A fictional account of the real life, eleven day, never explained 1926 disappearance of famed murder mystery writer Agatha Christie is presented. On a cold winter day, her damaged car with ...
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| Dustin Hoffman | ... | Wally Stanton | |
| Vanessa Redgrave | ... | Agatha Christie | |
| Timothy Dalton | ... | Col. Archibald Christie | |
| Helen Morse | ... | Evelyn Crawley | |
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Celia Gregory | ... | Nancy Neele |
| Paul Brooke | ... | John Foster | |
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Carolyn Pickles | ... | Charlotte Fisher |
| Timothy West | ... | Kenward | |
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Tony Britton | ... | William Collins |
| Alan Badel | ... | Lord Brackenbury | |
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Robert Longden | ... | Pettelson |
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Donald Nithsdale | ... | Uncle Jones |
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Yvonne Gilan | ... | Mrs. Braithwaite |
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Sandra Voe | ... | Therapist |
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Barry Hart | ... | Supt. MacDonald |
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A fictional account of the real life, eleven day, never explained 1926 disappearance of famed murder mystery writer Agatha Christie is presented. On a cold winter day, her damaged car with her expensive fur coat is found abandoned at the side of a country road. While the authorities initially suspect that she could have committed suicide, her pompous husband, Col. Archibald Christie, who is less than cooperative with the authorities, is adamant that she is still alive. What he doesn't tell them is that he recently asked her for a divorce so that he could marry his secretary, Miss Nancy Neele. Although the divorce request was not a total surprise since she knew of the extramarital affair, Mrs. Christie still did not want to grant him the request since she still loves him. Concurrently, American newspaper columnist Wally Stanton was scheduled to conduct an interview with Mrs. Christie. Since he can no longer do so with her disappearance, Stanton instead tries to find out himself what ... Written by Huggo
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A fictional solution to the real mystery of Agatha Christie's disappearance.Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
9 February 1979 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El misterio de Agatha Christie See more »Company Credits
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British Writer Kathleen Tynan was so intrigued by the Agatha Christie disappearance story, she tried to make a documentary about those eleven days. But when funding fell through, she wrote a screenplay about the incident instead, a fictional version of it. See more »Goofs
When Agatha strikes the black ball on the pool table with the cue ball, the black ball banks off four rails and is on a path that would clearly take it to a point somewhere to the right of the lower left corner pocket and the ball comes to almost a complete stop before the cut. Yet, after the cut, the ball is shown rolling directly into the pocket. See more »Quotes
Wally Stanton: Sooner or later someone is going to find her. It would be much better for her and for me if that someone is myself. Otherwise it will be the police, and everyone will be down on her like vultures.See more »
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Well photographed, carefully edited film, swimming in supposition. Almost quietly performed. Overall sense of loss and heartache gives further readings into Christie's books a tinged sense of sadness. Mannered but sympathetic acting by the 2 strong leads, balance well off the 2 sort of "villians": the snobby mistress and the caddish husband, played with icy detachment by the future and all too brief James Bond. The stunning visuals look especially nice on a large screen.