Who is the better Poirot? Peter Ustinov or Albert Finney? I say Ustinov.
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Finney was, up to that time, the best film Poirot (which isn't saying much). I'm not sure if Ustinov was even familiar with the
character.
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As I wrote on comment in 'Death on the Nile'... enought with the 'Better'... jez....
All great.. just different tastes...
All result of TV commericial upbringing... 'no, this is BETTER'...
I sleep now..
Both did a good job of playing Poirot, but I also like Suchet.
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Albert Finney.
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.
Ustinov.
Finney did a great job but Ustinov's Poirot felt more likeable.
"Let us be crooked, but never common."
David Suchet nailed it.
Finney's performance was ridiculously bad and over the top.
Ustinov obviously played himself with a bit of an accent and no regard for Agatha Christis's description of the character or his mannerisms.
Finney and Ustinov were equally bad in different ways.
"America and England are two nations divided by a common language." - George Bernhard Shaw
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Finney, by a mile.
The difference in these two portrayals is that Finney actually acted and created a character totally unique and nothing like himself. Ustinov basically played himself with a French (Belgian) accent.
Finney was also undoubtedly aided by working with a great director, Sidney Lumet. Whereas Ustinov only got (for Death On The Nile) the workmanlike John Guillerman.
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