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Agatha Christie’s Poirot Episode Guide
The Mystery of the Blue Train
Season 10
Episode Number: 59
Season Episode: 1
Originally aired: Sunday January 1, 2006
Writer:
Agatha Christie, Guy Andrews
Director: Hettie Macdonald
Show Stars: David Suchet (Hercule Poirot)
Guest Stars: Helen Lindsay (Sister Rosalia), Etela Pardo (Dolores), Lindsay Duncan
(Lady Tamplin), Oliver Milburn (La Roche), Jaime Murray (Ruth
Kettering), Elliott Gould (Rufus van Aldin), Tom Harper (Corky), Roger
Lloyd-Pack (Inspector Caux), Jane How (Lady at Ball), Nicholas Farrell
(Major Richard Knighton), Bronagh Gallagher (Ada Mason), Georgina
Rylance (Katherine Grey), Josette Simon (Mirelle Milesi), James D’Arcy
(Derek Kettering), Samuel James (Steward)
Summary: Poirot meets the beautiful Katherine Grey in a London restaurant and
agrees to keep her company on a journey on the Blue Train to the
south of France. Katherine has recently inherited a lot of money and
has been invited to visit some relations there, but she feels socially
intimidated. Also on the train is Ruth Kettering, the daughter of the
American oil tycoon Rufus van Aldin, not to mention the husband
Ruth has just left (Derek Kettering) and also her lover - but Ruth
gets brutally killed on the train, and her famous ruby is stolen. Later,
Katherine Grey survives a murderous attack. Luckily, Poirot is on
hand to solve the mysteries.
Poirot boards Le Train Bleu, bound for the French
Riviera. So does Katherine Grey, who is having her first
winter out of England, after having inherited a huge
sum. While on board she meets Ruth Kettering, an
American heiress bailing out from a marriage to meet
her lover. The next morning, though, Ruth is found dead
in her compartment, a victim of strangulation. The famous
ruby, ”Heart of Fire”, which had recently been
given to Ruth by her father, is discovered to be missing.
Ruth’s father, the American millionaire Rufus Van Aldin,
and his secretary, Major Knighton, convince Poirot to
take on the case. Ruth’s maid, Ada Mason, says she saw
a man in Ruth’s compartment but could not see who he
was. The police suspect that Ruth’s lover, the Comte de
la Roche, killed her and stole the diamonds, but Poirot
does not think he is guilty. He is suspicious of Ruth’s
husband, Derek Kettering, who was on the same train
but claims not to have seen Ruth. Katherine says she
saw Derek enter Ruth’s compartment. This also throws
suspicion on Derek when a cigarette case with the letter
K on it is found.
Poirot investigates and finds out that the murder and
the jewel theft might not be connected, as the famous
jewel thief The Marquis is connected to the crime. Eventually,
the dancer Mirelle, who was on the train with Derek, tells Poirot she saw Derek leave
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