Thirteen at Dinner
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9/19/1985Runtime
95 minsOverview
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.
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A methodical whodunit where Poirot must unpick layers of deception and competing motives to find the real killer. The pleasure is in watching a brilliant mind cut through a web of lies and false leads.
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Peter Ustinov
Hercule Poirot
Faye Dunaway
Jane Wilkinson / Charlotta Adams
Jonathan Cecil
Capt. Arthur Hastings
Bill Nighy
Ronald Marsh
Diane Keen
Jenny Driver
John Stride
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Benedict Taylor
Donald Ross
Lee Horsley
Bryan Martin
Allan Cuthbertson
Sir Montague Corner
Glyn Baker
Butler
John Barron
Lord Edgware
Peter Clapham
Mr. Wildburn
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