Agatha Christie's Poirot - Volume 12

Release Date: 2005-03-29, Rating NR (Not Rated),

DVDs. Agatha Christie's Poirot - Volume 12

MOVIE DVD - After making Agatha Christie the bestselling author of her day, Hercule Poirot has proved equally popular on film. This British television production was an instant hit on PBS, where Poirot became the most-watched detective in the history of the Mystery! series and captured a new audience of mystery lovers on A&E. David Suchet plays the brilliant Belgian sleuth in these three stories that, as usual, brim with social commentary, period details, and deliciously clever wit. Also starring Hugh Fraser as Captain Hastings, Poirot's affable assistant, Collection 12 contains three episodes from the end of the detective's first season in 1989: in "The Incredible Theft" an aircraft manufacturer tries to ferret out a spy at his country manor and calls Poirot for aid; in "The King of Clubs" the murder of a film producer is witnessed by a young actress, and Poirot is summoned to help save her from police suspicion; and in "The Dream" a millionaire businessman contacts Poirot after having vivid dreams about kil