Murder in the Mews
- Episode aired Jan 15, 1989
- TV-14
- 51m
When a woman is found shot in her flat after Bonfire Night, Poirot is enlisted to decipher whether the victim died by her own hand, or by someone else's.When a woman is found shot in her flat after Bonfire Night, Poirot is enlisted to decipher whether the victim died by her own hand, or by someone else's.When a woman is found shot in her flat after Bonfire Night, Poirot is enlisted to decipher whether the victim died by her own hand, or by someone else's.
- Director
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- Clive Exton
- Agatha Christie(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaMurder in the Mews is a Poirot short story written by Agatha Christie and first published in March 1937.
- GoofsRight before the camera moves away from the blonde murder victim for the last time, her fingers are twitching.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Hercule Poirot: Hastings, my friend, tell me: to blow up the English Parliament, was it a sin or a noble deed?
Captain Hastings: Oh, it's no good asking me, old son. I was never much of a one for politics. Where's Mrs Japp tonight, then?
Chief Inspector Japp: She can't abide fireworks.
Hercule Poirot: Ah, the noise disturbs the delicate sensibilities of many ladies.
Chief Inspector Japp: Maybe, maybe. I think it's more that she doesn't like to see people enjoying themselves.
On reflecting, after having watched this episode again recently, it seems that some keys clue were given more obviously than in most Poirot mysteries. But of course, that's on reflecting and knowing what it was that we had seen. Poirot's gray cells register many miniscule details and store them. Then, when added to during the course of his sleuthing, the solution comes to light as these bits and pieces come together to form a picture. Trouble is, it doesn't work that way for most of we mortals. And that's all the more food for entertainment in these wonderful mysteries.
The humor in this episode concerns Poirot's over-starched collars and the seeming inability of the laundry to correct the matter. Poirot has written them many letters about this problem. Some great dialog ensues over this between Poirot and Miss Lemon. Here are some favorite lines from "Murder in the Mews."
Miss Lemon, "You won't forget your dental appointment at 11 will you, Mr. Poirot?" Hercule Poirot, "Hercule Poirot does not need to go to the dentist, Miss Lemon." Miss Lemon, "You've put it off once already." Hercule Poirot, "My teeth are perfection. It's sacrilege to tamper with them."
Hercule Poirot, "But, why do we not do something constructive about my collars, Miss Lemon, hmmm? That laundry is in the pay of my enemies."
Chief Inspector Japp, "Never mind about jumping to conclusions, Poirot. This is a murder we're dealing with."
Miss Lemon, "The trouble is, Mr. Poirot, they just don't understand the letters." Hercule Poirot, "Why not?" Miss Lemon, "They're Chinese Mr. Poirot." Hercule Poirot, "The Bulldog Breed Laundry is Chinese?" Miss Lemon, "Yes, Mr. Poirot." Hercule Poirot, "What is the world coming to, Miss Lemon?"
Hercule Poirot, "The name of Poirot is feared on golf courses all over the continent."
Hercule Poirot, "Do you really wish to destroy the... the mind of any human being?"
Chief Inspector Japp, "Not murder disguised as suicide, but suicide made to look like murder."
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- Runtime51 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1