1 00:00:02,803 --> 00:00:04,772 Philip's in diamonds. Oh. 2 00:00:04,972 --> 00:00:05,996 In a modest way. 3 00:00:06,073 --> 00:00:07,371 The damned thing was paste. 4 00:00:07,441 --> 00:00:10,502 I want to know when the transaction is scheduled for and where. 5 00:00:10,577 --> 00:00:12,842 If you're one minute late, he's a dead man. 6 00:00:12,913 --> 00:00:13,913 Then it is a kidnapping. 7 00:00:13,981 --> 00:00:15,381 Now, really, Mrs. Fletcher, 8 00:00:15,449 --> 00:00:17,918 I'm afraid your author's imagination is running away with you. 9 00:00:17,985 --> 00:00:20,955 If I would have got my hands on that cash, I would've been long gone. 10 00:00:21,021 --> 00:00:23,081 What a brilliant man. And charming. 11 00:00:23,156 --> 00:00:24,920 Yes, it's happening. When can you get here? 12 00:00:26,727 --> 00:00:28,423 Well, hello again, Mrs. Fletcher. 13 00:00:28,662 --> 00:00:30,426 We kidnap interesting people. 14 00:00:32,132 --> 00:00:33,623 I'm a lover, not a killer. 15 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:35,965 Colin, the game has changed. People are getting killed. 16 00:01:53,747 --> 00:01:56,182 Hello? Inspector Van Horn here. 17 00:01:56,249 --> 00:01:59,447 It's me. I've got a line on the merchandise you're looking for. 18 00:01:59,519 --> 00:02:00,817 It's about time. 19 00:02:00,887 --> 00:02:04,153 Not so fast. I need assurances and I need more money. 20 00:02:04,224 --> 00:02:07,217 Damn it, Kuyper, I've gone out beyond the edge on this already. 21 00:02:07,294 --> 00:02:09,160 You don't quite understand. 22 00:02:09,229 --> 00:02:11,789 This is much bigger than we thought. There's more risk involved. 23 00:02:11,865 --> 00:02:14,494 Kuyper, I don't like to be shaken down. 24 00:02:15,002 --> 00:02:18,495 I want to know when the transaction is scheduled for and where. 25 00:02:18,572 --> 00:02:19,870 That's what I'm paying you for. 26 00:02:21,408 --> 00:02:23,434 No. No! No! 27 00:02:26,213 --> 00:02:27,408 Kuyper? 28 00:02:27,614 --> 00:02:28,673 Kuyper! 29 00:03:08,188 --> 00:03:09,383 Jessica. 30 00:03:09,456 --> 00:03:10,456 Hello, Nigel. 31 00:03:10,524 --> 00:03:11,583 You're here at last. 32 00:03:11,658 --> 00:03:13,183 Mmm. Indeed. 33 00:03:13,260 --> 00:03:14,300 Have a smooth flight over? 34 00:03:14,361 --> 00:03:15,420 Oh, marvelous. 35 00:03:15,495 --> 00:03:18,397 You know, I remember opening a book as we took off from JFK. 36 00:03:18,465 --> 00:03:22,095 Next thing I knew, we were landing, and I had slept all the way. 37 00:03:22,169 --> 00:03:23,569 Hope it wasn't one of my books. 38 00:03:23,637 --> 00:03:26,607 Oh! Oh, how beautiful. 39 00:03:26,673 --> 00:03:27,750 Brought them with me from home, 40 00:03:27,774 --> 00:03:28,918 they bloomed early this year. 41 00:03:28,942 --> 00:03:31,411 Oh, from your lovely Sussex garden. 42 00:03:31,478 --> 00:03:32,878 How are things at home? 43 00:03:32,946 --> 00:03:34,824 Actually, I haven't been around there much lately. 44 00:03:34,848 --> 00:03:37,044 Been off tracking research on a new project. 45 00:03:37,117 --> 00:03:39,109 Mmm, I'll be interested to hear about that. 46 00:03:39,186 --> 00:03:42,418 And so you shall, but first we must get you registered. 47 00:03:42,489 --> 00:03:44,333 Passport, please, Mrs. Fletcher. Oh, yes, of course. 48 00:03:44,357 --> 00:03:47,088 I made Mr. Burger promise you one of his very best rooms. 49 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:48,594 Overlooking the canal, on the... 50 00:03:48,662 --> 00:03:50,392 Look here. I asked for a wake-up call... 51 00:03:50,464 --> 00:03:52,108 If you could just wait one moment, Mr. De Kooning. 52 00:03:52,132 --> 00:03:53,725 He's right, Philip. 53 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,360 Ah, Nigel. Forgive me. 54 00:03:57,170 --> 00:04:00,732 And of course, you must be Mrs. Fletcher. 55 00:04:01,241 --> 00:04:05,008 Nigel has spoken about you so often, I feel as if we're old friends. 56 00:04:05,078 --> 00:04:06,171 That's a lovely pin. 57 00:04:06,246 --> 00:04:08,477 Oh, thank you. I found it last year in Texas. 58 00:04:08,548 --> 00:04:10,574 Philip's in diamonds. 59 00:04:10,650 --> 00:04:12,812 In a modest way. But look, both of you, 60 00:04:12,886 --> 00:04:14,764 you must allow me to help celebrate your arrival 61 00:04:14,788 --> 00:04:17,314 and to compensate for my rudeness. 62 00:04:18,391 --> 00:04:20,860 You've never been to South Africa, Mrs. Fletcher? 63 00:04:20,927 --> 00:04:22,793 No. 64 00:04:22,929 --> 00:04:25,831 Well, you must come. It's a beautiful place. 65 00:04:26,099 --> 00:04:28,534 Watch out, Jessica, that's how it begins. 66 00:04:28,602 --> 00:04:31,231 I met Philip and his wife at the races in Deauville, 67 00:04:31,304 --> 00:04:35,105 and next thing I knew I was their house guest in Johannesburg. 68 00:04:36,042 --> 00:04:38,136 We kidnap interesting people. 69 00:04:38,211 --> 00:04:39,804 But tell me, how did you two meet? 70 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:41,872 Or do all famous authors know each other? 71 00:04:41,948 --> 00:04:43,348 Ah... 72 00:04:43,683 --> 00:04:45,015 Excuse me. 73 00:04:50,857 --> 00:04:53,884 Sorry to interrupt, sir, but we have a small problem. 74 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:56,486 There are no small problems with airplanes. 75 00:04:56,563 --> 00:04:59,465 Nick Halsey, say hello to Mrs. Fletcher and Nigel Allison. 76 00:04:59,533 --> 00:05:00,694 Hello. 77 00:05:01,334 --> 00:05:03,235 Uh, one of the compressors needs replacing. 78 00:05:03,303 --> 00:05:05,148 Now, they're going to express ship one out tonight. 79 00:05:05,172 --> 00:05:06,849 We should have it tomorrow morning the latest, 80 00:05:06,873 --> 00:05:08,171 and they'll fit it ASAP. 81 00:05:08,241 --> 00:05:09,402 If you'll excuse us, Philip, 82 00:05:09,476 --> 00:05:12,071 I have an appointment call coming through in my room. 83 00:05:12,145 --> 00:05:14,740 Plus, I took the liberty of scheduling Jessica to appear with me 84 00:05:14,815 --> 00:05:17,614 on a conference panel that starts in 10 minutes. 85 00:05:17,684 --> 00:05:19,448 With Nigel making the arrangements, 86 00:05:19,519 --> 00:05:22,079 I can count on plenty of R and R. 87 00:05:22,155 --> 00:05:24,249 Nice meeting you, gentlemen. 88 00:05:26,059 --> 00:05:27,118 Thank you so much. 89 00:05:27,194 --> 00:05:28,492 It was my pleasure. 90 00:05:28,562 --> 00:05:29,723 Nigel. 91 00:05:34,868 --> 00:05:36,700 Well, I'm certainly looking forward 92 00:05:36,770 --> 00:05:39,501 to hearing all about this new novel you're working on. 93 00:05:39,573 --> 00:05:41,769 Well, it's something of a thriller. 94 00:05:41,842 --> 00:05:45,074 It starts in San Francisco. Lots of twists and turns. 95 00:05:45,145 --> 00:05:46,589 Actually, that's why I'm in Amsterdam, 96 00:05:46,613 --> 00:05:48,980 to fill in the last vital bits of the story. 97 00:05:49,049 --> 00:05:52,213 Well, it sounds like a typical Nigel Allison novel 98 00:05:52,586 --> 00:05:55,181 full of devilish convolutions. 99 00:05:55,856 --> 00:05:58,087 Well, actually, it's right up your alley, Jessica. 100 00:05:58,158 --> 00:06:00,389 We must have a good old brainstorming session. 101 00:06:00,460 --> 00:06:03,328 Oh, wait a moment. I can't let these just stand in a vase. 102 00:06:03,396 --> 00:06:05,729 Here, let me put this one here. 103 00:06:05,799 --> 00:06:08,064 Oh, makes me look like a boulevardier. 104 00:06:08,134 --> 00:06:09,134 There you go. 105 00:06:09,202 --> 00:06:11,228 Look, I'm just down the hall in 1420. 106 00:06:11,304 --> 00:06:13,739 Why don't I just take my call and meet you downstairs? 107 00:06:13,807 --> 00:06:15,571 Good. It'll give me time to change. 108 00:06:15,642 --> 00:06:16,819 Ah-ha. See you a little later. 109 00:06:16,843 --> 00:06:17,843 Yeah. 110 00:06:27,487 --> 00:06:29,319 Yes? MAN: Is it happening? 111 00:06:29,389 --> 00:06:31,483 Yes, it's happening. When can you get here? 112 00:06:41,468 --> 00:06:44,097 Uh-huh. Yes, I think that would be the best. 113 00:06:45,272 --> 00:06:46,272 Yes, who is it? 114 00:06:46,339 --> 00:06:48,137 Room service. 115 00:06:49,109 --> 00:06:51,977 I think the sooner we arrange for the lid to close on the affair, 116 00:06:52,045 --> 00:06:54,537 so much the better for all concerned. 117 00:06:54,614 --> 00:06:57,209 Uh-huh. Yes. Ciao. 118 00:06:58,118 --> 00:07:01,919 I think you must have the wrong room. I didn't order anything. 119 00:07:40,994 --> 00:07:45,432 Lydia, all I'm asking is that you restrict your spending for a few days. 120 00:07:45,498 --> 00:07:48,662 While you continue to pour money into that damned airplane? 121 00:07:48,735 --> 00:07:50,670 My airplane happens to be... - Philip! 122 00:07:51,204 --> 00:07:52,399 Philip! 123 00:07:55,608 --> 00:07:57,941 I'm so glad I caught up with you. 124 00:07:58,144 --> 00:08:00,375 Listen, you have a moment? 125 00:08:00,513 --> 00:08:02,379 Anything for you, Harry. 126 00:08:02,449 --> 00:08:04,918 Lydia, you do know Mr. Tigner, now, don't you? 127 00:08:04,985 --> 00:08:06,317 Of course. 128 00:08:06,486 --> 00:08:10,082 I'll be running along. I've got window-shopping to do. 129 00:08:14,494 --> 00:08:17,555 That's what I want to talk to you about, money. 130 00:08:17,630 --> 00:08:21,658 Philip, we've been doing business together for a long time now, but... 131 00:08:21,735 --> 00:08:23,179 All right, Harry, what's troubling you? 132 00:08:23,203 --> 00:08:25,138 Your diamonds. Word's out they're hot. 133 00:08:25,205 --> 00:08:27,538 This time I need payment in cash. 134 00:08:27,741 --> 00:08:28,936 What are you trying to pull? 135 00:08:29,009 --> 00:08:32,639 Nothing. I swear, nothing. My people are calling the shots. 136 00:08:32,812 --> 00:08:35,805 Look, it's cash or no deal. 137 00:08:36,282 --> 00:08:38,444 And I can't extend the deadline. 138 00:08:38,518 --> 00:08:40,180 We still have to close tomorrow. 139 00:08:40,253 --> 00:08:42,381 Where the hell am I going to find a cash customer 140 00:08:42,455 --> 00:08:45,289 for half a million in diamonds within 24 hours? 141 00:08:45,358 --> 00:08:48,055 Look, all I know is that I'm sitting on top of a warehouse 142 00:08:48,128 --> 00:08:51,189 full of illegal arms, and the cops are one step behind me. 143 00:08:51,264 --> 00:08:53,665 I've already resold those weapons. 144 00:08:54,300 --> 00:08:56,860 If I don't deliver, I could end up dead. 145 00:08:56,936 --> 00:09:00,065 Hey, Philip, we all have our problems. 146 00:09:00,540 --> 00:09:03,237 It's noon tomorrow or forget it. 147 00:09:04,511 --> 00:09:05,740 Harry. 148 00:09:12,619 --> 00:09:15,851 Such an honor to have you join our panel, Mrs. Fletcher. 149 00:09:15,922 --> 00:09:17,948 Well, thank you. Is Mr. Allison here? 150 00:09:18,024 --> 00:09:21,688 Oh, he won't be with us. I was just on the phone to his secretary, 151 00:09:21,761 --> 00:09:23,457 and she said he's been taken ill. 152 00:09:23,530 --> 00:09:26,056 But, here, let me pin on your microphone, 153 00:09:26,132 --> 00:09:28,624 I don't want our audience to miss a word you say. 154 00:09:28,701 --> 00:09:31,227 But I was just with Nigel, and he was fine. 155 00:09:31,304 --> 00:09:34,900 Oh, not to worry. Just a touch of food poisoning or something. 156 00:09:34,974 --> 00:09:36,340 He's resting in his room now. 157 00:09:36,409 --> 00:09:37,409 Oh. 158 00:10:10,577 --> 00:10:12,546 Marvelous craftsmanship. 159 00:10:12,879 --> 00:10:15,474 Yes, I absolutely adore it, of course. 160 00:10:15,648 --> 00:10:17,640 But can I speak in confidence? 161 00:10:17,717 --> 00:10:20,710 Oh, well, we pride ourselves on our discretion. 162 00:10:21,588 --> 00:10:23,716 What I'd really like to know is 163 00:10:23,790 --> 00:10:26,521 could you make an exact copy of this necklace? 164 00:10:26,593 --> 00:10:30,155 And how much could you sell the original for on the current market? 165 00:10:30,230 --> 00:10:32,563 Surely Madame knows this is a copy. 166 00:10:32,632 --> 00:10:36,626 Albeit a superb one, but only worth a few thousand dollars. 167 00:10:37,103 --> 00:10:40,403 Perhaps Madame has confused this piece with another. 168 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:42,064 Oh. 169 00:10:42,809 --> 00:10:45,301 Yes, of course. How forgetful of me. 170 00:10:45,912 --> 00:10:48,381 I'm very sorry to have wasted your time, Herr Kronin. 171 00:10:48,448 --> 00:10:51,008 Not at all. Good day, Madame. 172 00:10:54,687 --> 00:10:56,553 Thank you, Mrs. Fletcher. 173 00:10:56,623 --> 00:11:00,526 Ladies and gentlemen, we will resume the conference after lunch. 174 00:11:01,461 --> 00:11:04,295 Monika Vidal, Mrs. Fletcher. Amsterdam News. 175 00:11:05,064 --> 00:11:08,660 I thought the point you made about how the new International Trade Agreement 176 00:11:08,735 --> 00:11:12,001 will impact on existing copyright laws was very interesting. 177 00:11:12,071 --> 00:11:15,667 Well, I think it's a ripple that will be felt throughout the publishing world. 178 00:11:15,742 --> 00:11:17,142 I'd like to follow up on that. 179 00:11:17,210 --> 00:11:18,644 Would an interview be possible? 180 00:11:18,711 --> 00:11:22,113 Oh, certainly, but not right now. Perhaps later. 181 00:11:22,182 --> 00:11:23,650 I'll call you. Thank you. 182 00:11:30,056 --> 00:11:31,820 Operator. Yes, Operator. 183 00:11:31,891 --> 00:11:34,360 Would you connect me with Mr. Allison's room, please? 184 00:11:34,427 --> 00:11:36,419 I'm sorry, he's checked out. 185 00:11:36,496 --> 00:11:37,555 What? 186 00:11:37,630 --> 00:11:38,750 Mr. Allison has checked out. 187 00:11:38,798 --> 00:11:39,798 Are you sure? 188 00:11:39,866 --> 00:11:41,858 Yes, he checked out today. 189 00:11:41,935 --> 00:11:43,267 Thank you. 190 00:11:53,213 --> 00:11:56,012 No, there's no record of him contacting the house doctor. 191 00:11:56,082 --> 00:11:57,914 He just simply checked out. 192 00:11:57,984 --> 00:11:59,976 Without leaving a message for me? 193 00:12:00,053 --> 00:12:01,597 I wish I could be more helpful, Mrs. Fletcher. 194 00:12:01,621 --> 00:12:04,682 All I can tell you for sure is the time, 12:02. 195 00:12:05,225 --> 00:12:09,356 Mr. Burger, how is it that you can be so precise about the time? 196 00:12:09,429 --> 00:12:12,263 Well, because Mr. Allison used our express checkout service. 197 00:12:12,332 --> 00:12:14,164 You know, on the television set in his room? 198 00:12:14,234 --> 00:12:17,898 Oh. So you never actually saw him leaving the hotel? 199 00:12:18,338 --> 00:12:19,863 I'm afraid not. 200 00:12:26,312 --> 00:12:27,507 Your work is very good. 201 00:12:27,580 --> 00:12:29,776 For a policeman. You're very kind. 202 00:12:29,849 --> 00:12:32,284 Now, you say Nigel Allison's secretary 203 00:12:32,352 --> 00:12:34,583 mentioned a medical problem of some sort 204 00:12:34,654 --> 00:12:36,520 when she canceled his speaking appearance? 205 00:12:40,193 --> 00:12:43,254 Ja? Uh-huh. Mmm. 206 00:12:44,197 --> 00:12:46,860 Inspector, Nigel Allison has no secretary. 207 00:12:46,933 --> 00:12:49,345 He was traveling alone. I've also checked the local hospitals. 208 00:12:49,369 --> 00:12:50,530 They haven't seen him. 209 00:12:50,603 --> 00:12:52,765 Perhaps he has gone back to England. 210 00:12:52,839 --> 00:12:56,776 Well, none of the airlines have any record of him booking a flight out today. 211 00:12:56,843 --> 00:12:58,607 You've been quite busy, Mrs. Fletcher. 212 00:12:59,779 --> 00:13:01,111 Excuse me. 213 00:13:10,223 --> 00:13:11,987 These mug shots... 214 00:13:12,058 --> 00:13:15,995 Isn't this a photo of the man that was in the newspaper this morning? 215 00:13:16,062 --> 00:13:18,361 Yes, Hendrik Kuyper. A police informant. 216 00:13:18,431 --> 00:13:20,457 A victim of a hit-and-run driver. 217 00:13:20,533 --> 00:13:23,867 So, what conclusion do you draw from all this? 218 00:13:23,936 --> 00:13:25,216 Well, the conclusion that I draw 219 00:13:25,271 --> 00:13:27,604 is that something very strange is going on, 220 00:13:27,674 --> 00:13:29,734 and I'm afraid something very bad. 221 00:13:29,809 --> 00:13:31,869 Nigel's friend, Mr. De Kooning, agrees with me... 222 00:13:31,944 --> 00:13:33,936 Excuse me. Did you say De Kooning? 223 00:13:34,013 --> 00:13:35,013 Yes. 224 00:13:35,081 --> 00:13:36,549 Would that be Philip De Kooning? 225 00:13:36,616 --> 00:13:38,551 Yes. Is that important? 226 00:13:39,152 --> 00:13:40,620 No. Not really. 227 00:13:40,687 --> 00:13:43,714 You see, Nigel and I had made arrangements to meet here. 228 00:13:43,790 --> 00:13:47,352 Now, it's not like him to just vanish without telling me. 229 00:13:48,494 --> 00:13:50,793 I'm sorry, Mrs. Fletcher, there's nothing I can do. 230 00:13:50,863 --> 00:13:52,889 My workload is substantial already. 231 00:13:52,965 --> 00:13:56,527 Besides, it's much too soon to file a missing persons claim. 232 00:13:56,602 --> 00:13:58,833 And, besides, you're much too busy. 233 00:13:58,905 --> 00:14:00,806 I understand, Inspector. 234 00:14:01,107 --> 00:14:04,305 And thank you for sharing your very valuable time. 235 00:14:14,354 --> 00:14:16,789 Mrs. De Kooning. Having a nice day? 236 00:14:17,223 --> 00:14:19,454 Yes, just fine, Nick, thank you. 237 00:14:19,525 --> 00:14:21,460 Mind if I join you? Oh, please. 238 00:14:27,333 --> 00:14:28,562 Well? 239 00:14:28,634 --> 00:14:30,660 The damned thing was paste. 240 00:14:30,837 --> 00:14:33,272 Nearly worthless, like my marriage. 241 00:14:33,740 --> 00:14:37,700 I'll bet Philip has sold off all my real jewelry without telling me. 242 00:14:37,777 --> 00:14:40,440 He just did it to you before you could do it to him. 243 00:14:40,513 --> 00:14:41,845 You think that's funny? 244 00:14:41,914 --> 00:14:44,281 Baby, I know you're disappointed. 245 00:14:44,350 --> 00:14:47,411 I just thought I'd finally found a way for us to get away from him. 246 00:14:47,487 --> 00:14:50,047 There'll be another way. Just hang in there. 247 00:14:50,123 --> 00:14:51,523 Nicky, what's the matter? 248 00:14:51,591 --> 00:14:53,822 I tell you that we have lost our ticket to paradise, 249 00:14:53,893 --> 00:14:56,158 and you're giving me fortune-cookie philosophy. 250 00:14:56,229 --> 00:14:58,255 Or maybe you have a better game going. 251 00:14:58,331 --> 00:15:00,459 Hey, you know better than that. 252 00:15:00,533 --> 00:15:03,594 Then help me. Help us. 253 00:15:04,137 --> 00:15:06,163 I mean, if Philip were out of the picture... 254 00:15:06,239 --> 00:15:10,142 Now, don't start that again, Lydia, because I'm not gonna do it. 255 00:15:10,410 --> 00:15:12,436 I'm a lover, not a killer. 256 00:15:13,045 --> 00:15:16,413 And lately you haven't been much good at that, either. 257 00:15:22,388 --> 00:15:25,517 Mr. Burger, you still haven't heard from Mr. Allison? 258 00:15:25,591 --> 00:15:26,650 No, I'm sorry. 259 00:15:27,827 --> 00:15:29,420 I can't understand it. 260 00:15:29,495 --> 00:15:31,726 Excuse me, would that be Nigel Allison? 261 00:15:31,798 --> 00:15:34,063 Why, yes. Have you seen him? 262 00:15:34,133 --> 00:15:36,159 I just ran into him at the airport. 263 00:15:36,235 --> 00:15:38,204 I was getting off a shuttle flight from London. 264 00:15:38,271 --> 00:15:40,172 He was waiting to board. 265 00:15:40,807 --> 00:15:43,106 I'm Colin Biddle. You're Jessica Fletcher, of course. 266 00:15:43,176 --> 00:15:44,200 Yes. 267 00:15:44,277 --> 00:15:46,906 Here for the conference, too, I assume? 268 00:15:47,346 --> 00:15:50,316 Are you sure that it was Nigel you saw? 269 00:15:50,383 --> 00:15:52,978 I spoke with him. I'm a publisher's rep. 270 00:15:53,052 --> 00:15:55,453 Nigel's house is one of our clients. 271 00:15:55,521 --> 00:15:58,218 Was Nigel all right? 272 00:15:58,691 --> 00:16:02,184 He left here so abruptly and didn't tell anyone why. 273 00:16:02,728 --> 00:16:05,926 He did mention some sort of minor family emergency. 274 00:16:06,432 --> 00:16:08,230 Otherwise, he seemed perfectly fine. 275 00:16:08,301 --> 00:16:10,031 I may be speaking with him later. 276 00:16:10,102 --> 00:16:11,627 Can I give him a message from you? 277 00:16:11,704 --> 00:16:14,173 Well, yes, would you please ask him to call me? 278 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:16,038 Of course, Mrs. Fletcher. Thank you. 279 00:16:16,108 --> 00:16:17,986 We're all done with your passport, Mrs. Fletcher. 280 00:16:18,010 --> 00:16:20,377 And, Mr. Biddle, here's your key. 281 00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:23,644 And this message we were holding for your arrival. 282 00:16:25,418 --> 00:16:26,795 So nice to have met you, Mrs. Fletcher. 283 00:16:26,819 --> 00:16:27,843 Thank you. 284 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:32,051 Would you have my bags taken upstairs, please? I have an appointment. 285 00:16:32,792 --> 00:16:37,059 Mr. Burger, did you return Mr. Allison's passport to him? 286 00:16:37,129 --> 00:16:39,655 I assume we did. Wait, let me check. 287 00:16:39,732 --> 00:16:43,169 Nope, still here. I guess he didn't pick it up. 288 00:17:11,297 --> 00:17:12,390 This is Biddle. 289 00:17:12,732 --> 00:17:14,780 I've been more 290 00:17:14,804 --> 00:17:16,828 than patient, yet you keep putting me off. 291 00:17:16,903 --> 00:17:19,805 We have a deal. What is going on? 292 00:17:21,474 --> 00:17:22,567 Where is it? 293 00:17:22,642 --> 00:17:24,042 Not so fast. 294 00:17:24,343 --> 00:17:27,745 If the goods are damaged more than slightly, we won't buy. 295 00:17:27,813 --> 00:17:29,839 Now, put him on the phone. 296 00:17:33,853 --> 00:17:35,845 What? 297 00:17:35,922 --> 00:17:39,154 Allison, is that you? It's Biddle. Are you all right? 298 00:17:39,225 --> 00:17:42,821 Colin. Yes, I'm all right. 299 00:17:44,196 --> 00:17:46,893 Look, just, just tell these people to... 300 00:17:47,366 --> 00:17:49,028 to go stuff it! 301 00:17:52,672 --> 00:17:54,004 Satisfied? 302 00:17:54,907 --> 00:17:57,399 The money's on its way. It'll be here early tonight. 303 00:17:57,476 --> 00:17:59,069 Why didn't you bring it with you? 304 00:17:59,145 --> 00:18:01,910 Because gathering two million pounds sterling in used bills 305 00:18:01,981 --> 00:18:04,883 isn't the sort of thing one can pull off in 20 minutes. 306 00:18:04,951 --> 00:18:06,078 Now, where can I reach you? 307 00:18:06,152 --> 00:18:07,780 I'll contact you. 308 00:18:20,466 --> 00:18:22,230 Mr. Biddle. 309 00:18:22,501 --> 00:18:24,629 If that is your real name. 310 00:18:25,271 --> 00:18:29,038 We have to talk about how it is that you saw Nigel Allison 311 00:18:29,108 --> 00:18:32,408 board a plane for London without his passport. 312 00:18:44,390 --> 00:18:46,188 The globe-trotting novelist 313 00:18:46,258 --> 00:18:49,695 who always turns up when things get hot on the international scene. 314 00:18:49,762 --> 00:18:51,822 Of course, I should have guessed long ago. 315 00:18:51,897 --> 00:18:53,263 Guessed what? 316 00:18:53,332 --> 00:18:57,064 Well, it's the perfect cover, just as it was once for Somerset Maugham. 317 00:18:57,136 --> 00:19:00,300 Nigel Allison is a British intelligence agent, isn't he? 318 00:19:00,373 --> 00:19:01,466 And so are you. 319 00:19:01,540 --> 00:19:03,941 Now, really, Mrs. Fletcher, 320 00:19:04,010 --> 00:19:06,421 I'm afraid your author's imagination is running away with you. 321 00:19:06,445 --> 00:19:07,445 I'm a publisher's... 322 00:19:07,513 --> 00:19:09,379 A publisher's representative, I know. 323 00:19:09,448 --> 00:19:12,475 I phoned Nigel's publishing house a few minutes ago. 324 00:19:12,551 --> 00:19:14,577 They'd never heard of you. 325 00:19:15,588 --> 00:19:18,717 Please, tell me what's happened to Nigel. 326 00:19:20,459 --> 00:19:22,860 Now, look, Mrs. Fletcher, for the sake of argument, 327 00:19:22,928 --> 00:19:24,954 let's say you've got it just about right. 328 00:19:25,031 --> 00:19:27,209 What you're missing is, if you don't go back to your room 329 00:19:27,233 --> 00:19:29,964 and stop asking questions, he'll be dead. 330 00:19:30,670 --> 00:19:32,605 Then it is a kidnapping. 331 00:19:32,672 --> 00:19:35,267 I'm here to negotiate the ransom exchange with the terrorists, 332 00:19:35,341 --> 00:19:37,352 who've assured me if a single word of this leaks out, 333 00:19:37,376 --> 00:19:39,174 they'll kill him immediately. 334 00:19:39,245 --> 00:19:41,942 Well, I've already talked to the police. 335 00:19:42,014 --> 00:19:45,507 I was afraid you might do something of the sort. What did they say? 336 00:19:45,584 --> 00:19:50,522 It was an Inspector Van Horn. He seemed to think that I was an alarmist. 337 00:19:50,923 --> 00:19:53,222 Well, let's hope he continues to feel that way. 338 00:19:53,292 --> 00:19:55,504 Look, Mrs. Fletcher, I've got a great deal of work to do. 339 00:19:55,528 --> 00:19:58,896 I'm sorry I lied to you earlier on. Now you know why I had to. 340 00:19:58,964 --> 00:20:00,762 I can imagine how you feel. 341 00:20:00,833 --> 00:20:03,735 I've handled situations like this before successfully. 342 00:20:03,803 --> 00:20:05,931 Any luck, we'll have Nigel released in a few hours. 343 00:20:06,005 --> 00:20:07,735 If there's any way that I can help... 344 00:20:07,807 --> 00:20:10,504 Yeah, there is. Just do nothing, please. 345 00:20:31,097 --> 00:20:34,465 Excuse me. I wonder if you could help me. I'm Mrs. Allison. 346 00:20:34,533 --> 00:20:37,697 We've just checked out of room 1420 a little while ago. 347 00:20:37,770 --> 00:20:39,136 Have you made up the room yet? 348 00:20:39,205 --> 00:20:40,366 No. No, not yet. 349 00:20:40,439 --> 00:20:42,999 Oh, thank heavens. My wedding ring. 350 00:20:43,075 --> 00:20:45,306 I think I must have left it on the bathroom sink. 351 00:20:45,377 --> 00:20:46,555 I really shouldn't take it off. 352 00:20:46,579 --> 00:20:48,639 My husband will be furious if I've lost it. 353 00:20:48,714 --> 00:20:51,093 Would you be kind enough to let me go inside and have a look? 354 00:20:51,117 --> 00:20:52,642 Of course. Good. 355 00:20:56,822 --> 00:20:58,017 Thank you so much. 356 00:20:58,090 --> 00:20:59,820 I hope you find it. 357 00:22:06,759 --> 00:22:09,092 Well, hello again, Mrs. Fletcher. 358 00:22:09,995 --> 00:22:12,362 Do you have a license to carry hairspray? 359 00:22:12,431 --> 00:22:15,265 Well, these days, one can never be too sure. 360 00:22:16,035 --> 00:22:18,368 Isn't it baffling, Mrs. Fletcher? 361 00:22:18,437 --> 00:22:23,068 Why do the pictures on the walls of hotel rooms all look the same? Boring. 362 00:22:23,342 --> 00:22:25,902 A wasted opportunity to spread beauty. 363 00:22:25,978 --> 00:22:28,379 That's an artist's view of things. 364 00:22:29,415 --> 00:22:33,614 But, as a policeman, I assume you came looking for clues 365 00:22:33,686 --> 00:22:36,656 to the whereabouts of your friend, Mr. Allison. 366 00:22:36,722 --> 00:22:38,554 Did you find anything interesting? 367 00:22:38,624 --> 00:22:40,718 Well, I've only been here a minute. 368 00:22:40,793 --> 00:22:44,195 Inspector, you told me that there was nothing to investigate. 369 00:22:44,263 --> 00:22:45,925 I changed my mind. 370 00:22:46,565 --> 00:22:47,760 Doesn't that please you? 371 00:22:47,833 --> 00:22:49,495 Oh, of course it does. 372 00:22:49,568 --> 00:22:53,835 Although, Mr. Allison will probably just turn up anyway in a few hours. 373 00:22:54,273 --> 00:22:55,502 I hope so. 374 00:22:55,574 --> 00:22:57,839 Sometimes unpleasant things happen to people 375 00:22:57,910 --> 00:22:59,421 who are friendly with Philip De Kooning. 376 00:22:59,445 --> 00:23:02,210 Yes, I noticed your reaction to his name earlier. 377 00:23:02,281 --> 00:23:04,079 The man is notorious. 378 00:23:04,316 --> 00:23:07,218 We believe him to be a major broker 379 00:23:07,286 --> 00:23:09,414 in illegal jewels and military arms. 380 00:23:09,488 --> 00:23:11,582 In fact, he may have had a connection 381 00:23:11,657 --> 00:23:14,354 with the hit-and-run killing of Hendrik Kuyper. 382 00:23:14,426 --> 00:23:15,426 Murder? 383 00:23:16,896 --> 00:23:18,762 At the time of Mr. Kuyper's death 384 00:23:18,831 --> 00:23:23,064 he was working for me, tracking the movements of Mr. De Kooning. 385 00:23:23,602 --> 00:23:26,231 I'll have to tell Nigel when I see him. 386 00:23:26,472 --> 00:23:28,065 Yes, you do that. 387 00:23:28,140 --> 00:23:29,301 In the meantime, 388 00:23:29,375 --> 00:23:32,675 are you certain there is nothing you wish to tell me? 389 00:23:32,745 --> 00:23:34,373 No, there isn't. 390 00:23:35,014 --> 00:23:36,175 I see. 391 00:23:36,749 --> 00:23:39,947 Well, I'll be sure to let you know what I discover. 392 00:23:40,019 --> 00:23:41,351 Thank you. 393 00:23:44,290 --> 00:23:45,485 Uh-huh. 394 00:23:46,058 --> 00:23:48,493 You're sure you'll have it by then? 395 00:23:48,594 --> 00:23:50,085 Great. Thanks. 396 00:23:51,297 --> 00:23:52,390 Okay. 397 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:57,063 They'll have the new compressor installed by noon tomorrow. 398 00:23:57,136 --> 00:23:58,832 We can fly any time after that. 399 00:23:58,904 --> 00:24:00,566 Splendid. And the repair cost? 400 00:24:00,639 --> 00:24:03,575 About 5,000. Yeah, 5,500. 401 00:24:04,576 --> 00:24:06,101 They want cash. 402 00:24:06,345 --> 00:24:08,871 All my problems should be that small. 403 00:24:09,214 --> 00:24:10,214 Tell me, Nick, 404 00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:12,027 you wouldn't happen to have 500,000 405 00:24:12,051 --> 00:24:14,276 jingling around those jeans, now, would you? 406 00:24:14,353 --> 00:24:16,652 That's a little out of my league. 407 00:24:16,722 --> 00:24:21,285 Well, be glad it is. The ups are magnificent, but the downs could kill you. 408 00:24:21,927 --> 00:24:23,418 Philip. 409 00:24:23,929 --> 00:24:26,763 Pour yourself a drink. Be back in a moment. 410 00:24:37,076 --> 00:24:38,977 Fasten these, will you? 411 00:24:43,415 --> 00:24:46,078 Remember when you gave me these, darling? 412 00:24:46,151 --> 00:24:47,414 Istanbul. 413 00:24:48,721 --> 00:24:50,121 Exquisite, aren't they? 414 00:24:50,189 --> 00:24:52,158 Mmm. Like all my jewelry. 415 00:24:52,825 --> 00:24:55,124 But, then, you treat me so well. 416 00:24:55,194 --> 00:24:57,629 Nothing you don't deserve, darling. 417 00:24:58,764 --> 00:25:00,995 Omar Hakeem, of course. 418 00:25:01,066 --> 00:25:02,066 What? 419 00:25:02,134 --> 00:25:03,762 Hakeem. Istanbul. 420 00:25:04,003 --> 00:25:06,404 Maybe he can advance me the money. 421 00:25:06,805 --> 00:25:08,774 Yeah, I just got the word. 422 00:25:08,841 --> 00:25:11,003 The plane is ready and waiting right now. 423 00:25:11,744 --> 00:25:15,146 Yeah, as soon as we get our hands on the money, we're out of here. 424 00:25:15,214 --> 00:25:16,648 Two million pounds richer. 425 00:25:16,715 --> 00:25:17,842 Philip? 426 00:25:17,916 --> 00:25:20,112 Yeah. Just give me the signal. 427 00:25:20,285 --> 00:25:21,412 Okay. 428 00:25:32,131 --> 00:25:34,259 Sorry to keep you waiting, Nick. 429 00:25:34,333 --> 00:25:37,132 Why don't you run along, have a good time? 430 00:25:37,536 --> 00:25:39,801 I don't want to burden you with my problems. 431 00:25:39,872 --> 00:25:42,603 Well, I hope you work them out. 432 00:25:42,674 --> 00:25:44,870 Oh, I will. I definitely will. 433 00:25:56,021 --> 00:25:57,148 Operator. 434 00:25:57,222 --> 00:25:58,383 Hello, Operator? 435 00:25:58,457 --> 00:26:00,517 I was on the phone a moment ago, and I was cut off. 436 00:26:00,592 --> 00:26:02,493 Ja. Could you ring the party back? 437 00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:04,291 Gladly. I misplaced the number. 438 00:26:09,935 --> 00:26:13,133 I'm sorry. I have no record of a room service order 439 00:26:13,205 --> 00:26:15,800 being delivered on the 14th floor at that time. 440 00:26:15,874 --> 00:26:19,333 Could someone come by and just borrow one of your carts? 441 00:26:20,646 --> 00:26:22,945 I suppose they could. Excuse me. 442 00:27:00,319 --> 00:27:03,915 It's a tranquilizer dart. The sort they used on animals in the zoo. 443 00:27:03,989 --> 00:27:07,721 Nigel was knocked out and wheeled off in that room service cart. 444 00:27:07,793 --> 00:27:09,033 I've asked them to put it aside 445 00:27:09,061 --> 00:27:10,359 in case there are fingerprints. 446 00:27:10,429 --> 00:27:11,761 Couldn't resist, could you? 447 00:27:11,830 --> 00:27:14,026 I asked you to stay out of it, I begged you, 448 00:27:14,099 --> 00:27:16,159 but no, here you are again. 449 00:27:16,235 --> 00:27:19,535 Mr. Biddle, aren't you interested in apprehending these people 450 00:27:19,605 --> 00:27:22,200 to prevent them from doing this sort of thing again? 451 00:27:22,274 --> 00:27:25,870 Of course I am. But my first priority is... 452 00:27:25,944 --> 00:27:28,209 Is to get Nigel released. I know that, but... 453 00:27:39,958 --> 00:27:41,927 Biddle here. It's Finley. 454 00:27:42,661 --> 00:27:43,890 Finley. 455 00:27:43,962 --> 00:27:45,453 In regard to the ransom. 456 00:27:45,531 --> 00:27:46,829 Where the hell is the money? 457 00:27:46,899 --> 00:27:48,458 We're having trouble. What? 458 00:27:48,534 --> 00:27:50,503 We just now got it. Damn it, man, 459 00:27:50,569 --> 00:27:53,232 we are already two hours behind their schedule. 460 00:27:53,305 --> 00:27:56,901 We're going to lose Nigel, all because your people are dragging their bloody feet. 461 00:27:56,975 --> 00:27:59,069 Listen, we're doing our best. It's a lot of money. 462 00:27:59,144 --> 00:28:01,204 Try and stall them as long as you can. 463 00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:02,280 What? 464 00:28:02,347 --> 00:28:03,371 We need more time. 465 00:28:03,448 --> 00:28:05,041 I'll do my best. 466 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,386 Whitehall bureaucrats. 467 00:28:10,489 --> 00:28:13,425 Well, they finally managed to get the ransom money together. 468 00:28:15,427 --> 00:28:17,157 This could be them. 469 00:28:21,900 --> 00:28:23,198 This is Biddle. 470 00:28:23,268 --> 00:28:25,601 Do you have the money? 471 00:28:26,171 --> 00:28:27,867 There's been a slight delay. 472 00:28:27,940 --> 00:28:29,340 I warned you! 473 00:28:29,408 --> 00:28:31,377 Now, wait. Don't hang up. 474 00:28:31,677 --> 00:28:34,476 It's the weather. Amsterdam Airport's fogged in. 475 00:28:34,546 --> 00:28:36,515 Won't allow any planes in till morning. 476 00:28:36,582 --> 00:28:38,107 If you are lying... 477 00:28:38,183 --> 00:28:40,516 Look, it's just a few hours more. 478 00:28:40,786 --> 00:28:43,688 You'll have the money by noon at the latest. 479 00:28:43,956 --> 00:28:45,390 Can I say hello to Allison now? 480 00:28:52,631 --> 00:28:54,964 This is Nigel Allison. 481 00:28:57,803 --> 00:28:59,795 This is my final warning. 482 00:29:00,205 --> 00:29:03,039 If you're one minute late, he's a dead man. 483 00:29:14,853 --> 00:29:15,877 Excuse me, Mrs. Fletcher. 484 00:29:15,954 --> 00:29:16,978 Oh, hello, Miss Vidal. 485 00:29:17,055 --> 00:29:18,148 I tried to call you. 486 00:29:18,223 --> 00:29:22,354 I hate to be a bother. But when I told my editor about seeing you... 487 00:29:22,427 --> 00:29:23,622 He's one of your fans. 488 00:29:23,695 --> 00:29:26,221 And I just thought, wouldn't it be an incredible thing 489 00:29:26,298 --> 00:29:31,066 if I could say I interviewed Jessica Fletcher and Nigel Allison in the same day? 490 00:29:32,170 --> 00:29:34,139 When did you talk to Mr. Allison? 491 00:29:34,206 --> 00:29:37,768 At breakfast. What a brilliant man. And charming. 492 00:29:38,243 --> 00:29:40,508 Just the way a world-famous author should be, 493 00:29:40,579 --> 00:29:44,914 with a suntan, and a carnation in his lapel and that twinkle in his eye. 494 00:29:45,417 --> 00:29:47,511 Oh, that's Nigel, all right. 495 00:29:47,686 --> 00:29:50,053 Anyway, let's talk about you, Mrs. Fletcher. 496 00:29:50,122 --> 00:29:52,489 I'm sorry to put you off again, Miss Vidal, 497 00:29:52,557 --> 00:29:54,856 but I'm afraid I can't just now. 498 00:30:04,836 --> 00:30:08,796 Oh, Mrs. Fletcher. This letter was left for you at the desk. 499 00:30:09,141 --> 00:30:11,133 Oh. Thank you, Mr. Burger. 500 00:30:19,951 --> 00:30:21,476 Mr. De Kooning. 501 00:30:30,295 --> 00:30:31,820 Mr. De Kooning? 502 00:31:03,929 --> 00:31:06,023 You may look, Mrs. Fletcher. 503 00:31:06,665 --> 00:31:09,100 Of course, it's a work in progress. 504 00:31:09,234 --> 00:31:14,332 Sometimes, sketching an individual's likeness helps me to understand them. 505 00:31:14,740 --> 00:31:16,800 Very interesting so far. 506 00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:18,366 Like yourself. 507 00:31:18,777 --> 00:31:21,872 You... You puzzle me, Mrs. Fletcher. 508 00:31:22,614 --> 00:31:27,814 You seem so basically honest, and yet often so elusive. 509 00:31:28,887 --> 00:31:30,753 We shall see how you turn out. 510 00:31:32,991 --> 00:31:35,984 Inspector, there's a gentleman who says he must see Mrs. Fletcher. 511 00:31:36,061 --> 00:31:37,996 Are you all right, Jessica? Colin! 512 00:31:38,063 --> 00:31:39,656 I'm Colin Biddle, Inspector, 513 00:31:39,731 --> 00:31:42,599 associated with Mrs. Fletcher's publishing firm in Britain. 514 00:31:42,667 --> 00:31:44,465 Ah, yes, of course. 515 00:31:47,873 --> 00:31:50,433 Mrs. Fletcher and I were just about to discuss 516 00:31:50,509 --> 00:31:53,206 the note she received from Mr. De Kooning. 517 00:31:53,278 --> 00:31:56,077 It was regarding Mr. Allison's whereabouts. 518 00:31:56,314 --> 00:31:57,314 Jessica... 519 00:31:57,382 --> 00:31:59,394 Colin, the game has changed. People are getting killed. 520 00:31:59,418 --> 00:32:02,616 I think you should seek legal advice before discussing anything further. 521 00:32:02,687 --> 00:32:04,883 She's not being charged, Mr. Biddle. 522 00:32:04,956 --> 00:32:09,018 Only asked to provide facts that might facilitate my investigation. 523 00:32:09,995 --> 00:32:12,362 And I should like to tell you both, 524 00:32:12,431 --> 00:32:16,835 I'm not happy to have British Intelligence or anyone else 525 00:32:17,335 --> 00:32:19,770 play games in my territory without informing me. 526 00:32:25,744 --> 00:32:27,542 You'll have to excuse me. 527 00:32:27,612 --> 00:32:30,207 Inspector, can Mrs. Fletcher leave now? 528 00:32:30,882 --> 00:32:32,373 Ja, of course. 529 00:32:33,051 --> 00:32:35,543 But I shall need to ask for your passports. 530 00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:38,283 I want to have further conversations with you both. 531 00:32:38,723 --> 00:32:40,954 You told him! I can't believe you did that. 532 00:32:41,026 --> 00:32:43,825 I didn't, Colin. But the man is not stupid. 533 00:32:44,696 --> 00:32:48,133 I'm sorry, Jessica. This whole affair has driven me a little crazy. 534 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:49,677 Well, have you heard from the kidnappers? 535 00:32:49,701 --> 00:32:51,602 I mean, is Nigel still... So far, so far. 536 00:32:51,670 --> 00:32:54,196 I spoke with him briefly an hour ago. 537 00:32:54,573 --> 00:32:56,201 And the ransom? Well, the fog's lifted. 538 00:32:56,274 --> 00:32:59,210 The plane should be touching down any moment. We're almost there. 539 00:32:59,344 --> 00:33:03,509 Mr. Burger, I am not responsible for my husband's finances. 540 00:33:03,582 --> 00:33:05,710 He misrepresented them to me, too. 541 00:33:05,784 --> 00:33:07,878 The only reason I'm staying on in Amsterdam at all 542 00:33:07,953 --> 00:33:10,531 is because the police have apparently not finished questioning me. 543 00:33:10,555 --> 00:33:11,999 Now, am I supposed to sleep out on the street? 544 00:33:12,023 --> 00:33:13,047 Please, please. 545 00:33:13,124 --> 00:33:15,764 We're happy to provide you with another room, with our compliments. 546 00:33:15,827 --> 00:33:20,197 And then as soon as the police allow us back into your former suite, 547 00:33:20,265 --> 00:33:22,666 then we'll move your bags for you. 548 00:33:24,569 --> 00:33:25,593 Thank you. 549 00:33:25,670 --> 00:33:27,764 Ah, pardon me, Mrs. De Kooning? 550 00:33:27,839 --> 00:33:30,699 I'm... I know who you are. 551 00:33:30,775 --> 00:33:32,539 Nigel Allison's rattled on about you 552 00:33:32,611 --> 00:33:34,637 at great, boring length on several continents. 553 00:33:34,713 --> 00:33:37,547 Well, it's Nigel that I need to talk to you about. 554 00:33:37,616 --> 00:33:40,279 Mrs. De Kooning, would you have any idea 555 00:33:40,352 --> 00:33:42,792 what it was that your husband learned about 556 00:33:42,816 --> 00:33:45,222 Mr. Allison's whereabouts or his situation 557 00:33:45,290 --> 00:33:48,021 that he might have been about to tell me? 558 00:33:48,126 --> 00:33:53,121 Mrs. Fletcher, if I had a dollar for every time Philip confided in me, 559 00:33:53,665 --> 00:33:56,260 I could maybe buy you a cup of coffee. 560 00:33:56,968 --> 00:34:00,871 Hell, he's been dead for, what, 12 hours now, and he's still lying to me. 561 00:34:00,939 --> 00:34:02,737 I'm afraid I don't understand. 562 00:34:02,807 --> 00:34:06,300 I just called the airport to find out what time the plane would be repaired. 563 00:34:06,378 --> 00:34:08,779 And they said, "Didn't Mr. Halsey tell you? 564 00:34:08,847 --> 00:34:11,373 "It's been ready since yesterday morning." 565 00:34:11,449 --> 00:34:13,042 And they said Nick had ordered the plane 566 00:34:13,118 --> 00:34:16,054 gassed for takeoff shortly after noon today. 567 00:34:16,454 --> 00:34:17,649 By noon? 568 00:34:19,758 --> 00:34:21,090 By noon. 569 00:34:21,159 --> 00:34:22,286 What? 570 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,386 Thank you, Mrs. De Kooning. 571 00:34:28,767 --> 00:34:29,767 Operator. 572 00:34:29,834 --> 00:34:33,930 Yes. Could you please connect me with the Amsterdam News? 573 00:34:34,406 --> 00:34:37,467 You've had a good run, Harry. You and De Kooning. 574 00:34:37,542 --> 00:34:39,807 He'd fly in diamonds from South Africa, 575 00:34:39,878 --> 00:34:42,473 you'd be waiting with a shipment of illegal weapons, 576 00:34:42,547 --> 00:34:46,450 he'd fly out the weapons to the Middle East, and everybody got rich. 577 00:34:46,518 --> 00:34:47,850 Until now. 578 00:34:48,119 --> 00:34:52,022 By noon De Kooning was gonna have the cash and we'd close the deal. 579 00:34:52,090 --> 00:34:55,356 A few hours more, and your guys would've busted into an empty warehouse. 580 00:34:55,427 --> 00:34:57,589 So you ran down Hendrik Kuyper 581 00:34:57,662 --> 00:34:59,006 to keep him off De Kooning's case... 582 00:34:59,030 --> 00:35:00,089 Oh, no! 583 00:35:00,165 --> 00:35:02,327 Until De Kooning got his hands on this money, 584 00:35:02,400 --> 00:35:04,426 then you killed him for it. 585 00:35:04,569 --> 00:35:07,095 And you figured you would sell the armaments to his buyer. 586 00:35:07,172 --> 00:35:11,837 Inspector, if I would've got my hands on that cash, I would've been long gone. 587 00:35:12,010 --> 00:35:13,535 Tell me, Harry, 588 00:35:14,579 --> 00:35:18,311 where did De Kooning say he was going to find all this money? 589 00:35:21,052 --> 00:35:22,052 Excuse me, Inspector. 590 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,919 The lab report on the fingerprints we found on the murder knife 591 00:35:24,990 --> 00:35:27,619 and on the note Mrs. Fletcher received. 592 00:35:29,394 --> 00:35:32,159 918, 919. Yes. 593 00:35:32,230 --> 00:35:33,357 It's all there? 594 00:35:33,431 --> 00:35:37,630 The entire two million pounds. Now, back up just a bit. 595 00:35:38,069 --> 00:35:42,234 You say you think Halsey may be involved along with this Vidal woman? 596 00:35:42,507 --> 00:35:44,567 Who is not who she claims to be. 597 00:35:44,643 --> 00:35:48,375 The Amsterdam News said they had no one there working by that name. 598 00:35:48,446 --> 00:35:50,472 Now, yesterday morning in the lobby 599 00:35:50,548 --> 00:35:54,610 I happened to notice Mr. Halsey slip a piece of paper to her. 600 00:35:55,587 --> 00:35:56,919 All right. 601 00:35:59,591 --> 00:36:02,425 But how does that connect them to Nigel Allison's kidnapping? 602 00:36:02,494 --> 00:36:03,638 Well, it doesn't necessarily. 603 00:36:03,662 --> 00:36:06,530 But I think it's possible that De Kooning's widow was mistaken, 604 00:36:06,598 --> 00:36:10,035 and her husband wasn't deceiving her about the airplane's readiness. 605 00:36:10,101 --> 00:36:12,502 You mean Nick Halsey may have been misleading both of them? 606 00:36:12,570 --> 00:36:13,799 Exactly. 607 00:36:13,872 --> 00:36:16,967 I mean, suppose he was planning a sudden getaway with Miss Vidal? 608 00:36:17,042 --> 00:36:20,069 Now, look, Jessica, you may be correct or not, 609 00:36:20,145 --> 00:36:23,912 but right now I have to focus solely on securing Nigel's freedom. 610 00:36:23,982 --> 00:36:25,883 And from here on out... 611 00:36:27,419 --> 00:36:29,115 it becomes extremely risky. 612 00:36:29,187 --> 00:36:32,282 Something to which I have no intention of exposing you. 613 00:36:32,357 --> 00:36:35,452 Colin, I am going with you, and that is that. 614 00:36:35,527 --> 00:36:38,986 I mean, Lord knows what kind of shape Nigel is going to be in, 615 00:36:39,064 --> 00:36:43,695 so I packed some sandwiches and some bottled water, and bandages. 616 00:36:43,768 --> 00:36:45,964 No wonder he speaks so highly of you. 617 00:36:46,037 --> 00:36:48,131 I care for Nigel just as much as you do. 618 00:36:48,206 --> 00:36:50,107 He saved my life in Beirut. 619 00:36:50,175 --> 00:36:54,840 But you must understand, these people are notoriously unreliable and volatile. 620 00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:59,651 Now, I want you to go back to your suite while I wait here for their call. 621 00:37:00,185 --> 00:37:02,711 And God help us, I hope we aren't too late. 622 00:37:04,723 --> 00:37:06,954 Mr. Biddle. Inspector Van Horn. 623 00:37:22,974 --> 00:37:27,002 Mrs. Fletcher, you weren't in your room, so I assumed I'd find you here. 624 00:37:27,078 --> 00:37:28,569 What is it, Inspector? 625 00:37:28,646 --> 00:37:32,811 The police laboratory has provided positive identification 626 00:37:32,884 --> 00:37:35,513 of the fingerprints on the death weapon 627 00:37:36,054 --> 00:37:40,583 and on the note you allegedly received from Mr. De Kooning. 628 00:37:40,759 --> 00:37:42,091 Allegedly? 629 00:37:42,327 --> 00:37:45,327 Inspector Van Horn... Quiet, Mr. Biddle. 630 00:37:45,964 --> 00:37:47,694 Or whoever you are. 631 00:37:47,866 --> 00:37:50,927 I will deal with you and your activities later. 632 00:37:51,069 --> 00:37:55,097 For now, the only prints on the message itself 633 00:37:55,507 --> 00:37:57,499 were yours, Mrs. Fletcher, 634 00:37:57,876 --> 00:38:00,004 and the same is true of the knife. 635 00:38:00,078 --> 00:38:05,346 Therefore, I'm placing you under arrest for the murder of Philip De Kooning. 636 00:38:15,894 --> 00:38:18,796 Inspector, I never touched that knife. 637 00:38:18,863 --> 00:38:22,061 And as for the note, well, it was clearly prepared by the killer 638 00:38:22,133 --> 00:38:25,592 as part of an attempt to frame me for Mr. De Kooning's murder. 639 00:38:25,670 --> 00:38:26,899 Perhaps. 640 00:38:27,605 --> 00:38:31,303 You know, I did not find a murderess in that face. 641 00:38:31,709 --> 00:38:34,543 But it is one that is capable of deception. 642 00:38:34,612 --> 00:38:36,513 I've never lied to you. 643 00:38:36,681 --> 00:38:39,173 No, you have not. As yet. 644 00:38:39,918 --> 00:38:43,753 But I said deception. There is a difference, however subtle. 645 00:38:44,289 --> 00:38:47,384 Tell me, what connection do you know of 646 00:38:47,458 --> 00:38:50,917 between the murder of Philip De Kooning and your missing friend? 647 00:38:50,995 --> 00:38:54,523 None, I'm afraid. There seems to be a lot of disparate pieces. 648 00:38:54,599 --> 00:38:56,932 Halsey, Monika Vidal. 649 00:38:57,001 --> 00:38:58,833 And according to Harry Tigner, 650 00:38:58,903 --> 00:39:02,271 De Kooning expected to pay him a large sum of money today. 651 00:39:02,340 --> 00:39:06,539 And yet, this report on De Kooning's finances 652 00:39:06,611 --> 00:39:09,706 indicates that at the time of his death 653 00:39:10,114 --> 00:39:12,310 his assets were virtually nil. 654 00:39:13,151 --> 00:39:16,019 Now, Mrs. Fletcher, it's time for the rest of it. 655 00:39:16,087 --> 00:39:20,218 For you to tell me exactly what role Mr. Biddle plays in all this. 656 00:39:21,025 --> 00:39:23,221 All right. But you must understand 657 00:39:23,294 --> 00:39:28,164 that any interference by you or your people could result in Nigel Allison's death. 658 00:39:28,399 --> 00:39:31,392 I'd rather assumed it was something like this. 659 00:39:33,905 --> 00:39:39,537 Inspector, I think I know how my fingerprints were placed... 660 00:39:39,777 --> 00:39:41,040 On the murder weapon. 661 00:39:41,112 --> 00:39:43,206 They were lifted on transparent tape, 662 00:39:43,281 --> 00:39:45,648 from something else I held at one time or another. 663 00:39:45,717 --> 00:39:49,119 A device employed sometimes, I am sorry to say, 664 00:39:49,587 --> 00:39:53,115 by unethical, overzealous police officers. 665 00:39:55,526 --> 00:39:57,825 Mrs. Fletcher? What is it? 666 00:39:58,229 --> 00:40:00,768 Inspector, I believe I know who killed 667 00:40:00,792 --> 00:40:03,827 Mr. De Kooning and how to find Nigel Allison. 668 00:40:03,902 --> 00:40:07,361 I only hope we can get to him in time to save his life. 669 00:40:08,339 --> 00:40:11,499 I'm calling to tell you that I'm not going to wait any longer. 670 00:40:11,542 --> 00:40:14,740 Either you come here now or I will kill Allison 671 00:40:14,812 --> 00:40:17,748 and notify the police that you are behind it. 672 00:40:22,553 --> 00:40:23,851 That was very convincing. 673 00:40:23,922 --> 00:40:27,256 Well, I just hope that it sounded like the voice that I heard. 674 00:40:27,325 --> 00:40:28,384 We'll find out. 675 00:40:30,695 --> 00:40:32,061 Ja? Muller? 676 00:40:35,867 --> 00:40:38,200 Our target is on the move. 677 00:40:51,349 --> 00:40:54,080 What the hell is wrong with you, falling apart like this? 678 00:40:54,152 --> 00:40:55,643 Falling apart? 679 00:40:56,487 --> 00:40:57,819 What are you talking about? 680 00:40:57,889 --> 00:41:01,291 What are you doing? Do you want Allison to identify you? 681 00:41:01,359 --> 00:41:05,091 Mr. Allison is of no further use to us, Biddle. 682 00:41:05,463 --> 00:41:06,658 Halsey. 683 00:41:07,231 --> 00:41:09,132 He just doesn't get it. 684 00:41:09,267 --> 00:41:13,170 Change of plan, pal. A new line-up, and you're on the bench. 685 00:41:13,237 --> 00:41:14,830 Give me the gun. 686 00:41:19,711 --> 00:41:21,509 It's all about arithmetic. 687 00:41:21,579 --> 00:41:25,277 Two divides into two million pounds a lot easier than three. 688 00:41:25,817 --> 00:41:30,152 Well, well. Can't say I'm surprised, partners. 689 00:41:31,155 --> 00:41:34,717 But you're forgetting one essential piece of the equation. 690 00:41:35,426 --> 00:41:36,792 Newspapers? 691 00:41:37,061 --> 00:41:40,361 I had a hunch when you phoned. The money's safely hidden. 692 00:41:40,431 --> 00:41:41,431 When I phoned? 693 00:41:41,499 --> 00:41:43,195 I'm afraid that was me. 694 00:41:43,267 --> 00:41:44,326 And he's right. 695 00:41:44,402 --> 00:41:48,737 Until a moment ago, the money was safely hidden in the trunk of his car. 696 00:41:49,107 --> 00:41:51,576 You fool. You led them here. 697 00:41:52,543 --> 00:41:53,738 Where's Nigel Allison? 698 00:41:53,811 --> 00:41:56,042 He's over there. He's not hurt. 699 00:42:01,085 --> 00:42:03,748 Inspector, I can explain everything. 700 00:42:03,821 --> 00:42:06,154 I had an anonymous tip that Nigel was being held... 701 00:42:06,224 --> 00:42:09,126 Save your breath, Biddle, for the courtroom. 702 00:42:09,727 --> 00:42:12,754 Mrs. Fletcher has worked out everybody's role in this matter, 703 00:42:12,830 --> 00:42:14,162 yours included. 704 00:42:14,232 --> 00:42:15,791 She figured it out? 705 00:42:15,867 --> 00:42:17,233 Yes, I did. 706 00:42:17,869 --> 00:42:21,306 Remember when you described your interview with Nigel Allison? 707 00:42:21,372 --> 00:42:23,705 You talked about him in such glowing terms. 708 00:42:24,042 --> 00:42:26,307 Just the way a world-famous author should be, 709 00:42:26,377 --> 00:42:30,371 with a suntan, and a carnation in his lapel and that twinkle in his eye. 710 00:42:30,548 --> 00:42:33,541 The flowers on Inspector Van Horn's desk reminded me 711 00:42:33,618 --> 00:42:37,521 that I gave Nigel the carnation just before he went to his room, 712 00:42:37,622 --> 00:42:39,818 a minute or so before 12:00 noon. 713 00:42:39,891 --> 00:42:42,793 And since he was electronically checked out of the hotel 714 00:42:42,860 --> 00:42:44,556 only three minutes later, 715 00:42:44,629 --> 00:42:48,566 it's likely that the only person who saw him wearing that flower was you, 716 00:42:48,633 --> 00:42:49,760 the kidnapper. 717 00:42:49,834 --> 00:42:53,396 Once I realized you were in on it, I asked myself, 718 00:42:53,471 --> 00:42:56,407 how could the kidnapper be sure that Nigel would be in his room 719 00:42:56,474 --> 00:42:58,773 at precisely 12:02 yesterday? 720 00:42:59,444 --> 00:43:00,844 And that's when I remembered 721 00:43:00,912 --> 00:43:03,905 that he was expecting an appointment call from London. 722 00:43:03,981 --> 00:43:07,679 From you, Colin. You set Nigel up for the kidnapping. 723 00:43:07,752 --> 00:43:09,880 Your plan was working quite well, Mr. Biddle, 724 00:43:09,954 --> 00:43:12,583 until the wrinkle with Mr. De Kooning occurred. 725 00:43:12,657 --> 00:43:13,886 I don't know what you mean. 726 00:43:13,958 --> 00:43:17,360 He means that somehow Philip De Kooning found out about the ransom, 727 00:43:17,428 --> 00:43:20,091 and probably tried to cut himself in on it, 728 00:43:20,164 --> 00:43:22,963 so you killed him and set me up. 729 00:43:23,034 --> 00:43:26,835 No, no, Jessica. I may be part of a failed kidnap plot, 730 00:43:26,904 --> 00:43:28,463 but you can't tie me into that murder. 731 00:43:28,539 --> 00:43:32,442 Oh, I don't have to. You did that yourself with my fingerprints. 732 00:43:32,643 --> 00:43:36,876 On the phone, in your room, you asked me to pour you a glass of water. 733 00:43:37,014 --> 00:43:38,209 You took it from me, 734 00:43:38,282 --> 00:43:41,081 being very careful not to disturb my fingerprints. 735 00:43:41,152 --> 00:43:44,316 And being a professional, you knew just how easy it would be 736 00:43:44,388 --> 00:43:46,448 to transfer them to the murder weapon. 737 00:43:46,524 --> 00:43:49,824 We found the glass in your room, Mr. Biddle, 738 00:43:49,894 --> 00:43:52,489 complete with traces of tape adhesive. 739 00:43:54,465 --> 00:43:55,990 It wasn't fair. 740 00:43:57,168 --> 00:44:00,366 I'd worked out the entire plan, taken all the risk, 741 00:44:00,438 --> 00:44:02,930 and here was this loudmouth interloper, De Kooning, 742 00:44:03,007 --> 00:44:04,703 trying to horn in. 743 00:44:05,009 --> 00:44:08,707 He'd overheard a phone conversation I'd had with this idiot. 744 00:44:10,248 --> 00:44:11,341 He came to see me. 745 00:44:11,649 --> 00:44:14,312 I have worked too long, planned for this too hard, 746 00:44:14,385 --> 00:44:15,985 to have someone like you dictate to me... 747 00:44:16,020 --> 00:44:17,613 Look, look, Biddle! 748 00:44:17,688 --> 00:44:20,317 From here on out, I'm your new partner. 749 00:44:20,892 --> 00:44:24,454 For one million pounds sterling for keeping my mouth shut. 750 00:44:24,629 --> 00:44:26,154 You have no choice in the matter. 751 00:44:26,497 --> 00:44:28,295 I knew he had to die. 752 00:44:28,366 --> 00:44:31,564 And then you walked in, and I saw the perfect way to get rid of him, 753 00:44:31,636 --> 00:44:33,867 and to stop your meddling, too. 754 00:44:34,972 --> 00:44:37,271 I phoned up De Kooning in his suite, 755 00:44:37,341 --> 00:44:40,778 arranged to visit him to finalize our agreement. 756 00:44:41,579 --> 00:44:44,413 Then you left a fake message from De Kooning to me, 757 00:44:44,482 --> 00:44:46,576 asking me to meet him there. 758 00:44:47,185 --> 00:44:49,086 Only you met him first. 759 00:44:56,460 --> 00:44:59,123 Would it have been worth it anyway, Colin, 760 00:44:59,197 --> 00:45:02,895 with your friends here, just waiting to kill you in the end? 761 00:45:04,702 --> 00:45:07,433 I'm sorry for what I did to you, Jessica. 762 00:45:07,672 --> 00:45:09,573 For what I did to Nigel. 763 00:45:14,145 --> 00:45:17,047 And your research was tracking Philip De Kooning? 764 00:45:17,114 --> 00:45:18,114 Yes. 765 00:45:18,182 --> 00:45:21,209 And Mr. Biddle admitted running down Hendrik Kuyper in a rented car. 766 00:45:21,285 --> 00:45:23,049 Yes, well, that was to prevent Kuyper 767 00:45:23,120 --> 00:45:25,248 from revealing Colin's involvement, of course. 768 00:45:25,323 --> 00:45:27,792 Thank you, Jessica, for being there. 769 00:45:27,858 --> 00:45:30,384 Speaking of thank you, I have a gift. 770 00:45:30,861 --> 00:45:34,730 For you, Mrs. Fletcher. A keepsake of your visit to Amsterdam. 771 00:45:34,799 --> 00:45:37,428 Ooh. I wonder if I can guess what it is. 772 00:45:41,973 --> 00:45:42,997 Oh! 773 00:45:43,074 --> 00:45:45,634 You really captured her, Inspector. 774 00:45:45,710 --> 00:45:46,905 Almost. 775 00:45:47,645 --> 00:45:49,739 Unfortunately, I had to let her go.