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Agatha Christie's Poirot

The Dream

Season 1, Episode 10, Aired Mar 19, 1989

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Millionaire business tycoon Benedict Farley, a well-known eccentric, consults Poirot about the bad dreams he has been having - he has dreamed repeatedly of killing himself. Sadly, Farley does not follow Poirot's good advice, and soon afterwards he is found dead. Poirot fails to believe in suicide - he suspects murder by hypnosis.moreless

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Donald Bisset

Mayor
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Fred Bryant

Workman
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Christopher Gunning

Bandmaster

Hugh Fraser

Captain Hastings
Philip Jackson

Chief Inspector Japp
Pauline Moran

Miss Lemon
David Suchet

Hercule Poirot

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A man dreams his own death, and what do you know...

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By qstevie, May 03, 2006

This is one of those Agatha Christie stories that relies on a great ability to suspend disbelief, because it's being filmed. On paper, the pivotal part of the story is easy to disguise, but on film you need a very good make-up team to fool the viewer.

I don't think I'm particularly putting a spoiler in here, because one look at the cast list reveals what the secret is.

It's a good story, but not one that's difficult to see through. The cast and settings help the story through though, and Joely Richardson and Mary Tamm are good to see propping up the cast.

A good story - but better on paper.moreless
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- Hastings: (about Farley's pies) Good pies, are they? Poirot: No, horrible. But there are a great many of them.
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- This episode is based on Agatha Christie's short story The Dream, which is part of a collection called The Regatta Mystery and Other Stories (1939). The story was first published in The Saturday Evening Post in October, 1937.
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- Christopher Gunning, who composed the music for Poirot, appears in this episode as a bandmaster.
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