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Sad Cypress is a work of detective fiction by British writer Agatha Christie, first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in March 1940 and in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company later in the same year.
Sad Cypress is a 2003 TV episode of the crime drama series Poirot, based on Agatha Christie's novel. It features David Suchet as Hercule Poirot, who investigates the murder of a woman who was poisoned by her fiancé's ex-girlfriend.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- David Moore
- 2003-12-26
Sad Cypress is a 1940 novel by Agatha Christie featuring Hercule Poirot as the detective. It is a courtroom drama about a young woman accused of poisoning her rival for love.
Sad Cypress, a subtle, complex purely character driven mystery told virtually entirely through the device of dialogue, has an interesting three part structure. In the first part, told from Elinor Carlisle's perspective, we see the background of the entire story up to Mary Gerrard's murder.
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Learn how Agatha Christie reveals the true murderer in her classic mystery novel “Sad Cypress.” Discover the significance of the title, the role of Hercule Poirot, and seven interesting facts about the book.
Sad Cypress is the second episode of series nine of Agatha Christie's Poirot. It was broadcast on 26 December 2003. The episode was directed by David Moore and the screenplay was written by David Pirie. It is an adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel of the same name.
Find out who starred in the TV episode of Poirot based on Agatha Christie's novel Sad Cypress. See the full list of directors, writers, producers, and other crew members on IMDb.
