Murder in Three Acts (1986)
- Directed by
- Gary Nelson
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 76 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 a series of deaths at a social gathering. Each death seems suspicious and Poirot works with his friend Hastings to find the killer.
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What happens
Murder in Three Acts is a British-American made-for-television mystery film of 1986 produced by Warner Bros. Television, featuring Peter Ustinov as Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot. Directed by Gary Nelson, it co-starred Jonathan Cecil as Hastings, Tony Curtis, and Emma Samms. The film is based on Christie's book Three Act Tragedy (1934), published in the US under the title Murder in Three Acts. It was Ustinov's third and last portrayal of Poirot on television, and fifth overall including the feature films that preceded the TV movies. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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