First broadcast 12th March 1989.<br /><br />Poirot and Hastings investigate the death of film studio owner Henry Reedburn at the request of Prince Paul of Maurania who wishes to marry the film star Valerie Saintclair.<br /><br />David Suchet as Hercule Poirot<br />Hugh Fraser as Captain Hastings<br />Philip Jackson as Chief Inspector Japp<br />Niamh Cusack as Valerie Saintclair<br />David Swift as Henry Reedburn<br />Jonathan Coy as Bunny Saunders<br />Jack Klaff as Prince Paul of Maurania<br />Rosie Timpson as Miss Deloy<br />Gawn Grainger as Ralph Walton<br />Marc Culwick as Young Man (as Mark Culwick)<br />Vass Anderson as Frampton<br />Avril Elgar as Mrs Oglander<br />Abigail Cruttenden as Geraldine Oglander<br />Sean Pertwee as Ronnie Oglander<br />Cathy Murphy as Maid<br />Jeffrey Harmer as Assistant Director