The Alphabet Murders Movie Review 1965

Picture this: Randall playing Agatha Christie's famous Belgian sleuth, Hercule Poirot, and Rutherford--in a cameo--as Miss Marple. As if that wouldn't be enough to make Dame Agatha roll over in her grave, there's plenty of cloying wisecracking and slapsticking throughout. An adaptation of "The ABC Murders" in which Poirot stalks a literate killer who snuffs out his victims in alphabetical order. Hardly a must-see, unless you're hellbent on viewing the entire Randall opus.

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Available on VHS
Running time 90 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Satire & Parody, Mystery & Suspense, Historical Detectives, Books to Film: Agatha Christie, Hercule Poirot

Cast

Tony Randall, Anita Ekberg, Robert Morley, Maurice Denham, Guy Rolfe, Sheila Allen, Margaret Rutherford, Julian Glover

Director

Frank Tashlin

Producer

MGM