Thirteen at Dinner (film)
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.
| 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 |
| Distributor | CBS |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | October 19, 1985 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Evil Under the Sun |
| Followed by | Dead Man's Folly |
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
- Sue Lloyd as Woman speaking in Background at a meeting (uncredited)
Sequels
In 1974, Murder On The Orient-Express was released, starring Albert Finney as Hercule Poirot. As Finney was unable to reprise his role in 1978, for the sequel, Death On The Nile, Peter Ustinov was cast. He reprised the role for Evil Under The Sun in 1982 and later committed to several made-for-television-films. Apart from Thirteen At Dinner, Murder In Three Acts and Dead Man's Folly followed in 1986. Another screen adaption of one of Christie's novels in 1988, Appointment With Death, marked Ustinov's final portrayal of the Belgian detective.
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