Michel Loisée

In Un meurtre est-il facile?, the France Télévisions film adaptation of Agatha Christie's Murder is Easy, for the Les Petits Meurtres d'Agatha Christie TV series, Michel Loisée is a worker at the textile factory belonging to Émile Deboucke.

At the beginning of the episode, Michel is killed in the stockroom when a heavy bale of cloth falls on him. It was believed that the straps holding the bale had snapped by accident. However Josiane Lallin believed it was murder and tried to report it.

In parallel with the original novel, Michel and all the other people who died subsequently had all offended or annoyed the boss Émile Deboucke in some way. Deboucke told commissaire Laurence that he disliked Michel. Michel came from a troublesome family many of whose family were employed at the factory at one time or other. Michel in particular was the union representative at the factory and was always threatening strikes. Michel was survived by his wife Françoise Loisée, also a worker at the factory and who subsequently took over the role of union leader.

Michel is heard calling Deboucke's name in the stockroom. Sabine Toulemonde, Deboucke's secretary told a worker Ginette Hansel that Deboucke had arranged to meet Michel in the stockroom on the day of his death. Ginette told Laurence what she had heard, adding that she had delayed telling him because Jean Castor, the general manager had told her to say nothing about it.

Michel has a few lines but the actor who portrayed him is not credited. Michel does not really parallel any character in the original story unless one considers John Humbleby, the only one of the people who died who opposed Lord Whitfield in a major way.