#Poirot: The Adventure of the Cheap Flat

[glennk56]

William Hootkins in the 1990s (1 of 3)

In the 1990s (&2000s) William Hootkins increased his work as a voice actor finding work in animated movies and TV, video games, a Superman Radio serial and book narrations. The acting roles he took were often more challenging or at least making a routine role interesting. He could really steal the scene.

Hootkins guest-starred on an episode of Poirot in 1990 as an FBI agent who irritated Poirot because he underestimated him and mocked him.

In 1990 he also appeared in Hardware, a sci-fi slasher movie directed and co-written by Richard Stanley. I haven't seen it but will when it becomes available.

In 1991 Hootkins guest-starred on his second episode of long-time UK Mystery Crime-Drama Bergerac.

And he guest-starred in UK Mystery Crime-Drama Chancer.

Also in 1991, he took a small role in The Pope Must Die(t) with Robbie Coltrane. It was a small, but multi-scene role and he didn't even stand out. Maybe he took this role just to work with Robbie Coltrane.

[poirott]

Dark!Poirot AU: Hercule Poirot as a criminal mastermind

An alternate universe where Poirot is the master criminal rather than a world-renowned detective.

AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT (1989 - 2013)

[nocontextpoirot]

[lifewithaview]

Poirot (1989) The Adventure of the Cheap Flat

Poirot finds himself working on two cases, the first of which is more of an amusement, or so it seems. After meeting a delightful young couple, Stella and James Robinson, at a party he sets out to prove to Captain Hastings that there must be a reason for their good fortune in getting a lovely flat at a ridiculously low price. He is also brought into a more formal investigation by Inspector Japp who is hosting a loud-mouthed American FBI Agent who is on the trail of thieves who have made away with secret US Naval plans for a new submarine. The American isn't too impressed that Scotland Yard have brought in a private detective or that Japp has taken away his gun. When Poirot sees the man the FBI is trailing, he also realizes it's the same man who he has seen lurking outside the Robinsons apartment block.

[bending-sickle]

i love how Chief Inspector Japp stands up for Poirot whenever people try to be dismissive of his detective friend

for example:

Japp: Poirot, this is Federal Agent Burt. May I introduce Hercule Poirot, the private detective, and his associate, Captain Hastings.

Poirot: [shaking Burt’s hand] The American crime buster.

Burt: Japp, I hope you are not so short of manpower, you're hiring a shamus... What are they good for? Chasing lost dogs. This is a matter of international security we're dealing with here.

Japp: [coldly] I have no intention of hiring anyone, Burt. And if you must know, Mr. Poirot here has an outstanding reputation.

Burt: Oh! [to Poirot, with a mock bow] A gumshoe…of distinction.

- “The Adventure of the Cheap Flat” (2x07)

and

Japp: He has his own methods, Sir Bernard.

Sir Bernard: I don’t want method, I want action.

Japp: I’ve never known him to fail yet.

and in the same episode

Japp: [on the phone] Well I couldn’t agree with you there, sir. [person on the phone replies] No, he’s not slow, he’s thorough. […]. [hangs up; to Poirot:] Guess who he was talking about.

Poirot: Modesty forbids, Chief Inspector.

- “The Kidnapped Prime Minister” (2x08)

but the best so far is this praise:

Japp: [giving a talk to an audience] The professional private detective, ladies and gentlemen, is not the glamorous figure of fiction. He is a man who, failing in more worthy walks of life and being of meddlesome and troublemaking disposition, finally comes to rest in a dingy office over the chip shop, where he plies for hire in the sordid world of petty crime and divorce.

[Poirot, spying in the wings, turns to leave, ashamed]

Japp: Except, I have to say, for one. I have been fortunate in my career, in that many - in fact most of my cases have been shared with the most extraordinary of private detectives and, if I may borrow a word from his own native tongue, that doyen of the Belgian police force, Monsieur Hercule Poirot. I think I may say without fear of contradiction that Hercule Poirot has one of the most original minds of the 20th century. Intelligent, brave, sensitive, devastatingly quick, Hercule Poirot stands head and shoulders above any other detective of my considerable experience

[Poirot smiles, pleased, and leaves]

- “Double Sin” (2x06)

[shegottosayit]

Agatha Christie's Poirot — The Adventure Of The Cheap Flat (1990)

Barbaric. I care not for this type of criminal, nor for the detectives of the United States who shoot first and ask questions later.

[sir-griswold-of-macelwain]

Given the number of actors from Downton Abbey who also had a part in Agatha Christie's Poirot, it's funny to imagine some alternate universe in which they are their Downton Abbey characters, but it also raises a lot of fuckery.

Lavinia Swire being the illegitimate child of Cora? Lord and Lady Sinderby both being crooks and blackmailers from completely different backgrounds (and different episodes)? Sir Philip Tapsell still being a doctor, but also a drug addict, while Lord Grantham becomes a valet and Mr Molesley is a police officer? THe Archbishop of York is a russian chess champion and Lord Merton is a gay photographer? Charles Blake becoming a theater actor? Queen Mary of Teck and Anthony Strallan being in love with each other? Lady Anstruther being an old flame of Hercule Poirot before marrying Lord Anstruther???

But then, the worst part is that there are some that could be canon compliant with Downton Abbey! Dr Ryder working as a waiter in a gentleman's club before becoming a doctor; The Adventure of the Cheap Flat being a glimpse into Lady Rosamund's married life with Marmaduke when they were just married; Elsie Hughes being a live-in nurse and maid at a grand estate before coming to work at Downton; Mrs Pelham militant for peace; Lord Aysgarth travelling to Egypt as a government official; Sir John Darnley dying alongside his wife after he sold the house...

[perfides-subjekt]

Lydia smoothed over the last bit of her shingle. ‘There,’ she said. ‘That’s ready.’ ‘Ready?’ Alfred looked puzzled. She laughed. ‘For Christmas, silly! For this sentimental family Christmas we’re going to have.’

— Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot’s Christmas

[chiefofboatwatsonstittymug]

”What are they good for? Chasing lost dogs?”

[lizardgoats]

The cat,” declaimed Poirot, “was worshipped by the ancient Egyptians. It is still regarded as a symbol of good luck if a black cat crosses your path. This cat crossed your path tonight, Japp.

“The Adventure of the Cheap Flat” in Poirot Investigates (Hercule Poirot #3), by Agatha Christie and performed by David Suchet

[hemlock-in-the-cocktails]

Hastings: “It’s all over, Poirot. You can open your eyes now.”

Poirot: “Hastings...this is the last time.”

The Adventure of the Cheap Flat (1990)

Agatha Christie’s Poirot (Series 2, Episode 7)

[poirott]

Happy New Year!

[nocontextpoirot]

[mariacallous]

“I care not for these criminals, nor for the detectives of the United States who shoot first and ask questions later.”

Hercule Poirot, from “The Adventure of the Cheap Flat”

[rookheeya]

Poirot Watches a Movie

Agatha Christie’s Poirot:S02 ep07 “The Adventure of the Cheap Flat”

[ademocrat]

Hercule Poirot - The Adventure of the Cheap Flat