Dead Man's Folly Page #5

Synopsis: Hercule Poirot is called in by his crime writer friend, Ariadne Oliver and discovers that she is troubled. She has been asked to create a "Murder Hunt" game for a fair at Nass House and she is puzzled with all the help she is getting. Poirot and his assistant, Captain Hastings arrive at the fair to see what is going on. They find a couple on the brink of divorce, a rich Lord and a dizzy Lady, an old lady, trapped in the horrors of the past and a womanizing architect. Things take a turn for the worse when during the "Murder Hunt" the girl playing the "dead" body is murdered for real, an old man's body is pulled from the local lake and the Lady of the manor goes missing when a face from her past shows up. It is clear to Poirot that someone is playing the game for real and he sets out to discover who it is...
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Clive Donner
Production: Warner Bros. Television
 
IMDB:
6.4
NOT RATED
Year:
1986
90 min
551 Views


Let the winery.

Oh Sally, Good morning.

Mr. Weyman?

I can not think that this is normal.

Buy a few bottles a year ago.

As an investment course.

If.

For me it is grape juice.

Do not do that, please.

Know, each has its own personality.

With its own secret past...

...and their own promises

of pleasure in the future.

For those who have witnessed death,

as we have been, this is

the manifestation of life.

What's this? meet.

Lynch-Bages 1944.

Do you know that when

these grapes harvested...

...war raged everywhere?

But collected.

This is life.

And now after battles, all is forgotten.

These grapes are turned into

juice and silent in the bottle,

building strength and

character for decades.

Life.

I will give all these

bottles if you find my wife.

I think it should start to

consider the fact apparently...

...that Lady Stubbs unfortunately this...

No.

Hattie is alive.

I want the find.

Why not express his conviction Bland?

Is an idiot.

Please.

Find it.

See you again.

I am the destroyer of rhythm.

Do you remember?

Oh yeah.

I think something like that.

Do you stay in the hostel?

- Hostel, yes.

'In that case, is invading.

- If, invading.

Will be returned.

- Me back, if I return.

Is right Is not it true?

Mr. Poirot, do not listen.

Do you lost something?

No, not exactly.

Do not?

Then may be a secret rendezvous.

I think you should mind your own business.

I have tried to do, but this so difficult.

Is your husband... jealous?

Not remotely.

I could walk around naked

and no one would know.

That I have to see it to believe it.

Are you married, Mr. Poirot?

No, I'm a happy bachelor.

Very wise.

Married can be a big mistake.

I wish to remain the

bohemian artist Chelsea?

Seems to know everything about me.

Keep my ears open.

Something Alec worries.

This very tense.

For a long time trying to understand it.

Now try other things.

Not even talk to me.

For a while I thought

there was another woman.

I if I am jealous.

I enjoy your you yesterday?

Is my will? If.

Guess work is terribly exhausting.

Could this be what 're looking for?

If.

I've been searching for days.

Days? I saw it. yesterday at his wrist,

when guessed my luck.

Yes, just note their disappearance

this morning.

Anyway, thank you, thank you very much.

And now.. the lover.

Oh no.

I hoped someone else.

Who do you expect?

But young expect your back to the lodge.

's Russian, right? Or maybe Bulgarian.

What do you mean?

Say? Nothing.

Only the young back to the lodge.

You are here to spy on me, right?

Well not tell you what they want,

I believe or not.

But.. I can not prove.

So... forward, hand me.

For that you get paid, right?

I do not care anyway.

For god. How many people.

- Poirot.

'Hello.

Poirot comes, they found

something in the river.

That?

Wait for me.

Wait for me.

Wait for me.

Inspector, find a woman's hat.

Or what's left of it.

Is Hattie.

I was wearing yesterday.

Oh yeah, I admit.

What's going on?

Hat They found my wife in the river.

Inspector, found a body

downstream. They're bringing him.

Poirot,

I have something to show you.

Is an exercise to solve crime Nasse House.

Now..

Here's Amanda Brewis.

The Marlene Tucker murdered.

Eddie South.

Drowned the old Merdell?

Sir George Stubbs.

Lady Stubbs killed?

I think we think that

still alive, so I'll upload here.

Objections?

No. Goodbye, Lady Stubbs.

How am I doing so far?

Until now? Oh yeah.

Now..

As you see, I put in the group

Legge Michael Weyman.

Here the young stranger.

Here's... Mrs. Oliver.

She is also suspect.

Oh yeah, it's dangerous.

Be careful, it could be..

Poirot, sorry, but I get nervous.

Just because you do not type anything

not mean it's superior...

...or I may not be effective.

I try to do something

and you are sitting there.

Hastings,

last thing I want is to hurt your feelings,

but you have to understand that

there is a considerable difference...

...between military intelligence

and normal intelligence.

But not argue for simplicities

and join forces once again.

Tell me, in that scheme which puts

Mrs. Folliatt?

Ms. Folliat?

Yes, I racked my brain thinking...

...and I have no idea where to put Ms.

Folliat.

See?

We came to the same conclusion.

Your by methods somewhat

complicated and I for something...

..... Different.

You have to start the action...

And we will go together to make a surprise

Mrs. Folliat.

What do you say to that?

Very well.

Gentlemen, if you come to see Sir George..

In fact,

come to see you.

In that case, let me offer you this time.

Sure.

Look, my hands are shaking.

I am very tired.

Lady..

Does your husband was in the artillery?

Regimental family.

Not only I'll be ready, but also grateful...

...when my time comes,

Mr. Poirot.

You exaggerate.

These deaths have affected me much.

Sorry to hear that.

But wonder...

...you who survived the

death of her husband,

two sons and the loss of their home

crash soon.

Because they kill people relatively rare.

Now I'm older.

Folliat you know who killed Tucker Marlen...

..... And you know why.

You know if the old Merdell

was killed and who did it.

And you know that step by Hattie Stubbs.

Is wrong, Mr. Poirot.

But have suspicions,

like everyone else.

Could help us with that.

Folliat Who did these terrible things?

I have nothing more to say.

I give up.

Nothing can be done.

It's all over.

Well I I do not give up, Ms. Folliat.

And I will not.

Hercule Poirot never gives up.

Hello.

Two men, breast.

We do not want any...

Ms. Tucker

do not want to disturb. My name Poirot.

Met her at the house when

it happened Nasse...

...tragedy.

Can we move on?

Thank you.

Ms. Tucker, is it possible that

her daughter knew the murderer...

?

Marlene knew no maniacal murderers.

Of course not.

But are difficult to identify

a homicidal maniac...

..... den before the coup.

May be someone who was nice to her,

make him gifts.

Ms. Legge, but she is no homicidal maniac

.

Ms. Legge gave him gifts?

Yes, all that horrible makeup:

eyeshadow, lipstick.

I do not liked,

but, of course, did not know

he was a murderous maniac...

.

Ms. Legge not kill my daughter, right?

Yeah, well.

Problems never come

singly, or so they say.

First Marlene,

then my father.

Drowned in the dock.

Miracle that happened before.

Always drunk and took in more.

Are you saying that Mr.

Merdell was his father?

What was the grandfather of Marlene?

If.

Do you remember a tune that

used to sing? something like:

'There is always a Folliat in Nasse'.

'There is always a Folliat,

folly, folly, Folliat,

always be a Folliat in Nasse, the last '.

Many thanks to both.

We regret what happened.

Do not bother joining.

Hey...

Wait.

Nobody

Marlene gave that makeup, she bought it.

And many more who did not find breast.

Where did you get the money to buy them?

Well, vera.

Merdell Grandpa said something to her,

and someone paid him to not to tell.

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