Elderly headmistress: "Christoper Foyle... Yes, I remember him. Always asking questions. I always wondered what became of him..."
This is a real treat, as usual we sit, bemused, as various plot strands converge... But we also have the emerging relationship of Sam and Adam, as their boarding house literally collapses through the episode. A paradigm for post-war Britain? Probably not.
Why won't disgraced soldier Andrew Scott (with those deep mysterious eyes) say anything to prevent him from being hanged or shot ('How would you like your execution today? We have a nice line in fugu poisoning, fresh in from Okinawa...')?
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| Small pupils, I was thinking. |
BUT. The most brilliant thing about this film is the reason why Foyle is interested in the case, which we don't know - or even really think about - until the very end.
Horowitz is the officer at the end who examines Foyle's ticket.
Richard Goulding, Rupert Frazer, David Yelland, Anastasia Hille, Tim van Eyken, Kirsty Besterman, Will Keen memorable as war-damaged solicitor.
DP James Aspinall, editor David Yardley.
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