Thirteen at Dinner

Sep 19, 1985

1h 35m

★ 5.7

Overview

Actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Lord Edgware turns up murdered, a well-placed knife wound at the base of his neck. It will take the precise Poirot to sort out the lies from the alibis - and find the criminal before another victim dies.

Genres

Crime

Mystery

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Television

CBS Entertainment Productions

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Cast

Hercule Poirot

Peter Ustinov

Jane Wilkinson / Charlotta Adams

Faye Dunaway

Capt. Arthur Hastings

Jonathan Cecil

Ronald Marsh

Bill Nighy

Jenny Driver

Diane Keen

Film Director

John Stride

Donald Ross

Benedict Taylor

Bryan Martin

Lee Horsley

Sir Montague Corner

Allan Cuthbertson

Butler

Glyn Baker

Lord Edgware

John Barron

Mr. Wildburn

Peter Clapham

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