Dead Man's Folly
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63% Critic Match

Dead Man's Folly

6.3 / 10 1986 1h 30mNR English
CrimeThrillerMysteryTV Movie

Storyline

During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.

Cast & Crew

Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

Hercule Poirot

Lead
Jean Stapleton

Jean Stapleton

Ariadne Oliver

Constance Cummings

Constance Cummings

Amy Folliatt

Tim Pigott-Smith

Tim Pigott-Smith

Sir Stubbs

Jonathan Cecil

Jonathan Cecil

Hastings

Kenneth Cranham

Kenneth Cranham

Insp. Bland

Susan Wooldridge

Susan Wooldridge

Amanda Brewis

Christopher Guard

Christopher Guard

Alec Legge

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Clive Donner's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Dead Man's Folly is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker