Three Act Tragedy
by Agatha Christieliterary work· published 1934
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Sir Charles Cartwright should have known better than to allow thirteen guests to sit down for dinner. For at the end of the evening one of them is dead—choked by a cocktail that contained no trace of poison. Predictable, says Hercule Poirot, the great detective. But entirely unpredictable is that he can find absolutely no motive for murder.…
Adaptations (2)
Three Act Tragedy has been adapted into 2 television films, from 1986 to 2010.
Murder in Three Acts1986 · television film · 94 min · dir. Gary Nelson · IMDb ↗IMDb6.2In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.
Three Act Tragedy2010 · television film · 94 min · dir. Ashley Pearce · IMDb ↗IMDb7.7When a vicar chokes to death on a cocktail while attending a party held by actor Sir Charles Cartwright, Poirot initially dismisses the idea of murder but reconsiders when another guest dies in the same manner.
