Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Classic Collection - Set 1
Our Price: $83.99
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $56.39 (click here)
Category: DVD
See more DVD details
Buy this DVD movie at online store in your country
Canada
Canada
DVD details
Actor: David Suchet, Hugh Frasier, Philip JacksonBrand: Acorn
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 459 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-05-05
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
DVD Reviews of Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Classic Collection - Set 1
DVD Review: But of course, Hastings
Summary: 4 Stars
Hercule Poirot is a fussy, brainy little Belgian with a mild case of OCD and a highly waxed mustache. He seems like an unlikely detective.
But "Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Classic Collection - Set 1" brings together nine episodes of the classic Poirot TV series from "Mystery!", and demonstrates why he's Agatha Christie's most endearingly eccentric detective. These are solidly written, self-contained little mysteries that are truly and deeply baffling -- and the cherub-faced David Suchet is absolutely perfect as the fussy little man with a steel-trap brain.
"The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim" becomes the source of a bet between Poirot and Chief Inspector Japp, when a wealthy banker goes missing -- Poirot bets five pounds that he can figure out the case without leaving his apartment. An aristocratic "Veiled Lady" hires Poirot to recover an incriminating love letter from a blackmailer, and "The Lost Mine" becomes a matter of concern when a Chinese man is cruelly murdered in Chinatown, and an opiate-addicted stockbroker seems the best suspect.
Then Poirot is confronted by a "Cornish Mystery" when a woman asks him to see if her hubby is poisoning her... and sure enough, she turns up dead. He considers retiring until "Double Sin" comes into play -- a young woman with a valuable collection of miniatures, which are stolen en route. And when a young couple gets a luxurious but inexpensive apartment in "The Adventure of the Cheap Flat," Poirot is intrigued -- and uncovers a gruesome mess of Mafia plans, FBI stakeouts, and a treacherous American sailor.
Then there's the "Kidnapped Prime Minister" -- guess what it's about. The Prime Minister and his secretary have been kidnapped and Poirot has only a matter of hours to avert war. "The Adventure of the Western Star" causes trouble when Poirot meets Belgian movie star Marie Marvelle, who is being haunted by bizarre letters about a giant, allegedly cursed diamond. And "How Does Your Garden Grow" has Poirot investigating in a London flower show, one of whose patrons ends up dead...
"Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Classic Collection - Set 1" is an enjoyable mystery series -- it has the classic flavour of a cosmopolitan, early-twentieth-century England. Poirot's cases take us into sleek deco apartments, smoky nightclubs, lush rural settings, mossy citadels, opium dens and murky seedy streets, and somehow seeing the dapper little detective glide through his cases makes them seem both difficult and easily unraveled.
And the writers do an excellent job of translating Agatha Christie's stories -- jewels, murders, thefts, kidnappings and blackmail, tangled together with clues and the odd action scene (which Poirot doesn't really take part in), and even one story where the FBI starts horning in on the case. But while most of these stories have a grim undertone, there's also some wonderfully witty dialogue ("Please, do not fraternize with that creature. I am still training him." "It's only a parrot." "I was talking to the parrot").
Suchet is pitch-perfect as Poirot -- short, twinkly-eyed, a bit chubby and with a neatly waxed and perfectly trimmed mustache. He really makes you believe that this guy's innocuous, tidy appearance masks the steely brain of a truly brilliant detective. Hugh Fraser is a wonderfully mellow, somewhat naive sidekick for Poirot, and Philip Jackson is equally charismatic as a down-to-earth Scotland Yard cop who often finds himself working parallel to (or with) Poirot.
"Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Classic Collection - Set 1" is a solid and enjoyable string of classic Agatha Christie mysteries, like gleaming beads on a very strong, knotted string. Definitely worthwhile!
Description of Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Classic Collection - Set 1
DAVID SUCHET plays the impeccably turned-out Belgian sleuth in these nine stories, originally produced for British television and based on the fiction of Dame Agatha Christie. Set in the art deco elegance of 1930s Europe, the series also stars Hugh Fraser as Poirot?s affable assistant Captain Hastings, Philip Jackson as Chief Inspector Japp, and Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon.
The Episodes
The Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim
The Veiled Lady
The Lost Mine
The Cornish Mystery
Double Sin
The Adventure of the Cheap Flat
The Kidnapped Prime Minister
The Adventure of the Western Star
How Does Your Garden Grow?
DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE biographies of Agatha Christie and David Suchet, cast filmographies, and Agatha Christie materials.
Bestsellers in DVD
![The Story of Jeremiah [VHS] Image](/images/noimg.gif)
The Story of Jeremiah [VHS]Vision Video; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Wresting With God [VHS]by Vision Video
Vision Video; Published: 1990-10-01; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops:
Study Bible Video with Workbook [VHS]Spring Arbor Distributors; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $7.95
Price in other shops:
Tempo:Childrens TV Favourites Video [VHS]HarperCollins Audio; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $9.17
Price in other shops:
Tempo.Herbs:Parseley'Sb/ Party Video [VHS]HarperCollins Audio; VHS Tape; VHS Video
![Strike the Original Match [VHS] Image](/images/Strike-the-Original-Match-VHS-0001374079-X.jpg)
Strike the Original Match [VHS]New Liberty Films; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Price in other shops:
![Medjugorje The Miracles and the Message [VHS] Image](/images/Medjugorje-The-Miracles-and-the-Message-VHS-0001373293-X.jpg)
Medjugorje The Miracles and the Message [VHS]JPN Film Production; Release date: 1995-12-15; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $29.99
Mayo Clinic Echocardiography Review Course for Boards and Recertification DVD 2008by Mayo
DVD
Price in other shops:
Pediatric Diagnostic Imaging DVD: Single Userby Oakstone
DVD
Price in other shops:
Cost Accounting [VHS]by Charles T. Horngren, George Foster, Srikant M. Datar, Howard Teall
Pearson Canada, Toronto; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Similar DVDs, VHS Video, Audio CDs
Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Movie Collection - Set 3POIROT; Release date: 2009-05-05; DVD
Best price: $26.99
Price in other shops:
Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Movie Collection, Set 5Acorn; Release date: 2010-07-27; DVD
Best price: $31.47
Price in other shops:
Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Movie Collection - Set 1POIROT; Release date: 2009-05-05; DVD
Best price: $26.99
Price in other shops:
Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Movie Collection - Set 4POIROT; Release date: 2009-07-07; DVD
Best price: $26.99
Price in other shops:
Agatha Christie's Poirot: Classic Collection Set 4Acorn; Release date: 2010-07-27; DVD
Best price: $67.00
Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Classic Collection - Set 2Release date: 2009-05-05; DVD
Best price: $99.89
Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Movie Collection - Set 2PBS; Release date: 2009-05-05; DVD
Best price: $24.50
Price in other shops:
Agatha Christie Poirot: Definitive CollectionA&E; Release date: 2011-01-25; DVD
Best price: $40.49
Price in other shops:
Agatha Christie's Poirot Movie Collection Set 6Acorn; Release date: 2011-07-12; DVD
Best price: $29.99
Price in other shops:
Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Classic Collection - Set 3Acorn; Release date: 2009-05-05; DVD
Best price: $27.99
Price in other shops: