Murder by the Book

Murder by the Book — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 1, 1986
• Runtime
• 51 min
• Genres
• Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, TV Movie
• Director
• Lawrence Gordon Clark

Murder by the Book — Cast

Peggy Ashcroft Agatha Christie Ian Holm Hercule Poirot Richard Wilson Sir Max Mallowan Michael Aldridge Edmond Cork

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John Atkinson Gardener Dawn Archibald Sally