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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,847 --> 00:00:03,281 In a few minutes, Norris Wentworth will be dead. 2 00:00:03,383 --> 00:00:06,181 The question is, "Who killed him?" 3 00:00:06,286 --> 00:00:07,844 Was it the rebellious son? 4 00:00:07,954 --> 00:00:08,943 Lucky me. 5 00:00:09,056 --> 00:00:10,250 The long-suffering wife? 6 00:00:10,357 --> 00:00:12,052 He was not a loved man. 7 00:00:12,159 --> 00:00:13,456 The museum curator? 8 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:16,393 And I don't particularly care for your suggestion. 9 00:00:16,496 --> 00:00:18,054 His ambitious assistant? 10 00:00:18,165 --> 00:00:19,962 He died of a heart attack. 11 00:00:20,067 --> 00:00:21,329 The angry Egyptian? 12 00:00:21,435 --> 00:00:23,062 You have no right! 13 00:00:23,170 --> 00:00:25,035 Or was it someone else? 14 00:00:25,138 --> 00:00:26,435 Match wits with Ellery Queen 15 00:00:26,540 --> 00:00:30,067 and see if you can guess who done it. 16 00:01:20,494 --> 00:01:22,860 [Egyptian music plays] 17 00:01:58,265 --> 00:02:01,234 [Indistinct conversations] 18 00:02:16,183 --> 00:02:20,279 So, Mr. Wentworth, you brought the remains of Amun-Ra to us... 19 00:02:20,387 --> 00:02:23,379 something of a coup, if the the sarcophagus is genuine. 20 00:02:23,490 --> 00:02:26,050 Well, it better be. I shelled out 25 grand for it. 21 00:02:26,159 --> 00:02:29,686 After 20 years of watching unwary lambs get fleeced, 22 00:02:29,796 --> 00:02:32,424 I can assure you money and authenticity 23 00:02:32,532 --> 00:02:34,159 are not always same. 24 00:02:34,267 --> 00:02:35,734 Where is that fool Tremaine? 25 00:02:35,836 --> 00:02:38,566 Oh, easy, darling. It's only a few minutes after 7:00. 26 00:02:38,672 --> 00:02:40,833 Where on Earth did you find it, Wentworth? 27 00:02:40,941 --> 00:02:42,533 Monastery in the Black Forest. 28 00:02:42,642 --> 00:02:44,633 You know, the Krauts were trying to hide it from the Russkies 29 00:02:44,744 --> 00:02:46,006 just before V-E Day. 30 00:02:46,112 --> 00:02:46,737 [Laughter] 31 00:02:46,847 --> 00:02:49,042 I should say Amun-Ra brought his German owners 32 00:02:49,149 --> 00:02:51,413 no more good fortune than his previous owners. 33 00:02:51,518 --> 00:02:53,645 Excuse me, please. 34 00:02:54,588 --> 00:02:55,782 Good evening. 35 00:02:55,889 --> 00:02:57,322 Good evening, Lois, Bud. 36 00:02:57,424 --> 00:02:59,153 - Dad, I wanted... - Now, where have you been? 37 00:02:59,259 --> 00:03:00,556 We got stuck in traffic. 38 00:03:00,660 --> 00:03:02,491 Look, Dad, there's this swell party going on 39 00:03:02,596 --> 00:03:03,654 over at George Wexler's place... 40 00:03:03,763 --> 00:03:06,789 This is one of the most important nights of my life, Bud. 41 00:03:06,900 --> 00:03:09,027 Now, at least do me the courtesy of waiting for the unveiling. 42 00:03:09,135 --> 00:03:11,433 It means a lot to your father, Bud. 43 00:03:11,538 --> 00:03:13,699 We should be out of here by 8:00. 44 00:03:13,807 --> 00:03:15,206 I don't ask much of you, Bud. 45 00:03:15,308 --> 00:03:18,869 Just a little respect, a little word of thanks once in awhile... 46 00:03:18,979 --> 00:03:22,312 for the car, for the clothes, for the doling out of the money. 47 00:03:22,415 --> 00:03:23,677 Yeah. 48 00:03:23,783 --> 00:03:24,875 Thanks, Dad. 49 00:03:29,222 --> 00:03:30,985 Oh, Norris. 50 00:03:31,091 --> 00:03:32,353 Tremaine, you're late. 51 00:03:32,459 --> 00:03:33,926 Yes, I know. I'm sorry. 52 00:03:34,027 --> 00:03:36,120 I was on a call to a buyer in Mexico City. 53 00:03:36,229 --> 00:03:38,527 What about? Some two-bit piece of Mayan crockery 54 00:03:38,632 --> 00:03:40,862 when we've got the treasure of the century waiting to be unveiled? 55 00:03:40,967 --> 00:03:42,696 Norris, we're most grateful... 56 00:03:42,802 --> 00:03:44,429 Save the gratitude, Tremaine. 57 00:03:44,538 --> 00:03:46,199 The party's getting dull, and people are getting drunk, 58 00:03:46,306 --> 00:03:47,534 and I'm losing my patience. 59 00:03:47,641 --> 00:03:49,541 Now, let's get on with it. Shall we? 60 00:03:51,077 --> 00:03:53,011 Yes, of course. 61 00:04:05,759 --> 00:04:07,556 Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please. 62 00:04:09,930 --> 00:04:11,955 Thank you very much. 63 00:04:12,065 --> 00:04:15,592 As you know, we are gathered here to put on public display 64 00:04:15,702 --> 00:04:18,830 one of the world's most treasured relics, 65 00:04:18,939 --> 00:04:20,702 priceless antiquity, 66 00:04:20,807 --> 00:04:23,401 tracked down and brought to this museum 67 00:04:23,510 --> 00:04:27,537 by our great friend and benefactor, Mr. Norris Wentworth. 68 00:04:27,647 --> 00:04:29,774 [Applause] 69 00:04:37,557 --> 00:04:40,617 My friends, I present to you 70 00:04:40,727 --> 00:04:45,096 the sarcophagus of Pharaoh Amun-Ra. 71 00:04:57,711 --> 00:05:01,306 Don't! You have no right! 72 00:05:01,414 --> 00:05:03,314 Dr. Haddid, please. 73 00:05:03,416 --> 00:05:06,852 Those are the remains of my king, the king of my people, 74 00:05:06,953 --> 00:05:09,285 stolen from his sacred burial place. 75 00:05:09,389 --> 00:05:10,788 Can he have no peace? 76 00:05:10,890 --> 00:05:13,620 Look, friend, I'm no grave robber. 77 00:05:13,727 --> 00:05:15,752 But you perpetuate the indecency, 78 00:05:15,862 --> 00:05:18,626 you and all those like you, with your money. 79 00:05:18,732 --> 00:05:21,792 This is not a curiosity! This is a king! 80 00:05:21,901 --> 00:05:23,596 Tremaine, get him out of here. 81 00:05:24,104 --> 00:05:26,800 - Mr. Wentworth... - I said, get him out of here! 82 00:05:28,041 --> 00:05:29,872 Guard, take him away. 83 00:05:29,976 --> 00:05:32,410 Do not defile the sarcophagus. 84 00:05:32,512 --> 00:05:35,413 Remember the promise that has followed Amun-Ra 85 00:05:35,515 --> 00:05:37,142 all through the ages. 86 00:05:37,250 --> 00:05:40,310 You think I'm afraid of your lousy curse? 87 00:05:45,258 --> 00:05:48,159 [Creeks open] 88 00:05:49,996 --> 00:05:53,193 Six men have died before you, Mr. Wentworth, 89 00:05:53,299 --> 00:05:57,258 six who defied the power of Amun-Ra. 90 00:05:57,370 --> 00:06:02,307 If there is any justice, you will be the seventh! 91 00:06:14,788 --> 00:06:16,779 Keep your fingers crossed, Mom. 92 00:06:18,425 --> 00:06:21,189 Maybe there really is a curse. 93 00:06:26,866 --> 00:06:29,027 [Crickets chirping] 94 00:06:50,390 --> 00:06:52,324 - Good evening, sir. - Good evening, Gilbert. 95 00:06:52,425 --> 00:06:53,483 Whose car is that out there? 96 00:06:53,593 --> 00:06:55,083 - A Mr. Brimmer, sir. - Oh. 97 00:06:55,195 --> 00:06:56,662 He told me he was expected. 98 00:06:56,763 --> 00:06:57,991 It is all right, sir? 99 00:06:58,098 --> 00:07:01,431 Oh, yes, yes... Simon Brimmer. Thank you very much, Gilbert. 100 00:07:01,534 --> 00:07:03,001 We won't need you the rest of the evening. 101 00:07:03,103 --> 00:07:04,593 And Mrs. Wentworth, sir? 102 00:07:04,704 --> 00:07:06,934 Well, she drove her own car. She'll be along shortly. 103 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:08,769 Very good, sir. 104 00:07:11,711 --> 00:07:13,235 Oh, sorry to keep you waiting, Brimmer. 105 00:07:13,346 --> 00:07:15,075 - Can I fix you a little snort? - Nothing, thanks. 106 00:07:15,181 --> 00:07:16,546 I'll fix me one. 107 00:07:16,649 --> 00:07:18,549 Oh, boy. 108 00:07:18,651 --> 00:07:20,118 Totally against doctor's orders, 109 00:07:20,220 --> 00:07:23,348 but after that business with the Egyptian, 110 00:07:23,456 --> 00:07:25,390 I need this. 111 00:07:25,492 --> 00:07:28,484 Oh? Trouble at the museum? 112 00:07:28,595 --> 00:07:32,087 Well, not trouble, really, but this idiot in a fez... 113 00:07:32,265 --> 00:07:34,028 some kind of historian from Alexandria... 114 00:07:34,134 --> 00:07:36,261 he put the curse of Amun-Ra on me. 115 00:07:36,369 --> 00:07:37,893 Ah, interesting coincidence, 116 00:07:38,004 --> 00:07:40,165 considering the purpose of our meeting. 117 00:07:40,273 --> 00:07:42,639 Oh, yeah! Your radio show. 118 00:07:44,110 --> 00:07:46,135 - Have a seat. - Thank you. 119 00:07:46,246 --> 00:07:49,647 You know, it seems to me that mummies are a... 120 00:07:49,749 --> 00:07:52,081 a little out of your line, aren't they, Brimmer? 121 00:07:52,185 --> 00:07:55,780 Well, mysteries like the curse of Amun-Ra are ageless, sir. 122 00:07:55,889 --> 00:07:58,016 I'm developing a series of six shows, 123 00:07:58,124 --> 00:07:59,819 each dealing with the mysterious death 124 00:07:59,926 --> 00:08:03,123 of one of the six previous owners of the Amun-Ra sarcophagus. 125 00:08:03,229 --> 00:08:06,596 Oh, I get it... murder and mystery through the centuries, right? 126 00:08:06,699 --> 00:08:08,326 Precisely. 127 00:08:08,434 --> 00:08:11,301 Death at the hands of a dead Egyptian Pharaoh... 128 00:08:11,404 --> 00:08:13,395 coincidence or curse? 129 00:08:13,506 --> 00:08:14,700 A fascinating premise. 130 00:08:14,808 --> 00:08:18,574 Well, I guess some people believe in that kind of stuff. 131 00:08:18,678 --> 00:08:21,306 More than you might suspect, sir. 132 00:08:21,414 --> 00:08:26,215 Therefore, if I may be assured of your cooperation... 133 00:08:26,319 --> 00:08:27,843 Oh, sure, sure. Glad to. 134 00:08:27,954 --> 00:08:30,787 As long as I don't come off looking like a grave robber. 135 00:08:30,890 --> 00:08:32,414 [Telephone rings] 136 00:08:32,525 --> 00:08:34,083 Excuse me. 137 00:08:34,194 --> 00:08:35,456 Hello? 138 00:08:35,562 --> 00:08:38,053 Yes. 139 00:08:38,164 --> 00:08:40,132 What? 140 00:08:40,233 --> 00:08:42,497 Yes, I understand. 141 00:08:42,602 --> 00:08:45,230 I could be there in 20 minutes. 142 00:08:45,338 --> 00:08:45,827 Yes. 143 00:08:45,939 --> 00:08:48,100 Something very important has come up, Brimmer. 144 00:08:48,208 --> 00:08:50,142 I'm sorry. I hate to run like this. 145 00:08:50,243 --> 00:08:52,268 I understand. 146 00:08:53,446 --> 00:08:57,143 Say, listen, why don't you have your people contact the museum? 147 00:08:57,250 --> 00:08:59,844 The curator there, Tremaine... he's not too sharp, 148 00:08:59,953 --> 00:09:02,012 but I think he can handle this thing. 149 00:09:02,121 --> 00:09:04,351 - Most kind of you, Mr. Wentworth. - It's all right. 150 00:09:11,831 --> 00:09:14,459 I'll be calling you tomorrow. 151 00:09:14,567 --> 00:09:16,626 Right. That'll be fine. 152 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:22,538 [Engine turns over] 153 00:09:27,914 --> 00:09:30,542 [Clock ticking] 154 00:09:30,650 --> 00:09:33,619 The man in the raincoat slipped unobserved through the doorway 155 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:35,711 and found himself... 156 00:09:35,822 --> 00:09:39,622 He... he found himself in the... 157 00:09:39,726 --> 00:09:40,920 In the closet? 158 00:09:41,027 --> 00:09:42,187 In the basement. 159 00:09:42,295 --> 00:09:44,126 It was dark and dank, 160 00:09:44,230 --> 00:09:47,461 and he felt the crunch of coal dust beneath his feet. 161 00:09:47,567 --> 00:09:49,228 - That's very good. - What? 162 00:09:49,335 --> 00:09:52,065 The coal dust on his shoes. That's a good clue. 163 00:09:52,171 --> 00:09:53,263 It's not a clue. 164 00:09:53,373 --> 00:09:56,103 - Oh. How's your finger? Still hurt? - Just a little, yeah. 165 00:09:56,209 --> 00:09:58,268 I'm no good with can openers, either. 166 00:09:58,378 --> 00:10:00,005 Oh, is that right? Oh, I didn't know that. 167 00:10:00,113 --> 00:10:01,774 I'm sorry, Miss... I've forgotten your name. 168 00:10:01,881 --> 00:10:04,315 Margie. Margie Coopersmith, with a "C." 169 00:10:04,417 --> 00:10:06,385 Right. Where were we? 170 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:08,917 In the cellar with the coal dust. 171 00:10:09,022 --> 00:10:13,391 "He felt the crunch of coal dust beneath his feet." 172 00:10:13,493 --> 00:10:16,257 Suddenly, he heard a sound, 173 00:10:16,362 --> 00:10:18,523 and he whirled as the door flew open. 174 00:10:18,631 --> 00:10:20,030 - Ellery. - Hi, Dad. 175 00:10:20,133 --> 00:10:22,101 How long are you and Miss, uh... 176 00:10:22,201 --> 00:10:23,828 Coopersmith, with a "C." 177 00:10:23,937 --> 00:10:25,495 ...Miss Coopersmith with a "C" 178 00:10:25,605 --> 00:10:26,936 going to be prowling around down here? 179 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:28,029 I'm sorry to keep you up, Dad, 180 00:10:28,141 --> 00:10:29,608 but I got to finish this book by Friday, 181 00:10:29,709 --> 00:10:31,176 and I've got about 40 pages to finish, 182 00:10:31,277 --> 00:10:32,574 and I've got this rotten finger. 183 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:35,045 - Maybe we could go to the Automat. - I can't write in an automat. 184 00:10:35,148 --> 00:10:35,944 [Telephone rings] 185 00:10:36,049 --> 00:10:38,017 My English teacher said a good writer could write anywhere. 186 00:10:38,117 --> 00:10:39,641 - Yeah? - He never wrote in an automat. 187 00:10:39,752 --> 00:10:40,946 Hold it, Velie. Slow down. 188 00:10:41,054 --> 00:10:42,954 Jack London used to write on a fishing boat. 189 00:10:43,056 --> 00:10:44,956 - What? - But that was quiet. 190 00:10:45,058 --> 00:10:48,255 All right, you get there. I'll be down as soon as I can. 191 00:10:48,361 --> 00:10:50,693 It's never quiet in an automat, never. 192 00:10:50,797 --> 00:10:52,731 You can go ahead with your book, son. 193 00:10:52,832 --> 00:10:55,027 It doesn't look like I'll get much sleep tonight. 194 00:10:55,134 --> 00:10:58,501 - Okay, Dad. - Absolutely incredible. 195 00:10:58,604 --> 00:11:00,231 The door flew open... 196 00:11:00,406 --> 00:11:02,397 What's incredible? 197 00:11:02,508 --> 00:11:04,942 I don't want to interfere with your dictation, son. 198 00:11:05,044 --> 00:11:06,534 Come on, Dad. What's incredible? 199 00:11:06,646 --> 00:11:09,114 [Exhales] You'll just want to tag along. 200 00:11:09,215 --> 00:11:11,183 Dad! 201 00:11:12,652 --> 00:11:15,212 It's the curse of the Pharaoh Amun-Ra, son. 202 00:11:15,321 --> 00:11:17,687 The old boy has just claimed his seventh victim. 203 00:11:17,790 --> 00:11:19,314 [Thump on wall] 204 00:11:24,630 --> 00:11:25,562 That's right, sir. 205 00:11:25,665 --> 00:11:28,065 I found him about 10:30 when I was making my rounds, 206 00:11:28,167 --> 00:11:29,134 like I do every hour. 207 00:11:29,235 --> 00:11:30,133 How'd he get in? 208 00:11:30,236 --> 00:11:31,726 He let himself in, I guess. 209 00:11:31,838 --> 00:11:33,829 Well, Mr. Tremaine gave him a special gold key, 210 00:11:33,940 --> 00:11:36,067 a sort of a thank-you present 211 00:11:36,175 --> 00:11:37,802 for that thing he brought to the museum. 212 00:11:37,910 --> 00:11:40,504 - Well, nothing's missing. - You sure of that, Dr. Tremaine? 213 00:11:40,613 --> 00:11:42,274 Positive, Inspector. 214 00:11:42,382 --> 00:11:44,543 We have an emerald necklace on open display in the next wing... 215 00:11:44,650 --> 00:11:45,810 absolutely priceless. 216 00:11:45,918 --> 00:11:46,942 It wasn't even touched. 217 00:11:47,053 --> 00:11:49,112 I'm gonna take a look down the parking garage, Inspector. 218 00:11:49,222 --> 00:11:50,655 Okay, Velie. Thank you, Harry. 219 00:11:50,757 --> 00:11:52,452 Um... 220 00:11:52,558 --> 00:11:54,958 Look, Inspector, Norris Wentworth came back into this museum 221 00:11:55,061 --> 00:11:58,121 after it had been locked to view his treasure. 222 00:11:58,231 --> 00:11:59,255 I don't know his motive. 223 00:11:59,365 --> 00:12:02,732 The point is he was not stabbed. He was not shot. 224 00:12:02,835 --> 00:12:04,393 He was not beaten. 225 00:12:04,504 --> 00:12:06,369 There wasn't a mark on him of any kind. 226 00:12:06,472 --> 00:12:07,404 That may well be, 227 00:12:07,507 --> 00:12:10,874 but until the autopsy confirms the cause of death, 228 00:12:10,977 --> 00:12:13,445 we're assuming nothing. 229 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:29,255 - Guard? - Yes, sir? 230 00:12:29,896 --> 00:12:31,557 I found these in Mr. Wentworth's pocket. 231 00:12:31,664 --> 00:12:33,529 Can you tell me which one fits the outer door? 232 00:12:33,633 --> 00:12:37,091 Yes, sir, this one here. The long gold one in the middle. 233 00:12:37,203 --> 00:12:39,137 I see. Thank you. 234 00:12:40,540 --> 00:12:42,701 [Rattling] 235 00:12:45,211 --> 00:12:48,078 - Um, excuse me, Dr. Tremaine. - Yes? 236 00:12:48,181 --> 00:12:50,547 Do you know if Mr. Wentworth had some sort of a heart problem? 237 00:12:51,317 --> 00:12:52,978 Well, not that I know of. Why? 238 00:12:53,086 --> 00:12:54,678 Dad, I found a couple of things in his overcoat pocket. 239 00:12:54,787 --> 00:12:56,652 A bottle of pills... I believe they're nitroglycerin tablets... 240 00:12:56,756 --> 00:12:57,347 and a key ring. 241 00:12:57,457 --> 00:12:58,481 Do you think we might get a photo? 242 00:12:58,591 --> 00:13:00,149 Baldwin. 243 00:13:00,259 --> 00:13:02,523 Inspector? Inspector! 244 00:13:03,830 --> 00:13:05,161 There's something fishy downstairs. 245 00:13:05,264 --> 00:13:07,494 Maybe it means something, and maybe not, 246 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:10,034 but Mr. Wentworth's car... somebody broke into it. 247 00:13:21,614 --> 00:13:25,175 The window on the driver's side... busted in, Inspector. 248 00:13:26,419 --> 00:13:29,547 Wonder if anything's missing. 249 00:13:29,655 --> 00:13:31,418 Maybe there's something in the glove compartment. 250 00:13:39,132 --> 00:13:43,091 Well, that's an expensive bauble to be carrying around. 251 00:13:50,610 --> 00:13:52,942 What is it, Ellery? A clue? 252 00:13:53,045 --> 00:13:54,034 I don't know. 253 00:13:54,147 --> 00:13:57,583 November 28, 1946... only a couple months old. 254 00:13:57,683 --> 00:13:59,082 Must be worth a lot, too. 255 00:13:59,185 --> 00:14:02,416 Look! There's a diamond missing right there in the middle. See? 256 00:14:02,522 --> 00:14:04,217 MARGIE: I wonder what that means. 257 00:14:04,323 --> 00:14:06,154 Look, Ellery, I know it looks screwy, 258 00:14:06,259 --> 00:14:08,227 but as far as we know, it's a simple heart attack. 259 00:14:08,327 --> 00:14:08,884 That's all. 260 00:14:08,995 --> 00:14:10,155 What about the broken window? 261 00:14:10,263 --> 00:14:11,423 Oh, it could have happened days ago. 262 00:14:11,531 --> 00:14:12,122 Come on, Velie. 263 00:14:12,231 --> 00:14:14,290 Dad, why carry around a valuable bracelet 264 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:15,560 when you can't lock it in your car? 265 00:14:15,668 --> 00:14:16,532 All right, all right. 266 00:14:16,636 --> 00:14:18,604 A sneak thief breaks in, just misses the bracelet. 267 00:14:18,704 --> 00:14:19,227 That's all. 268 00:14:19,338 --> 00:14:21,499 - Oh, Dad. - Oh, Ellery. 269 00:14:21,607 --> 00:14:23,199 Why does it always have to be murder? 270 00:14:23,309 --> 00:14:24,970 The maestro's got that look, Inspector. 271 00:14:25,077 --> 00:14:26,874 Must be something he wrote. 272 00:14:26,979 --> 00:14:28,810 Somebody's got to tell Mrs. Wentworth. 273 00:14:28,915 --> 00:14:30,849 Dad, do you mind if we tag along? We can go in my car. 274 00:14:30,950 --> 00:14:32,076 I thought you had a book to write. 275 00:14:32,185 --> 00:14:33,516 Well, I do, 276 00:14:33,619 --> 00:14:36,144 but I can dictate a few pages to Margie on the way over. 277 00:14:36,255 --> 00:14:38,018 Then I'll ride along with Velie. 278 00:14:38,124 --> 00:14:41,787 The thought of you dictating a book while you drive a car 279 00:14:41,894 --> 00:14:43,725 boggles the imagination. 280 00:14:43,829 --> 00:14:46,024 "He's been handcuffed to the furnace." 281 00:14:46,132 --> 00:14:46,962 Uh-huh... 282 00:14:47,066 --> 00:14:50,035 The man in the raincoat. He's been handcuffed to the furnace. 283 00:14:50,136 --> 00:14:52,536 Norris? Dead? 284 00:14:52,638 --> 00:14:54,765 [Sobbing] Oh, no! 285 00:14:54,874 --> 00:14:57,240 I'm sorry, Mrs. Wentworth. 286 00:14:59,845 --> 00:15:03,440 That... that m-mummy. 287 00:15:03,549 --> 00:15:08,213 It meant so much to him to be a part of things again. 288 00:15:08,321 --> 00:15:10,721 To... to be accepted. 289 00:15:10,823 --> 00:15:12,984 Mrs. Wentworth, I found a bottle of nitroglycerin pills 290 00:15:13,092 --> 00:15:14,081 in his overcoat pocket. 291 00:15:14,260 --> 00:15:16,888 - He did have a heart condition? - Oh, yes. 292 00:15:16,996 --> 00:15:20,864 Yes, he'd... he'd suffered a mild attack about a year ago, 293 00:15:20,967 --> 00:15:23,561 and he'd been under care for it ever since. 294 00:15:23,669 --> 00:15:25,159 But you seem to imply 295 00:15:25,271 --> 00:15:29,401 that there was something strange about Norris' death. 296 00:15:29,508 --> 00:15:33,376 Well, surely you don't believe that nonsense about the curse? 297 00:15:33,479 --> 00:15:36,812 Just routine, Mrs. Wentworth, but you have a son, Norris Jr? 298 00:15:36,916 --> 00:15:39,248 Yes. Bud. 299 00:15:39,352 --> 00:15:44,085 He's... he's out somewhere now, at a party. 300 00:15:44,190 --> 00:15:45,817 And you got home at, uh...? 301 00:15:45,925 --> 00:15:47,722 Around 9:30. 302 00:15:49,095 --> 00:15:51,996 Of course, I was surprised to find that Norris wasn't here. 303 00:15:52,098 --> 00:15:52,723 Whoops. 304 00:15:53,933 --> 00:15:56,766 I'm very sorry. I'm afraid I broke this. 305 00:15:56,869 --> 00:15:59,736 Oh, that's all right, Mr. Queen. Don't worry about it. 306 00:15:59,839 --> 00:16:01,864 This is a PDV-100, isn't it? 307 00:16:03,876 --> 00:16:04,808 Yes. 308 00:16:04,910 --> 00:16:07,276 I'm very stupid not to have made the connection right away. 309 00:16:07,380 --> 00:16:08,847 Your husband was the Norris Wentworth, 310 00:16:08,948 --> 00:16:10,472 the aircraft manufacturer. 311 00:16:10,583 --> 00:16:12,778 That was a very long time ago. 312 00:16:13,653 --> 00:16:16,918 As I recall, he was investigated by a select Senate committee... 313 00:16:17,023 --> 00:16:17,887 - Ellery. - Yeah? 314 00:16:18,057 --> 00:16:19,922 You recall very well, Mr. Queen. 315 00:16:20,559 --> 00:16:22,083 My husband was investigated 316 00:16:22,261 --> 00:16:26,288 on the libelist accusation of war profiteering, 317 00:16:26,399 --> 00:16:29,698 of manufacturing faulty aircraft, but he was cleared. 318 00:16:29,802 --> 00:16:32,168 He was absolutely cleared of all charges. 319 00:16:32,338 --> 00:16:33,464 No offense intended, Ma'am. 320 00:16:33,639 --> 00:16:35,300 Ellery, what's your point? 321 00:16:35,474 --> 00:16:36,236 Only this, Dad... 322 00:16:36,342 --> 00:16:38,071 if there was foul play, there might be a motive here. 323 00:16:38,244 --> 00:16:41,008 Aside from finding poison in Mr. Wentworth's system, 324 00:16:41,113 --> 00:16:43,775 we're not dealing with murder here. 325 00:16:43,883 --> 00:16:45,612 Maybe so, Dad. 326 00:16:47,620 --> 00:16:50,646 - Here, Mr. Queen. May I take that? - Thank you. 327 00:16:51,691 --> 00:16:56,219 Let me very honest with you about my husband, Mr. Queen. 328 00:16:56,329 --> 00:17:01,426 He was not a loved man, not by anyone. 329 00:17:03,202 --> 00:17:05,466 Not even by me. 330 00:17:06,539 --> 00:17:09,235 No one's going to mourn him. 331 00:17:09,342 --> 00:17:10,969 In fact, there may even be a few 332 00:17:11,077 --> 00:17:14,535 who will cheer a little under their breath. 333 00:17:16,515 --> 00:17:18,949 So, if it does turn out to be murder, 334 00:17:19,118 --> 00:17:21,484 I think you'll find you'll have more suspects 335 00:17:21,587 --> 00:17:22,884 than you'll know what to do with. 336 00:17:27,893 --> 00:17:30,157 All right, son, I'll see you at home. 337 00:17:30,262 --> 00:17:32,196 And it's past your bedtime. 338 00:17:32,298 --> 00:17:33,765 Is it really past your bedtime? 339 00:17:33,866 --> 00:17:36,061 Oh, he's been trying to get me to go to bed at 10:00 340 00:17:36,168 --> 00:17:38,033 since I was 14 years old. 341 00:17:38,137 --> 00:17:40,901 Ellery, did you notice about Mrs. Wentworth? 342 00:17:41,006 --> 00:17:42,701 - Yeah, her makeup. - Right. 343 00:17:42,808 --> 00:17:44,867 She said she got home at 9:30, 344 00:17:44,977 --> 00:17:48,469 but if you ask me, she didn't get to this house much before we did. 345 00:17:48,581 --> 00:17:51,243 You know something, Margie Coopersmith, with a "C"? 346 00:17:51,350 --> 00:17:53,682 You're absolutely right. 347 00:18:22,615 --> 00:18:24,378 - Morning, Mr. Brimmer. - Good morning. 348 00:18:24,483 --> 00:18:26,144 Here are the rewrites of this week's broadcast. 349 00:18:26,252 --> 00:18:28,777 The writers stayed up all night, sir, and they did a bang-up job. 350 00:18:28,888 --> 00:18:30,788 - Forget that script. - Sir? 351 00:18:30,890 --> 00:18:33,188 I said, forget the rewrites. I may be onto something. 352 00:18:33,292 --> 00:18:35,385 But we've hired the actors. Rehearsal's scheduled for 10:00. 353 00:18:35,494 --> 00:18:38,327 Cancel the rehearsal, fire the actors, and put the writers on standby. 354 00:18:38,431 --> 00:18:39,489 Norris Wentworth is dead. 355 00:18:39,598 --> 00:18:41,566 Amun-Ra has presumably struck again. 356 00:18:41,667 --> 00:18:44,135 Well, didn't the police call it a heart attack? 357 00:18:44,236 --> 00:18:44,895 Heart attack? 358 00:18:45,004 --> 00:18:47,063 Who wants to listen to a broadcast about a heart attack? 359 00:18:47,173 --> 00:18:49,539 - Well, Inspector Queen... - Never mind Inspector Queen. 360 00:18:49,642 --> 00:18:51,473 One way or another, I'll prove that Wentworth was murdered, 361 00:18:51,577 --> 00:18:54,239 despite the inspector and his celebrated son. 362 00:18:54,346 --> 00:18:58,407 Nobody's capitalizing on my curse except me. 363 00:19:07,593 --> 00:19:08,890 - It's murder. - It was a heart attack. 364 00:19:08,994 --> 00:19:09,961 It was murder. 365 00:19:10,062 --> 00:19:12,690 Here's the coroner's report... no poison, nothing. 366 00:19:12,798 --> 00:19:14,095 It was a heart attack, nothing more. 367 00:19:14,200 --> 00:19:15,929 Maybe it was a heart attack, but it was murder, just the same. 368 00:19:16,035 --> 00:19:17,662 I talked to the family doctor this morning. 369 00:19:17,770 --> 00:19:18,134 So did we. 370 00:19:18,237 --> 00:19:20,603 And he gave those nitroglycerin tablets to Mr. Wentworth himself... 371 00:19:20,706 --> 00:19:21,400 We checked that. 372 00:19:21,507 --> 00:19:24,032 ...with specific instructions to carry them in his right pocket. 373 00:19:24,143 --> 00:19:25,075 - What? - Ha ha. 374 00:19:25,177 --> 00:19:28,340 When a man has a massive coronary, it usually cripples his left arm. 375 00:19:28,447 --> 00:19:30,881 So, a guy carrying nitro pills carries them in his right pocket. 376 00:19:30,983 --> 00:19:33,076 But when I searched the overcoat, they were in his left pocket. 377 00:19:33,185 --> 00:19:34,209 Wentworth made a mistake. 378 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:35,810 Well, if he did, it was a fatal mistake. 379 00:19:35,921 --> 00:19:37,912 I have no time to waste on a case that's closed! 380 00:19:38,023 --> 00:19:39,888 What about the broken car window? 381 00:19:40,025 --> 00:19:42,550 How about the bracelet with the missing diamond? 382 00:19:42,661 --> 00:19:44,356 What about the egg stains on your shirt? 383 00:19:44,463 --> 00:19:46,090 If a big butter-and-egg man gets knocked off, 384 00:19:46,198 --> 00:19:47,324 I'm supposed to arrest you? 385 00:19:47,433 --> 00:19:49,401 Dad, don't close the door on this one too quickly. 386 00:19:49,502 --> 00:19:50,867 Oh, speaking of closing the doors, 387 00:19:50,970 --> 00:19:52,904 would you mind doing it quietly on your way out? 388 00:19:53,005 --> 00:19:55,064 All right, all right, I'll go home and try to finish my book. 389 00:19:55,174 --> 00:19:56,801 I'll try... if I can concentrate. 390 00:19:56,909 --> 00:19:59,173 Yes, the little lady is quite fetching. 391 00:19:59,345 --> 00:20:01,336 No, I didn't mean that! That's not fair... really. 392 00:20:01,447 --> 00:20:02,379 - Queen. - Simon. 393 00:20:02,481 --> 00:20:03,812 And a good morning to you, Inspector. 394 00:20:03,949 --> 00:20:05,416 Brimmer, how long have you been outside that door? 395 00:20:05,518 --> 00:20:07,349 Really, Inspector, I haven't yet been reduced to eavesdropping. 396 00:20:07,486 --> 00:20:08,612 Where's my secretary?! 397 00:20:08,787 --> 00:20:10,015 Oh, I asked her to bring me an aspirin. 398 00:20:10,122 --> 00:20:11,089 I have this headache. 399 00:20:11,223 --> 00:20:12,485 You were listening! 400 00:20:12,658 --> 00:20:13,886 I thought we might have lunch, Queen. 401 00:20:13,993 --> 00:20:15,654 I have a reservation at the Savoy-Plaza for 12:30. 402 00:20:15,761 --> 00:20:17,058 Oh, well, I don't know. I... 403 00:20:17,162 --> 00:20:18,129 Oh, of course you would. 404 00:20:18,230 --> 00:20:20,425 Emile is just back from Marseilles with some new recipes, 405 00:20:20,533 --> 00:20:22,330 and besides, I thought I might fill you in a little 406 00:20:22,434 --> 00:20:23,560 on the curse of Amun-Ra. 407 00:20:23,669 --> 00:20:24,601 My treat, of course. 408 00:20:24,703 --> 00:20:25,863 Aha. Okay. 409 00:20:28,807 --> 00:20:30,069 I'll have a Quiche Lorraine, 410 00:20:30,175 --> 00:20:32,666 and for Mr. Queen, the quenelle of pike... 411 00:20:32,778 --> 00:20:35,645 and a Chablis... something dry, but provocative. 412 00:20:35,748 --> 00:20:38,216 Very good, Mr. Brimmer. 413 00:20:38,317 --> 00:20:41,616 So, it appears that the spirit of Amun-Ra 414 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:43,381 has once more made itself felt. 415 00:20:43,556 --> 00:20:45,956 Oh, the curse? Oh, I don't know. 416 00:20:46,058 --> 00:20:47,457 Please. I wouldn't suggest for a moment 417 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:50,586 that the so-called curse caused Mr. Norris Wentworth's death. 418 00:20:50,763 --> 00:20:53,027 I quite agree that it's murder. 419 00:20:53,198 --> 00:20:55,826 This business of the pills being in the wrong pocket 420 00:20:55,935 --> 00:20:57,163 is very persuasive. 421 00:20:57,336 --> 00:20:58,860 You were listening. 422 00:20:59,038 --> 00:21:02,872 Oh, I may have picked up a chance phrase, a random remark. 423 00:21:02,975 --> 00:21:06,342 But the point is, for once, you and I seem to be in agreement. 424 00:21:06,512 --> 00:21:07,740 That's why I arranged this luncheon. 425 00:21:07,846 --> 00:21:10,508 I thought that we might work together. 426 00:21:10,683 --> 00:21:11,911 What's your angle, Simon? 427 00:21:13,652 --> 00:21:15,552 I suppose I ought to be insulted 428 00:21:15,654 --> 00:21:20,057 by the way you leap to that conclusion, but, no. 429 00:21:21,627 --> 00:21:24,061 I've developed six shows involving the deaths 430 00:21:24,163 --> 00:21:26,859 of the six previous owners of the sarcophagus. 431 00:21:26,966 --> 00:21:28,593 Obviously, I will develop a seventh show, 432 00:21:28,767 --> 00:21:30,792 involving the death of Norris Wentworth. 433 00:21:30,903 --> 00:21:32,996 And what a coup it would be if I... 434 00:21:33,105 --> 00:21:37,872 we could prove it was murder and who did it. 435 00:21:41,213 --> 00:21:43,443 A bit impudent, but a lively bouquet. 436 00:21:45,417 --> 00:21:48,875 Well, we could give it a try. 437 00:21:48,988 --> 00:21:50,387 Now, wait a minute, Simon. 438 00:21:50,489 --> 00:21:52,320 You set up this lunch before you knew 439 00:21:52,424 --> 00:21:54,324 the nitro pills were found in the wrong pocket. 440 00:21:54,426 --> 00:21:55,916 What makes you so sure it was a murder? 441 00:21:56,629 --> 00:21:59,097 Well deduced, my friend. 442 00:21:59,198 --> 00:22:02,725 I bring to this table my own small contribution. 443 00:22:02,835 --> 00:22:06,669 I was with Mr. Wentworth last night when he received a phone call 444 00:22:06,772 --> 00:22:09,138 which prompted him to quickly leave his house... 445 00:22:09,241 --> 00:22:11,141 for the museum, I presume. 446 00:22:11,310 --> 00:22:12,675 Have you got any idea who made that call? 447 00:22:12,778 --> 00:22:14,803 No, but I can tell you this... 448 00:22:14,980 --> 00:22:18,677 when he left, the window of his car was very much intact. 449 00:22:18,784 --> 00:22:20,274 For whatever reason it was broken, 450 00:22:20,386 --> 00:22:24,254 I can tell you it was definitely broken at the museum. 451 00:22:27,459 --> 00:22:29,188 Mrs. Langston was the last to be seated. 452 00:22:29,294 --> 00:22:31,455 She cradled the Siamese cat in her arms, 453 00:22:31,563 --> 00:22:34,828 caressing it gently, as the cat's eyes danced... 454 00:22:34,933 --> 00:22:38,096 no, make that "played" around the room, missing nothing. 455 00:22:38,203 --> 00:22:40,262 As they awaited the re-appearance of the inspector... 456 00:22:40,439 --> 00:22:41,633 Am I going too fast? 457 00:22:41,807 --> 00:22:45,174 "Re-appearance of the inspector"... okay. 458 00:22:45,277 --> 00:22:47,609 Where's the inspector... in the next room with a dog? 459 00:22:47,780 --> 00:22:49,611 Yes. How did you know that? 460 00:22:49,782 --> 00:22:52,080 You used that in "The Adventure of the Golden Gargoyle." 461 00:22:52,184 --> 00:22:53,617 - I did? - Sure. 462 00:22:53,719 --> 00:22:55,653 The inspector sends the dog into the room, 463 00:22:55,754 --> 00:22:56,914 and the cat doesn't even move. 464 00:22:57,022 --> 00:22:57,818 Don't you remember? 465 00:22:57,990 --> 00:22:58,820 Yes, I do. 466 00:22:58,924 --> 00:23:01,791 Queen, our quarry, I believe. 467 00:23:01,894 --> 00:23:04,454 Margie, you type up what you got, and we'll get the rest tonight. 468 00:23:04,630 --> 00:23:07,565 Okay. And if I can think of anything 469 00:23:07,666 --> 00:23:09,190 besides the trick with the dog and the cat, 470 00:23:09,368 --> 00:23:10,062 I'll let you know. 471 00:23:10,169 --> 00:23:13,161 You do that, and it's dinner at the Stork on me. 472 00:23:19,578 --> 00:23:21,705 Norris Wentworth Jr. 473 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:23,677 I'm Bud Wentworth. 474 00:23:23,782 --> 00:23:25,215 Simon Brimmer, sir. 475 00:23:25,384 --> 00:23:28,012 May I extend my sympathies on the loss of your father? 476 00:23:28,854 --> 00:23:31,186 Yeah. Thanks a lot. 477 00:23:32,691 --> 00:23:35,159 And this is Ellery Queen. 478 00:23:35,260 --> 00:23:36,625 - Hi. - Hi. 479 00:23:36,729 --> 00:23:37,821 Look, Mr. Brimmer... 480 00:23:37,996 --> 00:23:41,295 Mr. Queen and I are cooperating in a quasi-official investigation 481 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:42,424 into your father's death. 482 00:23:42,601 --> 00:23:46,162 Investigation? He died of a heart attack. 483 00:23:46,338 --> 00:23:49,171 So he did, but there may be more to it than that. 484 00:23:50,509 --> 00:23:53,103 Look... I don't know what you two are talking about. 485 00:23:53,212 --> 00:23:56,579 All I know is last night I did a little bit too much partying. 486 00:23:56,682 --> 00:23:58,980 I didn't get much sleep, so please... 487 00:23:59,084 --> 00:24:01,018 Any particular party? 488 00:24:02,321 --> 00:24:05,119 Well, we started at George Wexler's, right after we left the museum, 489 00:24:05,224 --> 00:24:06,589 but it was pretty dull. 490 00:24:06,692 --> 00:24:08,683 So, we drove around, hit a couple bars. 491 00:24:08,794 --> 00:24:10,091 You said "we." 492 00:24:10,195 --> 00:24:12,959 Lois Gordon. I just met her a few weeks ago. 493 00:24:13,065 --> 00:24:14,532 She's Tremaine's assistant... 494 00:24:14,633 --> 00:24:16,965 not a bad-Iooker for an archaeologist. 495 00:24:17,069 --> 00:24:18,593 ELLERY: And Lois Gordon... 496 00:24:18,771 --> 00:24:21,501 was she with you the entire time after you left the museum? 497 00:24:21,607 --> 00:24:23,541 That's right. 498 00:24:23,709 --> 00:24:27,668 You act as if I need an alibi or something. 499 00:24:27,780 --> 00:24:30,442 All right. So me and the old man didn't get along. 500 00:24:30,616 --> 00:24:33,414 He's had enough dough to float Fort Knox, but I never saw any of it. 501 00:24:33,519 --> 00:24:35,612 Well, that shouldn't be a problem for you any longer. 502 00:24:35,721 --> 00:24:36,210 What? 503 00:24:36,388 --> 00:24:37,286 Well, now that he's dead, 504 00:24:37,389 --> 00:24:39,755 I presume you'll inherit quite a bit of his estate. 505 00:24:42,528 --> 00:24:44,689 Lucky me. 506 00:24:44,797 --> 00:24:47,789 And lucky Mom, too. 507 00:24:47,900 --> 00:24:50,630 In fact, lucky everybody. 508 00:24:55,307 --> 00:24:55,830 [Sighs] 509 00:24:55,941 --> 00:24:58,501 Well, Queen, we'd better get over to that museum. 510 00:24:58,610 --> 00:25:00,805 Yes, there's somebody we ought to talk to. 511 00:25:00,913 --> 00:25:03,381 - Lois Gordon. - Otis Tremaine. 512 00:25:05,050 --> 00:25:06,847 According to the terms of our agreement, 513 00:25:06,952 --> 00:25:09,887 delivery was to have been made no later than... 514 00:25:09,988 --> 00:25:12,684 than... 515 00:25:15,294 --> 00:25:17,762 Look that date up yourself, would you, Miss Chauncey, please, 516 00:25:17,863 --> 00:25:19,228 and fill it in for me. 517 00:25:19,331 --> 00:25:20,298 Yes? 518 00:25:20,399 --> 00:25:23,698 My apologies, Dr. Tremaine. There was no one at the desk. 519 00:25:23,802 --> 00:25:24,393 Yes? 520 00:25:24,503 --> 00:25:26,733 Simon Brimmer, sir. 521 00:25:26,839 --> 00:25:29,933 I conduct a modestly successful radio program 522 00:25:30,042 --> 00:25:32,374 dealing with murder... modern and otherwise. 523 00:25:32,477 --> 00:25:33,171 Ah. 524 00:25:33,345 --> 00:25:35,370 At the moment, I'm interested in the mysterious death 525 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:37,345 of your patron, Mr. Wentworth. 526 00:25:38,383 --> 00:25:40,044 There's nothing mysterious about it. 527 00:25:40,152 --> 00:25:42,848 Claudia... Mrs. Wentworth, that is... 528 00:25:42,955 --> 00:25:45,116 was informed the death was due to a heart attack. 529 00:25:45,290 --> 00:25:48,521 We are taking nothing for granted, Dr. Tremaine. 530 00:25:48,694 --> 00:25:49,626 "We"? 531 00:25:49,795 --> 00:25:51,092 Mr. Queen and I in tandem 532 00:25:51,196 --> 00:25:54,165 are conducting a little investigation into Mr. Wentworth's death. 533 00:25:54,333 --> 00:25:56,927 I see. 534 00:25:57,035 --> 00:25:59,560 Well, in the face of what she was told, 535 00:25:59,671 --> 00:26:01,468 wouldn't any other assumption seem absurd? 536 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,632 Just one small question, sir. 537 00:26:04,743 --> 00:26:08,804 Was the museum or were you personally mentioned 538 00:26:08,914 --> 00:26:10,404 in Mr. Wentworth's will? 539 00:26:12,985 --> 00:26:16,477 The answer to that, Mr. Brimmer, is no. 540 00:26:17,856 --> 00:26:20,552 And I don't particularly care for your suggestion. 541 00:26:21,126 --> 00:26:25,825 I suggest nothing, sir, but the fact is Wentworth is dead, 542 00:26:25,931 --> 00:26:28,399 and there is a great deal to that. 543 00:26:30,235 --> 00:26:34,069 Bud and I were together the whole time, just as he told you. 544 00:26:34,172 --> 00:26:35,935 And after the Wexler party, you drove around... 545 00:26:36,041 --> 00:26:36,871 just the two of you? 546 00:26:36,975 --> 00:26:39,910 That's right. What's your point, Mr. Queen? 547 00:26:40,012 --> 00:26:41,843 Well, I'm trying to figure out in my own mind 548 00:26:41,947 --> 00:26:44,142 where everybody was after the museum was closed 549 00:26:44,249 --> 00:26:46,877 and before Mr. Wentworth's body was found. 550 00:26:46,985 --> 00:26:48,418 What's the difference? 551 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:50,954 Well, maybe none, unless he was killed. 552 00:26:51,123 --> 00:26:54,524 You didn't call him, by any chance, at his home, say around 9:30? 553 00:26:54,693 --> 00:26:55,955 No, I didn't, 554 00:26:56,128 --> 00:26:59,689 and I'm getting a little annoyed with the insinuation. 555 00:26:59,798 --> 00:27:04,701 Unlike your books, Mr. Queen, everything needn't be a murder. 556 00:27:04,803 --> 00:27:06,737 He died of a heart attack. 557 00:27:06,905 --> 00:27:08,873 Perhaps he did. 558 00:27:08,974 --> 00:27:10,566 How long have you known Bud Wentworth? 559 00:27:11,243 --> 00:27:13,734 We met in December, just before Christmas... 560 00:27:13,912 --> 00:27:16,403 a celebration at the Wentworth home. 561 00:27:16,548 --> 00:27:17,446 Excuse me, Miss Gordon. 562 00:27:17,549 --> 00:27:19,016 Cleaning lady found this in the restroom. 563 00:27:19,117 --> 00:27:20,277 I guess somebody forgot it. 564 00:27:20,385 --> 00:27:23,786 - Mm. No identification in here. - No, Ma'am. 565 00:27:23,889 --> 00:27:25,516 Drop it in my office, Harry. 566 00:27:25,624 --> 00:27:27,216 They'll probably come back for it later. 567 00:27:27,326 --> 00:27:28,122 Yes, Ma'am. 568 00:27:28,226 --> 00:27:32,128 Harry, don't you ever take any time off? 569 00:27:32,230 --> 00:27:34,960 Well, the day man called in sick, Ma'am, but it's all right. 570 00:27:35,067 --> 00:27:37,501 Living alone now like I do, it doesn't make any difference. 571 00:27:39,438 --> 00:27:41,963 This celebration around Christmas... 572 00:27:42,074 --> 00:27:43,974 I guess it was over the sarcophagus. 573 00:27:44,076 --> 00:27:45,236 What else? 574 00:27:45,344 --> 00:27:48,472 Believe me, a lot of work went into the acquisition. 575 00:27:48,580 --> 00:27:52,448 It wasn't quite as easy as Norris Wentworth made it sound. 576 00:27:52,551 --> 00:27:55,452 Oh, then you were in Europe with him? 577 00:27:55,554 --> 00:27:56,885 Of course. 578 00:27:56,989 --> 00:27:59,082 Someone had to authenticate it, 579 00:27:59,191 --> 00:28:02,592 and I hold a PhD in ancient Middle Eastern Cultures. 580 00:28:02,761 --> 00:28:04,820 Miss Gordon, the day the mummy was acquired... 581 00:28:04,930 --> 00:28:08,832 that wasn't by any chance November 28th of last year, was it? 582 00:28:08,934 --> 00:28:12,392 - As a matter of fact, it was. - It was. 583 00:28:12,504 --> 00:28:15,439 But how did you know? 584 00:28:28,153 --> 00:28:29,814 There... I told you something was burning. 585 00:28:29,921 --> 00:28:33,288 No, no, no, right in front of you... the potholder. 586 00:28:33,392 --> 00:28:35,553 Oh, this smells good and strong, Dad. 587 00:28:35,660 --> 00:28:37,594 You're probably half-right. 588 00:28:37,696 --> 00:28:39,596 Well, we can forget about the bracelet as a clue. 589 00:28:39,698 --> 00:28:41,689 Wentworth gave it to Lois Gordon as kind of a thank-you gift 590 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:43,392 for acquiring the Amun-Ra sarcophagus. 591 00:28:43,535 --> 00:28:45,196 A couple of days ago, one of the diamonds fell out, 592 00:28:45,303 --> 00:28:47,168 and he was returning it to the jeweler to be replaced. 593 00:28:47,939 --> 00:28:50,066 So, after all that, it doesn't mean a thing. 594 00:28:50,242 --> 00:28:52,301 Oh, I didn't say that, Dad. 595 00:28:52,411 --> 00:28:53,901 We know for sure that Wentworth's car 596 00:28:54,012 --> 00:28:55,206 was broken into at the museum. 597 00:28:55,380 --> 00:28:56,642 We also know it wasn't a thief 598 00:28:56,748 --> 00:28:58,181 because the bracelet was left behind. 599 00:28:58,283 --> 00:28:59,341 But why was the window smashed? 600 00:28:59,951 --> 00:29:02,317 Somebody tried to steal it. They were frightened away. 601 00:29:02,487 --> 00:29:03,818 By whom? 602 00:29:03,922 --> 00:29:05,321 The bald-headed midget! 603 00:29:05,424 --> 00:29:08,222 Ellery, it's wonderful, and I figured it out. 604 00:29:08,326 --> 00:29:10,157 The midget, of course. It had to be. 605 00:29:10,262 --> 00:29:11,126 The midget? 606 00:29:11,229 --> 00:29:12,753 The midget was the only one small enough 607 00:29:12,864 --> 00:29:13,831 to crawl through the transom. 608 00:29:13,999 --> 00:29:15,432 Well, actually, Margie, it wasn't the midget. 609 00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:16,328 It wasn't? 610 00:29:16,435 --> 00:29:18,528 No, the midget was in the Turkish bath the night of the murder. 611 00:29:18,637 --> 00:29:21,003 - Remember? - Oh, that's right. 612 00:29:21,106 --> 00:29:22,164 Well, if it wasn't the midget 613 00:29:22,274 --> 00:29:23,832 and it wasn't the man in the raincoat... 614 00:29:23,942 --> 00:29:25,409 Who said it wasn't the man in the raincoat? 615 00:29:25,577 --> 00:29:26,703 Ellery, where are the tea bags? 616 00:29:26,878 --> 00:29:27,936 Well, it can't be. 617 00:29:28,046 --> 00:29:31,209 On page 27, you specifically have the man in the raincoat 618 00:29:31,316 --> 00:29:34,251 opening the letter from Dr. Vorschack with his left hand, 619 00:29:34,352 --> 00:29:35,842 and the murderer is right-handed. 620 00:29:35,954 --> 00:29:39,287 What? Where does it say that? 621 00:29:39,391 --> 00:29:41,382 I told you, on page 27. 622 00:29:41,493 --> 00:29:44,291 Well, if that's true, then we have to change the clue on page 60. 623 00:29:44,396 --> 00:29:45,556 - Ellery. - Hmm? 624 00:29:45,664 --> 00:29:48,326 The tea bags... you know, the bags with tea in them, 625 00:29:48,433 --> 00:29:50,424 with little tags attached? 626 00:29:50,535 --> 00:29:51,900 Oh, they're in the cupboard, Dad. 627 00:29:52,070 --> 00:29:55,062 Margie, we've got an awful lot of work to do tonight. 628 00:29:55,173 --> 00:29:57,198 [Telephone rings] 629 00:29:58,243 --> 00:29:59,642 Hello? 630 00:29:59,744 --> 00:30:01,302 Yes, Sergeant Velie, just a second, please. 631 00:30:01,413 --> 00:30:03,404 Dad? 632 00:30:03,515 --> 00:30:05,073 Yeah, Velie? 633 00:30:05,851 --> 00:30:08,046 What?! 634 00:30:08,153 --> 00:30:11,213 Oh, I don't have to talk to them. 635 00:30:12,124 --> 00:30:14,285 All right. All right, we'll be right down. 636 00:30:14,392 --> 00:30:16,690 - Ellery, get your coat. - Oh, Dad, I can't. 637 00:30:16,795 --> 00:30:18,023 I got to finish my book. You know that. 638 00:30:18,130 --> 00:30:19,290 Oh, no, you don't. 639 00:30:19,397 --> 00:30:21,092 You're the one who thought Wentworth was murdered. 640 00:30:21,199 --> 00:30:22,257 It's your problem. 641 00:30:22,434 --> 00:30:26,700 Mrs. Wentworth and Dr. Tremaine are waiting in my office. 642 00:30:26,805 --> 00:30:28,966 They want to make a statement. 643 00:30:29,274 --> 00:30:31,401 Let me get right to the point, Inspector. 644 00:30:31,510 --> 00:30:34,274 Norris Wentworth was not an easy man to deal with. 645 00:30:34,379 --> 00:30:35,641 Or to live with. 646 00:30:35,747 --> 00:30:38,045 Some months ago, I met Mrs. Wentworth, 647 00:30:38,150 --> 00:30:39,208 and we very soon realized 648 00:30:39,317 --> 00:30:41,911 how much we enjoyed each other's company. 649 00:30:42,020 --> 00:30:43,954 Very soon after that... 650 00:30:44,055 --> 00:30:46,717 We began seeing each other. 651 00:30:46,825 --> 00:30:49,020 Well, you can call it an affair if you like, 652 00:30:49,127 --> 00:30:52,790 but to me, it's been much more than that. 653 00:30:52,898 --> 00:30:55,423 And to me, my darling. 654 00:30:55,534 --> 00:30:58,094 Then you were together the night your husband died. 655 00:30:58,236 --> 00:31:00,704 Yes. I barely arrived home 656 00:31:00,805 --> 00:31:02,830 before you and the Inspector were at our door. 657 00:31:03,008 --> 00:31:05,135 But she was with me every second. I'll swear to it. 658 00:31:05,577 --> 00:31:07,306 That's not necessary, Dr. Tremaine. 659 00:31:07,479 --> 00:31:09,970 I was afraid you'd discover the truth, Mr. Queen, 660 00:31:10,148 --> 00:31:12,309 and we wanted to come forward first. 661 00:31:13,652 --> 00:31:15,517 Otis and I are not ashamed. 662 00:31:16,922 --> 00:31:19,891 Now, with your permission, Inspector, may I take Mrs. Wentworth home? 663 00:31:19,991 --> 00:31:22,357 - Of course. - Thank you. 664 00:31:25,630 --> 00:31:28,326 - Thank you, Inspector. - Bye-bye. 665 00:31:31,069 --> 00:31:32,661 Very strange, isn't it? 666 00:31:33,672 --> 00:31:35,230 Strange in what way? 667 00:31:35,407 --> 00:31:37,932 Lois Gordon and Bud Wentworth alibi each other. 668 00:31:38,043 --> 00:31:40,534 Claudia Wentworth and Dr. Tremaine alibi each other. 669 00:31:40,645 --> 00:31:43,409 But if they're lying for each other, then nobody has an alibi. 670 00:31:43,582 --> 00:31:46,244 Norris Wentworth died of natural causes. 671 00:31:46,351 --> 00:31:49,320 Nothing will convince me otherwise. 672 00:32:37,669 --> 00:32:39,227 Hold it! 673 00:32:49,180 --> 00:32:50,875 And your name is...? 674 00:32:50,982 --> 00:32:54,315 Mustafa Haddid. 675 00:32:54,419 --> 00:32:56,250 I am known to Dr. Tremaine. 676 00:32:56,354 --> 00:32:57,582 Yes, that's true. 677 00:32:57,689 --> 00:33:00,817 I can assure you, Inspector, that if Dr. Haddid was in the museum, 678 00:33:00,925 --> 00:33:02,222 he had a very valid reason. 679 00:33:02,394 --> 00:33:05,420 Certainly not to destroy the mummy of Pharaoh Amun-Ra. 680 00:33:05,597 --> 00:33:07,462 I'm sorry, my friend, but you're wrong. 681 00:33:08,199 --> 00:33:11,464 I would have burned it, yes. 682 00:33:11,636 --> 00:33:13,763 Better for it to be consumed by fire 683 00:33:13,872 --> 00:33:18,673 than to be put on display like some sideshow curiosity. 684 00:33:18,777 --> 00:33:21,143 Excuse me. How did you get in? 685 00:33:21,246 --> 00:33:23,146 There was no sign of forced entry. 686 00:33:23,248 --> 00:33:25,239 Well, I entered just before closing. 687 00:33:25,350 --> 00:33:28,114 I hid in some basement storage room 688 00:33:28,219 --> 00:33:30,517 until I was sure the building was empty. 689 00:33:30,622 --> 00:33:31,953 Except for the guard here. 690 00:33:32,123 --> 00:33:34,591 And that's what you did that night, the night Norris Wentworth died? 691 00:33:34,759 --> 00:33:37,592 Believe me... I had nothing to do with his death. 692 00:33:37,696 --> 00:33:39,596 I can vouch for that, Inspector. 693 00:33:39,698 --> 00:33:41,222 On the night of Mr. Wentworth's death, 694 00:33:41,333 --> 00:33:42,857 I made a very thorough search 695 00:33:43,034 --> 00:33:44,968 of every room on my first check-through, 696 00:33:45,070 --> 00:33:46,697 to be sure that no one was staying around. 697 00:33:46,871 --> 00:33:49,032 Now, there was no one hiding in the museum. I'm sure of it. 698 00:33:49,207 --> 00:33:50,799 My good friend, I... 699 00:33:51,409 --> 00:33:53,877 There is nothing to say, 700 00:33:53,978 --> 00:33:56,139 as long as men like Norris Wentworth 701 00:33:56,247 --> 00:33:58,272 rape and pillage my country, 702 00:33:58,383 --> 00:34:02,012 stealing its treasures, desecrating its temples, 703 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:04,213 and men like you encourage him. 704 00:34:06,291 --> 00:34:07,519 Well, what are we gonna do about this? 705 00:34:07,625 --> 00:34:08,751 I got a lot of charges here. 706 00:34:08,860 --> 00:34:11,488 Now, please, Inspector. I couldn't even think of it. 707 00:34:11,663 --> 00:34:14,063 Dr. Haddid happens to be right. 708 00:34:14,165 --> 00:34:16,759 Someday, there will be laws prohibiting just this sort of thing, 709 00:34:16,868 --> 00:34:19,962 not only in your country... in all countries. 710 00:34:20,138 --> 00:34:21,662 Well, if you're not gonna press charges... 711 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:22,602 I'm sorry. 712 00:34:22,707 --> 00:34:24,174 ...there's nothing I can do about it. 713 00:34:24,342 --> 00:34:26,071 Come on, son, unless you still want 714 00:34:26,244 --> 00:34:28,007 to hang a murder charge on somebody. 715 00:34:28,179 --> 00:34:30,613 No, not tonight, Dad. I still got a book to finish by noon. 716 00:34:30,715 --> 00:34:32,580 Oh, it's gonna be one of those nights, is it? 717 00:34:32,684 --> 00:34:36,142 Well, I'll stop by the drugstore and get some sleeping pills. 718 00:34:49,567 --> 00:34:51,398 I don't think you should be looking at those. 719 00:34:51,503 --> 00:34:53,334 Oh, of course, of course. 720 00:34:53,438 --> 00:34:54,700 I'm sure he'll be back soon. 721 00:34:54,806 --> 00:34:56,296 If I knew where he could be reached, I'd... 722 00:34:56,408 --> 00:34:58,535 That's quite all right. 723 00:35:00,111 --> 00:35:02,739 It's marvelous how Ellery manages to keep turning these out 724 00:35:02,847 --> 00:35:07,580 and still maintain a certain degree of readability. 725 00:35:08,486 --> 00:35:10,420 Ellery told me his new assistant was bright, 726 00:35:10,522 --> 00:35:13,150 but he failed to tell me you're beautiful, as well, my dear. 727 00:35:13,258 --> 00:35:15,453 Oh, why, thank you. 728 00:35:15,627 --> 00:35:19,688 Your name... is it Deidre? You seem so much a Deidre. 729 00:35:19,864 --> 00:35:22,025 Margie Coopersmith, with a "C." 730 00:35:23,268 --> 00:35:24,963 Margie. 731 00:35:25,069 --> 00:35:28,561 I don't suppose Ellery mentioned where he was off to, Margie? 732 00:35:28,673 --> 00:35:31,904 - No, he didn't say. - Characteristic. 733 00:35:32,010 --> 00:35:33,602 As you know, Ellery and I are collaborating 734 00:35:33,711 --> 00:35:36,271 on this latest adventure, as he calls it. 735 00:35:36,381 --> 00:35:38,542 Are you? That's exciting. 736 00:35:38,650 --> 00:35:40,584 I just love your radio show, Mr. Brimmer. 737 00:35:40,752 --> 00:35:42,447 How kind of you. 738 00:35:42,554 --> 00:35:46,081 It's so difficult to maintain quality without the help of good people. 739 00:35:46,257 --> 00:35:47,315 Oh, yes, sir. 740 00:35:47,492 --> 00:35:49,653 I do wish I could find someone to assist me 741 00:35:49,761 --> 00:35:51,956 in the preparation of my broadcasts... 742 00:35:52,063 --> 00:35:53,724 someone like yourself, Margie. 743 00:35:53,832 --> 00:35:55,094 But of course I realize 744 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:57,464 you're probably contractually bound to Ellery. 745 00:35:57,635 --> 00:36:00,798 Oh, no, no, I'm just typing for him because of his finger. 746 00:36:00,972 --> 00:36:03,668 A disgraceful waste of your talents. 747 00:36:05,109 --> 00:36:07,509 Once you finish this assignment, we must have lunch. 748 00:36:07,679 --> 00:36:09,078 Oh, I'd like that very much. 749 00:36:09,581 --> 00:36:12,414 Meanwhile, I'm sure there are probably developments in the case 750 00:36:12,517 --> 00:36:14,212 that Ellery has forgotten to mention to me. 751 00:36:14,319 --> 00:36:18,415 Perhaps you could fill me in on his progress until he gets here. 752 00:36:18,523 --> 00:36:21,686 Mr. Brimmer, are you trying to pump me? 753 00:36:21,793 --> 00:36:24,626 - Not at all. - Sure sounds like it. 754 00:36:24,796 --> 00:36:27,264 Well, I just thought if he kept you up-to-date, 755 00:36:27,365 --> 00:36:30,027 or perhaps something you yourself had observed at the museum... 756 00:36:30,134 --> 00:36:31,499 I understand you were there. 757 00:36:31,669 --> 00:36:35,867 Oh, sure, but I wouldn't go in, not with that mummy. 758 00:36:36,040 --> 00:36:37,701 Those things scare me to death. 759 00:36:37,809 --> 00:36:41,108 No, sir, that night I wouldn't go in there for anything. 760 00:36:41,212 --> 00:36:42,338 Those things what? 761 00:36:42,514 --> 00:36:44,004 I said they scare me to death. 762 00:36:47,218 --> 00:36:49,448 Well, let me get out of your way. 763 00:36:49,554 --> 00:36:53,650 If Ellery returns, no need to tell him I was here. 764 00:36:54,926 --> 00:36:55,950 - Simon. - Queen. 765 00:36:56,060 --> 00:36:57,493 - Inspector. - Brimmer. 766 00:36:57,595 --> 00:36:59,028 I'm gonna make some cocoa. Want some? 767 00:36:59,130 --> 00:37:01,496 - No, thanks. - Sorry. I can't wait. 768 00:37:01,599 --> 00:37:02,930 - Well, I was gonna fill you in... - No need. 769 00:37:03,034 --> 00:37:05,298 We can compare notes tomorrow. 770 00:37:21,252 --> 00:37:23,015 [Dialing] 771 00:37:26,758 --> 00:37:29,056 [Telephone ringing] 772 00:37:35,900 --> 00:37:36,832 Hello? Yes? 773 00:37:37,001 --> 00:37:39,834 Dr. Haddid, my name is Simon Brimmer. 774 00:37:40,004 --> 00:37:41,335 - You may have heard of me. - No. 775 00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:47,207 I have some information regarding the sarcophagus of Amun-Ra. 776 00:37:47,312 --> 00:37:50,611 I think it would be to your advantage to meet me for lunch. 777 00:37:50,715 --> 00:37:54,674 Shall we say 21 at 12:00 noon? 778 00:38:12,737 --> 00:38:15,205 Well, I guess it'd be okay, you being a friend of his and all. 779 00:38:15,306 --> 00:38:17,206 Just a little surprise for an old comrade. 780 00:38:17,308 --> 00:38:19,708 - Thanks so much. - Thank you. 781 00:39:04,522 --> 00:39:05,784 [Sniffs] 782 00:39:15,299 --> 00:39:17,460 "It had to have been you, Geoffrey Langston. 783 00:39:17,568 --> 00:39:20,002 Only you had access to the aquarium. 784 00:39:20,104 --> 00:39:22,368 Only you knew the knife was buried in the sand 785 00:39:22,473 --> 00:39:23,838 beneath the green conch shell." 786 00:39:23,941 --> 00:39:24,930 That's good. 787 00:39:25,043 --> 00:39:26,977 - That's redundant. - That's what? 788 00:39:27,078 --> 00:39:29,774 Redundant... all conches are shells. 789 00:39:29,881 --> 00:39:32,975 - "Green conch" is all you need. - Okay. 790 00:39:33,084 --> 00:39:34,073 Did you see that guy? 791 00:39:34,185 --> 00:39:35,982 Did you see the way he came out of that driveway? 792 00:39:36,087 --> 00:39:38,521 That wasn't a driveway. It was a street. 793 00:39:38,623 --> 00:39:40,090 Pretty narrow street, if you ask me. 794 00:39:40,191 --> 00:39:41,624 Wide enough for a traffic light. 795 00:39:41,726 --> 00:39:43,591 Traffic light? Are you sure? 796 00:39:43,695 --> 00:39:45,162 Careful! 797 00:39:45,263 --> 00:39:48,494 There's your publisher... next block. 798 00:39:48,599 --> 00:39:52,501 Just in time... 10 minutes before they close. 799 00:40:05,383 --> 00:40:07,408 Margie, where are the pages? 800 00:40:07,518 --> 00:40:09,179 I thought you were going to bring them in. 801 00:40:09,287 --> 00:40:10,811 Oh. 802 00:40:25,670 --> 00:40:26,659 The car's locked. 803 00:40:26,838 --> 00:40:28,703 Well, unlock it. 804 00:40:28,873 --> 00:40:30,568 Oh, yeah. 805 00:40:32,777 --> 00:40:35,405 I locked my keys in the car. Now what? 806 00:40:35,580 --> 00:40:37,946 Well, if you want your book to be on time, 807 00:40:38,049 --> 00:40:39,414 you better break one of the windows. 808 00:40:39,584 --> 00:40:41,381 Right. 809 00:40:41,486 --> 00:40:44,978 Break... the window. 810 00:40:45,089 --> 00:40:47,148 That's it. 811 00:40:47,258 --> 00:40:49,658 Wentworth's broken car window at the museum... 812 00:40:49,761 --> 00:40:52,389 now I know what it means. 813 00:40:54,766 --> 00:40:57,394 I may be wrong, but I think I know how Norris Wentworth was killed 814 00:40:57,502 --> 00:40:59,561 and why and who did it. 815 00:40:59,670 --> 00:41:03,436 Remember the autopsy definitely established it was a heart attack. 816 00:41:03,541 --> 00:41:05,532 But was someone responsible for that heart attack? 817 00:41:05,643 --> 00:41:09,010 I think so, and it all has to do with the broken window 818 00:41:09,113 --> 00:41:11,377 in Wentworth's car outside the museum 819 00:41:11,482 --> 00:41:13,916 and the key ring in his pocket. 820 00:41:14,018 --> 00:41:16,919 Let's see if we come up with the same answer. 821 00:41:21,359 --> 00:41:23,350 Ellery, let's get started. 822 00:41:23,461 --> 00:41:25,520 Well, I was hoping Simon would be here by now. 823 00:41:25,630 --> 00:41:28,258 Well, it's obvious. He isn't taking any of your calls. 824 00:41:28,366 --> 00:41:31,267 If he was going to be here, he would have arrived already. 825 00:41:31,369 --> 00:41:33,462 Okay, Dad, let's go. 826 00:41:35,306 --> 00:41:38,537 Ladies and gentlemen, please be seated. 827 00:41:38,643 --> 00:41:40,611 Thank you. Anywhere will do. 828 00:41:40,711 --> 00:41:43,509 Now, first let me remind you that you are here 829 00:41:43,614 --> 00:41:46,606 of your own free will, at my son's invitation. 830 00:41:46,784 --> 00:41:49,218 Officially, this gathering is not sanctioned 831 00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:51,754 by the police department or the district attorney's office, 832 00:41:51,923 --> 00:41:54,323 both of which are satisfied 833 00:41:54,492 --> 00:41:56,983 that Norris Wentworth's death was accidental. 834 00:41:57,161 --> 00:41:59,425 We understand. Let's get on with it. 835 00:41:59,597 --> 00:42:00,655 Ellery? 836 00:42:00,765 --> 00:42:02,528 Yes, certainly. 837 00:42:02,633 --> 00:42:05,500 Mrs. Wentworth, on the night of his death, 838 00:42:05,603 --> 00:42:07,400 your husband received a phone call from someone. 839 00:42:07,505 --> 00:42:08,267 We don't know who, 840 00:42:08,372 --> 00:42:11,170 but the caller's intent was to lure him to the museum, 841 00:42:11,275 --> 00:42:12,799 into this wing. 842 00:42:12,910 --> 00:42:17,176 Now, Simon Brimmer and I have been operating on the theory 843 00:42:17,281 --> 00:42:20,273 that your husband was murdered because of the pills 844 00:42:20,384 --> 00:42:21,976 and because of the smashed car window. 845 00:42:22,086 --> 00:42:24,384 But now I realize that the window was smashed 846 00:42:24,488 --> 00:42:25,580 by Mr. Wentworth himself, 847 00:42:25,690 --> 00:42:28,215 just as I smashed my own car window this afternoon 848 00:42:28,326 --> 00:42:30,954 when I inadvertently locked my keys in the ignition. 849 00:42:31,128 --> 00:42:33,494 - What are you getting at? - Bear with me. 850 00:42:33,598 --> 00:42:35,429 The window was smashed by Mr. Wentworth. 851 00:42:35,533 --> 00:42:36,727 He retrieved his keys, 852 00:42:36,834 --> 00:42:38,529 but he never used his key to get in the museum. 853 00:42:38,636 --> 00:42:39,364 What? 854 00:42:39,537 --> 00:42:42,370 But he had his keys. You found them in his pocket. 855 00:42:42,540 --> 00:42:45,668 Yes, he had them, but he never used them. 856 00:42:45,843 --> 00:42:47,708 Dad? 857 00:42:48,913 --> 00:42:50,175 This is a set of keys 858 00:42:50,281 --> 00:42:52,681 similar to the ones carried by Norris Wentworth... 859 00:42:52,783 --> 00:42:55,047 a plain key ring with seven keys on it. 860 00:42:55,152 --> 00:42:58,644 Now, let's assume, just for a moment, that this key... the long one... 861 00:42:58,756 --> 00:43:01,691 is the key to the museum door. 862 00:43:01,792 --> 00:43:03,555 Oh, a local hardware store 863 00:43:03,661 --> 00:43:06,095 was kind enough to lend us this to demonstrate. 864 00:43:06,197 --> 00:43:10,964 Now, I place the key in the lock, turn it, 865 00:43:11,068 --> 00:43:13,730 open the door, and extract the key. 866 00:43:13,838 --> 00:43:17,569 Now, watch what happens. The key falls to the outside. 867 00:43:17,675 --> 00:43:21,543 No matter how I hold them, no matter how many times I try, 868 00:43:21,646 --> 00:43:26,276 the key falls either to the left or to the right, 869 00:43:26,450 --> 00:43:28,008 but always to the outside. 870 00:43:29,153 --> 00:43:32,816 But in these photos taken of Norris Wentworth's keys 871 00:43:32,924 --> 00:43:34,824 as I removed them from his overcoat, 872 00:43:34,926 --> 00:43:36,621 the museum-door key is in the middle. 873 00:43:36,727 --> 00:43:41,096 That's impossible if he had just used it. 874 00:43:41,198 --> 00:43:45,259 Norris Wentworth never used his key to the museum door. 875 00:43:45,369 --> 00:43:46,768 He was let in by someone. 876 00:43:46,871 --> 00:43:53,401 He was let in by the only person who, by his own admission, 877 00:43:53,511 --> 00:43:55,103 was in the museum that night. 878 00:43:56,080 --> 00:43:56,705 Harry? 879 00:44:04,288 --> 00:44:05,949 That's right, Mr. Queen. 880 00:44:07,024 --> 00:44:10,323 It was me that called him, me that let him in. 881 00:44:11,162 --> 00:44:13,096 Damn fool had locked the keys in his car 882 00:44:13,197 --> 00:44:16,462 and broke open the window himself. 883 00:44:16,567 --> 00:44:18,967 I was waiting by the open door when he walked up. 884 00:44:19,870 --> 00:44:22,464 How? Why? 885 00:44:23,874 --> 00:44:26,672 I'm not going to say I'm sorry, Ma'am. 886 00:44:26,777 --> 00:44:27,937 He deserved to die. 887 00:44:29,513 --> 00:44:35,145 That night, when I realized who he was, 888 00:44:35,252 --> 00:44:39,450 what he'd done to those boys overseas... 889 00:44:39,557 --> 00:44:43,084 putting together planes that wouldn't fly... 890 00:44:43,260 --> 00:44:45,990 I saw a gold-star flag in your office, Harry. 891 00:44:46,097 --> 00:44:47,086 Was that your son? 892 00:44:48,199 --> 00:44:50,759 That's right, Mr. Queen. 893 00:44:50,868 --> 00:44:53,803 Billy flew a fighter plane over Hamburg, 894 00:44:53,904 --> 00:44:57,635 one of those PDV-100s. 895 00:44:57,742 --> 00:45:02,475 He flew it once, just once. 896 00:45:02,580 --> 00:45:03,808 He never flew back. 897 00:45:06,684 --> 00:45:10,780 Well, Wentworth killed my boy. I was gonna kill him. 898 00:45:12,223 --> 00:45:14,851 I took out my gun, and I pointed it at him. 899 00:45:14,959 --> 00:45:18,224 He started begging me not to shoot... 900 00:45:18,329 --> 00:45:20,524 such a pathetic sight, whimpering and crying. 901 00:45:20,631 --> 00:45:23,156 I guess all the hate ran out of me 902 00:45:23,267 --> 00:45:25,462 'cause I turned around and started to holster my gun 903 00:45:25,569 --> 00:45:28,766 when I heard him gasp and fall to the ground. 904 00:45:28,873 --> 00:45:30,864 I bent down beside him, 905 00:45:30,975 --> 00:45:34,035 and he was starting to say something about pills. 906 00:45:34,145 --> 00:45:35,772 Well, I found them in his coat pocket. 907 00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:39,077 By the time I got back, he was gone. 908 00:45:39,183 --> 00:45:43,449 I figured it was divine Providence that done it to him, 909 00:45:43,554 --> 00:45:46,352 so why should I pay? 910 00:45:46,457 --> 00:45:48,925 So, I put the pills back in the pocket, 911 00:45:49,026 --> 00:45:52,223 pretended like I didn't know he was there until I found him dead. 912 00:45:52,396 --> 00:45:54,523 But you put the pills back in the wrong pocket. 913 00:45:56,133 --> 00:45:57,327 I didn't know it. 914 00:45:57,435 --> 00:45:59,630 I guess I didn't think about... 915 00:46:00,571 --> 00:46:03,734 Look... I'm willing to take what's coming to me, 916 00:46:03,841 --> 00:46:06,708 even if you call it murder. 917 00:46:06,811 --> 00:46:09,371 But I'm not sorry he's dead. 918 00:46:10,681 --> 00:46:13,343 That man deserved to die. 919 00:46:13,451 --> 00:46:15,248 [Crying] 920 00:46:17,021 --> 00:46:18,420 Velie. 921 00:46:21,225 --> 00:46:23,216 [Telephone rings] 922 00:46:23,327 --> 00:46:26,558 Oh, the poor man. Can't we do something for him? 923 00:46:26,664 --> 00:46:29,326 That'll be up to the courts to decide, Mrs. Wentworth. 924 00:46:29,433 --> 00:46:32,869 - Ellery, for you. - Thank you. 925 00:46:37,141 --> 00:46:38,836 - Simon? - Queen. 926 00:46:38,943 --> 00:46:41,707 Just thought you'd like to know that I've cracked the Wentworth case. 927 00:46:41,812 --> 00:46:42,676 Strange as it seems, 928 00:46:42,780 --> 00:46:45,214 I believe Wentworth was literally frightened to death. 929 00:46:45,382 --> 00:46:46,474 Ah, you're absolutely right. 930 00:46:46,650 --> 00:46:48,481 I have the press arriving in a few minutes. 931 00:46:48,586 --> 00:46:50,019 I'm sure you can't make it over here by then, 932 00:46:50,121 --> 00:46:52,919 but I'll be sure to mention your name, at least in passing. 933 00:46:53,090 --> 00:46:54,614 Well, that's fine, but actually l... 934 00:46:54,725 --> 00:46:56,659 No doubt, the Egyptian will make a full confession 935 00:46:56,760 --> 00:46:58,057 when confronted with the facts. 936 00:46:58,229 --> 00:46:59,355 The Egyptian? 937 00:46:59,463 --> 00:47:02,398 That' right... the Egyptian, Dr. Haddid. 938 00:47:02,566 --> 00:47:04,727 At my request, a noted archaeologist 939 00:47:04,835 --> 00:47:07,303 analyzed some threads on Haddid's jacket. 940 00:47:07,404 --> 00:47:09,304 They're over 2,000 years old. 941 00:47:09,406 --> 00:47:12,136 I assumed as much by the musty odor I noticed at once. 942 00:47:12,243 --> 00:47:14,939 There's no question that Haddid took the mummy out of the case 943 00:47:15,045 --> 00:47:16,103 in order to frighten Wentworth 944 00:47:16,213 --> 00:47:17,908 into believing that the curse was coming true. 945 00:47:18,015 --> 00:47:20,006 And, of course, Wentworth was a heart patient... 946 00:47:20,184 --> 00:47:22,516 Simon, hold on. 947 00:47:22,620 --> 00:47:25,851 Haddid was caught trying to sneak into the museum last night. 948 00:47:25,956 --> 00:47:28,982 He tried to destroy the mummy. That's where the threads came from. 949 00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:31,788 What? Why wasn't I told of this? 950 00:47:31,962 --> 00:47:33,953 Oh, I tried to tell you last night, 951 00:47:34,064 --> 00:47:35,622 but you were in such a hurry to leave. 952 00:47:35,799 --> 00:47:38,632 Nonetheless, Queen, I'm still convinced Haddid was responsible, 953 00:47:38,736 --> 00:47:41,864 and it's only a matter of time before... 954 00:47:41,972 --> 00:47:43,496 Hmm? 955 00:47:45,242 --> 00:47:47,142 The guard? 956 00:47:48,779 --> 00:47:50,906 Confessed, huh? 957 00:47:52,583 --> 00:47:54,483 Well, of course I was getting to that... 958 00:47:54,585 --> 00:47:58,021 an alternative theory I hadn't quite... 959 00:47:58,756 --> 00:48:00,348 Yes. 960 00:48:01,125 --> 00:48:02,683 Yes. 961 00:48:04,061 --> 00:48:08,498 Yes, well, we must discuss it over lunch someday. 962 00:48:08,599 --> 00:48:10,430 Good-bye. 963 00:48:11,402 --> 00:48:12,835 [Buzz] 964 00:48:12,937 --> 00:48:13,869 What? 965 00:48:13,971 --> 00:48:17,737 WOMAN: The reporters are waiting in your office, Mr. Brimmer. 966 00:48:17,841 --> 00:48:21,800 Tell them I am indisposed. 967 00:48:21,850 --> 00:48:26,400 Repair and Synchronization by Easy Subtitles Synchronizer 1.0.0.0 74157

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