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Crooked House

Synopsis

When Aristide Leonides, a wealthy and ruthless tycoon is poisoned in his own bed, Detective Charles Hayward is invited to solve the gruesome crime. He is shocked to discover that one of the key suspects is Aristide's beautiful granddaughter Sophia, his former lover. Hayward must keep a clear head to navigate the sultry Sophia and the rest of her hostile family in a case where nobody is above suspicion.

Details

Year
2017
Type of project
Features
Running time
115 mins
Director
Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Producer
Joseph Abrams, James Spring, Sally Wood
Co-Producer
Jane Hooks
Executive Producer
James Spring
Editor
Peter Christelis
Screenwriter
Julian Fellowes (screenplay), Tim Rose Price (screenplay), Gilles Paquet-Brenner (screenplay), Agatha Christie (novel)
Director of Photography
Sebastian Winterø
Production Designer
Simon Bowles
Composer
Hugo de Chaire
Principal cast
Stefanie Martini, Glenn Close, Christina Hendricks, Gillian Anderson, Terence Stamp, Max Irons,Amanda Abbington

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

A Brilliant Films and Fred Films production with the support of Hindsight/ Prescience

Brilliant Films

40 Whitfield Street
76 Oxford Streey
London
W1T 2RH

Fred Films

c/o James Spring
Ealing Studios

Sales Company

Metro International Entertainment

16 Lincoln's Inn Fields
Holborn
London
WC2A 3ED

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