Thirteen at Dinner (1985 film)

Thirteen at Dinner is a 1985 American-British television film featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Adapted from the Agatha Christie novel Lord Edgware Dies by Rod Browning it was directed by Lou Antonio and starred Peter Ustinov, Faye Dunaway, Jonathan Cecil, Diane Keen and Bill Nighy. David Suchet, later to play Poirot in the long-running television series entitled Agatha Christie's Poirot, played the role of Inspector Japp. Suchet considers his performance as Japp to be "possibly the worst performance of [his] career."

Cast

 * Peter Ustinov as Hercule Poirot
 * Faye Dunaway as Jane Wilkinson/Carlotta Adams
 * David Suchet as Inspector Japp
 * Jonathan Cecil as Captain Arthur Hastings
 * Bill Nighy as Ronald Marsh
 * Diane Keen as Jenny Driver
 * John Stride as Film Director
 * Benedict Taylor as Donald Ross
 * Lee Horsley as Bryan Martin
 * Allan Cuthbertson as Sir Montague Corner
 * Glyn Baker as Lord Edgware's Butler
 * John Barron as Lord Edgware
 * Peter Clapham as Mr. Wildburn
 * Lesley Dunlop as Alice Bennett
 * Avril Elgar as Miss Carroll
 * Oriane Grieve as Serious Actress (as Orianne Grieve)
 * Russell Grant as Moxon (as Russell Keith-Grant)
 * Roger Milner as Duke of Merton's Footman
 * David Neville as Fluttering Young Man
 * Amanda Pays as Geraldine Marsh
 * John Quarmby as Sir Montague's butler
 * Geoffrey Rose as Duke of Merton
 * Pamela Salem as Mrs. Wildburn
 * Jean Sincere as Ellis the Maid
 * Lou Antonio as Movie Producer (uncredited)
 * Harry Fielder as Assistant Director (uncredited)
 * David Frost as Self (uncredited)
 * Pat Gorman as Reporter (uncredited)

Trivia

 * During a break, one day, Ustinov told Suchet, "You could play Poirot, you know, and you would be very good at it".