Agatha

England, 1926. An American journalist looks for mystery writer Agatha Christie when she suddenly disappears without explanation, leaving no trace.

Cast

Dustin Hoffman

as Wally Stanton

Vanessa Redgrave

as Agatha Christie

Timothy Dalton

as Archie Christie

Helen Morse

as Evelyn

Celia Gregory

as Nancy Neele

Paul Brooke

as John Foster

Carolyn Pickles

as Charlotte Fisher

Timothy West

as Kenward

Tony Britton

as William Collins

Alan Badel

as Lord Brackenbury

Reviews

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Distraught that her husband (Timothy Dalton) has asked her for a divorce, renowned author Agatha Christie (Vanessa Redgrave) takes off from her home in the dead of night without telling anyone where she is going. She doesn’t get so far before a car accident puts her afoot and has the police trying t...

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