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Community chest.

2
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"You've won second prize
in a beauty contest."

3
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"Collect £10."

4
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Thank you very much, Hastings.

5
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It would appear that skill plays but
a little part in this game, huh?

6
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It's all about skill.

7
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What to buy and when.

8
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Where to put your property.

9
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My name is Wu Ling.

10
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Han Wu Ling.

11
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I have a reservation.

12
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Ah, yes. Mr Wu Ling.
Room 306.

13
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- You have a box of matches, please?
- Certainly, sir.

14
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If you wouldn't mind, sir.

15
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I will build a hotel
on Fenchurch street.

16
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You can't build a hotel
on a railway station.

17
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Do not be absurd, Hastings.

18
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There are plenty of hotels at railway stations.

19
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But, but it's not in the rules.

20
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Well then, Hastings,
the rules are wrong!

21
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"Houses and hotels cannot be mortgaged."

22
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"All buildings at the site
must be sold back to the bank"

23
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"before the property can be mortgaged."

24
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"The bank will pay one half
of what was paid for them."

25
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This is insane, quite insane!

26
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Oh the signs have been there
in the market for months.

27
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A fool could have seen it coming.

28
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I'm not surprised they went under.

29
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Another tragedy on the Serpentine?

30
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Another suicide, Mr Poirot.

31
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The Imperial Trust collapse.

32
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It's hardly been out of the news!

33
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Big investment company.

34
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Promised its shareholders a 100% dividend

35
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and took a straight nose dive.

36
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A lot of folk have been
completely wiped out.

37
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Well...

38
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If you put your head
in the mouth of a lion,

39
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you cannot complain
if one day he bite it off, huh?

40
00:05:03,550 --> 00:05:06,919
I say. RTZ is at 7 and 6.

41
00:05:06,949 --> 00:05:09,529
Do you think I should switch now
or hold tight a little longer?

42
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Well, my view is that...

43
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I am off now to the bank.

44
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I shall return at lunchtime.

45
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Never made a speculative
investment in his life.

46
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And I still have my head, Hastings.

47
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- Good morning.
- Good morning.

48
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- Glad you could make it.
- Not at all.

49
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Hello.

50
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- How is it going?
- Oh good.

51
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Have Mr Wu Ling sent straight
up here when he arrives.

52
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Thank you.

53
00:06:06,447 --> 00:06:09,202
Oh there's a gentleman called
around to see you, sir.

54
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He's in the lounge.

55
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Thank you.

56
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- Perhaps we should telephone his hotel.
- Right.

57
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St. James Hotel.
Yes?

58
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Mr Wu Ling?

59
00:06:47,921 --> 00:06:50,191
Yes, he was around here a moment ago.

60
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If you'd like to hold on,
I'll go and have a look.

61
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- My bill, please.
- One moment, sir.

62
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Bonjour.

63
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My name is Poirot.

64
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I would like to ascertain, if you please,

65
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the exact balance in my account.

66
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Here is my number.

67
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- Certainly sir. One moment, please.
- Thank you.

68
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Thank you.

69
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Mais non! C'est impossible!

70
00:08:01,850 --> 00:08:04,090
How can I be £50 overdrawn?

71
00:08:05,459 --> 00:08:08,053
It is a point of principle that
I always keep my balance

72
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at £444, 4s and 4p.

73
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A point of principle!

74
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I shall check it once more, sir.

75
00:08:20,735 --> 00:08:22,129
It's all right, sir, he's here.

76
00:08:22,129 --> 00:08:23,624
Wilkins is bringing him up now.

77
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How else, huh?
Goodness for that.

78
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You know, this isn't Mr Wu Ling.

79
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I'm most dreadfully sorry,

80
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there's been a misunderstanding.

81
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I do apologize, it's our fault.

82
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I've rechecked the figures, sir,
and it's a mistake.

83
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You're not overdrawn by £50.

84
00:08:47,967 --> 00:08:50,477
I'm afraid you're overdrawn by £60.

85
00:08:51,626 --> 00:08:53,816
There's no doubt this time,
I'm afraid sir.

86
00:08:54,086 --> 00:08:56,240
Mon dieu, this is an outrage!

87
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I shall take this to the highest level,
do you hear me?

88
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Nobody makes Poirot look a fool
when money is concerned!

89
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100, 200, 300,

90
00:09:07,802 --> 00:09:11,071
400, 500...

91
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600.

92
00:09:16,239 --> 00:09:18,649
Not your night tonight, old man.

93
00:09:19,518 --> 00:09:21,792
Perhaps it is because
I do not huff and puff

94
00:09:21,792 --> 00:09:24,367
all over the dice like a
wheezing grampus!

95
00:09:25,437 --> 00:09:27,286
- Mr Poirot?
- Yes!

96
00:09:27,316 --> 00:09:28,886
You have a visitor.

97
00:09:29,196 --> 00:09:31,225
A visitor? At this hour?

98
00:09:31,255 --> 00:09:34,384
It's Lord Pearson, from your bank.

99
00:09:34,754 --> 00:09:37,144
Lord Pearson, from my bank?

100
00:09:37,313 --> 00:09:41,502
Ah! My bank!

101
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Mr Poirot, I can't apologize enough.

102
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I am very pleased to hear
you say so personally.

103
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- Yes er. I realize it is a little late...
- Not at all, not at all, Lord Pearson.

104
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It is better later nevertheless,
as you English say.

105
00:09:55,643 --> 00:09:57,178
Please do take a seat, huh?

106
00:09:57,248 --> 00:09:59,122
And may I offer you a drink?

107
00:09:59,122 --> 00:10:01,497
A dry sherry, thank you. You see...

108
00:10:01,527 --> 00:10:04,516
Hastings, a little something
for you, my friend?

109
00:10:04,566 --> 00:10:06,005
Oh. Right, thank you.

110
00:10:06,145 --> 00:10:08,335
This is a matter of such
vital concern to us all

111
00:10:08,365 --> 00:10:10,924
that I don't think that I or
any of the bank's directors

112
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will sleep easily in our beds
until it's been sorted out.

113
00:10:15,983 --> 00:10:20,052
Well, I must admit that I had not seen
it in quite that light, but ah...

114
00:10:20,581 --> 00:10:23,170
... yes Lord Pearson,
I have to agree with you.

115
00:10:23,170 --> 00:10:25,260
It is certainly most vital.

116
00:10:25,940 --> 00:10:27,740
Oh, you er...

117
00:10:28,619 --> 00:10:31,598
You know about the disappearance
of Mr Wu Ling, then?

118
00:10:34,257 --> 00:10:35,947
Monsieur Wu Ling?

119
00:10:36,560 --> 00:10:37,860
Ah!

120
00:10:38,376 --> 00:10:41,486
Hastings, be so kind as
to pour me a little brandy.

121
00:10:44,715 --> 00:10:47,264
You have any idea
what this is, Mr Poirot?

122
00:10:47,574 --> 00:10:49,443
Some kind of mineral ore?

123
00:10:49,853 --> 00:10:51,882
Not much to look at,

124
00:10:51,882 --> 00:10:55,312
but smelt this down and burn
off the lead impurities

125
00:10:55,352 --> 00:10:59,261
and you're left holding a nugget
of top-grade 24-carat silver.

126
00:10:59,450 --> 00:11:01,100
Indeed.

127
00:11:02,110 --> 00:11:03,739
And this came from where?

128
00:11:03,769 --> 00:11:05,903
About 200 miles inland of Rangoon,

129
00:11:05,903 --> 00:11:07,938
deep in the Burmese mountains.

130
00:11:08,208 --> 00:11:09,797
There's an old mine.

131
00:11:10,047 --> 00:11:14,596
The Chinese worked it for
300 years until 1878.

132
00:11:15,046 --> 00:11:18,235
Then it collapsed and
became lost to view.

133
00:11:18,765 --> 00:11:20,205
For half a century,

134
00:11:20,245 --> 00:11:23,254
men have died, gone mad
trying to find it again,

135
00:11:23,284 --> 00:11:25,153
to seize its riches.

136
00:11:25,403 --> 00:11:27,932
So far, it's eluded them all.

137
00:11:28,322 --> 00:11:31,152
And this Monsieur Ling...

138
00:11:31,162 --> 00:11:33,921
...he has some bearing on this lost mine?

139
00:11:33,961 --> 00:11:35,535
It appears there's a map.

140
00:11:35,535 --> 00:11:37,010
Of the mine's location?

141
00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:39,539
It was handed down to Wu Ling
from his family.

142
00:11:39,799 --> 00:11:42,028
This week he came here
to sell it to us.

143
00:11:41,998 --> 00:11:44,828
Arrangements were made for him
to meet the board this morning

144
00:11:44,858 --> 00:11:46,452
to discuss the price.

145
00:11:46,352 --> 00:11:47,947
And he did not appear as planned.

146
00:11:48,077 --> 00:11:49,591
Exactly.

147
00:11:49,691 --> 00:11:52,806
And yet we know he arrived off
the boat at Southampton.

148
00:11:52,875 --> 00:11:56,625
He got to the hotel all right and we know
he left there this morning around 10.

149
00:11:57,034 --> 00:11:59,268
Since then, I've checked.

150
00:11:59,268 --> 00:12:01,403
He hasn't been seen or heard of.

151
00:12:02,433 --> 00:12:04,942
Something's gone wrong, Mr Poirot.

152
00:12:05,432 --> 00:12:07,901
I know something's gone wrong.

153
00:12:15,549 --> 00:12:17,099
Good time, Johnny?

154
00:12:21,447 --> 00:12:24,217
Hey! Sailor!

155
00:12:24,347 --> 00:12:25,901
Sailor Johnny!

156
00:12:26,301 --> 00:12:28,056
I can do good time!

157
00:12:28,066 --> 00:12:29,660
Sailor, wait for me.

158
00:12:29,660 --> 00:12:31,455
I'm nice girl.

159
00:12:31,505 --> 00:12:33,205
I give you good time.

160
00:12:33,784 --> 00:12:35,438
Come to my house.

161
00:12:35,438 --> 00:12:38,293
Come to my house,
come on, Johnny.

162
00:12:38,363 --> 00:12:42,072
You like me.
I'm nice girl.

163
00:13:03,096 --> 00:13:04,870
It's him all right.

164
00:13:04,870 --> 00:13:08,344
Han Wu Ling, businessman
from Rangoon.

165
00:13:08,374 --> 00:13:10,564
That was the name in his wallet.

166
00:13:12,053 --> 00:13:14,523
How can you be sure it is him,
Chief-Inspector?

167
00:13:14,553 --> 00:13:17,602
Burmese authorities
wired his photo over.

168
00:13:19,491 --> 00:13:21,890
There was no sign of your
map on him, I'm afraid.

169
00:13:22,370 --> 00:13:25,869
I see. And he was stabbed
in the back, you say?

170
00:13:26,129 --> 00:13:28,018
At least three times.

171
00:13:28,218 --> 00:13:30,408
The wounds are rather peculiar,

172
00:13:30,408 --> 00:13:34,077
consistent with some sort of curved
oriental knife being used.

173
00:13:35,966 --> 00:13:39,196
Ah Lord Pearson, I'm sorry to call
you away from your engagement, sir,

174
00:13:39,226 --> 00:13:42,935
but Mr Poirot here says you might be able
to help us with Mr Ling's death.

175
00:13:43,884 --> 00:13:46,978
You may rely on the Chief-Inspector Japp,
Lord Pearson.

176
00:13:46,978 --> 00:13:49,173
He is the soul of discretion.

177
00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:02,949
How well did you know
this gentleman, sir?

178
00:14:04,119 --> 00:14:05,453
Well, we've...

179
00:14:06,353 --> 00:14:08,188
never had actually met.

180
00:14:08,797 --> 00:14:11,627
But of course we corresponded
on regularly.

181
00:14:15,395 --> 00:14:16,705
My God.

182
00:14:18,275 --> 00:14:20,484
I just can't believe he's dead.

183
00:14:33,270 --> 00:14:36,020
Do you suspect some kind
of Chinese ritual killing?

184
00:14:36,270 --> 00:14:39,624
Let's just say we're in treacherous
waters here, Poirot.

185
00:14:39,624 --> 00:14:42,478
Very treacherous waters indeed.

186
00:15:03,142 --> 00:15:05,936
He seemed a quiet, well behaved
sort of gentleman.

187
00:15:05,936 --> 00:15:07,331
Oriental, of course.

188
00:15:07,701 --> 00:15:08,835
I see.

189
00:15:08,835 --> 00:15:11,970
And this room's not been cleaned up
since the morning he left the hotel.

190
00:15:12,040 --> 00:15:13,914
Well, there's been a lot to do.

191
00:15:13,914 --> 00:15:15,589
We've been short on staff, and...

192
00:15:15,758 --> 00:15:18,948
It is all the better for the investigations
of the Chief-Inspector.

193
00:15:23,896 --> 00:15:25,486
It doesn't look hopeful.

194
00:15:25,576 --> 00:15:27,685
He must have taken the map with him.

195
00:15:28,455 --> 00:15:30,424
There's nothing more that I can...

196
00:15:31,294 --> 00:15:32,724
Hello!?

197
00:15:41,731 --> 00:15:43,865
In Chinese, most of it.

198
00:15:44,265 --> 00:15:45,800
Very sinister.

199
00:15:46,530 --> 00:15:48,664
Ah, there's a name here in English.

200
00:15:49,064 --> 00:15:51,199
Charles Lester.

201
00:15:52,328 --> 00:15:54,398
Business associate, maybe.

202
00:15:54,927 --> 00:15:57,042
Well, there's nothing else
for us in this room.

203
00:15:57,042 --> 00:15:58,457
Come on, Poirot.

204
00:15:59,726 --> 00:16:01,660
Ah, forgive me, but er ...

205
00:16:02,260 --> 00:16:04,395
did you not say that upon
the day of his arrival,

206
00:16:04,325 --> 00:16:07,674
Monsieur Wu Ling asked you
for a box of matches?

207
00:16:07,684 --> 00:16:09,478
Yes. To light his cigarette.

208
00:16:09,778 --> 00:16:11,573
It is most curious.

209
00:16:11,683 --> 00:16:15,042
Cause he already has a
full box in his suitcase.

210
00:16:16,641 --> 00:16:17,861
Off you go.

211
00:16:18,361 --> 00:16:19,910
Things are on the move, Poirot.

212
00:16:19,940 --> 00:16:23,590
You got a moment to come and see
some modern police work in action?

213
00:16:31,217 --> 00:16:33,677
I think you'll find this interesting,
Poirot.

214
00:16:33,757 --> 00:16:37,186
It's a good deal more sophisticated
than anything they've got on the continent.

215
00:16:40,235 --> 00:16:42,524
This is where it's all coordinated.

216
00:16:42,634 --> 00:16:44,224
With military precision.

217
00:16:44,254 --> 00:16:47,443
The days of the bobby on the bicycle
are long gone, I'm afraid.

218
00:16:47,533 --> 00:16:50,402
My dear Japp, this is
truly most impressive.

219
00:16:50,432 --> 00:16:53,821
Message understood.
Report as necessary.

220
00:16:57,470 --> 00:16:59,344
What are they doing?

221
00:16:59,344 --> 00:17:00,781
Surveillance, Poirot.

222
00:17:01,181 --> 00:17:02,919
- We're on the trail of a...
- Seven to control.

223
00:17:02,969 --> 00:17:04,969
Seven to control, over.

224
00:17:04,969 --> 00:17:06,457
Excuse me.

225
00:17:09,147 --> 00:17:11,541
Control to unit 7.

226
00:17:11,541 --> 00:17:13,535
Reading you loud and clear.

227
00:17:13,605 --> 00:17:15,855
State your position, over.

228
00:17:15,905 --> 00:17:18,239
Control to unit 7.

229
00:17:18,239 --> 00:17:21,273
Subject located at Chowcat Sauna,

230
00:17:21,303 --> 00:17:24,612
Rupert Street, 09:00 hours. Over.

231
00:17:24,902 --> 00:17:29,151
Unit 7, stay with him and keep us informed.

232
00:17:29,181 --> 00:17:30,601
Over and out.

233
00:17:31,700 --> 00:17:33,910
Might be a false lead,
or it might not.

234
00:17:33,940 --> 00:17:37,389
We've been making enquiries
around that boat Wu Ling was on.

235
00:17:37,419 --> 00:17:40,178
We found out he was seen
in the company of this man.

236
00:17:42,137 --> 00:17:44,287
Reginald Dyer.

237
00:17:45,616 --> 00:17:47,866
Twice convicted of currency fraud.

238
00:17:47,896 --> 00:17:51,365
And a known associate of several
criminal syndicates in Hong Kong.

239
00:17:51,395 --> 00:17:53,229
Could be just the link
we are looking for.

240
00:17:53,229 --> 00:17:55,464
If he is, we'll have him.

241
00:18:00,412 --> 00:18:01,722
There he is.

242
00:18:02,352 --> 00:18:04,046
Unit 7 to control.

243
00:18:04,046 --> 00:18:07,340
Subject sighted emerging
from Chowcat Sauna,

244
00:18:07,370 --> 00:18:09,120
hailing cab...

245
00:18:09,530 --> 00:18:11,024
Entering vehicle...

246
00:18:11,024 --> 00:18:13,319
I'm awaiting instructions. Over.

247
00:18:13,728 --> 00:18:17,598
Stay on its tail, unit 7,
and report your itinerary.

248
00:18:32,283 --> 00:18:36,452
Unit 8. Come in, unit 8.
This is Control.

249
00:18:36,682 --> 00:18:39,831
Unit 8 to Control.
8 to Control, over.

250
00:18:39,861 --> 00:18:43,050
Unit 8,
subject heading towards city.

251
00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:45,910
Proceed to rendezvous point.
Over.

252
00:18:45,940 --> 00:18:47,929
Message understood. Out.

253
00:18:53,837 --> 00:18:56,311
Unit 8 to Control.
8 to Control.

254
00:18:56,311 --> 00:18:58,686
I can see them now.
We're their tail, over.

255
00:18:58,756 --> 00:19:00,805
Unit 10, unit 10,

256
00:19:00,815 --> 00:19:03,085
Join cars 7 and 8.

257
00:19:03,594 --> 00:19:05,724
We'll be one step ahead
of him this time, alright.

258
00:19:05,754 --> 00:19:07,343
You know where he's going then?

259
00:19:07,343 --> 00:19:10,133
No, but I fancy I can guess,
Captain Hastings.

260
00:19:10,573 --> 00:19:12,102
Chinatown.

261
00:19:48,702 --> 00:19:51,701
The subject has alighted
and paid off taxi.

262
00:19:52,421 --> 00:19:55,310
Subject seems to be waiting for someone.

263
00:20:00,658 --> 00:20:05,547
Subject being joined by two Orientals,
one with a briefcase.

264
00:20:13,255 --> 00:20:16,109
Subject now being handed briefcase.

265
00:20:16,109 --> 00:20:18,464
It's a probable pick-up.

266
00:20:19,193 --> 00:20:21,023
Cars 8 and 10.

267
00:20:22,332 --> 00:20:24,082
Are you in position, over?

268
00:20:24,692 --> 00:20:29,021
Car 8 to Control.
In position now, sir. Over.

269
00:20:29,450 --> 00:20:32,504
Car 10 to Control.
10 to Control.

270
00:20:32,504 --> 00:20:34,959
Moving into position. Over.

271
00:20:43,746 --> 00:20:45,576
Subject moving off.

272
00:20:47,665 --> 00:20:49,955
Steady, lads. Wait for it.

273
00:20:54,043 --> 00:20:58,373
Control to units 7, 8 and 10.

274
00:20:58,802 --> 00:21:00,072
Get him!

275
00:21:25,555 --> 00:21:29,124
Reginald Dyer, I must ask you to
accompany me to the police station.

276
00:21:29,134 --> 00:21:31,103
And I must warn you that anything you say

277
00:21:31,103 --> 00:21:34,672
will be taken down and may be
used in evidence against you.

278
00:21:40,291 --> 00:21:41,640
We've got him!

279
00:21:41,470 --> 00:21:42,619
Jolly good.

280
00:21:42,619 --> 00:21:43,769
Good work!

281
00:21:44,319 --> 00:21:45,819
Jolly good.

282
00:21:46,010 --> 00:21:47,510
Splendid, sir!

283
00:21:49,668 --> 00:21:52,627
So you reckon this Reggie Dyer
killed our Mr Ling?

284
00:21:52,667 --> 00:21:54,361
I'll know more when I've questioned him.

285
00:21:54,361 --> 00:21:55,656
You coming along, Poirot?

286
00:21:55,686 --> 00:21:58,146
The name you discovered
in the notebook of Mr Ling...

287
00:21:58,186 --> 00:22:00,745
Charles Lester? We've tried him
twice this morning, he was out.

288
00:22:00,765 --> 00:22:02,954
- Well, it may be of no worth...
- Be my guest.

289
00:22:02,984 --> 00:22:05,693
For the moment I've got
more important fish to fry.

290
00:22:06,503 --> 00:22:07,785
Well, Hastings.

291
00:22:07,785 --> 00:22:11,032
While the Chief-Inspector
is frying his important fish,

292
00:22:11,062 --> 00:22:13,971
let us see what we can catch.

293
00:22:28,517 --> 00:22:30,896
Wu Ling, Wu Ling...

294
00:22:31,456 --> 00:22:34,006
The name is one I recall...

295
00:22:34,035 --> 00:22:37,385
Yes! Rangoon! Right.

296
00:22:37,414 --> 00:22:39,508
We'd done one or two deals together.

297
00:22:39,508 --> 00:22:41,603
I guess he was just planning to look me up.

298
00:22:41,633 --> 00:22:43,507
Be a natural thing to do

299
00:22:43,507 --> 00:22:46,582
and that's why he had my name
written down on his book.

300
00:22:47,592 --> 00:22:51,361
And yet he had not contacted you
since his arrival here in London?

301
00:22:51,910 --> 00:22:54,370
You guys coming in here,
this the first I've heard of him.

302
00:22:57,069 --> 00:22:59,383
I thank you for your time, monsieur,

303
00:22:59,383 --> 00:23:02,198
and we will disturb you no longer.

304
00:23:02,407 --> 00:23:04,117
I really wish I could be more help.

305
00:23:04,147 --> 00:23:07,876
I mean, I know you're like one of
England's top gumshoes, right?

306
00:23:08,386 --> 00:23:11,215
I admire your work greatly.

307
00:23:12,065 --> 00:23:13,614
Thank you.

308
00:23:17,123 --> 00:23:19,173
You wrote this, Mr Lester?

309
00:23:19,203 --> 00:23:20,717
Take it, my compliments.

310
00:23:20,717 --> 00:23:22,232
You a speculator, too?

311
00:23:22,262 --> 00:23:25,891
Well, I dabble, you know.
Guilds, consoles.

312
00:23:25,921 --> 00:23:27,271
Hastings.

313
00:23:29,260 --> 00:23:31,109
Thank you. I'll study it with interest.

314
00:23:31,139 --> 00:23:33,308
Right. And if you want me to
suggest a few schemes,

315
00:23:33,308 --> 00:23:34,678
my number's right on the back.

316
00:23:34,718 --> 00:23:36,308
No obligation.

317
00:23:36,538 --> 00:23:39,107
Good day, Mr Lester.

318
00:23:39,337 --> 00:23:40,927
So long, Hercule!

319
00:23:47,715 --> 00:23:50,504
My dear fellow, I don't know
anything about a map.

320
00:23:50,534 --> 00:23:53,228
All I did was have a couple of drinks

321
00:23:53,228 --> 00:23:55,523
with a chap on the boat back from Hong Kong.

322
00:23:56,252 --> 00:23:58,522
Does that make me a murderer?

323
00:23:58,592 --> 00:24:02,041
I suppose you won this
on the Irish Sweepstake.

324
00:24:02,451 --> 00:24:04,400
You've got nothing on me, Japp.

325
00:24:04,710 --> 00:24:08,259
Not a single shred of evidence
to keep me here a minute longer.

326
00:24:08,289 --> 00:24:09,623
Listen, Dyer.

327
00:24:09,623 --> 00:24:13,258
I'm gonna nail your grubby little hide
if it takes from now until...

328
00:24:15,367 --> 00:24:17,036
Mr Dyer's solicitor, sir.

329
00:24:17,266 --> 00:24:20,426
Good morning, Mr Dyer.
This won't take long.

330
00:24:33,862 --> 00:24:36,631
Do you recognize anybody
in these photographs?

331
00:24:41,700 --> 00:24:43,494
They're not very good quality,
are they?

332
00:24:43,494 --> 00:24:44,689
Never mind about the quality.

333
00:24:44,719 --> 00:24:47,248
It is the man who came
for Mr Ling or isn't it?

334
00:24:47,258 --> 00:24:50,647
No. No, it's definitely not him,
definitely not him.

335
00:24:52,436 --> 00:24:54,970
Oh. It stands to reason, I suppose.

336
00:24:54,970 --> 00:24:56,787
Dyer's too canny to show himself.

337
00:24:56,787 --> 00:24:58,205
He would have an accomplice.

338
00:24:59,774 --> 00:25:01,204
Excuse me.

339
00:25:02,174 --> 00:25:03,568
This Monsieur Wu Ling,

340
00:25:03,568 --> 00:25:05,963
he spoke with the American accent, yes?

341
00:25:05,952 --> 00:25:08,284
Erm... yes.

342
00:25:08,284 --> 00:25:10,882
I believe he did,
now that you've come to mention it.

343
00:25:12,791 --> 00:25:14,300
Thank you.

344
00:25:18,129 --> 00:25:19,479
Shall we go?

345
00:25:32,185 --> 00:25:33,655
American accent?

346
00:25:33,685 --> 00:25:36,314
The Americans always put the month
before the date, Hastings.

347
00:25:36,364 --> 00:25:37,464
Ah!

348
00:25:37,484 --> 00:25:39,193
Yes, they're very backward people.

349
00:25:39,523 --> 00:25:41,117
You know, if you'll excuse me,

350
00:25:41,117 --> 00:25:43,612
I'll just pop back and have another
word with that chap Lester.

351
00:25:43,612 --> 00:25:45,541
One or two of his schemes looked
quite interesting.

352
00:25:45,541 --> 00:25:48,311
I must just...
Oh, damn.

353
00:25:49,181 --> 00:25:51,230
Excuse me, I think one
of you dropped this.

354
00:25:51,260 --> 00:25:53,010
- Oh, thank you.
- You're welcome.

355
00:25:53,379 --> 00:25:54,874
Well I'll be damned.

356
00:25:54,874 --> 00:25:56,369
Something is the matter, monsieur?

357
00:25:56,399 --> 00:25:58,388
It's him! No question about it.

358
00:25:58,478 --> 00:26:01,257
This is the fellow that
called to see Mr Ling.

359
00:26:08,295 --> 00:26:10,289
I guess I panicked. Er...

360
00:26:10,389 --> 00:26:13,384
When I read about the murder,
you see...

361
00:26:13,674 --> 00:26:15,868
This kind of thing, it's er...

362
00:26:15,868 --> 00:26:17,963
not exactly good for business.

363
00:26:18,232 --> 00:26:20,782
Right now it's not exactly good for you.

364
00:26:28,250 --> 00:26:29,679
Okay.

365
00:26:30,900 --> 00:26:32,400
Okay.

366
00:26:35,208 --> 00:26:36,977
Okay, this guy, Ling.

367
00:26:38,147 --> 00:26:41,516
Er, I lied about doing some
deals with him before.

368
00:26:41,546 --> 00:26:44,495
The fact is I've never met him,
I've never heard of him before in my life.

369
00:26:44,865 --> 00:26:48,219
Suddenly, he just calls up out of the blue

370
00:26:48,219 --> 00:26:51,674
and tells me he's just arrived
in the country and he er..

371
00:26:51,703 --> 00:26:53,572
has something I might be interested in.

372
00:26:53,602 --> 00:26:56,392
And so you go to meet him at his hotel?

373
00:26:56,822 --> 00:27:00,831
We have one drink and then we go off
in a cab somewhere, some Chinese dive.

374
00:27:01,700 --> 00:27:03,654
Well ah, halfway through the meal,

375
00:27:03,654 --> 00:27:05,731
he gets up to go use the phone and er...

376
00:27:05,731 --> 00:27:07,209
he never comes back.

377
00:27:07,939 --> 00:27:10,028
That's the last I ever saw of him.

378
00:27:10,138 --> 00:27:14,607
This Chinese dive, they can verify
your story, I hope.

379
00:27:15,016 --> 00:27:20,525
Well I, I can't be exactly sure where it was.

380
00:27:21,515 --> 00:27:25,064
The body of Mr Wu Ling was found
in an alley near to the docks.

381
00:27:25,094 --> 00:27:27,763
No. No, it was er...

382
00:27:27,573 --> 00:27:30,122
...nowhere near the docks,
I would've remembered.

383
00:27:31,952 --> 00:27:33,846
You have to believe me,
I didn't kill the guy.

384
00:27:33,846 --> 00:27:35,241
I mean, why would I want to kill him?

385
00:28:02,363 --> 00:28:03,793
Mr Lester?

386
00:28:05,522 --> 00:28:10,076
I er..., I have to go out now,
Miss Boreham.

387
00:28:10,476 --> 00:28:12,731
I can't say when I'll be back.

388
00:28:23,877 --> 00:28:25,571
Chinatown.

389
00:28:25,671 --> 00:28:27,466
That's the key to this puzzle.

390
00:28:27,556 --> 00:28:30,830
When we get to the root of it,
we'll find it's the Tongs.

391
00:28:30,830 --> 00:28:33,165
Ah, the Tongs.
Right.

392
00:28:33,155 --> 00:28:36,404
You know how many years
I've been after those vermin now?

393
00:28:36,434 --> 00:28:39,803
- Seven.
- Seven long years.

394
00:28:39,993 --> 00:28:42,302
And this time they're
not gonna slip the leash.

395
00:28:42,352 --> 00:28:45,101
You seem very sure of your ground,
Chief-Inspector.

396
00:28:45,191 --> 00:28:46,621
Well, it all fits, doesn't it?

397
00:28:46,651 --> 00:28:48,760
Reggie Dyer meets Ling on the boat,

398
00:28:48,760 --> 00:28:50,570
finds out about the lost mine,

399
00:28:50,610 --> 00:28:53,064
sells the information to these Oriental devils

400
00:28:53,064 --> 00:28:55,138
who then carve him up
and make off with the map!

401
00:28:55,568 --> 00:28:59,957
Scuttling back to their evil nests
down in the East End.

402
00:29:01,807 --> 00:29:04,476
I'm not sure about this chap Lester.

403
00:29:04,776 --> 00:29:07,245
He's a strange piece of work.

404
00:29:08,885 --> 00:29:10,514
What do you say, Poirot?

405
00:29:12,564 --> 00:29:15,753
In my opinion,
there is but one solution.

406
00:29:16,422 --> 00:29:19,472
To build a house on Whitechapel.

407
00:29:19,621 --> 00:29:22,015
- Eh?
- Whitechapel?

408
00:29:22,015 --> 00:29:24,810
That's ambitious stuff, Poirot.
Quite certain?

409
00:29:24,940 --> 00:29:26,890
Quite certain, thank you, Hastings.

410
00:29:27,379 --> 00:29:32,648
Yes indeed, Chief-Inspector,
there are curious features about this case.

411
00:29:32,658 --> 00:29:36,927
Par example, the cigarette stubs
in the ashtray of Mr Wu Ling.

412
00:29:37,217 --> 00:29:38,631
Cigarette stubs?

413
00:29:38,631 --> 00:29:41,546
The color of the ends.
You observed it, of course?

414
00:29:42,195 --> 00:29:46,204
Then there is the mystery
of the matches in the suitcase.

415
00:29:46,134 --> 00:29:48,468
Why there's a man with a full box of matches

416
00:29:48,468 --> 00:29:50,503
ask for another to light his cigarette?

417
00:29:51,273 --> 00:29:52,702
Why does he?

418
00:29:53,072 --> 00:29:55,376
Well, when we'll know that,

419
00:29:55,876 --> 00:29:58,381
no doubt we will have our solution.

420
00:30:00,370 --> 00:30:01,880
No doubt.

421
00:30:04,629 --> 00:30:06,898
Well... good night, gentlemen.

422
00:30:07,308 --> 00:30:09,278
Good night, Chief-Inspector.

423
00:30:16,306 --> 00:30:18,415
Inscrutable folk, the Chinese.

424
00:30:19,585 --> 00:30:21,254
Quite so, Hastings.

425
00:30:22,424 --> 00:30:23,893
Quite so.

426
00:30:26,323 --> 00:30:28,392
Has Chief-Inspector Japp gone?

427
00:30:28,422 --> 00:30:30,232
He has left just this second.

428
00:30:30,262 --> 00:30:33,176
There's a phone call for him from a Mrs Lester.

429
00:30:33,176 --> 00:30:35,390
She sounds quite hysterical.

430
00:30:36,820 --> 00:30:38,729
I will take it in here, Miss Lemon.

431
00:30:43,458 --> 00:30:44,928
Hello, Madame Lester?

432
00:30:46,557 --> 00:30:48,411
Madame, please try to be calm, huh?

433
00:30:48,411 --> 00:30:49,538
It is Hercule Poirot.

434
00:30:50,538 --> 00:30:51,666
Yes.

435
00:30:52,555 --> 00:30:54,105
You are certain?

436
00:30:54,495 --> 00:30:58,564
Your husband left his office this afternoon
by taxi and he has not returned?

437
00:31:00,753 --> 00:31:03,153
And to where has he taken this taxi?

438
00:31:04,512 --> 00:31:06,022
I see.

439
00:31:08,411 --> 00:31:09,761
Chinatown.

440
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:49,954
You're absolutely sure?

441
00:31:49,954 --> 00:31:51,909
Oh yes. And they're peaking now,

442
00:31:51,939 --> 00:31:54,418
but I've heard a whisper
they may be riding for a fall.

443
00:31:54,738 --> 00:31:58,367
- Right. So, sell the zinc...
- Miss Lemon.

444
00:31:59,277 --> 00:32:01,986
- Not one telephone call this morning?
- No.

445
00:32:02,876 --> 00:32:04,665
This letter came second post.

446
00:32:08,894 --> 00:32:11,323
- Thank you.
- So what about the United Gold?

447
00:32:11,333 --> 00:32:13,287
That's pretty solid blue chip.

448
00:32:13,287 --> 00:32:14,842
In fact, you could do a lot worse...

449
00:32:15,112 --> 00:32:18,001
That is viciously intolerable!

450
00:32:19,631 --> 00:32:21,620
My cheque to the telephone company,

451
00:32:22,910 --> 00:32:24,740
it had been returned by the bank!

452
00:32:29,628 --> 00:32:31,498
They're threatening to cut us off!

453
00:32:33,107 --> 00:32:36,596
Miss Lemon, get me the chairman of the
telephone company on the phone this instant!

454
00:32:49,115 --> 00:32:51,815
My financial affairs have always
been beyond reproach.

455
00:32:51,965 --> 00:32:55,565
Four hundred and forty four pounds,
four shillings and four pence.

456
00:32:55,692 --> 00:32:58,092
It is a point of principle and of this?

457
00:32:59,260 --> 00:33:02,119
Good morning. Is Mr Poirot in?

458
00:33:02,219 --> 00:33:05,528
- Yes. It's Mrs...?
- Lester.

459
00:33:05,738 --> 00:33:08,167
Mrs Charles Lester.

460
00:33:16,575 --> 00:33:19,509
Car 1 to Control.
Car 1 to Control.

461
00:33:19,509 --> 00:33:23,244
Proceeding to Chinatown district
to interview a Mr Ho,

462
00:33:23,274 --> 00:33:25,943
known associate of Reginald Dyer.

463
00:33:33,590 --> 00:33:35,684
Good afternoon, gents.
Sorry to break up the fun,

464
00:33:35,684 --> 00:33:37,879
but there's one or two questions
we'll like to ask you.

465
00:33:40,288 --> 00:33:42,722
We know Reggie Dyer is a friend of yours,

466
00:33:42,722 --> 00:33:44,757
we know you've done business with him,

467
00:33:44,787 --> 00:33:46,457
so let me put it this way, Mr Ho.

468
00:33:46,487 --> 00:33:50,136
You will be wanting your license
for this place renewed?

469
00:33:55,064 --> 00:33:57,334
Okay. Okay.

470
00:33:58,143 --> 00:34:01,812
I'll tell you what I know
about Mr Dyer.

471
00:34:12,419 --> 00:34:15,288
I just want him back, Mr Poirot.

472
00:34:15,688 --> 00:34:18,158
He's not an evil man.

473
00:34:18,158 --> 00:34:20,967
I just wish I knew what was going on.

474
00:34:25,196 --> 00:34:27,625
All I ask, madame, is that
you tell me the truth.

475
00:34:28,255 --> 00:34:30,984
No matter how bad it may seem
for your husband.

476
00:34:34,133 --> 00:34:35,483
Well...

477
00:34:36,313 --> 00:34:38,477
He's been a changed man

478
00:34:38,877 --> 00:34:40,641
for some months now.

479
00:34:41,451 --> 00:34:43,645
Such different moods.

480
00:34:43,645 --> 00:34:46,240
One moment so calm and relaxed,

481
00:34:46,410 --> 00:34:48,484
and then suddenly.

482
00:34:49,284 --> 00:34:51,358
Oh God, if you could see him.

483
00:34:52,068 --> 00:34:55,397
And then, yesterday morning,

484
00:34:55,397 --> 00:34:58,027
I was going through the wardrobe and...

485
00:34:58,866 --> 00:35:00,696
I found...

486
00:35:01,306 --> 00:35:03,635
Yes, madame,
what is it that you found?

487
00:35:05,125 --> 00:35:06,954
His dark blue suit.

488
00:35:07,824 --> 00:35:11,723
The trousers were damp at the bottom,
caked with dirt.

489
00:35:12,722 --> 00:35:14,312
And then...

490
00:35:16,661 --> 00:35:20,290
...this fell out of his jacket.

491
00:35:34,776 --> 00:35:36,966
The passport of Mr Wu Ling.

492
00:35:37,076 --> 00:35:40,105
You said the truth, Mr Poirot.

493
00:35:42,734 --> 00:35:44,204
Yes, madame.

494
00:35:51,891 --> 00:35:53,281
Come on, lads.

495
00:35:58,769 --> 00:36:00,199
'Round the back.

496
00:36:01,649 --> 00:36:03,838
Police. Come on!

497
00:36:34,279 --> 00:36:36,314
You wish to play, Chief-Inspector?

498
00:36:36,314 --> 00:36:37,949
No, thank you.

499
00:36:38,278 --> 00:36:39,768
Over here, sir.

500
00:36:39,768 --> 00:36:40,958
Excuse me.

501
00:36:44,277 --> 00:36:46,131
White foreign devil!

502
00:36:46,131 --> 00:36:47,386
Intruder.

503
00:36:49,915 --> 00:36:51,465
What's this?

504
00:36:53,954 --> 00:36:56,983
What did our friend across
the road tell us, Jameson?

505
00:36:57,553 --> 00:37:00,422
"The red eye", I think he said.

506
00:37:03,111 --> 00:37:05,425
It's just a cellar, sir.

507
00:37:05,425 --> 00:37:07,640
Storage facilities.

508
00:37:07,630 --> 00:37:08,900
Really?

509
00:37:12,329 --> 00:37:15,958
Cor blimey.
What is it, sir?

510
00:37:16,068 --> 00:37:18,082
Opium, sergeant.

511
00:37:18,582 --> 00:37:20,597
Passport to paradise.

512
00:37:44,500 --> 00:37:46,799
Chow Feng. How's business?

513
00:37:46,579 --> 00:37:47,889
Hello, Reggie.

514
00:37:52,298 --> 00:37:53,952
Well now, Reggie?

515
00:37:54,052 --> 00:37:56,706
This is what I call being caught in the act.

516
00:37:56,816 --> 00:37:58,206
Look.

517
00:37:58,656 --> 00:38:00,485
There's been some mistake.

518
00:38:08,533 --> 00:38:12,662
You brought back one or two
holiday souvenirs from the Far East, I see.

519
00:38:18,210 --> 00:38:20,344
You're gonna need more than a clever dick lawyer

520
00:38:20,344 --> 00:38:22,579
to save your skin this time, my boy.

521
00:38:22,809 --> 00:38:24,119
Sir.

522
00:38:24,409 --> 00:38:26,078
Don't we know him?

523
00:38:31,927 --> 00:38:35,196
Yes. His name's Lester.

524
00:38:48,802 --> 00:38:50,416
It would appear from this telegram

525
00:38:50,416 --> 00:38:53,131
that Dyer has now been arrested
for the smuggling of opium

526
00:38:53,761 --> 00:38:57,339
and Lester also has been
found in the den.

527
00:38:56,959 --> 00:38:58,314
That wraps it up then.

528
00:38:58,314 --> 00:39:00,069
Lester's already lied to us once.

529
00:39:00,099 --> 00:39:02,088
What his wife told us confirms it.

530
00:39:01,918 --> 00:39:04,747
He murdered Ling and stole the map.
Case closed.

531
00:39:05,797 --> 00:39:07,307
Yes.

532
00:39:11,995 --> 00:39:14,765
£450, if you please, Hastings.

533
00:39:19,953 --> 00:39:22,342
Of course, he's still
in a deep coma.

534
00:39:23,792 --> 00:39:26,581
They will not be able to question him
for several hours.

535
00:39:27,031 --> 00:39:28,541
Thank you.

536
00:39:30,670 --> 00:39:33,419
Just one good throw,
that's all I need.

537
00:39:40,807 --> 00:39:42,357
A double!

538
00:39:43,386 --> 00:39:44,896
"Chance".

539
00:39:47,625 --> 00:39:50,455
"Go to jail".
Wonderful.

540
00:39:51,504 --> 00:39:53,238
You are right, Hastings.

541
00:39:53,238 --> 00:39:55,573
It is indeed wonderful.

542
00:39:55,823 --> 00:39:58,782
Suddenly, the whole thing
has become perfectly clear!

543
00:39:59,902 --> 00:40:01,371
Viens.

544
00:40:01,781 --> 00:40:03,531
Where are we going now?

545
00:40:33,572 --> 00:40:34,882
Mr Poirot!

546
00:40:44,049 --> 00:40:45,439
Mr Poirot!

547
00:40:46,089 --> 00:40:47,963
Ah Lord Pearson!

548
00:40:48,163 --> 00:40:49,838
You have received my message.

549
00:40:49,968 --> 00:40:51,402
Of course.

550
00:40:51,402 --> 00:40:53,437
I came as soon as I could.
What's happened?

551
00:40:53,607 --> 00:40:55,896
There have been one or
two developments, sir,

552
00:40:55,896 --> 00:40:57,786
which I think you may be able to help us with.

553
00:40:57,826 --> 00:41:00,125
Certainly. Anything I can.

554
00:41:04,484 --> 00:41:06,073
Do we have him at last?

555
00:41:09,922 --> 00:41:11,352
Do we have the killer?

556
00:41:11,482 --> 00:41:14,731
Oh yes. We have the killer,
mon ami.

557
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:18,214
This man is Mr Charles Lester.

558
00:41:18,214 --> 00:41:20,829
Former business contact of Wu Ling

559
00:41:20,859 --> 00:41:23,348
and part-time opium addict.

560
00:41:23,718 --> 00:41:25,228
Couple of hours ago,

561
00:41:25,258 --> 00:41:28,047
we searched his office and we
came up with this map,

562
00:41:28,437 --> 00:41:31,296
which I'm sure you'll be
able to identify for us

563
00:41:31,296 --> 00:41:34,155
as the map to the lost silver mine.

564
00:41:38,214 --> 00:41:42,483
Well, my Chinese isn't very good,
Chief-Inspector, but ah...

565
00:41:42,653 --> 00:41:45,522
whatever this is,
it isn't the map to the mine.

566
00:41:46,612 --> 00:41:49,041
It looks more like some page
from an atlas or something.

567
00:41:50,831 --> 00:41:52,340
An atlas?

568
00:41:54,210 --> 00:41:58,419
Well, looks like you don't have a shred
of evidence to keep me here, Inspector.

569
00:41:58,449 --> 00:41:59,918
Am I correct?

570
00:42:00,268 --> 00:42:02,837
In which case, I take it I'm free to go.

571
00:42:02,837 --> 00:42:04,607
I think not, monsieur.

572
00:42:05,107 --> 00:42:07,736
If you did not kill Mr Wu Ling,

573
00:42:08,136 --> 00:42:11,165
perhaps you can explain

574
00:42:12,145 --> 00:42:15,214
how your wife came to find this
in your jacket pocket.

575
00:42:18,483 --> 00:42:20,472
I don't have any idea.
I...

576
00:42:21,462 --> 00:42:24,971
- I..., I didn't kill this...
- Of course he killed him!

577
00:42:25,221 --> 00:42:27,135
There's your evidence, right there!

578
00:42:27,135 --> 00:42:28,450
Wu Ling's passport!

579
00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:31,429
But I did not say it was the passport
of Mr Wu Ling, my friend,

580
00:42:31,499 --> 00:42:33,649
so how could you possibly have known?

581
00:42:33,679 --> 00:42:35,908
Well, goddamn it, I can see
what it is from here!

582
00:42:35,938 --> 00:42:39,337
Indeed! But this is not a passport.
No!

583
00:42:39,357 --> 00:42:42,446
It is a set of rules for the
game of Monopoly.

584
00:42:52,933 --> 00:42:55,403
But... you just...

585
00:42:56,332 --> 00:42:58,146
Lord Pearson.

586
00:42:58,146 --> 00:43:00,961
I'm afraid you're under
arrest for murder.

587
00:43:03,330 --> 00:43:05,460
You set this whole thing up!

588
00:43:08,049 --> 00:43:10,018
You brought me here
to identify the map.

589
00:43:10,048 --> 00:43:12,158
But you already have the map, mon ami.

590
00:43:12,408 --> 00:43:15,207
You stole it from Mr Wu Ling
on the very day of his arrival,

591
00:43:15,247 --> 00:43:18,156
when you had him brutally killed
by your Chinese thugs.

592
00:43:22,285 --> 00:43:25,574
Oh yes, Lord Pearson
knows Chinatown well.

593
00:43:25,404 --> 00:43:29,543
He himself likes to gamble
here in the Red Dragon,

594
00:43:29,643 --> 00:43:32,322
where Monsieur Lester
is also a frequent visitor

595
00:43:32,362 --> 00:43:34,992
to the casino's opium dens.

596
00:43:46,638 --> 00:43:50,187
Each night, you satisfy your passion
for gambling, Lord Pearson,

597
00:43:50,217 --> 00:43:54,646
as each night, Mr Lester satisfies
his craving for the drug.

598
00:43:55,476 --> 00:43:58,235
Here, amidst the smoke and sweat
of the Red Dragon,

599
00:43:58,255 --> 00:44:00,404
dark dreams are dreamt

600
00:44:00,274 --> 00:44:03,204
and dark thoughts become reality.

601
00:44:03,833 --> 00:44:06,942
The weakness of the other man
begins to fascinate you

602
00:44:06,972 --> 00:44:11,281
and one evening, when you have gambled
and lost even more heavily than usual,

603
00:44:11,711 --> 00:44:14,180
you see how to make use of it.

604
00:44:17,429 --> 00:44:21,578
You devise a plan to frame
Mr Lester for the crime.

605
00:44:21,948 --> 00:44:25,577
First, you arrange for one of your
accomplices to pose as Mr Wu Ling

606
00:44:25,807 --> 00:44:27,437
and check in at his hotel.

607
00:44:34,065 --> 00:44:36,259
My name is Wu Ling.

608
00:44:36,559 --> 00:44:38,254
Han Wu Ling.

609
00:44:38,664 --> 00:44:40,653
I have a reservation.

610
00:44:41,103 --> 00:44:43,172
In order to match Monsieur Wu Ling,

611
00:44:43,202 --> 00:44:45,252
he has to blacken the teeth
and of course,

612
00:44:45,282 --> 00:44:47,711
the color comes off on the end of the cigarettes.

613
00:44:52,580 --> 00:44:54,689
You have a box of matches, please?

614
00:44:54,919 --> 00:44:57,153
He asks for a box of matches,

615
00:44:57,153 --> 00:44:59,788
because of course, he does not
know he already has one.

616
00:44:59,818 --> 00:45:02,807
Remember, it was not his suitcase.

617
00:45:06,136 --> 00:45:08,645
The name and address of Mr Lester

618
00:45:08,675 --> 00:45:11,304
is then carefully planted
into the notebook of Mr Wu Ling,

619
00:45:11,374 --> 00:45:13,444
for the police to find later.

620
00:45:15,333 --> 00:45:18,662
The next day, Mr Lester
is summoned to the hotel,

621
00:45:18,692 --> 00:45:20,706
believing it to be a business meeting,

622
00:45:20,706 --> 00:45:22,721
and knowing his weakness for opium,

623
00:45:22,851 --> 00:45:26,400
the accomplice lures him to the Red Dragon.

624
00:45:29,889 --> 00:45:31,359
Hopelessly drugged,

625
00:45:31,589 --> 00:45:36,577
the poor Mr Lester is dumped
beside the body of Mr Wu Ling.

626
00:45:40,406 --> 00:45:42,260
Where you place into his pocket

627
00:45:42,260 --> 00:45:44,715
the passport of the victim.

628
00:45:51,043 --> 00:45:54,672
He comes to, he sees the body...

629
00:45:56,182 --> 00:45:57,811
What is he to think?

630
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:05,724
That he has committed murder

631
00:46:05,724 --> 00:46:07,809
under the influence of the drug.

632
00:46:20,275 --> 00:46:21,784
You see, my friend,

633
00:46:22,214 --> 00:46:25,573
you made one little error early on

634
00:46:25,573 --> 00:46:27,933
which alerted my suspicion.

635
00:46:28,113 --> 00:46:30,647
You told the security guard at the bank,

636
00:46:30,647 --> 00:46:33,781
"No, this is not Mr Wu Ling".

637
00:46:34,911 --> 00:46:37,060
No, this isn't Mr Wu Ling!

638
00:46:41,389 --> 00:46:43,918
An interesting statement,
n'est ce pas?

639
00:46:44,808 --> 00:46:47,957
From someone who claimed
never to have met him in his life!

640
00:46:49,067 --> 00:46:50,761
Well we've...

641
00:46:50,761 --> 00:46:52,956
never actually met.

642
00:46:56,645 --> 00:46:58,799
But it is not only here in the Red Dragon

643
00:46:58,799 --> 00:47:00,354
that you like to gamble, Lord Pearson.

644
00:47:00,424 --> 00:47:03,493
Also, I understand,
on the stock exchange, yes?

645
00:47:03,743 --> 00:47:07,872
The collapse of the Imperial Trust
must have hit you very hard.

646
00:47:08,301 --> 00:47:10,735
And the sale of the map

647
00:47:10,735 --> 00:47:14,070
would have more than
compensated for your losses.

648
00:47:18,019 --> 00:47:19,528
Lord Pearson.

649
00:48:01,087 --> 00:48:02,316
Good morning.

650
00:48:02,516 --> 00:48:04,046
Good morning, Miss Lemon.

651
00:48:04,246 --> 00:48:06,160
You're in the high spirits today.

652
00:48:06,160 --> 00:48:09,337
Yes, my shares are up another 9½ points.

653
00:48:09,337 --> 00:48:10,814
Isn't it wonderful?

654
00:48:10,844 --> 00:48:12,654
I thought I advised you
to sell yesterday?

655
00:48:12,684 --> 00:48:15,063
I know, but Mr Poirot
advised me to wait.

656
00:48:15,283 --> 00:48:16,712
Well! Some tisane?

657
00:48:16,842 --> 00:48:18,712
Thank you very much,
Miss Lemon.

658
00:48:19,641 --> 00:48:22,111
Oh. Mr Poirot. I say.

659
00:48:22,741 --> 00:48:25,855
Yes, Miss Lemon, the tables, they have
been turned around, have they not?

660
00:48:25,855 --> 00:48:28,069
No no, this envelope.

661
00:48:28,819 --> 00:48:31,563
This is the cheque from Lord Avery,

662
00:48:31,563 --> 00:48:33,908
for the naval secrets' case.

663
00:48:33,978 --> 00:48:37,407
This should have gone into
your account ten days ago.

664
00:48:41,155 --> 00:48:43,229
Miss Lemon, you are in the right.

665
00:48:43,229 --> 00:48:45,504
Argh! This is the reason I am overdrawn!

666
00:48:45,434 --> 00:48:49,903
I think I'd better pop down to the bank
with this right away, don't you?

667
00:48:50,593 --> 00:48:53,502
So, the bank's figures
were right after all, eh?

668
00:48:53,712 --> 00:48:55,861
Usually are, I'm afraid.

669
00:48:55,711 --> 00:48:57,141
Incroyable.

670
00:48:59,870 --> 00:49:02,020
To think, all this time...

671
00:49:06,388 --> 00:49:09,898
Rent, Hastings.
£2,000, if you please.

672
00:49:24,183 --> 00:49:25,573
Thank you.

673
00:49:28,862 --> 00:49:30,332
You know, mon ami.

674
00:49:31,221 --> 00:49:33,931
About this game,
you were right all the time.

675
00:49:36,220 --> 00:49:38,769
It is the skill that counts,
in the end.

676
00:49:48,369 --> 00:49:52,834
resynched and extensively corrected by
vanTransyl. 2011-07-25