Poirot: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Movie Review 1999

Hercule Poirot has retired to the village of Kings Abbott intending to quietly grow vegetables. But then his old friend, industrialist Roger Ackroyd, is murdered. Poirot is reunited with Chief Inspector Japp and discovers that country life is also a hotbed of blackmail, envy, and suspicion.

Distribution

A&E Home Video, PO Box 2284, South Burlington, VT 05407, Toll-free: 888-423-1212, Fax: (802)864-9846, Email: homevideo@aetv.com, URL: http://www.aetv.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 100 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Screenplay

Clive Exton

Cast

David Suchet, Philip Jackson, Vivien Heilbron, Malcolm Terris, Oliver Ford Davies, Roger Frost, Jamie Bamber, Selina Cadell

Cinematography

Chris O'Dell

Director

Andrew Grieve

Music

Christopher Gunning