Poirot S03E04 - The Plymouth Express [FULL EPISODE] Agatha Christie's Poirot

[Music] hey [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] yes sir hello there you're new aren't you is there someone you wanted to see sir well yes there was as a matter of fact i'd rather like a few quick words with my wife hi guys good morning sir good morning have your sweet and how long will we be having the pleasure of your patronage monsieur the corn difficult to say i have a business in london of an indefinite nature have your florists attached to the hotel but of course monsieur excellent sweet 37 blossom darling oh what the hell are you doing here carrington florence doesn't want to see you i thought the letter from the lawyer made that perfectly clear well i'm sure we both want to spare flossie the embarrassment of airing all our little family secrets get out of here rupert i thought it was your voice there's no need for you to talk to him florence there's no need for you to even see him but i want to talk to him father just for a moment please all right one minute and i want him out of this house he never liked me good heavens i can't imagine why look flossy this legal separation it isn't what you want is it rupert the only reason i wanted to be alone with you was to be absolutely certain i got you out of my system i have goodbye rupert flossy wait all right if that's what you really want but look you couldn't um i'm in a spot of difficulty you mean money not a penny of it you've had a good run for my money but now it's over i think you should help me out flossie over there standing out of the clothes yesterday in sydney listen the geologist's report is fine couldn't be better where do the rumors start you know paris who in paris look tommy hold the bank off when the real report's published those shares are gonna rock it yeah right i say remember those shares sandy hackett took me to buy shell says things the australian mining company yellow creek he said they were about to make some spectacular discovery do not tell me these things they are down to five shillings three and six actually i thought you didn't study the stock market i do not has things i studied the psychology mr hackett is what we call the congenital optimist the only occasion on which we met he assured me with the utmost certainty that he would not rain that afternoon because he was going to the garden party yes i remember it bucketed down uh mr gordon holliday's here to see you mr puaro with your goddamn holiday show he mean by all means miss lemon was that the australian border in hanover mary the self-made millionaire per excellence but he's the chairman of yellow creek mines do you think he'd advise me these things i forbid you to mention it mr holiday is here to pass advice not to give it mr paro very good of you to see me without an appointment not a dorm is your holiday not at all how may i be of service to you well actually it's a little awkward flowers from merciless not more of them what does he say this time i'm desolated not to have heard from you can it possibly be that i am condemned to take tea alone have pity my lovely florence have pity he hasn't changed one bit well i could deal with a bit of cheering up look mr pyro money's no object i want him got rid of fuero is not in the business of getting rid of people's mutuality he's not only european monsieur parrot he's a frenchman and he's not only a frenchman he's a wronger you see it's hard for poor florence everybody knows she's my only heir that scares off all the decent blokes and brings the buzzards flocking and this con to rochefort is one of the buzzards yeah knew it as soon as they had his wings flapping towards us in paris of course florence thought he was the bee's knees i had a hell of a job getting her away from him i thought it might find her somewhere more suitable in english society the honorable rupert carrington yeah well that was a frying pan in the fire with the vengeance and now just as she gets him out of her hair back out of nowhere comes this so-called count staying at the adelphi hotel spending a fortune on roses puerto is not in the business of vetting the potential husbands mr holiday i cannot help you you keep telling me what business you're not in mr puerto can't you just run your eye over the pip squeak for me you're not a father don't know what it's like trying to bring up a daughter all on your own no wife to talk it over with no one to ask advice are you ready i will run my eye over him for you i can tell you where i'll be in half an hour from now unless i'm very pleasantly mistaken florence will be there too [Music] [Music] will you go to crafts crafts is about the most exciting thing in london this month no that is not sir i was devastated when you left paris florence i was utterly destroyed well i'm sorry about paris my father ah your father perhaps he will look at me in a better light this time well why what's different this time i have a job i think the first national bank of paris will carry weight even with him well hastings what do your instincts tell you about our so elegant count well not a lot really just looks like a typical frog a typical frenchman i mean typical frenchman of his time a frenchman quite so quite so typical of his time bearer bonds worth 20 000 of your english pounds now if the bank can trust me to such an extent so can your father so can you perhaps is this something to do with some financial master stroke i will tell you all about it when we meet two more oh not tomorrow i'm afraid tomorrow i'm going away for the weekend i accepted an invitation months ago how can i possibly be without you for another three days now that we have found each other again well you can always come and see me off if it'll make you feel better i'm catching the 1214 from paddington the plymouth express and then changing at bristol come on wave goodbye to me it is only for three days which of the jewels shall i pack madam oh i can't decide i'll take the jewel case with everything do you think that's wise miss florence florence so just oh do you have to wear those with this don't be silly father pack please jane do you have to take them all daddy you really do have to stop worrying about me be a dear help jane with the cases [Applause] 150 000 shares called 150 000 the yellow creek mining corporation to be sold when they reach one pound it's my security [Music] on platform one is the 1214 plymouth express via bristol the 1214 plymouth express via bristol will depart from platform one are you sure you wouldn't rather i stayed with you man quite sure you go and find your own seat are you expecting company mad of course not why on earth should i be [Music] [Music] [Music] excuse me do you know if that block is correct no idea i'm afraid my dear hey i want to see it right now wow florence has disappeared you've got to do something she just disappeared in the thin air now calm yourself miss your holiday how can i i knew something like this without me tell me she was going away for the weekend her mates just called from bristol station they were supposed to change there only apparently florence stayed on the train said she had some business further on now did she specify what business no no she just said that she'd get the first train back to bristol and then i'd go on together but that is not necessarily to worry my friend but that was over three hours ago para there's still no sign of her i see what really worries me is that when the maid went along to florence's compartment at bristol there was a man in it [Music] [Music] station the train now arriving on platform 1 [Applause] [Music] is we know depends on see you soon [Music] hey [Music] extra you're a clever man you tell me that my dear friend i'm so very very sorry you follow murder reporter i'll make you richer than you ever dreamed my friend it is another question of money believe me i also shall not rest until the murder is brought to justice it is essential that i speak with a maid at the earliest possible moment she's in a breakfast room the police are questioning her right this minute i tell you i never saw his face that's a bit hard to credit well she made sure that i didn't mrs carrington she was standing in the doorway when we got to bristol with the luggage already out in the corridor i just caught a glimpse of him over her shoulder he had his back to me well he must have noticed something i told you he was tall he had on a dark suit and i think i'm almost positive that his hair was dark too but that's all i remember well para hastings i heard you were here nasty business a genuine tragedy if i may ask you my mother did he seem to you in any way familiar no i don't i don't think he did could it have been mrs carrington's husband well i only saw him once i suppose it could have been have you ever met a man who calls himself no sin thank you very much after you've caught a glimpse of this man you might or might not have seen before then what happened i told you mrs carrington said she had business on the train and that i was to take the luggage and wait for her mr holliday tells me that mrs carrington had a lot of jewelry with her in a blue morocco traveling case that wasn't with the stuff he took off the train oh no sir she kept that with her [Music] what do you think porn i presume that the traveling case of blue morocco was not discovered with the body you presume 100 correct mind you that doesn't necessarily signify [Music] for whatever reason the murderer after killing her he'd be a fool to let her back full of valuable jewelry go begging or perhaps he took it to distract us from his real motive taxi [Music] [Music] how long had she been dead when the body was discovered at plymouth about three hours the doctor says after bristol the train stops at western then again until taunton according to the pathologist she was killed soon after the train left western at the very latest possibly before before the train reached west he could be the train for plymouth departs from paddington station at 14 minutes pastoral design 12 14 years hastings what do you say to an invigorating ride into the west country [Music] [Music] western station dead on time exactly 25 past three excellent and exactly 35 minutes after leaving bristol at which time yesterday madame carrington was alive and well the question is hastings was madame carrington still alive and well at this moment and if she was alive and well did she remain in the carriage or did she descend from the train onto the platform perhaps to stretch the legs taking the fresh air and did anybody see her doing it i see someone perhaps we should ask a portrait yes we could possibly [Music] you have the appearance of a bright observant young lad ah that's what my mom says what tell me i want you to try to remember at precisely this time yesterday did you see descending from the train a woman a handsome young woman in a blue a blue hat and coat perhaps she brought a newspaper of your huh you mean the australian lady so you remember her i couldn't forget i got i'm not the flush she was making buzz yeah she kept going on about wanting a late edition of paper any paper well i told her i only had the early edition but she wouldn't believe me kept going on saying i must have one as her life were at stake did she give to you any reason why she was so desperate to acquire this litter this no she just kept saying he'll be so angry and looking back at the train like someone was on it waiting for her and then well nothing she just kept going on and on until she nearly missed her train she only just managed to jump back on it as it was moving [Music] thank you very much [Music] [Applause] [Music] early edition late edition early edition late edition superb miss lemma i knew that you could arrange it difficulties are made to be overcome mr poro difficulties are made to be overcome but a truly magnificent attitude so hastings let us divide these between us and examine them manually inspector jack achieving beggar all right now what's this you're looking for a job no i know you had a chat with that news boy you think there's something in it that is what we are trying to discover chief inspector hmm well i just thought i'd come and tell you you could be on the right track with that french gent apparently he left the adelphia 11 o'clock yesterday morning an hour before the express left paddington and didn't get back till gone 10 in the evening and nobody has any idea where he spent the day however we picked him up trying to catch the boat train this morning we just stopped him for questing and he made a run for it [Music] [Applause] he's down at the station now these papers have probably got nothing to do with it oh no no no chief inspector when we shall discover why madame carrington was so anxious to acquire a late edition then we shall know why she was killed and who is responsible another one i don't think i can mr carrington i'm sorry what do you mean don't think you can well for one thing sir i think you've had enough and for another there is the question of your bill who are you arva hastings no this fellow won't give me a drink arthur hastings really oh perhaps i'll have more like two large scotches please had a bit of luck i'd ask it yesterday don't talk to me about oscar horses what were you on in the 3 30. i bet you were on highland laddie yes i was about i hate people like you 33 to 1. i put my shirt on rising star rising still every penny i had on the world on that nag my last chance must have given you a nasty shock when you read the result of the paper sure do you know why i'm here this is the only place i know where my bookmaker can't get at me i mean i don't want to sit here drinking i actually dislike drink do you know that why did you back highland laddie oh i had a tip i really dislike people and get tips thank you you're a good chapter you've got to be fair how did you know i read about it in the paper oh you said you said you wanted the course did i say that you are a good chair every penny i had i looked at that newspaper i could be a success you know if i just had the capital and tips isn't there anyone you could go to for capital what a soul in the world not now i don't want to talk about that [Music] i demand to see the french concert all in good time mr lecompte this is a serious business i know nothing of the death of mrs carrington i am devastated by it i'm rather more interested in these things for the moment mr holliday's listen mr hallelujah your holiday i am devastated for you now the count says he last saw your daughter when he had tea with her the adelphi on wednesday and it did okay with them one interesting thing though mr halliday is that he had these with him bear arranged and what the count can't tell as you see is what sort of financial dealings would require him to bring twenty thousand pounds all of these bonds into england and then take them back again to paris three days later and i was obviously using a security security for one that is my bank's business not according to them it isn't sure i rang them up you see they're quite anxious to have a word with you what uh what bank are we talking about the international bank of paris wait a minute i know what he wanted the security for ten days ago somebody started a rumor that a geologist's report on one of my minds was going to be unfavorable the shares plummeted he must have made a real killing he'd bought the shares at about three shillings and so on the day after the real report came out and they went back up again to about 20. making about a hundred thousand pounds this sounds like something for the fraud department fraud a word fraud it's normal business practice no wonder you were so anxious to get hold of the lake edition he went down to ascot put everything he had on rising star as soon as he knew the horse had lost he asked florence for a loan she refused to swara the frog's cracked i knew it what he was reckoning was he'd used mrs carrington as a backup in case his deal went wrong no no no he lost every penny he had at the racist races who had what racist rupert carrington no no he's got nothing to do with carrying please please please my friends if you please how can i possibly arbitrate between your two ingenious theories if i can hardly distinguish one word of them now chief inspector your theory as i understand it is that the country roger intended to use madame carrington as a fall back on if the take of the deal went wrong he would then demand of other money in order to redeem them he's admitted as much but the deal he did not go wrong he did so why should the count kill for the jewels of madame carrington well assisting your theory is that when monsieur carrington discovered that he a minute fell at the last fence he then the money from his wife the money in order to remove the threat of the bookmakers and when she refused he killed her for her jewelry exactly then you tell me his things why does mr carrington still lurk about his club drinking himself into oblivion and shaking with fear of what they might do to him these very same bookmakers these feverish speculations they will not do order and method will be our guides now i have been consulting the admirable files of mrs lemmon so chief inspector get four of your best man and meet us at this address at nine o'clock find the jurors and you find the killer [Music] so what's happening nothing he's knocking at the door hold on someone's answered he's gone in i wish i knew what he was up to i'm not quite clear what this is about mr a friend advised me to get in touch with you rem what for him he prefers to remain anonymous oh yes i don't think i care for anonymous friends my friend is anxious to buy some jewelry plenty of shops around you look like a jeweler you're very acute monster very well perhaps you're rid of the jury robbery the day before yesterday on the plymouth express i don't read that sort of trash you're a very wise monsieur there is blood on those jurors it will make them very hard to sell you're a funny little fellow aren't you what are you montenegrin polish belgian mr mckenzie see those jewels will have to be broken up removed from their setting and whoever tries to sell them will be lucky to receive one-sixth of their true value i don't know what your game is monsieur i really don't my friend is a truly private collector he would not be so fussy he would not care if the jury were left in its original condition in fact he would prefer it let's hope it stays fine for him you got the wrong shop none of this means anything to me i see sorry i couldn't hear any help we all have false hopes mr mackenzie [Music] [Music] um how'd it go farah it is him he denies all knowledge of course but there is on the code wreck a duplicate of the code madam carrington was wearing at the time of her death why did he need a duplicate for his accomplice to wear his things i didn't know he had an accomplice but of course he did that is how i was able to locate him right come on lads [Music] [Music] this is the place rob break the door now [Music] next holidays i want a word with you mr holiday you weren't welcome when my daughter was alive you're even less welcome now i don't care if i'm welcome or not why should you have an easy conscience this horror would never have happened if you hadn't come between flossie and me the only thing that came between you and florence was your character she saw you for what you were no she saw what you wanted her to see you could never let her go could you yeah what is it maison it's the inspector from scotland yard sir and a lot of other people do we have to talk about this i am afraid that we do miss your holiday that's not good okay go on i still don't understand the business about the newspapers neither did i at first my friend why should florence be so desperate to procure this newspaper please perhaps her companion was a man who was desperate to know the results of a particular race thank you or perhaps her companion was a man who desperately needed to know the close of day figures on the stock market absurd i tormented my brain i agitated the little bracelets without mercy why did florence carrington so desperately want that newspaper and what was the answer the answer the answer my friend was that she did not now once this idea presented itself to me the truth it soon became very clear you see i knew florence was murdered because of her duels but i also knew something about the man who killed her knew what the man i was looking for had to be a thief of the most steel-hearted one capable of committing the senseless murder of an innocent young woman so i looked in the files of miss lemon and what do i find i find a dual thief the name of mackenzie a plan is devised which will suggest that the theft of the jew is another principal cause of the crime that needs to take place that color really suits you [Music] clark's carrington is traveling with the jewels alone and unprotected on the plymouth express mr mckenzie has also boarded the train at paddington just as the train reaches bristol station he advances towards her carriage [Music] [Music] the train arrives at bristol mr mckenzie descends from the train carrying with him not only the jurors but also the baggage of madame character now if anybody had looked at the carriage as the train left bristol station they would have noticed madame carrington alive and well indeed at western she apparently descended from the train onto the platform where she made a great fuss about acquiring the late edition but this was to ensure that the newspaper boy would remember her hang on a minute the pathologist said she was dead before the train reached western maybe even before bristol i see someone in me so how is this possible do we believe in ghosts no no we do not it was not poor mauselle florence who was seen traveling on the train to western it was not mammoesel florence who made at western station the fracar it was the accomplice of mr mckenzie wearing the duplicate blue coat to kill a fellow human being is vile my friends but i wonder if to kill a fellow human being with a knife is not the most vile you look a proper lady to see the eyes of the victim staring into yours to feel the breath upon her face the scrape of the knife point between our ribs you see the ruthless accomplice of mr mackenzie was a woman called grace kidd who was employed by madame carrington under the name of jane mason tell me mama was it absolutely necessary for a poor wretched woman who had never done to you one moment's harm to die was there no other way those jewels would have set us up for the rest of our lives why take chances right that'll be enough of that take her away ladies poor florence poor dear florence we found the jewel case in mackenzie's house mr holliday they're not mine i know the contents of my daughter's will i belong to that creature there no no i don't want them i'm not going to profit by floss's death most sad most sad i shall go now i think oh you think so do you you may not be a murderer compt but you're still a swindler you're coming back to scotland you're [Music] [Music] dear mr parrell i would like to express my gratitude for your help in this tragic business your logical and business-like approach was something i could cling to in the depths of my despair i hope sometime in the future to be able to find a measure of such quiet strength then perhaps i can start again i'm returning home to the memory of happier times old friends may help me live with the past promise your holiday he says in his letter that he will return to australia immerse himself in his work try to forget he has been most excessive in his generosity poor man [Music] you so [Applause] [Music] you

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Length: 52min 48sec (3168 seconds)

Published: Wed Oct 21 2020