Lord Edgware Dies (1934)

Directed by

Henry Edwards

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of a wealthy lord. The detective must untangle a web of lies and motives among the victim's acquaintances.

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What happens

Lord Edgware Dies is a 1934 British mystery film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Austin Trevor, Jane Carr, and Richard Cooper. The film was based on the 1933 Agatha Christie novel Lord Edgware Dies. Trevor reprised his role as Hercule Poirot for a third time, having previously played him in Alibi and Black Coffee, both released in 1931. Like them, it was filmed at Twickenham Film Studios. While the two earlier films are now lost, this production still survives. During Julius Hagen's tenure at Twickenham, the studios had specialised in production of murder mysteries as quota quickies. Although Hagen undoubtedly had ambitions for this film to be a more prestigious production, with a larger budget, the similarities to the studio's more routine output led most cinemas to show it as a second feature. The film's sets were designed by the art director James Carter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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