Agatha (1979) on Netflix
PG19791h 39mDramaMysteryThriller
England, 1926. Mystery writer Agatha Christie vanishes, and American reporter Wally Stanton tries to find her. Her husband Archie wants a divorce and loves his secretary.
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- Netflix3.3/5
- IMDb6.2/104,022 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes71%
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Plot summary
Mystery writer Agatha Christie has a silver cup engraved as a present for Archie, and he greets it with scorn. At a publicity event for her novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, the couple are tailed by Wally Stanton, an American reporter. Archie then asks Agatha for a divorce because of his secretary, Nancy Neele. Driving away from the house that night, Agatha crashes, and police find the wrecked car the following morning; the press hear of a letter she left for her secretary. She travels by train to Harrogate and books two weeks at the Harrogate Hydropathic Hotel as Theresa Neele of Cape Town. Stanton questions Agatha's secretary, who says Agatha hid a coded message in newspaper advertisements.
Cast
- Yvonne Gilanas Mrs. Braithwaite
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Agatha (1979)
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- The Agatha Christie estate opposed the 1979 film and tried to get it stopped, and the Rank Organisation pulled out of providing its financing.
- Dustin Hoffman clashed with First Artists over control of Straight Time and Agatha; the company took control from him to keep both films on schedule and under budget. Hoffman sued, and the suit was settled in 1984 with him receiving $1 million.
- The train in the film is pulled by the Flying Scotsman locomotive, disguised as two different sister engines: no. 4474 Victor Wild on one side and no. 4480 Enterprise on the other.
