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Thirteen at Dinner (1985)

TV Movie  -  87 min  -  Crime | Mystery
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An American movie actress, best known for playing dumb blondes, is Scotland Yard's prime suspect when her husband, Lord Edgware, is murdered. The great detective, Hercule Poirot, digs deeper into the case.

Director:

Lou Antonio

Writers:

Agatha Christie (novel), Rod Browning (teleplay)
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Peter Ustinov ...
Faye Dunaway ...
David Suchet ...
Jonathan Cecil Jonathan Cecil ...
Bill Nighy ...
Diane Keen Diane Keen ...
John Stride John Stride ...
Film Director
Benedict Taylor ...
Lee Horsley Lee Horsley ...
Allan Cuthbertson Allan Cuthbertson ...
Glyn Baker Glyn Baker ...
Lord Edgware's Butler
John Barron John Barron ...
Peter Clapham Peter Clapham ...
Mr. Wildburn
Lesley Dunlop Lesley Dunlop ...
Alice Bennett
Avril Elgar Avril Elgar ...
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Storyline

Hercule Poirot appears on a TV talk show with actor Bryan Martin who is making an action/detective movie with Jane Wilkinson. He also meets impressionist Carlotta Adams. They all go to a party and Jane asks him and Captain Hastings to go and meet her husband, Lord Edgware in regards to a divorce. They do so, to discover that the Lord had already granted her a divorce. Jane is delighted but drops hints that she could have killed the Lord if he didn't grant her the divorce. The next day Lord Edgware is found dead and all the staff at the Lord's house swear that Jane was the one who did it but witnesses at another Lord's party swear that Jane was with them. Carlotta then dies and Poirot must investigate as Inspector Japp is determined to put Jane away... Written by Lee Horton <Leeh@tcp.co.uk>  

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Plot Keywords:

Lord | Divorce | Dumb Blonde | Actress | Detective  | See more »

Genres:

Crime | Mystery

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Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Agatha Christie's Thirteen at Dinner See more »

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Germany:  | USA:  | UK: (video)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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Trivia

Appearing here as Inspector Japp, David Suchet later played Hercule Poirot in the TV series Agatha Christie's Poirot and subsequent TV specials, including Lord Edgware Dies, another version of this story. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: During Poirot's solution the long tracking shot of the dinner party during the flashback has been reversed as evidenced by one of the maid's walking backwards behind the seated characters. See more »

Quotes

Inspector Japp: Poirot - buzz off like a good chap, will you? I've got bigger fish to fry.
Hercule Poirot: In a good bouillabaisse the little fish are often tastier than the big ones.
Inspector Japp: What are you talking about?
Hercule Poirot: Add poison, however, and the whole soup is polluted. Then the size of the fish are immaterial.
Inspector Japp: What's fish got to do with it?
Hercule Poirot: It was your own metaphor; I didn't bring the fish...
Inspector Japp: I didn't either!
Hercule Poirot: Stop fish then! Let's leave it out!
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Connections

References Casablanca (1942) See more »

Soundtracks

"Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries"
(uncredited)
Composed by Richard Wagner See more »