Advantages: Rich, sumptuous setting Disadvantages: Some characters a little over the top
...the screen. Like Sherlock Holmes, Poirot is probably one of the most difficult characters to portray because of people's expectations. Two of the most famous actors to play the role in the last 30-40 years are Peter Ustinov and David Suchet. Much as I love Peter Ustinov (he presented me with my degree!), I don't think he is right in the role of Poirot - his accent is terrible and Poirot is nowhere near as scruffy as he would have us think. David ... ...in 1976.
The plot
Poirot travels to Egypt and comes across a young couple, Simon and Linnet Doyle, on honeymoon. They are blissfully happy, apart from being plagued by an ex-girlfriend of Simon, Jacqueline de Bellefort. Linnet was previously Jacqueline's best friend, until Jacqueline introduced Simon to her friend and Simon and Linnet fell in love and married.
Linnet asks M. Poirot to help her get rid of Jacqueline, especially after a near death ...
sunmeilan 09.01.2006
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Thriller - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Timothy West, Neil Morrissey, Tara Fitzgerald, Annette Crosbie, Pauline Quirke, Rob Brydon, Denise Van Outen, John Thomson, Kevin Whately, David Suchet
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