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Series
Lord Peter Wimsey. Set one volume disc 1-2
Description
The fiance of Lord Peter Wimsey's sister is murdered during a family retreat. His brother Gerald Wimsey, the Duke of Denver, is charged with the crime. Lord Wimsey joins the investigation, uncovering a mysterious letter from Egypt, a grieving fiancee with suitcase in hand, and a bullet destined for one very special Wimsey.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2003], c1993.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The adventure of the Egyptian tomb: After an archeological dig turns deadly, Poirot must distinguish between ordinary evil and an other-worldly curse. The underdog: Hasting's passion for golf, and Poirot's for art, lead them to the scene of a baffling murder. Yellow Iris: The death of a British heiress haunts Poirot for two years before he has a chance to confront her killer.
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Murder in the mews: On Guy Fawkes Night, Poirot is called in on a case he suspects is murder made to look like suicide. The adventure of Johnnie Waverly: A country squire hires Poirot to investigate threats against the squire's young son. Four and twenty blackbirds: Poirot's keen powers of observation and culinary know-how help him solve a murder case.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in the summer of 1917, the story follows the war-wounded Captain Arthur Hastings to the Styles St. Mary estate of his friend John Cavendish. The Cavendish household is wrought with tension due to the marriage of John's widowed mother to a suspicious younger man. Hastings runs into his old friend Hercule Poirot In the village. When the estate's trouble turns deadly, the friends unite to solve a most baffling case.
Publisher
A & E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An archeologist's beautiful but unpopular wife is murdered while the couple is in the Middle East excavating an historical site. At the request of local authorities, a vacationing Hercule Poirot takes on the case.
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (450 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A ten part detective series from the BBC about an oddball couple of private detectives named Luella Shakespeare and Frank Hathaway. Investigating crime in Stratford-upon-Avon, the duo quickly discover all is not as peaceful as it seems in this little theatre town.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"The Case of the Missing Will: Poirot is the executor of a revised will that disappears when its author dies suddenly. The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman: Hastings' decision to buy an elegant Italian car coincides with a case involving an Italian count. The Chocolate Box: A trip home to Belgium with Japp causes Poirot to reopen a case that he failed to solve 20 years earlier."--Container.
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (80 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Description
The first of the fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. After learning the history of the Baskerville curse from the hirsute Dr. Mortimer, Sherlock Holmes takes upon himself the responsibility of protecting sole heir Henry Baskerville from suffering the same fate as his ancestors: a horrible death at the fangs of the huge hound of Grimpen Moor. Unable to head to Baskerville mansion immediately, Holmes sends his colleague...
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 260 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
An unhappily married woman looks to separate from her husband; a young man looks to find out more about the paranormal; a séance predicts sudden death and danger; a woman takes a job as a decoy for the visiting duchess, who is rumored to be the target of a potential assassination attempt; a man sets out on a road trip after hitting it big in a newspaper contest.
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