American troops arrive in Britain and the Corps of Engineers building an airstrip on a Hastings farm is met with resentment.American troops arrive in Britain and the Corps of Engineers building an airstrip on a Hastings farm is met with resentment.American troops arrive in Britain and the Corps of Engineers building an airstrip on a Hastings farm is met with resentment.
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- TriviaThe decorations for the dance at the American base incorporate the Morse code symbol for "V" (...-). This was commonly used in World War II as a symbol for victory and was often associated with the first four notes in Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.
- GoofsWhen Captain Kieffer initially tries to block Foyle's attempts to investigate the murder, he points out that the American base in technically American soil. This is incorrect, since the base is not an embassy or consulate.
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Captain John Kieffer: I'm new here. I know how you British are always murdering each other, but I didn't expect to get caught up in it like that, so, uh... maybe I behaved like a jerk.
Christopher Foyle: Well, you did much that was right.
Captain John Kieffer: Can we put all this behind us?
Christopher Foyle: Course.
Captain John Kieffer: Good. And in the interest of furthering British - U.S. friendship, I happen to have a quart of Jack Daniels in the back. Don't suppose you'd care to come back to the base and help me in drinking it, would you?
Christopher Foyle: To, um, help the war effort?
Captain John Kieffer: Exactly.
Christopher Foyle: Don't see why not.
Captain John Kieffer: Climb aboard.
[they get in the Jeep and start off]
Christopher Foyle: By the way, what's a jerk?
Captain John Kieffer: Ah, let me explain.
Christopher Foyle: Nothing to do with dried meat?
Captain John Kieffer: Nothing to do with dried meat. That's jerky.
Christopher Foyle: That's jerky.
Captain John Kieffer: Okay, look, a jerk is someone who... i-it's...
- ConnectionsFeatured in Masterpiece Mystery: Foyle's War, Series IV: Invasion (2007)
Some of the locals are not pleased, The US is late to the party again. The local women on the other hand have a spring in their step. The new arrivals are more glamorous.
David Barrett, a local farmer is unhappy that his land has been requisitioned for the Americans. His nephew who is fighting the war is engaged to Susan Davies, a pretty girl who works in the local pub.
Susan has been seeing one of the American soldier's and she turns up dead on the night of a dance which the US soldiers attended.
Meanwhile Milner is upset that a former soldier he served with died in a fire in his bedroom. Both cases are linked as Foyle discovers that something strange is brewing.
One of the Americans could have been set up to take the fall for Susan's murder who was pregnant at the time. Foyle needs to tread carefully in a US base.
Also Sam has to tread carefully around Foyle as she has been dumped by his son.
An underwhelming mystery. It was well acted but it was slow going. A ponderous story. Barrett takes potshot at the US soldiers vehicles to demonstrate just how much he hates the yanks. Foyle gets roped in to teach the Americans the English way of life. He takes the commanding officer fishing and they talk about rods.
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- Nov 1, 2019
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