Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
- Directed by
- Lou Antonio
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 84 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of a London aristocrat. The case involves a large cast of suspects including the victim's actress wife and a mysterious lookalike.
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What happens
Thirteen at Dinner is a 1985 British-American made-for-television mystery film featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Adapted by Rod Browning from the 1933 Agatha Christie novel Lord Edgware Dies, it was directed by Lou Antonio and starred Peter Ustinov, Faye Dunaway, Jonathan Cecil, Diane Keen, Bill Nighy and David Suchet, who was later to play Poirot in the long-running television series entitled Agatha Christie's Poirot. The film first aired on CBS Television on October 18, 1985. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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