Agatha (1979)
- Starring:
- Dustin Hoffman, Vanessa Redgrave, (more)
- Director(s):
- Michael Apted
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Synopsis of Agatha
What happened when best-selling mystery novelist Agatha Christie disappeared for 11 days back in 1926? The British Agatha "answers" that question. Vanessa Redgrave is cast as Ms. Christie, who vanished from her home not long after her husband (Timothy Dalton) informed her that he was leaving her. Nearly two weeks later, after being the subject of a nationwide search, Christie showed up none the worse for wear at a health spa in Yorkshire, insisting that she could remember nothing of her experiences during her disappearance. According to scriptwriters Kathleen Tynan and Arthur Hopcraft, Christie was located before her return by American reporter Wally Stanton (an uncomfortable-looking Dustin Hoffman), after enjoying a brief romantic fling with the authoress. The journalist decided to keep his discovery a secret. Another plot wrinkle concerns Christie's plan for revenge against her errant husband -- a scheme with all the earmarks of a Miss Marple or Poirot whodunit. Agatha represented former TV director Michael Apted's matriculation to A-pictures with major stars; he fared better with his subsequent endeavor, Coal Miner's Daughter (1980). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Agatha
- Dustin Hoffman - Wally Stanton
- Timothy Dalton - Capt. Archibald Christie
- Celia Gregory - Nancy Neele
- Yvonne Gilan - Mrs. Braithwaite
- Tony Britton - William Collins
- Howard Blake - Hotel Trio
- Irene Sutcliffe - Dress Shop Manageress
- Donald Nithsdale - Uncle Jones
- Tim Seely - Capt. Rankin
- Anne Francis - Jane
- Peter Arne - Hotel Manager
- Timothy West - Kenward
- Vanessa Redgrave - Agatha Christie
- Helen Morse - Evelyn Crawley
- Paul Brooke - John Foster
- David Hargreaves - Sgt. Jarvis
- Alan Badel - Lord Brackenbury
- John Joyce - Hotel Waiter
- Carolyn Pickles - Charlotte Fisher
- Pamela Austin - Pierrots
- Hubert Rees - Official at Literary Luncheon
- Robert Longden - Pettelson
- Sandra Voe - Therapist
- Liz Smith - Flora
- Director(s):
- Michael Apted
- Writer(s):
- Kathleen Tynan, Arthur Hopcraft
- Producer(s):
- Gavrik Losey, Jarvis Astaire
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