The Lost Mine
- Episode aired Jan 21, 1990
- TV-14
- 50m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
1.6K
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When a Chinese businessman with a map to a long lost silver mine is found dead in Chinatown, Poirot must find the map and killer.When a Chinese businessman with a map to a long lost silver mine is found dead in Chinatown, Poirot must find the map and killer.When a Chinese businessman with a map to a long lost silver mine is found dead in Chinatown, Poirot must find the map and killer.
Chris Walker
- First Officer
- (as Christopher Walker)
- Director
- Writers
- Michael Baker
- David Renwick
- Agatha Christie(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe "war room" tracking the car for Scotland Yard is based on the RAF war rooms of WW2, right down to the cue sticks moving cars instead of airplanes.
- GoofsLord Pearson tells Poirot and Hastings that a lump of ore can be refined into "top grade twenty-four karat silver". But the karat is a unit of purity for gold, not other precious metals. Silver purity is measured in parts per thousand, with pure silver being 999.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Captain Hastings: Community Chest. You've won second prize in a beauty contest. Collect ten pounds.
Hercule Poirot: Thank you very much, Hastings. It would appear that skill plays but a little part in this game, hein?
Captain Hastings: It's all about skill. What to buy and when. Where to put your property.
- ConnectionsReferences George White's 1935 Scandals (1935)
Featured review
A fine episode with an unexpected twist
I have always loved Poirot, and I love The Lost Mine just as much. There are a couple of clues that are so obvious on re-watch that you I agree do wonder how on earth you could've missed first time. But I have to say, that is what I loved about this episode, as well as the fact that it seemed difficult at first, but actually it is really quite simple. The story is very clever and always gripping, with a thrillingly unexpected twist. I also liked seeing how the police worked then, and the scene where Poirot makes his trip to the bank is after from the ending my second favourite scene of the episode. The Lost Mine is technically, sumptuously made with splendid photography and period detail and hauntingly scored, complete with droll, thoughtful writing. The acting is as good as can be, David Suchet I cannot praise enough, he really is the embodiment of the dapper detective. Overall, a really fine episode, one of the stronger earlier episodes to me. 9/10 Bethany Cox
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- Country of origin
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- Filming locations
- Columbia Road, London, E2, England, UK(Chinatown)
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- Runtime50 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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