Poirot investigates a murder that hits close to home after the new occupant of a flat two floors below his is found shot.Poirot investigates a murder that hits close to home after the new occupant of a flat two floors below his is found shot.Poirot investigates a murder that hits close to home after the new occupant of a flat two floors below his is found shot.
James Aidan
- Major Sadler
- (as James Aiden)
Gillian Bailey
- Mrs. Sadler
- (as Gillian Bush Bailey)
- Director
- Writers
- Michael Baker
- Agatha Christie(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe idea for the play Poirot and Hastings watch was later used by Christie in her novel "Murder in Three Acts."
- GoofsAt the beginning of the episode, the police state that the murder was committed with a "small-caliber automatic pistol". Yet later, when the execution of the murder-plot is shown in retrospective, a revolver is used.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Miss Lemon: I've got your Friar's Balsam for you.
Hercule Poirot: My what?
Miss Lemon: Your inhalant, for your cold.
Hercule Poirot: Poirot does not have colds, Miss Lemon. It is well known that Poirot scorns all but the gravest afflictions.
Miss Lemon: But yesterday you were...
Hercule Poirot: Miss Lemon, yesterday was yesterday. My tisane, if you please.
Featured review
The Third Floor Flat
Poirot is feeling low with the effects of flu. To cheer him up Hastings takes him to the theatre to watch a murder mystery play. Of course Poirot works out the murderer very easily and has a wager with Hastings.
Maybe Agatha Christie planted an in-joke here, as Poirot is startled that the actual murderer and their motive is not only different from what he thought it would be but it also defied logic.
Poirot spots several residents of Whitehaven Mansions at the play and when they return back to their apartments a body of a new resident is discovered. Poirot is hand to gets his little grey cells working despite his ailments.
The mystery takes time to unravel as it is some time when we actually see a dead body and then the murderer is revealed rather swiftly, with the rest of the episode being a chase as the murderer makes their getaway.
The police, Japp and Poirot actually come across as incompetent running around looking for the murderer as they try to make their escape. Poor Hastings, his car is wrecked in the process.
Maybe Agatha Christie planted an in-joke here, as Poirot is startled that the actual murderer and their motive is not only different from what he thought it would be but it also defied logic.
Poirot spots several residents of Whitehaven Mansions at the play and when they return back to their apartments a body of a new resident is discovered. Poirot is hand to gets his little grey cells working despite his ailments.
The mystery takes time to unravel as it is some time when we actually see a dead body and then the murderer is revealed rather swiftly, with the rest of the episode being a chase as the murderer makes their getaway.
The police, Japp and Poirot actually come across as incompetent running around looking for the murderer as they try to make their escape. Poor Hastings, his car is wrecked in the process.
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- Prismark10
- Jun 22, 2017
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- Florin Court, Charterhouse Square, London, England, UK(Whitehaven Mansions)
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- Runtime50 minutes
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