Having met with cinematic success with Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple as played by Margaret Rutherford, MGM turned to another of Christie’s detectives, Hercule Poirot, here incarnated in the unlikely personage of Tony Randall.
Poirot stalks a killer who is bumping off victims in alphabetical order.
Rutherford makes a guest appearance, but even that fails to enliven the proceedings.
Poirot would be better served by Albert Finney and Peter Ustinov a decade later, but Anita Ekberg fans should note that the buxom blonde is reunited here with her Hollywood or Bust director.
Hercule Poirot
Tony Randall Amanda Beatrice Cross
Anita Ekberg Hastings
Robert Morley Inspector Japp
Maurice Denham Duncan Doncaster
Guy Rolfe Lady Diane
Sheila Allen Franklin
James Villiers Betty Barnard
Grazina Frame Miss Marple
Margaret Rutherford
Director
Frank Tashlin
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Having met with cinematic success with Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple as played by Margaret Rutherford, MGM turned to another of Christie’s detectives, Hercule Poirot, here incarnated in the unlikely personage of Tony Randall.
