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| ACTORS: | Patrick Malahide |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| MANUFACTURER: | Acorn Media Publishi |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned |
| TYPE: | Television |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 4 |
| UPC: | 054961742790 |
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Customer Reviews of The Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, Set 1
Not the best set from an otherwise good series If you haven't seen any of the Inspector Alleyn Mysteries before, I suggest you start with another set when they become available. <
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>I saw some of the later episodes on a public broadcasting station a number of years ago and enjoyed them so much I read the books and watched all of the episodes available, even in reruns. Interestingly enough, I never saw the episodes from set 1 on T.V. I'm glad I didn't, or I probably wouldn't have watched any others or read the books. However, I know that I like later episodes and will be buying them as they become available. <
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>I'm not a critic or very knowledgeable about entertainment, so my criticisms will seem vague. I think the best way to sum it up is with the word, "uneven". Some of the actors seemed most uninspired, even doing a "bad" job at times. I would guess that no one involved had an idea of how to present these stories. This makes this first set of episodes more like a dress rehearsal for the real thing. <
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>In general for the series, I find Ngaio Marsh isn't a great mystery writer. Her Inspector Alleyn series is a very enjoyable read, however. The period setting and the "gentlemanly" way Inspector Alleyn handles his cases are what shine in this series. In later episodes of the T.V. series, Patrick Malahide does a good job of presenting Inspector Alleyn as a very nice contrast to the street detectives one usually sees. <
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Rather disappointing
Having read several of Ngaio Marsh's excellent mysteries featuring the debonair Scotland Yard inspector Roderick Alleyn, I was very excited to see that there were some filmed versions. I was especially interested in the first DVD in the set, "A Man Lay Dying", since it is also the first book in the series, and I had never read the book. The look of 1940's-era England is wonderful--great sets, wonderful costumes (Alleyn's in particular), and Patrick Malahide is a quietly charming Alleyn, but unfortunately I found this filmed version slow-going, and after about thirty minutes, my mind began to wander. Also a disappointment is the character of Agatha Troy, Alleyn's wife-to-be, who in the books was a strong, independent woman with her own career, now relegated to the whining cop's wife role.
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>Because of my disappointment over the first in the series, I didn't watch anymore of the mysteries in the set, so I can't comment on the set as a whole, but if they are anything like "A Man Lay Dying", give them a miss and read the books instead.
uneven, but fun
Ngaio Marsh was a mystery writer right up there with Agatha Christie. These adaptations are, like all British mystery television, faithful to the period and great whodunits. Whenever Belinda Lang (Agatha Troy) is on the screen the action becomes incredibly interesting. She plays her part with the right flair for sardonic humor and serious concern for those around her. The scenery is fantastic. Who is missing? Alleyn himself. Patrick Malahide plays Alleyn very low key and is blander than pudding. There is a long list of British actors who can play low key and pull it off - Roy Marsden, for one. You sense that underneath that 'calm exterior' there is a lot more going on. Malahide seems blank. You don't even sense that he cares much for Brer Fox - you're not even sure what he is saying until he explains it to one of the baddies. A disappointment! Still a fun ride.