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"Agatha Christie: Poirot" Mrs McGinty's Dead (2008)
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1 September 2008
(Season 11, Episode 1)
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James Bentley is tried for the murder of Abigail McGinty, the charwoman of Broadhinny who also took in Bentley as her lodger...
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Poirot tries to clear a man sentenced to hang for murder...
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(Episode Cast overview, first billed only) | David Suchet | ... | Hercule Poirot |
| Joe Absolom | ... | James Bentley |
| Simon Molloy | ... | District Judge |
 | Richard Hope | ... | Spence |
| David Yelland | ... | George |
| Sarah Smart | ... | Maude |
| Raquel Cassidy | ... | Maureen Summerhayes |
| Richard Dillane | ... | Major Summerhayes |
| Simon Shepherd | ... | Dr Rendell |
| Emma Amos | ... | Bessie Burch |
| Billy Geraghty | ... | Joe Burch |
| Ruth Gemmell | ... | Miss Sweetiman |
| Mary Stockley | ... | Eve Carpenter |
| Zoë Wanamaker | ... | Ariadne Oliver |
| Paul Rhys | ... | Robin Upward |
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District Judge: James Gordon Bentley, you have been tried for murder. Abigail McGinty was found by the baker on the floor of the sitting-room with extensive wounds to the head. The house in Broadhinny evinced no sign of forced entry. All the police surgeon was able to ascertain was that she'd been hit with a sharp...
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District Judge: James Gordon Bentley, you have been tried for murder. Abigail McGinty was found by the baker on the floor of the sitting-room with extensive wounds to the head. The house in Broadhinny evinced no sign of forced entry. All the police surgeon was able to ascertain was that she'd been hit with a sharp...
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Version of Murder Most Foul (1964)
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Once again, David SUCHET excels as Hercule Poirot, willing to investigate the truth behind an innocent man being found guilty of Mrs. McGinty's murder. And JOE ABSOLOM is excellent as the accused James Bentley, but has little to do within the storyline once Poirot decides to take his case. ZOE WANAMAKER is effective as Ariadne Oliver, the mystery writer who resembles Agatha Christie in that she's not happy with the detective she invented.
Unfortunately, the rest of the cast seems uninspired. But the time period, the settings, the photography--all the technical values are excellent. Poirot's distress at finding himself living in a disorganized guest house is played for humor, but it also vital when he comes across some important clues.
More faithful than some of the recent Miss Marple episodes with Geraldine McEwan, it's definitely worth watching if you're a Poirot fan.