An outbreak of apparent kleptomania at a student hostel is not normally the sort of crime that arouses Hercule Poirot's interest. However, Miss Lemon persuades him to investigate, as the hostel is run by her sister.
David Suchet as Hercule Poirot Philip Jackson as Chief Inspector Japp Pauline Moran as Miss Lemon Paris Jefferson as Sally Finch Jonathan Firth as Nigel Chapman Damian Lewis as Leonard Bateson Gilbert Martin as Colin McNabb Elinor Morriston as Valerie Hobhouse Polly Kemp as Patricia Lane Jessica Lloyd as Celia Austin Sarah Badel as Florence Hubbard Rachel Bell as Mrs Nicoletis Granville Saxton as John Casterman David Burke as Sir Arthur Stanley Bernard Lloyd as Mr Endicott Terry Duggan as Butcher Mark Denny as Jarrow Marcher Tony Kirwood as Passport Officer Peter Glancy as Customs Officer Andy Linden as Giorgios Nicoletis Mark Webb as Journalist Anthony Houghton as Journalist Terry Francis as Journalist Alec Linstead as Pharmacist Brian McDermott as Chief Inspector Michael McKone as Manager John Webb as Vicar
