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Hercule Poirot's Christmas ()


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The tyrannical patriarch of a dysfunctional but wealthy family summons his adult children for a Christmas reunion, but prior to the holiday his throat is slashed apparently by one of them.

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Hercule Poirot
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Japp
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Simeon Lee
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Alfred
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Lydia
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George
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Magdalene (as Andree Bernard)
Brian Gwaspari ...
Harry
Sasha Behar ...
Pilar
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Sugden
Olga Lowe ...
Stella
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Horbury (as Ayub Khan Din)
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Tressilian
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Young Simeon
Liese Benjamin ...
Young Stella
Oscar Pearce ...
Gerrit
Steve Delaney ...
Sgt. Coombes
Colin Meredith ...
Shopkeeper
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Mr Charlton
Joanna Dickens ...
Cook
Michael Keats ...
Constable
Christopher Webber ...
Train Steward
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George Little ...
Dicker (uncredited) (voice)
Tony Red Richards ...
Mrs. Japp's Relative (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)

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Edward Bennett

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Agatha Christie ... (novel)
 
Clive Exton ... (dramatized by)

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Brian Eastman ... producer
Christopher Hall ... associate producer
Sarah Wilson ... executive producer

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Christopher Gunning

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Simon Kossoff ... director of photography

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Andrew McClelland

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Joanna Garrard ... assistant editor

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Rob Harris

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Peter Wenham

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Andrea Galer

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Suzan Broad ... make-up
Lucy Hutchinson ... makeup artist
Patricia Kirkman ... makeup artist

Production Management

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Jeremy Johns ... unit manager

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John Duthie ... third assistant director
Bill Kirk ... first assistant director
Trevor Puckle ... second assistant director

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Barry Arnold ... stand-by props
Carlotta Barrow ... set dresser
Judy Ducker ... production buyer
Bob Eames ... stand-by construction
Mickey Lennon ... property master (as Micky Lennon)
Tom Lowen ... stand-by construction

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Tony Bell ... sound assistant
Rudi Buckle ... sound recordist
Colin Codner ... boom operator
Rupert Scrivener ... dubbing mixer

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Peter Butler ... grip
Ray Cooper ... focus puller
Warren Ewen ... gaffer
Jeremy Gee ... camera operator
Dean Thompson ... clapper/loader
Tom Maslen ... additional "a" camera grip (uncredited)

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Julia Duff ... casting
Anne Henderson ... casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Tim Guthrie ... wardrobe
Dianne Murphy ... wardrobe (as Diane Murphy)
Chrissie Wrench ... wardrobe
Sarah Touaibi ... assistant costume (uncredited)

Location Management

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Nigel Gostelow ... locations
Jeremy Johns ... locations unit manager (uncredited)

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Mark Tucker ... assistant music scoring engineer (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Maggie Lewty ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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John Beharrell ... accounts
Patsy de Lord ... co-ordinator
Penelope Forrester ... accounts (as Penelope Beharrell)
Natasha Wellesley ... production coordinator
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

When Simeon Lee, a mean-spirited, tyrannical patriarch of a dysfunctional family, summons his offspring to his country manor house in Shropshire for Christmas, he employs Poirot to attend the reunion. The detective is not given a full explanation for his assignment, but he soon observes the palpable animosity, suspicion, and resentment among the three Lee sons. Also in attendance is the beautiful Pilar Estravados, the only surviving child of Lee's daughter, who recently passed away after living in exile in Spain. The ruthless Senior Lee, who made his fortune in the South African diamond fields, sadistically treats his progeny with deliberate cruelty and obviously relishes pitting one against the other. It comes as no surprise when the old man's throat is mysteriously cut in an apparently locked room, and although he was frail and wheelchair-bound, there appears to be evidence of a great struggle. Poirot is aided in his quest for a solution to the baffling mystery by Chief Inspector Japp and local Superintendent Sugden. Written by duke1029

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  • Hercule Poirot's Christmas (United Kingdom)
Runtime
  • 100 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia David Suchet's own father, Jack, had moved to London from South Africa in 1932. He was a doctor who had worked on penicillin with Sir Alexander Fleming. See more »
Goofs When Poirot searches Pilar's room, Pilar is seen in bed with a sling on her right arm. In the Denouement, the sling is now on her left arm. See more »
Quotes Simeon Lee: My family hate me, you know.
Hercule Poirot: It is not hard to see why.
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