The Mystery of the Blue Train

Episode aired Dec 11, 2005
TV-PG
1h 34m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

2.4K

YOUR RATING

Crime Drama Mystery

Poirot investigates the brutal murder of an American heiress and the theft of a fabulous ruby on the Blue Train between Calais and Nice.Poirot investigates the brutal murder of an American heiress and the theft of a fabulous ruby on the Blue Train between Calais and Nice.Poirot investigates the brutal murder of an American heiress and the theft of a fabulous ruby on the Blue Train between Calais and Nice.

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

2.4K

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Georgina Rylance in The Mystery of the Blue Train (2005)

James D'Arcy and Jaime Murray in Poirot (1989)

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Trivia
Hercule Poirot mentions at the end that he has never traveled on the Orient Express, raising viewer expectations of his most famous case, "Murder on the Orient Express."

Goofs
Poirot says at 28 min 27 sec that he doesn't like odd numbers, only even numbers yet at 34 min 12 sec into film, he puts caviar on his 9 crackers, an odd number.

Quotes
Rufus Van Aldin: [Introducing himself] Mr. Poirot, Rufus Van Aldin. I'm in oil... figuratively speaking.

Connections
Referenced in Agatha Christie: Murder on the Orient Express (2006)

Soundtracks
Nice Work If You Can Get It
(uncredited)
Music by George Gershwin
Lyrics by Ira Gershwin
[heard at night club]

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Featured review

7/10

Better then reviews would have you believe.

I must acknowledge that when you watch this, having read the book, you will definitely be struck by the amount of changes that were made, but in all fairness it wasn't one of The Great Dame's finest works, it paled into comparison against the other train set mystery.

The story adaptation is good I thought, the story is well paced, and it features some nice characters. The story is quite dark, with some tragic themes.

My main gripe is with some of the characters, I don't think I've ever said that before about a Poirot, Lindsay Duncan plays Lady Tamplin like Eddie's long lost sister from Absolutely Fabulous, Jaime Murray's Ruth Kettering is rather poor, and even Elliot Gould I found a little off. Thank goodness for Josette Simon, who I thought was fantastic, so Charismatic, she stood out.

The direction was fine, the location work terrific. It's good, just doesn't shine like the others in this series do. 7/10

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