01:23:05,283
Hello, Ann.
(ANN MUMBLES)

1688
01:23:05,285 --> 01:23:08,721
Then this beanpole
assaulted me, and
I woke up in a carpet.

1689
01:23:08,723 --> 01:23:11,557
If you're not
Agatha Christie,
where the hell is she?

1690
01:23:11,559 --> 01:23:13,391
Good God, man.
You mean
you don't know?

1691
01:23:13,393 --> 01:23:16,228
What kind of a bumbling,
half-witted psychopath
are you?

1692
01:23:16,230 --> 01:23:18,298
Will you be quiet!
Please!

1693
01:23:18,733 --> 01:23:20,600
Let me think!

1694
01:23:20,602 --> 01:23:22,400
Yes, of course!
Of course.
Why don't you...

1695
01:23:22,402 --> 01:23:25,370
Why don't you
come in and sit down,
Dennis? Um...

1696
01:23:25,372 --> 01:23:27,172
PETULA: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1697
01:23:27,174 --> 01:23:29,542
Have a little moment
to yourself.

1698
01:23:29,544 --> 01:23:31,311
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYS)

1699
01:23:35,315 --> 01:23:37,317
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

1700
01:23:47,729 --> 01:23:49,764
(MUSIC HALTS)
(WIND HOWLING)

1701
01:23:51,164 --> 01:23:52,700
(ENGINE ROARING)

1702
01:23:54,268 --> 01:23:56,270
(INTENSE MUSIC RESUMES)

1703
01:24:09,784 --> 01:24:11,819
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

1704
01:24:13,153 --> 01:24:14,187
(SIGHS)

1705
01:24:25,132 --> 01:24:26,333
(MUSIC FADING)

1706
01:24:26,834 --> 01:24:28,201
(SIGHS)

1707
01:24:39,681 --> 01:24:40,715
(MOUTHING) What?

1708
01:25:02,637 --> 01:25:05,403
Uh, well... Um...

1709
01:25:05,405 --> 01:25:08,473
I, for one,
believe that, uh,

1710
01:25:08,475 --> 01:25:10,810
Dennis here
is owed an apology.

1711
01:25:10,812 --> 01:25:12,210
(ALL MURMUR IN AGREEMENT)
MAX: Yes.

1712
01:25:12,212 --> 01:25:14,346
SHEILA: He...
He's right,
of course.

1713
01:25:14,348 --> 01:25:15,881
The truth
is the truth.

1714
01:25:15,883 --> 01:25:18,818
It is not to be
manipulated
or played with,

1715
01:25:18,820 --> 01:25:20,620
and certainly not
for entertainment.

1716
01:25:20,622 --> 01:25:22,287
No, no.
PETULA: No, no, no.

1717
01:25:22,289 --> 01:25:24,590
SHEILA: Art is
supposed to
reveal the truth...

1718
01:25:24,592 --> 01:25:25,658
ANN: Yes.
GROUP: Yeah.

1719
01:25:25,660 --> 01:25:27,693
SHEILA: ...not pervert it.

1720
01:25:27,695 --> 01:25:29,895
How would
Agatha Christie
like it

1721
01:25:29,897 --> 01:25:31,864
if someone took
one of her stories

1722
01:25:31,866 --> 01:25:34,432
and twisted it
and corrupted it

1723
01:25:34,434 --> 01:25:36,569
just for
the hell of it?
(CHUCKLES)

1724
01:25:36,571 --> 01:25:38,638
(GROUP MURMURS)
MAX: She wouldn't.

1725
01:25:38,640 --> 01:25:41,206
I... I think that
we should all feel

1726
01:25:41,208 --> 01:25:42,742
thoroughly ashamed
of ourselves.

1727
01:25:42,744 --> 01:25:45,343
AGATHA: Oh, here we are.
Tea for everyone.

1728
01:25:45,345 --> 01:25:46,545
MAX: There you are,
my dear.

1729
01:25:46,547 --> 01:25:48,446
AGATHA: Sorry to
have kept you.

1730
01:25:48,448 --> 01:25:50,484
No, no,
please don't get up,
not on my account.

1731
01:25:50,918 --> 01:25:52,217
There, there.

1732
01:25:52,219 --> 01:25:53,284
No, no, no,

1733
01:25:53,286 --> 01:25:54,587
no, no, it's fine.
Be careful.

1734
01:25:54,589 --> 01:25:58,289
AGATHA: Just as it was.
I think it was that way.

1735
01:25:58,291 --> 01:26:00,225
It is so nice to
see you again,
Agatha,

1736
01:26:00,227 --> 01:26:01,527
in spite of
the circumstances.

1737
01:26:01,529 --> 01:26:02,728
No, no, no,
not that one.

1738
01:26:02,730 --> 01:26:04,699
No, that's for Dennis.
(CHUCKLES)

1739
01:26:06,466 --> 01:26:07,900
(CUPS RATTLING)

1740
01:26:07,902 --> 01:26:09,436
It is Dennis,
isn't it?

1741
01:26:10,738 --> 01:26:12,370
There we are.

1742
01:26:12,372 --> 01:26:14,940
I put an extra
lump in. (CHUCKLES)

1743
01:26:14,942 --> 01:26:16,474
Thank you.

1744
01:26:16,476 --> 01:26:18,577
Everyone else,
help themselves.

1745
01:26:18,579 --> 01:26:19,781
(GROUP MURMURS)
(AGATHA SIGHS)

1746
01:26:20,414 --> 01:26:22,414
Now, Dennis.

1747
01:26:22,416 --> 01:26:23,616
How can I help?

1748
01:26:23,618 --> 01:26:25,450
Why don't we sit here
and drink our tea

1749
01:26:25,452 --> 01:26:28,455
and discuss the matter
like civilized people, hmm?

1750
01:26:29,924 --> 01:26:31,957
I want you to stop
<i>The Mousetrap.</i>

1751
01:26:31,959 --> 01:26:35,326
Oh, I am sorry,
but that
I cannot do. No.

1752
01:26:35,328 --> 01:26:38,764
I'm afraid it goes against
everything I hold dear
in life.

1753
01:26:38,766 --> 01:26:41,266
Yes. I'm a writer,
you see.

1754
01:26:41,268 --> 01:26:44,570
I can't be told
what to write
or what not to write.

1755
01:26:44,572 --> 01:26:47,542
It would be a denial
of one's freedom.

1756
01:26:48,543 --> 01:26:52,580
Do you see, Dennis?
Hmm? Do drink up.

1757
01:26:54,281 --> 01:26:56,517
(INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING)

1758
01:27:17,839 --> 01:27:19,306
Oh, good God,
Fellowes.

1759
01:27:20,775 --> 01:27:22,307
Get up. Get up.

1760
01:27:22,309 --> 01:27:23,776
Now, look here,
young man, I...

1761
01:27:23,778 --> 01:27:25,613
(GROUP GASPS)
AGATHA: Max!

1762
01:27:27,314 --> 01:27:29,016
(SCREAMS)

1763
01:27:29,717 --> 01:27:31,416
(GLASS SHATTERS)

1764
01:27:31,418 --> 01:27:32,818
(INTENSE MUSIC CONTINUES)

1765
01:27:32,820 --> 01:27:33,855
(TIRE POPS)

1766
01:27:35,322 --> 01:27:36,858
(TIRES SCREECHING)

1767
01:27:46,868 --> 01:27:48,567
Yes, good idea... Oh.
MAX: Yes.

1768
01:27:48,569 --> 01:27:51,469
Oh, my God.
Now what's
happened?

1769
01:27:51,471 --> 01:27:53,641
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

1770
01:28:06,821 --> 01:28:08,488
(AGATHA WHIMPERING)
Oh.

1771
01:28:09,489 --> 01:28:10,525
Dennis.

1772
01:28:12,627 --> 01:28:14,929
Put the popular author
down, please, Dennis.

1773
01:28:15,530 --> 01:28:16,798
No.
(GROANS)

1774
01:28:19,700 --> 01:28:20,866
(BOTTLE POPS OPEN)

1775
01:28:20,868 --> 01:28:23,569
Sheila, darling,
now's hardly the time.

1776
01:28:23,571 --> 01:28:25,538
SHEILA: Dickie,
I need a light.

1777
01:28:25,540 --> 01:28:26,908
But you don't smoke.

1778
01:28:27,708 --> 01:28:29,010
(WHISPERS) Dickie.

1779
01:28:31,646 --> 01:28:33,648
(MUSIC INTENSIFYING)

1780
01:28:39,620 --> 01:28:40,655
(AGATHA SCREAMS)

1781
01:28:42,389 --> 01:28:43,624
(GROANING)

1782
01:28:44,424 --> 01:28:46,027
(GUN CLICKING)

1783
01:28:48,029 --> 01:28:49,063
(GRUNTING)

1784
01:28:52,700 --> 01:28:54,902
(MUSIC BUILDING UP)

1785
01:29:00,875 --> 01:29:02,575
(GUNSHOT)
(STALKER GRUNTS)

1786
01:29:02,577 --> 01:29:04,442
(STOPPARD GROANS)
(GUN COCKS)

1787
01:29:04,444 --> 01:29:05,546
STALKER: Look out!

1788
01:29:06,781 --> 01:29:07,880
STOPPARD: No, Dennis!

1789
01:29:07,882 --> 01:29:10,518
(GRUNTING)
Don't do it, please!

1790
01:29:11,018 --> 01:29:12,820
(AGATHA GRUNTS)

1791
01:29:14,755 --> 01:29:16,421
(GROWLING)

1792
01:29:16,423 --> 01:29:18,090
MAX: Darling!

1793
01:29:18,092 --> 01:29:20,593
(AGATHA WHIMPERS)
It's all right.

1794
01:29:20,595 --> 01:29:22,763
He's dead.
It's over.

1795
01:29:26,433 --> 01:29:27,434
Sir...

1796
01:29:28,669 --> 01:29:29,804
I'm bleedin'.

1797
01:29:32,940 --> 01:29:35,174
Hang in there,
Constable.

1798
01:29:35,176 --> 01:29:37,442
Sergeant's exam's
in a month.

1799
01:29:37,444 --> 01:29:39,645
It's funny, sir.
I actually...
I don't feel anything.

1800
01:29:39,647 --> 01:29:41,013
I think it mighta
just been a nick.

1801
01:29:41,015 --> 01:29:43,582
Yeah. Just the nick
of time, I'd say.

1802
01:29:43,584 --> 01:29:44,917
(CHUCKLES)
Very good.

1803
01:29:44,919 --> 01:29:48,187
(CHUCKLES)
I'm sorry,
Constable.

1804
01:29:48,189 --> 01:29:50,556
I haven't been
altogether honest
or open

1805
01:29:50,558 --> 01:29:53,192
or loyal
or fair to you
as a partner.

1806
01:29:53,194 --> 01:29:57,563
Truth be told,
I haven't been a partner
at all, you know.

1807
01:29:57,565 --> 01:29:58,764
Sir, you don't
have to say that.

1808
01:29:58,766 --> 01:30:00,699
No, I want you
to know...

1809
01:30:00,701 --> 01:30:02,034
I do trust you.

1810
01:30:02,036 --> 01:30:04,469
Thank you, sir.
That does mean a lot.

1811
01:30:04,471 --> 01:30:06,739
Um, but when I say
that I can't feel anything,

1812
01:30:06,741 --> 01:30:09,508
I think what I mean
is that, um,

1813
01:30:09,510 --> 01:30:11,911
I don't think
the bullet hit me, sir.

1814
01:30:11,913 --> 01:30:12,980
What do you mean?

1815
01:30:13,981 --> 01:30:15,182
Did you, um...

1816
01:30:16,617 --> 01:30:18,717
STOPPARD: Oh, I see.
STALKER: Oh, no. Yeah.

1817
01:30:18,719 --> 01:30:20,753
Oh. Well, you're right
again, Constable.

1818
01:30:20,755 --> 01:30:21,854
Are you
all right, sir?

1819
01:30:21,856 --> 01:30:23,188
I think you better
call an ambulance.

1820
01:30:23,190 --> 01:30:24,424
Yep.

1821
01:30:25,793 --> 01:30:27,828
Yes, I don't feel
so good.

1822
01:30:29,697 --> 01:30:31,931
A shoot-out
and a big explosion.

1823
01:30:31,933 --> 01:30:35,102
Perhaps it's for the best
that Mervyn wasn't alive
to see it.

1824
01:30:36,170 --> 01:30:37,204
Quite.

1825
01:30:37,939 --> 01:30:40,440
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

1826
01:31:06,934 --> 01:31:08,133
(MUSIC ENDS)

1827
01:31:08,135 --> 01:31:10,972
It's okay, everyone,
I'm... I'm fine.

1828
01:31:11,772 --> 01:31:16,075
(FOLK SONG PLAYING)

1829
01:31:16,077 --> 01:31:20,548
LEO: <i>Now that's what I call</i>
<i>a Leo Kopernick ending.</i>

1830
01:31:22,049 --> 01:31:24,650
<i>But before we go</i>
<i>our separate ways,</i>

1831
01:31:24,652 --> 01:31:28,589
<i>you'll be wanting to know</i>
<i>what became of</i>
<i>the heroes of this tale.</i>

1832
01:31:31,258 --> 01:31:33,692
<i>Constable Stalker,</i>
<i>as advertised,</i>

1833
01:31:33,694 --> 01:31:37,296
<i>sat her sergeant's exams</i>
<i>in the spring of 1953.</i>

1834
01:31:37,298 --> 01:31:40,099
(SONG CONTINUES PLAYING)

1835
01:31:40,101 --> 01:31:41,869
<i>She aced them.</i>

1836
01:31:43,938 --> 01:31:47,239
Detective Inspector
George Stoppard.

1837
01:31:47,241 --> 01:31:49,641
LEO: <i>Inspector Stoppard</i>
<i>was awarded</i>

1838
01:31:49,643 --> 01:31:53,045
<i>the King's Police</i>
<i>and Fire Services Medal.</i>

1839
01:31:53,047 --> 01:31:54,146
COMMISSIONER: Oh.

1840
01:31:54,148 --> 01:31:56,982
LEO: <i>Harrold Scott</i>
<i>received a Knighthood.</i>

1841
01:31:56,984 --> 01:31:59,620
(CAMERA FLASHBULB POPPING)

1842
01:32:00,721 --> 01:32:03,822
<i>The play,</i>
<i>if you can believe it,</i>

1843
01:32:03,824 --> 01:32:07,860
<i>is still going strong</i>
<i>in London's West End.</i>

1844
01:32:07,862 --> 01:32:11,930
<i>Over 10 million people have</i>
<i>sat through</i> The Mousetrap.

1845
01:32:11,932 --> 01:32:13,699
TROTTER: Two brothers
who put their faith

1846
01:32:13,701 --> 01:32:15,236
in the British
social services.

1847
01:32:16,604 --> 01:32:19,874
A sorry tale of abuse
that ended in tragedy.

1848
01:32:22,243 --> 01:32:24,743
Well, now that
you've seen our film,

1849
01:32:24,745 --> 01:32:27,212
you are
an accomplice to murder.

1850
01:32:27,214 --> 01:32:30,249
And so we ask you
to remember that it is
very much in your interest

1851
01:32:30,251 --> 01:32:32,084
not to tell a soul
outside of this...

1852
01:32:32,086 --> 01:32:34,186
Shh. Sir. Sorry.

1853
01:32:34,188 --> 01:32:36,755
But I've missed
the endin' once.

1854
01:32:36,757 --> 01:32:38,190
I don't wanna
miss it again.

1855
01:32:38,192 --> 01:32:40,928
No, of course not.
I'm sorry. Sorry.

1856
01:32:44,065 --> 01:32:45,633
(SHUSHES SOFTLY)

1857
01:32:48,836 --> 01:32:50,037
(SONG ENDS)

1858
01:32:50,871 --> 01:32:52,873
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

1859
01:34:14,321 --> 01:34:16,357
(JAZZ MUSIC PLAYING)