insideKENT Magazine Issue 24 - March 2014 | Page 108

COVERSTORY

© Kent Film Office

Poirot 'The Clocks' (2009)
Directed by: Charles Palmer
Written by: Agatha Christie (novel) and Stewart Harcourt (adaptation)
Starring: David Suchet, Jaime Winstone, Geoffrey Palmer, Phil Daniels,
Lesley Sharp and Tom Burke
Kent locations used: Dover Castle, Waterloo Crescent, Dover and St
Margaret’s Bay

When Secretary Shelia Webb runs out of a house into the arms of
Lieutenant Colin Race, Hercule Poirot is called to Dover to investigate the
death of a man who was found surrounded by four clocks, which all stopped
at the same time. Shelia becomes the prime murder suspect, despite
assurances that she does not even know the victim. Yet, while the evidence
mounts, Poirot must solve the mystery before another innocent victim is
found brutally murdered.
The production visited a number of locations in and round the historical
town of Dover, including Dover Castle, Waterloo Crescent and the village
of St Margaret’s Bay.

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