Lord Edgware Dies (film)

Lord Edgware Dies
Austin Trevor as Poirot and Richard Cooper as Hastings
Directed by	Henry Edwards
Written by	H. Fowler Mear
Based on	Lord Edgware Dies 1933 novel by Agatha Christie
Produced by	Julius Hagen
Starring	Austin Trevor Jane Carr Richard Cooper John Turnbull
Cinematography	Sydney Blythe
Edited by	Michael C. Chorlton
Music by	William Trytel
Production company	Twickenham Film Studios
Distributed by	Radio Pictures
Release date	August 1934 (1934-08)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Lord Edgware Dies is a 1934 British mystery film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Austin Trevor, Jane Carr, and Richard Cooper. The film was based on the 1933 Agatha Christie novel Lord Edgware Dies.

Trevor reprised his role as Hercule Poirot for a third time, having previously played him in Alibi and Black Coffee, both released in 1931. Like them, it was filmed at Twickenham Film Studios. While the two earlier films are now lost, this production still survives.

During Julius Hagen's tenure at Twickenham, the studios had specialised in production of murder mysteries as quota quickies. Although Hagen undoubtedly had ambitions for this film to be a more prestigious production, with a larger budget, the similarities to the studio's more routine output led most cinemas to show it as a second feature. The film's sets were designed by the art director James Carter.

Synopsis

Hercule Poirot is hired by Lady Edgware an American actress who wants him to arrange a divorce from her aristocratic husband. In fact it turns out that Lord Edgware has already agreed to a divorce, only for him to be murdered the same night.

Cast

• Austin Trevor as Hercule Poirot
• Jane Carr as Lady Edgware
• Richard Cooper as Captain Hastings
• John Turnbull as Inspector Japp
• Michael Shepley as Captain Roland Marsh
• Leslie Perrins as Bryan Martin
• C. V. France as Lord Edgware
• Kynaston Reeves as Duke of Merton
• Phyllis Morris as Alice
• Sophie Stewart as Miss Geraldine Edgware

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve. Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film. British Film Institute, 2007.
• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

• Lord Edgware Dies at IMDB
• Lord Edgware Dies at AllMovie