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Classic Movie Mysteries:
Agatha Christie

The following mysteries featuring Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple are available in many formats besides movies and television series.

And Then There Were None And Then There Were None (1945)
One by one guests are being murdered on a mysterious island and those remaining realize the killer is among them. This is a movie classic based on the novel Ten Little Indians by Agatha Christie

Hercule Poirot

Appointment with Death
Hercule Poirot seeks the murderer of malevolent Mrs. Boynton, set on a 1930s Holy Land tour. Starring Peter Ustinov, Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud, Piper Laurie, Hayley Mills. (1988). You can also read the book.
Death in The Clouds Death in The Clouds
A ruthless blackmailer is killed on board a plane full of likely suspects. Unfortunate for the culprit, Belgium sleuth Hercule Poirot is also on board. Starring David Suchet.
Death on the Nile Death on the Nile
When Linnet Doyle steals and marries her best friend's fiance, the best friend gets her revenge by hounding the newlyweds. On a pleasure cruise down the Nile, the widely despised Mrs. Doyle is found murdered. Thank goodness Poirot is along for the ride. Starring David Suchet. Originally broadcast on television in 2004.
Dumb Witness Dumb Witness
Poirot accompanies Hastings to Lake Windermere where Hastings' friend is attempting to set a world speedboat-racing record. The atmosphere of their holiday turns from frolic to foreboding when two sister watching the race tell Poirot they have had premonitions that both Charles and his Aunt Emily are in danger. Soon he must solve a crime by communicating with a single, silent witness.
Evil Under the Sun
An opulent beach resort is the setting as Hercules Poirot attempts to unravel the murder of an actress everyone has reason to hate. Starring Peter Ustinov. Motion picture originally produced in 1981.
Murder on the Orient Express Murder on the Orient Express
Detective Hercule Poirot agrees to interview all aboard the Calais Coach of the Orient Express hoping to find the killer of an American millionaire before the local police arrive. Produced in 1974, the all star cast includes Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, and Michael York.
The ABC Murders The ABC Murders
Belgium sleuth Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) untangles a baffling mystery of a murderer who announces his next victims through a series of letters each addressed to the detective himself.

Miss Marple

At Bertram's Hotel At Bertram's Hotel
London's Bertram's Hotel is a well polished retreat where dowager duchesses, retired clergymen, and aging generals can indulge in the comforts of a bygone era. However, the respectable hotel's facade begins to crumble when the Irish doorman is found murdered. Originally a BBC television movie from 1986 starring Joan Hickson.
Murder at the Vicarage Murder at the Vicarage
Miss Marple must use all her intuitive powers to solve the murder of the disliked Colonel Protheroe in St. Mary Mead. A 1986 BBC television movie.
Nemesis Nemesis
Each companion on a bus tour of English homes and gardens provides Miss Marple with a valuable clue to a bizarre crime.
The Moving Finger The Moving Finger
Poison pen letters cause quite a stir in the small village of Lymston. A BBC television movie broadcast from 1984.
They do it with Mirrors They do it with Mirrors
The consummate prim and proper crime-fighting spinster, Miss Jane Marple sets down her knitting needles to unwind the most ingenious crimes.

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