Murder in Three Acts
| Murder in Three Acts | |
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| Directed by | Gary Nelson |
| Written by | Agatha Christie Scott Swanton |
| Starring | Peter Ustinov Tony Curtis Emma Samms Fernando Allende Jonathan Cecil |
| Distributed by | CBS Television |
Release date | 30 September 1986 |
Running time | 94 minutes |
| Countries | Template:Film UK Template:Film US |
| Language | English |
Murder in Three Acts is a 1986 British-American television film featuring Peter Ustinov as Agatha Christie's Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Directed by Gary Nelson, it co-starred Jonathan Cecil as Hastings, Tony Curtis, and Emma Samms.
The film is based on Christie's book Three Act Tragedy (1934).
Synopsis
Poirot joins his assistant Hastings in Acapulco, Mexico, where Hastings is staying. They go to a party at which the other guests include the writer Janet Crisp, the American actor Charles Cartwright, a clergyman called Babbington, Daisy Eastman and her daughter Egg, Dr Strange, and Ricardo Montoya. Babbington dies of poisoning, and then Strange is poisoned, too. Poirot hunts the murderer.
Changes to the original story
The main change is the relocation of the action from London to Acapulco. In the book, Poirot's assistant is Satterthwaite, replacing Hastings, but in the film Hastings is reinstated in his usual role. Christie's English theatrical actor Sir Charles Cartwright turns into Charles Cartwright, an American movie star.
Cast
- Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot
- Jonathan Cecil as Captain Hastings
- Tony Curtis as Charles Cartwright
- Emma Samms as Egg
- Dana Elcar as Dr Strange
- Lisa Eichhorn as Cynthia Dayton
- Nicholas Pryor as Freddie Dayton
- Fernando Allende as Ricardo Montoya
- Pedro Armendáriz, Jr. as Colonel Mateo
- Frances Lee McCain as Miss Milray
- Marian Mercer as Daisy Eastman
- Diana Muldaur as Angela Stafford
- Concetta Tomei as Janet Crisp
- Philip Guilmant as Rev. Mr Babbington
- Jacqueline Evans as Mrs Babbington
- Martin LaSalle as Doctor
- Alma Levy as Nurse
- Julio Monterde as Manager
Ustinov as Poirot
- Death on the Nile (1978)
- Evil Under the Sun (1982)
- Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
- Dead Man's Folly (1986)
- Murder in Three Acts (1986)
- Appointment with Death (1988)
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