Thirteen at Dinner
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1985-09-19
Runtime: 95 mins
Director: Lou Antonio
Spoken language: English
Genres: Crime, Mystery
Original title: Thirteen at Dinner
Production Companies: Warner Bros. Television, CBS Entertainment Productions
Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Cast
Peter Ustinov
Faye Dunaway
David Suchet
Jonathan Cecil
Bill Nighy
Diane Keen
John Stride
Benedict Taylor
Lee Horsley
Allan Cuthbertson
Glyn Baker
John Barron
Peter Clapham
Lesley Dunlop
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