Thirteen at Dinner (1985 TV Movie)

Peter Ustinov: Hercule Poirot

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• Inspector Japp : Poirot - buzz off like a good chap, will you? I've got bigger fish to fry.

  Hercule Poirot : In a good bouillabaisse the little fish are often tastier than the big ones.

  Inspector Japp : What are you talking about?

  Hercule Poirot : Add poison, however, and the whole soup is polluted. Then the size of the fish are immaterial.

  Inspector Japp : What's fish got to do with it?

  Hercule Poirot : It was your own metaphor; I didn't bring the fish...

  Inspector Japp : I didn't either!

  Hercule Poirot : Stop fish then! Let's leave it out!

• Hercule Poirot : Do I spend much time in Belgium? No, because there is so little crime. You know that I'm very patriotic. I believe in Belgium very profoundly, but crime is practically nonexistent.