Lord Edgware Dies is a 1934 British mystery film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Austin Trevor, Jane Carr, and Richard Cooper. The film was based on the 1933 Agatha Christie novel Lord Edgware Dies.
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.jpg) Austin Trevor as Poirot and Richard Cooper as Hastings | |
| Directed by | Henry Edwards |
| Written by | H. Fowler Mear |
| Based on | Lord Edgware Dies 1933 novel by Agatha Christie |
| Produced by | Julius Hagen |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Sydney Blythe |
| Edited by | Michael C. Chorlton |
| Music by | William Trytel |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Radio Pictures |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Trevor reprised his role as Hercule Poirot for a third time, having previously played him in Alibi and Black Coffee, both released in 1931. Like them, it was filmed at Twickenham Film Studios. While the two earlier films are now lost, this production still survives.
During Julius Hagen's tenure at Twickenham, the studios had specialised in production of murder mysteries as quota quickies. Although Hagen undoubtedly had ambitions for this film to be a more prestigious production, with a larger budget, the similarities to the studio's more routine output led most cinemas to show it as a second feature.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director James Carter.
Synopsis
editHercule Poirot is hired by Lady Edgware an American actress who wants him to arrange a divorce from her aristocratic husband. In fact it turns out that Lord Edgware has already agreed to a divorce, only for him to be murdered the same night.
Cast
edit- Austin Trevor as Hercule Poirot
- Jane Carr as Lady Edgware
- Richard Cooper as Captain Hastings
- John Turnbull as Inspector Japp
- Michael Shepley as Captain Roland Marsh
- Leslie Perrins as Bryan Martin
- C. V. France as Lord Edgware
- Kynaston Reeves as Duke of Merton
- Phyllis Morris as Alice
- Sophie Stewart as Miss Geraldine Edgware
References
edit- ^ Chibnall p.26
Bibliography
edit- Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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