Agatha Christie: Poirot - Season 1 (1989) (season)
Directed by:
Renny RyeScreenplay:
Michael BakerCinematography:
Peter JessopComposer:
Christopher GunningCast:
David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Niamh Cusack, David Swift, Jonathan Coy, Jack Klaff, Vass Anderson, Avril Elgar, Abigail Cruttenden, Sean Pertwee (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Poirot and Hastings drive down to the studios where a friend is directing a film. They watch some of the filming and are shocked by the behaviour of the studio owner Henry Reedburn who treats the cast and crew appallingly. That evening Reedburn is found dead at his home. When the beautiful young star of the film Valerie Saintclair is implicated in the murder, her fiance engages the services of Poirot to clear her name. (iTunes)
(more)Cast
![David Suchet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270432_7bae78.jpg)
David Suchet
UK
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![Hugh Fraser](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273780_f0a791.jpg)
Hugh Fraser
UK
Best series:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
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![Philip Jackson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272122_d94b09.jpg)
Philip Jackson
UK
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![Niamh Cusack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/525/159525541_d2552d.jpg)
Niamh Cusack
Ireland
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![David Swift](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/781/160781222_5eb4e6.jpg)
David Swift
UK
Best series:
The Storyteller (1987) (series)
Shroud for a Nightingale (1984) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Jonathan Coy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/628/159628185_e5e472.png)
Jonathan Coy
UK
Best series:
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Jack Klaff
South Africa
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![Vass Anderson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/360/161360341_3bd4b3.jpg)
Vass Anderson
UK
Best series:
Father Ted (1995) (series)
Smiley's People (1982) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Avril Elgar
UK
Best series:
A Taste for Death (1988) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979) (series)
![Abigail Cruttenden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/542/164542319_871860.jpg)
Abigail Cruttenden
UK
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The Storyteller (1987) (series)
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (1991) (series)
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![Sean Pertwee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270312_ee0d32.jpg)
Sean Pertwee
UK
Cathy Murphy
UK
Best series:
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Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)