Agatha Christie’s mustachioed gumshoe, Hercule Poirot (David Suchet), is on the hunt for Mrs. McGinty’s killer. Her tenant, James Bentley (Joe Absolom), has been arrested, but the police superintendent (Richard Hope) isn’t certain he’s guilty. Poirot arrives at the scene to poke holes at the prevailing theory, enlisting a mystery writer friend (Zoë Wanamaker) to confer, just in time for the murderer to decide that Poirot is his next mark.
When 8-year-old Heidi (Shirley Temple) is orphaned, her mean Aunt Dete (Mady Christians) takes her to the mountains to live with her even meaner grandfather, Adolph (Jean Hersholt). Heidi’s eternal charm soon warms her grandfather’s heart, and the two become great friends. But when Aunt Dete returns and steals Heidi, Adolph sets out on a quest to find the girl and bring her home in this sweet classic from Hollywood’s golden age.
This 1968 film retells the classic children’s story about a young girl named Heidi (Jennifer Edwards), who’s taken from her beloved grandfather (Michael Redgrave) and forced to live with her uncle. Soon, Heidi struggles to become friends with Klara (Zuleika Robson), a young girl confined to a wheelchair, and must also deal with the girl’s nanny (Jean Simmons). But all Heidi really wants to do is find her way back home to her grandfather.
A star-studded cast unites for this adaptation of Agatha Christie’s mystery novel of the same name. A rich but reviled heiress is murdered on a cruise down the Nile. Luckily, brilliant detective Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) is on board, and takes on the case. Can he find the culprit before they reach port, possibly losing him or her forever? Maggie Smith, David Niven, Bette Davis and Mia Farrow co-star in this Oscar winner for Best Costume Design.
Jane Marple (Angela Lansbury) is thrilled when two glamorous Hollywood actresses, Marina Rudd (Elizabeth Taylor) and Lola Brewster (Kim Novak), arrive in her quaint English village to shoot a movie. It’s soon apparent, however, that the two actresses loathe each other. At a welcome reception, Marina engages in conversation with a longtime fan and is momentarily distracted. Soon afterward, the fan collapses and dies, poisoned by a drink intended for Marina.
Steve Bradford (James Cagney) is a successful, older businessman who has made his fortune in the steel industry. As he gets older, he comes to regret many of the decisions that he made while he was a young man – especially abandoning a young woman who was pregnant with his child. Determined to make amends and find his long-lost heir, Steve returns to his college town and tries to persuade the head of the orphanage, Ann Dempster (Barbara Stanwyck), to reveal the name and location of his illegitimate son. Ann refuses to give the information to the brash Steve, despite all of his efforts to win her over. As Steve tries to change her mind, he becomes more involved with a young [...]
When tempestuous Mary Lennox (Margaret O’Brien), born in India to wealthy parents, is orphaned by a cholera epidemic, she is sent to live with her reclusive and embittered Uncle Archibald Craven (Herbert Marshall) and her ill-behaved, bedridden cousin Colin (Dean Stockwell) at their desolate and decaying estate known as Misselthwaite Manor. Dickon (Brian Roper), the brother of one of the house maids, tells her of a garden secreted behind a hidden door in a vine-covered wall. When a raven unearths the key, the two enter and discover the garden is overgrown from neglect since Craven’s wife died there in an accident. They decide to keep their discovery a secret, and begin to restore it to its original grandeur. Under the influence of the Secret Garden, [...]
Just as his holiday on the island of Rhodes is coming to an end, Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) finds himself investigating a murder when one of the hotel guests, Valentine Chantry (Annie Lambert), is poisoned in the bar. The drink she had was apparently meant for her husband and had been bought by Douglas Gold (Peter Settelen), with whom she had been carrying on since her arrival. Gold is arrested and everyone assumes he is the perpetrator but Poirot thinks otherwise however and looks to the other guests in the hotel as more likely suspects. When a local pathologist confirms that the poison used was local in origin, Poirot realizes that only when he learns who purchased the poison will he learn the killer’s identity.
Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) is bored to tears and with three weeks since his last case, is worried that his little gray cells will stop working. Captain Hastings (Hugh Fraser) suggests an evening at the theater to see the latest murder mystery but even that doesn’t help when Poirot finds the plot to be absurd. On their return home to Whitehaven Mansions, they learn that the new occupant of the flat two floors below Poirot’s has been found shot. She had only moved in that very same day and was an unknown. Poirot puts his little gray cells to good use and assists Chief Inspector Japp (Philip Jackson) of Scotland Yard in identifying the murderer.
Investigator Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) is heading home aboard the Orient Express when a fellow passenger, American businessman Samuel Ratchett (Richard Widmark), is found murdered in this all-star whodunit by director Sidney Lumet, based on a novel Agatha Christie. Widely despised for his role in the kidnapping and death of a baby, Rachett had many enemies, so Poirot must sift through an eccentric group of suspects to find the killer.
Poirot (David Suchet) is persuaded to attend a masquerade Victory Ball with Captain Hastings (Hugh Fraser) to meet a close friend, who runs a radio station. Everyone is dressed as someone famous, except Poirot, who chooses to attend the ball dressed as himself (modest as always!). A particularly vivacious party of six arrives dressed as classic Italian figures featuring Columbine, Harlequin and the rest. The night comes to a dark end when a peer of the realm is found murdered. The newspapers claim that Poirot has been outwitted by the murderer. Taking umbrage at being blamed for letting the murderer escape without even a start on the investigation, Poirot dives into the case with Chief Inspector Japp (Philip Jackson), discovering [...]
Agatha Christie’s brilliant Belgian sleuth, ably played by David Suchet, goes back to his beginnings in this intriguing mystery. Based on Christie’s first Poirot novel, this story finds the fastidious detective in the neighborhood when his old friend Hastings (Hugh Fraser) stumbles across some trouble at a country estate. Eventually, the friends unite to solve one of the most baffling cases they’ll ever face.
