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Dead Man's Folly

1986·90 min

Dead Man's Folly

Directed by Clive Donner

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During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.

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Hercule Poirot

Ariadne Oliver

Constance Cummings

Amy Folliatt

Tim Pigott-Smith

Sir Stubbs

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Dead Man's Folly (1986) is about during a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.

Who directed Dead Man's Folly?

Clive Donner directed Dead Man's Folly (1986).

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