Aki and I settled into a comfortable summer evening to watch TV. We had recently figured out how to program the DVR and we called on Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective created by Agatha Christie, to watch the Mystery of Hunter's Lodge.
In this adventure, the urbane Poirot was enduring a holiday in the blustery English countryside at Hunters Lodge to participate in, or at least watch, a driven grouse shoot. The holiday assembly included the rich uncle, a scheming brother and his alluring wife, the tormented game keeper who was also a half-brother, a bitter nephew, and other hangers on. That evening, a shot rings out. The rich uncle is dead. Who amongst the party did it? Who was the mysterious bearded man? Poirot, Hastings, and Inspector Japp get busy.
The episode is solved by the nosework of an intrepid Welsh Springer Spaniel. Here's the little heroine in her climactic scene as everyone waits for her to drop the dime on the bad guy.
Thanks for the recommendation clearly the best welsh springer spaniel movie I've ever seen. I was a little dissapointed that there wasn't more field work shown but you can't have everything.
ReplyDeleteBest WSS movie ever? Maybe the only WSS movie, too.
ReplyDeleteStill, it was startling and fun to suddenly realize that that little dog in the field with the lab was a Welshie. And then to have the little dog solve the crime was just too much.