Top billed cast

1. 

   Dustin Hoffman

   Wally Stanton

2. 

   Vanessa Redgrave

   Agatha Christie

3. 

   Timothy Dalton

   Archie Christie

4. 

   Helen Morse

   Evelyn

5. 

   Celia Gregory

   Nancy Neele

6. 

   Paul Brooke

   John Foster

7. 

   Carolyn Pickles

   Charlotte Fisher

8. 

   Timothy West

   Kenward

9. 

   Tony Britton

   William Collins

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-06-09

Distraught that her husband (Timothy Dalton) has asked her for a divorce, renowned author Agatha Christie (Vanessa Redgrave) takes off from her home in the dead of night without telling anyone where she is going. She doesn’t get so far before a car accident puts her afoot and has the police trying to track her down. She, meantime, takes up residence under a pseudonym in an hotel where it looks like she is researching for a future novel that might use electricity and water as tools of the trade! Meantime, her husband is proving to be a bit of a pain for the police (Timothy West) who are tryin...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$3,500,000.00

Revenue
$7,500,000.00

Keywords

• journalist
• husband wife relationship
• england
• historical figure
• disappearance
• spa
• mystery writer
• 1920s
• crime fiction writer
• female writer