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Dec 14, 2003 · Five Little Pigs: Directed by Paul Unwin. With David Suchet, Rachael Stirling, Aidan Gillen, Toby Stephens. Lucy Crale enlists Poirot to investigate the 14-year-old murder in which her mother was hanged for poisoning her artist father.
"Five Little Pigs" is an engrossing mystery that Hercule Poirot unravels many years after a murder and execution occurred. Agatha Christie's masterful mystery was first published in 1942 under the title, "Murder in Retrospect."
Poirot: Five Little Pigs. The daughter of an artist, who was executed 14 years earlier, asks Poirot (David Suchet) to prove that her mother was not guilty of the crime.
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Jul 22, 2022 · Happy family, in happier times. Five Little Pigs (aka Murder in Retrospect) is a stunning novel. Very little happens in the present day, other than Poirot interviewing witnesses to the sixteen-year-old crime. No new murders occur despite the truth being revealed and old sins having long shadows.
Sep 26, 2023 · "Five Little Pigs" tells the story of Hercule Poirot who has been hired by a young woman named Lucy Crale to prove the innocence of her mother, Caroline Crale who was executed 14 years ago for the murder of her father, artist Amyas Crale (Aiden Gillen).
In the episode it's explicitly stated by Poirot that attempting to bring charges against a wealthy and powerfully connected woman a decade and a half after someone else was executed for the crime is unlikely to be successful.
2003: Five Little Pigs – Episode 1, Series 9, of Agatha Christie's Poirot, starring David Suchet as Poirot. There were many changes to the story. Caroline was executed, instead of being sentenced to life in prison and then dying a year later.
