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Thirteen at Dinner

Year:

1985

Duration:

Germany:87 min | USA:87 min | UK:90 min (video)

Genres:

Crime | Mystery

IMDB rate:

6.3

Director:

Lou Antonio

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1985-09-19

Filming Locations: London, England, UK

Cast

Actor

Character

Lesley Dunlop

Thirteen at Dinner

Peter Ustinov

Hercule Poirot

Faye Dunaway

Jane Wilkinson

David Suchet

Inspector Japp

Jonathan Cecil

Captain Arthur Hastings

Bill Nighy

Ronald Marsh

Diane Keen

Jenny Driver

John Stride

Film Director

Benedict Taylor

Donald Ross

Lee Horsley

Bryan Martin

Allan Cuthbertson

Sir Montague Corner

Glyn Baker

Lord Edgware's Butler

John Barron

Lord Edgware

Peter Clapham

Mr. Wildburn

Avril Elgar

Miss Carroll

Oriane Grieve

Serious Actress (as Orianne Grieve)

Russell Keith Grant

Moxon (as Russell Keith-Grant)

Roger Milner

Duke of Merton's Footman

David Neville

Fluttering Young Man

Amanda Pays

Geraldine Marsh

John Quarmby

Sir Montague's Butler

Geoffrey Rose

Duke of Merton

Pamela Salem

Mrs. Wildburn

Jean Sincere

Ellis the Maid

Lou Antonio

Movie Producer (uncredited)

Harry Fielder

Assistant Director (uncredited)

David Frost

Himself (uncredited)

Pat Gorman

Reporter (uncredited)

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Trivia

After the scene where Faye Dunaway's character, Carlotta, is found dead in bed, Poirot is questioning actress Lesley Dunlop on where Carlotta had been the night before. On the coffee table are 2 photographs of Faye Dunaway, as Selena, her character in Supergirl, released the year before this movie.

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Appearing here as Inspector Japp, David Suchet later played Hercule Poirot in the TV series Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) and subsequent TV specials, including Agatha Christie: Poirot: Lord Edgware Dies (2000), another version of this story.

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Goofs

During Poirot's solution the long tracking shot of the dinner party during the flashback has been reversed as evidenced by one of the maid's walking backwards behind the seated characters.

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During Poirot's speech to the gathered suspects (shortly before the 1:20:00 mark), he addresses Bryan Martin by the name "Mr. Marsh."

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Quotes

Inspector Japp: Poirot - buzz off like a good chap, will you? I've got bigger fish to fry.

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Hercule Poirot: Do I spend much time in Belgium? No, because there is so little crime. You know that I'm very patriotic. I believe in Belgium very profoundly, but crime is practically nonexistent.

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