All language subtitles for The Cat and the Canary

Aqu�, gatito, gatito...
Aqu�, Mew-Mew.

Aqu�, gatito, gatito. V�n aqu�.

Vamos, vamos!
Aqu� est�s...

Eso es. No te caigas, no te caigas.
Ahora, ven.

Mew-Mew, Mew-Mew,
vamos, vamos!

Mew-Mew, vamos.

D�nde est�s?

Mew-Mew, vamos, Mew-Mew!

Mew-Mew, Mew-Mew, vamos!

Buenas noches, se�ora Crosby.
Es la primera en llegar.

- Bueno...
- Todo se ha mantenido,

de acuerdo a sus
instrucciones.

- Mantiene el lugar inmaculado...
- Se�ora Pleasant.

Bien... se�ora Pleasant,
No puedo decir que se perdio mucho.

Hm. Entre los bolcheviques por un lado,
y los dem�cratas en el otro,

el mundo se ha vuelto
irreconocible.

El se�or West est� seguro...?

Como usted lo dej�.

La desintegraci�n debe ser
m�nima.

Ser� extra�o, ehh... verlo otra vez,

escucharlo de nuevo.

Vamos?

La temperatura se mantuvo...?

Bueno, s�...

- Est� segura?
- S�, y los candados no se han abierto,

- desde que usted los cerro.
- Eso fu� hace mucho tiempo.

Y as� y todo, no tanto.

20 a�os.

Esta noche.

Es una extra�a sensaci�n, se�ora Pleasant,

que uno abra algo
que cerr� hace 20 a�os.

Casi a la misma hora.

Feliz aniversario, se�or West.

Bienvenido a 1934.

Bueno se�ora Pleasant, no fu�

informada sobre una polilla.

que ha alcanzado
su madurez.

Pero, no se como pas�.

- No tengo llave.
- Tranquila.

Tranquila, se�ora Pleasant.

Investigar� a la colonia de polillas,
y ver si mandaron alguna.

Es el esp�ritu!!!

Abra la puerta!
Estuve golpeando por 10 minutos!

Un momento.

Un momentito, por favor.

Creo que sus invitados han
empezado a llegar.

Muy ansiosamente.

Buenas noches, se�ora Crosby!

- Buenas noches, Harry.
- Lamento la ventana rota, pero...

Oh, gracias, quiero.

Creo recordar que romper cosas,
es algo que sabe hacer a menudo...

Mostramos los sables temprano esta noche,
verdad?

Mostrando sables?
Un tema que tambi�n sabe mucho.

- Est� llena de encanto �sta noche.
- Vino en tren?

No, conduje. Pero el tren estuvo...

Pero me las arregl� para
pasarlo en el cruce.

Tiene una noche perfecta,
para la lectura del testamento.

- Soy el primero...?
- Hm-mm.

- Cuantos m�s, aparte de m�...?
- No lo s�.

Cinco fueron informados.
Cinco definitivamente vivos.

Conozco a dos... y ya es bastante!!.

D�game, por que los parientes
tienen que ser tan...?

El citado, Charlie Wilder...

Salud...

Buenas noches.

- Es exacta a como pens� que era.
- Puedo tomar sus abrigos?

Por qu� le desagrada tanto Charlie?

En segundo lugar, es mi primo,
y no me gustan los h�roes de guerra,

en tercer lugar, creo que es amanerado,
en cuarto lugar, s� que es un gigolo.

- En primer lugar...
- Porque ella es muy cari�osa con �l.

- Segundo tanto para la lectora del testamento.
- Yo no voy a leer el testamento �sta noche...

No? qui�n es...?

Cyrus West.

Hay un subastador en Swiss Cottage,

puede hacer valer el lugar
casi por cuatro millones, efectivo.

Cicily, no seamos
pegajosamente sentimentales...

Morir� si soy yo...
Morir�s si soy yo...?

No si soy la siguiente en linea.

Oh.

Bueno, supongo que puede hacerlo
con todo si es necesario.

- Buenas noches, se�orita Sillsby.
- Buenas noches, como est�?

- Le presento al Doctor Blythe.
- Como est�...?

Susan Sillsby, la destacada deportista.

- y Cicily Young.
- Que se nota....

- Quiero un trago.
- Es muy temprano para t�.

- Ella nunca toma, antes del amanecer...
- Ambas vinieron de Londres?

Vinimos juntas,
somos compa�eras de cuarto.

- Son primas.
- S�, primas y compa�eras de cuarto.

Oh, pero no hay problema.
No planeamos tener hijos.

Donde practica, Doctor?

Sol�a practicar en Londres,
Beverly Hills y Ginebra.

Oh, el circuito de "c�mbio de vida".

S� qui�n es usted. Usted es la que
abre el testamento antes,

y cambia el nombre del heredero
y as� quedarse con todo.

Se�orita Young...

Estoy muy feliz de que se
encuentre en libertad...

para unirse con nosotros,
�sta noche.

Ciertamente, el tiempo perfecto,
para la lectura de un testamento.

Tenemos que hacer alguna haza�a especial,
para ser elegido heredero, como en las cruzadas?

- Yo solo interpreto lo que hago bien...
- Intenta callarte, haces eso bien.

D�ces que hago un mont�n
de cosas bien.

Podr�a alguien amablemente,
cambiar de tema...?

Gracias, Cyrus.

Hola, Clan.

- Charles Howard Wilder. Buenas noches.
- Hola!

Tragos para mi familia, para esta noche cabalgar.

- Charlie Wilder, somos primos.
- Tuve esto de un mago desocupado,

a cambio de lecciones de vuelo.

- Podr�as hacerme un favor?
- Lo que sea...

Me llevar�as a pasear en un vuelo?
Si fuera en un avion con Charlie Wilder

- Morir�a...
- Cuando quieras mi hermosura. Lo que sea por un pariente,

particularmente por uno que pronto,
podr�a ser muy rico.

- Tal vez seas t�.
- Eso espero,

pero no recuerdo al viejo.

Harry, lo siento, tu puedes hacerlo.
Incluso t�, puedes tener una copa.

Todos deben tener una copa,
sin importar lo que hayan hecho.

Cuidado, podr�as tener
�sta directo sobre tu cara.

No ser�a la primera vez, viejo.

Incluso una para t�, Gertrude Stein.
Una copa, es una copa, es una copa.

Por que no la terminan ustedes dos,
y se dan la mano?

- Nunca pens� que har�a esto sin guantes.
- No llevabas guantes?

Es verdad que una vez doblaste
a Buddy Rogers?

- No, fu� a Ben Lyon.
- Siempre fu�ste un doble?

- No, durante la guerra, fu� uno de los l�deres.
- Oh, de verdad, general?

No vi tu cara en algo
con los dientes l�mpios?

Cuidado, se�or Wilder.

En el proceso de rastrear
a la familia, durante a�os,

Pude adquirir...
cierto interesante souvenir.

Bueno, 1932 no fu� un buen a�o
para las peleas aereas.

Solo mor� 17 veces.

- Realmente...?
- Eso es lindo.

Una noche perfecta, para la
lectura de un testamento.

- Qui�n es usted?
- Debe ser Paul Jones.

Que bueno verte, pariente.

Gracias. Eres Charlie Wilder,
el... el aviador!

- Es verdad.
- Conozco a alguien que escribi� una canci�n sobre t�.

Charlie Wilder
el m�s grande aviador de todos...

- Soy escritor de canciones tambi�n.
- Cuenteme de sus haza�as alguna vez....

- Es americano?
- S�, pero ten�a que estar en Londres igual.

Tal vez hizo un largo viaje
por nada.

O un horrible viaje, si "es" el heredero.
Hola Paul Jones, soy la "extra�a" prima Susan.

- Estamos todos aqu�?
- No, esperamos a uno m�s.

- Qui�n?
- Annabelle.

Presente! Hola a todos.
Lamento llegar tarde.

Hola querida! Qu� alegria verte.

Hola, Harry, es lindo
verte otra vez. Hola, Charlie!

- Oh, perd�n.
- Todos nos hemos reencontrado.

Esta es la se�orita Sillsby, la se�orita Young,
La se�orita Annabelle West.

- Los demas los conoce.
- S�.

- Disculpen.
- Annabelle West, soy Cicily.

Hola prima. Bienvenida a Elsinore.

Oh!

Hola! Hola, Paul.

Qu� agradable verte otra vez.

- Mucho tiempo sin vernos, como dicen.
- Hola.

Eres el chico de la t�a Emma, verdad?

Como ya estamos todos,
Me gustar�a comenzar.

Quieren sentarse.

Hay... algo est� mal.

- Qu�?
- Ese reloj.

- Qu� pasa con �l?
- Ha estado detenido... por 20 a�os.

Tal vez est� andando mal...

Son�...

siete veces.

Y hay... ocho personas en la casa.

Alguno de ustedes...

tal vez no viva...

Est� usted segura, se�ora Pleasant?

El espiritu...

nunca se equivoca.

No, quiero decir si est� segura
que hay solo...

ocho personas en �sta casa.

El 27 de septiembre de 1914,
Cyrus Canby West muri� en �sta casa.

Hace 20 a�os, �sta noche.

Fu� instruida para reunir a todos sus
parientes vivos, aqu� en �ste cuarto,

a la medianoche del 27
de septiembre de 1934.

Bueno, Kipling una vez escribio que, eh...

el pasado es como un eclipse.

si lo miras muy profundamente,
te volveras un invidente.

- Sin embargo, �sta noche...
- No, no, no. Kipling nunca dijo eso,

ese fu� Joyce Kilmer, el americano.

Espero que el testamento sea mas preciso,
que tus fuentes!

Perdon, creo que fu� Kipling.

Kilmer!

S�, por supuesto, Kilmer.

En su poema m�s celebrado, Gunga Din.

Gracias se�ora Crosby, me alegra ver
que queda humildad en el mundo.

- Es muy, muy amable.
- Podemos empezar...?

- Cuando sabremos qui�n es el afortunado?
- Muy pronto, ahora...

Como sea, no creen todos ustedes
en �ste cuarto,

que han sido muy afortunados
a lo largo de los a�os?

- Lo escuchamos de la familia West!
- Al menos, tenemos una celebridad.

- Una casi celebridad.
- No es usted, se�orita Sillsby... bien conocida,

por los muchos, muchos trofeos de caza,
que gan�,

como tambi�n, compartir el record mundial,
por el tigre de Bengala.

Ciertamente lo es...

Y usted, se�orita Young...

si, se�orita Young, es famosa
por disparar "otro" tipo de juego.

L�stima que no fu� Charlie.

Harry,
tu eres muy conocido y exitoso.

Exitoso con los jurados.
Solo una hora y media para tu veredicto...?

Escucha, doble, �sto no es Hollywood,
Te mandar� al hospital...

Por favor, por favor, Harry.

A pesar de ese desafortunado incidente,

- tu carrera ha sido...
- Vender a farmacias de "quinta categor�a".

- Te digo, mejor c�llate!
- Paren �sto!

- Creo que soy la pr�xima.
- S�, se�orita West.

Se�orita West,
ah, veo por este articulo de un periodico,

que usted, rapidamente, se ha convertido

en una de las m�s populares
dise�adoras de moda en Londres,

un logro que es la envidia
de alguien con el doble de su edad.

- Ahora, el se�or West, sin embargo...
- Yo, ehh... gan� una radio en Macy's el a�o pasado.

Oh, ehh...

Se�or... Jones. Yo, eh, no
lo v� sentado ah�.

- Oh, si...
- Esta todo bien.

Entiendo que usted gan�
considerable atenci�n y remuneraci�n,

con una canci�n llamada...

- El Polen Cuenta...?
- S�, bueno, la fiebre de heno es muy popular...

Ehh, si, se�or Jones, su exito est� bien
merecido, no hay duda sobre eso.

- Siga adelante con eso.
- Cyrus West, no fu� un hombre com�n.

En su vida amas� una
vasta fortuna.

Y en su retiro, uso sus energias
para proteger esa fortuna,

de lo que el pensaba eran...

avaros y peligrosos parientes.

- Ocult� el collar tambi�n.
- Qu� collar...?

El famoso collar West.

Vale como medio mill�n de libras,
si pudieras tener los diamantes hoy.

- Donde est�?
- Justamente eso, nadie sabe.

Y fu� durante el desafortunado
�ltimo a�o de su vida,

que el se�or West se hizo...
secretamente filmar

en una pelicula.

- Qu�?
- Al mismo tiempo,

hizo sincronizar sonido grabado.

Oh, no. Es �sto una clase de broma?

- Dificilmente.
- Hab�a sonido en ese entonces...?

- No fuiste doble de Buddy Rogers?
- Fu� Ben Lyon.

Una muy primitiva forma de grabaci�n de sonido,
que se hab�a desarrollado en ese tiempo.

Ciertamente venimos
de pensadores adelantados!!.

El fu� puesto al "aire".

La dificultad fu� preservar esa pelicula
de la desintegraci�n durante 20 a�os.

y esa tarea se la asigne a la devota y
fiel ama de llaves, la se�ora Pleasant.

Como sabemos si ella
no espi�...?

La integridad de la se�ora Pleasant
est� m�s alla de cuestionarse.

y de todas maneras, hubiera
sido imposible.

- Apuesta su fortuna en eso...?
- Mi fortuna no importa �sta noche.

Se hicieron dos films...

el primero tiene al se�or West, leyendo
su testamento, identificando a su beneficiario.

El segundo film no se ver� �sta noche...

y debe ser destruido
exactamente en 12 horas desde ahora...

- a menos...
- A menos... qu�?

A menos que el designado heredero muera
o sea juzgado...

- Como?
- Juzgado como "insano".

- Buen Dios...
- Qu� diablos se supone que significa...?

El segundo film contiene la identidad
del heredero pr�ximo en linea.

- Esto es una licencia para que alguien asesine.
- Qu�?

El segundo heredero querr�
asesinar al primero.

Pero nadie sabe la identidad
del segundo heredero.

Excepto...

la polilla.

I would like to invite you all
to a little supper on behalf of our host...

Cyrus West.

Are we going to see
one of Charlie's films?

I hope not, for your sakes.

Miss West, I think we'll find that this film
is more in the private collectors' category.

- I hope it's as good as the one last Friday.
- A film that could only have been made

- by such a man as Cyrus West.
- How do we know there are no copies?

I supervised
the destruction of the negative.

- Then just tell us who is the heir.
- I can't.

- Why?
- I've never see the film. No one has.

In fact, Mrs Pleasant and I
are the only two people left alive

who were involved with making the film.

- Old man West was the insane one.
- He was peculiar.

- He's a lunatic.
- An eccentric.

You must admit
this scheme makes him a little crazy.

- He was a little ahead of his time.
- You will say he was strange.

- I will say he was unique.
- A yo-yo.

- An independent thinker.
- A rich thinker.

- That's what made him independent.
- I like the movies.

So did Cyrus West.
Let us hear what he had to say.

'Good evening, leeches. Take your places.

'As you know, I am Cyrus West.

'First of all let me tell you
that you're all a bunch of bastards.

'Oh, I know, I know the people
you came from.

'They're all a bunch of bastards, yes -
your fathers, your mothers,

'your uncles, your aunts,
your nephews, your nieces,

'your sons, your daughters,
not to mention the cartload of cousins.

'All a bunch of bastards except of course
Mew-Mew and perhaps one or two others.

'Perhaps I'm the biggest
bastard of you all,

'to bring you here this night
so distant in the future

'and to sit here contemplating
the interaction of you parasites.

'Now, I've asked Mrs Pleasant...

'who promised me she wouldn't die
as I've been foolish enough to do,

'to prepare for you the same supper
she's preparing for me this evening.

'Ah, the wine.

'Thank you.

'A trifle fresh perhaps but you should have
it at more or less the perfect moment. '

Hmm. Cheers.

'L have it fresh, you have it mature.

'It's my guess that I'm mature
and it's you who are fresh.

'Fresh bastards. Oh, begin, please, begin.

'The foie gras, if you can still get it,
comes from Perigord near Lot. '

'Some men seek immortality.
That's a mistake, an eternal mistake.

'How many of the great Pharaohs
do we really know?

'None. These people were too greedy,
they asked for too much.

'To be remembered forever -
really, what conceit.

'L don't want to be remembered forever.

'My great pleasure at the moment
is to sit here

'and know that I'll be spending
an evening with you

'20 years from the night that I pass on
to where I am now.

'Except that I am with you at this moment,
physically and emotionally...

'in a sense.

'For instance... '

'Ha! Didn't that hurt your ears?

'Of course I'm with you.

'I'm spending an evening
with all my living relatives.

'Thank you. I made the guest list,

'I lead the conversation,
I tell the amusing stories,

'I set the menu, I still command my family.

'It's a birthday party for old Cyrus,

'20 years gone but not
forgotten, no, indeed.

'I'm with you. '

It's a comfort to know we all have
the same blood flowing in our veins.

'Now, this is Bombay chicken.

'Oh, I've asked for some extra curry
to be placed on the table,

'she never puts enough in.

'Take a moment to do it.

'Go ahead, go ahead. '

I think this chicken died in 1914.

Maybe they kept it with the film.

Harry, let's make a pact-
if it's either of us we'll split it.

- Right.
- Not a bad idea.

What about it? 50-50?

No good. I'd lose out anyway.

- Why?
- Nobody would declare me sane.

- I'd bet on it.
- I had to be mad to be born into this family.

I wasn't mad when I came here
but I will be soon.

Tell us some war stories,
that'll calm your nerves.

Thank you, Captain Bligh.

'Now... the science of the transmission

'of hereditary physical and mental
characteristics is called genetics.

'Genetically speaking I feel as if
I was looking straight into the eyes

'of each and every one of you,

'as indeed you are looking into my eyes.

'L might say, dear relatives... Dear
survivors - that's a good name for you -

'that I am, as I was
before 20 years ago tonight,

'on the very tips of my
relatives' tongues. '

- Isn't he going to run out of film?
- Shh!

'Before you get too impatient,
and I know my family well,

'let me complete my introductory remarks
by assuring you

'that I'll be in your hearts
for the entire evening

'because I know something you don't.

'Returning to genetics for a moment.

'If there are more than three of you
present, and I don't envisage fewer,

'then the mathematical probability of one
or more of you being mentally unbalanced

'is, I must tell you, not in your favour.

'Coffee.

'Thank you. On the table is cream
and sugar. Help yourselves.

'Try and keep away from the sugar,
it'll kill you.

'Remember, cream first, coffee after.

'Now, should the beneficiary
not be declared sane,

'which wouldn't surprise me,

'you will gather yourselves together
exactly 12 hours from now

'and have breakfast with me
when we run the second film. '

I knew there was something to that
insane thing. This whole thing is insane.

- Maybe we're all insane.
- That could be an understatement.

I'm as sane as anyone here.

'Now, if Allison Crosby is still alive
and hasn't dropped dead from overwork,

'she's probably told you that
she's had my money invested for 20 years.

'If she hasn't told you,
then her representative,

'who's probably another bastard,

'possibly has told you
that if my heir is not judged sane

'then the next in line
will be named in another film.

"'L, Cyrus Canby West, being of sound mind
and body, do hereby declare,

"'as the sole heir to all my money,

"'bonds, securities, estates,
real and otherwise,

"'my descendant, man or woman,
who bears the surname of West.

Congratulations!

Oh, you lucky devil!

- Congratulations.
- Congratulations, my dear.

- That's great.
- Congratulations.

- Thank you, Cicily.
- My astrologer guaranteed I'd get it,

I'll kill the bitch!

Dinner's on you!

'Quiet, please, quiet.

'Thank you. There's an excellent Cognac
which, by now,

'should be even more excellent,
having waited for you.

'Mmm. Rest assured that I will be with you

'for what is now
the games part of the evening. '

Well, no necklace.

'There's one more thing, just one.

'The West necklace.

'You didn't think I'd forgotten,
did you?

'But that's not for all of you to hear. I'm
sorry, dear family, it's not for all of you.

'L would like to have a word with my heir
or heirs alone.

'Will the others please excuse us?

'All of you. You have 20 seconds. '

Everyone, please, except Miss West.

'I'll be seeing you.

'As for the necklace,
you've heard of it, I'm sure.

'Well, it's here. It's here for you.

'Where? I wrote the answer to that
on something

'which has been waiting
to take a breath for 20 years.

'At last. '

Thank you, Cyrus.

- Well done! What a girl!
- Congratulations, my dear,

- I must speak with you.
- Do you need a companion?

Don't say things like that,
even in jest!

I think it's wonderful,
I know you'll use the money really well.

- Thank you, you are kind.
- If you get something terminal,

remember I was a good loser.

Choose well in life, my dear.

I chose my career over my marriage.

I never regretted it
and I hope you choose as wisely.

I think it's great.
I'd have lost it all in a month anyway.

- Hey, why so glum?
- Me glum? I don't see why I should be glum.

I've just had dinner with a dead man,

I'm in the middle of nowhere without
a telephone, there's a hurricane blowing

and Mrs Pleasant thinks
there are ghosts in the house.

What's more, there's insanity in the family

and there could be a fully paid-up lunatic
in the next bed.

- I don't know why I should be glum.
- It'll all work out.

Where there's a will there's a way.

- I wish I could get the hell out of here.
- You must all stay the night, Harry.

In case we have occasion
to hear the second part of the will.

Think what fun we could've had
swinging on the chandeliers.

Lucky I used to do this for a living.

That's your room on the right.

- Thank you, very much.
- Would you take...

Hmm, my favourite period -

- early Devil's Island.
- He really was a bastard.

- They should give the losers something.
- Maybe we're not losers...

quite yep

Temper, temper.
That's no way to fly a plane, Colonel.

Listen!

- Lay off that gigolo routine.
- Why, too close to the bone?

You always get too close to the bone,
you damned killer.

- You're lucky you're not inside.
- I did not kill anybody.

- It was an accident.
- Of course,

the alcohol is for the patients,
not the doctor!

- Hm, modest little dwelling.
- What's the commotion?

It sounds as if Tom Sawyer
and Huckleberry Finn are at it again.

- I'll go down, you change.
- You are kind.

Not at all, what's a poor relation for?

What the hell...?

Oh, forgive me.

Please - had I shot you
I would've felt terrible.

My name is Hendricks, I am the chief
psychologist at the Fairview Sanitarium.

- What's that?
- An asylum for the criminally insane,

- just up the road.
- That's convenient.

- Mr... Hendricks?
- Uh-huh.

Do please come in,
take off your wet things.

Thank you, I'd like to have
a word with everybody, please.

I hope you will forgive my rather
unconventional use of your window.

- You saved his life.
- He saved your neck, you mean.

- Oh, time, fellas, time.
- I was afraid for the safety of all of you.

What? What do you mean by that,
Mr Hendricks?

I'm sorry to report that one
of our sanitarium patients has escaped.

- I knew. I felt something.
- Ls he dangerous?

- Extremely. A complete maniac.
- He'll feel at home here.

And homicidal. He's a real killer.

Have you seen anyone around here
since seven o'clock?

That's about the time we arrived.

That explains what I felt.

- Oh, what do you mean?
- Actually, we've all been a little tense.

- What makes you think he's here?
- I didn't say he was.

I'm looking at all the houses
in the general area.

Have you some reason to imagine
that he's... close to here?

- Or in this house?
- Well, he always tries to get into a house

- whenever he escapes.
- He's escaped before?

- Yes, I'm afraid so.
- What do you use? The honour system?

His method is to get into a house
and hide until everyone's gone to bed.

What does he look like?

Well, when he got out he was wearing
a long coat and a black slouch hat.

He's not a young man, very little hair,
sharp teeth and fingernails like...

claws.

I think
I took his daughter out once.

He believes that he's a cat.

- A cat?
- Nobody believes he's a cat.

- Nobody in his right mind.
- Last name West by any chance?

I can assure you
that he is not in his right mind

- and indeed believes himself a cat.
- Ls this a joke?

No. In fact, he kills his victims
by slowly ripping them apart

That's enough. It's been a stimulating...

That could be most unwise.

I'm asking everyone in the area
to lock themselves in until morning.

- That's ridiculous.
- I don't think you've much choice.

And how should we
apprehend this homicidal animal?

- Do you have an extra weapon?
- No.

Weapons can be as dangerous as maniacs.

- And I hope to get him alive.
- Why? As long as you get him.

Well, I've been studying him.
There's a seminar this spring

and I was rather hoping
to give a paper on his behaviour.

Everybody lie down!

Don't anybody move.

- Cicily!
- Thank God it's you.

- You nearly got shot.
- Some cat.

- This is Mr Hendricks.
- Who's bringing important news

- to everyone in the area.
- I'm not here to alarm you.

Certainly not!
There's absolutely no cause for alarm.

It's just a homicidal maniac
who thinks he's a cat got loose.

He's not dangerous, he just tears his friends
apart, that's all. But don't get upset - ha!

They strap him down in a rubber room
and a few times a year he gets out.

They have a collection of incompetents
over there and this is the chief-

who should be investigated by
the State Board of Medical Enquiry.

This is criminal negligence.

A killer is on the loose
and you're responsible.

There are many killers loose.

Very often it is not clear precisely who
is responsible.

Mr Hendricks, I'm sure you'd like to know
who you are speaking to.

I am Allison Crosby,
the West family lawyer, this is...

- Harry Blythe.
- How do you do?

You know
the State Board of Medical Enquiry?

- I used to practise medicine.
- Ah, which branch of medicine?

- Surgery
- Surgery?

That's interesting.

Surge! -

Hmm, very interesting.

My patient cuts with his hands
or whatever he can find.

You cut with a scalpel.

The results are very different to be sure

but who is to say that the urge
is not the same?

Your man has
an uncontrollable aggressivity.

Unlike you when we met in the hall?

- Why did you stop operating?
- He went into somebody's brain

and ripped them apart - like your oat.

- Shut up!
- This is Charlie Wilder,

of whom I'm sure you've heard.

- Ah, the famous hero.
- Glad to know you.

Tell them how many brains
you got into with your bombs.

I lost an older brother
in the war.

I believe we all owe Mr Wilder
some measure of gratitude

- for what he accomplished for us all.
- Ha!

But wasn't it Bertrand Russell who asked,

"What is a killer but a
hero out of uniform?"

- Do you want any help?
- He thinks there's a reward.

Thank you, no. There are several of us out
and the weather's on our side.

What's on our side, Mr Hendricks?

My entire staff, to whom
I've issued orders to shoot on sight.

- Oh.
- I hope it's not necessary.

What else can you do
with a wounded animal?

You're Susan Sillsby, aren't you?

A classmate of mine almost broke
your record in Kenya last summer.

He always admired your courage.

He wouldn't be very pleased
with me tonight.

Anyway, I'm not a killer.

- I'm a sportswoman.
- That's not what the tigers say.

But, I must tell you that I've never agreed
with those who couldn't see the difference.

- This is Miss Cicily Young.
- How do you do?

Are you going to stay with us all night?

I wish I could

but there's a lot of ground
to cover, so to speak.

Miss Young, do forgive me,

but a colleague of mine testified
in a fascinating case in London

- involving...
- It was kill or be killed, Dr Freud.

- What?
- What are you talking about?

I don't mind, Susan.

I was the girl who was dancing
at the Cosy Club in London

who the manager doped
and tried to attack in his office.

With no other way for me to prevent him

from accomplishing
his unspeakable intentions

and seeing his gun on the desk,
I gave it to him.

Right in the face.

Self-preservation's
the first rule, certainly.

Er... how many times?

Six.

As I recall, the condition
of the body was...

somewhat mutilated when they found it.

After the shots I fainted.
I never remembered anything after that.

Understandable, certainly.

- Yes, well, now...
- And, er...

What about Mr Paul Jones?

He's a songwriter from the United States.

- How do you do?
- Fine, thank you.

Well, very often we know a man
by his creative effofls.

- What's your latest work?
- A love song.

It's called, erm... You Scratch My Back
And I'll Scratch... Yours.

- Hm-mm?
- Before you start, let me tell you

I, er... I used to put red ants
in with black ants.

Oh, yes, once I killed a skunk
on the Taconic State Parkway

but, if, erm... your cat decides
to show up, don't count on me

cos it was all a long time ago
and I've hung up my guns for good.

Oh, but I can count on you, Mr Jones.

From what I hear on the radio, songwriters
are the worst killers in society.

What about Mrs Allison Crosby?

Mrs Crosby.

You're a lawyer.

And all lawyers are sharks.

And sharks are the worst killers

and the most bloodthirsty creatures
in nature.

I really shouldn't stay any longer.

Would you mind
getting my coat for me, please?

- What do we do if the cat gets in?
- He can have our room.

- I hope he's paper-trained.
- We'll hang on to him.

Just pray he doesn't hang on to you.

- Twice this year I've had to shoot him.
- What?

Once here.

And once... here.

That seems a little excessive.

Regardless, the last time he was captured
he succeeded in getting his hands on...

me.

It took three good men to get him off.

You will take my advice and avoid
socialising with him at all costs.

Whatever you say.

There's a good chance

he's looking to get in out of the weather,
if he hasn't already.

Sol must ask each one of you again
not to go out before morning

and be sure to lock
all outside windows and doors.

If we get him I'll let you know.

- Thank you.
- So we're prisoners in here?

Well, I'd prefer to think
that he is the prisoner - out there.

Would you please tell anyone else
in the house about the situation?

Ladies and gentlemen,
whatever the purpose of your gathering,

I hope this won't prove too much
of a... disturbing element.

I wish you all a good night.

Remember... as Bismarck said,

"A little caution outflanks
a large cavalry. "

Good night.

Now, check all the doors and
windows. Let's begin with the basement.

Which has no lights
because of the storm.

- That's right.
- I thought so.

Please.

I think it would be wise

if nothing of this
was mentioned to Miss West.

If she asks anything just say
we're looking round her beautiful house.

Do you agree?

- Certainly.
- Of course.

Come in.

- Just wanted to see if you were OK.
- Sure, I'm fine.

Everyone's looking round
your beautiful house - I will too.

- Talk to you later.
- OK.

Just wanted to see
if everything was all right.

- Everything is fine.
- You're not nervous, are you?

- No.
- Good.

I think I'll, er... look around
your beautiful house.

I'll see you later.

Er... I want to talk to you.

OK.

- Just wanted to see if you were all right.
- Thanks, Susan.

- What's happening?
- Nothing.

Nothing. You look a little upset.

I'm fine.

There's so much to admire
in your beautiful house, I'll look around.

Oh, just one thing.

We just heard
there's a maniac loose in the area.

He thinks he's a cat.
He may even be inside the house.

A cat?

Yes, a cat. K-A-T.

See you later.

- H
- Ow.

It's chilly here.

You know it's bad luck for an heiress
to catch a cold on her first night?

- Like brides.
- I never heard of that.

They take half your money away.

It's a local ordinance,
maybe that's why you never heard of it.

You're very sweet to be so concerned.

What kind of a fortune hunter would I be
if I didn't look into these things?

Paul, I don't catch colds easily

and I am not allergic to cats.

- Susan?
- I'll never tell.

Well, it's nice to know who your
relatives are. I'm sure she exaggerated.

It really is nice to see you again.

But you still look the same.

- You don't.
- I don't? How?

Look at yourself in a mirror and try
to remember how you were in New York.

Oh, that was a great vacation.

- Was I that bad?
- You were a walking passport photo.

- Ouch. Sounds awful.
- No, it was fun.

It was almost as much fun
as we're having tonight.

I gathered that cousin Annabelle
completely destroyed the summer of '29

for nice, accommodating cousin Paul
who lived in a big, cold American city.

Actually, I wrote my first song that summer
and I sold it.

Really? What did you call it?

Er... I, er... don't remember.

You don't?

I think it was called...
Annabelle's Summer.

This isn't very much of
an Annabelle's summer.

Well, actually I wouldn't worry
about one cat outside.

- No?
- It's the wolves inside I'd be scared of.

Oh! Harry and Charlie?

They're harmless
and I do think that they're sincere.

No one is more sincere
than a greedy cousin.

That's Paul Jones's theory of relativity.

- Hmm.
- Anyway, you have to be careful now.

- Don't get involved with people like...
- Like you?

No, you don't have to worry about me.
I admit I'm after your money.

Paul...

- please be careful.
- Do not fear.

Tonight the mouse will outfox the cat.

Oh, Charles!

- Well, did you find anything?
- What?

- Susan spilled it.
- The idiot. There's nothing to worry about.

- I know. Where have you been?
- Checking windows,

- have you finished?
- No, I have to get started. I'll see y'all.

If this is a play I hope I don't have
the role of first body discovered.

I've had an altercation with Dr Jekyll.

- Got anything for a out lip?
- Yes, come on.

You once doubled
for Buddy Rogers?

- No, it was Ben Lyon.
- I bet everybody tells you that.

No, hardly ever.

I bet you didn't get
this service in France.

- I had better.
- Oh, thanks a lot.

You smell nicer than any medic.

Oh, you seem to know a lot about people
who smell nicer than medics.

Annabelle, what happened?
I mean, what happened?

Everyone keeps asking for you,
I don't know what to say.

- Stop that.
- I can't help it.

Be brave, my centurion.

Where would I hide
if I were an escaped homicidal maniac

who thinks he's a cat?

Good thing.

I told you I loved you
before you were rich.

I don't care about money,
in spite of what they say.

Tell me, why was I grounded?

Charlie, be original.

Yeah, you're right.
I've said that too many times.

I've said everything too many times,
I'm the original carbon copy.

- Except nothing is original.
- Really?

Except when I was with you.
You're the one I was truly original with.

I really liked you, you know.

But I have to tell you,
you are moody sometimes

and I don't particularly like sharing
things with the girls I know.

- You haven't heard my version.
- Thank God.

The one I heard was bad enough.

But that's over, Charlie.

Look, Charlie, this has been
a wonderful night for me,

in spite of strange people wandering about,

so please, please try to get on with Harry.

Does he mean that much to you?

Everybody means something to me -
even you.

Don't joke with me, I'm serious.

Like it or not, Charlie
Wilder doesn't give up.

You'll come back to me, I know it.

And if I don't?

And if you don't, well...

I can always say I once held a real,
live heiress in the palm of my hand.

You are sweet.

Not even that's original,
I just saw it in The Scarlet Pimpernel.

Annabelle, I'm hopeless. Save me, please.

Who is it?

Miss Annabelle, Mrs Crosby
would like to see you in the library.

I've got to go.

Well...

It looks like it's going to be you and me.

And stay out.

Oh... thank you for coming.

- What are you looking for?
- I was looking for, er...

- an old family photograph album.
- Oh?

Yes. Miss West?

I take it that you are aware that what
passes between a client and his lawyer

- is privileged information?
- Of course.

Good. Well, I was close to Mr West

so naturally I gained facts
about his fortune and about his family.

But now I feel it my duty

in the light of recent events and
particularly in view of the fact that...

well, a life may possibly be in danger

I feel it my duty to
suspend normal terms...

Five, six...

Six...

It only chimed six times, Mrs Crosby.

Does it mean that"?

Mrs Crosby?

Mrs Crosby?

Er... Mrs Crosby?

Mrs Crosby...

Oh... Mrs Pleasant,
did you see Mrs Crosby leave?

No, I didn't.

- What happened?
- She's disappeared.

- Can you blame her?
- She didn't pass you in the hall?

- Annabelle, was that you screaming?
- Are you all right?

- When did you miss her?
- A minute ago. She was mid-sentence.

- Where were you?
- Here.

She was standing there saying
she had something important to tell me.

- For my own safety, I think.
- Something about danger all around you?

Yes, something like that.

- There were people out to harm you?
- Yes.

- Are you sure?
- Charlie, you remember,

- she wanted to see me.
- Did you find her?

Of course, she was right over there.

And I was here and I saw a cat.

- A cat?
- Yes, I was holding the cat

- when the clock started to chime.
- Which clock?

Well, I... I don't know.

The clock started chiming,
I turned to talk to...

- To who?
- To Mrs Crosby.

Who did you think I was talking to?

You heard me, Mrs Pleasant, didn't you?

I only heard your voice, Miss Annabelle.

- You didn't see her leave?
- She didn't leave!

- Then where is she?
- You won't find Allison Crosby.

I don't see any cat.

What are you all looking at?

Are you trying to tell me
I've been hearing things?

- Of course not.
- I told you...

I was holding the oat,
a clock started to chime,

it only chimed six chimes,
which Mrs Pleasant said...

It's been a very exciting evening.
Perhaps you're overstimulated.

I'd hate to tell you some of things
I've thought I've seen in my time.

Are you telling me I've been seeing things?

No, are you crazy? I'm sorry.

Annabelle, nobody said
anything of the sort.

Yes, they did.

Who said that Annabelle could be crazy?

Cyrus West.

Well... if it was my imagination,

where is Mrs Crosby?

Well... I expect she's somewhere
checking with Harry.

Where has Harry been?

I'm going to take Cicily
and lock us in our room.

Good idea, I'll go and find Harry.

I'll look in on you later.

Do you think I'm crazy?

Do you?

No, if I were crazy,
I'd be a much better designer.

We'll find Mrs Crosby.

I think she and Mrs Pleasant have
something going on down in the basement.

You'll see - I'm right.

Hmm.

Hmm.

'As for the necklace,
you've heard of it, I'm sure.

'Well, it's here. It's here for you.

'Where? I wrote the answer to that
on something

'which has been waiting
to take a breath for 20 years. '

Waiting to breathe?

Oh.

Ice.

Ice.

Who is it?

It's me. Harry.

Oh, come in.

Just wanted to see if you were OK.

I'm fine thanks, Harry.

Well, I'm still in one piece anyway.

- Where have you been?
- Around.

- Checking out the house.
- Have you seen Mrs Crosby?

No, but Charlie told me she was missing.

- She disappeared right in front of you?
- Nothing that spectacular.

But she did disappear, she did do that.

Annabelle, you've been
through a lot tonight.

The money
and then Susan told you everything.

Not everything, just enough
for a small breakdown.

Please believe me, you have nothing to fear
while Harry is here.

I know that everyone is going to think
it's because you're the first heir...

but we meant a lot to each other.
At least you meant a lot to me.

I'd like to make us more permanent.

- Harry, I... I do feel something for you.
- Only something?

Well, you know how much I like you.

You know how much I like you.

Please, let me protect you.

I'd kill for you, you know that.

That temper of yours
is one of the reasons I stopped seeing you.

Oh, Annabelle.

Well, perhaps it'll come in handy tonight.

- Do you know where Mrs Crosby is?
- Oh, stop talking about Mrs Crosby,

I'm being serious with you.

It's not the moment, Harry.

I do appreciate what you're saying

but, er... let's talk about it later.

I need to relax for a while.

All right...

but you haven't heard the last of me.

Oh, Annabelle.

You're driving me crazy.

Oh, Harry,

it runs in the family.

Oh, am I interrupting something?

Oh... no, no, erm...

Harry was, er... just leaving.

I didn't know you made house calls, Doctor.

- I'll see you later.
- Yes.

I just met Paul.

He said I shouldn't have
mentioned Hendricks.

- I'm sorry if I upset you.
- That's all right.

In these circumstances
everyone in the camp should know

what's waiting out in the darkness,
however gruesome.

Susan, this is Glencliff Manor,
not Tanganyika.

You're wrong - it's a jungle

and there's a wild animal around
who kills for the pleasure of it.

He's got very sharp teeth
and very long nails

and he hides in houses
and waits until everyone is asleep

and then he takes his victim

and very, very slowly
tears the flesh off them.

Oh, Susan, please.

In case he gets in and in case he gets you,
take this.

And if a bullet won't stop him,

shoot yourself.

Come in.

Mrs Pleasant... I'm afraid.

I think that I'm in some son of danger.

If you're afraid, you are in danger.

Mr West always said,
"Fear is what you have to be afraid of. "

He told me that he'd seen fear
make people lose their minds.

Huh! Permanently, in just a few hours.

Mr West said, "The canary in a cage
almost dies of fright

"when the cat walks round the cage. "

Dies a thousand deaths,

although it's quite safe.

That's a comfort

Unfortunately...

this is a house, not a cage.

Oh!

Well... Allison Crosby,
I think she got disbarred and left.

- What have you being doing?
- Getting a lot of advice

and trying to figure out what "ice" means.

- Ice?
- Mm. Ice.

Here, look.

"Ice".

Ice...

Didn't Crosby says something
about the fact that the biggest problem

- was preserving the film?
- Uh-hmm.

How do you go about
preserving something?

- Ice!
- Ice!

- Oh, my God, what's that?
- I don't know

- but you look here and I'll try here.
- OK.

- Have you found anything?
- Not yet.

I think I found something.
Look down there.

Do you see it?

There's something...

I'll be around, so if anything happens, you
just scream and I'll run and get Cicily.

Better than nothing.

Ha! Take that! And that!

Ha!

It's a fine weapon.
A fine weapon, Mrs Pleasant.

Oh...

Help! Someone help!

Please help!

Help! Please help!

Come quick! There... there was a creature
in my room. He stole my necklace,

- I thought he was trying to kill me.
- Where did he go?

Calm down everyone, just calm down.

Annabelle and I found the West necklace.

- You could've taken it.
- It didn't fit.

- How do we know you didn't take it?
- I put it on before I went to sleep.

- Where did he come from?
- Er... right here, I think.

- Oh, really, Annabelle, you can't be serious.
- Anything can happen in a house like this.

- He came out of the wall?
- Yes!

- You said you were sleeping.
- I was! He must have been here.

- I bolted the door!
- Maybe he was in already.

Or wasn't in at all.

What's that supposed to mean?

Well, Annabelle's been strange
the whole night.

Why don't you just say
that I've got the running West insanity?

Relax, Susan. Anybody can get a little...

- hysterical.
- I am not hysterical.

- The creature was here.
- How did he get in?

That's not so hard to figure out.

I thought they invented secret passages
in this country.

What's so strange about the cat sneaking in
and accidentally finding one?

One that led to this room?

Is there a passage that leads here?

Er... I - I don't know.

There's got to be some explanation
for all this.

Do you suppose it's really Mrs Crosby?

It could've been you.

Now do you think she was seeing things?

Where does that lead to?

I don't know.

- That maniac may still be in the house.
- My God, suppose he's still here.

I hope our friend Hendricks
comes back soon.

Nobody's to go down there.

Why don't you two charmers...
just lock this room up

and put Annabelle someplace safe.

I'm going to look around again.

I didn't think it would turn into
this kind of evening.

- Let's get the body downstairs.
- I told you what that maniac does.

Yes, cousin Susan,
you described it most perfectly.

Almost too perfectly.

I must be hurt worse than I thought.

- Where have you been?
- Not very far.

- What have you been doing?
- Thinking.

Being alone in this place
gives me the double creeps.

Stretch out, I'll relax you.

- Hi. Victim number two.
- Paul, you're hurt!

I'm all right, but the left side
of my head's missing.

- Who did it?
- I found him in the basement.

You'd have been proud of me,
I didn't bounce once.

What happened?

Then I saw Mrs Pleasant
looking down at me.

- This makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?
- It does to me.

But try telling the others,
they'll think you're insane too.

- They may have a point.
- Some maniac is trying to kill us.

- Look what just happened to you.
- Maybe he's just a little overstimulated,

- as Susan would say.
- Very funny, Paul.

I am scared, really scared.

Old Cyrus's game was
to give everyone here a licence to kill.

What better way than to let everyone
think he has a chance of the jackpot.

- He mentioned Mrs Crosby, Mrs Pleasant...
- And Mew-Mew.

Yeah. Who the hell was Mew-Mew?

Want to hear my new song?
I wrote it while I was unconscious.

It's called Kiss My Arras.

Want to hear my first hit? Want to
hear my last hit? It's the same hit.

Come on.

Lock me out. I'll get the second film
from Mrs Crosby's body

and find out who is the second heir.

- I got an idea.
- What?

I want to have a little
talk with whoever it is.

Don't let anyone in,
not even old Cyrus West himself.

Paul, what kind of cousins are we?

Kissing cousins.

- Isn't that illegal?
- Only if it feels good.

- It's illegal.
- It's illegal.

- I could do this for the rest of our lives.
- Which may not be long.

In 50 years I'll be
photographing your will.

Please be careful.
Remember what happened the last time.

I was younger then without
responsibilities.

It's different now.

A Passage.

Paul? Paul?

I found it.

I found the secret passage.

Paul?

Paul?

Please!

No, please...

Help!

Stop it! No! No!

Charlie.

Yes, of course.

You see, it turns out
I'm quite original after all.

I'm quite original,
especially with people who cheat me.

H OW?

- How did I cheat you?
- You got my inheritance.

- Yours?
- Of course.

You cheated me. The money was mine.

I was the old man's favourite.

First it was his damn cat
that was the favourite.

But I took care of the cat...

and then I was the favourite.

You didn't know I used to play in
this house when I was a kid, did you?

The old man showed me
the secret passages.

He showed me because I was the favourite.

That's why I phonied up my war record,
to keep him proud of me.

This was Cyrus's private entertaining room.

No one knows about it except me...

Cyrus... and Mrs Pleasant.

- Please...
- That money is mine.

I should've been the heir and I would've
been if it hadn't been for your damn name.

- You're next in line.
- That's right, it says so in this.

Mrs Crosby figured it out.
Susan tried to figure it out.

Susan?

- What have you done with her?
- Exactly what I'm going to do to you.

Thank God you've come! He's a maniac!

He tried to kill...

- Well done.
- Thank you.

But everything was well done.

The clock chimed on cue, I saved you
from cousin Harry in the nick of time.

I thought you'd never arrive.

Let's take a little time with her.

No need to rush it,
as you did with the others.

Hey.

Where's your lucky medal?

I must've dropped it upstairs,
I'll go and get it.

Don't start without me.

Hi, Charlie.

I figured it out.

I wanted to be here...
for the star of the evening.

Scream, please.

Do scream if you feel like it.

- They can't hear you now.
- Please! I'll give you the money.

Oh, we'll have the money anyway,
in a little while.

Charlie will have everything.

Why are you doing this?

- Charlie's insane.
- We were in the army together.

He asked me to help him
inherit some money.

In return for which
I would have certain rewards.

Some material...

and some...

nonmaterial.

I hope you're not busy
for the next few hours.

There's a clock on the table over there.

So you'll be able to see
how slowly time passes...

when you're having fun.

Mrs Pleasant.

Annabelle is in danger.

Please don't.

Please don't.

- Are you all right?
- Just barely.

Is the... is the cat out for the night?

- I think the cat's out for good.
- Oh, good.

You know, if this were a song
I'd say something about,

- "It's gonna be a real nice day. "
- And I'd agree.

- Annabelle?
- Cicily, leaving so soon?

- Yes, Harry's giving me a lift.
- Cicily, I'm terribly sorry about Susan.

- Me too.
- What are you going to do?

Well, I'm going to go to Kenya for
the winter and then we'll see.

Let me know as soon as you get back, OK?

Thank you.

'Ah, good morning, leeches. '

- Good morning!
- Morning!

'And now you know
what leeches you really are.

'So the heir named West cracked up.

'Turned out to be the one to whom
I bequeathed our strain of insanity.

'Bad luck - or perhaps
they didn't make it through the night.

'Even worse luck.

'Well, you remaining bunch of bastards,
I'll tell you which of you is next in line.

'The suspense must be killing you.

'It's that curly-haired little rascal
Charlie Wilder.

'He was so nice when the cat died.

'So, you, Charlie Wilder or,
if you're dead by now,

'the institution that will get the money,

'you're going to learn what life is all
about, what it's really all about.

'It took me a lifetime to learn it.

'Greed. Greed and power.

'That's what it's all about.

'Forget everything else,
forget what they try to talk you into.

'Money.

'Learn to get it and, now that you've
got it, learn to hang on to it.

'That's all, our visit is concluded...

'for the time being.

'As I said last night, I'll
look for you all later. '