Murder in Three Acts

Name: Murder in Three Acts
Director: Gary Nelson
Released: 1986
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis, Emma Samms, Jonathan Cecil, Fernando Allende

1986 · 94 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 2,390 VOTES · DIR. Gary Nelson

Overview

In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,620 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:57 Poirot. Poirot.

00:04:51 Well, sometimes limping.

00:08:28 Or maybe the company.

00:11:18 Did you know that now Mr. Poirot is a writer?

00:14:46 I think not.

00:18:34 No, no.

00:23:45 Tomorrow, I will put the house for sale.

00:27:54 All except you and Charles, and perhaps, Ricardo.

00:32:52 How can I bother?

00:36:17 Babbington? - Yeah, I heard.

00:40:01 I have heard that there is a private entrance to go from here to the Castle.

00:44:27 Go.

00:48:31 Yes, the same.

00:52:06 Listen, Poirot. If you are so sure that a guest...

00:56:51 No.

00:59:50 You sure you did not interrupt anything?

01:03:40 Had to do this to prove a point my theory, which I did.

01:09:02 What did you fall?

01:12:36 Rehearsal.

01:17:43 ..., falling from..

01:21:38 Like the murder of Reverend Babbington.

01:25:43 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury.

01:29:16 I fear charles, that failed.

01:33:33 How so?

Cast & Characters

Peter Ustinov Hercule Poirot Tony Curtis Charles Cartwright Emma Samms Egg Jonathan Cecil Hastings Fernando Allende Ricardo Montoya Pedro Armendáriz Jr. Col. Mateo Lisa Eichhorn Cynthia Dayton Dana Elcar Dr. Strange Frances Lee McCain Miss Milray Marian Mercer Daisy Eastman

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,620

Dialogue density17.2 lines / min

First line00:01:57

Final line01:33:33

Production Record

DirectorGary Nelson

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes2,390