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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes Page #8
- PG-13
- Year:
- 1970
- 125 min
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Are you sure you've got
the right Mr. Ashdown?
Quite sure, Mr. Holmes.
Well, Watson...
l would say the curtain
is going up on the last act.
l don't like the sound of it.
Please be careful.
Holmes, you'd better
take this with you.
Well...who's minding
the castle?
You'd better get on.
lt's getting late.
Where are we going?
Some sort of party?
You won't be disappointed
in the guest list.
Who's the host?
Jonah.
Mr. Ashdown, l presume?
The red runner, l presume.
You shouldn't have gone
to all this trouble just for me.
lt's not for you. McKennah?
May l have
the champagne, please?
Not a very good vintage,
is it?
Mediocre, but then again,
it's not for drinking.
Tie it up, will you?
ln here.
lnteresting...and educational.
Despite my most
emphatic warning...
you persisted in meddling.
lt would have served you right
if you had all drowned.
Sorry to be so unobliging.
''E. Valladon.''
Hmm...
l imagine that this belongs
to the pretty lady...
and this belongs
to your...valet.
We found them floating
in the lake.
Speaking about things
floating in the lake--
how much do you know?
Or...think you know?
l think you're testing
some sort of underwater craft...
camouflaged
to mislead the gullible.
l think it's
an experimental model...
operated by a crew of midgets.
sulfuric acid batteries...
and uses canaries
Altogether, a unique
contraption.
Not quite that unique.
Right now, four countries
are trying to develop...
what we call a submersible...
but none of them could
solve the critical problem--
how to stay submerged long
enough to make it effective.
What does the good book say?
the belly of that fish...
''for three days
and three nights.''
That was our goal...
and thanks to
Valladon's air pump...
we got a jump
on the rest of them.
lt's a highly complex
system of filtration...
so we had a series of trials--
And at least one error.
During a test run
in the Moray Firth...
pressure caused
a leak in the hull...
the acid in the batteries...
Before they could reach
the surface...
Valladon and two of
the crew were dead.
So you had them buried
in unmarked graves...
to preserve your secret.
lt was essential...
to keep the information
from your client!
You went to all those lengths...
from finding her husband?
Your client isn't
Madame Valladon!
lt's the lmperial
German Government.
They were after
the Belgian engineer...
or rather his invention.
They knew he was
employed by us...
but they couldn't
find out where.
So they enlisted the best
brain in England to help them.
You, my dear brother,
have been working for
the Wilhelm Strasse.
And Madame Valladon...
what part did she play
in all of this?
Madame Valladon is dead.
Dead?
three weeks ago in Brussels.
This is Gabrielle Valladon.
The woman who was
brought to your house...
in the middle of the night...
apparently fished out
of the Thames...
and apparently suffering
from amnesia...
is in fact
llsa von Hoffmanstal...
one of their most
skillful agents.
Am l going too fast for
the best brain in England?
Go on.
They planted her on you
quite neatly, l must admit...
so that you could lead them...
to their objective,
the air pump...
very much like using a hog
to find truffles.
And now perhaps
you'd care to join me.
l'm expecting a certain
royal personage from Balmoral.
Your Majesty.
l trust you had
a pleasant journey, ma'am.
lt was long,
and it was tedious...
and it had better be
worth our while, Mr. Holmes.
l can assure you, ma'am,
it will be.
Now, what is this curious ship
we are supposed to christen?
We call it a submersible, ma'am.
Under water?
What a fantastic idea!
Ma'am, may l present
some of the scientists...
responsible
for this achievement?
J.W. Ferguson, naval architect.
Your Majesty.
Professor Simson, our leading
expert in hydraulics.
Your Majesty.
W.W. Prescott, co-inventor
of the revolving periscope.
Your Majesty.
And this is my brother
Sherlock, ma'am.
Ah, yes! Sherlock Holmes.
We have been following
your exploits...
with great interest!
Thank you, ma'am.
Are you engaged in one of
your fascinating cases...
at the moment?
ln a manner of speaking, ma'am.
When can we expect to read...
Dr. Watson's account
of the case?
l hope never, ma'am.
lt has not been one of
my more successful endeavors.
Oh.
There she is, ma'am--
Her Majesty's Ship Jonah.
And what, may we ask...
is the purpose of that
hideous gargoyle?
Merely a decoy, ma'am.
Oh! To frighten away
the sharks, we imagine.
Something of the sort.
The crew will now demonstrate
the workings of the submersible.
Stand to!
Aren't they rather small
for sailors?
They are, ma'am, but because of
the size of the craft...
the Navy made an exception.
They should make it a rule.
lt is quite fatiguing
to pin on all those medals...
while standing on our toes.
This is the main engine
which propels us under water...
at the rate of two knots.
The reciprocating
stabilizer mechanism...
the high-voltage
acid batteries...
the multi-stage compressor...
ballast tank trimmer...
the air pump which filters
and recirculates the air.
How charming!
The air pump, ma'am?
Canaries!
Must make the crew feel at home.
Yes, ma'am.
These are for firing
the torpedoes...
which are accurate
up to as much as 1 20 feet...
the telescope for scanning
the surface of the water...
But where is the glass bottom?
The what, ma'am?
The glass bottom!
You know...to observe the fish.
And the plants and the cockles.
That's not quite
the idea, ma'am.
H.M.S. Jonah has been
commissioned as a warship.
A warship?
Stop that noise!
Stop it!
Ma'am, if l may explain--
You had better!
The admiralty
regards this craft...
as the ultimate weapon
in naval warfare.
lt can seek out enemy ships...
and destroy them
with those torpedoes...
while remaining
completely invisible.
You mean it can fire
at other vessels...
while under water?
Yes, ma'am.
Without any warning?
That is correct, ma'am.
Without showing her colors?
lndeed, ma'am.
Mr. Holmes, we are not amused.
lt is unsportsmanlike,
it is un-English...
and it is in very poor taste!
We will have none of it!
l beg your pardon, ma'am.
Sometimes we despair
at the state of the world.
What will scientists
think of next?
That's precisely it, ma'am.
At this very moment...
the Germans,
under Count von Zeppelin...
are experimenting
with a dirigible.
A dirigible?
And what, pray, is that?
A rigid balloon
which could fly over London...
and drop a bomb
on Buckingham Palace.
lt is being developed
at the express orders...
Nonsense! We refuse to believe
that our grandson Willie...
would do a thing like that!
We have conclusive proof, ma'am.
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