go to the floor above
Beddy-bye. We'd better go upstairs now, get undressed and lie down.Witness for the Prosecution · 1957 — 第 2 / 27 章 · 2'20" · C1
Sir Wilfrid Hides Cigars in His Cane, Explained：when her back is turned
On the surface, a recovering barrister is being scolded for smuggling cigars in his cane. Underneath, it is a battle of wills: the nurse treats him like a child, so he answers with mock-murderous vows — "I seriously considered strangling you with one of your own rubber tubes." The cigars are not the point; his independence is.
あらすじ
Sir Wilfrid, a famous barrister recovering from a heart attack, is looked after by his nurse, Miss Plimsoll. She confiscates the cigars he has hidden inside his cane and orders him upstairs. He protests, threatens comic revenge, and then tries the new lift installed for him. Bedridden or not, he refuses to stop arguing.
注目の表現
justifiable homicideangel of mercywhen her back is turnedSo help me
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このシーンの表現
when her back is turned
while she is not looking
He plots his revenge for the moment the nurse is not looking, when her back is turned.
He only complains when her back is turned.
このシーンの他の表現
- justifiable homicide
a killing that is legally excused
- angel of mercy
a kind helper, used sarcastically
- So help me
I swear it
- sick of
fed up with
- get the feel of
get used to something
このシーンのメモ一覧
26 行のセリフに 27 件のメモ
take off your clothes
Beddy-bye. We'd better go upstairs now, get undressed and lie down.night-night, baby talk — Only for children; used on adults it is deliberate mockery.
Beddy-bye. We'd better go upstairs now, get undressed and lie down.do you realize
Are you aware that, while on my sickbed, I seriously considered strangling you with one of your own rubber tubes.reduced time clause: The clause drops I was, leaving while on my sickbed as a compact time phrase.
Are you aware that, while on my sickbed, I seriously considered strangling you with one of your own rubber tubes.One of your runs together, with of almost dropped.
Are you aware that, while on my sickbed, I seriously considered strangling you with one of your own rubber tubes.would have done: Would have done imagines a result in a past situation that did not happen.
I would then have admitted the crime, retained myself for the defence.formally plead
My lord, members of the jury, I hereby enter a plea of justifiable homicide.over a period of four months
For four months this alleged angel of mercy has pored, probed,obediently
Come along now, like a good boy. Oh, no.Link come and along so it sounds like one word.
Come along now, like a good boy. Oh, no.stop touching
Take your hands off me, or I'll strike you with my cane.a legal order to search
You could be jailed for this. You had no search warrant.everywhere
In hospital he'd hide cigars and brandy all over the place.give someone a name
We called him Wilfrid the fox.a cunning person — Half-joking praise for a sly person; too familiar for formal talk.
We called him Wilfrid the fox.a few draws on a cigarette — Casual talk about smoking; use fewer cigarettes in formal speech.
A few puffs after meals? Please.grab something quickly
I'll do it. Some dark night when her back is turned, I'll snatch her thermometer and plunge it between her shoulder blades. So help me, I will.Snatch her crowds together and her weakens to a soft er.
I'll do it. Some dark night when her back is turned, I'll snatch her thermometer and plunge it between her shoulder blades. So help me, I will.fed up with
When he finds the new lift, Sir Wilfrid says he is sick of the plot to turn him into an invalid.
A lift? I'm sick of this plot to make me a helpless invalid.an excellent plan
I think it's a splendid idea. Let's try it, shall we?in case it collapses
Carter, I warn you, if this contraption should collapse, if the barrister should fall off the bannister...should in a condition: If plus should marks an unlikely possibility, more tentative than a plain if clause.
Carter, I warn you, if this contraption should collapse, if the barrister should fall off the bannister...for many years
Remarkable. Smoothest flight I've had in years.get used to something
After the first ride he asks to go again to get the feel of the controls, hiding his delight.
- Upsy-daisy! - Once more to get the feel of the controls.Stress UP and DAI: UP-sy-DAI-sy.
- Upsy-daisy! - Once more to get the feel of the controls.baby talk for up you go — Baby talk when lifting a child; patronizing to adults.
- Upsy-daisy! - Once more to get the feel of the controls.「Sir Wilfrid Hides Cigars in His Cane」を読み解く
What's really going on
This is a comedy scene doing character work. Sir Wilfrid has been ordered to rest, but every line shows why rest is impossible for him. The nurse confiscates his cigars, so he escalates to a fantasy of murder: "I seriously considered strangling you with one of your own rubber tubes." He even drafts the courtroom speech he would give afterward — "I hereby enter a plea of justifiable homicide" — turning a petty household fight into a trial, because that is the only language he has. The cane, the cigars, the lift: each one is a small surrender, and each one he resists. When he calls the lift his because "it was my heart attack," the joke lands because it is true — he will not let anyone own his weakness for him. The whole film's charm starts here.
Theme
Dark humorSir Wilfrid responds to being nursed like a child by describing, in precise legal detail, how he would murder his nurse and defend himself.
PrideHe will not accept the lift, the rules, or the baby talk; even his weakness must remain his own — "it was my heart attack."
このチャプターで学べること
- A mock trial lets him insult the nurse in style.
- One word, alleged, flips praise into sarcasm.
- He protests the lift, then rides it twice.
- Nurse talk and courtroom talk clash for laughs.
発音のポイント
- one of your — One of your runs together, with of almost dropped.
- Come along — Link come and along so it sounds like one word.
- snatch her — Snatch her crowds together and her weakens to a soft er.
- Upsy-daisy — Stress UP and DAI: UP-sy-DAI-sy.
Are you aware that, while on my sickbed, I seriously considered strangling you with one of your own rubber tubes.A mock-serious accusation to his nurse: he claims he thought about killing her with her own medical equipment. The detail (her rubber tube) makes the joke land harder than a plain complaint would.
My lord, members of the jury, I hereby enter a plea of justifiable homicide.He jokes that, having killed her, he would defend himself in court and plead justifiable homicide. It turns a domestic squabble into a trial, showing how a barrister's mind works.
I'll do it. Some dark night when her back is turned, I'll snatch her thermometer and plunge it between her shoulder blades. So help me, I will.A comic threat: he vows that one night, when the nurse turns away, he will grab her thermometer and stab her with it. "So help me, I will" makes it sound like a real oath.
Take your hands off me, or I'll strike you with my cane.A line delivered at whoever is grabbing him: he warns them off, half-comically, by promising to hit them with his walking stick.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Sir Wilfrid hide cigars in his cane?
His doctor and nurse have forbidden him cigars after his heart attack, so he smuggles them in the hollow handle of his walking cane. It is both a practical trick and a small act of defiance against being treated like a patient.
What does "justifiable homicide" mean for Sir Wilfrid's joke?
It is a legal plea meaning a killing was justified, such as in self-defence. He uses it as a punchline: after strangling his nurse, he would defend himself and argue to a jury that the murder was justified.
Who is Miss Plimsoll?
She is the nurse hired to care for Sir Wilfrid after his heart attack. She confiscates his cigars, orders him to bed, and speaks to him in baby talk, which is exactly what provokes his comic threats.
Why is Sir Wilfrid so against using the lift?
To him the lift says he is helpless. He insists it belongs to him only because "it was my heart attack," and he wants to control it himself. Accepting it means accepting that the illness has changed how people see him.
Is Sir Wilfrid's murder talk meant seriously?
No. It is dark humor from a man who is bored, bossed around, and denied his cigars. He turns his frustration into exaggerated courtroom fantasies, and the nurse treats it as the performance it is.
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