🔍 Crime on the Hill (1933) is a suspenseful British crime drama that weaves mystery, intrigue, and classic whodunit charm into an unforgettable film noir-style thriller. Directed by Bernard Vorhaus, this atmospheric gem captures the essence of early British crime cinema with its rich storytelling and compelling performances. Set against the backdrop of a seemingly quiet English village, the story unfolds with twists, secrets, and a gripping investigation that keeps the audience guessing until the final reveal.
🎥 Plot Summary:
In the serene village of Melford, peace is shattered when a local squire is brutally murdered. Peter Haynes, a determined young man played by Sally Blane, is convinced of the innocence of the man convicted of the crime—his own uncle. Unwilling to accept the verdict of the court, Peter returns to the village to conduct his own investigation and uncover the truth behind the murder.
As Peter delves deeper into the lives of the villagers, he uncovers a tangled web of lies, betrayal, and long-held grudges. His relentless search leads him to confront both allies and enemies, forcing secrets to the surface that many would prefer stay buried. Aided by the intelligent and courageous Molly, portrayed by Nigel Playfair, Peter must solve the case before another tragedy occurs.
With gothic visuals and a slow-building tension, Crime on the Hill stands as a fine example of British mystery storytelling from the 1930s. The film’s use of rural isolation, shadowy cinematography, and morally complex characters adds to its haunting appeal.
🎥 Plot Summary:
In the serene village of Melford, peace is shattered when a local squire is brutally murdered. Peter Haynes, a determined young man played by Sally Blane, is convinced of the innocence of the man convicted of the crime—his own uncle. Unwilling to accept the verdict of the court, Peter returns to the village to conduct his own investigation and uncover the truth behind the murder.
As Peter delves deeper into the lives of the villagers, he uncovers a tangled web of lies, betrayal, and long-held grudges. His relentless search leads him to confront both allies and enemies, forcing secrets to the surface that many would prefer stay buried. Aided by the intelligent and courageous Molly, portrayed by Nigel Playfair, Peter must solve the case before another tragedy occurs.
With gothic visuals and a slow-building tension, Crime on the Hill stands as a fine example of British mystery storytelling from the 1930s. The film’s use of rural isolation, shadowy cinematography, and morally complex characters adds to its haunting appeal.
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00:01:37Wake up, Doctor!
00:01:39Doctor!
00:01:40What?
00:01:41You've got a nibble!
00:01:42Well, don't shout so loud, Paddy, or you'll scare away the fish!
00:01:46Strike!
00:01:47That him!
00:01:47Oh, what a beauty!
00:01:52If I were a betting man, I'd wager he's every bit of three pounds.
00:01:57Then it's lucky you're not a betting man, Padre.
00:02:00That fish is every bit of three and a half pounds.
00:02:03Oh, no, no, not in these waters.
00:02:05Don't let's distort the truth.
00:02:08Now, did I ever tell you of that roach I caught in the avon?
00:02:13The only bite I'd had in a whole week's fishing.
00:02:20Four pounds, Doctor.
00:02:21Every ounce of four pounds.
00:02:24Padre, for a religious man, you'll catch the biggest fish I know.
00:02:29Well, perhaps I'm exaggerating a little.
00:02:35I'd rather envy you your world, Padre,
00:02:39where evil is always punished and good always rewarded.
00:02:44You like to play the cynic.
00:02:46Your concern is with souls, mine is with bodies.
00:02:50Just you take a look in the microscope sometime.
00:02:53You'll find that nature doesn't always bother about morality.
00:02:57Five o'clock.
00:02:59Tea at my place this time.
00:03:01Let's make it a high tea.
00:03:03We'll celebrate the catch.
00:03:07Pretty as a picture, eh, Padre?
00:03:09And every man jack in it.
00:03:11Your own particular charm.
00:03:13Lovely as the Garden of Eden.
00:03:14Ah, before the fall.
00:03:17Peaceful and...
00:03:18All right.
00:03:23It's only Sylvia.
00:03:25But I rather think...
00:03:26I don't think I'm sure.
00:03:30Hi.
00:03:31This is Private.
00:03:32It's my swimming pool.
00:03:34Well, turn around, silly.
00:03:36I want a dress.
00:03:38Well, young woman?
00:03:40Doctor.
00:03:41Clothes, please.
00:03:42Well, come on, you.
00:04:00That's not all.
00:04:01Padre.
00:04:07Padre.
00:04:07I was thinking how Sylvia had grown up from the funny little American miss who first came here.
00:04:14She was a tiny thing then.
00:04:16About, about, uh...
00:04:18Every ounce of four pounds, eh?
00:04:20Ha!
00:04:20All right, you win.
00:04:22Hurry up, Sylvia.
00:04:23We are old men, and we want our tea.
00:04:27Come up through the hall with me, both of you.
00:04:29We're having it late.
00:04:31Well, uh...
00:04:32You see...
00:04:33Oh!
00:04:34But you must.
00:04:37Uncle hasn't seen you since he's been home from Folkestone.
00:04:40Hello.
00:04:41Hello.
00:04:42It looks as if the squire had had a visitor already.
00:04:47Why, it's young Anthony Fields.
00:04:49Come on, Doctor.
00:04:50Two's company.
00:04:52Oh, no!
00:04:53Oh, yes!
00:04:54All right, I'll be seeing you at the hall.
00:04:57Eggs for tea if you're good.
00:05:13What's the matter, darling?
00:05:15You're awfully lumpish.
00:05:17Am I?
00:05:18Oh, don't.
00:05:20Must you do that?
00:05:21I don't like you a bit today.
00:05:24You're in a bad temper.
00:05:25I am not in a bad temper.
00:05:28Well, then there's no excuse.
00:05:31Now, come on, darling.
00:05:33Tell me what's wrong.
00:05:35You haven't been quarrying with the squire again.
00:05:37No, no, of course not.
00:05:40There's nothing wrong.
00:05:42Well, you seem all wrong to me.
00:05:43Come on, tell Mother.
00:05:47What's the matter?
00:05:48Sylvia, darling, leave me alone, please.
00:05:51All right, I will.
00:05:54Goodbye.
00:05:56Sylvia!
00:05:59Don't go!
00:05:59Oh!
00:06:08Sylvia!
00:06:10I'll see you again!
00:06:10I'll see you again!
00:06:10I'll see you again!
00:06:40One for sorrow, two for mirth, three for a wedding, four for a birth, one for sorrow.
00:07:01Hello, Collins. Good afternoon, sir. You're just in time for tea.
00:07:04Master.
00:07:05Where's your master?
00:07:10In the library, sir.
00:07:14All right, we'll find him.
00:07:16Very good, sir.
00:07:18Excellent likeness, I always think.
00:07:22Tell me, Doctor, does Sylvia know of his condition?
00:07:26Oh, why worry the child? He may outlive us all, or die tomorrow.
00:07:32He would be a great loss to us all. The best friend the village ever had.
00:07:38Well, squire?
00:07:43Let him sleep. It's the best thing for him.
00:07:47Shhh. Put the tea things down quietly. We'll wait till he wakes up.
00:07:52Come along, Padre. Let's do our crossword puzzle.
00:08:05Twenty-three across. Cocktail of the Borgias.
00:08:11They weren't invented in those days.
00:08:13Well, you're the historian you ought to know.
00:08:15You're the cocktail drinker, so ought you.
00:08:19Begins with P and ends with N.
00:08:24I've got it.
00:08:26Poison.
00:08:28Morbid, aren't they, these crossword experts?
00:08:32Too much shop for a GP.
00:08:34Clare, my dear. How are you?
00:08:40Hello.
00:08:42Shhh.
00:08:44Tell me, how's the antique trade?
00:08:46Flourishing.
00:08:47I've just found the last chair of that pepper white set for the squire.
00:08:50Splendid. You'll be delighted.
00:08:52Well, Doctor, what are you doing here?
00:08:54Dr. Crippen in eight letters.
00:08:56Mediway.
00:08:59Hello, Clare.
00:09:00Hello, darling.
00:09:07I like the frock.
00:09:08Thanks.
00:09:09Why, I'll be near you whispering.
00:09:11He's asleep.
00:09:12Oh.
00:09:21Uncle.
00:09:25Uncle.
00:09:26Uncle.
00:09:29Uncle.
00:09:32Uncle, look.
00:09:41Here you are, Sonny.
00:09:44Take this up to the hall.
00:09:46That's a lovely one.
00:09:47Aye, but you know the old saying?
00:09:49All the flowers in the world won't bring the dead back to life.
00:09:52True enough.
00:09:53You know, I still can't make out how he came to die so sudden like.
00:09:56It's a queer business, seems to me.
00:09:59Aye, and me.
00:10:00Aye.
00:10:01And there's another thing that's queer.
00:10:02The way young Phil's be hanging around that girl at the hall.
00:10:05And he'm only a village boy a few years ago.
00:10:07And she's the old man's ward.
00:10:09Well, let's wait and see who gets the money.
00:10:13I, Arthur Hamden, of Hamden Hall in the county of Hampshire, hereby revoke all wills made by me at any time heretofore.
00:10:29I hereby bequeath all the goods, chattels, personal effects, lands, hereditaments.
00:10:36Please, Mr. Jevons, must we go through all this?
00:10:39After all, we know what it boils down to.
00:10:41It boils down?
00:10:42Yes, I mean, couldn't you just tell us in ordinary language?
00:10:46But it isn't customary.
00:10:49But perhaps I could put it more simply for you, my dear young lady.
00:10:54Oh, er, do you wish Mr. Field to remain present, Miss Kennett?
00:10:59Yes, I do.
00:11:00Oh.
00:11:01Well, briefly, the will is as follows.
00:11:06After two, er, comparatively small bequests.
00:11:10One, to William Collins.
00:11:13One thousand pounds.
00:11:15Should he be in your guardian's employ on his decease?
00:11:20The other, one thousand pounds, to the Church Restoration Fund, to be administered at the vicar's discretion.
00:11:28The whole of the rest of the estate, which amounts, I suppose, to about eighty thousand pounds, comes to little Sylvia.
00:11:35There's never been any secret about that.
00:11:37So much money is a very heavy responsibility for one so young.
00:11:41There's plenty of people I know wouldn't mind taking on a responsibility of that kind.
00:11:45Come in.
00:11:46Mr. Winslow, to see you, sir.
00:11:48Oh, dear, my dear, how nice to see you.
00:11:50What can I do for you?
00:11:51Vicar, there's something terribly serious I want to ask your advice about.
00:11:55Of course, what is it?
00:11:56Shall I, er...
00:11:57No, please don't go, Doctor.
00:11:58This will have to come out soon.
00:12:00You'd better hear it now.
00:12:01Is it as serious as all that?
00:12:03Yes, for Sylvia.
00:12:05Ah, I think that's all for the moment, Miss Kennett.
00:12:08There's, er, there's no chance of the world being upset now.
00:12:11No, no, no, no.
00:12:12Everything's perfectly in order.
00:12:14Oh, but poor Sylvia.
00:12:17I'm afraid you have no choice in the matter.
00:12:19We must go up to the hall at once and see her.
00:12:24Oh, Tony.
00:12:25Tony, isn't this wonderful?
00:12:27Isn't what wonderful?
00:12:28Oh, silly.
00:12:29Coming into all this money.
00:12:31Oh, yes, of course, it's a useful little sum.
00:12:34Oh, don't be difficult.
00:12:36You know, the only reason I wanted is so that we can get married as soon as we like.
00:12:39But we shouldn't be talking like that.
00:12:41Only a few days since his death.
00:12:43Oh, you know how dreadfully I feel about the squire.
00:12:46But after all, we're young.
00:12:48And in love.
00:12:49We're going to get married, so there.
00:12:50But wait.
00:12:51Wait a minute.
00:12:52I don't want to wait a minute.
00:12:53I want to make plans.
00:12:54Oh, darling, think how lovely everything will be now.
00:12:56Ooh, honeymoon in Venice or perhaps Egypt.
00:12:59Then, of course, there's a car problem to think of when we get back.
00:13:02Would you prefer a Bentley or a Rolls Sports?
00:13:05Or both?
00:13:06Oh, Tony, do wake up.
00:13:09Your face looks like a sour gooseberry.
00:13:13Sylvia, darling.
00:13:15I've been thinking things over and I'm...
00:13:19I'm afraid I can't marry you.
00:13:21You can't?
00:13:22Oh, Tony, what's the joke?
00:13:24Don't you see it's impossible now that you're an heiress?
00:13:27Why?
00:13:28Because people say I was marrying you for your money.
00:13:30People?
00:13:31So they matter to you more than I do?
00:13:33Oh, no, no, but it puts me in an impossible position.
00:13:35You must see that.
00:13:36You think you're being noble and you're just being stupid and selfish.
00:13:42Well, there it is.
00:13:49Do you really mean you don't want to marry me?
00:13:56I'm not going to marry you.
00:13:58Just a moment, if you please, sir.
00:14:10No, no, go away, Alice.
00:14:12I can't talk to you now.
00:14:13I'm sorry, I'm sure I'd waste your time.
00:14:15But I've got to talk to you about...
00:14:17Oh, you know what.
00:14:18Alice, I can't do what you want.
00:14:19I'm sorry, I just can't do it.
00:14:20You can't, sir.
00:14:21You've had all I can get.
00:14:22Now give me time and I'll...
00:14:23I've heard that story before, Mr. Anthony Fields.
00:14:25And I'm telling you now that unless I get it at the end of this week,
00:14:28I'm going to speak to Miss Solia.
00:14:29Quiet.
00:14:30If you did that, I'd...
00:14:32Oh, still there, Tony.
00:14:39Go ahead, sir.
00:14:53Sylvia.
00:14:54Oh, don't let me detain you.
00:14:55Oh, but Sylvia...
00:14:56Please don't stay on my account.
00:14:57I know how the sight of all this wealth oppresses you.
00:15:00Will you listen to me, please?
00:15:02Oh, there they are.
00:15:03Darling, I only want to tell you...
00:15:05Oh, yes, of course.
00:15:06How silly of me.
00:15:08Who is she?
00:15:09Anyone I know.
00:15:10Oh, it's not that.
00:15:11I suppose you were trying to tell me that time down by the river.
00:15:14Terrible, my being so dumb.
00:15:15Darling.
00:15:16You must forgive me.
00:15:17So noble of you to protect my youth and innocence from such a blow.
00:15:19Don't.
00:15:20I can't say I like being treated like a child.
00:15:22Don't.
00:15:23I'm not a child.
00:15:24No.
00:15:25I'm a woman.
00:15:26I...
00:15:27Oh, now look what you want.
00:15:29Oh, now look what you made me do.
00:15:32You...
00:15:33You baby.
00:15:34Leave me alone, Tony.
00:15:35I hate you.
00:15:36You don't.
00:15:37I hate you.
00:15:38I do too.
00:15:39I hate you.
00:15:40Don't.
00:15:41I do.
00:15:46I don't hate you.
00:15:48Miss Sylvia Kinnett.
00:15:50Will you do me the honor of accepting my hand in marriage?
00:15:54Well...
00:15:55I don't know.
00:15:56I have to...
00:15:57Sylvia.
00:15:59My dear.
00:16:00I have some very serious news for you.
00:16:03What...
00:16:05What is it?
00:16:07Try to be calm.
00:16:08Prepare yourself for a shock.
00:16:16Sylvia, darling.
00:16:17I'm terribly sorry to have to tell you this.
00:16:19I want you to believe that anything, anything I can do to help you, I will.
00:16:24Please promise it won't make any difference to our friendship.
00:16:28What is it, Claire?
00:16:29A fortnight before he died, the squire and I were married.
00:16:34You were...
00:16:35But, Claire, I don't see how or when.
00:16:38My dear, they were married at Folkestone.
00:16:40They wanted to keep it a secret for a while.
00:16:43The squire's holiday was actually his honeymoon.
00:16:46And then...
00:16:47Oh, you poor darling, Claire, I'm so sorry.
00:16:50You did frighten me.
00:16:51My dear, you don't understand.
00:16:53This invalidates the will.
00:16:56The squire always regarded you as his niece.
00:16:59But actually, you were only his ward.
00:17:01Yes.
00:17:02It means that Claire inherits all your guardian's estate.
00:17:05I see.
00:17:08But it mustn't make any difference.
00:17:11You must go on staying here with me.
00:17:13Then...
00:17:14Then you get all the money.
00:17:17Oh.
00:17:21I don't mind, Claire.
00:17:24Not really.
00:17:26Because now no one can say Tony is marrying me for my money.
00:17:31We'll manage somehow, won't we, Tony?
00:17:34Don't you see, Claire?
00:17:35You've taken away the only thing that could ever come between us.
00:17:37In the beginning, God created the world.
00:17:54And on the sixth day, he created man.
00:17:58And gave to him this earthly paradise.
00:18:01And there man dwelt in peace, because he knew no evil.
00:18:08We have recently lost a beloved brother, whose death should have been a signal to all of us, to search our inmost hearts in humility, to see how far we fell short of his example.
00:18:23Instead, it has proved the starting point for a host of malicious rumors, of hints and suggestions as baseless as they are cruel.
00:18:35A wicked conspiracy of gossip and slander.
00:18:38It is a sin against the dead.
00:18:42It is a sin against the dead.
00:18:45It is a sin against the living.
00:18:48Have you forgotten the ninth commandment?
00:18:51Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor?
00:18:55How about the sixth commandment?
00:18:57Thou shalt do no murder.
00:18:59Thou shalt do no murder.
00:19:03во shalt do no murder.
00:19:04Who do be a cloudy son of a man at youngfield?
00:19:06A sergeant will be crisp asleep, I says.
00:19:09Putting himself forward as though he's old or not.
00:19:11Following water, sir Sutton.
00:19:12An imbath hasn't had a day's illness...
00:19:14We can't, they say.
00:19:15Oh, he'd be a clouty sort of man that jumped the old.
00:19:19And he'd like to look for his boots, I says.
00:19:22Putting himself forward as though he's talking.
00:19:25An Imbus hasn't had a day's illness.
00:19:27Weak heart, they say.
00:19:29Well, there's some folk who think different.
00:19:32After her. After the money, I reckon.
00:19:34I wouldn't be in his shoes for all the money.
00:19:38It was a very distressing incident this morning.
00:19:43But he's sure to blow over soon.
00:19:47Pardon me, gentlemen.
00:19:48Yes?
00:19:49Are you the Reverend David Gray?
00:19:50Yes.
00:19:51Well, I'm a police officer, sir.
00:19:53Oh? What can I do for you?
00:19:55I have a letter from the Home Secretary.
00:19:57An order for an exhumation.
00:20:13Why, I had no idea it was so late.
00:20:25Come on, children.
00:20:28It's very gloomy in here.
00:20:30Pull up the blinds, Collins.
00:20:31Yes, madam.
00:20:33Is the village quiet or not?
00:20:35We've not been down there.
00:20:37We're not exactly popular at present.
00:20:39Oh, you mustn't let village gossip get the better of you.
00:20:41If you run away from them.
00:20:43The medicine.
00:20:44Can you tell me where that medicine is?
00:20:46What do you mean?
00:20:47What medicine?
00:20:48The squire's.
00:20:49The medicine I gave him the morning before he died.
00:20:50Have you kept the bottle?
00:20:52Why, let me see.
00:20:53Collins.
00:20:54Madam.
00:20:55Find out if Alice has cleared out the squire's medicine cabinet.
00:20:58Yes, madam.
00:20:59I'll give him to the quick, for heaven's sake.
00:21:00Certain measure.
00:21:01What's the measure?
00:21:02We've just heard from the Home Office pathologist.
00:21:04It's dreadful.
00:21:05The squire died of poison.
00:21:08Hydrocyanic acid.
00:21:10Enough to have killed five men.
00:21:12And the dreadful part is that there was some in the medicine I gave him.
00:21:16But it's impossible.
00:21:17I could never have made such a mistake.
00:21:20Doctor, dear.
00:21:21Of course it wasn't anything to do with you.
00:21:23It'll be all right.
00:21:24Of course it will.
00:21:26Tell us, how much of this acid ought to have been in the medicine?
00:21:29The merest drop.
00:21:30Besides, he'd been taking that for some time, hadn't he, Sylvia?
00:21:33Yes, since before he went away.
00:21:35I know, but I'd made a new bottle up for him that very morning.
00:21:49If you please, madam, the police inspector is here.
00:21:56There's not enough poison there to harm anybody.
00:22:01Come in, Inspector.
00:22:03Oh, stay here, will you?
00:22:05And you too.
00:22:10Mrs. Hamden?
00:22:11Yes, I am Mrs. Hamden.
00:22:12I'm Detective Inspector Wolfe from New Scotland Yard.
00:22:15This is the medicine that...
00:22:16Just one moment, please.
00:22:17Yes, but I...
00:22:18Doctor.
00:22:19Oh.
00:22:21Is everyone of the household present?
00:22:23Yes, we are all here.
00:22:24Good.
00:22:25I'm afraid I must ask you to excuse me, Inspector.
00:22:28I have a sick call to pay on a poor old soul who may be dying at this moment.
00:22:32But I should be at the vicarage all this evening, and quite at your disposal...
00:22:35You're the Reverend David Gray.
00:22:37Yes.
00:22:38Very well, I'll call on you this evening.
00:22:43Boys, post yourselves outside.
00:22:45Well, Doctor, I'll take your statement first.
00:22:51You have no objection to my using the hall, Mrs. Hamden?
00:22:53Certainly you may, Inspector.
00:22:55Will you come with me, Doctor?
00:22:59Will you all please wait here until I send for you?
00:23:03Now, Doctor, what was it you wished to tell me?
00:23:05It's about the late Mr. Arthur Hamden's medicine.
00:23:07Thank heaven they kept the bottle.
00:23:09You see, there was a small proportion of hydrocyanic acid in the prescription.
00:23:13Who made up the prescription?
00:23:15I did.
00:23:16I always do.
00:23:17But I swear there was no mistake.
00:23:19Analysis will decide that.
00:23:21Hydrocyanic.
00:23:23That's prussic acid, isn't it, Doctor?
00:23:25Yes.
00:23:26So that anyone could have got the poison from a chemist easily.
00:23:29Fairly easily.
00:23:30The poison might have been introduced into the medicine glass.
00:23:35No hope of checking that, I'm afraid.
00:23:38Now, Doctor.
00:23:40You stated on Mr. Hamden's death certificate that death was due to heart failure.
00:23:47That is so.
00:23:51Why?
00:23:52All the symptoms indicated it.
00:23:54Besides, the condition of the heart was such that he might have died suddenly at any time.
00:23:59Did you form any opinion as to what time approximately death occurred?
00:24:04As far as one can determine, about an hour before we found it.
00:24:09That is, uh, 4.30.
00:24:11How soon would death occur after a large overdose of this poison?
00:24:16In a few moments.
00:24:18Then the poison must have been administered at about 4.30.
00:24:22Yes.
00:24:27Doctor.
00:24:28Where were you during that time?
00:24:30Down at the stream.
00:24:32I was fishing with the vicar all the afternoon.
00:24:35Did anyone see you?
00:24:36Miss Kennett.
00:24:37Miss Kennett.
00:24:38And then, on our way to the hall, Young Fields.
00:24:43Coming from the hall?
00:24:47I, uh, I really couldn't say.
00:24:49Well, from the direction of the hall.
00:24:54Yes, I, I suppose so.
00:24:57But I'm sure that...
00:25:03Thank you, Doctor.
00:25:04That is all.
00:25:09Stay on the premises, will you please, Doctor?
00:25:13I'll be in the garden if you want me.
00:25:19Who was it took the medicine into Mr. Hamden on the afternoon of his death?
00:25:22I did, sir.
00:25:23Very well.
00:25:24I'll take you next.
00:25:27Oh, sit down, my girl.
00:25:45Uh, a local talent.
00:25:46Eh?
00:25:47No, sir.
00:25:48I come from Southie.
00:25:49Twenty miles away.
00:25:50Ahem.
00:25:51Yes, I see.
00:25:52I see.
00:25:53Now, I want you to think carefully about the afternoon of your late master's death.
00:25:56You took him his medicine.
00:25:57At what time?
00:25:58At three o'clock, sir.
00:25:59He didn't like to be disturbed later than that.
00:26:00At what time was he supposed to take his medicine?
00:26:01Four o'clock, sir.
00:26:02Did you go back into the library again?
00:26:03Only when I took tea in, sir.
00:26:04No, sir.
00:26:05No, sir.
00:26:06No, sir.
00:26:07Hmm.
00:26:08Now, between two o'clock and tea time, who was in the house?
00:26:10Only Mr. Collins and myself, sir.
00:26:12Are you sure no one else came in?
00:26:14No.
00:26:34Can you show me?
00:26:39Very nice.
00:26:41Oh, yes.
00:26:43Oh, tell the butler to come in, will you?
00:26:46Very good, sir.
00:26:55You, er, wish to see me, sir?
00:26:59That's right.
00:27:00Well, sit down, may I? Sit down.
00:27:02I would prefer to stand, sir.
00:27:05How long have you held this job down?
00:27:07I was in the late Mr. Hampton's employ for over 20 years, sir.
00:27:12Hmm. A long service?
00:27:15I suppose you were on very friendly terms with your master.
00:27:18Yes, sir. His loss means a great deal to me.
00:27:22Yes. A thousand pounds. Doesn't it?
00:27:26I was not referring to that, sir. Quite.
00:27:30Are you and Alice Green the only servants employed here?
00:27:33It's a cook housekeeper, but she's been away ill for some time.
00:27:37Hmm. This is a large house for only three servants?
00:27:41Yes, sir. The master was a little difficult.
00:27:45But he was always a gentleman to me, sir.
00:27:47Oh, I see.
00:27:49Now, on the afternoon of your master's death,
00:27:52there was no one else in the house except yourself and Alice Green.
00:27:55Now, be careful what you're saying.
00:27:58And Mr. Fields, sir.
00:28:00You saw Mr. Fields in the house?
00:28:05I saw him in the garden talking to Alice. I presumed he came in.
00:28:09Was Mr. Fields on good terms with your master?
00:28:12No, sir. And there were words between them only that morning about Miss Sylvia.
00:28:17You seem to know a lot about this.
00:28:23I was polishing the brass on the library door, sir.
00:28:27Polishing the keyhole, eh?
00:28:29There is no brass on the keyhole, sir.
00:28:32That's all I want from you.
00:28:34And you needn't polish any brass, either.
00:28:41The brass is quite clean, sir.
00:28:47Now, Mrs. Hampton, where were you on the unfortunate afternoon?
00:28:53I was shopping in Ilchester.
00:28:56Can you help me to verify that?
00:28:59I can refer you to my dressmaker.
00:29:01I was with her all the afternoon until I came here to tea.
00:29:03Thank you. Would you mind the address?
00:29:06Certainly.
00:29:07When were you and Mr. Hampton married?
00:29:10On the last day of June.
00:29:13Tell me, Mrs. Hampton, why was your marriage kept a secret?
00:29:17Well, my husband was an elderly man,
00:29:19and he disliked the possible publicity about...
00:29:22about his marrying a lady so much younger than himself.
00:29:26If you like to put it that way.
00:29:28Yes. Well, it's obvious.
00:29:30Your honeymoon was spent at Folkestone.
00:29:33Yes.
00:29:34May I ask if you're on friendly terms with Miss Kenneth?
00:29:37Oh, yes. We've always been great friends.
00:29:40And, of course, I accept the responsibility of providing for her now.
00:29:43What was Mr. Hampton's attitude to her engagement to Mr. Fields?
00:29:48Well, there was some difficulty, but it would have blown over.
00:29:51Mr. Hampton's temper was very uncertain.
00:29:55His illness, you know.
00:29:57Why, he even lost his temper with poor Collins
00:30:00and gave him notice after twenty years' service.
00:30:03Oh.
00:30:04So, if your husband had lived long enough for this notice to take effect,
00:30:09Collins would have lost his thousand pounds.
00:30:12Well, yes, I suppose he would.
00:30:16Thank you, Mrs. Hampton.
00:30:20I hope for your sake, though not for mine,
00:30:23I shall have to trouble you again.
00:30:25Tony, what's the matter?
00:30:26You seem all nervy.
00:30:27Oh, I hate the police.
00:30:28They come in here and inspire us,
00:30:29dig into our private lives and bring up a whole lot of stuff
00:30:30that's no use to them, and...
00:30:31Well, it's much better forgotten.
00:30:32You sound as though you had a past.
00:30:33Well, haven't we all?
00:30:34No, not you.
00:30:35Perhaps you're too young.
00:30:36Someday even you might do something...
00:30:37Well, something you'd hate people to know about
00:30:39because they might not understand.
00:30:41Now, Miss Kennedy, if you please.
00:31:00Come back out.
00:31:06Where were you on the afternoon of your guardian's death?
00:31:16I was down by the stream.
00:31:18All the afternoon?
00:31:20Yes.
00:31:21Can anyone verify that?
00:31:23I'm afraid not.
00:31:24You'll have to take my word for it.
00:31:27Did you meet Mr. Fields coming from the hall?
00:31:32He hadn't been at the hall.
00:31:33How do you know?
00:31:35He told me he hadn't.
00:31:37Oh.
00:31:40Your guardian disapproved of your engagement to this young man, didn't he?
00:31:46Mr. Hampton objected to anything new.
00:31:49He was like that.
00:31:50But he was a good deal upset about this suggestion.
00:31:54Yes.
00:31:55So much so that he threatened to cut you out of his will?
00:32:00Well, yes.
00:32:02I see.
00:32:04Mr. Fields knew that you'd receive the money under the will.
00:32:14Everyone knew it.
00:32:16It was common knowledge.
00:32:18But only you and Mr. Fields knew of your guardian's threat to cut you off.
00:32:23I suppose so.
00:32:25Yes.
00:32:26Had your fiancé any money of his own?
00:32:30Look here.
00:32:31Are you trying to build up a case against Tony?
00:32:34Because if so, it's ridiculous.
00:32:37Miss Kennett, please answer my question.
00:32:40Had Mr. Fields any money of his own?
00:32:42No.
00:32:45Thank you, Miss Kennett.
00:32:49That's all I want to know.
00:32:50Now, Mr. Fields.
00:33:10Inspector.
00:33:10Inspector.
00:33:11Inspector.
00:33:13There's something I've got to tell you.
00:33:15Wait.
00:33:16There's something I ought to have told you before.
00:33:17Just a moment, my girl.
00:33:18Wait in here.
00:33:25Well, what is it?
00:33:26It came back to me all of a sudden.
00:33:28I can't think why I didn't remember it before.
00:33:30Remember what?
00:33:31The shadow.
00:33:32What shadow?
00:33:34It must have been the murderer.
00:33:36I'm sure of it.
00:33:37Well, what are you talking about, my girl?
00:33:39Try and pull yourself together.
00:33:41Tell me it all clearly.
00:33:42It was just after we found him, the master, dead in the library.
00:33:48After you found him dead?
00:33:50Yes.
00:33:51I was coming through the service door here, into the hall.
00:33:54Was anyone in the hall?
00:33:56No.
00:33:57Everyone was upstairs.
00:34:00At least, I thought so, until I saw it.
00:34:04Go on, girl.
00:34:05What did you see?
00:34:07The library door was open.
00:34:08Open?
00:34:11Open?
00:34:12Could you see into the library from where you were?
00:34:16No.
00:34:17But I saw a shadow on the door.
00:34:20Could you tell who it was?
00:34:22I didn't think.
00:34:23I've only just thought now.
00:34:25Go on, girl.
00:34:26Go on.
00:34:27It walked over towards the mantelpiece.
00:34:30I couldn't see it.
00:34:32Then it came back.
00:34:33It had something in its hand.
00:34:36Now I know what it was.
00:34:37It was...
00:34:39Well, go on.
00:34:54What are you talking about?
00:34:56Try and collect yourself and tell me it all clearly.
00:34:59It suddenly came back to me.
00:35:00I can't think why I didn't remember it before.
00:35:04Remember what?
00:35:05The shadow.
00:35:08The what shadow?
00:35:09It was just after we found him.
00:35:11Found the master dead in the library.
00:35:19I'd just got through this door.
00:35:22Well, go on, girl.
00:35:22Go on.
00:35:23Library door was open.
00:35:25I saw a shadow on the door.
00:35:27Well, what was it doing?
00:35:28It walked over to the mantelpiece.
00:35:30Then it came back again with something in its hand.
00:35:34I know what it was now.
00:35:36It was there.
00:35:37I didn't tell you to give me a sock with a sledgehammer, you fool.
00:35:44All I said was a gentle tap.
00:35:46Sorry, Chief.
00:35:47Did you get round all right?
00:35:48Easy, Chief.
00:35:48Time to spare.
00:35:49Did the cunts in the front door see you?
00:35:51Not a chance.
00:35:52There's a hedge runs all the way round to the pantry window.
00:35:54It's a cinch.
00:35:55Hmm.
00:35:55Then Acton and Fields could have got round in time.
00:35:58Well, this rules out any suicide theory about Hamden.
00:36:01The man that knifed the girl must have thought she knew too much about Hamden's murder.
00:36:06Don't you know it was a man?
00:36:09Hello?
00:36:10Here, put that phone down.
00:36:14Here, give it to me.
00:36:16Very good, sir.
00:36:18By the way, where did you spring from?
00:36:22I came from the dining room, sir.
00:36:24Clearing away the dinner.
00:36:32Hello.
00:36:34Yes.
00:36:35Yes, Inspector Wolfe speaking.
00:36:38Yeah.
00:36:39Yeah.
00:36:40I get you.
00:36:43Thanks very much.
00:36:44Goodbye.
00:36:46That was a yard.
00:36:48They've checked up on the registry office in the Folkestone jaunt.
00:36:50They've traced the hotel where they stayed, so they're okay.
00:36:54Check for Mrs Hampton, then.
00:36:55The medicine's been analysed?
00:36:57That's all right.
00:36:58So that lets the doctor out, too.
00:36:59All the alibis are watertight.
00:37:01Now, let's see.
00:37:03Who's left?
00:37:04Well, there's the boy, the girl, and old frozen face.
00:37:08And they all had the strongest motive for murder.
00:37:12Money.
00:37:12All the same, I'll leave the boys the one to swing for it.
00:37:16Well, here's to crime.
00:37:41The reporter's best friend.
00:37:43Best friend and livelihood.
00:37:46Bigger, better, and brighter.
00:37:49Crime!
00:37:52Same again, landlords.
00:37:56I suppose you're in favour of sudden death, too?
00:37:59I could do it when every day of the week.
00:38:02I never known trade so good.
00:38:03Come on, we mustn't miss the verdict.
00:38:14Come on, we mustn't miss the verdict.
00:38:16Oh, he'll hang anyhow.
00:38:27Same again, Governor.
00:38:28Gentlemen of the jury,
00:38:57have you considered your verdict?
00:39:00We have.
00:39:01Is it unanimous?
00:39:03It is.
00:39:04And your verdict is?
00:39:05Well, we find...
00:39:06Oh, yes!
00:39:08I've got something to telly.
00:39:16Hello.
00:39:17Kepal Bar 1000, let's make it snappy.
00:39:22Follow through the news, Chief.
00:39:23Quick, Stephen's here.
00:39:25Hello, Chief.
00:39:26Listen, follow the deadline.
00:39:27I've got news.
00:39:28Here, there's a break in ten minutes.
00:39:29I'll ring you right back.
00:39:31What?
00:39:32Why?
00:39:32The girl's mother's turned up.
00:39:34Three thousand.
00:39:35Come on, hurry up.
00:39:36Hurry up.
00:39:38Hold it!
00:39:39I don't get caught!
00:39:41Have you any evidence to offer?
00:39:43Evidence?
00:39:44Of course I have.
00:39:45And twenty miles I've come this day to give it.
00:39:48It was him as kill my Alice
00:39:50because he was afraid she'd tell.
00:39:53Tell?
00:39:53What could she tell?
00:39:54She could tell her was the father of a child.
00:39:58It was him.
00:39:59It's a cinch, I tell you.
00:40:10Just leave it to us.
00:40:12Don't listen to him, lad.
00:40:12We'll see you through.
00:40:13Just sign here.
00:40:15Oh, get out, can't you?
00:40:16Get out!
00:40:17It's for your own good, Sonny.
00:40:18I'm only trying to help you.
00:40:20It's just common sense.
00:40:21We do it with all the big murderers.
00:40:22But I tell you, I didn't do it.
00:40:24Sure, I know you didn't.
00:40:25You know you didn't.
00:40:26But the public don't know.
00:40:27You've got to tell them.
00:40:28You want a defense, and a defense costs money.
00:40:30My people will take care of everything for you.
00:40:31Brief you the best barrister in the country.
00:40:33All you've got to do is to put your fist to it.
00:40:35I'll write it up for you.
00:40:36Just give me the dope, that's all.
00:40:37I'll make you the sensation of the century.
00:40:39Frank confessions of my love life.
00:40:41Headed quite simply.
00:40:43Crime on the hill.
00:40:45Deep in the green heart of England,
00:40:48far from the bustle and turmoil of the metropolis,
00:40:50grim tragedy, uh, grim tragedy.
00:40:54Stalks abroad.
00:40:55Grim tragedy, stalks abroad.
00:40:56Stop.
00:40:57Yesterday, the sleepy little village of Hamden,
00:41:01nestled among its pinewoods.
00:41:02Check.
00:41:03Pinewood?
00:41:05Pinewoods?
00:41:07Beechwoods.
00:41:09Beechwoods.
00:41:10How about it?
00:41:10Beechwoods, sir.
00:41:11Nestled among its beechwoods,
00:41:12in blissful ignorance of the, uh,
00:41:16of the, uh,
00:41:17Rude awakening.
00:41:18Of the rude awakening that has been locked today.
00:41:20Stop.
00:41:21For this morning,
00:41:22a sordid drama of real life
00:41:24has been enacted in the village inn.
00:41:25Check that.
00:41:26Village inn?
00:41:27Village inn?
00:41:29What do you think it is?
00:41:31Village inn?
00:41:32Village inn, sir.
00:41:33Village inn.
00:41:34Stop.
00:41:35On evidence heard,
00:41:37a coroner's jury
00:41:38has returned a verdict
00:41:40against Anthony Fields
00:41:41of willful murder.
00:41:43Now, Stanley,
00:41:44make room there.
00:41:45Hansi Vicar,
00:41:57Tony Fields guilty.
00:41:59We must have faith
00:42:00and try to find a way
00:42:02to help him.
00:42:03Vicar,
00:42:04I'd like a word with you.
00:42:05Yes, sir.
00:42:06It's about the, uh,
00:42:07Charity Bazaar.
00:42:09I suppose you'll not be holding it
00:42:10this year after
00:42:11what has happened?
00:42:12Yes, we shall.
00:42:13As in former years,
00:42:14it is Mrs. Hampton's
00:42:15special wish.
00:42:16Right, sir.
00:42:17Then I'll carry on
00:42:17with the orders
00:42:18for the stalls
00:42:18and decorations.
00:42:19Yes, sir.
00:42:19All right, boys.
00:42:23I'll go for dinner.
00:42:26Any of you, sirsie,
00:42:27Mrs. Hampton
00:42:28is currently
00:42:28providing a barrel
00:42:29of beer for us.
00:42:29All in the tent.
00:42:31Thank you, ma'am.
00:42:31Thank you, ma'am.
00:42:36Vicar?
00:42:38I was stealing
00:42:39a march on the doctor.
00:42:41A little practice
00:42:42for our match
00:42:42this afternoon.
00:42:46My dear,
00:42:46I think you're wonderful.
00:42:48I don't know
00:42:48how you can put up
00:42:49such a brave front.
00:42:50Well, after all,
00:42:51the grounds were promised
00:42:52for this bazaar
00:42:53ages ago.
00:42:54It wouldn't be fair
00:42:54to disappoint the village.
00:42:55But it's very splendid
00:42:56of you.
00:42:57Besides,
00:42:58we must show our confidence
00:42:59in Antony's innocence
00:43:00by going about our business
00:43:01in the usual way.
00:43:03It's the only thing
00:43:04we can do now
00:43:04for him and for Sylvia.
00:43:07It was years ago
00:43:08before I went to college.
00:43:10She knew I was going away
00:43:11and said it didn't matter
00:43:12and I suppose
00:43:12I just didn't think.
00:43:14But if you knew
00:43:15how I've regretted it since,
00:43:16you must understand.
00:43:18She meant nothing to me.
00:43:20It was just a past...
00:43:21I do understand.
00:43:24The child didn't live.
00:43:26I never even knew about it
00:43:27until a few days
00:43:28before she, Alice,
00:43:30was murdered.
00:43:32Why'd she tell you then?
00:43:34Was she trying
00:43:34to get you back?
00:43:35Perhaps she thought of that.
00:43:37Then later,
00:43:38she realized about
00:43:39you and me
00:43:40and that changed her.
00:43:43She asked for money.
00:43:44I don't think
00:43:44it was her fault altogether.
00:43:45That mother of hers
00:43:46probably put her up to it.
00:43:48I thought I should have gone mad.
00:43:50She threatened to tell you
00:43:52and I thought that
00:43:54if you knew
00:43:54you'd never forgive me.
00:43:56As if there were anything
00:43:57I wouldn't forgive you.
00:43:58Oh, my darling,
00:43:59you are wonderful.
00:44:00I love you.
00:44:02One day we'll forget this horror.
00:44:04Look back on these few weeks
00:44:05as if they were
00:44:06just a nightmare.
00:44:08Something not even real.
00:44:10We'll be happy together,
00:44:11you and I.
00:44:12A nightmare.
00:44:14No, it's no good, Sylvia.
00:44:16They've got me.
00:44:18They've got me
00:44:18and they're going to hang me.
00:44:19They can't.
00:44:22You're innocent.
00:44:24We'll prove it to them.
00:44:25Yes, but hurry, hurry.
00:44:27We must do something quickly.
00:44:28Well, have patience.
00:44:29It'll take time.
00:44:30Time's up.
00:44:31You win, sir.
00:44:48You win, sir.
00:44:53You win, sir.
00:44:54That's nice, sir.
00:45:01I'll take that.
00:45:02I'll see it isn't used
00:45:03in evidence against you.
00:45:07Come along.
00:45:09Hurry up.
00:45:09Come on, darling.
00:45:12Three pence admission, please.
00:45:14How many tickets
00:45:15will that be, my darling?
00:45:16This is the house
00:45:16where the murderer occurred,
00:45:17isn't it?
00:45:18Why, yes, it is.
00:45:19Oh, lovely.
00:45:20Come on, I just...
00:45:20Come along, wait.
00:45:21I've never seen your place
00:45:23with a...
00:45:23There's human nature
00:45:25for you.
00:45:26A good warm class.
00:45:29This is the house,
00:45:30my dear.
00:45:31And that will be the hall
00:45:32where the poor girl
00:45:33was murdered.
00:45:34I can't hear me bother.
00:45:37Oh, there you are,
00:45:39my dear.
00:45:39Yes.
00:45:41I wanted to get away
00:45:41from all the noise
00:45:42for a few minutes.
00:45:43I'm afraid I was
00:45:44rather a coward.
00:45:45Not at all, not at all.
00:45:46I'd stay here
00:45:47if I were you
00:45:48where it's quiet.
00:45:50Yes, I hope
00:45:51that's all for you,
00:45:52my dear.
00:45:52Very good.
00:45:53We sat next to that man
00:46:00at the casino
00:46:00at Deauville.
00:46:01Oh, what are you
00:46:01muttering about again,
00:46:03Herbert?
00:46:03Why, do I simply say
00:46:04that we sat next to that man
00:46:06at the casino at Deauville?
00:46:07Yes, I remember.
00:46:09The man with the money.
00:46:10Oh, he's right.
00:46:14Herbert, do you know
00:46:15you've actually been right
00:46:15for once?
00:46:16Very peculiar.
00:46:17Darling, what is it?
00:46:19Oh, will you kindly
00:46:23leave this house?
00:46:24Oh, no, please excuse us,
00:46:26but you see, really,
00:46:27it was such an amazing
00:46:29coincidence.
00:46:30Yes, you see,
00:46:31only a few weeks ago
00:46:32in July,
00:46:33we saw Mr. Hampton
00:46:34at Deauville.
00:46:37Vicar, I can't bear this.
00:46:39Leave it to me, my dear.
00:46:41This may be something
00:46:41we ought to know.
00:46:45Surely, madam,
00:46:46you must be mistaken.
00:46:48Are you quite certain
00:46:49it was Mr. Hampton
00:46:50that you saw at Deauville?
00:46:51Well, if he's the man
00:46:52I see there,
00:46:53most certainly it was.
00:46:55In July?
00:46:56Yes, the, um,
00:46:57the, the first week
00:46:59in July.
00:47:00Claire,
00:47:01did you hear the...
00:47:02Well, Colin,
00:47:28as a medical man
00:47:30I disapprove of...
00:47:31Okay.
00:47:31For the sake of the calls
00:47:33I'll have another snack.
00:47:34Doctor,
00:47:34I must see you.
00:47:35I've some very serious news.
00:47:37What's the matter, Padre?
00:47:38Don't tell me
00:47:39the lucky tip's given up.
00:47:40It's about the squire.
00:47:42He wasn't at Folkestone
00:47:43at all before his death.
00:47:46Excuse me, gentlemen.
00:47:48Collins,
00:47:48did you know of this?
00:47:51I...
00:47:51I don't quite follow you, sir.
00:47:53Did you know
00:47:54that your master
00:47:54was at Deauville?
00:47:56I'd rather not say so.
00:47:57Come, Collins,
00:47:58I'm afraid you must.
00:47:59This may be very important.
00:48:00Well, he...
00:48:01He did go there, sir.
00:48:03What for?
00:48:05I hate to say this
00:48:06about the old squire, sir,
00:48:07but I had him to find out
00:48:08once after he'd been away.
00:48:10He made me promise
00:48:11not to tell,
00:48:11but he frequently
00:48:12went across to get...
00:48:13the master
00:48:15who was addicted
00:48:16to drugs, sir.
00:48:17Collins,
00:48:17he did...
00:48:18Do you realise
00:48:19what you're saying?
00:48:20Do you mean
00:48:21that all those visits
00:48:21abroad in search of antiques
00:48:23were merely a blind
00:48:24to conceal his real object?
00:48:26Padre?
00:48:26Why didn't you
00:48:27tell her this
00:48:27since before?
00:48:28I didn't know
00:48:29he'd gone the last time, sir.
00:48:31He didn't even tell me.
00:48:34Doctor,
00:48:34what are we to do?
00:48:37I don't know
00:48:37what you're driving at, Padre.
00:48:38Why is it so important?
00:48:40Don't you see?
00:48:42Claire must have
00:48:42known of this.
00:48:44Poor child,
00:48:45her distress.
00:48:46In her mistaken loyalty,
00:48:48she may be hiding
00:48:49something from...
00:48:50Claire,
00:48:53don't go.
00:48:53Oh,
00:48:53don't go.
00:48:54Oh,
00:48:54don't go.
00:48:56I'm afraid
00:48:58I must ask you something.
00:49:00You heard
00:49:00what those people
00:49:01said at the hall?
00:49:02Well, I...
00:49:02Did you know
00:49:03of this weakness
00:49:04of the squires?
00:49:06Weakness?
00:49:06That he took drugs.
00:49:08Claire, my dear,
00:49:10were you at Doville
00:49:11with Mr. Hampton?
00:49:13Come, my dear,
00:49:14we're your friends.
00:49:19Who'd ask
00:49:19if we could
00:49:19play with us?
00:49:20Let Tommy go and ask.
00:49:22Go on, Tommy,
00:49:23you ask him.
00:49:24Please, sir,
00:49:25we want a place
00:49:26of sardines, sir.
00:49:27So the other children
00:49:27have sent me
00:49:28to ask you
00:49:28to play with us.
00:49:29So will you,
00:49:29please, sir.
00:49:30Not now, children.
00:49:31Perhaps later.
00:49:34Claire,
00:49:35won't you tell us?
00:49:37I'll tell you nothing.
00:49:39What right
00:49:40have you
00:49:40to question me like this?
00:49:41My dear child,
00:49:42we sympathise
00:49:43with your reluctance,
00:49:44but you must see
00:49:45that every single fact
00:49:46is of importance
00:49:47in proving
00:49:47Anthony's innocence.
00:49:49However,
00:49:49much we may regret it,
00:49:50we must tell the police
00:49:52of this discovery.
00:49:53Please,
00:49:53Mrs. Hampton.
00:49:54Please,
00:49:56Mrs. Hampton.
00:49:57They sent me
00:49:58to ask you.
00:49:59Will you
00:50:00play sardines with us?
00:50:01Well, well, well,
00:50:03vicar,
00:50:03I've been the giddy round
00:50:04of every peep show
00:50:05and sewing bee
00:50:05in this playground
00:50:06of Paris
00:50:07looking for you.
00:50:08My paper would
00:50:08very much appreciate
00:50:09an exclusive interview
00:50:10with you.
00:50:11I'm afraid
00:50:11I have nothing
00:50:12to say, thank you.
00:50:12That's all right.
00:50:13No need for you
00:50:13to be afraid.
00:50:14All you've got to do
00:50:15is to stick your fist to it.
00:50:16I'll write it up for you.
00:50:17But I, uh...
00:50:17Now,
00:50:18all I want
00:50:18is a few homely details
00:50:19about the reactions
00:50:20of you good folk here
00:50:21to this horrible tragedy.
00:50:23I'm thirsty,
00:50:23excuse me.
00:50:24It's a pity
00:50:25you don't have
00:50:25hard drinks about here.
00:50:26It would liven things up a bit.
00:50:27That doesn't seem necessary
00:50:28with you gentlemen
00:50:29of the press about.
00:50:30Well,
00:50:31well, thank you.
00:50:31Same again.
00:50:33Now,
00:50:33just you far ahead
00:50:34in your own words.
00:50:35I'll posh up
00:50:36the grammar for you later.
00:50:38What do they think
00:50:39about Anthony Fields
00:50:40around here?
00:50:40Anthony is innocent.
00:50:41I can assure you of that.
00:50:43Well, if you say so,
00:50:44vicar,
00:50:44I'll put it down.
00:50:45Damn,
00:50:45this lead's broken.
00:50:46Have you got a knife
00:50:47on you, Vic?
00:50:48I saw a cake knife
00:50:49somewhere about here.
00:50:50I don't suppose
00:50:50you'd mind using that.
00:50:51Well,
00:50:51if it'll cut your
00:50:52bizarre cake,
00:50:53it'll cut my pencil.
00:50:56Oh, dear.
00:50:58It's gone.
00:50:58Never mind,
00:50:59I've got one somewhere.
00:51:00Ah,
00:51:00here we are.
00:51:01I don't suppose
00:51:01a cake knife
00:51:02would be much good
00:51:02for sharpening pencils
00:51:03anyhow.
00:51:04Too long
00:51:04and not enough edge.
00:51:05You'd have to shove
00:51:06like blazes
00:51:06to make those things work.
00:51:08One new chap once
00:51:08went potty.
00:51:09Reporter,
00:51:10of course.
00:51:10We all go mad
00:51:10in the end.
00:51:11He tried to do himself
00:51:12in with a cake knife.
00:51:13Made an awful mess of things,
00:51:14you know,
00:51:14one of those things
00:51:14with an edge like a saw.
00:51:15Stupid things,
00:51:16I think.
00:51:17Blood all over the place.
00:51:19Tried to plunge himself
00:51:20in the heart
00:51:20and missed by miles.
00:51:21No idea of anatomy at all.
00:51:22Not the slightest idea.
00:51:34Oh,
00:51:35there you are.
00:51:36It's very quiet
00:51:37all of a sudden.
00:51:38Where's everybody?
00:51:38The children are playing
00:51:39sardines,
00:51:40I fancy.
00:51:40Well,
00:51:41as you're a minister,
00:51:41I won't inquire
00:51:42what the adults are doing.
00:51:43I got my blue at sardines.
00:51:44Let's go and find
00:51:45the children.
00:51:46You know,
00:51:46Vic,
00:51:47it's an education
00:51:47for a London man like me
00:51:48coming down to a dump
00:51:49like this.
00:51:50Of course,
00:51:50in the newspaper business,
00:51:51you go everywhere
00:51:52and see everything.
00:51:53But of all the pretty
00:51:54little scenes of crime
00:51:55I've struck,
00:51:56this one takes the cake,
00:51:57if you'll pardon the illusion.
00:51:58I like this rural life.
00:52:00It has its pitfalls.
00:52:01Now then,
00:52:02Vic,
00:52:02don't get nasty.
00:52:03I always take plenty of rope
00:52:04and ask for stubbing my toes.
00:52:05You're it.
00:52:06You're it.
00:52:07You're it.
00:52:07You're it.
00:52:11Sardines,
00:52:12here's the whole tin full.
00:52:13Come on,
00:52:14Tania.
00:52:14You didn't want to play
00:52:18there,
00:52:19did you?
00:52:23Get up,
00:52:24children,
00:52:24quickly.
00:52:24Get out of here.
00:52:49What is it?
00:52:50Where are the others?
00:52:50Sylvia,
00:52:51where are you?
00:52:55Sylvia,
00:52:56where are you?
00:52:57I'm here.
00:52:58I've only just come back.
00:53:00Oh,
00:53:01thank God.
00:53:02Doctor,
00:53:03where are you?
00:53:04Mrs. Hamley's been murdered.
00:53:08Look,
00:53:08there he is.
00:53:09Look!
00:53:09There he is.
00:53:10There he is.
00:53:11Get it!
00:53:11Get it!
00:53:11Get it!
00:53:12Get it!
00:53:12Get it!
00:53:13Get it!
00:53:14Get it!
00:53:15Get it!
00:53:16Get it!
00:53:16Get it!
00:53:17Get it!
00:53:17Get it!
00:53:18Get it!
00:53:18Get it!
00:53:19Get it!
00:53:19He'll be all right.
00:53:25Just a flesh wound.
00:53:26He's lost a lot of blood,
00:53:27but that's all.
00:53:29He'll be up and about
00:53:29in a day or so.
00:53:30When will he recover
00:53:31consciousness?
00:53:32Can't say.
00:53:33If you want to question him,
00:53:34we'll ring you when he comes
00:53:35round.
00:53:36I'll wait here.
00:53:37Wasting your time?
00:53:38Maybe a question of ours.
00:53:40We'll ring you the moment
00:53:41he stirs.
00:53:42I'll wait here.
00:53:43Just as you please.
00:53:44Doctor, can you hear me?
00:53:57Try to answer.
00:53:58It's of vital importance.
00:54:00Who struck you?
00:54:02It was so dark
00:54:03and so sad.
00:54:06I never saw it.
00:54:07Police stand by helpless.
00:54:17Police helpless.
00:54:19Well?
00:54:20What are you going to do
00:54:21about it?
00:54:22I wish I knew, sir.
00:54:23We seem to be
00:54:24absolutely at a dead end.
00:54:26It's your job to know.
00:54:27I want results
00:54:28and I want them quick.
00:54:29We're doing everything
00:54:30we can, sir.
00:54:31We're going over
00:54:32the whole ground.
00:54:35What do they expect
00:54:36of me?
00:54:38Footprints.
00:54:39Why, the old villagers
00:54:39walked across it.
00:54:42Not a trace.
00:54:43Nothing there.
00:54:45You must have been
00:54:45wearing gloves.
00:54:47No, we have not
00:54:49any trace.
00:54:50We do everything
00:54:50we can.
00:54:52But there come
00:54:52to Deauville
00:54:53so many Englishmen.
00:54:55That's where the
00:54:55key to the whole case
00:54:56lies.
00:54:57Not Folkestone.
00:54:58Deauville.
00:54:59Tackle it yourself.
00:55:00Very good, sir.
00:55:00I'll leave it well.
00:55:01Mind, I want results.
00:55:04Very good, sir.
00:55:13Vicar, there's
00:55:14something terribly
00:55:15serious I want to
00:55:16ask your advice about.
00:55:17Oh, what is it?
00:55:18Shall I, uh...
00:55:18No, no, please
00:55:19don't go, doctor.
00:55:20This will have to
00:55:21come out soon.
00:55:24My dear, they were
00:55:25married at Folkestone.
00:55:26They wanted to keep
00:55:27it a secret for a while.
00:55:28Hydrocyanic acid.
00:55:32Enough to have killed
00:55:33five men.
00:55:36And the dreadful part
00:55:36is that there was
00:55:37hydrocyanic acid in the
00:55:39medicine I'd made up
00:55:39for him.
00:55:41Yes, you see,
00:55:42only a few weeks ago
00:55:43in July,
00:55:44we saw Mr. Hampton
00:55:45at Deauville.
00:55:47Doctor, what are we
00:55:48to do?
00:55:49I don't know what
00:55:50you're driving at,
00:55:51Padre.
00:55:51Why is it so important?
00:55:54You don't understand,
00:55:55my dear.
00:55:56This invalidates the
00:55:57will.
00:56:00I'll tell you
00:56:01nothing.
00:56:04What right of you
00:56:04to question me
00:56:05like this?
00:56:08Are you quite certain
00:56:09it was Mr. Hampton
00:56:10that you saw
00:56:11at Deauville?
00:56:11Well, he's the man
00:56:12I see there.
00:56:14Most certainly it was.
00:56:16A fortnight before
00:56:17he died,
00:56:18the squire and I
00:56:18were married.
00:56:19in July?
00:56:22Yes,
00:56:22the first week
00:56:25in July.
00:56:26Claire,
00:56:27did you...
00:56:44Did they bring
00:56:46any friends?
00:56:46No, they came
00:56:47alone.
00:56:48Well, who were
00:56:48those witnesses?
00:56:49Two of my clerks.
00:56:50Then they could
00:56:51identify him too.
00:56:52I think so.
00:57:01Bye, Dr. Moody,
00:57:02I am pleased to see you.
00:57:04How are you,
00:57:04Mrs. Jones?
00:57:05Are you feeling
00:57:05better now?
00:57:06Oh, ever so much.
00:57:07Is the vicar home yet?
00:57:08Yes, sir.
00:57:09He's over at the church.
00:57:10Huh.
00:57:11I'll sit down
00:57:11and wait for him.
00:57:12He said he'd be back
00:57:13at six o'clock.
00:57:15Why is he so anxious
00:57:16to see me, eh?
00:57:17I'm sure I can't
00:57:30say so.
00:57:30I think so.
00:57:31I can't say so.
00:57:36I can't say so.
00:57:39I can't say so.
00:57:40Hello, Padre.
00:58:06Where have you been gadding about these last two days?
00:58:09Don't tell me you've been at Deauville.
00:58:11No, I haven't been to Deauville.
00:58:15I've been to Folkestone.
00:58:21Did you find out anything?
00:58:24Yes.
00:58:25I found out that the man who married Clare at the registrar's office at Folkestone was not Arthur Hampton,
00:58:31but an imposter who impersonated him there, a man who knew of the squire's weakness,
00:58:37and so knew that he'd be safely out of the way at Deauville.
00:58:39Could you identify the man?
00:58:49So you know everything.
00:58:52Not everything.
00:58:52Well, you may as well hear it all.
00:58:55I put an overdose of poison into the medicine.
00:58:58Then Clare came and changed the bottle.
00:59:01It was the day that we all went there to tea, you may remember.
00:59:05After a decent interval, I was to marry the widow, Clare.
00:59:12It all seemed so simple.
00:59:15He'd have died soon, anyhow.
00:59:17But it didn't stop there.
00:59:19Will it ever stop?
00:59:21Like Macbeth, do you remember?
00:59:24It will have blood.
00:59:26They say blood will have blood.
00:59:28First it was Alice.
00:59:30She saw Clare with the bottle.
00:59:32So she had to die.
00:59:33Then Clare, when you questioned her, she was going to tell.
00:59:37So I killed her.
00:59:39But your wound, how-
00:59:41I had to turn suspicion for myself.
00:59:43It's a pity I didn't stab deeper.
00:59:46That would have been the perfect end to Act Five.
00:59:49Well, then I'm a doctor.
00:59:51I know where to stu-
00:59:53You're a brave man, Padre.
00:59:57Sitting there like that,
00:59:59when you're the only human being that knows the truth.
01:00:03Our little village turned into a place of horror.
01:00:10Lives, I thought, so sweet and simple.
01:00:16And now this.
01:00:18My oldest friend, a-
01:00:21A murderer.
01:00:24Wouldn't you rather be out of it, Padre,
01:00:27now that your faith in human nature is broken?
01:00:31Nothing can break my faith in human nature.
01:00:35You will confess.
01:00:37You will make your atonement.
01:00:41And in heaven, everything will be forgiven.
01:00:45Confess?
01:00:46You're mad!
01:00:47Why should I put my neck in the noose?
01:00:49Your concern is with the body.
01:00:52Mine is with the soul.
01:01:01Father,
01:01:21almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.
01:01:25So there'll be no more fishing together, Padre.
01:01:39I'm sorry.
01:01:43There'll be no more fishing there at Scott Hill,
01:01:45but there'll be no more fishing.
01:01:48I'm glad you got this!
01:01:49I'm hiding any more fishing natomiast Jesus to hold them now.
01:01:51I'm sure, you're Sand Levine!
01:02:54One for sorrow, two for murder, three for wedding, and...
01:02:59Oh, Charlie!
01:03:01Oh!
01:03:02Oh, my goodness!
01:03:04Oh, my goodness!
01:03:06Oh, my goodness!
01:03:09Oh, my goodness!
01:03:11Oh, my goodness!
01:03:15Oh, my goodness!
01:03:17Oh, my goodness!
01:03:19The End