The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge
- Episode aired Mar 10, 1991
- TV-14
- 50m
Poirot is taken ill during a weekend shooting party, which ends when the unpopular host is found murdered in his study.Poirot is taken ill during a weekend shooting party, which ends when the unpopular host is found murdered in his study.Poirot is taken ill during a weekend shooting party, which ends when the unpopular host is found murdered in his study.
Photos
- Constable Cooke
- (as Raymond Trickitt)
- Director
- Writers
- T.R. Bowen
- Agatha Christie(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe house was used as the Stapleton house in the Sherlock Holmes Hound of the Baskervilles. The victim, played by Bernard Horsfall, was in that same episode as Frankland.
- GoofsLondon-bound trains are running to "King's Cross", yet they are marked LMS (London, Midland & Scottish Railway) and are decked in the LMS crimson lake corporate livery. Kings Cross was the London terminal for the London & North Eastern Railway, not LMS. Instead, London-bound LMS trains ran to St Pancras, their own terminus, ironically on the other side of the street from King's Cross.
- Quotes
[last lines]
Hercule Poirot: Is this gratitude, Hastings? Is it for this that Hercule Poirot exerts his talents on behalf of the world?
Chief Inspector Japp: You expect gratitude? Don't make me laugh. Now you know what a real detective feels like.
Hercule Poirot: A *real* detective!
[Japp smiles and nods]
Hercule Poirot: Chief Inspector Japp is truly most amusing, do you not think, Hastings?
Captain Hastings: Oh, yes, most amusing.
Hercule Poirot: For a policeman.
The problem with "The Mystery of Hunter's Lodge" is that it immediately drops you into the story, without properly introducing the half-dozen or so characters that play an important part in it. So the story seems a bit too cluttered, especially in the 50-minute format. However, the snowy locations and the wintry cold are atmospheric, and there is also a very well-trained little dog that helps a lot in solving the mystery. (**1/2)
- gridoon2024
- Jan 10, 2008
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Language
- Filming locations
- Castern Hall, Ilam, Staffordshire, England, UK(Hunter's Lodge)
- Production companies
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- Runtime50 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1