s01e03 — The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly

Name: The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly
Released: 1989-01-22
Rating: 4.411
Cast: David Suchet, Hugh Fraser, Philip Jackson, Pauline Moran, Zoë Wanamaker

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Duration:	100 min.
Released:	22.01.1989^{23.01.1989 00:00}
Watched by:	11 064^62.65%

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KoT-MaTpOcKuH

14 Jan 2017, 07:15 #

Very good

Лангольер

26 Jan 2017, 19:54 #

It was pretty obvious that the kidnapping was the work of his father. This is even voiced by Poirot himself at the end. But it's still not bad, just because of the general atmosphere and the figure of the detective.

+37

vk731525

07 Jul 2017, 20:43 #

I immediately realized who the culprit was

+16

eternity888

24 Jul 2019, 20:35 #

It is incredible that Poirot ate an English breakfast in the morning and washed it down with beer. The demon got confused with hunger, apparently. ;-)
When I saw Poirot's slippers, I realized that he and Harry Potter have the same initials )))

+27

dmnz

20 Apr 2020, 23:49 #

On IMDb, this series has the lowest rating. Let's get to work. The inspector drove a herd of policemen, but did not do the most important thing: he did not put a couple of them to guard the boy. It was also very "logical" not to provide transport for them. Mother, I understand, knew about the tunnel, but she didn't say anything. When the tramp said that the man looked like a butler, it became obvious that he was involved in this, but again the police did not lift a finger.

+23

Dark_Alice

26 Jul 2020, 15:07 #

Does it bother anyone that a half-mile (800 m) long tunnel was overcome by a girl driver with a small boy in 10 minutes? And there are more steps at the beginning and at the end.

Киприана

08 Sep 2020, 13:29 #

@Dark_Alice: I understood from Poirot's words that the girl was waiting outside, and the butler was carrying the boy through the tunnel.

Moomintroll

08 Mar 2021, 19:17 #

What a "charm" :( , i.e., the antiquity of the genus protects against, at least, administrative punishment for this staging. And the spouse, in principle, should not be brought up to date, you'd think, just a rich heiress ...., it's not her business.
I understand what I'm evaluating from today, but nevertheless:(

+14

Antis_Sekyt

25 Nov 2022, 19:14 #

A pretty obvious case

Ytzin

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29 Nov 2022, 19:59 #

In the final scene, a cheerful railroad man who frankly begins to laugh at Hastings as Poirot describes the advantages of a train over a car.
As for the rating of the series, it seems to me that it is not because of the obviousness of the criminal, illogicality (by the way, no one explained why it was necessary to write letters before) or a rather controversial decision not to hand over criminals at least to the mother of the child. All this could have had an impact, of course, but the main problem of the series is its first half, which is awkward and dull.
That is, actually, the series is not bad, but compared to the rest of the season, it looks worse.

Surprisingly, of course, 1989. Where are all these people who say that they learned how to shoot TV shows only after the Loss? I mean, where were they when Poirot was shown? Everything that is good in TV shows now was filmed back then and this is especially noticeable on such an "unsuccessful" series, which is nevertheless better than most of what I watched this year.

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s01e03 — The Adventure of Johnnie Waverly

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