Notes on Mrs. McGinty’s Dead…
Air Schedule
Sweden - 1 September, TV4
UK - 14 September, ITV1
DVD release
UK – 29 September
TCM Crime Scene Festival 2008 in UK runs a special preview of Mrs. McGinty’s Dead in ICA Cinema 1 in London Saturday 27th September 12:30pm - bookings open 15th August, check with the programme booklet for further details.
According to the Festival programme the preview is followed by an on-stage Q&A with TCM Crime Scene Co-Director Maxim Jakubowski and the possible attendance of David Suchet and other members of the episode cast and crew.
Trailer of Mrs. McGinty's Dead on amazon.co.uk - scroll down a bit... - or try You Tube
Cast in order of appearance
Joe Absolom - James Bentley
Simon Molloy - District Judge
Richard Hope - Superintendent Spence
Sarah Smart - Maude Williams
David Suchet - Hercule Poirot
David Yelland - George
Raquel Cassidy - Maureen Summerhayes
Richard Dillane - Major Summerhayes
Simon Shepherd - Dr. Rendell
Emma Amos - Bessie Burch
Billy Geraghty - Joe Burch
Ruth Gemmel - Miss Sweetiman
Mary Stockley - Eve Carpenter
Zöe Wanamaker - Ariadne Oliver
Paul Rhys - Robin Upward
Siân Philips - Mrs. Upward
Catherine Russel - Pamela Horsfall
Amanda Root - Mrs. Rendell
Richard Lintern - Guy Carpenter
Plot
by ITV
"When Mrs McGinty is found brutally murdered in her home it looks like an open and shut case, and her introverted lodger James Bentley is swiftly sentenced to death for the crime.
But both his friend Maude Williams and Superintendent Spence have their doubts about his guilt, and so Spence asks Hercule Poirot to investigate and find the evidence that will put his conscience to rest.
In the affluent village of Broadhinny, Poirot is a paying guest of Major and Maureen Summerhayes. He finds that the titled and privileged villagers treat him with disdain, especially the MP Guy Carpenter, his glamorous wife, Eve, Dr Rendell and his anxious wife, Shelagh.
But he is soon reunited with Mrs Oliver, a guest of the dashing young playwright Robin Upward and his elderly mother, and together they realise that Mrs McGinty was silenced after threatening to expose someone connected to a murder committed many years ago.
Ever conscious of the hangman’s noose around Bentley’s neck, the little detective can’t conceal his delight when someone makes an attempt on his own life as it proves there’s more to be revealed.
And when old Mrs Upward is murdered, Poirot finally sees through the deception that has been woven around the case, and is able to reveal a startling truth that turns everyone’s previous assumptions on their heads. But will it exonerate Bentley and save him from the gallows?"
Poirot visiting James Bentley in jail...
Poirot on his way to the Summerhayes...
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