Crime ·Drama ·Mystery · Mexico · 1986 · 1h 34m

Murder in Three Acts

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Director
Gary Nelson
Cast
Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot Tony Curtis as Charles Cartwright Emma Samms as Egg Jonathan Cecil as Capt. Arthur Hastings Fernando Allende as Ricardo Montoya Pedro Armendáriz Jr. as Col. Mateo
Crew
Neil Roach — Director of Photography Donald R. Rode — Editor Alf Clausen — Original Music Composer Scott Swanton — Screenplay Agatha Christie — Novel Paul Waigner — Producer
Synopsis

In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.

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Key Collaborators
Gary Nelson Director Neil Roach Director of Photography Donald R. Rode Editor Alf Clausen Original Music Composer Scott Swanton Screenplay Agatha Christie Novel Paul Waigner Producer Fernando Ramírez Production Design Mina Mittelman Costume Design
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