1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:01,720 You mean everything to me. 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:05,079 What the hell was that? 3 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:07,399 Lovelorn in London, scene 28, take three. 4 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:10,439 I hope we did the right thing 5 00:00:10,440 --> 00:00:12,239 letting those people into the lane. 6 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:16,240 Film-struck girl, Inspector, dead. 7 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:18,399 I've shut down filming for the time being. 8 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:20,239 What do we know about this film lot? 9 00:00:20,240 --> 00:00:21,599 Stewart Howard. 10 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:24,199 He and Sandra have bound their careers together. 11 00:00:24,200 --> 00:00:25,479 The nation's sweethearts. 12 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,079 Then there's the honorable Jesse MacKendrick. 13 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:29,839 - You're the director. - And the writer. 14 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:31,479 What about Billy? 15 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:33,519 Someone is trying to kill me. 16 00:00:33,520 --> 00:00:34,600 Oh... 17 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:37,440 Strychnine! 18 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:39,280 Drop it, it's poison! 19 00:00:39,960 --> 00:00:42,280 Can you think of anyone who might want to kill you? 20 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:43,640 Take your ruddy pick. 21 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:45,240 When are we going to tell him? 22 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:46,880 Not yet. 23 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:51,280 It's one of the extras. 24 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:55,280 It's Nerina Bean. 25 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:04,840 - We're still rolling, Sandra. - Yeah. 26 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:08,560 And... action! 27 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:16,799 Oh, no, God, I'm so sorry, Jesse. 28 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:19,479 Um... Can I break 10 minutes? 29 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:21,120 A ciggie'll sort me out. 30 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:23,920 Cut there. 31 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:27,279 Scene 49, take nine. 32 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:30,640 And... 33 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:32,440 Action! 34 00:01:32,840 --> 00:01:36,439 It was then I knew we had fallen in love... 35 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:37,960 Kill the sound, please. 36 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:40,959 Can we stop the film and take a proper look? 37 00:01:40,960 --> 00:01:42,880 No, it would burn in the projector. 38 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:45,359 I think the difference is pretty obvious. 39 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:46,680 You'll see in just a moment. 40 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:50,639 Here comes the post. 41 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:55,279 Oh, oh God, I, I see what you mean, 42 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:56,559 he's lost six inches. 43 00:01:56,560 --> 00:01:59,039 Just while Sandra Dare went off for a gasper. 44 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:02,519 So, between takes eight and nine, 45 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:04,679 Nerina Bean gets her screen break. 46 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:06,319 An hour later... is that right? 47 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:08,119 Well, it's certainly no more than two. 48 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:09,599 She's on the cutting room floor. 49 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,720 Well, the bottom of the basement steps. 50 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:15,200 I know who he is. 51 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:16,680 The postman. 52 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:18,880 You do? 53 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:21,960 He was down the lane yesterday. 54 00:02:23,200 --> 00:02:24,800 I seen him in the yard just now. 55 00:02:25,840 --> 00:02:27,240 Would you be so kind? 56 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:31,080 Yep. 57 00:02:33,600 --> 00:02:35,919 Of course, she hit that step with tremendous force. 58 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:37,359 Aaargh! 59 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:38,839 Too hard for an accident, do you think? 60 00:02:39,920 --> 00:02:40,999 Did she fall? 61 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:43,879 Or was she pushed? 62 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:53,640 "I think John Mills has lovely hair. 63 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:56,600 And his nails always look so neat." 64 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,960 Riveting stuff, this, Mrs. B. 65 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:02,599 Well, Book thinks there's something here. 66 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:04,760 A clue. We like those. 67 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,960 Any names coming up a lot? Regular correspondents? 68 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:13,720 Name and address supplied is a very reliable contributor. 69 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:18,839 Hm. "I tried to give myself a mole like Margaret Lockwood, 70 00:04:18,840 --> 00:04:21,439 and now Mum says I look like a tart." 71 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:29,040 Hang on. 72 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:32,800 I've seen a letter from this one before. 73 00:04:33,280 --> 00:04:34,480 Signed... 74 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:37,000 Basilisk. 75 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:38,640 Hm. 76 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:45,159 If only we could step through the screen and... 77 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:47,559 Oh. The romance of the pictures 78 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:48,799 is really getting to you, isn't it? 79 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:50,160 It's not that. 80 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:52,599 Beyond the door, behind that set, 81 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,239 there's a flight of stairs where I think Nerina Bean 82 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:57,160 is already dead. 83 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:04,280 Do you think this is linked to the poisoned girl? 84 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:08,080 Special delivery. 85 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:09,640 Your postman. 86 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:11,800 Bart Masterson. 87 00:05:12,240 --> 00:05:14,400 Kurt Masterson. 88 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:18,200 Normally I, I do landlords. 89 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,319 I seen a glass pushed in a bloke's face 90 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:25,920 and I've laughed. See? 91 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:28,120 Very good. 92 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:30,440 Robert Newton should watch his back. 93 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:34,320 But you're not auditioning now, Mr. Masterson. 94 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:36,519 We're investigating the unfortunate death 95 00:05:36,520 --> 00:05:37,999 that took place here last night. 96 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:40,199 Second one on this production, in fact, 97 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:41,839 after Miss Barbara Markham. 98 00:05:41,840 --> 00:05:44,360 And two looks like carelessness. 99 00:05:45,200 --> 00:05:47,000 Whose, though? 100 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:48,159 Are you the police? 101 00:05:48,160 --> 00:05:49,520 Inspector Bliss is the police. 102 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:51,759 - Hello. - I'm just helping them. 103 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:53,199 With their inquiries? 104 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:54,520 With the fiddly bits. 105 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:58,320 Now, Kurt Masterson, not your real name. 106 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:00,440 How did you know? 107 00:06:01,000 --> 00:06:03,879 You went home early last night, Mr. Masterson. Why? 108 00:06:03,880 --> 00:06:06,119 Well, I was made an offer I couldn't refuse, wasn't I? 109 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:09,839 I knew the lady, Nerina Bean. I read her column. I always do. 110 00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:12,439 She gave me a fiver, just to borrow the uniform of mine. 111 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:14,159 Said she would go on for me and no one would clock it. 112 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,600 Now, why would she want to pose as you? 113 00:06:18,240 --> 00:06:20,640 She said she was writing a story. 114 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,599 "The Poisonous Secret at the Heart of Loveless in London." 115 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:25,920 Lovelorn. 116 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:29,080 Something like that. She wasn't specific. 117 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:31,560 But she said she needed one last bit of proof. 118 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:34,320 I didn't think nothing of it, I was barely in the shot. 119 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,279 You sell a lot of stories to the press, do you, 120 00:06:37,280 --> 00:06:39,360 Mr. Masterson, about actors here? 121 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:40,600 No. 122 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:43,839 Well, nothing nasty. Just whether they like mink 123 00:06:43,840 --> 00:06:45,920 or, or feathers, or where they drink. 124 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:48,279 - Or how much. - Alright, thank you. 125 00:06:48,280 --> 00:06:50,040 We'll come and get a statement from you. 126 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:52,160 - That's it? - That's it. 127 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,159 I was a red herring before, once. 128 00:06:56,160 --> 00:06:58,759 Arthur Wontner tapped his pipe and looked all beady at me. 129 00:06:58,760 --> 00:06:59,839 But I never done it. 130 00:06:59,840 --> 00:07:01,679 I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. 131 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:03,360 Alright, thank you. 132 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:06,800 Why was she here though, Nerina? 133 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:09,999 Why go to the trouble of bribing him and putting on his costume? 134 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:11,479 The extra security. 135 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:13,479 She couldn't just hang around in the lane, could she? 136 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:16,159 So, I suppose she needed a disguise. 137 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:18,599 The title of that article, though, eh? 138 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:20,240 Maybe she was onto the poisoner. 139 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:22,480 So, she had to go? 140 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:24,480 What's that? 141 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:26,240 Just something I noticed. 142 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,919 Backwards impression on Nerina Bean's hand in ink. 143 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:31,959 It was something she was holding. 144 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:33,759 Evidently she was sweating, 145 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:35,959 though whether from the exertion of going up the stairs 146 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:38,120 or the heavy costume. 147 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:42,920 And reversed, it reads... 148 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:46,279 Ty wins, Ty... ty win, 149 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:49,040 ty-ty wins... Twins. 150 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:53,959 Hardly. More likely the fragment of two words, wouldn't you say? 151 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:56,359 I, uh, better get back to work. 152 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:57,440 Work? 153 00:07:58,320 --> 00:07:59,960 I'm standing in for Stewart. 154 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:02,719 It's not a proper trade, you know? 155 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:03,800 Yeah. 156 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:06,560 Like being a part-time detective. 157 00:08:10,880 --> 00:08:12,320 What's up with him? 158 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:18,799 Mm-hm? 159 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:20,960 It's me. 160 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:25,440 She's dead. You saw her. 161 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:27,720 She was at the bottom of the stairs. 162 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:29,799 Like a broken doll. 163 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:31,399 Oh God, how awful. 164 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:33,679 I mean, she was awful. 165 00:08:33,680 --> 00:08:36,959 But still, how awful. 166 00:08:40,280 --> 00:08:41,280 Oh... 167 00:08:42,560 --> 00:08:46,440 If it was murder, there'll be a lot of suspects. 168 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:48,639 Half the British film business. 169 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:49,799 All of it. 170 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:50,879 True. 171 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:52,120 Everybody hated her. 172 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:54,920 You hated her. 173 00:08:56,680 --> 00:08:59,360 What did you do last night? 174 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:03,040 I had a drink with that boy. Nice kid. 175 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:04,760 Went to bed early. 176 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:07,360 - Did some film star duties. - Oh? 177 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:08,640 Yes, you know. 178 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:12,440 Signing photos, answering questions from fans. 179 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:14,199 What's your ideal night out? 180 00:09:14,200 --> 00:09:16,280 - What do you like for breakfast? - Hm. 181 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:18,319 You were just shooting here? 182 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:19,959 Oh, yes. 183 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:22,439 Stew, take after take. 184 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:24,600 Sinful stuff, really. 185 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:34,320 How many stars have sat here like me? 186 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:37,399 Watching the creases grow. 187 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:41,079 The hair thin. The flesh droop. 188 00:09:41,080 --> 00:09:43,400 The chins... oh. 189 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:49,559 I met a man once, he was an astronomer. 190 00:09:49,560 --> 00:09:52,039 Now, he knew about the stars. 191 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:54,160 The real ones, I mean. 192 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:58,199 Did you know that the stars that we see in the sky 193 00:09:58,200 --> 00:09:59,879 aren't really there? 194 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:02,119 Most of them, anyway. 195 00:10:02,120 --> 00:10:06,359 It takes so long for the light to reach us 196 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:08,879 that they're just echoes. 197 00:10:08,880 --> 00:10:09,960 Ghosts. 198 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:14,599 Just a memory of what was once there. 199 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:16,359 Christ, darling. 200 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,599 But some of those stars don't go quietly. 201 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:23,359 Oh no, towards the end, later in life, shall we say, 202 00:10:23,360 --> 00:10:25,239 they get bigger. 203 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:26,519 Bigger, Stew. 204 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:29,679 They give out more and more light and heat 205 00:10:29,680 --> 00:10:31,719 'til nothing can eclipse them. 206 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:32,920 Nothing. 207 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:36,639 I don't want to go quietly. 208 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:38,719 I want to burn! 209 00:10:38,720 --> 00:10:41,799 Light up the town like I used to! 210 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:44,399 Explode. Boom! 211 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:50,320 The chocolates were injected with one of these. 212 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:51,439 So, why have you got one? 213 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:53,800 Well, it's hardly a secret, is it? 214 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:56,960 Diabetic, aren't I? Everyone knows that. 215 00:10:57,440 --> 00:10:58,759 Interesting. 216 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,999 So, anyone could have gained access to this, for instance. 217 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:03,200 Hm? 218 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:04,520 Yeah. 219 00:11:04,920 --> 00:11:06,119 Or you might have done it yourself. 220 00:11:06,120 --> 00:11:08,239 Why the hell would I have wanted to poison Miss Dare? 221 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:09,639 Well, that's just the thing, Sonny Jim. 222 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:11,639 Miss Dare wasn't the target. 223 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:13,759 - Then who was? - Her fiancé. 224 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:16,479 Yes, puts a rather different 225 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:18,319 complexion on things, doesn't it? 226 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:19,599 Mr. Howard fired you, didn't he? 227 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:21,519 Yeah, yeah, but not 'til after the chocolates and... 228 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:24,599 Yeah, but he treated you badly. You were his whipping boy. 229 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,319 You need to develop a thick skin in this business, Inspector. 230 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,639 I've dealt with bigger egos than Stewart Howard, believe me. 231 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:31,719 If I'd wanted to get my own back, 232 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:34,520 I'd have pissed in his tea, not poisoned his chocolates. 233 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:37,679 And then there's the late Miss Nerina Bean. 234 00:11:37,680 --> 00:11:41,000 Yeah, well, she was a right old... 235 00:11:42,000 --> 00:11:43,600 Mustn't speak ill of the dead. 236 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,120 - She have anything on you? - Like what? 237 00:11:47,560 --> 00:11:49,239 You can account for your movements last night, can you? 238 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:51,959 - Shot right through. - Right, no coffee breaks? 239 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:53,359 Yes, of course coffee breaks. 240 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:55,839 So, theoretically you could have pushed Nerina Bean 241 00:11:55,840 --> 00:11:57,159 down the stairwell, couldn't you? 242 00:11:57,160 --> 00:11:59,439 Yeah, well, theoretically, I could have won the pools 243 00:11:59,440 --> 00:12:01,719 and rung up Veronica Lake for a date. 244 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:02,879 But I didn't. 245 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:04,120 What's this? 246 00:12:04,680 --> 00:12:05,799 Tomorrow's pink page. 247 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:09,160 Rewrite. 248 00:12:09,720 --> 00:12:12,399 Mr. MacKendrick's rewrite of scene 34. 249 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:14,159 Just a little one, but in this business, 250 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:16,279 the details matter, Inspector. 251 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:18,559 You don't want actors bumping into the furniture. 252 00:12:18,560 --> 00:12:20,360 I'm a details man myself. 253 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:22,160 Hm. 254 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,759 Oh, yeah, yeah, I'm terrible at the pictures, me. 255 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:28,520 I...I always know who done it, straight off. 256 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:31,199 Irritates the marrow out of Mrs. Bliss, 257 00:12:31,200 --> 00:12:33,959 but as I always say to her, the why is the thing. 258 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:36,320 So, why not take her to a Western? 259 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,199 Watch all those cowboys getting shot in the chest 260 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:40,359 and falling forwards? 261 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:42,800 I don't think so. 262 00:12:43,360 --> 00:12:44,960 You ever get home, Billy? 263 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:49,680 If I try hard, Mr. Book, I can remember the daylight. 264 00:12:50,600 --> 00:12:51,599 Can I go now? 265 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:54,360 Well, we'll need to get this tested. 266 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:55,760 For insulin? 267 00:12:56,440 --> 00:12:57,599 For strychnine. 268 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:08,800 Basilisk. 269 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:10,480 Eh? 270 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:12,400 Ring any bells? 271 00:13:13,520 --> 00:13:14,520 Basilisk... 272 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:16,199 Nora and I have spent most of the morning 273 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:17,959 dredging through your back issues. 274 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:19,599 My head's swimming. 275 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:21,959 And we finally found what we were looking for. 276 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:26,039 A Sandra Dare fan who wrote to Picturegoer a lot. 277 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:28,119 This one is from two years ago. 278 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:30,639 "For looks, talent, and sheer screen charisma, 279 00:13:30,640 --> 00:13:33,759 no one can compete with the divine Miss Dare." 280 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:35,239 There's loads like that. 281 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:38,039 "In her latest picture, the 43-year-old star 282 00:13:38,040 --> 00:13:41,199 elevates the art of acting to great heights, 283 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:43,879 but why she's wasting her time sharing the screen 284 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,479 with Stewart Howard, I will never know. 285 00:13:46,480 --> 00:13:49,719 A mumbling, soppy-eyed fop." 286 00:13:49,720 --> 00:13:50,799 Oh! 287 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:52,799 And here's another, a year later. 288 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:56,359 "The public's infatuation with Dare and Howard is beyond me. 289 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:58,639 Miss Dare should be striking out alone, 290 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:01,919 not saddling herself with this talentless whippersnapper. 291 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:03,999 Of course, there is always difficulty 292 00:14:04,000 --> 00:14:06,039 when one reaches for the stars, 293 00:14:06,040 --> 00:14:10,359 but the difficulty as I see it is Stewart Howard." 294 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:13,079 And there's a lot more like that in the same vein. 295 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,320 And all signed, "Basilisk". 296 00:14:17,680 --> 00:14:18,720 I see. 297 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:21,399 Well, they obviously didn't like Stew. 298 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:26,039 You think they might be the one who sent the chocolates? 299 00:14:26,040 --> 00:14:28,319 Ooh, I don't know. Is it too much of a stretch 300 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:32,960 to go from disliking a film star to sending them strychnine? 301 00:14:37,320 --> 00:14:40,799 Sometimes the discussions can get very... 302 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:42,840 heated at the meet-ups. 303 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:46,159 - Meet-ups? - Well, yeah. 304 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:47,800 We meet up and have chats and that. 305 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:49,679 Sometimes the studio will send a star down 306 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:51,400 to open a fête or something. 307 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:53,720 That's how I first met Barbara. 308 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:58,000 And you've never come across this 'Basilisk'? 309 00:14:58,360 --> 00:14:59,920 Well, how would I know? 310 00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:02,280 If they never used their real name. 311 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:19,719 Anything? 312 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:23,320 Mr. Howard's room's as bare as George Zucco's pate. 313 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:27,520 Oh, what about Miss Dare's? 314 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:28,880 Same. 315 00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:33,360 Probably. 316 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:37,120 Who's next? 317 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:42,400 - Soundproofed? - Naturally. 318 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:45,799 Now, we know your movements last night, Mr. MacKendrick. 319 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:46,879 I should think so. 320 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:48,720 A director never has a moment to themselves. 321 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:50,959 In the tea break, I went to my office. 322 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:53,200 Just a minor change for tomorrow. 323 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:54,999 A pink page, yes? 324 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:56,639 You can check with my secretary. 325 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:59,119 These stairs, where do they lead? 326 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:01,479 Uh, prop store, offices. 327 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:02,879 It's a warren, this place. 328 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:04,079 Film vault, down there. 329 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:05,800 Nice place, if you like asbestos. 330 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:07,599 The treasures of British cinema. 331 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:09,039 Not really. 332 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:10,960 No? What then? 333 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:14,799 Well, a film opens in Leicester Square, 334 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:15,999 then it goes out across the country, 335 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:17,879 then to the second-run houses and the flea pits, 336 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:19,399 and when it's so scratched that every scene 337 00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:22,040 looks like it's happening in Antarctica, it comes here. 338 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:23,520 Back home. 339 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:25,560 And it's taken to the tank. 340 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,679 The tank? What happens there? 341 00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:36,880 It's put out of its misery. 342 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,160 It's dissolved in sodium hypochlorite. 343 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:42,759 - Why back here? - Oh, the fumes, Mr. Book. 344 00:16:42,760 --> 00:16:43,840 The fumes. 345 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:47,599 In goes some old tat starring a terrible provincial comic, 346 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:49,280 and out comes something useful. 347 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:52,399 Waterproof paint. And silver halide. 348 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:54,599 What an odd little cottage industry. 349 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:55,679 Mm. It's valuable. 350 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:57,839 More valuable than what's on the films themselves. 351 00:16:57,840 --> 00:16:59,639 Seems a lot of effort to go to. 352 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:00,879 No, it's a simple process. 353 00:17:00,880 --> 00:17:02,160 The chemical solution does the work. 354 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:05,080 No, I mean making a motion picture, you know. 355 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,879 Stars and the lights, you know, and shooting all those scenes, 356 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:10,759 and then just to melt it all down for scrap. 357 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:13,680 British cinema is mainly stupid, Inspector. 358 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:16,919 It's never been about anything. That needs to change. 359 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:19,800 When it does, I'll make movies that won't end up here. 360 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:33,239 Stand by. 361 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:36,239 Mr. Howard, you're required straight away for lighting. 362 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:38,920 Mr. Howard, over there please. 363 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:42,399 Bye, darling. 364 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:43,480 Bye. 365 00:17:48,080 --> 00:17:50,159 - Mr. Howard. - Mr. Book. 366 00:17:50,160 --> 00:17:52,239 - A moment? - Of course. 367 00:17:52,240 --> 00:17:54,639 - A hoary old query. - Who is? 368 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:57,200 Ah... what were you doing last night? 369 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:01,599 Well, after drinks with your Jack, 370 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:03,759 I went to bed early. But I couldn't get off. 371 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:05,919 I spent a lot of time staring at the ceiling, 372 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:08,519 contemplating mortality, as you can imagine. 373 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:11,079 Any witnesses? Sorry to sound so official. 374 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:13,679 Of course not. Sandra and I are engaged, don't you know? 375 00:18:13,680 --> 00:18:15,960 I had heard something of the kind. 376 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:17,919 And Nerina Bean? 377 00:18:19,360 --> 00:18:21,399 Was she blackmailing you? 378 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:22,760 About prison? 379 00:18:24,360 --> 00:18:25,720 I've been very careful. 380 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:28,920 Incredibly, I don't think she ever got a sniff of it. 381 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:31,760 Must dash. T.T.F.N. 382 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:35,839 Right, there's been a smash and grab in Crystal Palace. 383 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:38,999 A tray of missing wedding rings and a cracked skull. 384 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:42,359 Ooh. Very much a B-movie crime. 385 00:18:42,360 --> 00:18:44,959 Might you, uh, stick around here? 386 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:47,120 Keep an eye on the beautiful people. 387 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,439 - They are beautiful. - What can I get for you? 388 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:52,240 But what else are they? 389 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:58,279 Come on, Sergeant. Let's go. 390 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:24,800 Cheers, cock. 391 00:19:42,480 --> 00:19:43,680 Clippings. 392 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:47,599 - We found your trail, Book. - Oh, excellent work. 393 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:51,079 Oh, Mrs. Book. Didn't expect to see you here. 394 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:52,559 Oh, Mr. Howard said we should visit, 395 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:54,879 and I've brought something for my husband. 396 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:56,839 - Lunch? - Clues. 397 00:19:56,840 --> 00:20:00,160 - Eh? - Very interesting trail here. 398 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:03,919 And I thought I saw something earlier too, in the note. 399 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:06,200 A repeated phrase. 400 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:10,520 And these are all signed, 'Basilisk'. 401 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:13,720 - What? - It's a mythological creature. 402 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:15,719 It could kill you just by looking at you. 403 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:18,479 Rather the way Miss Dare is looking at me now. 404 00:20:18,480 --> 00:20:21,079 Would you excuse me? Well done, darling. 405 00:20:24,680 --> 00:20:26,959 Would you like a little look around, Mrs. Book? 406 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,440 Ooh, I'd be delighted. 407 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:35,719 So, uh, wallpaper didn't suit your story then? 408 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,599 Well, no, because the hero, Tony, 409 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:40,959 he desires pleasure, but he's afraid of it. 410 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:43,199 He's... repressed. 411 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,959 - That's Freud, you know. - Oh, so I understand. 412 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:48,119 Wallpaper, it simply doesn't give us that. 413 00:20:48,120 --> 00:20:50,559 Wallpaper is about covering things up. 414 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:52,439 So, I thought cakes. 415 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:55,599 And cakes are the opposite of books, really. 416 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:57,959 I must have missed that bit in Freud. 417 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,040 Oh, yes. Very good. 418 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:01,280 Please. 419 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:05,439 Skirts gathered ready for the pursuit of art? 420 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:08,679 Er, yes, I suppose so. 421 00:21:08,680 --> 00:21:09,759 Well, before you rush off, 422 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:11,719 perhaps I could check some details. 423 00:21:11,720 --> 00:21:15,840 Hm. How do you help the police exactly, Mr. Book? 424 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:17,879 I check details. 425 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:19,399 You must be relieved to know the chocolates 426 00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:21,879 - weren't intended for you? - Mm, naturally. 427 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,119 But also terribly worried for Stew. 428 00:21:24,120 --> 00:21:25,479 Of course. 429 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:27,599 Now, I know where you were last night, Miss Dare, 430 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:29,039 because I've seen the rushes. 431 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:31,599 You were doing that scene where you look through the window 432 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:33,639 and think about the resilience of your love. 433 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:34,879 Yes. 434 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:37,919 With Nerina Bean amongst the background artists. 435 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:42,999 Nerina? Was she on the set? In, in the shot? 436 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:47,359 Yes. Moments later, she was on the stairs. 437 00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:49,039 Yes, yes. 438 00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:51,239 And then at the bottom of the stairs. 439 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:53,399 Yes, well, I know about that. 440 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:55,759 Perhaps she was killed because she knew 441 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:57,679 who'd sent the poisoned chocolates. 442 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,600 Hm. Is that what you think? 443 00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:04,839 It's a working hypothesis. 444 00:22:04,840 --> 00:22:07,080 Wait a minute, um... 445 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:09,360 You don't think that I... 446 00:22:11,120 --> 00:22:13,120 No. I love Stewart. 447 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,640 We're everything to each other. 448 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:18,999 Everything to the box office at any rate. 449 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:22,000 Oh. Then someone's been telling tales. 450 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:24,039 Well, if that were the case, 451 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:27,639 I'd have even less motive for killing Stewart, wouldn't I? 452 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:29,359 We're joined at the hip. 453 00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:30,440 Hm. 454 00:22:31,120 --> 00:22:32,119 When you finished filming, 455 00:22:32,120 --> 00:22:34,519 you went back to your dressing room, I imagine. 456 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,239 Yes. Oh, Billy darling, 457 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:39,759 you wouldn't get me a coffee, would you please? 458 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:41,639 - Of course, Miss Dare. - A dash of milk. 459 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:44,199 Me too, Billy. A good, strong one. 460 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:45,279 Sure thing, Sir. 461 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:48,639 You all work such long hours. 462 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:51,799 We like to turn the sign at 5.30. 463 00:22:51,800 --> 00:22:54,319 Oh, my dear, well, in the quota-quickie days, 464 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:56,559 there was one picture shooting here during the day 465 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:57,799 and one at night. 466 00:22:57,800 --> 00:23:00,399 When that door opened for the 10 o'clock turnaround, 467 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:04,559 oh, you've no idea. Stale beer, orange peel, gas. 468 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:07,999 Thank you, darling. Oh, the 1930s... 469 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:09,560 Those were the days. 470 00:23:12,800 --> 00:23:13,959 Sugar, Sir? 471 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,079 What? 472 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,400 It tastes horrible. It's so bitter. 473 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:21,840 Would you like some milk, Sir? 474 00:23:22,120 --> 00:23:23,120 No. 475 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:25,119 Billy, get me some water. 476 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:29,760 Oh, my lord... Jesse? 477 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:31,319 Same symptoms. 478 00:23:31,320 --> 00:23:32,559 Uh... 479 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:33,640 Ah! 480 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:36,959 - Sir!? Are you alright? - Just keep breathing. 481 00:23:39,920 --> 00:23:40,999 Eat it! 482 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:43,839 - Swallow it! Quick as you can! - Aaargh! 483 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:44,919 What are you doing to him? 484 00:23:44,920 --> 00:23:46,479 Trying to save his life, I think. 485 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:48,279 But perhaps someone should call an ambulance 486 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:49,679 in case I've got it wrong?! 487 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:51,119 Ambulance, quickly! 488 00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:52,279 Water, Mr. MacKendrick, water! 489 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:55,279 - Stay with us. - Ah... aaaah! 490 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:58,159 Oh no! Look at me. Look at me! 491 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:04,800 We didn't even get to the top of the hill. 492 00:24:05,280 --> 00:24:06,439 Is he hurt? 493 00:24:06,440 --> 00:24:07,839 It's largely cosmetic. 494 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:09,839 What's all that stuff around his mouth? 495 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:12,480 - It's largely cosmetic. - Mascara. 496 00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:14,599 Oh, charcoal. 497 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:16,359 I believe that's what mascara is. 498 00:24:16,360 --> 00:24:17,679 Oh, and petroleum jelly. 499 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:19,119 A bit of a risk though, Mrs. Book. 500 00:24:19,120 --> 00:24:21,039 Charcoal's good for strychnine. 501 00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:22,159 But I'm still waiting for the report 502 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,839 on what was in Barbara Markham's chocolate. 503 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:25,919 It could have been anything. 504 00:24:25,920 --> 00:24:26,999 Mr. MacKendrick twitched, though. 505 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:28,639 Strychnine gives you the twitches. 506 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,520 That's right. Great presence of mind, has my wife. 507 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,479 All my thoughts, dear Jesse. 508 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:38,359 Oh, wait, my, uh, my bag. I need my things. 509 00:24:38,360 --> 00:24:40,040 Oh, allow me. 510 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:47,079 Ooh, ha-ha. Silly me. 511 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:56,920 Thank you, Mr. Book. 512 00:25:18,120 --> 00:25:21,679 Oh, it's in the coffee? 513 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:24,440 Everyone else has drunk it. They seem to be fine. 514 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:28,280 What are you...? 515 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:31,439 Not entirely awful. 516 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:34,719 Oh, so... it's in the cup. 517 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:36,399 Added afterwards. 518 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,360 You'd think so, wouldn't you? 519 00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:40,840 It's so indiscriminate. 520 00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:44,359 - Hm... -I just heard. Jesse? 521 00:25:44,360 --> 00:25:47,480 Poisoned! -Good God. 522 00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:48,919 Was it meant for me? 523 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:50,599 I don't know. 524 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,959 The new schedule, Mr. Howard. Miss Dare. 525 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:55,239 Alright, we're all good at the front. 526 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:56,440 You can go, Jack. 527 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:59,400 That'll be the end of shooting for the day. 528 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,320 -Right we are. - Okay. 529 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:05,800 Quite. 530 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:08,880 Let's call it a day, shall we, Trottie? 531 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:18,680 What's the matter with him? 532 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:20,440 I don't know. 533 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:23,640 He's been rather off with me all day. 534 00:26:38,360 --> 00:26:40,839 Nora, are we diversifying? 535 00:26:40,840 --> 00:26:42,519 Just catching up on my reading. 536 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:48,399 - Here's mud in your eye. - Ah-ah. 537 00:26:48,400 --> 00:26:50,840 - Oi! - You're still a child. 538 00:26:51,320 --> 00:26:53,680 Your uncle will have my guts for garters. 539 00:26:54,040 --> 00:26:55,079 I'm going to bed. 540 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:56,840 Oh, are you alright? 541 00:26:57,320 --> 00:26:58,320 Long day. 542 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:02,000 What's wrong with your usual diet of blood and guts? 543 00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:03,880 I got a bit bored. 544 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:07,600 They're starving a woman to death in Penge. 545 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:10,400 Nora, a favor... 546 00:27:10,840 --> 00:27:13,520 Where are those film almanacs? 547 00:27:13,920 --> 00:27:15,639 You mean the magazines that girl brought? 548 00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:17,439 No, no. We have a stack of almanacs. 549 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:20,759 Early films. From when they still called them 'flickers'. 550 00:27:20,760 --> 00:27:23,319 If memory serves, between William Friese-Green 551 00:27:23,320 --> 00:27:25,479 and How Green Was My Valley. 552 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:26,560 Righto. 553 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:36,840 Aah. 554 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:40,080 There she is. 555 00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:43,160 Christiana Edmonds. 556 00:27:48,120 --> 00:27:51,720 Ad astra per aspera. 557 00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:53,920 What? 558 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:57,680 Nothing. 559 00:28:10,760 --> 00:28:12,879 And the staircase doesn't go anywhere. 560 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,840 Oh, it's alright. These people never go upstairs. 561 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:17,239 Just like home. 562 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:19,559 No ceiling, though. 563 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:22,439 The rooms in films never have ceilings. Why is that, eh? 564 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:25,959 It'd stop the light getting in. Continuity, Mr. Book. 565 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:29,280 Ooh. Sorry. 566 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,360 How's the life of a stand-in? 567 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:33,519 Static. 568 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:35,200 Jack, a word in your shell-like... 569 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,440 Jack? Jack, back into your light, please. 570 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:47,279 Ah, Mr. MacKendrick. Glad to see you looking hale and hearty. 571 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:50,319 - Fully recovered, I hope? - Yes. Thanks to Mrs. Book. 572 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:51,399 When I went into the picture business, 573 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:53,440 I never thought it would be so bad for my nerves. 574 00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:55,679 - It's exhausting. - More exhausting than running? 575 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:57,799 Oh, much more. Near the end though now, aren't we? 576 00:28:57,800 --> 00:28:59,279 - Yes... - I'm so sorry, Mr. Book. 577 00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:00,359 Would you excuse me? 578 00:29:00,360 --> 00:29:01,599 - I'm rather busy. - Of course. 579 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:05,000 Oh, what is the, uh, story so far, Mr. Howard? 580 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:08,519 We've been having a passionate affair of the intellect, 581 00:29:08,520 --> 00:29:10,919 Madeleine and I. But then this telegram comes. 582 00:29:10,920 --> 00:29:13,479 Telegram of doom. And what do you know? 583 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,279 Her husband's been found in a Japanese POW camp. 584 00:29:16,280 --> 00:29:17,359 Oh, bad luck. 585 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:18,639 Yes, and he's on his way back to Blighty 586 00:29:18,640 --> 00:29:20,439 with his ribs sticking out, but still very much 587 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:21,959 a going concern, love-wise. 588 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:23,519 And so she tells me she has to leave me. 589 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:25,919 - And what do you say? - Nothing, of course. 590 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:27,960 Writers never want to write those bits. 591 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:30,799 They like a nice, clean reaction shot. 592 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:32,999 Something swelling on the soundtrack. 593 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:34,719 Positions, please. 594 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:36,719 But credit due, Jesse listened. 595 00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:38,559 So, instead of standing there catching flies, 596 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:41,399 I gird my loins and go stoically back to work. 597 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:43,080 Like Uncle Vanya. 598 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:46,720 I'm sure that's what Jesse had in mind. 599 00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:48,280 Uh, ask him. 600 00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:50,160 I might at that. 601 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:54,879 What a to-do to die today. What a to-do to die... 602 00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:57,079 - Call it, Billy. - A minute or two to two. 603 00:29:57,080 --> 00:30:01,560 What a to-do to die today, what a to-do to die. 604 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:04,520 Scene 34, take one. 605 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,839 And... action! 606 00:30:07,840 --> 00:30:09,520 Now the telegram is here. 607 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:11,760 One I think we knew would always come. 608 00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:13,999 Is this the end of the affair? 609 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,599 Oh, don't say that word, Stewart! 610 00:30:16,600 --> 00:30:18,200 You know that it hurts me. 611 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:19,439 I shall think of our time together... 612 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:20,519 - She said 'Stewart'. - What? 613 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:21,599 - You said 'Stewart'. - What? 614 00:30:21,600 --> 00:30:22,679 You said 'Stewart'. 615 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:24,000 - Cut. Let's go again. - Oh, God... 616 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:26,479 - First positions, please. - First positions! 617 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:28,559 - Billy. - Yes, Mr. MacKendrick? 618 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:31,560 Run this one, would you? Call of nature. 619 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:35,480 Ready. 620 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:38,840 Quiet, please! 621 00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:46,000 And... action. 622 00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:50,399 Don't say that word, Tony. You know that it hurts me. 623 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:51,479 There's still time, you know. 624 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:55,119 Time for what? 625 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,880 To do the right thing. Stop the filming. 626 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:00,919 I've been aware for a while about a certain... 627 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:03,239 secret relationship in your life. 628 00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:05,439 Oh, we are not. She isn't, um... 629 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,240 Not with Sandra. 630 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:09,360 With strychnine. 631 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:11,799 I've read those grave little paragraphs 632 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,040 in the Varsity Sporting Review. 633 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:16,039 How you took it as a stimulant 634 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:19,360 to get you through those last agonizing yards of the race. 635 00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:21,120 Rather reckless, really. 636 00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:23,040 Your father wasn't very pleased, was he? 637 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:24,200 No. 638 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:26,080 So, I got into trouble. So what? 639 00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:29,959 And then there's Christiana Edmonds. 640 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:32,519 The heroine of your new film script. 641 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:34,120 Household name once. 642 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:35,679 Fell in love with a doctor 643 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:38,239 and believed that he was in love with her. 644 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:39,360 A pure fantasy. 645 00:31:40,280 --> 00:31:42,479 And she thought she could help him escape from his wife 646 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:46,039 by bringing her a box of poisoned chocolate creams, 647 00:31:46,040 --> 00:31:48,959 which the wife spat out just in time. 648 00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:51,200 And her poison of choice? 649 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:53,719 Strychnine, of course. 650 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:55,800 Bit of a leitmotif, isn't it? 651 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:58,479 I've had a lot of time to think. 652 00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:00,360 Too much, I dare say. 653 00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:03,960 And I think we've been living in a kind of a dream. 654 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,560 It's time for that dream to end. 655 00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:10,880 You, you must stay here with your books. 656 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:12,760 And I... 657 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,360 I must go back to my husband. 658 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:19,320 I simply must. 659 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:38,560 You didn't mean to kill poor Barbara Markham. 660 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:41,520 And that might save you from the gallows. 661 00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:43,759 But you couldn't make the same argument 662 00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:45,840 about what's happening here, could you? 663 00:32:46,560 --> 00:32:49,640 This is your very last chance, Jesse. 664 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:58,720 Oh, damn, damn, damn you, Book. 665 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:00,839 Ow! What the hell was that? 666 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:03,439 - It was bloody painful! -And cut. 667 00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:04,519 Oh, well. 668 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:08,280 Too late now. 669 00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:10,399 Are you alright, Stew? 670 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:11,599 Yeah, it was on the cash register. 671 00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:13,680 It went right into me when I... 672 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:15,199 when I pressed the button. 673 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:20,080 Oh my God. 674 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:22,639 Oh my God. You. 675 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:25,319 I have a name, Mr. Howard. 676 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:28,920 This is what happened to that girl. 677 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:32,959 No, Barbara Markham swallowed strychnine. 678 00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:35,999 This time the poison was on a pin on the cash register, 679 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,999 so it would go straight into the bloodstream. 680 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:40,479 If Jack and Billy 681 00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:42,799 hadn't followed my instructions perfectly 682 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:45,239 and swapped it with a clean one. 683 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:47,680 The pink page told me where to look, 684 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:49,520 but it was Billy who found it. 685 00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:52,359 You should be grateful he's so diligent, Mr. Howard, 686 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:54,640 considering how bloody rude you are to him. 687 00:33:56,120 --> 00:33:58,160 You should thank him too, Jesse. 688 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,119 One less name on the charge sheet 689 00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:03,360 next to little Barbara Markham. 690 00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:07,840 It was for you, my love. 691 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:09,280 All for you. 692 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:11,880 - What? - So we could be together. 693 00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:14,440 And I could make you a bigger star than ever. 694 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:15,839 Not in cheap trash like this, 695 00:34:15,840 --> 00:34:18,240 but in a real film, a masterpiece. 696 00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:20,879 What the hell are you talking about? 697 00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:24,479 He's been obsessed with you for years, Miss Dare. 698 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,600 Used to write letters to Picturegoer, 699 00:34:26,720 --> 00:34:28,839 under a pseudonym, of course. 700 00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:31,560 Basilisk. His family crest. 701 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:35,040 All those books he read in the shop last year, 702 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:38,160 that's how he came up with his magnum opus. 703 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:43,240 Unfortunately, he left a little trace behind. 704 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:46,680 He saw that we were getting a little too close to the truth, 705 00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:49,679 and that's why he suddenly tasted something strange 706 00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:51,039 in his coffee. 707 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:52,720 Faked the poisoning. 708 00:34:53,160 --> 00:34:56,479 He could have said, "Bitter almonds", 709 00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:58,520 like people do in the films. 710 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:01,319 But you chose to twitch 711 00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:02,999 because you knew that Barbara Markham 712 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,040 had been killed by strychnine. 713 00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:06,999 You were familiar with the effects. 714 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:08,559 They're pretty ugly, aren't they, Trottie? 715 00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:11,199 Yes, spasms. A sort of breathless agitation. 716 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,120 I'll never forget it. 717 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:16,200 You put in a good performance, Jesse. 718 00:35:16,720 --> 00:35:19,400 But let me give you a note, Mr. Director. 719 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:22,399 It takes a few minutes for the spasms to start. 720 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:25,040 Your timing was out. 721 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,360 Ad astra per aspera. 722 00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:33,679 Through hardship to the stars. Your family motto. 723 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:36,119 You got to the stars, didn't you, Jesse? 724 00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:38,600 Or to the only star that mattered to you. 725 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:40,879 Sandra Dare. 726 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:43,799 My family has money. So much money. 727 00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:46,360 That's how I bought my way into this filthy industry. 728 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:49,560 I could have financed our picture, Sandra. 729 00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:51,520 But he was spoiling it. 730 00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:53,680 Him. 731 00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:56,120 And what better publicity? 732 00:35:56,720 --> 00:35:59,520 A tragic widow overcoming her grief. 733 00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:01,679 Tackling the part of a lifetime 734 00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:03,879 alongside the brilliant young writer... 735 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:05,079 Writer-director. 736 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:08,240 Writer-director, who consoled her. 737 00:36:08,520 --> 00:36:11,679 It's obscene. Deranged. 738 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:13,479 Oh, you poor fool. 739 00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:15,879 It would be a whole new Sandra Dare, my darling. 740 00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:16,959 Playing your own age. 741 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:20,160 No make-up, a true character part to show your real range. 742 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:23,039 No make-up? Are you mad? 743 00:36:23,040 --> 00:36:25,040 I'm Sandra Dare! 744 00:36:25,320 --> 00:36:26,680 So it was him? 745 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:28,879 He killed that poor girl. 746 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:31,120 - Yes. - And Nerina Bean. 747 00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:34,160 - No, not Nerina Bean. - What? 748 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:37,679 Not Nerina Bean, the girl with the poison pen. 749 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:40,039 Jesse has a cast-iron alibi. 750 00:36:40,040 --> 00:36:42,879 He was in his office, his secretary by his side 751 00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:44,479 passing him the carbon paper, 752 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:46,959 typing out a way to murder you, Mr. Howard. 753 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:48,560 Then who did do it? 754 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:50,480 Where did we find her? 755 00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:52,079 Bottom of the stairs. 756 00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:53,279 Which lead where? 757 00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:57,880 Uh... Prop store, offices, the vault. 758 00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:00,680 The vault, yes. 759 00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:03,879 Wherein lie some of the forgotten remnants 760 00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:05,240 of British cinema. 761 00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:07,039 Of one film in particular. 762 00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:09,639 I found the reference in an old movie almanac 763 00:37:09,640 --> 00:37:11,359 back in Archangel Lane. 764 00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:12,600 What film? 765 00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:15,640 Kitty Wins the Calcutta Sweep. 766 00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:17,680 The hell is that? 767 00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:20,640 It's the film I found in your room... 768 00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:23,640 Sandra. 769 00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:33,639 Uh! 770 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:35,240 Billy, call Bow Street. 771 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:37,839 - Get Bliss here. - Yes, Mr. Book. 772 00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:40,760 - Ah! - Uh! 773 00:37:42,680 --> 00:37:45,119 Uh! Uh... 774 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:46,960 Ah! Uh... 775 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,399 You never loved her, Stewart. 776 00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:52,480 Not like I did. 777 00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:55,599 It's a long time since I've done this for real. 778 00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:57,359 Oh! 779 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:29,160 Sandra? 780 00:38:32,600 --> 00:38:34,680 Sandra, it's all over. 781 00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:37,400 Why don't you come out and explain? 782 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:50,800 I wasn't 'Sandra Dare' back then. 783 00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:59,000 I was... Deirdre Piddock. 784 00:39:05,520 --> 00:39:08,160 It was so long ago. 785 00:39:10,320 --> 00:39:12,720 The film was lost, and... 786 00:39:13,240 --> 00:39:16,679 then Nerina discovered it. 787 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:23,840 And then I discovered her. 788 00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:30,160 Mm. 789 00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:36,319 It was pure chance. 790 00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:41,679 I was going back to my dressing room 791 00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:45,520 and I saw this person, an extra. 792 00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:51,440 And then I recognized her. 793 00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:57,160 And I saw what she had in her sweaty hands. 794 00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:01,399 I have never been so angry. 795 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:04,239 Not in all my life! 796 00:40:04,240 --> 00:40:05,919 Oh. No! 797 00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:07,479 - You give it to me! - No! 798 00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:11,519 - Diva! - No! 799 00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:13,359 Give it to me! 800 00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:15,440 No! 801 00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:18,160 - Aaargh! - No! 802 00:40:22,240 --> 00:40:25,079 She hit that step like a fairground coconut. 803 00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:26,519 She died instantly. 804 00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:31,599 But it was an accident. 805 00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:35,159 I swear. 806 00:40:35,160 --> 00:40:37,160 It was an accident. 807 00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:41,800 But there it was. 808 00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:45,240 The master print. 809 00:40:57,960 --> 00:41:02,240 This business will forgive you a lot of things, but... 810 00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:05,160 not getting old. 811 00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:07,959 Are you smoking, Sandra? 812 00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:17,000 When nitrate film burns, Sandra, it makes its own oxygen. 813 00:41:19,640 --> 00:41:22,800 You think I don't know that, Mr. Book? 814 00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:26,280 I'm a veteran of the silver screen. 815 00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:31,960 That's why they keep it in an asbestos vault. 816 00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:34,679 If you drop that cigarette, Sandra, 817 00:41:34,680 --> 00:41:36,640 it'll go up like a torch. 818 00:41:37,360 --> 00:41:40,200 And Trottie and I won't escape unscathed. 819 00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:45,080 And neither will Stewart. 820 00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:47,960 Stewart? 821 00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:51,280 Darling... 822 00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:54,320 It doesn't have to be like this. 823 00:41:56,120 --> 00:42:00,320 But... she would have told them all my secret. 824 00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:07,600 That I was making films when Lenin was in office. 825 00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:12,480 That would have made me box office poison. 826 00:42:13,120 --> 00:42:15,640 And I've told you. 827 00:42:16,560 --> 00:42:21,559 I want to go on and on and light up the town, explode! 828 00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:35,559 Sandra, that script that Jesse wrote, I read it. 829 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:42,040 It's about a woman who makes a terrible moral mistake. 830 00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:46,120 But she faces her fate with dignity. 831 00:42:48,160 --> 00:42:50,360 Inspector Bliss will be here soon, 832 00:42:51,680 --> 00:42:53,720 and you'll be under arrest. 833 00:42:54,680 --> 00:42:56,560 But before he arrives, 834 00:42:57,600 --> 00:43:00,240 I could save you a little bit of humiliation. 835 00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:02,800 What do you say? 836 00:43:05,720 --> 00:43:07,840 Let's go out to the tank. 837 00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:10,200 Bring that film. 838 00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:12,399 The one with you as a 17-year-old 839 00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:14,440 with your whole life ahead of you. 840 00:43:16,120 --> 00:43:19,800 Before this business made you what you've become. 841 00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:24,160 Oh no, Mr. Book. 842 00:43:25,520 --> 00:43:27,160 Aah... 843 00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:30,079 I've always had it in me. 844 00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:33,760 I've always been a star. 845 00:43:34,640 --> 00:43:37,240 I think that's what the camera saw. 846 00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:40,960 And why they've always loved me. 847 00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,640 Just give me a moment, will you? 848 00:43:57,760 --> 00:43:59,760 Not bad. 849 00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:17,280 That's long enough. 850 00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:19,160 I'm gonna kick the bloody door in. 851 00:44:57,480 --> 00:44:59,639 -That way. -Come on! 852 00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:29,480 Boom. 853 00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:58,800 - It's a tragedy, really. - Will they... 854 00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:01,560 Will they hang? 855 00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:04,880 Jesse MacKendrick, undoubtedly. 856 00:46:05,520 --> 00:46:08,480 But I'm sure the jury will be kind to Miss Dare. 857 00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:12,080 It was an accident, after all. 858 00:46:14,720 --> 00:46:17,560 Now you're a free man, Mr. Howard. 859 00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:19,760 Just what I wanted. 860 00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:21,399 But what a cost. 861 00:46:22,520 --> 00:46:23,760 Mind you... 862 00:46:24,440 --> 00:46:26,080 Tragic ex-fiancé. 863 00:46:26,480 --> 00:46:28,200 Broken-hearted leading man. 864 00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:29,840 Suddenly single. 865 00:46:36,800 --> 00:46:38,000 What is it? 866 00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:42,320 It was an accident, wasn't it? 867 00:46:42,920 --> 00:46:44,520 Nerina Bean's death? 868 00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:48,720 Well, we shall never know, Inspector. 869 00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:54,200 After all, Sandra Dare is a terribly good actress. 870 00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:32,240 Hello, Jack. 871 00:47:34,040 --> 00:47:35,040 What's up? 872 00:47:35,760 --> 00:47:38,280 Jack, we need to tell you something. 873 00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:40,319 I'm sorry we didn't say it before 874 00:47:40,320 --> 00:47:43,399 but we wanted to let you settle in and it's a delicate matter. 875 00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:47,160 It's about our relationship. 876 00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:50,000 Oh. 877 00:47:51,960 --> 00:47:53,640 I think I've guessed it. 878 00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:54,879 Oh. 879 00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:56,799 - Is it that obvious? - Ah. 880 00:47:56,800 --> 00:47:58,760 Well, it wasn't at first, but... 881 00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:00,880 Yeah. 882 00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:05,000 I found the photograph. 883 00:48:06,160 --> 00:48:07,400 Photograph? 884 00:48:07,920 --> 00:48:08,960 My dad. 885 00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:15,400 You have a photo of my dad. 886 00:48:15,760 --> 00:48:17,799 It's just like the one that I have. 887 00:48:22,080 --> 00:48:23,200 And this. 888 00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:25,719 I know I shouldn't have taken it. 889 00:48:25,720 --> 00:48:28,520 I'm sorry, but... with the picture, I... 890 00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:32,920 Eric Percival Banks, your first husband. 891 00:48:38,320 --> 00:48:39,640 Is this him? 892 00:50:10,560 --> 00:50:11,960 Trottie... 893 00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:17,280 Are you my mother? 894 00:50:21,680 --> 00:50:23,040 No, my dear. 895 00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:25,280 Not at all. 896 00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:28,080 I'm so sorry. 897 00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:40,600 But what's all this about? 898 00:50:41,560 --> 00:50:42,560 Jack... 899 00:50:46,320 --> 00:50:48,760 We have rather a lot to tell you.