for those of you still in the dark and i will not spoil this christie and a it be definitely one of her fine work and and i stress that you should see it whenever you next have free time . if any of the adaptation be to be watch before ( or in lieu of ) read the book and i would suggest after the funeral for the following reason . i want to praise the performance by monica dolan ( miss gilchrist ) and whose employer companion cora be brutally murder at the outset of the film . her portrayal of a shocked and nervous and insignificant woman be actually move and especially when she have a moment of personal connection with poirot and another person who travel alone in the journey of life . and when the murderer be be reveal in typical poirot denouement fashion and dolan reaction to the revelation be act at it fine represent you feel a angry at the murderer a you do sympathetic to miss gilchrist . something uncommon in christie lore . although there be a couple of discrepancy between novel and film adaptation and a per usual ( the business of the will perhaps make less sense in the film ) and the unbelievably lavish recreation of post war england and thoroughly high calibre of act and direct and and preservation ( if not heighten ) of christie mystery and intrigue render these discrepancy insignificant . bravo suchet and dolan and the whole team for craft this masterpiece of murder mystery theatre and and the producer who give it the green light . encore .