On a double track (film)

Episode of the series Agatha Christie's Poirot
title	On a double track
Original title	The clocks
Country of production	United Kingdom
original language	English
length	89 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
classification	Season 12, episode 4 65th episode overall ( list )
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Director	Charles Palmer
script	Stewart Harcourt
production	Karen Thrussell
music	Christian Henson
camera	Peter Greenhalgh
cut	Matthew Tabern
occupation
David Suchet : Hercule Poirot Tom Burke : Colin Race Phil Daniels : Inspector Hardcastle Anna Massey : Miss Pebmarsh Jaime Winstone : Sheila Webb
chronology
←  Predecessor Death is waiting Successor  → nicotine

On double track is a long episode from the twelfth season of the British television series Agatha Christie's Poirot from 2009 by Charles Palmer . It is the film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Agatha Christie from 1963 and was shot in London .

action

The young secretary Sheila Webb ( Jaime Winstone ) is summoned to a house and finds the body of a man surrounded by six clocks. Four of the clocks stopped at 4:13 p.m. When a cuckoo clock on the wall strikes the hour, the blind owner of the house appears. She wonders about the dead man and says she doesn't know anything about the clocks. Poirot ( David Suchet ) is fascinated by the strange case and begins to investigate the neighborhood.

Reviews

Cultbox 's David Lewis praises Suchet's portrayal as Poirot. However, the story would be told in a lengthy manner.

literature

• Agatha Christie: On a double track. Roman (Original title: The Clocks ). German by Ursula-Maria Mössner. Fischer Verlag 2007, 238 pages, ISBN 3-596-17369-8 .

Web links

• The Clocks in the Internet Movie Database (English)

supporting documents

1. ↑ Release certificate for On a double track . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2014 (PDF; test number: 142 809 V).
2. ↑ 'Agatha Christie's Poirot': 'The Clocks' review