Sherlock Holmes - E15: The Case of the Singing Violin
30min | Crime, Drama, Mystery | TV Series (1954–1955)
Betty is being tormented by apparent hallucinations, the latest of which she refers to as a 'singing violin'. Her stepfather brings her fiancé to see her in this condition, and he tells the young man that there can be no wedding, because Betty is going to be declared insane. The fiancé goes to consult Sherlock Holmes, but he is murdered before he can see the detective. When Inspector Lestrade consults Holmes about the murder, Holmes recognizes the name of the dead man and also of the step-father, who is the lone surviving partner in a large tea and spice business. ...
Stars: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford, Archie Duncan
30min | Crime, Drama, Mystery | TV Series (1954–1955)
Betty is being tormented by apparent hallucinations, the latest of which she refers to as a 'singing violin'. Her stepfather brings her fiancé to see her in this condition, and he tells the young man that there can be no wedding, because Betty is going to be declared insane. The fiancé goes to consult Sherlock Holmes, but he is murdered before he can see the detective. When Inspector Lestrade consults Holmes about the murder, Holmes recognizes the name of the dead man and also of the step-father, who is the lone surviving partner in a large tea and spice business. ...
Stars: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford, Archie Duncan
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02:00♪
02:06Aaah-aah!
02:08Aaaaah!
02:11Aaaah!
02:15Aaaaah!
02:16♪
02:24Aaaah!
02:25Bessie! Bessie, it's Jimmy!
02:47Mr. Durham, something's happened to Bessie.
02:50Force the door open.
02:55Bessie!
03:14The singing violin.
03:20Betty, darling.
03:21The singing violin. It was here again. I saw it, I heard it.
03:29The singing violin. I heard it.
03:33Bessie.
03:34I saw it.
03:41Give her one of these. It's the sedative Dr. Marino left for her.
03:52She will attend to my stepdaughter.
04:08Perhaps you wondered, wouldn't you? Why I invited you to my home as my weekend guest.
04:12I thought our coming marriage, Betty's and mine, had something to do with it, sir.
04:16Uh, no. I wanted you to see for yourself why that marriage can never take place.
04:21I don't understand, sir.
04:23Are you blind, Willant? After what you've just witnessed, don't you realize that my stepdaughter is losing her mind?
04:30She never told me.
04:32Naturally. Dancing skeletons, headless men, and tonight, a singing violin.
04:40Surely, sir, it must be merely her imagination.
04:42Nightmares.
04:43But she insists the things that she sees are real.
04:47Positive proof of incipient dementia precox.
04:52I regret to have to tell you this, my boy.
04:55My doctor informs me that in a matter of weeks, if not days,
04:59Betty must be certified as hopelessly mad.
05:12Mad.
05:40You finished, sir?
05:42Yes.
05:44Get out the Thompson file, Wilkins. You know, that hatchet killer.
05:47Yes, sir.
05:53Mr. Holmes did a neat bit of work on that case, don't you think, sir?
05:58Might I remind you, Wilkins, that Scotland Yard also worked on that case?
06:04Yes, sir.
06:08What shall I do with the file, sir?
06:09Put it in the case's closed file, of course.
06:12Very good, sir.
06:14Crime seems to be falling off in London this week, sir.
06:17It's been a dull week.
06:19Yes, it's so dull I'm going to do something about it.
06:22What, sir?
06:26I'm going to visit our old friend, Sherlock Holmes.
06:30I've noticed that when we've got no crime, he has.
06:40A beautiful girl having hallucinations.
06:43A worried housekeeper.
06:45An austere stepfather.
06:48A heartbroken boy.
06:51A gloomy old house in a quiet section of London.
06:56That was one of the most bizarre and terrifying things I've ever seen.
07:01I've never seen anything like it.
07:03A house in a quiet section of London.
07:06That was one of the most bizarre and terrifying cases ever to challenge the talents of my extraordinary friend, Sherlock Holmes.
07:15We were plunged into it one drowsy day in mid-September when murder, sudden and brutal, came calling.
07:24What was that?
07:26I got a shot from the street.
07:33Stand back there. Stand back, please.
07:36What's happened to your passenger?
07:38He's dead, sir.
07:40Dead?
07:43True enough.
07:45He's been shot.
07:49What's going on here?
07:51This man in the carriage, Inspector.
07:53Shot he was, sir.
07:55All right, let's stand back here, please.
07:57Stand back, please.
07:59All right, let's stand back here, please.
08:01Stand back, please.
08:03Stand back. Let's move along here, please.
08:06Stand back, please.
08:09Move along here, please.
08:11Please stand back.
08:15Move along here, please. Move along.
08:18Officer.
08:19Yes, sir.
08:20You take charge here.
08:21Yes, sir.
08:23All right, brother. What do you know about this?
08:25I don't know. I was... We were...
08:30We were about to have a visitor.
08:32Where? What do you mean, where?
08:33Yes, a young man, but he was murdered before he reached here.
08:36Murdered?
08:38How do you know?
08:45Let's move along, please.
08:47Move along. Fall over.
08:48Move along, please.
08:56Oh, hello, Lestrade.
08:58I've been expecting you.
09:00I didn't know myself I was coming here until a few minutes ago.
09:03I suppose you also know why I came here?
09:06Murder.
09:07Both Dr. Watson and I heard the shot.
09:10I observed part of the proceedings through the binoculars.
09:13This was found in his pocket.
09:15Sherlock Holmes.
09:17221B Baker Street.
09:20Hmm.
09:22Hmm.
09:23Hmm.
09:25It was obviously employed by a tea and spice merchant.
09:28The aroma is unmistakable, eh, Watson?
09:31Oh, unmistakable.
09:32The boy's wallet gave us some further information.
09:35His name was James Winnant.
09:37He lived at number 5 Crestwood Place.
09:39He was employed by Stackhurst & Durham, tea and spice merchants.
09:43Stackhurst.
09:46Stackhurst.
09:48Does the name mean something to you, Holmes?
09:50Well, it should.
09:51Stackhurst & Durham appears in almost every tin of tea sold in England.
09:56What was young Winnant's business with you, Holmes?
10:00Winnant.
10:02Durham.
10:04Ah.
10:06I've never heard of Winnant before.
10:09Were you able to ascertain anything from the cabbie?
10:12No. One of the passers-by heard him say,
10:15the singing violin.
10:17The singing violin?
10:21No, that can't mean anything, I'm sure.
10:23Can't mean anything, Lestrade?
10:25Well, now, of course not.
10:27Get your hat, Watson.
10:30Well,
10:32where are we going, Holmes?
10:34To interview the murderer of Jimmy Winnant, of course.
10:37You mean to say you know who killed him?
10:40Of course I do.
10:42Don't you?
10:47I don't.
10:59Might I inquire who lives in this dreary monument to great wealth?
11:03Guy Durham.
11:05Durham?
11:07Wasn't he one of the partners of the firm that employed young Winnant?
11:09Yes, the only surviving member.
11:11Stackhurst died 15 years ago.
11:13Holmes, you said we were going to visit Winnant's murderer.
11:18Yes?
11:20Good morning. I'm Sherlock Holmes and this is Dr. Watson.
11:23I'd like a word with Mr. Guy Durham. Here is my card.
11:27I'll tell him, for all the good it'll do.
11:30He left word he doesn't want to be disturbed.
11:33Come in.
11:48Oh, permit me, madam, to congratulate you on your new position.
11:55How do you know I'm new here?
11:57Mrs. Ferguson!
11:59Who is at the door?
12:02Excuse me.
12:17How did you know?
12:19Well, she was unfamiliar with the position of the curtain call.
12:21She obviously hasn't been employed here very long.
12:23Oh, obviously.
12:26I'm sorry, sir, but Mr. Durham can't...
12:31What is the meaning of this?
12:33I'm sorry, sir. They pushed in before I could stop them.
12:36I must apologize for this intrusion, Mr. Durham, but it's imperative that I speak to you.
12:40Oh, very well.
12:42As long as you're here, what do you want?
12:44I take it you are Sherlock Holmes.
12:46At your service, sir.
12:48And this is my friend and colleague, Dr. Watson.
12:50Pleasure, sir.
12:52How do you do?
12:54Sit down.
12:57I regret to say that I am the bearer of bad tidings, Mr. Durham.
13:01Your prospective son-in-law was murdered not two hours ago.
13:05What?
13:07Women murdered?
13:10But Holmes...
13:11The engagement announcement of Miss Betty Durham and Mr. James Winnant
13:15was published in the Times not two days ago.
13:18Mr. James Winnant was on his way to see me when he was ambushed and shot.
13:23But what did he want to see you about?
13:26Don't you know Mr. Durham?
13:29No.
13:31Then perhaps Miss Betty, your stepdaughter, I believe.
13:35Yes, Betty is my stepdaughter.
13:37I adopted her when I married Sherlock Holmes.
13:39I adopted her when I married her mother.
13:42Perhaps she might be able to provide some information.
13:46I am sorry, I'm afraid I cannot allow you to see her.
13:50She has been in a highly overwrought frame of mind of late.
13:54Only this morning, under the advice of her doctor,
13:57I sent her away for a complete rest.
13:59Moreover, it is best under her present mental condition
14:03that she should remain in ignorance of Winnant's death.
14:05Oh, that's most unfortunate.
14:07Probably the excitement of her forthcoming marriage
14:10brought on an emotional upset.
14:13Not only probably, doctor, but true.
14:16And now, if you'll excuse me, I regret I cannot be of any more help to you.
14:21Oh, Mr. Durham, what is the name and address of your former housekeeper?
14:25Why do you ask?
14:27Well, housekeepers are rather hard to come by these days.
14:30If she hasn't already found a new position, I'd like to employ her.
14:33I prefer not to recommend my former housekeeper.
14:36I had to discharge her for theft.
14:38Good morning, gentlemen.
15:03Do you believe Durham is the murderer, Holmes?
15:26Yes.
15:28Why are you so sure?
15:29Well, 15 years ago,
15:31Horace Stackhurst died in extremely mysterious circumstances.
15:35Stackhurst?
15:37Would that be the Stackhurst of Durham's firm?
15:39The same.
15:41Shortly after Stackhurst's death, his widow married Durham.
15:44And the widow is Betty's mother, I presume?
15:47Indeed she was.
15:49But the mother herself died within a year,
15:51and Betty inherited a great fortune.
15:53Durham was appointed guardian until such a time as Betty married.
15:56Oh, I'm beginning to understand.
16:00Tell me, Holmes, have you solved the mystery of women's dying words yet?
16:04The singing violin?
16:06Oh, well, that's really very easy to explain.
16:08What's another, the, uh...
16:10Ah, here we are.
16:18Holmes!
16:22Holmes!
16:24It was just like that.
16:26Holmes to leave me in the middle of an unfinished explanation,
16:29bursting with curiosity.
16:31But there was nothing I could do about it except wait for his return.
16:34I waited up for him until midnight.
16:37Finally retired without seeing him.
16:39And when I awoke the next morning, he was already gone.
16:42I didn't see him again until shortly before 10 o'clock.
16:51Hello, where have you been?
16:53Do you mind going to the window, Watson?
16:54What?
16:55I've got a surprise for you.
16:56Oh.
16:57Go on.
16:58All right.
17:04No, not yet, Watson.
17:05Now, turn around.
17:06Now, keep looking into the street.
17:08That's better.
17:10Now.
17:11It won't be a minute now.
17:13All right.
17:15Turn around.
17:24Well, what?
17:26A singing violin.
17:30Well, that's fantastic.
17:32Yes, a fiend with a diabolical mind, our Mr. Durham.
17:35Soap on the bow so that no sound should come from it.
17:38And this.
17:40Come along, Watson.
17:42Come along, Watson.
17:44Come along, Watson.
17:46Come along, Watson.
17:48Come along, Watson.
17:50Come along, Watson.
17:51And this.
17:53Come along, Watson.
17:58Where to?
17:59To complete a plan which this time only you can effect.
18:02Oh, really?
18:03After you.
18:21Ha-ha, John Murdoch.
18:23So, I found you at last, eh?
18:27What?
18:29You've been making advances to my wife.
18:32And I am going to thrash you with an inch of your life.
18:37Wait a minute.
18:39You've got the wrong man.
18:41Don't you lie to me.
18:43I'm not John Murdoch, I tell you.
18:46Oh, there's a lunatic loose.
18:48Oh, so it's a fight you wanted.
18:49I've heard about men like you before.
18:52You don't smile your last smile, my voyaging vagabond.
19:03My answer is final, Durham.
19:06I didn't mind certifying your stepdaughter as insane.
19:10But I draw the line at murder.
19:14If you want her killed, do it yourself.
19:20Very well, Marino.
19:22I will.
19:24But you will have to sign the death certificate.
19:28That I'll do.
19:31An overdose of morphia would be the best way.
19:35I'll prepare a hypodermic for you.
19:40She's under sedation now.
19:43And shouldn't give you any trouble.
19:47What room is she in?
19:49Number four.
19:53Something's happening out there.
19:55Let it wait.
19:57Give me the hypodermic.
20:19I'll get it.
20:49I'll get it.
21:19I'll get it.
21:49I'll get it.
22:19I'll get it.
22:50I'll get it.
22:52I'll get it.
23:18Durham. Durham, do you hear me?
23:19Durham, do you hear me?
23:20Don't dare touch that girl.
23:21Don't you dare touch her.
23:23Or by all I hold sacred, I'll kill you.
23:29Durham, Durham, do you hear me?
23:32Durham!
23:33Durham!
23:49Are you all right, Holmes?
23:54The girl, is she all right, Watson?
23:55Just drugs.
23:56She'll be all right.
23:57Well, what kept you so long?
23:58Dr. Marino brought up reinforcements.
24:03When I came to your summons, I found Dr. Watson
24:06fighting with four men.
24:08Must say he was holding his own.
24:10Now, will somebody please tell me what this is all about?
24:12Nothing would give me greater pleasure, Inspector.
24:14May I introduce Mr. Guy Durham, your murderer?
24:18What?
24:30Well, of course, Watson.
24:31I knew Betty was in danger when Durham mentioned Marino.
24:34I met him before and knew he wasn't a doctor,
24:36but a charlatan.
24:38Tell me, Watson, how did Betty take the news of Jimmy's death?
24:42Well, it came as a terrible shock to her, I'm afraid.
24:45Poor girl broke down completely.
24:48Well, she's young.
24:50She'll recover.
24:52And youth has a way of overcoming tragedy.
25:13Oh, confound it.
25:14I completely forgot that I soaped this bow.
25:17It'll be days before I can play again.
25:20Really?
25:22What a wonderful invention, soap.
25:25It has so many uses.
25:47Oh, my God.
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