Peter Ustinov stars as Agatha Christie's immortal detective, Hercule Poirot, in this star-studded murder-mystery. Poirot is tying up some loose ends on a shimmeringly beautiful Adriatic island when he's dragged into the case of an actress' strangling. In typical Christie style, everyone on the beach has a motive for the murder, and it's up to the world's greatest detective to find out whose morals took a murderous turn.
In 1908 on the Greek Island of Simi, Pascali, a spy for the Sultan of the Ottoman empire, watches as an Englishman (Charles Dance) arrives on the island. The newcomer claims to be an archaeologist, however, Pascali is sure there's more to the Englishman than meets the eye. And when the settler se...
Danny (Martin Compston) and Vic (Eddie Marsan) have planned the disappearance of Alice Creed (Gemma Arterton) to perfection. After constructing what is a de facto prison inside an apartment, the pair kidnap Alice and hold her father ransom in an attempt to get rich quick. However, all does not go...
When a Hollywood movie company arrives, stars in tow, to make a picture, the village of St Mary Mead is delighted. However, when a local woman is murdered, and the poison seems to have been intended for a visiting movie star, local detective Inspector Craddock (Edward Fox) turns to his Auntie, Mi...
