... I can't believe you missed it, Pop. The world's five greatest living detectives, and...
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Willie Wang:
[DELETED SCENE, RESTORED FOR TELEVISION - Willie rejoins the others after covering up Twain's body]
... I can't believe you missed it, Pop. The world's five greatest living detectives, and not one of you noticed that *Twain was clutching a note in his hand!*
Sidney Wang:
Give it to me.
Willie Wang:
Oh, no; it's mine.
Milo Perrier:
Oh, give it to your father, you idiot!
Willie Wang:
[gloating]
"Idiot?" We'll see who's the idiot, Mr. Perrier! The $1 million goes to whoever solves the crime, and that could be me just as easily as you! I've got more brains than my father gives me credit for! "#3 Adopted Son?" I'm sick and tired of being just your #3 Adopted Son. I'm *Willie Wang, Young Detective!* This clue belongs to me, and nobody's getting it from me, you understand? Nobody...!
Sam Diamond:
[with his gun leveled at Willie's head]
Better stand back, Tess. I don't want you to get hurt when the bullet comes out his other ear.
[takes the note and reads]
Sam Diamond:
"Please call dairy and cancel future deliveries of milk; Lionel Twain deceased."
[hands back the note]
Sam Diamond:
So much for your clue, kid.
Willie Wang:
[very sheepish]
Uhm... Sorry about that, Dad.
Transcript
Point one:
He has succeeded in gathering...
the world’s
five greatest detectives...
to investigate a crime
that has not yet been committed.
Point two:
He has set traps for us...
a bridge that almost collapses,
falling statues.
Does he mean to kill us?
Certainly not yet.
He could've done that at any time.
He is merely trying
to whet our appetites...
for the game that is to follow.
Point three:
Why five detectives instead of one?
Because he intends to take us all on,
ladies and gentlemen...
a feat that no criminal mind
has heretofore attempted.
Therefore, before
this hellish weekend begins...
I propose that we raise
our wine glasses in a toast...
to either a most beguiling
and charming man...
or to an insidious, fiendish madman.
- Bottoms up.
- One moment, please.
Point four: Wine poisoned.
An ancient, tasteless, colorless
and odorless Oriental herb...
that kills instantly.
Observe, please.
Great scot, Mr. Wang.
You saved our lives.
Not quite, Mrs. Charleston.
Bon appetit.
Since Wang was the only one who could
detect poison, he was the only tested.
Point five:
Mr. Twain is both beguiling
and fiendish.
- Get a doctor, quick.
- No, no.
It's all right.
My wine is not poisoned.
It was just a bad year.
Good work, Mr. Wang.
We must all be on our guard
through every course of the meal.
You’re all forgetting one thing.
This makes the butler pretty suspicious,
since he’s the one who poured the wine.
Except for the fact
that he is blind.
How would he know which one
to serve the poisoned glass to?
That’s very simple.
Blind people have
a very keen sense of smell.
Since we’re all Anglo-Saxon
and Mr. Wang's son is Japanese...
it wouldn't be hard
to sniff out the Chinaman.
See here, Diamond.
That's a pretty tacky thing to say.
It’s a pretty tacky world,
Mr. Charleston.
- Isn't that right, angel?
- That's right, Sam.
Clip duration: 148 seconds
Views: 267
Timestamp in movie: 00h 00m 00s
Uploaded: 12 December, 2020
Genres: comedy, crime, mystery, thriller
Summary: Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.
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00:22 Someone's tryin' to KILL us
00:19 The nurse is giving my palm the finger
03:48 This is a wild goose chase
00:24 What a godforsaken spot to get lost
00:29 His mother was a Roman Catholic
00:22 You mean Twain has only got eight fingers
00:23 Her name's Irene
00:09 We have been expecting you
00:07 Big house like man married to fat woman
00:07 The lady here in the rented dress is my secretary and...
00:19 I don't feel good about this
00:07 Never consider murder to be business
00:14 I trust you've all been made comfortable
00:06 Have admired you ever since I was tiny little detective
00:05 I refuse to discuss this with wives
00:13 What do you make of all this
00:11 Doors and windows will automatically open at dawn
00:12 I want you to know
00:07 Should have adopted pussycat
00:06 But I was talking about patricide