{"id":12062,"date":"2015-04-04T00:01:43","date_gmt":"2015-04-04T06:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/?p=12062"},"modified":"2015-04-03T15:31:10","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T21:31:10","slug":"telefilm-review-clocks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatdetectives.net\/detectives\/telefilm-review-clocks\/","title":{"rendered":"Telefilm Review: The Clocks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=ss_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=adamsblog03-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=B006RM32FA&amp;asins=B006RM32FA&amp;linkId=JZK7OHBXCGDPRGVZ&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><br \/>\nIn, \u201cThe Clocks\u201d a woman from a secretarial service is found running away in terror from a house in which a man has been found murdered by a young naval intelligence officer.. The secretary\u2019s employer had sent her there in response to a phone call but the owner of the house claims never to have called to request the secretary\u2019s services. In addition at the scene of the crime, four clocks are found each set to 4:13 P.M. but one of them disappears.<\/p>\n<p>The police belive the woman committed the murder, but the Navy intelligence man doesn\u2019t. However, it becomes clear that his judgment has been clouded, and it\u2019s up to Poirot to sort out the truth.<\/p>\n<p>The novel on which the telefilm was based was written Post World War II, though the film is set in the 1930s. There are a few signs of this, the biggest of which is the treatment of Poirot. The post-WW2 novels tended to have Poirot viewed with less respect by the local police. Instead of getting a compliant, respectful and cooperative colleague like Japp, the Clocks leaves Poirot with Inspector Hardcastle (Phil Daniels) who is not sure of Poirot despite assurances from Scotland Yard and Naval Intelligence. Hardcastle lives by a simple axiom that \u201csomebody saw something\u201d and doesn\u2019t take much stock in Poirot\u2019s hunches or vague statements include Poirot\u2019s pronouncement that when it came to the unidentified victim \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter who he is, but who he is,\u201d leading Hardcastle to mock Poirot, though it turned out Poirot had a serious point. There\u2019s a great interplay and Hardcastle is a fine police foil for Poirot.<\/p>\n<p>As usual, the production values are great with a beautiful period feel, and a superb cast. The mystery is complicated without being too convoluted and there are some very believable motivations for the criminals.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, a very satisfying adaptation.<\/p>\n<p>Rating: 4.5 out of 5.0<\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoyed this post, you can have new posts about Detective stories and the golden age of radio and television delivered\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004U8SET2\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=adamsblog03-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004U8SET2\">automatically to your Kindle<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This post contains affiliate links, which means that items purchased from these links may result in a commission being paid to the author of this post at no extra cost to the purchase<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In, \u201cThe Clocks\u201d a woman from a secretarial service is found running away in terror from a house in which a man has been found murdered by a young naval intelligence officer.. 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