Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill - full movie

♪ [dramatic music] ♪

Dartmoor Prison

isolated from the outside world
by walls of granite

They say you can get out of here
by merely telling what you know

You may or may not be another
Scotland Yard bloke

but I'll give you the same
answer I gave the others

I still have two years, eight months
and six days left

in which to make musical boxes

that will be sold at auction for the
benefit of this delightful sanctuary

and I intend to sell them

♪ [music box] ♪

Move along

(male) And now we come
to the next object on our list

or I should say objects

because there are three of them

Now, ladies and gentlemen

these can be bought together or separately

Now these beautiful little musical boxes
only arrived this morning

and I didn't intend to put them
on the auction block until later

but I'm going to sell them now

So good friends
[inaudible] I've got news to say

Lend me your ears

And what do you hear?

♪ [music box] ♪

Right

The beautiful tinkle-tinkle
of a musical box

What a lovely trinket
what a beautiful gift

created and made by loving hands

A thing of beauty and utility

Now who's going to start me with £5?

It's a bargain, £5

Do I see any hands?

If a connoisseur in the house
will go £3 point

£2

£1

Ten shillings

Thank you, sir

Ladies and gentlemen

ten shillings is offered for a musical box
you couldn't buy anywhere in London

for less than £5

Bit of a steal to let it go
for ten shillings

Like taking milk from a baby

Alright, we still have the ten shillings

Ten shillings, ten shillings is offered
ten shillings is offered

ten shillings is offered

Anybody going to give me £1?
Anybody £1?

Someone, somewhere give me a pound

A pound, £1 is offered
£1 is offered ladies and gentlemen

£1 is offered

Have we got a £2?
Have we got a £2, sir?

£2, £2 is offered
£2 is offered, going once

twice

third and the last call

sold to the gentleman for £2

Sorry, my dear

Now ladies and gentlemen
comes the opportunity to purchase

an exact duplicate
of the beautiful little musical box

just bought by this gentleman
for the ridiculous low price of £2

It's exactly the same

exactly the same, made with the same hands

You hear that? Isn't that lovely?

That tinkle tinkle tinkle tinkle

♪ (music box) ♪

Sounds like bells to me, you know,
with little angels pulling on the rope

Who'll give me £2 for it?

Who'll start me with £2 for it?
Will anyone start me with £2?

Oh, come, come, ladies and gentlemen

You know, from your enthusiasm

we might all be in Scotland
instead of London

Please buy it for me, Daddy

£2, certainly not
we all might be in Scotland

Besides I don't like these men

£1, ten shillings

£1, £1 is ours

£1, £1 is offered
£1 is offered, going £1

In the advance, we're once
going twice

the third and the last call

Sold to the lady for £1

Smart bidding, my dear

Thank you

We come to the third and last
of these beautiful little musical boxes

Exactly the same
tinkle-tinkle

Isn't that lovely?

Ladies and gentlemen, I don't bring
you here to golly you and swindle you

This is an exact replica
of those two I just sold before . . .

(knock)

We're closed

But this is extremely important

Come in, sir, come in

I'm sorry to disturb you

but I was unfortunately delayed
from arriving on time

to bid on certain articles
which I was rather anxious to obtain

Well, perhaps they weren't sold, sir

We are carrying several things over

Erm, what might the articles be, sir?

Three identical musical boxes
about, er, so large

Oh, I'm sorry, sir, but they were sold

Pity you weren't here to bid on them

They didn't bring anything
like the real value

I'm most anxious to obtain them

I wonder if your records would show
who the purchasers were

Oh, we usually don't give out
that information, sir

For certain, shall we say
sentimental reasons

I'm most anxious to get in touch
with the purchasers

I'd be willing to pay, shall we say

£5

Well for certain sentimental reasons, sir
we'd be very happy to oblige

Alfred! Today's sale

the three musical boxes

The musical boxes

Ah, here we are

The first purchase for £2
Mr. Julian Emery, 52 Fortman Square

Write these adresses down, Alfred

Yes, sir

Second didn't leave any name

How unfortunate

I think she's a dealer

You see, they don't like us to know
where they're things are going

On account of the profits

You say the second purchaser was a woman?

Can you give me a description of her?

Oh, she was a young woman

fairly tall, slender

a light complexion, and dark hair

and she was wearing a–

A grey suit, don't you remember?

That's right

She probably runs a gift shop

She paid £1

You say she comes here fairly frequently?

Oh, I didn't say so

but she does, sir

Like as not she'll come in on Thursday

We have sales on Mondays and Thursdays

Ah, and the third box?

The third, Mr. William Kilgour
143 B. Hampton Way

For ten shillings

Mmm, quite a drop from £2

Mr. Kilgour was a Scotchman

Oh, well, thank you
You're most helpful

Oh, thank you, sir!

And anytime you're passing, drop in

We always have lovely things for sale

Our card, sir

Thank you, I'll be back Thursday

The message reached us too late

The musical boxes are being sold

Let's get out of here

Someday you'll go too far

Reaching for a star, you fool

Yet a fool may touch a star
Col. Cavanaugh

if he reach high enough

But not posses it as you would

The musical boxes, they're being sold

What a pity for you, my dear Col.

Is it my fault that the message
reached us only an hour ago?

Is it my fault that they were sold?

She can't hold me responsible for that

I hope for your sake you're right

♪ [violin] ♪

They will call upon you tonight
at a quarter to eight

a gentlemen who desires to consult you

upon a matter of the very deepest moment

Ha! Do you remember that letter, Holmes?

It was written over two years ago

An interesting case

devilishly interesting

Irene Adler

What a striking looking woman
from the brief glance I had of her

seems only yesterday

What charm, what poise, and what a mind!

Sharp enough and brilliant enough
to outwit the

the great Sherlock Holmes himself

I take it the new issue
of the Strand Magazine is out

containing another of your
slightly lurid tales

It is indeed!

And what do you call this one?

I call it A Scandal In Bohemia

Not a bad title, eh?

Hmm.

If you must record my exploits

I do wish you'd put less emphasis
on the melodramatic

and more on the
intellectual issues involved

More on the intel . . .
What do you mean by that?

Well I do hope you'd given, uh

The Woman a soul

She had one you know

"The Woman"

I suppose you mean Irene Adler

Yes

I shall always remember her

as The Woman

(knock)

(Watson) Come in

Hey! Stinky

Fatso, old boy, how are you?

How are you, old boy?
Haven't seen you for years

I want you to meet my old friend
Sherlock Holmes

Holmes, this is Stinky

in other words, Julian Emery

How do you do, Mr. Emery?

Watson has often spoken of you

Oh, has he?

Yes, we were at school together

It was more years ago
than I care to remember

but you didn't come in here
just to remind me of that

No, I just happened to be
in the neighborhood and

saw your lights burning

so I took the liberty of looking you up

Still writing your mystery stuff?

Yes, there's a new one out this week

Good, I never miss 'em

Oh, good, thanks!

I say, that bandage
makes you look very interesting

still poking your nose into
other people's business as usual?

I haven't a value's notion

Somebody bopped me on the head
in my own living room

and then proceed to commit the most
idiotic burglary you ever heard of

Fellow must have been as barmy as a coot

Barmy, why?

Come sit down, old boy

You like a cup of tea?

Huh? Oh, alright

I'll go and [inaudible]

Why do you say the robbery
was idiotic, Mr. Emery?

Oh, simply for the fact that

with about £5000 worth of
musical boxes in my living room

the thief who I caught in the act

made off with one that isn't even worth £5

I gather you're a collector
of musical boxes

Yes, I am indeed

Some of them very beautiful

but not the one that was stolen

The thief evidently grabbed
the first thing that came to his hand

when he heard me coming into the room

Isn't it rather odd isn't it
that having disposed of you

he didn't pick up something more valuable?

Was there anything unusual about the stolen box?

No, nothing at all

I picked it up in the south of France
several years ago

You say you have many valuable music boxes

yet the thief made of with one
that isn't worth £5

Sounds like rather an intriguing
little problem

Well, I take it that

he was just an ordinary petty thief
and didn't know the value

That is a possible explanation
yet I venture to say

that the average petty thief
has a more extensive knowledge

of the value of objet dar
than the average collector

Well, anyway, that's gotten the odysary

They didn't get very excited about it

That's consistent, anyway

I wonder if I might see your collection
Mr. Emery

Oh, of course you could, yes

Nothing a collector likes more
than showing off his trophies

When would it suit you?

No time like the present

Good!

My place is just round in Portwood Square

-Shall we?
-Yes, right

Hello, where are you going?

Stinky hasn't had his tea yet

Oh, I'm sorry

We're going round to my place

where I'm going to give you something
better than tea

Now this one was made for Joey XV

and is one of the very few
still in existence in that period

and a particularly fine specimen at that

♪ (tweet) ♪

Charming isn't it?

Quite

They all sound to me like a lot of mice

running about on a tin roof

I'm afraid you have no ear
for music, Watson

Give me a good old band
playing a rousing march

you have all your
silly little tweet-tweets

♪ [whistling] ♪

[laughing]

Is this one…

♪ [music box] ♪

Stupid thing

Singing rabbit, humph

What would you say [inaudible] has a value
of a box like that, Mr. Emery?

Well, it's hard to say out of hand

but I was thinking of bringing

about five or six hundred pounds today

It's the gem of my collection

Yet a thief who steals an oddity
like a musical box

passes up one worth £500
for one of almost no value at all

Odd

Very odd

What was the stolen box like, Mr. Emery?

Oh, just a plain wooden box

about, em, so big

Mmmhmm

As a matter of fact I have one over here
almost exactly like it

I picked this up yesterday
at an auction room in Nightsbridge

♪ [music box] ♪

Payed only £2 for it

Course I wouldn't ordinarily
add one like this to my collection

but the, em, the tuning freed me

I had never heard it before

♪ [whistling] ♪

You have a remarkable ear
for music, Holmes

Rather an unusual melody

–Sit down, will you
–Thanks

You say you bought that box
at an auction sale yesterday

Yes, the Gaylord auction rooms
in Nightsbridge

run by old, what's his name

Crabtree

That's the man

At what time was the robbery committed?

About 3:00 this morning

You know, Mr. Emery

that box in the robbery
might well be cause and effect

especially since you say
that the stolen box

accurately resembles this one a great deal

and Scotland Yard
were not particularly interested, eh?

Oh, yes, well that

I wouldn't blame them for that

especially as I told them
I was quite unable to describe the thief

except of course for the fact that

it was definitely a man

All you remember is that you came in here
and someone struck you on the head

Yes, and the next thing I knew

my man was trying to revive me

It might be wise for you
to put that box away somewhere

lock it up

Oh, I don't think that's necessary

Besides everything's insured

Well, at least if any further attempts
at robbery are made

I'd suggest that you call the police

rather than running into
any possible danger

Oh, come Holmes
aren't you being a bit of an alarmist?

Possibly

I must agree with old Stinky

it seems to me you are making
rather a mountain out of a moleskin

"Molehill" is the word, old boy
and it's time you were in bed

(laughter)

Thanks so much
for letting us see your place

No, it's very good meeting you

Holmes, I can't understand
why you were so mysterious

Seems to me the petty thief explanation
was the only sensible one

Really?

I can't see how you could believe
it was anything else

I didn't say I believed it
to be anything else

The petty thief theory is the

obvious one, I grant you

However, it's often a mistake
to accept something as true

merely because it's obvious

The truth is only arrived at

by the painstaking process
of eliminating the untrue

We are not able to do that in this case

without further data

Rubbish, you're pulling my leg

You're trying to turn a

a [inaudible] robbery
into an international plot

No, I'm not

And I just hope that your friend Stinky's

a little more cautious in the future

just in case

[telephone]

Hello

Yeah?

Julian Emery here

Who?

Of course I remember you, Mrs. Courtney

Yes, you are the one bright spot

at the boringly dull affair of [inaudible]

Huh?

Of course it isn't too late to come around

Yes, I shall be

delighted to give you a drink

I'll tell you what, come straight up
and I'll be at the door [inaudible]

Alright, fifteen minutes? Good

I shall be counting each moment

No, I mean that really

Right, goodbye

♪ [humming] ♪

Boo!

Oh! You startled me

(laughing) Did I?

Must be the pixie in me

I know I shouldn't have called you so late

but I was at a party
just around the corner

and I remembered your invitation
to see your collection of musical boxes

My dear Mrs. Courtney

the pleasure is all the greater
for being so unexpected

My friends call me Hilda

Mine call me Stinky

Stinky, how quaint

What a perfectly wonderful
collection of musical boxes!

You know, when you told me
you had a collection

I had no idea it was so attractive

They appeal to the ear

as well as to the eye

Oh, what a plain little one

Why it looks just like a country cousin
amid all this grandeur

No, no, no, no, you mustn't
underestimate the country cousin

Only last night a burglar broke in here

And with all these to choose from
went after the one very much like it

Really?

Yes, I don't mind
the loss of the box so much

but I do resent this crack on the skull

But it makes you look so interesting

Do you think so?

Uh-huh

That's funny, that's what old Fatso said

Fatso?

I mean Dr. Watson

He was here this evening with a friend

A Mr. Holmes

He's interested in my collection too

Sherlock Holmes?

Yes, do you know him?

I've heard of him

He seems to think I'm in some sort of, uh

danger

What a haunting tune!
It takes me right back to my childhood

Really?

See that's odd that you should be
interested in that particular musical box

Odd, why?

'Cause Mr. Holmes is also interested in it

He may have been more
interested in the tune than in the box

By Gilders, that's right

I remember now

He whistled it note for note
having only heard it once

Really?

He must be a remarkable man

Bit of an alarmist if you ask me

Don't you believe in warnings?

Course not

Who'd want a box like that?

I would

You're not serious?

Oh, but I am

You put me at a very awkward position

I'm a collector, you know

and a collector buys but never sells

But, if the price were high enough

Price has nothing to do with it

It's the principle of the thing

Yes, well, we haven't had our drink

No thanks, I must be getting along

Must you really?

I'm afraid so

You're not walking out on me, are you?

My reputation, Stinky

I say, you know
you are an attractive woman

Thanks

♪ [intense music] ♪

You fool

I told you to wait outside

What did you have to kill him for?

All I had to do was walk out with this

He held you in his arms

Don't touch him

Don't touch anything

Now get out!

I'm sorry

You're sorry?

What about me?

This is murder

What about Scotland Yard?

What about Sherlock Holmes?

Now get out!

Did you get it?

Good

Did you have any trouble with it?

Just a matter of murder

Ah, Mr. Holmes

Hopkins

Thanks for coming so promptly

Inspector Lestrade suggested
that I call through to you

Mr. Emery was a client
of Mr. Holmes, Inspector

Indeed?

You didn't mention that
when I telephoned you, Mr Holmes

Well, not exactly a client, Inspector

Sgt. Thompson

He was killed between the hours of 11
and 2:00 this morning, Mr Holmes

Must of been someone he knew
or someone of whom he had no suspicion

Poor old Stinky

It's all my fault

I should have prevented this

Well, it's no time to start
talking about that now, Dr.

Apparently it's gone

That's the second attempt on the musical
box that Emery bought at the auction sale

and this time it was succesful

But that box was only worth £2

It was worth a man's life, Watson

I think we better pay a visit
to Gaylord's auction room

and that fellow Crabtree

Inspector, may I suggest that you make
a complete search of this flat

for a small plain musical box
about that size

Thank you, come on, Watson

You say the first box
went to Mr. Julian Emery

the second Mr. Kilgour 143 B. Hampton Way

the third to the unidentified young lady

who presumably has a shop
and lives near Gilder's Green

That's right Mr. Holmes

Isn't it rather strange Mr. Crabtree

that you used to have three identical
musical boxes all playing the same tune

Where did they come from?

Dartmoor Prison

Dartmoor?

We get a regular shipment
from there every month

The inmates manufacture them

Well, they make all kinds
of things, you know

pipe racks, waste paper baskets
musical boxes-

Did you happen to notice

if anyone showed any particular interest

during the auction

and the purchases of these three boxes?

Oh, come now, Mr. Crabtree

this is very literally
a matter of life and death

Well, since you put it that way
Mr. Holmes

There was a gentleman came in here
about an hour after closing time

and he was in an awful state, he was

He gave me £5 to tell him
where the boxes had gone to

He said they had
a sentimental value for him, sir

Hmm, explains his sentiment

Can you describe him?

He was tall, distinguished looking
and he had

grey hair and a mustache
He was quite a gentleman, sir

And what was his reaction

when you were unable to supply him

with the address of the young lady
who owned the shop?

I told him the young lady
usually come back on Thursday

He said he'd come back on Thursday
and that's tomorrow

Thank you Mr. Crabtree
you've been very helpful

Thank you!

Come along, Watson

Where are we going now, home?

Well, I'm going to Mr. Kilgour
the man who bought the third box

(buzz)

But hang it all, Holmes

How do you know those other two
musical boxes are of any importance?

I don't, but I certainly have no intention

of waiting till the owners
are murdered to find out

(buzz)

No one at home

I hope that's the explanation

Well, have a look through this window

Doesn't seem to be anyone there

The whole place seems deserted
as far as I can see

Yes

Mr. and Mrs. Kilgour at home?

No

When do you expect them?

Oh, in an hour or so

There's no use [inaudible]ing about

They don't buy nothing from peddlers

Peddlers! My good woman
this is Mr. Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes? Oh, go on

You mind if we come in and wait?

My business is rather urgent

Well, I got to go out and do me shopping

and I don't know if Mrs. Kilgour
would like any strangers nosing about

Quite all right, I assure you

Well, I've got to be off

You two wait in the parlor

and no smoking either

Mrs. Kilgour says it smells up the 'ouse

Funny old girl, Holmes

Hmm

Park Place

Park Lane

and what would the likes of you
be doing in Park Lane?

Now don't worry about the theatre

if you know how to get to
Park Lane, off it

You know, Holmes, I've been thinking

There must have been something
hidden in that box of old Stinky's

stolen jewelry, possibly

What's up, Holmes?

Listen

[knocking]

That's just the steam in the water pipes

Watson!

Great Scott!

Come on, Holmes

get her on the chair here

It's all right, my dear

There, there, there

Now don't worry

It's all over

There you are, dear, don't cry any more

She tied me up and shut me in the cupboard

I know, I know

She won't come back

Did you show her your new musical box?

Yes, she said she wanted to hear it play

and as soon as I showed it to her
she grabbed on-

I know, I know, I know, now don't worry
We'll buy you a new musical box

Yes my dear, the best one in London

Watson

Oh, what a fool, what a fool I've been

What do you mean, Holmes?

She took the musical box out of this house
in that market basket

right under our very noses

Why, do you think the Kilgour char woman
would want to take the music box?

She isn't the Kilgour char woman

She's a considered actress

An extremely clever, unscrupulous woman
who will stop at nothing

Take care of the child, will you
till her parents get back

Explain everything to them

Of course I will

Holmes! Where are you going?

Somewhere, somehow

I must get to the young lady
who bought that third musical box

before our opponents find her

I only hope that I won't be too late

Oh no, no no no darling, you
you mustn't cry anymore

Now, cheer up

Would you like to hear old Uncle
make a noise like a duck?

[quacking]

Oh, sorry

♪ [music box] ♪

Now, ladies and gentlemen

how much am I offered for this beautiful
lace dressed in china figurine?

A lady of the French court

Now this is the genuine article

What a beautiful ornament
for your mantlepiece

or you could use it as a centerpiece
on the dining room table

Now, will somebody start me for £10?

Somebody start me for £10?

£8

£7

Alright 5, £5 is offered
£5 is offered, £5 is offered

£5.10, £5.15, £5.15

£6 is offered, £6, £6

going once

going twice

the third and the last call
we'll be all done

Sold to the lady from twig for £6

Next we have a real museum piece
ladies and gentlemen

a fine nineteenth century doll

a costume and exact replica
of the holiday clothes

worn by the Hungarian peasant women

Now, ladies and gentlemen

an item like this could cost you
from £15-20 in a western shop

I'm not going to ask
for anything like that

Who'll give me £2 for it?

£2, anybody offering me £2?

£2 for the Hungarian, £2-

£1, 1?

Anybody give me £1?
Anybody offer me £1 for the doll?

£1 is offered, ladies and gentlemen
£1 is offered

Now, I'm not going to waste
your valuable time

or mine, in trying to get half of
what this beautiful doll is worth

The young lady can steal it for £1
and that's her good fortune

So it's going once

It's going twice, the third and last call

Anymore?

Sold to the young lady for £1

And now, ladies and gentlemen

may I draw your attention to something
which may be a great surprise to you

worthy of any collection

The only other one like it
is in the British museum

It's a Ming vase of the seventh dynasty

This vase lay in a large collection

somewhere outside Rome for over
two centuries as I understand it

It was discovered there by the Notre Dandy
Crilliams and Andrew Carperson

Now some of you may remember
Sir Andrew Carperson

besides being a noted traveler and
antiquarian he's also a gentlemen writer

The girl with a parcel
in her hands, that's her

Are you sure that's the girl?

Well, she fits definitely
the auctioneer's description

Follow her, Hamid

It's lovely, dear

And only £1

We can get at least three for it

Easily

I'll go make some tea

I could do with a cup

Right

(bell)

Good afternoon

Good afternoon

I'm looking for a birthday gift
for a seven year old girl

What would you suggest?

We have some lovely dolls

Now this Hungarian peasant-

I think she has enough dolls already

Books are always welcome

Well, I'm looking for something
a little different

Now, that's rather cute

What is it?

Oh, that's a musical box

Children always love them

and this is an exceptionally nice one

It plays many tunes

♪ (music box) ♪

Have you any others?

Yes

If you'll just step this way

I have only two left

♪ (music box) ♪

My, my!

Are you sure this is all you have?

I'm sorry

they're rather hard to find, you know

That's our entire allotment

I did have one other
but I sold it earlier this afternoon

But it was only a plain wooden one

It wouldn't have been
a very nice gift for a child

Really?

Do you happen to know
who the purchaser was?

Why yes

He left his card
just in case anyone should inquire for him

How interesting

I'm sorry, but I'm afraid
I'll have to look a bit further

Thank you anyway

Good afternoon, thank you

(bell)

Cabby!

Follow that cab

Here now, right

Scotland Yard

Hop in

Sherlock Holmes
I might have known

We thought we were the hunters

instead of which we are the hunted

We've been fooled
We played right into his hands

Of course

He's had us followed

Don't look

The man in front of the toy shop

Hamin

Turn sharp right at the next corner
and again at the next

No photograph of her, Comissioner

as I expected

She's not a known criminal

But how do you expect to know her
if you do find her?

After all she was disguised
as a char-woman

Don't worry, old fellow

If I ever see her again I'll recognize her

Well, it won't be long till we know
who they are and from where they operate

Who's covering them?

Sgt. Thompson's following them, sir

They won't get away from him
He's a good man

We could have arrested them
at Tibert's Toy shop if we had any proof

But we know that they killed Emery

Proof, my dear fellow

We must have proof

We have x-rayed it, sir

There's nothing whatever
concealed in the box

We'll have a look at the plates

Hmm

There must be some clue

It'll probably be so obvious
that we've all overlooked it

Seems to me
we're up against a bunch of lunatics

Not lunatic's, my dear fellow

Extremely astute cold-blooded murderers

What could these little musical boxes
have in them that's so important

Don't forget they were made
in Dartmoor Prison

You can smuggle stuff into prison
but not out

You want us to break the box apart, sir

to see if the there's anything
the x-ray hasn't caught?

No, not yet

Do you mind if I take it?

Certainly

Thanks

The governor of Dartmoor Prison
informed us, sir

in answer to Mr. Holmes question

that all three musical boxes
were made by the same convict

John Davidson

Serving a seven year term, sir

Davidson? The Bank of England plate?

That will be all

Yes, sir

Now we're getting somewhere

If– wait a minute

How did you know
about the plates, Mr. Holmes?

I'm a student of crime, Inspector

I make it my business
to know about such things

and when the name
of Davidson was mentioned–

Who was this fellow, Davidson?

As long as Mr. Holmes seems to know
all about it already

I suppose there's no harm in telling you

Uh, two years ago in London

there occurred a robbery
of such tremendous importance

although the stolen articles
have no intrinsic value whatsoever

but the home secretary was instrumental
in seeing that not a word of it appeared

in any newspaper

But you never told me
anything about this, Holmes

You were away at the time

Articles of no intrinsic value
and yet of such importance?

Hmph, I don't understand

Davidson was aprehended

within fifteen minutes of committing the theft

but by that time

he had hidden the articles in question
and they've yet to be found

Before going further, Dr. Watson

I must inform you that this matter's not
to be mentioned outside of this room

Course not

Do I look like a man who gossips?

Let's not go into that now
old fellow, shall we?

Davidson had been employed

for years

in a position of extreme trust

by the engravings department
of the Bank of England

The articles he stole were nothing less

then a complete set of duplicate plates
for printing £5 notes

What?

The Bank of England's own plates?

Precisely

and with those plates a gang of crooks

could flood England with £5 notes

not forged in the usual sense of the word

but notes undetectable
from genuine Bank of England notes

in any way whatsoever

Good heavens

Any whisper at all
might have resulted in enormous damage

in shaking public confidence
in the treasury

We tried everything
after we had arrested Davidson

Offered him a shorter sentence
if he'd tell us where he'd hidden the plate

Why we even put in

Scotland Yard men with him as cell mates

but, no result

Obviously Davidson is a man
of strong character and infinite patience

Yet suddenly he feels impelled

to smuggle out the secret
of the hiding place of the plates

to his confederates

Why?

I don't understand, Mr. Holmes

Well, for example

had the Bank of England made any plans

to radically change

the design of the £5 notes
so that in say, uh

seven years from now

notes made from the stolen plates
would be worthless?

Confidentially , Mr. Holmes

such a move was discussed

but replacing all the £5 notes
in circulation

would be such a Herculean task that

nothing's been done about it as yet

I see

Of course there is another
possible explanation

Davidson didn't have much time to find
a hiding place before he was captured

He may be afraid

that the plates will be accidentally
discovered before he is released

hence his anxiety

to communicate their whereabouts
to his confederates as soon as possible

I believe you've hit it, Mr. Holmes

I'm sure that the message
is contained in this musical box

Or rather in all three musical boxes

since possession of all three
seems to be essential

Our opponents have 2/3 of the puzzle
and we have 1/3

Oh, what are you going to do, Holmes?

Try to deduce the methods
from the 1/3 that we have

♪ (music box) ♪

(whistling)

♪ (music box) ♪

(whistling)

♪ (music box) ♪

It's the same tune as the one
played by Emery's musical box

and yet it's different

Sounds the same to me

The tune

Somehow the tune

is the key to the mystery

It must be the tune

otherwise why use three musical boxes
to convey the message?

Why not collar boxes or shoe boxes?

(telephone)

Yes

Oh

It's for you, Inspector

Oh, thank you, sir

Inspector Hopkins speaking

What?

Where?

Gilder's Green station reports
they've just found Sgt. Thompson's body

There were tire marks on his clothes

He was

apparently run over by a taxi

What an unfortunate accident

Not an accident, my dear fellow

I'm afraid it's murder

♪ Oh, you never know
just who you're going to meet ♪

♪ When you're walking
down every London street ♪

♪ Mrs Orchid or Mrs Brown
Any subject of the crown ♪

♪ Oh, you never know
just who you're going to meet ♪

♪ Oh, you better hold your copper
in your 'and ♪

♪ Just in case you meet a lady
on the strand ♪

♪ Girls will think you're kind of sweet
And your day will be complete ♪

♪ Oh, you never know
just who you're going to meet ♪

♪ Now a gentlemen is judged
by 'is appearance ♪

♪ Yes a gentlemen is judged
by how he talks ♪

♪ Now he's much better off
When he's beckoned like a cough ♪

♪ Especially if he's takin' him
a walk ♪

What on earth is this outlandish place?

A rendezvous practice

Actors?

Buskers, old boy

You've seen them a thousand times

Actors only tame the queues

waiting outside theaters

♪ Oh, you never know
just who you're going to meet ♪

♪ When you're walking
down every London street ♪

♪ So you better wear your best
Go inside and look your best ♪

♪ Oh, you never know
just who you're going to meet ♪

♪ Oh, you better keep your manners
ripe and new ♪

♪ Just in case a lady
gives a howdy do ♪

♪ If your coat is in a fleet
Shine your shoes and keep them neat ♪

♪ Oh, you never know
just who you're going to meet ♪

Blimey

Mr. 'olmes

How are you, Joe?

Never better

And yourself?

Fine, thank you

I want you to meet a friend of mine

Dr. Watson, Joseph Cisto

Oh, well, any friend of Mr. 'olmes
is a friend of mine

Hi, Joe

You gave me a good turn once
that I'll never forget

Yes, I cleared Joe
of a most unpleasant charge

Murder, no less

Murder?

By proving to the satisfaction
of the police that he was busy at the time

blowing open someone's safe

That's right, governor

Good gracious me

And you're all well?

Now you can help me

Come on, buzz off, buzz off

Come on, stop it, stop it!

Can't a gentlemen have some
piece and quiet around 'ere?

And you too

There you are, Mr. 'olmes

Now we can have
some piece and quiet around 'ere

Thank you, Joe

There's £5 in this for you

Well, I wouldn't want
to take it on me-self, sir

but I can get someone
to do it for you for 'alf o'that

You don't know what the job is yet

For £5?

Murder aint it?

What?

No not murder, just

um, music

I want you to identify a song for me

Oh, there aint a song that's been written
that I don't know

That's why I came to you

Of course, the violin
is more my instrument, but, um

Oh, well

Here we go
Now listen to this, Joe

♪ (piano) ♪

Wait a minute

You're playing that wrong

That should be E♮ not E♭

You know the song?

Oh, yes, it's an old
Australian song called, uh

The Swagman

but you're playing it all wrong

That's what I hoped you'd say

Now listen again, Joe

♪ (piano) ♪

That's the same tune, all right

but you're making different mistakes
than you did the first time

No not mistakes, Joe, call them variations

Here, play the song for me, will you
the way it's written?

♪ (piano) ♪

There you are

Thank you, Joe

What's it mean, Holmes?

Are you onto something?

Perhaps

I don't know yet

It's probably a code of some sort

Joe!

Could you write the song sown for me

the way it was originally written?

Oh, sure, Mr. 'olmes
but it will take a few minutes

Mmmhmm

Here, Madel!

Pale ale

Come on, 'op to it, 'long with it

♪ (piano) ♪

Well, obviously it isn't the lyrics

No combination of those words
made any sense at all

The variations in the way

Emery's musical box played the tune

are different than the variations
in the one we have

You sure?

Quite

You see, I took the trouble to memorize

the tune as played by Emery's box

that night we were with him in his flat

Holmes, you amaze me

Did I mention, my dear fellow

one of the first principles
in solving crime

is never to disregard anything
no matter how trivial

Why are there three boxes?

Why not one?

Because the message

was obviously too long to be conveyed
by any one variation

Then there's the third box

The one that woman took from the Kilgours

That contains yet another
set of variations

Yes, well, it's all beyond me

Well, all we have to do now

is to plant the secret of the variations

Not a very easy problem to solve
my dear fellow

♪ (exciting music) ♪

Hello

What's up?

We've had company

I say, this is outrageous!

Ask Mrs. Hudson to come in here, will you?

Right

♪ (intense music) ♪

Mrs. Hudson!

Yes?

Oh, there you are

Will you come up here at once, please?

Coming, sir

Mercy me, Mr. Holmes

What has happened?

Who called while we were out, Mrs. Hudson?

Just a young lady

The one who said you wanted her
to wait for you

and a nice little old gentlemen with her

Our friends again, Watson

Friends?

What did the young lady look like?

Oh, I-I couldn't see hers face
She had a

a heavy black veil on

but she had such a nice way with her

Oh, I'm sorry Mr. Holmes
if I've done anything wrong

but you did say that I should always
let clients come in and wait for you

Don't worry, Mrs. Hudson, don't worry

You had no way of knowing

It's quite all right, quite all right

Now don't worry, Mrs. Hudson

Don't worry?

Where on earth's the musical box?

They didn't get it

Didn't get it?

Where is it?

It's in your hand

Huh?

That biscuit jar

Take the biscuits off the top

Now put your hand inside
and you'll find the music box

Well done, Holmes

Well done, amazing!

♪ (music box) ♪

Pff, nice fresh smell

Like a pub after closing time, pff

Mr. Holmes

What?

It's morning

Allow me to congratulate you
on a brilliant bit of deduction

It's not a transposition

not a polygraph transposition
not a trigraph

nor any known form of decoding

How about the Morse Code
have you tried that?

Yes, at about three o'clock this morning

I'm sorry, old man
I was only trying to help

♪ (violin) ♪

Oh, do me a favor

not again

Must have heard that thing
a thousand times

kept me awake all night

♪ (pizzicato violin) ♪

Not a very distinguished composition
I grant you

You know perfectly well
I don't know one tune from the other

When I was a kid, my people tried
to have me taught the piano

I always felt sorry
for that old teacher of mine

Poor old girl, finally reached a point of
numbering the keys for me

1, 2, 3, 4- even then
I-I never progressed beyond-

Numbering the keys, Watson!

The nineteenth key of the keyboard

is the nineteenth letter of the alphabet

Yes! Here

I'm done, I'll give it to you
old fellow, will you

The first altered note, write yes first

Now the eighth, the key

is H

The fifth key, E

The twelfth key

L

The sixth key, F

S-H-E-L-F

Shelf

Your piano lessons
were not in vain, old fellow

You've solved it

Thank you

Thanks, old man, ha!

We now have two thirds of the message

"Behind books"

"Third shelf"

"Secretary"

"Doctor S"

Presumably

these are the first and second
portions of the message

And this gang has the first
and third parts of it

Precisely

Then it's a stalemate

Yes, Commissioner
but we can't leave it like that

There's no doubt in my mind
that they'll try to secure

our third of the message that's missing

I assume you've taken every precaution
to guard the third music box

Oh, yes, it's carefully hidden at Baker St

with Dr. Watson on guard, however

I'm reasonably certain that, uh

difficult as it may be

we can find the plates

even without the missing part
of the message

"Behind books, third shelf
secretary, doctor S"

Outside of the fact that Davidson hid
the Bank of England plates

somewhere in London, Mr. Holmes

I don't see that we could rest at all

Allow me to point out to you, sir

the key words

"Doctor S"

It looks as though the plates were hidden
in the house of a doctor

Whether the "S" stands
for his first or last initial

remains to be determined
by a process of elimination

Frill, there must be ten thousand
doctors in London with

"S" for a first or last initial

Precisely

and every one of them
will have to be questioned in person

That's why I say
this is a task for Scotland Yard

It's a task all right

but Scotland Yard has searched worse
haystacks and found a needle

Well, for the time being

I'll leave the matter
in your hands, gentlemen

We'll call you if and when
we get a lead on our

mysterious "Doctor S"

In the meantime I intend to follow up
a little clue concerning a cigarette

Mmm

You are certain of the identification
of the tobacco?

Absolutely

I have made up this special blend
for only three customers

It is almost pure Egyptian

Mmmhmm

with a mixture of Laticia

for added body

and a pinch of Parich

merely a whisper as one might say

for elusive fragrance–

Yes yes, and the, um, the three customers?

Major Wilson in Bombay, India

Mmmhmm

Mrs. Catherine Leenington Smith

Mmmhmm

in Ireland

Yes, and the third?

Mrs. Hilga Courtney

of Park Mansions

Bryanston Square

Thank you

Thank you very much
you've been most helpful

It's a pleasure to have
been of service, Mr. Holmes

(buzz)

(buzz)

Yes

Mrs. Courtney

Yes

My name is Sherlock Holmes

Oh, do come in

Thank you

I've heard of you, of course, Mr. Holmes

I believe we have a mutual friend
in Sir Edward Brookdale

He's spoken to me of you quite often

Indeed?

And to what good fortune
am I indebted for this visit?

I think you know, Mrs. Courtney

Well, I did get a summons
for speeding last week

but outside of that I don't think I'm
of any interest to the police

Oh, come now, Mrs. Courtney

you seem to forget
that you and I have met before

I'm sorry

I'm sure I would have remembered
meeting the great Sherlock Holmes

Please sit down

Thank you

You say we met before

Yes

At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Kilgour
143 B. Hampton Rd

Kilgour

I don't think I know anyone of that name

Well, I didn't say you knew them

As a matter of fact you called on them
when they were out

I don't understand, Mr. Holmes

Really?

And you were dressed rather differently

Indeed

Cigarette?

Thank you

Thank you

You know, Mrs. Courtney

people generally forget

you're assuming a disguise

but the shape of the ear
is an almost infallible means

of recognition and identification
to the trained eye

Evidently you've mistaken me
for someone else

Oh, no, not at all
though naturally I expected your denial

But when you payed your visit
to my rooms at Baker St

You carelessly left behind

another identification

I don't eglartha

Yes, I must admit they are

You see Mr. Holmes

to catch one as clever as you
I had to use a very special lure

I knew you'd be unable
to resist the bait of my cigarette

Having read with great interest
your monograph

On the Ashes of 140
Different Varieties of Tobacco

I should advise you
not to move, Mr. Holmes

I must congratulate you
on your ingenuity, Mrs. Courtney

It was indeed a brilliantly designed trap

Thank you, Mr. Holmes

Praise from a master is indeed gratifying

I shall always cherish the memory
of your flattering words

Memory?

Precisely

I'm afraid these gentlemen
have a most regrettable task to perform

Unless of course

you care to turn over
the missing musical box

with your pledge to take
no action against us in the future

I'm afraid that will be impossible

I thought that would be your answer
Hamid!

Careful!

Careful

There's no need to be so unnecessarily
rough with our distinguished guest

You realize, Mr. Holmes, that your demise
will not take place here, the, uh

corpus delectae, you know

Well, naturally

Shall we go?

So fearfully awkward
having a dead body lying about

Don't you agree, Mr. Holmes?

Another dead body

should not weigh too heavily
on your conscience, Mrs. Courtney

You mind if I have a cigarette?

Well, I don't see why not

♪ (dramatic music) ♪

(tire screech)

Be careful, Hamid!

It's the brakes, they bind

Thank you, Col. Cavanaugh

That's very considerate of you

♪ (dramatic music) ♪

You'll be happy to know, Mr. Holmes

that your death will be a painless one

Hamid

Attach this to the motor of the taxi

That little attachment, my dear Mr. Holmes

contains the deadly fluid know as

mono sulfride

The German's use it
with gratifying results in removing their

undesirables

♪ (dramatic music) ♪

Start the motor

(engine start)

Tape his mouth

Now, up with him, Hamid

You find yourself like
Mohamed's coffin, Mr. Holmes

Suspended between heaven

and earth

Plenty of fuel in the tank?

Good

It would be too bad to have anything
go wrong through so

simple an oversight

Come on

♪ (dramatic music) ♪

(coughing)

(knock)

Yeah, who's there?

(yawn)

Good afternoon

Mr. Sherlock Holmes

No, I'm Dr. Watson

Oh, of course, Dr. Watson

How stupid of me?

Not at all

Stupid of me

Won't you come in?

Well, I-I really came to see Mr. Holmes

Oh, I'm afraid he's out
I don't know when he'll be back

Perhaps there's something I can do

Won't you sit down?

Thank you

You know

Sherlock Holmes and I have been engaged
on a great many cases

Oh, really?

Yes, indeed

As a matter of fact, at this very moment

we're involved in one of the most baffling–

Well, oh, won't you tell me your trouble?

I may be able to help you

Very kind of you, Dr. Watson

perhaps

if I wouldn't be imposing too much

Imposing? Oh, there's no imposition
no imposition at all

A pleasure I assure you, now

tell me all about it Miss, uh

Miss Williams

Mrs. Williams

I live in Therough, Dr. Watson

and-and I've come up to London
in sheer desperation

my only sister has disappeared

and the local police seem utterly
unable to find her

Well, Holmes and I solved a case
exactly like that once

very interesting as far as I remember

I call it The Adventure of
the Solitary Cyclist

Oh, sorry

Now come to think of it
it wasn't so very similar

Entirely different

Couldn't think what I was saying

Where were we?

She's only seventeen, Dr. Watson, and

until she disappeared last Thursday she

seemed to be in the best of spirits

Possibly a romantic entanglement?

Oh, no, no, nothing of the sort

She left no note

didn't even pack a bag, no explanation

She just started to walk to the village
from our house in broad daylight and

simply vanished from the face of the earth

Oh, there, there, there, there

Might I have a glass of water?

Of course, a glass of water

One minute

♪ (dramatic music) ♪

There you are, my dear

Thank you, Dr. Watson

There, there, you're not to cry anymore
You must pull yourself together

I feel much better already

knowing that you're going to help me

Oh, Dr. Watson, look!

Good heavens!

(coughing)

Get through, get through
the fire brigade quickly

♪ (dramatic music) ♪

Haven't you a fire extinguisher?

By George, we have, in the kitchen

Don't you worry, Miss Williams
we'll have this thing out in no time

(coughing)

Ah, that's better

Get some air

There you see there was

there was no need
for the fire brigade after all

I hope you weren't too frightened
Miss Williams

Gone

That's the trouble with women

They always lose their heads
in an emergency

Hmph

The musical box!

Great Scott!

Miss Williams!

Well?

Good

And Holmes?

By now Mr. Holmes has no doubt
exchanged his violin for a harp

Well, that's assuming
that heaven is his destination

And now that we have
the missing musical box

♪ (music box) ♪

19th note

19th letter

"S"

He hasn't been there, you say

Holmes, where on earth have you been?

I've been trying to get you at the club

Scotland Yard, all over London

You were looking for me
in the wrong places

Holmes, a terrible thing's happened

I've been duped

That woman

she made a complete fool of me

Well, what do you mean?

Well, she came here

let off a smoke bomb

I thought the whole place was on fire
and my first thought was to

to save the musical box

No need to say anymore

She has the box

Yes

Don't blame yourself too much, old fellow

She is an extremely clever antagonist

Smoke bomb, you said?

(laughing)

Well, you can console yourself
with the thought

that your charming friend is
at least a reader of yours

What do you mean?

If I remember correctly

you wrote about my little experiment
with the smoke and the cry of fire

in the story you entitled

A Scandal in Bohemia which has just
appeared in the Strand Magazine

Alright, alright, old boy

Don't rub it in

Well, it may cheer you up to know
that she made a fool of me, too

That cigarette stub

It was planted here
for one express purpose

You got any bandaging around this place?

Bandaging, what's the matter, Holmes?

Are you hurt?

The explanations
will have to wait until later

At the moment we are faced with a problem

which I fear is insurmountable

Come over here a moment, would you?

Right

Our opponents are in possession
of all three parts of the code

and here are we

while the Bank of England plates

pass into their possession

Cheer up, old fellow, cheer up

As Dr. Samuel Johnson once said

"There's no problem
the mind of man can set

that the mind of man cannot solve"

What's that, old fellow?

Oh, just quoting Dr. Samuel Johnson

He said "There is no"–

Thank you, Watson, thank you

Leaving the front reception room

we come into the main hall

where Dr. Johnson was in the habit
of passing through

to have his meager meals
in the dining on opposite

in company with his friend and biographer

James Bosswald

We will now pass up the stairway

which remains in its natural wood finish

just as it was
when the good doctor was here

The framed etching on the wall

Is believed to have been
presented to Dr. Johnson

by the distinguished painter

Sir Joshua Reynolds

I've been told here that that picture
was given in by Mrs. Thrail

and it's definitely not a Reynolds

Is that important, my dear?

Oh, I'm sorry

Oh

This way, ladies and gentlemen
please this way

Move along children, move along

The secretary's not on this floor

Patience, Hamid

I have a feeling–

My dear Col. with Sherlock Holmes
out of the way what could go wrong?

And here we have the gallant library

in which Dr. Johnson
wrote his famous dictionary

and in which you will see also

many of the great man's books
and other items of interest

Step forward, ladies and gentle–
please step forward

Standing in the corner is the secratary

which contains many of the original works

by the literary genius

On this table, Dr. Johnson's cat Hodge

used to sleep while his master worked

The strange thing about this cat
ladies and gentlemen

was it's love of oysters

They do say that the dear doctor
often went hungry

To find the cat that delicacy

What a pity, hmm

Now we will visit the Grey Room
which is immediately below us

in which you will see the very bed

in which Dr. Johnson died

What did he die of?

Gout

Just gout

This way, ladies and gentlemen
mind the steps, please

Your keys

Third shelf up

♪ (dramatic music) ♪

The knife

Gentlemen, the Bank of England plates

Well, Mrs. Courtney

so we meet again

No, I shouldn't do that
if I were you, Col. Cavanaugh

I must congratulate you, Mr. Holmes

You're far more clever than I thought

Thank you, Mrs. Courtney

Praise from you is indeed gratifying

I shall always cherish the memory

of your flattering words

Memory?

Oh, thank you

And now I have a most
regrettable task to perform

(gunshot)

Holmes!

Coming, Holmes!

Holmes

You alright?

perfectly, thank you, old fellow

but I think this gentleman on the floor
requires some medical attention

we will see that he looks his best
you know, when he's hanged

Take them in charge

Hmm, a brilliant antagonist

It's a pity her talents
were so misdirected

Will you see
that these plates are returned

to the Bank of England, Inspector?

I still don't understand
how you solved it, Mr. Holmes–

It's entirely due to Dr. Watson

He gave me the clue when he mentioned

Dr. Samuel Johnson

Well, congratulations, Doctor

Oh, thank you, Inspector

I don't think I could have
done it entirely

without Mr. Holmes's help, you know

(laughter)