Poirot (TV Series)
The Double Clue (1991)
David Suchet: Hercule Poirot
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Quotes
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Captain Hastings : [referring to marriage] You ever thought about it?
Hercule Poirot : In my experience, I have known of five cases of women murdered by their devoted husbands.
Captain Hastings : Yes?
Hercule Poirot : And twenty-two husbands murdered by their devoted wives. So thank you, non. The marriage, it is not for me.
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[last lines]
Hercule Poirot : You will keep it, I hope. Something to remember me by.
Countess Vera Rossakoff : Oh... I won't forget you.
[kisses his head]
Countess Vera Rossakoff : Hercule.
Hercule Poirot : Nor I you... Countess.
Countess Vera Rossakoff : [as the train pulls away] Au revoir.
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Countess Vera Rossakoff : So, you are saying the police cannot solve it because they're too English.
Hercule Poirot : Or because the culprit, he is not English enough.
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Countess Vera Rossakoff : And what of the perfect crime?
Hercule Poirot : It is an illusion, Countess.
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Hercule Poirot : One can always tell when the summer, it is arrived.
Captain Hastings : It's in the air, eh?
Hercule Poirot : No, Hastings, it is in the speed of your driving!
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Hercule Poirot : When was this last robbery?
Captain Hastings : Three days ago.
Hercule Poirot : Three days! But it is too late. It is better to strike while the metal is warm, yes?
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Chief Inspector Japp : So what do you think, Poirot?
Hercule Poirot : I think that it is strange. The glove and the cigarette case, it is as you might say the double clue.
Captain Hastings : Twice as much for us to work on.
Hercule Poirot : It is too much, Hastings, too much.
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Captain Hastings : Oh, I hadn't thought of that.
Hercule Poirot : If you are to be Hercule Poirot, you must think of everything.
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Hercule Poirot : We wait. Already the thief is planning his next crime. And the next one - it will be his last.
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Hercule Poirot : Madam, you are the most remarkable, the most unique woman that I have ever met. But also...
Countess Vera Rossakoff : Opposites.
Hercule Poirot : C'est ca. You must continue your work and I must continue mine. But not in the same country.
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Hercule Poirot : Countess, please allow me to introduce two colleagues of mine. Monsieurs Redfern and Blake.
Blake : Good evening, ma'am.
Hercule Poirot : They are, like myself, private detectives.
Countess Vera Rossakoff : Do you really think I need an escort?
Hercule Poirot : No, no, no. They are for your protection. During your short visit in England, there have been four very clever robberies. I would not wish you to be involved in a fifth.
Countess Vera Rossakoff : Of course.
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Hercule Poirot : I am an imbecile. I see only half of the picture.
Miss Lemon : I don't even see that.
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Countess Vera Rossakoff : I had a house like this once in Petrograd. First the house - then a wing in the house - then a room in the wing - and now nothing.
Hercule Poirot : But that does not make you the thief, madame.
Countess Vera Rossakoff : No. Life itself is the thief. It has taken everything I had.
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Hercule Poirot : Eh bien, comtesse, tomorrow I will take you to the Tate Gallery to see the collection of Turners.
Countess Vera Rossakoff : But I find these expressionist painters so exciting. Don't you, Hercule?
Hercule Poirot : In part, yes. You know, I do not believe that there is anyone of my acquaintance who calls me by that name.
Countess Vera Rossakoff : Oh, I'm so sorry. Excuse me.
Hercule Poirot : Madame.
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Countess Vera Rossakoff : And what of a perfect crime?
Hercule Poirot : It is an illusion, comtesse.