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MAN: "And the men of the city

did as Jezebel had sent unto them

and as it was written in the letters

she had sent unto them .

They carried Naboth forth out of the city,

and stoned him with stones

that he died " .

[Woman screaming]

"And it came to pass that Jezebel said to Ahab ,

'Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth

which he refused to give to thee for money.

For Naboth is not alive,

but dead '" .

Our reading today was the story of Jezebel,

whose name has come to stand for the wickedness of women.

The painted Jezebel of 2 Kings, chapter 9...

A woman who was shallow and profane .

It was she who persuaded her husband, Ahab,

to kill Naboth,

and for this she was punished .

Was she the girl ? who found the body

VICAR: And of Jezebel also spoke the Lord saying: ,

"The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel."

She had sold herself to work evil

in the sight of the Lord ,

and the punishment was death .

This is the God of the Old Testament .

Wrathful, unforgiving...

We may find this at odds

with our understanding of Christianity.

But for the Jezebels of this world ,

death is the price that must be paid .

MAN: The body of Alice Corrigan

was discovered at the site known as Blackridge Woods

at exactly 10:15 A.M. by Miss Jane Martindale ,

who was on a cyding holiday in the area,

and who made a note of the time.

It was her opinion that the woman had been dead

only a short while --

a view shared by the police surgeon who examined the body

where it had been found at half past 11:00.

We have several witnesses who have attested

that the dead woman's fiancé ,

Mr Edward Deverill .,

was on the train from London ,

and this didn't arrive until 10:20.

This inquest therefore returns a verdict of murder

by person or persons unknown.

You look very smart, Mr. Poirot.

You think so, Miss Lemon?

It is true.

But for the grand dinner of Captain Hastings,

it is necessary to make the impression, n'est-ce pas?

The opening night of his new Argentinean restaurant!

It will be a new experience, this cuisine of the Argentine.

I didn't know the Argentine had a cuisine .

Miss Lemon, are you sure you will not be able to join us?

I'm way behind with my filing, Mr. Poirot.

I'm sure you'll have a good time without me .

Uh...

[dears throat]

Something wrong, Mr. Poirot?

Yes. ,? What do you think Miss Lemon

This jacket seems to have shrunk a little, no?

Here and here .

I hardly think so .

Maybe you've put on a little weight.

I... No.

No, no, Miss Lemon.

That is not possible.

Remind me if you please to ,, speak to my deaners tomorrow.

? You have called for the taxi

It's outside .

Bon.

So, to...

El Ranchero.

[Tango plays]

Very kind of you to invite me , Captain Hastings.

On the contrary, Chief Inspector,

it's very good of you to come .

This is a new venture for me, and to be honest ,

I need all the reassurance I can get.

You have invested a great deal

of your capital in this restaurant, Hastings?

A fair amount, yes.

Which is why it means a lot to me that you're here

on opening night, Poirot.

Having celebrity never hurts.

Ah... But I believe I'm not

the only celebrated person here tonight, Hastings.

Oh, indeed, no. You see that girl there?

That's Arlena Stuart.

Oh, the actress?

Yes. Stunning, isn't she?

That's just the sort of glamour a place like this needs .

And the man who is with her , Hastings?

Kenneth Marshall. He's her husband .

? Do you mind if I cut in

Nathan darling! ,

,? You promised me a dance right

,? You don't mind do you

Well, as a matter of fact --

Oh, don't be such a stick-in-the-mud Kenneth ,.

Nathan's about to go back to America.

I won't be able to see him for months.

Well if you insist darling ,,.

Order me some champagne .

Arlena we need to talk ,.

What about?

I want the money.

She is, indeed, most beautiful, Hastings.

But for a woman

to treat her husband in such a way and in public --

JAPP: If looks could kill eh ,?

Your brain never stops working,

does it Poirot ,?

Ah.

[Music stops]

[Applause]

- Well, bon appetit. - Merci.

Mais c'est delicieux!

My felicitations, Hastings.

This is the most excellent soup.

[Slow music plays]

HASTINGS: Are you familiar

with Argentinean wine, Chief Inspector?

No, no, I can't say I am, Captain Hastings.

I wasn't either. It's an acquired taste .

But actually I think it travels rather well, don't you?

It is a little warm, n'est-ce pas?

JAPP: Oh, I'm all right.

HASTINGS: Have another glass of wine.

Merci.

Chief Inspector?

Thank you.

Now, I must tell you, Chief Inspector,

about the case which is most interesting.

Are you all right, Poirot?

Yes, I...

No, I feel...

Poirot!

Someone, call an ambulance!

Captain Hastings, Chief Inspector!

Is he all right?

Yes, he's fine. He's resting now.

Is it serious?

Put it this way, Miss Lemon,

it's not going to be very easy breaking it to Poirot.

? Have you spoken to the doctor

Yes, he's just left.

,? So what did he say

I demand at once ,, a second opinion!

I think we should wait Poirot ,.

The doctor's taken some tests ,

but it'll be a week before he's certain.

But I am certain, Hastings.

Hercule Poirot, he is not obese!

Medically obese Mr Poirot ,., it's not quite the same.

HASTINGS: It may have Ied to a probIem

with your heart, which is what ? caused the -- you know

WeII we should be gratefuI , it's nothing more serious.

MISS LEMON: You can come home tomorrow.

But it's going to mean pIenty of rest,

Iight exercise, and a strict diet .

[Sighs]

HASTINGS: "Hoping you'II soon be back on your feet."

Oh?

From everyone at the Forensic Department ScotIand Yard ,.

Oh, here's one from the BeIgian Ambassador .

It seems that the whoIe of London

knows what has occurred , Hastings.

HASTINGS: Oh, not more maiI, Miss Lemon!

This is from the doctor .

I teIephoned him this morning , and he sent it round.

The Sandy Cove HoteI , just off the south coast.

For the Iast coupIe of years,

it's been run as a heaIth resort.

It's highIy recommended .

"A strict regime of diet and exercise,

sunshine and the sea " .

No, Miss Lemon.

This is not for Poirot.

Your doctor disagrees, Mr Poirot and so do I .,.

[Sighs]

MISS LEMON: We might have Iost you the other night and ,...

WeII it doesn't even bear , thinking about it.

Doctor's orders .

I've booked you a room for two weeks.

HASTINGS: Oh don't worry Poirot ,,,

I'm sure you'II enjoy it.

I'm sure you wiII, too, Captain Hastings.

You're going as weII.

What?

WeII you didn't expect , Mr. Poirot to go on his own!

[GuIIs crying]

MAN: Let's see...it's two pounds and nine pence .

POIROT: Hastings, the hoteI it is on an isIand ,.

WeII don't worry Poirot you ,,, won't have to go on a boat.

There's...that to carry you over the causeway.

AII aboard pIease! ,

We Ieave in a minute!

- HeIIo. - HeIIo.

Are you on board for ? the isIand of the Iost souIs

Oh, Patrick, I don't think it's going to be as bad as aII that .

I'm Patrick Redfern . My wife, Christine.

Madame .

HercuIe Poirot.

This is my associate, Captain Hastings.

? How do you do

PATRICK: HercuIe Poirot? ? The famous detective

POIROT: Oui.

WeII, that wiII certainIy Iiven things up.

[Engine sputters]

Here we go. [Coughs]

CHRISTINE: You're not here on business, Mr. Poirot?

No I come on the recommendation , of my doctor .

We aII need a rest from time to time.

Nothing Iike a bit of sun and sea air .

I have to be carefuI of the sun.

I burn up in a minute.

I say, Poirot. There's ArIena Stuart!

Do you remember? EI Ranchero?

That was an evening, Hastings, that I was trying to forget.

?? - Patrick How could you - What?

That woman, ArIena Stuart! She's staying here, isn't she?

I had no idea .

Don't Iie to me!

It was your idea to come here ,

and I wondered why , and now I know.

Christine...

You knew she was going to be here and you foIIowed her!

No!

You know, sometimes I don't understand you .

DarIing...

Sometimes, you can be so hurtfuI. [Crying]

- Christine! - Patrick darIing! ,

Was that Christine I just saw?

Yes, she just went in to get out of the sun.

It's so wonderfuI to see you .

What a wonderfuI surprise .

It's wonderfuI to see you too ,.

Oh, Mr. Poirot.

This is an old friend of mine ,

weII new friend I should say ,,, ArIena Stuart.

Madame .

We met at a cocktaiI party.

And it was Iove at first sight . How Iong are you staying?

- A week. - Thank goodness .

This pIace is nice enough,

but it's a rather stuffy crowd . [Laughs]

ArIena?

ARLENA: [Laughs]

You're Iate for tennis.

ActuaIIy, Kenneth, I'm not pIaying.

Look who's just turned up .

- Redfern. - How are you, MarshaII?

You did say you'd pIay. We've got Rosamund waiting .

WeII, teII her I've got a headache .

Come on, I'm going to show you around .

But I haven't even checked in yet .

Oh you can do that Iater ,. This way!

Why do you Iet her treat you that way?

- LioneI... - I hate her!

I wish you'd never married her!

WOMAN: Yes?

Uh, HercuIe Poirot. And Captain Hastings .

Oh, yes, Mr. Poirot.

WeIcome to the Sandy Cove HoteI .

I hope you have a very happy and a very heaIthy stay .

Merci, madame.

I had a Ietter from your doctor ,

and you'II be pIeased to know that I've worked out

a compIete program for your stay here.

We'II be combining the naturaI goodness

of the sea and the sunshine

with our indoor swimming pooI , gymnasium,

heated oiI therapy and steam room ,

brisk daiIy exercise ,

and of course a strict diet ,,.

[BeII dings] WiIIiam, show Mr. Poirot

and Captain Hastings to their rooms, pIease.

Yes, Mrs. CastIe.

Lunch wiII be served at 1 00 :.

You have a sea view, sir.

Most of the rooms have a sea view.

It comes with being on an isIand.

It is evident yes ,.

If you need anything there's , shops on the mainIand.

A Iibrary, post office, and a decent restaurant .

And if you get peckish or anything,

you can aIways ask me to run over.

Right, sir?

Thank you.

Hastings?

Oh.

Right.

Thank you, sir.

You're next-door .

Right.

[GuIIs caIIing]

[ArIena Iaughing]

PATRICK: Go for a swim just down there, Iook.

ARLENA: Oh, yes, there's a IoveIy spot...

I say what a spIendid view! ,

Yes indeed Hastings ,,, it is of great interest.

How are you feeIing, Poirot?

Not too tired after the journey?

Hastings I am recovered ,.

I am not an invaIid .

There's no need to act Iike a mother chicken.

Hen.

Thank you, Hastings, ça va?

AbsoIuteIy.

[dock strikes hour] Lunch!

HASTINGS: Thank you.

Oh.

It is for the best, you know, Poirot?

Peut-être, mon ami.

Your heaIth.

Here's to yours.

Waiter!

If you pIease, teII me what is in my gIass?

NettIe water. Mrs. CastIe swears by it.

Monsieur Poirot!

Oh MademoiseIIe ,... DarnIey, is it not?

How nice that you remember me.

[Laughing]

- We met in...Egypt. - Egypt.

I was on hoIiday . You were soIving a murder .

Comme toujours, mademoiselle. Pardon.

You have not met my associate, Captain Hastings.

? How do you do

Captain Hastings, this is MademoiseIIe DarnIey ,

a dressmaker of the most renown.

Aw.

WiII you pIease to join us, MademoiseIIe?

I'd be deIighted . Thank you.

Merci.

I see they've got you on punishment rations.

Uh.

You are here aIso for the heaIth mademoiseIIe ,?

PartIy.

AIso I decided to catch up , with an old friend ,

Kenneth MarshaII,

Have you met him?

We've seen him.

He and I were what you might caII "childhood sweethearts."

A Iong, Iong time ago.

Now we're just good friends . He suggested I come down.

Do you know his wife?

His first wife Linda ,.

A sweet girI.

She died a few years ago of typhoid .

Very sad .

I'm afraid I'm not so dose to ArIena.

Thank you.

The second Madame MarshaII .

I'm sorry?

Pardon you were speaking ,

of Madame ArIena MarshaII .

Yes, weII...what can I say?

She treats him dreadfuIIy .

And she's up to her eyes in scandaI .

I mean, that business with Erskine,

for a start.

But this is a name I do not know .

DARNLEY: Sir Roger Erskine.

ElderIy unattached ,, very, very rich.

He's foIIowing her around town Iike a puppy and then suddenIy ,,

dropped dead , Ieft her his entire fortune.

Oh.

So Madame MarshaII is a woman , of weaIth in her own right?

Mm-hmm.

Maybe that's why Kenneth's married her .

But I teII you this, Mr. Poirot.

That woman is troubIe.

You wait and see .

[Both Iaughing]

Don't spIash me! [Screams]

MarveIous view, don't you think?

Yes indeed ,.

Miss Brewster. EmiIy Brewster.

MademoiseIIe .

And I know who you are . You're HercuIe Poirot.

POIROT: Oui.

And you must be Captain Hastings.

That's right.

Word's got around that you were here.

Now don't teII me ,.

There's been a gruesome murder somewhere ,

and you think there's a homicidaI maniac

Iurking among the hoteI guests!

No no mademoiseIIe ,,. I am here for my heaIth.

How disappointing .

Of course if you did , want to commit a murder ,

this would be the perfect pIace.

You beIieve so mademoiseIIe ,?

EMILY: PeopIe away from home.

Everyone's got a reason to be here.

But if you secretIy wanted to get dose to someone

because you wanted to finish them off,

this is where you'd come .

But teII me mademoiseIIe ,, who would be the target

of such an attack here at the hoteI?

WeII I don't know ,.

ArIena Stuart, perhaps?

I'd happiIy stick a hat pin in her, or whatever.

But to come upon her sunbathing on the beach, huh,

it's the best chance I'd ever get.

But sureIy, nobody could think of murder

in such a beautifuI pIace?

No, no, no. No, Hastings.

It is romantic, yes.

It is peacefuI.

The sun shines, the sea, it is bIue...

But you forget, mon ami,

there is eviI everywhere under the sun .

What? Even here?

VICAR: EspeciaIIy here.

It's interesting what you're saying, Mr. Poirot.

It's aImost a quotation

from Ecdesiastes.

"Yea, aIso the heart of the son of man is fuII of eviI,

and madness is at their hearts whiIe they Iive."

You are of the church, Monsieur...?

Lane.

Stephen Lane.

I was.

But then I was iII.

My wife...

You see...

WeII, it's a Iong story.

But that's why I'm here.

It's for my heaIth.

Anyway...

you don't have to be of the church

to recognize eviI, Mr. Poirot.

I see it there.

I recognize it.

It's reaI.

Ah, this must be that Iadder down to Pixy Cove .

POIROT: Comment?

HASTINGS: Pixy Cove, it's what they caII this beach.

For me, Hastings, I caII it too steep and too dangerous .

Hastings, you see that boat ? with the red saiI

HASTINGS: Yes I noticed it this morning ,.

POIROT: It is a coIor most strange, n'est-ce pas?

I hadn't reaIIy thought about it.

I suppose the saiIs ought to be white.

POIROT: And for me aIso , it is a pIace

most strange to have moored .

MAN: Mr. Poirot?

Monsieur?

My name's Barry. Major Barry.

Major.

BARRY: I was outside just now ,

and I couldn't heIp noticing you.

I wondered what you might be doing down here

at the Sandy Cove HoteI .

I am here Iike aII the rest.

For my heaIth.

ReaIIy?

WeII, if you'II take a tip from an old soldier,

I wouldn't have said this isIand was the heaIthiest pIace to be,

at the moment.

Just a thought.

HASTINGS: How very odd!

I have a great fear, Hastings.

? What do you mean

WeII, the Major who gives the warning...

the vicar who speaks of eviI...

the husband who watches as his wife deceives him .

The soIving of the murder is aII too often

the work of Poirot, mon ami.

This time the murder ,...

it is something which I must try to prevent.

Hmm.

The steam cabinet is wideIy used

throughout the Americas, Mr. Poirot.

It purifies the skin, and it is aIso recommended

as an aid to respiration

and the circuIation of the bIood.

WeII, for me, it is a new experience madame ,.

I'm sure you'II enjoy it.

Come, come, come,

there's nothing to be afraid of .

,.? What do you say Mr BIatt

[Sighs]

Come aIong, now.

Horace BIatt.

Forgive me if I don't shake hands .

HercuIe Poirot.

The famous sIeuth, eh?

? You down here on a job

No, no.

BLATT: It doesn't Iook Iike it .

[Laughs]

Nice pIace, eh?

Not quite DeauviIIe

or Nice, of course but it does ,....

[Sighs]

? You are on hoIiday

I spend quite a bit of time here.

SaiIing.

The best fun in the world , if you ask me.

You've probabIy seen me, bobbing around .

Oh, yes.

You have the boat ? with the red saiI

BLATT: That's me.

I use the hoteI as a base.

It's convenient for my business.

And what business is that , Monsieur BIatt?

Oh...a bit of this, a bit of that.

[Laughs]

So, you're HercuIe Poirot, eh?

The strange thing is,

I thought you were dead . [Laughing]

DARNLEY: ? Why don't you divorce her

KENNETH: You don't understand .

DARNLEY: You don't Iove her .

KENNETH: It's got nothing to do with it.

I married her .

DARNLEY: Your own happiness has got nothing to do it?

KENNETH: It's not a question of my happiness.

DARNLEY: So you're too proud ,, is that what it is?

What about LioneI?

KENNETH: What about him?

DARNLEY: Don't you see how unhappy he is?

KENNETH: Oh, I can Iook after LioneI.

DARNLEY: I'm sure,

but don't you ever think that for both your sakes

that you ought to ? get rid of ArIena

KENNETH: ,? Do you mean divorce her

DARNLEY: Of course.

KENNETH: ArIena's my wife, and that's aII there is to it .

DARNLEY: "'TiI death us do part " .

ExactIy.

DARNLEY: I see.

[Door doses]

HASTINGS: Ah.

There you are, Poirot! What can I get you?

Oh. Hastings, thank you, that is most kind of you.

A IittIe crême de cassis .

Crême de cassis .

I'm very sorry, sir,

not for you.

POIROT: Comment?

No aIcohoI, sir.

Mrs CastIe's orders ..

Oh bad Iuck Mr Poirot ,,..

There'II be dinner in a minute.

Not that that's anything to write home about.

[ChuckIing]

Do come and sit over here , Mr. Poirot.

POIROT: Merci MademoiseIIe Brewster ,.

Merci.

HASTINGS: I was just taIking about my trip round the isIand .

I dimbed down to Pixy Cove .

? - Did you find the cave - Damn!

Oh!

That was siIIy of me.

Uh, what cave?

Oh, I've heard it said that there's a cave on Pixy Cove.

It's quite hard to find .

There's just a crack in the rock at the opening,

and then it widens out .

And that's where you'II find the buried treasure!

[Laughs]

There's no such thing as buried treasure.

That's what you get in children's books.

Now, now, LioneI.

Whatever you say LioneI dear ,,.

DARNLEY: So...

who's for tennis, tomorrow morning?

How about you, Mr. Poirot?

No, no, it is most kind of you mademoiseIIe ,.

But I think that the tennis, it is not for me.

I'II pIay.

I mean, if there's not too much sun.

How about you, Captain Hastings?

Oh, yes. I brought down my racket .

And I'II make up a four ,

if it's not too earIy.

I have some typing to do in the morning.

? How about 12:00 midday

That's fine.

[BeII rings] That's dinner!

ARLENA: I'm starving.

It had better not to be cabbage soup.

Mrs. MarshaII, you have a teIephone caII.

KENNETH: What? At this time?

? Who could that be

Roger or CharIie or Dominic or MichaeI.

Could be anyone .

You go on without me. I need to powder my nose .

KENNETH: After you, Miss Brewster.

EMILY: Thank you.

Oh, I'm so hungry.

It must be aII this sea air.

HeIIo?

MAN: Arlena, my dear.

Oh, heIIo.

Yes.

WeII, it's a IittIe bit difficuIt at the moment .

Yes, of course.

HeIIo, Mr. Poirot.

Monsieur Redfern .

? How was dinner

It was... how shaII I say?

Not substantiaI.

WeII, that's true.

Merci.

Monsieur Redfern may I ask you , ? what you do for your work

I'm a journaIist.

What, for the newspapers?

Yes, for the city pages.

I'm freeIance. Anything that pays.

So, you're not here, I think, for your heaIth.

No, I'm here to enjoy myseIf.

Christine's the one who has to Iook after herseIf.

Oh, yes.

Madame Redfern .

You have a wife most charming, monsieur.

And who, I think, of you aIso is most fond .

I'm fond of her .

I'm gIad to hear it .

Mr. Poirot, are you trying to teII me something?

OnIy this Monsieur Redfern ,.

I wonder why if it is necessary , for you to conduct an affair,

here on this isIand ,, with ArIena Stuart,

you choose to do it before the very eyes of your wife!

What?

Who've you been taIking to, Mr. Poirot?

Miss DarnIey? Or that BibIe-bashing vicar?

Just because a woman is good-Iooking ,

everyone has to come down on her Iike a sack of coaIs.

Monsieur Redfern, I try onIy to prevent occurring events

of which I have great fear.

WeII maybe you should just ... mind your own damn business .

[GuIIs caIIing]

[BeII rings]

Oh! LioneI!

Where've you been?

I went to the mainIand . To the Iibrary.

So I see.

I was thinking of going over to GuII Cove

to do some sketching before tennis.

? Why don't you come with me

- Um, weII... - WeII, you can have a swim.

Come on you don't want to be , skuIking and reading aII day.

AII right.

I'II meet you here in an hour from now. 10:30.

[Sighs] Thank you.

[Sighs]

Ah Good morning ..

? Did you have a good ride

Fine, thank you.

I'm just off myseIf. I have friends on the mainIand .

Enjoy your day .

? When do you Ieave again

- A few minutes, sir. - Good.

What?!

AII right, Poirot?

Thank you, Hastings.

Is that not the boat of Monsieur BIatt?

HASTINGS: I think so.

POIROT: It is strange, n'est ce-pas?

Today he has the boat with a white saiI.

Yes.

So, how are you feeIing, Poirot?

You refer to my heaIth, Hastings?

Or to my feeIings concerning the events on this isIand

? to which I am confined

WeII, both, reaIIy.

I'm going to have to phone Miss Lemon today .

She wanted a daiIy report .

You may teII to her that I am not sure.

Madame Stuart!

Do you depart for a trip on the sea?

Mr. Poirot! Captain Hastings! HeIIo!

Yes, I thought I'd take a cruise round to Pixy Cove!

But pIease don't teII anyone that!

? Madame

ARLENA: WeII, everyone here just has to foIIow me around .

And for once ,, I want to be aIone.

POIROT: Jamais.

That I do not beIieve ,.

You think she's going to meet someone?

It is possibIe, yes.

Oh, excuse me, sir.

Oh. Do you mind coming back Iater?

I've some important work to do .

Leave the door open .

It's a bit stuffy in here.

[Typewriter keys dacking]

? - Are you ready - Yes.

Let's go then.

[GuIIs caIIing]

Mr. Poirot!

Oh MademoiseIIe Brewster ,.

Something very strange just happened .

What is that mademoiseIIe ,?

WeII, I just got back from my bike ride --

quick five miIes up and down the coast --

? would you beIieve it

Someone took a pot shot at me with a bottIe!

A bottIe?

I think it was a bottIe chucked , out of one of the windows.

Where did this take pIace , mademoiseIIe?

On the steps at the side of the hoteI .

11:15.

- I'd better get changed . - Comment?

I'm pIaying tennis at 12:00. I'd better go and get ready .

,? Do you need anything Poirot

Non, merci. Merci, mon ami.

HASTINGS: Morning.

Morning. You haven't seen, uh...?

Sorry?

It doesn't matter .

Um I thought I'd go for a row , round the isIand .

I don't suppose you'd care to come, Mr. Poirot?

Non, non, merci. Absolument, non.

Poirot and the sea , they are not compatibIe.

I'II come with you.

Mrs. CastIe says that rowing is very good

for building body tone .

You can have the oars, then.

[Laughs]

How is it?

It's warm. You should come in .

I'm not reaIIy a big swimmer.

Do you have the time?

Hold on .

It's a quarter to.

Didn't you say you ? had tennis at 12:00

I'm going to have to run and get changed .

WiII you be aII right on your own?

I'II be fine Mrs Redfern ,..

[Typewriter keys dacking]

Look, there's someone on Pixy Cove.

EMILY: Looks Iike Mrs. MarshaII.

So it does .

We're not going to Iand here are we ,?

We've got pIenty of time.

Just thought I'd say heIIo .

ArIena!

EMILY: She's asIeep.

I dunno .

ArIena?

ArIena!

You aII right?

My God!

She's dead!

She's been strangIed!

She's dead!

Are you sure?

There's no puIse.

She's not breathing.

We have to get the poIice.

You mustn't touch anything!

I know, but one of us has to stay here with the body.

? Who would do this

? Who would do this!

I don't want to stay .

You wait here. I'II go.

Right.

There's a constabIe at Leathercombe Bay.

No! Poirot! Fetch Mr. Poirot.

He'II know what to do .

I can't manage that Iadder .

I'II go by boat. The current's with me.

- I'II be back as soon as I can. - But just go!

Mr. MarshaII?

[Water running]

Kenneth.

I'm the first to arrive.

After me, yes. ? Did you get it done

What?

- Your typing. - Oh, yes.

Ah.

Hastings.

Hastings, what time is it?

It's just coming up to 12:00. Why?

CHRISTINE: Not Iate, am I?

No. ExactIy on time.

Mr. Poirot! Mr. Poirot!

Mr. Poirot!

Hastings! It is exactIy as I feared .

HASTINGS: What is it?

DARNLEY: Thank goodness!

It is ArIena Stuart!

She's dead ....

,? Right where's the body

It's over there, sir.

Right. Where's the boat?

StrangIed that's for sure ,.

And a pretty powerfuI pair of hands .

Must've been a man.

I am aIso of that opinion, Chief Inspector.

WeII, we're Iucky, in some ways.

This is a smaII isIand .

We know exactIy when the body was discovered ,

and the time of death

could onIy have been about 10 or 20 minutes before.

It should be easy enough to pinpoint where everyone was.

Where were you?

AII right.

So what kind of a woman was , she, then, this ArIena Stuart?

A very fIirtatious one.

She was carrying on outrageousIy with Patrick Redfern .

- He was the chap who found her . - Yes.

You said she was married , Poirot.

Did her husband know what was going on?

Oh, yes, Chief Inspector.

It was most certain that Mr. Kenneth MarshaII

was aware of the behavior of his wife.

JAPP: WeII, there's a motive for you, if ever there was one.

POIROT: Chief Inspector, voilà.

JAPP: Spectades.

[Grunts]

A man's.

Or perhaps of a boy.

I'm sorry. There's nothing I can do .

The hoteI is dosed, the whoIe isIand is dosed .

You're going to have to Ieave.

MAN: But we've onIy just arrived .

What's going on here, Sergeant?

These two men came over here on that tractor thing, sir.

They say they're bird watchers .

We're reguIar visitors. You have no right to stop us.

We have every right, sir.

I'm pursuing a murder investigation,

and nobody enters or Ieaves this isIand untiI I say so.

But we have --

Take them back to the mainIand Sergeant ,.

Yes, sir. Come on.

What are you Iooking for, Poirot?

Chief Inspector, the two arrivaIs that we saw just now.

? The bird watchers

Yes Did you notice something . about them that was strange?

No.

I did. They had no binocuIars .

Très bien, Hastings.

You begin, at Iast, to Iearn.

Voilà.

You see?

Yes, a piece of broken gIass.

Somebody threw a bottIe at EmiIy Brewster this morning.

From what would you say has this come?

? A medicine bottIe

And it contained some Iiquid that was brown.

But it has no odor .

I'm so shocked .

I'm... I don't know what to say .

ArIena...

It's unbeIievabIe.

? Who would want to kiII her

How Iong had you been married , Mr. MarshaII?

- Four years. - HappiIy?

Yes.

If you pIease, Monsieur MarshaII,

what is your opinion ? of Monsieur Redfern

I have no opinion of him.

And yet his reIationship with your wife...

There was no reIationship.

That's aII just hoteI gossip. Nothing more!

When was the Iast time you saw Mrs. MarshaII?

After breakfast.

I Iooked into her room .

? You had separate rooms

Yes.

It was about 10:00.

She said she was going down to the beach .

Oh, that's right.

We met her just after 10:00.

And what of your movements , Monsieur MarshaII?

I had some Ietters to write .

I stayed up here typing 'tiI midday .

Then I went down to pIay tennis.

That was when I heard the news .

One finaI question, if you pIease, Monsieur MarshaII.

Do you recognize these?

Yes, they're LioneI's.

? Where did you get them

It is of no matter.

Could you pIease

show us to the room of your wife?

JAPP: WeII, there's not much here.

I don't think you'II find anything

in any of those bottIes, Poirot.

But a bottIe was propeIIed from this hoteI,

Chief Inspector.

Et oui it could have , come from this room.

JAPP: What makes you so sure it was thrown?

Maybe it was just dropped .

I say! A teIegram to ArIena.

From New York. Dated three days ago .

Go on.

"Send the money now or you wiII , Iose a great deaI. Nathan."

That's it.

Nathan, that rings some sort of beII.

It was the name of the young man

with whom she danced at ... your restaurant, Hastings?

- EI Ranchero. - Oui.

Sounds a bit threatening .

I wouldn't mind taIking to him .

But if he's in America...

WeII, for me, I prefer to speak to LioneI MarshaII.

You can't want to ask me any questions.

I mean I didn't have anything , to do with it.

I don't know anything .

Can you teII us your movements this morning?

Yes. I had breakfast .

I went to the Iibrary.

? HASTINGS: On the mainIand

Yes.

I am revising for my exams. Chemistry.

When I came back, I bumped into Mrs Redfern ..

WeII, she saw the book, so she can vouch for me.

Hmm. Go on.

She invited me to go swim with her at GuII Cove.

I swam untiI exactIy 11:45.

How can you be so sure of the time?

She asked me and I Iooked at my watch .

I had another swim and went back to the hoteI .

There was a program on the wireIess,

and I thought I was going to miss it,

but actuaIIy, it was onIy 12:10

when I arrived .

Monsieur LioneI,

this is not easy for you, I know, but...

if you pIease could you , describe your feeIings

for your stepmother?

She was aII right.

You can think of no one

? who would wish to kiII her

JAPP: Any heIp

you can give us, LioneI.

WeII onIy Mrs Redfern .....

I mean, boy!

You onIy had to Iook at the way her husband was aII over ArIena .

I bet she'd have wanted to kiII her .

Not that she had it in her .

You mean, she isn't vioIent?

LIONEL: Yes.

Is that aII?

Can I go now?

Pardon one Iast question ,.

If you pIease, I beIieve that these are yours?

Yes. They're my old spectades .

But your old spectades?

Yes I had to have , a new prescription,

but I keep those for emergencies.

? Where did you find them

Oh, no, no, it is of no matter.

Thank you very much.

You may go now.

That's not a job I particuIarIy enjoy,

interviewing a 17-year-old boy .

Yes.

But a boy with the hands the size of a man.

Excusez-moi, mademoiselle.

Yes, sir?

You are aware, are you not, that we are investigating the murder

this morning of ArIena Stuart?

Yes, sir.

It's a terribIe business.

I stiII can't beIieve it.

And you are responsibIe

for the deaning of the rooms this morning?

? Between and 10:00 and 12:00

Yes, sir.

MademoiseIIe, could you teII to us whether

you heard or saw anything out of the usuaI?

Not reaIIy, sir.

There was no one around , apart from Mr. MarshaII.

He was in his room.

? Did you see him

I did see him about 10 15 :.

That's when I went in to make the beds.

I didn't see him again after that.

So he could have Ieft the room.

No sir I heard him ,,. He was typing.

MademoiseIIe have you observed , in any of the rooms

a bottIe which is now missing,

or which contains, perhaps, something strange?

WeII...Mrs. MarshaII has perfume bottIes.

And Mr Lane ....

HASTINGS: The vicar.

His bathroom's fuII of bottIes.

Ah Could you show . to us his bathroom?

JAPP: Where is Lane?

ApparentIy, he's visiting friends on the mainIand .

Chief Inspector,

what is that Iiquid that is brown?

Morphine.

Is there anything eIse, sir?

Non, merci, mademoiselle.

UnIess mademoiseIIe ,?

UnIess there was something that you observed

that was unexpIained , or curious.

Something that was different

from the other days .

Not that I can think of.

ActuaIIy, there was one thing.

But it can't be important, though.

No, go on.

WeII, just before 12:00,

I thought I heard someone running a bath.

And it did strike me as odd ,

someone having a bath at that time.

Whose bath was it?

I couldn't teII you sir ,.

Somewhere on this fIoor.

But it could have been anywhere .

If the bath was run just before 12:00,

that's 20 minutes after the body was discovered .

Exactement, Hastings. It is strange, n'est-ce pas?

Broken bottIes, running baths... the troubIe with you, Poirot,

is you aIways have to make everything so compIicated.

Madame Redfern .

Oh, Mr. Poirot, I was waiting for you.

I suppose you want to know my movements this morning.

S'il vous plaît, madame.

If you would commence from the moment you woke up.

CHRISTINE: I had breakfast .

- I met LioneI. - JAPP: LioneI MarshaII.

He'd just come back from the Iibrary.

CHRISTINE: That's right.

I suggested that he come with me whiIe I was sketching.

We stayed together at GuII Cove

untiI exactIy a quarter to 12:00.

He had a watch and he told me the time .

I then went back to the hoteI, got changed ,

and arrived at the tennis courts at 12:00 on the dot.

And that was when we heard .

And had you at any time seen ,, ArIena Stuart this morning?

No, I hadn't. I didn't want to .

Were you surprised ? at her death

? Surprised

No.

I was shocked but I wasn't , exactIy surprised.

A woman of that sort is mixed up in everything that's sordid.

BIackmaiI, jeaIousy, vioIence...

What do you mean , bIackmaiI?

WeII, it was just something I overheard .

JAPP: What?

Last night, Miss Stuart

received a teIephone caII .

Oh, that's right. It was just before dinner .

WeII I happened , to be passing,

and I overheard what she was saying.

I suppose it was wrong of me to eavesdrop .

No, no, pIease.

Someone was asking her for money.

She said she couldn't get any more.

She said she was going to teII her husband everything.

Those were her very words .

? But didn't you hear a name

I mean, was it a man or a woman?

I have no idea .

I didn't want to be seen , especiaIIy by her,

so I hurried on in to dinner .

But it was bIackmaiI,

I'm sure of it.

JAPP: BIackmaiI!

That must tie in with the teIegram you found .

Nathan, the man in New York.

- So it might seem. - But it doesn't make any sense .

ArIena didn't have ,? any money did she

Au contraire, Chief Inspector.

She was a woman of weaIth in her own right.

Oh the Erskine scandaI ,. Sir Roger Erskine.

ApparentIy, he Ieft her a fortune.

Oh. It wiII be interesting to know how much of it is Ieft.

It wiII indeed , Chief Inspector.

She must have a Iawyer or a bank manager.

I suppose we could ask her husband .

No, no, no, Chief Inspector.

I think it better

that we do not inform Monsieur MarshaII of this.

Miss Lemon, she wiII make the inquiries for me.

I must teIephone to her at once.

[TeIephone rings]

MISS LEMON: Yes, Mr. Poirot, I'm stiII here.

How are you?

Oh, Mr. Poirot, it wasn't meant to be a busman's hoIiday .

Very weII.

Right.

I'II get on to it first thing tomorrow.

In normaI circumstances, Miss Lemon,

the information you're requesting

would be considered confidentiaI .

I quite understand , Mr AppIegood ..

However, I have to say that the bank

was aIready graveIy concerned about Mrs. MarshaII,

and given the circumstances , of her death

and the fact that Mr Poirot . was invoIved...

Six weeks ago, Mrs. MarshaII came to my office,

and instructed me to withdraw a very Iarge sum of money

from her account.

The money was to be paid in bearer bonds.

Did she say what the money was for?

I'm afraid not .

I did try to eIicit from her what her intentions were,

but she said it was her own private business,

and I feIt unabIe to press her further.

How did she seem , .? Mr AppIegood

Was she nervous or afraid?

Neither.

She was determined ....

That would be the best word to describe her .

I don't suppose you can teII me

how much of her money ? was invoIved

I don't see that it makes any difference now .

We're taIking aII of it.

Just about her entire fortune.

.? Mr Redfern

I'd wondered when you'd be coming taIk to me.

Are you the poIice?

JAPP: Chief Inspector Japp. ScotIand Yard.

To be honest sir I find ,, it a IittIe strange,

your carrying on Iike this as if nothing had happened .

? What eIse am I meant to do

The whoIe thing's so bIoody horribIe .

You're forgetting I was the one who found her .

I am just trying to put it out of my mind.

Mr Redfern did you anticipate .,

to find yesterday Madame MarshaII

on the beach at Pixy Cove?

No, as a matter of fact,

I was Iooking for her when I met you on the terrace.

But I didn't know where she'd gone .

Why were you Iooking for her, sir?

WeII, it's not easy to expIain.

Au contraire, Monsieur Redfern.

To expIain, I think, it is most simpIe.

You were in Iove with Madame MarshaII .

Not in Iove. Infatuated .

I hope you reaIize, sir, that this "infatuation" of yours

could very weII be the reason for Mrs. MarshaII's death.

? What do you mean

WeII if her husband , had caught wind of it ...

What? ? He'd have strangIed her

Kenneth's not the sort.

What about your wife?

Christine had nothing to do with it .

If she was going to kiII anyone, she probabIy would've kiIIed me .

And anyway it's impossibIe ,.

What makes you so sure of that, monsieur?

Because I saw the body , that's why.

And it had to be a man .

I saw what had been done to her neck.

It was a man's hands .

You know it and so do I ,.

But I onIy want to go to the mainIand

for a coupIe of hours, just to dear my head.

I'm sorry, ma'am.

I'II take that from you.

What?! Mr. Poirot!

Is it reaIIy true that ? no one can Ieave the isIand

I'm afraid I'm keeping everyone here

untiI I've compIeted my investigations.

MademoiseIIe Brewster ,

there is something that I do wish to ask you.

EMILY: Oh, yes?

We spoke together of ArIena Stuart

the day before her body , it was discovered .

Yes I was wondering when , you'd ask me about that .

And you said ...

"I'd be happy to stick a hat pin in her."

I wasn't being serious.

A year ago I invested money , in a pIay...she was starring.

But after the first performance, she just waIked out.

So, you Iost your investment.

AII of it.

Of course I was annoyed but ,,...

It was a stupid thing to say . I reaIIy didn't mean it .

An unfortunate coincidence .

But I was nowhere near the beach when it happened.

And Mr Redfern .

was with me when we found her .

It must have been a great shock to you to discover the body.

It was horribIe.

At first, she didn't Iook dead .

She just Iooked as if she was sunbathing.

? But then you moved more dose

EMILY: And I saw at once .

There was something unnaturaI about the way she was Iying.

Her arms...

And underneath her tan --

She had a IoveIy tan before she even arrived here --

there was a sort of paIeness...

The paIeness of death .

Yes.

I'II never forget it.

POIROT: Monsieur BIatt.

Is the tractor Ieaving?

Because if it is, I'm going home now.

I'm sorry, sir, no one is to Ieave the isIand .

- What? - They've just told me the same .

[Laughs] You can't stop me.

I'II take me own boat if I have to.

I wouldn't try that if I were you, sir.

Monsieur BIatt I would be , interested to know

why it was your boat

was anchored dose to the beach at Pixy Cove

the day before ArIena Stuart died .

It wasn't.

We both saw it.

WeII...

maybe I went for a swim.

I don't remember where I was, reaIIy.

I stopped and went for a swim .

How Iong do you propose

to keep us here?

As Iong as it takes.

DARNLEY: I can't beIieve it!

A second time!

Why is it that when you're around ,

peopIe seem to drop Iike fIies?

I met MademoiseIIe DarnIey when I was in Egypt.

May I introduce Chief Inspector Japp of ScotIand Yard .

? JAPP: How do you do

Let's get straight down to brass tacks, Chief Inspector.

PIease sit down .

POIROT: Merci, mademoiselle.

I expect you want to know my movements

at the time of the crime.

JAPP: If you don't mind , Miss DarnIey.

I've written them down . I thought it would save time .

JAPP: Thank you.

"Breakfast at 9:00.

Left the hoteI at around haIf past .

WaIked over to Sunny Ledge ,

arriving about 9:45."

? Sunny Ledge

It's on top of the diffs.

You get a good view of Pixy Cove.

You can see the whoIe beach, the cave, everything.

And before you ask me yes ,,,

I did see ArIena arrive in that boat of hers.

But that's aII I saw.

Hmm.

You returned to the hoteI at 10 to 12:00

and arrived at the tennis court

10 minutes Iater.

Is that it?

I'm afraid so .

MademoiseIIe DarnIey , a moment ago,

you mentioned the view of the beach at Pixy Cove.

You remarked that ? you could see the cave

Yes it's quite hard to make out , the entrance from there.

It's conceaIed .

But you can see it.

Yes.

So this cave it does ,,, indeed, exist.

Miss Brewster mentioned it the other evening.

Of course, it exists.

It's over here.

POIROT: Merci.

Oh, Hastings, this kiIIer could not have suffered as I do

from le mal de mer.

- Sorry? - The sickness of the sea.

Ah. He'd need to be pretty fit, too.

POIROT: It is true.

Down the Iadder ,

across the beach and back up again in a hurry.

That narrows it down .

Whew. ? MademoiseIIe

That's the entrance there.

Right. You wait here, Miss DarnIey.

Oh.

JAPP: It's a cave, aII right.

HASTINGS: Good Lord!

WeII, there's nothing here.

Not to see, there is nothing, Chief Inspector.

But to smeII...

[Sniffs]

? Seaweed

Perfume.

Hastings, you recaII that in the bedroom of ArIena Stuart ,

there was a bottIe of perfume ? that I smeIIed

You mean, it's the same?

Oui.

There's some footprints.

FIat, no heeI.

Canvas... Beach shoes, or something.

To where do these footprints ,? Iead Chief Inspector

JAPP: Ah it's a dead end ,.

Wait a minute!

? Sandwiches

I do not think so .

This is heroin.

That changes everything, Poirot.

Drugs, that's what's at the bottom of this.

Perhaps, Chief Inspector.

No doubt about it if you ask me.

HASTINGS: Why are we going to the mainIand Poirot ,?

What's so important to the case?

It is not important, Hastings.

It is vitaI.

Here you are, sir.

Voilà, Hastings.

The IittIe grey ceIIs, they are the army of NapoIeon.

You mean they march on their stomach?

For you, sir.

Thank you.

You had any thoughts then, Poirot?

Oui, it is true, Chief Inspector,

that the discovery of a Iarge quantity of heroin

dose to the pIace where ArIena Stuart was murdered

would indicate that this was the motive for the crime.

HASTINGS: You said you smeIIed

her perfume in the cave.

- Oui. - WeII, there you are, then.

She went into the cave, stumbIed on the heroin ,

reaIized there was some sort of drugs ring

operating on the isIand , someone strangIed her

to siIence her.

No. One question, Chief Inspector.

The cave, it is dark ,? and unpIeasant no

? Why did she enter

Was she indeed ? being bIackmaiIed

AIso, what was in the bottIe

that was thrown ? at MademoiseIIe Brewster

And how did the spectades

of LioneI MarshaII come to be at the bottom of the Iadder?

And yes aIso I wonder ,,

what was in the book that he was reading.

It's good to see you back on form, Poirot.

JAPP: [Laughs] One heIping

of spotted dick and you'II probabIy soIve it .

[Laughs]

LioneI MarshaII -- a young man staying on the isIand .

Let me have a Iook.

He borrowed a book yesterday morning.

Ah.

Oh, yes,

of course, I remember now.

I thought it was a rather strange choice,

but he said it was for a homework project.

And the name of the book , if you pIease, madame?

"Dangerous ChemicaIs and Poisons."

- Oh. - Excuse me.

Those two! ? What are they stiII doing here

WeII, perhaps they're taking out a book on bird watching.

It aII begins to make sense.

JAPP: What, you mean LioneI MarshaII?

WeII, there was obviousIy was no Iove Iost

between him and his stepmother .

You mean he was thinking of poisoning her?

And in the end, he used his bare hands .

But he is onIy 17.

Hastings, is that not Monsieur Lane?

HASTINGS: WeII, it's been a whiIe since he saw him.

He wasn't at the hoteI Iast night.

That's a chemist shop.

And he had drugs of some sort in his room.

Allons! Monsieur Lane!

Mr. Poirot!

You have heard about ? the events on the isIand

Yes.

DreadfuI .

They were taIking about it in the shop.

Perhaps you'II return now to the hoteI?

Yes.

We'II come with you.

I was on the mainIand aII day .

I wasn't anywhere near her.

I couldn't have had anything to do with it .

Why didn't you return here Iast night, sir?

I was having dinner with a friend --

the Bishop of Exmouth.

It was Iate so he suggested , I stay the night.

And for what purpose have you come here

to this isIand , Monsieur Lane?

I've told you .

I've been iII.

I needed a rest for my nerves .

? And you're a vicar

I was.

The church of Saint Mathew at BIackridge, in Kent.

I had to Ieave .

JAPP: Why was that?

There was a scandaI .

My wife...

You see...

She Ieft me.

She ran away with a member of my congregation.

She was a wicked woman .

She should have been punished.

I've got a question for you,

if you don't mind , Mr. Lane.

Are you, by any chance, ? taking some sort of drugs

I have an opiate

prescribed by my doctor .

It's for my nerves.

But it's perfectIy IegaI, Chief Inspector.

I've done nothing wrong .

An opiate? I wonder.

Did you not remark , Chief Inspector,

the viIIage of which he spoke...

BIackridge .

BIackridge? Hey, wait a minute!

AIice Corrigan.

It was a murder unsoIved , n'est ce-pas?

JAPP: About two years ago.

She was strangIed too ,.

HASTINGS: You think there's a Iink?

WeII, it's a bit of a coincidence --

the reverend comes from a pIace with an unsoIved murder,

and now the same thing happens here.

WeII perhaps someone should ask , a few more questions.

Yet another task for the inimitabIe Miss Lemon.

[Train whistIe bIows]

[Conductor's whistIe bIows]

Thank you.

Miss Lemon?

Chief Inspector.

Weston. CharIes Weston.

Do come this way.

[Departing train chugging]

So, how is Mr. Poirot?

He was meant to be having a rest.

I'd very much Iike to meet him .

Of course, I've heard a Iot about him .

There's the Church of Saint Mathew.

This is where the body was found .

Ugh StrangIed ..

Yes.

She was found by a game's mistress, Jane MartindaIe.

She was cyding in the area.

Must have rather spoiIed her hoIiday.

She reported it to us .

What can you teII me about the dead girI?

AIice Corrigan.

She was 27.

Engaged to be married .

She was a weaIthy woman in own right.

We think that might have been the motive.

You thought she'd been kiIIed by her fiancé .

Edward DeveriII .

Oh, yes.

He inherited everything .

But the body was discovered at 10:15

in the middIe of the morning church service,

and he was on the London train at the time.

Non-stop to BIackridge .

And we had a dozen witnesses

who saw him get on and get off .

It couldn't have been him .

So it was never soIved ,.

WESTON: And never wiII be .

UnIess Mr. Poirot has some new Iight

to shed on the matter .

I think you can expect pIenty of new Iight,

now Mr Poirot is invoIved ..

Chief Inspector?

Yes, sir?

I'm Major Barry and I was wondering ...

if I might have a word

with you.

? About the murder

WeII I was wondering , how Iong you expect

this investigation of yours to continue?

WeII that's hard to say sir ,,.

I see.

Because I...

Never mind .

What was that?

I have no idea .

,? Are you ready Captain Hastings

Yes. Do you think this pIan of Poirot's is going to work?

I hope so.

He's teIIing them now.

So, when are you going aIIow us off the isIand,

,.? and Iet us go home Mr Poirot

I have aIready asked Chief Inspector Japp

to open up this isIand once again .

Oh!

ReaIIy?

POIROT: Oh, yes, Monsieur BIatt.

The new guests, they are now permitted to arrive .

Good .

WeII, I'm going, if you don't mind .

I've had enough of hanging around .

? Have you worked it out yet

This is a case most compIicated , MademoiseIIe Brewster .

DARNLEY: But,

? you must have some idea

Et bien, mademoiselle, I am a man very simpIe.

I aIways indine to the beIief that the person

who is most obvious is the one who committed the crime.

And in this case, there is indicated very dearIy ...

one person.

Who?

But there is what you might caII the snag, huh?

Because it seems impossibIe

for this person to have committed the crime .

JAPP: So, Poirot was right.

HASTINGS: As usuaI.

,? Come bird watching have we

Don't think we'II find many birds

nesting in there, wiII you?

? What do you want

We haven't done anything wrong , you know?

Oh, no?

I suppose that depends on what's inside of that box

you've just taken.

And I think we aII know what that is don't we ,?

AII right. Get back!

JAPP: Don't be daft!

You're not going to use that.

I've got men aII over this isIand .

You're Iying!

Shoot them -- shoot them both,

and Iet's get out of here!

I am a Chief Inspector from ScotIand Yard!

Put that gun down!

Do it!

Wait!

Ah!

Are you aII right?

JACK: Damn you!

Don't Iet him get away!

Come on you, on your feet!

JAPP: Stop him!

I'm with the Home Office.

Seconded to ScotIand Yard ,

for drug inquiries .

What, you mean, you're one of us?

? Why didn't someone teII me

Sorry about that -- had to keep it under wraps .

Hold on to him there!

I am sorry I tried to warn you off the way I did, Mr. Poirot.

I've been watching this pIace for months,

and I was afraid you were going to bIow the whoIe operation.

It is of no matter, Major Barry.

Anyway, I've got them, that's aII that matters.

Your two "bird watchers " . [Laughs]

Oh they had a good thing , going for them down here .

The stuff coming in from the continent.

? But how did it get here

Oh, that, Hastings, is most simpIe.

BLATT: What do you ? think you're doing!

You can't treat me Iike this!

This is an outrage!

POIROT: Oh, the game, it is over, Monsieur BIatt.

And there Hastings ,, is the answer to your question.

It is Monsieur BIatt who speaks of DeauviIIe and of Nice,

but chooses to saiI here.

And of course ,,

he wears the saiIing shoes made of canvas .

The footprints in the cave!

POIROT: Oui, c'est ça.

The heroin, it is carried from France with the red saiI

which signaIs to the mainIand that it arrives.

And the white saiI is the "aII dear."

Oui.

BARRY: You have got it in one, Mr. Poirot.

Oh, we've known about this gang for some time.

We just couldn't pinpoint the pIace of entry.

Take him away!

Go on.

JAPP: Wait a minute, Poirot.

Are you seriousIy suggesting that aII this had nothing to do

? with the death of ArIena Stuart

POIROT: So it would now appear .

But you said she went into the cave you smeIIed her perfume ,.

That is indeed what I thought , Chief Inspector.

But then the question becomes,

why did ArIena Stuart enter the cave?

WeII perhaps she was hiding , from someone.

Hastings, once again, you arrive at an expIanation

which makes everything dear!

Not to me it doesn't ,.

You mean she was afraid , of someone?

I mean, Hastings, that there is eviI on this isIand,

and the murder that took pIace here

was the work of a mind that was briIIiant.

But there was one thing that the kiIIer did not expect --

the mind of HercuIe Poirot .

Et bien, now is the time for these two minds to meet

and the truth at Iast must come to Iight.

POIROT: I congratuIate you, Miss Lemon.

You have achieved a great success.

JAPP: So, you think that the deaths of ArIena Stuart ,

and this AIice Corrigan are definiteIy Iinked?

Of that I am sure, Chief Inspector.

Both women were young, both strangIed,

one with a fiancé, the other a husband

who could not have possibIy committed the crime.

Edward DeveriII because he was on a train,

Kenneth MarshaII because he was typing Ietters in his room.

Oui, c'est ça.

Everyone's gathering

in the dining room Poirot ,.

Bon.

The time, it has come.

[PIaces gIass on tabIe]

So...

Let us go.

Mesdames and Messieurs ,

we have aII come here to this hoteI for the reasons

of heaIth, exercise, for the hoIiday ...

and for murder .

I, myseIf, was here on account of an iIIness,

but it was not my body that was put to exercise, no,

it was the IittIe grey ceIIs.

How was this crime, so seemingIy impossibIe,

in fact committed ,?

And who among us is responsibIe

for the death of ArIena Stuart?

Do you know?

Oui! Bien sûr, mademoiselle.

HercuIe Poirot, he knows aII.

La pauvre Arlena.

To Monsieur Lane,

as he watched her swimming on the beach,

she was the focus of eviI, no?

Of eviI under the sun .

LANE: You don't have to be of the church

to recognize eviI, Mr. Poirot.

I see it there.

I recognize it.

It's reaI.

But...

to my mind ,

the eviI was connected with ArIena Stuart

in a different way .

I saw her first, Iast, and aII of the time ,

as a victim, eternaI and predestined .

You mean, she was being bIackmaiIed.

POIROT: Of that I am not so sure, Chief Inspector.

CHRISTINE: But I heard her on the teIephone.

No no no madame ,,,.

You heard onIy onIy one side of the conversation.

Hastings, do you not recaII the teIegram that we discovered

? in the bedroom of ArIena Stuart

Yes, it was from someone caIIed Nathan.

I say!

It's a teIegram to ArIena from New York.

Dated three days ago .

Go on.

"Send the money now or you wiII Iose a great deaI. Nathan."

To the Chief Inspector Japp, this man, Nathan,

seemed to be threatening her .

But to me, he wrote simpIy a statement of fact.

? What do you mean

He was an American, Chief Inspector,

speaking of a great deaI ,

a great business deaI .

Now, it is my beIief that he wanted

the money of ArIena Stuart

simpIy to invest.

You mean he wasn't bIackmaiIing her?

POIROT: We saw them once, Hastings.

They were together dancing .

Yet you wiII not dance , with a man

who threatens to destroy your Iife.

? Nathan LIoyd

Hmm, Monsieur MarshaII?

KENNETH: You're right.

He's a New York stockbroker,

aIthough not a very reputabIe one.

Oui, c'est ça.

So, this was simpIy a case of man who was young,

who was how do you say ,,

opportunistic, who saw ArIena Stuart

exactIy for what she was --

a target,

and a very easy one .

WeII, she had inherited aII that money from Sir Roger Erskine.

And now it's aII gone , every penny of it.

That's what her bank manager told me .

So, are you saying, she sent it aII to this chap in New York?

No, I say that

this was the weakness in her that was fataI.

That she was attracted aIways to men

who took of her onIy the advantage .

We were happy together!

[Laughs]

Monsieur MarshaII, you are a man most gaIIant, n'est-ce pas?

But for you, Iife with her must have been a torture.

AIso, I beIieve, for your son.

I didn't Iike her but I never , made any secret of it .

No, it was aIso your spectades that were discovered

beside the Iadder at Pixy Cove .

At the time of her death , you were aIone.

I was swimming with Mrs Redfern! .

At a quarter to 12:00, yes.

We have onIy your word for it that that was indeed the time .

Madame Redfern could not see the watch .

Suppose it was onIy 11:30, hmm?

That would have given you sufficient time,

after she had departed for her tennis, to run

to the Iadder dimb down -- , - No!

Leave him aIone damn you! , He's onIy a boy!

And you have no aIibi for the time that your wife was kiIIed!

I told you I was typing ,.

You were heard to type yes ,, but you were never seen!

From the very start, it was my beIief

that one person aIone

must be responsibIe for this crime.

And each person here in this room

wished the death of ArIena Stuart.

I didn't!

Yes, you did -- she was the person

who stood between you and Monsieur MarshaII .

The son aIso, who studies poisons ,

wished to see his father set free.

I never went near her!

MademoiseIIe Brewster

Iost a great deaI of money because of her and you ,,

Madame Redfern beIieved , you were in danger

of Iosing your husband .

Yes, but I didn't. I mean I couldn't! ,

[Gasps]

I had no reason to kiII her .

Oh. Monsieur Lane...

To you, she was a woman of eviI, just as your wife.

And you aIso wished to see her punished.

No!

So, who was it then, Poirot?

It was the person who she went to meet that day

on the beach at Pixy Cove.

I thought I'd take a cruise round to Pixy Cove .

But pIease, don't teII anyone that .

? Madame

ARLENA: WeII, everyone here just has to foIIow me around .

And for once , I want to be aIone.

Both Hastings and I saw quite dearIy ...

She was on her way to an assignation.

Oui.

And an assignation with you ...

Monsieur Redfern .

No!

POIROT: Oh, yes.

I knew you for what you were

from the moment I first saw you --

a wastreI, cheating and defrauding women of weaIth .

Like Nathan LIoyd and aII the other young men

who were drawn to her --

she was your prey!

To heII with you! You've got it aII wrong!

It can't be Redfern -- he was the one who discovered her .

SeemingIy so, yes, Chief Inspector.

But what if the the body that was discovered

by Monsieur Redfern on the beach that day ,,

was not, in fact, ArIena Stuart?

EMILY: Oh, but it was, Mr. Poirot.

I saw her myseIf.

No MademoiseIIe Brewster you ,, saw what you were meant to see.

And I wiII teII

to you aII how it was -- a crime of the most ingenious.

At 9:30, Christine Redfern makes the arrangement

to go swimming with Lionel Marshall.

- Where have you been? - I went to the mainIand.

POlROT: She sees the book.

So I see.

She knows of his dislike of his stepmother,

and it is not hard to see what is going on in his mind.

? Why don't you come with me You could have a swim.

POlROT: And that was a bonus that was unexpected.

AII right.

I'II meet you here in an hour from now.

10:30.

POlROT: So, now the plan that was pre-prepared

is now set into motion,

and the timing, it must be precise.

First, Madame Redfern returns to her room

and applies to her skin, that is pale,

some makeup which is dark.

She will now appear to have the suntan.

First, she must dispose of the evidences,

which will be lost in the undergrowth

outside of the hotel.

But it was a mistake to throw the bottle

out of the window,

because there happens to be walking

dose to the hotel at that time

Mademoiselle Brewster, who sees the bottle fall.

lt was a remnant of this bottle that l found,

containing some liquid that was brown.

You see?

But now Christine Redfern

can keep her appointment with Lionel Marshall.

She leaves the hotel

wearing the beach dothes that are very loose-fitting

and which completely cover the make-up she has put on.

- Morning. - Good morning .

- Have you seen...? - I'm sorry?

It doesn't matter .

POlROT: At the same time, Monsieur Patrick Redfern

suggests to me that he does not know the whereabouts

of Arlena Stuart.

And so to Gull Cove.

While Lionel Marshall swims in the sea,

it is simple for Madame Redfern

to steal his spectades,

and to alter the time on his watch.

- How is it? - It's warm.

Do you have the time?

It's a quarter to.

But is was not quarter to 12:00. No.

It was no more than haIf past 11:00.

You told me so no ,?

You thought you would be Iate for a program

that you wished to hear on the wireIess.

That's right.

But, in fact, it was onIy a IittIe after 12:00

when I got back.

So now Madame Redfern , she has much to do ,

and has gained herseIf additionaI time

with which to do it .

First,

she returns the watch to the time that is correct.

This is unlikely to be noticed

by Lionel Marshall, which is indeed the case.

Then, she runs across the island to Pixy Cove,

which, of course,

requires great speed and stamina.

Hastings, you wiII recaII

that she told to us of her former occupation.

- Oh she said she was a teacher ,. - Oui.

But what if she was a teacher of the physicaI education?

Someone for whom such exercise ? and exertion would be easy

She arrives at the ladder above Pixy Cove.

Patrick?

Are you there?!

And is careful to ensure that Arlena Stuart sees her.

However, Arlena had made

a secret rendezvous with Patrick Redfern,

and his wife is the last person she wishes to see.

But Arlena Stuart

and Patrick Redfern, they have made a plan.

lf Madame Redfern should happen to appear,

she would hide in the cave.

The mouth of this cave, it is very narrow.

lt has no view of the entrance to the cove,

or that part of the beach

where Madame Redfern is changing,

hidden by the rocks.

And so everything is prepared for the next stage of the plan.

The timing, it has to be perfect.

Patrick Redfern has already begun his tour of the island

with Mademoiselle Brewster.

Look, there's someone on Pixy Cove.

EMILY: Looks Iike Mrs. MarshaII.

POlROT: And so to the discovery of the body.

With a hair that is false, the Chinese hat,

and the make-up that is brown,

she will resemble very much Arlena Stuart.

She's dead! She's been strangIed!

She's dead!

Are you sure?

WeII...

There's no puIse.

She's not breathing.

We have to get the poIice.

You mustn't touch anything.

Oh, no, no, no.

But one of us has to stay here with the body.

He chose you, MademoiseIIe Brewster ,

to go with him in the boat because he knew that,

Iike the rest of us you would , not wish to dimb the Iadder.

It was essentiaI

that you should return in the boat.

But I could have sworn it was her.

I reaIIy thought it was ArIena!

Yes. But even so, it was you who told to me Iater

that you detected a certain paIeness beneath the tan.

It was because the tan was fake!

Oui.

And you departed with great haste to find help, huh,

leaving as you thought

Patrick Redfern alone with the body.

She's gone.

POlROT: As soon as you were out of sight,

Monsieur and Madame Redfern were able to put into action

the next part of their plan.

Christine Redfern now returns to the ladder.

She drops there the spectades

that she has stolen from Lionel Marshall.

She knows that he has been contemplating murder,

and that he wiII be impIicated .

Et bien,

to the rest of the world, ArIena Stuart is aIready dead ,

and both Monsieur and Madame Redfern

have the aIibis that are beyond dispute .

But for ArIena Stuart, her death,

it is stiII to come.

ArIena?

DarIing?

I'm here.

Has she gone? Christine was here.

I did what you told me and hid in the cave .

Forget Christine now.

The beautifuI ArIena.

She was an actress most accompIished ,

but a woman most susceptibIe.

Men preyed on her for her money.

Men Iike the American,

Mr Nathan LIoyd but it was ., Monsieur Patrick Redfern

who tempted her most of aII .

Who better to suggest a scheme of investment for her money

than a journaIist who worked on the city pages

of the newspapers?

And so she gives to him aII of her money to invest.

But, of course, there was no such scheme.

And from that moment ,

her fate it was seaIed ,.

JAPP: He takes the money,

and then he kiIIs her .

Oui, c'est ça, Chief Inspector.

And from now the rest ,,, it is very simpIe.

Christine Redfern returns to the hotel.

With great haste, she takes off her outer dothing,

And there now needs only to be removed from her body

the make-up that is brown.

So, she must take a bath.

And it is this

that is heard by the maid as she performs her duties.

lt is now 12:00 midday.

And every single task has now been accomplished.

And neither Monsieur nor Madame Redfern

could possibly have committed the murder.

HeIIo. I'm not Iate, am I?

- No, exactIy on time. - EMILY: Mr. Poirot!

Mr. Poirot!

It's ArIena Stuart.

She's dead ....

JAPP: WeII,

that's the most deviIish thing I've ever heard.

Yes, Chief Inspector, it was ,? indeed unique huh

For the murder it was committed , after the time of her death.

But this was not the first occasion

that they had effected such a scheme.

The AIice Corrigan affair.

POIROT: Yes, Miss Lemon.

Another woman who was young, murdered for her money.

But this time, by a fiancé

who could have not possibIy have been there.

And who was it that ? discovered the body

A game's mistress.

Absolument.

Again, a teacher of the physicaI education .

At that time,

Christine Redfern called herself Jane Martindale.

And it was she

who at a quarter past 10:00 discovered the body

that could not possibly have been there.

[Screaming]

[Conductor's whistIe bIows]

The true killer, who called himself Edward Deverill,

arrives on a London train at only 20 past 10:00

and hurries to a meeting

that he has arranged with his fiancée.

Again, the timing,

it has been parfait.

For Alice Corrigan is strangled

after her body

has supposedly been found.

Strangled by you, Monsieur Redfern!

JAPP: My God!

Alors Jane MartindaIe ,, Edward DeveriII ,

Monsieur and Madame Redfern --

a coupIe who preyed on women who were young and weaIthy.

Mr. Lane,

I know that you have not been weII,

you have suffered from the nerves most bad ,

but perhaps,

the evil that you saw that day on the beach,

it was the same evil that you glimpsed

in a courtroom two years before.

MAN: This inquest, therefore,

returns a verdict of murder by person

or persons unknown.

Yes.

He Iooks different now .

But it was him.

Très bien,

Monsieur Poirot.

Monsieur.

You...

damned interfering ,...

Iousy IittIe worm!

Patrick!

[Screams]

The face of eviI,

it remains aIways the same.

[Baby cries]

MISS LEMON: So much

for your rest cure, Mr. Poirot.

Yes perhaps you should , take up running, Poirot,

or how about tennis?

Obesity is today's number one kiIIer,

I'm told .

No, no, no, Hastings.

The diagnosis of the hospitaI was at fauIt.

My taiIor teIIs to me that I am a fine figure of a man.

And you'd sooner beIieve your taiIor

than a medicaIIy ? quaIified doctor

Mais certainement.

The remedies of my taiIor

are painfuI onIy to my bank account.

But, to ceIebrate the return to heaIth of Poirot,

may I suggest a IittIe meaI together most conviviaI?

HASTINGS: Oh spIendid ,.

We can aII go to EI Ranchero.

I'm afraid not, Captain Hastings.

What?

I'm sorry, Poirot, I know you didn't want me

to teII Captain Hastings yet, but...

TeII me what?

WeII, Poirot's IittIe probIem was food poisoning.

I don't understand .

This was not the first case

associated with EI Ranchero , Hastings.

It was the 14th.

No!

The Ministry of HeaIth have dosed it down.

What rot!

How do you know about this, anyway?

I've asked the Yard to post an armed guard

around the kitchen area .

What?!

Just whiIe they do some more tests .

But I've got a fortune tied up in that pIace!

Come, come, come, Hastings, what is done is done .

And what is underdone is underdone .

Oh! No.

But to heIp you with your Iosses,

I wiII treat us aII to my favorite IittIe BeIgian bistro

just around the corner.

And I am pIeased to say they have never been known

to serve l'eau d'ortie.

? Load of what

L'eau d'ortie, Chief Inspector.

The water of the nettIe.

[Laughter]

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