Thirteen at Dinner (film)
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| Based on | Lord Edgware Dies by Agatha Christie |
| Written by | Rod Browning |
| Directed by | Lou Antonio |
| Starring |
Peter Ustinov Faye Dunaway Diane Keen Bill Nighy David Suchet |
| Music by | John Addison |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Neil Hartley |
| Cinematography | Curtis Clark |
| Editor(s) | David A. Simmons |
| Running time | 87 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
CBS Entertainment Productions Warner Bros. Television |
| Distributor | CBS |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 19, 1985 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Evil Under the Sun |
| Followed by | Dead Man's Folly |
Thirteen at Dinner is a 1985 British-American made-for-television mystery film featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Adapted by Rod Browning from the Agatha Christie novel Lord Edgware Dies, it was directed by Lou Antonio and starred Peter Ustinov, Faye Dunaway, Jonathan Cecil, Diane Keen and Bill Nighy. David Suchet, later to play Poirot in the long-running television series entitled Agatha Christie's Poirot, played the role of Inspector Japp. Suchet considers his performance as Japp to be "possibly the worst performance of [his] career."
Thirteen at Dinner was Peter Ustinov's third portrayal of Christie's Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Ustinov played Poirot in a total of six films:
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