"To the order of USSR GOSTELERADIO" "LENFILM studio" "Creative Association of TV Films" "The great detective Sherlock Holmes disappears in the abyss of the Reichenbach Falls, accomplishing the main cause of his life - exposing the criminal gang of professor Moriarty." "Doctor Watson learns about the will of his friend:" "To finish off, what has started as" "THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES AND DOCTOR WATSON" "PART THREE" "TIGER HUNT" "Based on stories by SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE" "Starring:" "Vassily LIVANOV" "Vitaly SOLOMIN" "Rina ZELENAYA" "Cast:" "Borislav Brondukov Igor Dmitriev" "Victor Evgrafov Alexander Zakharov" "Alexei Kozhevnikov Boris Klyuev" "Nikolai Kryukov Anatoly Podshivalov" "I. Kraslavskaya E. Kharkevich" "A. Zakharov V. Smolyakov and others." ""Dear Watson!" "I write these lines to you thanks to the kindness of Mister Moriarty," "who is waiting for me to settle the argument, regarding us both." "It makes me happy to think that I can deliver society from all the inconveniences cause by this man." "But I'm afraid that will be accomplished at a cost, that will disappoint my friends and especially you, my dear Watson." "However I've already said, that my life has reached its highest peak, and I couldn't wish of a better death for myself." "Prior to leaving England I've written down all instructions regarding my property and possessions..."" "No!" "Never!" "I will never rent this apartment to anyone." "Let all the things stay where they are." "This place will be the museum Of a great man." ""Will you please give my warmest regards to our kindest Mrs. Hudson..."" "Every time you read these lines to me, it breaks my heart." ""And don't forget about poor Ronald Adair." "Yours truly." "Sherlock Holmes."" "Mrs. Hudson." "Sooner or later we will have to enter his room." "But we don't have the relevant instructions." "I think Mr. Holmes probably forgot to give them." " Forgot?" " Well, maybe not..." "More likely he had no time for that." "The assignment that Holmes gave me in his last letter forces me to enter his room." "What do you say to that, Mrs. Hudson?" "I think, most likely poor Mr. Holmes didn't have a chance to give you written permission." "34, Red, Evens." "Please," "Make your bets, gentlemen." "All bets made." "12, Black, Odd." "This will be our last Rubber, gentlemen." "I'm afraid I have to go." "A very important dinner appointment!" "My mother has come home from Australia." "Tonight we are receiving Dr. Nikoten, who will examine her." "6 of Spades." "It's very important to treat the doctor to a good turtle soup." "We will be having asparagus consomme." "The doctor is a Frenchman?" "Then for the second course it will be a horseflesh steak?" "Wrong." "Wild duck." " 6 of Clubs." " Pass." "Pass." "Mind your teeth, you may bite on small shot." "Or worse, a bullet!" "Make your bets, gentlemen." "Make your bets." "All bets placed." "Zero!" "I lost, gentlemen." "A revenge?" "Winnings corrupt the soul." "Besides, I'm in a hurry." "Think of it as your dinner becoming more expensive by 5 pounds." "A good doctor is worth it." "All the best, gentlemen." "Pardon me, sir." "The Colonel asked to remind you once again, that you owe him 420 pounds." "Tell the Colonel, that I have returned the money to the gentlemen who lost, because it was not fair play." "That's impossible." "The Colonel has moved to the continent." "Write to him yourself." "There's the address." "But it'd be best for you... if you took my advice and wired the money." "If you don't stop your pressure," "I, as Board member, shall raise the question of his expulsion from the club," "and then inform the press that not only is he a cheat, but also a blackmailer." "Take my advice!" "Good evening, doctor Watson." "What's this masquerade all about?" "Italian Padre with a red English moustache!" "I'd say that's something fresh!" "Mr. Murray, have you seen sir Ronald?" "Our young friend has just left." "Oh, but you didn't answer me!" "Cab!" " Take me to 427 Park Lane, fast!" " As you say, father." "Whoa, old mate Meadows!" "Good evening, sir." "Good evening, Judy." " Is Mrs. Minus in?" " Your mother is in the dining room." "And miss Adair?" "They're all there." "The guests are arriving." " What about Dr. Nikoten?" " He's not here yet." "We were faster than the wind, father." "Let's get out of here, Meadows!" "Good evening, doctor." "We've been expecting you." "How may I help you, sir?" "I'd like to know if sir Ronald Adair is at home please?" "Yes, he is." "Please come in." "Thank you, but I'll drop by some other time." "There's smoke in the room from the fire-place." "Open the window." "Don't catch cold." "Has anyone asked for me, Mrs. Hudson?" "Only your old patient with rheumatism." "He said he will come back tomorrow." " Anyone else?" " No one." "Are you expecting anyone, Dr. Watson?" "No." " What are we having for lunch, Mrs. Hudson?" " Your favorite." " Lamb saddle, I presume?" " Your guess is correct." "And rhubarb soup." "Splendid, Mrs. Hudson." "Ronald!" "Son!" "Dinner's ready." "Ronald!" "Everyone's waiting for you." "Judy!" "Are you sure, sir Ronald is in his room?" "He was there just a moment ago." "Look around the house." "He's nowhere around." "Ronald!" "Open the door!" "Where's Virgil?" "Virgil!" "Try to unlock it." " Oh, my god!" " Calm down, m'lady." "I never thought that after the death of Sherlock Holmes" "I would ever visit this house again." "Hello, Inspector." "What happened?" "Doctor Watson, I would kindly ask you to get dressed." " The matter is urgent." " Would you care to explain?" "A month ago, when we met at The Lowther Arcade you hinted that Sir Ronald's life was in danger." "What's with Adair?" "He's dead." "He was shot, and I've come here for some explanations." "Gregson, go get Mr. Murray." "Do you remember this gentleman, who talked to you at the club Bagatelle?" "Yes." "It is Dr. Watson." "What was he asking you about?" "I was looking for Count Ronald Adair." "That's right, I was looking for him." "But I didn't find him." "Of which I regret deeply now." "Thank you, Mr. Murray." "Dr. Watson, it's a good thing you don't deny that." "It's equally good that you, Inspector, don't deny the fact" "that a month ago I already warned you about the danger that threatened Sir Ronald!" " That was a false maneuver!" " False?" "One moment!" "On the very day when you and Holmes left for the continent," "I got in touch with Colonel Moran and found out, that all your hints were groundless!" "You told Moran about what I said?" "You know very well, doctor, that crime prevention is our sacred cause." "I deny any participation of Moran in this case because..." "Because right now he is on a journey across Africa." "But there is one more peculiar circumstance, doctor." "You recognize him?" "He's the man." "This is yours, father." "Inspector!" "As the suspect in this case," "I'd like to see the scene of the crime." "How was he murdered?" "He was shot with a gun." "Here's the bullet." "It went right through." "9 caliber." "In cases like this one my friend Sherlock Holmes..." "Forget about Holmes!" "We'll solve this case without him." "To my deep regret, we will have to do without him this time." "My friend Sherlock Holmes would say:" "Look for the motive." "Tell me, if you please, why did the young man have to lock the door on the inside?" "That means it must have been the murderer!" "But then, how did the killer leave the room?" "Through the window?" "There are no tracks on the windowsill and under the window." "I've checked." "Most likely, Adair himself locked the door." "After the murderer had left." "Wait a minute." "How could he have locked the door, when he was dead?" "Supposing he fired the shot through the window." "But the distance is much too long." "I've checked." "He was hanging in the air." "He had wings." "And the main thing that puzzles me, is that no one in the street and inside the house has heard the shot!" "It can't be that they're all deaf, can it?" "And that makes you conclude that I am the murderer?" "I locked the door on the inside," "I shot at him, hanging in mid air." "I don't insist on that." "But you were the last person to have seen Adair." "And you were the first to mention his name to me." "I exclude the possibility of a suicide." "The gun was not found." "Adair lived a cloudless life." "He had no enemies!" " Except for one!" " Exactly." "Dear doctor Watson!" "Perhaps you would care to tell us who that is?" "If I remember correctly, the description of one of the murderers of Milverton strongly resembled yours." "What is that?" "Have a look." "That's a roster of Adair's card debts." "Some time ago I told you the name of the man, who could..." "Moran?" "That's out of the question!" "He is in Africa." "And I checked that too." "Tell me, why the masquerade with the soutane?" "That has nothing to do with this." "I have all the grounds to arrest you." "But in view of our long relationship," "I will make a concession." "I ask you not to leave London until this case is solved." " My books!" " I'm sorry." " Leave it, get away!" " As you wish." "It won't be the same without Holmes!" "Those lanky idiots would never have dared to barge into a private home in the middle of the night!" "You mustn't lose heart, doctor Watson." "Think of your friend, read his letter once again." "I can't." "How can I read his letter, if I failed to implement his last orders?" "I've destroyed Adair and gotten myself into trouble." "Oh, Mrs. Hudson!" "I'll go make you some coffee." "Thank you, Mrs. Hudson." "I can see, you are not very happy with my coming here." " How did you get here?" " The door wasn't locked, sir." "Strange." "I followed you here." "I wanted to thank you." "Believe me, I am a very grateful man, and I thank you for helping me." "That was nothing really." "Sir, allow me to offer you some books." ""The Holy War"." ""Birds of Great Britain" in 3 volumes." "Good day." " Your coffee, doctor." " Thank you." "Hello, Watson!" "Hello, my friend!" "I'm alive!" "Get up, my friend." "Holmes, they want to arrest me." "I know." "I read this morning's "Times"." "You are the prime suspect." "My dear Mrs. Hudson!" "It's me." "I'm alive." "Alive!" "Alive!" "You're not a ghost." "It really is you." "Where have you been so long?" "My god!" "It was a long time!" "We missed you terribly!" "Come on, Holmes!" "Stop it!" "Let's be happy today!" "I am happy." "Forgive me, my friends." "I came to London a month ago." "I stayed with Mycroft." "But the circumstances didn't allow me..." "Shoo!" "I can see, things haven't changed much!" "I still don't believe my eyes." "Well, tell us!" "Tell us everything, or we will both go out of our minds." "Forgive me, my dear Watson." "And you, Mrs. Hudson." "Several times I was on the verge of writing to you but each time I restrained myself." "I was afraid that your affection for me might cause a blunder on your part." "Something that would give me away." "But this bandit saw you, Mr. Holmes." "Very well!" "The death of poor Ronald Adair has hastened the fulfillment of my plans." "We have serious work to do tonight." "You too, Mrs. Hudson." "In that case I'll go and cook a festive dinner." "Oh, no-no!" "We will have the festive dinner tomorrow night." "And tonight you must do exactly what my brother Mycroft says." "And you, Watson, have to go to inspector Lestrade right away and tell him, that you possess fresh evidence regarding the case." "He will ask you:" "What kind of evidence?" "Answer him, that he has to send a police detail to Baker Street." "Those have to be senior officers." "No!" "Better - people from Scotland Yard!" "They have to disperse around the neighborhood, so that it would not be too obvious." "The signal will be a police whistle." " What is the plan?" " Later." "After the visit to Lestrade you dine somewhere in Soho, spend a few hours at the National Gallery, then have a cup of tea on Regent Street, and at 7" "I'll be waiting for you on the corner of Cavendish Square." "Got it." "But please don't disguise yourself as Padre." "The soutane doesn't become you." "Would the gentleman care for a ride?" "Unpleasant weather, isn't it, sir?" "I should have gotten used to your masquerades, but every time you trick me like a child." "Elementary, my dear Watson." " Baker St!" " Yes." "We're in Camden's house, across the street from our own house." "I'll leave you for a second, have to check the front door." "Ingenious, isn't it?" "What is it?" "A work of art." "Performed by sculptor Menier from Grenoble." "It took him 2 weeks to make this wax figure." "What for?" "So they would think that I'm at home." "Whereas I'm here." "Have you forgotten they're watching our house?" "Who is?" "A charming bunch, whose leader's body is resting at the bottom of the Reichenbach Falls." "Look!" " He's alive." " Naturally." "Now crawl closer and grab the stick." "I'm doing my best, sir." "But be careful." "They shouldn't see you from outside the window." " Like this, sir?" " That's right." "And now, Mrs. Hudson, try to move his right arm." " Holmes!" "You need help?" " I'd appreciate that." "What's going on, doctor?" " Would you care to explain?" " Hi there, Lestrade." "But..." " Mr. Holmes?" " At your service." "I'm glad to see you back in London." "I thought you might need a bit of help here." "There has to be an explanation." "Everyone thinks you are among the dead, but as I can see, that is total nonsense." "Three unsolved murder cases in one year is a bit too much." "Yes, Mr. Holmes." "I..." "Still I'll manage myself." "Allow me to introduce" "Colonel Sebastian Moran, a retired officer of Her Majesty's colonial troops and the best tiger hunter in all our Eastern colonies." "Artful devil!" "You have surprised me, Colonel Moran." "How could you be tricked by such a primitive ruse?" "How many times did you have to tie a goat to a tree and wait for the tiger to come and get the bait?" "Whether you do have grounds for my arrest or not," "I refuse to tolerate humiliation." "If I am in the hands of the law, let events take their legal turn." "Yes, Mr. Holmes, that is only just." "Very well, gentlemen." "Mister Holmes!" "Don't forget to take the gun, Lestrade." "Its an air-gun." "It's silent and amazingly powerful." "With this gun Colonel Moran shot poor Ronald Adair." "From the second-floor window of house 427 on Park Lane." "And, mind you, the gun shoots with revolver bullets." "See for yourself." "I knew the German, Von Heubber, a blind mechanical engineer, who made this weapon to the order of Moriarty." "But I see it for the first time." "By the way, what charges do you intend to bring against him?" "Attempted murder." "Oh no, I wouldn't want my name to be mentioned in connection with this case." "And the name of doctor Watson too, for that matter." "You suspected him of the murder of poor Ronald Adair." "It's a good thing you finally solved this most dangerous crime" "A most dangerous one!" "Congratulations, Lestrade!" "Congratulations, Inspector!" "Let's go, Watson." "Ruined a good thing." "That was a splendid portrait!" "The nerves of the old hunter are still strong, and the eye as sure as ever." "Busted my brains out." "He was the most skillful hunter in the Indian jungle!" "Colonel Moran!" "A soft revolver bullet." "Look at this, Watson." "Who would think that this bullet was fired from a silent air-gun?" "Yes, I saw one just like that." "I'm still waiting to hear the story of your miraculous resurrection and of how you traced Moran." "It's precisely because of Moran that I couldn't resurrect sooner." "He and Moriarty followed us to Switzerland." "This tragic spectacle was very well thought out." "Every actor appeared on the stage at the right moment." "When you left for the hotel, my friend," "I no longer doubted, that the letter was a trap and that in a matter of minutes my opponent professor Moriarty would show himself." "I decided to examine the place of the possible duel, and found that right below the precipice there was a ledge big enough to hold only one person." "I'd told you about Moriarty's love for cheap effects." "I was fairly sure he wasn't going to shoot me from around the corner, but will go for a dramatic spectacle." "Moriarty was an expert in Boritsu wrestling, and my chances of winning would have been practically nil, if I hadn't at one time mastered it myself." "I'm at your service, Professor!" "Before we start sorting out matters between us," "I'd like you to give me a minute to write a note to my friends." "For neither of us knows the outcome of this encounter." "We don't have much time, but very well." "I saw proof of my suppositions." "In Moriarty's eyes I read the inexorable determination to do away with me." "However I appreciated his noble gesture." "He was kind enough to write the note that you later read." "How did you know I read it?" "I saw it with my own eyes." " You saw it?" " Yes, at the Falls." "But all in due time." "Moriarty was dragging me to the edge of the rumbling abyss." "He was ready to die, if only I would die with him." "But that was not something I had in my plans." "Suddenly I realized that It was too soon of me to think him noble." "The professor was not alone." "A gunman appeared from behind the cliff." "I had to stick close to Moriarty, to avoid being shot." "I knew that as long as the two of us hold together, he wasn't going to fire the shot." "To make him believe that I fell," "I had to sacrifice my one hand." "Later it required serious medical attention." "But the other was unharmed." "This way I already knew one of Moriarty's confederates." "My death at that point was not a good idea." "But then again it was too dangerous to resurrect too soon." "If at least one of Moriarty's gang-member was at large, who could guarantee, there were not more, and that one of them wouldn't see me alive." "I had to sit out in the canyon and see the anguish of Steiler Junior and your tears, my dear friend." "It didn't make sense to go to the police." "I had no witnesses." "I couldn't kill him according to the law of vengeance!" "Besides, you already know, my friend, that we are not too good at being criminals." "All I could do was wait." "I watched Moran closely, sure that his criminal nature would eventually find its way." "The murder of Ronald Adair was the signal for me." "It was my fault." "No, Watson, we are both to blame." "Every decent sleuth, no, every decent man must have a feeling of guilt every time a criminal succeeds in his evil undertakings." "This feeling of guilt must give us new strength to fight this evil." "That is why I'm here, and you are with me, my friend." "You know, Mrs. Hudson wanted to make this place your museum." "A museum?" "It's too early for that." "You know how big my card-index is?" "We have only finished with "M"." "What's next?" " The letter "N"." " The most mysterious letter." "Lady "Not known"!" "Mister Holmes!" "There's a lady to see you!" "Screenplay:" "Vladimir Valutsky" "Director:" "Igor Maslennikov" "D.O.P.:" "Yuri Veksler" "Anatoly Lapshov" "Production designer:" "Mark Kaplan" "Music by:" "Vladimir Dashkevich"