About this programme

3/9. The sleuth is asked to investigate the disappearance of a bank's most valued customer, who had been planning to sell the chairman a map showing where to find a long-lost silver mine. David Suchet stars.

Cast and crew

Cast

Hercule Poirot: David Suchet
Chief Insp James Japp: Philip Jackson
Capt Arthur Hastings: Hugh Fraser
Miss Felicity Lemon: Pauline Moran
Reggie Dyer: James Saxon
Charles Lester: Colin Stinton
Wilkins: Peter Barnes
Mrs Lester: Barbara Barnes
Lord Pearson: Anthony Bate
Chow Feng: Hi Ching
Sgt Jameson: John Cording
Miss Devenish: Gloria Connell
Chinaman: Vincent Wong
Restaurant manager: Ozzie Yue
First Officer: Christopher Walker
Chinese tart: Susan Leong
Second Officer: Joe Frazer
Oriental gentleman: Daryl Kwan
Lobby clerk: Richard Albrecht
Bank teller: Julian Firth

Crew

Director: Edward Bennett
Writer: Michael Baker
Writer: David Renwick

Categories: Drama

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