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| ©ITV - David Suchet as Hercule Poirot and Gregory Cox as the Coroner |
For fans of the hugely successful and long-running series in the US, Hercule Poirot's Last Case is here. David Suchet has now completed all of Agatha Christie's Poirot novels (and most of the short stories). Curtain reunites Poirot with Hastings and Style's Court, the scene of their first murder investigation together. But there is a marked difference in both friends: Hastings is widowed and Poirot is ill. Curtain was adapted by the late Kevin Elyot, produced by David Boulter and directed by Hettie Macdonald.
ITV Plot description:
Confined to a wheelchair and crippled
with arthritis, the now elderly Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) is
reunited with his old companion Captain Hastings (Hugh Fraser) at the
house where it all began.
Styles is the rambling country house
where the pair first met 30 years ago, when Poirot was a refugee and
Hastings a wounded soldier. It is also the home of their first murder
investigation together and is soon to be home to their last.
Since they last met, both have faced
tragedy; Hastings is a widower, and Poirot has succumbed to a
life-threatening heart condition.
But the great detective’s brain remains
as sharp and active as ever, and he tells his loyal friend with utmost
certainty that Styles is again harbouring a killer – and it is simply a
matter of time before the axe falls once more. The problem is, Poirot
does not yet know the identity of murderer or victim, and his disability
frustratingly prevents him from acting on his investigative impulses.
Poirot recruits Hastings to be his “eyes
and ears”, but as his health deteriorates and their fellow guests begin
to fall victim to confounding attacks, Poirot grows increasingly anxious
that he may finally have met his match. He must summon the last of his
strength and push his “little grey cells” to the very limit, as he
battles his ultimate nemesis in his last ever case.
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| ©ITV - Hugh Fraser as Captain Hastings |
Cast list:
Hercule Poirot - David Suchet
Captain Hastings - Hugh Fraser
Elizabeth Cole - Helen Baxendale
Daisy Luttrell - Anne Reid
Col. Toby Luttrell - John Standing
Stephen Norton - Aidan McArdle
Sir William Boyd Carrington - Philip Glenister
Judith - Alice Orr-Ewing
Dr Franklin - Shaun Dingwall
Major Allerton - Matthew McNulty
Barbara Franklin - Anna Madeley
Nurse Craven - Claire Keelen
George - David Yelland
Coroner - Gregory Cox
Curtain: Poirot's Last Case will be available to watch in the US on AcornTV on Monday 25th August. Follow me on twitter @AChristieWeb and join in the discussion using #Poirot13
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