The Agatha Christie film festival concludes with the screening of ‘The Murder of Roger Ackroyd’

Recently retired Hercule Poirot investigates a neighbor's murder and the disappearance of the deceased's adopted son. The Agatha Christie film festival concluded with the screening of the movie The Murder of Roger Ackroyd here on Saturday.

The movie is directed by Andrew Grieve and features David Suchet in lead role. One night Roger Ackyord, a wealthy man is found dead in his study, stabbed by a knife from his collection.

Hercule Poirot, a detective living in the village, retires, but takes up the case. Poirot learns a few important facts on the case. He, later, finds a goose quill and a scrap of starched cambric in the summer house, and a ring with the inscription "From R" in the backyard pool.

Raymond and Cecil later reveal they are in debt, but Ackroyd's death will resolve this as they stood to gain from his will. Flora admits she never saw her uncle after dinner; she was taking money from his bedroom. Her revelation throws doubts on everyone's alibis, and leaves Raymond and Blunt as the last people to hear Ackroyd alive.

Blunt reveals he is secretly in love with Flora. Poirot calls a second meeting, adding the butler, housekeeper and Paton, whom he had found. He reveals that the goose quill is a heroin holder belonging to Miss Russell's illegitimate son, the stranger whom Sheppard met on the night of the murder. He also informs all that Ursula secretly married Paton, as the ring he found was hers; it was discarded after Paton chastised her for informing his uncle of this fact, which had led to her employment's termination.

Poirot then proceeds to inform all that he knows the killer's identity, confirmed by a telegram received during the meeting. He does not reveal the name; instead he issues a warning to the killer. When Poirot is alone with Sheppard, he reveals that he knows him to be Ackroyd's killer.

The film screening followed the exhibition of books by Agatha Christie at Bharat Bhavan.