The pair had previously appeared in a series of four films as the characters produced by MGM between 19. The film features an uncredited cameo by Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple and Stringer Davis as her friend Mr Stringer. Poirot is given buffoonish characteristics, while still remaining a brilliant detective. The film varies significantly from the novel and emphasises comedy, the specialty of director Frank Tashlin. The part of Poirot had originally been intended for Zero Mostel but the film was delayed because Agatha Christie objected to the script amongst the things objected to was the intention to put in a bedroom scene with Hercule Poirot. Drewe Henley as Bowling Alley Attendant.When a woman named Betty Barnard becomes the next victim, detective Hercule Poirot suspects that Sir Carmichael Clarke could be in grave danger.Īs Poirot and Captain Hastings look into the crimes, a beautiful woman with an interesting monogram named Amanda Beatrice Cross becomes the focus of their investigation, at least until she leaps into the Thames. Murders by Agatha Christie.Īlbert Aachen, a clown with a unique diving act, is found dead, the murder weapon happens to be a poison dart. The Alphabet Murders is a 1965 British detective film directed by Frank Tashlin and starring Tony Randall as Hercule Poirot.
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