Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) s01e08 Episode Script

The INCREDIBLE THEFT - Mayfield? - Sir George.
Show off.
- I wait what is worthwhile.
- Too good for His Majesty, my opinion is wanted.
It waits too much of the Committee of Defense.
Finally, this is the great moment, is not it? - The Mayfield Kestrel.
- Up to finding a better name.
Vaseline, Hastings, the secret is this.
It will be put enough, will it avoid slits, it is not? Since it is what are done cubic things? - How? - The cubic things, since they are done? For example, this ceiling does it have around 3 meters, is not it? - It multiplies for ten ? - Hastings.
I am trying to show him, since it will treat leather of varnish.
Something that him will be able to be usefulness later.
Such as the cubic things.
And if to need of investigating something or someone? It does not manage to deceive me, Hastings.
It is with strange thoughts because of this girl.
The student of architecture.
It seems that we have never nothing on that to talk.
I tried to read a book on Bernini.
She likes a great deal of Bernini.
I did not manage to realize anything.
No.
The women do not want to speak on Bernini and cubic things.
I do not even know if she wants to talk on something.
It is never when I am going to visit it.
I take tea again with his mother every day.
- Is it compared to the Messerschmitt 109? - It is easier of manoeuvring.
It has capacity of rotation to 2400 meters.
The visibility also is better.
- Does it have injection of fuel? - No.
It is pity.
The Prime minister one interests very much therefore.
He is still certain, but not we arranged a system of confidence.
There is a lady who does not stop calling, Mr.
Poirot.
Creed! What terrible thing.
It is not necessary to be ironic, a Mr.
Poirot.
He was going to tell him that I did not pass the call, since she did not want to give me the name.
He told him that it was not answering anonymous calls.
But I accept.
Sometimes, only it is worth the feather to attend anonymous calls.
Me them as I will know where to file it, if I do not know his name? First the life, then the archive.
Very well.
When it will phone again, I am going to let her speak with you.
And the responsibility will be his! It had not to arreliá-there, Poirot.
She makes it irresistible.
It is how if it was a solid wall of lead of 6 square metres, right wing to us.
The principal stringer it will be very strong, to support the strength of gravity of that capacity of rotation.
And the kick given by the arms.
It was built in layers for to work like a giant spring, and we are continuously improving it.
But I cannot keep on spending my money in the Kestrel forever.
It seems not to be understanding the position of the Ministry of the Defense.
They like you.
The majority it supports it incondicionalmente.
But that question with Japan almost it knocked down the government.
Another scandal of that There will not be any more scandals so.
Is he saying that they do not trust me? - It is not a question of confidence.
- It is, yes.
Very well, it are wanted that it tries what can trust me, so I will do.
- How so? How it will do that? I invited you.
Vanderlyn to come here to pass on weekend.
You.
Vanderlyn? Is it crazy? Did it invite it coming here? Before weekend to finish, I promise to him that I will have attracted it, bunch and I will hand over it.
How? Using the plans of the Kestrel since I bait.
His idiot! It cannot use so top secret plans! It is a madness! Residence of Hercule Poirot.
Yes How does one call, please? Only a moment, please.
She is his anonymous telephonist again.
This time he says to call Girl Smith, but it is she.
- It can pass.
- Yes, Mr.
Poirot.
Is it there? You.
Poirot will speak with you now.
- Am I? - Mr.
Poirot? Yes, Girl Smith? I would like finding with you.
It is a national emergence.
I cannot go there.
It will be in a place where they do not know us.
We will be able to provide that, girl.
What his suggestion is? Mr.
Poirot.
She is not the girl Smith.
- I am yes.
- Where his green carnation is? It was needing time to observe it.
Besides, the green thing me is not well.
I brought Teams.
These agreements after effectuated they must be carried out, girl Smith.
This is so difficult.
- My husband - Yes? My husband invited a woman for our house, this weekend.
Girl Smith, does not continue.
The Poirot does not work with these subjects.
It is not realizing.
This woman is dangerous.
I know that so different someone, no it would deal with sordid domestic cases.
It is much more in play.
I understand.
- My name is not a Girl Smith.
- I am amazed.
My name is Mayfield.
Lady Margaret Mayfield.
- And who is the Lord Mayfield? - It does not exist.
I am only you.
Mayfield, but my father was a count.
And the one who is dangerous this one woman about whom does he talk? You.
Joanna Vanderlyn.
There are rumours of which you.
Vanderlyn it likes for with the Germans.
There are two years there was a scandal with the young marquis of Lowestoft.
It committed suicide.
I already look like myself.
- You.
was Vanderlyn wrapped? - Yes.
One thought that they him had been past secret informations.
- It was not doing idea.
- It was possible.
His regiment was wrapped in Galahad tests the tank.
And there thinks what ? My husband is wrapped in many people projects cruciais for the country.
If an enemy catches them Certainly it does not consider his husband a traitor? Clear what not.
But it has been disregarding the government from that Japanese subject.
It must have read something on the subject.
In spite of his name has been rehabilitated, they do not give him the support which it needs.
The bitterness will be able to make it less careful of what the necessary thing.
Please, help me, Mr.
Poirot.
It is so many thing in play for England.
- Good night, Lady Carrington.
- Hello, Dawson.
Where they all are? In the inferior terrace, Lady Carrington.
Only we can deposit hopes in the League of Nations and to pray for peace.
This is not anything very strange to do a manufacturer of arms? Do I eat it calls them Beverly Nichols? " The Merchants of the Death? " You.
Mayfield he is a manufacturer of arms, so this play it can be played only by strength.
Correct, Sir George.
Excuse, father, it had not realized what was completely a play.
For where the mysterious one will have gone Mrs.
Vanderlyn, I ask.
I do not do the least idea.
It already brought near that there are hours.
- Did he already see it? - Only when it was childish.
- Please.
- She is the daughter of H.
K.
Griffin, the ancient ambassador American in our country.
Apparently we will be nice for the Americans nowadays, to be ready to begin when the war.
The mother arrived finally.
So many lively persons.
Nobody one said what would be a festive meeting.
Isabel, just as well what could come.
I lament to be so late.
I will be completely preposterous I am not changed? - It will be spoken in Steeple Bumpstead.
- My God, would not like that.
- Did it do good travel, wanted? - The best, George.
The A-11 is specially captivating in this height of the year.
Hello, Tommy.
- I present him you.
Hercule Poirot.
- Pleasure in knowing it.
- Is not foreigner? - I Fast it will be got used to our customs.
With regard to which But what Briton.
What Briton, effectively.
We have some dry Martinis very much Americans, will be wanted.
That would be marvellous.
The problem of the Ministry of the Business Estrangeiros is to like protocols, and if the PM of the Timbuctu has precedence on the king of Ongo Bongo.
And somewhat likes of what Winnie it calls of " strength of guttural spirit ".
Certainly that that does not happen with it Secretary of the Foreign Business.
Good, I must bend before his superior knowledges.
Certainly you know.
much better Paradise of what the common mortals, it is not? He would not say that, me when I had lunch with him yesterday, he was saying more or less that in relation to the passion of the MNE for the protocol.
No, thank you.
I refuse to leave the men to waste time to drink Oporto, when it is possible to play bridge.
Does he see the woman's type what it is? The woman's type that is not qualified like subject of national importance.
I wait what is right.
Sir Poirot.
In fact, the situation of Europe it seems a play of bridge now.
On a side, we have the reducer Führer and for other the man Mussolini, the executioner of the Marshes of Pontine.
In the end, both they will have to be pushed.
And the emperor Hirohito, man? Also will he be pushed? What he said? ' Did again say anything unpleasant? And is not an arrogantezinho, wanted? Tommy has been working very much.
- He thinks that we are going to enter at war.
- And what can obstruct it alone? More or less.
It is the truth what it can do more of what most of our.
A small overcoat, it looks to me.
- Congratulations, partner.
- Is not it going to allow to us the revenge? No, George, and I am afraid to have work to do.
The plans are ready, man.
We meet already you.
We go, George.
With license.
I am going to go for a walk in the garden before retiring.
To amuse the head.
It could have done that before having played.
The lady is very nice.
Good night.
Here it is, my friend.
He was liking knowing because I cannot stay at the home.
First, you were not invited, Hastings.
- A mere carelessness.
- I second, for now I need you incognito, and for near.
- Good, we can forget that, for already.
- Why? The hotel was so crowded that I would share a room, and it does not even imagine with whom.
- No, Hastings, I do not imagine.
- With the Japp.
- With the Inspector-chief Japp? - And the room only has a bed.
- But what does here the Inspector-chief? - It is not be understanding.
All we have problems, Hastings.
It was preferring to share a bed with it Inspector-chief Japp and three police officers, of what to be a partner of bridge with the Lady Carrington.
Yes, I have been hearing of her for the driver.
It seems that the Sir George wants to do it to stop playing of all.
I am very glad because of knowing of that, my friend.
She plays terribly.
No, me them she loses much money.
It is owing much money to loan sharks.
Do not call Hastings, tries to discover, the favor will be done, who asked Japp to be here.
That is very interesting.
- Good night, mother.
- Good night, wanted.
What thinks of this idea of detecting aeroplanes through echoes of radio? For the detector of direction of radio? It can be done.
We invest some money in the inquiry.
- How much? - I am not going to say to him.
- Hello, I came only to look for my suitcase.
- One is not bothersome with us.
- Good night, again.
- Good night.
To have here that woman was a mistake, Mayfield.
Be what his intentions will be.
It does not do well to anybody.
It is going to do well to me to place it in the prison of Holloway.
Which nonsense completely this talks of catching it.
- What was that one? - What? Someone was running in the terrace.
I did not see anything.
Be that as it may, how it intends to catch it? I saw something, of certainty.
It will be why for what the politicians do they treat others like idiots? Perhaps because they were they what voted for knots.
I put everything in the secretary, man.
- Is it going to need me this night? - No, we should have stayed.
It can retire.
- Own I will guard the documents.
- Yes, man.
- Good night, Mr.
Mayfield, Sir George.
- Wait a little.
One forgot of the document more important.
He does not seem to me, a man.
The leaf number three.
The calculations of the pressure from aluminium.
I put it on top of all.
But it is not here.
I do not understand.
I put it there, I know that yes.
It must have been wrong.
It must still be in the safe.
No, I put it there.
- I looked for it and put it in the top of the battery.
- Is it saying to me what disappeared? - Who was here? - Nobody.
It cannot have disappeared.
Someone must have stolen it.
It be what I can help? To find lost goods is more or one less profession for me.
' - what disappeared? - And a question of national security.
I think what we had to alert the Inspector Japp.
Contact it in the hotel Three Crowns, Mr.
Carlile.
Where it is going to give this door? - Very well.
- This did not have to happen.
- It had to yes.
He said - It was not so.
She turned the play.
My God, I knew! I knew.
He said to him not to play with the fire.
What the PM will say to? It swims already for.
We should not have panicked.
Cursed be, it is linked to manage to escape of this.
Mr.
Mayfield, excuses, I do not intend to discover secrets, but it can give me an idea of what it is in this document? I do not know if it follows attentively international subjects, Mr.
Poirot, but Germany had just announced his air equality with England.
- I am to a current one.
- That means that this document it will be perhaps the only hypothesis of protecting the population of an attack air.
Am I exaggerating? - Not even for a little.
- So, it is a technical discovery, what costs a considerable amount? - The money is not relevant.
It will be able to be for certain persons in determined circles.
- It concerns traitors.
- Effectively.
But everyone, when I am including, one could direct á American embassy, what when it went out would be a rich man, if it had this document? - Certainly.
Mr.
Carlile, before I go to give the walk in the garden, it offered to prepare the documents? - Yes.
- And little then, did they all rise to go to bed? - I presume what yes, I do not know.
They rose, yes.
You.
Vanderlyn went down again.
- Yes? - Yes.
One had forgotten of the suitcase.
The old scene.
Pardon, the old trick.
To return for something what we say to have forgotten.
Precisely.
Mr.
Carlile, after having opened the safe and when the documents were taken away, it went out again from the office for a moment that was? No, not even for a second.
Then, they all were be preparing for the bed, with the exception you.
Vanderlyn, what came for his suitcase and, however, the plans were stolen.
Mr.
Carlile, it still maintains the fact of not having gone out from the office? I do not know where it wants to arrive, Poirot.
The Carlile is my private secretary there are nine years.
It has access to all my private documents.
It could have copied that leaf when he wanted, without realizing anybody.
Because it would need to stage such a clumsy theft? Thank you, Mr.
Mayfield.
If you.
Poirot has some suspicion, I suggest what search my belongings.
- No, Mr.
Carlile, I do not suggest such a thing.
It is only a small question.
But a question what it will agitate enough the small grey cells.
With the Carlile always of policeman, no I see how they could enter in the room.
Good, to hurry is not worthwhile conclusions, Mr.
Mayfield.
It was from here what you saw.
Vanderlyn? A little more behind, I believe.
Of where it was in the garden, I could see that the dining room was in the dark.
He me them would be possible someone to use these doors to go for the terrace, and then for the office.
Well he said to him what to it was seeming to me to have seen something.
- And he saw, effectively.
- Promptly.
It crossed the lawn, for a car that was waiting for it.
It must already be to kilometers.
No, the only passage for the garden it would have taken it to me.
- What goes on? - Return for the bed, Reggie.
So, it is an interesting situation.
The only one that could have stolen these documents importantíssimos, it is between us.
Or she is you.
Vanderlyn.
Good night, Mr.
Mayfield, Sir George, Poirot.
- Which history is this of a theft? - A secret document, important much was stolen of my office, Inspector-chief.
Very well, boys, separate.
Wittaker, goes for the northern part of the house.
Dobson, the superior terrace.
Beales, the quarters of the servants.
Perhaps do not be so simple how much that, my friend.
Who stole this document, it will not leave it here to be found.
Leave this for the professionals, Poirot.
Lost documents are one daily incident for my men.
- Apposition what yes.
- And who is you? - His son.
- I thought what it had told you to lay.
Excuse, Inspector-chief.
In fact, it is very simple.
- We know who stole the documents.
- Effectively? - George, I think that we have not to - A guest at this home, you.
Vanderlyn.
- To serious? - Good - I suggest that we go there and Excuse the question, but with what precision we know this lady Vanderlyn.
' I cannot enter in details.
And a subject of national security.
- Only we have of - George, I do not know if good idea is.
Lament, Mayfield.
I know that this is his house and everything, but the move now is mine.
We go, Japp.
- Mrs.
Vanderlyn.
- What goes on? He is the Sir George Carrington.
I have the police officer with me.
What intends? It would like what was put on and me it was accompanying to the local squad.
- About what he is talking? - It will be possible to dress, my lady.
The devil is that I dress! Why? Some documents were stolen of the office of the Mr.
Mayfield.
- And then? - It will be possible to dress, Mrs.
Vanderlyn.
It planned this, Mr.
Mayfield? I am going to dress.
It meets us to the squad, Mr.
Mayfield? Must be here! Where she, Poirot hid it? It is got used to this type of thing.
She has it with you.
They are going to find it when searching.
Let's imagine what is a woman, Poirot.
- Since he will want.
If that helping.
- Right.
She is a woman, it is at a home it finds strange.
It steals documents.
Where it would hide them? Sir George, there is something here what I do not understand.
- Continue.
- I demonstrated, in the concluding form, what of between all at the home, you punish the man, you.
Mayfield, you.
Carlile and I, we could have when the documents were stolen, is not it? - Right.
- However, he keeps on speaking, I eat if you.
Vanderlyn dig undoubtedly the criminal.
What? So.
It has great reason in these things, but is it completely a theory, is not it? We are practical persons, Poirot.
Yes.
Not at all, man.
- It is not in her room.
- It has not even it with her.
- This is a disaster, Mayfield.
- It must have hidden it, to look for it later.
- The "franciú" thinks that it was not links.
The "franciú" knows that it was not links.
Where they will see that the powder was moved, warn about me.
We look only for a leaf of paper, it can be in any side.
This one is already seen.
Poirot, my expensive one, is promised by me to him what he never heard swims so.
Does he know the boots on what he puts? Wham! And other one? Shovels! - And when it is laid, it is worse.
- Worse? He speaks sleeping.
" Now I caught you, mine hustler.
Japp of the Yard attacks again! " I thought that it was going to go mad.
Whenever it was falling asleep, he was shouting: " Boys are removed.
He has a blancmange! " Some of the things what it links he was saying that they would make a mute speak.
I do not hold out much any more, Poirot.
I passed three days of a true Hell.
Where he is? It returned for the house.
To purpose, I discovered who ordered it to call.
He was Sir George.
- He was not you.
Mayfield? - Apparently not.
Very well, since I thought.
- What went on with you.
Vanderlyn? - She was going to leave today with great haste.
In fact, the whole house is deserted.
Lady Carrington and Reggie left after the breakfast.
- I want to ask about Hastings him something.
- Do favor.
Yesterday to the dinner, one of the guests he said something to a Mr.
Mayfield, on Japan.
What he asked on Japan? Good, the fact was that there are some years, when the Japanese they decided to invade the Manchúria.
The press knew that the enterprise of Mayfield it had supplied with them artillery, with what they bombed Shangai.
It looks that the press it exchanged the facts, to vary.
But already questions had been asked in the parliament and God knows more what, and great part of the history stuck.
- Hastings, I will return for the house.
- One gives a second and I take it.
It wanted to change the candles today.
I thought in doing it there.
No, I need floor, and of thinking.
Mrs.
Vanderlyn.
- It let be this.
- Thank you.
Dixon! Put this in the post for her, yes? It will be going to forget.
- Yes, it is doing great noise.
- We are going to see the carburator.
Hastings It swims of reparaçõezinhas, we will follow you.
Vanderlyn.
But I already took away the candles.
I stay an hour to return it her put them.
Oh, no! My God.
Come with me, Hastings! I presume what address for the road of London.
There, see! We cannot leave what see us, Hastings.
- Can we hurry up, John? - Yes, my lady.
- Curse! - What goes on? - They must have returned on the left.
- Why, Hastings? Because this is the road for London.
Where they go then? Take away the map of this bag.
One holds well.
We are on this road here.
No.
They say something to him these names? No.
Perhaps the place is not on the state highway.
Observe the villages in the berm of the road.
No.
A type what I knew in the front it had a house in Trocking.
Even beside the house of field of the German ambassador.
- Hastings - My God.
- Can we arrive there before them? - We can try! - Where it is?! - I do not know.
It was in the salvo in the entry.
The Dawson put it there.
It seems that it disappeared.
Will my God, be that nothing runs well? RESIDENCE OF AMBASSADOR ALEMÃO My God, Poirot.
Yes, Hastings.
We already saw the sufficient thing.
Come, my friend.
It would not remember what it links it was hiding it there, man.
- Does it have any better suggestion? - No, man.
Poirot! You will trust me, Margaret.
I trust you, Tommy.
- But all your work is in play.
- Everything will run well.
Who is? Good morning.
What intends, Mr.
Poirot? I came to say to him that the plans they were handed by success.
- Handed? - To a German ambassador.
Certainly Herr von Eckendorrf it was glad.
- Tommy, which we are going to do? - Lady Margaret, also I found this.
It is of one of his guests and he will be put in the post.
- That happens.
I do not want to read it.
The residence must belong to a girl tobacconist's or of a news-dealer, of what it can receive at own convenience? - It is not necessary to deepen that.
There are secrets that must be maintained.
No, Mr.
Mayfield.
Between husband and woman there must not be secrets.
I do not intend to read a letter of one of my guests.
To serious? And it was said to him that this was written for the Mrs.
Vanderlyn? And what could guarantee him what would not realize a word? - It is in Chinese.
- Japanese.
But it is signed by the Tone.
This one is on only trial that it ties his husband ás sales of arms to Japan.
In some form, it had fallen in the hands of the Germans.
They were two pieces of paper that you.
Vanderlyn was using to blackmail it.
However, he said that it would exchange them for the plans of the Kestrel.
Tone If visa to hand had been the plans you.
Vanderlyn, it would be ruined.
So, it would look what had robbed them, and in spite of trying to convince us what it becomes a mysterious figure in the terrace, he was the Mr himself.
Mayfield to steal the plans.
It was the most safe form.
And they were sure in the pocket to a long one of the farce of the prison of the Mrs.
Vanderlyn.
- And saying to me that everything will be well.
- And it will be, wanted.
No Let me pass.
I am full, Mayfield.
What goes on? Nobody informed me of anything.
No, Sir George.
- The Germans have the document.
- What? And I imagine that you.
Carlile he had always known.
The German High-command has now plans of our new fighter, in what six will waste months of dedicated effort, before understanding what were taken.
What were taken? How? What were deceived, Sir George.
Deceived? Oh, what were taken to the certainty.
The plans were manipulated.
The calculations do not do sense.
But they are going to have much work up to discovering it.
My God, his cunning hustler.
Tommy! Tommy, darling.
It does a certain confusion to let the Vanderlyn escape.
More late or more early, she will pay, my friend.
For already, let it enjoy oneself what it intends to be a victory.
My opinion is wanted, only it shows the danger of knowing women in I buzz.
- Between, Japp.
- Lady Margaret got what he wanted.
It links and the Mayfield they are again in love.
This type must be depressing when of thing does it happen, is not it, Poirot? What type of thing? To run everything for the best, is a ready couple for a second honeymoon, orphan joined children with his parents Yes, it is difficult.
We will continue them to me.
And not to allow what the joy crosses.
Follow, Hastings.