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Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan: Directed by Ken Grieve. With David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran. While Poirot vacations in Brighton to boost his health, the beautiful pearl necklace of a theatre actress staying at his hotel is mysteriously stolen.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Ken Grieve
- 1993-03-07
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Mrs Opalsen's precious pearls have been stolen but Celestine, the maid who was supposed to watch them, had not left the room where the jewel case was kept.
Wartime profiteering - Poirot mentions that Brighton is the home of the profiteer.EPD (Excess Profits Duty) - Opalsen mentions that money is tight in the city because of "EPD". EPD was introduced during World War Oneto rein in profiteering. The rate was altered several times in...Expression: Poirot was in "a brown study" - a mood when someone is deep within his own thoughts and oblivious to anything or anyone else around him.Agatha Christie's Poirot
A television film with David Suchet as Poirot was produced as episode 8 of Series 5 of the ITV series Agatha Christie's Poirot, first broadcast on 7 March. The adaptation is faithful to the main premise of the original story with respect to how the pearls were taken. However the rather barebones original story had to be embellished for dramatic purposes. The backgrounds of some characters were changed and other characters added as potential suspects. How the criminals were caught and the pear...
Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple
The novel was adapted as an anime film for television as episode 1 of the NHK anime series Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marpleand broadcast 4 July 2004.
1923: The Sketch, Issue 1572 (London), 14 March 1923 as "The Curious Disappearance of the Opalsen Pearls".1923: The Blue Book Magazine, vol. 37 no. 6 (Chicago), October 1923, as "Mrs Opalsen's Pearls".1924: Poirot Investigates, Bodley Head (London), 1924.1925: Poirot Investigates, Dodd Mead and Company (New York), 1925.The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan. Hercule Poirot. ⍔ Short Story. 1923. A pearl necklace is stolen from a hotel room – only two people could have done it. From Poirot Investigates. More about this story. Poirot can’t resist a case, even when holidaying in Brighton with Hastings.
A TV episode of the mystery series Poirot, based on Agatha Christie's short story. See the full cast and crew, including David Suchet as Hercule Poirot, Hugh Fraser as Captain Hastings, and Philip Jackson as Chief Inspector Japp.
Jan 8, 2024 · Saturday evening saw us dining at the Grand Metropolitan in the midst of a gay throng. All the world and his wife seemed to be at Brighton. The dresses were marvellous, and the jewels—worn sometimes with more love of display than good taste—were something magnificent.
The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan. While staying at the Grand Metropolitan Hotel in Brighton, Poirot and Hastings meet the wealthy Opalsen couple. Mrs Opalsen offers to show Poirot a pearl necklace, but discovers that it has been stolen when she goes to fetch it from her room.
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The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan is the eighth episode of series 5 of the ITV British television drama series Agatha Christie's Poirot featuring David Suchet as Hercule Poirot, first broadcast on 7 March 1993 in the UK.
