Dead Man's Folly

Collins, London, 1956
Dodd Mead, New York, 1956

To Humphrey & Peggy Trevelyan

Plot

(from HarperCollins "The Agatha Christie Collection" cover)

Sir George and Lady Stubbs, the hosts of a village fete, hit upon the novel idea of staging a mock murder mystery. In good faith, Ariadne Oliver, the well known crime writer, agrees to organise their murder hunt.

Despite weeks of meticulous planning, at the last minute Ariadne calls her friend Hercule Poirot for his expert assistance. Instinctively, she senses that something sinister is about to happen...

Characters

Hercule Poirot, Sir George Stubbs, Hattie Stubbs, Ammy Folliot, Amanda Brewis, Michael Wayman, Alec Legge, Sally Legge, Marlene Tucker, Merdell, Inspector Bland, Ariadne Oliver

Movie & TV

[TV] Dead Man's Folly, 1986(USA/TVM)

[direct] Clive Donner; [script] Rod Browning

[cast] Peter Ustinov(Poirot), Jonathan Cecil(Hastings), Jean Stapleton(Ariadne Oliver), Tim Pigott-Smith(Sir George Stubbs), Nicollette Sheridan(Hattie Stubbs), Constance Cummings(Ammy Folliot), Susan Wooldridge(Amanda Brewis), Ralph Arliss(Michael Wayman), Christopher Guard(Alec Legge), Caroline Langrishe(Sally Legge)

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