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Title: Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan (07 Mar 1993)
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| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| David Suchet | ... | Hercule Poirot | |
| Hugh Fraser | ... | Captain Hastings | |
| Philip Jackson | ... | Chief Inspector Japp | |
| Pauline Moran | ... | Miss Lemon | |
| Trevor Cooper | ... | Ed Opalsen | |
| Sorcha Cusack | ... | Margaret Opalsen | |
| Karl Johnson | ... | Saunders | |
| Elizabeth Rider | ... | Grace | |
| Simon Shepherd | ... | Andrew Hall | |
| Hermione Norris | ... | Celestine | |
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Tim Stern | ... | Bell Boy |
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Andrew Carr | ... | Hubert Devine |
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Graham Rowe | ... | Manager |
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James McCusker | ... | Journalist |
| Arthur Cox | ... | Dr. Hawker | |
On his doctor's orders Poirot has gone to stay in the seaside resort of Brighton, where he is frequently mistaken for Lucky Len, who gives out money on behalf of a newspaper to people who recognize him. Poirot is staying at the Metropolitan hotel, as are Mr. Opalsen, a theatrical producer, and his wife who is an actress starring in a play at a local theatre. A set of valuable pearls which Mrs. Opalsen wears in the play is stolen from her room, and suspicion falls on her maid Celestine, who was in the room next door. Celestine loves Andrew, the impoverished young author of Mrs. Opalsen's play but they cannot afford to get married and she is accused of taking the jewels to finance their marriage. Poirot solves the case and unmasks the real culprit, being rewarded by Opalsen and getting a bonus when he identifies the real Lucky Len. Written by don @ minifie-1
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Hercule Poirot is suffering from fatigue so his doctor recommends he leave London and have a holiday. Him and Hastings go to Brighton, staying in the Grand Metropolitan Hotel. In a nearby room are Ed Opalson, a highly successful play producer, and his wife, Margaret. Mr Opalson's latest play is showing in Brighton and one of the features of it is that his wife gets act in it while wearing a very expensive, and world-famous, set of pearls. Mr Opalson has used the pearls to publicize his play. Then, during the party after the play, the pearls are stolen from the Opalsons' hotel room.
A Poirot/Agatha Christie rarity in that nobody is murdered. The crime here is a robbery, and that only. Quite short too. After the non- murder novelty has worn off, however, the story is overly simple, and not that difficult to solve. Yes, there are a few red herrings but it is pretty straightforward stuff.
On the plus side, we do have the whole gang - Poirot, Japp, Hastings and Lemon - in this episode.