David Suchet
Hercule Poirot
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- 2003 · Mystery · 1h 36m
Dec 26, 2003 · Sad Cypress: Directed by David Moore. With David Suchet, Elisabeth Dermot Walsh, Rupert Penry-Jones, Kelly Reilly. Elinor Carlisle seems to be the obvious murderer of her ailing aunt and the beautiful romantic rival who broke up her engagement, but Poirot uncovers darker motives.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- David Moore
- 2003-12-26
Synopsis Poirot (David Suchet) tries to prove that a young woman (Elisabeth Dermot Walsh) did not poison her wealthy aunt and a rival in love. Director Dave Moore
- Dave Moore
- Mystery & Thriller
- David Suchet
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Sad Cypress is the second episode of series nine of Agatha Christie's Poirot. It was broadcast on 26 December 2003. The episode was directed by David Moore and the screenplay was written by David Pirie. It is an adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel of the same name.
Young Elinor Carlisle is tried in court for first murdering her aunt for money and then also doing away with Mary Gerrard, her aunt's protégée who stole the heart of Elinor's fiancé. In a race against time before she is hanged, Poirot, who suspects foul play, reopens the investigation.
•Poirot enters the story much earlier, even before the death of Laura Welman. In this adaptation he gets to see the poison pen letter before it gets burnt. As in the original, Peter Lord is the one who brings Poirot in. In this case, he is already staying at Maidensford on another case ("the Cartwright trial" - Sir Charles Cartwright?)
•The characters of Ted Bigland and Horlick have been combined into one character "Ted Horlick". He is the present gardener. The old gardener is Mary Gerrard's adoptive father. Ted Horlick is also interested in Mary.
•The clue about "apomorphine" does not emerge at the trial. Poirot finds out about it from a "formulary" borrowed from Dr Lord and comparing it with a police photo of the label.
•In the book the only evidence of the relationship between Mary and Mrs Welman is the letter sent by Mrs Gerard to her sister. In this adaptation, in addition to the letter, there is also a photograph of Mrs Welman carrying the baby.
•There is an extended clue relating to sandwich pastes in the adaptation. Poirot tastes several and concludes that he cannot distinguish between salmon and crab/shrimp flavours. This leads him to conclude that the killer could not have poisoned a particular sandwich with the confidence that Mary would eat that one. In the book, this is more simply dealt with by Dr Alan Garcia who testifies that there was no special evidence that the morphia was in the fish paste--they simply did not know how it was ingested, only that it went in at the same time as the food and drink.
•The clue about the thornless rose is about the same. In the book, after hearing about Nurse Hopkin's prick on the arm from a rose, Poirot visits the lodge and finds that the rose does not have thorns. An expert rose grower Alfred James Wargrave is called to testify about it at the trial. In the adaptation, since the trial is already over, Poirot uses this to confront Nurse Hopkins.
•David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
•Elisabeth Dermot Walsh as Elinor Carlisle
•Rupert Penry-Jones as Roddy Winter
•Kelly Reilly as Mary Gerrard
•Paul McGann as Dr. Peter Lord
•Phyllis Logan as Nurse Hopkins
•Poirot and his drinks - Poirot is shown with a green coloured drink, probably Crème de menthe. He uses it as an analogy for suspended action.
•Dorney Court, Buckinghamshire - Hunterbury Arms hotel. Near the beginning there is a aerial shot where Dorney Court is CG-pasted onto a Hambleden street scene.
•Joyce Grove, Nettlebed, Oxfordshire (Sue Ryder hospice) - externals of Hunterbury
•Hambleden village - Maidensford scenes
•St Mary the Virgin Church, Hambleden. Buckinghamshire
Overview. Share. 9x2. Sad Cypress (2003) ← Back to episode. Five Little Pigs (9x1) Death on the Nile (9x3) Season Regulars 1. Guest Stars 15. Crew 2. Young Elinor Carlisle, engaged to marry the dashing Roddy Winter, finds herself charged with the fatal poisoning of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love.
Agatha Christie's favorite detective, Hercule Poirot, puts his "little grey cells" to work to unravel a puzzling mystery. When Eleanor Carlyle and her fiancee receive a poisoned pen letter about Eleanor's spinster aunt, they journey to her large house in the country.
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