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Director:
Lou Antonio
Writers:
Agatha Christie (novel)
Rod Browning (teleplay)
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Release Date:
19 September 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Mystery more
Plot:
Hercule Poirot appears on a TV talk show with actor Bryan Martin who is making an action/detective movie with Jane Wilkinson... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Peter Ustinov IS Hercule Poirot! more (21 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Peter Ustinov ... Hercule Poirot

Faye Dunaway ... Jane Wilkinson / Carlotta Adams
David Suchet ... Inspector Japp
Jonathan Cecil ... Hastings

Bill Nighy ... Ronald Marsh
Diane Keen ... Jenny Driver
John Stride ... Film Director

Benedict Taylor ... Donald Ross
Lee Horsley ... Bryan Martin
Allan Cuthbertson ... Sir Montague Corner
Glyn Baker ... Lord Edgeware's Butler
John Barron ... Lord George Edgeware
Peter Clapham ... Mr. Wildburn
Lesley Dunlop ... Alice Bennett
Avril Elgar ... Miss Carroll
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Agatha Christie's Thirteen at Dinner (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
Germany:87 min | USA:87 min | UK:90 min (video)
Country:
USA | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:U | Iceland:L | South Korea:12 (2006)
Filming Locations:
London, England, UK
Company:
CBS Entertainment Production more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
David Suchet later played Hercule Poirot in the TV series "Agatha Christie: Poirot" (1989) and several subsequent TV specials, including "Agatha Christie: Poirot: Lord Edgware Dies (#7.2)" (2000), another version of this film. more
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Version of Lord Edgware Dies (1934) more

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26 out of 44 people found the following comment useful.
Peter Ustinov IS Hercule Poirot!, 21 December 2004
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Author: JackStallion (ProperStyle@aol.com) from Hollywood, CA

I love Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot. Forget all those other phonies who've tried to fill his shoes! Including that ridiculous Murder on the Orient Express, or that laughable David Sachet!

His sly, lovable demeanor rivals any of the great actors playing detectives- Peter Falk as Columbo, etc. He has a wonderful way of gaining the confidence and trust of each of his suspects, while probing them for information. You never really know who he suspects, and that's the fun of the mystery. He guides you through the maze like true detective.

I have seen each of his delicious portrayals as the great, Belgian detective several times, and they just get better with age.

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