The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

Collins, London, 1960

Plot

(from HarperCollins "The Agatha Christie Collection" cover)

First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding...then the discovery of a corpse in a chest...next, an overheard quarrel that led to murder...the strange case of the dead man who altered his eating habits...and the puzzle of the victim who dreamt his own suicide.

What links these six baffling cases? The distinctive hand of the queen of crime fiction.

The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding

The Sketch, Dec.1923

[TV] The Theft of the Royal Ruby

"Agahta Christie's POIROT III", 1991(UK/LWT) 52min.

[direct] Andrew Grieve; [script] Anthony Horowitz

[cast] (Series Main-starring) David Suchet(Poirot), Hugh Fraser(Hastings), Philip Jackson(Japp), Pauline Moran(Miss Lemon)

[cast] (Co-starring) Nigel Le Vaillant(Desmond Lee-Wortley), John Vernon(David Welwyn), Frederick Treves(Col Horace Lacey), Stephanie Cole(Mrs Emily Lacey), David Howey(Jesmond), Tariq Alibali(Prince Farouk), Helen Mitchell(Sarah Lacey), John Dunbar(Peverill)

[TV] CHRISTMAS PUDDING no boken

"AGATHA CHRISTIE no meitantei POIROT to MARPLE", 2004(JPN/NHK) 25min.x2

[direct] Naohito Takahashi; [script] Seishi Togawa

[cast/voice] Kotaro Satomi(Poirot), Yuriko Hoshi(Mrs Lacey)

The Mystery of The Spanish Chest

[TV] The Mystery of the Spanish Chest

"Agahta Christie's POIROT III", 1991(UK/LWT) 52min.

[direct] Andrew Grieve; [script] Anthony Horowitz

[cast] (Series Main-starring) David Suchet(Poirot), Hugh Fraser(Hastings), Philip Jackson(Japp), Pauline Moran(Miss Lemon)

[cast] (Co-starring) John McEnery(Colonel Curtiss), Pip Torrens(Major Rich), Antonia Pemberton(Lady Chatterton), Caroline Langrishe(Marguerite Clayton), Malcolm Sinclair(Edward Clayton), Peter Copley(Burgoyne)

The Under Dog

Mystery Magazine, Apr.1926

London Magazine, Oct.1926

Characters

Hercule Poirot, Lady Astwell, Victor Astwell, Sir Reuben Astwell, Gladys, Humphrey Naylor, Charles

[TV] The Under Dog

"Agahta Christie's POIROT V", 1993(UK/LWT) 52min.

[direct] John Bruce; [script] Bill Craig

[cast] (Series Main-starring) David Suchet(Poirot), Hugh Fraser(Hastings), Philip Jackson(Japp), Pauline Moran(Miss Lemon)

[cast] (Co-starring) Bill Wallis(Horace Trefusis), Andrew Seear(Humphrey Naylor), Denis Lill(Sir Reuben Astwell), Ian Gelder(Victor Astwell), Jonathan Phillips(Charles), Adie Allen(Lily), Ann Bell(Lady Astwell), John Evitts(Parsons), Lucy Davidson(Gladys)

Four and Twenty Blackbirds

Collier's Magazine, Nov.1940

'Poirot and the Regular Customer'

The Strand, Mar.1941

[TV] Four and Twenty Blackbirds

"Agahta Christie's POIROT I", 1989(UK/LWT) 52min.

[direct] Renny Rye; [script] Russell Murray

[cast] (Series Main-starring) David Suchet(Poirot), Hugh Fraser(Hastings), Philip Jackson(Japp), Pauline Moran(Miss Lemon)

[cast] (Co-starring) Richard Howard(George Lorrimer), Tony Aitken(Tommy Pinner), Charles Pemberton(Stooge), Geoffrey Larder(Harry Clarke), Denys Hawthorne(Bonnington), Holly de Jong(Dulcie Lane), Clifford Rose(Makinson), Phillip Lacke(Cutter), Hilary Mason(Mrs Hill), Marjie Lawrence(Irene Mullen), Su Elliott(Edith)

[TV] 24wa no Kuro-Tsugumi

"AGATHA CHRISTIE no meitantei POIROT to MARPLE", 2005(JPN/NHK) 25min.x4

[direct] Naohito Takahashi; [script] Seishi Togawa

[cast/voice] Kotaro Satomi(Poirot)

The Dream

The Saturday Evening Post, Oct.1937

The Strand, Feb.1938

[TV] The Dream

"Agahta Christie's POIROT I", 1989(UK/LWT) 52min.

[direct] Edward Bennett; [script] Clive Exton

[cast] (Series Main-starring) David Suchet(Poirot), Hugh Fraser(Hastings), Philip Jackson(Japp), Pauline Moran(Miss Lemon)

[cast] (Co-starring) Alan Howard(Hugo Cornworthy), Joely Richardson(Joannna Farley), Mary Tamm(Mrs Louise Farley), Martin Wenner(Herbert Chudley), Christopher Saul(Mr Tremlett), Paul Lacoux(Dr Stillingfleet)

Greenshaw's Folly

Characters

Jane Marple, General Easterly, Raymond West, Joan West, Inspector Welch, Louisa "Lou" Oxley, Katherine Dorothy Greenshaw, Nathaniel Greenshaw, Mrs Cresswell, Sergeant Cayley, Mr Naysmith, Horace Bindler, Nat Fletcher, Nettie Fletcher, Harry Fletcher, Alfred Pollock, Thomas Pollock, Laura

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