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Dead Man's Folly

  • TV Movie
  • 1986
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
2.6K
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Dead Man's Folly (1986)
Dead Man's Folly: Introductions
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During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.

  • Director
    • Clive Donner
  • Writers
    • Agatha Christie
    • Rod Browning
    • Michael Norell
  • Stars
    • Peter Ustinov
    • Jean Stapleton
    • Constance Cummings
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    2.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Clive Donner
    • Writers
      • Agatha Christie
      • Rod Browning
      • Michael Norell
    • Stars
      • Peter Ustinov
      • Jean Stapleton
      • Constance Cummings
    • 31User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Top Cast29

    Peter Ustinov
    Peter Ustinov
    • Hercule Poirot
    Jean Stapleton
    Jean Stapleton
    • Ariadne Oliver
    Constance Cummings
    Constance Cummings
    • Amy Folliat
    Tim Pigott-Smith
    Tim Pigott-Smith
    • Sir George Stubbs
    Jonathan Cecil
    Jonathan Cecil
    • Captain Arthur Hastings
    Kenneth Cranham
    Kenneth Cranham
    • Detective Inspector Bland
    Susan Wooldridge
    Susan Wooldridge
    • Amanda Brewis
    Christopher Guard
    Christopher Guard
    • Alec Legge
    Jeff Yagher
    Jeff Yagher
    • Eddie South
    Nicollette Sheridan
    Nicollette Sheridan
    • Hattie Stubbs
    • (as Nicolette Sheridan)
    Ralph Arliss
    Ralph Arliss
    • Michael Weyman
    Caroline Langrishe
    Caroline Langrishe
    • Sally Legge
    Siv Borg
    • Blond Hostel Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Fanny Carby
    • 2nd Woman
    • (uncredited)
    Cyril Conway
    • 2nd Man
    • (uncredited)
    Simon Cowell-Parker
    • Forensic Man
    • (uncredited)
    Joanna Dickens
    • 3rd Woman
    • (uncredited)
    Sandra Dickinson
    Sandra Dickinson
    • Marilyn Gale
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Clive Donner
    • Writers
      • Agatha Christie
      • Rod Browning
      • Michael Norell
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews31

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    Storyline

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Amy Folliat (Constance Cummings) quotes sixteenth century poet Edmund Spenser's work "The Faerie Queene": "Sleep after toil, port after stormy seas,/ Ease after war, death after life, doth greatly please." This verse is inscribed on Dame Agatha Christie's tombstone.
    • Goofs
      The title of Ariadne Oliver's latest novel, "Hatchets Blood and a Parakeet", is - dependent on how you read it - incorrect in either grammar or punctuation, something which would be picked up at the proof-reading editorial stage by her publishers.
    • Quotes
      • Hercule Poirot: [Visiting the Nasse House wine cellar] You know, every wine, even a small wine, has its own personality with its own secret past and its own promises of pleasure in the future. And so those of us who have been witnesses of death as we have - for them, this is a manifestation of life. What is it, it's...
      • [inspects label on bottle]
      • Hercule Poirot: Lynch-Bages 1944! You know that when these grapes were being picked, the battle was raging all the way round the vineyard, but picked they were. That's life. And now, after the battlefield and all that is forgotten, these grapes have turned into juice and are quietly in the bottle developing strength and character and certainty. Life.
    • Connections
      Followed by Murder in Three Acts (1986)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • January 8, 1986 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Agatha Christie's Dead Man's Folly
    • Filming locations
      • Cliveden, Taplow, Berkshire, England, UK(Amy Folliat's cottage and boathouse at Nasse House)
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros. Television
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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