About this programme
5/9. A wealthy banker goes missing while walking from his country house to the village post office. Poirot, who has acquired a parrot and developed a taste for conjuring tricks, bets the baffled Inspector Japp £5 he can solve the mystery without leaving his own apartment. David Suchet stars.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Hercule Poirot
- David Suchet
- Capt Arthur Hastings
- Hugh Fraser
- Chief Insp James Japp
- Philip Jackson
- Miss Felicity Lemon
- Pauline Moran
- Merritt, the boatman
- Richard Beale
- Man delivering parrot
- Stewart Harwood
- Charlotte Davenheim
- Mel Martin
- Matthew Davenheim
- Kenneth Colley
- Gerald Lowen
- Tony Matthews
- Sergeant
- Bob Mason
- Policeman
- Peter Doran
- Maid
- Fiona McArthur
- Mechanic
- Jonty Miller
- Illusionist
- Patrick Page
- Chief engineer
- Malcolm Mudie
Crew
- Director
- Andrew Grieve
- Writer
- David Renwick
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