Poirot has been murdered! Did Dame Agatha Christie do it?
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Title: Murder by the Book (TV Movie 1987)
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| Peggy Ashcroft | ... | Agatha Christie | |
| Ian Holm | ... | Hercule Poirot | |
| Richard Wilson | ... | Sir Max Mallowan | |
| Michael Aldridge | ... | Edmond Cork | |
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John Atkinson | ... | Gardener |
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Dawn Archibald | ... | Sally |
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Dame Agatha Christie's agents propose that it's time for her to publish the manuscript she wrote thirty-five years earlier, a novel in which she finally kills off her most famous creation. And it's not an entirely sad occasion. "That wretched little man", she says. "He's always been so much trouble. How is it Miss Marple has never upset me at all, not ever?" That night, who should appear at her doorstep but the wretched little man himself, Hercule Poirot? The great fictional detective and his creator proceed to play a very Christie-like game of cat and mouse for the manuscript, and for their own lives. Written by J. Spurlin
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Interesting and offbeat look at Agatha Christie and her decision to 'murder' Poirot, who is on hand to question her motives. Not as good as it sounds, but deserves viewing by the faithful. Ian Holm's interpretation of Poirot fits somewhere between Albert Finney and David Suchet's definitive performance.