During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
- Hattie Stubbs
- (as Nicolette Sheridan)
- Blond Hostel Girl
- (uncredited)
- 2nd Woman
- (uncredited)
- 2nd Man
- (uncredited)
- Forensic Man
- (uncredited)
- 3rd Woman
- (uncredited)
- Marilyn Gale
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Agatha Christie
- Rod Browning
- Michael Norell(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAmy Folliat (Constance Cummings) quotes sixteenth century poet Edmund Spenser's work "The Faerie Queene": "Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas,/ Ease after war, death after life, doth greatly please." This verse is inscribed on Dame Agatha Christie's tombstone.
- GoofsThe title of Ariadne Oliver's latest novel, "Hatchets Blood and a Parakeet", is - dependent on how you read it - incorrect in either grammar or punctuation, something which would be picked up at the proof-reading editorial stage by her publishers.
- Quotes
Hercule Poirot: [Visiting the Nasse House wine cellar] You know, every wine, even a small wine, has its own personality with its own secret past and its own promises of pleasure in the future. And so those of us who have been witnesses of death as we have - for them, this is a manifestation of life. What is it, it's...
[inspects label on bottle]
Hercule Poirot: Lynch-Bages 1944! You know that when these grapes were being picked, the battle was raging all the way round the vineyard, but picked they were. That's life. And now, after the battlefield and all that is forgotten, these grapes have turned into juice and are quietly in the bottle developing strength and character and certainty. Life.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Murder in Three Acts (1986)
Elegant settings aren't enough to bring this one up to the standard of PETER USTINOV's theatrical movies DEATH ON THE NILE or EVIL UNDER THE SUN. However, the color photography is impressive and everything looks worthy of a theatrical showing--except that none of the cast members have roles that are really fleshed out. As a result, the identity of the murderer is one of those "it could have been anybody" sort of things because, as is usual with Christie, there are almost too many red herrings among the suspects.
Never a favorite of mine, this version has the heavily overweight Ustinov strutting around and putting Hastings down with some blunt remarks--mostly for comic value. JONATHAN CECIL plays Hastings with a humorous slant--far different from the Hastings in the David Suchet series--but his contribution is an entertaining one. NICOLETTE SHERIDAN as Hattie is delightful as the dim-witted lady of the manor.
Not the best of the Ustinov TV adaptations, but it's good enough entertainment to pass the time.
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Agatha Christie's Dead Man's Folly
- Filming locations
- Cliveden, Taplow, Berkshire, England, UK(Amy Folliat's cottage and boathouse at Nasse House)
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