Sparkling Cyanide

– One year ago on November 2, seven people sat down to dinner at the Luxembourg. One of them, Rosemary..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 40 Minutes
Release Year:
1983
Sparkling Cyanide (1983)

One year ago on November 2, seven people sat down to dinner at the Luxembourg. One of them, Rosemary Barton, never got up. She was thought to have committed suicide due to post-flu depression.

Producing Country:
USA
Genre:
Release Date:

05 Nov 1983

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
NOT RATED

Director:

Robert Michael Lewis

Writer:

Agatha Christie (novel), Robert M. Young (teleplay), Sue Grafton (teleplay), Steve Humphrey (teleplay)

Main Actors:

Anthony Andrews, Deborah Raffin, Pamela Bellwood, Nancy Marchand

Plot:

A socialite while having dinner with her husband, her sister, her aunt, a friend of her sister and her husband, her husband's assistant and an English reporter, dies. It is later learned that she died from ingesting cyanide, Initially it is believed she may have given it to herself because she's having emotional problems. But her husband gets a note saying she was murdered so he tries to prove it and part of his plan to bring out the people who were there when his wife died. He gives a toast then everybody gets up to dance or do something. When they return, he takes a drink of champagne and drops dead. So they wonder how the cyanide got into his glass. Her sister who has taken a liking to the reporter learns he is actually an investigator. And he works with the police to find the killer.

Production:

Warner Bros. Television

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.7/10