What was this TV movie featuring Peter Ustinov and a space ship? [closed]

In the late 70’s (possibly early 80’s) there was a much hyped multi-part TV movie that was supposed to be a murder mystery. There was a contest where people would write in with their solution before the final part aired.

It opened with ~~Peter Ustinov~~ dressed in Russian-style winder coat and hat, riding an escalator. Now I can't find anything like this under Peter Ustinov in IMDB so I might be remembering the name wrong.

It was about a murder on a spaceship traveling home from Mars, I think. One so-called clue was a white scarf.

Does anybody know what movie this was?

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Best Answer

The movie is called Murder in Space from 1985. It does not star Peter Ustinov. It stars Wilford Brimley, who can easily be mistaken as Peter Ustinov. It aired as a Science Fiction Murder Mystery.

Murder in Space is a 1985 science fiction murder mystery movie set in the near future. The crew of an international space mission are on the return leg from Mars to Earth when an explosion occurs on the craft Conestoga, shortly after a series of murders starts. The crew of the returning craft are forbidden to return until the murderer is caught.

On its initial premier, the film was shown without the ending and a competition was set for the viewers to solve the mystery of who the murderer or murderers were. The conclusion of the film was shown several days later, with the contestants eliminated one by one until the winner correctly identified the killer or killers. The final 30 minutes of the film was shown at a later date when the mystery was solved.

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How many movies did Peter Ustinov Poirot?

Peter Ustinov played Hercule Poirot six times, but only three of those films were theatrically released, and in the case of \u201cAppointment with Death,\u201d it was without much fanfare.

When did Ustinov play Poirot?

In half a dozen films, he played Agatha Christie's detective Hercule Poirot, first in Death on the Nile (1978) and then in 1982's Evil Under the Sun, 1985's Thirteen at Dinner (TV movie), 1986's Dead Man's Folly (TV movie), 1986's Murder in Three Acts (TV movie), and 1988's Appointment with Death.

Peter Ustinov : Murder in Three Acts (1986) | Crime Drama Mystery | Complete Movie

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