Top cast:Kurt Russell,Wilford Brimley,Keith David
Director:Ashley Miller
Genre:History
Region:Morocco
Year:2000
Storyline:A ferry boat approaches an unnamed, ambiguous location [the village was filmed by Lake Arrowhead, California] - probably a European country during the early years of the 20th century.On an outing to the London Zoo with spoiled, bullying and fat cousin Dudley (Harry Melling) who was celebrating his birthday, Harry spoke to a giant Burmese python-snake in the Reptile House, and released it from captivity, and put Dudley in its place inside the exhibit case.Lydecker: Did I?McPherson: Yeah.But he was really killed with a sash weight.Lydecker: How ordinary.My version was obviously superior.I never bother with details, you know.McPherson: I do.Because murder is his "favorite crime" and he writes about it regularly, the renowned, droll columnist Lydecker insists on helping McPherson in his assigned investigation, even hough he is a suspect:I know you'll have to visit everyone on your list of suspects.I can't get myself right.I wanted to look mellow and I look brittle.My face doesn't compose well - it's all highlights.How can I dim myself down, Leon? Suggest something.Oh, I'm so bored with this face.I wish I had someone else's face.Whose face would you have if you had your choice? Oh well, I guess one gets the face one deserves.Her dapper boyfriend/lover, who shares her cynical view of love and a business partnership, is the suave and handsome playboy Count Leon D'Algout (Melvyn Douglas), who responds wittily: "There's one marvelous advantage to your conversation, Swana.