Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Dead Man's Folly
Peter Ustinov returns once again to the role of Poirot. This time Mrs. Ariandne Oliver, a famous novelist, invents a "Murder Hunt", but only the pretend corpse is real! Who murdered the young lady, and has it any connection with a drunken old man who was drowned, or a stupid little song he used to sing...?
--Bert , Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Dead Man's Folly
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 10% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Moderately Challenging
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 80%
Misc. Plotlets
- local police have IQ of houseplant
Kind of mystery?
- skilled citizen investigator
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- private investigator
Age:
- 60's-90's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- white
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- fat (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- cynical
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Genius
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Misc setting
- building
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Unusual forms of death
- drowned
Is this movie based on a
- book
