Crime ·Mystery · United Kingdom · 1985 · 1h 35m

Thirteen at Dinner

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Director
Lou Antonio
Cast
Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot Faye Dunaway as Jane Wilkinson / Charlotta Adams David Suchet as Insp. Japp Jonathan Cecil as Capt. Arthur Hastings Bill Nighy as Ronald Marsh Diane Keen as Jenny Driver
Crew
Curtis Clark — Director of Photography David A. Simmons — Editor Rod Browning — Screenplay Agatha Christie — Novel Neil Hartley — Producer Andrew Sanders — Production Design
Synopsis

Actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Lord Edgware turns up murdered, a well-placed knife wound at the base of his neck. It will take the precise Poirot to sort out the lies from the alibis - and find the criminal before another victim dies.

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Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookdetectivemurder mystery
Key Collaborators
Lou Antonio Director Curtis Clark Director of Photography David A. Simmons Editor Rod Browning Screenplay Agatha Christie Novel Neil Hartley Producer Andrew Sanders Production Design Jane Robinson Costume Design
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