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By
FRANK BEHRENS
The classic mysteries
featuring Hercule Poirot, as he is reincarnated in
actor David Suchet, are all available on video
tape; and I have reviewed them in the past with
high recommendations.
For some time, Acorn Media has made available 12
boxed sets of three 50-minute Poirot episodes each
on a single video tape. Now the DVD versions have
been slowly appearing with 3 episodes on each
disc. (The longer episodes are also available
separately or in boxed sets from Acorn Media.)
They have just released "Poirot, Set 8" on DVD,
which includes "The Case of the Missing Will" (in
which a will is lost and British male chauvinism
gets its comeuppance), "The Adventure of the
Italian Nobleman" (in which Miss Lemon has a
temporary "admirer" and Hastings a temporary
Italian roadster), and "The Chocolate Box" (in
which we see Poirot in his younger days as a
member of the Bruxelles police force).
This is one of the better sets of three episodes
and an excellent place to start one's collection,
unless one already has Sets 1-7.. The suggested
retail price is $29.25. |
