Andrew Hall

Andrew Hall was a non-canonical character who was created for the film adaptation of The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan in Series 5 of ITV's Agatha Christie's Poirot. Andrew was the writer of the play "Pearls Before Swine" which the impresario Ed Opalsen was putting up at the Devonshire Park Theatre. Andrew told Poirot that Opalsen had bought the script, cut it up and rewritten so much of it that he was left with 2%. This explained why he was short of money and in debt (Poirot had just seen him being beaten up by some loan sharks).

Andrew had not gone to the party after the opening night of the play. He was seen outside the Grand Metropolitan hotel at the time the theft was believed to have taken place. That and the fact that he was in debt, and also have a relationship with the maid Celestine, made him a suspect. It did not help that when he was arrested by Japp later at a racecourse, he was found to have the empty jewel pouch, and a large sum of money. He claimed that he had won the money by betting on a horse at 7 to 1.

Andrew Hall was played by Simon Shepherd. This character does not occur in the the original story.