Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989) s03e08 Episode Script

One of the most valuable jewels of my father.
When it dated from the reign of the Pharaoh Ramsés.
The THEFT OF the REAL RUBY - More.
- Yes, Highness.
- And coffee for the woman.
- Very well, Highness.
- Is it where that you go? - To touch up the make-up.
I come already.
- He wants more champagne.
- He and the caught one already drank two.
- It is where what she put? - Pardon, Highness? The woman.
Is it where that she is? I do not know, Highness.
She stole the ruby from me! Iris! Iris! Iris! Do not be able to enter here, Highness! Pardon, my ladies.
His friend went away, Highness.
It caught a taxi and left.
Call the Scotland Yard! Already! Thank you.
- Magnificent.
- Thank you.
- Does it spend the alone Christmas? - With effect.
The Beauty queen Lemon is of visit to an aunt in Torquay.
- And the Captain Hastings? - The L'Ecosse.
Pardon, he is in Scotland.
I am alone.
- I lament, M.
Poirot.
- No! It swims of that.
The whole week of peace and peace, more half kilogram of his magnificent chocolates.
It is the Christmas parfait for Poirot.
Obliged and Happy Christmas.
Thank you.
- M.
Hercule Poirot? - Yes.
Who is the man? One matters please, of getting in the car, M.
Poirot? You.
Jesmond would like talking to him.
- Why? - Please, rise for the car.
He asked great question, gentleman.
The M.
Jesmond did he tell him what the subject was? It told only to treat a subject of national importance.
I am not authorized saying to him more nothing, M.
Poirot.
What the paper of Poirot is in this? And what his is? This young frivolous prince, whose name does not want to say me, it comes to the "Asprey" of London a ruby valiosíssimo, returned to his original owner.
- Yes - Frivolously, it knows a young person.
- Well - And continuing with the frivolity, it allows that this young person use the jewel in a restaurant, where they are having dinner joined.
- I find - No, not, M.
Jesmond.
If one does not matter.
I was hearing it, now do the same thing.
This frivolous, this young Prince it is still surprised, when the young person disappears in the night with the jewel? No, not, no! I do not think that it is a subject for Hercule Poirot.
It is one more subject for the doctors of a lunatic asylum! The gentleman pleases me.
It has been cheeping.
It is the man who is the Prince? The Prince Farouk? Heir of the King Fuad of Egypt.
If one will know, the nationalists to be of use if - ão of this scandal, The Wafd want the Britons out of Egypt.
They want the total control of Egypt on the Channel of the Suez.
My father does not last very much more time.
When he die, I rise to the throne.
Then they are going to see.
I am tired.
I am going to return to my hotel.
Non.
Non, non and again non.
I already wasted my talents before.
I helped frivolous in his madnesses, but frivolous real, rude East and arrogant, no! Poirot refuses! Mr.
Poirot, is very important for the British interests, what the Prince succeeds in the throne.
- And the Egyptians? Billet that he will be a ruler wise and just? Mr.
I plead for Poirot.
The Prince is still young - All the years does it have? - 19.
- More did anybody know of the ruby? - Nobody.
- Did not he talk on him to anybody? - No.
I can have done it.
Perhaps when I was in King's Lacey, but Colonel Lacey he is a friendly old man of my father.
An egiptólogo.
He is one of the most famous archaeologists Britons, Mr.
Poirot.
King's Lacey attracts all arrange with interests in Egypt.
Perhaps let's find the answer in King's Lacey.
Was present anybody? I will be by chance a criminal to be questioned in this way? The Iris Moffat stole the ruby! We it know all.
Find the Iris Moffat and it will find the thief.
I do not agree.
This theft was thought to the detail.
It might not have been carried out for an alone person.
Call, Highness, someone was more presently when he spoke on the jewel with Colonel Lacey? No! I do not know.
Perhaps.
Yes.
The children and a man with two names.
The Laceys are big my friends, Mr.
Poirot.
I can invent a history, in way being able to spend the Christmas with them.
Christmas? My woman said to me what you should link they are sad with the weak choice of the granddaughter in relation ás masculine companies.
No, not, not, Mr.
Jesmond.
I already have other promises.
I have my books, my radio, my half-kilogram of chocolates fantastic of Du Prés, my rich radiators quentinhos.
The Laceys are persons very hospitable, M.
Poirot.
And they have an excellent system of central heating.
It is possible what it obtains more in an auction, Colonel Lacey.
No, not, he is too much public.
In he cannot know it about anything.
Imagine the confusion what it would not provoke.
I do not want to sell anything, David.
Who had given me that there was a piece what was covering everything.
Something small for which it links it was not missing.
It has not that small footstool of the tomb of Amenhotep? I do not want to separate of that.
He was first one of my finds of my first digging.
- Are it what what it suggests? - I do not know.
I do not want to separate of anything.
Because the fact is that to pass does not come the Christmas with us? It glances for the pieces.
I do not want to impose my presence you.
Lacey, so suddenly.
Nonsense! She is going to adore.
Is Sarah going to be there, he knew? - And I calculate that the Lee-Wortley also.
- The Lee-Wortley? And good person.
He knows on Egypt.
They will have very much on what to speak.
It has an inclination as Sarah, has not it? Well yes, but dressing what his granddaughter it leans more for Lee-Wortley.
Do not call? One more reason.
He is three days old to put judgement in that head.
Appear that way in the Light supper.
The Peverill delays centuries coming at the door.
- Peverill? - The butler.
It has at least 90 years.
Who is the man? My name is Hercule Poirot and the monsieur? - Colin.
- Bridget.
He is my cousin.
Did he see Michael thereabouts? A kid of glasses, with a crazy air.
- Good afternoon, gentleman.
- Good afternoon, M.
Peverill.
Walk, Bridget! You.
Hercule Poirot, my lady.
Mr.
Poirot, is a pleasure to know it.
Lady Lacey, it has a magnificent house.
Is it, is not it? Of moment, it is the tree that preoccupies me.
Does not it think that it is very common? Just as well what could come, Mr.
Poirot.
One feels, please.
Thank you, Lady.
Edwina Jesmond said to me what helped her a few friends, in a case very similar to ours, but perhaps do not know that one about what I am talking.
I believe we are before an unfortunate case, of a whim of a young person.
Yes, my granddaughter Sarah.
It was wrapped by this awful man.
One calls Desmond Lee-Wortley.
- Has not this young person good reputation? - Not at all! It does not serve them to me of anything to say it to Sarah.
It is not worthwhile young persons say ás that a man does not serve, does not it think? I think that it is one more factor of attraction.
But finally Edwina Jesmond said to me what is able to discover something as I will say something useful, on this Desmond Lee-Wortley.
During how much time will I move? - Move well.
- Do not be lazy, Desmond.
How much more time to move, bigger will be his luck.
Because it is that I have two? The biggest it is for the Day of Christmas and the boy for the New, stupid Year.
Mr.
Poirot, also will move.
- Sarah does not let anybody move.
- I need the whole possible luck.
Sarah, my granddaughter, Sr.
Poirot.
- How it is? - Mademoiselle Sarah.
- You.
Lee-Wortley.
- Monsieur Lee-Wortley.
- Desmond.
- Desmond.
- And the sister, Gloria Lee-Wortley.
- Bewitched, Mademoiselle.
- How it is? - Our servant, Annie.
- Mademoiselle Annie.
- And I am David Welwyn.
- Monsieur Welwyn.
- How it is? I can know who is the person in charge for these magnificent puddings? - Am I, gentleman.
- You.
Ross, our cook.
Lady Ross, she is a truthful artist.
- Very much thank you.
- Of nothing.
The whole house smells the nutmeg, to ginger, the pepper of the Jamaica Brandy.
It is true.
Magnificent.
Thank you.
It is going to give a good mexidela, gentleman? - Do I can? - Do favor, gentleman.
- It forces, Mr.
Poirot.
- Very much thank you.
- What it found of the pot from glass? - The blue? It had already noticed.
- Of the 8th one.
Dynasty? - Yes.
You are very mysterious, it puts an end to that.
- It swims of that, my darling.
- Mr.
Poirot! Horace, walks to know you.
Hercule Poirot.
- Hercule Poirot? - Only there is a Hercule Poirot, that I am.
- The famous detective? The own thing.
Let's see Are you Michael? Since it is, Mr.
Poirot? I am Horace Lacey.
It is an honor to know it, Colonel.
- You joke.
- Do they have a delicious aspect, have not? - With effect, Monsieur.
- One does not let deceive.
It is completely impossible to eat them.
Do not call.
When they came straightly from India.
It is impossible the stone takes away.
I spent the best years of my life trying to take away the stones of the sleeves.
É - allowed me to demonstrate? Thank you.
Let's see.
With the tip of a sharp knife, we do a cut up to arriving to the stone.
We cut the sleeve in the vertical, feeling the stone with the tip of the knife.
We insert the spoon here, we always go round for top from the stone to the whole turn, up to what the fruit cut in half it is separated.
With the knife One, two, three.
- Voilá! - Cost me God! Did you see this me, In? This gentleman is haughty with the sleeve.
Is it where that it learnt that? It was a Duke who taught me.
The women only.
What is he here to do it? Why to invite a detective? I do not know.
He is dangerous, Desmond.
We will treat him.
Yes, I know.
Is it where that you put it? What about to do a staging for such a Poirot? " Zó there is a Hercule Poirot, what zou I! " What type of staging? - " An azazinato! " - " The motionless and cold zorpo.
Such a beautiful zovem! " - Grind, naturellement! - And is it for when? Come.
We go there for inside to speak on that.
" Do not eat the puddings of plum.
Who does not wish Him badly.
" - Do you let me play? - I still did not even try it.
- Happy Christmas, Mr.
Poirot.
- Happy Christmas, Michael.
- Happy Christmas.
- Happy Christmas, Colin.
What becomes this? Be completely destroyed! The two from here for out! We go there.
A wish asks all before the flames are put out.
Very well, Peverill.
This year was not singed.
- I want a big slice! - I also! I do not manage to eat any more.
For you.
Poirot.
Thank you, Lady.
It does not appreciate pudding of Christmas, Mr.
Poirot? On the contrary.
I like enough.
- I caught the thimble.
- Spinster! - I caught a rough coin.
- And done well for you! I caught any thing.
And a bit of glass! Is it how that it went to stop there? A tooth one could have broken! Do I can, Lady? - Perhaps it is a ruby.
- It was going away, it would cost millions.
But it is not a ruby.
It is a piece from glass.
I caught a coin for six pence! - Lady Ross? - Yes, man? No, one does not stand up, please.
I can congratulate the cook for the lunch delicieux? Cooked simple Englishmen.
Be nothing better! Do I can? Very much thank you, gentleman.
And the pudding Very much thank you.
By chance, today I served the wrong pudding.
How so, Lady Ross? I usually do two.
One for the day of New Year.
Today we had a small accident.
One of the boys entered this way inside, it was against Annie, in the height in which she was going oh it put in the boiler.
- What a disaster! - It was a great confusion.
I would serve the pudding of New Year.
I have the pleasure of informing Your Highness, that I was well an event.
Where the thief is? The thief? No, not, not, not, Poirot! You.
Poirot it did a magnificent work, Highness The idea was to catch the thief.
We need of knowing the identity of the thief.
We suspect the existence of a net of sympathizers Wafd in this country The Wafd are a few animals! My father is very gentle with them! what supports the Wafd financially.
- It is necessary to neutralize them.
- To neutralize! - Nobody said anything to me on this.
- Excuse.
We calculated that while recovering the ruby, it would fasten the criminal.
In order that we "neutralize" it link it also! Also it is in the interest of this country, Mr.
Poirot.
Only it completed half of his mission.
Very well.
What it is doing? To catch the thief, I specify the ruby how I bait.
It is well.
Thank you.
I apologise for the Prince, Mr.
Poirot.
- He is - Young person! One is never young of any more in order that manners have been.
Unfortunately, the Prince never found necessary to have them.
Because not? I called myself day 23 You himself could have negotiated of the piece in less time.
Is he sure? Clear that there we will be.
- Is not it still ready? - Tomorrow.
It had problems with a piece Good morning.
Good morning.
- In? - Yes, wanted? That detective.
I think that it is not on this side.
And I say to you why.
Last night, when it went to bed he said, " Bon soir ", instead of " good night ".
It is a good night in French.
To beginning I thought what was playing, I thought better and - Very witty, Horace.
- Good morning, Mademoiselle.
- Hello, Sr.
Poirot.
By chance he did not see Desmond thereabouts? Vi.
Was in the room of visits with the sister, Mademoiselle.
Already there I was.
- Does not it open hand of the footstool? - No! I cannot! - And of the blue pot? - Still worse! It is not for sale.
- The painted sarcophagus? - No.
Colonel Lacey, I understand that it should be difficult for you, but it asked me that to examine was coming his collection, to buy - I know.
I know.
Oiça, David.
The fact can be that at last it is not necessary to sell anything.
How? The circumstances change.
Desmond! I am full of looking for you.
Do you want to be going to see the obelisk? - Do not even be able to wait! - It was liking very much.
- You do not need to come with us, It boasts.
- We am same in the hour of lunch.
The obelisks always open me the appetite.
It goes to the front.
- It is your time, grandmother.
- No.
Be amused, children.
And you, Bridget? I know that you have one good.
What is? - Is it a book? - No, it is a movie.
He had not said to you what I was already employed of table in the Savoy? - When it took care.
When it took care.
- Do not worry.
You are going to be badly accepted, if you drop it.
Yes, but not to your eyes, I wait.
No, not to my eyes.
It is a book.
Two words.
First word.
- Nuts.
- Cup? - Cherry? - Holly? You cannot use objects.
Second syllable.
Coat? Especially? Cassock? Coat? Collar? - Necklace? - Skin? Holly with skin? How so? I find what it did not realize very well the objective of the play, David.
Second word.
- To screw? Do I ponder? - To strangle.
- To rinse.
- To wash? Holly with skin Screw? No, no.
I think that he is " Oliver Twist ".
Right! " Holly Fur Twist ".
Very well, Mr.
Poirot.
One more victory.
- Now it is his time.
- No.
I ask what they forgive for me.
Suddenly, the tiredness gave signs.
I think that I am going to retire.
But they are still only 22 hours! Perhaps be the effects of the pudding of Christmas.
I am not got used to meals so quite served.
Very much obliged for a Christmas so pleasant.
A good night for all.
Good night.
It is your time, Michael.
Mr.
Poirot! Mr.
Poirot! - Bonjour, - Mr.
Poirot, helps us! An awful thing happened! What a tragedy! Seem a theatrical scene! It was so that we found it, Mr.
Poirot.
- Did they touch anything? - We did not even approach her.
I see footprints.
The footprints of a man.
It was accompanying the young person, it broke them to me alone.
- Are they amused? - It arrives, Bridget.
You can get up.
- They are not realizing.
- And a joke, Mr.
Poirot.
It is not a joke any, my friends.
The young person it has no wrist.
- Bridget! - I help! Someone helps! - Grandmother! Grandmother! - A disgrace happened! - I help! I help! What the problem is? Good God! The young persons were planning a comedy, what finished in tragedy.
- Is Bridget killed? - I believe few doubts remain.
I do not manage to feel the wrist.
Try.
- No - This favor becomes.
I have the frozen hands.
The wrist can be very weak.
- No.
It swims.
- Not even the most light thing to pulsate? No.
Someone is better to call the police officer.
- I go.
Be here.
- Very well, mon ami.
But hurry.
The murderer can try to escape.
I go the quickest thing that I can.
Horace? Horace? Sarah? Sarah? Sarah? I did not manage to wake it, looked Sarah and she was not in the room.
- Did you see it? - Bridget died.
You.
Poirot he says that she has no wrist.
- What goes on, Poirot? - What happened to Bridget? - Them count Mr.
Poirot! - To count what? - Bridget! - We were thinking that you had died! - It deceived us! - I deceived yes, but not to you.
Is it well, Mademoiselle Bridget? - I am the best.
- And my husband? I do not manage to wake it, I do not even find Sarah.
If you.
Lee-Wortley wanted to go out quickly of the country, for where it would go? - He has a particular avioneta.
- Where it is the hangar? In the airfield near to Elstree.
- Does it have car, Monsieur Welwyn? - I have.
Excellent.
We go.
Where Sarah is? I will see Sarah! When you disappeared with the jewels of the family of the Farouk in London, it was here, to 80 kilometers.
The perfect alibi.
We get! In Paris to the hour of lunch.
A marriage of New Year in Cairo.
A new life! - Is the airfield very distant? - Her around 19 kilometers.
It likes the Mademoiselle Sarah, does not it like? - It was for her because I here came.
- Had not it any more any motive? Yes, it had.
Colonel Lacey was unlucky in the bag.
It will sell someone of his pieces, they are not wanted to me by what nobody knows, not even you.
Lacey.
I understand, Monsieur Welwyn.
Poirot will be the image itself of the discretion.
Only here I came to see Sarah.
I do not understand it, Mr.
Poirot! I do not know how it is possible that it has escaped with Lee-Wortley! It is only dazzled.
It still did not lose it, mon ami, we me them have to hurry ourselves, if we will want to catch them.
It is already lacking little.
Good Lord! Do not be preoccupied.
I have an idea.
- Is it where that it goes? - One hold well! Hurry.
The men are in a hurry.
We arrived! - We get! - Let's wait that yes, mon ami.
There! See! We came exaggerated late.
Look that not.
- You are going to hit them, Desmond! - Be silent! Good Lord! Hold on! I am quiet! It has something that Him does not belong, Mr.
Lee-Wortley.
It caught me finally, Jesmond, is not it true? It is not going to cause any more problems during some years.
It thinks that I am the only person what struggles to free Egypt? I can guarantee him that I am a small fish.
I am sure that yes.
- Thank you, Monsieur Lee-Wortley.
- Take it! Help me! Sarah is imprisoned! She is his sister.
Sarah? However he knows? And I am not his sister.
Very well, my lady.
Accompany me.
It is she! It is the Iris Moffat! Lounge about! You stole the jewels from me.
Prostitute! - His fluffy one! - Fluffy? - Posture, Highness.
- Clear, clear.
Posture.
His daughter of an idle camel! Poirot! These women.
Does it still have the ruby? He has no words to thank for him, Mr.
Poirot.
It is true.
It is true.
We are going to decorate it.
What about Order of the Golden Serpent? - Your Highness is too generous.
- I am.
I will speak with my father on that.
Where there is Sarah, Mr.
Poirot? One was not with Lee-Wortley I lament to have deceived it, Monsieur Welwyn.
This morning I asked the Mademoiselle Sarah who was going to warn His Highness.
Quite great.
Et voilá.
The ruby.
Unfortunately, Mademoiselle Sarah, for me it was more obvious what what the plays of seduction between you and Monsieur Desmond Lee-Wortley they had been carefully planned.
- A disguise, it means.
- I lament.
He was needing an alibi.
It was not necessary in London, while the had woman since his sister was stealing the jewel.
He was still having to wait what it links was bringing it to him even here.
Because the fact is that they will not escape, so what robbed it? Their intention was this, Colonel Lacey, but unfortunately for them, the avioneta had problems in the motor and they would wait what was arranged.
I found the ruby in the excellent pudding of Christmas.
Does it give me permission, Madamme? It had forts desconfianças as for MonsieurLee-Wortley, but it had no proofs.
It mounted an ingenious trap! As Monsieur Michael said, I mounted an ingenious trap.
He knew that I had the jewel and it was crucial her to recover his plan.
But unfortunately for him, by chance I witnessed a scene between him and Mademoiselle Sarah, in what it was trying to make sure that I would stop being a hindrance, drugging my coffee.
So, being alert, I managed to substitute my coffee for that of Colonel Lacey.
Therefore, the fact is that I did not manage to wake you.
My most sincere excuses, Colonel, but it was necessary, to confirm my suspicions.
While it was pretending to be numb, Monsieur Lee-Wortley the room was searching me.
Believing that it was completely drugged, it was not preoccupied in being caught.
Naturally what did not find anything, so the ruby was in my hand.
- What was what it did then? - It came to have with me.
He had heard Colin and Michael to conspire, so that I arranged my "counter-conspiracy itself".
I transformed their farce, in my farce itself.
Almost I burst supporting the air.
- I knew that she was not killed.
- You did not know anything! It brought them near to me for what Monsieur Lee-Wortley was convinced.
He saw his opportunity for sticking in the ruby and to escape.
So that he escaped, I got my proof.
They already know the rest.
Calm! It still did not tell us, since the fact is that the jewel stopped to the pudding.
Monsieur Lee-Wortley and the "sister" they were in the kitchen moving the pudding.
They recognized my name.
They convinced that mine presence was due to the jewel.
They were frightened.
- And they hid it in the pudding! - In the pudding of New Year, yes, but when the pudding of the day of Christmas it fell to the ground, the pudding of New Year it was served at his place.
- Yes, man.
- And the uncovered ruby.
It could have broken a tooth.
Nevertheless, there is a thing what Poirot does not understand.
This ticket.
It was left in my bed and I continue without knowing who wrote it.
I, Hercule Poirot, whose work is to know everything! " Do not eat the puddings of plum.
Who does not wish Him badly.
" Annie? Pardon, gentleman.
I could not avoid to hear it.
I was.
- But why? - I heard them speaking.
To a Mr.
Wortley and to the sister.
You.
Lee-Wortley and the sister they were behind me in the church, I could not stop hearing them.
What is he here to do it? Why to invite a detective? I do not know.
He is dangerous, Desmond.
We will treat him.
- I know.
Is it where that you put it? - In the pudding.
I thought that they wanted to poison it with the pudding of plum.
He did not know what to do.
It would not serve of saying anything you.
Ross.
She would not listen to me.
- And so it left the ticket.
- Yes, man.
Mademoiselle Annie, it has the most sincere gratitude of Hercule Poirot.
Thank you, gentleman.
Very much thank you.
Expensive, Mr.
Poirot, fez of this Christmas unforgettable for all of us.
And it looks that his problem also was it resolved, it is not true? So it looks.
A very nice young person.
Undoubtedly.
Goodbye, Madame Lacey.
Thank you, Monsieur Peverill.
Goodbye.