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The Mystery of the Blue Train
After traveling on the Blue Train from Calais to Nice, Hercule Poirot is pressed into service to help solve the murder of heiress Ruth Kettering who is found savagely beaten in her compartment. She was the daughter of wealthy industrialist Rufus Van Alden and very much wanted a divorce. Both her husband and her lover were on the train but she had changed rooms with another passenger, Katherine Grey, so the question naturally arises as to whether she was the intended victim. Grey may also have had enemies as she had recently inherited a very large sum of money and greedy relatives had suddenly taken a interest in her. When an attempt is subsequently made on Grey's life, this appears to the case but Poirot methodically sifts through all of the clues to determine the motive and identify the killer.
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Taken at the Flood
Just weeks after marrying a young widowed actress, Gordon Cloade, a rich businessman, is instantly killed in a gas explosion in his flat. Out of the inferno, which also killed several other people in his apartment building, however miraculously walks his 23-year-old actress wife Rosaleen almost unharmed, having been in the cellar at the time of the explosion with her brother David Hunter, choosing wine. After Gordon Cloade's death, his young widow is left in sole possession of her late husband's fortune and - in contrast to her husband who always was very generous with his money to the rest of his family - she totally withholds it from the other Cloades. Finding the sudden lack of funds very frustrating, the Cloades decide to employ detective Hercule Poirot in order to investigate the on-going rumours that Rosaleen's first husband Robert Underhay, who years ago mysteriously disappeared into the African jungle, might not be dead after all.
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After the Funeral
His friend, solicitor Gilbert Entwhistle, asks Hercule Poirot to help solve a riddle and a murder. The riddle has to do with Richard Abernethie's will. It would seem that he changed his will immediately prior to his death, distributing all of his wealth equally among family members but excluding George Abernethie who, in all previous wills, had been the sole beneficiary. The two had supposedly argued recently, but Entwhistle suspects the new will may be a forgery. As for the murder, he would like Poirot to investigate the death of Cora Galaccio, who was violently beaten to death the day after Richard's funeral. She too had inherited from the suspect will, but are the two deaths and the will all part of a greater plot, or is there a simpler explanation?
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Cards on the Table
Hercule Poirot finds himself investigating the murder of his dinner host, Mr. Shaitana, who was stabbed in the heart while his guests played bridge. There are eight guests and Poirot finds himself in the company of three other investigators. The foursome interview each of the other guests in turn but make little headway until Poirot manages to reconstruct the various bridge hands played at the suspects' table. In doing so, he is able to identify one particular action that leads him to identify the killer.
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| Special Features |
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Agatha Christie Biography
David Suchet Biography
Index Of All Agatha Christie Hercule Poirot Stories |
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ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo