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Dead Man's Folly
1986•1h 30m•6.3/10
CrimeThrillerMysteryTV Movie

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6.3/10(54)

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

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Production

Warner Bros. Television

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

Hercule Poirot

Jean Stapleton

Jean Stapleton

Ariadne Oliver

Constance Cummings

Constance Cummings

Amy Folliatt

Tim Pigott-Smith

Tim Pigott-Smith

Sir Stubbs

Jonathan Cecil

Jonathan Cecil

Hastings

Kenneth Cranham

Kenneth Cranham

Insp. Bland

Susan Wooldridge

Susan Wooldridge

Amanda Brewis

Christopher Guard

Christopher Guard

Alec Legge

Jeff Yagher

Jeff Yagher

Eddie South

Nicollette Sheridan

Nicollette Sheridan

Hattie Stubbs

Ralph Arliss

Michael Weyman

Caroline Langrishe

Caroline Langrishe

Sally Legge

Leslie Schofield

Leslie Schofield

Mr Tucker

Marjorie Yates

Marjorie Yates

Mrs Tucker

Pippa Hinchley

Pippa Hinchley

Marlene Tucker (uncredited)

Vicky Murdock

Marilyn Tucker

Jimmy Gardner

Jimmy Gardner

Old Merdell (uncredited)

Sandra Dickinson

Sandra Dickinson

Marilyn Gale

Jack Ellis

Jack Ellis

Policeman

James Gaddas

James Gaddas

Young Foreign Man

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