Dead Man's Folly (1986)

Directed by

Clive Donner

Genre

mystery film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

16+

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 59 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a murder during a garden party at an English country estate. He must untangle a web of secrets among the guests to find the killer.

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What happens

Dead Man's Folly is a 1986 British-American made-for-television mystery film featuring Agatha Christie's Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It is based on Christie's 1956 novel Dead Man's Folly. The film was directed by Clive Donner and starred Peter Ustinov as Poirot. The cast included Jean Stapleton, Tim Pigott-Smith, Jonathan Cecil, Constance Cummings and Nicollette Sheridan. It was shot largely on location at West Wycombe Park in Buckinghamshire, England. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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