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0:00:46 > 0:00:50HE CHANTS IN LATIN
0:00:56 > 0:00:58THUNDER CRACKS
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Argh!
0:01:35 > 0:01:36Evening, sir.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49The new librarian, miss.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56Henry Cavendish. How do you do?
0:01:56 > 0:02:00I'm Virginia Lewthwaite, Lord Hellion's fiancee.
0:02:00 > 0:02:01He's been called away to London
0:02:01 > 0:02:04so I'm afraid I must suffice in his absence.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08I shall try not to keep you from your occupations.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10On the contrary,
0:02:10 > 0:02:11I'd welcome the company.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14We're very isolated here, Mr Cavendish.
0:02:14 > 0:02:17I fear you'll be bored.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19I welcome the seclusion.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21It gives me time to write.
0:02:21 > 0:02:22You're an author?
0:02:22 > 0:02:24I only claim to be budding.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26I think...
0:02:26 > 0:02:28there will be plenty here to inspire me.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32Is the wedding imminent?
0:02:33 > 0:02:36The 6th of June.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40A very small affair, as my fiance lost his first two wives.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46Line.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48'In tragic circumstances.'
0:02:48 > 0:02:49'Cut!'
0:02:49 > 0:02:52If Ms Fontaine would deign to learn her lines
0:02:52 > 0:02:54before coming on set,
0:02:54 > 0:02:56it would save us all a lot of time,
0:02:56 > 0:02:59which, as you know, means money.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Something that is in painfully short supply.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05And do try and inject some ingenuousness.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07You're meant to be a virgin bride.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12I've seen more innocence on a ten bob tart.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14You would know, darling.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Miss Swain,
0:03:18 > 0:03:21may I borrow you for a moment, please?
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Could you demonstrate to Ms Fontaine
0:03:27 > 0:03:30what innocence sounds like?
0:03:30 > 0:03:32I'm Virginia Lewthwaite,
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Lord Hellion's fiancee.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38He's been called to London, so I'm afraid I must suffice...
0:03:38 > 0:03:41I'd murder the little tart before taking acting lessons from her.
0:03:43 > 0:03:44- Ms Fontaine!- Reset.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46Let's try again.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50They were forced to move out of their last place
0:03:50 > 0:03:53because of complaints about noise.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54And this film,
0:03:54 > 0:03:56The Demon Brides.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58In the name of all that's unholy...
0:03:59 > 0:04:02And you such a movie buff, Mrs M.
0:04:02 > 0:04:03I like a proper one,
0:04:03 > 0:04:09like, oh, Casablanca or The Prisoner Of Zenda,
0:04:09 > 0:04:12but this rubbish is just an excuse for blasphemy and...
0:04:14 > 0:04:16..and scantily-clad women.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17Isn't that right, Father?
0:04:17 > 0:04:20We rather enjoyed Virgin Vampires at the Odeon last month.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21Isn't that right, Father?
0:04:21 > 0:04:25It raised some interesting theological questions.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Well, I do hope you'll sign the petition
0:04:27 > 0:04:28on behalf of the parish council.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Not so fast, Mrs McCarthy.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33One of the actors is a chum, and I've asked him round
0:04:33 > 0:04:36to answer any parochial concerns you may have.
0:04:36 > 0:04:37- KNOCK ON DOOR - There he is now.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42If she thinks I'm going to let my opinion be swayed
0:04:42 > 0:04:45by some B-list actor...
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Hello. I'm Rex Bishop.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Ooh!
0:04:52 > 0:04:54Hello. Father Brown.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56And this is our Parish Secretary.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58Mrs McCarthy is one of your greatest fans.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03And...
0:05:03 > 0:05:04cut!
0:05:06 > 0:05:08That was wonderful, darling.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Care to explain, Billy?
0:05:16 > 0:05:17We're spreading.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Vivian wanted cuts.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21I'll have no lines left at this rate.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23He might as well have hired a cleavage.
0:05:24 > 0:05:25This is her.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28The old hag would stop at nothing to sabotage my career.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30Get me a martini.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32I need some lubrication for all that screaming.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35- I hate this place.- Ditto.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37There's only one thing for it.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38We'll have to run away together.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Sweet William.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43But then we'd have to live in a garret and I don't want that.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46I want what she's got.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Careful, Billy.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53That girl will break your heart.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58So I said, "Madam, I am sorely tempted,
0:05:58 > 0:05:59"but your husband
0:05:59 > 0:06:02"is the middleweight boxing champion of the world
0:06:02 > 0:06:04"and my face is my fortune."
0:06:06 > 0:06:08You're a long way from Hollywood, Mr Bishop.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Los Angeles is hot and sticky.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13And you can't get a proper cup of tea.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Oh, and another scone, Mr Bishop?
0:06:16 > 0:06:18I thought you'd never ask, and call me Rex.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20If I may call you...
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Rex! Bridget!
0:06:22 > 0:06:28Bridget, the Celtic goddess of fire and wisdom, and...
0:06:28 > 0:06:32creator of the finest strawberry scone I've ever tasted.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Do tell us what the film is about, Rex.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Well, it's about a demon lord
0:06:38 > 0:06:41who sacrifices his wives to the devil on their wedding night
0:06:41 > 0:06:45and reincarnates them as demon brides.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Hardly Chekhov, I'm afraid.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48Sounds jolly good fun.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Although I'm not sure Mrs McCarthy would approve.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- Oh, no!- Why don't you see for yourselves?
0:06:53 > 0:06:56As my guests tomorrow. The full tour.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57Oh!
0:07:00 > 0:07:02Pull back. Pull back.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06And if Ms Fontaine could try and look like she's in a drugged stupor.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08It shouldn't be too much of a stretch.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11And cue, darling.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Exto malikus.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Exto vascatis.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18- BOTH:- Exta invero Hellion.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22DOOR BANGS Oh, cut! Cut! Cut!
0:07:22 > 0:07:25For the last time, this is a closed set!
0:07:25 > 0:07:28These are the representatives of the Parish Council.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30I don't care if it's the Pope and his entourage.
0:07:30 > 0:07:31What are they doing here?
0:07:31 > 0:07:33You invited them.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Told Rex to do his bit for PR,
0:07:35 > 0:07:38or, to use your words, schmooze the local yokels.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44I do apologise for my oaf of a husband.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Bebe Fontaine.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48- Hello.- Hello.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Welcome to hell.
0:08:01 > 0:08:06And now the local lunatic fringe are getting up a petition.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10And, to cap it all, I've been receiving death threats.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Some maniac calling himself Arulus.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Seems to think I'm the devil reincarnated.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Can't think what gave him that idea.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21Interesting choice of objets d'art.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25Now, that is the death mask of the demon lord.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Must be a non-speaking part.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Hasn't got a mouth.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31His face has been melted with holy water.
0:08:31 > 0:08:32Will that work, Father?
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Don't think so, no.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Billy Neville. Author of this masterpiece.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Put a priest into the castle.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41What for?
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Oh, add some colour. Bells and smells.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46He can turn wine into blood,
0:08:46 > 0:08:48bread into flesh.
0:08:48 > 0:08:49Why would a demon lord
0:08:49 > 0:08:52have a Catholic priest living under his roof?
0:08:52 > 0:08:54You're the writer, think of something,
0:08:54 > 0:08:56and I want it by four.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58What's she doing here?
0:08:58 > 0:09:01She, my darling, is entertaining our guests,
0:09:01 > 0:09:03which is more than can be said for you.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07May I introduce Miss Paulette Swain,
0:09:07 > 0:09:11one of our fastest rising stars?
0:09:11 > 0:09:12And what part do you play?
0:09:12 > 0:09:15A foul demoness in thrall to a devil.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18I'm something of a writer myself.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21You must tell me where you get your inspiration from.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24From everything around me.
0:09:24 > 0:09:25Ars vitam imitator.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Art imitates life.
0:09:28 > 0:09:29This isn't art.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35You must leave, Virginia.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36Are you mad?
0:09:36 > 0:09:38I'm due to be married tomorrow.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Yes, I'm mad. I can't be sane when I'm with you.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48My father is deeply indebted to Lord Hellion.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50If this marriage doesn't take place tomorrow,
0:09:50 > 0:09:51he'll be ruined
0:09:51 > 0:09:53and my family dishonoured.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00Cut!
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Is it too much to ask for you people to learn your damn lines
0:10:03 > 0:10:07before stepping onto my set? You're costing me a fortune!
0:10:07 > 0:10:11Principles to their dressing rooms now!
0:10:11 > 0:10:14I want you word perfect by five.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17We're in detention, I'm afraid.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20I don't have trouble remembering my lines.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21You don't have any lines.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24- Feel free to stay and we'll reconvene later.- Yes.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Universal Studios!
0:10:28 > 0:10:30They've offered me a movie starting in the spring.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32Escape the garret, Billy. Clever boy.
0:10:32 > 0:10:35Nicholas Ray's directing and Robert Mitchum's lined up for the lead.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38You seem to forget that you're contracted to me
0:10:38 > 0:10:40for your next two movies.
0:10:40 > 0:10:44In your own words, any typewriter monkey could churn out this dross.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46I don't want any monkey.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48I want the monkey I've got.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50So you can just get back to Universal
0:10:50 > 0:10:52and tell them that you're not available.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54And I want those amendments by four.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Till then, I'm watching rushes.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Do not disturb...
0:11:01 > 0:11:03under pain of death!
0:11:08 > 0:11:09Ergh!
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Oh! Jesus, Mary and J...
0:11:11 > 0:11:15- Sid.- And now he's got X-ray eyes. How did you know it was me?
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Brylcreem, Gold Flake and engine oil.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20And what exactly do you think you're doing, Sidney Carter?
0:11:20 > 0:11:23I'm earning ten bob a day as an extra, Mrs M.
0:11:23 > 0:11:24Ladies.
0:11:25 > 0:11:26Tough job,
0:11:26 > 0:11:29but someone's got to do it. Ta-ta.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31- Ooh-ho-ho-ho! - THEY GIGGLE
0:11:40 > 0:11:42'Foul demoness! You're nothing...
0:11:42 > 0:11:46'You're nothing but a foul... You're nothing but a foul demoness.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- 'You're nothing...'- 'Take one.'
0:11:50 > 0:11:53'If divorce were an option, I'd have done it years ago.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56'Yes. Well...'
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Yes. No. No, it's not still a possibility.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02He's got a ten-year option on my contract
0:12:02 > 0:12:04and you can bet your boots
0:12:04 > 0:12:06I'll never work in this or any other town again.
0:12:09 > 0:12:14No, trust me, darling, the only way I'll escape my caro marito
0:12:14 > 0:12:15is with one of us in a box.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20THUNDER CRACKS
0:12:34 > 0:12:36KNOCKING
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Argh!
0:12:56 > 0:12:58KNOCK ON DOOR
0:13:09 > 0:13:11Are you going to tell us what happens?
0:13:11 > 0:13:14And spoil the ending for when we see it at the cinema?
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Oh, somebody's changed their tune.
0:13:17 > 0:13:18This is a morality tale
0:13:18 > 0:13:22where the godly triumph over the forces of evil.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Nothing blasphemous in that now is there, Father?
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Morning, Father.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34- Shall we say our goodbyes?- Yes.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Vivian, open up.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42I got here at four as ordered and the door was locked.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44And apparently he hasn't left the wing.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48- Perhaps he's had a heart attack. - I'll break it down. Vivian!
0:13:52 > 0:13:54SHE COUGHS
0:13:54 > 0:13:58A good secretary always keeps a spare.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59What a woman!
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Oh, Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11SHE SCREAMS
0:14:11 > 0:14:12I'll call the police.
0:14:16 > 0:14:18What happened? Is he dead?
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Per istam sanctam unctionem et suam...
0:14:27 > 0:14:31If you're praying for his soul then you're wasting your time.
0:14:41 > 0:14:42KNOCK ON DOOR
0:14:42 > 0:14:44Sir.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Did no-one tell them it's a day of rest?
0:14:58 > 0:15:01To Vivian. May he rot in hell.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Shut up, Bebe.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05Medicinal. For the shock.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Thank you, Billy.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09Oh, please. You'd think you were grieving.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12We all know you loathed him as much as the rest of us.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Try to keep it together, old girl.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16So, what happens now?
0:15:16 > 0:15:18I suppose the show must go on.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20I'd rather be on a yacht in the south of France.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Wouldn't we all? But have you forgotten
0:15:22 > 0:15:24that you are the new owner of Cardinal?
0:15:24 > 0:15:27Hardly. The first person she telephoned was Vivian's lawyer.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29What am I supposed to do?
0:15:29 > 0:15:32Appointing a new director would be a start.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35Fine. Rex is new director.
0:15:39 > 0:15:40There, now. Wasn't that easy?
0:15:44 > 0:15:48At least the killer was good enough to leave a signature.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50Any idea on this Arulus?
0:15:50 > 0:15:53The victim's been receiving death threats.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56"Your fate approaches. Apocalypse 20:10."
0:15:56 > 0:15:59How's your Bible knowledge, sir?
0:15:59 > 0:16:01- Hazard a guess.- Erm...
0:16:01 > 0:16:05Apocalypse 20:10: "And the false prophet
0:16:05 > 0:16:09"shall be tormented by day and by night for ever and ever."
0:16:09 > 0:16:12It's like I said a prayer and there you were.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Thank you, Padre.
0:16:15 > 0:16:19And now my sergeant here will escort you from my crime scene.
0:16:19 > 0:16:22It's just that I was here when the body was discovered and I think
0:16:22 > 0:16:25I may have inadvertently removed a significant piece of evidence.
0:16:27 > 0:16:28A piece of wax.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30Wax?
0:16:30 > 0:16:34From a gothic horror film set? What next?
0:16:34 > 0:16:35A coal from Newcastle?
0:16:37 > 0:16:39But it's an unusual shape, don't you think?
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Leave it with one of my men
0:16:41 > 0:16:44and I'll see it gets the attention it's due.
0:16:44 > 0:16:45- KNOCK AT DOOR - Sir?
0:16:45 > 0:16:49In you come, Constable. The padre was just leaving.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Inspector Mallory. Kembleford Police.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01I'm sorry for your loss, Mrs Wolsey.
0:17:01 > 0:17:05Well, that makes one of us. I prefer Ms Fontaine.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Did my husband suffer, Inspector?
0:17:08 > 0:17:10I do hope so.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19I'd like you all to account for your movements
0:17:19 > 0:17:21between two and four this afternoon.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23Shouldn't you be looking for this Arulus fellow?
0:17:23 > 0:17:27I could, but I'd be wasting my time, as it wasn't him.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Because of the death threats,
0:17:31 > 0:17:34Mr Wolsey stationed extra security guards on the wing
0:17:34 > 0:17:38who are adamant that nobody entered or left the building
0:17:38 > 0:17:41between two, when his secretary went home,
0:17:41 > 0:17:43and 4:15, when the body was discovered.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Are you saying it was one of us?
0:17:46 > 0:17:51I'm saying that as the only people in this part of the building
0:17:51 > 0:17:52at the time in question,
0:17:52 > 0:17:55I'd like you all to account for your movements.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58I was in my office doing amendments for Vivian.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- I was learning lines in my dressing room.- Me too.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Me three. On Vivian's orders, I hasten.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08During this time, did anyone see or speak to Mr Wolsey?
0:18:11 > 0:18:12Oh, dear.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14I think somebody is lying.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21When you're ready, Ms Fontaine.
0:18:23 > 0:18:27I opened my dressing room door to put my shoes out for wardrobe
0:18:27 > 0:18:31and somebody was going into my husband's office.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Isn't that right, Miss Swain?
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Is this true?
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Yes.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41And you lied because...?
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Because it was confidential.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45I was signing a contract for my part in his next movie.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47What part?
0:18:49 > 0:18:51My part.
0:18:52 > 0:18:55Oh, you little tramp!
0:18:55 > 0:18:57What time was this?
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Around three.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01Vivian thought it required someone...youthful.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Yet not someone who can act.
0:19:03 > 0:19:04And what time did you leave?
0:19:04 > 0:19:06You're sacked!
0:19:06 > 0:19:09About ten minutes later, when I can assure you he was alive and kicking.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11You can't sack me. I've got a contract.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14In that case, I'll just have to content myself
0:19:14 > 0:19:15with making your life a misery.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22I mean, talk about a catfight.
0:19:22 > 0:19:25Half the crew heard it.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Anyway, Mallory's convinced it was an inside job.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Mrs McCarthy's our resident movie expert -
0:19:32 > 0:19:35what do you know about Bebe Fontaine?
0:19:35 > 0:19:39What I know is that she was born Ursula Donnell
0:19:39 > 0:19:42and educated by the Sacred Heart Sisters in Dublin.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45So, a good Catholic Irish girl.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Oh, not so you'd notice now.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51She was married at 17 to Vivian Wolsey
0:19:51 > 0:19:54and he old enough to be her father.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56And they didn't live happily ever after.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Rumour has it, she wanted a divorce,
0:19:59 > 0:20:02but that would have been the end of her career.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05See, she was contracted to the Cardinal Studios,
0:20:05 > 0:20:09so none of the other studios would have touched her.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Oh, motive aplenty, I'd say.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12I doubt it was Paulette Swain.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14How do you figure that, milady?
0:20:14 > 0:20:16She'd just landed her first leading role.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18She's hardly going to kill the golden goose.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20That young writer looked pretty murderous
0:20:20 > 0:20:24when Vivian refused to release him from his contract.
0:20:24 > 0:20:25What do you think, Father?
0:20:26 > 0:20:28I think that the problem with three actors
0:20:28 > 0:20:31and a writer is that they all lie for a living.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34Well, I'm certain it isn't Rex Bishop.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37Mmm, he is hiding something.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Yes.
0:20:39 > 0:20:43Like why is he starring in a Cardinal B-movie in Kembleford?
0:20:45 > 0:20:48In sickness and in health,
0:20:48 > 0:20:51to love and to cherish...
0:20:52 > 0:20:54..till death do us part.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58THEY COUGH AND SPLUTTER
0:20:58 > 0:21:01And cut. Thank you, everybody.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Let's go again with a little less smoke this time.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07Ms Fontaine, may I have a word.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11I was wondering if you could be a little more bereft.
0:21:12 > 0:21:14Hardly an emotion I'm familiar with.
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Just try to bear in mind that you're being bound in matrimony
0:21:17 > 0:21:20to a man you don't love while the man that you do love
0:21:20 > 0:21:22- has gone inexplicably AWOL. - Mr Bishop.
0:21:25 > 0:21:28Can I prevail on you to accompany me to the cutting room?
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Demon Bride. Scene 25.
0:21:40 > 0:21:41Take three.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Closer on the cleavage.
0:21:46 > 0:21:47Closer!
0:21:49 > 0:21:50And action!
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Henry's aroused.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Can we get some arousal in here?
0:21:57 > 0:21:59Which means try and look like you're enjoying it!
0:21:59 > 0:22:02All right, that's enough! Please stop that now.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05I'd like a word in private, please.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07If you don't mind, ladies.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14You might get a better performance
0:22:14 > 0:22:17if you refrained from bawling me out in front of the cast and crew.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19It's putting me off my stride, old chap.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21You're not in Hollywood now, old chap.
0:22:21 > 0:22:26Clearly, but manners costeth nothing, as my nanny used to say.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29Did Nanny tell you that photographs do?
0:22:29 > 0:22:31Which means for the duration of our arrangement
0:22:31 > 0:22:32you will do things my way.
0:22:34 > 0:22:35Good boy.
0:22:35 > 0:22:37Reset. We'll go again.
0:22:38 > 0:22:39Not if I kill you first.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48It was a trifle. An artistic disagreement.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51And these photographs?
0:22:51 > 0:22:54Publicity shots. They were shocking.
0:22:54 > 0:22:55I demanded new ones.
0:22:57 > 0:23:01This is an unusual project for Rex Bishop to attach himself to.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03I was homesick for Blighty,
0:23:03 > 0:23:07fancied a change of scene amidst the glories of the Cotswolds.
0:23:07 > 0:23:11You've gone on record describing Cardinal Productions as...
0:23:12 > 0:23:15..boils on the backside of the movie industry.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Have I really? I say, that's rather good.
0:23:20 > 0:23:21This isn't a joke, Mr Bishop.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23Clearly not, Inspector,
0:23:23 > 0:23:26which is why I would appreciate you getting to the point.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30I think Vivian Wolsey was blackmailing you.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35- You've no proof of that.- Yet.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38But I've applied for a warrant to search Mr Wolsey's personal files
0:23:38 > 0:23:41and when I find something incriminating,
0:23:41 > 0:23:43that gives you the hat-trick -
0:23:43 > 0:23:45means, motive and opportunity.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48So until then, Mr Bishop, don't go anywhere.
0:23:51 > 0:23:55Lady Felicia. Looking delectable as ever.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58If only I could return the compliment, Inspector.
0:24:02 > 0:24:03What's going on, Rex?
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Vivian was blackmailing you?
0:24:08 > 0:24:11I don't think anyone believes I'm here of my own volition.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13Because you're homosexual.
0:24:16 > 0:24:17How did you know?
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Despite certain encouragements,
0:24:19 > 0:24:22you've never tried to get me into bed.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25The only other explanation is I'm losing my allure...
0:24:25 > 0:24:27I think we both know that isn't the case.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28SHE CHUCKLES
0:24:28 > 0:24:33If the police find those photographs I'll end up in prison.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Nonsense, we'll think of something.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36I need a miracle.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39I can't promise you that,
0:24:39 > 0:24:41but I might have the next best thing.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Ah, Mrs McCarthy, just the woman.
0:24:50 > 0:24:53Dress suiting a saint, eight letters.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Two letters, requiring urgent reply -
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Bishop Talbot and the bank manager.
0:24:59 > 0:25:00If you're not too busy.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03I'll give them my immediate attention.
0:25:08 > 0:25:09Ignatius.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11Beg your pardon?
0:25:11 > 0:25:15Dress suiting a saint. It's an anagram.
0:25:15 > 0:25:16Hello?
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Of course it is. You're a genius, Mrs M!
0:25:19 > 0:25:21Father! May we have a word, please?
0:25:23 > 0:25:24In private.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Vivian got his hands on some negatives,
0:25:36 > 0:25:41taken when I was younger and considerably less wise.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46And which...
0:25:46 > 0:25:48You can speak freely in front of Father Brown.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52And which involved another man.
0:25:52 > 0:25:57I thought you might like some tea and one of my scones.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59How wonderful, Bridget.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Shall I be mother...?
0:26:01 > 0:26:03I can manage.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05Thank you, Mrs McCarthy.
0:26:05 > 0:26:06But I....
0:26:09 > 0:26:11So, you see what this means, Father.
0:26:11 > 0:26:12Yes.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Inspector Mallory's got the bit between his teeth,
0:26:15 > 0:26:18and he won't rest until he finds the negatives.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Even if he can't make a murder charge stick, you face ruin...
0:26:22 > 0:26:23..and imprisonment.
0:26:23 > 0:26:25I'll kill myself first.
0:26:25 > 0:26:26That won't be necessary.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Because if Inspector Mallory finds the real killer,
0:26:29 > 0:26:31he'll call off the hunt.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39KNOCK AT DOOR
0:26:39 > 0:26:41What can I do for you, Father?
0:26:42 > 0:26:44May I?
0:26:53 > 0:26:56I was wondering if you'd like prayers said for you husband's soul.
0:26:57 > 0:27:01Vivian didn't have a soul and he wasn't a Catholic.
0:27:01 > 0:27:02But you are.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06And you of all people should know that he may have been seeking God
0:27:06 > 0:27:07up to the moment of his death.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11I assure you he'd have hated it.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15In which case, you have my blessing.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17He was your husband.
0:27:17 > 0:27:20He broke every one of our wedding vows -
0:27:20 > 0:27:23- except for "till death do us part". - Did you kill him?
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Sadly, no.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31But you did send the death threats.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32- Why would you say that?- Arulus.
0:27:34 > 0:27:38It's an anagram. You couldn't resist using your real name.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41"Ursula" Donnell.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44- IRISH ACCENT:- Well, to be sure, I wouldn't be lying
0:27:44 > 0:27:45to a man of the cloth.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50It was only me little joke
0:27:50 > 0:27:53because I knew it would scare the bejesus out of him.
0:27:53 > 0:27:55- NORMAL ACCENT:- And it worked.
0:27:55 > 0:27:57Like all bullies he was a coward.
0:27:58 > 0:28:01That much hatred will destroy your soul.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04It's too late for that. I sold it to the devil.
0:28:04 > 0:28:07And the irony is I did it for God.
0:28:07 > 0:28:08How so?
0:28:09 > 0:28:11SHE SIGHS
0:28:11 > 0:28:16Vivian had a fearsome reputation. King of the casting couch.
0:28:16 > 0:28:20They said he used to have a hidden camera in his office
0:28:20 > 0:28:22to film his conquests.
0:28:22 > 0:28:27I was 17 years old and fresh out of convent school.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29And I turned him down.
0:28:29 > 0:28:31That must have taken a lot of courage.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35It was my downfall.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37No-one says no to Vivian.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40SHE CHUCKLES
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Now conquest wasn't enough, he wanted ownership.
0:28:43 > 0:28:49And a wedding ring proved both cheap currency and good publicity.
0:28:49 > 0:28:51So you see, Father,
0:28:51 > 0:28:54that's where being a good little Catholic girl got me.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57And now...
0:28:57 > 0:28:58I am lost.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00No, no.
0:29:02 > 0:29:04God doesn't give up that easily.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08I'm past penance, so what do you suggest?
0:29:09 > 0:29:11I think...
0:29:12 > 0:29:15..that you should love yourself, as much as He loves you.
0:29:18 > 0:29:21Ms Fontaine, we're ready for you on set.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29What's this. A deputation?
0:29:29 > 0:29:31My Universal offer is still on the table.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33We want to be released from our contracts
0:29:33 > 0:29:35when The Demon Brides is finished.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37- Both of you?- I'm going with him.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40You think I'd want to stay here after everything that's happened?
0:29:40 > 0:29:42Consider yourself terminated.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45But you, Billy, you're special.
0:29:45 > 0:29:49Too damn good for Cardinal, but why should I let you go?
0:29:49 > 0:29:51Because you're not your husband.
0:29:54 > 0:29:55Go, then.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58As for her, good riddance.
0:29:59 > 0:30:00We're going to Hollywood.
0:30:00 > 0:30:02We sure are, pardner!
0:30:09 > 0:30:11What are you doing here, Father?
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Don't answer that. Stupid question.
0:30:13 > 0:30:15And action.
0:30:15 > 0:30:16Right, Bebe.
0:30:16 > 0:30:19Virginia begins to undress, ready for her wedding night.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21She's all alone, or so she thinks.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23Pan off to the painting. That's it.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26- Action, Cooper! Eyes.- Aye, aye!
0:30:26 > 0:30:29Good, good. And...cut!
0:30:29 > 0:30:30Sid. With me.
0:30:42 > 0:30:43So...
0:30:45 > 0:30:46..what are we looking for?
0:30:54 > 0:30:57Vivian Wolsey was a voyeur...
0:30:58 > 0:31:01..and a leopard doesn't change his spots.
0:31:01 > 0:31:02Sorry. You've lost me.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Why isn't the screen facing the projector?
0:31:09 > 0:31:10Hmm.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13Film is an illusion.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18And he was a master of making the real look fake...
0:31:19 > 0:31:21..and the fake look real.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39BOOKCASE CREAKS
0:31:47 > 0:31:48Shut the door, please, Sid.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03I assume you know someone who can develop this film.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06A hidden camera? What on earth for?
0:32:07 > 0:32:08Oh, dear God.
0:32:10 > 0:32:11That was quick.
0:32:12 > 0:32:13I called in a favour.
0:32:13 > 0:32:16So, at three o'clock, Paulette Swain visits the boss
0:32:16 > 0:32:18to sign for a starring role in his next movie.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20And an hour later, he was dead.
0:32:20 > 0:32:23The village hall projector's ready in the study.
0:32:25 > 0:32:26Thank you, Mrs McCarthy.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31And cut!
0:32:31 > 0:32:32Check the gate!
0:32:32 > 0:32:37Thank you very much, Paulette, that was a thing of beauty.
0:32:38 > 0:32:40Gate clear!
0:32:40 > 0:32:41Print it!
0:32:42 > 0:32:44Mrs Wolsey.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48I have a warrant to search your husband's personal files.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50I take that to mean you are no closer to finding his killer.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54I wouldn't say that, Madam.
0:33:01 > 0:33:02Set up for scene 14!
0:33:08 > 0:33:09To my leading lady.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12I don't understand.
0:33:12 > 0:33:14No-one's ever believed in me like this, Vivian.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16I don't know how to thank you.
0:33:16 > 0:33:17You're not that innocent.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23Darling, the camera loves you.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27And I'm going to make you a star.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31No, no! I've changed my...
0:33:31 > 0:33:33No! Get off!
0:33:33 > 0:33:36Good! A little bit of resistance, I like that.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38No, no, I won't!
0:33:39 > 0:33:41Oh, no, you don't.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47Nothing in this life is free.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50I own you now!
0:33:50 > 0:33:52- THUD - Ah!
0:33:58 > 0:34:00Why haven't you taken this to the police?
0:34:01 > 0:34:04Because it's not the whole story.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06What happened afterwards -
0:34:06 > 0:34:09the mask, the desecration of the body -
0:34:09 > 0:34:12wasn't the act of a frightened young woman.
0:34:13 > 0:34:15It was cool-headed, it was meditated.
0:34:15 > 0:34:18It required strength,
0:34:18 > 0:34:19imagination...
0:34:21 > 0:34:23..a flair for the dramatic.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25In fact, it required a writer.
0:34:27 > 0:34:28I don't deny it was me.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35I killed him. Oh, God, what's going to happen to me?
0:34:39 > 0:34:42Nothing. Go, clean yourself up.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45Say nothing and trust me.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47Trust me and no-one will know anything. Go!
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Have we a key to this?
0:35:01 > 0:35:03No, sir. But I can find the secretary and ask.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14Seems our Mr Wolsey liked to eavesdrop.
0:35:14 > 0:35:16'You arranged the body
0:35:16 > 0:35:18'and then tried to put the blame on Arulus.'
0:35:18 > 0:35:20- Isn't that Father...?- Ssh!
0:35:20 > 0:35:23'So now you know the truth. What are you going to do?'
0:35:23 > 0:35:25But this isn't the truth.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Not even half of it.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31I expect you wondered where this had got to.
0:35:31 > 0:35:33What the hell is that?
0:35:34 > 0:35:38"At first," Dostoevsky said, "art imitates life.
0:35:40 > 0:35:42"Then life imitates art.
0:35:43 > 0:35:49"Then life takes its very existence from art."
0:35:49 > 0:35:51I have no idea what you're talking about.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57It's all in here, isn't it, Billy?
0:35:59 > 0:36:03The beautiful young innocent in thrall to the devil.
0:36:03 > 0:36:07The heroic young scribe who rescues her by killing the demon.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13"Henry flung the holy water in Lord Hellion's face
0:36:13 > 0:36:17"and it solidified like wax, suffocating his screams."
0:36:19 > 0:36:23If you're praying for his soul then you're wasting your time.
0:36:23 > 0:36:27'I suppose you removed its partner when you took off the mask.'
0:36:29 > 0:36:30'I don't understand.'
0:36:32 > 0:36:34You didn't kill Vivian.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37He was alive when you left the room.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40Oh, God, what's going to happen to me?
0:36:43 > 0:36:46Nothing. Go, clean yourself up.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Say nothing and trust me.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Trust me and no-one will know anything. Go!
0:36:54 > 0:36:58The impediment to all your hopes injured, but not fatally.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03So you decided to finish the job.
0:37:06 > 0:37:08Wax to suffocate a demon.
0:37:10 > 0:37:12A simple matter of blocking up the air holes.
0:37:14 > 0:37:20'And then you locked the door and waited while he suffocated to death.'
0:37:20 > 0:37:22He's good, isn't he, sir?
0:37:22 > 0:37:24I hope you're taking this down.
0:37:24 > 0:37:27'If you ever leave the priesthood, I see a future for you as a writer.'
0:37:27 > 0:37:30'But this isn't a work of imagination.
0:37:30 > 0:37:33'I'm sure that if the police fit this to the mask
0:37:33 > 0:37:35'they'll find an exact...'
0:37:35 > 0:37:37THUD ON RECORDING
0:37:37 > 0:37:40- PAULETTE:- 'What are you doing!?' - Let's go, Sergeant.- Yeah, right.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43- Erm, where to, sir?- Am I psychic?!
0:37:43 > 0:37:47Get every available man and spread out till we find them.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55Help! Somebody help me!
0:37:55 > 0:37:56With me!
0:37:56 > 0:37:59Oh! Oh!
0:37:59 > 0:38:00Oh, for God's sake!
0:38:01 > 0:38:03Begging your pardon, Madam.
0:38:07 > 0:38:08- Goodfellow!- Ma'am.
0:38:12 > 0:38:16Celluloid. It'll go up like dynamite.
0:38:16 > 0:38:17An unfortunate accident.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20You're crazy. You made me think that I was a murderer.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24Vivian had us both trapped. I saw a way of escape.
0:38:24 > 0:38:25I did it for us.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27There is no us, Billy.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30We're going to Hollywood. You said you'd come with me.
0:38:30 > 0:38:33Only to escape my crime.
0:38:33 > 0:38:35I needed to get as far from here as possible.
0:38:35 > 0:38:37Lies! You wanted to be with me.
0:38:37 > 0:38:40I was grateful. That's all.
0:38:41 > 0:38:43I killed that devil for you.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46You killed him for yourself.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48And now you are the demon.
0:38:49 > 0:38:50It's all over, Billy.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54But it's not too late to save your soul.
0:38:55 > 0:38:57My soul doesn't belong to me any more.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01You can change your mind.
0:39:02 > 0:39:04Go to hell, Billy.
0:39:05 > 0:39:07Then you go together.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13I'll have that.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15You're under arrest. You are not obliged to speak...
0:39:15 > 0:39:16Get off me!
0:39:19 > 0:39:22You're lucky I was here, Padre.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25Thank you.
0:39:25 > 0:39:26Thank you.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33And action!
0:39:35 > 0:39:40HE CHANTS
0:39:42 > 0:39:44"Save me, Henry..."
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Save me, Henry.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49My hero, Henry.
0:39:49 > 0:39:53Can you explain to me why I am spouting these inanities?
0:39:53 > 0:39:55Because it's the end of the movie.
0:39:59 > 0:40:01Well, I want a different ending.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05HE WHISPERS
0:40:13 > 0:40:16Given the evidence on film, I doubt charges will be pressed.
0:40:21 > 0:40:24You're no good to anyone frozen to death.
0:40:25 > 0:40:28At least your photos are still undiscovered.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32Until they fall into a different pair of wrong hands.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35Well, in a manner of speaking, they already have.
0:40:35 > 0:40:38Vivian's secret cubbyhole contained more than a camera.
0:40:38 > 0:40:39So where are they now?
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Well, I suppose you'd call it tampering with the evidence.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46I burnt the negatives.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48It seemed the prudent thing to do.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52That is remarkable. I don't know how to thank you, Father.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57Ah! Well, there is something.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30"Directed by Bebe Fontaine."
0:41:30 > 0:41:34Well, Rex was a liability, so someone had to.
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Turns out it's much more fun than acting.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38And if Muriel Box can do it...
0:41:38 > 0:41:41A woman director. I say.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44- Cardinal's next production will star Paulette Swain.- Ah!
0:41:48 > 0:41:51I'm glad to see you have put your past behind you.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Well, we had more in common than I realised.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56Any girl that says no to Vivian has my respect.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Our leading ladies are required for their photo call
0:41:59 > 0:42:01but I do hope the rest of you enjoy the movie.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03Oh, yes.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05Thank you.
0:42:05 > 0:42:08Thank you so much for inviting us.
0:42:08 > 0:42:11It was the least I could do, Father.
0:42:11 > 0:42:12You have my eternal gratitude.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19Eternal gratitude for what exactly?
0:42:21 > 0:42:25Oh, Father, I know how you like to keep things to yourself
0:42:25 > 0:42:27but I'm curious to know the secret
0:42:27 > 0:42:30that is fit for everyone else's ears but mine.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34Well, I shouldn't be surprised.
0:42:34 > 0:42:36The truth is...
0:42:36 > 0:42:40Father Brown helped Rex recover some...photographs.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42And you couldn't tell me that because...?
0:42:42 > 0:42:45Because we didn't want to disappoint you.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48Cos the other party involved was,
0:42:48 > 0:42:50I'm sorry to say...
0:42:50 > 0:42:51married.
0:42:52 > 0:42:55Not...
0:42:55 > 0:42:58Not Lana Turner. There have been rumours.
0:42:58 > 0:43:00My lips are sealed.
0:43:00 > 0:43:04And I know I can rely on you to be the soul of discretion, Mrs M -
0:43:04 > 0:43:08after all, you're not one to gossip.
0:43:08 > 0:43:09Sidney.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19CHANTING
0:43:19 > 0:43:21THUNDERCLAP
0:43:25 > 0:43:27- Virginia.- Henry!
0:43:37 > 0:43:38What kept you?
0:43:38 > 0:43:40I had to wait for reinforcements.