
Dead Man's Folly(1986)
During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.


Actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Lord Edgware turns up murdered, a well-placed knife wound at the base of his neck. It will take the precise Poirot to sort out the lies from the alibis - and find the criminal before another victim dies.

Peter Ustinov
Hercule Poirot

Faye Dunaway
Jane Wilkinson / Charlotta Adams

David Suchet
Insp. Japp

Jonathan Cecil
Capt. Arthur Hastings

Bill Nighy
Ronald Marsh

Diane Keen
Jenny Driver

John Stride
Film Director

Benedict Taylor
Donald Ross

Lee Horsley
Bryan Martin

Allan Cuthbertson
Sir Montague Corner
Thirteen at Dinner is a crime, mystery film released in 1985 exploring themes of based on novel or book, detective, murder mystery. Directed by Lou Antonio, it stars Peter Ustinov, Faye Dunaway, David Suchet. Actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Lord Edgware turns up murdered, a well-placed knife wound at the base of his neck. It will take the precise Poirot to sort out the lies from the alibis - and find the criminal before another victim dies.
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