Poirot tries to prevent the kidnapping of a country squire's son. While his plan fails, all is not what it seems.Poirot tries to prevent the kidnapping of a country squire's son. While his plan fails, all is not what it seems.Poirot tries to prevent the kidnapping of a country squire's son. While his plan fails, all is not what it seems.
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- Clive Exton
- Agatha Christie(uncredited)
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- TriviaHastings' car is a Lagonda M45 T9 Rapide Open Tourer with the 4.5 litre engine. Lagonda was a marque of the Aston Martin Company.
- GoofsThe metric system is used here in 1935, but England did not adopt the metric system until 1962. For example, Poirot says there was a policeman 20 meters away. Captain Hastings says he drove at 80 which has to be km/hr because no ordinary passenger car could reach 80 MPH in 1935.
- Quotes
Miss Lemon: It's nearly complete, you see. My system.
Hercule Poirot: Ah.
Miss Lemon: Every one of your cases classified and cross-referenced five different ways.
Hercule Poirot: Five?
Miss Lemon: Oh, yes. In this cabinet, names of witnesses; in this, name of perpetrator, if known. Victim's trade or profession. Type of case: abduction, addiction, adultery - see also under marriage, bigamy - see also under marriage, bombs.
Hercule Poirot: See also under marriage?
- ConnectionsReferenced in OWV Updates: Multimedia Update (22/03/2016) (2016)
And besides the magnificent acting on ALL parts, we can also admire a PERFECT recreation of the atmosphere of the 1920s - everything from clothes and hairstyles to interiors to cars. Really a BIG achievement for a TV series that's still in its 'infancy', so to speak! But the producers started out with ALL the right stuff from the very beginning - and the reward turned out to be one of the most popular, most high-class and longest-running British TV series ever.
This episode, adapted from one of Poirot's 'minor' early cases, a short story first published in 1923, isn't too complicated, maybe you could even call it a little bit predictable; and yet, it's quite suspenseful, stylish, entertaining - and 'spiced' with a good dose of humor! A WONDERFUL hour of entertainment for Poirot fans, and not only...
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- Nov 8, 2014
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- Wrotham Park, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK(Marcus Waverly's country home)
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- Runtime51 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1