Directed by:
Gary NelsonScreenplay:
Scott SwantonComposer:
Alf ClausenCast:
Peter Ustinov, Tony Curtis, Emma Samms, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Lisa Eichhorn, Dana Elcar, Diana Muldaur, Marian Mercer, Concetta Tomei, Martin LaSalle (more)Plots(1)
Hercule Poirot's assistant, Hastings, calls him down to Acapulco in Mexico where he can write his memoirs but Hastings drags him to a party populated with Hastings' new friends. There's Janet Crisp - the writer, Daisy Eastman and her daughter 'Egg', Ricardo Montoya, Dr. Strange, Miss Milray the housekeeper and Charles Cartwright the famous American actor. But at the party another guest - Rev. Babbington - dies from poisoning and when Dr. Strange also dies from poisoning, Poirot must swing into action before the serial killer strikes again... (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Peter Ustinov
UK
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Spartacus (1960)
Jesus of Nazareth (1977) (TV movie)
Tony Curtis
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Emma Samms
UK
Best movies:
The Shrimp on the Barbie (1990)
The Lady and the Highwayman (1989) (TV movie)
Dynasty: The Reunion (1991) (TV movie)
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
Mexico
Best movies:
La Chevre (1981)
Matando Cabos (2004)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Lisa Eichhorn
USA
Best movies:
Ściana (1982) (TV movie)
About Time (2013)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Dana Elcar
USA
Diana Muldaur
USA
Best movies:
The Lawyer (1970)
The Swimmer (1968)
One More Train to Rob (1971)
Marian Mercer
USA
Best movies:
John and Mary (1969)
Nine to Five (1980)
Out on a Limb (1992)
Concetta Tomei
USA
Best movies:
Cyrano de Bergerac (2008) (theatrical recording)
Out to Sea (1997)
Doubletake (1988) (TV movie)
Martin LaSalle
France
Best movies:
Pickpocket (1959)
Missing (1982)
Under Fire (1983)
Nicholas Pryor
USA
Best movies:
East of Eden (1981) (series)
Ruffian (2007) (TV movie)
Flying High! (1980)
Frances Lee McCain
USA
Best movies:
Back to the Future (1985)
Stand by Me (1986)
Scream (1996)
José Chávez
Mexico
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Fernando Allende
Mexico
Best movies:
Stalingrad (1990)
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory (1987) (TV movie)
Yellow (2006)
Julio Monterde
UK
Best movies:
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Murder in Three Acts (1986) (TV movie)
Deathstalker III: The Warriors from Hell (1988)
Claudia Guzmán
Best movies:
Murder in Three Acts (1986) (TV movie)
Jonathan Cecil
UK
Best movies:
Barry Lyndon (1975)
And the Ship Sails On (1983)
The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
Ángeles González
Best movies:
Tango (1998)
Murder in Three Acts (1986) (TV movie)
Rene Pereyra
Best movies:
Traffic (2000)
El imperio de la fortuna (1986)
Salvador (1986)