The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Episode aired Sep 16, 1990
TV-14
1h 43m

IMDb RATING

7.8/10

2.1K

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Crime Drama Mystery

Hastings renews his friendship with Poirot and involves him in the mysterious poisoning of the mistress of a manor house married to a man twenty years her junior.Hastings renews his friendship with Poirot and involves him in the mysterious poisoning of the mistress of a manor house married to a man twenty years her junior.Hastings renews his friendship with Poirot and involves him in the mysterious poisoning of the mistress of a manor house married to a man twenty years her junior.

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Allie Byrne and Hugh Fraser in Poirot (1989)

Joanna McCallum and David Suchet in Poirot (1989)

Allie Byrne and Michael Cronin in Poirot (1989)

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Trivia
'The Mysterious Affair at Styles' was Agatha Christie's first novel, published in 1920, and also her first to feature the character of Hercule Poirot.

Goofs
The opening scene is set in June 1917 and Hastings is wearing Service Dress uniform of the British Army. However, he is wearing Overseas Service Chevrons on his sleeve, which were not created and authorised until December of that year.

Quotes
Hercule Poirot: [talking to other Belgian refugees about a wildflower] Another example of the English bucolic belief - anagallis arvensis, the scarlet pimpernel. It is believed that when this flower is open, it is a sign of a proplonged spell of fine weather. It is seldom seen open in this country.

Connections
Featured in Arena: Agatha Christie - Unfinished Portrait (1990)

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8/10

Intriguing and nostalgic

World War 1 and British Army officer Arthur Hastings is recuperating in a quiet manor in the English countryside. When a woman is murdered in the household, Hastings enlists the help of an old friend to solve the mystery - Hercule Poirot.

Intriguing and quite nostalgic. This is the mystery that cemented the Poirot-Hastings partnership. So quite an historic feel to it.

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