Murder by the Book (1986)
Murder by the Book
Agatha Christie’s agents propose that it’s time for her to publish the manuscript she wrote thirty-five years earlier, a novel in which she finally kills off her most famous creation. And it’s not an entirely sad occasion. “That wretched little man,” she says. “He’s always been so much trouble. How is it Miss Marple has never upset me at all, not ever?” That night, who should appear at her doorstep but the wretched little man himself, Hercule Poirot? The great fictional detective and his creator proceed to play a very Christie-like game of cat and mouse for the manuscript – and for their own lives.
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Peggy Ashcroft
as Agatha Christie
as Agatha Christie
Ian Holm
as Hercule Poirot
as Hercule Poirot
Richard Wilson
as Sir Max Mallowan
as Sir Max Mallowan
Michael Aldridge
as Edmond Cork
as Edmond Cork
John Atkinson
as Gardener
as Gardener
Dawn Archibald
as Sally
as Sally
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Peter Jessop
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Lawrence Gordon Clark
Director
Director
John Box
Production Design
Production Design
Dickie Bamber
Producer
Producer
Howard Goodall
Music
Music
Nick Evans
Screenplay
Screenplay
John Price
Editor
Editor
