Agatha Christie: Poirot: Season 1, Episode 1 The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
(8 Jan. 1989)
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Agatha Christie: Poirot: Season 1, Episode 1 The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
(8 Jan. 1989)
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| Hugh Fraser | ... | ||
| Philip Jackson | ... | ||
| Pauline Moran | ... | ||
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Brigit Forsyth | ... |
Mrs. Todd
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| Dermot Crowley | ... |
Arthur Simpson
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Freda Dowie | ... |
Eliza Dunn
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Antony Carrick | ... |
Mr. Todd
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Katy Murphy | ... |
Annie
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| Danny Webb | ... |
Porter
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Richard Bebb | ... |
Mr. Cameron
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Brian Poyser | ... |
Salvation Army Speaker
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Frank Vincent | ... |
Purser
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Phillip Manikum | ... | |
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Jona Jones | ... | |
Poirot is approached by a Mrs. Todd, whose cook, Eliza Dunn, has suddenly disappeared. Poirot manages to track down the cook , and she tells him that a stranger, acting for a law firm, told her that she had inherited a property in the North of England but she had to go there immediately. Her heavy trunk was called for but it was deposited at the train station, where Poirot makes an interesting discovery, connected to a recent bank robbery. Written by don@minifie-1
A very nice little movie, quite faithful to the book.
Mrs. Todd, though, is a bit vulgar-looking, she wears too much makeup and too bright clothes - it's not like the strict plain housewife I imagined when I read the story. But this portrayal of her doesn't spoil the overall impression.
The mystery here is as twisted as in Christie's larger works. I liked it that the director didn't try to prolong it by adding a whole set of new characters and details. Almost everything is just as it was in the story.
I highly recommend the movie to everyone who likes the true Agatha Christie stories, her ideas and her characters, preserved on screen. Watching The Adventure of the Clapham Cook is literally like seeing that mysterious but also quite funny short story coming alive.