Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes - The Speckled Band [HD]

[Music] so come here lad what are you doing on my property come to claim back what's rightfully reminds her that thieving young rascal made off with some horseshoes and a bag of nails from my smithy where is your proof the proof is i'll find him there now i don't want to be forced to call the police these people are guests of mine but you are trespassing mr thorne i'm not frightened of you doctor get off my land yes please come back soon my dear there is nothing whatever to worry about we should be married in a few weeks i'm just on my way back to london [Music] goodbye sir and thank you for a most pleasant weekend i mean to improve my game of chess before my next visit uh yes i see uh you weren't an unworthy opponent thank you sir i'm just seeing percy down to the gates father yeah drive on away from me by the gate with you [Applause] the fellow was trespassing he had a duck in and that is all father i cannot believe that thorne were deliberate damn it woman are you part of the conspiracy against me too no father i live here but not for much longer once you marry that fellow army teacher ah yes what is it father what has happened to my room uh bill has found a fault in the structure better sleep in your sister's room until they've finished working on it julia's room i can't sleep in there why not pray i can't what is the matter it's a perfectly good room i've instructed the housekeeper to prepare it for you now run along your baggage good night peace [Music] so [Music] [Music] do [Music] [Music] hello young beauty tonight tonight [Music] i'm very sorry watson but it seems to be the common lot this morning what mrs hudson has been roused she retorted on me and i knew but it's only a quarter past seven what is it a fire no no a client this will take a moment to draw sir but only a moment mrs hudson is a mistress of the art of fire lighting ah oh this is my intimate friend and associate dr watson before whom you may speak as freely as before myself how do you do mrs hardson do you think you could bring this young lady a hot cup of coffee for i observe you are shivering it is not cold which makes me shiver it is fear mr holmes it is terror no you must not fear we shall set matters right have no doubt you have come by train i see this morning you know me then no but i observe the second half of a return ticket in the palm of your left glove you started early but you had a drive in a dog cart along heavy roads before you reached the station but there's no mystery my dear lady the left arm of your jacket is spattered with mud in no less than seven places the marks are fresh there is no vehicle save a dog card which throws out mud in that particular way and then only when you sit on the left hand side of the driver you are perfectly correct sir i can stand the strain no longer i shall go mad if it continues i have heard of you from mrs ferrantosh whom you helped in the hour of her sore need valentine's i dear herren it is difficult for me to advise you since you present so few facts but i know you to be a sensible girl not prone to hysterics as one of your poor dear mother's oldest friends i can only suggest that if your fears persist you should contact mr sherlock holmes at 221 b baker street fahren tosh oh yes i do remember the case it concerned an opal tiara i think it was before your tithe watson thank you mrs hudson sir do you not think you could help me too at present it is out of my power to reward you but in a few weeks i shall be married with control of my own income i shall be happy to devote the same care to your cases to that of your friend as for reward my profession is is honorable but you are at liberty to defray whatever expenses i may be put to at the time which suits you best and now i beg you lay everything before us which may help us form an opinion upon this matter my name is helen stoner i live with my stepfather dr grimmersberry who was the last survivor of one of the oldest saxon families in england the royals of stoke moran the name is familiar to me he is a doctor by profession a skilled one for some years he had a large and flourishing practice in india in calcutta ah dr watson has also practiced medicine in india yes attached to the fifth northumberland fusiliers and pray continuous stoner in calcutta he married my mother she was the young widow of major general stoner of the bengal artillery i was only two at the time of mother's remarriage and my sister julia was five years older our mother had a considerable sum of money not less than a thousand a year and this she bequeathed to dr roilett entirely while we resided with him forgive me your mother has passed on shortly after our return to england she was killed in a railway accident dear crew my stepfather then abandoned his attempts to establish himself in practice in london and took us to live in his ancestral home with stoke moran but the money your mother left you was enough for all you wants so that was no obstacle to your happiness a terrible change came over my stepfather instead of making friends and exchanging visits with our neighbors who at first were overjoyed to see a royalt back in the family seat he shot himself up in the house and indulged in ferocious quarrels at times it was and still is hard to keep him out of the police courts he's become the terror of the village does he permit any visitors none save my fiance and some wandering gypsies gypsies vagabonds whom he has given leave to encamp on his land sometimes he goes away with them for days at a time you can imagine from what i'm saying that my poor sister julia and i had no great pleasure in our lives no servant would stay long so we did all the work of the house she was about 30 when i lost her but already her hair had begun to whiten even as mine has your sister's dead just two years ago it is of that i wish to talk to you oh yes yes oh no no no living the life we did we were little likely to see anyone of our own age and position but we were occasionally allowed short visits two years ago julia met a half-pay major of marines to whom she became engaged your stepfather approved of the match uh he raised no objection at all but a fortnight before the wedding the terrible event occurred which deprived me of my only companion pray be precise as to details it is easy every event that night is seared into my memory it was late about eleven julia had come into my room smoking those awful cigars again perhaps you should have this room until the wedding oh helen oh i feel so happy and yet wretched that i'm leaving you here alone my turn will come i shall miss you you won't i'll come and stay besides your major has promised to find me a brother officer of equal rank and infinitely better looking darling what is the matter helen have you ever heard anyone whistle in the dead of night i suppose you couldn't possibly whistle yourself in your sleep certainly not why the last few nights always about three in the morning i've been woken by a low clear whistle i can't tell where it's coming from i thought you might have heard it i sleep more heavily than you it was probably those wretched gypsies well never mind was it your custom always to lock yourself in at night always my stepfather has a passion for indian animals a leopard and boom wander freely over the grounds julia and i had no feelings of security unless our doors and windows were locked i couldn't sleep had a vague feeling of misfortune julia cheers please help me [Music] speckled [Music] go back to your own childhood [Music] oh [Music] i am sorry gentlemen my sister and i were very close yes indeed what an awful experience and you've no idea what might have caused this whistle and a metallic sound you can swear to it it was my strong impression i i may possibly have been deceived was your sister dressed no she was in her nightdress uh on the floor there was a candle and the child stump of the match which means something must have woken her up and she struck a light to see what the matter was what conclusions did the coroner come to he investigated the case with great care but he was unable to find any satisfactory cause of death and your evidence would have shown that the door was fastened on the inner side the windows blocked by shutters secured every night it is certain therefore that your sister was alone when she met her end yes besides there were no marks of violence upon her what about poison the doctors examined examiner for it without success what do you think this unfortunate lady died of then it's my belief that she died of pure fear and nervous shock though what it was which frightened her i cannot imagine what do you gather from the illusion to abandon speckled band delirium or some band of people the gypsies at the plantation the spotted handkerchiefs their way around their necks these are very deep waters what happened after your sister's death my life was lonelier than ever until a month ago when a dear friend of mine whom i've known for many years did me the honor to ask for my hand in marriage his name is mr percy armitage and you ought to be married within a few weeks so what prompted you to come here when your life seems set so fair yesterday some repairs were started and my bedroom wall was pierced so that last night i was forced to move into the chamber in which julia died to sleep in the very bed in which she slept imagine my terror when i was awoken by the same low whistle which had been the herald of her own death you lit a lamp yes but nothing was to be seen i was too shaken to sleep i dressed and slipped out of the house i got a dog cart at the crown inn and came to london with the one object of asking your advice you did wisely but have you told me all yes you have not missed stoner you are shielding your stepfather he is a hard man but he's still the only father i have known i'd say it was time for some breakfast there are a thousand details i desire to know before i decide on a course of action if we were to come to stoke moran today could we see over these rooms without the knowledge of your stepfather as it happens he spoke of coming to town today on some business and the weapon i have seen none we have a woman who comes to clean from the village but only in the morning there should be nothing to disturb you excellent watson you're not averse to this trip by no means then we will be with you in the early afternoon i shall be there for your arrival you'll stay for some breakfast surely thank you my heart is lightened already ah mrs hudson thank you but when you combine the ideas of whistles at night the presence of a band of gypsies on intimate terms with the doctor the dying illusion to a speckled band well there's good ground to believe that the mystery may be cleared along those lines which one of you is holmes my name sir but you have the advantage of me i am dr grimsby roy lot of stoke moran indeed doctor please take a seat i shall do nothing of the kind i know that my stepdaughter has been here this morning what has she been saying to you it is a little cold for the time of year what has she been saying to you but i have heard that the crops promise well ah you put me off do you you scoundrels i've heard of you before your home's the meddler holmes the busybody homes the scotland yard jack in office your conversation really is most entertaining if you would close the door on your way out as there is a decided draft i will go when i've had my say don't you dare to interfere in my affairs i know that miss stoner has been here i am a dangerous man to fall out thank you mrs hudson just another client [Laughter] what a very amiable person i may not be quite so bulky but fancy he's having the insolence to confound me with the official detective force uh this incident gives zest to our investigation i only hope our friend won't suffer from her improvements in allowing that brute to trace her here one thought keeps nagging at me watson let's professional life in india if it was so successful why would he exchange it for the life of aristocratic penury my friend coombs would know coombs was in calcutta around that time find your friend coombs and see what you can get from him i shall walk down to doctor's commons where i hope to get some data which may help us in this matter let us meet again at one under the clock at waterloo station that is if you finished your breakfast by then oh and your revolver i would be obliged if you would slip it into your pocket kneeling number two is an excellent argument against gentlemen who can twist steel pokers into nuts that and your toothbrush are i think all we need i've seen the will of the deceased wife our annual income at the time of her death was a little short of 1100 pounds but due to the fall in agricultural prices there's now no more than 750 pounds each girl in case of marriage could claim 250 pounds so if both girls had married our beauty grimas bay royalet would have had a a pittance and even one marriage would ruin him you have the strongest possible motive oh did you manage to find coombs yes i did he proved rather hard to locate but i finally managed to get him through swanson at bars he did know roilet in calcutta confirmed what the girl had said and added one intriguing fact now it seems that a series of robberies had been perpetrated in his house and suspicion fell on his native butler roilet promptly seized the man and in a fit of anger beat the poor fella to death natalie escaped a capital sentence but suffered a long term of imprisonment and returned to this country a morose and disappointed man ah watson it's a wicked world and when a clever man turns his brain to crime it's the worst of all [Music] [Applause] oh no holy day are you gentlemen no we're architects taking a look at some of the local houses ah that's why you wanted stoke moran i didn't think it was for social reason you'll be doing business with dr roy lot then yes i believe that was the name if you don't mind a word of warning you want to take care with him sir that are some around these parts say he's not right in the head really only yesterday mr thorne of the blacksmiths had a most nasty experience with the doctor because of those thieving gypsies were camped in the grounds oh yes we've heard about the gypsies and the leopard the story goes the doctor threw mr thorne in the stream in a fit of uncontrollable temper an old storm he's not a small man good lord is he bringing a charge of assault he will go into but miss toner the doctor's young stepdaughter paid him some of her own money to it to keep it quiet well that's what i heard well i never did you hear that holmes the more i see and hear of that young lady the more my admiration increases young woman of commendable spirit you can pull up here driver who do you mean to a fella for miss stoner of course that mobile huh mr sterner yesterday all this turned out splendidly dr rowlett has gone to london and he won't be back before the evening but we have already had the pleasure of doctor roil it's acquaintance he followed me yes he turned up just after you left but holmes sent him off with a flea in his ear he's so cunning i never know when i'm safe from him well then he must guard himself or he may find someone more cunning than himself upon his track shall we holmes don't you think we ought to get miss stoner away from here tonight on the right suspicion but if he's violent we shall be here so this is doctor ryan's room this formerly your sisters and this your room yes but i'm now sleeping in this one ah pending the alterations miss stoner may i ask something that's unusual isn't it bedrooms on the ground floor the bedrooms will move downstairs when so much of the house fell into decay oh yes of course how sad there seems little need for repairs to this end of the house there are none i believe it was an excuse to move me from my room ah that is suggestive now miss turner would you be so kind as to go into the room in which you are now sleeping and bolt the shutters what are you doing watson well i'm using your methods homes seeing whether the ground has been disturbed what have you come up with your footprints i believe and mine and mistoners and this so no one could pass these if they were bolted well let's see if the inside throws any light on the mat huh mm-hmm where does that bell communicate with it goes to the housekeeper's room it looks newer than the other things yes it was only put there a couple of years ago oh your sister asked for it i never heard of her using it we used to get what we wanted for ourselves indeed you will excuse me while i satisfy myself as to this flaw it doesn't ring it's very strange a ventilator into another room you mean when it might have communicated with the outside air that is also quite modern indeed this donor with your permission we will now carry our research to dr royal's chamber what's in here my stepfather's business papers are you seen inside it then only once some years ago i remember it was full of papers is there a cat in there no what a strange idea well look at this no we don't keep a cat ah well a leopard is a large cat after all yes but a sorcerer of milk wouldn't go far in satisfying a leopard leopard is kept on a leash is it this sort of leash watson what do you make of it well it's a common enough dog leash but i don't know why it should be tied we have no dog thank you miss sterner i have seen enough i was going to ask if you'd like some tea mr it is very essential that you absolutely follow my advice in every respect your life may depend on it i assure you that i'm in your hands in the first place on the way here we passed a small cottage the shell house would the windows of your sister's room be visible from there yes you are sure yes then we shall make it our base it's a refreshment oh we shall have dine shall we homes is there a village in the crowd oh good thank you all will say now miss donor when your stepfather returns you must confine yourself in your room on pretense of a headache then when you hear your stepfather retire for the night you must go to the windows under the hasp open the shutters and leave your lamp on the windowsill as a signal to us then withdraw with anything you may want for the night to your old room i've no doubt that in spite of the repairs you could manage there for one night yes of course and now we must leave if dr reillet should return and find us here our journey would be in vain i believe mr holmes that you've already made up your mind pity say tell me the cause of my sister's death be brave if you do as i have told you rest assured we shall soon drive away the dangers that threaten you oh yes it is a clear view you expecting this to take all night holmes it's possible anything is possible when a doctor goes wrong he's the first of criminals he has nerve he has knowledge palmered and pritchard but among the heads of their profession this man strikes even deeper i really have some scruples taking you tonight there's a distinct element of danger if i can be of assistance it's very kind of you you evidently saw more in those rooms than was visible to me holmes but i probably deduced a little more do you remember miss stoner say that her sister could smell dr roland's cigar well the ventilator a ventilator maid a cord hung and a woman who lies in the bed dies i can't see any connection did you notice anything peculiar about the bed it was clamped to the floor could not be moved had to remain in the same relative position to the ventilator and the rope faster we may call it since it was clearly never made for a billboard i begin to see dimly what you're driving at we're only just in time to prevent some subtle and horrible crime [Music] good night [Music] [Music] did you have a good day not without interest where did you get to this morning i decided to go to town too i had some shopping to do for the wedding you knew i was going up we might have traveled together i left early yeah i know you did so that i should be back by lunchtime i had some things to do here this afternoon my trip was a whim you always wear a good little liar you excuse me i have a terrible headache holm's the meddler home's a busybody homes the scotland yard jack in office uh the signal oh my god what's that it's the baboon this is a nice household [Applause] we must sit without light do not fall asleep your very life may depend on it hmm [Music] [Music] so [Music] [Music] so [Music] you see it watson you see it [Music] what can it mean it means this over and perhaps for the best cab watson bring your pistol it's the band the speckled band it is a swamp adder the deadliest snake in india he has died within seconds of being bitten violence in truth recoil upon the violent and the schemer falls into the pit which he digs for another the idea of a snake occurred to me when i coupled it with the knowledge that the doctor was furnished with a supply of creatures from india the form of poison rapid and lethal which couldn't possibly be discovered by any chemical test it might or might not bite the occupant of the bed she might escape every night for a week but sooner or later she must fall a victim oh my poor julia the doctor had trained the snake probably with the milk to return to the sound of a whistle the very whistle which you and your late sister heard my inspection of the chad in dr royle's room had shown that he had been in the habit of standing upon it to reach the ventilator last night when i attacked the snake and drove it back through the ventilator i rised its snakeish temper causing it to turn upon the next person that it saw dr grimmersby roilet so you holmes were indirectly responsible for his death i cannot say that it is likely to weigh very heavily on my conscience [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] so [Music] you

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Length: 52min 29sec (3149 seconds)

Published: Wed May 16 2018