Hercule Poirot (Sir Peter Ustinov) attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The cause seems to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.
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| 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 | |
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Jacqueline Evans | ... | Mrs. Babbington |
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Ángeles González | ... | Housekeeper (as Angeles Gonzalez) |
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Hercule Poirot's (Sir Peter Ustinov's) assistant, Captain Arthur Hastings (Jonathan Cecil), calls him down to Acapulco, Mexico, where he can write his memoirs, but Hastings drags him to a party populated with Hastings' new friends. There's Janet Crisp (Concetta Tomei), the writer, Daisy Eastman (Marian Mercer) and her daughter "Egg" (Emma Samms), Ricardo Montoya (Fernando Allende), Dr. Strange (Dana Elcar), Miss Milray (Frances Lee McCain) the housekeeper, and Charles Cartwright (Tony Curtis) the famous American actor. But at the party another guest, Reverend Babbington (Philip Guilmant), dies from poisoning and when Dr. Strange also dies from poisoning, Poirot must swing into action before the serial killer strikes again. Written by Lee Horton <Leeh@tcp.co.uk>
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30 September 1986 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Убийство в трёх актах See more »Company Credits
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Sir Peter Ustinov and Tony Curtis appeared in Spartacus (1960). See more »Goofs
Approximately 59:30 into the movie, Charles Cartwright (Tony Curtis), Angela Stafford (Diana Muldaur), and Janet Crisp (Concetta Tomei) are having a conversation on the balcony. The cup of coffee Muldaur is holding throughout the conversation changes from right hand to left hand repeatedly throughout the various shots of the conversation. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I cannot say the same about this film. Poirot dotters about...Hastings is a wimp! Quite frankly, the whole thing put me to sleep. Read the book instead.