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"Agatha Christie: Poirot" (1989)Original Air Date:
12 January 1992 (Season 4, Episode 2)Plot:
After spending a bit of a holiday in Paris, Poirot finds himself on a flight to London with an odd assortment of people... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Typically absorbing, deliberately paced Agatha Christie murder mystery moreCast
(Episode Credited cast)| David Suchet | ... | Hercule Poirot | |
| Philip Jackson | ... | Chief Inspector James Japp | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Yves Aubert | ... | Airline Clerk | |
| Harry Audley | ... | Raymond Barraclough | |
| John Bleasdale | ... | Mitchell | |
| Jenny Downham | ... | Anne Giselle | |
| David Firth | ... | Lord Horbury | |
| Cathryn Harrison | ... | Lady Horbury | |
| Roger Heathcott | ... | Daniel Clancy | |
| Richard Ireson | ... | Inspector Fournier | |
| Gabrielle Lloyd | ... | Elise | |
| Guy Manning | ... | Jean Dupont | |
| Nick Mercer | ... | Policeman | |
| Eve Pearce | ... | Madame Giselle | |
| Hana Maria Pravda | ... | Concierge | |
| Russell Richardson | ... | French Registrar | |
| George Rossi | ... | Zeropoulos | |
| Amanda Royle | ... | Venetia Kerr | |
| Raymond Sawyer | ... | Hotel Clerk | |
| Shaun Scott | ... | Norman Gale | |
| Hilary Waters | ... | Receptionist | |
| Sarah Woodward | ... | Jane Grey | |
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Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an old woman which happened during a flight from France to England - a flight on which he was also on board! The victim seems to have been killed by a poisoned dart shot on her neck, and Poirot's investigation takes him (along with Inspector Japp) to Paris, where the woman lived.
Before seeing "Death in the Clouds" and without having read the book, I was under the impression that the action would be almost entirely confined inside the plane, but no - the murder happens there, but most of the action takes place on land (and most of it in Paris). There is ingenuity in the way the murder is carried out, but some of the coincidences revealed by Poirot at the end to explain the motive seem a bit strained. The pacing is also quite deliberate (this is a feature-length episode). Nevertheless, the production (including the Paris location shooting) is up to the usual high standards, and the cast is well-chosen; in the absence of Captain Hastings, Inspector Japp gets a lot of screen time and has some good moments, and Sarah Woodward, as an air stewardess who was also on board the same flight, makes a very likable sidekick for Poirot. (***)