Problem at Sea
- Episode aired Feb 19, 1989
- TV-14
- 51m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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Vacationing Poirot investigates the stabbing of an obnoxious cruise passenger.Vacationing Poirot investigates the stabbing of an obnoxious cruise passenger.Vacationing Poirot investigates the stabbing of an obnoxious cruise passenger.
Victoria Hasted
- Pamela Cregan
- (as Victoria Hastead)
Dorothea Phillips
- Nelly Morgan
- (as Dorothea Philips)
Giorgos Kotanidis
- Photographer
- (as George Kotanidis)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe ship used for filming is the motor yacht "Madiz" built in Scotland in 1902 and is privately owned. In World War 2, the "Madiz" served in the British Royal Navy as a Royal Patrol yacht.
- GoofsAlthough the locale is supposedly Alexandria, Egypt, it is the Ibrahim Pasha Mosque dome and minaret in old Rhodes Town, Rhodes, seen in center screen as viewed from the yacht.
- Quotes
Hercule Poirot: Your vitality is formidable, dear lady.
Mrs Clapperton: "You're so alive, Adeline," they say to me. But really, Monsieur Poirot, what would one be if one wasn't alive?
Hercule Poirot: Dead, Madame.
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As to be expected in this series, the photography and production values (the bazaar scenes are especially interesting) are excellent. The setting on a cruise ship voyaging around Egypt is also pleasing to watch. Unfortunately, most of the characters excepting Poirot and Hastings are either boring, annoying or unlikeable. The two "silly" girls are annoying, the suburban couple and henpecked husband are boring, and the very disagreeable and arrogant murder victim is unlikeable (which is as it should be in a mystery). The suspects include native hawkers of doodads but every suspect seems to have an iron clad alibi. As another reviewer has said, it's pretty easy to figure out who the culprit is but Poirot's method of publicly identifying this person was clever and interesting. Aside from the bazaar shopping scene, my favorite bit in the show was an older woman singing a music hall number about the army as entertainment for passengers and Hastings' annoyance with the number. While this is a lesser entry in the series it was still worthwhile and fun to watch.
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- Filming locations
- Kolona Harbour, Rhodes, Greece(The dock was dressed up like Alexandria Port. Some of the real buildings can still be seen)
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- Runtime51 minutes
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