All language subtitles for Das Ratsel der Roten Orchidee 1962.Cg

I'II pass.

I'II see you.

See the 5, and raise 10.

Here's the 15.

And raise 20.

I wasn't bIuffing.

ReaIIy?

3 kings.
- Had me beat!

I don't Iike that Iight in my face.
- So we can't see your face when you're...

bIuffing us out of a game, boss?
- That's right, Joe. I don't want to be...

easy a target with Kerkie MineIIi around.
- Why isn't Gunner Steve here?

Must have picked upa babe.

Mr. O'Connor, pIease.

And 20.
- I'II see you.

Let it ring.
Now Iook, take a Iook at these.

RoyaI FIush!

HeIIo?
- O'Connor?

Right, Steve. What is it?
- MineIIi's boys are on the way.

Greetings from Kerkie MineIIi.

This is Kerkie MineIIi
- From the USA to ItaIy, one-way.

Be carefuI as Iong as you're
in the 3 miIe zone.

We don't want him back.
- ReIax. You don't think I'II swim...

to get back to a country that doesn't
want meand deports me to prove his point.

With O'Connor and his gang
you can pIay tough. But not with us.

What proof do you have? Nothing!
Petty IittIe charges and that's aII.

They were enough. I think in ItaIy
you won't be IoneIy.

Your oId friends are aII there.
- I can buy those. You know that.

In ItaIy, a man Iike me needs more
than the oId homeIand.

I'II be somewhere eIse.
- You better go.

Bon voyage!

Good morning. Your maiI, Mr. Parker.
- From you, I didn't expect anything eIse!

Good day, Sir.

Parker!

My Lord?
- I just can't see this.

Perhaps you need gIasses now,
My Lord.

Read it aIoud,
Parker, if you wiII.

''Nowadays, peopIe with a Iot of money
are more in danger than they ever were.

They need protection.
The pat...

The patrons of the rich,
for the sum of onIy 10.000 pounds,

are prepared to guarantee it.

If you accept, just pIace an ad in the
personaI coIumn of Wednesday's 'Times'.''

Great idea! But Wednesday is tomorrow!
- Read through to the end!

Oh yes, that's right.
There's more to it, here.

''If you refuse to pay,
or make a caII to the poIice,

you wiII be a dead man.''

It seems Iike insurance
with a strange company that charges...

remarkabIy high premiums for protection.
- It is extortion, Parker!

But I'm not frightened at aII.
- CertainIy not, My Lord.

In America among the savages
such a thing couId happen.

But among us in London...
- What to do you recommend I shouId do?

For me, there is no question at aII:

straight away to ScotIand Yard, Sir!

It's time for your medicine, Mr. Tanner.
- Medicine? Nonsense!

I must check these obIigations right now.
- The doctor said...

Dr. Jenkins is aII wrong.
Won't ever Iet me aIone. And you...

Who is that out there?
- Inspector Weston.

The master investigator himseIf!
- HeIIo Inspector Weston. PIease.

Thank you.

What brings you here, Mr. ScotIand Yard?
- You beIieve I came here to amuse myseIf?

You'd never come here just...
- It's aIright.

I had Inspector Weston come over.
- I suppose, you brought him in...

because you Iost something.
- A document of great importance was Iost.

I beIieve that it was stoIen, Inspector.
Perhaps the new butIer.

The 4th in this month. The Iast one
just couIdn't take it any Ionger...

being suspected aII the time.
- Did you write Ietters this morning?

You mean my Ietters mean something?

TeII me the purposeof those Ietters.
- I was checking up...

on rich new oiI fieIds coming in...
- In Tampico.

PIease Iook that up in the encycIopaedia.
- But certainIy, Mr. SherIock HoImes.

Why, thank you.

That's it. Is this what you Iost,
Mr. Tanner?

Yes! You're a genius, Weston.
- You're a magician.

You wouId do weII on the stage.
- It was not for anything that I came...

this Iast time.
- You mean I'm not going to see you ever?

I work in a new division, now.
Tomorrow, I begin working bIackmaiI.

''If you refuse to pay,
or make a caII to the poIice,

you wiII be a dead man.'' That's it.
They Ieft the corpse in front of our door.

I can't remember ever seeing
such a vicious crime, Sir John.

No wonder. They're using American methods.
- Any pIans, gentIemen?

I say we shouId watch aII persons
connected with bIackmaiIing,

or even suspected of the crime, Sir.
- We wouId be wasting our time.

These men have never operated in EngIand.
- You're new in the bIackmaiIing division.

You need a bit more experience
on the job.

We must hear him out.
What pIan do you offer?

My American coIIeague from the FBI,
who is famiIiar with this type of crime,

shouId be consuIted. He is in London, now.
- Come on, Weston. An outsider!

Inspector, haven't you ever heard
of internationaI cooperation?

That reaIIy makes sense. CouId you arrange
that the American come and see me?

I had hoped you wouId say that, Sir.
He's right outside.

Captain AIIerman of the FBI. Sir John.
Chief Inspector TetIey.

Very good, Captain AIIerman. Someof
your gangsters are visiting London.

CriminaIs Iike these present a threat
to every nation in the entire worId.

I know the methods of these rotten hoods.
And a human Iife means that.

Here is the demand
the murdered man received.

Huh. Letters cut and pasted.
''Patrons of the rich''.

It has the mark of O'Connor,
a gangster boss from Chicago.

You beIieve he's in London now?
- No Sir, O'Connor is dead.

He was shot down by a gang of gunmen
from an opposition gang.

His body was bIasted beyond recognition.
- Of O'Connor's gang no one escaped?

His Iieutenant, Gunner Steve.

Good morning to you, Sir.
A pack of cigarettes?

Good morning. Yes, a pack of ''PIayers''.
- A pIeasure.

Dirty coppers!
Dirty Coppers!

Stop it, Jackie!

That bird has no sense at aII.

The bird is as smart as his owner Steve,

who was the best student of O'Connor.
AII but my friends from ScotIand Yard...

are not behind the times.

You know what this is?
- A search warrant, obviousIy.

Any objections?
- My store is at your disposaI.

I suppose you know what I'm after.
- But AIIerman.

It doesn't change. It's the same 2 things.
ProbabIy a scissors...

you think I used simpIy
to cut Ietters out of a newspaper.

I see I'II find nothing.
One fine day, I know I'II find them both.

Mr. Tanner?
- Forget about that typing.

But you toId me that...
- Just stop.

I must taIk with you
about a probIem of my own.

One that affects you, too.
I wouId Iike to taIk with you...

about your own future if I may,
my dear.

Is marriage in your thoughts
at any time?

WeII, I guess it's normaI.
- WeII so, Miss Ranger.

For years you've coddIed and cared
for an oId man Iike me.

I couId be dead tomorrow.
- But the doctor...

Dr. Jenkins is wrong.
If God wiIIs, I'm dead tomorrow.

I'm quite sure of it.

Marry me, LiIIian,
as quickIy as possibIe.

You're serious? Get married?

Of course.
I know how oId I am.

But I want to protect your future.
What others may think,

I don't give a hoot.
- Such a wedding wouId Iook Iike...

WouId Iook Iike
I'm after your weaIth.

That couIdn't be the case,

since you've aIready been made my heiress.
I'II be sure that the testament...

wiII stand up in any eventuaIity.
- I don't understand.

I thought you had a nephew.
- That's exactIy the point I must make.

WhiIe you've been taking care of me
so weII,

he's been chasing aII over the worId
Iooking for orchids.

Even when he was needed,
after my heart attack 4 years ago,

the boy never even Iooked me up.
- I don't think he ever knew.

You shouId be writing him right now.
- No. He's just a good-for-nothing.

He never cared at aII about me!

What is this aII about?
I don't want my maiI...

served to me on a pIate, you fooI.
- With the bare hand, a butIer must not.

You won't be around very Iong.
In the space of one month,

there were 4 of you here.
- Thank you, Parker.

Of course. I'm not offended.
It's one of the first ruIes of good...

butIering to take each tiny hint...
- Get out!

As you wish, Sir.

See if it's important.
- Yes.

May I sit here?
- PIease.

Isn't this Miss Ranger?
- Right you are.

You're aIert as usuaI, Inspector.
- I never dreamed of a rendezvous...

but by coincidence...
- It's no coincidence.

You mean you came to see me? - Yes.
LiIIian...

I might have gone to ScotIand Yard but
I was afraid Mr. Tanner might get hurt.

A bIackmaiI Ietter came to him.

I hope you brought the message.
- Yes.

That man there has been foIIowing me.
- Put the note under the napkin.

The newspaper reports
of the ArIington murder warned me.

I'd kiss you right now, LiIIian.
But we have to pIay the game.

TeII Mr. Tanner to Iet nobody into his
house. I'II make sure...

Chief Inspector TetIey sends over 2 men
to act as personaI bodyguards for him.

But doesn't that itch?
That faIse beard, Mr. Parker?

Better take you medicine,
Mr. Tanner.

Don't worry, Parker has orders to...
- I think you'd better check upon him.

Parker, you understand that no one...
- You can be entireIy reIiant on me.

Any unauthorized person
wiII find that Parker bars the way.

We come from ScotIand Yard.
- My God!

Not so fast. I want identification!
- That's very wise.

Quite good.

PIease go inside.

These are the men Inspector Weston sent.
- I'm gIad to see you, gentIemen, indeed.

You're weII armed, of course?
- Very weII indeed, Mr. Tanner!

You won't escape!

Gangsters!

They've made good their threats
for the second time now.

From now on their victims wiII simpIy
pay aII without reporting it.

No, that can't happen here in EngIand.
- Don't brush off the difficuIties.

You've no idea how frightened peopIe
can actuaIIy be. They'II pay.

Even in London they're scared.

Weston? No, sorry.
Inspector TetIey isn't here.

What's that? In the ''Morning MaiI''?

20.000 pounds?
- Is it the bIackmaiIers?

Were the words in the Ietter cut out
of newspaper printing, Mr. SheIby?

Find out from him...

if a Iettered form was used.
- Yes, it is a sort of form Ietter, yes.

And my name is written in
on it in bIock Ietters.

Thank you for your report, Mr. SheIby.
I'd Iike your teIephone number, pIease.

Yes.

I'II be caIIing you in an hour.
PIease do nothing meanwhiIe.

Too bad but you have both of the worst
gangs in America to handIe.

What's the meaning of this form Ietter?
- Trademark of Kerkie MineIIi.

The gang boss from Chicago. He's the man
who had O'Connor's gang shoot down.

And now he's working in good oId EngIand.

Isn't London utterIy deIightfuI.
Chicago couIdn't touch you. I saw the most

marveIIous hat you couId imagine!
- DarIing, buy yourseIf a dozen...

but pIease, shut up!
- You reaIIy shouId have manners now.

Remember,
you'rean EngIish gentIeman.

I'm a what?
- Kerkie, darIing,

why don't you retire from business?
We have pIenty of moo-Iah put away!

I mean that we've moved
into a higher cIass.

There is never pIenty.
And London is a goIdmine.

Kerkie, dear, I'd be the high cIass wife
of a respectabIe miIIionaire.

But instead I just worry about you.
- You don't have to. Buy what you want to.

Buy out haIf of London.
But pIease, pIease!

Let me aIone for one second!
- You pay to your IittIe wife.

How's this:
We get a house in Ascona,

where onIy the finer cIasses go.
Join the cIub there,

and have our own IittIe chickadee.
- Your own cackIing is enough to stand!

With me, you better not make that...
- Another word and I'II...

PIease, MineIIi, you shouIdn't
threaten your own wife.

I heard you were in London, so I just
dropped over to sort of pay my respects.

How do you do? I am Mrs. MineIIi.
- Cora, this is Captain AIIerman,

an oId friend of mine.
We have private business to taIk about.

Cora!

I have no interest
in taIk of business.

Amusing you caII me your ''friend'',
Kerkie MineIIi. But I have onIy one.

This gun. And if anyone transfers
to London those rotten Chicago methods,

I'II take a hand in it. And I teII you...
- That thing...

That friend of yours...
it makes me nervous.

Thanks. I can reIax a IittIe now.

In EngIand there are strong Iaws
to care for Iaw-abiding citizens.

Besides, we shouId become friends,
AIIerman.

I know someone right now who needs
a private detective to whom he wouId

pay 10.000 DoIIar, I beIieve.

It's reaIIy a very easy job.
Just sit around and not bother anyone.

Keep your 10.000 DoIIar. I haven't
toId you why I actuaIIy came here.

Mr. SheIby has 20.000 DoIIar to pay
for the arrest of the bIackmaiIers,

who are threatening him.

You wouId be wise to Iet Mr. SheIby
off the hook. Pack your bagand...

get out of this town.
Before it's too Iate.

We'II see soon enough
who among us wiII be first...

to get out of theact.

Too sIow, buddy.

Inspector Weston? I guess the poIice
are stiII busy on this case.

I heard this is a meeting of those
affected by the estate of Mr. Tanner.

Does that incIude you, Inspector?
- PoIice are by nature curious.

It's a chance to see you again, LiIIian.
- Everybody's here.

OnIy Mr. Tanner's nephew is a IittIe Iate.
- Oh, the orchid-hunter from BraziI.

That's him.

Miss LiIIian Ranger.
- Yes, won't you pIease come in?

I guess you're Mr. Tanner.

I have Iooked forward to seeing you
after aII that my uncIe wrote to meand...

never mentioned just how IoveIy
you reaIIy are.

To be honest, I never imagined you
to Iook just as you do.

I'm afraid I don't Iook Iike uncIe.
Here, these fIowers are for you.

Tiger Orchids.
They're fresh from the tropics.

Oh, you shouIdn't, these...
- You took care of my uncIe for years.

And I... I hate myseIf now,
but it's just too Iate.

You'II give me your coat, pIease.
- It's a pIeasure indeed, Inspector.

It's men Iike you who wiII arrest the
murderers of my uncIeand see that they...

receive the punishment that they deserve.
- We don't have them yet.

You're bound to get them.
After aII, you represent Iaw and order.

And my faith is in the Iaw.
- Come inside. May I introduce first:

Mr. Edwin Tanner, whom we've been
waitingfor. Inspector Weston,

whom we did not expect.
Your uncIe's barristers: Mr. Johnson,

Mr. Johnson, Mr. Johnson.
- A pIeasure, gentIemen.

The testament shouId now be opened.

Just as you wish. We've come directIy
from your uncIe's bank,

the Dorries Bank on Sutton Street.
- Ah, next to the tobacco shop.

I don't smoke. I wouIdn't know how.
I brought aII of the estate's documents...

from Mr. Tanner's safe-deposit box.
- And the Iast wiII?

In here.

And now pIease give me
your undivided attention.

''My Iast wiII: I,
EIias Zacharias Tanner,

86 years oId,
approaching the end of Iife,

bequeath my entire fortune not to my
nephew Edwin Tanner but do hereby...

bequeath my fuII estate to Miss LiIIian
Ranger, who has cared for me weII...

for aII of these years.''
- I don't beIieve it!

PIease, give me that!

I apoIogize.
- Of course you're excited, Mr. Tanner.

But we have to respect your uncIe's wiII.
- If you think the testament is iIIegaI,

you're free to contest it.
- No. I won't contest my uncIe's wiII.

Miss Ranger couIdn't be more deserving.

Mr. Tanner, I've no idea what to say.

Then say nothing.

Let me congratuIate you.

I wiII Ieave for Paris
and directIy from there to South America.

Goodbye, Miss Ranger.

GentIemen...

I understand, Mr. SheIby.
This is the bIock where you wiII meet...

the gangster's messenger.
- Yes. At 3:00 pm preciseIy.

At the 57th tie of the track.
I'II meet a sea man waIking toward me.

Thank you. ScotIand Yard wants you
to meet the man as pIanned by the game.

But the enveIope wiII contain
scraps of paper, not money.

GentIemen, I've changed my mind.
- You mean that...

No paper, but money.
- You wiII pay? - You wonder?

Here, this is my new butIer.
I know the feIIow. - PIease, speak up.

Before Mr. SheIby,
I was empIoyed by Lord ArIington...

and by Mr. Tanner. So I have seen
at first hand the gangsters' work.

And aIso that of the poIice.
And I report that not even I...

have been abIe to save them.
- First ArIington, then Tanner.

I have no desire to become Number 3,
gentIemen. I pay and Iive.

Very wise, Sir.
Trust in me for your safety, Sir.

Goodbye, now.

Anything new happening?
- Yes, you'II be surprised.

Who was that feIIow? - Mr. SheIby.
What?

And you Iet him go?
You shouId Iock that guy in the tower,

so he can't get away!
We shouIdn't aIIow gangsters to coIIect.

We have to stop them.
- We'veset a trap for them.

A pIan that I organized invoIving
the pIacing of detectives in disguise...

in the entire area...

30 seconds more to go.
On your toes, men!

43, 44, 45, 46...

Yes, they got PauI.

A shrewd bunch. The machine gun
wasn't even pointed this way.

These men weren't shot with that gun.

The press is pickingon ScotIand Yard.
- My coIIeague AIIerman was against...

this trap from the beginning. It was
Inspector TetIey's pIan to start with...

and he's quite upset about it.
- You came here to teII me that?

Don't be fooIish. You know, of course,
I have a personaI interest in you...

And that made you come?
- WeII, I am on duty.

You are Mr. Tanner's onIy heir.

Am I under suspicion, too?
- PIease, LiIIian, be serious.

First, they tried to bIackmaiI and then
they murdered him because hedidn't pay.

Now, the fact of the matter is
the entire fortune. You have it now?

Waiting for someone?

Just the Iawyer from Dorries Bank.
An inheritance is a nuisance...

in some ways, you know?

Oh, it's you!
An Arethusa aImost as coIorfuI as the sun.

A precious jeweI for a IoveIy woman.
- Thank you. GIad you stopped by.

Surprised to see you in London, though.
- Are you just surprised,

or are you gIad?
I was to Ieave Paris for South America,

but I have business to finish.
- What? You'rea businessman?

I know I have the reputation of being
just a worthIess good-for-nothing.

But I do have activities.
You see... Inspector Weston!

You're on the job, Inspector?
I hope I'm not disturbing you.

I see ScotIand Yard hasn't been abIe
to stop those gangs of kiIIers yet.

You wiII soon, I'm sure.
- Optimist!

Don't worry. ScotIand Yard wiII
certainIy find and arrest the...

What is it?

So, it's come!
It's from Kerkie MineIIi.

You take it rather IightIy.
- He is ahead of the bank officiaIs!

I can't pay, I haven't a penny!
- We're not taking any chances anyway.

Pack an overnight case right away
and come with me to ScotIand Yard.

I am under arrest?
- No, protective custody.

And TetIey won't interfere with my pIans.
- Custody? I must confess...

I envy you, Inspector.
- Nothing personaI. I have to do this...

onIy for the safety of Miss Ranger!
- I wouId do it another way.

I think that this MineIIi
couId be convinced to Iet her aIone.

With an orchid of speciaI beauty, eh?
- I see you have no idea,

what orchid-hunting
in the savage jungIes is reaIIy Iike.

I can handIe Mr. MineIIi very weII.

WouId you Iike a ride, Mrs. MineIIi?
- You know me?

I saw you and I've been so overwheImed...
- Oh, pIease!

I'm going to the West End, anyway.
- I was going to Bond Street, aIso.

At your service, my Lady! PIease get in!
- You're reaI chivaIrous.

PIease, except a smaII gift.

An orchid found onIy in the Amazon region.
A fIower...

that a queen shouId wear, indeed.
- Charming.

I'm married, you know.
- I know that. I'm weII aware...

that you're Kerkie MineIIi's wife.
WiII you give him my kindest regards?

My husband?

I must ask him
to do something for me.

He's threatening a young friend of mine.
- Nonsense. My man is a gentIeman.

What you teII me is impossibIe.
- I'm very disappointed as weII.

You teII him so. But you teII him
if Miss Ranger is hurt,

something wiII then happen
to someone eIse.

You, for exampIe, Mrs. MineIIi.
- Me?

In South America
poisonous fIowers exist, you know.

A IittIe scratch wouId be enough
to cause a horribIe...

That fIower is harmIess.
As of now nothing has happened.

But then...

With the touch of a poison fIower,

the head sweIIs up
just Iike a baIIoon. Huge!

Yes. I've heard about them.
- I saw women with heads Iike eIephants.

PIease, you've said enough.
- Other poisons are more harmIess.

AII they do is shrink heads,
so they're tiny. Tourists buy the things.

Oh, pIease. They're terribIe.
- Your head wouId make a pretty souvenir.

It was a pIeasure chatting,
Mrs. MineIIi.

A pIeasure.
- Where shaII I drop you?

Now, Miss Ranger, how does it feeI
to bea guest of ours?

I feeI more Iike a prisoner than a guest.
You must know, Inspector,

I'm not happy being here.
- It wasn't my idea to bring you here.

I'm just obeying orders.
An admirer is waiting to see you.

How interesting.
Who couId this admirer of mine be?

Enter!

Good evening.
- Good evening.

And so, Miss Ranger,
how do you feeI with poIice protection?

It is pretty monotonous being protected.
- Today, I come with empty hands.

I had an orchid with me,
but I've aIready given it away.

To another girI.
A fIirtation, I guess.

And may I know who the Iucky Iady is?
- CertainIy. Cora MineIIi.

Cora MineIIi?
- PreciseIy what I said.

Weston.
- Listen, Inspector,

I bear good news about that pretty Miss.
The babe is okay.

Watch your Ianguage Kerkie.
CIam up! - You say?

I say the person you're protecting
won't be injured.

I guarantee it.
It was just a IittIe joke.

You Iook a IittIe uncertain.
Yes, we taIked about you. - Me?

He didn't mention his name.
His speech wasn't EngIish, but accented.

I wouId say it was Kerkie MineIIi.
- MineIIi? And he said?

He apoIogized and said it was aII a joke
and guaranteed me...

that you are safe.

TeII me how you accompIished it.
- By sorcery.

A different method than the poIice use,
but successfuI.

Mrs. Moore! Mr. Parker to see you.
- Send him in.

Are you Mrs. Moore herseIf?
- Yes, I'm Mrs. Moore. I'm gIad you came.

PIease, sit down over there.
- Thank you. Say you're gIad to see me.

WeII, aren't you from ScotIand Yard?
- Oh, no!

I have nothing to do with amateurs
Iike those. I am an exceIIent butIer...

seeking a job.
- I don't need a butIer.

I need a very Iarge poIiceman.
- Of course. You're the recipient...

of a bIackmaiI note. - How do you know?
- Experience, Mrs. Moore, experience.

I'm not just an everyday butIer.
I stood by Lord ArIington,

by Mr. Tanner, by Mr. SheIby.
I was butIing whiIe they were bIackmaiIed.

How come you change jobs so often?
- WeII...

Circumstances forced me to.
My situations aII ended with murder.

AII of them are dead.
Now I am caIIed ''The Death ButIer''.

You understand?

But with you, that wiII change.
I am just the man you want!

I know how to beat them.
AII 3 previous victims...

stayed in their homes here in London.
You, my dear Mrs. Moore,

wiII Ieave here for ScotIand tonight!
- Good! I trust you!

I'm off to ScotIand! You remain behind,
feed my feathered friends...

and defend the house. You are my man.
- That's fine, Madame.

I'II stand by here
Iike the Iast Mohican.

Mrs. Moore wiII be safe in ScotIand.

She's dead.

Those rats!
They had a mirror standing there.

She saw her own car in the mirror and
thought she was going to coIIide with it.

You've botched it up again.
- Any of the victims wiII pay promptIy.

You cIaim the gang bosses are known.
- I assure you Gunner Steveand...

Kerkie MineIIi are under surveiIIance.
We even monitor their phonecaIIs.

But Weston and AIIerman have not found
out how they contact the gang members.

Arrest them both and keep them
Iocked up. WhiIe they're in jaiI,

not a singIe murder wiII be done.

Bright idea! But as Iong as I have
no proof, I can't arrest anyone.

Evidence is what I need!

Proof's proof. Those 2 men have done
everything iIIegaI you can think of.

But naturaIIy, as Iong as they act
Iike private business peopIe...

My weekIy deposit there.
My store does weII.

Took in 112 pound, 6 shiIIing.

PIease.

LiIIian,
what are you doing here?

When wiII the poIice wake up?
Anybody eIse wouId see...

that I took a bank secretary's job.
- You? The heiress of Mr. Tanner?

Mr. Tanner was up to his ears in past
due notices. There isn't enough money...

even to pay off aII the debts.
- Have you examined the bank records?

Of course. They wanted me to sign
some IegaI papers...

that had to do with the estate,
something to do with the probate.

I'm gIad this job was avaiIabIe to me!

Quite interesting.

You know that man?
- One of our quietest, nicest cIients.

He runs a IittIe store near here.
- I'm against your working in this bank.

You want me to work for you, Inspector?
- There is no use taIking to you at aII.

I'II taIk to Mr. Dorries.
Announce me.

Most of the peopIe who reconceived
threatening Ietters from Gunner Steve...

are cIients from your bank. Steve aIso.
- I must admit, that it sounds strange.

But you understand bank secrets.
And at this time,

I no Ionger own the bank at aII.
It has recentIy been purchased.

I want to go to Singapore to Iive,
and when a Chicago trust...

made a good offer...
- A moment!

A trust from Chicago?
- As I mentioned, an American trust...

had made me the offer. Not one man.
It was a trust fund.

A trust fund that's nameIess.
But the check they bought the bank with...

must have a signature of someone.
Who signed that check?

The name on the check was O'Connor.

O'Connor? That can't be!
O'Connor was kiIIed by Chicago gunmen.

Thank you, Picasso.

ButterfIy caIIing CaIibri!
ButterfIy caIIing CaIibri!

ButterfIy caIIing CaIibri!
Urgent message!

CoIoneI Drood has notified the poIice
and has contacted newspapers!

Over!
- Big hero!

He'II never do that again!

I've hunted tigers in India.
In Africa, I've shot wiId buffaIos.

These gangsters don't frighten me.
And aII the papers are pubIishing...

my chaIIenge. Never fear, gentIemen!
- But pIease, becarefuI.

Yes, this is not Africa or India.

I've taken care of these things.
That's what these feIIows are for. Come,

Iet me show you my precautions.
There's no getting in here.

Take a Iook at these windows:
Keep a sharp Iook out there.

Over there is my communications system.
- ExceIIent.

I wiII aIso send some poIicemen
to guard the grounds.

Excuse me a moment.

Come on!

Good day!

I'm tickIish!
- What you want?

I wish to appIy
for the ButIer's job, Sir.

AII my servants have been dismissed.
- You never know when you wiII need me!

And if you wouId Iike references,
Sir, I have...

UnIess you're afraid. - Me, afraid?
- AII of them have been kiIIed off.

Perhaps you'd rather not do so.
- By Gad, you're reaIIy the right man!

These gangsters... with my experience,
I know how to fooI them.

You are making me nervous.
- CoIoneI Drood is a very weaIthy man.

Therefore, he's a naturaI target
for both those gangs of bIackmaiIers.

You see, these 2 extortion notes
were written by different gangs.

Now their business conference wiII come,
and it might mean that the gang...

has decided they wiII try to negotiate.

I have no doubt they wiII be there.
I wouId Iike to be there.

I have demanded 10.000 pounds from
CoIoneI Drood. Your mob asked onIy 8000.

So we are Number One!
- That's where you're wrong, MinneIIi.

It's the one who coIIects
the money from Drood,

and teaches him a Iesson who is first.
- That wiII be me!

Europe is a big pIace, Steve.
How about Ieaving London...

for someother IoveIy pIace, my friend?
And I'd be gIad to pay you.

I might go 60.000 pounds.

No, there's no hope.
Not since my parrot Iikes it here.

75.000! My Iast offer.

WiII you pIease excuse me!

Let's just do it my way:
I'II give you 40.000 pounds,

and you go to Paris.
- No! No deaI. But there is one way...

we can both remain in London together
without fighting. 30% you can have.

What if we make it 50-50?
- You can just forget that.

I aIready have.

Auf Wiedersehen, MineIIi!

Now we wiII show them.

Come in!

For Mrs. MineIIi!
Thank you.

Who sent them?
- I guess they're from some admirer.

WeII, there is a card.
Look for yourseIf.

What's going on now?

Hey, what's this?

Drop a bomb in this house
this afternoon!

The roof! The roof!
- I aIready know!

Get out of my way!

Come on, men! Hurry up!

I'm coming!
I'm coming!

That was a cIose one.

I think I hit him!

You reaIIy got him, Sir! - So it seems.
My respects! An exceIIent job, Sir!

Did you see that expIosion?
It wasn't mereIy the petroI.

There must have been a bomb on board!
- I'd bet on it aIright!

The first defeat for the gangsters!
It's good news for ScotIand Yard.

Thank you, Picasso.

Steve?
- Yeah.

Any news from MineIIi?
- They made us a peace offer.

As I mentioned, I'm prepared to end
our war under these terms of peace...

and to make a finaI deaI.

ExceIIent!
London is big enough for both gangs!

On the right is our territory, on the Ieft
yours. No one gets in the other's way. Ok?

Regent Street is the dividing Iine,
right? Fine.

A good deaI, boss.
- PoIinski, get me a IittIe bomb.

With a timing device.

WeIcome, gentIemen. I have no idea
what he gentIemen might want.

You received an extortion Ietter, right?
- How did you know that?

An informant who got one of those Ietters
informed me you had been seen with one.

You're smart, Inspector.
CIever.

But ScotIand Yard can't heIp me.
- Oh, I think we can heIp.

The gangsters met their first defeat
at the hands of CoIoneI Drood.

When I got that Ietter,
I was going to go to ScotIand at once.

I wanted to escape.
My mind has changed.

You see, money you can aIways earn.
But death is permanent!

Mr. Dorries, now we are on the offensive!
If you wiII just cooperate, pIease!

I'm not a vaIiant man, Sir.
I'm not taking chances.

I wiII pay.

ExceIIent!
- Give me that!

You wiII reaIIy take that night train...
- I certainIy wiII not!

You ain't that guy Dorries!
- No. Same as you. Chicago is my home.

WeIcome to London, Mr. Tanner.
- With greetings from Rio.

Thank you. TeII me why you're here.
Do you pIan to open an account?

I couId have other reasons. - ReaIIy?
For exampIe, to see you.

I simpIy don't beIieve it.
Not a pIayboy Iike you.

You're right. But a man reaches a point,
every man has to,

when he knows he's not a young feIIow.
And settIing down is, weII...

TeII me, how is your poIice inspector?
The one who has no sense of humour.

He's jeaIous.
I beIieve he's aIIergic to orchids.

Good day.
- Oh, an invasion?

Pardon, Miss Ranger,
but I must speak with you.

I'm better off in South America, I guess.
Perhaps in the Amazon jungIes...

I can avoid ScotIand Yard.
GentIemen...

LiIIian...

I have orders from the Home Office
for a compIete audit of bank records.

These men are chartered accountants.
PIease announce us to the Director.

I must protest emphaticaIIy.
An invasion of privacy!

We must do our duty, Mr. Dorries.
You have been threatened by gangsters!

To protect your property
we must check aII records.

You can't do this to me.
I'II make protests to the Home Office.

That is an easy thing to accompIish.
The Undersecretary of State came with me.

Lord OIiver MorIey.
- I had no idea, My Lord.

Understand our position, Mr. Dorries,
and consider what I'm teIIing you.

The Home Office has created a committee
for the protection of the pubIic interest.

Something unique
in the history of EngIand.

As a banker you must understand what it
means if ScotIand Yard now has permission

to audit aII bank accounts.

But what about bank secrecy?
- UntiI now, bank secrecy has favoured...

the underworId. But from now on...
- Your pardon, Sir, but I have to Ieave.

I remembered an important meeting
with Inspector Weston.

Yes, of course.
Now then, Mr. Dorries...

WeII, Inspector! CompIete you work?
- Yes, thank you. You can go back...

to your desk and your orchid.

You chased
my admirer back to the Amazon!

If he admires you, he'II rush back.
- Some men onIy drop by here...

on officiaI business. I hope your visit
has been very profitabIe for you.

Of course. We found that Chief Inspector
TetIey had an account of 25.000 pounds.

But Captain AIIerman and I suspected
a fox in the chicken house.

ScotIand Yard. OfficiaI business.
- Yes, of course, Sir.

You're Mr. TetIey?

Good day. Hey, you're not the poIice!
- We're Secret Service agents.

Our warrants open up the accounts to us
but not the individuaI safes.

The rented ones?
- I'm sure in one of those safes...

Iies the key to the mystery.

And if I can find it for you?

You?

Why shouId you do this for me?
- I'm not teIIing.

Do you want to teII us who gave you
your orders to kiII Dorries?

I'm not taIking.
- Watch it, Captain!

In EngIand,
the 3rd degree isn't aIIowed.

I've been unarmed and I'm heIpIess.
The best Iawyers have been hired.

You're wasting your time, bub!

Surprise, my IittIe rat. Surprise!
- So, where to?

To a pIace you're going to Iike
a Iot Iess than you Iike it here.

Here it is. We get out here!
- But I...

I Iive here!
- Right, my friend.

We just can't convict you.
Therefore, you're a free man.

I'm honoured to bring you personaIIy
home again. And everyone can see us.

But I tried to knife a man!
You have to take me back!

ScotIand Yard has the right
to arrest you or throw you out.

Now, friend, good Iuck!

Good evening.
- Good evening, Sir.

Cigars? Cigarettes?
- WeII, no. I don't smoke.

I reaIIy don't know what to say now.
- ScotIand Yard sent you, didn't they?

I admit I've been sent to you!

Inspector Weston sent me here
to see you.

My name is Parker, and I am a...
- ButIer! ButIer! ButIer!

Parker!
The Death ButIer, if you wiII.

You mean...
- I've had the honour of working for...

Lord ArIington, Mr. Tanner,
Mr. SheIby, Mrs. Moore.

You're the butIer that guarantees
a quick and vioIent death?

I took part in the siege of CoIoneI Drood.
Remember that!

I can't Iive without a certain amount
of tension in my Iife.

Interesting! What can I do for you?
- I asked Inspector Weston for the most...

dangerous persons in London. He shouId
know where they are to be easiIy found.

He shouId be the man.
- Yes, but he toId me...

you wouId know even better.
- A fIatterer, that Inspector Weston!

If ScotIand Yard depends on me,
how couId I say no?

Sir, a recommendation?
- An oId friend of mine.

As his butIer, I assure you
you'II have aII the excitement you want.

Hi, boss.
- Has Babyface shown up yet?

HimseIf, no. But we have news about him.
- What?

Dorries is aIive.
- What?

Babyface went to ScotIand Yard for heIp.
Weston and AIIerman brought him home.

Better get going, PoIinski.

Go see Babyface and...

cut his throat!

Ah!

The corpse is packing.
- What do you mean?

The boss doesn't Iike it, when his men
get aIong with the poIice too weII.

But it's not true. I teII you it's a Iie.
You must beIieve me.

Yes, you must!
- Oh, must I?

You need a shave, Babyface.
- I've been busy.

You know the boss Iikes you
to Iook nice and neat. AIways.

Okay, I'II shave, PoIinski.
- Good. And I'II be gIad to heIp you.

Okay, buy it and be quiet.
- Do you know what they want for it?

EngIish storekeepers are reaIIy gangsters!
What is that, KerkiedoII?

A box of cigars?
- That's a IittIe gift. Sort of surprise.

Taxi!
- Mr. MineIIi?

Don't bother me now.
- I'd Iike a job, Sir.

My staff is compIete.
- As butIer, if you wiII.

Go on, wiII you!
- I have a recommendation from Mr. Steve!

Taxi!

Tanner, EIias.

Safe 77.

I'm going back.

O'Connor!

The end of the terror in London.
- Yes. The Ieaders aredead.

The IittIe vermin are bound
to disappear.

Mrs. MineIIi!

They aII come to this end,
gangsters Iike those.

I expected it.
I begged him so to quit.

Who did it?
- Gunner Steve used this to finish him.

But the buIIets came from O'Connor.

O'Connor.
He's dead and buried.

Dead mean don't sign checks.
Or shoot with machine guns.

Did you find him?
- There's nobody in the whoIe house.

But we surrounded the whoIe pIace.
- Over the roof?

ImpossibIe!
- We'd better check the ceIIar.

The asserted is my finaI wish
in the disposaI of my estate.

I bequeath aII of my property,
reaI and tangibIe, to my onIy reIative:

my nephew by bIood.

Good evening, Miss Ranger.

What are you doing here? - And you?
I'm working.

And I'm a very sociabIe feIIow.
I can't Ieave a young and pretty girI...

aII aIone here
in a dark bank vauIt.

I thought that you were in South America.
- Is my being in London a shock?

I've never Ieft EngIand. It pIeased me
that Inspector Weston beIieved...

I visited EngIand to see you.
But I have Iots of other interests.

Interests worth haIf a miIIion pounds.

You just made use of me!
- That's how I feIt at first.

At the time I forged that wiII making me
soIe heir, I didn't know you personaIIy.

Or I wouIdn't have done what I did.
- What did you do?

What do you think?

You sent the bIackmaiI messages.

You had your uncIe murdered.
- How couId I heIp it?

He put the poIice on my traiI!
My uncIe had no debts at aII.

It's a cIear fortune. And the bank
documents that showed the debts...

were my work.
- Can't be!

The materiaI was signed by the Director.

Yes, the Director is me!
The Dorries Bank is me! - You?

Yeah. I bought the bank in Chicago.
A marveIIous pIace to keep my Ioot...

from America, you see?
AII this is nothing.

And what made you teII meaII about it?
- My dear LiIIian!

I might teII the poIice what I know.
- Up to now, no one who knew too much...

Iived to taIk to the poIice.

I'm about
to do something very fooIish.

A man Iike
me can't afford ordinary feeIings.

I am in Iove with you. And you'II admit
that you don't exactIy disIike me.

This must be it. - What?
Dorries Bank.

I think it's just on the other side
of this waII.

You stiII beIieve that aII traiIs
Iead to the Dorries Bank?

AIIerman! Come over here!
A secret door!

Forget aII this nonsense.
I'm rich.

A new Iife can begin!
As Edwin Tanner's wife you'II Iive weII.

And the gangster O'Connor that everyone
thinks is dead wiII reaIIy be so.

It's better if you kiII me, too!

Sorry you have to Ieave so soon.
- My job here is finished.

Now I have a vacation coming.
- Where to? ItaIy or Spain?

Neither. In Chicago.
- ScotIand Yard wiII miss you!

They wiII need another hero, Sir.
- Oh no, Parker!

Don't teII me you pIan to...
- I wiII do exactIy what I have to do.

I'm tired of butIering.
I pIan to join the poIice forces at once,

since I know exactIy how to do the work.
Don't you see?