Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates a mysterious suicide at a country house..
If you are looking for a fast mystery with lots of clues and action, you should probably skip this one. This is for the people who like dusty old movies and seeing how things started. It is 1931 and movies were just starting to talk, so everything feels a bit stiff. It’s basically a filmed stage play. The biggest shoc...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Leslie S. Hiscott
Tom Collins
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"If you are looking for a fast mystery with lots of clues and action, you should probably skip this one. This is for the people who like dusty old movies and seeing how things started. It is 1931 and movies were just starting to talk, so everything feels a bit stiff. It’s basically a filmed stage play. The biggest shock is Poirot himself. Austin Trevor plays him, and he has no mustache. It feels illegal to see Poirot with a bare upper lip. He looks more like a worried accountant than a genius de..."
Mary Jerrold
Michael Morton, H. Fowler Mear, Agatha Christie
United Kingdom
