0:00:03 > 0:00:06CANARY TWEETS
0:00:11 > 0:00:13CAT MIAOWS
0:00:23 > 0:00:25WOMAN: Here, puss-puss.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Here, puss-puss. Come here.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33CAT SCREECHES
0:00:48 > 0:00:50MAN: Come along! Come along!
0:00:50 > 0:00:53That's right. Don't fall. Don't fall.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56Now, then, come here.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Take him in.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04Mew-Mew! Mew-Mew!
0:01:04 > 0:01:06Come along! Come along! Mew-Mew!
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Come along!
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Where are you?
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Mew-Mew! Come along!
0:01:18 > 0:01:19Mew-Mew!
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Mew-Mew! Come along!
0:02:39 > 0:02:42THUNDER RUMBLES
0:02:42 > 0:02:45KNOCK ON DOOR
0:02:45 > 0:02:47KNOCKING PERSISTS
0:03:07 > 0:03:12- Good evening, Mrs Crosby. You're the first to arrive. - Well!
0:03:12 > 0:03:17Everything has been done according to your instructions.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19THUNDER CONTINUES TO RUMBLE
0:03:29 > 0:03:33You have kept the place immaculate, Mrs Pleasant.
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Well!
0:03:40 > 0:03:44Mrs Pleasant, I can't say you've missed much.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51Between the Bolsheviks on one side and the democrats on the other,
0:03:51 > 0:03:53the world has become unrecognisable.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56Mr West is safe?
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Just as you left him.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00Hah!
0:04:00 > 0:04:02The disintegration should be minimal.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05Well, it'll be strange to...
0:04:05 > 0:04:07see him again...
0:04:07 > 0:04:10listen to him again.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Shall we go?
0:04:13 > 0:04:15MACHINE RATTLES AND DRONES
0:04:21 > 0:04:24- Has the temperature been maintained? - Well, yes.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- Are you sure?- Yes.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38And the locks haven't been opened since you closed them.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40That was a long time ago.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Yet, in a way, not so long.
0:04:42 > 0:04:4420 years.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Tonight.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19It's a strange feeling, Mrs Pleasant,
0:05:19 > 0:05:23to find one opening something one closed 20 years ago.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Almost to the hour.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32Happy anniversary, Mr West.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35Welcome to 1934.
0:05:35 > 0:05:36LID CREAKS
0:05:47 > 0:05:53Mrs Pleasant, I don't seem to recall being informed about a moth.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56It has reached its majority.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59But I can't think how it happened! I haven't got a key.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Quite.
0:06:01 > 0:06:06Quite, Mrs Pleasant, but I will investigate the local moth colony
0:06:06 > 0:06:09and find out who they sent over.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11THUNDER CRASHES
0:06:12 > 0:06:14It's the spirit!
0:06:16 > 0:06:20Open the door, will you? I've been pounding on it for ten minutes!
0:06:20 > 0:06:22Just a moment.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26Just another small moment, please.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32I think your guests are beginning to arrive...
0:06:32 > 0:06:34most anxiously.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37HE CHORTLES
0:06:37 > 0:06:41Good evening, Mrs Crosby. Good evening, Harry.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45Sorry about the broken glass but... Oh, thanks, I will.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49I seem to recall, breaking things is something you know a lot about.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52We're flashing the sabres early tonight, aren't we?
0:06:52 > 0:06:56Flashing sabres? That's a subject you also know a lot about.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59< You're full of charm this evening.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00Did you come down by train?
0:07:00 > 0:07:02No, I drove.
0:07:02 > 0:07:07But the train is in. I just managed to beat it to the crossroads.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10A perfect night for the reading of the will. Am I the first?
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Uh-huh. How many besides myself? I don't know.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Five were notified. Five definitely alive.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20I know two and that's one too many.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22Tell me, Mrs Crosby, why do relatives have to be...?
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Aimed at Charlie Wilder.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Cheers.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Evening.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40It's exactly as I thought it would be.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42May I take your coats?
0:07:43 > 0:07:46Why do you dislike Charlie so very much?
0:07:46 > 0:07:50Well, second place, because he's my cousin and I don't like war heroes.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52In the third, I think he's a queer.
0:07:52 > 0:07:55And the fourth place, I know he's a gigolo.
0:07:55 > 0:07:56In first place...
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Because SHE is very fond of him.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Score two for the will reader.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02I'm not going to read the will.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04No? Who is?
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Cyrus West.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10THUNDER RUMBLES
0:08:10 > 0:08:12I knew an auctioneer in Swiss Cottage once.
0:08:12 > 0:08:17I bet if I called him, he could turn the place over for at least 4 million cash.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Cicily, darling, let's not get mawkishly sentimental(!)
0:08:20 > 0:08:23If it's me, I'll just die. Wouldn't you just die if it was me?
0:08:23 > 0:08:26Not if I'm the next in line.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39I suppose you can make do with anything, if you have to.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- Good evening, Miss Crosby. - Good evening.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45CAT MIAOWS
0:08:49 > 0:08:53Susan Sillsby, the noted sportswoman, and Cicily Young.
0:08:53 > 0:08:54Who is noted.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56I'll have a drink.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59It's too early for you. ..She never drinks before sun-up.
0:08:59 > 0:09:04- Did you come up from London?- We came up together, we're roommates. - You're cousins?
0:09:04 > 0:09:08Yes, cousins AND roommates. Oh, but it won't be a problem.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11We're not planning to have children.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Where do you practise, Doctor?
0:09:13 > 0:09:17I used to practise in London, Beverly Hills and Geneva.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Oh, change-of-life circuit.
0:09:20 > 0:09:21I know who you are.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23You're the one who opens the will beforehand
0:09:23 > 0:09:27and changes the heirs' names so that you get everything.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Miss Young...
0:09:29 > 0:09:32I am so happy that you are free...
0:09:34 > 0:09:36..to join us this evening.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Hi, clan.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51Charles Howard Wilder.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55- Good evening.- Hello. Drinks for my family, for tonight we ride.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Charlie Wilder! We're cousins.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02I got this coat from an out-of-work magician in exchange for flying lessons.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- Would you do me a favour?- Anything.
0:10:04 > 0:10:10- Would you take me for a ride? If I rode in a plane with Charlie Wilder, I'd just die.- My pretty, any time.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14Anything for a relative, particularly one who may be rich in a few hours.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18- Maybe it'll be you, Charlie.- I hope so. It would be funny, though.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20I don't remember the old man.
0:10:20 > 0:10:21Here, Harry.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24Sorry you could make it. But even you can have one glass.
0:10:24 > 0:10:28Everybody should have at least one glass no matter what they may have done.
0:10:28 > 0:10:34- Careful! You just might get this in your face.- Wouldn't be the first time, Harry old boy.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Even one for you, Gertrude Stein.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38A glass is a glass is a glass.
0:10:38 > 0:10:42Why don't you two make up?
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Shake hands.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55- I never thought I'd do that without gloves.- Aren't you wearing gloves?
0:11:01 > 0:11:06- Is it true that in the movies you doubled for Buddy Rogers? - No, it was Ben Lyon.
0:11:06 > 0:11:11- Haven't you always been a double? - No, during the war I played one of the leads.- Really, General(?)
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Didn't I see your face on something to do with clean teeth?
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Careful, Wilder!
0:11:17 > 0:11:21In the process of keeping track of the family over the years,
0:11:21 > 0:11:25I've managed to...acquire some interesting souvenirs.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29HARRY LAUGHS
0:11:29 > 0:11:30Well...
0:11:30 > 0:11:351932 wasn't a very good year for dogfights. I only died 17 times.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37HARRY: Really?
0:11:37 > 0:11:41Sure picked a perfect night for the reading of the will.
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Who are you? It must be Mr Paul Jones.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Nice to see you, relative.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50- Thank you. You're Charlie Wilder the flyer.- That's true.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52I knew a guy who wrote a song about you.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55# Charlie Wilder The highest flyer of them all. #
0:11:55 > 0:12:00- I'm a song-writer too.- Well, you must tell me about your exploits.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04- CICILY: You're the American, aren't you?- Yes.
0:12:04 > 0:12:09- You've come a long way for nothing if you're not the heir.- Or a short way if he is. Hello, Paul Jones.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11I'm strange Cousin Susan.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14CICILY: Are we all here? MISS CROSBY: One still expected.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16Annabelle.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Present!
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Hello, everybody. Sorry I'm late.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21Hello, darling.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Nice to see you.
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Hello, Harry. It's nice to see you.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27Hello, Charlie.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29Oh, excuse me.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31We've all been getting reacquainted.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35This is Miss Sillsby, Miss Young, Miss Annabelle West.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- The others...I think you know.- Yes.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Excuse me.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44- Annabelle West, I'm Cicily.- Hello. - Hello, Cousin. Welcome to Elsinore.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Oh!
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Hello!
0:12:50 > 0:12:51You're Paul.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55It's really nice to see you again. Long time no see, as they say.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58- Hello.- You're Aunt Emma's boy, right?
0:12:58 > 0:13:02As we are all assembled, I should like to begin.
0:13:02 > 0:13:04Will you please sit down?
0:13:04 > 0:13:06THUNDER CRASHES
0:13:15 > 0:13:17CLOCK STRIKES LOUDLY
0:13:18 > 0:13:20Oh!
0:13:30 > 0:13:31There's...
0:13:31 > 0:13:34something wrong.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36What?
0:13:36 > 0:13:38- That clock.- What about it?
0:13:38 > 0:13:42It hasn't struck...for 20 years.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44Maybe it's not in the union.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47It struck...
0:13:47 > 0:13:49seven times.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55And there are eight people in the house.
0:13:55 > 0:13:57THUNDER CRACKS
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Some of you...
0:13:59 > 0:14:01may not live.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05< Are you quite sure, Mrs Pleasant?
0:14:08 > 0:14:10The spirit...
0:14:10 > 0:14:13is never wrong.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15No, I mean, are you quite sure
0:14:15 > 0:14:19that there are only eight people in this house?
0:14:29 > 0:14:35On the 27th September 1914, Cyrus Camby West died in this house.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37< 20 years ago tonight.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41< I was instructed to assemble all his surviving relatives
0:14:41 > 0:14:47< here in this room at midnight on September 27th 1934.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50When do we find out who the lucky one is?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52< Very soon now.
0:14:52 > 0:14:57However, don't you think that all of you in this room have been... very lucky over the years?
0:14:57 > 0:14:59Let's hear it for the West family.
0:14:59 > 0:15:03- At least we have a celebrity in the family.- An almost celebrity.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Well, aren't you, Miss Sillsby, well-known
0:15:06 > 0:15:11for the many hunting trophies you've won as well as sharing the record for the Bengal tiger?
0:15:11 > 0:15:13She certainly is!
0:15:13 > 0:15:15< And you, Miss Young...
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Yes, Miss Young...
0:15:18 > 0:15:21are famous for shooting another kind of game.
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Pity it wasn't Charlie.
0:15:25 > 0:15:29< Harry, you were well-known AND successful.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33Very successful with juries(!) An hour and a half to acquit you.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37Now, listen, stuntman, this isn't Hollywood. I'll... < Please!
0:15:37 > 0:15:38Please!
0:15:38 > 0:15:40Harry!
0:15:40 > 0:15:45In spite of that...unfortunate incident, your career will have been...
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Peddling fifth-rate pharmaceuticals.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50- Oh! - Stop it!
0:15:50 > 0:15:52I think I'm next.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55Miss West. Miss West... Ah, I see...
0:15:55 > 0:15:58from this newspaper article that you...
0:15:58 > 0:16:03are rapidly becoming one of the most popular fashion designers in London.
0:16:03 > 0:16:08An accomplishment that would be envied by someone twice your age.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Now, Cyrus West was no ordinary man.
0:16:10 > 0:16:14In his lifetime, he amassed a vast fortune.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17And in his retirement, he...
0:16:17 > 0:16:19used his energies to...
0:16:19 > 0:16:23protect that fortune from what he thought were...
0:16:24 > 0:16:27..avaricious and dangerous relatives.
0:16:27 > 0:16:30- HARRY: He did a good job with the necklace.- Necklace?
0:16:30 > 0:16:33The famous West necklace. It's worth over half a million pounds.
0:16:33 > 0:16:38- IF you could get the diamonds today. - Where is it? - HARRY: That's just it, nobody knows.
0:16:38 > 0:16:43It was during what was unfortunately the last year of his life
0:16:43 > 0:16:46that Mr West had himself...
0:16:46 > 0:16:51secretly photographed on moving picture film.
0:16:51 > 0:16:56< At the same time, making synchronised sound recording.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Oh! Is this some kind of joke?
0:16:59 > 0:17:00Hardly.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04- CICILY: Did they have sound then? - (Didn't you double for Buddy Rogers?
0:17:04 > 0:17:06(It was Ben Lyon.)
0:17:06 > 0:17:11Sound recording had, happily, been developed at that time.
0:17:11 > 0:17:14We certainly come from forward-thinking stock.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16He was putting on airs.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23The difficulty, of course, was...
0:17:23 > 0:17:27to preserve that film from disintegration during the 20 years.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30That task I allotted to Mr West's...
0:17:30 > 0:17:34devoted and faithful housekeeper, Mrs Pleasant.
0:17:34 > 0:17:36How do we know that she didn't peek?
0:17:36 > 0:17:41The integrity of Mrs Pleasant is beyond question
0:17:41 > 0:17:43and, anyway, it would have been impossible.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47- Would you bet your fortune on it? - My fortune is not at issue tonight.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50Now, there were two films made.
0:17:50 > 0:17:56The first contains Mr West reading his will, identifying his beneficiary.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59The second film is not to be run tonight
0:17:59 > 0:18:04and must be destroyed exactly 12 hours from now...
0:18:04 > 0:18:05unless...
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Unless what?
0:18:07 > 0:18:11Unless the designated heir dies or...
0:18:11 > 0:18:13is judged...
0:18:14 > 0:18:15What?
0:18:15 > 0:18:18..judged to be insane.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20GASPS
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Good...God!
0:18:24 > 0:18:26What is that supposed to mean?
0:18:26 > 0:18:30The second film contains the identity...
0:18:30 > 0:18:33of the heir who is next in line.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37HARRY: This is a licence for someone to kill!
0:18:37 > 0:18:39The second heir would want to kill the first.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44But no-one knows the identity of the second heir.
0:18:46 > 0:18:47Except...
0:18:48 > 0:18:50..the moth.
0:18:51 > 0:18:57I would like to invite you all to a little supper on behalf of our host,
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Cyrus West.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03THUNDER CONTINUES TO RUMBLE AND CRACK
0:19:04 > 0:19:08Do you suppose we're going to see one of Charlie's films?
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Oh, I hope not, for your sakes.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Miss West, I think we shall all find
0:19:12 > 0:19:17this film is more in the private collectors' category.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19I hope it's as good as the one we saw on Friday night.
0:19:19 > 0:19:24A film that has been made by such a man as Cyrus West.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26How do we know there are no other copies?
0:19:26 > 0:19:30I supervised the destruction of the negative myself.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32CICILY: Tell us, who is the heir?
0:19:32 > 0:19:33I can't,
0:19:33 > 0:19:38because Mr West never told me and I've never seen the film. Nobody has.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43Mrs Pleasant and myself are the only two people left alive who were involved with the film.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45Cyrus West was the one who was insane.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48He was peculiar. He was a lunatic.
0:19:48 > 0:19:49Eccentric.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52You must admit, this scheme makes him a little crazy.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56- Ahead of his time.- Well, you will say he was strange.- He was unique.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59He was mad. An independent thinker.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01- A rich thinker. - That's what made him independent.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12Good evening, leeches. Take your places.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15As you know, I am Cyrus West.
0:20:15 > 0:20:20First of all, let me tell you that you're all a bunch of bastards.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23Oh, I know. I know the people you came from.
0:20:23 > 0:20:28They're all a bunch of bastards. Your fathers, your mothers, your uncles, your aunts,
0:20:28 > 0:20:34your nephews, your nieces, your sons, your daughters, not to mention the cartload of cousins!
0:20:34 > 0:20:38All a bunch of bastards, except, of course, Mew-Mew and...
0:20:38 > 0:20:40perhaps one or two others.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46Perhaps I'm the biggest bastard of you all
0:20:46 > 0:20:49to bring you here this night so distant in the future
0:20:49 > 0:20:54and to sit here contemplating the interaction of you parasites.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Now, I've asked Mrs...Pleasant...
0:21:04 > 0:21:08..who promised me she wouldn't die as I've been foolish enough to do,
0:21:08 > 0:21:13to prepare for you the same supper she's preparing for me this evening.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19CYRUS: Ah, the wine!
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Thank you!
0:21:29 > 0:21:31A trifle fresh, perhaps,
0:21:31 > 0:21:35but YOU should have it at more or less the perfect moment.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40Mm! Cheers.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43I have it fresh, you have it mature. >
0:21:43 > 0:21:47It's my guess that I'm mature and it's you who are fresh.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Fresh bastards.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51Oh, begin, please, begin.
0:21:51 > 0:21:56The foie gras, if you can still get it, comes from Perigord near Lot.
0:22:21 > 0:22:26CYRUS: Some men seek immortality. That's a mistake.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28A terrible mistake.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32How many of the great pharaohs do we really know? None.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36These people were too greedy. They asked for too much.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40To be remembered for ever - really, what conceit!
0:22:40 > 0:22:43I don't want to be remembered for ever
0:22:43 > 0:22:46My great pleasure at the moment is to sit here
0:22:46 > 0:22:50and know that I'll be spending an evening with you
0:22:50 > 0:22:5520 years from the night that I pass on to where I am now.
0:22:55 > 0:22:59Except that I AM with you at this moment physically and emotionally...
0:22:59 > 0:23:01in a sense.
0:23:01 > 0:23:04For instance...
0:23:04 > 0:23:05RESOUNDING BANG
0:23:08 > 0:23:10Didn't that hurt your ears?
0:23:10 > 0:23:13Of course I'm with you.
0:23:13 > 0:23:17I'm spending an evening with all my living relatives.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19Thank you. I...
0:23:19 > 0:23:22made the guest list. I lead the conversation.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24I tell the amusing stories.
0:23:24 > 0:23:29I set the menu. I still command my family.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33It's a comfort to know we all have the same blood flowing in our veins.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Now, this is Bombay chicken.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42By the way, I've asked for some extra curry to be placed on the table.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45She never puts enough in. Take a moment to do it.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47Go ahead. Go ahead.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54I think this chicken died in 1914.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Maybe they kept it with the film.
0:23:56 > 0:24:00Harry, let's make a pact. If it's either of us, we'll split it.
0:24:00 > 0:24:05- Right!- That's not a bad idea, Cicily. ..What about it? 50-50.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07No good. I'd lose out anyway.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11- Why?- Nobody would declare me sane. I'd bet on it.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14I had to be mad to be born into this family.
0:24:14 > 0:24:16I wasn't mad when I came here, but I will be soon.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20Tell some war stories, General, that'll calm your nerves.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27Now, the science of the transmission
0:24:27 > 0:24:33of hereditary physical and mental characteristics is called...
0:24:33 > 0:24:35genetics.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37Genetically speaking,
0:24:37 > 0:24:42I feel as if I was looking straight into the eyes of each and every one of you
0:24:42 > 0:24:45as, indeed, you are looking into my eyes.
0:24:45 > 0:24:47I might say, dear relatives...
0:24:47 > 0:24:51dear survivors, that's a good name for you,
0:24:51 > 0:24:55that I am as I was before 20 years ago tonight,
0:24:55 > 0:24:58on the very tips of my relatives' tongues.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00Isn't he going to run out of film?
0:25:00 > 0:25:04Before you get too impatient - and I know my family well -
0:25:04 > 0:25:08let me complete my introductory remarks
0:25:08 > 0:25:13by assuring you that I'll be in your hearts for the entire evening
0:25:13 > 0:25:16because I know something you don't.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21Returning to genetics for a moment.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25If there are more than three of you present, and I don't envisage fewer,
0:25:25 > 0:25:28then the mathematical probability
0:25:28 > 0:25:32of one or more of you being mentally unbalanced
0:25:32 > 0:25:35is, I must tell you, not in your favour.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37Coffee!
0:25:41 > 0:25:42Thank you.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46On the table is cream and sugar. Help yourselves.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49Try and keep away from the sugar. It'll kill you.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Remember - cream first...
0:25:52 > 0:25:54coffee after.
0:25:58 > 0:25:59Thank you.
0:25:59 > 0:26:04Now, if Alison Crosby is still alive and hasn't yet dropped dead from overwork,
0:26:04 > 0:26:10she probably told you that she's had my money invested for 20 years.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12If she hasn't told you,
0:26:12 > 0:26:16then her representative, who's probably another bastard...
0:26:17 > 0:26:22..possibly has told you that if my heir is not judged sane...
0:26:22 > 0:26:27then the next in line will be named in another film.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39THUNDER CRACKS
0:27:00 > 0:27:03I, Cyrus Camby West, being of sound mind and body,
0:27:03 > 0:27:05do hereby declare
0:27:05 > 0:27:10as the sole heir to all my money, bonds, securities,
0:27:10 > 0:27:13estates, real and otherwise,
0:27:13 > 0:27:17my descendant, man or woman, who bears the surname of West.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26Congratulations.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Oh, you lucky devil!
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Congratulations.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Congratulations, my dear.
0:27:40 > 0:27:41That's great.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44- Congratulations, Annabelle. - Thank you, Cicily.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48My astrologer guaranteed that I'd get it. I'll kill the bitch.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55Quiet, please. Quiet.
0:28:00 > 0:28:01Thank you.
0:28:01 > 0:28:06There's an excellent cognac, which, by now, should be even more excellent
0:28:06 > 0:28:09having waited for you.
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Well, no necklace.
0:28:12 > 0:28:15There's one more thing. Just one.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17The West necklace.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21You didn't think I'd forgotten, did you?
0:28:21 > 0:28:24But that's not for all of you to hear.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27I'm sorry, dear family, it's not for all of you.
0:28:27 > 0:28:32I would like to have a word with my heir or heirs alone.
0:28:33 > 0:28:36Will the others please excuse us?
0:28:36 > 0:28:38All of you.
0:28:38 > 0:28:39You have 20 seconds.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42No, everyone, please, except Miss West.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52I'll be seeing you.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59DOOR CLOSES
0:28:59 > 0:29:03As for the necklace, you've heard of it, I'm sure.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Well, it's here for you.
0:29:05 > 0:29:06Where?
0:29:06 > 0:29:10Ho-ho. I wrote the answer to that question
0:29:10 > 0:29:14on something which has been waiting to take a breath for 20 years.
0:29:14 > 0:29:16HE CHUCKLES
0:29:16 > 0:29:17At last!
0:29:17 > 0:29:19THUNDER CRACKS
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Thank you, Cyrus.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42APPLAUSE
0:29:42 > 0:29:46CHARLIE: Well done! What a girl!
0:29:46 > 0:29:49HARRY: Congratulations, Annabelle, my dear.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52CICILY: Congratulations. Do you need a companion?
0:29:52 > 0:29:56Cicily, darling, we don't say things like that, even in jest.
0:29:56 > 0:30:00I think it's wonderful. I know you'll use the money really well.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04- Thank you, Susan. You are kind. - Remember I was a good loser.
0:30:04 > 0:30:06LAUGHTER
0:30:06 > 0:30:12MISS CROSBY: Choose well in life. I had to choose between my marriage and my career and I chose my career.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14- And did you regret it?- Never.
0:30:14 > 0:30:17Well, I think it's great. I'd have lost it all in a month, anyway.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20LAUGHTER
0:30:23 > 0:30:25Hi! Why so glum?
0:30:25 > 0:30:31Me? Glum? I don't know why I should be glum. I've just had dinner with a man who's been dead 20 years.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34I'm in the middle of nowhere without a telephone in a hurricane
0:30:34 > 0:30:38and Mrs Pleasant thinks there are ghosts in the house and we're in danger.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41What's more, there's insanity in the family
0:30:41 > 0:30:44and there could be a paid-up lunatic sleeping in the next bed.
0:30:44 > 0:30:46Why should I be glum?
0:30:46 > 0:30:51- Don't worry, it'll all work out. - Yeah?- Sure - where there's a will, there's a way.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53I wish I could get the hell out of here.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55You must all stay the night, Harry.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59In case we have occasion to hear the second part of the will.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01THUNDER RUMBLES
0:31:01 > 0:31:02GONG SOUNDS
0:31:24 > 0:31:28Seems quite friendly compared to swinging from the chandeliers.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32You're lucky I used to do this for a living.
0:31:44 > 0:31:45Thank you very much.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48And would you take those two?
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Hmm - my favourite period -
0:31:51 > 0:31:52early Devil's Island.
0:31:52 > 0:31:56He really was a bastard. They should give the losers something.
0:31:56 > 0:31:57Maybe we're not losers...
0:31:57 > 0:31:59quite yet.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01THUNDER RUMBLES
0:32:14 > 0:32:19Ho! Temper, temper - that's no way to fly a plane, Colonel.
0:32:19 > 0:32:21Listen...
0:32:23 > 0:32:25..lay off that gigolo routine.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29- What, am I getting too close to the bone? - You always do, you damned killer.
0:32:29 > 0:32:31Mrs Crosby was right - you should be inside.
0:32:31 > 0:32:34I did not kill anybody. It was an accident.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38Of course it was(!) The alcohol is for the patients, not the doctor.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51Modest little dwelling.
0:32:51 > 0:32:56- What's the commotion?- It sounds like Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are at it again.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58I'll go down, you change.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01- Thanks, Susan, you are kind.- Not at all. What's a poor relation for?
0:33:25 > 0:33:27What the hell?
0:33:31 > 0:33:33Oh. Forgive me.
0:33:33 > 0:33:37Please. Had I shot you, I would have felt terrible.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39My name is Hendricks,
0:33:39 > 0:33:43I am the chief psychologist at the Fairview sanatorium.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46- What's that?- An asylum for the criminally insane just up the road.
0:33:46 > 0:33:48Well, that's convenient.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Mr Hendricks?
0:33:50 > 0:33:55Mr Hendricks, please come in and take off your wet things.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Yes, thank you, I'd like to. I'd like a word with everybody, please.
0:33:58 > 0:34:02I hope you will forgive my unconventional use of your window.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04You saved his life.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06He saved your neck, you mean.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08Time, fellas, time.
0:34:08 > 0:34:11Actually, I was afraid for the safety of all of you.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14What do you mean by that, Mr Hendricks?
0:34:14 > 0:34:17I'm sorry to report that one of our patients has escaped.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20- I knew - I felt something. - Is he dangerous?
0:34:20 > 0:34:23Extremely, a complete maniac.
0:34:23 > 0:34:28- Well, he'll feel right at home here. - And homicidal. He's a real killer.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Have you seen anyone around since seven o'clock?
0:34:31 > 0:34:34That's about the time we arrived.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36That explains what I felt.
0:34:36 > 0:34:41- What do you mean?- Actually, we've all been a bit tensed up tonight.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43- Do you really think he's here? - I didn't say so.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46I'm looking at all the houses in the area.
0:34:46 > 0:34:52Have you some reason to imagine that he's... close to here?
0:34:52 > 0:34:53Or in this house?
0:34:53 > 0:34:57He always tries to get into a house whenever he escapes.
0:34:57 > 0:34:58He's escaped before?
0:34:58 > 0:35:02- Yes, I'm afraid so. - What do you use, the honour system?
0:35:02 > 0:35:08His method is to get into a house and hide until everyone's gone to bed.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10What does he look like?
0:35:10 > 0:35:15When he got out, he was wearing a long coat and a black slouch hat.
0:35:15 > 0:35:19He's not a young man, very little hair,
0:35:19 > 0:35:22sharp teeth and fingernails like...
0:35:24 > 0:35:25..claws.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28I think I took his daughter out once!
0:35:28 > 0:35:30He believes that he's a cat.
0:35:30 > 0:35:33- A cat?!- Nobody believes he's a cat.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36- Nobody in his right mind. - Last name West, by any chance?
0:35:36 > 0:35:39I do assure you all that he is not in his right mind
0:35:39 > 0:35:44- and he indeed believes himself a cat.- Is this some sort of joke?
0:35:44 > 0:35:48Not at all - in fact he kills his victims by slowly ripping them apart.
0:35:48 > 0:35:53- Good night, I'm leaving. It's been a stimulating evening. - That would be most unwise.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57I'm asking everyone in the area to lock themselves in until morning.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01- What?! - I don't think you've much choice
0:36:01 > 0:36:06- How do you propose to apprehend this homicidal animal? Do you have an extra weapon.- No.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09Weapons can be as dangerous as maniacs.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12- Anyway, I hope to get him alive. - Why, as long as you get him?
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Well, I've been studying him.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19There's a seminar this spring and I was hoping to give a paper on his behaviour.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21FOOTSTEPS APPROACH
0:36:22 > 0:36:23Everybody lie down.
0:36:25 > 0:36:26Don't anybody move!
0:36:29 > 0:36:30Cicily, for God's sake!
0:36:30 > 0:36:33- Thank God it's you. - You nearly got shot.- Some cat.
0:36:33 > 0:36:39This is Mr Hendricks who is bringing some important news to everyone living in the area.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41- What is it? - I'm not here to alarm you.
0:36:41 > 0:36:46Certainly not! There's absolutely no cause for alarm.
0:36:46 > 0:36:49It's just a homicidal maniac who thinks he's a cat got loose.
0:36:49 > 0:36:53He's not dangerous, he just tears this friends apart, slowly.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57But don't get upset. Ha! They strap him down in a rubber room
0:36:57 > 0:37:00and a few times a year, he gets out. Nothing serious.
0:37:00 > 0:37:05It's a collection of incompetents and this is the chief incompetent
0:37:05 > 0:37:07who should be investigated by the State Board of Medical Inquiry
0:37:07 > 0:37:10allowing a homicidal maniac to escape is criminal negligence.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13A killer is on the loose and you're responsible.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16There are many killers loose -
0:37:16 > 0:37:21very often it is not clear precisely who is responsible.
0:37:21 > 0:37:25Mr Hendricks, I'm sure you'd like to know who you are speaking to -
0:37:25 > 0:37:28I am Allison Crosby, the West family lawyer. This is...
0:37:28 > 0:37:30Harry Blythe.
0:37:30 > 0:37:31How do you do?
0:37:31 > 0:37:35How do you know so much about the State Board of Medical Inquiry?
0:37:35 > 0:37:37I used to practise medicine.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Ah. In which branch of medicine?
0:37:40 > 0:37:41Surgery.
0:37:41 > 0:37:44Surgery? That's interesting.
0:37:44 > 0:37:46Surgery.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49Hmm. Very interesting.
0:37:50 > 0:37:53My patient cuts with his hands,
0:37:53 > 0:37:55or whatever he can find,
0:37:55 > 0:37:57you cut with a scalpel.
0:37:57 > 0:38:01The results are very different, to be sure,
0:38:01 > 0:38:05but who is to say that the urge is not the same?
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Your man has an uncontrollable aggressivity.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10Unlike you when we met in the hall?
0:38:11 > 0:38:13Why did you stop operating?
0:38:13 > 0:38:18He went into somebody's brain and ripped them apart. Like your cat, only on the operating table.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20- Shut up!- This is Charlie Wilder,
0:38:20 > 0:38:22of whom I'm sure you've heard.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25- Ah, the famous hero. - Glad to know you.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29All right, Lily-white, tell him how many brains you got into with your bomb.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31I lost an older brother in the War.
0:38:31 > 0:38:36I believe we all owe Mr Wilder some measure of gratitude
0:38:36 > 0:38:40- for what he accomplished on behalf of us all.- Ha!
0:38:40 > 0:38:45But wasn't it Bertrand Russell who asked, "What is a killer
0:38:45 > 0:38:48"but a hero out of uniform?"
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Do you want any help?
0:38:50 > 0:38:52He thinks there's a reward.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54Thank you, no.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57There are several of us out and the weather's on our side.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00What's on our side, Mr Hendricks?
0:39:00 > 0:39:02My entire staff,
0:39:02 > 0:39:04to whom I've issued orders to shoot on sight
0:39:04 > 0:39:06Oh.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08Although I hope it's not necessary.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12- What else can you do with a wounded animal? - You're Susan Sillsby, aren't you?
0:39:12 > 0:39:17A classmate of mine almost broke your record in Kenya last summer.
0:39:17 > 0:39:20He always admired your courage.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23He wouldn't be very pleased with me tonight.
0:39:23 > 0:39:25Anyway, I'm not a killer,
0:39:25 > 0:39:26I'm a sportswoman.
0:39:26 > 0:39:28That's not what the tigers say.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30Oh, but my dear sir,
0:39:30 > 0:39:34I must tell you I've never agreed with those who couldn't see the difference.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36- This is Miss Cicily Young. - How do you do?
0:39:36 > 0:39:39Are you going to stay with us all night?
0:39:39 > 0:39:41I wish I could.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44But there's a lot of ground to cover, so to speak.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Er...Miss Young,
0:39:46 > 0:39:52do forgive me, but a colleague of mine testified in a fascinating case
0:39:52 > 0:39:56- in London involving... - It was kill or be killed
0:39:56 > 0:39:59What are you talking about? >
0:39:59 > 0:40:00I don't mind, Susan.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05I was the girl dancing at the Cosy Club in London
0:40:05 > 0:40:08whom the manager doped and tried to attack in his office.
0:40:08 > 0:40:14Having no course of action open to me to prevent him accomplishing his unspeakable intentions
0:40:14 > 0:40:17and seeing his gun on the desk, I gave it to him,
0:40:17 > 0:40:18right in the face.
0:40:18 > 0:40:23Self preservation's the first rule, certainly.
0:40:23 > 0:40:26Er...how many times?
0:40:28 > 0:40:29Six.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31Hmm.
0:40:31 > 0:40:36As I recall, the condition of the body was...somewhat mutilated when they found it.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40After the shots, I fainted. I never remembered anything after that.
0:40:40 > 0:40:42Oh, understandable, certainly.
0:40:44 > 0:40:45Yes, well now...
0:40:45 > 0:40:49And what about Mr Paul Jones?
0:40:49 > 0:40:53He's a songwriter from the United States.
0:40:56 > 0:40:57How do you do?
0:40:57 > 0:40:58Fine, thank you.
0:40:58 > 0:41:04Well, very often we know a man by his creative efforts.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07What's your latest work?
0:41:07 > 0:41:08A love song.
0:41:08 > 0:41:13It's called You Scratch My Back And I'll Scratch... Yours.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15- Mm-hm.- Look, before you start, let me tell you,
0:41:16 > 0:41:20I er, I used to put red ants in with black ants and er...
0:41:20 > 0:41:25Oh, yes - once I killed a skunk on the State Parkway,
0:41:25 > 0:41:31but if your cat decides to show up, don't count on me, because it was all a long time ago
0:41:31 > 0:41:33and I've hung my guns up for good.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36Oh, but I can count on you, Mr Jones.
0:41:36 > 0:41:42From what I hear on the radio, songwriters are the worst killers in society.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46What about Mrs Allison Crosby?
0:41:46 > 0:41:47THUNDER ROLLS
0:41:47 > 0:41:50Mrs Crosby, you're a lawyer
0:41:52 > 0:41:54and all lawyers are sharks.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58And sharks are the worst killers
0:41:58 > 0:42:02and the most bloodthirsty creatures in nature.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05THUNDER ROLLS
0:42:07 > 0:42:10I really shouldn't stay any longer.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13Would you mind getting my coat for me, please?
0:42:13 > 0:42:15< What do we do if the cat gets in?
0:42:15 > 0:42:16He can have our room.
0:42:16 > 0:42:19We'll hang onto him, don't worry. >
0:42:19 > 0:42:21Just pray he doesn't hang on to you.
0:42:21 > 0:42:24- Twice this year I've had to shoot him.- What?
0:42:25 > 0:42:28Once here,
0:42:28 > 0:42:30and once here.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33That seems a little excessive.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36Regardless, the last time he was captured,
0:42:36 > 0:42:40he succeeded in getting his hands on...
0:42:41 > 0:42:42me.
0:42:46 > 0:42:48It took three good men to get him off.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56You will take my advice and avoid socialising with him at all costs.
0:42:58 > 0:42:59Whatever you say.
0:42:59 > 0:43:04There's a good chance that he's looking to get in out of the weather. If he hasn't already.
0:43:04 > 0:43:08So I must ask each of you again not to go out before morning.
0:43:08 > 0:43:12And be sure to lock all outside windows and doors.
0:43:12 > 0:43:16If we get him, I'll let you know. Thank you.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18So we're prisoners?
0:43:18 > 0:43:23Well, I prefer to think that he is the prisoner, out there.
0:43:23 > 0:43:27Would you please tell anyone else in the house about the situation.
0:43:27 > 0:43:32Ladies and gentlemen, whatever the purpose of your gathering,
0:43:32 > 0:43:36I hope this won't prove too much of a disturbing element.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39I wish you all a good night.
0:43:41 > 0:43:42Remember,
0:43:42 > 0:43:48as Bismarck said, "A little caution outflanks a large cavalry."
0:43:51 > 0:43:53Good night.
0:43:53 > 0:43:56THUNDER CRASHES
0:44:09 > 0:44:12Now, check all the doors and windows.
0:44:13 > 0:44:19- Let's begin with the basement. - You mean the basement with no lights on because of the storm?- Right.
0:44:19 > 0:44:21Please,
0:44:21 > 0:44:24I think it would be wise
0:44:24 > 0:44:27if nothing of this was mentioned to Miss West.
0:44:27 > 0:44:32If she asks, just say we're looking round her beautiful house.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34Do you agree?
0:44:34 > 0:44:36- Mm.- Of course.
0:44:52 > 0:44:53KNOCK AT DOOR
0:44:53 > 0:44:55Come in.
0:44:56 > 0:44:59Just wanted to see if you're OK.
0:44:59 > 0:45:00Sure, I'm fine.
0:45:00 > 0:45:06- Everyone's looking round your beautiful house, I think I will too. I want to talk you you later.- OK.
0:45:11 > 0:45:14I just wanted to see if everything was all right.
0:45:14 > 0:45:16Everything is fine.
0:45:16 > 0:45:18Not nervous, are you?
0:45:18 > 0:45:19- No!- Good.
0:45:19 > 0:45:23I think I'll look around your beautiful house.
0:45:23 > 0:45:24I'll see you later.
0:45:24 > 0:45:27Er, I wanna talk to you.
0:45:27 > 0:45:29OK.
0:45:35 > 0:45:36KNOCK AT DOOR
0:45:36 > 0:45:39Just wanted to see if you're all right.
0:45:39 > 0:45:42Thanks, Susan. What's happening?
0:45:42 > 0:45:44Nothing, nothing.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46You look a little upset.
0:45:46 > 0:45:48I'm fine.
0:45:48 > 0:45:53Well, there's so much to admire in your beautiful house, I'm going to have a look around.
0:45:53 > 0:45:55Oh, just one thing,...
0:45:56 > 0:45:59..we just heard there's a maniac loose in the area.
0:45:59 > 0:46:03He thinks he's a cat. He may even be inside the house.
0:46:03 > 0:46:05A cat!
0:46:05 > 0:46:08Yes, a cat. K-A-T.
0:46:08 > 0:46:10See you later.
0:46:13 > 0:46:14KNOCK AT DOOR
0:46:15 > 0:46:17- Hi.- Oh!
0:46:18 > 0:46:20Chilly here.
0:46:20 > 0:46:26You know it's bad luck for an heiress to catch cold on her first night? Like brides.
0:46:26 > 0:46:27I never heard of that.
0:46:27 > 0:46:32Oh, sure - they take half your money away. It's a local law.
0:46:32 > 0:46:35You're very sweet to be so concerned.
0:46:35 > 0:46:39What kind of fortune hunter would I be if I didn't look into these things?
0:46:39 > 0:46:43Paul, I don't catch colds easily
0:46:43 > 0:46:46and I am not allergic to cats.
0:46:46 > 0:46:48Susan...
0:46:48 > 0:46:49I'll never tell.
0:46:49 > 0:46:54It's nice to know who your relatives are. I'm sure she exaggerated.
0:47:16 > 0:47:19- Actually, I wouldn't worry about one cat outside.- No?
0:47:19 > 0:47:21It's the wolves inside I'd be scared of.
0:47:21 > 0:47:23Oh, Harry and Charlie?
0:47:23 > 0:47:26They're harmless and I do think they're sincere.
0:47:26 > 0:47:30No-one is more sincere than a greedy cousin -
0:47:30 > 0:47:33that's Paul Jones's theory of relativity.
0:47:33 > 0:47:39- Hm.- Anyway, you don't wanna get involved with people like... - Like you?
0:47:39 > 0:47:43You don't have to worry about me - I admit I'm after your money.
0:47:43 > 0:47:47Paul, please, be careful.
0:47:47 > 0:47:51Do not fear - tonight, the mouse will outfox the cat.
0:47:51 > 0:47:52KNOCK AT DOOR
0:47:53 > 0:47:55Oh, Charlie.
0:47:55 > 0:47:57Well, d'you find anything?
0:47:57 > 0:48:00- What?- She knows - Susan spilled it.
0:48:00 > 0:48:03- The idiot. there's nothing to worry about.- I know. Where have you been?
0:48:03 > 0:48:07- Checking windows. Have you finished? - No, I have to get started.
0:48:07 > 0:48:12I'll see you all. If this is a play, I hope I don't have the role of first body discovered.
0:48:15 > 0:48:19- I've just had an altercation. Have you got something for a cut lip?- Yes.
0:48:33 > 0:48:35Did I hear you once doubled for Buddy Rogers?
0:48:35 > 0:48:37No, it was Ben Lion.
0:48:37 > 0:48:39I bet everybody tells you that.
0:48:39 > 0:48:40No - hardly ever.
0:48:40 > 0:48:43I bet you didn't get this kind of service in France.
0:48:43 > 0:48:46- I had better.- Thanks a lot!
0:48:46 > 0:48:48But you smell nicer than any medic.
0:48:48 > 0:48:51You seem to know a lot about people who smell nicer than medics.
0:48:51 > 0:48:53Annabelle, what happened?
0:48:53 > 0:48:55I mean, what happened?
0:48:55 > 0:48:58- Everyone keeps asking for you, I don't know what to say.- Stop that.
0:48:58 > 0:49:00I can't help it.
0:49:00 > 0:49:01Yoy!
0:49:01 > 0:49:03Be brave, my sentry.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12Where would I hide if I were an escaped homicidal maniac
0:49:12 > 0:49:14who thinks he's a cat?
0:49:18 > 0:49:20Good fit.
0:49:22 > 0:49:25I told you I loved you before you were rich.
0:49:25 > 0:49:28I don't care about money in spite of what they say. Tell me.
0:49:28 > 0:49:32- Why was I grounded? - Charlie, be original.
0:49:32 > 0:49:35You're right - I've said that too many times.
0:49:35 > 0:49:39That's my trouble - I'm the world's original carbon copy.
0:49:39 > 0:49:41Except nothing is original.
0:49:41 > 0:49:44- Really?- Except when I was with you.
0:49:44 > 0:49:46- I...- You're the one I was truly original with.
0:49:48 > 0:49:50I really liked you, you know.
0:49:50 > 0:49:54But I have to tell you, Charlie, you are moody sometimes
0:49:54 > 0:49:58and I don't like sharing things with the girls I know.
0:49:58 > 0:49:59You haven't heard my side of that.
0:49:59 > 0:50:02Thank God. The one I heard was bad enough.
0:50:02 > 0:50:05But that's over, Charlie.
0:50:05 > 0:50:08Look, Charlie, this has been a wonderful night for me
0:50:08 > 0:50:11in spite of strange people wandering about,
0:50:11 > 0:50:15so please, please, try to get on with Harry.
0:50:15 > 0:50:16Does he mean that much to you?
0:50:16 > 0:50:20Everybody means something to me. Even you.
0:50:20 > 0:50:22Don't joke with me, I'm serious.
0:50:22 > 0:50:25Like it or not, Charlie Wilder doesn't give up.
0:50:25 > 0:50:27You'll come back to me, I know it.
0:50:27 > 0:50:29And if I don't?
0:50:29 > 0:50:31And if you don't, well,
0:50:31 > 0:50:38I can always say I once held a real, live heiress in the palm of my hand.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42You are sweet.
0:50:42 > 0:50:45Not even that's original. I saw it in The Scarlet Pimpernel.
0:50:45 > 0:50:46Annabelle, I'm hopeless.
0:50:46 > 0:50:48Save me, please.
0:50:48 > 0:50:49KNOCK AT DOOR
0:50:49 > 0:50:51Who is it?
0:50:55 > 0:50:59Miss Annabelle, Mrs Crosby would like to see you in the library.
0:50:59 > 0:51:01I've got to go.
0:51:01 > 0:51:03THUNDER ROLLS
0:51:06 > 0:51:08Well...
0:51:08 > 0:51:10looks like it's gonna be you and me.
0:51:15 > 0:51:17Stay out.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24Oh, thank you for coming.
0:51:24 > 0:51:26What are you looking for?
0:51:26 > 0:51:30I was looking for an old family photograph album.
0:51:30 > 0:51:31Oh?
0:51:31 > 0:51:35Yes. Miss West, I take it you are aware
0:51:35 > 0:51:42- that what passed between McCloud and his lawyer is privileged information?- Of course!
0:51:42 > 0:51:44Good. Well, I was close to Mr West
0:51:44 > 0:51:51so naturally I gained facts about his fortune and his family.
0:51:52 > 0:51:57But now I feel it my duty, in the light of recent events,
0:51:57 > 0:52:05and particularly in view of the fact that, well, a life may possibly be in danger,...
0:52:05 > 0:52:09- CAT MEOWS - ..I feel it my duty to suspend normal tact...
0:52:09 > 0:52:10CLOCK STRIKES THE HOUR
0:52:14 > 0:52:16Five, six,...
0:52:17 > 0:52:19Six.
0:52:19 > 0:52:23It only chimed six times, Mrs Crosby.
0:52:23 > 0:52:24Does it mean that...
0:52:26 > 0:52:28Mrs Crosby!
0:52:31 > 0:52:32Mrs Crosby?
0:52:32 > 0:52:35Um...
0:52:35 > 0:52:36Mrs Crosby!
0:52:36 > 0:52:38THUNDER CLAPS
0:52:38 > 0:52:40WOMAN SCREAMS
0:52:43 > 0:52:45Mrs Crosby! Mrs...
0:52:45 > 0:52:49Mrs Pleasant, did you see Mrs Crosby leave?
0:52:49 > 0:52:51- No, I didn't.- What happened?
0:52:51 > 0:52:53- Mrs Crosby's disappeared. - Can you blame her?
0:52:53 > 0:52:58- Are you sure you didn't pass her in the hall?- Annabelle, was that you screaming?- Yeah, you all right?
0:52:58 > 0:53:01- What happened? - Yeah, when did you miss her?
0:53:01 > 0:53:03Just a minute ago. She was in the middle of a sentence.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05- Where were you?- Here.
0:53:06 > 0:53:11She was standing right over there saying she had something important to tell me for my own safety.
0:53:11 > 0:53:16- Did she say there was danger all around you? - Yes. Yes, something like that.
0:53:16 > 0:53:19- There were unknown people out to harm you?- Yes.- Sure?
0:53:19 > 0:53:22Charlie, you remember, she said she wanted to see me.
0:53:22 > 0:53:23Did you find her?
0:53:23 > 0:53:25Well, of course! She was right over there.
0:53:25 > 0:53:28And I was here and I saw a cat.
0:53:28 > 0:53:33- A cat?- Yes, I was holding the cat when the clock started to chime.
0:53:33 > 0:53:36- Which clock?- Well, I don't know.
0:53:36 > 0:53:39The clock started chiming.
0:53:39 > 0:53:44- I turned to talk to...- To who? - To Mrs Crosby, who do you think I was talking to?
0:53:44 > 0:53:47You heard me, Mrs Pleasant, didn't you?
0:53:47 > 0:53:51I only heard your voice, Miss Annabelle.
0:53:51 > 0:53:54- And you didn't see her leave? - She didn't leave.
0:53:54 > 0:53:56Then where is she?
0:53:56 > 0:53:59You won't find Allison Crosby.
0:54:01 > 0:54:03I don't see any cat.
0:54:16 > 0:54:18What are you all looking at?
0:54:19 > 0:54:22Are you trying to tell me I've been hearing things?
0:54:22 > 0:54:23Of course not.
0:54:23 > 0:54:27I told you, I was holding the cat.
0:54:27 > 0:54:31A clock started to chime, it only chimed six chimes.
0:54:31 > 0:54:35- Which Mrs Pleasant said that somebody... - It's been a very exciting evening,
0:54:35 > 0:54:38perhaps you're a little over stimulated.
0:54:38 > 0:54:41I'd hate to tell you some of the things I've thought I've seen.
0:54:41 > 0:54:44Are you trying to tell me I've been seeing things?
0:54:44 > 0:54:47No! Are you crazy? I'm sorry.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50Annabelle, nobody's said anything of the sort.
0:54:50 > 0:54:51Yes, they did.
0:54:51 > 0:54:54Who said that Annabelle could be crazy?
0:54:55 > 0:54:56Cyrus West.
0:54:56 > 0:55:01Well, if it was my imagination,
0:55:01 > 0:55:03where is Mrs Crosby?
0:55:07 > 0:55:11I expect she's somewhere checking with Harry.
0:55:11 > 0:55:12Where HAS Harry been?
0:55:13 > 0:55:17I'm going to take Cicily and lock us in our room.
0:55:17 > 0:55:20Good idea. I'll go and find Harry.
0:55:20 > 0:55:21I'll look in on you later.
0:55:23 > 0:55:25SHE SIGHS
0:55:25 > 0:55:27Do you think I'm crazy?
0:55:31 > 0:55:33- No. Do you?- No.
0:55:33 > 0:55:37If I were crazy, I'd be a much better designer.
0:55:47 > 0:55:48THUNDER CRASHES
0:56:08 > 0:56:10We'll find Mrs Crosby.
0:56:10 > 0:56:15Just between us, I think she and Mrs Pleasant have something going on down in the basement.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17You'll see, I'm right.
0:56:19 > 0:56:21Hmm.
0:56:27 > 0:56:28Hmm.
0:56:33 > 0:56:37'As for the necklace, you've heard of it I'm sure.
0:56:37 > 0:56:39'Well, it's here, it's here for you.
0:56:39 > 0:56:44'Where? Oh-ho, I wrote the answer to that question
0:56:44 > 0:56:48'on something that's been waiting to take a breath for 20 years.'
0:56:48 > 0:56:51Waiting to breathe.
0:56:57 > 0:56:58Oh!
0:57:27 > 0:57:29Ice.
0:57:43 > 0:57:44Ice.
0:57:52 > 0:57:54THUNDER RUMBLES
0:58:12 > 0:58:14Who is it?
0:58:14 > 0:58:16It's me. Harry.
0:58:16 > 0:58:18Oh. Come in!
0:58:21 > 0:58:24Just wanted to see if you were OK.
0:58:24 > 0:58:26Oh, I'm fine, thanks, Harry.
0:58:26 > 0:58:28Well, I'm still in one piece anyway.
0:58:28 > 0:58:30Where have you been?
0:58:30 > 0:58:32Around. Checking out the house.
0:58:32 > 0:58:34Have you seen Mrs Crosby?
0:58:34 > 0:58:37No, but Charlie told me she was missing,
0:58:37 > 0:58:41- that she disappeared right in front of your eyes. - Nothing that spectacular.
0:58:41 > 0:58:43But she did disappear, she did do that.
0:58:43 > 0:58:47Annabelle, you've been through a lot tonight.
0:58:47 > 0:58:50First the money and now I hear Susan told you everything.
0:58:50 > 0:58:53Not everything, just enough for a small breakdown.
0:58:53 > 0:58:57Please believe me, you have nothing to fear while Harry is here.
0:58:57 > 0:59:01I know that everyone will think it's because you're the first heir,
0:59:01 > 0:59:03but we meant a lot to each other.
0:59:03 > 0:59:07At least, you meant a lot to me.
0:59:07 > 0:59:10I'd like to make us more permanent.
0:59:10 > 0:59:14Harry, I do feel something for you.
0:59:14 > 0:59:15Only something?
0:59:15 > 0:59:20Well, you know how much I like you.
0:59:20 > 0:59:22You know how much I like you.
0:59:22 > 0:59:25Please, let me protect you.
0:59:25 > 0:59:27I'd kill for you, you know that.
0:59:27 > 0:59:31That temper of yours is one of the reasons I stopped seeing you.
0:59:31 > 0:59:33Oh, Annabelle.
0:59:33 > 0:59:36Well, perhaps it'll come in handy tonight.
0:59:36 > 0:59:39Do you know where Mrs Crosby is?
0:59:39 > 0:59:43Stop talking about Mrs Crosby for a minute - I'm being serious.
0:59:43 > 0:59:45It's not the moment, Harry.
0:59:45 > 0:59:49I do appreciate what you're saying,
0:59:49 > 0:59:52but let's talk about it later.
0:59:52 > 0:59:55I need to relax for a while.
0:59:55 > 0:59:59All right. But you haven't heard the last of me.
1:00:00 > 1:00:04Oh, Annabelle, you're driving me crazy.
1:00:04 > 1:00:08Oh, Harry... It runs in the family.
1:00:08 > 1:00:10KNOCK AT DOOR
1:00:10 > 1:00:13Oh, am I interrupting something?
1:00:13 > 1:00:15Oh! No, no, um...
1:00:15 > 1:00:18Harry was, er...
1:00:18 > 1:00:19just leaving.
1:00:19 > 1:00:22I didn't know you made house calls, Doctor.
1:00:25 > 1:00:26I'll see you later.
1:00:26 > 1:00:28Yes.
1:00:29 > 1:00:31DOOR CLOSES
1:00:31 > 1:00:34I just met Paul. He said I shouldn't have told you about Hendricks.
1:00:34 > 1:00:36I'm sorry if I upset you earlier.
1:00:36 > 1:00:37Oh, that's all right, Susan.
1:00:37 > 1:00:40In these circumstances, everyone in the camp
1:00:40 > 1:00:44should know what's waiting in the darkness for them, however gruesome it is.
1:00:44 > 1:00:48Susan, this is Glencliff Manor, not Tanganyika.
1:00:48 > 1:00:50You're wrong. It's a jungle.
1:00:50 > 1:00:54And there's a wild animal around who kills for the pleasure of it.
1:00:54 > 1:00:56He's got sharp teeth and long nails.
1:00:56 > 1:01:01And he hides in houses and waits till everyone's asleep and then he takes his victim
1:01:01 > 1:01:05and very, very slowly tears the flesh off them.
1:01:05 > 1:01:08Susan, please!
1:01:08 > 1:01:10In case he gets in...
1:01:10 > 1:01:12and in case he gets you...
1:01:12 > 1:01:14take this.
1:01:14 > 1:01:17And if a bullet won't stop him,
1:01:17 > 1:01:20shoot yourself.
1:01:40 > 1:01:41- KNOCK AT DOOR - Come in.
1:01:47 > 1:01:49Mrs Pleasant.
1:01:49 > 1:01:51I'm afraid.
1:01:51 > 1:01:53I think that I'm in some sort of danger.
1:01:53 > 1:01:56If you're afraid, you ARE in danger.
1:01:59 > 1:02:04Mr West always said fear is what you have to be afraid of.
1:02:04 > 1:02:08He told me that he'd seen fear make people lose their minds.
1:02:08 > 1:02:10Ha!
1:02:10 > 1:02:14Permanently, in just a few hours.
1:02:14 > 1:02:21Mr West said a canary in a cage almost dies of fright
1:02:21 > 1:02:24when the cat walks round the cage.
1:02:24 > 1:02:28It dies a thousand deaths -
1:02:28 > 1:02:31although it's quite safe. Hm!
1:02:31 > 1:02:34That's a comfort.
1:02:34 > 1:02:39Unfortunately...this is a house...
1:02:39 > 1:02:41not a cage.
1:02:41 > 1:02:42SHE CHUCKLES
1:02:55 > 1:02:57Oh!
1:02:57 > 1:03:01Well, no Allison Crosby. I think she got disbarred and left.
1:03:01 > 1:03:03What have you been doing?
1:03:03 > 1:03:06Getting a lot of advice. And trying to figure out what "ice" means.
1:03:06 > 1:03:09- Ice?- Mm. Ice.
1:03:09 > 1:03:10Here. Look.
1:03:12 > 1:03:13Ice.
1:03:14 > 1:03:16Ice.
1:03:17 > 1:03:21Didn't Crosby say something about the fact that the biggest problem
1:03:21 > 1:03:24- was preserving the film?- Mm-hm.
1:03:24 > 1:03:27How do you go about preserving something?
1:03:31 > 1:03:32BOTH: Ice!
1:03:32 > 1:03:34THUNDERCLAP
1:03:36 > 1:03:39Oh, my God, what's that?
1:03:39 > 1:03:40I don't know, but...
1:03:40 > 1:03:42You look there and I'll try here.
1:03:42 > 1:03:44Oh!
1:03:47 > 1:03:49- Have you found anything?- No, not yet.
1:03:51 > 1:03:52I think I've found something.
1:03:52 > 1:03:54Look down there.
1:03:58 > 1:03:59Can you see anything?
1:04:00 > 1:04:02There's something.
1:04:05 > 1:04:07Oh!
1:04:19 > 1:04:20Wow.
1:05:09 > 1:05:13I'll be around, so if anything happens, you just scream.
1:05:13 > 1:05:15And I'll run and get Cicily.
1:05:32 > 1:05:34Better than nothing.
1:05:42 > 1:05:44Ha-ha!
1:05:44 > 1:05:46Ha! Ha! Ha!
1:05:46 > 1:05:47Attack! Attack!
1:05:47 > 1:05:49Lift!
1:05:49 > 1:05:50Ha!
1:05:57 > 1:05:59Attack! Attack!
1:06:04 > 1:06:07It's a fine weapon. Fine weapon, Mrs Pleasant.
1:06:43 > 1:06:44DOOR CREAKS
1:07:10 > 1:07:11CREAKING CONTINUES
1:07:32 > 1:07:34THUNDERCLAP
1:07:40 > 1:07:42THUNDER CONTINUES
1:07:52 > 1:07:53SHE SCREAMS
1:07:54 > 1:07:56SHE SCREAMS AGAIN
1:07:56 > 1:07:59Help! Someone help!
1:07:59 > 1:08:01Please, help!
1:08:01 > 1:08:03Help!
1:08:03 > 1:08:05Please, help!
1:08:10 > 1:08:11COMMOTION
1:08:11 > 1:08:15A creature in my room stole my necklace! I thought he was trying to kill me!
1:08:15 > 1:08:16- What does he look like?- Where did he go?
1:08:16 > 1:08:18Calm down, everyone!
1:08:18 > 1:08:21Annabelle and I found the West necklace.
1:08:21 > 1:08:24- How do we know you didn't take it? - It didn't fit. >
1:08:24 > 1:08:27- How do we know YOU didn't take it? - I put it on in bed.
1:08:27 > 1:08:29Where did he come from?
1:08:29 > 1:08:31Well...Right here, I think.
1:08:31 > 1:08:33Oh, really, Annabelle, you can't be serious!
1:08:33 > 1:08:36Anything could happen in a house like this.
1:08:36 > 1:08:40- He came out of the wall?- Yes!- But you said you were sleeping?- I was!
1:08:40 > 1:08:44- He must have been here! I bolted the door!- Maybe he was in already.
1:08:44 > 1:08:46Or wasn't in at all.
1:08:46 > 1:08:48What's that supposed to mean?
1:08:48 > 1:08:52Well, really! Annabelle's been strange the whole night.
1:08:52 > 1:08:55Why don't you just say that I've got the running West insanity?
1:08:55 > 1:08:57Relax, Susan.
1:08:57 > 1:09:00Anybody can get a little hysterical.
1:09:00 > 1:09:01I am not hysterical!
1:09:01 > 1:09:03The creature was here!
1:09:03 > 1:09:04How did he get in?
1:09:04 > 1:09:06That's not hard to figure out.
1:09:06 > 1:09:09I thought they invented secret passages in this country.
1:09:09 > 1:09:13What's so strange about the cat sneaking in and accidentally finding one?
1:09:13 > 1:09:15One that led to this room.
1:09:15 > 1:09:17Is there a passage that leads here?
1:09:17 > 1:09:21Er, er, er, I don't...know.
1:09:21 > 1:09:25There's gotta be some explanation for all this.
1:09:26 > 1:09:28MECHANISM WHIRS AND GRATES
1:09:51 > 1:09:54Do you suppose it's really Mrs Crosby?
1:10:31 > 1:10:33Jesus!
1:10:38 > 1:10:40It could have been you!
1:10:42 > 1:10:44Now do you think she was seeing things?
1:10:46 > 1:10:48Where does that lead to?
1:10:49 > 1:10:51I don't know.
1:10:51 > 1:10:53That maniac may still be in the house.
1:10:53 > 1:10:55My God! Suppose he's still here!
1:10:55 > 1:10:58I hope our friend Hendricks comes back soon.
1:11:00 > 1:11:01Nobody is to go down there. >
1:11:01 > 1:11:07Why don't you two charmers lock this room up and put Annabelle someplace safe?
1:11:07 > 1:11:10I'm going to look around again.
1:11:15 > 1:11:19I didn't think it would turn into this kind of evening.
1:11:19 > 1:11:21Let's get the body downstairs.
1:11:21 > 1:11:22I told you what that maniac does.
1:11:22 > 1:11:24Yes, Cousin Susan.
1:11:24 > 1:11:26You described it most perfectly.
1:11:26 > 1:11:28Almost too perfectly.
1:11:33 > 1:11:35THUNDERCLAP
1:13:27 > 1:13:28FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING
1:13:31 > 1:13:32Oh!
1:13:35 > 1:13:37I must be hurt worse than I thought.
1:13:40 > 1:13:41Oh!
1:13:51 > 1:13:53Where have you been?
1:13:53 > 1:13:55Not very far.
1:13:55 > 1:13:56What have you been doing?
1:13:56 > 1:13:58Thinking.
1:13:58 > 1:14:01Being alone in this place gives me the double creeps.
1:14:01 > 1:14:04Stretch out. I'll relax you.
1:14:11 > 1:14:13Mm.
1:14:18 > 1:14:20Hi.
1:14:20 > 1:14:22- Victim number two.- Oh, you're hurt!
1:14:22 > 1:14:25- I'm all right. I think the left side of my head's missing.- Who did it?
1:14:25 > 1:14:27I found him in the basement.
1:14:27 > 1:14:30- You'd have been proud. I didn't bounce.- What happened?
1:14:52 > 1:14:53DOOR OPENS
1:14:56 > 1:14:57DOOR CLOSES
1:15:00 > 1:15:01THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
1:15:13 > 1:15:15Then I saw Mrs Pleasant looking down at me.
1:15:15 > 1:15:17This story makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?
1:15:17 > 1:15:22It does to me. But try telling it to the others. They'll think you're insane too.
1:15:22 > 1:15:23They may have a point.
1:15:23 > 1:15:25Some maniac is trying to kill us.
1:15:25 > 1:15:27Look what just happened to you.
1:15:27 > 1:15:31Maybe he's not trying to kill us. Maybe he's a little overstimulated, as Susan would say.
1:15:31 > 1:15:33Very funny, Paul.
1:15:33 > 1:15:35I am scared. Really scared.
1:15:35 > 1:15:39Old Cyrus's game was to give everyone here a licence to kill.
1:15:39 > 1:15:43What better way than to let everyone think he has a chance of the jackpot?
1:15:43 > 1:15:46He mentioned everybody - Mrs Crosby, Mrs Pleasant...
1:15:46 > 1:15:47And Mew-mew.
1:15:47 > 1:15:48Yeah.
1:15:48 > 1:15:50Who the hell was Mew-mew?
1:15:50 > 1:15:55THUNDERCLAP
1:17:09 > 1:17:11SHE SCREAMS
1:17:16 > 1:17:18SHE SCREAMS
1:17:20 > 1:17:21SHE SCREAMS AGAIN
1:17:21 > 1:17:24Want to hear my new song? I wrote it while I was unconscious.
1:17:24 > 1:17:26It's called Kiss My Heiress.
1:17:26 > 1:17:28Want to hear my first hit?
1:17:28 > 1:17:30Want to hear my last hit?
1:17:30 > 1:17:31It's the same hit.
1:17:34 > 1:17:35Come on.
1:17:41 > 1:17:43I want you to lock me out.
1:17:43 > 1:17:48I'll get the second film from Mrs Crosby's body and find out the name of the second heir.
1:17:48 > 1:17:51- I've got an idea.- What?- I want to have a talk with whoever it is.
1:17:51 > 1:17:54Don't let anyone in. Not even old Cyrus West himself.
1:17:56 > 1:17:58Paul.
1:17:58 > 1:17:59What kind of cousins are we?
1:17:59 > 1:18:01Kissing cousins.
1:18:01 > 1:18:03Isn't that illegal?
1:18:03 > 1:18:04Only if it feels good.
1:18:04 > 1:18:06BOTH: It's illegal.
1:18:06 > 1:18:08I could do this for the rest of our lives.
1:18:08 > 1:18:10Which may not be very long.
1:18:10 > 1:18:14- No. Fifty years. I'm personally going to photograph your will.- Please be careful.
1:18:14 > 1:18:18- Remember what happened last time.- I was younger then, without responsibilities.
1:18:18 > 1:18:20It's different now.
1:18:40 > 1:18:41THUNDERCLAP
1:18:57 > 1:18:59DOOR CREAKS
1:19:29 > 1:19:31(The passage.)
1:19:42 > 1:19:44(Paul! Paul!)
1:19:44 > 1:19:47THUNDERCLAP
1:19:48 > 1:19:49(I've found it!)
1:19:50 > 1:19:52(I've found the secret passage.)
1:19:54 > 1:19:56(Paul!)
1:20:12 > 1:20:14(Paul!)
1:20:22 > 1:20:24Paul!
1:20:36 > 1:20:38THUNDERCLAP
1:20:38 > 1:20:40SHE SCREAMS
1:20:52 > 1:20:54SHE PANTS AND WHIMPERS
1:20:54 > 1:20:55Please!
1:21:01 > 1:21:04SHE TRIES TO SCREAM
1:21:33 > 1:21:35SHE SCREAMS
1:21:39 > 1:21:40SHE SCREAMS
1:21:40 > 1:21:42Help!
1:21:55 > 1:21:56Charlie!
1:21:56 > 1:21:58Yes, of course.
1:21:58 > 1:22:00You see,
1:22:00 > 1:22:03it turns out I'm quite original after all.
1:22:03 > 1:22:05I'm quite original,
1:22:05 > 1:22:08especially with people who cheat me.
1:22:08 > 1:22:09How?
1:22:09 > 1:22:11How did I cheat you?
1:22:11 > 1:22:13You got my inheritance.
1:22:13 > 1:22:15- Yours?- Of course.
1:22:15 > 1:22:18You cheated me. The money was mine.
1:22:20 > 1:22:23I was the old man's favourite.
1:22:23 > 1:22:26First it was his damned cat that was the favourite.
1:22:26 > 1:22:29But I took care of the cat.
1:22:29 > 1:22:31Then I was the favourite.
1:22:32 > 1:22:36You didn't know I used to play around this house when I was a kid, did you?
1:22:36 > 1:22:39The old man showed me the secret passages.
1:22:39 > 1:22:43He showed ME because I was the favourite.
1:22:43 > 1:22:47That's why I phonied up my war record - to keep him proud of me.
1:22:47 > 1:22:51This was Cyrus's private entertaining room.
1:22:51 > 1:22:54No-one knows about it except me...
1:22:54 > 1:22:56Cyrus...
1:22:56 > 1:22:58and Mrs Pleasant.
1:22:58 > 1:22:59Please...
1:22:59 > 1:23:00That money is mine.
1:23:00 > 1:23:05I should have been the heir and I would have been if it hadn't been for your damned name.
1:23:05 > 1:23:07You're next in line!
1:23:07 > 1:23:10That's right. It says so in this.
1:23:10 > 1:23:11Mrs Crosby figured it out.
1:23:11 > 1:23:14Susan tried to figure it out.
1:23:14 > 1:23:15Susan...!
1:23:15 > 1:23:17What have you done with her?
1:23:17 > 1:23:20Exactly what I'm going to do to you.
1:23:22 > 1:23:24Oh, thank God you've come!
1:23:24 > 1:23:26He's a maniac! He's trying to kill... Oh!
1:23:26 > 1:23:28Well done.
1:23:28 > 1:23:30Thank you.
1:23:30 > 1:23:32But everything was well done.
1:23:37 > 1:23:39The clock chimed on cue.
1:23:41 > 1:23:43I saved you from Cousin Harry in the nick of time.
1:23:43 > 1:23:45I thought you'd never arrive.
1:23:51 > 1:23:54Now let's take a little time with her.
1:23:54 > 1:23:57No need to rush it as you did with the others.
1:24:28 > 1:24:29Hey.
1:24:29 > 1:24:32Where's your lucky medal?
1:24:34 > 1:24:37Must have dropped it upstairs. I'll go and get it.
1:24:40 > 1:24:42Don't start without me.
1:24:43 > 1:24:46KNOCK AT DOOR
1:25:18 > 1:25:19Hi, Charlie.
1:25:20 > 1:25:22I figured it out.
1:25:37 > 1:25:39I wanted to be here.
1:25:39 > 1:25:42The star of the evening.
1:25:50 > 1:25:54Scream, please. Do scream.
1:25:54 > 1:25:57If you feel like it. You can't be heard now.
1:25:57 > 1:26:00Please. I'll give you the money.
1:26:00 > 1:26:02I'll have the money anyway.
1:26:02 > 1:26:03In a little while...
1:26:03 > 1:26:05Charlie will have everything.
1:26:05 > 1:26:07Why are you doing this?
1:26:07 > 1:26:09Charlie's insane!
1:26:09 > 1:26:11Charlie and I were in the Army together.
1:26:11 > 1:26:15He asked me to help him inherit some money.
1:26:15 > 1:26:19In return for which, I would have certain rewards.
1:26:19 > 1:26:22Some material...
1:26:22 > 1:26:25and some...
1:26:25 > 1:26:28non-material.
1:26:31 > 1:26:32FURNITURE BANGS AND CRASHES
1:26:32 > 1:26:35Hope you're not busy for the next few hours.
1:26:37 > 1:26:39There's a clock on the table over there.
1:26:43 > 1:26:47Soon you'll be able to see how slowly time passes...
1:26:48 > 1:26:50when you're having fun.
1:27:19 > 1:27:21Mrs Pleasant!
1:27:27 > 1:27:29Annabelle is in danger.
1:28:01 > 1:28:03Please don't.
1:28:14 > 1:28:15Please don't.
1:28:20 > 1:28:21Please.
1:28:33 > 1:28:35Are you all right?
1:28:35 > 1:28:37Just barely.
1:28:37 > 1:28:40Is the...is the cat out for the night?
1:28:40 > 1:28:42I think the cat's out for good.
1:29:12 > 1:29:17You know, if this were a song, I'd say something about it's gonna be a real nice day.
1:29:17 > 1:29:18And I'd definitely agree.
1:29:18 > 1:29:21- Annabelle.- Oh, Cicily. Are you leaving so soon?
1:29:21 > 1:29:23Yes, Harry's giving me a lift.
1:29:23 > 1:29:26Cicily, I'm terribly sorry about Susan.
1:29:26 > 1:29:27Me too.
1:29:27 > 1:29:29What are you going to do?
1:29:29 > 1:29:33Well, I'm going to go to Kenya for the winter and then we'll see.
1:29:33 > 1:29:35Just let me know as soon as you get back. OK?
1:29:42 > 1:29:44Thank you.
1:29:50 > 1:29:53Ah! Good morning, leeches.
1:29:53 > 1:29:55BOTH: Good morning.
1:29:55 > 1:29:59And now you know what leeches you really are.
1:30:00 > 1:30:04So the heir named West cracked up.
1:30:04 > 1:30:09Turned out to be the one to whom I bequeathed our strain of insanity.
1:30:09 > 1:30:10Bad luck.
1:30:10 > 1:30:13Or perhaps they didn't make it through the night.
1:30:13 > 1:30:16Even worse luck.
1:30:20 > 1:30:26Well, you remaining bunch of bastards, I'll tell you which of you is next in line.
1:30:28 > 1:30:30The suspense must be killing you.
1:30:30 > 1:30:33It's that curly-haired little rascal
1:30:33 > 1:30:35Charlie Wilder.
1:30:35 > 1:30:38He was so nice when the cat died.
1:30:38 > 1:30:41So you, Charlie Wilder,
1:30:41 > 1:30:43or, if you're dead by now,
1:30:43 > 1:30:46the institution that will get the money,
1:30:46 > 1:30:52you're going to learn what life is all about, what it's really all about.
1:30:52 > 1:30:56It took me a lifetime to learn it.
1:30:56 > 1:30:57Greed.
1:30:57 > 1:31:00Greed and power.
1:31:03 > 1:31:06That's what it's all about.
1:31:06 > 1:31:10Forget everything else. Forget what they try to talk you into.
1:31:10 > 1:31:12Money.
1:31:12 > 1:31:14Learn to get it.
1:31:14 > 1:31:16And now that you've got it,
1:31:16 > 1:31:18learn to hang onto it.
1:31:20 > 1:31:21That's all.
1:31:21 > 1:31:23Our visit is concluded.
1:31:23 > 1:31:25For the time being.
1:31:25 > 1:31:27As I said last night,
1:31:27 > 1:31:30I'll look for you all later.
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