All language subtitles for 02 Ordeal by Innocence

I'll never fall in love again If

you said goodbye

I'll never feel that thrill again

Why should I try?

Retype the chapter on the Medici.

Yes, Mr. Argyle.

Look at the tray.

Oh, good.

Good.

Then tomorrow we can move on.

On the modern era.

Yes, Mr. Argyle.

Could you turn that off, please?

Is that Jacko again?

That's Jacko.

Look, if I had anywhere else to go...
Don't you think I have any shame,

No, I don't, Jacko.

I think you're shameless.

Philip.

Thank you, darling.

I wonder how much he needs this time.

Whatever your brother wants, she will
give it to him.

How much?

Two and a half thousand pounds.

Don't do that.

And if I don't give him the first 500
tomorrow, he's going to kill me.

Some of the thugs that work for him will
pour a bottle of whiskey down my

throat, prop me behind the wheel of a
car, and roll me into a bloody trucking.

And the next time you see me, I'll be
dead. Is that what you want?

I know you keep that sort of money in
the house.

I'd like to meet this bookmaker friend
of yours, please.

That's not how it's going to work. I am
telling you how it's going to work, boy.

I want this bookmaker to come here to
Sunny Point tomorrow.

And if what you're saying is true, he
and I will discuss a way of repaying

debt.

Don't mess with this man, Mother. You
don't know him. What are you doing,

Kirsten? I'm not just going to hand
money over. I am standing here listening

the argument.

Mother, this man is not going to come
here like a kid after school to discuss

some playground bath.

He's going to come up here with a gun!

There is not a game, woman. Give me the
money. I have nowhere else to go.

Will this ever end, Jekyll?

All the advantages you had, all the
money and thought poured into you. What

you become?

Give it to me. No.

No more. Give it to me. I need it.

I think you should leave now, Jacko.
Give me the money now or I will kill

Good God.

Jacko. Jacko.

Jacko.

I swear to God.

I swear to God.

She's dead.

Get out, Jacko.

Come on!

Jacob!

Jacob, wait!

I'm a dead man, Hess.

Calm down. Come on, let's go for a walk,
baby.

Have you gone?

He's gone.

Will you tell your person to leave,
please?

Sorry?

I'll take the post.

Uh, nine o 'clock tomorrow, Gwendolyn.

Yes, sir.

I didn't give him the money this time,
Leo.

No.

Jacko's a bad lot.

He always has been.

Have I done the right thing?

Rachel, you've always done exactly what
you wanted with these children.

I think it's a bit late to start asking
for my advice. It's all right, Leo.

Once again, I will try to do the right
thing by your children.

And I will subsidize you as you write
your substandard books, which no one

wants to publish, and I will make all
the difficult decisions for our family.

You're the biggest parasite of the lot,
Leo.

Mother. Not now, Bobby. We really need
to confirm what we're doing about the

city trust. Sort it out yourself, Bobby.

Sometimes I feel I should never have
bothered with you and your brother.

Ah, Kirsten.

Have you seen Mary?

Your wife will be down at the lodge, Mr.
Durrant.

Right.

Maybe you should go to her.

I think I'll just have a little drink
first.

Go on, fetch Leah.

Hello? What's up, sir?

I need the police.

I don't know what you're smiling for, Mr
Argyle.

I had seven witnesses who heard you
threatened to kill your mother an hour

half before she died.

So what?

Didn't you do it?

These same family members also testify
that you attacked her because she

wouldn't pay off your gambling debt.

Look, everyone between here and Bristol
knows that the old girl kept a stash in

her desk. Now, I'm not a detective,
Inspector Hughes, I wouldn't dare

But the whole thing looks like a
burglary to me.

Mum was in the wrong place at the wrong
time.

Which the coroner says was about 8 o
'clock.

Was it?

Where were you at 8 o 'clock, Jacko?

Hitchhiking.

Between Red Quay and Drummond.

Who was driving the car?

I don't know.

He was about 35.

Dark hair, drove a dark blue Morrick
Minor.

Talked a lot about eels.

Very boring, what can I say?

He dropped me outside the pub at 8 .15.

You're a cocky little swine, aren't you?

From time to time.

Is this yours?

Yep. The Southern Bank in Drymouth
issued these two £5 notes to your mother

yesterday morning.

Their funeral numbers are from the batch
of £100 that your mother collects each

month to top up the float she has on the
estate.

Yes, she gave it to me after we'd
argued.

Your family is sure she didn't give you
any money, Jacko. Well, she did.

So that's that, isn't it?

Look, what you've got to do now, mate,
is your job.

You've got to find the guy who gave me
the lift. But your alibi is a lie, isn't

it? I did not murder my mother. You've
lived a life of lies, haven't you,

Dear Miss Marple, it's a while since I
wrote, but as you know, I regard the

I spent in service with you as the time
from which my life began.

You gave me the confidence to train for
a profession and seek my place in the

world.

I hope I don't embarrass you, Miss
Marple, when I write that you are the

to family I have.

Fate has dealt me a curious hand since I
left you, but... I am at last to be

married, having found a happiness in
life which I always thought would elude

I would love it if it were possible for
you to share my day of happiness with

me.

Dearest Gwenda, of course I remember you
and would love to come to your wedding.

As I grow older, nothing brings me more
pleasure than to see young people I am

fond of find happiness.

Of all the girls who have come to me
from the orphanage, it was you who

underwent the greatest transformation.

And I've often wondered what
opportunities you have made with your

As the wedding is on Saturday, could I
possibly travel down to Devon early on

Thursday morning to give me time to
recover from the train?

Oh, Leo!

Leo!

Chicken, come on! Oh, how wonderful!

we have the Arctic fox, that's Alopex
lagopus.

There she is, cuddly little lass. That
is, you actually try to cuddle her when

she might basically bite your hand off.

So I suppose she's not cuddly at all,
really.

The thing that's interesting, actually,
really interesting about Alopex lagopus

is its comparison to the more common
European fox.

So let's have a look at her.

There we... Sorry, that's... I do
apologise. That's actually Mrs

Frobisher. She's a colleague of mine on
the Hayes... Hayes, whatchamacallit. And

there we go. There we go.

Volpes. Volpes.

Now, as you can see, these two foxes
have adapted to live in very different

climates. And the former one here is,
believe me...

Very furry.

And has a good supply of body fat. Now,
what also helps her to survive in a very

frigid environment is her short muzzle
and very thick ears.

I'm so sorry. I do apologise.

Marjorie, do hope you're not with us
tonight.

Sorry.

Fascinating talk, Dr. Calgary. Thank
you. I do hope so. Thank you. Thank you.

was indeed, Doctor. Most illuminating.
Very kind. Thank you.

Miss Marple.

Gwenda.

Oh, how lovely to see you again.

Yes.

Well, first of all, I must apologise for
the weather.

And I also must apologise, thank you,
for the final mode of transport needed

get you over to Sunny Point. But, you
see, the house is on a little island.

Oh. And, yes, the only way of getting
across is on one of the little boats,

which are all named after Leo's
children, actually. Oh, thank you.

Yes, well, slow down, slow down.

Let me have a look at you.

You look wonderful.

It's been too long.

I'm so glad that you could come, Miss
Marple.

I can't tell you.

You see, Leo has five grown -up
children.

Five? Yes, and you know how intimidating
large families can be, especially when

they all hold up together.

But at least I'm going to know I've got
one person on my side this weekend.

It's a bit muddy, isn't it? Yes, very
muddy.

Oh, dear.

Brenda, isn't that him?

Sunny Point had had a tragedy a couple
of years ago.

Yes.

Yes, that's right.

Rachel's death was a terrible thing.

But it's behind us now.

Anyway, mind your step, Miss Marple, on
this board, which is very slippy. I do

hope you're going to be comfortable in
this, Miss Marple.

That's it, you got it.

Mind the corner. You mind the corner.

Hold on.

Tina? Tina?

Yes? Yes, Bobby, sir?

I won't put my mouth here. You did,
Sergeant Major.

Did I? You did, Bob.

Well, these... No, I want the roses in
here and I want these ones to go in the

dining room.

Well, can't the new maid do it?

Get Mickey to ask her. He's always
looking for a chance to talk to her.

Hey!

Oh, no. Oh, Tessa, no.

No, we're using the old dinner service
tonight and we're saving the best for

wedding day itself, aren't we?

Yeah.

How much does all this cost, Bob?

It's great you've arranged it all. Well,
Dad deserves it done right then.

Hello, everybody.

Hi. You must be the much -spoken -about
Miss Martha.

Am I? Oh, yeah.

So these are Leo -san's Bobby.

Hello. Hello, Bobby.

Nice to meet you. Pleased to meet you.
Mickey.

And how are you, Mother?

Oh, don't.

May I take your bag, Miss Martha?

Oh, thank you.

Oh, and these are our two younger
sisters. This is Hester and Tina. Hello.

Hello, Hester.

Hello.

Tina. Let's see if Miss Marple can spot
the family resemblance.

You see, Leo and Rachel's children are
adopted.

Ah. Oh, God, it's going to rain all
weekend. Gwenda, you do realise that,

you?

Philip, his marital sister, Mary.

But we ignore him. He's grumpy.

I'm the grump wife, Mary.

How many people?

Oh, and here.

Here is Leo.

Welcome to the funny point, Miss Marple.

Thank you.

That's a poo corner.

You're just making a hole in the carpet.

The maid's just left the room, Mickey.

Can we concentrate on Gwenda?

A bird.

A bird. A bird. A bird. A bird.

A bird. A bird. A bird. A bird.

A bird.

A bird.

A bird.

I'm very, very wet.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Is Mr.

Argyle, Mr. Leo Argyle, in the house?

Yes. My name is Arthur Calgary, and I'm
here to tell you... Here. Oh, thank you.

Thank you very much. You're a very kind
and thoughtful lady.

Yes.

I'm here to tell you...

That there is no possible way that your
son, Jacko, committed that murder,

sir.

He's innocent.

And I can prove it.

Yes, I'm a scientist.

at Cambridge University.

But for the last two years, I've been in
the Arctic.

You've been on the Hayes -Bentley
expedition?

Back a month, yes, yes.

But we left, you see, on the 17th

of October, two years ago, but the day
before the 16th, I was here. I was here

in Red Quay, saying goodbye to...

to Nanny, who's retired to a home in the
area.

Actually, Nanny's sister's been very ill
recently with psoriasis.

We don't need to hear about Nanny's
sister.

No, no.

So you were in the area the night my
wife was murdered?

Which was at about eight o 'clock in the
evening.

Yes. Well, at that time, I was driving
between Red Quay and Drymouth.

In a dark boom or a fire.

That's right, that's right. And between
ten -two and quarter past, I gave a ride

to a hitchhiker.

No, most eels, most anguillables, prefer
to dwell in shallow waters or hide at

the bottom layer of the ocean in tiny
holes.

Have you got the time?

My God.

You're the alibi.

I'm the yes, the...

Yeah, whatchamacallit, yeah.

Who they never found. And they never
found me.

Because by the time they started
looking, I was, you know, halfway around

world looking at lemmings.

Dr Calgary's with you now?

I told him to wait till we came up with
him in the morning. Well, is he who he

says he is, Inspector?

I don't think he's a scientist.

He doesn't seem like it.

I'm checking his story now and all his
dates seem to fit.

Looks like your brother was telling the
truth all along about his alibi.

When can you get here, Inspector?

crossing in this weather. Look, Mr
Argyle, Dr Caldwell thinks he's doing a

thing, rushing to tell your family this,
but while he knows an unnatural amount

about eels and such like, I don't think
he knows anything about people.

How are they all taking the news?

I, uh, I thought you'd be pleased to
know that Jacko Argyle isn't a murderer.

We are.

So, instead of...

Jump for joy. You are an insensitive
man, Dr. Calcutta. Kirsten.

No, what did he think he was doing?

When you looked through the window,
didn't you see a happy family?

I did, I did. And I thought that what I
had to say would make you happier.

That our brother was executed for a
murder he didn't commit.

Why couldn't you have just left us all
alone?

Thank you, Dr.

Calcutta. Go.

Yeah,

what's the quote?

Nothing is ever... I was useless at the
literature. Nothing is settled.

Nothing is ever settled until it is
settled right.

Kipling. Yes, quite certainly, isn't it?
The police have requested that you

leave now.

Oh, in this weather? They didn't mention
the weather. They just asked you to go.

Oh.

Do you think what Kipling said is true?

Miss Marple, I think, if you don't mind,
I do think that we ought to leave the

family to themselves for a while. Oh, of
course.

Would you care to have supper in my
room? Oh, I'm sure Miss Marple would

her own company.

She's had a very long journey.

No, it would be nice to have company.
Thank you.

Did Rachel Argyle realize she couldn't
have children?

Just after she was married.

She was an heiress. Her father was rich
as a king.

She used that money to buy her family.

And bought Vipers Point, which was the
original name of this estate.

She changed the name to Sunny Point and
filled it like a fairground with

everything a child might desire.

And over the years, she bought the
children from deprived backgrounds.

Mary's the oldest, isn't she? She was
from New York.

Slum tenement, parents in jail.

She's always been a particular girl.

Everything proper and in its place.

And her husband, the pilot, he's a bag
of badness, I tell you. Rachel never

liked him.

And she was right.

Why is he in a wheelchair?

Polio.

18 months ago.

Then,

after Mary, came the twins, Jacko and
Bobby.

Bobby was Jacko's twin?

Oh, yes.

They came from an orphanage, but at the
same time, I came from Denmark to take

off my appointment.

Then, Esther was a Catholic girl, Shane,
and Mickey and Tina during the war.

Mickey from the East End, Tina's mother,
if you... Understand what I mean.

They both live in Red Quay.

The children were Rachel's obsession.

The well she put all her money and
attention down.

And her love.

You know, Miss Marple, Rachel meant
well.

But her tragedy was that I don't think
she was capable of love.

At least not towards her children.

That's what everyone's thinking, Daddy.
Tina!

I think that, um... I think that we
should maybe talk about all this when

shock has worn off, don't you?

Why not? Let's all talk about the
weather, shall we, Gwenda?

A price of tea.

Oh, very English.

I'm sorry, sir, but Tina was right.

If Jacko didn't murder Rachel, then
which one of your children did?

Well, it was a burglary.

Surely.

Like Jacko always said.

I think we should leave any speculation
to the police, don't you? Leave?

Yeah. The police?

And it won't just be Jacko's movements
that night they'll be investigating.

It will be all of us.

Well, I'm going to say it was a
burglary.

Well, they'll accept that.

Last time you just told them it was
Jacko and they accepted that straight

I don't think we're dealing with
Sherlock Holmes here. I will not have

talk!

Yes, sir.

Sorry, Dad.

Sorry, Daddy. Sorry, Daddy.

If you'll excuse us.

Did Mrs. Argyle leave any of her fortune
to her children?

Oh, I know what you are thinking.

You old ladies, you look so benign, and
yet your brain goes tick -tock, tick

-tock, poring over the latest murders in
the newspapers, looking for motives.

Well, one has few pleasures left in
life.

Rachel left all her fortune and trust
for her children, administered by Bobby.

They are all wealthy.

and can dip into the trust with his
permission at any time.

But at that time, Rachel had stopped
being generous to Jacko. He had wasted

much on illegal schemes.

We didn't know half of what he got up
to.

We didn't know he was married.

Jacko was married?

Oh, yes.

She turned up out of the blue on the day
of Rachel's funeral.

Yes? Hello?

Yes?

I'm Maureen.

Hello, Maureen.

Yeah. Jacko's wife.

No. No, Jacko's not married.

My mum said what with him committing
murder and that, that I should come up

the big house and you'd see me right.

What is it, Gerson?

Jacko's got a wife. Why?

Now that Jacko's going to be found
guilty and all, I...

Thought I'd come for you to see me
right, Mr Argyle. Life in the

quiet, Kirsten.

It's a bit early to say who's going to
be found guilty, don't you think?

Well, he did have the money, sir.

And she was right, Miss Markle.

He was found with some of the money on
him.

The exact same serial numbers.

Jacko was responsible.

I'm certain.

Always a wicked boy.

A ghost comes back to haunt me.

Once again, Rachel takes away any chance
of happiness.

What do you mean?

You saw how suspicious everyone was of
each other tonight?

Yes, but... I mean, if Jack wasn't
guilty, then the police will soon

who is. But two years on.

They won't find anything they can use.

And when the police reopen their
investigation... The whole world will be

suspicious of this family.

Morning.

Have you seen Gwenda?

No, I thought Jacko was innocent, you
know.

No.

Unlike everyone else, he actually was my
flesh and blood.

And even I didn't think that.

It was such a cut -and -dried case.

And he was always such a terrible liar.

And violent, if you went against him.

Do you think, um... Dr Calgary is
mistaken?

The day before my brother was executed,
Hess and I visited him in prison.

It's time to say goodbye, Hess.

No. No, don't say goodbye, Jacob.

No, because I love you to death, Jacob!
Come on.

Get off me!

Come on, please.

Come on.

I've, um... I've made sure that wife of
yours is provided for.

I should have been more like you,
shouldn't I, Bob?

That's what they told me all my life.

How could twins be so different?

There's no... No chance of a appeal, is
there?

It's the money you had that hangs each
other.

Maybe this is the best thing I've ever
done.

It's gone round and round in my head for
two years.

And now, I think I know what he meant.

I think he knew who the real killer was.

And he was protecting them.

He was prepared to die for them.

This is ridiculous. We should have
stayed up at the house.

We're better here.

Why, so you can murder me as well?

To get you out of this way.

You have ice in your heart, Mary.

You're capable of murder.

I've always known that about you.

Don't be silly.

Especially the murder of her.

When the police arrive tomorrow, you'd
better get your story straight, my girl.

Just remember exactly what you told them
the first time.

Actually, um... Leo and I are thinking
of postponing the wedding, Miss Marple.

I'm sorry, dear.

Two hours ago, I was happy.

I was so happy that you'd arrived.

Happy to be part of a family.

Happy to have found him.

And I won't have it taken away from me.

I won't.

Is there anything I can do, Gwendo?

Yes, leave.

That's what you can do.

I think I just need to be on my own for
a while.

We can talk at breakfast.

Sorry.

Hugh, hi.

Yes, crossing.

It's seemed rather difficult in this
weather.

Truth is, it's a dangerous crossing.

Indeed.

Indeed, yes.

Tell me, shouldn't... Shouldn't you be
inside and... in the warm?

Do you want another truth, Dr Scientist?

Mother and Jacko dying was the best
thing that happened to this family.

They were the ones who brought
unhappiness here.

I loved my brother, but without him,
we'd become a happy family.

Until you arrived.

We all know it wasn't a burglary, and if
Jacko didn't kill her, which one of us

must be guilty?

Esther?

Esther, you in here?

Come on, sweetheart, let's get you
inside.

It's not the guilty that matter, is it,
Dr. Sines? It's the innocent.

The innocent who will suffer now.

If you can't get across, you might as
well come in too.

The first thing the police will do is
try to establish a motive.

Sorry, where am I? Sleeping? In the
study.

Well, the most is easy.

Who gained most from Mother's death?

Who now lives in her bedroom?

Gwenda, exactly.

Who's going to share a bed with her
husband?

Are you heading back to London, Dr.
Calgary?

Well, I...

I think, yes, yes, I should, but I think
also I should today and put right this

upset that I caused by blundering in
last night.

That young girl, Hester, said yesterday
that it would be the innocent who would

suffer now that the case has been
reopened.

How perceptive of her.

Yes, yes, that's what I thought, very
perceptive, but what on earth did she

mean?

Eighty years ago, A man called Charles
Bravo was poisoned in his London home.

There were three suspects, his wife, his
doctor, and his best friend.

Scotland Yard never found enough
evidence to bring any of them to trial,

of them, the two who were innocent as
well as the guilty, were branded

by society and their lives ruined.

They all died prematurely from either
suicide or drink.

Goodness.

Your right not to leave.

Dr. Calgary, there are innocent lives
here which will be ruined if the murder

not found.

And if the police can't find the
evidence, someone else will have to.

I'll ask for my wife's report at ten o
'clock on the night of the murder.

And documents.

And what did you and she talk about?

The decision not to give Jacko any more
money.

We didn't talk for long, but it was
courteous.

And I will subsidize you as you write
your substandard books, which nobody

wants to publish.

You're the biggest parasite of the lot,
Leo.

The next time I saw her, she was dead.

So you were alone in your room for that
hour and a half?

Yes. Was the rest of your family in the
house at the time?

Not Tina and Mickey. They have flats
over in Red Quay.

Jacko's wife?

At that point, we didn't know Jacko was
married, Inspector.

The first edition's arrived, Father. Ah,
thank you. Thank you.

I'll open it.

I'll let you open it, I think.

No, open it now.

Go on. Mr and Mrs Durant, may I see you,
please?

It's been an exciting moment, but I...
It still is, isn't it, Pops?

Here.

What did they ask you, then? Anything
about Tina?

Look at this.

Well,

Mr and Mrs Durrant, it appeared from
your statement of two years ago that you

were both in the drawing room between
the time of the argument and the body

being discovered.

Yes, it was our habit to spend the
evenings here rather than down at the

Your wife will be down at the lodge, Mr
Durrant.

Maybe you should go to her. And during
that time you didn't see or hear anyone

go into Mrs. Argyle's study?

No.

I knew Jacko never killed her.

I mean, he was a hothead. He was in
fights. Everyone knew that about him,

But it takes a different kind of
character to pick up a weapon and murder

someone, doesn't it, Hester?

A coldness.

Yes, a coldness.

Were you in the house when your mother
died?

Yes.

You spoke to Jack after the argument,
didn't you?

I calmed him down.

I'm a dead man, Heather.

Let's go for a walk, baby.

Were you here, Tina?

I was at work. In the library in
Redcliffe.

Mickey has cold blood in him.

Does. No, I love him, I do, Tina, but he
has the coldness.

Mickey works in the motor trade in Red
Quay.

At the time of the murder, he was
collecting a car from a dealer in

He told the police this.

Yes, but he hated her more than anyone,
Miss Marple.

Well, he could hardly speak to her
without cursing.

You left Sunny Point before seven o
'clock that evening and you went

home? Yes.

I took the post and...

And posted it.

And then... Yes.

Oh. Miss Vaughan, had your friendship
with Mr Agar begun before his wife's

death? No.

So your relationship with his wife was
good?

Yes.

She didn't know you harboured feelings
for her husband.

Well, I didn't, at that time, I didn't
have feelings, as you put it.

But Leo, we've fallen in love since his
wife's death.

And in many ways, I've helped him
through it.

But then you made do that, Captain?

I've let it go for a couple of days, Mr.
Argyle.

Let's keep all this police business
within the family.

Where's Gwenda Killam?

Oh, yes. She'll still be in there.
Lying, I imagine.

Lying about what?

About what friends she and Mrs Argyle
were.

About how you and her only fell in love
after your wife died.

Well, it's the truth.

No, it is not, sir.

I've been thinking, Mr Argyle.

I've been thinking about motives. And
Rachel knew that girl was in love with

you. Rachel had confronted her with it
before she died. Said she was a cuckoo

the nest.

What's that, Miss Lindstrom?

Oh, no doubt she will deny this,
Inspector.

She will try and shore up the lies she
has told you in there.

But I heard bad words in this house
between her and Rachel Argyle one week

before she was murdered.

Listen to me, you little slut.

I see the way you look at him.

We all know about women like you. You
keep him at his work away from me so

you can... He doesn't love you.

Leave my husband alone or I will dismiss
you from this house.

Is that the woman I didn't know about?
Love?

I have to tell this, Brenda.

Can you deny it?

You want a motive, Inspector?

Then I think this woman heard Jacko
shout, I will kill you, you are dead.

And she knows that if she kills Rachel
that night, Jacko will get the blame,

she will get the man and the house she
wants.

Can you deny this, Brenda Vaughan?

The motive, the scheme, the coldness?

Leo? Leo!

Leo! Thank God you have not yet married
her, Mr. Argyle.

Thank God she will not get away with it.

That hoop over there now, Pess.

That's right.

Come on.

Don't you know how to play by now?

Be quiet, Mary.

I'm admiring my brother's ability to
keep things going, Calgary.

Yes, I was, rather.

He's always organising.

He's organised the whole of tomorrow's
wedding, if it's to take place.

He's paid for the lot.

Yes, he made his money in the city.

Not mistaken. Yes.

The only one Mother could be proud of.

Money was important to Mother.

She bought me for £100, Doctor. Did you
know that?

Shut up, Mary.

I was evacuated here during the war, and
afterwards she bought me from my

natural mother for £100.

From the day I came here, all I wanted
to do was to go home.

Yes. Inspector,

you haven't been introduced, but I'm
Jane Marple, an old friend of Gwenda

Vaughan's, down for the wedding, and I
wish to vouch for her character.

Yes, of course. She's kind to cats and
children, and like her mother, who I

presume was your best friend, she would
never have done anything like this.

I have no idea who her mother was.

I'm beginning to understand what Rachel
Argyle was like as a mother, and I think

she, not Gwenda, is the key to solving
this crime, don't you?

Oh, can we stay still for a moment?

I'm too old to trot.

Now, with most crimes, it's the
character of the killer which is most

fascinating, but in this case, it's the
character of the victim which reveals

more. Don't you agree?

Maybe. Go on. This is no crime of
passion.

It's one of immaturity, of arrested
development, most common to teenage

and the Argylls lived under the iron
control of their mother even into

adulthood. No wonder Jacko kept his wife
a secret.

To get married would be too much like
growing up.

Gwenda Vaughan remains my main suspect.

No, your main suspect is still Jacko.
I'm sure that's what you mean,

He was in possession of money from that
desk.

Ask yourself how he got it.

Inspector. Miss Marple, is there any
chance of a lift to the Swan Hotel?

Yes, of course, Doctor. Have you asked
yourself?

I have.

His twin brother thinks Jacko went to
his execution protecting someone.

Now, he hardly knew Gwendovorne.

Why would he die to protect her?

I'll let you get on.

Thank you.

Goodbye.

Goodbye. Dr. Calgary.

Goodbye.

Who was that?

Gwenda? Gwenda?

Yes, come in.

You haven't been down to supper, do you?

Leo's called off the wedding. Oh, yes,
they're all talking about it downstairs.

Oh, yes, I bet they are. I bet they're
all having a sweet steak on when the

police are going to come and arrest me.
The police won't arrest you without any

evidence. No, but they suspect me, don't
they? And I haven't got an alibi for

that evening, Miss Marble. Even Leo
suspects me.

But the thing is, now, you see, I was
thinking that, um, Rachel's rooms

been touched since she died, and I just
thought that, you know, maybe, maybe

there's something in here that's been
overlooked, you know, that might point

the killer. Like a diary or
correspondence?

Yes, but I can't find anything.

Something like that's more likely to be
found in her study, isn't it?

the most obvious person Jacko would be
protecting would be his wife.

What's she like?

Mine?

Well, I only saw her once.

Bobby sorted her out financially, and
after that, no one in the family heard

her again.

About time she heard from us.

Is there a safe?

My nephew, Raymond, has one.

He's always losing the key.

Bobby? Oh, yes, of course.

He's just catching the early morning
train to London.

It's been set out.

What would Rachel be doing with a
private detective?

That's what you must find out tomorrow
at the Swan Hotel.

There's someone there who will be
willing to help you.

Yes, I was in Mrs. Argar's employ, but
I'm afraid I'm not at liberty to discuss

the circumstances.

Confidentiality is my middle name, you
see.

Well, yes, I understand that, Mr.

Croker, but... You see, it's possible
that you might be able to help us

I'm going to stop you there, young lady,
and terminate this interview forthwith.

Because discretion is my middle name.

I thought you said it was
confidentiality. Good day.

Wait, wait, listen, Mr... Mr, um...
Whatever your middle name is, if you

sit down and answer our questions before
the end of the day, you'll be having

the same questions put to you by the
police.

The police? Yes, the police.

I don't like the police.

Well, then just park yourself there
and... Yes.

Thank you.

The police?

Yes.

Now, most people hire a private
detective, Mr Croker, because they're

through a divorce. So, did Rachel Argyle
ask you to investigate her husband?

No. I was employed to investigate
another member of her family.

Who? Her son -in -law, Philip Durrant.

Why?

Well, before his unfortunate illness, Mr
Durrant was what I call a leg -over

merchant.

Right little man about town.

Rachel Argyle suspected he had just
married her daughter for her money, and

was right.

That's why she kept a tight rein on her
daughter's inheritance.

Anyway... She wanted evidence from me
that would force the marriage to end. I

provided a large file containing the
names of women, the dates of his

vaccinations in hotels, photographs, you
know the form, and I delivered it to

her a few days before she died.

When we first married, Philip bought a
mavenette in Red Quay. Was he working?

No, he'd come out of the RAF and was,
um, between ventures. Never very lucky.

Anyway, Mother took one look at our
little place and insisted that we came

to take the launch.

And you, then?

Who didn't want to come?

Philip was something that was mine, Miss
Marple.

Not hers.

But it turned out he didn't have as much
money as he said he had.

and was eager to come and escape the
mortgage.

Couldn't you take money out of your
trust?

Mother would never have given
permission.

And now Bobby has that power, and he's
also reluctant.

It's been nearly two years since that
awful night, Miss Marple.

And yet we still haven't been able to
move on.

Must have been shocking for you to have
discovered your mother's body that way.

Well, it was Kirsten who actually
discovered her.

Yeah? And then Philip who phoned the
police.

Fortunately, I wasn't there at the time.

It has to be Philip Durrant. He's the
killer. Rachel had confronted him with

evidence. Thank you.

Confidentiality. And then Philip
overheard Jacko, threatened to kill her.

Went in the house, was quiet, took his
chance to bang her on the head.

We should go back, sunny point now, make
a citizen's arrest.

Bang the fellow up.

Why are we going to see a film?

Miss Marple said we had to find Maureen.
Who's Maureen?

Jacko's wife.

Right, yes, of course.

Jacko did it, Miss Vaughan, no doubt. He
was found with the evidence.

The money from the desk. That's right.

And he had a nasty side.

I was pleased to be rid of him, if you
know what I mean.

Yes. The man said he was just a charmer,
you know.

Women had a thing for him, especially
older women. He could play them like a

piano.

How do you mean? Well, he'd flatter
them, sir.

Get them to fall in love with him.

And then he'd sting them for money he
needed for some scam or other.

He worked for this car salesman and got
into trouble when a lot of money went

missing. The salesman's wife was so
besotted with him that she ended up

her own savings so that he could give
the money back to the husband.

Could he always get money out of his
mother?

No. He had to be desperate to go to her.

But he was desperate. But that night,
Miss Bourne, he was very scared.

The bookie was really a gangster and he
was going to kill him.

I think Jacko owed much more money than
he was letting on.

He was innocent and no -one believed
him.

I believe Gwenda is innocent too, Leo.

Do you?

No, not you.

You think that because you think you
know her character.

Well, I thought I knew Jacko's
character, and I was wrong.

And it's character I've studied my whole
life.

How history is not an inevitable march
of time, but is shaped by the actions of

particular characters at particular
times.

How a king or politicians, if they
motive of greed, or jealousy, or

though ugly at the time, is brought
about good things when seen in the

of history.

I mean, you take the Medici, for
example. A despicable family, capable of

cruelty, yet their reign in Florence
produced economic prosperity and art

has never been equal.

Good things can come out of bad deeds.

Exactly. And that's what I thought had
happened when...

Jacko killed Rachel.

How was London, Bob?

Any decisions on releasing Mary's
capital yet? Not now, Philip. We were

a decision 18 months ago. Look, I don't
need this every time I come back from

London. It's not your money!

I don't care if he's busy.

I want to see Inspector Hewish now,
please.

I've got vital information concerning
the Sunny Point murder and I must tell

before he hangs another innocent man.

Mrs Price, will you come this way,
please?

Well, yes, but it's Cyril you want to
talk to, Inspector.

Cyril? Cyril's come here to make a
confession.

Haven't you, Cyril?

Yes.

Come on.

Cyril Price, did you bludgeon Mrs Argyle
to death?

No. You've been scrumping again.

And I clipped him round the ear. I told
him what for, Inspector.

But he was out scrumping by the crossing
to Sunny Point on the night of the

murder two years ago.

I mean, we would have come forward
before, but we thought you'd found the

What did you see, Cyril?

I saw a dragon.

A what?

They all call it that because of the
noise it makes. But he saw that

Tina Argyle's bike.

And he got back about 8 .15, so it must
have been about 8 when he saw it.

So, what do you think about that, then?

She hasn't told you she was there at the
time of the murder, has she?

I told my husband the inspector wouldn't
know this. I said that to him, didn't

I, Cyril?

Why do we always have to play games,
Bobby?

We can't just mope around the house, can
we?

You over your game, Mick?

Sure. Come on.

You can be a mighty. I told you I didn't
like this game. Come on.

I mean, come on.

Is there any way that Philip and Jaco
could have been in league?

I can't see it.

They both wanted Rachel out of the way
to get access to their fund.

They might have plotted this all along.

Something's happening.

Tina, the...

The inspector would like a word. Miss
Agar, will you come back to the station

with us, please?

Why? For questioning.

What do you mean?

She's not going anywhere. Miss Agar, if
you don't come, I'll be forced to arrest

you on suspicion of involvement in your
mother's death.

What are you talking about?

It's all right.

She's done nothing wrong!

Nothing wrong!

It's all right. Dad!

She was at work in her library at the
time of the murder. What did she mean?

sure the police have her reasons.

What reasons?

What do they know, Dad? They didn't tell
me anything. Well, why didn't you...

Mickey! Mickey!

All of you.

The police are going to do their job,
and there's nothing we can do.

All of us are under suspicion, but we
must stick together and not let this

us apart.

Now, I know that none of you could have
committed this murder.

Now, I'm proud of all of you, and we
will get through this.

I should say something here, and it's
what we're all thinking.

Mr Argyle, I know you are thinking it,
which is why they have arrested Tina and

not arrested her.

Absolutely. Am I not right? No, I'm not
thinking that, no. No, I am right.

And you have a duty now, Gwendolyn, to
go and confess.

This family will not stand by while
another child swings on the gallows for

crime. Do it, Gwendolyn. No!

We will not have a murderer under this
roof. I am not a murderer!

And I'll be able to prove it!

I know things about this family, and I
swear... What things?

What do you know?

I know that Rachel had given Philip an
ultimatum to leave Mary.

What? Yes, because of your philandering.

She had a private detective on to you.

This is preposterous. You see?

His family's full of secrets.

But I know things that will incriminate
the killer. I really do.

I'm in Rachel's rooms, remember?

I found things.

Miss Argonne, I've always maintained
that you were at work in Red Quay at the

time your mother was murdered. Why have
you been lying to her?

Miss Lagarde, why did you go to Sunny
Point that night?

Mother had arranged for me to take a
post as assistant librarian at St

University in Scotland.

I went to tell her I didn't want the
job.

So you saw your mother that night?

I drove to Sunny Point, but didn't
cross.

Why not?

Why were you really there, Tina?

To see her about the job.

Then why didn't you?

Tina Argyle, I'm holding you on
suspicion of being involved in the

You should

have

been on a honeymoon by now.

You really can't throw around
accusations like that, Gwenda. People

me, Leo.

They're accusing me. I didn't do it,
Leo. I didn't. Look.

Look me in the face and tell me that you
think I did it.

Leo, look at me. Gwenda, Gwenda, I think
it's best if you move out of Funny

Point tomorrow. I think it's best for
everyone that I just have my family

Yes.

I am still the same person that I was
two days ago. I'm still the same woman

that you wanted to be part of this
family, that you wanted to marry. I

I think it's best that you leave in the
morning.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Good night, Mickey.

You're going down to the police station.

They said to go in the morning.

Thank you.

Marple?

Yes.

Marple.

I don't know how to say this.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry for the things I said about
her.

Gwenda.

She's been killed in the night!

have found something out, then maybe
that's why she was killed. And if she

you... No.

She didn't.

Nothing. You must be...

I found her just before 7 this morning.

I asked her to leave the house today.
I'd taken her a cup of tea to wake her

I wanted her gone before their children
woke up.

We need to inform Miss Vaughan's family
of her death.

Do you have... She had no family.

This is where she thought she'd found a
family.

I want my daddy!

I can't stand it anymore. I know, I
know. I can't stand it. No, come on now,

it's going to be fine. It's not going to
be fine! All right, all right, all

right, all right.

She had a time. No, sir. Look.

Stay with me. Yes, I'll stay with you.
Come on.

Come on, come on.

Come. What weapon do you think was used,
if I may ask?

Entry wound was very small.

Penknife, maybe?

Let it open.

Daddy? Daddy,

what's happening? It's going to be fine.
You take care of Hester. Make sure

she's all right.

You know, Miss Marple, if I hadn't have
come here, none of this would have

happened.

That poor girl would still be alive.

I blame myself. I do. I blame myself.

Dr. Calgary. I know it wasn't my fault,
but really I blame myself.

One can't help feeling...

It led me back to the Arctic. That's
where I belong.

Lemmings don't go around murdering each
other. Pull yourself together, Dr.

Calgary.

There are some things I need you to do.

How are you?

Go away, Philip.

Just being nice.

You'll never know.

I think we may have a problem.

I think they might be on to us.

Well, you can let me in the car now that
you've arrested the old man, can't you?

Are these yours?

I don't know how they got into my room
in that state.

But they're yours?

Yes, yes.

Mr Argyle, if you say you didn't put
these in your study... You're implying

a member of your family is trying to
frame you for murder. When did you last

Gwenda Vaughan alive?

In my study, last night, about 11 o
'clock.

And when did your relationship with her
begin?

About four months after my wife died.

Gwenda was very... kind.

She was...

Loving in a way... In a way that no one
ever had been.

Loving.

Oh, God.

Have you read Leo's book?

He was talking to me about it.

And this is what it's all about, isn't
it?

Did he talk to you, Miss Marple?

Good things come from bad deeds.

Catherine. No, it had to be said.

He was a shadow of a man with Rachel.

And when she died, he became alive
again, didn't he, Mary?

Yes.

And he never loved Jacko like we did,
Bob.

And he'd already started his affair with
Gwenda.

I'm the eyes of this house.

I see what I'm not supposed to see.

Mrs. Lindsay.

Mrs. Lindsay. Where's your car, love?

I can't go filling you up with petrol.

My car.

This is a joke.

Right, right. Yes, yes, I understand.

Mrs. Lindsay, I wondered if I could have
a rather delicate word with you.

Jacko, what a boy.

He was the kind of bloke who could get
under your skin, you know?

Naughty, dangerous.

You knew you shouldn't, but... He was
like a drug, he could make you feel 22

again.

You ever had a girl like that,
Professor?

There was a young lady at church once,
but we never really spoke.

What was her name?

I believe you gave Jacko Argyle some
money.

I knew what he was up to.

He pinched a wad off my husband and
needed to pay him back.

And you knew about this and yet you went
along with it? I didn't want him to go

away.

Ever.

Even though you knew you weren't the
only one.

Even though you knew he was going to end
badly.

I went up to the prison once where they
were holding him.

He wouldn't see me.

Yet I cried like a child the day they
hanged him.

Even now.

Miss Martin, can we talk?

I know who killed Gwenda.

I know who killed Mother, but I have no
evidence.

I don't think the police will believe
me.

Will you believe me?

What do you know?

Miss Marple, who's the weakest in this
family?

Who have they always tried to protect,
especially from Mother?

And who followed Jacko out the night of
the murder?

Jacko!

Mother had been bullying Hester for
years.

And Hester adored Jacko. Would have
killed for him, I'm sure.

You know what they say about timid
people when pushed to violence.

And now she's killed Gwenda because
Gwenda said she'd discovered the truth.

Mary, why did you tell the police you
were with Philip when your mother was

murdered and yet yesterday you told me
you left the big house much earlier that

evening?

Hester's a very attractive girl, isn't
she, Mary?

Would you want the world to know that
your husband was sleeping with your

sister?

I lied to the police, Miss Marple,
because I have a sense of shame.

But it doesn't change the fact that
Hester did this, and she's now trying to

frame my father for murder.

May I have my key, please? Certainly.

Thank you. Are there any messages for
me?

Yes, sir.

You're going to London, Bobby, on a
Sunday.

Don't you think your father might need
you today?

You're not my keeper, Philip.

This is a job.

According to my calculations, Mary's
share of the trust should be a quarter

million. Now, I know we have asked for
20 grand to buy a house, but I think we

should have all of it now and we
should... Stop being treated like

You know the conditions of the trust,
Philip.

You are entitled to half the... Yeah,
but when, Bob?

Miss Argyle?

Miss Argyle?

Miss Argyle?

Why don't we go back to the house?

I know what I wanted to ask you, Doctor
Scientist.

You know about animals and environments,
don't you?

Take an animal out of its environment
and it suffers, doesn't it?

It dies inside.

Who's trying to invent it?

Mr.

Argyle! But they die inside.

Mr. Argyle, can you help us?

Even animals need love, Dr. Scientist.
If we just step away from the water,

I'll be more than willing to give up
coming on the subject.

Back of the house.

Probably must have a slideshow.

Money is the cause of this family's
misery.

All of us were from poor backgrounds.

It's lovely.

You just step away.

Money has not made us happy.

It never does.

Animals don't have money, do they?

Not a penny.

Why is that?

Why have human beings turned unhappiness
into coins that you can actually touch?

Where's Bobby?

I don't think you're going to find a
suicide note, Inspector.

That is what you're looking for, isn't
it? A confession?

Why would I find one? Because I don't
think Bobby really intended to kill

himself.

At least, not until he was halfway over
the crossing. What do you know, Miss

Marple?

I think it's something the whole family
should hear.

It seems that despite their differences,
the twins, Bobby and Jacko, were more

alike than anybody realised.

It always struck me as odd.

That Bobby was as parsimonious with the
trust as Rachel had been, that since she

died he had barely parted with a penny.

But I think Bobby had been living under
great stress.

I asked Dr. Calgary to get in touch with
the stockbrokers, marshals.

Yes, yes. Well, one of the partners of
marshals was arrested this morning.

for fraud and embezzlement, and, well,
it seems that he and Bobby had their

fingers in the honeypot, so to speak.

Bobby used Rachel's trust for financial
scams on a much larger scale than Jacko

ever got involved in.

The authorities had been closing in on
his corruption for the last two years.

Which means that Rachel, as a trustee,
would have had knowledge of Bobby's

criminal activities shortly before she
died.

Sort it out yourself, Bobby.

Sometimes I feel I should never have
bothered with you and your brother.

But Bobby's always been as generous as
he could with her.

Yes. I mean, he was paying for this
whole wedding.

With money he didn't have.

It seems that for the last two years,
he'd been trying to keep one step ahead

financial ruin.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul.

And I think the love he put into the
wedding was a last attempt to keep the

times with Sunny Point.

You're telling me that...

Bobby murdered Rachel when she found out
about the fraud.

Bobby's about the only member of the
family you never arrested, Inspector

Hewish. That's enough of that.

No doubt you've got round him. Bobby was
no more a killer than his brother was.

He'd been genuinely troubled by Jacko's
last words.

Maybe this is the best thing I've ever
done.

And why offer up? Information like that,
if you were intent on Jacko being

blamed for the murder. Why not, for
example, try and discredit Dr. Calgary's

evidence? And besides, he wasn't the
only person who benefited from Rachel's

death that night, was he, Mr.
Durrington?

The secrets were kept safe.

Tina, why did... Your mother arranged
for you to have a job at a university

library in the north of Scotland.

She doesn't know, OK?

That's just what Mum did. She was a very
controlling woman. Let her answer,

please. And when you came here that
night to tell her you weren't going to

the position, who did you see coming
over the crossing just after the time of

the murder?

Whose boat was being used, Tina?

Nicky's. No, I was at work.

I was collecting from Bristol. You
checked that with my employer, didn't

Inspector? And I didn't stay because if
Mickey was in a temper, as he usually

was after visiting Mother, he'd be in no
mood to talk to me. Why did you think

Mickey had come to see your mother?

He was angry with her.

He didn't want her to keep controlling
my life. Why not?

She'd realised you and Mickey were in a
relationship, hadn't she?

While you both lived away in Red Quay
and she was determined to drive a wedge

between you.

We're only brother and sister by law.
She had no right to control us. Mickey.

You suspect Mickey killed your mother,
don't you, Tina? You're trying to

him. Miss Marple, his alibi does check
out with his employers.

You saw Mickey's boat and thought it was
him, but it couldn't have been Mickey

rowing, Tina.

You followed Jacko out that night,
didn't you, Hester?

What did you talk about?

Nothing. I'm a dead man, yes.

Calm down. Come on, let's go for a walk,
baby.

If I don't get the cash, they really are
going to kill me.

I'm sure it's not that bad, Jacko.

What do you know?

I'd never seen Jacko frightened.

I couldn't calm him.

How far did you walk with him?

Just... To the corner of the house.

Then I came back.

Did you see anyone else?

No. Are you sure?

Because I don't think you were the only
one who followed Jacko out after the

fight.

Who then?

Who has been shifting the blame from one
person to another since Dr. Caldwell's

arrival? Jacko is responsible.

God, you have not yet married her, Mr.
Argyle.

Thank God she will not get away with it.

He was a shadow of a man with Rachel.

When she died, he became alive again.

Who considers herself to be the real
mother of these children, the one who

them the unconditional love they were so
badly short of?

For what reason would I follow Jacko
out, Miss Marple?

Because you loved him.

Because you were the latest in a long
line of middle -aged women, Jacko could

manipulate. Jacko could bleed dry of
savings.

Jacko could make feel special.

You said Jacko killed Rachel, and I
think you still believe that. You

that Jacko was responsible.

Make it look like a perk on me, and then
bring me the money.

Yes, sir.

And to hit her heart.

Make sure she'll never get up.

I'll get her cast iron adiporatical,
because everyone will suspect it's me.

Jacko did know who the real killer was,
but he also knew that if he left prison,

he was going to get killed anyway.

And he did the one good thing in his
life by letting you go free.

The real mother that these children had.

You tell a good story, Miss Marple.

But what proof is there?

No one saw anything, no one heard
anything.

Not even Inspector Hughish can arrest me
on hearsay.

These children, who you've loved and
protected your whole life, will never be

free of suspicion if you don't confess,
Kirsten.

Their ordeal by innocence has already
cost one of them his life, and another

been pushed to the edge.

Let alone my friend, whose life you
thought disposable, who was not part of

family, who was never part of any
family, and who you...

Denied happiness, too.

Set your children free, Kirsten.

It's the only way you can protect them
now.

Kirsten Lindstrom.

Did you murder Rachel Argyle and Gwenda
Vaughan?

If she loved Jaco so much, why did she
let him die?

She didn't know about him being married.

She thought she was the only one.

I think I love Gertrude to hate the
moment his wife knocked on the door.

You going to London?

Yes, yes, yes. I'm travelling again.

Galapagos. There's a new expedition.

Do you ever go home, Dr Calgary?

Rarely. Rarely.

Where's home for you, Miss Martle?

Home.

Home is St Mary Mead.

Ah.

What I'm looking forward to about the
Galapagos is seeing species that are

peculiar to those islands.