With Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery currently making armchair detectives out of viewers around the globe, everyone seems to be in the mood for a little whodunnit this holiday season. If you — like so many of us — rushed to Netflix to stream the latest in Rian Johnson’s witty crime franchise over the weekend, you might be in need of something more to soothe the voice of your inner Benoit Blanc. Luckily, Netflix has just what you’re looking for, but don’t get too excited just yet. With all good news comes a bit of bad, and for that, we’re sorry to report that time is of the essence for this specific case, as Agatha Christie’s Crooked House will soon take its leave of the streamer on January 1. That means you’d better head over to the platform ASAP to get your whodunnit on and crack the case before the Gilles Paquet-Brenner-helmed movie vanishes without a trace with the beginning of the new year.
Aside from being one big mystery wrapped up in a feature-length film, Wake Up Dead Man and Crooked House have another thing in common — they both star Glenn Close. If you loved watching the Hollywood legend in her latest role as the devout Martha Delacroix, you’ll have a blast seeing her as a well-to-do Englishwoman with a penchant for long strolls on the grounds of her family’s estate while eradicating moles and other pests with a shotgun.
Set in London in the mid-1950s, the story centers around Sophia Leonides (Stefanie Martini), whose grandfather has just passed away under suspicious circumstances. Seeking the help of private investigator Charles Hayward (Max Irons), Sophia intends to unravel the mystery and place the blame on one of the many suspects still close to the family.
Who Else Stars in ‘Agatha Christie’s Crooked House’?
Like all Agatha Christie movies, Crooked House is a star-studded event, pitting a stacked cast of performers against one another in a grandiose whodunnit filled with eccentric personalities and sticky situations. Filling out the rest of the ensemble are the likes of Terence Stamp (The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert), Gillian Anderson (The X-Files), Christina Hendricks (Mad Men), Honor Kneafsey (Legacy of Lies), Amanda Abbington (Sherlock), and more.
With the suspects lined up and the detective ready to uncover the truth, Agatha Christie’s Crooked House is the perfect way to follow up Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Head over to Netflix before January 1 to stream the whodunnit and see if you can solve it before the big unveiling.
- Release Date
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November 21, 2017
- Runtime
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115 Minutes
- Director
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Gilles Paquet-Brenner