Good night, Cubao!

Re-viewed a fourth favorite, Appointment with Death, set in Syria and with far more exquisite sets and props than in Murder in Mesopotamia. The scenery is breathtaking, the music is grand, and there are more shots of locals. An excavation in search of the head of John the Baptist, exotic, beaded lampshades, delicious furniture, and Poirot's irresistible, portable Art Deco toilette and writing box (I have a replica of the latter, and it is one of the items I refuse to part with!).

This one has John Hannah, later of The Mummy trilogy. Uncannily, he looks the same, acts the same, and seems to be wearing the same costumes, but his role here is much more substantial.

One difference between the book and the DVD: In the book, the wicked and dominating matriarch is knitting "something dark and coarse". In the DVD she has no knitting at all.