

During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
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Classical in form, intimate, earnest and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- cooloverwhelming
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Cast
- Peter UstinovHercule Poirot
- Jean StapletonAriadne Oliver
- Constance CummingsAmy Folliatt
- Tim Pigott-SmithSir Stubbs
- Jonathan CecilHastings
- Kenneth CranhamInsp. Bland
- Susan WooldridgeAmanda Brewis
- Christopher GuardAlec Legge
- Jeff YagherEddie South
- Nicollette SheridanHattie Stubbs
Crew
- Clive DonnerDirector
- Rod BrowningScreenplay
- Agatha ChristieNovel
- Curtis ClarkDirector of Photography
- John AddisonOriginal Music Composer
- Donald R. RodeEditor
- Neil HartleyProducer
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