Agatha Christie: Poirot - Season 1 (1989) (season)
Directed by:
Renny RyeScreenplay:
Clive ExtonCinematography:
Peter JessopComposer:
Christopher GunningCast:
David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Ben Aris, Dorothea Phillips, Sheila Allen, Ann Firbank, James Ottaway, Geoffrey Beevers, Caroline John, Colin Higgins, Jack Chissick (more)VOD (2)
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Cruising around the Mediterranean, Poirot and his fellow passengers approach Alexandria in Egypt. Colonel Clapperton, whose overbearing wife has earned him some sympathy, disembarks for a trip around the port. He invites his wife to join him, but her brusque rejection is clearly overheard by Poirot and others. On their return to the ship that evening, Mrs Clapperton has been robbed and stabbed to death. The captain is anxious to avoid a scandal and asks Poirot to investigate. (iTunes)
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After Triangle at Rhodes, the plot of Problem at Sea remains in exotic locales, and at times it evoked the atmosphere of Death on the Nile. This time Poirot is investigating the murder of a supremely nasty woman who could have been killed by anyone. I must commend the well-chosen setting, the building of atmosphere and the tension that was sustained from the crime to the final denouement, which took the form of a public presentation of Poirot's methods to the passengers.
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And again Poirot in a very exotic environment, moreover on a ship and with great characters. David Suchet thoroughly enjoyed the final revelation, and so can the viewer, even if his girlfriend basically told him how it all is at the beginning. It had great logic, so I believed her. And she was right. Excellent episode.
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