- Film Review
- Reviewed By David Parkinson
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2 out of 5
Having just directed A Caribbean Mystery with Helen Hayes as Miss Marple, Robert Michael Lewis returned to Agatha Christie for this blood-curdling concoction. One of the attractions for Christie's American fans is her essential Englishness, so it seems odd to transfer the action to Pasadena. However, at least Anthony Andrews is on hand to import some Brideshead Revisited class. With a couple of fatal toasts as its high points, the twisting plot will certainly keep you guessing. However, the tinkering with the original makes the mystery feel forced, and the resolution is not one of the author's best.
Plot Summary
Murder mystery starring Anthony Andrews. British journalist Tony Browne is a guest at a couple's anniversary dinner, during which the wife is found dead of cyanide poisoning. It seems that everyone attending the dinner had a motive to murder her.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Tony Browne
- Anthony Andrews
- Iris Murdoch
- Deborah Raffin
- Ruth Lessing
- Pamela Bellwood
- Lucilla Drake
- Nancy Marchand
- George Barton
- Josef Sommer
- Stephan Farraday
- David Huffman
- Rosemary Barton
- Christine Belford
- Sandra Farraday
- June Chadwick
- Eric Kidderminster
- Barrie Ingham
- Captain Kemp
- Harry Morgan
Crew
- Director
- Robert Michael Lewis
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