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Cast (in credits order) verified as complete. David Suchet. ... Hercule Poirot. Rachael Stirling. ... Caroline Crale. Aidan Gillen.
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.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Paul Unwin
- 2003-12-14
Characters. Hercule Poirot: the Belgian detective. Carla Lemarchant: the daughter of Caroline and Amyas Crale; born Caroline Crale II, she was aged 5 when her father was murdered at their home, Alderbury. John Rattery: fiancé of Carla. Amyas Crale: painter by profession, who liked his paintings and his mistresses but loved his wife most.
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Lucy Lemarchant asks Poirot to uncover the truth of the 14-year-old murder case in which her mother Caroline was hanged for poisoning her dallying husband Amyas Crale, the famous painter. The trail is cold but for Poirot, the key lies in the psychology of the people involved, especially the five possible suspects – his 'five little pigs'.
David Suchet as Hercule PoirotRachael Stirling as Caroline CraleAidan Gillen as Amyas CraleToby Stephens as Philip BlakeOpening music
1. The song played on the gramophone at the beginning is "Alice Blue Gown" Harry Tierney and Joseph McCarthy. The recording on the gramophone is sung by Edith Day.
Archaeology. Angela Warren gives a lecture on the archaeological excavation at Chagar Bazar. She also tells Poirot that she has written an account in the National Geographic. In the 1930s, Max Mall...
Benington Lordship house and gardens - AlderburyBritish library - Poirot does research on the history of the caseRoyal Masonic Hospital, Ravenscott Park, Hammersmith - interior used to depict interior of Philip Blake's clubMuseum Chambers, Bury Place, London - Miss William's residenceToby Stephens (Philip Blake) and Rachael Stirling (Caroline Crale) are the children of Maggie Smith and Diana Rigg respectively. Smith and Rigg starred together in the 1982 film Evil Under the Sun.
David Suchet starres as Hercule Poirot alongside Aidan Gillen as Ameas Crayle, Toby Stephens as Philip Blake and Sophie Winkleman as Angela Warren. Rachel Stirling is the daughter of Diana Rigg who plays Arlena Marshal in the Peter Ustinov film ‘Evil Under the Sun’.
Hercule Poirot is employed by a young woman named Lucy Crale in order to re-investigate a case that the police closed almost two decades ago. When Lucy was a little girl, her father Amyas Crale, a painter, was murdered by poison and her mother, Caroline, was later found guilty of the crime.
Fourteen years after her mother, Caroline Crale, was hanged for the murder of her artist father Amyas Crale, Lucy Crale asks Hercule Poirot to investigate he...
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