


The British screenwriter Sarah Phelps has been taking liberties with Agatha Christie’s mystery tales, on behalf of the Christie estate and the BBC, for a while now - “ABC Murders,” based on the 1936 novel of the same name, is the fourth mini-series she’s adapted from the books.

He can be vigorously obsessive-compulsive, as Kenneth Branagh played him in “Murder on the Orient Express” in 2017.Īnd as it turns out, he can also be a depressed, guilt-ridden loner, as John Malkovich is forced to play him in “The ABC Murders,” a three-part mini-series now available on Amazon Prime Video. He can be dapper and twinkling, as David Suchet played him for 24 years on television. Hercule Poirot is a flexible little fellow.
