All language subtitles for The Murders in the Rue Morgue(1986)

[ SPLASHES ]

[ LAUGHS ]

[ GRUNTING ]

AAH!

EXTRA, EXTRA!

BEGGAR STRANGLED IN PARK!

EXTRA!

EXTRA, EXTRA!

HURRY.

[ GASPS ]

[ SCREECH ]

[ LAUGHS ]

[ KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK ]

[ SNORING ]

FATHER, I'M HOME.

MY DEAR.

HOW DID I MISS THAT?

AM I LOSING MY CONCENTRATION

AS WELL AS EVERYTHING ELSE?

YOU WERE ASLEEP, FATHER.

THAT'S NO EXCUSE

FOR INCOMPETENCE.

I USED TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP

AND THINK AT THE SAME TIME.

I WAS FAMOUS FOR IT.

HOW WAS "RIGOLETTO?"

STILL IN ITALIAN?

STILL IN ITALIAN.

STILL WONDERFUL.

AH, GOOD.

WHERE IS ADOLPHE?

HE COULDN'T MEET ME.

SOMETHING CAME UP.

YOU WENT ALONE?

UH-HUH.

WELL, SURELY HE MET YOU

AFTERWARDS AND BROUGHT YOU HOME?

NO, I MANAGED THAT

ON MY OWN, FATHER.

GOOD NIGHT.

CLAIRE? I ASSUME THAT

YOU TOOK A CARRIAGE?

YES.

THERE'LL ALWAYS BE ENOUGH

MONEY FOR A CARRIAGE AT NIGHT.

I INSIST UPON IT.

THANK YOU, FATHER.

PHILLIPE.

CLAIRE. WELL...

YOU DIDN'T RECOGNIZE ME

AT ALL, DID YOU?

I WASN'T EXPECTING YOU.

WELL, I'VE CHANGED.

LAST YEAR FOR YOUR VISIT, I WAS

ON HOLIDAY.

NOW I'M ENGAGED.

WELL, I HAD NO IDEA.

CONGRATULATIONS.

NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT,

YOU DO LOOK DIFFERENT.

YOU LOOK--

I LOOK ENGAGED.

YOU, ON THE OTHER HAND,

LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME,

EVEN YOUR BOOTS AS I RECALL.

WELL, I STAND BY THE THINGS

I LOVE.

EVEN YOUR BOOTS?

DOWN TO MY VERY BOOTS.

CLAIRE, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

YOUR FATHER IS THE BEST

DETECTIVE IN ALL OF FRANCE.

HOW COULD THEY DO SUCH A THING?

WHY?

JEALOUSY, ENVY.

THE PREFECT OF POLICE HAS HELD

A GRUDGE AGAINST MY FATHER

FOR MANY YEARS.

HE COMES TO POWER,

MY FATHER IS RETIRED.

UNFORTUNATELY, POWER

IS A FACT OF LIFE.

HOW LONG HAS IT BEEN?

ALMOST TWO MONTHS.

I'VE NEVER SEEN HIM THIS WAY.

HE HARDLY LEAVES THE HOUSE,

HE STARES OUT THE WINDOW

ALL DAY LONG,

HE WON'T READ THE PAPERS,

AND HE WON'T EAT.

I'M PRAYING YOUR VISIT

WILL BE A TONIC FOR HIM.

HE LIKES YOU VERY MUCH.

AUGUSTE DUPIN RETIRED

FROM THE FORCE.

WELL, WELL, YOU LOOK LESS

LIKE YOUR FATHER EVERY YEAR.

WHAT A RELIEF,

HE WOULD HAVE SAID.

HOW IS YOUR MOTHER, LIVING

OUT THERE IN THAT DREADFUL,

HEALTHY COUNTRYSIDE?

WHAT A FATE.

BETTER STILL, HOW IS YOUR CHESS?

COME WITH ME.

FATHER, PHILLIPE MIGHT LIKE

A REST AND SOMETHING TO EAT

BEFORE CHESS.

I'VE GOT TO BE GOING.

NOTHING COMES BEFORE CHESS,

MY DEAR.

HAVEN'T I TAUGHT YOU ANYTHING?

[ BELL RINGS ]

I'LL GET THAT.

AFTERWARDS, I'VE GOT A PUPIL.

GOODBYE.

YOU HAVE EVERY RIGHT

TO BE INFURIATED.

THANK YOU. I'M ON MY WAY OUT.

I HAVE A PUPIL.

I'LL ESCORT YOU.

THAT'S WHY I CAME.

I HAVE FORSAKEN MY LUNCH.

HOW VERY GALLANT OF YOU.

IS THERE ANY USE IN MY

EXPLAINING OR WOULD IT

MAKE THINGS WORSE?

YOU MIGHT TRY AND SEE

WHAT HAPPENS.

YOU CAN IMAGINE MY SHOCK

WHEN I RETURNED TO MY ROOMS

AND FOUND THEM LOCKED.

THERE I WAS STANDING IN MY

EVERYDAY CLOTHES STRAIGHT FROM

THE BANK AND LATE ALREADY

FOR MEETING YOU AT THE OPERA.

WHO LOCKED YOUR DOOR?

I DID.

LIKE A FOOL I LOST MY KEYS.

I'M SORRY.

I DON'T QUITE BELIEVE

YOUR STORY.

I DON'T ACCEPT YOUR APOLOGY.

SHALL WE GO TO THE BALLET

ON FRIDAY?

ABSOLUTELY NOT.

WONDERFUL. I'LL MEET YOU

THERE AT 8:00.

YOU WILL PICK ME UP AT 7:30.

YOU'RE LATE, MONSIEUR LE BON,

ONCE AGAIN.

MY MOTHER ISN'T WELL.

I HAD TO BUY HER LUNCH.

EXCUSE ME.

MONSIEUR DUPAR

WISHES TO SEE YOU.

[ KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK ]

COME IN.

LE BON, MONSIEUR.

AH, MONSIEUR LE BON.

MADAM LESPANAYE.

MADAM.

MADEMOISELLE LESPANAYE.

MADEMOISELLE.

MONSIEUR.

OUR YOUNG MONSIEUR LE BON,

I WISH YOU TO ACCOMPANY MADAM

LESPANAYE AND HER DAUGHTER

TO THEIR HOME IN THE RUE MORGUE

ON FOOT.

MADAM HAS A FEAR OF CARRIAGES.

THEY HAVE MADE A WITHDRAWAL

IN GOLD COINS.

YOU WILL CARRY IT FOR THEM AND

SEE THEM SAFELY TO THEIR DOOR.

WITH PLEASURE,

MONSIEUR DUPAR.

THANK YOU.

SORRY.

GOODBYE.

[ PIANO PLAYS ]

HE WOULD NEVER

HAVE STOOD FOR IT.

NEVER. WHAT?

WHO WERE YOU JUST REFERRING TO?

YOUR FATHER, OF COURSE.

THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

WE HAVEN'T SPOKEN A WORD

IN 10 MINUTES.

THE LAST THING WE TALKED ABOUT

WAS--

THE PORT, AND FROM THE PORT,

YOUR ATTENTION RETURNED

TO THE GAME.

YOU CONCENTRATED FOR A TIME,

MADE YOUR MOVE, BUT THEN YOUR

EYES DRIFTED OVER TO MY GLOBE,

THE SAME GLOBE I HAD IN MY

OFFICE AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS,

THE SAME GLOBE YOU USED TO

STUDY AS A CHILD ON YOUR VISITS

TO YOUR FATHER'S OFFICE

NEXT DOOR.

THEN YOU REACHED FOR THE PORT,

BUT YOU STOPPED, RECALLING

I SUSPECT YOUR FATHER'S

INTENSE HATRED OF ALCOHOL.

IT WAS AT THAT MOMENT

CLAIRE BEGAN PLAYING CHOPIN.

YOU LOOKED AWAY, YOUR EYES

FILLED, AND YOU REMEMBERED

THE MUSIC BOX IN HIS OFFICE,

THE VERY SAME MELODY

THAT SHE'S WORKING ON NOW.

AND THEN YOU THOUGHT ABOUT HIM

AND THAT'S WHEN I SAID HE

WOULD NEVER HAVE STOOD FOR IT,

SUPPOSING THAT UNLIKE ME, HE

WOULD NOT HAVE ALLOWED HIMSELF

TO BE PENSIONED OFF

WITHOUT A BATTLE.

MY THOUGHTS PRECISELY.

I'M SORRY, AUGUSTE.

DON'T FEEL BADLY.

I OFTEN WONDER WHY

I ACCEPTED IT WITHOUT A FIGHT.

I SEEMED TO HAVE LOST

ALL STAMINA, ALL FORCEFULNESS.

I TELL YOU, MY BOY, YOU DON'T

KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE

NOT HAVING A JOB, WITHOUT WORK.

THE HUMILIATION,

THE USELESSNESS,

THE FEAR OF NOT HAVING

A ROOF OVER YOUR FAMILY'S HEAD

AND THE RAGE,

THE ABSOLUTE POWERLESS RAGE.

EXCUSE ME.

I CAN'T HELP BUT THINKING

THAT MY PRESENCE HERE REMINDS

HIM OF MY FATHER

AND OF BETTER TIMES.

PERHAPS MY PRESENCE

IS TOO PAINFUL FOR HIM.

PERHAPS I SHOULD GO HOME.

NO, THAT WOULD DEVASTATE HIM.

HE WAS WORRIED THAT YOU

WOULDN'T COME AT ALL NOW THAT

HE'S OFF THE FORCE.

THAT WOULD JUST

CONVINCE HIM OF IT.

IT'S QUITE OBVIOUS

HE ADORES YOU.

THE SON HE NEVER HAD?

APPARENTLY.

AND HOW DOES HE GET ALONG

WITH YOUR FIANCÉ?

ADOLPHE, IS IT?

QUITE WELL.

GOOD NIGHT, PHILLIPE.

WHEN AM I GOING TO GET

A CHANCE TO MEET HIM?

I THOUGHT PERHAPS

HE WOULD DROP BY THIS EVENING.

WHY IS THAT?

WELL, I SUSPECT THAT IF I

WERE YOUR FIANCÉ, I WOULD WANT

TO DROP BY AND VISIT YOU

EVERY EVENING.

HOW EXCITING.

[ CLINKING ]

[ CACKLES ]

[ RATTLE ]

OH!

AAH!

[ SCREAMING ]

[ SCREAMING ]

[ WHISTLE ]

OH, MY GOD. WHAT WAS THAT?

[ SCREAMING ]

[ WHISTLE ]

IT'S COMING FROM

THE OLD LADY'S HOUSE.

IT'S HORRIBLE.

[ GLASS BREAKS ]

[ SCREAMING ]

[ SCREAMING STOPS ]

LET'S SPREAD OUT.

YOU FELLOWS

SEARCH THE FIRST FLOOR.

THE REST OF YOU FOLLOW ME.

[ SHOUTING OUTSIDE ]

[ SHOUTING OUTSIDE ]

WE'RE COMING IN.

YOU FELLOWS COME WITH ME.

THE REST OF YOU STAY PUT.

CHECK IT THOROUGHLY.

I'LL OPEN THE BACK.

SCREAMS, BLOOD, A RAZOR.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED

FOR A MURDER.

SEARCH THE WHOLE HOUSE,

EVERY FLOOR, EVERY ROOM.

LOOK OUTSIDE AS WELL.

IF YOU FIND ANYTHING, CALL ME.

DON'T TOUCH.

[ MURMURING ]

SOME FIGHT, EH?

YOU EVER TRY LIFTING ONE OF

THOSE MATTRESSES BY YOURSELF?

THIS GUY WAS BIG.

MAYBE TWO OR THREE GUYS.

SO WHERE ARE THEY?

THEY DIDN'T COME DOWN

BECAUSE WE WERE COMING UP.

THE WINDOWS ARE ALL SHUT

AND NAILED.

WHERE THE HELL

ARE THE DETECTIVES?

PICK THAT UP.

[ GASPS ]

GOOD GOD!

[ SOBS ]

OVER HERE! OVER HERE!

YOUR PRELIMINARY FINDINGS.

AS YET NO APPARENT MOTIVE,

NO TRACE OF THE KILLER

OR KILLERS, MONSIEUR LE PREFECT.

ONLY THE RAZOR, A COMMON TYPE.

BUT SURELY HE ENTERED

AND EXITED.

I MEAN, I DON'T SEE HIM

IN THE ROOM, DO YOU?

HOW DID HE GET IN?

HOW DID HE ESCAPE?

THE WINDOWS ARE ALL NAILED

SHUT, MONSIEUR LE PREFECT.

THE CHIMNEY IS TOO NARROW BY A

GREAT DEAL AND THE DROP OFF

THE ROOF HAS BEEN SEALED

TIGHT AND BOLTED FOR YEARS.

THE DOORS ARE LOCKED

FROM WITHIN.

THE GENDARME AND THE NEIGHBORS

CAME UP THE STAIRS.

SURELY THEY WOULD HAVE SEEN

SOMEONE GOING DOWN.

A SUPERB PIECE OF DEDUCTION,

ALFONSE.

TEAR THIS PLACE APART.

LOOK FOR SECRET PASSAGES,

LOOK FOR SOMETHING,

LOOK FOR ANYTHING.

I HAVE SCREAMING PEOPLE

OUT THERE FRIGHTENED TO GO HOME.

BY TOMORROW MORNING, THANKS TO

THE PRESS, THE WHOLE OF PARIS

WILL BE TERRIFIED.

[ SIGHS ]

ONE OF THEM HE SQUEEZED TO DEATH

AND THEN STUFFED UP A CHIMNEY

LIKE A RAGDOLL.

THE OTHER HAS HER HEAD CUT OFF

BY A RAZOR.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH STRENGTH

THAT TAKES?

I WANT THESE BODIES

EXAMINED HERE.

NO ONE IS TO SEE WHAT HAS BEEN

DONE TO THEM WITHOUT MY CONSENT.

FIND SOMETHING. FIND IT QUICKLY.

I WILL NOT BE AT THE MERCY

OF THE PRESS THROUGH YOUR

INCOMPETENCE.

WHAT A MESS!

DID ANYBODY SEE

WHAT HAPPENED?

NO, I DIDN'T.

MONSIEUR LE PREFECT,

DO YOU HAVE ANY--

GENTLEMEN, GENTLEMEN,

I SHALL MAKE A STATEMENT

TO THE NEIGHBORS.

YOU MAY TAKE IT DOWN.

GOOD PEOPLE, GOOD PEOPLE,

GO BACK TO YOUR HOMES.

REST ASSURED THAT THIS CASE IS

BEING HANDLED ONLY BY THE BEST.

AN ARREST IS IMMINENT.

YOU HAVE MY WORD, IMMINENT.

NO MORE QUESTIONS.

THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE.

[ SHOUTING QUESTIONS ]

WHEN I GOT INSIDE,

THE SCREAMING HAD STOPPED

BUT THEN WE HEARD VOICES.

ONE WAS DEFINITELY A FRENCHMAN.

THE OTHER, HARD TO SAY.

GERMAN, SPANISH.

NO, I THINK DEFINITELY GERMAN.

NO DOUBT.

MIGHT EVEN HAVE BEEN A WOMAN,

A GERMAN WOMAN PERHAPS, THOUGH

I DON'T SPEAK THE LANGUAGE.

GERMAN, YES.

IT WAS REAL ANGRY AND LOUD,

YOU KNOW.

HARD TO MAKE OUT THE WORDS.

ONE WAS A FRENCHMAN.

I'LL SAY THAT.

THE OTHER SOUNDED ITALIAN.

I DON'T SPEAK IT MYSELF,

BUT IT SOUNDED ITALIAN,

IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

MUST HAVE BEEN ITALIAN

OR SWEDISH.

I LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

I'VE SPOKEN TO THEM

ANY NUMBER OF TIMES.

HELLO, GOODBYE, NICE DAY, LIKE

THAT AND IT WAS THEIR VOICES

WE HEARD GOING UP THE STAIRS.

ONE WAS A MAN, FRENCH.

THE OTHER COULD HAVE BEEN A MAN,

A FOREIGNER MAYBE, HARSH,

SHRILL, YOU KNOW, MAYBE EVEN

ORIENTAL.

BUT IT WASN'T THEIR VOICES.

YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT.

ARMAND DUVAL, BUSINESSMAN.

AND HOW WELL DID YOU KNOW

THEM?

I KNOW THEM

CLOSE TO THREE YEARS.

SHE WAS A SEAMSTRESS, I BELIEVE.

THE OLD LADY, I WASH FOR THEM.

THEY WERE ALWAYS VERY

AFFECTIONATE WITH EACH OTHER.

IT WAS JUST THE TWO OF THEM,

NO SERVANTS.

[ CHURCH BELL CHIMES ]

NO ONE GAVE EVIDENCE

TO THE SAME EFFECT.

NO ONE WAS SPOKEN OF

AS FREQUENTING THE HOUSE.

IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER THERE

ARE ANY REMAINING RELATIVES OF

MADAME LESPANAYE AND HER

DAUGHTER.

THE WINDOWS AT THE FRONT OF THE

HOUSE WERE SELDOM USED AND

THOSE IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE

WERE NEVER USED, WITH THE

EXCEPTION OF THE LARGE BACK

ROOM FOURTH STORY.

A MURDER SO MYSTERIOUS,

SO PERPLEXING IN ALL ITS

PARTICULARS WAS NEVER BEFORE

COMMITTED IN ALL OF PARIS,

IF, INDEED, A MURDER HAS BEEN

COMMITTED AT ALL.

NONSENSE. THE POLICE

SEEM ENTIRELY AT A LOSS.

HOW UNUSUAL.

BUT THERE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE,

HOWEVER, A SHADOW OF A CLUE

APPARENT.

WELL, THIS IS REALLY THE MOST

ASTONISHING CRIME.

AUGUSTE, HOW WILL YOU BEGIN

TO SOLVE IT?

I'M SORRY, PHILLIPE.

WHAT WERE YOU SAYING?

THE MURDERS

IN THE RUE MORGUE?

FORGIVE ME.

AUGUSTE, YOU HAVE SPENT YOUR

ENTIRE LIFE SOLVING THE MOST

IMPOSSIBLE CRIMES.

YOU CANNOT HAVE LOST INTEREST

SO QUICKLY.

YOUR AMBITION TO BE

A DETECTIVE IS ADMIRABLE AND I

WILL CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE YOU

IN EVERY WAY I CAN.

WOULD YOU LIKE SOME MORE

COFFEE, ANOTHER CROISSANT?

NO, THANK YOU. BUT AUGUSTE--

MY PASSION FOR THE WORK

SEEMS TO HAVE VANISHED.

I'M SORRY.

[ BELL RINGS ]

I'LL GO AND SEE WHO IT IS.

BEC, ALFONSE, GENTLEMEN,

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?

THOSE OUTFITS

ARE VERY ATTRACTIVE.

FORGIVE US, INSPECTOR.

WE CAN'T AFFORD TO BE SEEN

HERE.

WE MUST SPEAK WITH YOU

IN CONFIDENCE.

THIS IS MY GODSON.

YOU CAN FEEL FREE.

[ BOTH TALK AT ONCE ]

WELL, YOU'VE SEEN THE PAPERS

THIS MORNING, INSPECTOR?

I'VE HEARD, YES.

A MOST PUZZLING PROBLEM.

NO LEADS, NO WITNESSES, ZERO.

HE'S DEMANDING IMMEDIATE

RESULTS.

THE NEIGHBORS ARE TERRIFIED.

I DON'T DOUBT IT.

GET TO THE POINT, PLEASE?

COME IN ON THE CASE,

INSPECTOR.

HE'LL NEVER KNOW.

YOU MUST SEE THE ABSOLUTE NEED

FOR YOUR SERVICES.

THE PUBLIC--

WE'LL ESCORT YOU OURSELVES

IN SECRET.

COME SEARCH WITH US.

YOU EXPECT ME TO AGREE

TO SUCH A PROPOSAL?

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN.

NO, GENTLEMEN, FOR 42 YEARS I

WENT INTO BATTLE WITH EVERY CASE

THAT WAS PUT BEFORE ME.

THE SOLUTION OF A CRIME

MADE MY BLOOD PUMP.

I THOUGHT IT WAS MY REASON

FOR LIVING.

NOTHING CAME BEFORE MY WORK,

NOTHING.

WHEN MY WIFE DIED, I WAS OUT

SORTING FOR BUTTONS

FROM A DEAD MAN'S SHIRT.

I NEVER REGRETTED IT,

NEVER, NOT ONCE.

I HAD A HIGH CALLING,

AN HONORABLE CAUSE,

THE PUBLIC TRUST.

I THOUGHT IT WAS MY LIFE.

I LET IT BECOME MY LIFE

AND I'M A FOOL BECAUSE OF IT.

NO. I CAN NO MORE CONSULT WITH

YOU THAN I CAN APOLOGIZE

TO THE DEAD.

FATHER, YOU'VE GOT

TO DO SOMETHING.

ADOLPHE HAS BEEN ARRESTED.

ADOLPHE? ARRESTED

ON WHAT CHARGE.

MURDER.

MURDER? THE MURDER OF WHOM?

THE RUE MORGUE, THOSE WOMEN.

IT'S OUTRAGEOUS.

THEY CAN'T GO AROUND ARRESTING

INNOCENT PEOPLE.

OH, THEY CAN

AND THEY DO OFTEN.

OF COURSE, THE BANK CLERK.

I KNEW THE NAME WAS FAMILIAR.

LET ME SEE.

HE WAS THE MAN THAT ESCORTED

THE WOMEN HOME WITH ALL

THE GOLD.

THE GOLD WAS RECOVERED?

EVERY COIN

RIGHT AT THE SCENE.

THERE SEEMS TO BE ABSOLUTELY

NO MOTIVE AND WHAT'S EVEN MORE

ASTONISHING, THEY CANNOT

DISCOVER HOW THE KILLER GOT

THERE OR HOW HE LEFT.

AMAZING STRENGTH THE FELLOW HAD.

I'M TERRIFIED.

AND WITH GOOD REASON, BUT IF

HE'S INNOCENT, AND I ASSUME

HE IS, HE'LL BE FREED

IN DUE COURSE.

IS THAT ALL YOU CAN SAY?

WELL, WE'LL KEEP A CLOSE

WATCH ON ALL DEVELOPMENTS,

A CLOSE WATCH.

YOU MUST FREE HIM NOW.

MY DEAR, I CAN'T DO THAT.

I'M NOT A JUDGE.

I'M NOT EVEN AN INSPECTOR

ANY LONGER.

FATHER, YOU HAVE INFLUENCE.

YOU MUST USE YOUR INFLUENCE

AND HAVE HIM FREED IMMEDIATELY.

AND YOU MUST UNDERSTAND

WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

I'M OUT TO PASTURE.

THE PREFECT OF POLICE

WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME.

IF YOU OFFERED YOUR

ASSISTANCE ON THE CASE--

[ LAUGHS ]

THAT'S THE LAST THING HE WANTS,

I'M AFRAID.

AS FAR AS HE'S CONCERNED,

I'M A DODDERING OLD REMNANT.

IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE?

CLAIRE--

WHAT?

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

HE SITS AROUND THE WHOLE DAY

WITH THE SHADES DRAWN,

BEMOANING THE STATE OF HIS

LIFE, CHASTISING HIS ENEMIES,

IGNORING HIS FRIENDS,

AND PITYING HIMSELF.

FORGIVE ME, BUT I THINK

THE PREFECT IS RIGHT.

YOU DON'T SEEM TO HAVE HEARD

WHAT I'VE SAID.

WHAT I HEAR IS THAT YOU WANT

NO PART OF THIS CALAMITY.

I AM POWERLESS TO HELP YOU.

NO, YOU'RE NOT!

YOU CUT YOURSELF OFF,

YOU LIVE IN THIS ROOM.

FATHER, YOU ARE ONE OF THE MOST

RESPECTED MEN IN THE CITY.

EVERY GENDARME WE PASS ON THE

STREET REVERES YOU

AND YOU KNOW THAT.

THE PREFECT IS ONE MAN.

NOW, SURELY THERE ARE OTHERS

THAT YOU CAN APPROACH.

I WILL APPROACH NO ONE.

OH.

OH, OUT OF PRIDE.

THAT'S IT, ISN'T IT?

BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT PERMIT

YOURSELF TO TAKE ONE STEP

FORWARD, ADOLPHE WILL REMAIN

IN PRISON?

YOUR PRIDE IS POISONING YOU.

IT'S POISONING US ALL.

MY GOD.

SHE'S OVERWHELMED.

NO.

IT'S HER FIANCÉ.

NO, SHE'S RIGHT.

SHE WILL REGRET EVERY WORD.

SHE'S RIGHT.

SHE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

I'VE ALLOWED MYSELF

TO BECOME PATHETIC.

A PATHETIC OLD MAN.

IT'S REVOLTING.

DID YOU BUY ALL

OF THE MORNING PAPERS, PHILLIPE?

NO, NO, NOT ALL OF THEM.

BRING THEM NOW, PLEASE.

I HAVE AN APOLOGY TO MAKE.

PHILLIPE, THERE'S WORK

TO BE DONE.

THERE WAS NOT AN INCH OF ANY

PORTION OF THE HOUSE WHICH WAS

NOT CAREFULLY SEARCHED.

WE PUSHED BRUSHES UP AND DOWN

THE CHIMNEYS, ALL TOO NARROW

TO ADMIT THE PASSAGE

OF A HUMAN BEING.

THERE IS NO BACK STAIRCASE

BY WHICH ANYONE COULD HAVE

DESCENDED WHILE THE PARTY

PROCEEDED UP TO THE FOURTH

FLOOR.

THE BODY OF MADEMOISELLE

LESPANAYE WAS SO FIRMLY WEDGED

INTO THE CHIMNEY THAT IT COULD

NOT BE GOT DOWN TILL FOUR OR

FIVE MEN WERE BROUGHT TOGETHER.

THE CORPSE OF THE YOUNG LADY

WAS SAID TO BE BRUISED AND

EXCORIATED AS IF SHE HAD BEEN

THROTTLED TO DEATH

BY SOME PERSON OR PERSONS.

THE CORPSE OF THE MOTHER

WAS UNDERSTOOD TO BE

HORRIBLY MUTILATED.

THE ROOM WAS LOCKED FROM WITHIN

AND THE WINDOWS

WERE NAILED SHUT.

ANY MOTIVE FOR THE MURDERS,

SIR?

WE HAVE NO MOTIVE AS YET.

WELL, YOU MUST BE ABLE TO

GIVE US SOMETHING, SIR.

NOW, WE'VE HEARD THAT SOME OF

THE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN FOUND

NAKED.

THE WOMEN WERE ALL

FULLY CLOTHED.

WAS THERE ANY ROBBERY

INVOLVED, SIR?

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING

LIKE THIS?

OH, AUGUSTE.

JOIN US FOR LUNCH, AUGUSTE.

WE WERE JUST GOING DOWN

THE STREET TO--

SOME OTHER TIME. JACQUES.

THANK YOU.

MORNING, INSPECTOR.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR.

GOOD MORNING, MONSIEUR.

THANK YOU. NICE TO SEE YOU.

[ TYPING ]

IT WAS THE MOST AWFUL

AFTERNOON AT THE BANK

YOU CAN IMAGINE.

MY HEAD WAS THUMPING.

I KEPT SEEING STARS

IN THE CORNERS OF MY EYES.

OH, A MIGRAINE.

EXACTLY THAT.

I COULD HARDLY SEE TO PUT

MY KEY IN THE FRONT DOOR.

I THREW THE DOOR OPEN AND MY

BRIEFCASE FELL ON THE FLOOR.

DID YOU CLOSE THE DOOR?

NO. I STAGGERED

FOR THE STAIRS.

YOUR LANDLADY, ADOLPHE,

WAS SHE IN?

ANY OF YOUR NEIGHBORS?

YOU SEE, IF THEY HEARD YOU

OR SAW YOU, THEN--

NOBODY.

NOT A SIGN OF ANYBODY.

PERHAPS MY LANDLADY

WAS LYING DOWN.

THE NEXT MORNING, MY BRIEFCASE

WAS JUST WHERE I LEFT IT

AND THE DOOR WAS CLOSED.

I MUST HAVE PASSED OUT

IMMEDIATELY.

ONLY TO WAKE UP TO THIS.

THIS, YES.

AND TELL ME, WHAT EXACTLY

IS YOUR FATHER DOING FOR ME?

WHY, EVERYTHING HE CAN,

OF COURSE.

OF COURSE.

YOU MUSTN'T WORRY

ABOUT CLAIRE.

WHAT? OH, NO.

MY ANGEL.

I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE ANYONE

THINKING YOU CAPABLE

OF DOING SUCH A THING.

MONSIEUR LE PREFECT

WILL SEE YOU NOW, INSPECTOR.

DUPIN, I CAN ONLY GIVE YOU

A MOMENT.

I'M ON MY WAY OUT.

I EXPECTED NO MORE THAN

A MOMENT, MONSIEUR LE PREFECT.

WHAT EXACTLY IS IT?

I BELIEVE YOU'VE ARRESTED

AN INNOCENT MAN AND CHARGED HIM

WITH THESE MURDERS

IN THE RUE MORGUE.

IS THAT A FACT?

I'M NOT TELLING YOU ANYTHING

YOU DON'T KNOW ALREADY, SIR.

DUPIN, ARE YOU SUGGESTING

THAT I KNOWINGLY ARREST

INNOCENT PEOPLE FOR MURDER?

JUST THIS ONCE.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

RELEASE ADOLPHE LE BON

INTO MY CUSTODY.

WELL, YOU ARE

OUT OF YOUR MIND.

HE'S MY DAUGHTER'S FIANCÉ.

I WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIM.

OH, I SYMPATHIZE WITH YOU

AND I EXPECT THE PRESS

WILL BE TOUCHED, TOO.

ONLY SUSPECT RELEASED IN

CUSTODY OF FUTURE FATHER-IN-LAW.

THEY'D HANG ME BY MY THUMBS.

HAVEN'T THEY BEGUN

TO DO THAT ALREADY?

HE WILL BE GIVEN EVERY

OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN

HIS INNOCENCE.

NOW, IF YOU WILL EXCUSE ME.

MONSIEUR, EVERY SHOPKEEPER

IN PARIS KNOWS THE BOY

IS INNOCENT.

HIS ARREST WILL FOOL NO ONE.

THE PEOPLE WILL BE TERRIFIED

WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN UNTIL

YOU CAPTURE THE REAL KILLER.

I SUPPOSE YOU'VE SOLVED

THE CASE?

RETIRED FROM THE FORCE,

PRACTICALLY FEEBLE MINDED,

OR HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN?

DUPIN, I WOULD APPRECIATE

YOU USING THE BACK STAIRS.

I WOULDN'T WANT AN APPEARANCE

TOGETHER TO CONFUSE THE PRESS.

I'M SURE YOU WOULDN'T.

YOU WILL NOT RELEASE HIM THEN?

ISN'T IT WONDERFUL HOW WE

CAN STILL DETEST ONE ANOTHER,

DUPIN?

A NEVER ENDING DELIGHT,

MONSIEUR LE PREFECT.

YOU ALL RIGHT, CLAIRE?

OH, YES.

I LOVE VISITING MY FIANCÉ

IN PRISON.

IT MAKES ME FEEL SO MUCH A PART

OF EVERYTHING.

I'M SORRY, PHILLIPE.

IT'S GOOD OF YOU

TO COME WITH ME.

YOU DIDN'T LIKE ADOLPHE,

DID YOU?

WELL, CIRCUMSTANCES

ARE HARDLY THE BEST.

HONESTLY, WHAT DID YOU THINK

OF HIM?

HANDSOME, VERY SOPHISTICATED,

PROBABLY QUITE CHARMING.

I DIDN'T LIKE HIM EVEN A LITTLE

BIT AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHY

YOU'D WANT TO MARRY HIM.

THAT IS WHAT

YOU EXPECTED ME TO SAY.

YES, BUT IT'S NOT

WHAT I HOPED YOU'D SAY.

WHAT HAPPENED?

NOTHING UNEXPECTED.

TELL ME ABOUT ADOLPHE.

HOW WAS YOUR MEETING?

HE LIED TO US.

I WATCHED HIM VERY CLOSELY.

HE WAS DISSEMBLING.

CLAIRE WAS VERY EMOTIONAL.

LIED ABOUT WHAT?

WELL, HE SAID THAT ON

THE EVENING OF THE MURDER HE WAS

HOME VERY EARLY IN BED

WITH A HEADACHE.

HE SAW NO ONE, NO ONE SAW HIM.

I DIDN'T BELIEVE HIM

FOR A MOMENT.

HE WAS HIDING SOMETHING FROM US.

I WONDER.

AUGUSTE, SURELY YOU DON'T

THINK THAT HE COMMITTED THESE

HORRIBLE MURDERS.

COME WITH ME.

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

THE RUE MORGUE, OF COURSE.

WHAT IS YOUR OPINION

OF THESE MURDERS, PHILLIPE?

MY OPINION IS THAT THEY'RE

AN INSOLUBLE MYSTERY.

EVERYTHING THAT I'VE READ,

AND I'VE READ EVERYTHING,

I SEE NO POSSIBLE WAY

TO TRACE THE MURDERER.

THE POLICE ARE BAFFLED AND HOW

WILL I BEGIN TO OUT THINK

THE PARIS POLICE?

BY DOING EXACTLY THAT.

THINKING.

THE POLICE ARE CUNNING,

BUT NO MORE.

THE LOGIC IN THEIR PROCEEDINGS

IS MORE METHOD.

THE LAST CRIME SOLVED,

HOW IT'S ALWAYS

BEEN DONE BEFORE.

THEY'RE VERY EARNEST,

BUT WITHOUT IMAGINATION, TOTALLY

LACKING IN THE ANALYTICAL

APPROACH.

[ LAUGHS ]

THEY'RE MORE METHOD

THAN MADNESS.

HE WAS AFRAID OF ME, PHILLIPE.

I COULD SEE IT IN HIS EYES.

TWICE IN THE LAST 10 YEARS

I'VE BEEN BROUGHT IN ON CASES

THAT HE COULD NOT PUNCTURE

AND I SOLVED THEM WITH REASON.

NOW WITH HIS CAPE AND HIS SMILE,

HE FINDS HIMSELF STUCK

ON A VERY NARROW LEDGE.

AH, HOW I WOULD LOVE

TO SAVE HIM.

COME ALONG. I RECOGNIZED

THE GENDARME AT THE GATE.

PERHAPS WE'RE IN LUCK.

I COULD LOSE MY JOB

FOR THIS, INSPECTOR,

BUT I'LL BE HANGED

IF I'M GOING TO TURN YOU AWAY.

[ SIGHS ] THERE HAVE BEEN SO

MANY OF THEM IN THERE AS IT IS.

WELL, I'M VERY GRATEFUL,

MARCEL.

NONE OF THESE FELLOWS

CAN FIGURE IT OUT, NOT EVEN

THE BOSS.

A GRISLY, AWFUL THING.

THE WIFE IS SCARED.

BE BRIEF, INSPECTOR.

THEY'RE ALL DUE BACK ANY TIME.

AUGUSTE, I'VE NEVER SEEN

A ROOM IN SUCH--

LOOK CAREFULLY, PHILLIPE.

USE LOGIC.

AUGUSTE, I'VE SEEN MURDER

SCENES BEFORE, OF COURSE,

BUT SUCH VIOLENCE AND RAGE.

I'VE HEARD ENOUGH EXCUSES

FOR A LIFETIME.

WITH A TERRIFIED TOWN OUT THERE,

THIS CASE SHOULD HAVE BEEN

SOLVED BY NOW.

WELL, WHAT A SURPRISE.

WHY, IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME

THAT YOU'D BE SCUTTLING AROUND

HERE.

JUST PAYING MY RESPECTS, SIR.

ANOTHER FUTURE SON-IN-LAW?

PHILLIPE HURON, MONSIEUR.

DUPIN, I COULD HAVE YOU

PUT AWAY FOR THIS.

YOU ARE A TIRESOME OLD FOOL

AND I WILL NOT HAVE YOU MEDDLING

IN THIS CASE, YOU UNDERSTAND?

UNLESS, OF COURSE, YOU'VE

DISCOVERED SOME EVIDENCE ON

YOUR LITTLE VISIT HERE, IN WHICH

CASE IT WOULD BE YOUR DUTY

TO TELL ME.

WHAT EVIDENCE COULD I

POSSIBLY UNCOVER AFTER ALL

THE HOURS THAT YOU HAVE SPENT

INVESTIGATING THIS CASE?

DUPIN, ANY FURTHER

INFRACTIONS FROM YOU AND I WILL

MAKE SURE THAT YOU FORFEIT THE

SMALL PENSION YOU ALREADY HAVE.

DO NOT BE SEEN HERE AGAIN

OR YOU'LL WISH YOU'D STAYED

AT YOUR CHESSBOARD.

NO MORE WARNINGS, DUPIN.

THE IDEA OF THAT FOOL

TALKING TO YOU IN THAT MANNER.

AUGUSTE, YOU HAVEN'T SAID

A WORD SINCE WE LEFT

THE RUE MORGUE.

IS THERE NOTHING

YOU CAN TELL ME?

I'VE TRIED EVERY SINGLE

CONNECTION.

I CANNOT FOR THE LIFE OF ME

FIGURE OUT HOW A KILLER COULD

GET INSIDE OR OUTSIDE

OF THAT HOUSE.

WHY ARE WE HERE?

FORGIVE ME, PHILLIPE.

IF YOU'LL WAIT HERE,

I WON'T BE LONG.

INSPECTOR.

AM I TO BE RELEASED?

IS THAT WHY YOU'RE HERE?

SIT DOWN, ADOLPHE.

WHAT IS IT?

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

AN ADDRESS AND A NAME.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND,

INSPECTOR.

I THINK YOU UNDERSTAND.

AN ADDRESS WITH A NAME NOW,

ADOLPHE, OR I WILL DO

EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY CAN

TO SEE THAT YOU ARE GUILLOTINED

FOR THESE MURDERS

IN THE RUE MORGUE.

THIS IS AN ADDRESS.

THERE'S A NAME WITH IT.

GO THERE AND FIND OUT

WHAT YOU CAN.

TAKE IT WHEREVER IT LEADS YOU,

WHEREVER.

I HAVE SOME ERRANDS TO RUN

AND I'LL EXPECT A FULL REPORT

IN THE MORNING.

YOU SHALL HAVE ONE, AUGUSTE.

ARE YOU CLOSING EARLY

THIS AFTERNOON?

OH, I WISH.

ARE YOU A MEMBER

OF THE EXPLORERS?

NO, I'M AFRAID I'M NOT.

OH, SOME IDENTIFICATION

WILL DO.

WHERE HAS EVERYONE GONE?

HOME. HOME BEFORE DARK.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT

A HOMICIDAL MANIAC IS?

I'VE HEARD THE TERM, YES.

I LIVE NEAR THE RUE MORGUE

AND MY BROTHER IS COMING

TO GET ME IN AN HOUR.

IT'S NOT JUST WOMEN HE'S AFTER.

PEOPLE ARE SAYING

HE DOESN'T DISCRIMINATE.

THANK YOU.

I'LL BE ON MY GUARD.

[ RINGS BELL ]

YES?

I'D LIKE TO PLACE

AN ADVERTISEMENT.

IS IT TOO LATE

FOR THE MORNING EDITION?

PLEASE, COME IN.

[ HORSE WHINNIES ]

LOOK OUT!

GET OUT OF THE WAY, FOOL!

HELLO, MONSIEUR.

[ COUGHS ]

FATHER, IS THAT YOU?

THE VERY SAME, MY DEAR.

HAVE YOU BEEN HOME LONG?

I'VE BEEN HOME SINCE 4:00.

OH, A GREETING LIKE THAT

I DON'T MIND. ON THE CONTRARY.

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

WHERE'S PHILLIPE?

I HAVE BEEN AT THE SCENE OF

THE CRIME, AND A GHASTLY SCENE

IT IS, TOO.

DO YOU HAVE ANY FOOD?

I COULD EAT A SHEEP.

I'M MAKING A STEW.

THE BUTCHER EXTENDED US CREDIT

TILL THE END OF THE MONTH.

GOOD FOR THE BUTCHER.

PHILLIPE IS DOING SOME LEG WORK,

LEARNING THE TRADE, AND I HAVE

A BIT OF READING TO FINISH

BEFORE DINNER.

[ BELL RINGS ]

FATHER, HAVE THEY

CALLED YOU IN?

ARE YOU INVOLVED IN THIS

INVESTIGATION?

I'VE CALLED ME IN.

WE CAN'T HAVE THE ENTIRE CITY

QUAKING IN ITS BOOTS, CAN WE?

WE CAN'T HAVE PEOPLE MURDERED

IN THEIR HOMES AND INNOCENT MEN

ARRESTED AND...

NO, WE CAN'T.

YOU REALLY LOVE IT, DON'T YOU?

IT'S ALMOST BETTER THAN

CHESS, MY DEAR, ISN'T IT?

[ SNIFFS ] AH, MEAT.

I DO REMEMBER THAT SMELL.

BUT FATHER,

WHAT ABOUT ADOLPHE?

I SUPPOSE PHILLIPE TOLD YOU

HE HAS NO ALIBI.

HE WAS SICK IN BED THE NIGHT

OF THE MURDERS.

NOBODY SAW HIM.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT ADOLPHE.

DON'T WORRY?

WELL, HOW CAN I NOT WORRY?

CLAIRE, HE IS INNOCENT OF

THIS CRIME AND I'M GOING TO SEE

THAT HE'S FREED, SHORTLY I HOPE.

I KNEW YOU WOULD.

YOU REALLY BELIEVE

HE'S INNOCENT?

WELL, IF YOU'RE SO SURE,

THEN YOU MUST KNOW WHO DID IT.

NO.

THE MURDERER IS, AS THEY SAY

IN THE NOVELS, STILL AT LARGE.

[ THUD ]

HELLO, MY DEAR.

WHAT IS IT?

YOU LIED TO ME.

I DID? ABOUT WHAT?

IF YOU WERE SO CONVINCED

OF ADOLPHE'S INNOCENCE,

WHY DO YOU INTERROGATE HIM

LIKE A COMMON THIEF?

IT WASN'T AN INTERROGATION,

MY DEAR.

YOU THREATENED HIM.

I'M MORE CONVINCED

OF HIS INNOCENCE NOW

THAN I WAS LAST NIGHT.

YET YOU TOLD HIM YOU'D

SEND HIM TO THE GUILLOTINE?

IS THAT WHAT YOU SUGGEST

TO INNOCENT MEN?

I SUGGESTED TO HIM THE

CONSEQUENCES OF HIS NOT BEING

FORTHRIGHT.

WHO'S NOT BEING FORTHRIGHT?

I DON'T WANT TO HEAR

ANY MORE OF IT.

EXCUSE ME IF I INTERRUPTED.

NO, COME IN. COME IN.

I'M AFRAID I HAVE SOME

UNPLEASANT NEWS TO REPORT.

IT CAN WAIT.

IT'S HEARTBREAKING.

YES, WELL, ISN'T THAT WHAT

YOUTH IS ABOUT?

HEARTBREAK AND ECSTASY.

COME, WE'RE RETURNING

TO THE HOUSE IN THE RUE MORGUE.

TONIGHT?

YES. WE'RE TESTING A THEORY

AND WE'VE GOT TO MOVE QUICKLY.

I'M EXPECTING A VISITOR.

AT LEAST I ASSUME HE WILL

APPEAR AND I DON'T WANT HIM

HERE BEFORE WE RETURN.

OH, THERE'S A SMALL TOOL CASE

IN THE KITCHEN CLOSET.

BRING IT, WILL YOU?

I'LL MEET YOU OUTSIDE.

WE'RE INDULGING IN A CARRIAGE.

WELL, PHILLIPE, THESE MURDERS

ARE CONSIDERED TO BE INSOLUBLE

FOR THE VERY REASON THAT THEY

SHOULD BE CONSIDERED TO BE EASY

TO SOLVE, THE OUTRAGEOUSNESS

OF IT.

THE POLICE AND MY DEAR FRIEND

THE PREFECT ARE CONFOUNDED

BY THE SEEMING ABSENCE

OF MOTIVE, NOT SO MUCH

FOR THE MURDERS--

BUT FOR THE ATROCITY.

YES. AND WHAT ABOUT THESE

VOICES AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS?

IN ALL OF YOUR READING OF THE

EVIDENCE, THE WITNESSES IN

THE NEWSPAPERS, DID YOU OBSERVE

ANYTHING PECULIAR?

EVERYONE SEEMED TO AGREE

THAT THE GRUFF VOICE WAS THAT

OF A FRENCHMAN, BUT EVERYONE

SEEMED TO DISAGREE ABOUT

THE SHRILL VOICE, THE HARSH ONE.

YES, EACH WITNESS SAID

IT WAS A FOREIGN VOICE

AN EACH SUGGESTED A LANGUAGE

TOTALLY UNFAMILIAR TO HIM.

KEEP THAT IN YOUR HEAD.

REMEMBER THAT.

IT LENDS A TENDENCY TO OUR

INQUIRIES IN THE ROOMS ON THE

FOURTH FLOOR OF RUE MORGUE.

CHISEL, SKELETON KEY,

LOCK PICKS.

I'VE MADE SOME INTERESTING

FRIENDS OVER THE YEARS.

SO THE DOORS LEADING FROM HERE

TO THE HALLWAY AND FROM

THE KITCHEN WERE SECURELY

LOCKED, THE KEYS INSIDE.

NO ONE COULD HAVE ESCAPED

THROUGH THE WINDOWS IN THE

FRONT ROOM WITHOUT THE NOTICE

OF THE CROWD IN THE STREET,

AGREED?

YES.

NOT EVEN A CAT COULD HAVE

PASSED THROUGH AT THE TOP.

WHAT DOES THAT LEAVE US?

THE WINDOWS,

BUT THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

THE POLICE SAID THE WINDOWS

ARE NAILED SHUT.

WE MUST DISPROVE

THE IMPOSSIBLE.

HMM. A STOUT NAIL,

IN ALMOST TO THE HEAD.

THE POLICE SEEM NOT TO HAVE

BOTHERED TO WITHDRAW THE NAILS

AND LIFT THE SASHES.

BUT IF THE WINDOWS

ARE NAILED SHUT, AUGUSTE--

REASON, PHILLIPE.

IT HAS TO BE THE WINDOWS.

THE MURDERERS COULD NOT HAVE

REFASTENED THE SASH FROM

THE INSIDE, THEREFORE THE SASHES

MUST HAVE THE ABILITY

TO REFASTEN THEMSELVES.

THERE'S NO ESCAPING

THIS CONCLU--

AH, A SPRING.

ANYONE PASSING THROUGH THE

WINDOW WOULD HAVE RECLOSED IT

AND THE SPRING WOULD HAVE

CAUGHT.

BUT THE NAIL, THE NAIL

COULD NOT HAVE BEEN REPLACED.

MUST BE THE OTHER WINDOW

THEN.

LET'S SEE.

BUT THE SPRINGS MUST BE

THE SAME AS THE OTHER WINDOW.

THE NAIL, IT MUST BE

A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE NAIL.

BROKEN!

[ CHUCKLES ]

ASTONISHING.

LOGICAL, ENTIRELY LOGICAL.

COME QUICKLY.

YES, BUT HOW COULD

THE KILLER DESCEND?

MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW COULD HE

GET UP THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE?

DO YOU REMEMBER OUR WALK

BEHIND THE HOUSE UP THE ALLEY?

YES, OF COURSE.

BUT HOW OBSERVANT WERE YOU

THAT AFTERNOON?

THAT LIGHTENING ROD, PHILLIPE,

ONLY ABOUT FIVE FEET

FROM THE VERY WINDOW

WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING.

BUT A MAN COULDN'T HAVE

CLIMBED THAT LIGHTENING ROD,

LET ALONE ENTER THE WINDOW.

YES, BUT LOOK AT THE SHUTTER.

AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE BUILDING,

THE LOWER HALF PRESENTS

AN EXCELLENT HANDHOLD, HMM?

AND WHEN FULLY OPENED, IT'S ONLY

ABOUT TWO FEET FROM THE GUTTER

AND THE LIGHTENING ROD.

WE MUST HURRY.

BUT WHO COULD HAVE CLIMBED UP

THAT LIGHTENING ROD AND SWUNG

ACROSS THE SHUTTER AND INTO

AN OPEN WINDOW FOUR FLIGHTS UP?

AN EXTRAORDINARY INDIVIDUAL,

YES.

LET'S CONSIDER TWO FACTS, FIRST

THE AMAZING AGILITY NEEDED AND

SECOND, THE PECULIAR, SHRILL

VOICE ABOUT WHOSE NATIONALITY

NO TWO WITNESSES COULD AGREE.

NOW DON'T SPEAK, THINK.

CONSIDER THE ROOM ITSELF, TOTAL

DISARRAY, CLOTHES STREWN ALL

OVER, THE DESK, THE MATTRESS,

TOSSED AS THOUGH WITH EASE

ACROSS THE ROOM AND THE GOLD

INTACT, 4,000 FRANCS ABANDONED,

GOLD ALL OVER THE FLOOR.

GOOD, HE'S NOT YET ARRIVED.

YOU KNOW, PHILLIPE, THE REASON

THE POLICE HAVE HAD SUCH

DIFFICULTY ESTABLISHING

A MOTIVE IS BECAUSE

THERE IS NO MOTIVE.

NO MOTIVE? AUGUSTE, A MURDER

OF SUCH ANGER, BRUTALITY,

THE VIOLENCE INVOLVED?

AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE THEN?

WHAT?

A MAD MAN THAT ESCAPED

FROM THE ASYLUM?

NOT AN ENTIRELY IRRELEVANT

GUESS.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THIS?

I FOUND IT IN THE CHIMNEY.

WELL, THE HAIR IS THE COLOR

OF THE YOUNG WOMAN.

GOOD OBSERVATION, BUT?

BUT THIS IS MUCH TOO COURSE.

HARDLY THE HAIR

OF A YOUNG WOMAN.

EXAMINE THIS SKETCH OF A

HAND, THE SPREAD OF THE FINGERS

MATCHES THE MARKS ON

MADEMOISELLE LESPANAYE'S THROAT.

GOOD GOD.

[ DOOR CREAKS ]

I THINK HE'S ARRIVED.

THE KILLER?

CONCEAL IT.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING.

COME IN, PLEASE, DO COME IN.

APPARENTLY YOU'VE READ

MY ADVERTISEMENT IN THE JOURNAL.

I DID.

PLEASE, SIT DOWN, SIT DOWN.

MAY I OFFER YOU SOME PORT?

REMARKABLE FELLOW,

THIS ASSOCIATE OF YOURS.

I'VE NEVER ENCOUNTERED ANYONE

QUITE LIKE HIM.

VERY ANIMATED.

WHERE IS HE?

IS HE HERE?

OH, NO. I WAS UNABLE

TO KEEP HIM HERE.

HE'S QUARTERED IN THE RUE DE

BORGE JUST AROUND THE CORNER.

YOU CAN JOIN HIM IN THE MORNING.

I ASSUME YOU'RE PREPARED

TO IDENTIFY HIM?

I AM.

WELL, I'LL BE VERY SAD

TO PART WITH HIM.

THAT WON'T GO UNNOTICED.

YOUR TROUBLE, I MEAN.

IT'S WORTH A REWARD.

I THOUGHT IT OVER.

VERY GENEROUS.

LET'S SEE, WHAT WOULD PLEASE ME?

I KNOW, MY REWARD WILL BE THIS:

YOU'LL GIVE ME ALL THE

INFORMATION IN YOUR POWER ABOUT

THESE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE.

MY FRIEND, YOU MUSTN'T

EXCITE YOURSELF UNNECESSARILY.

I PLEDGE YOU THE HONOR

OF A GENTLEMEN THAT WE MEAN YOU

NO INJURY.

WE KNOW THAT YOU ARE INNOCENT

OF THESE ATROCITIES

IN THE RUE MORGUE.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

PLEASE, SIT DOWN.

YOU HAVE NOTHING TO FEAR.

YOU'VE COMMITTED NO CRIME.

ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU ARE BOUND

BY EVERY PRINCIPLE OF HONOR

TO CONFESS ALL YOU KNOW.

AN INNOCENT MAN IS IMPRISONED.

I'LL TELL YOU EVERYTHING

I KNOW, BUT I BET YOU'RE NOT

GONNA BELIEVE HALF OF IT.

[ LAUGHS ] TRY US.

I'M INNOCENT, I SWEAR.

I'LL TELL YOU EVERYTHING.

I'VE LIVED WITH IT TOO LONG.

TAKE YOUR TIME.

YOU'RE AMONG FRIENDS.

WHY DON'T YOU BEGIN

AT THE BEGINNING.

I SUSPECT THAT YOU WERE ON

A VOYAGE.

YES, IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.

WE LANDED AT BORNEO.

THAT'S WHERE I FOUND HIM.

AND YOU HOPED TO TURN

A PROFIT WITH HIM

UPON YOUR RETURN I EXPECT?

AND I BELIEVE YOU DRESSED HIM

IN SOME OF YOUR CLOTHES,

A BLUE JUMPER.

YES, HE HURT HIS FOOT

ON THE WAY BACK AND I WANTED HIM

TO HEAL, SO I LOCKED HIM UP

IN MY ROOM IN THE CLOSET.

HE WAS FEROCIOUS.

THE ONLY THING HE WOULD RESPECT

WAS THE WHIP, AND ONE NIGHT

IT WAS VERY LATE.

I WAS COMING BACK FROM A PARTY

AND HE BROKE OUT OF THE CLOSET.

HIS FACE WAS COVERED

WITH SHAVING SOAP AND HE HAD

MY RAZOR IN HIS HAND.

HE WAS STARING INTO

A LOOKING GLASS.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK.

WHEN HE SAW THE WHIP,

HE DASHED PAST ME.

HE WAS ON THE STREET WAITING

FOR ME, WAVING THE RAZOR.

BY THE TIME I GOT CLOSE TO HIM,

HE WAS OFF AND RUNNING AGAIN.

IT SEEMED TO GO ON FOREVER.

THE STREETS WERE EMPTY.

IT MUST HAVE BEEN

4:00 IN THE MORNING.

WE DIDN'T CROSS A SOUL.

I WAS BARELY ABLE TO KEEP UP.

FINALLY, AFTER CROSSING

THE RIVER, HE RAN DOWN A NARROW

STREET AND TURNED UP AN ALLEY.

THERE WAS A LARGE HOUSE

ON THE CORNER.

THERE WAS A LIGHT FROM A TOP

WINDOW AND IT MUST HAVE

CAUGHT HIS EYE.

A LONG PIPE RAN UP THE SIDE

OF THE BUILDING.

HE GRABBED THE SHUTTER

AND SWUNG HIMSELF TO THE WINDOW

WITH THE RAZOR IN HIS HAND

AND HE JUMPED INSIDE.

I DIDN'T THINK TWICE.

I'VE CLIMBED A LOT OF RIGGING

IN MY DAY.

I HAD TO GET UP THERE.

I HAD TO.

I HAD NO IDEA WHO WAS IN THAT

HOUSE OR WHAT HE MIGHT DO.

JUST AS I REACHED THE LEVEL OF

THE WINDOWS, THE SCREAMS BEGAN.

[ SCREAMING ]

THE SCREAMS FRIGHTENED HIM,

AND THE WAY SHE WAS STRUGGLING,

SUDDENLY HE REACHED DOWN

AND HE CUT HER THROAT.

[ SCREAMING ]

THE BLOOD PUT HIM

IN A FRENZY,

SO HE WENT FOR THE OTHER ONE

AND SHE HAD FAINTED.

HE STARTED STRANGLING HER.

THAT'S WHEN HE SAW ME.

STOP IT!

[ GLASS BREAKS ]

GET OUT!

AND THEN HE STARTED STUFFING

THE BODY UP THE CHIMNEY.

HE MUST HAVE GRABBED

THE OTHER ONE AND FLUNG HER

OUT THE WINDOW.

BY THAT TIME,

I WAS ON MY WAY DOWN.

I MUST HAVE SLIPPED.

MY HANDS WERE ALL CUT UP.

I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER

GOING HOME.

MM-HMM.

WELL, IS THIS YOURS?

IT'S TIED IN A SAILOR'S KNOT.

I FOUND IT AT THE FOOT

OF THE LIGHTENING ROD.

MY FRIEND, I'M AFRAID WE HAVE

ANOTHER SURPRISE FOR YOU.

YOUR ASSOCIATE IS STILL LOOSE.

HE'S LOOSE?

BUT WE'LL CAPTURE HIM.

WHERE IS HE?

DO YOU HAVE A NET?

YEAH, A REAL THICK HAWSER

BACK AT MY ROOMS.

GOOD. WE MUST MOVE QUICKLY.

I HAVE EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE

THAT HE'S LIVING NEAR THE RUE

MORGUE IN A NATURAL HABITAT,

THE BOIS.

OF COURSE, THE BEGGARS

STRANGLED NEAR THE POND.

I READ IT IN THE PAPERS.

I'LL GO TO HEADQUARTERS

AND ALERT THE POLICE.

IF YOU WILL PLEASE FETCH YOUR

NET AND MEET US AT THE POND

IN THE BOIS.

PHILLIPE, I WANT YOU TO GO

TO THE NEWSPAPER AND GIVE THEM

THE ENTIRE STORY JUST AS WE'VE

UNCOVERED IT BEFORE THE PREFECT

OF POLICE ATTEMPTS TO TURN IT

TO HIS OWN ADVANTAGE,

THEN JOIN US AT THE BOIS.

OH, AND SEND THE REPORTERS, TOO.

AUGUSTE, WE MUST TELL CLAIRE

NOW THAT LE BON WILL BE FREED.

WE KNOW THE KILLER.

YES, YOU MUST TELL HER

EVERYTHING THAT YOU FOUND OUT.

BUT THERE'S NO NEED

FOR THAT NOW.

WHY HURT HER?

SHE DOESN'T NEED TO KNOW.

SHE DOESN'T?

BUT I HAVEN'T EVEN

TOLD YOU YET.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

VERY WELL.

YOU TELL HER WHAT YOU WISH.

EXCUSE ME.

MAY I SPEAK TO YOU FOR A MOMENT?

CERTAINLY.

IS SOMETHING WRONG, PHILLIPE?

NO.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

COME IN.

NO, NO, I JUST HAVE A MOMENT.

QUITE SIMPLY, YOUR FATHER HAS

DISCOVERED THE MURDERER AND

ADOLPHE IS SURE TO BE RELEASED

IMMEDIATELY.

WHAT?

YOUR FATHER IS ON HIS WAY TO

THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS WITH

THE STORY AND I AM ON MY WAY

TO THE NEWSPAPERS

WITH THE INFORMATION.

HE'S DONE IT.

ADOLPHE WILL BE FREED.

THEY'LL HAVE TO REINSTATE

FATHER NOW, WON'T THEY?

I...I HAVE TO GO

TO THE NEWSPAPERS.

WAIT. WHAT IS IT

YOU'RE NOT TELLING ME?

IS IT ABOUT THE MURDERER?

I HAVE TO GO.

WAIT, I'M COMING ALONG.

I'LL JUST GET MY THINGS.

WHOSE NAME IS WRITTEN

ON THAT PAPER?

WHOSE ADDRESS WAS IT?

YOU MUST UNDERSTAND.

WE HAD TO FIND AN ALIBI FOR HIM

IN ORDER TO CLEAR HIM.

WHO WAS IT?

A WOMAN.

WELL, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS

HIS DENTIST THE WAY YOU'VE BEEN

CARRYING ON.

WHO WAS SHE?

HER NAME IS MARIA ARMOND.

HE SPENT THE NIGHT AT HER HOUSE.

AND?

CLAIRE, ISN'T THAT ENOUGH?

NO.

SHE SAID SHE WAS HIS FIANCÉ.

HIS FIANCÉ?

BUT THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

HOW COULD SHE...

NO.

WHAT ELSE DID YOU FIND OUT?

I DID A COMPLETE

INVESTIGATION.

THAT WAS MY ASSIGNMENT.

SINCE HE HAS KNOWN YOU, HE HAS

BEEN ENGAGED TO THREE OTHER

WOMEN, ALL QUITE WEALTHY.

APPARENTLY HE PICKED UP

HIS INFORMATION AT THE BANK.

CLAIRE, I WISH I HAD NEVER

FOUND OUT.

MY FATHER KNOWS, DOESN'T HE?

I TOLD HIM NOTHING.

HE KNOWS.

HE PROBABLY KNEW

FROM THE FIRST DAY WE MET.

I CHOSE NOT TO LOOK.

HE'S A SUPERB JUDGE

OF CHARACTER, MY FATHER.

I'M SORRY FOR KEEPING YOU.

LET'S GO.

CLAIRE...

I'M SORRY.

YOU ARE KIND. YOU ARE.

DESPITE YOUR BOOTS,

YOU'RE QUITE A GENTLEMAN.

AND I'M A LOT STRONGER

THAN YOU MIGHT EXPECT.

INSPECTOR.

IS HE HERE?

HE'S NOT TO BE DISTURBED.

I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU

ARRESTED--

WELL, COMMITTED PERHAPS.

THE KILLER IS IN THE BOIS.

OH, NONSENSE.

CALL THE GENDARME.

A NIGHT BEHIND BARS WILL

DO YOU GOOD, AND THEN I'M GOING

TO HAVE YOUR PENSION REVOKED.

WHAT ARE YOU--WHAT ARE YOU--

WHAT ARE YOU DOING? DON'T--

FOR THE GOOD OF PARIS,

I OUGHT TO SQUEEZE YOUR TEMPLES

TOGETHER UNTIL THEY MEET!

MONSIEUR PREFECT.

INSPECTOR DUPIN.

SEIZE HIM.

SERGEANT, HOLD YOUR GROUND

AND YOU'LL BE A LIEUTENANT

BEFORE NIGHTFALL.

NOW YOU LISTEN TO ME.

I HAVE LE BON'S ALIBI.

I HAVE PROOF

OF THE KILLERS IDENTITY AND THE

CONFESSION OF HIS ACCOMPLICE.

THE RAMBLINGS OF A LUNATIC.

AND THE PRESS IS ON ITS WAY

TO THE BOIS AT THIS MOMENT WITH

THE DETAILS OF MY INVESTIGATION

FOR THE MORNING EDITIONS,

ALL EXCEPT FOR THE CAPTURE,

WHICH YOU MIGHT WISH

TO SUPERVISE YOURSELF.

TELL ME WHO DID IT?

GET YOUR MEN.

I'LL TELL YOU ON THE WAY.

CLAIRE, IT'S ABSOLUTELY

OUT OF THE QUESTION.

THE BOIS WILL BE FILLED

WITH POLICE.

I'M GOING ALONG.

HE'S A KILLER.

YOU'VE READ THE REPORTS.

YOU KNOW WHAT HE'S DONE.

NOW, IT'S ABSOLUTELY

TOO DANGEROUS.

THAT'S JUST WHAT I NEED

RIGHT NOW, A LITTLE DANGER,

SOMETHING TO SCARE ME

OUT OF MY WITS.

IS THERE ANY CHANCE OF THAT?

NO. YES. WHAT DO YOU THINK

YOUR FATHER WOULD SAY?

NOW, YOU JUST MUSTN'T.

IS IT MY FATHER'S ANGER OR

MY SAFETY YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT?

CHOOSE ONE.

IT'S NO USE, I'LL FOLLOW YOU

OR I'LL GO BY MYSELF

OR I'LL GO WITHOUT--

CLAIRE, IF YOU PROMISE

TO STAY VERY CLOSE.

ABSOLUTELY YES.

A REAL BREAK IN THE CASE.

GENTLEMEN, I--

MONSIEUR DUPIN.

MONSIEUR LE PREFECT.

I WILL LEAD THE MEN IN.

I WANT YOU TO STAY BEHIND,

YOU AND THE SAILOR.

I DON'T WANT YOU

WANDERING OFF ALONE.

THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS.

MAY I SUGGEST A SLOW SWEEP

THROUGH THE WOODS

AT ARM'S LENGTH.

THIS IS NOT

YOUR COMMON CRIMINAL.

OF COURSE, A SWEEP.

A SLOW SLEEP AT ARM'S LENGTH

WITH TORCHES.

FORWARD SLOWLY.

SLOWLY. SLOWLY.

I'M CLAIRE DUPIN.

THE POND IS OVER THERE.

MONSIEUR LE PREFECT,

HAVE YOUR MEN WATCH THE TREES

AS WELL AS THE GROUND.

WATCH THE TREES, YOU FOOLS.

[ SCREECHING ]

[ GASPS ]

IT'S RIGHT OVER THERE.

[ DRESS TEARS ]

[ GROWLING ]

[ GASPS ]

AAH!

[ SCREAMING ]

MONSIEUR LE PREFECT,

HOW CLOSELY DID YOU WORK WITH

INSPECTOR DUPIN ON THE CASE?

LIKE BROTHERS, HAND IN GLOVE

EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

EXACTLY.

YET YOU KEPT HIS PRESENCE

ON THE CASE A SECRET.

WHY WAS THAT?

WE THOUGHT HE WAS RETIRED.

WE THOUGHT IT BEST TO HIDE

HIS IDENTITY UNTIL NOW,

OF COURSE.

INSPECTOR DUPIN, THE CITY

OWES YOU A GREAT DEBT.

ARE WE TO ASSUME THAT YOU WILL

RESUME ACTIVITIES AS USUAL?

OF COURSE, WITHOUT DOUBT.

QUITE CLEARLY WE WORK WELL

TOGETHER, LIKE BROTHERS,

AND OBVIOUSLY HE'S THE BEST MAN

I HAVE.

WELL, INSPECTOR, ARE YOU

READY TO RETURN FULL TIME?

ARE YOU WILLING TO GIVE UP

RETIREMENT?

I WOULDN'T HAVE IT

ANY OTHER WAY.

ONE MUST MAKE A SACRIFICE

FROM TIME TO TIME, MUSTN'T ONE?

GENTLEMEN, LET ME GO OVER

SOME DETAILS OF THE CASE.

YES, PLEASE DO.

WELL, IT'S FINALLY OVER.

DEAR OLD MONSIEUR.