The Affair at the Victory Ball
- Episódio foi ao ar 3 de mar. de 1991
- TV-14
- 51 min
Adicionar um enredo no seu idiomaPoirot and Hastings attend the Victory Ball, a popular costume party. During the festivities, one of the guests is found stabbed to death, and another succumbs to a drug overdose the next da... Ler tudoPoirot and Hastings attend the Victory Ball, a popular costume party. During the festivities, one of the guests is found stabbed to death, and another succumbs to a drug overdose the next day.Poirot and Hastings attend the Victory Ball, a popular costume party. During the festivities, one of the guests is found stabbed to death, and another succumbs to a drug overdose the next day.
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- Mortuary Attendant
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- Radio Engineer
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- Direção
- Roteiristas
- Andrew Marshall
- Agatha Christie(não creditado)
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- CuriosidadesThe exterior of the BBC (Radio) building, and the foyer area, were the real BBC Broadcasting House building, shot in the 1990s, before the building of the New Broadcasting House extension 20 years later.
- Erros de gravaçãoAt 46min:50 sec, Poirot leaves the radio studio through the left brass door and the camera on a tripod as well as the cameraman's reflection is seen on the closed right brass door.
- Citações
Captain Hastings: [dressed as the Scarlet Pimpernel] I still don't think they'll let you in; I thought I made it clear the Victory Ball is a costume do.
Hercule Poirot: Hercule Poirot does not wear costumes.
Captain Hastings: Everybody does. The whole idea is to go as someone famous.
Hercule Poirot: Precisely.
Captain Hastings: Oh. I see.
In the years after that, a victory ball was held at different venues and became less a memorial of war and more of a masquerade party. Such is the event in this story. This serves as an unusual setting for Christie's Hercule Poirot. But, the master sleuth is up to the task. After some newspaper publicity that notes he is baffled by the case, he unmasks the demon over the air waves of the BBC.
As the title suggests, the intrigue and crime take place at the masquerade ball. Because Poirot and perennial sidekick Captain Hastings attend the ball, the film has some little scenes in which Poirot overhears or sees someone who will play in the mystery. This episode involves illegal drugs, and Poirot expounds on cocaine as the real demon. A second watch of this episode many years after its initial airing was just as interesting and enjoyable as the first.
This TV episode from Mystery Theater (BBC in England to PBS in America), has some poignant gems and philosophic shots as well as occasional snippets of humor. My favorite line is when Hastings appears in his costume as Sir Percy Blakeney, and recites the first line of Sir Percy's short poetic pun from "The Scarlet Pimpernel." "They seek him here, they seek him there, those Frenchies seek him everywhere." (The rest of the poem as Sir Percy recites it reds, "Is he in heaven or is he in hell? That damned elusive Pimpernel."
Here are some more favorite lines from this mystery. James Ackerley (played by Andrew Burt), "Are you sure I can't persuade you to ¬¬¬¬¬¬ recount some of your juicier cases on the radio?" Hercule Poirot, "Alas, no. You see, monsieur, murder - real murder is not an entertainment."
Hercule Poirot, "Because the devil himself dances among us, but we do not see him."
Hercule Poirot, "Chief Inspector, you really ought to look to your elocution." Inspector Japp, "Swat me, there's nothing wrong with my lingo." Poirot, "You see. That is exactly the kind of expression... that brings the language into disrepute."
Hercule Poirot,"I shall lend to the chief inspector my personal copy of the English as she should be spoken."
- SimonJack
- 13 de fev. de 2018
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- Locações de filme
- Highpoint 1, North Hill, Highgate, Londres, Inglaterra, Reino Unido(Coco Courtney's flat)
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- Tempo de duração51 minutos
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- Proporção
- 1.33 : 1