Delicious Death

UK

Collins, London, Jul. 1944

US

Dodd, Mead, New York, Jun. 1944

Collier's Weekly, May.6-20 1944 as 'Come and Be Hanged'

Plot

What is the connection between a failed suicide attempt, a wrongful accusation of theft against a schoolgirl, and the romantic life of a famous tennis player?
To the casual observer, apparently nothing. But when a houseparty gathers at Gull's Point, the seaside home of an elderly widow, earlier events come to a dramatic head.

Contents

Prologue: November 19th
"Open the Door and Here are the People"
Snow White and Red Rose
A fine Italian Hand
Zero Hour

Characters

Mary Aldin, Miss Amphrey, Susperintendent Battle, Sylvia Battle, Load Cornelly, Detective Sergeant Jones, Ted Latimer, Inspector James Leach, Andrew MacWhirter, Olive Parsons, Thomas Royde, Andrey Strange, Kay Strange, Nevile Strange, Lady Camilla Tressilian, Mr. Treves

Towards Zero (Play)

Full Length Play / Melodrama(Mystery/Thriller) / 120 minutes
dramatised by herself and Gerald Verner at the St.James's Theatre, London, 1956.
Presented by Peter Saunders at the St James's Theatre, London, on 4th September 1956, with the following cast of characters: (in the order of their appearance)

Directed by Murray MacDonald
Decor by Michael Weight

Towards Zero (Play - Outdoor)

Full Length Play / Melodrama / More than 120 minutes
Characters: O'donnell, Thomas Royde, Kay Strange, Neville Strange, Lady Tressilian, Janet Collier(Collie), Macgregor, Audrey Strange, Angus McWhirter, Peter da Costa, Inspector Leach, Sergeant Harvey, Dr. Wilson

Films & TV

Verso l'ora zero, IT, 1980

TV drama list

Towards Zero, ITV/UK, 2008

Agatha Christie's MARPLE Season 3

L'Heure zéro, FR, 2007

Film list