Poirot
(1989–2013)
A beautiful actress becomes the prime suspect in the murder of her tyrannical husband - except that she has a cast-iron alibi for the night of the crime.
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Title: Lord Edgware Dies (19 Feb 2000)
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Cast
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| David Suchet | ... | Hercule Poirot | |
| Hugh Fraser | ... | Hastings | |
| Philip Jackson | ... | Chief Inspector Japp | |
| Pauline Moran | ... | Miss Lemon | |
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Helen Grace | ... | Jane Wilkinson |
| John Castle | ... | Lord Edgware | |
| Fiona Allen | ... | Carlotta Adams | |
| Dominic Guard | ... | Bryan Martin | |
| Deborah Cornelius | ... | Penny Driver | |
| Hannah Yelland | ... | Geraldine Marsh | |
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Tim Steed | ... | Ronald Marsh |
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Lesley Nightingale | ... | Miss Carroll |
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Christopher Guard | ... | Alton |
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Iain Fraser | ... | Donald Ross |
| Tom Beard | ... | Duke of Merton | |
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Lady Edgware, the well-known stage actress Jane Wilkinson, has a dilemma in that her husband has consistently refused to give her a divorce. She asks Hercule Poirot to visit the man to see if there is any possibility of convincing him. Lord Edgware is nothing short of nasty, treating all those around him very badly. When he is found dead, there is no great surprise, but there certainly are a good number of suspects. The police believe Lady Edgware to be the culprit, but she has a cast-iron alibi, having attended a private dinner over the time her husband was killed. There is also the man's nephew, who would inherit his fortune, and his personal assistant, whom he treated very badly; and then there is the family butler, who clearly has his own interests at heart. Written by garykmcd
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murder | doppelganger | woman wearing a fake moustache | reference to adolf hitler | murder mystery |Certificate:
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EnglishRelease Date:
19 February 2000 (UK) See more »Filming Locations:
Shoreham Airport, Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, England, UKCompany Credits
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Poirot: No no no, Hastings. Poirot, he does not fall. He observes merely.
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Thirteen at Dinner (1985), starring Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot, was also based on the book "Lord Edgware Dies." In that film David Suchet appears as Inspector Japp. See more »Goofs
When Lucie Adams arrives to visit her sister Carlotta (who has already been murdered) her taxi pulls up on modern double yellow no parking lines. See more »Quotes
Hastings: Don't tell me you're falling for her?Poirot: No no no, Hastings. Poirot, he does not fall. He observes merely.
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Lord Edgeware dies: he gets stabbed in the neck, and there are plenty of suspects around. Poirot gets involved in the case, along with his friend Captain Hastings who has just returned from Argentina after a misguided investment.
The reunion of the 4 series regulars (Suchet, Fraser, Jackson and Moran) after a couple of years gives a warm feeling to this episode, but its chief virtue remains Agatha Christie's plot. Her technique here involves a daring double-deception: she takes the obvious truth and camouflages it to the point where you never think of it! But even the little details of the story ("Paris...") are brilliant, and everything gets perfectly explained at the end. Helen Grace gives an astonishing, scene-stealing performance. This is easily in the Top 5 episodes of the series up to this point. (***1/2)