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

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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