Did the niece poison Mrs. Harlowe?
So I have been wanting to watch this movie Gosford Park for a while and when I saw it was returned to the library-I was so excited! Unfortunately, it was dirty and would not play for me.
I didn’t have any other movie planned and decided to fill the place I would choose something that was on my Amazon Prime queue suggested list.
So this movie is based off a book and is the second remake, (3rd version of the story) filmed in and by a production crew in England.
On with the review!
The story takes place in France, the old stately Lady Harlowe, has just died. Her brother-in-law, Boris Waberski, thinks that he will inherit everything- he has even borrowed against his future gains-but to everyone’s surprise-the money is left to her adopted niece-Betty Harlowe!
Boris becomes so angry he accuses Betty of murdering his sister-in-law. They have the body exhumed and it turns out that she was poisoned.
Uh oh
Betty’s friend, Ann Upcott, is worried and sends to England for help. Jim Frobisher arrives to investigate, aiding the very intelligent and top french detective, Inspector Hanaud.
I found the story very boring
Meh.
And the inspector a complete rip off Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot in The Mysterious Affair at Styles. You have the accented inspector-“the greatest mind in the world” and an old manor house with a “locked room mystery” and puzzles. Except Poirot was much better.
I think it was incredibly boring and that the characters were just too bland. Skip the film if I were you.
To start Horrorfest VII from the beginning, go to It’s the End of the World: The Birds (1963)
For the previous post, go to Did the Niece Poison Mrs. Harlowe?: The House of the Arrow (1953)
For more private investigators, go to The Murderer is Never the One You Initially Suspect: Crooked House (2017)
For more remakes, go to Welcome to a New World of Gods and Monsters: The Mummy (2017)
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