![]() ![]() Brits of a certain class were afraid of foreigners, afraid of the great unwashed masses, afraid of traitors within their own ranks. Brits were as terrified by the demise of Cousin Nicky and his family in 1917 as they had been during the French Revolution with the loss of the French royals. In fact, the result was so poor for the miners that the unions decided political action was the way to go in the future rather than general strikes. There was one in 1926 in solidarity with the miners over their wages being reduced and hours lengthened, and no anarchy, no revolution ensued. :) Agatha Christie apparently believed the conspiracy theory that was swirling about in those days that a general strike couldn't be an industrial action but instead had to be a sign of the end of the world as they knew it. :) What this story needed was fewer instances of holding people captive or more expendable characters. For baddies, they were very loath to kill people. ![]() This has some dramatic "I don't know which character to trust" moments but I think it had too many similar escape scenes. :) I very much enjoy watching these wonderful period pieces. ![]() ![]() This might be the only one of the Annis and Warwick versions to show them kissing. ![]()
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