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"Agatha Christie: Poirot" (1989)Original Air Date:
2 January 2000 (Season 7, Episode 1)Plot:
Living quietly in the small village of King's Abbot, sleuth Hercule Poirot becomes involved in the murder of successful industrialist Roger Ackroyd... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
The Murder of "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" moreCast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only)| David Suchet | ... | Hercule Poirot | |
| Philip Jackson | ... | Chief Inspector James Japp | |
| Oliver Ford Davies | ... | Dr. Sheppard | |
| Malcolm Terris | ... | Roger Ackroyd | |
| Selina Cadell | ... | Caroline Sheppard | |
| Daisy Beaumont | ... | Ursula Bourne | |
| Flora Montgomery | ... | Flora Ackroyd | |
| Nigel Cooke | ... | Geoffrey Raymond | |
| Jamie Bamber | ... | Ralph Paton | |
| Roger Frost | ... | Parker | |
| Vivien Heilbron | ... | Mrs. Ackroyd | |
| Gregor Truter | ... | Inspector Davis | |
| Rosalind Bailey | ... | Mrs. Ferrars | |
| Liz Kettle | ... | Mrs. Folliott | |
| Charles Simon | ... | Hammond |
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I shan't talk about the plot, because that would ruin it.
Agatha Christie readers could not have possibly have imagined that the adaptation would be this poor. It takes one of Agatha Christie's best novels, and butchers the story, removes half the suspects. It then inserts periods of boring introspection by the detective as he visits his old flat in Whitehaven Mansions.
Moreover, in the novel, most of the characters had some redeeming qualities. All humanity seems to have been stripped out of them in this adaptation. As a result, viewers who have not read the book would probably care even less who the murderer turns out to be.
Fans always knew that this novel would be one of the hardest to adapt, because there is relatively more narrative, and there is less banter than in the Poirot-Hastings stories such as the ABC murders. However, the recent excellent adaptation of Sad Cypress showed that it is possible to convert the moodier, less conversational mysteries to the screen.
A film that is inadequate for first-time viewers and bookreaders alike.