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Dead Man's Folly is a american film of genre Drama directed by Clive Donner released in USA on 8 january 1986 with Peter Ustinov
Dead Man's Folly (1986)
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Add to a movie listDead Man's Folly is a 1986 British-American television film featuring Agatha Christie's Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It is based on Christie's novel Dead Man's Folly. The film was directed by Clive Donner and starred Peter Ustinov as Poirot.
The cast included Jean Stapleton, Jonathan Cecil, Constance Cummings and Nicollette Sheridan. It was shot largely on location at West Wycombe Park in Buckinghamshire, England.
Synopsis
Durant un jeu de détective organisé par Arianne Oliver dans un club, un véritable meurtre est commis. Présent parmi les joueurs, Hercule Poirot se met à enquêter, aidé par son fidèle ami de toujours, le capitaine Hastings.Actors
Peter Ustinov
(Hercule Poirot)
Jean Stapleton
(Ariadne Oliver)
Constance Cummings
(Amy Folliatt)
Tim Pigott-Smith
(Sir Stubbs)
Jonathan Cecil
(Hastings)
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