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The ABC Murders

★ 6.6 13K votes 2018–2018 1 season · 4 episodes Ended BBC One
Detective mysteryCrime-solving from the investigator's side of the table.This show: 9/10British TVThe British television sensibility: tone, restraint and format traditions.This show: 8/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 8/10Tight limited runA compact, complete story told in just a few episodes.This show: 8/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 7/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 7/10
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Starring
John MalkovichMichael ShaefferEamon FarrenRupert GrintConrad McCroddanFreya Mavor
Starring
John MalkovichMichael ShaefferEamon FarrenRupert GrintConrad McCroddanFreya Mavor
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A darker, wearier Poirot than you remember"

This miniseries adapts Agatha Christie's novel about a serial killer taunting Hercule Poirot with letters, striking victims in alphabetical order across England. It's a moody, slow-burn mystery that leans hard into atmosphere: grim 1930s streets, xenophobia toward Poirot as an aging outsider, and a general sense of decay rather than cozy puzzle-box fun. John Malkovich plays a subdued, weary Poirot quite unlike previous versions. The pace is deliberate and the tone bleak, prioritizing character and dread over rapid deduction, which makes it a rewarding but demanding watch for genre traditionalists.

Watch it for

John Malkovich's unconventional, melancholic take on Hercule Poirot.

Maybe skip if

you want classic cozy-mystery brightness and a spry, confident Poirot.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Miniseries2018
7.12K43h 35m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Episode #1.17.0
81459 min
▶2Episode #1.27.1
70658 min
▶3Episode #1.37.2
67955 min
▶4Episode #1.47.4
5443 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

John Malkovich Hercule Poirot
Michael Shaeffer Sergeant Yelland
Eamon Farren Cust
Rupert Grint Inspector Crome
Conrad McCroddan Beautiful Young Man
Freya Mavor Thora Grey
Shirley Henderson Rose Marbury
Anya Chalotra Lily Marbury
Andrew Buchan Franklin Clarke
Tara Fitzgerald Lady Hermione Clarke

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