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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

  • Episode aired Jan 2, 2000
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
2.1K
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Malcolm Terris in Poirot (1989)
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Mystery
Poirot comes out of retirement when his industrialist friend is brutally murdered a short while after a local widow who was suspected of killing her husband commits suicide.Poirot comes out of retirement when his industrialist friend is brutally murdered a short while after a local widow who was suspected of killing her husband commits suicide.Poirot comes out of retirement when his industrialist friend is brutally murdered a short while after a local widow who was suspected of killing her husband commits suicide.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
2.1K
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  • Director
    • Andrew Grieve
  • Writers
    • Agatha Christie(based on the novel by)
    • Clive Exton(dramatized by)
  • Stars
    • David Suchet
    • Philip Jackson
    • Oliver Ford Davies
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  • Director
    • Andrew Grieve
  • Writers
    • Agatha Christie(based on the novel by)
    • Clive Exton(dramatized by)
  • Stars
    • David Suchet
    • Philip Jackson
    • Oliver Ford Davies
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    • 33User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    David Suchet
    David Suchet
    • Hercule Poirot
    Philip Jackson
    Philip Jackson
    • Chief Inspector Japp
    Oliver Ford Davies
    Oliver Ford Davies
    • Dr. Sheppard
    Malcolm Terris
    Malcolm Terris
    • Roger Ackroyd
    Selina Cadell
    Selina Cadell
    • Caroline Sheppard
    Daisy Beaumont
    Daisy Beaumont
    • Ursula Bourne
    Flora Montgomery
    Flora Montgomery
    • Flora Ackroyd
    Nigel Cooke
    • Geoffrey Raymond
    Jamie Bamber
    Jamie Bamber
    • Ralph Paton
    Roger Frost
    Roger Frost
    • Parker
    Vivien Heilbron
    Vivien Heilbron
    • Mrs. Ackroyd
    Gregor Truter
    Gregor Truter
    • Inspector Davis
    Rosalind Bailey
    • Mrs. Ferrars
    Liz Kettle
    • Mrs. Folliott
    Charles Simon
    • Hammond
    Chas Early
    Chas Early
    • Constable Jones
    • (as Charles Early)
    Graham Chinn
    • Landlord
    Clive Brunt
    Clive Brunt
    • Naval Officer
    • Director
      • Andrew Grieve
    • Writers
      • Agatha Christie(based on the novel by)
      • Clive Exton(dramatized by)
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    • Trivia
      When the doctor's sister is seen in the opening scenes she has on a blouse with intricate cutwork near the neck. The blouse is cream color and the cutwork a dark brown. The work is so beautiful it's memorable. In another Christie/Suchet episode, Cat Among the Pigeons, the headmistress of the school is shown wearing the same blouse.
    • Goofs
      In the scene where Ackroyd's butler, Parker, is drunk and staggering down the road, the car behind him stops. Visible for a brief instant is the car's license plate, COU 313. In the very next scene as the car begins its run, the license plate has changed to JHX 473.
    • Quotes

      [Last lines]

      Hercule Poirot: I thought I could escape the wickedness of the city by moving to the country. The fields that are green, the singing of the birds, the faces, smiling and friendly. Huh! The fields that are green are the secret burial places of murders most hideous. The birds sing only briefly before some idiot in tweed shoots them. And the faces all smiling and friendly, what do they conceal?

    • Connections
      Referenced in Murder on the Orient Express (2001)

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    Top review
    5/10
    A Great Disappointment
    For those of you who have NOT read the novel by the same name by Agatha Christie, you may indeed think my criticism of this adaptation somewhat harsh. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd is easily one of the greatest mystery novels and particularly one of Christie's best ever written. It is a great novel and is definitely a hard one to truly bring to the screen(small screen in this case)entirely faithful. Allowances must be made, but the script from this adaptation meanders a good deal from much of the source material. I did not like the framing device used. Why not have the narrator in the novel narrate? How bout that hokey ending with its proverbial "shootout" to get the audience's attention? And what about Poirot cracking the case in question? These major departures from the book greatly diminished my favor with this film. It is done very stylishly. The acting is as always very good. David Suchet makes the best Poirot and certainly the most faithful to the books. But this mystery has been twisted and contorted too much so that I can only faintly see Christie. What a shame! I would have really liked to see how Suchet and company could tackle this innovative novel. I came, I saw, I sighed!
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    FAQ1

    • The building used as the Ackroyd Chemical factory has been used in at least one other detective programme. What is the building, and where else has it been used?

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    • Release date
      • January 2, 2000 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Carnival Film & Television
      • A+E Networks
      • Agatha Christie
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16 : 9

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