Colonel March of Scotland Yard The Silent Vow (1954– ) watch online HD

Episode 23, "The Silent Vow" brings back Eric Pohlmann, making his third appearance as Inspector Goron of the Surete, who is enjoying an evening of Carcazon (neither bourbon nor liquor) at a Paris cafe with Colonel March, when a customer at a nearby table, Phillipe (Eugene Deckers), dies from drinking poisoned wine. Gaston the waiter (Marne Maitland) falls under suspicion because he was a former chemist, and the singer, Madeleine (Zena Marshall), girlfriend of cafe manager Jacques Dupont (Martin Benson), seems uncooperative when questioned by Goron. She was very close to Francois (Anton Diffring), like Phillipe a recent arrival from the monastery that fashions Carcazon, returning there to take a vow of silence for his late friend. Colonel March is allowed to demonstrate his English police methods to an unconvinced Goron, and succeeds in trapping the guilty party at the last moment. A real disappointment considering the high powered cast of familiar faces, such as Marne Maitland, previously seen in "The Headless Hat," Martin Benson, of Hammer's 1962 "Captain Clegg" and the 1976 blockbuster "The Omen," and exotic beauty Zena Marshall, who became the very first villainess to bed James Bond in 1962's "Dr. No" (Ewan Roberts as Inspector Ames does not appear). Saddest of all is the waste of Germanic villain Anton Diffring, who gets only a handful of lines before being rendered speechless due to 'the silent vow,' leaving no impression at all (fortunately, he would return in the very next episode, "The Silver Curtain," along with Eric Pohlmann's Goron).

THE SILENT VOW is something of an insufferable episode of Colonel March, one that again sees him taking a holiday in Paris and spending his time boozing around in a cafe. When one of the customers just so happens to be murdered via poison, March and his French detective buddy Goron decide to investigate.

This story is a very dull and dated one without even any supernatural-tinged elements to recommend it. It's a straightforward murder case with various suspects and back stories to uncover, but none of it is very interesting. It's a pity, as this film has a better than average cast including a returning Eric Pohlmann, Marne Maitland, Martin Benson, and Anton Diffring.

Colonel March and Inspector Goron are spending a quiet and pleasant evening at a Paris café. Goron is expounding on the difference between English and French detective methods. He says you English rely on fingerprints. What do French detectives rely on? Heart prints. Goron is also waxing poetical about the merits of a wine, Carrazon, produced by a nearby monastery. It's brandy like but not a brandy. Goron notes that the particular Carrazon they're having does not seem to be as good as he remembers it.They notice two men at a nearby table having a spirited conversation. Soon one of the men, Philippe, begins to act strangely. He seems to have had too much Carrazon comments Goron. Then Phillipe topples over dead. March wryly comments that he thinks it was "Something more potent." For indeed Phillipe has been poisoned. Both men were from the monastery and Brother Francis returns to the monastery and takes a vow of silence to honor his friend. Which means he wasn't much help when March goes to interview him. This episode is lifted above the humdrum by the exchanges between March and the droll Goron (excellently portrayed by Eric Pohlmann). They're obviously good friends who much enjoy each other's company.