1 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,320 HITCHCOCK: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. 2 00:00:29,360 --> 00:00:32,690 This is Alfred Hitchcock. 3 00:00:32,730 --> 00:00:36,560 Tonight's play takes place in merry old England, 4 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,700 and is called, "I Killed the Count." 5 00:00:40,740 --> 00:00:43,840 When they asked me to wear this, I demurred. 6 00:00:43,870 --> 00:00:47,640 I didn't realize it would be an invitation for automation to take over. 7 00:00:50,910 --> 00:00:53,480 Empty. Now what does that imply? 8 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,690 Oh well! Let the play begin. 9 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:21,840 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 10 00:01:29,980 --> 00:01:32,350 Count Mattoni, your tea. 11 00:01:51,270 --> 00:01:53,510 Oh, there you are! 12 00:01:53,540 --> 00:01:55,410 Too drunk to make it to bed this time. 13 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,980 Well, I hope you slept it off. 14 00:01:58,010 --> 00:02:01,650 Count Mattoni, wake up, sir. 15 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:03,790 It's 8:00... 16 00:02:03,820 --> 00:02:05,120 (POLLY SCREAMING) 17 00:02:08,420 --> 00:02:11,960 MARTIN: It's awful! Simply awful, Inspector! 18 00:02:12,060 --> 00:02:15,660 Having a tenant shoot himself in Oxley Court. 19 00:02:15,700 --> 00:02:19,100 All the publicity. The notoriety. 20 00:02:19,130 --> 00:02:21,770 I'm afraid Count Mattoni didn't shoot himself, Mr. Martin. 21 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:22,770 Someone did that for him. 22 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:23,870 What? 23 00:02:25,340 --> 00:02:28,180 You mean that he was murdered? 24 00:02:28,210 --> 00:02:31,450 In Oxley Court? How dreadful. 25 00:02:33,820 --> 00:02:37,590 DAVIDSON: Mr. Martin, will you tell us a little about your late tenant? 26 00:02:37,620 --> 00:02:42,120 His previous address, references, business habits, friends, that sort of thing? 27 00:02:42,160 --> 00:02:45,990 Yes, I'll get his address from the records, of course, 28 00:02:46,090 --> 00:02:50,170 but I'm afraid there's not very much else that I know about the Count. 29 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:52,870 He's only been here about three months. 30 00:02:52,900 --> 00:02:55,370 So far as I know, he had no business. 31 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,770 The maid's here, sir. Do you want to see her now? 32 00:02:57,810 --> 00:03:00,040 Yes, show her in. Yes, sir. 33 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:01,880 And you'll get us whatever else you can from your records, will you? 34 00:03:01,910 --> 00:03:03,750 Yes. Immediately. 35 00:03:03,780 --> 00:03:05,780 This is Polly Stevens, Inspector. 36 00:03:05,810 --> 00:03:08,620 The maid on this floor, she's the one who discovered the body. 37 00:03:08,650 --> 00:03:10,620 Ah, yes. Thank you. Yes. 38 00:03:10,650 --> 00:03:11,690 Won't you sit down? 39 00:03:11,720 --> 00:03:12,790 All right. 40 00:03:15,690 --> 00:03:20,360 We know you've had rather a shock, Polly, and talking about it may be disturbing, 41 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,060 but I'm afraid we must ask you a few questions, 42 00:03:23,060 --> 00:03:25,930 so I'll be as quick as I can, and you just try not to let it upset you. Hmm? 43 00:03:25,970 --> 00:03:26,900 Oh, it don't. 44 00:03:26,940 --> 00:03:28,070 Good. 45 00:03:29,170 --> 00:03:30,540 Why not? 46 00:03:30,570 --> 00:03:33,310 Oh, I've been mixed up in so many murders and robberies 47 00:03:33,340 --> 00:03:35,310 and whatnot, it's an old story to me. 48 00:03:35,340 --> 00:03:38,950 I'm always losing me job because me employer got arrested or shot or something. 49 00:03:38,980 --> 00:03:41,080 That's how I lost me last one. 50 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:43,890 I see. Then you probably know the kind of question I want to ask you. 51 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:45,220 Now, then... 52 00:03:45,250 --> 00:03:47,590 When did I last see the deceased alive? 53 00:03:47,620 --> 00:03:50,990 Did I notice anything unusual? Who were his friends? 54 00:03:51,090 --> 00:03:53,430 Did I ever hear him quarreling? 55 00:03:53,460 --> 00:03:57,670 Yes, well. Suppose we just run through that batch for a starter. 56 00:03:57,700 --> 00:04:01,340 Well, I last seen him last night when I came in to turn the bed down. 57 00:04:01,370 --> 00:04:03,240 About 9:00, as usual. 58 00:04:03,270 --> 00:04:06,070 He came in as I was leaving, drunk, as usual. 59 00:04:07,410 --> 00:04:09,680 Am I going too fast for you? 60 00:04:09,710 --> 00:04:11,680 No, no, no. Go on. 61 00:04:11,710 --> 00:04:15,250 As for friends, I never saw him with anybody else. 62 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:16,950 No wonder, if you ask me. 63 00:04:18,350 --> 00:04:20,560 Oh. You didn't care for him, then? 64 00:04:20,590 --> 00:04:22,690 He wasn't no gent. I'll say that much. 65 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:24,530 I see. 66 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:28,060 Tell me. Have you ever seen this before, Polly? 67 00:04:30,500 --> 00:04:32,630 Yes. It's his. 68 00:04:32,670 --> 00:04:34,240 He keeps it in that drawer there. 69 00:04:35,570 --> 00:04:37,170 Now, when you came in this morning, 70 00:04:37,210 --> 00:04:39,670 did you notice a cartridge case, by any chance? 71 00:04:39,710 --> 00:04:40,710 On the floor or anywhere? 72 00:04:40,740 --> 00:04:41,840 No. I didn't. 73 00:04:46,850 --> 00:04:50,950 Can I get on with me beds now? I'm getting terribly behind. 74 00:04:50,990 --> 00:04:54,490 Oh, yes. Of course, yes. And thank you for being so helpful, Polly. 75 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:56,930 Do you want to talk to some of the other tenants now, sir? 76 00:04:56,960 --> 00:04:59,260 No, I think we'll finish with our landlord first. 77 00:04:59,290 --> 00:05:00,230 Oh, yes, sir. 78 00:05:03,530 --> 00:05:04,500 Oh, thank you. 79 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:12,770 Yes, this is your first murder since they passed you out of Hendon, isn't it, Raines? 80 00:05:12,810 --> 00:05:15,310 Yes, sir. Yes, well, it should be a good experience. 81 00:05:17,610 --> 00:05:21,050 Of course, I'm afraid you'll find that some of that beautiful theory 82 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:23,890 they taught you at Hendon won't stand up in actual practice. 83 00:05:23,920 --> 00:05:27,060 But, don't let that worry you. No, sir, I shan't. 84 00:05:27,060 --> 00:05:31,430 Just remember to be thorough and persevere, and you'll be all right. 85 00:05:31,460 --> 00:05:36,230 You can take my word for that. I have rather a good record myself, as it happens. 86 00:05:36,260 --> 00:05:39,470 Twelve murders so far and 11 convictions. 87 00:05:39,500 --> 00:05:40,940 Oh, that's very good, sir, isn't it? 88 00:05:42,300 --> 00:05:43,840 What happened to the other one, sir? 89 00:05:46,170 --> 00:05:47,540 Well, let's run over what we have, Raines. 90 00:05:47,580 --> 00:05:48,440 Yes, sir. 91 00:05:49,510 --> 00:05:53,080 The time of death, according to Surgeon Dodds, 92 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:55,680 probably between midnight and 2:00 a.m. 93 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,550 Cause of death, gunshot wound in temple from close range. 94 00:05:59,590 --> 00:06:00,590 Probably from gun 95 00:06:01,690 --> 00:06:03,630 found here, 96 00:06:03,660 --> 00:06:05,860 which belonged to the deceased, a Count Victor Mattoni. 97 00:06:06,490 --> 00:06:08,760 His wallet, 98 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:12,800 found here with two very good fingerprints in blood on one of the bank notes, sir. 99 00:06:12,830 --> 00:06:15,200 Very obliging of him, I think. 100 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,540 Yes, sir. If they belong to the murderer. 101 00:06:17,570 --> 00:06:19,840 Well, of course, Raines. 102 00:06:19,870 --> 00:06:22,880 This tassel or whatever it is looks like it might have been torn off 103 00:06:22,910 --> 00:06:24,380 a drapery or something. 104 00:06:24,410 --> 00:06:26,110 But it doesn't seem to match anything in here. 105 00:06:26,150 --> 00:06:27,120 Well, let me see it. 106 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:32,050 And this turned over lamp, and that's about all, sir. 107 00:06:32,090 --> 00:06:34,860 Yes. But no cartridge case. No, sir. 108 00:06:34,890 --> 00:06:38,760 Strange room, a fired pistol, a bullet and no cartridge case. 109 00:06:38,790 --> 00:06:41,060 Shall I send the pistol and the wallet down to the Yard, sir? 110 00:06:41,060 --> 00:06:44,100 Yes. Have the prints checked against our records, 111 00:06:44,130 --> 00:06:46,740 and as soon as the surgeon has the bullet, have it checked against the gun. 112 00:06:46,770 --> 00:06:47,640 Yes, sir. 113 00:07:01,280 --> 00:07:03,750 Listen to this, Raines. 114 00:07:03,790 --> 00:07:08,120 "Lord Sorrington regrets that he must ask Count Mattoni to regard the dinner invitation 115 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:11,330 "provisionally extended for Monday the 17th as definitely cancelled." 116 00:07:13,260 --> 00:07:15,360 Viscount Sorrington, eh? 117 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:16,830 So he knew the Count! 118 00:07:16,870 --> 00:07:19,700 RAINES: Doesn't sound very happy about it, does he? 119 00:07:19,730 --> 00:07:21,200 Well, try and get him on the telephone. 120 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:23,040 There's a number here, Grosvenor something. 121 00:07:23,070 --> 00:07:24,270 Yes, sir. 122 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:28,740 That's odd, sir. 123 00:07:28,780 --> 00:07:30,680 Oh, what? 124 00:07:30,710 --> 00:07:34,280 Well, this is dated the first, sir. That's 13 days ago. 125 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:36,380 Well, this is only postmarked yesterday. 126 00:07:40,860 --> 00:07:42,190 Yes, it is. 127 00:07:43,930 --> 00:07:44,960 I wonder what it's been doing since... 128 00:07:45,060 --> 00:07:46,230 (KNOCKING) 129 00:07:46,260 --> 00:07:47,300 Come in. 130 00:07:48,060 --> 00:07:50,570 Grosvenor, 9555, please. 131 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:54,170 Here is the Count's previous address, Inspector. In Rome. 132 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:55,700 Oh, thank you. 133 00:07:55,740 --> 00:07:58,170 Is Lord Sorrington there, please? Thank you. 134 00:08:00,510 --> 00:08:01,540 Yes, Mr. Martin? 135 00:08:03,750 --> 00:08:07,350 There don't seem to be any references, I'm sorry to say. 136 00:08:07,380 --> 00:08:10,190 He always paid his rent in advance, very promptly. 137 00:08:10,220 --> 00:08:12,350 So we didn't ask for a name. 138 00:08:12,390 --> 00:08:14,190 Oh, by the way, Mr. Martin, 139 00:08:14,220 --> 00:08:17,030 is this flat occupied? Just one moment please, excuse me, sir, 140 00:08:17,060 --> 00:08:18,130 I have his office on the wire now. 141 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:19,460 Oh, good. 142 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:25,130 Hello? Inspector Davidson of Scotland Yard here. 143 00:08:25,170 --> 00:08:27,140 I'd like to speak to Lord Sorrington, please. 144 00:08:29,470 --> 00:08:31,570 No, I'm sorry. I'm afraid you'll have to interrupt him. 145 00:08:35,810 --> 00:08:37,450 Lord Sorrington? 146 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:41,750 This is Inspector Davidson of Scotland Yard. I'm so sorry to disturb you, sir, but 147 00:08:41,780 --> 00:08:45,150 there's been an accident to a friend of yours, Count Victor Mattoni. 148 00:08:45,190 --> 00:08:47,220 Who'd you say? 149 00:08:47,260 --> 00:08:48,760 There must be some mistake, Inspector. I've never heard of the man. 150 00:08:50,930 --> 00:08:53,630 I beg your pardon, sir. Are you sure? Because... 151 00:08:55,860 --> 00:08:59,430 Could you please come over to the Count's flat, sir, so we can talk about this? 152 00:08:59,470 --> 00:09:01,900 Oxley Court, Baker Street. 153 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,470 That's quite impossible, Inspector. I have an important engagement in a few minutes. 154 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:07,540 Yeah. 155 00:09:07,580 --> 00:09:10,580 Well if you insist, in... In about an hour, then? 156 00:09:10,610 --> 00:09:13,050 We'll try not to keep you long, sir. 157 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,220 Thank you so much. Goodbye. 158 00:09:19,020 --> 00:09:20,390 Now, this next flat, 159 00:09:21,860 --> 00:09:24,390 we noticed the doors were unbolted on this side. 160 00:09:24,930 --> 00:09:25,830 Is that usual? 161 00:09:26,800 --> 00:09:29,500 Oh, no, sir. No. 162 00:09:29,530 --> 00:09:32,900 Oh, dear, it's been a great worry to me. 163 00:09:32,930 --> 00:09:35,400 There was a terrible scandal here once when... 164 00:09:36,570 --> 00:09:39,370 That was before my time, of course. 165 00:09:39,410 --> 00:09:41,880 Yes, of course. Is the flat occupied now? 166 00:09:42,810 --> 00:09:46,050 Well, yes, in a way. 167 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:47,450 Well, what do you mean, "In a way"? 168 00:09:49,150 --> 00:09:51,550 A gentleman named Rupert... 169 00:09:51,590 --> 00:09:54,660 Oh, dear, I'm afraid he's rather mysterious, too. 170 00:09:55,660 --> 00:09:58,530 He engaged the flat two weeks ago, 171 00:09:58,560 --> 00:10:00,700 by letter, enclosing a week's rent. 172 00:10:01,230 --> 00:10:03,130 Only a week? 173 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:07,500 Yes. Yes. The furnished flats are let by the week sometimes. 174 00:10:07,540 --> 00:10:09,900 So I thought he would just stay a week. 175 00:10:09,940 --> 00:10:13,070 But on the following Friday morning, 176 00:10:13,110 --> 00:10:16,440 Polly found another week's rent in an envelope on the table. 177 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:19,210 What does he look like? 178 00:10:19,250 --> 00:10:22,250 Nobody has seen him, as far as I know. 179 00:10:23,490 --> 00:10:24,390 Except Mullet. 180 00:10:25,690 --> 00:10:28,160 The night liftman on the first night. 181 00:10:28,190 --> 00:10:31,060 Polly dusts the room every day but 182 00:10:31,090 --> 00:10:33,700 she says it doesn't look lived in at all. 183 00:10:33,730 --> 00:10:37,530 Oh. Well, I shall like to have a word with Mr. Rupert if he's there. 184 00:10:37,570 --> 00:10:39,030 I don't know. We could see. 185 00:10:39,070 --> 00:10:40,240 Good. 186 00:10:41,900 --> 00:10:43,970 Now, Mr. Martin, what other tenants are there on this floor? 187 00:10:44,010 --> 00:10:47,380 Well, in this wing, only Mr. Rupert, Inspector. 188 00:10:47,410 --> 00:10:50,550 That flat is unoccupied. 189 00:10:50,580 --> 00:10:54,050 Two ladies in the other wing, and one empty flat there. 190 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:56,280 They've all been told not to leave until you've seen them, sir. 191 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:58,320 One of them is of the theater, a dancer, sir. 192 00:10:58,350 --> 00:11:00,160 A Miss La Lune. 193 00:11:00,190 --> 00:11:01,620 (EXCLAIMING) 194 00:11:01,660 --> 00:11:02,920 Steady, Raines. 195 00:11:03,730 --> 00:11:04,790 (KNOCKING) 196 00:11:12,170 --> 00:11:13,540 Open up. 197 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:32,290 Another week's rent. So he was here last night. 198 00:11:33,460 --> 00:11:35,320 Look here, sir. The cartridge case! 199 00:11:39,430 --> 00:11:42,360 So it is, and now we're getting someplace. 200 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:44,970 What is it, Inspector? What does it mean? 201 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,500 It means that you're not likely to be seeing your Mr. Rupert. 202 00:11:47,540 --> 00:11:49,340 Not as a tenant, at least. 203 00:11:49,370 --> 00:11:51,570 Do you mean that he shot the Count? 204 00:11:51,610 --> 00:11:54,240 A tenant shot a tenant? 205 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:56,850 Well, if he didn't, he'll have some very difficult questions to answer. 206 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,650 Yes. If he fired from here, 207 00:12:05,690 --> 00:12:07,820 the cartridge case could've been ejected there. 208 00:12:07,860 --> 00:12:08,860 Look at this, sir. 209 00:12:08,890 --> 00:12:10,190 What? 210 00:12:10,230 --> 00:12:13,330 It's a letter to a Bernard K. Froy. 211 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:15,160 "Dear Mr. Froy, 212 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:18,470 "I must repeat that I have nothing whatever to discuss with you. 213 00:12:18,500 --> 00:12:22,170 "I do not wish to see you either here at my flat or"... 214 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:25,870 My hat, sir! It stops. There's a space, and then it goes on, 215 00:12:25,910 --> 00:12:29,510 "Froy has just come in room, can see him in mirror. 216 00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:37,720 "He has gun, if anything happens you will..." 217 00:12:37,750 --> 00:12:39,650 And that's all, sir. Now, let me see it. 218 00:12:39,690 --> 00:12:41,190 Is that the Bernard K. Froy? 219 00:12:41,220 --> 00:12:42,660 The American fellow, the racehorse owner 220 00:12:42,690 --> 00:12:43,890 and polo player and all that? 221 00:12:43,930 --> 00:12:45,760 I doubt if there are two Bernard K. Froys. 222 00:12:51,370 --> 00:12:53,340 Get me The Dorchester Hotel right away, please. 223 00:12:53,970 --> 00:12:55,770 (WHISTLING) 224 00:13:01,110 --> 00:13:03,880 I believe we can let you return to your duties now, Mr. Martin. 225 00:13:03,910 --> 00:13:06,080 Would you be good enough to ask Clifton to step in? 226 00:13:06,110 --> 00:13:07,250 Yes, I'd be glad to. 227 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:08,080 Thank you. 228 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,390 Hello, Dorchester? 229 00:13:11,420 --> 00:13:13,960 Is a Mr. Bernard K. Froy staying with you? 230 00:13:16,060 --> 00:13:18,390 He is. No, I don't want to speak to him at the moment. 231 00:13:19,730 --> 00:13:22,900 Oh, is he? Good bye, miss. Thank you. 232 00:13:22,930 --> 00:13:25,170 He's there, all right. 233 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,140 (KNOCKING) But leaving this morning, so he thinks. 234 00:13:27,170 --> 00:13:27,940 Come in. 235 00:13:29,070 --> 00:13:31,070 All right, Clifton, 236 00:13:31,070 --> 00:13:34,080 off you go, take somebody with you and get right over to the Dorchester, 237 00:13:34,110 --> 00:13:36,580 and bring back a Mr. Bernard K. Froy with you. 238 00:13:36,610 --> 00:13:38,410 Bernard K. Froy, sir? 239 00:13:38,450 --> 00:13:40,220 Tell him it's nothing important 240 00:13:40,250 --> 00:13:41,880 but be sure and bring him, understand? 241 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:42,620 Yes, sir. 242 00:13:46,650 --> 00:13:49,190 Well that didn't take long, did it? 243 00:13:49,220 --> 00:13:51,990 Do you think that Rupert and Bernard K. Froy are one and the same and the murderer? 244 00:13:52,090 --> 00:13:55,100 Well it seems rather inescapable, don't you think? 245 00:13:55,100 --> 00:13:57,300 Of course, we may have to prove Froy is Rupert. 246 00:13:57,330 --> 00:13:58,630 So, let's get on with that. 247 00:13:58,670 --> 00:14:01,300 Now, the night liftman, Minnow... 248 00:14:01,340 --> 00:14:02,870 Mullet, sir. 249 00:14:02,900 --> 00:14:04,210 Whatever his name is, we'll have him next. 250 00:14:04,240 --> 00:14:05,440 Yes, sir. Right away. 251 00:14:05,470 --> 00:14:07,110 Mullet isn't here yet, sir. 252 00:14:07,140 --> 00:14:09,040 We've sent for him, sir. He only lives just around the corner. 253 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:10,750 Good. 254 00:14:10,780 --> 00:14:14,180 What we're looking for, Johnson, is someone who knows Mr. Rupert in the next flat. 255 00:14:14,220 --> 00:14:16,050 Have you seen him? Could you identify him? 256 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:17,850 Never set eyes on him myself, sir. 257 00:14:17,890 --> 00:14:19,950 But you were on the lift last night. 258 00:14:20,060 --> 00:14:21,060 Didn't you bring him up or see him? 259 00:14:21,890 --> 00:14:23,460 No, sir. 260 00:14:23,490 --> 00:14:24,430 All right. Thank you. 261 00:14:26,590 --> 00:14:29,860 Oh, you don't happen to know Mr. Bernard K. Froy, do you? An American. 262 00:14:29,900 --> 00:14:31,830 Oh, yes, sir! That's one I would know. 263 00:14:31,870 --> 00:14:33,500 He was in to see the Count, he was. 264 00:14:33,540 --> 00:14:36,840 One afternoon, maybe three weeks ago. 265 00:14:36,870 --> 00:14:40,880 I remember because when I told him the Count was out, he gave me a funny look 266 00:14:40,910 --> 00:14:43,610 and said, "He's in, all right, he's just afraid to see me." 267 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:46,720 Then you'd know him, you think, if you saw him again? 268 00:14:46,750 --> 00:14:47,980 JOHNSON: Oh, yes, sir. 269 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:50,590 That's all. Thank you. 270 00:14:55,690 --> 00:14:58,660 No, sir, I never saw Mr. Rupert, night or morning. 271 00:14:58,690 --> 00:15:01,630 Wouldn't know he was ever in the place, if he hadn't left the rent that time. 272 00:15:03,530 --> 00:15:06,330 Do you go in to turn the bed down at night whether he's there or not? 273 00:15:06,370 --> 00:15:08,300 Yes, sir. About what time? 274 00:15:08,340 --> 00:15:09,840 Oh, 9:00, when I leave here. 275 00:15:09,870 --> 00:15:11,510 (KNOCKING) 276 00:15:11,540 --> 00:15:15,710 Now, did you notice when you went in last night if the rent was on the table? 277 00:15:15,740 --> 00:15:17,880 Yes, sir. I did notice. And it wasn't. 278 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:22,180 Well, thank you, Polly. I think that's all for now. 279 00:15:22,220 --> 00:15:23,080 Yes, sir. 280 00:15:24,390 --> 00:15:25,190 Mullet's here, sir. 281 00:15:29,690 --> 00:15:31,060 Mullet, eh? 282 00:15:31,090 --> 00:15:32,060 That's right. 283 00:15:32,930 --> 00:15:34,100 Odd. 284 00:15:34,130 --> 00:15:36,160 What's so odd about it? 285 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:40,570 Oh, nothing. I... I seem to know your face from somewhere. 286 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:41,900 I don't know yours. 287 00:15:45,270 --> 00:15:47,410 You're the night liftman here, is that right? That's right. 288 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:49,540 And you showed Mr. Rupert up to the next-door flat when he arrived? 289 00:15:49,580 --> 00:15:51,410 (KNOCKING) Yes, sir. 290 00:15:51,450 --> 00:15:54,080 Would you know him? Could you positively identify him if you saw him again? 291 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:56,080 Well, of course I could. Good. 292 00:15:56,120 --> 00:15:57,950 Now, have you seen him since that time... 293 00:15:57,990 --> 00:15:59,090 Excuse me, sir. 294 00:15:59,090 --> 00:16:00,520 Mr. Froy is here. 295 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:02,490 Oh, well, uh, Mullet, 296 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:04,460 would you wait in the bedroom, please? 297 00:16:04,490 --> 00:16:05,760 For the time being. 298 00:16:06,860 --> 00:16:08,030 We'll call you when we need you. 299 00:16:08,030 --> 00:16:08,800 Very good, sir. 300 00:16:11,170 --> 00:16:11,900 Just a minute, Raines. 301 00:16:17,540 --> 00:16:19,240 All right, show him in. 302 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:21,910 Come in, please, Mr. Froy. 303 00:16:21,940 --> 00:16:24,250 I'm Detective Raines, sir. This is Inspector Davidson. 304 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:26,250 He'd like to ask you a few questions. 305 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:28,720 How do you do? I'd like to ask a few myself. 306 00:16:28,750 --> 00:16:30,890 To begin with, what's this all about? 307 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:34,690 I'm leaving for the Continent this afternoon and I haven't time for games. 308 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:39,260 We seldom indulge in games at Scotland Yard, Mr. Froy. 309 00:16:39,290 --> 00:16:43,670 We wanted to ask you about an acquaintance of yours. Count Mattoni. 310 00:16:43,700 --> 00:16:45,700 Count who? A Count Victor Mattoni. 311 00:16:47,370 --> 00:16:50,210 Sorry, never heard of him. 312 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:52,840 Perhaps I should tell you that Johnson, one of the liftmen here, 313 00:16:52,870 --> 00:16:55,410 says he can positively identify you. 314 00:16:55,440 --> 00:16:58,410 And that you called in to see the Count one afternoon. 315 00:16:58,450 --> 00:17:01,220 And you said, when told he wasn't in, that he was afraid to see you. 316 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:04,020 Shall I send for Johnson? 317 00:17:06,150 --> 00:17:07,190 Oh, never mind. 318 00:17:08,290 --> 00:17:09,720 All right. I knew him. 319 00:17:11,190 --> 00:17:13,260 Didn't wanna be connected with him, that's all. 320 00:17:14,700 --> 00:17:18,630 He's a pretty unsavory character. 321 00:17:18,670 --> 00:17:22,170 I stopped by once to try to collect a gambling debt. 322 00:17:23,170 --> 00:17:24,910 But it didn't work. 323 00:17:24,940 --> 00:17:27,110 And why did you come by last night, Mr. Froy? 324 00:17:28,110 --> 00:17:29,040 Last night? 325 00:17:31,250 --> 00:17:34,750 But I didn't. That once was the only time. 326 00:17:34,780 --> 00:17:38,050 And you don't happen to have rented the next flat under the name of Rupert? 327 00:17:38,050 --> 00:17:39,720 Of course I didn't. Why should I? 328 00:17:41,390 --> 00:17:43,060 Would you be kind enough to examine this? 329 00:17:58,940 --> 00:18:00,340 Why didn't you tell me you had this? 330 00:18:01,210 --> 00:18:02,310 So you were here. 331 00:18:04,210 --> 00:18:06,210 Seems rather obvious, doesn't it? 332 00:18:06,250 --> 00:18:08,520 Yes. I'm afraid it does, Mr. Froy. 333 00:18:08,550 --> 00:18:10,850 In fact, the whole thing seems rather obvious. 334 00:18:10,890 --> 00:18:12,590 Inescapable, I should say. 335 00:18:13,890 --> 00:18:15,590 The Count was murdered last night. 336 00:18:17,660 --> 00:18:18,730 Yeah, I know. 337 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:20,830 I killed him. 338 00:18:36,310 --> 00:18:37,850 I killed him. 339 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:38,780 (EXHALING) 340 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:42,620 Would you care to tell me about it? 341 00:18:42,650 --> 00:18:45,050 However, you're not compelled to make a statement. 342 00:18:45,050 --> 00:18:47,920 And I must warn you that anything you do say will be taken down in writing 343 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:49,520 and maybe used in evidence. 344 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:51,660 What difference does it make? 345 00:18:51,690 --> 00:18:55,230 I'm cooked anyhow, with the letter and everything else. 346 00:18:55,260 --> 00:18:58,600 Yes, I'm afraid you are, Mr. Froy. And besides the letter, 347 00:18:58,630 --> 00:19:01,870 there's your renting of the next flat under the name of Rupert. 348 00:19:01,900 --> 00:19:03,740 The cartridge case there... 349 00:19:03,770 --> 00:19:06,170 Wait a minute, what's this Rupert business? 350 00:19:06,210 --> 00:19:11,050 I don't know anything about him or the flat next door or anything else. 351 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:13,480 I think you're rather confused, Inspector. 352 00:19:13,520 --> 00:19:16,020 Do you? 353 00:19:16,020 --> 00:19:18,050 We might as well settle this right now, I suppose. 354 00:19:21,260 --> 00:19:22,490 Come in, Mullet. 355 00:19:25,330 --> 00:19:27,530 Now, will you take a good look at this gentleman, please? 356 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:34,470 Well? Well, what? 357 00:19:34,500 --> 00:19:36,100 Well, have you seen him before? 358 00:19:36,140 --> 00:19:37,040 No, not him. 359 00:19:37,710 --> 00:19:39,210 Huh? 360 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:43,280 You mean... You mean he's not Rupert? 361 00:19:43,310 --> 00:19:46,050 Nah. Nothing like him. Mr. Rupert looks like a real gent, he does. 362 00:19:47,420 --> 00:19:48,680 Yes, but... 363 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:49,850 (TELEPHONE RINGING) 364 00:19:52,420 --> 00:19:53,620 Hello? 365 00:19:55,390 --> 00:19:56,520 Oh, is he? 366 00:19:57,530 --> 00:19:58,590 No, thank you. 367 00:20:02,260 --> 00:20:06,470 Mr. Froy, I'm afraid I must interrupt this for a moment. We shan't be long. 368 00:20:06,500 --> 00:20:07,840 Will you follow me, please? 369 00:20:12,610 --> 00:20:15,740 Clifton, will you escort Mr. Froy to the empty flat opposite, please? 370 00:20:15,780 --> 00:20:17,050 Yes, sir. Come on, sir. 371 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:23,390 You can go now, Mullet. But don't leave the premises. 372 00:20:23,420 --> 00:20:24,590 No, sir. 373 00:20:27,220 --> 00:20:29,060 DAVIDSON: Lord Sorrington? Yes. 374 00:20:29,090 --> 00:20:30,860 I'm Inspector Davidson. 375 00:20:30,890 --> 00:20:33,130 It's very good of you to come, sir. 376 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,360 Sorry to have kept you waiting. 377 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:37,300 I should like to know what this is all about, Inspector. 378 00:20:37,330 --> 00:20:38,470 Won't you sit down, sir? 379 00:20:38,500 --> 00:20:39,530 Thanks. 380 00:20:41,340 --> 00:20:44,010 I hope we haven't inconvenienced you too greatly, sir. 381 00:20:44,040 --> 00:20:47,110 If we'd known what we do now, it might not have been necessary for you to come. 382 00:20:47,140 --> 00:20:49,410 However, now that you're here, 383 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:52,650 all we want to ask you is what you know about Count Mattoni. 384 00:20:52,680 --> 00:20:54,780 You see, he's been murdered. 385 00:20:55,250 --> 00:20:56,920 Oh. 386 00:20:56,950 --> 00:21:00,090 But I told you, Inspector, I've never heard of the man. 387 00:21:00,120 --> 00:21:03,630 I'm sure you'll have some good reason for saying that, sir, but, uh... 388 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:05,930 (KNOCKING) 389 00:21:08,500 --> 00:21:10,530 Where'd you get this? 390 00:21:10,570 --> 00:21:13,800 It came in the post this morning, though apparently it was written a fortnight ago. 391 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:16,200 My secretary shall hear about this. 392 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:19,210 Well, obviously I did know the fellow, but though very slightly. 393 00:21:19,240 --> 00:21:21,240 And if you know him at all, Inspector, you'll understand 394 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,240 my reluctance to be connected with him. 395 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:25,750 Especially with Scotland Yard involved. 396 00:21:25,780 --> 00:21:28,620 One assumes something disreputable with his sort, you know. 397 00:21:28,650 --> 00:21:30,790 Yes, I quite understand. 398 00:21:30,820 --> 00:21:32,790 So, there's nothing you can tell us about him? 399 00:21:32,820 --> 00:21:34,520 No. I'm afraid not. 400 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:35,990 So, if that's all... 401 00:21:36,090 --> 00:21:37,730 RAINES: I beg your pardon, sir. 402 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:39,630 Excuse me, my lord. What is it, Raines? 403 00:21:39,660 --> 00:21:41,100 (WHISPERING) 404 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:45,600 Are you sure? He insists, sir. 405 00:21:45,630 --> 00:21:48,440 All right, bring him in. Yes, sir. 406 00:21:48,470 --> 00:21:51,140 Now, I'm afraid something has come up to delay us some more, sir. 407 00:21:51,170 --> 00:21:52,840 If you'll be so kind. Yes, of course. 408 00:21:54,610 --> 00:21:56,510 Mullet. 409 00:21:56,540 --> 00:21:59,110 Do I understand that you believe this gentleman to be Rupert? 410 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:04,590 There's no believing about it, sir, that's him. 411 00:22:04,620 --> 00:22:05,850 MULLET: Good morning, sir. 412 00:22:06,860 --> 00:22:08,320 What's he talking about? 413 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:11,590 Rupert, sir, is the name of a tenant in the next flat. 414 00:22:11,630 --> 00:22:13,560 Why, the man's mad. 415 00:22:14,500 --> 00:22:15,430 Are you sure, Mullet? 416 00:22:15,460 --> 00:22:17,530 Well, of course I am. 417 00:22:17,570 --> 00:22:19,570 How could I forget a fine looking gent like him? 418 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:20,300 All right. Thank you. 419 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:24,710 Look here, Inspector, I don't know the meaning of this 420 00:22:24,740 --> 00:22:26,510 but obviously the man's lying. 421 00:22:26,540 --> 00:22:28,980 I'm afraid not, sir. You'll be difficult to mistake. 422 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:30,880 Besides, what purpose could he have? 423 00:22:33,750 --> 00:22:36,520 All right, I did take the flat. 424 00:22:36,550 --> 00:22:38,490 After all, Inspector, 425 00:22:38,520 --> 00:22:40,990 you're a man of the world. Is there anything wrong in that? 426 00:22:41,090 --> 00:22:43,730 Wasn't it indiscreet to take such a flat in the same building 427 00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:44,660 next door to someone you knew? 428 00:22:44,690 --> 00:22:46,560 It's pure coincidence. 429 00:22:46,590 --> 00:22:50,370 I... I had no idea that Count Mattoni had a flat in this building. 430 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:52,830 Much less that... Oh. 431 00:22:53,370 --> 00:22:54,140 (SCOFFING) 432 00:22:55,200 --> 00:22:56,200 My letter. Yeah. 433 00:22:57,470 --> 00:22:58,940 You have not been frank with me, sir. 434 00:23:01,580 --> 00:23:05,110 And now, I shall like you to tell me everything you know about the murdered man. 435 00:23:05,150 --> 00:23:09,050 Well, you're obviously going to find out the truth sooner or later, 436 00:23:09,050 --> 00:23:10,720 so I might as well admit it. 437 00:23:10,750 --> 00:23:11,650 Admit what, sir? 438 00:23:12,620 --> 00:23:13,320 I killed him. 439 00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:17,660 (STAMMERING) You killed whom? 440 00:23:20,230 --> 00:23:21,230 I killed Mattoni. 441 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:24,700 (STAMMERING) That's impo... 442 00:23:26,070 --> 00:23:29,200 Are you sure, I mean... 443 00:23:30,440 --> 00:23:32,770 Did you say you killed him? 444 00:23:32,810 --> 00:23:34,140 Yes, that's right. 445 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:36,850 I killed the Count. 446 00:23:52,790 --> 00:23:55,500 Well, this is embarrassing 447 00:23:55,530 --> 00:24:00,070 how time is running out and here we are with an unfinished story on our hands. 448 00:24:00,100 --> 00:24:02,670 I'm afraid you'll have to wait until our next show 449 00:24:02,700 --> 00:24:06,570 to find out more about just who killed the Count. 450 00:24:06,610 --> 00:24:09,340 Personally, I shall welcome a week in which to think up some answers. 451 00:24:10,210 --> 00:24:11,910 After all, 452 00:24:11,950 --> 00:24:15,580 Froy and Lord Sorrington can't both be telling the truth. 453 00:24:15,620 --> 00:24:20,620 There's nothing I detest more than a murderer who tells fibs. 454 00:24:20,660 --> 00:24:26,090 Next time, we shall continue the strange case of Count Victor Mattoni. 455 00:24:26,130 --> 00:24:30,800 Thus far, our desperate detectives have two very good suspects. 456 00:24:30,830 --> 00:24:34,200 But their confessions seem to ask more questions than they answer. 457 00:24:35,470 --> 00:24:38,710 If all this has managed to pique your curiosity, 458 00:24:38,740 --> 00:24:41,940 please join us for the next installment. 459 00:24:41,980 --> 00:24:43,780 Oh, I know what you're thinking. 460 00:24:43,810 --> 00:24:46,780 No, I did not kill the Count. 461 00:24:46,820 --> 00:24:47,880 Good night.