After a failed assassination attempt leaves him only with a cheek grazed from a bullet, the British Prime Minister travels to Paris by train to attend a European conference of great importance. But somewhere along the way, he gets kidnapped; Chief Inspector Japp recommends to some high-ranking government officials that they employ the services of Hercule Poirot to locate the missing Prime Minister. But Poirot's methods are unorthodox, to say the least.
One of the very few "Poirot" entries with a political theme, "The Kidnapped Prime Minister" has some majestic visuals (and sounds), but the plot itself is rather obvious, at least in its general details: the bandages over the PM's face, the disappearing chauffeur, Poirot's insistence on carrying out his investigation entirely on English soil....it's not that hard to put 2 and 2 together. But it is hard to believe Lisa Harrow was 47 when she made this, she looks about a decade younger. **1/2 out of 4.
One of the very few "Poirot" entries with a political theme, "The Kidnapped Prime Minister" has some majestic visuals (and sounds), but the plot itself is rather obvious, at least in its general details: the bandages over the PM's face, the disappearing chauffeur, Poirot's insistence on carrying out his investigation entirely on English soil....it's not that hard to put 2 and 2 together. But it is hard to believe Lisa Harrow was 47 when she made this, she looks about a decade younger. **1/2 out of 4.