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The novel was adapted in 2006 for ITV's ''Series/{{Poirot}}'', starring Creator/DavidSuchet. Tropes for the adaptation can be found on that page.
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The novel was adapted in 2006 for ITV's ''Series/{{Poirot}}'', starring Creator/DavidSuchet. Tropes for the adaptation can be found on that page.
[[Recap/PoirotS10E04TakenAtTheFlood here]].
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Poirot remarks that all of the Cloades, whatever modest steps they took to carve their own paths, never really contemplated a future in which they wouldn't get their hands on Uncle Gordon's fortune, and the moment he died with that fortune in the hands of his young wife was a shock none of them was prepared for.
-->''To most of us the test comes early in life. A man is confronted quite soon with the necessity to stand on his own feet, to face dangers and difficulties and to take his own line of dealing with them. It may be the straight way, it may be the crooked way--whichever it is, a man usually learns early just what he is made of. But the Cloades had no opportunity of knowing their own weaknesses until the time they were suddenly shorn of protection and were forced, quite unprepared, to face difficulty.''
-->''To most of us the test comes early in life. A man is confronted quite soon with the necessity to stand on his own feet, to face dangers and difficulties and to take his own line of dealing with them. It may be the straight way, it may be the crooked way--whichever it is, a man usually learns early just what he is made of. But the Cloades had no opportunity of knowing their own weaknesses until the time they were suddenly shorn of protection and were forced, quite unprepared, to face difficulty.''
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* MotiveIsNotMurder: Poirot remarks on the irony that the Cloade family had the greatest motive to want Rosaleen dead, but the person who did kill her had the least motive to do so.
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* MotiveIsNotMurder: MotiveEqualsConclusiveEvidence: Inverted. Poirot remarks on the irony that the Cloade family had the greatest motive to want Rosaleen dead, but the person who did kill her had the least motive to do so.
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* GracefulLoser: The murderer, when caught, waives the right to remain silent and confesses, only saying it's been ''"a damned good run"''.
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* MotiveIsNotMurder: Poirot remarks on the irony that the Cloade family had the greatest motive to want Rosaleen dead, but the person who did kill her had the least motive to do so.
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* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Poirot remarks that all of the Cloades wished Rosaleen dead, consciously or unconsciously, because they had grown up dependent on Gordon Cloades's money, assumed they would inherit it when he died, and never made plans for a future where they wouldn't. His sudden remarriage before his death left all of them without prospects. Rowley shamefacedly admits that he thought of killing Rosaleen on the day she visited his farm, even if he didn't act on it.
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* ObfuscatingPostmortemWounds: Rowley accidentally killed Charles Trenton when he punched Charles, followed by Charles suffering DeathByFallingOver. Rowley, rapidly improvising, then bashes the newly dead Charles's head in with a poker in an effort to frame David.
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* InheritanceMurder: An interesting variation on the theme. Rosaleen was married to Robert Underhay, and after his death married Gordon Cloade, which made her Gordon's inheritor and invalidated Gordon's previous will. Then Enoch Arden appears and implies that Underhay is still alive, meaning that Rosaleen's marriage was bigamous and Robert's money goes instead to his next of kin. Enoch's murder both prevents one inheritance, and ensures another. After that, Rosaleen is worried that she will be murdered so her money will go to the Cloades. [[spoiler:She is murdered, but not exactly for that reason.]]
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* TheWoobie: Rosaleen Cloade's husband was killed in a German air raid, leaving her all his wealth. This has made her the object of envy and scorn from the rest of Cloade's family, who feel they should get some of the money. She's terribly guilty over the whole situation, and fearful that one of the Cloades will kill her to get the money. [[spoiler:And it turns out she's not Rosaleen at all, but a parlour maid pulled from the rubble and convinced to play the part of Rosaleen by David Hunter, who then murders her.]]
