Lord Peter Wimsey - The Nine Tailors

Lord Peter Wimsey - The Nine Tailors

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DVD Review: The series complete at last
Summary: 5 Stars

Very much like the situation in the classic "Trent's Last Case," every one of Wimsey's assumptions in "Tailors" proves to be wrong. He is mistaken in the identity of the handless, faceless victim (as the viewer will probably guess anyway) but also in the identity of the killer, which he learns in a most unusually dramatic way--but more I cannot say without ruining it all.

The feeling of life in a very small English community is beautifully brought across by the usual superb acting of even the most minor characters, especially the pretty postmistress. The plot, which is (face it) the most important feature of any mystery, is fairly convoluted but nothing as complicated as that of "Five Red Herrings" in which the whereabouts of several characters have to be kept in mind along with several train schedules. Here we know, for the most part, several things Wimsey does not; but not enough for us to be certain about the more important events.

The question at the back of the murder is to what extent a person might be justified in committing a crime when the victim is evil and not committing it would lead to undeserved personal degradation. But again, I cannot reveal too much.

Ian Carmichael is far less Bertie Woosterish in this episode, his Bunter (Glyn Houston) as Jeevish as ever without being comically so, and the local Reverend (Donald Eccles) for once not a sanctimonious bore.

And so, now that we have all five sets, the first three only on tape but soon to be on DVD, the last two in both formats, allow me to recommend them in this order for those who have none yet: "Murder Must Advertise," "The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club," "The Nine Tailors," "Clouds of Witness," and "Five Red Herrings." They are all very good indeed, so I am using a somewhat ambiguous "enjoyability" factor in my ordering of them.