Peter Ustinov is famed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in this collection of Agatha Christie mysteries. First, the suspicious death of a movie actress's husband brings Poirot into the worlds of filmmaking and British aristocracy, in "
Thirteen at Dinner" (1985). With Faye Dunaway, Lee Horsley, and TV Poirot David Suchet as Inspector Japp. Poirot is recruited to help a friend organize a mystery game for a fair, but finds himself on the job when a real murder occurs, in "
Dead Man's Folly" (1986). Jean Stapleton, Jonathan Cecil, Nicollette Sheridan also star. And, "
Murder in Three Acts" (1986) is set at a party in Acapulco where a reverend and a doctor are poisoned, and Poirot must prevent a third death. With Emma Samms and Tony Curtis.
4 1/2 hrs. total on three discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish.
