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Overview
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Writers:
Kathleen Tynan (story)
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Release Date:
9 February 1979 (USA) more
Tagline:
A fictional solution to the real mystery of Agatha Christie's disappearance.
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Agatha Christie meets "The Twilight Zone" more (15 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dustin Hoffman | ... | Wally Stanton |
 | Vanessa Redgrave | ... | Agatha Christie |
 | Timothy Dalton | ... | Col. Archibald Christie |
 | Helen Morse | ... | Evelyn Crawley |
| Celia Gregory | ... | Nancy Neele |
| Paul Brooke | ... | John Foster |
| Carolyn Pickles | ... | Charlotte Fisher |
| Timothy West | ... | Kenward |
| Tony Britton | ... | William Collins |
| Alan Badel | ... | Lord Brackenbury |
| Robert Longden | ... | Pettelson |
| Donald Nithsdale | ... | Uncle Jones |
| Yvonne Gilan | ... | Mrs. Braithwaite |
| Sandra Voe | ... | Therapist |
| Barry Hart | ... | Supt. MacDonald |
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105 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Netherlands:AL | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:K-8 | Peru:PT | USA:PG
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British composer Howard Blake composed an original score for the film that was rejected and replaced by Johnny Mandel. more
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Version of Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures (2004) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
CLOSE ENOUGH FOR LOVE more
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Until I saw "Agatha", I had never even heard of the story of Agatha Christie disappearing - or hiding - in 1926. The movie offers a possibility of what might have happened, portraying the author (Vanessa Redgrave) secretly checking into a health spa under a false name, while detective Wally Stanton (Dustin Hoffman) investigates.
I will admit that this movie is nothing special. If anything, it's sort of just a way to pass time. But it is interesting not only learning about this part of history, but seeing this speculation of what might have happened (the movie reminds us that this is only speculation). The only other cast member whom I recognized was Timothy Dalton as Agatha's husband Archibald. Not a masterpiece by any stretch, but worth seeing nevertheless.