Wait—let me get this straight. Hastings explains that Poirot’s the Hercule Poirot, the detective. But with Antony’s death, Henry was the only person standing in between George and the Gascoigne estate, and that’s what we call a motive. filmweb.pl Filmy NOWE Poirot is interested in the dead man's teeth and it is confirmed that they were very white for their age.... After several calls of investigation, Poirot meets Lorrimer and accuses him of murder. Three weeks later, Poirot and Bonnington meet by chance on a tube train, Bonnington mentions that the bearded man has not been seen for a week. Poirot: Four and Twenty Blackbirds [VHS] David Suchet (Actor), Hugh Fraser (Actor) Rated: NR. Hastings kindly asks Mrs. Hill if he can help her out, and she snaps that she can manage very well, thank you very much. He votes for the brother, and as he looks down at her from above, Poirot agrees that it’s quite the stretch of the imagination to envision Dulcy posing as the old man. Hastings asks if she ever spoke to him, and he says they’d exchange a friendly word in passing, but the other night, he breezed right past her as if she wasn’t even there. He doesn’t appear to have an actual job, other than following Poirot around, and his main purpose is to give Poirot rides when needed, chase suspects, provide occasional comic relief, and act as a sounding board/audience stand-in. Miss Lemon, Hastings and Japp did not appear in the original story but play significant roles here. Now it’s time for the parade of evidence. I love the 1930’s, but the art from that period? She finds a picture of the two and Hastings remarks on the two brothers’ similarity—they could almost have been twins. Perhaps he has died and his change of habits on the Monday in question was as a result of being told bad news by his doctor? So, says Hastings, the real question is, who was impersonating Gascoigne? Poirot is now completely hooked, and begins to investigate. We cut to a rehearsal for a pretty lousy-looking comedy variety show. A television film with David Suchet as Poirot was produced as episode 4 in Season 1 of the ITV series Agatha Christie's Poirot, first broadcast on 29 January 1989. Chief Inspector Japp: Scotland Yard’s chief inspector. Was there a rash of Belgians coming to England and randomly claiming to be private detectives? The ladies enlist the help of a couple of strapping young lads, who bust down the front door (surprisingly easily, I might add) and reveal old Henry Gascoigne, in an old-fashioned nightshirt and dressing gown, lying at the foot of the stairs, dead. Was he not on speaking terms with Henry either? Worst neighbor ever. Dulcy does mention that there was some odd arrangement between Gascoigne and his agent, Peter Makinson, but she doesn’t know anything about it. Well, they all say that, don’t they? We and our partners use technology such as cookies on our site to personalise content and ads, provide social media features, and analyse our traffic. POIROT LOCATION INDEX. It serves plain, English food and has a regular and loyal clientele. Poirot introduces Japp and leads George over to the evidence the scientists are examining. Poirot’s taken aback at the thought that she hasn’t even gotten a small legacy in the will and learns that there was no will. God, I hate pretentious artists. George didn’t even get there until Sunday. Seems a bicuspid is bothering him. FOUR AND TWENTY BLACKBIRDS. The gentlemen introduce themselves and she asks if there’s anything there that requires an investigation. Like clockwork, the man has eaten at the restaurant on Thursdays and Tuesdays for the last ten years, but no one on the staff knows his name. Poriot wanders into a totally random little office attached to the bathroom and retrieves an overcoat with matching trousers, a waistcoat, and a cane. Poirot (1989) Agatha Christie's Poirot s01e04 Four and Twenty Blackbirds - Sprawdź informację o tym odcinku: obsada, twórcy, galeria i forum odcinka. Hastings stops to check out a newspaper as Poirot muses over the case, and Poirot mistakes Hastings’s exclamation of “I don’t believe it!” as actual interest, but of course Hastings is talking about some cricket thing that England managed to bungle. Directed by. Agatha Christie Wiki is a FANDOM Books Community. Hastings is a bit confused by that, and so is Poirot, to be honest. Also, you’ve got the ending of “Four and Twenty Blackbirds”.the wrong way round. Then she turns to Poirot and does that stupid thing where she repeats what she says slowly and loudly, as though everyone around her is hearing and learning impaired. Poirot thanks Mrs. Hill for her time and he and Hastings leave her to listen to the band on the boardwalk for a while. Poirot introduces himself and hands over his card. He asks if there’s any family to be notified, and the housekeeper answers that there’s a brother, Henry, but the two don’t speak. Except for George, of course. Poirot raises his glass, drinks, and winces. Makinson tells them that he has a small collection, as does Dulcy Lane. Not too many Gascoignes left, it seems. The Poirot stories are good mystery, typical of Christie's puzzle stories. TV Movie, Drama. ... Poirot - 04. Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple, List of Agatha Christie's Poirot episodes. He comes over and politely introduces himself. Mrs. Hill hangs up, looking distressed and George examines a picture of his two estranged uncles in their younger days, which sits on his desk. Poriot tells her he’s just curious, really, and maybe she can help him? Oh, boo hoo, asshole. Poirot asks her if Gascoigne had many visitors and she tells him the only person who came over regularly was his model, who just so happens to be upstairs at the moment. Hee! VHS Tape from $1.99 Additional VHS Tape, Color, NTSC options: Edition Discs Price New from Used from VHS Tape, Color, NTSC August 27, 1991 "Please retry" — 1 — $7.95: When a reclusive painter is found dead, Poirot finds the vital clue in the dead man’s last meal. Poirot gives him a quick lecture on the Surrealist movement and then turns to the white-haired man to suck up a little and show off his knowledge. Four and Twenty Blackbirds is a short story by Agatha Christie which was first published in The Mystery Magazine in 1926 in the U.S. and in the Strand Magazine in 1941 in the U.K.