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[dramatic music]

[thunder rumbling]

[dramatic music]

[thunderstorm rumbling]

[eerie music]

[thunderstorm rumbling]

You must be patient.

We shall go out as soon as my niece reaches this house.

She will come soon.

[leopard roars]

[lively piano music]

How do you feel now?

Ready to face the old man?

I dread going back to that house.

I can feel his presence already.

How far is it from here?

A few miles down the road.

Richard, take me back to London.

Oh, Leonora, for heaven's sake, be practical.

You're his heir, why antagonize him?

That's right.

We must be practical at all costs, mustn't we?

Well, one weekend won't kill us.

And anyway, there is the legacy.

Besides, Allan and Cathy will cheer things up a bit.

[lively piano music]

The telegram told me to come alone.

There'll be trouble when he sees them as well as you.

Your husband has the perfect right to come

and so have your friends.

What's the matter?

Nothing.

I was remembering this room.

It was the year I left.

Or should I say, escaped from my uncle's care,

the year I went abroad.

I was given my first gin and tonic in this bar.

Ah! [Allan laughing]

Aren't you two going to dance?

My bride is indulging in nostalgic reminiscences.

As a perfect husband, I'm allowing her to wallow in them.

Ah, wedded bliss!

Well, that calls for a drink.

The perfect match: Leonora's money

and Richard's capacity for spending.

[Cathy laughs] - Shut up.

Come on, Richard, your turn for exercise.

Allan dances like a broken down bulldozer.

Not at all, I'm very light on your feet.

I shall refuel and take off again.

Come on.

Oh! Ow.

Oh, I'm sorry, dear.

Pardon me.

Leonora Brandt, isn't it?

Hello.

My husband, Richard Johnson.

Dr. Brian Marlowe.

How are you? - How do you do?

Look, if you two will excuse me,

I'll go and relieve Allan for a bit.

By the way, Doctor, how's the storm?

Down to a fine drizzle now.

Good.

We'll shove off soon.

Won't you sit down?

Thank you.

I thought you'd moved to London years ago.

That's right.

Mother left me the house when she died.

Dorothy and I use it for weekends.

Dorothy?

My wife.

Well, what brings you back to the Brandt residence

on a dark and stormy night?

My uncle sent for me.

I haven't seen him for nine years.

[chuckles] How the old man used to hate my guts.

He hated anyone in the district

who was remotely civil to me.

I wrote you several times after your medical exams,

but you never answered, did you?

I went back to the States to complete my studies.

Before that?

I was a preoccupied medical student,

you were just a kid.

Was I?

Where do you practice now?

In case I cut myself on a tin opener.

Harley Street.

But I'm into neuroses, not cuts.

I'm a psychiatrist.

Oh, I didn't know.

Yes, indeed.

So if you hear of any wealthy neurotics around,

just pass them along to me, huh?

Say, I really should be going.

Dorothy's expecting me back in a half hour.

We've got guests coming to dinner.

Stay a little longer, please.

Please.

I'll be murdered.

[Cathy laughs]

Aren't you holding me a little tight

for a newly married man?

Force of habit, remember?

Yes.

What's the matter with your wife, Richard?

She's acting very strangely tonight.

No more than usual.

Careful, she can see us.

I doubt it.

She's talking over old times

with a long-lost local lover.

She doesn't know there's anyone else in the room.

Oh, so, you find me entirely resistible?

You know I don't.

But I must get used to the idea of doing without you,

mustn't I?

Why must you?

Well, maybe we can get together over the weekend.

I'd like you to meet Dorothy.

Do you really have to go?

It's lethally, awfully late.

I suppose it is.

Goodbye, now.

Nice to see you again.

Goodbye.

Rumor has it the rain's stopped.

Has it?

Well, come on, let's get going.

Hey, look at me, I'm taking my courage in both hands.

[Cathy laughs]

Here, Allan.

Oh, ta.

[tense music]

The rain is over, we are going out.

When my niece arrives, you will show her to her room.

You will not speak with her.

Is that understood?

And if she does not come?

She will come.

She has no choice.

Better she had never been born

than come back here to this.

Anna.

It was her destiny to be born a Brandt,

as it is mine to die as one.

[wind howling]

[lock clicks]

[tense music]

[leopard growling]

[owl hooting nearby]

[car horn honking]

Wake up, Allan.

Are we there?

We are.

I can't go into that house.

I can't!

Oh, don't be so childish, he's only your uncle.

Get out of the car.

[Richard nickers]

What is this place, a training school for ghouls?

Somebody please tell me what I'm doing here.

Mm, you tell her, Richard.

[rapping at door]

You were to come alone, Miss Leonora.

[dramatic music]

Nice pictures.

Valuable?

[dramatic music]

Who is he?

Naturally, I've come with my husband.

The other lady and gentleman are my guests.

Please take our cases upstairs then show us to our rooms.

After that, perhaps you will bring us some coffee.

[tense music]

Anna.

Yes, Miss Leonora?

Why isn't my uncle here?

He's gone out for a while, but he will return.

Later.

[tense music]

[quietly] Listen.

What's the matter with you?

Can't you hear it?

Hear what?

I didn't hear anything.

Neither did I.

[leopard growling]

[owl hooting]

[leopard roaring]

[rabbit howls]

There now!

Leave it!

[wind howling]

[owl hooting]

[leopard growling]

[gentle piano music]

How about some light in this morgue?

Allan, turn that lamp on.

No!

Put it out.

Love of darkness must run in the family.

Well, I must say I consider our host very rude.

He ought to be here to welcome us.

Where the heck is he?

I have no idea.

I need a drink!

Mm-hmm, so do I.

Well, there must be some liquor in this crypt.

Well, go on, let's have a look around.

It'll give us something to do.

Why not?

[gentle piano music]

I bet the almighty keeps it locked up in there.

Yes.

Maybe we can get in from the terrace.

Come on.

[gentle piano music]

[leopard growling]

Hurry up before he comes back.

All right, I'm doing my best.

Richard,

why did she marry you?

She doesn't love you, does she?

You haven't answered my question.

We shouldn't.

[scoffs] I know it sounds crazy, but Leonora,

I'm afraid of her.

Afraid of her? Why?

I don't know really.

She's so wild sometimes,

almost savage like an animal.

She terrifies me.

What nonsense.

You need a drink.

Come on, let's get this lock undone.

No, leave it, I'm cold.

Are you?

If Leonora could see us now, she'd kill us.

Both of us.

Little killer.

I mean it.

[leopard roaring] [dramatic music]

Leave them alone.

[leopard growls]

Who are you and what are you doing here?

Friends of Leonora.

She invited us down for the weekend.

I happen to be Leonora's husband.

Indeed?

Go in by the front door.

[wind howling]

[gentle piano music]

[Allan] Well, well.

So you're back.

You were instructed to come alone.

I asked them to come with me.

That's what I call real hospitality.

If that's your uncle, you can keep him.

No, I can't stand much more of this without a drink.

[gentle piano music]

I shall speak with my niece tonight

when the others are asleep

so that we shall not be disturbed.

[thunder rumbling]

Your rooms are ready if you wish to retire.

Miss Leonora will have the principal bedroom.

The other three rooms are in the west wing.

What?

They were not expected.

[leopard growling]

[door clicking open]

[Leonora] What do you want?

Shh, be quiet.

The others must not be disturbed.

You will come downstairs at once.

Your uncle wishes to speak to you.

[Leonora] Now?

At once.

Come, please.

Tell him I will see him in the morning.

Oh, no.

You must see him now.

Please, put on your things and come with me.

You were always a lovely child, Miss Leonora.

Now you have grown into a very beautiful woman.

Come along.

"And it shall take place in the seventieth year

"of his life in the third moon.

"And the curse of the Brandts shall be handed on

"to his heir or successor.

[dramatic music]

"And his mortal life shall be..."

[knocking at door]

[tense music]

[door creaks]

You may go now.

Yes, Anna, I was forgetting.

It is time for you and me to part.

I am grateful to you.

Take care of her.

[tense music]

Now, come with me.

No, not in there.

Don't be afraid.

I wasn't allowed in that room as a child.

Why should I go in now?

What's in there?

You are to learn the secret of that room now.

Come.

[door bangs shut]

You must pull yourself together, Leonora.

Look!

[eerie music]

You're mad!

You must be.

If it were only true.

The madness would die with me.

The curse is part of my estate.

It must pass on to my heir,

to my nearest blood relation,

to my dead brother's only child, my Leonora.

I don't understand.

What curse?

To be condemned to live a life of horror

and anguish, to have the form and intellect of a man,

yet the cunning and savagery and blood lust

of these creatures.

Look at that statuette.

Look at it closely.

It is the symbol of my affliction.

Your mind is gone.

You're ill.

From tonight it must pass on from my blood to yours,

the love of darkness,

the craving for warm, raw flesh and blood,

it is my legacy to you, passed down from generation

to generation of our family for over 700 years.

You've been reading too many of these books, haven't you?

I'm sorry for you.

Keep your pity for yourself, Leonora.

From now on and for the rest of your life,

there will be two of you as there are two of me.

Two separate entities, distinguishable from each other,

but never apart in the mind.

Stop!

Let me out of this room!

One commanding the other with a word, a thought.

[leopard growling]

I will show you.

No!

Come.

You must.

[dramatic music]

[leopard growling]

Touch it, Leonora.

Let it know the feel of your hand,

for it will be the solvent of your mind,

the strength of your body.

Touch it.

No, I can't.

I won't!

Touch it.

Do you not feel as it feels?

Lithe, savage?

[leopard purrs]

[suspenseful music]

Quiet, lie down.

There.

The animal is already under your control,

Leonora Brandt.

[dramatic music]

In the morning, your friends must go, all of them.

Richard is my husband.

Don't take him from me.

Don't drive away the love I need as you did before.

Leonora, you must not bear children

who may inherit the curse of this house.

Our line must die out.

Only then will this abomination cease.

I can't stand it anymore!

Let me out of this room!

Unlock the door!

[dramatic music]

You cannot escape your destiny, my child!

You are chained to this room for the rest of your life!

[wind howling]

[tense music]

[leopard roars]

[suspenseful music]

Now I shall be free of my lifelong burden.

My spirit shall be liberated from my cursed body,

from you, my other self.

[leopard roars]

[dramatic music]

My soul is yours no longer.

Do as you are bid.

[leopard roars]

Now!

[leopard roaring]

[suspenseful music]

[leopard roaring]

[thunder crashes]

[owl hoots]

[leopard growling]

[eerie music]

Well, I reckon he asked for it.

Funny sort of hobby, sir.

[Man] Yes.

Let's hope they can pick up the beast

before it does any more damage.

I put out a three county warning.

[siren blaring]

Oh, that'll be Dr. Marlowe now.

Maybe he can find out what that girl was doing

in the woods with blood on her hands.

If you ask me,

a mental doctor's what we need on this case.

If you ask me, his niece is around the bend, too,

like her uncle.

If you ask me... [rapping at door]

I'm not asking you.

Dr. Marlowe, I'm so glad you could come.

She was calling for you when they found her.

Thank you.

Leonora.

[Leonora] Yes?

I want you to tell me what happened last night.

Why the glasses?

It's my eyes.

The light hurts them.

Let me see them.

Well?

It was just as he said it would be.

My uncle destroyed himself

by willing the animal to kill him.

Just before it happened, I ran out into the woods.

I was trying to get away from this house.

Suddenly, I felt quite different,

I became like a savage animal.

I wanted to kill something, to feel the blood on my hands!

You see...

I have become what he was.

I'll give you something to quieten your nerves.

No.

Don't come near me.

Come on, be a good girl.

I promise it won't hurt you.

Sit on the bed and uncover your left arm.

Then, when the animal came to me in the woods,

I can't understand why I felt like I did.

Blood on my hands made me feel strange, excited.

I can't quite describe it.

Hold on, now.

Okay.

Yet, somehow I knew the leopard was me.

My other self.

He said it would be.

Your other self?

Yes.

Now we are one and the same.

One and the same, huh?

Well, how about getting into bed?

I want you to get some sleep.

The touch of your hand makes me feel almost myself again,

as though it never happened.

That'll be the sedative working.

[gentle music]

Brian.

Stay and talk to me for a while.

I've missed you so much all these years.

I've never stopped loving you.

Now I need you.

Why don't you be a good girl

and do just as I say and get some rest?

Send the others away, Richard and all of them.

[laughs] Why?

You could do with some company around here

to cheer you up.

I'll come by this evening, maybe bring Dorothy along.

What for?

To prove you're happily married?

To try and stop me loving you?

Now, Lee.

Don't play with my emotions, Brian.

I don't think I can control them anymore.

You will.

Now, get some rest.

Sleep.

[gentle music]

Sleep.

You're not being very sociable tonight, are you?

What's the matter?

Has Cathy stopped entertaining you?

[leopard growling]

What is it?

It's the leopard.

Listen.

[leopard growling]

Nonsense.

They've combed the forest from end to end,

not a sign of it.

[leopard growling]

It's out there now.

But only I can hear it.

You must leave here, Richard, early tomorrow.

I seem to remember something about

taking you for better of for worse.

I have no intention of going.

I'm telling you to leave, do you hear?

The others can go.

I'm sticking around.

And after all, this is my home now, isn't it?

I'm warning you, you don't...

[leopard growling]

I suggest you come in when you're a little calmer.

We found some whisky in the cellar

and Allan's as high as a kite.

[eerie music]

[rapping at door]

Cozy little haunt, isn't it?

Yeah, I guess haunt's the word.

"Werewolf: Fact Not Legend" by Dr. Sigmund Algunleck.

"The Origin of Lycanthropy."

Medieval superstition.

Not to him.

You see, he was.

Was what?

A werewolf.

Oh, now, look, you don't really believe that, do you?

At night when darkness came,

his soul entered into the body of a leopard.

He stalked the forest for prey,

looking for things to kill and devour.

Let's not confuse fact with fiction.

Your uncle imagined his soul entered the body of an animal.

It did, it's true.

Leonora, I want you to help me burn these books.

I don't think we need take them too seriously, do you?

"True history of the Brandt blood curse

"as recorded by 26 generations of the descendants

"of the family line."

"Curse of God was put upon Count Peter Brandt in 1253."

[tears pages]

Dummy animals and family tales.

A morbid hobby of an unhinged old man.

[pages crumpling]

No!

Don't burn them! No!

Lee!

No!

No! - Lee!

Lee! - No!

Get a hold of yourself!

I'm sorry.

I don't quite know what happened.

I'm sorry.

I apologize for my unprofessional behavior.

I was attacking the symptom of your trouble

and not the cause.

Oh, I've hurt you.

I'll get by.

Am I out of my mind, Brian?

Tell me, is that what it is?

[gentle music]

You're in a state of deep traumatic shock.

The way your uncle died, this gruesome room,

it's all contributing.

What am I going to do?

Leave this house as soon as possible.

Perhaps it is just imagination.

It was so vivid.

The leopard called to me from the darkness.

Then I...

I looked at my hands.

A vivid imagination can play curious tricks on the eyes.

I suppose it can.

Come on out into the hall.

I want you to meet Dorothy.

No.

I don't want to.

Dorothy's reality.

It's important for you to face up to reality.

No!

Now, look!

I'm talking to you as a psychiatrist, a doctor,

and as a friend.

Now, come along and be sensible.

[door creaks open]

Hello, honey.

Leonora, this is Dorothy.

Hello.

Well, that was charming.

Did you see the way she looked at me?

As if she wanted to claw my eyes out.

She's a very disturbed girl

on the verge of a pretty severe psychosis.

On the verge?

I've got to help her.

I'm sorry, honey.

Come on, let's go home, huh?

Hello.

Good evening.

Hello.

[gentle piano music]

Well, well, how is the little Brandt heiress

and what can I play for her?

Where's Richard?

[gentle piano music]

Where is Richard?

Oh, goodness knows.

Said something about going for a walk with Cathy.

Or something.

[wind howling]

[Cathy laughing nearby]

[leopard growling]

Did you hear that?

What?

I thought I heard that leopard again.

Rubbish.

I'm sure I did.

[leopard growling]

Richard, there's somebody watching us!

I can feel it.

[leopard growling]

Oh, God!

[leopard roaring]

[Richard screaming]

[leopard growling]

[Brandt] From tonight it must pass on

from my blood to yours, a love of darkness,

a craving for warm, raw flesh and blood.

It is my legacy to you, passed down...

I'm sorry to insist on these questions

in the tragic circumstances.

I'd like to offer my deepest sympathy

on your husband's death.

Why should you?

I killed him.

I think you'll agree that only a wild animal

could have torn a man to pieces like that.

It was that leopard again, no question of it.

Arrest me, do you hear?

Stop it happening again!

Now, please.

I know you're a little overwrought,

but I want you to understand that this young lady here

saw the animal jump from a tree and attack your husband.

She saw it with her own eyes.

I would have torn her to pieces, too.

Oh, Dr. Marlowe is on his way.

He'll give you something for your nerves.

He'll understand.

I must make him believe me.

I must.

Allan, will you please take me away from this madhouse?

Well, there's not likely to be a train at this hour.

You'd better wait until daylight.

I wouldn't go outside with that animal on the loose.

Well, why not take Richard's car?

No use leaving it orphaned, is there?

And Leonora won't want it, will you?

Take it and go.

I'll go up and pack.

I'm sorry, Leonora, but he did force me to go for a walk

and you know how persuasive Richard could be,

after all.

It's all your fault! [Cathy screaming]

Get off!

What are you doing?

Stop that!

Leave me alone!

Now, hurry up and get packed and get away from here.

You, too, sir, if you please.

[car horn honks]

Dr. Marlowe's car.

Thank goodness for that.

Now, calm yourself, please.

Leonora.

I'm going to take you to London tomorrow.

I'd like you to agree to a period of

confinement in a sanitarium.

Why don't you say a lunatic asylum?

Because you're not incurably insane.

You're just a little rundown, that's all.

You won't have to stay there long.

All right.

I'll do anything you say.

I must get rid of this horrible nightmare.

Nightmare is the word, a sick delusion,

and that's what we have to get rid of, nothing more.

That's right, isn't it?

A delusion.

Nothing more.

I'll come for you tomorrow.

Don't leave me.

I'm afraid.

I have so many awful fears.

Start living with them.

Face up to them squarely and

you'll see them for what they are.

I'm in love with you, Brian.

That's the only thing I'm really certain of.

Look, Leonora, don't cling onto your memories.

Get them out of your mind as well.

I love you, Brian.

I'll see you tomorrow, huh?

Bye-bye now.

You must not go with him to London.

He says he can help me.

You are beyond help, my child.

You are as your uncle was and his father.

Back to the beginning.

No.

You only say that because you're insane, too, like he was!

I'm going to London with Dr. Marlowe.

Go where you wish.

The curse of the Brandts will follow you to the grave.

Get out!

Go back to your room!

[motorcar rumbling]

She should be ready.

[car doors bang shut]

[birds singing]

Oh!

Hello.

Brian's just...

Oh, there you are.

Nobody's answering.

Anna's left me.

She has?

Well, that's just as well.

Why don't you two sit in the back together,

get to know one another?

If you don't think I'm rude I'd rather sit in front.

I get sick in the back.

Don't I, darling?

Of course.

Hop in, Lee.

Lee?

No one ever calls me that but you.

I suggest we get started.

[dramatic music]

Take your things off and put these on.

The nurse will be along in a minute.

[window bangs shut]

Come on.

[Leonora crying]

[leopard growling]

[eerie music]

[leopard growling]

[Leonora screams]

[leopard roaring]

[tray scraping floor]

Well, had yourself quite a night, didn't you?

Now do you believe me?

Believe what?

Look at me.

My face, my hands.

I'm looking.

Tell me what you see.

It's all right because I know, I've seen.

Suppose you take a look in the mirror

and tell me what is I fail to see.

Thank you, nurse, leave everything now.

Wait in the corridor for me, please.

Last night I...

I heard it calling to me again.

I tried to get out of this room,

tried to break down those bars.

I was a wild animal,

my face, my hands, my whole body.

You don't believe me, do you?

Brian, could a human being have done all this?

A normal woman?

A mentally disturbed person could have.

Did, in fact.

No.

Last night I was an animal.

I was an animal, an animal!

Lee! - I was an animal!

Lee, relax!

[Leonora crying]

Come on over here and sit down.

Now, listen to me.

I know you well enough to bypass some formalities

of psychiatric procedure.

I want to take a shortcut.

Okay.

Now, let's look at the facts together, calmly,

you and I.

Your medical examination yesterday shows

that you're in an abnormal state of mind.

Your reflexes, your heartbeat, your pulse.

I'm perfectly rational, I swear it.

All right, you're perfectly rational.

Now, tell me again, what happened last night?

I told you.

I became a leopard.

I tore off the bedclothes, I wrecked the room!

If anyone had come in, I'd have torn them to ribbons!

And this is the talk of a rational person?

But I saw myself in the mirror.

Your sick mind created an image for you.

Then how do you explain the leopard?

I will it to come to me and it does.

It's close to me all the time.

I can hear it.

Will it to come to you now.

We...

It only comes at night.

All right, fine.

I'll come back tonight and you can call it to you here.

Then will you believe me?

We'll see.

Take me in your arms, Brian.

I seem to lose all my fears when I'm in your arms.

I feel safe.

Lee.

If you're gonna make a personal relationship out of this,

I can't help you.

Sorry.

I won't bother you anymore.

Nurse.

[gentle music]

[Leonora crying softly]

[dramatic music]

[leopard growling]

[eerie music]

[leopard roaring]

Oh, let's have some light in here.

No, no light.

All right, no light.

It's time for our little demonstration.

Go ahead.

It's out there now.

[Brian] Ask it to show itself.

It will mean the loss of a human life,

you realize that, don't you?

It's hungry for blood.

You'd be responsible for a death

just as much as I shall be.

Make it come to the window, Leonora.

Go on, call it.

Kill.

Kill!

Kill!

[leopard growling]

Who's that?

[leopard growling]

My eyes!

[Brian] What's the matter?

The light, it's blinding me!

What light?

There isn't any light.

Funny.

Stray dog, I suppose.

[watchman whistles tune]

[leopard growling]

Hmm.

Your friend isn't very punctual, is he?

It was the light.

He can't stand the light.

You're trying to rationalize an impossibility.

It won't do.

It's true.

It's out there now.

It's part of myself.

Prove it.

Look at me.

My hands are like the claws of an animal.

Are they? Let me see.

No.

Show me your hands. - No!

Lee, I want to see your hands.

No!

Are you satisfied?

I am.

Are you?

Look at them.

But a moment ago when I was speaking to you,

I swear they...

Then why aren't they now?

It always happens when you're alone, doesn't it?

Yes.

You saw your hands turn into claws

because you wanted to.

Perhaps you're right.

These are human hands, pretty hands,

nothing more.

They always have been, they always will be.

Shock forced you into this state

and shock brought you out of it, like a victim of amnesia.

Lee, I'm gonna take you out of here for a couple of days,

have you mix with normal people.

Is it safe?

I'll take that chance.

Tomorrow I suggest you spend the day with Dorothy.

Shopping, lunch, maybe a movie.

Then in the evening, we'll all have dinner together.

Whatever you say, Brian, you're the doctor.

You get your things together,

I'll make arrangements to have you

move out of here and into a hotel.

Then I'll have Dorothy call for you tomorrow.

Goodbye for now.

[dramatic music]

[motorcar rumbling]

Pick her up at the hotel before lunch.

She'll be ready.

I really am dreading it, Brian.

I can't help it.

Oh, nonsense.

She's over the worst now.

Just the same, I'd like you to

watch her reactions carefully.

Note everything she says and does.

[Dorothy laughs]

The canary observing the cat.

You'll be among crowds all day.

Take taxis, keep to the main streets.

I'll be home around 8:30.

I'm still terribly afraid of her, Brian.

[Brian laughs]

Oh, come on, honey.

Help me out just this once, huh?

As if you didn't know I would.

That's my good girl.

Bye for now.

This rain is a nuisance.

We'll never get a taxi.

I love velvet, don't you?

When I die I want to be wrapped in velvet.

What a charming thought.

Have some tea.

Velvet makes me want to curl up and go to sleep,

just like...

We'd better get home.

It's getting late.

Hurry up and...

What's the matter, Dorothy?

Nothing.

[thunderstorm rumbling]

[canary chirping]

[thunderstorm rumbling]

Why the dark?

Be a pet and zip me up, will you?

[thunderstorm rumbling]

What's the matter, is it broken?

[zipper zips]

Thanks.

I don't know about you, but I could do with a stiff whisky.

I'm chilled to the marrow.

Oh, dear.

I asked Brian to get some soda.

I expect he forgot.

Oh, well, I'll go downstairs and

borrow some from the Bennets.

I shan't be a minute.

[telephone ringing]

Hello?

[Brian] Is that you, Leonora?

Yes.

[Brian] How are things?

Fine, thanks.

How'd the day go?

[Leonora] Very well.

No bad moments?

[Leonora] Not one.

[Brian] Fine, just fine.

Looks like we're on the right track.

Yes, Doctor.

[Brian] Dorothy there?

No, she went downstairs to get some soda.

Darn, I forgot that.

Listen, looks like I'm going to be held up here

longer than I thought.

I suggest you two meet me for dinner

somewhere out here.

Say around 10 o'clock?

Where are you?

[Brian] Way down in the east end, near the docks.

We can eat at the Riverview Grill,

it's a little tavern on the waterfront there.

Dorothy knows where it is.

I'll tell her.

Fine.

Meet me there at 10 o'clock, okay?

[Leonora] Okay.

Bye-bye.

[Leonora] Bye.

[wind howling]

[thunder rumbling]

By the way, Brian called.

He's left the hospital, he wants us to meet him.

[Dorothy] Oh, where?

The corner of Denmark Street off the Commercial Road.

10 o'clock.

He's going to take us to a riverside restaurant.

Right out there?

It's in the heart of the London docks.

I don't feel like that.

Neither do I.

Why don't we stay here and talk?

You can telephone him in a moment.

Well, we don't know where he is.

No, we don't, do we?

[Dorothy gasps]

I think perhaps I will go after all.

No sense staying here cooped up with my nerves.

Why don't you stay here in the warmth?

Brian and I won't be long.

Just a quiet dinner and then home.

Yes.

Yes, I think I'll let you go by yourself.

That's sensible.

Well, I'd better be off.

I'll never get a taxi in this rain.

I wish Brian hadn't taken the car.

[Leonora] Why don't you take a bus?

Yes.

Perhaps I will.

You'd better hurry up.

Your husband will be breaking his heart

wondering where you are.

[thunderstorm rumbling]

Hello, telephone answering service?

Oh, this is Mrs. Marlowe.

If Dr. Marlowe calls will you tell him

that I got his message and I'll meet him

at the corner of Denmark Street and Commercial Road

as he suggested.

Yes.

Yes, thank you.

[dramatic music]

I'm sorry you won't come.

Are you?

[dramatic music]

[ship's horn blowing nearby]

[leopard growling]

[Man] Hey, look at that!

Must've got away from the zoo somewhere.

Come on, let's report it to the police.

[bus rumbling]

There you are, madame.

Thank you.

If you want Denmark Street, stay on your left.

Couple of minutes walk.

Just hope he doesn't keep you waiting too long.

Rough neighborhood 'round here, you know?

[bus rumbling]

[ship's horns blowing nearby]

[Dispatcher] Hello 8-4 Charley, all cars.

Escaped leopard reported headed down East India Dock Road.

All cars in the area alerted.

Warn all pedestrians.

Out.

[police car rumbling]

[leopard growling]

Turn around, look sharp!

[tires screeching]

[police car rumbling]

[ship's horn blowing nearby]

[lively music]

What time do you make it?

Just gone 10:15, sir.

Where's the phone in there?

There's a call-box just inside the door

on your right, sir.

Thanks a lot.

[ship's horn blowing nearby]

Leonora, what are you doing here?

I decided to come after all.

I hope you don't mind.

[police car rumbling]

Tell them inside to keep all the doors closed

and warn them there's a leopard got loose.

A leopard!

We just sighted him in Denmark Street,

but lost him again.

Keep your eyes open, will you?

Right.

[lively music]

Hello, message answering service?

Dr. Marlowe here.

Has my wife phoned, by any chance?

Where?

Corner of Denmark Street?

He's late.

Are you sure you got the message right?

Quite sure.

Why do you hate me so much?

Isn't it obvious?

Brian?

I'm in love with him.

But you married another man.

I was lonely and frightened.

He loves me.

You know that, don't you?

Yes.

Until death parts you.

Why do you say that?

I don't think I'll wait.

I shall.

What shall I tell him?

Tell him I've gone home.

How do I get to the corner of Denmark Street

and Commercial Road?

Did you say Denmark Street?

Yeah.

You'd better be careful how you go, sir.

That's where they just spotted a leopard.

The police have been here, you know, and they say

that he's still prowling around there somewhere.

Leopard?

How do I get there?

Third turning left past Hubble Street.

You ought to have a gun, sir!

Mightn't be safe there!

[car door bangs shut]

[police car rumbling]

[leopard growling]

[ship's horn blowing nearby]

[eerie music]

[leopard growling]

[eerie music]

Is that you, Leonora?

Leonora!

[leopard growling]

Kill.

Kill!

[leopard roaring]

[Dorothy screams]

[motorcar rumbling]

[brakes screeching]

[Leonora moaning]

[car door bangs shut]

[brakes screech]

Oh, Brian!

It was Leonora!

She tried to kill me!

She's gone completely savage!

I know.

You're all right now.

She'll have to be put away again.

[Officer] Doctor.

Can you come here a minute?

What is it?

She appears to have been run over by a car,

but it wasn't ours.

It wasn't mine, either.

I hit the leopard, that's all.

There wasn't another car about.

Are you quite certain you didn't feel two bumps?

What are you getting at?

I didn't hit her, I'd know if I had.

Will you come with me, sir?

Yeah.

It's a piece of her raincoat, all right,

but my car never touched her.

Then how do you account for it, Doctor?

[car door bangs shut]

If I try to explain it now,

you'd probably detain me for observation.

Let's just say it's something to do with

the conquest of mind over matter

and leave it at that, huh?

Would you mind leaving your car here, sir?

We'll have it cleaned and returned to you later.

Wilson!

[Wilson] Yes, sir.

Drive this lady and gentleman home.

[Wilson] Very good, sir.

Come on, honey.

You're going home in a Scotland Yard patrol car.

There's nothing to worry about now.

[car doors bang shut]

[eerie music]

[Brandt] Our line must die out.

Only then will this abomination cease.

[Anna] Go where you wish.

The curse of the Brandts will follow you to the grave.

[Leonora] Brian!

Brian!

[Brian] Sleep.

Sleep.

[dramatic music]