Oh, and a reviewer thinks Finney's Poirot was a masterpiece? Yeah. The tranquility of a luxury cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head.

Certainly one to add to the collection, but don't rush for it at the garage sale. Beloved detective Hercule Poirot embarks on a journey to Egypt in one of Agatha Christie’s most famous mysteries. Lewis is a British television detective drama airing from 2006 to 2015.

But still, it will give you a good reading experience like all other books by Agatha Christie. David Suchet starred as the eponymous detective, Agatha Christie's fictional Hercule Poirot. We can’t say that this is the best among Poirot’s cases. Poirot challenges Inspector Japp that he will solve the case before the police. 30 seconds of Margaret Rutherford and spouse puts a much needed grin on the face, but it's not enough by far. Hercule Poirot investigates the case of a missing wealthy financier, Mr. Plotwise it doesn't really test the viewer, but enough is happening to keep you guessing. Poor Robert Morley tries his best, but the tedium of the film mainly comes from the rather repetitive score. The constant referring of him as a 'short' Belgian is the biggest mystery, as he's taller than most in the film. Tony Randal is an acquired taste as Poirot, almost getting up your nose with an abysmal accent and acting as if he's the only one with grey cells, and overdoing that. That said, there's little else to say about it. And yet people disappear now with internet and mobile phones and gps positioning and cctv. Personally, I got it for the all too brief Dame Margaret. Hercule Poirot 3-Book Collection 1: The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Murder on the Links, Poirot Investigates (Kindle Locations 7712-7713). Christie purists are up in arms, Randall fans defend him, yadda yadda yadda. But I think you have to ask yourself why your watching it before you condemn it. Being one of the more elusive films this side of the pond, The Alphabet Murders delivers no more or less than expected (hence the 5/10).

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