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Ordeal by Innocence

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A 1950s U.S. scientist (Donald Sutherland) probes the murder of a British friend's (Christopher Plummer) wife (Faye Dunaway).

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Eddie Harrison film-authority.com 02/24/2021
3/5
Ordeal by Jazz would be a better title for this wintery Agatha Christie adaptation... Go to Full Review
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John U. @wbbcmt Sep 23 Love Agatha Christie, love the cast, hate the music, hate the movie. See more Tanya S Sep 14 Plodding &, while Brubeck is a genius, this music is wholly incompatible with cinema. Funny to see 2 famous Canadians play a Brit & an American & the pun “dr Calgary” is too good to have been wasted on this effort. Even for its time, it’s a snoozer. See more D Y. @Mymovies25 Aug 4 Apart from loving Donald Sutherland I thought it was an average movie. Unlike others I’ve read, I throughly loved the music. I felt it was perfect for the setting. It I followed the book much better than the mini series. See more Allan H Jun 23 And you get to see the younger Annette Crosbie, although not that young. Lack of subtitles from Prime Video, low-voiced dialogue does not help. Annoying mumbling, otherwise good cast, good premise. See more Steve D 03/06/2023 A fairly good adaptation of one of the lesser books. Sutherland is great however. See more 04/11/2018 PiITIFUL--Set in 1954 - wtittenby someone who knows nothing about Agatha Christie' or the era. I've nothing against swearing, but to put this in a 1950's period piece,is completely ridiculous. I was just waiting for a punk to appear and rap to be played in the background. I feel very very sorry that these excellent actors were put through this ordeal. Formulaic- you bet your life it is . The Telegraph gave it 4 stars and the Guardian 5 stars . Presumably out of 5 ???????. To prove I'm very comfortable with swearing --it's SHIT. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A 1950s U.S. scientist (Donald Sutherland) probes the murder of a British friend's (Christopher Plummer) wife (Faye Dunaway).
Director
Desmond Davis
Producer
Jenny Craven
Screenwriter
Alexander Stuart
Production Co
Cannon Group, London-Cannon Films, Golan-Globus Productions
Rating
PG-13
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 27m