Grand National Night. (1953 film)
Racehorse trainer Gerald Coates argues with his alcoholic wife Babs on the evening after his horse has won the Grand National.
Nigel Patrick ... Gerald Coates
Moira Lister ... Babs Coates
Beatrice Campbell ... Joyce Penrose
Betty Ann Davies ... Pinkie Collins
Michael Hordern ... Insp. Ayling
Noel Purcell ... Philip Balfour
Leslie Mitchell ... Jack Donovan
Barry MacKay ... Sgt. Gibson
Colin Gordon ... Buns Darling
Gibb McLaughlin ... Morton
Richard Graydon ... Chandler (as Richard Grayden)
May Hallatt ... Hoskyns
George Sequira ... George
Ernest Jay ... Railway Official
Russell Waters ... Plainclothes Detective
George Rose ... Plainclothes Detective
Harold Goodwin
Arthur Howard ... Hotel Manager
Edward Evans ... Garage Attendent
María Mercedes ... Maria
Victor Harrington ... Racegoer - Grand National
George Hilsdon ... Police Constable
Robert Brooks Turner ... Figure in Fog
Directed by Bob McNaught
Nigel Patrick ... Gerald Coates
Moira Lister ... Babs Coates
Beatrice Campbell ... Joyce Penrose
Betty Ann Davies ... Pinkie Collins
Michael Hordern ... Insp. Ayling
Noel Purcell ... Philip Balfour
Leslie Mitchell ... Jack Donovan
Barry MacKay ... Sgt. Gibson
Colin Gordon ... Buns Darling
Gibb McLaughlin ... Morton
Richard Graydon ... Chandler (as Richard Grayden)
May Hallatt ... Hoskyns
George Sequira ... George
Ernest Jay ... Railway Official
Russell Waters ... Plainclothes Detective
George Rose ... Plainclothes Detective
Harold Goodwin
Arthur Howard ... Hotel Manager
Edward Evans ... Garage Attendent
María Mercedes ... Maria
Victor Harrington ... Racegoer - Grand National
George Hilsdon ... Police Constable
Robert Brooks Turner ... Figure in Fog
Directed by Bob McNaught
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Short filmTranscript
00:00:00["Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D Major"]
00:00:30["Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D Major"]
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00:01:31Forward, steady boy, forward, steady stop, steady...
00:01:43Ah, that scared him.
00:01:45Was it your husband?
00:01:46No, it was the horse I was getting at.
00:01:48He's alienating my husband's affections.
00:01:50You should sue for divorce.
00:01:51I don't have a horse as correspondent.
00:01:53You'd make a very attractive witness.
00:01:55Not to a jury of punters.
00:01:56My husband's hoping to win the National with him.
00:01:58Is he? Is that a tip?
00:01:59Straight from the owner's wife.
00:02:01From me to you.
00:02:04Coming in for a drink?
00:02:05A what? Before breakfast?
00:02:07I'll see you tomorrow at entry.
00:02:09Not tonight?
00:02:10No, you stay home and take advantage of a beauty sleep.
00:02:13I've got a previous engagement. Business?
00:02:15Yes. Blonde or brunette?
00:02:18My maiden heart.
00:02:29I'll see you tomorrow.
00:03:00Good morning, madam.
00:03:01Didn't you hear the bell?
00:03:02No, madam.
00:03:03Around ten minutes ago.
00:03:04I'm sorry, madam. I was upstairs.
00:03:07You're always in the wrong place when you're wanted.
00:03:09Or you're just deaf.
00:03:10Can I get you anything, madam?
00:03:13Yes, please.
00:03:15Some coffee?
00:03:16Yes, madam.
00:03:17And the coffee?
00:03:18Yes, madam.
00:03:19And the coffee?
00:03:20Yes, madam.
00:03:21And the coffee?
00:03:22Yes, madam.
00:03:23And the coffee?
00:03:24Yes, madam.
00:03:25And the coffee?
00:03:26Yes, madam.
00:03:27And the coffee?
00:03:28And the decanter's empty. See to it.
00:03:30The whisky's locked up, madam.
00:03:32Mr. Coates has the key.
00:03:34So he's found you out at last, has he, Morton?
00:03:38Where is Mr. Coates?
00:03:39Out on exercise with the horses, madam.
00:03:42Is he?
00:03:43Tell Chanda to saddle me a horse and bring it round.
00:03:45I'll be down in a few minutes.
00:03:47Very good, madam.
00:03:58Good morning, George.
00:03:59Morning.
00:04:00Mrs. Coates wants a horse.
00:04:01She's up early, isn't she?
00:04:02She hasn't been to bed yet.
00:04:03Oh, drunk again, is it?
00:04:04Oh, dear.
00:04:05George, she wants a horse.
00:04:06She'll be lucky.
00:04:07They're all out.
00:04:08Well, you can tell her.
00:04:09I think...
00:04:10George!
00:04:11Where's Chanda?
00:04:12Up on the downs, ma'am.
00:04:13Come along.
00:04:14Come along.
00:04:15Come along.
00:04:16Come along.
00:04:17Come along.
00:04:18Come along.
00:04:19Come along.
00:04:20Come along.
00:04:21Come along.
00:04:22Come along.
00:04:23Come along.
00:04:24Come along.
00:04:25Come along.
00:04:26Come along.
00:04:27Come along.
00:04:29I want a horse.
00:04:30Very sorry, madam, but they're all out at exercise.
00:04:37What's this?
00:04:38Oh, you can't ride that, ma'am.
00:04:40She's about to fall.
00:04:41Can't I?
00:04:42Get my saddle.
00:04:43But she isn't even ours, madam.
00:04:44She belongs to Miss Penrose.
00:04:45If I may say so, madam, then...
00:04:47Morton!
00:04:48Your work lies in the pantry.
00:04:50I told you to get my saddle.
00:04:57Morton!
00:04:58Morton!
00:05:00Oh!
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00:05:35Are you hurt?
00:05:36I don't think so.
00:05:37When in you're to be.
00:05:38Whoa, there.
00:05:39Steady.
00:05:40Steady, Jackie, go.
00:05:42I think we'd better get a vet, sir.
00:05:44Oh.
00:05:45I'll bring Mr. Balfour right away.
00:05:47Are you all right?
00:05:49As if you care.
00:05:51You and your blasted horses.
00:05:53Shall I tell Miss Penrose?
00:05:59Yes.
00:06:00Come on, Olga.
00:06:01There, there.
00:06:02Come on.
00:06:03Come on.
00:06:04It's all right.
00:06:05It's all right.
00:06:06There are no signs of any real damage, but of course, you can never tell.
00:06:09I see.
00:06:10I'm sorry about all this, Joyce.
00:06:12She's all right.
00:06:13Aren't you?
00:06:14Just a little frightened and nervous.
00:06:16I hope so.
00:06:17I've given her some bromide.
00:06:18She should settle down.
00:06:19How about the foe?
00:06:20We'll see.
00:06:21Don't worry, Jerry.
00:06:22The foe will be all right.
00:06:23Philip's a pessimist.
00:06:24Do you realize the foe represents Jerry's theories on advanced breeding?
00:06:25I know.
00:06:26I know.
00:06:27And if it turns out to be only half as good as Starmie's...
00:06:28But of course it will.
00:06:29Starmie's didn't have Jackie for a mother.
00:06:30George.
00:06:31Yes, sir?
00:06:32Did you see Mrs. Coates take this man?
00:06:33Yes, sir.
00:06:34Well, why didn't you stop her?
00:06:35I'm very sorry, sir, but when Mrs. Coates is in one of those moods, well, she's...
00:06:36Well, where is she now?
00:06:37She's gone back to the house.
00:06:38She's gone back to the house.
00:06:39She's gone back to the house.
00:06:40She's gone back to the house.
00:06:41She's gone back to the house.
00:06:43Home on Earth made Babs do a thing like that.
00:06:56I suppose she doesn't understand animals.
00:07:01including the human variety.
00:07:14Hello?
00:07:15Hello, Pinky.
00:07:16Yes?
00:07:17Darling, be an angel and put me up for a couple of nights, will you?
00:07:21What's the matter with you staying at home, Dad?
00:07:23Really, the way you neglect that man of yours.
00:07:26I suppose you expect me to get up at the crack of dawn each morning
00:07:28and hold his hand while he exercises his dreary horses.
00:07:31Oh, I know, darling. They do keep the most extraordinary hours.
00:07:35Anyway, when I do try to show some interest, I still seem to get into trouble.
00:07:39I took the wrong mare or something, and there's a scene coming up.
00:07:44Well, I've got a house full of guests arriving for the races tomorrow,
00:07:48but I'll try and fit you in somehow.
00:07:50Oh, thank you, darling. I'll see you for lunch.
00:07:55Goodbye.
00:07:56Goodbye.
00:07:58Didn't George tell you not to ride that mare?
00:08:00Yes.
00:08:01Then why did you?
00:08:02Am I supposed to take orders from servants now?
00:08:03You saw the mare was in foal.
00:08:05I don't know anything about your wretched horses.
00:08:07Now look here, Babs. I'm sick and tired.
00:08:09Don't shout at me as though I were a stable boy.
00:08:11It bores me. And you bore me.
00:08:14I'm going to Liverpool. I'm going to stay with Pinky.
00:08:31It's George, sir. Jacqueline's running a temperature.
00:08:33It looks like a premature birth.
00:08:34Well, get Mr. Balfour at once.
00:08:35I've already phoned his house, sir. I'm afraid he's gone up to Liverpool.
00:08:38Well, find him. Get him back here.
00:08:39Yes, sir.
00:08:5324, 25 and 30 will be wearing rings, sir.
00:09:01Mm.
00:09:10Hello, Buns. Have you seen Jerry?
00:09:12Pinky, you know, I really am very puzzled.
00:09:14What is going to win this absurd race?
00:09:17I've been given three absolute certainties already.
00:09:20What are you begging?
00:09:21Storm's, of course. And Jerry's horse.
00:09:23Oh, but Babs told me it hadn't an earthling.
00:09:25Babs is prejudiced. I think it's a certainty.
00:09:28You think so?
00:09:29Is Jerry such a good trainer, then?
00:09:31Because, you know, he's never won a national.
00:09:33Storm's is the best horse that Jerry's ever bred.
00:09:36I just know it won't.
00:09:37You ask Chandler.
00:09:39Hello, Jerry.
00:09:40Have you seen Mr. Coates?
00:09:42He's not here, ma'am.
00:09:43He's been up all night with Miss Penrose's mare, having some trouble.
00:09:46Poor Jerry.
00:09:47Well, have you seen my sister?
00:09:49Mrs. Coates is here somewhere.
00:09:51I'll find her.
00:09:52See you later, Buns.
00:09:53Good luck, Chandler.
00:09:55I say, Chandler, do you think Starmist is really going to try this afternoon?
00:10:00I don't know, Mr. Darling.
00:10:02I'll have a talk to him.
00:10:07Oh, dear.
00:10:25Sirs!
00:10:27Mrs. Coates!
00:10:34...huge field coming into the first, just like a real cavalry charge.
00:10:37And as they jump to the first, they lead us out, drummer boys,
00:10:39that's Maverick, White Crottage, Fishermen,
00:10:41the Frenchman, Major Corbo, and Bronxland.
00:10:44And there's several down there, I see Safety Last, Ray of Hope,
00:10:47and Wylesville all along the floor.
00:10:50And at the next fence, it's the same order.
00:10:52How's it going?
00:10:54I think she's got colic.
00:10:56Seriously?
00:10:58There could be a stoppage.
00:11:00Give me some Malboro rum, Jerry.
00:11:02Move back a bit.
00:11:08Why don't you go home?
00:11:10You've been trying to get rid of me for the last couple of hours.
00:11:12I have?
00:11:14You know you have.
00:11:16Well, you can't do much good here.
00:11:18No, I'd like to.
00:11:20No, I'd like to stay a while.
00:11:22I've known him for a long time.
00:11:34This must be the wettest National in years.
00:11:36Yep.
00:11:38A bit heavy going for Starmist.
00:11:40Oh, that?
00:11:42Oh, he likes it.
00:11:44You hope?
00:11:46I hope.
00:11:48More coffee?
00:11:52Perhaps at the race.
00:11:54I expect so.
00:12:08Steady.
00:12:10Steady.
00:12:16Take it easy.
00:12:18There you are, my beauty.
00:12:24You are a clever old girl.
00:12:34We've won this!
00:12:36Starmist has done it!
00:12:40I had no chance at all.
00:12:42I did.
00:12:44Barman Champagne.
00:12:46Jerry winning the National.
00:12:48Barman Champagne. This is my lucky day.
00:12:50Isn't it thrilling?
00:12:52Wonderful.
00:12:54I told you it was a certainty.
00:12:56I was given five other certainties and you weren't any too sure yourself.
00:12:58It was only one 800 quid.
00:13:00Never mind, have a drinky.
00:13:02We mustn't waste time.
00:13:04Jerry isn't here.
00:13:06You must lead the winner in.
00:13:08I'm going to celebrate.
00:13:10Let's go into Liverpool.
00:13:12Why don't you go back and collect Jerry?
00:13:14I said celebrate.
00:13:16Why don't we all go into Liverpool and paint it a nice bright river?
00:13:38I hear you look quite good tonight.
00:13:42It's nice, isn't it?
00:13:44Any more in that bottle?
00:13:50Waiter!
00:13:52Waiter!
00:13:54Waiter!
00:13:56Waiter!
00:13:58Waiter!
00:14:00Waiter!
00:14:02Waiter!
00:14:04Waiter!
00:14:06Waiter!
00:14:08Well?
00:14:10Here's Bill,
00:14:12the star mister.
00:14:18Darling, let's go somewhere else.
00:14:20This place is like Piccadilly Circus.
00:14:22What do you want, Elizabeth?
00:14:24Nothing wrong with this place.
00:14:30Cheer up. What's on your mind?
00:14:32Jerry.
00:14:34Don,
00:14:36what would you say if I were to divorce him?
00:14:38Divorce?
00:14:40On what grounds?
00:14:42He bores me.
00:14:44That Jap prison camp took all the fun out of him.
00:14:46He doesn't seem to think about anything
00:14:48but his horses.
00:14:50He bores me.
00:14:52Hardly grounds for divorce, though.
00:14:54Isn't it?
00:14:58Why don't we let him divorce me?
00:15:00Don!
00:15:02Maria, you look beautiful.
00:15:04You said that last night.
00:15:06But I mean it.
00:15:08Come and join our party. You look so miserable.
00:15:10No, darling, in a minute.
00:15:12Come on, Maria.
00:15:14I know all about her.
00:15:16In a minute.
00:15:20Come on, sit down.
00:15:22We'll have a quick drink with them
00:15:24and then we'll go somewhere quiet.
00:15:26No, thank you.
00:15:28I would like to finish our conversation.
00:15:30You cheap foreigner.
00:15:32I think she's a very pretty girl.
00:15:34And I'm quite sure she doesn't mind.
00:15:36No, but I...
00:15:44Is Mr. Donovan's car ready yet?
00:15:46Yes, ma'am. Donovan 00N24.
00:15:48Yes, ma'am, it's been filled and topped up.
00:15:50Bring it round. I'll be quick about it.
00:15:52I'm in a hurry.
00:15:54I'll bring it back later.
00:16:00Sir Morton?
00:16:02Not in bed yet?
00:16:04I was just locking up, sir.
00:16:06Aren't you going up to Liverpool, sir?
00:16:08You ought to celebrate tonight.
00:16:10I don't think so, Morton.
00:16:12We've had rather a lot to cope with today.
00:16:14Oh, by the way, sir, there's some mail
00:16:16and lots of telegrams on your desk.
00:16:18Thank you, Morton.
00:16:20Can I pour you a drink, sir?
00:16:22Yes, please do.
00:16:24And have one yourself.
00:16:26We'll drink to Starmie's.
00:16:28Thank you, sir. He's a great horse.
00:16:32He can't read.
00:16:34Perhaps he's just as well, sir.
00:16:36It might make him swollen-headed.
00:16:38That's true.
00:16:40To Starmie's, sir.
00:16:42The winner.
00:16:46If you'll forgive me, sir, I think I'll go to bed.
00:16:48Good night, sir.
00:16:50Good night.
00:16:58Good night.
00:17:24Hello.
00:17:26Hello.
00:17:28I didn't expect you back.
00:17:30I got fed up and came home.
00:17:32I'm sorry. I hoped you were enjoying yourself.
00:17:34Did you go to the race?
00:17:36Yes.
00:17:38Did you make any money?
00:17:40A bit. I backed Starmie's.
00:17:42Would you like a drink?
00:17:44Yes, lovely.
00:17:46What was the drive down like?
00:17:48Foul.
00:17:50Who drove you?
00:17:52Donovan.
00:17:54What have you done with him?
00:17:56Sent him home.
00:17:58How's he getting home?
00:18:00He's walking.
00:18:02Why did he leave his car?
00:18:04Because...
00:18:08Because he wanted to.
00:18:20Donovan!
00:18:24Donovan!
00:18:38Hello.
00:18:40Hello, who is that?
00:18:42Hello!
00:18:44Hello...
00:18:54Why did you drive that car?
00:18:56By the way, I've invited Buns darling to lunch tomorrow.
00:18:58Why did you drive that car?
00:19:00What are you talking about?
00:19:02Why did you drive that car?
00:19:04Oh, I knew there'd be a scene.
00:19:06As far as I'm concerned, you can go where you like and do what you like.
00:19:08I won't have you driving that car.
00:19:10What do you mean? I've hardly had a drink all day.
00:19:12I'm past caring how much you drink.
00:19:14That's why I do.
00:19:16It's because you don't care.
00:19:18You don't care what I do.
00:19:20Look, I'm not going to be sidetracked.
00:19:22Six months ago,
00:19:24your license was taken away for ten years.
00:19:26Do you remember why?
00:19:28A man was knocked down by a car and killed.
00:19:30You were driving that car.
00:19:32You were lucky it was only your license that was taken away.
00:19:34Jerry, don't remind me about that.
00:19:36It wasn't my fault.
00:19:38I'm sorry I drove the car back.
00:19:40I blame Pinky, too. She should have stopped you.
00:19:42Pinky didn't know. Nobody knew. I left her party early.
00:19:44Your friend Donovan, then. Why didn't he stop you?
00:19:46He didn't know either. I've told you, nobody knew.
00:19:48Oh, Jerry, don't be horrid.
00:19:50Why are you suspicious of me?
00:19:52Why should I lie to you?
00:19:54You generally do.
00:19:56Look, I don't care what you've been doing.
00:19:58All I'm concerned with is you,
00:20:00not making a fool of yourself.
00:20:02Oh, Jerry, I'm so miserable.
00:20:04I've said I'm sorry I drove the car back.
00:20:06It was just that I
00:20:08suddenly felt that I had to be near you.
00:20:12You're the only one I care about.
00:20:14You know that.
00:20:16A few years ago,
00:20:18I might have believed you.
00:20:20But it's true. No, Babs, it's not true.
00:20:22Any love or affection you had for me
00:20:24died ages ago.
00:20:26Can't we start again, Jerry?
00:20:28Can't we try again?
00:20:30We've said all this many times.
00:20:32I'll do anything.
00:20:34I'll give up drinking.
00:20:36You've been saying that for the last six years.
00:20:38No, but this time I really mean it.
00:20:40You've been saying that for the last six years, too.
00:20:42Look, I'm tired.
00:20:44It's very late. I suggest you go to bed.
00:20:48You suggest I go to bed?
00:20:52You smug, pompous...
00:20:54How dare you stand there and dictate to me?
00:20:56I'm not going to be preached at
00:20:58by a sanctimonious horse-stealer.
00:21:00I'm getting out of here.
00:21:02Give me those keys!
00:21:04Give me those keys!
00:21:06Give me those keys!
00:21:18Give me those keys!
00:21:48Give me those keys!
00:21:50Give me those keys!
00:22:14Hello.
00:22:16Good morning, Miss Penrose. It's tragic, really tragic.
00:22:20May I offer my condolences? I'm very sorry about Jacqueline. She was a lovely mare.
00:22:24Thank you, Sergeant. What do you think of the foal?
00:22:27Oh, he looks like a winner.
00:22:29How's the baby, Philip?
00:22:30The little devil won't take his bottle.
00:22:32Let me do it.
00:22:33Well, it's no wonder it's cold.
00:22:35Good morning, Gibson.
00:22:37Mr. Colts.
00:22:38Yes?
00:22:39Can I have a word with you?
00:22:41Yes, of course.
00:22:44Well, it's like this. We've had a message from Peace Headquarters this morning.
00:22:47Oh, have you?
00:22:49They want to know if you'll appear at the Police Gymkhana with Star Mist.
00:22:53It'd be a great attraction, and it's for a very good cause.
00:22:56Well, will you be there?
00:22:58Oh, aye. It's for the Widows and Orphans Fund.
00:23:00Oh, is it?
00:23:01All right, Gibson. We'll be there with pleasure.
00:23:03Thank you, sir.
00:23:04See? Nothing to it.
00:23:06Who could resist you?
00:23:08Clever girl. Now I can leave you to change his nappy.
00:23:10I'm off.
00:23:11Stay to lunch and keep us company.
00:23:13Well, I might add that.
00:23:14You know, the sister sent me a grand string of Dublin sausages,
00:23:17which she'll keep, I suppose.
00:23:19If they don't, I'll be talking to the sister.
00:23:21Joyce is staying?
00:23:22Thanks, I'd love to.
00:23:23I'd like to go home and change first.
00:23:25Half a jiffy.
00:23:26Are you sure you're all right for food?
00:23:28You know, Joyce could call to my place and get that string of sausages.
00:23:31You can keep your string of sausages.
00:23:37Where's Babs?
00:23:38Not back from Liverpool yet?
00:23:40I'm not expecting her. She's staying at Pinky's.
00:23:42What'll he have?
00:23:43I don't suppose you'd have a drop of Irish in the place, would you?
00:23:45Ah, sorry.
00:23:46Only scotch.
00:23:47Well, bless you for the only. I'll take it.
00:23:50Soda?
00:23:51No, no, water.
00:23:52And don't drown it.
00:23:54You can put it in, but you can't take it out.
00:23:56They say you should never water another man's whiskey.
00:23:58Or kiss another man's wife.
00:24:01Jerry, we're good friends, aren't we?
00:24:03It's about Babs.
00:24:05Can't you persuade her to go into one of these homes for a bit?
00:24:08Where do you think she was when she was supposed to be in France last year?
00:24:11Didn't do any good.
00:24:12What do you think?
00:24:14Did you know she was in a bit of a barney in Liverpool last night?
00:24:17No.
00:24:19Well, she was...
00:24:21with Donovan.
00:24:23And from what I gather, she's lucky she didn't wind up in the local Bastille.
00:24:27Where did you hear all this?
00:24:29Hear it? The dogs in the street are barking it.
00:24:31Didn't you know she was there with Donovan?
00:24:33Oh, nonsense.
00:24:34Donovan probably drove her.
00:24:37After all, someone's got to drive her, now that she's lost her license.
00:24:40Donovan hasn't got a very good name.
00:24:42No, I know.
00:24:44She chooses her own friends.
00:24:46Look, Jerry.
00:24:47It's not my farm to be talking to you about your wife like this.
00:24:51But if she's giving a cause for a divorce, then why not?
00:25:01Maybe I've been brushing my fences a bit.
00:25:04But I have to say it.
00:25:08Good morning, sir.
00:25:09Good morning, Morton.
00:25:10Mr. Colt is in the drawing room with Mr. Balfour.
00:25:13Thank you, Morton.
00:25:17Hello, Barton. What on earth are you doing here?
00:25:19Hello, Jerry. Hello, Balfour.
00:25:21What a frightful day.
00:25:23Yes, you look a bit wet.
00:25:24I am. I walked over.
00:25:26Silly of me, really. I should have hired a car.
00:25:28That costs money.
00:25:29I say, I really am very wet about the legs.
00:25:32I'll get Morton to do something for you.
00:25:34Oh, thank you. That'd be very good of you.
00:25:37Well, I suppose you're feeling very proud of yourself having won the national.
00:25:40I had a shocking day at Aintree.
00:25:42Lost every penny.
00:25:44Didn't you backstab me?
00:25:45Well, as a matter of fact, I didn't.
00:25:47By the way, why weren't you there?
00:25:49Oh, I'm afraid I couldn't get away.
00:25:50Well, you could have joined us for cocktails in the bar later, couldn't you?
00:25:53I don't like cocktails. I know what I'm drinking. Don't you, Philip?
00:25:55And I like mine in comfort.
00:25:57You rang, sir?
00:25:58Oh, Morton. I wonder if we could get a cloth and dry Mr. Darling down a bit.
00:26:02No, no, no, look. We won't make a mess in here. I'll go outside.
00:26:08Has that fellow just come in to dry his pants?
00:26:10That's what I'm wondering. It's a bit near lunchtime.
00:26:13Were you expecting him?
00:26:14I certainly wasn't.
00:26:16Do you think he's come the wrong day or the wrong house?
00:26:18If it's just the wrong house, that's easy. We dry him and pass him on.
00:26:21Oh, not that fellow. He wouldn't make a mistake like that.
00:26:24He is a professional scrounger.
00:26:26I'll bet you an even fiver he hasn't even got a knife and fork of his own.
00:26:29Let's ask him.
00:26:31Bones, darling. Bones.
00:26:34Why do they call him Bones?
00:26:36Well, you can't very well call him darling.
00:26:39Well, I do, and I make it perfectly clear that it's not a term of endearment.
00:26:43Oh, thank you, Morton.
00:26:46Ah, everything all right now?
00:26:48Yes, much better, thank you.
00:26:49Fine. Well, having dried the outside, how about wetting the inside?
00:26:52Sherry or gin?
00:26:53May I stick to whiskey for the moment, please?
00:26:56I'm afraid we've only got scotch.
00:26:58Oh, thank you. That will do fine.
00:27:00I say, Bones, I hope this isn't a rude question, but...
00:27:03You've come to lunch?
00:27:05Oh, naturally, old boy.
00:27:08Why, weren't you expecting me?
00:27:10Well, frankly, no, but don't be embarrassed. We'll rustle up something.
00:27:13Yes, I'm sure I'm right.
00:27:15Yes, there you are. 28th. Lunch, Babs.
00:27:17Oh, Babs asked you. Well, that's all right, then.
00:27:19Why, didn't she tell you? By the way, where is she?
00:27:21Oh, she isn't back yet. She's staying with Pinky.
00:27:23When I saw her at Aintree yesterday, she was coming back today.
00:27:26Well, she hasn't.
00:27:27Oh, she was probably held up by the fog then.
00:27:29I must say, I was sorry I didn't stay overnight in Liverpool.
00:27:32Were you out injured at all?
00:27:33No.
00:27:34It was a big soup-fog all the way.
00:27:3612.42, didn't arrive in till half-past one,
00:27:38and then it stuck on the level crossing.
00:27:40I got out and walked in the end.
00:27:42Everyone else was doing the same.
00:27:44Oh, of course, you were on that train, weren't you, Jerry?
00:27:47What time did you get home?
00:27:49Me?
00:27:50Well, you were, weren't you?
00:27:51I saw you on the platform at Liverpool.
00:27:53I wasn't in Liverpool at all yesterday.
00:27:55Yes, I know you didn't go out to Aintree, old boy,
00:27:57but I thought you'd probably gone out to celebrate,
00:27:59you know, winning owner and all that.
00:28:01No.
00:28:02I can see that you must have a double.
00:28:04How many doubles did you have?
00:28:05What?
00:28:06Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:28:09Yes, I was a bit shot away.
00:28:12I hardly saw more than your back.
00:28:14Still, I could have sworn it was you.
00:28:16You have a very ordinary back.
00:28:17Look, if you'll forgive me, I'll go and see about your lunch.
00:28:20Oh, thank you.
00:28:26You know, I could have sworn it was him.
00:28:28Thought he'd probably gone to bail Babs out or something.
00:28:31It shows she has been hitting the bottle lately.
00:28:33Mark you, I've no objection to a woman having a drink or two,
00:28:36but really, with that Donovan fellow too.
00:28:40Somebody ought to tip old Jerry the wink, you know.
00:28:43You, for instance, you're a pal of his.
00:28:45I saw him on that platform at Liverpool last night.
00:28:48I heard Jerry say he wasn't in Liverpool last night.
00:28:51Yes, he did, didn't he?
00:28:53I'm not sure I believe him now, you know.
00:28:55Probably had a date.
00:28:56He didn't want anybody to know about it.
00:28:58Oh, yes, I know what you're going to say.
00:28:59I doubt it.
00:29:00I beg your pardon?
00:29:01I say I doubt it. Do you know what he was going to say?
00:29:03He was going to point out that that's the third slanderous remark
00:29:05he'd made in the last two minutes.
00:29:07And it doesn't improve matters that all three were aimed at your host and hostess.
00:29:11You're a bald boy.
00:29:25Hello, Joyce.
00:29:26What are you doing out here?
00:29:27Getting a little fresh air. Bun's darling has arrived.
00:29:29For lunch.
00:29:35Jerry, is something worrying you?
00:29:37No, nothing.
00:29:38There is, you know.
00:29:40I've noticed it all morning.
00:29:42Another hour with Babs?
00:29:43No, she's not back yet.
00:29:44Not back?
00:29:45No, she's staying with Pinky.
00:29:46Oh, I thought not.
00:29:47Hello.
00:29:48Hello, how are you?
00:29:50Oh, you're a lovely girl, aren't you, darling?
00:29:53Oh, you're a beauty.
00:29:55Oh, hello, Joyce dear.
00:29:56I see a new hairdo. How nice.
00:29:57Thank you, Bun.
00:29:58How may I help you?
00:29:59Hello, young fellow.
00:30:00Happens to be a girl.
00:30:01Oh, sorry.
00:30:02Would you like a drink, Joyce?
00:30:03Cherry, please.
00:30:04No.
00:30:06Ah, it's Babs, I expect.
00:30:07Bound to be.
00:30:08Well, it can't be.
00:30:09Why not?
00:30:10Well, she'd come straight in, wouldn't she?
00:30:11Of course she would.
00:30:15Oh, it is Babs.
00:30:20Mrs. Collins.
00:30:23Pinky!
00:30:24Jerry, I'm frightfully late.
00:30:25I know I am.
00:30:26I just couldn't help it.
00:30:27Oh, Babs, I would be.
00:30:28Hello, Joyce.
00:30:29Hello.
00:30:30Hello, Bun.
00:30:31Hello, Pinky dear.
00:30:32Hello, darling.
00:30:33Ah, Pinky, me sweet.
00:30:34You're the only girl in the world that kisses me.
00:30:36Bless my boy.
00:30:37And here's another.
00:30:38Haven't you brought Babs with you, Pinky?
00:30:40Babs, dear?
00:30:41No.
00:30:42But she's staying with you, isn't she?
00:30:43Oh, yes, of course.
00:30:44Of course.
00:30:45Only she left this morning.
00:30:46Was it this morning?
00:30:47I've had to do the housework, coming and going.
00:30:49Was it yesterday?
00:30:51Is she coming home?
00:30:52Yes, she said she was.
00:30:53Do you mean she hasn't arrived?
00:30:54No.
00:30:55Dear, let me think.
00:30:56She said she was.
00:30:57You know, I don't even know what day it is.
00:30:59Yes, that's right.
00:31:00The last time I saw her, she was with.
00:31:03Well, I don't know.
00:31:04What can have happened?
00:31:05There were a lot of them leaving together.
00:31:07And I expect someone's asked to stay the night.
00:31:09Yes, that's what's happened.
00:31:12Oh, isn't that nice?
00:31:14I word I'm tired.
00:31:15I've had a hectic week.
00:31:16You're staying for lunch?
00:31:17Of course, Pinky.
00:31:18Don't mean to say you weren't expecting me.
00:31:20I wish I'd brought me sausages.
00:31:22Dear, how awful.
00:31:23It's naughty of her.
00:31:24We'll go into that later.
00:31:25I hope you and I get something to eat
00:31:27before the crowd gets any thicker.
00:31:29Come on, let's have some lunch.
00:31:30Oh, Jerry, I'm thirsty.
00:31:31May I have a wash?
00:31:32Yes, of course you may.
00:31:33I was invited to stay until Monday,
00:31:34and I brought my suitcase.
00:31:35Better and better.
00:31:36We never see enough of you.
00:31:39Thank you, Jerry.
00:31:40Jerry?
00:31:41Hmm?
00:31:42What is Babs doing?
00:31:43Where is she?
00:31:44I haven't the vaguest idea.
00:31:45You said she hadn't been back.
00:31:46Well, she hasn't.
00:31:47She was here last night.
00:31:48Babs?
00:31:49No, she wasn't.
00:31:50She was, Jerry.
00:31:51I rang up, and she spoke to me.
00:31:52Last night?
00:31:53Yes.
00:31:54You didn't know she came back.
00:31:55But she didn't leave Pinky's until this morning.
00:31:57You heard her say so.
00:31:58I know, but Pinky didn't seem awfully sure.
00:32:00Well, what time did you telephone?
00:32:02About 11 o'clock.
00:32:03And Babs answered?
00:32:04Yes.
00:32:05But I was here the whole evening.
00:32:06No one telephoned.
00:32:07It was her voice.
00:32:08So I rang off.
00:32:09Oh, we must have rung the wrong number.
00:32:15That's a policeman.
00:32:19Something's happened to Babs.
00:32:22Oh, Mr. Coles, sir.
00:32:30It's Babs.
00:32:31I know it is.
00:32:32I knew there was something wrong when I didn't find her here.
00:32:34You said she was staying with someone.
00:32:36No, I said she might have.
00:32:38And that was silly, too.
00:32:39I knew she meant to come home today.
00:32:42Pinky, when did she leave your house?
00:32:45Well, that's just the point.
00:32:47She wasn't staying with me.
00:32:49She was with Donovan.
00:32:56Pinky, it is Babs.
00:32:59What did I say?
00:33:00That Donovan smashed her up.
00:33:02No, it wasn't an accident.
00:33:05They found her in a car in Liverpool about an hour ago.
00:33:09She's dead.
00:33:11They think she was murdered.
00:33:20THE END
00:33:33Good morning, sir.
00:33:34Have a nice holiday.
00:33:36All your reports here?
00:33:37Yes, sir.
00:33:38Any of the relatives identified the body yet?
00:33:40The husband's coming in today, sir.
00:33:43Car.
00:33:44Trace the owner?
00:33:45Yes, sir. A man called Donovan.
00:33:46What's he got, sir?
00:33:47I haven't seen him yet, sir.
00:33:48I'm just looking for him.
00:33:49Found his shoes yet?
00:33:51Not yet, sir.
00:33:52All right.
00:33:53I'd like to see this man Donovan as soon as you find him.
00:33:55Yes, sir.
00:33:56What's this bag?
00:33:58It was found in the car with the body, sir.
00:34:07Donovan checked out this morning.
00:34:09He'd booked two air tickets to Paris from our travel bureau.
00:34:11Left on the early train from Manchester this morning.
00:34:13Two tickets?
00:34:14Yes.
00:34:15I'd like a word with your booking club.
00:34:16Yes, sir.
00:34:17Well, there you are.
00:34:18According to our records, the tank was full up.
00:34:20Did Donovan know Mrs. Coates had taken his car?
00:34:22I don't know.
00:34:23You'd better ask Donovan.
00:34:25Mrs. Coates could have picked him up outside the hotel.
00:34:28Hmm?
00:34:29Mrs. Coates.
00:34:30She could have picked up anyone.
00:34:32Mr. Coates?
00:34:34Inspector Ealing would like to have a few words with you, sir.
00:34:36Just a few formalities.
00:34:40Mr. Coates, sir.
00:34:43Good morning, sir.
00:34:44Good morning.
00:34:45I'm sorry about this.
00:34:48That's the car your wife was found in?
00:34:50Yes.
00:34:51So I was traveling.
00:34:52Do you know this man, Donovan, sir?
00:34:54I've met him.
00:34:56Hmm.
00:34:57We've just been trying out the car.
00:34:59They run well, don't they?
00:35:01I really wouldn't know.
00:35:02I don't think I've ever driven one.
00:35:04The Paris police are trying to trace Donovan now.
00:35:06He's a bit of a fishy customer, but we'll get him.
00:35:10Why, do you think he did it?
00:35:13I think everybody did it.
00:35:14Until I'm proved wrong, sir.
00:35:16Can I have your telephone number?
00:35:17Chillington 25.
00:35:19Chillington 25.
00:35:23Well, thank you very much for coming down, Mr. Coates.
00:35:25If there are any further developments, I'll get in touch with you.
00:35:27All right.
00:35:28Goodbye.
00:35:29Goodbye, sir.
00:35:36Hello.
00:35:37Speaking.
00:35:4144 miles.
00:35:44You're sure of that distance?
00:35:47All right.
00:35:49So the car traveled somewhere within a radius of 22 miles.
00:35:57Thanks. Bye.
00:36:16Bye.
00:36:47There you are, Gibson.
00:36:5022.4 miles.
00:36:52Interesting, isn't it?
00:36:56Good morning.
00:36:57I'm Inspector Ayling of the Liverpool Police.
00:36:59I'd like to have a word with Mr. Coates.
00:37:01Come in, sir.
00:37:03Good morning, Sergeant Gibson.
00:37:06Morning, Morton.
00:37:07Mr. Coates has just gone to the stables.
00:37:09I'll see if I can catch him.
00:37:10No, no. No hurry. We can wait.
00:37:13You've got a nice place here, haven't you?
00:37:15I should think you're very lucky with Mr. Coates.
00:37:17I am extremely lucky.
00:37:19Very nice gentleman, indeed.
00:37:22I should think Mrs. Coates now.
00:37:24I gather that there was a good bit of talk locally about Mrs. Coates.
00:37:28I am not in the habit of gossiping with the local people about my employers, Inspector.
00:37:33Of course not. I'm sure you wouldn't dream of it.
00:37:35But you must realize now, Mr. Morton, a crime has been committed.
00:37:38Certain questions have to be asked, and I have to have the answer.
00:37:43Mrs. Coates was not very well liked locally.
00:37:45Hit the bottle a bit, didn't she?
00:37:47Mrs. Coates did indulge rather freely, Inspector.
00:37:49Was there any trouble about that?
00:37:51Trouble? In what way, Inspector?
00:37:53Well, I mean, rows, scenes between her and Mr. Coates.
00:37:57Mr. Coates is not the sort of gentleman to make scenes, especially in front of the staff.
00:38:01And you never overheard anything?
00:38:03No rows?
00:38:04Never.
00:38:05Not even on Saturday night?
00:38:07Good morning, Inspector.
00:38:08Good morning, sir.
00:38:09Good morning, Gibson.
00:38:10Good morning, sir.
00:38:13I saw your card, sir.
00:38:14Come along into the drawing-room.
00:38:18I'm sorry to come down here and bother you, sir.
00:38:20It's just a few more questions we'd like to ask.
00:38:22Oh, that's all right.
00:38:25I think I've told you all I know about my wife's movements.
00:38:27Won't you sit down?
00:38:28I'll stand for a few minutes, if you don't mind, sir.
00:38:30Cigarette?
00:38:31No, thank you. Never smoke when there's work to be done.
00:38:33Gibson?
00:38:34No, thank you, sir.
00:38:36Well, how are things going?
00:38:38We've traced Donovan.
00:38:39He's got an alibi.
00:38:40A red-headed one.
00:38:42Frankly, sir, we've drawn blank in Liverpool so far.
00:38:45That's why I've come to bother you.
00:38:46Well, how can I help you?
00:38:49What I'm trying to get at now
00:38:51is where your wife meant to go after she'd left the hotel on Saturday night.
00:38:55We know she had a bit of a turn-up with Donovan.
00:38:57Then she got his car out of the car park,
00:38:59and went straight to the hotel.
00:39:01We know she had a bit of a turn-up with Donovan.
00:39:03Then she got his car out of the garage and drove away.
00:39:06Now, sir, where do you think she'd make for?
00:39:11Well, she might have gone to her sister's.
00:39:13Yet she certainly didn't get there.
00:39:15And Selborne Road's right out of her way.
00:39:17That's true.
00:39:20Do you think she meant to come here?
00:39:23Here?
00:39:24Here, to her own home.
00:39:27Well, since you put it like that, yes.
00:39:29I suppose she might have set out to come back here.
00:39:31She might even have come back here.
00:39:33But she didn't.
00:39:34No.
00:39:35You don't think she would have rung or knocked
00:39:37and failed to wake anyone and given it up,
00:39:39and gone back to Liverpool?
00:39:40Oh, that's the last thing she'd do.
00:39:42Had she come back that evening,
00:39:43she'd have rung or knocked until somebody answered.
00:39:45I mean, she wouldn't just turn round and go back to Liverpool,
00:39:48particularly on a night like that.
00:39:49No, hardly.
00:39:51Can you think of any other place, sir,
00:39:53about 22 miles from Liverpool,
00:39:55that she might have meant to go to?
00:39:5722 miles?
00:39:59Why 22 miles?
00:40:00I have a reason for fixing that rough distance, sir.
00:40:02I won't bother you with it now.
00:40:04But this happens to be 22 miles from Liverpool.
00:40:06Yes, it is, sir.
00:40:09If your wife had come back that night and knocked...
00:40:12I'm sorry to appear so obstinate, sir.
00:40:14Oh, that's all right.
00:40:15If she had knocked, would you have heard her?
00:40:18Yes, sir, I'm sure I would.
00:40:19My room's directly over the front door.
00:40:21I'm a very light sleeper.
00:40:22Would the servants have heard her?
00:40:23Ah.
00:40:24Morton might.
00:40:25His room's above mine.
00:40:26But the rest of the servants, they live in the back of the house.
00:40:30Yes, that's what you told me, Fred.
00:40:31Yes, I'm sure Mr. Coates is right about that.
00:40:33Well, you've been very patient, sir.
00:40:35I think that's about all.
00:40:36Oh, purely as a matter of form, sir,
00:40:38would you mind running through what you did that night?
00:40:41It's just a matter of routine, sir,
00:40:42that we have to follow up in cases like this.
00:40:44Oh, that's all right.
00:40:45Let me see now.
00:40:46I spent a very quiet evening.
00:40:48I'd been up the whole of the previous night.
00:40:49I was rather tired.
00:40:50I had a meal about eight.
00:40:52I came in here, listened to the radio,
00:40:54heard an account of the National,
00:40:55answered some telegrams and letters,
00:40:57and then I went to bed.
00:40:59About what time, sir?
00:41:00About eleven.
00:41:01And no one came to see you that night?
00:41:03No, no one.
00:41:04Morton was here, of course, but no one else.
00:41:06You didn't go out yourself at all?
00:41:07No.
00:41:08No.
00:41:09Then if Mr. Darling says he saw you on the railway platform
00:41:12after midnight that night, he's mistaken.
00:41:18So he told you that one, didn't he?
00:41:20Yes.
00:41:21Yes.
00:41:22I've had to interview a lot of people
00:41:23who saw your wife at the hotel that night, sir.
00:41:25He was one of them.
00:41:26I've just seen him.
00:41:27He happened to mention that he thought
00:41:29he'd seen you on the railway platform.
00:41:30Yes, I know.
00:41:31He lunched here on Sunday and said so.
00:41:33I told him he was seeing things.
00:41:35I rather gather he might have been seeing things that night, sir.
00:41:38In fact, he more or less admitted it himself.
00:41:40Yes.
00:41:41Well, as a matter of fact, I always take the car.
00:41:43I haven't travelled by train to Liverpool for over three months.
00:41:45No, Inspector, I have no one to support my story,
00:41:48but I can assure you
00:41:49I can entirely blame this evening here alone by the fire.
00:41:52I should have asked you over a game of cards, Gibson.
00:41:54Well, sir, we can easily fix that up.
00:41:56I could say I was here all evening.
00:41:57That's a very handsome offer.
00:41:58It wouldn't do you much good, sir.
00:42:00Gibson's too well known in the force.
00:42:03Chinese?
00:42:04Japanese.
00:42:06Souvenir?
00:42:07In a way.
00:42:08I was escaping from a Jap prisoner of war camp
00:42:10and one of the guards got in the way.
00:42:13You believe in taking chances.
00:42:15I believe in taking chances.
00:42:18It can get you into trouble, you know.
00:42:19Have you ever spent two years kowtowing for favours,
00:42:21locked up month after month?
00:42:24Jerry, I'm sorry.
00:42:25I thought you were out.
00:42:26Pinky.
00:42:28This is Inspector Ayling from Liverpool.
00:42:30Inspector, this is Mrs. Collins, my wife's sister.
00:42:32How do you do?
00:42:33How do you do?
00:42:34Well, Jerry, I'll leave you to it.
00:42:35I was just going to do the flowers.
00:42:36They can wait.
00:42:37It's all right, Mrs. Collins.
00:42:38We have finished.
00:42:39As a matter of fact, I'd hope to meet you.
00:42:40I'd like to have a chat while I'm here.
00:42:42Well, of course.
00:42:43Is that all for me?
00:42:44Would you mind if I had a look round after?
00:42:45And I'd like a word with the servants.
00:42:47No.
00:42:48Help yourself.
00:43:17Help yourself.
00:44:17Hello.
00:44:18What are you doing up here?
00:44:19Oh, there you are.
00:44:22Jerry, I know it's none of my business, but have the police found anything yet?
00:44:30Well, they have an idea that Babs came back here that night.
00:44:33I think so too.
00:44:34That's what I want to talk to you about.
00:44:36I told you I rang up on Saturday and I thought Babs answered.
00:44:40Have you told anyone else?
00:44:41No.
00:44:42Then don't.
00:44:43Why not?
00:44:45Because she did come back.
00:44:48And I killed her.
00:44:50It's true.
00:44:51She went for me with that Japanese dagger.
00:44:54We struggled.
00:44:55She fell.
00:44:57When I picked her up, she was...
00:45:01I couldn't believe that she was dead.
00:45:03I don't understand.
00:45:04She was fine in Liverpool.
00:45:06I drove her back in Donovan's car.
00:45:09I was taking her to a hospital.
00:45:15I shall never forget the nightmare of that drive.
00:45:19I felt that if I could get her to a doctor quickly, there might be a chance.
00:45:24I drove blindly along that road, but a train held me up at the level crossing.
00:45:32It seemed like a lifetime before the gates opened again.
00:45:39The fog had got thicker and thicker.
00:45:41As I drove on, the trees took on weird shapes and the road twisted and turned.
00:45:47I knew I was somewhere near Liverpool.
00:45:49I could hear the ships and the river also striking through the fog.
00:45:52Then a gate loomed up in front of me.
00:45:54I jammed on the brakes.
00:46:00A figure came towards me.
00:46:03I looked at Babs.
00:46:04She hadn't moved.
00:46:06I knew she was dead.
00:46:08I drove on for some minutes not knowing what to do.
00:46:11Then...
00:46:14I panicked.
00:46:18The police would never believe my story.
00:46:20True as it was that I'd driven 20 miles with a dead body just to tell them that she had collapsed and died in her own home.
00:46:29I drove the car at the first side turning and was about to leave when...
00:46:40I left her there and hurried to the station and got into an empty compartment.
00:46:48Nobody knew that Babs had come home.
00:46:50I remembered her telling me.
00:46:52There was no reason why anyone should know that she'd come back.
00:46:56Anyway, it was all over.
00:46:59The train stopped the level crossing.
00:47:01I got out.
00:47:06I was grateful for the fog.
00:47:10But someone may have seen you.
00:47:12Buns.
00:47:13He saw you.
00:47:14He said so.
00:47:15Did he see you?
00:47:16He has.
00:47:17I suppose he tells the police.
00:47:18He has told the police.
00:47:19It's all right.
00:47:20He was drunk.
00:47:21His evidence doesn't mean a thing.
00:47:23I've told them a perfectly plausible story and I am sticking to it.
00:47:26Jerry, you've got to tell them the truth.
00:47:28They're bound to believe you.
00:47:29No.
00:47:30It's too late.
00:47:31I won't do it.
00:47:32But there's one thing I want you to know.
00:47:35I didn't mean to kill her.
00:47:37Do you believe me?
00:47:39Yes.
00:47:41I believe you.
00:47:43Then why do you want me to go to the police?
00:47:45Because you haven't a chance.
00:47:47They'll start looking around and in the end they'll find something.
00:47:50There's nothing to find, though.
00:47:51The servants.
00:47:52They'd all gone to bed.
00:47:54When the police found her, her shoes were missing.
00:47:58What happened to them?
00:48:00I don't know.
00:48:01I wish I did.
00:48:12I'm sorry, Mr. Morton.
00:48:13I didn't know you were in.
00:48:15What do you want, Hoskins?
00:48:16I was going to clean your room.
00:48:18Leave it just now.
00:48:20Mr. Morton, is it true the police are here?
00:48:23Why?
00:48:24I've got a clue.
00:48:25What sort of clue?
00:48:27I want to see the police.
00:48:30Philip!
00:48:31Pinky, Alanna!
00:48:32The very girl I was looking for.
00:48:34I heard you were going away, so I have a nice piece of Irish border for you in the car.
00:48:38Thank you, Philip, darling.
00:48:39That is sweet of you.
00:48:40Pinky?
00:48:42What, uh, what are the police doing here?
00:48:44That's what I'd like to know.
00:48:45They're all so busy asking questions that none of them have got time to think.
00:48:49Good heavens.
00:48:50Look, I know what happened to Babs that night as well as if I'd been there myself.
00:48:54Is that so?
00:48:55Well, why don't you tell them?
00:48:56Tell them?
00:48:57Of course I told them.
00:48:58And do you think they'd listen?
00:49:00Look, I know what happened that night.
00:49:02There was poor Babs.
00:49:03Half season's over.
00:49:04Everyone knows she won a packeted entry.
00:49:06Well, someone followed her out of the bar.
00:49:09Someone tried to get her bag.
00:49:10Then when she put up a fight for it, somebody did her in.
00:49:13In Liverpool.
00:49:14Sounds like sense to me.
00:49:16It sounds like sense to anyone, I think, except a policeman.
00:49:19Look at the policeman we've got on this job.
00:49:21Do you know they left that car standing in Selborne Road for 12 hours before they opened it and looked inside?
00:49:26Well, maybe they had a reason.
00:49:27Well, as I said to Inspector Ayling, if I leave my car outside the shop for five minutes,
00:49:31there's one of you leaning against it with a notebook when I come out.
00:49:34Have they found her shoes yet?
00:49:36Not they.
00:49:37Expect this Inspector Ayling to look around London and Birmingham for those.
00:49:40Inspector Ayling.
00:49:41I've heard of him.
00:49:43A very ambitious man.
00:49:44He's not wasting his time.
00:49:47But I am.
00:49:48Goodbye, Pinky.
00:49:49Goodbye, Philip Darlington.
00:49:50Thank you for the butter.
00:49:52And listen, don't tell Ayling where that came from.
00:50:03Excuse me, sir.
00:50:04Well, what is it, Morton?
00:50:05Inspector Ayling wants to know if he can have a word with you, sir.
00:50:08What again?
00:50:10Where is he?
00:50:11In the drawing room, sir.
00:50:12Right.
00:50:18I...
00:50:20I'll keep my fingers crossed.
00:50:24I may be wrong, sir, but I fancy it's about something Hoskins has told him.
00:50:28Hoskins?
00:50:29I think she has found something, sir.
00:50:31Oh.
00:50:34Sorry to interrupt you, sir.
00:50:36Oh, that's all right, Miss Baker.
00:50:40I think we may have found some evidence. I'd like your advice.
00:50:46Hello, Pinky.
00:50:47Hello, Jerry.
00:50:48When are you going to let me see the phone?
00:50:50Oh.
00:50:51Well, the inspector wants another word with me.
00:50:53When we're finished.
00:50:54Well, I'll slip down by myself.
00:50:55George can show me.
00:50:56Just a minute, Mrs. Collins.
00:50:57I'd be glad if you'd stay.
00:50:58You might be able to help.
00:51:00You ever seen that before, sir?
00:51:07Not that I know of.
00:51:09Have you, madam?
00:51:10Yes, I've seen lots like it.
00:51:12It's an ordinary pocket mirror from an evening handbag.
00:51:14Not so very ordinary, Mrs. Collins.
00:51:17When we found Mrs. Coates, sir, her evening bag was in the car.
00:51:20A black silver brocade one.
00:51:22There was a pocket in it, obviously meant to hold a mirror.
00:51:25The mirror was missing.
00:51:28And you think that is it?
00:51:30Well, it's black and silver brocade, sir.
00:51:33I shall have to see if it fits the bag, but...
00:51:36I'm perfectly certain it will.
00:51:38Where was it found?
00:51:40In this room, madam.
00:51:42By the housemaid?
00:51:43Yes.
00:51:44When was it found?
00:51:45On the Sunday morning, sir.
00:51:47The morning after Mrs. Coates was killed.
00:51:49Then Mrs. Coates must have left it behind her on the Friday.
00:51:52The housemaid's quite certain it wasn't here on Saturday.
00:51:54Where exactly was it found?
00:51:56Down the side of one of these settees, sir.
00:51:59That one, I think.
00:52:00Well, it might have been there for weeks.
00:52:02Hardly weeks, Mrs. Collins. It was a new bag.
00:52:05Mrs. Coates only bought it the day before she went away.
00:52:09Come in.
00:52:11Yes, Gibson?
00:52:13Nothing, sir, if I just might have a word with you in a moment.
00:52:15Yes.
00:52:16Now, Mrs. Collins.
00:52:18I wonder if you can help us over this mirror.
00:52:21Mrs. Coates was in your house on Friday evening, wasn't she?
00:52:24Yes.
00:52:25And I expect you saw her on Saturday evening?
00:52:27Yes, yes. She came back to change.
00:52:30And you probably saw her make up her face, powder her nose.
00:52:33I mean, ladies do it all the time, don't they?
00:52:35No, Inspector.
00:52:36They don't do anything.
00:52:38All the time.
00:52:40Now, we did find in your sister's bag a small, round flapjack, I think it's called.
00:52:47About so big.
00:52:49But can you remember her using a mirror at any time?
00:52:53I mean, think back. Get a mental picture.
00:52:56Yes.
00:52:58She did?
00:52:59A little mirror out of a flapjack?
00:53:01Or this one?
00:53:02Wait a minute, wait a minute.
00:53:04She opened her...
00:53:06No, she passed me her wrap and she said,
00:53:09hold this for me, Pinky.
00:53:10Then she opened her bag and she took out a mirror.
00:53:13Wait a minute, it had...
00:53:14Cigarette, Inspector.
00:53:15No, thank you very much.
00:53:17I can't remember what it was like.
00:53:20That's a pity, madam.
00:53:22Well, Inspector, so much has happened.
00:53:24And anyway, I don't know what all this is about.
00:53:26Mrs. Collins.
00:53:27I'm trying to trace your sister's movements on Saturday night.
00:53:31This mirror was found in this room on Sunday morning.
00:53:34If you remember your sister having it with her in Liverpool,
00:53:36it's difficult to understand how it got back here.
00:53:41Unless, sir, your wife was in this room on Saturday night.
00:53:44That's a perfectly reasonable assumption.
00:53:46Well, the answer is she didn't have it with her.
00:53:48It must have been here all the time.
00:53:50Don't tell me the housemaid said it wasn't.
00:53:52From what I've seen of that woman's work...
00:53:54I'm sorry to be rude about your servants, darling.
00:53:56Oh, that's all right.
00:53:57Well, from what I've seen of that woman's work,
00:53:59she'd missed something bigger than a mirror.
00:54:01Do you know she left my breakfast tray in my room all the morning
00:54:03and said she hadn't noticed it?
00:54:05Well, I'm afraid we haven't been very much help, Inspector.
00:54:08Is that all?
00:54:09That's all, sir.
00:54:10I'd like to have a word with the butler about this.
00:54:12Oh, of course.
00:54:13You coming, Pinky?
00:54:14Yes.
00:54:15Dear, it does look like rain.
00:54:17May I borrow a raincoat?
00:54:18Of course, you can borrow mine.
00:54:22Any good?
00:54:23Nope.
00:54:24Neither of them recognized it.
00:54:26No, I didn't expect they would.
00:54:29As soon as we've finished here, get the bags sent down to Liverpool.
00:54:31I'll bet you five pounds the mirror fits it.
00:54:33Oh, I'm not saying it doesn't.
00:54:34I'm only saying it doesn't get you much further if it does.
00:54:36That's as may be.
00:54:37What have you got there?
00:54:38Oh, a pair of ladies' evening shoes.
00:54:40The property of the late Mrs. Coates.
00:54:42Well?
00:54:43Your friend the housemaid found them in her cupboard in the butler's bedroom.
00:54:46She noticed them first thing Sunday morning.
00:54:48She says they went there Saturday.
00:54:50She thinks Mrs. Coates took them to Liverpool with her.
00:54:55There we are. Fits you like a glove.
00:54:57Now, if you hurry, you'll just be in time to give your Miss Bobble.
00:55:00Oh, Morton.
00:55:01Yes, madam.
00:55:02I'm just going down to the stables for a minute.
00:55:04If my car arrives, will you stick the luggage in?
00:55:07Yes, madam.
00:55:09The inspector wants a word with you, Morton.
00:55:13I don't know how he expects me to help.
00:55:15Well, he has a theory that Mrs. Coates came back on Saturday night.
00:55:19So I gather.
00:55:20But to me it seems impossible.
00:55:22Had Mrs. Coates returned, sir,
00:55:24either you or I could not have failed to hear the car.
00:55:29So you heard nothing unusual that night?
00:55:32Nothing, sir.
00:55:35Oh. That's what I told the inspector.
00:55:46Mr. Morton.
00:55:48You're in charge of the staff here?
00:55:50That is correct.
00:55:51How often do they clean out these rooms?
00:55:54This room, for instance.
00:55:55Every morning.
00:55:57Thoroughly?
00:55:58If anyone's watching them.
00:56:00This mirror.
00:56:02Ever seen it before?
00:56:03No.
00:56:05Shortly before she went away, Mrs. Coates bought a new evening bag.
00:56:09Did you ever hear her speak of losing a mirror out of it?
00:56:11Where was this found, inspector?
00:56:13I'm asking questions now.
00:56:15You've never seen it before?
00:56:16No.
00:56:18Got those shoes, Gibson?
00:56:19Yes, sir.
00:56:22You can hardly say that you've never seen those before.
00:56:26Well.
00:56:28They're Mrs. Coates's, aren't they?
00:56:29I'm asking you.
00:56:31Yes, I think they're Mrs. Coates's.
00:56:33Do you know where they were found?
00:56:35In the cupboard in my room?
00:56:37Yes.
00:56:38Then they are Mrs. Coates's.
00:56:40I had forgotten all about them.
00:56:42Forgotten, had you?
00:56:45What are they doing in your room?
00:56:46Oh, Mrs. Coates gave them to me.
00:56:48To have them repaired?
00:56:50Almost new.
00:56:51Oh, no. Mrs. Coates complained they were uncomfortable.
00:56:54She said I might dispose of them.
00:56:56Funny thing she gave them to you, wasn't it?
00:56:58Not one of the maids?
00:56:59I was passing her bedroom door at the time.
00:57:01And she called,
00:57:02Hoskins?
00:57:03I said, no, madam.
00:57:04This is Morton.
00:57:06She called me in and gave me the shoes.
00:57:08What did she say exactly?
00:57:11I think she said,
00:57:12here, get rid of these.
00:57:14They pinch.
00:57:16When was this?
00:57:18Over a fortnight ago.
00:57:19A fortnight?
00:57:22Are you prepared to swear to that in court?
00:57:23Certainly, inspector.
00:57:24If anyone is interested in an old pair of shoes.
00:57:27They might be.
00:57:29So these shoes have been in your cupboard
00:57:31for a fortnight?
00:57:32Yes.
00:57:34Then if that woman Hoskins said that they didn't appear there
00:57:36until the day after the National,
00:57:37she's not telling the truth.
00:57:38She certainly is not.
00:57:41That will be all, Mr. Morton.
00:57:44I'm sorry to have interrupted your work.
00:57:47Ask Mr. Coates if he'd be good enough
00:57:48to spare me two minutes, would you?
00:57:50Very good.
00:57:55How long has he been in this job?
00:57:56Oh, about five years, I think.
00:57:58He used to work for Old Albany.
00:58:00He took him out for stealing his wine or something.
00:58:03Oh.
00:58:04Oh, I never believed the yarn.
00:58:05Neither did Mr. Coates.
00:58:07Took him on without a reference.
00:58:08I don't think he's ever regretted it.
00:58:10Do you think he was telling the truth about these shoes?
00:58:12Aye.
00:58:13I don't know.
00:58:15Is that woman Hoskins prepared to swear
00:58:16they weren't in the cupboard before Sunday?
00:58:18No, not she.
00:58:19She swore they weren't.
00:58:21Then she said she wouldn't swear.
00:58:22Can't one of these servants remember
00:58:23what shoes she took to Liverpool?
00:58:25Well, the farmer made sure they were sandals.
00:58:27Huh?
00:58:28There were eight pairs of sandals.
00:58:39Sorry to keep you waiting, Inspector.
00:58:40What's bothering you now?
00:58:42These, sir.
00:58:43These shoes.
00:58:45Whose are they?
00:58:46Your wife's, I think, sir.
00:58:48Well?
00:58:49You know that when she was found dead
00:58:50she had no shoes on and they weren't in the car?
00:58:52Yes, I heard that.
00:58:53Where did you find these?
00:58:54In your butler's wardrobe, sir.
00:58:56In Morton's wardrobe?
00:58:57Yes, sir.
00:58:58What did he say about them?
00:58:59He says that Mrs. Coates gave them to him
00:59:01to get rid of a fortnight ago, sir.
00:59:03They were too tight for her.
00:59:04Oh.
00:59:05Well, in that case,
00:59:06these can't be the missing pair.
00:59:08You've no idea what shoes
00:59:10your wife took to Liverpool, I suppose?
00:59:12Not the slightest.
00:59:16Hello, darling.
00:59:17It's raining cats and dogs.
00:59:18Oh, I see you're still here.
00:59:20I'm sorry to bother you, madam,
00:59:21but perhaps you can help us.
00:59:23Can you remember what shoes
00:59:25your sister was wearing in Liverpool?
00:59:27What shoes?
00:59:28Yes, I can, as a matter of fact.
00:59:30She wasn't wearing any shoes at all.
00:59:32She was wearing little short boots.
00:59:34Yes, yes, we found those in her suitcase,
00:59:36but can you remember what shoes she was wearing
00:59:38when she left your house on Saturday evening?
00:59:40No, I'm sorry, I can't.
00:59:42Do you recognize these?
00:59:44Oh, yes, I do.
00:59:45Do you recognize these?
00:59:47Well, they're about her size
00:59:49and the sort of shoes she wore.
00:59:52Oh, are these the missing shoes?
00:59:54Where did you find them?
00:59:56In the butler's wardrobe, madam.
00:59:58In Morton's wardrobe?
01:00:00Yes, madam.
01:00:01You said they were the missing shoes.
01:00:03No, madam, excuse me, I did not.
01:00:05Oh, darling, my handkerchief.
01:00:07Well, have you asked Morton about them?
01:00:09That did occur to me, madam.
01:00:11I've heard his feelings.
01:00:13I know I had a handkerchief somewhere.
01:00:14I've got one, darling, wait a moment.
01:00:20A railway ticket.
01:00:22You can use that again, Jerry.
01:00:24It must be out of date.
01:00:26No, March the 28th.
01:00:28You use that again.
01:00:30The inspector won't tell.
01:00:32Your car is here, madam.
01:00:34Oh, thank you, Morton.
01:00:36Is the luggage done?
01:00:38Yes, madam.
01:00:42Jerry, I simply must fly.
01:00:52Jerry, there's something I must say before I go.
01:00:55It's about Babs and Donovan.
01:01:01You do believe I knew nothing about all that?
01:01:04Of course I do.
01:01:06Even though she's dead,
01:01:08I couldn't believe Babs could be such a fool.
01:01:10Not when she had you.
01:01:12What's the use of pretending?
01:01:14We both know it was drink.
01:01:16I thought she'd be all right when she married you.
01:01:19Oh, Jerry.
01:01:21Don't take things too hard
01:01:23and don't blame yourself for anything.
01:01:25I hope you'll find someone else
01:01:27and I hope she'll be as nice as you deserve.
01:01:29I mean every word of it.
01:01:33Oh, dear, my handbag.
01:01:35I've left it in the drawing room.
01:01:37I'll get it for you.
01:01:42Goodbye, Morton.
01:01:44You will look after Mr. Coates, won't you?
01:01:46Yes, madam.
01:01:48I'll look after him.
01:01:50Goodbye, Pinky.
01:01:52Goodbye, Jerry.
01:01:54I don't like leaving you like this.
01:01:56All alone.
01:01:58Oh, that's all right.
01:02:00Goodbye, darling.
01:02:02Goodbye.
01:02:05Sir.
01:02:07I'm sorry.
01:02:09Sir.
01:02:13What is it, Morton?
01:02:15It's about Hoskins' clue, sir.
01:02:17What about it?
01:02:19Well, it turns out to be a pair of shoes
01:02:21which Hoskins found in my wardrobe
01:02:23in case the police should mention the matter to you.
01:02:26Thank you, Morton.
01:02:28Thank you, sir.
01:02:38Thank you, sir.
01:03:09The first ticket issued on that date
01:03:11was 5506.
01:03:14It was at midnight or just after.
01:03:16About what time would this be issued?
01:03:18532.
01:03:20Oh, that would be a long time after.
01:03:22What, on Grand National Night?
01:03:24Of course.
01:03:26Within an hour of midnight.
01:03:28In time for the 1242?
01:03:30Here we are.
01:03:32We changed over at 1 a.m.
01:03:345585.
01:03:36Oh, yes, definitely in time for the 1242.
01:03:50Get me Chillington Police
01:03:52and I wish you wouldn't smoke in this office.
01:03:54Sorry?
01:03:55Can't you finish that outside?
01:03:57It's the Donovan report.
01:03:58I've just checked in his alibi
01:03:59and I'm afraid he's cleared.
01:04:00Yes, yes, yes, I know,
01:04:01but you can still finish it outside.
01:04:02Hello, Gibson?
01:04:04Have you got a nice clean cell at Chillington?
01:04:08We'll clean it up.
01:04:09We may need it.
01:04:11Yes, that railway ticket.
01:04:13Now, that's the man
01:04:14who hasn't come back from Liverpool
01:04:15by train for three months.
01:04:18You're a witness to where I found it?
01:04:19Well, I saw Mrs. Collins find it.
01:04:21Well, same thing.
01:04:23I guess the answer
01:04:24the moment that ticket dropped out of her pocket.
01:04:27You remember the train
01:04:28stopped outside the station that night?
01:04:30And lots of the passengers got off there
01:04:32so that they didn't give up their tickets?
01:04:35Well, I think that was about the worst bit of luck,
01:04:37your Mr. Coates ever had.
01:04:39Pick you up first thing in the morning.
01:04:41Good night.
01:05:03Hello.
01:05:04You're up early.
01:05:07I didn't want to telephone last night.
01:05:09What happened with the police?
01:05:11Oh, nothing very much.
01:05:12Do you think they'll come back?
01:05:13Oh, they'll come back all right.
01:05:15Why, have they found out something?
01:05:16Has something happened?
01:05:18They think Babs came back
01:05:20and that I was in Liverpool that night.
01:05:24But they don't know.
01:05:26They don't know.
01:05:28But you said Barnes evidence didn't matter.
01:05:31Pinky found a railway ticket
01:05:33in my Macintosh pocket.
01:05:34A ticket?
01:05:35The ticket you used that night.
01:05:41I think it must have been.
01:05:43It was dated March the 28th.
01:05:45But the police have got it.
01:05:47I told them so very definitely
01:05:48I hadn't travelled back by train from Liverpool
01:05:50for over three months.
01:05:53So now they know it was a lie.
01:05:55But why did you leave it in your Macintosh pocket?
01:05:58That's the maddening thing I didn't.
01:06:00I swore I didn't.
01:06:02I took it out of my pocket
01:06:03about a hundred yards this side of the level crossing.
01:06:06I'm certain I threw it away.
01:06:09Must have been some other ticket.
01:06:11What are we going to do?
01:06:15I'm sorry I got you mixed up in all this.
01:06:20What are we going to do?
01:06:22Well, if they arrest me I shall have to tell the truth.
01:06:25I can see Aileen jumping for joy.
01:06:28But up to the moment they can't prove a thing.
01:06:31That's the point.
01:06:33They can't prove a thing.
01:06:59I tell you, Inspector,
01:07:00if you arrest Mr. Colts on the evidence you've got
01:07:02you'll be making the mistake of your life.
01:07:04I've got all the evidence I want.
01:07:06Or will have before I'm finished.
01:07:08All right, but don't say I didn't warn you.
01:07:10I'm going to try a bit of bluff first,
01:07:11see if he won't save us some trouble.
01:07:13By the way,
01:07:15did Mrs. Colts ever suffer from a weak heart?
01:07:18Why should I know? Why?
01:07:20Oh, nothing.
01:07:33Good morning.
01:07:35Is Mr. Colts about?
01:07:37No, I'm afraid he isn't.
01:07:39Oh.
01:07:40Anything wrong, Inspector?
01:07:41No, no, I just wanted to ask him a few questions.
01:07:44Do you know when he'll be back?
01:07:45No, I'm afraid I don't.
01:07:47Gibson, quiet the house.
01:07:49Don't bother.
01:07:50I'll be back in a minute.
01:07:52I'm afraid I don't.
01:07:54I'm afraid I don't.
01:07:56I'm afraid I don't.
01:07:58I'm afraid I don't.
01:08:00I'm afraid I don't.
01:08:02I'll tell one of the lads to look for him.
01:08:33I shouldn't warn him.
01:08:35He might do something foolish.
01:08:39Something he couldn't explain away afterwards.
01:08:43That'll be playing right into our hands.
01:09:02Let's go.
01:09:32The idea of galloping all over the country,
01:09:34jumping five bargains as if a pack of howling wolves were after you.
01:09:38You're lucky it's only a sprain.
01:09:40How does it feel?
01:09:42A bit tied up.
01:09:43Not too tied up to answer a few questions, I hope.
01:09:46Would you mind?
01:09:48Oh, I can take a hit.
01:09:49Come on, Joyce.
01:09:51Go on, Joyce.
01:09:52I'll be with you in a few minutes.
01:09:55So you've some more questions to ask me, have you?
01:09:57Yes, I have.
01:09:59Though I'm afraid they're much the same questions as I asked before.
01:10:02That's all right, as long as you don't mind the same answers.
01:10:04You see, we are still working on the theory that Mrs. Coates came back.
01:10:09Still?
01:10:10Have you any evidence to support that theory?
01:10:12Well, I mentioned that Mrs. Coates' mirror and shoes were found here on Sunday morning.
01:10:16Oh, the Hoskins story.
01:10:18I'm afraid I didn't take it very seriously.
01:10:20I thought you had something more definite.
01:10:22The mirror is more definite than it was, sir.
01:10:24We now know for certain that it did belong to the bag Mrs. Coates had with her.
01:10:28Then there's the petrol consumption of the car.
01:10:30The petrol consumption?
01:10:32I don't think I've heard about that.
01:10:34No, sir.
01:10:35There are one or two things you haven't heard about yet.
01:10:38When Mr. Donovan got back to the garage that night, he was out of petrol.
01:10:42And the garage attendant filled his tank up.
01:10:45When we found the car with the body, three gallons had been used up.
01:10:50We tested the car and found that it had been driven at the most 44 miles.
01:10:56Does that suggest anything to you, sir?
01:10:57No, I'm afraid it doesn't.
01:10:59No?
01:11:01We also drove the car from the garage to the front door here and back to the spot where it was found.
01:11:07It used three gallons.
01:11:09Is it quite a coincidence?
01:11:11Of course, sir. It may be just a coincidence, but we don't think so.
01:11:16We think it's one more pretty clear proof that the car came back here.
01:11:21Did anyone see the car that night?
01:11:23Not that I've found yet.
01:11:24Of course, it was very foggy.
01:11:26Was it difficult driving?
01:11:28I think it must have been, don't you?
01:11:31I suppose it was the fog that made Mr. Darling think that he saw you coming back that night.
01:11:35Or the drink.
01:11:40This ticket is interesting.
01:11:44Can you explain, sir, how it came to be in your Macintosh pocket?
01:11:49It's dated March the 28th.
01:11:51It's dated March the 28th.
01:11:53March the 28th.
01:11:55This year?
01:11:56This year.
01:11:58Did they put the year on tickets?
01:12:00They do.
01:12:01How very careful of them. I'd never noticed it.
01:12:03No, Inspector, I'm afraid I can't tell you how that ticket came to be in my Macintosh pocket.
01:12:07Strange, sir.
01:12:09Because you told me you hadn't been back from Liverpool by train for three months.
01:12:12I did.
01:12:14And yet, March the 28th.
01:12:16The day after the National.
01:12:18Were you in Liverpool at all that day, sir?
01:12:22Yes.
01:12:25I went up to identify, and of course I met you, but I went both ways by car.
01:12:31And you weren't up there earlier, sir?
01:12:33Very early, in fact.
01:12:35Soon after midnight?
01:12:36I've already told you I wasn't.
01:12:37Because that's when this ticket was issued, just after midnight.
01:12:40Just before the 12.42.
01:12:42I see.
01:12:43And it was on the 12.42 that Mr. Darling thought he saw you.
01:12:45I thought it was the platform at Liverpool.
01:12:47Mr. Coates, have you any explanation of how this ticket came to be in your pocket?
01:12:50No, Inspector, none.
01:12:52No, sir? Would you care to come down to the station and sign a statement?
01:12:54About that ticket?
01:12:55No, Mr. Coates. About all your movements that evening.
01:12:57Are you arresting me?
01:12:59Not yet, sir.
01:13:00Then I can refuse to go.
01:13:02Yes, sir, you can, but I don't think you'd be wise to.
01:13:04You see, you'll have to go in the end.
01:13:11All right.
01:13:13I'll go.
01:13:15All right.
01:13:36Hello, Gerry.
01:13:37Hello.
01:13:38So sorry, busy?
01:13:39Yes.
01:13:40Afternoon, Inspector.
01:13:42I won't keep you a moment, old boy. I just popped over, actually.
01:13:44I'm very sorry, but I'm busy.
01:13:45That's all right, old boy. I just came over to return your Macintosh.
01:13:48Oh, there's Morton. I'll let him have it.
01:13:53What did you say?
01:13:55Hmm? Did you hear what he said?
01:13:57What, sir?
01:13:58I did, sir.
01:13:59Bones, just a minute.
01:14:01What did you say?
01:14:03Mr. Coates, we hardly want Mr. Darling now.
01:14:05You may not, Inspector, but I certainly do.
01:14:07Bones, what did you say just now about...
01:14:10I just said I was sorry, I didn't realise...
01:14:11No, no, no, not about that. About...
01:14:13No, about this.
01:14:14I just simply came to return your Macintosh.
01:14:16My Macintosh?
01:14:17Yes.
01:14:19How long have you had it?
01:14:21Well, I must have taken it last time I lunched here.
01:14:31When did you lunch here?
01:14:33It was Sunday, I think. Yes, that's right.
01:14:36I must have picked up his Mac as I left the house.
01:14:38And you've had it ever since?
01:14:39Yes, I'm afraid I have.
01:14:41I'm awfully sorry on all that, Jerry.
01:14:43I'm afraid I only noticed it this morning.
01:14:44Oh, it doesn't matter a bit.
01:14:45Can you identify it for certain?
01:14:46Identify it?
01:14:47Good heavens, Inspector, I know my own Mac.
01:14:49This has got my name in it.
01:14:50Darling.
01:14:53In that case, sir,
01:14:55a ticket that was found in one of the pockets would be yours?
01:14:58A what sort of ticket?
01:14:59A railway ticket.
01:15:01From Liverpool to Chillington.
01:15:03Dated March the 28th.
01:15:05March the 28th?
01:15:06Oh, yes, yes, that would be mine.
01:15:07I came home by train that night.
01:15:08You remember, Inspector, I told you the train stopped outside the station.
01:15:11I got out and never gave up the ticket.
01:15:12There's nothing wrong in that, is there?
01:15:14Nothing, sir.
01:15:15There's your ticket.
01:15:16I don't want it.
01:15:17Oh, good heavens, Inspector, you don't think that I'd use it again?
01:15:19I don't care what you do with it.
01:15:21I say, if my ticket has been bothering you, Jerry,
01:15:22I really am most awfully sorry.
01:15:24Well, I think it's the Inspector you should be sorry for.
01:15:26Why, did he think it was a clue or something?
01:15:27Well, I rather think he thought it might be.
01:15:29My ticket?
01:15:30Oh, no, no, no, I've got an alibi.
01:15:32Look, Jerry, I'd love to stop and have a drink,
01:15:34but I'm having lunch with some friends.
01:15:35So goodbye now, boy.
01:15:36Goodbye.
01:15:39Well, sir?
01:15:40That's that.
01:15:42But I hope you realize that until that ticket was explained,
01:15:45we had to take the line we did.
01:15:48And I'll be getting back to Liverpool.
01:15:51Shall I be seeing you again, Inspector?
01:15:53I'm not sure, Mr. Coates.
01:15:55But should the verdict be natural causes...
01:15:57Natural causes?
01:15:59Should it be, sir.
01:16:01I think you may have seen the last of us.
01:16:03Your wife had a weak heart, you know.
01:16:05Goodbye.
01:16:07Goodbye, Mr. Coates.
01:16:08Goodbye, miss.
01:16:10Goodbye.