The Girl in the Train

Episode aired Sep 21, 1982
52m

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

198

YOUR RATING

Osmund Bullock and Jo Warne in The Agatha Christie Hour (1982)

Crime Drama Mystery

George Rowland hides a young girl on a train. She's escaping from her "uncle", an hulking brute who is very possibly a foreign spy. The girl gives to George an odd parcel and she disappears.George Rowland hides a young girl on a train. She's escaping from her "uncle", an hulking brute who is very possibly a foreign spy. The girl gives to George an odd parcel and she disappears.George Rowland hides a young girl on a train. She's escaping from her "uncle", an hulking brute who is very possibly a foreign spy. The girl gives to George an odd parcel and she disappears.

Director
- Brian Farnham
Writers
- William Corlett
- Agatha Christie
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

198

YOUR RATING

Director
- Brian Farnham
Writers
- William Corlett
- Agatha Christie
Stars

5User reviews

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Trivia
This story is from the short story collection The Listerdale Mystery

Goofs
At seven o'clock in the morning, the maid knocks on the door of a room which is up a short flight of stairs from George's room. However, when George gains access to the same room from his window, he descends a few feet to reach the window of that room.

Quotes
George Rowland: Five o'clock! That's too early even for worms!

Connections
References Raffles (1930)

User reviews5

Featured review

5/10

Agatha Christie loves to fool you!

Contrary to what I often read about her, Agatha Christie most definitely has a sense of humor; - only her humor is of the blackest and most sardonic kind. She likes to mislead and fool audiences in such a way that I can almost picture her grinning behind her typewriter! "The Girl in the Train", included in the TV-series "The Agatha Christie" hour, is a fine illustration of her humor, with a hapless character getting mixed-up in both an espionage and a marital conspiracy, and liking it because he was in desperate need of some adventure in his life. It's not the best tale by Mrs. Christie I ever beheld - far from it - but it remains enjoyable, refreshing, and original throughout.