Poirot: Lord Edgware Dies (2000)
Season 7, Episode 2
8/10
A favorite Christie novel made into a good episode
13 February 2015
"Lord Edgware Dies" is part of the Poirot starring David Suchet series, but it was also a TV movie with Peter Ustinov and Faye Dunaway called "Thirteen at Dinner." I love both of them; Ustinov created his own character, which was hilarious, while Suchet IS the Christie Poirot. Kind of like Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple and the Marple Christie created. Very different but both good.

This adaptation has a couple of flaws, though the story is enjoyable and well done. I'll be honest and say that after seeing Carlotta Adams' (Fiona Allen) act in the club, I don't know that I'd think she was good at impersonations.

The second flaw is the one that has been mentioned previously; I won't belabor it.

One thing that makes this episode fun is the presence of Miss Lemon, Japp, and Hastings.

Helen Grace is gorgeous as Jane Wilkinson and those clothes -- no expense spared in any of these episodes.
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