Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
David Suchet | ... | Hercule Poirot | |
Olivia Grant | ... | Annabel Larkin | |
Anna Skellern | ... | Fiona Hanbury | |
Tom Burke | ... | Lt. Colin Race | |
Andrew Havill | ... | Sven Hjerson | |
Victoria Wicks | ... | Mrs Swinburne | |
Jaime Winstone | ... | Sheila Webb | |
Sinéad Keenan | ... | Nora Brent (as Sinead Keenan) | |
Lesley Sharp | ... | Miss Martindale | |
Anna Massey | ... | Miss Pebmarsh | |
Phil Daniels | ... | Inspector Hardcastle | |
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Ben Righton | ... | Constable Jenkins |
Beatie Edney | ... | Mrs Hemmings | |
Abigail Thaw | ... | Rachel Waterhouse | |
Guy Henry | ... | Matthew Waterhouse |
Investigating a spy-ring, Lt. Colin Race comes to Wilbraham Crescent, where he literally bumps into agency typist Sheila Webb, as she comes flying out of number 19, the home of blind receptionist Millicent Pebmarsh. Sheila has discovered the body of a man whose identity proves hard to confirm, surrounded by four clocks, stopped at the same time. Miss Pebmarsh does not know the man and did not ask for the services of Sheila, who is the initial chief suspect. However, as Poirot is brought in to assist Inspector Hardcastle in the case, and the murderer strikes again, Poirot comes to realize that the man was killed elsewhere and brought to Miss Pebmarsh's house. The neighbors claim to have seen nothing but Poirot believes one of them may have had a secret which was worth killing for and sets out to unmask them, as well as explaining the significance, if any, of the clocks. At the same time, Colin solves his investigation with Poirot's help. Written by don @ minifie-1
There are two plots into one here, plenty of coincidences and a lot of red herrings offered here as well. At least there is enough plot to justify the longer running time which I felt was not always the case with the longer Poirot stories.
Lt Colin Race is investigating a spy ring when he finds a distraught young woman who has come across a stabbed man in the home of a blind lady, a home with lots of clocks showing the wrong time.
Lt Race's father was an acquaintance of Poirot and he asks for his help and Poirot comes down to Dover to investigate with Inspector Hardcastle who is a little out of his depth. The young woman worked for a company providing secretarial services. The Crescent where the dead body was found contains a host of colourful but slightly sinister characters.
It is nicely shot and for the later Poirot adaptations it contains more humour.