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Original Air Date:
11 December 2005
(Season 10, Episode 1)
Plot:
Poirot investigates the brutal hammer murder of Ruth Kettering, an American heiress and the theft of a fabulous ruby on the Blue Train between Calais and Nice. full summary | add synopsis
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Entertaining IF you get past the changes
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Cast
(Episode Cast overview, first billed only)| David Suchet | ... | Hercule Poirot | |
| James D'Arcy | ... | Derek Kettering | |
| Alice Eve | ... | Lenox | |
| Nicholas Farrell | ... | Knighton | |
| Bronagh Gallagher | ... | Ada Mason | |
| Tom Harper | ... | Corky | |
| Jane How | ... | Lady at Ball | |
| Samuel James | ... | Steward | |
| Helen Lindsay | ... | Sister Rosalia | |
| Oliver Milburn | ... | La Roche | |
| Jaime Murray | ... | Ruth Kettering | |
| Roger Lloyd-Pack | ... | Inspector Caux (as Roger Lloyd Pack) | |
| Etela Pardo | ... | Dolores | |
| Georgina Rylance | ... | Katherine | |
| Josette Simon | ... | Mirelle Milesi |
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120 min (including commercials) | Finland:94 min (excluding commercials)
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Hercule Poirot mentions at the end that he has never traveled on the Orient Express, raising viewer expectations of his most famous case, "Murder on the Orient Express."
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Count De La Roche:
[after being punched and knocked down] You could have given me a black eye!
Derek Kettering: Match your fingernails and your heart!
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Derek Kettering: Match your fingernails and your heart!
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POIROT has been cherished by Agatha Christie fans for keeping close to the original novel 9 times out of 10. For some reason, 3 of the 4 episodes this season have changed the plot until it's unrecognizable. Will the faithful Poirot ever return? Not very likely-- unfortunately, the faithful Poirot seems to have ended when Agatha Christie's daughter died. Matthew Pritchard says his grandmother wouldn't have minded the changes-- he is 99% of the time wrong, but he may have been right this time. Agatha Christie said several times that THE MYSTERY OF THE BLUE TRAIN was her worst novel ever, and she hated it. I do not share her opinion. I liked the book how it was. No changes are required if it's an Agatha Christie-- her name on the book is a guarantee that it's perfect.
The changes made in the movie are innumerable. This is a complete rewrite of the book-- it's the NEMESIS of the Poirot season. Did the screenwriter read the book? However, if you put the changes behind you and try to sit back and enjoy the movie, you may end up liking it.