Murder by Decree (1979) Movie Script
THERE SEEMS TO BE
AN EXCESSIVE DELAY, WATSON.
WAITING FOR THE PRINCE.
THEY CAN'T BEGIN
UNTIL HE ARRIVES.
YOU KNOW THAT.
"PUNCTUALITY," MY DEAR
FELLOW. PUNCTUALITY.
"THE POLITENESS OF KINGS."
YES, YES, YES, YES.
HE SEEMS TO TAKE A DELIGHIN KEEPING HIS SUBJECTS WAITING.
[ Chuckles ]
I SUPPOSE, SINCE AFTER ALL
HE'S ONLY THE PRINCE OF WALES,
WE SHOULD NOT EXPECTHE SAME DEGREE OF COURTESY.
AND SINCE YOU'RE ONLY
THE PRINCE OF DETECTIVES,
HOLMES,
I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD
PRESUME TO CRITICIZE A MAN...
WHO ONE DAY WILL BE
THE KING OF ENGLAND.
WELL DONE, WATSON.
YOU'VE CUT ME TO THE QUICK.
ONLY THE PRINCE
OF DETECTIVES, YOU SAY?
PRAY TELL ME, WHO IS THE KING?
LESTRADE, OF COURSE.
GOOD GOD.
INSULTING THE PRINCE.
MORE RESPECT IS WANTED.
IF THE PRINCE WANTS
MORE RESPECT,
HE SHOULD
CONDUCT HIS AFFAIRS
WITH MORE DISCRETION.
IT'S A DAMNED DISGRACE.
ON THE CONTRARY.
I PREFER BAD MANNERS
IN THE THEATER...
TO ACTS OF VIOLENCE
IN THE STREETS.
HMPH.
GOD SAVE HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS!
- GOD SAVE HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS!
SAVE HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS!
???? [ "God Save The King" ]
WELL DONE, OLD FELLA.
YOU SAVED THE DAY.
OH. FLOWER.
MURDER IN WHITECHAPEL!
MURDER IN WHITECHAPEL!
WHITECHAPEL BUTCHER
STRIKES AGAIN!
READ ALL ABOUT IT!
THERE YOU ARE, SIR.
READ ALL ABOUT IT!
[ Woman ]
WHAT ARE THE POLICE
DOING ABOUT IT?
CABBY! I SAY, CABBY!
WHITECHAPEL BUTCHER
STRIKES AGAIN!
BRUTAL MURDER
INVESTIGATED!
BAKER STREET.
221 "B."
DON'T YOU THINK WE SHOULD
HIRE A CLOSED CARRIAGE
FROM NOW ON, HOLMES?
OH, I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S QUITE INVIGORATING.
STIRS THE BLOOD.
NOBODY USES AN OPEN CARRIAGE
IN OCTOBER, AT NIGHT.
I DO.
SPOKEN WITH THE UTMOST HUMILITY,
MY DEAR HOLMES.
THIS MAKES THREE.
THREE?
THESE WOMEN MURDERED
IN WHITECHAPEL.
THERE WAS THAT ANNIE CHAPMAN,
YOU REMEMBER?
AND THEN THERE WAS POLLY--
...NICHOLS.
POLLY NICHOLS, THAT'S RIGHT.
AND NOW HERE'S A THIRD,
AS YET UNIDENTIFIED.
WELL, THERE'S NOT MUCH CHANCE
TO STUDY THE EVIDENCE, OLD MAN.
NOBODY'S ASKED ME.
POLICE DON'T KNOW
WHICH WAY TO TURN.
NORMALLY, THEY COME TO YOU
WHEN THEY'RE IN DIFFICULTIES.
WHY HAVEN'T THEY DONE SO
IN THIS CASE, YEAH?
ANSWER THAT AND YOU'LL
RESOLVE THE QUESTION
WHICH I MUST CONFESS...
DOES CAUSE ME
SOME CONCERN.
YES, I'M SURE IT DOES.
[ Neighing ]
YES, I SEE THEM, WATSON.
WHAT THE DEVIL?
WHOEVER THEY MAY BE, THEY
HAVE US AT A GRAVE DISADVANTAGE
HERE IN THE STREET.
MM.
NOT YET, WATSON!
HMM?
LET'S JUST SEE WHAT WE CAN
BEFORE WE ADVERTISE OUR ARRIVAL.
WHO ARE THEY?
WHAT ARE THEY DOING
OUT THERE?
IS THIS SOME NEW CASE OF YOURS
YOU HAVEN'T TOLD ME ABOUT?
REGRETTABLY, NO. I'M SINGULARLY
UNEMPLOYED, AS YOU CAN HARDLY
FAIL TO HAVE NOTICED.
HOW MANY OF THEM?
CAN YOU SEE?
FIVE, AT LEAST.
MORE, PERHAPS.
WELL, WELL.
WE SHALL KNOW SOON ENOUGH.
SHALL I GO, OR WILL YOU?
NO, NO, YOU STAY HERE.
THEY CAN'T POSSIBLY HAVE
ANY BUSINESS WITH ME.
NOT OLD FRIENDS
OF YOURS, WATSON?
WHAT?
NO OUTRAGED HUSBANDS,
I HOPE?
VERY FUNNY.
WELL, HURRY UP OLD FELLOW,
BEFORE THEY WAKE THE HOUSE!
YES?
BEGGIN' YOUR PARDON, SIR.
IS IT MR. HOLMES?
NO, IT IS NOT.
OH. MIGHT I HAVE A WORD
WITH MR. HOLMES?
AT THIS HOUR OF THE NIGHT?
RIDICULOUS.
SHOW THEM UP, OLD FELLOW.
WE CAN MAKE AN EXCEPTION
IN AN EMERGENCY.
ALL RIGHT, COME IN.
COME IN.
AH. WELL,
HOW MAY I HELP YOU?
WE'RE ALL MEMBERS OF
THE CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE, SIR.
THE THREE OF US.
I'M MR. MAKINS,
THIS IS MR. LANIER,
AND MR. COWE.
OH. SHALL THE OTHER
GENTLEMEN JOIN US, OR
WILL THEY WAIT OUTSIDE?
YEAH. YOU'RE RIGHT, SIR.
THERE ARE OTHERS.
YES, I COULD HARDLY
FAIL TO NOTICE.
OH, SORRY, SIR,
IF WE GIVE YOU
A BIT OF A FRIGHT.
TROUBLE IS, WE DIDN'T KNOW
HOW TO APPROACH YOU, SIR.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WITH YOU
BEIN' A FAMOUS GENTLEMAN
AND SUCHLIKE.
I SEE.
I SEE.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF
YOUR CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE?
WELL, WE WANT THIS BLOKE
STOPPED WITH HIS KILLING.
WE WANT HIM STOPPED
AND BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.
IF IT WAS THE WEST END,
THE POLICE WOULD HAVE HIM
SHUT AWAY BY NOW.
IF IT WAS RICH WOMEN
TOOK HIS FANCY
IN THEIR PALACES,
AND NOT POOR WOMEN
FORCED ON THE STREETS--
[ Chuckles ]
LOOK, I'LL BE STRAIGHWITH YOU, MR. HOLMES.
WE'VE ALL GOT SHOPS DOWN IN
WHITECHAPEL. IT'S ALL RIGHIF YOU'RE ON THE MAIN ROAD.
BUT IF YOU AIN'T, WELL,
NO ONE GOES OFF THE MAIN ROAD.
NOT DAY NOR NIGHT, THEY DON'T.
WELL, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU,
TRADE'S FALLIN' OFF
SOMETHING TERRIBLE.
YES. I CAN WELL IMAGINE
THAT PEOPLE MAY BE
A TRIFLE DISCOURAGED.
IT'S BLOODY AWFUL, SIR.
WE MIGHT AS WELL SHUT UP SHOP
UNTIL THIS BLOKE'S...
CAUGHT AND PUT AWAY.
WHICH IS NEVER,
IF WE WAIT FOR THE POLICE.
IT STRIKES ME, SIR,
THEY'D BE GLAD OF ALL
THE HELP YOU COULD GIVE 'EM.
- I'D HAVE TO AGREE
WITH YOU, MR. MAKINS.
- YES, WELL--
UM, I SHALL THINK IT OVER.
IT'S LIKE YOU SAID
YOURSELF, SIR.
IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
WATSON, UMM--
WOULD YOU SEE THE GENTLEMEN
OUT, PLEASE?
SIR, WHEN CAN
WE EXPECT TO HEAR?
U-UH, SOON. SOON.
OH, I-IN THE MEANTIME,
WOULD YOU LEAVE AN ADDRESS
WHERE YOU CAN BE REACHED
WITH THE GOOD DOCTOR?
YOU WILL TRY TO PERSUADE HIM,
WON'T YOU, SIR?
I'LL DO MY BEST.
IF ANYONE CAN PUT A STOP
TO THESE ATROCIOUS CRIMES,
THAT MAN IS SHERLOCK HOLMES.
IT STRIKES ME AS RATHER ODD
THAT THESE MERCHANT CHAPS...
SEEMED SO RELUCTANTO ADVERTISE THEMSELVES.
YOU SEEM STRANGELY
DISINTERESTED, HOLMES.
ALMOST RUDE,
IF I MAY SAY SO.
OH, NOT RUDE, SURELY.
WELL, OLD CHAP--
WHAT SHALL WE DO?
SHALL WE TAKE UP
THE CHASE?
I DON'T SEE THAT WE HAVE
ANY CHOICE. THEY'VE PUTHEIR TRUST IN YOU.
GOOD, HONEST FELLOWS.
GOOD, HONEST FELLOWS?
HMM. THAT MAY BE.
THE GROUND WILL
YIELD LITTLE TONIGHT.
WE'LL MAKE A STARIN THE MORNING.
HOLMES.
I WISH YOU'D REFRAIN
FROM CLEANING YOUR PIPE OUWITH MY HYPODERMIC NEEDLES.
YES, THANK YOU, WATSON.
'ELLO, DEARIE!
HANDS OFF.
WHAT'D YOU DO THAT FOR?
WHORE.
GIRL'S GOT TO EARN
A LIVING, AIN'T SHE?
WHAT'D YOU DO THAT FOR,
THEN? YOU ROTTEN BLEEDER!
I DIDN'T DO YOU
NO 'ARM, DID I?
WHOA, THERE. WHOA.
ARE YOU ALONE?
YES. YES!
COME. IT'S NOT SAFE
ON THE STREETS.
OH, GOD BLESS YA!
GIDDAP!
WAKE UP, OLD FELLOW.
THERE'S A CAB WAITING.
THE GAME'S AFOOT.
NO TIME TO LOSE.
WHAT IS IT, HOLMES?
AN ANONYMOUS MESSAGE
ADVISING US
OF ANOTHER MURDER.
WATSON.
STIR YOURSELF.
THERE IS INDEED
SOME URGENCY.
WATSON?
WHAT? OKAY. OH.
TWO IN ONE NIGHT.
THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS.
SHERLOCK HOLMES IS HERE.
SHERLOCK HOLMES.
WHAT, HERE?
I WAS WONDERING WHEN
WE'D SEE YOU ON THE CASE.
FULL TIME.
OH, MR. HOLMES.
INSPECTOR FOXBOROUGH.
INSPECTOR.
MY ASSOCIATE,
DR. WATSON.
HOW DO YOU DO, SIR.
WELL, LESTRADE.
IT APPEARS YOU ARE HAVING SOME
DIFFICULTY WITH THIS FELLOW?
I MIGHT BE INCLINED TO BELIEVE
SOME OF THE STORIES THEY'RE
TELLIN' ABOUT THIS BLOKE.
WHAT STORIES?
PEOPLE SAYS HE'S IN LEAGUE
WITH THE DEVIL.
APPEARS, DISAPPEARS AT WILL.
AH, WHEN PEOPLE ARE FRIGHTENED,
THEY TURN TO GOD.
WHEN THEY HAVE NO HELP FROM
HIM, THEY LOOK TO THE DEVIL.
OH, NOTHING I BELIEVE.
YOU'RE A MEDICAL MAN,
DR. WATSON, SO I DON'HAVE TO WARN YOU.
JUST THE SAME, PERHAPS
YOU SHOULD PREPARE YOURSELF...
FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU
MAY NOT HAVE SEEN BEFORE.
WHEN YOU FOUND THE BODY,
IT WAS IN THIS POSTURE,
JUST AS IT IS NOW?
YES, SIR.
AND THE INTERNAL ORGANS?
FOR GOD'S SAKE, HOLMES.
IN JUST THIS FASHION?
- YES.
- MUST YOU DWELL ON
THE BEASTLY MATTER?
LESTRADE, YOU SAW
THE OTHER BODY?
YES, MR. HOLMES.
WAS SHE MUTILATED
IN THE SAME WAY?
HER THROAT WAS CUT.
-IS THAT ALL?
UGH, SURELY--
IT SEEMS LIKE HE WAS DISTURBED,
ALMOST CAUGHT HIM AT IT.
STAND BY, MEN. COME ON, NOW.
MOVE ALONG.
WHAT THE DEVIL ARE YOU DOING
HERE, HOLMES? WHO ASKED YOU TO
COME MEDDLING IN POLICE MATTERS?
WHO'S RESPONSIBLE? FOXBOROUGH,
DID YOU ASK THIS MAN? LESTRADE?
NO, SIR.
NO, SIR.
I ASSUMED MR. HOLMES WAS
HERE AT YOUR INVITATION.
HE'S NOT.
I'VE NO USE FOR
HIS SORT OF BLOODY AMATEUR.
"CONSULTING DETECTIVE."
GET HIM OUT OF HERE!
NO NEED TO DISTURB YOURSELF
FURTHER, SIR CHARLES. I DON'WISH TO CAUSE DISSENSION.
COME ALONG, WATSON.
WHO IS THAT FELLOW, HOLMES?
SIR CHARLES WARREN.
NEW HEAD BOY,
SCOTLAND YARD.
OH, YES, I REMEMBER.
DAMN FOOL.
LAST YEAR, THOSE RIOTS
IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE.
EXACTLY.
"BLOODY SUNDAY,"
THE PAPERS CALLED IT.
HE WAS EVERY BIT AS RESPONSIBLE
AS THE RADICALS, IN MY OPINION.
WHY DOES HE HAVE TO BE
SO DELIBERATELY ABUSIVE?
AT THE MOMENT, MY DEAR FELLOW,
THERE IS SOMETHING
MORE IMPORTANWHICH CONCERNS US,
IF YOU CAN RESTRAIN
YOUR INDIGNATION.
SHAN'T SAY ANOTHER WORD.
"THE JUWES ARE NOT...
THE MEN THAT WILL BE...
BLAMED FOR NOTHING."
"THE JUWES--"
BLOODY HELL.
VERY WELL THEN.
GET A REPORT OUT AND SEE ME
BACK AT THE YARD.
THIS IS IMPORTANT EVIDENCE!
I'M TELLING YOU, NO!
IN AN HOUR FROM NOW,
THERE'LL BE A HUNDRED PEOPLE
PASSING THROUGH HERE.
MORE. IF THOSE WORDS ARE
SEEN, I HAVE A RIOT!
ANY JEW THAT THE MOB CAN
GET THEIR HANDS ON WILL BE
SLAUGHTERED IN THE STREETS.
WITH RESPECT, SIR CHARLES.
WHY DON'T WE COVER UP THE WORDS?
NO.
JUST THE FIRST LINE--
THE ONE WORD "JUWES."
ISN'T THAT ENOUGH?
I'M NOT STANDING HERE
AND ARGUING WITH YOU. I'LL
JUST RUB THIS WRITING OFF!
THERE! RIGHT HERE!
NOW MAYBE I'M DAMNED.
YOU'VE NOT LEFT A WORD.
THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
RUBBING OUT BLOODY WORDS
IN LONDON!
THESE DAMNED NEWSPAPERS.
THEY HAVE THE WHOLE CITY
IN A BLIND STATE OF PANIC.
LAST NIGHT, WHEN WE WERE
EXAMINING THE BODY OF THE
UNFORTUNATE CATHERINE EDDOWES--
MM. DON'T REMIND ME
OF THAT, OLD CHAP.
DID YOU NOTICE A WOMAN
IN THE CROWD?
I NOTICED DOZENS OF WOMEN.
WELL, YES, I WOULD EXPECTHAT OF YOU, WATSON.
BUT ONE PARTICULAR WOMAN.
- WATSON?
YES.
LISTEN, WATSON,
WHATAREYOU DOING?
I'M TRYING TO CORNER
THE LAST PEA ON MY PLATE.
- WHAT'S THAT OBJECYOU'RE FOOLING AROUND WITH?
- OH, NOTHING. YET.
- OH.
BUT, UH, AS I WAS SAYING--
ABOUT THE WOMAN--
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN WORRY
ABOUT SOME WOMAN IN A CROWD,
WHEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION.
YE-- BUT THERE WAS
A SINGULARLY HAUNTING
QUALITY ABOUT HER.
LIKE SOME WILD CREATURE,
CORNERED.
YOU SQUASHED MY PEA.
NOW YOU'VE GOT IT CORNERED.
YEAH, BUT SQUASHING
YOUR FELLOW'S PEA--
WELL, JUST TRYING TO HELP.
I DIDN'T WANT IT SQUASHED.
I DON'T LIKE IT THAT WAY,
SQUASHED.
I LIKE IT WHOLE.
SO THAT YOU CAN FEEL IT POP
WHEN YOU BITE DOWN ON IT.
WELL, I'M SORRY.
I WASN'T THINKING.
I'LL GET THE DOOR,
OLD FELLOW.
A TELEGRAM FOR YOU, MR. HOLMES.
THE BOY DIDN'T WAIFOR AN ANSWER.
AH, WELL, THANK YOU,
MRS. HUDSON. AND GOOD NIGHT.
GOOD NIGHT, SIR.
AH, MORE FROM OUR
ANONYMOUS ADVISER.
HE INVITES US
TO MEET HIM...
- AT THE ELIZABETH WHARF.
- OH, REALLY?
NO GOOD.
NO ONE HERE.
HMM.
YOU SEE? JUST SOME
DAMN SORT OF HOAX.
OUR INFORMANSEEMS STRANGELY RELUCTANTO REVEAL HIMSELF.
I COULDN'T COMMIT THIS
TO A TELEGRAPH, MR. HOLMES.
WHERE ARE YOU?
IT'S TOO DANGEROUS
FOR THE MAN INVOLVED.
AH, THERE. IN THE BOAT,
UNDERNEATH US.
DANGEROUS FOR YOU,
TOO, I SURMISE.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE
ABOUT THE RIPPER MURDERS,
I REFER YOU...
TO ROBERT JAMES LEES.
WHERE CAN I FIND THIS LEES?
HE'S PULLING
YOUR LEG, HOLMES.
ROBERT JAMES LEES,
THE ELMS, RIVERSIDE WAY.
THERE'S MORE, MR. HOLMES.
ANYONE THERE?
ANYBODY THERE?
WATSON?
WATSON!
SAW HIM, EH?
RECOGNIZE THE FELLOW?
-NO, BUT THE VOICE
WAS FAMILIAR.
- UH?
THERE'S A QUALITY IN II SEEM TO KNOW.
WHAT ABOUT THIS FELLOW
HE MENTIONED, LEES?
KNOW HIM?
YES, I BELIEVE I DO.
HE HAS SOME REPUTATION
AS A MEDIUM.
GOOD GOD!
DIFFICULT TO SEE HOW
HE MIGHT BE INVOLVED.
AND THAT'S ALL
HE HAD TO SAY.
NO.
- HE SAID SOMETHING
EXTRAORDINARY.
-OH?
A FASCINATING PIECE OF
EVIDENCE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED.
WE MUST NOT LOSE A MOMENT,
IF WE COULD TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF IT.
'ERE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WHO ARE YOU?
I MEAN, YOU HAVE
NO BUSINESS BEIN' HERE.
SHERLOCK HOLMES, MY GOOD MAN.
OH, YEAH?
AND MY ASSOCIATE,
DR. WATSON.
I DON'T GIVE A CUSTARD.
YOU MAY BE ON HIM AND OFF HIM.
IS THIS SHERLOCK HOLMES?
JUST YOU GET YOURSELF
OFF AND OUT OF HERE,
MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES.
THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AND YOU ALONG WITH HIM,
DR. BLEEDIN' WATSON!
I SEE YOU TWO
SULKIN' ABOUT!
- I THINK I SHOULD CALL
THE POLICE, YOU KNOW?
-DON'T DO THAT, OLD MAN.
WELL, GET GOIN' THEN.
GET OFF.
WHY'D THE FELLOW HAVE TO
HIDE HIMSELF LIKE THAT?
AND WHY PASS A MESSAGE
IN SUCH A RIDICULOUS MANNER?
IT WOULD SUGGESHE DIDN'T WISH TO BE
SEEN TALKING TO US.
NOBODY THERE TO SEE HIM.
AH, BUT THERE WAS.
WELL, IT'S NEWS TO ME.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
THEY'VE BEEN WATCHING US...
EVER SINCE
WE TOOK UP THE CASE.
THEY'RE WATCHING US
AT THIS VERY MOMENT.
REALLY?
THERE'S NOBODY OUT THERE.
OH, NATURALLY, OLD MAN,
HE'S NOT GOING TO SHOW HIMSELF.
BUT, AS A PRECAUTION,
WE WILL LEAVE
THROUGH THE GARDEN.
IF THINGS ARE GETTING
DANGEROUS, I DON'T LIKE
YOU TO GO UNARMED, HOLMES.
I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE
CARRYING PISTOLS, BUJUST FOR SAFETY--
WELL, I'M NOT ENTIRELY
UNARMED, OLD CHAP.
IT'S, UM, VERY EFFECTIVE.
ANCIENT INDIAN DEVICE.
USED BY A CULOF FEROCIOUS ASSASSINS.
OH, THE THUGGEE.
YES, THAT IS
ONE OF THEIR TRICKS.
I DID SERVE IN INDIA,
YOU KNOW.
OF COURSE YOU DID,
OLD CHUM.
[ Dog Barking ]
WHAT IS IYOU HOPE TO FIND?
OR SHOULDN'T I ASK?
GIVE ME A MOMENT,
DEAR FELLOW.
SOMEONE HAS BEEN
HERE BEFORE US.
SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T WANANYONE TO SEE THE MESSAGE.
AH YES, HERE, I THINK.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.
GIVE ME--
GIVE ME THE BOTTLE, WATSON.
AND THE BRUSH.
MM-HMM.
AND, UH, HOLD
THE LANTERN STEADY.
WHAT IS IT THAWE'RE SUPPOSED TO--
OH!
NOW, QUICKLY, WATSON.
TAKE THIS DOWN.
BEFORE THE PLASTER
ABSORBS THE LIQUID.
UH-HUH.
"BLAME FOR NOTHING."
UH-HUH. UH-HUH.
THERE.
"THE... JUWES?"
"ARE NOT THE MEN THAT WILL
BE BLAMED FOR NOTHING."
VERY WELL.
WELL, THERE'S THE WORDS,
EXACTLY AS WRITTEN.
AND THE SPELLING?
YES, IT'S VERY ODD,
ISN'T IT?
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS?
HEBREW, YOU THINK?
OH, I THINK NOT.
IT MEANS JEWS.
HOW ARE WE
TO UNDERSTAND IT, THEN?
"JEWS ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE CRIMES."
AND?
AND THEY'RE
NOT GONNA GET CAUGHT.
WRITTEN BY WHOM?
NOT THE MURDERER, SURELY.
WHOEVER WROTE
THIS MESSAGE--
...MAY HAVE SEEN
THE MURDERER.
YOU'RE INVALUABLE
TO ME, WATSON,
WITH YOUR INSTINCTIVE
GRASP FOR THE OBVIOUS.
BUT WHY DIDN'T HE GO TO
THE POLICE? WHY DID HE WRITE
THIS RIDICULOUS MESSAGE?
AH, BECAUSE A MAN
MIGHT USE THESE CRIMES
FOR HIS OWN PURPOSES.
IMAGINE A MORE MALIGN
INFLUENCE AT WORK.
"FOR HIS OWN PURPOSES?"
I'M NOT WITH YOU.
I SHALL SMOKE A PIPE OR TWO
BEFORE I RETIRE.
VERY WELL.
I'LL KEEP YOU COMPANY.
NO, NO.
NO, OLD CHAP.
WE ARE GRAPPLING
WITH A DARK INTENTION,
AND I HAVE A SENSE OF
SOME VAGUE OUTLINE.
NO, THANK YOU.
I WOULD PREFER
MY OWN COMPANY TONIGHT.
WELL, OF COURSE.
IF YOU FEEL
IT'S NOT WANTED.
E-EARLY IN THE MORNING,
OLD FELLOW,
WE HAVE A PRESSING NEED
TO MEET WITH ROBERT LEES.
I UNDERSTAND
YOU KNOW SOMETHING OF
THE WHITECHAPEL MURDERS.
I HAVE SEEN THE MAN
KNOWN AS JACK THE RIPPER.
GOOD GOD!
I WAS SITTING HERE,
READING, WHEN I WAS OVERWHELMED
WITH AN INTUITION OF A MAN...
AND A YOUNG WOMAN.
BUT DID YOU NOGO TO THE POLICE?
YES.
AND THEY TREATED HIM
AS A RAVING LUNATIC.
IT IS AN EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE
THEIR OWN, SOMETHING THEY CANNOALLOW THEMSELVES TO ACCEPT.
DO YOU ACCEPT IT?
I HAVE BEEN WITNESS
TO MUCH STRANGER EVENTS.
WELL, THE FOLLOWING EVENING,
JUST SUCH A MURDER TOOK PLACE.
- THE WOMAN'S NAME
WAS ANNIE CHAPMAN.
STUFF!
I HAVE SEEN HIM AGAIN,
MR. HOLMES.
ANOTHER VISION?
NO.
NO, THIS TIME IN PERSON.
STRANGE STORY INDEED.
BUT YOU'VE SEEN
MORE OF THIS MAN,
HAVE YOU NOT?
- MADAM, I'M SORRY.
EXCUSE ME, MA'AM.
MR. HOLMES, SIR CHARLES
WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU.
HE WAS MOST INSISTENT.
I APOLOGIZE FOR
THE INTERRUPTION, MA'AM.
I HAD NO CHOICE.
WELL, THANK YOU BOTH
FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY.
I KNOW
WE SHALL MEET AGAIN.
GOOD LORD.
IT'S MAKINS!
YOU RECOGNIZE
THIS MAN, HOLMES?
YES, I DO.
YOU WON'T DENY
YOU WERE IN HIS EMPLOY.
I'M IN MY OWN EMPLOY, SIR.
THIS MAN, AND OTHERS,
INQUIRED AFTER MY SERVICES.
I HAVE GIVEN THEM
NO REPLY AS YET.
DON'T PLAY GAMES WITH ME!
YOU'RE RUNNING
WITH THE FOXES.
AND YOU KNOW THEIR
COLORS FULL WELL.
IF I TAKE CORRECTLY
THE MEANING OF YOUR COLORFUL
METAPHOR, SIR CHARLES,
YES, I AM AWARE THAMAKINS WAS A RADICAL,
OR REVOLUTIONARY, TO BE EXACT.
- I SAY, HOLMES.
- SO! YOU ADMIT YOUR PARIN THEIR CONSPIRACY.
THEIR TREASON!
THAT'S DAMN NONSENSE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, SIR?
STEADY, OLD FELLOW.
I BELIEVE SIR CHARLES
MEANS TO ARREST ME.
ARREST YOU?
SHERLOCK HOLMES,
GUILTY OF TREASON?
THAT'S ABSURD!
NOT TREASON, WATSON.
MURDER.
PRECISELY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAFALLING-OUT YOU HAD
WITH YOUR SLIMY FRIENDS,
BUT I CAN PLACE YOU
AT THE SCENE
OF THE MURDER.
AND DON'T BE TOO CERTAIN
I WON'T DISCOVER
YOUR TREASONOUS PLOTTING.
SIR CHARLES?
I'LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME WHILE
YOU'RE SITTING IN NEWGATE JAIL.
THERE'S THAT FELLOW
FROM THE DOCKS.
HE MUST HAVE SEEN
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED.
YES, I THINK RESCUE IS
AT HAND, AND I DON'T BELIEVE
THE COMMISSIONER LIKES IT.
QUICKLY, WATSON.
I WANT TO EXAMINE
THE WOUND.
HOLMES, WHY WOULD
RADICALS HIRE YOU
TO CATCH A MADMAN?
YES, WHY INDEED?
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
WHY FEED US INFORMATION
IN SUCH A BIZARRE FASHION?
MORE IMPORTANT STILL,
WHO KILLED MAKINS, AND WHY?
HOW DID YOU KNOW
THEY WERE RADICALS?
MM, SWORD-STICK.
OH, NO MAGIC, WATSON.
I SIMPLY MADE INQUIRIES
AT WHITECHAPEL.
THAT MADE YOU SUSPICIOUS?
NO, IT WAS MAKINS.
A BAD ACTOR, WITH
HIS EXCESSIVE CIVILITY.
AND THEN LANIER'S
RESENTMENT OF RICH LADIES
AND THEIR PALACES.
IT IS FORTUNATE
FOR YOU, MR. HOLMES, THATHE DOCK GUARD WAS SO DILIGENT.
OH, I TAKE IT THEN,
WE'RE FREE.
FOR THE MOMENT, YES.
SIR CHARLES WOULD LIKE
TO SEE YOU IN HIS OFFICE
IMMEDIATELY.
DON'T PROVOKE HIM.
HE IS DETERMINED TO
HAVE YOU OFF THIS CASE.
HE'S A DANGEROUS MAN.
HE HAS MANY SECRET FRIENDS.
SO GO CAREFULLY.
"SECRET FRIENDS."
[ Inhales ]
CURIOUS EXPRESSION.
[ Door Opens ]
I WARN YOU, HOLMES!
IF YOU PURSUE THIS MAT--
SO--
WHAT THE--
FORGIVE THE SLEIGHT OF HAND,
SIR CHARLES.
IN THE PURSUIT OF CRIMINALS,
ONE LEARNS THEIR DEVICES.
I SAY, HOLMES, WHAT IS
THIS MUMBO JUMBO?
THE HANDSHAKE AND THE RING,
WATSON, ARE ARCHAIC RITUALS...
PRESERVED BY
THE 33rd DEGREE MEMBERS OF
THE SECRET ORDER OF FREEMASONS.
WE ARE NOA SECRET ORDER.
YOUR EXISTENCE
IS NO SECRET.
YOU RITUALS AND MEMBERSHIP
ARE SECRETS YOU GUARD
AS CLOSELY AS YOU MAY.
WHICH IS WHY YOU REMOVED
THE WRITING FROM THE WALL.
I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY
OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY.
AND THEIR RIGHT TO GO
SAFELY ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS.
- DOES THAT INCLUDE THE RIGHTO MURDER AND MUTILATE?
- YOU FOOL!
JEWS WOULD HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED
IN THE STREETS IF I HAD NOT HAD
THOSE WORDS REMOVED.
DO YOU KNOW THE THEORY
GIVEN GREATEST CREDENCE
AMONG THE COMMON PEOPLE?
THAT THIS IS
A BLOOD RITUAL.
CARRIED OUT BY SOME JEW
WHOSE RELIGIOUS FERVOR...
SENDS HIM OUT IN SEARCH
OF PROSTITUTES...
TO OFFER AS A SACRIFICE
TO HIS GOD.
IF THOSE WORDS HAD BEEN SEEN,
NOT A JEW WOULD HAVE BEEN SAFE!
THEIR HOUSES AND THEIR SHOPS
WOULD BE DESTROYED.
NONSENSE, WARREN.
THE WRITING HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH THE JEWS--
YOU KNOW THAT.
YOU DID NOT REMOVE THAWRITING TO PROTECT JEWS
AGAINST ANTI-SEMITIC RAGE.
THE JEWS--
OR "JUWES"--
REFERRED TO ARE FROM
YOUR OWN SECRET SOCIETY...
OF THE LOYAL ORDER
OF FREEMASONS.
WE-- WELL,
"BENEVOLENT SOCIETY."
[ Bell Pealing ]
WE ARE NO DANGER--
THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF
PALTRY, SORDID EPISODE...
YOU'RE ACCUSTOMED
TO MEDDLING IN, HOLMES.
AND YOU DO SO
AT GREAT RISK TO YOURSELF.
GOOD DAY.
YOU SEE.
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHATHAT PECULIAR GESTURE
OF YOURS WAS ALL ABOUT.
I COULDN'T MAKE
HEAD NOR TAIL OVER IT.
IT GAVE SIR CHARLES PAUSE.
YOU SHUT HIM UP!
QUITE A GOOD THING, TOO.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH CAUSED HIM
THE GREATER ANXIETY:
THE FACT THE I KNEW
THE SECRET SIGNS,
- OR THE POSSIBILITY THAI, TOO, MIGHT BE A MASON.
- MEANING WHAT, EXACTLY?
THESE ARE THE SIGNS
WHICH ARE EMPLOYED
BY FREEMASONS.
IN THEIR CEREMONIES.
TO ESTABLISH
EACH OTHER'S RANK.
BUT HOW ARE
THE MASONS INVOLVED?
AH. WHOEVER WROTE
THAT MESSAGE...
IS A MASON--
OR A MAN LIKE MYSELF,
WHO HAS MADE A STUDY
OF THEIR PRACTICES.
YOU MEAN HE ACCUSES THE MASONS?
HE WANTS US TO BELIEVE THAJACK THE RIPPER IS A MASON?
- OH, COME ON, HOLMES.
- I KNOW.
I'VE FORMED NO OPINION
EITHER WAY, WATSON.
BUT THE JEWS-- OR "JUWES"--
AGAINST WHOM THE ACCUSATIONS
ARE BEING MADE,
WERE THREE MEN WHO
MURDERED THE GRAND MASTER,
BUILDER OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE.
OH, REALLY?
ACCORDING TO MASONIC RITUAL.
"AND THEIR NAMES WERE
JUBELA, JUBELO...
AND JUBELUM."
HENCE, JEWS OR JUWES.
THE THINGS YOU KNOW, HOLMES.
OH, WHEN THEY WERE
BROUGHT BEFORE SOLOMON,
THEY CONFESSED TO THEIR GUILT.
AND JUBELA SAID,
"O THAT MY THROAHAD BEEN CUT ACROSS."
AND, UH, JUBELO SAID,
"O THAT MY LEFT BREASHAD BEEN TORN OPEN,
"MY HEART AND VITALS TAKEN,
THROWN OVER MY LEFT SHOULDER."
AND JUBELUM SAID,
"MY BODY SEVERED IN THE MIDST."
GOOD GOD. THAT POOR WOMAN'S
BODY WAS MUTILATED
IN JUST THAT SAVAGE WAY.
NOW, ASSUMING THAT THERE IS,
AS YOU SAY, SOME CONNECTION
BETWEEN THOSE...
GHASTLY MURDERS
AND THE MASONIC RITUAL,
IN WHAT WAY WERE THESE
WRETCHED WOMEN INVOLVED?
WELL, ASK THEM. HMM?
WHAT?
WELL, THEIR FRIENDS.
WE HAVE TO ASK THE LIVING,
OF COURSE. WE COULD
HARDLY ASK THE DEAD.
THAT'S A RELIEF.
I THOUGHT FOR A MOMENYOU WERE GOING THE SAME WAY
AS ROBERT LEES.
TALKING TO THE DEAD.
WELL,
WHILE YOU'RE MAKING
YOURSELF FAMILIAR WITH
THE DEAD WOMAN'S FRIENDS,
I SHALL ENDEAVOR TO...
INGRATIATE MYSELF WITH
SAID ROBERT LEES.
HMM, GOOD LUCK, HOLMES.
MORNING, GUV.
HELLO, LOVE.
OH. MADAM DIDN'T TELL ME
TO EXPECT NO CHIMNEY SWEEP.
YOU-- YOU FETCH HER DOWN
AND SHE'LL TELL YOU.
I'LL DO NO SUCH THING.
HERE I AM
AND HERE I STAY.
I'VE COME
TO SWEEP THE CHIMNEY.
BUT WE'RE NOT READY FOR YOU!
YOU HAVE TO COME BACK.
YOU FETCH THE MISSUS.
WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN HERE?
MRS. LEES, I DO APOLOGIZE
FOR TROUBLING YOU
IN THIS MANNER.
WHO ARE YOU?
I-- I ADOPTED
THIS DISGUISE...
TO SPARE YOUR HUSBAND
ANY FURTHER INCONVENIENCE.
HOW DARE YOU TRY AND TRICK
YOUR WAY IN TO SEE MY HUSBAND.
WELL, I REALLY WANTED
TO SEE YOU, MRS. LEES,
AND, IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME,
TO SPEAK BRIEFLY
WITH YOUR HUSBAND.
YOU SEE THE DANGER
YOU HAVE PUT HIM IN.
AND HE HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH THIS.
YES.
AND I WILL ABIDE
BY YOUR DECISION.
- BUT I SAY ONE THING--
- I WILL NOT BE SWAYED,
MR. HOLMES.
IF YOUR HUSBAND CAN
HELP ME FIND THIS MAN...
AND PREVENT ANY MORE
OF THESE ATROCIOUS CRIMES,
DO YOU HAVE
THE RIGHT TO DENY ME?
HMM, WE WERE...
DINING AT HOME,
AND SUDDENLY...
I KNEW THAHE HAD KILLED AGAIN.
AGAIN, YOU WENT TO THE POLICE.
YES.
THEY WERE MORE INCLINED
TO LISTEN THIS TIME.
I WAS ABLE TO...
GIVE THEM...
DETAILS THANO ONE COULD HAVE KNOWN.
THEY ASKED ME TO TRACK HIM...
FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.
I COULD FIND
NO IMAGE OF HIM THERE.
THERE, WHERE HE HAD
COMMITTED THIS BRUTAL MURDER.
THEY GAVE ME A-A PIECE OF
THE MURDERED GIRL'S DRESS.
AND I-I COULD FIND
NO SENSE OF HIM.
AND THEN THE INSPECTOR
GAVE ME SOMETHING QUITE TRIVIAL,
UNCONNECTED PERHAPS.
THE STEM FROM
A BUNCH OF GRAPES.
HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?
BUT YOU WERE THEN
ABLE TO SENSE THE MAN.
YES. HE-- HE WAS THERE.
I MEAN, IT WAS
AS IF HE WAS THERE.
I HAD MERELY TO FOLLOW HIM.
THERE.
IMPOSSIBLE.
[ Holmes ]
DID YOU GO INTO THE HOUSE?
WE DID.
YOU CONFRONTED THE MAN.
HOW DID HE RECEIVE YOU?
THE INSPECTOR SPOKE WITH HIM.
HE WAS NOT IMPRESSED
BY MY INTUITION.
HE HEARD US OUT POLITELY,
REMINDED US HOW LATE IT WAS,
AND THEN HE SUGGESTED
THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER
IF WE LEFT.
YOU'VE BEEN MOST CAREFUL
NOT TO MENTION THE MAN'S
NAME, HAVEN'T YOU?
I REALIZE HOW PERSUASIVE
SIR CHARLES CAN BE.
HE CAME HERE.
HE THREATENED MY HUSBAND
IN HIS OWN HOME.
NO. I CAN'T EXPECT YOU
TO BREAK YOUR WORD.
MR. HOLMES,
I HAVE THE STRONGESINTUITION CONCERNING YOU.
I SENSE SOME DANGER,
CLOSE AND THREATENING.
I HAVE A SENSE OF IT MYSELF.
IT AIN'T FAIR. EVERYBODY'S
GOING ON LIKE IT'S OUR FAULT--
LIKE WE'RE TO BLAME.
LIKE AS IF WE'D GO OUT AND LOOK
FOR HIM, EGG THE BLEEDER ON
TO CUT HER BLOODY THROAT.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO GO
ASKING ABOUT POLLY FOR?
WHAT'S SHE GOT TO DO WITH YOU?
WRITING ABOUT HER,
DON'T YOU KNOW?
WRITING FOR THE NEWSPAPERS.
YOU DON'T WANT TO WRITE
NOTHING BAD ABOUT POLLY.
DON'T INTEND TO, NO,
BUT IT SEEMS TO ME
THAT A DEAL MORE...
IS WRITTEN ABOUT THE MURDERER
THAN ABOUT HIS VICTIMS.
THAT'S TRUE.
IT'S TRUE, ISN'T IT?
LIKE HE'S IMPORTANAND THEY AIN'T.
PRECISELY.
IF ANYBODY THOUGHABOUT THE LIKES OF US,
WE WOULDN'T HAVE
COME TO THIS.
UH, ONE THING, UH,
POLLY NICHOLS,
WAS SHE FRIENDS WITH
ANY OF THE OTHER WOMEN?
HMM?
HMM?
OH!
TALK TO MARY IF YOU WANT TO
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT OLD POLLY.
MARY. UH, WHAT'S
HER OTHER NAME?
MARY KELLY.
MARY KELLY.
WHERE COULD I FIND HER?
YOU WON'T FIND HER
ROUND HERE NO MORE.
SHE THINKS HERSELF
A CUT ABOVE US.
TOFFEE-NOSED SLUT.
UH, YOU KNOW WHERE
I COULD FIND MARY KELLY?
COME OVER 'ERE.
I'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT HER.
EXCUSE ME, LADIES.
BETTER KEEP YOUR MOUTH CLOSED,
YOU LITTLE SLUT.
DON'T BOTHER WITH HER.
SHE DOESN'T KNOW MARY.
COME ON.
SIT DOWN.
CHEAP TARTS.
THEY'RE JEALOUS
'CAUSE I'M YOUNG,
AND I GET ALL THE BLOKES.
GOT ALL ME OWN TEETH.
THAT'S WHY.
WHAT DO YOU WANWITH MARY KELLY ANYWAY?
HER TEETH'S FALLEN OUT TOO.
NOT LIKE MINE.
HAVE A FEEL.
OH, NO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BUT--
OH, COME ON, LOVE.
I WON'T BITE YOU.
SEE? FIRM AS A ROCK.
YES, REMARKABLE.
OH, GOD.
OH, BLOODY HELL.
OH. JUST ONE LOOSE.
OH, BLOODY HELL.
- WHAT ARE YOU STARING AT?
- OH, I-- NOTHING.
ARE WE GONNA
SIT HERE ALL DAY?
WELL, THERE'S
NO HURRY ACTUALLY.
NOT FOR ME EITHER.
I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE, UH--
YES, WELL, UM--
NOW, SUPPOSE I'M LOOKING
FOR THIS YOUNG WOMAN,
THIS PARTICULAR YOUNG WOMAN.
THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHERS.
YES. AND SUPPOSE I SAY...
I'M LOOKING FOR
THIS PARTICULAR YOUNG WOMAN.
UM, UH--
COME WITH ME.
WE CAN'T TALK HERE,
IF YOU TAKE MY MEANING.
OH, YES, YES.
I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN.
NEAR HERE THE RIPPER
COMMITTED HIS FIRST MURDER.
YOU'VE GOT HIM ON THE BRAIN.
CAN'T TALK OF NOTHING ELSE.
I'M BOUND TO
TALK ABOUT HIM.
IN THERE?
WANT MARY KELLY?
I'M TAKING YOU TO HER.
YES, BUT, UM--
HMM.
COME ON.
I RECKON THAT'S WHY
YOU COME DOWN HERE,
ALL YOU TOFFS.
YOU WANT TO
TALK ABOUT HIM--
WHAT HE DONE.
GET A LOT OF TOFFS
COMING DOWN HERE, DO YOU?
ALL KINDS.
OF COURSE, TALK'S ALL THEM
BLOKES IS GOOD FOR.
NOT LIKE YOU.
COME ON. THIS WAY.
UH, SHE LIVES AROUND HERE,
DOES SHE, MARY KELLY?
LOOK. I'LL TELL YOU STRAIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW THIS MARY KELLY.
YOU-- BUT YOU PROMISED.
YOU SAID--
WHAT'S THAT FOR?
AHA.
AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
THAT'S MY WOMAN YOU GOT THERE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH HER?
AN OLD GEEZER LIKE YOU,
WITH A FINE LADY
OF YOUR OWN AT HOME...
WAITING FOR YA,
WORRYING ABOUT YA,
AND YOU DOWN HERE,
MESSING ABOUT WITH MY WOMAN.
NOW, YOU WOULDN'T LIKE ME
TO GO AND VISIT YOUR WIFE,
NOW, WOULD YOU?
I SEE. SO IT'S
THAT OLD GAME, IS IT?
WELL, YOU'VE CHOSEN
THE WRONG VICTIM,
MY GOOD MAN.
WE'LL SEE WHAT THE POLICE
HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS.
GOOD OLD DANNY.
STAY THERE, YOU PIMP.
WHAT'S THE TROUBLE HERE?
THANK GOODNESS. JUST IN TIME.
HE'S JACK THE RIPPER.
WHO, HIM?
HE GRABBED ME, AND HE WAS
GONNA SLIT MY BLOODY THROAT...
WHEN MY MATE PULLED HIM OFF
AND THEN HE ATTACKED HIM.
JUST A MINUTE.
THAT OLD FELLOW? HE COULDN'RIP MY OLD GRANDMOTHER.
I RESENT THAT.
HE'S THE RIPPER.
YOU BETTER ARREST HIM,
OR I'LL SCREAM
AND BRING OUR MOB.
YOU'LL DO NOTHING OF THE SORT.
YOU TRYING TO GET HIM KILLED?
COME ALONG. WE'LL SORTHIS OUT DOWN THE STATION.
YOU'RE MAKING A GRAVE ERROR.
SERVES YOU RIGHT,
YOU OLD FART.
THANK YOU.
HEY. GET OFF!
I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING!
LEAVE ME ALONE!
WELL, WELL.
HERE'S A PRETTY MESS
YOU'VE GOTTEN YOURSELF
INTO, OLD CHAP.
FOR GOD'S SAKE, HOLMES.
WHAT'S TAKEN YOU SO LONG?
WELL, I CAME WITH ALL SPEED
AS SOON AS I HEARD.
NOW, HE'LL BE RELEASED
INTO YOUR CUSTODY, MR. HOLMES.
YOU'LL BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR HIS FUTURE GOOD BEHAVIOR.
YOU UNDERSTAND NOW?
"GOOD BEHAVIOR."
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YEAH.
LEARNED YOUR LESSON, DOCTOR?
DON'T PLAY THE SILLY
WITH US, LESTRADE.
MY BLOKES TELL ME
YOU PUT UP QUITE A STRUGGLE.
I GAVE A GOOD ACCOUNT OF MYSELF.
I'M CERTAIN HE DID.
MR. HOLMES, MY ADVICE
TO YOU IS THAT YOU
TAKE HIM HOME...
AND YOU SEE THAHE'S NOT LET GEINTO ANY MORE MISCHIEF.
EH?
OH, COME ALONG, WATSON.
FOR GOD'S SAKE.
DAMN THE FELLOW.
DIDN'T IT OCCUR TO YOU
THAT SOMETHING WAS AMISS WHEN
I DIDN'T COME HOME LAST NIGHT?
CALM YOURSELF, OLD MAN.
I WASN'T HOME MYSELF.
I HAD SOME BUSINESS TO--
THEY WERE READY
TO TEAR ME TO PIECES.
YES. ALL RIGHT.
COME, WATSON. ALL WE NEED
IS TO TAKE YOU HOME AND
GET YOU A GOOD MEAL AND REST.
I'M PERFECTLY FIT.
READY FOR ANYTHING.
NOW, I DON'T BELIEVE THE WOMAN
WHO GAVE ME ALL THIS TROUBLE
EVEN KNEW MARY KELLY.
KELLY.
YES. MARY KELLY.
FRIEND OF POLLY NICHOLS.
THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED
IN THE DISTRICT DIDN'T SEEM
TO WANT TO TALK ABOUT HER.
THAT'S GOOD, WATSON.
THAT'S VERY GOOD.
NOW, POLLY NICHOLS.
VICTIM NUMBER ONE.
SHE WAS MURDERED HERE.
VICTIM NUMBER TWO,
ANNIE CHAPMAN,
WAS MURDERED HERE.
A CONSIDERABLE
DISTANCE APART.
THOSE TWO AND MARY KELLY--
HEAVEN KNOWS WHERE SHE LIVES--
THEY KNEW EACH OTHER.
THE THREE OF THEM WERE
VERY OFTEN SEEN IN A TAVERN
IN DORSET STREET.
THAT'S ANNIE CHAPMAN,
MARY KELLY AND POLLY NICHOLS.
THAT'S RIGHT.
NOW WE COME TO, UH,
ELIZABETH STRIDE.
THAT'S VICTIM NUMBER THREE.
LIZ STRIDE.
MURDERED THERE.
SHE WAS, UH,
CALLED LIZ, "LONG LIZ."
A TALL GIRL.
FOREIGN. SHE WAS
MARRIED TO-- OR RATHER,
SHE LIVED WITH A MAN...
WHOSE NAME I DON'T KNOW,
BUT THEIR ADDRESS
WAS DORSET STREET.
YOU SURPASSED YOURSELF, WATSON.
NOW, THESE FEW WOMEN,
LIVING WITHIN A FEW STREETS,
ALL KNOWING
EACH OTHER, THAT'S MORE
THAN COINCIDENCE, SURELY.
EXCELLENT, WATSON.
YOU'RE AN INSPIRATION.
BUT I HAVE MORE WORK FOR YOU.
YEAH?
I NEED YOUR HELP TO FIND
THE MAN LEES SOUGHT OUT.
DIDN'T LEES TELL YOU?
NO. HE WOULDN'TELL ME HIS NAME.
SIR CHARLES WARREN HAS
PUT HIM IN FEAR FOR HIS LIFE,
BUT I HAVE A NOTION
OF HIS ADDRESS.
STUDY THE MEDICAL DIRECTORY.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A DOCTOR.
MORE PRECISELY, A PHYSICIAN.
THERE'S A LIST OF STREETS
WHICH YOU MUST PAY CAREFUL
ATTENTION TO ON MY TABLE.
- DON'T DASH OFF. WAIT FOR ME.
- WE'RE TOO CONSPICUOUS.
WE MUST TAKE SEPARATE PATHS.
AT LEAST TELL ME
WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
I'M GOING TO PAY MY LASRESPECTS TO CATHERINE EDDOWES.
I FEEL SHE WILL BE
MORE HELP TO US NOW
THAN WHEN SHE WAS ALIVE.
ALL RIGHT.
AN EXCESSIVE DELAY, WATSON.
WAITING FOR THE PRINCE.
THEY CAN'T BEGIN
UNTIL HE ARRIVES.
YOU KNOW THAT.
"PUNCTUALITY," MY DEAR
FELLOW. PUNCTUALITY.
"THE POLITENESS OF KINGS."
YES, YES, YES, YES.
HE SEEMS TO TAKE A DELIGHIN KEEPING HIS SUBJECTS WAITING.
[ Chuckles ]
I SUPPOSE, SINCE AFTER ALL
HE'S ONLY THE PRINCE OF WALES,
WE SHOULD NOT EXPECTHE SAME DEGREE OF COURTESY.
AND SINCE YOU'RE ONLY
THE PRINCE OF DETECTIVES,
HOLMES,
I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD
PRESUME TO CRITICIZE A MAN...
WHO ONE DAY WILL BE
THE KING OF ENGLAND.
WELL DONE, WATSON.
YOU'VE CUT ME TO THE QUICK.
ONLY THE PRINCE
OF DETECTIVES, YOU SAY?
PRAY TELL ME, WHO IS THE KING?
LESTRADE, OF COURSE.
GOOD GOD.
INSULTING THE PRINCE.
MORE RESPECT IS WANTED.
IF THE PRINCE WANTS
MORE RESPECT,
HE SHOULD
CONDUCT HIS AFFAIRS
WITH MORE DISCRETION.
IT'S A DAMNED DISGRACE.
ON THE CONTRARY.
I PREFER BAD MANNERS
IN THE THEATER...
TO ACTS OF VIOLENCE
IN THE STREETS.
HMPH.
GOD SAVE HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS!
- GOD SAVE HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS!
SAVE HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS!
???? [ "God Save The King" ]
WELL DONE, OLD FELLA.
YOU SAVED THE DAY.
OH. FLOWER.
MURDER IN WHITECHAPEL!
MURDER IN WHITECHAPEL!
WHITECHAPEL BUTCHER
STRIKES AGAIN!
READ ALL ABOUT IT!
THERE YOU ARE, SIR.
READ ALL ABOUT IT!
[ Woman ]
WHAT ARE THE POLICE
DOING ABOUT IT?
CABBY! I SAY, CABBY!
WHITECHAPEL BUTCHER
STRIKES AGAIN!
BRUTAL MURDER
INVESTIGATED!
BAKER STREET.
221 "B."
DON'T YOU THINK WE SHOULD
HIRE A CLOSED CARRIAGE
FROM NOW ON, HOLMES?
OH, I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S QUITE INVIGORATING.
STIRS THE BLOOD.
NOBODY USES AN OPEN CARRIAGE
IN OCTOBER, AT NIGHT.
I DO.
SPOKEN WITH THE UTMOST HUMILITY,
MY DEAR HOLMES.
THIS MAKES THREE.
THREE?
THESE WOMEN MURDERED
IN WHITECHAPEL.
THERE WAS THAT ANNIE CHAPMAN,
YOU REMEMBER?
AND THEN THERE WAS POLLY--
...NICHOLS.
POLLY NICHOLS, THAT'S RIGHT.
AND NOW HERE'S A THIRD,
AS YET UNIDENTIFIED.
WELL, THERE'S NOT MUCH CHANCE
TO STUDY THE EVIDENCE, OLD MAN.
NOBODY'S ASKED ME.
POLICE DON'T KNOW
WHICH WAY TO TURN.
NORMALLY, THEY COME TO YOU
WHEN THEY'RE IN DIFFICULTIES.
WHY HAVEN'T THEY DONE SO
IN THIS CASE, YEAH?
ANSWER THAT AND YOU'LL
RESOLVE THE QUESTION
WHICH I MUST CONFESS...
DOES CAUSE ME
SOME CONCERN.
YES, I'M SURE IT DOES.
[ Neighing ]
YES, I SEE THEM, WATSON.
WHAT THE DEVIL?
WHOEVER THEY MAY BE, THEY
HAVE US AT A GRAVE DISADVANTAGE
HERE IN THE STREET.
MM.
NOT YET, WATSON!
HMM?
LET'S JUST SEE WHAT WE CAN
BEFORE WE ADVERTISE OUR ARRIVAL.
WHO ARE THEY?
WHAT ARE THEY DOING
OUT THERE?
IS THIS SOME NEW CASE OF YOURS
YOU HAVEN'T TOLD ME ABOUT?
REGRETTABLY, NO. I'M SINGULARLY
UNEMPLOYED, AS YOU CAN HARDLY
FAIL TO HAVE NOTICED.
HOW MANY OF THEM?
CAN YOU SEE?
FIVE, AT LEAST.
MORE, PERHAPS.
WELL, WELL.
WE SHALL KNOW SOON ENOUGH.
SHALL I GO, OR WILL YOU?
NO, NO, YOU STAY HERE.
THEY CAN'T POSSIBLY HAVE
ANY BUSINESS WITH ME.
NOT OLD FRIENDS
OF YOURS, WATSON?
WHAT?
NO OUTRAGED HUSBANDS,
I HOPE?
VERY FUNNY.
WELL, HURRY UP OLD FELLOW,
BEFORE THEY WAKE THE HOUSE!
YES?
BEGGIN' YOUR PARDON, SIR.
IS IT MR. HOLMES?
NO, IT IS NOT.
OH. MIGHT I HAVE A WORD
WITH MR. HOLMES?
AT THIS HOUR OF THE NIGHT?
RIDICULOUS.
SHOW THEM UP, OLD FELLOW.
WE CAN MAKE AN EXCEPTION
IN AN EMERGENCY.
ALL RIGHT, COME IN.
COME IN.
AH. WELL,
HOW MAY I HELP YOU?
WE'RE ALL MEMBERS OF
THE CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE, SIR.
THE THREE OF US.
I'M MR. MAKINS,
THIS IS MR. LANIER,
AND MR. COWE.
OH. SHALL THE OTHER
GENTLEMEN JOIN US, OR
WILL THEY WAIT OUTSIDE?
YEAH. YOU'RE RIGHT, SIR.
THERE ARE OTHERS.
YES, I COULD HARDLY
FAIL TO NOTICE.
OH, SORRY, SIR,
IF WE GIVE YOU
A BIT OF A FRIGHT.
TROUBLE IS, WE DIDN'T KNOW
HOW TO APPROACH YOU, SIR.
YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WITH YOU
BEIN' A FAMOUS GENTLEMAN
AND SUCHLIKE.
I SEE.
I SEE.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF
YOUR CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE?
WELL, WE WANT THIS BLOKE
STOPPED WITH HIS KILLING.
WE WANT HIM STOPPED
AND BROUGHT TO JUSTICE.
IF IT WAS THE WEST END,
THE POLICE WOULD HAVE HIM
SHUT AWAY BY NOW.
IF IT WAS RICH WOMEN
TOOK HIS FANCY
IN THEIR PALACES,
AND NOT POOR WOMEN
FORCED ON THE STREETS--
[ Chuckles ]
LOOK, I'LL BE STRAIGHWITH YOU, MR. HOLMES.
WE'VE ALL GOT SHOPS DOWN IN
WHITECHAPEL. IT'S ALL RIGHIF YOU'RE ON THE MAIN ROAD.
BUT IF YOU AIN'T, WELL,
NO ONE GOES OFF THE MAIN ROAD.
NOT DAY NOR NIGHT, THEY DON'T.
WELL, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU,
TRADE'S FALLIN' OFF
SOMETHING TERRIBLE.
YES. I CAN WELL IMAGINE
THAT PEOPLE MAY BE
A TRIFLE DISCOURAGED.
IT'S BLOODY AWFUL, SIR.
WE MIGHT AS WELL SHUT UP SHOP
UNTIL THIS BLOKE'S...
CAUGHT AND PUT AWAY.
WHICH IS NEVER,
IF WE WAIT FOR THE POLICE.
IT STRIKES ME, SIR,
THEY'D BE GLAD OF ALL
THE HELP YOU COULD GIVE 'EM.
- I'D HAVE TO AGREE
WITH YOU, MR. MAKINS.
- YES, WELL--
UM, I SHALL THINK IT OVER.
IT'S LIKE YOU SAID
YOURSELF, SIR.
IT IS AN EMERGENCY.
WATSON, UMM--
WOULD YOU SEE THE GENTLEMEN
OUT, PLEASE?
SIR, WHEN CAN
WE EXPECT TO HEAR?
U-UH, SOON. SOON.
OH, I-IN THE MEANTIME,
WOULD YOU LEAVE AN ADDRESS
WHERE YOU CAN BE REACHED
WITH THE GOOD DOCTOR?
YOU WILL TRY TO PERSUADE HIM,
WON'T YOU, SIR?
I'LL DO MY BEST.
IF ANYONE CAN PUT A STOP
TO THESE ATROCIOUS CRIMES,
THAT MAN IS SHERLOCK HOLMES.
IT STRIKES ME AS RATHER ODD
THAT THESE MERCHANT CHAPS...
SEEMED SO RELUCTANTO ADVERTISE THEMSELVES.
YOU SEEM STRANGELY
DISINTERESTED, HOLMES.
ALMOST RUDE,
IF I MAY SAY SO.
OH, NOT RUDE, SURELY.
WELL, OLD CHAP--
WHAT SHALL WE DO?
SHALL WE TAKE UP
THE CHASE?
I DON'T SEE THAT WE HAVE
ANY CHOICE. THEY'VE PUTHEIR TRUST IN YOU.
GOOD, HONEST FELLOWS.
GOOD, HONEST FELLOWS?
HMM. THAT MAY BE.
THE GROUND WILL
YIELD LITTLE TONIGHT.
WE'LL MAKE A STARIN THE MORNING.
HOLMES.
I WISH YOU'D REFRAIN
FROM CLEANING YOUR PIPE OUWITH MY HYPODERMIC NEEDLES.
YES, THANK YOU, WATSON.
'ELLO, DEARIE!
HANDS OFF.
WHAT'D YOU DO THAT FOR?
WHORE.
GIRL'S GOT TO EARN
A LIVING, AIN'T SHE?
WHAT'D YOU DO THAT FOR,
THEN? YOU ROTTEN BLEEDER!
I DIDN'T DO YOU
NO 'ARM, DID I?
WHOA, THERE. WHOA.
ARE YOU ALONE?
YES. YES!
COME. IT'S NOT SAFE
ON THE STREETS.
OH, GOD BLESS YA!
GIDDAP!
WAKE UP, OLD FELLOW.
THERE'S A CAB WAITING.
THE GAME'S AFOOT.
NO TIME TO LOSE.
WHAT IS IT, HOLMES?
AN ANONYMOUS MESSAGE
ADVISING US
OF ANOTHER MURDER.
WATSON.
STIR YOURSELF.
THERE IS INDEED
SOME URGENCY.
WATSON?
WHAT? OKAY. OH.
TWO IN ONE NIGHT.
THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS.
SHERLOCK HOLMES IS HERE.
SHERLOCK HOLMES.
WHAT, HERE?
I WAS WONDERING WHEN
WE'D SEE YOU ON THE CASE.
FULL TIME.
OH, MR. HOLMES.
INSPECTOR FOXBOROUGH.
INSPECTOR.
MY ASSOCIATE,
DR. WATSON.
HOW DO YOU DO, SIR.
WELL, LESTRADE.
IT APPEARS YOU ARE HAVING SOME
DIFFICULTY WITH THIS FELLOW?
I MIGHT BE INCLINED TO BELIEVE
SOME OF THE STORIES THEY'RE
TELLIN' ABOUT THIS BLOKE.
WHAT STORIES?
PEOPLE SAYS HE'S IN LEAGUE
WITH THE DEVIL.
APPEARS, DISAPPEARS AT WILL.
AH, WHEN PEOPLE ARE FRIGHTENED,
THEY TURN TO GOD.
WHEN THEY HAVE NO HELP FROM
HIM, THEY LOOK TO THE DEVIL.
OH, NOTHING I BELIEVE.
YOU'RE A MEDICAL MAN,
DR. WATSON, SO I DON'HAVE TO WARN YOU.
JUST THE SAME, PERHAPS
YOU SHOULD PREPARE YOURSELF...
FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU
MAY NOT HAVE SEEN BEFORE.
WHEN YOU FOUND THE BODY,
IT WAS IN THIS POSTURE,
JUST AS IT IS NOW?
YES, SIR.
AND THE INTERNAL ORGANS?
FOR GOD'S SAKE, HOLMES.
IN JUST THIS FASHION?
- YES.
- MUST YOU DWELL ON
THE BEASTLY MATTER?
LESTRADE, YOU SAW
THE OTHER BODY?
YES, MR. HOLMES.
WAS SHE MUTILATED
IN THE SAME WAY?
HER THROAT WAS CUT.
-IS THAT ALL?
UGH, SURELY--
IT SEEMS LIKE HE WAS DISTURBED,
ALMOST CAUGHT HIM AT IT.
STAND BY, MEN. COME ON, NOW.
MOVE ALONG.
WHAT THE DEVIL ARE YOU DOING
HERE, HOLMES? WHO ASKED YOU TO
COME MEDDLING IN POLICE MATTERS?
WHO'S RESPONSIBLE? FOXBOROUGH,
DID YOU ASK THIS MAN? LESTRADE?
NO, SIR.
NO, SIR.
I ASSUMED MR. HOLMES WAS
HERE AT YOUR INVITATION.
HE'S NOT.
I'VE NO USE FOR
HIS SORT OF BLOODY AMATEUR.
"CONSULTING DETECTIVE."
GET HIM OUT OF HERE!
NO NEED TO DISTURB YOURSELF
FURTHER, SIR CHARLES. I DON'WISH TO CAUSE DISSENSION.
COME ALONG, WATSON.
WHO IS THAT FELLOW, HOLMES?
SIR CHARLES WARREN.
NEW HEAD BOY,
SCOTLAND YARD.
OH, YES, I REMEMBER.
DAMN FOOL.
LAST YEAR, THOSE RIOTS
IN TRAFALGAR SQUARE.
EXACTLY.
"BLOODY SUNDAY,"
THE PAPERS CALLED IT.
HE WAS EVERY BIT AS RESPONSIBLE
AS THE RADICALS, IN MY OPINION.
WHY DOES HE HAVE TO BE
SO DELIBERATELY ABUSIVE?
AT THE MOMENT, MY DEAR FELLOW,
THERE IS SOMETHING
MORE IMPORTANWHICH CONCERNS US,
IF YOU CAN RESTRAIN
YOUR INDIGNATION.
SHAN'T SAY ANOTHER WORD.
"THE JUWES ARE NOT...
THE MEN THAT WILL BE...
BLAMED FOR NOTHING."
"THE JUWES--"
BLOODY HELL.
VERY WELL THEN.
GET A REPORT OUT AND SEE ME
BACK AT THE YARD.
THIS IS IMPORTANT EVIDENCE!
I'M TELLING YOU, NO!
IN AN HOUR FROM NOW,
THERE'LL BE A HUNDRED PEOPLE
PASSING THROUGH HERE.
MORE. IF THOSE WORDS ARE
SEEN, I HAVE A RIOT!
ANY JEW THAT THE MOB CAN
GET THEIR HANDS ON WILL BE
SLAUGHTERED IN THE STREETS.
WITH RESPECT, SIR CHARLES.
WHY DON'T WE COVER UP THE WORDS?
NO.
JUST THE FIRST LINE--
THE ONE WORD "JUWES."
ISN'T THAT ENOUGH?
I'M NOT STANDING HERE
AND ARGUING WITH YOU. I'LL
JUST RUB THIS WRITING OFF!
THERE! RIGHT HERE!
NOW MAYBE I'M DAMNED.
YOU'VE NOT LEFT A WORD.
THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE
RUBBING OUT BLOODY WORDS
IN LONDON!
THESE DAMNED NEWSPAPERS.
THEY HAVE THE WHOLE CITY
IN A BLIND STATE OF PANIC.
LAST NIGHT, WHEN WE WERE
EXAMINING THE BODY OF THE
UNFORTUNATE CATHERINE EDDOWES--
MM. DON'T REMIND ME
OF THAT, OLD CHAP.
DID YOU NOTICE A WOMAN
IN THE CROWD?
I NOTICED DOZENS OF WOMEN.
WELL, YES, I WOULD EXPECTHAT OF YOU, WATSON.
BUT ONE PARTICULAR WOMAN.
- WATSON?
YES.
LISTEN, WATSON,
WHATAREYOU DOING?
I'M TRYING TO CORNER
THE LAST PEA ON MY PLATE.
- WHAT'S THAT OBJECYOU'RE FOOLING AROUND WITH?
- OH, NOTHING. YET.
- OH.
BUT, UH, AS I WAS SAYING--
ABOUT THE WOMAN--
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN WORRY
ABOUT SOME WOMAN IN A CROWD,
WHEN YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
CONDUCTING AN INVESTIGATION.
YE-- BUT THERE WAS
A SINGULARLY HAUNTING
QUALITY ABOUT HER.
LIKE SOME WILD CREATURE,
CORNERED.
YOU SQUASHED MY PEA.
NOW YOU'VE GOT IT CORNERED.
YEAH, BUT SQUASHING
YOUR FELLOW'S PEA--
WELL, JUST TRYING TO HELP.
I DIDN'T WANT IT SQUASHED.
I DON'T LIKE IT THAT WAY,
SQUASHED.
I LIKE IT WHOLE.
SO THAT YOU CAN FEEL IT POP
WHEN YOU BITE DOWN ON IT.
WELL, I'M SORRY.
I WASN'T THINKING.
I'LL GET THE DOOR,
OLD FELLOW.
A TELEGRAM FOR YOU, MR. HOLMES.
THE BOY DIDN'T WAIFOR AN ANSWER.
AH, WELL, THANK YOU,
MRS. HUDSON. AND GOOD NIGHT.
GOOD NIGHT, SIR.
AH, MORE FROM OUR
ANONYMOUS ADVISER.
HE INVITES US
TO MEET HIM...
- AT THE ELIZABETH WHARF.
- OH, REALLY?
NO GOOD.
NO ONE HERE.
HMM.
YOU SEE? JUST SOME
DAMN SORT OF HOAX.
OUR INFORMANSEEMS STRANGELY RELUCTANTO REVEAL HIMSELF.
I COULDN'T COMMIT THIS
TO A TELEGRAPH, MR. HOLMES.
WHERE ARE YOU?
IT'S TOO DANGEROUS
FOR THE MAN INVOLVED.
AH, THERE. IN THE BOAT,
UNDERNEATH US.
DANGEROUS FOR YOU,
TOO, I SURMISE.
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE
ABOUT THE RIPPER MURDERS,
I REFER YOU...
TO ROBERT JAMES LEES.
WHERE CAN I FIND THIS LEES?
HE'S PULLING
YOUR LEG, HOLMES.
ROBERT JAMES LEES,
THE ELMS, RIVERSIDE WAY.
THERE'S MORE, MR. HOLMES.
ANYONE THERE?
ANYBODY THERE?
WATSON?
WATSON!
SAW HIM, EH?
RECOGNIZE THE FELLOW?
-NO, BUT THE VOICE
WAS FAMILIAR.
- UH?
THERE'S A QUALITY IN II SEEM TO KNOW.
WHAT ABOUT THIS FELLOW
HE MENTIONED, LEES?
KNOW HIM?
YES, I BELIEVE I DO.
HE HAS SOME REPUTATION
AS A MEDIUM.
GOOD GOD!
DIFFICULT TO SEE HOW
HE MIGHT BE INVOLVED.
AND THAT'S ALL
HE HAD TO SAY.
NO.
- HE SAID SOMETHING
EXTRAORDINARY.
-OH?
A FASCINATING PIECE OF
EVIDENCE HAS BEEN DISCOVERED.
WE MUST NOT LOSE A MOMENT,
IF WE COULD TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF IT.
'ERE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WHO ARE YOU?
I MEAN, YOU HAVE
NO BUSINESS BEIN' HERE.
SHERLOCK HOLMES, MY GOOD MAN.
OH, YEAH?
AND MY ASSOCIATE,
DR. WATSON.
I DON'T GIVE A CUSTARD.
YOU MAY BE ON HIM AND OFF HIM.
IS THIS SHERLOCK HOLMES?
JUST YOU GET YOURSELF
OFF AND OUT OF HERE,
MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES.
THIS IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AND YOU ALONG WITH HIM,
DR. BLEEDIN' WATSON!
I SEE YOU TWO
SULKIN' ABOUT!
- I THINK I SHOULD CALL
THE POLICE, YOU KNOW?
-DON'T DO THAT, OLD MAN.
WELL, GET GOIN' THEN.
GET OFF.
WHY'D THE FELLOW HAVE TO
HIDE HIMSELF LIKE THAT?
AND WHY PASS A MESSAGE
IN SUCH A RIDICULOUS MANNER?
IT WOULD SUGGESHE DIDN'T WISH TO BE
SEEN TALKING TO US.
NOBODY THERE TO SEE HIM.
AH, BUT THERE WAS.
WELL, IT'S NEWS TO ME.
AS A MATTER OF FACT,
THEY'VE BEEN WATCHING US...
EVER SINCE
WE TOOK UP THE CASE.
THEY'RE WATCHING US
AT THIS VERY MOMENT.
REALLY?
THERE'S NOBODY OUT THERE.
OH, NATURALLY, OLD MAN,
HE'S NOT GOING TO SHOW HIMSELF.
BUT, AS A PRECAUTION,
WE WILL LEAVE
THROUGH THE GARDEN.
IF THINGS ARE GETTING
DANGEROUS, I DON'T LIKE
YOU TO GO UNARMED, HOLMES.
I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE
CARRYING PISTOLS, BUJUST FOR SAFETY--
WELL, I'M NOT ENTIRELY
UNARMED, OLD CHAP.
IT'S, UM, VERY EFFECTIVE.
ANCIENT INDIAN DEVICE.
USED BY A CULOF FEROCIOUS ASSASSINS.
OH, THE THUGGEE.
YES, THAT IS
ONE OF THEIR TRICKS.
I DID SERVE IN INDIA,
YOU KNOW.
OF COURSE YOU DID,
OLD CHUM.
[ Dog Barking ]
WHAT IS IYOU HOPE TO FIND?
OR SHOULDN'T I ASK?
GIVE ME A MOMENT,
DEAR FELLOW.
SOMEONE HAS BEEN
HERE BEFORE US.
SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T WANANYONE TO SEE THE MESSAGE.
AH YES, HERE, I THINK.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.
GIVE ME--
GIVE ME THE BOTTLE, WATSON.
AND THE BRUSH.
MM-HMM.
AND, UH, HOLD
THE LANTERN STEADY.
WHAT IS IT THAWE'RE SUPPOSED TO--
OH!
NOW, QUICKLY, WATSON.
TAKE THIS DOWN.
BEFORE THE PLASTER
ABSORBS THE LIQUID.
UH-HUH.
"BLAME FOR NOTHING."
UH-HUH. UH-HUH.
THERE.
"THE... JUWES?"
"ARE NOT THE MEN THAT WILL
BE BLAMED FOR NOTHING."
VERY WELL.
WELL, THERE'S THE WORDS,
EXACTLY AS WRITTEN.
AND THE SPELLING?
YES, IT'S VERY ODD,
ISN'T IT?
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS?
HEBREW, YOU THINK?
OH, I THINK NOT.
IT MEANS JEWS.
HOW ARE WE
TO UNDERSTAND IT, THEN?
"JEWS ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE CRIMES."
AND?
AND THEY'RE
NOT GONNA GET CAUGHT.
WRITTEN BY WHOM?
NOT THE MURDERER, SURELY.
WHOEVER WROTE
THIS MESSAGE--
...MAY HAVE SEEN
THE MURDERER.
YOU'RE INVALUABLE
TO ME, WATSON,
WITH YOUR INSTINCTIVE
GRASP FOR THE OBVIOUS.
BUT WHY DIDN'T HE GO TO
THE POLICE? WHY DID HE WRITE
THIS RIDICULOUS MESSAGE?
AH, BECAUSE A MAN
MIGHT USE THESE CRIMES
FOR HIS OWN PURPOSES.
IMAGINE A MORE MALIGN
INFLUENCE AT WORK.
"FOR HIS OWN PURPOSES?"
I'M NOT WITH YOU.
I SHALL SMOKE A PIPE OR TWO
BEFORE I RETIRE.
VERY WELL.
I'LL KEEP YOU COMPANY.
NO, NO.
NO, OLD CHAP.
WE ARE GRAPPLING
WITH A DARK INTENTION,
AND I HAVE A SENSE OF
SOME VAGUE OUTLINE.
NO, THANK YOU.
I WOULD PREFER
MY OWN COMPANY TONIGHT.
WELL, OF COURSE.
IF YOU FEEL
IT'S NOT WANTED.
E-EARLY IN THE MORNING,
OLD FELLOW,
WE HAVE A PRESSING NEED
TO MEET WITH ROBERT LEES.
I UNDERSTAND
YOU KNOW SOMETHING OF
THE WHITECHAPEL MURDERS.
I HAVE SEEN THE MAN
KNOWN AS JACK THE RIPPER.
GOOD GOD!
I WAS SITTING HERE,
READING, WHEN I WAS OVERWHELMED
WITH AN INTUITION OF A MAN...
AND A YOUNG WOMAN.
BUT DID YOU NOGO TO THE POLICE?
YES.
AND THEY TREATED HIM
AS A RAVING LUNATIC.
IT IS AN EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE
THEIR OWN, SOMETHING THEY CANNOALLOW THEMSELVES TO ACCEPT.
DO YOU ACCEPT IT?
I HAVE BEEN WITNESS
TO MUCH STRANGER EVENTS.
WELL, THE FOLLOWING EVENING,
JUST SUCH A MURDER TOOK PLACE.
- THE WOMAN'S NAME
WAS ANNIE CHAPMAN.
STUFF!
I HAVE SEEN HIM AGAIN,
MR. HOLMES.
ANOTHER VISION?
NO.
NO, THIS TIME IN PERSON.
STRANGE STORY INDEED.
BUT YOU'VE SEEN
MORE OF THIS MAN,
HAVE YOU NOT?
- MADAM, I'M SORRY.
EXCUSE ME, MA'AM.
MR. HOLMES, SIR CHARLES
WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU.
HE WAS MOST INSISTENT.
I APOLOGIZE FOR
THE INTERRUPTION, MA'AM.
I HAD NO CHOICE.
WELL, THANK YOU BOTH
FOR YOUR HOSPITALITY.
I KNOW
WE SHALL MEET AGAIN.
GOOD LORD.
IT'S MAKINS!
YOU RECOGNIZE
THIS MAN, HOLMES?
YES, I DO.
YOU WON'T DENY
YOU WERE IN HIS EMPLOY.
I'M IN MY OWN EMPLOY, SIR.
THIS MAN, AND OTHERS,
INQUIRED AFTER MY SERVICES.
I HAVE GIVEN THEM
NO REPLY AS YET.
DON'T PLAY GAMES WITH ME!
YOU'RE RUNNING
WITH THE FOXES.
AND YOU KNOW THEIR
COLORS FULL WELL.
IF I TAKE CORRECTLY
THE MEANING OF YOUR COLORFUL
METAPHOR, SIR CHARLES,
YES, I AM AWARE THAMAKINS WAS A RADICAL,
OR REVOLUTIONARY, TO BE EXACT.
- I SAY, HOLMES.
- SO! YOU ADMIT YOUR PARIN THEIR CONSPIRACY.
THEIR TREASON!
THAT'S DAMN NONSENSE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN, SIR?
STEADY, OLD FELLOW.
I BELIEVE SIR CHARLES
MEANS TO ARREST ME.
ARREST YOU?
SHERLOCK HOLMES,
GUILTY OF TREASON?
THAT'S ABSURD!
NOT TREASON, WATSON.
MURDER.
PRECISELY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAFALLING-OUT YOU HAD
WITH YOUR SLIMY FRIENDS,
BUT I CAN PLACE YOU
AT THE SCENE
OF THE MURDER.
AND DON'T BE TOO CERTAIN
I WON'T DISCOVER
YOUR TREASONOUS PLOTTING.
SIR CHARLES?
I'LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME WHILE
YOU'RE SITTING IN NEWGATE JAIL.
THERE'S THAT FELLOW
FROM THE DOCKS.
HE MUST HAVE SEEN
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED.
YES, I THINK RESCUE IS
AT HAND, AND I DON'T BELIEVE
THE COMMISSIONER LIKES IT.
QUICKLY, WATSON.
I WANT TO EXAMINE
THE WOUND.
HOLMES, WHY WOULD
RADICALS HIRE YOU
TO CATCH A MADMAN?
YES, WHY INDEED?
FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
WHY FEED US INFORMATION
IN SUCH A BIZARRE FASHION?
MORE IMPORTANT STILL,
WHO KILLED MAKINS, AND WHY?
HOW DID YOU KNOW
THEY WERE RADICALS?
MM, SWORD-STICK.
OH, NO MAGIC, WATSON.
I SIMPLY MADE INQUIRIES
AT WHITECHAPEL.
THAT MADE YOU SUSPICIOUS?
NO, IT WAS MAKINS.
A BAD ACTOR, WITH
HIS EXCESSIVE CIVILITY.
AND THEN LANIER'S
RESENTMENT OF RICH LADIES
AND THEIR PALACES.
IT IS FORTUNATE
FOR YOU, MR. HOLMES, THATHE DOCK GUARD WAS SO DILIGENT.
OH, I TAKE IT THEN,
WE'RE FREE.
FOR THE MOMENT, YES.
SIR CHARLES WOULD LIKE
TO SEE YOU IN HIS OFFICE
IMMEDIATELY.
DON'T PROVOKE HIM.
HE IS DETERMINED TO
HAVE YOU OFF THIS CASE.
HE'S A DANGEROUS MAN.
HE HAS MANY SECRET FRIENDS.
SO GO CAREFULLY.
"SECRET FRIENDS."
[ Inhales ]
CURIOUS EXPRESSION.
[ Door Opens ]
I WARN YOU, HOLMES!
IF YOU PURSUE THIS MAT--
SO--
WHAT THE--
FORGIVE THE SLEIGHT OF HAND,
SIR CHARLES.
IN THE PURSUIT OF CRIMINALS,
ONE LEARNS THEIR DEVICES.
I SAY, HOLMES, WHAT IS
THIS MUMBO JUMBO?
THE HANDSHAKE AND THE RING,
WATSON, ARE ARCHAIC RITUALS...
PRESERVED BY
THE 33rd DEGREE MEMBERS OF
THE SECRET ORDER OF FREEMASONS.
WE ARE NOA SECRET ORDER.
YOUR EXISTENCE
IS NO SECRET.
YOU RITUALS AND MEMBERSHIP
ARE SECRETS YOU GUARD
AS CLOSELY AS YOU MAY.
WHICH IS WHY YOU REMOVED
THE WRITING FROM THE WALL.
I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFETY
OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY.
AND THEIR RIGHT TO GO
SAFELY ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS.
- DOES THAT INCLUDE THE RIGHTO MURDER AND MUTILATE?
- YOU FOOL!
JEWS WOULD HAVE BEEN SLAUGHTERED
IN THE STREETS IF I HAD NOT HAD
THOSE WORDS REMOVED.
DO YOU KNOW THE THEORY
GIVEN GREATEST CREDENCE
AMONG THE COMMON PEOPLE?
THAT THIS IS
A BLOOD RITUAL.
CARRIED OUT BY SOME JEW
WHOSE RELIGIOUS FERVOR...
SENDS HIM OUT IN SEARCH
OF PROSTITUTES...
TO OFFER AS A SACRIFICE
TO HIS GOD.
IF THOSE WORDS HAD BEEN SEEN,
NOT A JEW WOULD HAVE BEEN SAFE!
THEIR HOUSES AND THEIR SHOPS
WOULD BE DESTROYED.
NONSENSE, WARREN.
THE WRITING HAD NOTHING
TO DO WITH THE JEWS--
YOU KNOW THAT.
YOU DID NOT REMOVE THAWRITING TO PROTECT JEWS
AGAINST ANTI-SEMITIC RAGE.
THE JEWS--
OR "JUWES"--
REFERRED TO ARE FROM
YOUR OWN SECRET SOCIETY...
OF THE LOYAL ORDER
OF FREEMASONS.
WE-- WELL,
"BENEVOLENT SOCIETY."
[ Bell Pealing ]
WE ARE NO DANGER--
THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF
PALTRY, SORDID EPISODE...
YOU'RE ACCUSTOMED
TO MEDDLING IN, HOLMES.
AND YOU DO SO
AT GREAT RISK TO YOURSELF.
GOOD DAY.
YOU SEE.
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHATHAT PECULIAR GESTURE
OF YOURS WAS ALL ABOUT.
I COULDN'T MAKE
HEAD NOR TAIL OVER IT.
IT GAVE SIR CHARLES PAUSE.
YOU SHUT HIM UP!
QUITE A GOOD THING, TOO.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH CAUSED HIM
THE GREATER ANXIETY:
THE FACT THE I KNEW
THE SECRET SIGNS,
- OR THE POSSIBILITY THAI, TOO, MIGHT BE A MASON.
- MEANING WHAT, EXACTLY?
THESE ARE THE SIGNS
WHICH ARE EMPLOYED
BY FREEMASONS.
IN THEIR CEREMONIES.
TO ESTABLISH
EACH OTHER'S RANK.
BUT HOW ARE
THE MASONS INVOLVED?
AH. WHOEVER WROTE
THAT MESSAGE...
IS A MASON--
OR A MAN LIKE MYSELF,
WHO HAS MADE A STUDY
OF THEIR PRACTICES.
YOU MEAN HE ACCUSES THE MASONS?
HE WANTS US TO BELIEVE THAJACK THE RIPPER IS A MASON?
- OH, COME ON, HOLMES.
- I KNOW.
I'VE FORMED NO OPINION
EITHER WAY, WATSON.
BUT THE JEWS-- OR "JUWES"--
AGAINST WHOM THE ACCUSATIONS
ARE BEING MADE,
WERE THREE MEN WHO
MURDERED THE GRAND MASTER,
BUILDER OF SOLOMON'S TEMPLE.
OH, REALLY?
ACCORDING TO MASONIC RITUAL.
"AND THEIR NAMES WERE
JUBELA, JUBELO...
AND JUBELUM."
HENCE, JEWS OR JUWES.
THE THINGS YOU KNOW, HOLMES.
OH, WHEN THEY WERE
BROUGHT BEFORE SOLOMON,
THEY CONFESSED TO THEIR GUILT.
AND JUBELA SAID,
"O THAT MY THROAHAD BEEN CUT ACROSS."
AND, UH, JUBELO SAID,
"O THAT MY LEFT BREASHAD BEEN TORN OPEN,
"MY HEART AND VITALS TAKEN,
THROWN OVER MY LEFT SHOULDER."
AND JUBELUM SAID,
"MY BODY SEVERED IN THE MIDST."
GOOD GOD. THAT POOR WOMAN'S
BODY WAS MUTILATED
IN JUST THAT SAVAGE WAY.
NOW, ASSUMING THAT THERE IS,
AS YOU SAY, SOME CONNECTION
BETWEEN THOSE...
GHASTLY MURDERS
AND THE MASONIC RITUAL,
IN WHAT WAY WERE THESE
WRETCHED WOMEN INVOLVED?
WELL, ASK THEM. HMM?
WHAT?
WELL, THEIR FRIENDS.
WE HAVE TO ASK THE LIVING,
OF COURSE. WE COULD
HARDLY ASK THE DEAD.
THAT'S A RELIEF.
I THOUGHT FOR A MOMENYOU WERE GOING THE SAME WAY
AS ROBERT LEES.
TALKING TO THE DEAD.
WELL,
WHILE YOU'RE MAKING
YOURSELF FAMILIAR WITH
THE DEAD WOMAN'S FRIENDS,
I SHALL ENDEAVOR TO...
INGRATIATE MYSELF WITH
SAID ROBERT LEES.
HMM, GOOD LUCK, HOLMES.
MORNING, GUV.
HELLO, LOVE.
OH. MADAM DIDN'T TELL ME
TO EXPECT NO CHIMNEY SWEEP.
YOU-- YOU FETCH HER DOWN
AND SHE'LL TELL YOU.
I'LL DO NO SUCH THING.
HERE I AM
AND HERE I STAY.
I'VE COME
TO SWEEP THE CHIMNEY.
BUT WE'RE NOT READY FOR YOU!
YOU HAVE TO COME BACK.
YOU FETCH THE MISSUS.
WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN HERE?
MRS. LEES, I DO APOLOGIZE
FOR TROUBLING YOU
IN THIS MANNER.
WHO ARE YOU?
I-- I ADOPTED
THIS DISGUISE...
TO SPARE YOUR HUSBAND
ANY FURTHER INCONVENIENCE.
HOW DARE YOU TRY AND TRICK
YOUR WAY IN TO SEE MY HUSBAND.
WELL, I REALLY WANTED
TO SEE YOU, MRS. LEES,
AND, IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME,
TO SPEAK BRIEFLY
WITH YOUR HUSBAND.
YOU SEE THE DANGER
YOU HAVE PUT HIM IN.
AND HE HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH THIS.
YES.
AND I WILL ABIDE
BY YOUR DECISION.
- BUT I SAY ONE THING--
- I WILL NOT BE SWAYED,
MR. HOLMES.
IF YOUR HUSBAND CAN
HELP ME FIND THIS MAN...
AND PREVENT ANY MORE
OF THESE ATROCIOUS CRIMES,
DO YOU HAVE
THE RIGHT TO DENY ME?
HMM, WE WERE...
DINING AT HOME,
AND SUDDENLY...
I KNEW THAHE HAD KILLED AGAIN.
AGAIN, YOU WENT TO THE POLICE.
YES.
THEY WERE MORE INCLINED
TO LISTEN THIS TIME.
I WAS ABLE TO...
GIVE THEM...
DETAILS THANO ONE COULD HAVE KNOWN.
THEY ASKED ME TO TRACK HIM...
FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.
I COULD FIND
NO IMAGE OF HIM THERE.
THERE, WHERE HE HAD
COMMITTED THIS BRUTAL MURDER.
THEY GAVE ME A-A PIECE OF
THE MURDERED GIRL'S DRESS.
AND I-I COULD FIND
NO SENSE OF HIM.
AND THEN THE INSPECTOR
GAVE ME SOMETHING QUITE TRIVIAL,
UNCONNECTED PERHAPS.
THE STEM FROM
A BUNCH OF GRAPES.
HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?
BUT YOU WERE THEN
ABLE TO SENSE THE MAN.
YES. HE-- HE WAS THERE.
I MEAN, IT WAS
AS IF HE WAS THERE.
I HAD MERELY TO FOLLOW HIM.
THERE.
IMPOSSIBLE.
[ Holmes ]
DID YOU GO INTO THE HOUSE?
WE DID.
YOU CONFRONTED THE MAN.
HOW DID HE RECEIVE YOU?
THE INSPECTOR SPOKE WITH HIM.
HE WAS NOT IMPRESSED
BY MY INTUITION.
HE HEARD US OUT POLITELY,
REMINDED US HOW LATE IT WAS,
AND THEN HE SUGGESTED
THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER
IF WE LEFT.
YOU'VE BEEN MOST CAREFUL
NOT TO MENTION THE MAN'S
NAME, HAVEN'T YOU?
I REALIZE HOW PERSUASIVE
SIR CHARLES CAN BE.
HE CAME HERE.
HE THREATENED MY HUSBAND
IN HIS OWN HOME.
NO. I CAN'T EXPECT YOU
TO BREAK YOUR WORD.
MR. HOLMES,
I HAVE THE STRONGESINTUITION CONCERNING YOU.
I SENSE SOME DANGER,
CLOSE AND THREATENING.
I HAVE A SENSE OF IT MYSELF.
IT AIN'T FAIR. EVERYBODY'S
GOING ON LIKE IT'S OUR FAULT--
LIKE WE'RE TO BLAME.
LIKE AS IF WE'D GO OUT AND LOOK
FOR HIM, EGG THE BLEEDER ON
TO CUT HER BLOODY THROAT.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO GO
ASKING ABOUT POLLY FOR?
WHAT'S SHE GOT TO DO WITH YOU?
WRITING ABOUT HER,
DON'T YOU KNOW?
WRITING FOR THE NEWSPAPERS.
YOU DON'T WANT TO WRITE
NOTHING BAD ABOUT POLLY.
DON'T INTEND TO, NO,
BUT IT SEEMS TO ME
THAT A DEAL MORE...
IS WRITTEN ABOUT THE MURDERER
THAN ABOUT HIS VICTIMS.
THAT'S TRUE.
IT'S TRUE, ISN'T IT?
LIKE HE'S IMPORTANAND THEY AIN'T.
PRECISELY.
IF ANYBODY THOUGHABOUT THE LIKES OF US,
WE WOULDN'T HAVE
COME TO THIS.
UH, ONE THING, UH,
POLLY NICHOLS,
WAS SHE FRIENDS WITH
ANY OF THE OTHER WOMEN?
HMM?
HMM?
OH!
TALK TO MARY IF YOU WANT TO
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT OLD POLLY.
MARY. UH, WHAT'S
HER OTHER NAME?
MARY KELLY.
MARY KELLY.
WHERE COULD I FIND HER?
YOU WON'T FIND HER
ROUND HERE NO MORE.
SHE THINKS HERSELF
A CUT ABOVE US.
TOFFEE-NOSED SLUT.
UH, YOU KNOW WHERE
I COULD FIND MARY KELLY?
COME OVER 'ERE.
I'LL TELL YOU ALL ABOUT HER.
EXCUSE ME, LADIES.
BETTER KEEP YOUR MOUTH CLOSED,
YOU LITTLE SLUT.
DON'T BOTHER WITH HER.
SHE DOESN'T KNOW MARY.
COME ON.
SIT DOWN.
CHEAP TARTS.
THEY'RE JEALOUS
'CAUSE I'M YOUNG,
AND I GET ALL THE BLOKES.
GOT ALL ME OWN TEETH.
THAT'S WHY.
WHAT DO YOU WANWITH MARY KELLY ANYWAY?
HER TEETH'S FALLEN OUT TOO.
NOT LIKE MINE.
HAVE A FEEL.
OH, NO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BUT--
OH, COME ON, LOVE.
I WON'T BITE YOU.
SEE? FIRM AS A ROCK.
YES, REMARKABLE.
OH, GOD.
OH, BLOODY HELL.
OH. JUST ONE LOOSE.
OH, BLOODY HELL.
- WHAT ARE YOU STARING AT?
- OH, I-- NOTHING.
ARE WE GONNA
SIT HERE ALL DAY?
WELL, THERE'S
NO HURRY ACTUALLY.
NOT FOR ME EITHER.
I JUST THOUGHT MAYBE, UH--
YES, WELL, UM--
NOW, SUPPOSE I'M LOOKING
FOR THIS YOUNG WOMAN,
THIS PARTICULAR YOUNG WOMAN.
THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHERS.
YES. AND SUPPOSE I SAY...
I'M LOOKING FOR
THIS PARTICULAR YOUNG WOMAN.
UM, UH--
COME WITH ME.
WE CAN'T TALK HERE,
IF YOU TAKE MY MEANING.
OH, YES, YES.
I SEE WHAT YOU MEAN.
NEAR HERE THE RIPPER
COMMITTED HIS FIRST MURDER.
YOU'VE GOT HIM ON THE BRAIN.
CAN'T TALK OF NOTHING ELSE.
I'M BOUND TO
TALK ABOUT HIM.
IN THERE?
WANT MARY KELLY?
I'M TAKING YOU TO HER.
YES, BUT, UM--
HMM.
COME ON.
I RECKON THAT'S WHY
YOU COME DOWN HERE,
ALL YOU TOFFS.
YOU WANT TO
TALK ABOUT HIM--
WHAT HE DONE.
GET A LOT OF TOFFS
COMING DOWN HERE, DO YOU?
ALL KINDS.
OF COURSE, TALK'S ALL THEM
BLOKES IS GOOD FOR.
NOT LIKE YOU.
COME ON. THIS WAY.
UH, SHE LIVES AROUND HERE,
DOES SHE, MARY KELLY?
LOOK. I'LL TELL YOU STRAIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW THIS MARY KELLY.
YOU-- BUT YOU PROMISED.
YOU SAID--
WHAT'S THAT FOR?
AHA.
AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
THAT'S MY WOMAN YOU GOT THERE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH HER?
AN OLD GEEZER LIKE YOU,
WITH A FINE LADY
OF YOUR OWN AT HOME...
WAITING FOR YA,
WORRYING ABOUT YA,
AND YOU DOWN HERE,
MESSING ABOUT WITH MY WOMAN.
NOW, YOU WOULDN'T LIKE ME
TO GO AND VISIT YOUR WIFE,
NOW, WOULD YOU?
I SEE. SO IT'S
THAT OLD GAME, IS IT?
WELL, YOU'VE CHOSEN
THE WRONG VICTIM,
MY GOOD MAN.
WE'LL SEE WHAT THE POLICE
HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS.
GOOD OLD DANNY.
STAY THERE, YOU PIMP.
WHAT'S THE TROUBLE HERE?
THANK GOODNESS. JUST IN TIME.
HE'S JACK THE RIPPER.
WHO, HIM?
HE GRABBED ME, AND HE WAS
GONNA SLIT MY BLOODY THROAT...
WHEN MY MATE PULLED HIM OFF
AND THEN HE ATTACKED HIM.
JUST A MINUTE.
THAT OLD FELLOW? HE COULDN'RIP MY OLD GRANDMOTHER.
I RESENT THAT.
HE'S THE RIPPER.
YOU BETTER ARREST HIM,
OR I'LL SCREAM
AND BRING OUR MOB.
YOU'LL DO NOTHING OF THE SORT.
YOU TRYING TO GET HIM KILLED?
COME ALONG. WE'LL SORTHIS OUT DOWN THE STATION.
YOU'RE MAKING A GRAVE ERROR.
SERVES YOU RIGHT,
YOU OLD FART.
THANK YOU.
HEY. GET OFF!
I HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING!
LEAVE ME ALONE!
WELL, WELL.
HERE'S A PRETTY MESS
YOU'VE GOTTEN YOURSELF
INTO, OLD CHAP.
FOR GOD'S SAKE, HOLMES.
WHAT'S TAKEN YOU SO LONG?
WELL, I CAME WITH ALL SPEED
AS SOON AS I HEARD.
NOW, HE'LL BE RELEASED
INTO YOUR CUSTODY, MR. HOLMES.
YOU'LL BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR HIS FUTURE GOOD BEHAVIOR.
YOU UNDERSTAND NOW?
"GOOD BEHAVIOR."
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YEAH.
LEARNED YOUR LESSON, DOCTOR?
DON'T PLAY THE SILLY
WITH US, LESTRADE.
MY BLOKES TELL ME
YOU PUT UP QUITE A STRUGGLE.
I GAVE A GOOD ACCOUNT OF MYSELF.
I'M CERTAIN HE DID.
MR. HOLMES, MY ADVICE
TO YOU IS THAT YOU
TAKE HIM HOME...
AND YOU SEE THAHE'S NOT LET GEINTO ANY MORE MISCHIEF.
EH?
OH, COME ALONG, WATSON.
FOR GOD'S SAKE.
DAMN THE FELLOW.
DIDN'T IT OCCUR TO YOU
THAT SOMETHING WAS AMISS WHEN
I DIDN'T COME HOME LAST NIGHT?
CALM YOURSELF, OLD MAN.
I WASN'T HOME MYSELF.
I HAD SOME BUSINESS TO--
THEY WERE READY
TO TEAR ME TO PIECES.
YES. ALL RIGHT.
COME, WATSON. ALL WE NEED
IS TO TAKE YOU HOME AND
GET YOU A GOOD MEAL AND REST.
I'M PERFECTLY FIT.
READY FOR ANYTHING.
NOW, I DON'T BELIEVE THE WOMAN
WHO GAVE ME ALL THIS TROUBLE
EVEN KNEW MARY KELLY.
KELLY.
YES. MARY KELLY.
FRIEND OF POLLY NICHOLS.
THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED
IN THE DISTRICT DIDN'T SEEM
TO WANT TO TALK ABOUT HER.
THAT'S GOOD, WATSON.
THAT'S VERY GOOD.
NOW, POLLY NICHOLS.
VICTIM NUMBER ONE.
SHE WAS MURDERED HERE.
VICTIM NUMBER TWO,
ANNIE CHAPMAN,
WAS MURDERED HERE.
A CONSIDERABLE
DISTANCE APART.
THOSE TWO AND MARY KELLY--
HEAVEN KNOWS WHERE SHE LIVES--
THEY KNEW EACH OTHER.
THE THREE OF THEM WERE
VERY OFTEN SEEN IN A TAVERN
IN DORSET STREET.
THAT'S ANNIE CHAPMAN,
MARY KELLY AND POLLY NICHOLS.
THAT'S RIGHT.
NOW WE COME TO, UH,
ELIZABETH STRIDE.
THAT'S VICTIM NUMBER THREE.
LIZ STRIDE.
MURDERED THERE.
SHE WAS, UH,
CALLED LIZ, "LONG LIZ."
A TALL GIRL.
FOREIGN. SHE WAS
MARRIED TO-- OR RATHER,
SHE LIVED WITH A MAN...
WHOSE NAME I DON'T KNOW,
BUT THEIR ADDRESS
WAS DORSET STREET.
YOU SURPASSED YOURSELF, WATSON.
NOW, THESE FEW WOMEN,
LIVING WITHIN A FEW STREETS,
ALL KNOWING
EACH OTHER, THAT'S MORE
THAN COINCIDENCE, SURELY.
EXCELLENT, WATSON.
YOU'RE AN INSPIRATION.
BUT I HAVE MORE WORK FOR YOU.
YEAH?
I NEED YOUR HELP TO FIND
THE MAN LEES SOUGHT OUT.
DIDN'T LEES TELL YOU?
NO. HE WOULDN'TELL ME HIS NAME.
SIR CHARLES WARREN HAS
PUT HIM IN FEAR FOR HIS LIFE,
BUT I HAVE A NOTION
OF HIS ADDRESS.
STUDY THE MEDICAL DIRECTORY.
WE'RE LOOKING FOR A DOCTOR.
MORE PRECISELY, A PHYSICIAN.
THERE'S A LIST OF STREETS
WHICH YOU MUST PAY CAREFUL
ATTENTION TO ON MY TABLE.
- DON'T DASH OFF. WAIT FOR ME.
- WE'RE TOO CONSPICUOUS.
WE MUST TAKE SEPARATE PATHS.
AT LEAST TELL ME
WHERE YOU'RE GOING.
I'M GOING TO PAY MY LASRESPECTS TO CATHERINE EDDOWES.
I FEEL SHE WILL BE
MORE HELP TO US NOW
THAN WHEN SHE WAS ALIVE.
ALL RIGHT.