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Thirteen at Dinner is a american film of genre Crime directed by Lou Antonio released in USA on 19 september 1985 with Peter Ustinov
Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
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Add to a movie listThirteen at Dinner is a 1985 American-British television film featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Adapted by Rod Browning from the Agatha Christie novel Lord Edgware Dies, it was directed by Lou Antonio and starred Peter Ustinov, Faye Dunaway, Jonathan Cecil, Diane Keen and Bill Nighy. David Suchet, later to play Poirot in the long-running television series entitled Agatha Christie's Poirot, played the role of Inspector Japp. Suchet considers his performance as Japp to be "possibly the worst performance of [his] career."
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Hercule Poirot fait la connaissance sur un plateau de télévision de l'acteur Bryan Martin et de sa future partenaire à l'écran Jane Wilkinson, qui s'avère être en réalité Carlotta Adams, une imitatrice. Ils sont tous invités chez la véritable actrice qui apprécie le talent de Carlotta. Jane demande à Poirot d'intercéder en sa faveur auprès de son mari, Lord Edgware, pour obtenir son consentement en vue d'un divorce. Ce dernier assure à Poirot avoir pourtant déjà donné son consentement par écrit quelques mois plus tôt. Peu après, Lord Edgware est retrouvé mort.Actors
Peter Ustinov
(Hercule Poirot)
Faye Dunaway
(Jane Wilkinson / Charlotta Adams)
Diane Keen
(Jenny Driver)
Bill Nighy
(Ronald Marsh)
Jonathan Cecil
(Capt. Arthur Hastings)
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