Double Sin {1/4}

A bored Hercule Poirot announces that he is going to retire and suggests that he and Captain Hastings go to the seaside for a short holiday. While there, they meet a pleasant young woman who is delivering a set of miniature portraits to an American buyer on behalf of her aunt, an antiques dealer. When they arrive at their destination she is shocked to find that the miniatures are missing and that the American had already bought them from an elderly lady more than an hour before. As Poirot has retired he leaves the case in the hands of Hastings who slowly puts the facts together and not surprisingly comes to the wrong conclusion. In the end, it is left to Poirot to suggest the solution to the crime and brings all of the parties together for an interesting lunch.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• hercule
• poirot
• mystery
• crime
• detective
• agatha
• christie
• british
• tv-series
• 1930's

[MemoriesOnTheMoon]

oh my God, I'm watching Poirot and eating smooth and delicious Belgian chocolates... truly orgasmic :)

[maya9160]

what fool would disclose to strangers on a bus that you'll have 15,000 in cash on your return trip

[Lyndam98]

Mr. Dicker...what a *shudder* creep. The tongue thing. BLEAH lol

[Chanks420]

I wonder how Poirot would respond if he stumbled across a nudist beach :)

[Chanks420]

Starting at 3:19 till 3:21 the simultaneous expressions are priceless. Excellent direction and filming.

[youpaymyrent]

@thisherecat2 ''I say .. what a rude fellow'' ahahahahahahahahahahah

[thisherecat2]

is hastings the top?

[KevinByrne2]

4:54 -- The hotel is the Midland Hotel in Morecambe, Lancashire.

[MathewBMW]

@maya9160 I think it is 1,500, which is quite a lot though!

[selfsufficiency1]

Miss Lemon putting on a sour face....it doesn't quite wash does it? She's great!

[Mr1958louief]

Oh no, It must be Global Warming!!

[sesanner]

The music and the scenery on M Poirot's travels with Hastings . . . heartrendingly beautiful. The music is stirring and soulful, eh?

(Note on orgasmic food: I cast my vote for best chocolate . . . it is Swiss! Still Swiss after all these years, but only the very best Swiss. Belgium, yes, fine chocolate, better beer.)

This is a very funny segment. Poirot seems . . . coy comes to mind, but that's not Poirot. Well, we shall see where we go with M Poirot.

David Suchet. What beauty!