Major Despard pairs off with Rhoda in the original but in the adaptation he pairs off with Anne. Rhoda is rescued by Major Despard and Anne drowns. Anne causes a rowing accident to kill Rhoda to prevent her from telling about Mrs Benson. Major Despard rescues Anne but Rhoda herself drowns. When in this adaptation, Anne wants to marry Major Despard, Rhoda causes a rowing accident to try to drown Anne.Rhoda did this because Mrs Benson had caught Anne stealing, and did not want Mrs Benson to dismiss Anne. Poirot surmises that she is the one who killed Mrs Benson but made Anne continue to think she caused the death by putting the silver polish in the syrup of fig bottle. In the adaptation, the dynamics are changed. Everyone accepted that this was an accident until Superintendent Battle started asking questions about the case after Shaitana's death. Mrs Benson caught Anne stealing and then she died after drinking hat paint. Anne worked for Mrs Benson and then Mrs Deering. In the book, Rhoda Dawes' aunt is Mrs Deering.In the adaptation, Mrs Luxmore is not interviewed. The backstory of how Major Despard killed Mr Luxmore is slightly different.It is assumed that the killer thought that Shaitana intended to make revelations about a past crime and thus is spurred to kill Shaitana. In the book he doesn't make such an announcement. This is to set up a sense of urgency for the killing. In this adaptation, Shaitana says he has a surprising announcement after bridge.The solution relies partly on reconstructing the bridge game played by the four suspects. Bridge is played after dinner, and then Shaitana is found killed. Shaitana invites to dinner four individuals whom he suspects have killed before and have so far gotten away with it. The basic premise of the original novel is retained.Most of the minor characters are omitted. Superintendent Battle (in the novel) is replaced by Superintendent Wheeler, and Colonel Race by Colonel Hughes.The portrayal strayed from the source material in the following respects: (may contain spoilers - click on expand to read) Laurence Richardson as Guest at Exhibition (uncredited).Elizabeth Ford as Woman in Art Gallery (uncredited).David Westhead as Superintendent Jim Wheeler.Poirot must lead the detectives in questioning the suspects, and unravelling the gruesome events. During an after-dinner game of bridge, Mr Shaitana himself is stabbed through the heart. Four of them may possibly be murderers the other four are detectives of various sorts.
The mysterious Mr Shaitana invites eight guests to a dinner party.
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