I enjoyed this when it first came out-having now seen it again I must take myself to task! It has all the superficiality of movies historical of the 1970's---and it's money came from its star power. But poor accents from the non Europeans and Finney combined with, as has been pointed out, his absurd 'constipated' look and nonstop barking and harsh throaty voice makes this hard to finish-particularly the last 20 minutes. Have you ever been able to listen to someone shout for any period of time? Strange choice Finney-but at this time he was trying many different roles on stage-and his Hamlet and Macbeth were similarly afflicted with vocal worries and brusk and "busy" movement.
Stylish and fairly true to the story-but in the end rather a bore.The new 'movie, from 2010 with Suchet is far too obsessed with dark and cold and 'what IS justice" --so that it makes Poirot seem small minded and angry---and its limited budget shows. Yet he is a wonderful Poirot-the best so far-and- outside of the homophobic who misread his feyness---it is somewhat more watchable than this despite its foolish additions and too severe Poriot portrait......
Stylish and fairly true to the story-but in the end rather a bore.The new 'movie, from 2010 with Suchet is far too obsessed with dark and cold and 'what IS justice" --so that it makes Poirot seem small minded and angry---and its limited budget shows. Yet he is a wonderful Poirot-the best so far-and- outside of the homophobic who misread his feyness---it is somewhat more watchable than this despite its foolish additions and too severe Poriot portrait......