But 24 hours after he calls on her husband to see about her getting a divorce, the man is murdered. Those skills are stretched thin in "Lord Edgware Dies" as Poirot, back in London, becomes smitten with a movie star. Soon he is reunited with his old partner, Chief Inspector Japp (Philip Jackson), and hip-deep in a tangled web of blackmail, envy and murder following a trail of fascinating clues and devious suspects that require all of his sleuthing skills. In "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd," Poirot has recently retired to a village where his wealthy industrialist neighbor is found brutally murdered. The two mysteries, about 100 minutes each, can be ordered at 1-80. Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective created by mystery novelist Agatha Christie, is at his meticulous best on a pair of A&E Original Movie adaptations available in a two-volume video set.ĭavid Suchet is the inimitable Poirot, who solves the crimes in "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" and "Lord Edgware Dies."
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