Agatha Christie: Poirot: Season 6, Episode 1 Hercule Poirot's Christmas
(1 Jan. 1995)
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Agatha Christie: Poirot: Season 6, Episode 1 Hercule Poirot's Christmas
(1 Jan. 1995)
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| Philip Jackson | ... | ||
| Vernon Dobtcheff | ... |
Simeon Lee
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| Simon Roberts | ... |
Alfred
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Catherine Rabett | ... |
Lydia
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Andrée Bernard | ... |
Magdalene
(as Andree Bernard)
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Brian Gwaspari | ... |
Harry
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Sasha Behar | ... |
Pilar
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Mark Tandy | ... |
Sugden
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Olga Lowe | ... |
Stella
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Ayub Khan-Din | ... |
Horbury
(as Ayub Khan Din)
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John Horsley | ... |
Tressilian
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| Scott Handy | ... |
Young Simeon
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Liese Benjamin | ... |
Young Stella
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When Simeon Lee, a mean-spirited, tyrannical patriarch of a dysfunctional family, summons his offspring to his country manor house in Kent for Christmas, he employs Poirot to attend the reunion. The detective is not given a full explanation for his assignment, but he soon observes the palpable animosity, suspicion, and resentment among the three Lee sons. Also in attendance is the beautiful Pilar Estravados, the only surviving child of Lee's daughter, who recently passed away after living in exile in Spain. The ruthless Senior Lee, who made his fortune in the South African diamond fields, sadistically treats his progeny with deliberate cruelty and obviously relishes pitting one against the other. It comes as no surprise when the old man's throat is mysteriously cut in an apparently locked room, and although he was frail and wheelchair-bound, there appears to be evidence of a great struggle. Poirot is aided in his quest for a solution to the baffling mystery by Chief Inspector Japp and... Written by Gabe Taverney (duke1029@aol.com)
Why on earth would one murder a great Agatha Christie novel like one of her doomed characters? This take on the book is ridiculous to say the least. Three major Characters have been dropped, interesting integral characters. Some characters have been added for no real reason. The most disturbing part is that complete scenes and stories that were never in the original book have been made up without use. I say, if one wanted to write a mystery screenplay then write an original one, don't mess with a classic. As a stand alone mystery this may be a good movie, but as a recreation of Agatha Christie's brilliant novel it's a complete disaster. I am rather glad Christie is not alive to see one of her works crucified in such a manner.