Agatha and the Midnight Murders is a 2020 British alternative history television drama film about crime writer Agatha Christie. The film premiered on Channel 5 in the United Kingdom on 5 October 2020,[1] and on PBS in the United States 25 May 2021.[2] It was directed by Joe Stephenson.[3]
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Written by | Tom Dalton |
Directed by | Joe Stephenson |
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Composer | Blair Mowat |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
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Producers | Carol Harding Tom Dalton |
Cinematography | Birgit Dierken |
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Running time | 93 Minutes |
Production companies | Darlow Smithson Productions Factual Fiction |
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Original network | Channel 5 |
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Christie is having trouble collecting the American royalties on her published works. In a bid to make a private cash sale of the manuscript, therefore, she decides to kill off her most famous character, Hercule Poirot. She hires a low-life man to accompany her as a bodyguard for a cut of the price. The action takes place in a hotel where Christie expects to complete the transaction. Christie and her bodyguard encounter the prospective buyers and a varied group of hotel guests. The suspense builds as a series of murders takes place in the hotel.
Filming took place in Malta, back-to-back with Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar.[4]
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