Sherlock Holmes-E36: The Case Of The Neurotic Detective
30min | Crime, Drama, Mystery | TV Series (1954–1955)
Watson believes Holmes is a criminal master-mind, but all is not as it seems.
Stars: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford, Archie Duncan
30min | Crime, Drama, Mystery | TV Series (1954–1955)
Watson believes Holmes is a criminal master-mind, but all is not as it seems.
Stars: Ronald Howard, Howard Marion-Crawford, Archie Duncan
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01:00Through the centuries, London has inspired great writers, great painters, great statesmen, and great criminals.
01:09But in the year 1896, the greatest criminal of them all suddenly came into being.
01:14His identity was unknown, he never left a clue.
01:18And all London waited breathlessly as he struck again and again with sheer audacity and terrifying brilliance.
01:27Oh! Oh!
01:57♪
02:26That's fantastic.
02:30Absolutely fantastic.
02:32Ah?
02:33Well, first the gold seal from Edinburgh Castle, and then naval secrets from the Admiralty, and now Queen Elizabeth's jewels.
02:41What in thunderous Scotland you're doing?
02:44Dunno.
02:45Well, it makes chills run up and down my spine.
02:49There's no clue to any of the thefts.
02:51Ha, ha.
02:52You must have some ideas on this case.
02:55What are you doing, anyway?
02:57Research.
02:58Research?
02:59Holmes, do you realize this gang has been helping themselves to state secrets and national treasures?
03:05Have they really?
03:06Oh.
03:14Oh, hello, Inspector. Come on in.
03:16Good morning, Dr. Watson. Is Holmes in?
03:18Yes, he is, but our communications seem to be faulty.
03:21Oh.
03:22There you are, Holmes.
03:24Oh, good morning, Lestrade. You're up early.
03:26Well, you'd be up early, too, if every government official in London were breathing down the back of your neck.
03:31Ha, ha.
03:32I must say, that would make sleep rather difficult, wouldn't it?
03:35Holmes, I'll come straight to the point. I need your help.
03:39Ah, indeed?
03:41It's these extraordinary thefts. Government stuff, you know.
03:45This man and his gang have evaded every trap we've set for them, and the Commissioner's demanding results.
03:51I guarantee that your position is somewhat precarious, and you wish to secure it, eh?
03:57Well, all right, Holmes. You can put it that way if you wish.
04:00Well, Lestrade, you know there's only one thing for you to do.
04:03To regain the confidence of your superiors, you must go out and capture this criminal yourself.
04:08I, uh... I...
04:11Well, uh...
04:14Well...
04:16Goodbye, Mr. Holmes!
04:19Goodbye, Lestrade. Good luck.
04:21Lestrade, if ever I can be of any assistance, please don't hesitate to ask me.
04:24Thank you very much, Dr. Watson.
04:26Good day.
04:27Good day.
04:34How could you do that to him? He did everything but beg you to help him.
04:38Well, it's the odds job to solve these cases. Besides, I'm always giving him help.
04:43I should have thought you wouldn't do it for Lestrade.
04:46At least you'd remember the security of England being menaced by this criminal.
04:51Now, look, I know you're pressed, Holmes, but you don't seem to realize that...
04:57That's a special blend of tobacco, Watson. You wouldn't like it.
05:01I'm sorry, Watson. I didn't mean to upset you.
05:05Oh, no, not at all. You just startled me.
05:09Sorry. Really.
05:12I'm just going out for a walk in the fresh air.
05:18Oh, yes. Well, goodbye, Watson. Enjoy your walk.
05:33Certainly, Holmes' erratic behavior was enough to set my nerves on edge.
05:36But now, suddenly, I was far more than upset, for I had seen something in that humidor.
05:42At least, I thought I'd seen something.
05:46Perhaps it was my imagination, my nerves.
05:50But I could have sworn that next to the tobacco in the humidor was a diamond necklace.
06:07Oh, are you just going out?
06:10Yes. Are you just going in?
06:12No. No, I'm just strolling about.
06:15Oh, that's nice. Well, I have an appointment.
06:17Oh, I say, would you like me to stroll along with you?
06:20Well, as a matter of fact, it's a private matter. I think I'd better go on my own.
06:23Oh, right. Well, will I see you for lunch?
06:25Most likely. Most likely, yes.
06:36Well, I'll see you later.
07:06I'll see you later.
07:37I'll see you later.
07:56Really, Watson, I said it was a private matter.
07:59No, I...
08:01Look, I... I don't want you to think that I...
08:03Holmes, you must...
08:09Well, shall I be seeing you at lunch?
08:12I believe we've already discussed that.
08:16Yes, we already...
08:34Later, when Holmes returned, he was kind enough to let the morning affair be forgotten.
08:40Or apparently forgotten.
08:42Thank you, Watson.
08:44Now, I hope you won't mind if I take my cup over to the desk.
08:47I have a few things to look over.
08:49No, of course, my dear chap. Do, please.
08:51His only reference to it was his remark about another private appointment that afternoon.
08:57I felt he gave a bit of undue emphasis on the word private.
09:00As for me, as terrible as the morning experience had been,
09:04it actually stressed the importance of continuing my investigation.
09:08One other thing was also made quite clear.
09:12I realised that if one were to match wits with Sherlock Holmes,
09:16one could not employ ordinary methods.
09:30Mr. Chang, cross station, please.
09:32I'm sorry, sir, this cab's engaged.
09:34That's all right, I'll double your fee.
09:36I'm sorry, sir, this cab is not available.
09:38But, but...
09:39Melinda and I, we're eloping. We don't have time to...
09:42I'm very sorry, young man.
09:44I'll triple your fee.
09:46For the third and last time, young man,
09:49will you kindly go and elope with someone else?
09:52I'm sorry, sir, this cab's engaged.
09:54That's all right, I'll double your fee.
09:56I'm sorry, sir, this cab is not available.
09:58But, but...
09:59Will you kindly go and elope with somebody else?
10:02Nobody understands us.
10:04Not your father, or my mother, nor this cabby.
10:07Come, Melinda, we will fight the world together.
10:09But we will prove our love.
10:20Get in!
10:29Number 860.
10:34What in heaven's name are you doing up here?
10:37This, sir, is where the cabby usually sits.
10:40No, really, Watson?
10:43I'm sorry, sir, I think you've made a mistake, sir.
10:46My name isn't...
10:48It's Sedgley, sir.
10:50Oh. Well, Sedgley, may I give you a word of advice?
10:54The corners of your beard are in dire need of repair.
10:59Extraordinary behavior.
11:02Ah, here comes the legitimate carriage.
11:04Cabby! Cabby!
11:07Well, good day, Sedgley.
11:10Sedgley.
11:28Mr. Holmes! Wait, Mr. Holmes!
11:34Is the carriage free, cabby?
11:36Yes, sir, yes.
11:37Good. 816 Bleak Street. And get a move on.
11:40I gotta catch that gent who just took off.
11:42Get in, sir. 816 Bleak Street. Right you are, sir. Right you are.
12:05No!
12:07No!
12:34I don't understand. I don't want any of you to come to my factory.
12:37I thought you'd want to see these plans before our meeting, Mr. Holmes.
12:41Minor difficulties. Nothing serious.
12:43Now, Miss Ames. Yes, Mr. Holmes?
12:45I want you to take 15 paces to the right and 10 to the left.
12:48You must all remember that the first requisite of being a good thief is capable planning.
12:53As the newspapers have said, we are the most successful thieves England has ever known.
13:07And now, we return to the case of the neurotic detective.
13:12Hmm.
13:15Repressed hostilities against society.
13:18I don't think Holmes will allow any probing. Not willingly, anyway.
13:22If only you could meet him ostensibly on a non-professional basis.
13:26If I could say you were a friend of mine.
13:29Excellent suggestion.
13:31Now, why don't you come to dinner? I could say we were friends from our student days.
13:35It's my student days.
13:37What are you having for dinner?
13:39Oh, no, never mind. Yes, I shall be delighted.
13:41Right then, fine. I'll expect you at 7 o'clock at my flat, which is 221 B Baker Street.
13:47I shall be prompt. I hope something can be done.
13:50Oh, Mr. Holmes, this problem is really a very simple one.
13:53With skilled fingers, I shall mould him as one does a piece of clay.
13:58Good night. Good night.
14:06Ah, yes, the inner workings of the mind, Professor. Fascinating.
14:11Hmm.
14:13It is amazing how many seemingly normal people are mentally disturbed.
14:21Now, take yourself, Mr. Holmes.
14:23That's a purely hypothetical example.
14:26I imagine you might dream that the whole of London fails you.
14:32On the contrary, I sleep most soundly.
14:35Ah, then there are all the little nervous habits, the idiosyncrasies.
14:40For instance, do you drum your fingers on the table?
14:44Do you ever pull the lobe of your left ear?
14:48Now, you know, it's interesting that you mention those things, Professor,
14:51because I've observed that you have three half-smoked cigars in your coat pocket,
14:55that your shoes have lifts in them to give you greater height,
14:57and that your fingernails are bitten down to the quick.
15:00Of course, hypothetically speaking, I suppose you're what one would call an erratic man.
15:06Observe the three half-smoked cigars.
15:08You're also a very vain man. Observe the lifts in your shoes.
15:12And more than that, you're a very, very insecure man. Observe the fingernails.
15:18I also observed that you've mangled three pieces of bread
15:22and that you've hacked your roast beef with a more than culinary vengeance.
15:25Offhand, and without prejudice, mark you,
15:30I'd say that you're suffering from some very deeply repressed hostilities against society.
15:35Yes, very deeply repressed indeed.
15:40Professor, where are you going?
15:42You must excuse me.
15:52Extraordinary friend.
15:54Extraordinary friends you have, Watson.
15:56Yes, indeed.
16:04I'd say he's completely disappeared.
16:07Oh, yes, just as well, anyway. I've got to go out myself in a few minutes.
16:09Oh, really? A private matter?
16:11Oh, didn't I tell you, Watson?
16:13I've been invited to a reception in honour of the new Turkish ambassador.
16:15At the embassy?
16:17No, no. As a matter of fact, my dear fellow,
16:19it's at the house of our Minister for Foreign Affairs.
16:21Oh.
16:24Ah, good evening, Dr. Watson.
16:26Is Holmes in? I want to ask him a few questions.
16:28Shh.
16:30I'm so glad you came, Lestrade.
16:32You're the one man I wanted to see.
16:34Now, sit down, will you? Sit down.
16:36What's the matter?
16:38Shh.
16:40Now, Lestrade, I want you to promise me something.
16:42I want you to promise me something.
16:44I want you to promise me something.
16:46I want you to promise me something.
16:48I want you to promise me something.
16:50I want you to promise me something.
16:51Now, Lestrade, I want you to promise me
16:53that what I'm going to tell you, you won't reveal
16:55till your dying day.
16:57The mood the commission is in, that may not be very long.
17:02I know who London's master thief is.
17:07Who?
17:09Holmes.
17:12Holmes?
17:15Holmes.
17:17Holmes!
17:19Shh.
17:21I wish I were.
17:24Oh, but Holmes.
17:27I don't believe it.
17:29I can prove it.
17:31But that's not the point.
17:33The thing we've got to do is to stop Holmes,
17:35whisk him away, and put him in our home somewhere.
17:38Yeah, but Holmes.
17:43Ah, well, Lestrade, I didn't know you were here.
17:46Oh, I just happened to be in the neighborhood.
17:49Ah, good, good.
17:51Watson, I wonder if you could, look,
17:53can you fix this confounded thing?
17:55He's popping up at the bank.
17:57Hang on.
17:59I thought you hated formal affairs.
18:01Well, people change, you know, Lestrade.
18:03People change.
18:05Oh, come on, Watson, hurry up.
18:07I wanted to say, very important to do this, you know.
18:09Very important affair.
18:11There you are, there you are.
18:13Good, thank you.
18:15Oh, Lestrade, tell me,
18:17how's that big case of yours getting on?
18:19Terrible, we haven't a clue.
18:24Oh, I say, Florence.
18:26Yes, I'm escorting a rather beautiful young woman tonight.
18:29Rather picturesque, don't you think?
18:31Well, good evening, gentlemen.
18:33Well, enjoy yourselves.
18:36Good night.
18:38Thank you, Watson, thank you, Lestrade.
18:40Only we knew what he was going to do.
18:43Let's look at this as Holmes would have,
18:45well, I mean, when he was normal.
18:48You know, those formal clothes are very odd.
18:53Well, he was invited to a reception
18:55at the House of the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
18:57big diplomatic thing.
18:59Yes, but ordinarily stately.
19:01Yes, but ordinarily stately.
19:03And he was invited to a reception
19:05at the House of the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
19:07big diplomatic thing.
19:09He's miles away from a thing like that.
19:12Therefore, perhaps he has a special reason for going.
19:18Perhaps.
19:35Official papers of state.
19:37Secret documents.
19:39Safe.
19:41Hurry, Watson.
19:43He won't slip away this time.
19:47You know, Lestrade,
19:49I've never been so unhappy in my life.
20:09I've never been so unhappy in my life.
20:40I've never been so unhappy in my life.
20:42I've never been so unhappy in my life.
20:44I've never been so unhappy in my life.
20:46I've never been so unhappy in my life.
20:48I've never been so unhappy in my life.
20:50I've never been so unhappy in my life.
20:52I've never been so unhappy in my life.
20:54I've never been so unhappy in my life.
20:56I've never been so unhappy in my life.
20:58I've never been so unhappy in my life.
21:00I've never been so unhappy in my life.
21:02I've never been so unhappy in my life.
21:04I've never been so unhappy in my life.
21:06I've never been so unhappy in my life.
21:07Whatever happened?
21:19He's done nothing but sing and dance and talk
21:22and have a wonderful time.
21:24My feet are killing me.
21:26Hmm.
21:27Where does the minister keep me safe?
21:28In a study.
21:29Well, we better get over there right away.
21:31I'm being prepared for anything.
21:33I think the dangers will increase
21:34now that the party's nearly over.
21:35Hm.
21:36You're right, Watson. Let's go.
21:45Ah, Wilkins.
21:48I didn't see Mr. Holmes anywhere, sir.
21:50But his young lady left in a carriage, all by herself, sir.
21:53Well, no time to lose.
21:56Dr. Watson.
22:00I want you to hide behind this curtain here.
22:02And Wilkins, what's in here?
22:04Ah, it's a cupboard.
22:05I want you to stay in here and come out when you're needed.
22:08Right, sir.
22:09I'm going to stay in the hall. We'll get Holmes no matter what he does.
22:12Right.
22:13Right.
22:34Oh.
23:05Watson!
23:08I found this chap sneaking around outside, Mr. Holmes.
23:12Good work, Toby.
23:14Now look, Holmes, you don't know what you're doing. You're not well.
23:18You'll never get away with this, Holmes.
23:20I already have.
23:21Oh, Toby, would you be good enough to ask the commissioner to come in here, please?
23:24The commissioner? Of Scotland Yard?
23:27Well, naturally.
23:29Now look, Holmes, I'll take you away to France, or Switzerland, or Spain.
23:34I mean, you'll have a nice long rest.
23:42There you are, commissioner.
23:44Splendid work, Mr. Holmes. Splendid.
23:46Commissioner? You too?
23:49What are you talking about, Lestrade?
23:51And put your hands down. You're not in any danger.
23:54Yes.
23:55Mr. Holmes, all Britain owes you a tremendous debt of gratitude for this magnificent service.
24:00Service?
24:02Dangerous?
24:04What on earth are you talking about?
24:07There have been a great deal of unrest in recent months
24:10regarding the adequacy of the measures employed to guard many of our national treasures
24:15and governments.
24:16And I'm afraid, Mr. Holmes, you're not in any danger.
24:20The adequacy of the measures employed to guard many of our national treasures and government secrets.
24:26It was discussed in the various ministries and at the Yard.
24:29It was finally decided that we would put ourselves to a test.
24:33Mr. Holmes was hired as a most worthy adversary to our security.
24:38The results were most enlightening.
24:40A far tighter security system has already been planned.
24:44Working for Scotland Yard?
24:47But, Holmes, why didn't you tell me?
24:49Because the only true test could be obtained by keeping the utmost secrecy.
24:53Every personal reaction had to be genuine.
24:56The men from Scotland Yard were told nothing because they too were being tested.
24:59It was essential that everyone believe these thefts
25:02in order that the test could be accurate and worthwhile.
25:06And the reactions were most amazing at the Yard.
25:10And to think, Watson, you didn't trust me.
25:13Oh, I say, look here, Holmes.
25:14No, no, Holmes, really, you've got to listen to me, please.
25:16I mean, get my point of view.
25:19I mean, for all I knew, the whole British Empire was at stake.
25:22Well, yes, yes, you have a point there.
25:27Come along, Sedgley.
25:29Oh, really, Holmes.
25:34Sedgley?
25:44THE END
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