Cast of
Murder by the Book

About Murder by the Book

Agatha Christie’s agents propose that it’s time for her to publish the manuscript she wrote thirty-five years earlier, a novel in which she finally kills off her most famous creation. And it’s not an entirely sad occasion. “That wretched little man,” she says. “He’s always been so much trouble. How is it Miss Marple has never upset me at all, not ever?” That night, who should appear at her doorstep but the wretched little man himself, Hercule Poirot? The great fictional detective and his creator proceed to play a very Christie-like game of cat and mouse for the manuscript – and for their own lives.

Full Cast of Murder by the Book

Peggy Ashcroft
plays Agatha Christie

Ian Holm
plays Hercule Poirot

Ian Holm as Hercule Poirot

Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert CBE (12 September 1931 – 19 June 2020) was an English actor. After beginning his career on the ...

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Richard Wilson
plays Sir Max Mallowan

Richard Wilson as Sir Max Mallowan

Richard Wilson OBE (born Ian Carmichael Wilson; 9 July 1936) is a Scottish actor, theatre director and broadcaster. H...

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Michael Aldridge
plays Edmond Cork

John Atkinson
plays Gardener

Dawn Archibald
plays Sally


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