I realize that the movie aired during the last season that featured Hastings, Chief Inspector Japp and Miss Lemon. One, I found Clive Exton's addition of Captain Hastings unnecessary. I only had a few quibbles about 'MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA'. Several characters from the novel were eliminated. Leidner's nationality changed from Swedish to American. In the 2001 movie, she was among the main suspects.

Poirot's assistant in Christie's novel was Louise Leidner's personal nurse, Amy Leatheran. Which meant that Bill Coleman's was not Hasting's nephew. First of all, Arthur Hastings was not in the 1936 novel. And 'MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA' was not one of them. Trust me, only a small handful of the 1989-2001 movies were faithful. I have seen nearly every 'POIROT' television movie in existence. Many Christie fans claim that the 1989-2001 movies were superior to the later ones, because these movies were faithful to the novels. Not long after Poirot learned about the lady's past, someone killed her with a deadly blow to her head with a blunt instrument. Fifteen years passed before Louise eventually married Dr. Unfortunately, a train accident killed him. But Bosner managed to escape, while he was being transported to prison. Leidner had betrayed Bosner to the American government before he was arrested and sentenced to die. State Department diplomat during World War I named Frederick Bosner, who turned out to be a spy for the Germans. The latter eventually reveals that she was previously married to a young U.S. Leidner's longtime colleagues.īoth Poirot and Hastings learn about the series of sightings that have frightening Mrs. Leidner and the other members of her husband's dig - especially with Richard Carey and Anne Johnson, Dr. Upon his arrival at the dig, Poirot notices the tension between Mrs. Hastings, who is having marital problems, is there to visit his nephew Bill Coleman, one of Dr. The story began with Poirot's arrival in Iraq, who is there to not only visit his friend Captain Arthur Hastings, but also meet with a Russian countess of a past acquaintance. The very last television movie that featured Poirot's close friend, Hastings, turned out to be 2001's 'MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA'.īased upon Agatha Christie's 1936 novel, 'MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA' told of Hercule Poirot's investigation into the murder of Louise Leidner, the wife of an American archeologist named Dr. The ones made post-2001 sporadically featured the mystery writer, Adriande Oliver. The ones made between 19, featured the supporting characters Captain Arthur Hasting, Miss Lemon (Hercule Poirot), and Chief Inspector Japp. One can categorize the 'AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT' television movies into two categories.

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