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"Agatha Christie: Poirot" Dumb Witness (1996)


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Overview

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Director:
Edward Bennett
Writers:
Agatha Christie (novel) and
Douglas Watkinson (dramatisation)
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Original Air Date:
16 March 1996 (Season 6, Episode 4)
Plot:
An elderly woman confides to Poirot that she fears one of her relatives is trying to kill her for her money. He persuades her to disinherit her heirs, but she is murdered anyway. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Episode Cast overview, first billed only)
David Suchet ... Hercule Poirot
Hugh Fraser ... Captain Arthur Hastings
Ann Morrish ... Emily Arundel
Patrick Ryecart ... Charles
Kate Buffery ... Theresa
Paul Herzberg ... Jacob
Julia St. John ... Bella (as Julia St John)
Norma West ... Wilhemina
Jonathan Newth ... Dr Grainger
Pauline Jameson ... Isabel Tripp
Muriel Pavlow ... Julia Tripp
Pat O'Toole ... Sarah
Geoffrey Freshwater ... Sgt Keeley
Jestyn Phillips ... Steward
Tobias Saunders ... Alexis
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Additional Details

Runtime:
103 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Hercule Poirot: You forgot the Sisters Tripp.
Captain Arthur Hastings: Oh those two? They're batty, yes, but not murderers surely?
Hercule Poirot: What is murder but a kind of madness, mon ami?
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10 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
Belgian Sleuth (and dog), 6 January 2007
Author: dbdumonteil

"This dog is very clever" Poirot says "He must be Belgian!"

A delightful adaptation of another Christie's classic : aptly titled cause the main witness is a dog .But only Poirot can communicate with him.

Mrs Arundell is a wealthy aunt and she has got nephews and nieces waiting for their inheritance .In her desirable mansion,on the bank of a lake where one of the nephews tries to break speed record ,strange things happen.

This is an absorbing episode in the POirot brilliant miniseries involving initials (which might or might not be those of the murderer) ,a dumb witness (Bob the dog) ,and an eerie side -which frequently shows in Christie's books : Emily Arundell's death is almost supernatural ("Her soul is flying away ") and there is a medium who talks to the Dead .

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