The Case of the Missing Will

Episode aired Feb 7, 1993
TV-14
51m

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

1.5K

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Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Case Of The Missing Will

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A terminally ill man asks Poirot to be executor of his new will but is murdered before he can write it, and it is later discovered the old will has been stolen.A terminally ill man asks Poirot to be executor of his new will but is murdered before he can write it, and it is later discovered the old will has been stolen.A terminally ill man asks Poirot to be executor of his new will but is murdered before he can write it, and it is later discovered the old will has been stolen.

Director
- John Bruce
Writers
- Douglas Watkinson
- Agatha Christie
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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

1.5K

YOUR RATING

Director
- John Bruce
Writers
- Douglas Watkinson
- Agatha Christie
Stars

20User reviews

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
This is the only show that isn't based on an original Agatha Christie story; only the names of the characters are taken from the original "The Case of The Missing Will".

Goofs
When Miss Lemon arrives at the hospital to check birth records for Poirot, she gets out of the car wearing a red dress with a white sweater. Moments later as she's entering the Records Office, she's wearing a blue dress with white sweater. In the next shot, it shows her going through the Records books and she's back in the red dress again. In her next scene she arrives back to give Poirot the info she's found and she's once again back in the blue dress.

Quotes
Captain Arthur Hastings: [walking in the funeral procession] The man had a lot of friends, Poirot.
Hercule Poirot: What good are many friends, mon ami, when you have one bad enemy?

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Featured review

6/10

Christie fans are quick to forget that liberties have been taken with her books for many years.

Poirot is called in by an old friend Andrew Marsh to execute on his new will. Andrew has a terminal illness, so his death is simply natural causes, right?

After the brilliance of The Yellow Iris, I've always found this one a little flat, there are some reviews here which trash it, those are way off the mark, it is still good viewing, what it is not, is the story Christie originally penned. I don't mind changes, sometimes they're needed for practical reasons, as in The Big Four, sometimes they're changed for dramatic effect, and sometimes you wonder why they did.

The plot is a bit muddled, and the characters lack a little spark, even if the performances are fine, Beth Goddard is particularly good. The feminism aspect is unique on the show, and it's a decent exploration. The main flaw here is the crime itself is just a bit dull.

It's a decent watch. 6/10