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Go on, I'll wait here.

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Good evening,
ladies and gentlemen,

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and welcome to
darkest Hollywood.

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Night brings a
stillness to the jungle.

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It is so quiet, you
can hear a name drop.

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But the savage beasts have
already begun gathering

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at the waterholes to
quench their thirst.

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Now, one should be
especially alert.

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The vicious table-hopper
is on the prowl,

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and the spotted backbiter

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may lurk behind
a potted palm.

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In order to reach the
scene of tonight's story,

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our little safari must
now move inexorably

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and incomprehensively
from smoggy Hollywood

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to foggy London.

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Fortunately, we
make this side trip

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through the pure,
exhilarating air

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of commercial television.

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Good evening.

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Are you Inspector Brent, sir?

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That's right.

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Come in, sir,
Major Cook-Finch

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is expecting you.

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If you'll just
step this way, sir.

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(rain pouring)

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-Inspector Brent, sir.
-Inspector Brent.

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How are you, Major?

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Beastly night out, isn't it?

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Yes, it's just
plain Mr. Brent

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these days, by the by.

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Yes, it's a bit damp out.

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Well, sir, it's good of
you to help out this way.

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Oh, not at all,
matter of fact,

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I'm quite keen to
learn what's going on.

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Yes, of course,
but at the moment,

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I'd like to see
your dining room

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and speak to
your man, Lane,

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I think you said
his name was?

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Lane, yes, that's right.

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If you'll come this way.

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Now, the dining
room is in here.

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Yes, I remember.

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Oh, Lane, Inspector,
uh, Mr. Brent wants

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to consult with
you, please make

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any arrangements
he wants, will you?

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Yes, sir, a police
officer has arrived,

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sir, from Blackheath Station.

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Oh, good, I'll speak
to him in a moment.

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Very good, sir.

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Well, I'll decant the wine.

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Did you find that
particular gas valve

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I mentioned to you
on the telephone?

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Yes, sir, if we
turn it nearly off,

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the effect we experience
is one of a failing supply.

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Good, we'll go into
that in a moment.

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Now, I want you to
turn off all the lights

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in the study there,
except the one by the door.

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Very good, sir.

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Good of you to let me
take over this way, sir.

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Oh, not at all, I've
only a vague idea

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what this is all about.

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But you have rather whetted
my curiosity, you know.

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Yes, of course.

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Be pointless to go over

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all the details twice,
though, wouldn't it?

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Yes, I suppose it would.

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Exactly, so we
wait for Mr. Stone.

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He'll probably be
along in a moment.

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Oh, Lane, where does
the major usually sit?

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Over there, sir.

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Yes, well, that won't do...

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You'll have to change
it so he sits here.

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Oh, but I always sit there.

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Yes, of course, but
that won't do tonight,

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you see, sir, with the
ghost appearing over there.

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Odd.

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I thought he said, "ghost."

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-Now, Lane.
-Yes.

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I shall sit here with
Mr. Stone opposite,

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and over there, we shall
have our guest of honor.

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Very good, sir.

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(bell ringing)

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I expect that's
Mr. Stone, now.

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Show him in here, please.

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(rain pouring)

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-Good evening.
-Good evening.

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Will you kindly
step this way, sir?

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Mr. Robert Stone.

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-Ah, Mr. Stone.
-My dear friend.

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Let me introduce you to
our host, Major Cook-Finch.

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Mr. Robert Stone.

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-Major, how do you do?
-Good of you to come.

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I hope you like pheasant
and a good claret.

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Well, that sounds
encouraging, I must say.

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We're lucky it's Sunday
so Mr. Stone could come.

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He's playing in
Macbeth now, you know.

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Oh, yes, I hear it's
a very good play.

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I'm afraid, though,
that the Tivoli

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is rather more my style.

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I'm a great admirer of
Gertie Gitana, you know.

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I daresay.

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Disgraceful of
you to drag me out

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on a night like this, Brent.

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You'll have to provide
something unique

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and engrossing
to make up for it.

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Well, perhaps I shall.

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We're here to
investigate a murder.

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Really?

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Exactly two years
ago tonight,

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a murder was
committed in this house.

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In this very
room, in fact.

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You may possibly have
read about it at the time.

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Now, Major Cook-Finch is
familiar with it, of course,

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since--since he
took the house.

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Yes, I shouldn't have been
able to afford it otherwise.

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People will shy
away from places

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after that sort of thing.

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Lucky for me, I suppose.

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Oh, you're referring to the
Blackheath murder, of course.

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The murdered woman
was an elderly lady,

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a Miss Ferguson.

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She was apparently attacked

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as she sat here
eating a cold supper,

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which her maid used to leave
ready on her Sunday off.

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Miss Ferguson was found
brutally strangled,

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with the meal
half finished.

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Her little dog, a Pekingese,
had been killed, too.

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Oh, yes, I remember
reading about the dog.

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The police seemed to
think that the murderer

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must have known it,
otherwise it would have barked.

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Yes, of course,
it's not impossible

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that he might have caught
and killed the dog first,

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but it seems unlikely
that he could have done it

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without so much noise
alarming Miss Ferguson.

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Well, wasn't there a
suspect in the case,

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a nephew or something?

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Yes, John Bedford.

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He was his aunt's sole heir.

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But he had a
very good alibi

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for the time
of the murder.

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Miles away, in fact.

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Oh, it couldn't
have been Bedford.

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I met him when I
took the house.

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Besides, he was at Eton.

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But didn't I also read the
house had been broken into

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and some silver stolen?

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That would seem
to point to her

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being killed
by the burglar.

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Possibly she caught
him in the act.

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Possibly, but it might
simply have been staged

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to make it look
like a robbery.

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But I thought
you were retired.

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Isn't the case someone
else's headache now?

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It was my case
to begin with

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and I don't like it
remaining unsolved.

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Oh, has Miss Thorpe
arrived yet, Lane?

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No, sir, not yet.

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No, she said she
might be late.

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She'll come in
the side entrance.

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Show her into the
study when she does.

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Very good, sir.

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And if we're
at dinner then,

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be very quiet
about it, please.

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Yes, sir.

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Now, this may seem a
little unusual at first.

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The Yard would
never permit it

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if I were still
there, of course,

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but they'll be happy
to get the compliments

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if the plan works out.

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I intend to produce
Miss Ferguson's ghost.

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(rain pouring)

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He did say, "ghost."

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Now, you've seen Miss Thorpe
on the stage, I expect.

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A superb actress.

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She has agreed
to be our ghost.

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I gave her a copy of this
photograph of Miss Ferguson.

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She'll be wearing
her hair the same way.

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And I've seen her
in her makeup.

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The likeness is
absolutely perfect.

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Oh, May's a very fine
actress, of course,

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I never thought her
queen in my Hamlet

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quite measured up.

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But you've still got
me thoroughly confused,

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dear boy, I wish you'd
explain a little bit more.

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Why, of course, now,
when she appears

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in the doorway here,

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our last guest will
see her, but we shan't.

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What, but why not?

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We simply look
through her, that's all.

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Just needs a bit of acting.

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Oh, really, now that's
all very well for Stone,

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but I'm not an
actor, you know.

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I'm sure I can
never bring it off.

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Of course you can, Major,
and I'm depending on you.

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Now, we won't bring
her on with the soup,

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that would be rushing it.

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I'm bringing her on
with the pheasant.

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All right, Brent,
I'll have a go at it.

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Good, now let me have a
word with Sergeant Balton

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a moment, and we'll
all be through here.

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Gentlemen, this
is Sergeant Balton

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of Blackheath Police Station.

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He's lending us
a hand tonight.

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Major Cook-Finch,
Mr. Stone, Sergeant.

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-Mr. Stone.
-Good evening.

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You're clear about
everything now?

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-Oh, yes, sir.
-Are you quite sure

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the little fellow
will do his part?

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Oh, yes, sir, you can
depend on him, all right.

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Good.

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Well, shall we go
into the other room

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and have a glass of
sherry while we wait?

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Yes.

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My dear Brent, will
you please settle down

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long enough to tell us what
you're trying to accomplish?

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Also, who our
other guest is.

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I assume you believe
he is the murderer.

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Well, naturally,
and I'd like it

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all to seem quite
everyday, you understand.

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I mean, nothing
prearranged.

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All right, well, assuming we
all act our parts perfectly

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and convince the man he sees

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Miss Ferguson's
ghost, what then?

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Well, I can't
say for certain.

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Naturally, I hope
it'll cause him

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to incriminate
himself someway.

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But it's only an experiment,
I mean, it may not work.

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But if he's really guilty,

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do you suppose he'll
come here tonight,

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the very anniversary of the
day he committed the crime?

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Yes, I told him I
got some new evidence

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that I wanted to
discuss with him.

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It would look bad if
he refused, wouldn't it?

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(bell ringing)

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Well, that must
be our man now.

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But you still haven't
told us who it is.

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Why, the nephew,
John Bedford, of course.

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He was the only one
with a real motive.

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But he has a girl who's
infatuated with him,

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and she swears he was
with her all that evening.

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-We could never...
-Good evening.

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Good evening, sir.

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Now remember, we've
only just got here.

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Mr. John Bedford, sir.

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And so, I took a step
that wasn't there and...

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Well, here I am.

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Doctor says it will
probably be in this condition

256
00:09:49,420 --> 00:09:52,090
for three or four weeks
or something, I don't know.

257
00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:53,490
Spoiled all my golf.

258
00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:56,060
Everything else
is just a nuisance.

259
00:09:56,060 --> 00:09:57,560
(audible sigh)

260
00:09:59,260 --> 00:10:01,730
I haven't had a chance
to see your Macbeth yet.

261
00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:02,760
Oh, I'm sorry.

262
00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:03,900
I hope it
continues for a time.

263
00:10:03,930 --> 00:10:05,070
I shall like to
see it very much.

264
00:10:05,100 --> 00:10:06,670
I'm a great
admirer of yours.

265
00:10:06,700 --> 00:10:10,170
Thank you, we're playing
for another six weeks.

266
00:10:10,210 --> 00:10:12,570
You were at Eton,
weren't you?

267
00:10:12,610 --> 00:10:15,910
Not so very long after
I was, about 30 years?

268
00:10:15,940 --> 00:10:16,910
Yes, that's right.

269
00:10:16,950 --> 00:10:18,110
I heard about you.

270
00:10:18,150 --> 00:10:19,910
They were still talking
about that catch you made

271
00:10:19,950 --> 00:10:22,220
against Harrow when you
fell in somebody's veal

272
00:10:22,250 --> 00:10:23,990
and ham pie.

273
00:10:24,020 --> 00:10:26,890
By Jove, Major, those
are beautiful birds.

274
00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:28,720
Yes, I was lucky last week.

275
00:10:28,760 --> 00:10:31,630
I bagged a brace of
partridge and two pheasant...

276
00:10:31,660 --> 00:10:32,690
at Leadenhall Market.

277
00:10:32,730 --> 00:10:33,630
(laughing)

278
00:10:33,660 --> 00:10:35,000
I should say we're
the lucky ones.

279
00:10:35,030 --> 00:10:36,360
And after that soup, too.

280
00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:38,730
I must say, your cook
does you proud, Major.

281
00:10:38,770 --> 00:10:41,670
Yes, they do look rather
edible, don't they?

282
00:10:41,700 --> 00:10:44,140
Oh, by the way,
I meant to ask you

283
00:10:44,170 --> 00:10:45,840
what this new
development was

284
00:10:45,870 --> 00:10:47,480
before dinner
was announced.

285
00:10:47,510 --> 00:10:48,710
Oh, it can
wait till later.

286
00:10:48,740 --> 00:10:50,710
Nothing too significant,
as a matter of fact.

287
00:10:50,750 --> 00:10:53,010
I don't know whether
Inspector Brent

288
00:10:53,050 --> 00:10:57,220
told you or not, but my aunt
was murdered in this house.

289
00:10:57,250 --> 00:10:59,620
Here in this
room, in fact.

290
00:11:01,560 --> 00:11:02,620
Not really.

291
00:11:02,660 --> 00:11:04,960
Must be a dreadful
shock, a thing like that.

292
00:11:05,060 --> 00:11:06,460
Yes, it was.

293
00:11:06,490 --> 00:11:09,160
It was on a night something
like this, as I recall it.

294
00:11:09,200 --> 00:11:11,170
About two years ago,
in fact, it was exactly

295
00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:13,470
two years ago,
wasn't it?

296
00:11:13,500 --> 00:11:14,640
So it was.

297
00:11:14,670 --> 00:11:16,070
Two years ago tonight.

298
00:11:16,070 --> 00:11:17,070
Two years ago

299
00:11:17,070 --> 00:11:18,740
and you still haven't
discovered the murderer.

300
00:11:18,770 --> 00:11:20,910
Really, old boy, no
wonder you've retired.

301
00:11:20,940 --> 00:11:22,140
Oh, you mustn't
blame the Inspector.

302
00:11:22,180 --> 00:11:24,150
He and his men worked
very hard indeed.

303
00:11:24,180 --> 00:11:25,410
I can tell you that.

304
00:11:25,450 --> 00:11:27,580
In fact, they glanced
at me once or twice.

305
00:11:27,620 --> 00:11:29,880
I was my aunt's
sole heir, you know.

306
00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:32,090
Now, now, my boy,
that was purely routine.

307
00:11:32,090 --> 00:11:34,720
One must pursue every
possible angle, you know.

308
00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:36,090
That's part of the job.

309
00:11:36,090 --> 00:11:38,290
Yes, of course,
I understand.

310
00:11:38,330 --> 00:11:39,530
I don't have to
concern myself

311
00:11:39,560 --> 00:11:41,260
with that sort of
thing any longer.

312
00:11:41,300 --> 00:11:43,600
Though, of course, I still
have an interest in this case.

313
00:11:43,630 --> 00:11:45,300
By the way, what
does a retired

314
00:11:45,330 --> 00:11:48,200
Scotland Yard inspector
do when he retires?

315
00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:50,570
If I tell you, you'll
get a good laugh.

316
00:11:50,610 --> 00:11:51,940
Now you'll have
to tell us.

317
00:11:51,970 --> 00:11:55,580
Well, as a matter of fact,
I've grown quite interested

318
00:11:55,610 --> 00:11:57,250
in bird-watching.

319
00:11:57,280 --> 00:11:58,610
Not really.

320
00:11:58,650 --> 00:11:59,810
Yes, yes, I have
a small place

321
00:11:59,850 --> 00:12:01,220
in the country
now, you know,

322
00:12:01,250 --> 00:12:03,150
and a neighbor
of mine, a widow,

323
00:12:03,180 --> 00:12:03,850
first introduced me--

324
00:12:03,890 --> 00:12:04,950
Oh, now I understand.

325
00:12:05,050 --> 00:12:06,520
"Bird-watching," he calls it.

326
00:12:06,550 --> 00:12:08,190
No, no, no, actually,
you don't understand.

327
00:12:08,220 --> 00:12:10,690
You see, it is not
as easy as it appears.

328
00:12:10,730 --> 00:12:12,530
You'd be surprised at
the number of people

329
00:12:12,560 --> 00:12:14,100
who become intrigued by it.

330
00:12:14,130 --> 00:12:17,300
(growling)

331
00:12:17,330 --> 00:12:20,370
(barking)

332
00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:22,470
So, a great many
worthwhile qualities

333
00:12:22,500 --> 00:12:23,870
are called into play.

334
00:12:23,910 --> 00:12:26,470
Planning, based on
knowledge and experience,

335
00:12:26,510 --> 00:12:28,810
a considerable amount
of care and stealth.

336
00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:30,280
And the most
acute observation

337
00:12:30,310 --> 00:12:32,110
and attention to
detail, of course.

338
00:12:32,150 --> 00:12:33,420
(dog growling)

339
00:12:33,450 --> 00:12:36,120
Tell me, have you
ever bird-watched?

340
00:12:36,150 --> 00:12:39,320
Uh, no, as a matter
of fact, I haven't.

341
00:12:39,350 --> 00:12:40,420
However, I...

342
00:12:40,460 --> 00:12:42,560
(dog barking)

343
00:12:44,790 --> 00:12:47,430
Is that your dog?

344
00:12:47,460 --> 00:12:49,760
Dog, what dog?

345
00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:52,930
Well, didn't you hear
one bark just then?

346
00:12:52,970 --> 00:12:54,000
Why, no.

347
00:12:54,100 --> 00:12:55,100
I didn't hear anything.

348
00:12:55,100 --> 00:12:58,140
(dog barking)

349
00:12:58,170 --> 00:13:01,380
I...I must
have been wrong.

350
00:13:03,140 --> 00:13:05,810
Well, I'm afraid I could
never work up any enthusiasm

351
00:13:05,850 --> 00:13:08,850
for such a strenuous
pastime as you've just...

352
00:13:08,880 --> 00:13:10,690
Hello, what's the matter?

353
00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:12,320
Oh, just the
gas pressure.

354
00:13:12,350 --> 00:13:15,290
It drops off this way now
and again for some reason.

355
00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:17,260
Something wrong with
the gas works, no doubt.

356
00:13:17,290 --> 00:13:19,430
I suppose we're lucky
it never goes quite out.

357
00:13:19,460 --> 00:13:22,200
Ah, the advances of
modern civilization.

358
00:13:22,230 --> 00:13:23,970
I sometimes believe
we'd be better off

359
00:13:24,070 --> 00:13:25,930
without these
modern conveniences.

360
00:13:25,970 --> 00:13:27,770
The gas seems to
be down again, sir.

361
00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:29,200
Shall I bring more candles?

362
00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:30,870
Oh, no, I think
not, thank you.

363
00:13:30,910 --> 00:13:32,440
It's rather cozy.

364
00:13:32,470 --> 00:13:33,170
Very good, sir.

365
00:13:33,210 --> 00:13:34,510
But you--you
might go and see

366
00:13:34,540 --> 00:13:35,540
what that is, will you?

367
00:13:35,580 --> 00:13:36,950
Yes, sir.

368
00:13:39,850 --> 00:13:42,680
(wind howling)

369
00:13:55,860 --> 00:13:59,770
The front door had
blown open, sir.

370
00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:01,700
Really, I can't
see why I spend

371
00:14:01,740 --> 00:14:03,170
this time of the
year in England.

372
00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,140
I'd be better off to
pack up and go to Italy,

373
00:14:05,170 --> 00:14:06,780
and let them get
on without me.

374
00:14:06,810 --> 00:14:08,710
Oh, come now, what
about your public?

375
00:14:08,740 --> 00:14:10,680
Oh, my public is
a conglomeration

376
00:14:10,710 --> 00:14:13,650
of self-appointed
Shakespearean authorities,

377
00:14:13,680 --> 00:14:17,490
half-witted intellectuals
and just plain dolts.

378
00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,590
And, of course, I'd
absolutely die without them.

379
00:14:20,620 --> 00:14:23,430
Yes, yes, I daresay.

380
00:14:23,460 --> 00:14:26,090
By the way, do you think
the caliber of your public

381
00:14:26,130 --> 00:14:28,830
reflects the player, or...

382
00:14:28,860 --> 00:14:32,430
Or would you say it's just
the nature of the brute?

383
00:14:32,470 --> 00:14:35,200
Well, that's an underhanded
question, Inspector,

384
00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:37,370
and I shan't answer it.

385
00:14:37,410 --> 00:14:40,780
*

386
00:14:40,810 --> 00:14:44,350
You don't play Shakespearean
roles exclusively, do you?

387
00:14:44,380 --> 00:14:45,680
Oh, no indeed.

388
00:14:45,710 --> 00:14:47,450
Though I must say,
there's been little else

389
00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:48,880
worth doing recently.

390
00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:51,490
I don't see why the writers
of today can't do better.

391
00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:53,460
You'd be simply appalled
if you could read

392
00:14:53,490 --> 00:14:56,160
some of the things
I've been offered.

393
00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:00,660
You've had a long
experience in the theater,

394
00:15:00,700 --> 00:15:01,800
haven't you, Mr. Stone?

395
00:15:01,830 --> 00:15:04,400
Well, I've done most
things, I suppose.

396
00:15:04,430 --> 00:15:05,600
Toured the provinces.

397
00:15:05,630 --> 00:15:07,500
I've been on the
halls, too, for a bit.

398
00:15:07,540 --> 00:15:11,170
That was many years
ago, of course.

399
00:15:11,210 --> 00:15:14,440
Is it--would you
call it a re--

400
00:15:14,480 --> 00:15:19,280
*

401
00:15:19,310 --> 00:15:20,620
A rewarding life?

402
00:15:20,650 --> 00:15:21,880
Rewarding?

403
00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:23,080
Oh, yes.

404
00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:24,550
The vicious
barbs of critics

405
00:15:24,590 --> 00:15:26,820
whose opinions reflect
the state of their digestion

406
00:15:26,860 --> 00:15:30,060
rather than an intelligent
appreciation of the play.

407
00:15:30,090 --> 00:15:33,560
The irrational antics
of leading ladies,

408
00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:35,060
such as the incident
which occurred

409
00:15:35,100 --> 00:15:37,230
when we were in
rehearsal for Hamlet.

410
00:15:37,270 --> 00:15:38,900
The actress
playing Ophelia,

411
00:15:38,930 --> 00:15:40,800
whom we need not
name, I think,

412
00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,770
refused to start
rehearsal on Thursday

413
00:15:43,810 --> 00:15:46,440
because her astrologer
informed her that it clashed

414
00:15:46,470 --> 00:15:47,410
with her sign.

415
00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:49,340
She was quite
adamant about it.

416
00:15:49,380 --> 00:15:52,510
So, we had to wait until
the following Monday.

417
00:15:52,550 --> 00:15:54,680
And she really wasn't
worth all the trouble.

418
00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:56,890
She was far too
old for the part.

419
00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:58,820
Then there's
one's exploitation

420
00:15:58,850 --> 00:16:00,560
by ungrateful managers,

421
00:16:00,590 --> 00:16:03,790
the malicious gossip,
lunatic adulations.

422
00:16:04,830 --> 00:16:08,030
Indeed, the rewards are many.

423
00:16:08,030 --> 00:16:09,400
And, of course,

424
00:16:09,430 --> 00:16:13,230
nothing else could
ever take its place.

425
00:16:13,270 --> 00:16:14,670
What about those
first nights

426
00:16:14,700 --> 00:16:17,240
when the audience
stands and cheers you?

427
00:16:17,270 --> 00:16:18,610
When they won't
let you go at all

428
00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:19,570
and keep you coming back

429
00:16:19,610 --> 00:16:21,680
for one curtain
call after another?

430
00:16:21,710 --> 00:16:24,810
Ah, yes, that's what makes
it rewarding, of course.

431
00:16:24,850 --> 00:16:28,220
There's no price too
high to pay for just a...

432
00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:32,690
I say, is something the matter?

433
00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:35,890
No.

434
00:16:35,920 --> 00:16:37,730
Nothing, only...

435
00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:41,100
*

436
00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:45,200
Now, what is it, my boy?

437
00:16:45,230 --> 00:16:47,540
(rain pouring)

438
00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:51,340
Don't you see it?

439
00:16:51,370 --> 00:16:52,810
See it?

440
00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:56,880
See what?

441
00:17:05,020 --> 00:17:07,890
Are you feeling
all right, old chap?

442
00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:10,560
I say, what is it?

443
00:17:13,830 --> 00:17:17,200
I'm all right,
thank you, it's only...

444
00:17:17,230 --> 00:17:23,540
*

445
00:17:23,570 --> 00:17:25,410
Can't you see her?

446
00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:33,050
*

447
00:17:33,050 --> 00:17:34,820
Well, what's the
matter with you?

448
00:17:34,850 --> 00:17:37,450
Can't you see her when she's
right in front of your eyes?

449
00:17:37,490 --> 00:17:38,620
Go away!

450
00:17:38,650 --> 00:17:40,090
Get out!

451
00:17:40,120 --> 00:17:41,860
Get out of here!

452
00:17:41,890 --> 00:17:42,860
You can't frighten me!

453
00:17:42,890 --> 00:17:45,230
I'm not having
it, so go away!

454
00:17:45,260 --> 00:17:47,530
Get out of here,
do you hear me?

455
00:17:47,560 --> 00:17:51,070
Get out, whoever you are,
or I'll kill you again!

456
00:17:51,100 --> 00:17:54,770
*

457
00:18:10,220 --> 00:18:12,020
Oh, so...

458
00:18:13,890 --> 00:18:16,520
So it wasn't a
ghost after all.

459
00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:22,900
All right, Inspector,
your trick worked.

460
00:18:22,930 --> 00:18:25,200
You may come in,
Sergeant Balton.

461
00:18:29,440 --> 00:18:30,810
Mr. Bedford,

462
00:18:30,840 --> 00:18:32,540
it's my duty to arrest
you and charge you

463
00:18:32,570 --> 00:18:35,310
with the murder of
Miss Eleanor Ferguson.

464
00:18:35,340 --> 00:18:36,810
I must also caution you

465
00:18:36,850 --> 00:18:39,280
that anything you say
may be written down

466
00:18:39,310 --> 00:18:41,380
and may be used in evidence.

467
00:18:41,420 --> 00:18:44,050
You'll have to
come along, sir.

468
00:18:51,790 --> 00:18:53,830
Here you are, Bedford.

469
00:18:56,630 --> 00:18:59,170
(rain pouring)

470
00:19:04,410 --> 00:19:06,740
Ah, very nice, Miss Thorpe.

471
00:19:06,780 --> 00:19:09,880
I'm sorry, I was delayed.

472
00:19:09,910 --> 00:19:11,280
What do you mean?

473
00:19:11,310 --> 00:19:13,820
I've only just
this second arrived.

474
00:19:13,850 --> 00:19:16,120
Am I too late?

475
00:19:16,150 --> 00:19:26,190
*

476
00:19:26,230 --> 00:19:36,270
*

477
00:19:36,270 --> 00:19:47,880
*

478
00:19:49,180 --> 00:19:51,050
Good evening again.

479
00:19:51,090 --> 00:19:53,590
Following that
little presentation,

480
00:19:53,620 --> 00:19:56,490
I'm prepared to
continue our safari

481
00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,060
through the jungles
of Hollywood.

482
00:19:59,060 --> 00:20:00,760
As you can see,

483
00:20:00,800 --> 00:20:04,370
I'm ready to hunt for
the really big game.

484
00:20:04,400 --> 00:20:07,300
So I've hired
a native guide.

485
00:20:09,770 --> 00:20:11,940
He claims to know
exactly where

486
00:20:11,970 --> 00:20:14,580
the big ones
are to be found.

487
00:20:16,140 --> 00:20:19,710
In order to flush the game
from its hiding place,

488
00:20:19,750 --> 00:20:23,720
we use a pack of
fierce autograph hounds.

489
00:20:23,750 --> 00:20:27,890
Just yesterday,
they treed a big bore.

490
00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:29,720
And before they
could be stopped,

491
00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:32,730
they had torn his
dinner jacket to bits.

492
00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:37,170
Now, as an example of the
flora and fauna of this area,

493
00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:39,770
we present a motion picture.

494
00:20:39,800 --> 00:20:43,170
This picture was shot
under incredible conditions.

495
00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:46,170
We were in constant
danger of the heat,

496
00:20:46,210 --> 00:20:50,510
native attacks, and
temperamental outbursts.

497
00:20:50,550 --> 00:20:52,780
Five years in
the preparation,

498
00:20:52,810 --> 00:20:54,980
a year in shooting,

499
00:20:55,020 --> 00:20:59,220
all distilled into
one precious minute.

500
00:20:59,250 --> 00:21:01,320
But I see it's
time for me to keep

501
00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:03,530
an important appointment.

502
00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:06,230
I shall rejoin you
following this.

503
00:21:06,260 --> 00:21:09,500
It will only take a minute.

504
00:21:09,530 --> 00:21:12,700
His time is valuable.

505
00:21:32,990 --> 00:21:34,890
I'm afraid I must press on

506
00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:38,230
until next week
at this same time.

507
00:21:38,260 --> 00:21:40,900
My native bearers
are getting restless.

508
00:21:40,930 --> 00:21:44,200
That last commercial
frightened them.

509
00:21:44,230 --> 00:21:47,240
Koenga, Macambo.

510
00:21:47,270 --> 00:21:57,310
*

511
00:21:57,350 --> 00:22:07,390
*

512
00:22:07,390 --> 00:22:17,330
*

513
00:22:17,370 --> 00:22:27,410
*

514
00:22:27,410 --> 00:22:37,350
*

515
00:22:37,390 --> 00:22:47,430
*

516
00:22:47,430 --> 00:22:57,370
*

517
00:22:57,410 --> 00:23:07,450
*

518
00:23:07,450 --> 00:23:17,390
*

519
00:23:17,430 --> 00:23:27,470
*

520
00:23:27,470 --> 00:23:37,410
*

521
00:23:37,450 --> 00:23:47,490
*

522
00:23:47,490 --> 00:23:57,430
*

523
00:23:57,470 --> 00:24:07,510
*

524
00:24:07,510 --> 00:24:17,450
*

525
00:24:17,490 --> 00:24:27,530
*

526
00:24:27,530 --> 00:24:37,470
*

527
00:24:37,510 --> 00:24:47,550
*

528
00:24:47,550 --> 00:24:56,760
*