The Adventure of the Western Star
- Episode aired Mar 4, 1990
- TV-14
- 50m
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7.2/10
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Two wealthy women, Marie Marvelle and Yardley Chase, receive threatening letters.Two wealthy women, Marie Marvelle and Yardley Chase, receive threatening letters.Two wealthy women, Marie Marvelle and Yardley Chase, receive threatening letters.
Struan Rodger
- Henrik Van Braks
- (as Straun Rodger)
Jill Goldston
- Street Seller
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Clive Exton
- Agatha Christie(uncredited)
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Did you know
- GoofsPoirot is seen placing a card with the words "Mlle. Marie Marvelle." on top of the flowers he has brought with him to the apartment before putting final touches to the tea table. When he gazes at the bouquet before he picks it up later on, the card is nowhere to be seen.
- Quotes
Captain Hastings: You know, you say you have the particular sensitivity to women and all that, Poirot. It seems to me that all you did for Mrs. Marvelle is to lose her her husband.
Hercule Poirot: A blackmailing, adulterous husband who is also the thief. That is such a great loss, Hastings?
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Tightly plotted and very well made
I have always loved Agatha Christie: Poirot, and while The Adventure of the Western Star is not one of my favourites of the short-story adaptations(Wasp's Nest, The Chocolate Box, The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman, The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb, Mystery at Hunters Lodge and Four and Twenty Blackbirds) it is one of the better ones with my only real complaint being the not so convincing accent of the actress playing Marie. Other than that, it was sumptuously shot and looks absolutely splendid in detail. The music further enhances the mood, often beautiful and often haunting. The writing is consistently, with some of the series' funniest moments, with Poirot's bow in the doorway, Japp hiding in the bushes and Poirot's lines about ice cold detective prowess(or something like that) and Why is it the misfortune of Poirot to be among such philistines? The story is very tightly constructed with every single scene relevant to the story. David Suchet is adorable, dapper, funny and somewhat adorable too here. Phillip Jackson and Pauline Moran support him wonderfully while Hugh Fraser gives one of his finest performances of the series in this episode, there is something about Hastings' naivety that I find amusing. All in all, a very good episode. 8.5/10 Bethany Cox
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- Runtime50 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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