25100:19:21,753 --> 00:19:23,931Ah,

251
00:19:21,753 --> 00:19:23,931
Ah, Sheppard. There you are.

252
00:19:24,020 --> 00:19:28,059
Look, you're staying to dinner,
aren't you? We can talk later.

253
00:20:12,060 --> 00:20:13,288
Fernly Park.

254
00:20:13,380 --> 00:20:17,055
- Is Monsieur Roger Ackroyd available?
- No. He's at dinner, Mr Poirot.

255
00:20:17,140 --> 00:20:18,493
- At dinner?
- Yes.

256
00:20:18,580 --> 00:20:21,856
Could I leave a message for him
to call me back? I'm at my cottage.

257
00:20:21,940 --> 00:20:23,532
I'll ask him to call you.

258
00:20:23,620 --> 00:20:26,373
And will you be sure to
give him the message now?

259
00:20:26,460 --> 00:20:28,416
Certainly, sir.

260
00:20:41,060 --> 00:20:43,813
- Last post. Feels like it, too.
- Thanks, Barney.

261
00:20:53,900 --> 00:20:55,856
The evening post, sir.

262
00:20:55,940 --> 00:20:59,296
Put the other letters on
the table, Parker, thank you.

263
00:20:59,380 --> 00:21:00,938
Yes, sir.

264
00:21:10,220 --> 00:21:13,929
"My dear, my very dear Roger"

265
00:21:17,180 --> 00:21:20,855
There is one thing a murderer
may rely on for protection.

266
00:21:20,940 --> 00:21:23,215
That the account of every witness

267
00:21:23,300 --> 00:21:26,292
will be radically different
from the account of every other,

268
00:21:26,380 --> 00:21:29,656
even though all were
present on the same occasion.

269
00:21:29,740 --> 00:21:32,095
I trust you enjoyed
your dinner, Dr Sheppard.

270
00:21:32,180 --> 00:21:34,375
Indeed, I did. Thank you, Parker.

271
00:21:34,460 --> 00:21:37,816
- Oh, I'll just go and say good night to the ladies.
- Yes, sir.

272
00:22:15,140 --> 00:22:19,292
However, I regret to say that the
calls on my purse have been so frequent

273
00:22:19,380 --> 00:22:22,372
that it it impossible for
me to accede to your request.

274
00:22:22,460 --> 00:22:24,416
As you will appreciate

275
00:22:58,420 --> 00:23:02,015
Parker, Mr Ackroyd says he doesn't
want to be disturbed tonight.

276
00:23:02,100 --> 00:23:04,819
Oh. Very well, Miss Flora.

277
00:23:10,380 --> 00:23:13,178
It doesn't sound like a very
interesting evening, I must say.

278
00:23:13,260 --> 00:23:15,455
Didn't you hear anything
about Ralph, even?

279
00:23:15,540 --> 00:23:19,374
Well, yes. I heard he got
officially engaged to Flora at last.

280
00:23:19,460 --> 00:23:23,169
Then what was that I heard him saying
to her this afternoon at the White Hart?

281
00:23:23,260 --> 00:23:25,569
Who can say, my dear?

282
00:23:25,260 --> 00:23:27,774
Why do people always
choose bedtime to get ill?

283
00:23:28,940 --> 00:23:30,259
Doctor Sheppard.

284
00:23:31,300 --> 00:23:32,494
What?

285
00:23:33,540 --> 00:23:35,053
What?

286
00:23:35,140 --> 00:23:37,051
Yes, I'll come at once.

287
00:23:38,100 --> 00:23:39,579
What is it?

288
00:23:39,660 --> 00:23:42,891
- What is it, James?
- It's Parker. From Fernly.

289
00:23:44,540 --> 00:23:47,612
They've just found
Roger Ackroyd murdered.

290
00:24:00,540 --> 00:24:01,734
- Yes, sir?
- Where is he?

291
00:24:01,820 --> 00:24:03,139
Beg your pardon, sir?

292
00:24:03,180 --> 00:24:05,489
- Have you called the police?
- The police, sir?

293
00:24:05,580 --> 00:24:09,175
What's the matter with you, Parker?
Your master has been found murdered.

294
00:24:10,189 --> 00:24:10,978
Murdered, sir?

295
00:24:11,060 --> 00:24:15,133
Didn't you telephone me five minutes
ago and tell me Mr Ackroyd was murdered?

296
00:24:15,220 --> 00:24:17,211
No, indeed, sir. I wouldn't dream.

297
00:24:17,300 --> 00:24:19,495
Do you mean to say it's all a hoax?

298
00:24:20,740 --> 00:24:23,129
Oh, thank God!

299
00:24:24,260 --> 00:24:26,569
Though I should like
to strangle the joker.

300
00:24:26,660 --> 00:24:29,049
I can check, sir. See if
everything's all right.

301
00:24:29,140 --> 00:24:31,051
No, no, there's no point in that.

302
00:24:31,140 --> 00:24:33,973
- Let me just go and see, sir.
- Where's everybody else?

303
00:24:34,060 --> 00:24:37,177
The ladies have gone to bed, sir.
I believe Mr Raymond is still up.

304
00:24:40,420 --> 00:24:41,978
It seems to be locked.

305
00:24:42,060 --> 00:24:43,493
Perhaps he's gone up to bed.

306
00:24:43,580 --> 00:24:46,299
I've never known him to
lock this door before.

307
00:24:50,380 --> 00:24:52,450
The key's in the lock on the other side.

308
00:24:57,900 --> 00:24:59,856
Ackroyd?

309
00:25:01,100 --> 00:25:03,409
- Ackroyd!
- He may have fallen asleep.

310
00:25:08,860 --> 00:25:10,771
- I'm sorry, Parker.
- Dr Sheppard, sir!

311
00:25:10,860 --> 00:25:12,009
Out of the way!

312
00:25:15,180 --> 00:25:19,059
No. The fewer people disturb
this room, the better.

313
00:25:29,420 --> 00:25:31,888
Ring the police station, Parker.

314
00:25:42,460 --> 00:25:46,499
Yes. Right away. Mr
Ackroyd's been murdered.

315
00:25:46,580 --> 00:25:48,332
What did you say?

316
00:25:49,580 --> 00:25:52,378
It's Mr Ackroyd, sir. He's dead.

317
00:25:52,460 --> 00:25:54,416
In the study.

318
00:25:56,180 --> 00:25:57,659
Oh, my God!

319
00:26:02,500 --> 00:26:06,288
What are you doing here? Oh, I'm
sorry, Mr Poirot. You'd better come in.

320
00:26:06,380 --> 00:26:08,336
Thank you.

321
00:26:09,380 --> 00:26:11,018
I was just telephoning the police.

322
00:26:11,100 --> 00:26:14,456
- What has happened, Monsieur Parker?
- Mr Ackroyd's been killed, sir.

323
00:26:14,540 --> 00:26:16,496
Murdered.

324
00:26:21,180 --> 00:26:22,977
Who would do such a terrible thing?

325
00:26:23,060 --> 00:26:26,370
Oh, Poirot. Thank God!
Nobody's been in here.

326
00:26:32,940 --> 00:26:35,170
What do you think, Poirot?

327
00:26:42,940 --> 00:26:44,896
I have failed my friend.

328
00:26:55,680 --> 00:27:00,151
Our local police are a constant
source of harmless amusement.

329
00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:05,119
A year ago, they could not even see that
the death of Ashley Ferrars was murder.

330
00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:10,716
This time, they will probably claim
that Ackroyd committed suicide.

331
00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,519
Ackroyd was in such a
strange mood all day.

332
00:27:17,600 --> 00:27:20,160
Mrs Ferrars dying hit him badly.

333
00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:22,196
Evening, gentlemen.

334
00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:27,712
Has this been moved at all?

335
00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:30,678
I ascertained that life
was extinct, nothing more.

336
00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:32,994
Who found the body?

337
00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:36,277
Parker and myself. I'd
been here to dinner,

338
00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:39,113
but I was back at home when I
got a telephone call from Parker

339
00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:41,668
telling me Mr Ackroyd had been murdered.

340
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:43,398
Parker had already found the body?

341
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:46,790
No, sir. I didn't make
any phone call, sir.

342
00:27:46,880 --> 00:27:49,075
Wait a minute. Dr Sheppard says...

343
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:51,435
I didn't phone, sir. I swear I didn't!

344
00:27:51,520 --> 00:27:53,875
Did it sound like Parker's
voice on the telephone?

345
00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:58,829
I can't say I noticed. I
took it for granted, you see.

346
00:28:00,120 --> 00:28:02,873
How odd. Anyway, you came in here...

347
00:28:02,960 --> 00:28:05,554
Broke the door down. It
was locked from the inside.

348
00:28:05,640 --> 00:28:07,596
Has anyone checked the window?

349
00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:19,396
Well, this is the way the murderer came in
all right, and went out. Look. A footprint.

350
00:28:19,480 --> 00:28:21,869
Made by a boot with a rubber sole, sir.

351
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,155
When was Mr Ackroyd last seen alive?

352
00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:27,357
I left at nine o'clock. He
was certainly alive then.

353
00:28:27,440 --> 00:28:29,874
He was alive at 9.30.

354
00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,110
I heard him talking in the study.

355
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:35,317
- Who was he talking to?
- I don't know.

356
00:28:36,120 --> 00:28:38,350
At the time, I assumed
it was Dr Sheppard.

357
00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:41,671
But in fact, you'd already left.

358
00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:44,836
Did you overhear any
of the conversation?

359
00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:46,558
Just a fragment.

360
00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:48,790
Mr Ackroyd said something like,

361
00:28:48,880 --> 00:28:51,917
"The calls on my purse have
been so frequent of late

362
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,037
that it is impossible for me
to accede to your request."

363
00:28:56,360 --> 00:28:57,998
I didn't hear any more.

364
00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:01,097
But a demand for money.
It may be important.

365
00:29:01,132 --> 00:29:03,630
If you'll excuse me, Inspector Davis.

366
00:29:03,720 --> 00:29:06,792
Miss Flora saw him after half past nine.

367
00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:10,111
I saw her leave the
study at ten past ten.

368
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,158
- Send someone to get her, will you?
- Yes, sir.

369
00:29:16,160 --> 00:29:21,075
- I don't know you, sir. What's your name?
- This is Hercule Poirot, Inspector.

370
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:24,675
The famous detective?

371
00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:27,513
Oh, yes? What are you doing here?

372
00:29:29,080 --> 00:29:31,207
Monsieur Ackroyd was a
friend of mine, Inspector.

373
00:29:31,242 --> 00:29:33,676
I was with him earlier this evening.

374
00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:35,910
When was the last time
you saw Mr Ackroyd alive?

375
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:39,993
We said goodbye at
7.36. I then went home.

376
00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:41,957
What are you doing here now?