MYSTERY!: AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT, SERIES 1: THE DREAM (TV)
Summary
One in this mystery anthology series. One in this series of Agatha Christie mysteries featuring Belgian dandy and private detective, Hercule Poirot.
In this episode, Hercule Poirot receives a letter from Benedict Farley, head of the Farley's Pies empire, requesting an appointment. Farley leads his workers in a very proper ceremony to celebrate fifty years of Farley's Foods, but clearly, the stern boss is not well-liked by his employees.
Suring the ceremony, his daughter, Joanna, runs off for a romantic tryst with a low-ranking employee, Herbert. Neither one of the lovers likes Farley, especially when Herbert breaks the news that he is losing his job because of his romance with Joanna. That night, Poirot has an odd meeting with Farley, who says he is having recurring dreams of suicide and that he believes someone is trying to kill him with hypnotism.
The next day, the secretary, Hugo Cornweather, finds Farley dead in his office from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot, just as Farley had foreseen in his dreams. Poirot and his assistant, Captain Hastings, as well as Chief Inspector Japp cooperate in investigating what they believe is a clever murder disguised as a suicide.
Poirot is filled with frustration when, after extensive interviews, the investigating team is no closer to an answer. Fortunately, when Poirot's secretary, Miss Lemon, leans out of her window to check the time on a nearby clock tower, Poirot realizes that the answer to Farley's murder lies with the window and the time.
Cataloging of this program was made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 1999.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS
- DATE: March 15, 1990
- RUNNING TIME: 0:49:44
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:30090
- GENRE: Drama, police/private detective
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, police/private detective
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1980-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Nick Elliott … Executive Producer
- Linda Agran … Executive Producer
- Brian Eastman … Producer
- Edward Bennett … Director
- Clive Exton … Writer
- Agatha Christie … Based on the story by
- Christopher Gunning … Music by
- David Suchet … Cast, Hercule Poirot
- Hugh Fraser … Cast, Captain Hastings
- Philip Jackson … Cast, Chief Inspector Japp
- Pauline Moran … Cast, Miss Lemon
- Alan Howard … Cast, Benedict Farley/Hugo Cornworthy
- Joely Richardson … Cast, Joanna Farley
- Mary Tamm … Cast, Mrs. Farley
- Martin Wenner … Cast, Herbert Chudley
- Christopher Saul … Cast, Mr. Tremlell
- Paul Lacoux … Cast, Dr. Stillingfleet
- Neville Phillips … Cast, Holmes
- Tommy Wright … Cast, Workman
- Fred Bryant … Cast, Workman
- Donald Bissett … Cast, Mayor
- Arthur Howell … Cast, Fencing Instructor
- George Little … Cast, Dicker
- Christopher Gunning … Cast, Bandmaster
- Richard Bebb … Cast, Newsreel Voice