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Director:
Alan Grint
Writers (WGA):
Agatha Christie (book)
Carla Jean Wagner (teleplay)
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Release Date:
4 January 1989 (USA) more
Genre:
Mystery more
Plot:
Bit of an Indiana Jones type film, with an American woman getting involved in a diamond theft in South Africa... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Corny, but enjoyable! more (21 total)

Cast

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Rue McClanahan ... Suzy Blair

Tony Randall ... Rev. Edward Chichester
Edward Woodward ... Sir Eustace Pedler

Stephanie Zimbalist ... Anne Beddingfeld
Ken Howard ... Gordon Race
Nickolas Grace ... Guy Underhill
Simon Dutton ... Harry Lucas

María Casal ... Anita (as Maria Casal)
Federico Luciano ... Leo Carton
Rose McVeigh ... Valerie
Jorge Bosso ... Businessman
José Canalejas ... Arab #1 (as Jose A. Canalejas)
Robert Case ... Ship's Captain
Tibi Costa ... Arab #2 (as Tiby Costa)
James Duggan ... Steward
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Agatha Christie's 'The Man in the Brown Suit'
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Runtime:
USA:100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L | UK:PG | South Korea:12 (2006)
Filming Locations:
Spain
Company:
Alan Shayne Productions more

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Corny, but enjoyable!, 9 July 2005
Author: dac87 from United States

Being a fan of Agatha Christie, I searched for this rare TV movie for quite some time. All of the VHS copies I found were in PAL and as I live in America, I was unable to view them. When I located a DVD copy of this film I pounced on it and wasn't horribly disappointed. Anne Beddingford has purposely put herself on the wrong plane and ends up in Cairo. She encounters an accident when a man runs in front of a taxi to get away from someone. All that she has as a clue now is a small bit of paper and a glimpse of the "man in the brown suit" who has been linked to a beautiful night club singer's murder. The plot thickens and Anne finds herself in a sea of suspects and, later, on the killer's hit list. While the plot line has been changed quite a bit, this film still has the undeniable touch of Christie to it. Many of the characters are a bit phony (the heroine Anne) and others were almost unbearably BAD (Tony Randolff), but they are overshadowed by Rue McClannahan, whom I thought stole the show. The plot is far more exciting than other Christie books. There are a couple killings, a couple attempted killings, a love story, and a kidnapping sequence. I enjoyed the film, it had a campy edge to it which made it kinda fun.

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