Dead Man's Folly

Jan 8, 1986

1h 30m

★ 6.3

Overview

During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Mystery

TV Movie

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Television

Dead Man's Folly Trailers

Cast

Hercule Poirot

Peter Ustinov

Ariadne Oliver

Jean Stapleton

Amy Folliatt

Constance Cummings

Sir Stubbs

Tim Pigott-Smith

Hastings

Jonathan Cecil

Insp. Bland

Kenneth Cranham

Amanda Brewis

Susan Wooldridge

Alec Legge

Christopher Guard

Eddie South

Jeff Yagher

Hattie Stubbs

Nicollette Sheridan

Michael Weyman

Ralph Arliss

Sally Legge

Caroline Langrishe

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