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- Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody
- September 9th 2022
- Tom George
Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan are tasked with investigating the murder of an American film director in this whodunit comedy.
Saoirse Ronan is a critically acclaimed dramatic actress and she has finally turned her hand to comedy – with great success.
This farce, directed by Tom George, is set in London in 1953 and centred around Agatha Christie’s play The Mousetrap (which is still running today!)
During a party to celebrate an upcoming movie adaptation of the production, American film director Leo Kopernick (Adrien Brody) winds up dead.
Who killed him? Was it the screenwriter he was at loggerheads with, Mervyn Cocker-Norris (David Oyelowo)? Or the film producer frustrated by delays, John Woolf (Reece Shearsmith)?
There are plenty of suspects on offer and it’s up to Inspector Stoppard (Sam Rockwell) and inexperienced Constable Stalker (Ronan) to find out who did it.
Their investigation takes them on a tour of those connected to the film and those involved with the play, such as theatre impresario Petula Spencer (Ruth Wilson) and lead actors Richard...
