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Thirteen at Dinner

  • TV Movie
  • 19851985
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
2.5K
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Peter Ustinov in Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
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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... Read allAn 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.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.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
2.5K
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    • Lou Antonio
    • Agatha Christie(novel)
    • Rod Browning(teleplay)
  • Stars
    • Peter Ustinov
    • Faye Dunaway
    • David Suchet
    • Lou Antonio
    • Agatha Christie(novel)
    • Rod Browning(teleplay)
  • Stars
    • Peter Ustinov
    • Faye Dunaway
    • David Suchet
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    • 34User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    Faye Dunaway and Peter Ustinov in Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
    Bette Davis, Peter Ustinov, and Helen Hayes in Murder Is Easy (1982)
    Peter Ustinov in Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
    Faye Dunaway, Peter Ustinov, and Jonathan Cecil in Thirteen at Dinner (1985)

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    Peter Ustinov
    Peter Ustinov
    • Hercule Poirot
    Faye Dunaway
    Faye Dunaway
    • Jane Wilkinson…
    David Suchet
    David Suchet
    • Inspector Japp
    Jonathan Cecil
    Jonathan Cecil
    • Captain Arthur Hastings
    Bill Nighy
    Bill Nighy
    • Ronald Marsh
    Diane Keen
    Diane Keen
    • Jenny Driver
    John Stride
    John Stride
    • Film Director
    Benedict Taylor
    Benedict Taylor
    • Donald Ross
    Lee Horsley
    Lee Horsley
    • Bryan Martin
    Allan Cuthbertson
    Allan Cuthbertson
    • Sir Montague Corner
    Glyn Baker
    Glyn Baker
    • Lord Edgware's Butler
    John Barron
    John Barron
    • Lord Edgware
    Peter Clapham
    • Mr. Wildburn
    Lesley Dunlop
    Lesley Dunlop
    • Alice Bennett
    Avril Elgar
    Avril Elgar
    • Miss Carroll
    Oriane Grieve
    • Serious Actress
    • (as Orianne Grieve)
    Russell Grant
    Russell Grant
    • Moxon
    • (as Russell Keith-Grant)
    Roger Milner
    • Duke of Merton's Footman
      • Lou Antonio
      • Agatha Christie(novel)
      • Rod Browning(teleplay)
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    • Trivia
      Appearing here as Inspector Japp, David Suchet played Hercule Poirot in the television series Poirot (1989), including Lord Edgware Dies (2000), another version of this story.
    • Goofs
      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.
    • 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!

    • Connections
      Followed by Dead Man's Folly (1986)
    • Soundtracks
      Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries
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      Composed by Richard Wagner

    User reviews34

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    7/10
    I have to say I didn't mind it.
    I'll take my Ustinov as Poirot however I can get him.

    I happen to like Thirteen at Dinner. It's one of the smaller films as it was made for TV. You certainly can't compare it to the lavish "Murder on the Orient Express." And I frankly like it better than "Murder in Three Acts." I always love Ustinov as Poirot. One of the other comments said these characters are never how you picture them after reading the books. Interesting and true. The very popular Miss Marple of Margaret Rutherford had nothing to do with Miss Marple as she was written, and Ustinov has nothing to do with Poirot as written. I think David Suchet was perfect as Poirot as Christie wrote him, and I loved seeing him as Inspector Japp in this, but for a fun time, call 1-800-Ustinov! Because this is based on a Christie mystery, however poor the production values or the cast, the basic story is always interesting, as this was. Faye Dunaway is absolutely gorgeous in this movie in both her roles. And it did have a British flavor (which "Murder in Three Acts" absolutely did not.) I really don't understand giving this 1 star. Surely we've all seen worse.
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    • Sep 11, 2005

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    • Release date
      • October 19, 1985 (United States)
      • United States
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • CBS Entertainment Production
      • Warner Bros. Television
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 27 minutes
      • Color
      • Mono

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