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Murder by the Book

30% | Jan 01, 1986 | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie

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.

Featured Crew

John Box
Production Design
Nick Evans
Screenplay

Cast

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Peggy Ashcroft
Agatha Christie
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Ian Holm
Hercule Poirot
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Richard Wilson
Sir Max Mallowan
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Michael Aldridge
Edmond Cork
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John Atkinson
Gardener

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