The Nine Tailors

A young Lord Peter (Ian Carmichael) informal uniform on his way to the war. He is standing in for his brother The Duke of Denver at a wedding. Mischief is afoot and an emerald necklace was pinched. Where it was stored for safekeeping, I cannot say. It looks like the perpetrator was winged by a well-placed shot. We get the inside story and know the truth.

All in the first chapter we see the crime and the fate of the perpetrators. We also get a first-hand view of the meeting and growing relationship and Wimsey and Bunter (Glyn Houston.) As fate would have it Lord Peter finds himself once again in Fenchurch St. Pauli. This time as providence would have it just in time to replace a sick bell ringer on New Year's Eve.

Three months later a body is found in and Lord Peter is invited to the inquest.

This film is based on a Dorothy L. Sayers novel of the same name with the screen adaptation by Anthony Steven.

At first, you are not sure that this is the same peter Wimsey when you see the blond hair and mustache. However, if you look closely, they made little attempt to cover the wrinkled face.

If you have, an opportunity to view this film before reading the book you will not be distracted by the deviations and omissions from the written story.

If nothing else we learn about anemic bananas and The Spanish Flue.