How do you get into this place, mr. Milton?
Around the back through the mews in sladen street.
Eh, looks as though it might do.
Let's go around.
What might you be needing it for, mr. Martin?
We store antiques and furniture in general.
Well, then it ought to suit you.
It's fireproof and thoroughly dry.
Come this way.
Not much left of the booking office now.
Well, moran, mr. Martin seems to have
done his work very satisfactorily.
I carried out your instructions
to the letter, professor.
Now, moran, let's get our bearings.
That wall, I take it, faces pelham street.
Exactly, originally the main entrance to the station.
And the lift shaft?
Here on this side.
The lift's at the bottom.
Eighty feet below.
Quit a drop.
Eh, moran?
The power was cut off, of course,
when they closed the station.
How about lunch, mr. Holmes?
What do you fancy?
A nice little bit of boiled cod?
My Dear, mrs. Hudson,
life is sufficiently dull at the moment
without adding boiled cod.
But there's nothing better for an invalid.
Yes, but I object to being referred to
as an invalid, mrs. Hudson.
I'm a little rundown possibly.
So I should think!
With all the tobacco you smoke,
you'll be getting seccotine poisoning next.
Well, in that case, mrs. Hudson,
I shall always stick to you.
Oh, mr. Holmes.
That'll be the doctor.
Dr. Watson.
- Hello, watson. - Hello.
What's the matter with you fellow
have you caught cold?
No it's this infernal atmosphere.
I suppose it is pretty thick.
Thick, my dear holmes it's intolerable!
You could cut it with a knife.
Why you can open the window.
You walked here I perceive.
Yes.
And on the left-hand side of the street.
Yes, that's right.
But how in the world did you know?
My dear fellow,
it's simplicity itself.
You've got a little reddish soil adhering to your shoe.
They're pulling up the flagstones
in front of the wigmore street post office,
and as the pavement is covered with that reddish soil,
it's difficult to avoid treading in it.
The post office is on the left-hand side of the street.
Oh, of course, when you put it like that,
it does sound simple.
Elementary, my dear watson.
- Elementary. - By the way, holmes,
I hope you've decided to take
that holiday I prescribed for you?
Well, up to nine o'clock this morning,
I was distinctly averse to the idea.
But I've received a letter from an old friend of ours
which inclines me to change my mind.
I'm delighted to hear it.
Who's it from?
Well, my dear fellow, I'll read it to you.
"My dear holmes, I am sending you and the doctor
"yet another invitation to visit me here.
"Believe it or not it's 20 years
"since you disposed of the hound
"of the baskervilles for me."
Goodness, can you believe that, watson?
Seems impossible to me.
Very good.
"My daughter diana is anxious to make your acquaintance.”
Yes, but she's engaged, watson.
To young trevor, a neighbor of theirs.
"I know you hate the country,
"just as I hate london,
"but stretch a point and come down
"for a week or two with watson.
"Yours ever, henry baskerville."
Father's asked sherlock holmes
to come here for a few days.
Why?
The family hound come to life again?
Oh, don't be absurd.
Hello, you two youngsters.
Oh, dad do you really think there's any chance
of mr. Holmes coming here?
Well, as you know I haven't been able
to persuade him in the past.
For the post, sir?
Oh, thank you jack.
Holmes is a creature of habit.
He likes to bury himself in baker street
and work out his problems with the aid of
I don't know how many ounces of tobacco a day.
I must say I'd like to meet him.
He sounds a terribly brainy sort of chap.
I wonder if he's any good at spotting winners.
No, no.
Holmes's hobby is spotting criminals, jack.
I don't think racing's quit in his province.
Well, watson, what about it?
Could you get away for a fortnight?
Yes, I think so.
The hope for an epidemic of measles hasn't materialized.
Things are rather slack.
I could get a locum to carry on for me.
Good, good, and I will stretch a point
and write to baskerville.
Inspector lestrade, sir.
Good morning, lestrade.
Anything important on hand?
Good morning, mr. Holmes.
- How are you, doctor? - How do you do?
You've the air of something unusual having occurred.
Well, yes, mr. Holmes
well, tell me about it.
Here you'll find a cigar on the table.
Thank you.
I'm leaving london.
Well, god bless my soul,
this is a very sad development, watson.
With professor moriarty,
that napoleon of crime, still at large?
You and your professor moriarty, mr. Holmes.
You seem to see his hand behind
every other crime on the calendar.
The yard doesn't share your views I'm afraid.
They think it's all moonshine.
Well, moonshine's a brighter thing than fog, lestrade.
However, tell me where you're going.
- Exeter. - Exeter?
Promoted chief inspector.
Reorganizing the traffic I presume.
No, no, barchester races.
Half the west country turn up,
and they make exeter their headquarters.
I see, well, good luck, lestrade.
If your talent for organization
is equal to your flair for detection,
barchester races should be something of a sensation.
Thank you, sir,
and in case it's any use to you,
the chief constable colonel ross
gave me something good for the barchester cup.
Oh, what is it?
His own horse silver blaze.
Well, I'm afraid
I'm not much of a betting man, lestrade,
but watson here thinks he knows something about racing.
Silver blaze.
He was round about 10 to one at the last call over.
You won't get anything like that on him tomorrow, doctor.
It's an open secret that he did a trial yesterday,
which puts him among the greatest steers of all time.
You're becoming quite a tipster, lestrade.
Yes, our handy guide to the turf.
Well, anyway he carries my money.
Better to be on a certainty at short odds,
than down the course to 100 to one, say I.
Well, there you are, watson.
Make a note of that.
As a matter of fact, the doctor and I
are going down to the west country
to stay with sir henry baskerville,
so we may possibly see you.
I hope so, mr. Holmes,
and if you do feel like having a flutter, doctor,
don't forget silver blaze.
Watson put a bet on for me.
What?
Looks fit enough, colonel.
Best horse I ever owned, eh, straker?
You're right, sir.
It'll take a good one to beat him.
You fancy lord merton's horse, don't you?
Desborough, yes, I have got a bet on him.
We'll see how they stand in the betting tomorrow.
There's a call over today at the victoria club.
We'll probably hear all about it tonight.
Oh, before I go,
could I have a word with you alone, colonel?
Certainly.
What is it?
Well, I want to ask you a favor
I hope you won't mind.
Would you lend me...
Well, I really want 500 pounds.
Monkey!
That's pretty cruel, isn't it?
I'm in a devil of a hole or I wouldn't ask for it.
Yeah, but why come to me?
Why not sir henry baskerville?
Well, it's to do with racing debts,
and sir henry's terribly down on racing.
Well, have you have you tried your bank?
You've got security.
Mortgaged up to the hilt.
Well, what about what about one of those financial firms?
No that's no good.
I've been dealing with old bingham.
He won't spring another fiver.
What albert bingham the money lender?
No, I'm sorry there's nothing doing.
Well, thanks all the same.
Stay here, prince, I may want you again shortly.
Those are the instructions, barton.
Sure.
I'm expecting a visitor in a few minutes.
You'd better stand by with prince till he goes.
Very good, professor.
Bring him in.
Sit down, mr. Stanford.
I understand you wish to consult me.
Yes, that's right.
What is your business?
Look here, professor.
I'm a commission agent in a big way.
I am fully aware of who and what you are.
Well, in that case I'll come to the point.
I've laid bets amounting to over 150,000 pounds
against silver blaze at the barchester cup
when his price was 100 to six against.
You follow that?
Perfectly.
His trial yesterday proves he's a smasher,
a world-beater.
At the call-over at the victoria club tonight
he finished up a firm favorite at seven to two against.
I can't lay off anything to speak of,
so to cut a long story short,
if silver blaze wins the cup,
I go out of business.
I see, and you wish me to arrange that silver blaze
does not come under starter's orders, is that it?
Exactly.
Hmm, I must confess that this is
a somewhat unusual experience even for me.
I've had some little association with the turf,
merely as a form of recreation,
and I have found in general
that bookmakers are an honorable body of men.
See here, professor, I haven't come here...
Sit down!
I presume you are aware that what you're asking
is out of my usual line of business.
I thought you were prepared
to take on anything for a consideration.
Quite.
Depends on the size of the consideration.
Well, I've told you what I stand to lose.
What's your price?
Ten-thousand pounds.
Pretty steep, isn't it?
It's not my custom to argue
about these matters, mr. Stanford.
Take it or leave it.
- Very well. - Then that settles it.
Now, mr. Stanford, a few details.
Where is the horse trained?
King's pyland, dartmoor.
Colonel ross's training stables.
Ross.
Very good.
Now give me all the information
you can about the colonel's employees
and their neighbors on the moor.
Do you know anything about them?
Yes, it so happens that I do.
As far as neighbors, there's henry baskerville, jack trevor,
and silas brown who trains for lord manston at capleton.
As to his employees,
there's straker his trainer, mrs. Straker,
hunter, the head lad, the usual stable boys.
Who's the bloke you drove here to see the boss?
A fellow named stanford, bookie.
Did he tell you anything?
No, don't suppose he'd come around here
to hand out tips do you?
So he's pretty deeply involved.
Up to his neck.
I know everything about him.
He's bet with me for years.
He owes a packet to albert bingham the money lender.
Bingham?
Lots of racing people deal with him.
That's the name, moran.
Buy up all his debts from bingham
and from any other quarters you can find.
Don't haggle about the price.
Buy it quickly.
I want to get the whip hand over that gentleman
at the earliest possible moment.
Very good.
When that's done,
you be ready to leave with me for dartmoor.
I'm going home now, straker.
I shall be there if you want me.
Take every precaution.
That's all right, sir.
Hunter here sleeps in his box every night.
His bed's pushed across the door,
and he bolts himself in from the inside.
No one could even attempt to enter without waking him.
Good.
I can trust you, straker.
Tell me, jack.
What is the matter?
Nothing the matter, dear, really.
Oh, yes, there is.
I noticed it the moment you arrived.
You're worried about something, aren't you?
Really, darling, it's nothing.
Here's the car.
They're here, dad.
Arrived have they?
Good.
Well, here we are, watson.
Come along.
My dear holmes.
Delighted to see you.
And we're delighted to come.
And you too, doctor.
Oh, that's very kind of you.
Again looking at you both,
I can't believe it's been years.
Oh, you flatter us.
Come along I want you to meet my daughter.
Oh, thank you.
Delighted.
Diana.
This is mr. Holmes and dr. Watson.
- How do you do? - And mr. Trevor.
- How do you do? - How do you do?
Now how about a whisky and soda after your journey?
Oh, thank you.
I'm sure that's what dr. Watson would prescribe.
Well, if I did, you would automatically
refuse to take it.
He grows more obstinate
with the years, baskerville.
That's the way with most of us.
Well, make yourselves comfortable.
- Oh, thank you. - Well, now baskerville,
tell me something about yourself.
Oh, no, no, no, holmes, that won't do.
You've got to do that.
Father's has been promising us all a treat, mr. Holmes.
We shall see you in action.
Yes, with sir henry as the victim.
I mean that we should see mr. Holmes do his stuff.
His stuff?
That's a modern expression, watson,
signifying to display one's talents.
That's right!
I want mr. Holmes to tell us what father's been doing
for the last 20 years just by looking at him.
You evidently have great faith
in my abilities, ms. Baskerville,
but I'm afraid there's very little data.
I merely observe that since we last met,
your father has taken to billiards.
That he's recently played a hundred up with mr. Trevor.
So, astutely correct, holmes but how...
Oh, my dear fellow, it's simplicity itself.
I observed that both you and mr. Trevor have traces
of blue chalk between the forefinger and thumb
of your left hands
put there, obviously, to steady the cue.
There I hope that satisfies you, diana.
Well, I expect you'd like to see your rooms.
I'll show you, mr. Holmes.
You'll stay and dine, jack?
Well, thanks.
If you'll take me as I am
and don't mind my rushing off immediately afterwards.
I've got to ride over the moor to king's pyland.
I'm trying to get straker to persuade colonel ross
to buy one of my ponies.
That's all right, my boy, come along.
How's that curry coming along, lizzie?
Just about ready, mrs. Straker.
Leave some aside for hunter when you've dished up.
Take it across to him in silver blaze's box.
Very good, ma'am.
Everything all right, hunter?
Yes, thank you sir.
- I do hope mr. - Straker isn't late.
He especially asked for curry.
He shouldn't be long now, ma'am.
Dinner's ready, jim.
All right, I'll just go and have a wash.
Lizzie, don't forget hunter's supper.
Oh, no, ma'am, I'm keeping it hot for him.
All right, then you can bring ours in now.
Very good, ma'am.
- Dear. - Hello.
Mm, smells good.
What?
Yes, you only just came in time.
Well, I've had a lot to attend to.
Is the colonel coming over again before the race?
He didn't say so.
He seemed quite satisfied with the arrangements I made.
Who are you sending in the horse box
with silver blaze?
Well, I'll send hunter, of course,
and simpson will probably follow along with him.
What's the betting on silver blaze now?
Seventy-two, I think, was the last call over.
Here's your supper, ted.
Thanks.
- Night, ted. - Bye-bye, liz.
Is anybody about?
It's you, mr. Trevor.
Is straker at home?
Yes, sir.
Look after the mare for me will you, simpson?
Very good sir.
Mr. Trevor.
I hope I'm not butting in.
Not a bit come in.
I just called around to have a chat about that pony.
Well, sit down.
Will you have a drink?
Oh, please.
- A biscuit? - No, thank you.
Whose horse is that, simpson?
Mr. Trevor's, ma'am.
Haven't you seen him?
He wanted the guv'nor.
I suppose he came while I was in the kitchen.
Well, that's really all I came about.
I want the colonel to have the first refusal.
You might tell him the price I've quoted,
and let me know what he says.
Very good, mr. Trevor.
Oh, er...
Oh, well nevermind.
Mary.
Where have you been?
Just for a turn around the yard.
Did you have a look at silver blaze?
No, I just went for a breath of air.
By the way, is silver blaze
doing another trial tomorrow?
Yes, the last before the race.
Well, I'm for an early night.
There doesn't seem to be much to stay up for.
Here, ted, wake up!
What the devil's happened?
Where's the guv'nor?
Why isn't he in the yard?
What's up?
Is anything wrong with silver blaze?
He's gone.
Gone?
Yes.
And hunter's dead.
Dead.
You must have a round this morning, holmes.
Thank you, I should like to.
There're a few improvements since you were here last.
Yes.
Hello, why it's ross.
Who's that with him?
Well, unless I'm much mistaken,
that's my old friend lestrade,
recently a member of the london police force
now transferred to exeter.
- Hello, ross. - Morning, baskerville.
This is an early visit.
Hello, lestrade.
I didn't expect to see you so soon.
You are mr. Sherlock holmes I presume?
- Yes. - And this is dr. Watson.
How do you do?
I'm told I could find mr. Trevor here.
Why, yes, here is mr. Trevor.
I want a word with you, mr. Trevor.
Say, ross, what's happened?
There's a devil to pay, baskerville!
Last night silver blaze was stolen!
Hunter my head lad poisoned and straker has vanished!
What's this got to do with jack?
That's what I'm here to find out.
Well, perhaps we'd better go indoors.
Come along, ross.
Now, mr. Trevor,
I'm in charge of this case,
and I want to ask you a few questions.
At the same time I must warn you,
that anything you say may be used in evidence.
You were at king's pyland last night.
I rode over from here after dinner, yes.
Why were you over at king's pyland, mr. Trevor?
To see straker about the sale of a polo pony.
- That all? - Yes. Why?
You didn't make that an excuse to try and get information
from the stable boys about silver blaze for instance?
What the devil do you mean?
Not interested in silver blaze perhaps?
I'm interested in the race certainly,
so are thousands of other people.
Now, mr. Trevor...
Just one moment, lestrade,
if you would allow me.
Mr. Trevor, you say you've discussed
the sale of a polo pony with mr. Straker.
Was anyone else present?
No.
What not even, mrs. Straker?
No.
Quite.
Now, mr. Trevor, you said just now that you weren't
particularly interested in silver blaze.
You haven't by any chance to have your betting book on you?
I think so. Why?
Do you mind if I see it?
It's my duty to tell you
that I can't demand to see it.
Not now that is but...
Here it is.
I see you bet desborough,
the second favorite to the barchester cup,
to win you 5,000 pounds, mr. Trevor.
Five thousand!
But, jack, you told me you only had a few pounds on it.
I'm sorry, dear.
I had my own reasons.
Before you go any further, lestrade,
may I ask if it's your intention
to apply for a warrant against, mr. Trevor?
Not at the moment, mr. Holmes.
It was my duty to warn him.
I'm in your hands, inspector.
I won't run away.
As a justice of the peace,
I will be answerable for mr. Trevor.
You'd better stay here, jack,
while the investigation's going on.
Well, thank you, sir henry.
Very well.
Now, mr. Holmes,
I may as well be frank with you.
There are things in this case which completely baffle me.
Really, you surprise me.
I was saying to colonel ross
that I'd be glad of your cooperation.
Well, the case certainly has some points of interest,
but what does colonel ross say?
Personally, I should prefer to leave the case
in the hands of the official police force.
If you don't mind my saying so, mr. Holmes,
I've not much use for amateur detectives.
Oh, come, colonel, come.
Even they have their uses.
Of course I've heard of you, mr. Holmes.
They say you've never been beaten.
Well, it's true I've been generally successful.
Well, I hope you will be so with me.
I wish to leave no stone unturned
to avenge straker and recover my horse.
Very well, lestrade, I am at your service.
Thank you, mr. Holmes, I'll be getting along.
I'll see you later at king's pyland.
Really, holmes, I must protest.
You're down here to recuperate you know.
Undoubtedly, my dear doctor,
but only last night you suggested a tonic.
Well, here is one ready-made.
Yes, please, mr. Holmes,
for my sake and jack's.
Well, watson, that settles it.
Ms. Baskerville,
you may rely upon my doing all I can.
I had to have the body taken
to the cottage to make my examination.
But nothing else has been disturbed.
Well, that hasn't taken us long, colonel.
Oh, no, there are very good roads in devonshire.
Mr. Holmes is coming over from baskerville hall
to give us what help he can.
He's been some slight assistance to me in the past,
and anyway he can't do any harm.
Here is mr. Holmes.
Dr solter,
mr. Sherlock holmes, dr. Watson.
How do you do?
This is silver blaze's box.
What in your opinion was the cause of death, doctor?
An overdose of powdered opium.
In that case, he would have died in his sleep.
That is so.
The remains of the lad's supper I presume.
Yes, curried mutton.
Oh, curry?
That significant, lestrade?
I don't know, mr. Holmes.
Any food containing sufficient poison
could cause death.
Oh, would it really?
Really, I hadn't thought of that.
You must read my little monograph
on the whole art of poisoning.
Did the people of the house
partake of the same dish
without any ill effects?
Yes, mr. Holmes.
Well, then what is your theory?
Mr. Trevor while standing at the open window,
passed his hand through,
and placed the poison in the curried mutton?
Exactly, and quite easily as you can see.
Well, and then what?
He opened the door with a duplicate key,
took out the horse,
and led it to some secret hiding place?
The evidence against him is very strong.
But, it's purely circumstantial.
Well, it'd be equally easy for the murderer
with the aid of a stick or a hunting crop to pull back
the bolt of the door.
Yes, yes, yes.
Yes, quite easy as you say, lestrade.
Where is the stable boy who discovered the crime?
Somewhere outside in the yard.
Would you let me see him?
Certainly, I'll fetch him.
Your name, simpson?
Yes, sir.
Opium's a distinct taste, is it not, doctor?
- Yes. - Not unpleasant,
but quite distinct.
Oh, quite.
I thought so.
Is this the boy?
Yes.
Now my lad,
you say that mr. Trevor dismounted at the gates
and asked you to water his horse.
- Yes, sir. - And then?
He went towards the cottage, sir.
And in doing so,
he would, of course, have to pass silver blaze's box.
Yes, sir, he went along that side.
But you didn't actually see him pass the box?
No, sir, I had my back to him.
Yes.
Thank you, that'll do.
You can go back to your quarters.
Very good, sir.
Would you like to question mrs. Straker, mr. Holmes?
Not at the moment.
By the way, colonel,
there's another training stable quite close I believe.
Yes, capleton.
Silas brown trains lord manston's horses there.
Lord manston's desborough is second favorite.
Yes.
Then with the exception of baskerville hall
and trevor's place,
your only neighbor would be silas brown?
Yes, I phoned brown at once
on the discovery of the crime.
And he knows nothing?
No.
And there's nothing to connect mr. Trevor
with the capleton stable?
Nothing.
By the way, colonel,
have you an old shoe of silver blaze?
Yes, here.
- How about this one? - Oh, yes.
Yeah, thank you.
Thank you, I'll put it in my pocket for luck,
and have you a photograph of the horse?
I think so.
Will this do?
Perfect.
Thank you.
Do you mind?
Not at all.
Now, watson, let us transfer our activities to the moor.
That building on the skyline I presume is capleton.
Yes.
Look there's an imprint of a hoof here.
Slight but quite distinct.
An exact fit.
And here a foot mark.
Good lord!
What's that?
Watson.
It's straker!
Obviously, he followed the thief, caught him up here,
there was a struggle, and he paid with his life.
And here's the torch he used to trace the horse.
This is a very singular knife.
Surely, this is something in your line, watson.
Oh, yes, it's what we call a cataract knife.
Yeah.
As I thought.
The price for very delicate work.
It's a curious weapon for defense, lestrade?
The best he could lay hands on
at the moment I suppose.
Mm, yes.
Yes, very possible.
No trace of blood I perceive.
Why that's straker's coat.
This is curious, lestrade.
I What, mr. Holmes?
It looks as though the murderer
let him take his coat off before the struggle.
Couldn't he have taken it off afterwards?
Well, that's one explanation.
Though it's difficult to see with what motive.
However, take it, lestrade,
and make a careful inventory
of everything you find in the pockets.
Very good, mr. Holmes.
And now I suggest that you
and the colonel return to king's pyland
and arrange for the removal there of the body,
and then perhaps you'd be good enough to meet us with a car
by that bridge in say an hour's time.
Dr. Watson and I are going
to take a little walk over the moor.
Very good, mr. Holmes.
In an hour's time.
Now, watson, let us leave the question
of who killed straker for the moment,
and confine ourselves to finding out
what has become of the horse.
Oh, how are you going to set about it?
Well, a horse will always herd with its kind.
Silver blaze, if left to himself,
would either have returned to king's pyland
or gone to capleton.
If my assumption is correct,
that is our direction.
Hoof prints again.
Let's carry on a little further.
Look, watson.
Here.
These are man's footprints beside the horse's.
A man wearing square-toed boots.
But the horse was alone before.
Precisely it was alone before.
Here we are here's the same footprints.
This time they're coming from capleton.
- From capleton? - Yes, let's follow the trail.
Looks in the pink doesn't he?
Yes, ready for anything.
Aren't you desborough?
Let's see what is in the betting today?
Five to one second favorite.
Look for anything, watson.
We don't want any loiterers here.
I only want to ask a question.
Am I too early to see mr. Silas brown?
Well, I don't know, sir.
He was up rather late last night.
What's this, orson?
No gossiping!
Get on with your job!
Very good, sir.
And what the devil do you want here?
Five minutes talk with you my good, sir.
I've no time for talking!
And we don't want no strangers here.
This is a matter of vital importance.
It's a lie.
Very well.
Shall we talk it over here or inside?
All right, come on.
I shan't keep you more than a few minutes, watson.
Oh, that's all right, holmes.
Now, mr. Brown, I'm at your service.
Well, I'm glad you realize
that it's no use trying to bluff me.
Yes, that's quite a clever bit of faking, brown.
Don't give me away.
I'll return the horse.
Very well,
but providing you do as I tell you.
Now, brown, no tricks.
You understand?
I understand, sir.
Your instructions shall be carried out faithfully.
Very well, you'll guard him night and day
and engage a special detective escort
when you take him to barchester.
I will do everything you say, sir.
The horse shall be there.
Very well.
But remember...
You may trust me, sir.
Yes.
Yes, I think can.
I'm sorry to keep you, watson.
Oh, it's all right.
Well, the more perfect compound
of a bully and coward than silas brown,
I've seldom met really.
The horse is there then?
Yes, of course he tried to bluff it out,
but I described to him so exactly
what his actions had been last night,
that he's convinced I was watching him.
Well, what actually happened, holmes?
I'll tell you.
Now I must go and collect mr. Holmes and dr. Watson.
I must say I haven't had much hope
of their having found the horse.
I'll be here when you come back.
But surely brown was running a tremendous risk.
Oh, my dear watson, silas is an old horse faker.
He left nothing to chance.
You actually saw the horse?
Yes.
Well, I must say this for silas,
he certainly made a good job of it.
But aren't you afraid to leave it with him?
No, my dear fellow,
he'd as guard it as the apple of his eye.
He knows that his only hope of mercy
is to produce it safe.
Horse stealing is a serious crime.
Colonel ross doesn't impress me as a man
who'd be likely to show much mercy in any case.
Well, the matter doesn't rest with colonel ross.
I follow my own methods,
and tell as much or as little as I choose.
I don't know whether you've observed it, watson,
but the colonel's manner to me has been somewhat rude.
I'm inclined to keep him in suspense.
Say nothing about the horse.
Of course not, holmes, without your permission.
Good old watson.
Here's lestrade with the car.
Well, mr. Holmes, seen anything?
Yes, we've seen some very interesting things, lestrade.
Boots.
Boots?
Yes, square-toed boots.
Where now, mr. Holmes?
Straker's cottage, please.
I hope mr. Holmes won't be long.
I want to phone the story through
in time for the six o'clock edition.
Mr. Holmes,
I represent the western mail.
I understand you're taking up this case.
No, no, certainly not.
I'm just holmes the busybody
retained by the police to supply their deficiencies.
Oh, inspector.
There are several points upon which
I should like to ask your advice.
I must consider whether I don't owe it to the public
to scratch the horse immediately.
Certainly not.
I should let the name stand.
- My business with mr. - Holmes now is private
- if you don't mind. - Right you are.
I've got something to go on with anyhow.
Good day, everybody.
I'm very glad to have your heard opinion, sir.
Well, doctor, have you made your examination?
Yes. Straker was killed by a savage blow
from some blunt heavy instrument
delivered with enormous force.
Lestrade let me see his coat.
You have it there.
Yes, here it is.
Thank you.
I presume you made the inventory I asked for.
Trust me, mr. Holmes.
Letter in envelope.
London postmark.
Pipe.
Briarwood pipe, lestrade.
Pouch.
Pouch of sealskin.
Matches.
They're fine.
Telegram.
Handed in at coombe tracey.
Let's see what the letter says first.
"Bingham and co. Financier.
"52-a bond street, london w-1.
"J. Straker esquire king's pyland stables devon.
"Dear sir, please receive this as official notification
"that your commitments to us secured by six promissory notes
"were today purchased by mr. Leslie martin
"of 15 lamb street west to whom you are now accountable.
"Yours faithfully, bingham and co."
Our friend straker seems to have been
somewhat financially embarrassed.
Now for the telegram.
"For cup final send instructions.
"Will meet you as we agreed.
"Martin."
I think mrs. Straker might be able to help us here.
She's in her room.
- I'll fetch her. - Thank you, doctor.
I don't think she'll be much assistance, mr. Holmes.
Apparently, she and straker
went to bed about the usual time.
When she woke up in the morning, she found he'd gone.
Yet, still I'd like a word or two with her, lestrade,
regarding her husband's habits.
No one like a wife to tell you that.
Eh, watson?
Oh, yes, quite.
You remember I have these, lestrade.
Pray don't think it deliberately.
Not at all.
You're welcome.
I see nothing in them.
Mr. Lestrade, have you discovered anything?
No, mrs. Straker,
but mr. Holmes has come over to help us.
We shall do all that's possible.
I won't be taking you a moment, mrs. Straker.
I realize what you're going through.
I just want to ask you this.
Are you by any chance a light sleeper?
Yes, mr. Holmes, as it happens I am.
I noticed a dog in the yard.
Does he sleep out there at night?
Yes, always.
He's a very good watchdog.
You didn't by any chance
hear him barking during the night?
No, I didn't.
No.
Just one other thing.
Was your husband interested in football?
Oh, no.
Racing was the only thing that interested him.
There's just one further question, mrs. Straker.
You had curry for supper last night.
Did you mention that to anyone outside the house?
Why no.
Oh, thank you, mrs. Straker.
I don't think I need intrude upon your time
and patience any longer.
Thank you, mr. Holmes.
Colonel, you have a few sheep in the paddock.
Have you had anything wrong with them of late?
No, I don't think so.
Now you mention it I believe that one of my stable lads
did report that three of the sheep had gone lame.
Why do you ask?
It was just a long shot, colonel.
A very long shot.
Lestrade, let me recommend to your attention
the singular epidemic among the sheep.
You consider it important, mr. Holmes?
Oh, yes, yes, exceedingly so.
Is there any other point
to which you want to draw my attention?
Well, to the curious incident
of the dog in the night time.
The dog was perfectly quiet in the night.
No that was the curious incident.
Well, I'm going to baskerville hall.
Would you be following?
Yes, it's very possible, lestrade.
Hello?
Hello, could you please give me coombe tracey post office?
Yes.
Yes, I'll hold on.
Coombe tracey is a small village, is it not?
Yes, just a hamlet.
Then the postmaster would be likely to remember
any strangers who came into it.
I should think so.
Hello.
Hello, is that the postmaster of coombe tracey?
Look I'm speaking for mr. Straker of king's pyland.
He received a telegram yesterday signed martin
dispatched from your office.
But he cannot recall anybody of that name.
Could you kindly describe the sender to me?
Yes.
Oh, there were two of them?
I see thank you.
Thank you.
I'm very much obliged to you.
You think the telegram's important?
Very much so, watson.
Well, au revoir, colonel.
We've had a charming little breath
of your beautiful dartmoor air.
Then you despair of arresting
the murderer of james straker?
Well, there are certainly grave difficulties in the way,
but I've every hope that your horse will start,
and I think you will have your jockey in readiness.
And you've nothing definite to tell me?
When we meet at the races, colonel.
What do you make of it all, holmes?
Hmm, it's easy as looking at love at first sight, watson.
But the fact that straker was not interested in football
persuaded me that this is not to be taken at its face value.
You observed of course that the name of martin appeared
in both the letter and the telegram.
Yes, it struck me as curious.
Yes, highly significant, watson.
This telegram is peculiarly interesting.
You mean it's in code?
Yes, and a very elementary one.
By simply crossing out each alternate word,
the message assumes an entirely different meaning.
Instead of a request it becomes a peremptory order.
"Final instructions.
"Meet as agreed.
"Martin."
What did the postmaster at coombe tracey tell you?
He described the senders.
Two strangers.
Unquestionably, moriarty and moran.
Watson, the professor is behind all this.
You mean he's responsible
for the deaths of hunter and straker?
Of hunter, yes.
Of straker, no.
In fact, I fancy that straker's death
was the most unfortunate thing that could possibly happen
from moriarty's point of view.
All through the season my luck was dead out.
I found myself in trouble to the tune of 4,000 pounds.
I went to bingham and raise what I could,
and as a last plunge I backed desborough to win me 5,000.
Make or break.
Well, why didn't you come to me my boy?
Well, you're not a betting man, sir henry,
and I was afraid you wouldn't understand.
That's why I kept it dark.
Even from diana.
And now that loathsome, inspector...
Oh, come now it's no use calling him names.
In view of these bets,
he'd every reason to be suspicious.
I don't care he's a foul and nasty person.
I disliked him from the first moment I met him.
Inspector lestrade.
Any news, inspector?
Yes, very grave news, sir henry.
We found straker's body.
Body do you mean he's...
Murdered.
On the moor about a mile from king's pyland.
Sherlock holmes takes up the case.
Sherlock holmes, moran!
Once again that man is crossing my path!
What's this news mean, professor?
What's gone wrong?
What does this man holmes know?
I tell you if silver blaze goes to the post and he's fit...
There is a big difference mr. Stanford
between a horse going to the post and winning the race.
You have my assurance.
I am not in the habit of failing my clients.
Moran, tell barton to take mr. Stanford home.
Then come straight back.
Yes, sir.
Prince?
It's now four o'clock.
Have the car ready in 15 minutes.
Very good, professor.
Are we out for a long run?
Er, yes.
We've got to be back in devon well before midnight,
and, prince,
we'll need the gun.
Okay.
What have you got there, prince?
Oh, you haven't seen this little gadget
- before have you? - No.
You hadn't joined us when it was last used.
Let's have a look.
It's a magazine airgun.
Absolutely silent and immensely powerful.
Made specially for the, professor,
by a well-known foreign gunsmith.
Hmm, seems you're gonna use it again.
Oh, there you are, barton.
I want you to take mr. Stanford home.
Yes, we're in deeper waters than you think, lestrade.
But we must take the case one step at a time.
Now our progress so far I'm glad to say
is completely to exonerate mr. Trevor.
You've got to convince me, mr. Holmes.
I've every hope of doing so.
Now you will agree that hunter
was murdered in order that the horse could be stolen.
Exactly, we all know that.
When I examined the remains of hunter's supper,
I remarked on the fact that it consisted of curry.
Yes, but I still don't see.
Well, perhaps I could help you to see,
one or two other things as well.
That was the first link in my chain of reasoning.
Hunter was poisoned with powdered opium
and powdered opium is by no means tasteless.
Well, then, mr. Holmes, why didn't the boy notice it?
By no mean tasteless when mixed with any ordinary dish.
Curry was exactly the medium
which would disguise that taste.
So?
You remember that I asked mrs. Straker
if she'd told anyone they were having curry
for supper that night,
and she replied no.
Yes, I remember you putting that question.
Well, it's surely too monstrous a coincidence
to suppose that trevor happened to come along
with powdered opium on the very night
when a dish was served which would disguise its flavor.
Why it's unthinkable, lestrade.
That certainly is a strong point.
And there's a further point.
Even more significant, lestrade.
The silence of the dog.
Though someone had been in the stable
and fetched out the horse,
the dog had not barked enough
to arouse mrs. Straker who is a light sleeper.
I mean obviously the visitor
was some member of the household.
Then what do you make of it, holmes?
One thing for certain.
Trevor becomes eliminated from the case.
Well, I confess, mr. Holmes,
in view of what you say,
I don't know what move to make.
Make no move at the moment.
Except to assure mr. Trevor
that all suspicions of him were unfounded.
We're old friends.
It's wrongful to arrest the future son-in-law
of sir henry baskerville.
I appreciate that.
I'll speak to mr. Trevor.
Who's that taking my name in vain?
Ah, mr. Trevor.
I just had a little chat with, mr. Holmes.
I'm glad to say that he sees eye to eye with me.
You quite understand that at the commencement of this case
it was my duty to follow up any clue, however slight.
I don't mind telling you now
that I never seriously suspected you.
Well, he can't say fairer than that, can he?
Well, I'm very glad you feel that way about it, inspector.
Yes, I still don't see how it helps us.
Who did put the opium into the curry?
Who did steal the horse
and kill hunter and straker?
My dear lestrade, it's a capital mistake
to theorize before you have all the evidence.
It biases the judgment.
Then you're not going to tell us anything, mr. Holmes?
Well, not at the moment, ms. Baskerville.
There's one other link in the chain to be tested,
and to do that I'm afraid we must return to london tonight.
Tonight?
Yes, dr. Watson and I are sorry
to have to run away like this.
Well, there's nothing before
the midnight train from exeter.
Dinner will be ready in a few moments.
You have heaps of time to dine here
in comfort before you go.
Well, thank you I shall be delighted.
I hope you'll stay and dine too, inspector.
Oh, thank you, sir.
That's quite a museum piece, sir henry.
Well, we've had it a long time.
Why it's nearly 11:00, holmes,
and if we're to catch that midnight train from exeter...
I'll order the car.
Don't bother, sir henry.
I'll take mr. Holmes and the doctor in mine.
Oh, thank you, lestrade.
It's a pity you've got to leave us holmes,
and I'm sorry you can't tell us anymore.
You are leaving three very puzzled people.
Well, I hope to solve the puzzle
for you all on cup day in colonel ross's box.
What's happening?
I think he's going, moran.
Well, that can't be helped.
- No. - Au revoir, holmes.
Safe journey.
Thank you so much.
Goodbye.
Quick back to the car.
Follow that car.
When you get clear of the house overtake her.
I have the strongest reasons for thinking that
professor moriarty is the brains behind this crime.
You know he seems quite an obsession with you.
You still don't believe in the professor?
Frankly, mr. Holmes, I do not.
Another few yards, moran, then let them have it.
Oh, no.
There's a car following us.
Quick down for your lives.
Help!
Dear.
What are you hurt, watson?
No only a few bruises,
but where's the driver?
Here I am, sir.
I'm all right.
Sure?
No bones broken?
My word this is a lucky escape.
Oh, but where's lestrade?
Watson, have you seen lestrade?
Lestrade?
Ah, there you are, lestrade.
Well, do you believe in professor moriarty now?
Double price, silver blaze?
Six to one, sir.
I'll take 60 pounds to 10.
Silver blaze 60 pounds to 10.
Five, six, nine.
- Thank you. - Silver blaze five to one.
May I borrow your glass, mr. Holmes?
Thank you.
Did you hear anything from the street, dudley?
Well, they told me sunstroke has a good chance.
Oh, mr. Holmes.
You've assured me that my horse would go to the post.
We are still waiting to know who killed straker and hunter.
I promised you should know everything today, colonel,
and you shall.
Oh, watson you've been having a little flutter I see.
What?
Well, if you want to conceal it,
I suggest you find a deeper pocket for your betting ticket.
It's all very well, mr. Holmes.
But we are waiting.
Yes, well, colonel, in the first place,
it will come as a shock to you to learn that straker
was a scoundrel utterly unworthy of your confidence.
Are you serious, mr. Holmes?
Yes, acting under the orders
of a master criminal who bought up his debts,
and so had it in his power to ruin him.
He poisoned hunter,
and then took silver blaze
out on the moor in the dead of night.
- Oh, thank you. - I can hardly believe it.
Straker?
But to what purpose?
It was his intention to use that singular knife,
you remember I found it in his hand,
to nick one of the tendons of the horse.
With your wide experience of the turf, colonel,
you know it's possible to do that subcutaneously
and leave no trace.
The result would be a slight lameness,
which you would put down to rheumatism
or a strain in exercise.
You say it was his intention?
You mean he didn't succeed?
No.
I examined the knife.
There was no trace of blood.
But why didn't he do all this in the stable?
Why take him out on the moor?
Well, for the best of reasons.
When so spirited a creature felt the nick
of the knife he would certainly have
roused the soundest of sleepers.
But how did you arrive at all this, mr. Holmes?
I found several clues.
Chief of which was the knife.
You remember my asking you
if you've found anything wrong with your sheep?
Yes, I remember.
When you told me that some of them
had suffered from lameness that confirmed my theory.
That straker before tackling
the delicate operation on the horse
had been practicing on the sheep.
Good heavens!
But who interrupted the plot?
Who killed james straker?
I'll waive that question for a few minutes, colonel.
Hello, the numbers are going up.
Oh, should we go?
What number is silver blaze?
- Nine. - Number nine.
Two three.
Four five.
Six.
Merton number six?
Why my jockey's riding another horse.
What silver blaze doesn't run.
Look holmes.
Silver blaze doesn't run.
There's been a mistake.
The six should've been a nine.
Mr. Holmes, I relied on you implicitly.
Yes, and you may still do so, colonel.
Yes, that's him?
- There he goes. - Is that him?
That's my horse.
That's my horse!
Yes, and that's the murderer of james straker.
- What? - What?
It was a kick from silver blaze that killed your trainer.
They're off.
Here they come.
Confound it, desborough leads.
Oh, here comes silver blaze.
Come on silver blaze.
They're neck and neck.
Silver blaze.
Come on, silver blaze, come on.
It's my race!
But he's off.
Oh, holmes.
Look desborough wins!
Desborough!
The bullet has penetrated the shoulder
and lodged near the lung.
But we heard nothing.
You wouldn't.
It was fired from an airgun.
Noiseless with tremendous power.
How could it possibly be concealed in the crowd?
In the interior of a specially designed
kinematic-graph camera.
Good heavens.
But how on earth do you know?
Well, I observed through the glasses
a group of cameramen lined up near the winning post.
I fancied I knew one of them.
Mr. Holmes, what does this all mean?
It means, colonel, that you've been cheated of your race
by the most cunning and dangerous criminal in london.
Is there nothing to be done?
Lestrade, who's the most likely man
to give me some information on the betting for the cup?
It's difficult to say.
Old sam silver's a member of the victoria club
- and a good friend of mine. - Where can we find him?
It's a 100 to one he's in the
champagne bar at this moment.
I'll stay here with muffin if you don't mind.
There's no question about it.
Stanford had laid over 100,000 pounds against silver blaze
and got left with it.
Point him out to me.
There he is mr. Holmes in the dark suit and the bowler.
Thank you, mr. Silver.
Watson, I want you to take particular note of that man.
Not a word sam.
Trust me.
Excuse me, mr. Holmes.
You can rely on me to look after this.
Yes, yes, but I think you need
a little unofficial help.
Just to supplement your usual
happy mixture of cunning and audacity.
Is there anything I can do?
Yes, my dear watson.
A job that involves tenacity of purpose
of which, my dear fellow, you've given me so many proofs.
I want you to remain here
and never lose sight of stanford.
Lestrade, and I will drive straight back to baker street.
- Yes. - Lestrade, will you
give instructions for your car
to be at dr. Watson's disposal?
Certainly, mr. Holmes.
And you might tell you chauffeur to get into muffin.
As soon as stanford leaves follow him.
When he arrives at his destination,
send the car back to baker street.
Then go to the nearest phone box
and tell me where you are and wait for me.
- Is that clear? - Perfectly.
Watson's a long time phoning.
Oh, patience, lestrade, patience.
Concentrate on the game.
Yes, come in.
Mr. Holmes, it's nearly midnight.
You really must eat something.
Can't I tempt you to a nice bit of haddock?
My dear mrs. Hudson,
you've always been a temptation to me,
but haddock at this moment is not.
How about a nice sheepshead?
No, thank you, mrs. Hudson.
I suggest you go to bed, mrs. Hudson.
Very well, sir.
Still your move, lestrade.
My mind's not on the game, mr. Holmes.
I wonder what has happened to dr. Watson.
Well, now let's see.
It was five o'clock when we left the course and it's now...
Oh, look now it's nearly midnight.
We ought to hear something soon.
Tell me, mr. Holmes,
why did you leave dr. Watson to do the trailing?
Why not yourself?
Because my dear, lestrade,
when you set out to draw a badger
that's gone to earth you send a ferret down after it
while the man with the gun remains outside.
Professor moriarty is the badger,
dr. Watson is the ferret,
and I my dear lestrade am the man with the gun.
I see.
And stanford?
Well, stanford, if he's a wise man,
will go straight to moriarty
with whatever price he's paying.
When you're finished with the professor,
you'll be taken back to where we picked you up.
You've got the necessary on you I suppose.
Yes, of course.
Okay.
I want you to go straight
to mr. Holmes' rooms in baker street.
Yes?
Is that you holmes?
Watson speaking from sladen mews.
Watson!
Quick, lestrade, there's something wrong!
They've got, watson!
Inspector lestrade's chauffeur, sir.
Good, drive us to where you dropped dr. Watson!
- Right. - Oh, dear.
Quite correct, mr. Stanford.
I must say this case has proved
more intricate than I anticipated.
It should have been worth a trifle more.
However, perhaps next time.
You may go.
Barton.
Here.
Next to mr. Holmes himself,
I don't know anyone who'd be more welcome.
Hello, professor?
Who do you think I've got here of all people?
No.
Doctor watson.
Watson did you say?
Doctor watson?
- What's he doing here? - Moran.
Yes.
Caught him prowling around the yard.
Shall I bring him in?
No, not just yet, prince.
I'll leave him alone with this thoughts for a while.
Nothing like a little suspense.
I imagine the three weeks' wait for the hangman
is infinitely worse than the final interview.
Eh, moran?
- You wait here. - Right, sir.
Come, lestrade.
This is the mews.
This looks pretty solid, lestrade.
- What building is it? - This must be the back
of the old pelham street tube station.
What are you going to do, mr. Holmes?
Drive straight to scotland yard.
- And then? - The headquarters
of the london transport.
Now, moran, I think we'll interview the doctor.
Is that you, prince?
Bring in dr. Watson.
Right now.
Now then, doctor.
This should be most amusing moran.
Ah, come in, doctor.
I have had the pleasure
of several interviews with mr. Holmes,
but never before with his talented friend and colleague.
Would you sit down?
May I ask what you are doing in this neighborhood?
I'd good reason to think
it was your neighborhood, professor.
Really?
As a matter of curiosity may I ask you how you got here?
- By following mr. - Holmes' instructions.
Oh, I see.
I'm afraid it's going to prove
rather unfortunate for you, doctor.
I have not taken the somewhat
elaborate precautions to conceal my whereabouts
in order to have you report on the subject to, mr. Holmes.
You mean...
I'm going to have some difficulty in leaving?
Oh, no, my dear doctor.
Oh, dear no.
There will be no difficulty about that.
But you will leave by the way I shall indicate.
I will explain to you, doctor.
You are now in what was the pelham street tube station.
Behind that panel is the lift shaft.
It's a sheer drop of 80 feet.
If you have any last message to send to mr. Holmes,
I will see that it is delivered.
Sherlock holmes will fall a reckoning with you moriarty
without any reminder from me.
So that is your last word?
Very good.
I will now remove the panel
and wish you a swift journey.
Don't move any of you.
Except you my dear watson
who I'm sure would be more comfortable with us.
You must excuse me for trespassing
on your private property.
I've had the lift put in order again.
You clever...
No compliments please.
I arrest you robert moriarty.
On what charge?
For being concerned in the murder
of the stable boy edward hunter.
And for an attempt on the life
of mr. Sherlock holmes dr. Watson and...
That'll do to go on with, lestrade.
When the professor has answered to those charges,
there will doubtless be a number of others
to occupy his attention.
Listen, holmes, there's no prison can hold me.
You know I almost wish that were true, professor.
Life would be very dull without your activities.
Watson, might I trouble you for a match?
I think our quiet rest in the country
has been a great success.
Damn you, holmes.
Blast you.
Well, it's the most amazing case
we've ever solved, holmes.
Elementary my dear, watson.
Elementary.