A talented American actress enlists the help of the famed Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, to negotiate a divorce from her husband, Lord Edgware, only to find him the next day stabbed to death in his library. Who would want him dead?
- 5.8
- 1934
- Released
- 1h 22m
Austin Trevor
Hercule Poirot
Jane Carr
Lady Edgware / Carlotta Adams
Richard Cooper
Captain Hastings
John Turnbull
Inspector Japp
Michael Shepley
Captain Ronald Marsh
Leslie Perrins
Bryan Martin
C. V. France
Lord Edgware
Sophie Stewart
Geraldine Marsh
Brenda Harvey
Miss CarrollS. Victor Stanley
JobsonPhyllis Morris
EllisHargrave Pawson
Donald RossConway Dixon
Sir Montague CornerStanley Vine
Lord Edgware's ButlerQuinton McPherson
Moxon
Kynaston Reeves
Duke of MertonReleased
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- #based on novel or book
- #whodunit
- #female corpse
Reviews
Austin Trevor dons his best Belgian accent as "Hercule Poirot", the famous detective here called in to investigate the fatal stabbing of the wealthy Lord Edgware (CV France). It doesn't take us long to discover that his wife (Jane Carr) was seeking a divorce so she could marry the "Duke of Merton" (Esme Percy) - could that be a motive? Well he and Scotland Yard's finest "Inspector Japp" (John Turn