Movie · 1985
Thirteen at Dinner
Released 19 September 1985 95 min Crime / Mystery More from 1985 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Lord Edgware turns up murdered, a well-placed knife wound at the base of his neck. It will take the precise Poirot to sort out the lies from the alibis - and find the criminal before another victim dies.
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How old were they?
Allan Cuthbertson
as Sir Montague Corner
Peter Ustinov
as Hercule Poirot
John Barron
as Lord Edgware
Peter Clapham
as Mr. Wildburn
Roger Milner
as Duke of Merton's Footman
Avril Elgar
as Miss Carroll
John Stride
as Film Director
Jonathan Cecil
as Capt. Arthur Hastings
David Frost
as Self (uncredited)
Faye Dunaway
as Jane Wilkinson / Charlotta Adams
David Suchet
as Insp. Japp
Diane Keen
as Jenny Driver
Bill Nighy
as Ronald Marsh
Lee Horsley
as Bryan Martin
Lesley Dunlop
as Alice Bennett
Glyn Baker
as Butler
Benedict Taylor
as Donald Ross
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The numbers
40years between the oldest and youngest billed
65Allan Cuthbertson — oldest on the call sheet
25Benedict Taylor — youngest billed
46average age of the credited cast