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The Case of the Missing Will: Directed by John Bruce. With David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran. A terminally ill man asks Poirot to be executor of his new will but is murdered before he can write it, and it is later discovered the old will has been stolen.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- John Bruce
- 1993-02-07
"Poirot" The Case of the Missing Will (TV Episode 1993) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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The Case of the Missing Will is the fourth episode of series 5 of the ITV British television drama series Agatha Christie's Poirot featuring David Suchet as Hercule Poirot, first broadcast on 7 February 1993 in the UK. It was partly based on the Agatha Christie short story of the same name and directed by John Bruce with dramatisation by Douglas Wa...
Andrew Marsh, a rich, terminally ill man, asks Poirot to be executor of his new will, in which he intends to leave the whole estate to his ward Violet Wilson. However, he is murdered before he can write it – and it seems that his old will has also disappeared.
The TV film is very different from Christie's original story. Some names have been retained but the characters essentially play different roles.
This adaptation is vastly different from the original story. The will here is not hidden by Andrew Marsh. Instead of being sceptical about education for woman, here, Andrew Marsh is proud that Violet is about to graduate. He wants to makes a new will leaving everything to Violet, with Poirot as executor, but he is murdered before he can put this to...
•David Suchet as Hercule Poirot
•Hugh Fraser as Captain Hastings
•Philip Jackson as Chief Inspector Japp
•Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon
•Beth Goddard as Violet Wilson
•Rowena Cooper as Sarah Siddaway
•Various scenes in Cambridge
•St John's College, St John's Street, Cambridge
•Trinity Lane, Cambridge
•Trinity Street, Cambridge - arrival at Cambridge
•All Saints Passage, Cambridge - Violet waiting for Poirot
•Newton's Apple Tree, Trinity College - Poirot gets out of car after arrival
•On Andrew Marsh's death certificate, the address of Crabtree Farm is stated as Knapwell, Cambridgeshire (an actual location).
•The date of death is 15 June 1936.
Poirot assists a young woman in proving to her deceased uncle that her education was valuable. They must solve the puzzle of his will or else she will be left with no inheritance. The story was first published as a book in the collection Poirot Investigates, 1924, by Bodley Head. The story was adapted for the TV series Agatha Christie’s ...
Summaries. A terminally ill man asks Poirot to be executor of his new will but is murdered before he can write it, and it is later discovered the old will has been stolen. In 1926, rich but childless Andrew Marsh writes a will providing generous bequests to friends, associates, and their children while leaving the bulk of his estate to a ...
Sep 28, 2016 · Poirot S05E04 The Case of the Missing Will 1993. From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule ...
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The Case of the Missing Will The problem presented to us by Miss Violet Marsh made rather a pleasant change from our usual routine work. Poirot had received a brisk and businesslike note from the lady asking for an appointment, and he had replied asking her to call upon him at eleven o’clock the following day.
