The Four Just Men: The Crying Jester (1959)
Season 1, Episode 5
4/10
The Crying Jester
5 February 2023
Ricco Poccari has a sudden urge to buy a piece of cheap art while waiting for a train to Rome from Milan railway station.

The Crying Jester has just arrived from Algeria according to the art dealer. Only for two other men arrive wanting the same work as soon as Poccari leaves.

Disappointed, one of the men boards the train to retrieve the artwork. He ends up killing Harry Green, a war veteran that Poccari gave his train compartment to.

The police believe his death was suicide. His widow tells Poccari that he would not have killed himself despite having trouble sleeping and being highly strung.

It leads Poccari to wonder if he was the intended target and he makes the link with the painting he purchased. Maybe it contained something important.

It might be called The Crying Jester. Much of the episode just made me laugh. A henchman suddenly being pushed out of a window.

Even the story does not make much sense. The pieces of art were supposed to be transported to America but the dealer suddenly sells one.
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