Thirteen at Dinner (film)
| Thirteen at Dinner | |
|---|---|
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| Based on | Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie |
| Written by | Rod Browning |
| Directed by | Lou Antonio |
| Starring | Peter Ustinov Faye Dunaway Diane Keen Bill Nighy David Suchet |
| Music by | John Addison |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Neil Hartley |
| Cinematography | Curtis Clark |
| Editor | David A. Simmons |
| Running time | 87 minutes |
| Production companies | CBS Entertainment Productions Warner Bros. Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | September 19, 1985 |
Thirteen at Dinner is a 1985 British-American made-for-television mystery film featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Adapted by Rod Browning from the 1933 Agatha Christie novel Lord Edgware Dies, it was directed by Lou Antonio and starred Peter Ustinov, Faye Dunaway, Jonathan Cecil, Diane Keen, Bill Nighy and David Suchet, who was later to play Poirot in the long-running television series entitled Agatha Christie's Poirot.
Premise
An American film actress is Scotland Yard's prime suspect when her husband, Lord Edgware, is murdered.
Cast
- Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot
- Faye Dunaway as Jane Wilkinson / Carlotta Adams
- Jonathan Cecil as Arthur Hastings
- Bill Nighy as Ronald Marsh
- Diane Keen as Jenny Driver
- David Suchet as Inspector James Japp
- John Stride as Film Director
- Benedict Taylor as Donald Ross
- Lee Horsley as Bryan Martin
- Allan Cuthbertson as Sir Montague Corner
- John Barron as Lord George Edgware
- Lesley Dunlop as Alice Bennett
- Avril Elgar as Miss Carroll
- Amanda Pays as Geraldine Marsh
- John Quarmby as Sir Montague's Butler
- Pamela Salem as Mrs. Wildburn
- Lou Antonio as Movie Producer
- David Frost as Himself
- Tony Hawks as Man in Background at party
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- 1985 television films
- 1980s mystery films
- American mystery films
- American films
- British television films
- British mystery films
- English-language films
- Television programmes based on works by Agatha Christie
- Films based on Hercule Poirot books
- Films scored by John Addison
- CBS network films
- Warner Bros. films
- British television film stubs
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