fiction.wikisort.org - MovieThe Alphabet Murders is a 1965 British detective film directed by Frank Tashlin and starring Tony Randall as Hercule Poirot. It is based on the 1936 novel The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie.
This article is about the film. For other uses, see Alphabet Murders (disambiguation).
1965 British film
The Alphabet Murders |
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Theatrical release poster |
Directed by | Frank Tashlin |
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Written by | David Pursall (screenplay) Jack Seddon (screenplay) Agatha Christie (novel) |
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Produced by | Lawrence P. Bachmann |
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Starring | Tony Randall Anita Ekberg Robert Morley |
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Cinematography | Desmond Dickinson |
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Music by | Ron Goodwin |
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Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Release dates |
- August 1965 (1965-08) (UK)
- 17 May 1966 (1966-05-17) (U.S.)
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Running time | 90 min |
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Country | United Kingdom |
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Language | English |
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Plot
Albert Aachen, a clown with a unique diving act, is found dead, the murder weapon happens to be a poison dart. When a woman named Betty Barnard becomes the next victim, detective Hercule Poirot suspects that Sir Carmichael Clarke could be in grave danger.
As 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.
Cast
Production background
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.[1] The film varies significantly from the novel and emphasises comedy, the specialty of director Frank Tashlin. Poirot is given buffoonish characteristics, while still remaining a brilliant detective.
The film features an uncredited cameo by Margaret Rutherford as Miss Marple and Stringer Davis as her friend Mr Stringer. The pair had previously appeared in a series of four films as the characters produced by MGM between 1961 and 1964.[2]
Austin Trevor as the butler Judson had played Poirot in three British films in the early 1930s: Alibi (1931), Black Coffee (1931) and Lord Edgware Dies (1934).
Reception
Leonard Maltin gives the film 2 1/2 out of 4 stars, calling it an "odd adaptation" of Christie's book. Maltin goes on to say, "the strange casting of Randall ... and a little too much slapstick make this more a curiosity than anything else."[3] TCM calls Randall's Poirot "an Inspector Clouseau-style bumbler", noting that the second installment of the Pink Panther series had been well-received the previous year.[4] A. H. Weiler of The New York Times dismissed the film as "a routine run through of clichés and clues."[5]
See also
- Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple, another case of Marple and Poirot coexisting in the same story
References
External links
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Characters | |
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Books | Novels by Agatha Christie |
- The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920)
- The Murder on the Links (1923)
- The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926)
- The Big Four (1927)
- The Mystery of the Blue Train (1928)
- Peril at End House (1932)
- Lord Edgware Dies (1933)
- Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
- Three Act Tragedy (1934)
- Death in the Clouds (1935)
- The A.B.C. Murders (1936)
- Murder in Mesopotamia (1936)
- Cards on the Table (1936)
- Dumb Witness (1937)
- Death on the Nile (1937)
- Appointment with Death (1938)
- Hercule Poirot's Christmas (1938)
- Sad Cypress (1940)
- One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (1940)
- Evil Under the Sun (1941)
- Five Little Pigs (1942)
- The Hollow (1946)
- Taken at the Flood (1948)
- Mrs McGinty's Dead (1952)
- After the Funeral (1953)
- Hickory Dickory Dock (1955)
- Dead Man's Folly (1956)
- Cat Among the Pigeons (1959)
- The Clocks (1963)
- Third Girl (1966)
- Hallowe'en Party (1969)
- Elephants Can Remember (1972)
- Curtain (1975)
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Short story collections by Christie |
- Poirot Investigates (1924)
- Murder in the Mews (1937)
- The Regatta Mystery (1939)
- The Labours of Hercules (1947)
- The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (1948)
- Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (1950)
- The Under Dog and Other Stories (1951)
- The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960)
- Double Sin and Other Stories (1961)
- Poirot's Early Cases (1974)
- Problem at Pollensa Bay and Other Stories (1991)
- The Harlequin Tea Set (1997)
- While the Light Lasts and Other Stories (1997)
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Novels by Sophie Hannah |
- The Monogram Murders (2014)
- Closed Casket (2016)
- The Mystery of Three Quarters (2018)
- The Killings at Kingfisher Hill (2020)
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Plays by Christie |
- Black Coffee (1930, stage)
- Wasp's Nest (1937, television)
- The Yellow Iris (1937, radio)
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Other adaptations |
- Alibi (1928, stage)
- Peril at End House (1940, stage)
- Orient Express (1985, board game)
- Hercule Poirot (1985–2007, radio series)
- Black Coffee (1998, novel)
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See also |
- Agatha Christie's fictional universe
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- Category
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Characters and places | |
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Books | Novels |
- The Murder at the Vicarage (1930)
- The Body in the Library (1942)
- The Moving Finger (1942)
- A Murder Is Announced (1950)
- They Do It with Mirrors (1952)
- A Pocket Full of Rye (1953)
- 4.50 from Paddington (1957)
- The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side (1962)
- A Caribbean Mystery (1964)
- At Bertram's Hotel (1965)
- Nemesis (1971)
- Sleeping Murder (1976)
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Short story collections |
- The Thirteen Problems (1932)
- The Regatta Mystery (1939)
- Three Blind Mice and Other Stories (1950)
- The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960)
- Double Sin and Other Stories (1961)
- Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories (1979)
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Film adaptations | |
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Television adaptations |
- A Caribbean Mystery (1983)
- Murder with Mirrors (1985)
- Miss Marple (1984–1992)
- Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple (2004–2005)
- Agatha Christie's Marple (2004–2013) (Episodes)
- Agathe kann's nicht lassen (2005–2007)
- Ms. Ma, Nemesis (2018)
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See also |
- Tropes in Agatha Christie's novels
- Agatha Christie's fictional universe
- Miss Marple (radio series)
- Murder at the Vicarage (play)
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- Category
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На других языках
[de] Die Morde des Herrn ABC (Film)
Die Morde des Herrn ABC (Originaltitel: The Alphabet Murders) ist ein Kriminalfilm aus dem Jahr 1965. Er basiert frei auf dem gleichnamigen Roman der britischen Autorin Agatha Christie.
- [en] The Alphabet Murders
[es] The Alphabet Murders
The Alphabet Murders (Los crímenes del alfabeto) es una película británica de 1965. Es una historia detectivesca basada en la novela El misterio de la guía de ferrocarriles, de Agatha Christie, dirigida por Frank Tashlin y con Tony Randall como Hércules Poirot.
[it] Poirot e il caso Amanda
Poirot e il caso Amanda (The Alphabet Murders) è un film del 1965 diretto da Frank Tashlin. È un film di genere giallo unito con la commedia, come tipico nei film diretti di Tashlin, e liberamente tratto dal romanzo di Agatha Christie La serie infernale.
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