Agatha Christie, She Watched Ep41 “Crooked House” (2017) Review

Warning: Spoiler-heavy review! This week, we’re talking about friendly guard puppies, ballet dances, Las Vegas showgirls, and Greek tycoons. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 2017 movie “Crooked House.”

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Chapters

0:00 Introduction

3:54 Enjoying Crooked House the first time

4:22 Beautiful English country house images

7:10 The Leonides Family and there’s something wrong with Josephine

10:52 What makes this novel unique

11:19 Who are the family members?

16:55 Charles and Sophie in Cairo

20:11 Sophie’s problem

23:56 Max’s problem

25:13 What they did right

30:51 What makes Agatha Christie’s characters fascinating

32:43  Observations about Gillian Anderson, Julian Sands, Amanda Abbington, and Christina Hendricks