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Murder by the Book (1986)

0h 51m · 1 Jan 1986
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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.

Movie ID112551
GenreCrime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie
DirectorLawrence Gordon Clark
Main castPeggy Ashcroft, Ian Holm, Richard Wilson, Michael Aldridge, John Atkinson, Dawn Archibald
Release date1 January 1986
Release year1986
LanguageEnglish
Duration51 min (0h 51m)
Rating5.2 / 10 (TMDB)
Production house–

Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark
Writers: Nick Evans

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Peggy AshcroftAgatha Christie Ian HolmHercule Poirot Richard WilsonSir Max Mallowan Michael AldridgeEdmond Cork
John AtkinsonGardener
Dawn ArchibaldSally

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