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Murder by the Book
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Murder by the Book

Jan 1, 1986
0h 51m
★ 4.0

Overview

Agatha Christie’s agents propose that it’s time for her to publish the manuscript she wrote thirty-five years earlier, a novel in which she finally kills off her most famous creation. And it’s not an entirely sad occasion. “That wretched little man,” she says. “He’s always been so much trouble. How is it Miss Marple has never upset me at all, not ever?” That night, who should appear at her doorstep but the wretched little man himself, Hercule Poirot? The great fictional detective and his creator proceed to play a very Christie-like game of cat and mouse for the manuscript – and for their own lives.

Genres

Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
TV Movie

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Cast

Peggy Ashcroft

Agatha Christie

Peggy Ashcroft

Ian Holm

Hercule Poirot

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Sir Max Mallowan

Richard Wilson

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Edmond Cork

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Gardener

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