So
ladies and gentlemen, the public square
there will be a 45 minute stop.
Santa Maria Noella church
refreshment
at the cafe,
poster car souvenir, curious at cross street.
Please remember we have to leave in 45 minutes.
Thank you.
I know why
wait
waiter.
Are you looking for a match? See Signor.
Thank you very much.
You desire two coffees and a couple of sandwiches. Salami, not salami.
I beg your pardon?
I know this place very well.
I would not recommend the salami but the cheese isn't bad.
Thank you two cheese sandwiches and some coffee and it is for me a double brandy
Orazio.
Mind if I sit down for a moment,
it's so nice to meet people from the States.
You speak English very well. Are you a native? I mean an Italian? No, I'm an American.
Have you been in Italy long? No, we just arrived from Switzerland.
Nice little country.
Switzerland is, it would not be so little if they could only flatten it out.
That's a good one.
I'll have to write that to the boys if they could only flatten it out.
But how could they ever
la
Senora likes Italy. I think it's wonderful. It's our first trip.
There are many treasures in these little towns but
you have to get off the beaten path.
They are hard to find. What do you mean?
I happen to be a collector.
I find things in private homes. For example, that are of great value.
One can buy them for a song
only this morning as it happens, I came across cameos
of the finest most minute workship
and absolutely authentic 15th century mostly. Could I could we see them?
I love care meals. They are not often as beautiful as this. I was most fortunate,
forgive my appearance, but that is so they do not take me to be wealthy.
You see, I buy for li
and sell in London and New York for pounds and dollars.
It is not so much the money that interests me.
It is the pleasure and difficulty of the search. Do let us see them?
They're lovely.
They knew how to make these things in the old days.
Now, this one is really a museum piece.
Feel the sharpness of the relief, the smoothness of the models surfaces.
That is a portrait of Savonarola.
You've heard of Savonarola?
Oh, yes, yes, yes, of course.
I'm thinking of having it mounted into a ring or perhaps as a pendant. Too small. Di
Oh yes. As a pendant
permit me if you will put it on my bill that
you
could I ask you how much you'd have to pay for a thing like that.
I'm almost ashamed to tell you about, uh, 50 lire.
That's around $10. But these people know nothing of value.
Would you sell it?
Of course,
I'll send it to my brokers in London. No, no, I mean, a quick turnover.
I'll give you 50 for it right now.
But cut a
signor. That is exactly what I paid for.
Oh, wait a minute, $50 gives you plenty of profit.
Did you say dollars? That's what I said.
It's not the money. I assure you,
but I find it hard to bear a lady's disappointment. There you are Edward.
You darling.
It is sometimes more important to bring happiness into the world and to make money.
Thank you.
Or a bar.
What a charming you li
send me your comrade.
Oh,
and how was a commissary of police? Oh, I am. Well, I'm very well, thank you.
But Senor
Krad,
I must remind you again that it is unlawful to sell anything here without a license.
You mean the American? Yes. But you could not call that selling after all.
I paid 50 for it and received 5451. That is a fair exchange. Very fair.
But of course you are aware of the law that
forbids the export of authentic antiques without a special permit.
Mato
Commissar.
I am well aware of every law and I would not dream of dealing in authentic antiques.
And now if you'll forgive me, I'm expected at the Villa Francesco. Oh, yes. Yes.
I presume it is to say goodbye to Signorina.
Julia
Julie.
Is she going away? Oh, yes. She asked me for her exit permit a few hours ago.
Oh, I hope I have not given away a secret.
No,
no, not at all. She would have told me.
Good day. Good day.
Give Senor Ingram my fondest regards.
It's Bruce Conrad. Mr Ingram. You asked him to come up today?
Oh, yes, I remember.
Hello, Julie.
Ah, Senor. In.
You're looking exceptionally well today. No,
it was not with me. Save that for the tourists,
but I really mean it. You are looking well and it's reflected in your playing.
I've been listening.
You played masterfully. You think so?
Now that all my strength, all my will is concentrated in these fingers.
Exactly the power, the tonal quality, the prodigious technique
you have suffered no loss and the world has gained another miracle.
Yes.
Perhaps you're right,
Julie,
since you came, I found new life,
a new source of energy, a stronger ambition to live
and enjoy. I've only tried to take care of you, Mr Ingram. No,
you've done much more than that.
You've brought beauty before my eyes,
the beauty I have always loved
and always saw it.
Uh You wanted to see me Mr Ingram
to see you.
Oh, yes, of course. You'll have dinner with us. I shall be delighted.
I'm expecting
Drax, my lawyer from Rome. You must meet him.
I want Hillary to be present too. Shall I tell him? Yes. But
don't leave me alone too long.
Mr Conrad will stay with you.
I'll still be alone. I'm always alone with everyone
except with her.
If you understand,
except with Julie,
I need her Bruce.
How about a game of chess?
You want to take money away from me again? The money doesn't matter.
But just to make it interesting. How about 10 Lily again?
Hey, don't you feel well,
just tired.
He's very demanding, isn't he?
But Julie, I know he has to go to Milano to see his doctor and
you are going with him.
Change will do you good
while you are there. You
can take in the opera and meet new people that won't help very much.
What I need is a complete change.
Hillary.
I've been thinking seriously of going home.
No,
please don't.
If you go, what will happen to my work? What am I going away to do with your work?
Don't you see Julie? Since you begin looking after him,
he's forgotten about me. I've had time for my studies.
But if I go, he'll have another nurse to look after me.
No, if you leave, he won't let me out of his side.
I need every minute of the day for my work. I
have to stay right here in his library and
these books on his shelves out of
great secret. I'm after
key to the future
who is known only to the ancient astrologist
has been lost since the burning of the Alexandrian library.
And now I,
I am about to rediscover them
if I'm left alone just a little while longer. I
have it.
Please stay. You, you must stay till I find it. Hilary. You know, I'd like to help you.
But
Julie
Julie,
that's
from calling.
Oh, I nearly forgot. He wants you to have dinner with us tonight.
When did you decant the swine Antonio this afternoon's in your England.
It's cloudy.
You haven't eaten anything since this morning, Mr Ingram.
You will take good care of me. Julie. You notice everything,
everything,
but I don't need food.
You may wonder why I asked you to have dinner with me tonight.
It's because this is a special occasion
and a very important one.
Hillary.
Do you know why you are here?
No, I don't.
Some anniversary perhaps. No, no such thing. I merely want your testimony
that I am not insane. It's very important to me to be certain
that not one of you thinks I am of unsound mind,
Bruce.
You are an artist, a musician.
You have been with me a long time. You have been with me constantly.
Therefore, you are in a position to speak to.
Are you convinced
that there is nothing wrong with,
with my mental balance?
Your mental balance is equal to mine.
And while I consider that a tribute to your sanity.
There are certain people in San Stefano who consider me
slightly eccentric.
Perhaps they're right.
Hillary, you've been my secretary for the last 20 years. Could you testify
that I was always thinking rationally?
There's no question about that.
Julie,
you, of all people know me. Well,
I engaged you to look after me
and you have become my friend.
Have you ever heard me say anything irresponsible?
Think? No, Mr Ingram,
if you had to swear to it,
I don't think that question would ever be asked. Answer me.
Yes, Mr Ingram, I would swear to it.
Mr Dupre.
You have just listened to the people who have known me best.
Now, your testimony is of the greatest importance.
What's your impression of me?
I have no doubt that you are able to think as clearly.
Is anyone in this room?
None of us have ever doubted your mental health. Mr Ingram.
I'm glad you all agree with me,
Durex
Bruce.
Hi.
I want you to sign this document
as witnesses.
You're first,
what is it? I'd like to read it before signing.
It's my will,
my last will
and testament.
I hope my signature doesn't spoil its validity.
Will you kindly sign? Please
make a will is to think of death
and to think of death as to anticipate the end. Don't be alarmed
though. I think of it.
I don't anticipate it yet.
Judy.
Will you be kind enough to take me into the hall. Yes, Mr
Come with me. All of you.
So you're going away, Julie.
Yes.
How did you know
there are three kinds of communication,
the telegraph, the telephone and the commissary,
the commissar, of course is the fastest.
Didn't you want me to know?
Yes, I would have told you. But
until I'd spoken to Francis, why speak to Francis?
I don't understand.
Go abruptly suddenly without warning, without goodbyes
to do that.
It isn't fair.
The,
has he been fair to you?
Yes, he's been fair.
But that isn't why I'm leaving.
I know Julie, you're afraid
he's holding you with his pain and his helplessness.
He draws his energy from your life. He'll never let you go. But I must go.
But I can't leave without telling him
it's your only chance.
He's had his life. You have the right to yours.
But I thought you were his friend
is,
but I am thinking of you
for him. I have only pity.
We use something quite different.
You might not even believe me.
Tell me
I love you too.
Why shouldn't I?
Perhaps because I don't believe in myself
because I'm urging you to go away from him and away from me.
And you'd stay here
when I first heard Francis England in his New York recitals.
Long before I ever came to know him.
He'd sit down and play a group of compositions and the audience would cheer.
Then I found out that you've written them.
It was you. I was listening to,
it's you. I hear now when Francis plays your music,
there's genius in it.
Genius.
All I did was transcribe Bach,
gave him a chance to play again.
It gave him new hope,
but it was a trick. A stunt for a one handed pianist. Don't say that it's beautiful.
It's inspired. Then. It must have been my last inspiration.
I haven't been able to write anything since.
Look what I've become
Court Jester to a cripple dependent upon his charity. A dealer in modern antiques.
You must find yourself again.
You say that you love me
yet you want me to go away. Now,
I do love you.
What have I to offer you?
Have I asked for anything?
I have something to offer you.
Courage, devotion.
A new life,
Judy,
Johnny
Julie
Tony.
Did you call Mr Ingram?
Anything I can do? Judy? I want Judy. Where is she?
Don't, you know,
I know where she is. Well, tell me where is she? She's in her garden.
She's not alone.
Mr Conrad is with her ruth.
Yes.
Look, Mr Ingram.
There
they are going away together.
I'm afraid she will leave you.
Hillary.
Why do you lie to me?
I'm not lying.
I'm telling you the truth. No,
the truth is that you don't want anybody around here close to me.
I heard what they said in the garden.
I couldn't help but hear them.
You are a liar. I am not a liar. You're afraid to hear the truth. Go away.
I don't listen to you. You must listen to me. I even remember what they said.
He said he's had his life. You have to write to yours.
And she said, yes, I'll have to go. He took her in his arms and he kissed her,
he kissed her. Do you hear? He kissed her.
Julie.
Julie,
how?
I can't hear your hill?
She's out in the garden, isn't she?
She's out in the garden with Bruce Conrad.
She couldn't hear me.
So how could she possibly hear you?
Mr
R?
Mr Ingram?
Mr Ingram.
Get out of my house.
I never want to see you again.
Get
out.
Well, thank you, Antonio. I think you can go to bed now.
He seems to be resting quietly.
Good night. See you, Lena.
I had to wait till Mr Ingram fell asleep.
He really did hurt you.
Its fingers.
They're like claws.
Sure. If you hadn't come, you would have killed me.
How did it happen?
I don't know him.
He asked for you. I
said you weren't a garden in it.
So he started choking me.
I am told to get out of his house.
He didn't mean what he said.
I'll talk to him in the morning.
Julie
Johnny.
Ok.
Chewing.
Ah my old friend, the commissar. You,
are you on guard against illegal sales or
is this an expression of your unofficial sympathy?
This is no time for a justice. Your comrade.
It was a dreadful accident. Entirely unexpected. Yes, accidents usually are.
Would you join me in a bit of Marcil? I don't know,
merely to appease our mutual grief. We one drop if you don't mind.
Tell me
Senor Conrad
in a case like this, whom does one condo to
whom does one express his grief and sympathy to me.
I made a very fair living playing chess and gambling with them,
eating his food, drinking his wine
now that he's gone.
And without doubt, the chief mourner
will he
family?
He left? No one
is as a brother in law and a nephew just arrived from England.
You'll find them in the library that is better to present to me if you please,
that I may offer proper consolation.
Of course,
this way to the grief stricken relatives.
Sorry to interrupt, gentlemen, this is Signor Ovidio Castano
commissar of police,
Mr Raymond Darlington
and his son, Donald
Police. Please.
Senor Conrad explain that I'm here merely to express my heartfelt sympathy,
my profound regret, my deepest condolences on this on a happy occasion.
I think you've expressed it very well yourself.
Thank you very much.
Do you expect other members of the family to arrive?
We are his only relatives. Francis was married to my sister.
Ah,
you are American. Yes, living in England.
What on earthly noise is that
the professional Mourners?
They've been hired to chant until sunrise
unless you care to extend the time,
you mean they'll keep that up all night.
It is an ancient custom, Mr Arlington,
your brother in law was a man of great eminence in this community.
It is only natural.
His passing should be attended by a certain amount of lamentation.
Our grief as you see is very great
but having known Francis, well,
I'm sure he would have preferred that the
lamentation be somewhat less vocal in a word.
Senor Commissar
ask those witches to stop howling.
Mm.
As you say, Senor,
I shall merely explain your desolation is very great
and under the circumstances you would prefer quiet and
solitude. The commissar does have a way of putting things, doesn't he?
Dad? This has a crest with a ball and three swords. Yes.
It once belonged to one of the Borgers. The
Bs. I bet the chess will bring at least 300 pounds at Christie's.
It's a small fortune in these books and antiques.
If you gentlemen are really interested in authentic antiques. Look, Roma 1743.
La Vita de Lorenzo Borges.
This is worth £100 at the British Museum.
History of the Constellation Florence. 1603.
I wish you'd keep your hands off my books,
your books. Yes, they are mine.
They are part of the estate and until the wheel is re no, they belong to me, all of them
and I want you to keep away from them.
How did you get them
salary. He bought them
for me, dear mine.
You leech. You've lived on Francis Charity for years.
Now. You'll have to get out, you and your theories. You won't live on my charity.
The stars should have told you that.
Perhaps he told me more than, you know, gentlemen,
don't you think the discussion is somewhat premature?
I don't want him to touch my book. All your information Hill.
I'm going to close this place. As soon as Francis Will has been rented,
all this stuff will be shipped to England,
including of course,
your books,
Julie,
the gentlemen downstairs are waiting for us, but I have nothing to do with it.
I don't belong to the family.
Please tell them to go ahead without me.
What's wrong joy.
It's only a reading of the will
for some reason, Mr Dupre
wants you to be present.
I can't face Mr Arlington again.
It wouldn't have happened if I'd only stayed with Mr England.
Why do you blame yourself? Nobody expected him to crawl out of bed
in a way. I'm glad it happened while you were here.
Well, suppose he had died after you'd left,
you'd never have forgiven yourself.
So, in the way you look at things,
I suppose. So,
I'm going to send Stefano tomorrow to get my exit visa.
You decided to leave.
I wish we could get away from here right now.
It won't be long. Only a few days.
In the meantime, keep your chin up.
Why
so that I can kiss you?
Well, it's about time.
I beg your pardon. Please please be seated.
I called you together for the reading of
the Will and Testament of Francis Warren Ingram.
It was witnessed by Hillary Cummins Bruce Conrad
in the presence of Francis Ingerman myself.
I Francis Warren Ingram being of sane mind and
in full possession of my mental powers wherewith.
Declare my last will
I leave all my worldly goods, cash properties and valuables of whatever nature
to Miss Julia Cecilia Holden,
my companion and friend
as an inadequate compensation for her kindness and devotion to me.
I wish my body to be interred in the ancient chapel adjoining the Villa
Francisco so that I can be near to her and therefore rest in peace.
That is all
no word about me, Dan,
we shall contest that will on what grounds may I ask?
This will was made in consideration of her kindness and devotion, his very words,
but it was her duty to stay with him and take care of him.
And if she had done so, Francis Ingram would be alive at this moment.
This is an insult to Miss Holden. These are not the insults, they're facts.
This woman is responsible for Frances's death.
You would have a hard time proving that in a court of law, that's a criminal charge.
I have no desire to place Miss Holden in a position of jeopardy,
but I shall do all in my power to have this so called will thrown out of court.
I think you're needlessly alarmed Mr Arlington.
You haven't asked Miss Holden of her own desires in the matter
as far as I know
she hasn't the slightest intention of accepting
any part of this magnificent bequest.
Is that true, Miss Holden?
Are you willing to resign your rights to the entire state without
further litigation in view of the circumstances of my uncle's death?
That might be a very wise procedure. I'm afraid Mr Conrad has misled you.
I accept the legacy
and furthermore, I intend to remain here in this house.
He is
and my books remain here too.
I know
this thing isn't over yet. Let me go.
What's the matter with him?
What's happened to his throat? I believe that Francis Ingram tried to choke him.
Oh, that's interesting why
it seems that Mr Ingram resented
go
on.
Well,
it's almost as if he suspected some kind of a
conspiracy between Hillary Cummins M Holden and Mr Conrad.
What kind of a conspiracy?
You think he got himself threatened? That's hard to say conspiracy.
That would explain who pushed Francis down the stairs.
No luck, Arlington.
There's no evidence that it was not an accident.
I wouldn't be so sure Mr Conrad's quite right. The idea is absurd,
but even Mr Conrad stated that Francis Ingram's behavior was eccentric. Did I
when at
the dinner table? I don't remember but I do. Excellent.
If my brother in law was not in full possession of his mental powers,
don't count on me as a witness. You won't have to.
Luckily there were others present and I'm sure you gentlemen will. Excuse me.
You're quite right. We don't need Mr Conrad's testimony.
The things I saw during my short stay in
this house would certainly be conclusive for any judge.
And perhaps you're a man of extreme perception as it happens.
I know the existence of a former will which names your son soul heir.
Only a few months ago, Francis Ingram changed his mind.
I have the impression that he acted under a neurotic obsession
which certainly affected his willpower
that it would be simple to have this will
known it would take a certain amount of handling.
Would you like me to represent you in the matter? Of course,
what would my share be?
You mean your fee? I said, share.
What do you want for participation? Let us say one third,
you understand,
I would offer my services to Miss Holden under the same circumstances.
You mean you'd help her instead of us? I'm on the side of those who engage me.
All right.
Would you take the case
tomorrow? The will shall be broken.
Hey.
Oh,
there's a light in the mausoleum.
The
laser
strange.
No one here.
No,
somebody was playing. Did you hear it?
Of course, I did
Hillary who's playing
and I know I,
I didn't see anybody.
Piano was closed when I went upstairs.
Yes, it's been locked since the day Mr Ingram died
there
there.
Don Donald,
it's Mr Ingram's ring.
He always put it there. What are you trying to say?
I don't know.
I don't understand
the music.
It was his stylist, Technica.
That couldn't be a mistake.
What's the matter?
Come down here
that quick
two breaks?
He's dead.
No,
don't touch him.
What
I sent for the police.
The fingerprints on the key that lock the
piano do not match any of your Signorina Signore
or any of the servants
that we have proved beyond a doubt. Thanks to my colleague, Monsieur
Beon
to eliminate a possible clue is almost as good as finding one.
You mean you suspected one of us?
No, I do not suspect Senor Conrade. I am here Milly to investigate
Signore, please a little closer.
Now, let us be methodical.
A murderer must have a motive
who would have gained by Mr Dupre's
debt.
Why don't we tell him, dad?
Tell her what Dupre could have proved that my uncle was insane
and also that a former will exists,
which was made while he was still in his right mind.
Somebody in this room is just lucky. He died. So suddenly
I could scarcely strangle a man
and I don't play the piano because nobody's ever heard you.
It doesn't prove you can't play
if you remember I was upstairs when we heard the music. So you were,
but Dupre
must have been dead by that time. Fine reasoning. Arlington.
And uh how did the ring get on the piano?
You probably have an explanation for that too. Of course,
anybody could have taken the ring off France's hand and placed it on the instrument.
Yes.
No marks on his throat.
Just like the ones I have.
I can still feel his fingers
and it was Ingram playing that night. How about that?
I am not enough of a musician myself to recognize France's technique.
But this man means
in fact, he is himself an expert pianist. Thank you for the compliment.
But unfortunately, I wasn't here at the time.
Can you prove it?
Orazio?
Can
he put me to bed at the inn?
But don't worry, Comisar,
the whole mystery is easy to solve.
You see, Francis ghost not won. His will contested. So he murdered Dupre
and to leave a clue for the police. He played the piano.
But there are no such things as go senior Conrad
in all my life. I have never seen one for that matter. Neither have I
but one can never be sure can one.
I'm sure the ghost would respond to a bullet between his ribs.
Somebody very much alive went into that vault. Last night, we saw a light
and who entered the
mausoleum
sing?
I don't know if I knew. Don't you think I'd have told you maybe.
But sometimes people tell me things after it's too late
signor. You did not have to come down here for me. This is merely a matter of routine.
Do you wish to reconsider? We are just as anxious to know as you are commissar
and we are just as brave as you wish
after you.
This window was not broken when we were here at the funeral,
I'm sure it wasn't.
The glass was smashed from the inside
and yet no one could possibly climb through a jagged little opening like that.
Somebody's been here. The lid's been moved. What did I tell you?
That's how the ring was stolen. Let's make sure
give me a hand with a lid.
Horrible.
He cut off his own hand.
A corpse. Very likely indeed. Yes. The corpse that Camilla
was positive he was dead when they buried him.
There's no doubt about it.
And even if he wasn't, his right side was paralyzed.
There's fingerprints on the glass. We'd better take it with us
that
the knife,
no blood on the blade.
A keen observation,
make an oath to
so to see if there are some other pieces of glass in the garden.
There aren't any footprints. No,
the print of a hand.
He broke the window and climbed through
and walked away.
Anna
Teresa go in the house quick.
You look at her, you would be cursed.
They've turned their eyes away, all of them.
They believe that evil spirits can only be evoked by people who are yet to
toing
and whoever lives at the villa. Francesco may possess the evil eye.
I
don't want to stay here.
Don't show them. You're afraid
that will convince them you're hurting me. Oh, I'm sorry.
Yes, I'm a bit rattled myself.
Boaz.
It's in your country.
Bring me some brandy and a coffee for La Signorina.
You wanted proof.
Tomorrow the bakery will be close to us. The butcher will have no meat.
They'll try to starve us out of town. And if we don't leave,
I can't believe that people could be so superstitious.
It's their folklore. They've been brought up on it for centuries.
I have been looking for you and the Signorina.
What's the bad news commissar?
The fingerprints on the piece of glass we picked up at the mausoleum,
correspond with the imprint on the piano key.
You mean it's the same hand precisely then
it was France's hand that unlocked the piano
and played. Can you give me a better explanation? As in your con,
I will be only too happy to accept it.
I found the fingerprints of an identical pattern
in the library, in the hall.
Even on the windowpane in your room, in your in
fingerprints are not older than a day. Are you sure
in my mind? There is no doubt the hand is walking around.
You don't believe in things like that.
Unfortunately, for the peace of our souls,
one cannot explain everything logically that happens in this world, Senor Conrad.
So
even the commissar is afraid of Yatra
Orazio.
Where's my drink?
I'm sorry. It, it might be better if you were served elsewhere.
Here's the money I owe you. Now bring us something to drink.
I have the right to refuse service to anybody.
Let's get away from me. A Bruce. Please. You right. Signorina.
It would be much more comfortable in my office. Please come.
What for
me
to ask you a few questions in your
country?
May I be so blessed to ask where you got all of that money
Francis in England gave it to me. Oh, he did.
Why
I asked him for it.
After all, he owed it to me.
Sometimes I cannot help but wonder why a man of your
education and background chooses to bury himself in our little village.
Well, you can stop wondering commissar.
I was just on my way to get an exit visa from you.
I thank you.
After senior
Ingram
was stricken in New York, he brought you along to take care of him. Yes,
Mr Ingram had the choice of many nurses.
I am not surprised if he
cops you signor
in.
I would have done the same, believe me.
But recently Signorine
asked for her exit permit too
and now she seems to change her mind.
No, I've decided to leave here as soon as possible.
I see.
And did you know that the Signorina after a little more than a year in s
in Graham
service
would have the good fortune of inheriting all of his world.
Of course not.
Then why do you want to live with her?
Has this something to do with
her sudden inheritance?
What's the reason for these questions?
Well, when a man picks up his living as you do, collecting so called antiques,
one is naturally a bit curious
either. Not. So see, have you a match, please?
Where were you night of the accident in yo
con
that
I told you
or
a
you can testify that I was at the inn
and the night the lawyer was murdered
in bed.
Orazio
brought me a hot drink.
May I have your passports in your email?
Thank you.
What does that mean?
It is familiar routine.
In the meantime, I suggest that you stay at the villa. I shall be there too.
I have no doubt we shall see a great deal of each other.
Please come.
It's still working. I see
here,
Shane.
Well, it's after midnight.
Why aren't you asleep?
Tell me Hillary
just what do you expect to find
to a law that changes the conception of unknown fate into very predictable facts.
It sounds like a lot of nonsense to me. Why don't you let me finish
applying that knowledge to your life? I,
I think I can foretell the exact circumstance of your death.
What a charming thought
and what's going to happen?
You were born on the 15th of August 1882. Right?
So they told me that he is under the son of Leo Libre and your sins.
You know, you should take the trouble to read the life story of one Gam
Mala
and one Aurelia
Versace.
You were born on the same day you were
only a
few 100 years ago,
but under the same constellation. Come on. Just give me the cold fights. Well,
they both died of death, of violence,
poison, shooting, hanging. No, they,
they were choked to death.
And I'm glad to know what to expect. I hate surprises.
Why don't you go to bed?
I'm not a bit tired.
I just wondered
abracadabra. Here it is.
How did you know about that safe when I was a boy? No higher than that.
Uncle Francis opened it for me. He pretended it was magic and I never forgot it.
You know that this house belongs to Julie.
Everything in it is hers. Everything. Do you hear? I'm not so sure about that.
There's another, well, in the safe that might change that picture considerably.
Uncle Francis taught me a jingle to remember the combination. How did it go again?
It just escapes me.
Get out of here.
Good night.
Don't work too much.
What is it?
And
the,
what have I done?
The hand tried to strangle him?
I saw it with my own eyes.
Piano. Did your unit?
What happened to him?
Please help me take him to his room.
Well, he's finally fallen asleep.
I'm holding you responsible. Commissar.
Well, that would run out the mystery nicely accusing the commissary of murder.
You are forcing us to stay here where our lives are in danger.
It's a conspiracy, a device to get rid of us.
Are you accusing anybody in particular?
I'll answer that question the moment I've left this house
tomorrow morning, I'm going to call an ambulance and take don away from here.
I don't think your son can be removed in this condition.
I'll take a chance on that
and nothing can stop me. Nothing, neither ghosts nor police.
There's a possibility of brain fever. It's very dangerous. Mr Arlington.
When I want medical advice, I'll call a doctor,
the devil's holding this house, the devil. Seor
Ingram's hair quickly before it catches up with us, sir.
You're always imagining things the night your grandmother died.
You heard skeletons rattling.
Well, if you don't believe me, why are you running away?
Well, it can't hurt to be on the safe side.
Look, Daddy go
Giovanni and Antonio and Carol.
They are more afraid of ghosts and of the law.
The Lord doesn't like it too much either.
If I were not the commissar, I would be right with him.
I wonder what the commissar would think of all this packing.
Well, he can't keep us here forever. Can he
depends on the ghost of Francis Ingro.
Oh Bruce. Let's get away from here. We're not under arrest.
What can they do if we just disappear? Nothing.
There's a bus that crosses the border at Chiasso.
We can be in Lugano tomorrow and in
Zurich before the Commissar even knows we've left.
Let's leave. Why do we stay?
Perhaps I'm a bit curious.
What's that?
Tell me, what is it
in the library
to hand? It, crawled to my desk
and picked up the ring.
I saw it with my own eyes.
It's alive.
I tell you it's alive
desk.
What are you talking about?
Oh,
it's gone.
It wasn't here. I
threw it in here myself
though. I think of death. I don't anticipate it yet.
That's what Mr Ingram said to me at dinner that night.
Isn't this your handwriting? Hillary?
Oh,
it's Ingram's.
His hand wrote it,
don't you see that
hand?
It,
it must be here.
Five minutes.
It must be somewhere.
You must help me find it. You,
you
must help me.
There's no hand Hillary. It's only in your mind. I
saw
it.
He moved. Listen to me. There's nothing here. I tell you
the note.
You must have written it unknowingly.
Try to think. I couldn't have written it up.
I, I didn't,
of course, please take me to my room.
What's your,
he's a sick man, mentally sick.
Have you ever heard him play the piano?
No,
not that I can remember.
Are you sure he can't play?
No,
but I am sure that only Francis in England? Could have played that thing I wrote for
Good night, Julie
and, uh,
don't forget to lock your door.
Yeah,
I caught it.
I looked it up.
It's fine.
What a horrible hand
can't escape anymore.
But now it can't get out.
It can't.
Of course it can.
I go to bed.
Dad.
Yes.
Eight bones has the corpus
five, the metacarpus.
14, the phalanges.
All in all,
all in all 27. All in all. You must lie down. Do
please? It came back in my sleep.
Eight bones. Has the
caras
Uncle Francis studied medicine. Once
he told me the jingle when I was a kid,
they are the number of bones in the hand.
Oh, don't worry. This isn't fever.
I'm feeling well. I'm all right not to stay in bed. Do
please? That's the combination of the safe downstairs.
854 27.
Let's open the safe. Let's open the safe and get the first. Will.
Why not wait till tomorrow? It may not be there anymore. Well, you stay here.
Don I'll go.
What were those numbers again? See, how can I trust your memory come along, dad.
And don't worry. I feel great.
It's strange how things you thought you'd forgotten suddenly come back to you.
I even remember the oder Colonna Francis used
it was lemon verbena
one moment. Senor,
may I ask what you are doing here? Senor
Raymon
and you? Signor
Donald.
I was under the impression you were very ill commissar on his path of duty.
You're just in time to see a safe being correct. This will send you to prison. Sign
on the contrary, commissar.
Now you can testify that we took nothing but the will of Francis Ingram.
This is unheard of asking the police to witness on lawful act.
Suppose somebody better to remove that document tonight.
I don't think you care to take that responsibility.
I feel quite sure she will give us your permission.
Whatever you do is your own responsibility. Go right ahead.
But remember it is without my permission.
Thanks a lot, Comisar.
Do you remember the combination? Dad?
Five bones has the copper? No, no, you'll mix me up.
Eight bones has the
cus
five, the metacarpus
14, the phalanges
all in all, all in all
27 all in all.
Abracadabra
Francis Ingram is a hand.
Stop him. He's done, man.
What's the matter? Why did you run away?
I saw it there
in the safe
but it's dead. It can't hurt you anymore.
Arlington.
I found him.
Me and Julie.
Do you believe me? Now?
You see the hand really exists.
Hillary,
listen to me.
I've got something to say to him.
I'm sorry,
I'm almost sorry. I even know
but I do know
what
it was. You who tried to kill Don, wasn't it? Remember I'm not the police.
I'm your friend Hillary.
But I do know you pretended to come from the garden the night he was attacked
and I know that it was you who murdered
Dre.
You can talk to me,
but
I nailed it down so it could not kill again.
He was the hand
I tell you, it was the hand.
That's what you wanted people to believe.
You used it to put fingerprints everywhere.
Proof that it was the hand that committed the crimes.
You can follow what I'm saying. Can't you?
You're ill Hillary.
You can't distinguish any more between what is right and what is wrong
between imagination and reality.
Raymond threatened to take your books away. You'd have done anything to prevent it.
I know how much they meant to you.
Now,
now you'll have to face it.
The charge will be made.
Married one.
I never heard
about it.
I'm not a murderer.
Mr
Hand. You'll have to go to the police and tell them about the hand
hand yourself.
You'll have to tell them everything Hillary
and they'll put me away,
they'll put me away. There's nothing else for you to do.
I'm sure they'll let you take your books with you.
My books.
They let me take my books.
Are you sure of that? I'll do everything I can to help.
But if they take the house away from you,
surely you didn't tell a commissar, did you?
No, I haven't told anyone.
That's nice of you to,
you're sure you didn't tell anybody.
Anybody
is
not even Conrad.
No,
I'm very fond of you. Hillary. I wanted to give you the chance
and if I don't,
then I'll have to tell the police
I still have so much work to do.
You're the only one that knows
I can't let you stop me and
I can't trust you any long night.
I can't
die.
Class.
You
creamy.
He's playing again.
Listen, now,
her hand,
it's playing down there
and it's,
it's Ingram's hand.
There's nobody playing Hillary.
It's only in your mind.
I know
it's not in my mind.
Don't you hear it?
Bye.
The
Julie. Julie.
Don't leave me alone,
Julie.
All right.
K
it
listen
to.
Can you hear it?
The piano? It's the handling. It's the hand. You're right all the time.
It was Ingram's hand of committed murder.
I'm a
friend.
Please save me from the hand. He wants to kill me.
Please help me destroy it before it kills again.
Hey, will
I,
I'll destroy
it.
Yes, you're my friend.
And
well,
he won't hurt you.
I don't know.
Ha
La
D and his father ought to be pleased when they find out.
I've signed over the Villa Francesco to them
who's playing.
Do not worry, Signorine. It is not the hand.
Look, I found it.
You let the string go. It stops,
start,
he stops, starts,
stops.
Come with me. Signorina. I will show you
the secret of the ghosts, Signorina
Senor Conrad and I, we discovered it
a mere
record after Hillary's death.
I found a receipt from the Milano Edison recording agency
indicating that Francis Ingram had made a record of the bach arrangement,
but I couldn't find a trace of such
a recording until I discovered the hidden gramophone.
And Hillary was in sound mind when he installed this
a contraption.
Then after committing one mother and attempting another,
his brain snapped,
he started to imagine he was hearing the piano
and the seeing of the hand,
the hand was always in the safe or in his desk
already. All except the passports. I have them
all signed and stamped.
I'm going to be very sorry to see you both go.
We're going to miss you too.
You know, I like this place and now that I found there are no ghosts. It's a good thing.
I did not write to headquarters in Milano about the ghost.
I saved myself from ridicule that you did come
out of an edge. Goodbye. Commissar
out of an edge show
video.
What is the matter
and
silly girl
you should know by now there's no such thing as a ghost chick.
I think I'd better get out of this house.
Can you imagine anybody believing a hand that can walk around?
Yes.
How they like that to my own hand.