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I was reminded, amusedly, by a poem of Kenneth Patchen's called The Murder of Two Men by a Young Kid Wearing Lemon Colored Gloves, which Patchen himself read on a record against jazz background.
It has also been argued that A Modest Proposal was, at least in part, a response to the 1728 essay The Generous Projector or, A Friendly Proposal to Prevent Murder and Other Enormous Abuses, By Erecting an Hospital for Foundlings and Bastard Children by Swift's rival Daniel Defoe.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd killer was suggested by brother-in-law James Watt.
The large amount of travel done by Christie and Mallowan has not only made for a great writing theme, as shown in her famous novel: The Murder on the Orient Express, but also tied into the idea of archaeology as an adventure that has become so important in today ’ s popular culture as described by Cornelius Holtorf in his book Archaeology is a Brand.
In the 1986 TV play, Murder by the Book, Christie herself ( Dame Peggy Ashcroft ) murdered one of her fictional-turned-real characters, Poirot.
Christie has also been parodied on screen, such as in the film Murder by Indecision, which featured the character " Agatha Crispy ".
* 1928 Alibi ( dramatised by Michael Morton from the novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd )
* 1949 Murder at the Vicarage ( dramatised by Moie Charles and Barbara Toy )
* 1977 A Murder is Announced ( dramatised by Leslie Darbon )
* 1993 Murder Is Easy ( dramatised by Clive Exton )
As early as Murder on the Links, where he still largely depends on clues, Poirot mocks a rival " bloodhound " detective who focuses on the traditional trail of clues that had been established in detective fiction by the example of Sherlock Holmes: footprints, fingerprints and cigar ash.
Most of the cases covered by Poirot's private detective agency take place before his retirement to grow marrows, at which time he solves The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
The 1942 novel Five Little Pigs ( aka Murder in Retrospect ), in which Poirot investigates a murder committed sixteen years before by analysing various accounts of the tragedy, is a Rashomon-like performance that critic and mystery novelist Robert Barnard called the best of the Christie novels.
He appeared on the West End in 1928 in the play Alibi which had been adapted by Michael Morton from the novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.
* Ian Holm, Murder by the Book, 1986 ( TV )
Murder, She Said ( 1961, directed by George Pollock ) was the first of four British MGM productions starring Rutherford.
The other Rutherford films ( all directed by George Pollock ) were Murder at the Gallop ( 1963 ), based on the 1953 Hercule Poirot novel After the Funeral ( In this film, she is identified as Miss JTV Marple, though there was no indication as to what the extra initials might stand for ); Murder Most Foul ( 1964 ), based on the 1952 Poirot novel Mrs McGinty's Dead ; and Murder Ahoy!
In 1970, the character of Miss Marple was portrayed by Inge Langen in a West German television adaptation of The Murder at the Vicarage ( Mord im Pfarrhaus ).
Angela Lansbury, who had played Miss Marple in the movie, The Mirror Crack'd, directed by Guy Hamilton, went on to star in the TV series Murder, She Wrote as Jessica Fletcher, a mystery novelist who also solves crimes.
* Any Time Murder, a reference to the role performed by Meka Srikanth in the film Shankar Dada MBBS
The feud and Fisher's suicide were used as the basis for a lurid, highly fictionalized murder mystery, Strip for Murder by Max Allan Collins.

Murder and Death
) There are also numerous instances where the killer is not brought to justice in the legal sense but instead dies ( death usually being presented as a more ' sympathetic ' outcome ), for example Death Comes as the End, And Then There Were None, Death on the Nile, Dumb Witness, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Crooked House, Appointment with Death, The Hollow, Nemesis, Cat Among the Pigeons, and The Secret Adversary.
One such site featured in her books is the temple site of Abu Simbel in her book Death on the Nile, as well as the great detail in which she describes life at the dig site in her book Murder in Mesopotamia.
Most notably are the characters of Dr. Eric Leidner in Murder in Mesopotamia, Signor Richetti in Death on the Nile, and many minor characters in They Came to Baghdad were archaeologists.
In the Middle East he solved the cases of Death on the Nile, and Murder in Mesopotamia with ease and even survived An Appointment with Death.
" Aside from Roger Ackroyd, the most critically acclaimed Poirot novels appeared from 1932 to 1942, including such acknowledged classics as Murder on the Orient Express, The ABC Murders ( 1935 ), Cards on the Table ( 1936 ), and Death on the Nile ( 1937 ).
These films should not be confused with comedic cult movies like The Toxic Avenger, Bad Taste, Army of Darkness, Murder By Death, Spaceballs, and the films of John Waters, which purposely utilize elements from films " so bad they're good " for comedic effect.
Christie's novels include, Murder on the Orient Express ( 1934 ), Death on the Nile ( 1937 ), and And Then There Were None ( 1939 ).
* 1969 – Capital punishment in the United Kingdom: Home Secretary James Callaghan's motion to make permanent the Murder ( Abolition of Death Penalty ) Act 1965, which had temporarily suspended capital punishment in England, Wales and Scotland for murder ( but not for all crimes ) for a period of five years.
In addition to the aforementioned, other directors associated with top-of-the-bill Hollywood film noirs include Edward Dmytryk ( Murder, My Sweet, Crossfire )— the first important noir director to fall prey to the industry blacklist — as well as Henry Hathaway ( The Dark Corner, Kiss of Death ) and John Farrow ( The Big Clock, Night Has a Thousand Eyes ).
( 1994 ) Death by Government: Genocide and Mass Murder in the Twentieth Century, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers.
Kevin Norwood Bacon ( born July 8, 1958 ) is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles include Animal House, Diner, Footloose, Flatliners, Wild Things, A Few Good Men, JFK, The River Wild, Murder in the First, Apollo 13, Hollow Man, Stir of Echoes, Trapped, Mystic River, The Woodsman, Friday the 13th, Death Sentence, Frost / Nixon, X-Men: First Class and Tremors.
Back in London, Wimsey goes undercover as " Death Bredon " at an advertising firm, working as a copywriter ( Murder Must Advertise ).
* 1965 – The Murder ( Abolition of Death Penalty ) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, formally abolishing the death penalty in the United Kingdom.
He also appeared in The Great Muppet Caper, The Princess Bride, Murder By Death, The Cheap Detective, Vibes, Made, and ( as himself ) in Wim Wenders ' 1987 film Wings of Desire and its 1993 sequel, Faraway, So Close !.
** The Murder ( Abolition of Death Penalty ) Act 1965 is given Royal Assent, suspending the death penalty for murder in the United Kingdom ; renewal of the Act in 1969 made the abolition permanent.
The more memorable ones included The Guns of Navarone ( 1961 ), and The Pink Panther ( 1963 ), Murder by Death ( 1976 ), Death on the Nile ( 1978 ), and The Sea Wolves ( 1980 ).
* Pothos. org, Death of Philip: Murder or Assassination?
In 1997 The New York Times, covering the book The Death of Innocents: A True Story of Murder, Medicine and High-Stakes Science, wrote:
The film is a murder mystery set in a Gothic Revival mansion, and is styled after Murder by Death ( which also featured Clue star Eileen Brennan ) and other various murder / dinner parties of mystery.
*" Brother ", a song by Murder by Death from In Bocca al Lupo

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