
Film
Murder by the Book
1986 · 51m · Crime · Drama · Mystery
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- 6.8
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Overview
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.
Cast

Peggy Ashcroft
Agatha Christie

Ian Holm
Hercule Poirot

Richard Wilson
Sir Max Mallowan

Michael Aldridge
Edmond Cork
John Atkinson
Gardener

Dawn Archibald
Sally
Crew
- Lawrence Gordon ClarkDirector
- Nick EvansScreenplay
- Dickie BamberProducer
- Peter JessopDirector of Photography
- John PriceEditor
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 1986
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 51m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie
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