The Adventure of the Clapham Cook
- Episode aired Jan 8, 1989
- TV-14
- 51m
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
2.5K
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Poirot probes the disappearance of a wealthy woman's cook, and soon uncovers an elaborate plot to hide an ever darker crime.Poirot probes the disappearance of a wealthy woman's cook, and soon uncovers an elaborate plot to hide an ever darker crime.Poirot probes the disappearance of a wealthy woman's cook, and soon uncovers an elaborate plot to hide an ever darker crime.
Danny Webb
- Porter
- (as Daniel Webb)
Phillip Manikum
- Police Sergeant
- (as Philip Manikum)
- Director
- Writers
- Clive Exton
- Agatha Christie(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe Adventure of the Clapham Cook is Agatha Christie's short story about one of Poirot's early cases, and was first published in 1924.
- GoofsPoirot and Hastings arrive near Keswick on a train. This being the 1930s means the train should be composed of LMS loco and rolling stock. But the loco is a GWR 'Prairie' tank and would not bee seen in the Cumberland in the 1930s. Furthermore the carriages are British Railways stock dating back only to the 1950s.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Hercule Poirot: "Pay to Hercule Poirot the sum of one guinea only. Ernest Todd." It is to me, Hastings, a little reminder never to despise the trivial, hein, but the undignified. A disappearing domestic at one end, a cold-blooded murder at the other.
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The one that started it all...
I have always been an Agatha Christie and Poirot fan, and this was an interesting starting point to one of my favourites of all time on television. Better was still to come, with everybody finding their feet, but this is a most promising start, though while still clever the story isn't the most plausible of Poirot mysteries. Also Mrs Todd's clothing is not entirely accurate in comparison to the rest. However, as to expect from this series, it is a classy and elegant looking adaptation, with the music haunting and beautiful and the writing intelligent. David Suchet would give better performances later on in this same role in other episodes, but he still disappears behind the character and is always never less than convincing, often outstanding. The same can be said for Hugh Fraser, Phillip Jackson and Pauline Moran too and Brigit Forsyth and Dermot Crowley are solid in their support roles of Mrs Todd and Simpson. All in all, a promising start that opened the door to even better episodes to the series. 8/10 Bethany Cox
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- Surbiton Station, Surbiton, Surrey, England, UK(Twickenham Station)
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- Runtime51 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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