Movie
Dead Man's Folly
Overview
During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
Details
- Release date
- 1986-01-08
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller, Mystery, TV Movie
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Television
- Country
- United States of America, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot
- Jean Stapleton as Ariadne Oliver
- Constance Cummings as Amy Folliatt
- Tim Pigott-Smith as Sir Stubbs
- Jonathan Cecil as Hastings
- Kenneth Cranham as Insp. Bland
- Susan Wooldridge as Amanda Brewis
- Christopher Guard as Alec Legge
- Jeff Yagher as Eddie South
- Nicollette Sheridan as Hattie Stubbs
- Ralph Arliss as Michael Weyman
- Caroline Langrishe as Sally Legge
Crew
- Clive Donner - Director
- Rod Browning - Screenplay
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