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To Billy Collins
with affection and gratitude
First Published
- UK
- Collins, London, Nov. 1958
- John Bull, Sep.20-27 1958
- US
- Dodd Mead, New York, 1959
- Chicago Tribune, Feb.1-Mar.14 1959
Plot
(from HarperCollins "The Agatha Christie Collection" cover)
According to the courts, Jacko Argyle bludgeoned his mother to death with a poker. Sentenced to life imprisonment, he died behind bars following a bout of pneumonia. Tragically, it was not until two years later that Dr Arthur Calgary came forward with the testimony that could have acquitted Jacko. Worse, the doctor's revelations were about to re-open old wounds in the family, increasing the likelihood that the real murderer would strike again...
Characters
Dr. Arthur Calgary, Rachel Argyle, Leo Argyle, Gwenda Vaughan, Mary Durant, Micky Argyle, Hester Argyle, Kirsten Lindstrom, Philip Durant, Maureen Clegg, Inspector Huish
Movie & TV
- Ordeal by Innocence, 1984 (UK)
- director Desmond Davis
- writer Alexander Stuart
- cast Donald Sutherland(Dr. Arthur Calgary), Faye Dunaway(Rachel Argyle), Ian McShane(Philip Durant), Christopher Plummer(Leo Argyle), Sarah Miles(Mary Durant), Anita Carey(Martha Jessup), Annette Crosbie(Kirsten Lindstrom), George Innes(Archie Leach), Michael Maloney(Micky Argyle), Phoebe Nicholls(Tina Argyle)
- Ordeal by Innocence, 2007
- Agatha Christie's MARPLE Season 3
- director Moira Armstrong
- writer Stewart Harcourt
- cast Geraldine McEwan(Miss Jane Marple), Julian Rhind-Tutt(Dr.Arthur Calgary), Dennis Lawson(Leo Argyle), Stephanie Leonidas(Hester Argyle), Burn Gorman(Jacko Argyle), Jane Seymour(Rachel Argyle), Juliet Stevenson(Gwenda), Alison Steadman(Kirsten Lindstrom)
- Am stram gram
- Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie, 2009 (fr/TV)
- director Stéphane Kappes
- writer Sylvie Simon
Link
- Official Site: Ordeal by Innocence
- Wikipedia: Ordeal by Innocence
- IMDb: Ordeal by Innocence (1985)
- IMDb: Marple: Ordeal by Innocence (2007)
- IMDb: Les petits meurtres d'Agatha Christie: Am stram gram (2009)
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