The Plymouth Express
- Episode aired Jan 20, 1991
- TV-14
- 50m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
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A mining entrepreneur hires Poirot to solve the brutal murder of his daughter and the theft of her jewels aboard the express train to Plymouth.A mining entrepreneur hires Poirot to solve the brutal murder of his daughter and the theft of her jewels aboard the express train to Plymouth.A mining entrepreneur hires Poirot to solve the brutal murder of his daughter and the theft of her jewels aboard the express train to Plymouth.
Stephen Riddle
- Barman
- (as Steven Riddle)
- Director
- Writers
- Rod Beacham
- Agatha Christie(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaAgatha Christie occasionally reworked her short stories into full length novels; sometimes removing, adding, or switching out the lead detective. In the case of The Plymouth Express, it was expanded into the novel that was adapted in season 10, The Mystery of the Blue Train (2005), Poirot remained but other character names and details were altered.
- GoofsThe story is set in the 1930s, yet the train carriages at Paddington station are of the BR MK1 type not built until 1951; and as the steam train pulls into Plymouth station, several 1980s-built diesel trains can clearly be seen in the background.
- Quotes
Hercule Poirot: Superb, Miss Lemon. I knew that you could arrange it.
Miss Lemon: Difficulties are made to be overcome, Mr. Poirot.
Hercule Poirot: Difficulties are made to be overcome. What a truly magnificent attitude.
Featured review
A dark story that shows the true devastation of murder.
Wealthy Australian business man Mr Halliday tries to engage Poirot to look into Comte de la Rochefour, a dubious French man interested in his daughter Flossy. Poirot has no stomach for investigating domestic troubles, but he's needed for something more serious.
I was eleven when this episode went out and it left its mark, the actual murder scene is perhaps one of the darkest moments in the show's history, it lingered longer then usual, and was more graphic then usual, even the description was bleak. (tame by today's standards I know.)
As always with the series it's a gorgeous looking episode, the sets, buildings, clothes etc are perfectly in character, the scenes at the train station particularly look great.
It's a fairly simple mystery, but the strength of it lays in the impact of Flossy's death, her father is grief stricken and even Poirot is hit hard by it. In some episodes murder seems almost casual, not the case with the Plymouth Express, once she's found the episode takes on a different feel.
I actually think it's a goody. 8/10
I was eleven when this episode went out and it left its mark, the actual murder scene is perhaps one of the darkest moments in the show's history, it lingered longer then usual, and was more graphic then usual, even the description was bleak. (tame by today's standards I know.)
As always with the series it's a gorgeous looking episode, the sets, buildings, clothes etc are perfectly in character, the scenes at the train station particularly look great.
It's a fairly simple mystery, but the strength of it lays in the impact of Flossy's death, her father is grief stricken and even Poirot is hit hard by it. In some episodes murder seems almost casual, not the case with the Plymouth Express, once she's found the episode takes on a different feel.
I actually think it's a goody. 8/10
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- Hull Paragon Railway Station, Hull Paragon Interchange, Ferensway, Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK(Paddington, Bristol and Plymouth stations)
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