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Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - Lord Edgware Dies [1989]


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Lord Edgware Dies finds Poirot (David Suchet) reopening his London office with the help of Miss Lemon (Pauline Moran) and Captain Hastings (Hugh Fraser). As they celebrate their reunion, Japp quips that there's "only one thing missing...the body". Right on cue, a corpse turns up just moments later. Most of the suspects are actors by profession, but Poirot's "little grey cells" are able to penetrate the murderer's disguise--though only after two more victims heighten the suspense. --Larisa Lomacky Moore


A great story !
Review date: 2008-10-27 Rating: 10 out of 10

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This is quite simply excellent ! It is heartwarming to see Poirot ( David Suchet ), Hastings (Hugh Fraser ) , Japp ( Philip Jackson ) and Miss Lemon ( Pauline Moran ) reunited for the first time since a Poirot TV show was filmed in 1994 ! The plot is one of Dame Agatha Christies finest and John Castle does a great job as Lord Edgware and Helen Grace is a first class Jane Wikinson.

I know some have moaned about the dowanger Duchess of Merton being cut & Miss Lemon being included when she was not in the book - but that is nitpicking really when you get the substance of the book coupled with some excellent acting . Mr Horowitz has done an outstanding job of adapting this novel for the TV & this is one of my favorites from the Poirot series.

It is sad to think that after this great classic Poirot went downhill with demeaning smut , barbaric depictions of hanging and various adult/modern nonsense being bolted on. Adding Miss Lemon worked really well in Peril At End House , Lord Edgware Dies & Evil Under The Sun ! It made a lot of sense to keep Mr Horowitz doing the screenplay and to keep Pauline Moran playing that excellent secretary. Poirot was darker in 1999-2001 but they had the cast & writers to make a success of it . It was a winning formula - if it ain't broke don't fix it Chorion !

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One of the best
Review date: 2005-03-10 Rating: 10 out of 10

I recently bought the Poirot box set as I had not seen many of them (this title included) and have been working my way through them. Most of the set are excellent with only one or two of the tiltes being 'flimsy' and not really worth watching. This title however (Lord Edgeware) is one of the best in the set. A brilliant murder mystery that will keep you guessing to the end and guaranteed that you will NOT work out who the killer is. Purchase immediately and spend an enjoyable 100 minutes trying to piece the clues together and solve the whodunnit.

Poirot Rulz!
Review date: 2004-12-05 Rating: 10 out of 10

One of the later ones filmed with Suchet as Poirot, but this is top-notch! The director seems to go into more depth of character, if that's possible with Poirot, with the "Belgium sleuth" and viewers follow--and love it.

Once more, Poirot's "little gray cells" click together and the indefatigable one solves the case--not whether Lord Edgeware deserves to die, but the why and wherefore of it, in Poirot's inimitable fashion. What's not to like?

Product Details/Specifications


Creators:
Nick Elliott (Producer)

Recording label: Cinema Club
Manufacturer: Cinema Club
EAN: 5014138296063
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: PAL,
Release date: 2003-05-12
Number of discs: 1
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Audience rating: Parental Guidance
Region code: 2
Running time: 99 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1990-01-18
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: French (Original Language)

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