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Agatha Christie’s Poirot Episode Guide
Death in the Clouds (2)
Season 4
Episode Number: 36
Season Episode: 4
Originally aired: Sunday January 12, 1992
Writer:
William Humble, Agatha Christie
Director: Stephen Whittaker (II)
Show Stars: Philip Jackson (Chief Inspector James Japp), David Suchet (Hercule
Poirot)
Guest Stars: Harry Audley (Barraclough), John Bleasdale (Mitchell), Jenny Downham
(Anne Giselle), David Firth (Lord Horbury), Cathryn Harrison
(Lady Horbury), Roger Heathcott (Daniel Clancy), Richard Ireson (Inspector
Fournier), Gabrielle Lloyd (Elise), Guy Manning (Jean Dupont),
Eve Pearce (Madame Giselle), Amanda Royle (Venetia Kerr), Shaun
Scott (Norman Gale), Sarah Woodward (Jane Grey)
Summary: Poirot now has two firm suspects in his investigation of a murder on
board an aeroplane. But nailing the killer down takes time.
Poirot reveals in the denouement that Norman Gale
is none other than Anne’s new husband, and that his
plans - almost certainly including the eventual murder
of Anne herself - had been laid well in advance. He
brought his dentist’s jacket on board and - in the apparently
innocuous moments that he had gone to the toilet
- changed into this jacket in order to pose as a steward.
Under the pretense of delivering a coffee spoon to
Miss Giselle he had walked up the aisle and stabbed her
with the poisoned thorn. As Poirot puts it: ”No one notices
a steward particularly.” Gale’s intention had been
to frame the Countess, and the blowpipe that was found
behind Poirot’s seat would have been found behind hers
had they not switched seats at the last moment.
Not content with solving the mystery, Poirot invites
Mr. Clancy to the Denouncement where he gleefully allows
the Novelist to see how a Real Life Detective solves
a case, to both men’s great enjoyment, and finally in a
single stroke Poirot makes a romantic match by pairing
off Jane Grey with the younger of the archaeologists.
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