Agatha and the Truth of Murder

Some people have a taste for murder…
Agatha and the Truth of Murder (2018)
Timing: 1:33 (93 min)
6.3/10
7 103
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6.4/10
158
6.3/10
6200
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$77 542
Director
Terry Loane
Actors
Producer
Brett Wilson, Emily Dalton, Tom Dalton, Sebastian Cardwell, Chamoun Issa
Operator
Damien Elliott
Composer
Andrew Simon McAllister
Artist
Ashleigh Jeffers
Editing
Zsófia Tálas, Claire Pringle
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Short description

Set in England in 1926, this mystery drama follows the famous writer Agatha Christie during a period of professional and personal instability. Christie agrees to assist a woman named Mabel Rogers in solving a cold case involving the murder of Florence Nightingale Shore, who was killed on a train six years prior. To uncover the truth behind the unsolved crime, the author goes undercover as an investigator, leading her into a dangerous situation with unforeseen consequences.

The film was directed by Terry Loane, marking the first entry in a chronological list of his work that includes The Last Rifleman and Faraway Home. The screenplay was written by Tom Dalton and produced by Brett Wilson. The cast features Ruth Bradley in the role of Agatha, supported by Pippa Haywood, Dean Andrews, Bebe Cave, Blake Harrison, and Tim McInnerny.

Released on December 23, 2018, the movie has a runtime of 93 minutes. It received a moderate reception from viewers, earning a rating of 6.3/10 on IMDb from 6,200 votes and a slightly higher score of 6.4/10 on TMDB from 158 votes.

What's left behind the scenes

  • Florence Nightingale Shaw did indeed exist and was indeed killed on a train traveling from London to East Sussex in 1920. It is possible that her lover, Mabel Rogers, did ask Agatha Christie to investigate this murder. Subsequently, Agatha Christie wrote the book 'The Man in the Brown Suit,' in which the main suspect in Shaw's murder, a man in a brown suit, was seen exiting the carriage where Shaw was.
  • Agatha reads to Rosalind "R.U.R.," a play written by Karel Čapek (1890-1938) in 1920, in which he first used the word "robot."
  • In the drama, Agatha Christie (1890-1976) uses the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. Agatha Christie wrote six books under this pseudonym between 1930 and 1956 – “Giant’s Bread” (1930), “Unfinished Portrait” (1934), “Parting at Forks” (1944), “The Rose and the Yew Tree” (1948), “Good Intentions” (1952), and “Nemesis” (1956).

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