As the threat of world war looms large, Poirot seeks the help of friends both old and new when he is pitted against a dangerous group of dissidents responsible for a series of violent murders.

David Suchet
Hercule Poirot

David Yelland
George

Hugh Fraser
Captain Arthur Hastings

Philip Jackson
Assistant Commissioner James Japp

Pauline Moran
Miss Felicity Lemon

Michael Culkin
Dr. Ivan Savaranoff

Patricia Hodge
Régine Olivier

Sarah Parish
Flossie Monro

Steven Pacey
Stephen Paynter

Teresa Banham
Diana Paynter

Simon Lowe
Dr. Quentin

Jack Farthing
Gerald Paynter

Tom Brooke
Lawrence Boswell Tysoe

Nicholas Burns
Inspector Meadows

Nicholas Day
John Ingles