Return of the Fly Page #4

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Madame Bonnard... delay them if you can.

Certainement, monsieur.

- Je suis police, madame.

- coutez, coutez.

Ce Alan Hinds. Vous connaissez?

Monsieur Philippe le souponnait.

- Monsieur Franois...

- Vous comprenez?

Halt!

Police Department.

- Police Department.

- Uh, this is Sergeant Dubois.

We have an injured man, gunshot wound.

Send an ambulance to 418 Cromwell Road.

(gunshot)

(squeaky voice) Help me! Ccile!

Ccile!

Help me!

I'm here! On the door! Ccile!!

Help me!

Ccile!

Monsieur? What is it?

- Morning, Lieutenant.

- Where's Delambre?

- Just back from surgery.

- I want to talk to him.

I'm told it'll take several hours,

and then some.

This whole thing is beginning to tie together.

The handcuffs were Evans' all right,

and it's my belief that he's been killed.

There were bloodstains, and marks

where someone had been dragged to a car.

I want to talk to Franois Delambre

as soon as he's conscious.

Thank you.

Get Lieutenant MacLish, please.

Monsieur Delambre,

I am Sergeant Dubois, Police Department.

Did you... Did you catch him?

Your nephew? No, we did not.

But you saw him.

You know. You saw the creature.

The creature, sir? My men and I

saw someone in the laboratory.

He disobeyed an order to halt...

...so, uh, I fired, but he escaped.

Then you didn't see him?

We didn't see his face,

if that's what you mean.

It was your nephew, wasn't it?

I must talk to Inspector Beauchamp.

I'm sorry, Inspector Beauchamp

is out of town on official business.

- Lieutenant MacLish is in charge.

- I...

I must talk to Inspector Beauchamp.

Monsieur Delambre,

this is Lieutenant MacLish.

I won't speak to anyone

but Inspector Beauchamp.

Mr Delambre, I'm in charge here.

You will kindly answer my questions.

Why did your nephew run away?

I demand the right

to speak to Inspector Beauchamp!

Mr Delambre, your continued refusal

may cost your nephew his life!

He has repeatedly disobeyed orders to halt.

Now my men have orders to shoot on sight.

No... That would be murder.

- He's done nothing.

- Then why did he run from us?

I want to see Inspector Beauchamp.

- Stay with him.

- Yes, sir.

Monsieur Delambre... Tell me, please...

...why must you talk

to Inspector Beauchamp?

Why?

He aided Inspector Charas

in the investigation of...

...my brother's death.

He knows the... the terrible secret.

You wouldn't believe...

You would not believe...

This terrible secret...

Does it concern... a fly?

What... What did you see?

- What did you see?!

- Nothing.

I... I thought I... It is nothing.

I'll get in touch

with Inspector Beauchamp at once.

(phone rings)

Hello? Ronnie? Where are you?

I've been getting the material organised.

Are you all set?

Yes, yes, all set.

They've got the money ready.

I must say,

you've botched things thoroughly.

There's no doubt of it.

Young Delambre is looking for you.

Exactly. He's looking for me.

You have nothing to worry about.

Perhaps not. But I suggest you hurry.

Thank you.

Inspector Beauchamp...

Oh, thank God you're here.

Inspector, it's...

it's happened again. To Philippe.

Yes, when I heard about

that strange machine, I knew...

The machine... The machine

must not be tampered with.

If it's disturbed, Philippe will be lost for ever.

It won't be touched, I assure you.

lf...

- If Philippe is taken alive...

- Yes?

If Philippe is taken alive...

...we still have to find

the tiny creature, you remember?

Yes, I remember.

We'll find it. I'll go to the laboratory myself.

The integrator cabinet was smashed.

I've... I've instructed them to make a new one.

Yes, but will you have

the strength to operate the machine?

- I'll find the strength.

- I'm sure you will.

(scraping)

Vite, Ccile.

Take him upstairs, please.

Mademoiselle, I'm Inspector Beauchamp.

- Would you take me to Philippe's workshop?

- I will show you.

(fly buzzing)

(squeaky voice) Ccile! I'm Philippe!

Philippe!

No one will help me!

Ccile! Ccile!

Ccile! I'm Philippe!

Philippe! No one will help me!

Ccile! Ccile!!

Ccile!

I'm Philippe! Philippe!

Help me! Ccile!

Ccile! Ccile!

- Nurse, would you excuse us, please?

- Yes, Inspector.

- Did you catch it?

- Yes, I caught it.

It seemed feeble. I gave it food.

How long does a fly live?

Musca domestica... common housefly:

life span about three weeks.

- But they die very quickly when it's cold.

- I'll see that the laboratory is kept warm.

But how can we know how much

of its life span this creature has left?

It seems so hopeless, Inspector. So hopeless.

My dear friend, nothing is ever hopeless.

But with 100 men searching for him, hunting

him down as though he were a wild animal...

How can he elude 100 men?

Perhaps he's dead already.

Wounded by one of your police bullets, he

may have crawled into some thicket to die.

Keep up your courage.

You're going to need it -

all of it - when we find him.

What is it?

- The man you knew as Alan Hinds.

- Yes?

He's dead. Neck bones crushed

by some gigantic pressure.

Also, a notorious dealer

in stolen property named Max Barthold.

Did Philippe do it?

- What can we do?

- Wait... until the police catch Philippe.

Or, if he evades them,

wait until he comes here.

You and the girl and her mother are the

only ones he can possibly turn to for help.

- Inspector...

- Yes?

Suppose he does come here.

And suppose he's not like Andr.

When this happened to my brother...

...he still had a human mind

and a human conscience.

What if Philippe does not have the mind of

a human, but the murderous brain of the fly?

I pray that he does not.

But if he does come here -

not for help, but...

...to kill...?

Then he will have to be destroyed.

(dog barking)

(scraping)

(barking)

Inspector! Please, help me!

Tell Franois he's needed in the laboratory.

And do not let the nurse interfere.

I'm all right.

Put him in the cabinet, quickly.

(fly buzzing)

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