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5.7/10   309 votes
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Director:
Gary Nelson
Writers:
Agatha Christie (novel)
Scott Swanton (teleplay)
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Release Date:
30 September 1986 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Mystery more
Plot:
Hercule Poirot's assistant, Hastings, calls him down to Acapulco in Mexico where he can write his memoirs... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. more
User Comments:
Very Enjoyable more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Peter Ustinov ... Hercule Poirot

Tony Curtis ... Charles Cartwright
Emma Samms ... Egg
Jonathan Cecil ... Hastings

Fernando Allende ... Ricardo Montoya
Pedro Armendáriz Jr. ... Col. Mateo (as Pedro Armendariz)

Lisa Eichhorn ... Cynthia Dayton
Dana Elcar ... Dr. Strange

Frances Lee McCain ... Miss Milray
Marian Mercer ... Daisy Eastman
Diana Muldaur ... Angela Stafford
Nicholas Pryor ... Freddie Dayton

Concetta Tomei ... Janet Crisp
Jacqueline Evans ... Mrs. Babbington
Ángeles González ... Housekeeper (as Angeles Gonzalez)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Agatha Christie's Murder in Three Acts (UK) (complete title)
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Runtime:
94 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:PG
Filming Locations:
Acapulco, Guerrero, Mexico more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The first murdered victim is named "Stephen Babbington". However, when Mrs Eastman is talking with Mrs. Dacres in Mrs. Dacres' shop, he is referred to as "Richard". more
Movie Connections:
Follows Thirteen at Dinner (1985) (TV) more

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5 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Very Enjoyable, 8 December 2007
7/10
Author: Fiendish_Dramaturgy from .: Fiendish Writings in the Dark :.

This features a top row performance contributed by Tony Curtis, and was the second Poirot movie I found to feature the inner-inner circle of Hollywood big-wigs, and their sycophantic hangers-on. This time in Acapulco, we are given "movie stars, martinis, and murder." I found this highly entertaining, though it was mildly difficult to solve.

Breathtaking vistas, another all-star cast, and fine direction by Gary Nelson (Get Smart, Get Smart Again, and Alan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold, to name but a few), make worthy contributions to this wonderful adaptation of a great Agatha Christie mystery.

All in all? This was not rated, but made for television in 1986, so I think I can safely say it is suitable for all audiences. Great Sunday afternoon/rainy day fare.

It rates a 6.7/10 from...

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