-"brahms' lullaby." the kier apparently placed it in her hand after he murdered her. yoyodon't think he sort of sat here and listened to it after she was dead, do ya? -looks that way. -the popular british press s fers to this monster as the lullaby killer. -the victim is an english girl by the name of cherry stevens. she was a hohoer. more than likely from a rapid downward movement from behind. -look, this guy's out there. let's get him.

-looking for a little action tonight? i'm talking about real excitement, the best time of your life. -hi, i'm angela. if you want thrills, forget about her. -i would have had him if you kept your big nono out of it.

hey, come on, love. give a girl a fighting chance. -you're from liverpool, aren't you? -that's right. me and the beatles. let me guess, you must be from london. i can see you're a man that's used to the best. come on, love, you won't regret it. -all right. get in. what's your name?

why are we stopping here? -i thought i'd buy you a little present. -that's very nice of you , but it's not really necessary. -but i'd like to. -that's right, "brahms' lullaby." it's one of our most popular items. we have some in larger sizes, if you like? -the small one will be fine.

-charlie, what are you doing here? -i was driving into the office, when i heard t t call. what do we got? -well, the victim is and english girl by the name ofofherry stevens. somebody broke her neck. the landlady who found her said that she's a hooker.

lid was open. -"brahm's lullaby." -we think whoever killed the girl placed it in her hand after he killed her. -what? you mean, he put it there and sat and listened to it after she was dead? -possibly. -sounds like some kind of ritual. -sergeant hunter. we got a lady outside, says she's a friend of the victims. -yes, ma'am? -cherry. oh god, no. -i'd like to see captain devane, please. -is he expecting you, sir? -yes, would you tell him that lord fraser, british consulate, is here? -are you certain that she didn't own the music box in the photograph?

everything she owns. -now, what about kinky customers? she have any of those? -we've all had our share. no, but, cherry was one of the smart ones. she was very careful. if she even sensed that a john was a little bent, well, she'd back off. -you and cherry spenena lot of time together, didn't you? -that's right. there's a bunch of us british girls working the streets. being away from home, we like to stick together. -ok, according to your last booking sheet, your address is in the silver lake district. is that still true? -yeah, that's my address. -thanks very much. paul, do me a favor, take ms. sanders back to her car, would ya? thanks, margie, we'll be in touch. -hunter. mccall. this is lord fraser, the british consul here in los angeles.

-sergeant. sergeant. -hello. one of lord fraser's assistants this morning showed him the report on the cherry stevens murder. he seems to think that there's a good possibility the killer may be from england. -is that right? st five years, 25 young prostitutes have been murdered in the united kingdom. their necks were broken ininxactly the same way as described in the report i received. that's why i came in. -now, lord fraser, in all these homicides there was a music box found playing "brahms' lullaby?" the popular british press refers to thth monster as the lullaby killer. -representative from scotland yard will be here in the morning. we really appreciate scotland yard sending somemee over so quickly. -i'd like to go to the crime scene.

-crime scene, please? -ok, if that's what you want. commander four king, have, uh, sergeants mccall and hunter meet me at the cherry stevens crime scene, please. hunter, mccall. this is inspector foster. inspector, these are our investigators, sergeants hunter and mccall.l. -inspector, how are you? -how do you do? -well, where would you like to start? -the victim was found lying on this bed on her back? -that's right. -there was no sexual a aault, no identifiable fingerprints, nothing in the apartment was missing or disturbed. -she was adamant about coming here first. -and the music box? -oh, yes. here you go. -each of our victims had a different type of music box in her right hand, but it always played the same tune,

to our medical examiner's preliminary report, if you'd like. -the young man's neck was broken, more than likely from a rapid downward snap from behind. -well, what do you might, make of all this then, inspector? -it's been five weeks since he struck in england. i don't know why, but he's here in los angeles. e ran across a british girl who was a prostitute, which means it's not over. if he finds another brbrish prostitute, he will kill again. -hello? -yes, is this margie? -yes. -a friend gave me your number. i'm on town for a few weeks and looking for a little entertainment. -so you're british. -yes, i think it would be quite pleasant to spend some time with someone from home.

-find margie? -margie hasn't lived at her silver lake address in more than five months. -check hollywood boulevard? -yep, sure did. no one's seen her today. -well, it doesn't surprise me. didn't trust us very much, you know? -i thought we were going to have a good time? -i consider photographing a woman as beautiful now, let's see you a little bit more sexy. -how's that? -yes,that's nice. that's nice. that's very nice. wet your lips, darlingng that's good. put your head back a little more.

yes. that's-- that's splendid. -so you're interested in more than photography after all? -that's right. i am.

she says she didn't see anyone enteri oleavg ace last night. -ok, check with the neighbors and see if they saw anything. -these girls think it can n ver happen to them. -margie and cherry were friends. i don't think this is just a coincidence here. -he must have found cherry's address book. -it that's true, then there's a man out there who's got a list of a lot of british prostitutes

-i'm so sorry i couldn't meet you in my office. i had to put in a appearance here. -that's quite all right, lord fraser. this is inspector foster from scotland yard. -ah, yes. the home office told me you were coming. i suppose you know this monster struck again last night? -yes, i know. -are you convinced it's thsame man from home? -yes, in my office. frankly, i don't know what good it'll do you. hundreds of british tourists flood into southern california this time of the year. -that's why we need it quickly. -yes, i'll get it for you. -he didn't have to cross the ocean to kill british prostitutes. i think he came here on business and ran into his victims by chance. -that makes sense. but there are still more than 400 names on that list. -ah, there you are, andrew. -that's lord rutherford, an old family friend.

i'd like you to meet sergeant hunter of the los angeles police department. -lord rutherford, how are you? -and inspector foster from scotland yard. -oh, i'm sorry, i didn't mean to interrupt. -no, they're here regarding that nasty business i told you about. -oh yes, do you really think that monster is here? -well, it's a possibility. -i'm a great admirer of your work, lord rutherford. -please, call me tony. -tony came in from singapore a few weeks ago. he's here to update his latest book, wonderful photographs. i highly recommend it. -lord fraser, the list? -yes, of course. tony. -pleasure. -nice meeting you all. -the killer attacks sporadically with no particulul plan. he's gone for as long as five or six weeks without attacking.

he gets the urge to kill even when it's unsafe for him to do so. -thanks, inspector foster. any questions? hunter. -mccarthy, rude, you've got the list of the british nationals that are in los angeles. i know it's a big job but they gotta be checked out. hardy, ames, there's a lot of stores in the area that carry the type of music box we found at the scene of the crime. check them out. i assume vice is checking out the streets. these gals don't want to talk to the cops, you know? -well, explain to them that two of them have already died at this man's hands. come on, push them. now, look, this guy's out there.

i love it. do move this way, just a touch. wonderful. oh, very nice. wonderful. -excuse me. i didn't mean to interrupt your shot, but by some small chance, are you lord anthony rutherford? -by some small chance, i am. do you mind stepping back? -yes, of course. -t-tnk you.

i've got your book back home. -really? -name's avery thompson. as you can see, i'm a bit of an amateur photographer myself. i say, you wouldn't happen to have a moment to take a look at some of my work, would you? i've got a few samples back at the room. -perhaps some other time? -yes, i'd like that very much. um, you see, i'm doing some business here, and i'll be at the hotel excaliburr for the next few days. so possibly, if you get the chance, you could ring me up there? -i'm sorry, but i'm rather busy on this trip. i understand. -good day, mr. thompson. -good day, lord rutherford. -oh, sergeant hunter, i've got the name of some of the stores that sell the music boxes from sergeant hahay. i thought we could check them out together. -fabulous idea. -good, let's go. -right after lunch. -i'm really not very hungry. -i don't know how they do it in london, but a good detective here in los angeles needs an awfully good lunch. -i know w 's bizarre, but i feel guilty just stopping

-what scares me is he could be on a plane tomorrow with none the wiser. -you seem quite obsessed by this guy. why don't you just relax and enjoy your lunch, ok? thanks. -there was a young detect friend of mine named laura magruder. our vise people put her on the soho beat dressed as a prostitute. i suppose you do thehesam. -quite routine. something went wrong. her backup officer lost contact with her on his wireless. we found her body in a gutter behind a pub. she was a very nice girl. -she wasn't found in a hotel room? -no.

kidnapped her. the music box was still playing when we found her. -i can understand your feelings, susannah, but please, don't let this get in the way of you doing your job. -it won't. -good. -hi, are you bob? -(-(erican accent) that's right, honey. you candice? -uh-huh.

-a man n ner minds waiting for a beautiful woman. -you're cute. how'd you get my number? -a gentleman named hansen in austin, texas. -hansen? i don't remember him. -oh, he remembers you. he says you're the b bt thing that ever happened to la. -my place or yours? -i thought you'd never ask. -(british accent) you bloody fool. why don't you learn to drive? -you're english.

like looking for a needle in a haystack. -it's all part of the job thought, isn't it? -rick, this is candice walker. she has something for you on the lullaby case. -susannah. go ahead, miss walker. -that english man who's been killing those girls,

and i take photographs of them. that's what i do. the more interesting and exotic they are, the better. -i didn't see any photographs of prostitutes in your book. -in a way, the lullaby killer is responsible for my meeting with candice.

until lord frazier told me about the murders in la. -i see. now, where'd you get candice's phone number? -a gentleman at the ram's head passed it on. -do you know who he is? -i don't remember. -i see. now, all you wanted to do was to take photographs of these girls, is that right? -that is exactly it. oh, why did you use an american accent when you picked up the lady? -i was having a bit of fun with her. -there's a law against murder. -susannah. -this is outrageous. -what's so special about "brahms' lullaby?" remind you that i'm a member of the house of lords. -susannah. -i don't care if he's the bloody prime minister. -let's take a little break, shall we? -thank you, sergeant. -i'm sorry. we'll be right back. -he's guilty. -we'll see about that now, won't we? look, inspector, we have absolutely no physical evidence on this guy at all. -then we'll find it. -maybe we will, maybe we won't. -what are we supposed to do? look, , is is an lapd investigation. you're a guest here. let me handle it, ok?

let's go back in and try it again. come on. -hunter, captain wants to see all of us right now. -lord fraser is having a little problem with our holding lord rutherford. -that's putting it mildly. you're detaining an innocent man. look, i have nothingnggainst american police procedures, but it seems to me that you don't have onenehred of real evidence. -look, lord fraser, we do have good reason -you don't really think that tony rutherford is this lullaby killer? -look, all we're doing is questioning the m m. you have to admit, his behavior has been a bit suspicious. -this is preposterous. i've known this young man and his family for years. he's already had a great personal tragedy in the family. don't put him through this. -what about the personal tragedies of the families of those girls? -he has nothing to do with that. look, he's been extremely cooperative.