All language subtitles for 09 - The Adventure of the Western Star

Sir Henry, now I'll get you.

Where's Hofburg's girl?

That's Hofburg.

And that's our man.

Man Brax.

All right, let Hofburg go inside. No
call to alarm him.

Bye.

We have a warrant for your arrest on the
charge of receiving gemstones, knowing

them to be stolen.

Rubbish. Never you mind about rubbish.
You're coming with us.

Miss Lemon?

Miss Lemon?

Miss Lemon? I have the cakes.

On the blue and gold plates, I think,
with perhaps a little flower. Flower?

No. No, Mr. Poirot.

Very well.

But arranged symmetrically, Marie Mavel,
she is the great artist.

Where is Captain Hastings?

He's not back from lunch yet.

What is he thinking of?

It is half past three.

He was lunching at his club.

That club.

Thank you, Constable.

Now, Mr Van Braks, you'll have no
objection to being searched, I take it?

I would have the strongest possible
objection, Chief Inspector, without the

attendance of my lawyer.

And why might I ask would you need a
lawyer if you're as innocent as you make

out?

You are not dealing with some bumpkin,
Chief Inspector.

I am a man not without influence, even
in your country.

Oh, really?

Martin is cooking his things. The cook
is waiting for you to finish your knife

game of billiards at your club.

Marie Mavelle is coming to tea.

Who?

What's up?

You do not know who is Marie Mavelle?

Can't say I do, no.

These look good, Poirot.

Marie Mavelle is the greatest film star
Belgium has ever produced.

I think she's the only film star
Belgium's ever produced.

You do not remember La Tendresse
Orgeuse?

Or what?

And Role de Coeur?

I didn't even know they made films in
Belgium.

Why is it the fate of a cul -de -sac to
live among such philistines?

Mary Marvell and her husband Gregory
Ralph are stars of international renown.

They have made... That was Miss Marvell.

She can't come.

But... Can you call on her at her hotel
instead?

Come here, Finn.

Well, I'll do that, sir.

Yes, sir.

Right.

Well, there seems to be some procedural
difficulty about this.

You can go for now, Mr Pembroke.

Thank you, Chief Inspector.

What did the Commissioner say? Never
mind what the Commissioner said.

Marie Marvelle has conquered the world,
mon ami, and now she wishes to consult

Hercule Poirot. Well, it is a natural
progression.

Because you see, I think the ladies,
they always seek Poirot for help.

Because Poirot, you understand, has this
particular sensitivity.

Mademoiselle Marvelle.

Hercule Poirot.

Arthur Held.

I apologize for not coming to your
office.

But I did not dare to leave the hotel
after the last of these arrived this

afternoon.

Merci.

Cheap paper with the name and address
carefully printed.

The great diamond, which is the left eye
of the god, must return whence it came.

The second one's exactly the same.

Ah, but not the third.

You have not obeyed.

Now the diamond will be taken from you.
At the full of the moon, the two

diamonds, which are the left and the
right eye of the god, shall return.

So it is written.

Strong stuff.

Mademoiselle, these letters, they did
not come by post.

No.

They were delivered downstairs by a
gentleman.

That is what frightens me.

It was from a gentleman in San Francisco
that Gregory bought the stone three

years ago.

A reputable diamond merchant? No.

He approached Gregory in a restaurant.

Gregory said he seemed terrified.

And he only asked about a tenth of its
value.

He said it was called... The Western
Star.

This story seems of romanticism almost
unbelievable.

And yet, who knows?

When is the next full of the moon?

Friday. I looked it up.

Three days' time?

Mademoiselle, this Belle Histoire, it
may be a hoax, but it may not.

Therefore, I counsel you to place the
diamond in my keeping until after

Then we can take what steps we please.

That is not possible.

We're going to Yardley Chase for the
weekend.

Pardon if I am dense, mademoiselle, but
surely it is possible for you to go to

Yardley Chase without taking the diamond
with you.

I want to wear it there.

I just remembered it was in the Tatler
last week about Lady Yardley having a

diamond called the Eastern Star, and how
it was meant to be one eye of some

Chinese god, and the Western Star was
the other, and it belonged to a film

Mademoiselle, could we be permitted to
see the Western Star?

Me and my husband are in negotiation
with Lord Yardley.

We want to make a film at Yardley Chase.

It's a beautiful place.

We should assume Italian location at the
house.

Elizabeth and Sussex.

Essex.

Something.

So you are acquainted already with Lord
and Lady Yardley?

Gregory met them when he was in
California a few years ago.

I do not believe that diamonds are
twins.

I do not believe the diamond of Lady
Yardley is as good as mine.

The pattern without a flower.

Something.

You will leave it with Papa Poirot?

Good morning.

Gregory is here.

Darling.

So, this is the famous Monsieur
Perrault.

Enchanté, Monsieur.

I am Gregory Roy.

Enchanté. This is my associate, Captain
Hastings.

How do you do? Enchanté.

Well, so what does Monsieur Perrault
think of our little problem?

This one big joke, as I do?

I have advised your wife, Monsieur, not
to take the jewel with her when she

visits Charlie Chess.

on Friday.

I agree, Monsieur, but a woman is a
woman, you know?

She can't bear the idea of another woman
outshining her in the jewelry

department.

That's nonsense.

My dear lady, I have given my advice.

I can do no more.

I've been after him for months.

So, Monsieur Van Braks, is it
interesting?

Trouble is, I don't lay a finger on him.

Is he one of the Van Braks Armament
family?

He is the Van Braks Armament family.

And he's got this little hobby, more
like an obsession.

He collects diamonds.

Add in another.

Well, no, not many people do, because
he's not too particular how they come

if you take my meaning.

What they call a secret collection.

He's mixed up with this dealer called
Hofburg in Hatton Garden.

There's something going on. I know there
is.

If I lay a finger on Van Braks, the
commissioner will be down on me like a

of bricks.

Well, it all sounds too complicated for
me, Malin.

Won't you do it?

What were you doing at the Magnificent,
anyway?

Just purely the social call.

Mademoiselle Marie Mavel, the great
Belgian film star, she stays there.

Belgian film star?

You're pulling my leg.

No, Chief Inspector.

Poirot does not pull the legs.

I'm sure you have much more important
business to which you must attend.

Well, you are. I can take a hint.

I will say anything.

Ah, Monsieur Bennett.

After you cut my hair last week, I went
home and I measured each sideburn.

As I suspected, the left one was three
millimeters longer than the right.

Let us make the effort, Monsieur
Bennett, not to make a similar travesty

A haircut is a partnership, Monsieur
Bennett. It is a joint venture.

I bring to it my hair, you your
undoubted skills.

Captain Hayes. What? What?

I've got Lady Yardley in my office.

She wants to see Mr.

Poirot. Well, we'd better... Good Lord.

He's not back from the barber's yet.

Show her in.

I'll deal with it.

Will you come this way, please?

Lady Yardley, sir.

How do you do, Lady Yardley? I'm Arthur
Hastings.

I know why you've come here.

You know?

You've received blackmailing letters
about the diamond.

Do sit down.

You know?

How? Logic, Lady Yardley.

If Marie Marvell has had warning
letters... Marie Marvell has been here.

And if she, as holder of one of the twin
diamonds, has received a series of

anonymous letters delivered by a
Chinaman threatening to steal them at

full moon, it logically follows that you
will have received similar missives.

That's amazing.

Ice cold logic.

Lady Yardley. The deductive process.

As a matter of fact, I remembered as
soon as I saw Ron.

When he was out in Hollywood, Lord and
Lady Yardley were there, too.

Yardley put money into some film.

Lost a lot, I think. But there was
gossip about Lady Yardley and your

being senile together.

And the letters of Lady Yardley, they
were also delivered by the channel?

No, I asked her about that. They came by
post.

But she said they smelled strongly of
jasmine oil.

Jasmine oil?

It's a kind of Chinese scent.

Are they symmetrically?

Or at the sideburns?

Yes, I think so.

You can be frank with me, Hastings.

I am being frank.

Hastings, why did Lord Yardley not come
here?

He doesn't take the letter seriously, it
appears.

Thank you.

I can't make a hero tale of this.

Marie Marvell's been getting these odd
letters too, you say?

What does it all mean?

That, Lord Yardley, is what we must
discover.

But tell me, this story of the origins
of the diamond, it is true?

No, it's all damn nonsense.

Nothing to do with China at all. My
grandfather brought it back from India.

And this business of making a film at
Yardley Chase, that's all fixed up

you and Mr. Rolfe? Well, no, there's
nothing settled yet. Nice chap, mind,

an actor.

But no definite deal.

Look, I might as well get this straight.

I've been an ass in many ways, Captain
Hastings.

I'm head over ears in debt.

But now we've got the children, I want
to get things straightened out.

Rolf is offering a lot of money, but not
enough to set me on my feet again.

So you must sell the Star of the East?

That's it.

I've been to see Hofburg, the hat and
garden man, about it, and he's trying to

find a buyer for me.

I comprehend.

Look here, Monsieur Poirot, do you think
these letters are serious?

I must confess, it sounds like a lot of
tosh to me.

To Poirot also, it sounds like the tosh.

But I think there is happening...

Something mysterious.

Perhaps you should be on your guard.

This

is

Mr. Poirot, my dear.

Oh.

How do you do, Mr. Poirot?

Enchanté, Lady Anne.

It was yesterday that you were fortunate
enough to meet my associate, Captain

Hastings. Hello.

Oh, yes.

About those silly leopards.

Perhaps I took them too seriously.

Perhaps. Oh, it's all damn nonsense. I
never heard there were two diamonds

before anyway.

Star of the West, indeed.

Don't forget the signal, Harry. The
diamond of the great Belgian film star,

Marie Mavel, is fully worthy of the
name.

You've seen it?

Oh, yes.

Perhaps it would be possible to see its
pad now?

Why not?

Why don't you wear it at dinner tonight,
Maude?

Oh, uh... It's set in one of the most
hideous necklaces you've ever seen.

George is always promising to have the
stone reset, but it's never been done.

You'll have to wind that up at the end,
now, Hugo.

But, Daddy, I can't give me the key.

It is hiding. Thank you, Mullings.

I don't... You ought to know about this,
Mr Poirot.

It's from Hofburg.

He's sending a man down tonight to have
a look at the stone.

I wish you wouldn't sell it, George.

It's been in the family so long.

Now, Maud.

All right.

Very well.

Since it is the last time I shall be
able to do so, I shall wear the Tower of

the East at dinner tonight.

Excuse me.

Who's the fellow who's coming down?

Oh, uh...

Sounds foreign.

Mr. Henrik Van Braks.

Thank you.

Fino, to you. Mr. Poirot?

Ah, non, merci.

A Montolado, s 'il vous plaît.

I believe the aperitif should be a
pleasure rather than a penance.

Ah.

Behold the sacrifice.

C 'est magnifique.

No, no. Wait till I turn the main light
on.

Then you may feast your eyes on the
ugliest necklace in England.

What? Oh, my God.

Darling, what happened?

The Chinaman.

What?

The right door. Where is it? There, that
one.

It's here.

They didn't get away with it. Well done,
Captain Hastings. They must have

dropped it in their panic.

No. What?

Look at it carefully, Hastings.

The Star of the East. It's gone.

God, that door's always kept locked.

It's not locked now.

Look at this.

A piece of silk from the Chinaman's
robe.

Mullins, look after her, ladyship. I'm
calling the police. Come on.

Be careful. There may be more than one.

I was just about to turn on the other
light when a man sprang on me from

Thank you.

He tore the necklace from my neck with
such force that I was pulled over.

As I fell, I saw him disappearing
through the side door.

I realized by his pigtail and his
embroidered robe that he must be

Got away.

I heard something.

Come on, old girl.

Had a bit of a shock.

Drink that, darling.

Mr. Van Brax to see you, my lord. He
says that you expect him.

Oh, good lord. I shall have to explain
to him, I suppose.

I'll talk to him in the library,
Mullings. Very good, sir.

No sign of the police yet?

Not yet, sir.

Will you excuse me a moment, my dear? Of
course.

Excuse me.

I think I'll just go up to my room and
lie down for a while.

I'll be all right.

Look here, Poirot, don't you think we
ought to get back to London?

You think so, Hastings? Why?

Well, the other diamond.

Marie Marvell's.

They've got one. Now they're bound to go
for the other one.

Tien, but your brain marches to a
marvel, mon ami. Figure to yourself.

Poirot never thought of that.

things, we must go back to London.

Immediately.

See you, Mr. Mullins.

Let's see. Goodbye.

Thank you so much. Au revoir, my lord.

Captain Hastings, thank you. Goodbye.
Have a good journey.

Far out.

Who is that?

It's Jap.

Why do you lurk, Chief Inspector?

I've just trailed Van Brak down here.

You're mixed up with this diamond
business, aren't you?

Diamond business?

Don't come the old acid with me, Poirot.

Qu 'est -ce que c 'est, the old acid,
Chief Inspector?

Who are you?

What's going on?

I'll ask the question, Sonny, if you
don't mind.

Scotland Yard.

Twiggy -voo?

Oh, very sorry, sir.

Just doing my job, sir.

We've had a report of a diamond stolen.

What?

Do you know about this?

Yes, it was 20 minutes ago.

20 minutes ago?

Darn it.

Can't have been Van Braks, then. We'd
only just got off the train.

No, it was some Chinaman.

All right, Sergeant, get on with it.

Thank you very much, sir. Good night,
sir.

Come on, lad.

Now, what the hell is going on?

There is nothing you can do here, Chief
Inspector.

Come back with us, and on the way I will
tell you all that I know.

I have the honor to remain.

It's all over the papers.

Good morning, Hastings. Morning.

The Kirk of the Eastern Dar, oriental
intruder, attacked Viscountet.

Informed sources were last night
speculating that religious fanatics were

responsible. Thank you, Hastings. I have
already read the newspapers.

It beats me how they get into print so
quickly.

They make it up, Hastings. You think so?

Well, we go to the Magnificent? We
should have been there last night.

I mean, obviously, her diamonds are
going to be next on the list.

She will have seen the newspaper
systems.

Besides, he's not yet the full moon.

Well, they didn't wait for the full moon
last night.

Yes?

Yes, Miss Lemon.

Yes, of course, put him through.

Bonjour, Chief Inspector.

Yes?

Yes.

come over immediately.

Goodbye.

Come, Hiddings.

The weapon star has been stolen.

What? At the Hotel Magnificent. Well,
what about the full moon now?

When did this happen?

This morning, I understand.

If only you'd listen to me, Poirot.

Here we go again.

Sinister Chinaman, Little Yellow God,
Threatening Letter. No, it's all true.

Oh, yes. As true as I'm riding this
bicycle.

Van Brax is mixed up in somewhere.

How was the diamond stolen?

You'd better come and hear it from the
horse's mouth.

I came on duty at eight o 'clock.

We weren't all that busy, and I noticed
particularly that Mr. Rolf left the

hotel at about 11 .15.

Why did you go out?

You did not have to go out. Want me to
be a prisoner in the hotel?

Why did you not give the diamond to Mr.
Farrow for safekeeping?

Uh, recriminations are not very helpful,
Mr. Rolf.

Go on, sir.

At about half past 11, a gentleman comes
in.

I mean, I thought it was Mr. Rolfe.

He was dressed like him. He looked like
him.

He's blind, I tell you. Blind!

Well, this man, whoever he was, asked
for Madam Rolfe's jewel case from the

safe.

And you gave it to him?

Yes.

I thought it was Mr. Rolfe.

I gave him the receipt to sign and he
signed it.

Chief Inspector, do we have the phone?

Here we are, sir.

Sure are.

Is this your usual signature?

Nothing like.

He's blind, I told you, he's blind. All
right, Mr. Rolfe.

Well, I looked at the signature and it
looked all right to me.

And he said, I've been getting
threatening letters from a Chinaman and

of it is I look rather like one myself.

Well, I looked at him, I saw what he
meant.

His eyes slanted up at the corners like
an oriental.

Well, I never noticed it before.

Of course you've never noticed it
before. Do you notice it now?

I'm holding your hotel responsible for
this.

Please, Mr. Rolfe, I'm trying to conduct
an investigation.

And as a matter of interest, where were
you at the time of the robbery?

I was nowhere near the hotel.

Why should I steal my own diamond?

Is this the famous Scotland Yard
parking?

It's for you, Mr. Poirot.

A word in your ear, Mr. Rolfe, if you
don't mind.

Thank you.

Preble. Lady Yardley's here to see you,
Mr. Poirot.

She says it's urgent.

How does she seem?

She seems terribly upset.

Thank you, Miss Lemon.

Have you seen the papers?

The more lies I tell, the more I get
enmeshed in them.

The Eastern Star was not stolen last
night.

It was taken from me three years ago.

By Monsieur Gregory?

You know?

I am a detective, Lady Yardley.

When we met in California, he was such
fun.

He was so... I was never more than
indiscreet with you, Poirot, I swear.

But I wrote him some letters.

And he blackmailed you.

Yes. But you got back the letters.

Only in return for the Eastern Star.

And then your husband throws a hammer
into the works when he tells you he

to sell the diamond.

I was frantic.

Gregory had arranged for Mr. Hofburg to
make this paste replica.

But I knew that an expert would spot it
immediately.

What happened then?

I came here two days ago to tell you all
this.

You came here to tell us that you were
being blackmailed?

And about Monsieur Gregory Rolfe?

Why did you not?

I didn't know Marie had already been to
see you.

And when Captain Hastings assumed I'd
come for the same reason as her, I just

lost my nerve.

Well, I, uh, assumed.

Gregory had concocted a plan.

He was to write those mysterious,
threatening letters.

And then we were eaten at the stage of
robbery.

Which you did last night.

But that was the Chinaman.

No, no, Hastings, there was no Chinaman.

Lady Yardley merely turned out the
light, she screamed, removed the paste

and threw the necklace along the
corridor.

But what about the piece of silk from
the Chinaman's robe?

I put that in the door earlier.

Gregory Rolfe's diamond was stolen as
well.

That was the diamond.

That was stolen by Monsieur Gregory
Rolfe.

With the aid of a little gum at the
corner of the eyes.

Good Lord, why would he go to all that
trouble?

He could have taken it at any time.

There had to be a performance.

People would be suspicious if there
wasn't a proper theft.

And the insurance company, too, would be
quite doubtful, I think.

But he won't give it back to me.

He says I can claim the insurance on the
diamond now, so why should he give it

up? But it's not insured.

So, a small problem, then.

A terrible problem, if you're Poirot.

Perhaps.

May I keep this, my love?

I'm an impatient man, Mr. Hofburg. The
diamond is on the market now, I happen

know. It hasn't come to me yet.

It will, Mr. Van Braxen, no fear.

You have the money.

I'm ready to move at a moment's notice,
don't worry.

I don't know what you are talking about.

That woman, no?

There is something wrong with her.

She chased me all over California. She
hasn't stopped chasing me.

She tells these stories about me. Mr.
Love, do not tell any more lies.

Do not any more blacken the name of Lady
Yardley.

You will return the star of the Easter
immediately.

You're as mad as she is.

I may be leaving the hotel at very short
notice. Would you have my bill ready

waiting for me?

Certainly, sir.

can I do for you?

You made this for Monsieur Gregory Rolfe
three years ago.

I think you know what I want, Monsieur
Hofburg.

If you do not assist, the Chief
Inspector of Scotland Yard will be

hear how you are acting as a dishonest
broker between Van Brax and Monsieur

Gregory Rolfe.

Mr. Rolfe to see you, Mr. Hofburg.

I'll... I'll come out.

Wait a moment.

Van Brak, hello.

Van Brak.

It's Gregory Rolfe.

Yes.

Look, I've got the article in question.

I've just seen Hofburg, and, well, he's
behaving strangely. He doesn't want to

handle it.

That is nonsense.

Why has he changed his mind?

I don't know. I don't know.

I haven't got time to waste. I've got to
get to Croydon Airport. Can you meet me

there?

Right, let's go.

I thought you were going to be in there
all night.

Monsieur Ralph Hastings, where did he
go?

Croydon Aerodrome.

How do you know?

He kept a taxi waiting. I left the
driver.

Good, Hastings.

The simplicity, huh?

Was he alone in the taxi? Yeah.

I must go back to the Hotel Magnificent
at once.

I have a sad beauty to perform.

Taxi! Get me the army and take us to the
flat. Wait for me there.

Hotel Magnificent, people, please.

Taxi!

Yes, sir.

Taxi!

Croydon Airport, quick as you can. Yes,
sir.

All right, stay with us.

Monsieur Poirot.

Mademoiselle.

May I please come in?

But of course.

Merci.

Have you any news?

About the diamond?

No.

You do not pack, mademoiselle?

Why should I be packing?

Oh, you mean to go to Yardley Chase?

We don't go till tomorrow.

I don't know if we should go at all.

I think it's your hour.

Johannesburg flight?

Yes. Weight?

180 pounds.

Luggage?

No, no, no luggage.

No luggage.

Johannesburg flight?

Weight?

164 pounds. Luggage?

Thank you.

C 'est fini.

How long till we get to the aerotrip?

Oh, only five minutes now, Gov.

Lady Yardley, I have news for you.

I need good news, Monsieur Poirot.

Perhaps.

Oh, Monsieur Poirot!

Is it the real one? Yes, Hastings, it is
the real Eastern Star.

However, at this moment, Monsieur
Gregory Rolfe is waiting at Croydon

believing that the paste stone in his
pocket is the real one.

But where did you get it?

From Monsieur Hofberg.

I ascertained that he was acting as the
go -between for Van Brax and Monsieur

Gregory Rolfe.

But I managed to persuade him to refuse
to go any further with the business.

But while he was examining it, to palm
it and substitute it with the other.

I can never thank you enough.

Never.

Wait a minute. You think

I'm mad? This is paid.

No, don't try that, fat brat.

I took this from my wife's jewelry gate
myself.

It's still paid. You've been wasting my
time.

I need this money. Me too.

I need to see Hofburg with it.

Stop it!

Well,

well, well.

If it isn't mine here, Van Bracken.

Come on! I don't think your friends in
high places will

be able to get you out of this one, Mr.
Van Brack.

Really? I'm charged with what?

Carrying my own money.

And you're going to charge Mr.

Rolf with being in possession of an
imitation diamond worth three pounds ten

shillings. Good.

I shall enjoy this.

Let's go to Scotland Yard, shall we?

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

The deal, it is good, Hastings?

Oh, very good, yeah.

It has marinated in a mixture of white
wine, brandy, and the seeds of the

fennel. Excellent.

You know, you say you've got this
particular sensitivity to women and all

for her.

It seems to me that all you've done for
Marie Marvell is to lose her, her

husband.

Her blackmailing a daltrous husband who
is also the thief?

That is such a great loss, Hastings.

How little you understand the feminine
psychology and feminine needs, Hastings.

Well, you're right there.

Hastings. Yes, old chap?

I have worked hard, Hastings, to prepare
for you the delicious dinner.

I have searched the shops for the exotic
herbs.

I have argued with the butcher, who is a
fool.

I have beaten the scallops with a little
mallet until my arm, it aches.

And you sit there shoveling food in your
mouth and writing in your little book.

Oh, I'm sorry.

You're always rorting at me about order
and method, so I've started to keep this

notebook.

I've got two columns.

The first is to write down all the
things I don't understand.

Then the second is to write down the
explanation.

What is it that you write now?

Well, the first thing is, if Lady
Yardley's got the real diamond now, and

other one was imitation, who's got the
other eye of the Chinese god?

There was no Chinese God.

There was no connection with China
whatsoever.

Now close your little book and eat your
dinner.