Lord Edgware Dies (film)

Lord Edgware Dies is a 1934 British mystery film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Austin Trevor, Jane Carr, and Richard Cooper. The film was based on the 1933 Agatha Christie novel Lord Edgware Dies.

Directed byHenry Edwards

Written byH. Fowler Mear

Based on

Lord Edgware Dies
1933 novel
by Agatha Christie

Produced byJulius Hagen

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Lord Edgware Dies
Austin Trevor as Poirot and Richard Cooper as Hastings
Directed by	Henry Edwards
Written by	H. Fowler Mear
Based on	Lord Edgware Dies 1933 novel by Agatha Christie
Produced by	Julius Hagen
Starring	Austin Trevor Jane Carr Richard Cooper John Turnbull
Cinematography	Sydney Blythe
Edited by	Michael C. Chorlton
Music by	William Trytel
Production company	Twickenham Film Studios
Distributed by	Radio Pictures
Release date	August 1934 (1934-08)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

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Trevor reprised his role as Hercule Poirot for a third time, having previously played him in Alibi and Black Coffee, both released in 1931. Like them, it was filmed at Twickenham Film Studios. While the two earlier films are now lost, this production still survives.

During Julius Hagen's tenure at Twickenham, the studios had specialised in production of murder mysteries as quota quickies. Although Hagen undoubtedly had ambitions for this film to be a more prestigious production, with a larger budget, the similarities to the studio's more routine output led most cinemas to show it as a second feature.^[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director James Carter.