Movie: Sparkling Cyanide

Top 8 Billed Cast

Pauline Collins
Pauline Collins

Dr. Catherine Kendall

Oliver Ford Davies
Oliver Ford Davies

Col. Geoffrey Reece

Kenneth Cranham
Kenneth Cranham

George Barton

Jonathan Firth
Jonathan Firth

Mark Drake

Clare Holman
Clare Holman

Alexandra Farraday

James Wilby
James Wilby

Stephen Farraday

Dominic Cooper
Dominic Cooper

Andy Hoffman

Susan Hampshire
Susan Hampshire

Lucilla Drake

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    Based on the novel by Agatha Christie In this TV movie, a classic mystery is updated and relocated to a glamorous world of London socialites and secret agents, introducing two unique and compelling investigators and taking us through to the highest corridors of power.

  • Release Date

    2003-10-05

  • Average

    4.6

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    2.3 starts
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