Movie
Agatha
Overview
England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.
Details
- Release date
- 1979-02-09
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Sweetwall, First Artists, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Dustin Hoffman as Wally Stanton
- Vanessa Redgrave as Agatha Christie
- Timothy Dalton as Archie Christie
- Helen Morse as Evelyn
- Celia Gregory as Nancy Neele
- Paul Brooke as John Foster
- Carolyn Pickles as Charlotte Fisher
- Timothy West as Kenward
- Tony Britton as William Collins
- Alan Badel as Lord Brackenbury
- Robert Longden as Pettelson
- Yvonne Gilan as Mrs. Braithwaite
Crew
- Michael Apted - Director
- Kathleen Tynan - Screenplay
- Arthur Hopcraft - Screenplay
- Kathleen Tynan - Story
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