The King of Clubs
- Episode aired Mar 12, 1989
- TV-14
- 50m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
1.7K
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A deck with a missing card provides Poirot with the clue he needs to solve the murder of the tyrannical head of a movie studio.A deck with a missing card provides Poirot with the clue he needs to solve the murder of the tyrannical head of a movie studio.A deck with a missing card provides Poirot with the clue he needs to solve the murder of the tyrannical head of a movie studio.
Marc Culwick
- Young Man
- (as Mark Culwick)
Avril Elgar
- Mrs Oglander
- (as Avril Elga)
- Director
- Writers
- Michael Baker
- Agatha Christie(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaEven though these are based on the official Poirot canon, its not unusual for a long running tv series to feature one or more stories set in a film and/or tv studio. Clearly, as the (first) series was shot at the historic Twickenham Film Studios, that existed during the 1930s anyway, it makes perfect sense to shoot this episode there, as unlike some certain other studio facilities available in the UK, that either never existed in tbe 1930s, or now have changed beyond its 1930s period style, there's still enough of the original site to use, even with additional (digital) Matte Paintings. It also works as a bonus playful "behind the scenes" story, showing us where Poirot was filmed in 1989. The use of the Hoover (vacuum cleaner) factory as the exterior and some interiors, of the film studio complex, instead of just Twickenham Studios 3 soundstages, also implies that Parade is a gigantic production facility, not unlike MGM.
- Quotes
Hercule Poirot: Films are very boring, Hastings, but the actors who are paid to deceive us, now, they are interesting, hein.
- ConnectionsReferences Corsair (1931)
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A little flat here
Right from the start of this story you know the man who must die ... a movie director who seems intent on bullying, demeaning, and generally making an ass of himself to everyone on the set and in the production.
With the complication of a Prince engaged to the female lead and a leading man who can't remember his lines and is being fired, you know it can't take long.
Poirot and Hastings just happen to be visiting the set when the death occurs. There is a bit of a kerfluffle over witnesses who can't be witnesses and a card game that couldn't have been played.
And there is a dead body that wasn't killed in the traditional ways of murder. And that's about it. I enjoy most of these shows but this one just seemed to spin its wheels without ever getting anywhere.
With the complication of a Prince engaged to the female lead and a leading man who can't remember his lines and is being fired, you know it can't take long.
Poirot and Hastings just happen to be visiting the set when the death occurs. There is a bit of a kerfluffle over witnesses who can't be witnesses and a card game that couldn't have been played.
And there is a dead body that wasn't killed in the traditional ways of murder. And that's about it. I enjoy most of these shows but this one just seemed to spin its wheels without ever getting anywhere.
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- VetteRanger
- Feb 27, 2023
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- Filming locations
- High and Over, Highover Park, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK(Reedburn's House)
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- Runtime50 minutes
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