Dominik Scherrer's soundtrack is very good is this episode, his track Consolidated Investments can be found on YouTube.

Some of the locations used are Englefield House (Yew Tree Lodge), Victoria House, Bloomsbury Square (Consolidated Investments) and West Wycombe Park (Pinewood Sanatorium). There are also some interesting camera angles employed which adds is a welcome addition to the adaption. However, I was shocked when I bought the DVD that it had a rating of 15! This is because of 'infrequent strong sex'! Fortunately, it is very infrequent, but this is, let me remind you, Agatha Christie and there is no reason to 'spice it up' with any sex scenes!Ī very entertaining script as well, I like the touches with the Inspector and the chocolates.Ĭharles Palmer's direction isn't dark like some of the later episodes of Poirot, but does have some dark elements, such as the discovery of Adele's body and Gladys' murder. Also, Miss Marple is more upset at Gladys' death than in the book, as they have known each other for a number of years. Miss Henderson is deleted, but she doesn't provide many clues, so her role is added to that of Mrs Mackenzie. Kevin Elyot's script is very faithful to the original novel (he's one of my favourite Christie adapters - he did a great job with Death on the Nile), and only makes a few minor changes. Long ago business deal that made his initial fortune. Threats for some time and that they might have something to do with a She soon learns that the elder Fortescue had received veiled Miss Marple takes a particular interest in the case when herįormer maid Gladys, now working in the Fortescue household, is also He suddenlyĪppears soon after his father's death claiming that they had reconciledĪnd been invited by him to return to England with an offer to rejoin theįirm. Another son, Lance (Rupert Graves - Sherlock, Scott and Bailey), had a falling out with hisįather many years before and relocated to East Africa. The family firm, was a disappointment to him and a daughter, Elaine, Younger wife, Adele (Anna Madeley - Poirot: Curtain), who now stands to inherit. When Rex Fortescue (Kenneth Cranham - Sparkling Cyanide) dies while sitting at his desk in the City, it'sĭetermined that he was in fact poisoned. It formed part of the 1st series of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple, and the forth of Marple. It was adapted by Kevin Elyot ( Poirot: Death on the Nile, Curtain), directed by Charles Palmer ( Marple: A Caribbean Mystery) and produced by Karen Thrussel. A Pocket Full Of Rye was Julia McKenzie's ( Cranford, Gangsta Granny) debut performance as Miss Jane Marple, the episode aired on 6th September 2009.

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