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Cause of death:
four bullets in the chest. Fact!
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The bullets were fired at close range
from a .25 Beretta automatic. Fact!
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Maria Gambrelli was discovered
with the murder weapon in her hand. Fact!
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The murder weapon was registered in
the name of the deceased, Miguel Ostos,
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and was kept in the glove compartment
of the Ballon Rolls-Royce.
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Fact!
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Members of the household staff
have testified that Miguel Ostos beat...
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You fool, you've broken my pointing stick.
I've got nothing to point with now.
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Have testified that Miguel Ostos
beat Maria Gambrelli frequently.
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And finally comes this sworn statement
of Monsieur and Madame Ballon,
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as well as all the members of the staff,
each of them with perfect alibis.
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Now then, Hercule.
What is the inescapable conclusion?
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Maria Gambrelli killed the chauffeur.
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What? You idiot! lmpossible.
She's protecting someone.
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- How do you know that?
- Instinct!
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But the facts...
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You are forgetting
the most important fact - motive.
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- He beat her.
- He was Spanish.
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- He tore her dress off.
- Don't be ridiculous!
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Would you kill somebody
who tore your dress off?
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- No, l suppose not.
- Of course not.
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No. There is no doubt
in my mind whatsoever, Hercule.
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Maria Gambrelli is most definitely
protecting somebody.
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Find that somebody
and you have found the murderer.
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And l shall find the murderer
before the day is out.
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Maria Gambrelli will tell me who he is.
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Yet Clouseau was proved right.
Maria Gambrelli was innocent.
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Clouseau was always proved right
at the end of the case.
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But on the way
even he made a few miscalculations.