1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,000 Now, Roma Wines present... 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:10,000 Suspense! 3 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:24,000 Tonight, the Bluebeard of Balak, starring Merle O'Brien. 4 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:28,000 Suspense is presented for your enjoyment by Roma Wines. 5 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:31,000 That's R-O-M-A, Roma Wines. 6 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:36,000 Those excellent California wines that can add so much pleasantness to the way you live. 7 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,000 To your happiness and entertaining guests. 8 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,000 To your enjoyment of everyday meals. 9 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:48,000 Yes, right now a glass full would be very pleasant, as Roma Wines bring you... 10 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:52,000 Suspense! 11 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:57,000 This is the man in black here for the Roma Wine Company of Fresno, California. 12 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:01,000 Who tonight from Hollywood bring you a star, Miss Merle O'Brien. 13 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:07,000 And a suspense play inspired by an actual recent news item from occupied France. 14 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:12,000 And so with the Bluebeard of Balak and with the performance of Merle O'Brien, 15 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:14,000 we again hope to keep you in... 16 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:21,000 Suspense! 17 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,000 Alright, get back, stand back there. 18 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:25,000 Back up the wall. 19 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:27,000 How many were there this time? 20 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,000 One. They found most of them. 21 00:01:29,000 --> 00:01:30,000 And? 22 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:31,000 It was a soldier, a German. 23 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,000 I heard it was an officer. 24 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,000 Stay back. Back there. Come on. 25 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,000 But they're still digging? 26 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:39,000 Yes. What officer was it, did they say? 27 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,000 They think it was Captain Mueller. You know the doctor. 28 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,000 They think? 29 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,000 They don't know. They're looking for his head. 30 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:52,000 One, two, three, four. 31 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:56,000 Ah, it's an anhyzer. How about this? 32 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:00,000 Of course they found the body, identified the body. Why don't they identify him? 33 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,000 Identify him? 34 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:05,000 The Bluebeard. Why they find out who he is. 35 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:07,000 Listen, listen. 36 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Attention, attention. Villages of Balak, Saint-Jean, Brelanion, Flumey. 37 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:27,000 Attention. This morning's victim of the Bluebeard of Balak is identified as Captain Franz Mueller, medical officer, attached to the staff of Colonel Strelitz. 38 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,000 Oh, an officer. 39 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:35,000 For the first time the Bluebeard himself has been seen, and a description has been provided. 40 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,000 Mr. Lübio, please. 41 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Yes. 42 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:41,000 I must speak with Colonel Strelitz. Is he here? I have information. 43 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,000 Information about what? 44 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:45,000 About the Bluebeard. Is the Colonel here? 45 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:48,000 He's in the staff car. Over there. 46 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,000 Please take me to him. I must see him. 47 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:51,000 And who are you? 48 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:56,000 This is Gilles Combre, Madame Combre. I live on the road to Flumey, just outside the village. 49 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,000 Well, all right, come along, Madame. 50 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:02,000 Is that the Colonel, sitting in the back of the car? 51 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:09,000 Yes. Now you wait here. I'll see. 52 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:13,000 Colonel Strelitz, Corporal Brecht. 53 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:18,000 Mr. Oberst, there's a woman from the village, Madame Combre. She has alleged information about the Bluebeard. 54 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:23,000 Well, what a hysterical women's room, Mr. Oberst. 55 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:27,000 What shall we do, Kreutzer? It's a possibility. Where is she? 56 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,000 Over there, Mr. Oberst. I told you to wait. 57 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,000 All right. Come on. 58 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:35,000 Yes, Mr. Oberst. 59 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:37,000 To Colonel Lübio, Madame. 60 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:41,000 Thank you. 61 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,000 This is Madame Combre, Herr Oberst. 62 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:47,000 Madame, this is my aide, Lieutenant Kreutzer. 63 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:50,000 It was kind of you to let me speak with you, Monsieur. 64 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:55,000 Kind? Naturally, Madame. When we were told you have information about the Bluebeard. 65 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:56,000 Yes, I have. 66 00:03:56,000 --> 00:04:00,000 We can't overlook anything. Now that he's killed one of my own officers. 67 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,000 I know, I know. And I, I am next. 68 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:04,000 So? 69 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:08,000 The Bluebeard is going to kill me. He's going to kill me tonight unless you help me. 70 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,000 Unless you come home with me and stop him. 71 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,000 This is your information? 72 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:13,000 Yes. 73 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:16,000 Why, every woman in Belach believes she is next on the Bluebeard's list. 74 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:17,000 But I know. 75 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:21,000 Madame, the Colonel's time is valuable. We thought you had real information. 76 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:25,000 You don't expect us simply because you hysterically believe that... 77 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,000 No, no, please. I know, Colonel Strelitz. 78 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:29,000 How can you know? 79 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:34,000 Because, Monsieur. Because the Bluebeard is, is my husband. 80 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,000 Why? Your husband is... 81 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:42,000 Dr. Pierre Combre. Yes. He's the man you're looking for. 82 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:47,000 I've known it for a long time. He is the Bluebeard. 83 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:51,000 Tonight for Suspense, Roma wines are bringing you a star. 84 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:57,000 Miss Merle Oberon, whom you have heard in the prologue to The Bluebeard of Belach by Sylvia Richards. 85 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,000 Tonight's tale of suspense. 86 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:12,000 In many foreign lands, wherever you are, you will find a lot of fun. 87 00:05:12,000 --> 00:05:23,000 In many foreign lands, wherever wine connoisseurs gather, they enthusiastically praise the distinguished character of Roma wines. 88 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:29,000 Such praise of Roma wines in foreign lands can only mean that they are truly magnificent in quality. 89 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:35,000 Roma wines' excellence is due to a unique combination of California's perfect soil and climate. 90 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:42,000 From whence come the choice Roma wine grapes, plus age-old winemaking skill and modern knowledge. 91 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:49,000 These combine to make Roma constant in quality, uniformly fine, unexcelled in value. 92 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:58,000 Tomorrow, discover for yourself the delightful Roma taste and goodness enjoyed by more Americans than any other wine. 93 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:06,000 Simply serve as an appetizer before dinner a cool glass of golden, nut-like Roma California Sherry. 94 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:11,000 Then on the table, place a bottle of cool, hearty Roma Burgundy. 95 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:19,000 You will be pleasantly surprised at the extra delight it adds to your meal, how it will win new compliments from family or guests. 96 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,000 Yet, the cost is only pennies a glass full. 97 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:29,000 Get Roma wines tomorrow. If your dealer is temporarily out of Roma, please try again soon. 98 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:33,000 Ask for R-O-M-A, Roma wines. 99 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:39,000 Remember, more Americans enjoy Roma than any other wine. 100 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:49,000 And now it is with pleasure that we bring back to our sound stage Miss Merle Oberon as Madame Cécile Combré in the Bluebeard of Bellac. 101 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:54,000 A tale well calculated to keep you in suspense. 102 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:14,000 Eleven o'clock. He'll be here in an hour. And if you had not come here with me... 103 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:17,000 You have nothing to fear Madame. The house is well guarded. 104 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:19,000 But won't the guards frighten him away? 105 00:07:19,000 --> 00:07:26,000 The instructions are to let him through. They will come in only when we have him trapped and we are armed. 106 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:30,000 Yes, and he does not carry a gun. You know he uses a knife. 107 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:36,000 Madame Combré, why didn't you come to us before if you knew your husband was Bluebeard? 108 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:43,000 First I wasn't sure. Then, when I was sure... well, he was still my husband. 109 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:45,000 Then why now? 110 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:52,000 Because now he will kill me and I'm afraid. I knew when he went away with the body of Captain Muller yesterday. 111 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,000 You saw the captain? 112 00:07:54,000 --> 00:08:00,000 Yes, I saw it. And when Pierre looked at me, I knew he'd kill me. Tonight. 113 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,000 Yes, he may try. 114 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:06,000 It's been weeks of fear and the night, the endless nights... 115 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,000 Have you been married long Madame? 116 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,000 Long? No, less than a year. 117 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,000 You aren't French, are you? 118 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:18,000 No, no, I'm English. I spent a summer in Flomey about four years ago and I liked it, so I stayed. 119 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,000 I taught English in the village school there. 120 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,000 Dr. Combré? 121 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:27,000 About a year ago there was an epidemic in Flomey and he, Pierre, came there to help. 122 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:32,000 It seemed to me when I met him to be very kind, a very noble man. 123 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:37,000 Of course I didn't know him well, but when he asked me to marry him, I was very happy. 124 00:08:37,000 --> 00:08:44,000 The morning after we were married, he brought me here to Bellac, to this house which had been his family's for many generations. 125 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:48,000 It was a beautiful morning, early spring. 126 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:54,000 We came, as you did tonight, up the hill past the summer house to the front door. 127 00:08:54,000 --> 00:09:00,000 Well, here it is, Madame Combré. Come, I'll carry you over the threshold. 128 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,000 Oh, careful Pierre, don't drop me. 129 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:04,000 No chance of that. 130 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:10,000 Now, this is the hall. Shall I carry you on from room to room? 131 00:09:10,000 --> 00:09:12,000 Oh, Pierre, no. Put me down. 132 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:16,000 Very well. Come this way. 133 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:24,000 Now, here is the parlor. Oh, hello Captain Muller. 134 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,000 Good morning, Doctor. 135 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:29,000 I've been waiting. I hope you don't mind. 136 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,000 They said you'd be back this morning, the people down the road. 137 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:35,000 Yes, I was held up by my wedding. 138 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,000 Your wedding? 139 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:44,000 Oh, I'm sorry. Cecil, this is Captain Muller, the medical officer in charge with Colonel Strahlitz. Captain, my wife, Cecil. 140 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:46,000 How do you do here, Muller? 141 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:51,000 Well, Doctor, I congratulate you. I see even an epidemic can be useful. 142 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:55,000 That's one way of looking at it. So, what's up, Muller? 143 00:09:55,000 --> 00:10:05,000 Oh, I wanted you to come in tomorrow to help with the vaccinations. About 150 are going out and we need help. 144 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,000 The last lot carried typhoid. 145 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:09,000 I'd be glad to help. What time? 146 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:13,000 Well, they are leaving at noon. If you're there at eight o'clock, we'll have enough time. 147 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,000 I'll be there. 148 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,000 Very well, Doctor. Madame, tomorrow then. 149 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:19,000 Hail Hitler. 150 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,000 Hail Hitler. 151 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:25,000 Ah, now we will go on with our tour. Follow me. 152 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,000 Pierre, who's to be vaccinated tomorrow? 153 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:34,000 Oh, Labour draftees being sent to Germany. This is the kitchen. The stairs go up from here. 154 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:35,000 What's upstairs? 155 00:10:35,000 --> 00:10:44,000 Well, off that first landing there are several bedrooms, mine and others, and on the floor above still more. Before the war there were servants. 156 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:45,000 This is a pantry? 157 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:46,000 Yes. 158 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:50,000 And this door, where does it... Oh, it's locked. What is it? 159 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:53,000 Ah, an old wine cellar. It's not used. 160 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,000 A cellar? Do you have a key? 161 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,000 There's nothing down there, Cecile, that would interest you. 162 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,000 Oh, but I'd like to see. We might be able to grow mushrooms or... 163 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,000 No, Cecile, it can't be used. 164 00:11:01,000 --> 00:11:03,000 Let's look. Where's the key, Pierre? 165 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:04,000 Cecile. 166 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,000 Yes? 167 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:08,000 That door must stay locked. 168 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:09,000 But Pierre... 169 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,000 You understand? 170 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,000 Yes, but... but why? 171 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:28,000 No matter what happens, you must never try to go down there. Never. 172 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:38,000 You see, Monsieur, it was a small thing. Just a room I must not enter. He told me the room was used for his experiments and I believed him. I was in love. 173 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:47,000 But there were other things and they added up to... fear. Just the taste of fear. A shadow so light I... I didn't know it was there. 174 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:53,000 It was first of all the gossip I heard in the village when I went to market. 175 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:56,000 Ah, good morning, Madame Convray. You're late today. 176 00:11:56,000 --> 00:11:59,000 Pierre worked late last night. Is there any milk, Madame Bourget? 177 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,000 I can let you have a little pint. 178 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:02,000 Oh, if that's all. 179 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:05,000 Does the doctor work often at night? 180 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:07,000 Quite often, in his laboratory. 181 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:10,000 I could not bear a man who potted around after dark. 182 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:11,000 But it's his profession. 183 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:16,000 Maybe, but I would not sleep a wink. Not with this blue beard around. 184 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:20,000 No, I like a man who is steady, so I know what he's up to. 185 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:24,000 Oh, how can you bear to live in that big depressing house? 186 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:25,000 Oh, but I love it. 187 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:32,000 Well, you're young. I suppose it's romantic to you. It's no place for a woman to be alone. 188 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:37,000 The first Madame Convray, you know. She died there. 189 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:42,000 Yes, Pierre told me. But I know he did everything he could. 190 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,000 Oh, yes? 191 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:47,000 It was very sudden. Typhoid can be very sudden. 192 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:53,000 Yes, the certificate said typhoid. That's why your coffin was sealed. 193 00:12:53,000 --> 00:13:01,000 Oh! Hey, Jean! Jean, what is it? What is it? What's happened? Everyone's running. 194 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:04,000 There's an announcement, Madame. They know who one of them is. 195 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,000 One? Of whom? 196 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:07,000 There were three last night. One of them was a man. 197 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,000 Three? 198 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:11,000 Why, the blue beard, he killed three in one night. Cut them to bits. 199 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:13,000 Oh, how terrible. 200 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:17,000 All sliced up and scattered around, Madame Convray. You should have seen. 201 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:19,000 Oh, no. Where were they? 202 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:23,000 In the meadow north of the church. Why, that's near your house. 203 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,000 The meadow? 204 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:33,000 Yes, Madame Convray. If you had been awake, you would have heard him. You or the doctor. 205 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:45,000 Yes, if I'd been awake, I would have heard. And one night, I was awake. 206 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:50,000 My husband and I had gone to bed early and I slept well. I'd worked in the garden most of the afternoon. 207 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:54,000 But shortly after eleven, something, some sound woke me. 208 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:59,000 It may have been only an owl screech. I lay in the dark and listened. 209 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:03,000 I didn't hear it again. Then I heard another sound. 210 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:09,000 And I saw there was a little moonlight. That my husband was out of bed and that he was dressing. 211 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:10,000 Pierre. 212 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:11,000 Oh, did I wake you? 213 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:12,000 Pierre, what is it? 214 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,000 Nothing, Cecile. Go back to sleep. 215 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,000 Is someone ill? Did someone come for you? 216 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,000 I have to go out. Go back to sleep, Cecile. I won't be long. 217 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:21,000 Something woke me. I heard a sound. 218 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:22,000 I'm sorry. 219 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:24,000 Did someone come for you? Was it Captain Muller? 220 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:25,000 No. 221 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:27,000 Who is it, Pierre? Who is he? 222 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:28,000 No one you know. 223 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,000 Where are you going, Pierre? Do you have to go far? 224 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:32,000 Go back to sleep. I won't be long. 225 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:33,000 But, but Pierre. 226 00:14:33,000 --> 00:14:35,000 I'm sorry I woke you. 227 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,000 You didn't. I'm sure I heard a... 228 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,000 Cecile, it's best that you go back to sleep. 229 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:41,000 I just wondered. 230 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:44,000 It's best for you. Good night, Cecile. 231 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:48,000 He went away, Colonel Strelitz, and I lay there in my bed, 232 00:14:48,000 --> 00:14:52,000 rigid, listening to his steps down the dark stairs into this kitchen. 233 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:54,000 I heard the front door open and close. 234 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:57,000 Then he went down the gravel path in the moonlight. 235 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,000 I waited. 236 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,000 It seemed long, yet it was only a little time. 237 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:04,000 That clock there, I could hear it through the floor, 238 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:07,000 chime the quarter, then the half. 239 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:10,000 When I heard him, it was not yet midnight. 240 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:14,000 Then he came slowly, climbing the hill. 241 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,000 I slipped out of bed and went down the stairs to the landing there, 242 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:19,000 from where I could watch him come into the kitchen. 243 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:25,000 But when he came into the kitchen, I could not speak, 244 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,000 for he was not alone. 245 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:30,000 Over his shoulders, he carried a body, 246 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:32,000 a man, I think, 247 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,000 and he was stooped under his horrible burden. 248 00:15:35,000 --> 00:15:37,000 He crossed the kitchen without a word. 249 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,000 He did not hear what I was sure he must hear, 250 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,000 the pounding of my heart. 251 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:45,000 He took a key from his pocket, 252 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:46,000 holding the body with one hand, 253 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:49,000 unlocked that door to the wine cellar, 254 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:52,000 and went into its awful blackness. 255 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,000 Then I was back in my room. 256 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,000 I don't remember how I got there, 257 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,000 cold and shaking in my bed. 258 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:01,000 When I heard, oh, Monsieur, it was bitterful. 259 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:04,000 I heard rising from the depths of the earth, 260 00:16:04,000 --> 00:16:07,000 from where he had gone, 261 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:10,000 the scream of a man in fearful agony. 262 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:18,000 Cecile. 263 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,000 Yes, Pierre. 264 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:21,000 You are still awake. 265 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:22,000 No, Pierre, I... 266 00:16:22,000 --> 00:16:24,000 I told you to go back to sleep. 267 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:25,000 I was, Pierre, I did. 268 00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,000 But you are awake now. 269 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,000 Something... I heard something. 270 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:30,000 Yes, you heard? 271 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,000 It was a man. 272 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:34,000 Yes, you heard? 273 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:37,000 It must have been you opening the door. 274 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:38,000 Oh. 275 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,000 You came in suddenly. You must have... 276 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:42,000 Yes, yes, I think I did. 277 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:45,000 Well, we'll go to sleep now. 278 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:48,000 Yes, we'll go to sleep. 279 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:49,000 Pierre. 280 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:50,000 Yes. 281 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:51,000 Was someone ill? 282 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:52,000 Yes. 283 00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:55,000 Who was it, Pierre? 284 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:56,000 Did you have to go far? 285 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,000 We'll go to sleep now, Cecile. 286 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,000 What time is it? 287 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:04,000 It's just past midnight. 288 00:17:13,000 --> 00:17:16,000 Midnight was usually the hour, his hour. 289 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,000 He always came back soon after. 290 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,000 And the following day, 291 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:20,000 there were always the announcements 292 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:22,000 on the loudspeakers in the village. 293 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,000 Bodies, pieces of bodies. 294 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:28,000 It was the day when he and your men found out it. 295 00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:30,000 It was so horrible for me, 296 00:17:30,000 --> 00:17:31,000 because she was so beautiful 297 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:33,000 and still only a child. 298 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:36,000 And you remember, the body was yet warm. 299 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:37,000 So the whistles were blown, 300 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:40,000 calling all the village to the church square, 301 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,000 because the bluebeard might still carry his knife 302 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,000 or have blood on him. 303 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:47,000 Or he might not get there 304 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,000 and be known because he was missing. 305 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:50,000 I was in the village, 306 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:52,000 and I ran to the square with the mayor. 307 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:53,000 And we stood in line with the others. 308 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:54,000 Everyone was there. 309 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,000 Everyone except Pierre. 310 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,000 What terror I felt. 311 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,000 Monsieur, when you began to call the names. 312 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:08,000 Madame Combre, are you here? 313 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:09,000 It's just the sun. 314 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,000 It's so warm, yet I feel chilly. 315 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,000 You're very pale, aren't you? 316 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:15,000 Here. 317 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:17,000 Why, I don't see Pierre. 318 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,000 Here, here. 319 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:21,000 Oh, he's probably with Captain Muller. 320 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:22,000 He'll be here. 321 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:24,000 Pierre Combre. 322 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:25,000 Pierre. 323 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:27,000 Here, here, I'm here. 324 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:28,000 Pierre. 325 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:29,000 Don't look at me like that. 326 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:30,000 You'll attract notice. 327 00:18:30,000 --> 00:18:31,000 You're out of breath. 328 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:32,000 Where were you, Pierre? 329 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:33,000 Doesn't matter, I'm here. 330 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,000 But your hands, your clothes, they're wet. 331 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:47,000 So you see, I still did not know. 332 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,000 And I needed to be sure. 333 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,000 I could not live unless I was sure. 334 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:52,000 So I stole the key. 335 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:54,000 The key to the cellar. 336 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:56,000 Yes, it was that easy. 337 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:59,000 While he slept, and the next day he went to the village with Captain Muller. 338 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,000 And left me alone with the answer in my hand. 339 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:05,000 I opened the door and went down those steps. 340 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,000 Carrying a candle. 341 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,000 We will go down there in a moment, Colonel Strelitz. 342 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:11,000 To wait for him. 343 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,000 And you will see. 344 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,000 There is a little room. 345 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:17,000 Bare and damp by the candle's light. 346 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,000 I saw there was something on the table. 347 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:20,000 It was his case. 348 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,000 It was his case. 349 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:23,000 Filled with knives. 350 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:25,000 Surgical instruments. 351 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,000 Not strange for a doctor. 352 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:28,000 There was blood on them. 353 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,000 Fresh blood. 354 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:31,000 And there was more on the table. 355 00:19:31,000 --> 00:19:33,000 On the floor. 356 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:37,000 And much blood on a sheet which I found thrown into the corner. 357 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:42,000 I found the strength to get out and to lock the door again. 358 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:45,000 Put the key back that night. 359 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,000 So again I did not know. 360 00:19:47,000 --> 00:19:50,000 I did not really know until yesterday. 361 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,000 I was sewing in the front parlor. 362 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:56,000 And Pierre was walking up and down because he had an appointment with Captain Muller. 363 00:19:56,000 --> 00:19:57,000 But the captain was late. 364 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,000 What's keeping Muller? 365 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:01,000 Perhaps he got orders. 366 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,000 More soldiers came into Belac yesterday. 367 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:04,000 Many more. 368 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,000 Yes I know but that shouldn't keep him. 369 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,000 There's something going on. 370 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,000 They're getting ready for something. 371 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:10,000 Yes but why would Muller... 372 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,000 Do sit down Pierre. 373 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,000 Your walking makes me nervous. 374 00:20:13,000 --> 00:20:15,000 I've spoiled the seam and have to rip it out. 375 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:16,000 Oh I'm sorry. 376 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,000 Some of the soldiers were searching houses yesterday. 377 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:21,000 I don't know what they were looking for. 378 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:22,000 Did they come here? 379 00:20:22,000 --> 00:20:24,000 Oh no. At least not while I was here. 380 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,000 I was in the village most of the afternoon. 381 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,000 That's when I saw the soldiers. 382 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,000 And there's nothing here to look for. 383 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,000 Is there Pierre? 384 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:34,000 That's it. Of course. 385 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,000 Why didn't I think he's down there? 386 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,000 Pierre. 387 00:20:37,000 --> 00:20:39,000 Where are you going? 388 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,000 I'm going down to my cellar Cecile. I have work. 389 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:43,000 Pierre. No. Not the captain. 390 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,000 Yes the captain and Cecile. 391 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,000 I don't want to be disturbed. 392 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,000 And then I knew. 393 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:00,000 He was going to kill Captain Muller. 394 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:02,000 He was going to kill a German soldier. 395 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,000 Worse. An officer. 396 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:10,000 I knew then Colonel Strelitz that if he would go that far he was no longer a man I could even attempt to reason with. 397 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,000 His insane urge to kill my turn on anyone. 398 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:14,000 Even me. 399 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,000 I had to stop him. 400 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,000 Cecile. 401 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,000 Cecile. What are you doing? You can't come down here. 402 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,000 You. You killed him. 403 00:21:28,000 --> 00:21:30,000 Cecile. Now. I'll have to. 404 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:32,000 But I wasn't ready. It's not time. 405 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,000 Captain Muller. They'll track you down. You. 406 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,000 You can't get away. 407 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,000 Cecile. Be quiet. I warned you. I told you not to. 408 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:41,000 Murder. You did it. 409 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,000 You killed him. And the others. 410 00:21:43,000 --> 00:21:45,000 I told you. What will you do now? 411 00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:49,000 Do. What do you think I'll have to do? 412 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,000 And now. Now you know too. 413 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,000 And in a few minutes he'll come. 414 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:14,000 And then it'll all be over. 415 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,000 It's almost midnight. 416 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:18,000 It's a remarkable story madame. 417 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,000 So he made no attempt to harm you last night. 418 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:22,000 No Colonel Strelitz. It wasn't time. 419 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,000 Not time. 420 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,000 He kills only when he feels the need. 421 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:28,000 And he'd already killed one. So the need was gone. 422 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,000 And it was daylight. 423 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,000 He left then? 424 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,000 Yes. I haven't seen him since. 425 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:36,000 He looked at me. 426 00:22:36,000 --> 00:22:38,000 It was a terrible look. 427 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,000 And he went. And I knew by the look that I would be the next. 428 00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:43,000 Tonight. 429 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,000 And Captain Miller? 430 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:47,000 He took the captain's body with him. 431 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:49,000 Come. 432 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:51,000 We must go down to the cellar now. 433 00:22:51,000 --> 00:22:53,000 Before midnight. 434 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:55,000 Very well. 435 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,000 Lieutenant will you bring the lamp? 436 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,000 Yes. I'll bring it. 437 00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,000 You see. It's unlocked. 438 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,000 Has he left it? 439 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:05,000 Close the door behind you Colonel. 440 00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:11,000 I will. 441 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,000 Careful. The last step. 442 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:17,000 Another door. 443 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:19,000 Oh. It is small and damp. 444 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,000 Is that the table? 445 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,000 Where he... 446 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,000 Yes. 447 00:23:25,000 --> 00:23:27,000 Set the lamp there Lieutenant. 448 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,000 You can see the stairs. 449 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:31,000 They're quite dry by now. 450 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,000 I see. 451 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,000 And on the floor. 452 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:37,000 Sit down Monsieur. 453 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,000 There where you can watch the door. 454 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,000 I will stand here at the back if you don't mind. 455 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,000 You're right. 456 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,000 It's safest for you. 457 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,000 Listen. 458 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,000 I heard the clock strike. 459 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:51,000 And... 460 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,000 Yes. Listen. 461 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,000 It's the door. 462 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,000 Have you your guns? 463 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,000 Quiet. Yes. But we want to take him alive. 464 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:01,000 You can. He's coming down. 465 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:07,000 Yes. 466 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:11,000 Cecile. Are you there? 467 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:13,000 Put your hands up Dr. Combery. 468 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,000 Ah. Visitors. 469 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,000 Well done Cecile. 470 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:19,000 Scarcely visitors doctor. 471 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,000 A bit more unpleasant for you. 472 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,000 Now if you'll... 473 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,000 Put your hands up Colonel Strelitz. 474 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,000 You too Lieutenant. 475 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,000 Madame Combery. 476 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,000 He's... He's... 477 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,000 The blue beard. I'll take your gun Colonel. 478 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,000 And yours. 479 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,000 No Colonel. I am no blue beard as you knew very well. 480 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:43,000 It was clever of you to plant the mutilated bodies of your victims to drive me into the open. 481 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:49,000 To create this legend of a blue beard to make the people of Belac suspect all men who work at night as I do. 482 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:53,000 To make the village distrust me their leader. 483 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,000 Madame Combery. 484 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:57,000 You saw Captain Muller. Saw his body. 485 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,000 Captain? Yes. Pierre killed Captain Muller. 486 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,000 He was his one victim. 487 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:05,000 Because the captain was suspicious and pried a little too far into this room. 488 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:11,000 Pierre had to kill him because he was... He saw our radio station behind that wall. 489 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:15,000 Open it Pierre and let the Colonel see. 490 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:21,000 You see. The wall opens easily and behind it is the nerve center for Belac. 491 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,000 For our underground army. 492 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:27,000 Army. Sneaks and cowards who set their women to lying. 493 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:29,000 I lied. What else? 494 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:33,000 You said that he carried in a body. That there was a scream in the night. That there was a body. 495 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:37,000 All true Colonel. Yes I carried home a man wounded by your soldiers. 496 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:41,000 And I removed the bullet without anesthesia for we French have no such luxuries. 497 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:45,000 So the blood of that patriot is mixed on the table with that of the late Captain Muller. 498 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:47,000 Don't you know it's hopeless for you? 499 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:48,000 Hopeless? 500 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:54,000 Colonel surely you know that our armies are in France. Americans, English and our underground army which surrounds you. 501 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:56,000 But this house is surrounded by my men. 502 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:58,000 It was you mean Colonel. 503 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,000 Are you still there Mr. Porter? 504 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,000 Porter? Yeah what do you say Doc? 505 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:03,000 Everything quiet? 506 00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:06,000 Quiet as a tomb Doc. All things down there. 507 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,000 Who's that? 508 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:12,000 We have what you call a couple of rats Mr. Porter. Then we are finished. 509 00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,000 Okay. 510 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,000 That is Mr. Porter as you heard. He is an American. 511 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,000 An American? You? 512 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:23,000 He is commanding a large number of parachutists who just an hour ago dropped into our meadow. 513 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:26,000 And who a few minutes ago very quietly killed the guards you mentioned. 514 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,000 Killed? My God. 515 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:32,000 Yes and since you were here in the cellar unfortunately you could not hear. 516 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:35,000 But now Pierre you have your work to finish. 517 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,000 Your work? 518 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:41,000 I have orders from my army to kill you and the lieutenant. 519 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,000 To secure this advance for our allies. 520 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,000 So with Cecile's help I set this little trap. 521 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:48,000 Listen to me you want... 522 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:51,000 Cecile do you want to share the honor? 523 00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,000 No. No. No. No. 524 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:56,000 Please. 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