Murder in Three Acts
Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The cause seems to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Released
- 1986
- Country
- United States, Mexico
Details
Release year: 1986
Storyline
Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The cause seems to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.
Top credits
Peter Ustinov — Hercule Poirot
Tony Curtis — Charles Cartwright
Emma Samms — Egg
Jonathan Cecil — Hastings
Awards
0 wins & 1 nomination
See all awards →Did you know
• Originally published under the title "Three Act Tragedy" in 1934.
• The setting has been transferred from Cornwall to Acapulco and the character of Mr. Satterthwaite replaced by Poirot regular Captain Arthur Hastings (Jonathan Cecil).
• The motive for the murders was changed in the film from the ending to the novel. In the Agatha Christie novel 'Three Act Tragedy', the murders are committed due to the murderer being unable to marry due to already having a wife in a mental asylum (and so, by law, being unable to divorce due to one party not being of right mind). In the film, however, the murders are committed due to the murderer being 'mad' and wanting to keep the fact concealed.
User reviews
Enjoyable Whodunit
a lesser TV adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel
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Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
- Color
- Color
