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- An American actress married to Lord Edgware asks Poirot to aid her in getting a divorce from her husband. Poirot agrees to help her, meeting her husband.
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Feb 19, 2000 · Lord Edgware Dies: Directed by Brian Farnham. With David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran. A beautiful actress becomes the prime suspect in the murder of her tyrannical husband - except that she has a cast-iron alibi for the night of the crime.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Brian Farnham
- 2000-02-19
Jan 2, 2000 · Lady Edgware has a dilemma in that her husband has consistently refused to give her a divorce. She asks Hercule Poirot to visit the man and see if there is any possibility of convincing him. When Lord Edgware is found dead, there is no great surprise, but there are a good number of suspects.
An American actress married to Lord Edgware asks Poirot to aid her in getting a divorce from her husband. Poirot agrees to help her, meeting her husband. That evening, the actress is seen at a dinner with thirteen guests, which has an associated superstition.
- Agatha Christie
- 1933
Feb 15, 2016 · The actress Jane Wilkinson, aka Lady Edgware, is determined to arrange a divorce from her husband, to the extent that she asks her new acquaintance Hercule Poirot to speak to him for her. He does so, as a study in human nature, but is surprised to find that Lord Edgware has no objection to the…
1 day ago · When Poirot brings the good news to Jane, she denies ever having received Lord Edgware’s letter. And then, the following morning Inspector Japp informs Poirot that Lord Edgware has been murdered. Japp is inclined to suspect the wife since her desire to get out of the marriage has been the subject of gossip, but Poirot can show that this motive no longer existed.
Lady Jane wants a divorce and Lord Edgware won't accede to her request. She asks Poirot, as a friend of Lord Edgware, to try to convince him. When Poirot speaks to Lord Edgware it is revealed that he decided to agree a month earlier, and informed Lady Jane of this in writing.
In this adaptation, she is initially portrayed as a sympathetic victim who is forced to silently endure her husband's cruelty, and her asking for Poirot's help comes across more like a desperate plea than a callous demand.
