Agatha Christie Poirot - Murder on the Links DVD 1996 Az Ijedt szemű lány / Directed by Andrew Grieve / Starring: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Bill Moody, Damien Thomas

UPC 5999546330847

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN EU

AUDIO: English 2.0, Hungarian 2.0

SUBTITLES: English, Hungarian

Total Runtime: 103 minutes

English Summary:

An adaptation of the novel was made for the series Agatha Christie's Poirot on 11 February 1996. It was produced by Carnival Films, and starred David Suchet as Hercule Poirot, and Hugh Fraser as Arthur Hastings. While much of the novel's plot was retained, the adaptation featured a number of changes, which included the setting being changed to Deauville, France, where filming took place on-site. Other changes included:

• The Beroldy murder takes place ten years ago, in London, England - Madame Beroldy confesses to the crime when police discover she is lying. Paul Renauld flees after this to Chile, South America, and meets with his wife Eloise; Jack is her son from a previous marriage and become Paul's stepson after he marries her. Renauld's previous name is George Connor.
• Renauld requests Poirot's help the evening after he arrives at the resort hotel he founded upon returning to France - both Poirot and Hastings are there on holiday.
• Renauld's body is found after police are called to investigate his disappearance by foreign agents. The discovery is made by Hastings while golfing with others.
• Giraud makes a small bet against Poirot, after the investigation begins, in which he wagers his pipe against Poirot's moustache that he solves it before he does. Giraud loses the wager, but shows better respect for Poirot after he allows him to keep his pipe, on the understanding that "each time you light it, you will think of Hercule Poirot".
• The tramp's body is examined in Deauville when Poirot returns.
• The characters of Dulcie and Bella Duveen are merged to form a new character, Isabel "Bella" Duveen. She is a singer, who becomes Hastings' love interest during the investigation, after he sees her perform on the first evening in Deauville. She is Jack's former lover; when he is being questioned in court on his plea on the charge of murdering his father, Isabel interrupts it to confess to the crime.
• Poirot and Hastings are the only ones to watch the Renaulds' villa, after setting a trap to catch Marthe Daubreuil. Her attempted murder of Eloise is thwarted by Paul's secretary, who shoots her dead. Mme Daubreuil is arrested by police shortly after this.
• Poirot's denouement of the crime is split into two parts before and after the attempted murder of Eloise - the first part outlays Renauld's actions before his murder; the second covers the truth of who killed him, and why Isabel and Paul were willing to confess to the crime rather than let the other do so.

Adaptor: Anthony Horowitz
Director: Andrew Grieve

Hungarian Summary:

Hercule Poirot éppen unatkozik, amikor levelet kap Franciaországból. A Dél-Amerikában meggazdagodott milliomos, Paul Renauld kéri azonnali segítségét, mert életveszélyben van. Poirot Hastings kapitány társaságában nyomban át is kel a Csatornán, azonban késve érkezik. Renauld-ot előző éjjel meggyilkolták. Míg a francia rendőrség és Poirot különböző módszerekkel nyomozni kezd, Hastings kapitány egy szép színésznőnek udvarol, akit a vonaton ismert meg, s aki váratlanul felbukkan a gyilkosság színhelyén...

Cast / Szereplők:

• David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
• Hugh Fraser as Arthur Hastings
• Bill Moody as Giraud
• Damien Thomas as Paul Renauld
• Sophie Linfield as Marthe Daubreuil
• Katherine Fahey as Bernadette Daubreuil
• Jacinta Mulcahy as Bella Duveen
• Bernard Latham as Lucien Bex
• Ben Pullen as Jack Renauld
• Diane Fletcher as Eloise Renauld
• Terence Beesley as Stonor
• Andrew Melville as Dr Hautet
• Henrietta Voigts as Leonie
• James Vaughan as Adam Letts
• Ray Gatenby as a Station Master
• Randal Herley as the Judge
• Belinda Stewart-Wilson as a Dubbing Secretary