Plodding whodunit lacks sparkle
Based on a novel by Agatha Christie, “Ordeal by Innocence” takes place in the old coastal town of Dartmouth, England. Paleontologist Dr. Arthur Calgary (Donald Sutherland) comes to town seeking a young man he gave a lift to shortly before leaving on a two-year expedition to Antarctica. In his car, Calgary found an address book belonging to the hitchhiker and wants to return it. At the forbidding cliff-top Argyle Manor, accessible only by sea, he has a puzzling encounter with the young man’s father, Leo Argyle (Christopher Plummer). Emotionlessly, Mr. Argyle reveals that the owner of the address book, his son Jack, is dead — hanged for having murdered his mother (Faye Dunaway) with a fireplace poker. Dr. Calgary insists that Jack couldn’t have committed the crime because he was in Calgary’s car at the time of the murder. Calgary resolves to get to the bottom of the mystery.<br /><br />He interviews Argyle’s secretary and mistress, Gwenda Vaughan (Diana Quick); his housekeeper, Kirsten Lindstrom (Annette Crosbie); his hard-drinking daughter Mary Durrant (Sarah Miles), and Jack’s widow, usherette Maureen Clegg (Cassie Stuart), but no one seems to care to revisit the murder. Even the local police inspector (Michael Elphick) is reluctant to take a fresh look at the two-year-old crime. This only makes Calgary more determined to figure out what really happened.<br /><br />“Ordeal by Innocence” doesn’t benefit from a colorful central sleuth, such as Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple, to track down clues and figure out “whodunit.” The rationale for Calgary to go above and beyond what most people would do is that he is driven by regret that only he could have provided Jack Argyle with a legitimate alibi. There are tragic consequences for Calgary’s meddling, but the various characters he questions are rather lackluster.<br /><br />The location is a major asset, with a number of scenes shot in the small fog-laden town where everyone seems to know everyone else. Director Desmond Davis opens with a long sequence under the titles of Calgary traveling by small boat, and we get a look at the picturesque coastal village.<br /><br />Flashbacks in black and white show Jack’s mother and provide insight into her relationship with her son. These scenes are brief, even though Ms. Dunaway’s is the biggest name in the movie. Despite a fine cast, “Ordeal by Innocence” never rises above routine. It comes across as just another formulaic mystery. Perhaps it was hoped that some of the luster of the far superior Agatha Christie adaptations “Murder on the Orient Express” (1974) and “Death on the Nile” (1978) would rub off.<br /><br />The only bonus materials are a half dozen mystery-themed trailers. “Ordeal by Innocence” is rated PG-13.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Brand New HD Master – From a 2K Scan of the 35mm interpositive! Screen greats Donald Sutherland (The Great Train Robbery), Faye Dunaway (The Thomas Crown Affair) and Christopher Plummer (The Silent Partner) co-star in Ordeal by Innocence, a sizzling mystery by Agatha Christie (Death on the Nile). After a two-year expedition into Antarctica, Dr. Arthur Calgary (Sutherland) travels back to England to return his friend Jack Argyle’s address book, which Jack had left in Arthur’s car before his departure. Jack, however, is dead, executed after being framed for murder. Calgary has proof of his innocence; he was with Jack at the time of the murder. But why then does no one wish to reopen the case? Not Jack’s father (Plummer), not his secretary (Diana Quick, TV’s Brideshead Revisited), not his sister (Sarah Miles, White Mischief) or her husband (Ian McShane, Sexy Beast), not even Inspector Huish (Michael Elphick, The Element of Crime), the policeman in charge. Ordeal by Innocence is one ordeal you’re sure to enjoy! Directed by veteran British director Desmond Davis (Girl with Green Eyes, Smashing Time, Clash of the Titans)..