经典老影片欣赏系列 狐尾草字幕
主演：格利高里·派克 Gregory Peck、 安妮·托德Ann Todd、 阿莉达·瓦尔莉（意大利） Alida Valli
维基记载，希区柯克这部法庭戏是根据英国真人实事改编。
影片投资直追《乱世佳人》，
希导完成后片长3小时，某个艺术片审将其砍掉近一半。
亦或因期望过高，上映时票房不佳，被认为是失败之作。
片名：《帕拉亭案件》
又名《凄艳断肠花》和《最毒妇人心》
后来一次洪水冲走了底片， 使得影片原貌再也无法重现。
几十年过去了，人们逐渐发现，在希导众多影片中，
此片别具风味，值得细细品赏。
八十年代，央视精挑细选，曾引进过这部影片，
让中国观众首次领略了法庭戏的魅力。
三个女演员扮演的角色，
据说是希导心目中最具魅力的三种女人：
魅惑型，贤惠型和超然不羁型。
男一号原本要请英国的劳伦斯，
刚巧他要出演《哈姆雷特》，便辞掉了此片，
改由美国当红一号男星派克出演。
（以上为背景材料）
伦敦 时间：不久前
晚餐15分钟便好。 Dinner will be ready in 1 5 minutes.
谢谢，里金。 Thankyou, Leakin.
检察官安布鲁斯来了，夫人。 Inspector Ambrose is here, madam.
请他进来好么？ -Show him in will you? 好的，夫人。 -Yes, madam.
晚上好，检察官。 -Good evening, lnspector. 晚上好，帕拉亭夫人。 -Good evening, Mrs Paradine.
这位是李高特警官。 This is Sergeant Leggott.
-你好，How do you do? -你好，How do you do?
再次看见你让我深感惊讶，检察官。 I must say I'm surprised to see you, lnspector.
关于案情，我已经没什么可补充的了。 I can't imagine anything else you want from me.
我理解，帕拉亭夫人，考虑到你所经受的…… I know, Mrs Paradine, I know what you've been through...
可我是来逮捕你的。 but I'm here to arrest you.
太难以置信了。 That's incredible.
真遗憾。 I'm sorry.
-也就是说你要带走我？ Then you'll want me to go with you? -是的，Yes.
我得告诉他们一声，晚饭不吃了。 I'll tell them I won't need dinner.
能帮我拉下铃么？就在画像旁边。 Will you ring? The bell is over there beside the picture.
你喜欢这幅画么？ Do you like the picture?
这是最近十来天刚画的，就在…… Just finished a week or two before he...
他死前不久。 before he died.
我感觉画家抓住了盲者的神态…… I think the artist has caught the blind man's look...
相当奇妙。 quite wonderfully.
帕拉亭夫人，眼下我必须 使用正式用语和你交谈。 Mrs. Paradine, I have to use some formal words to this point.
里金，叫海伦把我的黑大衣和手包拿来。 Leakin, ask Helen for my black coat and handbag.
以后再需要别的衣物， 还可以让他们送给我么？ I suppose if I need other clothes they can be brought to me?
可以的，夫人。 Yes, ma'am.
-你说吧，Well? -我这里有张逮捕令，I have a warrant for your arrest.
我得警告你，你可以保持沉默， I warn you that you need not say anything...
你的话语会成为你的呈堂供词。 but that what you say will be taken down and may be used in evidence.
逮捕令指控你在1946年6月…… The warrant charges you that on 6 May 1 946...
你犯下了，或者说是主谋了 you administered, or caused to be administered...
对理查德·帕特里克·帕拉亭的 毒杀罪行，谋杀了他。 a poisonous substance to Richard Patrick Paradine. And murdered him.
里金，今晚我可能回不来了。 Leakin, I probably won't be back this evening.
知道了，夫人。 Very well, madam.
晚餐的事对厨师说声抱歉。 -Tell Cook I'm sorry about dinner. -好的夫人，Yes, madam.
-晚安，Goodnight. -晚安夫人，Goodnight madam.
没错，我对这一带乡郊很熟。 Yes, I know the country very well.
可交通太不便利了…… But it's so difficult to get there...
-开车去当然不行…… you can't go by car... 在这里，先生。 -In here sir.
原谅我来晚了。 Forgive me for being late.
我正拾掇着要去吃晚饭呢， 你的电话就来了。 I was dressing for dinner when your call came.
-我裹着浴巾就冲出来了。 -I took it in a bath towel. -这位是首席检察官安布罗斯。 -This is Chief lnspector Ambrose.
西蒙爵士，我的家庭律师。 Sir Simon, my family solicitor.
老熟人了，近来好么，检察官？ Yes, we're old friends. How are you, lnspector?
还行吧，西蒙爵士。一般很少见你来这里。 Well, thank you, Sir Simon. We don't often see you here.
上年纪了， You must excuse an old man.
再说这也不是什么好地方。 I'm not very keen on this place.
我们会尽快离开这里，帕拉亭夫人，尽快。 We'll get out as soon as possible, Mrs Paradine. As soon as possible.
等你们准备好了，我们就正式起诉。 When you're ready, we'll make the formal charge.
-需要另找个房间么？ -Do you want another room? -那倒不必 -That's not necessary.
让我们单独谈几分钟即可 Just give me a couple of minutes here.
好吧，长话短说， Now, let's not waste words.
我想警察局是严重搞错了， I know the police are making a terrible mistake.
我们不能丧失信心。这点最重要，不能丧失信心。 We mustn't despair. Above all, we mustn't despair.
-你没丧失信心吧？ -You're not despairing, are you? -没有，西蒙爵士。 -No, Sir Simon.
让我想想。他们会先读起诉书…… Let me see. They'll read the charge...
然后问你有什么可说的。 and ask if you've anything to say.
我想你最好回答“没有”，就这样简单，“没有”。 You'd better say "No". Quite simply: "No".
明白了？好吧，就这样。 Understood? All right then.
玛德莱娜·帕拉亭…… Madelena Paradine...
你被指控在1946年5月6日…… the charge is that you, on 6 May 1 946...
蓄意谋杀了理查德·帕特里克·欧文·帕拉亭。 did wilfully murder Richard Patrick lrving Paradine.
对于这项指控，你有什么要说的么？ Would you to say anything on the accused charge?
-我没什么可说的。 -I have nothing to say. -眼下能做的就这些。 -That's all we can do at present.
我会告诉你的女仆送些日用品来。 I'll tell your maid to put together some of things.
-有些东西是可以带进来的。 -You're allowed a few things. -谁来为我辩护，你么？ -Who'll defend me? You?
在法庭上？不，当然不是我。 At the trial? No. Of course not.
我会为你找个最棒的辩护律师。 I'll get you a distinguished leader of The Bar.
-你知道安东尼·基恩么？ -You know Anthony Keane? -听说过他。 -I've heard of him.
这类案子他最擅长…… He's good in this sort of thing...
又有魅力又狡猾， 可陪审团就是喜欢他，我也喜欢。 full of charm and cunning. But juries like him. So do l.
-他不太好请吧？ -Won't it be difficult to get him? -争取吧。 -We'll see.
他眼下在林肯郡办一个案子。 He's on a case in Lincoln now.
我和女儿去找他谈，你会喜欢他的。 I'll go down and talk to him. You'll like him.
更重要的是他能否喜欢我，不是么？ It's not as important as his liking me, is it?
我想他会的，晚安。 I think he will. Goodnight.
晚安。 Goodnight.
请走这边。 Would you come this way, please?
-好好考虑一下，基因。 -Think it over, Keane. -我会的，西蒙，会考虑的。 -I will, Simmie, I will.
-晚上好，贝克。 -Evening, Baker. -晚上好，先生。 -Good evening , sir.
-托尼？ -Tony? -是我，亲爱的。 -Yes, my love?
我就知道，又没拿伞穿雨衣。噢，宝贝。 I knew it. You didn't have an umbrella or raincoat. Oh, darling.
你都湿透了，托尼。 贝克，你能把鸡尾酒送上来么？ You're wet through Tony. Baker, will you bring up the cocktails?
-你也不问问我打赢官司没？ -You might ask me if I won. -你总是赢。 -You always win.
就算淋成落汤鸡回家也是赢。 Even if you don't come home dry.
都怪西蒙的破车漏雨。 Simmie's car, it leaks.
来冲个热水澡吧。 Come and have a hot shower.
今天的酒调得浓度高些，以防着凉。 I'll make your drink strong. We may pull through.
-西蒙要我接手他的案子。 -Simmie wants me to take a case. -噢？ -Oh?
帕拉亭夫人的案子。 Mrs Paradine.
-我不相信她是凶手。 -I don't believe she did it. -能说说你的理由么？ -Could you tell me why?
作为她的律师， 我要掌握任何对她有利的东西。 As her lawyer, I could use any bit of evidence.
好人不会谋杀好人。 Nice people don't murder other nice people.
这么说，你认为她是好人。 So you think she's nice.
从照片看，她人不坏。 Her photograph looks nice.
不然她怎么会嫁给一个可怜的盲人。 If not, she wouldn't have married that poor blind man.
给你。 Here you are.
-浓度正好。 -Just right. -那就好。 -Good.
依你高见，好女人是不会谋杀她们的丈夫喽。 So in your opinion nice people never murder their husbands?
除非她不是个好女人。 I suppose there are （……？）.
我算服了，你跟这个国家 头号现实主义者生活了11年， It's amazing how 11 years with the greatest realist in the country...
一点也没能动摇你对“好人”的可爱幻想。 haven't altered your lovely delusions about nice people.
我很高兴你能为她辩护。 I'm glad you're defending her.
-为何？Why? -这个嘛……你头发湿了，我帮你擦干。 -Well...Your hair's wet. I'll rub it.
-噢，别这么使劲嘛。 -Not so hard. -看到你愿帮助别人，感觉真好。 -It's nice you can help others.
你出手能拯救他人的生命。 Even save their lives.
你变了，11年前你都不会接这个案子。 But you 've changed. 1 1 years ago you wouldn't have taken this case.
乱说，我从不会放着大钱不赚， 当初现在都一样。 Nonsense, I never turn down a big fee. Then or now.
最终你会接，但得先把富人奚落批判一番。 You'd have taken it, but only after sneering at the decadence of the rich.
看来我是道德大滑坡了。 I hardly recognise my lost ideals.
我记得你第一次来约我 I remember the first time you called on me...
拿着两张首场演出的票，有这回事吧？ with 2 tickets for that Shaw play. Remember?
你也不事先拾掇拾掇， 我们出门时老妈的脸色噢， You'd forgotten to dress. The look on Mother's face as we left the house.
整整五年你都耿耿于怀。 It took you 5 years to forgive that look.
她的脸五十年也晴不了。 It took her 50 years to perfect that look.
差不多干了，赶紧穿好衣服。 You're reasonably dry. You better get dressed.
-我不是小鸡肚肠的人。 -I'm not really mental. -我知道你不是。 -I know you're not.
若非我独具慧眼， 最终就不会收获这么个好男人了。 If I didn't pretend, I couldn't live with so brilliant a man.
你的腔调怎么和我在法庭上一样。 I use that sort of talk only on juries.
-有效么？ -Does it actually work? -过来。 -Come here.
-不行，有客人来吃晚饭呢。 -No, we've guests for dinner. -过来。 -Come here.
不行，托尼。 No, Tony.
H.M.监狱告示牌
这个女人有点怪，荣辱不惊，很神秘。 She's a strange woman, with an almost mystic calm.
-你好，西蒙爵士。 -How do you do, Sir Simon? -这位就是那个强人，帕拉亭夫人。 -Here's the great man. Mrs Paradine.
隆重给你介绍基恩先生。 May I present Mr Keane.
-你好。 -How do you do? -你好，帕拉亭夫人。 -How do you do, Mrs Paradine?
你可以振作起来了， 咱们这边有了海军陆战队。 You may take heart now. We've got the Marines on our side.
-你愿意为我辩护？ -You'll defend me? -陆战队员所向披靡。 -The Marines don't expect trouble.
一场小战斗而已， 事后你便可去法国萨瓦吃午餐了。 A brief skirmish, and you'll be lunching at the Savoy.
真的么？我哪里还敢想萨瓦。 Really? I haven't been thinking about the Savoy.
-我知道你在想什么。 -I know what you've been thinking. -是么？ -Do you?
不外乎一些灰暗的思绪： “为何感触不到死亡刺痛？ Yes. Dark thoughts like: "Death, where is thy sting?
-为何不见坟上的荣光？” -Grave where is thy victory"? -我总是听人说…… -I keep hearing them...
说我是为了钱才嫁给那个盲人， All the time. Saying I married a blind man for money.
又为了钱而杀死了他。他们还说我丈夫， Then killed him for money. And what will they say of Dickie?
说他爱上我真是蠢透了。 It makes him such a fool for loving me.
我们会找出答案的。 We'll have the answers.
答案就是：你爱他，而他需要你。 You loved him and he needed you.
-你知道这个？ -You know that? -你就是他的眼睛嘛。 -Weren't you his eyes?
没错，没办法的事。 Of course, I had to be.
没办法，帕拉亭夫人？“没办法？” Had to be, Mrs Paradine? Had to be?
你一定要小心用词。 You must mind your verbs.
西蒙的意思是，你是自愿的服务。 He means it was voluntary service.
你贡献了自己的一生给他，无偿的，愉悦的。 You devoted your whole life to him. Freely. Gladly.
我有点明白你们的意思了。 Yes. I see what you mean.
这是一种牺牲。 It was a sacrifice.
一种高尚的奉献。 A sublime sacrifice.
从这个角度来看，事情就不一样了。 Yes, it's better to see it in that light.
还有一点，帕拉亭先生并不懂得， What's more, Paradine couldn't understand.
也不能领略是怎样的一种奉献， Couldn't understand your sacrifice.
他从未见过你的容貌。 He'd never seen you.
-从未看见过。 -He'd never seen you. -没错，差不多是这样的。 -Yes, quite so, quite so.
现在还不能保证你不上证人席， 假如基恩先生…… I'm not sure if Mr Keane will put you in the witness box. If he does...
眼下我们不必对帕拉亭夫人谈这些细枝末节。 We needn't trouble Mrs Paradine with that now.
我什么时候能再见到你？ When shall I see you again?
等我仔细看过卷宗之后。 As soon as I've gone over the details.
-深深感谢你。 -Thank you deeply. -再见。 -Good afternoon.
多谢你带他来。 Thankyou for bringing him.
下次再见。 Until the next time, then.
走吧，基恩。 Come along, Keane.
这么说，你觉得基恩对她一见生情了？ So you think Tony was taken with her?
别胡乱引申好不好。 Let's not go on a fishing expedition.
好吧，不愿说就算了。托尼可能是个好律师， All right, don't tell me. Tony may be a good lawyer...
可他行事太喜欢戏剧性了。 but he loves anything dramatic.
别乱动，这很难系上的。 Hold still if you want this thing tied.
现在年轻人说话真粗鲁，八卦没底线。 The impertinence of young people today is appalling.
-要说最让人受不了的就是…… -If there's one thing I can't abide... -知道，知道啦，是粗鲁。 -I know. It's impertinence.
想想托尼又要嘚瑟一番了， Tony will give another great performance.
骑白马救落难美人， Riding to the rescue of beauty in distress.
能想象出他急不可待的样子。 How he must relish this.
要是这案子遇上了霍费尔德法官， 他最好收敛点。 If the case is before Hawfield, he'd better not try a performance...
不然法官一屁股坐扁了他。 乖女，我们要迟到了。 or he'll be sat upon. Properly. Gracious, we're late.
霍费尔德只会拿他的妻子索菲撒气。 Hawfield will take it out on Sophie.
又要听他唠唠叨叨沉湎往事了， Let's not miss a word of his Lordship's reminiscences.
内容不外乎在德克斯维尔遇上了某位淑女…… If I hear once more of his times in Deuxville with lady so-and-so...
那真是个出色的老姑娘，米莉森特女士。 Remarkable old girl, Lady Millicent.
我们一起度过了一段美好时光， 在德克斯维尔，二十年代的往事了。 We had great times together. Deuxville, back in the twenties.
我劝她去游泳，别在意70岁的年龄。 I persuaded her to go swimming at 70.
我看着她，惋惜着那消遁了的美…… I watched her and had sad thoughts about the impermanence of beauty.
噢，老天。你是不是噎着了？ Have you swallowed a plum stone?
没有，汤米，我没事。 我只是……我觉得…… No Tommy, I'm all right. I only... I mean...
我认为……我的意思是…… I mean, I thought perhaps...
你们男人别谈太长时间， 冷落了女士们…… Don't be too long you men. This is so antiquated...
-可他就喜欢这样。 -but he likes it. -他不会长篇大论的。 -He won't keep us away too long.
如果谈到了有趣话题， 别忘了叫我进来。 Call me, if the conversation takes an interesting turn.
嘀嘀咕咕，你倒还记得我耳朵不好。 I see you haven't forgotten my deaf ear.
像基恩这么出色的律师， 当然记得法官的事 Keane's too good a barrister to have forgotten.
有时我也好奇，你到底有多出色。 Sometimes I wonder how good you really are.
-还行吧，或者说运气好。 -Good enough, or lucky enough. -实在点，别假谦虚。 -Come, come. No false modesty.
-当今比他好的不多。 -There aren't many better. -或许吧。不过作为法律界的同行， -Perhaps. But I'm a legalist myself.
我觉得你常常挑逗利用陪审团的情感， You have the habit using emotion with the jury.
恕我直言，这可不是个好习惯。 I must confess I don't think it's proper.
不会吧，基恩并不常打感情牌。 Come, come. Keane's not that emotional.
事关原则，请别打岔。来支雪茄吧？ Don't interrupt me in the middle of an insult. Will you have a cigar?
要知道，这只是出于对你的关心。 You understand that I'm just concerned for you.
-你来支雪茄？ -Will you have a cigar? -不啦，谢谢。 -No, thank you.
托米很看重你丈夫， Tommy has a great opinion of your husband.
至少我觉得如此。 At least I think he has.
-你的丈夫很机敏吧？ -Your husband is clever, isn't he? -是的。Yes.
-算是机敏吧。 -I think so. -我那位也是。我不觉得这是优点。 -So's mine. I'm not sure I like it.
我是不是去催催他们？ 没人管的话， Shall I hurry them up? They'll be all night...
他们能谈上一夜。 if someone doesn't ring a bell.
私下告诉你， I shouldn't tell you this...
我一直害怕他审理谋杀案。 but I dread it when he takes a murder trial.
他回家时的表情简直…… He comes home looking so...
我能理解，可能太耗费心力了， Yes, I can well imagine. It must be a terrible strain...
尤其是世人瞩目的大案。 trying a capital charge.
你这么说很让人宽慰。 Yes, that's very comforting.
他们在讨论查理一世的案子， 认为他是无罪的。 They were retrying Charles l, and Tony got him off.
你们谈的太久了，我们都开始没话找话说了。 You've been such a long time. I 've been chattering and chattering.
亲爱的，基恩和西蒙一定喜欢 看看你的珠宝。 My dear, I'm sure Keane and Simmie would like to see your jade.
是么？我倒是有几样拿的出手的精品。 Would they? I have some pretty pieces.
很想看看。 Very much indeed.
你今晚真是秀色可餐。 You look very appetising tonight.
这话出自您之口，让人受宠若惊。 A charming complement from such a gourmet, Lord Hawfield.
告诉我，基恩夫人…… Tell me, Mrs Keane...
今晚我唠唠叨叨的让你厌烦了？ I don't amuse you very much, do l?
我一直敬仰您的智慧。 I've always admired your wit.
那我的智慧随时听候你的差使。 You may call upon my wit whenever you wish.
弃妇的日子一定很清冷无聊吧？ Life can be very boring for grass widows.
你怎么会觉得我是弃妇？ What makes you think I'm a grass widow?
别太在意我用的词语， Don't let's be pedantic.
高尔夫寡妇，股票寡妇，法庭寡妇， Golf widows, stock-exchange widows and law-court widows...
说的都是一个意思。 are the same thing.
迷人的红宝石。 Charming ruby.
你丈夫在法律界真是日进斗金啊。 Did your husband earn all that whacking away at juries?
霍费尔德夫人也称赞这宝石。 Lady Hawfield was admiring it too.
我很高兴，因为她各方面都…… It pleased me because she has such excellent taste...
品位不凡。 in most things.
基恩，你妻子不愿搭理我了。 Keane, I'm afraid your wife is wearying of me.
可惜啊，可惜。 Pity.
-还不上床么？ -Are you coming to bed? -再等会儿，亲爱的。 -In a little while, dear.
明天早晨会感觉休息不足。 You'll be tired in the morning.
-今晚很无聊，是吧？ -Dull evening, wasn't it? -没错，是无聊。 -Yes, I know.
明天要忙新案了， I've a murderous day tomorrow.
真不该让西蒙轻易说服接这个案子。 I shoudn't have let Simmie talk me into a new case.
你见过帕拉亭夫人了？ Did you see Mrs Paradine?
怎么样个人？ What's she like?
奇异魅惑型。 Strangely attractive.
你见到她也会有相同感觉。 I'm sure you'd think so anyway.
-不，我不会。 -No, I wouldn't. -你怎么了？ -What do you mean?
她让我付出的代价太大了。 She's cost me too much.
代价？ Cost you?
你在说什么啊？ What are you talking about?
如果你想不起来，我也懒的提醒你。 If you don't remember, I won't tell you.
我许诺过的周年纪念日旅行。 The anniversary trip I promised.
现在动身也赶趟啊。 We'll still make it.
这案子一时半会儿开不了庭。 Maybe before the case comes to trial.
没关系啦，亲爱的， It's all right darling.
你的心思都在老贝利（中央刑事法庭） Your excitement will always be the Old Bailey...
-和其它大大小小法庭上面。 -and other musty law courts. -说真的，今天我还想过 -Honestly, I was thinking today...
去意大利旅行该是多么美妙的事啊。 how much fun it'd be to go to ltaly.
-意大利？说好去瑞士的。 -Italy? I thought it was Switzerland. -我知道。I know.
不过意大利似乎更有特色。 But ltaly seems much more colourful.
重新逛逛威尼斯，乘坐独木舟。 Might go back to Venice. Get in a gondola.
亲爱的。 Darling.
-怎么了，有什么好笑的？ -What's the matter? What's amusing? -没什么。 -Nothing.
和你一起再次泛舟水上， 再好不过了。 I can't imagine anything better than being in a gondola again with you.
-那你笑什么？ -What is it then? -只是觉得你 -It's just that you're so...
什么都瞒不住。 so transparent.
还号称什么狡猾律师呢。 And for such a devious kind of barrister, too.
你也很鬼嘛。 You're pretty devious yourself.
来吧，对陪审团陈述一下你的想法。 Come on, tell the jury what's on your mind.
好吧。帕拉亭夫人是“奇异魅惑”的， All right. Mrs Paradine is "strangely attractive".
她的家乡意大利不也很有特色么？ And isn't ltaly colourful?
蠢话连篇！ Idiotic nonsense!
我妒忌，你该感到高兴才是。 I thought you might be pleased I can be jealous.
不是说这个，你觉得我会有兴趣…… It isn't that. How can you think I could be interested...?
你当然没兴趣。 Of course you're not interested.
其实我并不希望你老到了 对美女都提不起兴趣的地步。 I hope you're not so old you can't admire an attractive woman.
但有件事我要提醒你， But I want you to know something.
我也有仰慕者的。 Lots of men find me attractive too.
是么？谁，比方说？ Is that so? Who, for instance?
-喏，托米，比方说。 -Well, there's Tommy, for instance. -托米？ -Tommy?
托米·霍费尔德。 Tommy Hawfield.
夜深了，我们去上独木舟吧。 It's getting late. Time we were in the gondola.
今天就这样吧，他们待你还好吧？ That's enough for today. Are they treating you well?
-他们都很和善。 -Yes, they're very kind. -需要书吗？ -Do you want any books?
-不必，这里的图书馆不错。 -No, they have a good library. -那好。 -Good, good.
很快就要谈到你自己了， Soon, I'd like to talk to you about yourself.
需要了解一下你遇见帕拉亭上校之前的事。 Before you met Colonel Paradine.
-有必要吗？ -Will that be necessary? -挺烦人的，是吧？ -It's annoying...
不过，控方会对被告的品行大肆攻击， Prosecution try to tear down the defendant's character.
而我不想让他们钻空子。 I wouldn't like them to have the advantage on me.
我的过去只管我和我丈夫的事， My past is no affair of anyone but my husband and myself.
而我丈夫已经死了。 And my husband is dead.
了解被告的过去对辩护律师非常重要， 我有义务向你说明这一点。 The defendant's background is important to the defence.
这种历史调查要追溯多久以前的事？ And how far back will this inquisition go?
我也不喜欢这样，但我还要劝你坦诚面对， As much as I dislike it, I must advise you to tell me...
至少要说说那些让你感到……难堪的事。 at least anything you think might be... embarrassing.
我必须说，你的合作至关重要。 I must say, it's essential I have your co-operation.
请原谅我刚才的固执， Forgive me if I'm being difficult.
我会试试。希望不要吓着你，据我所知 I shall try. It won't shock you, I assume...
我算是一个……怎么说呢， to learn that I am a woman...
涉世颇深的女子。 who has seen a great deal of life.
请不要以为我这样坚持， 是缺乏同情心。 Please don't mistake my persistance for any lack of sympathy.
我在那不勒斯读中学时就开始了。 When I was still at school in Naples it began.
我那时差不多16岁， I was 1 6, or so I said.
实际年龄还要小些。 Actually I was younger.
-悲剧。 -Tragic. -可能是吧。 -Yes, perhaps.
可我当时不觉得有什么， But I didn't think so then.
我跟一个男人跑了。 I ran away with a man.
我们去了伊斯坦布尔，雅典，开罗。 Istambul, Athens, Cairo.
他年纪不小了吧？有钱？他那是占你便宜。 He was much older, of course? Rich. He took advantage of your youth.
他有家室，品行端正，是我引诱了他。 He was married, respected. I took advantage of him.
后来就像开始时一样突然，事情就结束了。 Then, as suddenly as it began, it ended.
他厌倦了我，或是我厌倦了他， 这有什么区别么？ He wearied of me, and me of him. What difference does it make?
还有别的人？ There were others?
当然有别人。 Of course there were others.
这些事都不能隐瞒， We cannot hide these things.
是你说不能隐瞒的，基恩先生。 You said so.
那就都拎出来晒晒， 让他们为过去的事绞死我，一了百了。 Let's drag them out. Let them hang me for the past.
不，别这么想，我们不会让对手 在这些事上捞到任何好处。 No. You mustn't feel that. We won't let them make anything of it.
我可怜的丈夫，他本该受不了这一切， Poor Dickie. He would've hated all this.
可他还是给了我他的姓，荣耀家族的姓， 期望我能捍卫这个姓氏。 He gave me his name, his fine name. He depended on me to protect it.
这些他都知道？ He knew all about you?
我什么也没对他隐瞒， 他太善良，他信任我。 I kept nothing from him. He was so good. He trusted me.
他经常坐在黑暗中，永无止境的黑暗…… He used to sit in the dark, the eternal dark...
-在那哭泣。那种痛苦…… -and weep. The pain... -别再说了，真不该这样折磨你。 -I've tortured you enough.
我们会让你无罪释放的，相信我。 We'll get you free. Trust me.
我会的。我相信。 I shall. I do.
干吗不让皇家警察自己 去为其指控找证据呢？ Why not let The Crown have to prove its accusations?
如果把辩护方向定为自杀， 你有什么反驳意见？ What possible objections can you have to proving suicide?
我觉得很危险。别忘了， 主审是霍费尔德法官…… I think it's dangerous. Remember, if Hawfield's on the bench...
你们都毫无来由地害怕霍费尔德。 You all have such an unholy fear of Hawfield.
你是怎么想的，基恩？ 我有些弄不懂你了。 What's on your mind, Keane? I don't understand you.
那个盲人曾试图自杀过， Blind men have committed suicide before.
我们只要找出谁帮助他就可以了。 We have only to decide who helped Paradine to do it.
好吧，让你看看这些。 Here, let me show you something.
你从这些照片中领悟到什么？ Do you realise what you can learn from photographs?
嗯，时光在人类社会中的脚印。 The social footsteps of time.
-发现什么异常没有？ -Notice anything peculiar? -好像没看出来。 -No, can't say that I do.
无论帕拉亭一家去哪儿， And everywhere the Paradines went...
-那个保镖拉托尔总是跟着。 -the valet was sure to go. -这有什么好奇怪的？ -What's extraordinary about that?
拉托尔崇拜帕拉亭上校， 不离身地护卫他， LaTour worshipped him. Guided Paradine's every step.
像母鸡护小鸡。 Like a mother hen.
-已经过半夜了。 -It's after midnight. -我知道已经过半夜了。 -I know it's after midnight.
已经过1点了，我数着钟声呢。 It's after one, I heard the clock.
-可我不困，还有工作没完成。 -But I'm not sleepy. I have to work. -西蒙看上去快死了。 -Simmie looks dead.
-可他还没死。 -Well, he isn't dead. -没错，我只是看上去快死了。 -Quite right, I only look dead.
-来点儿喝的，怎么样？ -What about some drinks? -好主意，让贝克送酒…… -Good idea. Have Baker bring...
贝克睡了，文明人此时都睡了。 Baker's asleep. Like any civilised person.
让我来吧。 I'll bring them myself.
-我确定他就是我们要找的人。 -That's our man. I'm sure of it. -找什么人？找谁？ -Our man? Who?
-那个跟班？ -The valet? -还有谁比他更…… -Who more likely...
-愿意帮助帕拉亭解除痛苦的生命呢？ -to help Paradine out of his misery? -得了吧，没有谁比他更不愿意。 -Forget it. There's noone less likely.
一个忠心的仆人和战场上的伙伴…… The devoted servant and war companion...
为了解除他主人的痛苦，他什么都肯干。 who'd do anything to help end his master's agony.
这说服不了托米，面对现实吧。 It won't wash Tony. Let's face it:
这不是自杀，也不是协助自杀， 这是谋杀。 This wasn't suicide, or assisted suicide, it was murder.
-你的意思是，拉托尔谋杀了他的主人？ -Are you saying LaTour murdered him? -我不是说拉托尔。 -I'm not talking about LaTour.
-那是谁？ -Who then? -我是说我们的委托人。 -I'm talking about our client.
-你是说她杀死了他？ -So you think she killed him? -那是控方想要证实的， -It's what they'll try to prove.
没道理在法庭上另外扯个人进来。 There's no sense going into court hurling other names into the case.
我们还是准备应对法庭的指控吧。 We have to prepare to answer the Crown on Mrs Paradine.
-我有一个推断。 -I'll have an answer. -有实证基础么？ -With facts?
一步步来。首先可以确定， 帕拉亭夫人明显不可能是凶手， To begin, we've the obvious fact that Mrs Paradine isn't a murderess.
-她是个品貌兼优的女人。 -She's too fine a woman. -真的么？ -Indeed?
我反而觉得她是个出身十分低贱， I thought she was a woman of very low estate.
品行也不怎么样的女人。 Of rather easy virtue.
真受不了你这个势利眼， You're an insufferable snob.
竟然对她的天生丽质视而不见。 Incapable of recognising genuine character.
法庭若敢污蔑她的人品试试， 我就要他们好看。 I hope the Crown tries to foul her name once. Just once.
对不起，我没料到她对你影响这么大。 I'm sorry, I didn't realise how she'd impressed you.
我和她一谈就是好几个小时， 我可不光听她说话…… I've talked to her for hours and I've done more than hear words...
我看到了她外表后面 那个优雅可爱的女人。 I've seen the decent, lovely woman behind them.
我要让整个世界看到我所看到的， I intend the world to see her as I do.
那个自我牺牲，让所有男人 都肃然起敬的高贵品格。 As a noble self-sacrificing person any man would be proud of.
我们已经…… We've...
没有苏打水了， run out of soda water.
普通水就行。 Ordinary water will do.
我帮你倒酒好吗，西蒙？ Shall I pour yours, Sim?
好吧，来杯浓烈的。 Please, a strong one.
拉托尔崇拜上校，这是不是真的？ La Tour worshipped the Colonel. That's true isn't it?
他白天黑夜都陪在他身边。 He was alone with him, day and night.
这么说，倘若上校 在目不能视的无助状态下试图自杀…… So if the Colonel, blind, helpless, wanted to die...
他只能寻求某个人的帮助， 而不能另找他人，对不对？ there was only one person he could turn to, isn't that right?
-我可没这么说。 -I won't say that. -你可没这么说？ -You won't say what?
-我没说安德烈帮上校自杀。 -That Andre helped him. -安德烈？ -Andre.
拉托尔。 LaTour.
你称呼那个下人安德烈？ You call him Andre, the valet?
我没教养，弄不懂你那个阶层 虚头巴脑的繁文缛节。 I'm not trained in the subtle snobberies of your class.
我那个阶层？看来你还是不懂我。 My class? You don't know me very well.
我懂你， I know you.
为了胜人一头，随时可以出卖手下走卒。 Always ready to sacrifice an underdog to win a point.
你迫不及待要保护这个男人， You're very eager to protect this man.
不愿让他受到一丁点儿怀疑。 From even suspicion of involvement.
-你什么意思？ -What do you mean? -你谈到拉托尔时，似乎…… -You talk about LaTour as if...
似乎什么？ As if what?
你对拉托尔的态度把我弄糊涂了， 你说他的名字时感觉很怪。 I'm confused by your attitude to LaTour. You speak his name oddly.
无端猜测， This is impossible.
我不想再听到这种恶意讽刺。 I'll not listen to any more vicious innuendos.
你当初不这样，像我的救星， You spoke as my rescuer.
说“一场小战斗”什么的。 Talked about a brief skirmish.
当初我是这样。 Yes, so I did.
我会调整自己的态度，继续支持你。 I'll try to recover my position as your champion.
拉托尔的事暂时放下吧。 We'll drop LaTour for now.
基恩放弃了把那个跟班 拖进案子里的打算， Keane's given up the idea of dragging the valet into the suicide.
关于自杀的构想，他没能说服帕拉亭夫人。 He hasn't been able to talk Mrs Paradine into it.
他有替代方案吗？ 或者他打算接受你的劝告了？ Has he got a substitute? Or is he going to follow your advice?
我不知道。 I don't know.
-他现在改行当侦探了。 -He's turning detective. -什么意思？ -What do you mean?
他要去坎伯兰郡，探查帕拉亭的乡下老宅。 He's going to Cumberland to investigate Paradine's country house.
可案子发生在伦敦啊。 But the thing happened in London.
这棋越下越没意思，以后再接着下吧。 I'm bored with this game, let's finish it later.
安东尼·基恩的探案故事， 似乎更引人入胜。 The adventures of Anthony Keane are much more interesting.
真不知你这份兴致从何而来，不像个女孩。 I don't know where you got this unfeminine interest in things.
你妈妈也不这样，她头脑简单，胆小…… Your mother was a simple woman, who'd shudder at the thought...
你这盘不下我求之不得，你都快赢了。 I'm glad your not going on with the game. You nearly had me.
-基恩是不是迷上了那个女人？ -Is Tony infatuated with that woman? -什么？ -What?
你从哪儿冒出这个疯狂念头的？ Where do you get such insane ideas?
帕拉亭的老宅为何还保持使用状态？ Tell me, why is Hindley Hall still open?
没在使用，只不过留了一个管家照料…… It's not open. There's the housekeeper...
你脑子里又在构想什么 What plot are you concocting now?
那个帅哥跟班还在那里么？ Is that handsome valet still there?
我拒绝回答任何问题。 你要是不愿下棋，就睡觉去。 No more questions. If you won't play chess, go to bed.
我敢打赌，帕拉亭夫人 和那个跟班之间一定有点什么。 I'll bet there's something between Mrs Paradine and that valet.
和那个下人？你可知道自己在说什么？ Valet? Where did you get that notion?
你为何那个表情？是不是和我想一块儿去了？ Why are you looking so funny? Did you have the same idea?
我不知他是否已经发现了…… I wondered if he could've found out...
她和那个跟班的事…… 这就对了。他是在妒忌。 That she and the valet.... That's it. He's jealous.
-噢，天哪，他在吃那个跟班的醋。 -He's jealous of that valet. -算了吧。 -Oh come, come.
别和我算了算了的，你可知道 基恩整天往监狱里跑？ Don't come, come me. Have you ever known Tony visit a jail so often?
托尼还爱着盖伊，他为何要移情别恋？ Tony is still in love with Gay. And why shouldn't he be?
他要是辜负了盖伊，这么多年的共同生活…… If he lets Gay down, after all these years...
这种事是可能发生的，很遗憾告诉你…… Such things do happen. I'm sorry to tell you...
宝贝，你的教育是多少破碎的心浇灌出来的。 but your education was paid for by many a broken heart.
-他爱上了那个女人，对不对？ -He's in love with that woman. -噢，别坐我膝盖上。 -Oh, get off my lap.
我从来没有看错， I've never seen it to fail.
好男人养尊处优久了，便渴望在泥地里打滚。 Men who've been good too long, long to wallow in the mud.
你从哪本书读来的？ 托尼那么优雅，怎么可能。 Where did you read that? Tony's too decent for that sort of thing.
是么？好男人的最终归属， 总是一个坏女人。 Really? The best men always end up with the worst women.
他去坎伯兰郡的真实目的， 就是去会会她的男友。 He's after her boyfriend. That's why he's going to Cumberland.
-这太可笑了。 -That's absurd. -难道我说错了？ -Don't you think I'm right?
回答我。 Answer me.
我可不喜欢受亲骨肉的胁迫， 做出不利己方的证词。 I'll not be treated as a hostile witness by my own flesh and blood.
男人真是可怕的牲畜。 Men are such horrible beasts.
当初若是我嫁给基恩就好了， 我会把他调教得百依百顺。 I wish I were married to Keane. I'd make him jump through hoops.
你要是能嫁人倒好了，或许他能受得了你。 I wish you were married to someone. Perhaps he could put up with you.
但愿……不，我不希望绞死她， I hope... No, I don't hope they hang her.
毁掉那样的容颜，太暴殄天物了。 I don't like breaking pretty things.
可我真希望能关她一辈子。 But I do hope they send her to prison for life.
她到底长什么样？ What's she really like?
迷人，实在迷人 Fascinating. Fascinating.
像我这把年纪见到她， 老心肝也禁不住跳跃了一两下。 I'm an old ruin, but she brings my pulse up a beat or two.
可怜的盖伊。 Poor Gay.
-你好，托尼。 -Hello, Tony. -你好，心肝。 -Hello, darling.
-你回来晚了。 -You're late. -我告诉你别等我。 -I told you not to wait up for me.
我没等你。 I wasn't.
好吧，我去睡了。 Well, I'll be off to bed. Goodnight, darling.
托尼？ Tony?
-什么事，亲爱的。 -Yes, dear. -对不起，假如我…… -I'm sorry if l...
态度不好，那是因为我头疼。 don't seem quite myself... I have a headache.
很抱歉你身体不好。 我今晚也感觉身心疲惫。 I'm sorry you're not feeling well. I'm a bit on the ragged side myself.
我们能不能离开这里？ Tony, couldn't we get away?
就一小段时间，你真的需要调养一下。 Just for a little while? You do need a rest.
我以前从未见你这样。 I've never seen you quite like this before.
-睡一觉就好了。 -Just a good night's sleep. -哪怕离开几天也好。 -Even if only for a few days.
为我们的周年纪念日，你许诺过的。 For our anniversary. You did promise.
有些事比周年纪念日重要。 Some things are more important than anniversaries.
你以前可不这样想。 You didn't use to think so.
实际上，我是要离开一段时间。 In fact, I may have to go away.
帕拉亭一家常年住在坎伯兰郡 的欣得利·霍尔， The Paradines lived a lot of the time at Hindley Hall, in Cumberland.
我想我得去探查一下， I thought I might nose around a bit.
或许会有点儿收获。 See what I can pick up.
顺便也能呼吸点新鲜空气。 And get a breath of fresh air.
那也不错。你不会总忙吧，我们可以…… That sounds wonderful.You won't be busy all the time, we can...
只不过一两天的时间， It's only for a day or two.
再说那儿对你来说也没什么好玩的。 It wouldn't be any fun for you.
你知道的，对吧？ You see that, don't you?
我知道。 Yes, I see.
那是北方，可能又冷又湿。 It might be cold and wet up north.
我想是的。 Yes, I suppose so.
这里才是适合你呆的地方， 温暖，舒适，安全。 This is the place for you. Warm, cosy, protected.
我不想让工作上那些破事烦扰你。 I want to keep all this ugly business away from you.
-你能吗？ -But can you? -能什么？ -Can I what?
不让那些破事烦扰我？ Keep the ugliness away?
我不是一直这样么？你指什么？ Haven't I always? What do you mean?
你在害怕什么？ What are you afraid of?
还用说么？ Need I say?
亲爱的，让我们把问题都解决掉， 不值得为任何事产生隔阂。 Listen, this settles it. Nothing is worth trouble between us.
我不去坎伯兰郡了， 也不办这个案子了，我推掉它。 I won't go to Cumberland. I won't go on with the case. I'll give it up.
-托尼。 -Tony. -西蒙可以另找别人。 -Simmie can get someone else.
-那她会怎么说？ -But what will she say? -谁还管那些…… -What the devil does it...
她爱怎么说就说好了。 matter what she says?
这案子没有难度，一般律师便可应付了。 The case isn't so difficult. Any of 50 men can handle it.
你不是想去瑞士么？ 我们立马动身，明天就走。 Is that what you want? We'll leave for Switzerland. Tomorrow perhaps.
- -Darling. 又怎么了 -What's the matter now?
Nothing's the matter. Just thank you. Thank you...
for being so good.
I knew my old Tony couldn't have changed that much.
Well, what do you say? Lausanne or Saint Moritz?
No, darling, neither. You're going up to Cumberland...
then you're coming back and going to court.
No, I am tired. You're right.
You're not too tired, Tony. You're not too tired.
There aren't 50 men who can save her.
There's only one Anthony Keane.
You've always had such big ideas about me.
No I haven't. Besides, I have a stake in this too.
I don't know what you mean.
I wouldn't like a woman to be hanged, any woman...
just because my husband had a rendezvous with her.
In jail.
Oh, Gay.
Let's go to bed darling.
Not now.
-You'll come up to Cumberland? -I'll be waiting here.
Cosy, comfortable and protected.
Goodnight darling.
Goodnight.
-Have I a sitting room? -Yes, sir.
-Do you want to see it? -Yes, please.
Would you like some fish and salad before you go to bed?
No, thank you. Any chance of a whiskey and soda?
Okey-doke.
Your bedroom's number 1 7, I'll have your bags sent up.
Thank you.
-Are you a detective? -No, why?
-Oh, I just wondered. -Why do you ask?
-Have you had trouble here? -No, not exactly here.
But we don't like being in the Sunday papers.
Haven't you heard about the poisoning case?
That was Colonel Paradine. He had Hindley Hall.
Your fire's going out.
-Yes, I heard about that. -This chimney won't draw.
We found a dead owl in it.
That murder's been the talk of the place. Mrs Paradine did it, they say.
That's better. The sticks were damp and the wind's in the wrong way.
-Did you know her? -Nobody knew her.
She'd ride over here once in a while on her black hunter.
Pleasant enough, but she never spoke to no-one.
-Did she always ride alone? -That's got it.
Yes, now I come to think of it, she always was alone.
And now the Colonel's dead and the house is up to let.
I heard it was.That's why I came in fact.
Oh, that's why you're here. I was wondering.
-Will you see the house tomorrow? -Yes. I think so.
Would you mind the pony and trap? Our car's all booked up for tomorrow.
-It's only about 8 miles. -Fine. Make it about 1 0 o'clock.
Okey-doke.
Up there in those trees is the hall. Where the poor Colonel lived.
Many times I've seen him out walking, blind as he was. With Andre.
-Andre? -Andre LaTour, the Colonel's servant.
The queer one.
-Is anyone living at the hall now? -Only the caretaker, Mrs Clark.
Maybe Andre's back from London now.
They say he knows more about the Colonel's death than he'll tell.
He's a queer one all right.
-In what way? -I don't know.
He keeps himself to himself. Perhaps it's because he's foreign.
Never seem quite the same, do they?
Hey, LaTour. Here's a gentleman from London with an order to see the hall.
-I'm interested in renting the house. -In renting the house, Mr Keane?
Will you come in please?
If you'll wait here Mr Keane, I'll open the shutters.
-Isn't he coming back? -He might and he might not, sir.
Will you step this way?
This is the morning room, the poor Colonel's favourite room.
It has a fine view, sir.
He loved her to describe it...
each time the seasons changed.
-Did she... -I'll show you the upstairs, sir.
And this was her room, sir.
I'm sorry it's so untidy, I was packing up her things.
If you'll excuse me, I'll open up the other rooms.
LaTour.
-Sir? -I should like to see the gardens.
-Would you take me round? -Very good, sir.
Wait there for me, I'll be down immediately.
Don't bother with the other rooms. LaTour's going to show me the garden.
Very well, sir.
What door's that?
It's LaTour's room.
LaTour? Why wasn't he in the servants'quarters?
She felt he should be near the Colonel.
Well, I may drop in again to...
tomorrow.
-Where's LaTour? -I couldn't say sir.
-But he was to show me the garden. -He was called away.
All right, back to the inn.
Can I have a word with you, sir?
Come in.
-What can I do for you? -It's not an easy question to answer.
-How did you know this was my room? -I saw you come up from the lake.
And then this light go on.
-You've been watching the inn? -Yes, I walked over from Hindley.
-To see me? -Yes, sir.
It came to my mind it would be well to see you.
Sit down.
Why didn't you come to the front door? Why come in the back way?
They'd all gone to bed. I didn't want to disturb the household.
-But you might have come earlier. -I didn't care to come earlier, sir.
-Why not? -I'll leave that to you, sir.
-What is it you want with me? -Beg pardon...
but I thought it was you wanted to see me.
-What caused you to think that? -Well, you came to the hall.
I didn't come to the hall to see you. I came to see the house.
But you asked me to show you the garden.
Yes. You said you would and then you shot out of sight like a rabbit.
Why?
I don't know.
I think first: "No, I do not want to talk to him."
And then I think perhaps I'm wrong.
Remember this LaTour:
you forced yourself on me. I didn't seek you out.
You're going to be a very hostile witness in this case.
And you're not one of my witnesses.
And it would be most improper for me to...
try to establish contact with you.
-I came on you entirely by chance. -But you wanted to come on me, sir.
You say so, but it's my job...
to save the life of your former mistress.
Beg pardon. She was not my mistress.
Colonel Paradine was my master.
Have it your own way.
I would never have served a woman.
It's not in my character to do that.
I insist upon knowing your reason for wanting to see me tonight.
If you tell me why you came from London...
I'll tell you why I came here.
So it's to be a bargain is it?
Why should I make a bargain with you?
Call it what you like. All I say is:
You tell me and I'll tell you.
Seems fair enough to me.
Cigarette?
-No, thank you, sir. -You don't smoke?
I won't smoke, sir. Thank you.
I know why you wanted to see me: she sent you.
She? Mrs Paradine doesn't know I'm here. She had nothing to do with it.
-Seems I'm wrong then. -Why would she send me?
She might have her reasons.
-I don't know what they might be. -Perhaps you don't know her as I do.
Mrs Paradine is my client. I know her as her lawyer. That's sufficient.
You may not think it, but you're on the wrong side sir.
-And I tell you so. -What do you mean exactly, by that?
You'd better make yourself clear.
Excuse me. You've only known her since she's in prison.
Is it not so? Then how can you know her?
If you did, I'd not need to tell you...
that only Almighty God...
or the Devil himself knows what's in her head.
-I won't hear any more against her. -I know what I'm talking about.
What I say is true. I know her.
And I will tell you one thing more.
I will tell you about Mrs Paradine.
She's bad, bad to the bone. If ever there was an evil woman...
she is one.
Would you mind getting out of here?
I don't want any dirty, lying sneaks in my room.
-Get out. -Very good sir, as you wish.
But if you'll allow me sir...
I'm very sorry for you.
God help you.
-Here you are, sir. -Holloway Prison.
-How are you? -I thought you'd forgotten me.
I've been out of London.
I went up to Hindley Hall.
Why did you go there?
I thought it'd help me to know more about your background.
I walked on the terrace, went into the house, into your room.
I saw LaTour. He behaved very strangely.
He avoided me then forced himself on me. Came to my room late at night.
-Why did he do that? -He wanted to talk to me.
About you.
Indeed. And what did my husband's valet have to say about me?
Don't, I beg of you, don't behave this way with me.
I don't know what you mean.
LaTour hates you. You know that? He hates you most bitterly.
He said you're an evil woman.
Do you know what he meant by that?
This man despises you. Why?
-He despises all women. -What's the good of telling me that?
It's you he hates, not all women.
The jury will find a reason for it: Something you did to his master.
-Can't you see that? -Of course I see.
You needn't explain these things as though I were a child.
Listen to me.
I want to save you. I want to fight for you.
But I can't like this, in the dark.
I can't sleep, I can't work, I can't think, l...
I don't understand you.
All right.
Is it possible that LaTour hates you...
because you made him disloyal to his master?
-That's enough Mr Keane. -What existed between you and LaTour?
I will not be treated this way by my own counsellor.
I'd prefer you to give up the case.
No, I must save you. No-one else can. My personal feelings are such that...
Forgive me if I regard my life as more important.
I apologise. Deeply.
If you'll forgive me, l...
I'll do my best to defend you.
I'm a little tired.
I think you also are a little tired.
Tony back from Cumberland?
-Sorry Judy, what did you say? -Just making conversation.
I asked if Tony was back from Cumberland.
He was due back this mornng.
I haven't seen him yet.
Give me a cigarette will you Judy?
-When did you start smoking? -Just lately.
Poor Father, I'm afraid he's failed with me in every way.
-What do you mean? -20 years he's been telling me:
"Do not ask questions, leave others to tell you.
Only vulgar people probe."
You're my best friend, Judy. Ask anything you wish.
You must know what everyone's saying.
I know it's probably exaggerated...
Would it surprise you Judy, to know he wanted to give up the case?
Surprise me? It'd floor me.
Why didn't he then?
Because I wouldn't let him.
Suppose someone else had taken the case.
It would've been won or lost. Either way...
the little romance of Gay and Tony Keane would have ended forever.
Perhaps so.
Judy, just because a man, a husband, fancies another woman...
you don't treat him as a criminal.
-You don't. -I doubt you would either.
It's very painful, but it's painful for him too.
He's very fond of me, and I'd like to keep him so.
Even if it means letting him go?
No, simply by not making him suffer for hurting me.
After all, I don't own him.
I only love him.
-Hello, Baker, Mrs Keane home? -I'm in here, Tony.
Hello, darling.
You're just in time for tea.
Well, pour me a cup, will you?
-How was the journey? -Not very interesting.
-You're doing your hair a new way. -No.
You've seen it like this hundreds of times.
-Would you rather I didn't talk? -What do you mean?
Nothing. It's just you look tired.
No, there's really nothing to tell.
It's a big house. Rather what you'd expect. You know the Lake District.
Oh, Tony.
What is it you...
want to know about?
Nothing, actually l...
Shall we dine early or would you like to sleep for a bit?
I suppose you hate her, don't you?
Let's not talk about it Tony. I'm trying hard and I'm hoping...
You're hoping that I'll lose the case.
I wouldn't blame you, darling. No matter what you hoped for.
You've been my life, Tony. And for such a long time.
Do you think I could ever want anything bad for you?
No, I suppose not.
I won't deny there've been moments when I've wished the worst for her.
It's not easy to face the thought of...
Iosing you.
We've been really married. Really truly married.
As few people have been.
Yes, I've lain awake alone, night after night.
And I've been tempted to pray...
But I've come to a conclusion, Tony.
I want her to live.
I want very much for her to live.
And I hope she gets free, scot free. Free to kill.
To take other husbands or anything that comes into her beautiful head.
I don't understand. You can't really care what happens to her.
But I do, I care very much.
Not for any noble reasons. I do hate her.
But because I want this to be over...
and an end to you being all mixed up, part lawyer, part lover.
What nonsense. Nonsense.
All right. Frustrated lover then.
Yes, and part husband still. You're not finished with me.
You wouldn't have come back home today if you were.
I've seen your torture and...
I've loved you more for letting it torture you.
-I know the depth of your feelings. -Yes, Gay.
I know it and I'm counting on it.
All I ask is that she lives so the fight can be an even one.
Because, if she dies...
you're lost to me forever.
You'll go on thinking you love her...
imagining her as your great lost love.
May I tell you something Tony?
You don't love her.
You don't. I'm not the cleverest woman in the world...
I don't know lots of things.
But there's one thing I know better than anyone else.
I know you.
-My dear, if only l... -Don't say anything.
But I ask you for the most brilliant job of your career.
I want you to win this case.
I want you to get her free.
There.
I've made my speech.
What a speech.
That's what comes from being married to a lawyer.
I'm going up to change now.
-Are you coming? -Yes, in a minute.
Are you ready, Mrs Paradine?
Silence. All persons with anything to do...
before the courts of the King's Justices...
take delivery of the jurisdiction of the Central Criminal Court...
draw near, and give your attendance.
-Wait here. -God save the King.
Bring forth the prisoner.
Madelena Ana Paradine...
you're charged with the murder of Richard Patrick lrving Paradine...
on May 6th last. Are you guilty or not guilty?
Not guilty.
Gay, how can you stay away?
Tony won't see you. We'll be in the gallery, just 2 more dim faces.
On the night of May 6th, at a time we can fix to within a few minutes...
someone administered to Paradine a murderous dose of poison.
At half past 9, he was heard calling for help...
and a few minutes later he died painfully...
before he could be reached by his faithful servant...
Andre LaTour.
You'll hear that on the night of May 6th a quarrel took place...
between Coronel Paradine...
Mrs Paradine and Andre LaTour.
The Coronel, in an agitated state, shut himself up in his bedroom alone.
The butler took him his dinner...
a dinner of roast chicken, roast potatoes...
and cauliflower au gratin. Later...
he asked for a glass of burgundy to be put by his bed...
so he would know exactly where to feel for it.
A glass of burgundy, ladies and gentlemen.
Farrell's off to a good start.
You're aware of the Coronel's character.
He was a man cast in a heroic mould.
One looks back on his life with humility and pride.
He was like a reincarnation from the spacious days of Queen Elizabeth.
Incredibly daring, inimitably adventurous...
and this man, this man of dynamic energy...
is doomed suddenly to darkness and the life of a helpless invalid.
Members of the jury, we must surely pity this woman...
chained to a ruined giant, who was burning with a dreadful resentment.
One could forgive an occasional demonstration of impatience from her.
But the odd thing is that outwardly this woman was a model of patience.
Heaven knows what sultry fires were banked within.
It would've been a strain to any ordinary woman, no doubt.
But this woman...
is no ordinary woman. She had patience.
She could wait. This was indeed...
no ordinary woman.
Leakin, after you served dinner to Colonel Paradine in his bedroom...
he asked you for a glass of burgundy.
-Is that correct? -Yes, sir.
Would you call that a suitable bedtime drink? You as a butler?
No sir, I would not. But the Colonel...
Answer my questions, please.
Had he ever asked for a burgundy to be put by his bedside before?
-No sir, not that I can remember. -Did he usually drink burgundy?
It usually didn't agree with him...
-but sometime... -That will do.
He's building a suicide motive.
One moment, Leakin.
You told the jury that the Colonel didn't usually take burgundy...
because it disagreed with him. Did he dislike burgundy?
Oh no, my lord. On the contrary.
-But seldom dared take it. -Yes, my lord that is correct.
-Hawfield's killed that point. -How? What do you mean?
By making it clear there's nothing strange about his drinking burgundy.
I was anxious that the point should be clear, Mr Keane.
Well, thank you, my lord. I'm obliged to your lordship.
No questions, my lord. Call Andre LaTour.
Andre LaTour.
Take the testament in your right hand and repeat the oath.
"I swear by Almighty God...
that the evidence I shall give, shall be the truth, the whole truth...
and nothing but the truth."
-Your name? -Andre Etienne LaTour.
-Your age? -Thirty.
You were born in Montreal, Canada and you served in the war with Paradine?
Yes, sir. I was his manservant before the war...
and later I had the honour of serving under his command.
You won the Distinguished Conduct Medal for gallantry in the field?
That is so, sir.
At the time of Paradine's death...
you were again employed as his valet and confidential companion.
-Yes. -Speak up, so that we can hear you.
You were very attatched to Colonel Paradine, were you not?
He was the best man I ever knew in all my life.
Very well then. At about 8 o'clock you heard the bell ringing violently.
You went upstairs to the Colonel's room.
You saw the Colonel and Mrs Paradine facing each other.
What happened then?
He looked at me for a minute, in his blind way and burst out with it.
Try to give us his exact words.
He said: "Do I understand you're going to leave me?
Now, when I need you most?"
I asked him who had told him such a thing.
He said:
"She did."
-Did he say anything else? -He was very angry.
He used strong language.
-Did you intend to leave him? -No, sir.
Do you know why Mrs Paradine...
would tell her husband you were leaving him?
She wanted to get rid of me.
You told us yesterday that when you went back up to see the Colonel...
you saw Mrs Paradine in the hallway outside the bedroom.
-You're certain of that? -Yes, sir.
Where's that plan?
I have here a plan of the house.
The upper floor.
Do you think she was passing directly from Colonel's bedroom to her own?
-Yes, sir. -Thank you.
That will be all for the time being.
LaTour lied about the quarrel. He's keeping something back.
Does the name of Margaret Wells convey anything to you?
-Yes, sir. -And what does it convey to you?
I must try to help your memory.
I put it to you that some years ago you were engaged...
to Margaret Wells of Three Rivers, Quebec.
On your wedding day, she left you at the church and went off...
-with a saddler named Richard Truman. -That is finished! It's in the past.
Your question may be relevant, Mr Keane: its relevance escapes me.
My lord, the witness has shown in his evidence and behaviour...
an almost pathological bias, against not only my client, but all women.
I may be stupid, but I can't see what this jilting has to do with the case.
After seeing the witness, his appearance and bearing...
I'm inclined to regard the lady's conduct as pathological, not his.
Silence.
Proceed to your next question.
Very good, my lord. If I'm not allowed to show a reason...
for his hostile attitude to my client.
Were you aware that Paradine made a will bequeathing you 3500 pounds?
Come, come. It's a simple question of fact.
Colonel Paradine told me he might leave me a little something.
But I didn't know about the will.
He told you he was going to leave you this legacy, but you doubted his word?
-No, sir, I did not doubt his word. -Then you believed it?
Yes, sir.
Then you knew and believed you would receive such a legacy on his death.
-Please answer the question. -I don't know what you ask.
You're being asked if you knew you'd inherit...
3500 pounds if Paradine died.
We never discussed it. I didn't think about it.
Yes, I knew.
You don't remember very easily, do you, LaTour?
Now please think carefully before you reply to this.
And remember you are on your oath.
When you were in London, did you or did you not...
repeatedly hear Colonel Paradine say that he wished to be dead?
-That he wished he was dead, sir? -That he wished to be dead.
Andre LaTour, do you deny having heard Paradine say...
again and again, to you and within your hearing...
that he was sick of life and wished to be dead?
He said a lot of things when he was angry about his blindness...
I got so accustomed to them I didn't take much notice.
You didn't take much notice. You did not take much notice.
Very well. Would you tell the court exactly what happened about...
8 o'clock on May 6th?
You mean you want me to go over my evidence again?
No, LaTour. I don't want you to go over your evidence again.
But did you not stand in that box and swear by Almighty God...
that you'd tell the truth...
the whole truth and nothing but the truth?
Very well, I put it to you that your evidence was a tissue of lies.
You were trying to cover up what really happened.
There's another person in court who was there...
who knew what happened. Remember that.
Mr Keane, what is your question?
Do you still alledge that Mrs Paradine invented a story...
about you leaving the Colonel and this precipitated the quarrel?
-Yes, sir, she did. -It would be her word against yours.
Yes, sir and so it was then with the Colonel.
You're asking his lordship and the jury to believe...
that after years of devoted service in the field and the sick chamber...
that you were in this position?
That Paradine had absolutely no faith in your word of honour?
I put it to you, LaTour, that your story is a pack of lies.
-Do you persist in it? -If she says the contrary, she'd...
What was that you started to say?
Answer the question.
I stick to what I said.
If you don't mind, I'd like to go over that night with you again.
In case any small incidents have slipped your memory.
After the butler took the Colonel his dinner...
-where were you? -In my room.
Did he tell you about the burgundy?
-Yes. -Was that, or was that not unusual?
-Maybe so. -Was it or wasn't it?
-It was. -And after he'd told you this...
-then you went upstairs again? -Yes.
-Why? -I had no special reason, sir.
Shortly before, the Colonel had denounced you...
for deserting him.
And yet you went upstairs for no special reason?
I was unhappy about being on bad terms with him.
What's that? Speak up, the jury can't hear you.
I wanted to make it up with the Colonel.
Very well. You knocked at the Colonel's door and went in?
I knocked on his door. I did not go in.
Very well, you knocked. What happened then?
-The Colonel told me to go away. -He told you to go away?
Without even knowing who was knocking?
He asked who it was, I told him, then he told me to go away.
You're very sharp, LaTour.
Tell me, what tone did the Colonel use?
When he told you to go, to get away from him.
My lord, when LaTour gave his evidence...
his words were "The Colonel told me to go away" not "get away from me".
Go away, get away from me, what's the difference?
My learned friend can well appreciate difference in shades of meaning...
and I'd prefer that he be accurate in these matters.
It's a point of no importance. Make it go away if you like.
Counsel is right in his contention, you should be more careful.
If your lordship pleases, I'll continue the cross examination.
LaTour, you used to help the Colonel get to bed, did you not?
Quite a complicated matter getting a blind man into bed.
Didn't everything have to be ready?
Toothbrush, pyjamas, hot-water bottle?
-Yes, sir. -Yet you did not enter the room.
Not even to check that Leakin had put the burgundy...
in the right place where the Colonel wouldn't knock it over by mistake.
I wasn't thinking about the burgundy.
Very well, you were wondering how to make it up with the Colonel.
You were very much upset. Is that putting it fairly?
Yes, I think so.
You stated that you saw someone else in the hall.
-Yes, sir, Mrs Paradine. -What was she doing?
Going to her bedroom.
Mrs Paradine's room was across the hall...
-from the Colonel's room, correct? -Yes, sir.
At the moment you saw Mrs Paradine...
did you know where she'd come from?
No, sir.
She might've come out of her room, seen you and turned to go back again.
-It's possible. -But...
she couldn't have come from the Colonel's room without going around...
or through you.
Is that correct?
Yes, sir.
You saw Mrs Paradine go into her room and shut the door.
-What did you do then? -Nothing...
I hung about for a minute or two...
-and then... -What was your purpose...
in hanging about for a minute or two?
I didn't have any purpose. I just...
I just didn't know what to do. Then I decided to go downstairs.
Tell me LaTour...
have you ever seen anyone else die by poison?
No, sir.
Or any animal?
No, sir.
Wasn't there an old dog poisoned at Hindley about 2 years ago?
Yes, sir, I beg your pardon. I almost forgot.
Yes, so we noticed.
-It was killed by poison, wasn't it? -Yes.
It was the Colonel's old hunting dog. It was sick.
So we put him away. You see...
You mean you put him away.
-Yes, sir. -What poison did you use?
-I don't know, sir. -Don't know?
-Did you keep any of it? -We got a single dose from the vet.
Don't keep saying we.
-You mean you did. -Yes, sir.
It wasn't a big dose?
No sir, very small.
And it acted very quickly.
Yes it did.
I understand what you mean to say.
He's accusing me of poisoning my Colonel. But I didn't. I didn't.
I must ask the witness to collect himself...
But it's not true, I tell you. I didn't do it. How could l?
I must again caution the witness...
to just answer the questions.
He is not on trial. It is unneccesary for him...
to protest his innocence concerning actions...
with which he has not been charged.
And I think, Mr Keane, that this is a convenient opportunity to adjourn.
We will resume at 5 past 2.
I swear by Almighty God...
that I shall keep this jury...
in a convenient place...
with such accomodation as the court shall direct.
I will not suffer any person to speak to them...
neither will I speak to them myself touching this trial, except...
to ask if they are agreed upon a verdict...
without leave of the court.
Tony.
Keane, Keane...
-Tony's torn him to pieces. -It was horrible.
But darling, you've got to remember it's Tony's job.
-It's gone well for us this morning. -Has it?
-Surely you must know that. -I'm not a lawyer.
Good heavens, you're a clever woman. Don't you realise how I shook him?
You have not kept faith with me.
-What do you mean? -I didn't agree to what you did today.
I objected when you wanted to say that Andre helped my husband kill himself.
I objected even to that. And now you make him out to be a murderer.
No, I will not forgive you for what you have done today.
Forgive me?
I've exhausted myself...
destroying everything to save you?
I did not ask you to do that.
Forgive me...
you forgive me.
When I was idiot enough to fall in love with you.
Did you hear that?
If it's true, how could you deceive me as you've done today?
Look...
the case has narrowed itself down to this. One of three things.
Either your husband poisoned himself...
or LaTour did it, or you did.
As you like. But I will not have you making Andre a murderer.
-Are you in love with him? -What has that to do with it?
You're my lawyer not my lover.
Someone else said something...
very like that to me recently.
I should like to know whether you intend to continue with the case.
Yes, of course. I'm planning to cut out all the witnesses except you.
I'm going to rely on your evidence and my final speech to save you.
I know I can trust you. I feel it.
-Yes, you can trust me. -You will save me.
But not at his expense. You understand that, don't you?
And suppose that's the only way to save you?
You are not to destroy him.
If you do, I shall hate you as I've never hated a man.
I must go on the way I've begun. I must act according to my own view.
You can do what you like. I've not finished with LaTour yet.
After that I'll put you in the box.
Say what you like. My questions will be mine and your answers yours.
Now, LaTour...
you remember your evidence?
During the quarrel, the Coronel used strong language with you?
-Yes, sir. -Did he discharge you?
I didn't know what to think. It was all a lie about my leaving.
Yes, yes, we've heard about that.
-Did you assume you were discharged? -Yes. I suppose so.
Aren't you aware that Mrs Paradine is the mistress of Hindley Hall?
Yes, sir.
Well, let me review things for you. You...
suppose you were discharged, yet continue in the employ...
of a woman who allegedly lied about you to your master?
Well, answer me, LaTour.
I felt I wanted to help take care of the Colonel's estate.
-There was nowhere else to go, so... -Yes, yes.
Do I understand, that after the quarrel on May 6th...
you never again saw Colonel Paradine alive?
-Yes, sir. -But you did see him dead?
Yes, sir.
-When? -After Dr Young left, I was told...
-to clean up the room. -Who gave you these instructions?
She did.
Whom do you mean by she?
Mrs Paradine.
While you were cleaning the room...
did you notice the wine glass?
-Yes, sir. -Did it still contain the burgundy?
Just a few drops in the bottom of the glass.
Oh, there were a few drops left in the bottom of the glass?
Yes, sir.
If you were told that Dr Young had examined the glass...
after he discovered Paradine was dead...
and found it to be clean. That it had been washed and dried.
Would you still say there were a few drops in the bottom of the glass?
Yes, sir, I still say the same thing.
When did you wash and dry that glass?
I never washed or dried that glass.
I never touched it. I left it just where it was.
You stated that Mrs Paradine sent you to clean up the room.
-Yes, sir. -But after she sent you in...
-the glass was not yet washed. -Yes, sir.
Then it could not have been Mrs Paradine who washed the glass.
Really, all this is most improper.
Questions must be kept within bounds.
Yes, I noticed Counsel was tending to make points...
rather than ask questions. But I was reluctant to interfere...
knowing how he resents interruption.
LaTour, are you aware of the penalty for perjury?
-Answer me. -I've told the truth.
I put it to you that Paradine had a reason for his rage that fatal night.
A reason that had nothing to do with the story that you told in this court.
Was it at Hindley Hall or London that you first gave Mrs Paradine reason...
-to complain of your attentions? -It's not true, she never did.
And was she not forced to go to her husband...
to beg him to dismiss you from his service?
I won't stand here and listen to these filthy lies.
And was that in fact the only cause of the terrible scene...
which took place on the night of Paradine's death?
No, you can't say that.
The Colonel knew, didn't he? Because she told him. Isn't that the truth?
-Answer the question. -I will not answer.
Why, because you won't admit that you betrayed his trust?
No. She's told you lies and I hate her.
-She told her husband about you? -No she did not. He found out.
Then you mean he heard you speaking improperly to his wife?
-Yes. -I've finished with the witness.
I didn't want to tell about it.
I didn't want to hurt his good name.
But you've spoken...
you and she.
Both of you.
So I too will speak.
I am finished with the witness.
Tony.
It was she who dragged us both down.
I hated every moment with her...
but I couldn't help myself.
This man is a confessed perjuror. Must the jury listen to this rubbish?
-Mr Keane. -He's been forced to tell the truth...
and is now trying to involve my client in his treachery.
Mr Keane, this is not the first time...
you are responsible for such an over-emotional atmosphere.
-I cannot blame the witness. -With respect...
I submit that his evidence...
be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions...
with a view to the formulation of charges of perjury...
which he certainly committed.
And whether to such a charge might be added...
-one of murder. -Mr Keane...
you seem anxious to use up the duties of the judge in this case.
Proceed, Sir Joseph.
LaTour, in testifying as to what was heard by Colonel Paradine...
are you implying you had an adulterous relationship with Mrs Paradine?
Yes.
You know now what I did.
I can't live with the memory of what I've done.
I'm afraid I must ask you to bear with a few more questions.
Did you avoid the truth because of your feelings about this woman?
Yes, I lied.
Because I didn't want the world to know what she was.
She was my Colonel's wife.
And also because you care for her?
I don't know how to say it.
I tried not to but...
That's all.
My lord that concludes the case for the prosecution.
Members of the jury...
the woman who is before you in the dock is a foreigner.
Friendless and alone in a strange country.
But a country that has always prided itself on its passion for justice.
I had intended to call before you numerous witnesses on her behalf.
To speak of her character...
of her self-sacrifice.
A sacrifice made by a beautiful woman while still fascinating...
and still young, in order to bring the light of affection...
into the darkness of a blinded man's life.
But after hearing the case for the Crown...
we have decided to call no witnesses...
except the prisoner.
He hasn't lost his nerve. I'll say that for him.
When she's been heard, I'm confident the jury will decide not guilty.
I'll now ask the prisoner to go into the box.
Absolutely certain that when she leaves...
there'll be nothing left of the stain which the prosecution...
has so wrecklessly and unjustifiedly...
sought to place upon her character.
I call the prisoner, Madelena Paradine.
Hold the Testament in your right hand and repeat the oath.
I swear by Almighty God, the evidence I shall give shall be the truth...
the whole truth and nothing but the truth.
If you wish, you may be seated while giving your evidence.
No thank you, my lord.
-What is your name? -Madelena Ana Paradine.
-The widow of Richard Paradine? -I am.
What were your circumstances when you married him?
I was very poor. My life had been unpleasant and...
unattractive.
-Joyful, isn't she? -Very clever of Tony.
He's just disarming the other side.
Had you no fear at the thought of spending your life with a blind man?
-I thought it a splendid opportunity. -Opportunity?
Yes, I thought... I would be his eyes.
Did you find it difficult to care for a blind man?
To take care of him.
-No. -He was never unkind to you?
Sometimes. But I understood.
It was terrible for him being like that. It was easy to forgive him.
On the night of your husband's death...
a quarrel took place at your London home?
Yes.
Will you tell the jury, please, the cause of that quarrel?
I'd spoken to my husband about his valet LaTour.
I asked my husband to find another place for him.
Why was that?
Answer the question.
I did not wish LaTour to stay in the house.
Why didn't you wish LaTour to stay in the house?
I preferred he shouldn't be there.
-But why? -I did not like his manner with me.
What did you dislike?
I thought it sometimes too familiar.
Could you explain exactly what you mean by that?
He took liberties.
Did he try to make love to you?
Please answer.
Did he try to make love to you?
Yes.
And you complained to your husband?
I did.
Now, Mrs Paradine...
you've heard LaTour's version of the quarrel on May 6th.
What actually did happen when he came into the room?
My husband swore at him and said...
-"You have insulted my wife." -And what did LaTour say?
He broke down and said...
that if my husband would forgive him it would never happen again.
Then LaTour's version is completely untrue?
My lord, I object. My learned friend is putting words...
-into the mouth of a witness. -I was merely asking a question.
The form was objectionable.
I'm anxious not to intervene again. Am I being clear?
Your lordship always makes his meanings perfectly clear.
Then kindly attend to my ruling...
and do not let me have to repeat it.
I'll always note the ruling of a learned judge...
however much I may disagree with it.
Don't bandy words with me, Mr Keane.
Kindly go on with your examination of the witness.
Mrs Paradine...
after your husband's death you sent in LaTour to tidy up?
Was anyone with you when you sent LaTour into the room?
Dr Young.
Was Dr Young still with you when LaTour came out of the room?
Yes.
Have you heard Dr Young's statement that after he left you...
he found the glass washed and dried?
I've heard that, yes.
Is it not true that the only person who could've washed it is LaTour?
-My lord, l... -All right, all right...
Could anyone else have washed and dried it?
I know what you're trying to make me say.
You want to make people think...
that Andre LaTour killed my husband.
Silence.
I asked you whether anyone else could have washed the glass.
Yes.
What do you mean by yes?
I did.
I warn you that you've made a very serious admission.
Would you like to make some explanation of it to the jury?
My lord, with the utmost respect, l...
would like to request that I be given time to consider this turn of events.
This piece of evidence is entirely new to me.
Mr Keane, it's getting late and we've had a very trying session.
Would it be convenient to you if we adjourned now?
I would be greatly obliged to your lordship.
We will adjourn until tomorrow morning at 1 0.30.
-Aren't you staying to dinner Judy? -No, I promised Father.
Goodnight, dear.
-Hello Tony. -Hello.
What the devil are you looking so sad about?
Nothing.
I was there today.
-Was Gay with you? -Yes.
-Was that your idea? -Yes.
I suppose you'll have your usual expert comment to make on the case.
-Yes. -That will most certainly be helpful.
Precisely what I need at this moment.
-If she washed the wine glass... -She didn't.
-I hope the jury agrees with you. -She's covering for that dirty swine.
If she did wash the glass...
it's because she knew he killed him. I could make her say so tonight.
Tony, you won't get angry if I ask you something else, will you?
Will it make any difference if I do?
Why do you keep on about the quarrel?
That's what made her say what she did.
If you really want to know, if your father wants to know...
it's because I want to get at the motive.
LaTour's motive. He was in love with her.
He wanted to get rid of her husband.
What about your motive?
What do you mean?
I know, and you know and Gay knows...
why you think LaTour's the murderer.
You wouldn't have handled it that way otherwise.
You treated her as if you were cross examining for the prosecution.
Tony it's true. Someone had to say.
You've got to save this woman for Gay's sake.
If you'll leave me alone, perhaps I still can.
If you're left to your own devices, I'll bet you one thing:
Mrs Paradine and your career will be done for. If it weren't for Gay...
I wouldn't be sure that'd be a bad thing either.
Goodnight.
My lord I've finished with the witness.
-That's funny. -What do you mean?
I'll tell you later.
Mrs Paradine, did you think Andre LaTour very handsome?
Of course not. He is a servant. How could I consider him in that way?
These attentions from LaTour had gone on for some time?
Yes.
Why did you wait until that night to tell your husband?
-I was ashamed. -Why should you be ashamed?
-It wasn't your fault. -Of course not.
Then why be ashamed?
Was it your modesty that held you back? Remembering your past?
I protest at the insinuation.
There's been no evidence about her past.
My lord, there was no insinuation.
I merely tried to convey that a lady of her...
to use her own words, unattractive past, didn't need...
to avoid appealing to her husband because of maidenly modesty.
I must ask you, Mr Keane, not to interrupt counsel.
I will intervene if I see reason.
Proceed.
I ask you on your oath, Mrs Paradine...
did you not complain about LaTour because you were in love with him?
In love with him?
Yet I asked my husband to send him away?
-Is that what you think? -Did you not finally succeed...
in inducing this man, who worshipped his master...
to betray him?
I deny that.
Now, Mrs Paradine is it not true...
that when you realised LaTour took no interest in women...
you resolved to overcome that indifference?
No.
Weren't you in love with LaTour all the time you lived at Hindley Hall?
No.
Weren't you madly in love with him all the time you lived in London?
What you say is not true.
Is anything wrong, Sir Joseph?
I'd like an opportunity to consider what bearing this has on the case.
I've been informed that the witness LaTour has done away with himself.
Andre.
-That does it. -Oh, Tony.
My lord, I submit that this...
has great bearing on the case. It's obvious why he committed suicide.
-It bears out my... -I don't think so.
The witness said he couldn't live, knowing he'd betrayed his master.
I suggest both counsel recover their equanimity...
and remember where they are. The jury will disregard...
all they've just heard. None of it was evidence.
Mr Keane, do you want an adjournment to consider your position?
No, my lord...
on further consideration...
I've no application. I will, however...
have my observations to make to the jury in due course.
Yes, yes. Sir Joseph, does the prosecution...
want an adjournment?
No, my lord.
I regret the court has been subjected to this additional sensationalism.
Then proceed, Sir Joseph.
Mrs Paradine...
you admitted yesterday that you...
deliberately washed the glass that contained what killed your husband.
Why did you wash that glass?
Answer my question. Why did you wash that glass?
You must answer the question.
I'm sorry, I didn't hear.
Counsel has repeated the question once.
What does it matter now?
Andre's dead.
The man I love is dead.
I thought about it day and night.
But I didn't know how.
I wanted to do it so we could be free.
So Andre and I could go away...
and live together as we should.
But Andre wouldn't help me.
He and his honour.
I must warn you of the gravity of the statement you are making.
Andre knew I killed the blind man.
Andre knew it.
I didn't tell him, but he knew it.
I think it quite unnecessary to ask any further questions, my lord.
Is there anything else you wish to ask the witness, Mr Keane?
-Mrs Paradine... -I have nothing to say to you.
I loved Andre LaTour...
and you murdered him.
My life is finished.
It is you who has finished it.
My only comfort is the hatred and contempt I feel for you.
My lord...
members of the jury...
I've done my best.
This case...
has already...
taken a heavy toll...
in the life of LaTour...
in it's burden on you...
and indeed on me.
I am, more than ever, conscious of my shortcomings.
Everything I've done...
seems to have gone against my client.
But, members of the jury...
you must not confuse my...
incompetence...
with any of the issues of this trial.
Those are two questions apart.
Two questions...
quite apart.
Many things have become obscured in this trial.
Many things...
have become obscured.
My lord, I can go on no longer.
I request your indulgence...
to let my friend...
Mr Cullens, take over this case.
It's surprising how closely a walnut...
resembles the human brain.
I wish you hadn't refused... forbidden me to... you were right...
to go to the trial today.
Your coughing, might've distracted me. It was important that l...
concentrate on Mr Keane's performance.
Of course.
How I shall pray the verdict'll be not guilty.
Must I listen to more of your silly pity...
for every scoundrel, man or woman...
I do pity her.
Who needs pity more than a woman who's sinned?
You always forget that punishment is part of the scheme.
-A necessary part of it. -Doesn't life punish us enough?
Doesn't it? Why should we hurt each other?
We've no right to be cruel. If I'm certain of anything, it's of that.
You've knocked over a glass.
Oh, so I have.
Give it to me.
You've been talking more nonsense than usual tonight.
I'm afraid this trial has got on your nerves.
-I suggest you go to bed. -Yes, I will, Tommy.
I'm sorry. Oh, that poor woman.
Couldn't you do something for her?
How dare you speak to one of His Majesty's judges like that?
The jury decides questions of guilt or innocence.
I may be silly, Tommy, but I love you. I've always loved you.
And you must have known how terrible it is to love a man who...
Tommy, when you were young you were kind.
-You can't sit on that bench... -As long as I sit on that bench...
I'll continue to do my duty.
And I performed a duty today.
The Paradine woman will be hanged after three clear Sundays.
Next time, you'll place your confidence with more discretion.
I suppose I ought to get out of here. I've kept you up late enough.
You're more than welcome.
But I wish you'd telephone Gay. She must be worried.
-Worried to death. -Worried I'll come home, you mean.
The least I can do is spare Gay the boring job of standing by me.
Listen to me. You're not as wise about everything as you think.
You mustn't despair. If there's one thing I can't abide it's despairing.
What would you have me do? Hope for a high court judgeship?
Well, not for a while.
But all this talk of giving up the bar is poppy-cock.
If I know anything about Gay, there's nothing she wants now but...
Father.
Where is she?
Hello, Tony.
Hello.
What about some breakfast?
Do you mind? Thanks...
but as a matter of fact I was just leaving.
Tony, you really shouldn't have worried me like this.
I waited up till all hours.
I should've known you'd be here with Simmie.
I was proud of you today.
Yes, I was.
Darling, it won't be easy.
There'll be those who laugh at you, sneer.
And I don't think the newspapers will be very kind.
The worst thing of all was what I did to you.
Tony, the most important moment in your life...
wasn't when you discovered what she was.
And it wasn't when you'd the courage to stand before the whole world...
and confess your own mistakes.
The most important moment...
Look at me Tony.
The most important moment in your life is now.
My husband is the most brilliant man I've ever known.
You can throw away your career and become a beachcomber if you want.
Maybe that's not such a bad idea.
Darling...
don't you understand? I want you back on the job as fast as you can.
And I hope you've a tough case.
Very tough.
So that... it will take the very best you have.
Winning every verdict you're after. Convincing...
There you go again darling...
with all your fancy ideas about me.
Incidentally darling, you do need a shave.