Murder on the Links

Episode aired Feb 11, 1996
TV-14
1h 34m

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7.8/10

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Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

While Poirot and Hastings are holidaying in France, a businessman tells Poirot that his life is in danger. The next day he is found stabbed to death on a nearby golf course.While Poirot and Hastings are holidaying in France, a businessman tells Poirot that his life is in danger. The next day he is found stabbed to death on a nearby golf course.While Poirot and Hastings are holidaying in France, a businessman tells Poirot that his life is in danger. The next day he is found stabbed to death on a nearby golf course.

Director
- Andrew Grieve
Writers
- Agatha Christie
- Anthony Horowitz
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

2.2K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Andrew Grieve
Writers
- Agatha Christie
- Anthony Horowitz
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
Bill Moody is dubbed.

Goofs
In the coroner's office there's a calendar on the wall, clearly revealing the date in French - 18 Mai 1936, Mercredi (Wednesday). In 1936, however, the 18th of May happened to be a Monday.

Quotes
Hastings: A lot of golfers are very gastronomic, you know, Poirot. Nothing like eighteen holes to build up an appetite. You really ought to try it, you know; you might find you actually enjoy it.
Hercule Poirot: To hit a little ball into the little hole, in the middle of a large open field - I think it is not to the taste of Poirot.

Crazy credits
Agatha Christie is credited twice for writing the novel after the title is shown onscreen.

Connections
Version of Meitantei Akafuji Takashi: Aishi no sandoriyon (2005)

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Featured review

8/10

Poirot enters into a rivalry with an uppity police detective

I guess the esteemed police officer Giraud had never read any Poirot mysteries, because he happily goes up against him in "Murder on the Links," from 1996.

Poirot and Hastings are approached by a businessman Paul Renaud, who has been receiving threats. The next morning, Madame Renaud is found bound and gagged, and her husband's dead body is found on a golf course nearby.

Poirot and Giraud disagree about the solution to this crime, so they make a wager. The one who catches the killer has to give something up. In Poirot's case, it's his mustache, and in the case of the police detective, it's his pipe.

Well, we all know Poirot isn't going to shave off his mustache. Hastings, however, loses his heart to a lovely singer. She becomes his wife, the "Bella" mentioned in subsequent episodes.

Very good episode with an interesting denouement.